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rosiesramblings · 5 months ago

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^^^^^ How this fic makes me feel

Have you considered Bruce being super awkward and stiff when he's hanging out with Clark and Diana, pre relationship or early relationship or whatever, and Jason and Dick seeing that and immediately being like "nope. We're not having that. Dude needs to loosen up." And Bruce never sees it coming when they flank him and start going to town on his sides. And of course Clark and Diana are all "oh?? So he is human?? Interesting." And Bruce threatens to ground two grown men because he just knows his life is about to change. Clark and Diana are goblins. He's done.

continued: OKAY BUT Bruce in bed in between Diana and Clark and they're all that perfect state of sleepy loopy comfortable and warm. And Clark is rubbing these soothing circles over Bruce's stomach and chest and Bruce is just melting into the bed and Clark is all "who's your favorite partner" and Bruce doesn't hesitate to say Diana, just to mess with Clark. But of course it backfires on him because "Bruce, look at his face. How is he not your favorite?"

You KNOW how I feel about them FUCK anyways here's these two prompts smushed together because...Im love them.

This fic is a sequel to Smitten! You don't have to read it but it will enrich your experience :)

Baby, I Surrender

Bruce deals with bombshells professionally, both in and out of the cowl, but absolutely nothing could prepare him for the world of dating two superhumans at once.

He’d never been one for monogamy, and he was happy to let the tabloids chalk it up to whatever psychological buzzword they were abusing that month. It didn’t matter. The number of partners has never been his problem…it’s the dating part. He’s not soft. Kind words are never his instinct, touch has to be coaxed out of him--most people tire of trying to train affection into him by the first month or so.

Clark, for some reason, seems to like his awkwardness. When Bruce wants to backpedal out of emotional proximity, Clark’s there to box him in and sit in the vulnerability with him. He’s a tease in more ways than one, but mostly he’s sweet. Like, send Bruce a box of chocolates at work ‘just because’ sweet. Bruce is starting to settle into the reciprocation part--he sent a bouquet over to Clark’s earlier in the week and it only made him nauseous once.

Diana had surprised them both. She and Bruce had been circling each other for a while, flirting for the fun of it at events. There’s always been something between them, he thinks, a soft and sacred thing at the center of an iron-clad friendship. She’s saved his life without breaking a sweat, but she’s also gone with him on those long, silent walks he needs to recall who he is. So when a friend--a woman like that drags your boyfriend over and asks the both of you to dinner…well, Bruce would’ve been a fool to say no.

The three of them are still easing into the togetherness of this affair, still picking around the fragile parts with jittery trepidation. Bruce wanted desperately to avoid public attention, but he and Clark frequently cross paths for day job purposes as it is. Also, it would be…unbecoming of him to avoid Diana as one of the Smithsonian’s most generous donors. So, when the Smithsonian announced its ribbon-cutting gala for its new exhibition, Bruce decided that he was going to be brave and go with his partners. As a unit.

Bruce descends the grand staircase to find Diana and Clark looking radiant as all hell. Diana slow-dances with Clark in a floor-length maroon gown that flatters both her strong shoulders and curves. Clark’s jacket is the same color as her dress and fitted perfectly to his body. Diana dips him and he laughs, holding onto her as she lifts him back up.

There’s no music. Bruce’s heart couldn’t be more full.

“You’re both…matching.” He pauses. They don’t stop swaying, but they both smile at him.

“I think someone--” Diana gives Clark a playful look-- “May have overheard me trying to choose what to wear. He picked me up like this.”

“I have no idea what you mean.” Clark clears his throat and adjusts his glasses, but his cheeks dust a faint pink.

“You look…You both look…” Bruce runs a hand over his mouth to hide his fleeting smile. “I just threw this on, but now I’m sensing that I should change.”

“You’ve trained him well, Clark. That was almost a full compliment.” Diana leans back into Clark’s shoulder, but her eyes never leave Bruce’s.

“Can’t take credit for that.” Clark laughs, winding a lazy arm around her waist. She laces their fingers together. The overwhelming urge to kiss them both senseless is a welcome surprise. Bruce takes it in stride.

Bruce does not run upstairs, as that would be undignified and embarrassing, but he does hurry. He changes into a sleek black tuxedo set and loses the tie--there’s no time to get Alfred to tie one now. He rustles through his pocket square collection until he finds a gorgeous maroon silk to fold into his breast pocket.

He bursts out of his room and nearly slams right into Jason and Dick.

