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I just had the scare of my fucking life omg. Discord has fucked me over too much 😭😭😭 during that whole long post I made I opened another window and when I opened tumblr again it was reloading and I was so scared all that work was gone… pls I’d have died

I need to not be using tumblr on my phone for such long posts but also… I ever mean to ramble for THAT long? Maybe it just looks really weirdly long on mobile only and it’s not a problem at all for PC but I’ll scroll to proof read and be like.. holy shit? I didn’t think I was typing this much LMAO

I think the effects of using the Lazarus pit are determined by several factors, and this is all my hc ofc. I hope you don’t mind me using this old post as something to go off of teehee

For one, Lazarus pits can’t be used “raw.” There is a very tedious process of purifying them before they can be used that involves science and magic. It is, in itself, a ritual. If the steps are not taken correctly, something may go horrible wrong, a la Lazara. If you were to take a swim in raw Lazarus, your skin would probably melt, much like Melisande.

This raw Lazarus is an excellent energy source, capable of powering cities. It’s also a clean energy source, of course, and has no negative effects on the environment. The Al Ghuls don’t keep the pits to themselves out of selfish reasons, quite the opposite. The pits are hidden because they’ve seen what humanity has done with oil and coal and would not intend for the pits to be used irresponsibly.

Once Lazarus is processed, it is safe for human contact. Taking a dip for too long can lead to harsher Lazarus madness, so it is important that the length of time you’re in there is relative to the severity of injuries. Lazarus can also be processed into ingestible or injectable medicine that can cure otherwise incurable diseases. (This is why we see Talia, in the Batman Spider-Man crossover, provide a cure for Vanessa Fisks terminal illness.)

We’ve seen people get dipped in the pits after being completely dead to the point where their bodies began rotting. That sort of power is probably incredibly draining both on the body and the mind, and the Lazarus madness would be much more severe. Hence why Jason becomes insane for a while.

Though I should mention that I don’t think Lazarus madness necessarily constitutes unreasonable aggressiveness and violence. It is shown to also have an amnesia-esque effect, causing short or long term memory loss. (In my hc, Nyssa has perfected this process, using it to brainwash many members of the LoA but especially Talia. Alternatively, Ra’s has nearly perfected the process of healing with the pit.)

There’s also the point of Jason Todd gaining a white streak, and this is extremely symbolic to his character for a plethora of reasons. Some writers can make this very questionable and honestly poorly written, but it can be done really well. Nonetheless, it does beg the question as to why only Jason gained this streak!

I’m not sure if it’s ever been covered, but I do hc that Ra’s has these same white streaks due to his constant use of Lazarus for hundreds of years, AS WELL AS because of his age. Talia will also have one, but it’s towards the back of her hair, and she keeps it hidden and cut short. (Sort of like how in Rapunzel, she has that one little lock of short brown hair tucked away?)

With Ra’s, he still feels these effects every time he uses the pits, and needs time to recover after using them. This is someone who has been using them for hundreds of years. So imagine how severe that effect might be on someone for the first time? It might seem like it’s completely gone and then manifest again suddenly after a traumatic experience, or a reminder of that sensation.

This could be the same for a lot of people who use it in a dramatic way. It’s meant to be something you micro-dose. A small amount can heal so much, to submerge yourself in it is like taking an entire bottle of medicine instead of just one pill. It isn’t a floating light feeling of healing, it is incredibly painful and dramatic. We see Ra’s start to become a lot healthier once he stops using the pits, and it’s essentially one of those classic situations where too much of a good thing can be really really bad.

I’ll also briefly mention that the Lazarus pit cannot heal previously healed scars, or very old scars. Which is why I think Jason SHOULD have autopsy scars. And why I think Damian should have maybe a bit less scars than some artists draw him having, because I can’t imagine Talia or Ra’s purposefully leaving him in such a way. Not when they have access to some of the greastest doctors in the world, Lazarus based ointments and saline’s, and Talia literally being a qualified doctor… but I digress.

(Speaking of Talia being a Doctor, I hc that she went to med school specifically so she could find new ways to incorporate the Lazarus’ healing component. But I’m not gonna get into it here bc that’s a whole other thing.)

