#and i KNOW i know tom taylors dick is currently in happy-go-lucky mode but we all know Dick is a chemical cocktail of sugar spice and salt | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

welcometogrouchland · 1 year ago

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An aspect of the comedy would, I believe, be Bruce and Dick's rampant hypocrisy regarding both these relationships. They like Bernard. He's nice! He's a great cook and he makes Tim happy :) and he's not a murderous gothy teenage crime lord :) unlike one of their sons dinner guests :) not to name names :))))))

The fact that no one across all of DC fandom (as far as I can tell) has mined the beautiful comedic potential that is the night and day difference between Tim and Damians current canonical love interests

#ramblings of a lunatic #I mean the morality is one element of their disapproval/skepticism of flatline. idk what bruces actual canonical reaction to flatline was #i only read a small part of shadow war (outloud said in the middle of my robin 2021 read ''im not fucking reading all that'' abt it)#so again idk what he said #and i KNOW i know tom taylors dick is currently in happy-go-lucky mode but we all know Dick is a chemical cocktail of sugar spice and salt #he's very loving but also he can be a massive bitch when he wants #and tbh i think after initial good natured teasing/attempts to give sage older brother advice- once dick finds out who nika is #his ass does NOT approve of the relationship. damian what are you doing. did you learn nothing from your parents #but also secretly. selfishly. subconsciously.#they don't approve bc Damian is their baby. He's only three apples tall. one molecule wide. he's a newborn. an amoeba #Why does he have a girlfriend. Who does he think he is??? Some kind of teenager??? Ridiculous. outrageous even. incorrigible really #Unrelated but your dad and brother/former-part-time-dad want to hold you like a baby. Just for a little bit. Please.#Before you get too big to hold </3 #but for now they're riding the moral high ground explanation and not thinking about the other possible reason for their disapproval #I'm so sad alfreds gone in canon rn bc if he were here he'd be like. he'd be so alfred abt damian and nika. yknow?#he'd invite her in offer her finger sandwiches ask her questions about herself take her coat for her #he's exasperated at the fact that damian is taking after his dad and is his own healthy amount of skeptical i feel #but also he'd tease the SHIT out of damian. in his sassy english way. he's asking when the wedding is just to watch damians face boil #god. alfred i miss youuuu #also re the bruce and dick appreciating bernards cooking line bc i know someones gonna say it #I KNOW dick and bruce can both canonically cook for themselves (i think for bruce. idk if he's ever made anything good in canon)#but i don't think it's a big interest to either of them it's just a survival skill y'know? they make good food but not Good Food #the way someone with an actual interest in cooking would yknow? idk why i felt like i needed to justify that i just did #also rereading this post as i write it. i know the batfam was all supportive of tim coming out (as far as I'm aware)#but idk what anyone's actual reaction to bernard was in canon. i know bernard met batman in tims solo #but idk if he met Bruce. y'know? anyway I'm extrapolating with comedic bias in mind so. yeah

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