Those Things Are *ancient* To Him

Demons head Bruce feeling like he’s stuck behind everything. Like all this knowledge and memories he’s had forced on him are sitting in front of him and blocking sight of everything else. He knows too much, he can’t see past any of it, and it makes all the small things that mattered him before seem pointless, not when the knowledge of centuries from the Lazarus pit is inside him. But it’s still THERE. He sees jason crumbling in front of him and asking for him back and thinks- why does this boy want this so badly? He’s been part of the pit, too- doesn’t he get why this is right? Why is any of this bad? He sees his kids coming to Him over and over again, holding back tears as they try to talk about old memories, important moments, things he remembers but through a fog of glass that is knowing too much. And he knows that none of this matters really- why could these feelings matter when there’s so much MORE? But these kids are so persistent, and so sad, and they’re his kids, and he knows there’s a part of him that felt those feelings too, at one point. And he realizes he wants to try to understand why. Sure, he knows and understands so many things now- why doesn’t he understand those feelings anymore? Should he?

Yes, to all of this.

I am absolutely fucking crying at this scene--imagine being Mas Amedda or Sly Moore, like you're caught in the room in a power struggle between WALKING NIGHTMARE DARTH VADER and the EVEN MORE POWERFUL PURE EVIL EMPEROR, you don't know what kind of shit is going to go down, because the nightmare cyborg with a death wish just tried to kill the Emperor and was thwarted, so he's going to be pissed, and he does NOT have any self-control when he's pissed, he's the kind who'll take the punishment after killing someone rather than just Not Killing Someone, and you are RIGHT THERE IN HIS PATH, while the Emperor over there is LAUGHING at your discomfort, like, don't worry! I'm beyond his reach and you're too insignificant for him to notice! despite that the Emperor himself JUST NOTICED YOU, and you can't even think too many bad thoughts because they're both EVIL PSYCHIC SPACE WIZARDS WHO CAN READ YOUR MIND and you just. Like. Have to keep going in to work with these dudes. This is your life now.

Whatever

Does this count as family bonding

maybe never forgive. but things are different now. so we'll use maybe.

dumb sequel to this post bc their ear thingies are my fav

hamilton quote in 2023 again? yeah

now animated