#i wanted to use his robin suit but with him being red robin bc he will always be robin for batman

[idekwthmuistb]

He's so....himb

This was inspired by @heartslogos fic, "There's Blood On Your Hands (And I Want It Back)" I love your fic and the imagery of feeds my brain!!!!

Fic link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/628549

[charlietheepicwriter7]

I'm obsessive over my Constantine Jr Au (which still needs a fic name for, I'm open to suggestions) because

this is a cranky danny. he's spent years fighting with no end in sight, with parents who he can't trust and his only companions never truly understanding what he's going through.

he vapes CBD for the pain he's constantly in. he drank alco/hol once to help him sleep, but his parents smelt it on his breath and, just like with their research, took that to believe EVERYTHING they'd ever suspected about danny to be true: that he drinks, he does dru/gs, he's in a gang. the only thing they've never suspected their son of--being a ghost--is the one thing he actually does.

then, right on the cusp of eighteen and freedom, he gets outed. AND transformed into a seven-year-old.

this is not a danny who is willing to play at being a child. and if anyone tries to, they're in for a foul time.

Danny was 17, transformed into a 7 year old and hides in Bludhaven, and is 8 when the police finally figure out that, hey, this weird kid who keeps altering us to crime scenes is usually right on the money about who the killer is, we should investigate that. Officer Grayson is on the case!

And discovers that he absolutely can't STAND this kid.

He thought he liked kids! Everyone thought he liked kids! but this kid...

This isn't called the Constantine Jr AU because Danny is a supernatural detective, or because Danny might be Constantine's kid. Its because Danny is an unrepentant little bas/tard and he makes it everyone's problem.

Danny vapes and blows bubblegum smoke in Grayson's face.

He takes out a flask and Grayson's grabs it, learning its full of orange juice. Danny then takes out a second flask, this one with vod/ka.

He wears a trenchcoat he found in the trash (the same trenchcoat Nightwing wears in DC vs Vampires, if you know you know) but the end and the sleeves are cut off for his hands and legs. the pockets are roughly around his knees.

Grayson is desperate to figure out more about this kid, but he doesn't go to batman because, time-line wise, this is right before red hood starts running around. Jason is dead/alive-in-hiding, Tim is Robin, and Dick is mad about it. (ages-- Bruce: ? Nightwing: 24 Jason: 19 Tim: 15 Danny: 8 Damien: 7-8)

he doesn't really bond with the kid until they're both kidnapped by a gang for hostages, and Danny's big kid emotions get a hold of him (he thought he could escape them bc he's an adult, he's gone through worse, but nope! child brain chemistry). Grayson is worried that he's hurt and in pain, but Danny confesses that he's always in pain. he has nerve damage all over his body, and the only thing he really trusts is CBD. He feels like shit for taking his juul away, but more importantly, because he's been treating Danny like a irritant and just a little kid.

they get rescued and Grayson tries to take him back to his home, but Danny reveals he's homeless, saying something like "I sleep where it suits me, just drop me off whereever."

Absolutely not, Grayson is taking kid back to his place for a bed, food, and a shower, in whatever order the kid wants.

Danny stays semi-perminantly at his apartment, but Nightwing tries not to push it, because this kid practically screams flight risk. unfortunately, the paparazzi have nothing better to do and snap a pick of Grayson and Danny getting dinner together, speculating that Dick's taken after Bruce

Danny doesn't care too much; I think his ghost form is the same, if glitchy, so his parents don't know about the deaging. Grayson is mildly panicking, but its not like he HASN'T been considering adopting the evil troglodyte. Even Bruce, Tim, and Alfred aren't the problem.

No, the problem is the Red Hood, a crime boss who just cut 8 people's heads off, seeing what looks like Nightwing pulling an innocent kid into the neverending fight against crime and Seeing Green.

Edit: Had to censor sh!t because ths wasn't showing up in the tags

[zahri-melitor]

ok so real of real question, prepare yourself.

which do you prefer, and why—

Tim’s classic robin suit from the 90s to 00s, or the one year later suit.

I’ve noticed that adaptations tend to give the one year later suit to dick or jason, or just copy the color scheme(though technically the red and black colors for robin costumes debuted with the new batman adventures animated series, and while that was technically tim drake—he shared a near exact origin with jason bc they didn’t want to use jason as the second robin in that universe. for obvious reasons. rant over)

I think Tim and the classic red and green go well together.

Ooooh.

You know what? As much as I enjoy the reasoning behind the One Year Later costume (the pain is so tasty), I actually do tend to assign Tim Green when I’m breaking out the Batkids in colour coding. If Jason hadn’t returned I’d be fine with Tim being the Red one, because he had that niche before Jason took it, but well, Jason exists, and DC wants to write him interacting with the rest of the Waynes, so I have to work with that.

Colour palettes:

Dick: Blue

Jason: Red

Tim: Green

Damian: Yellow actually. I would say he’s had more yellow associated costumes in variants than any of the others, plus his classic cape hood set up. Otherwise the leaning into Grey is interesting particularly given his original black and white League bodysuit.

Cass: Black 🖤 But with yellow accents

Babs: GREEEEEN but we can keep Oracle Green a separate tone

Steph: Eggplant

Duke: also primarying Yellow, arguably has a better claim

In terms of costume: I like Tim’s classic look. I can’t go past the fact that since it was introduced it’s become the default ‘Robin’ look that everyone else’s riffs off, including modern Dick and Jason Robin appearances.

It’s not JUST about the pants. But the pants help.

(I love the 90s detail that his pants were 3/4 leggings with the tabi boots coming up to meet them, so when he’s sparring without his boots on he has his lower shins bare. It amuses me every time I see it)

[eldest-sibling-tournament]

Literally... none of that is true lmao. Dick had beef with Bruce and mostly tried to keep Jason out of it, and let Jason know he was there for him if he needed it. They went skiing together. Dick had a complete breakdown after Jason's death.

Where do I even start on the next bit. ALFRED originally gave the Robin mantle to Damian. "Worst year of Tim's life" It was the worst year of DICK'S life. His father of like 15 years died, his city got blown up, his best friend died, etc etc. And he STILL pulled it together and took on the burden of becoming Batman, sacrificed his independence, moved to Gotham to raise Bruce's deeply traumatized son.

Also he NEVER tried to put Tim in Arkham. And god forbid he not listen to Tim who had NO EVIDENCE Bruce was alive, instead of taking care of all back-breaking responsibilities on his shoulders while still grieving

Anyway. Please don't use fanon Tim stan nonsense to slander Dick thank you <3

ask 1 ^

ask 2:

i know it doesnt actually matter but that second-to-last ask abt dick grayson is literally just straight up lies. this person has not read any of the comics they are referencing. they are just quoting incorrect fanon as if its facts. dick had a complicated relationship with jason, yes, but wasn't particularly unkind to him, just distant, and is shown to have regretted that and grieved him hard; i'm not even gonna begin to get into the damian bashing but literally at no point did dick ever try to get tim committed to arkham. he suggested tim get therapy, because their adoptive father was dead (as far as they knew) and tim was convinced he wasn't but had no evidence. this is not an unreasonable thing to suggest to your grieving brother who appears stuck in denial! and he didn't "replace tim with damian and not even tell him". damian literally interrupted the conversation where he was trying to tell tim about it (where his rationale was that damian, a child literally raised in a cult of assassins, needed to be given a role to fill in bc he needed structure while being deprogrammed from being a child soldier, and dick wanted to see tim as his equal, not a subordinate.) tim himself completely reconciled with dick by the end of this comic. that anon was just making up a guy to be mad at, not actually talking about dick grayson 💀

ask 3:

Hi I’m the dick grayson shouldn’t win anon, the people thirst voting one etc etc but saw some propaganda that’s based on bald faces lies and I gotta correct it bc it’s my pet peeve. DICK DID NOT THREATEN TIM WITH ARKHAM. HE SUGGESTED A THERAPIST IN METROPOLIS like okay he fucked up there but he made the best decision he could during the red robin run (which is a dumpster fire) and like it’s been a minute since I read battle for the cowl era but didn’t Alfred give Damian the robin suit. And Jason was literally in dick’s family colours which got taken away from dick by Bruce which he had no right to do so I mean he justifiably didn’t like him. And yeah okay dick did put Jason in Arkham but need I remind you that Jason went on a killing spree as Batman and almost killed tim. And let’s be real him and him are brothers. He didn’t ditch him. That relationship was never fixed in comics bc they reset the universe but at the end of red Robin they were okay. And like you have over 10 years of comics but the important thing is that Arkham was NEVER what dick suggested to Tim holy shit but uh also don’t vote for dick in the next round (vote for him against supernatural guy tho) I just don’t appreciate the slander but I’ll be putting out my anti dick grayson propaganda next thanks

Adding to my other ask, Tim literally sounded like he was losing it. Like I wouldn’t believe him either. In the nightwing comics not too long ago he tried to bring his dad, Steph, and Conner back to life with the Lazarus pit. Tim willingly cut himself and started to use self destructive behaviours (LoA) and like his entire internal monologue supports that and bc grim dark era justifiably fucked him up okay I’m done

ok thank you! glad you're clearing this up

[violetswritingg]

Canary Cry

Robin/Nightwing (Dick Grayson) x OFC!

Description: Her violence was silent. Until it wasn't.

"I'm fine."

"Fine is just another word for drowning."

Rating T-M (mentions of blood, child abuse, mental health, cannon situations of violence and the like. Loss of parents, hard of hearing/deaf character, poorly written fight scenes lol)

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9

Mount Justice

August 8, 09:58 EDT

"Any word on Goldfinch yet Kaldur?" M'gann asked as the team minus Wally made their way down to the beach. The young Martian girl having been checking in daily since they had all figured out that she was in trouble.

"Good question, I've been keeping my feelers out and I haven't gotten any kind of sign that they found her." Robin piped in, his worry clear. Superboy didn't have much to say on the matter and the leader sighed. As today was supposed to be fun, a distraction. But he couldn't blame them for worrying about a teammate. It just meant that they cared.

"No, I have not been informed but I'm sure we would have been told if something bad happened to her. I'm sure she is fine." The older Atlantean shut down the somber discussion topic, only getting slightly worried glances from the two younger teenagers.

~~*~~

The only reason Kate was even allowed out of the house at this point was because she was being chaperoned by Ollie and Batman and Red Tornado. The arrow carrying man and Dinah keeping a close eye on her ever since the stunt she pulled, having only really been back for about a day when Oliver wanted to introduce the team to Artemis. And he wanted Kate there to soften the blow as he was informed from Red Tornado that the team had been asking about the girl.

All day yesterday was filled with a lecture from Dinah and Kate promising to never run away again and apologizing. There may have been a couple of tears, but Kate won't ever talk about that. Dinah has essentially grounded her and given her just a bit stricter house rules about curfew (when not on a mission) and texting her to keep her updated and what not. All incredibly reasonable considering what she did.

Things were by no means back to normal, but they were on their way.

Which is how Oliver managed to pry Kate away from Dinah's hands and whisk her away to Mount Justice. As well as promising that other responsible adults would be there. She could hear the footsteps of the others coming from the hallway and Kate couldn't help but be tense.

Kate wasn't the most honest person; she lied a lot. To the people around her, mostly to herself, but still. She thought it would be fine. But as soon as she saw Robin and M'gann light up at her appearance, the two of them rushing over with Superboy and Kaldur walking at a normal pace behind them, she knew she was in trouble.

