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ggothamite · 2 years

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honestly issue 12 of red robin fixed me AND made me worse

#the part where all his friends help him??? makes me sob #“i’m not batman i have friends #REAL TEARS RIGHT THERE #AND WHEN HES FALLING AND LIKE “bruce wouldn’t say anything but i know he’d be proud of me’’#ONCE AGAIN. REAL TEARS #tim drake #dc #dc comics #red robin

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crookedunknownarbiter · 3 months

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If you think about it Tim and Dick became Bruce’s sons later they eventually saw him as a father but they were his partners frist like how in the 90s it was the Wayne family and the batfamily with Tim being a bat but not a Wayne until his becomes both and how Dick started as his ward and became his son.

But Jason and Damian have always been Bruce’s sons it was essentially their whole point to make the Batman and robin dynamic into a father and son one and not just a mentor and mentee one and they like died because of it like Jason died because ppl didn’t like that Batman had a kid so Tim was distinctly not his kid and Damian died because of who his father was too

They were all damned by their relationship in a way not matter the form because the narrative demands it but I really do like how the distinction in the characters can influence Bruce’s relationship with them with this context and I think you can see a shift in mainly Tim when he went form faking an uncle so he wouldn’t be Bruce Wayne’s kid to insisting that his name is Drake Wayne

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laughterbynight · 3 months

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Watching people in the tags yell at other fans for getting characters wrong while aggressively citing their own head canons as gospel lul

#batman #batfamily #batfam #Big oof #Analyzing media does take some skills #that said a shit ton of official writing for batman and his family is VERY poorly done #I mean they have mr friend to all children beating the fuck out of his own kids regularly #Plz let miller’s influence die already it’s been decades I’m so over the grimdark bullshit

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ensouledepiphany · 1 year

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I only just realized why all the bat kids are so weird about each other, with their rankings and fear of replacements. They are a bunch of only children, who one day just gain a bunch of siblings who know as much about having siblings as they do… (I mean, there are other more trauma related reasons, but this is more fun)

Only children are weird dude…

#batman #batfam #batboys #dc comics #I have 5 siblings #only children are cryptids #do they even exist #not in my house #what is up with them though #my only child friend stole all my cheese #I wanted the cheese #no offense intended #I’m sure you’re nice people #it’s just weird

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starlooove · 4 months

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The way this has literally applied to every member of the batfam at some point and still does for most of them el oh el

#only difference is patrol during the day #and ‘oracle wannabe friends’#which a lot of batfam members have always had contacts and info brokers outside the oracle #but also woooow Duke doesn’t trust the cop or his daughter 😨#which I don’t want Duke having cop contacts at all but maybe that’s too black of me #like all the batfam members were teammates/mentees to Batman #even Steph who’s not rlly part of it is still included when u say batfam and seen as a main member #when tims parents were alive he was absolutely still batfam #and no that abandonment shit was made up #and even tho he patrols at day he very much still shows up for a bunch of night shit bc dc doesn’t wanna explore day Gotham lmaoooo #anyways maybe I’m terrible but I always thought smth terrible Is supposed to happen to Jay to fuel his story #SORRDY when I look at Jay all I see is anime mom with the side ponytail #It didn’t occur to me that maybe they just wanna slowly phase Duke out till someone on here said it 😭#uhm the fic is good tho no hate #like this authors note bothers me bc it exemplifies the double standards between Duke and literally everyone else #and how the issue of everyone being well established and years into their journey with Batman #is never taken into consideration. like Duke has been working with Bruce for awhile but he’s not at the yelling fights fuck u dad I’m runnin #away point yet lmaooo it’s just been 2-3 years yall #bc nobody wants to fucking write for him but I digress #anyways I do appreciate the fic again no hate #just nobody said this when tim was first starting out el oh el

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finniestoncrane · 2 months

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The great Finniestoncrane writing for my newest hyperfixation (Fallout ghoul) I hope you keep following my new interests for always! 💜

;-; aheem heem anon you’re too flattering 💚 unfortunately for you though i dislike new things so this is a one off lmao my ass will be taking a swift left turn into the past and will be investing in tf2 when my brain can focus on it (something something typical finnie chasing after piss obsessed aussies)

but like, fallout ghouls my beloveds ;-; fully intend on booting up fo4 tomorrow and ignoring all other responsibilities 💚

#I just woke up and I’m going back to bed obviously but that fic is doing NUMBERS!!!!#every day I am grateful that I don’t chase clout by choosing what’s popular to write for #because otherwise the temptation of likes would have my ass leaving Batman in the dust lol #and then what would I do with all of my RIDDLER THOIGHTS #friends being friends #anon

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adaedellta · 1 year

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Guys I’m literally spiderman

#spiderman #spidersona #into the spiderverse #across the spiderverse #Spider-Man persona #spider man #I am spiderman actually like we’re literally the same person #im the Spider-Man autistic and my best friend is the batman autistic #together we are committing crimes homosexually and having assorted trauma #im Spider-Man but PINK #pink Spider-Man is me #spider stitch is her name and she will shoot you because fuck the whole “let’s not stoop to their level thing #if you’re a bitch then I’m gonna stab you with my pretty pink scissor knife #because I said so and everyone knows a Barbie fashionista like me can do whatever she wants in a Barbie world

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rassilon-imprimatur · 1 year

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Batfamily fans are annoying because they hate Bruce, Batdad fans are annoying because they woobify or reduce Bruce, neither of them give a shit about the villains as the secondary main characters, nor Gotham as any atmospheric or thematic weight other than “backdrop city,” the main comic titles currently are catering so heavily to the weekly Twitter discourse it’s actually a real fucking problem, etc etc.

And then meanwhile I’m over here defending The Dark Knight Returns and trying to figure out what the hell to do with my realization I don’t give a fuck about Dick as Nightwing.

#If I had the gumption or the care to be more of an essay writer about Batman #I’d take a crack at trying to express how constantly reducing Robin to Batman’s CHILD is actually a little…#like yes he was Dick’s guardian #and yes he legally adopted Jason #and Tim #Damian’s his biological son etc etc #but the child fantasy of Robin is just as much being Batman’s best FRIEND as it is getting to drive the Batmobile as a 10-year-old #Robin and Batman are partners and they’re best fucking friends #and yes it’s a grown ass man treating a kid as his equal #because it’s FUN. and it’s fun best contrasted with the villains being the most HORRID fuckin’ people you have ever seen #just as Bruce/Batman needs to be a harmony between terrifying violence and unrelenting compassion #Batman and Robin need to be a balance of absolutely child’s logic and ultimate good vs Very Fuggin Scary evil #evil that’s Very Fuggin Scary and then meanwhile death traps and fights on giant memorabilia #and I’ve got wider issues with the ever expanding Batfamily #but I think reducing Bruce to this hyper anxious love lug of a Dad backing cookies for everybody as a defense against Batjerk takes #and what have you #is equally… not it.#I’m in a Batman mood ignore me.

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tallysescape · 2 years

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Jason Todd is a guillotine and the Joker is Mary Antoinette

also I will die on the hill that Batman’s morals kinda suck. He wants himself up on this pedestal of doing no wrong per say, when if he did one wrong he would prevent hundreds of others. Instead he sits by in his proverbial throne above everyone else like an old man playing chess

…ah okay so. let's talk about why his morals are where they are. as we all know his parents were killed at gunpoint, he couldn’t do anything. this cements a deep, personal distaste towards guns/lethal force/killing. when he becomes batman, when he puts on the cowl and goes out to protect people from that helplessness, to save as many as he can from that pain, he does it without needless, irreparable violence. killing is not an option for him, not after that.

but that doesn’t mean he’s ignorant. that doesn’t mean he wants to be praised or idolized or placed on a pedestal, that doesn’t mean he does no wrong.

bruce has made a ton of mistakes! he’s messed up a lot! big time! he’s flawed and complicated and messy and KNOWS THAT! he knows it when he falls out with dick, he knows it when jason is murdered, he knows it when the Red Hood shows up. he knows with tim and damian too. he’s highly aware of his failures. ‘what ifs’ and ‘maybes’ are this mans mortal enemy.

bruce cares so deeply and he shows it as best he can. he’s a protector, his work humbles him, he’s his own worst critic. he doesn’t want to be placed on a pedestal and honestly i’m willing to bet he thinks the city would be better off without him! gotham’s villains see the batman as a challenge and that’s why they keep coming. sure yeah, killing the joker or any other criminal would prevent hundreds of crimes, it would save tons of innocent people from hurting, it’s an easy, full proof fix. but that’s not what the story is about.

to bruce, at the end of the day you’d have to live with the knowledge that you can never take it back a lethal strike, and that scares him. no killing is a limit he set for himself, a restraint to keep him from going too far, because if he starts he won’t be able to stop and he knows that.

he tries to instill that belief into his kids, because he knows that they can be better than he is, that they are better than he is, despite all the shit each of them have gone through. he doesn’t want them to loose that light y’know? that hope that they carried with them and brought into his life. because that’s what batman is, right? hope. hope for gotham, hope for people. hope for the future.

but of course, pushing his mortals onto them does a bit more harm than good. it’s what eventually drove dick and jason away. it’s what eventually led to a massive falling out and a heartbreaking murder a very dark time for gotham. because when jason died, that breaks bruce. he is furious and violent and hurt and he takes all of that pain and throws it mercilessly into batman. this is probably the closest he’s ever been to the brink and there’s no one to pull him back, which is when tim drake shows up with his camera and his photos and his wit and his stubborn attitude and his hope.

when jason did come back to life, he wanted vengeance, he wanted to kill the joker, he wanted to get rid of criminals permanently, to make sure no one would be hurt like him ever again. he wanted to kill the joker and bruce wouldn’t let him. he doesn’t agree with jason’s methods, but that doesn’t mean he cares any less. that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t burn down the world for his kids. all members of the batfam want to protect their city and they’re doing it as best they can. each of them have their own method, each of them are their own hero, and yes it clashes with bruce but it doesn’t change the fact that in the end, it boils down to the genuine need to help people, to make life better.

now, about the last bit, just. when has bruce ever been able to sit by and watch? all these kids running around with makeshift capes and iron wills, when has he sat back and just watched it happen? if all bruce did was observe from above, then we wouldn’t have batman. no, bruce sees the violence and stands and does something about it, tries to break the cycle.

he sees dick, angry and hurt and grieving, with a burning need for justice and the drive to go out and find it himself, and sees himself in this ten year old kid. so he does something about it, because it’s too late for him but maybe he can make it better for the kid. he takes dick in and teaches him, watches him make a name for himself. Robin and then Nightwing.

he sees jason, who is literally is trying to steal the batmobils tires. who’s standoffish and weary and seen the worst that gotham has to offer but is still kind. and batman picks him up by the scruff and takes him home and absorbs him into the family, teaching him to be robin and mourning when he’s gone.

he sees tim—or better, tim is the one sees him—with his unshakable faith and terrible self esteem and hopeful, calculating eyes.

he sees stephanie and cass and duke and damian, he sees them all and he teaches each them everything he knows, trains them to the absolute best of his ability and tells them over and over that bats don’t kill, but in the end that’s all he can do. it’s a choice that they have to make when it comes down to it. a bar they have to set for themselves.

bruce is not a cold, unfeeling asshole with a superiority complex. despite the act, he isn’t. he’s just some guy dressed like a bat trying to make this house a home. if he was an unfeeling asshole with a superiority complex, then he wouldn’t go around adopting kids left and right. he could’ve just let them run off on the streets, trying to fight crime and solve mysteries all on their own. but he didn’t. he wouldn’t. and that says something.

#dances dances #i’m. very passionate about batman #maybe a little insane even #but yeah #he learns from his children and he learns from his mistakes and he cares and he hopes and he loves #yes bruce has messed up yes he’s done things that hurt the family but he’s not heartless #yes his refusal to kill the joker strained his relationship with jason but that doesn’t mean he was outright DEFENDING joker #yes jason is also valid for wanting to kill the joker and wanting to avenge himself??? like #jason isn’t heartless either #yeah he used lethal force and was willing to kill but that doesn’t mean he cared less about protecting people #he still wanted to keep gotham safe and he did it how he thought was right #the batfam is messy and complicated and their morals are all valid in their own right and it’s wonderful??#anyways uh #yeah #i like them a lot #i had to have this proof read by my friend bc i didn’t know if. i knew what i was talking about hshdhHSHDF #shout out to my bff jayme for listening to me ramble for two hours

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gigachad-joker · 2 years

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Do you have any kinktober fic’s to recommend?

I’m a little late to answering this ask I apologize, but I fear that I don’t have many kinktober fic’s to recommend either. However! The few that I did have time to read that I really enjoyed where

All In The Timing By Fractualized on Ao3

Unspeakable Things By Fractualized (again)

You Taste Better Stolen By Distort-opia

Also their (Distort-opia) story The Love Depends was incredibly good just make sure you’re ready to cry 🥲

#gig takes an ask #October tends to be a depression month for me so I do apologize to all the fellow writers I’m friends with whose writing I didn’t read (yet #I hope this small list is helpful!#also both of these writers have a hell of a selection of fics to choose from so do some browsing and remember to kudos!#batjokes #batman x joker #kinktober 2022

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tbcanary · 1 year

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comics will be like “tragedies always begin long before the first scene is ever played… they are born often enough of actions taken in purity, be it in intention or emotion… done more often than not for the best of reasons. but all tragedies end the same way.” and expect you to go on with your life.

#text.tb #reading the rucka run of Wonder Woman and I am so not normal about it #it was never this cold in themiscyra!!!!#the thing that’s interesting to me #wait hold on I need tags #read along #Wonder Woman #anyway #the thing that’s interesting to me about this run is how much it shows that Diana clashes with the rest of the league #specifically batman who has such a reputation for being uncompromising about his morals #because you know it does make you wonder what happens when he goes up against someone else just as steadfast as him #and the answer is. if it’s Diana anyway. he loses.#the flash also loses!#potentially the only one who could come out of an argument on top is clark #and that’s in part because she and Clark are //friends//#also I do love that this run has her being lovely and queer #she and io are perfect to me.#I’m sure I’ll have more I’m halfway through volume one rn #well worth the read #I just keep thinking about the first issue honestly nothing else has hit that hard yet but it opened with a bang #rucka out the gate with the ‘sometimes you cannot save everyone but you are bound to try’

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raeofgayshine · 2 months

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Whoops I accidentally found my will to write with a silly little au my friend and I made only it’s just little snippets of Bernard and Tim being parents while in their villain era (Tim is a Cobblepot, long story, Riddler accidentally brought home a stray), except their child has lightning powers and is also a Raiden clone from another world (again another long story, Liu Kang was making baby clones of the Kombatants but then Kitana caught him so he started yeeting them through worlds, Tim and Bernard wound up with Raiden and Jason actually adopted Kung Lao). And Tim kind of took after Oswald so he’s also running a club and doing a lot of business, shady or otherwise, making connections, etc. and Bernard runs the front of house for The Den (Tim’s club) so sometimes their son is there but he’s wearing a dragon costume so it’s fine, he’s like their mascot.

And it’s just my two favorite nerds doing their best to raise a child who has weird powers, but they have the support of their villain/murder family and Oswald and Ed/Riddler are proud grandparents and Steph is the favorite bi aunt and also godmother (and also Spoiler has become more like Red Hood these days. She’s realized being friends with Tim that things would never improve without getting your hands dirty. She kills people now, but mostly she just controls part of the city and helps Red Hood out. Also she’s dating Cassie/Wonder Girl but that’s not important.)

#ravenpuff rambles #it’s just anhhhhhhhh #the layers! the fucking layers to this au fuck!!!!!#I’m kind of upset the first motivation I get for writing I can only share with one person because no one else will get it #but also ahhhhh I love it so much!!! I love them so much #god murder family is fucking incredible I wish dc Twitter knew #like I wish y’all could see the beauty we’ve created #Having Tim stalk Riddler and accidentally get adopted instead of Batman was the best idea I’ve ever had #it’s become something incredible #Steph fans I hope you know she has a wonderful arc in this au #she was the third Robin instead of Tim #not so much because she wanted to at first but because Batman caught her doing her Spoiler shit and said it was too dangerous and insisted #on training her. you know so another child didn’t die on his watch.#she gets to be a part of Young Justice and one of their founding members #she’s even their leader partially because well Robin #that’s where she meets Cassie and after an enemies arc they become friends and then girlfriends #Also Steph and Tim fake date off and on for Years to fuck with Batman #they did actually date for almost a year before realizing they were better friends #but they’re best friends and ride or die.#fucking love Steph in this au and also in general #also good news she did still hit Tim with a brick the first time they met #If Riddler hadn’t been concerned about his child Steph absolutely would have died at that moment

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skipppppy · 24 days

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I’m not a comics expert by any means but I think that superheroes would be way less famous if they existed in the real world. Like irl, a lot of cities have local celebrities that are inside jokes for the people who live there. And between there only being 1 or 2 vigilantes in a huge city and the press not having great access to them I just can’t imagine them being any more famous than a citywide meme.

Like imagine you go to Gotham or some shit and this big fuckoff man in a black cloak and mask wooshes right past you while you’re in line for a burrito and you tweet about it and you get like 5 quotes being like “lmfao tourists don’t even know about batman anymore” like. The bat?? man??? And he’s just some guy that runs around assaulting criminals??? Or you visit your friend in NYC and see some wierdo in a red and blue gimp suit eating a hotdog and no one bats an eye and you’re like “do you think that guy is okay no judgement but like what is up with him” and they’re like “omg wait did I forget to tell you about spiderman?” And you can’t tell if this is just a New York thing or if you are actually losing your mind. Like can you imagine

#like where is the realism #batman #spiderman #dccu

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rosalind-or-ganymede · 10 months

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I’ve never actually seen a batman movie or read any of the comics, but I am a really big fan of the batfam head canons I see on here.

#Also apparently he’s friends with that phantom kid #Who’s show I also haven’t seen #But I’m happy for them #Batman #being on tumblr and seeing people in other fandoms is just like “good for her”#Like Ill sit and read text posts about what Batman and his kids get up to for HOURS #And I have no idea what they’re like in canon

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deadsetobsessions · 3 months

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Sea Cryptic! Danny AU- Pt.3

[Pt.1] [Pt.2] [Pt.4][Pt.5][Pt.6][Pt.7]

“Aquaman.” Batman swept into the room, beelining straight for the suddenly apprehensive Atlantean king.

“Batman. What can I do for you?”

“Phantom. Does he pay taxes?”

“Pardon?”

Batman makes a low noise that had Aquaman’s danger senses buzzing.

“Does Phantom have to pay taxes. Towards Atlantis.”

“No…? Why?”

“He wanted money, in exchange for… information, of a delicate sort,” Batman said, diplomatically avoiding the topic of Phantom bargaining for the identities of corpses in exchange for a measly $100 dollars per identity. Like a flea market dealer, that one was.

“You encountered Phantom again?” Aquaman perked up.

“Yes. Gotham’s bay is… polluted.” Batman paused. “With victims. Of murder.”

The entire area quieted as heads turned towards the Dark Knight.

