#babybat-wings

[loveandloathingart-blog]

Bats for bats!

[glassdecanters]

dick's nicknames for his siblings is by far my favourite thing ever.

jason gets "little bird" and "little wing" typical little brother shit. it doesn't process for dick to change these when jason ends up taller and beefier than him.

tim gets "timbers", "timbo", and "redbird". dick called him "timbers" the night they first met, the night tim watched his performance at the circus.

damian gets "babybat". he pretends to hate it. he doesn't. he does get "batbrat" from others, but dick never indulges. "little shit" also works.

cass gets "acrobat" but like.. bat. he also calls her "cassie" every now and then but she definitely hates that.

stephanie gets the usual. "steph". she thought this meant dick hated her for the longest time, until one day dick came out with "stephy" and immediately regretted it. everyone laughed. he admitted to her that he just couldn't think of anything nice enough.

and for duke, he gets "bumblebee". jason thinks it's hilarious. dick thinks it's sweet.

[llondonfog]

Hey! I just got a horrible wonderful AU idea and I need to share cause I think you might enjoy it.

A Silver Owl Silver is given a backhanded blessing by Melenor for eternal youth, and he will not age until he finds his one true love. He ends up in the castle still till modern day mourning how he couldn't protect the kingdom ( how could that not be his true love, did he not truely love his home? his parents? How can he think of he loyal people and not truly care for them?) and feeling like he's failed as a knight, until this curious lil babybat fae wanders in to explore the ruins. ( big bug eyes too long teeth and pointy ears he needs to grow into)

Silver ends up taking in Lilia and moving into this quiet little cottage. As the years pass Silver starts looking towards the future again and looking forward to seeing Lilia grow, for once truly feeling like he has been blessed, but realizes something horrible and wonderful as he looks in the mirror one morning.

He has laugh lines around his eyes.

the way that this ask has haunted me ever since i read it.

i've talked about a few role reversal aus with a friend but this!! the thought of silver being cursed with eternal youth until he finds his true love, and then the doubled agony of realizing that he will age and die well before lilia, leaving his beloved child all alone in this world!!!

ohhh but the scene of him finding babybat lilia,,,, he's a homely little thing, all eyes and fangs and ears and wings, but silver feels drawn to him instantly— even more so once he realizes the child has no family waiting on his return. silver definitely carries a lot of scars from those early days of raising lilia, patiently bearing the love nips from his fangs and the teething of a baby bat, along with the thin lines from his claws when he digs them into silver's pant legs and sleeves to clamber up his body and perch on his shoulder, equally attached to the strange human who has granted him a home.

it gives silver a purpose, looking after lilia, something to throw himself wholly in once more. he adores and is awed by everything that the boy is capable of— from his magic, his flying abilities, to his prowess at the sword, and lilia THRIVES under the praise. (thinking about comparisons to how canon silver was raised to this au; silver is infinitely more patient and practical when teaching lilia how to focus his magic).

also just some silly parallel moments to canon— silver gets caught in a snowstorm on his way back from making a long and arduous trek to a nearby human village to get lilia a boardgame he had been curious about for his birthday. lilia frantically swoops through the valley and forests to find him, scolding his father harshly when he sees the young man nearly succumbing to the frigid elements (he's much more brash and vocal with his exasperation to silver, almost like sebek in a way? but oh, how he loves his father and will turn his fangs and claws on anyone who dares to threaten silver!! idk I JUST REALLY LIKE TSUNDERE FAE LILIA PRIOR TO HIS DOMESTICATION). (also the thought that this is the beginning of silver's human weaknesses beginning to creep back in as he nearly catches hypothermia).

but the laughter lines. he can't hide these, how cruel to magic them away behind a glamour, and lilia either REFUSES to accept the truth or tries to reject the depth of their attachment??? i keep thinking of some awful moment where lilia is distraught and shouts that it must be true, humans are liars all along when he thought that he'd be together with his father forever, and running away instead of having to deal with the horrible nature of silver's curse (cue a panicked and frantic silver who chases after him— would be a real shame if something happened that would highlight the true depths of his mortality now!!)

anyways, i adore this concept, i need to devote more thought to it when i'm feeling better aaaaaa

[babybattips]

(Rant) Criticisms of goth community, based on personal experiences

CW/TW: last paragraph touches on antisemitism and extreme right wing people, second last is about animal abuse.

I'm starting my 11th year in this subculture. English is not my first language. This post starts with unimportant pet peeves and ends on basically a hate crime :,)

This is a bit different to my usual tips posts. I was never too keen on dance parties in clubs, I mostly attended festivals or live shows when it comes to goth events. In September 2022 I wanted to change that. I'm in Lower Silesia / Southwestern Poland and most of these particular adventures happened in Wrocław or in the Lower Silesian voivodeship, but some of these things apply to the wider goth community I feel like.

