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Headcanon that since Jason canât go out with his family publicly, what he does instead is show up in random disguises.
Bruce is chatting up some socialites at a gala, talking about the joys of fatherhood and how rewarding it is. Meanwhile he made eye contact with Jason disguised as a waiter twenty minutes ago, and is currently trying to stop his eye from twitching.
Dick is speaking to a third grade class as a part of the Bludhaven Police department outreach program, except when he walks in Jason is sitting behind the teachers desk, playing the role of substitute.
Babs canât help but stare when Jason hands her a coffee from behind the counter of her favorite coffee shop. (His name tag reads Peter, and for a second she thinks sheâs actually lost it).
Tim walks into Wayne Towers one day and on his way in, he waves to his secretary- lo and behold Marjorie has been replaced by Jason. It takes him three hours to notice.
Cass walks into ballet class to discover her teacher had to take a sick day- his replacement is Jason in a beret who talks in a terrible French accent the entire class, only to drop it at the very end to talk in a thick New Jersey accent. Her entire class talks about it for weeks.
Stephanie hails a cab on her way home one night, only to find Jason driving. Sheâs not sure how he pulled it off or how he got a cab, but her mind is effectively blown.
Duke is on a school trip to the natural history museum, and when the tour guide introduces himself, Duke canât help but role his eyes. Jason gives a surprisingly good tour, even throwing in some tidbits about a robbery that went down just last week that the Signal stopped.
Damianâs encounter happens when heâs with Jon in metropolis. Heâs watching Jon play baseball, and when Jon steps up to bat, he canât help but notice a the umpire looks a little familiar.
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I love my creature daughter
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Jason: What are you doing, tykes?
Duke: Writing letters to Santa. You know, Christmas is coming.
Stephanie: Awww, how cute!
Duke, nervous : Yeah... Something like that...
Damian, muttering as writes : My greetings to you Mr. Nicholas Claus, I'm writing this letter to let you know...
Damian: I've been naughty and it was worthy, you porky judgemental puritan bastard...
Damian: If you watched everything I did as the weirdo stalker they say you are, now you know what I'm capable of, so bring me everything I request in the list attached hereto or face the consequences...
Damian: Sign respectfully, your worst nightmare.
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Small scenario ask:
A kid version of Robin!Dick gets teleported into the present day of the DCU, in particular during one of those times that Batfamily are split up and at each otherâs throats with only Tim(my) and Alfred sort of trying to keep the peace.
They donât know heâs present until he jumps in from out of nowhere to help the Batfamily take on a Scarecrow attack.
How would they react to this tiny version of Dick and his more chipper and lively attitude especially once he starts asking Batman if these other guys around them are their allies or something?
OMG I AM SO EXCITEEDD!!
THE FUNNY THING IS IVE ACTUALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS TOPIC SEPARATELY IN MY HEAD!!
Not this exact scenario but just like how much Dick has changed over the years.
This is SUCH a good fanfic idea!!!
Okay so Dick would jumps into the future where the whole family is fighting and all of a sudden, a brightly colored boy just "POP"'s into the dark batcave.
Everyone at that point had been growling and snarling and screaming at each other over ethics and morals and course of action for a case that devolved into tearing at family lines and loyalties.
The tensions are high and no one is on anyone's side because as united as the batfamily is, they are just as divided.
They're seconds from coming to blows when - pop (goes the weasel. lol jk) - a 3 foot 2'' boy in the most canary yellow cape, scarlet vest, and emerald green scaled shorts blinks into existence.
The batfamily immediately goes for their weapons at the sound and most barely refrain from throwing them at the sight of a boy but some weapons slip out people's hands too fast for them stop.
They watch with their hearts in their throats and move as one to prevent it, their minds barely registering the sight in front of them, the only thought in their heads is - STOP! As if mere words could halt assailing weapons hurtling at breakneck speeds towards the child.
They've barely started moving when the small child - he couldn't have been taller than Batman's hip at the height he was - suddenly bounced on his right foot and used the moment to twirl horizontally in the air. The brilliant yellow cape swirled around his body as he turned, almost acting like a cocoon. The batarang sailed underneath their twirling body while two knives sliced the air harmlessly above him, all three weapons embedding themselves soundlessly into the cave walls behind him.
