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diana's dark gaze followed the movement of bruce's hand up her legs. she's intrigued, so she parts her legs open just enough as a quiet invitation, raising one of his eyebrows down at him with a challenge in her eyes. she could snap his hand in half, and he knows that. but instead, she's allowing him to continue to do whatever he intends.
Bruce looks into her eyes for a moment then slides down onto his knees in front of her, his hands sliding slowly up her legs.
#goddamndaddies#girls . . . diana prince.#thread . . . diana & bruce.#replies . . . we all queue down here!
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Bruce Wayne: The Closeted Asexual of Gotham
Bruce Wayne—billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, and… a closeted asexual? It might sound strange at first, considering his public image of charming Gotham’s elite and his long history of romantic entanglements in the comics. But when you take a closer look at his behavior, relationships, and the way he prioritizes his life, the signs are there. Bruce Wayne is not just bad at relationships—he fundamentally doesn’t seem to want them in the way most people do. His identity as Batman consumes him, his romantic relationships are often shallow or short-lived, and he treats intimacy more like an obligation than a genuine desire. Let’s break down why Gotham’s Dark Knight might just be deep in the asexual closet.
1. Romance? Sure. But Sex? Not Really His Thing.
Bruce Wayne has been paired with some of the most iconic love interests in comic book history—Selina Kyle, Talia al Ghul, Diana Prince, Zatanna, the list goes on. But what’s the common thread in all of these relationships? They rarely last, and when they do, they feel more like strategic alliances or emotional connections rather than passionate, all-consuming romances. Bruce often seems fond of his partners, even protective, but his relationships lack the urgency and raw desire that other heroes exhibit. Compare him to someone like Dick Grayson, whose relationships are full of chemistry, flirting, and clear physical attraction—Bruce just doesn’t operate on the same wavelength.
Even when he does engage in relationships, it often feels like he’s going through the motions. In many interpretations, Bruce Wayne as the “playboy” is nothing more than an act—a front to keep people from suspecting the truth behind Batman. He flirts, he takes women to expensive galas, but behind closed doors? He’s either obsessing over his next mission or brooding in the Batcave. The actual mechanics of romance rarely seem to interest him.
2. Batman Over Everything—Including Physical Relationships
Bruce’s number-one priority in life is always being Batman. Everything else is secondary. His relationships fall apart because he is incapable of putting another person above his mission. This isn’t just a case of “dedicated superhero” syndrome—it’s a fundamental part of his identity. Unlike characters like Superman (who genuinely wants a romantic partner) or Spider-Man (who struggles but still prioritizes love), Bruce doesn’t even seem to want that level of closeness.
Many asexual people relate to this concept: they form deep emotional bonds but don’t feel the need to engage in physical intimacy. Bruce embodies this perfectly. He can have strong attachments, but he rarely pursues romance for its own sake. His relationships feel like side quests in his larger, more important mission—never the main focus.
3. The Way He Avoids or Downplays Intimacy
For a guy who’s had plenty of love interests, Bruce Wayne rarely shows strong sexual desire. In many storylines, he keeps things incredibly controlled, almost detached. Unlike more openly sexual characters (again, looking at you, Dick Grayson), Bruce never exudes that same natural flirtation or lust. Even in relationships that seem to have deep emotional ties—like with Selina Kyle—there’s often a feeling that Bruce is holding back, like he’s engaging because he thinks he should, not necessarily because he wants to.
One of the biggest clues is how he reacts when others try to initiate intimacy. Talia al Ghul literally seduces him to get pregnant with Damian, and in many versions of that story, Bruce doesn’t even seem that into it. In some interpretations, she even drugs him to make it happen (which, let’s be real, is messed up). The point is—Talia had to take control because Bruce, left to his own devices, probably wouldn’t have pursued that kind of interaction.
His dynamic with Selina Kyle is a little different—she’s the one person he seems to genuinely care about, but even then, his reluctance is noticeable. He constantly pulls away, keeps her at arm’s length, and prioritizes his mission over their relationship. Even when they do end up together, it often feels more like a deep emotional bond rather than a purely physical one.
4. The Playboy Persona? A Lie to Cover Up the Truth
A lot of people argue, “But Bruce Wayne is a billionaire playboy! He’s always seen with women!” But that’s exactly the point—it’s all an act. Bruce uses the playboy persona as a mask to keep people from looking too closely at him. It’s part of the Bruce Wayne disguise, just like acting clueless about Gotham’s crime rate or pretending to be a spoiled rich guy.
Think about it: have we ever actually seen Bruce Wayne having a fulfilling romantic or sexual relationship in a way that feels real? The closest he’s ever come is Selina, and even then, it’s full of hesitancy, conflict, and avoidance. His playboy image is just another carefully crafted illusion to keep the world from suspecting the truth—that he’s emotionally distant, uninterested in sex, and far too focused on his crusade as Batman to actually invest in physical intimacy.
5. Asexuality Doesn’t Mean He’s Loveless—Just Different
A lot of people assume that being asexual means being incapable of love, but that’s not true. Asexuality is a spectrum—some people are romance-repulsed, while others love emotional closeness but don’t feel sexual attraction. Bruce fits into the latter category. He cares deeply about people—his children, his allies, even his love interests—but there’s always a distance. He’s a man of deep emotional bonds, just not the kind that are typically expected.
This is why his relationships always feel…off. He’s not broken. He’s not incapable of love. He just doesn’t experience attraction the way people assume he should. And because of that, he hides it—maybe even from himself.
Conclusion: The Closeted Ace of Gotham
Bruce Wayne is a master of hiding things—his true identity, his emotions, his pain. It wouldn’t be surprising if he’s hiding something else, too: the fact that he just doesn’t feel the kind of attraction the world expects from him. He’s not interested in meaningless hookups, and even his long-term relationships feel more like partnerships than passionate romances.
It makes sense. It fits. And it explains so much about the way he navigates his personal life.
Bruce Wayne isn’t just Gotham’s protector—he might just be its most high-profile closeted asexual.
#batman#bruce wayne#batfam#batman comics#batfamily#please confirm#am i the only one#asexual#closet#in the closet
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Bruce: **staring at Clark intently for a long time**
Clark: "What is it?"
Bruce: "Do you have an appendix?"
Clark: "What?"
Diana: "Bruce, that's rude. You can't just ask someone if they have an appendix."
Bruce: "So we're just not going to talk about **gesturing vaguely at Clark** this?"
