#bruce wayne is trying

[gothamite-rambler]

He's asking the real question because Tim was a wild card when he first wanted to become a Robin

Dick: You ever think that if you had said no to Tim being the next Robin he would've become a villain instead?

Bruce Wayne spat his drink out in shock.

Bruce: I thought I was jumping to conclusions!

Dick: Yeah, nah I love Tim, he's my brother, but... Jesus Christ this could've been an 'Incredibles' situation. So I'm glad you put aside how you usually are and let him work with you.

Bruce: Thank you... Wait what do you mean how I usually am?

Dick stood up and walked off.

Bruce: The silence speaks volumes!

Dick: Don't care.

[razzledazzle0]

caterpillar

Tim: I want to be a caterpillar

Bruce: explain?

Tim: well, they eat a lot, sleep for a while and wake up beautiful

Dick: Ooo that sounds nice

Damian: Drake, you do realize that caterpillars have a lifespan of like 2 weeks right?

Tim: yeah I know its a perk

Bruce: TiM NO-

[insonniacaotica]

Tim is smart but dumb

Dick: My adoption was slow but happy. Bruce did his best

Jason: Bruce adopted me after a week of meeting but hey, I'm also dead

Tim: I found Batman in the garbage because he's a trash so I forced him to let me stay with him

Bruce: Tim adopted me?

[arkangelo-7]

Okay, but Bruce Wayne plays chess. And you can pry this hc out of my cold dead hands.

Remember that Bruce Wayne is the tactical genius behind the Justice League’s success. Strategical maneuvering is his thing. And on top of that, he’s excellent at reading people. (He didn’t earn the title of the World’s Greatest Detective just because he’s pretty—he earned it because he’s so fucking good at figuring out how people think).

Chess is the hellchild of both tactical strategy and extreme observation. Any chess master worth his rooks utilizes both of these disciplines—because chess, at its heart, is a game about using complicated moves to outsmart another person.

So naturally Bruce fucking loves it.

It’s, like, the only board game he’ll actually play. Yes, he’ll sit through a round of Bananagrams with Steph or Scrabble with Jason or (one time) Bop It with Dick, but he mostly does that for the kids and doesn’t put much of his brainpower into it. But chess? Bruce won’t half-ass it. He will eviscerate you.

No. Mercy.

Because other than the Riddler’s occasional break outs from Arkham, chess is the closest thing to a brain teaser that Bruce can feasible get. (His brain works way too fast for those ones you can find online and solving murder cases a little too depressing to be any fun, even if they’re particularly hard to crack.) For him, chess is fun in a way a lot of games just aren’t.

He’s forced all the Batkids to learn it. It’s like unofficial hazing in Wayne Manor—once you know chess, you’re basically a part of the family. But most of the kids don’t like it all that much; Dick can’t sit through it, Jason got too frustrated, Damian was taught by Ra’s and now hates chess by extension, and Steph, Duke, and Cass don’t see the point if they know they’ll never actually be able to beat Bruce.

So they all hate it—except for Barbra and Tim.

Barbra is the only one to have beaten Bruce while he was at the top of his game. Her mind moves like a computer and she counter-attached his strategy before Bruce could even compute what was happening. Now they play every other Wednesday.

Tim got his ass handed to him the first few times he played Bruce, but took that as a challenge. He ended up going on an entire side-quest with Young Justice to uncover some hidden chess manual just so he could have a leg up on Bruce—but Bruce is still just a little bit better. Now, whenever they play, the matches last up to 20+ hours and neither of them will say a word the entire time.

So, yeah. Bruce plays chess.

[logicaldelta]

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson & Wally West Characters: Tim Drake (DCU), Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Alfred Pennyworth, Wally West Additional Tags: Tim Drake Needs a Hug (DCU), Trans Tim Drake (DCU), Trans Male Tim Drake, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Good Sibling Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent, Trans Wally West, Trans Male Character, Dick Grayson & Wally West Friendship, Minor Dick Grayson/Wally West, Tim Drake-centric (DCU), Young Tim Drake Summary:

Tim Drake had grown up with parents that liked to act like good people, but when he'd tried to come out to them, they'd rejected and shunned him. Hurt by their reactions, he doesn't know what to expect when he begins working with Batman as Robin - a mantle previously held by the two cis male children of Bruce Wayne - but it certainly isn't this

[erzthewitchblackwood]

Guys! Do you remember the Robins WIP? Well, the illustration complementary to the stickers it is finished!!!

