Someone Commented Around The Angstiest Part Of My Fic (really Lovely Reader, Very Sweet Comment) That

Someone commented around the angstiest part of my fic (really lovely reader, very sweet comment) that they didn't see how the story could have a happy ending because what had happened to Jason could never be undone (which is kinda the point) and the Robins would always be child soldiers (which was really really not what the story was about). And for a moment I was really confused because while the story is pretty fucking dark and the discussion over child-soldiering could totally happen in-tone in universe, it was never even a theme, so I read the comment and thought "well, shit. What do I do now?" Because it was never gonna get addressed beyond Bruce's usual "woe is me I got my robins killed" stuff, but now I felt like whatever ending I was picturing was rendered dimmer by the shadow of that untreated issue in the background. Eventually I decided to say screw it because the story is more about playing with the character's psychology and using superheroes to talk about different real-life questions than creating a super realistic flawless world where there's a great justification for everything, but it still fucked with me. I think that reader just misunderstood Jason's motives in the story since the narration didn't to the bottom of it yet which created some confusion, but I didn't expect it to catch me off-guard like that.

Anyway, dc is a made up universe used to tell stories about a lot of different stuff using different tones and themes. Don't be an idiot like me and give yourself a headache for something silly like that when you can give yourself a headache over something clever (like a jayroy horse movie AU) instead.

"Are the Robins child soldiers" It depends. If the story is super serious and into exploring complex morality and grounded from reality's standards, then yes. If the story is lighthearted, made for children, fluff, etc., then no. If it's somewhere in the middle, it might depend.

If an author wants to write a story seriously delving into the fucked up-ness of children fighting criminals, they can, and if you don't like it, you can read something else.

If an author wants to write a fun story about villains and heroes featuring Robin in a world where that's not an issue, they can, and if you don't like it, you can read something else.

If an author wants to write a serious story but not apply IRL-logic to Robin, they can, and if you don't like it, you can read something else.

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Good writing Jaybin Batman animated series with Two Face as his biggest villain? Please and thank you!!!!! And this art is soooo prettyyy

Jason: yolo

Jason: yolt

Jason: yolt

Jason: yolft

Jason: yolft

Everyone: Please stop

PLEASE is there any cute red hood merch out there that’s a bit subtle or not just A BLACK SHIRT WITH THE RED FREAKING BAT ON IT PLEASEEEE I need it!! I’m a teenage girl and if I wear that ugly ass shirt I WILL get asked to ‘name five characters’ and be called a ‘fake/basic fan’ pleaseeeee

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Saturday Family Dinner by GlitterStained on ao3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58634296

When his terrifying crime family tracks him down, runaway Jason Todd knows his days are numbered. Meanwhile, Bruce is struggling to give his son space, the kids are too curious for their own good, and none of them can fait for family dinner.

The public has requested fic recs for the hyper specific "dark mafia no kill rule reversal Jason comes back to the family angst but still there's love" trope, aka Jason Todd's platonic found family version of a dark romance, and so they shall receive: the five fics I've found on the matter, which I recommend especially if you enjoy protective batfam, angst and misunderstandings.

We happy few by sunsational96, it's really good writing if you're not afraid of stuff getting dark, unfortunately it has only two chapters yet but I hope it gets updated because it's so promising (only point I dislike is Jason being a cop but also given his family, I get it.) Tim is unhinged in it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42523731/chapters/106806804

The Safe Inside series by Dalee, the first work of which is "The Sun will Rise", which is complete and a satisfying conclusion to the story in itself.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25397782

Unrefusable Offer by Envisparkler, it's finished! Honestly I could have done with a third chapter because it's kinda angsty but it's really fun too, somebody give poor Jay a hug he's traumatized.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/52124098/chapters/131834677

Choke by Chemically_Imbalanced, VERY similar to Unrefusable Offer (though idk which came first) so if you love reading different takes on the same idea and enjoyed one, I definitely recommend the other- also a real fun read, and it has the advantage of not being finished yet, so we might get more than just the two chapters, even if they're already fun on their own!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56516731/chapters/143631982

You liked Unrefusable Offer's take on dark!Dick and wish there was a short fic with his POV? Don't worry, here's sElkieNight60's extra add-on for that fic: Damned to Perdition. It's tasty, y'all.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53521066

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