#joker 2 was trying to do too many things and not succeeding at any of them tbh

[soupspkmncorner]

actually abysmal when you like the first movie in a series and the second movie is intolerable. i just saw joker 2 it was really not good to me

[maychorian]

Hey, thanks so much for the summary! Maybe you could explain the relationships between the characters a tiny bit? (who likes whom how much, who doesn't get along, brother/father/best friend figures?) and i don't have any idea how the age relations are... And are there any comics out there that wouldn't take ages to read and could give me a feeling of the story? (1/2 )

(really, thank you so much for doing this, i really really really appreciate it, i was curious for a long time, but there are so many stories, it’s kinda too scary to start reading them all) (2/2)

Well, to start with the easiest question, ages in comics are efffed to the nines, my dude. Tim Drake has been 17 for like fifteen years. That’s only a slight exaggeration. No one knows how old Bruce is. He’s basically immortal at this point.

For the sake of YOFA, Bruce is in his like late thirties or early forties, probably. Dick is 25 or 26, Jason is 19 or 20, Steph is 18 or 19 (she’s a freshman in college), Tim is 17 but going to turn 18 soon finally, and Damian is 11. No one knows how old Cass is either, because her bio father is horrible and did not share with her things like birthdays, but physically at least she seems to be about Steph or Jason’s age.

To sum up 80 years of complex character dynamics: Bruce took Dick as his “ward” after DIck’s parents were killed when he was a pre-teen, and they became Batman and Robin and got along famously for years. They had some fights when Dick was a young adult, but they get along now. Some of the fights they had were about Bruce taking on Jason as Robin, replacing Dick, so Dick and Jason didn’t get along very well at first, but Dick had been trying harder before Jason died. Jason, as far as I know, probably looked up to Dick, and he had some minor fights with Bruce before he passed, but also loved him a lot.

After Jason died, Bruce fell into a deep depression. He and Dick were still fighting. Tim, brilliant boy that he is, had figured out that Bruce was Batman and that he needed help. He tried to get Dick to come back and be Robin again, but Dick didn’t want to, so Tim became the new Robin. No matter what fanon may tell you, Dick and Bruce were both FIERCELY protective of Tim during this period and took wonderful care of him. They formed a great little three-person family unit. That period is still my favorite in the comics.

Then Jason came back from the dead, and he was pissed. Part of it was because he’d been put through the Lazarus Pit to heal him, and the Lazarus Pit makes you crazy. He was incensed that Bruce hadn’t killed the Joker to avenge him, and also that he’d been replaced by Tim. He tried to kill Tim but didn’t succeed, but he did succeed in killing a whole bunch of criminals, therefore breaking the Batman code and putting him on the outs with the family. He was a straight-up villain for quite a while.

In canon… Hard to tell. Sometimes he’s still a villain, sometimes he’s more like an anti-hero. It’s incredibly inconsistent. For the sake of YOFA, he settled down after the Pit madness passed and basically made peace with the Batfam. He still believes that some criminals need to die, but he’s trying not to do that in Gotham to keep Batman off his back. I’ll be covering that more in future chapters.

Then after things with Jason sort of settled, Damian appeared on the scene. He is Bruce’s only biological son, conceived with Talia al Ghul, who may or may not be unredeemably evil and may or may not have abused Damian since birth, depending on what canon you choose to believe. Damian was ALSO pissed about the existence of Tim, believing that he was supposed to be both Bruce and Batman’s heir. He also tried to kill Tim but didn’t quite succeed, then disappeared for a while.

Then Bruce died, to all appearances. He was actually lost in the timestream, but only Tim figured that out. Damian returned, and Dick had to be Batman because Bruce was gone, so Dick decided to make Damian his Robin to try to keep a leash on him and give him someting unambiguously good to do to counteract all the evil he’d done. But Dick did this without consulting Tim, which hurt Tim a great deal. 

Tim got Bruce back from the timestream, with the help of the JLA, and also had a few other adventures, including confronting Ra’s al Ghul, one of the most evil and twisted of Batman’s enemies, in a very clever and dangerous way.  In the meantime, Damian had decided that he liked being a good guy and rejected Talia, who rejected him right back. 

When YOFA takes place, it’s been about six months since Bruce came back, give or take. Bruce loves his kids, but is not always successful at relating with them. Definitely the worst relationship is with Jason, but Tim also hasn’t been around much either because of his efforts to avoid Damian.

Dick loves his little brothers, all three of them, but his closest relationship is probably with Damian because of how they worked together. He never repaired his relationship with Tim after wounding him so badly by taking away Robin. He and Jason haven’t really had much interaction since Jason avoids them all as much as he can outside of random team-ups.

Jason is not sure what he feels about his family, really. He still resents Bruce for not avenging him. He doesn’t like Dick because he sees him as the favorite, overshadowing him. He hated Tim for replacing him but doesn’t anymore (and things change very suddenly there at the beginning of the story). He really hasn’t had a lot of interaction with Damian. The only Batfam member he unambiguously loves is Alfred.

Tim felt abandoned and discarded by basically everyone at the start of YOFA. Two of his brothers had tried to kill him and had made no effort to apologize or show remorse. Dick had rejected him and hadn’t tried to make up for that, either. Bruce was back, but had kept Damian as Robin and hadn’t really tried to reach out to him and bring him back home. As far as Tim could tell, he was on his own and he was going to stay that way.

Damian at the start of YOFA felt like he was doing pretty well. He was Robin, his dad was paying a lot of attention to him, he and Dick were good. He didn’t interact with Jason much. And he had succeeded in driving away his hated rival, Tim, so he wasn’t a concern anymore.

That took me like twenty minutes to write, so I’ll try to make a post of important arcs to read for Batfam dynamics later.

[kc-meets-dc]

My Major Predictions For Season 3 At The Moment:

So, over the last few weeks as we’ve been getting more and more information regarding season three of Young Justice, the theory part of my brain has been going into overdrive. However, I haven’t really been sharing many of the theories I’ve come up with, so I thought I might as well do that now that we’re officially T-minus four days until the season’s premiere. If you have any unique or interesting theories of your own regarding Young Justice Outsiders and feel like sharing them, or if you would like to discuss the ones I have listed here, feel free to drop an ask in my box or even private message me! I’d love to hear from you all! And now, without further ado, here is a list of my major predictions for what Young Justice Outsiders may hold for us based on what we know now...

tl;dr: M’gann paralyzes Barbara, La’gaan will sacrifice himself, Wally returns but it may be a trap, Black Lightning’s daughters will also be a major part of the season, and certain characters will be LGBT (But which ones???). See below for specifics

1. M’gann paralyzes Barbara

I’ll start us off with my newest and perhaps darkest theory: Joker is not the one who will paralyze Barbara and turn her into Oracle. Instead, it will be M’gann who does that. I am going to state the biggest part of this theory that I want to get across right away: M’gann does not INTENTIONALLY paralyze Barbara. Rather, what I believe will happen is, in the new comic issues that will be releasing January 2nd and 3rd, Psimon will have set up a trap for M’gann, as evidenced by the cover and preview panels we’ve been shown. The question is: what kind of trap is it? Well, for that we need to look back on what M’gann’s main story arc has been throughout the series: how she uses her psychic powers to both unintentionally and intentionally hurt people in big ways. It started in Failsafe with her accidentally hijacking the psychic training simulation, then continued on throughout season two with how she abused her powers to get information and also fried Kaldur’s brain, and I believe it will come to its culmination here with her using powers to.for the first time do physical harm to people.

