#John Haywood

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Unused cover for

Ocean: A History of the Atlantic before Columbus

By John Haywood.

Design by Elisha Zepeda.

[morgangalaxy43]

All of the batkids have mommy issues or daddy issues (except Dick, his bio parents were nice but he definitely has great grandfather issues)

[frenchcurious]

Hurley Haywood (Ecurie Escargot - Porsche 911 Carrera RSR #911 560 9112) vainqueur avec John Graves & Dave Helmick des 24 Heures de Daytona 1977. - source Carros e Pilotos.

[thelibrarian1895]

Bat bio donors

So Catherine Todd, unfortunately, wasn't Jason's bio mom, even if she was his mom in every other way that matters. Embezzler, child trafficker, and Joker associate Shelia Haywood was his biological mother...probably.

There was no DNA test so I remain unconvinced.

That being said, I see no acceptable evidence that Willis Todd was Jason's bio father. (And if there is, shhh, don't care)

Yes Bruce could be his bio dad but boring, be more creative!

For example, someone else who's based in Gotham, who might have a fling and not follow up on it for very whatever reason, and who might be the namesake of our favorite gun wielding bat: Jason Bood. Yes Shelia, if she is the mother, may have put Willis on the birth certificate, but there's nothing to say that she didn't have an evening with a man with a charming accent, considerable experience, and a rather two faced nature.

Or perhaps someone who is a tiny bit less volatile such as David Cain.

Or honestly there's enough weirdness in Gotham that Jason's other bio donor was Nocturna, the woman who would later want to adopt him while he was Robin and she was, in fact, though she didn't know it, trying to get her own bio child.

Furthermore, Bruce as Tim Drake's bio donor, yes, good, understandable, likely even.

However, there are other options, for example:

Janet spends a great deal of time going around the world and with various artifacts, some of these artifacts could be magical in nature. That magic may have various effects on the average person and one of the more popular things that people in ancient times sought revolved around fertility control, to improve or prevent. Janet might trip over more than a few artifacts designed to improve fertility, let's say even to the point that some who might not normally be able to sire children might in fact be capable of doing so with Janet while she's still under the influence of such magic, such as:

Lady Shiva who admires Janet's ability to handle both a growing business and her academic pursuits.

Ra's Al Ghul who came by for an artifact and had a fling with the lady who found it mostly because why not? Yes if Tim ever found out, or Ra's ever found out, it would result in considerable mental distress, but it could also be hilarious. Flip a coin to decide if this would make Talia want Tim dead more or less than she already does.

Some ancient god who's essentially mortal at this point and has been clinging to existence by the thinnest thread and really the only reason their name is known at this point is because it was in a letter about very bad copper. Tim receives no benefits from this parent except above average endurance and healing which is how he's survived. He's also as stubborn as the nameless god that's hung on for four thousand or so years.

Gotham itself is Tim's bio donor and this is why tiny baby stalker Tim didn't die a thousand times over while he was taking pictures, Gotham was looking out for their son.

Then there's Cassandra, "one who is all" who may or may not be Shiva's daughter.

Honestly for Shiva and for Talia, given the danger they put themselves in and the stress that pregnancy can do to a body, plus the necessary time to heal properly afterwards, the canon where Damian is grown in a tube makes sense and I wouldn't be surprised if Shiva took a page from Talia's book.

Shiva as the mother of "one who is all" can make sense. The other bio donor, well, let's look at other options.

Slade perhaps? He's had quite a few remarkable children, and can handle none of them, but that wouldn't stop him from being a candidate.

If you're a fan of wuxia or xianxia novels, look for or make up some ancient cultivator that Shiva sought out for training perhaps and on that strength Cassandra can pick up cultivation and become that much more awesome, maybe even teach it to her brothers.

Sect Leader Cass o((>ω< ))o

Or someone can be related to or connected to a Lamont Crantson and see if they can step out of his Shadow.

Dick's bio parents were freakin' awesome so jumping over him and also leaving Duke's parentage alone though more distant ancestors for either of them, such as great-great grandmothers or grandfathers might be interesting. Dick has a Talon in the family tree but who else might be hanging around in there?

