#matches malone

[secretidentie]

When Jason starts building his crime lord career, people start inexplicably comparing him to Matches Malone. They have the same mannerisms, the same fighting styles and a similar build. Some rogues even have theories that they're the same guy.

So when ever Matches is mentioned, red hood mutters "fuck that guy" under his breath and since Bruce puts his whole batussy into his personas, he's starts reciprocating that energy. All the rogues are scrambling to find out what happened to cause this beef. The entire Gotham underground now has to pick a side between one of their own who they've worked with and gotten to know over the years versus the new up and coming crime lord that's offering jobs and improving their lives. While Jason is wondering what he can do to stop being compared to Bruce, Bruce is trying to be a supportive parent (which means making sure the rogues don't turn on J) while protecting his persona he's been curating for years.

[greystend]

Batman, panicked by how much the villain knows about him and Jason, decides to infiltrate the Red Hood's gang with his Matches Malone's identity

Jason *oh shit he found out* : wtf wtf wtf is this a joke ? Are you making fun of me ???

Matches!Bruce *oh fuck he's even more unhinged than planned* : ... I don't understand, boss ?

Jason, struggling to find his words in way his men won't understand : you really thought I wouldn't recognize my own fa- urgh I mean genito- wait that not- hum, the guy that raised me ???

Matches!Bruce *wait oh shit the OG Matches Malone had a kid ???* : wait... *I don't even know his name!!* chum, I had to make sure it's really you, I wasn't sure, you understand ?

And then their relationship get better

except Jason is "argh I hate you but also you kinda made the effort of meeting me in my turf and also you didn't say anything about the killing so perhaps..."

and Bruce is like,"Oh shit I accidentally adopted the Red Hood, and also it's my fault his real father is dead, except he doesn't know that and must think Matches just abandoned him one day without any explanation. Also I should really figure out his name at some point"

[arianna-creates]

@aliteralchicken 's old textpost made me go feral a few months back and after seeing it again I decided to finish this sketch, color it, and post bc Tim's fit made me think of the barbie movie

[magicpiano]

I think the comedy of Red Hood and Matches Malone both being known criminals is underutilized. I need fics where they are both working a job "together" but both are perfectly aware they are actually on different sides. They can't say that in front of the other goons without compromising each other's identity though.

So like they are both part of the same heist team. Jason has to figure out if Bruce is here to sabotage the mission or is just intel gathering. (It is actually a secret third thing: father son bonding.)

[frownyalfred]

I wanna see a fic where the Batkids realize that no, Matches Malone isn't just their dad's crimesona. He was a real dude who committed suicide, and Bruce committed identity theft for a mission and then proceeded to... not stop committing identity theft. Like, it legitimately sounds fucking insane when you actually hear it

Bruce: "You've never heard of the sunk cost fallacy?"

Jason, leaning about Matches Malone's origins in detail for the very first time: "Did you -- did you just make a joke?"

Bruce, deflating slightly: "...Matches likes jokes."

Jason: "Oh my GOD--"

[chronicwhorebatman]

need you all to bear with me for five minutes but please god, please imagine, that you are clark kent. maybe you have a little bit of a crush on your Good Ol' Pal Batman. you haven't tried to look into his identity, that's just rude!

but.

but say clark has to go undercover for various reasons (shipment of kryptonite?). and some gotham goons come in, and they're loud, and one's got this fuck off oily hair and a horrendous clashing colours suit and a thick jersey accent and a matchstick hanging from his mouth, and also a HEARTBEAT THAT YOU RECOGNISE.

imagine having a huge crush on batman and he, like, turns out to be MATCHES MALONE, local grimy goon. how do you even recover from that. imagine the next jl meeting

[arielrothbart]

“We boil, wither, brilliant stage full of friends, shadow instead of me kiss you.”

Two-Face & Matches Malone

(I want to draw Harvey in his old clothes)

(why not, I need him in that white turtle neck shirt!!!）

[the-witchhunter]

DP x DC Unexpected Identity Reveal

Danny has been hanging with a rough crowd since he started living in Gotham. It’s hard not to when working at a dive bar with mainly criminal clientele.

By now he’s seen if not met half the Gotham rogues, served drinks to more mobsters, goons, and henchmen than he can count, and even had the “pleasure” of meeting the Batman a couple times.

So when Sam dragged him to a Wayne gala, he never expected to meet HIM there...

“Oh my god, Bruce Wayne is Matches Malone”

“Who?”

