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[ofdarkknight]

      bruce couldn’t quite  imagine how crowded gotham was becoming - it was alarming, frightening, and still he knew it was the only place safe enough to harbor anyone who wanted to live. the joker had really outdone himself and shame, guilt, anger - fear all of those emotions swelled up inside of him. perched upon the edge of a rooftop, he noticed someone familiar down below - watching them carefully, observing their actions, he waited until they were stopped before descending silently down behind them. “this isn’t a good place to be, some thugs are a street over - i’ve been tailing them, so you need to go before things get worse.”

[darkermydesire]

Detective Comics #962 (2017)

[zatannaa-zataraa]

ft. @ofdarkknight 

[ofdarkknight]

wvnderprince‌:

“  bruce. ” the amazonian warrior smiled at her old teammate. she hadn’t been waiting for long, but as good as it was to see bruce again she had been hoping that some more of her friends would have turned up by now. “ i’d say it’s good to be here, but.. ” she trailed off, opting for a smile. “ i haven’t. i was hoping that they’d be with you already. ”

      relieved, he let out a sigh - his teammate and one he truly trusted was here, finally. though he wished she didn’t have to be thrown among the mess that was. “it isn’t, i know - ” he responded, finishing her sentence for her and smiling softly. “they’re not, i’ve only seen a handful of people, some that belong in arkham or blackgate, but none that we work with.” he gave another pause, “i’m getting worried, diana and we can’t find the joker.”

[ofdarkknight]

babsgordcn‌:

for both of their sake, barbara wasn’t going to acknowledge that she was walking around with a coffee pot to drink directly from. instead, she placed it on a nearby ledge when she found bruce in her base of operations and nodded while walking over. “i heard it this morning when he was reading it to himself in front of the mirror, although the threat must’ve been a last minute addition.” she pulled off her glasses to rub her eyes, half wondering if she should just switch now to her contacts for patrol. “you know he’s having a bad day when he starts encouraging us. what do you make of it?”

      something about barbara always made bruce relax just a hairline more than he would around other people. she gave off an energy that could only be qualified as easy-going and enthusiastic, and just like her father she was genuine and kind. taking the cowl off, he let out a small chuckle before nodding his head to her. “well, i think he got the speech right if that helps for anything, maybe i’ll show up on the roof tonight and tell him he did a good job.” he joked despite actually feeling pretty serious about it. “he’s scared - a lot of bad people are filing in, hiding among the good - gotham’s got its problems, but it’s adopted a hell of a lot more since we had to shelter the world.”

[ofdarkknight]

ofnightwiings‌:

“Yeah, thanks.” Dick sighed, pulling up another screen, “I know- normally I’d be back for like- Tim or Damian’s birthday or something, not- Jokerized end of the world,” he tried to joke, but his heart wasn’t in it at all as he moved the info about Bludhaven on the screens around (and the latest GCPD announcement), not turning to face his dad. Bruce didn’t need to see his face right now- he didn’t need to see how much he was hiding his hurt, but his expression softened at the mention of Babs, “I’ll drop by to see her as soon as possible,” he said, quietly. He knew what he meant about Gordon- it was part of why he decided he had to help the GCPD as himself too. “No… no sign of him anywhere and its pissing me off. It’s like he found a rock to hide under and who knows where that damned rock is. For all we know it could be on another country. My money’s on Sweden,” he ran a hand through his hair as he finally let himself fall back into the swively office chair he’d brought down here. Yeah, this obsessive trying to track the Joker thing was so his dad. Fuck. For someone who said he didn’t want to be like Batman, he sure was becoming Batman. “You know, it’s really weird being back here-” he said, trying to change the subject as he swiveled the chair around to face his dad, “I haven’t been back in this house since I was a kid,”

      giving a grunt in response, bruce stared at the screens before them, concentrating on every minute detail that he could. he understood the sorrow and pain that was emanating off of his oldest, even unknowingly mirroring is expression on his own face as he stared ahead, only slowly reaching to place his hand on the other’s shoulder and then stopping. “you should, she misses you.” was his response about barbara, knowing fully well that yes, she did miss dick - but it wasn’t his place to really say it. “curb your anger into something resourceful, use it when you need it, don’t let it overtake you,” he advised, leaning down and forward as he squinted at one of the screens. “but i put a bet on south africa,” he responded quietly, a small smirk on his lips. standing up straight and clearing his throat, he finally focused his full attention onto dick, “i know, alfred misses you - and the chandeliers just aren’t the same without you swinging from them.” he paused, “it’s good to have you back.”

[queenxthea]

Thea had finally settled in for the night she was planning on having a glass of red, her Chinese takeout and catch up on some Netflix in peace, however living in Gotham nothing was never that easy. As she relaxed into the couch Thea heard a knock at the door. “Doors open, but only come in if it’s super important it’s my night off and I have a bottle of red here with my name on it.” Thea shouted standing up from her comfort on the couch.

[ofdarkknight]

      to some, having the batman show up at your door is a horrifying aspect, especially in gotham - and even if they weren’t a rogue, it still would be a surprise. he waited patiently for an answer and when he got it, he opened the door. stepping in, he stared at her from behind the cowl and looked to the glass of red wine. “i see you’ve taken to gotham quite nicely,” he commented still keeping himself to the edges of the doorway. “i came by to see if the green arrow has been around, if he hasn’t, then that means he’s either patrolling the streets or... still not in gotham.” he frowned, watching her carefully.

[ofdarkknight]

ofrvdhood‌:

       when batman calls, you come; it’s a robin thing. a son thing. yes, jason hasn’t been a robin in years ( a whole lifetime, really ), but some things never change.  ❛  hello to you too, b,  ❜  he quips smartly. but years around the man make it impossible for any kind of surprise at the demeanor. cowl or no cowl, bruce is batman. the young vigilante grows somber at the mention of him, taunting laughter ringing loud and clear in his mind for a split second. he closes his fists, grounds himself.  ❛  i know.  ❜  it’s barely a whisper, he’s done nothing but try to find the joker since this started with only one goal in mind; end this once and for all.  ❛  sorry enough to finally do what needs to be done?  ❜  he argues before he can stop himself. it’s always guilt with bruce and it’s always the same with the two of them.  ❛  i don’t need an apology, bruce. i need you to stay out of my way when i find him. i don’t care what you do after, but don’t get in my way.  ❜  arkham, blackgate, whatever, he’d take if it meant stopping this. besides, he’s sure he’d make an escape within a week.   

      a silence took over him as it often did - as jason spoke to him. carefully, he scanned the other’s face, his features, everything he could see with the naked eye to see if he was doing well, or as well as he could be in this situation before giving a nod. “would you have preferred if i gave you a greeting?” he asked, not entirely sure why he’d asked the question in the first place but finding it necessary. maybe it was in some small part a way to relate more to jason, to show him that he was trying - or maybe it was his own way to stifle some of the guilt that was increasingly becoming more and more... suffocating. “i won’t kill, you know that - i can’t,” bruce finally stated - evening jason with a look of his own before glancing down towards his boots. “jason, i - ” wont stop you, watch you get hurt - or worse again. were the words he wanted to say, instead he found his tongue choked up as he brought his gaze to meet the other once more. “when the time comes, i will be there.” it wasn’t a promise to stop him, or a threat - and he half-hoped the other would see that.

[ofdarkknight]

( @wvnderprince​ )

“diana?“ bruce asked as he stepped into the manor’s main hall, blinking a bit in surprise to see the amazonian standing there and waiting patiently for what he could assume was himself. “i didn’t know you’d made it here, glad to see you’re safe.“ he stepped closer to her, giving his friend a softened but morose sort of smile. “i’d tell you that it’s good to see you here, but being in gotham right now isn’t really a choice - ” sighing, he reached up and ran a hand through his hair, pursing his lips as he went into thought. “you seen clark? or anyone else for that matter?”

[ofdarkknight]

( @ofnightwiings​ )

“well this isn’t bludhaven but, well - welcome back,“ bruce started as he made his way down into the cave under the manor, giving a form of greeting to his first robin. “not that either of us would want you to come back under these circumstances though, dick.” he sighed, brushing past alfred with a polite pat on the butler’s back and a smile before moving to where dick was standing at the computers. “barbara’s here, she’s back at the tower in case you wanted to check in with her. her father’s sort of gone... manic.” he raised a brow and glanced at the screens before sighing. “no sign of joker?”

[ofdarkknight]

( @ofrvdhood​ )

there was a lot of conflicting feelings within him when it came to jason. not because he didn’t love him as a son, didn’t respect him as a person, but of what had happened in the past that had caused a larger crack in the foundation between them. still, bruce was determined to keep a hold of what they had left and to even continue to patch it together as best as he could. stepping into the city as bruce wayne, he shifted a bit as he waited for the other to turn up, finding that he really didn’t have to wait long. raising a brow, he turned slowly to face his former robin. “it’s getting worse out there, you know.” he stated in lieu of a greeting, “and no one can find him - he’s gone underground since he released this plague, i’m...” he hesitated, “sorry this happened.” 

[ofdarkknight]

( @dentedharvey​ )

he waited in the shadows, perched high on a roof top as he watched the notorious d.a. turned criminal move about the streets. out of his many rogues, bruce found harvey to be the easiest to reason with, even when his alter-ego side came a prevalent presence. watching as he was flanked by his goons, the bat patiently waited for the right moment before he silently plucked one goon off one-by-one until harvey was the only one left. quietly standing behind him, he parted his lips to speak. “don’t think about doing anything to endanger the streets tonight, harvey - more people, good people are coming into this city and i will not allow you or any of the others to disrupt that.” he gave a pause before exhaling, “harvey, i know you’re in there, we need all the help we can get to keep these people safe from the joker.”

[ofdarkknight]

 ( @babsgordcn​ )

getting into the clock tower wasn’t a hard task for bruce, he’d done it many times over the years and now that it was back in operation as a sort of base in the city, he’d just slipped back into the norm of using it once again. grappling down from the roof, he stepped in and made his way towards the windowed back-side of the clock face and allowed a small smile on his lips as he felt the presence of barbara approaching him from behind. “your father had his cops make an announcement tonight, he also added on a threat to anyone intending crime, did you hear the broadcast?“

[ofdarkknight]

✶ — › the bat signal is lit ! is that BRUCE WAYNE coming to respond? otherwise known as BATMAN? HE resembles BEN AFFLECK and is FIFTY years old and might be known for being a HERO. they are THE WORLD’S GREATEST DETECTIVE, and that’s what makes them beneficial against the chaos in gotham.

THE BASICS

* NAME/NICKNAMES: BRUCE WAYNE * ALIAS: BATMAN * AGE: FIFTY ( 50 ) * PREFERRED PRONOUNS: HE/HIM * AFFILIATION: JUSTICE LEAGUE, BATFAMILY, GCPD, SOLO ( and a lot more, lbr ) * FACECLAIM: BEN AFFLECK

THE DETAILS

* FAMILY: THOMAS WAYNE ( FATHER, DECEASED ), MARTHA WAYNE ( MOTHER, DECEASED ), ALFRED PENNYWORTH ( SURROGATE FATHER / FAMILY BUTLER ), DICK GRAYSON ( ADOPTED SON ), JASON TODD ( ADOPTED SON ), TIM DRAKE ( ADOPTED SON ), DAMIAN WAYNE ( SON ), CASSANDRA CAIN ( ADOPTED DAUGHTER ), KATE KANE ( COUSIN ) * THREE FAVORITE THINGS: TEA MADE BY ALFRED, HIS FAMILY, RIGHTING THE WRONGS DONE TO THOSE WHO DON’T DESERVE IT. * EDUCATION: BRUCE HAS A HIGH INTELLIGENCE, BUT HE NEVER REALLY DID SCHOOL - HE TRAINED ALL OVER THE WORLD AND STUDIED ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND THUS HAS A WORLDLY KNOWLEDGE FIT FOR A GENIUS. * SKILLS: MULTILINGUAL, QUICK ON HIS FEET, WITTY, ABLE TO LIE SMOOTHLY, KEEN DETECTIVE SKILLS, ( see more under ‘abilities’ ) * WEAPONS: BATSUIT,  UTILITY BELT ( Batman keeps most of his personal field equipment in a signature piece of apparel, a yellow utility belt. The utility belt has a button to call the Batmobile, and a command for teleportation. Over the years it has contained items such as plastic explosives, nerve toxins, batarangs, smoke bombs, a fingerprint kit, a cutting tool, a grappling hook gun, torches, and a "re-breather" breathing device. Superman entrusted Batman with a ring made of kryptonite, to be used should the Man of Steel ever need to be reined in (due to being mind-controlled by a villain, etc.). The kryptonite ring is contained in a lead pocket, in order to shield Batman from its radiations. The belt also has its own automatic security systems.  ) ,  BATBOAT, BATCYCLE, BATMOBILE, BATPLANE, BATWING * ABILITIES: ACROBATICS, ARCHERY, AVIATION, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, DISGUISE, COMPUTER HACKING, DRIVING, EQUESTRIANISM, FIREARMS, GADGETRY, GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLECT, INDOMITABLE WILL, INTERROGATION, INTIMIDATION, INVESTIGATION, LOCK PICKING, MARTIAL ARTS, BOXING, MULTILINGUALISM, PEAK HUMAN CONDITION, PRESTIDIGITATION, STEALTH, SWIMMING, SEAMANSHIP, TACTICAL ANALYSIS, THROWING, TRACKING, WEAPONRY, STICK FIGHTING, SWORDSMANSHIP.

THE QUESTIONNAIRE

WHERE WAS YOUR CHARACTER WHEN THE JOKER TOXIN WAS FIRST RELEASED? HOW DID THEY REACT?

bruce was in gotham when it happened; he knew that the joker was up to something, he always knows the clown prince is up to something, but he’d never prepared to think that the joker would operate outside of the city they both claim to love. he was devastated and still fully believes he’s at fault for not stopping him. he was among the first to aid both as bruce wayne and as batman in getting gotham set up as a ‘ground zero’ and safety zone, by different means.

HOW LONG HAS YOUR CHARACTER BEEN IN OR RETURNED TO GOTHAM? WHERE ARE THEY CURRENTLY STAYING?

bruce has never left gotham, it’s his home and he will die in it. he is currently staying at wayne manor, but he moves around the city often at night to patrol and attempt to keep the rogue gallery from causing more issues than necessary. ( though even this time he admits he needs a lot of help ).

IF APPLICABLE, HOW ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING TO AIDING GOTHAM IN QUELLING ITS GANG VIOLENCE AND STOPPING THE JOKER? OR ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING TO THE CHAOS OF THE CITY?

as bruce wayne; he’s funding money into the city and ensuring that supplies don’t run out, he’s also funding into the research of finding a cure, even opening up old parts of the town that had been shut down ( and cleaning them up ) as shelters, hospitals, and places to live and stay for the new forced residents.

as batman; he’s patrolling the streets of gotham, taking down as many criminals as he can in an attempt to keep the streets safe. watching, waiting, and aiding other heroes and anti-heroes out to keep his beloved city from crumbling even more than it has already began to.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

since my bruce is a little bit older, i lean into some ‘old man bruce wayne’ stuff, and largely have him work solo - but honestly, i love his dynamic with his kiddos and i’m happy to have him go off patrolling with them as well.

any thing else, i’ll happily update as we go along and i plot more with folks !

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[rookieangel]

This is about the future of the world. This is my legacy.

[ofdarkknight]

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