Rain’s DC Bookshelf

My side blog for all things DC Comics. Expect an excess of Bat Family.

[dccomicsbookshelf]

Rain's DC Sideblog Pinned Post

I'm pretty sure you couldn't make pinned posts last time I was actually active on this sideblog.

All tags mentioned in this post will be included on the post for ease of use.

Hi! I'm Rain! My main tumblr is @liveandletrain, its a mostly untagged hellhole of cat videos and linguistic things, 99.9% reblogs. My tags for my original posts are #Rain Rambles, and #Rain Writes Fanfiction, there will occasionally also be DC posts made on my @omegaversebookshelf sideblog, but all of that will also be reblogged here with the tag #DC Omegaverse

I'm on AO3 as CaraLee (where my DC fic, mostly written between 2014-2018, currently is all posted) and the pseud LiveAndLetRain (where my new DC fics will be posted moving forward) You are welcome to read my old stuff, I'm still proud of most of it, though I have grown and changed and learned a lot since then. I have several new WIPs and am planning on rewriting/updating some of my old ones, if you are interested in any of that. (Maybe, someday, the second chapter of Charity Events, Playboy Billionaires, and Other Stressful Things will be posted. Wilder things have happened!)

I frequently describe myself as "an ensemble girlie" and that has not changed since 2015, Batfamily, Justice League, Titans, Young Justice, Flash Fam, Superfam...I love them all equally. Though my knowledge base varies.

I freely admit to not being super familiar with the events of the comics from the past 5-7 years and I don't particularly care, I like what I like and I will continue to enjoy those things. (I have not yet decided if I will watch seasons 3&4 of Young Justice.)

My askbox is open for the most part, including for anons. I love to chit chat, my response times vary wildly.

I do not know any "Dink". If he is in the post I will not reblog it. (If I do it's because I'm dyslexic and didn't notice)

If you put hatred or harassment in my notes I will block you.

[br-uwu-cewayne]

Brucie: [twirling his bangs and holding a pint glass of beer between his fingers from the base like a wine glass] ha ha, wait, no stop, you are soooo funny! Omg, thank you all so much for inviting me this time! So... okay, wait, explain the rules to me one more time?

Bruce, aside: Jim, you do realize, I'm about to brutally and viciously murder the entire GCPD bowling team, an utterly complete floor-wiping the likes of which their reputation will never recover from?

Gordon: You kidding? This betting pool is about to pay my rent for the next three years.

[maskofredacted]

Batman AU where the batfam is an extension of Gotham’s will so they can’t leave the city without taking a piece of it with them

Bruce, ever practical, has a batarang made from a steel piece off the bat signal (not that he’d be able to throw it but it’s a backup nonetheless)

Dick, Jay, and Tim have made it Robin tradition to carry pebbles in their pockets (the justice league has come to associate the soft jingling of rocks with the arrival of the Dark Knight)

Steph finds pretty rocks and quartz to crack open and share with Cassandra- and they cycle through their newest finds (cass does keep a shiny piece of obsidian in her utility belt, it was the first one Steph gave her)

Duke keeps a corner from a road sign in his pouch, the reflective yellow paint matches his theme- (what better representation of the city than perpetual construction)

Damian reverently carries a piece of deep green sea glass from the harbor. The color reminds him of his mother, and he finds the beauty fitting. (The irony that the only way for him to leave his new home is an echo of the reason he’s there in the first place is not lost on him.)

[maskofredacted]

I have more thoughts on this- also thank you to everyone who’s liked and reblogged ily <3

The item they take doesn’t exactly have to have sentimental value- it can be anything random

Early on in his time of knowing the Batman, Clark was perplexed. The man(?) moved like a ghost, melting into shadows or plain disappearing as of on a whim. As he paid more attention, however, there was one thing he noticed as (seemingly) mundane from the Bat. He liked to collect rocks. Every time Clark had come to get Batman for league reasons that took the man (he’s still not completely sure) out of his dwelling, he’d take a few moments to skate a hand across the ground-gentle and searching- until he came up with a rock he deemed just right before nodding and following Clark without a word.

Clark never said anything, too afraid to make Batman hide more of himself after being noticed.(as he was known to do)

Also for more of my thoughts on how it works when losing a tethered item:

It’s not dangerous or lethal to lose an item while outside of Gotham, they’d basically just lose corporeal form and reshape back in the city. Like a spawn point I guess LMAO

This opens up an array of potential shenanigans

The kids do treat it pretty seriously, especially around Bruce or on missions- but after? When they’re on their way back anyway? Not a chance.

Their favorite after outing activity is a modified game of capture the flag, or maybe it’s more similar to keep away? Everyone limits themselves to one tethered item and stands at various edges around one rooftop. The goal is to be the last one sent back to the Batcave involuntarily. Bruce thinks it’s stupid, but he too has been caught unawares. (Thanks, Tim)

Tim dropping his tether after being faced with any uncomfortable situation:

[collectivefandomstuff]

Catwoman: [flirting while wearing a backpack full of stolen art] always a pleasure to see you Batman

Batman: I know you robbed the exhibit. Put it back

Catwoman: [pretends to think it over] you know… I don’t think I will.

Batman: fine. Just one thing before you go.

Batman: [steps aside to show Robin (Dick Grayson), 8 years old] this is Robin

Batman: he’s been asking me to go to the exhibit since it opened but I haven’t had the time

Batman: I finally had some time off this weekend, so we were going to attend on Saturday.

Batman: he hasn’t spoken of anything else all week.

Robin: [blinks sadly]

Catwoman:

Batman:

Catwoman: [wavering] I’m not going to just-

Robin: [in a watery voice] it was all I wanted for my birthday

Catwoman: [throws her hands up] FINE I’LL PUT IT BACK

[dklem]

“We don’t understand each other. There’s a difference.”

[radioactive-earthshine]

NGL I have STRONG opinions about digital releases omitting the letters to the editor section of older comics. I feel like the letters are a part of comic history and should be aggressively preserved.

[radioactive-earthshine]

I'm feeling this again. I also have strong opinions that the letters to the editor section need to be brought BACK.

[raptorific]

Battinson really does make certain Old People things about Batman lore make sense about a Batman Of The 20s. For example, Dick's origin. I fully believe that this particular Batman, instructed to go out and have some fun, like a human person might have, with no instructions more specific than that, would answer the question "what is fun, to a person?" by googling "circus near me"

[raptorific]

"Alfred told me to go have some fun so I went to see great clown pagliacci and, as you can imagine, there was a murder and, understandably, I now have a child"

[incorrect-batfam-quotes-mostly]

Young Dick as Robin: why do you always hold my hand on missions? 

Batman, dead inside: because as soon as i let go, your gonna do a backflip off a lampost

[dccomicsbookshelf]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I'M SO NORMAL ABOUT ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN. EVERYONE SHOULD GO READ ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN RN

[frownyalfred]

I 100% believe Bruce runs around playing undercover boss at all of the Wayne Foundation services. He’s too curious and too good at undercover work not to try. They’ll be serving dinner at a soup kitchen and he’s just in the corner, sipping on broth, watching Larry from management scream at the workers and mentally drafting the email to the soup kitchen executive director.

[notrav1]

batcass batcass batcass batcass bat cass ba

[intl-tex]

reconvening after a late mission

[broosepayne]

One of my favorite things in both comic art and fanart is when Damian is drawn as just a little bit of spiky hair in the bottom of the frame. He’s too small, he can’t reach

[reebmiester]

[toomanyf4ndoms77]

Teen Titans (2003) Issue #100.

Get his ass, get his ass.

[grakkie]

Earth/magma bender Damian!

[hexespheres]

Characters with different genders, sexualities, disabilities, ethnicities and nationalities in North American DC comics books.

((Also characters with intersectional identities as well))

►► Inspired by queenmera

Part 1

Part 2

[galactickohipot]

arrrggh my eyes!