#Damian is his kid by that point

[nelkcats]

Not The Blood Son

Damian is not Bruce Wayne's biological son. A fact that no one was aware of, not even Talia herself.

This was because Ra found the DNA of a being related to the Lazarus pits, and was willing to make a clone for further study; However, he lost the sample. On the other hand, Talia, who was trying to created a kid of her and her beloved used the wrong sample.

Talia never realized this due to Damian's resemblance to Bruce. When Damian got to the mansion, Bruce take Talia's word for it, of course, she ran some blood tests but the computer started crashing at that point, showing the result to be 'similar'. He decided to do new tests later, but that result was enough at the time.

Everything Damian was proud of: his heritage, his own as the only blood son, his right to be "Batman", was gone as soon as his mother revealed the truth. His father, of course, said that he was still his son regardless of blood but Damian was not happy with that.

He was supposed to be different from his brothers, he was supposed to be Batman, but if he wasn't... who was he? What was his true purpose? what was the right path to choose?

Determined to find a new purpose, Damian decided to search for his biological father. Something in which his family offered him support. The problem was that the only information they had came from Ra and one of his former business associates. A certain "Plasmius", Damian's father had no other description beyond "Related to the Lazarus pits"

Danny Fenton, finally out of the hero life, and living with his "cousin" in Amity (and the Infinite Realms) had no idea how much was about to change his quiet retirement life.

#dpxdc #Danny is Damian's father #Vlad sold his DNA before he destroyed his lab #Since Talia was creating a baby and not a clone the DNA worked #Damian is technically part ghost #maybe he is still too weak or young to manifest ghost powers #maybe he needs ecto #Bruce doesn't care about the blood relation #Damian is his kid by that point #dp x dc #dc x dp #Talia realized about her error until Damian was with Bruce #The computer couldn't read well the blood tests because the ectoplasm corrupted it #Batcomputer is not equipped to read ecto #Maybe the Fentons were related to the Waynes in the past and thats the reason it show similarities #Poor Danny doesn't know he have a kid out there #He lives between Amity and the Realms #His house have the portal now #Dani lives with him when she's not traveling

[celaenaeiln]

JL: Nightwing! It’s a delight to see you! You should come by more often.

Nightwing: Thank you! I’m so sorry, work has been piling up on me but I’ll try to drop by the office party this Sunday.

JL: Ofcourse! Looking forward to seeing you there. By the way, is Batman coming late?

Nightwing: No, I’ll be filling in for him today.

JL: Did something happen?

Nightwing: Nothing much, he’s just grounded.

JL: ???

48 hours earlier

Dick: Bruce, I’m telling you now and we’ve had this conversation before but you need to build a better rapport with your children. They look up to you as a father figure and your actions influence their behavior.

Bruce: …hmrgh

Dick: And you might not be aware but you unconconscious behavior is damaging. Tim has picked up your terrible habit of constantly working in front of a screen-it’s going to strain his eyes. He’s always inside too, so you need to make him go outside more. I’m not always here, I have an entire city to run, the titans need me, I'm mentoring hundreds of heroes, the Justice League calls on me to help them, and I need to keep up with my social life. The people in Bludhaven where I teach and work also call me if I’m gone for a day-the point is-I can’t always be playing second parent here in Gotham.

Bruce: ……hmrgh

Dick: Damian always looks up to you

Bruce: *side eyes*

Dick: He does! See you don’t even realize it! He wants to make you proud and Jason gets mad when you don’t make time for him because he cares too. Stephanie doesn’t have a dad she can turn to and it would mean the world to her if you took her out to an amusement park or something. When was the last time you spent time with her.

Bruce: ….hmrgh

Dick: And-

1 hour later

Dick: -that’s why you need to stop working, go to them right now, and bond with them.

Bruce:

Dick:

Bruce: ……...hmrgh

Dick: I’m waiting.

Bruce: *dragging himself off the batcave chair and begrudgingly trudging upstairs under Dick’s watchful eye*

Bruce: *listening to the sounds of his kids in the living room and pumping himself up* Better relationships mean better teamwork. Better relationships mean better teamwork. Better relationships mean better teamwork. And Dick. Do it for him.

Bruce: *entering* *clearing his throat* Children. We will be going-

*The living room is in utter chaos. The cushions are strewn and ripped with stuffing coating the couches and floor which for some reason is stained yellow, the flower vase is shattered and so is the table it was sitting on, there’s string confetti on the chandelier, there’s spray paint and neon goo across the walls and in Tim’s hair, Jason has deep claw marks down his face as he wrestles with Damian who’s sporting massive bruise on his cheek and trying his hardest to bite him, Stephanie is dunking Tim’s face in a tub of soda which splashed everywhere while he’s ripping out Jason’s hair and also trying to kick Damian with his foot, the tv has massive spiderwebs and looping on tellatubies like a broken record machine, Titus is spitting out a feather while a random goose runs around honking while Alfred the cat chases after it at full speed, knocking down decades old paintings.*

Bruce:

Bruce:

Bruce:

Bruce: *rolling up his sleeves and stomping forward to join the fight* HMRGH.

#Bruce is NOT a responsible parent #he is the type of parent who sees his kids throwing punches and would jump in and start throwing punches too #dick only found out later what happened from Alfred during his biweekly calls #when he goes and lectures them he asks them who started it and the kids all point to bruce who points at them in his it’s them grunt #dick grounds all of them #bruce wayne #batman #dick grayson #nightwing #tim drake #red robin #damian wayne #robin #jason todd #red hood #stephanie brown #spoiler #batfam incorrect quotes

[welcometogrouchland]

I understand that literature nerd Jason Todd is kind of overblown in fanon compared to it's actual presence in canon (a few issues during his pre (and post?)crisis Robin tenure that highlight it) BUT consider that I think it's hilarious if the unhinged gun toting criminal has strong opinions on poetry

#ramblings of a lunatic #dc comics #Jason Todd #batfamily #it's just a fun quirk! it's a fun lil detail and I simply cannot slight ppl for enjoying and incorporating it into works #like obviously jason isn't the only one. I'm a big believer in the batfam having over lapping interests they refuse to bond over #i know dick canonically used the robin hood stories (which are pretty flowery in their language far as i can tell) as inspo for Robin #and i know babs was a librarian and even tho her area of nerddom is characterized as more computery she probably knows quite a lot- #-about literature as well #duke is a hobbyist writer i believe? i saw a fan mention that- which if so is great and I hope he's also a nerd #(i mean he is canonically. i remember him being a puzzle nerd in his introduction. but i mean specifically a lit nerd) #damian called Shakespeare boring but also took acting classes so i think he's more of a theatre kid. #Tim's a dropout and i don't think he's ever shown distinct interest in english lit and i can't remember for Steph? #I'm ngl my brain hyperfocused on musician Steph i forget some of her other interests I'm sorry (minus softball and gymnastics!) #and then Cass had her whole (non linear but it's whatevs) arc about literacy and learning to read #went from struggling to read in batgirl 00 to memorizing Shakespeare in 'tec and is now an avid read in batgirls! #she's shown reading edgar allen poe but we don't know if it's his short stories or his poems #point to all of the above being: i know Jason's not the only lit nerd in the batfam #but also i do need him to be writing poetry in his spare time and reading and reviewing it #jason at the next dead robins society meeting: evening folks today I'll be assigning all of us poems based on laika the space dog #damian and steph who have been kidnapped and brought to jasons warehouse to hangout: LET US GO BITCH #speaking of^ random poem i think jason would like: space dog by alan shapiro #wake up one morning in an unfamiliar more mature body with a profound sense of abandonment. the last four lines. mmm tasty

[brucewaynehomeforangrychildren]

post-patrol sugar rush

#cassandra cain #damian wayne #I know he's big on last names a lot of the time but idk I feel like the vibe was 'jason' for this one #cass is just vibin letting the boy get his rage out #damian is sick and tired of being the only serious vigilante in gotham #cmon dad learn how to wrangle your kids -damian #I'm so tired so the hashtags may reflect that state of mind #batman #robin #batgirl #orphan #comics #dc comics #art #my art #I love this cass ngl #damian's face took me so fucking long idk if I like it but idc at this point #hope you all enjoy :-)

[tanglepelt]

Dc x dp idea 8

What if Danny was actually Bruce’s son

Bruce is full aware he had a kid. Dick and Bruce actively knew Danny when he was a baby.

