#gender swap damian wayne

[spider-jaysart]

Was experimenting with (earth 11) Dami's hair and I think I've finally found the perfect style for her!!!💕 Space buns, half shave look on both sides underneath them, plus spikey bangs to refrence Main!Damian's iconic spikey hair style!!!! And those two lovely long curls on both sides of her face too!!

This is definitely how I'm gonna keep drawing her from now on!!💗💖💗

Just putting this one here below too since I was also planning to post it as well

(I drew this one before I came up with the new hairstyle for her above)

[minty364]

DPXDC Prompt #108

When you meet your soulmate you both feel it, you know down to your bones that this person was meant to be with you for life, if you’re unable to find them before you pass on, your ghosts will be unable to locate each other in the afterlife. The Fentons tried to make a way to locate your soulmate using ectoplasm, unfortunately for Danny he’s the only one in the family yet to find his. Jazz actually found hers when she started school in Gotham, some guy named Jason, if Danny remembered correctly. They try some experiments with Danny and something works just not as intended as with every piece of Fenton tech. Danny wakes up in an unfamiliar room and in an unfamiliar body. Looking around, it appears his soulmate is rich, he’s got to call his soulmate and explain the situation. He’s not looking forward to explaining his powers to them but if they’re going to be in his body best to let them know what to expect from Danny’s weird biology.

Damian woke up to an unfamiliar ringtone in an unfamiliar room. Assessing the situation he noticed the number from the phone was actually his own. Might as well answer it to see if he could get some answers.

[vodrae]

Zatana being drunk, Jason and Steph swap bodies.

Jay!Steph : Why everything's bigger ?

Steph!Jay : Why everything's so low ?

MUTUAL SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER

Steph!Jay : Oh my you're so smol ! *Lifting Damian like a cat. Kitty not happy* WHY AM I SO SMALL ?

Jay!Steph : How can you live with so much HAIR ?!

Dick : So do I have a new sister or a new brother ?

Duke : It's the most normal thing that happened this week *sigh*.

Bruce : Blonde suits you, chum.

Alfred : I guess we need to swap room's decoration promptely.

Barbara : Is it a man in the bird of preys if it's Steph ?

Tim : I refuse to call someone in Jason's body my ex.

Steph!Jay : I can lift the car !

Jay!Steph : I fit in doors !

Both : Awesome !

Artemis and Cass : You are NOT staying like that !

[anissapierce]

Gonna be that guy n bring up the world that Jess is taking about is Earth 11... The "genderswap" world. Its possible Grodd is trans but it's Also possible tht Grodd is like Raven Gigi Gardner and Troy is the cisgender swap in that world who unlike their counterparts in main earth are queer.

you guys are never in a million years going to be able to guess which dc character was canonically saved by estrogen

[squishedmellow]

Genderbending can be interesting (gender is such an interesting lense to see the world thru, the change it can have is so!!) but no one Commits to it enough. If the genders of the characters is the only thing to change - not the patriarchy, not marriage norms - almost every character would have a different last name. They would have their current mother's (gender swapped) maiden name.

No Bruce Wayne, Bruce Kane (unless you want to get really meta and then it wouldn't be her last name, it would be Her mother's maiden name)

Unless the character has their single parents last name (like Lian Harper) or their last name is iconic enough to carry over (ie, Damian Al Ghul (Kane)), every one would have a different last name

COMMIT!!!

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Miss Ladykiller Maneater!

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/TXd2xt1 by MareEtSolem For all the broken hearts Dick incidentally caused; he was remade into a woman to break even more. He just wishes his family would stop screaming in the background. He also wishes things didn’t get so weird with his friends. Words: 4627, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Teen Titans - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi Characters: Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Tim Drake (DCU), Damian Wayne, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, Duke Thomas, Kate Kane (DCU), Alfred Pennyworth, Roy Harper, Koriand'r (DCU), Wally West, Barbara Gordon, Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Justice League (DCU), Donna Troy, Slade Wilson Relationships: Dick Grayson/Roy Harper, Dick Grayson/Koriand'r, Dick Grayson/Wally West, Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson, Bernard Dowd/Tim Drake, past Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent - Relationship, Dick Grayson/Other(s), Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Batfamily Members & Dick Grayson, Dick Grayson & Teen Titans, Jonathan Samuel Kent & Damian Wayne, Clark Kent & Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Gender Changes, Sex swap, Female Dick Grayson, Crack, Crack Treated Seriously, Protective Batfamily (DCU), Protective Bruce Wayne, One-Sided Attraction, Dick Grayson's Harem of Older Men, Jason Todd is So Done, Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent, Canon is thrown out of the window, no beta we die like jason todd, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Dick Grayson is Abnormally Attractive, Everyone Loves Dick Grayson, Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne Have a Complicated Relationship, Jonathan Samuel Kent & Damian Wayne Friendship, Clark Kent & Bruce Wayne Friendship, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Additional Warnings In Author's Note read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/TXd2xt1

[coolgirl32]

Nightmare's harem 3

So I'm doing the villains now and like always they'll be part of the harem also there will be a lot of character development for the villains so please do enjoy also no copywriting

1.The music Meister

2. The Riddler

3. Slade Wilson

4. Talon

5. Black Manta (sorry couldn't get a good photo of him with his mask on but he is fine as hell without it)

6. Vandal Savage

7. Stanley tile

8. Owlman

9. Terrence (just pretend this is just Terrence and not Damian Wayne as an adult I couldn't find any Talia al gul gender swap photos also I do not own any of these photos)

10. Deadshot

That's all I have for today

[xxitzmikoxx]

here's a lil genderbend AU before I extend my break cuz that bish aka exams is here (╥﹏╥)

I always wanted to a genderbend AU and it's been long since I drew Damirae but uh...this is pretty lazily drawn lol ft. A bit of a chibi sketch heheh

I haven't been so productive lately and well me with all the work I have, seemed kinda me stressing myself out and exams on the plate too now so I will be extending this break a but longer and hopefully will be back with better ideas and more productivity P.s my Titans are gonna be delayed (for now) cuz um....I have too many WIPs to complete... 👉👈

But hope you guys enjoyed this lil lazily drawn artwork (≧▽≦)

[poison-basil]

More Batboys as Batgirls! or vice versa

Here are the batboys as girls! :D

[redrobin-detective]

In the "all the Batkids are gender-swapped" version of "Wayne Girls", is Duke included in the swapping? If not, what's his dynamic like with each of the girls (and Carter and Stephen) and if he is, what are the dynamics with "Duchess" and the other Batkids?

Duke wasn't really apart of the batfam when I first made the AU (He was still doing We Are Robin stuff which honestly I kinda miss). I will admit I have been negligent in adding him partially because I still haven't read much of his more recent work and still struggle to conceptualize him as he is much less a complete swap.

Also super embarrassing is I've struggled with finding a name for girl Duke. I want that same short, sharp, commanding energy that Duke provides and a lack of name kind of stops the process. I'm very familiar with baby name websites, not just for Duke but other characters. It took me a long time to settle on Damira for Damian as well. I have Thea (greek for goddess) as my placeholder right now and I like the energy of it but I'm still not entirely settled with it. Other options I've played with are Dela, Cleo, Rhea.

I guess I'll use Thea for now, is often seen as the calm normal one in the setting of the rest of the batfam's shenanigans. She's the only one who had a relatively normal upbringing so she's often seen as the "normal" one but she has her own quirks. She's open, friendly and game for some good back and forth but will not hesitate to put anyone in their place when it gets too far. She engages in feminine things like but not to the extent of Beth but not with the disdain of Janis. She's pretty independent, loves to help others but hesistant to ask for it in return. Honestly tries to avoid a lot of the bigger drama and not get too involved with the Bats. Still sees her placement (both on the team and with the fam) as temporary so treats them all like really weird roommates. The morning bird of the family, she, Alfred and Damira will sip their morning beverages while the rest of the Bats grumble about the sun.

[kimberly-spirits13]

Body Swap HC (Request) Batboys x reader (Gender N.)

Dick Grayson:

Suddenly Dick just wakes up

In some lavish hotel that happens to be in the same place as where you’re touring 

there’s a massive oh shit moment and then it’s like OH SHIT IM A SUPER STAR TODAY 

that totally doesn’t go to his head at all for a few seconds and then he realizes that he CANNOT ruin your reputation at all at this point 

so he tries to start rewatching the clips of your performances to learn the choreography 

that's when you wake up without an alarm panicked and freaking out 

WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING 

Jason comes running into the room and you scream covering yourself 

“Y/N?!?”

“Wait how’d you know?” 

“Dick screeches not yells.” 

“So you’re saying I’m more of a man that- never mind, how the hell do we fix this before my show?” 

You’re taken down to the cave where the forces of Constantine and Zatanna are called 

they try for hours and hours so that you’re able to get to your body again 

That's when they find that they need the two of you together 

So Constantine zaps Dick from New York to Gotham to finish this quickly 

“What the fuck is happeni- on hey me- I mean.... Y/N... Right?”

“Yeah.”

