#batman: nightwalker

[nighhtwing]

somebody has GOT to get bruce away from morally questionable potential love interests

[whipbogard]

Have been reading Batman Nightwalker

Me: How sad that the lawyer won’t be Harvey 🥲

Harvey:

Can I just be emotional for a sec because this is the first time I read about Harvey retaliating against his dad? Most of the times we never knew how he got out of it—did something happen? Two-Face maybe? Did it stop once he left for college? Because of this, I have thought about the various scenarios many times for my version of Harvey but to actually see it in comic, I feel somewhat validated and emotional lmfao 🥲🥲🥲

Also earlier in the comic

Without context, me: oho 😏

With context, me: 🥲🥲🥲🥲💔💔💔💔💔

[puppetmaster13u]

Meat Marionette Thoughts: Alfred

So there was already the thought of Alfred's body being in the Hive far longer than the rest because he doesn't need it for a long time. And I am just rotating him now and thinkin about what type of effect that could have on the body. Now @phoenixcatch7 put out the idea of his outfit being similar to a plague doctor's in his flesh-body, which I am just in love with as an entire concept into my head. But there was another where most would think he has tiny wings because they're well, under a feathered cape. But they are not, like I like to think that all of their wings get larger with age. Like Bruce already has a 50' wingspan as an adult, but Alfred is an elder of sorts, one whose body has been directly in the hive growing and mutating for years at this point. So his wings would be massive.

[psychokatrixxxy]

Just read Batman: Nightwalker, here are some of my favourite parts:

Poor Harvey looks so awkward.

Grumpy Alfred.

The following ones aren't my favourite but like, Bruce just turned 18 and all these creeps are hitting on him 😭

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[marshmyers]

This action-packed graphic novel based on the New York Times bestselling book by Marie Lu transports readers to the shadowy gates of Arkham Asylum, where Gotham City's darkest mysteries reside...and which now threatens to imprison Bruce Wayne. 

A ruthless new gang of criminals known only as Nightwalkers is terrorizing Gotham, and the city's elite are being taken out one by one. On the way home from his 18th birthday party, newly minted billionaire Bruce Wayne makes an impulsive choice that puts him in their crosshairs and lands him in Arkham Asylum, the once-infamous mental hospital. There, he meets Madeleine Wallace, a brilliant killer...and Bruce's only hope. Madeleine is the mystery Bruce must unravel, but is he convincing her to divulge her secrets, or is he feeding her the information she needs to bring Gotham City to its knees?

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[slaughter-books]

Day 9: JOMPBPC: Holy Nostalgia Batman

[bushisbisexual]

she’s literally just a babygirl you guys don’t get it (she’s the youngest person to be put in arkham asylum and has been accused of three brutal murders)

[twcfaces]

the hair ?! the hair !!!

[emptyjunior]

this is sad but i earnestly believe he would have danced with harvey if harvey asked

Bruce not wanting to dance at random with people just vying for his attention because DANCING WAS SOMETHING HE DID WITH HIS MOM excuse me I'm going to go fling myself into the sun.

[nighhtwing]

maybe if i was more normal abt bruce i would’ve enjoyed batman: nightwalker fully 😔

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

we don't make enough fun of Batman for not being a vampire. seriously this guy:

nightwalker, lurks in the shadows

goes flying through the city at night hunting down his quarry

romps around in a dramatic ass cape

lives in a gothic manor that is definitely haunted (by the narrative, the ghosts of the past, etcetera)

served by a single devoted familiar servant who seems to share some portion of his strange powers

has multiple fledglings proteges he recruits and trains to share his dark powers

the source of great, often contradictory lore (conflicting reports on his powers/weaknesses/backstory, varies by canon)

unaging (his publication history spans how many decades?)

clearly has some sort of arcane powers superhuman abilities, despite making a huge effort to pass as a Normal Human Guy

autistic bisexual

notice i didn't even mention the whole BAT themed everything. and we're expected to believe this character is NOT a vampire? i'm being baited.

[puppetmaster13u]

Even more Meat Marionettes

So with them drinking Lazarus water in their second bodies I am debating on their flesh, like the insides of their mouths and such being a bright lazarus green. Maybe their blood glows green under a blacklight.