Victor: "I was actually wondering this myself. I mean, the evolutionary implications alone are staggering. Does this mean we have a common ancestor? Are we Kryptonians? Are they human? Is this a nessecary evolutionary path for all advanced life forms in the galaxy?"
Clark: **panicking** "Oh my god. I don't know."
Barry: **freaking out** "What do you mean you don't know?!"
Clark: "Get me a mirror, quick!"
Barry: **running in a blur and getting a mirror**
Clark: **trying to x-ray himself with a mirror, half crying** "What am I???"
Bruce: **exasperated and a 100% hiding how freaked out he actually is** "That's not how your vision works."
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Later...
Bruce: **meeting J'onn in his Martian form for the first time, losing his goddam mind** "This is so much worse."
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Later later...
Hal: "I mean, most of the folks I meet are human-like, so it's not that weird."
Bruce: **holding his sanity by a fucking thread** "Most???"
Hal: "Oh you should meet Mogo. He's a sentient planet and a Lantern."
Bruce:
Hal: "He's not very friendly though... I think you'll like him."
Bruce: **leaves and never returns**
#guys. guys. i'm serious.#does he have an appendix?#guys. guys please.#dc#justice league#justice league war#batman#bruce wayne#superman#clark kent#wonder woman#diana prince#the flash#barry allen#green lantern#hal jordan#j'onn j'onzz#cyborg#victor stone#dc comics#dcu
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God, I have so much reading and/or research to do to see if this actually makes sense. But my rough/working outline for Heroes of Olympus Wonder Family goes like:
> The Titan War/Second Titanomachy ends
> Diana sees enough when the Justice League is sent to clean up and investigate the remnants of the three day battle in Manhattan to demand answers of the Gods
> Diana, along with Donna Troy and Cassie Sandsmark, get answers. They do not like the answers. Too bad, so sad, Zeus already made them swear, so no take backs.
> Diana and co. start seeing the early supernatural disturbances that indicate Gaia's rise, which were previously hidden by the Mist
> Artemis of Bana-Mighdal has started figuring out the whole demigod thing on her own with the Mist having been weakened by Hecate's defection, but assumes Diana already knows, which pisses her off
> All four Amazon's respective teams/ superhero friend groups are perturbed by their sudden, seemingly random disappearances and their refusal to explain what's happening (Diana & co. because of their oath on the Styx, Artemis because she's playing her cards close to her chest until she finds out who already knew about the dying children.)
> This continues, gradually escalating and getting tenser, until the Gods seal themselves in Olympus and Thanatos is captured. None of the Amazons actually know where either Camp is specifically so they can't ask for answers unless they find a demigod in the wild.
> Cassie Sandsmark takes a blow that should have killed her in front of Kon and Tim. She revives similar to Gwen from Camp Jupiter. Her friends freak out. She freaks out. Diana shepherds her away without answering any questions.
> All three of Diana's Amazons go dark overnight. Donna and Cassie's absence isn't really noticed by the civilians, but the press does eventually put it together that no one's seen Wonder Woman.
> Artemis the Amazon has also gone missing, but most people who notice think she's gone back to Bana-Mighdal. She has not.
> She may actually find Sadie and Carter Kane at some point, but I know even less about their books
> Elsewhere on Half-Blood Hill, the Roman and Greek demigods eventually destroy Gaia. A lot of clean up/mopping up is done after the funerals.
> Diana publicly reappears with grey inexplicably threading her hair. When Bruce and Clark demand answers, all she'll say is that the Gods can take back anything they freely gave. The implication is that she angered her father Zeus and is no longer immortal.
> Bruce and Clark realize she can't speak about whatever happened, but are disturbed enough by the results that Bruce starts digging.
> Donna Troy shows up first to bother Dick Grayson in Bludhaven specifically and then to the Titans. Unlike Diana, she is still actively looking for loopholes and starts bugging the shit out of them to return to Manhattan, hoping to lead Dick specifically to discover the demigods without revealing enough herself to get zapped by her oath on the Styx.
> Kon and Tim just walk in one day and Cassie is sitting there without any warning. This is one of the weaker bits for me because I haven't read enough source material, but right now I imagine it leads to Cassie having some sort of break down that Tim and Kon don't know how to handle. If that's OOC, I'll revise it later.
> Artemis has voluntarily relocated herself to NYC, though she vocally hates it, due to the proximity both to CHB and the Brooklyn House. She reached out to Jason starting to ask for aid gathering specific information, not knowing that he's already been tipped off by his brothers that something is up.
> Somewhere in the midst of this growing mess, Annabeth Wayne Chase, only a few months returned from Tartarus, is spurred by a chance reunion with her cousin Magnus to go home to Gotham for closure.
> She doesn't intend to contact any of her family so much as observe them from a distance, as her own Oath not to reveal the Gods and their children to the superhero community is still in place.
> ...good luck with that, Annabeth. It's not like they're all already more suspicious of the Greek gods right now or anything....
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a lesson in laying your armour down
19,235 words | T | batfamily & superbat
They knew from the beginning that there was no coming back from this. Darkseid had already taken everything from them, and if they wanted to rebuild—if they wanted to buy themselves some more time with the people they love before it was all lost again—this was their only choice. With his children dead at his feet, and with everyone he had ever tried to protect long gone, Bruce was ready to dig his own grave. The mission was over. He had failed. Even those left standing—Clark, Diana, J’onn, Barry—were hanging on by a thread. There were a few others too, but Bruce couldn’t pull himself out of his grief long enough to register who was still standing. Even as the final plan, their last chance, was being discussed, Bruce felt a million miles away. Absolution finds him where he least deserves it.
#i wrote a batman fic#everybody cheer rn#batman#batman fic#batfam#batfamily#superbat#clark kent x bruce wayne#batfamily fanfiction#dc comics
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Diana clicked her tongue at his answer, but knew better than to think that this was just going to be a regular gala. After everything she'd seen, she was already ready for the next battle. "A shame, really. I was hoping to at least get a bit of dancing done before the moment is ruined," she sighed, turning around to face him. "Anyone I should be keeping an eye on?" // @talesfromthevoiid
"Diana." Bruce returned, there were very few people who could tell when Bruce Wayne was walking up on them (if he didn't want them too) but he had never been able to hide from Diana Prince. He smiled for a moment, "I think we both know that I wouldn't be here if everything was fine." he pointed out, "A little far away from home for my taste. I hope you didn't plan to actually enjoy this party."