The way I believe Psimon will trick M’gann into crippling Barbara is simple: we know that Psimon has been one of the people hurt by M’gann before when she put him in a coma in “Image,” and in that same episode Psimon used his own psychic powers to project images into M’gann’s mind that showed her greatest fears. Psimon likely expects M’gann to try and put him in a coma again, so this time he psychically projects an image of himself onto one of M’gann’s teammates hoping to torture her by having her put one of her own friends in a coma. However, as shown in season two, M’gann already feels guilty about abusing her psychic powers in such a way after what she did to Kaldur. So, what if she doesn’t want to fry Psimon’s brain again? What if she doesn’t want to hurt him psychically this time, but instead hurt him physically? So, when Psimon projects an image of himself onto Barbara, M’gann uses her telekinetic powers to try and snap him in two, thereby paralyzing Barbara in the process. This will more than effectively set the, as before mentioned by the show’s writers, much darker tone for the season right from the start, and, by having her hurt one of her best friends in a much worse and also much more irreversible way than she has previously done, it will also set M’gann up to take on the much colder personality that she supposedly will have if the rumors on Reddit are true, as she will probably want to distance herself from the people she loves after hurting one of them so badly.

2. La’gaan will sacrifice himself

Okay, first of all, I want to state that this is a theory, not a hope. I have actual, legitimate reasons for believing this will happen. And, furthermore, just because La’gaan sacrifices himself in some way does not necessarily mean he will die. In the comics, La’gaan was actually put in a coma at one point after a fight with the children of Trigon. Granted, in another version of the comics, he actually did get murdered by somebody after being interned in a psychiatric hospital. Hopefully, the writers of the show will be taking the coma route and not the psychological trauma followed by grisly death route.

My reasons for believing La’gaan will sacrifice himself in some way come from something that I definitely recommend you all watch: Young Justice Enhanced. In one of the episodes, Greg Weisman, Greg Berlanti, and the voice of Blue Beelte provide commentary on the episode “Happy New Year,” and in said commentary, Weisman and Berlanti mention how they made the character of La’gaan “intentionally jerky and unlikeable.” Why would they do this? Well, why does any good writer make an intentionally unlikeable character? To redeem them, of course. I believe that, with Kaldur becoming the new Aquaman, La’gaan will now become the new Aqualad with the goal of succeeding Kaldur as Aquaman next. Of course, this would likely put a very strong desire to live up to what Kaldur was like as Aqualad in La’gaan’s mind. Kaldur has some pretty big shoes to fill in the sidekick department. I mean, he was the first leader of The Team, he went on a deep cover mission into The Light in season two, it’s all very impressive and hard to live up to. So, when there is a moment that makes it so that not every member of The Team will make it out alive, La’gaan will likely be the first person in line ready to sacrifice himself so that everyone else gets out because it’s what Aqualad would do. Not only would this redeem La’gaan’s jerky personality big time, it might also unfortunately be the only way the writers will be able to get everyone who isn’t already a fan of La’gaan to start to actually like him.

3. Wally returns, but it may be a trap

Now, obviously Wally’s going to return sometime this season. The aftermath of his death has already been stated to be a major part of the plot this season, and he actually did come back to life already in the comics in the DC Rebirth storyline, proving and providing a way it can be done. Now, why might this be a trap, you may ask? I refer you, of course, to perhaps the most prevalent storyline of season one: The Mole Hunt.

There are three possible ways I can see the writers bringing Wally back since it’s been confirmed that the Speed Force is not a part of their universe: either he’ll be resurrected thanks to the powers of the New Gods, The Light will offer a way to resurrect him in exchange for a favor down the road, or they’ll just do what’s already worked for them in the past and create one of their classic Clone Heroes a la Red Arrow. That final plan has already worked for The Light in the past, and, honestly, why fix what ain’t broke? Certain members of The Team would be way too overcome with joy that their friend is back to question it too much, and it would provide The Light with the perfect opportunity to put another inside man on The Team and even possibly in the Justice League. Only this time they won’t make the same mistakes they did with their previous mole, i.e. they’ll make sure he stays under their control even after fulfilling all of his programming. I’m desperately hoping that the way the writers revive Wally will be through the New Gods and not through The Light, but there’s a much bigger chance that Wally’s resurrection will result in major pain for both The Team and by extension all of us.

4. Black Lightning’s daughters will also be a major part of the season

According to the Reddit rumors, Black Lightning is supposed to be the main focus of this season. This is evidenced by the clip of the first few minutes of “Princes All” where Black Lightning accidentally kills a young girl who was a victim of The Light’s metahuman trafficking operations. I believe that this girl’s death is hard on Black Lightning specifically, not just because he’s the one who killed her, but also because he has two girls just like her waiting for him back home.

Now, the way Black Lightning’s daughters will take their roles in the story is yet to be determined. Maybe they want to become superheroes just like their father but he’s too scared they’ll end up just like that girl on Rann, maybe they become victims of The Light’s metahuman trafficking operations too, they might even just serve to show how Black Lightning’s home life makes his superhero life that much more hard on himself. Regardless, I guarantee that they’ll play a major role this season, and I just want to mention that I am once again back on the thought train that says Black Lightning’s eldest daughter, Anissa, will serve as Traci 13′s love interest this season. Now, while we’re on the topic of LGBT relationships in the series, let’s move on to my final theory mentioned above that’s not really so much a theory as it is already confirmed truth...

5. Certain characters will be LGBT (But which ones???)

This is one of the very few things Greg Weisman is willing to confirm for us that we are definitely getting this season: actual LGBT rep. However, he is not being so forthcoming on who exactly will be a part of said rep. I present the following top 10 list of possible characters in descending order of likelihood that they are in fact LGBT (Note: The first five people on this list are in no particular order as they are already LGBT in the comics and, in Queen Bee’s case, on the show)

Batwoman

Wonder Woman

Traci 13

Kaldur

Queen Bee

Bart

Jaime

Raquel

M’gann

Conner

I have reasons for believing all of these characters are LGBT, but I won’t go into them for right now as this post is already long enough as it is. That concludes all of my major theories for what Young Justice Outsiders holds for us. As stated above, please feel free to message me with your own thoughts and theories, and, as always, stay whelmed, feel the aster, get traught, and have yourselves a very happy New Year!

[thesixthh0ekage]

fic previews

here are some of the things I have in progress-- y’all tell me what you’re feelin.

1. mile high club (t’challa x reader)

The sound of your feet pounding against the linoleum flooring is deafening but you can’t deny the odd sense of euphoria that’s been building since you tripped the alarm.

What had started as a quiet Wednesday afternoon with Tony down in the labs at the compound had then turned into a surprise visit from your boyfriend-- T’Challa Udaku, King of Wakanda and the Black Panther himself. However you would soon find out that this wasn’t a personal visit. The King had received intel from one of his many spies abroad regarding the whereabouts of one of Klaue’s former associates, and a small quantity of vibranium that had found its way into one of New York City’s swanky, high-rise offices. He’d stopped by the avengers compound with the hope of enlisting a certain spider’s help infiltrating the building, only to find out she was away on personal leave for the next few days.

T’Challa was prepared to scrap that plan and try sneaking in without any sort of distraction… that is until Okoye brilliantly suggested that you be the distraction instead. You’d jumped at the opportunity, though convincing T’Challa to let you help was another task in itself.

He wanted you safe, above all things, and he knew that allowing you to accompany him on this mission was certainly not conducive to such wishes. Not to mention the fact that he’d never hear the end of it if anything happened to you because of this-- you were Mr. Stark and Colonel Rhodes’ favorite-- read, only-- goddaughter, after all, never mind the fact that you’d never done anything of the sort in your life.

