#lucius fox adopts tim au

[were-wolverine]

the eldritch Guardians of gotham notice batman when he first emerges- they see how he protects their city, so they gift him the abilities of a bat: wings, night vision, enhanced senses, fangs

bruce wayne becomes a shut-in after his parents die. then he travels the world only to come back the same old shut-in. he works from home, and doesn’t leave the manor. every window is covered. only lucius fox and alfred pennyworth ever enter or leave the house

one night the bat follows sirens to a circus tent, and he watches as a young boy is escorted out, crying for his parents. the next day alfred pennyworth shows up at gotham’s social services and requests to become a foster parent. a month later (money might speed the process along) dick grayson is out of juvie and the orphanage and into the safety of wayne manor

bruce tries to hide his wings when the boy arrives, but dick is fascinated by them and thinks they’re “awesome”. bruce explains how he got them, and that he is batman.

later, when batman gains a partner- robin- the Guardians of gotham bless the boy with gifts similar to his mentor: robin wings, enhanced senses, and nails that sharpen into talons

dick grayson becomes a shut-in like bruce, and is home-schooled by alfred. he doesn’t mind, he didn’t have friends his age in the circus either, and alfred and bruce are good company. bruce does let him get pets, though, a three-legged puppy he names Haley and a bloodhound named Ace

when he grows out of robin and away from gotham, the Guardians give him different wings (steller’s jay) to show they support his independence. he lives at titans tower for a while before moving to blüdhaven with his best friend donna troy. dick remains a shut-in, but takes online college courses and goes out often as a new hero- nightwing. he goes out in the mask during the day, something he never did in gotham, and spends most of his time as nightwing- not that he minds. (troia is only his nighttime vigilante partner since donna has an actual day job)

the cycle repeats with jason. however, when jason claws his way out of his grave, the Guardians guide him back to the manor where bruce finds him. when it seems like jason may never recover from his comatose state, the Guardians show bruce a lazarus pit beneath gotham, and despite his hesitation they assure him no harm will come to jason if they have a say in it

jason is revived without the nasty side effects (thanks, eldritch beings) and dick moves back to gotham. jason also leaves robin behind for a different name- red hood- and is gifted new wings (cardinal). in this au the bats & birds are more morally grey and will kill people, but only the worst of the worst/repeat offenders. jason still becomes a crime lord but he only kills when necessary and has no pit madness.

dick and jason notice their young neighbor tim drake is often home alone/without his parents and convince bruce to let him in on their secret and have him stay over at the manor. bruce eventually agrees and they later adopt tim. tim never becomes robin but he does know about their vigilante identities (og way- recognized dick as robin and connected the dots).

tim will help out on comms and basically this au’s Oracle. babs does not become a vigilante in this, instead she becomes a lawyer, but she is still paralyzed by the joker as a civilian (pre-jason’s death, bc bruce kills the joker after that)

steph works with the bats as Spoiler, and is eventually let it on their identities. she and tim bond over being the only ‘normal’ ones

when cass comes along, she is gifted the same powers as bruce, including bat wings. she goes by Black Bat and mostly communicates using sign language

bruce is never lost in time and damian eventually arrives in gotham. damian is given robin and the gifts that accompany it

since duke already has powers, the Guardians don’t give him any, but they protect him as their own

JUST. CRYPTID BATFAMILY <3

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Going into the Bruce Wayne adopts a random fictional orphan famous AUs: Bruce Wayne becames the legal guardian of the Baudelaire childrem. Now Count Olaf can try to murder trick and steal TWO whole fortunes.

Imagine Klaus in the Wayne Massion library and discussing books with Jason and having conversations over feeling missplaced and not yet belonging to the Waynes even tho he fits with Duke and bonding with Barbara over her time as a librarian

Violet helping Lucius Fox invent equipament for Batman and bonding with Dick over their shared eldest daugther sindrome and working in the cars with Jason and Bruce and bomding with Tim because Tim totaly would not fall for Olaf's bs.

Sunny cooking with Alfred and being a menance with Damian and learning to talk with Cassandra and Bruce finally having the toddler experience and being besties with Stephanie who will see sassy powerfull baby and become automatically the cool older sister.

All while Count Olaf and Esme Squalor bond with the Rogues Gallery. And even fied with some of them.

Olaf discussing arson with Firefly and trying to outdrama Riddler and bounding with Deadstroke over the fact everyone forgets about their weird comentaries involving a fourteen years old.

Esme exanching date advices with Harley and doing make-up with Joker and bullying Jonathan because he dresses like a poor person.

All while Lemony(the only person that can maybe take Bruce's place over being the most paranoic human being ever) fails in finally meeting the Baudelaires because he keeps getting lost in Gotham because he is a trouble magnet and everything there is trouble.

Also Alfred sassing Mr. Poe. Everyone's dream.

For my personal preferences let Batman take the place of the Vilage of Fowl Devotees: that would mean that we still have Duncan and Isadora, we already have Esme and Jacques may not die. Absolute perfection.

[mid-nightowl]

💖 & 🧠 for the fic writer ask game please? <3

hi hello!!! thank you for the ask!!! :) <3

💖 ahhhhh, tough question! i would say my fight scenes or writing action, whatever word you use to describe that type of writing lol. i once got told my fights were pretty realistic and fun to read, and i ran with it (absolutely inflated my ego ngl), i kind of pride myself on them though it also means they have to be perfect

🧠 oh man, i have a few that are just outlines but most usually have a few drabbles or scenes associated with them that i tinker with when bored. BUT i do have a spider-cat jaydick au that is only worldbuilding notes at this point (and im not actively working on), so please enjoy my notes on that :)

(stuffing it under a keep reading thingy bc its a lot, sorry!)

Spider-Cat Jaydick AU

Working Summary: After the death/retirement of Spider-Woman Barbara Gordon, Gotham hits a dark patch. But unfortunately or fortunately, another radioactive spider bites Jaye Todd-Wayne on a school field trip to Fox Corp/Wayne Tech. Knowing Crime Alley, Jaye’s home (despite being adopted by billionaire Bruce Wayne), is in trouble without a Spider guardian, Jaye decides to take it upon herself to be the next Spider. 

It’s not without its…problems.

Barbara as Spider-Woman Main Cast

Barbara Gordon = Spider-Gwen/Spider-Woman aka Gwen Stacy (Earth-65)

Commissioner Jim Gordon = NYPD Chief George Stacy

Harvey Bullock = Captain Frank Castle

Renee Montoya = Detective Jean DeWolff

Dinah Drake Lance = Mary Jane Watson (of the Mary Janes Band)

Alysia Yeoh = Betty Brant (of the Mary Janes Band)

Kori Anders = Glory Grant (of the Mary Janes Band)

Ted Kord = Peter Parker (aka Lizard, Earth-65)

Luke Fox = Harry Osborn (close friend to Gwen & Peter, Earth-65)

Lucius Fox = Norman Osborn

Jaye Todd-Wayne as Spider-Woman II or Ghost Spider Main Cast

Jaye Todd-Wayne = Spider-Woman II or Ghost Spider (aka Miles Morales)

Talia al Ghul and Bruce Wayne = Rio and Jefferson (Davis) Morales

Damian al Ghul = Billie Morales (younger sibling to Miles)

Willis Todd = Prowler aka Aaron Davis (uncle to Miles)

Tim Drake = Ganke Lee

Stephanie Brown = Starling aka Tiana Toomes

Arthur Brown = Vulture aka Adrian Toomes

Dick Grayson = Black Cat aka Felicia Hardy

Selina Kyle = Black Fox (mentor to Felicia and Tamara)

Victor Stone = Boris Korpse

Donna Troy = Bruno Grainger

Roy Harper = Tamara Blake

Raven = Odessa Drake

Main Villains

Joker & Harley Quinn = Carnage and Venom

Cluemaster (Arthur Brown) = Vulture

Two-Face (Harvey Dent) = Green Goblin or Two-Faced Goblin

The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot) = Kingpin

Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley) = Doc Ock

Selina Kyle = Black Fox

Bane = Rhino

Black Mask (Roman Sionis) = Mister Negative

Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries) = Electro or Scorpion

Clayface = Hydro-Man or Swarm

Scarecrow = Sandwoman (whose sand causes nightmares from Earth 2099)

Firefly = Shocker

Mad Hatter = Mysterio

Ted Kord = Lizard I (deceased)

Killer Croc = Lizard II

Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) = Kraven the Hunter

Grant Wilson = Grim Hunter (Kraven’s first son and Kraven the Hunter II)

Rose Wilson* = Ana Kravinoff (Kraven’s daughter)

Carmine Falcone/Falcone Crime Family = Hammerhead

Maroni Crime Family = Tombstone

Moxon’s Empire/Lew Moxon = Silvermane

*Originally had Rose Wilson as Deadpool but I think she would work better as Kraven's daughter

Other Cast: (could potential appear or be saved for later)

Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman) = Kate Kane

Cindy Moon (Silk) = Cassandra Cain

Matt Murdock (Daredevil) = Helena Bertinelli*

Madame Web (Cassandra Webb) = Ma Gunn

The Tinkerer (based on the game Spider Man) = Lonnie Machlin or Dana Harlowe

*Helena could either be Daredevil or Glory Brant (of the Mary Janes Band), whether you want to have her as a vigilante or just a civilian

Additional Notes:

Barbara’s main villains were Doc Ock, Vulture, Lizard, Shocker, and Mysterio. The only villains present during her tenure were: Doc Ock, Vulture, Lizard I, Mysterio, Sandwoman, Kingpin, Black Cat, Silvermane, Tombstone, Hammerhead, Electro, Swarm, Prowler, and Shocker. 

>>Barbara knew Kraven the Hunter was active and a villain via Dick, but never fought him personally. 

>>Barbara mainly fought her big three: Doc Ock, Shocker, and Lizard. She also handled a lot of mafia/gang related crimes, in conjunction with her father’s work. 

>>Barbara’s toughest battles were with Lizard I (mainly emotional) and Doc Ock.

Jaye’s main villains are Green Goblin/Two Faced Goblin, Kingpin, Mister Negative, Venom & Carnage. The villains present during her tenure are: Doc Ock, Vulture, Lizard II, Mysterio, Sandwoman, Black Cat, Kingpin, Shocker, Electro, Rhino, Venom & Carnage, Kraven the Hunter, Grim Hunter & Ana Kravinoff, Prowler, Swarm, Mister Negative, Hammerhead, Tombstone, and Silvermane. 

>>Jaye mainly fights her big four: Two-Faced Goblin, Kingpin, Mister Negative, and Venom & Carnage. Jaye also handles a lot of gang related activity but for different reasons than Barbara--whereas Barbara acted very much like a police detective, Jaye was trying to protect Crime Alley (aka Barbara worked with the police and Jaye does not). 

>>Black Cat, Doc Ock, Lizard II, and Ana Kravinoff are technically “villains” but Jaye has good working relationships with them. 

>>Jaye’s toughest battles are Venom & Carnage and Two-Faced Goblin (mainly emotional).

>>Jaye was adopted around 12-13, and grew up with Bruce and Talia (and later on, baby Damian), but also Uncle Harvey, Bruce’s best friend. Harvey, unfortunately, will be attacked and scarred by Tombstone (Maroni) and become the Two-Faced Goblin. 

>>Unclear if Jaye knows Willis is Prowler. 

>>Madame Web and Starling are newest additions to the hero community in Jaye’s time, and did not meet Barbara. Starling (Steph) knew of her because of her father and Madame knew her through her clairvoyance, but neither of them had ever met her face to face or interacted with one another.

And the lil drabble that started it all:

Out of all the leftover characters and remnants from Barbara’s time as Spidey, Black Cat is the only one she doesn’t mind.  Granted, he’s still a pain in the ass.  But, he also doesn’t try to kill her. Maim? Maybe, if she gets on his bad side. Use as a cat scratcher? More times than she can count, for no reason beyond “he was bored.”  He’s never gone for the jugular though and that she can appreciate.   And even she can admit, Barbara had good taste in men.

[colorfulyetsinful]

This is a hc timeline list for a fanfic I’m writing (it’s not even about Bruce, I just like writing lore).

No capes au, meaning no power or hero or villains. It’s hard to explain, maybe I’ll go into it more once I publish the fic.

(I’m not sure if this makes sense but I hope it makes sense)

Going one for the Kent’s bc I got plans for Clarky boy >:}

Anyways enjoy!!

Warning ⚠️

-young Bruce Wayne

-and underage drug use (it’s only mentioned)

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Bruce is basically Damian mixed with dick’s public persona

- basically he’s stand offish and a smart ass with a charming smile

Autistic coded (where Damian gets it from

Chosen not to have friends, but when Clark and Diana became his partners for a group project, he couldn’t get ride of them

Bruce and Oliver had a rivalry going on

hey didn’t realize it at first until they shared a class in 8th grade, and after that they couldn’t stand each other

Him and Harley some how became besties (kinda like how Damian and Colin are)

He scolds her for being interested in a delinquent (joker)

She comes back at him for having a on-off relationship with Talía

Him, Harley, Harvey, Edward, Pamela, and Selina used to sneak out of school to go smoke pot

(Usually on Wednesdays and Fridays every other week)

He definitely went through a rebellious stage

Cheated on his current gf (idk you pick) with Talía

Him and Talía were that toxic couple that shouldn’t be together but are

Kinda like Maddie and Nate but Bruce would never put his hands on her (he wouldn’t and he couldn’t that bitch would beat his ass)

Him and Selina are childhood friends in the sense that they met like 4 time from the age of 8-13 and fully became friends in Highschool

Talía and Bruce are childhood sweethearts

He was a band kid,,,he definitely played the trombone

Also was in a garage band bc of Eddie

He played the drums

Thought he was going to get ride of Harley after graduation

Nah they both were in the same criminal psychology major

Didn’t know how to drive until he was well into uni (he was driven around by a butler his whole life what do you expect)

Him, Clark, and Diana are drinking buddies

Him and Harley stopped being friends after she dropped out of school and ran away with her bf

Selina, Pamela, and Harley had a reunion in jail

Bruce dropped his friendship Harvey bc they both got drunk and had a fight at a club

Finally broke it off with Talía

Well she broke it off with him…he tells ppl his version tho

Lives up to his name as “Gotham’s playboy” for the rest of college

Him and Oliver (Queen) hooked up at a college graduation party

Woke up to matching rings and a marriage certificate

They were both mortified

He took Dick in around the age of 26 (dick was around 6)

Adopted him a year later

A bit clueless, so Alfred basically raised him

He really learned what patience was with Dick

Found and adopted Jason when Dick was about to turn 7 (Jason was still 5 turning 6)

Thought he was doing good bc now Dick had a friend :D

It didn’t work

Dick was ok about Jason, just was annoyed with Bruce

He lost his parents, anger is one stage of grief

“Now you know how it feels to raise a child, Mister. Bruce”

Yes Alfred is so smugges

But Jason is Bruce’s baby

Jason was such a good boy he couldn’t see how any one could be mean or say anything bad about him

He became such a family man

Him and Selina start having a physical relationship after Jason was adopted

They aren’t really dating bc they didn’t want to “be committed to anything”

Lowkey dating

He help Clark and Lois get together

He was also the best man for their wedding

Also a groomsman for Oliver

Adopted Tim and Cass a few weeks later (the judge looked at him crazy) when dick was 10, Jason 8, cass 9, and Tim 7

Told Alfred there will be no more kids after them

Haha

He helped Kate with the legal team to adopted Harper and Cullen

Since Lucius Fox and him were working long hours, he suggested that the kids have a sleepover

He regretted it later on bc too much kids in the house

But he was happy that his kiddies were talking to other kids that wasn’t themselves or their cousins

(It still didn’t help their social skills)

He also helped Harley turn a new leaf and got her back on her feet after she finally ended things with her ex

She slowly became the family therapist

Her and Bruce also fixed their friendship and now Bruce regrets Bri going her back in his life

(This is a lie, he actually missed Harley)

Was the one that got her and Pamela the apartment together

Also help both of them finish their degree and even get their doctorate

AND helped them adopt a child together

It was a long process due to their criminal record but nothing money can’t fix

Colin was that child

He’s a little shit but the girls love him

Talia and him had a special night together

(He’s not tied down so it’s not cheating 🙄)

It was back before he even had Dick so he wasn’t with Selina

But that night brought a 9 year old Damian to his foot step when Dick was 13

(Is the math mathing??)

“No more kids, huh” 🤨

“Alfred, I didn’t even know this one existed”

He thought Dick was a hard time???

Damian truly humbled him

Selina loved him but Damian was always guarded with her

He grew to accept her as Bruce’s gf

“We’re not dating Damian”

“Then why tf is she here if your not committed”

Stephanie just added herself to the family after her and Tim started dating

Bruce couldn’t get rid of her after they broke up bc she started dating his daughter

He secretly loves her but honestly she just makes herself at home

Colin is that same way but he’s been here longer then Stephanie so🤷‍♂️

Colin and Damian are besties on accident

- They met at dojo class and was the only one not scared to take Damian 1v1

He got his ass beat, but gave damian a bloody nose so, even!!

Damian is autistic coded

Bruce adopted Duke after Damian

It was the same judge every time

The judge didn’t even hold a trial bc he just wants Bruce out of the court room

“This is the last one Alfred I SWEAR”

“You said that TGE LAST TIME”

It wasn’t but it was t by adopt

He proposed to Selina on Hanukkah/Christmas party when Damian was 12

(Hanukkah/Christmas bc Bruce and Tim are Jewish and raised dick and Jason as Jewish, but Damian, Duke, Cass, and Selina aren’t Jewish)

“I’m not dating her” “we’re not doing any commitment” my ass

It’s been 10 years BRUCE

ANYWWYS she said yes

The kids + other were the wedding party

Damian was the ring barrier

Harley was the maid of honor

Clark was the best man

Other ppl from the league was invited bc Bruce did have other friends in school, but he mostly hanged out with his little group

Selina adopted the kids as her stepchildren

(She loves her little kittens)

They honeymoon in Thailand (Selina is haft Thai)

Another year into their marriage and Selina is pregnant:D

“…”

“…at least this isn’t some kid I found on the street or was from an old fling”

“So you acknowledge that there’s a problem”

They were expecting twins

Bruce is happy to have kids with Selina but some times he wishes he would have stop at Jason

(This is another lie, this man is whipped for his family)

Honestly Bruce is happy how big his family have grown since it was just him and Alfred for so long Alfred is happy that Bruce had grown into such a family man and is happy how he far he’s gone since his rebellious younger years

[ao3feed-sladedick]

War has Come While Night Hath Fallen over our Kingdom

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/EDgzIGq by InkBlot31 Fantasy, dark ages au of Wayne and uni - in this. The warrior and barbarian king to the country of Defencia, Slade, has taken over the kingdom belonging to the house of Wayne. However, the true king has simply vanished, leaving his sons and daughters within the keep to fend off the invaders. The king soon learns that the children all are adopted and not the true blood of Wayne, all but one child who is still in question... The eldest, Prince Richard steps up and has made clear that he will not let his family and the kingdom his father has saved come to any harm. For this promise to be kept, his hand must be given to the new king, whereas in this defense, many have objected to this union. In Defencia perhaps bedding minor royalty is not considered a crime to be suited by the gods, yet in the house of Wayne's book, there will be a rebellion if the king goes through with his plans to take over all of what the prior missing king has built. Yet Richard is only being kept until the real heir is revealed to all to bear witness. Will the prince make sure that the tyrant in charge cannot harm his own kin, and spread his rule to any neighboring cities in the process? Words: 1678, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Deathstroke the Terminator (Comics), Teen Titans (Animated Series) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage Characters: Dick Grayson, Slade Wilson, Bruce Wayne, Barbara Gordon, Jason Todd, William Randolph Wintergreen, Rose Wilson, Grant Wilson (DCU), Talia al Ghul, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, Tim Drake, Lucius Fox, Duke Thomas, Kate Kane (DCU), Adeline Kane Wilson, Jericho - Character, Jim Gordon, Catalina Flores, Koriand'r (DCU), Victor Stone, Garfield Logan, Komand'r (DCU), Raven (Teen Titans), Malchior (Teen Titans), Joker (DCU), Alfred Pennyworth Relationships: Dick Grayson/Slade Wilson, Bruce Wayne/Slade Wilson, Barbara Gordon & Jason Todd, Slade Wilson/William Randolph Wintergreen, Dick Grayson & Rose Wilson, Talia al Ghul & Damian Wayne, Talia al Ghul/Bruce Wayne read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/EDgzIGq