#talesfromthevoiid#( diana prince ║ thread )#( diana prince ║ feat. bruce )#( don't queue mess around with me )
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You brought this upon yourself, Res.
it's late evening and bruce has taken the rare chance to relax in the gigantic pool that/jacuzzi that he's got bc he's rich enough to buy the entire solar system
clark and diana are with him too, enjoying themselves and splashing around in the water. they try to get bruce to join them but he refuses so after a bit they gang up against him and push him into the shallow end.
they hold him down under the water but it's fine bc he's batman and he can hold his breath for longer than a normal person can
but eventually the lack of oxygen gets to him and he starts to struggle a bit, but diana and clark don't let him bc they forget he's, well, y'know, human
bruce is getting light-headed and is about to pass out when the two realize he's actually drowning and pull him out. he's breathing heavily and the two are apologizing profusely but he's got the biggest blush on his face and they realize he's hard
joke's on you. I gave him a strength kink. after all, how many people has he met that are stronger than him? (that are not villains or his children)
diana takes advantage of this. starts dirty-talking him. tells him about how good he was and praises him for staying under the water for so long. "that's my bat-boy." she says. he whimpers 🥺
clark runs his hands down his sides, pressing his face into bruce's shoulders, nibbling a bit at his collarbone. bruce melts into his arms, shivering at the treatment.
diana kisses him, making him every more light-headed than he already was. he kisses back against her desperately, eager for more.
bruce moans, bucking up against her. she grins menacingly, reaching down to grab his election through his swimming trunks, teasing him.
bruce begs for her to touch him before she shushes him, telling him she calls the shots here. clark kisses him next, reaching down to grab his ass, a vague promise of what will happen next.
diana reaches into his shorts, grabbing his dick and pulling it out. she strokes it with feather-light touches, calmly listening to his whimpers and whines as she pleasures him.
"clark, take over?" she asks attaching herself to bruce's nipples. clark's firm grip is wider and stronger than her's, stroking bruce faster than diana did.
bruce is very loud at this point.
"shhh." clark croons. "don't want anyone hearing, do you? aren't the kids still around?" he shuts bruce up with his mouth.
bruce is holding on buy a thread now. diana reaches down and prods at his hole, gently pushing in shallowly, aware of the lack of lube.
bruce cums, seeing stars. he's laying limp against clark, who chuckles, holding him close.
"we're not done yet, bruce." He says.
Do I continue???
Okay anon 👀 I see you. I don’t think I’ve ever run into a drowning kink before but I can see where you’re going.
If you want to write it, you should! There’s a dearth of superwonderbat fics out there.
#asks#anon#mini fic#smut#bruce wayne#batman#dc#clark kent#superbat#superman#diana prince#wonderbat#superwonderbat#Wonder Woman
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AO3 - @comicarc
𝕯𝕮
𝒟𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒢𝓇𝒶𝓎𝓈𝑜𝓃
☆ What is Robin?
What does Robin represent and what impact has it left on those who took the mantle? wc: 393
☆ Desires
Nightwing has had many victories, some small and some big, but when he looks back on his life, he realizes he's never really won. All he's really done is make excuses to keep himself from being happy. wc: 369
𝒥𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝒯𝑜𝒹𝒹
☆ Memories (w/ reader)
Just a walk down memory lane. I just haven’t found many fics about Jason before he was killed, so I thought I’d write one. wc: 1182
☆ We'll Go Back to Strangers (w/ reader) (𝐈, 𝐈𝐈)
"We'll get in your car and you'll lean to kiss me, we'll talk for hours and lie on the backseat."
☆ Hell is Empty and the Devil is Here (w/ reader)
A chance meeting with a stranger leads down the road of an inevitable devotion. Breeding a childish love into an obsessive attachment. The devil's temptation is all-consuming, only producing pain disguised as pleasure. wc: 2906
𝐵𝒶𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓃 - 𝐵𝓇��𝒸𝑒 𝒲𝒶𝓎𝓃𝑒
☆ Symbols (w/ reader)
This is short and more like a breakdown of what Batman is with a sweet twist. wc: 497
☆ I Dreamt of Heaven (w/ reader)
(Act 1) 𝐈, 𝐈𝐈, 𝐈𝐈𝐈, 𝐈𝐕, 𝐕, 𝐕𝐈, 𝐕𝐈𝐈, 𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈
(Act 2) 𝐈𝐗, 𝐗, 𝐗𝐈, 𝐗𝐈𝐈, 𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈, ...
"A lonely moon craving for the radiant sun." In which a certain girl catches the attention of a prideful billionaire playboy as they both attempt to find their way in the world. (I haven't seen many fics explore Bruce in his formative years, so I thought I'd share my take on them, of course with romance.)
𝒲𝑜𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒲𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃 - 𝒟𝒾𝒶𝓃𝒶 𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒
☆ Moirai (𝐈, 𝐈𝐈, 𝐈𝐈𝐈)
Fate is a fickle thing and it seems to hate Diana. As the three sisters of fate weave the thread that is the Princess' life, Diana learns that hope can emerge in even the darkest of corners and that death is only the beginning. As she confronts her haunting past, she realizes what it truly means to be a hero. (Sort of a character study, with plot, of Wonder Woman as she discovers what it means to live as a human and live among other mighty heroes.)
𝕽𝖊𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝕰𝖛𝖎𝖑
𝐿𝑒𝑜𝓃 𝒦𝑒𝓃𝓃𝑒𝒹𝓎
♤ Guns and Roses (w/ reader)
A take on what happened to Claire, Leon, and Sherry after the Raccoon City incident where they meet the reader. wc: 2010
♤ Undead Curse (𝐈, 𝐈𝐈, 𝐈𝐈𝐈, 𝐈𝐕, 𝐕, 𝐕𝐈, ...)
Where our beauty is Claire Redfield and our beast is Leon Kennedy, both learn what it means to love and feel heartache as they navigate their lives as a prisoner and a dying cursed prince. (A heavily inspired Beauty and the Beast rendition but with a twist)
𝕿𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖘𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖒𝖊𝖗𝖘
𝒪𝓅𝓉𝒾𝓂𝓊𝓈 𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓂𝑒 or 𝑀𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓃
♡ Turmoil of a Heart (OC but can be read as x reader)
(𝐈, 𝐈𝐈, 𝐈𝐈𝐈, 𝐈𝐕, ...)
