#redbird

[amorkuku]

Wingman & Redbird

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You combined my favorite things (transformers and dc). If I could I’d mail you a freshly toasted creme brulee

Thank youuu, the mental image of this is just really funny to me

[twola]

Lonesome Dove

If you want any one thing too badly, it's likely to turn out to be a disappointment.

Smut/MDNI ➵ Gift ficlet, Redbird universe ➵ AO3 Link

For my dearest @redwritr, whose words weave the tapestries hung in the hallways of my heart.

The room felt big; empty. It was almost cold, even with the fetid humidity of south Lemoyne. Everything was damp, a sheen of moisture that never left in the bayou. 

She came to him again tonight, a flash of red hair and the hint of that pretty little smile and the sway of her hips in those damn trousers - alluring and sensual even when she didn’t mean to be. The weight of a Springfield strapped ‘cross her back, the leather band parting her breasts in her shirt.

For the umpteenth time in months, Arthur wakes alone in his bed, in his cot, in his bedroll. Collarbone damp with the sheen of sweat and his cock annoyingly hard.

He’s thought about it, of course. Undoing the buttons of his union suit and coaxing his half-hearted erection alive, fucking into his hand thinking of her. But he’s done that before. Thought of a woman no longer his while he thrusts into his hand, the sorry bastard that he is. One would think he would have learned his lesson. 

Mary Linton’s dark eyes. Nell Riordan’s pink lips.

And Arthur Morgan, alone. As always. Probably deservedly so. A mean, terrible old bastard like him was never deserving of a woman - much less one that struck him down like a flash of lightning in the night.

Staring at the water-stained ceiling of the room, his cock throbs, half-hard, against his thigh, brushing against the worn cotton of his union suit. Sweat pools across his clavicles. Even in just his union suit, it’s too damn hot.

Why’re you even wearing that?

He squeezes his eyes shut, trying to banish the lilt of her voice in his head. The teasing nature, the sly tone. But he heeds the unasked favor, in the dim light of the oil lamp in the corner of the room, he slowly works the union suit from his body. Down his arms, biceps sore from chopping wood earlier. Down his chest, his abdomen, his pelvis. 

As he pushes the cotton over his member, he stifles a groan working its way out of his chest. Once released, his cock smacks against his stomach, hard to the edge of painful.

She’d give him a sly look if she were here. She’d wrap her fingers around him and slowly stroke. As he grasps himself, he fully gives in to the fantasy, letting go of his battered pride for the night. It's all wrong, of course, his hands too big, and the calluses on his fingers are in the wrong spots. The one on her thumb - he remembers that, clear as day, as she would stroke and fondle him.

What a goddamn miserable fool he was. Letting out a long breath, Arthur’s fingers tighten around his shaft as he begins to pump himself, the head of his cock appearing from his foreskin. He grits his teeth, closing his eyes and imagining her - that flash of red hair, the allure of her skin, spread out next to him on this little bed.

She’d be ready for him, with a single swipe of his finger up her slit - she always is.

The outlaw stifles another groan as he lays his forearm across his eyes to block out any kind of light. Any kind of reminder of the truth - that he was alone in this bed, jerking himself off to a woman gone - one he loves, one he hates. One he left on a mountainside after he broke his damn heart.

One who still has his damn heart.

She’d fight back when he pushed her to the mattress, the spark of contest in her eye. Wouldn’t go down without a fight. He’d have to use just a bit more of the force he so oft wields outside. He’d hold her down, with a smirk.

He’s unabashedly jerking himself now, sitting up from his laying position to chase some sort of vision - some hazy dream just out of reach. 

But oh, she’d eventually give in.

Arthur leans up on his knees, gritting his teeth as his hips thrust forward, his cock swallowed by his fist pumping it faster and faster.

She’d be underneath him, making some wisecrack about the size of the bed but still opening those pretty legs for him.

It’s everything he has not to groan aloud, one hand right around his cock, pumping at a dizzying pace, the other gently squeezing his swollen balls, full and ready to spend.

Her breasts, heaving with every thrust he gives her. Her bottom lip is bitten red, trying to keep herself quiet as Dutch is just down the hall. Her legs over his shoulders and her eyes glazed over as he pounds her hips into the rickety bed.

The smacking sound of his wet palm on his shaft is unmistakable should someone walk by,  but he’s beyond the point of caring. He’s in another world entirely.

