i haven't watched pearl's episode yet. but there's something to be said about the fact that she knew scar well enough to know that, when it was the two of them, he would have too much pride to accept a sacrifice.
she doesn't want to win, and she tells him at first before she quietly tucks that secret back into its shell after scar's indignant reaction to her first attempt at self-sacrifice. she lets scar forget about it as they kill gem, and then as scar kills pearl. at no point does she try to say here, let me give this to you. she knows scar, but she also knows the pain of an ending like that.
but she misses a few swings, doesn't she? her legs don't move as quickly to duck away from his arrows. and isn't that familiar? isn't that something like a cactus ring, with two unrelenting fists and two half-hearted ones: a fight with two unwilling participants, a fight that was over before it ever really began at the insistence of one of its patrons
pearl is all too familiar with the sting of sacrifice, but then on the other side of things... scar knows all too well the tragedy of gifted victory, doesn't he?
The weirdest double standard is trans people can only ever "identify as" and cis people just "are," and the more time goes on and people start realizing this, I hope this will change
Image 1: Fanart of Barry Allen from DC Super Hero Girls celebrating his birthday. He has acne and lightning highlights in his eyes, as well as lightning bolt blush, lightning-shaped eyebrows, and wing-like tufts of hair tucked behind his ears. He’s wearing a birthday hat and red jacket, holding out a race car birthday cake with 17th candles in an awed expression. The cake reads: “Happy Birthday Bartholomew!!” Behind him are various balloons creating a frame around him. To the side are panels containing simplified moments of Barry throughout his birthday party. The first is a pink panel where someone puts the birthday hat on him. The second is a green panel where he blows a party horn with chipmunk cheeks and a scrunched up expression. The last is a blue panel where his friends stack a pile of gifts into his arms, his face barely peeking through. Confetti is strewn about everywhere.
Images 2-4: Closeups of Barry’s face, the 3 side panels, and the cake, respectively.
VIDEO ID: A clip from DC Super Hero Girls where Barry frets over his birthday card for his nana. He had originally written only 1 exclamation point on the card, even though he was “way happier than that,” so he quickly adds another exclamation point to “stop being so burdened all the time.”