#same with babs

[iguessthisisanewobsession]

A Catfish??

All of the bat children are horrified when they found out the boy Damian has been talking online, someone they were expecting to be a 5’3 twig. Someone who Damian has been crushing on for years turned out to be a 6’3 muscle-bound fucker that makes Jason look small.

They are even more horrified when they realized they never gave Damian the internet talk and for some reason Bruce is not reacting like this is something of concern and what the fuck-?!

The reason Bruce is not freaking out like the rest of his kids is quite simple.

He can see the last of the baby fat clinging to Danny’s face, he notices how even though Danny is a walking tank of a being, he still glances at the doorways like they could not be trusted.

Like he wasn’t used to his height.

No Bruce is not concerned, because all signs and research just points to one fact.

Danny Fenton has came into a Fenton-sized growth spurt.

[saturnsickle]

Babs

[spite-and-waffles]

Bruce, picking up a stray: "He reminds me of me!" :333

Bruce, a couple of years later: "Why is he such a stubborn, self-destructive drama queen??" >((

[mayasaura]

Ianthe is for sure going around picking up gal pals to fill the empty places where she used to have companionship, but you know what? Pretty sure Kiriona is not replacing Harrow in the Coronabeth-shaped hole in her life. Kiriona is the new Babs.

[15minlatewithbatbucks]

Tim: Bruce... I'm bisexual.

Bruce: ...

Bruce: ... I'll add it to your file.

--later--

Dick: You couldn't have been supportive of your pseudo child for ONCE in your life?

Bruce: What? What was I supposed to say. It wasn't relevant to the conversation.

Dick: I can't believe you! No, I can and that's WORSE.

--later still--

Dick: Hey, I heard about earlier.

Tim: Earlier?

Dick: When you came out to Bruce.

Tim: Oh, that. What about it?

Dick: I just wanted to say sorry about him, you know how he is. He supports you, and he loves-

Tim: Yikes, no. Dick, just no. He reacted exactly right. If he tried to get emotional I would have either killed him for being an imposter or killed myself to escape.

Tim: And besides, now I can tell people my sexuality is classified.

[boobaloof]

Thank you, Lance 💙

[donnatroyyyy]

Okay, a lot of people might not agree with what I’m about to say, but imma say it anyway: If you see a post that includes Stephanie Brown as a part of the Batfam or even maybe as a part of the batkids and your first instinct is to point out how she’s “not a part of the family” then you’ve missed the point of her existence as a character entirely. I get it when you see a post making her out to be Bruce’s kid or something akin to Bruce’s kid, because taht wouldn’t be correct, even if B has fatherly love towards her it’s not reciprocated and he knows it, that’s why he doesn’t push it, because he knows she already has a kick-ass parent (shoutout to Crystal Brown for being the best mother in DC history) that she lives as well as kick-ass parental figures that she loves (Shoutout Babs, (sometimes) Helena, and Dinah for just being badass). However, Stephanie Brown is a part of the Batfamily. Whether in mask or out of it, the others view her as a sister and she reciprocates that feeling, she is made to be a support system for the rest of the family, she’s made and written to be the pillar that holds them up, that can’t happen if she’s not a part of the family. And I swear to if someone brings up the whole “but she used to date Tim” thing I will die.

[stackthedeck]

oh yeah i love the iconic love interests of blue beetle and booster gold such as "80s career woman who is clearly a lesbian who decided to adopt her weird boss" or "bisexual batfam woman who is more in love with the woman she's working with than this loser trying to help her"

[jasontoddssuper]

My fake feminist trait is that i hate female characters who're super smart and strong and 'ideal' if they're not weird and fun.I'm an autistic and genderqueer woman that grew up getting bullied for being a tomboy who didn't know how to mask and never even considered i could have autism despite blatantly having every single symptom because everyone told me i was 'too smart' and same goes for being trans because i was too 'pretty' so i find them completely unreatable and corny.Goofy girls and weird as fuck girls are my kinda blorbo because i can actually see myself in them and i'll take them anyday over 'no personality,extra high grades' chicks.Idc about mean girlgenius' who're always getting told how perfect they are,they'll be fine,i'm here for the women who would've defended me in school and hung out with me on the weekends to do dumbass shit

[living-la-vida-lesbian]

dick and babs were great but MY favorite robin/batgirl duo would have to be steph and cass

[hood-ex]

So you know how Babs can see whatever Dick sees through the mask he wears? It felt so satisfying when Bea threw that mask in the ocean.

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

Anyway, Dick's alt universe/alt timeline kids are wild.

There's the Dick and Kori kids, Mar'i Grayson and Jacob (Jake) Grayson:

Mar'i is named after Dick's mom but with a Tamaranian twist and Jake is named after no one. Mar'i and Jake both can absorb energy, project energy and fly. However, only Mar'i has super strength. Jake also almost died at birth because of his mixed DNA and had extreme difficulty controlling his powers. He went from extremely sickly to nuclear bomb at a moments notice. Mar'i took up the mantle of Nightstar, married her uncle (?!?) and had two kids. Jake never picked a 'hero name' but he still helped people. Eventually he had a son that he named Richard.

Then there's the Dick and Babs kids, Johnny and Tommy. They're twins... I think. It's unclear. Either DC forgot the kid's name and started calling him a different name or there are two identical boys. There is speculation that John's (named after Dick's dad) middle name is Thomas and that's where the confusion is. I'm going to assume that there are two kids however, because they grow up to be very different people.

Thomas (named after Bruce's dad) took up the name Red Hood because he thought Jason was very cool. Thomas works very closely with the Bat family however and the name seems to be that only thing of Jason's that Thomas emulates. John got kidnapped as a small child and was experimented on until he developed powers. John has energy projection powers, super strength and flight. He went by the name 'Firepattern'. He was brainwashed by a cult and worked for them until his father found him again as a teenager. John Grayson actually exists in a few timelines but this is the one that gave him more than just a cameo role.

Then there's Elainna Grayson. She is Dick's daughter but they never say who her mother is. Barbara is not her mother because Elainna's mom is dead and Babs is alive in this timeline. Elainna takes up the mantle of Batwoman and fights alongside the Bat family (despite her father's objections)

Anyway... Dick has five different alt kids and three of them have the same powers and the other two took up mantles that weren't his. Very funny stuff right there.

[franollie]

The current BOP run has me veryyy frustrated because ooohh the dinahbabs and cass&babs mother/daughter dynamic could be eating. we could be fine dining, but no. because of babsgirl.

If you're reading this im assuming you've read the run up until this point. So obvious spoilers:

Listen, I'm a sucker for fighting against time in order to save the one you love, but this falls so flat because all of this could be avoided if she wasn't batgirl.

Like this is TRAGIC but babs would never be in this position if she was oracle.

And the most recent issue literally proves this to be true!

NO! STOP WITH THE SUPERMAN SHIRT RIP! THATS NOT THE KIND OF HERO SHE IS!!

if babs hadn't put on the batgirl suit then the series would be going nowhere AND THATS A PROBLEM

LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING??!!! SHE SHOULD NOT BE ON THE FIELD??!!

This could be so fucking tragic but its not because we all know none of this would be happening if she was oracle. NONE OF THIS WOULD BE A PROBLEM IF SHE WAS ORACLE

i leave you with this. all of my thoughts on the run can be summarized by this cover believe it or not. bab's loving gaze as she watches the other birds (dinah) work on the mission. shes separated from them implying that she's oracle, but shes standing very able bodied and on the stairs. meaning she can be batgirl when it helps the plot.

[evasive-anon]

Babs little pep talk to herself. 🥺 Babs tells Bruce off so many times, especially in Cass’ batgirl run, that it’s easy to forget it must be hard for her to go up against him too.

Cass’ suicidal ideation was really tearing Bab’s apart. Bruce’s inaction like worked out in the end but like taking the stance of just let her kill herself was pretty fucking wild on his part.

Separately, can’t believe the audacity of this comic they really used the same art of Babs for 5 panels and just the changed the words. No expressions changes allowed in the Batgirl budget I guess. 😭

[blackbatcass]

I firmly believe babs and dick are the only two people on earth allowed to call cass ‘cassie’. No I don’t care if canon contradicts this.

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

Future!Leo, sees Casey sitting on the floor with a bowl on his head: "Um....whatcha doing there bud?"

Toddler!Casey: *in his own little world*

Future!Leo, kneels down beside him and gently taps the bowl: "You okay, Bookcase?"

Toddler!Casey: "I wana be pa'cake."

Future!Leo: "Oh, a pancake? Why do you want to be pancake?"

Toddler!Casey, puts the bowl over his face: "I don't know."

Future!Leo: "Is it because that Mikey told you how tasty they are?"

Toddler!Casey: "yeah."

Future!Leo: "Is it also because you haven't had your snack yet and hearing that made you hungry?"

Toddler!Casey: "Uh-huh."

Future!Leo: "Hm-hmm. Well, I don’t have any pancakes, but I did see some canned peaches in the new stock of rations we just got in. Would that be better?"

Toddler!Casey, nods his head: "Yes pwease."