#Match DCU

[peacerisendove]

Saw this meme and just had to redraw it as Thad and Match. Just imagine if the writers had given Match his original personality during Titans East, or just them meeting up again. These two would have tension. (Honestly, ESPECIALLY post Match's Suicide Squad run. There would be hero/villain tension or just tension caused by meeting up your best friend and realizing how much they've changed, how things have CHANGED between you two, and dealing with all of that.)

[fyeahmatch]

MATCH IS BACK!!!!!!! and he is more handsome than ever, whats your opinion about that

@neisdi

MY SON!!!! MY BOY!!! \o/

First off, thank you for telling me about this!!! I'd love to know what comic this appearance is in if you happen to know?

Second, while I am so excited to see him I am mixed about his return. Though, I am always a bit skeptical when DC bring my favorites out to play again because you never know what you're getting writing wise or whether the writer will do their character justice.

With what I see here? Mrrrmhhhhh...I'm not excited to see that boring and uncreative all-black Superman suit again (like it's not a good costume design. It's got nothing going on for him, and it gives footy-pajama vibes.) or him being a part of Waller's 'Justice League' if it's still being called that.

He does look handsome in the art, which I love, but it really feels like to me they're just going to be sticking Match into a mold without really considering his character. He states in his last appearance (back in Suicide Squad) that he doesn't want to be a 'carbon copy' and yet here he is wearing what is essentially a Superman suit and filling a role :/ which I'm not pleased with (Please DC let Match explore his own identity.)

I don't know what the writer has planned for Match, if anything significant or if he's just filling a position in the team, but I am skeptical and I don't have high hopes. I don't think they'll do him justice if he's still a a part of Waller's 'League,' cause it feels like he's just filling the space of having a Kryptonian/someone with super-strength on the team. And I hope that this new suit isn't the new norm for him cause I'm personally not a fan of it at all.

[sleepyspeedster]

Temp Title: Shooting the Breeze and the Heart

Thad/Match WIP

[unknownunseenunheard]

Chris, Jon, Kon and Match, in that order

[secretidentie]

When Jason starts building his crime lord career, people start inexplicably comparing him to Matches Malone. They have the same mannerisms, the same fighting styles and a similar build. Some rogues even have theories that they're the same guy.

So when ever Matches is mentioned, red hood mutters "fuck that guy" under his breath and since Bruce puts his whole batussy into his personas, he's starts reciprocating that energy. All the rogues are scrambling to find out what happened to cause this beef. The entire Gotham underground now has to pick a side between one of their own who they've worked with and gotten to know over the years versus the new up and coming crime lord that's offering jobs and improving their lives. While Jason is wondering what he can do to stop being compared to Bruce, Bruce is trying to be a supportive parent (which means making sure the rogues don't turn on J) while protecting his persona he's been curating for years.

[faeriekit]

I'm not going to lie, there's some sweet, sweet allure in a premise based on "Johnny 13 ends up in Gotham just for shits and giggles only to accidentally settle down there."

This dude just happens to be Haunted as Fuck™️. His vibes are rank and he's rude as shit. Negative rizz. You literally can't pay him to do your goonery for you, but if you phrase it as a bad enough idea he'll do it for free...? But then like the whole building will explode for no reason or something else as equally as catastrophic and improbable?? What the fuck man

Just. This dead dude and his supernatural manifestation of bad luck is completely indecipherable from Gotham's natural toxicity to the point where he just...makes friends. Is a shitty upstairs neighbor. Shops at the corner store. Despite the odds, he's just Some Guy™️. He gets signed up for the Goonion. He reasonably could be any age between 19 and sixty. Two-Face kicked him out of his gang twice.

[fawcetttweets]

So you know how in Gotham we have the 'does the butt match' fan theory and in metropolis the hot gossip is that 'whether Louis lane is cheating on Superman with Clark Kent' (ignoring the fact that Clark Kent and her are married with a kid 😭) what do you think is the big topic from Fawcett?

[chronicwhorebatman]

need you all to bear with me for five minutes but please god, please imagine, that you are clark kent. maybe you have a little bit of a crush on your Good Ol' Pal Batman. you haven't tried to look into his identity, that's just rude!

but.

but say clark has to go undercover for various reasons (shipment of kryptonite?). and some gotham goons come in, and they're loud, and one's got this fuck off oily hair and a horrendous clashing colours suit and a thick jersey accent and a matchstick hanging from his mouth, and also a HEARTBEAT THAT YOU RECOGNISE.

imagine having a huge crush on batman and he, like, turns out to be MATCHES MALONE, local grimy goon. how do you even recover from that. imagine the next jl meeting

[bet-on-me-13]

Biologically everybody's kid

So! Have you ever seen those Prompts or Headcanons where Ghosts and Ectoplasm are Unstable and like to change alot? Specifically based on the Hosts Beliefs and such?

Well, imagine this.

Danny is a part of the JLA, and one day he needs to get a Blood Test done. It's just a normal Physical, so that they know how to help him if he ever gets hurt, or to see if he has any health concerns that need to be addressed.

They get the results of the DNA Tear back, and find that it tested positive for Amazonian DNA.

They are confused. Why did Phantom never mention that he was an Amazon? Diana is feeling down because he is a member of her same Race and never told her.

Then, they test again just to see if it was accurate and it comes back as Yeti DNA.

Now they are confused.

They test it again, and it's Dragon DNA.

Again, and it's Kryptonian DNA.

Again, and it's Batman's DNA.

Again, and they find traces of the Speed Force in his DNA.

Every time they test the DNA again, they get a different result, telling them that he is Half Human Half something else that is constantly changing.

They are confused, Danny is not aware of any of this, and Batman is already calling Dibs.

[timblrdrake]

if i see one more “Bruce Wayne is Batman” conspiracy theory im going to scream. my boyfailure dad is NOT cool enough to be Gotham’s Dark Knight have you SEEN him??

[laiosynth]

dungeons your dc

someone save me from my prison (google docs)

the sillies........

[peacerisendove]

In the comic discord I'm in we've been talking about Kryptonians being more alien-like and having dragon ancestry (inspired by seeing the panels below) so I've been toying with that in my designs of Match by giving him fangs and a forked dragon-like tongue.

For context: Superman is transformed into a Drang because he was thinking of them while he was exposed to Red Kryptonite, but I think Kryptonians having dragon ancestry is cooler sooooo... :3c

Version without the overlay:

[fyeahmatch]

Suicide Squad Vol 7 #14 (2021-2022) Variant Cover

[sleepyspeedster]

My brain is just happily spinning around with the idea of Match and Thad as a hero-villain married couple.

Suicide Squad did multiple things right for Match and one of them is making him actually want to be a hero (which is perfect development because it references the 2009 DC Holiday Special. Seriously, I can go on about my boy Match).

Because really as a villain how can you look at one of your best friends after the euphoria of reuniting and thinking the other was still dead, find out he's trying to be a hero now, and not think, "Well, I can't not fuck him at this point."

The friends to sorta enemies to lovers pipeline would be filled with so much conflict and sweet sweet tension.

[puppetmaster13u]

I am rotatin @phoenixcatch7 Possessed Doll Au. And just had a realization.

Gotham would start having little mini dolls of the bats, wouldn't they. Like they would have Batclan merch and little good luck items. And that would definitely include people's best attempts at recreating each of the batfam.

Like can you just imagine Bruce, in his puppet body, getting approached by small child who excitedly shows him the tiny matching plush. To the rest of the league's bemusement because they find Batman very unsettling lmao.

[goddessofbees]

@i-steal-bones based off of this post

Artemus is just Match that I gave a name for legal reasons, they all clones