#batkids icons

[mcudc616]

[wondersinwaynemanor]

one time when Damian was injured during patrol, he snuck into Dick's apartment but his older brother wasn't around because he had a double shift. so he took care of his own injuries and made his own hot cocoa.

while he was sipping on the hot drink, Damian was wandering around the apartment and saw the tape of the movie, Clueless, on the coffee table. he ended up watching it until he was capable to come back home, as the rest of the tapes were taken by Jason.

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a day at the Manor:

Steph: I think that formula is not right, Dami.

Jason: That lacks more carbon.

Duke: Oxygen perhaps.

Dick: It lacks more than that.

Cass: I'll ask Bruce what we lack.

Damian: I'm right, okay? Why don't you put your trust in me?

Dick: Hey, it's not that we don't trust you. We just want this formula to be as accurate as possible.

Cass: No failures allowed, Dami.

Damian: You know what...

Damian, uses both of his hands to form a W: Whatever.

Steph: Uh???

Cass raises her brows.

Duke: Um....

Jason: The fuck did the brat just do?

Dick: Oh no....

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Tim: Damian, I swear, I'm not letting you borrow my laptop ever again. Your cat just shit on it!

Damain: It would be wise to investigate your devices before handing them to me. Maybe it smelled like human waste before you handed it to me.

Tim: What are you implying?

Damian only shrugs.

Tim: You know what? I'm not helping you convince B that you need another pet.

Damian: You said you'd help me after I helped you on that Physics project you had for your university.

Tim: I change my mind. You're a brat.

Damian: And you're a virgin who can't drive.

Tim: WHAT THE FU---

[shyjusticewarrior]

Jason hasn't even been acquitted of child murder yet and Rose already looks ready to risk it all.

She's like: "the red flags don't exist if I don't look at them."

[marvelsgirl616]

[appleswan]

Bruce Wayne has a type when it comes to Robins blah blah blah

Stephanie Brown is the exception. And I think we all need to love that for her. She's so iconic and for what? Like imagine being a criminal in Gotham expecting the typical Robin to come bust your gig, y'know - Young boy, black hair - and then this BLONDE GIRL comes instead of the usual, but she's wearing the Robin colors. What are you supposed to do with that information????

[livingdeadvoid]

Jason and Roy were packing away the leftovers. Though there wasn't much left considering just how many people came over to eat. "If I leave without complimenting Alfred, feel free to never let me come over again."

Jason chuckled. "Oh? Who said you were leaving?"

Roy grinned. "Trust me I had no plans on leaving tonight Jaybird. But I did have some plans," he winked at Jason.

Jason looked at him playfully, stuffing the last dish into a small bag. "I'd hope so. Or else tonight was gonna get really boring."

Roy lead into Jason slowly, kissing him softly. Jason smiled into the kiss, like a real genuine smile. They pulled away when they heard someone making a gaging sound in the doorway.

"Get a room you two. Jesus fuck." Damian poured a glass of the non-alcoholic cider.

Jason rolled his eyes. "Says you, now scram nerd."

Damian stuck out his tongue. "Loser," he turned and walked out.

Roy chuckled at the two brothers. "You two are adorable."

Jason shrugged. "I might be, but I know damn well that brat isn't."

"Mhm, mhm. Whatever makes you feel better."

He huffed, shoving the bag into Roy's arms. "It's Oliver's. Go give it to him."

Roy gave him a fax salute before grabbing the bag. "Yes sir."

Jason chuckled, rolling his eyes playfully. "Get out of here."

Roy placed a small kiss on Jason's forehead before turning to leave.

He sighed, placing his head on the counter. "Heard you helped cook. Wouldn't have expected that from you." Jason lifted his head up, looking at who just entered. There in the doorway stood Koriand'r.

Jason shrugged. "I was helping Selina mostly. She's actually a pretty good cook."

She grabbed the bottle of red wine. "So I've heard. She made the apple pie, right?"

He nodded. "And the rolls. Shit was homemade."

Her eyes widened. "Really? They were incredible."

"I know right."

Roy came back into the kitchen. "I'm bac- oh hello there Kori."

She waved, giving him a small smile. " Hey there Roy."

Roy walked over to Jason, placing a gentle kiss on his cheek. "They said thank you."

Kori smiled at them. "You two are cute. I better be the maid of honor."

