5. five positive things-- arcs, deaths, events, issues-- that stuck with you.
harley's little speech to ulysses highwater in hq #21 (i think?) about how you donât go to hell for being queer and then like within the next issue or two etrigan showed up and basically kicked her out of hell for... technically not because she was secure in her queerness but kind of also yes because she was secure in her queerness, like, the implication was there and the sentiment was there and the validation that those pages brought was just. wowza holy fuck. like bro iâm an atheist but that doesnât make the pervasive âqueers go to hellâ idea any less painful so @everyone who worked on that comic: thank you
harleyâs little mini-story in suicide squad (rebirth) where waller (? i think it was waller but it might have been joker idr) sets up a joker toxin trap that forces her to hero up or desert the squad and thereâs a little joker in her head that tells her to leave flag and sheâs like âdude i donât wanna do thatâ and heâs like âthat sounds like hero talkâ and she just goes âEWâ and like the whole thing at the end of it is that no, sheâs not a hero, sheâs not a good person, sheâs not a role model you should look up to, but that doesnât mean she wonât take the opportunity to save a life and it was just. really Not Dark Not Edgy Not Nihilistic and that was very refreshing
jessica jones being mad at scott lang for ghosting on her and cussing him out in jessica jones: alias #21 but then he goes âiâll take you on a dateâ and sheâs like âGOD! JESUS! HOW COULD YOU! FUCK! ... is it a fancy dateâ like that was just? so human and funny and sweet in the wake of a bunch of really depressing shit
spider-man: blue really resonates with me and iâm putting it here because while it is obviously very sad because itâs basically, yâknow, peter talking to gwenâs grave, itâs a very like... constructive? look at the grieving process and it kind of takes a step back from the drama of comics and says âyeah youâre always going to miss the people youâve lost but guess what? so does literally every other person on the planet, so donât ever feel like youâre alone in that mourning process and donât ever feel like you canât find support with those still livingâ
the multiple times cassandra cainâs batgirl run where she just. hugs or kisses people or otherwise expresses her concern for them with pda, even if theyâre complete strangers, because itâs so sweet and caring and honestly thatâs a vibe i want to see more of all the time everywhere
harley quinn becoming a star sapphire
10. a character who deserved better from the text
other than âall of themâ or âa tie between gwen stacy and jason toddâ? tommy elliot, the boy billionaire who is definitely some kind of neurodivergent and deserves to have a decent retelling/analysis of his background and how his abusive parents + lack of actual help and support even from his literal psychiatrist ultimately led to him becoming hush instead of just getting his ass beat by bruce and having everyone respond to his neurodivergence with derision instead of, idk, concern or understanding