#batstuff

[saphushia]

continuation/aftermath of danny pulling nightwing out of a dumpster

don't let danny fool you with his innocent geek act. that's a working ectogun that he made to look like a phaser. he's absolutely a geek but he's not innocent

[tmmyhug]

[lulumoy13]

I, a Damian apologist think that this little boy did nothing wrong and I am so sorry they made him insufferable in the latest comics. I am so sorry sweetie.

By the way, I love them dearly. Especially the religious guilt Dick feels and the insanity of Tim Drake.

[junimoonstuffs]

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[rurugumi]

Today I bring you: a Roy-centric drabble set in the "Third time's the charm" universe

I wrote this back in august?? maybe?? and it's been sitting untouched on my drafts ever since. Now after a couple of quick reviews I finally decided to post it here bc it's a bit short for ao3 I think, idk. also this is less of a canon scene and more of a... character study/exploration I guess. In any case here it is and I hope you enjoy it :)

Step by step

The first few days, Roy thinks it's a nightmare. He goes to sleep every night and dreams of waking up in his nice, lived-in house, Lian climbing into his bed asking for pancakes for breakfast.

Every morning he wakes up in a small apartment that smells too much like cigarettes, too many empty bottles piled up on the floor by his bed.

The one thing keeping him sane is that he remembers. He remembers the mission and he remembers coming home. Soon enough, Cheshire should be dropping Lian off at his doorstep, and he wishes for it to be sooner rather than later because he just really wants his family back.

He entertains the idea of telling Oliver about the time travel, but just the thought of trying to explain himself to anyone, of convincing them that he's in his right mind, is exhausting. He ditches the idea altogether once he remembers that there's no one waiting for him back in his time.

Just when the days start to blur together and he begins questioning whether he did time travel or if his mind was playing tricks on him, Dick comes knocking on his door.

It's odd. He doesn't remember that happening before. But it's comforting as well, because it means he can still remember, and because it's Dick.

It’s even more odd when he brings up Jason, because he doesn't tell him that he's dead, no. Instead, he's talking about Jason acting weird, and he’s using the present tense, and Roy keeps the conversation going absent-mindedly as he runs the dates through his mind and realizes that Jason should already be dead, but he isn’t. Jason is alive. Jason is here.

Jason is here.

Clearly, Dick doesn't know, and it's automatic when Roy covers for him, for his partner, who is here, too. He's not alone. There may be nothing left for him, neither in the past nor in the future, but who cares? At least he has Jason, and soon enough, he'll have Lian again.

Dick is suspicious, that much is clear. He keeps shooting Roy those intense looks, as if he were trying to figure him out. Still, when Roy asks for help with getting clean, the furrow in his eyebrow softens. He looks concerned, but not doubtful. Never doubtful.

Roy hugs him tight before he leaves. Dick pats his back and promises to come back soon, this time with Jason. Roy earnestly tells him he can't wait.

He knows he's worrying Dick. An addict shouldn't just quit cold-turkey like that, and Roy Harper, age 20, shouldn't be so excited to hang out with his friend's little brother whom he has never met before, but he can't help the excitement building up inside of him. He's getting Jason back. Hopefully soon he'll have Lian too. In time, he can start working his way up to Oliver and everyone else.

If Jason is getting his life back, Roy will do that with him. He'll match him step by step. He's not falling behind now, not when the life that could have been is just within his grasp.

[lilyfoxonfire]

I am. *incredibly* disappointed to continuously see fanfic authors disregard cool little canon moments for boring fanon ones. Don't get me wrong, fanon » canon most of the time — stop making Damian white, for fuck's sake — but there's just. So much POTENTIAL out there.

Remember Countdown? With Jason stuck in an alternative universe with a Batman that actually killed? Or, I'unno, Tim's weirdly extensive romantic history-non-history? Or the badass Bombshell lore for the Al Ghuls (and Jason!). Hell, try to fix the arcs you didn't like into something you do! Give me a good N52 Titans run! Give me a really cool All Caste Jason run! Give me Damian and Goliath in a proper story! Give me Ric Grayson done well! I'unno!

There's a lot of really cool things to be found there! THERE'S A LOT OF CHANCES TO ASSERT YOUR SUPERIORITY OVER DC COMICS. DO IT. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO. DO IT! WRESTLE FATE WITH YOUR OWN BARE HANDS. TWIST IT INTO SOMETHING BETTER. YOU KNOW YOU'RE CAPABLE. DO IT.

[thewarriorspecial]

Uh. Here’s that car chase scene I was talking about. Free writing brings some really great like, self-expanding ideas. But it literally never goes where I started from. So here’s that scene cut and pasted directly from the notes file that was supposed to be my johnkyle idea.

Weird.

Of course. Of course Dick would be here the minute Bruce ran a red light with just a few miles to spare to reach the Gotham-‘Haven Bridge.

Red and blue lights fill the interior of Bruce’s GT-R.

Fuck. Bruce thinks as the ramming bar appears from between the laundromat and the gas station. The nitro is already empty.

“Fuck!” he shouts, punching the center console. Two dump trucks are parked at the entrance to the bridge. A sea of wood pallets and orange cones litters the river side of the intersection.

Bruce rips back the parking break as he drops a gear. The car elegantly slides sideways through the intersection; the front bumper hugging the median as the tires smoke and scream.

Dick’s car takes the turn with the hint of a fishtail. The heavier, American car wasn’t made to drift like the GT-R.

The cop car begins to wail, but Bruce isn’t stopping. He touches the wire under his shirt. He can’t get Dick involved in this. He can’t.

Bruce downshifts to fifth and puts the pedal to the floor. He’s got two miles of straightaway to put some distance between himself and Dudley Do-Right. If he can just do that, he can make it to the tunnel and out of Dick’s jurisdiction.

Behind him, the headlights seem to flicker. The fog on the road swirls around the BPD logo on the hood. The growling engine seems to pause its rumble and take a deep breath as the paddle shifter moves the clutch at an inhuman speed. The grille opens wider to suck more air into the intercooler. A roar erupts from eight cylinders at full, supercharged pursuit power. The space between the cars begins to rapidly shrink.

Of course he’d be in BPD’s brand new C7.

Dick.

[starlightshadowsworld]

Absolutely they do.

The Bats show their appreciation for Commissioner Gordon by dropping hogtied criminals at his feet like cats do with mice to their humans.

[t00thpasteface]

there's a big sheet of butcher paper in the cafeteria where everyone's supposed to say what they're thankful for and i just wanna know

which of yall said you're thankful for batman, also batman but mostly the batfamily, and catwoman? bc it's a pleasure to yes-and with yall

[spoilerqlert]

anyway. hal time

[officialbruciewayne]

ooc. For the record, I'm still so happy I'm not on discord with y'all. It sounds exhausting.

[saphushia]

not enough investigations done into the comedy potential of dcxdp. fixing that :D

[tmmyhug]

saw this art meme going around twitter and blacked out and when i came to this was on my ipad

meme vers

original art

[shrub-jay]

SAW BATMAN ON A TRUCK THIS MORNING??? /j

[lemontongues]

found a trade of the cataclysm event in the discount bin for $8 the other day.... i like collecting single issues but trades are so much easier to read lol

[rurugumi]

Today I bring you: a fun fact about Holy Interlude, Batman

Originally I had planned to write 2 interludes. One was Tim's, the other was Bruce's. I only decided to write Dick's interlude because I thought of the title first and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to use it hdkdjdkdj

It ended up being the first one I wrote,, Tim's is fully sketched out but I only have the first scene done, and Bruce... Well, listen, I have the first sentence ready, and a whole lot of character study planned! I swear!