Time traveller Dick Grayson from the future: "Oh wow, you guys are fighting Mr.Freeze right now, I kind of remember that actually. Where are you at by now?"
Tim, figuring there's no harm: "Uh, we are kind of stuck on his location, don't suppose you'd help out?"
Dick, who has completely forgotten: "Sorry, I think that'd mess with something or another. Just know that you do figure it out." pats Tim on the back
Tim: "Great, very helpful. Also, in your time, does Freeze ever stop?"
Dick: "Stop what?"
Tim: "Trying to defrost his wife? Honestly, at this point I'd have given up, I can't imagine anyone that's worth it like that.
Dick, mentally telling himself: *do not think about the clones right now, do not think about the clones right now--*
You know, i've been thinking about the way Batman keeps danger and weapons so close to his body, so tight to himself, practically tied around his neck, that joker often has no way left but to grab for him if he wants something Batman has. Batman does not want to be left out of Joker's plans, his story, he wants in on Joker's narrative by any means he can make it happen. It's such particular "you take me with you wherever you are, it's your punishment, just as it's my punishment to take you with me wherever i am" statement. Batman actively leaves no choice for Joker but to get very very close to him and claim him as part of his win or his loss. I mean,
he didn't have to. he could've put the key in one of his waist pouches, push it into the back of his left boot, he could've tied it around his bicep, i dont care— he could've done whateverthefuck with it. But he had to put it around his neck, and intentionally invite Joker to "come and get it". Something something classic cliche of the way lovers' bond is signified by a necklace-adjacent item and the way they interact with it; hold unto it, toss it, tie it around their necks, giving it back, not giving it back, necklaces as items of reverance and revenge. Something something a tie around neck being a sign of being claimed and owned,
i really wish more people would get into Scarecrow as a character outside of the "hot" iteration of him cillian murphy played in Batman Begins because honestly he's such a nothing character there. he's really just Ra'as' 5-minute-screentime-having lackey, but he's magnetic because come on. it's cillian murphy.
i just want to grab people by the hand and gently guide them over to all the other delightful interpretations of him. look, guys. he's from georgia. he has religious trauma of the evangelical-adjacent variety so heinous it would make catholic guilt look like the greener grass on the other side of the fence. he once drugged batman just to follow him around on patrol while he hallucinated all night to psychoanalyze him and attempt to convince him to retire. he also once made him chamomile tea. he may or may not have changed his own last name to crane in reference to the fact that he was bullied in school by being compared to ichabod crane. because he was built like a skellington. sometimes he just has a gun and uses this in place of his typical fear toxin gimmick. in one iteration he gets fired from being a university professor for firing a gun in the classroom to prove a point. he generally tends to condescend towards everyone, but seems to get along with fucking harley quinn of all people specifically despite the fact that you'd think her positive attitude would give him a hernia. he's an absolutely batshit individual. he's shockingly self-aware and chooses to be terrible despite being aware of how terrible he is. he thinks he's batman's therapist. please i am begg in g y ou i know his glittery blue eyes and submissive attitude in batman begins are appealing but please there's so much to love here i beg of you look at him
Updated version where I actually finished the ending and gave Dick proper screen time! All the changes are reflective of the actual changes to his outfit across the first year of issues (although they were fairly inconsistent within the issues themselves).
MO: I mean, you try your best to teach them the correct way of do things and they still go out every night and do whatever they want. Like some kind of vigilantes.
BW: Vigilantes? Do you work with Teenagers Vigilantes?
MO: Do I work with them? I have tons of them.
BW: Interesting... What do their parents think of it?
MO: The majority of them are oprhans, because of canon events, you know.
BW: Orphans??... That is... sad.
MO: Yeah.
BW, already printing adoption papers: In some totally unrelated question, where do you work and how do I get there?
batman x SOMETIMES YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE THAN TO WATCH SOMETHING GRUESOME OCCUR. YOU DON’T HAVE THE OPTION OF CLOSING YOUR EYES BECAUSE IT HAPPENS FAST AND ENTERS YOUR MEMORY. (jenny holzer)
RIP Andre Braugher 💙💙💙 Your portrayal as Captain Holt inspired and affected my life greatly, and led to me making many Batman comparisons and Batfam as B99 jokes. My art page wouldn’t be what it is today without you, and this page has literally saved my life.