First of all, this might piss people off, but of we look up a definition of a poser - most goths are posers. They don't pose as goths - that seems to be the no. 1 crime in this subculture, but I don't mean it in that way - they pose as these intellectual academics, "I'm smarter than you" people. (It's not like I'm not guilty of that myself, but I'm trying my best to not be a megalomaniac lol) To add some context, I work in a museum that is ran by one of Poland's biggest archival institutes - my specialty is culture and fashion of the Polish Sarmatian Nobility, but I also work with let's just say history of literature and culture in 19th century Poland. And holy shit for some reason goths LOVE to flex knowledge they just don't have - the Victorian era often being the main focus. The easiest example is Black Friday's "Historical Black & Red Fashion from Punk Rave" video, in which she says that massive puffy sleeves were a popular fashion choice in the "begginning of the Victorian Era, the early 1800s". The era started in 1837 and yes, you'd find some puffy sleeves in 1830s-40s, but the puff starts lower on the arm, not at the shoulder - Black Friday was complaining about the puffs on the shoulders and how they could potentially not fit her figure. She's referring to the 1890s dresses. Her mistake is just an example, she's not a historian and I generally like her, not trying to be mean here. She's just a massive public figure, and referring to some people with no internet presences who I've met at some point would make a shit example.

Other thing about posing is this whole "we're the aristocracy of the night" - no hun, you're a hoe for capitalism, wearing a polyester vampire dress from Party City Punk Rave, drinking goth club vodka and happily listening to insanely pretentious, fast food for the brain kinda songs, like "We're the Children of the Dark" (if you don't know that song, good, you're blessed). Obviously not all goths are like this, but my local community is packed with these folks. Before someone accuses me of anything related to finances when it comes to clothes - thrifting a silk, linen or wool in Poland requires literally $5 on the most expensive thrift store day, $1,50 on the cheapest. Punk Rave is so much more expensive than thrifting organic, very high end clothing. You know why people still buy these plastic garments? It's tacky, and they love it. The pseudo-brocade fabric with pseudo-baroque ornaments, neon purple prints slapped on a synthetic satin black dresses, it's just horrible, but it sells for some awful reason. (For context - I'm a design student, currently doing a master's degree, so at least I'd like to think this whole argument is not only based on my personal taste.) I'm not saying you can't enjoy these things, but enjoy them for what they are - and they're everything but high quality, aristocrat worthy pieces.

Now we're moving onto music yay! So, seems like every goth I meet is a metalhead who listens to one post punk song per 100 metal songs. And I'm not talking about babybats here! Not about casuals either, but about people who claim to be elders with massive knowledge. I've met a guy once (sadly) who claimed to be an elder goth at the very young age of 29. Sure. Did he have knowledge? Lol obviously he didn't. Not about goth music, but he was crazy about screamo. Nothing against screamo, but it's kinda *cough* cringe *cough* to claim yourself as a trad elder while you're not even 30 and don't really listen to goth stuff. Also he defended racist bands, so that's fun.

Another thing that I mentioned is the popularity of fast food songs as I call them. I'm not fully against that kind of music, but it bothers me when people only listen to that and act like it's peak music taste. Examples (please don't get upset if you like these artists or songs, I'm just some person on the internet after all) are, again, Children of the dark by Mono Inc ft. Chris Harms, Joachim Witt and Tilo Wolff, whatever tf Lacrimosa is doing these days, Lord of the Lost, Die Kreatur, Deathstars. But "Children..." is the worst offender, with such subtle, not at all middle school lyrics like:

"We're nothing like you A wall in black We're nothing like you And you don't get who we are, who we are"

or

"We're nothing like you, we're true and free We're nothing like you but you can't see We're nothing like you and all the rest We're nothing like you We're the children of the dark"

LIKE ARE WE ALL 12 YEARS OLD. TELL ME. This is so cringe in the worst way possible. It's so bad. How does this pass as something of value? My local community just adores this trash. And like what happened to Tilo's music? It used to be good, and now it's this edgelord shadow the hedgehog shit. Tbh I do history classes for 12 y.o. kids and they'd laugh at this. I can understand that this might be someone's guilty pleasure, but something you brag about? Even if you genuinely like songs like these (if they make you happy, don't stop listening to them! I might find it cringe, but like idk people may be drawn to these for a variety of reasons), I feel like it's important to anyone, goth or not, to consume high quality music from time to time, even to just learn about music in general.

Another thing is lack of originality. Goths often are like "normies all look the same haha". Honey goths look like clones. Don't come at me with these "there are victorian, trad and hippie and many other types of goths" argument, because it only means that people choose from 20 established looks. Trad goths look extremely similar to each other. Same with "victorian" goths. Same with hippie goths, romantic goths, vampire goths, whatever. I stopped wearing distinctly gothic outfits some time ago. I still dress in all black everyday, but the style of pieces is more, uhh, just 60s mod inspired? Or very formal. Just personal taste, it kinda happened by accident.

TW animal abuse

Last crime is a more significant one, very present in my local community, as well as uh, everywhere really - bigotry, ignorance, racism, sexism, lack of maturity. I have two very clear examples taken from my personal life. The first one happened on the last Castle Party - a dude had a pet owl and was smoking cigs, while the bird was on his shoulder, inhaling the smoke. Some girls tried to act up, but the dude refused to listen. One of them posted a photo of him with the owl to a facebook group, and the responses were mixed. Most women in the comments were rightfully infuriated, but most men (the whole comment section was weirdly divided by genders) only typed "poka sowe" (pol. show owl), a reference to a very stupid Polish meme rap songs about, well, pp. Because why care about animal abuse when you can be silly and goofy!

