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I love designing merch I'll never sell, lmao

Red Hood and Nightwing Photocard holder

Batfam × Pokemon lmao

I finally found out who the artists for the examples were! (Dear artist, I'm sorry, I can totally remove them as the example if you want)

Nightwing art in the lower left pic: @lethologicaee

Red Hood art in the lower left pic: @kuronekoartsblog

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Caleb Widogast - Just A Man (Epic: the Musical/Critical Role)

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Titans Tower AU where Jason met Tim during his first ever high-end event as a Wayne adoptee, and it ended with Jason hyperventilating alone on a balcony because a nine year old appeared behind him, tapped him on the shoulder, and politely and robotically inquired ‘do the hors d’oeuvres suit your taste, Mr Todd?’ and Jason was so stressed from the environment already that when he heard that kind of speech coming from a nine year old he freaked out and immediately assumed Tim was either possessed or in some other way a threat, and he instinctively karate chopped the kid in a nerve on his shoulders before bolting, and now looking back it was probably just some weird rich kid who didn’t know how to make friends and Jason totally physically assaulted him in a public place with witnesses and Bruce was probably going to hear about it and decide that he wasn’t cut out to be a Wayne and get rid of him and now he can hear Dick crying with laughter in the hall as he tries to locate Jason because as funny as it was to watch that happen he probably should help with whatever panic attack Jason just ran off to have after Tim collapsed, temporarily paralysed, and also he hit the champagne glass display on the way down so really there was no way they could avoid Bruce hearing about the incident-

years later, the Red Hood breaks into Titans Tower to beat up Timothy Drake, and upon revealing his identity and pinning him against the wall, Tim nervously whispers ‘oh god you aren’t going to paralyse me again, right?’

memories flooding back, Jason’s face goes red so quickly he doesn’t know what to do with himself, and instantly forgetting why he went to the tower in the first place he ends up letting Tim go on the promise that they never talk about that incident ever again. Slightly terrified, Tim agrees. Jason nods, stiltedly, and they awkwardly stand next to each other in the wrecked tower for 30 silent seconds before Tim eventually asks for help with his English essay, and, baffled, Jason says yes.

when Bruce shows up and wants to know what changed Hood’s mind, both of them refuse to say a word about it. it honestly scares Bruce how serious they are about their silence.

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I need Dr. Damian Wayne except he’s literally just Dr. house. He’s constantly fed up with everyone’s bs and is popping advil like candies.

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Tim: hey Damian, so great to see my FAVORITE brother ever!!

Damian done with ts: alright what’d you do this time?

Tim: *pulls cape back to show a gun wound* I was shot.

Damian: *sigh* why do I even try

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Damian’s coworkers: so the patient is having sharp pains, fever, fatigue, and ulcers

One of the doctors: it could be-

Damian: if I hear you suggest lupus one more time I will hit you

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Bruce: Damian what the hell are you doing?

Damian very obviously playing solitaire on his computer: hm? I’m working duh.

Bruce: I did not pay for ten years of med school for you to play solitaire

Damian: *side eyes bruce* you spend most your days dressed as a bat and solving jigsaw puzzles of cats

Bruce: touché.

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So I've seen a lot of Bruce fics noting how his kids aren't kids anymore and are growing up, but I want to offer you another point of view...

The batkids star noticed how they dad is getting old...

Like, everyone usually makes jokes about how Bruce is practically an old man, and all that, but sometimes they're just doing something and suddenly their dad looks so tired.

Tim always jokes about how everyone will leave Bruce with gray hair at an early age, but that week when he stopped to discuss a case, he noticed for the first time how Bruce's hair had many gray strands.

Bruce puts on some reading glasses because you can't spend all night looking at screens in the dark and expect your eyes to work the same. When Jason sees him, he's about to make a comment until his brain clicks. Suddenly, Bruce looks very old, and Jason feels his breath hitch.

Dick just did a risky stunt and Bruce catches him (because obviously he catches him. His dad always catches him) but Dick notices how when he gets up Bruce has to hide how he needs to stretch because of how his bones crunched when he caught him.

It's all these little things. The kids notice, and suddenly Batman isn't just an endlessly distant symbol. Batman transforms into Bruce, their father, who at some point won't be young enough to keep up with them...

(Anyway, sorry. If this is a mess, I can't speak English properly because I'm tired)

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Just my favorite way to put a heads up of my silly trans Jon headcanon

[NOT MY IDEA ITS JUST A JON AND MELANIE VERSION OF THIS POST!!!]

https://www.tumblr.com/yoki-loves-stars/769598969130237952/jonbinary-he-says-that-every-season?source=share

@ghosts-of-wars-past

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Been reading some time-travel fix-it-fics and having a great time.

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So in a conversation earlier, I found out that someone I know calls the filling in a sandwich the “not bread”, and now I’m imagining the Not!Bread, the Anglerdish, and their unholy ritual, the Undoughing

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Wine is exactly like omegaverse fanfiction

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"it's all in your head" correct! unfortunately I am also in there

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obsessed with like, Jason who absolutely refuses to reconcile with the bats. he wants no part in that family and will not talk to them under any circumstances. but he's legally dead with no friends and sometimes he gets sick of being completely by himself and wants to have company. so.

Bruce: hey Alfred have you seen my-

*comes into kitchen to see Alfred calmly preparing dinner while Jason Todd, Killer Red Hood, silently does paperwork while sat on the corner of the kitchen counter*

Bruce:

Bruce: uh-

Tim, doing homework at the table: don't mention it. if you acknowledge him he'll leave. he just likes being around people sometimes.

the bats have to start treating him like a stray cat, letting him go to them and acting completely unbothered by his presence because if they even make eye contact with Jason he'll jump out the window and they 1. won't see him for a month and 2. will start to see a lot more murders cropping up around gotham.

eventually it gets to the point where Dick will come to dinner to see the rest of the family wordlessly ignoring the brick shithouse of a man who is just sat on the floor of the dining area reading a book and he has to just. take a breath and pretend Jason isn't there. calmly stepping around him without acknowledging him. Alfred will silently place a plate of food by the guys elbow while speaking to Damian about school. When they decide to move from the table to the tv room for a movie night none of them can even look around when they hear him eventually follow just to sit in the corner of this room instead.

Bruce: I'm concerned, this is abnormal for Jason. what if he's been drugged with something? or he's trying to gain sensitive information?

Damian: actually he used to do this a lot after he came out of the Lazarus pit. he liked to sit in and watch me train, and occasionally we'd find him sat by grandfathers feet while he ran meetings. Mother says it's important to let him settle, because it's likely that he's simply craving human intimacy on his own terms for once.

Bruce, crying: oh

Jason still refuses to say a word to any of them unless it's in costume, and even then it's the same old 'i'm not your son! i'm not one of you! fuck off!' shtick like normal. they just have to accept him sneaking into the house every now and then too.

one time Tim needs Red Hoods info on a case he's working and since Jason's been sat on the floor against the wall of the bat cave for the past 45 minutes just. staring into space and vibing. he risks sliding the file across the floor towards him before pointedly turning back to the batcomputer, the info he needs marked clearly. five minutes later it's wordlessly slid back, info filled out and Jason refusing to acknowledge Tim's existence again. it's the only way he'll communicate with them.

after a while it gets to the point where Jason will straight up go to bludhaven and break into Dicks apartment just to silently sit in the corner of the room and Be Around A Familiar Person. Tim comes back from his lunch brake at WE to find him sat on the edge of his desk, working through a case. They work in silence for the rest of the day and when Tim leaves Jason just follows. They get a batburger together but the second Tim slips up and asks how his day was he's off like a shot. Damian regularly eats lunch at school on the roof while Jason plays mario kart on a DSI next to him. Batman will be 4 hours into a solo stake out when civilian Jason will silently slide up next to him with a crossword. they never talk. Jason still makes it clear that he's pissed at Bruce. Bruce doesn't know what else to do but let him be and hope eventually, with enough time, things will progress even further.

Dick, whispering so Jason won't pick up on the fact that he's being perceived: are you sure this is normal

Damian: is anything about any of us normal

Tim: he's got a point. at least we know Jason's watching us. I did this shit all the time before I was Robin, and none of you ever noticed me.

Dick:

Tim: sometimes its comforting to be in the same room as people you're familiar with, even if you can't handle interacting with them.

Dick, crying: ok

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an important distinction 🐦 more chapter art for door, opening.

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"Do I look like him?"

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They’re having fun

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a wonderful ao3 author note

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My little Shadowgast heart had to re-draw this picture.