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

War has Come While Night Hath Fallen over our Kingdom

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/KlgcZFQ by InkBlot31 Fantasy, dark ages au of Wayne and uni - in this. The warrior and barbarian king to the country of Defencia, Slade, has taken over the kingdom belonging to the house of Wayne. However, the true king has simply vanished, leaving his sons and daughters within the keep to fend off the invaders. The king soon learns that the children all are adopted and not the true blood of Wayne, all but one child who is still in question... The eldest, Prince Richard steps up and has made clear that he will not let his family and the kingdom his father has saved come to any harm. For this promise to be kept, his hand must be given to the new king, whereas in this defense, many have objected to this union. In Defencia perhaps bedding minor royalty is not considered a crime to be suited by the gods, yet in the house of Wayne's book, there will be a rebellion if the king goes through with his plans to take over all of what the prior missing king has built. Yet Richard is only being kept until the real heir is revealed to all to bear witness. Will the prince make sure that the tyrant in charge cannot harm his own kin, and spread his rule to any neighboring cities in the process? Words: 1678, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Deathstroke the Terminator (Comics), Teen Titans (Animated Series) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage Characters: Dick Grayson, Slade Wilson, Bruce Wayne, Barbara Gordon, Jason Todd, William Randolph Wintergreen, Rose Wilson, Grant Wilson (DCU), Talia al Ghul, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, Tim Drake, Lucius Fox, Duke Thomas, Kate Kane (DCU), Adeline Kane Wilson, Jericho - Character, Jim Gordon, Catalina Flores, Koriand'r (DCU), Victor Stone, Garfield Logan, Komand'r (DCU), Raven (Teen Titans), Malchior (Teen Titans), Joker (DCU), Alfred Pennyworth Relationships: Dick Grayson/Slade Wilson, Bruce Wayne/Slade Wilson, Barbara Gordon & Jason Todd, Slade Wilson/William Randolph Wintergreen, Dick Grayson & Rose Wilson, Talia al Ghul & Damian Wayne, Talia al Ghul/Bruce Wayne read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/KlgcZFQ

[animemangasoul]

[Lucius Fox adopting Tim AU--oneshot]

"Hey," Dick said, hair fluttering in the wind. "Can we talk?"

He looked uncertain where he stood, hands stuffed in his pockets, expression too serious to fit on his usually otherwise cheerful face, and with his shoulders hunched, three cars seperating them in the parking lot, it wouldn't be a lie to say the vigilante cut an intimidating figure.

Tim paused. Fingers clenching and unclenching around his car keys; mouth suddenly dry. "Yeah," he finally managed to breathe out. "Sure. We can talk."

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So, I'm thinking of coming back to this series. Dick and Tim finally getting a chance to talk. And maybe figure things?

This conversation takes place a couple of weeks after the end of [We Parted Ways Along Time Ago]. Hopefully it comes out ok when it's done. I have started drafting the fic and I pray it doesn't get longer than 3k words.

Anyways, wish me luck and bye for now.

[sohotthateveryonedied]

psssst got any headcanons about the batkids being turned into animals for a day thanks to some fucked up magic rogues?? (i saw you reblogged some of that shifter au so i had to get your thoughts on this because uhhhhh i need it)

(i’m expanding it to a week because this au deserves as much content as i can give it holy shit i love it already)

dick gets turned into a golden retriever and he is having the time of his life. his only responsibility now is wagging his tail when he’s happy and barking at the mailman. no stress. no worries. he can do whatever he wants now. dick will run up and down the stairs fifty times for no fucking reason and has an absolute blast. he will plop on bruce’s lap while he’s trying to work and take a nap there and bruce can’t do a single thing about it. just sits there under the weight of his giant fluffy son.

dick tries to call wally and invite him over to the manor so they can play frisbee but all he can communicate is with woof woof bark. so he texts him with his giant paws, “pls coem ovetr im bored :’((” 

“sorry but i don’t want this to awaken any furry genes in me,,, you’re on your own pal”

timmy is a CAT. because i LIKE IT. he’s this fluffy lil black kitty who disappears less than five minutes after bruce wrangles them all back in the manor. he’s phantom of the opera now. the only reason anyone even knows he’s still in the house and alive is because alfred keeps finding him napping in the laundry room because it’s warm and he likes to squeeze himself into teeny tiny spaces. bruce nearly kills him when he turns the oven on one day and it’s sheer luck that he opens it to make sure it’s empty and oop! there’s tim! curled up on the bottom rack sleeping his life away in a hot box of death! bruce has a goddamn stroke.

barbara visits and tim spends the whole day sleeping in her lap. at one point he climbs up on her shoulder and snuggles into her neck like a fluffy lil angel, purring his heart out. babs has never felt so blessed in her life.

bruce: “son please. i have work to do”

tim, stomping all over bruce’s keyboard and headbutting him in the chin: “oh??? you have work to do huh??? more important than paying attention to me??? your son??? you hate me??? you want me to die??”

bruce’s very important email to lucius fox: “mkkkkkkkkkkkkghjkkkkkkknj.////////////,” 

steph!! is a mouse!! what a fuckin ride!! she is a small squeaky creacher, here one minute and gone the next. you grab a box of cheez-its from the pantry and find it empty but for a little blonde mouse snoozing in there like “fuck ok i guess this is how it is now.” one morning bruce discovers her using his coffee mug as a jacuzzi. he is dead inside.

damian is a wee tiger cub. he is cute but miserable and will run at bruce from across the room and smash into his shins because “father!! this is terrible!! fix it father!! you bitch!!” he snuggles with dick whenever he can though, purring like a car engine. 10/10 adorable, would definitely adopt.

bruce: “damian”

damian: :3 

bruce: “damian”

damian: :3

bruce: “you will spit stephanie out right now or you’re grounded”

damian: >:3

jason becomes a hawk. the first thing he does after getting turned is land on bruce’s head and screech in his ear because fuck you that’s why. this is karma supreme. once they’re all safely at the manor he carries off a screeching steph in his talons and drops her in the toilet. familia.

bruce: “jason. sweetheart. please tell me you didn’t just shit on my car.”

jason: “ok :) then i won’t tell you”

ironically, cass is a sloth. slow sleepy girl. only three toes nothing more. she is shockingly okay with it and just,, hitches rides on people,, all day. she hangs around bruce’s neck like a gucci scarf and sleeps there for hours. snzzzz.

duke is a freckled bunny, floppy ears and twitchy nose hell yeah. bunny duke is too good for this world. too pure. sleeby twitchy boy. he dropkicks damian in the face during dinner and lands in a bowl of mashed potatoes. babey. 

a few days in, alfred calls up the teen titans that way beast boy can come over and interpret what the batkids are saying since they can’t exactly speak anymore.

bruce: “so?? why does duke keep biting me??”

gar: “well uh. he said something about how um. you confiscated his xbox last week...”

at one point bruce isn’t looking where he’s going and steps on a cherry tomato and just. bursts into tears. because he thinks he stepped on steph’s tiny mouse body and killed her. a minute later steph swan dives off the chandelier with a parachute she made out of one of alfred’s handkerchiefs and lands on bruce’s head, giving him a fucking heart attack.

bruce goes to the pet store to buy food because apparently cats aren’t supposed to eat caviar?? wack. he stocks up on all kinds of pet food and the cashier asks how many animals he has. 

“oh no these are actually for my kids.” 

cashier: ಠ_ಠ

[afni-fics]

Core Four AU idea: It's still made of Tim, Kon, Cassie, and Bart, but their origins and mentors are scrambled (wip)

(Alt hero names found here: https://afni-fics.tumblr.com/post/645575571700645888/afni-fics)

Tim is mentored under Troia/Donna Troy and Wonder Woman/Diana Prince because it turned out he's the son of Persephone and Hades who was sent to the mortal world to be raised by Jack and Janet Drake because Ares had somehow cursed their child in an attempt to kill him in an attempt to divert some prophecy. The curse made him mortal and weakened his divine powers, but he's still got some. Tim's mortal parents are killed by Ares's minions when he's five, but Donna rescues Tim in time and spirits him away to Themyscira. Because he's just a child, he's allowed to stay there and be trained until he's 13 at which point he returns to the world of man where he lives with Donna as her cousin.

Conner is still a clone, but of Bruce Wayne and Ra's Al Ghul discovered by Batman during a raid on a secret genetic lab in an attempt to make the perfect heir for the League of Assassins. Conner was discovered several months after Jason's death at the hands of the Joker. He was physically aged to around ten years old, but had a critical flaw that had him earmarked the clone as a failure, so Ra's had ordered his "erasure" so they could start over again. Bruce rescued him and destroyed the lab before this could happen. The flaw is the boy was blind. Bruce ends up adopting the boy and trends to be hyper protective of him. However Conner is determined to figure out a way to join Bruce's war against crime (especially Ra's). He develops echo location ability to "see" either through an invention from Lucius Fox or as a surprise meta ability from the Lazarus Pit water used in the cloning process.

Cassie is still a Sandsmark except she's no longer daughter of Zeus, but of Hermes. Her connection to the Speed Force through the Greek God is weird and complicated. Barry and Wally initially don't know what to make of her. She loves the speed and adrenaline of going all out with her powers, but it can make her a little reckless. This makes her and Tim family on the Greek side. They are both first cousins (Hermes and Persephone are half siblings through Zeus) and first cousins once removed (Hermes is Hades's nephew). It's weird but they get it. They are really close and protective of the other and totally thick as thieves.

Bart as Superfam from the future is strange. He's the grandson of Kara Zor-El (Power Girl and Superman's cousin). One of Kara's children fell in love with a descendent of Lex Luthor in a very Shakespearean way from an alternative Earth. He was sent to this Earth because his own was dying due to a Crisis event and several youngsters from his generation were scattered to alternate universes to save their lives. Think end of Krypton, Earth version. At first he tries to keep away from his "family" because he doesn't want to mess too much with their futures (not knowing he's on a completely different Earth). Eventually he's found out and folded into the Kent's family, spending equal time between Smallville and Metropolis. Somehow Luthor discovers Bart is a genetic descendent of his, which sparks his interest/obsession in meeting the strange boy and raises all sorts of red flags with the Supers.

[teentitanimals]

AU Where All the Batkids are in School but are Still Superheroes

I see a lot of No Powers Highschool AUs out there, but superheroing is half the fun to me. And yeah, technically, I’m pretty sure most of the Batfam have been to school, but I mean, at the same time? You’d have to squish their ages down, but I think it’d be wild! And also, it’s all the Batkids (and some Superkids because why not, they go to the same school in this AU, okay?), including Helena, Terry, Matt, etc. And yes, they all keep their backstories (as in, Terry and Matt are still McGinnis’s too, and all that.) Also, I suck at knowing the education level system and ages, so, just a warning there.

