#cass is a gremlin child and I love her

[clockwayswrites]

The bitties must cuddle. ""Birdtritch"" Part 5

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“Nightwing!” Tim shouted, leaning forward on his perch.

Nothing.

Then a black and blue stripped hand poked out of the green feathers in a thumbs up. “I’m okay!”

“Jesus fucking Christ, Nightwing,” Hood grumbled as he stalked forward. “Hey bird brain! Let go of my brother.”

“Aww, he called me brother,” Nightwing cooed over the line.

“…maybe you can keep him after all,” Hood said to the bird thing that had leaned down to peer at him.

The green glint of the bird thing’s eyes reflected off of Hood’s helmet. Then it blinked and in that moment dozens of abstracted cyan eyes blinked into existence around Hood.

Hood reached out to poke at one with the muzzle of his gun. It went right through the ‘eye’. “What the fuck…?”

The bird thing trilled back at Hood.

Tim tapped his comm to open the all channels line. “Um, so, we have… an eldritch bird creature that has been exposed to cuddle pollen. It’s is already cuddling Nightwing and… yep, yeah, now it has Red Hood. Don’t shoot it, Hood! It’s friendly!”

“It’s a fucking menace!”

“A bird?” Robin’s voice piped up.

“Don’t get too excited, baby bat, eldritch bird. It’s the size of an SUV and has too many arms. And eyes. Sorta eyes? And yep, there goes Hood, absorbed by the fluff. Oh great, it’s looking at me now.”

“Avoid the entity, Red Robin,” Batman said across the comms, tone clipped and worried.

“Sorta hard to do, big B. It has a lot of legs right now and all eyes on me. There so many eyes.”

“Avoid the entity!” Batman barked again.

Yeah, like that was going to go well.

-

“Father! Make this creature unhand me at once!” Robin shouted.

“Calm the fuck down, it’s not hurting us,” Red Hood grumbled. “Not that it’s letting us go…”

“Actually pretty comfortable,” Red Robin said in a voice tinged with the edges of sleep. Bruce couldn’t even see a part of Red Robin in the mess of feathers.

Bruce just sighed and pinched his nose. “Boys.”

“Did you just ‘boys’ us?” Nightwing asked, though he sounded like he was enjoying the whole circumstance.

“Yes. Black Bat isn’t involved in this at all,” Bruce said. “So, boys.”

Black Bat’s soft laugh over the line was mostly drowned out by the warble that the bird entity made. Bruce absently started comparing the creature to the types of birds that roosted in Gotham as the surprisingly long neck unfolded and reached out towards him.

He regarded the bird entity steadily.

It warbled again, tilted its head, and then started preening the ears of the cowl.

Bruce sighed heavily.

“Likes you.” Cass’ lyrical words came over the line. Bruce knew that tone. She was taking pictures for blackmail.

(And everyone said girls were easier.)

“I really don’t think it’s going to let us go, B. It might not even be able to with the cuddle pollen,” Nightwing said. Bruce could see the blue tips of the boots now but nothing else.

Bruce hummed. “Gotham doesn’t have the facilities to humanely keep such a creature.”

Robin hit the ground in a crouch and started forward. “Father—”

The bird entity reached out again for Robin with one of its too many limbs. Robin parried with his sheathed blade. The coo that the entity made in response was heart wrenching. Almost instantly Robin deflated at the sound.

He crossed his arms and looked away with a huff. “Fine.”

With a much happier sound, Robin was grabbed carefully around the waist and placed on the bird entity’s back, right behind its next.

“Get off,” Red Robin grumbled from wherever he was in the mass of plumage. Some shifting along the back feathers followed the sleepy words. Then a yawn. “The Cave is the only choice.”

“You can’t be serious,” Red Hood said.

(Bruce thought Red Hood might be clasped firmly under a wing.)

Red Robin yawned again. “Large, secure, safe for us…”

“Yeah, and how the fuck do we get this thing to the Cave?” Red Hood snapped back.

After a considering silence, Black Bat pipped up with that same mischievous lilt. “Idea.”

[gffa]

I love it when they let Cass be a horrible gremlin Bat child with her siblings.

[theredcuyo]

Huh

You know those AU/fics where the kids met earlier?, like, Dick is just old enough for Damian to be a baby kind of situation and somehow they all met and get adopted within no time from each other and all that

Well, i think the perfect dynamic for a fic will be this one:

Dick

He wasn't happy at first. At all. He went from a life of a single child to older brother of like 4 or 5 now?? In like, less than a year.

He didn't even have time to adjust to Jason before he found little Tim following him around in patrol. Not time to get around that little stalker child before Jason found a lost girl in need of help who couldn't talk. No time to even get a hold of signs when Talia came to drop a baby on Bruce.

The worst part? While he can't get around it, because he's still dealing with his grief, and anger, and why does it seem like B gets tired of his last child every week, where does that leave me, And why do this kids that i barely know look at me with eyes that say they'll follow me to hell and back-

That's the thing, his new sibblings follow him like newborn duckies, they observe and copy, and do everything he does except to leave him alone. And he's not sure how to feel about it.

He's overwhelmed with all the attention, with how this house that used to be silent has become anything but that.

And also, he can't go up to the chandeliers now. The babys try to follow behind him and he knows that non experienced people shouldn't do that. That also sucks.

Wally is making fun of him. That's one sibbling for every time you complained about not having any, he says.

He gets used to them as time goes on tho, he couldn't imagine a day without Jason coming to his room to tell him an over the top sight into the book he mentioned to have to read for class.

He can't imagine not to see tiny Tim bright up every time they see each other in the hallway.

He even forgets to actually talk sometimes instead of signs because Cass just wants to spend so much time with him and they both practice the signs a lot.

Damian is the weirdest baby ever, but he's the only member in the family who doesn't complain about being hugged for long times, at least not yet, so that's cool.

Jason

He's just happy to be here.

He didn't knew what exactly a family was, and when he found out there was another kid there, he felt a bit more safe, they could team up if it was necessary to protect themselves against the adults.

The closest thing he had to sibblings before where other kids in the streets that helped each other out, the older kids got jobs at convenience stores and sometimes they'll leave out food for them, you had to protect the youngest.

He was happy to have an older brother, and Dick clearly knew what he was doing, so everything was good.

And then he found Tim inside a trash can when he was allowed in a recon mission. He was so, so tiny, like the other kids he had met, and he knew the little thing needed protection from the world. He also had a camera with pictures of B and Robin, and that was probably important.

But whatever, two sibblings instead of none now had to be a jackpot! He did feel bad sometimes about B getting tired of him because of Tim, but, at the same time, he loved that little gremlin so much he could forget about it.

Until he wasn't so sure when Tim found a lost girl wandering around town. (He isn't Even allowed to go out alone, whats wrong with him?) don't take him wrong, Cass is great, she joins them in pranks and in spying on Dick, but she also doesn't let him forget that she's older than him (just a few months damn it!) but it's just-

She's just so much better than him too. She can't read, he has her on that, but that's all. She's stronger than him (she beated his ass in training at least twice now), she's faster, she doesn't cause problems, She's smarter than him for fucks sake.

So, why-

Why would B still want him around with this kind of upgrade?

It's not like he can ask tho, B is been very busy since that lady came to give him a baby. Literally.

And, sure, Damian is a weird ass baby, the only one he's seen that doesn't cry for most things. But he likes the little guy, he just hopes he'll still be here by the time he learns how to walk.

Tim

Tim didn't expect to be caught. He also didn't expect for it to be the new kid who found him, and as if there was anything else to surprise him with, said child auto proclamed himself as his big brother from now on.

He didn't knew if his parents will like that, because the didn't like children, not even him sometimes, but when they came back the next week and the police arrested them for working with black mask and tax evasion they didn't even ask to see him, or tried to when he reached out, so he couldn't ask.

Jason did become his brother tho, when Mr. Wayne adopted him after that, the same Mr. Wayne he knew was Batman. Huh.

Well, anything was better than an empty house, and now Robin was his-

OH GOD ROBIN IS HIS OLDER BROTHER NOW.

FUCK HIS PARENTS. HE LIVES WITH HIS HERO NOW. HE WILL OUT AS MANY CRIMES OF THEM AS NECESSARY.

Tim was overjoyed to know this. Everything was nice, Dick was cool, he didn't talk much with them, but he's Robin, nothing's cooler than that.

And Jason does spend time with him, he loves beating his ass in maro kart.

And then he found Cass when he went out to buy a new camera, he wasn't allowed to go out alone, but it wouldn't be for long, they wouldn't notice surely.

They did notice, but the good thing was that it saved him from taking Cass home on his own.

She's nice too. He never had a sister (or brother too) before, but he likes her, she helps him find hide spots around the manor.

Who he doesn't like a bit is the baby. That Demon spawn.

First he appears out of nowhere. Second, he only seems to cry when someone is talking to Tim.

What is wrong with that thing.

He also follows him around for some reason, and grabs his shirt, but if Tim tries to look at him or hold him he cries. Really, what's wrong with this baby?

Like, sure, Bruce did have him by accident, and so did Tim's parents, but the fact that Damian's did want to keep him around and pay attention to him didn't give him any right to be like this.

It's not like he's better than them, B adopted them all out of a sense of duty.

Cass

Suddenly, communicating is a thing.

If she has something to say it's that she's happy. She got a baby brother, two actually. And a Big brother. And then a very baby brother.

And a Dad that loves her. And a granpa that feeds her anything she wants except for burgers. But dad buys her a burger in the secret if she tells him.

She likes spying on Big brother. She likes learning to read with baby brother big, and to hide with baby brother tiny.

She likes to stare at very baby brother. He stares back.

So everything is good.

She's happy.

Damian

Baby Damian tolerates his family. He let's Dick hug him, and Jason carry him around talking about who knows what until he falls sleep.

And gets into staring contests with Cass.

But the one he really likes is Tim. He likes to have his attention, and he doesn't like when he doesn't have it.

But he also doesn't like to fully have it, he gets overwhelmed.

Basically, baby Damian wants Tim's attention but not too much.

The family also makes a bet on who will make Damian laugh first.

They all lose when it's Tim, even Tim loses because he had all his money on Dick.

Because apparently, his presence comforts him when he misses Talia.

[toulousewayne]

Batfam Shenanigans Headcannons: Pt 6

When the League first took shape it was understood they should anyone need assistance in their own personal cities that someone would respond. By this point Superman and Batman had teamed up the most so it was understood that Batman Could work with others in Gotham he just prefer to bleed out first.

The first time the league met Robin it was kinda surprising. Batman entered the Watchtower and the League noticed the traffic signal dressed boy behind him.

“Spooky, whatcha got there?” Hal raised a brow.

“A dark Roast.” He drank his coffee.

“He meant the boy Bats.” Barry clarifies.

“I’m Robin.”

“….”

“…..”

“…..”

“Can you play games with your ring Mr. Lantern?” He beamed.

“We can keep him.” Hal replied.

The first time Green Arrow and Black Canary visited the cave they were met the a excited Robin who was happy that Batman let someone visit. Batman didn’t share the excitement.

During a mission Wonder Woman, Flash, and Hawkgirl visit the cave and come across the little gremlin that is Robin.

“Hello child, where is Bruce?” Diana beamed at the child. Dick munching on a cookie points behind him to Bruce hunched over at the Batcomputer. The group walk to him and he’s covered in bandages.

“You look like crap.” Diana pokes his side.

“I fought Bane and was thrown off the rooftop. But thanks.”

“You’re welcome.”

“Is there more cookies?” Flash asks.

A few years later when Batgirl joins Bruce, she’s immediately taken in by Dinah.

“Right hook.”

“Remember your center don’t expose yourself to an opponent.” Dinah calls out to Batgirl.

“You’re a great teacher Dinah.”

“Very kind, but we still have much work to do little Bat. Are you up for it?”

“Bring it.”

It’s comical how some of the Robin will just appear out of thin air. Hal walks into his room to find Robin (Tim) studying the Lantern battery. “Lost kid?”

“No.”

“…you bats always like this?”

“Like what?”

Clark doesn’t notice a Robin clinging to his leg like a baby kola bear.

“Uncle Clark can we get—“

“Ahhhhh, oh it’s just you.”

“You didn’t know I was here?” Dick looks up at him.