Fuck, the sight of his hard shaft disappearing into her cunt, wet and well-glossed with her slick after each stroke. The sight of the dark curls at the base of his cock intermingled with the pretty little auburn thatch of hair over her cunt. The clench of her body on his when she comes, a rapture as if she was a goddamn angel.

The feeling in the pit of his gut shifts, the burning bursting into flame, and he knows he’s approaching that point of no return.

He grunts under his breath-

She convulses around him-

His hips jut forward-

Her pretty little cry beneath him-

He’s so goddamn hard-

Arthur - she gasps - Come in me-

His eyes screw shut and his eyebrows furrow.

And he comes-

And he comes.

He spends all over his palm, emptying hot as his release seeps between his fingers. He lets a long breath out of his nose as he slowly sits back down from his knees, the sickening, roiling feeling in his gut returns with a vengeance.

Her whisper in the night - Do that to me again.

As he wipes his spend-covered hand on an old bandana and throws it to the floor in a flash of indignation, Arthur hates himself.

In the end, nothing’s changed.

He’s just a lonesome miserable bastard, fucking into his hand, dreaming of a woman no longer his.

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My original batfamily piece had the bio children below #batman looking up at him, but I ended up scraping that when I moved to a horizontal composition, but I'm revamping that idea with the super twins looking up at Superman

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

Evolution of the Dark Destroyer

I need to go back and add him as future!Nightwing

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Reading Robin 1993. Who was going to tell me that Redbird isn’t a cycle?? Dude’s got a full ass car at his disposal.

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Batwheels Season 2 analysis:

I honestly just want to hear your thoughts about this from @lonleydweller and @artisticdoofusxx You two matter to me <3.

I AM AUTISTIC. I THINK CHARACTERS ARE AUTISTIC. Sorry not sorry about it, but Batwheels has a lot of characters that could be perceived as autistic.

Season 2 introduced a lot of new adaptations of characters, some adapted well, some adapted... not so well (Looking at you Clayface). Here I will talk about the episodes that went well, the ones that did poorly, and the adaptations on characters (Focused on the villains).

I acknowledge that this show is for preschoolers//children, definitely out of my age range, but it's one of my fixations right now so I can't help the fact that I get really passionate about this. I will concede that they have to make things more child friendly, with morals at the end of (almost) every episode. As such, I take this into consideration in my judgement of episodes. I just wanted to put that out there before going into my analysis.

The Good, the Bad, and the Characters! I will discuss the good episodes first, choosing the best three, then the worst, choosing the worst three, and the adaptations.

The best episodes: in order of what I think were the best. 1: Lend Me Your Volunteer. 2: The Bestah Way. 3: Wish Upon a Car.

1: Lend Me Your Volunteer is about Buff going around volunteering, roping Batwing in to help volunteer to help Gotham's needy, when Buff's trailer full of food gets stolen by Jestah and Quizz. After it gets stolen, they go all around Gotham trying to get it back, with the people they volunteered and helped also helping "Batman" get the trailer back. In the end, when it's revealed to be food that the Batwheels were guarding, the two villains then help Buff and Wing volunteer. It's a straightforward episode in terms of plot. Volunteering is good, it makes you feel good and helps out other people who could help you out in the future. So why is the episode so good if it is so basic? Well, having the notorious diva of the group not knowing what volunteering is and having Buff explain it to her partially explains Bat-Light Blow-Out and why she had such a hard time with giving up some of her belongings. (As seen by the photo down below).

She is notoriously selfish and has several episodes about her selfishness!! As seen in: Condiment Chaos! (Made a music video instead of patrol), Air-Show Don't Tell (Went to the Gotham City Air Show instead of patrol), Bat-Light Blow-Out (Doesn't want to get rid of her excessive material possessions), Batwing and the Nets (Wants to keep her old net even at the expense of saving the day), and Flight of the Kitty (Having no patience to listen to what Kitty wants to learn or practice) JUST IN SEASON 2! As such, the plot of volunteering becomes a lot more effective than if it was Redbird or Bibi. By having a selfish character want to do something with such fervor that the villains mistake this action as a top secret mission, it carries how important volunteering is! Having her learn what volunteering is from the most caring Batwheel-

-Highlights how volunteering to help others out is often essential in a city where misfortune can befall others easily! (Jestah and Quizz stealing the food and how often times the help that others need is often not given) and even having the villains themselves help out hammers in to little kids how good and important volunteering is! 9/10 Best episode in season 2 for me. Minus point because the scene where Jestah and Quizz wait for red light doesn't make sense. They are CRIMINALS, they DO NOT care about the traffic laws in previous episodes! WHY ARE THEY WAITING??? Besides that, perfect episode.