"Kate!" M'gann went to give her a hug but pulled back at the last second, an embarrassed smile on her face, Robin bouncing on the balls of his feet as he grinned. Talking a mile a minute in more of a Wally fashion than a Robin one.

"Hey guys." Kate waved and Robin scoffed.

"Hey guys? That's all we get? Where were you? Tornado didn't budge and no one was telling us anything except any info on your whereabouts were on a need-to-know basis-"

"What he means to say is, it's good to see you. And welcome back." Kaldur interrupted Robin with a hand on the younger boy's shoulder. Kate smiled gratefully up at the older boy.

"It's good to be back. Sorry I worried you guys, last-minute top-secret mission with BC." Kate shrugged and felt her stomach pull in guilt. All her teammates just accepted it like Ollie said they would. Believing her even when she was lying straight to their faces, because they trusted her. Even though she has done nothing to deserve it. She had never felt more like a fraud in her suit than now in this moment.

Ollie put a gentle hand on her shoulder and squeezed lightly. The shorter girl looking up at him with a look many in the room hadn't seen from her before.

When Oliver let go of Kate and their moment was over, he cleared his throat, tensing up under the eyes of four very confused or in awe teenagers. "Alright everyone-"

"Recognized, Kid Flash. B-0-3." The computer rang out interrupting the League member.

"The Wallman is here! Let's get this party star..." Wally got a little ahead of himself and tripped as he entered the cave, his arms overloaded with beach supplies. A beach ball flew out from under his arm and bouncing past Batman and Red Tornado. "...ted."

Artemis hadn't really said a word besides polite greetings with Ollie and Kate when they went to go pick her up in Gotham and Zeta Beam here, the girl probably picking up on how tense Kate was around her and deciding not to poke the bear.

But when Wally showed just how... Wally he can be the gloves came off, "Wallman huh? I love the uniform. What exactly are your powers?" Kate had to bite the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing. Seeing someone else make fun of the redheaded speedster will never not be amusing to the blonde. But she'd rather not publicly support Artemis at this moment in time. Considering the voice in the back of her head that is screaming that she is there to replace Kate. Which is unfounded and makes no sense considering she is Ollie's new protégé and not Dinah's, but Kate is incredibly territorial, and her own insecurities will not be stopped from rearing their ugly heads in situations such as this one. So, silence it is.

"Uh who's this?" Wally asked, walking closer, pale skin on display and an unflattering swipe of thick sunscreen on his nose is what made Kate break.

"Have enough sunscreen on Kid?" Kate mocked lightheartedly and Wally's eyes bugged out. Next thing she knew he was a blur and she was being swung in a circle.

"Oh my god I thought you were dead!" Kate couldn't help but laugh, if not only for the sheer shock of her sudden position. It's almost like Wally realized what he was doing a couple second after he did it, which is honestly on brand for him. And he let her go, taking a quick step back, rubbing the back of his neck with a sheepish grin. "It's good to see you Goldie."

Kate let that one slide, just this once. Her eyes narrowed and she just huffed, Wally quietly cheering while Kate just rolled her eyes. Getting back to the original topic though, Wally's eyes landed on the new girl and he asked, "Who are you?" with attitude that made Kate's eyebrows raise.

"Your new teammate. Artemis." Artemis, with bow in hand, tried to come off as in charge, and it worked unless you were looking for the signs she was nervous. Which Kate was.

"Kid Flash. Never heard of you."

"Uh- She's my new protégé." Green arrow came to break the tension, his hand finding Artemis's shoulder, holding the girl at his side. Kate watched with a blank look, and a jaw tick that no one missed.

"New Protégé- What happened to your old one?"

Wally's question was answered by the computer, "Recognized, Speedy. B-0-6."

"Well for starters he doesn't go be speedy anymore." Roy walked through the zeta beam light and Kate's reaction was telling. Her shoulders slumped and her whole body looked stiff, she wouldn't look at the boy. "Call me red Arrow."

He looked like a completely different person, which she had already noticed before when he was in civies but seeing him in a completely new suit stung a little for an unknown reason. Gone was the little hat she spent hours teasing him about, and the robin hood esque design. Swapped out for a black and red suit, simple lines of the contrasting colors adorning the top and pants. He had grown out of the last suit it seemed. It was just one more reminder to Kate that things had changed and she hated it.

"That's original." Kate muttered under her breath, slowly growing nails cutting into her palms as she clenched her fists.

"Roy- you look-" Green Arrow's attempt to speak to his old protégé was shut down by the young adult.

"Replaceable."

"It's not like that. You told me you were going solo." Kate visibly cringed, knowing that's not what Ollie should have said to the boy he essentially raised.

"So why waste time finding a sub? I bet your already looking for one for Goldfinch too huh?" Kate tensed even further, feeling the harsh words slice her soul and feel the burn of his blazing eyes on her from behind his mask.

"Hey, that's too far." Green Arrow warned under his breath, Roy not backing down.

"I bet that's why she bolted huh? Didn't think that one through did ya?" Roy smirked slightly as he whispered, solely trying to get under Oliver's skin, not air out even more of their dirty laundry than they already were. If Roy was right, and he was assuming he was based on Oliver's reaction to his words, the man an open book if you knew what to look for. And Roy did. "Not surprising. Can she even use that bow?" Roy picked even further, voice back at full volume.

"Yes. She can." Artemis stepped forward, cutting off Green Arrow's voice before he could even get a word out.

"Who are you?" Wally thought it was a good time to interject, it was not.

"I'm his niece."

"She's, my niece."

Kate wanted to roll her eyes harder than she ever had at how bad that lie was. But she was part of the cover, so she couldn't. Feeling other's eyes on her to confirm, mainly Wally's Kate gave a stiff nod, crossing her arms over her stomach and sinking into her hip.

"Another niece?" Rob smirked, mimicking how Kate was standing, arms crossing over his chest and leaning into one hip.

"But she is not your replacement. We have always wanted you on the team, and we have no quota on archers." Kaldur stepped forward, arms held open in diplomacy.

"And if we did, you know who'd we pick." Kate wanted to duct tape Wally's mouth shut. The red head more annoying than usual today. Or maybe she was just on edge being back and suddenly having Roy in front of her again after their little chat. Which left where they stood in the dark and peeling open Kate's barely healed wounds from him just up and disappearing on her in the first place.

"Speak for yourself." Kate rebuked, earning wide eyed looks from most of the team. Kaldur and Robin recovering while Artemis sent the girl a small smile. Even though she knew Kate didn't one hundred percent mean it, the outward support was enough for her. It made Artemis feel a bit more secure in her position.

"Whatever Baywatch, I'm here to stay." Artemis grinned wolfishly at the speedster. Roy turning on his heel and taking a couple steps away from the archer trio.

"You came to us for a reason." Kaldur prompted, once again trying calm the high tide.

"Yeah. A reason named Sterling Roquette."

Both Robin and Kate had visible reactions to that name, the Boy Wonder pulling up the holo-computer connected to his glove, "Nano-robotics genius and Claytonics expert at Royal University in-"

"Star City," Kate interrupted, "She's been missing for two weeks. Just vanished out of thin air."

Roy chanced a glance at the blonde girl, turning back to the larger holo-screen he pulled up just as she met his gaze with one of steel. "Abducted two weeks ago," He corrected, the corner of his mouth quirking up for a split second as he felt her burning glare in the back of his head, "By the league of shadows."

Kate glanced at Artemis, the older blonde feeling her eyes on her and meeting the silvery blue with a neutral air. Both breaking away and paying attention to the files around them after a moment.

"You want us to rescue her from the shadows?" Robin awed, stepping forward in excitement. Wally and the Martian girl beside him doing the same. Kate knew that wasn't what was going to happen though knowing Roy he-

"Already did." Roy pointed to one of the floating screens, "One problem though, the shadows had already coerced her into making a weapon Doc calls the Fog." The pictures changed to show the weapon he was talking about, Kate's nose scrunching up at the design. It reminded her of the bed bugs at one of the foster homes she had stayed in, the bites itched for weeks.

"Comprised of millions of microscopic robots. Nano-tech infiltrators that are capable of disintegrating anything in their path. Concrete, steel, flesh, bone. But its true purpose isn't mere destruction. It's theft." Kate found herself nodding to herself, from what she knew of the Shadows that tracked. Dinah and she hadn't crossed any of the League's assassins but Kate knew they liked to use Star City's ports to launder goods through.

"The infiltrators eat and store raw data, from any computer system, and deliver the stolen intel to The Shadows. Providing them access to weapons, strategic defense, cutting edge science and tech."

"Perfect for extortion, manipulation, power broking, yeah... Sounds like the Shadows." Artemis listed, letting out a silent breath at the end of her sentence.

"Like you know anything about the Shadows." Wally scoffed.

"Shut up Carrot top. She's right." Kate rolled her eyes, Wally sputtering and holding out his arms in offense. Getting hit with Artemis's smirk right after and losing it.

"Who are you?!"

He was ignored.

"Roquette's working on a virus to render the fog inert." Roy continued, annoyed at all the interruptions.

"But if the Shadows know she can do that-" Robin started.

"They'll target her," Roy confirmed his line of thinking, "Right now she's off the grid. I stashed her at the local high school's computer lab."

"You left her alone?" Oliver questioned, disappointment weighting heavy on his brows and voice.

"She's safe enough for now." Roy went on the defensive.

"Then let's you and I keep her that way." Oliver proposed, desperate to mend the bridge between them. For himself, and for Kate.

"You and I? Don't you wanna take your new protégé?" Oliver tried to close the gap between him and his ex-protégé but was held back by Batman. Kate wasn't happy though, her insides twisting into pretzels every second Roy stood in front of her. She was so angry, but she had also missed him. She wasn't sure how to move forward, but if he wanted to air the dirty laundry out where everyone could see it then it wasn't just going to be Oliver that was left out to dry.

"It was your decision to leave Roy. To cut ties." Kate ground out, crossing her arms over her stomach loosely and glaring, "We didn't make you, so stop acting like you were forced out or something. Honestly! You are such a-"

Oliver grabbed Kate's arm; the girl's mouth snapping shut as she fumed.

"You brought this to the team. It's their mission, which means it's hers now, too." Oliver let go of Kate when he was sure she wasn't going to attack the red head. Motioning to Artemis as he spoke.

"Then my Jobs done." Roy scoffed, rolling his eyes behind his mask, and walking around the team.

"Recognized; Speedy, B-0-6."

"That's Red Arrow, B-0-6. Update." And just like that Roy was swallowed in the light of the Zeta tube and gone. Kate wanting to scream.

~~*~~

While the rest of the team left the briefing room Kate waited, causing the team to stop when they realized she wasn't with them.

"Finch you coming?" It was M'Gann that asked, the rest of the team stopping all with varying looks of confusion and worry.

"I-"

"Recognized, Black Canary. 1-3."

"Fuck." Kate cursed under her breath, her chin tilting to the ground as her eyes clenched shut. Face heating up in embarrassment at the predicament.

"Goldfinch won't be going." Dinah spoke as she walked across the room, stopping partially in front of the girl, slightly obstructing the team's line of sight.

"I thought she was back though." Robin spoke up, chancing a glance at his mentor, who just gave his protégé a look. Meaning, stay out of it.

"She's not cleared for missions." Dinah cleared her throat, reaching behind her and gripping onto the girl's wrist. Her shoulder's falling slightly from their previous tense position.

"Wait, was she injured again? Are you okay?" Wally asked, standing beside Robin, worry in his tone.

"I'm-" Kate cut herself off, already feeling the glares from the team, Artemis just looking around confused.

"If she is not injured, I would request she join us Black Canary. She is an integral part of the team. We have already felt her absence these last couple of days, if this mission has anything to do with the League of Shadows I believe she will be needed as you have a lot of experience with them in Star City." Kaldur stepped up, fighting in his own way against the adults. Kate positioned herself so she could see the team, eyes stinging behind her mask.

"I hear you Aqualad, but like I said-"

"BC..." Kate gripped the woman's jacket sleeve and tugged, "Please." Kate pleaded quietly, her words not being heard by the team who was too far away, "If you need to chip me like a dog I will let you, just please let me go. I promise I'll come back."

Dinah looked down at the girl and sighed, wanting to hug her tight and never let go but couldn't in front of everyone. It was a tense moment as everyone watched the two blondes. Oliver eventually coming over and whispering into Dinah's ear. Whatever he said making Dinah cave. The woman letting go of Kate and nudging her closer to the team.

"Go, before I change my mind." Kate grinned and mouthed a thank you to the woman before bolting over to the team. The smile on her face erasing the thick air surrounding the teenagers, the team leaving the room.

Dinah took a breath and crossed her arms over her chest, eyes cutting to Oliver when Kate turned the corner. "Are you sure it's reliable?"

"It's reliable." Batman spoke up, Dinah glancing at the man. Her shoulders curving inward as the woman seemed to crumple inwards while dragging her hands through her hair. Taking the holo-screen pad the man in black handed her. The dark circles underneath her eyes dragging them down at the display. A yellow dot moving through marked hallways, blinking every couple of seconds with a soft sound pulse.

~~*~~

[cleromancy]

YEAH LIKE... I DON'T THINK THERES ENOUGH EXPLORATION OF JASON AS SIR NEVER-MET-A-FIRE-HE-COULDNT-THROW-KEROSENE ON. the makes it worse guy!!! bc like Jason CAN be so completely earnest but thats on rarer occasions, most of the time he's an absolute cunt. and he is playing mind games like you wouldn't believe, jason would be winning the chess match even WITHOUT eating the pieces but baby he just does it for the love of the game!!!!

and honestly im really interested in like. the juxtaposition btwn that and jason being a little bit obsessed with tim in the way where. god, post-resurrection jason is SO lonely and SO unwell about it. and like i said originally all these comics are bad to the point where I don't necessarily expect other people to incorporate them into their interpretation of jason so if someone wants to be like "actually i think jason should think tim sucks and be deeply unimpressed with him" ykw thats fair. but i mean. god. okay i mentioned all of these in my original post but im going to actually post panels now to talk about hang on. (atp im less in conversation with the person im reblogging from and more just rambling again lmao, sorry)

but god i do think its SO funny that canon post crisis jason actually thinks pretty highly of tim, the guy he repeatedly wipes the floor with

teen titans:

like. okay so first of all I understand that jason having delved into fucking tim drake lore to find this out was not an active characterization choice, it was bad writing. jason knows this bc the reader knows it. but in-universe this is not like. common knowledge. talias opinion on tim drake begins and ends with "spends too much time on those computers of his." he could access various peoples files on tim but to extrapolate this level of *correct* information from what ppl would feasibly write down or even know in the first place? HES THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A LOT.

AND HE DOESNT BELIEVE ITS POSSIBLE BC HE THINKS ITS JUST SO. VERY. IMPRESSIVE. its so goofy like its sooooo goofy!!!!!

compels me though.

gonna be honest. i just don't think jasons capable of being normal about that. and then he ends the comic being like "well im just going to think about this a regular amount." let me know how that works out for you baby

"hes good" [footage not found]

like...when did you suss that out jay? was it before or after you beat the ever loving crap out of him?

robin:

this is also like. immediately before and after two things im just like heehoo i dont see it. (the first being wanting to use kids as fodder and the second being tim saying jason thinks like a blunt instrument, although the second one honestly i can still work with. tim thinking jasons a moron is funny, honestly, and itd be fun to see a version of robin 177 where tim gets his ass royally kicked for underestimating him after YEARS of mentally rewriting his understanding of jasons robin years so his imagined narrative conveniently supports Jason not being good enough). god honestly this arc was almost as much of a trash fire as bftc. fucking ulysses pulled the red robin suit out of the dumpster jason left it in to go harangue tim, which i had completely forgotten about

anyway

jasons so fucking annoying. god bless.

(side note: i love that "still." like. jason is taking the adoption and name change *exactly* as seriously as it deserves and also zeroing RIGHT in on a weak spot. classic jason.)

bftc:

and tim proceeding to hit jason with the crowbar... this is a good fucking ship. i fucking wish these comics were good

AND I MEAN-- i only read as much into the picture wall in lost days as i do bc i already ship it but like. its there. it sure is fucking there.

anyway what we have here is like. the Jason-Liker's Dilemma, where its like we have to cherry pick through bad comics and massively inconsistent characterization to decide what we'll incorporate into our personal canon and this is really one of those where. even though the actual canon is pretty clear that jason thinks highly of tim and keeps seeking him out im not going to argue with anyone who wants to be like "postcrisis jason hated him actually" bc like. whos to say, maybe the comics youre pretending exist would have actually been good instead of bad.

but to ME these instances took root in my brain and now im just like. jason todd wants to crack tim open like an otter with an oyster jason wants to crawl inside him like a tauntaun jason needs to get RIGHT UP IN THERE and figure out what the fuck his deal is. and i think it is very interesting to contemplate how he would go about doing this if given the opportunity.

this is getting way too long....... im just going to send it. lol

the fact that preboot jason never found out tim took jason red robin costume once he "got fired" (-tim, only in the privacy of his own head)/"graduated" (-dick, well-meaning)/"got thrown out with the other garbage" (-damian, hilarious)/"left" (-tim out loud, ignoring them both)

the way tim (reliable narrator) was like. yeah this costume is already tainted and i have to be willing to do morally gray things to prove bruce is alive. so thats why im wearing it. because its tainted. this is the most logical course of action and also the only reasonable explanation i retroactively landed on for a decision i already made

tim also having no way of knowing what the universe jason GOT THAT COSTUME IN WAS LIKE OR WHAT BRUCE DID FOR JASON IN THAT UNIVERSE

and its like well MY interpretation is that. yeah of course he wants to take on one of the outcast's identities to bring bruce back. and then of course hes going to just hang it up when bruce comes back because hes going to stop feeling like an outcast just as soon as bruce comes back and everything goes back to normal. This definitely doesnt signify a major change in the status quo or his role in the family (he *is* still family they signed the papers and everything, they gave him the name, it wasnt just pity its real hes still family he *is*, he hasn't been cast out, he *hasnt*) or his priorities or-- its temporary. when bruce comes back everything is going to be better and he wont need this suit anymore and hes going to hang it up just as soon as he stops feeling this way and everything is going to be fine.

smash cut to bruce upon his return doling out one (1) hug and immediately fucking off on a globe trotting vanity project and Tim just left staring after him like Oh. okay

(and like bruce was never like. going to be able to magically fix anything even if he *had* any interest in doing so. this was not a reasonable expectation tim had. some of the shit tim is losing his absolute marbles over does not actually even *need* to be "fixed." to be excessively clear.)

anyway i think jason "do you really think youre that good" "so work *with* me" "join me. be my robin" todd deserved the chance to really gleefully dig his fingers into every single one of those sore spots. GO FOR IT JASON. MAKE HIM WORSE

also like. god battle for the cowl was so unserious on every possible level but can you imagine if dick at the time had been like "i still cant figure out how he GOT OUT OF PRISON. he used the jla codes! how did he even get those!" and tim (guy who gave jason the fucking codes in robin 182) was just like

yeah. weird

[fryingpan1234567]

yeah, more of these…

Batboys x reader feat. living together bc I don’t see enough headcanons about that (in some you’re a super and in some you’re not)

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dick Grayson/ Nightwing

We’re imagining a Matt Murdock style Manhattan apartment, with entire walls made of murky glass, limited amount of walls within the place, very nice. It’s in Blüdhaven (:

There are two bedrooms. The two of you live in the smaller one and the master is for superhero stuff

All your tech, suits, files, medical, all that

The ceiling in your room is glass!!

The doggo is a black German Shepherd with a white patch on his chest that looks like the Nightwing symbol, which is the entire reason you got him. His name is Eagle :D

No matter where you work, the two of you take your lunches together every day and get coffee before work if there’s enough time. You picked this place because it’s close to both your jobs, obvi

As far as decor goes, there are a few high-humidity plants, neutral and blue tones, and cool metal

It’s always humid in your place for the plants, but it’s nice

Rainforest vibes, especially when it’s raining

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jason Todd/ Red Hood

So many books

All the books

Everywhere

Y’all’s live out kind of in the middle of nowhere so it’s easier to retreat and lay low when necessary

Bout an hour out of Gotham

That’s Albus Dumbledore, the Great Dane

Alby for short cause she’s actually a girl but Jay wasn’t budging on that name

Kitty is Angelica

Anyways it’s nice and quiet out there, no city noises or being constantly worried about a stray bomb being thrown in a window

Every goddamn cup or container in your house is a mason jar

Plates and bowls are literally just hammered out sheets of scrap metal

It’s an aesthetic tbh

Plenty of succulents

Anyways the library? Massive

The kitchen? Top of the line

Maybe you two live out in the middle of nowhere, but no way in hell do you pass up the opportunity to abuse Bruce’s money to build a kickass house with all your favorite things

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tim Drake/ Red Robin

Tim wanted to stay close to Bruce, as he is still a Robin

So y’all’s are only like a ten minute drive from the manor

Two doggos!! Rapunzel and Rella. They are both trained service dogs for anxiety and PTSD, for you and Tim both. Damian helped Bruce find them for you when the two of you moved in :DD

You have a smaller apartment, but it’s close to the top of the building and you actually get to see the Gotham sun sometimes

Whenever Rella or Rapunzel knows Tim’s been on his computer too long, or you’re hyperfixated on a case, or neither of you have slept in a while, they’ll drag you away from your work for a walk or a nap or food

Da best guard dogs :3

MOVING AWAY FROM THE DOGS

The house has quite the modern vibe going

Bright colors, cool shapes, sensible uses of space

Yes, the loft king bed is a real thing

Although sometimes you guys end up sleeping in the living room with a blanket fort bc your dogs can’t follow you up the ladder

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Damian Wayne/ Robin

First and foremost: Playdough’s rainbow spots are just dye; she’s fine I promise

Dami brought Titus and Alfred, obviously, but sadly Batcow had to stay at the manor. The condo building owners didn’t like the idea of that; a Great Dane is barely allowed as it is

The other cat is Cookie!! She’s nice but you and Dami tell everyone she’s mean so when they get affection they feel all warm inside [:

Keep in mind these guys are the only permanent ones- you foster all kinds of animals, including more dogs and cats, chinchillas, guinea pigs, rabbits, birds, even a bat once

Dami also had to stay close to the manor for Robin purposes. You guys are a few minutes away

There are little weapons and med kits and snacks (human and pet) scattered all over your place

Everything is so dark at your place so bloodstains are less noticable

(Dami tends to stumble through a window at like four in the morning, potentially with stab or gunshot wounds and bleeds all over the place)

If you’re a nurse, the stitching up came easy

If you’re not… you had to learn pretty fast

But hey it’s not all bad you’ve got four emotional support animals and a giant tv to watch Nat Geo on

[bellaramseysgf]

NSFW Headcannons

Warning, under the cut is talk of and descriptive sexual actions 18+ only please <3

Please ignore any errors! I didn’t proofread <3

Sorry if robins is short I struggled to think of hers tbh🤭🫶

Eddie Munson

I’ve stated previously this man’s a switch but definitely more submissive then dominant.

