#batfam meets the jl

[disasterbiwerewolf]

Okay, but what about an angst version.

JL has to work with the outlaws vs someone that either uses magic or manipulates time and then they capture red hood, de aging him as bait or something. When they inform Bruce and Nightwing, and maybe a footage that they only hear that kid says he was in a warehouse, they barely have time to react because Bruce is already pulling the hellbat, with Nightwing terrifyingly serious with him.

I have an obsession with Batfam meets the Justice League fics and headcanons in general, and my favorite situation is when the JL fully knows Nightwing, he's on the team, they all like him quite a bit, and he's so charming and open seeming that they all collectively forget that they don't know anything about him.

I want that, then on a mission, fighting a magic user of some sort, Nightwing gets zapped back to young Robin age. So everyone else on said mission is left confronted with 9 year old Dick Grayson in full Robin gear, who is fully ready to fight every single one of them, and they generally have no idea what's happening or who this child is, other than the fact that he's probably young Nightwing, except he won't answer to that name.

And Dick, extremely confused and suspicious because he doesn't know half of the people there, and the ones that he is aware of are wearing different costumes or are just straight up different people than they're supposed to be, proceeds to try and fight them, then actively try to run away.

Then they finally manage to wrangle him back to the Watchtower, trying to grapple with the implications that Nightwing has been a highly trained, costume vigilante since childhood, and managed to break a bone in Green Arrow's hand before they subdued him, and is still thrashing around and trying to bite various League members.

They call Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman in to see if they have any idea what to do with him, and when Robin sees Batman, he squirms out of Flash's grasp, runs to Batman, and climbs up his side until he's wrapped himself around his shoulders like he does it every day.

The Bat lets this happen, sighs in exasperation, then calls Zatanna to help.

The League is then left to piece together why tiny child Nightwing ran to Batman for safety, and why Batman seems a whole lot less confused than everyone else.

[dudedidujust]

The daily planet runs a front page article calling superman the light of mankind

Cue the batfam launching a counter campaign in support of Signal,  the real Light of Mankind.

It starts as a joke but quickly derails into an all out war.

[ravenlilyrose]

Yet another JL learns about Batfam post

Featuring: everybody loves Nightwing

So, Nightwing isn’t technically a member of the JL, but everyone knows him and adores him. Even Batman seems to tolerate him fine.

They’re on a mission. Let’s say alien invasion. Or killer robots. Something large scale and dramatic.

Everyone’s fighting in the same general vicinity. Nightwing and Batman just happen (read: either very carefully planned, unconscious habit, or a combination of the two) to be fairly close together.

Suddenly, an explosion happens. Everyone is knocked down. Including the aliens/robots. Conveniently, they stop being an issue now, so we can focus on The Reveal.

Anyway, everyone knocked down. They start to get up and look around, checking to see that everyone is fine. And it looks like everyone is well and accounted for, except…

Nightwing!

Where’s Nightwing? They all start to panic (except Batman). Is Nightwing okay? Where did he go? Is he hurt?

And then Nightwing ducks out from under Batman’s cape, with a grin on his face, sunny and cheerful as ever.

“Well it looks like that instinct is fully intact. Explosion? Duck under the cape.”

He laughs at himself and Batman’s face twitches in what his family would read as a smile and most of the JL thinks they’re hallucinating.

“Do you two know each other?” They want to ask. And it’s been long enough that it would probably be awkward to ask. But they’re confused/curious enough that they might ask anyway.

[therandomfandomme]

I have such a soft spot for the JL forming while the Batfam is alredy big and out there, like I mean Bruce being like 39 and Dick already 27 kind of vibes. Especially if the JL has no clue abt them, it's just so funny to me. Bc they know Batman has been doing it for a long time already and they've heard rumors of more heroes in Gotham, but theyve never been confirmed and Batman keeps them away and they respect him enough to listen. Then the JL enlist Nightwing, who is closer to the average age of the JL, who has already been protecting his city for nearing a decade. And he's professional competent and they don't think any of it when he and Batman work well together, because humans stick together they guess.

