#when he comes to family dinners

[gothamslostboy]

Anyone wanna help keep me accountable on Duolingo?

[batsyheere]

Forget Bruce Wayne. Give me Jim Gordon, the nosy neighbour who likes to make sure new-to-town Danny Nightingale is looking after himself, who enjoys inviting the 'kid' over to enjoy a meal while he goes on about his own daughter or gets Danny to open up about his life.

Give me Danny, oddly charmed and highly protective of this paternal figure who isn't actively trying to adopt him. Who likes to check in and make sure the man is actually resting when he gets injured on the job. Who, after many trials and errors, manages to cook a meal and bring it over instead of ordering takeout. Who has someone actively listening to him even if they don't actually understand every word out of Danny's mouth.

And everytime a Bat tries to come around Jim Gordon is on the roof with a broom, waving them off because this is his kid, Bruce! He called dibs!

[hood-ex]

All the Americans on RedNote/Xiaohongshu that are interacting with Chinese people for the first time and are realizing that our governments hate each other but that we can build community/friendship with Chinese people reminds me of a conversation I had with a student of mine.

For context, I taught kids from China how to speak English for 4 years. I had one student named Rain (his English name) from Guangzhou. He was about 9 years old, and I'd been teaching him since the very beginning of his English journey when he only knew very basic vocabulary like vegetables. He got to the point in his language learning where he could use simple words and sentences to talk about more complex subjects.

There was one class we had that I still think about to this day.

"What classes did you have at school today?" I asked. "Math? English? PE?"

"Math yes. English class yes. And... history," he said.

"Oh history? Nice," I said.

"Teacher, I don't like USA a little bit," he said.

"You don't like it? Why?" I asked.

"Because..." he tried to explain before realizing that he didn't have the words he needed to express himself. He switched to miming and drawing the USA fighting with/being mean to China.

"So you don't like the USA because the USA fights China? Hurts China?" I asked for clarification.

"Yes, yes, I don't like it a little bit," he nodded.

"Do you like USA people? I like people from China," I said.

"You like China people?" he asked.

"Yes, I love Chinese people," I said. "I don't like when the USA and China fight, but I love Chinese people."

"Me too!" he said. "Kind of don't like USA, but I like USA people."

In that moment, I was amazed that even with a language barrier, and even with our age difference, we could come to the same conclusion that we didn't like what our countries did to each other, but that didn't mean that he had to hate American people or that I had to hate Chinese people.

"USA people and Chinese people are kind of different," I said, referring to our cultural differences. "We are the same too."

"Yes, kind of the same," he agreed.

That's what many Americans on RedNote/Xiaohongshu are starting to understand better.

[queeniewithabeanie]

The Little Stalker

Dpxdc Prompt #21

Timothy Jackson Drake is amazing at being really good at things he can't let anyone else know about.

Exhibit A: Tim is very sneaky, or at least sneaky enough that Batman and Robin don't notice him stalking following them around at night.

Exhibit B: Tim is a great photographer! He's most likely gotten more clear photos of the Dynamic Duo in the past week than everyone else since they started operating.

Exhibit C: Tim is an awesome detective. He's figured out Batman and Robin's identities, which he's pretty sure no one else has done.

All and all Tim is great at sneaking, photography, and detective work! Except—it seems—when any of it has to do with Phantom, the vigilante of Crime Alley.

Tim: follows Jason and Bruce around every night for a week, with neither even looking into his direction Also Tim: steps one foot into Crime Alley and is picked up by the hood of his sweater by Danny and corralled by him outside of Gotham City's crime central

Tim: takes flawless photos of Jason and Bruce, having dedicated so much time to doing so that they probably would be mistaken as professional Also Tim: anytime he gets close enough to Danny to even take a photo they come out so blurry it looks like tv static

Tim: figured out Bruce, Dick, and Jason's identities from a fact he learned when he was like 3 years old Also Tim: doesn't even have a vague idea that Phantom, protector of Crime Alley, and Danny, his babysitter are even tangentially related

Meanwhile Danny's just trying to look out for the guys that Batman and Robin's help for some reason doesn't extend to. Now if only the kid that he babysits for a little extra cash would stop trying, and failing, stalking him.

[couch-house]

playing with stc + exit shadow and rouge some more. i hit shadow with the girl beam last month and forgot to tell you. oops!

[tiger-grace]

I feel like in Gotham there’s crime rumor mills just based on who from the batfam is on patrol and their family drama bc it greatly impacts the violence level the melee criminals will receive 😭😭

Joker Goon #1: hey we still on for the shipment tonight?

Joker Goon #2: we delayed it. Red Hood just had a fight with his dad

Joker Goon #1: ah.

Bank Teller: hey man for your own safety you might want to get out of here early

Robber: I am literally holding a gun to your head?? wdym

Bank Teller: Nightwing is PISSED tonight

Robber: what- oh. he’s rampaging isn’t he

[gentlygolden]

something something Perona and Mihawk were never anyone’s priorities/first choice (Moria was still grieving his original crew as he acquired new crew members and even then didn’t bother to form actual bonds with them; Shanks had already formed a crew and thus people were relying on him) but they chose each other (Perona returning after dropping Zoro off at Sabaody; Mihawk planting cocoa trees (!!!!) and making sure she escaped before the Navy landed on Kuraigana)

[willowser]

roommate touya who falls for you bc of your thoughtfulness tho 🥺 when you order food there’s always something for him too. you bring him back coffee every time you do a starbucks run. you share everything you have with him too, like your nice smelling shampoo (even tho you make fun of his three in one body wash conditioner shampoo LMAO). maybe you get the two of you fun pairs of comfy slippers to wear around the house to. you make the house into a home and he’s so smitten because of it

anon 🥺 you gettttt itttt 🥺🥺 i have such a detailed idea for roommate touya i want to write it so bad !!! i just. have such a vision for him in my head.....it's weird that yall are still roommates....bc you didn't even start out as friends.....keigo and rumi both moved out and you were just. together and that was it. and then you got sick of your apartment and picked a new house to rent. and you just. live together and do everything together and it makes no sense !! you're adults !!! but you're too used to each other 🥺🥺🥺 WAAAHHH YOU GET IT YOU GET IT EXACTLLLLLYYYYYY

[glowstickhaloboy]

I LOVE BEING ABLE TO HELP MY FAMILY

I LOVE TELLING THEM NOT TO WORRY WHEN A PROBLEM HAS ARISEN AND THEN STEPPING IN TO SOLVE IT

I LOVE GOING OUT OF MY WAY TO DO SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WILL MAKE THEIR LIFE SO MUCH EASIER

I LOVE ANTICIPATING WHAT THEY MIGHT NEED AND SHOWING THEM I CARE

I LOVE TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE I LOVE AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[itsamenickname]

Luigi: Can you pass me the salt for me, please daddy?

M&L’s Dad and Bowser: *all reaches for the salt*

Dad:........

Bowser:.......

Extended family:.......

Mario: *fainted in Italian*

Dad, look at Luigi, wide eyes: Son......

Luigi, sweating and freaking out: DAD, WAIT, I CAN EXPLAIN!!!!

Peach, confused af: *look at Bowser* Why did you grab the salt? You’re not his daddy.

This ask is one of those times where I really wish I had the ability/skills to draw out this scene because I can easily imagine Bowser having either of these two reactions:

He's either just as mortified as Luigi is.

OR

While Luigi hides his face in embarrassment (while also turning as red as Mario's hat), Bowser stares at everyone with a dumb smirk on his face like he's proud of the fact that Mario and Luigi's entire family now knows that he and Luigi are banging.

And I honestly do not know which reaction I like better. 😂

Also, Peach, my girl, you are literal BFFs with Daisy (the person who would most likely ask you whether you and Mario did it after every date you two have), how has she not already told you about the other definition of "daddy?"

[lazisconcerned]

I think my favorite stupid idea with batman is the thought that literally everyone knows the Wayne's are the bats and just... doesn't say anything? Is it possible? No. Is it funny? Yes. The rogues have collectively decided that they will pretend they don't know, which essentially means they pretend they're kidnapping different people when they manage to snatch one of the Wayne's. Like, Riddler takes Tim, and as expected Tim just blazes through the riddles and leaves, but the next day Riddler manages to injure Red Robin and, much to Tim's chagrin, gives him the exact same set of riddles. It makes the bats think "oh they don't know our identities, Riddler would never use the same riddles on one guy" but actually Riddler just thought it'd be a really funny joke because Tim cut his stupid little suit with a batarang last week.

The civilians only say nothing because they know it could lure like, metropolis' villains to try and attack, and they do not want to deal with those freaks.

A guy from Star city moves to Gotham like "What if I run into the elusive Batman and he hurts me, oh god..."

and someone's just like "nah Bruce wouldnt bother you."

"Bruce????"

[vigilskeep]

unfortunately aidan hawke having a kid is the death knell for warden carver im sorry buddy but i could NOT resist templar carver family drama in this scenario

[kirishwima]

finished rewatching Arcane again. cried my eyes out AGAIN

[softshuji]

eldest daughter syndrome really do be kicking my ass tbh

[queenofapeacefuldawn]

Project Apple Scientist: We created Subject 007 for world peace!

Yor, pulling out her stilettoes: You fucked up a perfectly good child, that's what you did! Look at her, she's got trauma!

[dimsilver]

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