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a-deck-of-cards · 9 months

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core 4 polycule hcs ( + some lgbtq+ hcs )

bc i want what they have :(

inspired by this post!1!1! ( go check it out srsly, it’s amazing )

tim is transmasc n bi

kon is cis n omni

bart is cis n asexual but he’s not too sure

annnd cassie is bi n closeted demi-girl

and ofc all of em are poly

tim is dating benard and cassie is dating cissie as well !!

tim is autistic, bart is audhd, kon has adhd and cassie is cassie (im not too sure yet)

when bart is overexcited / overwhelm, his powers go haywire and he really can’t control it anymore so kon uses his ttk to pull bart back to his feet

ma kent would invite them over to the farm where they learn how to make flower crowns with their colours

tim is red, bart is orange, kon is blue and cassie is yellow.

tim and kon were the first ones to start dating, then cassie joined in and then bart.

they would do cuddle piles all the time to get rid of the touch starvation.

tim didn’t want to tell bruce about this yet because he was unsure on how he would feel and whether he could accept it

they (cassie, kon, bart) told him to take his time and whatever happens, they will never leave his back.

cassie have chronic nightmares and panic attacks because of the nightmares.

tim would help cassie whenever she’s having one because he’s the most familiar with it and he’s usually up due to his insomnia

he would stay with her until she falls asleep again

kon, bart or cassie picks tim up to go to places bc apparently vehicles take too long

sometimes bart and kon would abduct tim bc they have no sense of boundaries.

cassie is too sensible to do that though.

everyone except bart have a drivers license to use when they’re in their civilian identity

bart is either too distracted or can just use his super speed without being seen.

bart has the biggest hair out of all of em

so they like to play and braid it sometimes

they also played with tim’s hair when he grew it out.

(short hair cassie supremacy)

cassie and kon are tall and is very muscle-y and tim and bart are small and lanky (tim especially)

so when they cuddle tim and bart have to be on the top or else they’d get crushed.

bart and tim constantly play video games with each other because yk theyre both obsessed.

i feel like ppl underestimate kon’s ttk

he can literally control any matter at touch

so he helps warm up cassie’s stomach whenever she’s have cramps

tim is the only one who gets sick bc

bart’s a speedster and they heal very fast, kon’s half kryptonian and well cassie’s a demigod

so they band up together to try and take care of tim when he’s sick

but tim would say he isn’t for the first couple days until it became too big of a bother

and he has it worse bc of his missing spleen

usually it ends in chaos

#theyre so cute #hshshhshsja #core 4 #young justice #tim drake #kon el #cassandra sandsmark #bart allen #cissie king jones #benard dowd #cissiecassie #timber #autistic tim drake #autistic bart allen #adhd bart allen #adhd kon el

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punkeropercyjackson · 4 months

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Tim Drake Core(He's the rat)

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thief-of-eggs · 1 year

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Kon (in an attempt to tidy up): *gesturing to a half drinken coffee on Tim’s desk* Are you still drinking this?

Tim: hmm? oh yeah, I am

Kon: *pointing at a glass of water* So you’re done with this then, right?

Tim: What? No I’m still drinking that, leave it there

Kon: *holding up a cup of lemonade* And this??

Tim: Yes! Don’t get rid of any of the cups, I’m still drinking them

Kon: *genuinely confused* All three?? At once??

Tim: *exasperated* Yes. One’s for hydration, one’s for caffeine, and the other is for happiness

Kon: ???

#it’s the adhd sir #inspired by the fact that i’m currently drinking all three at once as well #tim drake has adhd #tim drake #kon el #kon el superboy #incorrect dc quotes #kon el kent #conner kent #superboy

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asdfghjklfancat · 9 months

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Guys!! I've figured it out!!

Batfam is autism

Flashfam is adhd

Superfam relates because of ptsd and usually translates for others

Wonderfam thinks "the world of man" (aka neurotypicals) are stupid and doesn't bother masking

But!!!!!!

Young Justice is all of the above

Tim, Bart, Kon, and Cassie are traumatized audhd kids who have given up on fitting in and are a bonded unit

I will not be taking criticism!!!