“Woah!” They manage to swerve out of the way at the last minute. Bruce blanches. Father and sons contend with each other for a moment while Bruce desperately tries to sink into the Earth.

“You haven’t left yet?” Jason brightens with the beginning of a smirk.

“You’re one to talk. The two of you were supposed to be on patrol an hour ago.” Bruce fiddles with his cufflinks. Dick tsks at him and goes to fasten them for him, but apparently the cufflinks aren’t up to his standard. He huffs, disappears into Bruce’s room, and reappears with a different set.

“You were in a different suit an hour ago.” Jason’s eyebrows raise. Bruce can hear the little hamster wheel that is his brain rattling as he regrettably connects the dots. Dick looks up from adjusting Bruce’s sleeves. He and Jason have an unintelligible conversation with their eyes alone.

Bruce regrets adopting such intelligent orphans.

“Oh my god. Bruce, did you change to match Clark?” Dick gasps. Jason snickers into his fist.

“No.” Bruce clenches his jaw. “Yes.”

“You look fine.” Jason claps his shoulder.

“You look good.” Dick fiddles with Bruce’s collar. Bruce swats his hands away.

“Thank you. Patrol. Now.” Bruce gestures back the way they came.

“Be safe,” Bruce calls after them. He waits until he hears them walk away and then waits a little longer before he dares to leave. He does hurry down the steps this time, but only because the chance of encountering more of his kids is spiking by the second. Also, because they’re late.

“Sorry about that. Let’s get go--mmph.” Bruce gets swallowed into a kiss with Clark, deep and sweet. Bruce grips Clark’s biceps to remember which way is up.

“This whole situation is going to be a problem for me.” Clark gestures at Bruce, breathless. Bruce tilts his head and lets his eyes roam Clark’s exquisite form.

“I’d hate to cause any problems for you, Mr. Kent.” Bruce walks his fingers up Clark’s chest and tugs at his tie.

“I’m sure you would.” Clark clears his throat. Diana wraps her arms around Bruce from behind.

“You’ll save a little bit of this for us, won’t you?” She hums, trailing her fingers down the column of Bruce’s throat and down to the exposed part of his chest. He shivers.

“The night is still young. We’ll see what happens.” He kisses her over his shoulder, turning to lean into it fully. He memorizes the way her lipstick looks so he can daydream about her leaving smudges of it on his skin.

Bruce perks up at a creaking floorboard, one that only creaks when one of his children has gotten un-sneaky in their sneaking. He narrows his eyes at the balcony. Jason’s tuft of white hair is just barely visible behind a pillar.

Bruce heaves a deep sigh.

“I know you’re up there,” Bruce calls. Dick and Jason both stumble out from their hiding space and immediately adjust themselves. Their descent down the stairs is anything but normal, but Bruce is proud of them for trying, at least.

“You didn’t tell us you were dating Wonder Woman too,” Dick hisses, eyes wide. Diana waves at him. He meekly waves back.

“Nah, no way. This has to be a charity thing.” Jason whispers not-so-quietly.

“Not a charity thing, Jason, though I appreciate your unwavering faith.” Bruce huffs, but something sour does curl inside him at the jab. He should be used to it, but he isn’t. Jason must see something in his face because he shuffles his weight.

“Didn’t know it was serious. Sorry.”

“I don’t know what it is, but I like it. Ideally, they also like it. Don’t tell the others until I’m—we’re sure it’ll work.” Bruce runs a hand through his hair.

“Good luck keeping something like this secret in this house. Between Cass living in the walls and Steph’s crush on you-know-who—“ Jason tilts his head towards Diana— “you’re toast.”

“Also, I’m pretty sure they heard you,” Dick murmurs. Bruce hangs his head in defeat. He can hear his partners laughing softly at him, but he chooses to strategically ignore it.

“Clark, Diana. These are two of my children, Dick and Jason.” Bruce puts a hand on both of their shoulders and gives a firm squeeze.

“We’ve heard plenty of good things about you.” Diana beams. Jason gives her a firm handshake. Dick kisses her knuckles. Bruce can’t help but smile at how excited they are.

It bodes well for whatever this is, between the three of them.

“So have we.” Dick beams.

“Really?” Clark glances at Bruce with the softest smile. Bruce bashfully rolls his eyes.

“Well, no. We’ve been trying but he won’t tell us anything.” Dick nudges Bruce’s shoulder.

