#alfred loves his emo son

[the-fyre-flie]

Child Prodigy Figure Skater Bruce Wayne AU for my soul

He's *so* aggressive on the ice that it's like legit concerning that anyone let him wear knife shoes. If you've seen Yuri On Ice, he's Yurio but much much MUCH worse. Less trash talk, more staging you up so hard he doesn't *need* to trash talk you to ruin your confidence and make you flub. He's an all black fit kinda guy, as clean as possible, with very little flashy-ness despite the sport. He's hypercompenative as a coping mechanism, and if he doesn't win gold, he often sulks. He ages out of the sport at like 22, 23, and just moves on. Forgets about it. Becomes Batman and does not bother engaging in the fact that he was a world champion at one point.

The batfam finds out and are like "dude why the hell did you hide this??" and he's like "I didn't? Not talking about it doesn't mean I'm hiding it."

Alfred still has all his old costumes and metals and even recordings of Bruce's competitions <3 he cherishes them deeply because that was probably the last healthy outlet Bruce had before becoming Batman.

[rainbowfish3iswriting]

what would the family react if Peter have a symbiote suit?

Oooh this is a good question.

First reactions to the symbiote suit would be surprise and somewhat worried.

Surprise that Peter would go from his bright red and blue suit to a black with some white accents suit. The worry comes in when they wonder why Peter would make a dramatic change. When questioned about it, Peter shrugs and says he wants to match with the rest of the families dark appearance. (This makes Duke sad that he’s now the only brightly colored vilgilante in the family.)

No one really questions on how Peter got the suit. Turns out, the kid has a hidden talent in designing and making suits. With Alfred’s guidance, Peter mastered sewing, pattern making, anything else you would need to make garments.

So the families assumes he made the suit in his spare time.

Jason and Steph love the new look. Cass is suspicious because she knows her Nephew is hiding something, but she can’t pin point what he’s hiding.

Dick is worried. He believes his son is finally going through his emo phase.

As a little bit of time goes by, the family begins to notice a change in Peter’s behavior. It started with small stuff, being more snarky in conversations, is easily annoyed if you just glance at him, mood swings. Dick just chalks it up that his son is going through puberty.

Then it gets worse, Peter’s grades decline, he’s skipping classes. When he’s out on patrol, he’s reckless and aggressive. Peter’s usual light hearted quips during altercation are full blown insults, he actually made Condiment King cry how badly the insults were. Peter before was always careful about his strength, holding back as necessary. He’s breaking petty thieves bones, most of the time he’s shattering them. He’s putting himself in more danger than usual.

Peter has been benched. They have the manor on full lock down. The kid is seething with anger by this. The family is really concern. Peter starts screaming and yelling at everyone.

Dick is on the verge of tears, because what happened to his sweet polite baby.

The breaking point is when Peter snaps at Alfred.

Nobody disrespects Alfred.

Jason is the one to get stern with Peter, he has never raised his voice at his nephew. This kid needs to be put back in his place. He grabs Peter by the back of his shirt, that’s when his suit comes on. They all noticed how it crawled, slithered the boy’s body to cover him.

They found the cause for Peter’s behavior.

His new suit is alive.

That’s it. I got nothing else. You can add something in if you want.

[blog-moved-lol]

Some of my Thoughts About Batman: The Animated Series as Someone Who Knows Very Little About Batman Lore (PART 1)

(This is just the first three episodes because it's late and I'm tired and I'd like to go to bed now lol)

•Bangin intro has me very hyped

•Police blimps

•"No one is taking a vigilante force onto my streets." Commissioner Gordon.. Wtf do you think Batman is-? Do you know who Batman is at this point in the series?

•Gotham citizens have a hard time telling the difference between an emo and an actual anthropomorphic bat despite the fact that they look nothing alike

•ALFRED IS HERE AND THAT MAKES ME HAPPY BECAUSE HE'S REALLY COOL •HE'S A SARCASTIC KING AND I LOVE HIM •We have the same sense of humor frfr

•Batman really likes using smoke bombs

•From reading the episode descriptions, and from watching this first episode, it seems like a lot of these villains are just drug addicts- •Drug addicts who really like bats, in this case

•The anthropomorphic bat was a doctor's fursona all along •There's a ridiculous amount of furries in Gotham

•They really like breaking windows. This is only the first episode and like.. Three windows have been broken already

•Christmas tree rockets

•ROBIN SPOTTED •WHICH ROBIN IS THIS •I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM •Whichever Robin it is has sass, but I think all of them do •"Well ba-humbug to you too 😒" - Robin •THEY'RE WATCHING MOVIES AND EATING DINNER TOGETHER ON CHRISTMAS THIS IS A CUTE FAMILY MOMENT ASJSHAHSJAK •Unfortunately the Joker is here to mess that up tho T-T

•"Looks like I'll have to teach daddy some manners.." Uhhh, Joker..? 💀

•Look at this lovely father & son Christmas bonding, saving people and getting shot at with canons 💕

•I feel like the Joker having turrets shaped like him is really on brand somehow, despite knowing little to nothing about the Joker's said brand

•BETTY BOOP? •BETTY BOOP IS GOING TO MURDER US ALL

•Batman just has a freaking baseball bat 😭🖐 •"They don't call you Bat-man for nothing! 😀" - Robin

•According to the five minutes of research I just did, I think this Robin is Dick Grayson which is, according to the longer then five minutes of research I did last night, the OG (AKA the first) Robin.. So before Bruce's orphan addiction fully formed, I suppose?

•What did Bruce do to you, doctor guy- •This doctor is, like, really passive aggressive ;-; •Also kind of rude of him to just spout nonsense about Bruce's father and Bruce's father's death as if that wasn't an incredibly traumatizing experience for Bruce lmao •BRUCE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO BE DEPRESSED ABOUT IT BECAUSE SCARECROW IS HERE AND HE HAS A GUN- •The villains in this series are kinda obsessed with guns just as much as they're obsessed with drugs

•So Scarecrow takes the "Scare" part of his name literally and makes people hallucinate their fears? •Damn Bruce, dealing with some trauma right now?? 😭😭 I feel like a lot of characters with parent problems (whether those parents are dead or not) have visions and dreams of their parents being like "you suck lmao" to them

•Commissioner Gordon does, in fact know who Batman is right now, so wtf was he talking about earlier with the whole "no vigilantes" thing -_-

•yeah I'd probably call someone a lunatic if they kidnapped people and performed human experimentation too, scarecrow

•Guys I think Bruce needs to go to therapy (again? Has he already been before?) because he's having- like- a panic attack over this Scarecrow guy and his parents and all that.. •I mean my mans hands are SHAKING and his visions going all blurry •YEAH YOU TELL HIM ALFRED, GIVE HIM THOSE POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS AND FEED HIM SOUP ALL RIGHT

•Bruce literally can not catch a break in this episode he went from having panic attacks because of the fear toxin to just.. Getting beat up by random, also fear gassed people 😔

•They like blimps a lot

•Just broke another window

•Tiny plane that looks like it's made out of cardboard

•They also like explosions a lot

•Why's this Jonathan Crane guy so scared of bats •He also has elf ears lol

•Thomas and Martha Wayne? Bruce's parents names acquired

•(This version of)Bruce looks stupid in sunglasses

[hanahaki-disease]

Beyond the Farthest Reaches

Hell or High Water - Percy Jackson/DC crossover

“Power Up Unlocked!”

Opportunities always arrive at the most inconvenient time. Annoying, isn’t it?

Set shortly before “Eternity will bring You near”

Note: I figured you all needed something lighthearted, so here’s Nico

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“Woah.” Percy’s head snapped to the voice behind him, eyes wide and panicked. It wasn’t that he didn’t know who they were, no, but it was that that voice shouldn’t be heard here.

“Nico?” He looked the batcomputer and nearly sprinted to the son of Hades trying to face him away from the cave. “What are you doing here? How did you find here?!”

“Where is here? This place is so cool!” Nico slipped out of his grasp, stumbled at little because he had just shadowed traveled, before running amok in the cave. It made Percy’s heart squeeze watching him gasp in awe and question everything, bringing back the memories of a younger version of him. He wondered if Nico would have stayed that awe-struck and wide-eyed had Bianca survived?

He might’ve become a little bitter towards the hunters, his sister especially, but Percy knows he would’ve followed him like a puppy ever since. He most likely would have wanted to go with Percy at the end of the summers, follow him all the way to Gotham. And knowing Bruce, he would’ve taken Nico in, since he can’t help himself when it comes to an orphan in need. He would be confused and concerned why he doesn’t legally exist, but Bruce has recourses to change that.

“Nico! Get down from the dinosaur!” Percy climbed up to the trophy area, hands on his hips like an angered parent. A part of him wondered if this was how Bruce sounded when he first brought Dick into the cave. Did they have the dinosaur at that time? Because it was here when Jason and Percy got here, so maybe it was brought in while Dick was still Robin.

Carefully, Nico slid down the spine of the statue, eyes still taking everything in. But Percy was quick to grab his attention, “Why are you here?”

“Huh? Oh, right,” Nico snapped back into the broody, more serious persona he adopted this past year. “I know how you can go against Kronos without dying.”

“What? How?” Percy said. “No, no, y’know what. We’re takin’ this conversation upstairs.”

“Upstairs? There’s an upstairs?” Nico followed him out the cave, and once again, just like last year, his mouth never stopped asking questions. Thought this time, it was aimed more towards Percy himself and not at the demigod world in general. “Where are we, Percy? Who exactly are you? You’ve told the whole camp that you live in New York with your mom, that you didn’t have anyone else, that—”

“Ah, Master Percy.” He felt Nico bump into his back at the sudden stop. “I wasn’t aware you were having a guest over. This late at night as well.”

“Sorry, Alfred,” he said. “It was a…surprise visit.” Nico’s cheeks dusted with pink at the call out and under Percy’s stare.

“I see.” Percy couldn’t stay mad at Nico, and he was entitled to the questions he has about him. Afterall, he has been lying to nearly the whole camp, except for Annabeth, for years. And Annabeth didn’t even know about the other side to his life. “Well, I shall prepare some tea while the two of you converse. The sitting room is free, and I expect you be sharing whatever information the young lad has with Master Bruce.”

“Yes, I will,” Percy said. “And thank you.”

They stood in the hall for a few seconds longer, watching Alfred disappear down the stairs. Nico tuned to him, “Who was that?”

“My butler.”

“You have a butler?!”

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11-year old Nico, though emo and edgy, would still absolutely love the batcave

Masterlist | Series Masterlist

[nevereverthem]

Gotham : Season 1 Episode 3

Earlier than I thought, here I am watching the third episode of the show.

Honestly, I can't wait to see what happens with Oswald because dude kidnapped a guy to ask for ransom... that he did not get. 🤣😭 I'm still not over the mother not believing it AT ALL.

My silly little crush wants to see Alfred so much! 🙄 I'm also all for having Brucey in his emo phase as I like to call it. I know that's not it, but just the 10 seconds frame of Bruce listening to metal-ish singers while doodling on a piece of paper was 🤌.

Selina is going to save her ass, but that sucks for the other kids though! She is one of the main characters, of course, but the other kids got their ass sent upstate! Don't you forget about that. 🥲

Anyway, here we go.

"There's a war coming..." Aaaaahhhhh! Honestly, starting the episode with Oswald's voice as a 'previously in Gotham' sort of thing, warms my heart. 😌

Gotham's streets... A bus... Oswald Cobblepot in a freaking pullover! Man is gonna be wearing a suit most of the time in the future. Let's enjoy these precious moments of him in casual clothing. 😌 The SMUDGE BLACK MAKEUP!! I know the man's got dark undereyes from exhaustion, but still.

Dude sees : Kids stealing a wallet from someone's back pocket. A cop taking money from an old asian guy. A man stealing a woman's bag. Prostitutes proposing their services to a person in a car... And all that Oswald is thinking is "home, sweet home". 🤣🤣😭😭

Okay, the story starting with a rich guy (Ronald Danzer) who did some shit. He's out on bail and plans on paying for his freedom and sneaking out to escape any problems. Like dude! That is sadly a great representation of how it works in real life too... 🙃

Balloons! And did you see that pig mask!? Foreshadowing I guess!? 😏

Oh MY! Cuffed to a balloon and being pulled up in the air!? That's so cool & terrifying at the same time. 😱

💥 INTRO TITLE 💥

Not the same punch as Oswald stabbing someone in the neck, but we'll settle for it.

Jim! 😍

"No body. We're calling it a murder?" I mean... If the guy went up until there was no oxygen available and died... I suppose it is. 🤷‍♀️ We'll see. Or, if he went that far up and then fell... He probably died from the fall... somewhere. So, it would be a murder.

For once, agreeing with Harvey. The man kinda got "what he deserved". I mean... It's a bit strong... But he probably ruined lots of people's lives so...

Bill Cranston... Switches so fast to being angry to having a hypocritical smile on his face... Dude. X) Okay, so the guy does interviews by beating people down with a little statue? I... 🙃

Hey, that's what I said! Two people killed themselves because Ronald Danzer ruined them...

Oh! Jim bringing up the Mario Pepper case! Ah!

Selina! 😌

Did she really steal Harvey's PEN!? 🤣🤣

Selina "I can see in the dark" Kyle. x) Kitty cat Kat

I don't know why, but Jim and Selina facing eachother with both hands on their own hips just makes me laugh. x)

Selina cuffed to a staircase. Legit... She's using the pen she stole to free herself from the cuffs? Damn! Plus, payoff!

Jim in the sewer. Yuk! Shoes in dirty water.

"Son of a bitch! She was telling the truth." 🤣 (Reminds me of Dean from Supernatural iykyk)

"Oh, Detective!" in Selina's sing-song voice. 🤣🤣 How she throws him back the cuffs in the sewer!

Jim's groan of frustration. 🙄

Fish! Oh no, Lazlo got beaten hard damn. 😮

Fish directly telling Montoya and Allen that Jim killed Oswald. Bitch! 🤣🤣 I mean, great move though. That's technically what happened, although he didn't actually do it. I love when the 'bad guys' tell the truth and it does serve their interests.

"Jim Gordon pulled the trigger, but who gave the order?" Yeay! Mama tryna bring Falcone down!!

"I just want justice for little Oswald." 🤣🤣 I would believe the earth is flat more than that blatant lie! 🤣🤣

Speak of the devil... 🙄

Oswald counting coins... What did he do with the guy he kidnapped? For real, are we ever gonna know? I suppose he killed him, but I would like to get some real answers. 😅

Pocket knife. 😭😭 For food at least...

"Hey, Cobblepot! You're supposed to be dead." Fuck! I wasn't expecting that.

"I'm afraid you have me confused. My name is Dimitri-" Still, the way he talks... 🥵 Plus, did he try to pull off a fake accent? x)

Oh no! Each time Oswald pleads not to be killed is... 😮

"I couldn't stay away. Gotham is my home. It's my destiny. You don't see what's coming. I do. Gotham needs me. I'm its future." Dude sounds like a cult prophet. 🤣😭 He's right though. Foreshadowing at its MAX. x)

Ouch! Achilles tendon! 😮 Killed. By the way, how Oswald manages to get rid of guys who should have physical dominance over him always impresses me.

