#deaged duke thomas

[lettersfromaplatypus]

I love deaged/kid bats so much ohmahgash they’re PRECIOUS

insp

[punkeropercyjackson]

Duke as The Outlaws' Robin🔛🔝

[yeetus-feetus]

Duke is a much smaller Duke one day, he's lost all his memories beyond the young age he is now and he's scared and confused.

He doesn't know where is. But then there's Tim, his Robin! And suddenly everything is ok.

The bats have no idea what's going on, but Duke refuses to go to anyone but Tim. He's also a little ball of energy bouncing off all the walls, and Tim is SO tired. "Robin- Tim, come play tag with me!"

One night Tim ends up passing out at his desk, a sleeping Duke cuddling into him on his lap.

Except when Duke wakes up Tim is small too.

And he doesn't remember who Duke is!!

So Duke reintroduces himself and Tim let's himself be dragged downstairs to the actually Batcave!

Bruce is looking at them in absolute astonishment, they're so small!!

Damian laughs at Tim's smallness and Tim gives a cold glare. Maybe age can't change some things.

"where are Nightwing and the new Robin?" Tim asks.

"I'm Robin."

"no, I meant Jason!" Tim huffs and crosses his arms. Ah, he's so young he still believes Jay is Robin.

Duke is still clinging to him, but Tim can't bring himself to mind all too much.

Bruce doesn't know how to handle these boys, between a hyperactive Duke and an absolute menace Tim.

Dick tries to help, but even he can't keep up with the mischief and shenanigans they get up to together.

"dick pick us up!"

"yeah! Pick us up pick us up! And swing us around until we get dizzy!"

"again!"

"again!"

It's time to bring out the big guns, and by that they mean calling Jason over to the manor.

Tim settles immediately, but Duke remains overly weary around the large man with guns strapped to his thighs. He's kinda scary.

But Tim likes Jason well enough. At some point he ends up cuddled up with Jason who's stretched out on the couch, and Duke is just a little bit jealous.

"hey stop hogging him! Tim is mine," Duke pouts.

Jason raises an eyebrow at the boy, and Tim tilts his head. "You know there's enough room for both of us up here, right? Jason is a lot bigger than he used to be."

Duke considers this. "Mm okay, but only because you're up there". And he climbs up into Jason's lap to cuddle into Tim's side.

It's calm for a moment, until Duke starts to fidget, not able to stay still for too long. Jason let's put an annoyed noise and looks at them over the top of his book. "Would you quit it I'm tryna read here".

"what are you reading?" Duke asks.

"Macbeth."

Tim scrunched his nose up. "Why are you reading that?"

"I like it. Reminds me of school", and Tim catches something in his tone that Duke absolutely doesn't.

"it sounds silly. Will you red it to us?"

Jason looks at the both of them for a very long moment before signing. "Sure, but you've gotta stay still, your knees are already in my ribs."

The three of them all end up falling asleep like that, tucked into the lounge and curled up together.

Except when they wake up in the morning, Jason is scrawny little boy, even smaller than Tim and Duke.

Tim explains what he can to the tiny Jason as Duke sneaks some snacks from the kitchen cupboard for them.

Cass catches them stuffing their faces with junk food and squeals. "Three baby brother's now!" And scoops them all up as the quick and try to squirm away.

"gotta tell B"

"wait who are you exactly?" Jason asks.

"big sister", Cass smiles and pets his curls.

"no way! Really? That's so cool, I've never had a big sister before", he exclaims.

Cass carries all three of them down to the Batcave because she's so strong and awesome! And Jason can't believe he ends up with such a cool sister.

"Batman!!!" Jason shouts in pure excitement, and Bruce turns around and almost cries.

Because look how small!! Oh baby Jay lad!! So precious and smol!

"I think the de-aging syndrome may be contagious", Tim speaks up. "You should have us all properly quarantined until you can find a cure."

quarantine is fun, for Jason and Tim at least (tiny Tim is plotting revenge on whoever caused this, Jason is reading and occasionally shouting at the characters). Duke can't stand having to stay still in the same one room for so long.

idk where this is going, but consider this awesome 3am idea of mine

[just-an-enby-lemon]

I need to write fanfic again but all my ideas are things I'm not confident in writing in english and I would likely not have an audience for in portuguese

[megaaceofspades]

hmmm deaged duke thomas REFUSING to let batman nightwing or red hood near him because when duke was a kid batman had just lost robin and was super violent on the streets, nightwing was in blud so duke wouldnt really know him and red hood has guns??? what??

and duke (this is the kid who reads people flawlessly and also trained to beat the riddler from an young age) is evading capture at every turn. his powers are erratic and hes starting to get scared, the manor will not let him out, and where are his parents-

when suddenly there he is. duke thomas’s robin, and his most trusted protector, tim drake.

just more of duke thomas with the tropes the other brothers get hit with all the time, and also more of tim being dukes robin please!!!

