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Elsie | Reformed Christian | Multifandom but mostly DC comics right now. | English Major | I try to write fanfic, I'm bad at staying on task

[dickbabsweek25]

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[kitkat5628]

GUYSSSS

[residentmiddlechild]

ALSO did you know Batman's girlfriend is a criminal? that title is so fun sdkjgfsd

the post being referred to for anyone confused

hahaha that one is also super fun! It's basically 10 year old Dick hiding from Bruce (cause he's mad about something i don't know yet) and going up to the Watchtower where Green Lantern and Flash are on monitor duty and then Dick starts telling Hal and Barry crazy things about Batman (some of which are false), and one of those things is that his girlfriend is a criminal.

[residentmiddlechild]

curious about 'who am i to you (who are you to me)' 👀

the post being referred to for anyone confused

ahhh that one is so special to me. I don't know how soon i'm going to write since i need to do more comic research because i'm trying to stick pretty close to canon. But it's basically a fic going through every time Bruce and Dick (or others) bring up being father and son. Just them trying to figure out what their relationship is. It's essentially all adoption angst at a certain point lol But it will end with my take on the comic where Bruce adopts Dick formally.

At the moment i ust have notes on it, but I really love that fic <3 my special little fic. Bruce and Dick's relationship is so endlessly interesting to me since they're brothers/best friends/father and son/secret fourth thing/etc.

[mostingeniusparadox]

Batman #19

[happy-robins-deactivated2019010]

i can’t stop sobbing with laughter because i remembered when dick was batman

and he stabbed a guy in the forehead

with his ears

[happy-robins-deactivated2019010]

i stopped being lazy and reread the issue

damian approves

[cryptocism]

when ur friend cant be simply categorized

[cryptocism]

they both have superspeed and always show up late and this is my headcanon why

[cryptocism]

cassie must give real good hugs huh

[moreclaypigeons]

Sometimes there's an elaborate bit, and then you commit to it and put a lot of time into creating something with it, pick up a new hobby or two... anyway. Here's Gatsby Great The

[moreclaypigeons]

Wow people really liked this, or were at least confused by it!

Here's a digital copy of it, along with a plaintext version, prepared-to-bind version, and the cover.

Free to use, go wild. Gatsby is in the public domain after all<3 Just don't claim as your own y'all know how this goes right

[moreclaypigeons]

i forgot to put it in the original, but when I went to fedex to pick up the pages, the employee said,

"If only there was an efficient way to read The Great Gatsby"

[itsbenedict]

[queen-lance]

Secret Origins Annual v2 #2

You're allowed to be happy. You're allowed to be alive when Barry's dead.

Thinking about Wally's first years as the Flash again

The pain and the grief... The Impostor Syndrome... The selfishness and the mistakes mixed with an enormous guilt...

I don't have a point. It's just amazing to see how much he grew

[ozvezdja]

its really unfortunate that padme no longer used the body double approach to security after aotc because the concept of the queen of fakeout deaths being married to the guy who loses his shit at the thought of her dying is honestly the wildest fucking thing and i think it's underutilised. let's give anakin a few trial runs before his big breakdown ok. maybe seeing padme getting assassinated live on space tv on a monthly basis will let him microdose on acceptance and inner peace. he can get into a different stage of grief each time and maybe when rots rolls around he will be fine

[dailydickanddamian]

Batman and Robin v1 (2009) #12

“Not without Damian.”

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

do u have a fav robin? (dc) or do u prefer Batman solo?

yeah batman definitely worked better before robin got added to the mix. he was really good from march 1939 to april 1940 and it's all been downhill since then.

[residentwordsofaffirmationdealer]

the fanon batfamily: they all have ONE defining trait that sets them apart COMPLETELY (dick is happy, jason is angry, tim is smart, steph is silly, so on) with no acknowledgement that 1. a lot of these characters are actually based off of each other and 2. even in-universe a lot of these characters are inspired by each other and strive to be like each other

the canon batman family: wow tim you remind me of bruce. no actually you remind me of dick. no actually you remind me of babs. wait also steph you remind me of dick. no actually you remind me of babs. no wait you remind me of bruce. wait helena you remind me of bruce. no wait you remind me of babs. wait actually you're just like dick. wait jason you remind me of dick. no wait you remind me of bruce. no wait--

[fantastic-nonsense]

fanon tends to default to Alfred as a universal grandfather figure, but imo Dick thinks of Alfred as a sort of tertiary surrogate "not quite" father figure and Tim and Cass are more along the lines of "that's my good family friend who takes care of us," while Jason and Damian are the ones who are like "that's my grandfather, full stop"

[nightwing-ing-it]

Dick Grayson as Batman

The last Nightwing issue in Pre52 was basically an ode to the differences and similarities between Dick and Bruce.  A strong end to the Nightwing series and strong characterization of Dick.

For this post I’m going to focus on Dick’s actual time as Batman.  Let’s start with this quote from Jason:

“Dick is different from Bruce.  In the way he fights.  In the way he thinks.  And the way he feels.  And he gets angry.  Really angry.  That anger, it’d make him a great Batman, if he’d let it.  But he won’t.  He’s trying too much to be like him.  The good son.  Man, I hate him.”

[Batman and Robin (2009) #25]

Jason’s got some good points.  Dick isn’t just the Batman that smiles nor is he just a lighter version of Bruce, Dick is a completely different person.  The way he does things is completely different than the way Bruce does. 

The way he fights is different but not just his fighting.  Dick doesn’t like the cape so many times he keeps it behind him rather than draped around his body the way Bruce usually likes it.  When he’s in the cave he hardly ever has his cowl or his cape on unlike Bruce.  Once in a while you’ll see how Dick moves and how he carries himself and you just know it’s him while you’re reading:

[Batman and Robin (2009) #20]

And yes it’s true that he does smile sometimes:

[Batman and Robin (2009) #2]

[Batman and Robin (2009) #9]

You see his difference in mentoring in the first panels of Dick and Damian’s Batman and Robin run:

[Batman and Robin (2009) #1]

[Batman and Robin (2009) #15]

[Batman and Robin (2009) #22]

For the most part Dick tries to compliment Damian.  Dick ignores/curves Damian’s insults.  It takes a lot for him to blow up on Damian and he gives Damian a lot more trust and freedom than Bruce ever had and that was what Damian needed to be able to prove that he chose and continues to choose to be good himself.

Dick has become a mentor and older brother to many young vigilantes over his years and the cowl doesn’t mean he can’t still be that:

[Red Robin #13]

[JLA (2006) #60]

As a team leader Dick approaches the way he knows how.  He’s personable in the way he does things but still steps in and takes charge in his own way.  

[Batman: Gates of Gotham]

[Red Robin #13]

In the JLA it really helped that Donna was there with him and that he knew many of his team members well.  And of course they recognized him right away even with the Batcowl on.

[JLA (2006) #46]

[JLA (2006) #48]

As Jason said Dick is different in the way he feels.  Yes he has a lot of anger but I feel it’s because he has a lot of passion.

Another difference is Dick moved into Wayne Tower right after becoming Batman leaving Bruce’s stuff in the Batcave and finding his own way.  He’s always liked being in the city he protects so it’s a move that’s very much him.  

Dick has so much doubt when he’s Batman as well but so many people love and trust him as Batman and as a leader.

There are just so many panels where you read/look at it and it’s just very blatantly Dick Grayson under that mask and it’s really wonderful.

[JLA (2006) #41]

[Batman and Robin (2009) #10]

[Batman and Robin (2009) #13]

In the end Batman!Dick is just so different than Batman!Bruce.  I’m actually really impressed with most of Batman!Dick’s writers because they don’t ever hide from the fact that they’re writing Dick.  They embraced him as Batman.  

That being said Batman was never a permanent thing for Dick.  When Bruce came back Dick couldn’t take the cowl off fast enough.  In fact he was planning to leave during issue #16 right after Bruce came back but and he stayed as Batman until that run ended at issue at issue #26 because Bruce wanted him to.

[Batman and Robin (2009) #16]

So even if Dick was a great Batman he loves and would rather be Nightwing.

[ultra-nanai]

@arabian-batboy posted Damian taming big felines and I didn’t know that I needed Damian getting a tiger, And now I have an excuse for that scar that I always draw on him :’)