#jl headcanons

[ballinandcantgetup452]

I'm really fond of Billy Batson being like the 4th or 5th superhero to debut. Like, he pops up RIGHT after the trinity pops up. I think it's a prime chance to see essentially a newly reborn DCU through a child's eyes. Not in like the New Frontier "Wow! Look at all of these guys!" way (not to knock that, it's still great when moments like that do happen). But in the "everybody is green enough that the idea that this grown man is acting like an 11 year old is extremely suspect" kind of way.

Every member of the trinity has generally the same reaction.

Clark is much more of a "this is the only other person who will TALK to me... BUT he's also probably autistic". Where he's cordial and kind to Billy but also keeps his distance. He's a country bumpkin, and as an autistic person who's ALSO a country bumpkin, I can bet that he'd use the signature "be kind at a distance and let him work it out himself" strategy that I most often see used. Not to say that Clark is going to be a jerk about it. He just knows that he's not qualified to help and since he's an adult he can take care of himself.

Bruce ALSO assumes that Billy is autistic. Especially since the first time he even MEETS Captain Marvel is when he's interrupted on a stakeout. I always envisioned a Year 2 Bruce not being cruel to strangers, but also not being nice either. He just kind of ignores him until eventually he calls Captain Marvel over to whatever he's doing and explains what's going on. Bruce is the kindest to Billy, even if it's not as overt as Clark's.

On theme, Diana ALSO assumes that Billy is autistic after meeting him. Of course, she assumes that after somebody explains the concept of autism to her after explaining how something's just off with "that guy". She's not fond of the fact that some asshole is using the power of old gods, but lets it slide because she doesn't know how to confront that and can tell that the conversation and confrontation with him simply isn't worth it. She's a whole lot more proper and Billy finds her nice and all, but a little bit too grown up for his taste.

Billy isn't a founding member or anything, but once he is indicted, each member of the trinity keeps an eye out on him. Batman doesn't find out that Billy is a LITERAL child until he's a couple of years in with Dick. So he just keeps the lie going. It's easier to tell somebody "he's autistic" instead of "he's a 12 year old swapping bodies with an adult deity"

Any other potential headcanons that can come with Billy Batson becoming the 4th or 5th or just a really early superhero?

[nikkiruncks]

Headcanon: Jay gave Leia a promise ring for their one year anniversary on her birthday.

[if-you-like-pina-colada-s]

The Justice League are all incredibly smart, intelligent, and capable people (not to mention sexy i mean who said that 👀). And I feel like I just need more of them asking for each other's help on things. Even for the simple sake of "hmm I can't find the flaw in my process/plan, I need another pair of eyes to see if there's something I keep missing".

I need their conversations to borderline unintelligible sometimes. I need them to know exactly which JL member to call up to fact check something for them. I need them to be constantly info dumping w eachother and teach eachother what they know. Do you see my vision??

[highlordofkrypton]

headcanons // slang (cake)

arthur: who do you think has the most cake? hal: definitely barry both look at orm expectantly orm: orm: ????? orm: there is no cake, where is the cake??? arthur: omg hal: omg don't tell clark u said that orm: you mean the cupped cakes. arthur: ew i don't wanna know what you do with the cake hal: i too cup the cake 😏

bonus round

diana: me, of course. clark: oh 🤭 orm bruce: arthur everyone: ????????????????????????????

[therandomfandomme]

why do i imagine the batfam finally meeting the league and then one of them going 'how the fuck do you have so many kids?' and little shit Jason goes 'well, when two people love each other very much...' and because Bruce doesn't wanna listen to this, he tiredly reminds Jason: 'you're adopted' which naturally means that Jason is going to dramatically pretend that this is the first time he's heard that and how could Bruce keep this from him, much to the horror of the league and the exasperation of Bruce

[onlycleverinmyhead]

Why won't he flirt with them:

Diana: Bruce respects her too much, also she'll punch him in the face.

Hal: will never let it go once it happens

Oliver: will recognise Brucie

Dina: married, also will punch him in the face

MM: idk he can read minds anyway

Billy: literal child

Clark: Bruce cannot deal with the consequences of flirting with Clark

Maybe the real reason Batman is known in the JL for giving single syllable replies or even just grunts is that he trained all his small talk skills for his Brucie persona and now he doesn’t know how to small talk without flirting and he will absolutely not be doing that in front of Diana, Hal, Oliver, Dinah, J’onn, Billy, or Clark, all for very different reasons.

[numberonedukethomasapologist]

(This is so random and I'm going a bit insane at almost 3am😫)

Duke: Tim! Wssp?

Tim: *face half an inch away from his phone* reading.

Duke: reading what?

Tim: 🧍🏻‍♂️

Duke:🧍🏾‍♂️

Tim *mumbles*

Duke: huh?

Tim: *mumbles a bit louder* superbat😔

Duke: omg?? *whips out his phone and opens a recent tab* same?!