#batfam #flashfam #superfam #wonderfam #autism #adhd #ptsd #unmasking #young justice #tim drake #kon kent #kon el #bart allen #cassie sandsmark #i take suggestions i said that for the meme of it

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jasontoddssuper · 1 year

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Interviewer:What's your type,Superboy?

Kon:My boyfriend Impulse :)

Interviewer:What about you,Red Robin?

Tim:Superboy's boyfriend Impulse :)

#HELP WHY DOES THIS FIT NSJSJSJEHSJDJD #kon-el kent #bart allen #tim drake #konbart #timbart #timkonbart #t4t timkonbart #young justice #and i hc all of them as neurodivergent!!tim and bart as autistic and all three as adhd <3 #💌#letters from summer #pop post 🌟

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autistic-human · 9 months

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#tim drake #dc #batfam funny #batman and robin #impulse #adhd bart allen #bart allen #kon el kent #batman #art #dick grayson #cassie sandsmark #wonder girl

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tobias-robin · 8 months

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Tim drake AuDHD and OCD

Conner AuDHD

Bart ADHD(possible autism??)

When Tim gets overwhelmed he straight up hides from everyone, full solitude moment. Lights off, probably on the verge of stripping due to overstimulating textures. He doesn’t cry often but when he has a really bad meltdown, mixed with consistent masking/stress he definitely will breakdown and either cling to the nearest person, call kon by just like whispering his name, or hide under the nearest blanket. Any change in environment can stress him out, and sometimes cause a meltdown for him. Normally hates physical affection unless it’s from certain people(major touch starvation due to childhood neglect but not sure how to react to physical touch without considering it as negative.) digs his nails into his arms to help with overstimulation, makes it worse especially if the pressure isn’t equal on both arms. Lights are a big sensory no no he can’t do bright lights much.

When kon gets overwhelmed it’s really bad. He’ll try pulling out his hair, biting down on his arm, or just crying for as long as he can while gripping at his ears as if he’s going to tear them off. None of that rlly works. Sometimes when he’s having a bad sensory overload or meltdown he’ll go to Tim, for some reason kon loves physical affection big time(yet again touch starvation! Just opposite of Tim sorta) tim holding him or rubbing his back normally helps ground him. He’ll cry until his head rings and he just feels worse but too exhausted to care and just passes out.

When Bart is overwhelmed or having a breakdown YADA YADA YADA, he pretty much runs around stimming as hard as he can to try and relieve the emotional pain. He isn’t very self destructive compared to Tim and kon, but sometimes he does accidentally run into walls(normal occurrence though). He’s probably only been able to stay still during a meltdown once, kon had to hold him in place while he hit his ears crying and screaming and asking him to make it stop. (Painful)

#batfam #kon el kent #conner kent #tim drake #timothy drake #batboys #young justice #bart allen #dc dcomics #dc universe #meltdown #autism #audhd #audhd things #adhd #ocd #autistic tim drake

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actualpunkpercyjackson · 5 months

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Do you have fav Superfam hcs?

Oh boy do i!!!

All afrolatinos except for the canon poc(John and Natsha,who're african-american,and Kenan,who's chinese).Kryptonians are black like Tamaraneans and the Kents are mexican,the Danvers are puerto rican,the Langs are argentinian and the Lanes are dominican!!

Kryptonians all have a xenogender.Clark,Kara and Kon are doggender,Jon is bunnygender and Karen is catgender!!

All trans fam just like the Batfam!

All adhd too <3

My hcs for the titles lineup:Clark-Superman,Jon-Superboy,Lana-Superwoman,Kara-Supernova,Karen-Power Girl,Kon-Power Boy,Mia-Supergirl and Laney-Superrocket

And full Supersiblings lineup-Summer,Jon,Kon,Chris,Mia,Laney,Carol and Laura

Summer,Kon,Chris and Laney have all lived with Martha and Jonathan at one point

They're known as 'Papa Jonathan and Mama Martha' to them

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floof-writes · 2 years

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In honor of ADHD Awareness Month, I'm starting a DC oneshot series for all my neurodivergent DC headcanons. It will update on Sundays or Mondays until the end of October, so here's the first one!

#dcu fic #ao3 fic #bart allen #tim drake #ray terrill #kon el #cassie sandsmark #young justice 1998 #young justice #adhd awareness

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clambuoyance · 7 months

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omg wait i know this one!! /adhd excitement

jon told jay in superman: son of kon-el #2 that his hair is impervious to bleach :D

YEAH!!

