#Kate Kane uses Hair Dye

[zephyr-ro-emenki]

Random Batfam Headcanon's #21:

Batwoman has become a symbol among Gingers/Red-Heads as a Hero Role Model, an iconic symbol of a Heroine with red Hair.

Except her hair isn't Naturally Red. She just didn't realise that since she was 3 she's been using a brand of Shampoo that dyes her hair red until she was 28. Her parents let toddler Kate pick out her Shampoo while shopping and she just so happened to point at the brand that Dyes your Hair Red.

She's a natural Brunette (the Black Haired Brunette, not Brown).

And by the time she'd realized it, she had:

Graduated Highschool with all of her school photos since kindergarten having her with Red Hair

Gotten her Drivers License with them all having her red hair and listed her natural hair color as "Ginger/Red"

Get into West point

Be discharged from West Point (and the military) her final year for Homosexual Conduct

Travel around the world on an alcohol binge to find her self outside of the Military

Come back to Gotham

Have a brief relationship with Renee Montoya

Discover her love of Vigilantism

Get trained to be a better Vigilante

And has been Batwoman post-training for a year and a half

And find out that the only Government Document that still has her actual natural Hair Color is her Birth Certificate

When she found out, she was so exasperated and beating herself up for it. She called herself a detective, yet in 25 years she had never questioned why her Shampoo has Red Dye #4 listed as an ingredient.

And at this point, it would be more of a Hassle to change all her documentation to list her correct hair Color.

Plus, she really likes the silkiness of her hair with her Shampoo.

Bab's (and the rest of the family, they're equal opportunity Harassers, but Especially Barbara) will never let her live this down.

Bab's also got herself a sweater that says "The Only NATURAL Redhead in this Family" and she wears it every time she knows Kate will be visiting.

And just wears it in general, it's really comfy.

[millylotus]

I dyed my hair recently so y'all have to suffer through my ideas on if/how the batfam dies their hair

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Jason:

Ironically in canon he had red hair during his first introduction & dyed it to match Dick as Robin, but that got retconed. I don't really use this but of canon but now I will just for the hell of it.

Jason's hair is like his bio mom Shelia's, a red-ish blonde, kinda strawberry but definitely not. It's a very odd color & recognizable so he starts dyeing it black to avoid suspicion. Post Death & Resurrection he dies it the same shade of black as his mom Catherine's was, refusing to look like the same woman who killed her child.

He bleached his hair once & cursed god, has never done it again.

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Dick:

Has actually never died his hair, & probably never will, prefers just going wild with the cuts because "It'll just grow back", did once frost the tips but didn't like how it looked & just cut them off

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Babs:

When she was younger she dyed some strips purple for the hell of it, but slowed down when she became batgirl to try & keep her identities a bit more separate. Nowadays just dies her grey streaks out [they came in early like the rest of her family's] cause she likes having a full head of ginger.

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Bruce:

Bruce secretly actually being a brunette is a lil headcanon of mine. Like his hair was mainly black but the Kane Brown[& Red but he doesn't have the red undertones] started to shine through once he hit like 30 & now his hair is Black & Black-Brown. He didn't really care to dye it until he started getting greys & decided that just wouldn't do & now his hair is Black-Black.

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Kate:

Has never dyed her hair in a proper state of mind, but has bleached her hair blonde just to see if she looked like Beth [she does & it freaked her out, so she buzzed it all off]. Now just has her hair cut short & doesn't mind it going gray, does have the iconic red wig that she treats like her baby.

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Steph:

Was extremely cognizant of her hair as a kid & never dyed it. Mainly cause it was one of her biggest traits & even her dad would notice any changes in it & recognize her on the spot. Now though she like styling it in fun ways & darkened it a bit just to experiment.

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Cass:

Does actually dye her hair, & it's mainly just darker colors & off-blacks cause she likes how it looks in the light. But she has dyed underneath her hair for a two layer look & that's where she hides the neons & such.

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Tim:

He dyes his hair, like to a wild degree. All about side identities & gets fully into character, Alvin is a red head/brunette? he's dying his hair. Carolina has dyed blonde hair b/c she had it as a baby & her mom kept dying it blonde even though her hair went brown at 2? Then that's what Tim has to do. Everything is meticulous & his bathroom is a mess. He does under dye his hair a nice red & has the top dyed an auburny brown/red. Sometimes goes blonde for the underlayer.