The kicker is that a natural portal opened up under him and stole him. Like they were at a park or something and with a green glow poof he is gone.

I’d blame clockwork for it. He want pariah sealed away and without Danny no one fixed vlads screw up

So danny as a baby is now in a different dimension. Fentons adopt (kidnap) the baby they find in the woods. Jazz wanted a baby brother and this baby came from a portal from the ghost zone.

They discover Danny is phantom. He didn’t know he was stolen from the woods. Jazz is panicking cause that’s her baby brother and there parents are insane. Cue parents wanting to poke and prod not nicely

Danny goes and gets Ellie cause he cares about his clone and they flee. They get in the ghost zone and clockwork does his messing around with time lines. Now Dani and Ellie are in the dc universe.

On the dc side. The same glowing green portal that stole Bruce’s son just opened and spit out Danny and Dani.

#danny fenton #danny phantom #dc x dp #dp x dc #dp x dc prompt #dani phantom #dp dc crossover #Damian is not the only blood child #Danny loves his clone sister #Bruce probably hates magic a lot cause of this #he somehow has even more trackers on his kids #like they can’t go anywhere without like 4 on them at any moment #he is paranoid #he has also tried to find the portal and failed #Danny would fight anyone who touched his little sister #Bruce is like 2 for 1 #no point in killing a non violent clone

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

BFTC isn’t really a case of terrible characterization for Jason so much as it was a terrible case of victim blaming. Like yeah, some of the things Jason did were a bit extreme compared to his “better” appearances, but that’s nothing new and pretty much true of many stories that aren’t utrh or lost days. The bad parts are are also definitely exaggerated by fans.

The story isn’t centered on Jason. Of course every other character’s description of Jason would be knee-jerk dismissive and misunderstanding, since (again) the intention was to make Jason out to be the cartoony bad guy villain. But if you look past the layers of grime they added, the bare bones of his characterization are not entirely incorrect. It’s a biased story in which their intended criticisms of Jason’s morals often fell short, so to compensate they deliberately cranked up his motivations to be more extreme and unrealistic (but one which, nonetheless got Jason’s overall thoughts and goals relatively consistent with stories that portrayed him accurately).

Yes, him shooting Damian was out of character, but granted we’re all in agreement that it was a true case of “bad writing decision”, I don’t think it’s hard to look past. The only other bit people probably complain about (which felt iffy at worst) was him being “a bit enthusiastic” at times in trying to convince Dick to become another lethal Batman (you can just as easily say Jason wouldn’t have been personally invested enough to have acted in the way he did). I don’t care though because he was probably doing it for shits and giggles, and it was funny watching him push their buttons on his spare time while being excellent at his job. Same old ‘none of them deny that he’s effective, they just can’t get behind the killing’ conflict.

Looking past the fact that Jason still had a valid point, the “he’s the bad guy” plot falls apart for other obvious reasons, which happen in the 3rd issue. It’s kind of hard to focus on how much of a bitch Jason’s being when the other characters are written in an infinitely more problematic way (which ends up happening in most “hate Jason” stories). Not only did they heavily imply Jason is a victim of SA, but the way Dick/the batfamily treats Jason about this is … horrible. Arguing that this was a case of character assassination for Bruce and Dick would be more realistic than using this story to claim Jason is a Bad Person™.

Even though Bruce does have a bad track record with his perspective on victims of SA.

Hey. Maybe listen to the living person begging you to turn it off.

