#bruce tick

[haveihitanerve]

Headcannon that Bruce spins a coin constantly. He’s such an antsy, fidgety guy, just imagine him, impatiently twirling a coin across his knuckles while he waits for the computer to load. While he’s tied to bed rest. Any time and anywhere he is spinning that coin. And Dick naturally picks up on it, sitting on the table next to Bruce who’s typing at the batcomputer with one hand, twirling a coin with the other, watching his fingers intently and trying to copy it. And of course the coin falls so many times but he keeps at it and can do it just as aptly as Bruce. And it’s common for Bruce, on his way to the watchtower, to just take dicks hand and twirl the coin onto his knuckles and dick doesn’t even look up, just keeps twirling and calls out a ‘bye dad’ because Batman can’t have ticks or common habits, not in the league. And Jason sees dick do it one time and just has to be like his big brother so he learns, easier than dick did because he’s a street kid and as a thief you learn stuff like that. And Tim sees Robin and Batman doing it and learns while he’s still watching them, twirling a coin from an opposite rooftop while recording them. Steph learns how to do it because she got hurt and Bruce sat with her while she was confined to bed rest and taught her and she also just wanted to one up Tim. Babs learns because at this point it’s a rite of passage, plus she and dick are very competitive and while he was learning she just had to learn quicker. Damian sees them all doing it and must learn, it is a Robin thing after all. Duke already knows how to do it when he joins the family and all of them kinda hate him for it but not really. Of course Alfred knows how to do it. 

The sound of coins jangling is associated with Batman and any villain or goon that hears it immediately shits their pants. (They can no longer go to the bank it’s so bad)

[violent138]

Bruce's version of easing the Robins into their roles included pretending he hadn't defused a bomb so they frantically try to find the right wire while he impatiently checks the time.

[starry-bi-sky]

love love love still born au, I want to be your parent but I can’t parent the way you need Vlad and Bruce, Danny is the broken mirror for Damian Bruce and Vlad the RESONANCE bitesyoubitesyoubitesyoubitesyoubitesyou

ow ow owowowowOW IMMA BITE YOU BACK (affectionate) WATCH OUT. And aaaa i'm so glad you like the still born au!! Danny really is going thru it <\3 and you understood the dynamic I'm going for for Vlad and Danny perfectly raaaaah. And for Bruce too!! I'm not still not sure who discovers who first but the pure angst of Danny finding out first and due to his own poor self-esteem and negative experiences jumping to the conclusion that Bruce replaced him is extremely tempting. And even then, Bruce is so emotionally constipated that even his best efforts might just not be what someone like Danny -- who desperately wants to feel wanted -- needs.

and HHHHHh "he's a broken mirror for Damian, Bruce, and Vlad" YEAH. YEAH. Danyal's been a ghost since he was born and Talia told Bruce he was stillborn, that boy is haunting EVERYONE. He's bruce's unaware failure, Damian's 'could've been', and Vlad's mirror. This poor boy, someone needs to burrito him in a blanket and let him sob on their shoulder </33

the worst (best) dynamic imo here is danny and vlad's in the sense that they do earnestly want to be each other's family but their morals are diametrically opposed and so it cant work unless one of them changes. they're playing tug-o-war with the other's beliefs but can't seem to get the other to cross that line.

i am so mentally ill about these two in this au.

[geekgirles]

Listen, I love Stitch as much as the next gal. Seriously, the only Disney merchandise I give two shits about is the one with Stitch on it.

But both as someone who's practically an elder of the Trolls fandom and who knows what she's talking about, I can objectively say Poppy would crush the competition in a dance battle.

Don't y'all know nothing about the franchise? The trolls literally live to sing and dance (and hug, though that's mostly the Pop Trolls). In fact, musical talent is so ingrained in them, other species can try to literally siphon it out of them to become better performers themselves (hello, Velvet and Veneer from Trolls Band Together. How are you doing?).

So, sorry, Stitch, baby. You know I love you, but this time I'm with the hyperactive, overly optimistic ball of pink sunshine.

[mrmanbat]

Chat it’s mid December and you know what that means~

Batfam 2025 Halloween costume headcanons.

Alfred- Charles Carson. No one noticed.

Bruce- Dracula. Can’t beat tradition. (If tradition means Bruce being an emo shit.)

Kate- Wanda. From the marvel comics but specifically from WandaVision. Are you getting the vibe?

Helena- Joan of Arc. But like not slutty Joan of Arc. Helena would pull up in historically accurate battle armor. Go ahead and try to convince me I’m wrong.