The pits should be used responsibly, and are probably more frequently used as an energy source or a base for medicines rather than submerging pools. Ra’s uses them more than he should, but that doesn’t mean he goes for a swim every time he gets a paper cut. If the injuries can be cured without it, then that’s what will be done, even if it’s more tedious.

Anyways! I hope you guys enjoy this sort of breakdown! As always, the disclaimer here is that it’s almost all my own hcs based on various sources. Please feel free to correct/educate me if I got something terribly wrong. And also ask any questions you might have!!

If "Pit madness" is a thing tell me why it's only applied to Jason and not the actual Al Ghuls who own multiple and use the Lazarus pits frequently? 🤨 TELL ME TUMBLR 🤨🤨

"You smell of sand and sweat. My dreams have better taste"

she's mother

This timeline is killing me chat

Doodles and redraws of my son! And also Talia because I love her so much ❤️

I also love the maya and Damian panel redraw I think it’s my favorite

Talia: Freedom

JLA #45, Superman: The Man of Steel #120, Detective Comics #750, Batman Chronicles #8, JLA #44, Batman Chronicles #8, Batman #400, Batman Chronicles #8 (yes, again), Detective comics #750

Anyway, just born out of my Talia and Farhad thoughts in Ram V's tec (link)... It's her thesis statement!

If there is one thing that Talia consistently does it’s serve looks.

I feel like every time I see a panel of talia al ghul there’s always a veil of vague scary racism,,,, so I just wanted to show her some love

attack of the kisses

Showing Talia some love.

Quick sketch :D

could you draw damian and talia bonding? ☺️

This took me so long, I don't even know why. Anyways, here it is! 👐👐🫶🫶

hi! would you be willing to draw talia teaching baby/ toddler damian how to waltz/dance by having him stand on her feet? thank you!

THIS IS THE CUTEST THING EVER, AND I WISH I WAS BETTER AT DRAWING BECAUSE I FEEL IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH RAAAAAH I'M SORRY

I really wanted to draw them in Nanda Parbat or something like that, idk, BUT AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRAW BACKGROUNDS.

...

And I'm too lazy to learn/pain.

PS: Oh my ducking God, this looks SO much darker in my phone, THIS is suffering.

Why do you love Talia so much and how did your journey with DC and Talia start?

Thank you for the question! I have always had a love for Batman since I was a child, watching cartoons of his mostly. I didn’t have any access to comics when I was younger for a plethora of reasons, but I did have video games, and the Arkham series is probably one of my strongest hyper fixations. Though honestly, as much as I enjoyed Talia in Arkham city, I didn’t begin to feel a strong attachment to her character until a few years ago!

I really couldn’t tell you why. I chose to read up on her randomly and felt such a strong emotional pull towards her, stronger than anything I’ve felt. She quickly became my absolute favorite character in any media, someone I could talk about happily for hours and hours. If only I had people to talk to! It’s a genuine shame she has such a small fan base.

On the other hand, Batman was my favorite hero because of how human he is. There are a lot of human heroes but their humanity isn’t quite as striking to me as his is. One thing I adore about Batman is how silly he is, while at the same time, being extremely serious. One of the issues a lot of people seem to have, in my opinion, is taking him TOO seriously.

He’s a man in a bat costume! He drives a batmobile and uses batarangs and batclaws and that’s very silly! But he’s also a gritty detective at the same time! I LOVE BATMAN!!!

I like plenty of other DC characters, but the Gotham bunch are definitely my favorites 😙

Detective Comics 1937 Issue 526

I saw the comments you left under some of my posts and I love them. Do you have any more Talia and Brutalia headcanons?

I always do!! And I will be posting tons of hcs as I post my writings and art here down the line. I come up with them on a whim usually so I’ll just say the ones I’ve been pondering lately!

Also, I’m so sorry if I was spamming you 😭 I was scrolling Brutalia tag in the middle of the night and didn’t realize that like half the most recent posts were you!!

To start, I’ve been thinking about the Lazarus pits a lot lately. Especially everything between Talia and Nyssa, and the effects and details of her brainwashing. It is a confusing timeline that I’m trying my hardest to piece together, but it seems like DC has sort of just pushed that to the back of their minds? Which is unfortunate, honestly, because if they wanted a true villain Nyssa would have been the clear answer. Instead, we ended up with evil Talia for seemingly no reason… until that black Pearl stuff showed up, and then also disappeared.

