#she's a duke thats IT.

[dapper-comedy]

here's the thing im only accepting any translation that calls azela a duke. Thats the simple fact of it

[haveihitanerve]

Somebody: Jasons so angry and aggressive and kills people- hes the most violent batfamily member Bruce-I-would-have-killed-joker-had-fucking-superman-not-stopped-me-and-I-would-do-it-again-if-any-harm-befalls-my-family-also-i-beat-up-people-daily-as-therapy-wayne: what? Dick-i-was-planning-a-mans-murder-at-age-eight-and-would-have-done-it-also-i-didn't-have-superman-so-i-did-kill-joker-Grayson-Wayne: huh? Tim-My-body-count-is-probably-six-digits-by-now-but-it-doesn't-count-if-bruce-doesn't-know-stalker-Drake-Wayne: repeat that? Damian-i-came-with-the-katana-and-a-body-count-at-age-eight-wayne: what did you say about Ahki? Stephanie-i-will-crack-mad-funny-jokes-while-beating-your-face-in-with-a-brick-Brown-Wayne: waht? Barbara-i-wouldn't-but-like-i-could-and-i-know-you-and-your-entire-family-extending-to-your-great-uncle-thirteen-times-removed-Gordon-Wayne: *typing on keyboard* what was that? Duke-I-created-a-cult-about-robin-and-also-i-was-raised-in-gotham: sorry?

[adripakoffee]

They don't really think about Alfred's aging. Well, it's impossible to miss, but they all push it to the back of their minds. Of course, Alfred doesn't remind them. It's his job as a butler (and as a grandfather) to make sure the Waynes are comfortable and happy. So he doesn't tell them when he gets a hearing aid. And they don't notice at first, or rather most of them don't.

Tim and Bruce, in their ever-paranoid states, at first think Alfred is either wearing a wire or forgot to take off his comm. When they realize it's a hearing aid they don't say anything but they do start treating him with more care. They usually stay to the side of his bad ear when out in public, just in case he misses something from that direction that they could intercept. Tim starts allocating a lot of funds in WE to research into hearing loss and accessibility for the hard of hearing. Bruce almost cries (internally of course) whenever Alfred misses something he says. He doesn't want to think about it.

Duke and Cass notice next. Duke treats him a little differently. He wasn't 100% comfortable with having a butler in the first place, but now he doesn't let Alfred do anything for him. Apart from cooking. He'll always let Alfred cook. Cass doesn't treat him any differently. He still acts as if he's as capable as he's ever been because he is. Alfred could still snipe you with a rifle from half a city away if he needed so she doesn't worry.

Damian notices next and tells himself he simply doesn't care. His grandfather is at least a few hundred years older than Alfred and much more capable. Sure, he's also dipping himself in the Lazurus pit as his daily bath, but Alfred can handle himself without that boost. He pretends it doesn't bother him when Alfred needs him to repeat something. And how he looks at their family with a bit too much nostalgia. He pretends it doesn't bother him when Alfred talks about things as if he'll be gone someday. He won't be.

Dick and Jason notice last and freak out. Because oh my God, oh my God, Alfred's actually getting old. Dick spends more time at the manor and tries to spend as much time with Alfred as possible. He coodinates family outings with Alfred and makes sure everyone attends. He invites Selina half the time too, because God forbid Alfred gets too old without seeing Bruce in a happy stable relationship. Jason goes to the cave every time he gets injured, even if it's something minor just so Alfred can fix him up. He pretends like he needs Alfred more than ever and will stick next to him for about a week before thinking he's being a bother and dissapearing for a while. Then he comes back and does it again.

[one-pissed-off-child]

Day 2 of posting Nevermore thoughts until S2 drops

I think people are incredibly unfair to Annabel. But more than that, I don't think Lenore gets half the shit that she probably should for being flaky as hell. Hold your tomatoes, please. So, homegirl agrees to the whole thing, sabotage and all, changes her mind immediately after without telling the relevant party, plays along anyway, flips out on said party because of the sabotage and manipulation that she was very explicitly told was going to take place, and then calls it all off at the starting line without offering a viable alternative. If I had to work on a project with a partner like that, I'd be on the news

[emberchii]

This first time that he heard her sing 🎶

[grapecaseschoices]

Books I Wish to Read in the Coming Year

thanks to the @pinayelf for the tag! there are more, but -- ... i'll just do six.

tagging: @wayhavenots @andthatisnotfake @likesomethingblooming @nightingalesighs @laufire @andrewknightley @magebastard - i don't recall all of yall that talk about books. i know a lot of you do especially gideon of the ninth? i just dont remember so if you see this feel free to do it and @ me!