Only for Batman to randomly lick his thumb to get some food of Nightwing's face and Nightwing whining: "Daaaaad," all embarrassed, shocking the entire JL, which isn't at all help when Dick adds: "I'm too old for this, go clean Robin's face." And then they have another heartattack, because Batman sounds almost sad when he replies: "Soon you're all going to be too old for this." Which causes Nightwing to pat his back and say: "Don't worry, B. We're never going to be too old to get embarrassed by you." Which somehow cheers Batman (dark scary Batman) up. And that's how the JL learns that the two are related and B very much doesn't work alone.

[lazyjellyfishcreation]

Duke meeting the JL but it goes wrong.

We've all heard about Jason getting apprehended by the JL because they don't know Red Hood isn't a villain. Now get ready for, Duke Thomas getting apprehended by the JL because they don't believe he's new and they don't believe he's part of the bat clan.

They just see this new vigilante in Gotham who's the only one that works the day shift, has not been seen with the batman in person (that they know of, bc they don't actually have a pair of good eyes in Gotham that isn't Bruce and Bruce ain't telling them shit.) with no history of being a Robin.

They draw their conclusions, realize that this must be a copycat and therefore dangerous towards other and himself and decide to bring him in, because Bruce is of world somewhere.

Duke just lets it happen, faintly complaining about racial profiling while he waits for the rest of the family to break into the watchtower and embarrass the fuck out of the justice league.

[dark-dragon-8]

Can someone please recommend fics where Dick talks about Jason as his "Baby brother" and people always think he's a kid or something, but then they meet him and just blue screen, because this is a 6'0 dude, decked out in guns as though he's a Christmas tree and they're his ornaments, (bonus points if he threatens to shoot anyone making a move on Dick), and built like a fridge standing next to the superhero version of a flexible sunshine.

Please, I'm begging you, I need these fics for my 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭.

Also, on that note, if anyone has any fics where Bruce talks about all his kids as his "Babies" and then introduces them to the JL and pretty much the same thing happens, only Bruce adds the whole "I birthed them all" thing (whether it's as a joke or he's actually a cryptid, I don't care).

Please 🙏

[littlefankingdom]

It's funny how in fanfics, people write Clark giving parenting advices to Bruce, when in the comics (see: World's Finest: Batman and Superman) and other media (see: Young Justice), Bruce is the one giving parenting advices to Clark, and he is always very serious about it.

After all, Bruce has been a father figure and mentor for longer and more kids than Clark. Of course he doesn't need to call Clark for help to learn how to take care of his kids, Clark is the one calling Bruce for help when he has an issue and Ma Kent is busy.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 193

Once again I put forth cryptid batfam. But with a Marvel crossover. Because why not. 

See Gotham isn’t really talked about by the others in the US. The other cities ignore, ignore, ignore as best they can manage, pretending that if they don’t see it, it doesn’t exist. 

That being said, they aren’t completely oblivious to it either. Oh they don’t believe the tales and whispers that come out of the place, because if they were true surely someone would have done something. But they are aware of things like Wayne Industries or Drake Enterprises, right up there with Stark’s. 

Both of which are based within Gotham, though have plenty of things outside the dreadful city as well. Now the Drake couple were constantly seen at galas outside of New Jersey before their tragic demise, but the Waynes? Never once have they been seen outside their city for a single Gala. 

Which makes this invite that one Tony Stark get to one of the Gotham Galas incredibly surprising. Suspiciously so actually, but he has the option for a couple plus ones. His team might be interested- Shield definitely would, seeing as Gotham is a complete blackout on their files. And from his hacking he’s discovered that any information gathering attempts of theirs have failed. 

But really, how bad can it be, it’d only be a couple days after all.

