#andre cipriani

[dieantik]

“gotham’s light is its truth. and truth makes any foundation stronger”

> here’s my signal & we are robin piece for @gothamcityunmasked !! ☀️

the leftover sale (INCLUDING! the duke thomas bookmark!! featuring this piece!!!) is available now while supplies last :0 🦇💫

#THEYRE MY LITTLE GUYS MY LITTLE SCRUNKLIES #literally ignore all these character tags im so sorry that im methodical like this #gotham city unmasked #duke thomas #signal #the signal #we are robin #riko sheridan #isabella ortiz #izzy ortiz #daxton chill #dax chill #andre cipriani #dre cipriani #the tiniest troy walker ever #batfamily #batfam #dc #dc comics #dc fanart #art

[mattiebluebird]

Yk that post that's like ‘signal is the spiritual successor to nightwing’ bc I DO & IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT NON-STOP.

And the comics pretty much confirm it (To Me) in Grayson #15.

So in this issue each of the Robins, minus Steph (RIP Steph) get paired off with one of the We Are Robin gang and give them their own advice on what it means to be Robin.

Tim—whose main problem with this whole thing is that they don't know these kids, how can they trust them?—gets paired with Andre Cipriani, a mob kid whose dad was murdered by a rival gang when he was eight years old. Tim trains Dre by having him fight blindfolded. He tells Dre that being a Robin is about truth and investigation, which makes sense, right? Tim became a Robin by figuring out Batman and Robin’s secret identity (keep this in mind, all the Robins’ advice links to their origin).

To be a Robin, you have to understand what you don't know. And then you must seek to know it. You must always ask: how can I see into the dark? Batman once told me, being a Robin can be summarized into one word: investigation.

These two were an interesting choice to pair up. I would've thought they'd put Dre with Jason, given their violent tendencies—Dre is smart, but at this point in the comics doesn't strike me as particularly investigative. Then again, right after this arc he goes undercover in a gang, so maybe he learned something?

Speaking of learning something: at first I thought they should've paired Dre with Steph (#teamcriminaldads lmao), and while that would be an interesting team, Dre did learn from Tim. If Riko were present in this issue, she would've been a good fit for Steph, as she idolizes the Batgirls and Steph was both a Batgirl and a Robin. Plus, Steph and Riko are both brave & have mean streaks, something that Riko has trouble showing because of her shyness. Steph’s advice probably would've been along the lines of “being a Robin is about defiance”.

Besides, if Tim and Dre weren't paired up, we never would've gotten this interaction.

— You like Liszt.

— What?

— Franz Liszt. The composer. You play the piano. I looked you up. People who play the piano like Liszt.

Points to Tim for the most autistic small talk ever. ‘You like this, which I know because I researched you in a totally non-creepy way.’ Amazing. 10/10.

Dax gets paired with Jason. They're interesting parallels. Dax is the inventor/mechanic of the team, but also sort of the wild card with very strong morals, like Robin!Jason in a way. Like Jason, Dax’s father is (implied to be) a crook, though they took different moral directions because of that—Dax is completely opposed to gun violence.

Anyways, Jason's main reservation is that you can't have Robin without Batman. And I guess he decided to solve this issue by just becoming Batman & making the WAR crew relive his origin story by stealing tires from the mob.

Y'know, kid, Batman once told me, being a Robin comes down to one word: confidence.

Jason Todd, the Crime Alley street kid who had the balls (and the skills) to steal Batman's tires and get away with it. Sort of. Confidence, indeed.

Damian's problem with the Robins is, of course, that they're weak, and strength (according to him) can't be trained; you either got it or you don't. He gets paired with Izzy, who probably has the toughest home life of the WAR crew. Her brother's in a gang (that he regularly beats her up for not joining), and she's failing all her classes because she's too busy working night shifts at her mom's restaurant to sleep or do homework.

So Damian's advice to her is pretty apt:

Batman told me that there is one word that captures the essence of being Robin. Suffering.

Damian and Izzy are both outwardly surly, stubborn characters who have had to fight to survive. Notably, Izzy is the first of the crew to almost resort to killing/guns (in WAR #6). She's also probably the best fighter in the WAR crew after Dre and Riko. She does dancing, gymnastics, judo, and kick-boxing.

And, finally, we reach the point of this whole post: Dick & Duke.

Duke deduces Dick's secret identity in like .5 seconds.

— I've solved a lot of hard in my time. This ain't hard.