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punkeropercyjackson · 2 months

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To Pjo x DC content creators,reminder that:

Percy canonically referenced Superman but never any other DC superhero

Kryptonians are compared to gods in power level in-universe

Metropolis is in the upper parts of New York

Percy canonically also hates rich people and expresses they never want to be rich ever

Jason dosen't have a Super to his Bat nor a proper foil who's another hero

Percy dosen't kill not because of a moral code but because they're scared of their own powers

Kon is a kid who was abused by almost every adult in their life and Percy always takes those in as their younger siblings and pseudo-kids and they share almost the same sense of humor

Please for the love of fuck make Percy a Superfam member instead of Batfam,it dosen't work on every level and that includes that Percy wouldn't like Bruce at all much less view him as their dad and Clark would remind them of Sally so they'd have a Gwen Stacy and Jessica Drew moment of Percy saying 'Will you adopt me?' on the first meeting

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buniyaad · 26 days

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i love it when mentally ill men with ten thousand traumas and an inability to hold down a woman (kon el) realize that their happy ending is with equally mentally ill, adhd/autistic-coded goofballs who will goof off but still get the job done by borrowing god's (the speed force's) powers to tear through a dying universe and bring them home. PEAK ship dynamic.

#konbart #bartkon #kon el #bart allen #dc comics #real talk

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wonderbutch · 7 months

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kara zor-el headcanons

- not stick thin. shes shaped like a soft door!!

- has scars from her childhood on krypton, specifically on her knees, arms, and hands

- kryptonians can scar if a) wounded and healed under a red sun and/or b) wound is caused by kryptonite (these scars won’t be That noticeable though). kara has scars on her wrists and upper arms.

- her eyes aren’t actually that blue. they’re more greenish grey, like her father’s

- bigender. when she was in midvale a lot of people would make fun of her because she looks very androgynous, but she didn’t realise until later that she was bigender and didn’t care how people perceived her gender

- starts binding in her 20s. as someone with super strength binding is pretty breezy for her however fighting is hard because sometimes she’s weakened and post fight her ribs are in HELL.

- likes having long hair, but cuts it again when she turns 18, and grows it out again the following year

- she’s not a Devout raoist, but she takes her religion quite seriously and also feels a huge kinship with the jewish people

- she specifically prays quite a lot to Cythonna (krypton’s ice goddess)

- she really really loves writing, and writes poetry constantly

- in a queerplatonic relationship with brainiac 5

- really into history. like REALLY into history. studies it eventually.

- is so fucking incredibly proud of her family. she can’t believe how much the house of el has grown since she was that small 15 year old kid in midvale.

- kinda has a complex about being alone though, but shes working on it!

- really loves nighttime. her favourite memories of midvale include flying alone at night

- doesn’t wear makeup often, it makes her itchy and she has sensory issues

- diagnosed with ADHD shortly after being adopted by the danvers, strongly suspected to be autistic but hasn’t been diagnosed for various reasons

- sleep talks in kryptonian. try explaining that to lena thorul after a sleepover

- really good with numbers and dates but not good at maths

- doesn’t actually like science all that much

- really really good with kids, especially babies. shes a damn natural and kids love her. she WILL start crying if she sees a kid cry

- secretly refers to herself as kar-el sometimes. only person she’s ever told is kon, who is also nonbinary

- unlike kal, she keeps her legion ring visible! when shes not Supergirl she cloaks it to look like a normal ring

- loves necklaces in theory but doesnt wear them because sensory issues

will prob add more to this but!! this is all for now!!!

#headcanons #dc #dc comics #supergirl #kara zor-el #kara zor-el headcanons #supergirl headcanons #pls pls pls send me asks if u want to abt this!!!!

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jasontoddssuper · 1 year

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#made by my bestie @vambirezz for me!!!thank you ilysm💕💕💕💕💕💕#konbart #t4t konbart #bart allen #kon-el kent #flashfam #superfamilia #young justice #autistic bart allen #adhd kon rights #💌#neurodivergence tag #letters from summer #pop post 🌟

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cinnamunspice · 11 months

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❛ nothing in this world is coincidence. ❜ ── tags.

