#'how do you know tim drake is chinese' you say

[redhood414]

Headcannons! Batfamily

When reader has her period

Dick Grayson

•will buy you chocolate and food. Anything you'd like. The kind of guy who will put everything to the side when you text him 'Shark week'. He knows how horrible it is, those period cramps.

•when you ask for pads, at first he didn't really know what you like to use so he asked some ladies who worked in the store what would be the best. Yes, a true gentleman.

•He knows you've got bad mood swings so he'll leave you alone and when you apologize, give you attention and reassure you.

•Cancel plans with others. When he'll be cuddling you and watching your favourite movie while resting his hand on your stomachs and someone texts him asking where he's at. He'll literally say "Sorry, I'm busy with the love of my life. She needs me. I'll make it up later" and that should do it.

•insecurities. If you get insecure, he'll caress you and tell you how beautiful you are. Every part of you. He's frustrated sometimes because why can't you see you like he sees you? Youre literally an angel and a goddess in one!

Jason Todd

•When he gets a call from you saying you're bleeding he panics. What do you mean blood? Does he have to call 911? When you tell him it's your period he's less panicking. This man knows nothing about periods since he died okay. He asks Dick for advice and stuff.

•will cook for you. Give him a recipe to make and he'll make it. You're his princess. So he'll make sure you feel like one.

•he knows your stomachache is bad so he'll warm heating pads to help with it and give you extra pillows and blankets, even his hoodie. The big, warm, black one with his red symbol on it. More for the warmth (also kind off to show off to anyone you're his. You never know with those freaks!)

•when you ask for pads he panics. He gets confused when you ask for pads with wings so this man brings home..pads and chicken wings. You can't blame the guy! He never saw stuff like that! He gets frustrated at first he got confused but when he sees you laugh he eases up.

•insecurities. This man will stare at you like you've gone mad. What do you mean you're ugly? Jason will literally drag you to the mirror and sign at the mirror "woman. I'm lucky you've chosen me" he scoffs. "Have you seen yourself? Anyone would want your body. Your gorgeous."

•mood swings. When you get mad. He'll let you scream at him and insult him. At first he doesn't get it where it comes from. But after a while he gets used to it. When you come back crying saying sorry he reassured you it's fine and tells you he loves you. He does. Will literally kill for you (and he has done it, will never tell you tho)

Tim drake

•Will look at your calender. You haven't even said it to him you've got your period. Hell literally appear random at your door with a plushie, chocolate and his hoodie. "It's your period right?" He asks. When he sees the confusion he first panics, was he wrong? Then you tell him he's right. You feel flattered he keeps it up.

•Food. Will order things. Japanese, Italien, Chinese..just say the word. He may not be the best at cooking (Alfred noticed that in the kitchen..) so he orders things. Will help you eat. He finds it adorable the way you look like a chipmunk with the sushi in your mouth.

•asking for pads. Will literally search it up on the internet what kind exists and find the ones you've looked for but couldn't find. You're happy he's noticing every single detail about you

•mood swings. Will get insecure himself. Has he done anything wrong? What's happening? Why are you so mad? After some ten minutes you explain it and he gets it. He says that he doesn't mind (but it hurts him sometimes, he knows you don't mean it tho)

•insecurities. Will listen and reassure you. He's not really that good at it, but will try his best to cheer you up. When you hear him comparing yourself to models and stuff he frowns. "They're fake. They wear make up and do special diets. You can't compare yourself to others. You're extraordinary" you can't help but feel butterflies at his words.

Damian Wayne (18 in this)

•at first he's a bit disgusted but eventually will try to help you. When he finds an underwear of yours in blood he'll complain to himself but will wash it out for you. So you'll find it proper, hanging as it dries.

•will bring you random food. Even stuff you've never seen or heard off. Chocolate too. The best chocolate (Belgium, he finds those delicious) and he's secretly pleased when you enjoy it too

•pain. Will be worried when you really have bad stomach aches. Will prepare you a bath and after that help you dry yourself and put your clothes on. Will carry you to the couch and give you warm stuff to help with the pain. Does research on what helps.

•mood swings. Damian will get mad too so it'll be a heated argument. He'll call his brother, Dick of course and complain. But when he hears it's normal he feels stupid and apologises soon to you "sorry for acting like that. I didn't know where it was coming from" (only for you he'll say sorry)

•insecurities. When he hears you mumble about how you don't like your body or anything he'll wrap his arms around you and look into the mirror with you. "Don't say that. If anything, no beauty of any painting could compare to yours. You're a work of art my dear, and you're worth more then the most famous painting in the world."

You can see I'm a romantic myself😌 hope you enjoyed! Also happy new year y'all, still just January, sorry if I'm late lmaoo

[hhoneylemon]

𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨

tim drake x hero!reader

summary: tim asks you out while you watch the city lights

genre: fluff

word count: 974

as your feet touch the roof, the man slowly turns to face you. you tilt your head, brows furrowing. he doesn’t normally call you out so late.

“tim? what’s wrong?”

his mask is off, most likely tucked somewhere into his belt. he gestures for you to come closer. you don’t hesitate to.

“just wanted to show you something.”

tim leads you to the edge of the roof, staring down at the city. cars drive by, various lights are turned on in the different buildings. you step beside him, a small surprised sound escaping you. although gotham creeps you out, not even mentioning how gross it is, it’s pretty from above.

he turns his body, his fingers grazing over yours for a moment. your eyes flit to him. he’s looking at the city, blue eyes practically twinkling with the lights, lips drawn in a small frown, cheeks painted a faint pink. you tilt your head, biting the inside of your cheek. do you dare break the silence?

“you okay?”

as he looks to you, he nods and offers a small smile. you offer one back.

“do you like it?”

it’s your turn to nod. the view is pretty. you turn your attention back to the lights of gotham, giving him a moment to admire you. how your skin and eyes are illuminated from the lights, the curve of your nose from this angle.

when he brought his idea up to conner, he had been shot down. he had originally wanted to buy you something expensive he knew you’d like, maybe that way you’d realize how much of a gem tim could be. maybe you’d agree with going out with him. conner had to remind him that you’re not like that; people rarely are. you want someone who’ll care, not someone who’ll buy your happiness.

so this was his second idea. his favorite thing to do while bored on patrols is to sit and observe. the night life is beautiful if you know where to look from. any of the alleyways, warehouses, or power plants are obviously going to be ominous and downright creepy at night. the parts where people live are somewhat enjoyable. upper end gotham is tim’s favorite.

you finally look back to him and give a questioning smile, breaking him from his thoughts.

“is there a reason you called for me so late?”

he breathes a soft sigh. now or never, he guesses.

“wanted to talk with you. sit with me?”

you both lower, plopping beside each other as your feet dangle from the building. you’re several stories above ground, though the thrill adds to the experience.

“what about?”

his eyes dart to yours. he’s not sure he’s ever been as confident as now, besides a few times he’d insulted villains to their faces. his hand moves to take yours. the latex is cold.

“i wanted to see you, too. it’s been some time.”

you nod in agreement. it’s been a few weeks since you’d seen tim, him having been sucked into case after case for so long. he must finally be on break.

he doesn’t say anything more, though you’ll let him gather his thoughts. you gently squeeze his hand, offering reassurance. he exhales softly, his eyes traveling between different buildings.

“i wanted to ask you, you know, if you’d ever go out with me.”

this has you pause, eyes widening as you look at him. he glances to you, his cheeks turning a darker shade of pink.

