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Maybe it's the eternally distrustful loveless child in me but idk something about the way DC has been writing familial relationships in recent years rings so false to me. There's no room for the complex, nuanced, unnamed relationships Batman and Nightwing used to have, nothing like the warped mother-daughter-sister thing Barbara Gordon and Cass Cain had, nothing like Superboy's weird obsessive hero worship/bone-deep dread of his clone fathers or Max Mercury's weary undefined protectiveness of Bart or Wonder Woman's dogged loyalty to her little "sisters". Cause — for me, at least, I know I actively seek little moments of connection in stories; when I write or when I read it is to seek comfort. I think that's why DC has made this shift. Readers like me gravitated to those little warm moments, and DC noticed that we did without stopping to think about why.

But there's a point at which I notice diminishing returns of comfort from fluffy writing — it seeks to register as real. It's too good, too saccharine, too empty of any of the pain and frustration it takes to express genuine love for the other person. It's all hand-holding and no sweaty palms. It's so easy for someone to say they love you. It's so easy to see when it's all just words. And part of this is, yeah, bad writing; all that stuff about show not tell. They're trying to tell us these characters care about each other without giving us any real proof. but. idk. I need my love to be real. I need to feel the bones behind each embrace. I can't accept affection without struggling my way into it. Honestly I'd rather get a grim gritty Batman who forgets he HAS kids until they throw themselves into the line of fire than a milquetoast helicopter Batdad who tells his kids exactly what they mean to him without actively being in a state of bleeding out.

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An old drawing of mine that I found lost and decided to update...

I've always been obsessed with drawing her, sorry I just love her 😞

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I felt the need to make this.

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baba’s little headache <3

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whatever you do don't think about David Cain doing Cassandra's hair in little piggytails for her first kill. Do not think of how delicately he must have handled her hair, how emotional he might've gotten, how much pride would be swelling in his heart while he did it. Do not think about how he'd feel about this the way normal fathers feel about their daughter's first ballet show. About how much love he poured into picking her frilly dress and the decorated hair ties

#i can't stop thinking about this #also the whole reason murderer/fugitive happens is because cain wants to see if b is good enough to be cass' father #insane. he loves her and is all the more horrible for it #which cass is deeply deeply aware of and colors her understanding of parenthood for better and worse #thinking about that that criminal father she dropped of the roof because love isn't enough #makes me sick

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they’re canceling me for the way I deal with grief. Also for all the severed heads and the bombings and the racketeering and the

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Cass

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ROBIN3／ROBIN4

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Al Ghul genes right

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babs helping cass get ready before her first ballet performance <3

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Robin!Steph getting ready for patrol

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ignoring the sexism for a sec, the way some artists draw women in superhero comics is so absolutely hilarious

like they are so far removed from reality it stops being pointlessly sexy and starts being "never been near a woman in my life and im not sure what they are"

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80s titan gals commission for @shadedmemoirs !!!

ko-fi ☕ redbubble ⭐ commissions 💰

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god damnit im gonna have to get more funko pops. look at them

#i sworn to never buy funkos but whoops #nevermind that #i'm going to pre-order these #they are also quite expensive for my budget but whoops gotta think of it as like my bday gift to myself #i really really hope they deliver here #for my girls and bumblebee bat

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a mother will never forget her child.

my art

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Not my usual stuff but this is for the gorgeous @redsray enjoy _(:3 」∠)_

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