TW antisemitism

Another example is from Castle Party 2019, me and my friend had a very funky tent from the 80s, it looked like a small circus, but was difficult to put up. Some men in their 40s asked (very politely) if we need help, so we said yes and thanked them. They helped us with the tent... while shouting antisemitic slurs and statements such as "this party isn't for the lefties". The friend I was with is Jewish (she doesn't look Jewish tho, so they probably had no idea), so that was just. Yea. Sorry about this being so negative, but all of these experiences made me almost leave the subculture. At the end of the day, I'm a bit too attached to many parts of it, but the local community is not one of them. I'd rather just listen to my CDs by myself at this point.

[definitioncfcursed]

BASIC INFORMATION

FULL NAME: georgia val carson ; georgia val taylor NICKNAME(S): her uncles call her babybat TITLE: miss. OCCUPATION: student AGE: sixteen years old DATE OF BIRTH: may twenty-second NATIONALITY: american ORIENTATION: bisexual ; biromantic. PRONOUNS: she/her RELIGION: agnostic. SPECIES: human ; 1/3 demon, 1/3 fairy, 1/3 vampire [untriggered, modern magic]

PHYSICAL INFORMATION

FACE CLAIM: emma m.yers HEIGHT: five feet two inches WEIGHT:  117 lbs. EYE COLOUR: gray blue HAIR COLOUR + STYLE: dark brunette with ends pink + wavy, like this. DOMINANT HAND: right DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: her teeth - she has canines that don’t retract (modern magic) ACCENT + INTENSITY: matches the faceclaims. TATTOO(S): marks from her wings when they’re folded in. SCAR(S): none. PIERCING(S): ears (firsts) GLASSES: no.

PERSONALITY INFORMATION

ENNEA TYPE: the reformer, type 1 MORAL ALIGNMENT: neutral good TEMPERAMENT: sanguine. ANGER she doesn’t get very mad APPROACHABILITY: very approachable, she’s super sweet. INTELLIGENCE TYPE: musical NEURODIVERGENCE(S) anxiety, dyslexia

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

HOMETOWN: new york city, new york ; los angeles, california (summers spent in l.a) CURRENT RESIDENCE: new york city, new york ; los angeles, california (summers spent in l.a)

LANGUAGE(S): english SOCIAL CLASS: upper class. BASIC EDUCATION: high school junior. COLLEGE EDUCATION: n/a DEGREE(s) none

PARENT #1 vladimir taylor/carson (father) PARENT #2 giselle summers (mother) SIBLING(S) star taylor-carson (sister), fenix taylor-carson (brother) CHILD(REN) none. PET(S) tbd. definitely a pet snake. ADOPTED? no.

VICES + HABITS

SMOKES? no. DRINKS? at parties. DRUGS? none. VIOLENT? not really. ADDICTION(S) none. SELF-DESTRUCTIVE? sometimes. HABIT(S) rambling HOBBIES: guitar, piano, ballet LIKES: sour candy, sunsets, classical music, rock music, cats, the color purple, DISLIKES: hunters, NERVOUS TIC(S) rambling

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

HOUSE: hufflepuff. ZODIAC: gemini VICE: pride. VIRTUE: charity. ELEMENT: air.

[gabyell]

#MabGravesDrawlloweenClub2020 #winged #mabsdrawlloweenclubday25 #mabsdrawlloweenclub #MabsDraftmaticMechanicalPencil #leuchttrum1917 #c4artclub #Bat #BabyBat #flying (at Devil's Arrows) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGwFRdQDwYC/?igshid=1ii6txpypww44

[undertale-writing-times]

I want to know about Nightmare and Blue's children! What would they do if a love interest of theirs came up to them one day with a bouquet of flowers?

And perhaps a basket of their favourite sweets, plus a brief message of: "I - uh - I just wanted you to know that I really like you and I'd love it if you'd go out on a date with me- but- but only if you want to, of course!"

My boys! :D(and girls)

I will say I have been thinking about adding new kids.

Midnight: Midnight most likely has to look down at you when you came over, tilting his head to the side then smiles putting his hand over his mouth, "Oh?" He was… shocked, honestly? Nobody has ever confessed their attraction to him before! With a little giggle, he takes the flowers and nuzzles his cheek against them, "I would love that, Y/n. I don't think I could ever turn you down" you two share the treats that you got him. He loves himself some chocolate covered strawberries!

Blackberry: Blackberry stares at you while you were talking, a small frown on his face. Don't ask him how he fell for you, he has no idea! There was no reason for him to have done so, but he did, and now you were confessing. He clicks his teeth together, looking off to the side. "You want to go on a date with me?" he asks, then breathes out slowly and takes the flowers, a relaxed smile on his face, "I… would greatly enjoy that, Y/n." He lowers his head, "Thank you" You helped him see that not everyone was out to get him.

