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dairy-farmer · 1 month

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My Thought(tm) of the Day! A Do-Over Verse! (o.o ) oh?

Yes! Tim. Glorious, brave, sexy. Dies in battle. It's the Big One, ya'll. A doomed timeline. Worst case scenario. Falling cities, few struggling survivers. The works.

Thing is? For each of them? That worst case scenario is DIFFERENT. Maybe one gets zombies. Another an alien invasion. A hell gate. Regardless, they survive. Fight and live on. Find The Rewind Clock.

A stopwatch that ticks backwards. One use. They.... they have so many regrets. Enemies are closing in. Bloodloss getting to them. They just want to see their family again. Be... better. Nicer to Tim. Save the world.

Click.

Time Rewinds ⏪.

And suddenly? Bruce is... sore. Not burned, parched, and cornered by literal cackling demons as the world burns. Not on his last leg. The last Wayne. The last hope of humanity, a species soon to finally die.

No. He's... exhausted. Wearing clothes he never wanted to see again. Stubble on his face and the ache of recent weeping in his throat. These are his mourning clothes. He's sitting at the Batcomputer. And checking the security feeds?

There is a determined, baby faced, young Timothy Drake... walking himself up the drive. A folder of damning evidence under his little arm.

Jason is dead and soon won't be. And Tim... he... he can start over.

He gets up. This time, he answers the door, instead of Alfred. Is serious when Tim lays out his case. Nods at the right moments. Tells him he's right.

Makes him Robin.

He's better this time. Gives feedback. Doesn't play mind games. Nurtures his brilliance. And Tim? Soaks it up. It burns Bruce, how easy it all could have been. The WARMTH Tim so freely offers. After so many mistakes? Bruce craves it like an addict.

But nothing could ever just be free, could it?

That damn end of the world scenario. He finally tracks it down. Has a MONTH left before Jason should be back. Only to get dragged into literal Hell along side Constantine and have to fight his way out. They close the damn gate. Forever.

It takes two months.

He's in pieces. Injured and still reeling from the horrors he's seen. But he has to try. Try to go get his son. Tim stops him. Keeps him from killing himself, trying to invade the heart of the League while half dead. But after the fires... all the fires... he's so cold. They JEERED and mocked him with his failures.

Like an Addict.

He needs to be closer. Closer and closer. Needs to cherish and be kind and SHOW Tim how much he means to him. But he can't! A lifetime if words trapped, refuse to break free, even now. The only time he's EVER been so intimate and soft is when he...

Wires not so much cross as long ago corroded. He NEEDS. He's kissing Tim's neck. Hands gentle. See? He CAN be gentle. Be tender and good. Not even taking for himself, just massaging muscles loose. Stroking soft, soft skin. Pulling close to cuddle, warm and precious, as he rubs and rubs until Tim comes apart under his gentle hands.

Tim clings so tight. Is punchdrunk and twitching. A first.

His Robin trusts him. Loves him. Is a curious, insatiable, lad. What new, unexpected, and pleasant thing is THIS? Tim let's him have so many firsts.

But what of Dick? Brother and Protecter of Timmeryly Innocence? He faced Vampires. Because of course it had to be sexy, sexy, Vampires. Frankly, he half expected it. But as they close in? He stands atop the hoard of every explosive left he could salvage and wonders if his family would have proud.

If this stupid stop watch will even work.

Where, exactly, he would have taken Timmers for a "Yay We Won!" Celebration dinner if they had, indeed, actually won. He misses pizza. And his friends. But most of all? His family.

Eat several hundred tons of chemical reactions, fuckers.

Click.

He's just finished unlocking a door he is VERY certain he sent a vampiric Deathstroke face first through. The door swings open aaaaand.... yep, that's his old apartment. What day is-?

Tim squeezes by him to start poking around.

Oh.

Dick stops caring. Tim is ALIVE. Smiling at him and joking. Dick feels floaty and far away. Let's Tim do as he pleases. And just... let's himself breathe. Feeling like he's wound too tight beneath his skin. Like at any moment a vampire will crash through a wall and ruin this beautiful dream.

Eventually, Tim notices.

He climbs into Dicks lap to hug him. Ground him. And... and something in Dick snaps. That heartbeat. That beautiful, beautiful heartbeat. Alive, alive, ALIVE. He's rolling them before he can think about it. Tim melting into his kisses. Then jerking and grabbing hold for dear life as he slides of the couch to his knees.

All but ripping anything that keeps his mouth from its goal. Spreading legs and holding them tight, so he can't wiggle free too escape how overwhelming it feels. Dick couldn't hold back if he wanted too.

And he really, really doesn't want too.

Tasting and swirling, sucking and fucking his tounge as deep as it'll go. Pinching and rubbing at that cute little clit. Sliding fingers DEEP to fuck and find and rub mercilessly against all his good spots.

If the apartment wasn't soundproofed, his neighbors would think he was murdering someone. Slowly.

He's so hard it hurts and can't bring himself to care. It's so GOOD to see Timmy sobbing on his tounge. Writhing on the fucking of his fingers, incoherently begging. The only thing that convinces him to STOP is when Tim's whines start sounding the wrong kind of desperate.

Fumbling blindly with a wet hand he jerks his sweats down and crawls up. Bends his sweet boy in half. He slides in so easy, after all the fingerfucking and orgasms. Timmy is so WET. Gushing.

It's perfect. He's perfect. Doesn't have to do a thing. Dick can lift him up easy, still impaled all precious and perfect on his cock, and carry him to the bedroom. Lay him down and work his cock in and out, sweet and gentle, of that poor over toyed with hole, until it becomes too much and he spills DEEP.

You just doze off, Tim. Let your big brother take care of clean up.

And so it goes~ Jason? Zombies. The jokes got old REAL fast. He blinks awake one step into Titans Tower. Changes plans. Catches his successor masterbating. Changes plans AGAIN. Since when was Tim-Tam capable of being horny? Who cares. It's been years by his view point and this is Hot.

