So my Batfamily brain rot is back (not that it ever really left) and I just had a thought likeâŚ
If youâre a henchman/criminal in Gotham, seeing your life flash past your eyes is gonna be a somewhat regular occurance but⌠what if like⌠the thing that truly made a henchmanâs heart fall to his ass was when they hit Robin just a little too hard and this 10 year old kid just starts crying and goes âDaaaaaadddd!â
Thatâs the moment when they truly think theyâre going to die because said dad, the kid is calling for is a 6â6 demon from hell whoâs all muscle and shadows and vengance and a lot of Gotham still thinks heâs a cryptid
The henchmen all drop their guns and try to calm the kid down but itâs over in 5 seconds flat. Batman breaks several bones before speaking to Robin in the softest voice theyâve ever heard him use and the criminal world, who was already a bit hesitant to fight a kid have even more reason to take it just a little easy on Robin.
And like, I can picture different reactions with every Robin.
Like, for Dick, heâs ten and we all know he was the most violent Robin second only to Damian so maybe when heâs ten or eleven and has calmed down a little, a henchback who still remembers what a little shit he used to be decides to get back at Robin, slips on a pair of brass knuckles and BAM
And then, little Dick just stares for a moment in shock, cheek already starting to bruise, the criminals heâd been fighting all stay still because it was a nasty punch and thenâŚ
âDaaaaad!!!â He cries out in a whiny voice that reminds them that Robin really is just a kid and it all clicks into place.
Even Bruce wasnât expecting that, Dick has just started calling him dad and he still isnât used to being called that so to hear his kid calling for him in the moment where he is startled and hurt and a little scared⌠the henchmen donât even have time to react and they wake up in the hospital with concussions and maybe a few broken bones.
It doesnât take Dick long to calm down, it was mostly that the hit from a random henchmen really startled him and got him right in the cheekbone. But Bruce still finishes patrol early and Dick still hides under Bruceâs cape all the way to the Batmobile.
Then comes Jason and Jason was such a sweet kid, I headcannon he was the one that called Bruce dad the most often while being Robin. So one night during patrol maybe he finds himself fighting Penguin or Two-Face and itâs been a long night and he has an exam the following day and Bruce is fighting another villain at the other side of the warehouse
The point is, the henchmen and Two-Face start landing hits on eleven year old Jason in his gut and at some point he loses sight of Batman fighting on the other side of the room. Jason gets scared because heâs never really fought without Batman and while he knows that Bruce is still in the warehouse, he canât see him and the handle of a gun hits the back of his ankle and he falls and he sees Two-Face or Penguin or one of the henchmen getting ready to grab the front of his uniform and beat him up andâŚ
âDaaaaddd!â
The criminals freeze for a moment. Theyâve heard the stories of what happened the last time a Robin called scared for dad.
Theyâre fucked.
They all drop their guns and try to get Jason to calm down, but heâs crying just a little bit and calls again, his voice breaking and despite having been at the other side of the warehouse just a second ago, Bruce somehow drops from the ceiling and itâs over before the criminals can keep pleading with Robin to calm down.
Jason tries to apologize for âacting like a babyâ but Bruce is having none of it and carries him back to the Batmobile and Jason is happy to just hide his face in Bruceâs cape because he knows his dad will always be there to save him.
Then comes Tim.
And Tim gets found out while doing reconnisance and somehow he finds himself face to face with Bane who manages to wrench away his bo staff and Tim is just eleven and he is scared because Bane doesnât look like heâs going to hold back
All Tim knows is that the crack he hears must surely be his ribs either cracking or breaking and he canât breath and he can only muster enough air for a single word⌠and he calls for his dad through tears and fear
And at this point⌠at this point Batman has already lost a Robin, Tim may not be his legally but he is his son just as much as Jason was
Bane spends a month in the ICU
Tim is embarrased that he reacted like that. He thinks it makes him less of a Robin to called scared for Batman⌠for dad.
So Bruce tells him of the other two times it happened. Itâs one of the first times heâs spoken about Jason to Tim so bluntly.
Then comes Stephanie.
Stephanie never calls Bruce dad when sheâs Robin. Sheâs not his daughter and heâs not her dad. Theyâre not sure what exactly they are to one another.
As far as Bruce knows, Stephanieâs version of Robin never called out to him when she was scared.
What he doesnât know is that it did happen. Just once
It was the last time she was Robin. When Black Mask had her and she thought she was going to die
At some point while bleeding and feeling nauseous and so scared she could barely hear anything that wasnât her own heart beating wildly against her chest⌠she called for dad. Not for Arthur Brown, but for Bruce
Black Mask laughed at her
Stephanie never tells Bruce
And finally⌠Damian
Now, we know Damian would probably never be startled enough to call for Bruce out of instinct, so I can see 2 scenarios in which this could happen.
First, he sees another kid do it. He sees a kid close to his own age laughing and playing, then tripping and staying quiet for a split second before crying out for mom and dad and he just⌠assumes thatâs something kids do when scared and hurt and startled and does it mostly in an attempt to be a little more ânormalâ
Or, my favorite scenario⌠he hears of the other times it has happened. He overhears maybe Dick remind Jason of what Bruce did when Jason called out to dad as Robin. Tim maybe jokes that a Robin calling for dad is still the villainsâ greatest fear
So Damian stores that knowledge away as a battle strategy just in case he ever needs it⌠and maybe a small part of him wants to put it to the test, to see if his father would protect him as brutally as heâs protected the Robins before him
So some random night during patrol, heâs up against several henchmen, a few of them grab him from behind, trying to hold him down. Damian is fighting against them when one of them swings a cylinder of metal that Damian thinks mightâve been meant for the plumbing andâŚ
The henchman breaks Damianâs nose, thereâs blood dripping down his chin and staining his uniform
Now⌠it is most certainly not the first time heâs broken something, heâs more than used to the pain, in fact, he barely feels it. However, it gives him a chance to put his little theory to the test
And so Damian allows himself to sound like the ten year old that he is and in a whiny, teary voice, goes⌠âBabaaaaa!â (Bonus points if itâs the first or second time heâs called Bruce baba instead of father)
What Damian didnât take into account though, is that Batman and Robin arenât the only ones on patrol that night. They made a big bust. The biggest part of the operation was over but they were still fighting a few stragglers. The whole fucking family is here.
And they all hear his cry.
Damian doesnât think heâs ever seen a fight end so quickly. The henchmen only have a split-second of surprise before vanishing, being tackled or shot or having knives buried on their shoulders by his siblings.
The one that actually broke Damianâs nose is being beaten up by Nightwing, Damian doesnât think heâs ever seen Grayson so angry.
A shadow kneels in front of him, father. Baba. Heâs checking Damian and Todd is right at his side, both speaking in hushed tones, checking his injuries and wiping the tears that usually came with a broken nose.
And now⌠Damian is used to his father and Grayson treating him like a child, trying to be as soft as they can with him. Even Cain does it to some extent.
But⌠having Drake wrap an arm around him, calling him baby when knocking out one of the criminals that had hurt him âthatâs my fucking baby brother!â and continue to hold him later into the night on the couch, having Brown willingly give up all the snacks she keeps in her utility belt and promise to take him to Batburger the following day for milkshakes because he was âa champâ. And Thomas wraps his favorite blanket around Damian while theyâre fixing him up.
Todd decides to stay the night at the manor. Which he never does. They all decide to spend the night at the manor when Damian still sniffles on the Batmobile and they have breakfast all of them together. Which Damian isnât sure has ever happened before and Cain gets Alfred to make pancakes with chocolate chips instead of blueberries.
They call him baby in hushed whispers but for once, it doesnât bother him even though it really should
But most of all, Bruce refuses to let him go for a good five minutes after he first cries for him. Smoothing down his hair and whispering that itâll be okay and just being soft in a way Damian has never seen before.