So you finally have it fixed and you’re back to the stadium right as you’re coming on

“Y/N WAIT!” 

Z comes and basically transforms you into your stage clothes and you run up to the stage for your performance right on time 

You do find however that Dick was prancing and walking around in costumes dancing to pop music 

Jason Todd:

What the fuck

He wakes up in your apartment suddenly and doesn’t remember anything that happened the night before

Which isn’t normal at all considering he typically always remember the patrol at least

What’s more startling is when he can’t find you

In your own apartment?

He walks into the bathroom and it all makes .... less sense but like okay now this is why you aren’t here

So now he’s gotta find you and how to fix it

He goes to the cave and the sensors recognize him as you

“Hey Y/N, your swords are here, you left them last night?” Dick came in and handed them to him

“Uh, so where’s Y- Jason? Where’s Jason?”

“Hasn’t woken up yet.”

Well then

Just as Jason is about to head upstairs, he gets a distress signal on your phone

So of course he goes to it cause this can wait since he’s pretty sure it’s not life threatening

So he goes and finds that there’s some people that have issue with you and your line of work

Does he kick their asses just cause he can and has unresolved anger caused by the nights you almost died coming home cause of them

Yes, yes he does

That’s when he gets a call from you on his phone and goes back to the manor to get this sorted out

“Who did this?”

“Former teammate gone rouge. He’s an idiot” you said coming in with a charm to switch the bodies

Once back, Jason’s relieved cause that was weird

Oh he also makes sure you know about the distress signal and all of that

Tim Drake:

This boy wasn’t ready to wake up in Stark Tower

Not at all

No one prepared him for Black Widow coming in and waking him- you up

Uhhhhh “Hey .... ms. Natasha, there’s something wrong

“Ms. Natasha? TIM?”

Uh yeah so that starts the whole issue of trying to find you

He calls you on your phone and you get a call from yourself

On Tim’s phone

Wait a seconnddddd

And then you realize and come running downstairs

“RICHARD JOHN GRAYSON COME HERE NOW”

Idk why Dick gets roped into this he just does

Once everyone’s caught up to speed you have to find Tim so you call him back

“Hey Timmy, where are you right now?”

“Stark Tower. Where are you? Manor I presume?”

“Correct. Don’t move, I’ll be there in a few minutes.” 

You arrive at the tower and are let in by your dad 

Tony leads you to his lab where Tim is in your body still in pajamas 

You’re both in pajamas still but that doesn’t matter 

Your dad has a bit of trouble getting the transformer machine to work so you help him

He finds it weird that you’re switched and wants to change it as fast as possible 

The man finally figures it out as Tim sits back and watches you and your father working this out 

Finally he works it out and you two give your phones back 

You just go back to your room with him and go back to sleep since you two need to be together incase it happens again

That means SLEEP

finally 

I wanna sleep 

Damian Wayne:

You’re a magic user like Zatanna or Constantine 

Basically what happens is Damian keeps up at how magic must not be that bad and difficult and eventually after enough pestering, you let him go through a spell book

Under his breath he tries it and it does work the way that he intended it to

See the spell wasn't supposed to transfer your minds into each other’s bodies

It was just supposed to teleport you to him 

Na man 

It doesn’t work immediately and he decides that he’ll say nothing about this since he doesn’t want you to tease him for not being able to do it 

That is until you suddenly start feeling super strange one night on patrol while you’re out and Damian is training in the cave 

He falls to his knees (same as you) and you’re both switched

Bruce turns around to see Damian (now you) straight struggling and comes over to you

“Uh... B? How’d I get here?”

“Okay which one of the boys are you now?”

“I’m Y/N....?”

“What did Damian do?”

“Probably fucked up one of my spells.” 

Bruce gets into your comm and contacts Damian who is now feeling the repercussions of this spell

You’re already upstairs getting your spell books, trying to find a solution to the problem

You’re not wanting to call Constantine or any of your mentors since you’re pretty sure that this has happened before and you’ve had to fix it 

not with Damian but this kind of thing isn’t new

“Alright genius show me which spell you messed up.” 

Damian comes and huffs next to you still in your body and finds the page in the book

“Ohhhhhh that’s not good.” you throw your head back and grumble 

“Why’d you have to mess up one of the most advanced spells in the book?”

Before Damian can question you, you’re preforming the counter spell of the body swap spell that he preforms 

it drains all of the energy out of you and as soon as you’re finished and the body swap is complete, you’re out of it for the night 

Damian rushes to catch you in case you fall, but you catch your balance on the counter top of the cave

“Now, you wanna not question me when I complain about a spell being difficult now?”