Babs- it can only go one of two ways. Clifford, the big red dog, or Galinda. I think we both understand this on a spiritual level.

Dick- Dean from supernatural. That or Harley Quinn. Basically- ether something slutty or a greaser. Maybe both.

Jason- he goes as Luigi. Yk the healthcare ceo shooter? Take a moment to think about this bc I literally can’t list all the reasons this makes sense.

Steph- Jinx from Arcane. You can’t convince me she didn’t rope Duke or Tim into binging season 2 with her. (Cass was there willingly, no trickery involved.)

Cass- purge makeup. Bro doesn’t have the time to be creative. She does have a baseball bat with her so extra points for effort ig.

Tim- “think, think, brain blast.” No other comment.

Duke- green lantern. Same costume as last year. This bro also ain’t got the time to be creative.

Damian- he probably got invited to go trick or treating last minute so he just cuts out a ‘M&M’ from printer paper and taped it on a green sweatshirt.

(Ik I missed a few people. My bad, but I’m really tired and know next to nothing about Azrael or Maps. I’ve been meaning to read more of them but I’ve been unbelievably busy.

feel free to add characters -Batfam or not- in the comments or reposts or something, idk.)

[hearts4pearlescentmoon]

Willard: avoiding school work edition

[nerdynanny]

ORPHAN DETECTED. INITIATE ROBIN PROTOCOL.

A child who came from wealth losing his mother and father? He's acrobatic? Might have an alter ego as a superhero?

New Robin Located

[jet-grind]

Today’s pickups despite being out of luggage space.

[whalehouse1]

Tim, absolutely being done with everything that day, stares straight into Poison Ivy’s eyes and takes out a salad, “Not ethically sourced, pesticides all over it, non recyclable container and I hate cucumbers,” takes out the cucumbers and stomps on them as he tears into the salad as Bruce and Damian hold back Ivy who is willing every plant in Gotham to strangle this kid.

[oifaaa]

It's probably one of dc attempt to make bruce closer to gotham/the people he's protecting, that't why they let him be where he is rn. Although imo if they're trying to do that, they could make him suffer a bit more economically

Yeah it doesn't really feel like dc focus enough on his non hero life to actually feel the effects of his lack of capital and it doesn't even seem to really hinder his batman stuff even tho it definitely should do if you were currently reading batman you probably wouldn't even notice

[ometochtli2rabbit]

13.0.12.2.7

ox[3] MANIK'/KIEJ [deer]- lajun[10] MAC

galactic tone: action/rhythm

sun sign: deer/black/west

be of service to others - MAYA

yei[3] - MAZATL[deer]

Chalchihuitlicue | Tlaloc

huactli[falcon]

lord of the night: Tepeyollotl

trecena[3]: Xiuhtecuhtli

x: nahui[4] - tozoztontli - NAHUA

Potential Negative Traits:

Angry, bothersome, addictive, opportunistic, foolish, and demanding. Causes trouble and sorrow for others. - [www.mayan-calendar.com]

for those born on these days, these are potential traits to avoid. and as a service to others, i'm trying to reduce my own sadness. so, some songs with SAD in them:

Elton John: Sad Songs (Say So Much) & Sad

Halsey: You Should Be Sad

Robert John: Sad Eyes

Roy Orbison: Sad Eyes

Taylor Swift: Sad Beautiful Tragic

FKA Twigs: Sad Day

Bruce Springsteen: Sad Eyes

Alicia Keys: Why Do I Feel So Sad

Elvis Costello: Sad About Girls

Sheryl Crow: Sad Sad World

Metallica: Sad But True

David Byrne: Sad Song

Billy Ocean: There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)

Bebe Rexha: Sad

Oasis: Sad Song

Deer Tick: The Sad Sun

The Pixies: The Sad Punk

The Cars: Sad Song

Christina Perri: Sad Song

The Velvet Underground: Sad Song

Kacey Musgraves: Happy and Sad

Ronnie Milsap: Nobody Likes Sad Songs

No Doubt: Sad For Me

Buck Owens: Let the Sad Songs Roll On

Bob Dylan: Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

England Dan and John Ford Coley: It's Sad to Belong

Toni Braxton: Another Sad Love Song

Marvin Gaye: Sad Souvenir

Roberta Flack: Ballad of the Sad Young Men

Pearl Jam: Sad

The Jam: So Sad About Us

Eagles: The Sad Cafe

Fleetwood Mac: Sad Angel

Tate McRae: Don't Be Sad

Humble Pie: The Sad Bag of Shaky Jake

Buffalo Springfield: Sad Memory

The Rolling Stones: Sad Sad Sad

Sam Cooke: Sad Mood

The Everly Brothers: So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)