Geez. I wonder why he never felt safe enough to confide in Bruce or any of the rest of them. Implying that enduring what he did made him “broken beyond repair”, that he needs to be “fixed”, and saying verbatim, “you are my greatest failure”, not “I failed you greatly”. Then deciding on behalf of Jason that a bunch of people who weren’t involved in what happened to him should all know about this so they can decide what should be done. And everyone agrees with this garbage. Unbelievable.

Aka, any sort of healing he may have tried to accomplish was ruined by you lot. When exactly am I supposed to see that Jason was evil all along.

The story collapses in on itself in the third issue because where Dick is supposed to be at his prime within the arc, he just sort of rambles about how Jason was a shitty victim and then awkwardly shifts to talking about personal growth and coming to accept his own heroic destiny.

I do resent this, but not because “Jason sucks here”. Jason’s “bad portrayal” pales in comparison to the problematic mindsets given to the other characters (namely Dick) which were framed as good-natured intentions and “tough love”. As for people who describe this as “vilifying Jason to prop up Dick” … I don’t really know what to make of that.

#my post #the way they constantly go out of their way to praise Jason’s marksmanship and overall combat skills #and how everyone he killed died because he meant for them to #and Tim and Damian weren’t critically injured. he didn’t attack them with the intention to kill and it’s obvious #not only that it’s made clear they were both wearing heavy duty kevlar #and considering Jason’s an expert on this stuff himself he knew it wouldn’t really do long term damage. #he also knows how to attack people to do any specific kind of damage. if you claim that about Bruce smashing a dude’s skull #against a brick wall and not killing him then you can claim the same thing for Jason #but of course people will always dwell on inconsequential bullshit and try to make a grand point out of it if it’s about Jason #even as they point out that it was a dumb decision made by the writers #‘Jason was violent towards children' do you want me to never shut up again about who is consistently violent with his own children? #not only was this pretty tame compared to the things Bruce has done to Jason and the other batkids #in the majority of his appearances Jason has always been deeply sympathetic and caring towards kids #hence why people always point out how this is a shitty outlier

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

Bruce and Cass come home from a father-daughter trip to find Dick, Tim and Damian with thier faces shoved into the corners of the room and kept there by what looked to be...ice?

When he asked what was going on a voice answered from above him stating his kids were "in time out" which caused Damian to grumble, "no talking" the glowing boy chastised his son and, suprisingly, Damian became quiet again instead of retorting.

Bruce slips into his Brucie persona to assess this 'Phantom' character without scaring him off or making him suspicious. He eventually slides from [threat assessment] directly to [hire as birdy babysitter immediately]

Turns out Phantom had been bored that day and answered someone calling out via Oija board for a phantom and thought it would be hilarious for the Phantom to show up. Things spiraled from there.

#dp x dc #fanfiction prompts #prompts #danny phantom #danny fenton #batman #robin #damian wayne #tim drake #red robin #nightwing #dick grayson #jason todd #hes in there too #mostly calling his siblings out and getting brownie points from the babysitter #danny likes his new charges #the unreasonable amount of money in his paycheck helps tho #dick is not happy to have a babysitter in his twenties #but Phantom babysitting is the only way Bruce can garentee his kids will stay out of trouble #alfred helps the new hire get into the swing of things #and shares some trade secrets #danny shows him his human form and hes the only one who knows throughout lime half the fic #tim subtly flirts with danny #and gets teased relentlessly by his siblings about trying to date thier babysitter #danny is clueless and that doesnt help #danny is lovedumb

[robbed-ghost]

Jon silently making contingencies about every doomsday he can imagine. Jon using all he knows about investigative journalism to make sure none of the evil universes he keeps encountering are permanent problems. Jon knowing every persons weakness because he’s paranoid making sure there’s not an injustice-like event in his world. Jon making friends but making sure he can take them down if the worst comes, too.

#jon kent #jonathan kent #LISTENNNN #jon having some trauma and finding this as a way to feel safe>>>> #Damian and Lois would get along like a house on fire they’re both passionate and stubborn but methodical and intelligent #but Bruce and Jon have a wavelength. they got trauma that would manifest the same #imagine Jon introducing the legion to help with a crisis and he knows that Batman isn’t gonna just let them help without prior knowledge #he’s heard every story from Damian dick and his parents about Batman’s trust issues and as a kid thought nothing of it #but now that he’s been exposed to so many universes and how things can go awry from a single thing #all this to say Damian would swoon when Jon brings out a huge file of his teammates weaknesses and Jon refuses to talk about it #unless they’re in private cause he wants his teams trust #but he knows now that Bruce has a point and they should have contingencies #so he makes a file for Batman to read about how to take them down. #he forwards shit to oracle too after dick gives her number to him after patrol #jondami #damijon #dc #:3 #angst #super sons #supersons

[starculler]

strap in for this week's fic flavor: the failsafe episode of season one of the young justice cartoon except the simulation just won't. fuckin. end.

(fics that inspired this at the end)

If I ever did sit down to make my own fic, I'd split it in 3 parts:

The Simulation: bits and pieces of the 40 years Dick lives after most everyone he knows has died

The Return: the immediate aftermath and healing from the trauma of having not-quite-actually lived a whole life only to wake up and find out it was all fake. nothing traumatizing about that whatsoever.

The Unintended Consequence: aka the twist I'd love to add and would hint to in the second part - finding out the simulation, through martian mind fuckery, pulled from the real world (and in many cases, from real minds). Dick meets a bunch of people he didn't think were real outside the confines of his simulated life. A bunch of rowdy, heroism-inclined teens across the years get to meet the sibling/friend/mentor figure they all dreamed up one night.

(actual idea snippets under the cut)

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Dick Grayson is 14 and most of the world's heroes have died. He planned a suicide mission that left him the sole survivor of a doomed team he helped found. The invasion may have been stopped, but is this really the price he wanted to pay?

The first face he sees in the infirmary is Roy's, and he has to close his eyes and just breathe for a few minutes because for one painful moment he'd thought it was Wally. But this isn't the world where his best friend miraculously survived alongside him. This is the one where he got his best friend killed and didn't even give him the courtesy of following behind him. Behind them.

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Dick Grayson is 27 and has lived longer without Bruce than with him. The invasion's anniversary is always a tough day for him, but that morning seems especially harrowing. He'll get shit for it later, but can't resist stepping out onto the balcony of the manor's master bedroom (Bruce's old bedroom) for a smoke -- his first since he'd promised to quit if Jason, just 15 then, did too.

"Bad habits tend to pile up," he'd said, a rueful quirk to his tired grin. He'd tapped the cigarette twice on the railing and added, lower, "and this one's especially nasty, huh."

He inhales, watches the sun creep across the horizon, and lets acrid smoke burn through his lungs for a long moment before blowing it out in a small cloud. His eyes water, but he doesn't cough. It tastes just as bad as it did the first time he smoked one, not even a year after the invasion and treading water as Robin proved insufficient.

There hadn't been enough heroes to go around then, and Dick had been trained by one of the best. It hadn't been fair, but it had been his plan that had ultimately stopped the invasion. His shoulders everyone's expectations fell on.

He takes another drag, then smudges the lit end against the rail he's leaned on when he hears a boot scuff purposefully against the roofing above him.

"Todd and Pennyworth will be upset with you."

He doesn't turn around. Damian doesn't jump down to join him.

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Dick Grayson is 54 and wakes up in a room full of ghosts. He hears his long-dead father-figure tell his long-dead team about a simulation they weren't meant to win. A training exercise gone wrong and only half a day spent under their mentors' careful, if slightly panicked, supervision.

He looks at his hands, watching the way his gloves crease when he flexes them in and out of tight fists. He looks at his team, their eyes a little haunted but shoulders slumped with relief even as they grumble. Batman's heavy, gloved hand settles on his shoulder and the weight of it is a nauseating mix of foreign-familiar.

He opens his mouth. Closes it.