Not in School (duh): Bruce, Alfred, Selina, Jim, Lucius, Clark, Lois, other adults

In (Fourth Year) College: Kate (23-24)

In (Second Year) College: Dick, Barbara (19-20)

In (First Year) College: Tam (18-19)

In Senior Year: Jason, Luke, Kara (17-18)

In Junior Year: Cass, Harper, Terry (16-17)

In Sophomore Year: Tim, Steph, Carrie, Duke, Conner (15-16)

In Freshman Year: Damian, Helena, Colin (14-15)

In 8th Grade: Matt, Jon, Cullen (13-14)

In 4th Grade: Timothy Fox (9-10)

In Kindergarten: Tiffany (5-6)

Who Stays Where?

For reference, I’d say they all go to a school somewhere between Gotham and Metropolis, rather than Gotham Academy or Metropolis High. Let’s call it... Mediocre High. A mediocre school for completely normal, mediocre kids.

Stays in Metropolis w/ Clark and Lois, but are at Wayne Manor 90% of the time anyway: Kara, Conner, Jon

Has their own apartments/safehouses but are at Wayne Manor 90% of the time time anyway: Kate, Dick, Jason, Tim, Steph, Harper

Stays at Wayne Manor: Terry, Cass, Carrie, Duke, Damian, Helena, Colin, Matt, Cullen (unless Cullen stays with his sister... or if any of them run away, because they do that often too)

Stays with their parents, or at their own apartments, and are at Wayne Manor a little less than 90% of the time anyway: Barbara, Tam, Luke, Timothy, Tiffany

What’s the Sitch with Relationships?

Biologically Bruce’s, and known to the public as biologically Bruce’s: Damian, Helena

Biologically Bruce’s, but not known to the public as biologically Bruce’s: Terry, Matt (these two often visit their mother!)

Legally adopted by Bruce: Dick, Jason, Tim, Cass, Duke

Not legally adopted by Bruce but, come on, they’re his kids anyway: Harper, Cullen, Carrie, Colin

Family Friends that are like siblings/cousins (or siblings-in-law ;3): Kara, Conner, Jon, Barbara, Steph, Tam, Luke, Timothy, Tiffany

Wine Aunt/Older Sister: Kate

Shenanigans

It was a hilarious bit started by Steph and encouraged by Dick, Jason, and Carrie that they should all stuff themselves into the smallest limo or helicopter possible and crawl out like clowns. It was funny, to be fair, but the bloodshed spilled because of it banned them from doing it again. The kids got split into two separate cars after that, but eventually went back to one big limo, except for those who’d prefer to keep their sanity and drive there on their own (assuming they have a licence).

This batch of kids, excluding Kara, Conner and Jon, are often referred to as the “Wayne kids”, or the “Gotham kids”. Sometimes Kara, Conner and Jon get called Gotham Kids as well, despite being from Metropolis and proud. They’re vocality from protesting against being called Gotham Kids earned them the nickname “Not-Gotham Kids”.

Damian, Helena, Colin, Matt, Jon and Cullen are one of Those groups. Often together, closely knit, all characters on their own, but together, they lose all braincells. Teachers love all of them individually (with the exception of Damian), but are absolutely terrified of them as a group.

The second group most like that would be the girls- Tam, Kara, Steph, Cass, Harper, Carrie and sometimes Barbara, Kate and Helena. Alone, they’re pretty good kids, but together their chaotic-ness knows no bounds.

Who are we kidding? All of these kids are like that. Put any two together, and you’re either going to see someone get stabbed, a glitter bomb explode, an impromptu dance session, or debate the pronunciation of “bologna” for an hour.

Due to Damian often claiming he’s the rightful heir as the blood son, Helena, Matt and Terry will often pipe up to remind him that he isn’t the only blood son (or daughter, in Helena’s case). This often causes problems, not because Damian attacks them (verbally or physically), but because Terry and Matt aren’t, in the public’s eye, biologically Bruce’s, so the kids often have to scramble to make up some excuse to outsiders, often settling with it being an inside joke.

In this AU, Terry and Matt go by “Futurebat and Futurebird” because Why Not? As for Conner and Jon both being Superboy... how about, we just keep it that way? Because, really, Why Not? The public dubs them both the “Superboys”, and there’s no need to change it for now. Sometimes Conner gets called the Superclone, but mostly they just differentiate by some variation of “Superboy One/Uno and Superboy Two/Dos”. Sometimes “Superteen and SuperPre-Teen” when Jon was a bit younger. Also, think of all the shenanigans that can arise from that. Amazing.

Damian, at first, had as much hate towards Helena (and eventually Terry and Matt when they learned of them as well) as he did towards Tim. But, Helena always found his anger a bit funny (so long as it wasn’t life-threatening, which it often was). She never wanted to “be the heir” to Batman or Catwoman. She just happened to be their kid, and she wanted her own hero persona anyway, aka The Huntress.

To explain the situation with Helena, Terry and Matt, I’d say Helena (who’s a few months younger than Damian) was raised by Bruce and Selina, but the two’s relationship was on-and-off, and there were long periods where Selina would solo-parent Helena and Bruce (or Alfred and/or Dick, really) would solo-parent Helena. Eventually, the two got their shit together and are currently in a loving relationship, but not married yet. Terry and Matt were, of course, kept hidden from Bruce, being raised by Warren and Mary in a loving family. Eventually, after the death of Warren, and Terry trying to strike out as a solo hero, and the discovery that his DNA matched Bruce’s rather than Warren’s, their story was revealed that Terry was planned to be “future Batman” by Amanda Waller (needless to say Damian did Not Like That). Terry confronted Bruce and told him about it, and eventually Matt would learn the truth as well.

The only people Damian actively calls by their first names are Jon, Colin and Helena. Helena is only because Damian didn’t want to admit she was a Wayne at first (even though her legal last name in this AU is Kyle-Wayne).

They have a lot of animals, some are permanent, some come and go, some are just strays they feed, but nothing will compare to the amount of cats they have. The majority are strays that stay outside of the manor, yes, but they have too many. Sometimes they’ll be walking down a street opposite side of Gotham, and see one of their cats. This isn’t even because Selina now lives with them, and she brought her cats with her. No, it’s because Dick, Barbara, Jason and Steph, among others, loved the idea of Catwoman being a crazy cat lady, so they kept getting her more cats, which, in turn, gave everyone a new cat. And Damian was not helping in the least bit. Selina at least tried to stop them from bringing more cats home, but Damian would smuggle them back in anyway. Bruce honestly wishes someone had a cat allergy so they would have an excuse not to have that many cats.

Helena is a dog person. She likes cats, but... Dogs.

The Batkids all fight over the right of getting to babysit Tiffany.

Cass is often called the Good Kid by teachers and staff. That is not true, the true Good Kid is Duke. This is because he’s the only one that can maintain his braincells even in a group... 90% of the time, anyway.

Half of these kids will vanish during school hours to go stop some crime even though Bruce has repeatedly told them not to do that. The other kids who are not superhero vigilantes or manage to respect said rule (which is not often) scramble to make excuses for them. No excuse has ever been something normal, but it works because “When have Wayne kids ever been normal?”

School events like dances and football games are awful. Some of the kids are aware going will be awful, and desperately try to get out of it, but someway, somehow, they always wind up there. It would have been chaotic enough just having the Gotham Kids go, but when they bring their friends too (Teen Titans, Young Justice, Outlaws, whomever), there’s no hope. Their classmates at school both fear and look forward to these events, depending on how they go down. On one hand, it’s the Waynes! You’re basically watching “Keeping up with the Waynes” in real life! On the other hand, oh god, don’t get caught in the crossfire, whatever you do, run for dear life if you must.

Amazingly, Dick is the only one who got permanently banned from these events. And he didn’t even do anything. Well... anything as bad as his siblings, anyway.

They have all gotten suspended at least once, whether they are a Good Kid or not. Jason is actually one of the Good Kids so long as his siblings aren’t around to annoy him, but he got caught with a gun once, and barely escaped getting expelled... well, actually, he didn’t barely escape it, he was a Good Kid after all. But it was still on the table. That was, miraculously, the only time he got suspended.

Damian, surprisingly, does not have the highest suspension rate, but he does have the highest “called into the office” rate. You can guess all the reasons- sneaking pets into school, sneaking wild animals into school, having knifes and/or other weapons on him, belittling other students (he’s not intentionally trying to bully them, but, he can’t help but point out what they’re doing wrong), arguing and insulting teachers, ditching class (for vigilantism of course), etc.

The highest suspension rate goes to Dick, before he went to college. Mostly it was just due to how often he would skip classes and not turn in homework, but occasionally he would get into fights (to defend another kid, usually). The schools hadn’t yet gotten tolerable to the chaos that is the Waynes yet.

I suppose I should list the Good Kids. They are as follows: Cass, Duke, Jason, Luke, Helena, Cullen, Jon and Tiffany (she is Small and Innocent).

The Bad Kids: DAMIAN, Conner, Steph (she likes causing trouble for fun), Carrie (same as Steph, but more class clown-y) and Terry (mostly when he was younger).

The Bad Kids Sometimes: Harper, Timothy Fox, Kara

The Neutral Kids: Tam, Tim (depends on whether he’s crashed from lack of sleep or caffeine overdose), Dick, Matt, Barbara

The “Troubled” Kids (don’t label them that schools, rude): Colin, Cullen too technically but he’s more “Good”, Kate, literally all of them depending on the time of day (or night, specifically)

[unmaskedagain]

Batfamily/Ducktales AU

Someone’s going to hate me for this!

I’ve been binging ducktales 2017 lately, like a lot, and also seeing all these batfam posts here on tumblr and I couldn’t help but think…

The mystery and story lines of Ducktales could really flow well Batfamily.

Just imagine; Recluse billionaire Bruce Wayne; cranky, acts older than he is, and would never EVER be seen without a custom design suit. Bruce long since retired from his days as a great adventurer (Secretly batman) after a terrible tragedy that no one ever speak off…

Mostly because it cost him everything; his money, his family and, some would even dare whisper, what was left of his heart.

Ten to thirteen years after the mysterious event occurred, Van Wayne (Bruce’s cousin) shows up in drive way with three kids of various ages sitting in the car making Awed eyes at Bruce. Kids he hadn’t seen in nearly a decade: Dick, Jason, and Tim. Bruce is both heartbroken and overjoyed to see them.