“It means he cares.” Jason mock-whispers.

“Alright, you’re done. Out. Go. Bye.” Bruce shoos them away with firm hands on their backs, but they resist.

“C’mon, wait, let’s get a picture!” Dick fishes out his phone and holds it up like a white flag. Jason leans up against the wall, keen to observe.

“The press will take plenty.” Bruce frowns.

“Yeah, but I think Alfred would love one of the three of you, don’t you think?” Dick blinks, all innocence. Bruce glares daggers at him.

“A picture sounds lovely.” Diana sweeps Clark and Bruce into either side of her. Clark and Bruce touch hands across the small of her back.

“Bruce, smile. It’s not a funeral.”

“I know how to smile, Jason.” Bruce rolls his eyes.

“Would you like to prove it?” Jason gestures at him. Bruce grimaces for the picture.

Of course, he’s had plenty of practice faking smiles for a camera. There’s something about this picture though, the implications of it, that scares the Brucie routine right out of him. Maybe because it matters.

“This is stupid,” Bruce grumbles.

“It’s sweet. It means they care,” Diana whispers teasingly, kissing his cheek.

“That’s so cute! Hold that--okay, nope, we lost the smile.” Dick sighs and puts his hands on his hips. Jason leans over to him and they murmur back and forth for a while. Dick’s eyebrows go up in that way they do when he has an idea.

“Can you hear what they’re saying?” Bruce mutters to Clark.

“I will not confirm, deny, or disclose it.” Clark grins mischievously. Something about the look in his eye is familiar, it sends Bruce’s stomach swooping in a strange way.

Dick bounds up to Clark and bounces on his toes. His eyes are glittering with awe.

“Mr. Kent--”

“Please, Clark is fine.”

“Clark.” Dick bites his lip on a smile. Bruce makes a note to commend him for not squealing. “Would you hold this for a moment?”

“Of course.” Clark takes the offered cellphone. Dick leans up and whispers something in his ear, hiding his mouth behind his hands. Clark is suddenly aglow, grinning as if Christmas has come early.

“What are you planning? What’s happening?” Bruce hisses, looking between the two of them. Clark shrugs dramatically.

“Nothing, nothing. We’ve kept you waiting long enough. We’re gonna take one more photo, and it is what it is. If it’s terrible, Alfred can always grab one off the internet.” Dick waves nonchalantly, striding up to the three of them. Bruce narrows his eyes.

Dick fiddles with various elements of Bruce’s outfit, frowning deeply. He can’t seem to get things to lay the way he likes, which alights a deep spark of anxiety in Bruce’s gut. He knows he looks fine, but Dick doesn’t seem to think so—

“Jason, come help me fix this.”

“My pleasure.” Oh, Jason is smiling. That’s--well, it’s lovely. Bruce doesn’t see it often anymore. But it’s also terrifying and an omen of chaos. Not lovely.

Jason and Dick both duck under Bruce’s arms in unison and start tickling him. Betrayed by his own children.

Bruce has fought off deadlier assassins blindfolded and with his hands bound behind his back, but the difference is that it’s frowned upon to punch his children. Which means, regrettably, he folds.

“Hey!” Bruce manages to snatch one of Jason’s hands, but it leaves him open for Dick to squeeze his sides. Bruce’s laughter gets the better of him and he leans into Diana for protection.

Diana gasps in sheer delight.

“I didn’t know you were ticklish, Bruce! Did you know about this?” She tugs on Clark’s sleeve. He takes a few pictures of Bruce.

“Yeah, I…found out pretty early. Figured I should let you stumble across it, lest Bruce suddenly ‘find’ that kryptonite spear he swears he got rid of.” Clark murmurs. Bruce gives him the finger, face burning.

With some difficulty, Bruce manages to detach Jason and Dick from his person. They both grumble at being foiled, but they look like…they’re in trouble? Or expecting it, at least. It tugs painfully at Bruce’s spirit.

He swallows the lecture he was going to give in favor of ruffling their hair aggressively. Dick laughs, Jason screeches indignantly, and Bruce figures that’s more than enough for now.

“You look thoroughly debauched, we’re fashionably late, and I’ve just figured out what I’d like to do with the next three hours of my time. Minimum.” Diana smooths her hands over Bruce’s chest.

“See, I liked the first part of that. How about we stay there?” Bruce hovers a hair’s breadth from her lips with a smirk. She closes the gap, pulling him close by the back of his neck.