He had made that point to you-- several times in fact-- though in the end he was outnumbered. Your enthusiasm coupled with not only Okoye, but Shuri and Ayo’s insistence as well? The King never stood a chance against such odds.

So that’s how you ended up here, streaking through the halls of some stuffed-shirt CEO’s Manhattan penthouse-- and boy is it a long way down from the 60th floor.

You feel… giddy, despite the way your lungs burn with every breath, and suddenly you’re laughing out loud.  

Who knew running for your life could be this fun?!

“What is going on up there, mnadi? Do you have it?”

The sudden sound of T’Challa’s voice over the comms sends a jolt through you and you nearly trip over your own feet rounding a corner at full speed. You choose to ignore the sound of gunfire in the background.

“Oh yeah,” you huff, looking down at the map your kimoyo beads are projecting. Left at the next intersection. How the hell have you lived so long without these things?! “I most definitely have it!”

“What did I tell you, eh?!” Your face splits into a shit-eating grin when you hear Okoye chime in-- you practically feel T’Challa roll his eyes. “I knew she could do it!”

“Do not encourage her!” The King scolds, but despite his attempt to be firm you can both hear the amusement in his voice.  

“Oh it is way too late for that!” You quip, sassy even as breathless as you are. His hearty laugh echos in your ear, and the sound seems to light up your whole body. Your smile grows even wider.  “I’m clearly a natural!”

2. untiled thor fic

Okay, that’s another one done and only…  

You let the thought trail off and take a moment and survey the scene, counting softly under your breath as you tally up every manila folder and the huge number of unread emails on your computer screen. You make it to thirty-three before you decide that the whole exercise is pointless.

You’ve been cooped up in your office for hours, catching up on emails and sorting through the veritable mountain of paperwork that has collected on your desk in the last few weeks.

It really wasn’t your fault, though. Everyone’s work has suffered due to the whole Sokovia Accords fiasco and, between that and worrying about a certain norse god’s whereabouts, the disaster in your office had naturally taken a back-seat.

Now at the end of it all, you still haven’t succeeded in tracking down Thor and the team is down no less than seven avengers-- the amount of paperwork that came with that kind of scandal was staggering, not to mention the residual fallout from the accident in Lagos.

How the hell did you get stuck dealing with all this Department of Damage Control bullshit, anyway?! The Avengers compound is chaos these days, and lately you were the one people were looking to for answers.

A pained grunt rips through you, and you smack your head against the nearest pile defeat, making a mental note rip Tony a new asshole the next time you see him.

You lift your head from the of files, propping it on your fist instead as you went back to scrolling through your inbox, too fast to really see anything, more so to marvel at how quickly they’ve managed to pile up in the weeks since you’d last checked them.

“Hey, FRIDAY?”

“Yes, Miss?” the AI’s voice is patched through to the PA system immediately, filling your once silent office with much needed noise.

“I need some help getting through these emails,” you sigh, massaging your temples. “You up for it?”

“Of course,” is the instant reply, and with that the two of you set to work clearing your inbox of unwanted messages.

It’s boring work, but necessary, and having FRIDAY there to help seems to make the task much faster to complete.

Once the final file has been read and filed correctly, you push away from your desk with a heavy sigh, stretching your legs up off the floor and watching the ceiling spin above you while you try to let your mind settle for a moment.

FRIDAY finishes up an extremely long-winded and condescending email from General Ross’ office, and you throw your hands up in the air with an elated shout.

“Ugh, thank you Jesus that one’s over-- delete it, please! Tony can deal with that bullshit,” you say, propping your feet up on your-- now clean and tidy-- desk. “Alright, FRIDAY, last one. Let’s get this over with.”

You close your eyes as she begins to read, though your brow furrows as soon as you hear the subject line. “An electronic letter from…” FRIDAY hesitates from a moment before continuing, “Thor…?”

3. flipmode (erik stevens x reader)

“Oh fuck, Erik,” you whine, screwing your eyes shut as he continues to slam into you. You arc off the mattress, heels digging into his back in an attempt to bring him in even closer. “Ugh, please just--”

You’re cut off when a particularly powerful thrust sends a jolt up your spine, and stars dance across the back of your lids. The sound you make is pitiful, voice catching on a sob as you feebly struggle against him. Erik doesn’t even pause-- only presses your wrists more firmly into the bed as he continues to rock into you.

“You wanna cum, baby?” he asks, and if you didn’t feel so desperate to come you figure you’d feel some sort of pride over how wrecked he sounds. It’s hard to say exactly how long you’ve been at it-- though to you it feels like he’s kept you teetering on the edge for an eternity.

You open your eyes and find him staring down at you-- brown eyes bright and wild.

“Yes,” you say, your voice raw and ragged, “yes, please.”

Erik actually laughs, adjusting his grip on your wrists to hold them in one hand, while the other moves to wrap around your throat again. You clench around him at the feeling, your eyes fluttering closed. “Then you gon’ learn to stop calling me out my fuckin’ name,” he says, and your eyes fly open.

Shit!

He doesn’t give you a chance to defend yourself, or even apologize, before he’s pulling out of you and using the hand on your neck to roughly pull you up to a sitting position.

4. hot sugar (harley quinn x reader)

“What’s your name, sugar?” the sound of a syrupy-sweet voice draws your attention from playing with the rim of your glass, and you look up to find the woman you’ve been eyeing all night staring right back at you.

She bites the end of her straw when you finally meet her eyes, the sultry smirk spread across her face a bit wicked as well. You turn a bit in your bar stool, resting one arm on the bar and reaching out to her with the other.

You introduce yourself, gripping her hand firmly when she offers it to you and she leans forward to look at you through her lashes. “What’s yours?”

She laughs at that, raising one dark eyebrow at you. “I think you know who I am, sweet cheeks.”

You return her devilish smirk with one of your own. True, you’re pretty sure you know exactly who your mystery woman is. If her platinum-blonde hair and multicolored makeup are anything to go by. Well, that and the array of tattoos she has covering her body, most notably the ones on her face and chest, the one on her left shoulder reading Property of Joker. But even with all that you can’t be sure. Gotham is a strange place, and copycats are a dime a dozen in this city.

“I might,” you reply, releasing her hand and turning back to your own drink. “Still, it’s never good to assume, you know? I’d rather ask up front than make an ass of myself.”

In your peripheral you can see her shift closer to you, one of her hands moving to settle on your knee.

“Harley Quinn,” she says, a mischievous twinkle in her eye. You realize she’s sizing you up-- trying to determine whether or not you’d be down for the ride.  

“Really?” you ask, raising a brow, and an amused smirk settles on your lips.

She nods, leaning into you even more, her hand trailing a bit higher up your leg. “The one and only.”

5. the ex factor (digger “captain boomerang” x reader)

You freeze outside the door when you hear the first noise. You’d been rummaging through your bag with one hand, trying to find your keys, while balancing your grocery bags with the other, and you’d been so distracted that you hadn’t even realized the sounds were coming from inside your place until you’d been about to step inside.

Your first instinct is to be afraid, but as you listen you find that the sounds are quite different from what you’d expect to hear from someone sacking your apartment.

A/N: these are some (but not even all!) of the fics I have in progress. Some i have been working on longer than others, and I’m workin on eventually getting through them all. Which ones would you guys like to see first?

[constelacionde-orion]

Begin the End (2/3)

Prompt : What will you find first Jason or darkness?

A/N : Grammar… yup. 

Pairing : Jason Todd x Reader ft. BatFam

Song : Begin The End

Warnings:  Swearing, blood, mentions of death, angst (not to cry)

Chapter 1

And I don't enjoy to watch you crumble I don't enjoy to watch you cry

Bruce looked at the paper Alfred gave him, it was a place, maybe you were there. He was on the Batcave in front of his big computers when he received an incoming video. He didn't actually opened it, it opened itself, he was about to close it when he heard a laugh.