“Sorry, kiddo. I’m think we should get you a bell.”

“Okie.”

“So, the bag of heads. Were they real?” Barry asks between bits of chili dog.

“…I was a little theatrical back then.” Red Hood hums.

“But they were fake, right?”

“….”

Ollie can’t go five feet with other Spoiler and Black Bat following him like shadows.

“I don’t know if I’m supposed to be honored or terrified.”

“Both.” Cass replies.

“Father says you come from Mars, I’ve been told your people were intelligent and superior race. I wish to learn about your home planet.”

“Very well.” J’onn nods at Robin.

The Question enters his room to find his last three unsolved cases, solved and a fresh cup of coffee. He knows it’s the third Robin. He would always sneak off and go over clues with him while Batman was busy with the others.

HawkGirl and Spoiler love sparring together. They both find it entertaining watching the other women push herself and learn from one another.

Bart and Konner are the least bit surprised to find Tim at the computer screen in the exact same spot. They spend the next forty minutes trying to get Tim to take a break because he hasn’t blink once since they left him to go watch Jon’s baseball game.

Damian and Jason spend every Sunday together. It’s actually funny because Damian will agree to plans with Dick or Jon and cancel last minute because he and Jason are reading the next several chapters of a novel and munching on Cinnamon rolls Jason baked that day. Alfred the cat is invited too.

Sometimes Cass likes to keep tabs on her family, she has been known to scare the Justice League by watching Batman from the shadows. She enjoys scaring Superman the most. Bruce enjoys this too.

Donna and Wally are Dick’s emergency contacts. Bruce finds this a little hurtful but doesn’t question it. Donna is also Dick’s Power of Attorney incase someone needs to handle important matters for him should he be unable to do so.

Out of all of Dick’s OG team Damian likes Garth the best.

Starfire and Babs had a rocky start to the relationship but no the two are thick as thieves. They go to little shops together and movies. And they truly do have a sisterly bond, Kori will berate stores for not including wheelchair access and providing disabled bathrooms. Barbara has had break two guys hands from trying to get fresh while Kori was clothes shopping. The two even have weekly movie nights at the Clocktower.

[kiragecko]

Gecko's Fic

I am an occasional fic writer! (Occasional as in 'I average one fic every 2 years'.) Have a look, if you haven't before.

DC STUFF

Terms of Use - while exploring alternative forms of communication, Cass also explores a Tim-related mystery (warnings for mild ableism, and possible misgendering - it's ambiguous)

Kon Is Loyal - Kon, Tim, and Damian hang out at Ma and Pa's farm. Kon tries not to be charmed by the little gremlin. (warnings for references to past death and attempted fratricide, but this is fluff you guys)

Alternate Histories - the Batkids have swapped parents and histories. An exploration of innate and acquired traits (warnings for referenced canon child abuse and neglect)

Presents - Damian is in a competition with Drake, and he's going to win (warnings for an unreliable narrator)

The Shirt Off Your Back - Damian deals with a mild offense of Drake's. It doesn't go as expected (warnings for bullying, past character death, grieving)

Ives Adapts - Ives tries to understand his friend as the years go by (warning for referenced death, mental health issues)

FAIRYTALES

Is It Really True? - the miller's daughter already disapproved of her dad's habit of embellishment even BEFORE it got her stuck at the Lord's manor. (warnings for threatened forced marriage and rape, ableism)

(REALLY OLD) X-MEN STUFF

(Blanket warnings - all of these were written while I was quite depressed, and it's obvious.)

OCS

Lagartija

Poutine - A Self-Insert finds out she's lost access to another little piece of home. It's fluff, except my parents had moved away less the a year before. I don't THINK you can pick up those vibes ... (warnings not applicable)

Sometimes It's Hard to Think - The Self-Insert is trying her best, but her best isn't very good right now (warnings for mild and non-graphic torture, body horror, memory loss)

Whisperings - The X-Men try to connect with an emotionally fragile teen who doesn't like the assumptions people are making about her parentage. (warnings for referenced sexual assault, possible other stuff I can't remember)

A Little Time and Enough Time - Logan's adopted daughter is looking for him while the world falls apart. (warnings for a post-apocalyptic setting, suicidal thoughts, violence to children, a lot of implied death)