Damian just rolls his eyes and mutters an apology but feels bad as you two walk up the stairs to head to sleep

That’s the last time he tries to undermine magic 

[lookthatbatbutt]

I came up with this Bruce Wayne gender swap setting a few days ago, and throw it into a translator. Aaannd this is what you see. So if there's any mistake or any feedbacks, let me know!

Brynhil (Brynn) Martha Wayne, CEO of wayne enterprises, Brynie baby the princess of Gotham, a naive heiress, also an openly bisexual. Her bat suit looks like a male gear (in fact, Brinhil wears a muscle suit with biofeedback circuits, and there's lining in her helmet), but no one knows the Bat is actually a woman except for the bat family and a few people (including some JL members, Minhkhoa Khan, and some  rogues). The intention is to create a masculine, intimidating, authoritative, violent, and bulky image (considering to Brynhil's growing experience...), but at the same time, this body type can also give people a sense of reassurance . The gender of the bat has never been publicly stated, and her code name in the League is always "The Bat," although some people or criminals who will just call her Batman, but Brinhil feels there's no need to clarify. Her fellows refer to her by mixed pronouns (she-her/he-him/they-them), creating an image of the bat being genderless or gender-shifting. 6 feet (183 cm) tall and 147 pounds (67 kg), just an estimate. Damian is a somatic cell (eg. epidermal cell) that Talia stole from Brinhil, using her tech to convert somatic cells into germ cells, and cultivated a zygote by combining it with the germ cells of Ra's al Ghul. Brinhil and Ra's did had a relationship in her days in the League of Assassins, but Brinhil has never pregnant. Ra's sent Damian to Gotham so that the growing rivalry between the two daughters wouldn't spill over to his younger son, and promised Damian when he grows up, he too has the right to take back his rightful place. Basically in order not to reveal her face and gender, Brinhil's bat suit is equipped with a mask. Whether the mask is translucent or not depends on the situation. It can be slid down to the neck or removed, but there are also mask styles like the ones in the Injustice League CG that simply cover the chin line and expose her mouth.

Here's the link with appearence references I gathered. If you think of other references that's suitable for Brynhil, please tell me! https://privatter.net/p/9095020 And this is the tech reference that Talia used. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-future-of-sexual-reproduction/

[robinrequiems]

I cant help but ask for gender bend jondami as another clishe :/

I know ur packed wt asks so you can take as much time you want for it uwu IDK why I love clishes so much aaa

angry short lesbian and tall happy lesbian:

• mmm crop top damian wayne

• dami ( it can b a feminine / gender neutral same so yay ) wayne; Robin. Josette ( or josie 4 short ) kent; supergirl

• jason at one point shouted: LETS GO LESBIANS! when dami and josie were just walking peacefully

• but yk, it had to get ruined

• harley & ivy cheered them on when they were getting handcuffed and taken back to Arkham

Harley: remember when we were that little?

Ivy: I didn’t know you when you were that little, harley

• when they started dating, it was very much a huge shock. their styles are way different. and they just.. don’t seem compatible with the way they argue like little kids even at 16

• fem dami so wears a suit to galas, she says f gender norms, she rarely wears skirts

• but fem jon wears skirts cause she likes how flow-y it is

• dami wears a lot of josies crops and sweater, mainly bc she likes how big it is on her ‘cause tall icon josie

• josie looks like a sweet, innocent country girl pls

• AAAA genderbent au with cheerleader josie and loner dami rambles? yuh

• josie was apart of the beloved cheerleading team, flipping around and soaring through the sky like she was flying ( which she did on a frequent, but she loved this )

• dami actually taught her how to flip and do a lot of other cheer moves, dami normally sits in on practices to help jon go through it on her own

Josie: why don’t you join cheer?

Dami: ew. don’t disrespect me like that

• dami barely has her hair down, it’s normally up in a bun, braid, ponytail, etc, but with a few strands down her face

• josie is still a farm girl, rough hands, even though she likes skirts and all that, she does wear a lot of overalls and jeans

• I know that supergirl kara wears a skirt… but. no. josie still wears the superboy get up w/ the ripped jeans, sweatshirt, & red shoes ( but her hairs up in a ponytail or pigtails ). dami wears the exact same uniform

• dami normally keeps her hair short, longest is a little past her shoulders, she just doesn’t vibe with long hair, josie does whatever josie wants, if she wants to have hair long, she does, but sometimes she chops a lot of it off just for fun

• they put makeup on each other sometimes, just playing around with it, Dami taught josie how to apply makeup and got her everything she needed ( foundation, concealer, bronzer, blahblh blah )