It’s so easy to make him go stupid just the softest of touches or you mumbling something about how you wished his cock was inside you.

Golden retriever energy.

Mommy kink

Loves loves LOVES having his hair pulled

Liked leaving and receiving hickeys.

More of a giver then receiver

Would actual eat you out all day if he could

Loves foreplay actually strives off it especially when he’s more dominant he loves to watch you squirm and whine begging him to hurry up.

Will Kiss you until your lips are red,bruises and raw

Spanking. Preferably spanking you rather then getting spanked himself

Dirty talking king.

Will call you the most disgusting names when he’s dominant.

Sticks to mommy or baby when he’s subby

Getting high with him and making out>>

Definitely would do that candy Tiktok trend where you eat diff candies and then kiss

Will always choose cowgirl. Doesn’t matter. He was you to ride him every chance you get.

Would fuck you on his throne/would let you fuck him on it

Definitely a soft dom and rarely mean.

Daddy kink

Master kink

Definitely the ‘I’ll cover your mouth if you don’t shut the fuck up’ kinda man.

Steamy,desperate,sloppy,needy,fuckinh sinful make out sessions

Shotgunning>>>>

Steve Harrington

Switch, dom leaning.

It’s not that he can’t be submissive he can he just likes to be in control of things especially you.

Definitely has ‘dirty’ pictures of you in his wallet. Specifically ones you took rather then ones he did.

Will absolutely fuck you over the hood of his car and in the backseat

Adores you calling him daddy in or out of sex.

Slight Sir kink sometimes

Receiver more then a giver (it’s Steve cmon y’all)

Absolutely loves when he says he has a bad day and you automatically get on your knees (daddy deserves it)

Says ‘I love you’ a lot during sex.

Doggy style or missionary are his favs

Loves to grip your hips and pull you back on him while he thrusts forwards

You gotta expect to get fucked inside bathrooms at parties

Has Robin help him buy you lingerie (she’ll make jokes abt seeing you in it)

Hair puller. Just loves to hear you squeal

Slapping kink slapping kink slapping kink

breeding kink>>>

Filling you up and then making you cockwarm him to keep it inside you

Definitely refers to himself as daddy during sex

“You gotta be good for daddy” “if you want cum you’re gonna ask daddy first”

Overstimulation almost every fucking time

Manhandles you

Throws you over his shoulder and slaps your ass.

Shower sex>>>

Into kissing more then actually foreplay

Definitely has Masturbated with your underwear.

Likes the feeling of you pulling his hair when he goes down on you.

Loves you scratching his back up during sex.

It makes him go rougher and harder

When he feels subby loves to be called babyboy

Boobs & ass man.

Kisses your forehead after sex and makes sure you shower and drink water

You pull him In by his belt BIG MISTAKE HUGE EVEN

You def give him 6 lil nuggets and you’re happy abt it too

Robin Buckley

Def switch not sure if she leans more towards one way or the other

Loves seeing you on your knees just as much as she loves being on hers.

Def explores you a lot, finds out what makes you tick and uses it

Edging. Her or you she loves it.

Can shut up her rambling at any point by lifting your shirt up.

Would def wear a suit to prom bc she hates being girly

Best kisser. Seriously. The greatest.

Good with her tongue….

Mommy kink or ma’am kink if she’s doming

Loves when you call her Robi or Ro Ro

Definitely the ‘fuck you against a wall’ gf

Hooking up in the back of the video store>>

Giver more then a receiver.

She wants nothing more then to have you sat on her face all day everyday

Fingers you under the table at dinner

Likes trying to give you heart snapped hickeys

If she uses the strap you best believe you won’t be walking tomorrow

Shutting her rambles up by kissing her >>>

Her saying “I love you” anytime you fuck

Hair pulling & puller

Likes seeing you wear her clothes.

She’d make you wear her underwear and smile watching you knowing that no one else does.

Fingering master. Trust me.

Definitely uses sex to get you to do what she wants.

Hickeys on your inner thighs<3

[eddiesbigolepp]

cute swim suit

synopsis: summer meant heat, and while the younger kids spent their time at the pool, the older teens spent their time by lovers lake. much to munson’s pleasure

pairing: eddie munson x henderson!reader

warnings: swearing, suggestive language and behavior, flirty eddie and flirty reader

word count: 1133

a/n: this takes place in like mid july after the whole vecna thing bc eddie is alive, obv 😀

summer.

the most popular season in hawkins. it was like every other season but just ten times more.. more.

more parties, more hang outs, more friends, more plans, more fun, and more heat. especially more heat.

summer meant you spent your days lake side with your friends, and just a little bit worried about your kid brother. but today, he was with his friends, and probably out of your hair until you got home. so you placed your towel down, somewhat close to the shore, where the sun shone the brightest. kicking your sandals off, you drop your bag and sit down.

the dress you wore rippled in the breeze as you lean back on your hands. looking around you notice most of the graduated senior class is piling onto the sand, beach chairs and charcoal grills in hand. there’s a couple of girls who hop out the back of a pickup truck and boys who’s eyes linger way too long on them. there’s already people in the water, splashing around and playing chicken.

this is exactly what summer felt like.

you pulled your dress off and dig through your bag for some sunscreen. once you find it you start to apply it all over. you swear you hear a whistle when you start to put some on your chest, but you try your best to ignore it. once youre done, you lay back hands under your head as a makeshift pillow, finally relaxing.

“henderson,” a familiar voice greets you, taking a seat next to you. you peek over with one eye and you see jeans. black jeans on the hottest day of the week. you recognize it immediately.

“don’t call me that, im not my brother,” you roll your eyes with a smile. “what convinced you to come here? i know it wasn’t being surrounded by these jerks,” you question.

“thought i’d try to make peace, be the bigger person.” he says matter of factly.

“you’re hoping to deal, aren’t you?”

“yep,” he laughs, pulling his knees to his chest, his sneakers digging into the sand.

you chuckle back. bringing you hands down to prop yourself up on your elbows. “the least you could’ve done was wear some shorts,”

“thats not metal, babe.” he smirks, pulling his bag to his side, “but don’t worry, i came prepared.”

“good, because your making me hot,” you shake your head at him and turn to look at the lake in front of you. “this place is much better when its just our friends.”

“yeah yeah, we know you love to watch steve take his shirt off.” he teases.

“no, i watch you take your shirt off, get it right.” you quip, grabbing your sunglasses out of your bag and laying back down. you slide them onto your face and place your hands under your head again.

you don’t miss the way his ears go red, or the way his eye dart around trying to think of something to say. “what convinced you to come?” he asks, “i thought you were over hawkins high,”

“robin called yesterday, said she wanted me to come and that i owe her for using her discount at family video.” you explain, bending your left leg so your foot is flat on the sand.

“bribery, im starting to like her more and more you know..” he chuckles, leaning back on his hands. he looks over at you and your glowing body. he couldn’t help but try and sneak a look at the necklace that laid between the valley of your breasts. or how the strings of your cherry red bikini were pulled so high on your hips. his eyes trailed down your sparkling legs and to your perfectly done toes; painted red to match your suit.

he was hooked. hooked on his “prodigy’s” sister.

“i can feel you staring you know.” you mumble, eyes closed under the sunglasses.

“what? its a cute swim suit,” he says all too quickly.

“did you want to borrow it or something?” you giggle, “id have to wash it first of course, but i dont mind sharing,”

“laugh it up, i know you stare at my ass in these jeans sweetheart.” he smirks and watches your face darken half a shade.

you roll your eyes under your shades and stay quiet for a moment before sitting up. “gotta stay even.” you explain before flipping onto your stomach. you prop yourself up on your elbows again as you search for the sunscreen once more.

“get my back?” you grin, holding the bottle up to him. he freezes for a second, but eventually nods.

he mumbles a quick sure before taking the cream from your hands and squeezing it into his hands. as he readjusts you lay back down, head facing his old seat as you pull your hair to the side.

“ready?” he asks, rubbing his palms together.

“yes,” you answer quickly, “is it cold?” before you finish your question, his hands are on your shoulders, making you wince. he spreads the sunscreen across your upper back. thumbs coming up between your shoulder blades and you sigh happily as he starts to massage it in.

“feel good?” he mumbles, eyes trailing down your spine and to your butt, where your bikini seems to be smaller. you hum in response, nodding your head with a giddy smile.

he lifts his hands, reaching over to get more lotion and you whine, missing the contact. “oh relax, im back you big baby,” he shakes his head, bringing his hands to your middle back and sliding them under the string of your bikini.

he drags them down to the small of your back, massaging your back again, and smirking at the blissed out expression on your face. he brings his hands around your hips and rubs his thumbs into them before lifting his hands away.

he pats the highest point of your butt twice signaling his completion. “all done, doll. and yes i do except tips.” he jokes, making his way back to his ‘seat’.

you frown, looking up at him and the stupid smirk on his face as he looks down at you. “you should do that more often, makes up for the stress of hanging out with you.” you joke back with a cheesy smile.

“someones fiesty after getting a free massage,” he shakes his head at you, feigning disappointment.

“i never said i wouldn’t pay you back.” you retort, reaching around behind your back. you pull at the thin strings of your swim suit and sigh as they fall down the sides of your back. he raises a brow at you and you smirk back up at him.

“what? i didn’t want a tan line.”

“your brother will kill me if he knew the things i’d do to you.”

[op-sys-chaos]

I don’t have anything formal but here’s a good outline of his story, which should tell you a lot about who he is. I’ll leave a TL;DR at the end with personality traits

Tim Drake is a Typical Teenage Boy, for the most part. He has rich parents (most fanon paints them as neglectful at minimum but they’re decent parents in canon. They’re not mentioned a lot iirc but they’re not painted as particularly bad in canon) and lives next door to Bruce Wayne growing up.

When he’s young, his parents take him to see Haley’s circus on the night the Grayson’s die. Tim ends up obsessed enough with Dick that he recognizes one of Dick’s signature moved when Robin performs it, leading him to uncover Batman and Robin’s identities.

After Jason Todd dies, Tim sees Batman basically spiraling and goes to Dick, telling him Batman needs a Robin and that Dick should take the mantle back up. Dick, who is happily doing his own thing, says no. So he goes to Bruce to try to convince him he needs a Robin, no matter who it is. Batman says no, takes off on a mission with Nightwing, and promptly ends up in a lot of trouble. Tim puts on a Robin suit and saves their asses, and Batman says “fine, you have a point, I need a Robin. Want the job?” Which Tim accepts.

For the most part, he’s a good Robin. He’s smart as hell and a good detective (to the point that a known villain, Ra’s, recognizes and respects his detective prowess in one of his post-Robin runs).

But during Tim’s Robin run, he does have a rough go of it. Batman really fucks him up mentally on his 16th birthday (I can give a recap if you want, but B basically pulled a ��trust no one’ simulation scenario on him). Tim nearly quits after that.

There’s also plenty of other incidents of tension between the two. Bruce really doesn’t want to lose another Robin and also he’s not perfect so he makes some subpar decisions and Tim gets pretty mad at him. (Actually even Alfred gets mad at Bruce and quits at one point, which should tell you a lot about how well Bruce was doing.) But for the most part, Tim enjoys being Robin and does well in the role.

