#duke? maaaaaybe

[brionysea]

rotating tim drake in my mind like a ballerina in a music box

[lochlogie]

Do you see Saxon as violent or aggressive?

Not really. He never like physically overpowers or intimidates anyone and he is a pretty Big Boy. But, would he need to act intimidating when he already towers over Piper and when he could bench press Lochlan with one arm? I mean it speaks for itself. They don't seem afraid of him though, so I sincerely doubt he would ever lay a finger on either of them with the intention of harming them.

He seems to pride himself on being in control of himself. He's averse to taking mind altering drugs (even though he takes what is essentially meth every day lol), and we never see him get drunk enough to lose control. Ecstasy has a cliché effect of inducing, well, ecstasy, so he's happy and fun and carefree during that sequence. So that's a wash. We have no direct evidence that losing control of his faculties would bring out an inner violent streak within him. Though as an (alleged) heterosexual man... I would not put it past him. I wouldn't bet money that he's a pacifist or that he's never gotten in a physical altercation with someone before.

Here's what he does do: he ignore his siblings' (as well as Chelsea's and his masseuse's) boundaries, but it's always (at least in his mind) teasing, playful (in the case of Chelsea, he feels entitled to sex, female attention, the cure to the ~male loneliness epidemic~ whatever you want to call it; in the case of the masseuse he probably doesn't even consider her personhood). Is he aggressive as in testosterone fueled rage, well no. But he is aggressive in the sense that he's stubborn, domineering, controlling, and kind of just doesn't respect what other people think or say (except for Tim and maaaaaybe Chelsea a little bit at the end), and he feels quite comfortable bulldozing over people's boundaries and objections to his behavior.

He was definitely the Big Brother Bully growing up, but I truly doubt that bullying manifested as beating Piper or Lochlan up. It was probably just hurtful words and general condescension (and perhaps lingering looks/touches/sexual comments YIKES). In fact I think his smug protectiveness was a tool in his kit to feel superior to them and tell them what to do all the time and belittle their personalities and choices in life.

His faux concern over Piper "throwing her life away" is such a perfect example of that, as well as his entire attitude toward Lochlan being a virgin at the *checks notes* absolutely haggard and spinster age of 18 🙄

The most aggro he ever gets iirc is when he says "Come on, let's go, drink it," to Lochlan (or something like that) when he's whining that he doesn't want the protein shake, and when Saxon starts yelling at Piper "No you always get what you want!!" And to his credit, Piper does not display fearful body language for a single frame of that argument. She knew her chile tea was unclockable.

Do I think Saxon would get violent on behalf of his family or his other loved ones? It's entirely possible. I've seen it enough in fics that it feels like an ascended headcanon to me, like how everyone agrees he was in a fraternity at Duke. Like yeah, he would get into a fight if a guy disrespected Piper. He would throw down with Lochlan's schoolyard bullies.

Another headcanon-ish component is that I think this kind of old school Southern Charm masculinity is supposed to be paternalistic, not threatening. So Saxon would absolutely feel comfortable using violence to protect others, as opposed to using it sadistically to feel powerful. Saxon already conceives of himself as a success, intelligent, cool, calm, collected, confident, handsome, just all around awesome. It's a front for his emptiness and insecurity, but he does already have a framework in place in his mind to validate himself. He doesn't need to hurt people or physically intimidate people to (pretend to) feel good about himself, or even to feel superior to others.

Actually, we do see him join his dad in defending Victoria's honor(?) because she's offended by Rick's cigarette smoke in the first episode. And it's played very much as palms out, appeasing, still quite patronizing, "I'm approaching you man to man, let's talk about this," kind of a confrontation. It's not chest puffed up, in his face, ready to throw a punch. So I think I'm right.

Again, put certain drugs or too much alcohol into his veins and see what happens, I still ultimately wouldn't put violence past him. Especially post incestgate. Because Lochlan kind of unraveled this very fragile system in Saxon's brain, or at least started to pull at the frayed edges. So if Saxon were in his feels enough and/or drunk enough, I could easily see him stepping over the line. But he would immediately regret it, at least if it ended up with Lochlan or Piper getting hurt. God he'd actually never forgive himself. Who ordered the angst uber?

[queenimmadolla]

wait I think tattoo apprentice yn would totalllllly have her nipples (and maybe clit?) pierced….. omg. can’t wait to read more

she wore daisy dukes that were definitely up her coochie, i dont know if that would be super comfy with a cl!t piercing lol, she's not all that punky so no nips yet but maaaaaybe in the future, we'll see were my typing takes us!

