I’m worried that Absolute Superman’s gonna be booty cheeks and too edgy. The writer has a mixed track record. Jason Aaron is known for writing the best parts of recent Thor and he created The Mighty Thor (Jane Foster). So I think he can handle the action that comes with writing god-tier characters quite well. I’m just really concerned that Aaron’s not gonna get the spirit.

I’m hoping that this does what Henry Cavill’s Superman was SUPPOSED to be: a cynic who’s still trying his best to smile despite all the pain he’s been through because he STILL believes in doing the right thing simply because it’s good. I hope that Absolute Superman is a story about letting people in, and how Clark doesn’t need the Kent’s to be fundamentally compassionate. I suspect that if you take away the Kents, then you still have a good person, but one that’s slow to trust anybody

I just don’t know what they mean by “no Kent’s”

All we really have is the artist showing us an action scene, and the knowledge that Superman’s cape is all Misty because it’s the “ashes of Krypton” which means that his suit is purely Kryptonian in origin

Did he LIVE on Krypton? Was he in the foster system? Was he raised by a different, shitty family? The phrase “no Kents” is just really vague. “No money” is relatively easy to work around. Granted, Bruce has an inciting incident that creates The Batman, so it's not too much of a stretch to put him in any circumstance. “No Amazons” probably means you just switch pantheons (I'm partial to the idea that she's raised by the pantheon of the New Gods). But “no Kents” has borderline infinite unrelated possibilities that I don’t know what the ACTUAL premise is of the book. Perhaps you could say the same about Diana, but I'm worried for Clark because edgy Supermans are just now fading in popularity, and I don't want to see them make a comeback over a POORLY written edgy Superman.

Directed by James Gunn | 2h 9m | PG-13 James Gunn’s Superman is a soft reset wrapped in bright colors, careful pacing, and a return to sincerity. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel—but it doesn’t need to. What it offers instead is a grounded, often moving, reintroduction to the Man of Steel, one that exchanges operatic bombast for something far more daring: kindness. This time, Clark Kent isn’t…

Consistent characterization for Talia al Ghul, returning her to the way she was originally: morally gray but also a genuinely caring person who truly loved Bruce, cared for Jason, and LOVED Damian, fuck you

GIVE JASON TODD A CONSISTENT CHARACTER ARC THAT ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE GODDAMMIT

Romani Dick Grayson! I previously had this bullet point as “Romani Dick Grayson who isn’t white bls” until @sw-enev​ corrected me -- I reblogged their post, but to quote, “Romani people come in all different skin tones. Just because he isn't darker, doesn't make him any less Romani. In fact, Romani people with lighter complexions often face the most confusion of identity because they are neither "white enough" to be white, nor "dark enough" to be Romani. Deeming that to be Romani one must be dark skinned is a bit misguided and disrespectful, and really stereotypical. Of course, there are still ways to make his representation better, such as speaking Romani or exhibiting Romani behaviours. What a person looks like isn't the entire makeup of their identity or ethnicity.” Instead, it would be better if the opportunity was used to represent the Romani people by showing Dick’s culture and even showing this. My sincerest apologies for my ignorant error, and thank you to @sw-enev​!

Multiracial Damian Wayne and let him embrace his mixed ethnicity! acknowledge that in his character! let it affect his sense of identity that he belongs to multiple cultures!

The Batgirls being more prominent because dammit if Cass can get over her assassin upbringing Damian can too and LET CASS INTERACT MORE WITH DAMIAN SHE'LL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HIM BETTER THAN ANYONE???

I think Jason would also benefit greatly from interaction with the Batgirls in terms of his character arc but also I just!! Want!! All! The Batgirls!! To get the love and attention and development and writing quality that they DESERVE!

Give poor Tim a break for once please

LET BRUCE LOVE HIS KIDS GODDAMIT

Bruce refusing to ever, ever use offensive moves against the people he considers his children.

If you MUST make him fight Jason, then have him not TRULY believe in his heart that it's Jason (even though he knows logically that all the proof is there) until like, the very very last moment in the Under the Hood arc, and then max out the regret potential. However, I think the potential for Bruce running into a moral dilemma of "the Red Hood is hurting people but I just can't make myself actually fight Jason" is also really interesting

yeah that's all I can think of right now

edit: thank you to @nekokats for pointing out to me that Damian isn't just Arab and Caucasian, but also of Chinese descent!

A culmination of a DC Reboot Titans Lineup that was always brewing in my head for an original universe: Earth 136.

Edit: OK, I thought about some changes, so second go at this

Edit 2: OK, a few more changes.

Founders

Dick Grayson-Robin/Nightwing

Kaldur’ahm-Aqualad/Aquaman

Wally West-Kid Flash/Flash

Artemis Crock-Arrowette/Tigress

Donna Troy-Fury/Darkstar

Later Additions

Conner Kent-Superboy/Valor(YJ TV Superboy)

Lilith Clay-Omen

Everything sounds good so far but it's kinda confusing that some stuff is getting HARD Rebooted like Superman and Batman but all the Suicide Squad and Peacemaker stuff isn't, how some cast members "have the door open" for a possible return, like either hard reboot or don't, don't half reboot like DC Comics always does.

Anyway

Dc reboot

Bruce Wayne is Filipino/African American. He's bi. He went into college at about 16, and got a MAJOR crush on Harvey Dent for a while (Harvey was abt 19 at the time and figured it out real quick but never said anything). They ended up being great friends later, and had a lot of laughs about it. Bruce also helped Harvey figure out he, too, was bi.

Harvey Dent went to law school and ended up (a la the christopher nolan films) the Main Face of opposing Crime. He was hugely successful, but had a bit of a Black and White mindset, which later (after his...accident) grew worse and worse.

Bruce's parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, were WEIRD. His mother grew up in the Ace Chemical family business, African American and jewish. She ended up running Wayne Industries almost single handedly for several years before her death. Thomas Wayne was also an oddity, before marriage traveling the world with his good friend Leslie Thompkins. They were part of Doctors Without Borders and would help bring aid to many people in need. Martha is into apothecary work as a side hobby and Thomas is the life of the party. Thomas also saved a Falcones life and ended up on the gangster radar for a while bc of it.

Selina Kyle started off as a runner on the streets, then a sex worker, then got herself (and her adoptive daughter Molly) off the street and into college for anthropology and archeology! She then for a relic that connected her with the goddess Sekhmet, who gave her powers beyond the human norm. She and Wildcat are both connected in this way (he was saddled with powers from Bastet) and both talk frequently, as well as train together. They have a sibling like relationship due to their age difference and Selina having to give her sister away to nuns early in life.