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Robin of Crime Alley AU headcanons pt.2 (sorta)

My original idea for The Robin of Crime Alley was actually a Titans AU. I don't like what they did to my boy Jason, I couldn't even finish season 3 I hated it so bad. But there was some things they did that had potential so here is some headcanons on a rewrite for Jason's origin in Titans, they are based around my The Robin of Crime Alley AU with a few new changes:

(In the last post Jason wasn't allowed to patrol on school nights in my Titans AU Jason is allowed to patrol on school nights and on his own)

Before Jason meets Dick, he's been with Bruce for a year, the reason Bruce sends Jason to Join the Titans (after Dick and Jay have already met) is because Jason and Bruce are having problems (even before Jason met Dick)

They're arguing a lot and while Bruce has a strict moral code Jason has more moral ambiguity

Jason focuses more on the victims and getting justice for them even if it's outside the law. He gets this from his time on the streets where he often saw authority (cops) abusing their power, taking bribes, arresting people who are innocent, and ignoring people who truly need help. He believes he most operate in gray areas in order to protect everyone

He has also seen how the system doesn't care about the poor, the criminals, the street kids, or any one who has no say or power. This causes him to start to patrol around crime alley and be the hero that he never thought would exist

He wanted to show the gothamites like him that heroes help everyone not just the rich

He grows quite the attachment to crime alley (the place he grew up) and doesn't just protect the people there he grows relationships with them as well

He plays basketball (and other games that are special to park row that he knows from when he lived there) with the street kids, makes small talk with the sex workers (who all think he is a sweet kid), and hangs out in the bodegas

Soon everyone that hangs around, lives, or works in park row (crime alley) know and trust Robin.

So he earns the nickname Robin of Crime Alley

He turns crime alley into a safe haven for street kids and sex workers. While it's still a crime infested area, street kids know they won't be trafficked or arrested in crime alley and sex workers know that when trouble comes the police will ignore most of what they have to say because they consider them to be "untrustworthy low-lifes" but Robin will always listen and protect them

The only people who are not safe there are cops, specifically corrupt ones (which Gotham has a lot of) after enough beatings from Robin, Robin starts to gain a bad reputation around the GCPD mostly from rumors spread by the for-mentioned corrupt cops

While patrolling one night, Robin comes across someone he knew from his past. Molly Jensen a fellow street kid he knew before he became Robin, who is now a college student volunteering at a shelter in park row. She doesn't recognize him (because he's in his Robin costume and only briefly saw him) but the brief interaction pushes Jason to reunite with Molly and get Bruce to donate to the shelter she volunteers at

As Robin, Jason slowing starts to form a partnership with Molly by bringing her street kids to house at the shelter. She's skeptical at first and doesn't know if she should trust him. She's hear a lot of stories from the people at the shelter that makes him seem trustworthy, but she isn't sure about trusting someone who wears a mask. Historically, masked vigilantes have never been friends to the poorer people and "only protect the rich" (her words) but after Jason reveals his identity to her, Molly begins to trust him.

One night, a photographer wanting to take photos depicting poverty in Gotham heads to crime alley to snap some photos but while there he sees Robin, not wanting to lose his golden opportunity, he snaps some candid photos of him

Later, he titles his photo collection "Robin in Crime Alley" it depicts photos of Robin playing basketball with street kids, talking and laughing with them, and even of Robin casually leaning on a counter while making small talk with a cashier at a bodega

He sells his pictures to a newspaper and the pictures appear in the front page of a small and not very well known newspaper

(The article and it's contents are mostly forgotten, until years after Jason's death, when the article resurfaces on social media in a Batfamily subreddit devoted to solve the mystery of how many robins actually are there?!)

But tension between Bruce and Jason come to a head when Bruce catches Jason on a balcony while a man falls to his death, that man being a diplomat's son that got away with r*pe and his victim committed s*icide after she finds out he was let off (read Batman #424 for more context) Jason claims he accidently spooked the guy causing him to fall, but Bruce doesn't believe him. They get into a huge fight and Bruce decides to give him a ultimatum.

Around this time, Dick is forming a new Titans. He only met Jason once (Alfred gives hawk and dove Dick's location in this AU instead of Jason) Jason was very excited to meet him (but thanks to other events in Dick's life and him finding out Bruce got a new Robin) him and Dick didn't hit it off

So when Bruce gives Jason an ultimatum: either Bruce benches him or he joins the new Titans. Jason reluctantly agrees to join the new Titans. He thinks hey maybe I can take this as a chance to make up for freaking out on him last time, but he still is worried about leaving Gotham and leaving crime alley unprotected

And that's all I got for now, think I should do a part three?

#dc comics #batfam #batman #jason todd #bruce wayne #robin!jason #robin #dc titans #Robin of Crime Alley AU #jason todd headcanon #headcanons #batfam headcanons #park row #crime alley #dick grayson #batman and robin #batfamily

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For the past month, I occasionally get messages from this group chat I don't know how the f*ck I got into.

I just got one message from it where someone just texted they're doing weekly mental health checks on everyone and if you don't answer they're going to call you and im just like who the f*ck are you?!?!

#shitpost

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✨Starfire Icons✨

#dc comics #starfire #koriand'r #kori anders #aesthetic icons #icons

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Batman #368

Jason's first costume

#dc comics #batfam #batman #jason todd #robin!jason #robin #icons #aesthetic icons #Batman 368

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Batman #368

Batman & Robin Icons

#dc comics #batfam #batman #jason todd #bruce wayne #batman and robin #robin!jason #icons #aesthetic icons

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Batman #368

Bruce & Jason

#dc comics #batfam #batman #jason todd #bruce wayne #robin #robin!jason #batman and robin #Batman 368 #bruce and jason

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Batman #368

Jason Todd Robin Icons

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Oops, Steph was actually Robin for 3 months my bad 😅 (idk where I got one day from)

So Stephanie was Robin for like a day right, and she was the only ever girl Robin. What if gothamites thought she was like an urban legend? Like one day a gothamite makes a post about how he saw a Robin who was a girl briefly but then never saw her again after that. A few people would comment also claiming to have also saw her, and the post goes viral. A man-hunt then begins for this mysterious girl Robin that only ever appeared for one day. The hunt gets a lot of media attention and Gotham Gazette even writes a story about it titled "The Forgotten Robin: After Twitter User's Post Goes Viral Man-hunt begins For The Supposed Forgotten Female Robin" A whole subreddit is created dedicated to finding her, but after a while of little to no leads many gothamites lose faith and believe it's just a hoax. But never the less, there's still a dedicated community of gothamites who believe she's real and never stopped searching for proof.

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Headcanon: it's hard to get video or pictures of the Robins since they're you know ✨vigilantes✨ So if a gothamite would like to get a video or photo they kinda got to be in the right place at the right time, and even if they do get that lucky most of the pictures would be blurry because they're you know ✨Robins✨ So keeping that in mind, imagine how little footage there is of Jason as Robin. You know since he ✨died✨ and didn't have that long of a run. I can imagine hard core batfamily gothamite fans treasuring any piece of media containing the second Robin, and every now and then they're would be some article that's like "Rare footage of Gotham's Mysterious Second Robin has just been found!" just for it to be this zoomed out blurry photo that may or may not be him.

#dc comics #batfam #batman #jason todd #robin!jason #robin

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So Stephanie was Robin for like a day right, and she was the only ever girl Robin. What if gothamites thought she was like an urban legend? Like one day a gothamite makes a post about how he saw a Robin who was a girl briefly but then never saw her again after that. A few people would comment also claiming to have also saw her, and the post goes viral. A man-hunt then begins for this mysterious girl Robin that only ever appeared for one day. The hunt gets a lot of media attention and Gotham Gazette even writes a story about it titled "The Forgotten Robin: After Twitter User's Post Goes Viral Man-hunt begins For The Supposed Forgotten Female Robin" A whole subreddit is created dedicated to finding her, but after a while of little to no leads many gothamites lose faith and believe it's just a hoax. But never the less, there's still a dedicated community of gothamites who believe she's real and never stopped searching for proof.