[batfambrainrotbeloved]

As someone who (when I write good dad bruce) subscribes so fucking hard to the fact he refuses to confirm any of his kids are his

A l l just random mentees who may or may not be tied to Gotham.

But when hero gossip spreads it probably wouldn't take long for a bat to go "Yeah well- B never had the chance to deal with any of us as babies, but being able to lift a car means he wont heistate to coddle his adult children :D"

Meanwhile JL is like "TF YOU MEAN HIS CHILDREN- PLURAL"!?!?

Can someone write a fic where Bruce is on a JL mission and they somehow get a baby that they need to take care of until they find their parents. And all the JL members just cannot stop this baby from crying (this is before Clark has Jon so he’s pretty clueless with babies still) and eventually Bruce is like, “give them to me.”

And the JL is like “uhh, we don’t know if we should trust BATMAN with a baby, but at this point… fuck it.” And hand the baby over to him.

And Batman tucks the baby into his chest and softly bounces them, talking to them gently in a deep rumbly voice. “It’s okay sweetheart. Shhh, you’re safe.” And eventually, the baby doesn’t just stop crying, but falls asleep.

And the JL just stand there, gobsmacked. Because what the fuck??? Why is the Batman so good with babies??? And the rest of the mission Batman just has the baby because a) they don’t want them to wake up and start fussing again. And b) because Batman looks genuinely happy (as happy as Batman can be without deeply horrifying the JL).

[caffeinatedvigilantewriter]

MASTERPOST

Editing as I post more :))

This is not in any order, just randomly listed

⭐️ next to my favorites :))

DC X DP PROMPTS

Dani is Dicks older sister

Tim x Danny Coffee Shop AU

Danny, Dani, and Dan joined different hero groups (check reblogs lol)⭐️

Dan get reincarnated as Bruce Wayne⭐️

Trans!Danny is Steph’s daughter

Dani x Damian Collage Professor AU

Dani as the eldest Wayne/Bat

Older brother Danyal AU

Dani joins the JL + more kids for Bruce

Tucker and Duke are cousins

Demon Twins AU with a twist

Team Phantom tries to kill the Joker

Dani x Damian + deaged Danny in Gotham⭐️

Sam Manson? More like Sam Wayne

Liminal Damian Wayne

“Immortal’ Dani joins the JL

Dani joins the LOA willingly

Haunted Forest grows around Amity Part 1

Haunted Forest AU Part 2

Halfas can’t use their powers while human AU idea

Team Phantom gets deaged and adopted by separate batboys⭐️

Deaged Dani in Arkham asylum

Dani x Dami: soulmark AU

Government Coverup

Sam Manson Demon Twins AU

Dani is Bruce’s never before mentioned eldest child fic

Secret Ghost Royalty Dani Wayne

Damian and Dani stranded in Quarantined Amity Park ⭐️

- Part 1

- Part 2

Combat-Trained Casper High in Gotham

Dani x Dami: Bitter Soulmates AU⭐️

Dani x Dami: Plane Crash AU

Dani x Dami: Anon Singer AU

Dani adopts Billy Batson

Dani joins the Teen Titans

Danny x Duke: Missing Person AU(??)

Dani is working in Ethiopia and saves Jason

Dani is Damian’s ‘sister’ and ‘magic’ trainer (check reblogs) ⭐️

Demon Twins with ‘civilian Danny’

Batman Beyond w/ immortal Dani

They used to be…

Dani x Dami: henchman x boss AU, academic rivals AU, vigilante x antihero AU + Love Hexagon ⭐️

Dead Serious w/ deaged Dani

Damian and Paulina are twins w/ Dead Serious

Dani x Dami: Secretary x Boss AU

Dan becomes a cop in Blud (Dick x Dan)

Danny is Ra’s son

Dani x Bruce + Deaged Dan

Sucked in a Video Game⭐️

Bruce and Dani are twins⭐️

Bruce, Danny, and Dani: The OG vigilantes

Ghost King Marvel

Teacher Danny x Bruce

Billy x Danny: Ghost Marriage AU fic

Dani bursts into flames

Missing Amity

Dani x Dami: Boy Next Door

Legally Latina

Immortal Aunt Dani v.s. Duke Thomas

Demon Twins + Assassin Dani

The First Waynes

Black Lantern Dani… well, kinda

where Dani gets a green ring

Danny is the least powerful Halfa

Dani as Jason’s messenger

DANNY PHANTOM (DP)

Dani Fenton: Clone of Fenton and Phantom

Underpowered Danny (compared to his siblings)

MCU X DP PROMPTS

Dani joins the x-men

Ghost King Danny vs Thanos

RIORDANVERSE X DC

Damian in Camp Jupiter

RIORDANVERSE X DP

‘Halfblood’ Dani

DCU (MOSTLY BATFAM)

Public Service AU

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Glimpse Into the Future

by batling_out_of_hell Bruce pissed off a witch who cursed all his children back to being 5000 days old. Of course they all remember that time they got slingshotted into the future. This story was always inevitable. Words: 2170, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Cassandra Cain, Tim Drake, Duke Thomas, Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown, Alfred Pennyworth Relationships: Batfamily - Relationship, Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Duke Thomas & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne Additional Tags: Age Regression/De-Aging, deaged batkids, wayne family specifically, Angst, Drama, Comedy via https://ift.tt/iNp2WaA

[f4nd0m-fun]

@wisecloudnightmare

Oh my gods yes you see my vision.

Even if Clockwork wasn't actually Realms pregnant, even if he did just literally deage them, it still hilarious.

And yes, poor Bruce. At least he probably knows where he gets his child hoarding from now (all three of his parents apparently). Which, this technically makes Bruce a demigod while he's alive and a deity when he dies because of the Ancient stuff (No one tell him yet he has enough to process as is).

Anyway, quite a way to reunite with his parents huh? And apparently end up with eight more siblings, all of which are absolutely tiny (for the most part).

... y'know~? What if Leslie was in on things, mostly because 'If I can learn medicine from an ancient highly advanced immortal species then I don't care how cryptid they or my patients are, medical school is expensive!'. And if Alfred did actually hold the cores for a while (even if not the whole time), imagine Leslie being the only one who knows because it's probably not that good to constantly realm jump for checks. Sure they're mostly energy anyway but still.

Just the hilariousness of "yes but no" in regards to carrying them plus Alfred sneaking around so his family wouldn't freak out and mess up his plans or force him to rest (like they listen to him without persuasion). Also him trying to hide weird food he's hungry for (especially stuff that a normal mortal human would die eating, partially because we all know some of the kids are crazy enough to attempt to eat it half of the time). Also, his weekly 'visits with an old friend'? (Let's face it, he needs breaks but if he's gone more than a few days the house will be on fire, so weekly breaks it is instead of monthly). Anyway, that's him spending time with Gotham, having tea and maybe gossiping and giving her updates on the kids (she doesn't ALWAYS pry, she mostly pries into their patrols which she tells Alfred all about since he usually sticks to the manor). Just, co parenting and rambling and no one knows. But that still doesn't mean Gotham has time for his antics, it just means they try to take a break but end up talking about the kids instead of each other.

Oh and imagine the day the kids take on their human forms and SEVERAL of them have black hair, which checks, but the two darker ones make them a little confused (might be funny if they assume the kids are just trying to mimic family members with Duke and Damien being darker skinned in different ways). Alfred is the only one who knows about their original past though.

Also, what if this was a 'seal away the dimension with Amity Park' situation? IE, too dangerous for the kids, so he made em all halfas, deaged em, sealed their memories (at least temporarily), and locked that dimension away, which would eventually destroy it due to the disconnect.

Also there's a long-running idea of Fright Knight being a Flashpoint Thomas, partially seeing as most iterations of Batmen are 'knights'. But back to the others.

Gotham has a hard time showing herself because Bruce and the grandkids aren't liminal enough yet to actually see her, but with Pariah being the king of ghosts, his power Leaks, so she gets stronger, the kids get more liminal, and eventually she can go from the Giant-City-Shadow-Woman to the Eldritch-'Human'-Shadow-Woman (IE walk around and actually interact with the family again).

And I will never stop running with the idea that she collects curses to give to Thomas, but also to protect the mortals of the city because she can handle them and they couldn't, not directly. These curses, as you captured well, do make her a bit weird and unhinged though.

I think instead of a staff and a wall of mirrors Alfred carries an antique pocket watch that has a mirror on the back, and he uses that to watch his family when they're out of the house, or to stop time (maybe it's secretly his staff but in a hidden form). Also, him being Clockwork makes the grandfather clock entrance even funnier because he IS a grandfather clock.

The toddlers will get into a lot of shenanigans though. And probably pick a favorite niece/nephew (even those only related emotionally). Tuck will probably drift towards Tim or Babs, I kinda want Dan to drift towards Damien but Sam could fit him too, Val might like Cass, and I like the idea of nerdy Jazz reading with Jason (or at least being read to). I feel like Dani and Steph both thrive in the chaos they can cause, and either Danny or Vlad drift towards Dick maybe? Not sure, feel free to come up with your own ideas for playing favorites.

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Which, I feel like Thomas would try spending most of his time at the mansion. In part because his obsession is actually Family, it just got twisted when he lost his family. So he stays for his family, and in part because he misses being human (he used to be a Halfa before his death, so combine losing his human half with losing his family and you have a mess big enough to be sent eons into the past over). But also because he finds out the kids have human forms 'Of course they do, kids are never simple' and decides it'll be better to live in a human city with enough emotions and ecto to sustain them as well as human stuff (on top of him being there to supplement the necessary ecto).

Also, do you think Bruce finds out his dad is King before or after the JL summoning? Either way I'm laughing at the idea of him getting handed the kids that were dragged along while his dad takes care of whatever is needed.

Bruce was the first to wake, a grumpy four-year old poking his face while his- his dad checked his vitals. He still wasn't sure what to make of the situation, still in shock from the pile of revelations.

Alfred seemed to be fussing over several of the grandkids, while Martha tried to keep the toddlers distracted with shadow manipulation so the two men could work. She'd always been a bit more of a guide than a medic anyway, and it didn't help that she couldn't form a proper body either.

Bruce took a slow deep breath and glanced around, before finally looking up at his dad again. Words caught in his throat, but the tears spoke enough, overflowing with his emotions.

Thomas pulled him into a hug, holding Bruce tightly, his own tears beginning to fall now that he held his son for the first time in what had been eons for him.

The silence was poignant, and Bruce felt like a child again. Part of him certainly replayed that bitter death, but mostly he thought about the sweet memories, of his happiest times with his mother and father and Alfred. And, for once, his guard was truly down, all faithful in his dad like the kid he used to be.

At some point, his own children were ushered into the hug, protestors silenced by Alfred, or quieting of their own accord.

Only Alfred knew how long they sat there, clinging to each other like the last lifeboats on a sinking ship.

Prompt 153

 Pariah Dark, Ghost King, warrior, tyrant, world-breaker, Ancient of Darkness, is utterly gobsmacked. The sarcophagus had been opened- something he wasn’t honestly expecting seeing as it was supposed to be for eternity- and he had honestly just been blinking awake. It took a minute or few to properly wake up, but who could blame him? It wasn’t like there was anyone before him who could have opened his prison. 

 Though that wasn’t what had him utterly befuddled. He was rather certain that he had not gotten locked into the Sarcophagus of Sleep with several literal ghost infants. 

Well mostly infants, one is more like the equivalent of a three or four year old but still. And he has a rather panicked sort of feeling breaking through his usual bloodlust, because they all look really similar to his not-exactly ex. Same white hair, same wispy ghost-tail, same tiny fangs and claws currently being bared at him and each other. But they also kind of look like him, what with two having hair aflame- one even had black hair like he once did before his insanity- and even having red eyes. Most even had his own corpse-pale skin, though he could see a more blue tint on a couple and one more similar to his brother’s. 

So yes, Pariah Dark is very much panicking and trying to do the math in his head. A visit to Clockwork might be in his best interest…

[covertblizzard]

do you ever think about how tim grew 4 years in 40 years, dick grew like 15-18 years in 80 years, damian grew 4 years in 15+ years, duke grew maybe 2 years (?) in 8 years, jason grew 3-4 years in 5 years (and then 3-5 years in the 15+ years after resurrection), and cass and steph are just floppy ages sometimes i guess??

growth rates:

tim: ~10 irl years / dc years

dick, damian, duke, and post-resurrection jason: ~4 irl years / dc years

robin jason: ~1 irl years / dc years

steph and cass: i think it’s approximately the same as tim when they’re not aging them down (?)

[outoftheframework]

Hey! I was wondering if you had any ideas for a younger!batfam??? I hope you're having a wonderful day!!!

Ohh!! I can sure try!

So logically, the youngest we can get is about 12-13-14 years younger (whatever age Damian is). For the sake of consistency, let’s say 14 years younger, as based on this post of mine.

Ages:

Damian: New born (~1 month)

Duke: 3 years old

Tim: 5 years old

Steph: 6 years old

Jason: 8 years old

Cass: 10 years old

Dick: 13 years old

Babs: 15 years old

Alfred: 58 years old

Bruce: 28 years old

So let’s make this make sense. So, keeping the canon steady of Steph and Babs not being Waynes, Bruce would have to adopt/have 6 kids by the age of 28, which is pushing it a little bit (even for him). But let’s go with it anyway.

Dick Grayson has the same backstory and was taken in by a 23-year-old Bruce at age 8. Starting with that fact, all the rest of the kids would have to have come into Bruce’s life in a span of five years. Adoption is a long process, so it may make more sense for some of the kids to be “wards” or foster children of Bruce’s still in the process to be legally adopted. That being said, he loves and protects them all the same.

A year later, Batman finds a toddler (2-3 years old) wandering by himself in crime alley. He quickly discovers the kid is very intelligent for his age and babbles non-stop. Bruce cannot help but warm up to the child, and “banters” with the babble until he makes the grim discovery of the fate of the child’s mother. He stays with to kid until the police arrive, and a little bit after that, electing not to disappear into the shadows quite yet. As Bruce Wayne, he learns the name of and tracks down Jason Todd in the foster system and starts the legal process of adoption.

