JC antis will look at JC being blacklisted by matchmakers as an example of his "misogyny" (an event that didn't even happen in canon, mind) whilst ignoring that all his CANON events involving women were all respectful??
Being afraid of his mother yet willing to take on her family heirloom, eager to avenge her after her death and desparing over losing her. Insisting that WWX apologises to both HER and his father by kneeling before them. Internalising everything she says and taking her words seriously to the extent that he was very submissive and meek before her..
Looking up to his sister, willing to fight another sect heir for her despite worry of sullying his own and the sect's image. Respecting every word she says along with her choice of whom she marries (despite disliking said person) and starting a seige in her name the moment she was killed..
Treating the prostitute who came to testify about JGY with proper manners and respect, despite her status (a status that was heavily frowned upon and not taken seriously mind, especially as a woman in ancient China).
Putting all his faith in a woman he had only heard about through rumours to fix his core for him without question..
But sure. He's misogynistic because he's not interested in marriage and romance ig. 🙄
drew this all the way back in november, before i wrote the ending to recondite; this is what i originally planned in my vague outline, but the fic ended up going in a different direction, so this is inaccurate now. think of this as an alternate ending for funsies i guess VGEAIVGIY
in hindsight the funniest part of the recurring cow jokes is that john says he built the wall out of cows and a bunch of sheep, and no one, not a single soul, seems to have spoken up on behalf of the sheep at any point fjsdkfhsajk. why the livestock sympathy inequality. why the cattle bias. I recognize that sheep are -- to be fair -- quite annoying to deal with, but if you prick them do they not bleat etc., it doesn't seem fair for them to get forgotten in the middle of all this
(the description of 'it was at this point that he had the grace to look embarrassed (may we even go so far as to say... sheepish)'... god stop being the funniest bitch in the world john I'm mad at you)
in my head . convex r the peak queerplatonic partners . no one brings out the unhinged behaviour in one of them quite like the other, yk ? it’s gay as fuck though they’re not just friends they’re not lovers they’re just. convex . gay evil people . they would hit eachother with rocks but they have matching earrings . scar would shoot cub as hotguy with no remorse but when cub asked to buy his basement he didn’t hesitate to agree . u get it . they get eachother .
Look. Don't get me wrong. I love the batjokes fandom literally everyone I've interacted with has been SO nice for such an insane ship it's a surprisingly chill fandom.
That being said... sometimes I feel Weird because a lot of the community (not all! but a large part) is like haha yeah my favorite fucked up toxic problematic ship love how twisted it is >:) batman wants to fuck that clown even though he literally killed his whole ass son it's so fucked I love it.
And that's fine! No problem with that. Power to you.
But I'm just over here like... what if they both got better together and processed their trauma and Joker made amends with everyone and everyone was happy and content as a family.
Like, the most compelling thing for ME in Batjokes is easily Bruce's refusal to view Joker the way most other people do. Even in arcs where he does dehumanize Joker, he at the very least makes an attempt to understand him. Everyone else is just like yeah, he's evil, he's just doing this shit because he enjoys it because he's a monster. But even when their relationship is at its worst, like in Joker War, Batman tries to understand where Joker is coming from. He doesn't just assume oh yeah Joker is just doing this because he's evil there's no logic behind his crimes he just enjoys it.
Bruce actually understands that Joker is trying to show him something, i.e., that he isn't being Batman right (in Joker's opinion). And even after Joker literally tears down his life, fucking reanimates his dead father figure to torment him and re-enacts his childhood trauma on the city, Bruce STILL ends up agreeing that he had a point!
Like to ME... Batjokes is about loving someone so transcendentally that you devote your entire existence to helping them. It's about having compassion for someone even after they commit horrific atrocities. It's about loving someone who everyone else hates and views as a monster. It's about someone loving the parts of someone that they consider terrible and unlovable. It's about being misunderstood your entire life and finally finding someone who gets it. It's about love for one person motivating you to stay alive in a world that's been nothing but cruel to you. It's about finding someone who makes everything awful that's ever happened to you seem worth it. But most importantly it's about the refusal to give up on someone who everyone else has long since declared a lost cause.
Ever since I was like, 13, the absolute peak of fashion to me was those (soviet) military uniforms with the long coats and tall boots and whatever those ornamental things on the shoulders are called you know what I mean. I always tried to emulate that style somehow with my very limited wardrobe to the point that my then close friends circle had a running gag of me growing up to be a military general AND later a professor in hs that I was on friendly terms with started jokingly calling me madam general
But the older I got the more dysphoria I felt so I first cut off my hair to at least attempt to be read as a man, then started binding cause I couldn't stand the exaggerated bump of my chest that ruined any illusion of masculinity I maintained, until I eventually gave up on everything altogether, gave all my fav clothes away and started dressing as the most Just Some Straight Guy you've ever seen. It worked in making me pass better and all but after the euphoria of finally living as my true gender wore off I realized I was still uncomfortable
I grew out my hair again during the lockdown, if you know anything about me you'll know it's my pride and joy now. And then slowly over the years I've been out I've gathered enough "fancy" mens clothes (that actually fit me) that I can wear them daily, and got actual mens dress shoes and a few coats
This week I finally committed and hauled the majority of it to uni with me. I cannot describe to you how much better I feel. Also people keep complimenting my coat 😊
Are you still doing requests? If so I'd love a Doc
If not just gonna let you know I love your Doc design he is so soft looking
always taking them! infrequently doing them ;)
honestly been struggling recently drawing doc even though he’s one of my favorite characters to draw- makes me really happy to hear that people like my design of him :D