[tisalovestory]

Omg, we do have the same Robin blorbo! Jason is just 👩‍🍳😘 i love the anti-heroes 🥰 and Dick is good, too, but Jason is my #1.

Damian is a gremlin child but so precious and must be protected at all costs - kuroo cake anon

It is so hard to get into comic characters because comic runs and archs and retcons are so damn messy (like, im pretty sure no one would disagree if i say probably ppl who make those comics are a bit lost sometimes) but i love it when characters are a bit tragic and broken. His mom (who he died trying to save) literally sold him to his murderer in the original run like pls… i cannot breathe im suffocating myself

[faeriekit]

I imagine that the batkids do know how to pump gas but they do the thing where there's one slightly more competent person so they make THEM do it every time they leave state borders, while the rest of them whine in the car about how it's too hard. Jersey girls don't pump gas.

Least funny options to funniest options on who's sacrificed to the gas station:

Jason. Would be annoyed, but wouldn't blink. Easy peasy.

Tim. Stone cold silent. Doesn't admit he's struggling so it just takes like an extra fifteen minutes for no reason.

Dick. Oldest child. Probably out of practice but can get it done. Fumbles with the gas cap. Whines the whole time.

Duke. Does not know how to pump gas. Has to have someone who works there explain it to him the first five times he does it.

Steph. Took the motto too seriously. Genuinely can't pump gas. Resents that she's been made to.

Cass. Who taught her? When? How? Why?! She's so smug the entire time. Competency Queen. She doesn't even have to be pushed to do it, the showoff.

Damian. Of course he knows how to. Knowing him, he probably teaches Jon Kent how to do it too. Tiny icon. Short king. Has to stand on his tiptoes to reach the gas cap. Meanwhile the whole car is stocked with adult vigilantes who really, really, REALLY don't want to, the losers.

Not a batkid:

Bruce. Regularly forgets non-combat-based skills. Usually only gasses up in his stupid man cave. Has to call Alfred to remind him how to use the damn machine.

[aingeal98]

The 90s Tim, Dick & Cass (plus Babs) batkid squad really was iconic like no other era has quite captured the delight I felt whenever they showed up as a team. It wasn’t going to be one panel of “happy family together” fanservice no there was going to be DRAMA. Punches were going to be thrown, someone was going to try really hard not to cry, everyone repressed a bunch of emotions which lead them to terrible communication. Even worse if you were a villain because then they would put aside all their baggage and emerge from the shadows in the most dramatic fashion possible to let you know they were going to beat the fuck out of you. Classic.

[vodrae]

Red carpet with the batkids, asked about an important figure in their life:

Dick: Clark ? I have never seen someone so upright in my life, as a reporter he's always trying to write about what matter the most for the people and not a political agenda by some bald billionaire you know. I'm trying everyday to follow his path of honesty and truth.

Barbara: Dad ? There is a picture of him next to the word "resilience" in the dictionnary. Nobody could have done what he did for this city while staying on the good side of the law.

Jason: Talia Head ? Yeah, she was there when I got caught in this attack in Ethiopia. She spared nothing for my réhabilitation when I couldn’t return to Gotham because of witness protection. I know I can trust her with my life because I had to for years. I wouldn't have enough time in my two lives to thank her enough for her patience with me.

Tim: Selina ? You know a lot of people who'd hire Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and Catwoman to stole back what Black Mask robbed in the museum ? Iconic I have to say.

Steph and Cassandra: Diana, just look at her to understand. She knows history like she was there the whole time. She's the biggest expert on ancient greece on the planet ! She's even the mythology advisor on the percy jackson's show ! 6'3 olympic wrestling champion nerd. I'm in love. 💖💖💖

Damian: Alfred is the most wise, elegant, selfleness being. And he doesn’t scratch the couch.

(I don't know enough about Duke, sorry)

And what about Bruce Wayne ?

Batkids:...Batburgers...He buys batburgers sometime.

[punkeropercyjackson]

The Batkids!!!