The batfamily makes an aborted move forward, halting in their tracks as the imminent danger passed and the walking traffic light of a child uses their split-second of decision to stop to take the time to gracefully land on his toes before flipping far out of reach. His back arched back into a perfect elegant little backflips which absolutely should not be possible or done so smoothly for a boy as young as he, but the kid manages anyway to land perched on a railing from the upper batcave level, looking down at them from his spot.
Duke glanced around to see if the rest of them had seen the same thing he did. Clearly not because Bruce, Tim, and Alfred looked like they'd seen a ghost. Jason and Damian looked grudgingly impressed. Steph looked openly impressed.
"So, weâve got surprise visitors, huh? Gee, swell! You folks friends of B? Wait a sec-that canât be right. B doesnât have any friends except for me!" The kid chirped - and Duke swore, honest to god, chirped - with a cheeky grin, hands on his hips like he'd just cracked the world's funniest joke.
Duke just stood there, mouth slightly open, like his soul had momentarily left his body. The kidâs mask squinted as if narrowing his eyes at Bruce.
Duke blinked hard. Am I hallucinating? Did I eat bad takeout? He thought.
Bruce, meanwhile, stood frozen, looking like he was wondering where in his life he went wrong.
âGee whiz, mister, I donât mean to jump to conclusions or nothinâ, but itâs kinda bad manners to go borrowinâ somebody elseâs clothes without asking first!â He gave Bruce an exaggerated once-over, the grin on his face making it clear he wasnât intimidated in the least. âI mean, that cape looks swell and all, but it isn't exactly screaming âyour size,â ya know?â
He tilted his head and piped up, âA friend of Catwomanâs?â His voice was light, full of curiosity and mischief.
Jason suddenly snorted. "A friend of Catwoman's, alright."
Cass gently smiled. Duke suspected she had known from the beginning who he was and thus had not moved a muscle during the chaos. Duke couldnât shake the feeling it wasnât because of uncertainty. Nope, Cass had known. She always knew.
He sighed internally. Why was he always the last to catch on to these Batfamily mysteries? On the other hand, maybe he should be grateful. He was still wiping off the remaining sludge off his suit from the last batfamily mayhap.
"Dick?" Bruceâs voice was raw, breaking apart as if it couldnât decide whether to hope or mourn. It was the sound of disbelief and desperate longing, the kind of ache you didnât just hearâyou felt it. Dukeâs chest tightened, a lump forming in his throat. He couldnât imagine what it must mean to Bruce, but the pain was so thick it was almost unbearable.
"Who are you, mister?" Dick - holy fuck that was Dick. Wait- Duke whipped his head around. Where was their Dick?!
Tim was looking a little peaky in Duke's opinion and that was saying something since the other guy always looked pale.
Bruce raised a shaking hand to his cowl, dragging it down the back of his head almost looking like he wanted to do anything but. "Bruce. It's me, Bruce."
"I know you're a guy who looks like Bruce, but you're not my Bruce."
If his kids' previous deaths hadn't killed Bruce, then that one single sentence did, Duke thought, watching the man.
He saw a flicker of something break inside Bruce. The hardened mask Bruce wore cracked, revealing the raw, vulnerable man beneath. It was like hearing the one thing he feared mostâthat he wasnât enough for themâand the way it pierced him was brutal. The light left Bruce's eyes for a moment, and Duke could almost feel the weight of that rejection.
It probably hurts to hear it from an 8 year old version of a person that adored you. Duke realized sadly. He wasn't there for Dick's childhood with the man - none of them were - but he was sure it wasn't called the Golden Ages by everyone for show by all those who had known them then.
"Wait, Alfred?" Dick asked, boring holes into the elderly butler.
So, he recognizes the same Alfred but not Bruce? Duke fought back a hysterical laugh. That's gotta sting. Sorry, man. Duke sent a silent prayer to the man who looked like he didn't know if he was going to start sobbing or glaring daggers.
Alfred cleared his throat, rather wetly in Duke's opinion. "Yes, son." He said and smiled warmly.