Evil fingers pinch his sides and Bruce squeaks into Diana’s mouth.

“Sorry. Couldn’t resist.” Clark grins. Bruce scowls with no heat. Clark bestows a righteous apology kiss upon him, one that takes him out at the knees a bit.

“I’m out.” Jason gags, trudging up the stairs.

“It was nice meeting you both.” Dick winks, bounding after Jason.

Bruce sighs fondly as they go. It’s Clark who holds his waist this time, leaning in to murmur in his ear.

“Are we sure that we have to go?”

“If Vicki Vale is going to hunt me down for an exclusive anywhere, I’d rather it not be here. Again.” Bruce squeezes Clark’s hand.

“It’d be a waste not to take these outfits for a spin.” Diana loops her arm through Bruce’s. He hums in approval and starts to walk them to the door.

“Maybe I can be convinced to make an early exit.” Bruce smirks at the way his partners stiffen beside him.

…

They grace the gala for truly an hour at best—Diana and Clark have an express talent for winding each other up and Bruce is, in truth, a weak man. Their outfits spend more cumulative time on the bedroom floor than on their bodies.

The moon lays a quiet blessing on the master bedroom once they’ve finished, bathing everything a cool silver. Bruce’s bed had always felt too big for sleep—he took any excuse he could to curl up on a couch or in the cave—but for them, it’s perfect. There’s no telling where one of them ends or begins, just limbs tangled in content fondness.

“Who’s your favorite? Me or Diana?” Clark whispers teasingly. A chuckle rumbles low in Bruce’s chest.

“Diana.” Bruce cracks open one eye to drink in the glory of Clark’s offended face. Diana rewards him a hot, languid trail of kisses to the underside of his jaw.

“Bruce, look at his face. How could he not be your favorite?” Diana tilts Bruce’s chin in Clark’s direction.

“I thought you’d be flattered.” Bruce huffs. “Fine, Clark’s my favorite.”

“Bruce. C’mon.” Clark adds another love bite to the growing collection on his collarbone. “Just look at Diana.”

“I am getting very mixed signals here,” Bruce gasps softly, clenching his fingers in the sheets. Clark’s kisses grow light and insistent.

“Clark.” Bruce fights tooth and nail against the smile trying to fight its way onto his face. Goosebumps flare across his chest. Clark nibbles a little and Bruce twitches.

“Yes?” He blinks innocently.

“Don’t ruin this.” Bruce squishes his cheeks threateningly. Clark dives to nuzzle Bruce’s neck, scooping him up into his arms. Tired and shmoopy, Bruce giggles and reaches for Diana. She props herself up on her elbow, amused, and gives him her hand.

“What?” Bruce snickers, flinching away from Clark’s deadly lips.

“Just taking all this in. I’m meeting this version of you for the first time.” Diana hums.

“I think Giggly Bruce is my favorite.” Clark peppers more kisses, the endless fount of affection that he is.

“That’s not—there’s no—stoppit—“ Bruce curls in on himself. Clark wiggles his fingers into Bruce’s stomach and chases his blushing neck with his lips.

“I agree, Kal.” The name catches beautifully on Diana’s tongue. Evidently, Clark seems to agree—he peeks over Bruce’s shoulder with a radiant smile.

“Can I convince you two to at least try and sleep?” Bruce huffs, scratchy and fond. Diana hums and slides closer, tucking herself into Bruce’s chest. He skims his fingers across her back in gentle patterns.

Quiet blooms in the room as their breathing starts to sync. The weight of Clark’s arm is as much a comfort as Diana’s breath against his skin. Bruce thinks, distantly, that he might like to fall asleep like this every night.

“Di, c’mon—“ Clark snickers, then giggles.

“You’re both terrible at this.” Bruce turns over to squint at Clark. Clark can’t even look at him—his entire being is scrunched in restrained laughter as he slaps Diana’s tickling hand away from his hip.

Bruce slowly turns to the other menace in his bed. Diana just shrugs.

Bruce flops back down on the bed and actually manages to doze off, lured into floating sleep by the gentle rumble of Clark’s chest. This means he’s completely blindsided when the morning renews his partners’ unending playfulness, but safe arms to sleep in are well worth the sacrifice.

#AHHHSDFSAOJKNDLKSQ #JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL #please and thank you #this was delicious #so fluffy #dick and jason the chaos bringers #what's the ship name for diana clark and bruce? idk it

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ekat-fandom-blog · 1 year ago

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Role Reversal AU

Basically, the heroes are villains and the villains are heroes or civilians.

