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You know how Dick gives everyone hugs like an octopus, what if his hugging habits rubbed off on everyone else. Like everyone just clings to Bruce's legs, arms, and the like.

Before Jason came home, Bruce was the tallest, and Dick was the one initiating these hugs. Basicly Dick has shown everyone that whenever anyone wants to get picked up, they all go climb Bruce.

One day, a few days after Jason agreed to stay at the manor long-term. Bruce pulls Jason over to the side.

Bruce, whispering: There's something you need to know if you're gonna stay here– Jason, in his normal voice, cause why the hell is he whispering in his own home: Yeah yeah no killing, rubber bullet yahda yahda Bruce: No it's not that I trust you not to kill people. It's about the others. Jason half distracted: huh, what about the others? Bruce trying to find a polite way to talk about his children: ah well you see they really like hugs– Jason: you pulling over to warn me about hugs?  Really old man? You've lost your edge Bruce ‘I love my children’ Wayne: When I say they like hugs, I mean that in a kinda kaola demon way Jason cracking: Really is that what they are? God Bruce this is a new low I thought you wanted stay here? Bruce: I do! More than anything but I wanted to warn you– Jason: that children like hugs? Cause who could had thought of that. Bruce with a very serious expression: yes that but you dont understand– they, they climb Jason: What the shit are you talking now? Bruce: They climb me and latch on. They climb the doorframe of the manor to jump on me, they koala onto me in the damn batsuit, and now I fear they will climb you. Jason: oook, and how did you decide this? Bruce: Jaylad, you're taller than me and almost as much bulk in their eyes; you're a freaking Jungle gym. Jason: What about Dick? He's not that much shorter than you? Bruce: Who do you think started this?!

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You know those photos of little birds sleeping together on a branch, all cuddled up in a line? This, but its the Order of the Robins from Dark Knights of Steel, high up on some precarious ledge:

(The photos in question:)

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Driving lessons gone wrong

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How fandom portrays Tim's first months as Robin:

Tim: Batman, it's time for your anti-depressants.

Bruce: *grumbles*

Tim: Speak louder.

Bruce: Go away Jason.

Tim: It's Tim, actually.

Bruce: GO AWAY.

How it actually was in the Batman comics:

Tim: How did my report card got on your fridge?

Bruce: I took a look at your grades, and they were great, why? Except for chemistry. Maybe you should not go out as Robin to focus on school.

Tim: Not happening. I'm not falling for that.

Bruce: Well, if you are really going to do this, we should add bubble wrap to the suit.

Tim: I'm not made of glass.

Bruce: Are you sure about that? By the way, do you eat enough? ALFRED, can you cook something for Tim? He needs some food.

Tim: I'm fine Bruce!

Bruce: Are you sure? Do you want a hug? If you want a hug, you can ask. I can have Alfred make some hot chocolate.

Tim: You realize I have parents, rights?

Bruce: I don't see them in this room.

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BREAKING NEWS: EMOTIONALLY CONSTIPATED FATHER TRIES TO SHOW AFFECTION

Tiny Tim needs some validation and love.

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Taps mic is this thing on? Yeah, okay, cool. Anyway, do people on this app not realise how incredibly important the JLA are to each other? I feel insane each time I come onto here and see people actively disrespecting the relationship the JLA members have with each other as if they dont have some of the closest knit relationships in DC. What do you mean the batfam kids never met the JLA the JLA are fucking integral to their development!! What do you mean Batman never told the JLA his identity that’s one of the first things he does after forming the JLA!! I can’t fathom not understanding how important these people are to Bruce when they’re the first ones he goes to for help because he TRUSTS them to help!! Even Hal as much as fanon Batfam like to ignore the fact that Bruce does respect him, a lot. This is definitely a symptom of DC comics treating the batfam as an insular community instead of characters with individual friendships outside of Gotham but it drives me up the wall seeing how people discard Bruce’s relationship with the JLA. Do they think the name Nightwing was picked out of thin air. Can anyone hear me.

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Wait, wait, wait, wait, Tim was racist to Damian????

Wasn't my post. Maybe as @im-not-buying-it-ether but as far as I remember he said something pretty racist stuff.

I dont think it was specifically about his skin tone, but i think it was about bring arab in general. Could be wrong tho.

Do you remember ehat he said Ether?

