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okay so there were a ton of posts/fics about the hilarious "fuck/maryy/kill" Bruce Wayne & Justice League scenario (I read them all, amazing comedic timing y'all) but to me, the most hilarious scenario is the JL play fuck/marry/kill, Bruce's name comes up, and half of the people in the room in the know immediately turn bright red and refuse to keep playing and no one will explain why.

Hal: "...and I would fuck Bruce Wayne. No, I would kill him. Nah, actually I'd fuck him, who am I kidding."

Clark: choking on his coffee and rapidly turning an alarming shade of red

Diana: "An....interesting choice, of course."

J'onn: "Shall we play a different game?"

Hal: "Wait, what? that was the game, wasn't it?"

Ollie: "I'm with Hal, I'd fuck the shit out of Bruce. He's the easiest guy I know, it's not like it'll exactly be a hardship for him."

*every single person in the room turns to Batman, standing in the corner*

Clark: "Wow! I think I just heard someone drop an ice cream cone in Guatemala. Batman, I'll need a team up."

Ollie: "For ice cream?"

Diana, standing up and putting herself in between Bruce and Hal: "This sounds dire. I will also assist."

Clark, under his breath, one hand on Bruce's back: "It's not worth it. He's not worth it. Come on. Walk it off."

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Tim and Dick's first interaction

the ages look off I can't explain it

#that is an adult man with dimples and 9 year old mob from mob psycho 100

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this is difficult to explain, but the recent requests i got reminded me that i wanted to draw young justice in mod fashion

(this is for @gremlin-bot who wanted cassie and bart hangin out, @marmaleye who wanted tim, the anon who wanted dressy tim, and @howaboutthisblr who wanted to see the rest of YJ)

sketch, ref + bonus sailorsuit young dickie that i forgot i had:

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Dick. Why are you licking mystery substances off the ground. Stop.

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HE CREATED A ROUTINE THAT WOULD HAVE SAVED HIS PARENTS' LIVES IM DONE

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im switching bsck and forth between nightwing 2016 and nightwing 1996 and the way they write babs is so jarringly different omfg like

2016 babs: noooo dick please take a rest 🥹 take care of yourself omg you cant keep doing this 🥹 even superheros get a day off 🥹 ily

1996 babs: you expect having time to sleep? as a vigilante? ha. get the FUCK out of bed. we have work to do.

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if you count babs as one of bruce’s “honorary children” you are deranged

#she's his coworker she's his divorced former daughter in law she's his boss

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BRUCE WAYNE & HAL JORDAN in BATMAN UNIVERSE

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Cass seeing angry bby Bruce and immediately clocking that as Batman is the best identity reveal IMO. Batman’s body language being the same as when he initially swore vengeance is just so real and so right.

Panels from Batgirl (2000).

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#i am pretty good at horse riding

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Genuinely hilarious to me that while Dick and Bruce are having yet another domestic about the legacy of Batman, Dick’s need for independence, and Bruce’s piss-poor communication skills

Tim is out in Gotham putting in a SHIFT

This kid is being dragged across the Gotham skyline, tracking down a flying murderer that him and Dick were supposed to be taking down together

That boy needs a raise, doing all the actual work around here

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tim thinking he is literally SO subtle about his autism. so extremely good at masking. legitimately thinks he has a solid like 85% chance at coming off as allistic in any given conversation.

someone makes a vague reference to tim being autistic and tim just. “..what made you think that???” because he thought he was being subtle about it

tim, carries around a comfort item (old batarang he caught as a kid) with him at all times, will go on infodumps about Robin at the drop of a hat, is regularly blatantly confused when someone informs them they were joking about something: no like actually what made you think i was autistic i thought it wasn’t obvious

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peak core four dynamic. [rbs appreciated]

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#very pointed look

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you know when you fake being asleep so your parents would carry you inside? yea jason was just a bit eepy

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Tim Drake: My dad just died and I am not in a legal position to emancipate. Therefore, in the midst of my grief, I shall hire a random guy to pretend to be my uncle & flee the city rather than live with my beloved mentor who is a registered foster parent and loves me like a son.

Dick:

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"The best thing we can do with power is give it away" - On the leftist critique of superhero narratives as authoritarian power fantasies:

The ongoing "Jason Todd is a cop" debate has reminded me of a brilliant brief image essay by Joey deVilla. So here it is, images first and the full essay text below:

"A common leftist critique of superhero comics is that they are inherently anti-collectivist, being about small groups of individuals who hold all the power, and the wisdom to wield that power. I don’t disagree with this reading. I don’t think it’s inaccurate. Superheroes are their own ruling class, the concept of the übermensch writ large. But it’s a sterile reading. It examines superhero comics as a cold text, and ignores something that I believe in fundamental, especially to superhero storytelling: the way people engage with text. Not what it says, but how it is read. The average comic reader doesn’t fantasize about being a civilian in a world of superheroes, they fantasize about being a superhero. One could charitably chalk this up to a lust for power, except for one fact… The fantasy is almost always the act of helping people. Helping the vulnerable, with no reward promised in return. Being a century into the genre, we’ve seen countless subversions and deconstructions of the story. But at its core, the superhero myth is about using the gifts you’ve been given to enrich the people around you, never asking for payment, never advancing an ulterior motive. We should (and do) spend time nitpicking these fantasies, examining their unintended consequences, their hypocrisies. But it’s worth acknowledging that the most eduring childhood fantasy of the last hundred years hasn’t been to become rich. Superheroes come from every class (don’t let the MCU fool you). The most enduring fantasy is to become powerful enough to take the weak under your own wing. To give, without needing to take. So yes, the superhero myth, as a text, isn’t collectivist. But that’s not why we keep coming back to it. That’s not why children read it. We keep coming back to it to learn one simple lesson… The best thing we can do with power IS GIVE IT AWAY." - Joey deVilla, 2021 https://www.joeydevilla.com/2021/07/04/happy-independence-day-superhero-style/