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oh don’t mind me i’m just thinking about how this scene existed but was taken out and i can only imagine why (aka JOCK JEALOUS HIS BOYFRIEND IS TALKING ABOUT OTHER DUDES AND DEFEATS THEM MERCILESSLY TO IMPRESS HIM) also Gwaine honey, love of my life, you did good.
NO BUT WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME
Morgana Pendragon wearing green
fair to assume no one's having a particularly good time
bodyswap for @morgwenmicrofic
MERLIN | 2x03 "The Nightmare Begins"
[texting]
Bruce: I'm inside a porta potty in Crime Alley. There's no toilet paper.
Clark: On my way.
Perry: Hello? This is Perry White, the editor-in-chief of The Daily Planet? Not sure how I got added to this but this seems quite intimate so I'm going to leave.
uther pendragon sucks ass obviously but he’s such a hysterical fucking character. he hates magic so obviously his daughter is a seer and his son’s weird little guy he’s obsessed with is the literal walking manifastation of magic itself. he gets tricked into marrying and fucking a literal troll. his son and aforementioned weird little guy keep trying to sacrifice themselves for each other and being so fucking gay right in front of him no matter how much he tries to stop them and at some point he’s just like yeah fine what fucking ever just dont fucking die i guess. his daughter hates his guts and keeps telling him to die and she’s somehow still his favorite. he fucked a troll. his son gets enchanted into falling in love with a new girl every other week and it never works because he’s so damn gay. his daughter is definitely in love with the daughter of a guy he killed but whatever. a weird little thing posesses his doctor and he makes him bald. he dies and comes back as a ghost to haunt his son and he only finally sends him back after he tries to attack the same fucking weird little guy who really is the bane of his existence. he fucked a troll.
I'm a blacksmith's daughter, remember?
MERLIN | 3x07 The Castle of Fyrien
Uther pendragon you will FUCKING pay
Cassandra Cain’s Speaking Patterns
I was trying to write some fic and started saving a bunch of comic panels to analyze Cass’s speech patterns, so here’s my notes for myself and others! Most of the panels are taken from more recent stuff, like Birds of Prey (2023), Batgirls (2022) and Batgirl (2024).
I have nine points:
Only speaking when necessary
Typically monotone
Sentence Structure
On the job vs off the job
Slang
Facial Expressions and Body Language
Miscellaneous
My personal headcanons (still with some evidence)
I've also been forced to split this post up, since I can't add more than ten images per post :(
1: Only speaking when necessary
Unsurprisingly, Cass doesn’t talk much. This is especially true in group situations, since she doesn’t need to drive any conversation.
[Birds of Prey, Issue #2: Zannah and Black Canary are discussing plans, going back and forth about how to get onto Themyscira. Cass adds “or they’ll be on high alert.”]
The panel above is from a scene showing the Birds strategizing, and this is the only time Cass talks. She’s silent the rest of the time.
For one-on-one situations, she still doesn’t expand much, preferring single-word sentences.
[Batgirl (2024), Issue #2: Lady Shiva dropping some exposition, and Cass asking a question with one word.]
In tense situations, she can forget to speak ‘properly’, dropping words like ‘I’ll’ in the panel below:
[Batgirl (2024), Issue #2: Cass fights Kalden the Unseen after he hurts her friend.]
Also, she’ll talk more casually with people she’s comfortable with, like Steph!
[Batgirls, Issue #4: Cass and Steph banter a bit before being interrupted by Barbara.]
2: Typically monotone
Cass sounds very monotone, a lot of the time. She barely ends her sentences with exclamation marks or asks rhetorical questions. It’s fun to see her contrast her with characters who are more excitable/long-winded!
[Birds of Prey, Issue #7: Cass and Bertha go back and forth after being beaten in a fight.]
Cass also keeps up her usual tone in most fights. Here she is, battling a giant squid creature, focused as ever.
[Spirit World, Issue #3: Cass chides her teammates for bickering at each other rather than focusing on the fight.]
When in more alarming situations, she’ll raise her voice like everyone else. It’s uncommon, but only because it’s uncommon for her to be overwhelmed.
[Spirit World, Issue #4: A mysterious force takes control of Cass and Constantine, Cass looks scared, shouting “Can’t control… my body!”]
Once again, she’s more expressive with Steph. She’s more comfortable with her, and matches Steph’s energy when they’re both excited.
[Batgirls (2022), Issue #2: Steph and Cass exclaim “Bondo?!” at the same time, christening the car.]
3: Sentence Structure
Short Sentences with No Commas
As said before, Cass doesn’t talk more than she has to. Where most would use a comma, she ends each phrase with a period. She also drops a lot of ‘unnecessary’ speech.
Birds of Prey #1
[Birds of Prey, issue #1: Batgirl talks to Black Canary, where she greets her by just saying ‘Black Canary.’ without a hello.]
If she can be understood with just a word, she’ll only say that word.
[Batgirls, issue #1: Cass replies with ‘Soap. Towel. Favourite robe.’ when asked if she needs anything.]
[Batgirls, issue #1: Cass says ‘Movement. Grumpy neighbor.’ when Steph asks what’s going on.]
Ellipses
Cass uses a lot of ellipses, especially in the early days. She trails off often, and speaks slowly.
[Batgirl (2000), Issue #7: Batgirl tries to convince Batman she’s ready, stuttering.]
4: On the job vs off the job.
Cass is much more at ease and confident with her sentences as Batgirl. She trails off a lot more as a civilian.
[Batgirl (2008), Issue #2: Cass talking to a guy in her class, having an awkward conversation (likely also awkward since it’s implied to be romantic, but still).]
In the exact same issue, Cass as Batgirl speaks a lot more confidently.
[Batgirl (2008), Issue #2: Cass and Marque discuss their plans and trade information.]
5: Slang
Cass canonically picked up dialogue from watching TV, and uses some slang. Although she picked up English almost like a second language, she doesn’t speak like she was taught in a formal, classroom setting.
[Spirit world, issue #4: Cass says ‘gotcha’.] [Birds of Prey, Issue #9, Cass says ‘sorta’ in her sentence.]
[Batgirls, issue #1: Cass says ‘...I dunno’.]
6: Facial expressions & Body Language
If Cass can get her point across just using her face or other non-verbal gestures, that’s her go to. No point using words when your face does the trick!
The page below is one of my favourites, since it really shows Cass communicating a lot without words.
[Birds of prey, issue #7: Cass makes her opinion on potential outfits known with her facial expressions.]
She’d also rather nod or shake her head, as opposed to saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
[Batgirls #3: Cass nods her head.][Spirit World #4: Cass shakes her head.]
7: Miscellaneous
Cass can’t storytell well at all:
[Birds of Prey, Issue #1: The team tells Cass she’s really bad at telling stories.]
Cass uses a lot of emojis:
[Nightwing issue #79: Babs remarking that Cass can’t help herself when it comes to emojis.]
8: Veering into Headcanon Territory:
Cass has a very basic grasp on describing what she’s feeling. In my mind, this translates to a very basic grasp of her feelings as a whole.
In the panel below, Cass is very confused about why she’s putting in effort towards her father, and describes him as terrible. She pauses a lot, indicating she’s having a hard time putting together how she feels:
[Batgirl (2000) #65: Cass tells David Cain he ‘sucks’, very simple vocabulary for everything that’s gone down between them.]
I also think Cass has echolalia, which is the ‘meaningless repetition of words spoken by another person’. This only happens a few times but I’ll peddle it.
[Batgirls #2: Cass repeats Stephs words ‘still sucking’, without much reason.]
Conclusion:
Obviously, different writers write her differently, and I’ve tried to grab from a lot of different series to get the main points down. It’s also important to think about what point of Cass’s life you’re writing. In the current stories, Cass can express basically anything she needs to (except anything too complicated like feelings, lol), but in the early 2000s she was struggling with simple sentences. And of course, she didn’t speak at all for the majority of her life! Anyways, I hope you find this guide useful.
I’m sorry, that was incredibly mean and stupid.
Bruce leaning into the whole airhead billionaire shtick at certain events, knowing that it pisses off Lex Luthor, who cannot prove it but knows that Bruce is not that dumb. For fuck sake, Lex knows that Bruce is a polygot, that he can follow physics equations, that Bruce literally aced his exams. Why? They shared a dorm room in boarding school. However, Bruce sees how much it winds him up so he really plays into it.
Bruce outs Clark as Superman while Clark is interviewing him and Lex. "I don't know why you two can't get along like you are now 😔 Superman, maybe Lex just wants to spend time with you 🤔 And Lex, babe, the robots are cool and all but you can't like throw them at Superman 😶 That's not how you make friends." Lex tells Bruce to stop, rolling his eyes. Bruce goes on a rant about how the butts match etc. Clark is literally sat so still, trying not to move.
Lex yelling at Bruce when he pretends to not have overheard a conversation Lex was having with an arms dealer in Korean and Lex is all "you speak fourteen languages, Bruce" and you got Bruce who is near tears over his puffing because he only speaks two? "I only speak American and English 😭😭"
Bruce giggling at some charity quiz show panel between Ollie and Lex, because he's so sorry but he doesn't know any countries? Like what are they??? Lex is screaming at him while Ollie hits the button so confidently going "Las Vegas".
Bruce sitting next to Lex on a plane (they're economising for PR) and he's fucking reading a book that's upside down???
Bruce asking Lex about the business finances, asking which company is "winning"? It was the day that LexCorp stock was tanking.
As Bruce grows older into his 50's or 60's the paparazzi and people crowding him becomes less and he thinks that people have finally decided that Bruce is too old to be attractive or mainstream and he's actually super fine with it and makes jokes( more like sarcastic remarks) about it. But in reality they've grown more freaky cause instead of looking wrinkly and a sappy old man the level of cunt he serves grows everyday,he doesn't look like a snack he looks like a buffet, 13 year olds are using his pics as the cover pages of their mafia wattpad stories, he looks majestic, absolute dilf, we don't talk about the amount of tags he's birthed just by ageing on ao3, and hes still an absolute UNIT, the reason he's not heard about it yet cause the batkids are blocking the shit OUT with all of their will and strength cause it doesn't matter if all of them are full grown adults they're still all like-THATSMYDADGETAWAYFROMHIMHEDOESN'THAVETIMEFORYOUHESBUSYBEINGOURDAD
Bruce and Clark bodyswap au, in which they have to pretend that nothing is wrong until they can figure out to change them back to save face in front of their families and friends, continued from pt 1
Clark, in Bruce's body, painstakingly putting on bat-mascara and bat-eyeshadow all around his eyes: I cannot do this everyday, this is killing me
Tim: But you always say that this is the best part of your job?
Clark: I do?
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Diana, having suspected something was amiss, throwing the lasso on them: The lasso of truth compels you! Who are you really? Tell me this instant.
Bruce, in Clark's body, gesturing to Clark in Bruce's body: We are Bruce and Clark.
Diana:
Lasso:
Martian manhunter, who has long since read their minds but isn't a snitch: Yes. They are indeed Bruce and Clark.
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Clark, in Bruce's body, at the watchtower one morning, cheerfully, in an unnatural expression: Hello Hal!
Hal: Did you swap so much spit with your boyfriend that you ended up swapping personalities?
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Bruce, in Clark's body, frustrated at a case: Fuck.
Kon, who cusses 344543 times a day, immediately hugging jon, hands over his ears, betrayal shining in his eyes: W-what did you just say?
By some supernatural accident, Batman and Superman swap bodies. But the accident was just so embarassing that they collectively decided to NOT tell anyone about, and figure out how to reverse it all on their own. But, unfortunately, this means they now have to keep up this farce in front of their families
Clark, in Bruce's body, wiping some blood off his mouth and wincing at the 15 cracked ribs he now has: Guess I can bleed, huh
Dick, staring in disbelief after the patrol: YES OFCOURSE YOU CAN!? WHY THE HELL DID YOU THROW YOURSELF DIRECTLY ON TOP OF A GRENADE-
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Bruce, in Clark's body, squinting at the bright smallville sun at the Kent farm: This is way too much for 11 am
Jon, staring at his newly grumpy dad: I think batman is a bad influence on you, dad
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Clark in Bruce's body, staring at his reflection in the mirror: The shoulder to waist ratio is insane, such a grabbable waist
Poor Tim, who accidentally overheard this, getting ready to call Arkham: Uhuh it's definitely, insane
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Kon: And so I said, ofcourse, i would love the soup-er salad!
Bruce in Clark's body, deadpan expression on his face:
Kon: Get it? Soup-er salad?
Bruce: Yes
Kon, sad puppy expression: You always laugh at soup puns :(
Bruce, now with an Extremely Forced little smile: Yes it was very....funny
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Clark, in Bruce's body, rushing to hug a visibly bleeding Jason who walked into the cave after patrol: What happened?! Are you okay?
Jason, freezing up because the last time Bruce ran to hug him was, never:
Clark, immediately backing up, and speaking with a deliberately gruff voice: I mean. Is the blood yours? Son.
Jason:...no
Go to part 2
what if the ROBINS had YOUTUBE 😂😂😂😂
anyway, silly AU where the robins have an official youtube account that gets passed down along with the robin mantle idk bro im bored
calling THE BATMAN and THE JOKER at 3AM!!!! (REAL) (NOT FAKE) (NOT AI)
me when i lie
The Superfamily:
Meanwhile Connor:
