#“you didn't kill the joker!”

[feralnightwing]

never getting over condom red hood

he looks so fucking stupid. every time i see this suit i can't stop myself from laughing. did he think he ate? who let him do this? it wasn't batman that betrayed him but whoever let him go out like this

#condom red hood #he deserves to be humbled #fandom deserves to see him be humbled #he looks so goddamn funny #if i were any of the bats i would never let him live this down #“you didn't kill the joker!” #“and you went out looking like a red rocket. we win some we lose some” #“...” #“condom headass” #ppl like to call dick the fashion disaster #but what about jason #he thought this was a good idea!! #he's not a fashion disaster he's a fashion apocalypse #jason todd #red hood #batfamily #batfam #dc comics #dc

[minnow-doodle-doo]

Nothing bends morals like a brother.

(After Jason 'dies' in the Sons of Anarchy AU, Dick kills the Joker, and now everyone has to live with that decision.)

#dc #batman #nightwing #dick grayson #dc comics #SoA AU #my art #Joker dies for real but his 'mission' lives on #Dick kills him for killing his brother and then he didn't actually kill his brother #how do you come back from that? #(The joker is a very bad guy but still)

[petite-phthora]

So about that dinner…

[DP x DC fic]

[Love at first... murder? - part 2]

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Part 1

Ao3

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Danny lets out a long groan as he enters his apartment.

He’s dead tired— hehe, ‘dead’ tired— due to an exhausting schoolday and having been unable to fall back asleep last night after what happened.

So sure, he might have started having a panic attack when he got back to his apartment when what he had just done had finally fully sunken in.

And he might have spiraled even more, even going as far as to try and trap himself in a Fenton thermos, thinking he was back on the path to becoming Dan.

Luckily for him, a green sticky note, left by his favorite unnecessarily cryptic mentor, appeared.

It let him know that he is no more on the path to becoming Dan than prior to the incident and that the actions he had taken that night, while vexatious, were necessary for the betterment of the timeline.

Whatever that means.

By the time he had come to terms with his actions enough to stop spiraling and remember that he has school soon. He checked the time, noticing that he only had a few minutes left until his next class started.

Which meant he had to sprint to his classes and start the day off already tired and emotionally drained. He hadn’t even been able to at least get a coffee beforehand. And so he spent the rest of the day fighting to stay awake during his lessons, sporting eye bags big enough to carry the weight of his sins.

Danny glances at the space-themed clock on the wall that Jazz had gotten him as a housewarming gift. 6 pm. He should probably get started on dinner.

Deciding to go with something simple, as he simply does not have the energy for anything fancy right now, Danny opens the cupboard and grabs the first thing he sees: a box of mac n cheese. Danny rubs his eyes and squints at the box, trying to read the instructions when he gets interrupted by a knock.

…

On his window.

…

Danny turns around to see Red Hood at his window, outside of his 3rd-floor apartment. He pauses before shrugging it off. Stranger things have happened. He sets the box down and makes his way over to the window. He opens the window once he reaches it, only to come face to face with a bouquet of sweet peas, the colors ranging from white and pink to lavender.

Oh, those are his favorite.

He gingerly takes the flowers before looking over the top of the bouquet at the person who handed them to him. Ah, yes. The crime lord. Who had seen him commit murder.

Danny stares at him, debating on whether he should ask him what he’s doing here or thank him for the flowers. Red Hood speaks up before Danny can make a decision.

“So about that dinner… ” He trails off, tone laced with hope and a slight nervousness.

“Right.” Danny nods with understanding, despite not having a clue what Red Hood was talking about, his joke the night before having slipped from his mind.

“I’ve got the entire night planned out for us. First, we’ll have dinner at Pete’s. They recently rebuilt and they have this amazing cannoli, you have to try it sometime.

“And then after dinner, we’ll go to the Gotham Observatory—“

Danny, not even questioning how the crime lord found out where he lives and that he loves space, cuts him off in excitement.

“Wait! Isn’t that the one with the crystal powered telescope?”

