can we talk about Phil and Jaiden today and their interactions after Jaiden finally shows her wings because I’m going crazy.
Jaiden showing off her wings for the first time to Phil, and Phil both happy for her and also insanely jealous, because why did she get to keep her wings, while his got clipped so badly he needs his backpack to counterbalance the weight he lost - or at least the weight he looses having to keep them close to his back.
and the whole time they’re talking in a group, hanging around spawn, Jaiden is perched somewhere above the group. up in a tree, moving from branch to branch, or against the wall, or right on the top of that lamppost. Phil, on the other hand, stays sat on the bench the entire time. grounded.
and every time Jaiden hops from perch to perch, he looks specifically at her. zooms in whiles she’s sat on the lamppost even as he continues conversation. its such a small detail but really helps punch in just how much Philza can’t let it go, can’t stop wishing that he could do the same.
I know you got an ask about Vascos' ears in the wind, or when he turns sharply, and shared an artwork of his ears whacking Machete in the face -- does Vasco ever brush them off his shoulders like a person with long hair might do? Like this 👇
Yeah, all the time! One of his typical gestures that he keeps doing without thinking it, or uses as a flourish in the middle of conversation. His ears sort of operate on long hair rules, except ears are warm, heavier and have circulation so they can't be tied up, at least not longer than a few moments.
Yes, he's a touch-powered person and appreciates pets. Hound ears like his tend to be exceedingly soft.
Vasco doesn't fidget with his ears that much, but Machete does, if he gets a chance.
hi katie!! My favorite line is in Spanish "Te Amo" lol
"I miss you, PB and J." he just says is with such a sad sigh
"Well, I'll make you some soup then." he's talking to his SON
3. "These are my friends...my friends don't listen very well." I like when the angel gets bitchy
4. "Now I realize that there is no righteous path. It's just people trying to do their best in a world where it's far too easy to do your worst." wow deep
5. "...I found a family. And I became a father." this whole speech made me sob
What are Benjamin's eating habits like? Is he a picky eater, or will he eat just about anything? What are his favorite foods? What foods does he hate? Any eating quirks?
Benjamin is actually not a picky eater. But since he’s still a child, most of his food is provided by Mordecai, which means he keeps kosher (and he does choose to continue that into adulthood). I can’t imagine Mordecai as someone who indulges a child in sodas, candies, cakes, and treats. Benjamin isn’t really allowed anything of that kind; not because Mordecai is a helicopter parents but mostly because Mordy feels his method of eating is superior to others so why would you want to eat any other way. But Benji does get treats every now and then! If you ask him what his favorite food is, he’d probably say chicken. He does have one all time food nemesis though and that’s Mordecai’s lightly fried Brussels sprouts. He hates Brussels sprouts.
have you shared your thoughts on the slade and dick relationship anywhere on your blog? i've seen you mention the handling of that relationship as an issue you have with the devin grayson run and i'm so interested in seeing your further takes on them as characters and their relationship, especially after reading persephone
i think their relationship is suuuuper interesting but also that popular interpretations of slade forget two crucial details — he’s obsessed with dick grayson to an unhealthy degree, and he’s canonically a child rapist.
first ill elaborate on that last part — the retcon that deathstroke is a badass, sometimes grey morality type guy that people respect tends to ignore his first proper appearance in comics, wherein he was sleeping with fifteen year old tara markov. slades history in comics is inextricably tied to many iterations of the titans. he has always, always been a freak with kids. he should never be framed as anything but that. none of that suave, menacing dude thanks. adeline should’ve taken both his eyes.
wrt dick i think they’re interesting because slades thought process goes — i just got defeated by a kid in a stupid costume -> that kid in the stupid costume defeated me, meaning he has to be something special. slade is a very proud person with a lot of faith in his own abilities, so dick grayson must be truly exceptional to have outmanoeuvred him. slade imo works best as a nightwing villain (rather than a batman or ga villain) because that egotism is crucial to slade’s character. dick grayson is exceptional, and slade takes pride in both defeating him and briefly allying with him. like i said in persephone: it’s all about power. slade will do anything to get the upper hand.
where shit gets lost in the sauce is devin graysons explicit coding of their relationship as romantic which. i won’t elaborate on. but ignoring everything else whack about it i think it flattens their relationship. slade is all about control and doing anything to achieve his goals. dick is a significant obstacle to that. slade hates dick, but in a twisted way he also respects him, because dick having to fight slade is a positive reflection of slades own abilities (in slades eyes). slade killed 100k people in dicks name. dick mourned both slades sons and taught his daughter. the power that comes with trying to smother that kind of light would be intoxicating to someone like deathstroke. there’s a lot to chew on there.
anyway tldr the person slade hates most in the world is roy harper