Eva just wanted to escape Jasper after she graduated high school, but recent circumstances have made it seem like an impossible endeavor. She's seen things she shouldn't have, heard things that should never be said, and felt things she should never feel. Maybe she'll make it out on top, or drown from the hauntings of her past. or An inside look into every character of TFP, their grief, struggle, past and present, through the eyes of my OC (with a little romance). *TW for abuse, phycological and physical trauma, kidnapping & death*
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World building the Catbatfam AU:
About Gotham: it's actually peaceful there. Yeah, all is casual, no need for costumed vigilantes. There's still a dark and dreary aesthetic, but is it truly GOTHam without the gargoyles and rain and darkness? It's just a normal city, no unusually high crime rate.
About the Rogues: honestly? They're either also cats or don't exist. With things being the way they are (peaceful Gotham, no vigilantes), some of the Rogues dont have their problems.
Examples:
Mr Freeze: Nora's illnesses don't work if she's a cat, and we can't have Victor going villain, so instead she has a rare illness, but beats it against the odds, and they live together happily. This works as both cats and humans
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The Joker (a potential side story in a series): he's a human, he's just a bitch with a bad sense of humor who doesn't like animals. He moved to Gotham thinking the smog would lower the amount of animals, but not only did he move in across from a (thriving?) Park, but also his last remaining relatives died, and all they left him was their fucking cat named Harleen, or Harley.
(They did that as they left everything else to their close friends. They hated him, so they didn't want him to sue for being forgotten in the will, and instead left him something they knew he'd hate. They figured he'd give Harley up within a week. The Joker has too much pride for that.)
He hates that cat. He refuses to get a litter box, so she very quickly has to learn to be an outdoor cat. Harley does not know how to outdoor cat. She is struggling.
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Ivy: a stray cat who's taken over the park outside of the Joker's house. She's got plant powers, always having plants threaded through her orange fur. She helps Harley, and their story ends with her kicking the Joker's ass. They become Gotham's resident cat-park lesbians. Honestly, she's living her best life. Harley is no longer struggling.
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Killer Croc: Waylon is a cat with a skin condition, he always seems to be covered in scabs. He was taken in by a lovely family.
I can't think of anything else, I don't really care for the rogue's backstories tbh
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The Wayne's (main plot): the owners are Martha and Thomas Wayne, and their cat Alfred. They refer to him as their friend, talk to him like a person, and eventually claim he's co-parenting their kitten Bruce. They got Alfred in college, and I'll post a drawing of him the second motivation hits. Until then you don't get to know his breed, it's a surprise. (I found out that the breed exists like. 10 minutes ago. Never heard of it before) from there, Bruce slowly collects his kittens and everyone lives happily ever after
Potential other families
The Kent's: lovely older couple bigs up a dog off the street. Who picks up a dog off the street (they're apparently related? Hello Kara.). And then another dog (who... he's also related too? Why do you have a son. Where did he come from. Whatever, his name is Kon) And then another dog, but at least he brings his wife this time. (Your wife's name is now Lois. Your newest son is now Jon. How many of these are we getting?) Etc etc for other superfamily members. They become those farmers with a whole clan of dogs who help out.
The Prince's: honestly I know jackshit about Diana. However I think she has a boyfriend? (Steve? Trevor? I dunno.) So he's a loser living alone with his badass cat. She could beat him in a fight and he knows it. He's pretty sure that she has more muscles than him. Also she's not like. Aging? Girl how old are you. Why do you look at me with such intelligence. I love you with my entire heart and would do anything for you but also you scare me. (I feel like he'd get her a talking button pad. She'd love it I think.) ("Is Diana otherworldly?" 🤷. If you ask her boy he'd say yes, but her vet would say no)
The Allen's: Barry is a bird. End of story, I shouldn't have to explain myself here. He is a bird, along with Wally and Bart.
J'onn: fish. He is a fish. To me. I dunno I'm working off of vibes here. M'gann is also a fish. Martians are fish.
(Picture me, desperately trying to remember the other members of the Justice League after having a busy day and 2 big meals. I'm so tired)
The Lanterns: there's canoically a rage cat. There's a cat with the red ring. They are cats. All of em, Hal, Guy, Kyle I think, there's probably more but I don't know em, all cats.
The Queens': genuinely I do not know this man. Well, no. I have like the opposite problem here as I do with Diana, as I know Diana's personality but I know nothing about her. I know Oliver's backstory, but I know nothing of him as a character. I can't accurately say anything about him. I think it would be funny to make him a cat because Bruce is a cat and these 2 parallel each other, but I'd rather make that decision based on him, not Bruce.
#now imagine cat!Dick with bird!Wally on his back. youre welcome.#batman au#batman#batfam#dc#the joker#harley quinn#harleen quinzel#pamela isley#killer croc#waylon jones#victor fries#mr freeze#martha wayne#thomas wayne#alfred pennyworth#bruce wayne#gotham#clark kent#jon kent#kon kent#lois lane#diana prince#barry allen#wally west#bart allen#hal jordan#j'onn j'onzz#catbatfam series#au talk
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MASTER WISHLIST
this is far longer than expected.
they are organised by muse, but I'm not organising them as like canons, then originals. they're just all in this together.
The Menagerie do you have a smug shithead muse? we have a zoo! pick one or two or three to bully your muse with. they're all a pain in the ass. (the menagerie are the animals. they're all canons from different sources.)
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Bucky Bucky and general DC heroes (MCU/DC crossover) (I started writing half my muses on MCU/DC crossover forum sites, including Bucky! I'm throwing him back into his roots)
Batman I just think Bucky meeting Batman would be very funny, especially in a professional setting and especially if canon divergent post-Endgame. Bucky having war flashbacks to being chased through Bucharest by a man dressed as a cat because 'so many superheroes are furries.'
Wonder Woman Bucky and Diana based on that one fan plot where Diana was involved, in some way, with fighting during WWII and they met back then and then meet again in the modern day. bonus points if Diana thinks he's his own grandson and he doesn't correct her.
Superman idk Bucky and Superman would just be kinda wholesome? also if Superman mun comfortable, Bucky would totally have a crush on Superman. you can't convince me otherwise. also Clark and Bucky as a ship would be 'pure of heart, dumb of ass' in that order and it makes me giggle.
Other any of the Batfam would also be fun but there's every chance they get unofficially adopted. new dad! new dad! new dad!
I don't know that many DC heroes. girl help. who else is there? idk but I want them!
Bucky + ship partner post-mission shit. anything. just them being like 'thank FUCK that's over with'. snuggling. idgaf.