[jennrypan]

I think if you include the batfamily (even Barbara and Stephanie and Kate.)

And NOT DUKE?? You fucking suck ass and swallow, I hate you.

Your momma sucks too.

I can forgive people who only know the four Robin's, cuz let's me real no one keeps up with DC like that. But if you include Cassandra, Kate, Barbara and Stephanie and the four Robin's and not Duke. It's damn weird 😶 like..cmon now.

I just. Love to see Duke included so much cuz he deserves to be loved like his siblings!! He has a cool bat suit, he's the daytime bat!! Love him!!!!

[dollarstoreartsupplies]

see in terms of hatchetfield str8 ships we all know that the dynamic apparently, legally, has to be a magical, powerful, effervescent woman/Just Some Guy-- but a very important aspect of that dynamic is the magical, powerful, effervescent woman in convinced that their Just Some Guy hung the moon and stars in the sky and would kill anyone who insinuated otherwise

EXCEPT (this is so incredibly important) for paul and emma

like does emma love paul? obviously yes! but also she knows he is Just Some Guy, Just A Dude, a wet paper towel of a man-- this is a large part of the appeal

[ohnoitsjetster]

I’m looking through the Holloweane tag right now because I just saw some fanart and realized that Curt Mega is taller than Kim Whalen, and I was genuinely confused because Ms Holloway is taller than Duke,, to me

[jaybirdhaswings]

robin is supposed to be the light to batmans darkness

robin reminds batman what hes fighting *for* when batman forgets and just focuses on the fight

dick was good at that, but that wasnt what his time as robin was about

his time as robin was about him joining the fight too

jason was there to remind batman to be bruce

tim was there to remind batman to be *human*

tim was batmans biggest support and he continued to be that, even after bruce ‘died’

i just love tim fitting with bruce in a way no other robin ever had or ever will, but bruce doesnt realize it

bruce was focused on his grief for jason for years and by the time he got it into his head to really appreciate tim, tim was already red robin

still there to support, but with his own life and fight now

bruce reminiscing on all the missed opportunities to tell time that he loved him because he was too caught up in the past

and that leads to bruce realizing that thats always what hes done

hes always bedn trapped in the past, unable to move on and appreciate the present

tim being imperative to bruce becoming a better father, batman, and just person in general but it comes at the cost of tim

tim will never be the same either

hes been irreparably changed by bruce in the way bruce had been irreparably changed by tim

tim has blood on his hands thatll never wash away

his brain will always jump to how he can defeat whoever is in the room with him

he cant sleep without worrying about the criminals of gotham and what theyre up to

i just love tim and bruce

[gudakdalee]

I know william and others often accuse Eliza of her AMBITION, AMBITION, AMBITION, but what I've finally understood about her in the last few eps of Season 3 is that it's not just about her career ambitions- investigating is her PASSION.

it almost feels like something she can't control.

it's a part of her personality, her intellectual desires, her curiosity, her calling. It's not just a professional ambition or goal that she can choose to switch to another field or career.

It makes her a more relatable and likable character when I see that it's not bc she wants to 'get ahead in her career at all costs so she'll take a case even if william asks her not to', but it's more of 'I am so passionate and curious about finding who did this and solving something that puzzles me that it's hard for me to say no if you ask me and it's just unfortunate happenstance that you were slightly involved before.'

I realized this bc I was shipping William/Eliza, and thinking how brilliantly crafted the emotional conflict is between why they would WORK TOGETHER SO WELL, but also why they could potentially ruin their friendship.

Bc I thought, Eliza!!! WHY CANT YALL JUST GET TOGETHER!! Is your ambition really so strong that you would let that get in the way of your relationship with William?

Well, 1) ambition is not a flaw, nor is passion, and it just so happens that the path of her passion intersects, often uncomfortably, with william's values and expectations

and 2) william will need to adjust his expectations and POV if he is to seriously consider Eliza as a romantic partner bc she deserves FULL acceptance emotionally, professionally, and aspirational-ly.

[fauvester]

bridgerton s2 was SUCH a clayhoun slay. thots in tags

[realguitarcenter]

yall ever think someone is so pretty that you feel like you’re on something

[gonemadgirl]

The Duchess Allison Matilda Kingsleigh-Jones of The Yorkshire Marches, and the Baroness of TillyDrone.

[orthwormus]

holloway and duke r t4t its canon the langs told me themselves