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something ive been thinking about lately is how for babs being batgirl was something that allowed her to find her identity and i think its also an interesting sort of coming of age/womanhood thing

in bop babs tells helena how bullied she was and how even at her first dance the boy who took her only did so bcs his dad was friends with jim. in batgirl 00 she tells cass about how being in the suit turned her into powerful, confident, and sexy person and in the same bop issue she also talks about how she began to 'fill out' when she was batgirl

anyone whos grown up as a girl and been 'ugly' knows how detached you can feel from womanhood as a whole bcs of it. for babs being sexy and confident as batgirl let her find her identity as a person and as a girl but whats an interesting subversion to me is she does it in a decidedly not traditionally feminine way

like its not really like she starts putting on makeup and dressing different and being like 'yay im conventionally attractive now i finally feel like i fit in as a girl' becoming batgirl was her way of asserting her autonomy and flouting her fathers control--not a really a 'feminine' thing to do, right? sneaking out, fighting criminals, breaking into the 'boys club' of batman and robin-its all her breaking away from what is expected of a girl and actually finding herself and what it means to be a girl for her in the process. i think its neat how batgirl lets her be the sexy, confident woman thats more traditionally a female archetype, but it also lets barbara gordon break gender norms and accept womanhood as babs too

and imo the same sort of thing happens with her oracle persona. she has her autonomy violated in an act of violence i call gender-based and i think its important to note how disabled women also often are treated as not 'real' women

but she once again rebuilds herself and reclaims herself, and i think its once again by flouting the expectations of what it means to be disabled and a woman-shes competent, resourceful, fiercely independent and even becoming a hacker ties into that-again, shes establishing herself in a place which has traditionally been a 'boys club' shes still breaking norms and being a woman her way but also doesn't mean that she doesn't fit into traditional womanhood either-shes sexy, shes confident, shes desired and shes loved!!

(important to note that disabled/poc women being traditionally feminine can often be more empowering than making them not fit bcs they are historically excluded. babs being disabled and being pretty and wanted is really important)

but yeah i just think this sort of thread of babs both finding herself as what it means to be a woman traditionally and what it means to be a woman outside of tradition is such an interesting dichotomy does this make any sense

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Jason squirms, hard, against the bindings that lash his wrists together. The rope is coarse, hemp, and with enough movement Jason is going to be able to break free. The only question now is-

“Robin! Quit moving!”

Is if Jason can stand having to be trapped with Dick for long enough to wiggle out of these trappings.

“Maybe if you were actually doing something I would stop!” Jason hisses back, a whisper of air in the quiet room.

Dog, snarls against the cage bars, thrashing, beating against the iron wire. Changing shape quicker than Jason’s anger can ebb and flow. She’s a Rottweiler, then a ferret, then a bobcat, then a beaver, then another dog- trying anything that has enough teeth to maybe break through and help-

Pasare sits, calm as you can please, in a birdcage.

“I told you, Robin,” Dick isn’t even trying! The asshole, “Junior isn’t anything to worry about.”

Fuck that. Jason doesn’t care. This is the Joker’s current hideout. The Joker! He’s crazy! Who knows what the Joker would do if he saw Batman’s birds tied up, with their souls in a cage five feet away.

Jason struggles for a few more minutes, uncaring of Dick’s sarcastic attempts at platitude.

Jason only stops when Dick elbows him, hard. The loose and easy expression Nightwing wore morphed into something serious, dangerous, listening-

Soft footsteps coming up creaking stairs, feather light.

Dick relaxes, all at once. Jason relaxes too, just a little bit.

Those aren’t the foot steps of a grown adult. No. Too light. To soft-

Junior opens the door, having to shove hard at the rusted out metal to manage enough space to slip inside.

It freaks Jason out, even knowing, that the little human shaped thing before them has no soul.

No soul that dances around his feet, or perches on his shoulder, or is worn as jewelry shining bright. Nothing to touch base with, connect with, nothing to ground itself-

Joker Junior has no soul, and it’s really fucking creepy.

“Hey kiddo.” Nightwing chirps at Junior, totally not tense at all. “That was a good trap you set up.”

Junior’s face lights up, a wobbly smile tugging at scarred lips. “I adjusted the tranquilizer dose this time.”

Dick laughs, a bit, a polite thing he uses during events in public. “You got us both with it! I don’t even feel woozy anymore. Perfect to listen to a good villain speech.”

Dog growls, deep and loud, from where she’s caged.

