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This came to me in a dream, and I attempted to recreate it in ms paint (apologies for the quality). I swear this is how every interaction they have in clone wars feels.
still cannot get over the fact that talzin just set him loose like that butt ass naked and neither he nor savage seemed to mind it at all, nor did they do anything about it at any point . would he just have kept running around in the nude unbothered if the mandalorians hadn't forcefully clothed him
š Stunning illustrations fromĀ Lady Lovely Locks and the Pixietails: For the Love of Lady Lovelylocks; written by Teddy Slater and illustrated by Pat Paris; published in 1987 š
so iām trying to write duke and i donāt think iām writing him right. how would you describe his personality because with donāt trust fanon lmfaooo
(this was only supposed to be a paragraph or two i swear to god)
1. first things first, duke is a hardcore gryffindor. donāt let the yellow color scheme mislead you, okay. and while most of the time heās depicted in fanon asĀ āomg this family is crazy and iām the only sane one,ā itās actually pretty much the opposite? if anything, i think the other batkids would be likeĀ āoh finally, someone who can match our level of chaotic energy. HEY DUKE WANNA BUNGEE JUMP OFF WAYNE TOWERāā and an hour later theyād all be in the batcave getting lectured by bruce for leading poor sweet innocent duke astray when really he was already planning on doing that this weekend.
listen, this is the kid who once jumped off a bridge to escape police. this is the dude who decided to fight criminals while theyāre still eating their wheaties at 6am in a bright yellow suit. and while duke seems to be the best at following bruceās command at the moment due to having been trained by him most recently compared to the others and is still figuring out how to be a hero, iām positive that if bruce werenāt here to guide him, duke would be running around gotham taking down criminals anyway. i mean, he literally did do that with the āwe are robinā kids. plus there was the whole thing when he was like ten years old and decidedĀ āi am going to singlehandedly stop the riddler in my light up sketchers and pikachu backpack. try and stop me.āĀ
duke is headstrong and has a strong drive toward heroism. heās an extremely enthusiastic and passionate person in general, and i try to capture a little of that when i write him, even with mundane things like trying to beat his siblings to the last cupcake.Ā
2. another thing i noticed is that duke swears like a sailor in comics? seriously, this boy could give jason a run for his money with how many ā@#!%ā speech bubbles there are. i donāt know if this is just a trend the writers added in the comics iāve read of him, or if itās a genuine trait throughout every comic heās in, but thatās something to make note of when writing dialogue for duke. after all, he did grow up in the narrows, so it makes sense that heād use a lot of swearing and slang in his everyday vernacular.
3. i would also make a point of noting that duke is fairly young compared to the rest of the batfamily, being the second youngest after damian. duke is still a teenager in high school, and he acts like it. heās got homework and friends and is eager to make a difference in gotham, trying to juggle everything and make it all work somehow. heās stubborn and doesnāt give up easily, so itās important to write him as someone who is trying to save the world while also struggling with finding time to study for his next math test. he's human. he doesnāt get to dedicate all of his time to fighting crime like cass or jason might be able to, since duke is still a mostly normal teenager with teenager problems.
4. and donāt forget that unlike the other batkids, duke still has two living parents. sure, theyāre jokerized and might not ever be the same again, but theyāre alive and thatās what holds him back from letting himself get as close to the waynes as he wants to. duke wonāt be calling bruceĀ ādadā anytime soon, and i think heād have some internal struggle over stuff like holidays and birthdays with the waynes, remembering what his parents are missing out on and wondering if joining the wayne family is a betrayal to them. duke is very conflicted over this, even if he doesnāt say it directly. stuff like ducking out of movie night early or feeling a bittersweet pang during thanksgiving dinner makes sense for someone in his situation.Ā
(i usually ignore that aspect in my fics because i want duke to just be adopted and part of the family already, but not everyone does that, and thatās perfectly fine.)
5. honestly, duke is such a caring individual and we as a fandom need more of him being a shoulder for people to lean on because heās?? so soft?? duke can be so sympathetic and rational when it comes to emotional problems. it seems like duke internalizes every bit of advice he gets from the people around him and uses it to inspire others and help them through their own problems. as tough and hotheaded as duke can sometimes be, he really is good when it comes to emotions.
6. duke is a smartass. he will 100% use sarcasm against any and every authority figure he meets, usually just for the hell of it.Ā
7. heās very frank in general, usually the first to be likeĀ āokay full disclosure, weāre about to die right now. that sucks. anywayāā in a situation. heās honest and tends to be upfront about his fears/anxieties, usually for comic relief, but i think it still counts.
8. okay i have to add that duke is also kind of a punk? he and jason have a lot in common because of this: they both grew up in one of gothamās worse areas (jay in crime alley and duke in the narrows) and theyāre both highkey deliquents. duke has no problem getting into fights or talking back to authority figures, and itās gotten him in hot water on more than one occasion. itās why he kept getting moved around the foster system before bruce took him in because no one wanted to keep him.
9. heās also gottenĀ so close with the other batkids and we love to see it!! duke calls cassĀ āsisā and treats damian like the annoying little brother he never had and i adore every second of it. we havenāt gotten a lot of interactions between duke and the others aside from training and stuff, but he and jason have the wholeĀ āpunk kid who got adopted by batman and is baffled by how rich people liveā going for them, so they can bond over that. and duke is a thinker like tim, so they can hang out and do puzzles or play chess or whatever it is that smart people do. (and duke and steph are BESTIES i donāt care what anyone says.)
10. most of all, duke is still learning how the whole hero thing works. heās young and heās trying his best, but he also makes mistakes. he will be impulsive and screw up, and heāll try and merge the lessons batmanās taught him and that his parents taught him and that other heroes teach him until it all makes sense in his own mind. duke isnāt experienced like dick or even damian, so heās going to be lagging behind for a while until he grows until the role heās made for himself.
other miscellaneous details to include:Ā
- duke is dating izzy, who used to be part of the āwe are robinā gang with him
- he used to live at the manor and now lives with his cousin jay, but honestly i just have him living at the manor in everything i write because i like it better that way
- he can control shadows and light now! what a king!
- duke secretly writes poetry and is good at creative writing in generalĀ
- this:
- duke is super smart?? he figured out that agent 37 was dick grayson without even trying?? iām so proud of him
- his biological father is this supervillain called gnomon so now duke has got four parents: his mom, his dad, his supervillain dad, and bruce (plus selina if you count her as the batkidsā stepmom, which i do)
- jason calls himĀ ānarrowsā and i love that
- and, lastly, the most important panel in the history of comics: