#but also can you imagine the Batfam's reactions to the Rogues' reaction to Damian showing up on scene?

[duskyashe]

Reblogging because this deserves more traction with the batphandom 💖 I cannot Brain™ right now, but I love this concept so much!

concept based on the idea that both the Gotham Rogues are some degree of liminal due to all the death they’re around: they love Damian.

whether he’s a halfa or not, they think he’s absolutely hysterical because he pings as at minimum another liminal to them, and fighting and threats like “I’m going to lodge your teeth into your femur” are such a casual part of Ghost Socialization 101, that the liminal part of them immediately pings this kid as playing. He’s very clearly *not* playing, but for some reason it feels like he is??? It’s weird and very few of them know what to do with.

i feel like the three most ready to indulge in their “play with the child” impulses would be Harley and Ivy, and Riddler. The main reason that I add the Riddler here is because he would probably interpret the urge to “play” with the child as giving him mental stimulation (harder, more complex puzzles and riddles), rather than a casual brawl. Especially since he kinda looks for any and every reason to prove he’s smarter than everyone else anyway.

Joker’s reaction to this is an entirely different can of worms that I don’t want to touch right now.