#bruce's arm is fucked

[harvesterhexenon]

mean girls - robin edition

this doodle is based on a funny image I saw on pinterest and I just couldn't resist drawing it

don't know if I will ever finish this drawing though

but let's just imagine that either Dick or Steph made them all do this

#batboys #batfam #doddle #alfred has no neck #barbara's phone is flying #bruce's arm is fucked #tim looks like he is one second away from faceplanting on the floor #every hand is only implied #i couldn't resist drawing the robins in the little santa dresses #with y'know the capes and r's attached #dick grayson #jason todd #damian wayne #tim drake #bruce wayne #won't tag other characters cause I'm scared of judgement #same technique as insta

[raeofgayshine]

Bruce Wayne, drunk and full on Brucie mood in the middle of a gala: You know, that accent doesn’t really fit in around here. It’s cute. Where are you from?

Clark, internally debating every life choice that led him to this moment: I’m from Smallville. Kansas.

Bruce, leaning closer to Clark with a flirty smile: Oh you’re cute and funny. You know, I like that in a man.

Clark, very confused but trying to just go along with it: Thank you??

Bruce: I mean, everyone knows that Kansas isn’t real but I do always enjoy a good laugh.

Clark: What.

Bruce: What? Everyone knows that Kansas was made up for Wizard of Oz.

Clark, unsure if Bruce is fucking with him or if he’s just really deep into this dumb act: Bruce, Kansas is a real place. It’s one of the 50 states that make up America.

Bruce, tilting his head a little confused: There’s 50 states? Since when?

#ravenpuff rambles #bruce wayne #Clark Kent #incorrect batman quotes #incorrect batfamily quotes #superbat #if you want to read it like that I mean Bruce is definitely flirting with Clark #and annoying him at the same time but really that’s just their relationship #anyways shout out to my sister who texted me ‘You think Bruce pretends Kansas isn’t real to annoy Clark?’ #haven’t been able to stop thinking about that since then #The thing is Bruce absolutely went into this as just a way to fuck with Clark but he got drunk and maybe leaned in a bit too hard #and then the next thing he knows he’s waking up to the news story ‘Bruce Wayne shocked to find out Kansas is real’ #*cuts to video of a distraught Bruce looking at Clark’s phone where Clark has a map of the US up* #‘See there’s Kansas’ #Bruce: ‘My whole life has been a lie?’ *looks to the camera* ‘Dick Dick did you know that Kansas was *real*’ #Dick snickering: ‘Yeah B they taught us that in school’ #Bruce: ‘Why didn’t anyone tell me?’ #His kids never fucking let him live it down nor do any of them believe Bruce when he tries to defend himself and say he knew Kansas was real #all along. They just pat his arm and go ‘Sure you did B’ #Brucie Wayne my beloved himbo of a man

[puppetmaster13u]

You may regret this @phoenixcatch7 lol, what if I start spamming you /j

Less cryptid Batman in this particular WIP since it's semi-outsider pov lol (one of two outside person not unnerved by them lol)

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   Clark knew Batman wasn’t human, even before that disaster of a mission where he had let it slip to the others. 

   He’d known for a long time, from one of their early meetups, when Batman had first referred to him as Clark Kent instead of Kal-El, and he had panicked. He hadn’t ever lied to his teammates when he said that the cloak prevented him from seeing his body, but his ears still worked. 

   He’d tried to listen to a heartbeat, to see if his at the time temporary ally was lying when he stated he wasn’t going to tell anyone and… Nothing. There was no heartbeat, no breathing, nothing even remotely human, and if he didn’t know any better, nothing even remotely alive about the silence. 

   He couldn’t help but to pay attention more, to seek out the strange almost silence-feeling that accompanied the Gotham vigilante each time he felt it. It was… almost comforting, like the swaying of branches and the rustling of cloth over stone. Familiar, compared to the hustle and bustle surrounding him in the city. 

   The first thing he had noticed, physically that is, was Batman’s ears. Previously he’d thought the man unemotional, what with the rough voice, expressionless white eyes, cloak-covered body and the gas mask covering a good chunk of his face. 

   Yet the longer he watched, even idly, the more he noticed that while the man’s face or body didn’t show much, his ears did. 