His teeny-tiny walk! 🐧

"Can I have a tuna sandwich please?" Aw, he can be so soft... when he's been so violent ten seconds before. Bro! 🙃 I love the callback to episode 1. The first time he slits the throat of a stranger to steal his sandwich. The second time, he kills a bad guy, takes his money and actually buys the sandwich. 😌 Can someone draw Ozzie eating a tuna sandwich? 🥹 I just love seeing characters do every day activities. 😌

Waynes' manor! 😍 Okay, I might just like little Brucey ☺️ and crush hard on Alfred. 🙄

Alfred teaching Bruce fencing? Aaww.

"En garde." Aaaahhhh! I know it's the actual term for the sport practice, but each time a character says a french word, I just melt! 🫠 I am french, so just hearing my language makes me somehow proud! And boy... I'm wet. 🤣🤣 Kidding, alright. But it's AWESOME!! Plus, that's Alfred who says it. 🙄🥰

And how is the actor so good at manipulating that cane (used as a replacement for the foil)!? I'm so impressed!

By the way, that scene must have been so much fun for Bruce's actor at the time. 😌

Alfred apologizing to the armor he accidentally hit. 🤣

*Alfred hitting Bruce on the thigh or butt, not sure* "That's gotta hurt." BITCH. 🤣🤣

How did Bruce got the police file of his parents' murder? Okay, he said it wasn't hard. I suppose he just payed them. But how? I don't know if he has access to his money on his own. He's 11. Doesn't he have to get Alfred's authorization or something because he is his legal guardian? Anyway. 🙄

Bruce "If I find a clue, I am" Wayne. 🥲

Jim scrapping mud from his shoes with a paper knife? x)

Montaya straight up asking Jim about him killing Oswald. Not wasting time with innuendos. Effective.

"I didn't kill him." Which is the ACTUAL TRUTH! That's the best part. x) He is both praised and condemned for something that he did not do! I like that SO MUCH! x)

Oswald searching for a job.

"You don't even have the right shoes." Him directly looking down behind at one of the staff's shoes and grinning evilly... Is he planning on killing for SHOES now!? 🙃🙃

By the way "Here, you're on your feet all day." Me, thinking about his bad leg. 🥲

Jim and Harvey arguing about the whole situation of the Waynes' murder...

"For the last time Gordon, let it go."

"Or what? Am I gonna be the next person taken out to the pier to get a bullet in the head?"

AH! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

OSWALD!! You actually really... The shoes. 😭😭

"What size are your shoes?" Blabla "What a coincidence!" 😭😭 His laugh. 😭😭

I CANNOT.

That reinforces the feeling that I have about the fisherman's sandwich scene... That was not Oswald's first murder... Surely not... And if it was... Dude's taking a long way down... 😭🙃

Right now, I'm just thinking about Oswald telling his story to Edward, like the very first steps he took into his villain career... That would be something. 🤣😭

The interview.

Oh, 4 balloons... Who are gonna be the three other supposed-to-be victims then? 🤔

"47$?" - "You're a disgrace to drug dealers." Okay, chuckled a bit. 🙄🙃

Cranston!? OMG, I did not even recognise the guy. 😱 Honestly... I don't really mind... We saw him once... But I don't think he really deserved the balloon thing... Man... That's tough...

Attached by the ankle is worse though.

In the night with a lot less witnesses too!

ALFRED! 😍😍 No, I won't shut up.

Bruce reading the newspaper. Yeah, totally doing that at 11. 🙃

Bruce, GIMME YOUR BREAKFAST! 😋 The lil' flower though. PLEASE!

"What's the new program? Trying to see how long you can go without eating anything? If that's the case I should save myself the trouble of making it." 🔥 DAMN! 🔥 I love how he doesn't miss a moment to shoot! x) By the way, Alfred... You can make breakfast for me. 🙄 Breakfast in bed? Breakfast in your bed... in OUR bed... 🙄

Alfred is trying SO HARD. 🥲😭

Gun holder, the gun, the tie, Jim's gaze straight into the camera aaaahhhh!! 😍 Man's going into battle!

Barbara! 🥰

"[newspaper talk] It says he killed a cop. You're not in danger, are you?" GIRL! Your man is a cop... in GOTHAM. He is in danger every second of his life!

"Everyone has to matter or nobody matters." -Jim Gordon. That did something to my heart. 💔❤️‍🩹

Barbara calling Jim a "hero" because he caught Mario Pepper for the Waynes' murder... That hits hard...

Jim talking about the fact that the balloon man's targets are dirty public figures... And Harvey going "Basically any elected official should stay indoors." is so legit. 😭😭

"Listen, one thing I know is how to find someone." Harvey chatting with prostitutes... I mean, he's not wrong! They can have a lot of informations. Tough job it is! Then he beats a guy down... Typical Harvey. 😅 Stopping to get food. TYPICAL HARVEY! That was the fastest summary of his character. x)

The SHOES. 😭😭 Oswald...

Him realising that he's been hired in a Mob boss owned restaurant! 🤣🤣 His FACE. 🤣🤣 Sorry Ozzie, but you deserve it a bit. "Don Maroni!"

"Great opportunity indeed." Oswald... I can't with him. x)

Harvey got so much informations about the guy they're searching for... Okay, I have to admit that's a damn skill! Respect.

DAMN! Harvey 'woman-handled', thrown around. I appreciate that. Sorry. 🙄

Lazlo being actually worried about Fish is so cute. 🥺

What!? Bitch is getting rid of some girl I didn't understand... AND Lazlo. I... 😭

Barbara. Oh hi Montoya!

Montoya HAS THE KEY!? DAMN!!

OMG yeah, Barbare is smoking... weed I suppose. Okay okay... 🤔

Talking about Jim...

"When we were together I did lie to you." I KNEW IT!! Former lovers! Aaaaahhhh

She's talking about being sober for a year etc... What she did blabla... What did Montoya DO!? 😮

Failed attempt at a kiss. I saw that coming. RIP.

Barbara being with another person (Jim) who might also be lying to her... The pattern is repeating itself... Girl must be feeling so down.

OMG the balloons are gonna pop? It's gonna rain bodies? 😭😭 Imagine you're going about your day and then a dead body falls from the sky... 😨

Totally what happened. The woman who died though. RIP for real... 🙏

A church guy being the third victim? Not surprised... 😅🙃

Maroni talking about Arkham!! I'm so excited!!

Obviously, Oswald listening in the background...

New name : Paolo. He's really trying, but he gets it wrong. x)

He's lying about being Italian on his mother's side, "the side that he claims", but the truth is that he actually does love his mother. Half lies. x)

Maroni just gave him money out of the blue?

The little talk about starting from nothing and making yourself by working hard etc... FORESHADOWING!! 😌

"Gotham is the city of opportunity." Hum... Shouldn't it be 'Gotham is the city of crimes'? x)

"Honestly sir, I didn't hear anything at all." "Atta boy." YES!! That's actually the ONLY way to react when you are asked if you heard ANYTHING! 😌

"Go take care of your mother, Paolo." That would be so sweet... but you know... x)

The walk! I like the fact that even when we just see his upper body, Oswald's actor actually always does the walk! I mean, that's part of the character so you HAVE to do it, but like, you notice it, you actually do notice it, and I love that about him! 🥰🐧

The guy actually hiding in the former juvi facility. Meh, can't be smart about everything. Gotta catch the guy 9 minutes before the end of the episode ya know. x)

Is it a TRAP!? Like for Harvey, or Gordon? 😮

Oops. Harvey's been caught.

Harvey pleading his case to the killer saying that he's thankful, that he's doing them a favor. Great defence. 🤣🤣

Oh my God... The killer's talk though... He's so right... Public figures almost never pay for their crimes... So he did justice himself... I feel that man...

Jim's conflicted because he knows that the man's right...

FUCK!! The whole man's speech!! This is the premise of Jim's morality path... Damn it!

NNNNNOOOO! Harvey cuffing the guy to the balloon was a fucked up move! Jim grabbing the man! Please I hoped he would, but damn he's flying in the air with him now. 😭😭

Jim didn't want to let go and begged (ordered?) Harvey to shoot the balloon instead! THANK GOD! Jim, you're doing so good there. I know you're gonna go somehow dark later, but for now... freaking thank you!

The landing on the top of the pickup must have hurt though. 😅

Falcone!!

OMG Natalia was Falcone's "girl"... 😮 That's the one Fish ordered to get into an "accident". 😭

Arkham again... Damn.

Btw, Fish's makeup. 🤌

Damn. Who's the guy's last target?

Bruce's "He killed people too. That made him a criminal." Okay, let me get this straight. I don't condone murder, but I get the idea that sometime you need to be a bad guy to do good. Imagine if killing that guy now would prevent a hundred innocent people to be killed. Killing is not something right to do, but in that context, you kill one to save the others, you know? What I mean is... It's a tough subject, but if killing one person saves a lot of others... And I mean one actual bad person against kind of good people... and I don't really mean "good people", just people who actually did not do terrible things, you know. I don't even know if I would be capable of doing something like that, but the self righteous belief that killing is bad in every context... I don't think it's true. Anyway.

Alfred with his APRON. 🫠 Make me dinner too. 🥰 Please. 🙄🥰

Alfred witty remarks. x)

Bruce is EATING, finally dude.

Jim, home, must be full of bruises, damn. The man struggles to sit down. He didn't break a bone because it's a tv show, hum. 🙄

Barbara concerned again. 🥲

Seeing Jim's face... It's like he's really been 'moved' by the balloon man's speech. It's like an electroshock. I feel like he's about to tell Barbara about Oswald. 🤔 (he did not, oops)

"I want you to know that you can tell me anything." BRO! She's giving you a chance to come clean. I mean, technically you are clean, but ya know.

"This city's sick. Sick in a way I hadn't realised." For real though. 🙃 Harvey told you in the first episode. 🙃

"Doesn't matter" That's the 'last target'? Disappointing, but I get it. That also genius 'cause basically the guy only had 4 balloons, but there's way more people that would 'need' to be cuffed to it...

Jim's speech on people, justice, the law... 👌

Barbara wants to believes him so bad! Girl's crying!

OOOOHHHH, the knock knock knocking... Tell me... I think I saw that... That's him right? HIM!?

OSWALD!! 🎉 In a SUIT!! I told YOU!! (Btw, did he buy a new suit with the money Maroni gave him ? Or did he take his suit to dry-cleaning to get rid of the blood stains? Just wondering 🤔) He wanted to look good for Jim. 🙄 Let me fantasize. x)

"Hello, James. *huffs* Old friend." AAAAHHHH!!

He's already calling him 'old friend'. 🙃🙃🙃🙃 I guess throwing you into the water, instead of shooting you, makes him somehow closer to a friend than an enemy, but... 🤣🤣😭😭 The AUDACITY!! x)

Jim's face. Oswald's smile. AH!

Jim had a freaking day... and it's not over. 😭

FUCKING HELL. MY GOD. I... AWESOME.

I don't even know what to say... Just... My brain's not working anymore...

[Okay, a tiny bit disappointed that we didn't see Edward this time, but I know there is going to be a lot of him in the future. So that makes up for it.]

1. Alfred did not say "bloody", not even once, in the whole damn episode!! 😮 I'm utterly disappointed!! 😔 But I still like him, of course. 🙄🥰

Late additions, two hours later, when my brain decides to function again :

Like, comment, loose your shit with me... It's your choice!!

2. Barbara will at least be relieved that her boyfriend is NOT a liar (not really yk) nor a murderer. Because here he is : Oswald Cobblepot, flesh and blood!! 😌

3. The fact that Barbara is BI, BI, BI! 🎶

Looking forward to the next episode!! 🫶

[dg-outlaw]

Honestly, I think this could work, but with some creative changes that might piss off comic purists. Then again, that happens in the films/TV versus comics anyway. And honestly, with Battison in his early days as Batman you'd have to do a time jump to establish Dick Grayson as having just left Bruce to become Nightwing or you skip Grayson altogether. I don't think fans would be happy with either scenario, unless maybe we were guaranteed a Nightwing movie.

BUT if one were to skip Grayson as Robin and go straight to Jason...

It would need to be a long movie to properly establish Battison's relationship with Jason, but even with a time skip/montage I think this would be rushed and would essentially create Jason as a throwaway character, much like the Robin suit in BvS. Jason would be fridged for more Bruce/Batman angst. I don't like this direction the same as I don't like skipping Grayson, but WB would go there and we'd be back in DCEU territory where everything feels rushed.

Another (probably still Grayson-less) option could be a longer arc over 2-3 movies.

Part 1: Emo Battison running into Jason stealing the tires off the muscle car batmobile (it's still early days so this would inspire Bruce to be more mindful of his stuff), reluctantly adopting Jason because he always runs away from foster placements, Bruce,Jason, and Alfred bonding as a family and Jason discovering Bruce is Batman, training montage and fighting some secondary villain(s), Bruce torn between trying to have a family/be a father or being Batman, and ending with Jason being captured by Joker because Jason wanted to impress Batman/earn his love--both as his vigilante mentor and father. Comics Bruce wasn't ready to be a father for Dick or Jason, and Battison is still so emo he'd really struggle with Jason. Insert reluctant Dad trope we've seen recently (Logan, Witcher, The Mandalorian, The Last of Us, etc. Wait, should Pedro Pascal be Batman?!)

Part 2: Start of the movie is Jason's torture and death, and Bruce being too late. We'd see Bruce mourning and the funeral, but WAIT... Ezra Miller's Flash movie 'Flashpoint'/Crisis event/soft reboot is what revives Jason (and NOW Pedro Pascal is Batman. JK). This movie would show Batman unhinged and barely in control, struggling against some villain. Remember, he was still sad, angry emo Batman five minutes ago, he was then given a scrappy little street dog puppy and then had him taken away, so yeah... he'd be a mess.

But we could cameo the new Superman as someone who tries to help him/stop him from killing the Joker. We'd also get little flashes of what's happening to Jason, but it wouldn't make sense until...

Part 3: This would not be a Battison movie, but more of a Red Hood movie. The start of the movie is Jason's POV when he is revived, freaking out, breaking through his casket, and having to crawl out of his grave. The flashes from Part 2 would make sense as we'd get context of what was going on with Jason; wandering around, getting picked up by a mysterious person, training, Lazarus pit, etc. Talia hasn't been introduced in this Batman series so things would have to get creative here on why Talia or Ra's would want to train Jason or she could be in Part 2? Maybe they'd pick Jason to be their tool against Bruce and Gotham--the leader that the Nolanverse Ra's wanted Bruce to be--a true son of Gotham to tear it down.

This could potentially enrich Jason's Red Hood arc as opposed to just being a crime boss to prove a point to Bruce. This would also give Jason's narrative weight as a victim of the system, so why not tear it down and start over. Obviously, Jason would have his own plan with Bruce and the Joker, but Ra's and the League would have expected him to go off script. This would also reinforce Jason's belief (and often representation) that he's often just used or manipulated by people who claim to care about him. He's not a son, friend, ally, or leader. He's their tool, but we could get more from Bruce as the torn man who lost his son. Also, Ra's and the League could be replaced by the Court of Owls to keep it Gotham-based since they also like to do shady shit regarding Gotham and deal with undead agents of chaos (Talons).

IDK. It's messy, skips Grayson, potentially skips Tim, and from what I've heard James Gunn wants to do something with Damian so I think all the older Batboys and, from recent history, the Batgirls won't be seeing any live-action film love anytime soon. And while I think Matt Reeves' Batman-verse is separate from what Gunn is doing, I doubt WB will want to "confuse audiences" with multiple Robins. As it is, if we get two Batmans (Reeves' and Gunn's) you know someone's grandma, or some WB exec or his side piece-of-the-week will be confused. And sadly, I think that's the bar for Hollywood these days.

