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Most of the time I root for him to be on top but his slutty ass waist always gives me second thoughts.

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I really like seeing how Khoa’s Asian traits sometimes slip out in canon. So I headcanon a lot abt East-meets-West cultural clashes stuff when Khoa and Bruce were together.

· When they were young, Bruce was this rich, spoiled white boy with absolutely no idea of everyday costs, while Khoa was a self-made Singaporean kid who sewed his own clothes. Sometimes, when Khoa got something nice, he would brag to Bruce in a very Asian way, like: “Bruce, Guess how much I got this for!!” Bruce: “I don’t know, a grand?” Khoa: “A ground? Fifty!! The guy started at 500, I knocked off an entire digit—ain't I awesome? Ain't I a negotiation wizard or what??” Bruce: (experiencing culture shock.) (But then Bruce figured out how to play this game—you always guess higher than the actual price, but not like insanely high. He got the gist quickly bc honestly, he secretly enjoyed seeing Khoa get all cocky and smuggling sometimes.

· Every time after they fought, Khoa would never apologize. Instead, he’d buy food or cook something nice and call Bruce over to eat. Back then Bruce was always like, “WTF dude, I’m not in the mood to eat!” It took him years to finally realize that was his way of apologizing.

· When Khoa got bored, he’d tip adult streamers on OF and such. Sometimes he’d be really generous and spend a fortune when he felt showy. Batman caught him in the act once, and he knew Khoa was usually only generous in things he thought were important. So Bruce got a little annoyed and wanted to see just how much Khoa would like to spend on those streamers. He set up an account and pretended to be a new streamer, dressing as Batman. Khoa didn’t think that much of it at first. So when he saw the stream, he tipped a huge amount without hesitation. bc he immediately knew that “cosplaying outfit” was expensive and he thought WOW this newbie was really dedicated, and he always appreciated people who "know their stuff". Bruce watched as the “GM Rules” tipped him a huge amount and became his #1 sponsor. He gritted his teeth.

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One of those “you see in color when you meet your soulmate” AUs but with GhostBat

Khoa catches Bruce when he stumbles but it’s still dark out and everything is covered in snow and they don’t realize that it happened until they see the sun rising over the mountain peaks an hour later and it’s warm and colorful and the most beautiful thing they’ve ever seen.

Many years (and many breakups) later, Khoa can’t take away Bruce’s ability to “see” the world, but he can make sure that Bruce sees him the same way everyone else does. He designs his Ghost-Maker suit in whites and grays and blacks, void of color, because Bruce doesn’t deserve to see him.

He takes satisfaction in knowing that the world is only beautiful to Bruce, because of him, and he makes damn sure that when Bruce looks at him, there is nothing to see. He makes sure that it hurts Bruce as much as Bruce has hurt him.

And it’s only because he still loves Bruce that he later contradicts himself and fixes blue (the color of Bruce’s eyes) LEDs to his helmet.

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why does minhkhoa khan hide his beautiful face when he is not working?

I wish I could say there was a cool answer, but the truth is he met SkySpider and SHE covered her face, so he just stole her whole Thing and started doing the same.

Right down to the design on the mask. (Which Bruce takes note of when he meets SkySpider)

I wish they’d tell us more about Qiu. I feel like Khoa’s mask, that he still wears 20 years later, was supposed to tell us that she was super important to him for some reason but they never touch on it again aside from hinting at a possible romantic relationship between them in Bat Inc.

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I just wanna know how many times Bruce had done this to Minhkhoa atp and why it always seems to work no matter the universe

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Guys hear me out I have a theory: this ugly ass beanie↑ Bruce wears was given to him by MinhKhoa. Throughout #1~ #3 in BTK we never see him wearing that, not even when he’s on his way to Paektu.

But when he left, he suddenly had it on his head. I think MinhKhoa probably gave it to him to keep his head warm since Bruce got a buzz cut at that time. ( Although MinhKhoa probably meant it more as a joke. It's such an ugly beanie TBH ) But Bruce took it very seriously (maybe because Khoa knitted it himself? They were in the middle of nowhere, and since Khoa could sew, I wouldn’t be surprised if he could knit too).

