#in all-star batman duke undergoes his cursed wheel training while living in the manor with his parents
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(Batman & The Signal #3)
The more I read about Duke the more I realise the fandom knows literally nothing about Duke except:
"he's a Robin!" (not really, by any real standards of 'Robin'. He was a leader in We Are Robin, but he's never worked with any Batman under that title)
He's one of Batman's kids! (he was fostered for MAYBE 18 months our time and his parents were also living at the Manor at the same time. He's been with relatives since early 2018: first his cousin Jay and now I believe his mum Elaine since 2022 or so?)
He is a meta with light-based powers (which he does not discover until Dark Nights: Metal and rarely uses on page instead of hitting things with batons)
The other Batkids consider him a sibling! (Uhhh well he has a relationship with Cass, and appeared in several family group scenes while he was fostered, which mostly noted that none of the others knew him as more than 'the new kid'; since he moved out of the Manor he has not done so)
Look, at this point he's an outer Bat family member, on a similar level to Harper Row, Helena Bertinelli, Julia Pennyworth, Luke Fox or maybe at best Stephanie Brown.
Unless you're talking about WFA he's not an inner circle character who is a 'Wayne'.
#batfamily#batfamily meta#duke thomas#duke is the leader of a movement that reclaimed robin from ‘batman’s sidekick’ to ‘gotham kid who takes matter into their own hands’#he only agreed to training under batman under the condition that he won’t be a robin#when dick and jason in 2 separate instances refer to duke as a robin he adamantly tells them that he’s not a robin#duke: please don’t group me in with the rest of you sidekicks thank you very much#as for fostering#bruce gave duke an offer at the end of superheavy in batman (2011) 50#in all-star batman duke undergoes his cursed wheel training while living in the manor with his parents#then in batman & the signal duke is living with his cousin jay as his guardian#in that time duke has never referred to bruce as his dad#which makes sense as his parents are literally living with him the entire time he’s with bruce#also later on duke finds out abt his evil biodad gnomon while his stepdad is still jokerized so he’s got enough daddy issues on his plate#all that’s to say that even tho he’s not a robin or bruce’s kid bruce still treats him really well!#bruce gave him personalized training/a suit/a secret base (!)/recruitment alongside cass to the outsiders#duke wanted to be an independent hero and bruce gave him all the resources he needed in order to succeed#they have great camaraderie and i really like their friendship
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