Horror Story: Horror Story looks at you with a big eyesocket, the other covered in a deep blue goop. "Y-You…" he clears his throat, looking away, "Why would I want to do that?" he shuts his mouth tight, then takes the flowers and sweets, mumbling, "Of course I would, get over here" he's having a hard time admiting his feelings but he REALLY likes you! He loves that you don't fear him but you treat him well, and you're sweet to him. He's always scared of people treating him bad or something of that sort.

Periwinkle: "Of course I would love to!" She squeals, taking the flowers and treats in one of her arms, and hugs you with the other one, nuzzling her skull against your face. She's so happy! She's had a crush on you for a while, and she's been planning on asking you out but kinda forgetting so this was perfect! She's so happy.

Sleeper: Sleeper looks at you with sleepy eyes. Her eyesockets only halfway open, before getting a small relaxed smile, "I've known you've liked me for a while, Y/n. You haven't been hiding it that well" she takes the flowers, nuzzling her face into them. They were her favorite type! Lavender. "We can go out, it'll be fun" she's not that impressed but finds you cute, so hey, why not try?

Eclipse: Eclipse wanted to tell you no, and tell you to screw off. He had a crush on you, yes, but… you can't come out of nowhere and say that! Ahhhh! He, instead, breathes out slowly to calm himself down, blushing dark. The goop hid that, luckily. "You can't just come over to tell me that out of nowhere" He snaps, and takes the flowers, looking down at them. He turns his head away, moving one of his tentacles around your waist to pull you closer, mumbling, "Of course I'll go on a date with you, just give a damn warning next time"

Babybat: He gasps and before you could even finish what you're saying, he tackles you in a hug, his wings flapping happily, "Of course!" he nuzzles his face against yours, squeaking happily. His eyes were so bright and he looked excited. He might not have really knocked you over, depending on how much you could hold. He doesn't weigh anything pretty much.

[persephones-deadly-nightshade]

Beauty and The Beast

ft. familial relationships

A platonic JasonXSteph      pre-romantic TimSteph

Background: 

The batfamily are loyal protectors. A mix between knights a vigilantes. Jason dies. Jason gets resurrected via the pit. Jason comes back pissed. He returns home though, doesn’t go on a killing spree, slowly incorporates back into the family.  

Jason still dislikes Tim, (Replacement) and Damian (Demon Brat). He is still bitter at Bruce, (B stands for bitch) and resenting Dick(Golden boy/perfect child). He loves Cass (hard not to.)

Anyways something happens, maybe he’s benched Demon Spawns not, pit rage occurs, a guest pops by the door. 

Guest is treated rudely and prepares to curse entire family. 

Alfred and Bruce welcome her in. 

She doesn’t curse yet.

Hears Jason wish he didn’t have family. Family sucks.

Curses him into a beast, transforms his servants into furniture, telling him if he doesn’t feel brotherly love and learn to appreciate family, they’ll stick. The family (Ohana Bitches) intervene to give him a shot to fix this. 

They sacrifice their voices/bodies for time. Each person earns Jason an extra 20 years. (100 total) His family members are like ghosts, unable to communicate with Jason besides occasional impressions. They’ll be back if he ever breaks the curse. 

Jason is horrified at himself and sinks deep into depression. The pit madness rages more often than not. Time is passing all to quickly...

Start of Story:

Meet Steph. She is a pretty girl, but all to smart and spirited for her village. She loves her mother, another smart woman, an nurse from the city who moved from the country at the behest of her controlling husband.

Meet the controlling husband, Arthur Brown, aka the “Gaston” of the story.

He is not a good person, or father, but the town loves him.

He wants a “perfect” daughter. Timid, reserved, demure. Steph is resisting, but soon she won’t be able to put him off. 

Her mother goes into the city for special herbs, needed as the village healer. She ends up seeking refuge in the beast’s castle.  

Alfred, who previously disconnected from the Waynes, becoming more butler than grandpa to keep Jason company, takes care of her.

Jason flashes back to the last woman whom they invited in and pit madness overtakes him. He throws her in the dungeons.

Steph comes looking for her mother, running towards the terrifying castle because without her mom, Arthur Brown would bend her quickly to his will. 

Steph and Jason’s first meeting was... A disaster. 

Think Steph screaming, think Jason screaming back. Think Alfred pushing her into the guest bedroom as the Waynes try to calm Jason the fuck down so he can use the girl to break the curse. 

They are in an awkward limbo for days. 

Alfred, fed up, escorts Mrs. Brown out in exchange for Stephanie, after explaining what the very aro/ace Jason will need from Steph. (Basically reassurance that Steph would be trapped, but zero chance of getting raped or seduced.) 

Because she must not think of him a brother purely for the curse, Steph doesn’t get the full story. 

The first week and a half is Jason avoiding the fuck out of Stephanie and being annoyed at Alfred’s deal. 

Steph is terrified. She rashly agreed to this deal including spending time with a giant strong monster, Alfred is kind, but she hasn’t seen the silver candlestick since he broke the rules. She is fearing for his safety.

Alfred’s fine, just giving Jason an I’m so disappointed in you silence.” 

