This is my official Batfam Magical Girl AU Masterpost (everyone clapped)

(image updated: 9/21/24)

I’m going to do a brief overview and then go into more details for those interested.

Bruce being from old money (and apparently being connected to Camelot) inherited a mysterious mineral with unknown properties. In its raw form it’s very unassuming, but when cut like gemstones and added to accessories it can be harnessed into a tool. By altering the mineral into a wearable item it allows the magic within to be channeled. The magic of the mineral connects with its wielder to create an outfit and (typically) a weapon. These outfits do not grant the wearer special abilities outside of the transformation and the weapon, but when worn the wearer is granted (what is basically) hammerspace and a nearly impenetrable outfit. The uniform granted is not something they can alter the appearance of but will change gradually overtime to reflect how the wielder has grown.

This mineral will henceforth be known as Arcanium. It operates on Kryptonite logic in that it’s— allegedly— super rare but also shows up whenever the plot needs it. (I’m aware it shares a name with a card game, but I wanted my Kryptonite spoof)

Martha Wayne unknowingly started the cycle by turning— what she thought was a rare gemstone— into a brooch. She died shortly after having it made and Alfred held onto it in her memory. Like canon Bruce goes on his journey of self-exploration to train. When he comes back he enacts his plan the way he does in Batman: Year One, where he goes out in basically just make-up, and it goes poorly. He wanders his manor trying to formulate a strategy and is drawn to his parent’s room and finds his mother’s brooch. Cue the first magical girl transformation. From there he alters the brooch to fit his bat aesthetic and the Batman Brooch is born.

Dick comes into his life the same way as canon. Bruce takes him in as a ward, Dick tries to track down Zucco on his own, etc. Bruce decides to use the other raw sample of Arcanium to turn into a second magical artifact. He lets Dick pick the theme, and thus the Robin Pendant is born. The rest is history.

Love the idea that Gordan has known Bruce’s identity for years now because he is a detective afterall and arguably you don’t need to be as good as Batman to figure it out. So he’s just known and kept it to himself and he pretends for Bruce’s sake. I don’t think Gordon is an esp good actor but he’s very good at evading things he doesn’t know how to approach. When Bruce does finally reveal himself Gordon’s lack of reaction is suspicious and the truth comes out.

(this is based off 2022 Batman but can be applicable other places) Going along with this thought I also really like when Gordan and Bruce are friends simply because they’ve worked together for so long, and indirectly Bruce has let him in on a part of his life only his immediate family sees (that part being Batman). While in costume Bruce can hide most of his humanity but there’s always going to be small things that can’t be hidden. Gordon has seen him investigating enough to know his patterns and see beyond the cowl (metaphorically). Esp when Bruce was first starting out, Gordon is already a fairly seasoned detective and it only took a few investigations for him to pick up that this guy was young and that was the first time Gordan truly saw Bruce as human.

Neither would realize they were actually friends until embarrassingly late. It would take like a throw away comment from Dick.

big fan of the Kon he/she agenda

still not super sold but magical girl au batman is on his way (wip)

I’m so sorry but I feel this in my soul… Bruce is a boy dad. That’s what he was built for. He loves Cass ofc he does but his mentality towards her and the rest of his kids is “they can handle themselves,” except maybe Damian. Bruce is saying things like “walk it off” and that’s boy dad behavior. I truly think he would be so awkward if he had to raise a household full of girls. Not sexist just awkward. Bruce has a hard time socializing (on a deeper level not stuff for the press) with people he doesn’t see himself in. Which is why he gets on fairly easy with Cass. However I think if he had the time he would be a fierce PTA parent. In another lifetime the school faculty loved and feared him. Versus Gordan who wanted so badly to be a boy dad, was forced to be a girl dad, and was converted over time.