Tears prick his eyes behind his domino mask, and he tells himself the suffocating, acidic void building in his chest is just some leftover side effect of the ordeal and not the grief-guilt of outliving yet another family (no matter that they hadn't been real in the end).

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Dick Grayson is 16-going-on-56 and well used to the coincidences piling up between his simulated life and the real thing. Some of it -- missions and villains he remembers cropping up -- he's marked for Bruce to review and sort as he pleases. Some -- security for the cave, team building anecdotes, and training regimens -- he's shared with the team. And some he keeps only for himself.

Tim is one of those. He knows it's not fair to the kid (so much smaller now than he ever was when Dick lived his simulated life), but he can't help being selfish just for this. Tim is the one kid he's sure he didn't make up, and if Dick's taken to babysitting the kid just to be near at least one member of the family he built for himself in the wake of the worst days of his life .... Well, anyone who says shit about it can happily stand in line to have their teeth kicked in.

Despite this, it still catches him off-guard when he sees a familiar face pop up in one of Bruce's reports.

Jason Todd, caught boosting tires off the batmobile, is nearly the same age now as he was when Dick met him. He stares at the words, but none of them really sink in beyond the kid's name and address. He's moving before he's even made the decision.

He's used to the world kicking him when he's down - lived it for 40 frustrating years. But he has Bruce again. And things with Tim have been so good. And he's always been selfish when it comes to family. If he could just see Jason. If he could just meet him. If he could talk to him.

If if if if if--

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Inspirations:

Circles in Shattered Mirrors by InfinityIllusion

Fine (But Not Okay) by CharlotteDaBookworm

Verisimilitude by mutemelody

#young justice #young justice cartoon #batfam #batman #dick grayson #thoughts and headcanons #the heart wrenching inability to cope with the fact that you've lived a fully realized life #you've loved and lost and loved again in the face of every unending tragedy #until you've forcefully carved out this one little safe haven for yourself #only to be thrust back to the beginning of one of your greatest traumas - esp one you're partly responsible for! #gotta love it #anyway i am and always have been obsessed with dick grayson and no one can stop me #the simulation was fake but some psychic bs means real world elements filtered in #cue several children with weird dream-memories of half-lived experiences and a massive sense of deja-vu #when they wade into the superhero world #all i can picture is the spiderman pointing meme but it's the batkids at dick lol #my favorite idea is that once Dick gets his grubby hands on Jason and Tim it's all over from there #he's pulling late nights and researching and scouring facial recognition databases until he finds his kids #(he blurs the lines a lot when it comes to considering them his siblings vs kids #on the one hand they're not super far apart in age bar Damian #on the other he hasn't been a kid in any meaningful way since he was 14 and he very nearly raised half of them in some way #(plus side to an au is that i can space the ages out more as needed compared to the show haha) #jason and cass are firmly siblings close as they are to his age #steph tim and duke fluctuate depending on how in trouble or injured they are #i will die by dick being damian's dad tho lmao #babs is more platonic life partner than sibling but very firmly family regardless #this is the dick grabs on to any shred of family he can with both hands and drags them in kicking and screaming if he has to au

[aalghul]

🖤💖

🖤: Bane.

💖: Tim beating up Damian despite Damian asking him to stop because he felt like Tim was killing him was worse than Jason beating him up

#‘Tim was just retaliating and Damian started it’ #damian in that issue was actually asking for help (ra’s wants to take his body and essentially kill him) and had been telling alfred that he #felt unloved by Bruce. and then Tim did that because how dare Damian step foot in his own house? shut up #they had a 7 yr difference at this point btw. Damian was actually a little kid regardless of his training. Jason and tim are 2 yrs apart #and the Jason thing was terrible writing from geoff johns meanwhile Tim’s actions weren’t ooc considering his feelings towards Damian atp #and to clarify: no one thinks bane is a good guy #but they don’t he’s bad ENOUGH. considering how fucking awful he is

[max-nolastname]