“Forgive Robin.” Nightwing says, like he’s sharing a secret even though he says it at full volume. “He’s a bit tense. He’s never been kidnapped before.”

“Hey!” Jason throws his head back, slamming it into Dick’s shoulder blades. Asshole!

Junior startles at that, “Never?”

Junior, as he questions this, has walked over to the birdcage where Pasare sits, wings tucked under her fluffy little body, feathers all puffed up and relaxed-

And opens the gate.

Pasare chirps, a songbird thank you, and hops up and out.

Free.

Fluttering low and settling into Dick’s hair. A Robin in her nest.

What.

Junior does the same now to Dog, opening the cage like this wasn’t a kidnapping at all.

What?!

Dog darts out, getting big and large and growling, nosing at Jason’s face, smelling and scenting and crowding.

“Big baby.” Dick huffs, hand going up to pet Pasare-

“What!” Jason slams his head back again. “Have you been free this whole time!?”

Nightwing laughs now with some real mirth. “‘Course. Junior’s come a long way, but still can’t tie a knot for shit.”

Dick throws a thumb over his shoulder, pointing at the cages-

But Junior is already gone. Vanished back through the small rusted gap in the door.

Huh.

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he really needed that hug ( ཀ͝ ∧ ཀ͝ )

Inspired by this wholesome video from

@ lifeisgoodco (on instagram)

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I'm a very big fan of the “one of the ways Batman fights crime is by making the bad guys afraid he could be anywhere”. The “he’s not in every shadow, but he could be in any shadow” thing.

I think it would be fun to mix that with the way the rest of the batfam is drawn when they're in shadows:

the glowy eyes and splashes of vibrant colour, especially with Nightwing's symbol looking like it's actually reflective.

So now I'm thinking:

imagine if Gothamites realized that dangerous people get really uneasy when they keep seeing things that, out of the corner of their eye, might look like a vigilante. To the point that they avoid areas where, let's say, an old poster on the wall is just that shade of yellow that keeps jumpscaring them every time they turn. Or that old trash can that still has a patch of green paint that hasn't peeled away yet. Not even realizing what makes them nervous, just knowing that a particular place makes them jumpy. Stuff like that.

So to keep themselves a little safer Gothamites just start… adding little things like that in their neighborhoods. Nothing that outright references the Bats - stuff like that might get vandalised or just lose the effect if it's recognised, but things like:

- plants on window sills in flower pots or vases in bright colors

- little shiny trinkets in the windows that just might be mistaken for a flash of a utility belt

- colorful curtains get very popular for children's bedrooms

- someone sticking a piece of blue reflective vinyl on a chimney visible from the street, so that as you walk you see a little flash of electric blue when the light from streetlights hits it just right

- people painting a pair of dots with glow-in-the-dark white paint high up on walls by fire escapes or in dark alleys, that look like glowing eyes

So basically I want Gothamites to invent protective charms and amulets which have exactly zero supernatural properties and aren’t intended to have any, but still very much work lmao

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Their facial expression says it all.

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Dick was the last to be adopted, Jason became the black sheep post-resurrection, Tim made himself Robin, Damian was dropped in Gotham after ten years of being kept secret, Cass possesses killer instincts that run counter to Batman's philosophy, Duke is a meta whose parents are still alive (albeit jokerized), and Steph has zero legal connections to the Waynes. All of the batkids have reason to believe they're the only one Bruce doesn't want around and Bruce is unaware of the problem because they don't vocalize it not just out of the usual emotional constipation, but also a deep-seated fear of being proven right. In this essay, I will—

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I like to think that thanks to Jason's death, Dick's hair became straighter and let it grew bacause he couldn't care less. He was trying to be a good brother to Tim tho, and Timmy was trying to also be a good brother but you know, he was doing the best a little kid could know.

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"No, because Robin-Man sounds stupid." BABY DICK GRAYSON IS A NATIONAL TREASURE.

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The reactions to The Batman part 2 announcements are always so funny on twt

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remember when i said Bruce would forget his kids arre adopted?

imagine the same thing but opposite w damian for some reason.

Damian starts showing interest in medical stuff and Alfred lightly comments, "just like his grandfather," and Bruce hums with a finger on his chin, "Ra's?" and Alfred gives him a look and THEN Bruce realises, oh his father. his side of the family. because he's the dad. for real this time. ohhhhh.