He's also completely immune to the burn of bleach now.

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Duke:

Dyes his hair, but not the roots cause he cannot do the burn. He likes to have fun little shapes in his hair, like stars & such. The type of person to use his clippers to shave in shapes on his fade that match the vibe of the color or shapes. Gets away with all this defining stuff because like Cass & Tim he's wearing a full cowl & who's gonna police his swag during the day when he's the only one around.

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Damian:

Doesn't dye his hair, at all but does like to help his siblings with their hair, mainly Cass, Duke & sometimes Tim, also helps Dick & Steph with new hair cuts. Secretly like it because it's basically dress up, & he's still a kid, & kinda sorta wants a cosmetology degree when he's older.

[our-happygirl500-fan]

I don’t know why but I really like it when Superheroes have wigs, I think it helps with the secret identity stuff

Superheroes wearing wigs has come up a couple of times:

Kate Kane wears a wig, her real hair being much shorter

Dinah Lance used to wear a wig but no one remembers anymore & either pretend that she dyes it or is just a natural blonde after DC’s number of reboots

Cassie Sandsmark used to wear a wig when she first became Wonder Girl before she started growing her hair out

Stephanie Brown as Nightwing was supposed to wear a purple wig in Smallville

I like superheroes wearing wigs design wise if that makes sense, I like the idea of having more of a difference of appearance between you superhero & civilian personas.

[heroicadventurists]

Stephanie Brown has red hair....

When Batwoman was first introduced, I created a lineup of who I wanted to be her support team (this lineup was made before Batwoman became Ryan Wilder). My dream team was Kate, Luke, Stephanie, Azrael and Duke (reasons found here). Of course Ruby is out as Kate (recently recast as Wallis Day), but that hasn't changed anything for me. I was excited to hear that Stephanie was cast for the series (two down...two to go) but I hate to see the discord over her red hair. Is it ideal....no. Is it a big deal....no.

Consider:

Red head Kate Kane has been portrayed by a brunette and now a blonde on Batwoman

Batwoman is Black

Outside of the Batwoman series, Catwoman is Biracial in The Batman and Black in Harley Quinn; Jim Gordon is Black in The Batman and Tim Drake is Latino in Titans.

I say this to point out that hair color is not the be all end all. If the actress sticks around for next season, she could dye her hair if she wants; it's that simple.

Is Stephanie a version of Barbara Gordon?.....heck no

Another hot take I have been seeing is that they cast their own version of Babs without using the character. First off, the lady that was cast as Babs in Titans is brunette; so they don't even care about her hair color. And most importantly, Cluemaster and Black Mask are on this season of Batwoman, two Stephanie centric villains. This is a Stephanie Brown story.

In conclusion: let's see how she does. It could turn out to be really fun. I will definitely be watching it Monday on the CW App (and no this was not an advertisement)

[captainlordauditor]

important facts about earth 427, the shove everything in until it fits au, in no particular order

Jason used to be allergic to strawberries and gluten intolerant. Alfred stopped keeping strawberries in the house, ever, because whenever they had them Jason would eat them anyway and give himself hives. The Lazarus pit got rid of this since it gives you your ideal body and Jason craves that forbidden fruit

Bruce, watching his son, whom he knows is lactose intolerant and allergic to strawberries, eating strawberry yogurt: please tell me you’re at least still on your antiretrovirals

Jason, whose HIV got cured by the Lazarus pit: :D

the lactose intolerance was not changed by the Lazarus pit, he just takes Lactaid

the Riddler looks like Brian David Gilbert

Tim’s YouTube is xxX_redbat5ever_Xxx. It is primarily cliched shippy batfamily music videos

Dick is friends with the owner of the only Romani restaurant in Bludhaven (which canonically exists, somehow) and her couch is prime hero real estate. She’s a little old lady from the opposite side of Europe as Dick’s family. She has tried to set him and his brothers up with her family members at least twice

Bette Kane gets so mad at the Titans she goes to the other side of the country and starts her own team called the Argonauts

Bruce has a second cousin who’s a rogue in Baltimore named Cherry Bomb

Most of the other masks in Baltimore are either Poe themed, corvid themed, or water themed

The most popular Wayne family tiktoks include one of Titus looking more and more resigned as Damian sets puppies next to him and Alfred talking to Alfred the cat as he cooks

Carrie Kelley has an aunt who’s a PI and worked with Batman on a case once before Carrie was born

