#Chiroptophobia

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Batman and Robin by Eduardo Pansica

[manufactured-pleasantry]

saw an art of Batman tagged chiroptophobia and now I can't stop giggling to myself imagining Bruce searching up Batman and scaring himself because no one has a clear photo of him and so they use bat photos instead.

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Bruce: Alfred, can you read the latest article on Batman for me, please?

Alfred: Pray tell, why can't you do it yourself?

Bruce, whispering: ...Bats

Alfred: Pardon?

Bruce: Every article keeps using bat photos, Alfred 😭 I'm scared of bats.

Alfred: You should have thought of this before you started calling yourself Batman

(When articles switched to using the bat signal instead, Bruce was so, so relieved that he sent Jim a gift basket for making the signal a thing.)

[not-ur-mum-x]

Zoophobia, or animal phobia, is the irrational fear or aversion towards animals (excluding humans). Zoophobia is the general negative reaction to animals, but it is usually divided into many subgroups, each being of a specific type of zoophobia. Although zoophobia as a whole is quite rare, types of the fear are common. As mentioned before by Sigmund Freud, an animal phobia is one of the most frequent psychoneurotic diseases among children. Zoophobia is almost never towards mammals, but instead towards non-mammalia creatures. A list of common zoophobias is shown below.

Ailurophobia- fear of cats

Arachnophobia- fear of arachnids

Batrachophobia- fear of amphibians

Chiroptophobia- fear of bats

Cynophobia- fear of dogs

Entomophobia- fear of insects

Equinophobia- fear of horses

Ichthyophobia- fear of fish

Lepidopterophobia- fear of butterflies and/or moths

Melissophobia- fear of bees

Musophobia- fear of mice and rats

Ophidiophobia-fear of snakes

Ornithophobia- fear of birds

Ostraconophobia- fear of shellfish

Ranidaphobia- fear of frogs

Vermiphobia- fear of worms

[cannondisabledcharacters]

Today's disabled character of the day is Iris from LoliRock, who has chiroptophobia

Requested by Anon

[Image Description: Drawing of a girl with long blond hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a pink ruffly sleeveless dress, brown shoes, pink socks, white chain neck less with red pendant, pink star shaped earrings, and a pink headband with a large bow. She has freckles. She has a light skin tone.]

[mycrochetromance]

Berry the Bat It's time for Halloween projects, so I made a friend for Onyx the Witchy Cat

[Bat Pattern] [Cat Pattern]

[emeraldsandamethyst]

CONTENT WARNING: there is an actual literal mammal bat in this, Jason (he swears and he talks about and thinks about torturing Tim)

Summary: Red Hood has a mission. Punish the Batman for replacing him after his death by killing this snotty rich boy Robin that stole Jason's life.

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Tim had been prepared for a fight when the Tower's defenses flickered offline long enough to execute a program that put the cameras on loop.

Tim had not been prepared to almost skewer the tiniest bat he's ever seen with a birdarang.

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Additional Tags: Titans Tower (DCU), Canon Divergence - Jason Todd's Attack on Titans Tower, Not Canon Compliant, Magic, Transformation, Animal Transformation, Bats, no beta we die like robins, Tim Drake is Robin, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Jason Todd Has Issues, Swearing, Enemies to Brothers

[king-crane]

WONDERING, FEARING.

@crimefightr

The time and efforts spent had been great. Crane realizes this after months have passed without criminal activity, and he has only just gotten through with finally restoring a long disused Batsignal.

Legally.

He had never bothered with the exact details of how it happened, but every time that bat appeared in the night sky, The Bat themself was never far behind.

As he looks at the spotlight, his hands shake and tremble. Every second that passes, another memory of an asskicking. Another possible scenario where this could all go sideways so quickly. The Bat was paranoid, something that Crane and the other Rogues had seen to time and time again, but anyone would have to be at least a little suspicious to live in a city like Gotham.

Snarling at his demons, Professor Crane grunts and snorts as he heaves and uses his strength to move the spotlight into an ‘on’ position. He’s brought it to the roof of the old Ace Chemicals building - he couldn’t be anywhere near GCPD, else they’d think him up to something.

The Bat goes up in the night sky, and Crane realizes that he’s just taken his first step down a path he can not tread back from. What had he done? What would he do?

Well. If he was going down an inescapable path anyways, he may as well look good doing it. Looking down at himself, he nodded approvingly. His tailoring skills hadn’t gone to waste, with the three piece suit being hand-made, and yet well-crafted enough to rival designers. Alright, that was one thing covered.

