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Why he ginger
I guess it reads as auburn. I can't say I don't like it
Bruce is very North-Western European (often said to be a mixture of Welsh, English, Norse, with a larger percentage of Scottish and French. Different runs/adaptations will vary but those are the most common ones which he's associated with) That being said it's not farfetched to say he could be brunette or ginger (you could also argue that he could be blonde but out of personal preference I like him with darker hair.)
For this specific redesign i did make him more ginger on purpose. I don't like to use black or grey in my art so i often opt for dark blues, purples, and reds. This is why I gave him a blue suit rather than one that's black or grey and because of his predominately blue palate I wanted to give him more pops of warmer colors. The colors I chose to accent his blues were a chestnut brown for his hair and a golden yellow for pops on his clothing
doing so gave him a split-complementary color palate
which can be tricky to pull off but are one of my favorite palates to use
I hope that clears it up, thank you so much for the ask <3
#batman#ask#anon ask#character design#color theory#bruce wayne#batman ask#DC#dc headcanon#batman headcanon#headcanon#bruce wayne batman#bruce wayne fanart#fanart#dc comics#redesign#character redesign#1920s#1920s batman#1920s bruce wayne#tbh i didn't even realize he was scottish until this ask#I always figured he was welsh#idk he just has that vibe#but i'm glad to know i'm not wrong
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the original zorro was the most autistic man ever. No wonder Bruce Wayne projected onto him so hard
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Grant Morrison began his first full issue story on Batman with the acclaimed one shot Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth, with a cover date of November, 1989. The issue introduced Amadeus Arkham created by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean. ("Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth", DC one shot event)
#nerds yearbook#real life event#first appearance#comic book#dc#dc comics#grant morrison#dave mckean#arkham asylum#november#1989#amadeus arkham#batman#bruce wayne#the joker#1920#1920s#commissioner gordon#black mask#two face#dr ruth adams#clayface#doctor destiny#killer croc#mad hatter#maxie zeus#professor milo#scarecrow#tweedle dee#tweedle dum
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Keeping up with the Waynes
(This one's kind of long; I apologize)
Vicky Vale (Main reporter for the Gotham News): Welcome back to Gotham News! Tonight, we have a special surprise for you; an exclusive interview from some of our local billionaires! Please welcome celebrity couple Jason Todd and Spencer Wayne!
Me, whispering: I HATE Vicky Vale.
Jason: Me too. She's always hitting on me and it's annoying.
Me: And she REFUSES to acknowledge me as your wife.
Jason: I hate Vicky Vale.
Me: Me too.
LATER, IN THE INTERVIEW.
Vicky: So, Miss Wayne-
Me: Mrs. Todd.
Vicky: -Mrs. Todd, what do you have to say about Jason-
Jason: Mr. Todd.
Vicky: *gritting teeth* Mr. Todd's statement last week when your brother, Damian Wayne, was found tied up in a tree?
Me: Statement?
Vicky: Yes, according to local news sources, Jay- Mr. Todd was quoted as saying "The brat was in desperate need of a behavioral lesson." Are we to believe that Bruce Wayne is failing to teach his children basic human decency?
Me: I believe that my husband was using a rhetorical device known as sarcasm in the form of irony. It's actually quite common, and our family is known to use it quite extensively.
Vicky: Hahaha, you're so funny, Spencer.
Me: Thanks. I would have been lobotomized in the 1920s.
Jason: *snorts*
Vicky: ...Yes. Anyway, yesterday, Gotham police commissioner Jim Gordon said, and I quote "We have reason to believe that Gotham crime lord Red Hood was involved with the incident." When it was pointed out that the Red Hood does not typically leave his victims alive, Commissioner Gordan said "We believe it was a prank." Now, what reason would notorious crime lord Red Hood have for 'pranking' a Wayne family member?
Jason: I don't know, I mean the guy's a prankster, I guess.
Vicky, incredulous: You're saying that crime lord Red Hood, with over 200 confirmed kills, is a prankster?
Jason: I mean, it seems like it.
Vicky: And why would he be pranking Damian Wayne?
Jason: I don't know, Vicky. Ask him!
Me: *hides laughter*
AFTER THE INTERVIEW, DRIVING HOME
Me: Pfffftt.
