Yoooooo talon dick would be so very proud of mer Jason, also sad he cant Huddle this owlet under his arms and in blankets
Would he still worry so much about Jason even though hes a legit sky scraper?
Not as much, certainly! Especially because leviathan skin and scales are virtually impenetrable.
He’d still be the biggest mama hen(owl?) about him either way though! And despair over having to kill giant squids to keep his owlet fed 🤣
Letting Jason eat the MR would be soooo dramatic pls do it
Lmao I did not expect for so many people to vote for MR to get eaten 😭😭😭
(It would totally be dramatic though 👁️ let’s hope [redacted] didn’t have to watch….)
How would Mini Bruce from your Antithesis of Magic AU react, after he debuts as Mockingjay (suck a clever name btw I cannot put into words the joy your works bring me), how would he react to messing up on patrol and Red Hood protects him but gets captured by the bats in the process?
So mini bruce escapes, but Jason gets captured, and mini Bruce doesn't know if they're putting him in Arkham (with the clown, the clown that haunts Jason's nightmares years later, they're gonna put him with the clown) or taking him to the Bat cave (dark and dank cave, they'll put him in a cell, it might be small enough to remind him of the coffin he had to claw his way out of), or worse, taking him to the justice league watchtower (somewhere mini Bruce cannot even hope of breaking into, somewhere he can't reach Jason, his only remaining family, he can't save him there) 🦇
He would raise hell on a city wide scale.
There would be a day of awful, mind numbing panic and desperation on Bruce’s behalf. A day in which he acts his age and just breaks down, crying and just wanting his dad Jason back and hug him and tell him everything is going to be alright because Jason promised he’d never leave him—
And then Bruce would methodically try to block out his acute mental distress and fall into a clinical, single minded focus.
Because they took Jason away and he’s going to get him back no matter what. Bruce will NOT let the bats win. They want war? They can bloody well have war.
And mini Bruce, taught personally by a theater kid, knows how to put on a show. Knows how to go absolutely batshit insane if he has to. It’s not even hard with what he knows is at stake here.
I can totally see our little gremlin plant several large scale bombs across the city. Even in civilian hubs. They’re not rigged to blow, but the Bats don’t know that. And Bruce would make sure to make an ultimatum that’s “either give him back or you’ll have the blood of approximately five hundred thousand people on your hands” and emphasize it with blowing up an abandoned apartment building on the outskirts of Diamond District. There aren’t any casualties, only a couple mild injuries resulting from debris, but the message is clear.
The bombs exist. And Mockingjay is more than willing to detonate them.
So how do you think Jason finding Talon!Tim would work? Like we know with Talon!Dick and Calvin Jason gets adopted immediately, he is the owlet. So if, somehow, Jason stumbles on lil Talon!Tim, maybe he and/or Bruce found a bunker the Court had that no one knew about, or the Court was trying to rise up again. Do you think Tim would consider Jason, to his dismay, owlet? Or do you think Tim would go, "This my parent/older sibling/person who will keep me safe"?
Cause on one hand, you have this small child that is trying to parent someone older than himself, which is very Tim Drake, and very funny. But on the other hand he is just a sweet lil guy that has seen the horrors™ and really needs a hug.
Ooof I’m so torn!
On one hand it would be so adorable yet heartbreaking for Tim to go “owlet!”. Not because Jason is a tiny human, but because Tim takes one look at Robin and how vulnerable he appears to a trained Talon (Tim could have killed him ten times over in the last minute alone!) and determines that he has to be a big Talon now and take care of the squishy human who makes soft sounds at Tim and even smiles. Talon must protect at all cost!
On the other hand— just imagine little Talon Timmy crammed into a little alcove, trying to keep quiet with all the commission and screeches of the other Talons. Knowing he doesn’t stand a chance against invaders that can take on the older Talons and come out on top. And then Jason finds his little hiding spot, crouches down, and makes soft little crooning sounds at Tim. Trying to coax him out. And something about those sounds makes those alien instincts inside him perk up and go “Nest parent!”, and then Tim is barreling right into Jason’s chest, peeping frantically for protection and safety and love—
Urgh both options are so good don’t make me choose 😩
I saw your posts about Jason coming back and letting Talon!Dick know but not Bruce or Tim, and Bruce and Tim thinking Dick is hallucinating Jason, and I bring you: Talon!Dick wanting to wrap himself around his owlet, to hold Jason so tightly that nothing will ever be able to pry the two apart again, but finding himself unable to because Jason is so big now.
He feels bittersweet about Jay's size because on one hand, he can't hold his owlet anymore, but on the other Jason is so big and strong now that it'll be hard for anyone to kill him again; he's trained almost as well as Dick now, with the amount of teachers he's had.
And while Dick is mourning that Jason can't fit in his arms anymore Jason just sighs and rolls his eyes before wrapping his arms around Dick, picking him up with ease, and throwing them both in the next he has in his apartment (because of course Jason would build a nest, Dick's nest was the first place he felt truly safe) and just wrapping himself around the Talon, holding him as hard as he can because he knows Dick doesn't get hurt easily. Jason holds Dick like Dick used to hold him, and this might be even better frankly because now Dick is warmer than ever, wrapped up by his owlet and surrounded by the safety of a nest, and his head is right by Jason's neck/chest, meaning he's able to easily hear Jay's strong pulse/heartbeat, a constant reassurance that he's come back.
🦉🦉
Dick would belly flop right on top of Jason at any given opportunity, soaking up all the warmth while simultaneously reassuring himself of Jason’s continued state of aliveness. This position also has the added benefit of his owlet being unable to slip away without Dick noticing.
Yes he’s a little sad his owlet doesn’t fit under his chin like he used to, but- but maybe that’s just as well. Because the last memory Dick has of doing that… Jason was cold, and his bones were wrong and Jason- and—
Maybe it’s better like this.
(And yes, Jason only sleeps in nests. Every bed is immediately converted into a neatly structured formation of blankets and pillows. This habit does not stop even during the time he spends… away.)
And now I'm thinking of talon!Calvin + reverse robins, in which Calvin is about the same age as Damian, or older, and was sent to guide Dick to kill his parent's murderer, as a begining of his talonisation, as killing does break you a lot, especially when you're already vulnerable, or pick slack if Dick can't kill Zucco, and allow him to join, despite falling the test of being capable of killing without electrium running in his blood, which would've made him the best Grey Son
Cue, Calvin clearly remembering being close friends with John Grayson, and being like wait this owling is my friend's, yes, he would be safer if he would be turned into the talon, but I can't let him be broken like I was, maybe I can just give him a shot of electrium without all that to protect him
Cue, while Calvin has a whateoido Bruce, who had his fair share of wild children, starting with his own blood son for crying out loud, adopting the kid
Omg Damian would hate Calvin. Like—- so much. (While Calvin would be largely indifferent and just ignore him. Which just makes Damian angrier lmao)
But the way I understand it, a dose of Electrum strong enough to make a difference on the human organism would have to kill them first! So Calvin would have this awful dilemma about wanting to make sure Dick can’t be hurt but having to kill him in the process. It would tear him up inside. Especially because the kid is so trusting and happy that he met someone who knew his parents well (and angry, yes. There’s also the anger. But there’s also joy still there despite it all. Joy over Calvin of all people.) He doesn’t even have to coax Dick away from the manor, he follows Calvin like a duckling the moment he mentions living in the circus with John and Mary for a time.
(Damian nearly has a heart attack when he goes to check up on the traumatized, angry boy that’s been living with them only shy of a month and finds him missing. The window wide open. No signs of forced entry, but a suspicious track of claw marks on the window sill (the moment Calvin realized just whose child Dick Grayson was) and a parliament of owls suddenly perching on the large oak tree a few yards away. And Damian doesn’t even care that Tim still hates his guts, or that Jason has school in the morning, or that Bruce is still stuck in a WE meeting— he mobilizes all forces to find Dick and bring him home.)
Meanwhile Calvin is screaming internally, perched between the spires of Gotham cathedral with an energetic little circus kid in his lap munching on a hotdog and asking questions about Calvin and the Graysons nonstop. And by the time Dick yawns and sleepily and nestles his head under Calvin’s chin, content to be in the presence of someone from the circus who was friends with his parents, Calvin realizes he can’t kill Dick. Not even temporarily. He can’t do that to him. He’ll just— he’ll just have to protect him himself. Make sure the Court never gets their claws on him. Ever. They get to have him over his thrice dead body.
Reluctant divorced while never really married co-parents Damian and Calvin
Dick who steps between Damian and Calvin when the first one attacks, but then Calvin's "protect" instincts kick in because it's his owling and he has katana pointed at him, cue, even more misunderstanding
What a messy thing it's gonna be
Y E S !
And you can bet Dick wouldn’t hesitate to side with Calvin because he knew Dick’s parents and thus is, by proxy, much more trustworthy than the strange and rich people who took him in who he’s also preeetty sure are part of the mafia or something.
Cue: more heartbreak for poor Damian who’s ditched point blank for a literal monster from children’s nursery rhyme 😭
And thing is, Calvin wouldn’t care about Damian threatening him. Or attacking him. He’s quasi immortal, whatever the heir of the demon dishes out, he can take. And if not, he’ll revive anyway. But the second the katana is heading for Dick (idiotic, brave, desperate Dick who thinks Damian is about to kill the one person that could be his real family-), Calvin loses his cool and starts fighting back in earnest.
So now a Talon and an assassin raised guy are at each other’s throat, both convinced they’re fighting for Dick’s life and it’s a big, BIG mess.
Tim is the next to arrive, correctly judges the situation and goes in to restrain Damian while Calvin immediately retreats back to Dick’s side, fussing over him even though he didn’t so much as get a scrape.
Much later, after everything is resolved, Damian and Calvin are still regularly at each other’s throat. But usually over stupid things like Dick’s bedtime or something. And no, Bruce’s input over how HE is legally Dick’s guardian does not warrant consideration. They’ve got it handled. He can be the grandpa if he feels like it. And no, Damian, Dick is not allowed to go out as a vigilante until he’s like— thirty! No point argui- oh, wait, we’re in agreement? Well… cool.
It’s a love hate relationship 🤭 and Dick totally exercises the “If dad says no, then I’m just going to ask mom!” and “Mom can I do this? Dad said I couldn’t… but you know what? He’s not the boss of either of us!” techniques. They work frighteningly often.
And now I'm thinking of talon!Calvin + reverse robins, in which Calvin is about the same age as Damian, or older, and was sent to guide Dick to kill his parent's murderer, as a begining of his talonisation, as killing does break you a lot, especially when you're already vulnerable, or pick slack if Dick can't kill Zucco, and allow him to join, despite falling the test of being capable of killing without electrium running in his blood, which would've made him the best Grey Son
Cue, Calvin clearly remembering being close friends with John Grayson, and being like wait this owling is my friend's, yes, he would be safer if he would be turned into the talon, but I can't let him be broken like I was, maybe I can just give him a shot of electrium without all that to protect him
Cue, while Calvin has a whateoido Bruce, who had his fair share of wild children, starting with his own blood son for crying out loud, adopting the kid
Omg Damian would hate Calvin. Like—- so much. (While Calvin would be largely indifferent and just ignore him. Which just makes Damian angrier lmao)
But the way I understand it, a dose of Electrum strong enough to make a difference on the human organism would have to kill them first! So Calvin would have this awful dilemma about wanting to make sure Dick can’t be hurt but having to kill him in the process. It would tear him up inside. Especially because the kid is so trusting and happy that he met someone who knew his parents well (and angry, yes. There’s also the anger. But there’s also joy still there despite it all. Joy over Calvin of all people.) He doesn’t even have to coax Dick away from the manor, he follows Calvin like a duckling the moment he mentions living in the circus with John and Mary for a time.
(Damian nearly has a heart attack when he goes to check up on the traumatized, angry boy that’s been living with them only shy of a month and finds him missing. The window wide open. No signs of forced entry, but a suspicious track of claw marks on the window sill (the moment Calvin realized just whose child Dick Grayson was) and a parliament of owls suddenly perching on the large oak tree a few yards away. And Damian doesn’t even care that Tim still hates his guts, or that Jason has school in the morning, or that Bruce is still stuck in a WE meeting— he mobilizes all forces to find Dick and bring him home.)
Meanwhile Calvin is screaming internally, perched between the spires of Gotham cathedral with an energetic little circus kid in his lap munching on a hotdog and asking questions about Calvin and the Graysons nonstop. And by the time Dick yawns and sleepily and nestles his head under Calvin’s chin, content to be in the presence of someone from the circus who was friends with his parents, Calvin realizes he can’t kill Dick. Not even temporarily. He can’t do that to him. He’ll just— he’ll just have to protect him himself. Make sure the Court never gets their claws on him. Ever. They get to have him over his thrice dead body.
How would Calvin react to meeting Jason when both his parents were still alive, assuming Willis is not that great of a father. Would he take Jason and run? Would he observe to see how Willis treats his kid? And what would Calvin think of Catherine?
If Calvin just randomly met him one day I don’t think he’d care too much. Having a home is more than some kids in Gotham can boast of, and little Jason didn’t look too worse for wear to truly register for the Talon.
But if for some reason Calvin got attached to Jason and decides to follow him home to make sure he’s well taken care of… well.
Let’s say Willis isn’t home initially, so for the first few hours Calvin only sees Jason come home to a mother hopped up on drugs (let’s assume it’s the later stage where the addiction was very bad already). And Calvin already feels that uneasy buzz in his gut because— someone like that cannot possibly provide for a small child. And little Jason is cleaning his mom up as best as he can and draping a blanket over her before he goes on the hunt for food in the cupboards. Only to come away with nothing but some canned peaches that he painstakingly pries open. And this is bad enough but— but at least he’s got a home. And food. It’s more than Calvin had with his dad. And there’s always the chance the woman will sober up and realize drugs aren’t as important as her sweet little kid. It’s not his place to intervene—
But then Willis comes home. Just when Calvin was about to leave. And for a moment it’s nothing to worry about, but then Willis starts yelling. And Jason cowers. And the uneasy feeling in Calvin’s gut turns into sickening dread.
And then Willis draws back his fist and—
Taking Jason is so much easier than it should be. The kid is too small for his age, too light. Willis goes down with little more than a solid punch to his throat, and Catherine doesn’t wake up at all. Too deep into her drug induced haze.
And Jason— Jason is scared. Terrified. But Calvin refuses to leave him in a place that’s bound to kill him eventually.
Jason insists on being the bait for a joint mission with the Bats. But the moment he starts “screaming” during the interrogation process, Batman calls the whole thing off and smashes right through the window and into the first thug.
Absolutely nobody is surprised by this development. Except Jason.
@matikura *slaps table* these gems are a CRIME to hide in the tags!!
Jason sounds all of eighteen years at most the second he starts screaming. And, look, it’s not even good torture. Tim is actively regulating the electric output on the torture device. At most it’s a tight pinch. Definitely less painful than the punches in between. But hooo boy is Jason going to sell it to them that he’s suffering™️
And the thing is— they all expected this. For Jason to scream, to pretend it really hurts. They need to get those thugs feeling safe and comfortable to start blabbing their plans blindly and become careless with the high of having caught a bat.
But they expected for him to scream the way he talks. All roughened and deep and resentful—
Instead they all suddenly have the voice of a terrified teen ringing in their ears. Shrill and agonized and- and-
Look, I’m not saying Dick nearly drops his binoculars but that sound does something horrible to his poor stomach and the urge to just storm in there and start hitting people is almost overwhelming. But he stops himself because- because this was the plan. And Jason hasn’t said the phrase that signals a need for immediate extraction, so that means— that means he’s still acting, right? That the screams aren’t real? It‘s gotta be fine. He just- he just has to trust Jason will tell them if it gets too bad. He will tell them, right.???
Bruce drops from tense anticipation straight down into a bottomless pit of his worst nightmare. And logically he knows that this isn’t Ethiopia. That the warehouse looks different. That Joker is locked up tight in Arkham. That he’s not listening to the last agonized seconds of Jason’s life before the bomb detonated but—- but—…
He makes it five whole minutes before the next anguished scream breaks his resolve. Five whole minutes, because the audio feed of Robin’s domino he managed to pull from the rubble ran six minutes before the timer ran down to zero. And Bruce can’t breathe because one minute, he has one minute-
(I’m not saying Dick is relieved when Bruce break cover to dive in for the (very unnecessary) rescue, but—- he’s totally relieved. Because that means he can dive in right after Bruce)