Honestly Bruce is definitely the first to get a body, and I feel like these three depictions of his, Kate's, and Alfred's are later ones and that the first ones have more exposed muscle and flesh, at least right after they emerge from the Hive. It's about that time that if they really want things changed about the bodies that they do so. I like to think that Bruce dipped his claws in metal but later found that said claws were now actually made of said metal after about a week or so. Which is also when they probably realize that the bodies are evolving as they control them.

Alfred probably had a body next, just never went down in the Hive so it was in stasis within the deeper caves for a very long time. Which I feel like they do eventually make walkways of sorts to the deeper tunnels after several of the kids get the call down or suddenly waking up in a completely new form. His I feel has more gnarled looking spikes and claws because it's been un-used for so long. Not to mention that he's up right above the tunnels for quite a bit longer than the rest of the batfam seeing as he's not going out as an active vigilante.

I feel like Kate's body is still more fleshy colored for longer because she spends so much time in Bludhaven. The tunnels do reach the sister city, but they're shallower, newer and not as ancient as the depths below Gotham. Eventually if becomes so in line with the rising mythology about her that the red and fleshy-colored patterns stay. Also kind of random but Kate knows how to use guns seeing as she's military trained. So imagine if a 10'+ monstrosity that was already kicking your ass suddenly picked up your gun lmao

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For those not familiar to the Au, it's pretty much a combination of my What's Outside au and @phoenixcatch7's Possessed Doll au. Go check their wonderful AU out, do it, it deserves so much love <3

[okeiglxg]

Hi guys! Im gonna recommend some fics of JLA meets the Batfam cause i realized im the one whos always asking😭 (some of these are kinda short btw) I'll do this for a few days basically i recommend 5 with a plus one

Batman is Nightwing's WHAT?! by witchywriter3 (no ships)

Sacrifice by nightwalker (no ships)

It's not about the Red Hood. It's that you didn't properly evacuate! By CheyanneChika ( roy harper/jason todd)

You didn't know? By heytheresunshine (dick grayson/wally west)

Batman and Nightwing: Cordial Coworkers by eaglerayss (no ship)

Plus one (or two)

Putting on a Performance for you by melohii (been here since like chap 4 or 5 its amazing) hurt/comfort and dick grayson centric and he has healing powers, no ships also with good ending

I recommend you guys also read Red Hood is the "1st robin" au by Firefly026

Hes not actually the first robin but thats what the JLA thinks

[butcherlarry]

Weekly Fic Recs 28

Tumblr updated the post thingy so now I have to relearn it again. Wish me luck! Enjoy the fic recs!

Would you like to be my stepfather? by Speechless_since_1998 - Superbat, wip. The batkids ask Clark why he isn't they're step dad yet. It's adorable.

NA NA NA NA NA Batdad! by nightwalker - Batfam, complete. Ollie notices that Batman and Bruce Wayne have the same mug. What a coincidence! (Right??? RIGHT???)

Only Love Can Last by River9Noble - Twobats/Bruharvey, complete. A look at Bruce and Harvey's relationship. Short, but very sweet 💕

Fear Is Fading Fast by River9Noble - Twobats/Bruharvey, complete. A companion to the above fic. Harvey and Two Face go to therapy and deal with their feeling for Bruce (especially after Bruce gets injured).

Just A Little Bit... by HaleHathNoFury (My_Trex_has_fleas) - Superbat, wip. Creepy, haunted Wayne family and Alien Clark, what's not to love? I was very excited when this fic updated multiple times!! I did some happy dances! And then started screaming "NO" at my computer when I saw the most recent update :) Very good fic, give it a read!

big pockets & juice boxes by majorlachdown - Batfam, complete. Bruce turns into a purse mom when he starts collecting kids.

Patchwork Pod by Ktkat9 - Superbat, wip. More of the mer bruce fic! A Timothy has been acquired!

Foreign Object by audreycritter - Batfam, complete. Bruce gets seriously ill, and the whole family comes together to deal with it. Part of a series! I'm in the middle of the next fic of the series, called Developmental Milestones, and I'm enjoying the heck out of that one too!

borderline by TheResurrectionist - Batfam, wip. More of the batfam hivemind fic! The family is starting to get a hang of the shared mind thing, and go up to the Watchtower together, which is one of my favorite scenes so far :)

Brush-a-bye baby by iselsis - Batfam, complete. Bruce comforts a recently found Cass. Very sweet fic.