#dc comics #batfam #batman #stephanie brown #spoiler dc #batman and robin #robin #robin!steph #cryptid!steph

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So I was watching panda redd and I came across a video on legacy characters and whether or not average citizens know legacy characters are legacy characters. It got me thinking about an AU idea I've had for a while. In this AU gothamites know there are different Robins and each Robin is known for something different. Like Jason Todd would be called the Robin of Crime Alley because in this AU Jason would patrol around crime alley a lot and would befriend the street kids and protect them (sorta like in that ao3 fic Jason Todd: The Not-So-Outlaw). So here's some headcanons:

(Jason's 12 years old when he's picked up by Bruce)

On school nights Jason wasn't allowed to patrol, but Jason would sneak out anyways and have a secret patrol of his own

At first, he just ventured where ever, but after while, he started hanging around crime alley more and more until he just stopped going anywhere else

Jason would play basketball with the street kids and all of them would want him on their team and get really competitive about it.

He'd get to know everyone on the block pretty well (including the street kids, the sex workers, bodega owners, etc)

He'd tell street kids the best places to sleep to avoid the rain and all the warmest places to go during the winter

When he catches one of them stealing instead of stopping them he'd whisper "hey, if you keep that up your going to get caught" and they'd spin around to face Jason who was perching on the fire escape and Jason would then procede to school them on the ways to steal without getting caught

He'd never turn street kids over to the cops, knowing how bad the foster system was, so he'd always try to find them safe places to sleep, protect them as much as he can, and keep them out of gangs and gang violence

Whenever he'd encounter a kid caught up in a gang during patrol, during his secret patrol, or on a mission he'd would always try to talk them out of it and share some of his own experiences.

Bruce found that Jason, having been a street kid, was great on missions with gangs that mostly recruited street kids or human trafficking rings that take street kids, because he understood them and could gain there trust easily

Jason, while he was living on the streets fending for himself always felt like no one cared if he lived or died, if he was safe or not, or if he was healthy or happy. He saw as adults who were supposed to help him (like cops, social workers, foster parents, etc) instead beat him up, ignored him, and just got him out of the way as soon as possible.

Jason found the most rewarding part of being Robin, was being able to assure kids once like himself that they are seen and cared for, like no one did for him (until Bruce)

Jason would dramatically recite stories from patrol to the kids

He Definitely brags about how he stole the tires off the Batmobile

"I would have gotten away with it if I hadn't come back for the last one" - Jason

Jason is also known by the sex workers which all think is the cutest kid ever and have practically adopted him

He makes sure that nobody disrespects them and beats up any perv that tries to hurt them

During Jason's run, crime alley became a sort of safe haven for street kids after word got out on the streets that the new Robin was protecting street kids there

One night, Jason catches a bunch of no-good cops beating the crap of a street kid he knew and he loses his crap on the cops and beats them into the ground. After a few events similar to this one, Jason starts to gain a bad reputation around the GCPD (mostly just around the corrupt ones)

Each of the Robins have a style to them that sets them a part from the rest, they wear more or less of one color, they rely more heavily on one weapon, and have different hair types/styles. This is what cues gothamites into the fact that there are different Robins.

Jason's suit was red and black with a touch of gold. He would rely more on his fists and a batarang he used more like a switch blade since he got used to having to fight with one when he lived on the streets, and he had very curly hair he'd keep medium/short and messily parted in the middle

He was also a pretty dirty fighter, as slick as a alley cat (also got that from his time on the streets)

While Dick Grayson's was known for making puns and witty remarks to make fun of the rogues during fights, Jason was just a straight up asshole.

He had a ✨talent✨ for pissing the rogues off

Bruce supposed it was useful because it tends to throw them off their game

Dick and Barbara found it hilarious

Gothamites found it hilarious

Few videos of Jason's time as Robin existed on the web, but the ones that did were comedy gold.

Batman catches Jason on his "secret" patrol one night and they have a huge fight about it. Bruce doesn't want Jason out on patrol by himself because it's dangerous (and he has school in the morning which he needs to be awake for) and Jason argues his grades are fine (more than fine actually) and he's been out on his own enough times and can take care of himself.

But Jason is still grounded and benched for two weeks.

