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Okay, I am starting to really dislike Batman and Robin: Year One. It started promising, then the last two issues just annoy me.

Bruce is not spending a single amount of time with Dick, and he is also way too cold with the boy for my taste. I could forgive it as the start, because they are learning about each others, but it is getting worst as the story goes on. A couple of issues ago, they had the start of some camaraderie going on, but now, they barely talk. In #8, Dick was able to know it was actually Clayface, and not the real Bruce, because "he was friendlier", and Clayface literally just smiled at him and was the strict minimum amount of nice. Like, wtf??? Bruce isn't even that cold to children he meets as Batman normally (he smiles and is gentle with them), why are we portraying him being this cold and only showing annoyance at Dick, when he took him in because he was obsessed with this circus kid sharing his fate???

And the thing that just send me over the edge is in the last issue, #9, where it shown that Alfred is the one to be there emotionally for Dick. No, just no. I refuse any version where Alfred is more open than Bruce, where Dick gets support from Alfred first. Because, the whole point, is that Bruce wants to be there for Dick when NOBODY was there for him. Alfred failed Bruce, when he was this young grieving boy, and Dick became better than Bruce because he had Bruce instead of Alfred. When they do that shit, they erase Alfred's flaws and paint Bruce's struggles as his own failure as a child, instead of the adults in his life, and I think that's disgusting. Like "the adults in his life did a great job, it's him, THE CHILD, the issue" is so ableist, and that's what they are implying with that, even if they didn't mean to (and I don't think they did)

The fact that Alfred knew it was Mary Grayson's birthday, but not Bruce? Unbelievable. Bruce would fucking know. He would because he remembers himself his parents' birthday after their death, he would have dig to get that informations about the Grayson so he could know when his boy would need him. He would spend the whole day with Dick, skipping both school and work. Like, wtf is this portrayal of Bruce??? We are talking about the man that get flowers for the Grayson's graves EVERY YEAR for the anniversary of their death since it happened. Be for real.

There are supposed to be obsessed about each others. That's how is their relationship, they aren't normal about each others. How the fuck is Dick supposed to become obsessed with Bruce if he isn't there to catch him after this fall that is his parents' death?!

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~ Gotham Knights

One man died and Batman is like "I'm a failure". Let's give Alfred a star sticker because when his son calls him, he keeps trying to tell him that he didn't failed, that he is a good man doing his best, and his best is enough.

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Imagine sending your kid away to a boarding school, and the guy that has been developing a father/son relationship with him (which may be one of the reason you are sending your kid away) sends his butler to be your son's VALET at his school. Personally, I would lose my mind. Is he trying to prove something to you??? Is he actually competing for your child's affection like divorced parents??? Your son is probably the only one at his school to have a valet, he is giving your son the prince treatment. WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO?!?!

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Sorry, I'm making another post about being envious of Superman fans as a Batman fan, and how I need their similarities to be portrayed more, especially in future movies.

People have pointed out that there is one civilian death in the movie, and Clark grieves him, showing how much he cares about people. This is a similarity he shares with his best friend Bruce. Bruce has, in the comics, considered missions "failed" because ONE person died, even tho he stopped the bad guy from killing more. Bruce has grieved civilians he was unable to safe. He tried to teach his kids that you cannot save everyone while himself struggling deeply to accept that. He has also tortured himself over the lives he failed to save, especially if they are children. One of best example is Batman: Venom (really recommend. The bad guy is the US military, it criticizes US imperialism and there's a theme of fatherhood in it as well), which begins with the death of a child Batman failed to save on time. Through the whole story, Bruce is haunted by this failure, he keeps seeing this dead girl. He grieves her when nobody else does.

And that's why I'm envious of Superman fans. Because his bad writing was more influenced in DC trying to be darker than how people actually perceive him. Because people often only see that him and Batman are the day and the night, dog and cat, and think "they are polar opposite, so if Superman is good boy, Batman is not", and that's not the case at all. They have opposite vibes but the same heart, and that's why they are best friends, that's why they are the World's Finest. (Which is why Batman VS Superman was always going to be bad. The whole premise is stupid, Batman and Superman are not enemies or opposite. And even if Bruce was wary of Clark at first, I refuses to believe Clark would not just be kind and patient back. At least, Injustice understood how important the other is for each of them, with both Superman and Batman wanting the other to join their side.)

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~ Gotham Knights

This issue makes me insane. Warning: long rant incoming.

Bruce sees himself in Cassandra, but what he is seeing is his suicidal ideation. It's the belief that he is not a good person, he is just doing what he hopes is good, but he doesn't believe he is good. He sees that Cassandra feels the same, and it terrorizes him.

Here, this suicidal side of her leads her to disregard his orders and to come back for him, only to sacrifice herself to save him. He acknowledges (the analysis in third person is from Bruce) that his kids all have and will disregard do the same thing, but for different reasons. It's so interesting, because the batkids used as an example are the ones that are and will become his legal children. The writer received the gift of prophecy on that one. Anyway, back to the reasons. Dick, it's to demonstrate he is a good son. Mind you, Dick isn't adopted yet, so Bruce DOES KNOW Dick sees him as a father figure. Tim, it's because he has a lot of empathy. For Jason, as I'm not a native English speaker, I have no idea what "individuation" means and I haven't been able to find a definition, so I will say it's because he was headstrong and rebellious to stand out (again, may be wrong about this one).

I am now going to deviate for a bit about Cass and Bruce to talk about Jason. First, I think the description here is not meant to be negative at all, even though it may sound like it is. Jason was a teen, of course he was rebellious, and a bat, of course he was headstrong. I believe the reasons are actually description of where in their life those characters are. Dick is a young adult, independent and his own hero, but he still comes back to Bruce when the man needs him. I do not think Dick had the same reasons for saving Batman and disregarding orders when he was 9 or 13 or 16, and so, Bruce would not use the same words. Damn, Bruce would probavly have described Dick the same way he describes Jason here when the boy was the same age. Jason died 15 going on 16, in his teenage rebellious age. Timothy, he is the kid that is currently Robin when he doesn’t want to (in the Young Justice run and his own, he keeps mentioning how he wants to stop being a vigilante one day, and how he would put away the cape if he could) but he is because people needs him. And Cass, she is suffering from suicidal thoughts and afraid she can never be good because of her past, wearing a symbol she admires without thinking she is good enough for it. Also, the acknowledgement that all of them would disregard Bruce's order to save him, AKA THEIR PARENT, also goes against the stupid theme of blaming Jason for his death. Jason disregarded Bruce's order to save his parent, like any of them would do and Bruce still doesn't know how to make them stop.

Another thing about those reasons is that one is missing. Bruce is literally pointing out that Cass, like himself, is in denial about being a good person and why people would want her alive, all while denying that his kids would come to save him because THEY LOVE HIM. They really are father and daughter.

Back to Cass, the death of Jason is haunting the story now. Bruce is terrified about losing another, he cannot lose another. So, he makes a choice, a difficult choice. "If you want to continue working with me... With my family..." Here, the message is clear: Bruce can only accepts her as a part of his family if she doesn't give up on life, because he cannot handle another one dying. You can be my child, but for that you must live. And you must fight everyday to stay alive, because I will not survive losing another one of you. As he is seeing himself in her, he is also going for his own desire to have a family and not be alone, hoping she is the same. And it is working, because she reaches for him! And he turns his head away with sadness!

In the end, Cass does save herself. And Bruce's behavior is ajfjvekfvej. He was all anxious and sad, and the moment he realizes she's here, he is running to assist her, pushing others away to do it himself, to be the one to hold her. She is already his kid, he was so worried about her.

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I was watching Secret Sleepover Society playing Date Everything! and, I'm sorry, but the Content Aware thing is pure trash.

No, not because trigger warnings are bad, but because they are not efficient trigger warnings at all. It feels like it exists to be like "see, we have TW, we care" but without doing the work.

The Content Aware warning for Nightmare is "scary". You cannot find a more vague word to describe what is going to happen. Open a dictionary, there are words to describe exactly what is going to happen. Like, "arachnophobia" at least? I'm not sure if it would fit (non-native english speaker + not my triggers + words are hard for me but it's not my job), but maybe "paranoia" and "unreality"? You get the idea, there are words to describe what is going to happen, words people who it would trigger know to look for, but instead, they used "scary".

The Content Aware warning being "scary" is so insulting. Not only it shows they do not actually give a fuck about triggering people phobia or mental illnesses, it is fucking infantilizing. It's painting people who have the actual corresponding triggers as people that just cannot handle a little scare, that cannot handle some spooky content. This choice of word is ableist af. "You have trauma, phobia or mental triggers? Well, you just can't handle scary things."

And no Content Aware warning for people with religious trauma, but also for other stuffs from what I have read. So, really, a half-done empty feature to be like "see, we did it", but actually they didn't.

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Give me a Dick Grayson who got some super annoyingly painful injury on a mission, and now he’s lounging in a family room of Wayne Manor. He’s so high on painkillers that he’s slurring his words and he can hardly move. Bruce is sitting with him, making sure he has everything he needs, adjusts his blanket every so often, gets him a new ice pack when the one he’s using melts too much.

And Dick may be high as a kite and half asleep, but Bruce has a Gotham Knights game playing on TV, and he’s awake enough to be arguing with the TV, “That wasn’t a strike! Fuck this guy!” and, “I hate the way this guy fuckin’ pitches, looks like he’s fuckin’ bowling what a weirdo.” And Bruce is trying not to laugh too much, because Dick will get upset and think he’s being laughed at. And when Dick’s favorite player gets a home run? He lets out the silliest sounding, “Yay!” that makes Bruce so nostalgic for when Dick was little and would cheer every time their team hit the ball and got on base, or would get huffy when the other team would catch a fly ball.

Dick’s knocked out before the game is over, and Bruce tucks his blanket around him and makes sure he has a full bottle of water next to him. He doesn’t leave him alone in here though, doesn’t want to leave Dick alone at all while he’s in pain. So he sleeps in the recliner and wakes up to check on Dick anytime he so much as stirs or mumbles in his sleep.

Dick wakes up at one point in the middle of the night, but it’s clear he’s still half asleep. He’s mumbling nonsense and can’t quite sit up all the way. Bruce lowers him back down onto the couch gently, slowly, as to not aggravate his injuries. He assures Dick everything is fine, it he can’t quite make out what he’s mumbling about. The painkillers give him wild, vivid dreams, so Bruce knows whatever he’s saying is probably nonsensical.

“You’re alright,” Bruce whispers, smoothing back his hair. “Go back to sleep.”

“My jaw’s gone, fell right off,” Dick mutters.

“It will be better in the morning.”

Dick lets out a huge, jaw cracking yawn, then his neck rolls to the side and he’s out like a light, drool trailing down the corner of his mouth.

Bruce keeps smoothing Dick’s hair off his forehead for a few minutes, waiting until he’s sure Dick is back asleep, before he goes back to the recliner he’d been sleeping in.

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In Death in the Family, when the US gov sends Superman to take care of Batman, they don't know that Batman is on a war path to kill the Joker for murdering his son, that's something Clark learns from Bruce once he reaches him. They send Superman to deal with Batman because they knew that he would be a bitch about Joker being an ambassador and they were afraid he would be a threat to international peace. They knew Batman would be a threat even without the context of a death in his family. They called the super alien and asked to tell his bestie to PLEASE behave and not disrupt the UN.

It's so funny, out of context, they have no control over that man, they know they have no control over that man, they're scared of that man and sending Superman to deal with him. Batman is just a guy dressed as a bat and the US gov calls their super alien to deal with him. This is not even the only time Batman is a threat to international peace in the late 80s. How many times do governments ask Superman to talk to Batman for them because they are scared of him and the bs he is going to pull? But also, of course they're besties, if Superman get captured and tortured, he knows no gov can stop Batman from getting him out.

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I think the batkids aren’t allowed access to twitter or Reddit or 4chan because they immediately start beefing with Batman haters, Barbara is in a silent war to take down all the bots Tim created to dox the really vile haters, Steph is constantly getting banned for telling them to go kill themselves, Damian tears their entire self esteem apart with one comment, Dick shows up at their house

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I can't believe that a real Nightwing fan, who reads his comics, has followed him since he was Robin, can say and BELIEVE that this man has angry issues, or say that he was the feral and angry Robin... Like??? My man, what comics did you read????

If you're just a fan of Dick fanon, that's fine and I understand... But about COMICS, AND YOU SAY THAT? MY KING, QUEEN, MONARCH, WHATEVER YOU ARE... I'M SORRY BUT, WHAT???

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Unironically Stephanie Brown being the most protective of Bruce. 

He and Clark have an interview at a restaurant? Bam Steph is the waitress and she is watching you Clark with a bracelet made of kryptonite. 

He’s going on an opera date with Selina? Suddenly Stephanie can sing perfect soprano and is watching them while belting out a gorgeous duet. 

He has to team up with Wonder Woman and Flash for an off world mission? Suddenly she’s a pilot and will be flying them today, thank you for choosing Spoiler Airlines. 

Just Steph being stupidly protective of Bruce and him having no clue why because he thought??? She hated him??? 

But honestly he’s also impressed because he can tell no one what he’s doing/where he’s going and all of a sudden Steph is there, leaned over his shoulder and asking in an irish accent “Will that be all, sir?” and y'know who is he to complain.

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It always baffles me when I see a post or read a fic and they mention WE employees being paid minimum wage or not having good insurance, or Wayne Insurance being a thing and being as awful as other insurances.

Hello? This is BRUCE WAYNE we are talking about? The guy that keeps giving his money away to the community to make it better because it breaks his heart to see people suffer? That acknowledges people turn to crimes because they need money to survive, so he tries his best to support people, that believes in rehabilitation so much he is against killing criminals?

In the comics, he gets sad af when, as Batman, he sees two of his interns doing crimes, and he goes to meet them as Bruce Wayne, to tell them that if they need money, they can just ask. In the comics, he build apartments and house for free homeless and poor people. He is the one financially supporting Leslie's free clinic. He pays for any of his workers' education and personally encourages them to pursue education. He calls people that try or succeed to kill CEO "vigilantes" and not criminals because "they were not giving back to the community + participating in climate change, so they had it coming". He has been shown to finance research and development for better health care and treatments of mental ill patients.

This man may be sending people to the hospital, but it doesn't mean he will not pay for it himself. If a rogue destroys something, Bruce Wayne is paying personally for it. There's no way anyone is paid minimum wage at WE, this man will not authorize that. If you think he is against universal free healthcare, you are wrong. You could probably approach him and ask him to pay for your hamster's surgery and he would, because he doesn't care about money but he cares about people not needing money.

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Bruce: Alfred, am I a bad father?

Alfred: No, I do not think refusing to let Master Richard have... A pet makes you a bad father.

Bruce: It is a lot of responsibility and he is a bit too young, without taking into account our activities. But, I don't feel like those are good enough reasons.

Alfred: And yet, they are.

Bruce: He was so disappointed. Maybe I could get him one for his birthday?

Alfred: As the one who will clean up after the animal, you are not getting Master Richard an elephant. This is final.

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I have the hc that, after he got his back broken, Bruce sometimes used a cane. As he was healed by a meta (Shondra Kinsolving, I miss you everyday), he doesn't need it much at first, but with all the bs he did while healing, it still suffers from chronic pains that gets worse as he ages. On top of that, the hc that Bruce starts using glasses to read as he ages.

This leads to, one day, Dick and Jason stumbling on Bruce reading with his glasses, while using his cane. They are both hit hard with the realization that their father is getting older. That he is not the indestructible rock of their youth that can get hit with anything and get back up. That they weren't there to protect him, he needs them to protect him (especially Dick, who canonically feels bad about not being there when Bane broke Bruce's back)

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When the character who's a condensed version of the things that are Wrong With You is still a good person and deserves love and compassion

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Me, a Batman fan, watching Superman fans being happy after seeing the movie, "we're so back" because they portray their hero as the loving and kind figure he is: Goddesses, I wish that was me.