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

First Kidnapping is Always the Hardest

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/HCgromB by TunaFishChris Maria's figured out her new friend Damian Wayne is, in fact, Robin. But if he doesn't want to talk about it, then she won't. Not when she continues to learn self-defense from the Waynes. Not when her sister's middle school gets attacked by Scarecrow. But maaaaaybe when Maria herself gets kidnapped. Words: 2559, Chapters: 1/7, Language: English Series: Part 2 of An OC in the DC Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Gen Characters: Damian Wayne, Original Female Character, Stephanie Brown, Duke Thomas, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Jason Todd Relationships: Damian Wayne & OFC, Duke Thomas & OFC Additional Tags: Kidnapping, Life in Gotham City (DCU), outsider pov, Friendship, DC stands for Disregard Canon, Identity Reveal read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/HCgromB

[bigfan-fanfic]

Honestly because of the bat poles could see all of the robins being good pole dancers. Probably a fun skill to have when it comes up and for fun with their bfs.

Honestly, probably only Dick has the gymnastic and acrobatic prowess to be a great pole dancer. Maaaaaybe Duke and Tim have the potential. But Jason is too stocky and thicc and Damian's grace and poise does not translate to polework.

[mermaidsirennikita]

HR book recs where the heroine is older than the hero?

Hope you don't mind if I publish this! Anyone can feel free to reply with more recs.

I'll be honest, I've wracked by brain and I think the only full novel I've read that definitely has an older heroine is Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt. The heroine is older than the hero, a widow, and has taken lovers; he's a virgin. It's one of my favorite books.

Unclaimed by Courtney Milan is another virgin hero book (the heroine is a sex worker) and maaaaaybe she's older than him? But I'm not sure like I am with Thief of Shadows.

Duke I'd Like To F... has a novella by Eva Leigh called An Education in Pleasure (I don't know if it can be bought independently) that has a heroine who is... a good bit older than the hero. I want to say around 10 years older, but I'm not sure. I don't think he's a virgin but he's inexperienced and she teaches him the ropes. It's... quite hot.

[duketectivecomics]

So thanks to dark knights metal we now know the for lack of a better term “final forms” of Dick and Duke, what would you headcanon as the peak forms for the rest of the bat kids if they’d also reached that point

So, I’ll just go through these like Pokemon evolutions tbh, and if yall have questions abt Why And When And How And What, please feel free to direct them to @dyketectivecomics bc again. I want to keep things duke-centric here and not bog it down TOO much with the rest of the fam or with my own personal headcanons (bc again, i want this to be an archive for Duke & a space for everyone, not just my own personal space, altho i rlly appreciate y’all asking these things!!!)

(also Take of this with the grain of salt that I could very well change my mind a few months from now, and also that this is STRICTLY how I see the characters progressing in my Own Idealized Canon. if you have something different that’s cool! this is just how *I* would want things to go down for now!)

so here we go.

Dick: Robin I -> Nightwing -> Briefly Batman II -> Nightwing 

Babs: Batgirl I -> Oracle 

Jason: Robin II -> Red Hood -> Gets Therapy And Retires Thank God

Tim: Robin III -> Red Robin -> Wayne Enterprises CEO by 25 and Never Looks Back

Cass: Batgirl II -> Black Bat -> Batman III (nighttime bat/stays in Gotham 100%)

Steph: Spoiler -> Robin IV -> Batgirl III -> Question III

Damian: Robin V -> Retires before 20 

Duke: Robin VI -> Signal -> Batman III (daytime bat/works with & eventually leads the JL)

Harper: Bluebird -> maaaaaybe Batwoman II?

I’ve got plans to include Nell Little, Luke, Tam and Tiffany Fox, Carrie Kelley, Helena Kyle-Wayne, Terry n Matt McGinnis and several other extended/future-verse members, but those plans are lot less defined and more... general musings while I play around with the core fam first and what theoretical story beats I’d want to see them take. also bc i still need to finish reading a lot more too fdjasl;

[aartifex-a]

deciding to expand on the horror/supernatural comedy with a vampire oc heavily HEAVILY inspired by what w/e do i/n the s/had/ows (and a bit of VtM for my new campaign). he’s very WIP but here’s some preliminary sims screenshots of roughly what he looks like, under the cut ofc :)

here comes the boy.... yves benoit de noailles, marquis (a title he got bc he was related to a duke, not bc he actually served any purpose -- very on brand for him). personally i think his face (esp chin, jaw and nose) are more... angular. hes a sharp pointy lad. french aristocrat who got turned to avoid getting guillotined during the terror and a month later robespierre was executed and maaaaaybe if he had just hid a little longer he could’ve avoided all that shit but.... oops too late vampire time!

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

First Kidnapping is Always the Hardest

by TunaFishChris Maria's figured out her new friend Damian Wayne is, in fact, Robin. But if he doesn't want to talk about it, then she won't. Not when she continues to learn self-defense from the Waynes. Not when her sister's middle school gets attacked by Scarecrow. But maaaaaybe when Maria herself gets kidnapped. Words: 2559, Chapters: 1/7, Language: English Series: Part 2 of An OC in the DC Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Gen Characters: Damian Wayne, Original Female Character, Stephanie Brown, Duke Thomas, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Jason Todd Relationships: Damian Wayne & OFC, Duke Thomas & OFC Additional Tags: Kidnapping, Life in Gotham City (DCU), outsider pov, Friendship, DC stands for Disregard Canon, Identity Reveal via https://ift.tt/HCgromB