Lana Del Rey: Summertime Sadness & Sad Girl

Muddy Waters: Sad, Sad Day

George Harrison: So Sad

[violent138]

I love the idea that Bruce takes the Batfam on hikes outside of Gotham, and puts up with the arguing over who goes in what car, packs everyone's favourite snacks, will race with the other car if enough passengers in his egg him on. Bruce generally stays ridicuously quiet while the kids jabber enough to alert everything living in the woods near them but will weigh in once the kids debate who's strong enough to wrestle a bear, chime in on unsolved hiker cases, build fires, and carry anyone that gets tired, all while sneaking awful pictures of them.

[trekkele]

Hello! I'm the Anon who asked about Bruce being self-aware.

When I said "Also, there's something of a difference between being self-aware about himself and when it comes to his kids." I meant that he says or does super hurtful stuff that he just doesn't seem to think was wrong or reflect upon when it went downhill or realising too late or sb had to spell it out for him.

Examples being:

him reading Dick's diary after taking him in as a ward to figure out what Dick wants instead of just asking, thus creating the Robin suit after Dick's designs (God, it was a Batman or Robin: year one comic book, I'm pretty sure but I don't rememer which),

saying "commendable" instead of just "I'm proud of you" to Damian (basically his "emotional constipation" as a whole, like being unable to understand or even recognize his kids feelings and then failing to say just the most normal praising/comforting/loving things.),

ignoring (or acting as if) when Damian apologizes for direspecting/ignoring previous orders and holds a cute speech about trying to listen now but Bruce just turns around like "Did you say something?",

not telling Dick that Jason is now Robin or that Jason died even though Bruce said he would call Dick (yeah, he was being petty or grief stricken, but still)

Tim's sixteenth birthday "present"

I hate to bring this up but the whole Batarang to the NeckTM situation in UTRH. His resurrected son confronts him and he fails to show a single emotion, instead immediately debating ethics and morals with him.

anything with Jason in future comics where Bruce beats him up and acts like Jason asked for it or that Bruce didn't have a choice but to do that.

bringing Jason back to Ethiopia to the warehouse where he died, so Bruce could maybe find a way to resurrect Damian after Heretic killed him (I think it was Heretic, but maybe it was sb else)

beating up any of his kids for any reason. The most he should do willingly is defend himself with defensive moves only or seeking distance. But not charging in like he wants a fight.

sending only Damian to save Alfred from Bane, which just allowed for Damian to be captured and then having to watch Bane snap Alfred's neck, and then Bruce says to Damian's face "If I had been there, I could have saved him." (Bruce prioritised his own grief over his son's grief and trauma and all that)

Bruce tells Cass she doesn't need a real life and sectret identity, that she only needs a costume and a private batcave and she'd be fine

Bruce instigates a fight where he and Cass get drugged and can communicate about their feelings through fist fighting.

Taking/ Trying to take Robin away from sb for their "own good". I don't mean benching, but full on "You're not Robin anymore, never again." but then folding a few issues later anyway. (It could be seen as very shitty parenting ig)

Like you said, Bruce gets written very inconsistently and I tried not to cherry pick too much of what I wanted to say, so I made this mess of a bulleted list. While a lot of these examples do come from his communication issues, I still wanted to include them anyway because it's taken too far with some writers (can't say "I love you" or hug his kids, although he doesn't have a problem with doing that with Clark or Diana) or he doesn't reflect on those moments or he repeats them over and over again.

I swear I love Bruce, I'm not a hater!!! He's actually my favorite character!!! 😭😭😭

(Making this list really hurt. Just so you know.)

Hey listen, im going to answer these by number* and then probably delete this ask in a few hours because. I hate all of these!! Maybe 3 are in character!! I dont want this terrible Bruce on my blog!!! But also i dont want you to think i asked for clarification and then ignored you so feel free to send another ask when you see this lol. Or if I have once again missed the point.

* because I misunderstood this ask again and also most of these gave me hives lmao and also also I think like 75% could be answered with "we needed someone to mean to [character] and Bruce is convenient el oh el"

Anyways:

1. This one is in character, a little bit, because as much as we understand kids needing privacy now, i can see the way Bruce was raised (Alfred would have absolutely read his diary, that feels very in character for him) and the way Dick was (sneaking out to find Zucco) leading to him panicking and monitoring him as much as possible. That doesnt make it right mind you. The thing is if Dick hacked the bat computer Bruce would probably be proud of him, so not entirely hypocritical.