The timeline I’ve pieced together, loosely, is made with an effort to stay as true to canon as possible while also keeping away from the extremely ooc writing. I want to find a way to keep in that brief moment of freedom she had when she was running LexCorp, as well as her journey toward becoming a mother. Which I will detail a bit now, because I love to think of Talia’s relationship with motherhood!

Talia has always loved children dearly. However, the idea of being a mother herself was always sort of scary. She’d lost her own mother when she was young, and never really had a clear example of how to mother a child aside from distant memories. (I can detail my hcs about her relationship with her mother soon as well, bc those are some that I hold close to my heart.)

It wasn’t until she’d been with Bruce for a while and spent enough time around Jason that she began to feel that ‘maternal pang’ so to speak. Jason is such a bright eyed child with so much potential, and each moment she’s spent around him she only seems to like him more and more. Bruce tells her not to spoil him so much but she can’t help it! Her relationship with Bruce and Jason give her a small amount of hope for a more normal life away from the league, though she is not yet at the stage where she would be able to fully leave her father.

When Jason died, it hit her like a truck. She’d distanced herself from Bruce at that time, thinking that her presence would only cause more trouble for them if the rest of the league suspected her of defecting. So she hadn’t gotten the chance to say goodbye, or try to make things right. She brings him back for Bruce’s sake, but for her sake as well. She would have ordered the Jokers head if she could have, but she couldn’t directly cross Bruce in such a way. If Jason’s death would ever be avenged, she knew he’d have to do it himself.

Talia doesn’t just raise him from the dead and train him right away. She spends a long time nursing him back to health, taking baby steps with him. She has some of the best doctors in the world taking care of him, and when he shows the signs of being ready, then she starts his training. She doesn’t train him with hopes that he will be a killing machine. She tries to teach him responsibility, and good judgement. She tries to right the wrongs that have been committed against him as much as she can. And then he’s gone.

This is where the timeline is a bit iffy. I’m wondering if Damian would have been born at that time or not? Would he have been incredibly young? In my head, it does make sense for him to be born by then. Talia distances herself from Bruce and Jason not only for their safety, but because of the series of miscarriages she’d had in her effort to have a child with Bruce. All were kept a secret from him, except the first. She was ashamed and depressed for so long because of it. After a few tries, she’d gotten desperate enough to run back to her father for help. The Lazarus helped her birth Damian, a perfectly healthy baby, finally. But with everything that happened, it felt unfair to return to Bruce with a baby out of nowhere.

I could sit here and ramble about this for hours and hours but I’m unfortunately very busy today. Please stay tuned and I’ll continue with more of these ramblings when I can. Thank you for asking! Please give your opinions on what I’ve written, because none of my hcs are set in stone and I would love to hear if I’ve gotten something completely wrong. Although it should absolutely be noted that the version of Talia I’m writing isn’t directly related to canon. :)

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last updated: june 26, 2024

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One of our biggest hurdles for justice in Palestine is forgetfulness and indifference, which are the cornerstones of Israeli impunity.

Take a look at just the first hospital bombing since October 7, when the Al-Ahli hospital was bombed in October, and people were rightfully outraged for days. Israel then bombed a second hospital, a crime that was now just a headline. Then Israel bombed a third hospital, and now, over 20 hospitals later, this has become "what Israel does".

And I am seeing this now too, where just within one month, people went from literally screaming their lungs out on TikTok about the massacre Israel committed in a displacement camp on May 28, to yesterday, when Israel committed another massacre at another displacement camp, the third within one month, and I can visibly see the difference in response between the first time this happened (May 28) and the third time (June 21).

This has always been the plan as evidenced by Israel's founder saying "the old will die and the young will forget." But when it was clear this was not going to happen and Palestinians would not forget, the selective amnesia of the west became the basis of Israel's strategy.

gossip 💅🏼

y'all you know what i realized? bruce and all of his lovers are literally the definition of a situationship.

bruce and Selina: selina was only in love with batman

bruce and harvey: weird friends-with-benefits thing where one wanted the relationship more than the other

bruce and talia: she quite literally slept with him to make the perfect solider

bruce and clark: if they don't know each others identities, then it's bad because they're going behind each others backs. If they know each others identities then it's weird because they'd be dating as co-workers.