Not even six months later, a 6-7 year old Cassandra cain seeks out batman by breaking into Wayne Manor. Bruce almost has a heart attack coming home after work to see another child sitting at his dining room table with his two. She has come to ask Batman to train her, but instead Bruce does all in his power to remove her from her toxic home situation. She becomes close with Jason and Dick, who had been learning ASL in school and were excited to make a new friend. Soon, she’s on her way to becoming their new official sister.

Bruce gets one and a half years with his three musketeers before a frantic knock at the door gets their attention. They’re in the living room playing a heated game of Uno with extra made-up rules when Alfred leads a crying toddler into the living room, along with a pair of lawyers and a social worker. The trio leads Bruce away while Alfred tries to calm the child. “The Drakes had no suitable next-of-kin to take Timothy in. You’re named as the god-father. But we understand if-” “I think this house has room for one more.” Bruce had known the quiet boy from his gala appearances where his mother passed him around the other socialites while he held a straight face. He’d been suspicious of the Drake’s parenting from the first month they had Tim home, where he saw them leave to catch a plane without him. He’d been practically raised by nannies. Was it an impulsive decision? Yes. Does he regret it? Absolutely not.

Bruce and his growing gaggle of children were familiar with the Thomases; Mrs. Thomas did consulting work for WE and the younger ones’ favorite playground was in Duke’s neighborhood (Bruce can easily assume that Duke’s being there was a main reason for that specific playground to be their favorite). When his parents are tragically infected with Joker gas, Bruce is one of the first to know. He consoles a confused and traumatized Duke, who does not let go of Bruce’s shoulders when the social worker comes to speak with him. The Thomases don’t have any family on this side of the country, and Duke isn’t in any state to be moved a long distance away from his parents to live with people he barely knows. So, Bruce is the best choice to take care of Duke, and he does so happily. 

Well, his entire family wasn’t “planned” per say, but Damian was certainly the most unexpected. Talia was at his doorstep for maybe 30 seconds, uttering only: “Teach him to be like you.” Bruce had experience with children, but none as young as Dami. He called in other heroes to watch over Gotham while he stayed up all night with the baby: consoling, feeding, and changing when necessary. The other kids were fascinated by their little brother, and often begged to hold or feed him. Dick always excelled at his position of older brother, but has a special bond with Damian. 

I kind of love this. Hope it was what you were looking for!

Lemme know of you guys want any of this expanded upon.

[bluboothalassophile]

3 Lil’ Birds, 2 Lil’ Bats, & 1 Lil’ Demon

Bruce made it to the Cave, after having getting Damian in a diaper, and buying Dick and Tim ice cream to keep them occupied and in the Batmobile while he was getting the diapers for Damian. Now he was carrying Damian in his arm, Tim was clinging to his cape and giggling, and Dick was securely in his grasp as he looked around.

"Whoa! Is that a Dinosaur!?" Dick demanded with glee.

"Yes," he answered uncertainly. Bruce didn't really know what to do with children this young, even when Dick had been nine the first time around. But the first time around Dick hadn't been like this. Makind Bruce think that Dick had been regressed to before his parents' deaths when Batman was a scary shadow to fear in Gotham.

"Huntress, Signal, and Batwing are on the hunt, I haven't gotten ahold of Batwoman, and hello!?" Barbara gasped as he came into view. "Wow, they really got blasted."

"You're pretty!" Dick blurted out. "Are you an angel? Why do you have these? Do you like to go real fast down hill on these wheels? Why are you in this chair? Can I show you my triple backflip!?"

"I forgot he was a talker the first time around," Barbara chuckled.

"Batman!" Tim giggled behind him.

"I'll leave them here, I'll join the hunt for Jason, Cass, and Steph."

"Leave them!?" Barbara sputtered as Dick leapt onto her lap and yanked her arms around him.

"I have to find them!" Bruce grounded out. Jason would survive, he was good at that. Cass too, and so was Steph. But they were children! Stephanie a toddler! Bruce knew that while these three were high on survival instincts they were still children. Which meant that they were vulnerable.

"Ah, Master Bruce, I see the young Masters are… younger," Alfred said.