Raven is the ultimate no bra at home woman

doing each other’s hair is an important bonding activity for Tamaraneans. They also don’t dye it and the culture Kori is from rarely cuts it. As such Kori thinks Roy, who gets the others to help him with his hair and doesn’t cut it/rarely cuts it, is the only sensible human when it comes to haircare until 3 years after knowing him when she walks in on him dyeing it

the first time Jason met Cass he was unconscious and he just woke up later with a phone number on his arm and the word TEXT in all caps and underlined

Clark can’t see blue or purple very well and makes Lois check if his clothes match

Everyone in Gotham is ridiculously superstitious about death and demons. Almost everybody has a piece of silver, hazelwood, or iron by their door, and it’s also common to have it in your windows. Hanging bat figurines are especially popular.

Different families and neighborhoods in Gotham have their own death traditions, but most of them bury their dead with some kind of message to Death and the goddess of Gotham to let them stay dead. The Waynes bury their dead with deathbread, a kind of hardtack made with dried fruit, as either a plea to let them stay dead but acknowledging that if Gotham needs them she can raise them

Jason habitually eats it for breakfast to annoy his family

Bruce has an aunt that died when he was 3 and her ghost haunts the cave and yells at him sometimes, but only people who have died before can hear and see her so he never gets the message

Ivy makes plants that she names after her girlfriends. Harley’s is a multicolored daisy

Cass and Kate are their respective generations’ goth lesbian aunts

Selina has 9 lives because  Gotham Herself decided she should have them

Dick’s family knew the Joker before he became the Joker. Bruce is the only person to know this

Dinah Lance deafened her father as a baby with her Canary Cry

the Amazons use upper armbands as wedding rings

When Gordon becomes commissioner, he starts a special unit of the GCPD called the Masked Crimes Unit. the MCU is a subset of major crimes, specifically trained and assigned on rogue cases. In order to get onto the MCU, you have to be specifically picked by Gordon and vetted by Batman.This is why we see the same four detectives over and over.

Tim thinks US states make good names for children.

[simply-ellas-stuff]

My Thoughts on Episode Two of Batwoman *Spoilers*

Opening Sequence, Kate finding out she's relatively bullet proof was kinda adorable. The Crows shooting that man was dumb, but understandable. Entering the batcave was a cool sequence, a little choppy but cool.

Batman fever sounds a little dumb, but I like the build up of everyone hoping it's Batman.

Breakfast scene, Kate you blunt wierdo. That breakfast was awkward. The acting was a bit... stuttered - the pausing after Kate mentions Beth was like they were being told to make it dramatic but the actual set was too dry for it be as dramatic as the actors made it seem. Kate's abrupt way of telling Daddy-Kane that his long lost daughter is actually alive. Laurel was a bit smoother in telling Quinten that Sara's alive - Kate should take lessons from... well either of the Lance sisters.

How is it "not labeling" when you immediately drop like seven labels, Mary? Just curious. That "lets not" line seemed to come from Ruby a little more than Kate, just sayin'.

Alice is insane, but I'll talk more on that in a bit. Along with the flashbacks.

Luke talking to Kate about being the city's next great hope and then schooling her about how much she doesn't know only for her to compare him to his father (which, I'm sure they're is an estrangement based on his reaction) seemed like a low blow that didn't really need to be said. That could have been a moment of Kate going "Yeah, maybe I'm not Batman and don't know all his tricks but I need to do this and I need help"

Kate going to Sophie for help seemed a bit weird, like they were trying to not flirt. Sophie already knows Kate is Batwoman, I know it.

Wonder Woman is in the Arrowverse? I mean I know on Earth-Two Barry and Iris have Bruce, Hal and Diana's numbers on their phones...

Beth and Kate are twins?! When exactly was that mentioned in the first ep? I though Beth was the big sister, not a twin.

Fraternal twins don't have exact DNA Kate, that's identical twins. So, You'd need something else to compare the DNA to.

Kate, You were going to stop a wedding? Really??

Sophie pulling Kate out of the way was a little too obviously not real.

Not gonna lie, The fight sequence of the White Rabbits getting the Knife back was a bit... pause-y and awkward almost like they'd been taught the choreography to the fights but didn't quite get taught the rhythm, if you get my meaning. but I'll attribute that to Ruby's back surgery she had just before filming the rest of the season.

