Melisande (Talias Mother) To Me Was A Figure Of Light And Love For Talia In Her Formative Years. While

Melisande (Talias mother) to me was a figure of light and love for Talia in her formative years. While her father would train her, the only times he’d ever go easy were when Melisande asked him to. She was an excellent care taker. Soft and warm in contrast to the cold callousness of Ra’s. She who would hold Talia and sing her lullabies, stroke her back and hold her hand. Who could persuade Ra’a to do the best thing when doing the right thing wasn’t possible. Beloved by her people. Her death scarred the family forever. Ra’s pushed harder, his recklessness caused him to use the pits more than he should have, and caused Talia to train relentlessly day and night. It hardened both of them, but Ra’s was already stone to begin with.

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A commissioned piece from the awesome and talented @frijolbean!!! It's even more amazing that the image in my head!!! 🤯💖

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Ok, so a little bit about this piece: I love Talia and I think, no I KNOW, she is a Queen. Absolute boss bitch. Any way I really wanted to see a family portrait of her and the only two men in her life that actually matter, her legacy, her sons. A Queen and her heirs.

Disclaimer: I disregard canon because I live in a parallel universe where DC has good writers

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Aight so I’ve been thinking long and hard about Talias fighting style thanks to a prompt from the homie @hadariwizard and I think I have enough figured out to finally write something on it

It’s a bit difficult for me to figure out power scaling. I don’t want to say that she should be stronger or better than another character because I could be totally wrong about it. But I think she should be on par with Batman when it comes to her capabilities as a fighter. I think she could be easily compared to characters like Black Widow or Gamora from Marvel comics.

Like for one just look at them real quick

Aight So I’ve Been Thinking Long And Hard About Talias Fighting Style Thanks To A Prompt From The Homie

Then compare the fact that they’re both trained from young ages RELENTLESSLY to be basically living weapons. They’re both experts at various forms of combat, mastery over various weapons from melee to firearms, expert tacticians with a mind made for battle, like I can literally keep going.

And now Gamora and Talia

Gamora is raised by the mad Titan Thanos. Talia is raised by The demon Ra’s Al Ghul. These men manipulate their daughters into aiding in their evil plans, and for the most part these two women desperately want to make their fathers proud. Raised and trained to be weapons for their fathers, occasionally shown affection and love to keep them on their side. Not to mention them both having a sister who’s tried to kill them.

As for her comparisons to Batman, that just seems clear. Talia has more training than him, and has trained for a longer time. They both receive training from the same/similar people. From what I’ve seen, she’s not really seen as a person who fights frequently, so people tend to underestimate her capabilities. In reality, it just makes her seem stronger in my eyes.

Talia knows when a fight is needed and when she can get her way with WORDS. She’s clever, and a master manipulator. Like I’m talking Azula level liar. She can use her wit to get her way without ever having to lift a finger, but when she DOES fight she is a DEMON. Come on now!! I think as annoying as it is to be underestimated, it also has a very clear advantage, and Talia uses that effectively. Never let your enemy know the full extent of your power.

One fighting scene I keep imagining in my head is her in this long flowing dress with a slit down the side. She’s got one hand behind her back and the other holds a chalice of red wine. Three thugs move to attack her and she uses her legs to swiftly take them down, never spilling a drop, looking down at them and taking a sip from her drink.

Another is one where she’s fighting alongside Batman and has promised to not kill anyone so she’s taking down these armed guards and dismantling their weapons at the same time, then using the pieces as a blunt object. That sort of stuff has been done before I just think it’s fun. Like she can definitely take a gun apart blindfolded and put it back together in 30 seconds.

Talia: Freedom

a comic panel showing talia al ghul in a black skin-tight ish suit, with two gauntlets on her arms, talking into a headpiece and looking around as she is in front of a computer console. she says "because this time I have been used callously by him. Because I have had enough of being a pawn in my father's endless schemes.

there is a comic panel, mostly in silhouette, showing talia in a suit with a skirt, in an office, leaning over her desk. her narration box reads "Will I never be more than a tool in my father's hand?"

there is a comic panel, in a reduced color palette (mostly grays and greens) showing bruce wayne as batman in the foreground, Talia al ghul in a swimsuit, standing with her weight on a cane, and a guy in trunks walking away in the background. Bruce grimaces and looks away and Talia says "I am tired of being a pawn in the struggle between you two. If you seek my father..."

next comic panel, in full color, shows bruce wayne (as batman)'s body lying on the ground, unconscious. a narration box from talia reads "You were dead, Bruce, and with your passing you took all my dreams of love and freedom with you."

there is a panel of Talia's face. she says "There is no 'honor' in assassin's work... and frankly, I tire of my father's manipulations. All I wish is peace for myself... and for my beloved."

there is a comic panel showing talia, holding a gun in her hand and standing above bruce (batman)'s unconscious body, with some blood coming from his mouth. she thinks "You will not have me, Father. you have my love and devotion, but you will not have my soul. you will not have my dreams." she kneels down and kisses bruce's cheek. she think "As long as Bruce is alive, my hope for love and freedom are alive. That is iwhy you sent me, father. And that is why I cannot kill him. Good-bye, my love."

there's a comic showing bruce as batman leaning towards Talia, who's face is in the foreground and large, and he says "And you'd help me avoid such a fate, Talia?" Talia says "To the death -- a better end than quitting." Bruce says "But why do you want to help me? Because... you love me?"

in the same art style as the last panel (continued from "because you love me") we see talia holding up a crossbow in her hand as she speaks. She is in the batcave, and jason todd robin is behind her. she says "Yes! But more than that -- because I would rather die in your world than live in his!"

there's two comic panels in all pink. talia al ghul is falling towards a bright light with her eyes shut, and then she is engulfed by the light. she thinks "and so, the foolish dreamer leaves this place, and will finally be free... forever..."

there are three comic panels at night, wit ha full moon and limited color palette (mostly greys and greens). bruce wayne as batman is standing in front of a small plane, looking around. He says "Talia?" behind him, is the silhouette of a woman on a horse (talia al ghul). he turns and sees her there, in front of the moon, as she rides off, away from him. he says "good luck."

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!

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beheadeddemon

2 years ago