It might look a little bit OoC because Jaybird is cuddling Bats…but what is cannon anyway? This version of the batfam has been to therapy. Thou, there is something that I am very pleased with at the cannon is the improvement on the Robins relationship, specially between Damian, Jayson and Tim. It is so beautiful seeing them support each other, or hug -even if then Dams procedes to electrocute Jason-.

Jason has grown so much too. From trying to kill Tim to be an active member of the family that cares and worries for his siblings ( Q ^Q), or even Bruce…. And after Alfie…I’m sorry, I just enjoy this boys stories so much.

You will be able to find the stickers in my Etsy shop! As soon as I have it finished. I am also working on stickers of the batbros insignias as solo vigilantes, those will also be at the Etsy shop.

[wondertwinsenthusiast]

Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne are each other's reasons for white hairs and wrinkles.

When Dick Grayson swore to Bruce wayne in that cave all those years ago, they shared a knowing feeling- prehaps they were born to die. They'll go out in a blaze of glory. A good death, as Bruce calls it.

But in Dick's head, Bruce is eternal. Forever stoic, towering and serious. Jet black hair, the lines on his face are ones only brought by injury.

(Later, Dick says so himself when he loses his second father for the first time. He cries for a future that was never theirs.)

Dick heard that watching your parents age with you is devastating. You realise they're not a god, not actually eternal. You stop "believing".

He never got to have that type of pain with Mary and John Grayson, and won't with Bruce. He has known that for years. He never "believed".

There's no feeling like an eldest's urge to hold and protect their parents, switch the roles. Take care of them. Dick knows greater things await while his own father is busy pushing him away. The urge won't be fulfilled. He leaves. He's mostly happy.

What's the word when you're homesick but for people? ...Dick comes back. It's not the same, more people are involved.

After a few years, Bruce is gone.

Dick Grayson always knew one day he'll have to bury another father. One day, when Bruce's fire is extinguished and Alfred is much too old to place a strong hand on his shoulder and say wise things in his ear, he'll have four graves to visit and no one to teach him about life.

Evetually, Bruce is back. All that grief was for nothing, but Dick is still oh so "prepared" to lose him.

The years pass. The day he notices the white hairs on Bruce's head and the wrinkles across his face, he has to excuse himself from dinner. He ugly cries for an hour or so, touch starved but too overwhelmed to ask for a hug. Those are happy tears, do not be mistaken.

Watching a parent age is devastating.

Dick Grayson never thought he'd get to.

Bruce Wayne is not a fool, he knows Gotham's earth will embrace him soon. He can feel it in his bad knees and shoulder when it rains, his body is much too young but feels oh so old with this cursed soul of his possesing it. He's ready.

Bruce heared that to watch your child age is somewhat devastating. A bittersweet feeling.

Bruce has made peace with the fact he'll never get to... he thinks it's worse.

Bruce knew, he felt it in his soul; the moment he let Dick Grayson pick out a name for himself, he doomed the bright light that is his son.

Bruce yearns for his son to be safe, to age and move as far away from him as possible. He knows he won't stay under his cape for long.

When the child that swore to him all those years ago leaves the manor, Bruce knows Dick grayson was born for more than he could ever give him.

Eventualy, his eldest is back. Bruce has missed his son's smile like the waves miss the shore. He keeps promising himself that "the next time" he'll tell his son just that.

Bruce never got to hold Dick as a baby, he fears he won't get to hold him as he inevitably dies either. Will his child be in pain? He hopes not. He hopes it's peaceful.

Dick is just telling Bruce about his day when Bruce notices the a few strands of white in his son's hair and the crinckles by his eyes. He's shocked. Maybe he won't get to hold his son when he dies... atleast he got to see him age.