• dami wears a lot of knee high boots, combat boots, & canvas shoes to draw on

• josie wears the same red shoes everyday until they break or get ruined ( lois hates this )

• dami.. accessorizes.. a l ot. she has a whole jewelry box full of it, she wears anklets

• josie loses earrings, she doesn’t bother w/ jewelry

• stephanie and cass are the ones who have to handle Dami’s “girl” problems because Bruce has no idea what to do, and talia was busy being a badass

• fishnets under jeans dami!!!!!!!! Dami is pretty.. reserved? with the way she dresses, buut there are days where she just feels hella confident and wears whatever she wants

• dami was given a lot of marthas old jewelry from bruce:))))

• when dami has hair down; there are beanies involved:))

• MMMM SOFT GIRL AESTHTIC JOSIE AND EGIRL AESTHETIC DAMI 👀

• sometimes the two have a complete style swap and dami just wears a lot of bright colors while josie goes dark-ish

• dami likes having a lot of blush on her cheeks, idk, oo and cat eyeliner. she likes looking sassy

• josie barely does makeup, she doesn’t break out ‘cause life is here to make dami even more gayer for her

Josie: ooooh! you look so cute in my headband! im gonna get you one

• josie has dami try on her own clothes and things like headbands ( only thing she manages to not lose.. ) and then if they look good, whcih they normally do, she gets one for dami

• dami wears them when she hasn’t seen josie, she likes rhe headbands, but she does not want to show that josie is right ):<<<

Dami: father, richard, person whose name I forgot, dead one, female dead one, ballerina, and lighthouse, I have an announcement.

Bruce, sighing: go on

Dami: im pregnant

Bruce: i- im - so - sorry? what?

Dami: kidding, i have come to terms that I can no longer say “no home” to Josie since it is fully homo. I am also spending the night with her in 2 days. that’s all. continue your meal.

Dick: ?? Congratulations?

Jason: that’s one way to come out

Stephanie: you get i— wait am i female dead one??

Duke: ‘least you aren’t lighthouse

Tim: at least he remembered you ????

[notepadsandtealeaves]

Tim Drake x GN!Reader in: You’re the Reason Why (We Can’t Have Nice Things)

12 Days of Batmas || Day 1—Playing in the Snow

MINORS/AGELESS BLOGS DO NOT INTERACT || 18+ ONLY ||

|| ao3 version | 12 days m.list | batboys tag | main blog ||

|| dames day 1 | dick day 1 | jay day 1 ||

“So tell me again, why is this a thing that you’re doing?”

“Don’t say revenge, Timmers, don’t say revenge–”

“…Revenge.”

“Alright, I’m outta here.”

You don’t know why he’s this way, but you’re here for it.

🌟 Though they can stand alone, the fics for this particular day are all loosely connected, starting with Dick’s and ending with Tim’s.

↠ Requested By: Not a soul lol ↠ Reader Gender: Neutral ↠ Content Type: SFW fluff ((but my blog’s 18+ if minors want to consume my sfw stuff while still respecting my wishes of them staying out of this space, they can head over to my AO3)) ↠ CWs: None ↠ Betas? Nah, we don’t do that here. ↠ Total WC: 1.5k~

|| You’re the Reason Why (We Can’t Have Nice Things)

“So tell me again, why is this a thing that you’re doing?”

“Don’t say revenge, Timmers, don’t say revenge–”

“…Revenge.”

“Alright, I’m outta here.”

You, your boyfriend, and his best friend all laugh at the Simpson’s scene that you’ve accidentally on purpose reenacted—though unlike Homer’s brain, Conner does not grab his things and float off. He does, however, hand Tim a welder’s torch without much more bidding than a vague hand gesture. That he’s involved in the madness isn’t at all surprising, though it is a bit concerning. He’s as entrenched in this damned prank war as the Wayne boys are, and has been since Damian had somehow managed to swap out the contents of his shampoo bottle with platinum blond hair dye some years back. With the Kryptonian in the mix, peace…

Well it was never an option, not really, so you guess it’s whatever.

“You still haven’t told me what this thing’s meant to do,” you remind the pair as you continue to watch them work. The device looks like it would be perfect for a Luigi’s Mansion cosplay—ya know, if the Poltergust 3000 was cobbled together from a leaf blower and other various bits of scrap.

When all you receive by way of reply is a set of matching Cheshire grins you sigh.

“Well at least tell me what it’s called?”

“The Bringer of Justice,” Tim says, voice distracted.