“on a date. i’ve been wondering for a while, i came up with a few different options. we could order chinese and watch a movie or two, we could go to an arcade, we could go skating, we could just sit through a dinner.”

you hold back a laugh. you’re sure you’ve done a few of those things with him already, some even with groups of friends. you give him a smile.

“i’d love to, tim. which option would be the first?”

he grins, squeezing your hand.

“going to the arcade would be a nice change in my schedule.”

“sounds good, tim. just tell me when.”

he turns to face you, hand coming up to cup your cheek. his glove is cold, causing goosebumps to rise along your body. he leans in, pressing a feather light kiss to your lips. you return the gesture, keeping it gentle and soft. 

as he pulls away, your own hand comes up to his face. you brush a strand of hair away from his eye. they’re such a pretty blue.

“does thursday work? there’s that one arcade in your city, i could come by.”

“on your bike? sounds good, if you’ll be careful.”

he grins and then nods again. you card your hand through his hair, pulling him in for another soft kiss. his lips are chapped, probably not caring about that while he’s on patrol, but you notice. you realize that while you would normally care, you don’t right now, not when it’s his lips you’re kissing. 

“i promise i’ll be safe.”

he murmurs as he breaks the kiss, tilting his head to press his lips against your cheek, just as gently as he had to your lips.

the silence is broken by a beeping directly in his ear, before batman is asking him to check a certain part of gotham. a groan escapes him.

“i’m needed somewhere.”

you grin, pressing a light kiss to his cheek.

“be safe, tim. i’ll see you thursday.”

he looks at you with a soft gaze as he pulls his mask from his belt. a small smile forms on his face.

“yeah, see you thursday.”

the thugs that red robin took care of that night could’ve sworn that he was smiling while he took them down. now, there’s a handful of thugs in gotham city who are terrified of red robin.

[crsssie]

quiche - tim drake x reader (pretty bird countdown #7)

"Welcome back." Tim looks up from the kitchen counter, smiling as you hand him the groceries.

"I'm home!"

"Where'd you go? You took a while today."

"Stopped at your parents' graves for a quick flower refresh. Also told them about how you're doing." You smile as he kisses your cheek. 

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"You were at work. I got groceries after."

"No car-jacking?"

"Nah." You shake your head. "I brought back ingredients. I had the overwhelming urge to cook today."

"Ah, speaking of which. I have an event soon that you should come for." Tim hums. "I'll get you a dress and take care of everything. You just need to show up."

"Will I be alone?"

"No. It's father's annual banquet."

"Mm." You nod. "Alright. If you insist. Ah, right."

Tim raises a brow.

"Happy mother's day." You snort, handing him the flowers.

"And what might I be mothering?"

You shrug. "Just figured to get you a bouquet too. Mom texted me that you had flowers delivered to her for mother's day. Thank you."

"I just hope the Chinese on the card was legible."

You laugh. "I'm sure it was. You don't need to send anything to my dad for father's day... just for reference."

"It'd be nice to send him something small. Don't worry." Tim hums. "I won't do anything too big. I know he doesn't know who I am exactly."

"Yes." You grin. "Maybe flowers?"

"Perhaps a nice tie."

"That works too." You hum. "Mom said thank you, by the way. She wants me to make you something in return."

Tim laughs. "It's good, pretty bird. Um. I cooked today— It's edible. Don't worry."

"I'm sure it is." You hum. "What'd you make?"

"Followed a recipe on..." He pauses. "Quiche. I was gonna do stir fry and then I remembered that it might ruin your experience with Chinese American food and decided against it."

"Well, Chinese American food is still... different." You hum. "Quiche for dinner sounds fun."

"It's low-key kind of good. I promise."

You pat Tim's back as he starts setting the groceries in the fridge, chewing quietly on his cooking as he watches for an expression. 

"It's good." You hum, brows lifted, pleased at the flavor on your tongue. "It's great, birdie. I like it."

"Yeah?"

"Yes. You're not that terrible of a cook. I promise." You hum. "It's good."

"If you say it too many times, I'm gonna think you're trying to convince yourself."

"I'm not." You cut a larger slice, resting them on your plates as he finishes with the groceries. "Come on. Let's eat."

[devine-fem]

still thinking about that person who went on my account, saw that i was dedicated to the al ghuls, made a post ‘how does the al ghuls have stans? aren’t they horrible?”

like what the fuck are you talking about? first of all, even if they were horrible then people would still like them, it’s not rocket science. second of all, if people like them then consider they’re not so horrible.

they go “oh, people say its ooc what she did but she still did them!” what the fuck are talking about? prob morrrison books. this person being a tim drake stan made sense too because your only exposure to the al ghuls are weird fetish writing for your favorite white boy.

and this person then went to defend batcat + damian dynamics, to call dick damian’s parent and not even to know damian was chinese? and i’m the bad one?

why are we getting entitled about characters we obviously don’t fucking read about?

like understand that some people have actually sat down and read characters comics more than you. this goes for every character, there is always a fan that reads for a character and gets it better than you. accept that. i do.

just say you want to shit on talia and ra’s and thats it. so fucking annoying like don’t piss me off, go back to tim drake and leave us alone. sorry. rant.

[tiredoftime]

the batfamily + languages; observations of a polyglot

Okay headcanon-ers, I love languages and different cultures and today I'm choosing violence.

Damian + Arabic/Chinese: So obviously there's a big headcanon that Damian speaks Arabic, and sometimes Chinese, due to his life with the League of Assassins. The League can't really be mapped onto any real world culture (don't get me started on the character "The Sensei", who's supposedly from Hong Kong?). To me, this raises two big questions: which dialect of Arabic is Damian speaking, and if you headcanon he also speaks Chinese, is he speaking standard Mandarin or Cantonese (or something else??). If you're gonna write about the multicultural (?) background of the League and Damian's heritage, I think these are questions worth answering, instead of leaving it vague. If I were to guess, the League might speak some older/more archaic sounding Arabic, due to the age of the League, and Cantonese, only because we know the League has some links to Hong Kong. Let me know what y'all think about this because it drives me up the wall.

Dick + Romani language: Dick's Romani heritage is... interesting, to say the least. Other than the fact that it's conception is potentially a result of Romaphobia (i.e., is completely based on his circus origins), and the comics do very little to explore it, linguistically, it's a hard one to research. There are many subgroups of Romani people, based on where they are based and migration patterns, therefore lots of variations in language and dialect. Secondly, the Romani language (or languages, depending on who you ask) is secret, as a defense mechanism against outside discrimination. If you take the comics at face value, the dialect Dick uses (in literally a single sentence, and I could only find one source confirming this, so again, take it with a pinch of salt) is from a Lovari dialect. If you do want to explore this in your fan creations, I recommend Florian's YouTube channel as a starting point for research, as it is culture and history explained by an actual Romani person. Also, unless you are Romani, maybe don't use the language in your works.

Headcanoning Latino characters: If you're going to headcanon a character as Latino/a, please for the love of God specify. Latino on it's own is such a broad term, that . I often see Jason Todd being headcanoned as Latino, and while I really hope it's not just because of his background in poverty and anger issues (side-eyeing some of the fandom), very often people just kind of say "Latino", and make him generically Spanish-speaking. Explore it!! Explain where his family would be from, how they ended up in Gotham and when, why Jason would have such an English-sounding name, etc. I love more representation, but not when it feels like a label was slapped onto a character without thought!

Writing multilingualism: I don't want to point fingers, but sometimes it is very easy to tell when someone is monolingual from the way they write about speaking other languages. Honestly, I kind of want to write a separate post about it. In general, I should start by saying that learning even one language takes a lot of time and dedication, or being totally surrounded it in. That's why when I see a post like, "Tim Drake speaks seven languages" (random example I made up), you're gonna have to explain to me how on earth he found the time for that as a teenage vigilante who is notoriously busy and doesn't have much time.