There's a lot of information that I packed into this post.

Beings that aren't included in the swap are: Captain Marvel/Shazam/Champion Teth/Black Adam Captain N*zi (because fuck no is any n*zi going to be anything but evil. No Marvel mistakes with this au.) The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man Literally all of the villains trapped on/in the Rock of Eternity Orange Lantern The Blue Lanterns The Indigo Lanterns White and Black Lanterns Demons maybe Constantine? what do you guys think? Darkseid (good darkseid could be interesting tho) Doomsday Hfuhruhurr (aka Word-Bringer; an alien that collects brains from all over the universe to create an immortal hive mind called "The Union") Mongul 5th dimensional beings (they just like annoying people in general) Pariah Dark probably more

Some Heroes: Amity Park - Plasmius, Technus, Skulker, GIW, Maddie & Jack Gotham - Joker, Two-Face, Bane, Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, Ra's Al Ghul (the LOA is more like a secret watcher's society but more infighting in a friendly way) Metropolis - Lex Luthor, Cyborg Superman, Metallo, Parasite London - Cheetah, Giganta, Circe(part-time) Justice League (leaders) - Talia Al Ghul, Lex, Professor Zoom, Cheetah, Star Sapphire (Carol Ferris), Black Manta, Cyborgirl Justice League (general) - Poison Ivy, Gorilla Grodd, Captain Marvel, Red Lantern(Guy Gardner), etc.

Most villains who don't commit any violent crime are simply civilians in this au. (ex: Catwoman, Box Ghost, or Kite Man) Some villains - like Sivanna - become civilians while their family members become villains.

Some background info:

Danny dies and it pisses him off that his parents don't notice. Sam and Tucker agree and they become menaces to Amity Park. Maddie and Jack notice and decide that someone needs to reign in the troublemakers, which makes things worse. Then, the ghosts start noticing and they start sending a ghost to take care of the rogue ghost. Eventually, they find that Skulker and Technus are best suited to deal with the trio. Wolf and Cujo join the trio. Plasmius joins Skulker and Technus and they start trying to clone Danny to try to create an equal to fight against him. The clones are mostly viable because of the help of Technus and the Fentons. Team Phantom kill the clones except for Dani, who joins them. Jazz, while not evil, isn't good either. She just wants to prevent her brother from killing their parents. Because all the good guys are much less concerned with keeping civilians safe, there are a few casualties, which includes Jazz. Jazz notices that Team Phantom might be right about her parents, so she leaves Amity and eventually teams up with Zatanna. TLDR; Danny's mad at his parents and makes Team Phantom to cause chaos around Amity Park. Jazz leaves after she dies and joins Zatanna.

Zatanna (and her father) were low level thieves that were performing as stage magicians before Nabu's helmet turned Giovanni into Dr Fate. Zatanna became enraged at how he wouldn't give her father back and started murdering and stealing other magic user's powers and tomes in hopes of one day returning her father to her. After she found Jazz, who offered to help remove the helmet, she stopped murdering as many people. The two often help Klarion get in the way of Nabu's plans to get rid of anything he perceives as chaotic. While they happen to befriend Klarion, they never stop stealing.

Bruce becomes Owlman and is in charge of the Court of Owls. Tim, Dick, and Jason become Talons. Alfred is known as the Executioner. Barbara is a jewel thief until she loses the ability to walk thanks to falling off a roof while being chased by Joker. After, she becomes a cyber security threat that constantly steals, releases criminals from jail, and hacks into whatever tech the heroes use. Kate becomes a mob boss. Signal starts out stealing, but accidentally turns into a small time mob boss that works on the opposite side of the city. Commissioner Gordon is a corrupt cop who is firmly in Bruce's pocket. He sometimes fills in for Bruce during CoO meetings when Lucius can't. Cass is an assassin called Orphan that inspires more fear than (canon) Deathstroke. Steph got annoyed by how often her dad (cluemaster) was out of the house and became Spoiler - a villain similar to (canon) Riddler. Selena, while she's a civilian, also happens to be Bruce's street level informant.