Honestly, I think WB should expand their animation department and do more original series and films with the DC characters. I know animation isn't cheap and still takes time, but unless it gets a film release there isn't the pressure to make a BILLION dollars like there is for live-action film. I think this is where we could see more fleshed out stories rather than rushing, shoehorning, or glossing over certain characters. Plus, execs seem to sleep on animated stuff (thinking it's for kids) and thus writers tend to get away with more in those stories (BIPOC and LGBTQ inclusion/rep, deeper story arcs, etc.).

if they are going to make the joker the villain of ANOTHER live action batman movie then i want the whole jason todd arc. nothing more nothing less. i want battison to be crying and screaming and puking over his son’s dead body. if the joker is so evil then prove it. let him be a child murderer. i am sick of it. and dick grayson better be there too.

[tvguidancecounselor]

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 577: Laura Wimbels

December 26 1992 - January 1, 1993

This week Ken welcomes creator of Lenora's Midnight Rental and his new best friend forever Laura Wimbels to the show.

Ken and Laura discuss how Laura is a Ken Reid fan, Ken's story on the podcast Risk!, Fred Willard Super Dad, loving horror, the wonderful terrible movie Rollerblade, opening sealed VHS tapes, Splatter The Architects of Fear, The Exchange, how contrary to his Mother's insistence Ken's favorite movie as a kid was NOT Mother's Day, Revenge of the Nerds, telling on yourself for seeing an R Rated movie, divorces, what the fuck a frush is, Cleveland and douche bags, 1992-1993, the formative time of being 10, growing up without cable, organized hoarders exposing you to TV Guides, Murder She Wrote, Angela Lansbury, being trapped despite being at the height of your power, just admitting you haven't seen something, Troll/Scholastic Book Clubs, The Good Son, reading the novelization of R Rated movies, Dick Clark watching TV in the bathroom, iPads as TVs, watching TV at work, being too old for Barney, USA Up! All Night, Silk Stalkings, sexy slow-mo, USA Made for TV Movies, John Ritter, The Colony, surrogate TV Dads, Michael Gross, Cheers, Dan Conner, Ken's emotional breakdown with Valerie Harper, Hearts Afire, Ghostwriter, wearing a pen around your neck, Suncoast Video, not being able to speak Spanish despite being Puerto Rican, not being French, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Royal Discount Books, The Stephen King Encyclopedia, The Plant, printing out web sites, TV Land, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Wonder Years, Ken getting Garden State emo, My So-Called Life, marriage as the opposite of Titanic, boats leading to break ups, The Simpons arguments, The Twilight Zone, the poor man's TV Guide, commissioned artwork of shirtless Dana Carvey,  realizing you love two star movies, curation, the future of streaming, Tubi, Roku, the insanity of all the rival Amy Fischer movies, Tales from the Crypt, In The Heat of the Night, Urban Pain, Baby Snatchers, Nancy McKeon, in the wake of Hand that Rocks the Cradle, the insanity of Mikey, how sad it is that Warlock has been glossed over, when CBS gets all PBS, New Years Eve viewing, Three Stooges Marathons, Slaughter, Bick Dick Toilet Fraud, crybaby Matt Whittaker, why you should never default to Google Image Search searches, kid friendly, the Drew Carey Show, Price is Right, Scooperbowl, hating football, animated opening titles, Columbia House, VHS tapes, Laserdiscs, and the glory of Shopping Malls in Pittsburgh PA. 

Check out this episode!

[the-fyre-flie]

Teen Bruce Wayne, about 13 or 14, still in his angry grieving era, attending some gala or charity event with Alfred as his chaperone, aka very loving and protective godfather hhhh

Alfred is trying so hard to manage his son, keeping a hand on Bruce's shoulder and steering him away from anyone who might start prodding at the boys temper. He's been at Bruce's side like a shadow, encouraging him to talk to other people but also reigning in any conversation as soon it starts to become obvious that the topic of Bruce's parents might pop up. Bruce spends the entire night glaring and scowling. Because he's so young still, and the deaths are still considered recent, most people understand to leave him alone.

Everyone knew this unspoken rule except one tourist douche. An out of state business man trying to get closer to the center of power in Gotham, going out of his way to introduce Bruce to his daughter before exclusively talking to Alfred like Bruce doesn't exist. Chatting up the butler and asking about finances blah blah blah. Then he says something that just ticks Alfred off. It's either something about the Waynes death, or Bruce being unfit to be an heir if he's so anti social, whatever, he insults the Wayne family and Alfreds serenity snaps.

If you could hear the hushed threats Alfred was saying, you'd understand why war has rules.

Anyways yeah please let Alfred be scary and cool more often he's literally my goat and he loves his son <3

[bruciemilf]

No, but Battinson and Simon "Ghost" Riley? Copy and paste. Emo in italics vs Emo in Bold.

For my " Alfred trained Ghost at some point and of course Bruce grows up with an annoying ass older brother" agenda.

I'm sorry, but I simply can't help but drool and cry and scream over Clark visiting the manor because Bruce demanded to keep traction of his powers, -

(translation: Bruce is worried and wants to offer healthcare to the indestructible Kryptonian in the best way he knows how)

-, and look. He can't exactly HELP peeking through privacy. But, honestly? A part of him feels like it's better.

He hasn't felt an ounce of awkwardness around Damian ever since he heard that " how to make friends" tutorial from his room. It's easier to make eye contact with Jason when Clark knows he cries at Little Women. (He gets it. He does, too.)

And Tim can't really intimidate him like he used to now that Clark knows he needs a tutorial on how to grill cheese.

He likes it. Its not a bridge, not quite yet, but it IS a foundation.

One thing IS curious, thought. Alfred.

Alfred, whose warm voice is very comforting, like a spoon of sugar In a cup of mint tea,

" I don't suppose you'll be visiting soon, love?"

There's one detail that actually MAKES Clark want to listen. He didn't know Alfred's accent had a twang of Manchester to it.

But it's the voice on the other line, - gruff, grainy but pleasant, deep and whispery, - that stirs his curiosity,

" Don't tell me Bambi's dyin' to see me?"

Bambi?

" He specifically instructed me not to invite you again, actually. He's never quite recovered from that tea bag incident."

Faint gun sounds. Then a deep, chilling silence, " Ain't my fault no one thought 'em street combat. Soap says hi, by the way. Price still waitin' on that dinner date."

" Tell him to come here and get it. If he dares. And bring John at once! This silent pining of yours won't get you anywhere."

A pause, in which Clark feels an invisible pressure settle over him. He feels cornered. It's foreign, and nasty, on the wrong side of admiration.

" ...I'll see you in a blink, Pop."

" See you then, love."

When Bruce comes back, elegant, dainty, violence stained hands full with sweet treats Clark has no taste for, entirely for him only, he burns to ask about this mystery son.

But then again, it's really funny seeing Bruce on the receiving end of being investigated. He has no clue how Clark finds these things out, putting Superman above petty things like eavesdropping.

Clark Kent, however, won't bother. It's way too much fun.

If he had half a mind to ask, then maybe future Clark would know how to prepare for Simon "Ghost - AKA Bruce Wayne's Tank Older Brother " Riley better.

Why Am I looking up why am I looking up why am I looking, -

"You're hard to kill."

" ...Thank you."

" It's not a compliment. "

Bruce pouts, - and a fragment of Clark, who's currently doing his best not to hide behind his cape like an overfed 6 year old (because good lord, that mask), is endeared.

It's nice to see Bruce like this, - grumpy but relaxed and filled with loving annoyance. " This could've been a Facebook message."

Ghost shrugs, big hand messing up Bruce's hair, all bored and affectionate, " We celebratin' Jay's 9th birthday, don't we? Can't do that over call."