*staring at eachother in disbelief for a solid minute*

[Meanwhile in the other room]

Jason: *writing superbat fics*

[frownyalfred]

if you think about it, Bruce is really just a highly trained specialist (Batman, hand to hand, Gotham, detective work) forced to be a generalist (Justice League, threats to Earth, magic, evil gods). of course asking him to help out during an alien invasion is gonna piss him off. like, he’s still going to show up, but he’s going to be thinking about Gotham the whole time.

[jesncin]

Another day at the Daily Planet with Clark and Lois~

This one is for the Crazy Ex Girlfriend enjoyers,,

[ehliena]

I see all the Titans didn't know about the Batman being Batdad AUs, but what if they knew and thought that the Robins were biologically his?

Wally: Dude, why is your last name Grayson and not Wayne?

Dick: Because Bruce isn't my dad?

Wally: Really?!

Dick: You've known me since we were kids!

Wally: I thought it was just a rebellious thing and that he's your biological dad, what with the hair and the eyes and your siblings.

Dick: They're (mostly) not his either. In the biological sense.

Wally: *shock*

[dc-comics-enjoyer]

Clark had had enough. The argument between him and Bruce had escalated beyond what anyone expected, and now, in front of the other Justice League members, Clark had him pinned against a wall at the Watchtower. It happened almost too fast to process. One second they were arguing, and the next, Clark’s arms slammed against the wall on each side of Bruce’s head - kabedon style.

For a second, everything seemed to stop. Bruce stared up at Clark, trying to maintain his signature cold expression, but his heart was pounding. His breath hitched, and he could feel the heat radiating from Clark's body.

Every ounce of training, every technique for staying calm under pressure was kicking in — but for entirely different reasons than usual. Clark’s intensity, the way his blue eyes looked down at him, had Bruce balancing dangerously on the edge of losing control. He could feel his body reacting in ways he couldn’t ignore. God, it almost scared him how turned on he instantly got.

But everyone was watching. He couldn’t afford to lose it here, not now. Bruce swallowed hard, then keeping his voice low, he said, “Clark… You need to back off.”

Clark’s jaw clenched, but slowly, his arm relaxed and he took a step back. The moment passed, but the heat lingered between them.

Bruce had held it together - barely - but it was clear to anyone who knew how to read the situation, that something had shifted between them.

[movingonexceptnot]

JL headcanon where Superman can read minds but he's too polite to use it, his mama raised him right and he would never break into people's privacy like that, except it happens automatically when he's bored or too distracted

Maybe one day he wears a new suit, the meeting gets boring and as he disassociates there is just a flood of voices in his brain telling him how hard it is to focus bc he is too hot and he has to leave the room bc he's blushing so hard

Maybe Bruce says thank you and he was distracted so Clark hears his thoughts and knows he means it so now you have a grown ass alien crying bc Batman is so nice in his head

Bonus: he is working late at the Batcave and since he is sleep deprived he can't really control his mind reading. Jason sits next to him to take a look at something and whatever he is looking at reminds him of the time he died. Superman is shocked but can't say anything so he just stays there, unfortunately for him Damian walks in and goes through the same thing so now he just thinks that all the Robins are zombies

[daemonmage]

This is how I think the Trinity works:

Bruce: *info dumping about dinosaurs*

Clark: *listen cause he’s fascinated by this*

Diana: *not as interested but she supports her friends gods damn it*

Or

Diana and Clark: *using Bruce like a podcast while they do work*

… well that’s an official headcanon now

[chronicwhorebatman]

radical thought: batman knows shazam is a child but makes precisely zero effort to parent him

[therandomfandomme]

My fave habit to headcanon is Dick pulling on the ears of the Batman suit. Like, it's something he started as a kid, when he often landed on Bruce's shoulders, so he could get the man's attention and he just kept doing it. And then I imagine newly recruited Justice League member Nightwing tugging on Batman's cowl ears to get his attention for something and everyone just staring bug eyed at why Batman isn't exploding at the disrespect (bar the few that knew Dick when he was still an excitable kid, those are suddenly hit by the fact that that kid is all grown up now) (not B, though, whenever Dick does it, he just gets hit by a wave of fondness and nostalgia, bc it doesn't matter how much time passes, Dick is still his kid, his baby).

[tojisun]

you think everyone in the squad has contingency plans in case one of them turns out to be a traitor? of course it gets shelved as the years go by, but thinking about how every development in their relationship also bulks up that contingency plan; how each time they uncover each other’s secrets, pasts, aspirations, or even their what-if’s, those plans get updated or revised or renewed until it’s almost near perfect. i dunno but it sounds like something price started until, to shut off the spiralling of ghost’s mind, he shared it to him—“how will you go about defeating us, son?”—and then it became a tradition. they’re not particularly hurt about it because in their line of work, even those you trust—even those whose lips you felt on yours—could turn. betrayal hurts most, after all, when it comes from those you love.