Incidentally, after Jason got caught, a post starts to circulate online with images of Jason playing basketball with street kids, talking and hanging out with them, and even of Jason casually leaning on a counter while making small talk with a cashier at a bodega. The post is captioned "Robin in crime alley" it goes viral and the Gotham Gazette even writes a story about it. The article calls Jason "The Robin of Crime Alley" Soon media outlets start to refer to Jason as "The Robin of Crime Alley" whenever there's a story on Batman and Robin

Part two:

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When I wrote this I had just seen an ad for these pizzas:

So while I was writing this I imagined the pizzas they ate to be the these 😂

Alfred opens the door of the manor. He enters the dark place before examining his surroundings. He's only been gone for a day but he doesn't doubt for a second that the boys had caused some damage while he was away.

Surprisingly, everything does seem to be in order, but he's only just arrived. Alfred heads upstairs first stopping by his bedroom to drop off his bags, and then ventures down the hallway to check on his boys.

It's about four a.m meaning that Bruce should be back from patrol, but when he peaks into his room his bed is empty. It's the same case for Dick who isn't a vigilante, has school tomorrow, and should definitely be in bed by this time of night.

Alfred huffs wondering where the boys went off to. Then an idea pops into his head maybe they went downstairs to get a late night snack, and usually when Dick has nightmares Bruce makes Dick some hot chocolate before sending him off to bed.

Alfred hopes this is the case while he makes his way to the kitchen. He is now at the door slowly opening it. The first thing Alfred notices is the foul odor he his met with while opening the door, but once the door is open horror fills his face.

Alfred curses himself for thinking that the boys could survive one night without him. Of course this would happen! Alfred thinks to himself. The only thing Bruce can make is hot chocolate and microwave popcorn! What was I bloody thinking that he would magically learn to cook while I was gone?!

Alfred has found the mess. Now he must find the makers of the mess, and when he does they are going to feel his wrath. The first place he looks is the living room. He stomps all the way there clenching his fists as he reaches for the doorknob. When he enters the living room he is met with a scene that seemingly enough rinses all his anger away.

Bruce is slumped over on the couch with a sleeping Dick resting on him. His little head is tucked into Bruce's neck while Bruce's limp arms wrap around him. The scene brings a smile to Alfred's face. He bends over picking up the empty pizza boxes on the floor. Thank God take out exists or the boys would have starved. He thinks to himself as he goes to throw out the boxes.

Alfred brings a small blanket back and drapes it over the sleeping pair. Before leaving the boys to rest. He'll let them rest now but when morning comes there's going to be hell waiting for them.

#the batman 2022 #battinson #shitpost

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Maybe Jacob changed their family name to Kane to distance themselves from Arkham’s bad reputation.

I love how that one post has become its own saga 😂 but that's totally a possibility 🤷‍♀️

#kate kane #dc comics #batfam #battinson #Kate Arkham

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Is it just me or are there a lot of batman fans that are also big death note fans? Like death note and batman comics are very alike both have mysterious vigilante detectives known as the "world's greatest detective" (Batman & L), both have badass British butlers (Alfred & Watari), both have crazy genius psychopaths who have a death count on par with terrorists (Joker & Kira), and both have the good cop who goes by the book (Commissioner Gordon & Chief Yagami). It's basically the same concept lol

#batman #dc comics #death note #l lawliet #alfred pennyworth #watari #the joker #kira #commissioner gordon #soichiro yagami

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Well yes they are, but that doesn't mean that thats how it is in the Reeves canon, they could be cousins twice removed (if Martha's mother is a Kane and has a brother who then has a son who is Kate's father) they changed Martha's surname already, so they likely wont stick to the exact family tree anyways

You are totally correct, but I honestly think it would be cool to have Kate Arkham instead of Kate Kane.

#kate kane #kane family #batfam #dc comics #battinson #Kate Arkham

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Only Martha's father's name is Arkham, her mother's name could still be Kane and Kate Kane could still be Kate Kane

But Kate Kane and her sister Beth Kane are the daughters of Martha's Brother, Jacob Kane here's a family tree I found here: https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Kane_Family

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I was just thinking, in the Batman, they said that Bruce Wayne's mother (Martha Wayne) maiden name is Arkham, so is Kate Kane (Batwoman) Kate Arkham in the battinson universe???

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