Eventually, Steph starts poking around. 

To preserve his brother’s privacy, he stops her before she can go into the family wing, and has Alfred show her the library. Steph is bored.

She pokes around more. Jason bodily stands in her way. 

She persistently pokes him into spending time together. Listen, She is really fucking bored out of her mind. 

Alfred refuses to show her the training room, so Jason has to do it.

Less than a month later, he caves. (Steph is annoying persistent)

Her eyes light up at the sight of punching bags and Cass’ equipment, that girls were allowed to fight maybe she could.

She doesn’t ask for permission. 

He catches her throwing a fucking terrible punch. 

He can’t let that stand. 

The fam watches in glee, as the blonde pokes every single one of his buttons, and accidentally/unknowingly manipulates him into spending time with her. (Tim might just be falling in love)

(She out of his league, like a lot)

Invisible family thinks it’s adorable.

Alfred tells her the history of the manor, and about the Batfam spirits. They comfort her when she gets scared, an impression of warmth and safety. 

She learns to differentiate. She notices Tim spending a lot of time, doesn’t know it’s Tim. Alfred Knows. Alfred knows all.    

Eventually Jason begins liking teaching, and instead of just a harsh taskmaster, he becomes more of a mentor. 

Coins her Spoiler after hearing about how she resists her shitty dad. 

Winter comes. He teaches her siege warfare and silent moving through snowball fights and games. 

He teachers her piano. How the fuck is his voice that nice? 

He teachers her to cook and they have ingredient fights. If she can get him in a good mood, he’ll tell silly stories about his family, going all wistful. 

Good things come to an end. She gets word that her father is beating Mrs. Brown because she managed to escape. It’s her fault, her mother is getting hurt.

A worried Jason bans her from going home. 

Steph runs away anyways, with a purple cloak streaming behind her.

Wolves attack. She can’t hold them all off. 

The Red Hood makes an appearance, saving her life. 

The Pit rage comes back, he almost couldn’t protect her. Suddenly her broken body gets replaced with, little Timbo’s, babybat’s, his dad’s, Big Wing’s, and Cass’. All gone because he couldn’t control himself. The depression returns full force. 

He barricades himself in his room. 

Steph punches the punching bag, often. She knows she fucked up. She misses her mentor. Things deteriorate.

The orange rose petals are almost out. 

Jason, unable to stand the sight of Steph after associating her with his family, sends a carriage for her to take home, gives her weapons to stand up for herself easier. 

Steph, split worried between her mother and Jason, takes the opportunity to go home, as Jason will have Alfred, but her mom has nobody. 

She gets home to try to protect her mother, and her father captures her and puts her in a shock color that is programmed to send a jolt of electricity each time he presses the button. (Aka when she disobeys)

Arthur Brown, annoyed that she had been protected from him for that long, and dismayed that she had learned to fight, (That punch to his face was beautiful Steph, the whole Batfam is proud.) Decides to storm Wayne castle. 

Mrs. Brown (’cause I still don’t know her name) notices Steph looking troubled and tells her to escape and send a warning to her new family. 

Steph denies the family part twice before her mom shuts her up with a look and pretty much said, “Steph, he’s like, your perfect older brother. You guys even have nicknames.”

Steph realizes she’s right.

Steph disables collar and runs toward the manor, taking the conveniently located, super secret passage. 

(She didn’t take it home initially because she didn’t know, then Alfred told her after the wolf attack, but it wasn’t an emergency because Jason prepped a carriage.)

So Steph arrives as her father does, he is still the better fighter, so Jason goes up against Arthur Brown as Steph and the furniture/servants take out the mob. 

As they are fighting, it is, of course, the perfect time for a heart-to-heart. 

“Why did you come back?/Why did you avoid me?”

“I can’t lose my brother!/I can’t stand seeing my family hurting!”

“What?!?/What!?! 

“Cool/Sup.”

Arthur Brown gets a lucky hit in when the two are dramatically confessing their new familial bonds. 

Jason falls.

Arthur gloats. 

Steph knocks him the fuck out. (Heartwarming)

Steph then bear hugs Jason, Jason pecks her forehead. 

Swirl of magic...

The servants turn human, the Waynes resolidify. There is a beautiful reunion. Oh, Jason also rebecomes human. (Meh) 

Bonus-

As Tim is reforming, Dick shoves him towards Steph. All the bats think a blushing Tim would be hilarious. 

He ends up a little to close.

Steph seeing a person she does not know directly in her personal space. Promptly bends down and yeets the brick she is holding. (Mwahahaha)

It was the start of a beautiful romance for the ages. 

[black-streak]

Maribat March - Day 13 - Petnames

Late and ridiculously, stupidly short.

