#The Vigilantes Begin

[kwebtv]

From the Golden Age of Television

Series Premiere

The Californians - The Vigilantes Begin - NBC - September 24, 1957

Western

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan

Produced by Robert F. Sisk

Directed by Hollingsworth Morse

Stars:

Adam Kennedy as Dion Patrick

 Sean McClory as Jock McGivern

Nan Leslie as Martha McGivern

Alan Napier as Alfred Perkins

Stuart Randall as Andrews

James Griffith as Weasel

Michael Emmet as Sailor

Russ Bender  as Prospector

Damian O'Flynn as Police Chief

Charles Evans as Pelham

Harry Lauter as Gang Member

[captainadwen]

Damian Wayne vs the World

Sixteen year old Damian Wayne is on the hunt for a younger sibling. Being more discerning than Bruce 'child collector' Wayne, Damian's firm criteria for Batman's latest adoption problem includes but is not limited to: black haired, blue-eyed, tolerable humor, not evil, and most importantly - younger than Damian.

Lucky for him, fourteen year old newbie vigilante Danny Fenton is the perfect fit. Now, to fulfill his end of their deal, Damian must defeat the evil government organization hunting Danny in order to gain a baby brother.

Or, @livinghalfway your post made my brain go !! but in such a different way I figured it was better to make a separate post, hope you don't mind/enjoy still

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Damian Wayne re-entered Tim Drake's life like a gnat revealing itself in a closed bedroom space. Tim was in t-shirt and a boxers, maneuvering ramen into his mouth with one hand and scribbling out an epiphany on a murder case with another, when Damian's demonic dulcet voice echoed down from the ceiling. "Drake," said Damian, judgemental, "You live like this?"

Tim nearly choked on his ramen, because the day Damian doesn't attempt to murder him - however doubtfully accidental this incident might be - is the day Darkseid decides to be friends with the Justice League. "Fucking knock," Tim coughed out. "And get out. No one invited you in."

"Put better traps if you don't want me here," said Damian, dropping from the ceiling where he'd crawled in on wall-clamps.

"This is my apartment," said Tim. "It's called courtesy."

Damian sniffed. He padded around to Tim's desk and frowns at his cases, then said, with no further lead up, "I need your assistance."

"No," said Tim.

"You did not even listen to my request."

"Don't need to," said Tim. "Answer's still no. Door is that way. Bye."

"Father says mutually assisting each other is beneficial," said Damian.

"Father," said Tim sarcastically, "blamed me for you exploding a glitter bomb in the batcave two weeks ago."

"That is your fault for not being able to provide evidence to the contrary in an appropriately efficient manner," said Damian. He squinted down at Tim. "And he apologized. Eventually."

"I would not have glittered the batcomputer," said Tim. "Do you know how much of a pain in the ass it is to backup those servers? No, because you don't like tech work, you just profit off it."

"Blaming me for Father's mistake," said Damian, "Most mature of you. But we must put our differences aside. I have selected a new family member and I need you to dismantle a government organization."

That drew Tim up short. He blinked down at his ramen as though it might explain Damian's words to him, but the ramen remained disappointingly uninformative. "Repeat that," said Tim, gesturing with his chopsticks. "Slower, and with more detail."

Damian pulled out his phone and sent him an email. Silence surrounded them in the brief moment it took Tim to set aside his chopsticks and open the email. The subject line was titled 'New Baby Brother', which birthed all sorts of horrifying nightmares of Damian Part 2: Demon Child Boogaloo. The teen in the inserted picture, however, was reassuringly not in possession of Damian's bone structure.

He did have black hair and blue eyes. "Who am I looking at?" asked Tim.

"Daniel Fenton," said Damian. "He is fourteen years old, enjoys puns, and has recently awakened 'ghost powers' that allow him to transform into the vigilante Phantom to fight other ghosts."

"Is he also an orphan with a tragic backstory?"

"No," said Damian, and Tim relaxed. "But that will not be an issue. We can share custody if they cannot be removed from the picture."

"Jesus H, kid."

"I am joking, of course," said Damian blandly. "Murder is wrong."

"Ha ha," said Tim. "If he has parents already he's not joining our menagerie."

"He will," said Damian, with a smug upwards tilt of his lips. "He and I have a deal."