Eventually, Damian shows up, and after a lot of stabbing and arguing, the two now more or less share the role of Robin. But when Tim’s out on his own, he goes by Red Robin. He uses the name originally because he was in a bad place and the name had bad connotations already (long story short he stole it from crime lord Jason Todd) so he felt he could be more morally gray while using that name. This led to him traveling around the world, finding proof of something that no one else believed (no one would actually listen to him, they thought it was just the grief talking and wouldn’t hear him out) and then blowing up 90% of the league of assassins.

One of his most iconic lines from the Red Robin (2009) run is “I’m not Batman, I have friends.” as he absolutely clowns on a villain who tried to get him in the classic “you can’t save everyone you love” trap. Tim’s generally a friendly guy, and he makes friends with both heroes and civilians pretty easily.

His main friend group, in most stories, is Kon, Cassie, and Bart. The three of them plus Tim are often called the YJ Core Four by the fandom, though there were other Young Justice team members too. I haven’t read YJ98 personally but I hear they got up to a LOT of wacky hijinks.

He is canonically out as bisexual and dating a high school friend of his, Bernard Dowd. Tim and Bernard met in high school and rekindled their friendship later after some time apart (Tim, despite being 17, no longer attends high school. He’s smart as shit but iirc he dropped out bc he didn’t need high school (and was too busy being vigilante and CEO of WE to do school. Oh yeah, he’s canonically CEO of Bruce’s family company).) Tim has not told Bernard his secret identity, but Bernard is a smart cookie and absolutely knows. He’s politely waiting for Tim to tell him before saying anything, though.

Misc notes: he isn’t as good as Oracle but does know his way around tech stuff, he’s on rocky footing with Damian (they’ve gotten better, they can at least work together now) but is absolutely ride or die for every one of his siblings at the drop of a hat (he goes from yelling at Dick for being an asshole about something to helping him with the spy mission that caused him to be an asshole in less than 24 hours), he is good enough at making friends that he knew popular kids in high school despite being a normal, maybe a bit nerdy kid, his bio parents are currently dead (mom died when he was 15ish, dad died when he was 16-17) but he became Robin at 13, long before they died (his mom never knew but his dad eventually found out. I don’t think his stepmom (who his dad married after Tim’s mom died) ever found out though) so he only became Bruce’s kid after being Robin for years, even if Bruce was basically raising him for a while since Tim’s dad was hospitalized for a while

TL;DR:

Canon Tim:

- smart as shit

- figured out Batman’s secret identity in his own

- spent time as Robin and while he was good at it and enjoyed it, he did have a bit of a rough time since Bruce was in a bad place and not doing his best job at being the Batman to Tim’s Robin

- charismatic; makes friends very easily

- good detective

- willing to be morally gray (follows Batman’s “I wont kill but I’ll absolutely leave terrible people to die” philosophy, I analyzed Tim’s history on it in another post if you want that link) but generally is strictly on the side of good

- bisexual, dating a guy

Fanon Tim, in case you want to add any of this:

- sleep deprived 24/7 and needs coffee to survive, will stay up for days on end working on cases

- parents sucked (sometimes, severity of suckage depends on the fic)

- some fics paint him as the odd one out in the family, or as having low self esteem and thinking he doesn’t deserve to be a part of the family. His siblings haven’t always treated him amazingly in canon but they’re on much better footing nowadays. Some fics lean into the “haven’t treated him amazingly” aspect and use it in the sibling dynamic though

I hope this was helpful! Happy to add more if you need anything specific!

Hey babes, I’m cooking up a new story, but I’m not all too familiar with Tim, so if anyone has a character sheet/anything with a good reference for Tim’s characterization I would much appreciate it!

[river-bottom-nightmare]

Nightwing #80 Review

woot woot i’ve kept it up for three issues lets gooo. i liked this issue more than the last one. there’s a lot of fanon dick characterization peppered in, but not so much that it puts me off entirely. also, i’m getting increasingly concerned about bitewing. but i did like tim in this one, very nice

look at all the blue and purple and pink. honestly at this point, i’m a broken record but come on come on come onnnnnnn. the blue and pink is very pretty though. this cover’s a bit offputting at first, and a bit spiraly, which i’m sure was the intended effect.

this is a genuine concern of mine. dick’s a vigilante, and he doesn’t have the same sprawling network and resources that bruce does. (even if he is a billionaire now, he hasn’t amassed the same collection of crime-fighting equipment that bruce has.) 

i’m not sure if he’ll be able to take care of bitewing. damian’s got plenty of pets, but alfred used to take care of them, and now bruce plus the rest of the batfam is taking care of them. as far as we know, babs only drops by occasionally, and the same goes for dick’s family and friends. will dick be able to give bitewing the love and time and affection that a traumatized puppy like her needs? i really hope so.

she does look adorable in this panel tho.

dick. richard. richie. baby. why are you shirtless.

you have scars upon scars. probably chemical burns. bullet wounds. weird fucking squiggly lines from knives that only psychos with blade fetishes use. no normal person has the body that you do. and you don’t think that showing up shirtless in front of the police is going to raise suspicion? you don’t think that the people accusing you of murder are going to look at someone who looks like they’re a fucking mob enforcer and go hmm that’s a bit suspicious?

put on a SHIRT jesus CHRIST it’s like you’re not even trying to hide your identity.

look at this pompous little princess demanding only the highest quality head pets i’d burn down latvia for her. (no offense latvians it was the first country that popped into my head.)

pretty boy pretty boy pretty boy pretty boy-

no seriously kudos to the artist here. his expression is so human i wanna cry. dick, right now, is sheepishly asking a question. he knows he’s not going to get into any real trouble, he knows that he’ll be able to talk his way out of or somehow maneuver his way off this mess. but he’ll play nice for the police, so he’s asking a friend for a favour, part self-condescendingly and part oh-well-what-can-you-do.

and his expression reflects that. rather than a stoic expressionless face most male comic characters have when asking someone for something (or all the time really), rather than the weird desperate supposedly “seductive” face that most female comic characters plus dick grayson have when asking someone for something (or all the time really), he’s making a face that i pulled like yesterday. or the day before that. it’s kind of silly, kind of casual, very much human. i like it.

thank god. proper (in character) acknowledgement for officer grayson. yea, fuck cops in general, but i like that they included this line.

obviously, he’s not talking about the actual criminals, he’s talking about the police force itself. the bpd was too corrupt, and dick realized that he wasn’t helping. not only does one clean cop not make a dent in an overall dirty force, but dick was putting his allies in danger too. not only that, but it wasn’t good for dick’s mental health either. he was spreading himself too thin, and surrounding himself with some of the worst of crime 24/7 did a number on him. dick’s got a history of self-sacrificing tendencies, and i’m just glad he’s not a cop anymore.

dick has a gotham rogues mug. they make gotham rogue mugs, and dick has one.

what kinda city looks at it’s frankly horrible crime history and long list of certifiably insane serial killers who are all still alive and actively committing war crimes and goes “oooooh yea imma put that on a coffee mug!” gotham, that’s who.

this isn’t important i just like how all of bitewing’s barks are blue

back straight, hand on his hip, cheerful smile on his face as he says he’s being accused for murder. love that for him.

they couldn’t have said “yea it’s complicated” in a better way even if they put the words “yea it’s complicated” right there on the page in bold red letters. literally all the love to the artists.

dick please. you’re KILLING ME what the actual fuck IS THAT???? WHY DO YOU HAVE A MUG OF THAT???

anyway nightwing collects novelty mugs confirmed.

this paneling is so beautiful. 

tim’s the focus, but he’s not the first thing you see. he’s placed in a way that forces the reader to drag their eyes all the way up the page in order to reach him. it us know just how high up tim is carelessly crouching, especially close to the ledge of the building too. i cannot think of a single better way to introduce a character, and this character in particular: you instantly know this is a version of tim with plenty of experience and training, is comfortable in his body and knows his limits, but still hangs onto that civilian awe of being in a high place and overlooking a brightly lit city.

absolute classic robin. i love it. 

this isn’t even that important but it made me happy. this is how you train surf.

you don’t crouch or bend over when you get to a tunnel, which is oddly enough what most people think (at least from my experience). you bend backward. that not only 100% ensures that you’ll make sure you’re low enough to make it through the tunnel (because you can see the top of the tunnel, unlike when you crouch or bend), but it also makes it easier to get up: all you have to do is push up with your arms into a bent stance, and you’ll be in a ready, moving position. from a bend or a crouch, getting up is more awkward and more slow.

on a meta level, i like that this creative team knows what they’re doing when it comes to the small, almost unimportant stuff like that, because it makes the action more real. (as real as you can get with a guy running around stealing hearts.)

on a in-universe level, it once again drives home both dick and tim’s experience and professional level skill.

regardless of who you side with in the “should tim drake be robin again?” debate, you gotta admit that tim’s rebirth robin suit is r a d as fuck. if i’m not mistaken, this is the same one he was wearing in 2019 young justice for a little bit? it’s cute and hella cool i like it.

remember what i said about human expressions? doesn’t happen as often to tim bc he’s a Child, but it’s still nice to note when someone humanizes him, too. (that’s why i love the duckboy panel so much lol.)

me, at first: that’s not a “good call” dick that’s just common sense

me, now: sprinkled throughout the entire comic we can see dick bending to tim’s instructions if only briefly, joking with him to keep the mood light while still maintaining a serious mood and retaining control over this particular outing. this implies that dick’s doing it intentionally, purposefully leaving places in his sentences blank and offering affirmations, in order to encourage tim and train him in things bruce might not necessarily touch on, such as social chameleoning and misdirection techniques and love/affirmation from a family member. dick is not only a loving and supportive big brother, but he never stops training his younger brother in better vigilante tecnhiques because he wants tim to be better than him. in this essay i will-

d o g g o

also bitewing is getting so many head pats today i’m living for it

look at him, standing on a telephone wire with ease. nice flex, dick.

also look at how he’s silhouetted. the moon’s full bright, bright enough that the sky around dick is light, too. (at least. i’m like 99% sure that’s the moon.) not like most batman comics, where it’s sometimes hard to distinguish bruce from the background, which is entirely on purpose.

gotham is a dark gritty city, and so is bruce. the two of them are one. bludhaven may be a bit of a mess, but it’s being portrayed in all these different shades of blue and purple and pink, that are all light enough that dick stands out from the background. he hasn’t been swallowed up by the city, and chances are that he won’t ever be. also, the colouring helps establish bludhaven as a city too. there’s still hope for it. the light colouring means that it’s not going to sink into a pit as deep as the one bruce wove gotham into. the whole point of this nightwing arc in particular is to turn bludhaven into a better place, and it’s (most likely) letting us know early on that dick is going to accomplish that. he’ll struggle, but he’ll do it.

so dick??? dick designed his escrima sticks with a situation like this in mind? he created his signature and most iconic weapon (other than his chatty mouth), with a built in feature that turns his escrima sticks into tim’s signature and most iconic weapon???? just so that if he and tim ever got into a situation where tim didn’t have his staff, dick could make sure tim had the thing that would give him an edge over anyone he was fighting??? he’s such a big brother oh my goddd.

also tim’s smirk in this is just *chef kiss.* a staff is something he can work with, a staff is something he wields like an extension of his arm, a staff is means that someone’s about to get their ass kicked because tim’s about to beat the shit outta them.

this is my new phone background.

they really made sure we remembered that hey, those first few months when bruce was grieving too much to be any sort of a mentor to tim and was still unwilling to properly train him to be robin out of fear that he would end up like jason, dick was the one who stepped up (once he got over himself and his own fears and hangups with bruce) and trained tim to be robin, trained him how to fight and flip and fuckin fly out there, all while changing his own style a bit to be the more experienced one in the partnership while still trusting said partner to hold their own, so dick and tim have a very unique and cohesive fighting style that makes it hell for anyone who fights them together, didn’t they?

