Yes, exactly! They are two of my favourite characters, and I love how they're foils of each other (like, Winick wrote Mia like that On Purpose! The Robin who died and the Speedy who lived! etc. etc.). So it often frustrates me how much nonsense there's around it LOL. Idc that much when people misunderstand or malign Jason -I will argue against bad faith arguments, sure, but it's something I bitch about in the moment and then forget as soon as I talk about my buddies or other people about Actual Good Jason Takes xDD. Meanwhile, Mia is a much more minor character, and I feel a lot of her so-called fans are very, very uncomfortable with who she actually is, which is a pity.
(sidenote. As someone who doesn't care for reboot Jayroy much -though admittedly lowkey ships them prereboot lol-: I see Mia used as a weapon against its shippers way too often and it pisses me off when she's reduced to that. I also think it fundamentally misunderstands Roy as a person LOL. "Roy would hate Jason for what he did to Mia!!" Roy would think that's two teenagers fighting in a parking lot AND he's one of the most notoriously forgiving people in all of DC... that man doesn't hold grudges. The ONE (1) he does, and I firmly believe is temporary, is actually against Mia ñaldkfjasf).
Everything I write is Pre-Reboot! I don't really touch other comic continuities LOL. This fic with Cass at the centre is from a Futurish Canon series I've been thinking about for a while. It all started inspired by a Rebirth comic that briefly portrayed Damian as Inevitably Becoming Batman (and in so, Inevitably Becoming Evol Batman). I hate that kind of deterministic portrayal of him lol, so I started to think about how I'd write Damian having to (temporarily!) step in as Batman. From that, more fics followed: a couple focusing on a preboot version of Duke of my own (heavily featuring Jason), one with Dick and Dick/Helena, one with Steph and a lot of Steph & Kara... all with lots of messy relationships not just between the Bats but other characters, really expanding on the DCU and how *I'd* like to picture things going forward after the 2011 reboot.
And one of them, inspired by an ask I got in tumblr, is about an Outsiders team lead by Anissa and Cass. Both fresh out of a breakup, so that's fun xD. Grace is also in the team (AnissaGrace WILL get back together!! But it'll be messy in the meantime); Rose and probably Eddie will be there; Helena or Roy will help in an irregular capacity, but actually, thanks to my mutuals I love the idea of including JADE in the team lol, trying the Hero thing. On the Gotham/more Cass-centric side of things it'll also feature Onyx and my own version of Kate Kane (stiched together from various canons, my own imaginings, and some hints from a Devin Grayson interview about the Batwoman run she never got to run).
That fic is going to be Cass's slut era, btw. No doubt about it xD. Rose is only the beginning...
I have my misgivings about some parts in Batgirl 2000 (basically, I love a lot of the story beats but I would've written it MUCH differently. Especially everything regarding Shiva. I have very strong opinions about it). But everything afterwards sucks SO much lmao.
I shipped Mia/Tim after seeing them sparring in Teen Titans 2003! It's such a fun scene, they're clearly having a good time xD. And I already shipped both characters with Jason a lot, so it developed in an interesting direction. MiaTim is also fun in imagining how like... they'd probably get together in a fwb set-up thinking of the other as a Normal and Appropriate Romantic Choice (unlike their usual ones xD) and then eventually discover they're both freaks xDD
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Date: 2025-02-10 01:22 pm (UTC)(sidenote. As someone who doesn't care for reboot Jayroy much -though admittedly lowkey ships them prereboot lol-: I see Mia used as a weapon against its shippers way too often and it pisses me off when she's reduced to that. I also think it fundamentally misunderstands Roy as a person LOL. "Roy would hate Jason for what he did to Mia!!" Roy would think that's two teenagers fighting in a parking lot AND he's one of the most notoriously forgiving people in all of DC... that man doesn't hold grudges. The ONE (1) he does, and I firmly believe is temporary, is actually against Mia ñaldkfjasf).
Everything I write is Pre-Reboot! I don't really touch other comic continuities LOL. This fic with Cass at the centre is from a Futurish Canon series I've been thinking about for a while. It all started inspired by a Rebirth comic that briefly portrayed Damian as Inevitably Becoming Batman (and in so, Inevitably Becoming Evol Batman). I hate that kind of deterministic portrayal of him lol, so I started to think about how I'd write Damian having to (temporarily!) step in as Batman. From that, more fics followed: a couple focusing on a preboot version of Duke of my own (heavily featuring Jason), one with Dick and Dick/Helena, one with Steph and a lot of Steph & Kara... all with lots of messy relationships not just between the Bats but other characters, really expanding on the DCU and how *I'd* like to picture things going forward after the 2011 reboot.
And one of them, inspired by an ask I got in tumblr, is about an Outsiders team lead by Anissa and Cass. Both fresh out of a breakup, so that's fun xD. Grace is also in the team (AnissaGrace WILL get back together!! But it'll be messy in the meantime); Rose and probably Eddie will be there; Helena or Roy will help in an irregular capacity, but actually, thanks to my mutuals I love the idea of including JADE in the team lol, trying the Hero thing. On the Gotham/more Cass-centric side of things it'll also feature Onyx and my own version of Kate Kane (stiched together from various canons, my own imaginings, and some hints from a Devin Grayson interview about the Batwoman run she never got to run).
That fic is going to be Cass's slut era, btw. No doubt about it xD. Rose is only the beginning...
I have my misgivings about some parts in Batgirl 2000 (basically, I love a lot of the story beats but I would've written it MUCH differently. Especially everything regarding Shiva. I have very strong opinions about it). But everything afterwards sucks SO much lmao.
I shipped Mia/Tim after seeing them sparring in Teen Titans 2003! It's such a fun scene, they're clearly having a good time xD. And I already shipped both characters with Jason a lot, so it developed in an interesting direction. MiaTim is also fun in imagining how like... they'd probably get together in a fwb set-up thinking of the other as a Normal and Appropriate Romantic Choice (unlike their usual ones xD) and then eventually discover they're both freaks xDD