#first batgirl and now this

[shellybuttface]

Hey Doomies if you didn’t already know S4 is out and there are 5 episodes to catch up on!

The amount of people that didn’t know this makes me sad. HBO really didn’t give S4 any promo. Like if people who already love the show didn’t know then how are new viewers supposed to discover it? 

#Doom Patrol #DC comics #dc universe #Brendan Fraser #Diane Guerrero #Matt Bomer #April Bowlby #Jovian Wade #Michelle Gomez #Mark Sheppard #first batgirl and now this #hbo hates brendan and i wanna fight them

[lanternbats]

I've been thinking about how much I actually dislike Damian becoming Batman as an adult and how I think it would be way more impactful for his character if he broke away from both of his parents and formed his own identity, which led me to "Well, who should become Batman then?" and well. What if nobody becomes Batman after Bruce steps down. The family carry on his mission, his message, but not his title, because Bruce helped them become something else, helped them become better than him. The goal was never to become the next Batman, it was for them to grow and learn and become their own people. Batman never dies, he is an eternal symbol, but one that they all wear instead of physically inhabit. I think as Bruce ages he should realise that Gotham doesn't need Batman, because now it has so much more than just Batman.

#bruce wayne #damian wayne #kit.posts #like at first gotham just has batman but now? it has batwomen batgirl nightwing red hood red robin spoiler oracle signal- #TO ONLY NAME. A FEW. #and then whatever damian wants to be #i know batman is a mantle they hand around but like the theme of identity and becoming who YOU'RE meant to be is one i really like #and i think it's more meaningful for batman to be retired because he's not needed now he has a family now gotham has protectors now #this is not a new thought but ya know i'm just thinking about it to distract from whatever the fuck the comics are doing right now

[thecruellestmonth]

Stop stealing women's traits to give to Jason Todd!!!

Jason as an adult didn't slit a child's throat! He just nicked him a bit, because JASON IS A COWARD.

My FULL-GROWN ADULT WOMAN Cassandra Cain STABBED an UNDERAGE MINOR in the THROAT! So badly that the TERRIFIED CHILD choked in her own blood and needed emergency medical care to save her life!

Batgirl (2000) #64

Batman: Hush

Have fun!! Let full-grown adults stab children!

#And a happy early birthday to Rose Wilson. 🌹 Our beloved Valentine. #Rose Wilson #Cassandra Cain #Tim Drake #Jason Todd #Batgirl 2000 #canon vs fanon #fanon vs canon #Rose would totally have Cass come to her birthday party. If she had a birthday party. #Imagine being a little biotch because an upperclassman roughed you up a little. Not Rose! #You know the first time around I felt like the Gabrych run was kinda a noticeable dip after Puckett. But I feel I'm appreciating it more. #WOW! I guess Cass and Jason REALLY ARE ''The Atrocity Twins''! 🤪🤪🤪 I'm going to shove this cherry-picked canon into your faces now!!! #I'm just kidding #Cass fans have suffered too much.

[atlantic-riona]

Batgirl #9 (2000) // the Iliad trans. Caroline Alexander // Táin Bó Cuailnge trans. Thomas Kinsella

#cassandra cain #dc #batgirl #batman #web weaving #I've wanted to make this post for years now #when I first read this scene in the comic I almost screamed!! the choice between a short life and glory or a long life and mediocrity. just #AHHHHHHHHH #anyway DC should do more with this Cassandra Cain is SUCH an interesting character with #the way she shares characteristics with classic heroes of myth and legend #I mean all superheroes do to a certain extent #but they're usually not this overt #may never do this again lol I have zero programs for this and it took forever #but also the more I focused on it the more parallels I found #Achilles and his mother #Cass and Lady Shiva #heck even to some extent Cúchulainn and Cathbad #who may or may not be his grandfather #if Cass chooses to get Shiva's help she'll have to come back in a year to fight to the death (and she expects to die) #if Achilles chooses to fight the Trojans he'll die during the war #if Cúchulainn picks up those weapons (choosing to fight for glory) his life will be short #if Cass chooses to do things Bruce's way (choosing her father) she'll can be Batgirl again #but never with the same skill level #if Achilles chooses to return to his father's land he will never achieve fame and glory but he'll live a long life #you can't really see it in these snippets but Cúchulainn's already made the choice and it can't be taken back #but you could parallel it with Conchobar's anger or with Cathbad's prediction of woe coming to that child #they're his mother's family but they are the paternal figures here #and in the end all three choose perfection and glory and fame over a long life of mediocrity #ANYWAY I find it fascinating #dc once again please hire me

[rissatack]

When you only just start getting along but you’re the only two who can call thick thigh batsibling solidarity

#thick thigh cass agenda still going strong this is my canon now #jason todd #cassandra cain #batfam #red hood #batman #batgirl #fanart #dc #dc comics #my art #robin #black bat #this is the first time I’m posting a jason?? #disappointed in myself #shame on me #rissdraws

[himejoshiangels]

batgirl 2000 reread bcs I'm crazyy...IM NUTS!!!

her and that damned rose..what does it all MEAN!!! it makes a reappearance l8r...also I missed this dynamic so so bad. me when I'm in a seeing my kids as an extension of myself competition and my opponent is Bruce Wayne

I always forget how fucking potent and tension filled the first arc of this comic is man. it's like, bcs cass can't speak or even have thought bubbles everything's communicated via her actions or the words of the ppl around her. every panel she's in has to be chock-full of emotion and every time she interacted with someone the implications and the ffUCKKKKK‼️

the atmosphere in this damn comic man

I dunno man not to "back in my day!" when it wasn't even my day. but comics these days don't trust the audience even a little. there's always gotta be paragraphs of text having a character explicitly state every detail of their motivation and like not that old comics didn't also do that but at least the words they wrote were pretty like fuck man who are they hiring to write this shit anymorw

this transition is straight out of a movie. I know we say this with literally everything but if ANY comic in the world should get an animated show it has to be this one. top contender. it's formulated like one already, it's episodic w perfect overall themes and bigger plots. even the vibe is perfect, the grainy mtv cartoon thing it has going. every day I pray for a batgirl 2000 cartoon it'd go so crazy jsut adapt the shit straight

batgirl 2000 just keeps hitting you and doesn't let up bcs in the same episode SORRY issue..where cass meets lady Shiva for the first time is also the same issue where babs first begins to address her as Cassandra

^^WHICH IS CRAZY bcs we have to keep in mind that up to this point cass is nameless, she's only been referred to as batgirl. this is one of the first times she goes out as not batgirl too tho, bcs Bruce benched her. it's GAHHHHH that whole thing where vigilantes angst and drama abt titles and legacies and their individual identities is exacerbated so so bad for cass bcs batgirl is the first name she's ever given. like it's all she ever knew and ever was. Cassandra came after and THIS

THIS PANEL RUGHT HERE ohhh my god it makes me crazy. she's only batgirl. she doesn't even have the words to explain it yet. she's only a reflection of the city she's sworn to protect its all she is and at first its lowkey all Bruce let's her be. not to mention. her relationship w babs, I'll speak on them l8r can't do it now I'll explode

a 1:1 animated series man. it's all I can think about so so many iconic moments. I don't kill but I don't lose either is already as cold as cold gets. the way the comic is formatted already fully visualizes as animated in my brain and it's so so fun to watch

LIKE LOOK AT THIS!! cinematic as he'll and it's not even moving..

both cass and Bruce hit the bullseye like....

Cass's perfectionism is such an underrated character trait of hers (in like the greater batfam fandom and more modern comics not here, never here) bcs she literally sacrifices her life about it. she's so self detrimental about how not perfect she is anymore and Bruce's nonsense doesn't help either. man sees himself reflected in a teenage girl once and looses all his damn sense. I'm just, yea we know "mediocre for a life time or perfect for a year" < god that goes hard, but the true tragedy that is cass's inability to see how unnatural and upsetting it is that her mind works the way it does at all, that she can run into bullets head on but complains that she could do it with more skill when she was 6 or whatever like girl...never evr letting myself become desensitized to her trauma, David cain when I get you...

