I just think it's neat

i like it, i think it's neat

[robs-your-robins]

Ok, but hear me out on this. Male Stripper Dick.

[i-like-batfam]

This ask is so much funnier out of context

like... yeah... they tend to show those a lot

[i-like-batfam]

I don't really watch my adventures with superman so I don't know the full story behind this but watching this clip and seeing evil superman who is almost identical except slightly darker skin is like... huh...

[robs-your-robins]

There is no canonical proof but why do I fully believe that one of the Robins, in an effort to commit to the bird cryptid myth, fucking ate a worm in front of a civilian? And why am I so sure it was Steph?

[i-like-batfam]

Bruce sitting next to damian in the hospital waiting room because damian deciding that the compromise between robin needing to eat worms and him not wanting to take an animal's life was to eat a tapeworm: 😑

[robs-your-robins]

So, do you headcanon that Clark actually has a really low pain tolerance when he's depowered since he almost never actually feels pain?

Also, slightly related, did you know that when a kid eats shit and bursts out crying, sometimes it's not bc they're actually hurting, it's more just bc they're Fuckin Spooked that the ground is suddenly that close. Basically, I like to think Martha still had that classic mum experience of comforting a crying kiddo when he fell over (and also considering that still sometimes happens when you're an adult (source: that time I slipped on a tupperware lid and wrenched my shoulder trying to catch myself on a kitchen sideboard) I like to think that Clark still does that occasionally when the circumstances line up Just Right)

Clark absolutely did and does it. Ma got worried when Clark's foot got trampled once and the kid didn't yelp and the neighbours started frowning so she taught him that if he got an "injury", he had to play it up. Not wailing and throwing himself on the ground persay but a wince or grimace there, some tears maybe. Honestly, just any reaction. And Clark does and around the Planet he gets the reputation of saying really funny country expletives when "hurt" like "son of a biscuit" or "darn, that smarts".

But yeah, I think Clark's tolerance for human pain is low, I mean the sun is always around to give him a boost and nothing can really hurt him physically. Emotionally? The man is one cute calf sighting from bursting into tears.

[i-like-batfam]

I don't think Ma ever had to tell him to play it up. Children will instinctively copy the reactions of those around them, even if they aren't in pain (it's hilarious watching videos of babies have nothing happen to them then their adult freaks out and they start crying.

Clark cried a lot as a kid. The first time he fell and ma looked worried he burst out into tears. It became such a habit to cry whenever he did something that would make ma or pa worried that he actually had to stop himself in his teen years when he realized that he didn't feel pain and didn't need to be crying. He still likes to act up his pain when he's at home with Lois and make her kiss it better

[i-like-batfam]

A child's caretaker adopting them does not mean that they love them any more than if they had not adopted them

Adoption is a legal process that cuts a child's ties with their lost parents way more than it builds ties with their new caretaker

[i-like-batfam]

while I don't normally indulge in miraculous x batfam content, the realization that both Adrien and Tim have neglectful parents who spent all their time at archeology digs abroad does give me amazing (and increasingly unhinged) headcanons that their parents were friends, they met each other as children, and that Tim is also a sentibeing but that just never comes up

Like Felix trying to track down all the senti-beings created by the weird shadow mafia and just coming up on this rich family in the most crime ridden city in america and deciding that it probably isn't worth it to explain to him everything about miraculouses and the peacock miraculous and the concept of sentibeings.

Or a villian accidentally breaking some family heirloom necklace Tim was wearing on patrol and all of the sudden he's gone and there's just a feather in his place and Bruce is fucking baffled because he's the best detective in the world and he can't even figure out where his body is when he went missing right in front of him

[okoyestrainee]

Okay, so hear me out. There are species of animals that reject their offspring if they don’t “smell” right. Like something about the pheromones are off and thus the vibes are bad. You can’t be mine, you smell funny. Similarly, we know that hormones and neurochemical reactions play a large part in bonding between human babies and parents. Our brains are swimming in chemicals that have us looking at our squishy, decidedly odd-looking newborns and saying “it’s so cute, I wanna bite it.”

My dudes (gender neutral). My people. My fellow nerds. Superman initially rejecting his clone because he doesn’t smell right. The kid was in a soup of artificial, clone-making chemicals and he doesn’t smell like he should. But what the fuck is he supposed to smell like? Superman having no frame of reference for this crazy feeling, for this intense dislike of a person with his face, and struggling internally with it because he knows logically that this deep revulsion doesn’t make sense. Problem is, he physically can’t help it. Something about this kid makes his teeth itch and his fingers twitch.

Then the kid takes a shower and changes his clothes and oh. Why would I push him away? That’s my baby. Hate him? How could I hate my baby? My baby. My sweet, perfect, amazing angel baby. My baby. My baby. My baby. Mybabymybabymybabymybaby.

And it’s probably hilarious from the outside looking in, because Superman looked ready to light the kid on fire a minute ago and now he’s all gooey-eyed. No thoughts, just sappy smiles and burying his nose in the clone’s hair. He’s ready to pluck the moon from the sky and hang it on a string for his kid. It’s sweet and adorable.

It’s also completely, utterly terrifying. Seeing how quickly one of the strongest beings in the known universe fell victim to his own biology, how wildly the pendulum swung from one extreme to the other. Batman’s immediately planning a trip to the Fortress to gather intel on this reaction. How long does it last? Is it normal? Is it supposed to be like this? Does it have anything to do with the clone being a teenager and not a newborn? Would it be worse with a newborn? Does the League, does he need contingency plans for this?

And Superman—Clark recognizes the sudden shift, but can’t do a thing about it. He should be scared of how every concern in his mind gets swept away by this out-of-control hormonal response, but he doesn’t want to do a thing about it. He can’t help the smile plastered on his face when Kon—what a perfect name, a beautiful name for my baby, mybabymybabyMYbabymyBABYMYBABYMYBABYMYBABY—sighs contently in his sleep or scrunches his nose in disgust at new foods, new sensations.

Something in Clark’s eyes says “I don’t know what’s happening, help me,” but it quickly gets snuffed out by “I will flip this entire universe over if a single hair on my baby’s head is out of place.” And honestly? Yeah, it’s scary, but every parent he knows—Bruce included—totally gets it.

[robs-your-robins]

T H I S

[sailermoon]

this is how new yorkers @ mamdani

[sailermoon]

[i-like-batfam]

Also I just remembered that city councilors exist and I 100% suggest finding your city councilor's contact info and complaining about all this shit to them!

[i-like-batfam]

Batman 1966 continues to be hilarious.

It's interesting how they seem to go between a 'criminals can never be rehabilitated' view and a 'it's their right to be given a second chance.'

The prison warden is always talking about his new rehabilitation efforts. One of which included letting them wear regular clothes a few weeks before their release, to which penguin requested his full getup, and his assistant requested a black and white horizontally striped shirt and a bandit's mask... y'all, I don't think they're rehabilitated yet

[i-like-batfam]

More review of Batman the TV series (1966): I love how they are like regularly healthy and muscular people. Like all the new TV shows and movies needing men to constantly have 8 packs and insane pecs but I can look at Bruce and think "that's a body that I can realistically acheive without sacrificing my health"

[i-like-batfam]

been watching the 1960s batman tv show and Dick is so cute in it! how he jumps out of batmobile instead of opening the door. All his little 'golly's and 'holy's ("holy schizophrenia Batman"). When he gets angry and Bruce is all 'calm down there chum'. When he get's upset about howing to study French or the piano and Bruce is there like 'now Dick, music is the universal language, it may be the only chance we have towards true world piece

There's definitely an undertone of parents wanting the show to portray the perfect child to try to convince their children to be better, but look at him, he's so well behaved an such a good student

[ramen8008]

Wonder Woman: Batman, we could make good use of Nightwing with this. Would you call him?

Dick, who's filling in for Bruce as Batman: I'll call him

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Hal: you've gained some muscles

Jason, dressed as Nightwing: I started working out

Hal: Damn. What's the routine cause I just saw you last week and you look completely different.

Jason: steroids

Dick, as batman: *chokes on coffee*

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Superman: We might need someone who's good with guns, hm... Hey Nightwing you're in contact with redhood, right? Could you have him come?

Jason, as Nightwing: ... I don't see why not

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Wonder woman: this security is an issue we need someone who can hack this system long enough for us to get pass

Superman: hey hood, any chance you can give red robin a call?

Tim, with 5 inches of padding, as redhood: on it

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Hal: isn't robin usually with you all?

Flash: yeah we could use him with this one

Superman: Red Robin, would you call in Robin for us?

Damian, in red robin costume: he's dead

[i-like-batfam]

Superman, watching what is clearly his son in a robin costume and trying to contain his giggles: ...

[robs-your-robins]

I know most modern adaptations and comics have Thomas Wayne being a moral apathetic rich guy who finances questionable facilities, does morally incomprehensible research, cheats on his wife and is a prickle to his son and I get why, I just think it's lazy. Why can't Thomas be idealistic? Why can't Thomas be so hopeful that Gotham can be saved that those ideals settle in his son leading to the conflict within Bruce about Batman's role and how Thomas would disapprove of his methods? No, instead we got a vaguely shadowy figure who's gloomy advice rings in his son's ears and who's actions tear Bruce up? Let's have hopeless optimistic Thomas who despite spending his life under the weight of Gotham and days doing what good he can loves his wife and dances with her before they go to galas, plays with his son until they're both laughing their heads off, who plays shit like "Bad Moon Rising" while he's dropping his kid off at school or jokes with patients in recovery.

[i-like-batfam]

the idea of Thomas being the same optimistically hopeful ray of sunshine that Dick was as robin. Like Bruce never tells him this but he's always seen Thomas in Dick

[i-like-batfam]

I fucking love that people joke about batman going to the orphanage to get his army of child soldiers but then in Absolute batman darkseid quiet literally just went to an orphanage to get an army of child soldiers

[incorrectbatfam]

Barbara: My bonus structure is based on the tickets I closed. Yesterday, Dick's keyboard stopped working. He filed a ticket. Instead of replacing it, I stole the keyboard from Jason's desk and gave it to him. Now Jason filed another ticket: "My keyboard is missing." The more tickets I close, the bigger my bonus. Unplugging Bruce's printer next.

[i-like-batfam]

Bruce watching this after setting up this loophole because Babs refused take his money: :)

[pixiemage]

Hey there! Just a friendly reminder/PSA from your friendly neighborhood Pixiemage!

“Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” is too often (incorrectly) used as a cover-all tag, on fics ranging from Vaguely Uncomfortable to Serious Shit, as a replacement for any intense tags relating to the story. People will use it to say “Holy shit guys some INTENSE SHIT happens in this story” without actually saying what that Intense Shit™ is.

In actuality, the “Dead Dove” tag is meant to be used in addition to other warning tags. Pulled from a scene from the show Arrested Development (look it up on YouTube!), it means “Hi! Hey! I labeled this fic to warn you of what’s in it, so you might REALLY want to read those labels! This fic is exactly what it says on the tin! The tags are accurate! Don’t say I didn’t warn you, because this is me warning you! Read the tags!”

So before you accidentally use the “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” tag without context, here’s your preemptive lesson for next time. Please tag your fics accordingly! Ta!

~ Pixie

[i-like-batfam]

You open my fanfic labeled only "Dead Dove: do not eat" and inside there is a single graphic picture of a dead dove

[spisher-man]

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