#and also Catwoman

[ghost-bxrd]

Okay so I know this wasn’t the intention, but I read the most recent part of Owl Song and now I can’t stop thinking about Ivy, Jason, and Dick.

Like, in canon she fought both of them as Robin (I think??? I’m pretty sure she was around for Dick’s Robin) and she’s one of the better Rogues in terms of motive and morals. She probably cared for both of them somewhat, so how do you think she (and the other semi-decent rogues) took it when Jason died?

Ah I see how it is, we’re unpacking the good questions now!!!

So at first Ivy probably didn’t notice. Let’s be real, she’s got better things to do then play “keeping up with the batfamily”, and yeah, sure, some of her plants have been getting agitated the more days went by without sightings of either Robin or his loyal shadow (either Batman or Talon/Nightwing), but eh, maybe they’re on vacation or something.

But then Batman is back on the streets and it’s BadTM. Even simple thugs need to be hospitalized, more than one comes close to actually dying (one even flatlines for a moment) and Ivy gets suspicious. Not enough to raise any alarms just yet, still, odd. And still no sight of Robin anywhere.

And then the Joker keeps being found. All over Gotham. Her plants her agitated, they keep whispering about the child-from-the-clocktower and the-one-who-is-cold. And even Ivy can’t keep turning a blind eye.

At first she checks in with Harley, but her girlfriend she doesn’t have any insight either having just returned from a mission with the Birds of Prey (timeline? What timeline). So, dead end. And Crane is a no-go because the Bat hospitalized him with way too many broken bones just the other day.

Two-face it is, but Harvey (both sides of him) are equally as disturbed by the Bat’s sudden volatility as Ivy and he is now on board with trying to find out just what made the Bat snap.

(At this point she’s having a veeery bad feeling about this. Especially because even weeks later Robin is still suspiciously absent from the streets, and there are only whispers of Talon/Nightwing and even her plants can’t seem to pin down either of them.)

Next up is the Riddler, who is already neck-deep into investigation (because how dare Batman not appreciate all his carefully laid riddles and instead punch in faces of low time criminals! And also he may be a teeny-tiny bit worried about the sassy sidekick but SUE him, the kid grows on you like a particularly stubborn case of the pocks ok!?) and immediately agrees to a temporary ceasefire.

So now we have part of the rogue gallery joining forces to find out just wtf is going on, and their next bet is the elusive Catwoman.

And let’s say Selina doesn’t know who Batman is but she’s got soft spot for the big burry anyway so she’s CONCERNED ok? It doesn’t take much persuasion to join forces with the rest of the rag-tag group of high profile rogues to figure this out, and her next proposition is this: grill the Penguin for information.

Oswald Cobblepot is SO not prepared for the joint forces of Catwoman, Two-Face, Riddler, Harley, and Ivy and before long he’s telling them what little he knows about the Joker and his excursion to Ethiopia.

And they all just kinda— freeze. Because— what? No, Robin can’t be dead. Robin is magic. That spunky little kid who’d throw pebbles at Riddler, the one who’d always try to pick-pocket Catwoman, the one urging Harley to leave-the-Joker-he’s-an-ass, the one who always drives Harvey insane with his prime numbers, the one who’d stalked all the way into Robinson park just to ask Ivy how to save the little potted plant he’d been gifted—-

No, no he can’t be dead… right?

But he is. And the talon who’d always kept him safe? That one is gone, too. Nobody knows where he went, but Batman is unspooling, and unspooling fast. And the rogues… well, for once they keep quiet. they don’t give Batman any additional grief (god knows he’s got enough) and instead now make it a point to keep kids out of their business in silent solidarity.

From that day forward any and all people who try to associate themselves with the Joker get taken down by them with extreme prejudice. You think Batman is bad? Try spouting some Joker loving bullshit in front of Ivy. She doesn’t even have to ask her plants to gut you and hang you from the carousel at amusement mile like a Christmas ornament. And god forbid you say anything negative about Robin.

#listening to Batman audio adventures really made me appreciate Harvey #and also Catwoman #and also riddler he’s hilarious #but I have a SOFT SPOT for Ivy #always #the rogues loved Robin in their own way #at least some of them #they also hated his guts #but still #that was THEIR Robin #how dare joker take him away #and where is the talon? #owl song #ghost talks #jason todd #batfamily #dick grayson #bruce wayne #robin

[t00thpasteface]

part of the reason i love mean, bitchy, rude, domineering, firecracker female characters and loathe seeing them defanged is because the prickliness repels men and the defanging is ALWAYS to make them more fuckable for whatever man they have a weird sexual tension with. like yeah i don't like the Mean Lesbian stereotype either but at least the mean lesbian isn't shelving her career to become a tradwife after spending however many episodes/chapters/issues saying how much she didn't want to do either of those things

#i'm drawing saucy pinups of houlihan but this also goes for catwoman and honestly lois lane #only defanging i like is harley and ivy and that's because it was in service of a fun interesting quirky lesbian relationship LOL #shebbz shoutz

[mylifeingotham]

#bruce you nerd #she still married him tho #there’s hope for all of us #batman #bruce wayne #gotham #robin #batman and robin #brucie #brucie wayne #selina kyle wayne #bruce wayne x selina kyle #selina wayne #selina x bruce #bruce and selina #bruce x selina #selina kyle #catwoman #batcat #dc batfam #batfamily #batfam #batman and catwoman #batman x catwoman #batbucket #thats batstupid #it’s also batnerdy #but i batlove it #dc batman #dc characters

[lushloooser]

it’s 2:41 in the morning, you’re working the register of a Gotham City bodega when you see these three mentally disturbed lesbians patiently waiting in line, WYD?

Commission of my depictions of the Sirens by @frijolbean!!! their art is so rad and they are so rad, and I’m not gonna be normal about this for like at least a month 🫨😵‍💫😭💝🤪🤪🤪

you can read about them here:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/32299885

#selina’s at the bodega for cigarettes harley’s there for an egg sandwich and ivy’s there because harley and selina are there #also she wants a dr pepper #gotham city sirens #trans selina kyle #trans catwoman #harley quinn #poison ivy #harlivy #ivycat #catquinn #harlina #catwoman #don’t ask why ivy doesn’t have arms it’s a long story basically she

[sepia-stained-sunset]

Damian, wearing an extremely worn out black shirt with a faded red logo on it: [looking smug]

Dick: What's got you looking so happy, Dami?

Damian: [still smug] I stole this shirt from Cassandra, meaning I've gotten even with her for stealing my hoodie

Cass: That's not mine, I stole it from Jason :D You're still behind, baby brother

Jason: Oh, that's not mine either. I stole it from blondie

Steph: Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was Tim's originally...

Everyone: ...

Damian: [panicking] Wait-

Everyone, smiling evilly: Oh my god

Damian: No, no, you don't know for sure-

Tim: [walking in] okay, so Bernard has this crazy theory that- uh- that- uh...?

Damian: [trying to act casual]

Tim: Dames?

Damian: [trying to go invisible]

Tim: Why are you wearing Kon's old-

Damian: [trying to rip the shirt off and set it on fire simultaneously] wHat sHiRt????!

#clothes sharing in the Manor must be a nightmare #especially when the batkids' s/os get involved #Bruce is crying internally because Jason stole a shirt from him that Roy stole from him and now Ollie is walking around wearing his clothes #Dick has worn plenty of Selina' s clothes which means Starfire Babs and Wally have also worn Catwoman' s stuff by extension #Babs has a shirt originally owned by Harley Quinn that no one knows how she got her hands on #long post #batfam shenanigans #batfam shitpost #batkids #tim drake #damian wayne #batsiblings

[mataurin]

Bonus:

Harlivy + Selina + Sanderson sisters!

#harlivy #poison ivy #harley quinn #Selina Kyle #catwoman #Batman #dc #dc comics #hocus pocus #I’m obsessed with putting them in little Halloween costumes #and I also just so happen to be currently obsessively rewatching hocus pocus so #it works out #Bette midler is an icon an ICON #pamela isley #harleen quinzel

[not-another-robin]

Villeeps

#now THESE are my next stickers #narsposting #dc comics #batman #catwoman #selina kyle #the riddler #edward nigma #the penguin #oswald cobbepot #Also. My dumb ass was thinking of other villains like “harley and ivy.... who else” I FORGOT THE FUCKIMG JONKER

[tbcanary]

Lian Harper + her various caretakers in Green Arrow Vol. 7 (2023)

Bonus:

#oliver queen #lian harper #ollie queen #connor hawke #selina kyle #roy harper #arrowfam #green arrow #arsenal #speedy #cheshire cat #catwoman #SHE HAS A FAMILY SHE'S A DAUGHTER !!!! #god this one was a pain in the ass lbnkjbjkngn #if anything looks weird or not right or out of proportion. no it doesn't <3 keep scrolling <3 #erasing speech bubbles and narration and drawing things back in is my enemy but it's worth it for her (lian) #also for ollie and connor and roy #selina i suppose also gets that nod by virtue of being here with lian #anyway they're all cute and i love them the end! #cannot wait to get to add mia and emi and dinah and cissie to this edit later-- #green arrow vol 7 #tbedits

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 176

Danny would like to blame Vlad for this, but it’s actually his own fault. He was the one who insisted on telling his parents about the whole half-ghost thing since everything else was going so well. He was the one who insisted on not waiting, on not using a duplicate and doing it in person. 

Which resulted in the situation they both were in now. Injured, destabilizing, and barely able to retreat through the portal. His parents hadn’t taken things well and he would have probably ended up in one of the cages or worse if Vlad hadn’t been skulking around. 

If they could make it to the Far Frozen they’d be alright, maybe. At least safe enough to not be in as much shock as he was right now and to properly take in what had happened without having to worry so much about blood loss. Ecto loss? Ugh, he was starting to get dizzy. 

Maybe a nap would be fine? Vlad was still able to fly… he thinks. Just a little nap and a moment to figure out what to do. To… something. Why is it so much harder to heal now…? 

#Prompts #Dcxdp #Dpxdc #Semi Redeemed Vlad holding Danny in a panic while also dealing with Core problems: oh fuck oh shit oh no #They can’t return to Amity & Vlad retreats deeper into the Ghost Zone #He doesn’t know about or where the Far Frozen is & Danny is unconscious so can’t tell him #They end up in the Flashpoint timeline #De aged Danny #De aged Vlad #Y’know as kids/preteens they probably look a Lot like Bruce would’ve #Thomas is going to have such a trauma response to finding two black-haired blue-eyed children bleeding out in an alleyway #I’m so sorry I am on a mini Flashpoint hyperfixation but I just think they deserve a murder dad/grandpa/whatever their relationship would b #Also older sister figure Catwoman #Once they recover because their cores are very sick thx to the Betrayal

[t00thpasteface]

i got a loaded imagination being fired by girls' talk

#i like short haired selina as much as the next dyke but 40s hairstyles have a GRIP on me and i LOVE the midcentury timewarp in btas ok #i'm also trying to help lois not serve so much mia fey. serious movie magic going on in stas keeping that miniskirt where it needs to be #art #dc #lois lane #selina kyle #catwoman #btas #stas #kylane

[robot-carl]

It’s a metaphor you see. You put the thing that does the fucking in your mouth. But you don’t give it the power to fuck. Cause you just got fucked.

#my art #digital art #illustration #artists on tumblr #comic books #comics #dc fanart #the riddler #edward nygma #scarecrow #jonathan crane #catwoman #harley quinn #poison ivy #batman #batcat #scriddler #harlivy #cigarettes before during and after sex #it’s about the symbolism #the juxtaposition #but also 😏😏😏 #also why do I always draw people smoking #I don’t even smoke

[koraesrambles]

Gotham War: Red Hood Issue #2? More like Everyone in Gotham is Horny for Jason Todd.

Get it girl.

Everyone is asking, "Where is Red Hood?" but does anyone ask "HOW is Red Hood?"

spoiler alert: He is Not Good.

Everyone: Well Gotham War is problematic because --

Me: Yeah yeah yeah, but have you considered that I'm having a great time watching everyone fight over Jason Todd?

Rose is the only person in the world who understands Jason like I do.

Some Scholar: Well I read comics because of their commentary on --

Me: Well, I read comics because I want to see a bunch of silly people dressed up in silly costumes fighting over my favorite character while he goes insane, okay? Good.

#gotham war spoilers #gotham war #jason todd #jay rose #rose wilson #joker #scarecrow #angst #whump #so much whump #i am in heaven you guys #plot? I don't know her #I am here for the angst #Also to see my baby utterly terrified and doing his best #i am just having the best time right now #batman/catwoman red hood issue 2

[greenglowinspooks]

Alrighty fellas time for another one

(DPxDC) Batman Rogues ranked based on how good at parenting Danny (and co.) they would be

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Would probably actually be able to step up and be (relatively) good parents: The Penguin, Mr. Freeze.