   While Batman could stay silent and still for hours, the long ears twitched and swiveled, catching on the hood that he’d always wear around them. They’d pin back sometimes, a near silent sound he couldn’t quite place accompanying the movement, while other times they’d twist a near full three-sixty, as though searching for whatever sound it had caught. 

   Sometimes, when he’d startled the other vigilante, there’d be rattling noise, like wood and metal clacking together before it was cut off. It was a strange sound, one he’d not heard anywhere else, except with his… friend. 

   Were they friends? He’d like to think so. 

   The next time he was reminded that his friend wasn’t human was when he saw him get injured. It hadn’t been a bad injury, even if the Gothamite’s head had hit the wall with a very loud cracking noise, but he’d still smelled what he’d eventually come to recognize as blood. There was an almost pickle-like scent to it though that wasn’t quite it either. 

   Honestly the closest he could think of describing it was some sort of formaldehyde. And once he focused, he could pick out other things beneath it. Maybe not flesh and blood in the traditional sense, but still. 

   There was always that scent of cloth and wood, but he could smell the black liquid, paint, a metallic thing underneath like iron and steel. No heartbeat, no breath, but life all the same. It was honestly beautiful in a way, like a part of the city the other vigilante called home had come to life. 

   And it wasn’t like Batman minded whenever his own human mask slipped. Clark may have been raised by his Ma and Pa, whom he loved, but it didn’t make his body any more human in nature. There were just some things that he couldn’t change, and it took effort to move like one all day as a civilian when his body wasn’t designed to do so.

   So he stayed quiet for the most part when their group of three grew, and people started to speculate. He diverted the conversations whenever it turned to him, lightly admonishing over the various rumors. 

   It didn’t matter if Batman wasn’t human, he was still his friend, their ally and teammate. Was he curious? Oh of course, he’d gone into journalism for a reason after all, but it was still his friend. If he wanted to tell, he’d tell, and Clark wouldn’t break his trust. 

#possessed doll au #possessed puppet au #This is pretty much the start of the doll reveal I did art for from Clark's and Diana's pov lol #batman au #cryptid batman #clark kent #superman #writing wip #Bruce when Clark first bends an arm in a way a human can't: I shall take note of this to see if I can do this later #Clark: Wow I have a friend who doesn't mind me doing weird things yay! #I like to think that the dolls start getting black veins through the wood like a mimicry of human arteries the longer they're in use #It's a symbiotic relationship that starts semi parasitic but turns mutually beneficial as the bond grows stronger #Diana who is made of clay probably also has a bit of a reveal to her teammates at some point I just realized #Maybe add my kintsugi headcanon for amazons in this oneshot lol #Might post the finished oneshot in AO3 if you'd be fine with it #Absolutely love this AU so much <3<3<3 #Bruce is unaware of how expressive his ears are when he doesn't have them tucked down to not hit them on ceilings lol #Clark isn't aware that half the time Bruce is not listening for sounds but listening to comms and for vibrations #Pfft oh I can't wait for Constantine or another magic user meets the batclan for the first time #Just chanting “what the fuck” over and over because *wtf is up with that* #It's like a wooden homunculus thing mixed with a sacrifice and willing possession and so much that *Should Not* be a single creature #How many tags until Tumblr has the munchies and eats them #random thing but wasn't there one series of games or comics or whatever where the batfam had a robotic dog or two #I am *just saying*- #Clark: He don't bite #Batman hunched over like some sort of predator about to pounce with spikes out and rattling/clattering angrily: #Goons & Future JL members: YES HE DO #batman #bruce wayne #dc

[breadandblankets]

While the Thomas's are still in their at home recovery phase, Elaine takes to keeping the news on so she can keep an eye on Duke while he is on Signal duty.

She doesn't like it of course, she winces at bad hits, remembering her own training as a young woman. But she fears not knowing what happens to her son more than she fears a little worry. He's strong, she knows that, and she trusts him.

She's glad for this one day.

For Duke it had been a long week, a long life if he was being honest. The "what ifs" had kept him up most nights and made whatever sleep he had gotten functionally useless. Not to mention how he helped out Tim with something around 11 and that nearly every fucking meta in Gotham had it out for him today.

A dozen fights in and someone finally knocks him in a way that Duke is wondering how he's going to get up from this one.

His powers are screaming, his body is screaming, hell, he might be screaming. Around the ringing in his ears it doesn't really make much of a difference.

Someone (or something) is coming at him and Fast, Izzy in his ear is telling him Hood's position, she already called for aid ten minutes ago (he loves her so much, has he mentioned that recently?).

A shadowy figure steps in front of him.

At first he thinks it might be Bruce, but then Izzy would have warned him, and Bruce had never looked so oily and smoky before. Duke concludes that maybe this is someone else coming to finish him off.

Great, wonderful, he thinks as his muscles tense to shadow step.

Duke is soon proven delightfully wrong.

The big guy who was, not a second ago, rushing him to squish his tender flesh, is struggling, making nearly animalistic sounds as the oil slick clouds from the shadow guy in front of him shoot out to grab the big guy.

There's a poof, not unlike his own shadow stepping, and then the big guy is fucking gone.

Shadow guy turns to look at him, big glowing purple eyes shine at him through the darkness. Duke is struck dumb for a moment.

"Mom?" he whispers.

The Red Hood steps onto the scene just in time. He wasn't far, less than half a mile away, putting the finishing touches on his taxes for the year. (He may be running a criminal enterprise but let it be know that he does pay his fucking taxes, Tim.)

He rushes over, training a .44 on the remaining non-bat on the field. The smog creature turns to look at him, and pointedly at the gun. Somehow he feels more chastised in a way that nothing B could do or say could ever achieve.

And then it's gone.

Jason jogs over, offering a hand to his (co-worker? co-sufferer of B's shit? 'lil bat bro' [Jason rolls his eyes at internal Dick]) Duke.

Duke grabs it, weakly (ohhhh someone's gonna get Bennchhedddd).

"What the fuck man," Jason can't help but say. "Does the hat-man owe you money?"

Duke laughs, and he looks more alive than he did a second before. (Jason is going to get a good grade in mentor, something both normal to want and possible to achieve.)

They both hear Izzy's audible relief on the line.

"Yeah he fucking does," Duke jokes back.

#duke thomas #jason todd #elaine thomas #someone caught the exchange on camera #'the hat man owes the signal money' becomes a meme in gotham #also the running meme of the hat man running from a floating signal are common #not pictured here: elaine thomas's full panic attack in her husbands arms #she knows that the immortal men may now be after her and ohhh boy is that something #anyway bamf elaine thomas or die by my sword #elaine thomas has umbrakinesis agenda #tim drake #bruce wayne #just cause they got a mention ig #izzy ortiz #this got messy as fuck but i need yall to know that i had the image of shadow wreathed elaine in the shower and rushed to write this #shes soooo cool 2 me #bread talk

[clownprince]

This entire scene from Cacophony makes me sick in the head but these particular panels... oh I am so unwell... Joker crying out for Batman and Batman immediately tending to him... the fucking "hold on. I've got you"... "collapses on the floor dramatically clutching my head in my hands*

#especially unhinged considering joker was literally just trying to kill batman lmfao #I hate cacophony so much because 95% of it is just objectively ass and then they just fucking throw this scene and the hospital scene in #like what the fuck man #staring at the hold on I've got you speech bubble with so much love and adoration in my eyes #bruce does such a 180 it's so fuvking funny bro deadass went from using him as bait to holding his dying body bridal style in his arms #insane. they are insane #batjokes #panels #my stuff

[martyrbat]

detective comics #509

[ID: Bruce Wayne sleeping in his penthouse, his eyes squeezed shut as the narration reads, ‘Gordon's strained laugh sounds hollow, but it echos in the Batman's mind... and haunts his dreams...” Bruce awakens to a hand on his shoulder and before he can think, he's twisting it and holding it down. The panel expands, revealing the hand belongs to Alfred as he's almost toppling over! He cries out, “M-master Bruce—my arm!” as Bruce groggily realizes who it is. He lets go at once as Alfred moves to the end of the bed and holds his arm while stammering an apology, “S-sorry, s-sir... Sorry if I startled you.” Bruce looks at him with aghast as he cries out, “My god, Alfred—I almost broke your arm!” Alfred reasons, “You must have been having a nightmare, sir.” as Bruce sits up and puts his face in his hands. He weepily dismisses, “A nightmare—what kind of an excuse is that? Old friend... forgive me...” Alfred reassures, “Nothing to forgive, sir. Just bad nerves, sir.” END ID]

