#Batman was sold out

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

I love seeing Danny Phantom showing up and being like ‘don’t ask too many questions but John Constantine I own your soul. All of it. Lmao sucks to suck bitch’, and he’s usually all Ghost King Full Regalia as he does it, at least in front of the Justice League, but consider—

He just shows up as Danny Fenton.

“yeah I got bored and collected the pieces like Pokémon. Gotta catch ‘em all” says the 5’2 teen who looks like a stiff breeze could trip him. He denies being a sorcerer, or a magician, concedes he’s maybe psychic but mostly he’s just…. The kid of two mad scientists—who have a basement lab where they opened a portal to what he SAYS is not hell but no one is frankly CONVINCED, by the way—and he hasn’t decided what to do with Constantine yet besides getting Danny into some r rated horror movies, but figures he should tell the dude probably.

“What’d you even trade for some of his soul contracts?”

“Don’t worry about it”

They worry about it

#danny phantom #john constantine #dp x dc #dc x dp #demons will NOT admit to being menaced by a baby ghost #not to mention that said baby ghost probably kicked their asses #this maybe changes some of Constantines powers? #like I don’t know the exact details but he primarily sold his soul for an immortality cheat. but he probably got some powers out of it? #so like maybe now it’s fueled by Danny/the ghost zone or some such? #not quite a Halfa but like what do you MEAN his pretty gold magic is TOXIC GREEN? #Danny just sorta shrugs and goes Yeah That Sounds About Right #and then does not elaborate further #he’s selling that he’s just a normal kid VERY HARD #they’d almost believe him if they didn’t know he had ALL OF CONSTANTINES SOUL CONTRACTS #bonus content of Batman #you can choose what he’s doing but I think it’d be funny if Danny found out about the contingencies and went Oh Cool I’m super allergic to.. #… this one specific flower haha #not at ALL elaborating that this flower is rare and WILL melt his skin. oh and that he destroyed the world in at least one timeline hehe #one reason I love OP Danny in DC universe—if Danny’s native to that universe he HAS to be OP. because he WOULD HAVE TO HAVE defeated… #…if not outright killed #the ENTIRE LEAGUE #ITS GREAT #1k #2k #3k #hnnnnnnnn #4K #5k #?!??!!!

[sisaloofafump]

Batshapes

Bonus:

#dick's in troubleeeee #he got caught sneaking out #i imagine the shape book is something one of the kids commissioned someone to make and then sold it behind bruce's back #but with him credited as the author #dick: B how does it feel to be a best selling author #bruce: excuse me? #Batman #dick grayson #dc comics #batfam #my art

[thejasontoddarchives]

Batman (1940-) #426

Batman (1940-) #427

Task Force Z #6 (2022)

You tell him, Jason.

#the mistakes in question: trusting and trying to help someone who was supposed to love and protect *him* #and wanting a parent/family who wants and accepts him #all things considered (re: gotham war) I think I can safely confirm his biggest mistake by far was trusting Bruce #jason todd #robin jason #red hood #dc #batman: a death in the family #aditf #task force z #tfz #aditf was just Jason having all of his worst fears confirmed before dying an equally *physically* painful death #he is not a priority to Bruce. Bruce doesn’t understand his pain. his biological mother heartlessly sold him out. he is without a family. #but also #how the fuck do you accidentally run into your 15 year old kid who fled to a foreign country after you two had a fight #accidentally.

[undertheredhood]

jason todd randomly trauma dumps on his family without warning while laughing his ass off and they're all left wondering how they're supposed to respond because of what he just revealed was genuinely horrifying.

(btw, this is in reference to this post)

#batman #jason todd #jason peter todd #red hood #dc comics #dc universe #dcu #batfamily #batfam #jason was never the angry robin #batfamily: wtf do you mean your birth mother sold you out to the joker? #everything that comes out of jason's mouth is absolutely insane #jason todd is on a one-man mission to turn all of bruce's hair gray #jason is the main reason why bruce has so much gray hair #tim finds out about the all-blades and starts geeking out about them #jason will share something about his past thinking nothing of it while everyone who’s listening to him talk is staring at him in horror

[stickyvoidpaper]

how fucked up would it be if Sheila Haywood survived the warehouse when Jason died protecting her.

