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i wrote this in a frenzy, but i have more structured analysis pieces about hel, as well as from my friends, as well as fanfics, short comics, etc.

i am so willing to help clear up any and every confusion about helena, please do her justice. she is done dirty by dc often. i believe in you

(15/15)

and this is from a relatively recent comic, #1034 and so on from mariko tamaki's detective (2016—) run

the mafia is an old chapter for helena, her vigilantism expands to EVERYTHING. street crimes, JL missions, etc

darkness follows her, but she OVERCOMES. because she's a GOOD human who CARES (14/

yes, she does set out to avenge mary and find her killer. but this lethal justice isn't all that helena ensures.

she is fair, she didn't kill mary's abusive ex bf when it turned out he was innocent

helena willingly adopted mary's cat and take care of him on mary's behalf (14/)

helena wasn't cruel, she was thinking of mary's safety. before that, she let mary walk with her during patrol. helena has always worried that mary was living hazardly in a dangerous neighbourhood

after mary's murder, helena feels sorry that she couldn't have said the right thing. (13/

the world isn't tailored for women like her, women who don't want to be nice and play by the rules, women don't respect the status quo, the patriarchy, or hegemony, women who have trauma.

huntress does mess up socially, like when she scolded a civilian while mary knox was having a panic attack (12/

lazarus' resins, fucking fighting evil gods, — of course helena can't be open. of course she's scared.

but that doesn't mean she's not human. she has a big heart, she knows how to laugh and love and live, she's a good friend, a good teacher, a good human, a good teammate.

she can't fit in bc (11/

it's not all rainbows and sunshines for helena, being in a crimefighting field that continuously triggers her trauma. she has trust issues, but that's because she trusts and is betrayed in one way; they die, use, or leave her.

not to mention, scarecrow's fear toxin, hue vile's parasites, (10/

what that life is like.

even after avenging her family's deaths, she continued to be hurt, have her trust played with. batman manipulated her into joining the JL, babs manipulated her with tailored cases for her trauma with the view to help her, bruce disrespected helena continuously.

so yeah, (9/

a huntress.

helena didn't just only have a "bad childhood" she was BORN into hell. she was born DESTINED TO BE A TRAGEDY NO MATTER WHAT. and it's not HER fault, she was a kid.

she cares deeply about the mafia, because she knows what that darkness is like, batman is too privileged to understand (8/

she was the bat in the no man's land. she was the bat because she knew gotham viewed that mantle as hope, and she wanted to give them that hope

she TRUSTED stephanie.

helena isn't cold. she cares. she cares deeply. she cares so much it makes her sick. a huntress that doesn't care isn't really (7/)

babs' manipulation wouldn't have hurt.

helena RISKED her life THREE TIMES and counting for dinah, babs, and zinda, she fought like hell to rescue them.

despite bruce treating her like shit, helena helped him when he was overpowered by goons in an alley, and she respected his no kill rule when (6/)

helena viewed tim drake as her little brother, and was ELATED to be considered as a sister to him.

she cried tears for babs and dinah, when they were at the risk of dying, and when babs overcame the brain virus.

hel TOLD babs explicitly she had trusted her. if she didn't care, (5/)

and it's not just her kids that helena has softness for.

she cares about dinah lance, she's always wanted to be her friend.

helena cared deeply about renee montoya, and was happy to see her alive.

helena cared about vic and dick, she told them her name.

(4/)

i am gathering the comic panels as we speak, but i can back up everything i'm saying.

helena is a schoolteacher, she cares DEEPLY about children, especially her students, regardless of their age. (3/)

and i still am, i reread a lot of her material, i discuss about her with other fans and that's why i want to offer my perspective. i cannot force anybody to read anything against their will, but still do have some glimpses of the multifaceted complexity of helena: (2/)

hi! i really would like to have a conversation with you especially about helena bertinelli, i want to give you and your writing a chance, and i want your work to be received well. i am also biased myself, but i am very passionate about helena bertinelli, i have read the majority of her comics (1/)