MM taglist:

@maribat-march2020 @emo-elaine13

Permanent list

@naoryllis @throneoffirebreathingbitchqueen @my-name-is-michell @daminett4life @dast218 @novicevoice @shizukiryuu @princess-of-fangirls @bigpicklebananatree @pirats-pizzacanninibles @abrx2002 @breemeister @darkthunder1589 @thestressmademedoit @severelyenchantedwonderland @isabellemasen @multi-fandom-freak0221 @fantasyloversblog @bzz75 @cloudiedraws @jardimazul @orbitsvt @gingerdaile @sotheresthatthought @kadmeread @novaloptr @unabashedlyswimmingtimemachine @crazylittlemunchkin @18-fandoms-unite-08

~---~

Dick was known for giving others pet names. With such hits as "Little Wing" for Jason and "Little Bird" for Tim (despite wanting to go with babybird as Jason did, his little bro refused, telling him to get his own) and "BabyBat" for Damian, it came as no surprise whenever he came out spewing a new endearment to those he loved. 

Especially once Marinette came into his world.

There was a whole litany of loving names he gave her, each drawing out more and more of a groan from those who overheard whatever nonsense came out.

That being said, no one really gave him a petname before. Not really. Unless you count being the first to be called Robin by a man dressed in a bat onesie. Or Jason jokingly calling him BigBird just to get under his skin, not that he let his little brother know that he succeeded. But as far as sweet little endearments? Few and far between. Even past girlfriends had been reserved in that area.

So he figures it can be excused that the first time Marinette unthinkingly called him "Mon Soleil", he wrapped himself around her and didn't let go for the next four hours. Despite protests.

[meanwitch-blog1]

Happy Baturday #saturday #black #pink #grey #bat #batgirl #grunge #fly #wings #aesthetic #instagood #instadaily #me #cool #emogirl #gothgirl #emo #goth #girl #punk #rock #princess #mood Fly like a Bat straight outta of the trap #babybat ♥💕♥💕♥🎀 #novimba 💕♥💕♥🎀💕

[mindthelspace]

Meta Incoming

I hope people aren’t sick of hearing about the misery Gerry had to deal with in this life, because I’ve just found some more misery down the back of the sofa that the fandom has so far overlooked. And I found it mostly because I was a babybat around 2008, when Gerry was accused of skinning Mary alive and turning her into a book. 

In brief, when Gerry was charged for that particular bit of bullshit, he wasn’t just a man being accused of murder. He was a visibly alternative man being accused of a very gruesome murder, which resembled an occult ritual killing or something similar. 

And while it’s much less the case these days, in the late 2000′s, there was still a bit of an attitude that goths, metalheads, emos etc were innately suspicious, unhinged, and one bad day away from harming ourselves or others. 

(To show you what I mean, the Daily Wail managed to get this article into print in 2008. Sure, they were widely ridiculed for it, but the fact that it existed as a non-satire piece says something.)

So, when Gerry was charged with Mary’s murder, some of the below would have definitely happened (depending on how high profile the case was, whether any pictures of Gerry got released etc). 

People blaming Gerry’s actions on The Music. Combing through his albums and quoting any lyrics they found that sounded even vaguely relevant. And if Gerry’s anything like the metalheads I know, music would be a Big Deal to him, so this would have sucked. 

There’s a non-zero chance that some random metal band would have been actively dragged into the matter and accused of wrongdoing, or forced to defend their lyrics. 

Some awful right wing journalist would have gone one step further, and blamed Gerry’s actions on The Subculture. They might write an article suggesting- just out of concern, of course- that there was something fundamentally wrong with metal/goth and by extension, anyone in it. (Probably not fun to read if you’re Gerry!) 

Headlines emphasising Gerry’s alternative-ness, and directly linking it to the ‘murder’. GOTH FREAK SKINS MOTHER ALIVE. (Also probably not fun to read if you’re Gerry!)

Random dickheads might have used the murder as ammo against people who happened to look/dress a bit like Gerry, or share his music taste. Picture, if you will, somebody shouting “Gerard Keay!” or “Gonna skin your Mum mate?” out the side of a van at a complete stranger who happened to look vaguely goth. Again, if this happened, and Gerry found out about it, it would suck, massively. 

Whichever subcultural communities were on the receiving end of the above mud-slinging (i.e all of them, because mainstream tabloids think goth, punk, metal and emo are basically the same thing), would have responded by distancing themselves from the events- and by extension, from Gerry. Picture forums full of people complaining about stupid edgy bastards giving them a bad name, etc. This could well have changed Gerry’s situation from ‘able to go to events, but having to stay on the fringes because of circumstances’ to ‘having to stay away completely because people are blaming you for the community being attacked’.  Alternative communities often have a sense of camaraderie, which is inclusive towards newcomers and people who aren’t personally known. I can see the tarnishing of that tiny shred of community hitting Gerry pretty hard, especially as he didn’t have friends or decent family or anyone he could actually turn to. 

So tldr, along with everything else that came with the whole Mary-skin-book debacle, Gerry also had to deal people like him being attacked because of something the world thought he’d done, watch his appearance get publicly mocked and the music he loved get dragged through the mud, and/or quite possibly lose the only shred of community he had. :) 

Hope you weren’t already sad about him or anything. Isn’t writing meta fun? 

