#project knightfall

[aesira-of-orion]

The process of writing a book

Before starting the book: I’ll write a book!

Getting started writing the book: Actually it’s going to be a trilogy

A third of the way through writing the book: Uhhh now it’s going to be a four book series

Half way through writing the book: Shit it’s going to be TWO series

By the end of this I’m going to have 3 8 book series, 7 spin offs, 2 web comics and a mini series

[to-many-wips]

/ / Prologue

Her head pounded, her body ached but it wasn’t just her body

It was their body.

She wasn’t just moving through the galaxy alone anymore, in more ways than just the physical sense she was realizing in that moment.

“HERA, we need to move!” HERMES muddled voice filled her head “Are you damaged? We need to get out of here!”

Their head cleared more and the pounding settled to a thrum in the back of her mind, it wasn’t quite like the brush of consciousness from before, the tickle in the back of her mind. This was like a heartbeat in her skull.

And it was good.

She brought her head up and got to her feet, the steps echoing, she was a giant here.

“We’re okay, and we're not running. Lets show them what it means to fuck with Olympus.”

[serial-designation-v-410011000]

honestly vickers had so much potential with the whole "lets make this anime as fuck" thing

[sweetandglovelyart]

Kind of off topic but lowkey I’m kind of glad they haven’t dropped a Planet Robobot remake/additional content yet because I’m literally about to launch a Susie redemption arc/backstory comic later this month and I’ve been planning the lore for it for literally like two years and didn’t want to have to change anything about it because of new official content lmao

[a-bad-case-of-the-stephs]

How Batman uses the idea of those "born for" vigilantism to justify working with Teen Vigilantes before and after the death of Jason Todd, and what it has to do with Stephanie Brown.

(DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to condemn the concept of child/teen vigilantes in superhero comics, its a staple of the genre and dumb to condemn it like you would in the real world. I'm analyzing the times in which Bruce Wayne the character has questioned the concept himself, and the rationalizations he comes to about it)

By examining Bruce Waynes mindset immediately before, during, and after Jason Todd's deadly time as Robin, we can see how Batman rationalizes and justifies teenaged vigilantism.

When Dick Grayson as Robin is shot by the Joker, Batman essentially fires him from being Robin. Bruce entirely dismisses the concept of working with a "child" to fight crime. Batman seems to believe working with Dick as Robin is simply too dangerous.

Batman #408 (1940)

His Mindset at this point: Teenaged Vigilantism = Dangerous and Bad

But this, obviously, doesn't stick. It barely takes any time at all after this forBruce Wayne to take in Jason Todd and subsequently make him the second Robin.

Crime fighting with a 19 year old is too dangerous, but crime fighting with the 12 year old? Yeah, sure, why not!

There is an obvious contradiction, and a clear change in mindset.

In order to rationalize his choice to take in Jason Todd as Robin after firing Dick, Bruce Wayne must internally reendorse the concept of Teenaged Vigilantism. And he does so in a specific way:

Batman #410 (1940)

Mindset: If Jason Todd was not Robin, he would become a criminal and die

The dying part is specific as well. When confronted at first by Alfred, its more of an afterthought, something which would occur down the criminal "road" Jason was bound to end up on. But when he is later confronted by Dick, the idea that being Robin "saved" Jasons life takes center stage.

Batman #416 (1940)

It's no longer some distant crime related death Jason was on course for, it was an imminent death which Bruce was able to save him from.

Mindset: If Jason Todd was not Robin, his "self destructive energies" and lack of "self esteem" would have killed him.

This phrasing is SUPER interesting to me, because its not true in a very specific way.

1. Jason Todd wasn't really shown to have "Self destructive energies" before he became Robin. He was stealing to make a living, to stay alive. He never showcases a desire for "self destruction", unless you count his hitting Batman with a tire iron, and his interference in Ma Gunn’s heist. Which I don't.

2. It seems to imply Jason Todd might have died because of specifically "self destructive tendancies", which seems ascribes a small amount of passive potential suicidal ideation, which is also vastly unsubstantiated by anything we see from Jason before he becomes Robin. But you know who is a character who is deeply rooted in concepts of suicidal ideation? Batman. (I'm not going prove this point here, but this concept gets more firmly rooted in the upcoming years after this comic, Knightfall being a great example) Being Batman, Knightfall will establish, is pretty much all that keeps Bruce Wayne living. You could say that being Batman saved his life.

3. Bruce admits he took Jason on because he was lonely in this very same confrontation when Dick pushes him on this idea. This makes it abundantly clear why he needs this rationalization in the first place, his real reason for making Jason Robin appears to be somewhat selfish.

But what does this all mean? For one, it proves that Batman's primary explanation for why he took on Jason Todd is lowgrade BS. It also shows how Batman's rationalization has begun to veer into projection. He states that Jason was saved from his self destructiveness by becoming Robin, something that is certainly true for himself, but not really Jason.

We see this projection fully take root when Leslie Thompkins confronts Bruce. Not only is Jason Todd saved by becoming Robin, now he wasn't even chosen by Batman. It was, much like Bruce Wayne becoming Batman, inevitable. Something he was "born" to do.

Detective #574

Mindset: I didn't chose Jason, he was chosen, he is just like me, we were born for this

This is essential. This mindset will show up again and again as a core part of Bruce's ability to rationalize working with child vigilantes once Jason has died.

Lets look at how his mindset has been evolving from before he meets Jason to his time as Robin progressing. Batman has gone from:

Teenage/Child vigilante Bad --> Child Vigilante Good because Jason would have become a crimial --> Child Vigilante Good because Jason would have died, I saved his life --> Child Vigilante is Good because I saved his life and Jason was meant to be Robin just like I was meant to be Batman, this is what we were was born to do

This is insane rationalization. But it works. For a while.

Then, Jason begins acting out, and putting himself in danger. Whoops. uh oh! How can Jason be saved by becoming Robin, if he is endangered by it? The balm for Bruce's semi-suicidal ideation was crime fighting, so if Jason is self destructive as Robin, does that mean Jason isn't like Bruce after all? Does that mean he wasn't born to be Robin? Was Bruce right in the begining? Is Teen Vigilantism Bad? Well, lucklily, the rationalization Bruce has built doesnt need to change too much in order to accommodate these new facts.

Batman #426 (1940)

See, this issue has not reverted back to being child vigilantism, it's the fact that Jason isn't ready yet.

Batman #426 (1940) / Batman #427

Batman latches onto this idea, he identifies it as "the problem". Is he wrong? No, not really. It does seem like Jason needs come to terms with his parents deaths. But this is important because it is still a rationalization for mindset he started with, still part of the reason he can be in favor of Teenage Vigilantism.

Then Jason Todd dies, as Robin. That truly breaks the underlying concept for this rationalization, that being Robin saved Jason Todd. The entire justification has fully shattered, and Bruce Wayne has lost a son. And, so because of this, in the wake of Jason Todds death, we see a full 180 revert back to the idea Bruce held onto at the end of Dick Graysons time as Robin: Teenage Vigilante = Bad.

Batman #428/ The New Teen Titans #55 (1984) / Batman #439

He has fully rejected the very concept of working with anyone, including the now adult Nightwing. He is literally right back where we started, with even deeper convictions against working with someone else (especially a kid) ever again.

But we all know this doesn't stick. He takes on 13 year old Tim Drake as Robin not long at all afterwards. As the 90's progress Bruces goes on to work with a huge variety of other vigilantes and partners, both teenaged and adult.

So how does he possibly justify this?

I believe he retrofits his rationalization for taking on Jason as Robin.

He adheres to a primary idea. The idea that some people are, like him, simply built for Vigilantism. That they, much like he once believed Jason was, "born" for it.

Mindset: Child Vigilantle is not always Good, but it can be Good. When its the right kind of teenager. Some Teenaged Vigilantes are meant to be Vigilantes just like I was meant to be Batman.