Con’s brow furrows at that. “I thought we were calling it The Summoning of Justice?”

“Bringing, summoning, whatever. Hey, pass me tha- Thanks.”

The level of synchronicity between them is impressive, and a little unnerving if you’re being honest. They move like two parts of one whole, as if they share a brain—Or rather one singular brain cell, you silently amend. It’s the only explanation as to why they’re putting so much effort in to making something that’ll do so little. Knowing that you’ll get nothing else of worth out of them you leave them to their work, reminding yourself that they’re probably not making anything that’ll actually cause severe property and-or physical damage.

Probably.

…Yeah.

You highly doubt this is the outcome Dick was hoping for when he sent that text, though it’s more than likely what he expects…

“Ah, it’s the lovely ____—always a pleasure to see you.”

You give the aging butler a warm smile as you greet him in kind, though when he asks you where your boyfriend is–

“Conner’s flying him and it in.”

“‘It’?” he repeats, expression equal parts concerned and amused.

“Yeah, it’s this… launcher-contraption-type-deal? I guess? The most I’ve been able to gather is that it’s meant to even the score between them and the others by ‘raining down white hellfire from above’. They also wanted me to specify that said ‘white hellfire’ is of the snowy variety and not actual white phosphorous. I won’t ask why this distinction needs to be made.”

Though Alfred’s replying hum is short it somehow manages to relay an entire lifetime’s worth of exasperation. “I would say that this may be the answer to their blasted prank war, but that level of optimism isn’t becoming of a man of my years.” Though his words are a lament there is a measure of levity to be found in his tone.

When he informs you that the other three brothers and their significant others have already arrived and are engaging in some ‘scheduled fun’—“I believe Master Richard has orchestrated a snowman building contest, and as a result we will be having roasted potatoes with the evening meal instead of braised carrots.”—though you both know that that’ll be devolving soon enough.

“I’ll try to keep the collateral damage to a minimum.” Even as you voice the sentence you know that this degree of optimism isn’t befitting someone of your years either.

The scene that greets you upon exiting the Manor is one fit for a Hallmark movie. Three couples—all young, fresh, and ridiculously beautiful—enjoy the season’s offerings.

Jason and his love have seemingly given up on the contest as their snowman only sports a scarf, a carrot nose, and not much else (“Gotham minimalism” Jay dubs it, though you’re not entirely sure that’s a thing). They’ve opted to cuddle up on a bench, offering color commentary on the other two’s builds in between sips from a steaming thermos.

For his part, Dick and his spouse are only halfway through constructing their snowman; the base is done, as is the torso, but the head is little more than an oversized snowball at the moment. It only takes one look at the pair of them to know why. When one tries to start in on the task the other will swoop in with a flurry of kisses or a spontaneous back hug or something else equally sweet and distracting.

Damian and his beloved are likewise halfway through their build—which is more ‘beast’ than ‘man’. As Dames works on building the thing’s front half, his darling decorates the bits that are already finished. Black glitter—more than likely edible, because they value their lives too much to risk tracking the real stuff through the Manor—dots the snow in large swatches making their muse obvious. It’s Batcow. They’re making a Batcow out of snow because of course they are. They converse in hushed tones, their words leaving a contented smile on the man’s lips.

The sight is peaceful, lovely–

“Revenge rides a pale Kryptonian!”

–and unsurprisingly short lived.

Of course with Jason Peter Todd being who he is, he’s already making a quip before the flying pair is even within twenty feet of the ground. “Does ____ know that you like to ride Conner? Or is this you guys’ way of letting us know that have some type of menagé-a-three thing going on?”

He promptly takes a snowball—shot at a high speed and with no small amount of pressure—to the face for his troubles.

He blinks dumbly for a moment before wiping away the clumps of snow with one hand and calmly pushing the thermos into his lover’s grasp with the other. “Alright Tiny Tim, Rudolph the Red-Tights Reindeer—it’s on.”

For their part, Dick and his love are both laughing their ass off as they watch the second Robin take two more shots in rapid succession, though their snickers morph into shrieks when Jay flings his snowman’s whole ass head at his brother. The thing catches him right across the chest, exploding into several large pieces and a spray of now loose snow; the backdraft catches his fellow instigator as well, making them cough and sputter as they swipe at their now dusted face.

“Of course you realize that this means war?” they grit out as they glare at the much larger man.

“Bring it, little bit!”

To his credit, Jay’s bravado doesn’t waver even with the couple flings their snowman’s entire torso at him, though he does blanch a bit when they work to heft its rather sizeable base.