Jason: What?
Me, bursting out laughing: Ask him? Vicky Vale is terrified of all things Red Hood, and you say "Ask him?!!"
Jason, starting to laugh: It seemed like the right thing to say!
Me, doubling over in my seat in laughter: Oh my goddd!!
#keeping up with the waynes#dc rp#oc rp#roleplay#rp#batfam#batfamily#batman#dc comics#jason todd#batman family#batman comics#batfam shenanigans#batfam headcanons#spencer wayne todd#red hood#vicky vale
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I feel like on tumblr my pipeline went like this:
bald freak supreme who has a cannibal harem (Feyd Rautha)
blue-eyed twink who starts a holy war, rides giant worm monsters in his free time (Paul Atreides)
1920s haunted gangster who has killed and WILL kill again (Tommy Shelby)
silver-haired gruff Legolas who’s been through a lot. always needs a good bath bc monster guts are messy (Geralt of Rivia)
tortured Chosen One with daddy and mommy issues (Anakin Skywalker)
sad emo rich boy who beats people up at night to vent his anger and grief from his parents’ death, he loves eyeblack (Bruce Wayne)
really hot Sith with really hot hands and really hot arms did I mention he was really hot? (Qimir)
like. guys. I have a type
#dune#dune part two#paul atreides#dune part 2#feyd rautha#dune 2#dune memes#star wars#dune 2024#feyd rautha harkonnen#tommy shelby#thomas shelby#peaky blinders#star wars the clone wars#anakin skywalker#dark side#star wars episode iii: revenge of the sith#star wars episode ii: attack of the clones#qimir the acolyte#the acolyte#geralt of rivia#the Witcher#qimir#bruce wayne#robert pattinson#the Batman#the batman 2022
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i probably haven't read enough Golden Age Comics to make this (I've barely read any, really), but I just spent the whole weekend making this list of birthdates for Earth-Two DC heroes and villians. I could've been working on my Christmas List! But no! My brain just had to get fixated on this. So here it is. This thing I didn't need to make, but my brain wouldn't let me stop working on. So here's a long list of names and birthdays. Nobody asked for this, and it was hellish to make. But my brain still expects me to make three more of these! sigh...
Superman (Clark Kent/Kal-L): 1916
Lois Lane: 1917
Power Girl (Kara Zor-L/Karen Starr): 1916 (Birth Certificate says 1956)
George Taylor: 1887 Died: 1955 (Age at Death: 68)
Jimmy Olson: 1928
Perry White: 1914
Lana Lang: 1920
Steve Bard: 1916
John Kent: 1875 Died: 1938 (Age at Death: 65)
Mary Kent: 1876 Died: 1932 (Age at Death: 60)
Samuel Lane: 1887 Died: 1973 (Age at Death: 86)
Ella Lane: 1889 Died: 1979 (Age at Death: 90)
Lucille Lane: 1920
Susie Tompkins: 1939
Batman (Bruce Wayne): 1915 Died: 1979 (Age at Death: 64)
Catwoman (Selina Kyle): 1920 Died: 1977 (Age at Death: 57)
Robin (Dick Grayson): 1933
Huntress (Helena Wayne): 1957
Batwoman (Kathy Kane): 1922
Alfred Beagle: 1900 Died: 1989 (Age at Death: 89)
Karl Kyle (Catwoman's Brother): 1924
Harvey Kent: 1912
Gilda Kent: 1915
Thomas Wayne: 1883 Died: 1924 (Age at Death: 41)
Martha Wayne: 1884 Died: 1924 (Age at Death: 40)
Phillip Wayne: 1885 Died: 1939 (Age at Death: 56)
Commissioner James Gordon: 1900 Died: 1976 (Age at Death: 76)
Julie Madison: 1915
Linda Page: 1919
Barbara Gordon (James Gordon's Wife): 1900 Died: 1981 (Age at Death: 81)
Anthony Gordon: 1931
The Flash (Jay Garrick): 1918
Joan Garrick: 1920
Winky Moylan: 1916
Blinky Boylan: 1915
Noddy Toylan: 1914
Green Lantern (Alan Scott): 1913
Doiby Dickles: 1896
Irene Miller: 1914
Harlequin (Molly Mayne): 1923
Wonder Woman (Diana Prince/Diana of Themyscira): 1920
Steve Trevor: 1918
Etta Candy: 1927
Paula von Gunther: 1907
Gerta Von Gunther: 1935
Phillip Darnell: 1903
Hawkman (Carter Hall): 1917
Hawkgirl (Shiera Sanders-Hall): 1917
The Atom (Al Pratt): 1921
Mary James Pratt: 1920
Joe Morgan: 1904