…

Okay what is that fucking thing on top of the building-

[erinwantstowrite]

Do we ever get an arc of Peter like training his spidey sense? Like from what I’ve read so far it seems like he hasn’t trained it yet and I can imagine like Bruce and Peter having bonding time by Bruce helping him train it or introducing him to someone who can help him train it

i really really REALLY want some scenes with this dynamic. peter collects mentor figures and i've had it set up for a while now that bruce and peter are going to train at least once because can you IMAGINE spider-man that's trained with batman???? EVERYONE IS FUCKED every enemy of spider-man after that is FUCKED

[whenicarusflies]

I've been seeing a lot of posts about the batfam being older than everyone else/operating for longer than everyone else, and I was thinking about it being reversed. so imagine is the batfam (including Bruce) was younger than... pretty much everyone.

superheroes have only been around for about five years by the time Bruce decides to become batman. It didn't affect him much either, none of them ever came into Gotham, and he rarely left. He didn't have any superpowers so he instead turned to combat. He was trained by the best of the best, and after a few years he was ready to start going out as Batman.

By now the Justice League has formed. Bruce didn't find out about the formation of it until a few months later (he didn't care much).

He didn't plan on making a scene or a spectacle when he patrolled. Just because there were other heroes who enjoyed the spotlight (*cough*Superman*cough*) didn't mean he would. He was there to make Gotham safer.

Superheroes and vigilantes alike began hearing rumours about Batman after a few months of him operating in Gotham. They talked about it, about the possibility of a vigilante in Gotham, but ended up agreeing that it was probably made up. who would operate out of Gotham of all places?

A year passes, and rumours of Batman are getting more frequent and more believable. Several members of the superhero/vigilante community have gone into Gotham to see if they can find this mysterious 'Batman', but to no avail. (Bruce knows. He avoids them on purpose. Poster boy for being an introvert). They eventually accept that if there is a Batman he doesn't want to meet with them.

Six more months pass and Haly's Circus visits Gotham. Dick Grayson in orphaned and adopted by Bruce Wayne. Months pass and life seems to go back to normal. Then comes another disaster. Normally Batman would intervene, but this time it's getting dangerously close to Gotham.

Finally the rumours of a Gotham vigilante are confirmed to be true. But to the other heroes disappointment the masked vigilante leaves as quickly and quietly as he arrived. Later that year Robin makes his appearance. Some of the other heroes have sidekicks of their own, but it isn't a widespread thing.

Years pass and disasters keep happening and Batman keeps helping, and eventually he stays around to exchange a few words, and eventually he agrees to join the league.

Robin is ecstatic, and its not long before he's mingling with the other sidekicks ("partners" Dick insisted) and after that its not long before the Teen Titans are formed (Robin is easily the youngest).

Batman rises through the ranks of the league quickly, and while not everyone (or no one, to be more exact) likes him, he has their respect.

Mirroring his progress Robin quickly becomes the leader of the Titans, proving himself more than capable in the field.

Things continue on like this for years. Batman becomes one of the leaders of the Justice League. Robin becomes respected among the younger generation of heroes. Batgirl joins the ranks of the Gotham vigilantes, and later the Titans (Robin is still the youngest).

It is safe to say that Batman isn't close to any other vigilantes (they are under the impression that he is as old as they are, and not (at least) ten years younger. He does not want to let them know his real age, as he would risk losing the respect he has so painstakingly gained).

Alas, all good things must come to an end. The relationship between Bruce and Dick grows strained. They fight more often then they ever have. Dick leaves and takes on the name Nightwing. Barbara goes with him (not completely, but it became less and less often that she would patrol with Bruce). Batman stays the same (it has been a long time since be has patrolled alone).

Then someone steals the tires of the Batmobile. And thus, Jason Todd becomes Robin.

The league members don't say much about the new Robin. At least, not to his face. Behind his back they speculate and theorise to their heart's desires, but it is, inevitably, impossible to find out why there was another Robin.

Dick Grayson is barely eighteen and leading people who are five years older than him. He ignores Gotham as best he can. He doesn't want anything to do with Bruce or his new Robin.

But months pass, and then a year. And Barbara starts patrolling more and more in Gotham again, and starts training the new kid, and she talks to Dick about it and eventually he starts patrolling in Gotham again too (it always ends with him and Bruce yelling at each other, and if he sees the new kid ("His name's Jason, Dick, not 'the new kid'" Barbara's exasperated voice rung in his mind) wincing or sneaking away every time it happened, well, it was none of his business).

But things get better. Not every visit to Gotham ends in a shouting match, and Jason evens joins the Titans.