Clark, while still having been raised by Martha and John Kent and becoming Superman, decides that being a hero is rather boring. While ruling the world sounds intriguing, he's seen many other villains that are just as competent as he is that want to rule. So he decides that he wants to be a complete (rather dark) nuisance. He ruins buildings by tagging them with his heat vision, freezes major water sources, cloned Lex and himself (technically it's a test tube baby but whatever) once, finds ways to steal everyone's stashes of kryptonite, and sometimes murders people. Kon or Conner lives with Lex part time and has two loving parents, both of which don't understand why he enjoys randomly jumping into their battles and fighting them both (causing as much property damage as possible). Lois helps keep criminal activity out of the papers and clocks Clark as Superman right away. She regularly publishes smear campaigns against the heroes and paints Superman in good light. Kara and her clone - Powergirl - regularly fight against Parasite and Cyborg Superman who constantly thwart their plans to take over the world (they're taking Lex's route).

Green Lanterns are like corrupt cops whose mission is to exert their will over others. Hal kills his dad's previous employer while Sinestro tries to stop him. Sinestro creates the Sinestro Corps and is much more like "our and others' fears fuel us and drive us to be able to save people" rather than "fear is true power and should be used as a way to control people". When Parallax takes over Hal, they become the ultimate hero but over time Parallax starts to become corrupted by his willpower and Specter jumps in to keep Parallax from becoming the ultimate evil. After a while Parallax decides that Sinestro is a much better host and both him and Specter leave Hal, who decides to take a long break doing petty crime before breaking the Green Lanterns out of prison. Carol, in the beginning, stops Hal and other Green Lanterns from committing crimes but eventually stops and focuses mostly on taking care of her business and the Star Sapphires. The Green Lantern's main enemies are the Yellow Lanterns, Red Lanterns, and the Manhunters. Blue Lanterns tend to avoid the Green Lanterns and work with the Manhunters.

Barry is super cruel and Eobard Thawne (aka Reverse Flash or Professor Zoom) came from the future to prevent him from destroying everything. Barry's backstory is either he killed his mom and pinned it on his dad, or he ran away from home a few times and his parents died while trying to find him. Thawne is very careful about avoiding Barry while he's a civilian, but is aware that he needs to be close in order to prevent Barry from destroying the timeline or murdering everyone.

