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ao3- itsy_bitsy_spidey lover of feral superheros and hero-adjacents 19 she/her

[kimberlina-roo]

ok but imagine a fic where duke is a Fully Cemented Batfam Member™ and all of the siblings know that he'll keep secrets/not snitch in exchange for favors. broke a comm on patrol? duke will replace it with one of his spares and keep it from bruce if they replace the spatula he accidentally melted making a snack at one in the morning. sneaking in a secret pet? he'll smuggle treats and blankets up in exchange for the last slice of pie at sunday dinner. mostly though he deals in favors

duke has racked up an extraordinary amount of favors from his siblings and somehow bruce + every other adult-adult he interacts with thinks he's an angelic little guy who can do no wrong. he doesn't have a solid plan for these favors until he falls on his face in front of a pretty person (thinking crossover, probably danny or peter bc i know their characters best but i am open to suggestions) and cashes in every single favor he has to impress them.

duke, sweating and panting: i need you to make me a three course picnic-style meal in the next hour

jason: why the hell would i-

duke: gargoyle incident, may of last year

jason, in an apron and holding a spatula: any allergies?

the whole family would be so confused because they've all become overworked unpaid interns for their newest brother seemingly overnight and all of their requests are so different

tim: duke just blackmailed me into taking sunset candids of him and won't tell me why????

dick: that's all you had to do? he sent me an invoice for a florist and his favorite barber that just said "pay or i'll tell :)" in the memo section

damian: thomas requested alfred the cat's presence for an undisclosed reason yesterday afternoon. the half-hour photo check-ins i required were extremely blurred and indecipherable

steph: he made me send him a list of my favorite movies but only if they had "questionable humor and unhinged cringe factors that make me seem like i have loser taste but i'm not actually a loser yk?" i do not know. i was on letterboxd for three hours until he was satisfied.

jason, exhausted to the point of delirium: chocolate strawberries...flan...chicken alfredo...juice....

meanwhile duke is basically running an underground trading ring to woo this person who is starting to think he's magic because of how many presents mysteriously appear in his presence

[thumping-whumper]

Love going to bed with a new, good daydream scenario fresh in my mind. Like yes girl, movie night!

[plagueislost]

july swimsuit special

[autistobrat]

this too shall pass but the fuck was that for

[plagueislost]

quick pit stop on patrol

[yasyart]

Jedi Duke Thomas

[kimberlina-roo]

so a lot of fics i read where damian is being encouraged to acclimate socially by going to school, he immediately starts like...maiming his child classmates and making them cry. which, fair based on upbringing. but have we considered the much funnier alternative.

dick, picking damian up from school: hey kiddo! how was your day?

damian, totally straightfaced: sufficient. my eraser pet trade has been fruitful and the pastries i bartered with at snack time produced a marginal profit. lucille ramy has threatened to 'tattle' on me to the administration, however, so i was forced to silence her with a bribe of my most prized fruit snacks.

dick, static buzzing in his brain: you don't...eat...fruit snacks...

damian: obviously not. the cerulean packaging is horrendous, but the plebeians feel strongly about the odd shapes. a small riot was broken up after recess today due to differing opinions on the animation they were based upon.

dick, mentally: he needs to stop hanging out with jason, oh god-

the absolute DELIGHT that fills me at the thought of damian looking at the culture of an elementary school, the social intricacies and such, and thinking "i can work with this". there is so much potential. jason being weirdly proud of the legwork the kid put in to find the right products and prices to make a profit. tim sneaking WE spreadsheets under his door like offerings to a forest cryptid that needs enrichment. cass sneaking random trinkets into his school bag to see what random item he comes back with in exchange because it entertains her. duke keeping his books for him because he's obviously going to encourage his little bros entrepreneurial spirit, bruce, get a grip.

there's so much potential.

[secretsdcblog]

Known killer Red Hood yelling "yaaaaas!" And making literary references is peak characterisation

[burntoutuserboxes]

[This user wants ICE abolished.]

[This user wants ICE held accountable.]

[This user wants ICE members to face jail time.]

[queerlingkits]

Okay, so here me out here. I know Doctor!Damian is a popular idea, but I want Doctor!Duke or even better, Paramedic!Duke. Duke who's parents (especially Elaine) really pushed the idea that he should help people (both by words and by actions), Duke who likely grew up seeing his peers in a position where they needed a doctor but couldn't go, Duke who survived in a chaotic moments where a medical professional would have/did help save people, Duke who knows and respects Leslie Thompkins, Duke who we know is good at community organizing and cares about his community, Duke Thomas who we know is smart. I desperately want to see EMS or Paramedic or Doctor or whatever Duke Thomas.

Also it would be really fun to see Paramedic!Duke handing patients off to ERDoc!Damian

[queerlingkits]

Okay. I want to write a romance as a main throughline in a fic. To challenge myself and also for the character. Cool, cool, cool, cool. Awesome. Okay. I have a general plot outline and an idea of how they meet and why it works and the themes and I've even started writing the angstier prologue bits and-- and I still have to write the romance? The thing I am actively challenging myself to do? I did not sign up for this, how dare?

[kimberlina-roo]

can ANYONE give me recs for duke-centric fanfics where he has actual characterization. im begging. he's the love of my life but no one puts him in the forefront of anything, especially ship fics. i read through the absolute trenches of the danny fenton/duke thomas tag today and most of them were rereads im DESPERATE

[i-am-a-fish]

don't be mean to yourself that's you

[i-am-a-fish]

you live there

[hannrum]

Bruce and his baby

[ciricearts]

omg the ttk guy!!

[armandgender]

writing is so fun

[armandgender]

writing is impossible why does anyone do this

[kimberlina-roo]

so obviously we need to utilize duke thomas in more batfam fics just because he's an underrated character that dc refuses to give any meaningful time to, but i need people to start putting this man into the forefront of more crossover fics specifically. like imagine a peter parker/duke thomas fic. the chaos. the devotion. it would be beautiful. especially if some of the more popular spidey in gotham tropes got added in

duke, introducing his new boyfriend to the family: guys, this is peter! i really hope you'll get along well.

most of the batfam, seeing a polite, doe eyed boy with an awkward demeanor and amazing manners: awesome! duke can balance out our insanity with a normal, well-adjusted boyfriend.

tim drake, twitching and having flashbacks to when he thought duke was just a normal teenage dude: i've been here before

i like to imagine they're blissfully aware of the weirdness because their scale of odd has become so wildly skewed. steph notices because she has a semi-life outside of the bats, but tim is on guard from the beginning and she just laughs at his hysteria.

jason, watching duke and peter cuddle and laugh at something together: y'know, i never thought any of us would be in a stable relationship, but i think the new kid finally proved me wrong

tim, can clearly see the small spider balanced on peter's thigh waving its arms around and is 99% sure duke's civilian boyfriend is translating arachnid drama to make him laugh: i need to make a call

the relationship gets to be serious and the bats have become used to seeing peter around the manor all the time, both with and without duke. it becomes a weird spectacle for them to watch a healthy relationship dynamic in action to the point where they start learning things.

dick, staring at duke and peter messing around in the kitchen with wide eyes: didn't you guys have an argument this morning?

duke: mm, not really? i was concerned about pete's workload at school so i brought it up, we were both tired from staying up watching movies last night though so we weren't being super productive and got kinda snappy. we decided to take a break and nap for an hour and then talked it out, it wasn't that big of a deal. he has to take the extra class in order to get enough credits so we hashed out a study system and break routine, and he put in a request for an advising appointment to see if there were any alternatives because it was stressing him out a bit too. not really an argument, just needed some sleep to tackle it.

dick, astounded: you guys disagreed and......didn't scream? you......worked through it? how????

peter, raising an eyebrow: communication and healthy sleep schedules?

dick, in awe: amazing

duke is in love with his spidery boyfriend and simultaneously having the time of his life watching his family deal with the dynamic. i have a lot of ideas duke is my child i love him