#the battinson

[voidentitties]

One of the things I really liked about The Batman (2022) is that it's the first live action film I've seen to really nail how WEIRD Batman is.

I don't mean Bruce Wayne, as a weird sad guy trying to repress childhood trauma with vigilante justice and a bat costume (although the movie also nails that).

I mean that Batman, as an entity, as a concept... is fucking weird. Like, for everyone.

We (the audience) all know Batman as a character. And we all like Batman. We watched his cartoons and read his comics and keep going to his movies because we like Batman. He's cool! He's the world's greatest detective. He's figgin' Batman.

But to the people of Gotham? The Gotham PD? Random crime scene techs doing a sweep for finger prints or whatever? This dude sweeps in dressed as a freaking bat?? And one of the officers is just like "oh hey man, glad you're here. What's your take on all this?"

And the Guy Dressed as a Bat just growls "vengeance hides in the shadows, and beneath the darkness... So do I" before sweeping dramatically out again.

And you're just like ??? did everyone see that? Was that... Is that just something that's gonna happen now?

Apparently that's just what Tuesday is like now. Maybe the Metropolis PD is hiring.

[mantareidraws]

Giving battinson the big birb hug he so desperately needs 🫂

[jasontoddsguns]

“He would not fucking say that” is a Schrodinger’s phrase when it comes to Batman. There is probably Batman run where he would say that. There is also probably a run where Batman would kill the other Batman for saying that.

[haml3t-scribbles]

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Category: Gen

Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman - All Media Types

Relationship: Alfred Pennyworth & Bruce Wayne

Characters: Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Mentioned Selena Kyle - Character

Additional Tags: Depressed Bruce Wayne, Bruce Wayne is Batman, Bruce Wayne is Bad at Feelings, Sad Bruce Wayne, Self-Harm, Cutting, Fighting, Wounds, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Alfred Pennyworth is Bruce Wayne's Parent, Good Parent Alfred Pennyworth, Caring Alfred Pennyworth, MENTIONED: rape, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Character Study

Language: English

Summary:

"But it couldn’t wash away the guilt. That always lingered.

It gnawed at him. He caught a glimpse of his body in the mirror, a reminder that this is the body he thinks can save Gotham. It’s pathetic. Underneath the suit, he’s just a man. To become the perfect tool of justice, he needs to sacrifice his identity, shed this humanity. He knows what he needs to do."

OR Alfred finds that Bruce has started to cut himself again.

NOTE: Check the tags

[sidewalk-cracks]

Bruce, visibly overwhelmed by Emotions as he watches a ten-year-old Dick goofing around in the batcave: Alfred. Alfred I think I'd die if something happened to him

Alfred: *carefully doesn't say that he thought the same thing when Martha and Thomas placed a newborn Bruce in his arms for the first time because he knows that'll completely destroy the little emotional bandwidth Bruce has*

[demonicsuffrage]

8 year old freshly adopted Dick, throwing the moths and flies he caught on Patrol directly at Bruce's face: I got you dinner!

Bruce, who was just bombarded with insects: Chum?!

Dick, smiling cheerfully: Bats eat insects!

Bruce:

Dick: I just read it in a book

Bruce:

Bruce: Bats also eat fruits and nectar

Dick: So you're a fruity bat?

Bruce:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dick, throwing an apple at him the next day: Dinner!

Bruce:

[valrixian]

Battinson and Dick Grayson - quick drawing

[wiryuu]

bonding exercise goes wrong

[mel-kusanagi]

they just met btw

[bruciemilf]

Scary boyfriend privilege? No. Scary sons privilege.

Bruce who can’t go anywhere without his newly adopted ward. He follows Bruce like a sunny shadow, grin always in place.

“Dick, can I hold your hand when we cross the street?”

Dick, very sweetly, “No.”

Bruce sighs, but accepts easily. Some guy scoffs at that and asks Bruce if he’ll let his kid just talk to him like that. His kid. His heart hurts in a very good way.

He’s about to say something, but Dick interrupts him, his teeth bared full, “Weren’t you on the news for hitting an old lady with your car?”

Bruce freezing. Dick goes back to his gameboy. They hold hands when they cross the street.

It’s both scary and comforting how little he changes when he’s an adult.

Jason, on the other hand.

Although he refuses to admit it, he does follow Bruce around, too, when his dad actually has to leave the manor. It’s when Alfred says he needs sun.

“You signed a contract, sir.”

Bruce sighing, “I signed it when I was 4. In black crayon. Those don’t count.”

Damian gasped, as if discovering a vile fact, sending an accusing glare Bruce’s way. “They don’t?”

Bruce needs an excuse to haul ass fast and that’s how Jason ends up chaperoning his socially awkward, disaster of a father in his quest to pick up food.

He’s a titanic presence next to Bruce, glaring off whoever stares a little too long or too appreciatively, strong arms crossed and his eyes hard and sharp.

Bruce gently taps his bicep and he hates the way he melts. “Do you want the chicken nuggets with or without apple slices?”

“Without.”

“Jay.”

“FINE.”

Give Jason his “he asked for No pickles” moment. It has to embarrass Bruce enough to jump in traffic, thought.

Damian has his own league and none of them can really compete with it. I think, during parent’s night, he drags Bruce off to proudly showcase his gallery of portraits.

Bruce is very moved when he realizes they’re almost all him.

There’s portraits of Dick, too, and Alfred, and a comically bad one of Tim. “Damian, they’re very beautiful. Thank you.”

“I painted them with the blood of your enemies.”

“…Thank you.”

[sosooley]

sad wet bat nation

[puppetmaster13u]

Bruce, new to parenting: How long does your ideal hug last?

Dick: 30 to 40 minutes.

Bruce, already carrying him: That's a bit impractical-

Dick: You said ideal, not realistic

[allineedisonedream]

He has no idea where the kid came from...

AU Where Battinson is Adopted By a 10-Year-Old Dick Grayson >:)

[vitamin-k-tablets]

was actually not going to draw the movie superbat but then the idea of battinson having an awkward crush on superman took me by a chokehold

[yhroa]

[finnoky]

Who better to beat the final level in Mario than the world’s greatest detective? (Or how to entertain sidekicks 101)

It’s probably Battison, but honestly this image has been stuck in my head for a while — let him be a good dad!!