this is the first time they’ve met in person

…that is the actual script for this, the ACTUAL script.  all hail butch guice.

Birds of Prey #62 - #68 ↳ I’ve got an assignment for you. And I’m afraid it’s a rough one.

“In our community, we simplify Superman and Batman into the LIGHT and the DARK sides of our natures. Wonder Woman encompasses BOTH. COMPLETELY maternal and caring, and all the BEST qualities a person could have, but I’ve seen her at WAR with an AXE in her hand. And that’s where the sweetness STOPS. If you’ve seen her book jacket, you know her serenity. Don’t be FOOLED. Underneath that peaceful smile lurks one of the SCARIEST women on Earth.” - Dinah Lance

“In our line of work, asking a favor means asking someone to put their life on the line. Dinah Lance, The Black Canary, doesn’t even hesitate one moment. Even with our recent Justice League friction. She IS one of the truest, most loyal friends I have in this community.” - Wonder Woman

James’ femslash ships - 10/?

I mean, they do say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Diana and Dinah

Wonder Woman #035

Underneath that peaceful smile lurks one of the SCARIEST women on Earth — Birds of Prey #68

The best part is that it's Dinah who says this. <3

For the record, this is the first time they meet in person. Actual canon love story, okay? You can’t tell me otherwise. 

BUT THE BEST BIT IS THAT THE AUTHOR TOLD THE ARTIST, “OKAY LISTEN, PEOPLE ARE GONNA READ SHIT INTO THIS MOMENT, SO WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T MAKE IT GAY.  DO NOT.  MAKE.  IT.  GAY.”

AND THEN, THE ARTIST, BLESS THEIR SOUL, DREW THAT.  

Chuck Dixon, I am forever grateful to you for launching Birds of Prey, but this is the most beautiful, perfect, hilarious, wonderful middle finger to your conservative politics there could possibly be.  

WHAT WHAT okay I have seen these panels before but only when I didn’t actually KNOW Barbara and Dinah, THIS IS CLEARLY IN NEED OF REVISITING.

Black Canary and Wonder Woman check the paperwork while the men hang out wondering when they get to punch something.

Justice League of America #15.

so…one time Wonder Woman and Black Canary got arrested together, or almost did?

#this is clearly the takeaway #going to find this comic lalala #though these ladies would not hesitate to punch things that needed punching

It’s a crying shame how sometimes things need punching. Someone’s got to be willing to do it, though, I guess.

sanguinarysanguinity: : we have shared this room for some years, and it would be amusing if we ended by sharing the same cell, (I'll quote the slashiest parts of MILV if I want to), sanguinity likes punching.

NO, TRAGEDY, turns out the arrest warrants are for the villains they just corralled. But our way is better. And they did LOTS of punching up to this point. 

And thank Athena, I FINALLY found the issues of JLA when Dinah's leading the League. Volume 2 of JLA, at least at the beginning. WOO. She's visibly in charge, yay!

Also, if everyone wants to be sad about things, note that in this 2008 comic, the Justice League had multiple female members. This issue alone has Black Canary, Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl. And I think there are others that show up in other issues. Now the League only ever usually has one: Diana. :/ But in the 2008 art, almost all the women also have a permanent wedgie and all the women's boobs are bigger than their heads. (And Black Canary's gonna marry the Arrow dude, but I guess that's always a thing.)

So. Comics.

Black Canary and Wonder Woman check the paperwork while the men hang out wondering when they get to punch something.

Justice League of America #15.

so...one time Wonder Woman and Black Canary got arrested together, or almost did?

a buttload of darkness