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[junosswans]

Batfam headcanons: Report Writing

I was thinking about nonsense then it occured to me "how would the batfam write their mission/patrol report?" Like, they must have very distinct personal style that you could recognise even through the standard bat-computer font. So I wrote this!

Dick: When Dick was still Robin, he absolutely HATED writing reports. "I write enough reports at school, B-man! Why would you make me write more??" He would attempt to wriggle out of the task by bribing Alfred with snacks or offering to do chores in exchange, because anything is better than sitting straight in front of the computer and typing (they usually indulge him and let him be). He'd also slip in a few swear words and gloss over details when he HAD to write something. His reports were short and written in a slightly childish manner. However, after becoming Nightwing and moving out, his report have made drastic improvement because hey, you definitely get a lot of practice in writing admin papers as a cop. His writing style is now concise and straight to the point, filled with professional jargons and divided in clear bullet points. All the photos are properly numbered and labelled, in a typical forensic science style. (Though admittedly, he still hates writing reports. But it's something that he wouldn't let his siblings know.) He's however, chronically late in submitting his reports, because he always has a lot of things to do and he has a bad case of procrastinating when it's something he dislikes.

Jason: Jason entered the clan with a lot of anxiety (Will I be accepted? Will I ever measure up to Dick?) And a lot of insecurities. So he treats report writing very seriously and is very detailed and thorough. He tries his best to adhere to the format Bruce gave him, and would triple check his spellings and grammars (another insecurity of him). As Red Hood, he still writes his reports (reluctantly) in the same cautious manner, and he would spend a lot of time profiling the victims and the perpetrators, because it always feels personal to him. He sympathises with both sides, understands their struggles and darkness intimately, and it shows in his written report. His reports on the person of interest's background and psychological analysis is always the most detailed and on-point. He writes in paragraphs usually, and he has a broad vocabulary that leans more on the literary side. Tim comments that he feels like he's in highschool lit class whenever he needs to read Jason's report for something, since Jason's prose always has a poetic and emotional tone to it.

Tim: Tim writes his reports dutifully and very seriously, but his seriousness doesn't always translate to a piece of good report. As a kid who has the tendency to ramble, is nosey, AND has photographic memory, Tim's reports are filled with details that nobody knows whether they are necessary. He would go off and transcribe all the dialogues he heard (including the passers-by), list out all the items in the nearby trashcan, and note down how the fast food shop down the corner has a buy-one-get-one-free promotion on hotdogs. He digresses a lot, but since his eyes for details did help crack a case once or twice (definitely more than that), Bruce lets it slip. His formatting are a mess, sometimes using bullet points and suddenly switch into paragraphs and then somehow becomes a tree diagram, his reports are definitely an eyesore (Bruce, regrettably, doesn't let this slip). As Red Robin, he's made a lot of improvements on his formatting (company paperwork does that to you) and is a bit more brief, but he still has the tendency to note down the oddest things in his reports. His reports also has the most amount of photos.

Cass: Cass is still pretty new to this whole writing thing and computer thing, so she gets a lot of leeway in her report writing. She is allowed to hand this work to others (if she's on a teamed mission), or use photos, pictures and handwriting/doodling to make her point (Bruce would later code & transcribe them to make them searchable on the database). Though given the freedom to not do the work (which her siblings are deeply envious of), Cass actually likes to write her version of reports as she treats this as an opportunity to practice her literacy. Her reports look like a collage journal with very sparse, simple writing. She also has the tendency to just put in a few seemingly unrelated keywords and let others figure out the significance behind them. They're usually very insightful and useful to the case. She also likes to draw in her reports, which everyone finds endearing. Babs taught her how to draw scientific diagrams and label the items, which she puts good use to. Since she's very observant to the human anatomy and body language, the family relies a lot on her reading when there is multiple suspects.

Damian: As "the proper heir to the robin title", Damian has a no-bullshit attitude on his reports. He submits them on time, is clear in his writing, and the format is impeccable. He has a very goal-oriented view on things, so his reports tend to focus largely on the outcome of cases instead of the process (a polar opposite to Jason's and Tim's reports). He would write a lot on how and when the culprit was captured, and the consequences that await them, while some other members tend to focus more on the process of deduction and puzzle-solving. Somedays, when he is particularly annoyed with others, Damian would slip in complaints into his reports and make sure everyone KNOWS he's upset. It's like a public call-out post.