Would the bats know she sold him out? would she become close to the bats under the pretense they both lost a son? What would happen when Jason came back?

#jason todd #batfam #sheila haywood #red hood #Like imagine coming back to not only your family that youve believed replaced you but also the woman who got you killed is part of it #In another au Sheila only sold Jason out bc she thought batman was right behind him (hes robin yk?) and she thought hed get roughed up a bit #and theyd both go home after batman got the joker. like a little she couldnt leave or go against the joker but she could lead batman to him

[benbamboozled]

Guys, don’t worry, I know you were wondering and, yes, I can confidently say—

Deadman IS a hottie under his mask.

My work here is done.

Source is Blackest Night #8

#Deadman #Boston Brand #look at that lil foxy hair curl. #propagating a ‘Boston Brand is Jason’s real dad’ conspiracy theory as we speak. #comic panels #the people were clamoring to know how hot Deadman actually was. #also to everyone going: WAIT Deadman’s face is a mask??? #the answer is: kinda. #Deadman was a persona he performed under who looked like Deadman. #when Boston died and *became* Deadman (the dude with powers) his default appearance took on that of his Deadman persona. #HOWEVER! in Blackest Night he was briefly brought back to life #and so his default appearance switched BACK to ‘dude wearing a mask.’ #that’s comics baybeee!! 😎👉👉 #anyways I’m weirdly attached to Deadman because of that time he tried to save Jason Todd in the warehouse… #and was like ‘WTF IS ALL THIS??? THIS SUCKS??? BATMAN WHERE WERE YOU???’ #‘HIS *MOM* SOLD HIM OUT??? I HATE HER!!!!’ #so I choose to believe that Deadman is still one of Jason’s staunchest allies even though I don’t think Jason would remember it or… #possibly even know who Boston Brand is lol. #also a Red Hood/Deadman team up would be cool. #especially because Boston is Jason Todd’s real dad as previously established. #(okay but look that would be a good way of tying in Preboot Jay’s acrobat background.) #(just saying)

[fantastic-nonsense]

any time I think about these two exchanges I get uncontrollably angry thinking about what we could have had if Dan Didio and the rest of DC editorial during the New 52 era hadn't been so ridiculously awful

"Babs couldn't wear glasses," "Babs can't be a librarian," "Oracle can't be mentioned in ANY context" I hate them. I hate them so much. The Killing Joke can remain canon and be REPEATEDLY focused on but Barbara Gordon can't be a librarian or be recognized as a disabled character in literally any way. What a joke.

#barbara gordon #dc comics #dc fanwank #oracle #batgirl #ableism #dan didio #gail simone #brenden fletcher #cleaning out my drafts #editorial's opinion on Babs in the New 52 era really did boil down to she needs to be hot+young and 'hip'+able-bodied #in short: she needs to be the fantasy men sold themselves as teens while watching Yvonne Craig on Batman '66

[ilovethecure420]

Good morning...thinking about the Batman: Damned penis controversy

#text post #ilovethecure420 #I NEED that comic #I'm so sad I literally was gonna go pick it up #and I was like no I'll get it later #and then it was sold out :( #batman #Batman damned #dc comics #I miss you vertigo

[infernal-01]

so Guess had the audacity to release a batman collection

including. this jacket

so naturally i immediately bought it

just thought id share because its all selling pretty fast. come get your very expensive food

#its actually a set and comes with matching pants #but they were sold out of my size #so jacket it was! #BRUH when i got the ad for that jacket on instagram #i gasped and then teared up 😭😭 #its so fucking beautiful i was not going to just scroll past #if they ever rerelease it or restock the pants in my size #i will be getting them #gotham #gotham tv #batman #the riddler #gotham ed nygma #edward nygma #gotham riddler #gotham edward nygma

[batcavescolony]