"I have to go find the others," Bruce said handing Damian over to Alfred before running to the Batmobile. Leaping for the driver's seat, he started the engine before gunning it out of here.

~~~*~*~*~~~

Jason looked up at the ninja, who had appeared with clothes. Which he had yanked on then he had shoved the tiny toddler who hadn't let his leg go into her clothes. Now he hoisted up the toddler, kept her in his arms now as they crept through the shadows. They would need to be warm, he knew that.

The ninja pointed to a warehouse, and he jogged after her. Slipping into the warehouse, he set the toddler down and he looked around. Food was the next thing on his list, looking for it he started exploring the warehouse slowly.

They weren't batfood, no, no they weren't. Nope. He wasn't no bat's food. Especially the Bat.

"Bat!" the toddler giggled.

"No! We're not batfood!" Jason shouted as he looked for some food. He picked up a can, it looked like food; but how did he open it?

"Batty Bats!" the blonde giggled with delight.

"No."

~~~*~*~*~~~

Barbara sighed as she furiously typed. Jason was a street kid, Cass had never interacted with people, and Stephanie was… Stephanie. Oh god they were in trouble, they were probably going to be killed or dead!

Three kids alone in Gotham, they were going to be killed!

Oh God, she couldn't live with that as she furiously typed away and tried to think about where Jason would go to be safe.

Shelter would be his priority, Jason hated being cold, and no Gotham spring was warm.

With that in mind she started narrowing down the places that he would go on foot wit two little girls with him.

~~~*~*~*~~~

Okay, Duke was going to be completely real about this, this family was insane! Seriously! He was now in Gotham looking for his big sisters and big brother who were now his little sisters and little brother and everyone was acting like this was a regular occurrence.

He didn't know what these people thought was normal, but getting de-aged was not normal.

Duke looked over his shoulder when he heard a cluttering and saw a shadow in the window. It made him think of Cass which had him internally groaning.

This was a bad idea.

Swallowing the bad idea; because he was now in a family of bad ideas, Duke leapt for the window.

Tiny Cass, he pleaded, please don't kill me!

There was a tiny battle cry and he saw the shadow move fast as she came at him.

"O! I got them! Send HELP!" Duke screamed as he tried to fend off tiny Cass, only for tiny Jason to wrack his shin with a bit of wood.

~~~*~*~*~~~

Bruce leapt from his car at the signal where he had gotten the call from and came running into this warehouse to see his newest son, gasping for air, Cass was tied up and dangling from the rafters, Jason was duct taped to the post, and Stephanie was hugging Jason leg growling.

"I got 'em!" Duke gasped, wiping his bloodied lip.

Jason roared behind his duct tape and struggled vainly against the wall.

"Are you alright?" Bruce asked clasping Duke's shoulder.

"Yeah, they're a handful!" Duke gasped as he stood up straight. "I'll meet you at the Cave." Duke said before jogging out and leaping for the street.

Jason's eyes narrowed on him, Stephanie glared at him, and Cass also gave him the evil eye.

Bruce sighed, this wasn't going to be easy. None of these three were easy to begin with, and these three were easily his most dangerous children (minus Damian). He started with Stephanie, scooping her up she bit him, he would have dropped her had he not expected this from her. Getting her in the Batmobile was challenging, Stephanie didn't want to go into it, but once he had her in she sat very quaint.

Collecting Cass without massive injury was easy once she saw Stephanie was alright.

And that brought him to Jason who was glaring at him with bright green eyes duct taped to the post of the warehouse.

This was going to hurt.

[rt-nique]

ITS LIKE A PLEASANT SURPRISE THAT KEEPS ON GIVING!!

de-aging au

Duke is a much smaller Duke one day, he's lost all his memories beyond the young age he is now and he's scared and confused. He doesn't know where is. But then there's Tim, his Robin! And suddenly everything is

The bats have no idea what's going on, but Duke refuses to go to anyone but Tim. He's also a little ball of energy bouncing off all the walls, and Tim is SO tired. "Robin- Tim, come play tag with me!"

One night Tim ends up passing out at his desk, a sleeping Duke cuddling into him on his lap.

Except when Duke wakes up Tim is small too. And he doesn't remember who Duke is!!

So Duke reintroduces himself and Tim let's himself be dragged downstairs to the actually Batcave!

Bruce is looking at them in absolute astonishment, they're so small!!

Damian laughs at Tim's smallness and Tim gives a cold glare. Maybe age can't change some things.

"where are Nightwing and the new Robin?" Tim asks.

"I'm Robin."

"no, I meant Jason!" Tim huffs and crosses his arms. Ah, he's so young he still believes Jay is Robin.

Duke is still clinging to him, but Tim can't bring himself to mind all too much.

Bruce doesn't know how to handle these boys, between a hyperactive Duke and an absolute menace Tim.

Dick tries to help, but even he can't keep up with the mischief and shenanigans they get up to together.

"dick pick us up!"

"yeah! Pick us up pick us up! And swing us around until we get dizzy!"

"again!"

"again!"

It's time to bring out the big guns, and by that they mean calling Jason over to the manor.

Tim settles immediately, but Duke remains overly weary around the large man with guns strapped to his thighs. He's kinda scary.