[business-as-usual-bats]

Wait. I thought the Robin nicknames were dependent on the Robin's? Like dick-big wing. Jason-little wing. Tim-babybird. Dami-babybat. (Honestly I never see nicknames for steph and that makes me very sad but...) ARE YOU SAYING YOU COULD SHOUT "BABYBIRD" INTO A CROWD OF ROBINS AND ALL OF THEM WOULD RESPOND!?

I mean. I'm good with that headcanon

[ao3feed-batcat]

Never Mess With the Bat Family

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by Dragonshaow

Bruce Wayne/Batman Nicknames: Daddy Bats, B, and Bats Selina Kyle/Catwoman Nicknames: Lady C, Momma C, and Batkitty Dick Grayson/Nightwing Nicknames: Dick, Goldie/Golden Boy, Boy Wonder, Brotherwing and Dickiebird Jason Todd/Red Hood Nicknames: Hood, Jaybird and Lil Wing Tim Drake/Red Robin Nicknames: Babybird, Timbo and Mr. Bloodshot Damien Ah Ghul Wayne/Robin Nicknames: The Little Demon, Demon Brat, Babybat, Lil D and Dami Cassandra Cain/Black Bat Barbara Gordon/Batgirl Stephanie Brown/Spoiler Harry Potter/Black Rukh, Crow & Dragon Nicknames: Trickykiddy, Demon Brat, Har, Babybat, Backupbirdie and Hatchling Titus the Dog/Ace & Bat-Hound

Words: 98, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Robin: Son of Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Under the Red Hood, Catwoman (Comics)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/M, Gen

Characters: Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Harry Potter, Damian Wayne, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, Barbara Gordon, Titus (DCU), Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Lori Zechlin, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, George Weasley, Alfred Pennyworth, Alfred the Cat (DCU), Fred Weasley, Lucius Fox, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Black Malfoy

Relationships: Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne, Remus Lupin/Nymphadora Tonks, Sirius Black/Lori Zechlin

Additional Tags: Manipulative Albus Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore Bashing, Abusive Dursley Family (Harry Potter), Past Child Abuse, Family Bonding, Protective Parent Bruce Wayne, Protective Siblings, Protective Dick Grayson, Family Issues, Family Drama, Justice League (DCU) as Family, Cassandra Cain is Black Bat, Stephanie Brown is Spoiler, Barbara Gordon is Oracle, Barbara Gordon is Batgirl, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Bruce Wayne is Batman, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Jason Todd Needs A Hug, Harry Potter Needs a Hug, Tim Drake is Red Robin, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Hurt Tim Drake, Selina Kyle is Catwoman, Good Grandparent Alfred Pennyworth, BAMF Harry Potter, Protective Alfred Pennyworth, BAMF Batfamily (DCU), BAMF Bruce Wayne, Sirius Black as Padfoot, Harry Potter Has a Saving People Thing, Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent, Bruce Wayne Loves Selina Kyle, Hurt Bruce Wayne, Harry Potter is a Brat, Damian Wayne is a Brat, The Batfam becomes magical thanks to Harry

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[nellharper]

some of my favorites: babybird, little wing, tim-tac, jayla, jaybird, dickie-bird, timbo, replacement, roytoy, babybat, timbers

Okay I got a question for you, resident Batfam Expert! I’ve been reading a lot of fanfic recently (because I love pain) and I was wondering how many of the pet names the family calls each other are canon? Because they have A LOT and they’re all pretty consistent throughout the writings. Some of the ones I’ve noted regularly are Baby Bird, Little Wing, Jay, Jaylad, Jace, Timmers, Timbo, Dickie, Dickiebird, and then Bruce calling his kids ‘sweetheart’. (Adorable) Anyway, thanks! Don’t feel a need to rush in answering :) I’m in no hurry

Sorry it took me so long to get to all of these, I’ve spent the last few weeks scrounging up every single resource I could get my hands on so that I could make a comprehensive list of which nicknames are canon and which are fanon and it took a SUPER long time. The bottom line is I ended up accidentally making a whole-ass Google Slides for every single batkid nickname, and while the whole project isn’t anywhere near finished yet, I managed to complete the slides needed to answer all of these questions. So...yeah! Here’s what I found:

Dickie/Dickie-Bird:

Jason seems to be the main nickname-user of the family, so aside from the aforementioned comics, there isn’t very much content of Dick being called “Dickie” or “Dickie-Bird”. (I also want to bring up “Big Bird,” which I see Jason calling Dick sometimes in fanfics. That one’s not canon anywhere, unfortunately.) Dick used to be called “Dickie” sometimes as a term of endearment during his circus days, but after that it’s not likely you’ll see any of his family members calling him something other than Dick. 

Little Wing:

Sadly, “Little Wing” hasn’t been used in any canon content after this comic, which is a major bummer since the fandom has turned it into one of Jason’s most popular nicknames (from Dick at least).

Jay/Jace/Jaylad/Jaybird:

(I didn’t list the comic sources for the more widely used nicknames since they’re so common in comics that you could find them pretty much anywhere.) 

I’d say that Bruce called Jason “Jay” far more during his Robin days than he does now, though that could be attributed to their more distant relationship nowadays. (Or maybe I just didn’t happen to read the specific modern comics in which he called Jason “Jay” or “Jace/Jase”.)