Also bruce has many other love interests(fun fact: that includes Lois Lane) and half of them are rouges. Sooo y'know, bit of a weird relationship if your boyfriend has dedicated his whole life to stopping you and your friends shenanigans.

Side note, why are so many of bruces lovers rouges? like I get everyone has a type buttttt.

I'm back on my Brutalia high. Here are some romantic things Bruce has said about and to Talia with sources:

Batman: Son of the Demon (1987)- Bruce described Talia as "The only woman I have ever loved"

Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992)- Bruce referred to Talia as "The love of my life"

Batman: Death and the maidens (2003)- Bruce described Talia as "The only woman I truly loved"

Batman: The dark knight #23.1 (2013)- Bruce was thinking about Talia and thought "The woman who owns my heart"

Batman Incorporated (2010)- "You're the only thing in my life that makes sense"

Batman: Hush (2002-2003)- "My heart belongs to you, Talia, now and forever"

Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992)- "You make me want to be a better man"

Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992)- "In your eyes, I see my future."

Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992)- "With you, I feel like I can be myself, Bruce, not Batman."

Batman: Son of the Demon (1987)- "Talia, you are my light in the darkness."

Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992)- . "With you, Talia, I've found my home."

Batman: Son of the Demon (1987)- "You are my salvation, Talia."

Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992)- "Every moment with you is a treasure, Talia."

Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992)- "Talia, you are the beating of my heart."

Batman Incorporated (2010)- "You are my greatest adventure, Talia."

Batman: Son of the Demon (1987)- "You are my destiny, Talia, and I wouldn't have it any other way."

Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992)- "In your arms, I find peace, Talia."

Batman Incorporated (2010)- "You are the fire in my soul, Talia."

Batman: Hush (2002-2003)- "My love for you knows no bounds, Talia."

Batman: Son of the Demon (1987)- "You are the missing piece of my soul, Talia."

Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992)- "With you, I feel complete, Talia."

Batman: Son of the Demon (1987)- "You are the queen of my heart, Talia."

Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992)- "For you, Talia, I would move heaven and earth."

Talia is Batman's greatest love and you can't tell me otherwise

I just opened up my ask page, which I did not have before because I’m very stupid and do not know how to use tumblr. I would really appreciate it if people would submit any questions they have, especially about Talia and the Al Ghul family. Also, if you have any tips on how I can make my page a bit more tumblr friendly, I’d so greatly appreciate it! I really don’t use tumblr much, I don’t have the most practice with it, so I’m still figuring things out. I hope to make my posts more aesthetically pleasing in the future. Thank youuu!!

My guilt will not purify me.

(Batgirl 2000 permanently altered my brain chemistry)

I love love love Talia so much but I just have had such low energy for writing and drawing in general for so long but especially for her. It gets to be really annoying trying to find a space to be creative with other people, spaces where I typically flourish, but majority of them are despicably toxic. I want to share my thoughts about Talia and all the amazing ideas I have had about her that could fix her narratively and even give her so much more to do, but there aren’t a lot of people who are interested or even willing to hear it. She unfortunately has a poor standing with the fandom, and for a while, I just got tired of explaining why people were wrong about her.

WELL NOT ANYMORE!!!

IM MAKING A COMEBACK WITH MORE TALIA MUSE THAN EVER BEFORE! TO MY FIVE FANS OUT THERE WHO PROBABLY FORGOT ABOUT MY PAGE, IM BACK AND I SWEAR I WILL BE POSTING! I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS I CANT WAIT TO POST!!! HOORAYYYY

weekend warm up of some kind of mother+son secret mission team up but idk how to render it so here's the archived sketch (for now?)

(edit: whoops this was meant to upload on @arkhamochi my bad)

Just saw someone saying that Damian's love for animals comes from Dick??? Bro have you ever read Damian's origin??? Do you know who his family is????

His family is fricking Al Ghuls. The famous eco-terrorist family. The family who has sanctuaries for endengared animals and plants. The family who wants to save the Earth from humans. Damian's love for animals comes from the Al Ghuls.

Dick stans love to attribute Damian's everything to Dick even if it is related or not.

Can you do talia holding damian pretty please? Your art is amazing!!!

her beloved son <3

another messy sketch cause it's the only thing i can draw rn

Talia with Lady Macbeth vibes!

from a trend over on twt >_< reminded me of them !!!!