#i just think that stephcass and timkon

[hmslusitania]

For the prompts pretty please, thank you :)

#31 &/or #24

31 (I’ll take that bet) &/or 24 (“They said you were so cute!” “That’s not what I said.”) I went with "I'll take that bet" and used it as an excuse to further my "Tim and Steph's relationship is so much more important to me now that it's not endgame" agenda*

Steph considers him with narrowed eyes across the table in their favourite coffee shop. “I don’t think you mean it.”

“I do!” Tim insists, and takes a sip of his latte. “I promise to make a pact that we should both ask our crushes out in one week’s time, or we have to do a forfeit task as decided by the winner.”

“Okay, but what are you gonna do when I’m the winner and my forfeit task is to tell you that you absolutely must, no prevarication or equivocation, ask Conner out within three business days,” Steph replies.

“Well, first off,” Tim says. “I don’t think you’ll actually do it, and so my forfeit task will be to tell you that you have three business days to ask Cass out.”

There’s silence in their corner of the coffee shop while they both take sips of their drinks.

“God, what are we gonna do if they say no?” Steph asks with a small, self-deprecating smile that Tim hates to see.

“She won’t,” he promises. It’s not that Cass is his closest sibling, the one he knows best, the one whose answer he can more or less guarantee. That’s still definitely Dick and probably always will be. But he does know Cass, and he knows Steph, and he knows what people like him see in people like Steph, and he genuinely can’t imagine a future where Cass turns Steph down.

“What if they’re straight though?” Steph asks, and takes a sip of her chai latte, giving Tim a flash of big blue eyes of doubt over the rim of the oversized mug.

Tim… honestly hasn’t considered the possibility.

“They’re not,” he says, and actually feels the confidence in his own words. “But even if they are, they’re allies so they won’t be assholes about it. The bet is just that we’ll ask our crushes out, and is not dependent on them saying yes.”

Steph hums, thinking about it, and takes a sip. It gives her a foam moustache and a Tim of even six months prior would’ve leaned across the table to kiss it off for her. But as much as he loves Steph — and he does, he still does, and he always will — it’s not… like that anymore. It makes him want a better designation than just “best friend.” Because, like, Steph absolutely is one of his best friends, and to date, she’s the only person in that category (generally well populated, because he doesn’t think most people have more than one person there, let alone three to five) who he’s also slept with. He wants some sort of designation that says, “Yeah, she’s my best friend, and sure we’ve had sex, and yes, absolutely I would burn down the multiverse for her, but like. We’re never gonna get married. And we’ve moved past the point of romance, and we’re just…”

But they don’t have that word in English, or in any language Tim knows. Steph is just his… most-person, and even if he has to abase himself in a public forum to get it to happen, he’s going to get her the girlfriend she deserves. That the girlfriend Steph both deserves and wants is Tim’s sister and will succinctly place Steph within their family sphere where she belongs forever is not technically an aspect of the bet, but is a positive side effect.

“Okay,” Steph says, lowering her mug to the table and extending her hand Tim’s direction. “One week, we’ll meet back here, and whichever of us hasn’t asked our crush out has to undertake the winner’s challenge.”

“I will take that bet,” Tim agrees, and shakes her hand. Steph nods, and Tim nods, and they spend a moment trying to intimidation-squeeze each other’s hands, and then collapse into mutual giggles and return to their drinks. Tim has residual anxiety bouncing around his chest, knocking against the insides of his ribs, and from the jittery way Steph eventually lifts her mug and takes her next sip, he thinks she does too.

Because these aren’t… well. They’re crushes, sure, that they’re both talking about: they’re people where the thought of their returned affection makes their insides feel squished and crushed down to insignificant shreds, because the point is the other person’s happiness. And maybe it’s hubris and arrogance to assume that they are the person best suited to provide happiness to their respective crushes, but…

But, well. Hope springs eternal.

Tim shakes Steph’s hand and he takes the bet, and he finishes his latte and he means to seek out Superboy immediately, to find Kon and ask him, hey, would you ever consider perhaps… a date? With me? And then there’s a whole thing with like a Doomsday clone and the entire Superfam being on high alert and having no use for powerless heroes like Tim or the entire Batfam save Duke, and, well.

