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pneumaticshift · 1 month ago

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so first of all i REALLY love your batlantern fics. i love both bruce and hal's voices so much and think that their interactions are INCREDIBLY funny

second of all i have a request for you! hal gets injured protecting dickbin. (maybe dick snuck into an invasion when he was told to stay behind. maybe he and bruce got separated.) however it happens hal saves his life but gets very injured in the process. dickbin feels guilty about this and hasn't left his bedside since. meanwhile hal going to such lengths for his ward has awoken Feelings ™ in bruce

Heyyy, sorry this took so long. I've been unhealthly playing DC Dark Legion and it's ruining my creativity. I am aware of the problem and have done nothing to fix it. This was surprisingly hard to write. I had so much I wanted to add, but I didn't want to make too long for a Tumblr oneshot. Thank you for the prompt 💚💚 Hope you like it! ———

Dick disobeyed, so now Bruce ran.

The Watchtower had never felt all that big to him. He designed it specifically to be easily traversable. Function over grandeur, strategy over spectacle. There had been a few choice comments from the others in the Spartan decor, but every hallway had its purpose and every chamber was an answer to a problem that needed to be solved.

The path from the transport hub to the infirmary was especially built to be the shortest path on the station. It was direct and unbroken, just a simple corridor without indulgence or opportunity for confusion. Bruce had walked it enough times to know exactly how many steps it took to get there. Eighty-three at full stride, seventy-four if he was running. Right now, he was running.

By now, in the aftermath of days on the field, he should have been back at the manor. He should have been in the cave, reviewing all the footage and data extrapolated from the mission so he could cross-reference data, log the variables, and review the structural damage to the cities they’d saved. Every detail, no matter how insignificant, meant that more lives could be saved next time. Because there had been — casualties, that is. Names he didn’t know. Faces he hadn’t seen. Deaths that didn’t belong to him.

And after all that, he should have been dealing with Dick the day he always did. Quiet conversations that never really said what he meant, despite how hard he tried. He would’ve justified himself in a way that left no room for argument, like a guardian was supposed to do when they were protecting their ward. It wasn’t your fight, I needed you in Gotham, it was too dangerous.

Leaving him behind had been the right thing to do. The mission had outstripped caution in the first ten minutes. An Omega-level threat, with casualties stacking up before the League had even breached the city. Dick may have been forced to grow up far too soon, but he was still just a child. Reckless, brilliant, irreplaceable. Bruce wasn’t about to risk the best thing in his life.

But now there was blood on the Zeta-pad.

Just a smear. Half-wiped, like someone had tried to clean it up with the toe of their shoe before giving up. It trailed into the corridor, then into nothing. Usually, Bruce wasn’t one to make assumptions. He was far too clever a man to let postulation guide him in any matter, but logic always had its limits, and fear didn’t care about them. Not when his ward — when his son was on the line.

He hadn’t known that Dick was on the field. He had, perhaps naïvely, thought that Dick would have actually adhered to Bruce’s warnings this time. It was so, so dangerous, and no amount of late nights fighting street-level crime in Gotham could change the fact that he wasn’t ready.

Word had come over the comms. J’onn and Kal were relaying relevant data from air support while Bruce had been leading the debrief with Diana for the ground team. He had been half-listening, consolidating data absently as background noise.

It was J’onn who said it. “We intercepted an unidentified minor trying to help. Young, caped. His mind is unusually strong…” he said. “Injuries unknown. I was compelled to transfer him to the infirmary. He was quite distressed—”

That was lal Bruce needed to hear. He cut himself off mid-sentence and immediately turned to literally run to the nearest Zeta-Tube. Diana had called out to him in confusion, but he barely heard her. Though, her confusion probably made sense. He’d been with the League for two years now, and the only thing anyone actually knew about him was his dedication to the cause. To see him leave the aftermath to sort out itself probably would raise questions he’d definitely avoid later.

Dick was almost thirteen now. He’d been by Bruce’s side for almost four years, had been Robin for three, and even though he was the cleverest, most wonderful tween Bruce had ever known, he was still an entirely unknown entity to the League. Bruce had no intention of changing that.

Which brought him to the here and now, coming up to the infirmary with his heart in his throat and his pulse rocketing a little too quickly for his tastes.

The doors hissed open and he didn’t wait. He pushed through before they’d finished parting completely, shoulder-checking the frame on his way in. He barely registered it, fully expecting to see his little boy all laid up. And, incidentally, fully preparing to never forgive himself for letting it happen.

But it didn’t happen.

Dick was there, certainly, but he wasn’t the invalid Bruce had been half-ready for. Instead, he was slumped forward in a plastiform chair with his elbows resting on his knees and his little head bowed like the weight of the world was keeping him down. He was still in his suit, even though Bruce had locked it up when he left him behind in Gotham. It was torn at the shoulder and streaked with soot.

“Robin,” Bruce called. His voice was lower and far more curt than he intended. He was never good at expressing himself, so the relief fell somewhere behind the tight press of his lips and the furrow of his brow.

It was hard to catch Dick off guard, but he startled at the noise. His shoulders jumped and he snapped his head up fast enough to make the chair creak. He turned abruptly towards Bruce, half-standing at attention without pulling himself out of his chair, and he looked at him with eyes wide beneath his askew mask.

His mouth opened slightly, but nothing came out at first. He looked…wrong. Upset, like those first few months in the manor, or the time around the anniversary of the Flying Graysons’ final performance. His cheeks were flushed and blotchy and his nose was half-running like he’d been crying.

“B,” he said in a broken voice.

Instead of rushing towards his child with his arms outstretched like he was supposed to, Bruce stood frozen at the door to automatically take in the scene. Relief had flooded him enough to reboot him back to his factory settings, and he was suddenly thinking about how hasty he’d been to get here.

But even though he should head on back and finish the debrief like he was supposed to, he stayed exactly where he was in a weird purgatory of emotion.

Dick was curled in on himself like he didn’t know how to proceed. Ash was still smudged across his jaw and there was a thin line of blood beneath his ear. His mouth was trembling slightly, like he was still trying to be brave. He was good at that. Being brave. Better than Bruce had ever been.

That was when Bruce noticed Hal. He probably should’ve noticed him far sooner, given his condition.

The Lantern lay unconscious on the medical berth. His chest was bandaged up and his face pale under the sicky cast of the overhead lights, but his ring was pulsing faintly. Whatever the medical staff had done to keep him stabilised had nothing on the energy channeling into the weave of healing fields wrapped around him.

Bruce let himself be concerned for half a second. The monitors were stable and Hal was alive. Not in the best condition Bruce had ever seen him in, but not the worst either. Right now, he had more pressing matters to attend to.

Dick was as close to the bedside as the chair allowed, which was strange. He’d never been formally introduced to the League. In fact, the only person who actually knew about his existence was Kal, and that was just because the man had pushed his nose into Gotham’s business and Dick was a fan. (A few threats and promises later, and Kal had assured Bruce that he wouldn’t tell anyone — he had, however, tried to convince Bruce to at least tell Diana. Bruce was considering it.)

For as much as he was slowly beginning to trust the League, Hal was the person Bruce had the least rapport with. It was a matter of simple incompatibility and Bruce wasn’t exactly inclined to do anything to remedy it. Some people just didn’t get along, and he couldn’t foresee himself ever doing so with Hal Jordan.

It didn’t mean he wanted to see the Lantern hurt, but it was undeniably weird that Dick, after all the rants he’d heard when Bruce was particularly pissed off with Hal’s general existence, would set up camp by his bedside. His knees were bumping the frame and one hand hung loosely over the edge, like it had started to reach for Hal at some point and just stopped midway.

