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Today I cried a little bit because I remembered that when Beethoven conducted his ninth symphony for the first time he got a standing ovation and one of the sopranos had to turn him around to see the audience. 

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I’m crushing on ur art rn. Anyway Tim and Steph hanging out for dc doodle request pls?

wlw 🤝 mlm

3 am shredded cheese

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for dc requests can i request dami and tim playing dnd and damian has a goofy wizard hat

DC- let them be brothers.

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[DC] Art dump 🐥

Bo staff reference studies, plus some random doodles

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The complete list of punishable offenses committed inside Wayne Manor, October 2022:

trapped a sibling inside a blanket, refused to let him out

performed full Broadway duet, at volume, during business hours (note: guilty parties clearly audible during televised video-call)

distributed list of suggested insults re: sibling’s new superhero identity

called mandatory meeting, presented 73-slide powerpoint (note: meeting ended early after guilty party attempted to begin a second, 106-slide presentation) (further note: resulting riot re-broke conference table)

organized house-wide protest of unnecessary meetings (note: protestors began communicating solely via overlong powerpoint, in parody of previous offender)

double dipped in humus platter

left refrigerator door open overnight

caused two extra PR meetings within one-month period

caused six extra PR meetings within one-month period

presented 208-slide powerpoint during PR meeting (note: guilty party’s access to powerpoint bank permanently revoked)

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Alfred headcanons?

He has a “secret alliance” with every member of the batfamily, where they exchange information about the others. Every individual thinks they are the only one that Alfred talks to, but nope, it’s all of them– which means that Alfred pretty much knows everything. He’s the master of all information and resources.

He doesn’t really agree with the no killing rule. He was a soldier. He understands that sometimes it’s them or you, and since he values the lives of his children more than anybody else’s, well… He encourages Bruce because he wants him to have a moral system to fall back on, but it’s not his personal belief.

The top drawer of his dresser is filled with things that the kids have given him. Some of them are formal presents– Birthdays, Father’s Day– but there’s also report cards and dried flowers and grocery requests. Most recently, there’s the drawings Damian throws away in the garbage can outside of Alfred’s door. He knows Alfred will take them out and save them.

He lines the top of his closet with photographs of his kids– each child has a row of pictures, like a timeline of their growth. Jason’s short row used to depress him, so now he takes twice as many pictures of Jay as he does of the others. 

He dry-cleans his butler uniform, but he always has a pile of casual wear in the Wayne laundry room. Where does he wear those things? Nobody knows. They only ever see him in his suits. It’s the great mystery of the manor.

He is the honorary father of not only Bruce, but also the entire Justice League. Most of them don’t have parents, and Alfred’s always there. They  all send him Christmas presents. He hangs hand-made stockings for them in the second living room, where they have their JLA parties.

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Please Stephanie headcanons ??? I need those in my life

Fidgety. She can’t stay still for more than a few minutes. She bounces her legs and clicks her pens, and she chews on everything– her lips, her fingernails, her cuticles. She needs to have something in her hands at all times. When she’s concentrating, she absentmindedly braids tiny bits of her hair.

She also likes to play with other people’s hair. If it’s long, she puts it up in complex styles. If it’s short, she just runs her fingers back and forth through it. Damian is a special target, because his head is right at her arm level. He pretends that he hates it.

She’s an expert level crafter. Oh yeah, she can make anything. Just give her a sewing kit and a hot glue gun. She mostly makes small gifts for her friends/family because

She loves to give people presents, especially if she can surprise them. It’s a game for her– find the perfect gift, then find a way to get it to them without their knowledge. Bonus points if they never find out who sent it. 

She’s happiest when she can make other people happy. She’s seen too many people that tear others down, and she’s tired of it– she won’t let anybody steal her joy. She’s unbreakable. She’s gonna be a damn ray of sunshine, whether you like it or not.

She and Tim play a game called “forks.” They take silverware and stick it into people’s pockets/bags/socks when they aren’t paying attention, then laugh at their “????” faces when they notice. One time, Steph stuck a fork in Bruce’s utility belt at ten o’clock, and he didn’t find it until five o’clock the next morning. It’s one of her fondest memories.

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Since u already did all of the boys, do u have any cass headcanons?

She likes to be warm. The temperature in her room is always really high, and she takes very long, very hot showers. When she’s done, she draws in the condensation on the bathroom mirrors– usually, a cowl and the bat logo on her own outline. 

She collects pens that write well, or fluidly, or in fun colors. Every member of her family brings them to her as gifts. She keeps them in a jar on her dresser.

She uses her pens to write little love notes to all of her family members, and then she leaves them in the pockets of their clothing. That way, they don’t find them until later. The first time Bruce ever found one, he was at a meeting, and he almost cried in front of the entire board of directors. 

She also collects shiny things– jewelry and gemstones and glitter. She especially likes small pieces with fun textures. She rolls them around in her hands when she’s distracted.

She has one of those walks where it almost looks like she’s dancing. You can tell it’s her from a long way off, because of the way that she swings her hips. She’s just so graceful, completely in control of her own movements.

She wishes she could sing.

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Any damian wayne headcanons?

The reason he wears headphones all the time is because he’s hypersensitive to small sounds. It’s part of his assassin training– it helps to anticipate attacks– but he can’t shut it off, so the only way he can relax is to block out sound completely. That also means that if he wears his headphones in front of you, it’s a gesture of trust. He knows that you’re not going to attack him, and he’s safe.

He’s cold all the time. It’s a side effect of returning from the dead, and it’s been happening ever since he lost his powers. It feels like his heartbeat is too weak to warm him up. Same for Jason.

He likes affectionate contact, but the only person he’s comfortable hugging is Bruce, and only when Bruce initiates. He compensates by picking fights with other members of his family– that way it’s physical, but it doesn’t give him away. He doesn’t consciously know he’s doing it. Sometimes he gets upset and thinks, “You know, I kind of feel like punching Drake today,” and rolls with it from there.

He’s the self-appointed keeper of his family’s health. Most of the time, Dick and Bruce are too distracted to notice if somebody else is struggling, so Damian notices for them. He keeps track of everybody, then feeds the information to Alfred, who helps him take care of it. The rest of the family has no idea.

The reason he likes animals so much is because they can’t judge him– if he’s kind to them, they’re kind back. No complications. They don’t know his past.

His entire life is a struggle to live up to the expectations that have been set for him. He acts so arrogant because he knows that he has to be the best, and if he fails, he doesn’t have much to fall back on. He’s just scared that he isn’t good enough.

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Any Jason Todd headcannons?

He has a very good memory– especially when it comes to things with rhyme or meter, like poetry or song lyrics. He knows every song that comes on the radio, and even if he doesn’t like them, he sings them to annoy the others. Of course, remembering everything backfires on him sometimes, because he’s got a lot of stuff he wants to forget. 

He’s an absolute neat freak. He likes things to be clean. He likes straight lines. Corners make him happy. Thank God that Alfred taught him how to get blood out of his fabrics because believe him, that is a daily struggle.

He doesn’t mind heights, but he does like to have the ground under his feet. He doesn’t like the sensation of hanging– either in the air or underwater. The concept of nothingness underneath him makes him nervous.

He talks with his hands. Lots of gestures, all the way up to his shoulders. He likes to explain things, so sometimes he paces back and forth for hours, telling stories and waving his arms around. He covers his mouth with his hand when he laughs. 

He does a lot of his laundry at the Manor, because Roy keeps stealing bits of their washing machine to use as spare parts. Only Alfred knows about this. Jason likes doing his laundry– it’s warm, and he finds folding things therapeutic. 

BUT he also uses the opportunity to mess with his siblings, usually by switching items between Tim and Damian’s piles. That way, they have to go to each others’ rooms to find their own clothing. They’re always fighting about it, and Jason thinks it’s hilarious.

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Ok now I really need some dickie headcanons

He swears– a lot. He’s got a very stressful job, okay? And he’s a grown ass man that can say whatever he wants.

He loves to take risks (lives on them, actually), but only under his own terms. Control is very important to him. That’s one of the reasons that he’s attracted to leadership roles.

He likes to understand how things work, and he likes to fix things. The concept also applies to people.

Very self-contained. He doesn’t like to depend on others, but he does like it when other people depend on him. He’s perfectly capable of living alone, because he wants to do things personally, by himself.

He sings– often and out loud, especially when he’s not paying attention. Most of the time you can hear him coming from the other side of the manor. Whatever he sings tends to get stuck in the whole family’s head and bounced around the house for a couple of days. (And Damian keeps a playlist of all of those songs.)

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Bruce Headcanons?

He’s aging. It’s getting harder for him jump and fight every day. There was a time when he could outlift all of his children put together, but now he doesn’t like going to the gym with Dick or Jason– someday soon, they’re going to be stronger than he is. Is he old? He can’t help thinking that his gray hair doesn’t just come from Damian’s exploits anymore.

He likes monochromes. People make fun of him for it (Batman only deals in black, right?) but it’s true. He does like things to be black and white, especially in high contrast. It calms him. It feels correct.

He doesn’t like to ask questions. When he doesn’t know something, he figures it out himself, with research or experimentation or even surveillance, if it comes down to that. He’ll go to great lengths to avoid asking someone else. 

And he’s almost always right. That’s the thing– his conclusions are scarily accurate 99.98% of the time– and it leads to problems in his parenting style. He tends to ignore counterarguments, because he assumes his answer is the correct one. It always has been before, right? That makes him stubborn and quick to anger when he’s challenged. 

A B A N D O N M E N T  I S S U E S. His parents died when he was a kid. Obviously, they didn’t make a choice to leave him, but that’s how it fell out. Now, he expects everyone to leave– it doesn’t matter how much they love him, they’re still going to do it. He tends to drive people away, because he thinks it will hurt less if he initiates the inevitable.

But damn, he really does love his family. He’s so proud of them. Every parents wants their children to surpass them, right? Bruce is positive that they will. They already have.

[dick]  [jason]  [tim]  [damian]  [babs]  [cass]  [steph]  [alfred]

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oh oh!! where would they put you if they drew us as a couples caricature??? Hehe maybe they would put phil in dans dimple in the custom couples caricature!!!!!! god shut the fuck up!!!!!!

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the bartender asks if i want the usual and i make a joke and say i want the unusual if they have it in the back and he giggles and walks through the door i havent seen until that point and comes back carrying a handful of wet colorful river shallow rocks and puts them on the bartop and we both look at them for hours until they dry and go dull and then we pour a little water over them again and look on

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died and came back right. there was definitely something wrong with me before? resurrection fixed me i think

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Do you consider fanfiction legitimate writing?

I won the 2004 Hugo Award for Best Short Story for an H. P. Lovecraft /Arthur Conan Doyle mashup fiction, so fanfiction had better be legitimate, because I'm not giving the Hugo back.

Or the 20O5 Locus Award for Best Novelette. I'm not giving that back either.

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