Crystalline - Emma's daughter is introduced to her mother's home, boyfriend, and care. She isn't quite certain what to do with any of them. (warnings for neglect, mild body horror)

CANON CHARACTERS

Perfect - Nicole St. Croix just wants to be seen. She might have to take drastic measures. (warnings for neglect, impersonation, stalking)

AllGoddess - a myth about two modern gods and unrequited love (warnings for unrequited love and a depiction of Africa I'm not super proud of)

Inevitable - Betsy and Warren broke up for good reason. She's decided they're getting back together. (warnings for sexual coercion, dubious consent, infidelity, unhealthy relationships)

Growing Up - Jubilee grudgingly cares for Logan while he goes through a rough time (warnings for suicidal thoughts, mental health issues, catatonia, parentification)

[ijustthinkhesneat]

I’m gonna share my DC character headcanons because I want to and no one can stop me! (I wish I had cool art skills to ad visuals to this but I am artistically challenged 😔)

Bruce Wayne:

Birthday: October 10th, 1991 (Spooky szn, also I decided he’s not old)

Sexuality: Bisexual he’s in love with Clark 😊

Favorite Animal: Bats because I’m basic

Has Autism

Height: 6’0

Favorite Food: Lasagna, it is inexplicably the only thing he can cook.

Gender Identity: Demiboy, He/They Pronouns

Now the juicy backstory…

-In my demented brain Bruce didn’t actually have a happy childhood before his parents death and that Thomas was kind of a traditional toxic masculinity man. I think Martha tried her best but couldn’t fully protect Bruce. Alfred was a friend of Martha that moved in after their deaths to take care of Bruce and instilled a lot more positive values in him.

-Is canon, absolutely not, but it’s my brain I can do what I want. I feel like this also helps explain Bruce’s struggles with being a emotionally vulnerable with his kids and the why he makes shitty choices sometimes.

-I also believe he wants to be better and genuinely tries really hard to be a good dad. Very much that trope of ‘I want you to have a better life than I did’.

-Post Alfred moving in with Bruce his development into Batman plays out pretty much the same, but he he does start to realize he is not the straight.

-After adopting Dick he finds out that his son is definitely not straight (caught holding Wally wests hand in a not god honoring way) and has a lot of internal turmoil, he wants to support his son, but has to wrestle with his own internalized homophobia. (Thanks Tom). Lots of angst it’ll be great.

-This contributes to Dick leaving and Bruce finally confronts his issues, enter Jason.

-Jason dies and Bruce goes all the way off the deep end, almost kills the joker. I actually like the idea that Dick stops him and then returns secretly to finish the Joker off, cause he thinks Bruce wouldn’t be able to recover.

-Tim gets adopted a little earlier because jack and Janet throw him out for being trans. Trans baby Tim is the best. This helps Bruce come to terms with his own identity again.

-Steph becomes robin because slay queen mama waffle boots the house spoiler

-Jason returns and has his under the red hood arc minus Bruce basically slitting his throat with a batarang cause I hate that and it makes no sense.

-Cass is adopted and becomes the silent chaos queen we deserve. I like many people headcanon her as being selectively mute, Bruce learns sign language faster than anyone else.

-Damian shows up around the age of 5 because again time is like dick Grayson, bendable as all hell. Bruce loves his babies but extra babies Damian because he loves him and sees a lot of himself in Damian and doesn’t want him to be like him.

-Bruce reachs out to Jason because he missed his son to much and he comes back and omg it’s just the best thing to ever happen pls DC let these boys be SOFT.

-Bruce adopts Duke because another vigilante child isn’t gonna make a difference now but little does he know that his fifth son is perhaps the most chaos gremlin of all. He is flashlight and he will step on the Jokers throat for fun, because not only did the joker jokerize his bio parents but he fucked with his brothers and his dad to much so he’s gonna toaster that man’s tub.

That’s my Bruce headcanon and time line the others won’t be this long but this is for me so I don’t care what anyone thinks teehee.