#THIS ONE !!!! #bruce and his neverending guilt complex #just immediately regretful and so apologetic as alfred is quick to reassure and dismiss it #holding his arm because of fucking course it still hurts but when bruce lifts his head he stops .... #always thinking of how he was a caretaker for bruce since he was a small child/infant and how many little things bruce does now will remind #alfred of those days #he likes his grilled cheese q certain way. he cries if he thinks he hurt someone. he blames himself for a lot. he gets bad nightmares #like so much has stayed the same as so much continues to change but the love and care thry have for each other is always there #(<- guy who is always number one in bruce is disabled and needs a caretaker but also in how the people around him know bruce loves and cares #about them. its not about not being loved its about how heavy his love is and how bruce will subconsciously use his love to harm himself #(from blaming himself to his parents murders and jason's future death to something as simple as this and how he'll beat himself up #for hurting alfred and not able to protect him as well from himself) #(like his mental illness is forever using his stupid bleeding heart against himself as a reason for why hes awful) #this is all fully sidetracked im just fucking wired today sorry lol #but while im talking and something more related to the panel itself:: #after this line bruce looks up and says ‘the batman suffering from bad nerves? lets hope not. gordon can worry about the election but i #cannot afford to. still its not just the campaign. lately so many other things are pressuring me—mostly as bruce wayne’ #and like !!!! #it wasn't about batman! it wasnt about his burdens and responsibilities!! alfred was telling HIM. BRUCE. that its okay #and bruce automatically ‘its not because batman cant behave like this’ like !!!! #batman is the priority in the sense of he thinks he needs it to protect people. even his family even alfred and every single stranger #he won't ever allow himself any grace even while sleeping because batman cannot afford those ‘slips’ #just GOD 70s/80s batman makes me insane for forever and ever amen #c: detective comics | i: 509 #crypt's panels #bruce wayne #alfred pennyworth #alfred & bruce #‘awake or asleep—it scarcely matters anymore. the nightmare never seems to end.’ #<- nightmare bruce tag <333

[hood-ex]

*Spoiler alert*

I was not impressed after reading Nightwing #95, but my mood changed so damn quick after reading World's Finest #6. I forgot what it felt like to be excited for a Dick issue, and after reading that, I'm crying happy tears 😭.

He was so competent! He showed compassion for the animals! He did detective work! He left Bruce and the others a hidden message! He got to fly with Bruce! He took the lead and gave Bruce orders! He figured out the masterful plan! And to top it off, he was drawn by Travis Moore!

I'm so happy 😭.

#bruce and dick both smiling while performing 😭 i'm sobbing #and dick was so fucking pretty the whole entire time 😭 (also clark was so fucking pretty too 😭) #AND THE END PANEL?? with dick's arms around both bruce and clark?? i'm deceased. #only love can hurt like thiiiis 😭 #Dick Grayson #Nightwing 95 spoilers #Batman/Superman: World's Finest 6 spoilers #tuesday spoilers

[mamawasatesttube]

thinking about him again... (robin kon...)

#rimi talks #i am not starting another wip. i am not starting another wip. new wips before finishing old ones are the mind killer #BUT.............................................. #the problem is so many THOUGHTS and also my bad arm is killing me so bad typing hurts i will cry this is evil #i will type anyway bc i have to yell. #the bruce and kon of it all. kon breaking up with tana bc even in death tim is a good influence on him. #and then he makes bruce watch wendy with him bc he and tim used to do that and he breaks down and bruce panics and just swaddles him in cap #but ALSO... robin kon meeting oyl tim... #BUT ALSO ALSO the fucking comedy of jason trying to attack him but not knowing he is secretly kryptonian. this is so fucking funny #hes built like a brick shithouse and kon is still a gangly teenager but kon just tucks him under his arm like a suitcase like B GUESS WHAT #B I THINK I CAN BRING TIM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!! #<- the only thing he takes away from jason not being dead. he literally does not care otherwise #jason is hissing and spitting like a furious wet cat and kons just like HOW DID YOU DO IT. I WANT TIM BACK #but again. also. robin kon meeting oyl tim. and then both of them having to say goodbye again. the fucking tragedy of it all #okay for real ow i need to stop and take a break but HNGHGN

[danny-chase]

anyways thinking about how Bruce always reacts the worst way possible any time Dick is injured like dude I know you care but yelling isn’t the way to go ;-; bruh it’s so toxic and fucked up and probably contributes to Dick’s perfectionism complex i’m...

