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Was going through getting better quality (and better sized) images for the costume history page of the Steph wiki since it still gets a relatively decent amount of traffic, and I always found it interesting Tim stopped saying Steph's real name in front of criminals around the time they started dating.
The most generous interpretation is that after the Baffler captured her due to knowing her real name a few issues earlier (not because of Tim but because he knew her dad ig) he finally realized how dangerous what he'd been doing was...but it's also possible that dating her means he had to accept her as a hero and show her some basic respect, which is reinforced by the fact he basically thinks to himself "I know I shouldn't encourage Spoiler but I enjoy being with her" right before they start dating.
Which yeah, implies that using her real name was a "I don't think you should be a hero so I don't have to respect you by using your hero name", which is wild since it was so dangerous to do, very counterproductive to the idea he was concerned for her safety. Though I am not saying this was his active thought process, I'm sure it was subconcious.
But here's an interesting thing- in Robin #74 he slips up and calls her Steph (not in front of anyone this time, thankfully), she reminds him to call her Spoiler, and while he doesn't apologize, he says "right" in response, as in "yeah, you're right". It's a small thing, but in previous times this happened, he either didn't respond...
or, the worst example. literally told her to shut up and used her name again (he was stressed out because they were being shot at, but still).
So yeah, Interesting to notice that as a change, coinciding with no longer discouraging her.
And hey, he does remember to say Spoiler instead next time he runs into her.
It's interesting because it also implied Dixon might have reminded reader of that conflict specifically to build up to this scene, where Steph finally breaks down over Tim keeping who he really was from her, and then makes it very clear that when he calls her by her real name in costume, it's also a painful reminder of how unequal their relationship is.
even if you don’t care about trans people being denied healthcare in Catholic hospitals, the Catholic church’s stance on abortion and jews and slavery and fascism and indigenous people and muslims and eugenics and HIV/AIDS and genocide and colonialism and pedophilia should make you dislike them
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Pope Leo is letting American bishops entirely ban trans healthcare for both minors and adults in all Catholic-owned hospitals and clinics, and stop coverage for trans healthcare through Catholic-affiliated health insurance plans!!
People are having surgeries, for which they were on waitlists for years, suddenly cancelled. Hormones no longer covered, their clinicians no longer able to prescribe them. Considering in some states Catholic-owned healthcare organizations make up to a third of the market, as it were, this is a HUGE issue.
Missing hormones. Canceled surgeries. Bureaucratic denials. Late last year the Catholic Church banned all trans healthcare across its sprawl
This has been happening since November of last year, when this vote took place, but no one is talking about it. The rehabilitation of the image of the papacy through Pope Leo is killing me, it’s still the goddamn Catholic Church. You do not gotta hand it to them.
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Excess cynicism isn't a great trait in political activists but idk I feel like you should be slightly too self-aware to write out this thought without some yellow light going off somewhere.
racism runs so deeply in people that if you call it out you are calling out them, and instead of sitting down and examining their own racism they lash out at you for being sooo meansies to them. you don't even have to be talking about anyone's racist behavior in particular because it makes racists so uncomfortable they will come forward themselves and act like you're targeting them specifically. it's okay when they do it because they're doing it in the correct way, in the nice way! they don't mean it like that. in fact they're actually being progressive. you're the cruel one for acting like their racist behavior is racist. you're the problem if you're bothered by their comfort racism. you're the bitchy colored person who makes eeeverything about racism when it so clearly isn't. i'm fucking sick of this.
going back and re-reading TEC (1937) 608/609 again is really driving home just how much and how well the parallels between anarky and batman are played up. i mean i knew they were, but just about everything, and i mean everything in these introductory comics pretty much beats you over the head with it.
the way the first cover is laid out with bruce at the top and lonnie at the bottom, their symbols the same size and overlapping in the middle, almost like a venn diagram.
them both approaching their targets with 'punishment' in mind, bruce being notably hypocritical about it later on
the way that bruce and lonnie reacting to the playing of lonnie's tape on the news is set up side-by-side with the news broadcast in the middle
and how their internal dialogue tends to bleed into one another
what i find interesting also is that lonnie is just as hypocritical about bruce as bruce is about him
and there's the ever-prominent ending pages of 609 that directly compare lonnie to jason/those who've taken up the mantle of robin because, as some may know, lonnie was intended by grant & breyfogle to become robin before they found out about tim drake. i do think lonnie and tim go on to become excellent foils and have plenty to say about that. but i also think it serves to highlight his similarities to bruce as well
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hello i would like to hear your thoughts on aromantic jason todd. or asexual, or aroace, you didn’t actually specify. either way i would like to hear the thoughts please?
