#Cassandra Cain Wayne

[spicy-apple-pie]

She got the part :) (the rat king)

Commission Info / Kofi

[aeturnum-mendacacium]

I've always seen fics or prompts of Bruce wanting to be a father to his children when they were younger/toddlers so that he could save them from the pain they went through and also fix his own mistakes

but I want a fic where the batkids(jason,tim,cass, Damian,not dick cause he had a good childhood with his parents,any other kid who may have had bad/kinda bad childhood) are around or are seeing footage of when Bruce is trying to calm down a baby whether as batman with the JL after evacuation or Bruce wayne in any situation generally

and for the first time realising what could have been if they got to bruce earlier, thought of something they never did before, and felt jealous of the way their dad hums to the baby, knowing that he would have down the same to them, he would have been amazing, and wished that their paths had crossed so much earlier, wanting to be a teensy child to their father

not necessarily so he can save them from pain, just to be his stupid child,for him to wipe at their mouth when they eat too messy, and for him to be encouraging them for their first steps, humming to them and rocking them asleep at late nights even when he's tired.

[tiredofsatansbullshit]

Another chapter of my "The Waynes on Twitter" work on AO3

Masterlist of Tweets

33 - Manors haunted.

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[rakudetama]

rahhh… I am the night… rahh

[shyjusticewarrior]

Bruce got confused and chose thot son and gay daughter

[vivianthepigeon]

Since Bruce was raised by a very British man he has some British quirks like calling the garbage “rubbish”, calling coats “jumpers” saying some words with a slight British accent, stuff like that

Edit: okay so apparently jumpers aren’t coats but sweaters 😂. Obviously I am not British mb💀💀

[chiefloser]

[murdocksleftnipple]

I may prefer one over the other but I hate no batfamily member. I understand all of their characters and their arc. I love their different personalities and backgrounds. Which is why it’s always so upsetting when artists like to make them look or act alike. It truly erases the character development and emotional depth.

[mikyapixie]

Guys I need help settling a debate!!!

[donnatroyyyy]

Cass, because being the only girl in an all boy family is hard: this is worse than the wolves

Her brothers, cuz wtf: the what now???

[erinwantstowrite]

A while ago you liked a comment of mine on TikTok where I said that there should be no second Batman bc having Bruce retire/die means his fight should be over and he should be able to rest properly, (idk if that’s exactly what I said but I think it’s in the ball park) so can I ask what you think about a legacy Batman? And who would you have be the second Batman? Also your art is amazing and I love leap of faith, hope you have a great day

i remember that comment!!!!

i honestly believe that having a "legacy" for every single hero is just,,, boring. the reason this happens is because they are never going to NOT have Batman. how else would they make money??? so they just keep giving us reasons why his mantle has to be there. just like the Joker HAS to always come back, why new characters are always tied in to existing characters somehow, etc.

in a perfect world, we'd get new characters sometimes and overarching storylines that aren't regressed the second we make any headway on character development. we'd have new villains by now that make a name for themselves outside of the original villains, we'd see an impact on our settings and characters, all that jazz. and in this perfect world, we wouldn't have so many legacy mantles

and i mean, like, one of the supers taking up the Superman name? that's cool. they're a family, thematically it works. even with the Flash family, I accept how they do it (though I hardly keep up with their comics)

but Batman?????

STOPPPPP

Every other Batfam member has an arc where they branch away from Bruce and the name, save for Tim and Cass, I think. Tim is... a gray area. I only put him here because he's back to being Robin (because DC can't let go of that money maker!). It's an insult to their characters to put them into the Batman mantle, but in universe, this keeps happening because "Gotham needs Batman."

No! No they do not! They do not need Batman specifically. They need his ideals! His kids do not need to be Batman to have Batman still be around after he's put up the cape or died, because they are that future without the cape! There is no magic tied in to that stupid cowl, they just see it that way because Batman is this larger than life figure. Of course they think their dad is impervious to the world, that the cape that protected them is special, that they need Batman. But that is NOT the case.

Just like with any family, life will move on. The legacy continues through the lessons that the kids learned. In many ways, they are better than Batman because they learned from his mistakes, too. Just like every kid does with their parent.

But they don't want to be Batman. And it's kind of insane to keep putting them in someone else's suit, basically someone else's identity. Dick is a great Batman, but his biggest fear is losing himself in Bruce's shadow. What happened to Jason was because of Batman's failure, and it isn't healthy to put him in the Batman suit. Tim should be allowed to move on from Robin and finally get his own mantle because he has always used someone else's. (Yes I am purposefully forgetting that Drake existed do not remind me.) That and the existence of Gun Batman. Do NOT put him in that suit!!!!!!! Damian is branching out of vigilante life altogether, which is so so so good for him. Him becoming Batman after struggling so much with his identity, purpose, and blood ties, is a spit in the face to character development. I think Duke should get to choose his own name for a hero mantle (because Bruce thought of Signal), and thematically I don't think he fits into the Batman role. He is a shining light the way Robin was, but this time more literal because of his powers. Batman is very human, that's what makes his character. Duke deserves more than being Batman.

The best person for that job is Cass.

Not only does she understand the No Kill Rule in the way that Bruce understands it, she is also his equal or superior in every way. Whether it's her physical abilities, or her intelligence, or her morals, Cass fits the bill. She's one of the strongest members of the Batfam and I think she would be able to take on the burden without crumbling under the pressure or feeling scared of that responsibility. She's fit in to the Batman role before, has mirrored him in many ways, and is also her own character (and man I just really love Cass). She strikes the same amount of fear into people that Batman does, a master of the shadows, the dark, and she has a hope that I think Gotham could need.

But she doesn't need to be Batman to do it. She just has to fill in that role. Sure, she could pick up the name Batman, it won't kill me. But so long as she fills in the space that Bruce left behind, becoming the next leader and mentor, she could be anyone.

I think it's more powerful that way to show that the time has passed. That Bruce's time as a vigilante made an impact. Gotham has changed. His kids have grown up. And the Dark Knight is still there, at home.

[spicy-apple-pie]

Bruce posts this to his twitter with the caption "So proud of Gotham to be an accepting and inviting place where me and my family are free to be ourselves ❤️❤️❤️"

(HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYBODY!!!)

Commission Info / Kofi

[wonder-and-wildflowers]

Cass should be the next batman. Damian shouldn't take over Bruce's mantle or Ra's. They should either make Damian create his own thing like everyone else does or make him stop being a vigilante all together and instead become the next Leslie Thompkins

[tiredofsatansbullshit]

Another chapter of my "The Waynes on Twitter" work on AO3

Masterlist of Tweets

47 - Exposing Tim Drake-Wayne

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[but-a-humble-goon]

I kinda miss when Cass' aesthetic was just like: -has never brushed her hair in her life -owns no clothes that aren't sweat pants, hoodies, tank tops or sports bras all in black -the sunken, shadowed eyes of someone who sleeps once every three days -looks both shredded as hell yet completely malnourished -theorists are divided on whether she literally burns in the sun -somehow still has the kindest face you've ever seen

[shyjusticewarrior]