Overjoyed because…

These are Katie’s adopted kids. His cousin Kate Kane who he hadn’t thought of in… Had refused to think of for quite some time.

Heartbroken because…

These were Katie’s kids. Her little boys. When did they get so big? Had it really been that long? Heartbroken and angry because he can’t help but remember it was his fault. All his fault. His fault for why three little boys grew up without their mom.

It turns out Alfred agreed that Bruce would watch the kids while Van is gone.

The boys are overjoyed that their Uncle Van (really cousin) is leaving them with the infamous Bruce Wayne.

In this situation:

Tim would be Huey despite being the youngest in this AU.

Jason is of course Louie.

And Dick is Dewey.

Bruce has no idea what to do with these kids and decides to just ignore them and leave them to.

Alfred is of course the former super spy and ultra British Mrs Beakly who is just too badass for words. He is caring for his hyper scary goddaughter/granddaughter…

I want to say Barbara Gordon. Well trained, mini-spy, who is obsessed with the mysteries of the Wayne family.

Less than an hour at the Wayne Manor, the boys and Barbara nearly cause the apocalypse after discovering the dust covered batcave and reawakening some ancient demon.

Together, Bruce and the kids team up to stop the evil force. They do and it reawakened Bruce’s love for adventure, mysteries, and stopping crimes.

Near the end of the first adventure, Dick discovers a portrait of his mom. He barely remembered her and no one talked about her.

Somewhere along the line, he discovers an apology letter from Kate Kane, his mom, to Bruce:

Bruce,

I took the Spear of Selene.

I’m sorry,

Kate.

Dick vows to find out the truth of what happened to his mother. Through the amazing death defying adventure the family grows closer and finally feels like a really family, all while Dick with the help of Barbara is hunting for the truth; refusing to even tell his brothers until he knows what really happened.

All while these is happening Bruce’s greatest enemy is working behind the scenes to restore his/her power by using/forcing Cassandra to get close to Barbara and get back an artifact that will restore their powers. Ra’s Al ghul.

Lex Luther (The Au’s Glomgold) wants to be richest man on earth, unfortunately that title currently belongs to Bruce. Cue elaborate schemes to become the richest by eliminating Bruce that never EVER work.

Lucius Fox, nicknamed by other inventors as Gearloose, gets back into inventing which cause Bruce to remember why he promoted his dear friend; all of Lucius’ inventions go evil or are just “wildly misunderstood”.

Selena Kyle aka Catwoman is the master thief, and the only adventure to rival Bruce.

Then when the family is at his closest, when they all really feel like a family, when Bruce is more than just an estranged Uncle the kids never heard of before but feels almost father-like to these kids, the truth comes out.

The boys accuse Bruce of being the reason they don’t have a mom.

And once more, The tragedy of Spear of Selene shatters everything.

Bruce is, once again, left alone in his manor; his family gone, his desire for adventure and life gone, the pieces of his heart he didn’t even realized still worked anymore were gone again.

All that’s left is the bitter broken man he had been at the start of the tale.

Unfortunately, it’s at this time that Ra’s Al Ghul steals back the artifact and unleashes his shadows to destroy all of Gotham.

In order to save their beloved city, the family must put aside their differences and hurt and work together to save the day.

[ereawrites]

Batfam x Game Of Thrones AU

under the cut bc it’s long lol

HOUSE WAYNE:

An ancient house, which is held in high esteem both in the royal court and by commoners. Although House Wayne no longer holds a great deal of land (the border cuts through the Kingswood, just south of King’s Landing), they still act as lords over a large stretch of coastline in the south. The ports here allowed House Wayne to build their fortune, cementing their status as a high house.

In recent years, the Waynes have maintained and built their wealth through a combination of loans and investments. Often, they loan money to the Crown or the Iron Bank, and they control much of the trade of silks and spices from Essos. 

The Waynes are known to be a proud family, and very honourable, similar to the Starks in the North (for example, there are almost never rumours of bastards). They are known to treat the common people on their land well, and are well-bred and well-liked at court - however, the family is also somewhat reclusive, and little is known about their business.

Furthermore, in contrast with many of the great houses of Westeros, the Waynes tend not to have many children. This may be because of their isolated nature, or perhaps due to a lack of ambition - many lords of this house will only have one or two sons in their lifetime.

Good relationships with the majority of houses in Westeros, as well as connections across the Narrow Sea, but their main allies include the Tyrells and the Tullys. House Wayne also commands some bannermen, including House Kyle.

Traditionally, the Wayne’s colours are silver, grey, and deep blue - these are the colours of their armour and banner (a silver moon, partially obscured by a stormcloud).

House words: we are the night.

BRUCE WAYNE (THE BAT):

Bruce Wayne is the only child of Lord Thomas Wayne, and his parents were killed in front of him by bandits as a boy, while the family was travelling to King’s Landing.

Following his parents’ death, a young Bruce was sent to foster with the Starks in Winterfell - here, he began to train harder than ever in swordplay, archery, and riding. Soon, Lord Stark allowed Bruce out with Winterfell’s guard to hunt down bandits roaming the land: even as a boy, Bruce was a natural leader, and often convinced his fellow soldiers to use non-lethal force. This sat well with Lord Stark, who encouraged Bruce to continue his training after leaving the North.

Bruce returned to his own lands aged eleven, ready to become Lord Wayne and take command of the lands back from the family steward, Alfred Pennyworth. Although Bruce took well to managing the estate, the lands were not large or particularly difficult to run, and so he soon left again to train. Command of his lands was once again left to Alfred.

Over the next few years, Bruce trained in a variety of styles, often fostering with other houses. Wherever he went, he would always sit in on council meetings about criminals and traitors, and took a particular interest in their punishments. He quickly built a reputation for being strong-willed and passionate, but very much against sentencing men to death: many lords took his advice to send criminals to the Wall.

By the time he officially took the title of Lord Wayne aged 17, Bruce had trained with the Dornish, the men of the Night’s Watch, Braavosi sellswords, the Kingsguard, and a khalasar of Dothraki. He also returned with a new master-of-arms, Lucius Fox, who came from Qohor and had the knowledge to rework Valyrian Steel.

As Lord Wayne, Bruce is an excellent leader, even if he rarely deals directly with his subjects. He ensures the safety of his people, and commissions a new port on the coastline - he is also renowned for charitable donations, and opens the castle gates to commoners during winter.

Very well-liked amongst the other houses, and in the royal court; lords and ladies pity him for his parents’ death, and find him perhaps a little boyish, but Bruce is undeniably charismatic. He builds a playboy reputation in his later teens - brothels always make more money when he visits King's Landing, and he refuses to even discusses betrothals - but this is as a cover for his true intentions.

With the help of an enthusiastic Lucius Fox, and an exasperated Alfred, Bruce takes up the identity of the Bat, a mysterious vigilante in a black cowl and cape who roams the south on a black stallion. At first, the Bat is dismissed as a low-born playing at being a knight, but people soon begin to take notice when a notorious group of bandits is found, disarmed and tied up, outside the gates of King’s Landing.

The Bat never kills his victims, and always leaves clear instructions that they should either be thrown into jail, or sent to the Night’s Watch. Other lords will generally respect his wishes - after all, this vigilante is saving them a lot of work and trouble, and it’s easy enough to send a few bandits North.

Single-handedly rebuilds the Night’s Watch, halves petty crime in the South, and does it all without anyone other than his steward and Lucius Fox knowing his identity.

He doesn’t know why people started calling him the Bat, but he assumes it’s because of the black cape, which can look like wings in the night. He had a special cowl, with pointed ears, designed so he could play into the role. Also, people often assume that the Bat is one of the Whents, as their coat of arms is a bat. Bruce finds this hilarious.

As Bruce ages and his children begin to take over his work, Bruce begins to relax into the role of Lord Wayne more. He even begins to discuss the potential of marriage. Currently, he’s courting Selina Kyle, an only child who took over leadership of her house after her father died under mysterious circumstances. He also is taking the opportunity to travel more, since he can trust Dick and Tim to run the lands in his absences.

DICK GRAYSON (NIGHTWING):

Originally from Pentos, Richard Grayson (called Dick by his family members) was born into a large and successful circus - when he was young, the circus travelled across the Narrow Sea to Westeros, where he grew up performing in King’s Landing and Highgarden.

It was at one of these performances where his parents died. The Lannisters were implicated in the murder, after the circus accumulated unpaid debts to them, but nothing was ever proved. Young Dick was comforted at the scene by Lord Wayne, and later taken in as his ward.

An incredibly skilled acrobat, and, as Bruce soon found, a natural at fighting, Dick thrived as a ward of a great house. He missed his parents greatly, and vowed to hunt down the hired thugs who killed them (as well as all other criminals), but he also grew to love Bruce Wayne as a father.

Became Robin - a vigilante dressed in a signature red cape - aged 12. He would have done so sooner, if Bruce had allowed it, but he’s incredibly eager and loves the role. He incorporated fighting styles from Essos, as well as his acrobatic skills, into his fighting, which made him incredibly difficult to predict during sword fighting. He preferred a one-handed longsword, but he was equally as likely to use a staff.

The people of the royal court loved him. Dick quickly learned how to navigate high society, and as a naturally friendly and charming person, also learned how to make people like him. This was necessary, given people’s tendency to dismiss him as a lowborn foreigner, and after a few years of lessons, Dick managed to wrap half the lords and ladies of kings landing around his little finger.

Officially adopted and given the Wayne name in his late teens, as a result of Bruce’s long-term efforts to convince the King to allow it. However, Dick chooses to pass over the line of succession, and hates when people call him a lord. He can often be found playing with local children, teaching them somersaults or learning songs from them.

As a foreigner, he wasn’t permitted to officially join the Kingsguard, but he did spend a brief stint as Commander of the City Watch in King’s Landing. It was after Jason’s death and during a time of identity crisis for him. He enjoyed the role, but felt that he couldn’t overcome the corruption within the City Watch.

Became Nightwing after this time, and currently uses this identity. Nightwing wears black and blue leather armour, and fights with a distinctive staff inspired by his ancestors in the East. Nightwing roams the South, sometimes venturing as far North as the Neck - he has a talent for sniffing out assassins and hired thugs - but always returns to Wayne lands.

When he isn’t covering his lengthy absences as training, Richard Grayson-Wayne spends most of his time with his family in Gotham. He’s particularly good at teaching the others the finer points of high society (people always wonder why he rejected the chance to become Lord Wayne) and is deeply protective over his family. Dick also travels across the Narrow Sea on his father’s trading ships often, as he misses Essos.

