#tiny!bruce

[the-gt-fairy]

Me: I should I actually think about my OCs

*makes another borrower AU instead*

this is expanding on that idea of a tiny Bruce and his human kids, but it's just Dick, Jason, and Babs at the moment

Kay so the idea is there's a borrower community in an apartment building, and Bruce (26) is a sort of protector for it. Keeping it safe from animals and traps and such. Babs (15) is his apprentice/sidekick because she won't take no for an answer

In this apartment building are two foster kids: Dick (13) and Jason (10). They're doing ok, just kinda vibing as brothers

Of course the borrowers and humans meet, they get attached to each other, and now Bruce has to keep his two giant kids and one not-giant not-his-kid from setting something on fire

[unbreakabledawn]

Heyy! I love your writing! Will you continue the story with borrower Bruce? 👀

thank you, i really appreciate it <3 and yes 100% absolutely!! i have a decent chunk written already but i'm a slow writer + i got a lot going on rn. ugh borrower!bruce my beloved. i went to my doc to see if there's a snippet i could share but i need to do sooo much editing before it's ready. here are some headcanons about this au instead:

Bruce moved into the Kent farmhouse with Alfred after his parents died. by this point, Clark's powers had already come in and while he was still struggling with mastering them, the initial shock of discovery had already passed for both Clark and his parents. and since borrowers avoid contact with humans at all costs, they had no way of knowing Clark's not actually a human

borrower!Bruce doesn't have a batsuit, but he does have a cape! his signature borrowing outfit is fittingly all black (made from borrowed scraps of fabric and discarded garments) and his cloak is made from a rat's fur

his other clothes are mainly wool and furs - since borrowers are so small, they struggle to keep warm. the bed in his nest is a pile of furs and wool and fleece, and also a piece of flannel from one of Clark's shirts (Clark is still looking for that damn shirt, it seems to have disappeared into thin air. strange.)

borrowing is hard and dangerous work. Bruce has calloused hands and numerous scars from his long borrowing career - not quite as scarred as main universe Bruce, but not far from it. climbing, falling, tousling with wildlife and dealing with a world that isn’t made for your size comes with many hazards and Bruce wears the proof on his skin

Bruce has many tools to aid in his borrowing trips. he has a glider that he can use to make a quick descent from a high place (like trees or the taller cupboards) though he prefers his grappling hook when he has to climb something. he engineered a portable lamp from the bulb of a christmas string light but he doesn't often have to use it since borrowers have excellent night vision

best part about the Kent house? Martha loves to bake. Bruce takes full advantage of that and frequently sneaks by the kitchen counter to borrow a piece of a cookie or muffin or coffee cake. when food's normally so difficult to come by, the calories are literally a life saver so thank you Martha <3

Clark had a pet gerbil as a kid. one day he came home to find that the door to its cage was open and the gerbil was nowhere to be found. poor Fuzzball (their cat) got all the blame :( (Bruce felt sorry for the gerbil and snuck into Clark's room to set it free from its cake. gerbil was very confused but made a run for it and enjoyed his freedom in the wilds of Kansas

[frownyalfred]

the thing I love most about the “Bruce and Jason are both TANKS” supremacy is that it means, in all likelihood, that Nightwing, Red Hood and Batman went on a joint patrol together at least once and some out of towner goon, in a panic, called Nightwing — all 5’10 180 lbs of him — the “skinny one.”

[bluerosefox]

Little Grayson and his Talon Knights

Got a new idea cooking in my head.

Another DPxDC idea.

A reborn into DCverse Toddler!Danny but also Dad!Dick and Talons.

Danny is reborn into the DCverse (either he's a clone of Dick, a created test tube baby, OR a kid Dick unknowingly had during his amnesia year) and wakes up in the Court of Owls who finally have their Gray Son and will turn him into the greatest Talon ever.

Thing is, Danny still has his ghost powers (King Danny? Idk leaving it open, either that or just able to control clean ectoplasm) and knows whatever fruitloops have him, this will not be fun. So, when none of the Owls are watching him, he uses his abilities to influence a few Talons and they all book it out of the place.

Danny later finds himself walking the dirty Gotham streets with a few Talons, one holding his hand while the others hide in the shadows in case they need to protect the baby Talon they all care for.

Of course, the sighting of a Talon holding a toddler's hand catches the camera's and Oracles attention very very fast.

One of the Batboys is sent out, not Dick he's on a space mission right now, and whoever it is, is shocked to see a toddler that has a LOT of similarities to Dick.

[artistmarchalius]

I wanted to try drawing them with tails to see what the hype was about. I get it now.

[bruciemilf]

I can’t explain, it but Thomas Wayne should be a cigarette mom

God help you if you cross this man at 4 in the morning at a Krispy Donut parking lot cause his cat of a child chased a rat. Voice sounding like a broken car motor, but like. Sexy. “The hell are you lookin’ at?! God damn it— BRUCE. Take that outta your mouth.”

[rxbin-iii]

TW: blood and injury

Daedalus and Icarus.

Do not re-upload/re-post my work.

Holy CRAP this took me abt 14-ish hours to make but I’m really happy with how it came out tbh.

I’ve had this idea in my head for awhile and had to get it out. Fun fact: I cried twice while drawing this because Jason makes me so sad sometimes and this specific set of panels hurt me on an emotional level I still haven’t recovered from 😭

The text is from “Daedalus and Icarus: The Return of Jason Todd” by Judd Winick from the Batman Annual #25 (2006).

Panels referenced:

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 271

“Grandmother is visiting,” Damian suddenly said with no warning and with his usual not-quite demanding tone. 

“Who?” Tim wasn’t the only one to startle, seeing as Bruce had practically froze, a downturn to his lips in a silent show of confusion. 

Damian scowled. “Are you deaf Drake? Grandmother is coming to Gotham to, quote, make sure I am being properly cared for.” None of them had known that Ras was with anyone actually. At least Tim was pretty sure that would have been in the files. 

“Oh?” Dick didn’t quite crouch to Damian’s height but it was a near thing. “She-” “He,” Damian corrected, interrupting him. They all exchanged a glance before Dick continued. 

“Is he coming to the Manor or…” 

Damian scoffed again, a tiny bit of a flush against his face. “No, Grandmother will most likely be staying with Akhi-”

Now wait one moment-

“YOU HAVE ANOTHER BROTHER?!” 

[mikakuna]

i see this jason todd who actually looks his very young age (instead of the 30yr old man that comics like to portray)

and feel my heart breaking just imagining bruce beating him up, almost killing him, mind-breaking him, and just overall being a total piece of shit father towards him.

a huge chunk of the reason why people don't view bruce's actions towards jason as abusive or wrong is because jason doesn't look his age. he's drawn to be this 35yr old father of three who looks even older than dick (and way too on par with bruce) that people see their fights as one between batman and any of his regular rogues. when they fight, it just looks like batman is fighting a man his age and not an actual young person. it doesn't look like batman is fighting his son who's barely even drinking age (and who def wasn't drinking age in utrh). their fights are portrayed in a way that eliminates the very real power struggle between them.

this applies to jason's entire character as well. a lot of people don't sympathize with how he died or his actions as robin or his fights with the other bats because he doesn't look his age. he always looks older and scarier than everyone else. tim has many sympathizers from the titans tower incident because jason just looked like a grown man fighting a 12yr old (even tho i disagree, tim was built and like 17 lmfao).

anyways, i just wish comics would actually draw jason to look his age, which literally ranges from 19 to early twenties. he's young- so young, and it's so annoying to see him drawn and written as someone older than even bruce.

[feyburner]

More de-aged Tim AU

Text below cut

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Page one text:

Bruce: *kkh* Go for Batman. …Mm. …The museum? (…Again? Sigh.) …I’ll be there. *clik*

Alfred: Shall I ready the Batmobile, sir?

Bruce: Please.

Alfred: Very good sir.

Timmy: Okay. Let’s go.

Bruce: No

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Page two text:

Bruce: What are you going to do

Timmy: Stay put

Bruce: What are you NOT going to do

Timmy: Go after you

Bruce: Even if

Timmy: Even if Jason says it’s okay which he might because he’s a pushover

Jason: Hey.

Jason: Alright, pipsqueak. It’s you n me. What do you wanna do?

Timmy: Jump off a really tall building and you catch me right before I go splat

Jason: How bout a movie

[hummingbirdsalt]

little smooch :3

inspired by the fic Small Wonder by @froizetta ❤️

@unbreakabledawn I know you wanted to see this!

and finally tagging @januariat because they also posted art for this fic and you should go look at it right now!

Casual outfits under the cut (because we all deserve to see Bruce's little butt)

[the-gt-fairy]

If you're taking g/t prompts, I know someone who would LOVE a tiny Bruce and giant Clark. Maybe Bruce hanging out in Clark's nerdy shirt front pocket?

autistic hangout

Haven't really drawn Clark or Bruce all that so I hope I did ok!

[kittykatninja321]

I understand where the “Jason should get his own city” people are coming from but I could not disagree more. Gotham is his wire mother. And you know how Jason gets about his moms

[frownyalfred]

I love the idea of Dick just flickering from Nightwing, everyone's favourite, to actually terrifying, and back again. And no one really being able to pinpoint what about him changed.

That’s exactly it, flickering. He’s a performer so anything you see is only going to break through for just a second. He’s Nightwing, but every now and then there’s a flicker of something else. And it makes you wonder who, or what, you’re exactly looking at.

[p1nkshield]

Jason: (stubs toe) AH GAH F*CK THIS TABLE

Dick: Jay Language! You should be ashamed!

Jason: You. You taught me these words man.

Dick: (now sweating a little bit) Such foul language and now lies? You lie on the name of your older brother? I don’t know what I did wrong! Timber have you ever ever heard me curse?

Tim: …no?

Dick: exactly! You wound me Jacey!

Jason: you literally would party all the time and you once told this very table the exact same thing I just said!

Tim: … okay the joke was funny before but now you’re taking it a bit too far Jason.

Jason: WHAT? ME!?

Later he found a Polaroid of a younger Dick Grayson clothes in disarray, holding a bottle of tequila and dancing amongst several other people. Said photo has a note on the back that read “hope to see you again soon” next to a deep red kiss mark.

Jason: SEE I WASN’T LYING LOOK!

Tim: …This is really good photoshop! I thought you didn’t want to learn! But seriously can you drop this? You’re asking me to believe that the guy who calls me timbits did drugs. Its not gonna work.

Dick: (mouthing behind Tim) no one will ever believe you >:)

[hood-ex]

I'm a normal person until I remember how Dick perched his chin on Bruce's arm.

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