2: The Bestah Way. Harley Quinn's pet hyena Giggles (established in a previous episode) goes missing. In Harley's search for Giggles, she runs into Batgirl who promises to help her out if she quits recklessly driving. (Another point as to why Jestah and Quizz stopped?? Their owners don't follow the law of the road, why are they for this specific time??) They then go all over to figure out where Giggles has gone, with Bibi being upset because she thinks that Jestah is playing games when they should be searching for Giggles. It turns out that Jestah is searching her way, and Bibi is searching her way. They then team together to stop Penguin's dirigible that has Harley and Batgirl stuck on the blimp. This episode works because it shows that simply assuming-

-Like Bibi does, is harmful, because Jestah was actually looking for more clues, in her own special way, whereas Bibi simply assumed that Jestah was playing around. Beyond that, the episode works because it shows a new side to the characters. Previously, we had only seen Jestah taunting, fighting, and overall being a menace to Bibi. This episode highlights the complexity of her character, as well teaching Bibi (and the audience of preschool children) that simply assuming that other people are doing something wrong simply because they don't do things your way is not actually a good though process. 7/10, Why does Penguin have something against Harley Quinn? Overall, a pretty good episode though.

3: Wish Upon a Car: This episode starts with Buff and the Batwheels on a trail playing around in the mud, Redbird gets stuck in the mud due to not being meant for this type of terrain, and while Buff is pulling him out, offhandedly mentions that he wishes that the Batwheels were a little more like him, as "it gets lonely being the only truck." They then get an alert that King Tut, a themed villain I will speak of later in this passage, stole the "wish stones" which grant someone's wish, or reverses that wish. Although King Tut gets away, they had gotten the wishing stone, where Buff wishes that all of the Batwheels were monster trucks like him. The episode then continues with them going through and adapting to being monster trucks until they find King Tut's lair and get trapped. Luckily, they got the reversing stone and reverse Buff's wish, then giving them their original bodies. This episode is certainly straightforward with it's meanings, to Buff dealing with body dysmorphia, to the fact that everybody is okay in their own bodies. All this episode does is reaffirm that everybody has their own body, but it's okay to be different. 7/10, the meaning of the episode means a lot to me as it's a struggle I deal with, and I think it would mean a lot to the young children watching this show.

Now the worst three episodes were 1: Clay Date, 2: T-Rexcellent Adventure, and 3: Spiffledipped.

1: Claydate is an actual bad episode in terms of what they were trying to do. Now, I don't mind some of the characters that they adapted to the show, but Clayface is one that actually makes me upset. Besides the adaptation of the character, the plot doesn't make sense! There is no connection to previous episodes with Redbird's supposed dislike of taking a bath, which by itself is a weird concept as they are cars, but whatever, and the whole 'villain song' with Clayface is poorly done. A lot of Batwheels episodes have songs, but Clayface's is always chopped up and doesn't fit any theme within the show. Besides this, his design doesn't make sense, nor does the fact that he can hear the Batwheels and interact with them because he's... part car??? Not even that was clear in the show!

His design isn't bad for what they were trying to do, but his character being dumbed down to "I like mess!" Is annoying and disrespectful to his complex character. His gimmick is that he transforms into other people and objects, and they took that away to make him a character for a plot that isn't developed or good. According to this interview, "Simon J. Smith: That's what was great about the writing, because when I came onboard, Michael had written the first few scripts, and that's what I loved about it. It wasn't bashing people over the head with messages or anything, and it wasn't kiddifying anything. It was just staying authentic, and true, to Batman and Gotham and all the Bat villains, it was fantastic."

"[I]t wasn't kiddifying anything." "It wasn't bashing people over the head with messages or anything,"

Are you sure about that? Because we could have had an episode about Clayface pretending to be someone in the Justice League or something and Redbird notices that Green Arrow (OR somebody else, Batwheels just loves to use Green Arrow though), is acting weird and the big reveal was that Clayface was pretending to be Green Arrow (or somebody else) in order to steal some Bat-Tech. It would have been a great episode within the context of the show and shown off Redbird's mystery solving skills that they ignore.

