Glitter-stained - Ink Stained Hands

three tickets to the barbie movie please

Discowing!Dick: Okay so for your first interrogation, would you like to play good cop or bad cop?

Robin!Jason: Who the fuck are you calling a cop

Dick: No, it's-

Jason: How dare you

I think one of my favourite arguments in that favour is that at some point Lucifer implies that we don't know God really did create everything, maybe he was just there first and called it all his, and I can see that in relation to Bruce calling Gotham his city when he's up there in his mansion in Bristol.

But I also think he makes a really good Adam!

And a really good failed Lucifer: came back, wrecked havoc on Bruce's status quo, has read Paradise Lost, for a once he almost thought he could do this, but in the end he can't kill Batman he can't kill Joker and he can't get Batman to kill Joker and he fails at being Lucifer, not because he can't kill Joker, but because it becomes apparent reading what happens before and after, his hatred for Bruce isn't immortal, but his love is. And that's sad, because Lucifer holds onto his hatred as a sign that all is not lost because at least he has that, at least he has his hatred and revenge but if the hatred dies, if the fury is left and the betrayal remains then what does he have? "Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven" but current Jason isn't reigning anywhere, is he? It's so tragic I love him so much failed Lucifer Jason he wears a bat on his chest and a muzzle on his face and he tried so, so hard

(I'm not even touching the Cain and Abel themes holy shit that's a whole other baby)

Btw you don't need christian Jason Todd to have self-aware christian imagery Jason Todd, he just needs to have read Paradise Lost

""You cannot win", her voice echoes through the wuthering hail, soaked in incense and gold and myrrh. "Abandon these futile attempts that will only harm you further."

What can a human do to a power like this, the Lord of Everything and Arbitre of unfairness, his deadliest warrior by his side with her gleaming lasso like a flaming sword? How is he meant to stand up tall, on these legs uneven?"

The Protector chapter 8: The Way The World Ends

Going insane thinking about some kind of warped trinity re Batman Bruce and robin. You just keep churning out more messiahs help meeeee

If DC didn't want my catholic education to analyse it through that lense it shouldn't have made a big deal about trinities or invented "The Lazarus Pits". One thing I find interesting about Batman/Batfam is when you look at symbolism in the batfam to analyse through that lense so far I've thought of (clearly this is my lense and you're not obligated to adhere to that vision):

-Jason as Jesus, Talia as Mary, Batman as God, Joker as Lucifer

-Robin as the Son, Batman as God (the Father), the Mission as the Holy Spirit

-Batman as God, Jason as Adam (Paradise Lost)

-Batman as God, Batkids as christians (Quo Vadis)

-Batman as Jesus, Two-Face as Judas

So I think it's very interesting that considering his place in the Batfam, Batman always has easy parallels with God The Father, but with Two Face he's a friend before he's a father so he's Jesus to his Judas -which makes me very curious if there was an intended parallel with Superman and Wonderwoman, since I don't really see it but they called them The Trinity, so maybe I am missing something?

When it comes to the batfam on the other hand, it's no surprise to see how fucked up their relationships are if Bruce is hailed as the metaphorical God Father. Maybe I'm missing some batfam interactions with the batkids in which he's compared to another figure in which case that interpretation is wrong, but so far I think these parallels combined with the themes of emancipation tying with identity loss, hero worship, and the general power dynamics of the batfam make a lot of sense.