Yes, it was weird, but Bruce was always good at connecting the dots. He could see it now in the way Dick wouldn’t look at Hal directly. He just kept glancing over at him, furtive and quiet and just a hint of shame. He could see it in the way his lips pressed together to keep them from trembling and the way his feet hadn’t moved but his leg was bouncing nervously.

Whatever had happened that made Dick like this, it probably meant that Bruce had to thank Hal.

Now that he knew Dick was safe, Bruce’s instinctive reaction was to order a report. It would be easier to depersonalise the situation if he framed it like another mission, and Bruce was usually very, very good at separating his complicated personal feelings from the here and now. But, every now and again, very rarely so, Bruce actually knew when not to put The Mission first.

He let out a slow, grounding breath, and came up beside Dick. “Talk to me,” he said as softly as he could. Which wasn’t very soft at all, but Dick had been with him long enough now to be able to tell the difference.

“I didn’t—” Dick swallowed hard and curled his fingers into the edge of Hal’s bed. “I didn’t mean to—”

“Are you hurt?”

Dick shook his head. “No. I mean— I’m scuffed, I guess. Elbow. Nothing bad.” His voice was tight. His gaze flicked sideways toward Bruce, then back to Hal, then down at his own boots like he was ashamed of all three. “I shouldn’t have come,” he added, even softer now. “You told me not to, and he— Green Lantern, he—”

“We’ll talk about that,” Bruce said. “Later.” Not a dismissal, not forgiveness. Just…later. He looked back at Hal. “Tell me what happened, chum.”

He never wanted Dick to be nervous around him, but something visibly unfurled around the boy when the term of endearment slipped out. Dick sniffed and went to wipe his eyes. He was still wearing his domino and the mask displaced even more when he tried to rub away the moisture beginning to brim. Bruce couldn’t see the tears, not behind the mask. He knew they were there, though.

“I thought I could help,” Dick muttered. “I tracked the signal. I saw you were on the ground team, and when the alerts came in, the ones from the orbital relay—” He broke off, shaking his head like the words were too heavy to push out. “I knew it was big. But I thought if I just— if I was careful, then I’d—”

He didn’t finish the sentence. His hand stayed near Hal’s arm, fingers hovering just above the blanket like he didn’t know if he was allowed to hold on.

“I didn’t know he was gonna—” Another pause. Another broken thread of sound. “I didn’t think it’d go that wrong.”

This was a learning experience for him, Bruce thought. He hated that it was one of the first things that came to mind, especially when his kid was looking so vulnerable and when one of his coworkers was unconscious.

“He saved you,” he said rather than asked.

Dick nodded and Bruce looked at him a little longer before turning to look at Hal. Really looked at him, for perhaps the first time since they met. He made himself stop calculating vitals and injury ratio, and he stopped parsing the rhythm of the machines for signs of decline of recovery. He hadn’t even realised he had been doing all of that until he forced himself to stop.

Even though he never thought much of Hal, he also knew — had always known — that he would’ve done anything to save a kid. And clearly he had. No ring could fake that level of duty. No construct could fabricate what Bruce saw now in the aftermath: a Lantern lying half-broken, unconscious and quiet for once, because he had chosen to step in when Bruce couldn’t. And the fact that it was his kid, his Dickie…

Oh, that was a problem. Bruce felt something brand new twist hard in his chest. Something with sharp edges and raw heat, something that crawled under his ribs and tried to claw its way out through bone. Gratitude didn’t come easy to him. Guilt did. Both were now crashing into him in silent tandem, buried deep where no one could see.

There was something a little more too, just the sparks of something even harder to name. Not affection, not exactly, but something annoyingly near it. It felt complicated and raw, tangled up in this image of Hal, broken and still, and Dick sitting beside him like he was the most important person here.

Bruce acknowledged it, then ignored it. He set it down in the place in his mind where he buried everything else that threatened to make him feel too much, too fast. Later, when Hal woke up, he would thank him properly. Dick would want to, too. Probably as Dick, and not as Robin. That was something to think about later, though.

“What did the medical staff say?” he asked.

Dick sniffed once and rubbed the heel of his palm against his nose like he used to when he first came to the manor. “They said he stabilised fast,” he replied. “The ring did most of the work before we even got here. They— uh…I had to give them your access code so they’d let me stay. They tried to kick me out ‘cause I don’t have clearance. Um. Sorry…”

Another thing to worry about later, but not Bruce’s immediate concern. He gave Dick his access codes for a reason. Something like this was always going to happen. “They think he’ll wake up soon?”

“Yeah…’cause the ring, and all.” Dick shifted in the chair, arms pulled in tight to his chest, like he was trying to make himself smaller. “Can I stay, B? Just for a little while?”

It was against protocol, Bruce thought, but…well…

“Move over,” Bruce said. Dick blinked for a moment, then scrambled out of the chair like he was responding to an order on the field. He hovered for a second, uncertain, until Bruce sat down in his place. The kid didn’t need another invitation.

He climbed into Bruce's lap like he had a hundred times before — back when he was smaller, younger, and it was less embarrassing for a kid to seek comfort. Back when his limbs didn’t dangle awkwardly over the sides, when he could curl up tight and disappear into the fold of the cape like it was a hidey-hole.

Lately, he'd been pulling away from those kinds of childish interactions as best he could. He was coming up on his teen years. Trying to be taller than he was. Braver. Older. He didn’t lean on Bruce the way he used to. Not in public, at least. Not even at home unless he was half-asleep or had forgotten he wasn’t supposed to need it anymore.

Now, he pulled the cape around himself, tucked his head beneath Bruce’s chin, and sighed out one long, shaky breath.

Bruce didn’t know how long they sat there, but it was long enough for the ring to finish its preliminaries. He had sent a message to Alfred at some point, brief but clear: We’re safe. I’ll explain soon. He knew the old man would read between the lines, hear everything that wasn’t written.

He had also dropped a locked ping on the League comms, redirecting anyone trying to enter the infirmary. No visitors. Not right now. Which was probably a dick move.

Oliver and Barry would’ve come by. Maybe even some of the other Lanterns, if they managed to get wind of what happened. Hal had friends. People who gave a damn. People better than Bruce who would want to see him and make sure he was still breathing.

But Bruce didn’t want anyone else in this room, not while Dick was still sleeping and not while Bruce was still figuring out what he was supposed to do when Hal woke up.

And he did eventually wake up. The combination of the ring’s healing propities, coupled with the medical staff’s expertise meant that injuries of this nature didn’t keep a man down for long. Bruce was also half-certain that the ring was starting to affect Hal’s actual nervous system, so he always healed a little quicker than most.

The infirmary lights had dimmed into their night cycle at some point, so Bruce didn’t catch the exact moment Hal woke up. One second, the room was still. The next, he caught movement — barely a twitch from the bed, then a sharp intake of breath.

“Goddamn,” Hal muttered from the bed. “Either I died and you're here to collect, or this is some kind of fever dream.”

“Lantern,” Bruce greeted. “Stay down.”

“Screw that, I’m fine.”

Hal immediately tried to sit up, because he was one of the most stubborn bastards Bruce had ever met. The attempt lasted all of two seconds before he winced hard and flopped back down like the bed had sucker punched him .Bruce didn’t move to stop him.

Partly because he knew Hal was too stubborn to listen anyway, but mostly because Dick was still bundled under the cape, tucked close to Bruce’s chest, dead asleep. The kid didn’t even stir at the commotion. He just mumbled something unintelligible and curled in tighter, frowning slightly in his sleep.

Hal caught the movement and froze.

“Batman…what are you doing under your cape right now?”

Bruce gave him the flattest look. Without a word, he lifted the edge of the cape.

“Oh my god,” Hal breathed. Dick was out cold, his cheek pressed against Bruce’s chest, one hand still clinging loosely to the edge of the cape like he thought someone might try to take it from him. “Nobody’s ever gonna believe me.”