[liverobinreaction]

i love the idea of Jason looking at Mabel and being like "That is a completely innocent child who did nothing wrong and did not deserve to be hurt like this especially not by me. Oh god what have i done, now she's lashing out because i was a terrible influence, this all my fault!!" While everyone else is like, "That is a feral gremlin." Like just Jason jumping right into a guilt spiral where every bad thing Mabel does is his fault while everyon is like, "Jason buddy, you are absolutely not THAT important to her, please stop, she has been biting and manipulating people long before you came and does not care about you enough to stop or start doing that."

the SHEER GUILT Jason feels for what he did dogs him for AGES. She absolutely milks the shit out of it, giving him these sad eyes and disappointed looks like 'you destroyed my brother the least you could do is get me ice cream :/'

AND YEAH HE REALLY IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO HER (at least not at first). She just sees him as an obstacle to guilt trip the HELL out of and manipulate to her bidding until UH OH she actually starts to like him, ABORT

Dick, Jason and Bruce are absolute SUCKERS for her, while Tim, Alfred and Cass look at her and go. Oh yeah. She's feral.

[whiskyarts]

The stabbies are scared, scratch that, TERRIFIED of Cassandra

With good reason too!

They did apologise for, y'know, trying to kidnap her and shit

she accepted

Just told them not to do it again

Their cool

The stabbingtons let her paint their nails

Cass is awesome at it

Varian is the crackhead little child to them

They love him for it though

The twins actively praise him for his inventions which cause him to go them first whenever he makes something new, cause autism be like that

The twins get flustered whenever Raps gives them cheek kisses

Yes this is Canon

They also get flustered when Eugene does it (polycule maybe? 👀)

Can you guess who I am?

I find it fun when people do that :)

-Uber Awetism

Everyone is just in a big polycule at this point, that's the dream ngl

They have fun here sjsjmss

Anyway, yeah you're probably a gay gremlin or something idk wink wonk

[spite-and-waffles]

Bruce has never selected a daughter in his life. Cass 1) is also a scraggly trauma-ridden gremlin 2) was found and nurtured by Barbara 3) had to fight for Bruce's trust and respect and the right to wear his symbol, and tragically, his love 4) was treated like a justice machine by Bruce and he forgot she existed half the time. The fandom was both baffled and not a little pissed off when Bruce was finally the one to adopt her when Babs was the one who actually found, nurtured and prioritized her happiness from the get-go. Especially since DC pretended like the adoption had never happened ever after. That whole "favourite child" thing is pure fanon that I only became aware of around 2016.

Between that, and the way he treated Stephanie (Bruce tried to run the girl off, made her Robin to manipulate Tim, then fired her and got her killed, never gave her a memorial and only gave her his blessing after Cass gave her her mantle and Babs stepped in) and the way the writers pulled a bait and switch with Selina's daughter Helena, "Bruce can't have daughters" became a fandom meme in the late aughts. And Babs was never his kid, she was the original girl that bulldogged her way into being accepted and mentored by him, but she was like a sister to him (they used to be only like ten years apart, and even less Pre-Crisis) and as Oracle she was his colleague. Babs has a father that's miles above anything Bruce could dream of being, and fandom's increasing predilection to identify her as one of the Batkids is just playing into DC's continuing nerfing of her and stripping of her identity and independence.

Bruce, picking up a stray: "He reminds me of me!" :333

Bruce, a couple of years later: "Why is he such a stubborn, self-destructive drama queen??"

[mataurin]

A sketch dump!

Imo, Jason likes to THINK he’s constantly breaking into the bat cave in a cool rebellious ‘fuck authority’ kinda way, as if Bruce and Alfred don’t have his favorite scones waiting for him every time he swings by.

Stephanie on the other hand is the one that shows up entirely unannounced, annoys Bruce by watching tik toks in his chair, and distracts cass from her training for hours on end.

[excuseme-howdareyou]

Tim, walks in to his kitchen and sees a box sitting on the counter: *pauses, sighs* The Gremlin's here.

Dick: What? Damian visits your apartment? *looking around but can't find him*

Tim: No.

Tim: Damian's the Demon Brat. This- *opens a cupboard to reveal Cass munching on a rice crispie bar* -is a Food Gremlin. Did you leave any rice crispies for me?

Cass: Nope. *shoves the last one in to her mouth*

[f4nd0m-fun]

*giggles* I'm glad you enjoy this!