They would have EXTREMELY different dynamics with Danny, but I think they could figure it out.

The Penguin would definitely only take in Danny to improve his reputation, and probably so that he could monopolize the use of a new meta’s abilities. (And perhaps to study him)

However, I think that attitude would last for at the absolute most a month, probably closer to two weeks, before he genuinely bonded with him. He’s like the dad who says he doesn’t want a pet, and then in a week they’re inseparable.

He’s not a good person, but I think he could probably end up being an awesome fucking dad. Also, there’s no way in hell anyone would mess with Danny. Not even close. If he found out Danny was getting bullied he’d ruin the bully’s fucking life.

He wouldn’t directly throw hands with a child, sure, but that’s only because it would look bad. He would, however, completely destroy their family’s careers and force them to leave Gotham out of shame.

Mr. Freeze is only a rogue because of his wife. Like, that’s it. He only wants (or wanted, depending on the version) for his wife to be cured and to live happily with her again. All of this is for her, either to help her or to avenge her.

That’s to say that yeah, if Danny managed to weasel his way into his heart, he would have a place with him forever.

He’d probably only interact with him at first because of the ice powers, but if Danny did manage to get closer to him (that’s a pretty big if) I think he’d do fucking anything for him, just like his wife.

He would raze the GiW to the ground for his boy.

They’d do alright probably. Nothing special, but it’d work out ok: Scarecrow, Ivy & Harley, Two-Face, Killer Croc.

Scarecrow is, funnily enough, not that bad. Like, is he genuinely deranged? Yes. Is he murderous and cruel? Yes. Does he have a moral compass that would absolutely support taking care of a child? Yes.

He’s been shown multiple times to genuinely care for people, even if it’s in his own way. Like, yeah, maybe fear-gas-themed murder and torture is a bit far sometimes, but it’s what he knows how to do.

Like, would he know how to take care of a kid? Hell no. But he does have a pretty good list of what not to do, courtesy of his own childhood, so he’d have a pretty alright start.

Ivy and Harley aren’t rated higher because I just don’t think they’d really be responsible enough for a child. I don’t doubt that they’d be able to love Danny, nor that they love each other, but they’re not very stable, and they don’t have a very good grasp on normalcy.

Like, they’d be incredibly cool aunts, or family friends, or something. I just don’t think that they’d do well being the sole guardians of a child or teenager.

I can’t stress this enough, I think they would genuinely love having Danny with all their hearts. I just don’t think that love alone is enough.

Avoiding that genuinely depressing thought, I think Two-Face would similarly be an awesome uncle to have, but wouldn’t do well at the actual “parenting” thing.

Like, he could keep a kid alive no problem, and he’d probably be awesome to have as a legal guardian and stuff, but there’s no way in hell he’d be able to keep Danny in line, for the sole reason of not really seeing a reason to.

However, if he got put in Arkham, he’d 100% not be above guilt-tripping Bruce into taking Danny in, so he does have backup options.

Killer Croc would be an awesome friend to Danny, but that man is in no way capable of being a parent.

He’s got a pretty short temper, and Danny is a little shit. There’d definitely be fighting. A lot of fighting. Croc still gets some points though because he’s a decent guy and I don’t doubt that he’d be willing to get help from the other rogues or even Batman should he need it.

Shouldn’t be trusted to keep a gerbil alive, yet are somehow still better at this than Maddie and Jack: The Riddler, Solomon Grundy

The Riddler is a childish, egotistical asshole with a bit of a god complex and a truckload of emotional baggage.

That being said, he’d still do better than Danny’s actual parents.

Partly because the bar is so low.

Like yeah, there’d be a lot of arguing, but I don’t think that he’d actually ever fight fight with Danny, mostly because he’d feel like he was turning into his father.

For the most part he’d be at the same level as Scarecrow or Killer Croc, I just put him lower because I think he’d forget to feed Danny sometimes. Still not as bad as the food coming alive to attack him though.

Solomon Grundy is pretty similar to Killer Croc in terms of how I think he and Danny would get along, I just think he’d be much worse at getting the things Danny needs to live and be happy.

He’d be cool as a weird uncle, or a friend, but he’d be pretty awful at being an actual parent.

The house is on fire, god is dead: Mad Hatter, Ra’s Al Ghul

Mad Hatter would have UNIMAGINABLE levels of beef with Danny. He would unironically throw hands with a child.

That being said, I think he’d genuinely like Danny.

Wouldn’t make up for anything, but I do think he’d at least not hate him.

Ra’s would be funny as hell no matter what.

He’d ALSO have unimaginable beef with Danny, but for entirely different reasons. He would spend all his time trying to convince Danny to become a member of the LOA and also to turn him fully immortal. Danny would buy him a “world’s okayest dad” mug and “I’m not the dad who stepped up” shirt. They would try to beat each other to death over Damian.

Danny would still probably choose him over Vlad in a heartbeat.

Getting dissected would have unironically been a better option: Joker

Your homework today is to watch Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.

Because I know you won’t, I’m just gonna tell you that Joker has done some MK Ultra shit to a child before in order to mold it into a mini version of himself, and he’d absolutely do it again.

One of them would absolutely end up dead, and considering their track records, I’m not so sure it would be Joker.

#dcxdp #dc x dp #dp x dc #dpxdc #dp x dc crossover #catwoman isn’t on here because she would just give him to bruce immediately #on the bright side if Joker ever obtained another child through dubious means I don’t doubt that Harley and Ivy would beat him to death #honestly out of everyone here I think being adopted by two-face would be the most fun by far #like mr. freeze would be a lot better at being an actual parent but two-face would be fun as hell #also scarecrow would just straight up murder someone for bullying Danny this man is not above killing kids if they’re being dicks #he’s literally done the slasher routine for some girl after she found out her friends all hated her and he’d do it again #the penguin would kill for Danny too I just don’t think he’d kill kids #older teens are up for debate however

[thejasontoddarchives]

Looking at the clashes between Zdarsky and Rosenberg’s writing in the context of the actual story is so funny because the sequence of events goes like:

Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War - Red Hood #1 (2023)

Then:

Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War - Battle Lines #1 (2023)

And now back to regular programming:

Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War - Red Hood #1 (2023)

#Alexa play The Real Slim Shady by Eminem #dc #batman/catwoman: the gotham war #gotham war #jason todd #red hood #selina kyle #catwoman #also having Jason refer to himself as a junior bat. that was definitely … *A* decision #Zdarsky is just so. #‘there’s *no* way I would’ve been able to follow you before that meeting.’ #his writing makes everyone but in particular Jason into such a simplified yes man

[scintillyyy]

something something tim very much struggles with lying, he views it as a stressor on his life that makes it worse & struggles with it, it's a burden he must bear. while for steph, lying comes as easy as breathing--lying is how she can sanitize her life & all the things she hates about it, half truths and exaggerations are how she can improve things for herself.

#i like this as a character trait btw #anyways tim's relationship with lying is interesting #but so is steph's. like a lot of times her first instict is to lie. #such as the robin 80 page giant where she lies to black canary that she's batman authorized #the batman 12 cent adventure where she lies to catwoman about just stumbling on the gang meeting #she lies to cass during war games #so on and so forth #it's just a very interesting parallel to me #her lying is very much grounded in her wanting to divorce herself from her upbringing #and the shame it causes her #anyways this is also another parallel of hers to bruce to me

[allovesthings]

You know one thing that kinda bother me about the entire spiral arc with Dick ? And it's not just the "let's all blame only Dick instead of Bruce for the whole thing".

How do the batfam think he died exactly? I mean he did die, for a few minutes at least, but that's not my point. My point is what did Bruce tell them about his death ? I'm assuming he told them Lex suffocated him to save them from the bomb. So then, the question becomes... Why did no one in the Batfam, knowing that, go after Lex ? I'm not saying they would try to kill him but are you trying to tell me none of them were like:

"Woah, my brother, a superhero died, that's very convenient for Lex supervillain known for disliking superheroes in general Luthor, maybe he didn't do the most to save him afterwards either, maybe I should look into that ?"

Also grief isn't rational, Bruce immediately went after Lex, knowing he was saving the world.. Why would they not do the same thing ?

#dc comics #batman #dick grayson #nightwing #jason todd #tim drake #damian wayne #(i mean he was dead at the time but i'm tagging him anyway) #bruce wayne #cassandra cain #barbara gordon #stephanie brown #also edit: there were other people who saw Dick alive after that if any of them did any investigation and/or ask Catwoman this would have #been solved ? #or cyborg ?