He Dramatically Unmasks and pounds Tim through the mattress. Exits stage left, pursued by drugged up Half-Kryptonian.

Damian? About to die in the cold vacuum of space. Took the fight to them. Invade HIS planet, will you? Well uno reverse card mother fuckers. He's gonna invade YOU. ALARMING successfully too, they might add. That was their entire battle fleet.

WAS.

But, well, all men must die... etc etc. Death soliloquy. Or... you know... this stupid magical watch Jon insisted he bring. Meh. Might as wel- Click.

Mother Fucker. Jon was RIGHT. He must never be informed.

And... he forgot how Competently Sexy his Rival was. Shit. He was caught loo-! But Tim just? Grins? Says something about him finally "deciding to get along, huh"? W-what? What's happening. Why is he being pushed down onto a bench? Is this hazing?

Tim rides him dry. He may be a changed man. He can't feel his toes. What in the name of all that is small and fluffy is GOING ON!? Wasn't this supposed to be time travel? And of course, that's when he clocks the others acting Clearly Off.

The fuckers Be-Hornied his RIVAL! He's... something about that! He'll tell you when he can move again. Contemplated the virtues of matrimony with his long time Rival. But rest assured! There will be yelling!

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😍😍😍😍!!!! them all going back in time at different points and making their moves on tim, treating him nicer, more tender, not letting themselves be held back because they've denied themselves for so long and lost their tim already!!! bruce being the first followed by dick, jason, and damian who indulge and fuck tim and love him! and tim!!! loving his family so much and loving them in every way, letting them make their moves on him because this time around they love him and aren't afraid to show it!! all these versions of the bats who have lived through the loss of everything in an apocalypse and getting to live peaceful and happy lives with their tim!!!😍

#answered asks #asks #anonymous

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xxgoblin-dumplingxx · 1 year

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I love your writing ! If its not too much trouble can we get something with timmy ?

"Timmers, c'mon," Dick said, "she's a cutie. Go talk to her-"

"She's busy," Tim said blushing, looking down at the floor. Evidently, Barbara had a protegee of sorts. A Rookie librarian she was helping to break in or something. If that was a thing. Maybe some kind of intern?

But you were reshelving books. Looking content. And he really liked what that looked like. Chill and just vibing. Minding your business. He really didn't want to interrupt. It was weird, talking to girls when they were working.

Unless it was like a coffee shop or something where they could snark at you. But. Here? You were supposed to be nice.

"What's up with Timmy?" Barbara stage whispered.

"He thinks your new girl is cute," Dick explained over his protests that he was fine.

"Y/N?"

"Is that her name?" Dick said grinning.

"Dick-"

"Hey Y/N?" he called, "could you help us?"

You look up and put the book you were holding back on the cart until you could find the proper place for it and lope over, smiling. "Can I-"

"My little brother is looking for a book of maps," Dick said quickly, giving Tim a little shove as he clapped him on the shoulder, "Can you help him?"

"I sure," you answer, confused, looking from Barbara and Dick to Tim who was pointedly not looking at you. "They're this way-" You trail off and start that direction, confused.

"Maps?" Babs asked, raising and eyebrow.

"Lots of dark corners," Dick said grinning, " 'member that time-"

"No, and neither do you."

#Tim Drake #Tim Drake x reader #ask answered #librarian!reader #minors dni

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yasmindifference · 2 years

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transfemme Tim/Caroline Hill AU?

I took this to mean an AU where Tim transitions to female and adopts the name Caroline - sorry if you meant something else, anon! No hard feelings? ♡

1. The rest of the bats are the absolute last people in Caroline's life to know. Not because she has any worry about them being transphobic or not supporting her, but because she knows they'll support her too much and it'll get super old super fast. She's got a headache just thinking about the inevitable competitions over who can drop the phrase "my sister/daughter Caroline" in public the most.

(Spoiler: it's Bruce.)

2. That said, she's always been pretty casual about traditional ideas of gender expression, so she sees no need to be particularly secretive about it, either. Nobody suspects anything when she adds a skirt to her Red Robin costume.

3. Jason is the first bat she tells. Partly because they've been getting closer for a while, but mostly because....okay, it's dumb, she's weirdly embarrassed about it, but. He's always making so many plays on "Tim" (Timbo, Timberly, Timmers) and she needs to know what he'll do with Caroline, okay?

(Answer: so much. She gets called Caribou, Carobit, Carrot, and Carrie in the first ten minutes after telling him.)

(It would've been five minutes, but Jason had to take a few to be honored/secretly super overwhelmed that she trusted him enough to tell him. When she hasn't even told Dick or Bruce yet!!)

(Jason does ask whether Caroline wants him to keep calling her Tim, etc. in front of the other bats, but she says no, she's ready for them to know.)

(Funnily enough, the new range of Caroline-related nicknames don't clue anyone in after all - they're too used to Jason having his fun. It's not until he refers to Red Robin as "she" more than once that anyone's like "wait, what?")

4. Caroline has dedicated a lot of her life to The Mission and The Cover and The Wayne Name, but she's not willing to let this be part of that. There's no PR campaign for this, no focus groups. She legally changes her name, drops a press release announcing her transition, and calls it a day. She has zero interest in defending her choice to be who she is and even less care about "how the public is taking it."

5. Going super public the way she does is actually an amazing confidence booster? Not for how people react (again, she doesn't care), but so much of her life is secrecy that being honest is a weird rush. She wants to ride that rush for as long as possible, so for a long while after her announcement, she goes super feminine. Yes she does get up super early to do elaborate hair/makeup styles, yes she does wear the impractical heels and tiny skirts, yes she does wear the hell out of some jewelry. Eventually she goes back to her old "too lazy to do anything but roll out of bed and pull on what's clean" ways, but it takes a while.

