#source: dcau

[incorrect-losers]

Bill: *Reading the ending for his upcoming book*

Bill: What do you think, Stan?

Stan: You could publish that… or to save time, you could drop knock-out gas on all your readers

Mike: I for one, hung on every word

Bill: (:

Mike: Still, I’ll see to it that pillows and blankets are included for those who may require them

Stan & Mike: *high five*

[hersheysmcboom]

(After hela is freed and meets the Mandarin)

Wenwu: if only she hadn’t wanted you, YOU WHO ONLY LOVED YOUR DOGS AND KNIVES !!

Hela: wrong, I loved two people in my life, and now they’re both gone.

[goodoldfashionedengineer]

"WHO'S THAT BATFAMILY MEMBER?"

IT'S JASON TODD

"IT'S TERRY MCGINNIS!"

FUCK!

[dcau-incorrect-quotes]

Huntress: Are you single?

The Question: “Single” is a word the government created to give citizens tax disadvantages

The Question; If you’re asking me if i’m lonely, the answer is yes

[poltergeistsidekick]

I need some more fic content for my f/o's expeditiously, I'm tired of the same obsecure fics and headcanons from 4 years ago. 😩😩I need FOOD please writers I'm begging you. Anyone taking requests or even commissions please let me know I'm fucking starving. I'm not that confident about my writing but fuck it I might have to do it myself

[sidecharactersdomatter]

Kid that walks up to Guy Gardner after he defeated a villain: Can I have your autograph?

Guy: Eh sure

*Guy signs the notebook page and hands it back to the kid*

Kid, eagerness quickly turns to disappointment: I thought you were Booster Gold…

[yukii0nna]

I just can't get this quote out of my head. Curse my weird memory! This is also none canon I think

After Chandra is unsealed

Chandra: Hello did we win? Is everyone safe? How long was I asleep? Why does the air feel different?

Everyone there nods

The Question: You were out for a few hundred years. During which Magic was villainized before it was believed to be a myth. The earth fairies now want revenge on the humans. And the less you find out about pollution of the water and sky, the better. We're sorry .

Chandra: What?!

Everyone glares at him

The Question: What? I thought that was what the nod was for.

@zexal-club @kousaka-ayumu @punkeropercyjackson @insomniac-jay @lovelyllamasblog @liviavanrouge

[themoonking]

where did fandom get the idea that tim drake's parents were leaving him 100% alone in a mansion with no food no adults no et cetera when they went out of the country? unless my memory is wrong, or there's some alternate version of his origin that i can't find on any fanwiki (and please correct me if there is), he was left in a boarding school. and while there's a point to be made about the negative effects boarding schools can have on children's mental health, boarding school is still viewed as perfectly normal, especially for upper class families like the drakes. so where did "the drakes were criminally neglectful and never cared about tim" come from and how did it become such a widespread idea?

[kstarlitchaotics]

‘BATMAN CAPED CRUSADER’ is described as “everything that Bruce Timm wanted to do in ‘BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES’ but because it ran on a kid’s channel, he wasn’t able to do it.”

(Source: https://t.co/9gCP2ZTdiJ)

[robingivesmemagic]

i love that one dcau style superboy so much hes so sillyyy

[incorrectcartoonquotes]

Jess: I really like this whole “good guy, bad guy” thing you guys have going on.

Selina: it’s not an act, it’s just that I’m mean and Karen isn’t.

[appendingfic]

Me watching Justice League and realizing how many plotlines require me to have watched the Superman animated series or Batman the Animated Series and maybe one or two others I can’t remember if they existed

Me: it’s YOU

Me: YOU did this!

[superectojazzmage]

My Adventures With Superman is honestly a really impressively good example of how you can make an adaptation radically different and new while still doing justice to the source material by just approaching said source from a place of love and respect. The show is unabashedly and upfrontly meant to be a very explorative and experimental take on Superman that does the classic premise in new ways, revamped for another time and medium.

So many of the characters, designs, aesthetics, and world feel so extremely unfamiliar and unlike “traditional” Superman. But it still FEELS like Superman. The core, the spirit, the SOUL is absolutely and unmistakably there. The characters are all incredibly in-character and instantly recognizable. The plotting and writing feels straight off the page of the comic.

Even with major reinventions, this is so obviously and clearly Superman. Not some hoary “deconstruction” or obnoxiously self-aware “parody”, it’s just unabashedly honest-to-God played absolutely straight Superman. Even through all the changes, it’s that same classic, undistilled, nostalgic vibe of a Superman comic with Clark as a lovable, goofy guy with powers trying to be an example to the world, fighting crazy bad guys, helping old ladies across the street, and winking to the reader after Lois and Jimmy fail to see through his disguise yet again before cringing because Perry yelled at him for calling Perry “chief” again.

Hot, overeager tomboy Lois Lane is a bit different from usual but she’s so clearly still that same gorgeous would-be star reporter that every Superman falls in love with. Jimmy has been reimagines as kooky conspiracy buff, but he’s still ultimately Superman’s Pal who gets into wacky situations by virtue of being Superman’s Pal. Perry, Lombard, Ronnie, and Cat are all very different from the comics superficially — hell, Ronnie has had his gender flipped — but they are all still instantly recognizable as the same eccentric bunch of newsfolk they were there. Livewire and the Intergang members are all totally changed but at their center, they’re the same; same powers and gimmicks, etc.. Dr. Ivo is now a douchey techbro and yet he’s still fulfilling the very same role he does in the comics as a self-centered mad scientist who creates things that spiral beyond his control. Even Parasite, the most radically altered of all to the point of no longer being sentient, is still identifiable as his core concept of a monster that feeds on the lifeforce of others and becomes more powerful as he does, while also weakening when he can’t do so.

I really, really like it. It’s a wonderfully imaginative and well-put-together take on a very old series that really brings the concept into the modern age in a way that hasn’t really been done successfully outside the comics since the DCAU back in the 90s and early 2000s. People writing Superman or just superhero fiction in general should absolutely take notes from this show.

[dcau-incorrect-quotes]

Bruce, when he first became batman: I started off by making a map of all the crime sightings that have happened in Gotham during the last 5 years to see if there was a pattern.

Bruce, pointing to a map completely filled with pins: That led me to this. There are so many criminals. No one should live here

[hood-ex]

Hello! I’m a bit of a lurker, but I had a question for a friend and I’m not sure if you’re able to answer, but you were the first to come to mind.

As someone who is not too familiar with the DC comics, what would be issues, volumes, etc. to read for a newbie wanting to delve into and highlight Dick & Damian’s relationship? My friend knows about their general stories (ie been watching the DCAMU and DCAU) but want to read more from their comic sources.

I’ve not been able to help them, but if you know of good recommendations (since I know you’re invested in Dick Grayson’s story very well) or can point me to others who’d be able to help, I’d appreciate it!

(I know comics are very convoluted with timelines and reboots and writers, but any recs would be great! Thanks and have a great day/night!)

Sorry this took me forever, but I've finally gathered the majority of Dick and Damian content. Please note that some stuff listed may be entire stories involving Dick and Damian, some may just have a few scenes between them, and some may even just have one scene that I felt highlighted their relationship in some way. I'm the type of person who's a freak about every Dick and Damian interaction though, so even the smallest of things can feel important to me personally lmao.

There are ofc more Dick and Damian interactions than this, I just didn't add them because I either felt they weren't necessary to share or that some of the writing was too bleh.

Also, I did have a guide to help me catch the dickbats era moments, but everything after dickbats came directly from my brain, so there's certainly a possibility I missed something, but I did try my best to remember the most important interactions.

Anywho, hope this is somewhat helpful!

Post-Crisis Era

Nightwing Vol. 2 #138 (Dick's first time meeting Damian)

Batman: Battle for the Cowl

Batman #687

Red Robin #1 (there are multiple other Dick and Damian interactions in Red Robin such as #13-15... check them out if you want. I'm adding #1 because Dick claims Damian as his responsibility)

Batman and Robin (from 2009) #1-26

Batman #688

Batman: Streets of Gotham

Batman Annual #27 continued in Detective Comics Annual #11

Batgirl (Vol. 3) #5-7

Batman #700 is a bit… difficult. It’s an anniversary issue that goes into the legacy of Batman and Robin. It jumps from past, present, and future. It includes a possible future of Damian becoming Batman. So. It’s not a necessary read, but I do like Dick and Damian’s scenes in it. Just tell your friend to read the “Today” section of the comic.