Huffing out something that may have resembled a laugh if Hal looked too deep into it, Bruce let the cape drop and readjusted his grip around his son.

“Robin,” Bruce said simply.

“...I’m gonna assume that’s his name and not just you being all cryptic and weird.” Hal flopped his head back on the pillow and glared at Bruce. “That your kid?”

“Hm.”

“The hell was he doing in the field, Batman?”

Bruce didn’t respond to that. He didn’t owe Hal anything. Or, maybe he did. After what happened, after what Hal had done without even knowing who he was protecting, maybe Bruce did owe him a few answers. Maybe more than a few. But Bruce was still Bruce, and words, real ones, always failed him when they didn’t involve strategy, contingencies, or command.

Hal let out a soft breath that turned into a wince. “My bad. Should’ve known you were too much of a douche to actually willingly give out information,” he said. It was an out Bruce was going to take. “He alright?”

“He will be.”

And Hal, flat on his back with half his ribs taped together and a ring flickering dimly at his side, managed a crooked smile. “Good,” he said. “’Cause I don’t think I’ve got another one of those in me.”

“He—” Bruce paused and Hal glanced at him again. “He wanted to wait for you to wake up.”

Hal blinked. Then he looked down, toward the edge of the cape still drawn over Bruce’s front, where the faint rise and fall of breath gave away the shape of a small form nestled beneath. He couldn’t see Dick from his angle, just the dark ripple of fabric and the way Bruce’s arm curled almost imperceptibly around something fragile.

So instead, Hal watched Bruce. And that, Bruce realized, was strange. People didn’t watch him like that. Not when he was still. Not when he wasn’t speaking. They watched for his movements, for orders, for the turn of his head that meant something was about to happen, But Hal looked at him now like he was trying to figure him out.

Bruce didn’t shift under it. Didn’t avert his gaze or curl the cape tighter around him like he wanted to. He simply let the moment stretch between them, unspoken and unguarded, which was even stranger. It was almost disarming.

Then, Hal snorted. “Of course he did. I’m the Green Lantern,” he said. “Kid’s got taste.”

The expected thing to do now would be to engage in conversation. He was supposed to thank Hal, promise to treat him better in the future, and acknowledge that his opinion on him had recently gone up more than Bruce was strictly comfortable with.

It would’ve been easy to stay. Just another hour. Just until Hal drifted off again. But Dick needed real rest in a real bed. He wouldn’t get that in the Watchtower, no matter how long he clung to Bruce’s side.

So Bruce figured he’d overstayed his welcome. Slowly, he gathered the boy closer and stood, the cape keeping Dick cocooned in shadow and warmth. Dick barely stirred, just buried his face instinctively against Bruce’s chest with a small sound of protest before settling again.

He could feel Hal watching him. “Bring him by again sometime,” he said, voice softer now. “Maybe when I’m not half-dead.”

Bruce paused at the door, glanced back. No real promises and no answer. Just a quiet nod. And then he was gone, with a whole new problem brewing in his chest.

#i'm like 50/50 on this #i like and hate it in equal parts #bruce wayne #hal jordan #dick grayson #batlantern #sort of??#answered #sam writes

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bobbydagen24 · 1 year ago

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a few more possible episode ideas for another show.

its Floyd's Birthday and the brothers are all excited to plan a big surprise party for him JD Bruce and Clay all excitedly decorate the place with stuff they know Floyd likes and talk about their personalised gifts for him.

meanwhile Branch's excited smile slowly fades as he realises he doesn't actually remember anything that Floyd liked or any of the other bros due to being too young when they left.

anyway long story short at Floyd's party after he acts grateful to the others for their gifts and ideas Branch gets embarrassed since he didn't even know where to start and he leaves the party.

Floyd goes after Branch to talk on their own and when Branch tells him what's up and that he somewhat feels like a stranger in his own family due to how young he was when they left.

so he doesn't really remember anything specific about them but Floyd light-heartedly lets him in on a secret that he actually doesn't like any of that stuff anymore.

he just didn't say anything cause he didn't wanna hurt his brothers feelings and ruin the moment when really he's just happy that he's celebrating this birthday with them all back together.

but the simple fact is the things his brothers are all remembering are from over 20+ years ago when he was a young teenager he's changed almost completely since then.

and so have the rest of them except for JD lol but with all the others they've all been slowly realising that they aren't the same people who they last saw when they were teenagers.

and there's been plenty of trial and error Branch just hasn't noticed it so their all fairly new to each other due to their time apart.

but that isn't ever gonna change unless they take the time to get to know each other in the present.

so they both agree to go back to the party and make more of an effort.

2. another one is where Branch ends up hearing maybe from these bird creatures he talks to where he kinda has a long wide communication network set up all in the name of safety of course.

and one of his Bird contacts tells him that they talked to another creature that witnessed Chef's death at the end of the first film.

since ya know the last time our main characters saw her she was tumbling down the hill with her butt stuck in the cooker while on fire so they didn't actually see her get eaten like we the audience did.

so they assumed she was likely still alive all this time up until now anyway the news of her confirmed death makes Branch go around the village in a very joyous mood.

singing for no reason handing out snacks to random people and just being very cheery Poppy tries to ask him if he wants to talk about anything but Branch says what would he want to talk about?

he's happier than he's ever been anyway Poppy tells his brothers behind his back that she's worried about him but they don't really see it and think he's just reasonably happy over finding out a crappy person got their just desserts.

anyway Branch goes even more over the top in his happy shenanigans saying they should all throw a big party in the village to celebrate with a giant banner reading

"" ding dong the witch is dead ""

anyway despite poppy being even more worried and all of the brothers actually starting to feel a little worried as well except for JD who thinks the parties a great idea. 😂😂😂😂

the big party goes ahead and Branch gets pretty wasted ( on sugar ) and gets up onto stage to make a big speech with Poppy very nervously trying to talk him down since he's clearly crashing.

but Branch after saying a few things that makes everyone uncomfortable stops and thinks to himself and then kinda takes a deep breath and speaks more from the heart.

he says that he spent practically all of his life afraid and hurt and even as he got better he always thought that certain things would fix him or make him feel more whole.

but despite Chef being dead and even despite them all being at peace with the Bergens now he still feels just as afraid as he used to and he still feels the pain he's lived with his whole life.

he thought knowing she was gone would kinda close the book on that part of his life and wrap it all up in a neat little bow and allow him to finally move on completely.

but he just felt the exact same as he always has done and he kinda went into denial over it trying to convince himself everything was better for him now.

3. this one was inspired by an idea j-ad1 had in the comments section of one of my Gary posts anyway the plot is that.

the Bros get annoyed/kinda wierded out by how Branch takes Gary with him everywhere and is constantly smugly chattering on and on about the things Gary can do to the point the Bros find it very annoying and also kinda weird.

so they take Gary in the middle of the night and maybe try to play it off as some kinda animal that broke into the Bunker and dragged him away or something.

their hoping that even if Branch will be a little annoyed at first he'll quickly get over it and kinda cure him of his weird obsession with an inanimate object.

only for Branch to begin an obsessive search for Gary to the point he becomes even more unhinged and eventually even breaks down over it which his bros didn't expect they just sorta thought he'd be a little annoyed that he was lost but then he'd get over it and move on.

so it actually surprises them to see him so genuinely upset over Gary's absence and maybe his brothers even ask why it means so much to him and he finally tells them about how Gary was what comforted him during the years he spent hiding away.

when he had no one else and he made him feel safe whenever he was afraid which knowing Branch was nearly every single day given how paranoid he was over the Bergens finding them.

and it made him feel like he did have some sorta family around him back when he had no one and that yeah he knows some people think its kinda weird.

despite his rep as the village's crazy person he isn't actually entirely oblivious to how it looks.

anyway to end the episode I'd have Bro zone realise they were wrong and they go to retrieve Gary from the place they Dumped him only to realise he actually has been taken by a pack of animals this time.

and they actually have to go to a bit of effort retrieving him from the pack of animals getting themselves a bit torn up in the process and in the end they give Gary back to Branch and he's so grateful that they got him back which makes the bros feel pretty bad.

and they fess up to what they did and apologise with maybe the episode ending on a bit of a comedic note of them promising to do whatever it takes to make it up to Branch.

and it ends with him making them do really hard chores around his Bunker while Gary watches on in a chair with a nice little drink to his side. 😂😂😂😂

#trolls #trolls branch #trolls brozone #dreamworks trolls #branch #branch trolls #trolls dreamworks #brozone #trolls third tv show #trolls tbgo #trolls the beat goes on

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002yb · 2 years ago

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Jaybin putting J 🖤 D and Jason Grayson in the margins of his school books like every love struck teenager and hiding them in his draws where no one can find them.