"So you're coercing him in addition to stalking him. Anything else you want to share with the class?"

Damian considered this query with a serious frown, which was how Tim knew this was not a flight of fancy or a very early midlife crisis (although with their lifestyle and Damian already having died before...).

"He has," said Damian after a moment, "a rogue that calls himself 'The Master of all Technology' and is a technopath." This was clearly meant to be of interest to Tim, and not to be a stereotype, but it kind of was.

"Great." Tim turned his attention back to the email the demon child sent him. He scanned through it quickly. There was apparently a secret and evil government organization dedicated to the investigation and extermination of 'ghosts' and other paranormal creatures in the world. Their latest efforts were focused on the town of Amity Park, Illinois, which was 'infested with ectoplasmic pests'. Their words, not Damian's. (It was specified in the email.)

"Okay," Tim drummed his fingers against his desk. "Before I help you defeat this secret evil government organization so that," he opened the email attachment with a contract on it and squinted at the legalese, "this poor newbie teen you've harassed into signing this joins the family in exchange."

"I did not harass him," Damian huffed. "It was a gentleman's agreement."

"Does he know that?"

"I am not a politician, Drake. I thoroughly explained the terms and legalities before presenting any contract. Now ask your question."

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because," said Damian, tone implying 'you are stupid and haven't noticed something obvious, idiot'. "Father has begun saying he misses the noise around the manor and looking wistfully at old pictures."

"We still live there though?" said Tim. Damian looked flatly at him. "Sometimes."

"If you lived there frequently enough," said Damian, "you would already know Father is having...empty nest syndrome." Damian sounded disgusted. "I refuse to tolerate whatever inadequate and incompetent child he will find."

"So instead you found an incompetent and inadequate child for him?"

"Don't be stupid, Drake," said Damian. "I would not have chosen someone inadequate. Daniel is merely lacking formal training. Father can rectify this. It will keep him occupied for at least the next two to four years, which gives me enough time to find another black-haired, blue-eyed, tolerable child I approve of to be his successor and my second younger sibling." Damian paused. "Or until one of you procreates and gives him a grandchild."

"You're really serious about this," Tim whispered in horrified awe.

"I am serious about everything I do," said Damian. "Now, you will help me defeat this evil government organization so that our new sibling joins us."

"Okay," said Tim, but his mind snagged on a minor, throwaway detail, so utterly in odds with Damian 'Demonic Jealous Child' Al Ghul it surely came from another person - "Did you just call this kid your successor?"

[andstuffsketches]

Maybe not Impulse, But I think she would date Cissie

a glimpse into a possible future....

[regonold]

So danny's heart stops when he sleeps it's annoying but thanks to the ecto in his veigns ot doen't really caus any problems

Unfortunatly it also stops when he's more forceably knocked uncosnious like say a punch to the face from a vigilantes when he was going up to let them know what was happening with amity park

Now the said vigilante is panicing thinking they just somehow punched kid to death now

[mamawasatesttube]

peak timsteph to me is like, some situation where they are in the heights of their divorce era, but something happens that gets steph real rattled, and tim doesn't want to comfort her himself but he doesn't want her to be completely alone with it either. so she hears a knock at the door and opens it to find a plate full of steaming hot mashed potatoes. he's nowhere to be found but she knows no one else would've known what her number one comfort food is. the presence of the potatoes means something. so does his absence. who else knows her like he does? it haunts her every time she sees the scars on the nape of his neck. (not that she sees those often. there's a reason he keeps the cowl up and his hair long, these days.)

[ssmashley]

Okay but I fear tododeku don’t know what casual is. Like was it casual when Izuku used OFA at 100% (which breaks all the bones in his arms) MULTIPLE times in order to save the guy who declared war and swore he’d beat him?? Was it casual when Shoto dropped EVERYTHING during a villain attack in order to make sure izuku was safe?? Was it casual when Izuku was the one who made Shoto realize it’s his quirk?? Was it casual when Shoto immediately knew izuku was innocent when he was framed for murder and helped him escape from the police??