Babs: As Batgirl, Babs writes the clearest and most condensed report out of everyone, cause she learned the best from her father. She has a keen eye on analysing material evidence, and would notice the smallest scratch on things and document them faithfully in her report. She likes to use abbreviations however, and that often confuses Damian and Cass ("what does OAN even mean?? Is that a type of wire??"). Sometimes she'd abbreviate the weirdest things just to confuse everyone else and they can beg her to explain them. As Oracle, she doesn't write any reports. YOU write reports to Oracle.

Steph: Steph is passionately against the idea of report writing. In her opinion, if she delivers the result there shouldn't be a need to write pages long of boring, bland descriptions on how that result is achieved. To various degrees of success, she would bribe others into doing the work for her ("work smarter, not harder, baby!") But when she has to write something, she would write in a very casual tone and often types with voice input. Therefore, her reports are filled with odd typos and occasionally hilarious choice of words (not because she couldn't be professional, but she doesn't want to be). Bruce is mostly frustrated but is also secretly glad that she's not forcing herself to do something that she doesn't want to. And she is true that she always delivers.

Duke: Duke is mostly neutral towards the aspect of report writing-- he's not particularly fond of it, but he understands that it is something important. Thanks to his superhuman vision, Duke is very alert in observing his surroundings and the environment. He would map out very detailed diagrams about building structures as well as machine components, which makes his reports very reliable when it comes to any kind of crimes related to alien items and technological innovations. Duke also has a large network from his Robingang, so he's very informed in the rumours and hearsays on the streets. He would include most of what he's heard in his reports so that others could follow up on them at night.

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[vesselsscarlet]

Still thinking of writing an Intro post here.

As I feel like it could be necessary for new people. But on the other side I don't like talking about myself...

#lia speaks #dilemma dilemma baby fucking lord

[iliadeleart]

Thank you to everyone leaving a nice comment in the tags for my art, I’ve been really struggling in general lately and especially with being self critical of my work / being way too hard on myself, I’m happy even just a little fanart makes you smile 😊

#Lia speaks

[carlyleandco]

Okay now for some criticisms:

- It felt like they deliberately avoided some of the dialogue from the books? Like in some scenes they’d say something new which in all honestly could’ve instead been direct quotes from the book.

- Some character motivations changed too, like Lockwood not wanting Lucy to use touch on the ring/necklace the morning after Annabel’s apparition appears in the attic when in reality in TSS he did want her ‘as an asset’ to explore if it was worth continuing the case.

- Combe Carey was very rushed and I didn’t feel scared watching it like I did reading because it was just devoid of tension.

- Actually a lot of the scenes could have been scarier. But maybe it wasn’t as much for us because we all knew what was coming in every scene.

- In fact the whole set up with Fairfax was rushed, and while sticking to how the books introduce him is predictable with him being the murderer, it flows much more smoothly when Lockwood finally figures it out and yet still purposefully puts Lucy and George in danger, albeit well prepared.

- And where they changed the scenes in some parts felt unnecessary, like having Barnes ring instead of him coming over and seeing the ghost jar etc. Iconic moments like that were glossed over.

- WE GOT NO RAT GHOST :(

- No ‘burglary’s more fun than socialising’ :(

- Some of the comedy was missing imo, especially with the Skull. In fact, I really wished we’d gotten the nighttime talk with the trio, where Lucy hears the skull from the oven.

- Kipps asking Lucy on a date??? I’m sorry, but no thanks drop that plotline immediately

#I have to rewatch today and gather my thoughts #lockwood spoiler tag #Lockwood and co #l&co. netflix spoilers #my posts #Lia speaks

[brxkendxll]

The fact that his hand can grab most of my neck and when we're kissing he grabs my cheeks omg omg it's hot

#lia speaks #🏀

[cherylsblossm]

u either die the hero or live long enough to see tumblr turn on misha collins

#by tumblr i mean like the general public #but still #i was never a supernatural girlie so i’m watching the girls fight gleefully from my couch u know #lia speaks

[cavalryofwoah]

Omfg I finish the first draft of my research paper! Contained myself to 20 pages. You know you're doing research building off prior literature in the field when your works cited is 2 pages and 22 different sources. Good God I hate formatting citations. I'm both excited and sad to be done with this project. 5 months of my life, summed up in 20 pages.

Of course, my research mentor asked me to send her a draft so she can give me feedback and corrections before the final draft is due, so I imagine I'll be working on it quite a bit when she returns it. She's a great mentor, really appreciate her and everything she's done to support me, but when she gives feedback she tears things apart.

I just have to get through another week and a half and then I get to graduate and be done with homework ugh.