#comics #dc comics #robin #tim drake #batman #bruce wayne #dick grayson #red robin #jason todd #nightwing #red hood #i just want to see #im not going after anyone im just interested #ive watched and read both #and if youve seen both how do you feel about the changes the movie made? #i HATE the movie compared to the comic like theirs no shelia and jason is played to be a stupid kid then theirs no bruce spiral afterwards #like its fine i just hate those changes i feel like its a disservice to jason as a character. HE WANTED TO SEE HIS MOM AND SHE SOLD HIM OUT #that heart breaking💔💔💔

[mangoisms]

i also got the CUTEST spider-man notebook from boxlunch today. it’s lined which is the last kind of paper i prefer (bulleted and graph my beloved) but honestly it’s so cute and fun i don’t mind. PLUS it has tabs. everyone look at it rn

#i genuinely love is SO MUCH #we went there bc i wanted to get a t-shirt (preferably to do with miles) but they were all out 😞 #boxlunch is expensive but genuinely worth it because i want a spider-man shirt soooooooo bad #i found one website that sold graphic tees from popular media and it had spider-man stuff but i wasn’t sure if it was legit #they also had batman stuff but honestly i’m so like. idc about him. i want spider-man merch. some miles merch. thank you #it’s more embarrassing for batman/dc tbh 😭😭😭😭😭😭 #anyway. so happy

[mqeverel]

All iterations of Damian Wayne being a confirmed weeb.

Even this one…

#damian wayne #batman #dc robin #batman and robin #damian al ghul #batman 666 #imagine after he sold his soul to the devil and nuked Gotham he just pulled out the latest shoujo manga he got at the local Barnes&Nobles

[undertheredhood]

tim drake definitely wrote an ‘adopted by batman’ au before he became robin and he’s doing everything in his power to make sure nobody finds out about it.

what makes this even more embarrassing for tim is that he wrote a self-insert y/n x robin (dick grayson) fanfic around the same time as well.

the only person who knows about it is babs, and she’s not going to say anything because she thinks it’s funny blackmail material and she’s keeping this to herself for as long as she possibly can.

(btw, i don’t ship batc*st, this is just a shitpost of timothy drake being the world’s biggest fanboy before his time as robin and subsequent adoption into the wayne family, and if anyone ships the batfam together please go away (just because they’re not biologically related to each other doesn’t mean they’re not family))

#batman #batfamily #tim drake #red robin #tim drake wayne #tim is a fanfic writer and you can fight me on that #they all clown him for this when they finally find out #his fanfic was probably my parents sold me to batman or something #nobody ever lets him live it down #tim gets calls y/n for months #timothy jackson drake

[reckless-rider]

It makes me so mad when people blame Jason for his death

#i was trying to watch a video abt jason and how he is in the lego batman series #but the commentator said he 'was reckless impulsive and hotheaded which eventually led to his capture and death at the hands of the joker' #jason was a child he was 15 #he was trying to save his mother who sold him out to the joker #yeah maybe he disregarded batmans order but so would all the other robins for someone they care abt #but even after the joker nearly beat him to death jason still tried to save his mother #even after everything she did #sorry it just makes me so mad that jason is getting blamed when he shouldnt be #at least imo

[its-maemain]

I'm not getting over how last night I went on a tangent about Gotham and Metropolis, and Batman lore

And very early on I say Gotham is in New Jersey. The most thick laughter came out of my father as he stirs my mothers soup and he says, “It is? Of course it is. No wonder it's so fucked up.”

I love my parents but good god, father you never hear me till I'm talking straight at ya

#like he did NOT know and I could see it all click into place on his face #LIKE EVERYTHING MADE SENSE IN THAT MOMENT #I've been complaining and explain the actual lore of superman and batman to parents at they make dinners and I do dishes #my mom enjoys me learning about the actual comics and such #she's encouraging me to send her comics to buy for my birthday. and not for my birthday. #I think it's mostly cause her dad threw out all her comics when she was younger. she's healing a bit of her inner child with me #he also threw random other stuff she collected too. STUFF SHE COULD HAVE SOLD TO GET MONEY IN A PINTCH!! #like she collects rocks again. she's quit smoking. she started reading again when she was pregnant with me. all things her father prevented #yeah not getting into that #I'm done #anyway my father knows nothing and it's funny sometimes #my dad #gotham

[yokelfelonking]

Post 9/11 Trivia

Most folks on this site were either children on September 11, 2001, or weren’t even born yet.  But America went crazy for about a year afterwards.  Here’s some highlights that I remember that might not be in your history books:

There was national discussion on whether or not Halloween should be canceled because…fuck if I know why.  After planes crashed into buildings in NYC it follows that 6-year-olds in Iowa shouldn’t be allowed to dress up like Batman and ask their neighbors for candy, I guess.  (Halloween wasn’t canceled, by the way.)

On a similar note, people asked if comedy - any sort of comedy - was appropriate anymore, ever.

People sold shitty parachutes to suckers “in case your building gets attacked and you have to jump out the window.” There were honest-to-God news reports warning people not to jump out of the window with shitty mail-order parachutes because they wouldn't work.

As a follow-up to the attacks, someone mailed anthrax to some prominent politicians and news anchors - you know, famous people - along with some badly-written notes about “you cannot stop us, death to America, Allah is good” and after that every time some random dumbass found a package in the mail they didn’t recognize they thought that the terrorists were targeting them, too.

Everyone was similarly convinced that their town was going to be the next target, even if they were a little town in the middle of nowhere. "Our town of Bumblefuck, South Dakota (population 690) has the largest styrofoam pig statue west of the Mississippi! Terrorists might fly planes into that too! It's a prime target!"

People started taping up their windows and trying to make their houses or apartments airtight out of fear of chemical and biological attacks. There were news reports warning people that turning your house into an airtight box was a bad idea because, y'know, you need air to breathe.

"[X] supports terrorism!" and “if we do [X], the terrorists win!” were used as arguments for everything.  "Some rich Arab you never heard of donated to his organization that backs Hamas which backs al-Queda, and also owns stock in a holding company that has partial ownership of the Pringles company, so if you eat Pringles you're supporting terrorism!" "The terrorists want to tear down our freedoms and our way of life and rule us through fear! Eating what you want is one of our freedoms as Americans! If you're afraid to eat Pringles, the terrorists win!" (I promise you that this sort of argument is in no way hyperbole.) (This argument is how Halloween was saved, by the way.  “If we cancel Halloween, the terrorists win!”)

People worked 9/11 into everything, and I mean everything, whether it was appropriate or not.  If you went to the grocery store the tortilla chips would remind you to support the troops on the packaging. Used car sales would be dedicated to our brave first responders. You couldn't wipe your ass without the toilet paper rolls reminding you to never forget the fallen of 9/11, and again, this is not hyperbole. My uncle, who lived in Ohio and had never been to New York except to visit once in the 70′s, died of a stroke about 8 months after 9/11, and the priest brought up the attacks at the eulogy.

On a similar local note, on the day of 9/11, after the towers went down, gas stations in my home town immediately jacked up gas prices.  The mayor had the cops go around and force them to take them back down.  I doubt any of that was legal.

Before 9/11, Christianity in America - and religion in general - was on a downward swing, with reddit-tier atheism on the upswing. Religion was outdated superstition from a bygone age. The day after 9/11? Every single church was PACKED. (This wasn't a bad thing, but the power-hungry on the Evangelical Right saw this as a golden opportunity to grab power and influence.)

EDIT: By Popular Demand - Freedom Fries. I initially left these off because they came a couple years after the initial panic and most people thought they were kind of absurd (and I don't recall anyone really going along with it other than maybe some local diners here and there). France didn't want to get involved in our world policing so some folks were like "TRAITORS!" and wanted to call french fries "Freedom Fries" instead, so as to stick it to the French.

Besides dumb shit like that…it’s really hard to overstate how completely the national mood and character changed in the span of a day, or how much of the current culture war is a result of the aftermath. (9/11 was the impetus for the sharp rise in power of the Evangelical Right, who made themselves utterly odious and the following backlash helped the rise of the current Progressive Left, for instance.)

#9/11 #9-11 #september 11 #september 11 2001 #world trade center