all the bats are lgbt because I said so

azu/josie• he/they lesbian• obsessed with batman but I don't wanna annoy my irls who follow my main

[ochibrochi]

💎 rogues are a bat's best friend 🦇 @brucewaynepinupzine

[batbinary]

Some thoughts on Batman Year 3 1-4 (Batman #436-439) from 1989 because I found some old comics in my grandfather's house and got excited!

The storyline is a very bittersweet reflection on Dick's origins after Jason's death with a focus on Bruce and Dick's relationship.

In #436, Dick says that he thought Alfred's worries for Bruce were exaggerated, but when he visits the manor, he finds all traces of Jason wiped away. He knows that Bruce would never talk about it as father and son, so he approaches the problem like a case.

Bruce is increasingly violent and undisciplined in his endeavors as Batman. Dick finds him easily by following the wreckage through Gotham's streets. When he finds him, though, Bruce rejects his help and pushes him away.

Parallel to Dick's struggle with worries about Bruce, Alfred worries about what Dick will do when Anthony Zucco is released from prison on parole. Bruce has lost all sense of logic and moderation, beating thugs bloody and working with crime bosses in his search for who is killing members of organized crime.

The difference between Bruce and Dick becomes visible when Zucco is released and subsequently killed, as Dick does not falter from the code and logic that Bruce taught him to follow as Robin. Bruce is violent and erratic in his grief.

Bruce rejects Dick's help and companionship, afraid of losing him just like Jason. The differences between them are highlighted even more, as Dick explains how Bruce and Alfred's love shaped him despite his parents' murders. He says that Bruce didn't have that.

This storyline is interesting because it parallels and contrasts Bruce to Dick instead of Dick to Jason. Post-Jason's death, Bruce isolates himself while Dick reaches out. Bruce's actions are motivated by fear, while Dick's are motivated by love and care. Alfred worries for them both, but only Dick comes to confide in him while Bruce dives into Batman work.

Overall, this was a devastating storyline that really hammers home the impact of Jason's loss on the family.

[batbinary]

Face card never declines!!!

[batbinary]

Okay leftist king! Pretty, poised and progressive!

[batbinary]

Face card never declines!!!

[lornahs]

Where to start reading Hal Jordan?

Honestly there’s so much to read of Hal Jordan that it would get too long if i included everything i would like to include so I’m keeping it short. I hope this serves a good introduction. Now the first thing we’re gonna do is read his first appearance in Showcase #22 followed by his origin in Secret Origin and then continuing on with:

Green Lantern vol. 1 1-5, #148-150, ##181, #198, 201-207

Emerald Dawn I and II

Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #1-3

Green Lantern/Green Arrow

Green Lantern vol 2 #188-200

Legacy: The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan

Green Lantern “The Road Back” vol. 3 #1-8

Green Lantern/Flash: The Brave and The Bold #1-6

Emerald Twilight (Green Lantern v3 #48-50)

Parallax: Emerald Night

The Spectre Volume 4

Green Lantern Rebirth

Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War

Tales of the Sinestro Corps

Blackest Night

Brightest Day

New 52 Flash annual #2 

Also if you want check out Green Lantern: Will World, DC The New Frontier, JLA: The Nail, JLA Year one, Green Lantern: Fear Itself.

[thebatbaes]

“You’re probably wondering why I do this; Why I took you on as a student. I wonder sometimes, myself. This is a vow I took on my own shoulders, no one else’s… But what if the task outlasts me? Hell, I know it will. Who takes up the fight in my absence? Who will stand for Gotham then?”

[ Bruce Wayne as Batman and Stephanie Brown as Spoiler in Robin (1993) #92 ]

[thebatbaes]

@incoherentbabblings​  your tags are too good, I just had to add them to the post ♥

[incoherentbabblings]

😁😁😁 Thank youuuuuuu

[bitimdrake]

Complete Stephanie Brown Timeline & Reading Order

(*for the Post-Crisis/pre-Flashpoint era)

Steph spent over a decade as a supporting character, which means until she finally got her Batgirl run, her appearances are scattered across various bat-books, and hard to track (let alone order) if you don’t know where to start. Which is what I’m here for!

This will run through a basic explanation of Steph’s entire timeline up to Flashpoint, including every appearance in chronological order. (Well, minus some pointless cameos where she appears for a single panel/line.) If you’re just reading for Steph, there are many issues listed where you could just skim through the non-Steph portions.

For the very abbreviated version:

Steph first appears in Detective Comics vol 1 #647-649 as the Spoiler, working against her dad.

She returns and becomes a regular supporting character in Robin vol 2 (1993), which includes getting together with Tim, and going through a teen pregnancy.

Steph starts to appear more across other Batfamily books, particularly Batgirl vol 1 (2000) (while still being a regular in Robin).

For a short time, she is welcomed into the inner circle and trained directly by Batman, before being rejected again.

After Tim is forced to quit, Steph becomes Robin briefly.

Shortly after being fired, she is killed.

Steph returns with a very brief explanation, and floats around as a Robin supporting character again.

Finally, she becomes Batgirl and gets her own run in Batgirl vol 3 (2009), which lasts until the reboot.

Full timeline and issue listings below the cut! I’ve tried to make it possible to just grab the listed issues, ignore any (lower-case s) spoilers, and get a fresh read for yourself OR to read in full for a thorough timeline.

Keep reading

[violetsyrenart]

A typical thug conversation in Gotham…

Edit: for some context I’m referencing another comic page I made a while ago in the last panel.

[peanutbuttaz]

[dchuntress]

[batbinary]

1700 words into my very first batlantern fic and they finally kissing

They have already argued twice, though, which is basically foreplay

[batbinary]

For everyone who liked this post, I've finally finished and posted the fic:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[batbinary]

1700 words into my very first batlantern fic and they finally kissing

They have already argued twice, though, which is basically foreplay

[batbinary]

I think it's really funny that my hal jordan playlist on Spotify has 100+ saves or followers or whatever they're called, but my batman playlist has one (1). I don't know why that is but I'm calling it green bias because in my head that's funnier.

Anyway, if you wanted to check out my character playlists they're here:

[ionjuno]

oh yeah, hyperfixation

[fagbatman]

hes ambiguously bisexual. hes 30 to 40 years old. hes always wanted to be a father. he never expected to be one. he gets 14 children he feels woefully unequipped for. he has a laundry list of mental illnesses. he has 17 boyfriends and girlfriends. he fumbles everyone. hes suicidal. no one understands him. he doesn’t bother to be understood. he has 10000 opps. he may or may not have an eating disorder. he’s a slut. he will die in the mask he’s created. his boobs are huge. he spends half his day in a cave. he loves everyone. he has an emotional intelligence level of 2. he is astounded anyone can love him. he hates himself more than anyone on the planet. he’s akin to greek myth. he will never get to be old. he’ll never live past 50. he’ll live forever in story and our conscience

[finalgirlabigailhobbs]

batman enjoyers when writers acknowledge bruce’s biggest weapon is his love for people

[jostenneil]

i think the biggest things fundamental to any bruce interaction with people whom he really cares about should be how his a) fear, b) loneliness, or c) compassion dictates those interactions. he takes upon sidekicks out of a combination of loneliness and compassion, he distances them and fires them from the job out of a combination of fear and compassion. compassion to me is critical to his entire foundation, he decides to become the batman because he never wants anyone else to go through the same thing he did and i feel like where writers really erred with him over the years is interpreting his “war on crime” in a literal sense to where that’s all it’s become. that’s why people complain so much about batman beating up people who need help or whatever, bc writers have leaned too much into the idea of him fighting a war rather than into the idea of him trying to save people from villains who would otherwise hurt them. that’s why it feels empty and hollow in some stories when he refuses to kill villains, not bc he’s wrong, but bc there’s not much meaning to it if he’s beating them within an inch of their life anyway. compassion and the restraint that comes by way of that has to be at the core of his character bc if it isn’t then really, who is batman? he’s just some guy who beats up baddies and cruelly dunks on his kids. let him be awkward, let him push people away bc he fears losing them as a result of enlisting them to his cause, let him break down under the weight of caring too much for his kids who need to be let go bc they’ve grown and he can’t always be haunted by their potential deaths. but don’t make him cruel. don’t kill the man bruce wayne is supposed to be just for some edgy story where his kids and his friends hate him and he’s truly alone

[haveihitanerve]

Nightwing, Red Hood, Red Robin, Spoiler, Batgirl, all hug their teams after missions, check in, make sure they’re fine, because its what Bruce would do, what Batman did, after a rough patrol, or a difficult mission, he’d crush them close, ensure their safety, check in afterwards because maybe the mission was a little harsher and more trying so Bruce was a little more bitchy and he just wants to check in, make sure they’re good, make sure his kids are okay, that they’re safe, and the League sees this happen and is like “where did crime lord Red Hood learn this?” to just hug his teammates after battle? Weird. And then they all are like- “wait batman doesn't hug yall after battle?” And the League is like “wtf no????” and yeah…

I just want the kids to be the tadest bit oblivious to the fact that their Batman is also their Dad and is not the League’s Batman.