— No. No, it wasn't hard. Not for you. Again, Duke Thomas?

Dick: You discovered my secret identity!

Duke: What? Like its hard?

After scoping out their strengths and weaknesses, Dick sends the Robins on individual assignments: Dre and Tim to investigate, Dax and Jason to cause a distraction, Izzy and Damian to apprehend Robo-Batman/Gordon.

Dick brings Duke on to a roof for a stake-out, where they have this exchange.

— You think only the originals understand how to be Robin?

— Nope.

— Yeah. Me neither.

Then it turns out that Dick actually turned them all in to the cops because he wanted them out of harm's way. He's been watching Duke for a while and he knows he's scared of heights, so he led him onto a roof he knew he couldn't get off of. Just before they part ways, Dick imparts his Crucial Robin Advice:

Batman once wais to me that being a Robin is about one thing. Family.

(I find this whole thing super ironic considering Dick's whole aside concerning the Robins was the fact that it doesn't matter if people know you're manipulating them as long as it works.)

The point of Robin? Family. Dick and Duke are alike in this way. Dick only became Robin to get justice for his parents’ murder. Duke only joined WAR to find his parents.

Their origins and motivations are similar, and so are the characters themselves. Dick is often called the world's second-greatest detective next to Batman himself. Duke is a child prodigy—one of our first introductions to his character is when he tried to solve the Riddler's riddles in Zero Year. He loves puzzles. He's an amazing detective.

And, of course, one of the things we know and love about Nightwing is his inherent kindness, something that's present throughout Duke’s entire character arc. Even their hero names, Signal and Nightwing, are parallels of each other (light and dark). Batman’s first sidekick and his last. And, like Nightwing, Signal formed his own team (WAR) with no help from the others (except Alfred ig).

Of course, the entire point of Signal’s character is that he's not just a Robin. He's something different. It reminds me of that post that's like—’poor dick grayson, originator of a legacy he never meant to be a legacy, crushed with guilt and jealousy when he looks at all those who came after’. To me at least, it makes sense that Nightwing’s successor would've never been a Robin at all.

#tumblr ate this post half-way thru so posting was delayed #duke thomas #we are robin #dick grayson #nightwing #dc #andre cipriani #daxton chill #dc comics #riko sheridan #batfam #izzy ortiz #damian wayne #tim drake #jason todd #Stephanie brown #robin war

[dailydccomics]

We Are Robin art by Lee Bermejo 

#duke thomas #lee bermejo #dc comics #robin #riko sheridan #daxton chill #andre cipriani #troy walker #isabella ortiz #dc #comic book art #cover art #we are robin

[goatsghost]

grayson #15

“being a robin…”

#grayson 2014 #robin war #tim drake #jason todd #damian wayne #daxton chill #andre cipriani #isabella ortiz #ggw liveblog #iconic panels

[its-a-rocky-path]

We are robin goes so hardd. Line art under the cut:

They just make me jghofebwhiobvfwebhvfewp

#digital art #art #we are robin #duke thomas #dc #dc comics #daxton chill #riko sheridan #andre cipriani #isabella ortiz #troy walker

[iwantofall]

gradation map stuff

plus an alt ver

#acedraws #marvel #dc #amadeus cho #kevin masterson #prince of power #thunderstrike #little prince #batman #we are robin #andre cipriani #the third one is an old one i messed arnd w

[obscure-batfam-bracket]

Andre Cipriani WE ARE ROBIN

#submission #andre cipriani #dre-b-robbin #we are robin #propaganda

[bobbinalong]

i can’t help but think that the “we are robin” stuff would’ve been more fun if it had been a genuine uprising of gotham’s youth following all the joker bullshit from the start. alfred can still notice and aid them (maybe after troy’s death), but i don’t understand why he had to be the one to incite this. i mean, it becomes a larger movement in robin war, anyway, so why not start out that way in the first place?

#i don't find it hard to imagine that there's kids inspired by robin #and especially after what the joker put gotham through i wouldn't be surprised if some of them went out there #duke can still be just searching for his parents in the beginning and fall in with the slowly forming robin group by accident #maybe they (try to) safe him like they canonically do #they're banding together because there's safety in numbers and it's not like /they/ have batman to train them #batman is another matter because it's not bruce and that could play very well into this too #i don't think damian's around either? #like isn't this happening around his year of atonement? #so there's a vacuum left in gotham anyway. not hard to imagine some kids trying to fill it #dc #dc comics #batman #robin #we are robin #duke thomas #izzy ortiz #riko sheridan #troy walker #andre cipriani #dax chill

[latinotimdrake]

the rule is for every negative post I have to make a positive one so

batfamily fic recs that aren't just the same 5 white or whitewashed guys

amber-lit by Crystalinastar : Duke Thomas & the We Are Robin gang (Riko Sheridan, Isabella Ortiz, Daxton Chill, Andre Cipriani), AU, future fic, 1.3k words

In a world where Batman never returned and his family scattered, the We Are Robin movement has grown and become the city’s new protectors. Now older, they have a conversation around a kitchen counter.

do you ever think of me and my two hands by Le_tap_22 : Stephanie Brown, Talia al Ghul, Damian Wayne, character study, 681 words

Stephanie has never thought, and will never think, of Damian as her child. He’s a child, sure. Bruce’s child, Dick’s child, Talia’s child. But not hers. He’s her little asshole younger brother. But sometimes when she sits beside him— like now under the soft light of the sun shining through the curtain in the Manor’s library as she watches him write a letter to send to his mother— she feels a deep, almost indescribable emotion well up inside her. Not for him, but for Talia. Or, Damian and Stephanie sit together in the Manor’s library, two opposite halves of similar pictures.

Read These Roses by Kalinjdra : Tam Fox/Cassandra Cain, soulmate AU, 3.6k words

One of Tam's most prized possessions is a book on the language of flowers, that her father had gifted her in the third grade. The page for belladonna is wrinkled thin from how many times its been flipped open to, rhodohedron has had it's dog-eared corner torn off and and coriander sticks out from where it had been slightly torn off out of the binding. Boneset has long since fallen out and remains taped to the inside of the binding. These are the flowers of pain and grief.

A House Divided by Capucine : Cassandra Cain, Batgirl #19 canon divergence, 997 words

Batgirl does not condone killing. When a murderer is scheduled to be executed, this principle is put to the test--and the aftermath of her decision will change everything.

gotham city, 2021 by pendulum_north : Minhkhoa Khan, Bao Pham, Cassandra Cain, hurt/comfort, 2.3k words

The boy was shaking, practically vibrating out of his skin, when Minhkhoa had found him, tucked himself away in dark recesses of the half-constructed building.

not mutually exclusive by majorlachdown : Duke Thomas & Bruce Wayne, hurt/comfort, grief/mourning, 4k words

Bruce turned to properly face Duke. “I’m sorry I wasn’t here when you were awake, but if you want to talk now….” Duke groaned, falling back onto the pillows. “Aren’t you supposed to be the emotionally constipated adult who just leaves things alone?” “I’m trying this new thing out,” Bruce said dryly, “where I try to be supportive of emotionally constipated children.” (Duke is kinda going through it. He has to accept he doesn't have to go through it alone.)

Dance by rakketyrivertam : Cassandra Cain, character study, half drabble, 50 words

Cassandra, described.

necessary reminders by Quillium : Duke Thomas, character study, 5.1k words

Duke, as Signal becomes known and as Duke becomes part of the Wayne family.

Like Father by Wisetypewriter : Sasha, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, 3.1k words

Jason, Dick privately recalled, was ironically the one that took after Bruce's adoption addiction the most.

Note: this one does have equal parts for Jason and Dick, but it's about Sasha and I really like how it follows up on her character. She is heavily defined by her relationship with Jason in canon, and I like what this fic does with that.

#fic recs #rec list #batfamily #cassandra cain #duke thomas #sasha (scarlet)

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Sidequest: The Viper Pit [snippet]

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/UL3Co1V

by incorrectbatfam

Duke buys a d20 from a mysterious pop-up shop, transforming an ordinary homebrew campaign into the beginning of We Are Robin’s next adventure.

~

Batfamily Week 2023 day 5: Fantasy AU | Friendship/Team Bonding | “There’s more of you?!”