Aka Danny recognizes Bruce, not as Batman, but as his criminal alter ego Matches Malone, which is just Bruce with sunglasses and a fake mustache in a tacky suit

Danny knows about Matches, the Batkids think he knows about Batman, shenanigans ensue

[dceasesd]

LMFAO NOT MATCHES MALONE

[chriiiiix]

imagine Bruce using his Matches Malone persona to infiltrate a big party in which many crime lords will be, and not so surprising, but the Red Hood is there, and he is staring directly at Bruce's eyes (He doesn't know Red Hood is Jason yet) and laughing, Bruce just knows that under that helmet he is smiling, and Bruce knows he knows, he doesn't know how but somehow this annoying new crime lord recognized him in a second even with his disguise. He is panicking, Hood will for sure reveal his lie in the middle of all those villains, except he doesn't. Actually, it looks like he is having a lot of fun watching Bruce being alert and anxious. The party ends, Red Hood puts an arm around his shoulders and walking with him to the exit, up close he realizes how big he really is, he is almost the same size as him, just two or three inches shorter. And then the distorted voice practically whisper in his ears "I wated to see how far you could go, really impressive! I love watching you work you know?" and leaves.

Bruce comes back home confused and with seven new theories of wtf is this guy on about

[secretidentie]

I've heard people talk about how gothamites probably assume the Waynes are in the mob and I think it would be funnier if that made more people (including villains) want to be in their good graces.

Goons often try to make a good impression when they're assigned to kidnap a Wayne coz they want to gain their respect while others hide so they don't get a hit put out on them. More then once a goon has brought a CV with him to kidnap Bruce coz he heard the mob pays well. Bruce just gives them jobs at WE.

The penguin would definitely want to form connections or make deals with them. When Bruce insists he isn't a mob boss Penguin thinks he's either playing dumb or he's just being used to launder the money and one of his kids is actually in charge. Tim definitely plays into the crime boss persona sometimes and is Penguin's primary suspect for the ring leader. Jason is offended that no one thinks he "gives off crime boss vibes" and almost reveals his identity in frustration.

Joker's people have also either try to hire them or form a partnership with the Waynes to get more manpower but batman always ruins those schemes prematurely. This isn't particularly unusual for batman to do but the fact that it's a near guaranteed fail indicates that there might be a mole working for Wayne, perhaps the butler, but they don't know enough about the Wayne's businesses and power to throw around baseless accusations. Besides they much prefer working with local trustworthy rogues like Matches Malone anyway.

The only villain really mad about this is Lex Luther coz now Bruce has more money, hair AND street cred then him.

[azuzulira]

You know the idea that all the Batfam have Malone family identities for undercover work? I think it would be funny if a mobster asked Matches why they hadn't seen Jason's Malone in a while. Specifically, this would be just a bit before Tim arrives on the scene, so Bruce is definitely still raw and getting worse. The angry look on Matches' face nearly kills the mobster that asked, but after a moment Bruce will answer. "He was killed." And there's not one person in the room that doubts that Matches is still grieving. That he would do anything and everything for his son back. One of them breaks the silence, timidly "Who did it?"

No one speaks until Matches answers, looking to all of them like he was trying to wrestle the words out without flying into a rage or breaking down, "It was a Joker attack." There's a round of sympathy, everyone's lost someone to the Clown over the years, and Matches leaves quickly after.

As soon as his car is gone, the mobsters all look at each other, and begin to hatch a plot. It might take a few years, but they'd make sure the Clown gets what he deserves. And that's why Joker's beaten and bloody body is left strung up on Arkham's gates, with "Justice for the Malones" written in blood on the wall.

[violent138]

I feel like all the Batkids have used Matches Malone at least once by pure accident. They've seen Bruce’s gimmick so much that it's practically an inside joke in the family and the Gotham underworld is very confused to say the least, but Matches' reputation precedes him-- er, them?-- so much that the criminals let it play out just out of sheer curiousity.

[reginalusus]

Messy Harvey and Matches sketch because the creative juices haven't been flowing. </3 Been thinking of them...

Particularly the part in my Bruharvey fic where Matches comes into it, wish I had done a little more with that angle, but oh well.

[frownyalfred]

Can you explain the Matches Malone, Sunk Cost Fallacy joke pls?

Oh! Yeah. Jason is asking Bruce about Matches Malone, presumably trying to figure out why he's still maintaining the cover of a dead man without many tangible benefits. And instead of replying with justification for his actions (it's a valuable cover, it's not too difficult to maintain Matches' life, he has plans for the cover, etc) Bruce says "you've never heard of the sunk cost fallacy?"

Bruce's wry mention of "the sunk cost fallacy" is a reference to "...the phenomenon whereby a person is reluctant to abandon a strategy or course of action because they have invested heavily in it, even when it is clear that abandonment would be more beneficial."

Essentially, he's saying to Jason that he knows maintaining the Matches Malone cover is perhaps not the best course of action, but he's been doing it too long to give up now. Which is obviously untrue, since Bruce does very little in his life that 1) isn't beneficial or 2) won't be beneficial one day. And the Malone persona is beneficial.

So Bruce is subtly poking fun at himself in front of Jason, joking that clearly he's just being illogical and keeping the Matches persona without tangible benefit. Which very clearly isn't true, based on who he is as a person. And Jason knows that too, which is why he clocks Bruce's joke pretty quickly.

[flipdebeeer]

superbatweek day 1 - identity shenanigans

a scene from my own wip! clark kent meets matches malone on a late night outside the red lagoon...

i like em without colors too -_-