𝖨𝖭𝖣𝖤𝖯𝖤𝖭𝖣𝖤𝖭𝖳, 𝖧𝖨𝖦𝖧𝖫𝖸 𝖲𝖤𝖫𝖤𝖢𝖳𝖨𝖵𝖤 𝖬𝖴𝖫𝖳𝖨𝖬𝖴𝖲𝖤 𝖡𝖫𝖮𝖦 𝖥𝖤𝖠𝖳𝖴𝖱𝖨𝖭𝖦 𝖢𝖧𝖠𝖱𝖠𝖢𝖳𝖤𝖱𝖲 𝖥𝖱𝖮𝖬 𝖣𝖨𝖥𝖥𝖤𝖱𝖤𝖭𝖳 𝖥𝖠𝖭𝖣𝖮𝖬𝖲 𝖫𝖨𝖪𝖤 𝖣𝖢 𝖢𝖮𝖬𝖨𝖢𝖲, MARVEL COMICS 𝖠𝖭𝖣 PERCY JACKSON. 𝖤𝖷𝖯𝖫𝖮𝖱𝖤𝖣 𝖡𝖸 𝖢𝖨𝖭𝖭𝖠. 𝖳𝖧𝖤𝖸 / 𝖳𝖧𝖤𝖬. 𝟤𝟨. 𝖤𝖲𝖳 (𝖦𝖬𝖳-𝟧). blockquotes graphics by sapphicsrph

carrd.

mobile list + rules below.

primary muse

STEPHANIE BROWN / BATGIRL ⭑ bio sʜᴇ/ʜᴇʀ - ʙɪsᴇxᴜᴀʟ - DC COMICS ᴘʀᴇ-52 ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ + ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴀᴛɢɪʀʟs (2021). THEODORA THAWNE / INERTIA ⭑ bio sʜᴇ/ʜᴇʀ - ʟᴇsʙɪᴀɴ - DC COMICS ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ɪɴ EARTH-11 (ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀʙᴇɴᴅ.) ʜᴇᴀᴠɪʟʏ ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ @ɴʀᴛʜ-ᴡɪɴᴅ's 'ʙᴇᴀ ᴀʟʟᴇɴ/ɪᴍᴘᴜʟsᴇ'.

JOSEPH WILSON / JERICHO * sideblog only ʜᴇ/ʜɪᴍ - ᴘᴀɴsᴇxᴜᴀʟ - DC COMICS sᴛʀɪᴄᴛ ᴘʀᴇ.52 ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ +ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ɴᴇᴡ ᴛᴇᴇɴ ᴛɪᴛᴀɴs ᴠ.2

secondary muse

KON-EL / SUPERBOY or SUPERNOVA ⭑ bio ʜᴇ/ʜɪᴍ - ǫᴜᴇᴇʀ - DC COMICS ɪɴsᴘɪʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ɴᴇᴡ MOT sᴇʀɪᴇs ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛ + 90s SB / YJ ᴄᴏᴍɪᴄs.

TIMOTHY DRAKE / RED ROBIN or ROBIN ʜᴇ/sʜᴇ/ᴛʜᴇʏ (ᴀɴʏ) - ʙɪsᴇxᴜᴀʟ - ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀғʟᴜɪᴅ - DC COMICS ʜᴇᴀᴠɪʟʏ ɪɴsᴘɪʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ 90s ʀᴏʙɪɴ + ʏᴊ ᴄᴏᴍɪᴄs. ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ ᴏɴ ᴅᴀᴡɴ ᴏғ ᴅᴄ/ɪɴғɪɴɪᴛᴇ ғʀᴏɴᴛɪᴇʀ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴɪɴɢs.

testing muse

THALIA GRACE / HUNTER OF ARTEMIS sʜᴇ/ʜᴇʀ - PERCY JACKSON ᴘʀᴇᴠɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀꜱ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴢᴇᴜꜱ. ɴᴏᴛᴇ: ᴍᴜɴ ʜᴀꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ʜᴇʀᴏ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪꜱ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟɪᴀʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴀɴᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜱ ꜱᴘᴏɪʟᴇʀ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅʟʏ.

