Mainly because I’m Batman.
that’s a lie i would rather die than lose my kids
I love this idea that "I'm Batman" is his instinctual answer and then he realized that oh shit he should probably give his kid like an actual parental response
Mainly because I’m Batman.
that’s a lie i would rather die than lose my kids
I love this idea that "I'm Batman" is his instinctual answer and then he realized that oh shit he should probably give his kid like an actual parental response
I want more of Batman being the most autistic man alive and the Justice League misinterpreting it
He goes nonverbal and they think they did something stupid and/or he’s mad at them
He’s bad at social cues and they think he’s just an ass like that sometimes
They think his cape is full of weapons or something but in reality it’s just the right weight
A villain that affects/effects sound comes along and their in awe at his preparation but in reality sounds get too distracting sometimes and he’s had headphones in his cowl for about 5 other reasons too
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My favorite flavor of Danny Phantom in the dpxdc universes is the ordinary on the first glance teenager who stands before an unimaginable, indestructible threat and throws his hands up to yell BITCH DO I LOOK LIKE I GOT TIME FOR THIS I GOT FINALS NEXT WEEK FUCK OFF and the threat retreats and crawls back where it came from
The sky outside the coffee shop had been darkening for the last few minutes. Tim hadn't paid much attention; a cloudy day in Gotham was more common than not, and rain was usually a safe prediction. Wrapping his hands around his hot chocolate, he smiled and listened to his boyfriend.
". . . and honestly, ghosts just don't like change. They're kind of frozen at their deaths. Not to say that they can't change! Dora took over from her brother and now everyone's pretty okay, with it, but . . . oh. Great."
Tim blinked as Danny's back straightened. Without transforming, Danny changed before his eyes; the smart, goofy guy with the chocolate mustache became a tall, hard-eyed man who'd just been pushed one inch too far.
(He still had a chocolate mustache.)
Sliding out of the booth, Danny waved absently for Tim to stay in place. Patrons scattered as Danny strode towards the door, yanking it open so hard that a woman's receipt fluttered out of her hand in the sudden gust.
"VORTEX!" Danny bellowed up at the darkening sky. "I HAVE FINALS THIS WEEK, AND IF I MISS AN EXAM BECAUSE OF YOU I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU TO CLOCKWORK IN EXCHANGE FOR A RE-DO!"
The boiling clouds somehow paused.
"DON'T MAKE ME COME UP THERE!"
People shouted at the sky all the time in Gotham for one reason on another, but it was rare that the weather actually listened.
This time, it worked.
The clouds skidded away so fast that Bruce Wayne, in a meeting in Wayne Tower, suspected acts of supervillainy and quietly notified Oracle. Back at the coffee shop, an apologetic beam of sunlight shone down on Danny.
Danny raised an eyebrow.
The sun, freed from its cloudy oppression, spread its light to cover the street and beyond. Danny nodded sharply, then walked back indoors. People still moved aside, but the look on their faces was more awe than fear.
(Three miles away, the Signal squinted against the sudden brightness.)
Settling in opposite Tim, Danny grinned at Tim and finally wiped the still-damp chocolate from his upper lip. "Sorry about that. Where were we?"
I know in my heart that Battinson would crash once (very sleep deprived) in front of his newly minted Robin while using the grapple line and the kid would do a complete lecture on how to use them and what improvements he would personally make. Also after before and after every patrol, Robin checks all their gear and Battinson keeps vigil during it.
Alfred, who got pointedly ignored last week while trying to give a similar safety lecture, mentally: this is progress, this is progress, oh dear God is he taking notes?
Am i the only one who really dislikes the talon grayson shit? I genuinely don’t think the court of owls is very interesting in general, but their relationship to dick and hally circus specifically really rubs me the wrong way. It’s like writers took a story about normal, well intentioned people (that in some versions have mary and john being poc, which only furthers the racist stereotype that romani folks are “sketchy”) who were struck by tragedy, and made it into a whole ass conspiracy theory that ruins the point of multiple minor characters who already didn’t get much attention from the comics, but especially, it ruins the point of nightwing and his origin.
Do we really need another character who was raised to be a super secret and important weapon that is tied to random stuff across the whole universe? Don’t we already have two of those? Don’t you think it’s better when batman characters are just normal people??
Just. what was even the point of that??
It is so, so important to me that people understand that Tim didn't figure out the bats because Dick was a "Show off". Like yes, Dick Grayson is the most flamboyant, dramatic ass man you will ever meet.
But the quadruple somersault? There's no way that was because dick was just showing off. Because you're telling me Bruce Wayne, who's so committed to hiding his identity that he literally acts like a completely different person out of the mask in public just to ward suspicion, would miss the fact that Robin regularly uses the flying Grayson's trademark move? There's literally no way.
In the comics we see Tim explain his deductive process to Dick and Alfred and they're both surprised impressed whatever. We don't see him explain it to Bruce. I think Bruce would be surprised and shocked that a 9 year old was able to put the pieces together but I don't think he'd be surprised that the quadruple somersault gave it away.
So if Bruce was possibly aware of such an obvious give away, why let it continue?
I'll tell you why.
It really comes down to the physics
So Dick was 9 when he started out right? That means the most he'd have likely weighed was 43kgs or roughly 95lbs in freedom units.
But Dick and both of his parents are gymnasts who tend to be smaller. So he was likely less than that.
In physics, rotating objects build up angular momentum (this is how bikes stay up right for example). The more rotation, the more momentum. And objects with less mass build up that momentum much faster than those that are heavier.
Robin constantly has to fight people who are nearly 3 times his size. I teach 8 year olds, they're tiny. A quadruple somersault for a small boy that weighs less than a hundred pounds is a brutal weapon. Especially if you add in the acceleration from gravity as he drops in from above.
And I can guarantee you this logic tracks because Dick literally utilizes this idea, without the somersault, in the 2009 teen titans cartoon.
Yeah, that's right. We're talking about the infamous knee drop.
Like it is borderline savage. Add in a quadruple somersault and the resulting force is nearly fatal. It's likely the main reason Batman would ever allow him to do it with the cape on.
Also, Dick landing feet first on the penguin in the first image probably gave the guy severe back issues
Shoutout to the U.S. embassies in Austria, Chile, India, and South Korea who have directly ignored orders from the Trump administration in flying the pride flag
They’ve found really clever workarounds, as they were banned from flying the pride flag on the flag pole.
They aren’t ignoring orders: they are obeying the orders to the exact letter.
Malicious compliance
Also in Mexico City they couldn’t fly the flag but they didn’t said anything about a picture of a flying flag ❤️
THIS IS SOME GOD TIER CHAOTIC LAWFUL EVIL STUFF
dude you gotta do what you gotta do
This isn’t chaotic lawful evil. It’s chaotic lawful good to fuck over the evil.
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Teacher: anyone have any questions?
Kid!Dick: [raises hand]
Teacher: yes?
Dick: If I ate a tuna in front of another tuna would it count as psychological torture?
Teacher: …
Teacher: Any questions related to the topic at hand.
Dick: [raises hand]
Teacher: Anyone other than Mr Grayson.
Damian is the quiet kid in the back who doesn't just answer the questions, he also corrects the worksheet and critiques the lesson.
If it's a lesson without handouts, he will present his hand written critique to the teacher as he leaves the classroom.
He never interacts with the teachers or the students unless required to, and after that first time making him answer in front of the class, the teachers NEVER CALL ON HIM AGAIN.
Then there's his behaviour outside the classroom....
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hey! coming over to dc from marvel and the timelines are confusing me lmao. which continuity is considered “canon”?
That's the fun part! You don't! You just pick and choose which parts from various continuities you like, then create your own personal canon!
A strong start.
Reminds me of this I found a couple days ago
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but i genuinely believe that bruce goes full billionaire father on Christmas. it is EASILY the best excuse he has to spoil the fuck out of his kids, and buy literally every single thing he thinks they would like. what are they gonna do, tell him no??? it's christmas, he's SUPPOSED to buy gifts, he's SUPPOSED to try and buy their love. if there is one day a year he gets to act a fool, and swipe his card as many times as he likes it is then.
and because he's such a freak who, for all his faults, fucking LOVES his kids -- he absolutely has a W.E elf squad, 2 elves assigned to each kid, whose sole job is to accumulate a list and find every single item on that list, and if that means haggling and daring to get into a fist fight for the last one, you better fucking do it. he is paying big money to make sure everything is secured. . . do not fail him.
everyone's still haunted by the 2013 "incident" involving dick grayson wayne, a lack of an indoor trampoline, and an uncomfortably cold conference room.