[tarta-de-limon]

not a request but can u do a post explaining the bat family?? (i’m new here and just know batman and robin lol) 😭

OH MY GOSH, it took me so long to reply to this, at this point you might as well know more than me LMAO.

To be honest Idk either💀 I started in the fandom because I saw a clip of the DC animated universe of Damian. And if I like the voice of a character I just love them already. Happened with HXH, with Killua, with Hunter and Luz, from the owl house, with Scaramouche, from Genshin impact.

Then I started reading all the comics Damian appeared, then I started reading Wayne Family adventures and I discovered Jason and Cass and Steph and—

Whatever I say here might be wrong because I'm not really into every member of the Bat-family, just in a couple of them. Literally just a couple of them.

So, there's Bruce Wayne, he lost his parents because they went to the movies and, for some reason, his parents decided to go home walking through a dark alley. Great choice. Anyways, he's Batman, everyone knows him and everyone knows Alfred, his butler

Then there's Dick Grayson! Circus boy, saw his parents die and became the first Robin! I really like the idea of him being angry asf, but I don't know if that's canon so, idk. Turns out he's involved with the Court of Owls and—yeah, i Don't really understand much either. I remember that the circus he grew up kind of, raised Talons, a group of highly trained assassins loyal to the Court of Owls (ty google). But then Bruce found him before the court did, so he became Robin. The court of Owls still wants him...at least that's the last thing I read in comics/don't trust me because I have horrible memory.

Something about a bunch of kids saying they're Robin, and a war against the court, Damian betraying the family, sike! He's still a good person, but he has a mask and has explosives, or something like that, and so Damian keeps living Dick accepted to work with the court and—

I don't remember how that ended. Actually I'm sorry I just spoiled you like, a whole comic, sorry not sorry.

Uh, let's keep going.

Then there's Jason! Pretty baby Jason! Second robin, used to be a stray kid, Bruce took him in when he tried to steak his wires, and he discovers that his mother isn't his real mother and the joker tricks him an—AND HE DIES, HE EXPLODES.

Then he revives, six months later, because...superboy? Superman? I can't remember anymore, hits...reality? And well, he comes back to life. To be honest, I don't remember how this goes. There's a version where he does and Talia brings him back. Then he goes all cray-cray and turns in the red hood.

But-then there's this thing with superboy prime, and I remember something about him getting hit by a truck...but I don't remember if that was canon or fanon or from a fanfic... Yeah, just, just know that in both cases he ends up in the Lazarus Pit and goes all crazy. Have you seen his suit in batman and Robin, when Damian is Robin for the first time?

THAT'S HIM, LMAO.

And to be honest? I did a drawing of him with braided hair like Ana from Frozen because;

REDHEAD, BABY!

AND there's Tim Drake. Jason's mad at him because he sees him as his replacement/at first. He kinda... blackmailed Bruce??? And to be honest, that's all I know. Yup, I'm not a big Tim Fan, nothing against him, of course!

Then there's Steph!... And I don't know anything about her either! Next! Nah, she's the daughter of...a villain, I think? Then she dies while being Robin...she didn't actually die, she was alive all along...then she's Batgirl, then she's spoiler... And that's it. Yeah, I love Steph but I haven't read anything about her. Same with... Cass, and Thomas. Yup. Bat-family's #1 fan right here y'all. Cass was raised to be weapon, and that's literally, literally all I know about her.

...

She's Chinese???? And, uh...She likes pancakes.

Thomas, I think he appeared in Robin war(the whole comic I just spoiled you) but that's all I know about him. that, and what appears In Wayne Family adventures lmao.

AND THEN, THEN THERE'S MY BABY BOY, PRECIOUS DAMIAN WAYNE. Raise to be a weapon, in the League of Assassins, son of the Bat and Talia Al Ghul, Grandson of the demon head!!!(tell me u have a favorite without telling me you have a favorite) he's the one I'm ALWAYS drawing.

In the DC animated universe he's send away after the League is attacked. I don't know if there's a new version in the comics, but he actually earned the right to meet his Father after beating his mother in a fight! I LOOOVE the fact that in the DCAU they kept the; I thought you'd be taller, father. FANGIRL MOMENT, BEHOLD.

He literally just wants to impress his father. That's the whole reason why he's grumpy and aggressive when they meet! Bruce treats him like a nuisance and he literally trained so hard to meet him! Damian hates being patronized, literally. This baby bat is Tim drake #1 hater at first. He beats his ass!

Thing is, well, things get complicated and Bruce is lost in time or something like that, so Dick is Batman and that's why Dick and Damian have such a strong bond!

And well, there's a lot of things to explain about this character...I really want to say everything about him but this is too long already lmao.

Well, that's all I think! I'm pretty sure this didn't help you at all, but hey, I had fun rambling! Thank you so much for asking and I'm so sorry this is all useless rambling lmao

Lots of love and have a great day or night! Yk what, have a great day, month and year! Have a great life! 🫵🫵🫵🫵

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

Eh... I don't mind canonically homosexual characters as long as the story functions well. Unlike the crap we are being fed by the looney toons of Hollywood. At this point I just kinda want to gate keep anime from the western world. Until all of these nonsense died down. Whatever these morons are spewing. It's not good for the world to consume and copy.

As always. Japan without morons influencing it. Can make pretty good anime and games.

No, I'm with you. I'm pretty much the only person I know who isn't a raging leftist who can't say the word "bisexual" that actually liked how they made Tim Drake bisexual in the Batman comics. But there are reasons why I avoid almost all western media about gays like the plague even though my reading habits are 85% M/M fanfiction. The problem with minority characters in the west, especially gay ones, is that they increasingly can't be characters first and minorities second. They have to be RePrEsEnTaTiOn, which usually means "fit as many stereotypes and leftwing strawmen into this one character as we possibly can". It's either that, or it's a three second kiss that can be edited out for Chinese distribution, but that's a whole other issue.

Japanese media seems to do it the right way, from what I've seen. They create characters, put those characters into a story, and then if they're gay, they're gay. Yuri on Ice is honestly the perfect example of how to do a show with gay characters as opposed to a "gay show". You know they're in love with each other. You know they're together by the end of the show. But the point of the show is never "look at these gay athletes! Look how gay they are! Aren't they so queer? Don't you feel represented? Oh look, here's a homophobic character! Now the whole show is about discrimination and why hate is wrong except when you hate people who hate you then it's totally cool oh look this character is Donald Trump punch him!!! and wasn't there a skating competi--hahah who cares about that THEY'RE GAY!!"

Instead, the show never loses focus of who Yuri and Victor are as characters. The big reveals have nothing to do with sexuality, or struggling with sexuality, or homophobia, or any of that boring, played out nonsense. The reveals are about who they are as characters. The plot is always about skating and getting better and becoming a better person and learning to believe in yourself. And yes, the catalyst for all of those things is the two main characters finding each other and growing closer. And yes, they do fall in love, and kiss, and get engaged. But if that's all there was, it wouldn't be even half the show it is. It wouldn't still be one of the most beloved animes even though it only has 12 episodes and a movie that never came out that people are still waiting to hear news on.

You could never have that in the west. And even if, by some miracle, you did, the second season would completely ruin it once the execs mainlining DEI directly into their veins got their cancerous hands on it.

[arobinwithoutbatman]

((Alrighty! I drafted this like a week ago but I have fuck all to do today while at the library so lets go!

