roxanneritchi:

And ugggggh, IDK, I just love so much how close M’gann and Conner are to each other? Like, there’s the initial awkwardness when Conner does push her away because she’s his first crush and he doesn’t know how to deal with it and oh, great, she’s a telepath, too, so what if she accidentally overhears him sighing wistfully in his own brain over her—but an episode later, they’ve already moved past that and started becoming friends, and then they’re best friends, and now they’re best friends and they’re dating, and it’s just such a huge delight to have this romantic narrative about two people who genuinely like each other. I love that they work together. I love that Conner, who was initially (and justifiably) so averse to telepathy, initiates telepathic contact with her—that he makes sarcastic comments just to her. I love that M’gann is in many ways the more experienced of the two, but that neither of them is “dominant,” but rather their relationship is based on a mutual give and take and their first big fight is M’gann reasserting her own capabilities and independence both outside and within the context of their relationship. I love that Conner is basically the big, dopey, chill bro of the team (LOL) and that, left to his own devices, he’ll just hang around M’gann until the team needs him to punch things. I love that M’gann is the actual powerhouse of the team and that she sometimes thinks Conner’s sarcastic jokes are terrible. I love that they’re a team and I love how they influence each other—how M’gann calms Conner and Conner gives M’gann the confidence to be more assertive.

I LOVE… THEIR FACES………….

;___________; 

(via formerlyroxy)

roxanneritchi:

Normally I steer away from picspams highlighting a woman’s vulnerability and a dude’s subsequent outrage on her behalf, as often the source material is problematic in such a way that I don’t feel comfortable condoning, even tacitly, the message conveyed. But one of the many ways in which Young Justice has excelled—and one of the reasons why I love M’gann and Conner’s relationship so, so much—is that M’gann and Conner are explicitly and repeatedly established as equals. They respect each other; they listen to each other; they care for and support and protect each other. And notably, for all the fandom’s complaints, M’gann is the one who has rescued him more often than not.

But! Anyway— It isn’t terribly healthy, I think, but I do love how Conner has centered so much of his life around M’gann and it makes sense that he has done so, too—he lives with her, she’s the singlemost consistent and consistently supportive presence in his life, and he loves her—and maybe the reason I love it so much is that it does make sense, that the fastest way to piss off Conner (who has, now that he’s had time to settle and adjust, proven to be fairly laconic) is to upset M’gann. Not even threaten her! Just make her upset. And he knows now, because she took him to task for it (ahhhhhhhasjkd I love this pairing, you guys), that M’gann can take care of herself, but damn, y’all, he still doesn’t like seeing her cry and if he can, and if you do make her cry, he will beat the absolute shit out of you—because he loves her but also because she loves him, and Conner has so few people who care for him.

LOL MY SUPERBOY FEELINGS. :(

Can I just eyeheart this meta forever and ever?

(via formerlyroxy)

glamaphonic:

13-year-old master martial artist, supergenius hacker, ~born to lead the team~ who has been a superhero since before his balls dropped Robin = Perfectly Acceptable Character

but

Untrained with massive potential power (that has thusfar actually only ENDANGERED the team as opposed to being ~godmode~) telepath Miss Martian = Mary Sue

Oh.

I see.

UGH. I’ve mostly restrained myself from hateblogging but… man am I glad I don’t touch the YJ fandom with a 10-pole stick. I think the terribleness of the Avatar fandom conditioned me to avoid like ALL fandoms like the plague.

This “fandom” sounds like a hatedom, just like like the Avatar hatedom before it.