Why is Daddy-Kane so fucking adamant that his daughter isn't alive?!

Everything fucking happens in fifteen years in the Arrowverse.

"Fifteen years ago my mother was murdered" - Flash

"It's been fifteen years [since Beth 'died']" - Batwoman

So, the clinic is on Bennett Ave? Mary is protective of her little clinic, Good. Mary is such a fangirl.

"Waffles" is cute, and nice story building.

They HAVE to be Fraternal Twins for Kate to even slightly consider the idea that Alice is Beth.

Why can't Mary know Waffles? That doesn't make sense? The exgirlfriend can know but the stepsister can't?

When Ruby said the line "Its better if you don't know" to Mary, her real accent came out a little.

Daddy Kane assumes that Alice is mimicking Beth's important things (The Birthstone, The House, etc) but he he won't give hope a chance?

The Wafflestand is a great storytelling tool, it gives a deeper background makes the story a little more grounded and heartfelt.

I have a feeling Beth didn't kill those old people in the house, I think it was the other guy. Alice seems a bit more, strategical than that... but maybe I'm just reaching.

The goddamn swing is very Alice in Wonderland.

The swingset/wafflestand scenes confuses me, although Alice offering up her blood as a DNA test makes me think it's really is Beth.

If Beth is Alice, some of those details would be pretty dead on for drowning in a car - although she never explained how she got out of the car. Alice seems very unhinged. My only idea if it true is, Beth clung to the story of Alice in Wonderland (maybe a story her and Kate used to love) to keep herself sane while in isolation but it slowly drove her insane instead until she took on the persona of Alice (Dyeing her hair, finding those dresses, and building a cult of White Rabbits) while keeping the memories of Pre-Alice-dom.

That moment "If I was your twin, wouldn't you feel something" (or whatever she actually says) I think that feeling is why Kate thinks Beth is still alive - Twin intuition.

Kate putting herself between Daddy Kane and Alice was a great scene. Also, Why does it sound like Kate/Ruby is losing her voice - is that because she was probably still recovering from her back injury?

Kate's "Here I thought you could keep a secret" line was sassy but said a little awkwardly.

"Three little sisters" line from Alice made me think of myself and my two older sisters.

Alice/Beth doesn't want to share Kate with someone else how... obsessively psychotic.

Alice going after Mary was... a mess. Not wanting to share Kate is believable though. If the thought of being able to see Kate again is what kept her hold on her memories it would make sense that she wouldn't want to possibly lose the only shot at keeping her sister - killing Mary. It's understandable but it's also textbook insanity and obsession.

Mary's fangirl about Batman/batwoman just saved her ass, nicely done.

The Van exploding was unexpected but I did expect something to happen on the way to Arkham.

The poeticness of Kate/Batwoman saving Beth/Alice then then literally being slammed apart by a bigger force cops/Crows is either foreshadowing or something similar. Also, WHY THE FUCK WERE THE COPS SHOOTING INTO THE WATER?! That is not how you get people out of the water, what the fuck. Also, the framing of the scene reminded me of the opening sequence of Underworld Awakening between Selene and Michael.

Also, If they used the defibrillator in the suit, Kate's reaction should have been different. A groan before she opened her eyes. a light jump from the jolt. Literally anything besides her just opening her eyes, humming, and jumping up to leave. Also, if her heart was still beating while he used the dfib, she could have had a heart attack or he could have just straight up stopped her heart. Just pointing that out.

[[I got an ad for Tomorrow People on CWWebsite;; Firestorm, Golden Glider and Lincoln from Agents of Sheild all in one show looks pretty cool - I've never seen the show]]

Gotham Skyline in from the Ocean/River is gorgeous.

"Robin's high school graduation" Oh my fucking god! Is Robin alive in the Arrowverse then? Is he with Bruce where ever the fuck he is??

Mary and Kate having a heart to heart in the medical place post-Alice attack was kind of heartbreaking. As someone whose felt like barely a sister I see where Mary is coming from and the line about "if she [Alice] is [worth it], tell her I'm not a threat" speaks to me more than it probably should because the context is pretty much in the ballpark of "If you think she's the better, tell her I know my place please. Because I know I mean less and she needs to know that" which I understand completely.

Kate and Daddy Kane arguing was kinda pathetic, he's a dick. Just straight up, He's a dick. Even though I did feel bad for him when he cried in the flashback, the person he became is a dick - and yeah grief effects everyone differently but you would think he'd try and keep Kate as close as humanly possible instead of pushing her a way and threatening to arrest her.