But Tim likes Jason well enough. At some point he ends up cuddled up with Jason who's stretched out on the couch, and Duke is just a little bit jealous.

"hey stop hogging him! Tim is mine," Duke pouts.

Jason raises an eyebrow at the boy, and Tim tilts his head. "You know there's enough room for both of us up here, right? Jason is a lot bigger than he used to be."

Duke considers this. "Mm okay, but only because you're up there". And he climbs up into Jason's lap to cuddle into Tim's side.

It's calm for a moment, until Duke starts to fidget, not able to stay still for too long. Jason let's put an annoyed noise and looks at them over the top of his book. "Would you quit it I'm tryna read here".

"what are you reading?" Duke asks.

"Macbeth."

Tim scrunched his nose up. "Why are you reading that?"

"I like it. Reminds me of school", and Tim catches something in his tone that Duke absolutely doesn't.

"it sounds silly. Will you red it to us?"

Jason looks at the both of them for a very long moment before signing. "Sure, but you've gotta stay still, your knees are already in my ribs."

The three of them all end up falling asleep like that, tucked into the lounge and curled up together.

Except when they wake up in the morning, Jason is scrawny little boy, even smaller than Tim and Duke.

Tim explains what he can to the tiny Jason as Duke sneaks some snacks from the kitchen cupboard for them.

Cass catches them stuffing their faces with junk food and squeals. "Three baby brother's now!" And scoops them all up as the quick and try to squirm away.

"gotta tell B"

"wait who are you exactly?" Jason asks.

"big sister", Cass smiles and pets his curls.

"no way! Really? I've never had a big sister before", he exclaims.

Cass carries all three of them down to the Batcave because she's so strong and cool! And Jason can't believe he ends up with such a cool sister.

"Batman!!!" Jason shouts in pure excitement, and Bruce turns around and almost cries.

Because look how small!! Oh baby Jay lad!! So precious and smol!

"I think the de-aging syndrome may be contagious", Tim speaks up. "You should have us all properly quarantined until you can find a cure."

quarantine is fun, for Jason and Tim at least (tiny Tim is plotting revenge on whoever caused this, Jason is reading and occasionally shouting at the characters). Duke can't stand having to stay still in the same one room for so long.

idk where this is going, but consider this awesome 3am idea of mine

[holyheadcanonsbatman]

¡Oh, my! Now I need to read a Deaged!Dick fanfic XD I blame you! Could you write about the new dinamic between the bat-brothers with baby Dick? I mean, Jason still has some issues with the "Golden boy" and Damian just lost his mentor, First Batman, Best friend, Big Brother and a Father Figure. Can´t be easy.

I don’t actually do fic requests any more since it takes waaaaay too long, but I can do some headcanons for this! If anyone does want to write this, feel free to do so and tag me in it!

-Jason acts super nonchalant and always says how much better it is that he doesn’t have to hear Dick’s crappy puns and jokes anymore, but he does miss having grown-up Dick around. He also doesn’t like being the oldest (other than Barbara) because now he has more responsibility for the other kids and has to essentially fill Dick’s “older brother and mentor” role, which he doesn’t really like all that much

-Tim finds Dick to be really cute as a kid, but the whole little kid curiosity schtick is driving him mad since Dick wants to fiddle with all of the wires and tech and needs constant attention. He does like being able to have that kind of older brother role without the younger kid kind of totally wanting to kill him (he definitely makes sure to tell this to Damian). He does miss sparring with and making jokes with Dick since he can’t really do a lot of that now that Dick’s smaller

-Damian absolutely hates it. He just lost his older brother and (basically) dad and now everyone else is acting like it’s no big deal and aren’t really doing much. He doesn’t actively act aggressive towards Dick because it isn’t really his fault but he’s still not hanging around Dick that much because it hurts a bit. Dick might pick up on this and if he does, Damian feels guilty and might try to hang out with Dick even if he’s a little bit terse and snappish. He often goes to do something that he and Dick used to do when Dick was older, and then realises that he can’t do it anymore and so that makes him sad and angrier

-Duke likes hanging around with Dick because he can tell him stories and whatnot and Dick is entirely enthralled, they can watch movies and cartoons together and it’s a lot of fun for the both of them. I think Duke would be really good around kids and they like hanging around him because he’s like the “cool older kid”, so he and Dick end up spending time together a lot, though Duke does miss older Dick  

[spacelazarwolf]

feeling completely unhinged about batman, this is going to sound insane. but I think making Tim Drake the bisexual Robin was homophobic.