Red Hood nods and holds out a hand to him expectantly.

Danny stares at the hand for a moment before shrugging, setting the flowers down on a table, and taking the offered hand. He lets Red Hood lead him out of his own window.

Once Red Hood has helped him down to the ground and led him to his motorcycle, it dawns on Danny he’s going on a date(?) with a known crime lord— or wasn’t it former crime lord now?

Well, who was Danny to refuse a trip to the observatory and some good cannoli?

Who knows, he might even get a new boyfriend out of it.

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Red Hood takes his helmet off and sets it down on the table between them so he can eat.

Danny tries not to stare too much but damn, he’s handsome, even if he’s still wearing the mask.

Danny takes a bite of his food to try and distract himself, idly noting that ohhh, this is some good spaghetti. He'll have to try the cannoli if it's as good as their pasta.

Red Hood is the one to start the conversation.

“Hey, so, since we didn’t get to talk more last night, I still wanted to thank you for your service to the city”

“My what?”

“I’ve been wanting to kill that insane clown for years now.” Red Hood continues.

“And while I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t get to end his miserable existence myself, I’m so glad he’s finally gone. So, thank you” he says, looking Danny right in the eye with an earnest expression.

Feeling a mix of flustered at the heavy gaze that’s on him, and confused by the other’s words, Danny stammers out a bewildered “You’re… welcome?”

Red Hood nods at him before continuing.

“And you don’t have to worry about others finding out if you don’t want them to. I ain’t a snitch, and I’ll try to keep the Bats off your back the best I can.”

Danny gives him a nod in gratitude.

“Though honestly, I’d doubt you’d have to deal with much trouble even if people did know it was you who got rid of him.

“The Joker has done a lot of horrid shit and caused a lot of grief for Gotham over the years. He’s had it coming for a long time now, so don’t even feel too bad about it. It might even become a local holiday when his death comes out!”

However, something Red Hood had said stood out to Danny. He stiffens before blurting something out in a tone that sounded even more panicked than when he accidentally killed the clown.

“THAT CLOWN I PUNCHED WAS THE JOKER?!”

#dp x dc #dp x dc fic #dpxdc #dcxdp #dp x dc crossover #danny: oh no! i killed a random clown :( #red hood: yo dude thanks for killing the joker :) #danny: i killed the joker?! (:0 #red hood: *nodding* and the world is a better place for it #danny didn't even acknowledge just who it was he was punching #he just registered 'clown' and 'being kidnapped' and freaked #afterwards he was too focused on the fact that he forgot to reign in his ghost strength and so accidentally killed the kidnapper #also red hood: *seeing the space-themed living room and the nasa shirt the twink is wearing* thank god the info i gathered was accurate #oh and i did look up flower meanings and flower color meanings so do with that info what you will #it's nothing special or secret but just a nice little detail ig #dead on main #dead on main ship

[bruciemilf]

I'll have a good day and then boom, I remember that DC writers force Bruce to protect the bitch ass clown that murdered his child under the guise of a bullshit moral code, and not because he's profitable to their audience of edgy incels

#also if you like him good for you this isnt about that and it doesn't apply to you #anti joker #anti batjokes #just to be safe #bruce wayne #like its one thing for bruce not to kill him because of his deep trauma regarding death and murder but they dont give a fuck about that #its ANOTHER thing for him to actively protect him and even scold others for trying to maim him. bruce would've put that mf in a coma #if he was allowed and the clown didn't have the plot armor to put iron man to shame #dc #dc comics #dc critical #batdad #batman

[hood-ex]

Remember when Dick was beating Joker to death, and before Bruce and the others arrived on the scene, Helena was like, "I think Nightwing can handle the Joker, Batman."

And Bruce was like, "You misunderstand, Huntress. It's the Joker I'm worried about."

It's the same exact vibe as Damian beating the shit out of Joker, and while Dick and Jim were heading to the scene, Jim was like, "My God. Does that poor kid have any idea what he's dealing with?"

And Dick was like, "It's not him. It's the Joker I'm worried about."

Oh ho ho ho the irony.

#honestly they should've had dick reflect on the time he killed joker and compared it to damian doing it. but alas. #and. you know. had him be like ''i've found myself in bruce's boots in more way than one.'' #(but to be clear for those who don't know: damian didn't end up killing joker) #Joker: Last Laugh 6 #Batman and Robin (Vol. 1) 13 #Bruce Wayne #Dick Grayson #Damian Wayne

[rosetta-j-stone]

Accurate?

#joker out #bojan cvjetićanin #bojan cvjeticanin #jure maček #jure macek #nace jordan #jan peteh #I didn't forget kris (for once) I just couldn't think where to put him #he might be another one for the looks like they could kill you and could actually kill you category

[clownprince]

really wish more people would capitalize on the implication that joker views jason as somewhat of a son figure in the sense that jason wouldn't be the man he is today if he wasn't killed by joker. it's such a fucked up wretched kinda hilarious dynamic you're all missing out

#words cannot describe how much i love their interactions in tmwsl #they are EVERYTHING to me #also bruce is. almost definitely his other major parental figure. in terms of the effect he had on jason's current identity #jason is canon batjokes child in this essay i will #also iirc joker has stated a few times that jason is his favorite robin (???) #although he does just. y'know. Say Shit. so who fuckin knows lmao #it is VERY interesting to me though that in tmwsl he didn't even lay a finger on jaso #despite the fact that jason was Trying To Kill Him and the closet wouldn't stop him for long lmao #idk. i love them. more jason-joker interaction please #you could also argue they've had a mutual effect on each other. since ditf for sure had major effects on joker's characterization

[xpoweryetunknownx]

Saw this audio circling on tiktok and couldn't resist.

#artists on tumblr #goro akechi #p5r #shuake #akeshu #technically) I just didn't feel like drawing Joker lolololol #okayyyy lore time #You might be like wouldn't this be the other way around? #and you are wrongggg!!!! Akira would never ask akechi to kill someone for him #also akechi is totally joking. So rens conviction in saying yes completely shocks him and then he gets mad at ren. #ty guys for dealing with my silly ideas #animation #sketch

[scorchedhearth]

allowing myself a minute to be annoyed and talk about it: i dont think jason would be so amiable and reverent toward alfred. you'll see fanon takes where jason spits on everyone except alfred who can do no wrong and it bothers me because alfred is shown taking bruce's side offen, enabling him maybe too much, and jason who is going against bruce wouldn't appreciate it. i think it would be to a lesser extent because alfred isn't as involved in jason's grievances as bruce is, but still, he wouldn't be on his good side all the time. he wouldn't consider him his favorite person or be so quick to protect his feelings or make up with him and i can't see alfred who is rather stuck up too taking the first step either

#like. he send joker's hair to the manor while bruce is out knowing alfred will see it first and mocking a tradition alfred and bruce have #alfred is on the shitlist too even if to a lesser extend #because alfred didn't prove he'd kill the joker and be there for him like dick or duke did #idk. i think he'd be neutral about alfred. amicable if in the same room but not seeking it out you know

[singswan-springswan]

favorite batfam au is Talia Al Ghul Wayne. Shrike. butcher bird. she becomes a cryptid but she is not a poor little meow meow unlike her husband and his furry friend burglar. batfam at peak functionality. Damian is soooooo unstoppable