A week goes by. Without Tim meaning it to. Because Gotham’s had it’s own shit (has there ever been a week in modern history where Gotham hasn’t had it’s own problems?) and then without warning, it’s Sunday, and the closest he’s gotten to Kon is a hackneyed text conversation, and he’s sitting down at the café table across from Steph who’s fucking glowing, and…

“She said yes, huh?” Tim guesses, and it genuinely makes him feel warm inside like someone’s replaced his vitreous humours with the radioactive-looking contents of a lava lamp, and it’s everything he’s wanted for Steph — and for Cass, however much he does his best to stay the hell out of his siblings’ love lives — and Steph blushes bright red and hides her smile in the foam of her latte.

“Yeah,” Steph says, and utterly fails to hide her delight. “Not so much ‘yes’ to a date as like. We’re girlfriends now.”

“Good,” Tim says, and he means it with his whole heart.

Steph laughs, and grins, and has to pause to wipe a few drips from her eyes. And Tim gets it. These aren’t just crushes they’ve been talking about. These are the people who are their endgame-(if the universe gets rewritten please return to:)-type love stories.

“So I guess I get to pick the winner’s challenge,” Steph says, sniffing and taking a drink of her latte.

“I want you to know, I would’ve asked Kon out already if not for the whole everything they’ve had going on in Metropolis this week,” Tim says.

“Oh, I know,” Steph assures him. “Which is why I booked you guys dinner in Philly, outside both Gotham and Metropolis zones of bullshit nonsense.”

“Yeah,” Tim says. “Okay.”

Steph grins at him, and the next time he sees her, so does Cass, and when their dinner reservation comes up two days later, so does Kon.

“Quick question,” Tim says, grinning at him when they meet up outside the restaurant Steph had picked. It’s a sushi bar, because she knows Tim likes showing off his dexterity with chopsticks, and because she knows Kon well enough to know he’s proud of being the one, solitary Midwesterner in the Superfam who isn’t cowed by the heat of wasabi. “Do you want to go on a date with me?”

Kon frowns at him while they wait in the vestibule for their reservation, the furrow in his brow casting a delicious shadow over his deep blue eyes, and the Super-red velvet blazer he’s wearing.

“Isn’t this already a date?” Kon asks.

Tim grins, and threads his hand into Kon’s hair to pull him down into a kiss, which Kon goes along with and accepts with a slight purr Tim intends to explore later.

“Yeah, I just… had to make sure, so I didn’t lose the bet fully,” Tim explains.

“This is a bet?” Kon asks, resting his hands at the slight dip in Tim’s waist.

“Not a real one with rom-com consequences like, I dunno, She’s All That, or whatever,” Tim promises. “Just that I failed to ask you out before Steph asked Cass out, and so my punishment was to go on a date with the guy I liked.”

Kon squints down at him, and it lasts long enough Tim has a moment to wonder about his success at this particular situation, even though Kon’s already been okay with kissing him.

“You and Steph have a weird relationship,” Kon informs him, and before Tim can protest, he leans down to kiss him again, entirely on his own volition. “I’m glad.”

Tim grins against Kon’s mouth and is almost ungrateful when the maître’ d tells them he has a place for them to sit. They follow the host into the dark blue-and-black lit restaurant, and accept their pot of tea, and Tim finds himself looking from his menu to Kon’s face. Back and forth like his neck’s on a swivel.

“Glad we have a weird relationship like you’ll… be my boyfriend?” Tim asks.

It takes Kon a beat to look up from his own menu, but when he does it’s with a grin that’s sunshiney enough to overwhelm the entire restaurant, whether or not they realise an actual member of the Superfam — and not just the fam, but specifically a Kryptonian — is responsible.

“Yeah,” Kon says, and leans across their table to press a quick kiss to Tim’s lips. “I will definitely be your boyfriend.”

And, frankly? Tim thinks while he grins down at his menu. Who needs bets anyway? At least when you’re betting on a sure thing?

[wondersinwaynemanor]

more Grandpa Bruce shenanigans bc why not?

1.

Reporter, approaches Bruce: Looking handsome as ever, Mr. Wayne. Do you have a date tonight?

Bruce, smiles: Yes, indeed I do. The most beautiful dates.

Reporter shrugs it off because that's the usual for Bruce Wayne, right?

and it's Lian and Steph and Cass' adopted daughter coming out of the car wearing sparkling red and purple dresses.

Bruce, grins: My granddaughters.

Bruce holds both of their hands and they enter the area together, both girls giggling and smiling for the cameras.

Reporters and paparazzi are left in awe.

2.

Bruce, exiting the Manor, rubs his temples: Great. I forgot my glasses. Again.