(Jason is really thankful when she goes back to jeans and tees because her dolled up look is super distracting.)

(Only it turns out her simple ponytail is just as bad. He can't win.)

#meme response #jaytim #trans tim #jaycaroline #yasmin's adventures in writing

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nervousladytraveler · 9 months

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Thank you for your answer re Poldark beach scene. I was confused because it seems ET delivers the line differently from the script and says "do you Not want her?" instead of "do you want her." When R says "no" doesn't that mean according to grammar rules a double negative turns it into a positive, saying "yes" he does want her? Also it's too bad they cut the two great WG lines from book that D says to R. ("when your done" and "your mistress")

Thanks @anonymous for the follow up. I had never read the scripts before and only got S2 after you sent me the ask. It was fascinating and fun to read them then watch the scene a few times. Some dialogue cut that was missed (I do love that line when Demelza refers to Ross's mistress) but I was surprised at how much meaning and nuance the actors bring to the lines. And of course the direction and editing are other factors that turns the scripts into a scene. I read somewhere that the producer Damian Timmer is responsible for a lot of the cuts and final story progression of S2.

#poldark #ask nervousladytraveler #Poldark S2

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13phantom13angel13 · 2 years

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Cheeky

A/N: Here is the finished product of the other prompt for Dick and Tim. I apologize that it was late! My dumb self didn’t read the prompt correctly 😭 my apologies and I hope you enjoy!

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Everyone in the manor knew Dick was a ray of pure sunshine. He always did whatever it took to make people smile. Whether it was telling silly jokes, messing around with people, or just playing harmless pranks in general. He just wanted to make people smile. But, sometimes, it backfired spectacularly.

Tuesday of last week was one of those days. He was being a sassy little shit. Making sarcastic and witty quips to almost everything Tim had to say. After each remark, he would grin at Tim. Tim just stared at him blankly, not wanting to give him the satisfaction of knowing his words were getting to him. Tim was on the verge of bursting. Dick was really on a roll today.

Tim decided to fight fire with fire.

“Alright Smartass.”

“You think my ass is smart? Wait until you see what my brain can do!” Dick exclaimed with a big smile. Tim fought to keep the smile off his lips.

“Richard. I swear.”

“Oooh. He used my actual name!”

“Yeah yeah,” Tim stated, rolling his eyes.

“Hey Tim. How do you get Dick out of Richard?”

He knew that was a trick question the moment he saw the smirk form on Dick’s lips. Dick didn’t even skip a beat with his answer.

“You ask nicely.”

That did it. Tim busted out laughing.

“Ohohoho my gohohohod!”

“Did you like that one, Timmers?” Dick asked, poking the smaller one in the side. Tim laughed harder and swatted his hand away.

“Dohohohon’t!”

“Oooh! What’s this?” Dick wiggled his fingers into Tim’s side. Tim giggled harder, swatting at his hand again as he squirmed.

“Cuhuhut it out yohohou menace!”

“Cut it out!? Cut what out!? Your intestines!? I’m not apart of the black market, Timmy! That’s illegal!”

Dick kept tickling Tim’s sides until he fell to his knees on the floor, curling in on himself as his arms wrapped around his middle in an attempt to protect his sensitive flesh. He felt his cheeks heat up as he continued in his hysterics.

Dick’s fingers tickled up his ribs as he continued talking.

“Man, I could probably sell these ribs though. Make a nice barbecue meat,” He stated as his fingers traveled to his highest ribs. Tim’s laughter went up an octave as he squealed, squirming more. He clamped his arms down as hard as he could against his sides.

“AHAHAHAHAHA!!! Dohohon’t go any hihihihigher!”

Dick’s smile became wicked.

“Aw…but this is the best part. I can market you as a screaming banshee!”

At that moment, Dick’s tickling fingers shoved themselves under Tim’s arms. Little known fact about Tim; his armpits are his second worst spot. He howled with hysterical laughter, bending forward as tears filled his eyes. He couldn’t protect himself against Dick and that fact made everything tickle more.

Dick laughed as well.

“Dude. I’m either really funny or you’re really ticklish. You’re laughing really hard!”

“YOHOHOHOU KNOW WHY!!! IHIHIHIHIT TIHIHIHIHICKLES SOHOHOHO BAHAHAHAHAD!!! STAHAHAHAHAP!”

Dick pondered for a moment and then clicked his tongue.

“Alright. I’ll stop. I think you’ve had enough torture for the moment.”

He relinquished his hold on his younger brother. Tim sat there for a few minutes catching his breath, stray giggles slipping out every so often as he calmed down. He coughed a bit.

“Jesus you’re ruthless…”

“I’m not Jesus, Tim! I’m Dick!”

“You’re a dickhead, that’s for sure…” He mumbled under his breath. Dick’s head whirled around so fast, Tim thought he would have whiplash.

“What did you just say!?”

Tim sprang up and ran away from him.

“I said nothing!”

Dick chased after him.

“Oh you got jokes now!? Get back here!”

When Dick finally caught him, Tim was breathless with laughter for the next thirty minutes. He should’ve kept his mouth shut.

#ticklish tim drake #dick grayson #batfamfic #batboys tickle fic

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northisnotup · 2 years

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(Sorry idk what fandom you wanted this for but here's a snippit of the Blue&Ronan fic that may never get finished!)

Ronan swiped a rough hand over his face, up into his hair. He took a handful at the roots and tugged.

He didn’t want to have a single thing in common with those people anymore.

Instead of answering, he tugged her up the stairs into their single, cramped bathroom and pressed a pair of timmers into her tiny hands. “Cut it off.”

She didn’t ask if he was sure. Just sat him down on the toilet, wrapped an old towel around his shoulders and said, practical as ever, “I should cut it down first so it doesn’t clog the blades.”