" Jay is 23."

Ghost shrugs, " I stopped counting after Dick, Bambi."

That...Was adorable. In a messed up, way too accurate manner.

"Besides," And Jason clearly learned " stabs you with a single stare" from the right person, " I heard it's open season in Gotham."

Clark gulps behind his smile.

[missbluesunflowersstuff]

I really NEED to know more about their dynamic together

Yeah yeah yeah, I know they're working together because Damian, but just imagine Alfred fucking Pennyworth and Talia fucking Al Ghul stare each other for five seconds, vampy Damian looks for his mom and says: "Mother, this is my grandfather, I've lost so many people in my life because my older brother, Richard, went in his emo phase, so please can I keep my grandfather? I love him, mother"

And Talia just checked Alfred out and accepted it in the most "if my precious son wants it, it's my job as mother to support him" and Alfred just checked Talia and "I hope you like tea"

Just imagine their dynamic! I have some headcanon:

They 100% talk about Bruce, Jason and Damian

Alfred saw Damian baby photos!

Alfred finds out about Jason babysitting baby Damian

Alfred gossip shares with Talia shit Bruce did in his early days

More Damian baby photos !

Talia and Alfred actually fight about who will be Damian blood bank

The league almost did not survive that day

They just stop because Damian starts crying (he already lost so many people, stop fighting please)

In the end Steph and Maya are the potential blood bank (they're his sisters) and Mara too (but she complains all the time)

Damian always comes back with souvenirs for both

They become best friends when they find something to disagree with (usually Bruce stupid behavior)

Bruce died but Alfred and Talia still judge him together

Damian is actually happy because his mother and his grandfather becomes friends

Tea gossip

More Damian baby photos

Alfred is just chilling with Talia you know its the end of the world lmao

[jesuschristwhatsgoingon]

Since Battison is tall (6’1”) and me,being short(5’0.5” and yes that half matters), just imagined how difficult it would be just to give him a peck him on the cheek.

Imagine being another detective or a civilian that’s helping him or has helped on a case.

Then for whatever reason,you tapped on his shoulder and made the motion that you needed to whisper in his ear about something.

He leaned down obligingly(because even though Alfred is raising his emo son,he still taught him how to be a gentleman) expecting your voice in his ear.

What he did not expect is to feel your lips on his cheek as a quick peck with his brain short circuiting(Batman.exe has stopped working).

And then you smiling cutely and slightly flustered at him saying that you wanted to do that for awhile as a thank you but he was too tall.

Definitely and 100% was flustered underneath that mask and when he got to the tower,Alfred found him on the floor over dramatically clutching his chest(in his suit,mind you) with probably Still Into You by Paramore in the back or something.

Or just imagine being a close friend of his and inviting you to go to an event because he doesn’t want to be alone.

Then because it cold,rainy,or both,he just gives you his coat with no hesitation.

Then using that same technique on him 🥺

Alfred still finds him on the floor being a drama queen but with some operatic love song like Grande Amore by Il Volo and is kind of over his shit ngl.

OR BOTH THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW HIM AND BATMAN ARE THE SAME BUT YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON BOTH(He’s having a Hannah Montana moment ✨😌💅)

I couldn’t help but share about how cute this was!If any of y’all want to use this idea as a fic,I highly encourage it!All I ask in return is that you credit and tag me in your work since I’ll love it please!I hope y’all enjoyed this👍

[roxineedstosleep]

Battison reaction to Nightwing... especial suit.

(credits to their respective author)

I recently saw this post on Pinterest, of one of Dick's old Nightwing costumes… and I got to thinking, how would Battison have reacted to it? I mean, Battison is our emo old money mew mew mew and he's got a comically different style of dress.

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Then… We can all agree that Bruce Wayne is our favourite emo mew mew old money in ALL of Gotham, right?

We're talking about Bruce Wayne!!!, he listens to Metallica, My Chemical Romance, probably the odd Green Day album, definitely Nirvana among other local bands in his city. But he is also a HUGE fan of classical opera and orchestral music; he sponsors many performances, actually.

No one can deny that black is HIS colour. It suits him, it suits him beautifully and he KNOWS how to wear a high cardigan with leather boots, comfortable dark office trousers and a Victorian style shirt, with a pair of sunglasses, without any effort.

(At least not on his part, Alfred surely forced him to wear them for that charity gala, threatening to burn his favourite MCR sweater if he didn't wear the right clothes for the event).

Add to that the fact that Bruce, despite being an emo mew mew old money that we all love, prefers to wear sportswear and worn-out pyjamas... well, he is rich as hell.

BUT also, he has extremely fine tastes: his leaky, worn-out Nirvana, MCR and other bands? those t-shirts and sweaters were actually designed exclusively for him; by some fashion designer colleague or friend who has 3 or 4 galleries and shops in Paris. The white socks that Alfred keeps having to wash even though a cheese have less holes on it? Gucci. His wallet that is so worn out that you can drop a coin or a platinum card? Versache.

All those personalised, in short, for his pleasure. He is to only user of the planet that had a Versache wallet personalised with the Nirvana logo.

And I refuse to believe that Dick didn't grow up with all that kind of material girl life style. Dick is the only child to have his own LV school bag with a redesign of each of his favourite Pokemon. And use and adorable Gucci oxfords that Bruce ask, exclusively, for him. So THEY can match during important events.

But hey, the kid grown up and flew far of the nest… AND He came out in one of his suits (the one in the photo) during his first patrol as Nightwing. I can see, I FEEL, that Bruce almost had a cardiac arrest when he first saw his son in THAT.

His baby was dressed like a failed attempt at a!!! ... God, even he didn't know what kind of madness Dick was using. He knows that he raised him with an outrageous lifestyle and not always the big fashion statement. If it weren't for the galas and social events Alfred forced him to attend, Bruce would surely be living in his pyjamas and sportswear.. But what was that?

He feels that even to say he looks like a drag queen and a stripper would be an insult to the profession and all the art that goes with it.

Or Worst of all the last NOnos of his list:

The costume is not bulletproof yet?? Is from a cheap not durable material??? Now he's going to have cardiac failure.

What happened to all the allowance and the special and exclusive edition Nike sports tights that you sent him a few days ago?

And he, Brucie emo old money mew mew, can hear what he once said to Alfred when he started dressing Emo.

"It's not a phase Al, it's a lifestyle."

And well… his was a lifestyle. But he prayed to God and all the deities in the universe that Dick and his suit were JUST a phase.

Or at least his suit if it was bulletproof. At least that would give him less pain in his material heart.

[betweenthescarletmoon]

Things I realized upon second watch of the batman 2022: [S P O I L E R S]

- Edit: had to add that i somehow thought nirvana's something in the way was non-diegetic music. Then he TURNED IT DOWN, it was diegetic after all, how I missed the biggest emo evidence astounds me

- bats takes 17 secs to pick that last letter bc he's afraid of rats (thought it was only a christopher nolan thing) (yeah I outed myself as a pretty casual movie watcher, tho one gets to dream to be a movie buff)

- he does not actually change clothes in two secs. He just throws on a rlly oversized hoodie and a helmet and calls it a day moto ride

- eyes are bloodshot to all hell after nights and nights of hud contact lenses and kohl in/around them, and no sleep

- jaw twitched when nashton said his real name in arkham

- the beginning holds a parallel for the end bc the victims and those who didn't wish to be criminals feared him the same as the criminals. in the end there is still fear until he actually becomes a protector and not an avenger. That's only when they feel safe

- batman only speaks at length with gordon and selina, while bruce only speaks with alfred. He actually sounds kind of normal too. With others he's submerged in silence, or speaking in a graver voice

- bruce felt completely hurt and invalidated by riddler in that last interrogation scene, but paralyzed bc he thought riddler knew who he was. He was trapped in guilt UNTIL he realizes nashton doesn't know the most hated and most idolized people in his eyes are the same person. This therefore frees bats from that frightened state straight to fury. Because he's triggered. And so he snarls back all the bitterness that nashton directed at bruce (esp when nashton regretted that they couldn't get bruce, when alfred almost died in that incident instead), and was almost maliciously cruel. Trauma ain't pretty fellas. We just witnessed an emotional flashback and THEN a breakdown from nashton. Riddler was at least right in understanding that both are very broken with skewed senses of justice. The difference is bruce learns. Edward does not.

- Bruce was at the lowest point when selina contacts him. He decides to see her only because he seems to be allured to her or to care for her, against his better judgement/bitterness/distrust/jealousy/whatever he feels that makes him lash out at her that scene. Perhaps it was also the guilt of what happened to Alfred that caused him to project. But what dawned on me was that he melts like BUTTER under her touch as she asks him who he is, because he was so lonely, especially without Alfred, and because the legacy of his parents was being questioned and unraveled, which was tearing down his entire sense of meaning and identity. Add in the attraction and touch starvation and mental illness and insomnia, and you see a broken man trying not to break down at a loving touch. Fuck.

- bruce tells her to take care of herself bc shed been trying to convince him she can the entire movie, how did that not sink in

- all the parallels of orphans, from martha, to mitchell's son, to nashton, to selina, to bruce himself. I love how suffering is portrayed in all of them, always valid, always showcasing how something so horrid destroys or hollows people out, and how while privilege makes things easier (for mitchell and the waynes) it never, never erases the trauma. To invalidate that pain simply bc one is white or male or rich is so tone deaf. I love that they handled that while also portraying that the systemic oppression of the poor, the women, and the poc is very real and needs desperately to be fixed, since it only causes retraumatization and less opportunity to heal (look at how maria kyle, annika, and almost selina died, strangled, by the same man. Selina didn't have much chances but to stay in that horrid place, she needed the money.)

- bats and bruce both ask "do you know who I am? [...] I wanna see [insert mafia boss]". These bouncers rlly couldn't put two and two together

- I believe the shock impact of the shotgun hurt him a Lot even tho the armor is bulletproof. I sincerely wondered whether he was wounded the first time, whether the bullets can penetrate slightly or completely upon such pressure

- sunsets and sunrises are showcased when hope seems to be involved. A promise of a new day. A promise right before the darkest hour where fear abounds. Even after the flood, because he's there, helping however he can, we see the sunrise. And when he and selina kissed the first time in the sunset, it was a window of opportunity to end a kind of loneliness for him

- finally, the obvious: i somehow didn't notice the first time, but the way Bruce winces at sunlight like the vamp he is, and cringes a failed smile at the ppl that call for him right outside the funeral the moment he leaves his car. GREAT acting choices rob

[blueskywater-happiness]

An Idea, what if there are some changes in Bruce's kids' personalities if they exist in the Batman 2022 verse and what subcultures are they into?

disclaimer: These are just purely for fun and just some ideas bouncing.

Okay so we have Emo Goth Loner Bruce Wayne of 2022 who looks like he needs a shower and unlike the Bruce (Breeses? Broose?) we had in the past who are charismatic, charming, a ladies' man and the richie rich stereotype as his civilian persona, this Bruce wayne is waaaay opposite.

So it got me thinking, if those are the personality changes Bruce has, what of his children?

First son: Richard John Grayson.

An orphan acrobat that batdad (awkwardly) adopted with only 14-16 years age gap. Dick is more into the tiktok scene, an influencer who shows his best moves and routine. He is a sunshine boy throughout instead of bouts of angst phase (ehem when Jason was first adopted after he was fired as Robin). He is into mobile games, something his two younger brothers agree to tell him that he is no "real gamer". He also does youtube and Instagram on the side.

As he is an acrobat, he is more or less the "jock" of the family as he is active in his favorite activity as Richard Grayson. Wins his school's acrobatic contests. He isn't a jerk jock by anyways of course. (He is raised by an emo after all)

subculture: Influencer and Jock culture.

Second son: Jason Peter Todd

Streetkid turn rich son, you'd think he be a delinquent who skips school? Ma'am, ma'am please, this boy loves to read classic literature from Pride and Prejudice to Little Women. Although the more he was under his adopted father's care, the more he delve deep into gothic literature and arts. He would lit candles as he read the books, huddle in the Wayne family library as his blazers kept him warm during late night reading while Batdad looks over the stairs.

There may or may not be post revival, and maybe he just grew up but while he kept his Dark Academia aesthetic and lifestyle close, he is also mixing it up with the punk culture. leather jackets replace cardigan as he drives around in his motorcycle. While he does look like a stereotypical bad boy, you can still see him read a fiction or two at a nearby alley after a smoke.

Subculture: Dark Academia and Punk

Third son: Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne

Ah yes, the child from another father and mother of our emo Bruce. Years of not being a priority of his parents made a loner out of Tim, who slowly finds comfort in the shadows. While more extroverted than Bruce, Tim still huddles under his blanket, forgoing eating or sleeping as Alfred could only sigh. He wears shirts too big for him and broods when his best friend Kon isn't there to bring a smile on his face. Tim would brood deeply if not checked so please give the damn dude some coffee.

He is of course a nerd, tech, gaming, references, and (canon) Dnd's are his hobbies. He tends to read anime or manga from time to time but he mainly focused on his beloved technology. He plays on his pc, as he is a pc master race believer. He does have his consoles and would boast quietly how he finished the entire pokemon series until-- damn did Nintendo releases another...?! Well damn, dad I need to buy a new console.

Perhaps this is the only universe where he and Damian actually got along so well they team up in games to gently persuade Dick that MOBILE GAMES AREN'T REAL DI--

Subculture: Emo and Nerd

Fourth Son: Damian Wayne

A child, somehow the misunderstood ratman of a bat somehow beget a child. Unlike the later characterizations of Talia, she gave her son up a little earlier, perhaps when he was 5, for him to live a normal life. The first thing Tim and Dick did to give Damian a taste of a normal life...is to turn on the tv and Naruto was on... the rest is history. Damian is well known as the Wayne "Anime fanboy" with all his love for manga, anime and even cosplays. He does fanart and listens to vocaloid, declaring it as the peak of human culture. He adores Miyazaki films due to the color palette and stories the film tells. Can often be seen with headphones and his more rude traits are just him ignoring you as he listens to Anime openings or as he watches Fate Stay Night, you call his name out and then he snaps at you.

He is into gaming as well, something that made him and Tim get along like house on fire. He would play the entire Story of Seasons games and Fire Emblem series. He and Tim can often be spotted screaming while Tim plays a Dark soul like game.

subculture: Otaku and gamer

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I might add Duke and Cassie later on (and is Stephanie even counted...?)

[peteyprecious616]

Hey, bestie!!! You know that I know that you know that I know that you know THAAAT we both love Bruce, especially Battinson right now. May I request a crumb of fic, just a drabble, where you and Bruce have to navigate around an unplanned pregnancy? Like, you both took all the precautions and somehow got a bun in the oven? I think Bruce would be simultaneously sweating bullets and panicking, but also buying every baby book imaginable and throwing so much cash money into the best cribs, nursery mobiles, etc.

please, he's so handsome and smart and emo

oh hey girl! Its been a hot minute since I posted something. But omg yes the way I think about how Bruce would react to having a child gets me thinking. Heres something I wrote just for you 😘

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Pregnant Bruce

Word Count: ~1k

Warnings: None just some frantic Bruce fic

“You’re what?” he whispered as his hands crinkled the morning paper. His dark glasses hid his stunned expression. His lips parted as the cold words came from his mouth.

“You’re gonna have a baby, Bruce.” you held the stick in your hands confirming what your lips already said.

The chair scraped against the wooden floors as the paper floated to the ground just as your anxiety brought up what little you had in your stomach.

