Parallels

i think the reason why i’m not a huge fan of most soulmate aus (especially the ones where a character’s soulmate is marked) is the idea of compulsory relationships. of love unfounded in its growth, of love chosen not by lovers but by something else entirely. i love love that is purposeful. love that is essentially [ON PURPOSE, ON PURPOSE I AM GOING TO CARE ABOUT YOU] [of course i wonder if they love me back, which is, really, besides the point. i don’t do it to be adored, i do it because my love keeps getting bigger and that’s what happens] [just let me have that. you can have bill, or the world, or whatever you need. just let me have that, let me go on loving you, and i guess it’ll be enough] [i love everybody because i love you] but also [the idea of love as a violent act—not to the person that you love, but against the world. to say to somebody, ‘I love you; by extension, i hate all other things] [if soulmates do exist, they’re not found. they’re made] [i’d choose you; in a hundred different lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, i’d find you and i’d choose you] and lingering touches and half-formed hopes and unknowns and a love that grows not one that is just there. love that is content with just being. love that is a big ‘fuck you’ to the universe because it says ‘you could’ve killed me but you didn’t and i could’ve starved myself from this but i didn’t and i could’ve broken but i didn’t and i’m here and i think this person is everything and they think i’m everything and it hurts so much to think about how much i care for them but i couldn’t care less. i’m going to be gentle in the face of horrors, i’m going to be gentle in loving them not because you told me to but because i chose to.’

The way The Boy Wonder depicts Jason’s memory of his murder in this panel is haunting.

He looks at the readers, as though begging them to help. He doesn’t know they’re the ones who voted for his demise. That they chose this.

I can’t get over it.

dear lord when i get to heaven please let me bring my man (jason todd)

jason will always bring so much comfort to me, like the man canonically protects civilians, isn't afraid to show emotions, isn't afraid to show that he cares. he's incredibly clever and meticulous, dorky at times. in a family of pretenders, brought up by a man who would rather die than show emotions and an older brother figure fixated on perfection, jason still shows vulnerability. he chases justice and closure, he gives voice to victims and survivors. beneath the scary exterior and false rumors of mindless rage is a person who, without any doubt in my book, is good, is caring, and is deserving of having that care be returned.

You just know he picked that up from Jason.

Ignore Gotham war mess go read DC's Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun #1 we got Dick and Jason team up

Batman #145 - "Dark Prisons" (2024)

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Dick and Jason brotherisms I'm going so crazy rn