Bucky + Steve, Bucky + Sam pure of heart, dumb of ass. this is a never-ending want. it's not a specific want, either. I just like putting them in threads together.
Bucky + Thor I don't know why but I've always wanted to and never gotten the chance to.
Bucky/Loki 🥺👉👈 Listen...
Bucky + Spider-Muses I once joked about Bucky adopting various Spider-characters and I still want it. Bucky is the ancient, morally ambiguous MCU Batman on this blog, in that he will not stop fucking adopting people, but at least Bruce usually adopts children. Bucky'll adopt a 30 year old. they're still 70 years younger than him so they're fair game.
Bucky + Nebula the sheer comedy value of these two being friends is worth the gymnastics to figure out how they'd spend enough time together to become friends.
Bucky + Dmitri from 2012's The Winter Soldier comics by Ed Brubaker I so badly want to explore the possible dynamic between these two. I don't want to spoil the story he's from, even though it's been over a decade since those stories came out, but I want him. I wanted to see more of him before that story ended. please.
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Joker Joker + Batman <3 Joker is obsessed with Batman. ofc I want to thread them. I want every possible thread in any verse that's most comfortable. Joker is my comfort villain.
Joker + Batman characters in general (focused on villains/rogues gallery) I have no specifics, I just realised he talks to the Rogues Gallery a lot in comics/cartoons and my Joker… hasn't. ever. I can fix that.
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Dylan Dylan and Heroes (any DC) I also want Dylan and Gotham heroes, Gordon, etc.. Dylan needs more screentime 'cause her ass is overshadowed by the fuckin owl at this point. lbr who isn't.
Dylan and Heroes (any MCU) also Dylan plus marvel heroes since she has an MCU verse. do I have icons? fuck no. am I asking for Dylan threads regardless? fuck yes.
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Jameson Jameson and Heroes (any) Mortitaint is a masked murderer. that's it. that's the pitch. you want your muse hit with a shovel? I can help with that! also if any men want a boyfriend who is sweaty and dirty every day and surprisingly strong……………. im just saying……………… and then they can one day find out the other is a hero/villain……………………….. drama. 👀 (this includes anti-heroes)
Jameson and Villains (any) I just think it'd be interesting, y'know? Jameson doesn't tend to play well with others, in general, but there's a chance it doesn't go horribly wrong!
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Wag Wag and X-Men Characters Wagner Himura is an X-Men oc that, in his entire time on my blog, has never threaded with an X-Men character. it can be any character and any verse. I don't care. I just want him to speak to other mutants, man.
Logan specifically, I would like Wag and Logan threads. I always picture Wag as a general pest when he starts working at the school, like throwing water balloons filled with speed potions at people that annoy him kind of pest, and I get the feeling Logan would either hate his guts, like him because he does not discriminate between students and teachers, or be very cautious because he doesn't know Wag's limits while Wag's just like 'hey ;D I don't actually find you attractive but if flirting means I don't get stabbed, I'll flirt. ;D I'm high as a fuckin kite rn lmao ;D'
Charles Xavier Wag and Charles would also be funny because of the aforementioned 'high as a kite'.
Brotherhood any brotherhood muse in his brotherhood verse would be nice, too. Idk how he got into the brotherhood in that verse and I want to explore it. I just miss writing Wag, lbr.
OCs tbh any OC. let's yeet our x-men OCs together and see what bad ideas they come out with. it'll be funny. I'm willing to make up places that they can go through a portal to, as well.
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Bam and X-Men Characters Bam has an X-Men verse in which he vibrates particles when angry and I just… I miss Bam being chaotic. I miss Bam being a mess. she's gotten too collected and I want disaster Bam back. I don't have specific preferences for this one.
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Wag and Bam Basically, both Wag and Bam (in his X-Men verse) have abilities that can/are activated by emotions. With Wag, he has more control over his abilities and thus the chances of anger doing anything is low but not zero. If his anger is doing anything, it's a silent, 'scorched Earth' kind of anger that mostly shows in things moving telekinetically. With Bam, his power is exclusively activated by anger.
I just want that in a(nother, in Bam's case) thread or plot. It'd be fun.
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Mattie and Avengers/SHIELD/HYDRA Mattie worked for both SHIELD and HYDRA so I would like to establish some kind of relations with SHIELD and HYDRA muses, but she also sent records to the Avengers after the fall of HYDRA and began torturing/murdering HYDRA agents who survived The Snap so like……….. 👀
also Avengers meeting her after The Blip or whatever dumb bitch shit The Snap 2: Electric Boogaloo is canonically called would be… like she a gremlin in the swamplands. she's a whole fuckin cryptid by that point. I want her ex-coworkers to meet the cryptid she's become and be like, '... ayo? you good?' and her to be knee-deep in swamp water, dragging a body, like, '... yup!'
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Arnulf Arnulf and Steve's Friends arnulf needs to meet non-Steve avengers (or others who know him). it would be funny. 'hey you kinda look like Steve Rogers..' '[subtle german accent] a lot of people say that! it's so strange. I don't see it.'
Past - HYDRA threads between like 2012-2014 would be interesting? idk. I feel like I've forgotten how to write serious threads.
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Ultron + MCU? I'm sure i've mentioned this before but I just really want Ultron to reunite with the avengers through like idk texts? e-mails? something technology based so the urge to blow his ass up is reduced.
this is not limited to just the avengers. you have an MCU hero muse? a child of a canon? I'll take 'em. give me any muse who may know Ultron or his reputation.
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Dick + Heroes (MCU) LET HIM BITCH AT AN AVENGER ABOUT THAT ALIEN THAT GOT THROWN THROUGH THE WINDOW OF HIS WORK. he deserves this.
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Ai and Tony Stark I always imagine that they know each other due to being rich and fundraisers and shit like that. Ai might be an assassin but she gives to charity and does all the Very Good Things she's meant to which means attending Stark fundraisers and drinking his booze x
they do not have to like each other. I don't think Ai has met a single person she likes since she killed her husband, I'll be honest.
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Villains generally I do want more villain threads where my villain muses are being villains and doing villainous things. like, I have Joker and Ultron who deserve some attention but also Jameson, Ai, Mattie, Jesse, I have a verse where Bam's a villain (he's doing it for the vibes. that'd hold up in court /s), I have the brotherhood verse with Wag… like… plz. I want my muses to go apeshit.