AND ANOTHER THING AND ANOTHER THING!!! KKKKKKKKK!! the sideplots and b plots and background characters in this comic..each of them are offered so much empathy by the narrative and are written purposefully to reflect or foil whatever cass's current conflic is all while feeling like fully fleshed characters even if they only appear for one issue

^^ I have feeling abt these panels but my lawyers are advising me not to speak atvthis ttime

THFUCKINH THE ROSE!!AGAIN!!! so sure this is old news but my running theory is that it definitely ties into cass's sense of self and identity outside of her living weapon status. this whole issue is prime babs v. bruce custody battle material bcs babs wants cass to be able to have a normal life, to be someone outside of batgirl bcs where she is now isn't healthy even a little bit but bruce argues that cass doesn’t need that, all she needs is her devotion to the mission < now we don't have time to unpack all that but in this moment we see her make the choice, dropping the rose. in the very first panel of the whole comic cass does the very same thing, she drops the puzzle (representing her childhood) in favor of violence bcs at the time its all she knows THE PARALLELS HELP HELP MEEE

AND AND THIS NEXT WHOLE PANEL is so evocative of the first few issues where cass couldnt yet put her emotions into words. just atmosphere and silence. BECAUSE she's confused!!! bruce says justice is what she needs that it will make her feel better, feel normal but it doesn't!! she looks over the city and still feels..feeling!!!! she picks the rose back up and extends a hand out to barbara bcs she was right, she not Bruce, she can't sit in a cave all alone all day and feel better (<which arguably doesn't even work for him either)

in the next few issues she meets steph and tim which is soo fun bcs letting cass have friends her age opens up so much for potential dynamics. especially her relationship w steph, not just in a stephcass way but in a narrative foil way, to me at least

next post I'll probably talk abt cass's guilt, self hatred, and need for atonement but we move‼️

#and thats the first 20 issues!! #posting now so it doesn't get too long but im still going #thought bubbles #batgirl #cassandra cain #dc comics #batgirl 2000 #bonus silly moments r joker singing oops i did it again by brittany spears and catwoman putting prerecorded scooby doo marathon on the tv #2000 posting

[mortiferumsomnum]

six lines sunday, tagged by @bloustorm 💙 I don’t have anything in my drafts, recently, but i do have an idea that’s been bothering me during my review *wheeze* 

However, Bill couldn't shake off his apprehension for the little, cute fella; he still remembers Steve (RIP), and he still remembers the screams. He KNOWS that this little creature is luring him into a false sense of security.

And it seems that the little, green blob couldn't make him calm, because it stops purring and scooches away from Bill.

"Please... Don't you fucking dare..."

The little blob opened its little mouth...

...AND TRILLED.

*EXCESSIVELY LOUD CACKLING* Maybe I’ll continue this someday... XD

Tagging (if you want to uwu): @gilbirda , @stealingyourbones , @aro-screams-into-the-void , @messedupmoon , @tinybrie 

#I love Bill the Professional Henchman #he's been through some shit #and now new shit is coming to Gotham #dc x dp #dp x dc #I'm naming this Blob Ghost Lawrence and she's Batman's new favorite child #Jarro is jealous of her at first but then the both of them find out that they make a great team #Gotham ain't ready for the newest Robin and Batgirl Duo #please know that even if I'm wheezing with tears rn I am beginning to be very invested with this au

[psychicbluebirdmiracle]

Ok so after I found that super cute page from Nightwing #96 (2022) I went back and read the first issue in Nightwing and I found this and oh my gosh it's so dang cute I had to share

I love this so dang much oh my gosh

#YALL THE FIRST ISSUE IS FREE ON AMAZON HECK YEAH #anyways I actually get to read this one legally now so cool! #course then i have to find other ways to read the rest but whatever #dc comics #nightwing #dc #dick grayson #Nightwing (2016-) Vol. 1: Leaping into the Light #batman #batgirl #barbara gordon

