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Omg new reverse robins idea

So Damian is the one who adopts Dick, but Damian has been retired from the vigilante game for a few years now. He’s a doctor, and his only involvement with the Batman side of things these days is patching the other Batfam members up when they need it. He hasn’t been Flamebird in years.

But Dick still desperately wants to be involved with Batman, he wants to be Robin, so Damian allows it. Bruce is still a doting grandpa, and he’s very protective of Dick especially when they’re out as Batman and Robin, but he does sometimes overstep and ignore the rules and limitations Damian sets for Dick.

Damian also trains Dick occasionally, because he doesn’t fully trust the others to train Dick properly. He may not actively fight anymore, but that doesn’t mean he can’t train his son.

Then fast forward to sometime when Dick joins the yj team in season 1. The other kids all assume Robin is Batman’s son. Batman and Robin never correct the misconception, because Bruce says it’s good for their secret IDs.

Then something happens and idk Dick gets hurt. Maybe it’s the failsafe situation, and Bruce is super late bringing Dick home because of all the complications, and Damian gets worried. Because usually if Bruce is going to be late, Dick will text Damian letting him know. He knows Damian worries about him, he knows it stresses Damian out. So when Dick never messages him, Damian starts assuming the worst.

So he goes to the Batcave to find out what they’ll is going on. Then he finds the file Bruce had on the plans for today with the team. And then he sees the psychic train for failure simulation plans.

Damian sees red.

Because he’s said no to psychic simulations before, and he sure as hell would never approve of a train for failure simulation that doesn’t let Dick know that’s train for failure.

Damian puts on a mask for the first time in years and storms Mount Justice to rip his father a new one and bring his son home.

Then he sees Dick lying prone on the rock slab, not responding. Not waking up. He hears Bruce discuss with Martian Manhunter how things are going wrong. Damian stays by Dick’s side the whole time, holding his hand, whispering for him to wake up once Martian Manhunter breaks M’gann’s hold on the simulation.

None of the kids know who the man sitting next to Robin is. Then they hear Batman call him Flamebird, and they’re awestruck. Because Flamebird is am a legend, he’s been retired for years, no one’s seen him in ages. What is he doing here?

Then he calls Robin his son, and they’re all confused.

Then Damian starts shouting at Bruce about how, “You’re his grandfather! You’re supposed to spoil him and give him cookies before dinner and buy him his silly Lego sets even though I’ve told him he has too many, you’re not supposed to put him in a psychic simulation where he thinks his entire family has been killed!”

“You know it wasn’t supposed to–”

“I know this is exactly the kind of reason why I left, why I never wanted him to be part of this life! You promised me you would keep him safe!”

“Flamebird–”

“He is my only child,” Damian says, ignoring how his voice cracks as he holds Dick tight to his side. “You have a million other kids, go traumatize one of them!”

Then he takes Dick’s shoulders in his hands and steers him away, out of the mountain.

Idk I just like drama with grandpa Bruce and dad Damian and I hadn’t even CONSIDERED an AU where Damian gave up being a vigilante before taking Dick in, there is SO much more angst potential there

I could see them both taking each others roles tbh

As nice as it would be for Bruce to finally tie the knot and get married, part of me thinks that it just isn't who he is. But he believes in love, he loves romance and the man loves weddings. So if you don't believe the man throws his entire body, soul and fortune into giving his kids the most gaudy, vulgar and lavish weddings Gotham has ever seen, you simply don't know mother of the bride/groom final boss, Bruce Wayne.

YESSS! JASON IS A THEATRE KID AND HE HAS FUCKING STYLE! Him and Bruce bonding over event planning is something I didn’t know I needed tho

More of the photocards!

Clark = Morning

Diana = Evening

Bruce = Night

You are a summoner who can materialize a horde of monsters to fight your battles. After many long campaigns, you hang up your staff and retire in small farm town. One day you hear a knock on your door. "Grandpa!", a half-monster child runs up and hugs you. You've never had kids of your own.

Danny comes of age and inherits the throne. He's coronated as High King of the Infinite Realms. His very first act is to hold an election.

By a whopping 94.6%, the ghosts write in votes for Danny. He's elected President of Eternity and declared the chosen one. Clockwork laughs at him for thinking he could get out of this.