Yeahhh, sorry about this one. “Jaylad” is kind of the Schrödinger's cat of nicknames. The fandom ended up misconstruing the term over time. and losing the comma between “Jay” and “lad” so it became “Jaylad” and everyone just stuck with it.

The main person who seems to use this one is Roy Harper, as I haven’t yet found a comic in which one of Jason’s family members calls him “Jaybird”. You can open pretty much any comic with both Jason and Roy in it and expect Roy to say it at least once.

Timmy/Timbers/Timbo:

I haven’t seen anyone calling Tim “Timmers” in canon, but otherwise, most of the other common nicknames derived from Timothy are canon.

Pretender/Replacement:

I always found it wild how Jason never once called Tim “Replacement” in a comic, and yet we all managed to latch onto it anyway and make it his go-to nickname for Tim? That takes some dedication, man. Otherwise, Jason called Tim “Pretender” a few times during Batman: Hush, and that was about it. 

Baby Bird/Baby Bat:

I know a lot of people hate the nickname “Babybird” (for whatever reason), but honestly, I’m really hoping that DC makes it a thing because dammit, we deserve this breadcrumb at least. As of right now, the only batkid who has ever been called “Babybird” was Damian, and it was by his mom. (In fanon, it’s typically Tim who is called “Babybird” while Dick is “Dickie-Bird” and Jason is “Little Wing”. Who decided this, I have no idea but I’m not complaining.) I also included “Baby Bat” since I see that one pretty often too, and that one is sadly not canon either. The DC writers really don’t want us getting our hands on any family fluff whatsoever, huh.

As for Bruce, I don’t think he’s ever called his kids a term of endearment more emotional than “son” or “pal” because he has the emotional capacity of a dried-up raisin. All of those nicknames like “sweetheart,” “honey,” “pumpkin,” and any other names a parent might call their child are banned from Batman’s dictionary as far as the writers are concerned. Will that make me stop having Bruce call his kids “sweetheart” in my fics every chance I get? Absolutely not.

[brbremaking]

Once dick and Jason came into the second best living room to find Tim and Damian standing on the highest cabinets they can find, looking panicked. Jason and Dick are ready to fight and help their brothers from what could be fear toxins or rogues but is actually a little white mouse. Which they both promptly pick up and start cooing at as if it were a baby. When asked what the hell is wrong with them by their still no-we’re-not-crying-shut-up-Todd brothers, Dick and Jason just look at them deadpan before reminding. “I was a circus kid…” “I lived in crime alley?”

[ao3feed-snape]

Never Mess With the Bat Family

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by Dragonshaow

Bruce Wayne/Batman Nicknames: Daddy Bats, B, and Bats Selina Kyle/Catwoman Nicknames: Lady C, Momma C, and Batkitty Dick Grayson/Nightwing Nicknames: Dick, Goldie/Golden Boy, Boy Wonder, Brotherwing and Dickiebird Jason Todd/Red Hood Nicknames: Hood, Jaybird and Lil Wing Tim Drake/Red Robin Nicknames: Babybird, Timbo and Mr. Bloodshot Damien Ah Ghul Wayne/Robin Nicknames: The Little Demon, Demon Brat, Babybat, Lil D and Dami Cassandra Cain/Black Bat Barbara Gordon/Batgirl Stephanie Brown/Spoiler Harry Potter/Black Rukh, Crow & Dragon Nicknames: Trickykiddy, Demon Brat, Har, Babybat, Backupbirdie and Hatchling Titus the Dog/Ace & Bat-Hound

Words: 98, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Robin: Son of Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Under the Red Hood, Catwoman (Comics)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/M, Gen

Characters: Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Harry Potter, Damian Wayne, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, Barbara Gordon, Titus (DCU), Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Lori Zechlin, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, George Weasley, Alfred Pennyworth, Alfred the Cat (DCU), Fred Weasley, Lucius Fox, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Black Malfoy

Relationships: Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne, Remus Lupin/Nymphadora Tonks, Sirius Black/Lori Zechlin

Additional Tags: Manipulative Albus Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore Bashing, Abusive Dursley Family (Harry Potter), Past Child Abuse, Family Bonding, Protective Parent Bruce Wayne, Protective Siblings, Protective Dick Grayson, Family Issues, Family Drama, Justice League (DCU) as Family, Cassandra Cain is Black Bat, Stephanie Brown is Spoiler, Barbara Gordon is Oracle, Barbara Gordon is Batgirl, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Bruce Wayne is Batman, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Jason Todd Needs A Hug, Harry Potter Needs a Hug, Tim Drake is Red Robin, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Hurt Tim Drake, Selina Kyle is Catwoman, Good Grandparent Alfred Pennyworth, BAMF Harry Potter, Protective Alfred Pennyworth, BAMF Batfamily (DCU), BAMF Bruce Wayne, Sirius Black as Padfoot, Harry Potter Has a Saving People Thing, Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent, Bruce Wayne Loves Selina Kyle, Hurt Bruce Wayne, Harry Potter is a Brat, Damian Wayne is a Brat, The Batfam becomes magical thanks to Harry

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