Bruce is - involuntarily, if he may add - the president of Gotham series by soyasauce - Batfam, with a little Superbat if you squint. Fics are complete. Gotham declares independence and Bruce is made president. Shenanigans ensue.

Dog the Dog - Jason Todd's Best Friend series by Acin_Grayson, Ao3time - Batfam, first two fics complete. Batman finds both Jason and Dog stealing his tires, and adopts both.

Through the haze by Mawiiish - Superbat, complete. Bruce is exposed to a new form of Black Mercy, and has trouble getting out of it. Clark helps him, and Bruce has trouble dealing with his feeling over what he saw in the Black Mercy dreams. Clark also dealing with Feelings ™ too. Lot's of good, good hurt/comfort and flangst (fluff and angst, heehee).

[bite-ology]

I was just recently made aware by a friend that a lot of popular authors in recent years have published a DC book collection...? (Sarah J. Maas, Marie Lu, Leigh Bardugo) All I'm going to say is that I'm really interested in reading the Batman one, soley because of how much of a dumpster fire the synopsis is.

"...The Nightwalkers are terrorizing Gotham City, and Bruce Wayne is next on their list.

One by one, the city's elites are being executed as their mansions' security systems turn against them, trapping them like prey. Meanwhile, Bruce is turning eighteen and about to inherit his family's fortune, not to mention the keys to Wayne Enterprises and all the tech gadgetry his heart could ever desire. But after a run-in with the police, he's forced to do community service at Arkham Asylum, the infamous prison that holds the city's most brutal criminals..." -Batman: Nightwalker, Marie Lu

...so I guess Blackgate doesn't exist? Arkham is a mental institution. (Or 'supposed' to act like one)

[fantastic-nonsense]

Hiii do u have any comic recs with a young Bruce?

I’ve heard abt the dark Halloween but I’m not as interested in the joker… I read year one (rlly good). The nightwalkers comic adaptation felt like fanfiction…

Year one focused more on how Batman came to be but I wished I could read smth more Bruce focused, if u know what I mean! (Nightwalkers had terrible themes and even poorer execution lol)

I’m mostly wanting to delve on his relationships with other people, I watched the first Nolan movie and thought it was rlly entertaining! I especially liked Rachel, bc I’m a romantic… sorry. But yeah ! Thank u sm ^__^

Batman: The Knight is a frankly delightful miniseries specifically about Bruce's training days abroad before he returns to Gotham! It doesn't have much to do with Bruce's romantic relationships (he has a girlfriend named Dana in it, but she's really only seen in flashbacks and not a very prominent character), but it's a very interesting exploration of how Bruce becomes Batman.

Otherwise...this is basically the premise of Zero Year. If you read the synopsis of that story, you might notice a lot of similarities between the premize of Zero Year and the plot of The Batman (2022). That's because Matt Reeves drew a lot of inspiration from Zero Year's plot when making that movie. So if you liked that depiction of Bruce, you'll probably like Zero Year.

Another early years!Batman comic you might enjoy is Batman: Dark Moon Rising, which collects two miniseries: Batman and the Monster Men and Batman and the Mad Monk. They both take place in between Batman: Year One and The Man Who Laughs (Bruce's first time fighting the Joker).

If you want to delve into young!Bruce's relationships with other people, you should read Detective Comics #457 and Detective Comics #574 for stories focused on Bruce's relationship with Leslie Thompkins, who in modern continuity helped raise Bruce alongside Alfred. You might also find Batman: Year Three to be of interest to you. It was the first "big" modern retelling of Dick Grayson's origin and how he became Robin.

Romance-wise, early days Comics!Bruce dated actress Julie Madison (they were actually engaged at one point!). I'm not the best person to give recs for her, unfortunately, since her appearances are mostly confined to Golden Age comics and the New 52.

However, if you're interested in young!Bruce's romances regardless of whether they're comic canon or not...go watch Mask of the Phantasm. Frankly, you should do it even if you aren't. It's an absolutely incredible movie and honestly everyone should watch it. 10/10, top-tier drama and a top-tier Batman movie.