Maybe that's okay, maybe that's enough.

Knowing your child will age is somewhat devastating.

Bruce Wayne never thought he'd get to.

There's nothing like the relationship of a young parent and their eldest. The two grow up together. They save each other, give each other hope. The feelings between them are sometimes incomprehensible by others. They're each other's reasons for white hairs and wrinkles.

[aburdthatdraws]

Batober Day 13:

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[ravenclawshermione]

DC Fanfic - Barbs and Briars

Since I'll be posting a new Calla-centric fic on Thursday 9/3, I wanted to share my existing works for her leading up to then! ^-^

“I’d tell you that Bat-fam dinners aren’t usually this awkward, but this was honestly one of the better ones,” Barbs said finally with a heavy sigh, “I vote next one, we sit on the far end and let Damian sit up by Bruce and them instead.”

“Next one?” I asked, incredulous.

“Oh… I mean, if you’d rather not…” she said softly, her face falling, like the colors draining out of a sunset.

I reached out to take her face in my hands, tilting her head slightly to kiss her forehead, “Barbs, I’d go anywhere for you. But do you want me to? I mean, I honestly thought…”

“What?”

“I thought you’d be reconsidering whether or not you want to be with me,” I admitted. 

She gave an amused smile, kissing me quickly, “Calla, I went into this eyes wide open. I know that your day job is going to lead to some interesting overlaps with our work. This one was a little unexpected, mostly because I thought with Selina’s history… It is what it is, though.”

“If it helps at all, I didn’t sleep with her,” I explained, “It was three scenes, one for a course and the other two for events.”

“I mean, it does help a little with the insecurity, but even if you had slept with her, we’ve all got a past. What matters to me is the future. Our future.”

Her ocean eyes held every reassurance that I needed, promising me that this was real, that this incredible, strong, sexy, confident, brilliant woman really wanted me. Her lips found mine as she pulled me close, her hand on the small of my back. I melted into her, savoring the taste of sunshine and honey, my fingers twisting up into her hair. I was fairly certain that I could spend my whole life kissing this woman and never get enough. 

“You are so incredible, Barbs,” I murmured, “Brilliant, breathtakingly beautiful, a total badass… How did I ever get so lucky?”

“I'm the lucky one,” she said, shaking her head, “I know that tonight was a bit… weird… But I’m so glad that you came with me.”

“This is a very sweet and adorable moment, so I’m going to refrain from making the obvious joke,” I said with a grin.

She burst into laughter, loud and carefree, the sound so perfect. It was scary, how much I wanted to spend the rest of my life making her laugh like that. I’d seen how love could destroy you when it ended, whether from the normal strain of life or the cruel sting of death. In our line of work, that last one wasn’t exactly a minimal risk. Some small part of me was screaming to run, as fast and as far as I could. But standing here, her hand on my shoulder, watching her bent over laughing, seeing her look up at me with those ocean eyes sparkling… Running wasn’t an option. Not anymore.

Barbara Gordon has never considered polyamory, has never been in a relationship with another woman, but after finally letting herself acknowledge her feelings for Calla, she's ready to try both.

Calla Carr has avoided relationships like the plague, they've only ever led to heartache. Getting feelings for two of her best friends had seemed like a big mistake. But after a game of truth or dare led to the revelation that Barbara felt the same, and that Dick was happy for the two of them, well... She's ready to be brave.

While the two of them are trying to figure out exactly how their relationship is going to work, Burnside College students start going missing. Something sinister is at work, and Barbara and Calla will both have to face down more than just relationship fears.

[arkangelo-7]

I like to imagine that Bruce catches wind of this (that Jason has a new partner-in-crime, not that it’s Tim) and spends weeks investigating only to discover that… it’s Tim. And Bruce… does not know what the fuck to do with that information, so he tells Dick, who spends thirty minutes laughing his ass off.