"Batsy, Batsy! There you are!" The joker said, his face not at the camera.

"Joker, what do you want?" Bruce said with a stern voice, (Thank God he was wearing his Batman suit).

"I want you to look at my masterpiece" He heard him said and soon his face appeared.

Bruce didn't said anything, he was watching the pale skin of the clown on his screen with repulse and a frown.

"I'm not talking about me darling, don't look at me like that" The joker said with a laugh and soon the camera was on Jason.

Bruce tried so hard not to jump on his seat and yell Jason's name. Hi balled his hands into fist as he slammed them in the keyboard in front of him. Jason was unconscious, tied up to the roof, he was covered in blood and Bruce heart ached, he looked like the first time he, died.

"Let him go, Joker" Bruce spat with anger.

"Common Batsy, for the old times" The Joker said with another laugh "But if you want me to let him go I'll do, but then you better talk with Scarecrow" Joker said with a smirk.

"Explain Joker" Bruce said, anger making his blood boil.

"You see. I have your pretty Robin here, but Scarecrow had your lil' black Batsy, oh I forgot! Your other birds are coming, so, How many birds those Batman had to lose to finally kill me?" The Joker said with a dark laugh.

And then Bruce realized, everything was a trap. Joker knew you would do anything for Jason, and your family will do anything to protect each other. Everything was planned, he had everything under control, but what exactly does he wanted?, Batman to kill him?.

"What exactly do you want, Joker?" Bruce said with a stern voice.

"I want to take everything away from you, I want to watch you crumble, I want to know the man behind that mask" He said with a dark frown and dark eyes as a evil smile made its way on his lips.

And after that the video of Jason and the Joker disappeared, seconds after a video of you appeared on his screen. It made Bruce's anger increase, he saw bruises on your visible skin, you were no longer wearing your helmet (but you still had the domino ), you were bleeding badly and you were tight to the roof too. 

He watch you open your eyes and fight against the chains, he tried to call your name but you didn't heard him, so he just watch you. Screaming, yelling, fighting, blood ran down your wrists as you try harder to break them, and then the gas appeared, he heard your voice said ‘not again’ . He watched you cry and it aches him to looked at you like that, and he knew, he couldn't stay there and watch you like that.

The video was still on in one screen as he searched the place on the paper with the origin of the video, it was on the same city at least, each point far away from each other, but he knew where you were. He looked at your video when he heard a loud sound, you broke the chains, he watch your movements, you stand up, you were walking, barely, and then you screamed as you fell once more on the floor.  You tried to get up over and over again, until you found an exit. 

Bruce sighed in relief, at least Alfred was right, you were strong, you didn’t gave up that easily, but, where were you going?.

Make no mistake  Make no mistake

"Are you sure this is going to work, Tim?" Dick asked as he looked at the building.

"Well, if it doesn't then... then we can figure out what to do" Tim said with a frown.

"Tim, get need something that it's a 100% not a 50%" Damian said with a scoff.

"Well, sorry, but any plan could be a 100%, so better go with this, now lets go" Tim said with a roll of his eyes.

Tim and Cass entered from a forgotten entrance first and then Dick, Damian and Steph from a window in the opposite side of the building. They turn their comms as they made their way to look for you.

They walked in the hallways without making a sound, it felt weird and uneasy, something wasn’t right, but how could it be?. They walked and walked and the thing they only found was Jason's helmet and then they heard the sound of the door closing behind them, seconds after a gas appeared and they fell on the floor, it was slowyly painful, nightmares the their worst fears came in their own visions until they got lost in the darkness of unconsiuoness, same happened with Damian, Steph and Dick.

Jason barely opened his eyes, he was tired even after being unconscious for hours. His whole body was aching, Joker had beat the shit out of him over and over again, he couldn't move at all, first he tried to protect himself and he succeeded but then, the Joker kept on playing dirty with the fucking gas, he was tired physically and psychologically, he couldn't tell what was real or fantasy anymore, he had seen you and the whole family die over and over again in his mind, he had dreamt about you, you felt so real, but right now he didn't know if that fragil figure shaking his shoulders was real.

"Oh my God, Jason" you said with a sob as you tried to broke his chains.

How you found him?, Why wasn’t anyone around the room? How did you manage to walk? You don’t had any idea, the only thing you knew is that you were in the same situation as Jason, you knew you may had some broken bones, but when you found Jason you couldn't help it. You actually didn't knew if that was the real Jason, the gas made you saw a lot of shit, so right now, you didn't knew what was happening. But this Jason looked exactly like yours.

"Jason?" You said once more, you touched his cheek and his saw you, his eyes full of pain, that couldn't be a vision.

You don't know how you did it, but you broke the chains of Jason, you tried to grab his body so he couldn't hit the ground. Thank God the gas effect was losing it effect, at least on you, but you couldn't hold your tears of sadness more, you looked at Jason's body, he was barely alive, you though it may be the last time you see him so you cried more and more, until he touched your cheek.

"My belt" he said in barely a whisper, still you understood.

You searched for his belt and you found some medicines, because, Batman really thinks about these situations at least. You tried to clean Jason and after some time you began feeling better, Jason maybe wasn't going to die, but now you need it to figure out how to get the fuck out, you were looking at every single spot on the room, maybe something that could help you or-

“You came” Jason said with a tired voice as he placed a hand on your cheek.

You looked at him, he was smiling and your heart melted, after everything that has happened, he was happy to know that you went after him and in the same time it ached you, how could he have a single thought about you leaving him?

“I could never leave you Jay, I can’t lose you again” you said as your voice broke, you couldn’t help to remember the first time he died.

You leaned and kiss his lips in a tender way, you wanted him to know that you loved him now and always, he smiled on the kiss and your heart hammered inside your chest faster than ever.

The kiss ended when you heard voices in the hallway outside the room, you helped Jason to stand up, he could walk, that was good, really good, you scanned the places faster as you heard Scarecrow's voice by the door, finally you both climbed to the ventilation duct and you hide there.

Scarecrow and other guys entered the room and when they didn't saw Jason there, they left, but you heard him said 'Tell Joker we gotta move quick with the others, now!'

“others?” you thought, seconds after you realized, well, fuck.

Jason couldn't help it but stare at you as you looked at the room. You went after him, you were all bruised and hurt because of him, you really loved him. He gave you a small kiss on your cheek and you looked at him.

"Jay, they had our family" Jason looked at you and without more conversation you knew what you had to do. 

Look me in the eyes, say that again Blame me for the sorry state you're in

Bruce was on his way to help his family when another upcoming video made its way.

"Baaatsy!" Joker heard again the Joker's annoying voice.

"Guess what? I may had the answer after all! Seven birds!" The joker said and Batman saw the video.

Five different cameras in different rooms, in each one of them a Robin tied to the roof, all of the unconscious, and a bomb tied to their chests.

"Leave them alone!" Bruce yelled in anger.

"Ups! can't do that, but you could totally play a game! Which one should blow first?" The Joker asked him with a giant smile.

"Your count is wrong Joker, where is Black Robin and Red Hood?" Bruce asked trying to win more time for the Robins.

"Those two lovebirds? Well Batsy, It wouldn't surprise if they are dead now, they breathed a lot of gas and you can guess the rest by looking at this" The Joker said and he show Batman a crowbar.

Batman couldn't answer when the video began to glitch until it disappeared, and he went full speed towards his family.

"What the heck? I was enjoying that!" The Joker scoffed when the screen said 'Lost Signal'

"Anyways, Where are the other two?" The Joker said when he turn around to see his crew, and none of them answered.

"Two! Just Two! Find them now!" The joker commanded once more. 

"His going to arrive in less than 10 minutes" The Scarecrow said.

"What about the bombs, are they ready to go?" The Joker asked with a smile.

"In 20 minutes, clown." The Scarecrow said while looking at the screen.

"Good, good. Finally, without all the Batfam outside Gotham, we can succeed" The Joker said with a laugh.

"And, we can kill them now, easily" the Scarecrow said with a dark chuckle.

"How many gas you put on them?" The Scarecrow asked when he saw the deep sleep in each of the robins.

"I don't know, a lot" The Joker said with a laugh.

What they didn't knew is that you and Jason hacked the cameras so they were looking a infinity loop. You found the Robins and you disabled the bombs, you told them to play along, Joker and the Scarecrow need it to think they were winning. You left the Robins and you waited. 

It's not my fault if you can't comprehend That tonight's the night that we begin the end

"Why windows?!" The Joker laugh as the Batman landed on his feet right in front of him

"Where are the Robins?" Batman asked as he grabbed the clown by his throat.

"Tick-tack in their chest" The Joker said with a smirk.

"Cut the shit Joker, What's the plan?" Batman asked the Joker, closing tighter his hand.

"Now!" The Joker shout and something sting Batman's neck, even that needle passed through the thick suit making Batman release the Joker, seconds before, gas appeared, Batman tried to put the lower mask but he couldn't.

"Tsk, Batsy, I though you knew how to deal with these" The Joker said with a smile before everything turned black.

He opened his eyes just to find himself in the same way as the other's. Fucking great. He was alone in a room but with a giant screen in front of him, the same video as before. He was going to yell in anger until he saw something, the way the robins moved their head... it wasn't an actually On Air video, he didn't say anything as the Joker may his way into the room.

"Let me tell you my plan Batsy in a simple sentence. Gotham will die today" The Joker said with a laugh.

"So everything was your plan, bringing everyone here so you could do all of these?" The Batman said with a stern voice.

"Well, my plan was to turn your lil Batsy into something darker, but I didn't knew she had the balls to go after him, so I made other plan and Ta-da" The joker said as he pointed to the Robins.

"So you kill us, and? you win? Gotham will be chaos... as always?" Batman said with a lack of surprise, he knew the Joker will lose his shit.

"As Always?! I will make chaos bigger, not only we will free the gas all over that goddamn city Batsy, not only they will see their blackest fears alive... villains are going to leaved Arkham, we will rule Gotham and there will be no one to save them!" The Joker said with anger and a scoff.

"You know, you plans always fails, Joker" Batman said.

"Not this time, I have everyone here, I can kill them in seconds!" The Joker said, his expression full of joy.

"Do it then" Batman said.

"What?! You actually want me to blow your birds?!" The Joker said with a laugh.

"I want to see if you have the guts, clown" Batman said.

"Of Course I had the guts, do you remember Jason?, do you remember the first time I blow him?" The Joker said with a laugh, remembering that day.

"But this time will be better" The Joker made a signal with his fingers and the lights turned on.

All of them were actually in the same room, all tied up with his mouths covered, except for Y/N and Jason.

"You'll see each other blown and Gotham death in first row!" The Joker said with a laugh as he walked away from him.

"So, why don't we begin with the little one" Joker said as his finger pointed to Damian.

Damian's eyes went wide as he struggled with the chains that held him tight on the roof. Everyone started to fight against the chains even Batman, The Joker was laughing hard and then he stopped.

"What didn’t you blow?!" The Joker said after he realized that the bomb failed.

"The only thing blowing tonight it's you, fucking McDonalds clown!" You said as you kick his fucking face.

When the fuck you arrived? no one knew, but that kick was amazing.The Joker released the control from his hands as he saw you once he was on his foot again. 

"So here you are" He said with a smirk "You came to see the end of your family?" he asked you with that insane smile.

"I came to see your end" You said after you began punching him again, this time was an actual fight. 

Scarecrow appeared with more man as they made their way towards you and your family. 

"Now Red!" You yelled and the chains of the robins broked (not Batman's one) they removed the bombs from their chests and they began to fight against the Jokers and Scarecrow's mens. 

Jason appeared seconds before fighting against Scarecrow, the whole family was fighting against them, but you were only focused on the Joker, of course his mans made their way towards you, but common, you where the Black Robin, you beat the shit out of them. 

Your brothers helped Bruce with the chains and he looked at Jason, he saw the Scarecrow unconscious on the floor, the Robins were winning and then he saw you, up fighting the Joker, you were fucking tired of that fucking clown, you wanted him dead. 

"Pudding, all of this just for a man?" he asked you, cleaning his bloody face with the back of his hand. 

"I can ask you the same" you tell him with all your anger as you make your way again towards him. 

He tried to press his fucking flower again but you ripped it of his suit. 

"What? You need your toys to fight me?" You told him with a dark smirk, thing that he did too.

"You should be the disappointment of your family" He told you as one hand made it's way to his back, which you didn't see.

You were a little taken aback, that question was always inside your head for different reasons, you had fail the code, you had kill people, you had made terrible decisions, but one thing you were sure, you did it because of your family.

In those seconds the Joker grabbed the knife he was hidden and the tried to stab you, but thanks to Cass, you knew a little about body language, so you knew he was going to do something before he made that move.

You grabbed his hand as you punch him mercilessly on the face, he was laughing as the maniac he was, but you couldn't stop, memories about Jason, how he died, how broken you was, how bad he had hurt your family, you just wanted him dead.

And then you grabbed his knife, ready to stab him when a wand grabbed your wrist. you looked at the gloved hand, Batman's hand.

"Stop" he said as he moved you aside, but you fight against.

The Joker was getting unconscious as he saw you and Bruce fight, he laugh as blood ran from his eyebrows, nose and mouth.

"No, I can't! and you can't protect him!" you told yell at him.

"It's over Black, we need to go and -"

"And disable the bombs? we did, not thanks to you, actually you haven't done anything but keep protecting him?! Why we can't end this?!" you yelled at him again, this time Bruce was getting annoyed.

"Because it's not right! You don't undestand, you are to young to do it" Batman told with a glare.

"Understand?" you asked him with a frown,

"What should I understand? That I have to keep him alive so once again he try to kill everyone?!,  for him to kill Jason again?!,  so he can kill every single one of us until there is no one else to save?!" you yelled at him, you felt anger tears on your eyes but you didn't cry.

Bruce looked at you in silence, we didn't know what to say, to he said once again, 'Don't do it'

"You don't have any idea of what it was to lose everything, you don't have any idea how it feels to being close to your nightmares again, and It's not my fault if you can't comprehend why I'm doing this. But I’m not letting MY family die" you told him in a stern voice. 

When you looked back at the Joker he wasn't there any longer, wait?! what?! how?!, he ran away, but how?! You were more than pissed, you were close to end everything until Bruce stepped inside.

You turn in your heels once again to look at Bruce, but in a swift motion he placed a syringe in your neck and in seconds you fell to the ground.

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So, can we have a 10 headcanons for Joker now your old one is gone that touches on more than just how his mental state got worse over the years?

I…did rather harp on that aspect last time around, didn’t I? Sorry about that. So…where to start.

1. He’s Irish. I’m going off one line from ‘The Laughing Fish’, one of my favourite episodes from the nineties animated series, but it appealed to me, so I’m keeping. In this case, what is meant by that is that the man who would become Joker was born in Belfast and came to America in his late teens or early twenties. He did his best to lose the accent, and succeeded pretty well, meaning that nobody actually learns this until the accent starts to reassert itself after his dousing in the Lazarus Pit.