#lia speaks

[journalofmassdestruction]

shouldve known learning english makes you suicidal :( gonna blame all my mental problems onto english from now

#i actually havent read the whole article yet coz I have work to do #but you bet im gonna #funny tag #language learning #lia speaks #academic journals

[roryfalcone]

Taking a moment to appreciate the bluetooth speaker at work that has been cutting in and out all day but managed to stop long enough to play the entirety of Bohemian Rhapsody without a problem before cutting out again.

#lia speaks #bohomian rhapsody #queen #text post

[evangelinesamos]

y'all pressed about hotd ep 10, calling it worse than got s8- sit your ass down, think of what you're saying- jfc

#lia speaks

[junosswans]

automobile side of tumblr: does anyone know which car is Roy Mustang’s car supposed to be?? At first I thought it’s a 20/30s Star Comet but the rear doesn’t look like any car I know at all and it really bothers me that I don’t know the answer lmao

I know I’m not supposed to be too serious regarding these things, and it could totally be a blend of multiple car models, but even if that’s the case I’d love to know which are the ones the car is based on

#fma #lia speaks #fullmetal alchemist #fmab #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #Roy Mustang

[vesselsscarlet]

Little information drop (because it is important for me):

I am not active on here right now, because I am studying for my last 3 exams in chemistry. I am absolutely freaking out because of them and that is why my insomnia is back.

If you want to interact with me, show something to me, make sure please to tag me. This would help a lot. When you have added me on Discord you can also send me stuff there.

I will come back as soon as I can.

Thank you so much for understanding besties. Take care. Love you all!

Lia

(Also @takemetoasgard I am sorry that I forgot your day yesterday, I really feel so bad about it, and I will make something special for you!)

#lia speaks #just a little drop of my life #thank you for understanding #i still feel weird doing this but it is important for me that you should know this

[carlyleandco]

Me writing a post TEG fanfic spurred on by the show?? We are living in unprecedented times

#l&c stuff #lockwood and co #Lia speaks

[awfcspencer]

SEND HER BACK TO NORTH LONDON IN BUBBLE WRAP NOW I DONT CARE!!

#spencer speaks #woso community #lia walti

[cherylsblossm]

one thing about me is i’m gonna defend eternals with my last breath

#i love this movie so much #ask me about my ten page paper i wrote on it. go ahead #eternals #lia speaks

[cavalryofwoah]

Ahhh, been going thru some real ups and downs lately. My frail over 80 year old grandmother got covid, but she's recovered much better than we were afraid of.

I got accepted to speak at the linguistics conference, spent a week frantically putting the presentation together, and it went well. I made some new friends in the other presenters and their research was so cool. Same day I got to go to see Stars On Ice and that was a blast.

Unfortunately my new glasses showed up the DAY AFTER and my eyes had changed significantly so I couldn't see as well as I'd wanted. My left eye changed 2, and my right eye changed 4, so no wonder I've been having trouble. But since then, less headaches!

Medium stuff, my research mentor told me last Monday that she wants a full draft of my research paper... by tomorrow. I'm at 12 pages and I'm hopefully halfway thru? No page or word cap, just... as long as it takes to cover everything, so intro, theoretical background and lit review, my hypothesis, Study 1 (adult speech) intro, participants, methods and procedure, results and discussion, and more!

Including: Study 2 (child speech, the actual topic of my research), so another intro, participants, methods and procedures, and results and discussion for that study. THEN I have to write the discussion and conclusion of the combined studies, including limitations and considerations for future research. THEN I have to completely format the incredibly extensive works cited section (so... many... sources...), format the appendix, and send it to my mentor. I have everything up to the participants section of Study 2 complete!

...and I have 24 hours to finish the rest of it.

And around this I have to do all my other finals for my actual classes, including a partner oral final exam for Spanish for medical purposes tomorrow.

I also had an interview that went really well the day before the conference, and they're offering me the job, just waiting on HR to make the final offer.

Aaaaand, back to bad stuff, on Saturday my family went to the local Highland Games (for a day I used my mom's Scottish last name while hanging out at our clan tent). Opening ceremony bagpipes were great, herding dog exhibition was awesome, and we were just heading over to watch the heavy games when my uncle collapsed.

He had to be taken in an ambulance to the hospital, and after several days of inpatient care, he was diagnosed yesterday with colon cancer. It's early, it hadn't spread, and he's gonna have surgery in the next 2 weeks, but it really sucks and was really scary.

I feel so bad for his granddaughter, my second cousin, cause she's 7 and she was really worried.

So, that's my last few weeks. 1.5 weeks until I graduate from university, just gotta get through a bit more. And today the school had therapy dogs on campus for finals week and I got to visit them and that helped.

#lia speaks #personal stuff #cancer tw