Timkon's son, suddenly flying beside Bruce: I'll get it, Grandpa!

Jondami's son, also flying beside Bruce's other side: No, l shall do it, Grandfather!

Timkon's son: I was here first!

Jondami's son, rolls his eyes: You're slow for a Kryptonian.

Bruce: Boys, no need to-

then they both fly around the house to find Bruce's glasses.

Bruce, sighs and smiles: What am I but an old man.

3.

Bruce is currently (trying) to make some pancakes, and the kitchen is a huge mess.

Birdflash's son: Uh. I take it back, Grandpa, two pancakes are enough for me, not ten.

Dukeizzy's daughter: We could have helped you, Grandpa. Now, Great Grandpa Alfie will not be happy.

Bruce, turns to his grandkids who are by the door: He's going to kick our butts, huh?

both of the kids nod.

Bruce: Well, how about some pizza?

Birdflash's son: I'll buy, I'll buy!

Dukeizzy's daughter: Take me, please.

Bruce, hands them money: Be careful, okay?

but they're gone already by the time Bruce blinks.

Bruce, shakes his head fondly: Speedsters, am I right?

bonus:

Gotham newspaper headlines goes: "Batman seen with young heroes on rooftop. Is Batman leading the group? Young Justice League or Kids Titans?"

it's basically just Batman with a young speester wearing a Kid Flash suit but with Nightwing's domino mask, Lian in a Speedy suit, Tim and Kon's son in a Superboy suit, Steph and Cass' daughter in a Batgirl suit, Duke and Izzy's daughter and Damian and Jon's son in Robin suits.

and it's just all of them enjoying some Batburgers while their parents are lurking behind the shadows to witness the scene.

[autisticrosewilson]

It's been bugging me for a while that we have so many canonically queer characters now but none of them ever DO anything! It's like after they get two characters in a queer relationship they just never give them any conflict after. We didn't ask for more representation because we wanted that character to no longer have interesting stories outside of a queer identity we wanted you to stop queer baiting us.

I know that word gets tossed around a lot, but there is very strong evidence for TimKon, StephCass, and GhostBat where they practically confirm it but they never say anything explicitly. Supersons were literally shown to live together, co-parent Lizzie, and were explicitly paralleling other canon couples last week.

But it's too much for Kon AND Tim to be queer, so they gave Tim a civilian boyfriend that he never has any conflict with and all of the build up and tension that comes with trying to clone your dead teammate 99 times and being a hair away from making out for like 8 years.

Robin AND Super boy couldn't be canonically queer so they aged Jon up and then gave him a civilian boyfriend he never has any conflict with all while parading them around in elseworlds because they knew fans were upset about the lost potential.

Even Harley and Ivy fall victim to this in a different way. I love that they're canonically queer! I just wish that at least Ivy got to keep some of her villainy. I don't think they should have to compromise being menaces to society with being queer.

And it's related but I hesitate to call it queer baiting... what's going on with Dick Grayson. He gets confirmed bi in a non canon video game but he has more pride covers than Tim. Like you can't dangle an extremely queer coded character in front of us and then just never make it canon. And I'm tired of one off implications too. We deserve better representation than a one liner played off for a joke (Batstantine this is about you I fear) but they won't because they know full well they won't do a damn thing with him after.

You wanna know what we should be striving for? Midnighter and Apollo. Messy their whole run time, uncompromisingly interesting whether they're together or not, happily married with a daughter, and yet continued to be unerringly bad ass. John Constantine, with all of his shameless flirting and raunchiness. Grace Choi and Anissa Pierce. The pining, the break ups, the make ups. Obsessed with them.

Joey Wilson!!! You want someone whose already canonically queer who Dick has a lot of tension with? He's right there! The son of Dick's arch Nemesis. Both of their willingness to go over people's heads to protect them. Joey's ability to completely take someone's free will (and his deliberate and spiteful choice not to) vs. Dick's constant fight for independence (and his willing surrender to the pull of his family). Dick's unwillingness to communicate his feelings or experiences with literally anyone ever paired with Joey's uncanny ability to read him like a book. Are you joking. The mess, the tension, the INTRIGUE!!

This got away from me but I want my queer characters to be interesting again pretty please.

