#dickbabs au

[wondertwinsenthusiast]

Hear me out Enola Holms au but make it Dickbabs!! Babs as Enola and Dick as Tewkesbury!! The vision is clear yall

[redflav]

Dick and Babs in Batman – Beyond The White Knight #6 (2022)

[clericxhood777]

Part Ten; I got into my first controversy today, yay (I wanna kms)

[jenn0wow]

Batgirl: Ignite Part Two

Link to part one: https://www.tumblr.com/jenn0wow/734964837205114880/batgirl-ignite

After discovering a 100 year old university secret and taking down a cult of brainwashed sorority girls, Barbara Gordon has set her sights on off-campus crime this school year. However, her investigations on a mysterious string of arsons gets interrupted by Nightwing, who has a job to figure out who she is and stop her. Meanwhile, Barbara’s school life gets interrupted by Dick Grayson, and her quiet life on campus gets disrupted.

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CRIM365 was on the third floor of a building that smelt and probably felt like an ornate wooden casket--well, what he imagined it would feel like in an ornate wooden casket. Something about that place at 9am reeked of death which seemed like the appropriate ambience for a crime history course.

He never thought about ever going to college so he wasn’t sure what to expect out of this whole experience. Not that he didn’t think he shouldn’t or he couldn’t go--the moment he was adopted, he knew that possibility was open to him--, but more that he didn’t think it was what he wanted. He wasn’t really big into school, mainly the whole structure of it. He didn’t go to school while in the circus--surprisingly one of the clowns was previously a school teacher so he sort of taught the children on tour. After Dick was adopted, he was given a set of private teachers, kind of like he was homeschooled, but in the most rich and privileged way possible. He would have gone to Gotham Academy if he wasn’t so far behind his age group in certain subjects. The education part wasn’t a struggle, once given the proper structure, he actually excelled in all his classes. However, It was a bit isolating--to be in Wayne Manor with just adults trying to make him ordinary, and then Bruce making him extraordinary. The Teen Titans luckily changed all that for him, but now that’s all over. That was all his fault too.

Room 308. He turned in and immediately, he felt the room shift in attention. Of course everyone was staring at him. He had gotten used to it after his biology class and his English class and in the halls and, basically everywhere on campus. He wasn’t completely uncomfortable with it. He understood their fascination with him, and it made talking to everyone pretty easy. After his trip, he had just forgotten what that kind of attention felt like again.

Dick politely waved at everyone as he walked down the rows of seats. There weren’t many open--was he supposed to get here earlier than the time listed? He made his way to the back to an empty seat where he thought he was going to be alone, but then he saw a girl--sort of crinkled up in her seat with her head in a book.

He sat in the empty seat next to her, waiting for some sort of interaction of “Hi, thanks for sitting next to me, do you wanna be study buddies, blah blah blah blah. Please follow me on Instagram!” But, there was silence. Nothing. Maybe she was just nervous, shy. Maybe he’ll make the first move.

“Hey, so do you know when this class starts? I didn’t think everyone would be here this early.” He said, hoping for a response.

SIlence, again.

He waited a few more seconds of silence to causally stretch his arms up, feeling his sore muscles scream a bit from last night’s fight. He leaned back in his seat to look at her better. Maybe she had air pods in or was hard of hearing. When he looked past her book, however, he learned that she was actually asleep. Like deep asleep.

He paused, trying to figure out what he should do. He’s heard about college students being super tired, but didn’t think he’d see someone sleeping on the first day of school.

Dick weighed the most polite thing to do. She did look super tired so it felt rude to wake her up, but also if class started and she was still asleep, she could miss something. As he looked at her longer, he realized he knew her face from somewhere. It was the moles on her face that triggered something in his memory.

“Gordon.” He said, not really meaning to blurt it out.

Her eyes blinked open. “Huh?” She pushed her glasses up a bit then rubbed her eyes. She looked around a bit confused and saw him staring at her.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you up!”

Barbara pushed her hair out of her face and sat up. “It’s okay…” she was clearly embarrassed.

“You’re the commissioner’s daughter, right?” He asked, needing to know if he was right or not before he stopped bothering her.

She nodded like she was anticipating this interaction and went back to looking at her book.

“Wait, we met before, right?” He asked, knowing he was still bothering her, but needed to make sure.

“Yeah, it was that gala at the History museum.” She said. Was she disappointed he didn’t really remember? A little, but it wasn’t surprising.

The teacher walked through the door and immediately started talking. Dick wanted to keep talking, but obviously he couldn’t.

He did remember that day. There weren’t many kids there that night and at some point they found each other next to each other. She was all dressed in black, not like she was in mourning, but that she just liked to dress that way.

“I don’t wanna be here.” She muttered under her breathe.

“These things always suck. I can get us into the kitchen and sometimes you can get the desserts early because they feel bad for you.”

They both slipped away to the kitchen and snagged two raspberry tarts. They ate them in secret into the dinosaur exhibit.

“So this is your first rich people party?”

Barbara nodded while taking a small bite of the tart. She didn’t really like it and started picking at the crust. “Yeah, my dad has been invited to a few things in the past, but usually my mom and I stay home together. He doesn’t like me staying home alone. My aunt is busy tonight anyways.”

Dick nodded. “Bruce thinks it’s important for me to understand the business world. I don’t mind it though. It beats staying at home and playing chess with Alfred.”

She looked at him. “Who’s Alfred?”

Dick rolled his eyes. “The butler.”

“Oh, so you’re rich rich?”

“Bruce is rich rich and I’m just partaking in that richness.”