I'm a Norse pagan so I love learning more about Loki, but it's also kinda fun to drag some of the marvel stuff into the mix for shits and giggles.

Yes yes he creates prototypes of so many things and Lucius is constantly having to reverse engineer it. 😂

Who do you think Thor would be? Bruce has a dead brother but maybe Thor never ended up with a mortal life in this au? And being fished up probably isn't very nice to Dick. Also I think it would be hilarious if some of these myths get duplicated modern day by accident in some manner.

Also, I just realized. Jor is wrapped around the world, Dick has probably traveled the world. Hela was a sickly child, Jason was a malnourished child. Sli was taken from his mother father before he really knew him, Tim's parents, depending on canon vs fanon, cared but not enough or didn't care at all leading to him running around at night. Fenrir was chained and muzzled by the asguardians, Cass was pretty much chained and muzzled by her father. If we go Dami twin then, like the other twins, he was forced to kill his own twin like the myths.

And yeah, he's all about his chaos gremlin family, they're almost worse than him! And he will protect them as much as possible.

I wonder how Bruce 'I don't believe in magic' Wayne ends up using his magic and shapeshifting in battle, outside of the generic 'hide my identity'. Also, Connie is gonna have a heart attack when the guy who says he doesn't believe in magic ends up being a god of magic (albeit more of a minor one compared to Freya I think), mischief and trickery, on top of the family, hearth, and monsters thing (and, hey, now we know why Bruce was fine with adopting Jarro!)

Anyway, thanks for your response and I hope to hear your thoughts once you've organized them!

[incorrectbatfam]

Batfam's reactions to Turning Red

(placed under the cut for spoilers)

Alfred bakes panda-shaped cookies for the occasion

Babs immediately falls in love with the artwork and worldbuilding

When Ming brought out that entire box of pads, Kate opened her purse to reveal that it too was also filled with menstrual products

Tim felt for Miriam and the others when Mei threw them under the bus at Tyler's party because he too has been on the receiving end of undeserved heat, both from siblings and people he thought were his friends

When Ming was hiding behind that tree at Mei's school, everyone turned to Selina like "That's you" because she had done the exact same thing (per Bruce's request) on Damian's first day of class

Cullen kept pointing to what the characters were doing like, "Yep, I also did that" and talked about how tween boys were equally as weird

As soon as Tyler shows up on screen, Jason's like, "Psh, he's not evil, he's just thirteen"

Abby Park is the epitome of a chaotic gremlin child and Carrie claims her as her soulmate

Harper catches on to Priya's goth-but-doesn't-look-goth aesthetic

Cass would also pay big money to cuddle with a giant red panda

Dick takes notes from Mei's dad, who is such a wholesome and underrated character holy macaroni

At the dumpling scene Steph says, "This is great. I'm going to get a good grade in dumpling. Something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve"

When Mei tells her mom, "I'm 13, deal with it", Bruce felt it in his solar plexus as he subtly glanced around at all his kids, his eyes stinging but refusing to spill over

Even though this movie was very obviously about girlhood, I feel like the core themes would resonate with Damian the most. Growing up, he was always expected to suppress the flawed, messy parts of himself and play the part of the League's heir. Even after moving to Gotham, where people's expectations of him are different, he still found himself slotting into the role of Robin, the youngest Wayne child, what have you. When he recalls his mother, he realized she only ever showed him the parts of herself that were, well, perfect. Same goes for Bruce, or Dick, or heck even Alfred, because adults are so afraid to be vulnerable in front of kids. Watching this movie, Damian realized that his family weren't always the way they are now—they were once children just like him, trying to be good enough for the folks around them and finding who they are at this awkward, clumsy stage in life. And, after everyone turns in for the night, Damian may or may not have filled a sketchbook with all the weird ideas he's been too afraid to touch

Duke is a 4Townie

[exhausted-pigeon]

!!!!!

"I don't kill, but I don't loose either"

Kid you just knocked out a grown woman with a broken arm, *after* jumping out of a moving vehicle *again* with a fucking *broken shoulder*!!!!

Take care of yourself!

