Someone was in Bruce Wayne’s office, and there was no graceful way to avoid them without making it obvious that he knew they were in there. There was a smell in the air like mulch and roses.
He had no frame of reference for what would constitute a normal amount of things to notice, and so chose to err on the side of oblivious moron.
If there’d been a smell like marzipan dipped in bleach, he might have chosen differently.
“Heya, Mister Wayne,” Harley Quinn greeted, sitting on his desk. She waved as much with her feet as her hands. He closed the door behind him.
Bruce considered his response. Hopefully his momentary indecision with regard to his facial expression could pass for surprise, or confusion, or fear. “Hello, Dr. Quinzel.”
“Don’t worry,” she said. “I’m not with Jay no more.”
“She’s with me,” Poison Ivy said.
“Hello, Dr. Isley.”
“I really prefer Ivy.”
“Dr. Ivy,” he corrected.
“Doncha love the way he says doctor?” Harley asked Ivy.
“Charming,” Ivy said. She did not sound charmed.
“I told her we oughta come talk to ya,” Harley explained, “on account of you’re a real nice guy an’ all.”
“Thank you?”
“I was just going to kill you,” Ivy added.
“Thank you. For not doing that.”
“Isn’t he just like a puppy?” Harley asked, pressing her hands to her cheeks.
Technically, the list I used for Inktober today by sparrouu-bird is supposed to be
for OCs, but I just felt like sketching Dick (with full hair). The
prompt was “bruised,” so this is Dick moments after a hard-fought
battle.
we’ve been seeing female characters drawn with their nipples pointing out of their clothes, with cameltoe poppin’ out of leather pants somehow, with thong leotards with their butt cheeks flapping in the wind. is about time we saw some super men dick if u ask me
Honestly I read the bleeding cool article when the news broke and laughed my ass off.
“Many retailers were okay with a butt crack…. But a Batpenis on full display in many areas of the United States of America is a different story entirely. There are calls to make the comic returnable. Or maybe reprinted with the original shadow.”
I have to ask, where is this energy when Supergirl, a 16 year old character, has dozens of panty shots with her skirt just so? Are these people who are upset and demanding returnable orders over a rated M comic book with a penis inside it also upset when a RHATO 32, a rated T comic book, had Starfire wearing what is essentially lingerie lounging seductively on a sports car with her perfectly round magic breasts?
Bruce Wayne has an anatomically sized penis that was drawn without sexualization in a book meant to be purchased and read by adults and comic stores are freaking out and want their money back. They’re weak as hell. Bruce’s nude body was drawn with more respect than the clothed bodies of teenage girls.
Where’s the outrage over that?
Got a lot of people messaging me saying that there is no penis in Batman Damned. DC wound up censoring it. I honestly don’t care about that. I do care they said they removed it because “It doesn’t add to the story.”
DC continues to reprint & profit off of mid 2000s Supergirl books filled with butt/boob poses, nipples poking out of fabric, skirts so low the artist can draw the pelvic bone, and panty shots of a 16 year old girl (XXX). They have sold statues of Supergirl with clothes that look like bodypaint and panty shots with her butt sticking out (XXXXX X)
Again, I don’t care that the penis is gone. I care that DC thinks they can have it both ways. A non-sexualized penis doesn’t add to their story. Evidently sexualizing teenage girls does add to their stories. Hyper-sexualizing women in general adds to their stories. Why is that?
Imagine a story where Superman and the Flash have temporarily lost their powers, but they solve a crime by combining their skills as an investigative journalist and forensic scientist.
…I am so profoundly disappointed to discover, after a surface googling, that this has in fact never been done.
So many “lost their powers” stories, but never this potential taken advantage of.
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