Was it casual when they both saved each other at their lowest💔

[littlefankingdom]

Dick: The Titans don't want me to be their leader. :(

Bruce *who already has put in the Justice League plans and systems that if anything happens to him, Dick becomes the leader, even tho Batman isn't the unique leader of the JL*: Making mistakes is an important part of growing up.

[half-shadowgalra]

Hot Take

(I have no clue if this is or isnt a hot take considering I have never seen this take been made before)

Bianca di Angelo would find her hot

[mariocki]

Il cittadino si ribella (Street Law, 1974)

"If citizens start taking the law into their own hands, who will distinguish honest people from dishonest ones?"

[turndon100-blog]

I had been underestimating few recent kdramas/movies and was proved wrong when I watched all of these now lol

The story, the acting and everything was so engaging. Kinda got obsessed with the shows and ended up binge watching them.

ugh why didn't I watch them before?! Are we getting a season 2? When are we getting them because I can't wait to see more out of it 😪

What more dramas/movies am I missing out on?

[theinfinitedivides]

sneaking into a stadium during an EDM festival with your boyfriend to throw off the f*ckers that are trying to kill you: 10/10, perfect date night, said boyfriend is having the time of his life

your best friend/academy boyfriend following you into the stadium during the festival bc his gut knows what you're up to but he still wants to make sure to confirm: 0/10, evacuate that gay immediately he's going to get himself f*cking killed

[bizlybebo]

ok goodnight for real 🤞

[starrycomics]

I know Jack Drake is Public Enemy Number One in most Batfamily fandom circles, and obviously he’s not winning any dad of the year titles anytime soon, but -

The more I sit with it, the more Jack Drake’s response to Tim being Robin (making him give up the mantle and focus on school) is actually very reasonable and one of the best parenting moves he ever makes

As comic readers we’re naturally drawn into the superhero POV, meaning we witness (and implicitly agree with) their moral logic, in this case that it is ethical to train a teenage boy and allow him to illegally fight crime. I’ve talked about it before how we can talk about whether Bruce training the Robins is an act of harm reduction or actual harm, but when you step outside of the vigilante world view, getting a 15 year old to take down violent murderers with you is objectively bad! Jack has a duty of care over Tim and would absolutely be a bad parent for willingly letting it continue!

[bowsnbots]

Been a minute, hasn't it?

The Vigilante hasn't dealt with the fallout of all of that the same way seemingly everyone else has. When the dust settled, and he was allowed to go back to Fun Farm, he just... did. The worst of it was getting the grenade launcher back from Mort, a tug-of-war match that the barn hasn't yet recovered from.

At least it wasn't where he was keeping the Weenie Mounts. He would've found a way to blame Omino for that.

...Actually, speaking of the little twerp, he's been on the mind. Vigi doesn't have a lot of people to talk to on Fun Farm, and even less who will actually respond. Lots of time to let your mind wander, get stuck on a little incident you got way too attached to, get really pissed off about said incident again.

"Mort, yer in charge."

He's nearly certain he actually talked to Omino recently. That Man he received an anonymous, definitely verified tip about. The bastard was playing dumb, but he knows better! They have, like. Similar hair. Basically means they're the same guy. And if anybody brings up the whole 'Vigi Without His Hat' thing Pap pulled, they'll be next on the list.

"...Mm, maybe m'grandpappy should run the farm again."

Said idly to Mort, who is definitely paying attention, while building up his arsenal. Weapons bigger than The Vigilante himself being shoved into the hammerspace that is his face as he gets ready for the hunt.

...Doesn't look like John's ghost wants to run the farm. Mort it is.

Finally, a revolver is pulled, and stashed in the holster slung around his waist. Which then instantly disappears into the hammerspace, which you shouldn't worry about. The Vigilante stretches his arms forward, lacing his fingers together and cracking his knuckles, somehow quite loudly, before he turns his gaze to the gates to Fun Farm.

He'll find Omino, and make that bastard pay for, uh... hang on, let him think.

...The Weenie Mount! The retired one! His march for the gate is quick and methodical. Outlaw, beware...

...Or, uh, Mii who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, beware. Whichever comes first.

[torgawl]

just remembered diluc and crepus' names mean dawn and dusk respectively... biting my fist

[brokenmagxc]

x. you know what i am really craving right now ?? x. cop partners / superheroes / crime fighting duo to lovers plotline.