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Oneshot Project: Which of these should I work on or would you wish for a WIP of? [If you wish to be tagged for a writing WIP reply/comment so, also feel free to send in asks if you want to know more about any of them]

Dragon Au Unreliable Narrators, curtesy of Tim, with semi-dark Batfam thanks to them well, not being human. Includes Jason getting dragged back home kicking and screaming and human Tim eventually also becoming dragon.

Living Armor Au Semi-modern fantasy Au thing, with the batfam being more than a little oblivious to the fact that their allies think they are people in armor, not supernatural creatures. This also leads to misunderstandings when Bruce mentions they're getting a new family member.

Merfolk Au Gotham's version of merfolk is like a specialized super predator. Or maybe that's just the Bats, because despite most of them being based off of not exactly aggressive or even large fish, they Can take off someone's hand. It also doesn't help that no one thinks to mention the fact that Gotham is the sea's Eldritch Dead Zone.

Griffon Au Mostly fluff and found family, and Bruce with his kids as young kids. Includes him desperately trying to convince them to do Anything other than vigilantism, Please, and them just laughing at him. Also includes Alfred in shorts during the winter because he's built different.

Kobold-Dog Au Batfam, but they're lizard dog people with apposable thumbs. Includes baby Damian and some inspiration from the kobold of german folklore as well.

Kitsune Au Magical batfamily who might just specialize in more illusionary magic? Yeah, and some of them even count as holy creatures. Also, as kitsune can act as mediums between the mortal and celestial? They might interact with a few ghosts. Also Sentient Gotham City.

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things i’ll not call you a whore for:

sexual activity

how you dress

things i’ll call you a whore for:

stealing my food 

stealing my lemons

my cat likes you more than me

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Jason, to himself: If I can catch Tim off guard when he comes back from patrol he'll confess about breaking my favourite Wonder Woman's mug

Jason, as Tim wanders in: Got anything to confess??

Tim, very very high off Gotham Harbor fumes: Ra's pickled my spleen.

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What if Janet went into Labor with Tim during a Wayne gala and Bruce helped deliver him, but Bruce didn’t realize Tim was the same baby

Until a random stakeout/confrontation with a villain/league meeting, he remembers suddenly and just straight up goes

“I birthed you”

He then starts to think back to all the other women he helped and like...

– Teenage Bruce stopping in the middle of his day to help Mary Grayson call the hospital when her water breaks in public

– His first test of people skills as Batman is looking after Sandra Wu-San, not knowing she'd become Lady Shiva

– A short while later Batman does the same for Sheila Haywood because Willis didn't bother to show up

– Arthur Brown being too absorbed in his scandals and early scheming to be present so Batman swoops in for Crystal

– Then Janet Drake going into labor at a Wayne gala and Bruce helping her through that

– Couple years later, Batman keeping Elaine Thomas company in the twilight hours

– He stops to help Talia amidst a dangerous battle, not knowing the baby is his and her maintaining the secret

– He gets sidetracked on a time travel mission and assists a stranger, not realizing it's Mary Pennyworth

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working class

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One of the things I don't see discussed a lot when we talk about Jason and Bruce's confrontation in under the red hood is the fact that Blüdhaven just exploded right in the middle of it and Jason is being very cavalier (I'm being really nice here, he is straight up gloating) about Dick's potential death and that kinda would change the way the fight would go.

Suddenly the stakes are not just: "Joker is going to die" it's "my oldest son might be dead or dying and my second son won't stop the fight no matter what, I need this fight to be over very quickly".

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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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Were-batfam? Indeed. Several different ideas. But which one to work on... (Little information blurbs beneath the poll)

Each were-creature keeps some physical aspects even during the day. Example being claws, fangs, tails, ears, etc. Children look more human while adults have more aspects, usually using charms to hide as humans in more public settings.

Wolf I mean, werewolves. Pretty well known. Hint of a twist. Can turn into full wolves at full moons but become humanoid-ish wolves at night.

Rabbit Bunny batfam. And I am putting this out here but rabbits can be vicious little things. If they were bigger they could definitely kick in someones chest. Also they definitely make blanket forts to snuggle in.

Cat Keep Selina away, they're cat people now! And giant humanoid cats at night. The acrobatics, the balance, the sprawling out on the rare sunny days of Gotham. How are they not the catclan of gotham- wonderful question.

Sheep You ever get kicked by a hoofed creature? It hurts. Also people are confused by their respective bat saying it's haircut day. Winter wool can get crazy. Also horns. Maybe mistaken for some sort of demonic entity some nights to their amusement.

Bat Already working on this. Poor dude gets the kids as toddlers. The League won't know what is happening. Yes he has bat ears and fangs all the time and becomes giant bat man during the night. Yes he is not impressed with Man-Bat.

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So if I were to hypothetically start a Project....

Would anyone actually be interested in it?

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Meme from beeg post of many memes by: puppetmaster13u I see it going down something like this.

Thug #1: "You're new here, so let's go over some basics." Thug #2: "Nah, I was here before. I moved to Central City for a while. I know how to keep outta the Bat's way." Thug #1: "Oh, no. There's more than just the Bat to look out for." Thug #2: "You mean Robin? Didn't that kid move to Bludhaven and put on pants or somethin'?" Thug #3: Just chuckles and flips the whiteboard. Thug #1: "Thank you, Jimmy. There have been some developments since you left town…"

~One Pepe Silvia later~

Thug #2: "So there's a Manbat, no relation, but also Batgirl and Batwoman? And they're both active? Robin and Red Robin? I just gotta avoid Red Robin, right?" Thug #1: "The kid is the one you gotta watch out for. I hear he's actually killed people and the Batman put him in time out. Red Robin…depends on the day. Red Hood though, he'll just shoot you." Thug #2: "Wait, I thought you said Red Hood used to be Robin? Why would a Robin use guns?" Thug #1: "You think I know? Guy's crazy, one day he's cutting off mob boss heads, the next he's running around pretending he doesn't kill."

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Opinion time: if movie makers create an universe where there is no place for Robin in Batman's life either due to the writing of Batman's character (Did they write a character who you could see adopting a child in the future ?) and/or the setting being too "realistic", "too grounded" (🤣🤣, this is a superhero movie but okay) ... Then they kinda are failing theirs batman movie.

The fact that the only movie who did that correctly in the last two decades is The Batman (imo) is kinda sad (and Lego Batman but I meant live-action).

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whenever people want to act like the batfam was generally more unified or supportive of damian when he just got there (like acting like dick was very soft and always saying the right thing, ignoring when he was judgmental towards Damian or assumed the worst of him or said the wrong things, ignoring Tim's general judgmentalness and way of speaking/thinking about damian that can be dehumanizing) that's so boring.............. why would u wanna be boring......

like damian can be hard to like and a lot of the adults in his life act like he's hard to like. like he knows this! he's got a tough exterior and lashes out. you can't remove a lot the "reasons damian lashes out or doesn't feel accepted" without removing a lot of the damian-lashing-out stuff.

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MOTHMAN AU

the idea from @batpham-discord-highlights discord server

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Thinkin' about them once more...

Which caterpillar-Robin is under the cloak? Who knows.

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Hear me out: Demon Batfam but Bruce gets them as babies because people won't stop trying to sacrifice their children and he is So Tired

And it is semi-early Batman Bruce too.

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"MASTER BRUCE, IS THAT A SECOND CHILD-"

Anyone interested in a Writing WIP of Demon Batfam....?