He pretended he wasn’t relieved and allowed her to squeeze his shoulders under the guise of adjusting the towel. “Whatever.”

It took a long time. Blue snipping through his thick curls with the special hair scissors left from when Orla took half a cosmetology course at the local community college, her equipment still under the sink. Despite her best efforts, they still clogged the blades more than once, and by the time they got down to the skin, the blades were hot against his scalp.

“How d’you have this much hair?” Blue grumbled, folding his ear down with care to buzz around it.

The vibration in his ear sounded like a thunderstorm. Sounded like a thousand bees. Sounded like nothing at all. By then, his rage and disappointment and pointed, belated, grief had died down. Exhausted, he mumbled “I bet you have more,” not knowing or caring if Blue heard him over the tiny, rattling motor.

“I don’t think we could pass for twins.” She said, almost kindly. Blue’s hand over the close cropped hair felt like the late night static across the tv screen looked. It didn’t make any sense, but that was exactly what it felt like. “But if you talk mom into that tattoo you want…” she trailed off and Ronan, despite himself, laughed.

“Man she is never gonna let you get a tattoo, Sarge.”

“She can’t let you get one and not me, that’s not fair!”

He didn’t say, life’s not fair. Because more than anything else in the world, he wanted Blue’s life to be fair. One of them should get nice things, and he cared for her life far more than he cared for his own.

#answer meme #writing meme #my fic #the ronan and blue fic #adventues in fic writing

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loxare · 4 years

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Hi would you do a follow up fic of an opportunity usedJason reaction

Yeah, sure.

Fic referenced.

Jason would never admit it. Not under pain of crowbar, pit or death. But he was just a little impressed. Just a little.

Not at the code used, which was so easy a four year old could break it. And probably had. Or the message. “Jason is a dingus.” Sure, Tim looked like a twelve year old, but did he have to act like one? He was fucking seventeen years old, he could use a fucking swear once in a while.

But the audacity. Jason was a sucker for any one who did something that they knew, just knew, would get them in trouble but did it anyways because they were a piece of shit. He’d been that kid. He’d spent most of his childhood berating himself for not keeping his trap shut, but them mouthing off again later just to see the look on his dad’s face.

Tim was probably expecting retaliation. Which would make sense. Jason did have a reputation to keep up after all. Well. Tim wasn’t the only one who could act like a twelve year old.

Jason folded up the newspaper detailing last night’s biggest event and left his safe house. There was an art store just down the street.

Whistling, Tim left the elevator, turning left towards his apartment. He had lunch with Ives, a dinner tonight with some investors, and then he needed to go with Dick to find out who had been shipping those guns. But first, he needed his phone.

Now, normally, Tim didn’t leave it in his apartment. But normally, he didn’t leap out of bed and into his suit when every alarm he had told him that there was a full Arkham escape. Which had turned out to be a false alarm, which he’d found out when he’d gotten to the cave, in full panic. Turned out, Alfred the Cat had walked onto the button, and because he’d forgotten his phone and forgotten to turn on his comms, they’d had no way of informing him.

Which was fine, minor heart attack aside. He’d spent the evening with Alfred, slept in his old room, avoided Damian, all was well.

Tim put his key in the door and opened it. He stepped in, closed the door, tossed his keys onto the table, hung up his coat and took one step off of the welcome mat-

Several things happened at once. Four water balloons came flying at him from four different directions, too fast to dodge. They hit, covering him in… something. He closed his eyes just before impact. Something above him burst and something soft landed on his nose. There was the sound of cloth rustling behind him. And something flashed.

There was a moment of silence. Tim heard a beep, which knocked him out of his stupor.

He was covered in paint, red, black, blue and purple, and yellow feathers. Tim let out a groan. Great. Once he got himself cleaned up, he was going to have to call Ives and let him know that he was going to be late. Just fantastic.

He wasn’t particularly worried. Likely once of his brothers thought he was being funny. Although it might have been Steph. Not many people would think to add the purple paint. Carefully walking around the carpet, he headed for the bathroom. After wiping off as much as he could using toilet paper, he stepped into the shower. For a few minutes, the water ran in technicolour, but then it cleared up.

Once he was dried and dressed, he went looking for his phone. It was not on his bedside table where he’d left it. No, it was on a tripod in the middle of his living room, camera pointed at the door. There was a picture of Tim on it, covered in paint and feathers, face scrunched up, arms bent and close to his chest. He looked supremely uncomfortable, which, well, he had been. The picture had a banner in the background. Tim squinted at it. Then at the door. Sure enough, a banner had unfurled. “Tim is a dingus,” Tim read out loud. “So Jason then.”

Well, as far as revenge went, that was tame. He pulled the phone out of the tripod and pulled up Ives. He picked up on the first ring. “Hey Ives, just wanted to let you know I’m running a bit late.”

“You don’t say.” Ives didn’t sound surprised. Usually that would hurt, a lot, because Tim had been trying to keep his appointments, he really had been. But the little bit of amusement in Ives’s voice brought him up short. “Only I just got a really interesting text a few minutes ago. You might want to check those.”

Tim’s mouth went dry. “Ives, what text?”

“See you in an hour, kay Tim? I’ll buy lunch this time. My treat.”

“Ives!” But the line had gone dead.

Desperate, Tim pulled up his texts, probably hitting the screen way too hard. And dropped to his knees.

Every single one.

Every single contact he had.

His teammates. The League. Vicki Vale. Pru and the other assassins. All of his civilian friends and acquaintances. Even the investors he was meeting with tonight.

All of them had received the picture.

Tim tipped over until he was laying face down on the floor and waited for the universe to end him. When that didn’t happen within ten minutes, he got up, dusted himself off, sidestepped the paint still drying on the floor, and went to lunch.

And although he would never, ever admit it, not under pain of bombing, or organ loss, he would much later admit that he was kind of impressed.