His hair was disheveled as he ran his hands through it constantly as he walked to the garage with the keys in his hand. You froze as you heard the garage door creaking as it opened. His shoes untied as he slammed the car door, revving the engine like the billionaire he was. But not to show off.

He needed to blow off some steam. Your words were always comforting to him even on the darkest nights. Your soft-spoken whispers to him, that you loved him even when he was asleep.

He was comfortable with you, and your words. But the words that left your lips just seconds ago terrified the fuck out of him.

He couldn’t be a dad. He couldn’t take care of a child. He could barely take care of himself since you always looked out for him. Always had Alfred to remind him to eat; to sleep.

But here he was, driving his Cadillac to god knows where trying to figure out how he ended up here.

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The clink of the teacup next to your face pulled you from your gaze at the chair that Bruce sat at only an hour ago.

Oh god, what were you thinking? Why would you tell him like that? You knew Bruce didn’t like surprises.

Alfred heard what happened as he looked through the daily mail, waiting for Mr. Wayne to do something irrational and dramatic like he just did.

Leaving you with your panicky thoughts. A sigh came from the butler's lips.

He knew Bruce was still young. You were both still in love, as you were the one that kept him alive.

He was grateful to have you in Bruce’s life. You loved him. You cared for him when he couldn’t.

Bruce didn’t trust anyone but you.

But again, you were young and in love. Things happen.

He saw that you fell back into your frozen state. The steam slowly settled as the tea cooled. He pulled out the seat next to you as he relaxed into the chair. His arm rested on the table as his face rested on his hand.

You both waited until you couldn’t anymore. He was gone for hours while Alfred tried to pull you from your panic. Making you fall asleep from stress.

A pillow was put under your head as Alfred’s footsteps walked away hours ago.

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The roar from Bruce’s car pulled Alfred from his daze at his desk. The front door shut softly as his quiet footsteps echoed. The resounding noise walking upstairs as plastic ruffles from the room above.

The guest room that collected dust over the years Thomas passed.

No one ever visited, which confused the butler but knew Bruce had his confusing stubborn ideas that he tended to himself.

He left him alone because he trusted Bruce even through everything. He cared for Bruce like his son, and he loved him even when he disappeared or risked his life for something stupid.

—

You woke up in your bed. The soft bedding covered your body, still wearing the same clothes as earlier.

You heard distant hammering from the room down the hall, you were confused.

What happened? Where was Bruce?

You pulled yourself from the bed, as you walked to the noise. The door was cracked slightly as you looked for Bruce.

A hand brushed against the wood as the “wind” pushed it open. Your curiosity peaked.

You saw Bruce on the floor with a hammer in one hand, and a piece of white wood in the other. An instruction manual sat next to his thigh as his glasses still sat upon his pale face. He didn’t even change from earlier.

It was close to dinner, as you saw him just this morning.

Now you remember.

As you felt the angry and anxious tears roll down your cheeks you caught Bruce’s gaze.

He saw your worries, and somehow some of yours floated away. He didn’t smile or say any comforting words. But just from the scene that lays before you, you forgot how much you loved him.

And how much he loved you.

The crib's instructions laid next to him, a small pamphlet crumpled in his back pocket that was titled something about child care.

Buckets of paint scattered around the room bolted down the plastic sheet that covered the wooden floors to avoid mess.

A nursery.

“I’m sorry for leaving.” You heard him grumble from his lips. His voice graveled from crying.

But you couldn't see the tears hidden behind the damn glasses.

But you didn’t need to see how much he cared because you already knew. You walked towards the mess. Bruce, a mess surrounded by chaos.

But he was your Bruce, and he had his ways of showing you how much he wanted to be there for you.

Because he cared for you too much and now he cared for someone even more.

Someone that was created only for you and him.

“It’s okay.” You kneeled next to him, his hands dropped the tools as yours ran through his greasy, ratty hair.

Your hands cupped his cheeks as his hands met your waist. His gaze leaves yours for a second, looking at your stomach.

You weren’t showing but he knew.

He had three people he had to protect now with his life. He would do anything for you.

His promise wasn’t with words, but with his actions. The crib, his hands, his head that curled into your neck leaving a soft kiss on your skin. His hot breath hits your skin.

It was a seal of protection; of love.

He might seem like he didn’t care about others. The brooding persona that became of him in the media.

But you knew Bruce Wayne. He was a lover, a caretaker, now a father.

A great father.

[rainbow-squirrels-7]

my partner agrees with me so i took it as a go ahead to write a trailer pitch DC plz hire me

Picture it: black screen, the single ~Iconique~ single piano note plays (I may not be anything close to goth or punk or emo and actually avoid wearing black at all costs, but even I know how iconic the first piano note is), and the instrumental bit of the beginning of the song plays as the various movie company logos fade onto the scene, probably in time with the notes.

The first verse kicks in over a scene of a kiddo and his dad and you’re made to THINK it’s baby Bruce Wayne and his dad but SIKE I foOLED you! It’s ROBIN (cuz if any Batman deserves a sweet sunshiney boy, it’s Battinson) and his dad, talking about… idk. Something. Tbh I don’t know a lot of Batman Lore™️- that’s someone else’s job.

A cut to black with “he said son when-”, and the next words of the song are matched with quick scenes of the Wayne parents deaths and  also Robin’s parent’s deaths (he’s an orphan in the Lego Batman Movie, the only other Batman media that’s good that I’ve seen besides scattered episodes of old Cartoon Network shows, so like. Dead parents. Probably) and the continuing of Bruce’s Batman-ing (“will you be the savior of the broken” etc. etc.) and beginning of Robin’s Robin-ing

The song fades into an instrumental as the proper trailer stuff happens, whatever villain of the rogues gallery the sequel decides to go with and their shenanigans (side note it better not be Joker cuz I Just Don’t Care For Him and he’s Not That Interesting send tweet. Keep him in jail. Where he belongs) coming in around a minor key chorus, and the actual story of the sequel is presented here. It’ll be one of those movies where the whole time Bruce is like “I couldn’t care less about you kid don’t get in my way” but not-so-secretly he’s all “I CARE ABOUT YOU SO MUCH KID”

And the rock opera part of the song (“caaaary onnnnn we’ll caaary oooon”) BLASTS back in when Bats comes back with scenes of him doing cool Batman stuff, but Especially with him helping people and being the source of hope like he said he wanted to try to be at the end of the first movie (when we all said ‘YES! Now THIS is Batman!!’ Even me. Who hasn’t even seen any other live-action Batsmen but I Know they’re Not Him. Battinson Is him. I saw it described like the other live-action Batsmen would be perching gloomily on the side of a building like a gargoyle at the end where the rescues at the flood are happening, but Battinson is THERE helping out HIMSELF! In the immortal words of Red OSP: “If your Batman can’t comfort a crying child then he’s not Batman”) and him being A Good Dad to his new sunshiney sidekick. Also insert gratuitous shots of RPatts with smudgy eyeliner again (cuz this Batman’s for the gays and theys and goths) and Alfred being a Supportive Dad Figure™️ and maybe a quick shot of Selina Kyle, if she’s coming back for the sequel as well. Or keep her a secret so audiences can be surprised. Whatever works. But also there’s shots of Bruce as Bruce Wayne, helping out people in situations where Batman is not needed (like with money and stuff), and he’s like. Still a soft-spoken, scrungly, sopping wet cryptid of a man (hc he’s autistic I claim him), but he’s doing good! For his city!!

Anyway, as the final “caAArY OOonn!” and that part with the chanting, (“I’m just a boy not a hero”) the title and release date fade in here over like. A shot of the city skyline or something. Idk.

And there we go. What we could have if the director of the Batman sequel isn’t a coward.

oh also one more note mr. director: More bats. Like. Real bats. Just for me. because i love them