2. The Joker honestly does not remember who he was before that night at the Ace chemical plant, and often invents different stories about exactly what he might have been doing there. Sometimes, they feel so real he has trouble remembering that he made them up. He might have been anyone, and with how his appearance has since been altered by the chemicals he fell into, there’s no way for anyone else to find out. 

3. Loves Mel Brooks movies. He likes older comedies too, but Brooks is his favourite. The Producers, Men in Tights, Young Frankenstein…they’re his comfort watches, the films he keeps coming back to. He’s also very fond of older cartoons like Looney Tunes, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner and Tom and Jerry, which mimic and may have shaped his very slapstick view of the world at large. He’s also pretty keen on stand-up, especially Eddie Izzard, and once attempted to recreate the ‘covered in bees’ running joke with actual bees. It didn’t go well.

4. Can actually sing pretty well and has occasionally included musical numbers in his schemes. Not because they do anything, just because he thinks they’re cool. Most notably there was his song-and-dance number during The Killing Joke and that one memorable Christmas escape from Arkham with the ‘Jingle Bells’ alternate lyrics. He’s very proud of that one. He’s not professional-quality or anything, but he can carry a tune pretty well and is pretty much only ever popular on karaoke night at Arkham.

5. Has been obsessed with Batman for as long as he can remember, and possibly even before that. He remembered Batman before he even came up with a name for himself, and every one of his crimes has been committed at least partly in order to get the Bat’s attention. He views his arch-enemy relationship with Batman as something akin to a romantic relationship, and gets very upset and offended whenever anyone suggests he might not, in fact, be Batman’s greatest enemy. Homicidally upset, in some cases. Seriously, just don’t do it, it won’t do any good and it’ll only piss Joker off, which never ends well for anyone.

6. Doesn’t target animals. Not out of any particular moral issues, he just can’t think of any way for a human hurting a dumb animal to be made funny. It’s one of the few lines he’s never crossed because it’s never occurred to him to cross it - it’s just not funny, and even at his most monstrous, the Joker is trying to be funny. In his own warped way, he wants to make people smile and laugh and if something doesn’t have the least bit of humour in it, he won’t do it.

7. Is actually a trained chemist. He has in-depth knowledge of the subject that you’d expect of someone with a degree in the field at least, his abilities with chemicals are top-notch, he invented Joker venom himself, and even if he tends to farm out creating gadgetry to many of the fine gadget-makers in Gotham who cater to the supervillain crowd (this is a whole new subsection of the criminal economy in most major cities), one thing he never, ever lets anyone else handle is the chemical side of the business.

8. Occasionally goes off on crazes about new hobbies. These can range from ‘tormenting and ruining the life of random person who cut him up in traffic’ to ‘learning how to pole dance’. None of them ever lasts very long, but he’s picked up a lot of very weird talents as a result of these brief bouts of trying to take up a hobby. This began while he was first in Arkham, when he was suggested a few in order to work out aggression. None ever lasted long, but he’s always very enthusiastic about them while they last.

9. Has got the Glasgow grin in addition to his generally bleached appearance. He apparently sustained those injuries before he became what he is today, and has absolutely no idea how he got them but is more than willing to make up stories about how he got them. He uses make-up to highlight the scars, and is very fond of drawing attention to them as much as possible in order to unsettle his opponents.

10. Thinks duck-billed platypuses are the coolest thing the world has ever seen. They are just the most absurd animal in the world, and the males have poisonous spurs, the effect of which has been described as being like being burned alive! He’s quite fond of monkeys and hyenas as well, though not as much as Harley, but platypuses are where his heart’s at.

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40 Office Halloween Costume Ideas

How popular is Halloween? According to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey, Americans were set to spend around $9 billion in 2018. And more than a third of this tally ($3.2 billion) went to costumes.

So, who are the people spending the $3.2 billion in costumes? Well, they could be your employees. And if you’ve decided to allow your employees to wear costumes to work, you also may want to join them! Of course, you’ll also want the costumes to be appropriate to the work environment. But where can you and your employees get Halloween costume ideas?

Search no more. Here are 40 office Halloween costume ideas that will allow you and your employees to have fun while still projecting the right image for your small business.

Office Halloween Costume Ideas List

Halloween Costumes From The Office

It seems appropriate to start this list with ideas from hit NBC television show The Office. And the effort Dwight Shrute puts into his costumes on the show should help get the ball rolling. Here is Dwight as the Joker from “The Dark Knight”.

This is from the Employee Transfer episode which aired originally on October 30, 2008.

image: NBC

Let Your Employees Dress up as You

Your employees may be concerned they’ll get in some hot water for doing this. But assure them it’s all in good fun (as long as you’re comfortable taking a joke.) If everyone goes along with it, this could be great for morale!

Dwight Shrute

The popularity of The Office means it has fans across all demographics. And with Dwight’s shenanigans on the show, it is only fair anyone should be able to dress like him. Here is a simple costume which shows your appreciation for Dwight.

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“are you trying to hurt my feelings? because if so, you are succeeding. fortunately, my feelings regenerate at twice the speed of a normal human.” -dwight schrute • happy halloween ? ?: @taijaayotte

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An Emoji

Emojis let you express how you feel when you are messaging. This makes another easy DIY costume. You can create emojis on a piece of cardboard with different emotions and use different ones throughout the day. Or have one displaying them all at the same time.

Cotton Candy Costume

Another thing which is synonymous with Halloween is candy. So why not go as cotton candy. Here’s a playful DIY costume you can make with just a few items.

image: AWW SAM

Vampire

Here’s an all-time classic Halloween costume classic. While it is not as original, men and women can go as a vampire. You can give it your own twist by adding special-effects, contact lenses and more.

Candy Corn

While still on the candy theme, it wouldn’t be Halloween without candy corn. This fun and bright costume will cheer everyone up at the office.

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Ghost

Two holes in a sheet and you have a ghost costume. As far as Halloween costume ideas for office workers go, this has got to be one of the easiest ones.

A Fortune Teller in your Office

One way to get everyone in the office to participate in the festivities of Halloween is to go dressed as a fortune teller. This costume is especially creative if the person also includes some of the tools of the trade.

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Second year in a row winning 1st prize for a Halloween costume contest. NBD ? . . . . #diycostume #fortuneteller #palmreading #palmreader #tarotcards #tarot #crystalball #cricut #cricutdiy #homemade #recycle #cutecosplay #officecostume #costumecontest #winning

A post shared by Judith DeNiro (@judith_deniro) on Oct 26, 2018 at 11:03am PDT

Food Costumes

Want to be a vegetable, fruit, snack, dessert or any other food type? Dressing as an edible is very popular. You can be as creative as you want with these ideas. Just make sure you will still be able to work with your costume.

Clark Kent/Superman

This costume could actually be a two for one. You can dress in a suit with glasses and be Clark Kent. But if something should arise in the office, you can unbutton your shirt and reveal you are actually Superman.

Social Butterfly

This costume has become popular in the past couple of years. However, you can add your favorite social media channels and make it your own.

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I’ve always been teased about being a social butterfly ? so I thought it only appropriate to go as one to work today! I so enjoy pun inspired costumes.

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Mime

If you have black skinny jeans, a striped shirt, suspenders and a beret, you have yourself a mime costume. Add the white makeup and you are ready to amuse your co-workers all day long.