#Loxie's fics #Tim Drake #Jason Todd #Loxie answers?#Red Robin #Red Hood #This was fun #Timmers #Jay #jenmoon1 #long post

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timtimmersdrake · 1 year

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Wholesome

#timmers #answers

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sohotthateveryonedied · 3 years

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Okay I got a question for you, resident Batfam Expert! I’ve been reading a lot of fanfic recently (because I love pain) and I was wondering how many of the pet names the family calls each other are canon? Because they have A LOT and they’re all pretty consistent throughout the writings. Some of the ones I’ve noted regularly are Baby Bird, Little Wing, Jay, Jaylad, Jace, Timmers, Timbo, Dickie, Dickiebird, and then Bruce calling his kids ‘sweetheart’. (Adorable) Anyway, thanks! Don’t feel a need to rush in answering :) I’m in no hurry

Sorry it took me so long to get to all of these, I’ve spent the last few weeks scrounging up every single resource I could get my hands on so that I could make a comprehensive list of which nicknames are canon and which are fanon and it took a SUPER long time. The bottom line is I ended up accidentally making a whole-ass Google Slides for every single batkid nickname, and while the whole project isn’t anywhere near finished yet, I managed to complete the slides needed to answer all of these questions. So...yeah! Here’s what I found:

Dickie/Dickie-Bird:

Jason seems to be the main nickname-user of the family, so aside from the aforementioned comics, there isn’t very much content of Dick being called “Dickie” or “Dickie-Bird”. (I also want to bring up “Big Bird,” which I see Jason calling Dick sometimes in fanfics. That one’s not canon anywhere, unfortunately.) Dick used to be called “Dickie” sometimes as a term of endearment during his circus days, but after that it’s not likely you’ll see any of his family members calling him something other than Dick.

Little Wing:

Sadly, “Little Wing” hasn’t been used in any canon content after this comic, which is a major bummer since the fandom has turned it into one of Jason’s most popular nicknames (from Dick at least).

Jay/Jace/Jaylad/Jaybird:

(I didn’t list the comic sources for the more widely used nicknames since they’re so common in comics that you could find them pretty much anywhere.)

I’d say that Bruce called Jason “Jay” far more during his Robin days than he does now, though that could be attributed to their more distant relationship nowadays. (Or maybe I just didn’t happen to read the specific modern comics in which he called Jason “Jay” or “Jace/Jase”.)

Yeahhh, sorry about this one. “Jaylad” is kind of the Schrödinger's cat of nicknames. The fandom ended up misconstruing the term over time. and losing the comma between “Jay” and “lad” so it became “Jaylad” and everyone just stuck with it.

The main person who seems to use this one is Roy Harper, as I haven’t yet found a comic in which one of Jason’s family members calls him “Jaybird”. You can open pretty much any comic with both Jason and Roy in it and expect Roy to say it at least once.

Timmy/Timbers/Timbo:

I haven’t seen anyone calling Tim “Timmers” in canon, but otherwise, most of the other common nicknames derived from Timothy are canon.

Pretender/Replacement:

I always found it wild how Jason never once called Tim “Replacement” in a comic, and yet we all managed to latch onto it anyway and make it his go-to nickname for Tim? That takes some dedication, man. Otherwise, Jason called Tim “Pretender” a few times during Batman: Hush, and that was about it.

Baby Bird/Baby Bat:

I know a lot of people hate the nickname “Babybird” (for whatever reason), but honestly, I’m really hoping that DC makes it a thing because dammit, we deserve this breadcrumb at least. As of right now, the only batkid who has ever been called “Babybird” was Damian, and it was by his mom. (In fanon, it’s typically Tim who is called “Babybird” while Dick is “Dickie-Bird” and Jason is “Little Wing”. Who decided this, I have no idea but I’m not complaining.) I also included “Baby Bat” since I see that one pretty often too, and that one is sadly not canon either. The DC writers really don’t want us getting our hands on any family fluff whatsoever, huh.

As for Bruce, I don’t think he’s ever called his kids a term of endearment more emotional than “son” or “pal” because he has the emotional capacity of a dried-up raisin. All of those nicknames like “sweetheart,” “honey,” “pumpkin,” and any other names a parent might call their child are banned from Batman’s dictionary as far as the writers are concerned. Will that make me stop having Bruce call his kids “sweetheart” in my fics every chance I get? Absolutely not.

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chibinightowl · 2 years

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"Hey! I was gonna eat eat that!" JayTim 💙

"Hey!" Tim's head whips around as Jason neatly plucks the container of leftover Chinese food from his hands. "I was gonna eat that!"

Lo mein for breakfast? Yes, please.

"I know," Jason answers, dumping the carton into the trash. "I'm doing you a favor."

"You're the one who's always telling me to eat more," Tim grouses, trying to remember what else is in his fridge that could be reheated. It's a pathetically short list and consists solely of an egg carton he has no idea how long it's been since he bought it.

Maybe it's time to order some groceries. Maybe.

"I am," Jason concedes. He returns to the kitchen table and swipes Tim's phone from his hands, easily unlocking it. "And I also remember when we went out for Chinese last."

Tim quiets as his brain picks apart that little hint. They try and have a date night at least once a week and go out for dinner rather than take-out, which means... "Two weeks?" he guesses with a grimace.

Jason looks up from the grocery order he's apparently decided to put together for him and nods. "Yeah. You're welcome."

"Thanks," Tim murmurs and goes back to the cup of tea Jason had made for him after stealing his coffee and dumping it down the drain.

The last time this had happened, Tim had ended up with a rather violent case of food poisoning. It's not that he doesn't take care of himself--or rather, it's not that he's incapable of it. There are weeks, months even, where he does a damn good job of acting and behaving like a functional adult. He even gets the right amount of sleep!