The boy gave a hoot of laughter that sent the bats in a flurry as he threw himself off the railing. Steph and Jason scrambled to catch him but mini-Dick (Duke was still half-panicking over where big-Dick went. Big-Dick. Haha) hopped onto Jason's shoulder used Stephanie's back as a personalized springboard and landed happily in Alfred's arms.
He hugged the man's neck like it was a plush toy and Alfred tightly held the boy with one arm under his thighs and the other around his waist.
Duke noted with no small amount of surprise that Dick perceptively didn't point of Alfred's suspiciously wet eyes and near-silent sniffling. It was damn loud for the cave though.
"Hey, did you whip up some cookies? I gotta say, that casseroleâs a real knock-out, and your filet mignon? Spot on! Say, after we chow down, how about a rousing game of badminton? Iâm on fire today! Letâs shake a leg, have some fun, and see whoâs got the best swing!"
"Of course, Master Dick." Alfred said and the two continued conversing as Alfred carried the boy up the stairs of the batcave.
"Say, did you get to the next chapter of Lady in the Lake? I gotta tell ya, there's something fishy goin' on there, like a real gumshoe mystery. I can smell a twist coming a mile away, like a crook with a bad alibi! Whaddya think? Thereâs more to this dame than meets the eye, I betcha!"
Dick's voice faded as the rest of them dumbfoundedly realized they needed to follow after the two of them. Except for Cass, of course, who was already tugging a stiff Stephanie along.
Duke couldnât help notice Tim. The guy was practically glowing in the corner like he was about to faint, his face flush with excitement. Duke knew all about Timâs obsession with GraysonâSteph had spilled enough gossip to fill a novel. Tim had ranted about Dick for years, quoting everything from his acrobatics to his smile. But now, seeing the younger version of Grayson in front of him? Tim was this close to passing out. His eyes were practically sparkles. If there were stars in the Batcave, they were all shining in Timâs eyes.
âTim, dude, you alright?â Duke teased, but Tim couldnât even form words. He just gave a thumbs-up so exaggerated it might as well have come with a marching band soundtrack.
Duke couldnât shake the feeling that Damian was acting a little⌠off. The usually fierce, unflappable kid was clearly trying to maintain his tough exterior, but Duke could see the subtle signs. The way Damianâs eyes flicked over to Dick with just a hint of nervousness, his stance rigid, like he was bracing for something, but not quite sure what.
"Is it just me, or is Dick an absurdly happy kid?" Duke suddenly spoke, thinking about Dick's demeanor. The older Dick Grayson was so strict and while he joked, there wasn't a free-hearted levity in him that his child version carried.
The kid had been practically shining, bouncing around the Batcave as if it were his personal playground. This was the same kid who had grown into the stoic, responsible, and sometimes brooding Nightwing. The difference was like night and day. Duke could see the weight of the years had changed him, and as he watched this boy, full of energy and warmth, he realized just how much had been lost. This wasn't the Dick they all knew. This was a Dick that had never seen the kind of pain that had hardened him into the man they looked up to.
It was a version of Dick they would never witness - laughing so freely, so full of life - one that was locked away in Bruce's heart, his memories paying tribute to their god-like figure he'd embellished of their brother.
It was a homage Bruce had unknowingly clung to and fed into, and a part of Duke wondered how much of this Dick, too, had buried inside himself.
Duke felt an ache in his bones, realizing just how much was buried under the weight of Dickâs current life. The boy before him was a ghost of the past that no one would ever get back.
Jason groaned. "One depressing revelation at a time, Duke." He stomped his way up the stairs followed by near swooning Tim, and an anxious Damian.
Bruce hadn't moved an inch. It was as if the air around him had thickened, suffocating both of them with tension. Bruce, usually so composed, was now locked in a frozen tableau of silent agony. His face was unreadable, but his eyes - Duke could see them - betrayed a terrible storm. Guilt, loss, and a deep, unspoken grief. The kind of grief that didnât make noise but settled in your bones and dragged you under.
But Duke was The Signal. He was the Light, that's what his emblem meant. While Bruce was drowning in his own anguish, Duke could not afford to drown with him. So he patted the man on the back and followed his brothers up the stairs, readying himself for more horrifying realizations about the loss of innocence and joy from their favorite brother.