The Spectre (Jim Corrigan): 1900
Clarice Winston: 1908
Percival Popp: 1918
The Sandman (Wesley Dodds): 1913
Dian Belmont: 1916
Sandy the Golden Boy (Sanderson Hawkins): 1928
Lawrence Belmont: 1888 Died: 1974 (Age at Death: 86)
Hourman (Rex Tyler): 1913
Wendi Harris: 1936
Jimmy Martin: 1931
Thorndyke Thompkins: 1930
Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson): 1908
Inza Cramer: 1916
Johnny Thunder: 1917
Daisy Darling: 1918
Peachy Pet: 1935
Red Tornado (Ma Hunkel): 1901
Scribbly Jibbet: 1930
Mortimer "Dinky" Jibbet: 1933
Huey Hunkel: 1930
Amelia "Sisty" Hunkel: 1934
Starman (Ted Knight): 1915
Doris Lee: 1917
Woodley Allen: 1893
Doctor Mid-Nite (Charles Mcnider): 1915
Myra Mason: 1918
Wildcat (Ted Grant): 1919
Joan Fortune: 1913
Hiram Skinner: 1921
Mr. Terrific (Terry Sloane): 1920
Wanda Wilson: 1921
Black Canary (Dinah Drake): 1926
Larry Lance: 1925
Star Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton): 1927
Merry, Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks (Merry Pemberton): 1934
Stripesy (Pat Dugan): 1914
Giovanni Zatara: 1918
Sargon the Sorcerer: 1919
Rose Canton: 1924 Died: 1985 (Age at Death: 61)
Alexei Luthor: 1906
Ultra-Humanite: 1844
J. Wilbur Wolfingham: 1910
Colonel Future (Edmond Future): 1918
The Puzzler: 1901
The Prankster (Oswald Loomis): 1908
The Toyman (Winslow Schott): 1910
Metalo (George Grant): 1909
The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot): 1907
Clayface (Basil Karlo): 1887
The Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane): 1904
Hugo Strange: 1889 Died: 1982 (Age at Death: 93)
The Cavalier (Mortimer Drake): 1915
The Wizard (William Zard): 1913
Brainwave (Henry King): 1910 Died: 1984 (Age at Death: 74)
The Gambler (Steven Sharpe III): 1910 Died: 1987 (Age at Death: 77)
The Thinker (Clifford DeVoe): 1905
Rag Doll (Peter Merkel): 1916 Died: 1986 (Age at Death: 70)
The Fiddler (Issac Bowin): 1915
Anaya Bowin: 1930
The Icicle (Joar Mahkent): 1913 Died: 1986 (Age at Death: 73)
Sportsmaster (Crusher Crock): 1921
Tigress (Paula Brooks): 1923
Silver Scarab (Hector Hall): 1958
Fury (Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor): 1958
Nuklon (Albert Rothstein): 1960
Northwind (Norda Cantrell): 1958
The Lare (Olivia Corrigan): 1953
Brainwave Jr (Henry King, Jr): 1963
Harlequin II (Noel Loomis-Schott): 1965
Obsidian (Todd Rice): 1966
Jade (Jennifer Lynn-Haden): 1966
Wildcat II (Yolanda Montez): 1955
Hourman II (Rick Tyler): 1966
Starman II (Jack Knight): 1972
Doctor Mid-Nite II (Beth Chapel): 1959
Cyclone (Maxine Hunkel): 1964
The Warlock (Warren Zard): 1974
Hazard (Rebecca Sharpe): 1971
The Gambler II (Steven Sharpe V): 1975
The Fiddler II (Issac Bowin Jr): 1961
The Icicle II (Cameron Mahkent): 1959
Tigress II (Artemis Crock): 1958
Rag Doll II (Peter Merkel Jr): 1951
#justice society of america#jsa#justice society#infinity inc#dc#dc comics#dc universe#dcu#golden age dc#batman#golden age batman#superman#golden age superman#superman comics#power girl#the huntress#kara zor l#helena wayne#jsa comics#old comics#comic book#comic books#comic
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Just made the horrible realization that Bruce Wayne is probably younger than me now given the fuck up state of Comic book timelines
but also that there is a very high chance Bruce's parents were murdered after watching the Antonio Bandera's Mask of the Zorro
I'm likely about Bruce's age now (I mean he should be 40-50 years old to have been a dad, but we can't have Bruce Wayne be 47 years old!) and yeah the 1998 Mask of Zorro would be just about the right time frame, they should jump on that while they can, because like... where would you even go to see the Mark of Zorro? (fun fact its unclear in canon which Mark of Zorro it is, the 1920 silent film original, or the 1940 remake) and what child wants to see a black and white old movie?