#like i'm not even talking about just the Ric situation #there's Robin Year One with Bruce screaming in Dick's face after the two face incident #and Bruce is pissed when Dick gets shot in the arm #and he literally holds Dick by the face with his thumb over radiation burns after the chemo incident #and then there's the post-crisis telling of Bruce firing Dick from Robin after getting shot #and i saw panels Red shared today from Wolfmans run on nw where Dick flashes back to Bruce yelling at him for getting injured #just... dude i know you're freaking out because your kid got hurt but could you not traumatize him more he's already traumatized enough #from yah know - being the one who got injured #anti bruce wayne #negativity #it's so painful to watch because you know it stems from a place of love deep down #but it gets fucked up because of how intense the fear he feels is #i can understand but he's not helping things and actively making the situation worse and just like... i wish he could be better but he'snot #momo don't look

[ufonaut]

“This is what detective work is. You take whatever facts you have, and you create a narrative. You try to imagine how it might have been.”

“What if you imagine wrong?”

Alan Scott in Detective Comics (1937) #786

#alan scott #green lantern #bruce wayne #batman #jsa #justice society of america #justice society #dc #dc comics #dcedit #comicedit #comicsedit #u can reblog #SUCH a superior alan look. absolutely delighted #mildly hilarious dialogue too on par with asc 1976 when he tells kent he wishes he wasnt so dumb #alan: i cast dragon arm fuck you

[pessimisticrunawaygalaxy]

I was gonna talk about how Bruces outfit + hair + makeup makes me insane but why did he look at Jeromes lips, for what, why

bonus Bruce because he does look fucking great actually

#DID HE JUST STAPLE BRUCES ARM WHAT TEH FUCK #WHY DID HE NOT EVEN FLINCH??? #BRUCE. BUDDY. HUH

[blusandbirds]

titans jason thinks bruce putting a tracker in his arm is cool and okay because that means bruce cares. i am okay.

#blu talks #blu is dcposting #meanwhile dick is freaked the fuck out because bruce put a tracker in his arm

[notsooriginaltrash]

One of the most gut punching things that has happened in 2023 so far is my childhood best friend of maybe 15+years who knows very well that I self-harm coming to me for advice how to deal with it for some random girl, despite never asking how to help me

#the way my body suddenly became cold when I read the text and realized they really don't give a fuck about me #and I feel bad for feeling anything negative towards the girl #especially since she's a minor #but my 'friend' still refuses to tell the girls parents because 'she can't break her trust🥺' #tf the girl is a child! and she needs a professional care! tell her parents so they can provide it #that shit won't go away on its own #anyway i relapsed 3 times in the last 3 days ✌😘 #at least im not breaking skin this time instead i hit myself until i bruise which is quite the feat since i don't bruise easily #the named the big bruise on my arm 'bruce the bruise' #i think it's hilarious #but overall idk how i feel about hitting myself bacause it doesn't take the itch away completely like cutting or scratching #but it's way easier to hide it and if discovered to lie about it which is big plus and it goes away after few days #which is both a blessing and a curse #tw self harm #vent

[societysonlooker]

I'm not trying to be an asshole but I think the funniest thing about fandom discourse is that the same kinda people who will tell you to kys for "liking incest" all because you ship two characters with the same mentor are the SAME PEOPLE that will bend over backwards to defend the most uninspired, bland, and toxic ass ship you've ever seen just because it's canon and het.

#save gotham MY way #you beat the shit out of me to get back at bruce #no. I beat you down so you'd realize robin meant *pain* #and would quit #i- oh... #i have your back. i know no one else in this fucking 'family' does but- but i do #well. cass does too but- #yeah. yeah ive got yours too. #yes this is me being salty but. fucking listen. cassandra cain was not adopted by bruce untol she was something like 19 fucking years old. #she came into that family absolutely READY to really Be part of the family #because outside of bab's mentorship/mothering role she'd never HAD one before. #so she immediately took to dick as her older brkther and tim as her little brother; despite the fact that neither of them jad trusted her #at ALL when she'd first showed up. but you know what the fuck else is Just as likely? This grown ass woman seeing them #as her brothers in arms rather than her Brothers. #and that makes sense. right? a 20 y/o woman going jnto the marines doesnt suddenly view all of her basic training peers the same way as she #sees the two annoying kid brothers she left back home. and instead these guys are now her brothers in arms. the people who are going to #watch her back while she watches theirs. #so if thats easy to comprehend then why is it so hard for people to understand that jason and tim (at least in fucking preboot) Do Not See #Each Other As Brothers. hell! preboot jason is a straight up villain! and one that both hates what tim represents as robin but also #has a high level of respect for tims capability as a hero! preboot jason considered/worked with exactly Two People in his entire 6 years #and they were Scarlet and Tim. #he had trust issues put the fucking door and Didnt Like People and he *still* put her cards out there during bftc to ask tim to work #with him. and sure. bftc fucking sucks. cass should have been batman and just reverted him to urban legend status within the media. however #all of the character interactions (at least the ones where theyre helping each other) are Actually Pretty Well Done. this arc Does actually #help tim and dami reconcile a bit. dick finally steps into the shoes left for him. jason shows that -while off his fucking rocker'his goal #of hasnt changed- DESPITE the fact that hes an entire and highky influencial crime lord! #that emotional journey from to #it just has the potential to be so fucking GOOD and theres nothing wrong with seeing this possibility and runnjng with the ship you think #would come out kf that kinda arc. i mean. hell its Gorgeous. #then meanwhile youve got yja meg brain-nonconning connor while evryone excuses it and antis bend over BACKWARDS to defend it.

[aqricus]

i just finished watching the black phone and i’m ngl i was SO certain that robin was gonna rock the grabber

#OR VANCE🤨 #that mf could’ve fought a bear #but a man in a cape bested him #bruce had me crying fr. like all he could remember was finn having a good arm in baseball #he couldn’t even remember his name #he was so sweet too #idk it just SHOOK me for some reason. like he jUst played finn and was all smiley going home and then BAM #dead. can’t remember his name. just that ‘finn’s arm is mint’ #screaming crying sobbing throwing up #AND GRIFFIN????? #his lines had my heart ACHING #but the way he showed up in a fuckinf backbend was uncalled for LMFAOOOO #scared the shit out of me😭😭 #like why would you do that😭 #robin had me mad asf when he got snatched though #like you’re in a deserted area and see a black van and a man in a fucking cape get out of the van and head toward you #my boy was STRUTTING too #paperboy had my blood boiling for him though #i’m so curious as to how they all died like their actual causes of death #vance was beaten up and stabbed in various places on his body i feel #bruce caught some kind of axe or blade to the head #griffin’s throat was likely slit #but robin and paperboy? zEro clue #and my ideas are just theories anyway. well except for griffin bc it’s obvious

[robocops-a-christ-allegory]

Vigilante Batman crossover went into it for 8 seconds and then had Bruce spontaneously start liking Adrian and being fine with working him because the cops do/are which makes it all even worse. Like this is top tier stuff

Punching the fucking wall

#Yeah part of why this makes me mad is its never gonna happen again #were never gonna get that same setup to this its just not gonna ever happen again. #Its just so good. Adrian IMMEDIATELY ASSUMING Batman is with him here and calling him 'friend' #not even worried because hes so sure hes in the right. God #Anyway part of why this happened is because Batman always has to side with the cops because in batman comics Good Cops- #-Are Always Right And Must Be Sided With because Authority Is Good As Long As Its Not Corrupted #So yes this is part of why I cant fucking stand Bruce #Harvey Bullock shouldve told him Adrian was working with the cops and Bruce should've said 'that doesnt make it ok' and then #break Adrians arms