If Dick doesn’t receive at least 3 proposals per week, it’s a slow week. Every woman (and half the men) south of the Wall have fallen in love with him. However, Dick has no particular interest in marrying or creating heirs, and he’s currently focusing on eradicating crime, where he can, as his own person.

JASON TODD (THE RED HOOD):

A low-born boy, Bruce found a young Jason trying to steal his black stallion in the stormlands. Although Bruce was of course frustrated, he saw potential in Jason, and followed the boy back to his home at the local village. Here, Bruce saw that Jason had no future, other than the likely path of being forced into joining a local gang of thugs.

Bruce returned to the stormlands the next week, as Lord Wayne, and pretended that he was searching for a new stablehand. Jason jumped at the opportunity to leave his village, and took full advantage of Gotham’s master-at-arms and armoury. He could often be found in the dead of night, hacking at training dummies with a greatsword he was too young to lift - soon, Bruce intervened and began to train Jason himself.

Jason built a close relationship with Bruce, who allowed him to become Robin after two years of intense training (and the realisation that Jason was going to get into fights either way), and Dick, who accepted the younger boy as his brother after a frosty first impression. He would never have admitted it, but in his first few years with House Wayne, Jason craved their approval and did everything he could to fit in.

Although officially the stableboy, Jason was treat as a ward, and was eventually adopted in a similar manner to Dick. Jason pretended not to care, and Bruce kept it a quiet affair, but it meant more to Jason than he could manage to put into words.

Did well as Robin - beyond a few thugs ending up with severely damaged ribs - but, upon finding out that his birth mother was actually a prostitute from the Vale, decided to take a temporary break in order to track her down. With Bruce’s blessing and House Wayne’s money, Jason left Gotham and travelled for months, eventually finding his mother in Volantis. It was here that she sold him out to the Joker, a sadistic man whose origins were unknown, and Jason was killed in an explosion of wildfire.

Resurrected by Talia Al’Ghul, an ex-Red Priestess who once knew Bruce Wayne and had followed Jason’s journey in Volantis. Jason experienced a temporary madness from this resurrection, however, and ended up leaving the city to train with a Dothraki horde for some time - these were the only people who could manage his newfound strength and lust for violence. After this, Jason took up the mantle of Red Hood (a red cowl, with silver-plate armour) and worked as a mercenary in Essos.

Upon finding out that Bruce Wayne hadn’t avenged his murder, Jason returned to Westeros as Red Hood, now an extremist vigilante who killed the Bat’s targets and left them waiting to greet the Bat. This behaviour continued for years, until Dick managed to track Jason down and talk him down.

Now, Jason works more closely with his family. He still kills the worst of criminals - rapists, serial killers, etc. - but takes great measures to hide this from them. He fights with a silver greatsword, and is feared by bandits across the kingdoms. Jason is also the most likely of his family to venture into the North, and has even travelled beyond the Wall.

His absence from Westeros was easily explained away by House Wayne - Jason never appeared much at court as a child, so his disappearance was hardly noted - and Jason has taken somewhat more of an active role in the house since his return. He takes the title of lord, but passes over succession and still feels a little uncomfortable dealing with other lords, and instead keeps mostly to studying and dealing with the affairs of the Wayne’s land.

Builds a reputation as being harsh, but fair. No one even bothers to ask for a betrothal. They know what the answer will be. Even if his identity as the Red Hood is a secret, Jason Todd-Wayne still carries a greatsword with him at almost all times, and he intimidates even the mightiest of lords.

TIMOTHY DRAKE (RED ROBIN):

Tim was born into a noble house, distantly descended from the Targaryens (hence the name, Drake). However, he was part of a branch of the main family, and therefore was not expected to inherit all the lands and titles. Instead, Tim spent much of his childhood studying at the Citadel, and had the potential to become a great maester. 

However, he had been transfixed with Richard Grayson since attending one of his performances as a very young boy, and seeing Bruce Wayne comfort Dick after his parents’ death. After following their exploits for many years, and reading Citadel reports on the Bat and Nightwing, Tim deduced their true identities. When Jason Todd was killed, Tim travelled to Gotham and confronted Bruce and Dick.

He was accepted as the new Robin at the urging of Alfred and Dick. Tim gave the role of Robin a new meaning - although he was a skilled fighter and trained just as hard as Bruce and Dick, Tim was particularly good at following clues and setting clever traps for his targets. Many of his victims were lured into easy crimes, for example robbing a lonely woman on the side of the road, but were disarmed and subdued before they even realised they had been tricked.

Tim chose to fight with a staff, similar to one he once saw Dick using (he never quite gets over his admiration of Dick Grayson). He was physically very small until his late teens (where he experienced a much-anticipated growth spurt) and preferred to avoid physical confrontations where possible.

Disguised his time in Gotham as fostering with the Waynes. This is common amongst the sons of great houses, and when his parents died, Tim was officially taken in as a ward of House Wayne. Tim was not close with his parents at the time of their death (he resented them for essentially abandoning him as a child) and he saw the Waynes as his true family.

As he grew older, Tim took more of an active role in the House affairs: having grown up as part of a great house, he was a natural at diplomacy, and had a talent for manipulating lords and ladies without them being any the wiser. He single-handedly doubled the Wayne’s exports in the course of two years. Similarly, Tim was an expert at court, and therefore was often chosen to escort Bruce to King’s Landing (Dick was a little too over-friendly, and Jason was impossible).

Became Red Robin in his late teens, around the same age that Dick became Nightwing, and currently uses this identity. Red Robin still works closely with Batman, but he enjoys the freedom to experiment with his methods. He also regularly visits the King’s Landing dungeons, to interrogate prisoners and learn more about their minds.

He still spends at least a month of each year at the Citadel; he is hailed as one of the brightest minds in Westeros, but he doesn’t care for flattery or fame. Tim is purely focused on research, and bettering the Kingdoms as much as he can. If that means studying agriculture so he can ensure the people on Wayne lands will have enough to eat in winter, so be it. If it means taking on the identity of Red Robin and hunting down human traffickers, so be it.

Arguably the most dedicated vigilante in the entire family. Trains harder than anyone to make up for his smaller frame, reads and plans all night, and never gives himself enough time to recover from injuries. Bruce has a constant headache from worrying about his ward.

Tim is never officially adopted - his House name is too valuable to give up - but is generally referred to as one of the Wayne children. He is seen as a great potential marriage by many other houses, but always manages to slip away from meetings about betrothals at the last second. Some in Gotham suspect he has a secret lover (no one knows who, but it’s Kon Kent).

DAMIAN AL’GHUL-WAYNE (ROBIN):

Born to Talia Al’Ghul, who seduced Bruce during one of his visits to Essos to discuss trade. Talia used her powers as a Red Priestess to ensure that Damian would be genetically ‘perfect’, and she originally intended to induct her son into Ra’s Al’Ghul’s League Of Assassins - however, she later had a change of heart and sent Damian to Westeros for his own protection.

Damian, considered a bastard in Westeros, was given the surname Storm. Although raised by Bruce and treated just as well as a true-born son, Damian struggled greatly with this perceived rejection, and often fought with his adoptive brothers: he tried to elevate his position by justifying himself as the only ‘blood son’ of Bruce Wayne.

Thanks to Talia’s intervention, Damian was aware of the Wayne’s vigilante identities from as early as he could remember, and therefore he fought hard to become Robin as soon as he landed in Westeros. This caused initial tension between him and Tim, but the two reconciled as Damian grew and began to understand the importance of the role of Robin.

Became Robin within two months of coming to Gotham - Damian had spent much of his life training under Ra’s Al’Ghul, and he was arguably the most skilled Robin of all. He chose to fight with a simple curved sword, but was not opposed to using daggers and was equally comfortable with a broad range of weapons.

At first, Damian was very violent, and even struck out on his own and attempted to kill a particularly troublesome bandit leader in the Westerlands. The rest of the family never really directly addressed this, but gently continued to steer Damian away from his intensity. It was very difficult for him to learn to be merciful, but as he grows, he’s beginning to become more compassionate and less of a brat.

Thanks to Bruce’s high status and close relationship with the King, Damian was recently legitimised, and therefore is the heir to House Wayne’s lands and trades. As a result, he tries to take a decently active role in family affairs, even if they bore him with their ‘mundanity’ at times - Damian admits that he has a lot to learn from Tim in this regard.

Struggles with diplomacy. He’s already making a name for himself as a harsh lord: he doesn’t take kindly to people who rely too heavily on help from the Waynes, and often argues with other lords who try to take advantage of his family. It falls to Dick to apologise on Damian’s behalf. However. Damian is fiercely protective of the commoners living on Wayne lands - no one really knows why, but Dick suspects it’s because Damian believes he can protect them and better their lives.

Damian is one of the only high lords in Westeros who believes in the Lord of Light. He’s seen the Lord of Light’s power first-hand, through his mother’s powers and his grandfather’s Lazarus Pits, and he openly rejects the Old Gods or the Seven. This causes some tensions with older families, but people in Gotham are beginning to come around to the religion of the Lord Of Light, and this is further cementing Damian’s position as the future Lord Wayne.

Currently, Damian has no desire to stop being Robin. He’s still young, and has a lot to learn; plus, he appreciates the good he can do working with his father. Although he’d never admit it, the time he spends with Bruce in their vigilante identities is among his most treasured memories.

Accepts that he will be expected to marry one day, for the good of the family. Damian has a strong sense of duty. Betrothals are often discussed, but Bruce and Dick are strangely reluctant to allow their baby boy to marry just yet.

EXTRAS:

Stephanie Brown - a low-born girl living in Gotham, whose father was running a low-level crime ring at the docks. Steph, with a strong sense of morals, took on the identity of Spoiler to defeat her father: this caught the attention of Tim Drake and Bruce Wayne. After some time, Steph managed to convince them to allow her to be Robin - Tim revealed their identities to her during a short-lived secret romance - and this led to her near death at the hands of Black Mask. Now, Steph operates again as Spoiler. She can often be found in House Wayne’s castle, posing as a serving girl or handmaiden, causing general havoc and training with Damian or Tim.

Barbara Gordon - Barbara is the daughter of Jim Gordon, who once served as Commander of the City Watch in King’s Landing. She grew up with a close relationship to Bruce, and when she deduced his identity as The Bat, she decided to take up the mantle of Batgirl. After a fight went south and left her crippled, Barbara used her connections at the citadel to get a wheelchair designed, and she now works as Oracle. She has many connections across Westeros and Essos - both through her father’s work, and her own - and uses these informants to keep the rest of the family up-to-speed on crime.