But no, instead we have:

This is a stupid stupid episode and plotline with a stupid stupid song that is only enhanced by their stupid stupid version of Clayface. 3/10 I skip this episode and only mildly enjoy this because Clayface has stupid lines that actually kind of work for about 2 seconds before fizzling off.

2: T-Rexcellent Adventure. Not a bad episode, lots of egg puns. Not a lot of actual continuation between the episodes, but that's okay because there isn't anything that should be connected (UNLIKE Redbird's ""dislike"" of baths). The episode is bogged down because of this factual discrepancy.

Which doesn't make sense because the episode's plot is solved by them making a dinosaur figure that they have in the batcave "come to life" by robotics and he is scared off by it because he thinks Dinosaurs are alive again... How idiotic. Also, if he's the smartest of all the Batman enemies, then what about Riddler (A character known for being intelligent AND was only in BTAS for a few episodes because they hated making riddles up for him), or Mad Hatter (A character who IS in this universe as he is mentioned by Nightbike several times who works with psychology!), Or Harley Quinn (A PSYCHOLOGIST WITH A DEGREE!), or King Tut (A professor at a college - which you can only be if you have a masters or doctorate). Mr. Freeze is not listed here as they likely went with his original origin story which was just him being a thief with a ice motif, the Dr. Freeze with Nora was only created in BTAS which is why they then retconned the original origin story, but is still a honorable mention. Those mentioned are only the ones who are in Batwheels.

The egg puns were funny for longer than Clayface's story, and he sounds homosexual, 4/10. This scene and factual error pisses me off but not bad episode.

3: Spiffledipped. Boring episode, has nothing really going on with it like a good message, and I actually forgot this episode exists until I remembered there is a black Green Lantern, which is cool. I guess.

4/10, boring but fun to watch because it shows more into the characters that could show up later. I really hope Green Lantern does show up more because it was cool to see more than Green Arrow. I really wish this show would include more than just Green Arrow. (Yes, I know Captain Atom was there too, but he was for one episode, Green Arrow has been in four!).

Now, the new villains that they adapted are

Clayface: 1/10 The voice actor puts a lot of effort into voicing him and that's the one thing that he's got going for him. I've... said a lot about him, so that's it.

Solomon Grundy: 4/10, They keep his motif and gimmick while still making him new and connects back to the cars in the universe and at least makes sense. I just think Solomon Grundy is flavorless though, so that's why it's four instead of 5. Also, his design makes sense with the character, solid design.

Egghead: 5/10 His voice actor really works with what he's got and makes him sound gay, I just wish he had a better episode. His design makes sense with his motif and even at a glance or in a lineup, you wold know what his character is about.

Music Meister + Voice Box (His villain vehicle): Silly silly silly man! My Blorbo along with Toyman. I routinely watch this episode just to see him and Voice box. 10/10 I love him, he has a great design. Voice Box: 8/10 kinda stupid but whatever, he has to be for the plot to progress. It's a good, solid design. Music Meister and his little music notes for his eyes was an interesting choice but I love it! It works really well and I really really hope he is in more episodes.

King Tut: 7/10, Love the name Car-cophagus instead of sarcophagus. He's not a bad design, it's solid and works and looks the same throughout different series' so... Sorry about the bad photo.

Condiment King: 8/10 His design is messy and has a lot of stuff going on with it, but conveys what he's about, and is recognizable as Condiment King.

Banebuggy: HE'S SO SILLY! Blorbo #3*, his design has a lot of different things that work together well, and so does his character. I didn't think he would work but he fits as more than just a one episode character, and they maintain the core things around the character, which is something they didn't do with Clayface, hence why Clayface is flat and boring and can only work in one episode (that didn't even work very well.)

*My Blorbos in this show are Toyman, Music Meister and Banebuggy in that order.

[90ssuperheroes]

[4m4zing-gracie]

Sibling moments.

[zahri-melitor]

Detective Comics #950:

I was delighted by Cass and by JPV in here, but honestly the best part of this issue?

The return of Tim’s best beloved.

REDBIRD RIDES AGAIN.

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Just look at him

Watching batwheels cuz I can

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Argonaut !

Ingredients: 1 oz. Ahus Akvavit 1/2 oz. Pama Pomegranate Liqueur 1/2 oz. Skinos Mastiha 1/2 oz. Vicario Olive Leaf Liqueur 1/2 oz. Lemon 1/2 oz. Honey 1/2 oz. Yogurt

Instructions: Combine all ingredients in a shaker and add a pinch of crushed ice. Shake until chilled. Pour into a crushed ice-filled snifter. Garnish with olive leaves and pomegranate seeds.

