#I have broken ribs from it don't tell me it's a body image issue

[rxvera]

ugghhhhhh I hate seeing shit that's like "omgggg women have to cut off their HEALTHY breast tissue to fit in, we need to change the way we treat women and we need to stop offering breast reduction surgery, and that's how you fix things, not AMPUTATING VITAL ORGANS 😡😡😡" as if breast tissue doesn't cause legit problems that can only be fixed surgically and the benefits usually far outweigh the risks and it's not at all vital

[kittythelitter]

Bat Brothers Freaky Friday

This is a thought I had a long time ago and was going to write a fic for it but I didn't have the patience.

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I'm imagining Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damien are fighting and the ones rotating because Duke and the girls are not mixed up in the fight and in fact have been avoiding these 4 since the fight started.

They rotate so all 4 of them have to patrol and do day to day activities as all three of their brothers over the course of like. 2 weeks.

They get each other's muscle memories physical traits and issues and to a certain degree mental illnesses.

All of them have ADHD and PTSD so they don't really notice the changes there.

Dick - Hypermobility, chronic joint aches that he doesn't even notice anymore, night vision is kind of blurry and he should be using glasses for reading but doesn't. Body dysmorphia and general body image issues from being objectified so much, vertigo.

Jason - Chronic rib/chest/lung pain kind of like asthma, tinnitus, dull head aches at all times, Lazarus mood swings that he has under control. Also the Lazarus fucked his taste buds so he has to add extra seasoning and aromatics to everything or he can't taste it.

Tim - nearsighted, perpetually slightly feverish, extreme caffeine dependency (withdrawal causes nausea, migraines, inability to focus, shaking, and irritability) , food sensory issues and chronic nausea that means if he eats more than a snack in one sitting he throws up but if he goes too long without eating he throws up, insomnia which causes chronic fatigue, also immunocompromised cause spleen, if someone in his body isn't careful he could get sick and die. Also he's trans and has had top surgery and is on t but still gets his period. Dysphoria

Damian - muscle memory tends towards violence. He has to actively work against ingrained muscular instincts to fight. Hes also built like a weapon - limbs are slightly misshapen from learning to fight before he can walk - like ballerinas who have fucked up feet from learning certain stances while their feet were still developing, arthritic hands. He can do anything with them but they were broken many times when he was a child and doing mundane tasks for long periods of time aches. Holding and using a weapon? Fine. Writing for more than a few minutes? Achy. He also needs a lot of seasoning to be able to taste it.

Bruce wasn't around for the initial swap (otherwise he'd probably be included) but before we get to the empathy and brotherly bonding there's a lot of blackmailing and accusations going around when it comes to things like patrolling injured and telling people how fucked up your body is.

"You keep your mouth shut about my spleen or I'll tell Alfred you can't even taste his cookies."

"I do NOT need glasses and if you tell Bruce that I do I'll tell him you have asthma"

Etc.

Feel free to add on your own thoughts/head canons/ficlets/whatever.

Pls tell me if you write anything about it cause I'd love to read it.

[t4tpumpkinduo]

Do you think one had a bad body image and would comfort the other in some way? Like, be it weight, their features (stunted wing growth, a broken horn), or generally being in the wrong body?

oh for sure! it deffo goes both ways as like uhh. cq cschlatt are both some of the few characters who have canonical nods to having eating disorders so that's its own whole thing.

cq insecurities obviously cuz of the. gestures shitty little wings that don't work fucking weak as hell in general. cschlatt insecurities weakness of her body and his issues w disability. and then getting weak as hell in general.

same w uhh transgendahisms. i've talked a bit abt their textually supported transmasc transfem swagger and mm. ithink cq isn't like. too hung up on anything? i think he gets mildly dysphoric at best, like. squirmy uncomfortable if he's called a girl in a context that isn't a guy being babygirled or him asking for it. but it's rlly not that serious, it's more a deeply uncomfortable inconvenience than anything like he could walk it off in a day. for cschlatt it super is the kill myself tournament with him competing for ultimate winner BUT. he does let his guard down abt it a Little in manburg, even though he doesn't fully accept it abt herself well into revival.

(like to be clear, i do think they both riff on eachother quite a bit, but it's considerably less targeted and malicious than ppl like to portray it as. 😭 literally everyone in the server is kind of mean and an asshole and pokes fun at eachother. ohhh q is so evillll schlatt is such a freakkkk omg. karl called quackity ugly and stupid and unlovable and i never see ppl posting that clip going owuwgh this is so chilling. bcs its rlly not that serious. 😭 they're playing toys q's fucking fine. and to be clear, these words Do affect characters, like the ableism schlatt faces or the body shaming tht q goes through but narratively speaking, the ppl saying stuff to them generally don't mean shit w the intent of severely harming anyone.)

that said though :] they do help eachothers out. cq tries to get schlatt to eat more where he can, drink some damn water for once, rest more. mb like kneads n massages at her to help w her aches whenever he can, or pulls people away when schlatt clearly needs a second due to the disorders without having the spotlight on something cschlatt clearly doesn't want to show. cq voice oh noooo i totally made extra food i guess we have to share oh nooo i totally made the bed super comfortable so now you have to lay down w me oh no ihave this leftover hot cider specifically to help w the circulation in your hands >___< guess you gotta help me now. and cschlatt grumbles and groans and whines and then does it anyways and bumps him abt it. fake ass emo i saw you wagging. i would never derail a post to coo abt beautiful adorable women (gripping the sink bloodshot eyes affirmation)

n fr cschlatt like. idk i think abt the stream where cq has retainers in and schlatt keeps poking fun at him and ribbing him and when someone else does, he starts nagging them? 😭 he starts telling them to fuck off and stop making fun of him so he like IS protective of him in that way. i also think he probably like. tries to help cq too, mb being very good at talking him down from paranoia or mental spirals, mb clears a space out whenever he's sick or outta it so he isn't near people who will freak him out, or makes excuses so they have to hole up doing v easy paperwork away from others so cq can rest and untense without having to watch his back and also not explain himself. #JUVIE #HELL

also their both bpdgirls so they're probably doing their best w that smile.

and again, i do think cschlatt does eventually open up a tiny bit abt girlisms. he wouldn't outright frame it as gender exploration, i think it'd be more of a. i won't unpack this but please call me this please and cq is more than happy to like coo and indulge him even though it completely flies over his head tht it could be anything more. ithink cschlatt would like. preen him or kinda. idk, it's probably harder fr him to be more earnest, more openly fond than cq who's so open smone should rlly stop him and or taze him but. like he'll hold his hand for comfort or bump him little ram style to say thank you instead of verbalizing it cuz his face is burning too hard to speak. quietly keeping eachother company during paperwork so neither of them get too bored or frustrated, or helping eachother w delusions or flashbacks even though they don't talk abt anything in detail. just a kinda quiet acceptance.

idk cpumpkins you will always be famous to me sorry abt the narrative and the dooming and all that. society if there wasn't an evil demon ghoul pitting two psychotic dudes against eachother, enabling their worst impulses, alienating them from their loved ones and then assisting them in their suicides so he could kidnap a child he's obsessed with