any ways here's a head fuck for you, when Batman came out in 1939, my grandpa was 14, just the readership age for comics at the time, and this year would be his 100th birthday so thats ageless comic characters for you, also this year marks 10 years till Batman enters the public domain, tick Tok, can't come fast enough!
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Day 4: Dressed to Kill
So I interpreted the prompt as more Mafia vibes lol, and so I drew fan art of @fishklok ‘s 1920s AU. (They’re not mafia I don’t think, but the vibes tho). So this is a recreation of that flashback scene from Dethcamp (season 4 ep 7) where Nathan punches Magnus in the face. This AU Nathan looks like Bruce Wayne to me lmao. I love him.
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White Boy Bracket Revival Round #2!
Team Goodman:
Saul Goodman (Better Call Saul)
Keith Goodman (Tiger & Bunny)
Team "They Said Please"
Stanley Parable (Stanley Parable)
Cesare (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920))
Team We Also Lost Bad :(
Eddie Munson (Stranger Things) (15.4%)
Cicero (Skyrim) (17.3%)
Graham Aker (Mobile Suit Gundam 00) (9.8%)
Team Gotham Citizens (I... think? Do we actually know where Batman lives? like we assume but like what if he commutes?)
Bruce Wayne
Edward Nashton
Batman
Team Blatant Nepotism (i like them :) )
Nico Di Angelo (Percy Jackson)
Jason Grace (Heroes of Olympus)
Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds)
Team Passion
Astor (Zelda)
Loki (MCU)
Jay Walker (Ninjago)
Team We Cause Problems
Virgil Sanders (Sanders Sides)
Sasha Waybright (Amphibia)
Stede Bonnet (Our Flag Means Death)
Team We Almost Tied
Fox Mulder (X-Files) (48.6%)
Jonathan Byers (Stranger Things) (49.2%)
9-Volt (Warioware) (48.9%)
Got it? Good! Here's the poll!
#the reason why team gotham's media's aren't listed is because that would violate the joke of me pretending they are all real#the urge to write it out as '-m-phb-a' is STRONG#okay here are the tags#white boy bracket#nepo poll#saul goodman#better call saul#keith goodman#tiger & bunny#Stanley parable#the cabinet of doctor caligari#cesare the somnambulist#nico di angelo#jason grace#pjo hoo toa#rrverse#spencer reid#criminal minds#astor#zelda#loki mcu#mcu#stede bonnet#our flag means death#jay walker ninjago#ninjago#virgil sanders#sanders sides#sasha waybright#amphibia
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some DC batman rogues gallery redesigns for a TTRPG set in a a sort of retro futuristic 1920's /1940's On the run from some incident in cuba, Young up and comers Joker and Harley Quinn find themselves in Gothom after a whirlwind series of bankheists , shootouts and murders up the southern coast . not beholden to any of the various Gangs and families that rule Gothom they have in fact have made waves by starting a gang war when they killed a number of high profile members of the five families in penguins Iceburg lounge (nominally a neutral ground ) this sudden wanton violence from all corners forces an older Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle out of retirement to bring some sembelence of order to the chaos
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Batman Script wip
I think he deserves to be a little[very] autistic
I'll probably tidy up the diologue here and there, maybe add some more idk i just need to get it out of my head first
(BTW this is for my 1920's batman comic of which the current working title is "Gotham: In a Bottle". Since I finally got the arching done I'm getting to woek on the script and will probably be sharing bits of it here and there)
btw you can buy blood from butchers, I know this bc I took a forensic science class and we bought 16 gallons of it . . .
#cw blood#script#wip#work in progress#batman#dc batman#batman wip#Bruce Wayne#autism#austistic batman#alfred#alfred pennyworth#headcanon#batfam#Gotham in a bottle#in a bottle#1920's#forensic science#blood spatter#forensic science hyperfixation#hyperfixation#comic#comic script#my work
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Happy birthday to Lewis Wilson (January 28, 1920 – August 9, 2000), the first actor to play Bruce Wayne / the Batman in live action cinema 81 years ago in Lambert Hillyer’s 1943 15 chapter black and white serial “Batman”.🦇🎂
#dc#batman#bruce wayne#lewis wilson#dcu#dick grayson#batfam#alfred pennyworth#batman fandom#dc fandome
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Dick helps Jason get ready for his first gala.
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When Alfred sends Dick up to check on Jason, it’s all Dick can do not to snap at the older man. Agreeing to be here was one thing, but playing babysitter had never been part of the deal.
“Master Bruce is already at the Museum.” Alfred calls up the stairs after him. “We need to be on our way in fifteen minutes.”
“Alright!” He calls back, dragging his feet to the East Wing. He doesn’t quite manage to keep the bite out of his voice.
It’s the annual Wayne Memorial Fundraiser. An obscenely ostentatious party at the Gotham Natural History Museum. Every year Bruce pours who knows how much money into hosting, and every year, everyone from celebrities, to politicians, to Royalty, stump up for a ticket. Their money goes towards everyone in Gotham who has lost a family member to crime that year, and the rich and fabulous get photoed at the event of the season for their trouble.
Bruce says he hates it as much as Dick does, but clearly not enough to keep hosting the damn thing. This year the theme is 1920s, all Great Gatsby opulence, and totally ignoring the greatest economic downturn to ever hit the country that same decade.
Dick is dressed in a tailcoat. The soot-black jacket cut short at the front, tapering off at the back down towards his knees. Beneath is a white waistcoat, over white shirt and a white bow-tie for good measure. He feels like he’s going to dinner on the Titanic; impending sense of dread and all. But while he’s never been one for all the pomp, circumstance and nonsense that comes with the Wayne lifestyle, even he can admit to feeling pretty sharp in a tailored suit.
Jason’s room is down the same corridor Dick’s old room used to be, and the dull clench Dick feels in his stomach, is the same one he had last time he was down here. Packing his bags to leave… Not that things are as bad these days, as they had been then. But the Manor is hardly, Dick’s favourite hangout spot at the moment. He’ll be glad to get out of here.
He raps on Jason’s door with his knuckle, frowns at the light scuff in his otherwise brilliantly polished shoes. Wonders if he can get away with using his pocket square to buff it out. Jason distracts him before he can get to it.
“I’m not coming!” The twelve year old shouts from behind the old wooden door.
Dick scoffs. “Yeah right, kid. If I have to go, you have to go.” He pauses for a response. “Alfred says we’ve gotta be in the car in ten minutes.”
“I don’t care.” Jason yells back. “I’m not going to the stupid party.”
Dick rolls his eyes. “Yes, you are.”
“No. I’m not.”
Dick did not sign up for this. He might be trying to be more civil with Bruce these days and maybe he was a bit harsh towards Jason when the kid arrived, but he sure as hell isn’t interested in dealing with temper tantrums. It’s way above his pay grade, and his emotional investment if he’s honest. “Whatever, dude.” He says nonchalantly. “Ten minutes! Well, eight now.”
“I said—” There’s a sudden whoosh, as Jason positively rips his door open. “I’m not going!” He stares up at Dick glaring, cheeks flushed and eyes red. He’s dressed in his pyjamas, his hair sticking out all over the place.
“Have you been crying?” Dick asks, incredulously. A little meanly, actually. Smart move, Grayson. So much for that Rob— Nightwing empathy. He slides his foot forward just in time to stop Jason slamming the door in his face. “Sorry.” He adds, more sincere this time. “Are you okay?”
“Like you care.” Jason snaps, savagely. He’s trying to force the door shut in Dick’s face, but Dick doesn’t budge. “Just fuck off,” He growls, giving up. “I’m not coming.” He abandons the door and flops over onto his bed.
Dick stands a little awkwardly in the doorway. Considers his next move. He doesn’t have much interest in this kid if he’s honest. No more than any other child he might meet in the course of his day, at least. He doesn’t wish him ill and yeah, it’s a shame the kid is upset for whatever reason, but it’s not… it’s not his problem. And part of him, the part he’s been trying to tame these last few months, is more than a little pissed off that Bruce isn’t here to deal with this himself. Bruce is the one who adopted the kid. He’s about ready to turn on his heel and head back down to Alfred. Let the older man deal with whatever pre-teen-temper-tantrum this is. But then he hears what is undeniably a choked-off sob from the bed.
“You uh… you wanna talk about it?” Dick asks, hands in his pockets as he slowly heads to the bed.
“Nope.” Jason pops the p. Doesn’t look up from where he’s face-planted on the covers.
“You sure? Maybe I can help.”
Jason snorts at that. “Like you give a shit.”
Dick can’t really argue with that, he’s never been a very good liar. Instead he says “Maybe not, but it’s gotta be better than,” he gestures vaguely at Jason’s back. “All this.”
Jason turns his head to look at where Dick is now standing at the end of the bed. “I’m not going.” He says again. He sounds utterly miserable.
“You have to.” Dick shrugs.
“Why?”
“Because Bruce said so.”
“Since when do you do what Bruce says?”
The comment hits a little too close to home and for a moment Dick’s temper flares.
Jason must see it cross his face. “Sorry.” He says quickly, and he looks genuinely sorry. “I just…” he sits up on the edge of the bed, wrings his hands. “Sorry.”
Dick sighs. “It’s okay.” He says. Even though it doesn’t feel it. “But we really have to go. Alfred will kill us if we’re late.
Jason bites his lip at that, looks like he might start crying again. “Dick, I— I can’t...” He says quietly, eyes on his hands.
“Why not?”
Jason looks Dick up and down, gestures. “Look at you.” He says. “And Bruce too, will look so, so smart and— and—” he screws his eyes shut, “and I’m just going to look like some Crime Alley kid he dragged off the street. Some fucking charity case and he said Michelle Obama is going to be there, Dick and I can’t even get my shirt to button up.”
“Your shirt?” Dick asks, because that’s a lot of information and he needs to work up to the big stuff. “Why can’t you button up your shirt?”
“Because they’re not buttons!” Jason wails, miserably. “They’re these funny little metal things and I’m just too stupid and too poor to—”
“Hey.” Dick says firmly, placing his hands on Jason’s shoulders. “Hey, enough of that.” He waits as Jason takes some calming breaths. “You’re not stupid. And you’re not too poor either. You’re Bruce Wayne’s kid now. That makes you richer than Michelle Obama.”
Jason doesn’t say anything to that, just sniffles.
“Let’s take a look at this shirt.” Dick suggests, stepping back from the twelve year old. “Where is it?”
Jason shuffles over to the closet and passes Dick the shirt. Then he rummages in his pyjama pocket. Pulls out a handful of little silver studs.
“He couldn’t have just got you a regular shirt?” Dick mutters.
“I wanted to be like him.” Jason says, so quietly Dick almost doesn’t catch it. The sentiment is painfully familiar.
“Why didn’t you ask Alfred to help you?”
“Alfred cooks all of my meals and helps me with my homework, and cleans my room and helps me if I’m injured on patrol. I can’t ask him to help me get dressed as well.” Jason says miserably.
Dick frowns at the shirt in his hand, creased from lying in a pile on the floor. He lets out a sigh. “I’ll help you.” He says, shaking out the shirt. “You’re not stupid, Jason. Bruce is stupid. He forgets not everyone grew up in Downton Abbey.”
For the briefest of moments, Jason looks hopeful. Then it descends into confusion. “What’s Downton Abbey?”
Dick helps Jason with his suit. He’s not surprised the kid was stressed. The stud buttons are fiddly little beasts, and it takes more than a few attempts at each one before the shirt is properly done up. It has double cuffs too and Jason had never even heard of cufflinks.
