#SilverLocks

[sayxit]

Métro, boulot, dodo

[damian-navarro-art]

BATGIRL & ROBIN

Maps and Cass :)

I have just posted the first page on my Instagram, i will post them all here once i finish there:)

Cassandra Cain and Mia Mizoguchi

[cinnaflurr]

some batfamily doodles

[rabasmacias]

Bare Rose - Twokinds

[yzur02]

*Bruce falls the stairs in WE*

Tim, half asleep and stuck in the last Serpents & Secrets session he had with Bruce, Maps and Cullen: "lol, failed the DEX save"

*various angry sounds*

Bruce, getting up: "don't make fun of me, Tim, you know DEX is my dump stat... and I have disadvantage for my age"

Tim scoffs: "at least it wasn't a crit fail"

Bruce: "thank Lady Gotham for that"

Tim frowns: "you and your damn gods, this why I don't like clerics"

Bruce: *scoff* "please, don't compare me with those boot lickers... I'm a warlock"

Tim: "that's no better, you just upgraded from boot licker to butt licker"

Bruce: *offended noises* "those are Colton's words not yours, I know you wouldn't betray me like that"

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This banter goes on for the rest of the day, by next morning Bruce got invited to over 8 different S&S groups in various parts of Gotham, was called to 2 talk shows to talk about S&S and WE got an official business partnership with Sorcerers of the Mountains.

Maps is ecstatic, Tim is hollering, Cullen has been laughing for the past 2 minutes, Colton is smug, Olive is annoyed, Katherine is amused... Bruce is SO confused rn.

[doggirlsotd]

Today’s dog girl of the day is Raine from Twokinds!

[why-i-love-comics]

Batman: The Brave & The Bold #10 - "Mother's Day" (2024)

written by Karl Kerschl art by Karl Kerschl & Msassyk

[indiesaster]

a treat

[professoruber]

Maps Mizoguchi - Monster Lore Expert

So this has been a neat detail / reoccurring skill which Maps has displayed in her post-Gotham Academy appearances.

Batman (2016-) #120

Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2023-) #12

Just thought these were pretty neat. Maps being shown to be adept at researching monsters quickly and being able to figure out what they are and even how to deal with them seems like a very fitting speciality for her which also helps her stand out a tad more amongst other holders of the Robin mantle.

Maps becoming some sort of monster hunter / occult detective seems like it would work great as a future direction for Maps, especially if she were to move on from Robin.

Hopefully this reoccurring skillset is a sign of things to come.

(Semi-related; but I kinda feel at least some of my complaints about Meridian would have been lessened had her time travel been magic-based rather than tech-based, but I digress and also don't want this post to turn into another "Prof Uber complains about Meridian.)

Tbh somewhat tempted to write a fanfic based on this developing concept of monster hunter / occult detective Maps. Perhaps teaming up with an Olive who has managed to gain control over her powers? Hm...

Maybe.

If I have the time/energy.

Regardless though, just thought these were some neat details worth sharing.

[abrakuxas]

Have been reading Batman/Batfamily books from the 70s up and I'm currently at New 52.

I hate most stuff but that are some gems:

S

- Batman and Robin is great most of the time, I cannot complain. The moments I thought were not very much in character ended up being my mistake and I've managed to understand them as genuinely good moments. The arc of Damian's death and Bruce's reaction to it is great and very consistent with how he reacted to Jason's death so many years ago.

- Gotham Academy is almost perfect. I've read the first 6 issues and all the kids are so much fun for me. I don't really agree with Bruce's writing on this first issues? I feel like he is written colder than he used to be written around children. I feel like the writer is doing it from a place of what Batman/Bruce's vibe is, not really from actual understanding of his character, but that's fine cause the protagonist is biased against him anyway, so I can excuse it as her perspective on him. I'm excited to see Dami in the school, I feel like Robin's school life is probably one of the best ideas ever, it worked for Tim Drake before and gothic academy is a great vibe for Damian.

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A

- Batwoman is also very nice. I think I could've put it in S tier but I've occasionally found myself a little bored by it or skipping something cause it wasn't very interesting to me. Mostly I think Kate Kane is a great character as she had been pre flashpoint and her book did not suffer much from this terrible change in direction. That said I don't care for Maggie Sawyer, I miss Montoya's Question and her dynamic with Kate. I wish Nocturna was better developed as a character as well, as I feel like conceptually she is a great foil for Kate. Alice and Red Alice were not to my taste. The idea and vibes are good but it sometimes feels like a Harley Quinn ripoff that's trying not to be that? Not a very consistent character and having read Alice in Wonderland I feel like this character deserved far better.

- Batman Inc. is... Complicated. I'll just come out here and say it: I do not enjoy Morrison's writing of Batman. I feel like their writing is sometimes TOO meta to a point where they are talking more about the real world IP Batman™ and not so much about Bruce as an actual character. Everything is a big metaphor to what every character represents in our world and not so much what they feel and think, which makes it feel like everything happens in a dreamlike world of concepts and commentary on comics. It's comics about comics and that's boring to me. It's not badly written, just not my cup of tea. That said, this second volume of Batman Inc. was so much fun and at the time it made me FEEL things, even if they were occasionally bad things. I do not like Morrison's treatment of Thalia at all, but overall I rather read a bold yet controversial book than any of the other VERY boring and safey books that make up Batfamily books up until now.

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B

- the Batman title was not as bad as it could've been. The New 52 is overall a terrible idea and I've seen lots of people say Batman comics got the better treatment out of it and oh boy, I'm so sad for the rest of DC cause most Batman comics S U C K... The Batman title though is mostly fine. Scott Snyder is a good writer. Am I fan of everything he did with this run? Not at all, but he was bold enough to create things, lots of concepts from his run are very very fun and deserve to be core concepts of Batman. It means a lot that the Court of Owls is that popular when the last big villain we got was probably what, Hush? And Court of Owls for all it's flaws is such a better story than Hush anyway. I enjoy a lot of the relationships and character writing here too.

That said, unfortunately, A LOT of the stories are kinda too similar to other stories and feel repetitive if you've read a lot of comics. I've SEEN "Batman disappeared and we're worried about him" just before Flashpoint, I don't need Bruce to be away in a maze (even though it's far better written than Batman RIP to my taste), same thing with Endgame... I've read Contagion and we don't really need ANOTHER pandemic in Gotham. But anyway, maybe that's a me problem more than it is the books problem. Snyder is very competent and his stories can be very very fun and even though not every idea works for me, at least he treats characters with respect and care.

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C

Nightwing is the reason I started reading comics back when I met him in the Starfire goes to the future episode of Teen Titans cartoons and he was THE COOLEST GUY EVER. That said WHY is it that everytime they decide to give him a solo book he is 100% solo? Dick Grayson's best traits comes from his relationship. His weird older-brother-turned-father relationship with Bruce, his guilt towards Jason's death, his situationship with Barbara, his brotherly relationship with Tim and Damian, ALL of his Titans relationships. That's Dick Grayson. So WHY is he solo dealing with "the circus you grew up with is actually EEEEEVILLL and your childhood besties (WHO???????) want to kill you"? It's not just bad and boring, it's a weird trend that has started back with Chuck Dixon's run on him. That's a celebrated run that I don't understand, it's kinda fun at best but alienating at worst, which is sad cause Dixon's Batman run is quite good for Batfamily and Dick Grayson in my opinion. Anyway, this book sucks, what's next?

- Grayson. It's not necessarily badly written but who are this people? Give him back his suit, give Helena Bertinelli her suit and put them back in Gotham. Fuck Spyral and all cops are bastards, moving on.

- Batwing: I don't care for David Zavimbe, but Luke Fox had very fun writing and high stakes, I really enjoy this character, I wish he had more time and a better name. I like the idea of rich family boy finds out the reason all this Bat kids work is that they have absolutely no one except other super heroes and doing this with an actual, functional family is so fucking harder. This is not in C cause it's boring, it just had no time to cook better stuff, but I had lots of fun.

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D

Detective Comics, Batman Eternal and Batman TDK have the same problem: they are not actual stories about actual characters they are excuses to keep an IP. It lacks personality, it lacks anything of interest, it's Batman living through an eternal hell of generic stories that take him nothing to nowhere, you lose nothing by skipping this, this is what people that don't read comics think comics are: nothing happens and every week Batman just fights a guy again.

Batgirl: Gail Simone can write the hell out of Barbara Gordon... As an adult woman.... In a wheelchair.... With the Birds of Prey.... Why is this 35 year old calling herself Batgirl again? Disgusting, ableist and very boring. And the ableism isn't JUST on Barbara, her Brother's treatment is honestly horrendous. And Batgirl of Burnside is not much better with her Oracle persona turning into an evil algorithm that she needs to talk down and destroy??? Fuck you, DC comics. I will not get into the weirdly transphobic story of a guy doing drag as Batgirl being treated as a monster and ridiculous. I will add though: if you really needed a college age Batgirl, you HAD Stephanie Brown AND Cassandra Cain. Oh wait, NO YOU DIDN'T, CAUSE YOU DISAPPEARED WITH THEM, RIGHT YOU MORONS???? I cannot believe how much better this could've been if we got roommate Cass and Steph as Batgirls attending college together and how their different personalities work off each other and in class. Also Barbara Gordon being 21 is probably the most ridiculous thing I've ever read.

Red Hood and the Outlaws: absolutely nothing of worth here except a couple of Jason x Bruce scenes, but barely. Lobdell can't write a villain to save his life and all the characters are just either thrown into the trash or we have Jason who is not necessarily thrown into the thrash but for some fucking reason has random mystic powers and training....? I don't know, I feel like it's the most convoluted type of story I've ever read, he was raised from the dead by the League of Assassins, WHY does he have to go away from them and then train with ANOTHER also league of also assassins? Lobdell is AI Writing before AI writing existed, it's insane.

I've also read Teen Titans and I uh... Rather not talk about.

[bayysart]

I’ll never finish this one because I gave up on it lol. But I wanted to share it anyways because Maps and Olive. I am Robin!Maps number one fan.

[emilyarmadillo]

Happy Gotham Academy 10 year anniversary!

October 1 2014

[damian-navarro-art]

MIA <3

[cinnaflurr]

another adorable gotham academy piece for @/wombatking :) this is one of my favorites j think maps and olive r so everything

i imagine damian and robin both signed the cast but theres too many signatures on the showing side LOL

[satoshy12]

Spy X Family, Danny Phantom, and DC Comics

Athanasia al Ghul x Danny

It had been a few years since Danny stopped doing hero work and worked for Amanda Waller. His ghost powers made him a good spy, and his pay is very high. It's plain cheating for him in the black ops.

Danny didn't have much of a problem with Mrs. Waller, as Clockwork would take him out if Amanda Waller tried to betray him.

He was sent with a new mission that would take longer in Gotham: finding a massive drug empire of the upper class. A mix of the drugs used by the villain in Gotham, find the formula, and destroy the empire.

To accomplish this he needed present the image of a happy family, Danny left with his adopted daughter/clone, Dani or Ellie, and over time dated and married a woman named Athanasia.

Unbeknown to Danny, Dani had gained a new power to read minds, and Athanasia is in fact a former assassin of the League of Assassins who left them after they thought she was dead. Ra knows she was alive, but her mother, Talia, and the rest thought she was dead.

Neither Danny nor Athanasia are aware of each other's true identities. As Athanasia worked to be a mother, Danny worked to find the drug empire. And Ellie is having fun at school with her new friends.

Danny and Athanasia had a good time and relationship with each other, and Danny could see a life with her. Even if dating a free-lance psychologist is a funny feeling for her.

Dani was having a good time at Gotham Academy. She befriended new friend and in such way made Danny meet the parent to find out if she befriended them. She got friends in Mia "Maps" Mizoguchi, Olive Silverlock, Jon Kent, and Damian Wayne.

Dani is pretty proud of Bruce Wayne; he is old money. If anyone knew about it or was part of it, this man or someone he knew was part of it.

[suleikazuleika]

Reading Gotham Academy and picking We Are Robin back up. (I got distracted by other fandoms for a bit.) I also recently finished Whistle.

Okay, DC Animation, I would kill for an anthology series à la Paranoia Agent focusing on Gotham's civilians. With the Bat family making cameos here and there.

It would be a great opportunity to adapt the extended family's origins (Duke, Stephanie, Cass), while also exploring the lives of those affected by the events in Gotham (Willow Zimmerman, Olive Silverlock).

Maybe an overarching plot is the Robin movement and ends with Duke becoming Signal?

A girl can dream, can't she?