Cassandra Cain - Cass was born into the Faceless Assassins, and was raised to be a perfect killing machine: illiterate, mostly mute, and trained to read emotions precisely. However, this skill caused her to become extremely emotive, and she fled the Faceless Assassins after making her first (and only) kill. Bruce Wayne found her in his ports, stowed away on a ship, and decided to take her in as his own. Cass currently fights crime with her brothers and sister, but prefers to stay in Gotham painting or drawing. She’s known to be soft-spoken around strangers, but comes out of her shell around her family.

Duke Thomas - Duke and his family emigrated from the Summer Isles, in order to avoid piracy and raids for new Unsullied soldiers, when he was very young. The family came to Gotham due to its reputation for being relatively welcoming - Duke grew up idolising Robin, and later joined and led the informal We Are Robin movement: a group of low-born boys, trying to clean up their villages and create better lives for themselves. Duke experienced an awakening of his meta powers in his early teens, and sought out Lord Wayne for advice, knowing he had travelled and likely encountered similar powers. Duke now works with the Waynes to control and hone his powers, and has a close relationship with Jason in particular.

[griffle-musings]

Fly Through, AU Drabbles: Omega AU

I. Look.

Okay- all of this came from an idea, and maybe sort of @dexdefyingstunts was being an amazing cheerleader and so, I give you this purely self indulgent AU, in which Tim is an Omega with a broken bond, and Jenna is his adopted Pup, and through drama and angst, have since relocated from Gotham, to San Francisco.

TW: Uh, ABO, platonic Nursing, vague mentions of Heat, implication of ✨drama✨

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Tim is miserable.

For once, he's regretting moving out to the Californian branch, even if it meant being away from Wayne's...everything, and closer to his support group. He loves the ocean air that isn't tainted with scum, the lack of having to carry a medical grade gas mask everywhere, and more importantly, the charming San Francisco townhouse that he and his new pup, Jenna, live. He loves the fact that Lucius was generous enough to help move Delia and Lucy close by, That Tam and Luke had also decided to join him out West, that he has a healthy pack structure in the form of the Fox Pack and Delia.

What he doesn't like, is the damn heat. That awful, oppressive Californian heat of the sun beating down, making his suit cling to his skin in uncomfortable ways.

He's already miserable from the fact that apparently he mis-planned his own Heat, it coming on strong and fast in the middle of a work day. He knew...he knew that it happened sometimes. To broken-bonded omegas. Didn't make it any embarrassing though.

He suffered through two hours of the surprise Heat, and left for the day, citing that he'll be working at home for the rest of the week- luckily his department is sympathetic, and hand-picked with the most competent, so they merely wished him the best.

Huffing, he enters his home, double-checking doors and windows as the sensation of burning morphs into sweltering. He should feel more concerned about the trail of clothes he's leaving to his bedroom, he's not a single Omega living alone anymore, but he is sweating and miserable and needs to be in a freezing shower two days ago.

The shower brings relief. The automated air conditioner dropping everything down to a nice 60 degrees feels amazing on his heated skin, slipping on a pair of soft sleep shorts, and with a quick text to Delia asking her to pick up Jenna from school, he stumbles into his nest and into a fitful rest.

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"Dad? I'm home! Ms. Quinzel told me that you got your heat- Dad?"

He blinks away, muzzily staring at the dark window- it's late, the sun already sliding down, and he can hear Jenna knocking at the door softly. Thank God for support of the Pack- he relaxes against the pillows again, still exhausted, still in the beginning dregs of Heat.

"In here baby," he tiredly calls out. He sends a quick prayer out to Delia, and all of her amazing…amazing-ness.

Tim raises his head at the door opening.

"Dad?"

He smiles at the concerned face; even in Heat, or especially in Heat, seeing his little one's brings joy to his being. "Hey baby," he coos, and he can see her shuffle, unsure to come into the room, waiting for permission. Such a polite little pup.

He reaches out his arms, making grabby hands at her. "Come in, baby, I wanna cuddle with you." He can feel the pangs of Heat, curling around his lower body, but her soft, milky-winter scent is reminding him of Puppy cuddles, which sounds way better right now.

Her scent becomes all happy-Pup as she closes the door behind her, scrambling into his nest and arms. He can't help but start purring as she's nestled safely in them, a sense of right filling his body as he looks down at his special, precious Pup.

"Such a good pup," he murmurs, pleased when she gives a happy Pup chirp back, nestling against his naked chest. "My precious Jenna-Pup."

"Dad," she murmurs and oh, he's leaking.

It's been at least two heats since he's gotten her, and he has noticed his chest becoming more sensitive, he never...really thought about him actually milking. But he's leaking and it's bringing a slight relief and he knows what would feel even better?

"Baby," he purrs, nudging his chest against her face. "Jenna-pup." He feels her head nuzzle more into his chest, a questioning chirp in response.

"Dad, can I…" and oh, such a good, polite little Pup. He can smell her eagerness, her wanting to nurse, but still waiting, waiting for his verbal permission, that's probably something concerning, but all he can think about is how much he wants to have that closeness of her nursing yesterday.

"Go ahead sweetheart," he soothes, and sighed when her mouth finally latches onto his nipple.

There's relief, an easy suck-pull as she curls up against him, scent all happy-Pup. The ache of wanting to be fucked and bred becomes more of an afterthought as she nurses, satisfied of having a pup in his arms, and one that's such a good, greedy one, he thinks, petting her head. She's sucking deep, rhythmic sucks, chasing down any missed droplets running down his chest with her tongue, making sure one of his breasts are truly empty and clean before switching to the next one. It feels wonderful, he can't help the pure Omegan purrs and chirps as she nurses, can't help but run his fingers through her hair and cuddle her close to his skin. Such a good, healthy pup, so small, so happy to be by him. He rubs his wrists over her scent glands on the side of her neck, by her ears, mixing their scents into one happy mix of Omega-and-Pup. A lovely mix; it floats into the air and makes his hindbrain purr with satisfaction- or maybe that's just him, continuing to purr at her.

"My pup," he croons, and smiles dopily at the spike of "happy" in her scent. "My precious baby. That's it. Good pup." He's so happy, she's being a good healthy pup and draining him dry. Drinking all the milk he made just for her, his baby, his precious little pup. Her breathing is slowing down, her drinking becoming lazier as her eyelids droop, nuzzling closer to his skin.

He continues to purr as her mouth goes slack, releasing his nipple as she falls asleep, completely milk-drunk.

He chuckles, and even though he's sweaty, aching, and still faintly miserable, it doesn't matter at the fact that he has a happy, sleeping, well fed pup in his arms, his pup, his new precious baby for him to protect, to love.

He nuzzles the side of her head, scenting the top, as he lets himself fall asleep as well.

[bigfan-fanfic]

I Am Batman (AU Batdad x Batman Headcanons)

Requested by Anonymous for the reader being Batman from another universe and is caught in the main one. With reader being really tall. 

Shout out from me and this anon to all y’all tall readers! Hearts to all!

A flash of light, a rush of sound.

And suddenly, Gotham City has a visitor. 

The Batfamily goes as one to meet this visitor, having had poor previous experience with multiversal travelers.

And it seems like Batman is standing there. Or a version of him. This one has small glowing red lines along his armor, the same color as the eyes on the cowl, which encloses the entire head.

He’s impressively tall, more so than Bruce, even, and his sinister Bat armor gives him an intimidating presence.

“Who are you?” Bruce asks firmly.

The man turns, tilting his head. “I’m Batman.”

“Obviously, you’re Batman, too, huh?” you say, your voice altered by the cowl’s tech. You press a button and the face slides apart so that the five in front of you can see your face. “Y/N Wayne.”

Each of them has taken a step backwards in shock at your face.

Bruce removes his own cowl, and you are shocked.

There is a moment when lightning flashes, and the typical Gotham rain begins to pour, and the two of you are staring at each other.

But then it passes, and you are brought back to the Cave.

You explain that after a few years of being Batman, Bruce was murdered in the course of duty. The press had had a field day wondering if you knew or not. You lied and claimed complete innocence, which the police backed you up with.

Alfred, as executor of the Wayne Estate, made sure you inherited everything, including Wayne Enterprises.

But instead of grieving, you and Jim Gordon created a secret program called the Silver Star, recruiting Bat-people out of the GCPD so that there were multiple Batmen running around Gotham all at once. 

It effectively kept fear up in criminals and brought crime rates down, since everyone believed that it was the ghost of Batman unleashed. 

And at the head of this program was you, using the training Bruce had given you to become the new Batman. Your codename was Batman Prime, and together with Alfred and Jim’s daughter Barbara, you commanded all of the Silver Star’s operatives.

You’ve been Batman Prime ever since, and once Jim became Commissioner, Lucius Fox has had WayneTech working on new equipment for the Star, hence your super high-tech suit.

Bruce tells you all about the boys, and how you died a few years ago at the hands of Talia, while protecting Damian.

It’s hard for them to see you, especially as you have none of the familiarity with them. You’re a nice, bright person, but you don’t have the years of parenting experience nor the patience. 

It’s hard for Bruce because you show no interest in him, because you’ve never gotten over YOUR Bruce’s death, and even with a different version of him it would feel like a betrayal. Also this version of you is harsher and darker - too much like himself.

Dick is the only common link between the two of you, since he was adopted before Bruce died. But unlike Bruce, you never let him become Robin, and he had a relatively normal upbringing. However, once he became old enough to make his own decisions, he went into the police force in Gotham and joined the Silver Star all on his own, becoming a fellow Batman. 

It’s weird for Dick because while he craves the feeling that you’re back, he knows that somewhere out there is a different Dick who needs his Y/N back. 

Jason gets angry because it feels like the universe is taunting him. He often used to wish you weren’t so positive towards him when he wanted to feel down, and now he’s gotten his wish. Now you barely interact with him at all and he hates it. He spends time away from the manor and visits your grave almost every day.

Tim doesn’t trust you at all. Mostly because you gave him more coffee to keep him awake, which in his sleep-deprived mind means you don’t care about him and are just using them all to get home. Maybe you aren’t even Y/N in the first place. Did anybody think of that? Huh? No, you’re the paranoid one!

Damian can’t really reconcile the feelings. He feels guilty because you died protecting him, and part of him feels like he deserves the cold shoulder this you is giving him. And another part of him is angry because all he wants is his Papa back and this is not what he wanted!