We said... Robin solos for this time round, didn't we?))

Ah, I see we're starting off strong with Moneyspider/Anarky

Oh wow, I really should've bounced here ages ago cause this is right after Azrael let a guy fall from the roof

Okay Anarky, go off on the diamond man

...ooooooor not. Tim's on the case and apparently these black diamodns contain an evil spirit... awesome

Lonnie... Lonnie no. Don't give this runkard one of those stones. Don't do it

...Lonnie... was your password for your computer serious 'codeword'

I mean... those are excellent goals and frankly, I agree with you, dude but I don't think the mayor agrees with you, unfortunately

I stand corrected! This is during the initial breakout from Arkham!

I can see why people ship them together; both geniuses, both raised rich and both wanting justice for those who have been wronged and going about it in different ways

Oof, nasty hit Tim just took

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Sudden style change, not sure I like it

A fight in a sauna? Bad idea Tim

Oooooo Commissioner Gordon is cleaning house~

Snrrrkkkk perfectly timed fortune, random person in the chinese restaurant

Awwww Tim slumping against Gordon. Poor boy is exhausted after that

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Okay that's one hell of a wake up for Tim to get. In GCPD headquarters as a dude with a fucking swastika on his forehead is dragged in

Oh honey... Tim, you're smarter than this, you know they need evidence

Hooooo buddy, you are not having a good night

Timothy Jackson Drake, you better not be letting a fucking assassination attempt go through on you just to catch this asshole in something!

It's adorable that you doodle while on the phone tho

...do you really think telling Bruce this was a good idea?

Okay Bruce ended up disguised as the second gunman just to make sure he was there to handle things if it went *really* bad

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Ooooooooo teaming up with Nightwing this time~

Still uhhh... still settling into a style, huh Dick?

Aaahhhh so Dick's been in Keystone helping Flash

...wait... is this after Bruce heads off to do his training? Cause they're pretty openly talking about Jean-Paul being Batman. Or maybe this is just before Jean-Paul goes off the deep end?

And we're dealing with Bracuda again

Okay maybe I'm too used to the Wayne Family Adventures and Gotham Knights designs for Dick but he really doesn't look all that great here

Damn, they still don't have a great reputation with the police no matter where they go

"Turns out we're not faster than Big Chulo but we sure are dramatic" Yeah you and Dick come by it honestly

Both of htem just casually passing the fuck out on the pier

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Ooooo both of them teaming up with Green Lantern this time!

And Tim is getting a lesson in handling conversations with the police

Wow, this guy really just threatened to arrest them both and insulted the Titans in one go

Oooohhhhhh weren't quick enough to stop Chulo committing murder? Was it someone you knew?

"Okay so you remind me of myself when I was Robin... maybe you're even better than I was... and as well as Bruce handled me, I know what it's like to be treated as a kid, something I don't want to do to you..." "But the urge is there" "I'm not you anymore. I'm in Bruce's boots now- the one who's responsible. On the other hand, after blowing it with the Titans, maybe I'm in no position to guide anyone." Dick... honey...

Ah okay, it's towards the beginning of everything with Jean-Paul. Also I feel lied to from the cover because Green Lantern didn't turn up at all

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Starting off strong with Robin taking a huge fall and looking absolutely terrified

"How am I doing so far? Well, I just got thrown off the thirtieth floor of the Keysler building and I'm heading past the twentieth. So I'd have to say 'so far so good'." *T I M*

I'm sorry, the MO for this string of murders he's investigating is *WHAT*

...talking to himself in the mirror... Tim you absolute dork

Okay, his dad is away and Tim's been staying in the penthouse in the city for the summer and Bruce and Alfred are still away

And he's recently bene kicked out of the batcave

Huh... people breaking into Wayne Tower

Someone wants Wayne Enterprises satellite transmissions? Why? And these are kids, not much older than Tim. What on earth have they gotten themselves into?

Tim that disguise is awful

Okay so the girl now has blades for arms and the dude is stuck in cyberspace so... this bug things that's draining people of their spinal fluid... if it doesn't kill them, it gives them powers?

Oh good he did get saved by the girlie with the blade arms

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Opening up with Tim getting choked! Wonderful

Yup, Tim just immediately cuts his losses and gets the fuck out. "Part of me is sad to be leaving the Batcave for what might be the last time but without Bruce it's not the Batcave. It's just a hole in the ground. A grave full of memories"

Ah okay so car thieves, possibly parts thieves and while Tim's trying to have a date with his girlfriend

Tim... Tim that was dumb. You didn't have to snap at her over that. I know you're a very stressed 13/14 year old who nearly died by strangulation and your emotional regulation is basically shot rn but that was dumb and you should apologise

...have we just cut to Cluefinder?

And this trigger happy cop has decided that Robin fits the bill for the car thieves when his mask looks nothing like theirs. Dude. Details

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Right, this is when Tim's dad is still missing

...have I read this already? I feel like I've read part of this already

Yeah, I've definitely seen this before so Imma skip ahead a bit

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Sudden time skip to Christmas

Oof, you're not helping the cheating allegations... and you're not even doing the actual cheating yet

Stephanie!!!! My girl! My daughter!!!!

Yeah the vigilante life is a hard one, Tim

Robin and Spoiler meeting?????

Robin and Spoiler meeting!!!!! Or I guess reunion given that her dad just broke out

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He knows her name and she doesn't know his... good grief

They're hiding under the beds, adorable

Steph used flirt. Robin was confused

They're working together and Steph is falling for the mystery of Robin

Oooohhhhhh I know what this leads to. Both Tim and Arthur get stuck in this truck with little air and Steph comes to the rescue

OH DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE FUCKING CONCRETE

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Steph, honey, you are absolutely a vigilante

Oooooo got her own bike~ Now come on, hun, you're smart, you've got this

Steph is crushing big time and a cut right to Arianna right as she asks if Robin is single

Damn, really thought about killing Cluemaster to preserve what little air is left

Oh wow, Tim got *really* close to dying of asphyxiation

There's the adrenaline fuelled "holy shit I'm alive" kiss *when he's currently dating someone*

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Okay so that was... issue 1-5 of Robin's solo stuff. I believe I still need to do the rest and then bounce back to... either Knights End or Prodigal

[hayleyhearts]

fic writer meme

the biggest thanks to fic writer queen @vinelark for tagging me :,) <3

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? 61!

2. What's your total Ao3 word count? 463,074 so less words than war and peace

3. What fandoms do you write for? for the last two years, Batman (with one unfinished Daredevil matt/foggy fic featuring Spiderman)

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

No Hetero (the first Voltron fic I ever wrote, I also remember writing this fic with perfect clarity, like I became conscious of my writer brain when I wrote this)

Tim and Kon v. The World (I actually wrote this in like an hour while procrastinating sleep)

The Failure of Tim Drake (the first Batman fic I ever wrote)

Keith is Broken

Champagne Problems

5. Do you respond to comments? sometimes, when I post a new chapter I'll respond to comments on the previous one. But for every single comment, I get such a comment notification high <3 I've printed out several, too and they live on my bookshelf and provide joy and motivation.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? I've never written a sad ending intentionally, but I have so many unfinished fics that end in the middle angst section. Of the fics that I'm pretty sure I'll never finish, I'd say my My Hero Academic fic Date Me (For Justice) which was my first attempt a really long fic and stops on such a mutual pining, getting blackmailed, sad note. Now that I'm writing this, I'm like-- I should finish that.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I love the ending of Sore Loser, and not just because it's a little spicy.