[brightjimini]

Nite in shining armor

Jason Todd x fem!meta!reader

This is part of my Metanite one-shots Y/N has the ability to bend metal and is a anti-hero/criminal

Warnings: mentions of killing

Word count: 1.2K

A/N: I hope yall like this. This is part of @redhoodssweetheart​ writing challenge! Thank you!  Scenarios: Enemies to lovers and a masquerade ball. 

Anyway I am going to bed bcs I am tired. Let me know what yall thought please. I will be writing more Metanite oneshots!  

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Classical music was playing through the entire ballroom. Women in beautiful ball gowns, men in suits with different accessories. The scene looked straight out of a disney movie. But some of them weren't there to find the love of their life or just drink their thoughts away. No they wanted a certain man dead. How did I find out? Not important. The bad thing is is that I found out about it fifteen minutes ago. 

My plan of stealing a pretty necklace of one of the attendees went out of the window as soon as I heard the name Jason Todd and hitlist in one sentence. See I've known him as Red Hood even as Robin for years. Except for the ones he was dead and I went on the hunt for Joker. 

We’ve always had this dynamic. It was fun and exciting, but neither of us were maybe ever going to admit that. We fought, chased each other, had long and deep conversations or silence and sometimes killed the people that wanted to hurt the other person. Healthy right? 

Anyways, the ballgown in my favourite shade of red was flowing around my legs as I looked for the annoying, tall and broad man with a white streak in his dark hair. A few men had tried to talk to me but I was not intersted in them. The masquerade was organised by Bruce Wayne for whatever reason. People danced around with their partners. The only rule was that if a man was asked by a woman for a dance they couldn't refuse. 

I hadn't asked anyone yet, mainly because my reason for being here didn't require me talking to the opposite gender. I pushed past a few more people when I finally saw him. He had just finished dancing with a woman in a white dress with a matching mask. His back was turned towards me but I just knew he was irritated. 

As I went to take a step when a woman on the other side of the room caught my eye or rather the shiny thing she had around her neck. My hands were itching and my mind was racing.. He could be alone for a minute right?

But then I saw someone else. The woman had a determined look on her face and was also looking around the room. Her hand went to the side of her gown- Her eyes landed on Jason and then I saw it. The determination turned into a murderous smile. A predator looking for its prey. 

All my focus was now on Todd as if he could feel the womans eyes on him his head turned to her. She walked towards him. I strode across the expensive marble floors. Without saying anything to him I cut the path of the woman off, grabbed his arm and put it around my waist. 

I let out a faked nervous laugh towards the woman who looked like she also wanted me dead. “Sorry, he promised me a dance.” I said kindly. Her expression switched and she tried to smile back flirtatiously to Jason. I could feel that his arm around my waist was tense. 

“Safe one for me.” She said to him, ignoring me.

I lead Jason a little bit more towards the middle of the dance floor. Surprisingly he followed me without complaining. He even went along by putting his other hand around my waist. Resting both of his hands on my lower back.

Surprisingly when I met his eyes he wasn't bothered or confused. Instead I was met with a cocky smile and his eyes gleaming under the red mask. I bit back a groan, the look of the woman that wanted to kill him in my head.

 I ignored the funny feeling in my stomach and leaned closer to him to whisper in his ear. What I didn't expect was him pressing me closer to his chest and grabbing my hand to actually dance with me. He took the lead and I followed him in his steps. 

“Red looks good on you.” he said. His voice was rough while he said it softly in my ear. I shivered. Not expecting his comment. I wanted to forget why I was here and prolong this moment, but I couldn't. 

“They want you dead.” I said. 

Jason chuckled. I could feel his chest shake a little. 

“Many do, love.” 

And that is the moment I rolled my eyes. “No, I mean right here, tonight. One of my sources found a list with their next victims and you are number one and not as Red Hood.” 

I leaned back a little with my neck so that I could see his face. He was scanning the faces of the people around us. He gave a tiny nod. “Okay and whats your plan? Are you gonna be my knight in shining armor?” God.. this man. The hint towards my alias wasn't lost on me. But two could play this game, like many times before. 

“Yes actually I do.” I didnt have one a few minutes ago, but I did right now. I stood still and he followed. A nagging feeling went through my body but I ignored it. The outside world blurring.

I ignored the beating of my heart and without thinking pressed my lips against his. For a second he froze. After that moment he leaned closer. His hand now holding the side of my face. 

Before one of us could deepen the kiss I leaned back. I was back on earth when I sensed metal. I cant explain how but I knew it was a gun by the type and mixture of the metal and it wasn't the one under Jason's jacket. I heard someone scream and a shot at the same time. I pushed Jason out of the way. 

Lifting my hand I stopped the bullet I had felt release out of the gun mid air. People moved back, gasping. Some hurrying towards the exit. 

Word had been out that I had these powers. But they didn't really know what I looked like. I mean they still didn't know because of my mask still, I was here now between the most influential people from Gotham revealing them. The woman from before stood there, her gun still lifted in the air. 

I could see the shock in her eyes. Shocked whispers and murmurs went through the crowd. It was time for me to go. I did not sense any other metal weapons, only Jasons. Meaning he could handle himself. I clenched my outstretched hand into a fist. The gun in the woman's hand formed slowly into a ball. She quickly let it go and it fell to the ground with a clank.

Bodyguards moved towards the both of us. Time for me to go. Again I lifted myself in the air bending the metal in the soles of my heels. In a few seconds I was gone. 

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[tadpole-san]

okay, its time for me to break down the season three trailer for titans

leading on bruce "using fear to control everyone" - we see parallels to jonathan crane on that one right away, and we know that he will be one of the Big Bads going in to the season, and I’m guessing the guy who’s calling Bruce a psychopath using fear is (ironically) Jonathan crane himself. Dick goes to him for messed up therapy it looks like????

interestingly enough, this also is a call back to Under the Red Hood - "You wanna rule them by fear, but what do you do with the ones who aren't afraid? I'm doing what you won't, I'm taking them out." Sound familiar?

Seems this isn't the only Under the Red Hood reference we'll be getting. In this shot of Jason that we see of him approaching the crime lords of Gotham, this also parallels with a scene of him doing the exact same thing as in Under the Red Hood. It's starting to look like the Red Hood storyline will be more or less the comic and movie getting live-action adapted

JOKER BEATING JASON TO DEATH CONFIRMED?

Okay hear me out i know this seemed like it would obviously happen, but there were a lot of realistic reasons that it seemed like titans would shy away from this approach - for all that it has established itself as a very adult show, the nuances of displaying such a thing so graphicly (I use that term loosely, because this is still a very vague silhouette, albeit with very clear sound effects) especially when it is involving a character who is supposed to be a teenager on the younger side is VERY tricky and if you watched the trailer, the sound of it alone is very harrowing

Looks like Tim is going to be sort of taking on some of Duke’s backstory, maybe we’ll even see the We Are Robin campaign as it is established I believe that they adjusted his story to make him like a kid from the narrows because for some reason we csnt have a black kid who comes from a rich Gotham family (but that’s a rant for another day)

Bruce is also stepping down from the Batman mantle it looks like? So here’s hoping we follow comics canon and Tim pulls him back from that

Hot take though: we probably won’t see Tim as Robin until next season unless Titans does a strange timeskip (which it also looks like they’ll do). My guesses are either a timeskip between episode one or two, or a timeskip in episode one form the get go after about a quarter of it is spent establishing Gotham’s regression when Jason dies. Logistically, I want to say that at least half a year or even a full year (or more) would pass before he becomes the red hood? So the question is how long the Titans will be in Gotham before that

Dick is set to take the Batman mantle??? Which I’m kinda bummed out about because we barely got Nightwing last season and it would be nicer to see him get comfortable in that persona, rather than have him grapple with the cowl and the idea of being Batman. We saw that enough in the season two flashback episodes

Hawk and dove on their same BS again. Not much to say there

Kory???? ARE YOU OKAY????? Because by the looks of it the fear toxin got our queen kind of good, or it could be Blackfire’s influence on her??? Disappointingly, not much was revealed for the blackfire storyline even though she’s legitimately a bigger threat than the Red Hood

ALSO the “red hood is a biblical brother” like could be a reference to how he and scarecrow teamed up in Arkham Knight (if I’m not mistaken), so there’s a chance that rather than actually “dying”, Jason is just presumed dead bc theyre taking things in a more Arkham Knight direction (I hope they don’t, that was even more brutal than his OG death in the comics)

Or “biblical brother” could be crane talking about Jason’s relationship to dick, who he seems to know somewhat personally. With the red hood vs Nightwing snippet we got, it could be a cain vs Abel situation, and this further implies that crane knows their secret IDs

RAVEN WHITE SUIT!!! Very nostalgic for those Teen Titans watchers back in the day, and it looks like it’s some sort of Amazonian armor too? Like in teen Titans, this could be a signifier that she’s coming to terms with her powers and who she is as her father’s daughter

We didn’t get much Gar content, but by the looks of it our boy is once again saddled with the responsibility when all the adults go to play. With the timeskip it’s likely we won’t see his recovery form the aftermath of Cadmus :/ but at least I hope we get his reaction to Jason’s death? Because they were really tight next season and that’s a friendship that should be explored more

Speaking of teen Titans looks - kory’s eyes glowing full green in the trailer? About time we got over her powers being blocked

No scenes of Kory and dick yet in the trailer, which is atrocious. A lot of dick and babe, and I can’t be the only comic book reader that’s sick of the dick and Kory and Babs love triangle. Let him be with Kory. PLEASE.

Interestingly enough, no rose in the trailer. Not sure if she’s confirmed to be in the season, but fingers crossed that the toxic romance from last season is put on hold

Overall the season looks really strong, but I’m still going in skeptical that they’ll sideline a lot of POC characters - kory, blackfire, gar, Tim - but it’s shaping up to be one of the best seasons so far for Titans. There’s definitely a lot more to unpack that I might do in a part two or a later post!

[aj-artjunkyard]

Same-Age-Robin AU but in the Teen Titans series universe bc I really like the idea of their version of Robin (Dick) being a big brother

The brother’s ages vary slightly, Dick being 16 almost 17 and Jason being a few months into 16, Tim is 15 and Damian is 14

There’s just an episode where they meet up and they keep switching costumes to confuse the Titans bc they’re all pretty much the same build. Damian does not bother to participate bc it’s childish, and definitely not because he’s obviously the shortest

Since they’re all called Robin, they try to have unique nicknames to not confuse the other Titans further. They start as colours (Dick=blue, Damian=Green) but Jason and Tim are fighting over red. The codenames devolve into more and more obscure and specific insults that only the robins understand. It doesn’t help with the Titan’s confusion at all.

I also like to think that at some point, Damian snuck to Jump City and tried to battle Slade. He gets captured and Slade uses him to bait Dick. Dick frees him and they fight their way out together. Dick asks what on earth Damian was thinking and he replies that Slade is obviously Dick‘s main adversary, and that defeating him might mark the end of Dick’s stay in Jump. He might come back home. Cue bonding moment where Dick finally promises to text more and visit on occasion.

