Row Row Rodi

Vigilante by night, emotionally unavailable by choice.

[addictedball]

In X/Tw 🇧🇷 🇷🇺 ❤️

[stickthings]

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[maxdibert]

I read a comment from someone who was rereading Harry Potter in their mid-20s, and they said they used to think Snape was horrible, but now they just see him as an adult completely fed up with a bunch of ungrateful brats who make his job impossible — and honestly, that just confirms my theory that Snape haters are either literal kids or adults who read the books as children and have never reread them at an age when the guy is basically you at any underpaid job. Seriously, if you’re over 25 and you empathize more with his students than with him, it can only mean you’re rich and don’t have to work, because otherwise it’s just impossible.

[asipofurmay]

sometimes i think about their height difference and cry

[jasontoddschildbearinghips]

Picture Alfred being more than happy to show Clark childhood pictures of Bruce (much to Bruce’s dismay), and at first it’s funny, and Clark pokes fun at Bruce for being a goth kid. But the more pictures Clark sees, the more it hits him how fucking miserable and lonely Bruce looks. When he does smile in pictures it’s small, and his eyes still look so haunted.

It’s bittersweet and Clark and Alfred both realize that even though they don’t say it but Bruce kind of doesn’t??? Like it’s not that Bruce thinks his childhood was good (obviously), but he doesn’t realize just how much time he spent being alone and sad. He honestly doesn’t think that much about his childhood beyond that One Catastrophic Event. He should. But he doesn’t.

[phantom-spector]

I need Bruce Wayne to be a damsel in distress so bad. Not because he's weak or anything, but because he's paranoid on how the public would react if he defended himself. He complies and is quiet (he's forming a plan on how to escape and make sure the story he tells the media makes sense.). Once the cameras are off and the culprits eyes are turned away, he knocks them out without wasting any time.

Also because thinking about Bruce Wayne being an anxious eye contact avoidant mess around Selina and Two-face makes me giddy.

This is just a guilty pleasure and hc.

[bruciemilf]

We all know how flustered Battinson would be as a first time dad, but can you imagine him when half the rogue roster AND JL members come to them after Jason gets adopted?

Naturally, they assume he’s Bruce’s biological kid. And chaoes quickly comes knocking.

Harvey is VERY ready to be a dad. Too ready. “Don’t even worry about it, even if we’ve had our problem, OBVIOUSLY I’m the father, and I’ll be there every step of the way.”

“What.”

“There’s no need to hide the truth, Bruce, I’m not mad. I’ll be the best dad I can be. I won’t even let Two Face show him how to shoot a gun.”

“I already know how to do that :D”

“WHAT?”

“What did I tell ya?” The seamless switch is blink-and you miss it, but not for Bruce’s sharp eyes. TF just grins, switchblade sharp, ruffling at Jason’s hair, “That IS my boy.”

Clark sheepishly approaching Bruce one day, sitting down at the JL cafeteria table. His handsome face fashioned a bare earnestness which only confuses Bruce MORE.

“Hey. So, we should probably talk about Jason, right?”

“What.”

“I’m really sorry if I did something that made you feel like you couldn’t tell me. But I’m ready to step up. So when should I move in?”

“We haven’t slept together, Clark.”

“Bruce, I think I’d know my kid when I saw him.”

Hal can’t take this anymore. “HE’S A MAN?” He pauses, “Also, why am I not questioned? I could be the baby daddy! I could SO be the baby daddy!”

“Go away, Hal.”

“Yeah ok.”

[vadergf]

My favourite trope in the world is overpowered main characters who think they aren't that great at whatever they're doing and they're just scraping by, meanwhile they're the devil incarnate from everyone else's pov

[frownyalfred]

the perfect age gap between Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne is whichever one delivers maximum angst when they try to pin down/define their relationship, send tweet—

[rodionr2]

When I'm reading any Danaerys chapters I'm so locked in I'm not even annotating anything, sometimes I'm even too terrified to have an opinion. But then when it comes to Jon chapters every other paragraph has atleast one comment cause it's too entertaining and he's such an edge lord especially in Book 1

[frownyalfred]

the perfect age gap between Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne is whichever one delivers maximum angst when they try to pin down/define their relationship, send tweet—

[rodionr2]

You know, I was just sitting around thinking the other day… what if Gotham actually found out Batman is Bruce Wayne?

I think If the mask ever fell, and the world discovered that the Dark Knight was none other than Gotham’s very own billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne, the city would never be the same again. I mean, for decades, Gotham’s citizens have whispered about the Bat as though he were a myth, an avenger born out of the city’s shadows, a symbol larger than life. Then suddenly it's just this freaking celebrity??

At first, people wouldn’t believe it. Bruce Wayne? The guy known more for being a socialite and charity galas than anything else? But then once the shock fades, I think a lot of folks would be pissed. Here’s this guy sitting on a mountain of money, and instead of new housing, better hospitals, honest jobs, he poured that fortune into gadgets, armor, and high-speed vehicles that left rubble in their wake. A mother working three jobs might ask why he didn’t fund a community center instead of designing another Batmobile. For these citizens, the revelation would feel like betrayal.

On the flip side though, I bet plenty of people would see it differently. Bruce could have lived his whole life in comfort, never caring about anyone but himself. Instead, he risked everything—his safety, his reputation, his sanity—to fight for people who didn’t even know it was him. That’s admirable. For some, the reveal would make Batman even more inspiring, because suddenly he’s not some untouchable myth. He’s just a guy—rich, sure, but human—who chose Gotham over luxury.

Still, Gotham being Gotham, it wouldn’t all be admiration. The lawsuits would pile up, politicians would scream about vigilantes, Wayne Enterprises would tank in the stock market, and criminals would put the biggest target ever on Bruce’s back. The whole city would split down the middle: some seeing him as a fraud, others calling him the ultimate hero. Gotham’s faith in its institutions, already weak, would fracture further.

And I think the Wayne kids would get hit the hardest. Suddenly, every enemy in the city (and the world) would know their names, their vigilante identities, their faces, their homes, their lives. They’d lose any chance at a normal life, always looked at as either child soldiers or spoiled rich kids playing dress-up.

[polysucks]

Microwaving Jon in my head today and thinking about how much that boy craves intimacy. He joined the night’s watch bc of a little joy and praise shared in like 15 mins between him and his uncle benjen. He literally begins to listen and look up to jeor like a father—whether or not jeor fathered over him intentionally, Jon was such an easy target, so starved for affection, that he immediately leaned into it. I mean, think about it, eating pussy is a super intimate act when you get comfortable with the inherent sexual nature of it and ygritte kinda makes fun of him for acting upon his urge to kiss her there. (I mean yeah, given, she was also little embarrassed as made evident by her dialogue but the point stands)

every time he starts to feel close to someone, he either loses them or is forced to betray them.

He doesn’t know who he is. Where is his sense of identity at all in his storyline? Hes only ever thinking of what he can do, instead of who he can be. Raised with the Starks but never of them. Loved by Ned but never claimed. That leaves a scar that finding intimacy can’t fix. The intimacy he sources all becomes temporary because he lacks the skills required to make it last. He loves deeply but never fully believes he can be loved back without condition. Where is the transaction? What service can he provide before he is allowed to be loved in return?

His sense of self and identity is fundamentally fractured, and my theory is that the state of the stark direwolves become literal symbols of the starklings’ identities. Ghost is gone for a significant portion of asos when jon is with Ygritte. So this line just really sticks with me:

He’s looking for intimacy in the form of a bandaid because that’s the only way he knows how to experience it.

His story becomes a tragedy of trust: the more he gives, the more it destroys him. Because he doesn’t know how to do any better.

[crystal-clear-contemplations]

i don't think you can be a DC comic book fan without enjoying multishipping at least SOMEWHAT

(especially batman he's a whore)

[imetsixclownsinaparkinglot]

batlantern gotta be my favorite ship, hal jordan is very step dad shaped

[rodionr2]

I headcanon Bruce (Battinson) as that really creepy guy with stalker tendencies outside of being Batman. Like he just casually knows way too much about people, remembers the smallest details, and lowkey follows routines that aren’t his business. But the thing is, no one ever calls him out on it because he’s rich, attractive, and mysterious, so everyone just brushes it off as “Bruce being Bruce.” Nobody really realizes he’s basically stalking them.

I think the stalker tendencies would come from the way he copes with control. He grew up in an environment where everything was taken from him in an instant. His parents, his sense of safety, the illusion of order in his world. Because of that, surveillance and hyper-observation became his form of security. He convinces himself that if he just watches closely enough, if he notices every detail, then nothing will ever blindside him again.

The creepy part is that he doesn’t register this behavior as creepy. To him, memorizing your daily routine, cataloging the exact number of times you’ve ordered coffee at the same shop, or knowing which bus line you take home isn’t “stalking,” it’s just… information. It’s his way of loving, protecting, or simply existing around people.

And here’s where privilege comes in: Bruce is rich, conventionally attractive, and socially “untouchable.” People brush off the unsettling edge of his behavior because of his status. If he weren’t Bruce Wayne—if he were just some guy—his quiet watching and obsessive note-taking would have people filing restraining orders. Instead, it gets overlooked, excused, or romanticized.

I personally find that fascinating, because it blurs the line between “vigilance” and “voyeurism.” He’s Batman, yes, but he’s also just a lonely, broken man who never learned where the line is between caring and controlling. He believes he’s protecting Gotham, but sometimes he’s really just projecting his paranoia onto everyone else.

[brucewaynehater101]

Hmm... Guilty Bruce edition.

All of the other bat kids watch as Bruce, again and again, gives Tim whatever he asks for. It doesn't matter how ridiculous, expensive, or illogical it is. If Tim asks, Tim receives.

The other kids have tried to see if Bruce would do the same for them. If there's a logical or necessary use for it, Bruce automatically pays for it. He will buy art supplies, new gear, repairs, equipment, etc. He supports their hobbies (particularly outside of vigilantism) and their needs.

But the stuff Tim asks for? Tim will straight up request for bombs, money to bribe people, weapons/gear he doesn't need, etc. He always receives them.

The other kids? Bruce will interrogate them. "Why do you need that?" "What are you going to use it for?" "You already have three perfectly working ones."

And this annoys the other kids to no end. Why is Tim the favorite? Why does Tim always get what he wants?

Eventually, the batkids manage to squeeze the truth out of Bruce:

It's not favoritism. It's guilt.

It gets worse when the batkids all realize that Bruce feels guilt for all of them. It just manifests differently (like Damian being allowed an entire zoo or Barbara always getting the newest WayneTech before anyone else).