8. Do you get hate on fics? there's such a culture of, "if you don't like it, keep scrolling" so I've never gotten real hate, but I have gotten critique comments that point out places that I didn't get canon right and places where I contradicted the facts of my own story lol those guys are basically my beta readers <3 <3 <3

9. Do you write smut? Yeah, I actually started last year!

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you have written? Yeah, not really for Batman, but I have in the past. The craziest is probably my Wandavision Supernatural crossover.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? I think the second fic I ever posted (Spideypool) which couldn't have gotten more than like 1,000 reads, I got a comment that was like, "just so you know someone posted this on Wattpad."

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Yes, honored that someone translated Tim and Kon v. The World into Chinese!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? No but I'm so down for real, that sounds fun!

14. What's your all time favorite ship? You'd think by my ao3 stats, it's TimKon-- but I write fanfic for things I wish were different. There's a lot about their canon dynamic I love, and their fanfic is top tier, but for my favorite canon ship I'd probably say like Percabeth (especially with the Disney plus show, they're so back)

15. What is a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? Probably my Daredevil Matt/Foggy High School au. I'm just not that into Daredevil anymore. I have so many Batman WIPs, but when I think of them I'm like, one day I'll finish it, baby!

16. What are your writing strengths? I love how I write banter. I also like to think that I give the supporting cast or characters who might be reduced to comic relief their own interior life and mini arcs-- but that might be more aspirational than actually in my writing as of now lol. I think I also write friend groups really well!

17. What are your writing weaknesses? structure, and related to that pacing. Also, the way I shy away from editing even though writing is rewriting or whatever that saying is. I'd say there's like five fics of mine that I've genuinely edited, but I'm working on it. I've been reading such a great book about writing lately called A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders, and I highly recommend it.

18. Thoughts of writing dialogue in another language in fics? I think the only time I've done that was in one of my Supernatural fics. I wrote Eileen, who's deaf. Originally, I put all her dialogue in italics to signify it was being signed. But I got such a kind and helpful comment on that fic being like it's weird and frowned upon to have her ASL lines formatted so differently, so I changed it! I think if I ever did another language again, I would research it more thoroughly first.

19. First fandom you wrote for? it was on fanfic.net and it was Percy Jackson, he and Annabeth were middle aged (which I obviously had great insight into at 15) and the main character was their daughter. Although as a child, I would write my own episodes of my favorite tv shows which was way before I knew what a screenwriter or fanfiction was. I love that one of my oldest instincts is to create the shit I wish I was seeing.

20. Favorite fic you have written? Hm, of my completed fics, I'd say a tie between To All The Vigilantes I've Loved Before and Capture the Flag (to the Death). I like the first one because it's the longest romance I've finished (at 27k) and there are certain scenes I really love. The capture the flag one I like because it feels the most like a real miniseries DC would publish (out of everything I've written) and I'm really proud of the ways I hid each of their flags and all the betrayals.

I'm tagging @thief-of-eggs <3 and anyone else who wants to do this! ~ please tag me in your post because I'm always looking for and loving writer mutuals <3

[akinachiri]

Jason Todd is Batman's second adopted son after Dick Grayson. In Pre-Nu52 he's li 5 Jasars(?) younger Dick. Nu52 era sucks btw. I only really read the Under The Red Hood Graphic Novel so i'll get some stuff wrong but basically he's fridged (I use that word specifically because even though he wasn't a woman...) at 14 to power Bruce's man pain. if you can't tell already i am a Batman hater (<-spent large amounts of money on Batman comics and hated basically all of them). Jason at the time was very racial ambiguous and was tossed aside right after his gruesome death at the hands of the Joker for "everyone's favorite robin" Tim Drake. """"probably the best robin after dick"""" (can you tell I hate Tim. I hate Tim. idc he's gay with bernard canonically, all his friends are cooler than him, his boyfriend is cooler than him, his OG nemesis is cooler than him. Ra's al Ghul was absolutely nerfed so they could make Timlook cooler in Nu52 era. fuck Tim.)

jason is so cool. his early post crisis era comics are so cool. he's on par with Dick Grayson in this era imo but i'm biased as hell (I'm also a Steph as robin enjoyer. I don't know much about duke or Damian tho so,,,) He's ethnically ambiguous enough that IN UNIVERSE he has been percieved ashispanic, chinese AND white. and that was like. a Problem in the 80s y'know like. Dick Grayson at the time was seen as Very White, and you replace him with a new racially ambiguous kid?

they put to a vote whether to kill off 14 year old Jason. readers would call and mail in their opinions on killing the little guy and he had such an awful brutal death. Like. Awful.

To be honest Bruce is AWFUL to his children and the children under his protection (there... is a difference. Steph is Not his daughter. No. just No.) Jason during this era might've actually gotten the Best Treatment out of ALL of the kids. which is so sad seeing as. well.

Jason,,, comes back "wrong". like he was dead then is revived 6 months later in universe. some stuff happened I will not explain but. in my opinion? he does act... Reasonable in his relation to bruce.

the thing is comics, these characters. have a Character. but you can wear it away, if you bend and twist them for long enough, you can change their character. it's no longer OOC for Thalia al Ghul to act in Some of the way she acts even though a LOT of it directly contradicts her original character back in the 80s. but its the 2023. they messed with her for long enough that you can "she's become a different character. and you can't deny that." samegoes for Jason. so. sadly.

In his,,, first iteration as the red hood. Jason. repeatedly attempts to murder his adoptive father bruce. he disowns himself, he feels that he's been betrayed. tossed out oh so quickly for a new and shinier son (Tim). And what does Bruce do?

Goes for the kill. Something Very Very against MOST of Batman's character. And I think you can say "yeah. it's easy enough to say jason has BPD" with how he's portrayed as having very extreme reactions. I mean this kid wanted to be a Doctor. and now he's 19 and going around vigilante justice style "cleaning up the streets" with beheadings. (I could say that bruce isn't much better but... well this long enough)

In My Opinion. Jason acted on his feeling, that were not unfounded feelings. His actions might've been extreme and hurt Many people. But it's not like Bruce has any ground to stand on on that front.

Jason. Deserved. Better.

So. Much. Better.

i barely know shit about batman but i deeply enjoyed this rant thank u

[batfsm]

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[apopcornkernel]

chinese tim drake headcanons (that i have no canon evidence for but i don't really care)

his mom is the daughter of two chinese immigrants and his dad is also half-chinese. they both grew up in chinatown and together they built their company from the ground up, and eventually moved to gotham (w/ the rest of their relatives) and settled there.

tim's parents like to remind tim that he's lucky to grow up well-off unlike them, whichhh. leads to the next headcanon—

the reason why he throws himself into his work and neglects his own sleep and well-being is because in his childhood his parents always said, we work so hard to give you all these privileges, don't waste your potential. so now he feels like if he isn't being useful then he doesn't deserve to be provided for.

despite the emotional neglect he still finds it difficult to hate his parents and still feels responsible for them, because ~filial piety~ and also ~guilt-tripping~

when i say guilt-tripping i mean like, them reminding tim that it's because of them that he has a roof above his head and food and money. reminding tim that they are the ones providing for his everything, and tim, darling, you better take care of us when we're older, just like we are doing for you :) it's your duty as our child :)

tim is very disconnected to his chinese culture bc he and his parents were white-passing and they distanced themselves from it bc other rich people can be racist so his parents gradually lost touch w/ their culture in an effort to blend in

tim's parents started constantly traveling abroad after tim's paternal grandparents were caught in the crossfire of a villain's attack. tim's parents were both very close to them and couldn't be in gotham for long without remembering. they sought comfort in each other and in their travels but they ended up neglecting tim in their grief

back before tim's grandparents died and his parents started traveling, there were times all the relatives would gather to have small family celebrations of lunar new year, mid autumn festival, visiting the cemetery on all soul's day, etc. but after tim's grandparents died they stopped and the relatives grew apart.

