bruce: -and they just don’t listen, and they are all so stubborn, I just don’t understand it, where does it even come from?!
alfred: *sighs as this is the third time he’s brought it up this morning* sir you are the worlds greatest detective, im quite certain you’ll figure it out…
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there is something about the way that dick approaches damian in Batman and Robin (2009) and the way bruce approaches damian in Batman and Robin (2011). where it's very similar: both are not exactly prepared for this, are frustrated with damian, doubt their own abilities to be what he needs but feel responsible anyway.
but it's different...in 2009, the responsibility is on dick to change, to gain damian's respect--which is how it should be, because dick is the adult and damian is the child (10 years old. that's a fourth grader) who is in his care. vs in 2011, the responsibility is more so on damian (the fourth grader) to change, to gain bruce's respect.
Batman and Robin (2009) #2
Dick: Who's gonna save him if we don't?
vs
Batman and Robin (2011) #2
Bruce: I'm afraid of what Damian could become without me around.
and
Batman and Robin (2009) #1
Damian: You can have my respect if you earn it, that's all I'm saying. You're not my father.
vs
Batman and Robin (2011) #4
Bruce: If you don't respect me, you won't ever respect yourself.
Damian: Do you respect me?
Bruce: If I can't trust you, I can't respect you.
screaming and dying and screaming forever
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No but Bruce nearly killing Joker. And then when they go to Arkham because Bruce figured out who Hush really was (STUPIDEST REWRITE OF ALL TIME BTW), Joker pretty much cheers Batman on and chastises Jim for not helping more. And then Bruce has the gall to be all "He [Riddler] didn't have to die... I could've saved him" after him and Selina nearly get killed in the final confrontation, all because Bruce couldn't leave Riddler behind. And Selina realizing for the first time that Bruce can't help it, it's a literal compulsion borne out of trauma for Batman to save people, and that he'll never change.
All this after Bruce nearly strangled Joker to death! All in the same movie! IT'S SO FUNNY. Once again, Bruce "It's fine if I attempt to murder someone on purpose but I draw the line at someone dying in front of me on accident, no matter how many people they've killed!" Wayne.
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Alright listen
I’m not a particularly huge fan of “secret twin/sibling AU” cuz if not done right, it quickly becomes “and we only care cuz of blood relation”
The antithesis of Bruce Wayne
(And like you can’t say adopted families don’t count to the goddamn bat fam, it’s illegal and you go to double Arkham)
But
I have also noticed it’s kinda always Danny is the adopted secret twin
And… well
Large bulky men who break down walls
Who come back to life but kinda fucked up
BRUCE WAYNE NÉ FENTON, OLDER BROTHER OF JACK FENTON WHOSE PARENTS DIED BEFORE TELLING HIM THE TRUTH
I will also accept Bruce having known but not knowing how to introduce himself to his brother and just secretly helping fund their building a portal to hell
Cuz that’s like talking to people when you’re Batman, totally counts, Alfred definitely thinks they’ve exchanged Christmas cards
Jason is the other obvious option, maybe from when the Fentons were in college cuz gods know that man’s family tree is already a xylophone
Tim, also a great candidate, he was pretty much an afterthought for the Drakes and neglected so having picked him from a line up tracks
Just
More than half of the bat fam is already adopted
And they’re the cool side to have been adopted from
There’s some consolation for Danny from the Fentons not being his bioparents that kinda invalidates that it is Still Fucked Up That They Mistreat Him
Him not being theirs really doesn’t mitigate it but it keeps showing up
No
Tim Drake’s expression watching Jack Fenton scarf fudge knowing that’s his dad
Bruce realizing if he’d looked past the family Christmas cards he coulda saved his niece and nephew
Jason wondering how the fuck these crappy scientists could be his parents then Maddie bodies Bruce and yeah suddenly that tracks
(He will not be admitting that it made sense the second Jack took down a wall instead of the door a foot away from him, no, Maddie’s ninja skills are the genetic part)
Damian’s goddamn CHALLENGE being the Blood Son and super proud of being a Wayne only for Bruce to be like “well actually neither of us are blood Waynes, your brothers have exactly as much right to the name”
Damian fucking STRUGGLING cuz like his dad’s still Batman, even if he’s Bruce Fenton, blood matters to this kid that’s still his birth name and Damian wants to be proud of his heritage
But calling himself Fenton in a world with the Fenton Thermos?
Death is better
From personal experience
(This being the final straw that breaks Damian from his obsession with bloodlines? Extra juicy, cuz Bruce sure as shit would never stop calling himself a Wayne even if the Fenton stays silent)
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I can share weird things that I do here right?
Anyway I filled a sketchbook (first time I’ve ever done that I’m very proud) and needed another one so I cannibalized one of my old school ones and made a Batman one. Batman is cool.
Staring at a blank page is terrifying. So I picked a color scheme and made swirls. This remind me of ectoplasm therefore, I created the next six pages as journal entries about ghosts, portals, cores, physiology, and artifacts. It’s still English just with the Ancient alphabet from Stargate.
I think it’s just the right amount of stupid and absurd. Thoughts?
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