#talia al ghul

[oifaaa]

Stupid thing I thought of drawing ages ago when I was watching fruit basket

[ashoss]

hello brutalia nation how r we feeling

[jazzz-posts]

[aceissomunster]

every time i see a post about damian becoming a doctor like his grandfather (thomas wayne) i feel the need to point out that ra’s was a doctor too actually and talia was in med school like its a legal obligation

[luzdoesart]

The Demon Princess and the Blood Son

(Talias look here is inspired by how the fantastic Juni Ba drew her in the BOYWONDER comics!!)

If you have seen any of my drawings before you may have come across me on Instagram before! Feel free to say hi!

[confused-wanderer]

Hear me out: Bruce immediately thinks Damian is Dick’s when Talia drops him off.

All of Bruce’s son’s, adopted though they may be, bear a strong resemblance to Bruce. Something that Dick also exhibits. Bruce’s playboy charm, his flirtatious flings: Also something Dick embodies. Dick who turns up the charm and really leans into the persona when he wants to piss Bruce off. Even if it includes disregard for the protocols and rules Bruce has in place to ward off anything that could be traced to their vigilante identities.

You can’t tell me he doesn’t take one look at Damian and realise that perhaps this was the product of his last major argument with Dick a a while ago. His physical features might have differed a bit from Dick himself, however Dick’s family was Roma, so Bruce doesn’t think much of it . Damian held the same murderous instincts, the same acrobatic ease, and tiny figure reminiscent of Dick’s childhood days. When Talia tells Bruce Damian’s his son, Bruce takes one look at this murder hungry gremlin and connects the dots : .. he’s my son’s son?

- over text -

Bruce: Dick. We have talked about this. Safety always comes first. Please come to the Manor by tonight. Alfred and I will be waiting.

Dick: ?

*many many hours after not receiving a reply and one deduction later*

Dick: So he’s yours.

Bruce: ?

Dick: We’ve talked about this B. Safety always comes first. Please come to the Manor by tonight. Alfred and I will be waiting.

[thebat-musicman]

*phone call*

Jason; I’m sorry, Talia. I can’t kill Bruce.

Talia: You asked me yesterday if I could “break Bruce out of the afterlife so I can kill him over and over.”

Jason: Yeah…that would have been fun. But he’s given me an offer I can’t refuse.

Talia: He killed the clown?

Jason: He gave me a first edition Pride and Prejudice book. It says by a lady instead of Jane Austen.

Talia: You are sacrificing months of training and planning for a book?

Jason: I’m weak, Talia. I’m weak.

[foolnamedjoey]

YJ inspired Jason I stare at you

[gothamite-rambler]

Tim (putting the book in Jason's backpack): We got the book. It was really easy, Ra's just told me to take it and leave fast.

Jason: You think he's annoyed when we visit?

Tim: His reaction didn’t suggest that.

Damian paced the room, his hands fidgeting impatiently as he glanced around with mounting worry.

Damian (panicked): Come on, come on! We have to hurry!

Tim (confused): We’re not in a rush… right?

Dick: No. Damian, why are you so eager to leave? This is your home; I thought you’d want to look around a little.

Damian (tapping his foot): I already walked down memory lane when we got here. I’m over it! We have to go!

Jason chuckled.

Jason (correctly guessing): I’m pretty sure he’s worried Talia will spot him.

Damian bit his fingernail, scanning for a secret escape route.

Dick: That makes sense. I did feel a chill in the air.

Damian: That's not funny, Grayson. We have to go! There is no way she's close— The footsteps of a terrifying spirit are approaching.

The sound of heels echoed through the halls, growing closer like a dinosaur searching for its prey or a mother about to smother her son with hugs and kisses.

Suddenly, the door to the room was kicked in. Thinking quickly, Damian used Tim as a shield, standing behind him like a pillar to avoid being spotted.

Talia (eager): Damian! Tifl, give your mother a hug! Where is he?

Talia strode into the room, shoving Dick aside as she searched behind him.

Talia (attitude): Grayson, where did you hide my son?

Dick (waving): Hi, Talia! Good to see you.

Talia: Don’t ignore what I asked.

Dick: I didn’t, it’s just customary to greet someone, not assault them.

Talia: Oh please, that was barely an assault. You're just as weak as I’ve told others.

Dick (calmly pointing at Talia's nose): You have a booger sticking out of your nose. It’s pretty noticeable.

Talia covered her nose, blushing slightly. Recovering, she pulled a handkerchief from her pocket and wiped her nose while scanning the room.

Talia: Where is my baby? I must hug my child!

Dick (feigning innocence): He’s not here. At all.

Jason was unable to respond, too busy laughing at the absurdity of it all. As Talia scanned the room, Damian turned Tim’s body to keep himself hidden. Balling up her handkerchief, Talia tossed it at Dick.

Talia: Hold this, since you noticed, ass-man.

Dick dodged, but being a good brother, he stood in front of her to block her path.

Talia (holding out her arms): Tifl, come out of your hiding spot! I just want to hug you and shower you with affection. It’s what a good mother does, and I’m at least semi-okay. Grayson, my foot will be making contact with your little dick if you don’t move.

Dick: If you kick me, I'm telling my dad.

Talia: You would do that! You have never matured.

Dick: Honey, you have?

Dick and Talia bickered as Jason texted on his phone, while Damian stayed hidden behind Tim.

Damian (whispering): Don’t tell her where I am.

Tim (lying): I got your back.

Tim raised his hand in a mock gesture of surrender.

Tim: He’s over here, Talia!

He stepped aside and playfully shoved Damian forward. As soon as Talia spotted him, she squealed.

Talia (shoving Dick out of her way): Move, ass-man!

Damian (angrily to Tim): You mother—

Talia rushed over and enveloped her son in a tight hug, causing him to squirm and gasp for air. She moaned happily, snuggling him with a wide smile.

Damian (glaring at a grinning Tim): Drake, I will make you pay for this.

Tim (indifferent): Totally worth it for now.

Talia: And I appreciate you for that, Drake. I knew I had a reason to dislike you less! You’re smart, unlike the adult brats who try to deprive me of my time with my tifl.

Jason: In my defense, I raised him for eight years, and this is all funny.

Dick: And I loathe you.

Talia: Glad our feelings are mutual then, Grayson. Now, Damian, I’ve missed you so much! You’re still so adorable! Oh, those cheeks are still so soft. Let me give you some kisses!

She kissed Damian on the forehead and then nuzzled her nose against his cheek while humming. He kicked his feet, trying to escape, but her grip was like that of a python wrapping around its prey.

Damian (whining): Mother, you’re embarrassing me! And you smell too much like lavender!

Talia: Shush, let me love you! I love you!

Talia kissed Damian again on the forehead.

Talia: I love, love you, my tifl! And I know you love me too.

Damian: Can you go back to being mean and insane? I miss that!

Damian groaned as he heard his amused brothers mocking him, deepening his frustration.

Damian (suppressed rage): The moment we get home, I’m going to deal with all of you. Mother, we need to leave—

Talia: You can take care of whatever it is in a few minutes. Let’s go see Grandpa! I know he tried to hurry you and your brothers out of the castle, but I convinced him to see how much you’ve grown. He has a gift for you too.

Damian: I don’t wanna!

Talia: It’ll be quick, tifl. I swear! Ever since I’ve been striving to be a better mama, I feel so much lighter. My mind is clearer, my fighting is more agile, and I still have my rivalry with Grayson. My sworn enemy, and the reason I’m not with Bruce.

Dick: Your therapist is either lying to you, or you’re not listening.

Jason: Dude, stop! I’m going to die from laughter.

Talia: Ignoring you both. Let’s go, tifl!

Talia giggled, dropping Damian and grabbing his leg instead, preventing his escape.

Damian (screaming): No, no! He smells like mothballs! Mother, please!

Talia ignored his protests and dragged him away from his brothers. As Damian's screams echoed through the halls, the brothers were left in the room, processing what they had just witnessed.

Tim (perplexed): That was clingy… and adorable. Do I miss my mom that much?

Dick and Jason (relating): Yeah.

Tim: Hm, I accept that. Talia is like a villain, but not an evil mother anymore. What changed?

Jason: From what I remember Ra's telling me, after Nyssa kept killing Talia and putting her in a different Lazarus Pit, driving her insane, he put her dead body in his pit. When she woke up, she was the same but different. She had an epiphany, like she met her "maker." They told her not to be a bad person to her child, to be a better mom, or the pits of hell would welcome her and never let her go.

Dick (speculating): Why is she still an asshole, though?

Jason and Tim: Because neither of you like each other.

Dick (prideful): Yeah, the balance of the universe would unravel if we liked each other. At least I'm glad she replaced her violence with smothering love for Damian.

Tim: You think the "maker" was her own mom?

Jason (agreeing): In this mad world? Probably. But that was entertaining at least.

Tim nodded, but wondered about a missing person in their group.

Tim: Why isn't Bruce here?

Dick: Ra despises him, and he feels the same way about Ra.

Jason: Right, and Ra's made it clear they’d fight to the death if Bruce set foot in here, and not just toss him into the pit. Bruce said he'd break every bone in Ra's body and make him wish he was dead. There was a lot of tension after Talia went murder hobo insane. Just our usual family dynamics.

Tim: Cool, I get that. Want to check out his skull collection?

Dick: Sure, I’m down.

Jason: Did he update it?

Tim: Yep! He’s added the spines of his enemies too. One of the maids here can give us apple fritters she made as well.

With that, the brothers quietly slipped away as Damian's protests faded into the distance, still audible as Talia hugged him. Ra, the eccentric grandpa, was about to launch into another tangent about the world’s problems.

[oifaaa]

DC can pretend that Jason knows who Tim is but I know the truth

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Why is so rare to find any Batfam fic that aknowledges that Talia was the president of Lex Corp for a period and honestly was doing a way better job than Lex?

Like specially in a No Capes AU, this could be so fun. Talia is on general such a misused characther in fandom (and cannon alike in some ways).

[thecruellestmonth]

Don't check the answer below until you vote.

Talia was the one and only person to tell Jason that Bruce loved and cherished him. Defying her father's orders, Talia used the Lazarus Pit to heal Jason.

Talia tried to convince Jason not to return to Gotham, faildad kid to fellow faildad kid. She told Jason he was unavenged. Jason decided to murder Bruce.

Talia tried to intercept Jason from running back to Gotham, but she couldn't. Jason went to Gotham and planted a bomb on the Batmobile. Then he decided he wanted to personally make Bruce suffer before he killed him.

Jason then asked to go on a worldwide training tour, so that he could get better at hurting Bruce. Talia agreed to support him, explicitly so that the training tour would stall Jason from hurting Bruce.

AFTER Jason started his homicidal round-the-world training tour, in between his adventures where he killed his evil teachers, Talia reluctantly showed Jason a picture of Batman and the new Robin, and let him know that his name was Tim Drake. While she did not elaborate the reason why she was breaking the news to him, it looks like Talia was preparing Jason to face the obviously upsetting situation of Batman seemingly carrying on business-as-usual as if Jason's death was acceptable—which Talia herself had no part in causing. She asked Jason if he was okay, and Jason insisted he felt nothing. They did not talk about the new Robin again.

Talia's beloved yet abusive father died. Talia was violently killed and repeatedly resurrected by Greg Rucka's original character, Nyssa, until Talia was brainwashed. At this point, Talia became more actively supportive of Jason's ongoing plans to punish Bruce.

Bruce did not adopt Tim until after Under the Red Hood. Tim was not present or mentioned at all in Under the Red Hood. Dick appeared, Barbara and Stephanie were mentioned, and Tim was not in that story at all.

I didn't reread the comics for this post so you can correct me if I got something wrong. And I mean if you personally know that I'm wrong, preferably (but not imperatively) with sources���not that you have the impression of remembering that someone told you that canon events happened differently.

[brutaliashipper1]

One thing I hate about modern day comics is that they make another character seem better by making another character worse. Examples:

Dick Grayson is not perfect. He is not nearly as capable as Bruce. He is NOT Damian’s father. And he should not be any of his siblings father. Don’t get me wrong I like Nightwing. He’s not my favourite but I don’t hate him. It just gets annoying when DC has practically tried to make Nightwing a “better Batman” when really they just made Bruce wrong in one scenario and people take that scene out of the comic with no context what so ever.

Batcat the ship or Selina with Bruce. I enjoy batcat. One of the first ships I knew before I really got into Batman. It feels though that she is the same character. No change. Like she still is constantly going back and fourth from being a criminal to an anti hero. (I know it’s very similar). Her character has had no growth. And they just copied Brutalia in certain comics but put Selina there. Also I would like to add how in hell did she beat Talia al ghul in a sword fight. Your telling me that some cat thief who was barley trained and can only just avoid Batman (he normally lets her get away/win) was able to best a highly trained spy. (She’s not an assassin, she hates killing.) It just makes no sense.

[prlssprfctn]

Jason doesn't get to announce his revival dramatically because Talia decides to be petty (she is her father's daughter, alright) and randomly sends Jason's photo with little Damian to Bruce in a random Monday.

Bruce: (minding his business)

Talia, messaging in the middle of the day: Beloved. Look at our beautiful sons.

Talia: (sends a photo of Jason reading little Damian a book while he drools)

Bruce, with his eye twitching: IS THAT JASON?

Bruce: SONS?

Bruce: TALIA?

Talia, turning her phone to Jason: A family photoshoot would ruin him completely. I'm just saying.

Jason, staring at the screen: ...

Jason: Call Ra's. We are doing the sweetest family photoshoot this world had ever seen. I need the old man to get a stroke.

Talia: ...I sense like I made some mistake here.

They ship printed photos of this photoshoot directly to Wayne Manor in the various copies. Jason brings little Damian to his father in a few weeks and announces that he himself will stay only for a short amount of time before returning to "grandpa Ra's." Bruce locks up all doors and forbids anyone from leaving it. .

[vincentvega0721]

DC & Marvel Comic's Art Of Neal Adams Black & White

[thedumbasswitaphone]

i hc that Damian is a crier , not a crybaby but he does cry especially in private ,and I think this because I see a lot of "the al ghuls never let Damian cry , they'd punishment him if he did" which isn't exactly true because Ra's cried when his wolf , his companion of 18 years i think got put down , and talia cried after killing a man both of these reasons extremely valid , i think they just made sure Damian knew when and where he could cry which is important because if you cry in front of the wrong people you could be taken advantage of especially in the loa