But then he starts slipping. A particularly tricky case is usually the culprit, though world-wide disasters are a close second. He just...forgets. He's tried using reminders on his phone or the various computers he uses, but he either dismisses them in the heat of the moment or snoozes them to the point they just become another annoyance to deal with while he's busy working.

Bruce is much the same way, really. At least he has Alfred to put tranquilizers in his coffee when it gets really bad.

"I need a keeper," Tim mutters, staring into the dregs of tea at the bottom of the cup.

"No arguments there." Jason doesn't even look up from the grocery app he's scrolling through. "It's a pain in the ass to walk in here and find you like this. I can't even leave you for a second and you're trying to poison yourself."

"So don't leave." The words slip from Tim's mouth before he can even process what he's saying.

This time, Jason looks up, surprised. "I'm your partner, Timmers. Not your keeper," he reminds him.

"I know," Tim is quick to reassure. "It's just... I wonder if you're here more, then maybe I won't backslide so much. I'm always going to get lost in the challenging cases, I know that. But..." he trails off and gives Jason a hopeful look of his own. "But maybe if you're here all the time, with me, then it won't be so bad?"

Jason sets the phone down on the table, expression unreadable. "Are you asking me to move in with you?"

"Yeah, I think I am." Tim bites his lip and tries not to shrink under his partner's assessing gaze. "You don't have to say anything right now," he's quick to add. "Just... think about it?"

"Okay."

#chibinightowl writes #JayTim #Tim Drake #Jason Todd #prompt fill

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Batboys : *carving pumpkins in The Den*

Damian : *pouting in the corner*

Jason : what in the hell crawled up his scrawny little ass and died tonight ??

Tim : the possible answers to that question are endless; in my opinion

Jason : aye you there !! short-stack !

Damian : *glaring over at Jay*

Jason : 🎶 looookeyy what Jaaaaay's gooot 🎶

Jason : *dangling a carving knife around like a piece of candy*

Jason : oh my !! and just what do we have here ??

Jason : *gasps*

Jason : --could it truly be ?? your all time fAvOrItE toooyyy ???

Damian : *unimpressed*

Jason : does Dami-amy wanna slice himself up a poooor little defenseless puuumpkiiinnn ??

Damian :

Jason : *waving the carving knife temptingly*

Damian :

Jason : a'ight, WELL ! *turns to Timmers* can't anybody say that I didn't try my best to include him

Dick : *entering The Den with an armload of craft supplies*

Dick : *notices Dami stewing*

Dick : awwwww, c'mon Little D !!

Dick : *dumping art materials absolutely fucking everywhere*

Dick : get into the Halloween spirit and make a ghost with me !!

Damian : that's called murder and I heard somewhere that it is illegal, so . ... . .

#happy EARLY AS FUCK Halloween #batboys #jason todd #sour ass dami #damian wayne #dick grayson #tim drake #red robin #nightwing #red hood #robin #i mean...hes not wrong

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Virtual Program: Happily Ever After Hours with Directors and Producers Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey

I attended this virtual event and am now sharing a summary! I got a ticket!

Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey were invited to appear on the Disney Happily Ever After Hours program for a Pride focus. This was run with Tracie Timmer, Bri Bertolaccini, and Maya Colbert.

Please read more below to learn about Rebecca and Ian answering questions regarding fighting for LGBTQIA content in kids’ media, inspiration in their young lives, advice for queer creators, the story behind the antiracist PSAs, music and storytelling evolution from their early comics days through Adventure Time and building Steven Universe and OK K.O.!, and all kinds of other tidbits, with a Q&A at the end. This is an important one for all of us LGBTQIA artists and fans.

You can only watch the interview on the WDFMuseum Facebook and YouTube channel the next day after this was posted for the next 48 hours, unless you want to become a member and have full access.

The virtual program begins: Bri Bertolaccini, while switching up pronouns between they and she, introduces Rebecca Sugar along with accomplishment lists, and introduces Ian Jones-Quartey with he/him pronouns and his list of accomplishments.

The first question is about what did they relate to in animation that brought them into the industry: Rebecca related to nerdy kids like Dib (Invader Zim), Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons), and Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas) because of being a Jewish kid who wanted to understand Christmas but never got to have it for themself. They liked Utena because they related to being bi and nonbinary (Utena has relationships with guys and girls, and wears the boys’ school uniform)--and of course Usopp from One Piece.

Rebecca was attracted to all characters and no characters at the same time, and loved scrappy underdogs. Ian felt that you HAVE to identify with characters onscreen because they aren't human. He also loves scrappy underdogs--Usopp, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck (Looney Tunes)--and he loves the idea of turning things around on people when you don't have the upper hand. As the son of immigrants, he related to Goku (Dragon Ball) because he was "divorced from his home planet." He found it easy to relate to things he saw on animation. He was the Ninja Turtles! But he was Dennis the Menace! It was all about flexibility.

Bri brings up that both Rebecca and Ian worked on Adventure Time and asks how that brought them both into where they are now. Rebecca talks about indie comics, and giving a comic to Phil Rynda, who got Rebecca a test on Adventure Time. They had to take an outline and board it out, and hadn't even known this kind of boarder position even existed anymore. Rebecca got a job as a revisionist, then got promoted to boarder.

Ian was working on Venture Bros. and Rebecca had already moved out to do Adventure Time. Ian did a test for Regular Show and Adventure Time during a lull for Venture Bros. Ian didn't feel he was a good fit for writing on Adventure Time--he says he almost thought writing on that show was like poetry!--but he got in as a revisionist because they liked his drawings. He ended up in charge of revisions once Rebecca was already moved on. They never quite worked hand in hand on the show but were always crossing paths. They discussed the “Lady & Peebles” episode and all the great revisions and special poses that happened--one of Ian's favorite episodes. Rebecca says they'd worked together on personal work and outside work so it was cool to get to play to each other's strengths at work too.

Rebecca speaks about “It Came From the Nightosphere” being their first board on the show. She originally wrote "bombastic" songs for their idea of having a more musical episode, but they wanted her to make it more of an intimate little song--the Fry Song was what came out of that revision, and Rebecca had to work really hard to get the courage to pitch with singing. Ian and Rebecca practiced on the roof. Bri pointed out hearing "I'm Just Your Problem" on Tiktok all the time, which surprised both of them.

Bri then asked about pitching their shows and asks for the history. Rebecca says Cartoon Network actually came to her to ask about it--she really wanted to have that option to have her own show, but didn't expect it to happen at this time in her career. She and Ian both were asked to pitch a show. She brings up wanting to do work that she wasn't going to get sick of, so of course she chose a show inspired by her brother Steven. The main question she wanted to address was about gendered shows--she wanted to scramble gender in her own show, and try to understand why she had such a bad reaction herself to shows "for girls" as a kid. Her show was designated as a show for 6- to 11-year-old boys, but that was exactly what she liked to watch as a kid (even though she felt weirdly guilty about not liking shows "for girls"). She wanted to make Steven Universe have elements for everyone, so no one would ever feel like the show wasn't for them.

Bri asks why is it important to tell gender expansive/LGBT+ stories in animation. Rebecca says it was always so limited in terms of content for, about, and by queer people. She thinks it was super critical to get animation out there for these kids because bigotry exists against creators and content itself--and it's deliberate, the violence inherent in doing that to viewers during their formative years, it's got a lasting effect. They latched onto "queer coded villains" because that's all there was, and felt that was at least something, even though it was associated with negativity and was hurtful. Ian thinks even though this was in a sci-fi story, it was intended to tell these specific audience members that they existed, as they put themselves into their work. Rebecca brings up how exciting it was to include stuff that's usually a joke but it wasn't framed as a joke. They never felt any affirmation for bi kids in TV shows they liked--only for people who were sort of like her that were attracted to men--and if you saw same-sex attraction or gender-nonconforming behavior in a show it was attached to jokes or villainy. She really wanted to make work that included authentic portrayals of insecurities and struggles that non-cis and non-straight people would feel validated by.

Bri says she can't wait to see the next generation and what they can do after having gotten to have these shows in their childhood. She asks to know how Ian took what he learned on Steven Universe to OK K.O.!. Steven went forward first, and Ian poured his work into that while being told OK K.O.! needed more development. By the time he got to push his show forward, it was very much sharing DNA with Steven. With his show as more of a "hard comedy," it is still a somewhat similar show, with a lot of true specific experiences. Rebecca says Steven had so much of Ian in it, and that his excited-for-adventures persona was very much like K.O., which after Ian left, Steven became "a miserable teenager," which Rebecca jokes was like herself. Ian brings up the the boardwalk in the show and how a little version of OK K.O.! was inside Steven Universe. The whole "thing" about Steven was having two sides, and having visual shortcuts to his magic side and his human side was useful. K.O. also has two sides: wanting to be a hero and dealing with buried trauma. Both shows share that. They helped each other a lot on each other shows, and Rebecca got to write for the ending.

Bri points out that the two have a great work/life relationship. Then she brings up the Antiracist PSAs and wants to know the story on how those got made. Rebecca had finished the show and decided to talk to Estelle about the "empty corporate responses" to racial inequality. Rebecca had some calls with Estelle who "used her star power" to move mountains. They did a $100,000 fundraiser for National Bailout and then continued to work with Chromosphere to do the antiracist PSAs. They wanted to support marginalized artists and they were glad it was well-funded. Bri liked the message and the style of them.

Then they move on to a Q&A.

Tracie asks Ian if any other characters besides Nanefua are based on people he knows. He acknowledges Theodosia Okoh being his grandmother and being the inspiration for Nanefua. He thought of her as his inspiration and his "permission" to do art. The Pizzas were definitely based on his family--Jenny is his cousin (same name!), for instance. But most of the other people were more like archetype mixtures and inspirations from friends they have. Ian says Enid on OK K.O.! is based on Rebecca. They joke that any group of two characters will usually somehow become symbolic of the two of them, most notably Ruby and Sapphire, or even Amethyst and Pearl.

Enid is also based on a cashier that Ian saw, and he used to work at a supermarket and wanted to invoke the feeling of looking up to an older worker. He remembered a deadpan cashier not responding so well to a bag boy trying to flirt with her, with an exchange like "How are you today?" "Well I'm HERE, so." Mr. Gar was actually based off of a vice principal he had in high school. One was named Mr. Sandoval, and he remembers watching the yard from the school during science class. He saw two kids trying to cut school and this vice principal ran across the yard to tackle the kids and stop them from cutting class. He figured oh, that's what a real authority figure is like. The science class really had a reaction. You didn't want to have to be under that guy's thumb, but at the same time, that was cool. You just have these moments--you can turn them into characters.

Next question: What would you consider your biggest accomplishment and what are you most proud of?

For Ian, it's tough to say because he reveres getting to work with people he respects and enjoys working with; it's way better for him than winning awards. It's "a continuum of great things and great people." He looks forward to more creative collaboration.

As for Rebecca, they're proud of breaking down the barriers for LGBTQIA media. Internally, building up to the wedding on "Reunited"--and they were pitching for a full year before they got it through--seeing how the landscape transformed because of that pushing, how wonderful it was that the bigoted notes weren't going to be given to creators anymore. She sees the changes already, even in other studios, and she's really proud of the part they played. Ian acknowledges that even though there are some broken boundaries, the fight is far from over. Creators still have to deal with challenges and push back. Rebecca says a lot of gathering of resources and support had to be done under the radar early on on Steven, but now it's easier to coordinate with other people who are trying to do this in media currently. She's part of the GLAAD Kids and Family media group and can share strategies. She feels healthier now because it's not like it was where they couldn't even talk about it. She hopes the healthiness is brought to the audience as well.