If anyone says something about Cass being the "perfect child that never worries Bruce" has clearly never read her 2000 serie, she is fucking insane and I love this (mostly) invicible gremlin child.

[vethbrenatto]

percy for the character thing 👀

First impression: i thought he was so intelligent and stuffy but like in a fun way? again, playing into that posh boy stereotype i love, but he's not a little cutie pie like my faves he's a gremlin with a gun. i loved how superior he was, and his relationships with vex and kiki.

Impression now: oh my god honey baby that is a CHILD. he's like 22 and he has a gun and his whole family is DEAD. why are people listening to this boy like he's the grown up??? he just graduated college but instead he was sailing on a boat and dreaming about revenge and being inhabited by a DEMON. a DEMON, sharon. additionally as a viewer, don't be wiled by his charms, he is NOT as smart as he comes across.

Favorite moment: i adore the sequence where percy goes to the raven queen looking for something that she simply cannot give him. i also love the "she is my heart and the one i am betrothed to" monologue to pelor.

Idea for a story: god i would really love to get the lore on ALL of percy's siblings. like the prequel to percy. we know from cass that there was impeccable de rolo sibling energy but i really want the vibes of all of them- the same way we got to know the clays.

Unpopular opinion: i mean i've already stated that people just put too much trust in percy as a leader for his age and life experience. but then on the other hand he often WAS quite good at it- i mean, thinking about the scenario in whitestone where his patience is rewarded when the dragon flies right over.

Favorite relationship: i'm a basic bitch. you know it's perc'ahlia. i was sold the minute he made the first exploding arrow for her.

Favorite headcanon: percy settles down to be a Dad and a clockmaker but percy can't do anything in half measures so percy's clock shop is goddamn tal'dorei renowned. he is the God of the clock world. he builds ridiculous clock contraptions. his own house is filled with clocks that tick and chime (vex is NOT amused when he brings in more clocks)

[goggles-mcgee]

For your Wish me Away series, does mari have different nicknames given to her by everyone and if she does what are they? I know there were a few mentioned, like Selina calls her kitten and Jason probably calls her pixie pop, but do other people give her nicknames? I love your Au, it's probably one of my favorites!

Aaaaaaa thank you so much!!!

Yes she does actually! She has a lot of nicknames given to her so I shall compile a list!

Bruce: Princess, Etta, Baby girl, Sweetie, boy pulls out every endearment he can for his youngest daughter to be honest.

Selina: Kitten, Baby bat, Etta, Little One, My baby, Pancake (an alternate to short stack and Selina thinks it's cute just like her), Darling

Alfred: Darling girl, Sweetheart, Sous Chef, Dumpling, Etta, Mari, Little One, Mini Bat, Little Lady, Ladybird

Barbara: Smarties, Kit Kat, Baby Girl, Mari, Kiddo, Gremlin #2 (when Mari messes with her electronics),

Dick: Baby sis, Kiddo, Mari, Cake Pop, Princess, Peanut, Magical Girl (especially when she was a child using all the Miraculi), Baby batcat, Spots, Maribird

Jason: Pixie, Short Stack #2, Mini Menace, Little Red, Baby Bug, Little Lady, Houdini (because she just disappears sometimes), Girlie, Mari

Tim: Coffee Bean, Kiddo, Mari, Maribird, Buggie, Petit chou (little cabbage), Bâo Bâo (baby),

Damian: Sokar (sugar), ʾḫt ṣuġrā (younger sister) , tifl alkhafafish (baby bat), Mari, Little One, Baby bird, Minietta,

Steph: Cutie Pie, Macaron, Mari, Sweetie, Honey,

Cass: Bâo Bâo, Xiǎo biānfú (little bat), Precious, Baby sis, Dumpling, Mari

Duke: Minibat, Kiddo, Mari, Biscochito, Trouble Maker, Baby sis, Button, Fun Size,

Rogue List because they do run into her as a baby

Harley: Pigtails, Little Fox, Foxtrot, Doll, Darling, Baby girl

Ivy: Flower, Honeybee, Little One, Baby Bee

Joker: Mini Mouse, Whiskers, Baby Bat, Vermin, Little Shit, Mighty Mouse

Riddler: MENACE, Bane of My Existence, Bully, Gremlin, Scales