After that, the beanie keeps showing up, and there’s even a close-up panel during their breakup fight in Canada where Khoa knocks Bruce’s beanie off.

But Bruce still kept wearing it no matter where he went until they went to Lazarus together, and then the beanie disappeared. And I think Khoa is the one to blame. Like at first he thought it's fun to see Bruce wearing that, but as the years went by and seeing Bruce still wore that shitty stuff he gave to him that long ago, MinhKhoa’s emotional avoidance kicked in and he felt very uncomfortable and shit so he secretly threw it away or burnt it.

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I’m not sure if anyone has brought this up before, but I want to show my appreciation for his name! Minh Khoa is Vietnamese—"Minh" means bright and intelligent, while "Khoa" means knowledgeable and logical. And his surname, Khan, is either of Indian or Arabic origin. This name is truly unique and exotic in any country and fits his character perfectly! (I guess that's probably why he doesn’t want others to know his real name )

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Guy

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Bruce · Don't kiss me I have a bf · Wayne

VS

Bruce · My bf broke up with me and this time maybe for good so whatev. · Wayne

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Just love turning my PC on🥰🥰🥰

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Lmao I saw two consecutive posts about ghostbat and hit the follow button with the confidence of a medieval king choosing his last and 5th concubine because he can't count beyond 5

Lol anyways love your posts

LOL I’ve loved them for years, and Khoa is especially my baby my heart my darling. It's just that I was not very active on Tumblr, but I've found that this is truly a fun place! Bear with me because Imma ramble a lot about them from now on. Thank you for this kind and fun message：）

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Just love turning my PC on🥰🥰🥰

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A practice. They have a very good color contrast with or without their outfits.

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I think Khoa pointed a gun at Bruce mainly due to his emotional avoidance. After Bruce shot the fire, Luca threatened Bruce by saying he "wouldn't live through tonight." Of course Khoa would kill Luca to address the threat. By that point, he had clearly not disclosed his mental deficiencies to Bruce yet, but he had known that Bruce was disappointed in him. He didn't want to face all those disappointments and emotions and upcoming conversations; he just wanted to run. But he also knew Bruce well enough that he wouldn't let him leave without a proper talk. So he chose to force Bruce to let him go by aiming a gun at Bruce.

In Argentina, Bruce did something similar. He called out Khoa as a psychopath, someone sick and broken. Khoa, as a guy so intensely private, must have shared this aspect of himself with only a handful of people. Bruce used Khoa's trust in him to hurt him, which was Bruce's way of pointing a gun and forcing Khoa to leave.

Do you ever just think about how in Batman The Knight, Bruce mentions they promised to not use guns and yet Bruce is the first one to shoot Luka to protect Khoa? Especially considering his small flashes whenever he had to use guns even at inhuman targets? And he still did it?

YES!!! Yes, I do!!!

I went through this specific issue recently and i have so many thoughts, I hope you don't mind me using your ask as an excuse to ramble :)

Bruce was having such a bad time in this issue it's not even funny. Luka just decided to kill the only constant figure in his life at this point, his partner, his bestie, his boy crush, his only companion, and just expected him to sit and watch while he shot him right in front of his eyes, like, bro, right in front of the traumatized by loved ones being shot in front of him boy??? WHY

And of course that happened after months of him relieving this particular trauma repeatedly on account of having to use guns and interact daily with a guy who, bc of his past career, he couldn't help but compare to his parents' murderer. Why not, after all. Just marinate him a bit before going for the kill.

Obviously, Bruce couldn't let Luka just kill Khoa, so he takes the gun, and he doesn't even kill Luka, but taking that shot was such a difficult thing to do in such a stressful situation in which he's clearly relieving his biggest trauma. And like, sure, he made his promise to Luka, but more than that, guns are forever associated with his parents death and their murderer. Bruce very much can't use guns on real people without shaking, trembling, throwing up, yk, feeling like he's putting himself in the shoes of joe chill and feeling so intensely guilty. It’s really his last resort - if it was Bruce’s life that Luka was threatening, he might even have let himself be killed in order to not have to use the gun.

However, since the universe is not over with him yet, and still has some ideas about how to make his day worse, it decides instead to force his hand by making Minhkhoa be the one being held at gunpoint. Thus, Bruce does take the shot anyway in the worst way possible and in the worst situation ever, and literally the only thing that could've been worse would be making him kill someone, so of course,

THEN

MINHKHOA TAKES THE GUN

AND SHOOTS LUKA RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM

MAKING SO THAT BRUCE'S SHOT REALLY RESULTED IN SOMEONE'S DEATH

ONCE AGAIN

RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS TRAUMATIZED EYES

and as if this wasn't enough

HE THEN POINTS THE GUN AT BRUCE

Honestly his biggest crime, I don't care about the murders and other felonies, this moment right here is the only thing he ever did wrong.

Like, can you imagine the level of brain damage bruce was receiving that day?

Khoa went from loved-one-about-to-be-killed to being the one walking on joe chill's shoes. His range, honestly. No wonder Bruce got so mad and then so heartbroken. Crying his eyes out, literally hugging himself. The saddest, most traumatized boy ever

Anyways, bruce still misses him, even after all khoa put him through. Or, as he says, he misses who he thought he was. After their first breakup khoa's image took a lot of damage - bruce really starts to wonder if khoa wasn't just a monster and he was the only one not seeing it. He thinks minhkhoa is sabotaging him, and that he might have killed alfred and his ex-girlfriend.

But of course nothing of this it's true and Khoa manages to undo some of the damage to bruce's opinion of him by trying to warn him about the guy actually sabotaging and trying to kill both of them (he also almost dies in the process, which i'm sure made him seem extra harmless and babygirly to bruce), so i guess that was enough to take away the thoughts of khoa being very likely to kill him one day.

He also offers a justification for the two murders he committed (Luka and master Ouahbi - honestly, what's the deal with all those criminals/ex criminals being both so good at diagnosing people with psychopathy and hating them so much????), and it was good enough for bruce, i guess? Tbh, he was mostly just trying to not think too deeply about it, 'cause he just wanted to have a little more time with him so badly. He would do so many things for khoa, and forgive him for so much stuff. HOW COULD KHOA FUMBLE HIM SO BADLY-

One thing I think about a lot is how in btk #7, bruce’s broken heart is addressed - he only references his trauma with his parents death in the issue, but the last issue ended with him saying his heart was broken bc of khoa so we can infer that he’s thinking about what happened between the two of them too. I find it interesting how this seems to be bruce’s way of dealing with khoa - he doesn't talk about him. Dick mentions it in Batman (2016) #104

And bruce never says a word about what happened between him and khoa to zatanna

I wonder if this is his way of keeping khoa with him. As he says, his heart never heals bc he doesn't let it - and so, he never talks about khoa, he only talks with zatanna about the loss of his parents, and he tells dick some of the bad khoa did to him, but doesn't delve into how important he was to him, or the good times they spent together, or how willing he was and still is to forgive him (tho he ends up showing him this part anyways when he goes to ghostmaker to ask him to coparent batman inc. with him when he first started it). He tells their story in a way that makes it seem like their separation didn't affect him negatively at all - dick only realizes bruce still misses him bc of his super powers of seeing right through bruce’s emotional barriers. But bruce keeps refusing to talk about khoa, or adress the ways in which he is still hurting, so he nevers gets better, and thus, khoa is still with him in a way, if only in wounds he left behind.

I also think bruce focuses a lot on everything bad khoa did to him and tries so hard to not even think about the good parts of their relationship bc the truth is, in his heart, the good outweighs the bad by a lot. Which is the reason why khoa barely has to do anything to win him back every time he comes back - bc despite everything, bruce has always been way too willing to forgive him for everything, and all he really has to do is to come back, and be willing to stay for a little while longer.

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Finally a week of peace for vigilantes in gotham, where they won't stumble upon the two of them making out or having another divorce mid patrol

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minhkhoa “home wrecker” khan

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Happy Father's day to Minhkhoa khan, you weren't much of a father but you did what you thought was right 😔🖐🏻