And then it got worse. Things got very bad, very quickly. Jason found out about his mother. Jason died. Barbara was shot.

This time, when Robin disappeared, the League wasn't waiting for him to come back with a new name. This time they were scared.

Batman was out of control. No one had seen Batgirl in months, but Nightwing had said she was okay (he never said anything about Robin).

Six months passed and, lo and behold, there was a new robin.

The original Teen Titans had disbanded after Nightwing killed the Joker. (Wally thought that, even covered in blood, his face look startlingly young).

And then things began to settle again. Batman returned to normal. A few years along the line a blonde girl became Robin, and a few years after that she joined Tim Drake as Batgirl. Oracle became well known. Orphan was widely regarded as a good fighter. (they all looked so young).

And Red Hood came to Gotham. Robin was beat and inch to death in one of the safest places in the world. Crime Alley was... better. The Joker was alive, and another child was bleeding out because of misplaced trust.

But things moved on, as they always did. The Outlaws formed, and the first time Red Hood took off his helmet Arsenal nearly choked when he found out the vicious Crime Lord as not only twenty-something, but hot as fuck the Robin who had died all those years ago.

Damian Wayne was discovered and the Robin mantle was stolen passed down. Things began to unravel. Dick became Batman. Tim left to prove Bruce wasn't dead (a small part of Dick is mourning his younger brother, praying that the grief doesn't drive him insane at such a young age, that Tim will make it through this, he tries to help Tim (he doesn't know how)).

But Bruce comes back, and its not long before Signal joins them too. And, finally, things began to settle, and stay settled. Life is normal (as normal as it can be).

Batman talks to Superman first. Then to the entire League.

Barbara still has the footage of them finding out that one of their most highly respected members, one of their leaders, is younger than... all of them.

[tmmyhug]

what is it with JL meets batfam fics where the writing is fine or acceptable for most of the buildup and then when it actually gets to a moment of reveal everyone flies wildly out of character. if i have to read one more “BATMAN HAS KIDS??!” group chorus or similar im going to lose it

[angstandhappiness]

LMAO YES

Personally I think the Justice League not knowing Batman had kids would be more bad at social things Batman rather than paranoid Batman and they found out like this:

Justice league, minus Batman: *walks into the meeting room*

Superman: *freezes*

Green Lantern: what’s wrong?

Superman: …Batman. Why do you have three heart beats and why is one of them a cats?

Batman: *throws cape over his shoulders revealing Damian sleeping on his lap and a cat sitting on his lap* this is Robins cat Mr Whiskers

Flash: you have a side kick?!

Batman, confused because he thought they knew: no? I have a team?

Wonder Woman: a team?

Batman: Nightwing, Red Hood, Red Robin, Robin, Batgirl, Signal- I thought you guys knew this *pulls out his wallet and pulls 50+ family photos out of that* how did you not? Have none of you pick pocketed me? *the Robins always steal his stuff and he assumes that both his teams do the same things*

Superman: I’m sorry, what?

Batman: how did you not know?

Green Arrow: well you don’t exactly talk about your life

Batman: yeah but you should’ve figured it out, I give figuring out your guys secret identities out as things to do when the Robins are bored. Who did you think looked after Gotham when I couldn’t?

Flash: I thought your power was being two places at once?

Batman: ??? I don’t have powers?

Everyone: WHAT

Batman: I never have?

Superman: how are you such a good fighter then?

Batman: I trained for two decades?

Flash: what.

Green Arrow: wait, why did you call them ‘the Robins’ I thought there were only two Robins?

Batman: well they were all Robin at some point, most of them anyways. Dick was the first Robin, then he became Nightwing. A while after that I found Jason and he became the second Robin, he died and then got resurrected and became a crime boss for a while and changed his name to Red Hood. And while Jason was dead Tim showed up and became Robin, Tim became Red Robin. And Damian is the current Robin.

J’onn: why do you call them by their real names, I know you know everyone’s secret identities but isn’t that rude?

Batman: what do you mean? They’re my kids? I’ve adopted all of them?