For example, Santa is real in the dc universe. Tim and his team could have witnessed the death of Dick's maternal great-great-great-great grandpa.

As for Duke, if his family has been in Gotham for longer than a generation, there've got to be some serious weirdos in his bloodline, maybe a lesser known Talon or Queen Mab.

Damian not being the son of Bruce and Talia would be a serious blow to the kid and not worth it. Giving him blood siblings is more fun. He already has a problem learning to share his dad with his adopted siblings, sharing with blood siblings would be good for him.

Stephanie? An additional dad option would probably give her some sort of mental crisis since she originally based her vigilante career on defeating her deadbeat, second rate rogue father. It would be interesting and honestly a little hilarious though if her mother had a fling with Oliver Queen.

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Sorting the Robin's biological parents

Mommy issues club:

Jason, Sheila sold him to the Joker.

Tim, Janet was very neglectful.

Damian, Talia... Just Talia in general causes issues.

Daddy issues club:

Jason, Willis was physically abusive.

Tim, Jack was also neglectful.

Stephanie, Arthur was very absent due to being in jail 24/7.

Non-mommy issues:

Dick, Mary was very loving.

Jason, Catherine was shown to be very sweet when not high.

Stephanie, Crystal is shown to be very loving.

Non-daddy issues:

Dick, John was very loving.

Damian, Bruce seems to be a good dad (surprisingly-)

[onscreen-heartthrobs]

Bruce Beresford’s “Breaker Morant” March 15, 1980.

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Runaway and Circus Boy | Dick Grayson & Jason Todd

Info/Warnings:

This is not a ship, however kid Jason does have a very brief crush on Dick (its only mentioned once).

A retelling of Jason Todd's story through my eyes, because I have ideas that I need to share, or I'll literally explode. A lot of stuff is bits and pieces of different canons, just all thrown together into a new shape.

Author is not Hispanic or Romani, but I tried my best to properly portray these characters as such. If something is offense, let me know and I will fix it as soon as I can.

Also, there is some Spanish and Romani in this, though I do not speak either language. However, I looked at multiple different sources (not google translate) to get the translations as accurate as possible. If something is incorrect, please correct me and I'll fix it.

Translations: (Spanish) el chico del circo - the circus boy (Romani) dej - mom, dik - look, măcăleandru - robin

runaway and circus boy masterlist | batman masterlist

———

He's four years old when his stepmother succumbs to some illness, one he's too young to comprehend. His dad ignores him for a week, too busy processing his wife's death to care for his only child, too deep into grief to notice when his son sneaks out one night to run away to the circus that's in town: Haly's Circus. 

It doesn't take much for the boy to get in, security almost nonexistent, and he walks around the circus grounds, sneaking from cages to trailers to tents. He walks by one trailer right as the door opens, and a tall man with light skin, brown hair, and brown eyes sees him before he can run. Behind the man is a small boy, only a few years older than himself, in a red unitard; his skin is a subtle light brown, a shade or two lighter than Jason's, and he has black hair and blue eyes.

The police are called, and Jason is taken back home in a cop car, looking back out the window at one of the circus posters: The Flying Grayson's, it reads, with the picture of the tall man and the child and a woman, who has the same black hair, blue eyes combo as the boy, though her skin a few shades darker than his.

———

He's six when his father is killed by the criminal Two-Face and he's told he'll be put into foster care, but he's heard the stories of abuse and neglect, especially when it comes to children of color like him, so he runs.

He runs from street to street, trying to find a place to hide or somebody who can hide him. Maybe the nice man at the corner store? He's always been friendly to Jason, he's even given him free candy before! So, the young boy makes his way to the corner store a couple streets down from his house, runs as fast as he can, as far as his little legs will take him, he runs, and he runs- 

"Oomph!" He runs right into another boy, one with black hair and blue eyes and light brown skin, and they both fall to the ground. "El chico del circo! You're the circus boy!" 

Circus Boy jumps to his feet and Jason looks up at him with wide eyes full of wonder. The boy offers Jason a hand, pulling him to his feet. "You're the runaway! Are you running again?"

"Richard!" Before Jason can answer, the tall man from before and the poster lady are by Circus Boys side. Tall Man picks Circus Boy- Richard- up, and Poster Lady immediately hugs the two, though scolds the boy, and Jason notices she has an accent he doesn't recognize. "You can't just run off like that, you had us worried sick!"