He sleeps between his Baba and Grayson and he knows that Todd and Drake and Cain check in on them at least twice in the night for some reason.
And he realizes itâs⌠itâs nice. Maybe this really could be an effective battle strategy to be employed again someday.
I apologize for the lack of posts on here as I have somewhat lost interest in Maribat for a while BUT have no fear I am sure that I'll come back to it someday.
I have mostly been busy with some other things (*cough*Genshin*cough*BLmanhwa*cough*)
I forgot that Halloween was drawing near and rushed to sketch this Maribat Halloween as to apologize for my absence. I, unfortunately, have forgotten to draw girls as I have been busy drawing Genhin Bois as of late. So it took me quite a while to get Marinette right.
Sorry again for the lack of posts and have a wonderful Halloween to you all! Stay Safe!
Batfam gathered around in the kitchen at a massive gala, but they desperately need a distraction to handle a major situation
Dick: âstart a fire?â
Damian: âno, thatâll cause a mass panic. People over reactâ
Bruce: âheâs right, and I canât just say my kidâs sick to get out of this. We need a reason for almost everyone to leaveâ
Jason: [tasting some of the liquor] âmaybe we can start a fight, or we could try cutting the power?â
Tim: âwe cut the power 3 galas ago, someone might catch onâ [checks phone] âStephanie and Cass are already on the sceneâ
Bruce: âtell them to stay put. They need to hold on until they receive backupâ [snatches the liquor from Jason]
Tim: [texting] âon itâ
Duke: âI donât see how we can all leave without something major happeningâ
Bruce: âeveryone listen, Duke is right. We donât have anything up our sleeves to fake an incident, but what we do have is the publicâs tight grasps on our personas. With that being said, Iâm trusting all of your to go on and handle this without meâ
Damian: âyou never stay behind, are you feeling well?â
Bruce: âcurrently, yes⌠but soon I wonâtâ [starts chugging straight vodka]
Bruce: [stops to breathe] âIâm going to have such a bad hangover tomorrowâ [keeps drinking]
Dick: âtomorrow? B, youâre not getting out of bed for the next three daysâ
Bruce: [drained a quarter of the bottle] âyou all head out there and act normal, Iâll be out in a bit and make a scene so you can âtake me homeââ
Tim: âoh weâre definitely taking you home, but yeaâ
Bruce: if a stranger comes to you and says "I'm your father's friend, he asked me to come pick you up", what do you Say?
Damian: You are lying, my father doesn't have any friends
Bruce:...
Bruce: good enough
Later that week
Hal: Bruce, hello. Can you please explain to me why you asked me to pick up the Spawn of Satan and now I have cops TAKING ME AWAY BECAUSE HE CALLED 911 AND SAID I WAS KIDNAPPING HIM?!?!
Bruce: oh shit
Bruce: *runs to the police station*
Bruce: Damian, what the hell, you know Hal!!
Damian: thought he might use the discipline
Hal: *gets released*
Hal: You owe me. Big time.
Bruce: name it
Hal: pay for my Netflix
Bruce: on it.
Later that month
Hal: Bruce, I just checked my bank account...did you...did you buy me the Netflix COMPANY?
Bruce: I don't know how to handle money and I was very stressed, ok?!
i never talk about these things but i canât remain silent.
i know tumblr doesnât give a SHIT when things happen in countries outside the âmost popular onesâ (such as the usa & england). itâs true, donât lie to me. yâall donât give A FUCK. not every issue and problem in said countries gets the appropriate exposure but in general shit shows up on the news WORLD FREAKING WIDE. you set up donations, you help out, your spread the word, you say âpray for xââŚâŚ
southern europe is burning.Â
my country is burning.
people are dying - at home, on the road, trying to run away, in their cars.
yesterday my country had 300 active fires.
people are losing EVERYTHING they own.
i have a friend that is on a train right now passing through places that have been burnt to the ground and she says the smoke is so intense itâs getting inside the train and she can barely breathe.