Barbara placed the plate of raspberry filling on the ground. “Does this feeling ever go away?”

Dick looked at her, not sure what she meant.

“Like, you’ve put placed in the wrong timeline and there’s nothing you can do about it?”

Dick looked down at her plate and then back at the ceiling. “Never. Everything feels wrong always.”

She looked down at her lap with a familiar sadness he’s felt before.

“There’s still good things to look forward to. Like sitting in a room full of dead dinosaurs eating free dessert.” She smiled a bit when he said that. He then looked down at the plate again. “Are you going to eat the rest of this?

She shoved it closer to him. “No. It has little seeds in them.”

He picked the plate and started to eat it without a second thought. “More little seeds for me.” It wasn’t shortly after that Bruce came looking for him.

“Dick, it’s getting late. We gotta go.” Which was code for ‘the penguin is raiding an underground weapon’s black market on the south end.”

Dick had almost forgotten that small moment. He’s had so many big moments since then. Being Robin kind of squeezes out anything less than extraordinary or life endangering out of the memory system.

Barbara hadn’t changed much from that moment. Her hair was shorter and she had dyed it. She still had a sad pout on her face. Quiet, but obviously had things to say. It’s crazy how life brought them back together like this. At least he’ll know at least one person on campus while he’s here.

The class was dismissed and Barbara quickly packed up her stuff and sped out the room. Of course, he was gonna chase after her.

“Barbara, hey!” She walked faster after she heard that, clinging to her tote bag tighter.

He jogged up next to her. “This is crazy! It’s been like what six years?”

“Probably.” She said, quietly.

“How are you doing? Are you a criminology major as well? Following in your dad’s footsteps?”

Her eyes started darting around as if she was nervously finding an answer. “No. It’s just an extra credit I needed.”

“You’re taking a level 400 class as an extra credit?”

“And you’re taking a level 400 class as a freshman?” She threw back and then shook her head. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to seem rude.”

“I took a few online courses before I got here so I’m a little ahead.” That was true. In his last year of school, he took a bunch of online college credits in math and English and other stuff. Finally they came in handy. “So what are you majoring in?”

“Pre-med” she said, disappointedly.

“Oh so, I should call you Dr. Gordon.” He said, jokingly.

She winced and then remembered what Harleen said about lying just to please people and make interactions easier. “Actually, I am majoring in Crimiology, but also Pre-med. and then minoring in computer science.”

Dick blinked at her. “Damn.”

“But, my dad doesn’t know criminology is one of my majors.” She said, looking away. “He wants me to be in a safe profession.”

“Fair. He’s seen some crazy stuff…I’m guessing.” Dick said. “So why’d you stay in Gotham? I’m sure you could have gotten into Harvard or Yale or something.”

“I guess…I don’t know. I guess, I was wondering that same question with you.” She said, and Dick felt a cool breeze pass in him when she said that.

“In-state tuition is cheaper, I suppose.” There was a pause, he realized what he had said. “Okay, I know what you’re going to say.”

“Oh, I wasn’t going to question it.” She said, “but, yeah. I was thinking it.”

“Bruce is more or less forcing me to go to college. I was able to convince him to let me take a year off, but he said pick any college and I didn’t care so now I’m at GCU.”

Barbara nodded. “Got it. I’m still in Gotham because of my dad too, I guess. I still visit him on the weekends.”

There was an alert on her phone and she quickly checked it. Fire on 34th street. She quickly scrolls through her phone to look at it better. “I gotta go.” She said, starting to walk away. “Sorry, it’s my dad!”

She speed walks away, muttering, “that’s three this week…” she holds her phone speakers up to her ear to listen to the police scanners.

Dick watches her leave, not sure what to make of her. Not really sure she liked him or really cared about him, but he’d take any ounce of attention at this point.

[thychesters]

Hi! I just wanted to say I read your whole Dickbabs baby au in one sitting and really enjoyed it! Do you have any dickbabs fic recs so I can get my fix until you update it again 👀

in one sitting?? oh my gosh anon i am beyond flattered, that is so nice of you. and i do have some dickbabs baby fic recs! these ones primarily focus on dickbabs and a baby and are pretty self-contained stories.

a little bias because technically this is related to my dickbabs baby au but i adore it

for life goes not backwards by HuiLian

Babs looks at her, and sighs. “You’re right. It’s just that…”

“I know, I know,” Steph smiles. “But I’ve got Alfred on speed-dial for any baby John related emergencies, remember? And for any non-baby John related emergencies,” Steph feels her smile turn into a grin, “I’ve got the rest of the family.”

Babs sighs again. “That’s what I’m worried about.”

or, Auntie Steph babysits!

Not Anymore by orphan_account

Dick and Barbara are expecting a baby. Damian reacts just like any child who's about to get a younger sibling does.

you’re my future by ZinniaRae

Barbara Gordon liked to think she was the type of woman who could handle anything. Throw something at her, no matter what, and she had it handled. Except for this. Five minutes ago, Dick Grayson had brought up something that she didn’t know how to handle.

Home, Love, Family by Pichitinha

People are always asking Dick and Barbara when they plan on expanding the family. Maybe they're finally ready for that.

Birth of a Legacy by chronicAngel (unfinished)

She doesn't suspect anything at first.

Cheat Day by chronicAngel

"I love you," she says.

"I should hope so," he jokes. "After all the flour I swept up this morning? I earned that lifetime you promised me."

Kids by frankie_bell

She’s not a big believer in fate or karma or even religion. Bad things don’t happen for a reason. Bad things happen because people make choices, and those choices have ripples. Her infertility has nothing to do with some vengeful god punishing her for denying a baby when she still felt like one herself.

Barbara Gordon grapples with the aftereffects of a decision she made during her Batgirl days and what it means for her new life as Oracle.

A story about denying, accepting, and embracing motherhood.

[butcherlarry]

Weekly Fic Recs 78

There probably won't be a fic rec list for next Saturday, I will be preparing something special for Superbat Week 2024 during that time :) In the mean time, enjoy this extra long fic rec list (and yes, Poolverine still has my brain trapped in its adamantium grip).

Blood and Honey by RedFive - Superbat, wip. An update to this fic where Bruce is a mershark with a pod of orphaned killer whales that take down rich people's yachts, and Clark is the marine biologist who studies them.

A Prior Engagement by Imagine_sleeping - Superbat, wip. An AU where Bruce in a prince who has an arranged marriage with Lex Luthor :( Needless to say, he runs away and runs into handsome famer Clark :)

A lesson in trust by CGJ - Superbat, complete. Desk sex. Also, RIP Lex's desk, lololololololol.

World's Greatest Detective by p0lartang - Superbat, complete. Some hilarious identity porn where Bruce finds out Superman's civilian identity in the silliest way possible.

Our Gravity Keeps Us Together by Skylarium_Rose @skylariumrose - Superbat, wip. Aliens keep mistaking Superman and Batman as husband and wife 💖💖💖

A kindred bond by Nyszu @theocddiaries - Superbat, wip. An update to the fic where Bruce was kidnapped by an evil Superman (but don't worry! He was rescued :)) and now has to deal with Trauma™.

Patchwork Pod by Ktkat9 @ktkat99 - Superbat, Superfam, Batfam, wip. More of the mer Bruce fic! The lost doggo's owners have been found! But they don't want him back :( Maybe someone else *cough cough* Connor *cough cough* could take him in? 🥺

girl on the moon by TheResurrectionist @frownyalfred - DickBabs, complete. Barbara is having some frustrations about getting off. Dick is there to help :)

boyish notion of false emotion by Violet138 @violent138 - Martha/Thomas Wayne, complete. Martha and Thomas meet for the first time. What I love about this fic is that you can see the bits of beliefs and personality that Bruce gets from each of them :)

take me by the hand take, take me somewhere knew by WhatIsAir - Poolverine, complete. Logan has a bit of amnesia after saving the world at the end of the movie, and assumes he and Wade are dating. Shenanigans ensue.

Oh Logan series by LianthLining (ActuallyAMenace) @actually-a-menace - Poolverine, stories complete, series wip. Omegaverse, kinda. A series that looks at Wade and Logan's relationship where Logan is an omega.

only you can make me (scream and beg for more) by yellow_crayon @yellowwwcrayon - Poolverine, wip. Omegaverse, kinda. An update! Logan gets kidnapped. Wade goes off to save his wife with some help from his friends Johnny Storm Captain America and Jessica Bucky. Needless to say, I am Excited for the Shenanigans that are about to ensue.

Save Me (Or Five Times Logan Needed Wade's Help And The One Time He Just Needed Wade) by Curupia @curupia - Poolverine, complete. Logan goes on a series of terrible dates and Wade bales him out. Shenanigans ensue.

How To Pay For Rent by fictionfest @fictionfeast - Poolverine, wip. Wade and Logan pay rent by taking on jobs they (Wade) find on Craigslist. Shenanigans ensue.

make me into something sweet by mothgardens @mothgardens - Poolverine, wip. An update to the teacher AU! Wade and Logan take the drama kids on a trip to an escape room for bonding time :)

Didn't Know How Lost I Was (Until I found You) by lunardeath @angrylittlehoneybadger - Poolverine, wip. No Powers AU. Wade is a cancer survivor who needs a job because America is Terrible when it comes to health care (among other things). He ends up taking a security job at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Oh gee, I wonder who else could be a teacher there... :)))))))))

You had that look in your eyes by jayyxx @ghostycas - Poolverine, complete. Part of the Wade n Logan series. A 5+1 fic where Logan is figuring things out. The other fics in the series are fantastic too, so give them a read as well if you haven't :)

Domestic Poolverine series by jenniferlawrencelover @jenniferlawrencelover - Poolverine, latest fic in series is wip. All the fics in this series is SO GOOD and SO FUNNY and fucked up in the best possible way. I LOVE Logan and Wade's relationship in this fic and all the romantic milestones they go through.

Happy reading!!

[inamindfarfaraway]

I present to you a Batman AU timeline wherein Selina Kyle is the richest person in Gotham City and its first vigilante, protecting it with her expanded, somewhat rearranged Catfamily. Bruce Wayne is a master thief and self-made socialite. But this is not a basic one-to-one swap! I have tried very hard to do every character justice while adapting the parts of comics canon I accept (basically the post-Crisis/pre-Flashpoint universe plus Duke), which is why it’s ridiculously detailed. There are 60 PAGES.

Featuring:

Selina and Maggie Kyle, Leslie Thompkins, Holly Robinson, Barbara Gordon, Helena Bertinelli, Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain and Kitrina Falcone being main characters.

Characters who age consistently, despite how little comics continuity wants to conform to the real progression time. I will make it make sense -

Characters who are allowed to be happy and romantically committed, and have meaningful development addressing their flaws and traumas in coherent narrative arcs. Their growth is not always linear, but never just undone. The Cats make healthier choices than the canon Bats make at times, like going to therapy, due to their different contexts and relationships, so there’s overall less angst and self-destructiveness. But they’re still incredibly traumatised and frequently messy about it.

Female characters who are written with respect, complex interiority and agency.

Deep, nuanced relationships, foil dynamics (familial, platonic and romantic) and vigilante philosophy.

New costume designs and codenames.

Emotional support cats for everyone with a Greek mythology naming theme.

Maggie doing cool, important stuff as a civilian and not being fridged and stuck in a mental hospital for years.

Holly being a superhero.

Babs becoming Oracle and staying that way.

Villains dying or reforming and staying that way.

More of Holly and Karon being a lesbian couple. And Brucelina, Dickbabs, Timsteph, Timbern and Harlivy.

Harvey Dent, Two-Face and Talia al Ghul being sympathetic, three-dimensional antivillains/antiheroes with genuine love for people.

And more! I don’t expect anyone to read this in one sitting, but if any of the above interests you, please give it a try. Then you can make my day by telling me what you think! Comments, questions, analysis and fanart are very welcome.

I’ve also made a Discord server:

[youhavelessproof]

mob Dickie Jaydick AU anyone?

mob Dick is a thing we've seen in canon before and it will not leave my mind so y'all get to deal with ramblings about it. :) (Crutches and also a timeline where he never met Bruce.)

brainstormed this in the bottom Dick server, but here's me trying to summarize it.

general premise: no capes AU where once Dick escaped juvie he went and killed Zucco. (not quickly, he was 8, but he's a smart kid,) and then decided well police are useless, so I'll just help people myself. (very similar to how be became Robin, but like. more real world vigilante justice which is more morally questionable than fictional vigilantes.) Dick is a part of a mob at any given time because it makes doing what he was already going to do easier. which mob changes because he's not really part of the mob to be part of the mob and it's more a access to resources thing. Dick is allowed not wear a face mask/helmet because no records of him existing really exist. he was a circus kid that just ended up placed in juvie. he doesn't have records. Jason on the other hand is just a normal fucking dude. (probably a priest like that one timeline but I've never been religious so I wouldn't really know how to write it. but I could try.) also yes obviously Jason's life has not been easy-peasy or whatever but in comparison he is so very normal.

they meet at a bar or diner or something and Dick uses Jason to get some dudes of his back. probably an "I'll owe you, but I need you to kiss me right now." regardless, Dick had no intentions of actually getting Jason interested in him, but I mean. look at him.

their meeting should've ended at that, but Jason is involved now because he keeps wanting to see that pretty boy that definitely had knives and a gun on him but. pretty 🥺

also I just wanna clarify that Dick is not killing bad people to prove a point. he doesn't even necessarily see what he's doing as 100% right. the systems are corrupt and he knows it, but he also knows he is one man with 0 resources if he didn't get involved in crime. he can't change the systems as one man, but he can help people sleep at night. (kinda think of it like fanon Red Hood. except with less "I know I'm right." because Dick is not concerned about being right, he's concerned with helping people.)

which leads to a lot of conflict with cop Babs. because she doesn't agree at all with what Dick is doing, but also? he's so... gentle with victims. and he doesn't try and hurt Babs unless she tries to arrest him. he seems like an upstanding guy but also he has a kill count. and it is not a small number.

there's no past of present Dickbabs btw. they can be a little flirty at times, but Dick wouldn't date a cop and Babs thinks Dick is too self-righteous anyways.

Jason also has moral objections, (whether just personally or because of religion depends on the priest thing,) but he understands Dick on a deeper level than Babs. he's been at the bottom, he's had to steal to live, he knows. he just wishes that Dick didn't kill. didn't cross that line. it's not a deal breaker, but it is a point of tension.

Dick is basically talking to Jason sporadically at first. nothing much but some surface level conversations, but they're more than Dick usually has with people. Dick is thinking about trying to shut out Jason because he's just a guy and he's gonna get himself hurt. like. really hurt. Leslie encourages him to talk to Jason though because she's known Dick for forever and she says he needs the company. (Leslie does not agree with what Dick is doing btw, but she found him hurt when he was like 10 and became something a confidant for the boy. plus, Dick trusts her enough to bring victims to her when they need help.)

Dick still has Roy as a friend in this AU and they are close but also Roy has a government job that Dick isn't thrilled with and Roy is not thrilled with the murder. they are best friends, but they have a lot of... tension we'll call it. (Jason will have something of a friendship with Roy, but it is mostly formed from mutual concern about Dick.) also Donna is here, but I'm gonna say she does not live in Gotham so y'know. she also doesn't like murder, but Dick's her boy so it's... not fine, but it doesn't matter.

Dick and Jason end up in a friends with benefits situation because Jason assumes Dick would not be willing to commit to relationship considering everything around him and Dick assumes Jason would only want him for his body. they are both stupid. (/affectionate.)

possibly also a marriage of convenience at some point so that Jason can't testify against Dick. how Dick would even get caught in the first place? good question, have not gotten there.

anyway one last thing: Dick does not share his name like. at all. Donna knows it and maybe Roy too but generally it's either aliases or nicknames people call him. so when he tells Jason his name is Dick it is a big deal.

"see you around." "Dick." "huh?" "that's my name. Dick." "in that case, see you around, Dick." "see you, Jace."

anyway this AU will not leave my brain. I like role reversals when they're done in a specific way and this one just itches my brain.

also some quick little things: * I have no idea if Babs is a cop in any DC timeline, however the reason I chose this is so that she can still interact with Dick on some level. because while I don't like Dickbabs personally generally, she is an important character to Dick and I think her being to cop that's chasing him fits better than Gordon. * Roy used to be a government agent in mainline canon. I don't particularly love it for him, but I understand why they chose it and it is canon. I am not making him work for the government out of nowhere or just to fit into the narrative. there is a basis for it. * yes I do recognize that not everyone that is important to Dick has been included. I have not fleshed out every role in this AU and haven't decided what Kori, Wally, etc. will be. * as I mentioned in the post itself, priest Jason is canon to a specific timeline in the DC comics. you can like or not like it, but I am not pulling it out of my ass. (the flashpoint timeline which yes is supposed to be a bad timeline, but my point stands.) * "where's x member of the Batfamily?" I don't know. Tim is probably doing fine just living a normal life. Damian might not even exist. I will probably include Damian just because I love Dick parenting him, but like. I have no idea where the rest of the Batfamily is and this ain't about them. /lh * just because something is in a canon DC timeline does not mean I think it's in character or a good character choice, (looking at you cop Dickie), but I am saying that I think it's fair game for AUs. (like really anything is fair game for AUs, but you hopefully know what I mean.)

sorry to get a bit defensive, just thought I'd explain some of this AU upfront just to deal with some misinterpretations that might happen in one go. <3

Mob Dickie and Normal Guy Jason my beloved. maybe I will explore you in an actual fic someday.

[spider-jaysart]

For the fandom ask game, #3

also #6 if you are up for it :)

3. NoTP?

I've got several lol

Batcest, Supercest, adult characters with any underage characters, Damian x Raven, Damian x Cassandra, Damian x Mar'i, Damian x Cassie, Damian x Max (from the Teen titans series by Kami Garcia), Jon x Saturn girl, Starfire with any of the Batfam members, DickBabs, Sladick, Dick x Selina, Jason x Talia, Bruce x Lone, Clark x Diana

And I think that's probably all of them, since I can't remember if there are any others lol

6. Show us a bit of a WIP!

Well here's a couple as a treat hehe

This was for last year's Jon Kent week event, but I never got to finish it on time. I really do wanna try to get it done now though

This ones from an au of mines where Damian is a Genie and also half witch :)

I really like it a lot, so I'm gonna clean it up and color it soon

Damian trying on the current suit, another wip that I wanna get done as well

Thank you for the ask, anon!!

[muffinmonstah-art]

I was wondering how you got into some of the Barbara Gordon ships you like because I feel like she's a very unpopular character to ship with others and most people don't really bother having fun shipping with her.

I have this nsfw hc about Barbara where I feel like because she is someone who always has to be in control of situations that when she is sharing intimacy with a partner she likes to be controlled/dominated. Which is ironic because I have a nsfw hc about Jason Todd where I feel like because he didn't have control of situations in his life that he needs control and would seek out control in intimate situations with partners and would need to dominate.

I'm just an observant viewer who pays attention to character dynamics I think are interesting and the ship grows in me naturally. I don't give two cents about what other people on this fandom think it should be banned, cancelled or not allowed to ship for dumb idiotic reasons.

"But Barbra should date other people outside batboyes!!11111" "But the Arkham games aren't allowed to create an AU with an adult Tim Drake and pair him up with Barbra they're cancelled now!11111" "But Bruce and Barbra are like father and daugther I command everyone to cancel this ship and Bruce Timm is pro-incest weirdo who should be banished from the industry for daring to ship them together!!1111"

All background annoying noise in my ears. Weak reasons crafted by childish people not worth obeying. They're also hypocritical. Like, many of them would love to see a gangbang between Dick and the batboys. Hell, they headcanon Dick as a slut who likes to get banged by every older man on this universe and that's ok (I'm not judging. I'm ok with those headcanons as well, since I ship JayDick, SlaDick and BruDick with passion), but for Barbara to headcanon her the same way is morally wrong? Screw them.

Don't they realize the problem is DC putting mediocre writters to write Barbara into fucking DickBabs of all things and not the fans who dream about their own stories featuring this character? All the problems they try to inject into BruBabs, JayBabs, TimBabs, etc are already present on canon DickBabs lol.

-She got deaged and her personality got reduced into forever hormonal silly teen girl so she could be paired up with Dick and fullfill the trope of the americanized shoujo-like romance in comics.

-She changed from being Batman's love interest and an indepentent hero to be "like a daughter" to Bruce and subjugated to the Bat-family so she can be a pretty accesory to Dick.

-When she isn't dating Dick, she has to be thinking about him, mentioning him, comparing him to her current love interest. She also needs to be thinking about him and talking about him when she's working.

-She doesn't have any agenda of her own anymore, she only exists to be Dick's love interest and get comicbros horny by fullfilling the rol of being a female Batman with tits and ass.

All those problems are DickBabs problems, not JayBabs'. Not BruBabs'. Not TimBabs'. When BruBabs was a thing, Barbara was not a deaged insufferable idiot. She was independent. She was an equal comrade in arms to Bruce. When JayBabs got a few issues back in Batman Ethernal (I'm not counting Three Jokers because that's a whole other can of worms), she helped Jason go into a little arc and their bond progressed naturally from working together on screen. When TimBabs was a thing in the Arkham games, she was the best version of herself there's around, period. She was professional, a computer genius as Oracle, who was focused on the mission and being Tim's love interest was just a small part of her, not her defining core. And also OH. LOOK. Those devs proved you can cut DickBabs from the equation and have Barbara and Dick be themselves and their core character traits remain untouched LMAO. GET REKT YOU PIECE OF SHIT PAIRING.

So yeah, considering alll those points I just expanded upon, I say I'm in my right to ship JayBabs and TimBabs. And BardBabs too. Jason Bard also got disrespected and fucked over DickBabs and I don't fogive nor forget.

"But age difference!!!1111 you pedo shit1111"

That hyprocritical argument FOR SOME REASON does not apply to JayTemis I guess. Shipping JayTemis is ok while that bitch is like +200 years older than Jason, but with Babs is morally wrong because of her being like 11 years older than him? Fuck this logic. I don't care. At least I'm not deaging her. I'm respecting she is an experienced woman who went through tons of dark stuff and Jason admires that. Hell, in my headcanon, with Jason being a crimelord who has traveled all around the world learning assassin training, he would be bored as hell with some 20 years old girl. Lmao. What would they even talk about?

And I love Arkham Tim Drake and I think every creator is on their right to create their own AU story. The Arkham devs created their own thing and I love it. I ship the hell out of Arkham TimBabs, pair that also allowed me to have single Nightwing dancing his pretty ass over my face on his purest expression. 10/10. Antis go cry me a river.

"But you don't want Babs to date anyone outside the bat-family111!!!"

My favourite strawman argument. I debunked it the moment I declared myself to be a Jason Bard simp and a BardBabs shipper.

End of my rant/insight post.

Now it's my turn to tell you to get into SasoSaku, anon. SasoSaku is life. (Joking, joking)

[dcfanfictioncatalogue]

barbara gordon OCT 2023 fic awards

woof, it's been a second, but don't worry! I am here yet again to give you yet another list of babs fics that I personally think you will enjoy. this is cherry's fic awards, where I comb through every fic posted/updated in a character tag for a specific month and find my favorites.

-> Action & Plot <-

you, my shooting star, by theragingstorm. 23.5k, M, dickbabs. 3/3. my summary: a star wars au following babs, a rebel commander with a secret, and dick, a mandalorian she's having a clandestine affair with from planet to planet. my notes: AAAAA okay I'm not even normally that much of a dickbabs fan but this is EVERYTHING. babs' backstory, dick's gentleness, her FORCE SENSITIVITY, the fact that the rest of her rebel group is BOP, STEPH!!!!!!!! this AU is everything I could've wanted from a star wars AU and it's written beautifully, as well. no notes

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the nicest of the damned, by lux_et_astra. 5.5k, G, gen. my summary: the batgirls collide with a figure from babs' past they've never met, and struggle to cope with the shifting dynamics. my notes: CHARLIE!!!!!! the lack of fic with her in it is CRIMINAL and I appreciate the sympathetic view of the way babs struggled with mentoring her. I always love discussion about the batgirl mantle/legacy and what it means.

-> Whumptober <-

Heartbeat, Hearts Beat, by Ashynarr. 900, T, gen. my summary: reverse robins au. gordon is in a coma. babs sits beside his bed and spirals. bruce reaches out. my notes: I appreciate the view of babs' mental state. this is only a very short fic, part of a larger series, but this one fic is a moment to breathe in a way that is painful to the character, who doesn't want to keep waiting for something to happen. deeply poignant.

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two birds, one stone, by adelfie (@adelfie). 5.4k, T, gen. my summary: babs, suffering from a fever, is the only one to overhear tim and steph being kidnapped by the red hood. my notes: this one's fun! it's kind of a clever take on the traditional titan's tower au, given that there's no titan's tower here. the timeline is also a lot more coherent -- clever references to tim's fake uncle, steph's canon typical recklessness, and jason not knowing who babs is made this a fic that I really enjoyed, given that I enjoy the canon of dc comics more often that not

send me an ask for fic rec lists ++ to find a fic lost to the sands of time

[theartofdreaming1]

Alright, some more Babs in honor of her birthday - from my DickBabs Cyber/Sci-Fi AU (I’m quite close to finishing the first chapter actually, so please send me the energy/inspiration to get it done soon)

[jenn0wow]

Batgirl: Ignite

Grayson’s back in Gotham and Nightwing meets Batgirl for the first time

Link to part two: https://www.tumblr.com/jenn0wow/737515489538064384/batgirl-ignite-part-two

After discovering a 100 year old university secret and taking down a cult of brainwashed sorority girls, Barbara Gordon has set her sights on off-campus crime this school year. However, her investigations on a mysterious string of arsons gets interrupted by Nightwing, who has a job to figure out who she is and stop her. Meanwhile, Barbara’s school life gets interrupted by Dick Grayson, and her quiet life on campus gets disrupted.

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There’s always something burning. Like breath, like life, fire persists in small ways until one day the whole world ignites.

Something invisible yet thick and sticky like gasoline and cigarette tar hit Dick Grayson as he walked off the plane.The airport was miles out from the city, but the feel of Gotham lingered in the air and felt like poison to his body. After months of fresh Turkish air, this was a shock to his system. However, he couldn’t help, but feel comfort in its familiarity.

It wasn’t shortly after Dick Grayson walked into the terminal that his phone started to buzz. Unknown caller. He rolled his eyes and held the phone up to his ear.

“You’re using a burner phone,” He said, there was a dryness to his voice. “So what do you want?”

“You don’t normally pick up my calls.” Bruce said. He was right. Dick usually wasn’t one to pick up his calls, at least not anymore. “How was your trip?”

“Good. Wish it was longer. If you wanted to do small talk, you should have called me on your personal phone.” Dick said, a bit harsher than he wanted to come out, but he didn’t totally regret his tone. He kept walking through the terminal to baggage claim, not slowing his pace to focus on the phone call. He didn’t feel like giving Bruce all of his attention.

There was a pause. A clearing of the throat. “I need you to do something for me. If you do it, I’ll let you disappear into oblivion like you seem to want to do nowadays.”

Dick rolled his eyes. “I’m not trying to—I’m done with that, remember?”

“I know you’ve seen the news. That girl.”

“Batgirl? I’m surprised you haven’t done anything about it by now.”

Dick slowed down, trying to remember what he read about her. The sorority bloodbath at GCU was the only thing of note, but that was months ago. Bruce wasn’t a person to let things go or get past him.

“The Justice League and larger events in Gotham have taken up my time….It’s harder to do things when--,” He cleared his throat. “She’s too dangerous to keep roaming around for too long. I don’t have the time to do it myself. I don’t trust Jason to do anything by himself yet. You can do it however you want to, but find out who she is and put an end to this whole batgirl situation.”

“How much of an issue is she, really?”

“It’s not really about the issue she is now, but about the issue she will be later. We don’t know who she is, her intentions using that name, and how inexperienced she is. She’s a liability, Dick.”

Dick paused, staring at the baggage carousel, unsure what to say. After everything that went down last year, he swore to never wear the Robin suit again. He wouldn’t put on a mask ever again. Truthfully, he didn’t want to see Bruce again. He sighed, knowing the price he had for the work he was being asked to do.

“This is the last thing I’m doing for you.” Dick said. “And I’m not doing it for free.”

“I’ll send you the details.” There was a pause, quick but sustatianal. Like Bruce has to convince himself of what he was about to say. “Glad to have you back in Gotham.”

Click.

The call ended. The usual.

However, that was one of the longest conversations they’ve had in years.

—

Bruce sent him the basics about this girl. At first, she was on his minor watchlist as it seemed she was just taking over petty crimes like minor assault, in a homemade costume.

But, then she uncovered the biggest scandal at Gotham University and stopped a mass murder of a whole sorority. It was pretty high profile. The only way someone could do that is if they hacked into the school’s system.

Now she’s leaving the small area she once patrolled around the college area up north and expanding into side streets, neighboring areas, taking on more than just campus crime. And she did it all under that name…

Batgirl.

Commissioner Gordon wasn’t very happy with a rogue vigilante that Batman didn’t have under control.

From his reports, she’s violent, making robbers and creeps unrecognizable by the time the cops got there. Not great PR for Batman especially with this new Robin he recruited. His relationship with the cops is already shaky.

It takes a crazy person to willingly put on the mask at such a grown age—without much or any connection to Bruce at all. It had to be craziness and a stupid amount of hope motivating her. Some blind yet perfectly calculated sense of Justice. A tragedy that follows them like a shadow.

Dick knew the type pretty well.

He watched her from an adjacent roof top, just above the one she was perched on. She crouched on the edge of the building, looking through a dinky pair of binoculars-probably bought from a hobby store. Not rich or tech savvy, check. That doesn’t really narrow anything down.

“Last week, two bodegas caught on fire after attempted robberies. Unsure if anything was stolen as nothing could be recovered.” He heard her mutter.

Was she talking to someone or herself? Perhaps a “man in a chair,” someone behind the scenes. He then caught sight the voice recorder in her hands. Herself.

“These bare similarities to fires last month, but unsure if they’re related.” She kept muttering.

He jumped down to her roof and walked up behind her. If she’s distracted, it would be so easy to just…

He crept up closer to her and ready to grab her cape.

She snapped her head around quickly at him and dropped the binoculars. “Shit.”

He went to reach for her and She quickly tumbled out of the way.

She started to climb up the small ladder that went up to the next door building, but Nightwing pulled on her cape. She’s yanked off the ladder and slams her back on the roof. Nightwing pulls on her cape again to restrain her, but one button by one it snaps off.

“Smart.” He said.

She stands up, rolling her shoulder out to release the pain.

“Who the hell are you?” Batgirl turns towards him, posturing herself up a bit.

“I’m actually here to ask you the same thing.”

“That’s an obnoxious answer.”

“Look, I’ll make this really easy for you. I have orders from Batman to get you stop doing this whole batgirl thing. If you just stop, I don’t have to out who you are.”

She seemed startled by him saying Batman as if she forgot he existed.

“You said that like you know who I am, but you don’t know who I am, though.” Batgirl said that unsure if that was true.

“How do you know? You don’t know what I know.” Dick said, studying her whole get up. It was impressively made, for someone doing it by herself.

“Okay then who am I? Who do you think I am?” She sort of stood there, pretty confident.

“Well, I know you’re a student at Gotham U.” Dick said, knowing that was his only lead.

“Okay and out of all 1,560 students attending Gotham U, who am I?”

“Can I get three guesses? 20 questions? Okay you called my bluff. I don’t know exactly who you are, but probably by tomorrow I’ll figure it out anyway. It would just be easier for us both if you just tell me now.”

Batgirl nodded, knowing that was also a lie. “So who are you? Like what’s up with this whole get up? Should I call you bird man? Bird boy? You work for Batman so Robin 2.0? Dark Robin?”

“Wow, why didn’t I think of Dark Robin? How original and not stupid. Right now I’m calling myself Nightwing so you can call me that.”

Batgirl cocked her head to the side. “Nightwing?” She scoffed. “Okay…”

“What? Nightwing is a cool name. Nightwing is awesome. At least it’s original, unlike Batgirl.”

Batgirl looked him up and down. “Oh, I know who you are.” She said. “You’re the old Robin.”

“Old Robin?” Somehow he felt offended by that word choice.

“I realized that little back flip you did earlier was suspicious. There’s not many heroes who really know gymnastics like that and the new Robin is a little clunky, more about scrapping than theatrics.”

“I wouldn’t say a flip is theatrical. It’s about style and it helps with the force behind your movement.”

She rolled her eyes and turns around to walk off the side of the building. “I didn’t say it was a bad thing, but obviously you’re insecure about it.”

He caught her by the arm and she instinctively swung her leg up, but he dodged. “That was unnecessary.” Dick said, “I’m trying to give you a chance out of this.”

“You say that like I have a choice.” She said, something burning in her voice like it was burning down deep within her. “I don’t wanna stop. So we’re gonna have to do this the hard way… if that’s okay with you.”

Those last words sounded vulnerable, exposed, juxtaposing all earlier interactions.

There was a pause in the air where he didn’t know what to do. “Yeah, that’s fine with me.”

“Good.” She then twists his arm and pushed him away with her foot.

He stumbles back and catches his step. He smirked. Admittedly, this was fun. He hadn’t fought someone who wasn’t a homicidal maniac in a long time. Well, he wasn’t actually 100% sure if she wasn’t one though. He took out his escrima sticks and went to charge at her, but she was already charging towards him.

Batgirl swipes her leg at him again, and he ducks. She then jabs her hand at his neck, but he’s able to block her several jabs with his escrima.

To his surprise, she grabs onto the ends of the escrima and uses what force she has to connect them together. Nightwing looks down at her confused.

“I thought that’s how it worked.” She studies it for a moment and he pauses a bit confused. She then grabs onto it and hops up, kicking her legs into his stomach.

Nightwing lets go of his escrima from the shock and she grabs onto it before it can fall to the ground.

“Okay, so I’m a little out of practice with this fighting thing.” Nightwing said, picking himself up off of the ground.

Batgirl was fiddling with the stick, trying to pull it apart to make it two again. He could tell her hands were shaking. Was she nervous? She didn’t seem like it.

“You gotta twist it and then pull.” He said.

She twisted and pulled. “Oh, thanks.”

“Can I have them back?” He said, hoping she’d be reasonable.

“Oh, yeah.” She threw one real quick and he caught it. But, before he could process that he had the first one, the second one was flying towards his face.

He ducks, but the stick hits him right on the forehead. He winced and then opened his eyes to find her gone.

“Great work, Nightwing.” He said to himself, picking up his other stick.

Even with his defeat, he wasn’t mad nor truly disappointed. He wasn’t sure was he was feeling, he just couldn’t help, but smile.

That night, he got back to his apartment and iced his forehead. He opened up the laptop that Bruce lent him for this mission. He had set up a database of all the students. He took off all the legacy students, all the students with any sort of money in their family, and then looked at the list. Still too many to narrow it down. At some point he’ll have to go through and study this list, but he’d rather wait until it’s shorter. He looked at the time. He has three hours until his first class.

[thychesters]

sometimes john watches his parents and tries to emulate what they’re doing. dick’s working through some stretches before he’s in a handstand and john sits on the floor next to him and stretches his arms in the air. john squeals when he holds him upside down. barbara’s working from home one day and john disappears into his room for a minute before returning with a small stack of books. he still needs one of them to read them to him but he cracks one open and flips through a few pages with a stern look. grandpa jim might be on the phone and john will hold his hand up to his ear and gesture. sarah has to cover her mouth to keep from laughing. sometimes grandpa bruce says ‘hrn’ and john says ‘hmm.’

[oifaaa]

I think it'd be kinda funny if Dick got (marginally) a better outcome from his divorces than Tim just to highlight how much Tim fucked up. Dick's still driving the struggle bus but Tim's bus got the wheels and engine stolen. Two divorcees in the house and one of them is making things worse for himself than they ought to be while the other hit rock bottom face first with a replay cam.

Dickvorcee is smart enough to have gotten prenups (used to people trying to use him to get the Wayne fortune) and the court gave him at least primary if not full custody of his kids...whether he actually has the money to support those kids is a different story bc his exes are free and don't have to pay anything + Dick's had a stick up his ass for YEARS about not accepting more help/support from Bruce. Good luck sending even one of those kids to college on that job rotation. Dick's on okay terms with his exes but it's hard to tell whether it's bc he still loves them or he's putting on a good face for the kids. His bad joints + bad job combo makes him miserable and grumpy and takes away his Just Keep Moving coping mechanism since he can't really jump/run/flip around anymore. Pent up anger he has to repress so the kids and Bruce don't pester him about it, but he does get petty and snappier around others. Goes to therapy to manage it but it's tapping deep into that trust fund. Also the kids do love their dad bc they can see Dick's trying and also there's an example of a worse dad (Tim) closeby

Bonus points if Tim on multiple occasions tries to tell Dick how to raise the kids/treat them better and everybody's like dude you don't even get to SEE your kids. Bruce has more credit than you (believability and financially). Tim is probably trying to redeem his bad parenting by trying to be good to Dick's kids but they dgaf and just roast him. Bet Tim caught them playing house a few times where the scenarios were eerily close to his messy divorces

I keep going back and forth on who dicks one divorce should be between babs, kori and Roy- kori and Roy are good bc they both have canon kids which means I don't have to come up with little oc children (ocs in general really aren't my wheel house so getting out of designing a kid for dick would be amazing) but on the other hand I really don't like dickbabs as a relationship so to be able to have an outlet for that dislike by saying yeah they'd definitely get divorced is very tempting - I don't think dick has full custody I think he is doing better then tim but that bar is low and that basically just means he has visitation rights - a few people have suggested I make dick a cop again but thats a wee bit too depressing an outcome even for this au so I'm thinking instead dick was a cop again for a time but his efforts to fix the force from the inside just resulted in him making more enemies as dick grayson that have really been fucking up his life