The Robins all being in the same age range implies that they all trained together at some point, and there’s kind of a hierarchy of the Robin mantle. When Dick leaves for Jump City, Jason immediately takes over as Robin in Gotham. Dick comes back and wants his job back? He gets it.

Then Jason has a fight with Batman and storms off to live with Dick in Jump City for a while. Tim takes over in Gotham and Damian is getting impatient.

Jason however, never goes to Titans Tower and neither he nor Batman calls Dick to say he’s arriving. Instead of living with Dick, Jason steals the Red X suit and messes with his brother and his team in disguise.

Back in Gotham, Damian has declared himself more worthy of being Robin, and without Dick hold them back, Tim and Damian fight more than they ever have, thus gaining the infamous rivalry between the two. Bruce is losing his mind.

Alfred uses his privileges as the only respectable remember of the Batfam to call all the Robins to Gotham, but his phone call to Dick is overheard by the Titans who they insist that they go with him. Dick would usually outright say no, but right now he’d love nothing more than to peeve off the Bat by bringing in outsiders, and also having his friends around might stop him from being driven insane (he’s wrong)

Bruce asks Dick where Jason is, obviously Dick hasn’t seen him. There’s an all out panic moment of “but if you don’t have him… and I don’t have him… WHERES JASON”

Feel free to add on

[violetswritingg]

Canary Cry

Robin/Nightwing (Dick Grayson) x OFC!

Description: Her violence was silent. Until it wasn't.

"I'm fine."

"Fine is just another word for drowning."

Rating T-M (mentions of blood, child abuse, mental health, cannon situations of violence and the like. Loss of parents, hard of hearing/deaf character, poorly written fight scenes lol)

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7

LITCHFIELD COUNTY

August 3, 20:08 EDT

The team hid behind some bushes, beside the clearing where the android was being loaded up into trucks with Justice League supervision. Kate, in the same kind of get up as the rest of the team. Pants, black with yellow stripes down the leg, and a full version of her suit jacket zipped up to her throat. 

Kate's motorcycle being comprised of gold, black, and deep brown tones like her costume, looking almost identical to Robin's bright red one in body shape. Twisting up her hair, she shoved her helmet onto her head. Her golden wings insignia glittering on the back.

Flipping down the visor she followed Robin and Superboy once the trucks took off. Laser focused on driving since she hadn't had a lot of experience in this field. Usually riding on the back of Canary's bike with her during patrol.

"If dislike is the opposite of like..." Kate knew where the Boy Wonder was going with this and let out a quiet groan. More than annoyed with the boy's tendency to dismantle the English language.

"Not this again bird boy." Robin only smirked at her. Kate would have rolled her eyes, but she was scared she would crash.

"...Is disaster the opposite of aster?" Robin finished his question, "See, instead of things going wrong, they go right!" Superboy didn't respond, and Kate only spared him a second before her eyes and concentration were back on the road. "Uh, clearly, you're not feeling the aster. What's wrong?"

"Canary, I mean what business does she have teaching combat skills to a guy with super strength?" Superboy vented. Kate's eyes narrowed, the girl having to fight the urge to ram into him and knock him off the road, knowing it would hurt her more than it would him.

The blonde sent the clone a scathing look, "I'm sorry, did your ego get a little bruise? You have super hearing too asshole, don't make me use it against you." Kate snapped, before she sped up to get away from him, riding up on the side of the truck. Ignoring Robin's calls over the comms in her helmet.

"Taking down stronger guys is part of the gig. Canary learned that the hard way, so did Goldfinch, Batman, and well... me." Superboy didn't want to hear the wise words, speeding up like the blonde and getting closer to the back of the truck. Robin only sighed and switched over to a private channel between just him and Goldfinch.

"He didn't mean that. He's just embarrassed about training."

"Well, he said it, sounded like he meant it. He wants to badmouth BC? Fine. Just tell him that if he does it in front of me ever again, it'll be the last thing he ever does, super strength or not." Kate spit, her voice turning from enraged to dark at the end as she threatened the clone. Knowing damn well he can hear her. Comm or not.

Suddenly loud, tinny laughter filled the air as-

"Are those... monkeys?" Kate asked a little creeped out, and in complete shock. This was supposed to be an easy, quiet mission. Get the goods from point A to point B, like good little post-carriers.

So much for that.

"Robin, Goldfinch, Superboy, our truck is under attack!" Aqualad's urgent voice came over the comms.

"Kind of figured." Robin answered sassily.

"You have got to be kidding me." Kate huffed as more robotic monkeys piled onto their truck.

"I hate monkey's." Superboy growled.

"Good, you can hate on them instead of people who are only trying to help you." Kate vocally jabbed the clone, hitting the auto-pilot button on her cycle, lifting up her helmet visor, and slowly climbing onto the seat as the truck swerved.

"Haha! Robot monkeys! Totally Ivo's tweaked style!" Robin laughed. Kate felt her heart pound in her chest, excusing it as the adrenaline and slight fear of jumping from a moving vehicle onto another one. One that was swerving closer and closer to her. She had seen Dinah do it, that was enough... right?

She timed it to where the truck was within an arm's length, before using every muscle she had in her legs to propel herself onto the side of the truck. Kicking a monkey off as she pulled herself up using just her arms, grunting softly, making a mental note to work on her upper body strength more.

Monkey's swarmed her as soon as she got up. A short scream pushed past her lips, blasting the robots into the sky and ripping them apart. Pulling out her batons she fell back on her training, destroying robot monkey's one by one. 

"Are you two gonna just watch or are you gonna actually help?!" Kate twisted down into a tuck roll, the truck swerving and making her almost lose her balance. The monkey that was on her crashing into another one coming at her from behind.

Not pausing for a second as she leaped at another robot, smashing its head against the roof of the truck, turning to see Superboy join her. Tossing one of her batons at the Monkey's swarming him, the magnets in her gloves calling it back like a boomerang and taking out another monkey on its journey back to her hand.

She felt a heat spread over her back and ducked, turning and letting out a scream. Taking out three monkeys' in front of her as Superboy was lifted into the air by a hoard of the robots and dropped back onto the road behind the fast moving truck.

Her balance was compromised as heat spread out over her back and stung, the lasers finally breaking through the armored fabric of her motorcycle jacket. Another monkey on her side shot at her and clipped her side as she desperately twisted. Heat blooming across her skin as she fell off the roof and barely hung onto the side. Monkeys climbing over her before she could attack and pulling her from the truck, she fought hard.

The cold metallic claws turning into warm, rough, human hands pulling her into a back alley.

She released a scream, but with no targets above her it didn't do anything but hurt her throat. The monkeys threw her like they did Superboy, the girl landing hard on her feet, Kate clumsily rolling to reduce the impact shock on her ankles and knees. She had too much momentum behind her though, her body tumbling along the asphalt like a marionette doll.

"Goldfinch!" Robin called, not getting a response. Superboy once again joined him on the roof of the truck just before the monkey's blew out the tires. Robin barely got the driver to safety before the truck flipped and the robots were taking off into the sky with their cargo.

Robin helped the driver to the road, looking for the golden wings insignia and yellow gold accents on the asphalt. Superboy lifting the truck off of him with a yell and rubbed his burned eyes. Leaping after the laughing monkey's in his unbridled rage.

~~*~~

"Superboy!" Robin called looking in the direction the clone had taken off.

"Aqualad to Robin, we lost our cargo, did you-" Robin set the driver down onto the empty street.

"It's gone, so is Superboy, Goldfinch got thrown." The boy wonder informed before going to help his teammate. Running across the street and almost sliding down next to her, grabbing her shoulder and rolling her partially onto his legs. A hole in the back of her jacket smoking, showing a sliver of burned skin. Taking off her helmet he cautiously brought her head into his lap, "Finch, wake up."

"Aqualad to Superboy, radio your position we'll help you."

"I don't need help!"

"Superboy?"

"I think he ditched his com." Robin said, not taking his eyes from the girl, her eyes fluttering, "Come on Kate, you need to wake up." Robin tried shaking her gently, getting some kind of response and letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding. Seeing her eyes slowly open and hazily look around. "Welcome back, thought I lost you for a second there."

"Super! Now we can't even track him! And GF is-" KF complained, getting cut off by an out of it, but awake, Kate.

"Fine." She winced, pushing out of Robin's arms slowly, sitting up and holding her pounding head in her hands.

"He's out of my telepathic range, this professor Ivo, if he is alive, seems to be two steps ahead of us. M-maybe we should contact Red Tornado?" Miss M asked as Kate, with a hovering Robin, shakily got up to her feet and shed her bike jacket painfully, exposing her suit top underneath. Robin's eyes widening at the site of blood and mildly burnt skin on her back.

"Take it easy." Robin scolded, Kate pushing him away when he tried to wrap one of her arms around his shoulders.

"I can walk." Robin scanned her up and down, only finding mild outer signs of injury. But she had been knocked unconscious after being thrown from a moving truck, there was no way she didn't have a mild concussion at least.

Robin frowned but nodded, knowing how stubborn she could be and not having the time to argue.

"Tornado always tells us to handle things ourselves, and the mission can still succeed if we recover the parts before they're reassembled." Aqualad said, his voice crackling over the comms in Robin and Kate's ears as the Boy Wonder watched the blonde jerkily move around the crash site. 

Robin hovered when she crouched down and poked one of the still intact, but non-operational monkeys.

"Oh, that's a great plan, expect for the part about us not knowing where to look!" KF yelled.

Grunting at the effort it took her to stand up, she kicked the monkey she had been inspecting. Robin getting an idea as the robot rolled to his feet.

"You're a genius!" Kate looked at him weird as he hit his comm, "Maybe we do," Robin kneeled down to the monkey and connected a USB cable to the robot from his glove. "We'd have heard by now if the decoy trucks were hit, so how did these monkey's know exactly which trucks to target." Robin multitasked as he spoke, hacking the monkey. "Hah! The parts have GPS!" Robin cheered, giving the blonde a large, triumphant smile.

"Makes sense. Sort of like putting a tracking chip in your dog." Kate breathed, leaning back gingerly against the truck, careful of her burns.

"Exactly. The monkeys can track the signal! Which means I can track them with the one Goldfinch and I captured." The blonde pushed off the truck to lean over Robin's shoulder to watch the dots on the map, red and green, move.

"Both sets of parts are converging on... Oh no." Kate cursed.

"Gotham city." Robin said in shock, his one bright smile now twisted into a frown.

"That far south? M'gann and I won't get there anytime soon, I'm sending Kid on ahead to meet you. Aqualad out." Kate stood up straight, with difficulty, and Robin followed. Holding the monkey over his shoulder.

Kate went to call her bike when Robin stopped her. "You're riding with me, your body is still in shock, but when it wears off you are not going to be in any condition to be driving a motorcycle." He called his bike.

"You had to jump before it crashed. By that logic neither of us are in any condition to be driving a motorcycle." Kate fought back, calling her bike and throwing a leg over.

"Definitely a disaster." Robin sighed.

"Heavy on the dis," Kate grumbled, feeling the look the Boy Wonder gave her. "I still don't condone you butchering the English language. I said that merely for emphasis."

"Sure, whatever you say. Come on."

~~*~~

"Have you ever been to Gotham?" Robin asked as they passed a sign indicating the dark city's limits.

"No."

"Really?"

"Before I met Canary, I had never been outside of Star city limits." Kate admitted, shrugging her shoulders as she kept a steady grip on the throttle of her bike. Their surroundings flying past them.

