#it only works in WFA because it’s a universe without all the conflict that makes a lot of these characters dislike/hate one another

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I fear everything DC pushes about the main continuity bat characters being family makes zero sense to me.

Like, they don’t even back that shit up writing wise. How am I supposed to take it seriously?

There are so many interesting character dynamics that I actually enjoy within the Bat Clan and boiling pretty much all of them down to being important only because “now we’re family” (ie: we’re related now, not we’re like family) or “you’re my brother/sister now” is so fucking boring and not as indicative of the fandom supposedly appreciating “found family” and “untraditional family units/dynamics” as I think y’all think it is.

Y’all don’t give a shit. Just be real about it. If you actually wanted or cared about the existence of “untraditional family units” you wouldn’t force the Bats into the most boring and round about nuclear family dynamics every chance you get.

You’d also respect that not everybody that grew up in the same house considers themselves siblings (blood related or not) and that tons of people can live under the same roof or have the same father (once again biological or otherwise) and not claim each other as siblings even if they’re in contact with one another.

Jason and Tim being automatically considered siblings just because they’re contactually related to Bruce without their explicit say so (like Dick and Tim for example) despite having never met before Jason tried to kill Tim’s skinny ass makes zero sense to me. A sibling tie should be given way more weight than that, especially within an adopted family dynamic. It’s a choice. Dick choosing Tim is important and even more crucial is the fact that he didn’t choose Jason in that same way, and I’m not saying that he didn’t choose Jason at all just that there’s differences. The commitment is different.

Like, the idea that you have to be siblings if you share a parent (one or more) is why so many sibling relationships don’t hold up against adulthood and a lack of forced proximity. If that was actually how humans and emotions worked then they wouldn’t disown and separate themselves from each other now would they?

The sibling thing applies to allll of the Bats by the way. That’s a choice you make and I don’t think it’s as interesting anymore when you take away these characters’ ability to form their own specific connections with others by forcing a relationship dynamic on them automatically just because they all have their own separate connections with one man.

For some of them the sibling dynamic is a really interesting character beat and for others it’s just a box for DC to check off that waters down the connection or feels disingenuous to the characters involved.

#I’m complaining about the batfam fandom and fanon too I notice now I didn’t articulate that too well #• #it’s always so….half-assed #they have these characters toss around the most empty “I love you’s #dc loves shoving bat family as family shit down our throats but with zero commitment #it only works in WFA because it’s a universe without all the conflict that makes a lot of these characters dislike/hate one another #if you want to change that I feel like it should then be written in (why’s that so hard of an ask for DC?) #like WHY do these characters suddenly like/trust each other to this extent #I was shown none of this character building wtf #dc #dc comcis #jason todd #bruce wayne #batman #batfamily #bat fam #cassandra cain #duke thomas #stephanie brown #barbara gordon #tim drake #dick grayson #damian wayne #batfamily critical #idk what to tag this as #anti batfam #not truly but whatever #I’m also not saying that a sibling dynamic is the best dynamic these guys could have #It’s not some top tier title or anything but it shouldn’t be tossed around so halfheartedly either #just to clarify