This cocktail recipe was created by Redbird | Vibiana Bar Director Tobin Shea and Redbird Bartender Christian Juaregui.

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Chapters: 11/11 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jason Todd & Damian Wayne, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson, Tim Drake & Damian Wayne Characters: Jason Todd, Damian Wayne, Talia al Ghul, Tim Drake, Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Cassandra Cain, Barbara Gordon Additional Tags: Helena Bertinelli is Huntress, The Question, Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent, Bruce Wayne Gets Therapy, Jason Todd and Damian Wayne Meet in the League of Assassins, Jason Todd and Damian Wayne are Siblings, Huntress/Question - Freeform, (it's a small plot point but a hill I WILL die on), canon was taken to a chop shop, canon was used for parts, Not Beta Read, Sadly, as sad as tim's bowl cut, Tim Drake and Dick Grayson are Siblings, Road Trips, Lazarus Pit Side Effects (DCU), Batfamily (DCU), POV Alternating, The Rogues Gallery (Batman) Summary:

“His name is Jason Todd.” Damian waits for her to explain the significance, or for his mind to tell him. He knows of no great fighter with that name, of no great ally or foe from his lessons with Sensei on League history. "He was the Batman's son. He was Robin."

"A brother?" Damian asks.

OR

Damian meets Jason while Talia is taking care of him, post-resurrection but pre-Lazarus pit. (Includes chapters with what Dick & Tim are getting up to in Gotham + Bruce gets therapy.)

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[yj-98]

oh sick a car appreciator. what cars would u have based the redbird on?

oohhh im glad u asked... to preface this btw im a car appreciator not exactly an. expert. i love old (40s-80s) cars (i grew up w/ my dream car being an aqua 1965 mustang convertible) but im not like. incredibly knowledgeable

that being said :] ! onward with redbird thoughts

shes supposed to be a rear engined sporty little coupe. modified to high hell. i would wager the rear engine is more so that tim can have weapons (missiles? grenade launcher? a fucking flamethrower?) under the hood and less actually thinking abt what a rear engine could DO for his driving experience at the ripe age of 14. its got a lowered chassis (rear-engine has a lower center of gravity, and if its a rear-wheel drive then overall its saving even More space cramped in the back, and probably has a better "grip" on the road) and apparently has pop out scoops for better airflow.. probably for the best.

its also got a bulletproof windshield! and blacked out windows! are those even legal in jersey? no! the tire shields are fine i guess

my problem with red bird is that shes just a little ugly. like there are things in the body of this car that have potential (i like the pop out scoops but they make the overall silhouette of the car look sort of . back heavy in a bad way) but ultimately fall flat.

so im gonna look at some cars that i think still sell the look they were going for!! FROM his time period even!!

the ferrari testarossa (produced from '84-'96 and im looking at the late 80s/early 90 ones here)

this is my ideal car to base redbird on. its a mid-engine, which has the best overall center of gravity, and while it limits cabin space its not like we were worried abt tht with tim. its still a 2 door sports car with a low chassis. the air scoops dont need to pop out, it has room in the back for the drag 'schute that they wanted to include, and has the room in the front too. also! she looks KILLER in red<3

the pontiac firebird trans am (1993) + chevy corvette ('90 red c4)

this is included in case we do not want to look at ferrari. sporty! red! coupe! i have less to say abt these ones honestly

i could just start naming other sporty coupes but my point being like.... theres cars of this era with the look theyre going for that look perfectly fine in the three different price ranges (general motors making pontiac as their low-tier, chevrolet as their bigger make) and ferrari at the luxury tier

ik 15 years later tim gets a new redbird (2008 i believe) and i do believe they WERE referencing real cars for redbird i simply think. it would not look like that. and didnt have to! less is more. if you want a cool looking aerodynamic sports car then she should look sleek. redbird drawn in the comics doesnt look sleek she just looks silly </3

ultimately i dont want to change her too much from being tim's (say it with me) sporty little red coupe. because thats not a bad thing for a car to be! i just dont think there was that much thought into what the car should look like aside from looking at a picture of a sports coupe and going "ok now add a flamethrower and a parachute"

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Robin #1 (November 1993) by DC Comics

Written by Chuck Dixon, drawn by Tom Grummett and Scott Hanna.