Bruce ends up not doing anything and just pretends he doesn’t know. (Because Bruce is a master at compartmentalization and he’s just not ready to try to talk Tim out of supervillains.)

hc that every couple months jason texts tim like "hey r you going rogue yet?" "no" "alr lemme know if you change your mind" until one night tim gets this text while he's having an absolute shit week and goes yknow what? why not and suddenly the internet is filled with news that red hood teamed up with an unknown associate to cause chaos(stealing from corrupt billionaire type chaos, not mass murder of innocents type chaos) and said associate randomly shows up again every couple months

[gothamite-rambler]

"Are you dealing drugs?"

Bruce Wayne: You're not a drug dealer, are you?

Jason Todd spits his drink dramatically.

Jason: Whaaaaat... Noooooo. Oh my God—how could you even... Why would you accuse me of something so awful?!

Jason proceeds to fake cry, covering his eyes.

Jason: This hurts me so much... that you would accuse me of that.

Jason continued fake crying as Dick, Tim, and Damian looked on. Bruce's eyes widened in shock.

Bruce (panicked): Oh dear, I take it back!

Jason: You take it back? How can I go on after this betrayal?

Jason rested his head on Dick's shoulder continuing the facade. Dick could only shake his head with a smile.

Bruce: Oh God, um, I can send you an extra thousand. Stay there!

Bruce ran out of the room. Jason looked up to see if he's gone, then resumed drinking from his soda bottle.

Damian clapped, impressed.

Dick (sighing): You know that was wrong... But I can't blame you.

Tim (angry): He lied though!

Jason: I'm not a drug lord anymore.

Jason looked behind him.

Jason: I'm was one of the lower CEOs; I stepped down due to too much drama.

Damian (sincerely): Smart move.

Jason: Thank you.

Tim (chuckling angrily): He gave you an extra thousand... I'm actually pissed off, fucking bullshit!

Tim stormed off.

Tim (O.S.): I can't believe that didn't fucking work!

Dick: Bruce said he wouldn't give him an allowance because of the whole embezzling thing.

Damian: He has a trust fund and he gets paid by working at father's company yet he complains.

Jason: He was the one who told Bruce?

Damian (nodding): Yep.

Jason: All right, there's only one way to handle this and get two thousand.

Damian (earnestly): Make sure to sell it. Don't make the crying look forced.

Jason: Good advice.

Jason walked out of the living room.

Jason (fake sadness): Bruce, why would Tim lie like that?!

Damian: Grayson, that's why I favor him at times.

Dick (smiling): Fair enough.

[razzledazzle0]

Who?

Bruce totally does the old man and dad thing when he kids are yapping about one of their friends and he just goes "who?"

----

Dick talking about Wally: yeah so me and wally are gonna hang out tomorrow

Bruce taking off his reading glasses: Who?

Dick:..Wally dad

Bruce: oh, is that the one with Jason hangs out with?

Dick: no that's Roy dad, Im talking about Wally

Bruce: hm..oh Barry's nephew?

Dick: yes! finally..

[insonniacaotica]

Normal Person: *sees Death Note* I like this anime, I will recommend it to a friend

Tim Drake: This anime is genius. I will recreate the exploding drawer to hide my secret files

Bruce: I feel like I should be concerned but I'm just glad you decided to recreate the drawer and not the diary.

[lokutofu]

World’s Greatest Detective fails to correctly identify his children 😭

[incorrectbatfam]

The only acceptable trans Tim headcanon would be Tim introducing himself to the batfam as a boy from the get-go with such confidence that no one questions him. Then, his first solo case as Robin is investigating the disappearance of Jack and Janet Drake's "daughter," so he pretends to have a twin sister by forging a bunch of documents and photoshopping family pictures. He then fabricates evidence of her death, committing multiple crimes in the process, and holds a fake funeral at the end. Because if his previous name is dead to him, he's gonna kill it the Tim Drake way

[frownyalfred]

“Bruce Wayne’s superpower is money” Bruce Wayne’s superpower is the ability to actively have a full-fledged panic attack and still look Superman himself dead in the eye without any of his vitals changing. Heart rate is a solid 60 BPM. You can’t even see him breathing. Put some respect on my man’s name.