usually when i think about he yj gang being unwanted and feeling insecure in the face of their predecessors its like poetic or something but right now i literally cannot stop laughing about it
can you imagine being dick grayson. chronic older brother syndrome, freshly re-only childed and then this fucking. weird preteen appears and announces he knows your secret identity that youve kept under wraps for years. you do not know this kid. but unfortunately, he knows you. somewhere… an achievement sound plays. what does it read? “big brother part 2, whether you like it or not, pussy”
can you. imagine. being. wally. west. your father figure is dead, collapsed in front of your face and you are left to pick up the pieces. you feel startlingly inadequate compared to him. you arent as fast, arent as nice, arent as amazing. and then, in the midst of all this….. some. fucking kid appears. he tries to beat your ass immediately upon seeing you. he tells you hes your father figures actual grandson, and you feel yourself begin to drown in the face of your inadequacy. then the kid eats about a metric fuckton of pizza rolls, tells you to go fuck yourself, and breaks a gameboy trying to play cool “retro” games like fucking. pokemon
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING DONNA TROY. YOU ARE A DISCIPLINED WARRIOR, RAISED IN THE ART OF FIGHTING FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS SINCE BIRTH. YOU HAVE TAKEN ON A MANTLE THAT REPRESENTS HOW YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR THE LITTLE GUY, HOW YOU WOULD SAVE ANYONE. YOU ARE AN IMMORTAL GODDESS BEING THING. AND THEN, SOME MIDDLE SCHOOLER PUTS ON A WIG AND PUNCHES A VILLAIN AND THEN SHOWS UP IN FRONT OF ZEUS AND BULLIES HIM INTO GIVING HER SUPERPOWERS
CAN YOU IMAGE BEING CLARK KENT? YOU GET ATTACKED BY A CREEPY MONSTER, GET BEAT INTO A COMA SO BAD THAT ALL YOUR CLOSEST FREINDS ASSUME YOURE DEAD, AND WHEN YOU RECOVER YOU FIND OUT THIS LITTLE SHIT OF A KID IS RUNNING AROUND CLAIMING TO BE THE NEW YOU AND IT TURNS OUT THAT ASSHOLE YOU KNEW IN HIGH SCHOOL DECIDED TO MAKE A BABY OUT OF YOUR GENES. AND YOU KINDA GET ALONG WITH THE KID, BUT NOT REALLY, SO YOU KEEP HIM SEPERATE FROM YOUR PERSONAL LIFE…
THEN, YOU GO TO VISIT YOUR PARENTS AND THE LITTLE SHIT IS JUST SITTING THERE AT THE TABLE BECAUSE FATE IS A BITCH AND HE RANDOMLY BEFRIENDED THEM BEHIND YOUR BACK AND THE KID DOESNT EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT YOUR PARENTS APPARENTLY INVITE HIM OVER TO DINNER MORE THAN THEY INVITE YOU AND, IN THAT MOMENT, YOU REALZE YOURE NO LONGER THE FAVORITE KID OF THE FAMILY