I’m watching avatar the last airbender with a 10 year old and what a joy it is to watch them fall in love with it. It reminds me of what atla is really and truly about: laughing at sokka’s struggles and happily yelling, “Appa!!” whenever he appears on screen

#Just finished the storm #they were like ‘why did zukos dad banish him’ and I said smth like ‘because he didn’t think he was a good son” #And then they asked ‘why didn’t zuko fight back’ and I said ‘because he loves his dad. Would you fight ur dad’ #and they were like “no :(“ #atla #atla rewatch #every time sokka is on the screen my kid laughs #ah sokka….doomed by the narrative….narratively obligated to have a life full of pain and anguish to make some unseen audience laugh #I keep asking them hey what bender would you be if you could choose and they keep saying ‘uh duh the avatar’ #‘you can only pick on—‘ ‘the avatar 🙄’ #so refreshing to watch this with a kid like idk why I’m shocked this is a Kids Show made For Kids #But seeing what they pick up on what they laugh at what they like #It’s like watching the show for the first time #Anyways….the extent to which zuko is damian al ghul wayne coded…….effervescent #blue spirit next this kid doesn’t know what’s coming #after jet and iroh the kid asked a very confused ‘wait who are the bad guys I thought the fire nation were the bad guys’ #and I said ‘no one nation is full of just bad or good guys just like how no one person is filled with all bad and good.’ #and then I was like ohhhhh I see…..I see the point of this show now

[theredheaded-stuff]

After the Batfam meets Athanasia, Duke or Tim asks the wrong question:

Tim/Duke: “So…who’s older?”

Damian & Athanasia: I am..*looks at each other and glares, both their eyes glow* No, I AM!!!!! *lunges at each other (but it isn’t serious)*

And maybe if Mara’s with them she’ll explain that “Auntie Talia likes teasing them and never tells either of them who was born first to keep them guessing”

Talia and them have this sort of thing where they try to guess or assume which of the two of them is the older twin, and Talia only leaves hints that say Damian is the older twin but then leaves hints that Athanasia is the older twin. Like a fun little game between the 4 of them-it’s one of the few normal things they had in the League

So how does the Batfam react to this?

I loved this with all my heart

Ra's and the others league members probably did leave hints too, but the point is that they actually don't know who did born first, so everyone keep guessing and leaving hints to the one they think is the oldest twin

Talia is enjoying the chaos she created

Both Jason and Mara knows who born first and uses it to blackmail then but never say wich one of them did.

#damian wayne #athanasia al ghul #batfamily #jason al ghul #damian al ghul #talia al ghul #talia is a good momma #al ghuls #damian and athy are twins #batkids #dc #jason is the confused older brother who lost memories in some point of his life and now just agreed with whatever the kids says

[hollowwhisperings]

I FOUND THE THING!!! CASS IS BACK IN THE FAMILY I AM SCREECHING.

Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, Episode 1.

#batfam #cassandra cain #batman's canonical favourite child #i do not accept alt takes #cass is bruce's favourite child because she is Everybody's Favourite #cass does not go off to say she has no batdad like dick did #cass has never been murdered like jason was #cass has never done exceedingly morally grey micromanaging of his friends&fam for A Greater Good like tim does #cass has never genuinely attempted to kill her siblings like damian introduced himself through doing #cass is not an in-law like babs #bruce has never failed cass in the ways he has failed steph #cassandra cain is bruce's comfort child bc he understands her needs and thus has never seriously screwed up as a parent for her #bruce has hugely screwed up to varying degrees of varying canonicity with every other one of his kids #but not cass #mostly bc they kept retconning her existence BUT MY POINT STANDS #that cass is also my favourite character in the DCU totally has nothing to do with my unbiased acknowledgement of this status

[tacagen]

the first meme i ever made in this fandom. still sums it up perfectly

#eobard thawne #professor zoom #reverse flash #the flash #i cannot express how much i love his constant deaths #button and flashpoint beyond are my favorite 🥰 #no fucking explanation. just a corpse that seemingly spawned in a random location as a bad omen. #bonus points to whatever beef wayne family has with an unrelated yellow rat prick throughout multiple timelines/universes #damian should be next to kill thawne imo. wouldnt even look ooc or too dumb of a death. like the kid almost unalived wally once