[martyrbat]

dc first: batgirl/joker

[ID: Batgirl drawn with very little detail. Their cowl makes their face look just black as their cape curls up over their shoulders. They have their arms extended to the side of them, one hand still holding a Bat-line. A man is pointing a machine gun at them from both sides. END ID]

#creecher cass #<- my ���omg they look sooo good here’ tag now while theyre literally just some foreboding figure in the background #c: dc first: batgirl/joker #crypt's panels #cassandra cain #batgirl

[msfcatlover]

Hey, remember that guy who physically merged with his surveillance system? Which seemed to be voluntary, like, he just got waaay too into monitoring everything until he became one with his computer (or possibly was eaten by it,) leaving a system that bled & had eyes in the cameras & stuff?

Yeah.

Oracle!Barbara Gordon.

#tma #batfam crossover #tma crossover #barbara gordon #oracle #oracle barbara gordon #babs gordon #barb gordon #batfam #batgirl #batman #Eye aligned Barbara Gordon #Hunt aligned Dick Grayson #// #I know she actually did start becoming part machine due to the braniac virus; I have no idea how that plot goes but I'm mentioning it. #I'm gonna be honest: I don't really ship DickBabs but I think they'd be really heckin' cute in this universe? #Like. She's one with the machine. I think she still has a vestigial shell clinging to the outside but it's immovable & she's so much more... #He blows kisses to every camera he notices just in case and helps her keep her physical space clean. He's one of the only people she trusts #to do maintenance on her--to literally stick their hands into her guts to fix/upgrade things--and the first one she asks. #He makes her feel more human because he's one of the only people (even in the batfam) who treats her /normally/ even now. Because Dick knows #what it's like to have a different baseline normal; he knows what it's like to be a monster amongst monsters. He's a little thrown when he #finds out what happened but he never changes how he treats her. She can complain about a frustrating glitch as easily as a headache. #She loves him for his strength & his kindness & devotion & stupid sense of humor. He loves her for brains & strength & steadiness & dry wit. #She makes him feel more human right down to a raw instinctual level because Babs' network is so all-encompassing... there's nothing to Chase #she cannot be Hunted so he never has to worry or consider what that might mean. She can just be a safe harbor; one of his own. #The Hunt is quiet when he's with her. #(Dick did worry when he realized his feelings but he told her as soon as he did & she was like ''Idiot. It's mutual.'' so that solved that.) #(She has a special app that lets her get directly into all their phones with no muss or fuss. Once Dick's phone got snapped in half on a #mission off-world and his team were both confused & alarmed by the facts he almost looked close to tears...and also his phone was bleeding!) #(Dick shook it off pretty fast for the record because he knows she's /fine/ but there was still that /moment/ y'know?)

[cleromancy]

forever obsessed with how tim used the cowl in red robin tbh. and the way kon said so confidently and so incorrectly that tims not a cowl guy hes never been a cowl guy... when its an intensification of his relationship to the mask and to lying and hiding. god i wish that comic had been good and also that the reboot didn't take any of that character development completely and utterly off the rails

#the reboot came at such a bad time for tim personally bc he was in the middle of getting established outside of his original role as robin #and it just made it worse that my enemy lobdell decided to just. make it so tim was never robin in the first place lol #so now what you have is the guy being shundled into damians benchwarmer #(but without any actual benefit *for* damian to be clear. damian might be the first string robin but that doesnt actually mean his char+ #is meaningfully prioritized... like Barbara as batgirl lol) #dc

[palelittleadaptoid]

