#bruce wayne

[pinkiemachine]

Everyone say: FAMILY VACATION!!!

[ashoss]

Mayhaps a doodle of Jay on Bruce’s shoulders and him being a mischievous little devil

vrooooom

[spicy-apple-pie]

Poor Bruce thought Duke was going to tell him something else and just wanted to be supportive :(

Commission Info / Kofi

[maybe-in-another-universe]

i hear your constantly sleep deprived tim drake. allow me to raise you one sleep deprived BUT prone to napping/passing out tim drake.

after a 72 hour mission, with no sleep, tim finishes up his report at the bat computer, stands up, takes three steps to the left, and curls into a ball on the floor and sleeps right there. Bruce finds him and moves him to somewhere more comfy.

alternatively, when he’s stressed and doesn’t want anyone to bother him, Tim finds the most inconvenient, out of sight place to nap so he can get back to work once he’s done. unfortunately sometimes he gets caught.

Jason: Why is Tim in the tea cabinet?

Dick: He’s tired, leave him be. I think this is the first time he’s slept in like two days.

———

Damian: Father, why is Drake currently unconscious in the cave under the medical gurneys?

Bruce: He likes it there.

———

i just like the idea that the family just rolls with it and accepts it as one of his many quirks. maybe even young justice gang gets in on it and is like oh yeah that’s tim for ya.

[schrissdd]

💧💧

[incorrectbatfam]

Our next theory, brought forth by Bernard Dowd, is that Batman and Batwoman are the same genderfluid person

[gffa]

SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE BRUCE A MEDAL FOR PUTTING UP WITH THIS HORRIBLE DEMON CHILD HE'S THE WORST, HE'S DOING IT BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU AND HIS LOVE LANGUAGE IS ANNOYING YOU INTO HAVING FUN AND YOU KNOW THAT.

[dragonpyre]

Secret Robin au

Bruce was on edge for the rest of patrol

Prev / Commission info / ko-fi

[sisaloofafump]

My favourite hobby is trying to imagine the most no homo superbat moments DC would actually be willing to do but it's hard because we already have:

There's only one room/sharing a bed

Being the other's black mercy dream

Canon in a genderbent universe

Almost-kiss (with an ulterior purpose)

Being the one the other'd miss most if they died

Innuendos & jokes (of varying levels of seriousness) about being married

Rescuing eachother naked

and that's just off the top of my head.

[frownyalfred]

[armed-with-a-waffle-iron]

Bat Timeline vs Bat Publication Timeline

I kept my receipts and citations here. Also, I used cover dates.

Neat things I noticed:

Nothing much happened in Gotham until Robin arrived both in continuity and in print history. Sorry but your lone wolf Batman doesn't exist :P

Dick permanently becomes Batman at the same age Bruce was when he became Batman; 25. Kinda poetic if you ask me.

Babs was Oracle longer than she was Batgirl in both continuity and publication history!!

Completely forgot that Dinah was literally her own mother once upon a time. Weird stuff.

There's not enough Jason!Robin stories to fit the 3 years some fans claim he was Robin for. Also the 3 years idea doesn't work if you track Dick's age. My guess is he was originally younger than 15 when he died but DC aged him up so he could be an adult when he returned as Red Hood.

It's pretty clear that Helena's integration into the group began the expansion of this complicated "family unit". She set the precedent for those noirish vigilante work relations.

Tim has to be a vampire if he's meant to be 17 three whole very explicit in-continuity years after he had his 16th birthday.

Stephanie has basically been in this gig as long as Tim! And almost as long as Helena too. Proper seasoned ass-kicker who Damian should look to for pointers.

Also remembered that Cassandra's Batgirl run is the best thing to come out of Gotham in the early 2000s.

I dunno I think the One Year Later timeskip was just unnecessary.

Kate and Renee are almost as new to the vigilante gig as Damian!

Bat-adjacent Rose Wilson was said to be 14 during her first appearance around Year 15 so she's the same age Tim.

Not Bat related but Lian Harper's age works with my timeline so yay! Born early Year 14, she's 5 during Cry for Justice in Year 19.

I have a theory, based off of Batman #416, that Dick graduated high school at 17. He says he was Bruce's partner for 6 years and that after he was fired; he left college after the 1st semester, then moved around the country, had his own adventures, and "eventually" ended up with the Titans. Also, he was 21 during the Titans' 3rd anniversary (New Titans v2 #71) and 19 when he became Nightwing (Tales of the Titans #44) so the Titans (re-)formed when he was 18. This means he probably only turned 18 in the academic year he began college (or has a summer birthday). So he was Bruce's partner from ages 11-17, did his own thing for a while as he did in the 70s, eventually joined the Titans at 18, and became Nightwing at 19. Jason comes into the picture soon after Dick retires the Robin identity.

[bats-and-birds-24]

I really hate a lot of stuff that happened in DC canon like Bruce slitting Jason's throat, Jason nearly killing Tim during battle for the cowl, and Damian trying to kill Tim when he was first introduced.

And as a fanfic writer it can be really hard to navigate these situations as you don't want your characters to be OOC, but you also can't imagine these scenes happening.

And then I realised that I can just create an AU where none of that happened and no one can stop me.

Look at me canon, I'm the writer now.

Edit: removed and corrected a few mistakes.

[elkscreams]

For a good cause🥺

[incorrectbatfam]

Batfam's beige flags

Dick: says "when I'm famous" like he's not Dick "Nightwing" Grayson

Jason: reads by candlelight even though he has a perfectly functional lamp

Tim: has a monochrome Google calendar

Damian: has everyone saved in his contacts by last name only

Duke: plays equivalent-length shows or movies in the background instead of setting a timer

Cullen: turns every song into the Black Parade when there's a G note

Stephanie: acts out dramatic scenes with eggs before cracking them

Cassandra: opens plastic packaging with her teeth

Barbara: refers to house music as "that stuff with DJs"

Harper: glues sponge pieces to rubber gloves for dishwashing

Carrie: sips ketchup between french fries

Kate: keeps a pair of dumbbells in her purse

Helena: makes homemade garlic spray in case of vampires

Luke: waits for sparkling water to go flat before drinking it

Bette: eats bananas like watermelons

Alfred: buys the Trader Joe's version of popular snacks

Selina: refuses to call villains by cool monikers

Bruce: introduces himself as "Selina's husband" instead of his name

[dailydccomics]

Mxy aka Edna Mode Batman/Superman: World's Finest #26 art by Dan Mora and Tamra Bonvillain