[that1emowitch]

That sudden inexplicable urge to write a next gen batfam fic with TimKon clone babies (MULTIPLE), JayRoy babies (Lian + other kids they took in frm the streets), BirdFlash kids (MORE ADOPTION), DukeIzzy's lil baby, StephCass's adopted babies and/or they find Steph’s baby again, and DamiJon asking Tim to help clone them

And Bruce being that awesome grandad who can't help but give in to his kids' every wish. Like literally. You want a candy? Have three. You want an XBOX? Bruce bought the whole company. You want a life-size Barbie dream house? BAM it's yours now and your parents are freaking out

AND to make it even better, TimBerKon. First baby is Tim and Kon's, made during that time when Kon died, second one is Bern and Kon's, made a few years into their relationship. I just think that'd be neat yk

Idk just a rant hehehe

[rubydubydoo122]

what are your favorite batfam ships??

(I hate that I have to clarify, but I mean what members of the batfam do you ship with other people that they are in fact not related to.)

(Lmao, ur good, I also despise batcest)

For Bruce I think my favorite ship with him would be Talia, but I also know they're the "In another life" type couple

for Dick... it's a tie between Wally and Kory. Kory because I grew up watching Teen Titans, and Wally because of the Young Justice TV show

I personally view Jason as on the Aro/Ace spectrum, but if I had to chose a ship, it would be JayKyle-- BUT IN THE SENSE THAT Kyle somehow develops a crush on Jason and Jason is completely oblivious to it and thinks that he and Kyle just have a banter-y friendship

for Tim it has to be TimKon. I think Timber's kinda just genderbent TimSteph, and I'm not a fan of TimSteph because Stephanie Brown deserves so much better

I think I would like StephCass in theory, but I feel like even though it is heavily implied in comics, the only place I've seen it done is in fandom where both characters are treated like background props, and it made me feel icky. I think once Cass stops being perceived as a therapy doll, and Stephanie starts being treated as her own character rather than just a love interest to one of the batfam members then I can start enjoying the ship.

I'm pretty sure Duke has only has one Love interest, Isabella, and they were cute together

I'm not a big fan of most of Damian's ships, but him and Flatline are cute together, but I think they have more of a puppy love middle school type relationship going on.

[graytodd]

Hello! really love your art and enjoy every time I see it!!!!!!! So good!!!!!! have a small question 😅 you said dickjaydami, but it is dickjay + dami? Dickjaydami means they are all together, i think? Also for konjay? Is that art a romantic between konjay or is it them being friends (kon & jay)? Sorry, i noticed this and do not know how to ask 😅

No no no ppfftt It's obviously dickjay AND damian ?? he's a baby, come on…I'm not a creep. I've also wrote it was a family dynamic - I actually use those tags like dickjaydami/dickjaybin/konjay in this case, to easily find a specific art of mine when I look for something in my tags; I mean their interaction as a whole, not a ship, you know what I mean? I KNOW people are strict about tags but I'm lazy to write their names in full sometimes… ;3;

So, just to clarify, I only ship dickjay romantically (not dickjaybin) and timkon, stephcass and wallykyle. I like friendly interactions between roy and dickjay, (older)damian and jaybin/dickjay, kon and jason also are cute too as friends etc but I don't like shipping these in any kinda way except in a family/friends dynamic.

[living-la-vida-lesbian]

I saw a meme that went like this:

stephcass- happy wlw couple

timkon/timbern-happy mlm

steph and tim- bisexuals and exes

HELP AND IT´S JUST SO FUNNY I NEED TO WRITE THIS DYNAMIC RN

NO FR

it reminds me of my best friend and me because we used to date under the impression that we were both bi and we ended up breaking up when we both realized we were gay lmao

i think steph and tim are bi, but it was so funny when i made that connection

[mamawasatesttube]

ask game: “and yet we persist” or “all i ever wanted was the world”? or for one that feels like a different tone “topsy-turvy”?

"and yet we persist" is stoic, long-suffering, and straightforward enough it makes me want to subvert it somehow, so therefore i posit: this is the fic of tim, steph, cass, and kon having to undergo a multi-day roadtrip, for some reason. (why can't kon just fly them wherever they need to go? idk but let's assume i came up with a reasonable justification. the point is they need to all be trapped in a car together, for several hours on end, for a few days.)

tim and steph are in their divorce era. kon and cass are their usual cozy "very affectionate friends who understand each other really well" selves. timkon and stephcass are both in their mutual pining/late-stage slow burn phases.