"Sorry, dej..." Richard frowns at Poster Lady though leans into her touch, before wriggling out of her and Tall Mans grasp and landing upright on the ground, only to jump, literally jump, up in excitement. "Dik, dik! Look! It's the runaway!" 

Poster Lady and Tall Man look down at him with surprise, as if they only just noticed him. Both of them frown and Jason can tell Poster Lady is Richard moms just by the way their frowns are the exact same, and he notices how much more Richard looks like his mom than his dad, or at least Jason assumes Tall Man is the boy's dad, because Jason doesn't look much like his dad, either. According to his dad, though, Jason is the spitting image of his birth mother. 

"Young man, where are your parents?" Tall Mans voice is heavy with an accent that sounds like Tall Lady's accent, and he knows it must be related to the words Richard said to Poster Lady, and Jason gives the look of a startled cat at the mention of his parents. 

Jason runs again. 

(It doesn't take long for someone to find Jason and the boy wonders if Tall Man and Poster Lady called the police again. 

He spends the night at the police station, though he doesn't get much sleep, because at some point in the night he's awoken to an officer yelling about two deaths at the circus. Jason immediately thinks about Richard and wonders if he's okay; his wonders are answered later into the night, when Richard is brought into the station, eyes red and tear tracks staining his cheeks. He's followed by a new tall man, one with fair skin and black hair and blue eyes, and Jason thinks this man looks more like Richard than the other tall man.

Richard looks over at Jason, but the man with him is talking to the crying child before either boy can say anything. The new man, Bruce Wayne, an officer calls him, and Richard leave together.

Jason is put into foster care the next day.)

———

At age ten, Jason drops out of school. His current foster parents don't pay attention to him, not until they get a call from the school about Jason missing his classes, but by then, Jason has already run away again and this time no one finds him; whether they looked in the first place or just gave up on him, he doesn't know, nor does he care. 

———

Jason is twelve now, and he's looking for something- anything- he can steal and make a quick buck off of like he's been doing since he first started living on the streets, when he comes across the Batmobile. The Batmobile, of all things, the car driven by The Batman and his sidekick Robin, though no one's seen the kid in a few months and there's news articles speculating his disappearance- did he quit, did he die, did The Batman fire him?

He's in the middle of taking the tires off the Batmobile when he hears someone clear their throat from behind him, and Jason turns so fast, ready to bolt and never look back-

The fucking Batman is standing behind him, well, in front of him, now.

"That's a crime, you know." It's not a question, but a statement. Batman has the slightest frown on his face and a pair of handcuffs in his right hand. 

"I need the money, bat freak." 

(Bruce Wayne. The name sounds familiar, but Jason figures it's just because he's the playboy billionaire talked about on every news station. Bruce Wayne is The Batman.

And now, Jason is Robin, and Bruce Wayne's adopted son.

(The first Robin, Jason learns, is a boy named Dick Grayson, and Jason can't shake the feeling that the name Grayson sounds familiar, too.))

———

A few months later, and Robin II is meeting Robin I on a random rooftop in Gotham, only Robin I is in a new suit and he's going by Nightwing. 

"More like Discowing. Seriously, what the fuck is that thing?" Jason barks out a laugh. 

"I wouldn't have had to change my suit if you hadn't stolen my old one!"

"You're the one who left, dude. Not my fault you're a runaway."

"Runaway?" 'Discowing' looks at Jason like he's grown two heads. 

And suddenly Jason can hear the slight accent in the others voice, and he knows he's heard it somewhere before, just like the last name Grayson, and- "Fucking Circus Boy?"

Oh. That makes a lot of sense. 

———

Jason learns a lot over the next three years.

He's already familiar with terms like 'gay', 'queer', 'trans', a lot of the other children he met on the streets are there because they've been kicked out of their homes for identifying with words like those, and while Jason's known for a while now that he's never been interested in girls the way he's "supposed" to be, he's never considered himself gay or anything. It's just not something he's ever put a lot of thought into- he's never seen any reason to.