when tim was younger his favorite thing to do at these family gatherings was make dumplings with everyone. he liked getting red packets too but dumpling making was the best because everyone gathered around a table and talked and laughed and made food together :))

it's been years since he's last seen them; over the years more of his relatives moved out of gotham. (due to. uh. well. the Supervillainy and all.)

one day a few days before the mid autumn festival tim tries searching up how to make dumplings so he can make it in the manor but he realizes it's not like he can find the family recipe online and that anyways it won't be the same if it's only him doing it... :(

but! let's say babs noticed that he was upset over it and she tells the family and they go searching for tim's relatives. they manage to find one of tim's aunts who had moved away from gotham, but would be delighted to see jack and janet's little boy all grown up, and i'm sure the rest of my family miss seeing each other, too, maybe we should have an entire relatives roundup!

so the whole clan meets up again for mid autumn festival and they make dumplings and play dice games and achingly try to close the gap between them. tim's got his own family now but he also wants them, so he tries, and slowly he reconnects with his extended family.

i have literally zero proof for this but tim drake is chinese

[rev-wrath]

Confessional Kisses

Tim Drake x Reader

Prompt: “i’ll kiss you right now to prove i don’t feel anything for you” but the kiss proves the exact opposite

Summary: An attempt to prove that (Y/N) and Tim are just friends, doesn’t quite work.

Notes: Fluff. Reader is male and uses he/him pronouns. 0.5k words

“We’re just friends. There’s nothing going on between me and (Y/N).”

The boy in question is walking by at that moment, pausing to listen. They are just friends, that’s true. They’re comfortable around each other, they all are. After all they’re a team, they’re friends. Tim and (Y/N) just happen to understand and know each a bit better than the others.

“We could literally kiss and nothing would happen.”

“Perfect!” Kon, Bart and Cassie all turn to look at him, waving him over. Oh, so they know he was there. It’s not like he was trying too hard to be quiet anyways. Tim honestly doesn’t look that embarrassed that (Y/N) is here now. Just mildly exasperated.

“How much of that did you hear?” He asks as the other walks over.

He responds with a shrug. “Just the last two sentences.” Coming to a stop beside Tim, he faces the others. “We really are just friends. I don’t kn-“

Kon cuts him off. “Okay then kiss!” Gesturing between the two.

“Hey, Tim said that, not me.”

“Oh so if you did kiss Tim-“

This time he cuts Cassie off. “Well I didn’t say that.”

Bart steps up to the plate now. “Alright then do it.” They sound exactly like the teenagers they are.

He turns towards Tim. “This is all your fault.”

“Sorry.” The dark haired boy does actually sound a bit apologetic. “We don’t actually have to do anything we don’t want to.” His tone is softer, more comforting and open.

Sighing, he decides to just get it over with. “They’ll just continue to annoy us and bring this up. I’m okay with this if you are. You’re not the worst person I could kiss.” He’s kissed and dated worse. His best friend? Is his best friend. Tim’s also not bad looking, a mess at times but overall he’s kind of handsome honestly.

“Sorry.” Tim whispers again before pressing their lips together.

They don’t hear the whistling, cheering or clapping. No, the world has just become the two of them. Something just feels right about this, it feels good. It’s not as if something just clicks in them, it’s more as if they’ve noticed something they hadn’t seen before. It’s like walking past something everyday but just now noticing this detail about it. A detail that makes it so much better.

They part and realize that Tim has a hand on the other’s shoulder while he has a hand on Tim’s arm. Remembering their friends are still there they quickly move their hands off each other.

(Y/N) clears his throat, face warm. “There. Nothing’s going on between us, just friends.” Which is an absolute lie and they all know it now.

Tim nods. “Just friends.”

In an attempt to move on, (Y/N) walks away. “I’m in the mood for Chinese food. Anyone else?”

Bart follows him, with a grin. “Italian?”

Cassie gives Tim a look while Kon smiles and winks at him before following to give their opinions.

The two of them are going to have a talk about this. Eventually. Tim just hopes they can get through the meal without too much trouble.

[raineydays411]

Best of friends

Peter Parker x reader, Jason Todd x reader

Summary: You and Jason watch a movie and get closer but what happens when its interrupted?

Finally arriving home, you and the Wayne boys walk into the common room loud as hell. You laugh as you and Tim listen to Damian and Jason bicker about whatever they’re fighting about this time. Something about Batman or whatever. 

If you were to be honest, you weren’t really paying attention. Your mind was on the incident you had with Peter at the Museum. You didn’t understand why he was so cold to you. Never has he ever treated you so cruelly. It pissed you off because he was the one who decided he wanted to ignore you for Liz. Hell, if you really think about it, he basically led you on. Flirting with you and making you believe that he wanted to be with you, only to turn around and fawn over Liz Allen the second he had a chance. 

Sensing the shift in the atmosphere, Jason cut Damian off and turned to you. Seeing that you were frowning, off in your own world.  He sighed, knowing it was because of that Peter kid.

“Hey babe.” Jason says suddenly, “ Weren’t you gonna order some food or something?”

Snapping out of your thoughts, you turn to Jason with a smirk on your face, “ You know, for a Wayne, you really have no manners Jaybird.” 

And before he can make a quick retort, you sauntered into the kitchen, looking for the take out menus that seemed endless.  Leaving behind a lovestruck Jason and his two smirking brothers.

“You know” Tim says as soon as your out of hearing range, “Staring at her isn’t going to do anything.” 

“Except frighten her.” Damian mutters looking up at Jason with a roll of his eyes. 

Jason glances at the kitchen, making sure you weren’t able to hear him and them turns to his brothers. 

“I need you two to go away as soon as the food gets here” Jason whispers harshly at the two

“What?” “No way, Todd” The two boys protest, wanting to stay in your company (Damian) and finally eat some food (Tim). 

“ Look, we leave tomorrow, I want to spend some time alone with Y/n”

Damian looks put out, frowning before opening his mouth to say something and getting cut off by Tim.

“Say if we do this for you...what do we get in return?” Tom says smugly

“Wha- you little shit, can’t you just do me this favor?” Jason says exsaperatly, looking to make sure you weren’t coming back. 

“Nope, sorry Jaybird, we’re not Dick.” Tim smirks, “Take over our patrol for two weeks.”

“Two weeks?! No way, three days.” 

“Five days and any cookies Alfred makes goes directly to us.” Damian adds in spite.

“A week.” Jason says sternly

“A week...and the cookies.” Tim finally agrees.

“Ugh fine, you terrorists.” Jason sighs, making the deal as soon as you walk in the room. 

“Who’s a terrorist?” You ask putting your phone in your back pocket.

“Uhh Bruce, he uh, needs these two for some business thing or whatever.” Jason says not so smoothly.

“Business? I thought he was still in that meeting with my father?” You question. tilting your head in confusion.

“What Todd is trying to say, is that because Drake and I will be taking over the business after Father retires, he requires us to sit in on some of his meetings. Unfortunately, that means we have to excuse ourselves.” Damian chimes in, before nudging Tim and standing.

“Aww, but I already ordered the food, you two can’t wait a couple of minutes?”

“My apologies Y/n, it seems like father is quite insistent, perhaps you can save us some leftovers?” Damian replies, not letting Tim talk. 

“Sure Dami” You say sweetly, “ Ill make sure this one doesn’t devour everything”

“Hey!”