Sophie and Kate talking, "are you happy?" "yes" "yes or ish?" then Kate being shut down was heartbreaking (and all to a Billie Ellish song).

Also, Why does Sophie keep helping Kate if she had no romantic feelings towards her?

I'm honestly hoping that Kate finds a different girlfriend because this whole Sophie thing kinda gives me a bad feeling.

Luke and Kate should be besties, it would be perfect.

Kate torturing Alice's boyfriend is funny, in a weird way. Kate should have a voice changer on her Batsuit.

Alice writing to Kate is... poetic. The bat was gross.

StepMom Kane wants the knife gone why? What does she gain from that? Power?

Alice knows Kate is Batwoman, that was quick.

The Note "You have our fathers eyes" was beautifully written.

The CGI on the bat could've been better.

Anybody else think that Daddy-Kane faked Beth's death certicate/the DNA evidence to keep Kate from searching for Beth as hard as she was(staying up, not really eating, blaming herself, etc)? And that's why he's so fucking adamant at denying the idea of Alice being Beth??

Kate was so hellbent on finding her sister (staying up late, not really eating, thinking about it all the time, building a map of all the places they looked) that it makes me think Daddy Kane/Catherine Hamilton faked the Skull fragments and DNA confirmation so that Kate could move on with her life. But that doesn't explain why Step-Mom Hamilton Kane blew up the van and stole the knife so it could be melted down.

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now that i’ve had some time to digest the travesty that was the cw’s batwoman pilot i’ve thought of a few tweaks that would have significantly improved it ( for me at the very least ). but first a few of the nit picky things i would have changed would be the kane’s hair colours, even if it was just for the flash back to show that they were ginger as kids and she just dyes her hair now bc it’s ruby rose playing kate and everyone would buy that she’s just dying her hair a bunch, hell she could have had a fun new hair colour every few episodes for shits and giggles. it’s ruby fucking rose she DOES that kinda thing in person and ur clearly just making the cw kate a ruby rose character rather than anything that resembles actual kate lmao. 

another nit pick i would have changed is obviously the tattoos. c’mon ur a major tv network, cover up her tattoos. if a syfy original can cover up her tattoos, the company owned by warner bros can fucking afford to cover up her tattoos. 

last nit pick i’d would be to get rid of the really awkward family relation title dropping like ... “IT’S ME MARY ... UR STEP SISTER.” and “YOUR COUSIN, KATE.” i get it, cw u can’t write family dynamics. chill. but okay, lets get into some major issues i had with the story.

1. kate just kind of ... jumped straight into replacing batman, showing no interest in actually being someone who could be behind the mask. she didn’t stop crime on her own accord, she just stumbled into her dad’s private army investigation of alice and went from there. i know the show needs to establish her as batwoman by the end of the pilot, but another way they could have done that was similar to the greg rucka comic where she used her military connections to get black market gear to start off a little crime clean up for the opening of the show instead of some fucking frozen lake training with a native american stereotype. have her actively be in gotham stopping crime in batmans stead until her father makes her a batsuit.

2. her dad running a private army from the get go was a bad idea, again, i get that they need to establish that gotham is so bad they need a military force to keep it safe but!! why wouldn’t he bring kate into the crows when she wants to be on the front lines fighting? jacob kane is a very supportive father, not a protective weenie. they should have saved the crows being a thing until at least mid season, have jacob do that ( frankly stupid but it would work for the cw ) rebirth plot of having the colony and a bunch of batmen blah blah blah read detective comics rebirth if u wanna kno how that shit went yikes.

3. actually include the religion of crime prophecy. the cw shows are all about an overarching story line, why on earth would they remove such a pivotal part of the kate kane story for the JOKER being involved in her mothers death? that kind of kills alice’s story line too, unless that is where they will end up going, but i don’t see it happening with whats currently been set up ( especially with the origin change. )

4. don’t. make. batman. active. when. she. was. a. child. BRUCE AND KATE WERE ROUGHLY THE SAME AGE WHEN HIS PARENTS DIED. SHE WAS AT THEIR FUNERAL. WHY WOULD YOU MAKE BRUCE SO MUCH OLDER THAN HER??? HE’D BE PUSHING 50 AT THE MOST. THAT’S just silly.... 