But then Dick and him get closer, they start spending more time together and they hang out as often as they can between school and work and work, not to mention them living in different cities, and then Dick tells Jason, "I'm glad you took my place as Robin, you deserve it. I can't think of anyone better to wear my old costume."

And, really, "my old costume", means two things: yes, it is Dick's old Robin get-up, but it's also made from that red unitard Dick used to wear in his circus days, the very same one he wore the night his parents died, the night his parents were murdered.

Jason can feel his heart beating out of his chest as butterflies swim around in his stomach, and his cheeks warm up and his hands are clammy and- Jason Todd has a crush. On Dick Grayson. On Circus Boy.

(Jason asks Dick, "Why 'Robin'?"

Dick tells him, "It's what my mom used to call me. 'Măcăleandru', Robin.")

———

He's fifteen when The Joker, of all people, finds his birth mother, and he's running off on his own again, ignoring Batman's warning because it's his mother and he has so many questions: 

Why did you leave me? Was I a mistake? Did you ever love me?

Do you even know that today's my birthday? Or how old I am?

Jasons in a warehouse now, trying to save his mother, only for Joker to open his big mouth and laugh and laugh and laugh at him. 

It was a trap and his mom, his own mother, has betrayed him. 

(As Jason takes his last breath, he realizes his dad was right; he does look like his mother. They share the same dark, curly hair, and they have the same naturally tan skin, and Jason's eyes are a similar shade of green, though slightly blue like his fathers.)

———

He'd be seventeen now, today, if Joker hadn't-

(In Blüdhaven, Dick Grayson is celebrating, grieving. 

A birthday cake is laid out on the kitchen counter, three wrapped gifts next to the dessert. One present is brand new, another from a year ago, and the last from two years ago- from when Jason-

Dick lights the candles, the numbers that once read 15 now nothing but a glob of wax that melts onto the molding cake. Not one slice is missing. 

"Happy birthday, Runaway.")

[augustusaugustus]

14.60 Under the Grill

BOULTON: It’s just all this touchy-feely stuff. It puts my teeth on edge.

John’s on an interview technique course with Reg and Tom Chandler someone he knew at Stafford Row. An interesting glimpse into both John’s and Reg’s psyche—John pretending to be angry about his old colleague breaking the rules, when really he’s angry about him taking the credit for the result, and Reg finding the role-playing upsetting. John tries to manipulate Reg by acting all pally, but Reg sees right through it. He’s willing to play along to expose a bad cop, though, and if John understood him better, he’d have known there was no need for the pretence.

I do love a good John & Reg ep.

Guest starring Steven Hartley pre-Chandler, and Pippa Haywood as well. According to this one, John was a D.S. at Stafford Row, which conflicts with the 10.13 pre-regular canon of him being a D.C. at Barton Street, confirmed by him talking about Kingsley being 'his' sergeant at Barton Street in 13.37, as Barton Street was his station right before transferring to Sun Hill.

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ROUND 1

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[sidonius5]

𝒜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒷𝓎 𝒶 ℛ𝒶𝓏𝑜𝓇𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑜𝒶𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓁𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝓃'𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒, 𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓋𝑜𝓌𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 2 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈𝑜𝓃. 𝒜𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓁 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 (𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬) 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝑜𝓃 𝒶 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝒦𝒶𝓃𝑔𝒶𝓇𝑜𝑜'𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝒷𝒿𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓁𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝒽𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝑜𝓌𝓃. 𝗠𝗿𝘀. 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉. 𝒜𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝓎, 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝓊��𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 (𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧) 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒, 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓋𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑔𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉'𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉.

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Kiss or Kill (1997) Bill Bennett

January 9th 2024

[mariocki]

The Saint: The Power Artists (5.25, ITC, 1967)

"Can't you see he's lying?"

"If he's lying, Mr... whatever your name is, you've nothing to fear. On the other hand, if he's telling the truth..."

"Claude, I always tell the truth."

[frenchcurious]

Hurley Haywood, John Graves & Dave Helmick. (Porsche 911 Carrera RSR #911 560 9112) vainqueurs des 24 Heures de Daytona 1977. - source Carros e Pilotos.

[cinemaquiles]

Um filme pouco conhecido de Mel Gibson e Sam Neill: "Força de ataque Z" (1982)

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Book Summary: Ocean A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus by John Haywood