Batgirl Appreciation Blog

does anyone else think about green arrow v2 #20 and #96 being in conversation with each other despite the fact that they’re 70 issues apart and lose their mind. or is that just me

it’s ollie fucking up and running away and hal running after him to bring him back. versus. hal fucking up and running to ollie because it’s the only place he knows to go. its about reminding the other that they’re not god, first used as absolution and second as accusation. it’s always hal chasing after ollie, the first time to save ollie and the second time to save himself. hal always chasing ollie but never outrunning the arrow in his chest

"the parallels between Bruce and the robins all becoming orphans young" ok that's nice but the parallels between Bruce and Cass both having lost their innocence after being confronted with death at 8 years old. The way they both have let the grief, the guilt, the impotence haunt them ever since and transformed it into more. The way they both, though in different ways, lost their parent(s). The way that the traumatic instances (and their upbringing until then) couldn't have been more different, yet it affected them so similarly and are the pillars for their current moral code and suicidal tendencies. Can't think about them too much or I go insane