Writing a Cassandra Cain essay for English class wooo

#first my babs speech now cass essay I wonder if my teacher knows I like batgirl

[nightwingandhissquad]

ah the good old cancelled by “technically” not renewing us 

#young justice #yj #yj is cancelled just say the word cancelled hbo max #we all know that means cancelled #only in the yj fandom we would have the same fate twice #and I know yj had it's issues and we were probably just riding the high of how good s1 & s2 were #but it still stings a little bit to be cancelled again #after all the waiting and effort put in to bring it back #bit of a slap in the face but can't say I didn't see it coming #just can't have nice things in the dc fandom apparently #first the batgirl movie now this #smh #also teen titans go has 7 seasons and 4 movies #and is still going #do with that information as you will #definitely not seething with rage at that fact over here #anyway it was another good run folks #better luck next time guys #and to all my wally west clowns out there stay strong #it was worth it for the very small chance of getting him back #we weren't that lucky unfortunately but that's how it goes sometimes #oh my god can you imagine if they brought wally back and then cancelled it #I'd be mad as hell but it would also be really funny #my post

[spectral-honey]

i am thinking about tim drake joining his school cheer team

#red robin #tim drake #also ive been reading 'tim takes batgirl mantle' fics and i like them and they are precious to me #tim wears a skirt bc they just look so pretty and when he twirls the skirt also twirls and it makes it VERY FUN to kick badguys #but okay im imagining hes a little bit rude at first #'im not like other girls' vibes. #thinking the other ppl on the cheer team only care about dumb teenage drama #and then he has like team bonding moments w them and gets a bunch of friends?? #its cliche but still i always enjoy when an asshole whose slutshaming someone get punched in the face #so one of the girls is like 'guys this dude has been saying shit abt me to everyone behind my back :(' #and tim is like well listen. if you want me to i can either punch him in the face for you and then teach you how to throw a punch later #OR i can teach you how to throw a punch NOW and then YOU can punch this guy #and then also he teaches all of them how to throw a punch and they become a cheerleader girlgang #gotham cheerleaders learning how to throw down bc comeon of course they do they live in /gotham/

[bobbinalong]

also, if there IS a new project with steph, i hope they go back to full-time calling her spoiler tbh.

#dc #stephanie brown #the batgirls should currently be oracle batgirl and spoiler respectively #bc i love steph's bg run as much as the next person it was my introduction to her #but she only ever got the mantle bc dc editorial where a bunch of racist dickheads who didn't like cass #and then in-universe they mucked it up by involving bruce when previously at least it was cass handing over the mantle and babs coming #to accept steph in the role #bc just like robin is dick's to give at the end of the day batgirl is barbara and cass's to give #as for why i like spoiler better than batgirl as a mantle it's bc it's just steph's and it's not tied to bruce #bc anything “bat” always will be even if “batgirl” isn't his #and i know they get along fine now but they didn't initially and steph should've always been about realizing that she doesn't need #that man's (or anyone's) approval #spoiler was to foil her dad at first and then she made it entirely her own and i'm a bit tired of it being looked down upon as a mantle #and an era for her #it's one of the things i dislike about bg09 #anyway #disjointed rant over

[dcconfessions]

Honestly, I'm tired that any flashback Robin story is either about Dick or Tim. These guys already had such long runs, like let's explore Jason's or Steph's time a bit more? Or maybe, you know, let Damian, the guy who is supposed to be Robin, have Robin stories?

.

#dc confessions #asks #anon #u: comics #u all are just haters dick and tim were the BEST robins (steph solos overall though) #jason is uninteresting (NOTHING important happened while he was robin except him dying. he was cute but thats it) #steph was robin for all of five minutes and she solod #the only think u can get from these two is cute memories/bruce being a dick to steph as usual/characters being pissed/loving each other #dc needs to know what theyre doing with damian first to give him robin stories like williamson should STOP writing my boy #but damian HAS had consistent robin stories since he appeared so idk what u mean. hes even had team books #everything to do with interacting w characters and making history happened with dick or tim #dick was the first so it does make sense #and Tim was Robin for so long and did so much (important or not) shit that it's only natural #kid got AROUND. made many enemies and even more allies #sorry im v passionate about this anon i disagree w you #u dont HAVE to like those two but they ARE important as ROBIN. steph was/is an amazing batgirl and she had spoiler #she was arguably more influential as those two than robin #sorry ill stop now #r: robins