MAYA DUCARD / NOBODY ⭑ bio sʜᴇ/ᴛʜᴇʏ - DC COMICS ʜᴇᴀᴠɪʟʏ sᴏɴ ᴏғ ʙᴀᴛᴍᴀɴ ʙᴀsᴇᴅ. ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀs ɪɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇʀʀɪғɪᴄs ᴄᴀᴍᴇᴏ ᴄᴀɴᴏɴ.

VALENTINE VUONG / THE HORNED EMPEROR ᴛʜᴇʏ/ᴛʜᴇᴍ - ᴘᴀɴsᴇxᴜᴀʟ . - MARVEL COMICS ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ᴘʀɪᴍᴀʀɪʟʏ ᴘᴏsᴛ ᴅᴇᴀᴅᴘᴏᴏʟ ᴠᴏʟ.9 ʀᴜɴ.

MATT THOLOMULE ʜᴇ/ʜɪᴍ - THE OWLHOUSE ᴅᴇғᴀᴜʟᴛ ɪs ᴘᴏsᴛ sᴇᴀsᴏɴ 3 ғɪɴᴀʟᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ sᴇᴀsᴏɴs 1-3.

TALIA AL GHUL ⭑ bio sʜᴇ/ʜᴇʀ - ᴅᴇᴍɪsᴇxᴜᴀʟ ғᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ - DC COMICS ᴘʀᴇ-ᴍᴏʀʀɪsᴏɴ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟɪᴛʏ ʜᴇᴀᴠɪʟʏ ɪɴsᴘɪʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ 70s/80s ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴄᴏᴍɪᴄs

rare / request only muse

DICK GRAYSON / NIGHTWING ʜᴇ/ʜɪᴍ - ᴘᴀɴsᴇxᴜᴀʟ - DC COMICS ᴍᴏsᴛʟʏ ᴘʀᴇ-52 ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ʀᴏʙɪɴ: ʏᴇᴀʀ 1 & ɴɪɢʜᴛᴡɪɴɢ: ʏᴇᴀʀ 1.

CISSIE KING JONES / prev. ARROWETTE ⭑ bio / outlaws au / dkos au sʜᴇ/ʜᴇʀ - ᴘᴀɴsᴇxᴜᴀʟ - ᴛʀᴀɴs - DC COMICS ɪɴsᴘɪʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ 90s ɪᴍᴘᴜʟsᴇ + YJ ᴄᴏᴍɪᴄs

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lacrimosathedark · 2 years

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I have made some DC posts that people actually show interest in (and most of them seem to like with...one exception) but I know a not insubstantial portion of DC fandom watches the Young Justice cartoon, and I don’t. I have no intention to change that in the near future. But because I Have A Problem and constantly feel the need to explain myself for things, I’m going to do that.

Before that, DISCLAIMER: I am NOT saying the show is inherently bad, nor do I think anyone is dumb or wrong for liking it or even preferring it to the comics. It’s just not MY thing.

If you are sensitive to people not liking things you enjoy, seriously, don’t read this. I’m not attacking anyone, this is all my personal opinion and preferences.

So!

Reasons I Don’t Watch Young Justice

1. I suck at watching things.

Honestly my biggest reason. I was that kid in school that everyone was like “you haven’t seen [supposedly culturally iconic or currently popular movie]?! Seriously!?! That’s insane! You HAVE to!”

AND THEN I DIDN’T

A big part of that is my brain is Dumb. I have Inattentive-Type ADHD. This means my brain is very bad at focusing, especially on things I’m not like, super fixated on (and even then, I often overwhelm myself). So I’m not good at sitting down and watching things, even when I AM interest.

People have been telling me to watch and/or read Lord of the Rings for pretty much ever. GUESS WHAT I’VE NEVER SEEN

I loved Supernatural, as shitty as it could be. I haven’t watched every episode in any season past season 6.

I have had lists of anime and video games I want to watch. Still haven’t.

I’ve been recommended books (and I’m generally better at reading than watching) that sound awesome that I STILL have not picked up.

I have been intending to watch Moon Knight, which I actually really want to watch. Guess what I haven’t done.

2. My brain seems to like comic books more.

I didn’t get to have comic books as a kid just because it wasn’t a big thing where I lived so my exposure was limited. However, there’s a crossover exposure that my brain liked.

I grew up loving anime, and read a lot of manga. I also grew up playing Spider-Man video games. And then, I also grew up watching the old Teen Titans cartoon.