Blackest Night: Batman #1-3 (These are tie-in issues of a larger event called Blackest Night. Read Blackest Night and other tie-ins related to it if you need more context)

Batman #695-697

DCU Halloween Special 2010

Superman/Batman #77

Batman #703

Bruce Wayne: The Road Home - Batman and Robin

Batman: The Return

Batman #704-706

Teen Titans (Vol. 3) #89 and #92

Batman: Gates of Gotham

N52

Batman and Robin (Vol. 2) #10-12 for context + some Dick and Damian interactions. Moment between Dick and Damian at the end of #12 is the real reason I’m adding this.

Will need to read comics collected under the “Death of the Family” event to understand the full context. For Nightwing specifically, read Nightwing (Vol. 3) #15-16. Read #17 for the actual Dick and Damian interaction.

Will need to read Batman Incorporated (Vol. 2) for context. Dick and Damian interaction/Damian’s death in Batman Incorporated #8-9.

Nightwing (Vol. 3) #18 is Dick grieving Damian’s death.

Batman and Robin (Vol. 2) Annual #2

Robin: Son of Batman #1

Batman and Robin (Vol. 2) #33-37 for context, but the Dick moment I want to showcase is in #34. “You know how much Damian meant to me, Bruce…” (literally don’t read the rest unless you want to, that #34 moment is truly the only reason I’m adding this, and it's just Bruce and Dick talking about Damian btw, not an actual Dick and Damian moment)

Grayson #12 is an absolute must, it has one of the most iconic Dick and Damian interactions of all time. Will need to read the comics Forever Evil, Nightwing (Vol. 3) #30, and previous Grayson issues to understand the full context of the issue. Can just visit the issue for the Dick and Damian scene though obviously.

Rebirth and Beyond Era

Rebirth Nightwing #1 (note: this is a completely different comic from Nightwing (Vol. 4) #1-33, which is referred to as the Rebirth era of Nightwing). If you want to understand further context about this comic, you’ll have to read We Are Robin and the Robin War crossover event.

Nightwing (Vol. 4) #1, #4, #16-20 (very important Dick and Damian arc where Dick admits he wanted to adopt Damian), #29 (for context you’ll have to read the rest of Dark Nights Metal), #42-43 (each issue is a one-shot), Annual #2 (there’s enough info in this story to not need previous context), #110 (for context read the Beast World crossover event), #113 (they interact briefly, but I’m more so adding this because it shows Damian supporting Dick), #114.

Batman (Vol. 3) #16 (because Dick buys Damian a kid’s meal), #33-35

Detective Comics #1000 (collection of one-shots… go down to the story called “Batman’s Greatest Case” by Tom King. I suggest only looking at the very first Dick and Damian interaction from this story… the rest of the dialogue is… bad)

Robin (Vol. 3) #5 (further context can be found in Batman (Vol. 3) #77… and even further context for that storyline can be found starting in #75 as well as Detective Comics #1031-1033)

Batman: Urban Legends “The Murder Club” (story starts in #20 but Dick and Damian scenes are #21-23)

The Boy Wonder #1

[liedownquisition]

"WFA is a bad way to get into comics"

WFA is easily accessible and free to read (for the most part) and doesn't require decades of comics history to understand.

YES IT FLATTENS THE CHARACTERS. YES IT'S GIGGLY HOO-HAH FOR THE FUNNIES. YES IT'S A BAD PRIMARY SOURCE TO BASE EVERYONE'S PERSONALITIES OFF OF IN THE LONG RUN. BUT ALSO: ANY WAY THAT GETS YOU INTO COMICS IS A GOOD WAY TO GET INTO COMICS.

Jesus fucking christ you people sound like gamer elitists. "Phone games aren't real games" "minecraft, stardew, animal crossing, and other sim games aren't real gaming" or like those gatekeeping music fans "people who only listen to this band's one album aren't REAL fans."

Look, if reading the silly little webcomic makes you interested in the characters and you decide to read more and delve in, then it's a GREAT way to start to "get into" comics, even if it's not remotely canon! Just like the cartoons are a great way to start even when they're non canon or flatten characters or remove certain iterations from continuity entirely (gestures at the older DCAU that mashed Tim & Jason together also Barry & Wally)

You should also consider that the ages of the target audience as to why characters are portrayed a certain way. WFA is rated Teen

Besides, it's a DC-licensed product. Whether you like it or not it is OFFICIAL content, even if it's not mainline canon.