Sighing softly, Crane removes his respirator for a moment and reaches into his coat pocket, lighting up his pipe and taking a deep hit. That was better.

Now all there was left to do was wait.

[jondoe297]

of course this year's Halloween Batman is Battinson🖤

[librathefangirl]

Sooo apparently my fear of moths definitely, absolutely, 100%, without a doubt translates to a fear of bats too... Would have been useful information before a fricking bat came inside Dad's house (Sorry, Sis, for abandoning you!)

[alyakthedorklord]

Chiroptophobia: the Fear of Bats.

Bruce Wayne is Scared of Bats. This is a Canon Fact.

In a difference from canon, Batman pretends to actually BE a bat man.

(Again, “Loading and Aspect Ratio” by JUBE514 situation with fake wings. Please go read it I love it so much.)

Bruce turns himself into a physical manifestation of his personal worst nightmares, and sets out to be a street cryptid. People see him flinching from bright lights and loud noises (he hasn’t slept in three days and he really hates guns) twitching weirdly (testing his wings function/stimming) not fully understanding human social niceties (you cannot tell me this man isn't Autistic) and, duh, wings, and go ah yes this being is Inhuman.

However, people KNOW Brucie Wayne™ is petrified of bats. There was an incident at a party when one flew through a window, another at a zoo, there was this one time Manbat showed up and he practically teleported away. No one saw him for a whole month, even after Batman had captured Manbat. (He got injured in the fight.)

By extension, this means that Bruce Wayne is afraid of Batman. Just- absolutely terrified of him. No ones seen them in the same place. Ever. Bruce Wayne actually publicly refuses to even believe in the cryptid for YEARS past when he's already been proven to exist.

When the Justice League gets called in to protect Bruce and his smattering of children from some plot (batman conspicuously absent, despite Gotham being his territory) Bruce straight up tells the league that he doesn’t believe in Batman, and he feels much safer with “real heroes” rather than “a urban legend spawned from overdramatic furries and gang wars.”

The justice league is, obviously, confused.

Certified little shits Dick, Jason, and Tim, (because we’re going with JUBE514’s canon and jason doesn’t die they’re all brothers f off-)

ANYWAYS: Certified Little Shits Dick, Jason, and Tim, ready for chaos/solidifying secret identities: “Don’t worry! We believe in batman! We saw him!” :D

They then proceed to tell the justice league that Bruce HAS met Batman, but he has a phobia of bats, so when Batman saved them at a gala Bruce screamed so loud and shrill he threw off the bat-hearing and then punched batman in the face so hard he knocked him out cold, grabbed then-baby Jason and ran. (Nightwing and the second Robin had to HEROICALLY rescue a dazed Batman, Dick saw it with his own eyes!)

Bruce was so scared of the bat coming to take revenge that he jumped at every shadow for a whole month. Why, Jason, (who was younger then) had slept in Bruce's bed to keep him safe! (Dick is crooning about his cute little brother. Jason, who is hitting his growth spurt and not a little kid anymore, is infinitely embarrassed.) Right now, Brucie has settled into firmly denying Batman’s entire existence so that he can sleep soundly at night.

“Why is he so scared of bats?” The Justice League is wondering. Oh, they are so glad they asked!

“Alfred told us a story once,” Dick says, eyes wide and innocent as he prepares to lie through his fucking teeth, “that when Bruce was little, really little, he got trapped in a cave filled with bats, and his dad had to come rescue him. Apparently, Little Bruce had been crying about a massive bat, even bigger than he was, with glowing red eyes and human hands and (gasp) wait oh my goodness gracious what if that was the BATMAN :0”

“The baby batman.” Jadon adds.

“Batboy?” Tim wonders.

“Alfred, do you think Bruce met Batman when they were little?” Dick asks.

“I believe,” Alfred “the greatest enabler” Pennyworth hums, offering fresh baked scones to thier gleeful audience, “that Master Bruce referred to what he saw as ‘the bat king’ and reported seeing him outside his window several times over the years.”

“Maybe it really was him! Will you ask Batman for us?” Tim asks, already planning to hack the watchtower cameras and set up some popcorn with his brothers.

The Justice League, who have learned more about the Batman in one conversation than they have over MANY years of working together, tell the Wayne children that it will be their Genuine Pleasure to quiz batman on his interactions with BRUCIE WAYNE who has, apparently, laid batman out cold with one punch.

Alfred adds on that he personally thinks the Batman is being rather courteous to Master Bruce, as “bat king” sightings were after “difficult times” and he doesn’t come near the manor otherwise, as robin had been the one to return some family heirlooms that one time they were stolen. He calls the batman and his robins “polite young gentlemen” and then leaves.

But now the gears are turning in the justice leagues heads. Batman? Courteous? Polite? Batman is not Courteous or Polite. Not unless something else is going on.

Now. From their point of view. Batman lives in the cave systems under the richest houses in Gotham, Phantom of the Opera style, hiding his meta form (because this batman is playing cryptid really well. Maybe he was a mutant baby of some Rich Gothamites, who threw him into the caves in shame!) He’s been watching Bruce Wayne, likely as he struggled with the highly reported on demise of his parents, seeing the effects that crime had on the boy that fell into his cave all those years ago. Batman has always been so protective of children, so hateful of guns, obviously the Wayne tragedy is part of what motivates him. He loves Gotham dearly, territorial of it to the point of keeping other heroes out, and yet he breaks that rule here, for Gotham's prince, solely for Bruce’s comfort.

Bruce, another person who obviously loves the city of Gotham just as much, putting millions into charity and relief efforts. Who is clearly very protective of his children, even if he usually has no spine, to the point of attacking his greatest fear to keep then safe, and good enough to land a hit, even. (Bruce Wayne is also considerably attractive.)

Its all so clear to the Justice League: Batman is madly in love with Bruce Wayne. Has been for years. To the point of watching him sleep, on occasion. How very tragic! Batman, in love with someone he can never be with! Not only would it paint a massive target on Bruce’s back if they ever did get together- there’s no questioning what Gotham villains would do if they discovered this, (and denying himself love out of an attempt to keep others safe is EXACTLY the kind of self-sacrificing nonsense Batman would pull) But Batman can’t even truly see the man he’s in love with without Brucie running away in terror! Well, the poor guy… how sad…

This conclusion can be supported by the following evidence-

Batman’s first appearance being right after Bruce Wayne returned to Gotham. Was the bat following him to protect him in those missing years? Or maybe he decided to clean up the city now that his beloved had returned?

Batman always being seen near where Bruce is. He’s never once been at the watchtower when Bruce has a public appearance- he must be watching over him, a silent guardian in case someone gets it in their head to kidnap Gotham’s Prince.

Batman insisting that Bruce is innocent in a corporate scheme, despite evidence to the contrary. (Hes right in the end, of course, but they’ve never seen him ignore evidence so clear.)

Batman casually referencing Wayne Tech/Foundation inner workings- he keeps an eye on them, of course. (If he can’t be close to the object of his affections, the league reasons, of course he’d make sure that Bruce’s company and projects are on the right track)

Nightwing, when asked, confirms the Bruce Punching Batman story. He says “honestly I think B was impressed! Caught him off guard!” (Since when does Batman lower his guard? Only when he’d be… distracted, perhaps…)

Superman saves Bruce, who thanks him with a kiss on the cheek. Later, justice league was teasing Clark, batman huffs and leaves the room. He’s CLEARLY jealous! Superman feels just awful!

Batman inexplicably knowing social dances/high society manners- he must have learned by watching (stalking) bruce! He can navigate high profile talk if he wants to, he just doesn’t want to most of the time. but if the situation calls for it he can talk like the Richest of Pricks in a way that only comes with observation.

Batman bristling when some of the league members start making Comments on Brucie Wayne’s Physical Attributes. (Jealousy? Defensiveness? Perhaps… embarrassment at GL’s detailed explanation on what he’d do with a chance in bed with Brucie.)

Batman absolutely freezing up when confronted with any of the above evidence. (He’s trying SO HARD not to laugh/go tell his kids)

Dick/Jason being big enough to wear the Bat-wings rather than thier own and be convincing- they save Bruce, though the man passes out (from fear? Blood loss from an injury? Perhaps- he is faking) and Dick/Jason, either out of genuine concern for their dad or general “how can i stir the pot” chaos, gently strokes his hair away from his face in an act of compassion that the cameras just so happen to catch. (There’s a few tears shed in the justice league- poor batman! He can’t be with his love!)

The robins (in both identities) telling the justice league that they've seen batman watching him.

“oh yeah he does background checks on aaaaaall bruces conquests. Had a conniption when brucie found a mafia boss that one time.”

“And when he found out Bruce and Two-face had a fling!”

(The league notes that often, if a criminal gets too close to Brucie, they’re put away not long after. B is usually collecting evidence in his civilian ID. But it looks like angry Batman wanted them to get the hell away from his mans.)

The Justice League is swooning over this tragic, forbidden love story. Batman is a little creepy but hey. He apparently grew up in a cave system. Its a wonder he's as well adjusted as he is. Batman has their sympathy, he seems less unflappable/untouchable, they’re a little more understanding with him now. Superman is all too happy to be a rebound, if needed. There are magic users offering glamour spells. Green Lantern is making exposure therapy innuendos.

The robins can’t believe how lucky they got. They’re def grounded but B can’t be too mad bc his secret identity is FUKIN SET.

Alfred is rather proud of Batman's new nickname in the league being “the bat king” and keeps sending batman along with cookies. The league thinks Batman is checking up on bruce with his butler. Its a mess.

Eventually, Batman loses a bet to one of his kids. Committing to the Bit with an exasperated sigh (he’s definitely not having fun, shut up jason.)

He admits to his crush.

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Alfred and Bruce by Mindy Lee

Batober prompt: Spooked

[mockerycrow]

-> Kyle “Gaz” Garrick x Civilian!GN!Reader

You and Kyle are roommates! This series follows along your friendship/relationship, how you two met, etc. I will not be linking every single concept post because I write way too many, so look at #roommate!gaz on my blog to see it all!! -- last updated: march 23. 2024

all of these posts are in order of how they happen, despite publication date.

The Day We Met

-> Takes place before present day; summer camp!

Rev On The Red Line

-> the first time you were in the car with Kyle was a memorable one.

I’ve Got You

-> Where you’re sick, and Kyle takes care of you.

Sparks

-> Kyle comes home after falling out of another helicopter.

Safety

-> You went out by yourself whilst gaz is home, and you aren’t answering your phone.

Bump In The Night

-> Your halloween costume makes kyle feel things.

Chiroptophobia

-> You meet kyle’s team for the first time and bond over his suffering.

On My Mind

-> You wear kyle’s hoodie and he’s forced to confront some suppressed emotions.

[thetantiger]

Chiroptophobia

Are you afraid of bats?

[thescarecrowfrombatman]

FAQ

Hey guys it's me the Scarecrow from Batman.

DNI if you're the Joker or the Penguin because I don't like either of you.

TRIGGER WARNING FOR:

Scopophobia Hemophobia myriapodophobia Melissophobia spheksophobia vehophobia automatoraphobia arachnophobia carnophobia proditiophobia ophidiophobia autophobia herpetophobia kenophobia paruresis scoleciphobia aibohphobia ornithophobia pantaphobia thanatophobia amaxophobia somniphobia epidoptorophobia nyctophobia catoprophobia monophobia musophobia autophobia sygiophobia chronophobia diokophobia metathesiophobia amathaphobia gamophobia melanoheliophobia glossophobia anthropophobia globophobia atychiphobia eurotophobia taphophobia trypanophobia formidophobia hoofdaphobia paraskevidokatriaphobia carcerophobia alluraphobia cynophobia antomophobia pugophobia equinophobia chiroptophobia genuphobia podophobia gynophobia haphephobia capgras,syndrome muxiphobia mirephobia acrophobia coulrophobia filophobia cafephobia aerophobia thalassaphobia itchyophobia ergophobia bovinophobia algophobia foniaphobia agoraphobia dementophobia amaxophobia Galaphobia Androphobia Acousticophobia Anginophobia microphobia anthophobia astraphobia ataxophobia apeirophobia Atelophobia dipsophobia phobophobia (Did I say that one already?... agh, nevermind) anatidaephobia mysophobia myrmecophobia barophobia kabourophobia botanophobia mycophobia cacophobia galeophobia chromophobia sonophobia cyberphobia kyrofelanoshopophobia dendrophobia dentophobia dometiphobia ecophobia megalophobia noctiphobia obesiphobia samhainophobia hombrephobia pathophobia elaiophobia heliophobia hydrophobia hypochondria lycophobia melanophobia microphobia (Did I say that one already too? Damn.) Sanchephobia (New one I made for the fear of pickles.)

Anyway, Ask box is open I guess.

[puppetmaster13u]

Crossover 3

Y’know, there could be a really fun batman and httyd crossover where the entrance to the Hidden World, or at least an entrance, is in the Batcave.  Bruce fell into the cave as a kid, and totally could have stumbled across it as he was fleeing from the swarming bats. Now I don’t know about you, but even with all the bats, I would definitely be intrigued and go back down again at some point because A, the hidden world is gorgeous, and B, freaking dragons.  Alfred is just relieved he’s showing interest in something, and probably goes down with him too at some point for safety reasons. 

Why does Bruce become Batman instead of something dragon themed? Well, he has Chiroptophobia canonically. To him bats are scary, and dragons aren’t.