Clearly operating on the same devious wavelength as their man, Jay’s partner in mischief had taken cover behind the bench in the same moment as he’d left it. Taking full advantage of Dick getting blasted, they quickly set about rolling out a few snowballs, the largest of which is lobbed at Damian’s back. He stiffens as the snow shatters against his left shoulder blade before turning around and glaring at his attacker. A lesser being would’ve been begging for mercy, but then again a lesser being wouldn’t have been crazy enough to aim for the former assassin in the first place (never mind their dating the Red fucking Hood). As it stands they cackle wildly before grabbing their remaining ammo and darting around the bench in search of a new source of cover.

“Beloved—protect the cow.”

“As if it were our first born.”

Despite their words, Dames’ beloved seems more intent on using the snow sculpture for shelter. You can see their hands working, and given the pressure that they’re putting behind their pats you know that their snowballs are gonna have a little extra bite; they’re quick and efficient, turning out nearly half a dozen balls in just under a minute. They say something in Arabic, pulling a vicious smile from their man as they split the projectiles between them.

With the pair of them in the fight things turn into an all-out war, and you can only be glad that no one has taken note of your presence yet–

Thwack!

The surprise of being slapped with a snowball has you crying out more than the impact itself—that the hit comes from behind you makes it doubly unexpected. Your confusion morphs into betrayal when you turn to see that your accoster is none other than your own damned boyfriend.

“Couldn’t let you miss out on all the fun!” is all he says by way of explanation before he and his bestie are zooming off back into the fray.

Know there’s nothing for it now, you scrape a portion of snow off of the nearby banister, form it up, and give yourself over to the chaos.

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🌟 Day 2: Old Peeps Roasting on an Open Fire~ || Cuddling by the Fire

“Old peeps roasting on an open fire, Timmy-boy screaming ‘Oh god nooooo~!’”

You probably won’t need the fire extinguisher this time. Probably.

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Robin rating

* Dick Grayson.

* Jason Todd.

* Tim Drake.

* Stephanie Brown.

* Damian Wayne.

1. Dick Grayson, Such a good robin that he moved to Blüdhaven and became the even better night wing . 9/10

2. Tim Drake, classic robin he’s all you could want just a good old fashioned sidekick. 7 /10

3. Jason Todd, while he was captured by joker and then beaten and was proclaimed dead there’s a few issues I have with Mr Todd, 1. He should of been a better robin and not been captured , 2. He was with Batman for a good while and should of known he is not the type to just abandon him and lose hope if you ask me I think he was just butt hurt that joker had in fact out smarted Batman in making him believe he was dead. 6/10

4. Stephanie Brown, Uhhhhhh woman robin…. That’s it really, not bad not the best but cool to see the gender swap. 4/10

5. Damian Wayne, AHHH where to start on this absolute loser. FIRST If my memory serves me well I’m pretty sure Batman was drugged while Talia Al Ghul had sex with him which later lead to the birth of Damian and that’s just wrong in its self. Secondly Batman taking on Damian as robin under minds his whole “grr I only accept orphans to take on the robin” As he literally takes on his own son to fight crime with. Now I realise I’m talking a lot about his faults that he can’t control but on to him , This man is just so unbelievably incompetent from the thousands of mistakes he has made , to the fact that he can not comprehend that Batman didn’t just wake up as Batman but instead had a difficult and gruelling journey to get where he is now , Damian only sees him as a success and is frustrated when he’s not instantly “The Great Robin” which only fuels his hatred and anger to Batman. Not to mention this killer instinct crap that is explored all of 10 seconds. Overall Damian Wayne gets no more than 2/10

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Right Out of a Comic Book

I’ve been putting off writing something about Shang-Chi because i have mixed feelings about the fact that the character is getting a film. Who the f*ck knows anything about Shang-Chi? Who the f*ck cares? Dude is a Seventies Marvel character; A decade where the House of Ideas consistently had bad ones. A great many of the characters created then, are little more than exploitative Hollywood knockoffs. Luke Cage is just Shaft. Power Fist is a whitewashed cash in on the Kung-Fu boom. She-Hulk was a trademark stake. Blade is another Blaxploitation caricature but with a Hammer films twist. Ms. Marvel, now Captain Marvel, was a gender swap to cash in on the Feminism wave crashing against the Patriarchy shores at the time. It is in this climate that Shang-Chi was created as a a direct facsimile of Bruce Lee. It was like someone watched Enter the Dragon and thought the character of Lee was cool, so they just did that.