All these kind of combine into a certain predisposition towards consuming media in a certain way.

3. It doesn’t mesh with my comic experience.

I, like I presume a good chunk of other tumblr users, got into comics because of ThePandaRedd from TikTok. He is just so fucking funny and it drew me in. And if you don’t know, a lot of his content is Bat family related. So, that’s what I was drawn to. Growing up with the Teen Titans show, I was also lowkey predisposed to an interest in Robin anyway.

I quickly learned all I could about all of Batman’s many kids (because wtf my guy). To do that, I started watching comic videos on youtube, reading wikis, finding comic book pages on tumblr. I eventually grew to love all of them.

But I learned about and almost immediately fell in love with Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Cassandra Cain.

Why does this matter to my point? Well...

4. That’s not Young Justice.

The show is called Young Justice, but like...that’s not Young Justice. That’s basically the Teen Titans.

I have seen clips of the first episode. I don’t remember all of it, but three characters I distinctly remember being present for the formation of that Young Justice was Dick Grayson, Wally West, and Roy Harper. In comics, they were never Young Justice. Those three specifically founded the Teen Titans with Garth and Donna Troy. Like???

Young Justice in the comics is formed by Tim Drake, Superboy (later named Kon-El and Conner Kent), and Bart Allen. Not long after they add Greta Hayes and Cassie Sandsmark and on and on but like, those three boys are at the center. So much so that them, along with Cassie Sandsmark, are known as the Core Four among the fandom. And they are all intimately close friends and those relationships actually mean a lot to me.

Just a glance at the wiki makes me just...my skin is crawling. Kon joins the team with Dick, long before Tim is on the team. Ugh.

Kon dates Miss Martian, which...I don’t know much about the Martians and Kon is a flirt but like...the other characters he’s usually closer with--ugh.

Tim dates Cassie??? Without the influence of losing Conner??? And also idk does he date Stephanie? Because Tim and Steph are like, a big thing and tbh the only more intimate relationship Tim has is with Conner effin Kent, and I know Steph is in the show. (Also for a show that has a bunch of queer stuff, why does my duck boy not have a boyfriend of any kind? I know Bernard is super recent but he’s been like queercoded forever so like where is it?)

Speaking of that relationship, where is it? Even in a platonic sense, because Kon is consistently borderline obsessed with being Tim’s friend. Tim is probably the most important person to him; throughout especially the Teen Titans run Kon relied on Tim for emotional support and put a lot of faith in him. Tim literally lost his goddamn mind when Conner died. Like, he tried to bring Steph back with a Lazarus Pit. Okay, kinda fucked, but it’s happened. But when Kon died, Tim changed his costume to match Kon’s colors, tried to clone him, and “dated” his ex-girlfriend (who had, at the time, literally joined a cult who had hoped to bring Conner back). Um??? And then when Kon came back, Kon’s support made a huge difference in Tim’s shitty mental health. And the second time they met after Kon came back, Tim threw himself at Kon to hug him. And Conner refused to accept anyone but Tim (Damian specifically, but also Steph) as Robin. To him, Tim will always be Robin (and he will always be Tim’s clone boy <3). These two are a pair, platonic or otherwise, and that they aren’t so close in this show is upsetting to me.

Bart at least doesn’t appear before Tim does but he’s still seemingly not close to the rest of the “Core Four” and that just makes me so incredibly sad. I mean, points for making him not straight I guess but like...those friendships are really important to him. Like, Kon has historically been almost like his mom-friend, making sure he’s taken care of even when Bart is doing everything to avoid his issues (not that Conner’s much better at that, but yknow). The newer Young Justice comics, Conner totally mom’s Bart. He full names him (”Bartholomew Allen the Second! Don’t run away from me!” literally all that’s missing is his middle name and a scolding “young man”), and grabs some of his favorite snacks for when he wakes up after he passes out. And he also immediately called Tim because from the beginning there’s been the joke of the co-parenting Bart. And another point to Conner relying on Tim and just UGH.

And y’know, if they’re just gonna do Teen Titans, where are Vic and Raven and Kory? Like, I’m glad they had lesser known Titans like Karen Beecher and Mal Duncan but like...idk. I personally grew up with them, and if you’re gonna have Beast Boy, I feel like Cyborg and Raven kinda come with that package. And Starfire comes with the Raven package. Just my personal feelings there.

