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I pulled this out of the basement

Just ignore that I put her in water so I didn’t have to draw the rest of her legs

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hello saiki k-ers im back in my kbys era after like 4 years [gnawing on the bars of my enclosure]

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daily warmup doodles #2, 3/31/2025: entertaining myself with the girlies

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Kekeke!

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ooh wait since u also like both dunmeshi and dc (just saw ur gorgeous gorgeous farcille art !!) could i request a crossover of the two? with any characters u want :D

THIS ACTIVATED A NEURON. SO

I wavered between yj and bats, but I wanted cass n duke in there so we’re going bats. the main party is Tim, Duke, Steph, and Cass.

Tim is a half elf, raised by a wealthy elf family but generally not involved in high society because of his uncertain parentage. Instead, he devoted his time to studying dungeons. Now he’s finally left home, and he’s decided he’s going to see a real dungeon lord if it’s the last thing he does. he hires Duke and Steph as bodyguards.

Duke is a human knight who rose through the ranks not because of any wealth or family connections, but for his sheer skill and dedication to doing good. despite training as a swordsman, he has a natural knack for illusory magic. He heard that the Lord of the Dungeon grants wishes, so he was planning to go in on his own using an enchanted necklace as a guide, but he accepted Tim’s offer of employment because he didn’t want to let this rich boy go in alone. if he finds the Lord of the Dungeon (who is Bruce btw) he’ll ask for the curse on his parents to be lifted.

Steph is the half-dwarf daughter of a local bandit leader. she tried to stand up to him and got her shit thoroughly rocked, so she’s doing freelance work in the dungeon for training, and with the hopes she might find some allies (and maybe sickass magic items) to help her out. she often gets underestimated because of her size, but she packs a serious punch and she inherited her mother’s dwarven constitution. it takes a lot to put her down.

Cass is a snake beastkin made by David Cain in an attempt to create the perfect assasin. she’s disgusted by black magic, and hates that she was litterally created from it. The gang meets her on their first forray into the dungeon, in which she saves them from a cockatrice and then follows them around silently for the rest of the day. she ends up very attached to Steph, who she sees as a pure and heroic ideal to strive for.

bruce has been lord for ~100 years? he initially became Lord to protect his city, but as the people started to revolt against him he became more and more isolated, until he took his closest friends and family into the dungeon and disappeared.

Babs is a sea serpent chimera on one of the upper floors. she was a gnome gifted with remarkable divinatory magic, and the daughter of the Lord’s closest friend. when she was attacked by a sea serpent and nearly killed, loosing both her legs, Bruce made her into a chimera. she hates how confined she is to the water, and she resents that Bruce calls on her for security updates 24/7. she would try to leave, but her tail is too massive for her to even attempt dragging it across land. she employs Huntress, an elf monster hunter, to take care of the monsters around her pool so it can act as a safe haven for adventures (and so she can talk to anyone other than bruce once in a while)

Damian is a Kobold. idk man he’s small and yappy. he wants to prove his worth as the inheritor of the dungeon by killing anyone who gets too close to the Lord. Jason is a failed chimera (dragon? bicorn? griffin maybe?) trapped in the lowest level of the dungeon.

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it’s been 33 years since Steph’s first debut in detective comics #647 <3 her legacy is extensive, with her taking up 3 mantles: she was The Spoiler (‘tec issue #647), a persona she created herself to foil her father’s plans. she was also the 4th Robin after Tim Drake (Robin issue #127), and she was the 3rd Batgirl after Cassandra Cain (Batgirl (2009) issue #1). happy birthday stephanie brown!! 🫶

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When are they gonna bring back Stephanie's absolutely massive Robin hair? It doesn't have to make sense that donning a headband causes her hair to spontaneously triple in volume, being Robin gives her magic or something.

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Curious question, what hobbies does Duke have when he’s not patrolling? I find that knowing what a character does in spare time is a way for me to get into their head and better at writing them.