They are all able to work with you, though. You’re an unusually upbeat Batman, laughing often as you take down criminals. In contrast to his efficient, trained style, yours is much more creative and environmentally interactive, due to your lack of formal training compared to him.

And due to your height, Bruce realizes that you’re more intimidating than he is. Bruce tends to try and talk to you over comms or from a higher vantage point in order to avoid having to look up at you.

Dick kind of likes it. You often serve as the perfect springboard for his more acrobatic moves.

You aren’t as disciplined as Bruce, mainly because you’ve organized the Star into shifts so that the members have time to recharge, so you get really tired after the first week. You forget that you’re in an alternate Wayne Manor, and you go to yours and Bruce’s bedroom and just slump on top of Bruce, hugging him close.

You’re bigger, and just for a moment Bruce enjoys the feeling of you resting your chin on his head before he decides that this one little time can be allowed. He turns and kisses you. The both of you hold each other close, pretending that you have your loved ones back.

In the morning, you decide that it wasn’t so bad after all, and from then on, you and Bruce sleep in the same bed every night (or, you know, whenever you end up sleeping). 

But it is only temporary. Eventually a way is found to send you back to your universe.

You have responsibilities to get back to. And so does Bruce.

“Bruce.”

“Y/N?”

“I know I’ll come off as a huge hypocrite, but... move on.”

“Excuse me?”

“I’m gone, Bruce. You aren’t making me any happier by mourning. Show these kids some love. Help them. And if you find someone... let yourself be happy. You deserve it.”

You know he probably won’t take your advice. But at least you’ve put the thought into his head. You move to step through the portal.

“Y/N.”

“Bruce?”

“I’ll always love you.”

“Me too.”

“Then you do the same. We’ll both try.”

You smile. “I think we can do that.”

And as you land back in your Gotham, you feel lighter than you have in years. 

[linkbat]

Batman AU

In which Bruce, after getting rid of most of the corruption as Batman, stops being Batman to focus more on his Bruce Wayne charity projects.

He would still have the “dumb-playboy-mask” because that 1.that gives the Gotham citizen something to talk about that isn’t crime, 2. Acting dumb can give him advantages against e.g. Luthor, 3. He can act optimistic to lighten the mood, 4. He still is bad with feelings and that’s easier.

Maybe at some point someone from the JLA would come (Clark as Reporter?) realize that Bruce is smarter than he acts and wants desperately to help and because the JLA has slight organisation problems asks him to help. He accepts but not to fight but rather to acts like Oracle and Lucius Fox building equipment, giving fighting ideas, organizing everything and train the League in martial arts. And keeping Luthor at bay (he often has (in canon) contracts with LexCorp to prevent weapons etc.).

He would still adopt Dick and teach him martial arts because he is paranoid. Way later Dick will maybe become Nightwing (the Batman existed so he know it is possible (to be a superhero without powers) and they still have a criminal problem). If he becomes Nightwing Bruce probably will try to stop him every night like Alfred tried to stop him.

He could adopt Jason but the circumstances would be very different. But he could still visit Crime alley and find little Jason and take him under his wing. Jason would first not die, second probably rather helping in soup kitchen and help to educate the kids of crime alley instead of becoming a vigilante.

Tim, even if he figures out Nightwing’s identity has no reason to interfere because nobody died, so either he does nothing or more likely tries to follow Bruce’s footsteps in charity projects to re-integrate criminals and help poor people and what not.

Damian wouldn’t be born or (i don’t know when Bruce and Talia had sex. In the pre-Batman-training? While Dick or Jason were Robin? Before?) would be send earlier to Bruce because why would you try to use him to get Bruce to be the new leader of the League of Assassins when he isn’t Batman. Or Damian would be an (way to good) assassin.

He met Cass while No Man’s Land he wouldn’t be in there but rather trying to buy the city back so they don’t meet there. But he will be even more active trying to help children/people so he maybe meets her this way.

Barbara would maybe start being Batgirl but her inspiration came from Robin so maybe not. For her to be parlayed are to many values unclear about the Joker

Joker would exist (accident happend), Joker would either have Jim as his toy instead of Batman or not being Joker and healing from his mental illness due to the better Arkham asylum treatment.

The world possible has ended because Batman help to save it a lot of times, but if he is in the JLA and doesn’t fight he can still give the ideas which is hopefully enough.

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my role reversal au:

damian is conceived when bruce is training with ra’s 

he’s delivered to bruce when damian is 10 and bruce has been batman for like 5ish years

bruce has no idea what to do with a child but he has a squishy little face and bruce’s eyes and bruce can’t??/ turn him down??

so he takes damian in, and damian being damian, wants to help bruce very!! badly!!

so he sneaks out a lot and eventually bruce is just like “whatever if you can’t beat em join em”

alfred is like “masTER BRUCE!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!! HES A BABY!!!!!!”

and bruce is like “hes fine he was trained???? it’ll all b good”

and damian is named robin after a carving on the handle of his sword. also robins mean spring and bruce is hoping it’ll add to the light/dark theme

damian thinks robin is the WORST and a baby job but he toughs it out bc he wants to make his dad happy

damian’s been robin for like ??? 3 years?/ when damian starts doing teen titans stuff 

(read more bc this is getting Long)

bc robin is gone from gotham for so long, the criminals start to notice and like. take advantage of batman’s weakness without his partner? 

plus justice league stuff, cant forget that

so these street kids start to dress like robin and help protect gotham from the criminals and the “we are robin” movement is led by some random kid named duke

bruce tries to stop the movement but it grows too fast and eventually just gives up and decides to train them. he trains duke personally and lets duke take care of the others (bruce does help a little)

eventually duke’s parents are put in a coma and bruce decides to take duke in?

damian is super resentful but he can’t stay mad at duke for long

before long bruce is. actually adopting duke and then duke decides to be a new identity, the signal

the signal & batman & robin are a trio to be feared

when damian’s like...........16 & duke is like 18 lucius fox finds out that bruce is batman and his oldest daughter finds out also (bc she’s super smort)

tiff really wants to help the city!! but her dad won’t let her and she doesn’t know how without her dad’s help?? so she’s like “lol fine” and she makes a costume and decides it can’t be THAT hard if some privileged white guy managed to start from scratch

and thus; batgirl is born

after some fighting and trials bruce accepts tiff into the fold and tiff & duke become instant besties and damian begrudgingly accepts her presence

everything is gr9 until damian turns 18 and him and bruce’s paths in life seem to shift

tensions rise and it turns into a really messy fight between the two that ends with damian running off to college in bludhaven and signal & batgirl become more of a team then before

bruce is kinda mopey and depressed until some punk wrapped in a purple curtain starts running around and leaving clues everywhere and bruce isn’t sure if this kid is good or bad

the kid tells him to call her spoiler and that she was a professional and that she had everything covered

a week later stephanie brown was moving into wayne manor

steph & bruce argued a lil but bruce liked having a kid around the house again; plus she was so different from damian it was refreshing

before long bruce was offering robin to her, to be his partner, and she gladly accepted

her first night out as robin steph is attacked by some NERD in a dark costume and a hood calling himself nightwing; steph laughs in his face and separates his two fighting children

damian is angry but he can’t hold a grudge since steph is literally an angel and he can tell how good she is for his father and he accepts her as his sister

damian & steph get really really close and steph forces him to do kid stuff he never did as a kid and he shows her how to use a sword and everything is good

steph & tiff are great friends too and steph ADORES tiff as a role model 

steph also loves duke and crashes in his apartment like every other night

everything is great until black mask tells steph that crystal brown is still alive and that if she starts a war in gotham, he’ll let her see her mom again

she does & she doesn’t tell bruce so matches doesn’t show up so--

she dies.

steph dies and bruce is heartbroken and damian retreats to bludhaven without a word and duke soldiers on and tiff retires batgirl

just in time too, because black mask shoots tiff in the spine & she’s paralyzed for life

bruce gets more angry & reckless and little timmy d notices and he’s like “well something’s gotta change”

so he approaches damian and tim’s like “bruh u gotta b robin again” and damian’s like “lol no”

so tim goes to duke and duke’s like “kiddo. im not sure if there’s room for robin what with steph’s ghost so heavy around here” so tim’s like well eff that

and tim makes his own robin costume and he’s robin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bruce tells him no then he accepts him but damian. hates him for replacing steph. 

duke & tiff (tiffiany is now oracle) like tim okay and they all get along

then some kid starts following robin around and they’re like “noT AGAIN” and the girl’s like “wait here me out: let me be batgirl”

nell little is homeless and she ADORED the old robin & batgirl and she just wants to HELP and they’re like “ok fine” so tiff trains nell and viola: batgirl!

this is all good until some OTHER punk with a tire iron shows up and dares to try and jack the tires off the batmobile??? wtf kid??

so bruce, obviously, adopts him, because duke and damian and nell and sorta-tim aren’t enough kids, apparently, and jason for a while doesn’t really have a secret identity? he just trains w duke or tim and hangs out with tiff

then tim quits robin and jason’s like “now’s my Time” and he becomes robin

tim’s a little bummed but he gets over it because jason’s so happy and tim doesn’t want to deprive his brother friend from happiness!

jason’s barely robin for 2 months before there’s a run in with you-know-who and jason’s pretty sure he can take him, or at least hold him over until bruce gets there, but bruce is too late. 

jason is dead and its all bruce’s fault and everything is awful and--

--and someone calling themselves cluemaster is in town

bruce freaks out because the cluemaster person is a girl and who is she what’s going on--

then she reveals herself and stephanie is ALIVE and that’s his daughter and she’s angry but willing to listen and bruce asks how she could POSSIBLY call herself cluemaster

“i picked the name that hurt the most,” she answered, and bruce started to cry

steph doesn’t. come back. but she doesn’t NOT come back. she moves in with damian and takes on spoiler again and she tries to talk to bruce & all the new people in her family

including the new-new batgirl, who followed nell home one day and asked without words to train her. cass lives with tiff & she loves nell and tiff and steph and duke and tim and all her siblings and bruce adopts her and she cries

some random other robin shows up and everyones like !!!!!! until he shows up in wayne manor like “waddup everyone im here” and it’s JASON and everyone’s coming back to life and bruce is like, the Peak Happiest he’s ever been

...so to celebrate he takes the gang on down to the circus

he hears the opening act is quite famous

apparently the acrobats to a stunt without a net under them

bruce is sure this will be a real treat