Dick(Link Level Transgenderism so see them as you wish),Jason(Hot Dead Boy Supreme),Tim(The only valid skater boy),Cass(My Batman who should be EVERYBODY'S Batman too),Duke(Afropunk/blk glamrock king),Damian(The Babiest Bat),Stephanie(My dc kinnie)and Maps(The normalest girl in Gotham)!Dick and Damian are romani and wasian(arab-chinese)as per non-whitewashed canon,Jason is afro-dominican monoracial,Tim is cherokee on Janet's side and Stephanie is blasian-american(jamaican/south korean)!!Peep the matching Stephcass cups with little red strawberries as a ref to a tiktok audio i love LMAO.Oh and as always Duke and Jason are eachother's Robin and Duke is an Outlaw and the 5th Robin because he deserves better💛❤️‍🩹

Link of you wanna do your designs!!Tag me even if we're not moots,i wanna seeeeeee

[alternishicons]

poc4poc batkids + stephanie brown and barbara gordon icons

[shyjusticewarrior]

Jason Todd, the character ever pt 2

A hyper-competent jack of all trades, decides that hitting people with a metal stick would be very thematic

Understands it's hypocritical to kill someone for killing his loved one when he's killed other's loved ones, tries to do it anyway

Got so caught up in his daddy issues he didn't notice a fire

Projects himself onto both the people he saves and the criminals he fights

Pushed multiple people in front of moving vehicles with no intention of letting it hit them

Ate Deb Donavan's cereal as a power move

[marvelsgirl616]

dick grayson // robin

[cyb-by-lang]

I kinda already commented and it felt weird to do it again? So I thought I’d ask here instead:

I just saw a post on tumblr that Batman did try to kill Joker and Superman stopped him??? And it was because Joker was somehow linked with Iran, and couldn’t be killed cuz it would start a war. And other Batkids also tried to kill Joker???

I’ve honestly always thought Batman didn’t kill Joker cuz he’s too popular a villain so it was just sort of waved off because of ‘Batman rules’ and publication reasons.

Is Batman almost killing Joker included in your fic? I have very little knowledge of the comics and hearing about newer versions overwriting previous stories makes me even more confused.

Congrats to you for having unlocked a secret level of rambling through deciding to send an ask rather than a comment. This would totally have ended up on AO3 below your comment. :p

And it is going below the cut because it's long as hell.

The scenario you've heard about was from the original run of A Death in the Family, which is the story arc where Jason was killed back in the 80s. In the aftermath of Bruce finding Jason dead (and Jason's birth mother dying shortly thereafter), he hunts for the Joker after realizing that the warehouse explosion didn't, in fact, kill the clown. Somehow (racism!) the Joker ends up being appointed as the Iranian ambassador to the UN. This was later retconned to the fictional country of Qurac, because even DC realized that was a step too far. In the scene after that fun little reveal, Superman is on hand to try and keep shenanigans to a minimum, the Joker predictably tries to gas the entire UN assembly chamber anyway, and then flees via helicopter. Batman, who has been trailing along this entire time in a rage, pursues.

He's planning to kill the clown. Superman, for reasons related to "we don't whack ambassadors and start wars," has been holding him back for the arc thus far. Helicopter pursuit turns into a helicopter fight, during which the Joker's henchman fires a spray of bullets that kills the pilot while everyone is on board and having a bad time. Batman exits the aircraft alive, intact, and furious, and doesn't give a single shit if the Joker died when the chopper hit the sea.

And then a month later the fucking clown comes back again like nothing happened. Only the entire setting has undergone a serious tone shift since Jason's death, which means you're gonna see a lot heavier, dramatic stories that have more significant body counts. Batman cannot get over the death of his son, because no, and eventually Tim Drake pops up in the middle of that death spiral with a hypothesis: "Batman needs a Robin."

He's not wrong.

He also doesn't go about it super gracefully, including an attempt to convince Dick to come back to the Robin mantle that goes nowhere, but eventually he convinces the Dark Knight to take on a third Robin. Unlike Dick and Jason, Tim is locked the fuck down for training and not allowed out in the field willy-nilly. And when he does go out, he is ferociously competent.

Incidentally, this is because the writers/editors realized that after the child murder storyline they'd just done, Batman had to have one hell of a reason to ever take on another kid sidekick. And they needed to try and drag the Robin role's popularity back up, since killing a kid sidekick was also a symptom of DC's tanking sales at the time; the whole thing was ultimately a publicity stunt. It was a bad idea and now we just live with it.

So Tim is, broadly, never portrayed as incompetent in any aspect aside from maybe high school socializing. I don't think he gets kidnapped even a tenth of the number of times Dick did during his decades-long career as Robin. Certainly never falls for a honey trap plot or anything like that.

