#I've seen the Lego Batman Movie and read the webtoon

[thewritingowl]

One thing I've noticed as I've gotten further into the DPxDC fandom is that people don't believe me anymore when I tell them I don't consume DC media.

Like, I'll be like, "Oh I don't really know much about the DC universe" which is true! Most of my knowledge is from fandom osmosis and various wiki dives I've done for the sake of my own fanfic. Even then, my knowledge tends to be very batman specific because that's the niche that I've found myself just cozying on up into.

But then I'll be talking with one of my irl friends and they'll mention something about batman or one of the robins and I go off about the things I've learned (like according to the batman wiki APPARENTLY Duke might be immortal????? Like what the fuck????) and they'll go, "Wow you know a lot about Batman, huh?"

and I have to sit there being like, none of this knowledge is knowledge I gained legitimately. I was just trying to enjoy some fanfic of my comfort media from when I was a child and suddenly I found a Danny Phantom/Batman crossover fic and now I've written over 100K words for a fandom in which I've never consumed content and whose other half I have not watched since I was a literal child.

My friends are out here being like, "Wow, Eli, you must be a fan of DC!" and like, I can't just TELL them that I only can bring myself to enjoy DC media in this very specific context because the fandom itches a particular area of my brain that has not been scratched in a long time. Like, I'm not MAD that I've ended up in these predicaments, I'm just constantly living in a state of wondering when do I stop denying that I know a lot about Batman and accept that I've become a fan of Batman media in the least legitimate possible way.

IDK if this makes any sense, it's just a thought I had while I was working on my one shot for day 6 of DP/DC Week. Also like, it feels very weird to just throw my thoughts out into the void like this when I've only really interacted with other DP/DC crossover fans via my own fanfics and other ao3 comment sections so like please excuse my general awkwardness as I shout into the void that is tumblr.

#random thoughts to spew to the void #dc x dp #dp x dc #dp dc crossover #dp x dc crossover #All the people who are like ‟I've never seen Danny Phantom before but have this DP/DC crossover fanfic anyways‟ I love you so much #Normalize making fanfic for shows you've never seen #Just go solely off of the fandom's vibes #Our canon now #I do constantly worry though that eventually people will call me out for being a 'fake fan' #Despite making it abundantly clear that I have not consumed much DC media #Like okay I guess I'm exaggerating when I say none #I've seen the Lego Batman Movie and read the webtoon #But the rest of my dc knowledge? #Straight from you all and wiki dives #Though sucks for you all #I have not written this much in this amount of time in so long #I may be a secret fake fan but y'all can't get rid of me now

[excessively-english-jd]

Hi. What comics would you suggest I start with to get into the BatFam? I've been following you for years and seeing you reblog BatFam stuff has got me interested but there's so much content, I wouldn't know where to being. I've only seen the Christian Bale batman and also Lego batman and teen titans, and Robin is my favourite in TT.

I'm going to be honest with you - I don't tend to follow many full Batman or Batfam comics. The characterisation, art, and plots vary massively even within single runs and I don't always like them. I tend to watch more of the animated media (DC's animated movies and series tend to be REALLY good) but those are usually very Batman focused with not as much of the rest of the fam. When I do read comics, it's usually single issues or plot threads within a run, rather than a full series.

I got into the Batfam mainly through the DCAMU Batman films - Son of Batman, Batman vs Robin, Bad Blood, and Hush. The Titans films in the DCAMU, Justice League vs Teen Titans and Judas Contract, also feature Dick and Damian pretty heavily, and they appear frequently in the larger Justice League focused films too. Dick and Damian are the only Robins to appear in this universe, but it was my stepping stone.

However, The Wayne Family Adventures is a REALLY good comic on WebToons, which is much closer to the fan content that I tend to enjoy for BatFam. You can either read it there for free, or pay to get comics a few weeks earlier. If you like the kind of things I reblog here, WFA is definitely the place to start. I cannot recommend it enough.

After that my recommendation would be the Supersons comics, if you're a fan of Damian like me. They're fun, they're cute, it's sadly a pretty short run but it's really nice.

Grayson (2014) is meant to be a really good Dick Grayson comic run, I've got a few volumes but haven't actually read them yet. But a lot of people recommend it. I've also heard good things about the most recent Nightwing run.

Tim's first solo Robin run is meant to be pretty decent, if you don't mind older style comics. From my understanding TT's Robin tends to be closer to Tim than Dick in-comics, so possibly checking out his stuff is a good idea. Young Justice comics are good for Tim as well, there's at least one run I know is meant to be good but I can't remember which it is now.

Red Hood And The Outlaws is really good for Jason content, unfortunately it's discontinued. Under The Hood is also a good run for Jason, it's where they brought him back.

Outside of comics: watch Young Justice, it's really good and has a bunch of Batfam in it, including ALL FOUR ROBINS PLUS OTHERS!! Admittedly they don't all get as much screentime, but they exist!! Batman The Animated Series, including its movies, is some of the BEST Batman content you can get. Dick is there, and in later seasons you get Tim-who's-actually-basically-Jason. There are also comic tie ins (Batman: The Adventures Continue). Similarly, Justice League Animated has some good Batman content, though little to no fam appearances. Check out pretty much any DC animated Batman film, and you'll get some interesting stuff: particularly Batman: Under The Red Hood (and its interactive version, Death In The Family) and Gotham by Gaslight. Justice League Dark has the funniest Batman content you will ever see.

And, if you want more proper comic recs, you might want to find other Batfam blogs and see if any of them actually read more comics 😅😅 I can give you fic recs, though, if you ever want those, lmao.

#batman #batfam #if you have any particular comic recs feel free to reblog or drop them in the replies #ask