Only years later when Dick can finally bring himself to enter pass the threshold of a room that has been sitting untouched does he come across them. Dozens of little drawings and hearts hidden in plain sight. At first it’s like a game for Dick, trying to find as many of these little mementos of Jason’s love for him left, he’s filled with so much love and the cuteness of it might just make him explode.

He looks up, a tease on the tip of his tongue before he remembers. And then suddenly it’s the usually guilt and grief but this time he’s also mourning what could’ve been.

- - -

Anyway Jason coming across them at the back of their wardrobe in a box and being found by Dick surrounded by evidence of his puppy crush. Face red and head in his hands and omg Dick why did you keep these get rid of them this so humiliating.

Dick finally getting to tease Jason just to see what shade of red he’ll turn and how far it’ll travel.

Oh, but Dick seeing the little J 🖤 D scribbled into the margins of Jason's notes even before Jason was taken from them. And Dick teases him then and there because there's nothing more darling than puppy love.

Dick wouldn't know it's him though. So he would badger Jason about it. Relentless with his teasing and questions as Jason blushes, spitting and sputtering as he complains at Dick.

The reaction only spurs Dick on though. He adores it, so he persists with it regardless of how Bruce and even Babs tell him to go easy on the poor kid.

The little affections persist for years. For Jason's entire tenure as Robin before he's taken away from them. And it doesn't take Dick by surprise that Jason is the sort to fall so hard and stay so devoted, but at the same time it does. Whoever this 'D' is - they're a lucky little bastard. Or they would have been.

The above being a thought that occurs to him when Dick comes across those notebooks years after the fact. And it's as he's flipping through the pages that he stumbles across those more telling affections: DG 🖤 JT & Jason Grayson and - oh.

It's him. Dick is the lucky bastard. It's him.

And it takes his breath away. It wrecks him, leaving him staggering to kneel on the ground beside Jason's desk, notebook in hand. Ink bleeding as Dick cries over all this youthful, innocent love meant for him.

It's a mournful thing at first, but then Dick remembers how he'd make Jason blush all the time and he laughs because there's more context for that now and it's silly. It's sweet.

But Dick regrets that Jason wasted his time on Dick. Then again, Jason was only fifteen - still so young; a child - maybe being taken from them while still having such a pure love untainted by expectations or heartbreak is a small mercy.

And yes. Jason comes back and that puppy crush hasn't gone away. Dick recognizes it if only because he's in the know now and it never fails to make him smile because Jason might have changed to the point he's unrecognizable, but with this - he's the same. It's a catalyst for recognizing a lot of Jason's other qualities, too. Just Dick being very aware of Jason and subconsciously smitten.

Then they get together and it's nice, but Jason finds those notebooks and he doesn't screech, necessarily - but it's a near thing because wtf are these, Dick? Omfg burn them what the hell when did he find out???! Then Dick cheekily says, 'Well, Mr. Grayson - ' and Jason takes Dick down and out because no no nope. Meanwhile Dick cackles and it's sweet and ahhhhhhh. Precious.

#dickjay #jason's first love is dick grayson

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jennrypan · 1 month ago

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"Marvel hasn't changed that much"

If you don't notice the clear DOWNGRADE in quality and character behaviors after Infinity War. You're insane I think.

Like.. its been nothing but shitty little jokes, crapping out movie after movie with no real pause which gives no one a chance to care about the new characters they wanna toss at people.

Take Thor 4. It was NOTHING but jokes and no one had an actual important stakes. Jane had a cancer but that wasn't really..deep. Gor was out slaying gods but we only see him kill one(1) God, and he injures Sif but that scene was made for laughs. The ENTIRE SCENE OF THOR IN OLYMPUS. Fuck off. Zeus was an absolute joke, hated that shit. ..then Thor..uses the power of..children to fight the bad guy 😐 the power of fucking untrained KIDS. Get the power of friendship? Fuck OFFFF with that. Then Gor kills himself and basically forces Thor to become a new dad?? Like..he should've died to be with his daughter and give his life for Jane cuz he knows what it's like to lose the one closest to you?? That would've been way better than oh "Here take care of my daughter, stranger I don't know"??? The fuck.

Then Doctor Strange 2. Wanda tweaking out over children that wasn't hers and completely back peddling on ANYTHING. She mightve learned in her show. Like ok..you get to be an insane villain and kill everyone in every universe cuz you lost everything..meanwhile Thor lost his mother, father, brother and his world..and he becomes a joke. Sure. And oh Wanda can just..kill Xavier, Reed and anyone and her punishment? She kills herself. Screw off. (..Wanda is the WORST in every interaction. The comics? Annoying. Movies?? Annoying. Like i get it..chaos magic is an issue but why the fuck is she op and can't even handle her mental state properly. Idk.)

...I got heavily side tracked. Anyways. Onto Endgame itself. Rewatching it was jarring cuz wow. It was ass. They didn't really understand time travel..and then having Bruce and the Hulk..mix and become dumber?? (Also..Hulk pussing out cuz Thanos beat him ONCE?? Was so stupid.) And then they made Thor into a fat joke and no one took him seriously.

THE LOKI SERIES. It was absolute shit. You can't have your trailers showing he's about to be all cool and badass..then have him get showed up by his fem counterpart who was just an asshole to him the entire time?? And she's justified cuz..her world was destroyed?? Like Loki growing up neglected and hated by his father who stole him, and feeling as if he'd never be good enough wasn't worth him being upset over?? Nah yeah Shiva..whatever her name is had every right to be a bitch 😒 and then Loki didn't use any of his actual smarts to try and escape at all??? He just..sits back and let's these people do whatever?? Avengers 1 Loki!!! God. And then after words..hes left cleaning up Silvias mess!! Go to hell. And then having Steve grow old randomly and go back to Peggy..WHO HAD MOVED ON. 3 movies and an Avengers break up for Bucky and you

And then with Black Panther 2..it was just bad. Like honestly. Queen Ramenda did NOT have to die. And the parts with Everette and that white lady didn't need to be included fr. And then we get T'Challa jr but..we probably won't see him again cuz who really cares at this point CUZ SO MUCH IS ALREADY HAPPENING.

Marvel use to have a steady pace of what they were gonna release and it gave you time to actually LIKE characters and care about them. Now it just feels hard to even look forward to a marvel movie cuz they dunno how to handle character interactions anymore.