 Damian ignores Jasons cries. blushing at your smile and nickname before promptly saying goodbye and leading an amused Tim into the elevator.

“Well,” You sigh, “ I guess its just the two of us again.”

“Well, don’t sound too excited,” Jason huffs, “ You wanna watch a movie or something?” 

“Sure! Hey, maybe I can finally show you Twilight?” 

“Not a chance doll.”

You ended up watching Twilight.  And after the food got here, you both ended up watching New Moon and Eclipse. Jason finally getting into it.

“Why did he kiss her?!” Jason shouts at the screen, jostling you from where you lay on his shoulder. “Jacob has no sense of boundary's.” 

“oh but i thought--” “ I don’t wanna hear it.” Jason cuts you off, leaving you smirking.

The two of you sit in silence, watching the screen. Jason adjusts his body so you’re laying on his chest rather than his shoulder. You shudder as he starts to rub your back in soothing circles. Blushing as you have never been this close to another person. No one other than your family...and Peter. 

You curse yourself for think about him again, still peeved off at his behavior at the museum and the carnival. 

“Hey Y/n” Jason suddenly say, breaking you out of your thoughts.

“Yes?” You reply, moving to look up at his face.

“I...I uh, I had fun with you...these past few days.” Jason stutters, refusing to look in your eyes.

“I had fun too Jaybird.. I didn’t know you have a personality outside of moping and glaring at rich people.” You jest, listening to the deep rumbles of his chuckles from your place on his chest.

“Yeah..you bring out the best in me...I guess.” Jason finally looks at you in your eyes, taking your breath away.

“Y/n I-”

“Why is it so dark in here.” Your father says, suddenly appearing in the living room, startling the two of you away from each other.

“Hey is that chinese?” Steve says

“Yeah, Y/n ordered some earlier” Tim

“Would you turn on the lights?” Bruce Wayne asks.

“Yeah its dark” Bruce Banner adds, flicking on the lights. 

“Oh hey kids, whatcha up to” Tony says, finally noticing the two of you on the couch. 

“Um...watching a movie” You stutter, your heart racing and face burning for some reason. You feel like you just got caught making out or something.

“Uh huh..” Tony says suspiciously, taking in both of your embarrassed faces, clothes lines on your face, and flat hair from where you were laying. 

“A movie huh?” Bruce Wayne says, walking beside Tony, “ Jason, I thought you hated Twilight.” 

“It’s not so bad.” Jason says glancing at you. You on the other hand are making silent conversation with your father, as he fights to hold back a laugh and tries not to attack Jason. 

“Hey Mr. Stark, you left your phone in the meeting room-- why is everyone staring at the couches?” Peter asks as he walks in, he turns to see you and Jason, disheveled and embarrassed. He makes a conclusion and for some reason...his heart breaks, “Oh.”

“Oh great” You think to yourself, “I wonder how he’s gonna react to this.”

You roll your eyes, “ So, we saved you some food if your hungry.” 

“Thank you darling, my sweet daughter that wouldn’t hide anything from me.” Tony says sweetly

“Oh can it dad” You reply with a laugh, “Foods on the counter, we’re watching Breaking Dawn in a few minutes.”

You can hear the adults groan as they make their way into the kitchen, you smirk and settle back down next to Jason, slinging your legs up in his lap. 

“Hey, what where you gonna tell me before my dad came in?” You ask looking at Jason.

“Uhh, nothing, it wasn’t that important.” Jason says quickly 

“Okayy” You reply, not really believing him but leaving it alone. 

The adults, plus Damian, Tim, and Peter all come back into the living room, filling the couches and floors as they wait for you to press play. You see Peter look at you and your feet in Jason's lap, before he decides to sit next to Tim and Damian. You frown, Peter always sat with you during movie nights,

“Alright kiddo, lets get this movie night going.” Tony says, gesturing you to press play.

You start the movie and ask FRIDAY to shut off the light. The previous mood being broken, you feel awkward as Jason fiddles with a string on your pants. You can’t settle down as you feel eyes on you. 

You take a quick look around, seeing that everyone is occupied with the movie. Then you make eye contact with Peter. It’s hard to tell in the dark, but you almost see sadness in his eyes, but as soon as you make eye contact he glares and turns his head, watching the movie.

Boy what a weird day.

[olderthannetfic]

In my fandom (dc comics) I've been seeing a push from some bnfs that fandom should know more canon. Now that's fine and all, but given that there are hundreds if not thousands of comics to possibly read with no order, multiple reboots and contradictions or time travel plots or what have you, there is genuinely just too much to reasonably get through. So this has lead to most of the fandom reading fic as their starting point instead which is more enjoyable and understanding the source material through fanfic and fan headcanons only. But now there's like a divide. People who know canon and people who know fanon. And the canon fans are mad that now they have to debate canon actions of a character with fanfic actions.

Canon: dick grayson suggested tim drake talk to a therapist. Fanon: dick threatened to put tim in arkham asylum. Canon fans: he was just trying to help his brother! Fanon fans: dick called his brother crazy and nearly put him in Arkham against his will, he's not a good brother!

And i get why the canon fans are mad. But like theres only so many hours in the day and this is such a little thing to be mad about. People only knowing fanon isn't a bad thing.Its not that big of a deal but it does certainly create a hostile fandom environment. I get it's annoying having accidentally created the fandom version of Chinese whisper. I do. But being in fandom you are bound to run into the wrong interpretations some time. Just gotta know how to navigate it.

But what are your thoughts about fans getting into fandom without knowing the source material?

--

Counterargument: DC fans enjoy suffering and constantly being enraged by wrong opinions or they would not be into comics. ;-)

Okay, but more seriously, I think it's acceptable to get into a fandom without knowing canon thoroughly.

For writers, I think it can be a mistake artistically, but it's not morally wrong or anything.

How much I personally roll my eyes depends on what canon is. RPF I have low standards for because it's hard to say which canon is enough, just like with US superhero comics. Single tv shows not based on other media I kind of think a person should just fucking watch.

A good enough writer can probably write fic I'll like regardless, though I do think consuming canon for yourself usually leads to stronger fic on average than regurgitating other people's fanon does.

For readers, read whatever the fuck you want!

[alyssadeliv]

The Forgotten One

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Chapter 8

Just seeing that dagger, even after years, brought memories that made his heart ache. He remembered giving it to her… It was her 12th birthday, and even being only six at the time he remembered feeling so proud of himself when her entire face lit up at the sight of his present. The yin and the yang always represented their relationship so well. She was the light inside his darkness, and he was the darkness to her light. He still had the other part of the set, from the last time he had ever seen her, it was his most prized possession. It was inevitable that every time he looked at it he remembered her, so he mostly kept the weapon in the back of his closet, carefully protected inside a wooden box, because it was too painful to look at every day.

Now that he was older he wondered if his first actions after discovering his other siblings had anything to do with her death. Something inside him told him he needed to secure a position for himself before his Father decided he wasn't needed anymore. Because that was the norm in the League. You had to fight for your position. The only person he could let his guard down was his sister. He didn’t need to prove himself for her. She looked at him as if the world started and ended at him, and he always had looked at her the same. 

He took her death hard, but he never truly got to mourn her properly. Being tossed aside by his mother to live with the father he had never met, after the most tragic event of his life, was enough to damage lesser children, but he was the Heir of the League. He needed to be strong. So that's what he did, first, he tried to eliminate his competition. But to his surprise, he was berated by not only his Father but his other siblings. 