what this means: most of the roadtrip is tolerable! even when tim and steph are unhappy with each other, they know how to get along. most of the time. the exception is when one or the other says something unnecessarily bitchy, the other goes "oh are you fucking serious don't fucking start right now--", and then tim is bitching while driving and steph is furiously kicking the back of the drivers seat just because she knows it'll piss him off if she gets scuff marks on the leather. kon, shotgun, twists around to start talking to cass very pointedly about each song on his wendy/pierce playlist, because he's recently gotten her into wendy the werewolf stalker. tim and steph are bickering. and yet, kon and cass persist.

at one point the arguing starts at a gas station while tim is filling the tank. steph leans out the window and asks something. tim gets snippy, steph gets snippy back, and 15 minutes later when they're still at it, kon and cass have run out of interesting things to look at in the gas station mini mart. and yet... they persist...

they stop at a motel one night. tim meets steph at the vending machines when she's coming to get some ice and he's trying to get a zesti (and mad because apparently this far from gotham, they don't carry them?). they don't fight, they just kind of awkwardly nod to each other like sooo... are we good? yeah i guess. ok well you don't have to sound so put out about it. oh don't start this again. but they both freeze when cass opens the door for her and steph's room, crosses the hall, and knocks on tim and kon's door. kon lets her slip inside. she's dressed for bed already. tim and steph both freeze. did tim just get sexiled? fuck. of course steph will let him hang out in her room but this can't be happening. surely not. they're in dismay. and yet... they persist...

meanwhile kon and cass are happily snuggled up together watching season 3 of wendy. when tim doesn't come back they both kinda go "uhhh.... did he and steph... surely not." and decide not to think about it. it's fine.

it's a miserable roadtrip but it's funny as fuck. do you see my vision

[dchuntress]

okay dickroy and heldinah(? idk if that’s the ship name) for the ship asks :3

THANK YOU VIVI FOR THE ASK!!! WE ARE STARTING OFF STRONG HEH

heldinah: i ship it!

what made you ship it?:

i always adored their friendship in the birds of prey comics, but the show justice league: unlimited actually made me revisit them in a romantic angle and — i can see it!

they work and kick ass together often, dinah was one of the first few people helena developed a soft spot for and dinah was also one of the first few people who gave helena a chance. they both put in the effort for each other; dinah is patience with helena and does not expect her to change overnight, while helena is actively working on her issues and tries to come out of her comfort zone to be a better friend to dinah. helena cried when she thought dinah was dying in that one issue of bop, i forgot which one but it was the one involving the the reaper death lady?

another part that really made me love them is when dinah was leaving the birds of prey, and helena missed her so badly that she admitted that she was having dreams about her and dinah being childhood friends in a different world. honestly? they're so emotionally close, i appreciate it - that emotional healthiness is really important for these two i feel.

what are your favorite things about the ship?:

one of my favourite heldinah parts would be is when they were badly mimicking supervillains and heroes for fun, and dinah made helena laugh out loud with her silly impression of batman.

is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?:

well, i guess... i liked their chemistry in the birds of prey movie? despite all the inaccuracies, these two have helped make it pretty enjoyable for me.

dinah (as well as babs) would not have slutshamed helena in that issue of bop 1999. absolutely uncalled for.

dickroy: i don't ship it.

i am not against the ship!

really, i mean that i am very neutral about this ship, i actually spend an hour specifically seeking out dickroy stuff to actually try and understand their appeal. i have seen a couple of dickroy fanart in the past, and i think i just haven't seen anything that could convince me.

this isn't a hate or anti post i promise T_T i just like rambling

why don’t you ship it?:

i haven't seen anything about them — comics, fans, or ideas — that piqued my interest, i do love their friendship and teamwork, though. i also think it doesn't help that i love and adore dick, whereas i'm not that interested in roy, personally.

what would have made you like it?:

i'm not sure, honestly. i was actually very neutral about stephcass and timkon in the beginning, but after gradual exposure to their content on tumblr, i developed a soft spot for them! but again, i like those four characters separately on their own. maybe, to appreciate dickroy better, i'd have to like roy first?

despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?:

yes!

i think they have a very good foundation for a relationship, their friendship is admirable and they seem really nice for each other, i love healthy ships and which is why i love friends to lovers.

dick is good with kids and seems to get along with lian very well, so i appreciate this ship even more.

that one panel of helena in the outsiders saying something like "take care of your boy" to dick, where she's calling roy dick's boy helpppp. iconic. dickroy gives off the "everybody knows they're dating except them themselves" energy tbh which is so neat to me

[the-flying-robins]

steph and/or tim for ask game!

Thank you for the ask!!