2. Also possibly in character, because again, thats how Alfred probably spoke to him. Not great, and i think the current Batman and Robin run does a much better job with their relationship, but can be chalked up to bad writing tbh.

3. No this is shitty writing. Sorry it just is!

4. This could be its own post but in summary: decisions made to launch another chracters solo or in order to make a different character look good are ignored. They wanted a Nightwing solo and decided a good launching point would be a big fight between Dick and Bruce. No thanks.

There have also been panels where Dick talks about ignoring Bruce’s calls during that time period, so this could be chalked up to mutual miscommunication if you insist. And i prefer the pre crisis origin for Jaybin, for multiple reasons.

5. I haven’t read this, ive heard of it, and its weird. It feels like point 4, but for Tim. The writers wanted a villain for his birthday comic, Bruce is right there.

6. Nah, Jason fucked around and he found out. He wanted a Batman that kills criminals, he just forgot he was also, now, a murderer and a criminal. Im only half kidding here, but the problem with UTRH is that exactly. Also the fact that Jason spent like six months doing absolutely horrible shit in Gotham, and that like 15 minutes before this showdown Bludhaven was blown up, Bruce has no idea if Dick is alive, and Jason mocks him for possibly losing another son. Also Jason is the one demanding Bruce cross his very personal boundaries here, ethics and morals are a very necessary part of the conversation!!

7. Anything where Bruce beats someone near death or uses lethal force is technically out of character. Jason comics outside of DITF and UTRH do not do enough work to give his actions the context necessary for them to be in character. RHATO #25 Is shit writing.

8. It was heretic, on Talias orders, and that whole storyline is dumb. This does feel in character, because Bruce response to grief has historically been 1 become Batman 2 attempt to commit suicide by cop/criminal so points for that consistency? I really hate this plot tho. Stop killing Bruce's kids!! The man is unstable as it is!!!

9. Out of character. I know it gets used for some god awful reason but it is so out of character unless the writer is willing to give it some serious work to provide context, (or unserious; see; Zur-En-Arrh in Gotham War. It's dumb, but it provides plausible context for Bruce beating his kids ie: it isn't technically him). Barring mind control, rejected.

10. No!! What the fuck!!! Bruce is not sending one of his kids alone against Bane there is an entire comic where he drugs them so that doesn't happen stop that!!!!

As a side note when I read that the first time I understood it as "I should not have sent you in alone because it was a task too big for you, If I had been there to help we could have saved him", but I am an optimist with too much faith in DC.

11. Absolutely bonkers statement from "please let me fire you from robin so you can have a normal life" McGee. Chalking this one up to racism and misunderstanding Bruce's character and that stupid "Bruce Wayne is the mask Hur dur" thing.

12. Ok this one feels in character actually. Somehow. At least they're talking?

13. Also feels in character actually. This one is weird because you'll see those stupid "child soldier" arguments side by side with "how dare Bruce take away Robin!". Pick a side. It's either bad parenting to let Robin exist or it's bad parenting to not let Robin exist, it can't be both!

And since these are comic books, and you need to engage with the genre in good faith or you'll have a miserable time of it, Robin exists! And is allowed to exist! At the same time, as a mentor Bruce has to be able to bench Robin, that is also a function of the mentor/mentee relationship! Basically - Bruce should be able to bench an injured/at risk Robin, but the writing for those scenarios usually wants him as a villain.

Taking away Robin completely only happens to Dick tho, and since it's after he gets shot on the job I do think it's in character.

As for "I tried not to cherry pick" babe please do so!! It's comics!! It's not canon unless you want it to be, and if you want these truly terrible Bruce's to be canon all the power to you! I want to set them on fire tho. And snort WFA like it's cocaine until all this is a bad memory jfc DC screen your writers for daddy issues I am begging you.

[bluegarners]

nooo dont misinterpret my dick grayson's robin meta to fit your fanon lens, haha youre too sexy for that

[pokiespout]

CHAINSAWS idle as Ash and the Chainsaw Vigilante arm-wrestle instead. Acrylic on canvas depicting my two favorite saw boys. From the pages of the TICK comic books, the Chainsaw Vigilante doesn't get enough love these days.

[angstandhappiness]

Interesting

Alfred seeing Bruce put on the batsuit for the first time: