#yikers batman

[dazzlerazz]

Being on the apsectrum is like being a dot of green in a world of blue. There's nothing wrong with being green in a blue world, but you're so different on a deep level. You could certainly wear a blue mask all your life so you don't become alienated like other green dots you've seen, but you know it won't make you happy like you thought being included would make you feel. And it's only when you've entrenched yourself into this blue world do you realize that the world you thought you were living in is actually so much different than what you actually are living in. How you see certain things in this blue world, how people interact with each other, how people interact with the media they like, the social cues, the phrases, the implications, they take on new and more uncomfortable meanings when you actually sit back and see how other people are viewing the world. And then you realize that, no matter how hard you try, you're going to be alienated.

And you're going to be alone.

But then you find other green dots in the world, green that you hadn't seen before. Green that was sitting right under your nose. Maybe it was really well hidden, or maybe you just never realized. They're green, like you! You can finally relax with people that get you, with people that understand you. With people who won't bring up uncomfortable topics every five minutes like you would in the blue world. You're in a green world now, and it's amazing.

But then sometimes you're going to hear the words "you're not green enough" or "you're far too green", and suddenly the place you made for yourself in the green world isn't as welcoming as you thought it was going to be. Suffering microaggressions from the people who don't think you're "the right kind of green", or "being green right". Friends you've made, a brand new family, they think lesser of you because you're not green in the way hey want you to be.

So where does that leave you?

Bitter. Confused.

Reaching for that blue mask once again.

You could certainly pretend to be blue and live in a blue world, because it's better to pretend than to be true to yourself and told that the rawest, realest version of you is incorrect. Like a math problem that doesn't add up correctly.

You could go years pretending to be blue, so much so that you forget what's like to be green. The green world is so weird to you now, yet so familiar at the same time. You want to pass over into the green world again, but you're so scared about being green "wrong". Maybe you feel like you betrayed them by remaining in the blue world all this time. Maybe it's better if you just stayed here, where your life is, where you're already used to everything.

Or maybe someone will reach out their hand to you. Maybe it's a friend, or maybe it's a stranger. They're green, just like you. They don't expect you to be a certain shade of green, they don't expect you to show them what's beneath your mask to "prove" that you're green. They understand, and they love you unconditionally.

And they can lead you back to the world of green, because there's a place for you there, exactly as you left it. It's beautiful, there's plants growing in the window. Plants that you've been watering all this time without even realizing it. Green people could certainly come to your door and tell you're not doing it right, or blue people could come and try to take you, saying that they can "help" you, that they can "fix" you, but you can refuse.

You can refuse, because this is your house. And you were always meant to be here.

And you can host house parties with all your green friends. Maybe some of your green friends have flecks of blue in them, maybe some of your friends are blue with flecks of green in them, maybe some are another color all together, but that never made anybody's green any less green. And it just took finding your support system to figure that out.

Words of encouragement you needed to hear, the support of people just like you. That's just what you needed. And maybe now, you feel whole.

[This post was based on my personal experiences.]

[quillium]

The Game

Dick is, obviously, the one who starts it first. He’s 10 years old when he convinces Bruce to break his no-gun rule and get him a water gun. Dick is so proud of himself that Bruce can’t bear to break it to him that water guns weren’t what he was thinking of when he made the rule and he probably would’ve let him get a water gun even if Dick hadn’t made that 20+ slide presentation

it was the cutest presentation ever like it had PICTURES and different FONTS and Dick had cue cards and sometimes he’d be like reading off the cue card and then Bruce would give him tips on presenting before he remembered that HE was being presented to and he didn’t want to make Dick more nervous they are both such disasters

The Game officially starts on January 10th, when Bruce tells Dick that if he goes outside with wet hair, then it’ll freeze and he’ll have icicles on his head

10-yr-old Dick, for whatever reason, thinks this is a great reason to spray Bruce’s hair with his water gun when they go outside in the dead of winter

Bruce is in his, like, early twenties, tops. He’s maybe just graduated university (if he even attended--maybe he just took online courses? hm). Bruce is sopping wet, freezing, in the middle of winter.

Obviously Bruce snatches the gun and sprays Dick right back

And Dick takes this to be the sign from the universe that The Game was always meant to be! It’s on! This means WAR! Except... they only have one water gun. And Bruce has it.

Dick dashes into the manor, he’s like taking off his clothes AS HE RUNS IN, poor Alfie is picking the clothes up from the floor as Dick is like *pulls off a boot and nearly chucks it into a 1500 year old vase 30 feet from the entrance’s welcome mat* *slush is all over the floor* Alfred is like “YOU HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP MASTER DICK” and Dick is like “WHAT IF I JUST MAKE DINNER FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS” and Bruce is like dripping into the entrance as he calmly puts away his coat, a child’s water-gun in his giant hands “SOUNDS GOOD CHAMP” Alfie’s like “Do you want to clean this up?” and Bruce is a good kid who loves his second dad so he’s like “yeah okay you go do your stuff Alfie, I’ll worry about cleaning up the corridor and putting Dick’s winter gear away”

Dick comes back like ten minutes later he has STRING and a mysterious canvas bag and like a toolkit and he’s like “so sorry about the mess, Alfie, I’ll get started on dinner prep” and Alfred’s kinda worried because Dick has only made like mac n cheese with him, maybe baked a bit, y’know, like the kind of stuff you make with kids but Alfred’s like better learn cooking sooner than never cough cough Master Bruce cough cough and Bruce is like YOU BANNED ME FROM THE KITCHEN WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN JUST BECAUSE I BURNED DOWN THE COUNTER AND HALF THE FRIDGE HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO LEARN and Dick is giggling and Alfie is DONE it’s so funny my gosh

anyways Dick’s clearly planning something but Bruce is young so he’s also like low-key into this and low-key excited until he goes to bed that night and a contraption of water balloons fly at his face

now i’m not talking a catapult of water balloons i’m talking EVERYWHERE HE WALKS BOOM he triggers something and they just go FLYING AT HIS FACE and he’s like ducking down and a water balloon lands on his face ANYWAYS and Dick’s like hohoho i fight with you you think I won’t know your tricks and evasive maneuvers? and Bruce is like SOAKED his entire BEDROOM is SOAKED and he’s like “I’M SO PROUD THIS MEANS WAR I’M GOING TO BRING YOU DOWN”

Alfred is like wow congratulations Master Bruce you declared war on a ten year old that’s extremely mature and grown up of you *slow claps as he walks backwards out of the room*

Bruce is like low-key embarrassed but Dick seems delighted so he’s just rolling with it

anyways they end up doing this for three weeks and then Bruce pulls up like an official treaty document and is like ‘let’s call a truce’ and they sign in ink and everything and Dick’s like “UNTIL NEXT YEAR”

so it becomes an annual thing

I’ll add more with Jason, Tim and the other kiddos later but feel free to add on!

[jasonntodd]

hello hi i’m pretty much doing a collection of the batboys in coats so heres jason in one that you can barely tell bc i’m shit at drawing clothes :)

my art

[halysborn]

SWAN !! That meta was absolutely phenomenal! You are SO talented and you understand Dick in a way that CONTINUALLY blows me away. You're a gift to the DC community okay

FITE ME GUS-BUS, WHY YOU GOTTA BE A LITERAL HONEY FOR? YIKERS, I ADORE YOU AND HAVE MISSED YOU GREATLY. BUT YOU ARE BACK NOW, AND YOU ARE BACK ON BRYCE AND THIS IS A GIFT TO EVERYONE, MY FRIEND. YOU THINK I UNDERSTAND DICKIE G? MY AUSSIE BRO, YOU UNDERSTAND THE CORE CHARACTER OF THE BATMAN AND EVERYTHING THE BAT STANDS FOR SO WELL THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO TRANSLATE IT INTO YOUR OWN SPIN. YOUR OWN SPIN - MIGHT I ADD - THAT I FIND ENDLESSLY REFRESHING AND UTTERLY MINDBLOWING. 

YOU ARE A CREDIT TO THE CHARACTER OF BATMAN, GUS. YOU ARE A MARVEL TO BEHOLD AND I WILL FOREVER CHINHANDS AT YOU WHENEVER YOU CROSS MY DASH, HOP INTO MY ASKBOX, OR IM ME. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, ARTISTIC SOUL OKAY??

[dazzlerazz]

Ouch a game I really liked to play and had millions of players now only has like 60 on a good day ooh yikers batman

[jasonntodd]

“this is the best day of my life!”