How I feel about this character:

Steph: babygirl I want to sweep her away from it all, and I want her to feel welcomed

Tim: little brother. seriously i am dick grayson about tim (i hated him at first though, fanon tim was my introduction and he is the worst)

All the people I ship romantically with this character:

Steph: Stephcass!!! if theyre in character.

Tim: timkon, I also liked ariana!

My non-romantic OTP for this character:

Steph: Steph&Tim!! Also Steph&Dinah the reluctant mentor thing is so fun

Tim: Steph&Tim again! And Dick&Tim: brothers of all time

My unpopular opinion about this character:

Steph: hmm, i like her on the fringes of the batfam more than an actual part, while i would love for her to have gotten that acceptance into the big kids club, i think it wouldve detracted from her as a character

Tim: i think if any batkid needs to get out of gotham for a while again its tim id love to see him teaming up with cass or his team again

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

Steph: oh so much, she deserved so much better. no war games? its important to everyone else going forward but just horrendous for her

Tim: i wish he had stayed out of gotham i said it already but i think once he left for bludhaven him returning was a step backwards

[zeroducks-2]

I just need to get this off my chest for the world to see and I don’t want to get cancelled so I’m sharing it with you:

I ship superbat, timkon and damijon and in my ideal world they all happen in the same universe around the same time because I want the most awkward family dinner in existence. I want them all to be avoiding eye contact, contemplating how worth it would be to just kill themselves right here and now.

Better yet, this terrible family dinner is where both StephCass and JayDick get caught being in secret relationships because Damian caught one pair before dinner in Bruce’s office and gave the most unholy shriek imaginable that it was impossible to hide and the other Bruce catches in hooking up in the bathroom and makes it very, very known to everyone and so this is just a terrible family dinner where everyone wants to die of shame for various reasons

So yeah my dream is just for some of my various ships to be together so I can have the most miserable, psychologically damaging meal imaginable

I think it would be funny

I don´t mean this in an antagonistic way but why would you think this could get you cancelled? A fic with a similar premises (various characters sit together at dinner and the relationships all come up in more or less embarrassing ways) pops up every other week if not more often.

It's a cute and funny premise and I think you should give a try writing it if it's your kinda thing. I suggest you split the conversation in little "pockets" so you don't get overwhelmed, and then you link them together cohesively.

[evilwickedme]

What ships do you like with all the Bats?

All of the bats???? Damn

So starting with Bruce, my fav ship for him is probably batcat. I just think they're cute and she's a great character. But superbat and superwonderbat do have their appeal - again I'll say my main problem with this is I literally cannot picture a Clark who isn't in love with Lois, but polyamory fixes this for the most part in theory. In practice anytime I've read anything superbat either Clark has been gay or clois aren't together for some reason and it always low-key throws me off

As for Dick there aren't many people I don't ship him with it honestly? Certainly I can work with any ship that's even sort of mainstream. So birdflash, dickbabs, dickory, dickroy, etc. As long as it's not incest or Slade Wilson, I could conceivably go for it

For Jason I'm basically strictly JayRoy and joyfire, with the occasional jaytemis thrown in there. Idk I don't vibe with most of his canon love interests

Tim's a canon bicycle honestly but uh timkon obviously, timber, timsteph, timberkon, timpulse, timbartkon, core four as a ship, I can and have vibed with all of them in fic

We've already covered timsteph but obviously I also like stephcass!! Beyond that I honestly don't know enough about Cass or Steph to ship them with anybody else tho. I know Cass has gone on a couple of dates with Kon and that's a no from me but beyond that I have nothing. If they have insane chemistry with other characters please send the relevant panels my way!

Damian's still a bby for real he's 14 but damijon is literally so obvious and it helps that poisonivory has written some really good fic for them

Again I don't know enough about Duke's supporting cast to ship him with anyone, let me know if there's anyone notable

Kate deserves better than dating a cop but I have no opinion on her girlfriends beyond that

Like I said I like dickbabs just fine but dinahbabs seems like a great ship, I've only seen them in the background of backgrounds of fics but I should look into them more

Idk anything about the Rows or the Foxes or Terry

Did I miss any of the Bats? I feel like that was literally everyone but this family is so big

Oh actually, as a bonus: Thomas Wayne/Martha Wayne/Alfred Pennyworth throuple, thank you and good night

[sticky-dylan]

Alrighty, fandom ask game

Favorite fictional characters this year: I mean all the batfamily but especially Nightwing this year, he's just so fun.