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Fandomless OCs (Liaxee, the Bringer, Lieat) also I would like to do more with supernatural/fantasy/generally fandomless OCs and Liaxee or the Bringer or Lieat. Liaxee is a joy to write, the Bringer is my dumb bitch, and Lieat's the cutest muse I have. I love them all, your honour.
I think Supernatural (the show) muses and any of these three would be fun, too. especially Lieat, because idk if there's anything like them in the Supernatural universe?
I know I have two doctor who blogs following me so I'm lumping them in with supernatural/fantasy/fandomless oc/Superrnatural (the show). yous wanna meet a void creature?
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Special Requests have you ever seen a Crazy Quilt RPer? he's my favourite Batman villain. please. (this is mostly a joke but if there actually is a Crazy Quilt RPer, I want to know.)
Egghead is another DC special request because I love Batman villains.
also Typeface and Spellcheck. Idk them that well, but I want to and I have Spider-Man.
Marvel's Hurricane, especially if he's based on the 1941 version from Captain America Comics. man was in gloves, boots, and booty shorts. I want to see him in rp.
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a lesson in laying your armour down
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/20LCkhY by licnhearted They knew from the beginning that there was no coming back from this. Darkseid had already taken everything from them, and if they wanted to rebuild—if they wanted to buy themselves some more time with the people they love before it was all lost again—this was their only choice. With his children dead at his feet, and with everyone he had ever tried to protect long gone, Bruce was ready to dig his own grave. The mission was over. He had failed. Even those left standing—Clark, Diana, J’onn, Barry—were hanging on by a thread. There were a few others too, but Bruce couldn’t pull himself out of his grief long enough to register who was still standing. Even as the final plan, their last chance, was being discussed, Bruce felt a million miles away. Absolution finds him where he least deserves it. or, Bruce Wayne finds himself transported to a strange new world, one in which his children are still young, still alive, and have never once heard of Batman Words: 19235, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 1 of we build a home from these broken wings Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Cassandra Cain, Damian Wayne Relationships: Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne, Batfamily Members & Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Batfamily (DCU), Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Grief/Mourning, Healing, Canon-Typical Violence, only briefly though, it's mostly fluff, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, Falling In Love, POV Bruce Wayne read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/20LCkhY
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rest now in my arms (as I watch over you)
“Like he knew the sun would come up the next morning, Dick knew that Batman would always get back up, that nothing could keep him down. It didn’t matter what came at him -- loss of loved ones, false murder accusations, having his back broken, getting lost in time -- none of that had ever stopped him before. But there was no miracle coming this time, Bruce was going to die and Dick would lose another parent.” For Whumptober 2024 Day 20 - Emotional Angst/Giving Permission to Die
This is wrong. That was the thought that kept going through Dick’s mind. Bruce had always been a strong and imposing figure in Dick’s life. Even after he had grown into Nightwing and worked and led heroes with a variety of powers, Dick found that Batman had a gravitas that no other hero seemed to have. He was a rock for Dick. Like he knew the sun would come up the next morning, Dick knew that Batman would always get back up, that nothing could keep him down. It didn’t matter what came at him -- loss of loved ones, false murder accusations, having his back broken, getting lost in time -- none of that had ever stopped him before. So seeing him lying in a medical bed, barely hanging on to a fraying thread of life, was antithetical to everything Dick knew and just assaulted his senses with a sense of wrongness.
Alfred sat at Bruce’s bedside and, in a rare breach of his butler facade, was running a hand through Bruce’s hair. It was one of the few times Dick had ever seen Alfred act like the surrogate father that Bruce viewed him as and all it did was drive home the fact that Bruce was dying. There wasn’t any coming back from this. Bruce had lost a massive amount of blood by the time the Justice League were able to get him to medical, but not enough that he couldn’t recover. However, nearly every one of Bruce’s organs were either failing or on the cusp of it and were impossible to treat without putting Bruce under, an action which would almost certainly kill him. There was no miracle coming this time, Bruce was going to die and Dick would lose another parent.
Bruce kept asking about them, needing to know if they were okay, if his children were safe. Alfred and Dick kept reassuring him that they were, that he needed to focus on himself, but Bruce wouldn’t believe them until he saw his children himself. So Dick stepped out and sent out an emergency comm to all of them telling them that they needed to get to the Watchtower now. Something in Dick’s voice must have been telling because Jason only put up token protest before agreeing to come.
It was only about 15 minutes between when Dick made the call and when the Zeta tubes announced the arrival of his siblings, but, to Dick, it felt like an eternity. He just kept watching Bruce’s chest take in shallow, uneven breaths, afraid of the moment when he would see it stop, but also hating the amount of pain every breath clearly gave Bruce. Normally, someone in Bruce’s condition would have been given morphine to give them a painless passing, but Bruce was aware enough to refuse any pain relief, as he usually did, but this time, neither Dick nor Alfred had the strength to ignore his wishes this time. It was selfish, Dick knew that, but he wasn’t ready to lose his dad yet.
Clark and Diana had informed his siblings of the situation before they entered Bruce’s room, but even with the warning, Dick could see how the sight of Bruce weakly hanging onto life affected them.
“We’re all here Bruce, see? We’re all fine,” Dick said, trying to keep his voice steady.
Bruce blinked. His gaze, normally so sharp and clear, was unfocused even as he seemed to try and look at them each individually.
“It seems I can’t see very far right now, chum. Come closer so I can see your face.” His tone was completely different from earlier when he was speaking with the doctors earlier and refusing his pain medicine. It was much softer with a desperate, pleading undertone. Dick had wondered if Bruce had been aware exactly of the situation, but he should have known better. Of course Bruce did, he just refused to lower his guard around anyone. Normally, his children were included in that, but it seemed that his impending death was what was needed to take down that emotional wall.
Damian wasted no time responding to his father’s request and approaching the bed with Dick, Jason, Tim, and Cass just behind. Alfred didn’t remove his hand from Bruce’s hair and step out like he often did when . Bruce raised a shaking arm to cradle his youngest’s face. He tried to remove Damian’s mask but couldn’t seem to muster the strength to manage it.
“Let me see your faces. Please.”
Each of them removed their masks.
“See, B, we’re all here and we’re all fine. So quit worrying about us,”
“I can’t. You’re my children.” The way he was looking at them made Dick want to rage. It made him want to cry. Bruce was always so emotionally stunted and held himself back so much. He hadn’t looked at Dick like that since Jason died, with so much love and pride that it was like looking straight into the sun.
Bruce took another painful, rattling breath. “I’m so proud of you. So, so proud of you. I’m sorry I couldn’t… I didn’t say that more often. You deserved better than me, but I’m so glad… so glad that you came into my life anyways. I was so lucky to get to be your father and your partner.”
Dick felt a hot pressure build up behind his eyes. He didn’t want to cry. He didn’t want to have his last view of his father living to be distorted through tears.
“You are all so much better than me… so much better than Batman. Please, promise me, you’ll let Batman die with me. Let that darkness die with me. I never wanted any of you to have to…to have to carry that.”
“We won’t need to if you just pull yourself together father,” Damian said, “You just need to recover and then none of us will need to take your mantle,”
Bruce smiled weakly at Damian before turning back to Jason, Tim, and Dick. “Promise me. I don’t want… I don’t want you to fight each other again. You need to stick together, take care of each other. Promise me you won’t let Batman come in the way of that.”
“You don’t control me, asshole,” Jason snarled, “If you don’t want me taking the suit again, you’re gonna have to make sure the suit isn’t empty for me to take.”
Bruce looked at Jason sadly. “Jaylad.”
Jason scoffed wetly. “Fine.”
“I-I promise, Bruce,” Tim said, “So just stop talking like you’re going to die. I’m sure Clark will find something in his Fortress soon and you’ll be fine. So please, please don’t die, dad.”
“I’m sorry, Tim.” Bruce squeezed Tim’s hand weakly.
Dick wanted to cry. He wanted to scream. He wanted to rage at Bruce. He wanted to tell him that he never wanted to touch the Batsuit again. He wanted to tell him that he wasn’t ready to lose him. He wanted to tell him that he still needed his dad. But he didn’t. Instead, Dick swallowed the lump in his throat and put on a small, strained smile.
“Don’t worry, dad, we’ll- we’ll be okay. We’ll take care of each other. You don’t have to worry about us. You can rest now,”
Dick could hear his siblings echo the sentiment in their own ways, but his attention was completely focused on Bruce. He watched as his dad looked to Alfred - looked to his dad - for confirmation
“It’s alright Bruce,” Alfred said, tears in his eyes, “I will watch over the family. You can rest now, son. You can let go.”
Dick watched as Bruce’s eyes closed and, for the first time, his entire body relaxed. The permanent tension that he seemed to carry finally released along with his last rattling breath. Bruce’s chest was still. The heart rate monitor showed a flat line and with the other monitors showing numbers that led to the same conclusion. Yet, Dick still couldn’t bring himself to believe it. He grabbed Bruce’s wrist and placed his fingers over the pulse point and waited.
Nothing. No warmth, no reassuring squeeze like Bruce used to do when Dick made him hold his hand as a child. Nothing at all. Bruce had lost a lot of blood already though, so maybe it was just that there wasn’t enough blood going to his extremities for Dick to find a pulse (he knew he was lying to himself, but the fact that none of his siblings stopped him was telling). He reached across Bruce’s corpse body to check the pulse point on his neck. He felt nothing, but he kept waiting, certain that he would feel something eventually. He just had put his hand in the wrong spot, just missed the artery. He adjusted his hand again and again, trying over and over again to deny the reality that was in front of him. Eventually, someone grabbed his hand to stop him. Dick found himself being gently guided into a hug by Alfred.
He sobbed.
#fanfiction#batman#bruce wayne#dick grayson#jason todd#alfred pennyworth#cassandra cain#tim drake#damian wayne#oneshot#angst#emotional whump#major character death#alyss writes#word count: 1.5k#whumptober2024#no. 20#emotional angst#giving permission to die
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the eighth house and pluto: 📝
last month, i made a poll asking my followers if they wanted a thread on pluto in its own house, so here a list of some characteristics i’ve seen in 8H plutos:
very interested in psychology and what goes on within the mind. much like 8H mercuries they are students of human nature
brilliant musicians and poets due to their passion for psychology. since they like to know how the mind works, they enjoy being able to move others, excite them, terrify them, etc.
incredible psychic prowess, though they can be unaware of these skills / passively embrace them
capable of becoming very powerful and socially impactful people as pluto is the planet of power
somewhat prone to controversy or they have a strong interest in the controversies other people are involved in
must often learn to accept change because changes are constantly happening in their lives. pluto here accentuates the already metamorphic qualities of the 8H
they can be exceptionally private people; someone else having access to their inner world is a very big deal for them
tend to have recurring dreams, especially those of a more violent or grim nature. they often receive important information through their dreams
these individuals can have a difficult relationship with shared finances and business contracts. receiving or lending money can typically intimidate or bring them stress
true crime, horror, murder mysteries, thriller movies, etc. are usually big favorites of theirs
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A brief analysis of aosjk #6 spoilers ahead!!
The final issue of aosjk was far from perfect in my opinion but it wasn’t as bad as everyone’s making it out to be.
There’s definitely some pacing issues but that always comes with minis especially when they’re 6 issues long. The action feels a bit rushed and I do think that a little more time should have been spent on Jon’s fights with the separate justice league members. Or at least on his fight with Diana. Or alternatively we should have seen Jon release Bruce and Harley, maybe even freeing them in front of Clark because it’s that sense of action I believe the issue is missing.
Another option is to have a fight between Jon and Clark where Clark is always on the attack and Jon has to counter. I think that would have worked well to metaphorically emphasise their differences.
However, where people complain about the hug I’m starting to understand it a lot more. I believe looking at it from a narrative pov it’s an interesting contrast to the hug we see in soke. I also think it does make sense for Jon to do and that people are miss reading the intention behind it. The hug isn’t Jon showing sympathy or forgiveness or love, it’s a tactical move. Everything he does in that scene is a tactical move because giving Clark what he wants, letting Clark see his wife again (in some sense) and letting him hold his child, is what gets him to step back even for a few seconds. It’s so obvious that the hug is a distraction technique.
Jon doesn’t want to give Clark the hug and he doesn’t forgive him because that’s not his place. What he does is target Clark emotionally because he does not believe he would win a fight against him (he’s seen this Clark rip apart ultraman with his bare hands… also he’s probably aware of the collateral a fight between them would cause).
The thing is Jon is in a very unique position of being Clark in injustice’s motivation. So what he does is give Clark the thing he’s longed for and then tears it away from him. He shows Clark his and Lois’ disapproval of what Clark’s done for them, targeting his biggest weakness. What would have worked best is if he was then able to restrain Clark with kryptonite and leave him for the people of that world to deal with.
Another thing I’d like to briefly address is Jon’s seemingly lack of emotion through the issue. I think this is very reflective of his emotional state and how drained he is. I don’t think we have an exact time frame for these events but they do occur in quick succession and we’ve barely seen Jon rest since Ultraman is killed so he is likely extremely tired physically and especially emotionally. Which I think is interesting and can be seen as an extension of his attitude we’ve seen in SoKE #5 where he prioritises being superman and saving people over his own well being.
Also I’m annoyed we never got a reappearance of Val-Zod and Red Tornado and hope at some point that plot thread is resolved because I’m not a fan of how they just got forgotten.
I do hope we get another solo for Jon in the future but we will have to see.
#anyway it was just ok#I think I had high hopes because soke was just so good#jon kent#jay nakamura#superman#dc comics#aosjk#aosjk spoilers#adventures of superman jon kent#injustice
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SAHTW: Trinity
So per that funny little poll, here's a snippet that's probably getting cut from the main fic of the sequel to Take It Back Now Y'all, but is kinda fun anyways. The current title for the whole project is Such A Heart That Will and all ficlets will have that in the title and the tags + a descriptor.
Bruce is having FeelingsTM and also an interrogation.
On his own, it would have taken months of planning. Even with the help of his family it would have been weeks. Within thirty-seven minutes of telling Clark and Diana that he needed to talk to Alvin Draper, a not insignificant member of the Gotham criminal element, openly and honestly after years of push, pull, and mysteries, the entire matter was handled.
There was always something humbling about the reminder just what the remarkable people he surrounded himself with were capable of.
In this case, that meant the Red Hood of Gotham seated and bound in the Lasso of Truth on the Watchtower.
His helmet was gone, but they’d left his domino as a professional courtesy, for whatever that was worth. It wasn’t much but it was a shred of privacy in what was bound to be a vivisection of a conversation. Bruce hoped it was better than nothing.
There wasn’t the space for that kind of mercy when it came to the questions even Bruce wanted to. The Lasso gave no quarter.
“Had you already been planning your takeover Park Row when we first met?” He needed to know, even if he doubted it. Back then the boy had barely been upright with illness, but time had proven Alvin a skilled liar. It wasn’t entirely out of the question that maybe the whole thing had been a play to bring his guard down. Bruce already knew that Alvin had somehow discovered his identity years ago. He might have already known back then. He might have use that, then.
Alvin barely blinked before the words were spilling out, honest in a way Bruce knew he would never be anywhere else. “It hadn’t’ crossed my mind in any meaningful way. The idea of controlling Crime Alley was a pipe-dream. I’ve seen people try and I’ve seen them fail.. Why would I be any different?”
“Any why were you?” Clark asked, gaze steady and incisive, all light and journalistic focus. “Different, that is. What do you have that they didn’t?”
Alvin twitched, the barest of flickers in his cheek and a tightening around the eyes for half a breath. In front of any other tribunal, the reaction might have gone unnoticed. Tonight, it didn’t.
“Training, knowledge, foresight, and a tired and true persona managed by a combination of deception, dramatics, and dumbass RNG.”
There were more questions than answers in that response, and Bruce paused to consider which angle to start unravelling them from. Who had Alvin watched fail to take over Crime Alley? Where had he tested his methods? Alvin’s resemblance to other criminals was a funhouse mirror, all warped edges and alien familiarity. He looked as much like an unusually brutal vigilante as he did a gang leader. Bruce could go try to pull apart the knot of his behaviour from any one of a dozen of threads, but which would get the most mileage?
Diana had no such compunctions. “What is Batman to you?”
A fair question, and one that cut to the root of so many of the questions and fears in the dark of Bruce’s lungs in a way that Bruce may not have thought to go for this early in the process. Certainly not something he would have thought of asking for the real reason he wanted to know.
He didn’t want Alvin to have lied about caring.
Bruce only had a moment to enjoy the warmth that flickered at Diana’s thoughtfulness before Alvin’s response crushed his ribs inwards.
“Well he’s my dad.”
His vision tunnelled ever so slightly, even as some part of his brain started doing the math. It didn’t make sense, couldn’t be true, the numbers just didn’t line up. And yet, somehow, it had to be the truth because otherwise Alvin wouldn’t have been able to say it.
Which meant-
Alvin was a good liar, but Bruce knew from experience that the Lasso didn’t work like that.
Which meant-
In every encounter they’d ever had, no matter Bruce’s disguise or name, Alvin had always looked at him with something Bruce had never been able to pin down. Something wary and judging and longing. Years passed and sometimes it was so secondary Bruce forgot to wonder what it meant, but from that first meeting with a child blinking through fever and cheap lighting to their last fight at the docks that ended with the Red Hood diving into the harbour, Alvin Draper had always looked at him like he wanted Bruce to know him but never expected him to be able to.
Which meant-
Beneath the domino mask they’d left him, Alvin’s face twisted. That seemed right, because Bruce had no idea how to untwist the knife he felt buried in his lungs.
“I wish you hadn’t asked that.”
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Holy Early Days Batman!
by Amateum “Since Batman and the JL here are young enough not to have any of the protocols in place yet, there is a…backup.” For the first time N seemed unsure, chewing on his bottom lip. “A backup?” urged Superman, when N didn’t continue. “It’s a bit...uncouth,” he said, glancing over at Batman, who immediately looked suspicious, “but it gets the job done. At least to figure out whether it’s time or dimensional travel. The other two obviously don’t apply here.” “What are we waiting for then?" said Hal. "Do it.” N took one last glance around the table before his eyes landed on Green Arrow. “Oliver.” Taken slightly aback at his real name, he replied, “Yes?” N leaned forward a bit, hands threading together in front of him on the table, and with a completely serious expression asked, “did you have sex with Bruce Wayne?” Words: 7408, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Justice League - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Diana (Wonder Woman), Oliver Queen, Barry Allen, Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Clark Kent Relationships: Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson & Justice League, Justice League & Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Fluff and Humor, Dimension Travel, Time Travel, Dick Grayson Being a Little Shit, Bruce Wayne is So Done, Dick Grayson Meets the Justice League, POV Outsider, Dick Grayson: Making Bruce's life harder since 1940, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, plot-convenient interdimensional magical traveling devices, random shit happening at the Watchtower on a thursday night, the poor Justice League have no idea what's going on, Bruce and Oliver's boarding school shenanigans via https://ift.tt/wpo1H3T
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