I give Seventies Marvel a lot of sh*t because a great many of their ideas from back then, feel awkwardly forced. However, admittedly, the entire decade wasn’t trash. We did get characters like Wolverine, Valkyrie, and Black Cat. Hell, Seventies Marvel even dropped Magik and you know how much i love her! But that’s kind of the caveat; While everything else around Marvel was pretty mediocre, the X-Men found their second wind and began delivering not only classic characters, but classic story lines. That’s maybe something to get into in a different essay. I just wanted to be fair in my criticism of Marvel from that time because we’re about to get into why i find Shang-Chi such a frustrating character. Dude is a token, just like so many other now beloved characters from that Seventies Frosh roster. Marvel, at the time, as well the intentioned as it may have been, was leaning heavy into diversity and just botching the sh*t with aplomb. If you go back and read those books, they’re terrible. Luke Cage was an awful read and he was immediately relegated to a partner book with Danny Rand, mostly because his book was trash, too. Shang-Chi, after his initial push, was immediately relegated to supporting background character and there he stayed, for decades, filling up panels. It wasn’t until current times, during another flood of performative wokeness from major corporations and the rise of the Asian voice in Hollywood, did Marvel decide to brush of their one, Asian, property, in a blatant cash grab. That bugs me.

I like Shang-Chi. His modern stories are really good. The current run which started last year is pretty good reading with gorgeous art but that, so far, is really his only standout series. Because of his Seventies Marvel nature, Shang-Chi doesn’t have a lot of starring narratives to adapt. His jobber nature doesn’t lend itself to the screen. Dude is basically jusf Damian Wayne without the Batman stuff and that’s fine. It's a compelling origin story which lends itself to the current John Wick hype. The problem is, that’s as much of the actual character it looks like we’re gong to get in this movie. Fin Fang Foom is an Iron Man villain and so is The Mandarin. It seems a bit disingenuous to cram these two characters into the first narrative built around your premier Asian character. You’re telling me Shang-Chi doesn’t have his own rogues, his own stories to tell? You have to Frankenstein a pastiche of whatever vaguely Asian tropes you have lying around, in order to give this character some agency in his own film? Yes. Yes, that’s exactly what I'm saying, thus my conflicted nature. Shang-Chi is, at best, C-list in Marvel’s pantheon. No one knows anything about this character other than he is one of the best hand-to-hand combatants in the 616. He doesn’t have any powers. He isn’t some billionaire. He doesn’t even have government steroid enhancements. Dude just punches hard. That's it. How do you build a hit around that without being absolutely derivative?

I want this Shang-Chi flick to be good but it doesn’t have that vibe about it. It feels like it’s going to be one of those awkward entries like Captain Marvel, another Seventies Marvel creation. The choices Feige made to give this character a bit more narrative meat for the theatrical treatment are a bit problematic for me but i understand why they were made. You can’t make an Iron Fist movie in this social climate. That sh*t would be eviscerated, just like it was on Netflix. Everyone hated that show on principal. How many more “White Savior Narratives” does Hollywood need to make? Shang-Chi was the right choice, even if it wasn’t the strongest option. Plus, considering the character is kind of a blank slate, i guess there is fertile ground for original story telling. The announcement and trailer drop was met with a resounding thud among most MCU fans but the Twatter check marks loved it. Diversity over drama seems to be their motto so this majority Asian cast was exactly what they wanted. I absolutely believe in diversity on film, everyone should be able to see themselves onscreen, but this feels bad. It feels corporate. It feels like pandering. That said, i got Asian friends with kids who are beyond hype to see this movie. They get to see a hero who looks like them onscreen, just like the girls who packed that Captain Marvel screening i went to on opening day. Just like we all did when Black Panther dropped, making it one of the most successful films in history.

Shang-Chi is a very important film in the context of the shifting cultural zeitgeist. We’ve come so far from Asian representation just being the martial arts master and geisha concubine. These characters are no longer ham-fisted into the role of sidekick like Kato or f*cking Short Round. Cray Rich Asians dropped and did dumb numbers at the box office while The Farewell got Awkwafina a Golden Globe. F*cking Parasite won four Oscars, all of which are absolutely deserved. We live in an era where a Korean language film won best picture at the notoriously racist Academy Awards and, while i don’t put much stock in that sh*t, the industry does and doors have opened for more people who look like Bong Joon-ho. I want Shang-Chi to be good. I want my Asian brothers and sisters to have their Black Panther event. I want them to have their Sam Wilson, Captain America, moment. I want that for them because they deserve it, just like everyone else. Judging from the trailer and the synopsis I've heard online, I just don’t know if this movie can deliver that same level of energy. It feels a lot like like someone watched Enter the Dragon and thought it was cool, so they just did that.