The Twitter Bird

A certain president has made Twitter more popular than ever. So why not go as the Twitter bird and get everybody tweeting. This DIY costume comes from Elizabethany, a radio and social media personality.

image: Elizabethany

The Cast of Seinfeld

If you have a small or large group, this costume idea can include the four main characters, or many of the other well know supporting cast. You can take it a step further and include the whole office. Speaking of offices, you can do this for The Office or any of your other favorite shows. All it takes is clothes you probably have in your closet

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Make this childhood game come to life with adult-sized costumes of rock, paper, scissors.

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Happy Halloween Weekend from my squad to yours ?#wherestherockemoji ??? #teachercostume #diycostume

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  What about the Spice Girls?

This is a tongue in cheek take on the girl band Spice Girls. Instead of tight revealing outfits, these ladies are wearing aprons with actual spice tags.

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The “Spice Girls” …. minus Cinnamon! ???? Love you ladies! ? . . . . . #halloweencostume #halloween #grouphalloweencostume #groupcostume #groupcostume #coworkers #coworkersbelike #coworkerlove #youcanttripwithus #youcantsitwithus

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The Addams Family

On the slightly creepier and adult side, you can do The Addams Family. If there is one family which epitomizes Halloween, this one is it with a great sense of humor to boot.

Is that Photoshopped?

Photoshop is so popular it has become a verb. And if you make your costume this intricate, your co-workers will be asking if you have been photoshopped.

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10.31.2016 Mrs. Chan’s Halloween costume was graphic design based – Adobe Photoshop! #gca #graphiccommunicationsacademy #camadgca #camad #halloween #halloweencostume #photoshopcostume #adobephotoshop

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Temporary Tattoos

Temporary tattoos are a great way to create a different persona. They are cheap and easy to apply. You can go all out and really create a great costume with this idea.

Easy Ceiling Fan Costume

This costume uses a simple play on words to get its message across. You’ll make co-workers think for a minutes than laugh at the pun. This is easy to do, funny and not too outrageous.

image: Good Housekeeping

Uncle Sam

Do you work at an accounting firm? What better way to keep everyone on their toes than to dress as Uncle Sam. All you need is a top hat, a white wig, a bow tie, a goatee and you are set.  You can add the coat and the striped pants if you want to go all out.

Bread Winner

This is another costume which takes the meaning of a word literally and makes it funny. All you need are some medals around your neck and some bread.

image: Good Housekeeping

Comic Book Super Heroes for Men and Women

We’ve already mentioned Superman. When it comes to costume ideas, comic books provide a treasure trove. Spiderman, Wonder Woman, The Hulk, Super Girl, and the list goes on. Choose your favorite superhero and go for it.

Flo from Progressive

Flo from Progressive was one of the most successful marketing personalities with more than 100 commercials. If your industry handles insurance, so much the better.

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buy the item that is between my pointer finger and thumb

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The Minions

You can go solo as a single Minion or include everyone in the office as part of a theme. This is also an easy and fun costume the whole crew can participate in.

Bob Ross

Long after his passing in 1995, Bob Ross is more popular than ever. With this costume, you can include a co-worker and bring the whole thing together.

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Let’s go a little crazy. #bobrosscouplescostume

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Bulletin Board

Just take some post-it notes, write different messages and pin them on a long-sleeved shirt. And you will become a bulletin board. You can make this bigger by making yourself one large post-it note.

Inflatable Car Guy

This costume will require some space, but if you can pull it off, you will give everyone at the office a fun experience.

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Disney Characters

From Belle to Cruella, Wicked Witch of the East, Maleficent, Goofy, Mini Mouse and many others, you can’t go wrong with one of these costumes. With so many options, you can make it as simple or intricate as you want.

Rizzo From Grease

Grease is one of the most popular musicals of all time and you can dress up as any of the characters in the movie. Here’s Rizzo, one of the Pink Ladies.

image: teenvogue

Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs Costumes

One thing Zuckerberg is known for is wearing the same style of clothes all the time, which also goes for Steve Jobs. So, if you have a t-shirt, hoodie and jeans for Zuckerberg and a black turtleneck, blue jeans, New Balance shoes and a pair of glasses for Jobs, you have two options.

Sock Hop

Still, in that era of Grease, a sock hop costume can be worn in any office environment.

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Spooky sock hop vibes ? #31daysofhalloween

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Facebook (Sort of…)

Are you the minimalist type? Well, nothing could be easier than this idea which comes courtesy of The Office. All Jim Halper did was write ‘book’ across his face, thus Facebook. This is from the Koi Pond episode which aired on October 29, 2009.

image: NBC

Skeleton

You can easily make a skeleton by cutting the ribs on a white t-shirt and wearing a black top underneath. Add makeup to your face and you have a DIY skeleton.

Homer Simpson

Thirty years on TV and The Simpsons are still running. And going as Homer Simpson, or any member of this animated family, is one way you can have fun at the office.

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Simpsons cosplay at the Kawasaki Halloween parade 2015 #instagramjapan #thesimpsons #simpsons #homersimpson #homer #bartsimpson #bart #lisasimpson #lisa #margesimpson #marge #maggie #simpsonsfan #simpsonsfamily #simpsonscosplay #kawasaki #halloweenjapan #kawasakihalloween #?????? #????2015

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A Chip on Your Shoulder

Do you have a chip on your shoulder? Just take your favorite brand of chips, attach it with tape on your shoulder, and there you go — a costume you can put on and take off throughout the day. You can also do this by putting Smarties candies on your pants and going as ‘smartie pants’, cookies with a cap and gown for a smart cookie and the list goes on.

A Costume for You and Your Dog

If your office is pet-friendly, you can always make your dog part of the party. In this case, your dog can be Batman and you can go as Robin. There won’t be a more formidable duo at your office Halloween costume party.

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Animal Costumes

Dressing as your favorite animal is another costume idea for the workplace. This kind of costume can be simple and easy or you can get intricate. It all depends on how much time and money you want to spend, as well as your level of commitment.

Pixelated Images for Adults

As a DIY costume, this is another great idea that is also a lot of fun. Just make two cardboards with alternating colored squares for your top and bottom, and you have a costume. Wear nude color clothes underneath and it will complete the look.

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The great thing about Halloween is it lets you express yourself. If you’ve decided to encourage your employees to dress up, make the most of it and enjoy the process and the festivities that go along with it. All you have to do is make sure all costumes are workplace appropriate for your small business.

And if you have any office Halloween costume ideas you want to share with us, leave a comment below.

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40 Office Halloween Costume Ideas

How popular is Halloween? According to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey, Americans were set to spend around $9 billion in 2018. And more than a third of this tally ($3.2 billion) went to costumes.

So, who are the people spending the $3.2 billion in costumes? Well, they could be your employees. And if you’ve decided to allow your employees to wear costumes to work, you also may want to join them! Of course, you’ll also want the costumes to be appropriate to the work environment. But where can you and your employees get Halloween costume ideas?

Search no more. Here are 40 office Halloween costume ideas that will allow you and your employees to have fun while still projecting the right image for your small business.

Office Halloween Costume Ideas List

Halloween Costumes From The Office

It seems appropriate to start this list with ideas from hit NBC television show The Office. And the effort Dwight Shrute puts into his costumes on the show should help get the ball rolling. Here is Dwight as the Joker from “The Dark Knight”.

This is from the Employee Transfer episode which aired originally on October 30, 2008.

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Let Your Employees Dress up as You

Your employees may be concerned they’ll get in some hot water for doing this. But assure them it’s all in good fun (as long as you’re comfortable taking a joke.) If everyone goes along with it, this could be great for morale!

Dwight Shrute

The popularity of The Office means it has fans across all demographics. And with Dwight’s shenanigans on the show, it is only fair anyone should be able to dress like him. Here is a simple costume which shows your appreciation for Dwight.