#j.p speaks #marvel movies #marvel mcu #avengers #like i use to be SOO hype for a new movie #now its just..multiverse this. stupid one liner that #oh BOOM cameo of some guy from a movie 5 years ago!! whooo!!#like 😐#sorry doomsday looks like itll be a damn mess with all these people #GIVE NEW ACTORS A CHANCE. DAMN.#i dont wanna see the old x men people. they werent the best cast!!! yall are insane

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He goes up as Danny Fenton, engineer, to fix a malfunction in the system (it's been operational less than a month, some bugs are to be expected) and comes across a very visible Boston being questioned by a very concerned Constantine. It was supposed to be his introduction to the founders, Constantine hadn't even told them he was bringing a plus one yet! The moment he followed John through the portal, he felt the familiar energy of the Infinite Realms, with an Amity taste to the ectoplasm. Someone from that Cursed Town helped shield this vessel. He hasn't realised the Justice League even has contacts there - he'd been under the assumption that he was going to be facilitating an introduction to all things ghostly.

Imagine his surprise when the Halfa came through the zeta tube, already apologising for having his sensors too finely tuned still, only for him to stop dead (ha) as he took in his surroundings.

Well, John understands why Batman called him up here now. Every occultist worth their salt can recognise a Fenton and knows to stay well away. Jack and Maddie take mad scientist to a whole new level. If the Watchtower is based on Fenton Tech, he's going to have to go through everything and point out what needs to be changed to a non-lethal setting.

Bruce knows that Danny Fenton has his parents' brains and his sister's morals. He already figured out that the boy has some sort of ghost based meta powers, but upon speaking with Red Huntress, he found out that Phantom had retired himself. It's best not to push him on the hero front. The boy will be more likely to assist on his own if a situation arises that truly calls for it, and even more so if he has a rapport with the heroes on the base - it's why Bruce chose to give him access to the Watchtower for things that could be fixed back on earth, and it's why he got Lucius Fox to head hunt him for Wayne Enterprises

Danny, meanwhile, is thoroughly repulsed by the sight of the soul standing next to Boston. Who shreds their soul like that?? And is Boston OK? He's dangerously low on ectoplasm and has obviously been neglecting his obsessions. Ember will be upset to hear her friend is in such dire straits.

Another dpxdc idea?

Danny was one of the engineers that worked on making the Justice League's Watchtower

#just some thoughts i thunkd #Sarah thinks things #dpxdc #Danny the Watchtower Engineer

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Rip to Damian in The Resurrection of Ra’s al Ghul, literally everyone likes Tim better then him. Like even Ra’s damn.

#Ra's: ooh tim is here? let's try to woo him into being my pupil #Ra's: forget Damian he's just supposed to be my new body #Ra's is all like Bruce likes Damian better and you know it @Tim #Ra's i'm sorry but that's such a lie #Dick comes in and is all like 'oh... i came to save Tim... but i guess i can save Damian too'#Dick's first thoughts about Damian are basically 'someone needs to teach him a lesson'#i don't understand how Tim is so ignorant of his favoritism #Tim's like legitimately considering Ra's offer because Bruce hasn't made it clear that he loves Tim more #Tim you had the best parenting of any modern aged Bruce Wayne 🤦‍♀️ please #he's like so clear that he loves you #at least in 'one year later' up till now #he's like tim i trust you tim i'm proud of you #meanwhile tim: he loves damian more #meanwhile Bruce: gives literally zero shits about Damian #his jealously would make sense if Bruce gave any indication of liking Damian #so far Alfred yelled at him (1) time because he attacked Damian for no reason #i'm sorry you can't go around punching a 10-year old tim #anyways it's interesting how much Damian's personality has changed #he's so much more unlikable in this than in future comics #idk how to describe it

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bad4amficideas · 4 years ago

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How would the yandere Batboys (Separate and romantic) react to the reader having a stuffie that kinda comes to life and both of them are best friends?

Note: English is not my language, so I hope you will be understanding of any flaws you find.

Also I started thinking about my Earth 1T8 and everything got mixed up and *fantasy mode on*. Oh well, if you want it for that AU, some answers would vary so feel free to ask again.

Meanwhile and assuming you mean only the 4 Robins and maybe Batman only because Boys... oops, a lot of assumptions in this answer... tsktsk...

Damian Wayne/Robin

WhY a stuffe having to choose between Titus, Alfred (the Cat), Batcow, if it is to hug and cuddle when he's not there, and he gladly will talk to you for hours?

But is a stuffe, even if it breaks your heart if he has to dismember it for you to behave and give back what its his (your love and attention) he will. Sure Alfred (the Human) can sew it back?? Wonders, an hostage that cannot die or feel pain, sure father can said nothing about that.

Positive and negative reinforcement boy.

Tim Drake/RedRobin

Okay, it's clear that my Tim Drake hcs differ from the rest of the fandom. But if his wires are crossed, he is the most likely to get you an identical plush to the smallest scratch and say goodbye to the other. After all a stuffle that suddenly comes to life, suddenly can lose it *wash his hands*.

That said, considering that Tim spends more hours than healthy to vigilantism and that you are his favorite pillow and, Reader dear, he doesn't really demand that much of you, does he? As long as it doesn't interrupt your time together (and the teddy doesn't suddenly become human, he has cameras, he will know), the better. Like so his Reader is easier to lock up and isolate from the world because even if it is not their Minimum Human Needs TM would be covered.

Guilty trips, isolation, Stockholm syndrome.

Jason Todd/Red Hood

He doesn't care... at first, are you substituting me? later, especially if you don't reciprocate his feelings or play along. Kinda the grooming and propaganda one.

But I sincerely believe that he would "reason" with the stuffe for your sake before taking more damianrastic measures... with the stuffle, he would not hurt you!!! but that thing either changes theie attitude and stops stealing their darling from him, or it dies or whatever it does a stuffie.

Dick Grayson/Nightwing

Gashlighting! What one would have thought Tim would have done, but, alas. Persuading his Reader that that thing is evil. Gotham or not, the world in general weirddest things happen. Obviously normal it is not. Calling one of his magic users friends if the more traditional methods don't work.

Bruce Wayne/Batman

Bold of you to assume that he has had nothing to do with the stuffed having life (that man has material to blackmail Dr Destiny if he wanted so, Zatanna or Constantine are easy-peasy) and ofc can, not manipulate you, manipulate the stuffle.

After all, Bruce understands that with his "emotional constipation" and that he can be intimidating if there is a social difference or you met him as Batman and as your life is getting smaller and more isolated and empty of people (if he hasn't kidnapped you already) and you need someone when he's working and et all... well, you would want someone to make you feel better and everyone knows that this is the function of stuffes. And so he has more control of you. It is ALL planned. Sorry dear Reader.

Love bombing and power inbalance or whatever is called in english.

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marvelinorder · 3 years ago

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Incredible Hulk (1962) #1 recap

"The Hulk" by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby

Ooh, #1 issues are always exciting and today it's time to recap Incredible Hulk (1962)!

Our story begins with Dr. Bruce Banner and his associate Igor about to test their gamma-bomb. Igor is complaining that Bruce hasn't shared the deets of the gamma ray with him when General Ross walks in and tells them to hurry the heck up. Luckily, his lovely daughter Betty steps in to cool everybody down:

They get ready to launch the bomb, but as Bruce is looking out at the test site he sees a kid driving a car right in the danger zone and leaps into action! Meanwhile, Igor is about to prove himself a bad bitch by pressing the button to fire instead of delaying the launch. Bruce manages to get the boy to safety just in time but is hit with the bomb's rays himself and radiation fried!

That didn't look too comfortable...

Bruce comes to back inside the lab, looking surprisingly good for a dude with major radiation poisoning. He and the boy, whose name turns out to be Rick Jones, wait in a room with two cots for something to happen. And something does!

Wait...hang on. The Hulk was originally blue??

Okay, I'm over my shock. The Hulk smashes his way out of the facility and Rick follows since he feels indebted after Bruce saved his life. Soldiers soon come looking for the Hulk and christen him with that name as seen below:

The Hulk, retaining vague memories from his life as Bruce Banner, smashes his way into a cabin where he kept the gamma ray formula. Once inside he finds none other than that bastard Igor trying to steal it from him!