Small note since I mentioned my other beloved Bats: I know very little about what’s happening with them, but Cass is Cassandra Wu-San and Jason seems to still be brain-dead. Like, pre-Lazarus Pit brain-dead. Like I just...don’t know.

5. Artemis unreasonably pisses me off.

Prefacing this with, she’s not necessarily a bad character (I honestly can’t judge that with what little I know). This is honestly mostly because my brain is dumb.

First of all, it takes my brain several jumps to figure out who someone’s talking about when they talk about her.

“Y’know, Artemis.”

“You mean Artemis Grace of Bana-Mighdall, badass redhead Amazon, archer and ax-wielder, and Jason Todd’s bestie/former girlfriend?”

“No, the blonde archer, in Young Justice.”

“...You mean Cissie King-Jones, Arrowette?”

“No, from the show.”

“...Oh.”

And then she’s paired up with Wally West apparently. Which unnecessarily gets under my skin.

Look, the only person I can see Wally with other than his wife Linda is Dick Grayson, and that is really because he seems just as obsessively protective about both of them. I cannot imagine Wally without either of them, and tbh the idea of him not have Jai and Irey makes me so fucking sad. Man would do literally anything for his children. I know he’s dated other girls before Linda, but it still rubs me the wrong way.

In that same vein...

6. Zatanna

I know she’s implied to have...been with Dick Grayson in the show. In general, who can blame her, it’s Dick Grayson.

However, in the show, she’s around Dick’s age.

In the comics, she was childhood friends with Bruce Wayne. Those two are best friends. They sort of almost dated for a while. I may be wrong, but I think Z may even be a little older than Bruce.

And that just really freaks me out, okay? It puts me off. My brain doesn’t want to compute that her age is different than it is in the comics.

(Also I’m a fan off her on-off relationship with the lovable chaotic fuckboy that is John Constantine.)

7. What the FUCK is going on with Roy Harper? Also Cheshire and Lian.

Like, there’s like, three different versions of him or something? And the “real” Roy isn’t even Lian’s father? Like, this is things I’ve just learned from vague clips and they make me irrationally frustrated.

As for Cheshire, I know she’s played to be sympathetic in the show, to at least some extent. Which isn’t a problem.

But I don’t like her.

She did, at one point, truly love Roy. She genuinely loves her daughter probably more than anything in the world. She is, arguably, the best mother she could be given the circumstances.

That being said, this is a woman who loves what she does. She revels in her job as an assassin. She enjoys the taunting, the fighting, the killing. She finds amusement in seeing people fall to her poisons. And as much as she loves her daughter, she would not give up being an assassin to raise her.

Jade Nguyen is an awful person in my eyes and that cartoon won’t change that.

I’m also not invested in that Lian.

Every clip I’ve seen of cartoon Lian looks nothing like any version of Lian I know and love. Like, the closest is Kingdom Come Red Hood with her long red hair, but her hair was distinctly curly and she looked like Jade, according to little Lian. Then there’s little Lian, black haired, clearly Asian girl, being raised with numerous superheroes and knowing Navajo traditions, sweet and clever and brilliant and whose favorite color is red. And then there’s Shoes, who while many don’t like her mostly due to her amnesia, I do. Blue hair and usually blue lipstick, seemingly temporary (or at least inconsistent) tattoos on her neck and arms, one of Catwoman’s Alleytown Strays and upcoming vigilante Cheshire Cat. Clearly clever, already a hacker, wears a red baseball hat (like Roy!) and fishnets (like Dinah!) and all around a ‘fuck you’ attitude while still being a sweetheart, very much like Selina.

The overall white-looking brown-haired girl in pink I keep seeing doesn’t click as Lian to me. That’s not the girl I adore. And as of late, Lian has been really important to me.

I don’t know if that’s even everything, but I felt I had to get it out of my system. Particularly about Artemis. I really don’t know why that makes me so upset but I don’t like it. At All.

Sorry, my content, aside from maybe a jokey reblog, will never be about the Young Justice cartoon. I don’t intend to bash it, but I’m not gonna watch it, and comment much on it either. If that’s content you want, you won’t find it here.

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