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Identity Crisis (Bette Kane)

Word Count: 1100+

Anonymous asked for Bette Kane covering for Barbara Gordon as Bat-Girl!

“I need you to cover for me tonight.”

“Really?”

“Please?” Barbara asked. “My dad’s getting suspicious, and if he finds out that I’m Batgirl, he’ll kill me! Well, not really, but you know what I mean!”

Bette couldn’t believe that she was even listening to Babs right now. She wanted to pull the disappearing Bruce used on Barbara’s dad all the time and curl up in bed with a lot of chocolate.

Barbara had taken her cowl. She took the Batgirl mantle that Bette had worked so hard to create, and she didn’t even have the dignity to leave the hyphen. How did Babs even have the audacity to stand there and ask Bette to fill in after she’d replaced her in a manner so unorthodox.

But Barbara had been her friend. Once. Long ago. And Bette had been itching to get out more.

“Fine. But you owe me, big.”

“Oh, thank you Betty!” Babs meant to go in for a hug, but Bette dodged.

“See you tomorrow,” Bette called over her shoulder. She had tennis practice and a lot of homework to finish if she wanted to make it out in time that night.

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Barbara had given Bette her Batgirl uniform, a mix of black, purple, and yellow. Bette had to admit, nerdy Babs had pulled off a better functioning suit than Bat-Girl’s skirt and cape.

She immediately decided against a wig, those made her itch too much. Barbara’s suit was a little small, but it fit enough that it didn’t rip when Bette tried a few energetic kicks and punches.

She tried to remember how Barbara’s fighting style differed from her own. Commissioner Gordon was a detective, he would notice the little things. She could blame her hair color on lighting or dye, but body movements were different.

The sun set at seven, and Bette began her patrol as Batgirl. She internally apologized to her hyphen as she grappled between buildings, searching for trouble. Two muggers weren’t too much trouble, an armed robbery nicked the kevlar sleeve of her uniform and she even managed to return a lost kitten to a hysterical little girl.

“Hey Batgirl!” Robin chirped as she stood at the edge of a rooftop, brooding much like her cousin.

“Hey, Rick,” Bette sighed.

His grin told her everything. He’d barely been a foot away when Babs was talking to her.

“What’s up?” Richard Grayson hit her shoulder playfully.

“Patrol. What about you?”

Robin’s grin never lost its vigor. “B-man got a call from the Commish about the Falcone Case, but he’s stalking Ra’s Al Ghul in Paris, so he asked me to get the information. Wanna come with?”

Bette was slightly surprised that he wanted her to come with him, she thought he must have confused her with the amazing Barbara for a moment, but she figured that it would be best that Commissioner Gordon got a good look at her if they really wanted this act to work.

“Sure, why not?” She leaped across the rooftops after Robin, not nearly as light on her feet as the acrobat or ballerina that her friends were.

“You been okay lately, Betty?” Robin asked, waiting for her to catch up.

Bette nearly lost her footing. “What makes you ask that?”

Robin shrugged as he pulled out his grappling gun. “You don’t talk to Babs and me anymore, maybe you talk with Artemis, and you don’t patrol anymore. Are you mad at us?”

Bette grappled away, biting her lip.

“”Do you guys even want me to patrol with you anymore? I mean, Aunt Kathy’s dead, Bruce is always telling me to do better, and neither of you really seemed to care when Babs stole my whole schtick...” Bette trailed off, peering over the roof’s edge to the roof of the police station below.

“Well, first off, Kathy’s death isn’t on you, we want to help you with that. And Bruce is always telling you to do better because he wants you to be better. Trust me, I know how it gets,” Robin smiled kindly at her. “You’re his cousin. He lost his parents and now Kathy, he doesn’t want to lose you, or Kate, or anyone else.”

Bette sighed. There was a knot in her chest that was starting to relax.

“And I thought you’d be thrilled that Babs was joining us! We can always use another crime-fighting vigilante!”

Bette folded her arms, pouting. “Yeah, but she stole my name and she didn’t even have the dignity to keep the hyphen!”

“I told her to keep the hyphen out,” Rick interrupted, sitting on the edge.

Bette stared at him in shock.

“What, is there a rule somewhere that says that we can’t have two fabulous bat-themed ladies fighting crime in Gotham?”

Bette couldn’t help it, she snorted.

“I’m sorry if it felt like we wanted to replace you.” Rick apologized.