In this way, Jason Todds tragic murder is not a failure of concept, it a category error. Batmans mistake was not working with a teenager, his mistake was working with the wrong kind of teenager. Jason Todd was not built for vigilantism. But others are. This means he's still totally in the clear to work with teenagers, Tim Drake as Robin, then Cassandra Cain as Batgirl, and then eventually Stephanie Brown as Spoiler. So long as Bruce is able to believe they are "born" for it, that they are like Batman himself, meant to do this, and incapable of living a normal life, there is no contradiction, his rationalization holds.

But where’s the proof?

This mindset can be clearly seen and prominently seen when Stephanie Brown is fired as Spoiler.

When Steph is fired as Spoiler because she has moved in Bruce's mind from the "acceptable Teen Vigilante" category into the "unacceptable Teen Vigilante category". And the reasons he gives for this decision are exactly in line with the rationalization I've lain out. She is consistently contrasted to other teen vigilante characters who are fit for duty because he does not see her as "like him/them".

Detective #790

Notice how he jumps right from "Jason and Stephanie were/are not fit to fight crime" to "they could/can have a normal life" right to "unlike me and you, Cassandra Cain, who are stuck fighting crime forever". Much like how he originally justified his decision to work with Jason Todd as Robin through the idea that Jason and Bruce were both destined for this life, he applies the exact same idea, but this time, about himself and Cassandra Cain as Batgirl. And in contrast to them, and in directly comparison to Jason Todd, Stephanie is not meant for crime fighting.

Batgirl #38 (2000)

And Stephanie Brown is contrasted with Cass again, when Bruce first explains why he fired Steph to Cass. This is a consistent pattern. She is not like Cass. This is why she shouldn’t be a vigilante.

When he explains that he is going to fire Steph as Spoiler to Tim, he says something very interesting which invokes the same idea. In the list of three reasons he throw out that Steph shouldn't be Spoiler, he mentions that she is going to "throw her life away". When taken in combination with the other panels discussed, its clear to me that he means this is the common way the saying is used. That she is wasting her life by being a vigilante, that she should, as he mentions earlier, be living a normal life. But why is he saying this to Tim? If one of the reasons Steph shouldn't be Spoiler is her ability to lead a normal life, why the fuck is Tim exempt? I think it comes from a genuine belief that Tim is "like him". Unable to live a normal, non-vigilante life, "born" for crime fighting. Much like Cass, who we already saw him directly compare himself to in this exact same way. Thats why he can directly reference to Tim Steph's ability to have a normal life as a reason she shouldn't be a vigilante, he doesn't believe Tim fits the same category at all!

Robin #106 (1993)

So why the fuck does Stephanie move categories? She was acceptable earlier? What changed?

I've already done an in-depth explanation for what the subconscious underlying reason Bruce fires Stephanie: she simply is no longer useful to as a balm for his loneliness. I highly recommend checking out the post here if you are interested in the breakdown of why and how.

But in addition to that, it’s clear to me that it also has a weird amount to do with Jason Todd.

Stephanie simply and clearly reminds Bruce of Jason Todd. He points out their similarities in personality, and it’s worth mentioning the similarities in their circumstances as well (mothers who struggle(d) with drug addiction, and fathers who were criminals).

As we saw in Detective #790, their personality similarities led to Batman associating Steph with Jason. This makes sense, this association would only grow as he got to know her over the time she is sanctioned as Spoiler.

I believe this association leads to him eventually placing her in the same category as Jason, as not "born" for vigilantism at all, and as capable of having a normal life.

But it also serves as a clear way to rectify his mistakes with Jason. It’s his way of “making up for” his role in Jason's death. It’s his second chance. Never mind that this second chance leads to his assessment of Stephanie having very little to do with Steph herself, and a whole fucking lot to do about Bruce’s guilt over Jason’s death.

This is especially brutal because it seems to come from a place of genuine care (and a selfish desire to assuage his guilt too), but Stephanie doesn't get the tender moment of explanation and grief and regret that Cassandra hears. She doesn't get to know this.

What she gets, is to be told point blank that she is fired because she just isn't good enough. She gets to hear that she lacks the "skills and talent" from the same man who originally came to her to train her because he finally saw and recognized her potential. She gets told she will never be good enough by the guy who told her that she could learn and improve under his instruction. She gets two sentences. She has to fight for any more.

I cannot emphasize enough the fact that she had to track Bruce down to get an explanation for why he was suddenly ghosting her. He didn't even have the decency to tell her himself. Stephanie had to track Bruce down just so she could find out that he gave up on her.

Stephanie gets a blunt lie about why she is fired. And Bruce Wayne gets to feel good about "correcting" a mistake that had nothing to do with Stephanie. Stephanie gets cut off from her friends. Bruce Wayne gets to reconcile with his team. Stephanie gets to feel worthless. Bruce Wayne gets to feel justified.

[littlefankingdom]

~ Batman: Knightfall

Here we are. My favorite line in this whole story, because I believe it is the foundation of Dick and Jean-Paul's relationship.

"The heir to the throne and the slighted prince!"

Here, Bruce is the king and Batman is the throne. The heir is Jean-Paul, who has been loaned Batman. The prince is Dick. The prince is the son of the king, so Jean-Paul is recognizing their family relationships, when Dick and Bruce don't most of the time (Dick isn't adopted yet). We have NEVER been shown the Batfam telling Jean-Paul about Dick, but it is clear here that Jean-Paul knows about him, and especially how important Dick is to Bruce. He knows Dick is Bruce's son. With this information, we can easily imagine that Bruce has talked about Dick to Jean-Paul, or has mentioned Dick to Jean-Paul. I would even go so far as to say that Bruce must have complimented Dick's capabilities, and Jean-Paul may have been a bit jealous. Why? Well, he calls Dick "slighted". Jean-Paul is interpreting Dick's anger toward him as envy, but that's not why Dick is punching him. Sure, Dick is jealous that Bruce choses Jean-Paul, but Dick is mad that Jean-Paul thinks he could be as great as Bruce. What I'm saying is: I think Jean-Paul is projecting. Sure, he got Batman, but he is still comparing himself to Dick, and the idea of Dick getting Batman doesn't please him. He is also kind of saying "your dad thinks I'm better than you!" and like I said in older posts, this guy wants Bruce to be his dad so bad.

In the end, Dick and Jean-Paul are envious of each other. Jean-Paul is envious that Dick is Bruce's son (the golden son), Dick is envious that Bruce gave Batman to Jean-Paul (even tho he did not want it). They are envious of each other's relationship to Bruce.

[zahri-melitor]

You are brave for re-reading Gotham War!

I don’t really see any reason to say I’m ‘brave’ rereading The Gotham War. It’s a perfectly normal Bat family event.

I’ve read ones that are far more poorly plotted (Officer Down, take a bow), incoherent (making sense of the order of events in Batman RIP and Final Crisis is a project and a half), generally unpleasant (Death of the Family), and full of motivated characterisation in service of the plot (the actual problem with Battle for the Cowl). There’s no extended torture scenes (the thing that puts most people off War Games). It focuses on characters people enjoy rather than inventing newbies to carry the plot (hello Fear State). It’s not even that long (Knightfall drags. In many places).

Is it a top tier event? No, but it’s perfectly readable. Selina gets stuck holding the idiot ball to set the story in motion, there’s a restricted set of characters that are highlighted in the story but that’s pretty normal, and the team writing it should have worked more closely in terms of making sure the stories all flowed coherently together, but there’s nothing that stands out as a reason to pretend it never happened. The most controversial part of the plot is what, Jason on fear serum? And that feels like it flows from the story that Rosenberg was working on for Jason anyway, having now read the two preceding titles (Task Force X and The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing). The situation is resolved not long after and it gives Jason the opportunity to be a hero with the plane at the end, overcoming his own fear.

Honestly, I’d be far less likely to reread Shadow War or Death of the Family or Batman: Endgame than The Gotham War. It’s got a bunch of moments that make me smile, it reminds me of one of the best Batman events (Bruce Wayne: Murderer/Fugitive), and it involves pivots in storytelling and fallout for the three titles involved in it (Batman, Catwoman, and the Rosenberg Red Hood stories), rather than immediately being forgotten by everyone.

[morverenmaybewrites]

Hiya! First of all your blog’s interface is so cute i’m rolling on the floorrrrrrr

Second of all your writing is absolutely amazing, i’ve just finished reading “the pizza delivery girl’s survival guide to gotham city” and lemme tell u i can’t wait for the next chapter cause absolute gold-

I wanted to ask what your thoughts are on Jason and day-to-day life outside of costume. Like, dude HAS to go outside as himself at least every once in a while, out of pure necessity. How do you think he goes on about it?

Aw, thank you, I'm glad you like my blog interface and my fic. I think it depends on how much he's progressed in processing his trauma, to be honest!

I imagine when he first moved back in Gotham, he avoided going out as much as possible, for a multitude of reasons. First, because he was still reeling emotionally from Bruce enacting project Knightfall (aka faking his own death), he was recovering from the injuries he sustained during the events of Arkham Knight (and of course, the injuries he got from the Joker). Most importantly, he is adjusting to living in a city he once hated enough to want to destroy.

I feel like those first few weeks were painful for him. Every place is filled memories, and while not all of them are bad memories, they often feel too painful to revisit. He likely spent most of his time cooped up in a safehouse (which was established as something he makes no effort to make comfortable), only going out when he absolutely had to. Interacting with the city and its people as little as possible. While I don't think the Joker ever meant him to survive his torture, the amount of scars and physical injuries he bears means that a lot of his interactions bring a lot of (misplaced) guilt and shame. Did that shopkeep spend too long looking at his face, his scar? Maybe he'll pass by some hole-in-the-wall shop and remember that he and Dick and Barbara would cool down there after patrols. The ramen, he'll think, is surprisingly good. The owner is a smiling, heavyset man who insists that they never pay for their meals. Maybe he'll even take a single step toward the shop, only to remember that the scars on his hands make it so it's hard to hold cutlery without shaking. That there are days when it's physically painful to eat. And he'll shake his head and walk away.

But I think the more he interacts with PG in the story and the more he fixes his relationship with his family, the more he'll be able to interact with Gotham City. Maybe going to the grocery won't be treated like a military supply run. Maybe he'll look up from his carefully-curated list and realize a type of candy Barbara used to be obsessed with is back in stock now. Maybe he'll put it in his cart, and for the first time in a while, he doesn't have to think about what he did to her as the Arkham Knight. One day, he'll wake up before his alarm and remember that you used to talk about watching the sun rise over Gotham Bay. He'll take a long walk along the shoreline and watch the way the sky turns into soft shades of pink and orange, and he'll be surprised at the realization that there are still beautiful things in Gotham. Maybe your face will flash in his mind, and he'll think that perhaps he shouldn't be so surprised, after all. Maybe one day, after a long night of patrol, he'll pass by the ramen shop again and this time, he decides to stay. The only thing that has changed is the owner, who's gained weight and a few gray hairs, but his smile is still the same. He'll bring Jason's order without asking, and he'll insist that he doesn't have to pay for it. Eating doesn't hurt as much as he feared. In fact, some days, he can move his hands without feeling pain. This is one of the good days. Maybe on that good day, he'll be surprised to find that the ramen is still good. That he can think of the days he used to stay here with his family after patrols, exchanging combat tips and juicy bits of gossip. And this time, he's able to smile.

[mysterycitrus]

actually why do you think that modern batman comics writers are so bad at compelling 6-8 issue comic arcs? (obvi TT's current nw run is just robbed of any conflict that isn't straight up good guy vs bad guy and is didactic as hell to boot but i haven't really felt grabbed by anything bat-related dc has put out in the last three years). is it an unwillingness to really shake anything up?

a general lack of engaging storytelling is an endemic problem at dc that i think can be partially attributed to a bunch of bad editorial decisions — green arrow for example was only greenlit as a series because williamson was determined to write it amid all his other projects. the pacing and character work suffers as a result. it’s suuuper slow to try and read

taylor is an interesting example though because he’s a terminally online liberal gen xer who seems to write comics like he wants panels to go viral on twitter. there’s no stakes because he’s too centrist to actually put an opinion on paper that might trigger some internal reflection. he tried to call out chuck dixons violent homophobia but thanked him in the same tweet. it’s bad. he should not be in charge of a character like nightwing who’s historically had issues with authority and like….. is defined by his passion. there is a total absence of nuanced interpersonal conflict because like fanon, everyone in comics seems too afraid to have characters be actually wrong about something.

when we read sincerely interesting comics — especially main events like knightfall or murder + fugitive or no man’s land or even utrh — those comics remain interesting because the writers had a perspective and a story to tell. some of those perspectives are bad, mind, but at least there was something there. now, all these writers are online and getting both blind adoration and violent hatred which i think makes them too self conscious to legitimately try. i don’t think it’s a coincidence that the most engaging writing jason todd’s had since 2005 was written by gretchen felker martin in the furry comic, aka someone who has actual things to say.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

as someone who is also working their way through a massive amount of batman comics, im curious how you navigate your spread sheet? do you just read across so you're reading everything published at a certain time across all ongoing books? currently my method is to pick one and follow it until the end while branching off for major events/plot points (like war games, murderer/fugitive, etc) while making note of places i want to return to lmao. also would be curious to know how you picked what to include!

just chronologically, you know? like all of the books released in January 2000, then February 2000, March 2000, and so on. especially with the high frequency of Bat crossovers, like you said, it would frequently be incomprehensible trying to stick to a single series at a time - major events like Knightfall, No Man's Land, and Murderer?/Fugitive would be a shitshow viewed through the lens of only a single series at a time. even outside of big crossovers like that, what I really like about this project is tracking the development of the Batfamily as a unit (that has virtually nothing in common with the modern fandom understanding of the Batfamily) in real time, it's really interesting!

I'm also just straight-up including anything crucial to the Bats as a group that's published in main continuity at any point in New Earth. there are some annuals that are basically AUs (shout out to Leatherwing, the pirate Batman!) that I probably wouldn't include now by my current criteria and remain as fun little oddities, as well as some comics published in monthly titles as part of certain events that are completely out there and only tangentially related to anything going on in actual continuity (shout out to DC One Million, for instance).

as for which series make the cut, that's an ongoing process - I just found out Harley had a solo between 2000 and 2004 when it cropped up as part of Joker's Last Laugh, so now I have a year's worth of Harley comics to go back and read because I'm pedantic. I wasn't initially going to include the Teen Titans but then the 1999 Titans series became so integral to understanding what Dick has going on that I had to include it, which means at some point I'll probably go back and read all the Titans stuff that was part of New Earth prior to Titans '99, just to have it. it feels like there's always something new cropping up, which makes the read-through a really interesting challenge.

[ggfj84]

Summary: After 'Tec 677, Dick returns to his penthouse in Wayne Tower to find a "ghost."

Part of the Dick Grayson Anniversary Prompt Fills

A/N: The old Bat Family writer who shall not be named sucked at writing reunion scenes. (Dick and Bruce meeting in Cataclysm is literally - "Sorry you've been worried about Bruce for something like seven parts of this story, Dick, but let's move on with the plot!")

Anyhoo - I'm not sure if there has ever been a canon telling of when Dick found out Bruce isn't dead in Knightfall, so I wrote one.

Hope you enjoy!

[to-many-wips]

Project Knightfall Art

[mikkalia]

Mind the tags! ❤️

“No!”

Bode catches him, just barely. Muscles burning. Shoulder wrenched. He hits the edge of the stone bridge at the wrong angle, knocking the air out of his lungs in one fell swoop. Pain splinters in his chest that he shoves off into the corner of his mind. He bites back a sudden sob, grits his teeth, and looks down. Cal’s unconscious, blood coating half his face from a massive gash on his temple. His expression is slack, disturbingly slow, turned away from Bode as he dangles limply over the abyss that they’d been commenting on only a few minutes ago.

He tries to heave him up, but he can’t. The Force is a distant thing, blocked by the strange mineral embedded in the windows of these ruins. No matter how intently he tries to call to it, it stays just out of reach. He has no jetpack. He has no Force. Cal’s too heavy. His shoulder is just barely hanging on as it is.

“Cal. Scrapper. Gonna need you to wake up now.” Something rumbles in the distance, aftershocks of the quake that put them in this position to begin with. Dust rains down from the ceiling. “Please.”

Bode’s connection to the Force has always been a tremulous thing since Operation Knightfall, and it cracked even more after his wife’s death. He’s repaired it slightly over the years, if only to save his own ass and to keep Kata safe, but, honestly, he’s out of practice beyond hiding his presence and mind tricking his opponents. That’s always been something he envied of Cal. While Bode could never stomach using the Force like he used to, Cal embraced it like a long-lost lover, trusting it to watch his back despite how many times he’s been burned. You’d think Cal would be thrice-shy considering his psychometry, but he never is, constantly throwing himself into memories no matter how traumatic. It’s something to admire – when it’s not completely terrifying.

And here, now, in a Jedi Temple meant for a special kind of meditation and training to connect deeper with the Force, Bode wants nothing more than to fall and trust the Force to catch him – and he knows he can’t. The mistrust is rooted too deep.

If only their roles were reversed. Cal would have surely gotten them out of here already. He’d connect with the purpose of the Temple, feel the Force through the crack in the walls, and heave Bode up over the edge, showcasing that hidden strength Bode loves so much.

But they aren’t reversed.

[rootbeerrex]

I currently have full sketches / plans for Knightfall, Robin Steph, Superman, Anita, Robin Tim + two iron widow abstracts. If y'all see me posting about other projects before I post all of these ones, please yell at me because I have had some of these sketched out for MONTHS and haven't finished them 😭

[circusbutch]

I'm very intrigued by starlight and knightfall, I'd love to hear more about them!

AHHHHH !!! these are my silly little guys!!

Ok let me find a way to break this down, this is going to be semi long, I'll explain the project first, Calamity: (subtitle pending) is a graphic novel type project I've been working through for about 5 years, and the characters have changed drastically, but I have finally got them to a place I am comfortable with starting to post/talk about, it's big sci-fantasy

The hook is that, there are these three girls who grew up on a satellite together, hovering above a "dead planet" that One of these girls (Novalie) was going to rule, once the colony was in place, This would revive the planet. Her other two companions are Iris (her replacement if she fails) and Idony (her royal guard) -> also important they are all unicorn aliens with light magic, and Nova gets even more cool light magic after she becomes ruler.

-> second problem is the crew learns why this was considered a "dead planet". there's big fuck off scary monsters that want to destroy all light, which makes things very complicated for a light magic based society and chaos ensues.

-> until two heros rise up to fight the darkness magical girl style :3 !! (It's Nova and Idony in disguise from both the city and eachother) There's alot of shenanigans that happen from here :3 !!

^^ excerpt from a mini comic test I was working on,

[coyote-nebula]

a battle of wills

TAGS: Bruce Wayne & Everyone, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Damian Wayne, Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Alfred Pennyworth, Cassandra Cain, Angst and Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Bruce Wayne is a Little Shit, Back Pain, Misunderstandings, references to Batman: Knightfall, bruce wayne has a history of mental health crisis but he's okay right now

FIC SUMMARY:

When Bruce's back pain flares up at the office, he’s hounded by demands from his lawyer for an updated Last Will and Testament.

In retrospect, he could have handled his frustration in a way that didn't result in nine frantic friends and family members crowding his bedroom.

WORDS: 4,651

CHAPTERS: 1/1

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