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This feels correct. You see it in fics all the time. Anytime the batfamily is out of Gotham they are the most tight knit group and are terrifyingly good at their job. In Gotham when it's just the batfam? They are constantly arguing and messing with each other and it drives Bruce insane (which is half the fun of it). They are *family* when it's just them rather than ruthlessly efficient allies/coworkers
Love the idea of the Batfamily showing a serious, united front whenever theyâre working with the Justice League (i.e., obeying Bruceâs orders without question or defaulting to Dickâs authority, following Bruceâs comm protocol, upholding expected field etiquette, coordinating with one another with terrifying efficiency, and generally just not fucking around), but then the minute they get back to the Cave they immediately start to throw hands over who gets to use the PS5.
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#tiktok memes#memes#character analysis#dc comics#dc#comics#comic books#batfam#batkids#batfamily#damian wayne#robin#damian al ghul wayne#jason todd#red hood#robin jason todd#stephanie brown#the spoiler#robin stephanie brown#batgirl#duke thomas#the signal#signal#comic characters#dc characters#batman characters#robins#my edits
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Dick: Which one of you was goin to tell me tea tastes different if you put it in HOT water?
Bruce: You're puttin it in cold water?!
Damian: Grayson. Answer the question, Grayson!!
Dick: Yea, I thought for like five years that people just put it in hot water to speed up the â¨Teaification Processâ¨
Dick: Didn't realise there was an actual reason.
Tim: You don't have the patience to microwave water for three minutes?!
Jason: Why are you puttin it in the microwave to boil it???
Tim: Do you think I have the patience to boil water on a stove?!
Jason: It takes less than a minute!!
Tim: Jason, is your stove powered by the fuckin sun?!
Jason: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BOIL A CUP OF WATER ON THE STOVE?!
Tim: LIKE SEVEN MINUTES!
Jason: Just stick the mug on top of the stove on medium heat. And it boils in like two minutes. Less than that and you use a saucepan.
Tim: You're puttin the whole mug on the stove on medium heat?! YOUR STOVE IS ENCHANTED!!!
Duke: Every single person in this place is a fuckin lunatic.
Alfred: DO NONE OF YOU OWN A FUCKIN KETTLE?!
#Source: ???#Dick is that uncultured & doesn't understand the awesomeness in hot tea. Tim and Jason are fuckin chaotic especially when Tim NEVER SLEEPS#dc#dc characters#batfamily#jason todd#red hood#Dick Grayson#Nightwing#Tim Drake#Red Robin#Damian Wayne#Robin#Duke Thomas#The Signal#Bruce Wayne#Batman#Alfred Pennyworth#batboys#batdad#incorrect quotes#incorrect dc quotes#incorrect batfamily quotes#bat family#batfam
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More reality TV show of the bat-family:
Dick: âmy least favourite sibling?â *thinkingâŚ* âprobably Jase since he put a firecracker in my motorcycle engineâ
Jason: âYou, Steph. Because youâre making me do this you little-â
Stephanie: âTim since he wonât tell me where he hid the waffles!â
Cass: ââŚâ
Duke: âIâŚhavenât been here long enough to answer that.â
Damian: âDrake.â
Tim: âwait, let me get my likability points chart-â
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Duke Thomas is a Barb.
#dc#duke thomas#jason todd#the signal#red hood#the pink print is his favorite album#specifically Want sum mo
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I drew the bat family
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Even more of my personal favorite panels from s2 of Batman: Wayne Family Adventures
#batman wayne family adventures#wayne family adventures#bruce wayne#batman#dick grayson#nightwing#jason todd#red hood#tim drake#red robin#damian wayne al ghul#damian wayne#damian al ghul#stephanie brown#the spoiler#cassandra cain#the orphan#barbara gordon#the oracle#duke thomas#the signal#roy harper#arsenal#bitewing#alfred pennyworth#alfred the cat#dc#dc comics#comics#batfam
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Damian walks up for the first time in his brand new school , his teacher by his side, he watches the other children playing. They run after each other and grab shoulders and arms.
"ADOPTED !" Yells one boy.
Quite suprised, Damian asks:
"What are they playing ?"
The teacher cringes hard but finds no good way to say it.
"Ehm....Bruce Wayne and the orphans...?"
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I can finally format replies properly :D
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