Hulk totally wastes Igor and in the process upends a flask which had the gamma ray formula taped to the bottom. Rick grabs it for him as Hulk sees a photo of himself as Bruce and freaks out, saying he was weak and he's glad he transformed. Just then, though, the sun comes up and with its rays Hulk turns back into Bruce.

Funny, I didn't realize Hulk was some sort of vampire.

The army arrives along with Betty, who supposedly wanted to come apologize for her father's behavior earlier.

Once she leaves, Bruce angsts over potentially becoming the Hulk at sundown again. But that might be the least of his worries, because Igor might be in jail now but that doesn't mean he can't still scheme with his... thumbnail!?

The Russians send word to the Gargoyle, who they all seem to be afraid of. I wonder what his powers are aside from a funny-looking head.

The Gargoyle manages to make his way to the US via rocket just in time for Bruce to change back into the Hulk while driving a jeep with Rick. Hulk wants to go see Betty, and it seems she has Bruce on her mind as well. She wanders outside but faints at the sight of the Hulk.

Unfortunately there's no time to deal with that, as the Gargoyle opens fire using bullets that will supposedly make Hulk his slave. He captures Hulk and Rick and brings them all the way to Russia, but on the way not only do the bullets' effect wear off, Hulk turns back into Bruce!

This is a total wtf moment for Gargoyle, and it turns out he's not one to keep his cool. In fact, he is totally jealous that Bruce gets to be normal at all, and they strike up a deal.

The Gargoyle gets a normal-sized head and also turns on his mother country. He blows up some Russian soldiers along with himself, but not before he sends Bruce and Rick back to the US in another rocket.

And with that, our first issue of Incredible Hulk is finished! Poor Gargoyle... He really wasn't so bad...

#incredible hulk (1962)#incredible hulk #bruce banner #marvel #comics #comics liveblog #comics recap #betty ross #general ross #rick jones #igor drenkov #gargoyle #id in alt text

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Okay, onwards. There's a whole thing with Two Face, which will become relevant later but like whatever for now. In the meantime, Bruce is in suuuch a bad place mentally and I think he kinda really was trying to kill himself for a bit there (though this is not directly stated, it still feels very strongly implied).

"He looks so tired. He has since Jason passed away." Jason is haunting the narratiiiiiiiiiive!

Tim, meanwhile, is looking through his stalker-y newspaper clippings and musing on how Batman has changed.

"Batman hasn't been the same since [Jason] died. The newspapers don't know about Robins death... But even they've had stories about Batman acting... well, acting differently."

Tim just wants his Batman back and thinks Dick can fix everything! What a sweet, tiny bb.

Yeah, Tim, this isn't creepy at all. He just?? Has framed photos of Batman and Robin on his dresser??? You absolute dweeb.

And ahh!! The last photo taken with Dick's parents, which was first shown back in August '89 in Batman #436:

Genuinely, how old was Tim supposed to be here (and why does he look like a puppet)??

Let's Read Tim Drake Comics!

Okay decided to do a complete read through of every single appearance of Tim Drake in comics from 1989-2011 (aka, from his creation until New 52).

I'm using (and editing) a list I pulled from DCUguide.com, which has been very helpful but not entirely accurate in some places (esp re: uncertain continuity comics, which I've largely placed based on publication date and, where relevant, content that helps place the issue in context).

To get started, here are his very earliest appearances:

Batman #436 (August 1989): "Batman Year 3: Different Roads" [Flashback]

Batman #440 (December 1989): "A Lonely Place of Dying, Chapter One: Suspects

"New Titans #60 (November 1989): "A Lonely Place of Dying, Chapter Two: Roots"

Batman #441 (Holiday 1989): "A Lonely Place of Dying, Chapter Three: Parallel Lines!

"New Titans #61 (December 1989): "A Lonely Place of Dying, Part Four: Going Home!"

Batman #442 (winter 1989): "A Lonely Place of Dying, Chapter Five: Rebirth!"

Note: DC planned to introduce Tim Drake several months before his full introduction into the comics, which is why his technical first appearance is in a flashback to the Graysons' death. He's not named there, but when Tim reappears in A Lonely Place of Dying and tells his side of that story, you'll notice the reuse of almost the same panels from the Batman #436 flashback scenes.

Neat!

#lets read comics #Tim Drake #A Lonely Place of Dying #the graysons #Bruce Wayne #jason todd haunts the narrative

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); AFI #38

The next Huston and Bogart collaboration that we reviewed was the infamous tale of greed and betrayal, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). It was a film that was two decades in the making due to a world war, varying contractual obligations, and poor conditions due to location filming. It is debated that this was Bogart's best performance since it was a step away from the roles that had made him famous, but it did not earn him an Oscar nomination. The film did get four nominations and ended up winning Best Writing and Best Directing for John Huston as well as Best Supporting Actor for Walter Huston, John's dad. This was the only time that a father-son combo won Oscars for a film together. There are a lot of interesting firsts involved with this film, but I want to spoil it first for anyone who hasn't seen it. By the way...

SPOILER WARNING!!! THIS IS AN ANALYSIS, SO I AM GOING TO SPOIL EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MOVIE AND THEN EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PRODUCTION!!! IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE FILM COLD AND GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE, WATCH IT FIRST BEFORE READING ANY FURTHER!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

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In 1925, in the Mexican town of Tampico, Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) is wandering around and begging for change. He keeps asking the same man in white (John Huston) for money until the man tells him no more handouts. Dobbs continues to beg and runs into another vagrant named Bob Curtin (Tim Holt). The two seem to have an understanding, but money is tight and they separate to look for job leads. Dobbs finds a man in an alley named Pat McCormick (Barton MacLane) and the latter asks the former if he wants a job. Dobbs agrees and goes to a raft and finds Curtin will also be working on this job. They are working as roughnecks to help construct oil rigs for $8 a day. When the project is completed and they return to Tampico, McCormick skips out without paying the men.

The two vagrants encounter an old man named Howard (Walter Huston) in a flophouse. The loquacious and penniless ex-miner talks to them about gold prospecting and the perils of striking it rich. Dobbs and Curtin run into McCormick at a cantina, and after a bar fight, collect their back wages. When Dobbs hits a small jackpot in the lottery, he, Curtin and Howard have enough money to buy the supplies they need to go prospecting in the interior.

Departing Tampico by train, the three help to repulse a bandit attack led by "Gold Hat" (Alfonso Bedoya). North of Durango, the trio head into the remote Sierra Madre mountains. Howard proves to be the hardiest and most knowledgeable of the three. After several days of arduous travel, Howard spots gold that the others had passed by.

The men toil under harsh conditions and amass a fortune in placer gold. But as the gold piles up, Dobbs becomes increasingly distrustful of the other two. The men agree to divide the gold dust immediately and hide their shares. At one point, Curtin sees a Gila monster crawl under a rock and it turns out that this was where Dobbs had hid his share. Curtin warns Dobbs, but Dobbs just assumes that Curtin is trying to steal another share of the gold. It is apparent that Dobbs is being driven insane by the greed for gold, just as Howard had predicted.

Curtin, while on a resupply trip to Durango, is spotted making purchases by a Texan named Cody (Bruce Bennett). Cody secretly follows Curtain back to the encampment. When he confronts the three men, they lie about what they are doing there, but he is not fooled. He boldly proposes to join their outfit and share in any future takings. Howard, Curtin and Dobbs talk it over and vote to kill him. As they announce their verdict, pistols in hand, Gold Hat and his bandits arrive. They claim to be Federales. After a tense parley, a gunfight ensues, and Cody is killed. A genuine troop of Federales suddenly appears and pursues Gold Hat and his gang. The three prospectors examine Cody's personal effects. A letter from a loving wife reveals that he was trying to provide for his family.