Favorite ships this year: I've been really into DickWally and TimKon. I just really love teammates to lovers it's so cute

Favorite TV shows to watch this year: I mean obviously The Penguin and Creature Commandos, but I also really loved Batman Caped Crusader earlier this year, and I've been really enjoying Gotham lately. Also Doctor Who and My Adventures with Superman!!!

Favorite books read this year: I think the best one was Pageboy by Eliot Page, I don't read a lot of memoirs but this one was beautifully written and I poured through it.

Favorite song, album, or artist to listen to this year: My music tastes shift a lot, but I really love I Don't Know How But They Found Me, pretty sure that was my top artist this year.

Favorite movies of the year: I really didn't watch too many movies this year, but Transformers One really blew me out of the water. If you haven't seen it yet, watch it. It's about badass robots who turn into cars and also class solidarity and it's so good

Favorite TV show episodes of the year: The Penguin episode 4. Just a fantastic performance, and it really showed me that this show was something special.

First fandom of the year: I don't really get in and out of fandoms often, but the first big one I joined was Transformers. Love those badass robots.

Best new fandom discovery of the year: Fanfiction. I'd never given it a shot before this year but boy does it rock. Especially Leap of Faith by ErinWantsToWrite!

Biggest fandom disappointment of the year: It's a tie between Chip Zdarsky staying on Batman and the Harley Quinn comic they just announced (look it up at your own risk).

Biggest squee moments of the year: Superman trailer. That movie has so much promise, I truly hope it lives up to the hype.

Favorite main character of the year: Dick Grayson. Nightwing was my introduction to DC but I feel like this year especially I've really grown to understand and relate to him as a character.

Favorite villain of the year: Brainiac from MAWS. Just a really fun villain with some fantastic voice acting and animation.

Favorite m/f ship of the year: Y'know, it's not the ship I personally go for but I really love Clois, especially in MAWS. They're just perfect for each other.

Favorite f/f ship of the year: StephCass for sure.

Favorite m/m ship of the year: DickWally

Your fictional true love of the year: The Twelfth Doctor

Fandom that you never expected to get into: Transformers

Fandom that made an unexpected comeback: N/A

Last fandom of the year: Creature Commandos IG, if that counts

Overall favorite fandoms of the year: Batman

Your main fandoms throughout the year: Batman

The most missed of your old fandoms: N/A

Fandom resolutions for next year: Finish watching BTAS and Superman opening night

Fandom predictions for next year: We see Maps as Robin officially

I tag @artsyriv, @coffeeartificer, and @candy-cryptid!

okay f it i'm doing all the fandom asks bc i never got a single ask SO welcome to my madhouse

Favorite fictional characters this year: TRON, his beautiful son thomas, layla, yuusaku, yuuya, yuuri, and mr vector. lots more but those are the important 1s

Favorite ships this year: ryou marufuji x edo phoenix they are LOVERS and they did it nasty style in that mansion in episode 141 of yugioh gx. it takes a lot for me to be passionate about a ship bc they never interest me but i felt the yaoi spark

Favorite TV shows to watch this year: yugioh 5ds, yugioh zexal, yugioh arcv. i watched vrains and gx too but no comment

Favorite books read this year: i said i didnt but JUST kidding i re-read a bunch of the american girl books and kaya's series was so much more meaningful to me as an adult than they were as a child

Favorite song, album, or artist to listen to this year: i meticulously track all my favourite songs in giant mp3 folders so i'd literally have to go by mood/era but billie eilish birds of a feather changed me. also flight by flight ft. mc kinky and heaven hit the bell mix by clockwork 5 (i had an early 1990s acid house phase most of this year)

Favorite movies of the year: i dont like movies literally the only new one i watched this year was despicable me 4

Favorite TV show episodes of the year: YUGIOH ZEXAL EPISODE 55!!!!!!

First fandom of the year: yugioh 5ds bc it was the first yugioh spinoff i realized was good

Best new fandom discovery of the year: that yugioh spinoffs are good

Biggest fandom disappointment of the year: truthfully not all yugioh spinoffs are good

Biggest squee moments of the year (For ye youths who no longer use such awesome terminology, that means the fandom moments that made your heart cry out in overwhelming joy. Can y’all believe that “squee” didn’t quite stand the test of time??): i didn't read this question my brain blanked out forever

Favorite main character of the year: honestly a toss up between yuuya and yuusaku. pitting two bad berries against each other. i STILL wanna say yuuya is my favourite between the two bc he's so charming and cute... yuusaku does not have """rizz"""

Favorite villain of the year: TRON 💗💖💞💓💕💝💞💖💗💓

Favorite m/f ship of the year: me/tron

Favorite f/f ship of the year: sorry female characters have to be interesting enough for me to want to ship them

Favorite m/m ship of the year: ryouedo.

