just when i finally feel like i’m fitting in, i socialize an entire afternoon to realize i don’t

bruce wayne & talia al ghul // phantom of the opera

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honestly, i would pay good money to see brutalia in a bram stoker's dracula-esue gothic horror romance narrative. dc please. (>_<)

reminder.

the change you're waiting for has already happened. you just haven't acknowledged it yet.

fascist-leaning governments, manipulate public perception by controlling historical narratives and the vision of the future (hello 9th grade history!)

this keeps the public emotionally engaged in a version of the past and an idealized future, distracting them from present-day issues.

no wonder hindu passion ignites only for events that occurred centuries ago, it allows them to comfortably turn a blind eye to the horrors unfolding today—because acknowledging the present would mean taking personal responsibility and action.

i like immediately click off a batman fic if there's unreasonable amounts of talia hate or if they try to pull the 'selina is damian's adopted mum!' shit.

talia is damian's mum, she was not perfect but she loved him, the only reason why she was written as a rapist was morrison being a dumbass (read the original son of the demon!) and if you portray her as a heartless cruel abusive rapist or try to replace her you are orientalist.

same thing goes for ra's-- he does not want to fuck tim!!! stop trying to make him a pedo!!!

Tbh I do enjoy both of these tropes mentioned-but like tweaked a little.

Like you have every right to have these tropes as an ick.

But like-personally I love seeing Selina as a maternal figure for the batkids. And for damian specifically I see her and damian havin kinda a stepmom-stepkid type relationship. Damian being kinda upset about Bruce moving on from his mother whom he adores but Bruce communicating that he'll always love Talia. Maybe not romantically anymore but because she gave him Damian and he'll always love her for that. From then on Damian begrudgingly accepting Selina as a new part of the fam and eventually seeing her as another adult whom he trusts to have his best interest at heart.

Then with the whole Ra's and Tim thing, I've noticed Ra's character overall is handled very poorly. And he's often used to prop up Tim as a character. Which-yknow. Unfortunately Characters of Color being used to put the White characters is a long since used trope. Even unconsciously.

That being said I do occasionally read the Ra's and Tim angst. But not too often cause SA is also not represented tastefully in a lot of media.

If anything I prefer Ra's manipulation to more so come from him purely trying to establish himself as an important figure in Tim's life. Not quite a father figure (though I have seen that before) but more so as someone Tim is loyal to. Because Tim's loyalty is fucking insane to have. Bro has attachment issues lmao

But anyways, no shade. This is just my personal interpretations of these tropes that make them more bearable.

♡♡♡ this has gotten really long lmao oops

i understand where you’re coming from its just that both of these tropes become very racist very fast as a person of colour. both talia and ra’s are never given as much sympathy and compassion as their white counterparts and its just really exhausting to see.