The twelve year old’s mood slowly improves as he puts on each part of the suit, and by the time Dick is showing him how to do his bow tie, he’s almost grinning.
“Okay,” Dick says, manoeuvring Jason in front of the mirror. “Step one. This end longer than the other.” And he adjusts the tie slightly around Jason’s neck. “This loops over here, then pull this across. Loop that side back over the top and— pull it through… et voila!”
Jason beams at Dick’s reflection, his eyes are wide. “Thanks.” He says, slightly breathlessly. He turns slightly, to look at himself over his shoulder. “I… I look like Bruce.” He says, puffing his chest slightly.
Dick can’t help but laugh at that. He remembers doing exactly the same thing before his first gala. For all that Batman was impressive, there was something about just Bruce that was special too. In a suit he looked somewhere between James Bond and the President and a school Principal. Someone who was smart and important and capable. Who always seemed calm and and in control, when so much of Dick’s life had been chaos after his parents died. In the early days, it was what used to make Dick feel safe. Before he knew the truth about presidents and Bond and Bruce. Unreliable, controlling and secretive.
Jason will learn for himself one day, Dick thinks, a little grimly. Though maybe it won’t be so bad for him, if Dick is there to ease him through—
The thought catches Dick off guard and he shakes his head a little.
“One last touch.” He says, to Jason. “We really need to brush your hair.” And he ruffles Jason’s curls with his hand.
Fifteen minutes later, they’re stood in front of Bruce’s 1920s vintage Rolls Royce. Alfred’s irritation at their tardiness seemingly alleviated by the skip in Jason’s step. He insists on snapping a photo of the two of them.
“Can I have a copy?” Jason asks, before Alfred has even lowered the camera. “I mean um…” He looks up at Dick. “If that’s okay with you?”
The question takes Dick by surprise, the answer even more so. “Of course.” He says to Jason, putting an arm around the younger boy’s shoulder. “Alfred, I’ll have a copy too.”
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Remembering Lewis Wilson (January 28, 1920 – August 9, 2000) who passed away 23 years ago today at the age of 80. Wilson is the first actor to play Bruce Wayne / the Batman in live action cinema in Lambert Hillyer’s 1943 15 chapter black and white serial “Batman” by Columbia Pictures.🦇🎥
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Just taking note of some interesting secret places in Gotham that I’ve encountered while reading:
We Are Robin - Underground City for a Cult of Homeless People in the subway
Robin War - The tunnel underneath the greenhouse at Gotham Academy that leads to the place the Court of Owl keeps their Talons
Batman and Signal - Signal’s Batcave in Gotham
Gotham Academy - The crawl space that lets you walk between the walls at the Academy
Batgirl (2000) - Cass’ Batcave
No Man’s Land - Poison Ivy’s kids living in Bruce’s tunnels under Robinson Park
No Man’s Land - kids from Tim’s school living in the sewers role playing their DnD characters
No Man’s Land - Alice in Wonderland themed underground railway underneath the museum that goes between Gotham and Bludhaven that’s been abandoned since the 1920s (????)
Detective Comics - um. A “private men’s club” only Killer Croc uses?
Battle for the Cowl - Jason’s pseudo batcave in the train station
Battle for the Cowl - Black Mask’s underground bunker
Batman and Robin Reborn - Dick and Damian’s abandoned subway batcave
Batman and Robin Reborn - like… hidden passageways under Wayne manor that were used to worship Barbatos
Batman Vol 2 - bunker underneath a brownstone in crime alley next to where his parents were shot that Bruce lived in when he first back to Gotham
Batman and the Outsiders Vol 3 - court of owls room hidden in the sewers that Batman kept and keeps random masks and weapons in case he finds a random super powered orphan to help them design their superhero costume
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Set ups and friend vacations part 2: the tired dads and their hardworking schemers
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/bpyl8VQ by JRosa82 Continuation of my fic Set ups and Friend Vacations, which includes them finally getting together plus plotting on the part of Jon and Damian. Words: 1920, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 5 of SuperBat Week 2024 Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Jonathan Kent, Damian Wayne Relationships: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: parent trap, tired dads, setting parents up, Blow Jobs, romantic dinners read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/bpyl8VQ
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