Our options were the guy has been crossdressing since the Golden Age, the guy who dresses like a leather daddy, the kid who has never had a love interest and is constantly dealing with other people's expectations. They went with option number 4 the guy who is essentially written as a blank slate for readers to project onto with little to no thought for whether or not this created an interesting dynamic with other characters. Though Dick Grayson and Jason Todd were both created very deliberately as foils for Bruce Wayne, with personalities that contrasted against Bruce, Tim Drake was designed as a foil for Jason, in opposition to all of Jason's character traits after Jason proved unpopular due to a combination of classism and the editors and writers just wanting a different direction for his character than the readers did. This design decision for Tim Drake ended up with a character whose personality traits are functionally the same as Bruce, but whose purpose is Blank Slate. As a result his character is and always has been a gigantic pile of contradictions, with him simultaneously being an unpopular nerd and having tons of friends and being both relatable middle class and wealthy enough to denigrate the lower class characters in the minds of the writers. Unlike pretty much every other character in Batman, Tim has no special skills that make him stand out as an expert in a particular field or give him a special place on the team, so writers and fans alike both constantly shove him into the roles of other characters, pushing out their expertise and messing with the dynamics. It's incredibly common to see Tim positioned as the """expert detective""" or """techy expert"""" despite this having very little basis in canon when compared to other writers. Yeah whatever Tim figured out Bruce was Batman but Duke Thomas prepared to go toe to toe with the Riddler when he was TEN and figured out Dick Grayson's identity despite Dick literally having face erasing tech and through that was able to extrapolate on everyone else's identities. Tim's fanon position as as the T E C H Y is one that's been stolen from Harper Row and Barbara Gordon, who was the most powerful unpowered character in the DCU but has had her accomplishments gradually and continually downplayed and erased since 1986. This lack of specialization for Tim and his characterization as the everyman relatable blank slate have held him back as the character continues to fail in being given his own identity, which relates to his continuous deaging, a trait largely only shared by women. In fact the deaging of Tim DRake has gotten so bad that the current timeline implication is that Dick fired Tim from being Robin when Tim was TWELVE in order to give Robin to a TEN year old as opposed to the 17 Tim was when the actual comic was released, as Damian is aging but Tim has not.

The common claim that Tim is """""most popular""" and """""""Best""""" Robin is one that's honestly unbacked, and believed only because Tim stans are so goddamn loud. Before his shit, shit run started 2 weeks ago Tim Drake had not held his own solo title in 12 years, whereas Dick Grayson has continually held one for 26 years and spent decades starring in long running back ups and team books prior to that. The reality that Tim stans don't want to admit is that Tim is bisexual because editorial didn't give a shit about him until he came out and it got people talking. They'll often lift up examples of him being "queercoded" prior to him coming out but it's really very notable that all of Tim's instances of "queercoding" are related to shipbaiting with Superboy. On the other hand Dick crossdressed until the Comics Code slammed the ban hammer on queerness because of his existence, openly stated in 2004 that he was alright with homophobes assuming that he's gay, has had several uniforms with influence from queer fashion, and despite being ostensibly straight has been featured on multiple Pride themed comic covers. Next to him is Jason who habitually covers himself in leather and wears a muzzle and said his girlfriend was a good kisser "for a girl". Instead of examining these adult characters relationships to queer masculinity, including Dick Grayson being a gay icon since the 1940s who has literally influenced gay culture, the queer Robin that we got is the run of the mill middle class white high school boy whose writing immediately shifted to QUEER ROMCOM UTOPIA as soon as he came out. The first issue of his solo run is a notable example with complete fluff, Tim claiming that his relationship with his boyfriend Bernard is more "real" than his relationships with his past girlfriends, and Bernard the schlubby conspiracy theorist previously dressed in hoodies suddenly wearing artfully ripped skinny jeans and a statement blazer. Even outside of this issue, the past year sicne Tim came out has seen his and Bernard's flaws and eccentricities scrubbed away in favor of gay cotton candy, rendering Tim somehow even blander and less interesting than before.

But I haven't even gotten to the worst part yet. I haven't slammed the hammer down. Here's the real bombshell on Tim Drake and why him being the lone bisexual Robin for who knows how long is homophobic.

Tim Drake's one solid long lasting character trait until he came out, the ONE aspect of his personality that genuinely stood out, totally unique to him, his place in the family? Was being a fucking asshole. Not only did he break into Batman's house to demand he get over the death of his son, not only did he refuse to allow Dick to grieve his third dead parent when they believed Bruce was dead, but Tim Drake has been cheating on his partners since he started dating. Despite only being created at the very tale end of the 1980s, Tim Drake has had nine love interests in main continuity. This is a feat accomplished by dating three girls at once. Yet it's Dick Grayson - the Romani man - who gained a fandom reputation for being a womanizer and in fanon a cheater, despite having only around a dozen love interests and existing for nearly three times as long as Tim.

tl;dr the bisexual Robin shouldn't be the one who habitually cheats on his partners, there's queercoding besides shipbaiting, Tim Drake sucks, stan Dick Grayson instead

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