Howard is called away to assist local villagers with a seriously ill little boy. When the boy recovers, the next day, the villagers insist that Howard return with them to be honored. Howard leaves his goods with Dobbs and Curtin and says he will meet them later. Dobbs and Curtin constantly argue, until one night Dobbs shoots Curtin and takes all the gold. However, Curtin is not dead; he manages to crawl away and hide during the night.

Finding Curtin gone, Dobbs flees, but is ambushed at a waterhole by Gold Hat and his men. They first toy with him, then kill him (it is implied that Dobbs is beheaded with a machete). The bandits mistake the bags of gold dust for sand and dump the treasure, taking only the burros and supplies. The gold is scattered by the strong wind. Meanwhile, Curtin is discovered by indios and taken to Howard's village, where he recovers.

Gold Hat's gang tries to sell the stolen burros in town, but a child recognizes the brands on them (and Dobbs' clothes, which the bandits are wearing) and reports them to the authorities. The bandits are captured and summarily executed by the Federales.

Howard and Curtin return to Durango in a dust storm and reclaim their pack animals, only to find the empty bags. At first shaken by the loss, first Howard, then Curtin, grasp the immense irony of their circumstances, and they burst into laughter. Howard decides to return to the village to accept an offer of a permanent home and a position of honor, while Curtin sells their recovered property to return to the United States, where he will seek out Cody's widow. As Curtin leaves, the camera pans down to a cactus as he rides past. Lying next to it is a bag of gold, still full.

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This film was a major change of pace for Bogart, making it very difficult to advertise. An actor who is generally the hero turns out to be a villain that shoots his partner and then is unceremoniously beheaded by a bandit is not what audiences expected or even wanted. Using Bogart's star power and reputation for being a good guy romantic lead to attract audiences and then doing his character dirty like he was done is the 40s version of clickbait. And yet the film was moderately successful with audiences and earned four Academy Award nominations. Where this trick to the audience is apparent is the lack of even a nomination for Bogart despite it being one of his finest acting roles.

I watched the movie a couple of times over the last few days and that included commentary from the guy who wrote the biography of Bogart, a Mr. Eric Lax. It was extremely informative and was actually very different from the IMDB trivia page. I am going to trust the official biographer on this one, so some of the following information that is presented as fact is second hand from the movie commentary.

There were two father-son teams on the set of this particular film. The first is was of course the director, John Huston, and his father who played the part of Howard, Walter Huston. The other was actually the other nice guy, Curtin, who was played by Tim Holt, and the old man who warned the two that Pat McCormick was lying to them, played by Jack Holt. John Huston was actually in the film playing the American in the white suit, which made this film the only one with two father-son duos with speaking roles in a single film.

The Huston family has a couple of other notable film accomplishments. John Huston directed his father to an Academy Award and also directed his daughter, Angelica Huston, to a Best Supporting Actress award in Prizzi's Honor (1985). On both occasions, the elder Huston in the film died very soon after working with their child. Walter died a year after his role in Sierra Madre and John died less then two years after Prizzi's Honor. I felt a little sad about that at first, but then it is nice that a parent can work with their child doing what they do best at the end of their life.

Apparently the filming was very difficult and took its toll on the actors and crew. There was a joke about the old man, Howard, being a tough old goat, and that comes from the local crew outpacing the location scouts when Huston first went down to Mexico to look for places to film. The filming took place during the rainy season so there were many delays. The irony was that there was lots of gusting wind except on the day that they needed it and there was lots of rain and flooding except on the day when Dobbs finds the little collection of water.

A rather silly note (or at least I thought so) was that one of the big pushes to get the film done was that Humphrey Bogart wanted to participate in a boat race. He had his boat, the Santana, that he had been practicing with around Catalina when pre-production was halted due to John Huston joining the military during WW2. Bogart wanted to take part in the Honolulu Yacht Race in which he had participated in the past. Bogart's wife, Lauren Bacall, said that the yacht was the only thing that she ever felt jealous of. The constant complaining by Bogart about the time caused one of the only fights he had with John Huston. The director purportedly grabbed Bogart by the nose and twisted until Bogart shut up. It was not brought up again and Bogart missed his race.

One actor that made a surprising cameo in the film was the little boy that sold Dobbs the winning lottery ticket. The part was played by a very young Robert Blake (freaking Beretta) who was a child film star. He had played the role of Mickey in Our Gang short films for almost a decade by the time he was in Sierra Madre. I was surprised to also find out that Blake had almost 80 acting credits before his small part in this film. By the way, he does not have a Mexican accent. Sadly, I think that Blake is now most famous for being accused of hiring somebody to kill his wife. Not a great legacy.

My family commented on the look of Bogart and how weirdly greasy his hair looked. His hair looked pretty weird throughout the film, as a matter of fact. According to Eric Lax, Bogart was taking hormone shots in an attempt to get Bacall pregnant and had lost a lot of his hair. All of those funny looking haircuts were toupees. The one used when Dobbs got a haircut was most notable, especially since you can since Bogart's actual hair at the back.

A final fun fact was the death of Dobbs being a strangely cut machete strike that was hidden by the backside of a donkey was not the original depiction. There was an actual fake head rolling down to the water that was cut out of the film. Bogart famously kept the head and was very disappointed when the scene was cut out of the film. That would have been pretty gory for the time, but Huston knew it would not get past the sensors and he wanted the film to get distributed. Oh well.

So does the film belong on the AFI 100? Of course. For similar reasons as The Maltese Falcon. This was one of the best works produced by one of the best director/writer and lead actor combos of all time. It is an amazing story that doesn't end how one would expect from a movie of the time. It is classic and innovative at the same time. Would I recommend it? Absolutely. It is a fine film that tells the story of what greed can do to an otherwise good person. It is also very clean to the point that I would recommend it to any age group.

#the treasure of the sierra madre #humphrey bogart #john huston #academy award winning #black and white #introvert #introverts #40s movies

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Why does Tim always say he doesn't want to be Batman? It seems to me that out of all the batkids he's the one most similar to Bruce, and hasn't he actually been Batman in some other timelines? So why does he keep saying he won't ever become Batman? I'm just confused 😕

Okay I can see where this might be confusing, considering how Tim seems like he would be more than capable of taking the mantle, and it would make sense for him to take his mentor's place when he's gone. But while it would be practical for Tim to be next in line for Batman, he's opposed to it because he knows it will change him, and not in any good ways.

Let's analyze the other batkids who have been Batman so far. In Battle for the Cowl, Jason was Batman for a while, but his methods were far too violent and most of his term as Batman was just fueled by rage and pain from his past. He's already too damaged to shoulder the further damage being Batman could inflict on him (and I don't mean this in a bad way at all; I'm just saying that he's been through enough already, and adding being Batman to it would do nothing but increase his already heavy burden). Dick, on the other hand, became Batman for a while and did an excellent job. That's because Dick is such a bright and optimistic person that he evened it out. He could handle the darkness of being the bat because he had enough light in him to counteract it, so he's probably the best option for Batman aside from Bruce and maybe Cass (but that's a story for another time). And Bruce created Batman in itself, so he can handle all that being Batman entails because that's him.

Meanwhile, Tim isn't as dark as Jason, but he also doesn't have the same optimism Dick has. And I agree with you in that Tim is one of the closest to Bruce out of the batkids and they do share many of the same traits, but that's sorta the problem. So the main issue here is that being Batman would in a way do to Tim what it would do to Jason. It would change him and lead him down a dark path, making him more violent and just overall a much darker person. Think Bruce, but with the brooding and angst turned up to 100. Tim doesn't have the same light Dick does, and he doesn't have the same inner demons Jason does, but being Batman would create those demons -- or at least amplify the ones he already has. It would erase all the light and joy in him, and pretty much ruin him as a person, if that makes sense. (Sorry this is really hard to explain so just try to bear with me here please it makes sense in my head okay it's just hard to describe in a way that's easy to understand.)

Okay let me break this down a little more because this is super hard to explain.

Tim is a very complicated character. He's been through a lot, but he still manages to persevere despite his traumas and continue to be a great hero. But if he became Batman, taking on that huge role would be stepping through the doorway in a sense. It would be the final push into the darkness for him, and it would essentially change him as a person.

Let's say you want to make some toast, but you want it to be just right. So you put a slice of bread in the toaster and toast it for a while, being careful not to burn it too much, and in a couple minutes it comes out all nice and golden brown. But now you're like "wow that worked so well, but let's see what happens when we chuck it into the fire and see if that works as well as the toaster did." But when you do that and straight up toss it right into the fire, in seconds your nice slice of bread is charred to a crisp and too burned beyond saving that you'd rather throw it in the trash than eat it. So in this analogy Tim is the bread, the toaster is Robin/Red Robin (though I think RR would be like toasting it in the oven instead of the toaster bc it stills damages him a little more than Robin but not as much as Batman but anyway), and the fire is Batman. Being Batman will burn Tim beyond saving, whereas Robin is a nice balance of light and darkness for him. Being Batman will turn him into a chunk of burnt coal and in the end do more harm than anything, and maybe even cause a huge fire that will burn down your whole kitchen.

Like in the timeline in which Tim becomes Batman in the future, he's this terrible psycho guy who kills criminals with the gun that murdered Bruce's parents.

And the thing that led him to become so horrible in the first place was taking on the Batman mantle. Being Batman would harden him, and it would turn him into a far more violent and dark person. Similar to how when Tim first became Robin he started out this fun happy kid, but the longer he spent around Bruce and working with him, the more depressed and broody he became.

Batman influences him just by being around him, so actually being Batman himself takes that to a whole new level.

So being Batman would take Tim down a really dark path he wouldn't be able to escape from, and he knows it. That's why he's so insistent on not being Batman, because he's fully aware that if he does take that step, it'll ruin him and probably cause more harm than good -- for himself, and for Gotham.

So yeah, I really hope this clears things up for you, anon. 😊

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@sroomheaddoc I shower you with kisses my friend.

Ok so Jazz gets there and it's a tearful reunion with her father. Jack wants her to go back to uni, he'll keep her updated but doesn't want his precious princess to get involved. Said precious princess is having none of that and insists she can help. After all, she has more experience with Danny's powers up close than he does.

After a lot of back and forth, it is finally decided that she'll transfer to Gotham University. Yet another favor is called into Vlad. Tucker helps him get everything squared away. The kid's not half bad when they aren't at odds with each other. There might even be an internship waiting for him at VladCo when he graduates. Maybe

Now here's where the problems start arising. First off, that viral video? The giw got their hands on it before Tucker could work his magic. Now they're closing in on Gotham. Meanwhile the Batfam have been staking out Jack's apartment, trying to figure out what he's up to.

I am a firm believer in Tall Jazz. My mind can not be changed. I also believe that years of helping team phantom makes Jazz more observate than the average bear.

Therefore... imagine this 6 ft 7 woman who is lowkey built (you don't go around helping with ghost fights without gaining some muscles) who immediately turns to face you when you land on a roof outside her window and gives you the most intimidating death glare of your life. Not even Bruce is on her level.

The next time you do some snooping she's on the roof with a bat. Which shouldn't be a threat for someone who's taken the joker or killer croc, but nevertheless, the batfam feels like they should slowly back away.

Jack and Jazz have developed a new routine to things. Jazz goes to school in the day while Jack looks after Danny, then she takes over when she gets back so he can go to work in the evening.

Now Jack doesn't have to work. Vlad took care of everything and even set him up with a bank account under his new identity. But Jack's need to provide for his kids really sets in and his anxiety is through the roof so Jazz recommends he gets a part-time job. (Side note: what is Jack's new name? Anyone got any ideas?)

I'm thinking he gets a job at a garage or something along those lines. "Why?" you may ask. Well because we need some civilian interactions and Jack's not qualified to be a teacher nor does he want to work at WE. Too much attention you know. Which means the only other batfam member he can interact with is you guessed it, Jason.

Of course Jason is obviously suspicious. This is the guy his family keeps talking about. The one who bodied Bane. But I must reiterate golden retriever energy. Jason's suspicion doesn't last long and he ends up joining Jazz on team protect this man at any cost (though he hasn't officially met her yet).

Everything seems to be looking up... again. Danny even looks like he might be starting to display complex thoughts. Until they hear reports of guys in white and a lady is a blue hazmat suit searching through the outskirts of Gotham.

Feel free to add to this if you want! I wanna see how you guys think everything is going to go down.

Edit: a link to a Danny POV

Third addition baby!

DP x DC idea

Y'all feel free to ignore this, I just gotta get this funky little idea out of my head.

So it's a reveal gone wrong....kinda. You see while Maddy is insistent that there's no way the ghost boy is her son, Jack is an emotional wreck. Apologizing to Danny for not noticing and for all the threats he hurled his way. He also promises to convince Maddy that Danny really is their son and not some ghost pretending to be him.

Maddy starts coming around and things are finally looking up for Danny, until Jack has to go somewhere and next thing he knows, he's strapped to a table.

Maddy is convinced that once she opens the ghost boy up, she'll be able to prove that he's just imitating life and isn't really alive. Then she'll show Jack and he'll believe her and they'll get back to proving how dangerous ghosts can be.

When Jack gets back, she excitedly rushes to him. Ready to show him her proof. Meanwhile a feel of dread builds up in the big man's chest as his wife's rant gets more and more maniac. They get down to the basement where there's Danny on the table. Except it's not the Danny he left, this Danny is a small baby with snow white hair and glowing green eyes.

Jack isn't even listening to his wife's explanation about how this proves this isn't their son, he just scoops the boy up and leaves.

Unsure of what to do and knowing both his wife and the giw will be after him, he goes to Vlad. Who despite his "hatred" for the two takes one look at Jack on the verge of a breakdown with baby Danny in his arms and immediately sets them up with a plan.

He sends them to Gotham with fake IDs because the ambient ectoplasm is enough to mask Danny's signature and it might even help him recover.

So they get there right and everyone around them is immediately like ???. Because where did this strangely energetic man and his giggly baby come from and why are they in Gotham of all places!?

Still, Jack's overall golden retriever energy wins them over and they think he's fine albeit a little eccentric. Until one night...

You see Danny is a baby, with the powers of a powerful half ghost, who doesn't understand that he has to hide his powers or the dangers of a baby wandering the streets at night. Cue the baby constantly turning intangible and just... slipping through the walls, leaving Jack to go running after him. Danny thinks it's a fun game. Jack thinks he won't be able to take anymore of this.

Unfortunately for poor Jack Fenton, one night during a Danny chase, he sees his boy heading right towards a fight. Between the bats and this weird guy dressed as a luchador with weird tubes sticking out of him. Then the luchador notices Danny, and Jack is brought back to that day a couple of months ago. The day he failed to protect his son. He's not going to let him down again so he does the only thing he can think of.

He absolutely bodies the luchador, scoops his son up, and runs. Not stopping until he's safely back in his rinky little apartment. Danny is giggling and making cooing noises, blissfully unaware.

Meanwhile the batfam is in shock about this huge man who came out of nowhere and just dealt with Bane like he was a nuisance more than anything. This definitely requires some investigation.

#dp x dc #dc x dp #dpxdc #dcxdp #y'all I forgot to tag lol

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