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I have so many Simon thoughts and I can’t believe the one to lick them all off was this: but would he draw the line at pork?

Just saw this ask now so apologies if it's been sitting in my inbox for a while!

Quick mention here that I'm not Muslim myself and most of my (limited) knowledge comes from talking with friends irl and the internet

but i believe Simon wouldn't eat pork. I don't think it's something he's ever really tried, especially growing up and living in Dearborn, which has one of the highest Muslim populations in the US, there wouldn't be a super high presence of it (I'm assuming) or social pressures surrounding eating it from his peers, who im assuming are also predominantly Muslim from what we know of his friendships precanon.

To be honest, I think the religiously prohibited substance he'd be most inclined to/likely to have consumed at some point to be alcohol. I mean when we meet Simon, he's fallen on hard times, like he's lost his job and turned to stealing cars and feels like he's let down his family and community, especially at least after the events that follow with him getting the ring the way he did. I'm not saying here that I think he did drink before we meet him in canon, but I think it's more likely to have happened than him eating pork, especially with the social pressures and societal depiction of alcohol the way they are.

Simon and his relationship with religion is something very interesting to me (that I admittedly know very little about) as there definitely seems to be a contradiction in some of his actions, with Simon quoting the Quran at Guy and talking about how much his religion means to him one page, and then of course having a tattoo that also means a lot to him (but is banned by his religion) at the same time. I think this more complex relationship with religion is something very human about Simon as a character, as people and their relationships with religion are oftentimes complicated and not cut and dry. It does make it difficult for his fans though as theres a lot we dont know, as Simon's relationship with religion is one I think could really use more exploration on page, especially in regard to this contradiction and his relationship with the rules of Islam as a whole.

#pork in particular is something i don't really see simon having any relationship with at all to be honest growing up in a home and #surrounded by a community that laregely doesnt eat it #and of his own religion i dont see it in particular being some #thing he would feel inclined to eat at any point. especially with when he grew up and the abuse he recieved because of his religion that im #sure pork played a role in as one of the main things people know about like islam and dietary restrictions and rules. #but thats my take on it i suppose #coming of course from someone who isnt a member of the religion and is mainly going off of general knowledge his character background and a #bit of research ive done on the area #anyways as always if im off base here someone let me know but this is the impression i got in terms of this question #thanks for the ask though! #sorry if it was sitting there for a while i never got a notification #answered #simon baz #blah

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what is very annoying about the vast majority of batfam fans is the very surface level approach they take towards calling out racism in dc canon and fandom. yes, you want damian to be brown in the comics but do you care about how his mother’s character was butchered due to post 9/11 anti-arab racism? yes, you want cass and duke to be featured more prominently in comics but would you be okay with them displacing your own faves in order to do so? do you even read the comics they ARE featured in, or are you content with just reblogging their one panel cameos from your fave’s solos, extolling how much you “love” them (so long as they are second fiddle, that is)? you want jason or dick (whichever you prefer) to co-parent lian, all the while sidelining jade - you are content relegating jade and talia and shado and shiva to a joking “assassin moms” punchline when you talk about their kids while not realising the implications of their race and how it plays into their portrayal by dc.

you can’t just reblog a vague post about colouring damian correctly and wanting representation and then uncritically reblog another post about how evil his mother is - you’re playing into the exact same racism you claim to denounce, while feeling like you’re being so very progressive while doing it. it’s not like i’m expressing a particularly novel sentiment either, and i’m aware i probably sound like a broken record right now but it’s just so irritating

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What do we do with grief? We do the best we can.

#diana of themyscira

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Action Comics #1067 (DC, July 2024) variant cover by Ben Oliver

#hi clark #clark kent

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wondering ab women

#diana of themyscira #q

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#originally was reading no current comics and only back issues for the first ~2 years of being a comic fan #then started reading like one or two runs. spirit world and bop i think #and really liked having weekly releases to look forward to so started adding some dc books that looked interesting and good #dropped a few. started picking up more even crappy ones bc they had my faves #now im following 7 different runs atm #so less than half but still a bit #i dont rlly buy single issues though so my wallet is fine. its generally just trades if i rlly like them that i own

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"You're not Talia. Talia smells of Jasmine and Rose of Taif"

#talia al ghul #bruce wayne #brutalia #bats

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CAROL WIP

Been breaking my neck for her all day 💗

#carol ferris #GORGEOUS

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A few sort of panel redraws I made while reading Tales of the Green Lantern Corps a while ago!!

#CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!! #love this sm!!!! #arisia rrab #katma tui

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Wonder Woman by Julian Totino Tedesco

#diana of themyscira #q

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Not this dramatic mf...

Detective Comics (2016) #1084

I am vengeance. I am the night. I am consequence.

#consequences????? in a comic book???? in 2024????? ok buddy #nah but this was cool #bruce wayne #talia al ghul #bats

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it’s his…unique way of venting (unofficially, you can’t prove anything)

#clark kent #yea that tracks

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Another one

Something something have a Diana I did instead of my homework

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Reading comics is constantly like "Here is one of the most fascinating concepts you've ever seen in a piece of media. No we will not elaborate on it and you will never see it reach its full potential. Here is an interesting, new character. Oh now they're dead/rewritten to be less interesting/trapped in a different version of earth to be only mentioned off hand and never seen again. Here is your favorite legacy character: they're currently being written by a misogynist." And then once in a blue moon there's a comic that blows your tits clean off it's executed so well. But it's a limited run.

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Hopped up on caffeine at 1am to write an essay but all I can think about is Diana

#shes just AGFOAHDUSHRHE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to me omgggggg #just so interesting and wonderful and complex and i ADORE her #im in love wirh her maybe. or perhaps i want to be her. unclear. if she saved me i would be so normal about it but maybe also cry and tell #her i love her work #i would own her book in universe i think #i love her as an AMBASSADOR too so much. thinking about themyscira as a member of the international system just makes me SO !!!!!!!!!!!!! #like i adore her already and then my little international relations major nerd self comes out and all bets are off #and then theres a double whammy if i start thinking about linguistic change and what that looks like w the amazons and different tribes etc #but its specifically the IR stuff that rlly gets me #DIANAAAAAAAAA #blah

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The most beautiful, intelligent, and principled woman in all the world btw 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

#diana of themyscira #ww no 50 btw

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I do find the idea funny that Cass is actively nerfing herself by copying Batman's fighting style here and her powerup moment is in deciding "I can't do it Bruce, your style is just too weak and lame I'm sorry" and then swapping back to her own style and winning instantly.

#cass cain #bats