"They're NOT my minion! They're YOUR sidekick! I'm teaching them to kick my ass because YOU are neglecting your hero-mentorship duties!"

So many ideas I could put this in

Every trap contains its own escape; every one has a loophole - Batman, the third option, and the Batarang Incident

I was thinking about the Batarang Incident. And, see, I can't buy that Bruce intentionally cut Jason's neck. Not only would that contrast thematically with the scene on his end, I just can't see him doing it. But what he does do is refuse to participate in the trolley problem Jason's strapped the two of them to. Or, he tries to refuse anyway. You hand him a gun and give him somewhere to point it, he throws a batarang.

Let's look at what Bruce taught Dick and Jason about traps and escape when they were Robin.

(The New Teen Titans 22 by Marv Wolfman with art by George Perez)

(Detective Comics 581 by Mike W. Barr with art by Jim Baikie and Pablo Marcos)

"Every trap contains its own escape," "There's always a way out," "Just have to look for the loophole."

How does Batman approach a trolley problem? Look for a third lever.

(Under The Red Hood by Judd Winick with art by Eric Battle)

Let's narrow down this shot for a second. Jason has set up the blocking for this scene, so the only shot Batman has is of his face. Shoot him and he's dead. Do nothing and let him kill someone. One of Batman's signature moves is knocking away guns using a batarang throw. Throw a batarang directly into his hand, and the gun will go off. So, the shot he takes is a risky one, but the only one with any chance of a good solution. (Every trap has a loophole.) Throw the batarang at the pipe to knock Jason's hand and the gun forward. If it goes off, it should go diagonally, or if it swings far enough, go off in Bruce's direction. A tricky shot to make in a literal split second. A tricky shot to make when Jason's bigger and bulkier in ways Bruce isn't used to and can't calculate for.

I believe this was the goal of the shot:

with a risk of hitting Jason's shoulder and upper bicep, but, instead, the ricochet went a little off:

The blocking shifts as soon as impact is made, hence using the static image there as reference.

This doesn't fix the situation. If anything, it speaks to Jason's power in the creation of this scenario. This trap may have had a loophole, but it never contained its own escape. There were two options, not choosing one was the same as choosing the other. There was never a choice not to engage.

That said, I think Bruce's choice here to NOT kill Jason NOR let Jason kill the Joker speaks to his character. He can't engage with the problem directly; he can't. It is an option antithetical to his being.

But the trap contained no escape.

It doesn’t make what happened right, but it does offer an explanation

Have you guys noticed how much the internet/technology just does not listen to you anymore? I click “don’t show this artist” on Spotify and I get recommended a music video by them on the front page. I click “skip this update” on a pop up every time I open a file organization app and it’s right back there every time. O click unsubscribe on a newsletter and it keeps showing up in my inbox!! I click “delete my account” and the next time I open the website they suggest I “reactivate”.

Power is a funny thing.

people saying “don’t use your full government name for your ao3”, “create different emails for work and personal use” but personally I think it’s both sad and dystopian how capitalism/companies/even schools think they have the rights to cross your personal boundaries and insert themselves into your personal life. like, I get it, safety wise, why checking digital footprints can be important sometimes. but a gay fanfiction is not a fucking threat that could ever cause anybody harm. it’s funny (not really, it’s still sad and dystopian) how they now think they can control your personal life and prevent you from having hobbies

romanticizing your life is such a powerful tool and it’s a shame that it’s mostly used by people on tiktok to justify the purchase of expensive breakfast smoothies when there are few better ways to force oneself through unpleasant shit than imagining a cinematic backstory for your extremely quotidian suffering

finding the strength to walk home from the library at 3am in the freezing rain by imagining yourself as a Napoleonic soldier hightailing it from Moscow in 1813

…..apparently google has lied to me about what romanticising is cause I, for the life of me, cannot understand wtf is going on here

No one but writers can understand this feeling... ABSOLUTE RELIEF.

Y E S

bats in a cave 🦇

realized i never posted this one here lol

art in detail under the cut!!

Danny, age seventeen, sneaking onto the Watchtower and finding the most hidden tucked away corner he can. He builds himself a shrine there. It's not a grave, because it doesn't hold his body, but it's the closest he'll ever get. And it's among the stars, among other heroes. Now, finally, he can sleep peacefully.