𝘣𝘢𝘵 | ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən | n̳.̳

𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭. that sounds overly valorous. 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.

[gothuille]

" you're not even my ... target " catwoman struggles in his grip, jamming a retractable claw into the gap in his armor, at the wrist. using his flinch to escape from his hold entirely. (4taking)

bruce doesn’t chase after her as she maneuvers out of his hold. if anything, he’s just glad she didn’t try to swipe at him. “do i even want to know who your target is?” he’s a little more… irritable than usual tonight. stopping jewel thieves is the least of his problems, but the papers have been constantly on his back about it to the point it’s starting to affect him. bruce thinks about the possible real crimes going on in the city, someone actually needing his help and he’s stuck dealing with a cat and her sticky paws. “just take your business elsewhere. gotham has enough problems as it is.”

[gothuille]

meeeoowww (4taking)

what is that is that a fucking cat…. ALFRED!!!! THERES A WEIRD FUCKING CAT OUTSIDE

[gothuille]

" i've just been wondering, you know, like, what… is the point? in any of this? " from garfield.

bruce sighs on the other end of the line. “garfield, when i said you could contact me when needed, i was referring to… emergencies.” he’s not sure what he expected—they’re the teen titans. (a part of him wants to ask if garfield’s consumed any… certain substances, but refrains.)

[gothuille]

dw i’m still thinking abt bruce and how he hates the police

[arwen-evenstar-deactivated20251]

Crimson Peak (2015) dir.: Guillermo del Toro

[arletquin]

moving announcement!!

i’ll officially started packing my things, as well as other stuff around the house—so my activity will probably be down by a lot. you might find me posting headcanon stuff on my other blogs ( @gothuille and @rosmaerie ) but for the most part, there won’t be a lot of IC content. if you wanna chat, you can add me on discord: dollliers! this will last until about mid-september at the latest.

[gothuille]

actually u know what, let’s make it a whole thing. after what the joker has canonically (according to me) done to jason and babs… why doesn’t bruce kill him?

to put it simply: bruce is afraid he wouldn’t be able to stop himself if he did.

while bruce is someone who’s very in-tune with his emotions, he doesn’t always have the best way of… letting himself feel them. a lot of his emotion is poured into the work he does as batman, and that does include anger and grief.

the reason why bruce has a “no killing” rule is that… he doesn’t believe anyone should be playing executioner—not him, not a government, no one. because where does one draw the line? and better yet, how do you stop that line from being pushed towards the less extreme?

i think bruce’s main concern is that if he does kill joker, if he lets all that anger and grief out in that action… he’ll create a justification for everything he does afterward. you can justify anything if you can convince someone it’s moral, right?

he doesn’t want to spiral. he doesn’t want to lose control. bruce’s fighting methods are already focused more on defense, redirection, and disarming the enemy—he doesn’t enjoy violence. and he doesn’t want to start.

[gothuille]

u guys don’t understand. when jason died, bruce spent MONTHS intensely grieving him. like when he wasn’t doing the minimum of patrolling, he was locked away in his room. jason was under HIS supervision, HIS tutelage—and bruce failed him. jason died waiting for bruce to save him. and in my universe, it takes YEARS for bruce to even reconsider having another robin under his wing

[gothuille]

i don’t wanna seem like i have a jason favoritism, it’s really just that jason’s death is such a turning point for how bruce views being a robin and the risks and consequences of it. because dick and babs moved on to do their own things, they learned to fly on their own—and i think in that, bruce kinda forgot that.. there’s no guarantees that every robin or batgirl will be able to do that. and it’s because of that that bruce goes a lot harder in his training of his future apprentices, sometimes even to the point of being a little Too Tough or overbearing bc he’d be fucking DESTROYED if it ever happened again

[gothuille]

don’t even get me started on what happened w babs. truly the only reason he didn’t go off the fucking deep end was that she survived

[gothuille]

while we’re in an angst mood, i wanna say that bruce could never and would never hit someone he loves. you could spit in his face and he’d still say “i love you”

[gothuille]

u guys don’t understand. when jason died, bruce spent MONTHS intensely grieving him. like when he wasn’t doing the minimum of patrolling, he was locked away in his room. jason was under HIS supervision, HIS tutelage—and bruce failed him. jason died waiting for bruce to save him. and in my universe, it takes YEARS for bruce to even reconsider having another robin under his wing

[gothuille]

i don’t wanna seem like i have a jason favoritism, it’s really just that jason’s death is such a turning point for how bruce views being a robin and the risks and consequences of it. because dick and babs moved on to do their own things, they learned to fly on their own—and i think in that, bruce kinda forgot that.. there’s no guarantees that every robin or batgirl will be able to do that. and it’s because of that that bruce goes a lot harder in his training of his future apprentices, sometimes even to the point of being a little Too Tough or overbearing bc he’d be fucking DESTROYED if it ever happened again

[gothuille]

u guys don’t understand. when jason died, bruce spent MONTHS intensely grieving him. like when he wasn’t doing the minimum of patrolling, he was locked away in his room. jason was under HIS supervision, HIS tutelage—and bruce failed him. jason died waiting for bruce to save him. and in my universe, it takes YEARS for bruce to even reconsider having another robin under his wing

[gothuille]

bruce and his first born (dick)

[gothuille]

bruce is like if a girl from a mary shelley novel was a boy in the modern world

[gothuille]

hey what if u… plotted w me….

[greengableslover]

THE GREEN KNIGHT (2021) dir. David Lowery

[gothuille]

❛ you’re working me. you’re trying to get me on your side. ❜

“yes,” bruce answers directly—he sees no point in lying (not to mention he’d be terrible at it). he keeps his distance, like he were encountering a frightened animal; the last thing he wants is to scare her off for good. “but i mean what i say,” bruce clarifies—i want good things for you. it goes unspoken, but it’s obvious in his intentions. anyone else would disregard her knowing her past, her affiliations. it doesn’t matter to bruce. it could very well be the end of him, such weakness and vulnerability exposed from a simple olive branch. but perhaps that’s a price he’s willing to pay. “it’s your choice to make.”

[gothuille]

continued… ( @metropolois )

bruce waits behind the couch, a few feet away with his hands in the pockets of his trench coat—which he’s yet to take off. he feels like he’s intruding, no matter how many times lois has given him the ‘okay’. bruce lingers more like a spirit than a man, his cologne musky as a cloud of shadows.

it’s only at lois’ childish groaning that the dark cloud around him lightens, and he has to bite back a very faint smile. bruce glances down at the floor, trying to hide his amused expression.

“ice cream, of course,” he nods. after briefly collecting himself (though there’s still a humored glint in his eye), bruce looks back at lois, “do you… have a flavor you’d prefer?”