“Yes, I am… distantly aware of Gotham’s waters.” By that, Aquaman gets green around the gills whenever he turns his awareness in that direction. There’s a reason he doesn’t enter Gotham, and the Dark Knight’s ban is only half of that reason. “Ah, but you’re correct. For what purpose would Phantom need mortal currency?”

“Hn.”

“Maybe he needs some stuff?” Flash zipped to a stop next to Batman, feet tapping as he dug into the pile of snacks cradled in his arms. “Us mortals are always coming up with new things, maybe he wants to try some games or something?”

Batman tilted his head down, seriously considering Flash’s suggestion. “It’s plausible.”

“Barry, Barry, Barry. He’s old as hell, right? He probably wants to try the new booze!”

“Hal, my man!” Flash fist bumped Green Lantern, who came up. “You’re back! What happened to John?”

“Dunno. He got called somewhere that way,” Green Lantern waved a vague hand towards the left. “Had to deal with a politician or something from that area.” He shrugged, swinging an arm over Barry’s shoulders to put him in a headlock and stealing a chip.

“Huh. Anyways, would our mortal alcohol even work on a demi-god or something?”

“We should ask!” Hal turned towards Batman. “You should ask if he wants to go for a drink, spooky!”

“He’s a child.”

“He’s been around for more than a millennia, Bats.”

“Informational gathering, right, Hal?” Flashgot out of the headlock, quickly munching on his snacks to stop Green Lantern from stealing them.

“Totally. Yup.”

“…Fine.”

“Wait, are we just gonna ignore that Gotham’s waters are full of bodies?”

“Yes.”

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“What?” Danny asked, mind half on the bags he’s dragging out of the water and the other half on the essay he has to submit in about four hours.

“Green Lantern wanted to invite you out for a drink.”

Danny turned to the stoic Gotham knight, who had his wrist computer out to log the bodies’ info the moment Danny gave him the information. Some of them even told Danny who murdered them, so Batman could start building cases with solid leads.

Danny’s only twenty. He’s not legal yet but he doesn’t want to give any clues to who he is. How is he supposed to…

Ah!

“Can’t.” Danny shrugged. “I’m not legal. I died when I was fourteen so…” Danny trailed off, speechless at the drowned puppy face Batman was giving him. What the fuck.

“Anyways, fork over my payment.”

Batman wordlessly hands him a wad of hundreds.

“What do you need cash for?” Batman suddenly asked.

“Huh? Isn’t it obvious?” Danny tucked it in. “Material things, obviously. I need a blanket,” because holy shit, Gotham is damn cold this time of year. “Anyways, see you same time next week, litterer.”

“I don’t litter.”

“Tell that to the batarangs I found under the water,” Danny grumbled. “But I’ll stop calling you that if you get a signature from Poison Ivy. I have a friend who loves her.”

“An alive friend?”

“Wouldn’t you like to know, weatherboy?”

Danny snickered and disappeared. He’s gotta cram that essay.

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“There’s a possibility Phantom might be homeless.”

“Batman, I mean this in the nicest way, but for the love of Atlantis, please stop giving me headaches. It’s time like these I wish I stayed a lighthouse keeper.”

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kiingbiing · 10 months

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#talks #I fucking hate this so much #why do I get so obsessed with a fandom 😭#like I used to be neutral to dc #but now I’m learning about the characters and I really want to watch the old cartoon #SCAM #fuuuuu #I don’t wanna learn about the batkids OK???#I don’t like to get attached to shows that originated from the comics #cause the comics have better context #but like… THERES SO MANY #girlie I can’t do this #I can’t keep DOING THIS #BTW flash and Batman are true friends #I have yet to learn the difference between Wally and Barry tho #seems there’s a huge gap in their character arcs 🤔#but it does look like Batman has a soft spot for Wally 🥹#like… I didn’t even know Barbara was a Gordon for so long but I knew about batgirl #LIKE GIRL U SLAYING SO HARD #I need to know every single batkid and how they came to be #vent #not really but this got really long #sorzzz #just got obsessed with the characters auugh

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