Diana has plans on taking over the world of man and eradicating the men while leaving the women in order to create a perfect world for women. Cheetah, Giganta, and (to a lesser extent) Cerce understand that men are needed just as much as women are in order for the world to continue on.

~~~

Feel free to add your own ideas or use this for a fic!

#dc x dp #dp x dc #dcxdp #dpxdc #dc x dp prompt #dcxdp role reversal au #tw murder mention

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ao3feed-brucewayne · 2 years ago

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Dangerous Dealings

by AnemicChickenNugget

The Bat Family faces off with Slade, who seems to have powers he shouldn't with no real reason as to why he has them. Confused and desperate they call onto Raven to help them crack the case despite some Obvious mistrust. She works with them to find out who gave him these powers and what he wants with them along with trying to bring down who is behind it. All While Dick and Raven attempt to move passed their awkward past when both on teen titans. Jason, the gunslinger, does little shield his distaste for the spell caster though this may not last as they fight side by side.

Words: 3275, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Teen Titans - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, F/M

Characters: Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, Raven, Garfield Logan, Victor Stone, Bruce Wayne, Koriand'r (DCU), Slade Wilson, Rose Wilson, Terra, Tim Drake, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie, Alfred, Chaos Bringer

Relationships: Dick Grayson/Koriand'r, Dick Grayson/Raven, Raven/Jason Todd, Jason Todd/Rose Wilson, Stephanie Brown/Tim Drake, Cassandra Cain & Duke Thomas

Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers, Brother dynamic

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/43066707

#IFTTT #bruce wayne #batman #the dark knight #the cape crusader #gotham #dc universe #ao3 #ao3feed

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ramajmedia · 5 years ago

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Titans Season 2 Premiere Review | Screen Rant

When it first premiered, Titans, the flagship title of WarnerMedia’s super-niche superhero streaming platform, offered up a hollow exploration of grim and gritty vigilantes with a penchant for dropping f-bombs in relation to a top-tier member of the DC Universe who, at the time, may or may not have been too big to make an actual appearance on the show. The tale of former Boy Wonder, Dick Grayson/Robin (Brenton Thwaites), and his many grievances against his surrogate father, Bruce Wayne/Batman, was painted with the darkest brushstrokes possible, with the now-grown sidekick striking out on his own, apparently to stab bad guys with garden shears, right in their bathing suit areas.

The series went all-in on its oppressively heavy atmosphere. Dick Grayson’s Batman-level crankiness was matched at nearly every turn by the story of Rachel Roth/Raven (Teagan Croft), the would-be bringer of the apocalypse and daughter of an intergalactic demon named Trigon. In addition, there was Hank Hall/Hawk (Alan Ritchson) and Dawn Granger/Dove (Minka Kelly), a pair of aging, broken heroes with complicated pasts, and Koriand’r (Anna Diop), a super-powered alien on a mission to kill Raven before she can fulfill her father’s murderous agenda. Lastly, there was Gar Logan/Beast Boy (Ryan Potter), a seemingly nice boy with green hair who can turn into animals (provided the episodic effects budget can make that happen).

More: The Righteous Gemstones Interview: Comedian Tim Baltz On Being A Counterpoint To Chaos

The show’s inexplicable need to be as dark and gloomy (read: edgy) as possible was just one of the many faults on display during the first season that ended on a cliffhanger after watching Robin hunt his former mentor before stepping on his neck. That all turned out to be a dream manifested by the demon Trigon, though the evil being’s influence was far from over by episode’s end. As such, the season 1 finale delivered an unfulfilling, truncated story that finds an equally truncated resolution in the aptly titled season 2 premiere, ‘Trigon.’ As season premieres go, ‘Trigon’ feels like two distinct episodes roughly stitched together, rather than a proper start to a new season. The show’s simply carrying too much baggage at the start and is reaching for a conclusion too long after the ostensible end of season 1 to deliver much in the way of a fulfilling resolution or a promising new beginning.

The first half of the hour is spent with Dick chasing Rachel and Gar through a house literally haunted by her immensely powerful father. Dad/Trigon (Seamus Dever) has to break his daughter’s heart in order for him to be able to destroy the Earth. How any of this works is beyond Titans’ ability or ambitions to answer, so it settles for having the remaining heroes question the metaphorical nature of Trigon’s to-do list, with the implicit understanding that nothing makes much sense, but at least it sounds kinda good in an angsty teen poetry kind of way.

What follows is an extension of the season 1 finale, wherein the series aims to examine the various malfunctions of each character (i.e., their inner darkness). That decision more or less prolongs the inevitable. Rather than demonstrate the team's ability to act as a team, Titans luxuriates in demonstrating just how close to the people they’re hunting these heroes actually are. The scenarios vary in intensity, language, and violence, but they mostly arrive at the same conclusion: there is very little keeping these heroes from being what they’re going after. It’s clear the intent is to humanize these superheroes by dramatically underlining their biggest flaws, but that would require the characters to have had a human-like dimension to begin with.

Instead, ‘Trigon’ mostly peddles in third-rate “what if?” scenarios that allows Titans to be extreme without having to pay the price for its facile maximalism. Characters are charred, beaten, shot (and shot-up), but none of it matters. What’s worse, the series has already told the audience there will be zero consequences to what they’re watching, which makes each scenario painful to watch in a way that’s radically different from what the series intended. The descent into faux darkness is compounded by a deeply unsatisfying resolution to the Trigon threat that is absurdly simplistic and far too reliant on unconvincing special effects, further limiting any chance the show had at reaching a meaningful conclusion with this arc.

Though Titans begins by serving up reheated leftovers from season 1, it at least makes an effort to cook up something fresh for the second season. Much of that comes in the form of Dick’s efforts to clean up his act, and to deal with his emotions toward his dead family and the surrogate father he recently shunned. This brings Game of Thrones’ Ian Glenn into the fold as a surprisingly sedate Bruce Wayne. Though he doesn’t appear particularly weary, Glenn’s plays Wayne as a little older, a little wiser, and more open toward forgiveness and acceptance than viewers may be used to seeing from the Dark Knight.

It’s perhaps the most interesting thing Titans has done so far with its various re-imaginings of famous (and not-so famous) DC Comics characters. As an added bonus, this one actually delivers a substantial result by opening the door for Dick and the others to step out of the darkness and literally into a new home. There’s little doubt the series won’t darken again soon enough, as the hour also makes time to introduce Deathstroke (Esai Morales), after Jason Todd (Curran Walters) announces “Titans are back, b*tches!” on a local news station. But with any luck, Titans season 2 will find Dick and the rest of the new Titans responding to their foe’s reemergence by acting like heroes, rather than once again becoming what they’re fighting.

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Titans season 2 premieres Friday, September 6, exclusively on DC Universe.

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