"You should come by on one of our off days, I'll give you a tour of all the best spots." Robin enthusiastically offered, having to take a second to process that it sounded like he just asked the blonde out on a date.

"I don't know, I'm a pretty busy person. Places to go, people to punch, books to read." Kate laughed jokingly to hide her unease.

"Right, right yeah-"

Kate and Robin were both saved from the awkwardness by none other than Kid Flash, the speedster running up between them decked out in his suit.

"So, you changed too."

"You kidding? I feel naked in civies." KF shuddered while running, how? Kate had no clue. If it were her? She probably would have fallen on her face, "You still tracking the parts?"

"They were heading through Gotham, but they veered- wait dude, they're at my school!"

Kate checked the screen on her own bike between her hands and almost laughed, "Gotham Academy? Seriously?" It was one of the schools Oliver and Dinah had talked about sending her to when the new year started up. "Well, looks like we're going to be rivals Rob!" Kate chuckled, the Boy Wonder doing a double take.

"You go to Starlight?!"

"Well, I will, it's a new thing." Kate brushed off his surprise.

"I'm sorry, what are you two talking about?" KF asked, confused.

"Starlight Prep, it's basically the Star city version of Gotham Academy. Green Arrow went there, says the schools have this massive rivalry. It's kind of hilarious." Kate smirked, a breath filled chuckle leaving her lips. Almost forgetting the stinging sensation in her back from the air whipping against her fresh burns.

~~*~~

They had made it to the school just in time for KF to swoop in and save Superboy from the now reassembled robot.

"This should be fun..."

Robin threw explosive discs but they passed right through the android, "Martian Manhunter." The deep, echoy voice of the elf-wannabe spoke.

"Access: Red Tornado." The android lifted from the ground, his legs surrounded by a red vortex, and came at the teens. The wind knocking them off their feet and sending Kate into Robin as they bounced along the gymnasium floor. Superboy landing right above them on the bleachers and KF getting thrown in the other direction.

"Access: Captain Atom." Kate watched as the speedster ran away from the nuclear blast, narrowing her eyes and getting to her feet. "Access Black Canary." The android unleashed a sonic scream at the red-head and Kate felt her anger pulse.

Superboy ran at the machine, only to get intercepted and tossed back right where he started. Kate planted her feet and screamed at the android, knocking it back into the bleachers behind it.

"Access: Captain Atom." Kate's eyes widened as she pushed Robin out of the way before leaping out of the way herself. The Boy Wonder got back up quickly, throwing more discs at the android, "Access: Martian Manhunter." The thing's arms extended and lashed out at the explosives and at the three teens across the gym.

Upon getting to her feet, the android locked onto Kate, "Black Canary."

"That's not yours to use!" Her anger coming to a head Kate let a scream loose just as the android did. Yelping when she was thrown back into a wall as a result from the clash. Glaring darkly at the android when it got back up.

KF came racing at the android, arm reeled back to punch the copy-cat. Only to have his fist be caught. The android wrapping his arms around the speedster painfully as it began to crush the speedster, "Access: Superman."

Kate couldn't do anything but listen as KF yelled in pain, knowing her scream wouldn't just knock over the android, it would mess with Kid's hearing.

"What have you done?!"

Not an option.

"Martian Manhunter." An arrow, correction a green arrow, came flying at the android. Forcing it to let go of KF to save itself. The arrow passing through the machine and landing at Kate's feet.

She had seen enough of Oliver's arrows to know that it wasn't one of his. And Speedy used red fletches, not green. The blonde narrowed her eyes at the offending arrow.

"Access: Black Canary." Turning her attention back to the major threat, Kate huffed at its use of her and her mentors powers. Planting her feet and taking a breath, then Superboy ran at the thing and she had to hold off. "Access: Superman."

The android threw Superboy into the bleachers across the gym. Kate quick to let the thing have it when she was in the clear. The android flew back, landing on its feet this time, the floorboards breaking under the force it was using to stay upright, it's fingers digging into the once pristine glossy wood and creating trails of destruction. Kate let out another scream as Robin threw his birdarangs at the android.

"Superman." Kate's voice cut out when she saw the red glow behind the android's eyes. She didn't see Kid Flash zoom over and save the Boy Wonder, only the explosion and the crater where the boy once was.

"Robin!"

"Access: Black Canary." Kate was blown back into the wall, her shoulder and back in searing pain. Her head ringing from the impact against the concrete.

Unintelligible yelling pierced the thick ringing in her ears, stars swimming in her vision as she pushed herself to her feet slowly, turning down her hearing aids. "GF, hey, you good?" The blonde could barely hear the voice of whoever was talking to her but at least the ringing had stopped. That's all she cared about.

"I'm fine." It was like a reflex.

"Yeah, I don't think so. But you have to be right now I'm afraid. We have a plan..."

~~*~~

"Anyone wanna play keep away?!" Robin asked, running up behind the professor being lifted by two of his monkey's. Kicking him out of their metallic grip and across the gym, KF running up and grabbing Ivo.

"Me, Me!"

"Sounds like fun!" Kate smirked; her voice louder than it needed to be.

"Access: Superman." The android stomped down and the force rattled the floor boards and sent KF flying, Kate screaming at the ground close to Ivo and sending him sliding across the floor like a hockey puck on ice. Robin threw more birdarangs at the machine.

"Access: Martian Manhunter." The android said, just like it always did, to have the explosives go right through it. Next up was Superboy, who put his fist through the androids head just as it was becoming solid again, it's head sparked for a second before exploding. Throwing the clone off his feet and making Kate's already ringing ears, ring louder in protest.

When the thing fell over, the girl sat on the ground, leaning back against a section of non-messed up bleachers.

"Help me disassemble him, now!" Robin rushed to the machine in the middle of the gym.

"Dude, the guy has no head." KF scoffed, gingerly holding his side.

"Don't take any chances!" Aqualad said, running into the gym with Miss Martian flying behind him. Kate reached around her head, hissing when her finger pressed down on a soft spot, pulling back and looking at the red that coated her fingers and cursing softly.

"Superboy! Are you alright?" Miss M asked in worry.

"I'm alright, feeling the aster." The clone shared a small smile with the Boy Wonder, who was just beginning to take apart the android.

"Hey, where's Ivo?" KF noticed the missing professor and Kate internally groaned.

"Goldfinch, are you alright?" Aqualad asked, approaching his team member and friend.

Kate had to resort to reading his lips, which was a challenge with the pounding in her head. But got what he was asking, taking a breath to answer but was interrupted by Wally, Aqualad's head turning to look at the speedster. Kate's eyes following suit.

"She was hit by a sonic scream, the only thing she's going to be hearing for a while is ringing." Aqualad only sighed and reached out a hand to help the blonde up, his eyes going wide when she reached up with red-coated fingers.

"She's also bleeding." Aqualad gently steadied the blonde.

"What?!" Robin snapped, looking over his shoulder distressed. Goldfinch saw his face and huffed, knowing they were talking about her.

"I'm-"

"Fine." The whole team chorused, all varying degrees of annoyed, frustrated, or worried.

~~*~~

MOUNT JUSTICE

August 4, 01:08 EDT

"A low-grade concussion, possible hearing damage or complete loss – we won't know until we do more testing. Plus, second degree burns on your back, that you left untreated, and a strained shoulder." Dinah forced herself to stay calm as she listed the damage to Kate in the Cave's med bay, it wasn't working.

"Could be worse..." The blonde tried, her hands moving slowly as she signed.

"Could be-" Dinah looked at her protégé like she was crazy. "You're lucky it isn't." Before she could go into a rant about head trauma and concussions Kate just gave her a look. A dull, empty look that shut up the older blonde.

"It could be worse." There were so many hidden meanings in the teens words and it made Dinah's head spin. Relenting with a sigh and nodding in agreement, handing the teen a sling for her sore shoulder.

"Turn around," She made the teen face away from her, placing a medical device from the bedside table over the burns on her back and pressing a button on a round plastic piece on the corner of the fabric-like piece of equipment. The film over the burns started to glow, and a strange tingling sensation made Kate squirm slightly.

"What is it?" Kate asked verbally, over pronouncing the words slowly. She could barely hear herself. 

"A gift from Ray Palmer." Dinah signed in the reflection of the mirror across from them. A quiet ding went off and the glowing stopped, Dinah removed the device and exposed what used to be fresh burns but now looked like they were years old scars. Dinah giving Kate an oversized hoodie in exchange for her suit top.

"Thanks." The teen spoke, zipping up the warm jacket and putting on the sling.

"Let's go home." Kate nodded with a tired smile and Dinah led her out of the med bay with an arm placed gently over her shoulders.

~~*~~

A/N: New suit alert!

[ectonurites]

I really love Tim as Robin though, is it bad I’m not very eager for him to get a new name? 😩 DC can have more than one Robin at a time! Heck, they can even have more than one Robin title at a time! Marvel has a good bunch of characters that share aliases! Marvel even has two characters who go by Spider-Man and they both have their own books, even set in the same universe and everything!

I wouldn’t say it’s bad, I mean everyone’s allowed to have their preferences!

But like, my take on the whole situation: the problem is that there just isn’t much of a precedent for role sharing like that with the Robin title specifically, especially because Damian becoming Robin and ‘taking’ the mantle (using that phrasing very loosely bc it was given to him by Dick but talking from Tim’s perspective here) was what caused Tim to become Red Robin in the first place. Robin as a mantle has existed for such a long time (since 1940) and with the 5 (Dick, Jason, Tim, Steph, Damian) main continuity Robins we’ve had, this Tim and Damian situation in the last few months is the first time they’re doing two at once without like weird time travel/multiverse shenanigans. I feel like even with other situations where there end up being multiple people with a mantle, it hasn’t been after this many instances of it being something passed between people first, ya know? 

And I agree there are some situations where characters sharing a role has worked, but honestly DC specifically has not had many good instances of it aside from like Green Lanterns which is structurally different since they’re more of an organization. It feels like one character with a role almost always gets way more of the spotlight and the other falls behind/gets treated badly, look at Wally the last few years with all the HiC shit, or Conner now being shoved off to the Suicide Squad. I just don’t really trust DC to handle it well because they have not shown me that they can.

The other main thing that bothers me is the fact that being Robin again is a step backwards for Tim. It’s a role he already grew out of, having him back in this permanently/longterm is literally like going ‘hey you got to grow up for a little while but now you have to go back where you started :)’ its like how equally frustrating it is to see Steph be back as Spoiler these last several years when she had gotten to grow out of that role before the reboot, it’s sending a character back to square one, keeping them stagnant. 

If DC had a super solid direction with Tim being Robin again that’d be one thing but like... They initially put him back in it for the Young Justice relaunch which made sense they were putting the characters back in the roles/costumes they had had back for the original YJ for a nostalgia/callback thing, but they clearly had plans for Tim to grow into a new role during that with the whole Drake thing. They only put him back in the Robin suit after that because everyone fucking hated the Drake costume and identity. If Drake hadn’t been so stupidly done and thus poorly received, I feel like he almost certainly would not be back in Robin right now. It feels very much so like they intended to grow him out of it but they just fucked up with it so bad they had to undo it and have been floundering with him ever since. 

I want to make it clear that I do love Tim as Robin, but I loved him as Robin back during the era of his Robin solo. Him being Robin again right now feels like they just have no clue what to do with him because the plans they had got such negative reaction so they had to backtrack. I want him to get a new direction so that it feels like he actually has a direction as a character again, and I think a new hero title for him that lets him grow is gonna be the best way to do that.