OwO I'm guessing you saw my tags on this post ! I'm happy to talk about it, but I am gonna put it all under a read more because it's long, and also I am wary of getting hate 😅
So for anyone reading who isn't fond of aspec Jason Todd, keep scrolling lol
I'm gonna focus on canon interpretation rather than fanon, mostly because I don't seek out much fanon with him being shipped with anyone. It's complicated and would probably need a whole separate post to explain, but the short of it is: not my jam.
To clarify, I see Jason as aroace, though I don't think he knows that about himself or particularly cares about it. Part of the reason he gives off strong aroace vibes to me is that in pretty much all of his stories, both pre-death and after, he always has more important things to do than date/hook up with people (and by important, I mean more important to him). Jason is a meticulous planner, and he just doesn't have time for All That. He does not really seek out romance or sex without prompting, and when others come to him seeking those things, his reactions range from annoyed to indifferent to initially intrigued before finding other more interesting/pressing/important things to do.
Additionally, though he has had some "Canon romances" (and I use that term lightly here), none of them have really lasted beyond a few issues or a given writer's fixation. Granted, DC is not generally the best at developing good romance subplots IMO, but other characters' relationships have more continuity and staying power, even if they aren't always together (e.g. Bruce and Selina, Oliver and Dinah, Wally and Linda, Dick and Barbara or Dick and Kori, etc etc). In many ways, Jason having had several relationships that ultimately fizzle out is more evidence for him being on the ace/aro spectrum(s), as it's not an unusual aro/ace/aroace experience, especially for someone unaware of being aspec.
Another reason I find aroace Jason compelling is that he is a) morally EXTREMELY complex and b) cares so deeply it hurts him. Lots of asexual characters are often treated as.....well. innocent, pure, childish, etc etc. That happens less these days than it used to, but Crime Lord Has Killed Many People Jason Todd being asexual is, if nothing else, refreshing. On the other hand, aro characters are often treated as cold and emotionless, and Jason Todd has SO MANY feelings in an extreme way. He is passionate, but romantic feelings don't factor into that passion.
There's a lot I could say about Jason being a fundamentally lonely character and how that relates to a common aroace experience, but it's a little sad and convoluted, so I'll leave it at that.
On a more positive note, aroace Jason being 100% immune to honeypot schemes is just the cherry on top. A plot failing because a villain wore tight pants and said something suggestive? Couldn't be Jason. Getting betrayed by your lover you thought you could trust? Not a problem Jason has. He's got 99 problems but a—well, you get it. Whether he’s aware of being aroace or not, the concept of people trying to seduce him and failing every time never fails to amuse me.
I have collected some panels from my own reading and tumblr (thank you aroace Jason Todd tag, small though our numbers be), and while some might say "those are out of context" my response is that I am free to interpret evidence regardless of authorial intent. Also, I don't think anyone needs canon proof to have a fun headcanon, but in case anyone wants to see where the few aroace Jason Todd truthers are coming from, voila.
Close friends can't imagine him dating
This is his reaction to Isabel kissing him (eyes open, looking away? Not a great sign). But maybe he just wasn't that into her?
Oh. But then, this is his immediate reaction to Kori kissing him. "What the hell" and "sit down". Hmm.
Here is how he responds to casual flirting. Though the handsome might be tongue-in-cheek, there's no acknowledgement of it at all.
Here he is put off by other people's romantic displays, even minor.
Here he is again, very much Not Into Romance.
Here he is very much opposed to even entertaining the idea of sexual attraction.
And one more example featuring Isabel, where his response to flirting and getting a number is confusion and, possibly, a bit of panic.
Jason "unlike some people I have more pressing things to do than flirt or watch other people flirt" Todd, everyone, thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
