Very important question for the 2.5 people who are going to see this:
I wrote an itty bitty Billy Batson + JL fic (and I mean its only like 3k words) and have vauge ideas of how I could add to that story but no motivation to write those ideas right now.
should I:
1) post it now as a short one-shot and possibly make it a series later
2) wait to post it as a longer multi-chapter fic when my motivation comes back
You're telling me they made a full, 9-season TV show based on Barry Allen's Flash and Hal Jordan doesn't appear even once???? And they have the audacity to make references to his existence in universe????
reblog if you believe fanfics are as valid as books that were published and sold by authors who write as their main careers. I'm trying to prove a point
You might have done something similar like this before, but how do U think all the Robins came out to Bruce?
Dick just showed up with Wally, holding his hand and just asked Bruce could Wally sleep over. Bruce said no but said that Wally was very welcome at the house as always but he had to call Bruce Mr Wayne now.
Jason didn't have to say it. Bruce watched the bi panic on Jason's face when he set eyes on Roy after coming back into the family and when Bruce passed comment Jason didn't deny it, just told his dad to shut up.
Tim worked up the courage to tell Bruce officially... Through a WE memo. Bruce signed off on it and gave Tim a huge hug.
Damian announced his intention to court Jon Kent at family dinner. Bruce said fine but no more sleepovers.
Steph walked into the Cave beaming and announced that she kisses girls now and Bruce was like "that's nice, honey".
Cass tugged on Bruce's sleeve at a gala and told him that a nearby woman was very beautiful and Bruce just nodded, because he understood.
Duke was the only one who sat down with Bruce and admitted he thought he might be gay. Bruce hugged that boy and told him it was OK, that it was completely normal and Bruce was a little taken aback when Duke admitted he expected a different reaction. I mean Duke has seen how Bruce is around Clark, Khoa and multiple men? Is Bruce not as overtly bi as he thought? Alfred assures him he's doing just fine.
Danny, after a close call with identities and the league: we have to tell them at some point, maybe they'll understand. . .
Billy holding Danny by the shoulders, trying to literally shake sense into him: Danny. We are two black-haired, blue-eyed, vigillante teenagers. I'm homeless and your parents are actively hunting you. My name is literally Batson. This is no longer just about age. Unless you want to become a rich Gotham kid, you better lie like your life depends on it!
I wanna circle back to my old post about Jason knowing close up magic and offer āduke does not know close up magic, however he is just magic so he convinces everyone he does know close up magic and only really Jason can tell heās making shit up instead of doing actual tricksā as a headcanon, because thatās hilarious
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Duke, showing off to the war kids: was this you card?
Dre: what the fuck
Jason, who can see he just made all the cards look the same for a brief period of time: I second that.
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Virgil: thatās like cool as fuck, whereād you learn?
Duke: Jason taught me
Jason, absolutely did not teach him, Is about to get asked to teach Virgil a trick thatās physically impossible:
Jason: i want you dead
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Cass, intently watching duke repeat the same trick over and over:
Jason: ?
Cass: Iām trying to figure out when he shifts the cards
Jason: heās using his powers
Cass: he said it was ājust magicā and he wasnāt lying
Duke, who somehow lie-of-omission-ed himself into this situation and does not know how to fix it without getting karate chopped:
Jason:
Jason: you did this to yourself man
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Duke, teaching Damian a trick:
Jason: ?
Jason: whatāre you up to narrows?
Duke: listen I do know some actual tricks
Jason: uh huh.
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War kids, playing uno:
Riko: whose gonna shuffle? I canāt very well
Izzy: duke can, he does the magic
Duke, who does not know how to properly shuffle a deck but has gotten this far: yeah yeah sure
Duke, proceeds to do a SHIT job:
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Duke: row.
Duke: row
Duke: ROW
Jason, was intentionally ignoring him: fucking Christ narrows what do you want.
Duke: I need you to teach me an actual trick Cass figured out I was bullshitting
Jason:
Jason: ok Iām genuinely impressed it took that long
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Duke, just making the cards move around for maps:
Jason: aww youāre such a softie
Duke:
Duke: Iām gonna slash all of your spare tires
Jason, bowing his head: yeah I deserve that
Maps: can I help with the tires?
Jason: hey >:[
Duke: obviously
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(I also imagine he does similar shit playing cards, because heās competitive and petty)
Drax: why do I have a +80 uno card???
Duke, just really wanted to screw over sugar and Riko, for sport: wow I wonder why
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Batkids, playing blackjack:
Duke, has gotten a 21 every round:
Tim:
Steph:
Tim: I know heās doing something I just canāt prove it.
Steph: if he was Cass wouldāve noticed
Cass, had also gotten 21 every round: no heās just been very lucky
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Dick, just got back from a mission: can anyone tell me why card games were added to the banned list while i was gone
Duke and Cass, eating the snacks they won via rigged card games:
But Magnus would say some shit like "Yeah I once saw a homeless guy snort a line off of his ingrown toenail in the dumpster behind a Cracker Barrel" and then continue his regular monolog
I was one of the few who read his trilogy way before I read any of the other series, so I might be completely biased, but Magnus will forever be my favorite narrator.
Breifly mentioned this headcannon in a fic I wrote but wanted to expand on it here.
I like the idea of Bruce naming random JL members as his children's godparents even though:
1- half of the kids are actually grown-ass adults by that point
and
2- he's fully aware that the kids would just turn to eachother for support if anything ever happened to him
But the thing is, it isn't actually about making sure someone will be there to drive Cass to dance or help Damian with his homework in his absence; it's about making sure there will be someone to keep each JL member in check when he can't.
There are certain rules for deciding who is whose godchild. Jason can't have Diana and Dick can't have Clark because they respect them too much. On the other hand, Jason also can't have Hal because he might just kill him on sight.
So Bruce strategically chooses which kid would be the best fit for each member, taking into account their personal biases, skills, and general demeanor.
For example, Tim would be Green Arrow's godson. His skills as a strategist and position at WE make him more than suitably equipped to face him on both the vigilante and corporate stages, and his general lack of repect for the man means that he would not hesitate to blackmail him if the need arises (or if it didn't, honestly, Ollie could benefit from being seriously blackmailed every once in a while).
just had an ideaā-the batkids making social media accounts for batman
i do like the idea of the batkids running official batman media accounts, but let me raise you the civilian batkids running offical batman media accounts.
Jason Todd--civilian Jason Todd, only newly introduced to the public, creates a Batman-official account. he does it carefully, building up activity and traction over the course of like six months with his perfected Batman Attitude(tm) and oddly accurate Batman information that he drops on a semi-regular basis. eventually he pays Tim to mention him on his Red Robin account just to boost credibility, and after a while everybody in Gotham fully believes this is the Batman account. that's when he goes live.
'Batman' goes live for the first time in what is clearly the Wayne Manor kitchen, dressed in a surprisingly accurate Batman costume if it wasn't for the fact that the mask and cowl is clearly plastic and still has a Halloween costume store tag hanging from the ear.
"Welcome to the stream." Batman says, in a Batman voice imitation that is about three octaves too deep and gruff. "Today, we bake German chocolate cake."
for the next forty minutes 'Batman' proceeds to bake the entire cake while talking to himself in his Batman voice--completely ignoring almost all of the live chat. he's not just explaining the steps to baking, by the way. he's fully talking to himself as if he were Batman.
"Next we crack the eggs like they are the Joker's knee caps. Did you know he killed my kid once? I was so sad. I still am sad, but less in the grieving way and more in the pathetic old man way."
"I'm getting so old. Last week I spent twenty minutes debating with Nightwing and Red Hood that liquorish 'wasn't that bad' and refused to give in, even when Red Robin offered me a piece and I ate it fully without realising that he'd actually fed me a piece of tire-rubble from the street."
"I don't say this to anybody else, but I clearly miss when people would describe me as a twink."
after a while the official Red Robin, Robin, and Nightwing accounts start watching the live, and their messages are the only ones that 'Batman' will respond to.
Robin: Father the Riddler is holding me hostage.
"This is why I teach you chess. beat him and come home soon for cake."
Nightwing: be honest B, does Catwoman really love you?
"No :( I pay her because no other woman will touch me."
Red Robin: when you die horribly in battle, who are you leaving the Batman mantle to?
"Agent A. Because how fucking funny would that be."
eventually Bruce Wayne wanders into the kitchen and is spotted in the back of the stream, clocking the camera and 'Batman' and staring at it all like he thinks he's going insane.
"Jason what the fuck are you doing?"
Batman whirls around and drops the voice instantly, whining like a child, "Aw, Dad, come on I was almost done!"
"What the fuck is this?!"
"I'm Batman."
"Jason I have had a really fucking long day. No youāre not."
despite his identity being revealed, Jason Todd's 'baking Batman' becomes more popular than actual Batman, and Batman has to publicly go on record during an in person interview to clarify that he has absolutely no connection to Jason Todd in the slightest, nor does anything he says while impersonating him hold any merit. the rest of the batkids continue to be stream regulars and it continues to get on Bruce's nerves to no end.