#oopsies joker gets skewered for looking at her son the wrong way #batman may cry a river about the killing but all it takes is one stern look from his assassin wife to get him to agree #well yeah maybe that freak deserved it #dickiebird asks her for advice because she is so wise #villains in gotham are afraid of stickbug baby jason because they know if they hurt him they will never draw breath again #Talia is so flattered by Tim's paparazzi shtick #she finds the photography so interesting and asks him to tell her all about it #when he readily agrees (flustered vibrating with excitement) she gets suspicious that his parents haven't taught him proper stranger danger #it takes her a day to adopt him #“beloved you must sue our neighbors” #“what why” #“we want their son and they don't” #“I think you mean our son” #“oh beloved you know I can't contain myself when you speak that way~” #((I think I got a little out of hand there ahem)) #cass just spawned and talia said “is anyone loving this child” and didn't wait for an answer #steph was an angy bb trying to fight her dad and talia slid into her dms like “hey sorry to hear about your dad being awful #in case you were in the market for a new father my husband is always looking for child vigilantes to fit under his cape" #steph said “lemme get back to you” and then became robin #talia was so pleased with herself #damian has so many legacies lol #he can't decide whether he wants to take up his father or mother's mantle #dick said please be batman so I don't have to #Talia scares the crap out of Duke and he's always super shy around her so she always tries to be not intimidating around him #She is the demon's dauther tho so her standard of “not intimidating” far exceeds the civilian threshold #although Duke's ahead by a margin since he has cult leader on his resume #she does her best to bond with him #“ahki observe the most efficient way to sharpen your hatchets” #“okay” #“richard may provide you further information on the maintenance of escrimas”

[oifaaa]

you're right about it being weird and pointless that Jason went after Tim. in Lost Days and utrh Jason's anger and desperation was always directed at Bruce. attacking the Robins in Gotham to make a point to Bruce is one thing (a very thin one but still) but him going out of his way to go to Titans tower to specifically try and murder Tim makes no sense to his established character at the time

It really was all about making Jason out to be a bigger more evil villain then he actually was like a lot of people have pointed out utrh turned out to be a way more popular story then dc expected and once they realised this they tried to capitalise on it by bringing Jason back as a more permanent villain to all of the bat's and that's how we got Jason's real villain phase where he beats up Robins for no reason

#Ask #Atinydroid #I think after utrh and lost days #They should of just given Jason his own mini series about what he did after the confrontation with Bruce #Since as the portage of his own story they could of fleshed him out more #Idk #I actually don't totally hate Jason ginger villain era #I much prefer how some writers write it then others #But I thought it was fun #And that's all I really ask for in comics #... Where was I??? #I'm tired #Which reminds me #I miss read that last ask opps #Sorry #My dyslexic goes up apparently when I'm tired #I completely just didn't read the last word of the ask and got confused like #Bruce didn't kill Jason joker did #Not realising you meant the whole #Uh batarang to the throat thing #My bad

[martyrbat]

red hood: the lost days #6

[ID: Jason Todd pinning the Joker down in a puddle of gasoline by sitting on his chest. Jason is without his helmet with it laying in the gasoline near them. He has red eyeshadow around his eyes in the shape of his Robin mask and is snarling through gritted teeth down at the Joker, who's smiling up at him. Jason's muscular arms are exposed by wearing a black tanktop and blue jeans while the Joker is in his pinkish purple suit. Jason is holding a lit torch and behind them is a barricade of flammable barrels and the bright, full moon. In front of the moon is Batman with his cape flared out to resemble wings, his only visible feature being his glowing eyes. END ID]

#i know his dramatics and revenge fantasy gets the best of him but for the joker it just. didn't make sense #'i want it to be long and painful like how he beat & killed me' can be something yea but?? to actually stop ? #have him fantasize and build up this idea of what itll be like to kill joker and then the toppling down as hes still just so traumatized #and hurt. have him realizing how it didnt magically fix everything while also being confident in his choice because that risk of another #kid being merciless beaten or killed is gone. that he killed a horrible person and the world is better because of it #just... he isnt the world. #he stopped potential harm for others he feels good in killing joker he believes it was the best thing to do and he did it #but? what do you do when that harm isnt potential? when it isnt a threat but instead a memory that you have to relive through with every #single breath that you aren't supposed to have in the first place? #you did what you surely must been brought back to life to do. but now youre alive and you're alone and you dont know what else to do. #then have his anger or betrayal feelings at bruce. have jason developing and discovering himself #not as robin. not as a vengeful ghost. not as anything. but as jason todd and how hes carving his own destiny and the universe doesnt know #how to handle that. let him go through grief and trauma and anger. let him be cunning and a bitch. let him have the biggest heart. #let him work his way through crime rings and solo work and be a drug lord and how he helps gotham directly and just have some growth that #isnt centered around the man that killed him and the man that failed him. #jason todd #the joker #red hood #c: red hood: the lost days | i: 6 #crypt's panels #lost days #covers