Being only ten at the time he didn’t know a life without violence. And he had to relearn how to behave in this new world he was left on. Without his sister by his side, he felt incomplete. Being neglected by the Father he looked up to for so long wasn’t easy either. He never once told anyone about her. He didn't see the point. She was dead, and Al Ghuls never dwell on the past. But as a Wayne, he often found himself opening the wooden box and remembering all the happy moments of his life by his sister's side.

That’s why this copycat made him so angry. He recognized the uniform and the weapons being used. The fighting style and the evasion techniques he recognized from his training in the League. Whomever this person was, it had ties to his grandfather's organization. Living almost three years away from the League lifestyle was enough for him to decide to never return. But he couldn’t for the life of him understand why his mother sent someone to taunt him with his dead sister's doppelganger. That was cold even for her, and he knew that Talia would never cross that line because she loved Marianne too. 

It took him almost one week to try to come clean with his family. He needed time to process. In that period of time, their mysterious assassin completed their mission. Damian knew that because a high fashion designer was found dead by the docks a couple of days after their last encounter with the BatFam. There were signs of torture, but the most peculiar thing was that the designer was wearing a tailored suit with the Order of the Miraculi symbol on the back. Gotham police simply linked his death to a Chinese gang, but Damian knew better. He just wasn’t sure what exactly happened. 

He had a theory that after his sister's death, Wang Fu eventually got a new apprentice, and that person now was impersonating his deceased sister to obtain power. Before her death, Marianne was widely known as The Lily of the Desert. Her reputation was incredible. And her Modus Operandi, amazing.

In his sister's memory, he needed to put a stop to this impostor.

“I have not been completely honest with you Father” They were all at the cave, getting ready for patrol. Grayson and Todd immediately stopped whatever they were doing and stared at him as if he had grown another head. Drake nursing a hot cup of coffee didn't seem to have listened to what he said. 

“And what exactly have you been hiding?” Father asks folding his arms in front of him. These last couple of days had been hard on him. Catching the assassin had been his number one priority. 

“I believe that I have information pertained to Gotham's new visitor…” His Father's face darkens. He wore the Batman suit sans the cowl, but he still looked very much intimidating. 

“And why have I not been informed of this sooner?” He asks with a stern tone. Seeing his Father, with arms crossed, made Damian remember the series of long berations he received in his first months living at Gotham. And for some reason, he felt small.

Seeing his youngest reaction, of flinching, he softened his tone. 

“What I mean is… Why not come to us in the first place, surely we could have helped, and-” He was interrupted, a loud signal echoing through the cave signaling that there was a disturbance. Oracle immediately gets to work. 

“There’s a disturbance in Wayne Botanic Garden… The alarm indicated someone broke in. There is no response from the security team there.” The redhead explains the situation. “I don't think it is Ivy. There have been no sightings of her in weeks… She and Harley have been keeping a very low profile.”

“Suit up everyone! We will finish this later Damian. You and Hood are in charge of discovering where this intruder entered the building. Tim, Alfred benched you, stay here with Oracle and go through the security video, find out where this person is staying. Nightwing you are in charge of finding the security team. I’ll deal with whoever it is inside.”

And with that, they were gone.

When they got to the Botanical Gardens it was too silent. The alarm that alerted them wasn’t on anymore. And if they didn't know better it would have seemed a false alarm. 

“New plan, Nightwing and I will enter the building. Robin and Hood are to keep guard on the roof. If you see anything exiting the building notify us immediately.” And he was gone.

Damian got angry, knowing that his Father was punishing him for lying.

“Well, it looks like it’s just you and me baby bird” Todd says with a cheeky smirk. Even with his laid-back attitude, Damian could still tell that he had his guard up. “You stay here, and I’ll take the other side of the building. Call me if you need backup!” Of all of his brothers, Jason Todd was the one he least interacted with. He mostly lived in his apartment, and aside from patrol, he was never home. He liked to think that at some level the oldest understood him. He too was trained by the League for years, and he always wondered what it would have been like to meet him before coming to Gotham. 

Todd didn’t like to talk about the time after his death and Damian respected that. Because he too had difficulty talking about his childhood. Grayson was the one that always pushed them to try and talk about their feelings, and that was one of the reasons he did like his older brother, it kind of reminded him of Marianne.

Even if he did miss his life in the League, life with his Father was without a doubt, better. He was allowed to have pets, something he always wanted. And he wasn’t expected to train until he bled. He was obligated to attend school, and that he didn't like, but in general, he couldn’t complain. 

Suddenly he got movement from his perimetrical vision, and if it wasn’t for his training he might have missed it. Whomever it was, was taking advantage that the roof from the building across from the Gardens didn’t have lighting. 

Throwing caution out of the window Damian went into action. He didn’t need backup. If it was someone from the League, he could take care of it. When he got to the other roof he was immediately attacked. His opponent wasn’t using the weapons Damian knew she had in her possession. At their last encounter, he hadn’t been able to catch a glimpse of who had attacked Drake, but now he could tell it was someone older than him, and she definitely had previous training. He blocked her first punch but wasn’t able to escape the second one. He momentarily lost his air but didn’t let his guard go down. He responded in kind and suddenly they were in heated combat.

On his intercom, he could hear his Father and siblings asking what was happening, but he didn’t have the time to respond. For some reason, their fight suddenly felt like a dance. They were in synchrony with each other and he felt as if he was missing something. The girl was wearing the traditional League attire, with a small symbol of the Order of the Miraculous on her left breast. It was identical to the one his sister would use, and that only helped to fuel his anger. By now the other would be getting there in a matter of minutes, so he had to act fast. Fastly grabbing a Batarang he threw it with all his force. Not expecting it, she couldn’t get out of the way fast enough, and the weapon lodged itself to her right side. Blood immediately started coming out of the wound. He lunged at her. Using her wound as an advantage. But to his surprise, she didn’t seem affected. And was able to block his attacks with ease. He heard some bodies landing on the roof, his family had reached them. But that still didn’t deter him. Punch after punch he started to gain some ground over his opponent. Landing one powerful land on her jaw she falls to the ground defenseless, and her mask dislodged from her face, and now Damian was finally able to see the face of his opponent. He froze. 

Somewhere behind him he hears his Father asking her questions, but it is all muted. A million thoughts pass through his mind, but there are so many that he can’t form a coherent thought. 

“Ashataqat lak ya 'akhy" Comes from her mouth.

He throws himself towards her. He hears Grayson shouting for him to stop, but he can't, it's like his body is moving at its own accord.

Jason sees everything happening in slow motion. From the second they hear fighting sounds from the Demon Spawn’s intercom to when they reach the rooftop where the fighting is taking place. He sees the brutal moves, Robin, lands on his opponent. And if she wasn't an assassin he would feel bad for her. 

She’s injured but that doesn't stop Damian. Dick tries to interfere, but for some reason Bruce stops him. Something he regrets when she’s finally overpowered and is on the ground because even after Dick screams Damian to stop he still goes after the girl. 

But to their surprise, he doesn’t attack her. He throws himself into her arms. She hugs him back, not even caring that her side it’s badly bleeding. She holds him as if her life depended on it. And Damian is no different. Even being at a considerable distance they can see Robin’s shoulders shaking. He's crying, something no one ever saw him doing before.

That sight stunned him. And he can see he is not the only one. Bruce doesn’t seem to know what to do, and Dick looks like someone just kicked his puppy. 

Oh, how Bruce wishes he had heard what Damian had to say earlier.

So last chapter didn’t get a lot of notes... Is the story getting boring? Honest aswers please! I’m posting this chapter today as a birthday present for myself! (My birthday is in 2 days! So exited!) 

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