[starlooove]

You guys think Duke and Damian would be insecure about wearing skirts and dresses and ur wrong

#they don’t even see it as a big deal or statement it’s just something they do #Kon also! but this ain’t abt him #not that seeing it as a big deal or statement is bad btw it’s quite the opposite imo #but like I think Duke was a cosplay kid and the transition from wearing dresses for the cosplay to just doing it irl was seamless #and I don’t think Damian has any shame in his femininity in general #Damian appreciates Duke bc even tho he loves the support he gets from his other family members it feels a bit like coddling sometimes #Duke is not afraid to say Damian’s skirt is ugly #it’s not discouraging him dick it’s prompting him to make better choices 🙄🙄🙄 #btw you don’t understand how much Duke and Damian rag on eachothers clothes #like I stand by fashion icon Duke but we all make mistakes and Damian is very happy to point them on #damian will never be angrier that dramatic eye looks fell outta style btw #what is with this soft glam shit?? the POINT is to look different if he wants to look like himself he just won’t wear makeup 🙄 #Duke wants to strangle him

[roobylavender]

one thought before i disappear again but i really fail to understand damian fans' logic or interaction with canon on any level like your entire engagement with him as a character relies on a bastardization of every person around him. i don't see what worth there is in comparing how dick and bruce are comparatively written as parental figures in damian's life when your primary basis for analysis is canon from a writer who believes (1) dick shouldn't be in a relationship with kory bc he's happy-go-lucky and hates drama; and (2) bruce's life as a hero naturally culminates in fascism. neither of these are good faith takes on the characters involved so how can you place any value in how either of them are portrayed to interact with damian by way of that. and obv this doesn't even get into the plethora of talia issues which i have essayed about to the point of exhaustion. like idk i get that i can't make people hate a character obv lol and for many damian fans that attachment is there bc they read about him when they were young but i still don't really understand what there is about damian to be invested in once you're an adult who realizes he is holistically built on character assassination and racist stereotypes that he is inseparable from. like you can't really analyze his interactions with anyone without the context for those interactions being shoddy writing of someone else and i know that can happen in comics a lot but it happening in isolation is different from it forming the entire basis for a character

#to be deleted #like idk the parental comparisons wrt damian make my eye twitch. you are arguing about bastardizations this is USELESS.. #the fact that people genuinely believe bruce being written as an abusive asshole who would tell his child to his face that he doesn't like #him or treat him like an alienable object bc he didn't raise him himself and was turned into an animalistic assassination is just #so deeply insane to me like i get people don't like bruce sometimes it upsets me sure but the reasons are there but this just #feels so extreme bc it's literally built on the most egregious bastardization of bruce ever that refuses to even #acknowledge how deeply he loves and wants to help children not to mention how excited he was when talia was pregnant #and to be honest. to be HONEST. new teen titans dick would not have been able to stand damian at all #they do have some of that snark and dick is clearly annoyed with him when he has to take damian under his wing but like #it's ridiculously tame compared to how new teen titans dick would have reacted to someone so loath to team work #dick went to bruce's house when jason died and asked point blank why bruce put an incompetent kid out in the field #he's severely poor when it comes to tact and i'm not saying developing a relationship with damian would have been impossible but #it would have taken time and it would have taken time bc of DICK needing to adjust. not the other way around #dick is good at being a leader and taking charge when all the parts of a machine work in synchrony #what he's not good at is being faced with deviations from expectations esp when they cross the line with his morals #idk i know this is starting to sound like a bruce apologist dick hate post but it's really not i promise i just #i feel like people deliberately misunderstand their demeanors and expectations ESP in context of how they're written with damian #and bc when they're written with damian is at a time in dc comics where their respective character trajectories are practically #opposite to what they were twenty years ago rather than feeling like any kind of natural progression