#gotham knights comics

[webshootersandwingdings]

Tim Drake in Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #6

[sparkoflena]

Kon: Why are you staring at me so intently?

Tim, completely casually: I think I want to stab you with Kryptonite a few times. In different areas. For science.

Kon: ...why is my best friend considering torturing me?

Tim: I'm wondering if it takes you down so badly because it is truly that dangerous to you or if the invulnerablility of Kryptonians gives you a weak pain tolerance.

Kon: And you're asking me, a half human, instead of Clark or Kara?

Tim: They'd start telling Bruce about my "concerning villainous behavior" again.

Kon: And I won't?

Tim: I've kept fighting through pneumonia, a gunshot wound, and broken bones. And you go down when I poke you with a rock. Come on, you've got to be curious.

Kon: ...okay, I am a little curious.

Tim: YES! You won't regret this!

Kon: I will absolutely regret this.

[wiico1]

save a horse ride a what..

[ciricearts]

I finished it!!<3

[spocks-husband]

If you ask Bruce why his training routine is so regimented and heavy he'll tell you that it's because he needs to make sure his body is in peak condition to battle for justice or whatever the fuck-- and that was true when he was like. 19. But now? Yeah, no.

You wanna know the real reason he works out so much?

It's because he can't stand the idea of not being able to pick up any of his kids.

And Jason is getting REALLY heavy.

(side note, all the Batkids and occasionally BatSpouses [I'll be nice and keep this ship neutral lol] get a random text confirming how much they weigh at any given time and they're all totally used to it because that just means he's about to start working out and he needs to check to make sure everything is accurate.)

[groovyace]

Average gotham knights experience (the game crashes not even 30 seconds later). Shoutout to @magnusj the most stealthy redhood player.

[Robin: OK. Let's do this SNEAKY STYLE.

[Robin: Jason NO-]

[nightwingcouldyounot]

No comment.

(Gotham Knights Gilded City 002)

[jpeg-dot-jpeg]

HELPFUL TIPS FOR THE HENCHPEOPLE OF GOTHAM

The buddy system exists for a reason

If you see two vigilantes having sex on a rooftop, do NOT take the opportunity to sneak up on them

Riddler is a little bit gay for Batman

Joker is a little bit gay for Batman

Catwoman is a little bit gay for Batman

Two-Face and Batman are divorced

Azrael is a little bit gay for Batman

Working for Penguin has the best benefits and he is the least likely to kill his own employees

Do NOT call him Penguin to his face

If they wear a cape, they have a praise kink. This can be exploited.

Be careful taking work from anyone with a doctorate. That maniac willingly went through graduate school

Don't forget to look up

[lemonlimestar]

save me 90s bats…. 90s bats save me….

[reds-hoodies]

You see, I can’t stop thinking about how Jason would rest his head on your chest when you two are cuddling.

He likes to listen to your heart beat.

It grounds him.

Maybe he’s had a bad day. Maybe nothing special happened at all. But either way, at the end of the day, he’ll be seeking you out.

Because Jason’s life is crazy. And yes, he’s proud of what he does and who he is, but sometimes (a lot of the time) he can’t stop thinking about…Everything.

He thinks about the nightmares. About everything he’s lost. About the hollow space in his chest that never quite fills. And how sometimes, the world is just too loud. Too much.

But when he lays his head against your chest and listens to your heartbeat, it all quiets.

It’s a proof of life. Proof that you’re still here. Proof that he is, too.

And when you run your fingers through his hair and press a kiss to his temple; When you just hold him, steady and warm, and let him listen-

He finally lets go. Of the noise, of the ghosts, of the weight he carries.

(And though he’ll never admit it, that’s some of the best damn sleep he’s ever gotten.)

[thebibliosphere]

Sat too long in my feelings about the Gotham Knights video game Jason Todd going to therapy and trying to engage with his siblings from a place of healing and hurt myself, so now I'm inflicting this on all of you, but:

Do you ever think about how Jason only ever gets to experience Dick as an extension of the breakdown of Dick and Bruce's relationship at that time? Granted, depending on the comic era, Dick maybe doesn't show up as much as he should, or Jason acts like an antagonistic little shit, but overall, Dick's falling out with Bruce overshadows all of it.

And, like, yeah, it's funny to joke that only Jason knows that Dick went through a shitbag teenage phase and that no one ever believes him. (Gaslight, Gate Keep, Gotham ✌) And Jason is irate about it because how can they not see through what is clearly The World's Best Big Brother Act? How can no one else see it's fake?

(Unless it's not fake, and Jason just wasn't worth loving... No, fuck off, he doesn't care, he doesn't. Leave him alone.)

But at the same time, what if Jason's the only one who realizes it's a trauma response?

What if Jason's in the middle of a therapy session or reading one of the self-help books we see him ordering, and he just has to take a moment to breathe because, of course, it's a fucking trauma response. Of course, it is.

Dick's not pretending to be anything. He was, in fact, so severely affected by Jason's death that he over-corrected and now refuses to let himself be anything other than the Perfect Big Brother. Because he can't. Because when he's not perfect, when he's not there for them, they die.

Suddenly the golden retriever's cheerfulness is less grating and more worrying. Dick's need for perfection is less an annoying personality trait to compete with and more an exhausted cry for help that no one else seems to see. Not even Dick.

Because Jason realizes now that he might have never managed to live up to the Golden Boy mantle, but Dick will never get to put it down, either. Because he can't let himself. Because bad shit happens when he does.

So what if that's what he hopes Dick reads between the lines in the email he sends him in GK?

What if, by saying, "Hey, I realize now trying to hold myself to your standards was damaging my relationship with you, but I need you to know it wasn't your fault," was also Jason saying, "Hey, this shit isn't healthy are you fucking okay?"

[webshootersandwingdings]

Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City (2022) #6

[parkjammys]

beefy tank Gotham Knights Jason Todd by Nick Robles

[aeturnum-mendacacium]

How I imagine him when I'm reading ao3 fics and comics which are both torturing him at the same time

Why do you hate him @frownyalfred (ik you don't but I just finished eye in the sky)

[ciricearts]

I LOVE U GOTHAM KNIGHTS JASON TODD

[sang-i-fetge]

Something that really amuses me is that who want GoodDad!Bruce reconciling with jason really just want arkham batman.

Who, upon discovering the identity of the guy that orchestrated a violent takeover of (a mostly empty) Gotham, goes "Jason...🥺 I thought u were dead...🥺 we can fix this...together...🥺"