Words: 3109, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 5 of Batfamily Week 2023

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, We Are Robin (Comics), DCU (Comics)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Duke Thomas, Isabella Ortiz, Andre Cipriani, Riko Sheridan, Daxton Chill, Bruce Wayne, Original Characters, Background & Cameo Characters

Relationships: Daxton Chill & Andre Cipriani & Isabella Ortiz & Riko Sheridan & Duke Thomas, Isabella Ortiz/Duke Thomas, Riko Sheridan & Duke Thomas, Isabella Ortiz & Duke Thomas, Minor or Background Relationship(s)

Additional Tags: Fluff, Humor, Adventure, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Canon-Typical Violence, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Out of Character, Not Canon Compliant, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Dungeons & Dragons, Inspired by Monty Python, Alternate Universe - Jumanji Fusion, Inspired by Jumanji, Side Quests, Board Games, Writing Exercise, Snippets, Batfamily Week 2023

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/UL3Co1V

#IFTTT #bruce wayne #batman #the dark knight #the cape crusader #gotham #dc universe #ao3 #ao3feed

[autisticcassandracain]

Society if DC acknowledged the importance of the Robin Collective and the themes of We Are Robin beyond the initial series rather than immediately ditching the themes and neutering/massacaring most of the characters:

[Image: 3D rendering of a utopia.]

#My posts #Duke thomas #Riko sheridan #isabella ortiz #Daxton chill #Andre cipriani

[mattiebluebird]

I keep seeing a lot of posts saying that Duke started a gang, but like. No He Didn't. The Robins existed before Duke ever joined them -- and Duke only joined because of Alfred's interference. The We Are Robin comic starts with Duke searching for his parents and stumbling onto a Court of Owls meeting, then the Robins show up and save him at Alfred's behest. Duke didn't start a gang, the gang found & adopted him.

#he also didnt really lead them? like he had his moments but they were mostly a team #anyways small nitpick but saying duke started a gang is kind of a disservice to the other WAR members #if anything i think its implied that WAR was its own thing that Alfred co-opted via cryptic messages to 1 of its best members #(by pretending to b her fav hero... yeah its weird) #we are robin #duke thomas #dc #dc comics #daxton chill #andre cipriani #izzy ortiz #riko sheridan #batfam #alfred pennyworth #robin war

[dailydccomics]

in case you didn't hear, they're Robin Batman & Robin Eternal #4

#duke thomas #riko sheridan #isabella ortiz #dc comics #robin #batman & robin eternal #dc #daxton chill #andre cipriani #we are robin #comics #batfam

[dukethomas]

Duke, pointing at the coffee machine: So. Who broke it? I’m not mad, I just wanna know.

Riko: ...I did. I broke it.

Duke: No. No, you didn’t. Dre?

Dre: Don’t look at me, look at Izzy!

Izzy: What?! I didn’t break it!

Dre: Huh, that’s weird. How’d you even know it was broken?

Izzy: Because it’s sitting right in front of us, and it’s broken.

Dre: Suspicious.

Izzy: No it’s not!

Dax: Well, if it matters, probably not, but Shug was the last one to use it.

Shug: Liar! I don’t even drink that crap!

Dax: Oh yeah? Then what were you doing in front of the coffee cart earlier?

Shug: I use the wooden stirrers to push back my cuticles. Everyone knows that, Dax!

Riko: Okay, let’s not fight. I broke it. Let me pay for it, Duke.

Duke: No! Who broke it?

Izzy: You know… Troy’s been really quiet.

Troy: REALLY?!

[everyone starts arguing]

Duke: I broke it. It burned my hand, so I punched it. I predict ten minutes from now, they’ll be at each other’s throats with war paint on their faces and a pig head on a stick. Good. It was getting a little chummy around here.

#source: parks and rec #we are robin #we are robin incorrect quotes #duke thomas #riko sheridan #izzy ortiz #isabella ortiz #dre cipriani #andre cipriani #dax chill #daxton chill #shug #shug-r #troy walker #haha get it he's been quiet bc in canon he's dead- #dc comics

[tzigone]

We Are Robin - futures

Since DC doesn’t seem to see see fit to do anything with anyone except Duke, I’m soliciting your headcanons for their futures.

I think Izzy might become a translator (or something else that takes advantage of her skill with languages).  No matter what, I think she should get an education and move away.  From neighborhood, at least, but I’m supportive of adult heroes leaving Gotham and moving to their own towns.  And I like the idea of her continuing heroing. I liked her with Duke, but I’m open to it being a high school romance that didn’t last, as well.

Anyone else got any ideas on these kids? Dax and Dre were particularly forgotten.

#Duke Thomas #Riko Sheridan #Isabella Ortiz #Daxton Chill #Andre Cipriani #We Are Robin

[obscure-batfam-bracket]

#andre cipriani #dre-b-robbin #batman #batfam #bracket #poll #we are robin