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whatever-baywatch · 2 months

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Listen, if I had the time I would just make Justice Leauge the mockumentary, lol.

#dc #art #comics #barry allen #clark kent #I’ll tag the others later #this is incredible #i’m obsessed

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whatever-baywatch · 5 months

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The glory of the batfamily is not that they fit into a neat little box of family dynamics, it's that their family is messy. It's because Damian thinks of both Dick and Bruce as his dad, and Tim is technically emancipated but still buys Bruce a card on fathers day. They all chip in together to buy something for Alfred on fathers day too because he's a butler but he's part of their family.

Jason is both their brother, and the uncle with a criminal record in the same breath. Kate is a wine aunt but also a mom for some of the kids. Steph is their neighbor friend but also sometimes their sister.

They'll try to kill each other, they try to hurt each other, but at the end of the day they're down to get something from batburger. They're vigilantes in one of the worst cities in America, they are not a perfect family but that's the joy of it

#dc #batfam #jason todd #bruce wayne #richard grayson #damian wayne #tim drake #stephanie brown #kate kane #alfred pennyworth

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whatever-baywatch · 6 months

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Old man alertt

#dc #art #alfred pennyworth #I want to hug that old man so badly #this is hands down the best alfred art

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whatever-baywatch · 6 months

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this episode aired in 1992

#dc #batman tas #bruce wayne #harvey dent

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whatever-baywatch · 8 months

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Amazing art by Pin Raiders

#dc #art #wonder woman 1975 #diana prince #steve trevor

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whatever-baywatch · 8 months

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You know what’s interesting?

Dick didn’t set out to murder Zucco with the intent of being a killer. He viewed it as an unfortunate byproduct of his actions.

His real goal was to “purge the world of criminals” because “darkness needs light.”

Do you realize how unhinged that sounds? It means Robin wasn’t created from anger. It was created from the messed up psyche of a child who realized at 8 years old that the entire world needs something better than what it was given and so he went out and became it.

I cant properly explain how insane that is. It’s like putting the logic of the Joker inside the mind of child but turning it for good. Everything is falling into place now. That is why the Joker hates Dick-he is the one Robin the man couldn’t break. Literally COULDN’T because when he’s facing Dick, he’s facing the version of himself that would have existed if he had put himself to good. That was would break HIM.

Imagine spending the better part of your life doing your utmost worst to show Batman that people and the system are inherently evil only to have him fall head over cowl for a version of yourself to completely invalidate your reason for existing. How psychotic would you turn when you realize you have nothing to prove?

This also explains why Dick is so well adjusted and sociable in a way that Bruce and the others aren’t.

Bruce loses it when he loses his children, he thinks it’s a failure of his abilities and doubts his life’s work.

Jason loses it when he thinks he’s been replaced because his reason for being is having someone care for him.

Tim loses it when he comes to a dead-end. He feels helpless and lost when he doesn’t know the next move because his reason for being is being able to solve what’s wrong.

Damian loses it when he feels abandoned. He feels hurt and broken because he’s a child who wants to be loved.

The reason Dick was the perfect choice for Dark Crisis and to become the dawn of DCU is because his sole reason for being is to be the light.

That is why Bruce refused to destroy a planet when Superman asked him too. That is why Dick was the only person in the universe who could control the Darkness infecting him when even Deathstroke lost his mind to it. That is why the evil Justice League chose Dick of every one to kill-to make a point.

This is why he’s looked up to by major heroes such as Superman, Wonderwoman, the Titans, the children, the villains, and the civilians.

This is why Harvey Dent called Robin Dick “Batman’s secret weapon.”

Although anger was the baseline emotion, Dick doesn’t have anger issues because:

Robin wasn’t created for revenge. It was created with the intention of building a world so unrealistically good, that the level of the vision Richard Grayson was aiming for and set the standards for- is so terrifyingly inconceivable.

And that-is why he is a happy, feral, monster.

#dc #richard grayson #meta #comics #this is GREAT holy cow

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whatever-baywatch · 8 months

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There should be one night a year like the purge except it’s Superman coming to Gotham and clearing out as many criminals as he can. He only gets the 1 day a year. 24 hours to do everything he can. Bruce hates it.

#dc #clark kent #bruce wayne #gotham rogues #this is beautiful ajdjsk

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whatever-baywatch · 8 months

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23 ain't what it used to be

One of the fun things about My Adventures with Superman is that it SEEMS like they've de-aged the core cast, but Clark is 22-23 years old, Jimmy is by implication the same age, and Lois might be a year older.