But yeah, the meta reason why the Joker never dies is because he's an iconic villain who drives plots. But unless you step out of the main continuity, he's also never just been a "no-frills funny" villain since.

ANYWAY.

As far as the rest of the Batfam taking a swing at the Joker, there's one incident that I can recall off the top of my head.

Dick Grayson, currently Nightwing, wasn't especially close to Jason while he was alive. During Jason's original run, they had a cordial (if brief) relationship, but they basically didn't get any storylines together, so it's hard to really tell how strongly they bonded. After Jason died, Dick began experiencing...I wanna call them chronic night terrors. The idea is that a boy in a Robin costume is falling, and falling, and Dick can never save the kid.

I'm sure it has nothing whatsoever to do with his dead brother, no sir.

So, some time later, the Joker gets told he has terminal cancer by a psychiatrist who assumes that if the clown was convinced he was going to die, he might try reforming or something. A terminal turnaround. Lots of people do that, right?

He assumed wrong.

The Joker goes on an utter tear, doing all sorts of escalating villainy that starts with gassing everyone he can get his hands on, including other Arkham inmates. Somewhere amid this rampage, Robin III goes missing and the Joker cheerfully tells Nightwing that yeah, he killed the kid. And he has the gall to bring up Jason in the middle of all the gloating. By name. (The Joker knows Jason's name due to some nonsense involving Crane and Fear Toxin hallucinations and Batman in a prior story arc.)

And Dick

fucking

SNAPS.

Pummels the Joker right there on the floor. Barehanded. No sticks, no pausing, just beats him to death.

Two seconds later, a very alive (if hurt) Tim manages to get there and go "oh god what happened." Because Dick is not doing well! He has a crisis about killing a dude, no matter how terrible. He never thought he'd go that far.

Batman swoops in and resuscitates the clown. In the time between Jason's death and The Joker's Last Laugh, he has apparently decided that it's more important to keep Dick from suffering a breakdown than it is to kill the clown. DC editorial was gonna keep him alive either way, but whatever.

And now for the third part of my ramble.

As for Under the Red Hood, Jason's death is seriously streamlined for the film. In this version of events, none of the UN chicanery happens. Ra's al Ghul hires the clown for a distraction job while trying to crash the world economy (again) and whoops, the clown killed Batman's son. Crowbar, bomb, whatever. Before Jason's body can be buried, the League of Assassins steals it, hucks Jason into the Lazarus Pit, and now he's alive again!

Except, given how he died and how long he spent dead and how that interacts with the magic, he wakes up as a berserk ball of rage and pain, kills two of Ra's al Ghul's guards with his bare hands, escapes, falls into a river, and disappears.

...So much for making that whole thing up to Batman. The League of Assassins just quietly lets Bruce bury a latex dummy and doesn't ever bring it up.

Cut to Gotham, years later, when Red Hood is tearing up the place and Batman goes "Ra's al Ghul, what the fuck" and the whole story comes spilling out.

In A Ninja's Guide to Gotham, Jason's dropped hints in his narration that he was actually with the League of Assassins for a while, even before going 'round the world training with assassins and stuff. The Lazarus Pit just got him back to full functionality. So, you can assume it leans more on the comics' "spontaneous resurrection" scenario.

If Bruce ever tried to kill the Joker while Jason was dead, Jason doesn't know about it. And because we haven't been in Bruce's head, there's no indication either way.

(Bruce makes mention of how easy it would be kill the Joker in the film, but that he could never come back from doing so. It is not specified if he made the attempt or just thought about it a lot.)

I've been holding back on Jason's and Bruce's accounts of events because they're both owed a moment of dramatic catharsis (and shouting). You can generally rest assured that it'll be more likely to be a mix of events than a pure account of any one take on what happened in the warehouse that day.

Thanks for setting off an exposition bomb~

[gretahayes]

Another thing about Bruce and Tim is how they treat their friends. Bruce is lonely to the point of possessive, while Time is more obsessive. There’s tons and tons of meta about the way Bruce treats the members of the Superfamily (He’s downright just cruel to Kara and Kon. His unfriendliness to Mon-El during the New Krypton arc etc), while Tim is more open and friendly, and one can even say needy (we must always remember the legendary and iconic cloning).

Idk. Just really funny how Tim is (imo) the most like Bruce of all the Batkids, but he also rejects him the hardest.

Tim admits he has friends and trusts them with his life. BRUCE HOWEVER-