Next question: What advice would you give to queer creators who are seeking to tell queer stories in TV animation?

Rebecca: DO IT! RIGHT NOW! Also take care of yourself. Persevere, push, don't take no for an answer--but it is emotionally exhausting. So take your time and put your mental health above other things. There's a lot of pressure to think about the kids who need this content, what it could do to open doors in the industry, but don't do it at your own expense. You deserve to be healthy. Hopefully this is less true for younger people, but Rebecca felt she did not have that right as a child--to be healthy, to belong. You may feel the audience you're helping is more important than you, but that voice is part of the problem. And if you're okay from that point, push for the biggest, funniest, hugely entertaining content that no one could say no to.

And Ian thinks confidence is really important in pitching and pushing. Just do it, create characters, don't save it for when you have a project--make it. He also stresses forgiving yourself for not getting it right immediately. Messiness is necessary, accidents are necessary. Rebecca feels that independent comics inspired many of those skills for her. Ian points out that they were both making free comics on their own to tell stories somehow to reflect what they loved. Rebecca says they both just get to a point where they'd think a story in their main work is actually just something they did already in Pug Davis or with Hero (RPG World)--themes keep coming back, through lines will recur. Rebecca recommends quantity--make stuff and see what works.

Next question: Rebecca, on a podcast you once said you had a safe pitch that you could have offered instead of going with SU--what was that other supposedly more marketable show?

Rebecca doesn't remember saying it, though they acknowledge Steven was pitched intentionally with marketability in mind. Ian remembers having a separate space-related show pitch as well as OK K.O.!, but he felt that he wasn't vibing with it while trying to pitch it. They both ended up cramming personal ideas into the show they did get.

Next question: Advice for those trying to work in visual development?

Rebecca thinks it helps just having a lot of personal work. The successful VisDev people Rebecca knows have lots of personal paintings with variety. Build up your portfolio, but don't make it to cater to who you're showing it to. Make art that's what you want to do. It helps to develop your voice so people will seek you out and want you to do your thing in their project. In further discussion, Rebecca says she loves being able to acknowledge different artists having their choices that they love which you can see in multiple pieces. That way you don't say art is good or bad, it's that you agree with choices or don't, and it turns into a conversation almost. Ian thinks that once you understand art as a series of choices, you'll feel less like you love or hate a whole piece of art. You'll also develop a deeper appreciation of someone you love. You might even be able to track the chain of inspiration through various art pieces, including music. You can hear threads in them. Rebecca recommends this approach because that way you can be inspired by someone and reframe it in your own work rather than copying the lines and colors, so to speak.

Next question: Can they discuss the barriers in more detail for LGBTQ issues, and how they navigated the barriers?

Rebecca feels like it really started when they wrote "What Was Missing" on Adventure Time--acknowledging earlier references to a relationship between Bubblegum and Marceline, she talked to Adam Muto about how cool it would be if these two queer ladies used to have a relationship. Rebecca had a hard time writing music about them if the relationship was over, so she wanted to include "juice" and have some beef between them that Marceline wasn’t over.

It seemed to Rebecca like after the episode was finished, everyone was supporting it, and they felt like Rebecca had figured Marceline out. She had thought there must be something deep inside Marceline that she's covering up with her coolness. But once the episode came out, "a hammer came down" from VERY high, with reprimands and commentary like "don't you understand you work for a company?"--how could they do something so subversive. It was so not allowed to even imply they'd had a relationship.

Rebecca felt that she had made this character very much like herself, being a bi character, and she knew people online recognized it, but it was getting stomped on. She speaks a little on how she didn’t know at the time that you could still be bi regardless of what your relationship is, and loved that people could tell Marceline was bi. So when she got her own show Rebecca really wanted to keep pushing and wanted to have queer people in a relationship while it's still going on, not already over.

Fusion as a vehicle to let this relationship happen was very strategic, and they set it up so you couldn't take this out of the show. You already know Garnet, you love her, and then you find out something that explains her and it would be too late to yank this element out of the show. But the same thing happened when the episode was being criticized--higher-ups asked Ruby to be changed to a boy, they said she couldn't be in a relationship with Sapphire, and Ian got reprimanded for confirming their terminology and relationship on Twitter, etc.

But they could all see that this was important to the audience. They had been validated and knew they were doing the right thing. They had done it for the right people.

Rebecca mentions how kids, very young people, got what she was doing, even though adults were the ones screaming about it and thinking they had to be protected. Kids had no problem with it. So the younger people's support really made her optimistic and kept her motivated to keep doing it. She didn't want the kids supporting this content to become these adults.

Ian says Rebecca's work had direct impact. The wedding episode changed everything in Ian's opinion--he had his bi character Enid not be allowed to go on a date early on, but post-"Reunited," the notes they used to get weren't happening anymore. They still had to fight for queer content and got commentary on it, but "Reunited" was a huge example they could point to as acceptable content. You can show queer relationships on TV and the world won't end. Apparently on Clarence, Jeff's moms were not allowed to be called moms before that. They told Rebecca, "If you get a gay wedding, everyone's gonna want a gay wedding." And she said, "great!" Once they were allowed to do it, they couldn't say no. Though . . . well, they do. They still say no.

Which is why coordination is so important, continuing to fight. When they first showed "Jailbreak," same-sex marriage wasn't legal, and when the show started Don't Ask Don't Tell was still a policy. It wasn't until after they left Cartoon Network that LGBTQIA protections were even in existence nationwide. There was actually no GLAAD group for kids and family until after Steven Universe existed. That pushed Rebecca to work harder to get messages out to counter the idea that LGBTQIA content is inherently adult.

At this point, the event is out of time, so the hosts wrap up and thank Ian and Rebecca for being part of this. The end!

#steven universe #rebecca sugar #ian jones-quartey #pride #lgbtqia #myblog

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