Your fictional true love of the year: TRON!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fandom that you never expected to get into: any of the yugioh spinoffs but especially zexal bc when i was 16 i distinctly remember thinking fuck that noise. Well look at me now

Fandom that made an unexpected comeback: yugioh bc i was really into it when i was like. 18. then i said no more

Last fandom of the year: yugioh zexal........

Overall favorite fandoms of the year: yugioh zexal

Your main fandoms throughout the year: yugioh zexal

The most missed of your old fandoms: i miss the star trek fandom so bad because i liked all the attention it got me but when twitter fell apart so did my hopes and dreams and my enjoyment of star trek in general. i still love deep space nine obviously i dont think that will ever change

Fandom resolutions for next year: finish watching yugioh sevens and attempt to watch go rush if they ever finish making it. also make my ds9/yugioh zexal fake merch line

Fandom predictions for next year: beautiful yuuya figure announced

i tag @korvakoira @thezoruagirl and whoever else wants to do this. im not very good at remembering tumblr usernames or id try to think of more people

[dinomight]

*batman's dad voice* sharing is caring kids

[ID: two stills from the show Umbrella Academy. The top one shows Viktor looking out of the open car window in shock, with yellow text next to him that reads "cass realizing she's a lesbian bc she has a crush on tim's ex". The bottom still shows Five passing by him in a different car, also looking shocked, with white text next to him that reads "tim realizing he's bi bc he has a crush on cass's ex". /end ID.]

[klariwitch]

just want everyone who reads my writing to know you can 100% send in prompt requests!! i can do stephcass and of course timkon if its a pairing you want :))

[starofthesea37]

I’ve never seen Jim/Bruce before but I’m so up for it. I’m a multishipper at heart!

I think my brain is goin in a slightly different direction with what roles i would give to which characters, but i love both ideas honestly. Like, instead of jason, tim, ives & bernard being the four kids, what if it was the young justice guys? Tim, Kon, Bart & Cassie? And the reason they get involved with Jason going missing is because hes Tims brother and they wanna help find him. And then we can also have TimKon as Byler! I do love Steph as Max tho, I think thats perfect. And obviously Tim and Cass wouldn't date... maybe instead of El/Mike it'd be Kon/Cass? becase I think they were canon at some point... and then TimSteph, but both those guys break up eventually and then StephCass and TimKon happen! Like Byler and Elmax!

Also i was thinking about how it's quite intrinsic to Bruce's character that he's a billionarie, so how would you work that in? Would it be possible for stranger things to be set in a city like Gotham rather than a small town, or would we just have to change how Bruce is to fit the story? I'm curious. Also how did Bruce end up with all the kids in this situation? I mean Cass is obvious, and Damian, but what about the others?

I love the idea of Damian being Erica! theyre both suitably bratty lmao.

Also, who would be Papa? David Cain? Ra's? Maybe Damian could also be of the lab kids. And what would Cass' powers be? The same as El, or different?

I'm thinking Leauge of Assasins = Hawkins Lab? Because that would also make sense with them being the ones that make everyone think that Jason is dead.

Oh and! As Steph is Max, whould Billy be Cluemaster? As Steph doesn't have a bio older brother, and I think Arthur would fit that roll quite well.

Ok that's all for now. I have many more thoughts tho...

Batman Stranger Things AU (not sure if anyone did this before but it just fits so well together!!)

Jason Todd as Will Byers and Tim Drake as Mike Wheeler, them being friends and playing dnd with Ives and occasionally Ariana, his disappearance kick-starting the story.

Bruce is obviously Joyce, almost driven insane by Jason's disappearance while Dick is Jonathan, who eventually teams up with Helena – Tim's sister figure that somehow got dragged into this mess – to figure out what's happening.

Cassandra Cain as Eleven, Tim finding her in the woods and bringing her back to her home and hiding her from his parents (they're siblings your honour)

Stephanie is soo Max, entering the story after a lot of things have already happened and having to brute force her way in the secret, meeting a lot of pushback from Tim at first, and a lot of hostily by Cass but eventually becoming her best friend (the three of them are soo doomed)

It just works, has anyone written about it ?