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This movie was incredible, I love this little freak (I grew up watching Krypto the Superdog cartoon obviously I was gonna see this film), and shout out to Hawkgirl for 💀ing dollar store Netanyahu 🩵 Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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younger siblings am i right

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Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman by Mike Del Mundo

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One of the great triumphs of David Coronswet’s Clark is that Superman looks strong and wise and compassionate and friendly but also put-together and competent, meanwhile his Clark Kent looks like someone who would staple his tie to the desk but you’re not sure whether he did it by accident or intentionally to make you laugh

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To me a very important part of Batman's characterization is that while he himself acts generally stoic and serious, he enjoys being around people that don't. He likes the chatter.

Gotham Knights #22

I also like whenever his sense of humour is him making a joke with a straight face, completely out of the blue. (The "The warmth is overwhelming." "Unseasonably so." scene from UTRH comes to mind.) (Bonus points if he's surrounded by people who don't know him well and can't comprehend him making a joke, so they just stand there, questioning reality.)

Anyway.

I was thinking about Batman (2016) #55 again, in this context. You know, that one:

and:

(The banter goes on through almost the whole issue. It's great.)

So, headcanon time:

Dick loved to banter ever since he was a kid. But since Batman's stoic persona is in large part to keep his image as the Scary Bat That Criminals Fear™ - a valid and effective way to discourage crime - he couldn't really match Dick's energy while out on patrol, where people could see them. So, they compromised. And the compromise resulted in The Game.

The goal of The Game was to crack the other up while not breaking character - Dick would have to keep the quippy, chatty persona, Bruce would have to stay serious and say as little words as possible, in the flattest voice he could manage.

Both of them are immovable objects - Bruce may have a lot of practice staying collected and serious, but Dick has been a performer since he could remember - he can keep a straight face if he wants to, no matter what is happening around him. And The Game only made them better at staying composed.

Dick's strategy includes, among other things, making the lamest puns he can think of (the less sense they make and the more inappropriate they are, the better).

Bruce likes to just answer most things with a "no." (while going along with things anyway - also for comedic value), and then break the pattern by saying the most out of pocket thing to trip Dick up. Or he likes using his authoritative voice to suddenly say things both of them know very well are untrue. ("I don't think I've ever actually called you [the nickname I've been calling you forever]" brUCE-). The more unexpected and ridiculous they are, the better chance they have of startling a laugh from Dick.

The amount of times they actually succeeded in making the other laugh out loud is super low, because they both are very good at controlling their reactions, and are very competitive. But the banter is very fun anyway, and they're both cracking up on the inside.

(They also enjoy other people's reactions, because to those that aren't in on it, it just looks like Dick is very unsuccessfully trying to make Batman laugh, and Batman is being the wettest blanket ever. It's uncomfortable. Dick and Bruce know, and they're enjoying it immensely.)

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I like to imagine Martha and Johnathan did not know who Bruce Wayne was, like as a public figure when they met him in person. In fact, they knew him for years as just “Clark’s friend”.

One day Martha just goes “Johnathan! Clark’s friend is on the television! Oh . . . oh, my! I’ve been offering this man hand-me-downs for five years!”

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Sort of a continuation of that stupid joke about terminally offline Clark

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perhaps a second guess <3

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lexcorp president lex luthor found disemboweled and there's also a dog

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Dick and Bruce hugs I've collected while reading some comics

They mean a lot to me

This isn't even including them in the golden age

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“Despite everything, it’s still you.”

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Hi 👋 im trying out tumblr again after 7 years, nice to meet you!

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i love yj so much yayyy

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Just a playing card…

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No room for thoughts! that head is full of hair

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Dyou think they’re best friends in every universe

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I’m starting a rumor

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really liking batman and robin: year one so far

also i like how bruce pretends everything dick does as robin is perfectly normal but no way he didn't panic the first time this happened

no way he didn't panic the 3045th time this happened either, just learned to hide it better