“It’s fine,” Bette sighed, “I’m sorry I was so thickheaded.”

“If there’s anyone who needs to apologize for that, it’s Bruce.”

Laughter rang out across the rooftop.

“Hey, I think the commish is waiting for us,” Bette pointed to the bat-signal, bright against the night sky.

They swooped down to the police station below, landing neatly in front of Commissioner Gordon and his fabulous mustache.

“What, no Dark Knight?” Gordon smiled wryly.

“He sends his regards. We can handle Falcone.” Robin promised.

Gordon nodded, closely studying Batgirl.

“Do I know you?” He asked, eyes squinting behind his glasses.

Bette shrugged casually. “I don’t know. Have we?”

Gordon started to say something, but the rooftop door opened behind him.

“I assume you wanted this, Dad?” Babs held up a huge manilla folder with “FALCONE” stamped on it.

Gordon forgot to hide his shock, glancing between Batgirl and his daughter as he slowly took the file. “Uh, yes. Thank you Barbara.”

“Remember, the ballet’s in an hour, so we really should get going soon.” Barbara winked at Bette.

Batgirl gave the Commissioner a winning smile.

“We’ll do our best to help you out, sir,” She and Robin both gave him a silly salute, that almost made him laugh.

“Thank you for your help,” Gordon said, pulling his coat on., “Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be spending the evening with my daughter.”

No sooner had Gordon shut the door behind him, then Richard and Bette broke into laughter.

“Did you see the look on his face?”

“I think he’s convinced his daughter isn’t Batgirl anymore,” Bette grinned. “Now come on, let’s see what Falcone is up to.” She held the folder tight against her chest.

Robin took Bette’s hand as he shot off his grappling gun. “I’m really glad that I get to patrol with you again, Bette.”

Bette’s smile didn’t disappear for the rest of the night.

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since you mentioned kate being a bataunt what are the batfamily's relationship to bruce in your opinion?

this is going to go into my headcanons probably so im sorry if this is long ahead of time 

kate kane is like a sister to bruce and the cool aunt who encourages bruce to let his kids do things

babs is the responsible daughter that bruce trusts with most things and she reminds him take care of himself like sleep, shower, eat something other then cheetos because that is not a healthy diet bruce i dont care how easy they are to get

dickie is bruce’s prodigal son and everyone teases dickie for it like “ooooo bruce is letting you in on a mission with him? maybe if you work really hard he’ll give you a sticker”

jason is bruce’s disappointment because he’s too into his aesthetic™ and kills people

cass is spoiled by bruce and is putty in his hands. she asks for ballet classes, he says yes, she asks for ice cream for dinner, he says yes, she asks if they can watch trash reality tv, he says no, she gives him puppy dog eyes, he says fine and begrudgingly hands her the remote

stephie is also spoiled by bruce but in a different way. he learned to braid hair because she asked him to, he learned the rules of the floor is lava for her (yes using the grappabling hook counts as cheating bruce), he learned how to dye his suit black because one time she dyed it pink and he would’ve been mad if it wasn’t for the fact that she seemed so pleased with herself and he couldn’t stay mad at her

tim reminds bruce of babs a lot because he’s good with computers and has a really big heart. that being said he tends to forget about his own needs and bruce has to remind him to do things like sleep because being awake for 48 hours to make me proud is not healthy tim i dont care how close you are to hacking in let babs finish it

harper is bruce’s tough daughter who he knows can handle anything. that’s why he can leave her alone and know she’ll be ok while if you leave someone like damian alone he will probably get distracted by a dog and not finish the mission. he also sorta adopts her brother because they come as a pair or not at all. also she has cool hair which made steph want to dye of her hair for a while

duke is the reliable son and he can handle anything that is thrown to him. you need a lookout, duke will be there. you need someone good at combat, duke can do that. he’s also really chill about it and everyone thinks he’s really cool 

damian is bruce’s last chance for a kid who isn’t a little shit but he spends too much time with dickie for that not to happen eventually because all he seems to want to do is play with ace and ignore everything that bruce says

luke is the uncle who is there when you need him and comes around at weird hours but someone (usually tim) is up to let him in and offer him some coffee because it’s literally always fresh 

leslie is the cool grandma who everyone tells everything to and she has the latest gossip on everyone at wayne manor. bruce begs her to tell him what his kids are doing but she refuses to tell him because thats why the kids trust her