If you like Batdad and the "Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent" tag, you should watch Batman (1966)
Seriously, Bruce smiles so often at Dick. When they go out for missions, he tells people they are going fishing to bond with his ward. And Dick gets so excited too. So yes, they are bonding, just not over fishing.
When Dick messes up or comes to wrong conclusions due to his emotions, Bruce is not upset by it at all. In fact, the complete opposite is true. He tells him that we are only human and allowed to be upset/selfish/etc. and has complete understanding.
He is guiding Dick towards the right answers and still humors him. When Bruce caught on that Joker was going to play the clown in the opera "Plagiacci" and that's where he was going to be, he gave Dick hints. And when Dick himself made the realisation, he exclaimed "Holy Ravioli!" to which Bruce responded "Warmer" even though it was clear that it was not meant as a question, but an exclamation. And then he said the answer "Plagiacci" at tge same time as Dick.
Another example is when Dick's Aunt Harriet is giving him piano lessons. Dick is awful at it, but Bruce is still smiling as he sits on the couch, reading the newspaper. And when she gets Dick to give him another piano lesson while him and Bruce are watching the news about Joker's defeat, Bruce smiles and winks at him.
So yeah. Please watch this show if this is something you like. You won't be disappointed
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Parking a little too close to the wall...
Batman (1966), "Hi Diddle Riddle"
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I think we, as a society, need to revert the Riddler back to the 1966 version where his riddles made no goddamn sense and yet Batman and Robin solved them anyway. Like, this is straight up a conversation from the 1966 movie:
Batman: Robin, listen to these riddles. Tell me if you interpret them as l do. One. What has yellow skin and writes?
Robin: A ball-point banana!
Batman: Right. Two. What people are always in a hurry?
Robin: Rushing people? Russians!
Batman: Right again. Now, what would you say they mean?
Robin: Banana. Russian. I've got it! Someone Russian is going to slip on a banana peel and break their neck!
Batman: Precisely, Robin!
I want more of that. Bring that back.
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A head canon I have for Jason is that his favorite rogue is Bookworm. Bookworm was really only ever in the 60’s show so he’s never canonically fought Jason to my knowledge but he’s basically the Riddler but for books instead of riddles. Any time Bookworm and Jason fight it basically devolves into book club so just like
I’m imagining Jason goes for his first battle with Bookworm as Red Hood and his comms cut out mid fight so Dick and Bruce run in for backup
And they kick down the door to try and free Jason
Only to see Jason and Bookworm sitting on the floor, drinking wine, and talking about the subtextual queer coding in Jane Eyre
yeah and he 100% gives him the same kind of treatment the bats give harley (in my head). knows he's harmless and will only act out if provoked, so he gives him the benefit of the doubt + trusts him to live freely 97% of the time. (he was also single-handedly the person who protested against him being put in arkham asylum for the rest of his life)
he genuinely meets up with bookworm over coffee, although partially to check in on him and make sure he's not going to begin a 100+ murder rampage again, he's also just having a chat with a friend about the book he recommended to him last time he had to hunt him down... and the political state of the world.
when he does find himself locked up, whether that be in a ward or arkham, although jason doesn't always visit (business and all) he always makes sure the facilities can provide him with something suitable to read.
news gets out to the bats about bookworm having a breakdown and going off the radar, and jason's more insistent than he's ever been when he says he's going after him alone. he truly believes he isn't evil by nature, and knows that all it takes to bring him down is a familiar face and a well-read intellectual conversation.
naturally when jason's out of reach and bruce + dick are tasked with stopping bookworm, they think it's going to be a piece of cake considering what they know about jason's history with catching him. but god are they so wrong. they get him in the end of course, but really have to take a second and ask themselves how the fuck jason not only enjoys working bookworm shifts, but has completely TAMED a rogue like that.
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Day 4 - making out in the Batmobile 🤭 yeah this is technically making out ON the Batmobile but shhh
also I can’t draw cars yet but I love the 1966 show’s Batmobile so voila
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Bill Mumy and Angela Cartwright from Lost in Space with Burt Ward from Batman on the 20th Century Fox Television lot (1966)
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Robin!Dick: We're flying you down to headquarters!
Penguin: On what charge, Boy Wonder?
Robin!Dick: Illegal umbrellas!
Batman: Assault and battery, disturbing the peace...
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