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“are you trying to hurt my feelings? because if so, you are succeeding. fortunately, my feelings regenerate at twice the speed of a normal human.” -dwight schrute • happy halloween ? ?: @taijaayotte

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An Emoji

Emojis let you express how you feel when you are messaging. This makes another easy DIY costume. You can create emojis on a piece of cardboard with different emotions and use different ones throughout the day. Or have one displaying them all at the same time.

Cotton Candy Costume

Another thing which is synonymous with Halloween is candy. So why not go as cotton candy. Here’s a playful DIY costume you can make with just a few items.

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Vampire

Here’s an all-time classic Halloween costume classic. While it is not as original, men and women can go as a vampire. You can give it your own twist by adding special-effects, contact lenses and more.

Candy Corn

While still on the candy theme, it wouldn’t be Halloween without candy corn. This fun and bright costume will cheer everyone up at the office.

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Ghost

Two holes in a sheet and you have a ghost costume. As far as Halloween costume ideas for office workers go, this has got to be one of the easiest ones.

A Fortune Teller in your Office

One way to get everyone in the office to participate in the festivities of Halloween is to go dressed as a fortune teller. This costume is especially creative if the person also includes some of the tools of the trade.

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Food Costumes

Want to be a vegetable, fruit, snack, dessert or any other food type? Dressing as an edible is very popular. You can be as creative as you want with these ideas. Just make sure you will still be able to work with your costume.

Clark Kent/Superman

This costume could actually be a two for one. You can dress in a suit with glasses and be Clark Kent. But if something should arise in the office, you can unbutton your shirt and reveal you are actually Superman.

Social Butterfly

This costume has become popular in the past couple of years. However, you can add your favorite social media channels and make it your own.

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I’ve always been teased about being a social butterfly ? so I thought it only appropriate to go as one to work today! I so enjoy pun inspired costumes.

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Mime

If you have black skinny jeans, a striped shirt, suspenders and a beret, you have yourself a mime costume. Add the white makeup and you are ready to amuse your co-workers all day long.

The Twitter Bird

A certain president has made Twitter more popular than ever. So why not go as the Twitter bird and get everybody tweeting. This DIY costume comes from Elizabethany, a radio and social media personality.

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The Cast of Seinfeld

If you have a small or large group, this costume idea can include the four main characters, or many of the other well know supporting cast. You can take it a step further and include the whole office. Speaking of offices, you can do this for The Office or any of your other favorite shows. All it takes is clothes you probably have in your closet

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Make this childhood game come to life with adult-sized costumes of rock, paper, scissors.

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  What about the Spice Girls?

This is a tongue in cheek take on the girl band Spice Girls. Instead of tight revealing outfits, these ladies are wearing aprons with actual spice tags.

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The Addams Family

On the slightly creepier and adult side, you can do The Addams Family. If there is one family which epitomizes Halloween, this one is it with a great sense of humor to boot.

Is that Photoshopped?

Photoshop is so popular it has become a verb. And if you make your costume this intricate, your co-workers will be asking if you have been photoshopped.

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10.31.2016 Mrs. Chan’s Halloween costume was graphic design based – Adobe Photoshop! #gca #graphiccommunicationsacademy #camadgca #camad #halloween #halloweencostume #photoshopcostume #adobephotoshop

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Temporary Tattoos

Temporary tattoos are a great way to create a different persona. They are cheap and easy to apply. You can go all out and really create a great costume with this idea.

Easy Ceiling Fan Costume

This costume uses a simple play on words to get its message across. You’ll make co-workers think for a minutes than laugh at the pun. This is easy to do, funny and not too outrageous.

image: Good Housekeeping

Uncle Sam

Do you work at an accounting firm? What better way to keep everyone on their toes than to dress as Uncle Sam. All you need is a top hat, a white wig, a bow tie, a goatee and you are set.  You can add the coat and the striped pants if you want to go all out.

Bread Winner

This is another costume which takes the meaning of a word literally and makes it funny. All you need are some medals around your neck and some bread.

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Comic Book Super Heroes for Men and Women

We’ve already mentioned Superman. When it comes to costume ideas, comic books provide a treasure trove. Spiderman, Wonder Woman, The Hulk, Super Girl, and the list goes on. Choose your favorite superhero and go for it.

Flo from Progressive

Flo from Progressive was one of the most successful marketing personalities with more than 100 commercials. If your industry handles insurance, so much the better.

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buy the item that is between my pointer finger and thumb

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The Minions

You can go solo as a single Minion or include everyone in the office as part of a theme. This is also an easy and fun costume the whole crew can participate in.

Bob Ross

Long after his passing in 1995, Bob Ross is more popular than ever. With this costume, you can include a co-worker and bring the whole thing together.

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Let’s go a little crazy. #bobrosscouplescostume

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Bulletin Board

Just take some post-it notes, write different messages and pin them on a long-sleeved shirt. And you will become a bulletin board. You can make this bigger by making yourself one large post-it note.

Inflatable Car Guy

This costume will require some space, but if you can pull it off, you will give everyone at the office a fun experience.

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Disney Characters

From Belle to Cruella, Wicked Witch of the East, Maleficent, Goofy, Mini Mouse and many others, you can’t go wrong with one of these costumes. With so many options, you can make it as simple or intricate as you want.

Rizzo From Grease

Grease is one of the most popular musicals of all time and you can dress up as any of the characters in the movie. Here’s Rizzo, one of the Pink Ladies.

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Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs Costumes

One thing Zuckerberg is known for is wearing the same style of clothes all the time, which also goes for Steve Jobs. So, if you have a t-shirt, hoodie and jeans for Zuckerberg and a black turtleneck, blue jeans, New Balance shoes and a pair of glasses for Jobs, you have two options.

Sock Hop

Still, in that era of Grease, a sock hop costume can be worn in any office environment.

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Spooky sock hop vibes ? #31daysofhalloween

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Facebook (Sort of…)

Are you the minimalist type? Well, nothing could be easier than this idea which comes courtesy of The Office. All Jim Halper did was write ‘book’ across his face, thus Facebook. This is from the Koi Pond episode which aired on October 29, 2009.

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Skeleton

You can easily make a skeleton by cutting the ribs on a white t-shirt and wearing a black top underneath. Add makeup to your face and you have a DIY skeleton.

Homer Simpson

Thirty years on TV and The Simpsons are still running. And going as Homer Simpson, or any member of this animated family, is one way you can have fun at the office.

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A Chip on Your Shoulder

Do you have a chip on your shoulder? Just take your favorite brand of chips, attach it with tape on your shoulder, and there you go — a costume you can put on and take off throughout the day. You can also do this by putting Smarties candies on your pants and going as ‘smartie pants’, cookies with a cap and gown for a smart cookie and the list goes on.

A Costume for You and Your Dog

If your office is pet-friendly, you can always make your dog part of the party. In this case, your dog can be Batman and you can go as Robin. There won’t be a more formidable duo at your office Halloween costume party.

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Animal Costumes

Dressing as your favorite animal is another costume idea for the workplace. This kind of costume can be simple and easy or you can get intricate. It all depends on how much time and money you want to spend, as well as your level of commitment.

Pixelated Images for Adults

As a DIY costume, this is another great idea that is also a lot of fun. Just make two cardboards with alternating colored squares for your top and bottom, and you have a costume. Wear nude color clothes underneath and it will complete the look.

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The great thing about Halloween is it lets you express yourself. If you’ve decided to encourage your employees to dress up, make the most of it and enjoy the process and the festivities that go along with it. All you have to do is make sure all costumes are workplace appropriate for your small business.

And if you have any office Halloween costume ideas you want to share with us, leave a comment below.

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