I LOVE THIS QUESTION!! Canon rarely if ever shows Duke during downtime mode but there are various hints!! We see him do Self Care Sundays with Steph and Cass, so presumably he enjoys hanging out with them (you could transplant, say, Cass' food tours and speculate Duke goes on them with her). But for his own personal hobbies:

This snippet is from his profile in We Are Robin #4. Puzzles is an obvious one, but he is also a HUGE nerd. We've seen him reference Lord Of The Rings, and from his bedroom we see a knight figure, so he probably is really into the fantasy genre! The wiki also mentions him loving Quentin Tarantino films (though idk the source for this). As for collectible card games, I'm guessing he's more into like Magic: The Gathering than Pokémon (I see him as a liiittle bit of a card game snob 😭).

Another thing seen in his bedroom in Batman (2011) #30 is a dinosaur poster! We Are Robin also references his childhood interest in paleontology. He probably did grow out of this, but I like to think he keeps an interest in paleontology to some extent.

Then we have his Dungeons & Dragons book, accompanied by books including "Dragon Lore" and "Warlock Spells". Safe to say he is a HUGE D&D fan. He really seems to love dragons, he has a dragon figure in the bedroom as well, so anything dragon-related is right up his alley.

Also of course writing, which is referenced in the above profile and Robin War (the latter of which specifically mentions poetry). He also tells Kate in Detective Comics that he was a fan of Luke's MMA fights, which he grew up watching with his dad; I personally don't think he continued after what happened to his parents, but I mean angst potential that you could put in a fic.

To summarise, he loves collectible card games, puzzles, films, D&D, writing, and he used to like watching MMA and paleontology; he generally loves fantasy, and he particularly loves dragons!

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the thing abt duke thomas is that he is a genius truly gifted kid who had a promising albeit average future ahead of him until tragedy struck and took his parents from him. then all the energy he has diverts and he blocks everything else out and dedicates himself to finding them and also being a huge problem for anyone who'd try to obscure that.

like #1 most underrated thing abt his character is that he is, by definition, a "retired crash out". after age 14 he had no friends, shit grades, was getting into fights so often he was being kicked out of schools AND foster homes. it truly was self made vigilatism and the power of friendship that saved him from tunnel-visioning into an early grave.

ALL THIS TO SAY my favorite thing abt duke thomas pre batman and the signal (hell even during the comic) is how much of an unapologetic asshole he is to everyone indiscriminately in a bad way. He was kind but lil bro was NOT nice. he was selfish and a dickhead even to ppl who cared and were really trying to help him. I really like to think that him getting past that wasn't dc neutering him but the active choice to get better after he finally found a solid support system. that being said, he most definitely code switches and has to CONSISTENTLY hold back from poppin bitches in they mouthes bcs hes past that! he's in his healing arc! <as he'd say.

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Bodyguard!Cassandra Cain/Celebrity!Cissie King-Jones AU

Okay, so now that I’ve gotten my rant about the beauty of Cassettes in general out of my head and onto the page (go read that post here), it’s time for the entire reason I had for making that post in the first place: bodyguard au.

Consider this: Cissie King-Jones, former Arrowette and member of Young Justice, current Olympic gold medalist and member of Team USA, quickly rising movie star and darling of Hollywood after her celebrated background role on Wendy the Werewolf Stalker that propelled her into stardom, receives a threat against her life. The threat is difficult to find, extremely dangerous, and warrants extra attention due to her status as not just a normal celebrity, but the retired Arrowette.

Cassandra Cain-Wayne, current Batgirl, daughter of two of the most dangerous people in the world, known as the “One Who is All” and one of the best fighters in the world, one of the shadows of Gotham that strikes fear into the heart of the rogues, and the only adopted daughter of billionaire Bruce Wayne that the press loves and is always keeping an eye out for, is selected to act as Cissie’s temporary, hidden bodyguard.

There’s a pretty simple reason for this selection: of the people who aren’t currently busy, Cass is not only the best fighter, but also has the best excuse to be seen around Cissie. Like, sure, Kon, Bart, or Cassie could come protect Cissie. But what excuse are they gonna have for a random farmboy from Kansas, a college student in the Midwest, or the publicly known Wonder Girl to be hanging around Cissie (without letting her attackers know the heroes are investigating by having a superhero always follow her around)? There isn’t a good excuse for them that wouldn’t put anyone in danger.

Cass though, she has a good excuse. She’s the daughter of Bruce Wayne. They can just say that she and Cissie met at an event, struck it off, became friends, and now Cissie invited Cass to come hang out with her for a while and see how she makes movies. There! Perfect excuse to keep Cissie safe without making the media suspicious or tipping off her attackers.

So Cass becomes Cissie’s bodyguard for a bit, and is always hanging around her. And, naturally of course, they start to fall in love (go check out the Cassettes propaganda post I linked for details on why they’d fall for each other). A few days after the threat is defeated, and Cissie’s life is saved, the press captures an image of Hollywood star Cissie King-Jones and billionaire daughter Cassandra Cain-Wayne out on a date. And the internet breaks.

That’s the basic premise for the bodyguard au and I swear I’m going to write it someday. I just need to figure out plot details, but these two…. they’ve been sitting in my brain 24/7….. they’re driving me insane….

I’m gonna put some descriptions of a few specific scenes I’ve been turning over in my mind below the cut if you’d like to read them, but that’s the idea! My babies <3333

OKAY SO the first scene in the entire AU, the one that inspired this, is Cassettes meeting at a gala. They’ve never really properly met before. They’ve seen each other a handful of times, mainly when Cissie comes to visit Tim in Gotham with the other former YJ members, but they haven’t truly interacted. Until they run into each other at a gala, Cass there with the Wayne’s and Cissie there as part of the promotion for her upcoming movies, and end up sharing a dance for fun because they’re bored. The pictures of their dance end up in the news as a sweet little fluff piece.

I’m also imagining Cissie sitting in a meeting room with a bunch of heroes around her (including the former YJ members and a couple JL members), as they argue over what to do about the threat to her life. She used to be Arrowette, she can handle herself. She’s a civilian now, she needs protection. But she can’t be protected because she’s our friend, that’d be suspicious and we don’t need anyone looking further right now when we’re already worried these assassins might know she used to be Arrowette (idk why she has a threat against her life it’s actually a bit problem). But she needs something! But- blah blah and on and on until eventually Cass is selected to guard Cissie. She’s annoyed, and doesn’t like it, but whatever. Fine. She can deal with this. At least Cass seemed kinda chill when they were hanging out at the gala.

Cass sitting on the side of the stage and watching as Cissie acts out her part in the movie, silently impressed. The stage crew was hesitant about allowing her on at first but now they all like her. She eventually gets roped into being an extra in the movie Cissie’s currently filming (which I imagine is a biopic directed by Christopher Nolan about the JSA, where Cissie plays the original Black Canary). Cass is a hit.

Cassettes living together in Cissie’s home, functioning as sorta roommates for the time. They get comfortable together. They share meals, end up watching TV together.

Cissie gets worried on the few occasions Cass has to be called away for some big emergency and stresses out while she’s gone. When Cass returns, Cissie forces Cass to let her check over her wounds even though they’ve already been expertly bandaged by Alfred.

They quietly share their traumas with each other, coming closer together through a shared understanding of similar experiences. They both just get it. When Cissie talks about her mom, Cass lays her head on Cissie’s shoulder without looking at her. And when Cass talks about her parents, Cissie grabs her hand but doesn’t look over. They come closer together. They understand.

When they both start to realize their feelings, Tim starts getting panicked text messages from each of them asking about the other. He’s going to lose his mind.

Eventually, Cissie ends up getting abducted by whoever it is that’s trying to kill her, and Cass runs herself ragged trying to get Cissie back. It’s a mess. It’s sad. It’s heartbreaking. And when Cass eventually finds and saves Cissie, that’s when they officially get together.

Omg you know what would be even worse that I thought of as I wrote that last paragraph? RIGHT before Cissie is abducted (as in a day or two), they both confess and agree to try something out. They’re hopeful. They’re excited. They’re happy. Then Cissie is ripped away.

Also think about what the media reaction to Cass suddenly spending so much time with Cissie would be. It’d be insane. There’s so many rumors flying around and they’re just trying to ignore them.

But anyway, yeah. Think about it. Cassettes bodyguard au…….. my beloved…… the thing driving me insane…… I JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHOS EVEN THREATENING CISSIE THEN ILL BE ABLE TO PLOT IT UGHHHHHHH

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dukeizzy is significantly like WAYY messier than any other duke ship to me mostly bcs they started daring when they were so young. Duke definitely falls for her when she fighting off her brothers goons when they tried to jump her a second time(im so obsessed with the Duality of how scardey cat normal girl izzy is with the reality that she takes shit from absolutely no one and will curb stomp a bitch. like yes, that is my princess who cries and throws up at the stress of vigilantsm, but you better not look at her funny are she WILL rock ur shit) and izzy had been crushing on him for quite a while

Duke was way more unstable and izzy was desperately seeking community (rightfully so) and found that in We are Robin. Duke did as well, but in the face of wish fulfilments and a a group so very good in his life that was so very bad, he ran away < post Robin War and after Superheavy. when he's thrown into the Cursed Wheel, the self reflection and guilt leads to him visiting her (in canon) but I'm convinced they were separated at that point on mediocre terms. Duke went ghost and ran from vulnerability at a time where Izzy had finally found people who would stick up for her and love her while seeing all of her. Generally, they are on and off again for various reasons (uaually on good terms), but end up being drawn to one another kinda inevitably. what's the endgame? Who knows!

I think their dynamic is rlly tender. Duke finds that he's ables to open up more around Izzy bcs she has a way of seeing right through his bullshit and holding him accountable when he runs away from it. In Duke Izzy gets a cool ass boyfriend who treats her like a princess but also she has spoken so much life into him and seen that come into fruition with his rising into his role as the signal and gothams daytime, angel knight on the streets, protector

Dukedre TO ME is very autism (dre) audhd(duke) and progresses like: duke being overly self aware and realizing he's got a crush on dre mid we are robin when they get a little physical during an argument and duke is a little TOO into it and then duke immediately puts it in the box where he compartmentalizes and ignore all his confusing/overwhelming feelings bcs he is nawtt equipped to deal w that (having a crush on dre, not liking boys) nor does he have the patience. dre figures it out sooo late, like signal era late (the war kids still habg out around this era in my head) and duke is significantly hotter bcs hes brash, confident, not nearly as angry and explosive and overall unashamed his corny charismatic teasing self. at that point duke is ready and knows for a fact that dre likes him back bcs of that one time they kissed

(but not in a relationship way yet bcs side note I'm of firm belief that duke has kissed all the we are robin (friendgroup/non fully communicated poly qpr cyclone) members once and i am willing to elaborate)

he just needs dre to lock in and realize. until then he has sooo much fun trolling and ragebaiting dre bcs at that point they are on good terms just casually argumentative and duke is soo addicted to teasing him it's actually insane. they're very

when they inevitably get together duke laughs soo hard during the confession bcs of how long it took and they're dynamic does NOT change they just kiss and flirt abt it now

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Dukedre TO ME is very autism (dre) audhd(duke) and progresses like: duke being overly self aware and realizing he's got a crush on dre mid we are robin when they get a little physical during an argument and duke is a little TOO into it and then duke immediately puts it in the box where he compartmentalizes and ignore all his confusing/overwhelming feelings bcs he is nawtt equipped to deal w that (having a crush on dre, not liking boys) nor does he have the patience. dre figures it out sooo late, like signal era late (the war kids still habg out around this era in my head) and duke is significantly hotter bcs hes brash, confident, not nearly as angry and explosive and overall unashamed his corny charismatic teasing self. at that point duke is ready and knows for a fact that dre likes him back bcs of that one time they kissed

(but not in a relationship way yet bcs side note I'm of firm belief that duke has kissed all the we are robin (friendgroup/non fully communicated poly qpr cyclone) members once and i am willing to elaborate)

he just needs dre to lock in and realize. until then he has sooo much fun trolling and ragebaiting dre bcs at that point they are on good terms just casually argumentative and duke is soo addicted to teasing him it's actually insane. they're very

when they inevitably get together duke laughs soo hard during the confession bcs of how long it took and they're dynamic does NOT change they just kiss and flirt abt it now

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99 and kristen applebees? 👀

99: Master Hunter by Laura Marling

((send a character & a number 1-100 for some art with them corresponding to the song on my Spotify top 100!!))

what a banger that brings out the badass in kristen -3 dex applebees

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Stephanie Brown and her litany of nicknames, her Spookygirls and Boy Wonderfuls and Masked Mans, her way of showing affection and harkening to the identities of people who rarely reciprocate - from the very beginning when Bruce reveals her identity to Arthur and Tim calls her Stephanie on the field (despite her telling him not to), her own name has always been out of her control. At least with nicknames she gets to control how someone else is called, for once.

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batcat challenges you to match their freak, wyd?