[unrestrainedbalderdash]

When you read a DC comic you haven't heard of and it ends up being edgy 🙄

#started reading jla: the nail #could have been a really good story. about propaganda and bigotry. love the art style - art didn't look like it was going to be edgy #then joker gets technology and ends up killing batgirl and robin in front of batman #and everyone in arkham asylum dies with batman being the only one who leaves alive #sigh. sick of joker just killing everyone. #i just think that maybe you don't have to kill loads of people to have a good story #this is probably just my taste but still ugh #at least i managed to put it down instead of continuing reading #anti edgy dc

[navree]

there's a lot of reasons why that titans show wanting to do batfam specific arcs, especially death in the family/under the red hood, flopped so hard each time, but one of the biggest is that they basically brought jason back after, like, a fucking month and it basically negates the entire thing

#personal #i mean the entirety of the stupid plotline makes me want to go mad #like i think they do actually have bruce kill the joker in retaliation which is like well then what's jason's problem then #that was the main sticking point for him #and then they have bruce like actively looking for replacement robins which like???? he didn't want another robin???? #he was DONE with robins until tim full on blackmailed his way into the position like a little fucking menace #but like a huge part of the tragedy of the whole thing is the amount of time jason missed #jason dies as a shrimpy fifteen year old (like i think he's under five foot i think he's canonically 4'6??? baby!!!) #and then he comes back and he's older and more jacked and significantly more jaded #than he was in his 'i'm robin and being robin gives me magic' era #he lost a significant swath of his life and bruce never got to watch his son grow up it's fucking sad #and more importantly bruce had a lot of time to sit with this loss #to try and get to something of an acceptance and understanding that it happened and there's no way to change it #the *entire family* did they all had to take a lot of time to come to terms with that #and then suddenly jason's back??? and all that attempted healing gets thrown way out of whack because suddenly he's here again??? #listen there's a way to do death in the family/under the red hood to make it a huge gut punch in a tv format #it's a bit difficult because it's such an iconic and well known arc that people can sometimes be blasé about it all #but there's a way that you can make it Work and work really well (as always i have thoughts) #titans uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh titans did not do that. at all. they beefed it.

[hood-ex]

Reading the Dick and Damian WFA chapter like why am I crying 😭

#the only part i was a little ''oop...'' about was dick's line to damian #''do you really think we could’ve been batman and robin if i didn’t trust you with everything in me?'' #bc uhhh that's not technically true.... alskdja. dick didn't trust damian to Not kill joker #they didn't even have an amazing relationship when they first started as batman and robin #but that's what makes their relationship compelling is that they learned to respect and trust each other rather than it being a given #Dick Grayson #Damian Wayne #WFA

[lilacs-stash]

Hey so you know how teachers and parents say wiki is unreliable? Well go read Rex's Fandom/Villain wiki. That's what they're talking about.

#No really his Fandom wiki says he's not sympathetic like business or joker #which A: is an opinion #and B: bitch joker was being a dipshit cuz his boyfriend didn't notice him #business killed a man (probably many more too) and tortured countless masterbuilders. Not to mention he tried to kill all said tortured mas #builders #it also says Rex's motives were petty. As if trying to kill everyone in a cite because your bf wasn't paying attention to you isn't petty #You sit in complete isolation for 5 years thinking everyone you loved forgot about you and see how you come out of that #And the Villain wiki says one of his hobbies is bullying and tormenting Lucy and Emmet #...he said like two things to Lucy and neither of them were mean #he knew Lucy and Ems for like four hours tops #he didn't have time to do either of those things much less to the point of it being considered a hobby #and the Fandom wiki refers to the two as his Arch nemesis #How #He knew them for FOUR HOURS TOPS #and he was nothing but kind to Emmet up until the end when he broke #Rex Dangervest #lego things #the lego movie