and yet, even though several people (myself included) have been trying to bring awareness to what has been happening in southern europe⌠what we get from most of you, those not part of the countries suffering, is silence. we donât ask for money, we donât ask for shit other than a reblog to spread awareness⌠something you can delete in 24/48hrs if you wish.Â
i donât know what to tell you. iâm angry. iâm frustrated. iâm disappointed. i feel like iâm screaming into the void. âa reblog does nothingâ - you know thatâs a damn lie, you know exposure always helps, you know people start paying attention when posts on social media become popular. my country in particular is a small one, we get ZERO exposure. yâall are only starting to figure out we even fucking exist bc of the shit weâve been winning lately.Â
but hell, if the EU doesnât give a shit, why should some user on tumblr dot com?
again, i donât know what to tell you so iâll let the images speak for themselves:Â
An image captured by a Nasa satellite shows a thick plume of smoke blowing southward from the Greek island of Chios over the island of Crete
Torneros de Jamuz, Spain
Duca, Croatia
A helicopter from Italyâs civil protection service drops water on a fire near the railway between Venice and Trieste
Residents take refuge on the beach as a wildfire burns on the mountain next to the village of Lithi, on the Greek island of Chios
Men gather cattle during a forest fire in Vieira de Leiria, Marinha Grande, Portugal.
Charred trees are seen on the hills above the Cloister of Thivaidas on Mount Athos, a World Heritage Site in Greece
Portugal
This is fucking important. I am glad someone fucking spoke about this and said what they had to say. The damage is terrible, and all the evergreen, stone, even the ground is black. I was fucking terrified when Croatia was burning. The fire was near a village where I like and I thought it will burn down. I thought the church will burn down. I thought the cemetery where my grandpa is buried will burn. I still remember the smell of smoke, and when I went to check how bad is fire, my clothes and hair and skin all stunk of smoke. It didnât go away for weeks.
This is NASAâs picture of Croatia and Montenegro burning. My fucking country was burning. Fucking reblog this. I donât care that it isnât UK or US, or that it doesnât go with your blog, fucking. Reblog. It.
I donât care if this âDoesnât fit your blog themeâ or âYou donât think people will notice if you reblog itâ
I
Donât
Care
If you donât reblog this, thatâs a conscious decision to ignore that people are suffering.
And one last thing
TAG EVERY SINGLE BLOG YOU KNOW
I donât care if you donât think youâre big enough for them to notice you or youâre worried about bothering them, you do it regardless! I nearly had a panic attack tagging some of the bigger blogs I know of because Iâm practically invisible in term of popularity but I still tagged them because itâs worth me being anxious if it means someone gets help.
So unless you donât care about people dying and suffering, then reblog this and be a decent human being.
I know my blog isnât for this but this effects everyone to some extent. I have tagged literally everyone I follow. Please reblog and spread the word.
Iâm from Germany and they didnât say anything in the news about this which makes me so fucking mad
this is scary
@mango-pickle @cipher-dorito @aadyeah @more-like-reyna PLEASE HELP BOOST IT!
REBLOG PLEASE,I BEG YOU.
Tagging some people- @secret-eden @thehottestmess @cirishere @whythefuckdoiexist @didyouputyournameinthegobi @paperfrogss @snowbaz-is-life @thefandomonly @scintillatea @holding-infinity-and-a-book  @will-byers-the-wise @rabidmultishipper @sixofsparrows  @notsofabulouslife07 @acereader     AND ALL OF YOU READING THIS PLEASE REBLOG,I AM BEGGING YOU.
I was high off my ass last night and had this dream where I was in this dense ass forest and sitting there was a tall woman. She was so tall I couldnât see her face but she was wearing gold and I was like âuhâŚhi?â And she said âI made you, do you know that?â And I nodded and she was like âI hear your thoughts. Why do you hate my creation? Why do you try to destroy yourself? I made you perfect as you are. Please donât break my heartâ. Then she started crying and it flooded and I woke up with fucking heart palpitations like what does it Meanâ˘ď¸????