Everyone: WHAT

Superman: Wait, circle back. One of your kids got resurrected and is a crime boss

Batman: he isn’t bad, he just isn’t offically part of the team anymore but we still work togther all the time-

Flash: offically? What is there a list on the Gotham police website.

Batman: yes, it can be wrong sometimes though, they thought Batgirl was my sidekick way before I actually started training her. It took me a while to realise I couldn’t convince her to stop crime fighhting.

Green Lantern: you don’t make them when you adopt them?

Btman: NO! She was like 12! I don’t make kids fight! She wouldn’t stop and it would be mroe dangerous to leave her without proper gear or any way to call for help, and I didn’t want Nightwing to fight when I adopted him he chose to himself and when I said no he went out after Zacoo anyways, and I found Jason stealing my tires so he already knew I was Batman-

[therandomfandomme]

Ok but the Justice League kidnapping Duke, bc he seems like a good kid and they don't want him to get banished by Batman for being a meta, so they can train him and set him loose in another city. Meanwhile, Duke is unsure if he should tell them that Batman is cool with him being in the city and also his foster dad, but also not wanting to be rude or make the League feel bad (bc they're the League and he's a fanboy), so he just lets them. Until an angry Batman comes to collect his kid and the Justice League gets whiplash bc what do you mean this guy is allowed to be meta in your city? And B is just like: my child priviledges f u.

(Duke totally gets the number one spot on the coolest kidnapping leaderboard).

[fckbatmanhiskidsareminenow]

batfam meets the JL but it’s just the bat kids breaking into the watch tower during a debriefing or meeting to ask bruce the most mundane questions. they go about it like they’re interns that need to speak to the CEO during a board meeting. they walk over waving their hands and mouthing “i’m so sorry just need to ask batman something 😬” and then they lean over to bruce and ask something like “alfred wants to know if you’re gonna be home for dinner” and then they dip.

one of them started this when bruce didn’t answer their texts (it was probably tim or something) and now everyone does it.

[puppetmaster13u]

Batman Au: All of the kids have not only their own vigilante outfits such as Nightwing or Spoiler but also their own batman ones. They're pre-made in case of emergencies and constantly updated.

The league have no idea that the batman they keep meeting are different people for a very long time.

[angstandhappiness]

LMAO YES

the funniest part of any Robin meeting the JL is that every Robin is so distinctly different from the previous one in terms of personality and vibes that the league literally gets backlash. and like, I don't blame them. not to mention that they are non-meta children that dress as a traffic light and fight crime alongside batman in gotham on a nightly basis. i'd also be a bit concerned. Batman, literally The Night of Gotham personified in the League's eyes, coming into a JL meeting: This is Robin, my crime-fighting partner. 11-year-old Dick Grayson, dressed in the brightest primary colours possible, vaguely hidden murder behind those eyes, never stops moving even for a moment: Hi! Superman: That's a child. That's-- Bats that is a child. You let a child--? Batman, deadpan: You try to stop him. Would you rather he try and murder a grown man with a wire?

Batman: This is Robin. 12-year-old Jason Todd, with the biggest grin on his face, about 3 books in his hand, stars in his eyes and a distinct street-kid drawl: Hey!!! Green Lantern: That's ... that's a different child. What?? Jason: I stole his tires :) Batman: Tried to. Jason, stage whispering to the League: basically did. Green Lantern: that is a different kid, right?? I'm not seeing shit??

Batman: This is Robin. 14-year-old Tim Drake, bo staff clutched in his hand, a wary and tired expression on his face, more on the quiet side, the literal walking definition of don't judge a book by it's cover: hello Flash: Where do you even find these-- Tim: I found myself.

Batman: This is Robin. 17-year-old Stephanie Brown, literally blonde, with a shit-eating grin, eyes full of nothing but mischief and the most explosive personality you've ever seen: hiya!! Superman: I give up. Stephanie: I know, I have that amazing effect on people.

Batman: This is Robin. 13-year-old Damian Wayne, a literal wet cat that will hiss at you, has a sword, the most judgemental stare you'll get from a teenager, ready to jump anyone there: Green Lantern: WHY DOES HE HAVE A SWORD?! Batman: ... he came with the sword.