#extended batfam

[spocks-husband]

There's something so so special to me about Bruce and Zatanna being childhood best friends. I genuinely just love their friendship so much-- like they probably could have romantic chemistry if you want but honestly I think that their platonic bond is so unbelievably strong and I definitely prefer it that way.

She's the only Justice Leaguer who knew him before his parents died-- hell, she's one of the only people on the face of the planet who knew him before his parents died. There's a piece of Bruce's soul that she knows in a way that honestly I think probably only Alfred does.

He's a logical man; he's suspicious of magic even when he knows it's factually real. He wants so badly to be in control of everything around him, and he just can't be, and that terrifies him.

Zatanna on the other hand is naturally relaxed, free flowing. She sees the universe as something to be in, not take control of. There's so much that their strengths and weaknesses can teach each other. I'm obsessed with them.

Additionally I also think we should throw her into the Batfam more often. Just for fun. She's their cool magical aunt.

Oh I'm totally gonna put her in my fic now

[incorrectbatfam]

If I was the Joker and my movie tanked harder than Morbius I'd straight-up leave Gotham

[nefarious-616-necromancer]

[ghost-bxrd]

Prompt:

Jason keeps accidentally drawing parallels between his running away to Ethiopia and getting killed.

He leaves a note saying he‘ll be back soon? Three terrified bats AND a supe crashing through the roof of a 7/11.

Casually mentioning he‘ll be going overseas to check up on a lead? Surprise! Nightwing‘s going the same way! What a coincidence!

Jason pushes someone off the roof? “Don’t worry Jaylad, I know it was an accident!!!!”

The next gig takes place at an abandoned warehouse? “Explosives whomst?? No, Jason, of course I didn’t scout the area beforehand. Don’t be absurd. Your bombs?? Oh, those were yours?”

Look, it’s not that Jason doesn’t appreciate a demonstration of how much they care. But he’s getting seriously fed up with the level of overprotectiveness everyone’s displaying.

Although, in retrospect, he could have handled this whole thing better than having an open spat with Bruce and then disappearing on them for two months straight. Oops.

(In his defense, Kori got them cards for a once-in-life-time-space-opera.)

[violent138]

I feel like the Bats are pretty territorial about their "I know a guy" people. Babs doesn't share her contacts with Bruce, who doesn't share his with anyone; then Dick and Tim clear out massive swathes of the board, and Damian is fiercely against his contacts being the contacts of members of his family (and has let someone get two words in before taking over the call and demanding an explanation for this betrayal). Cass doesn't get it until someone offers to call one of her friends, and then her feathers get ruffled, and that phone is out of Tim's hand before he can finish the sentence. Steph rolls her eyes when Bruce says he also knows that person, and replies "well they don't like you". Jason despises his goons getting chummy with "the enemy" and will threaten to sever ties over even his pizza delivery guys getting shared. Duke meets with his contacts at the Hatch and refuses to even mention their names and will go invisible if anyone tries guessing who it is.

[tiger-grace]

any time I am asked to talk about any of my interests like a normal person it turns into a hostage situation

[gaywineauntsstuff]

Don’t argue with me and I refuse to elaborate

BatBrats as hozier songs

Dick:

-Angel of small death and the codeine scene

-empire now

Jason:

-take me to church

-eat your young

Tim:

-it will come back

Here is where the I won’t elaborate is the the strongest

-too sweet

Damian:

-arsonists lullaby

- shrike

[yeetdeeznuts]

How did the batfam survive the zombie apocalypse?

Bruce: he already had like 20 contingencies for it

Tim: he HAD contingency plans but was too tired to notice the zombies and was never attacked cause all of them just assumed he was also a zombie

Nightwing: he stayed with the titans for a good bit but eventually got turned

Damian: probably stayed with Bruce for most of it but once he saw dick get turned he went apeshit and either also got turned or mercy killed dick

Jason: took this as the opportunity to get out ALL of his rage. He used a lot of bullets.

Cassandra: she survived. She’s Cass. No other context needed

Steph: she was at the mall when she found out and barely escaped a zombie attack in JC pennies, eventually she made her way to cass and survived but she probably lost a finger

Duke: due to his light abilities he was able to see the attacks coming and managed to avoid them all, also k don’t know how but he is important to finding the cure somehow

Alfred: he physically can’t die (screw you DC you can’t take him from me)

Extra:

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Jon: his powers as a half human half kryptonian made him immune

Clark: he along with some other justice leaguers got turned

Kon: hid away at mount Justice or got turned by Superman

Lois: she survived with Jon, though she was almost turned by Clark

[the-star-rigel]

mothers doomed by the narrative (your children) they’ll never make me forget about you

[shewolf-sinclair]

we can all agree jason todd would smoke 🍃, right?

like completely recreationally (though bro would definitely use it as a pain killer/medically after a particularly nasty fight). as his civilian self. with friends. or alone. on the sidewalk. at a party. at the manor. maybe even try to get his siblings to partake w him.

and like. completely separate from the fucked up drug rings he ran as redhood. like i’m talking after his redemption wfa timeline. definitely not pre redhood but redhood post crime boss

like just get high and play video games while eating half the food in the house. and he’d say the wackiest shit while high, too. like absolute goofball moreso than usual

do you guys see the vision

[incorrectbatfam]

You will never be as cool as your favorite superhero but you can get pretty darn close by registering to vote and knowing your rights to take time off on Election Day

[nefarious-616-necromancer]

[stars-and-branches]

I love the DC fandom but god do some people have the most piss on the poor reading comprehension

[seechelle1999]

More character designs - this time, every kid sidekick to work with or for Batman ever, because I got massively carried away. In order:

Dick Grayson, 28 (Robin I / Nightwing)

Barbara Gordon, 30 (Batgirl I / Oracle)

Jason Todd, 22 (physically 20) (Robin II / Red Hood)

Tim Drake, 17 (Robin III / Red Robin)

Stephanie Brown, 17 (Robin IV / Batgirl III)

Cassandra Cain, 19 (Batgirl II / Black Bat)

Damian Wayne, 10 (Robin V)

Duke Thomas, 15 (Signal)

Carrie Kelly, 13 (Robin ??? Look I love her too much to leave her off a list like this but I'll be the first to admit I've got no clue where she would actually fall)

Harper Row, 18 (Blue Bird)

Cullen Row, 12

Terry McGuiness, 3? (a baby, I guess? In this timeline at least?)

Jarro the Starro in a Jar, 0 (Best Robin by far)

Tiffany Fox, 14 (Batgirl IV?)

Bette Kane, 25 (Batgirl / Flamebird / Snuck in without being noticed)

I don't know if I'll ever add to this in terms of a story, but it was a lot of fun to come up with different faces for everyone, trying to account for things like age, face shape, life experiences, in one case species (still can't believe we were blessed with starfish-robin from space, 10/10 no notes)

Some poor Justice Leaguer: "So, how many kids ya got?"

Batman: *screaming*

[arrowmaker15]

(Tim rounding the corner into Steph's room)

Tim: What are you listening to?

Steph, out of breath: I'm listening to music and dancing.

Tim: Why?

Steph: Well, I'll be 22 next week.

Tim: And?

Steph: I'm a Swiftie, Tim. Guess what that means.

Tim: What-

Tim:

Tim: No... Please not Taylor Swift for another-

Steph: Swiftie birthday week!

Jason, from another room: FUCK!