Batfamily Musical Talents Headcanons
Bruce: His parents taught him how to play the piano when he was a boy, but he hasn’t done it as much since their deaths. Though sometimes on really quiet nights he will sit at the grand piano in the living room and play when he needs some time to clear his head. Occasionally his kids will quietly sneak in the doorway and listen to his music when they think he’s unaware of their presence. He knows they’re there of course because he’s The Batman, but he secretly likes sharing this small piece of his parents with his children.
Dick: Dick has taken music lessons before for so many different instruments, but the kid just couldn’t sit still enough to learn more than the basics. However, he absolutely loves listening to others play and will sometimes dance along. His dancing is unique and has a certain flare to it, with fluid movements that are completely mesmerizing to watch. Especially when he throws some gymnastics into it, which makes his dancing look even cooler and more complicated.
Barbara: She’s amazing at the piano like Bruce, and they often play duets together for the family, her on the higher keys and Bruce on the lower. She plays for Dick on her own a lot, weird bouncy tunes that she makes up as she goes with goofy lyrics that make them both laugh.
Jason: It’s actually canon that Jason plays the guitar, so I think he would play an electric one because he thinks it’s cooler, but really he’s so much better with an acoustic. He plays really emotional songs that have made people cry more than a few times, and it’s even better when he sings along in his rough but soulful voice. He was great when he was Robin, but after he came back to life his singing voice somehow became so much better that it rivaled professional singers.
Cass: Cass may not be good with words, but she has a natural talent for creating music. Random melodies come to her easily, and it’s not rare to hear her humming a quiet tune of her own invention. Alfred noticed this and taught her about writing music, and she found it to be so much easier than reading words. Sometimes she will compose a song and give it to Bruce, who will perform it on the piano while Cass listens.
Tim: Tim isn’t very open about his musical talent and never does it in front of others, but Tim is secretly a fantastic singer. His voice isn’t very loud, but it has a softness to it that is the polar opposite of Jason’s deep and rough one. The only time anyone has heard him sing is when he thought he was the only one home and he sang alone to music on his headphones. Little did he know that Alfred was silently standing by his doorway and listening in.
Steph: She doesn’t play the drums, per se, but Steph is really good at beats. She isn’t aware of the talent, but she’s always doing stuff like tapping her pencil on a desk or drumming her fingers rhythmically on a table when she’s thinking hard. Tim once asked her about it, but she honestly had no idea she was making actual music.
Damian: It’s canon that Dami plays the violin, which I assume Talia must have taught him when he was with the League as a way to make him more cultured. He would play really sweetly, but whenever someone asks him to play for them he insists he has no idea what they’re talking about and leaves the room. He really enjoys playing for his pets though, especially Alfred the Cat and Goliath, who love it.
Alfred: His musical talent isn’t playing an instrument or singing, but rather the ability to coerce his family into playing together while he listens. He will convince Cass to show one of her compositions to Bruce, who gets Barbara to play it with him for everyone. After some convincing, Jason strums along on his guitar, Damian will quietly bring out his violin and play a background harmony, and Steph will tap a beat with her hands on her lap. Dick dances around the room with Cass in a fun dance of their own invention, and even Tim reluctantly sings along with any lyrics that pop into his head, Jason soon joining in as they harmonize perfectly. Those are the moments when Alfred really feels like they’re a family, and maybe he hides a small video camera or two on a nearby shelf so he can record his family’s musical jam session to watch when he feels down.