That's about the same age that Clark and Lois were way back when Superman originally debuted.* (Jimmy, of course, got aged up by about a decade.)

It's just that in 1938, a 22-year-old was assumed to be An Adult With A Real Job that probably didn't require a college degree, and in 2023, a 22-year-old is A Kid Fresh Out of College Working An Unpaid Internship.**

In 1938, a 22-year-old professional would probably have his own shitty-to-modest apartment. In 2023, a 22-year-old intern would have to split a studio apartment and sleep in a bunk bed.

And, yes, it's worth remembering that 1938 was The Great Depression.

*(The early episodes of the radio show regularly refer to Clark as "the young man.")

**(I don't think Perry would expect the Trio to do scutwork around the office for nothing, but those intern slots probably don't get much more than a minimal stipend.)

#huh fascinating #dc #my adventures with superman #clark kent #lois lane

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whatever-baywatch · 8 months

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this pic is altering my brain chemistry

#dc #my adventures with superman #maws spoilers #clark kent #lois lane #clois #he’s got his whole tiddy out

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whatever-baywatch · 9 months

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Clark Kent beaming and blushing for being entitled to the cutest most adorkable nickname in comic book history

#dc #superman tas #superman vs the elite #smallville #DC comics #superman and lois #jl throne of atlantis #my adventures with superman #clois #lois lane #clark kent

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whatever-baywatch · 9 months

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When I realized that the man I loved and the hero I admired were the same person it was like everything just fit into place.

—Lois, Smallville, “Isis”

#dc #smallville #clois #lois lane

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whatever-baywatch · 9 months

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the contingency plan if Batman ever goes evil: have a tearful Superman throw him into the sun and wait at least ten minutes to make sure that fucker is really dead (can’t ever be too sure with Mr. Contingency Plan himself)

#dc #bruce wayne #clark kent

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whatever-baywatch · 9 months

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12 year old Bruce: I’m moving out

12 year old Bruce: *spends the night in the pool house*

#dc #incorrect quotes #bruce wayne #alfred pennyworth

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whatever-baywatch · 9 months

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I saw a post in the My Adventures with Superman tag claiming that Lois "finally" has a character. I really like the show and it's version of Lois too, but I want to make this clear: Lois Lane has been around for over 80 years and she's always been a distinct, dynamic character with a lot going for her, every bit as admirable as Superman. This isn't a new thing!

Like any character Lois has had some bad adaptations, but she's been a great character from the beginning, and I wanted to show off some panels from comics over the years so anyone new to Superman lore can see why she's a beloved character and the MAWS portrayal is building on that, not starting from scratch.

Lois in the golden age comics (1939 through the 1940's) was shown to be a career-driven woman who didn't take shit from anyone. This was an era where a lot of women were entering the workforce because men were serving in WWII and there was excitement and change in the air, and Lois was meant to be a reflection of that. She fought against the sexism of her boss sticking her with the advice and gossip columns because she was a woman, and she was go-getting reporter out to get a real story. From the beginning she was fearless (sometimes reckless), driven, and had no patience for Clark Kent's (feigned) cowardice (and was always full of sick burns). She never let anyone push her around.

And she's been pretty consistently like this her entire run as a character. Of course, there were some bad writers, and there was a time in the 50s when all female characters had to be marriage obsessed (Lois wasn't the only one hit with this, Wonder Woman was too), but she reverted back to her firebrand self in the 60's and 70's, and when the 80's came along, characters started getting more filled in backstories, including her- this was where we started seeing stuff about her home life, her childhood moving around as a military brat, and her troubled relationship with her father and sister. She had an interior life, inner conflict- and she still kicked ass and always got the last word in. As someone invested in journalism, she is THE coolest fictional journalist to me.

This was also when comics started focusing on Clark being who Superman WAS rather than a pure act, and we got to see their relationship really grow and Lois fall for Clark, not Superman. So here, have some panels of Lois being great and see the scope of her own personality.

Lois also has lots fun little quirks and hobbies comics readers know about- she takes her coffee a certain way, she doesn't cook much because she's so on the go (so Clark is the one who cooks in the fam), she likes to sit on Clark's desk when they're talking (this happens in other Superman media too), she REALLY likes monster trucks and Clark REALLY doesn't but will support her anyway: