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AFTG x Batman master list
inspo post
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
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James Gunnâs biggest strength is taking the most obscure and bizarre characters and making an audience fall in love with them. He literally brings out the worst in them, shows us why theyâre the way they are and then rehabilitates them for the viewers by focusing solely on their life. Itâs so unique.
I was wondering how heâd apply this method to someone as colossal and well know as Superman but heâs managed to use the same technique, making a character thatâs too big and grandiose for an audience to relate to⊠relatable. And he did this without losing his âsuperâ side. He just honed into his humanity, especially while he was in âsuperâ mode.
The first gem of this working? The fucking intro. I sat up straight when it went from â3 centuries agoâŠâ to â3 minutes ago, Superman just lost his first fight.â Wow. Finally. An unexpected beginning for a very predictable character.
Then? The scene between Lois and Clark. The sheer helplessness of someone like Superman against twisted words meant to goad and frustrate. Donât we all deal with the exact same things on an almost daily basis? Not only is this Lois critical of Superman but also willing to tell him as much. Plus, she isnât sure if she loves him while knowing that he, someone a majority of the world would give anything to be with, definitely loves her.
Then!!! They show him fight a Kaiju-esque creature with only the intention to knock it out. I mean, he sucker punches it and then rushes to stop it from falling on a building full of people⊠then he saves a squirrel. What in the Superman is going oooon đ
THENNN!!!!!!! They show us his parents. His gorgeous GORGEOUS midwestern-ass, delicate lil normal looking parents in their tiny farm house calling their son, proud of his writing and terrified for his life. More than anything else, they made me see who Clark Kent was and why his Superman was so precious about every kind of life. This dorky, self-conscious, overthinking, frustrated, emotional, but-will-still-not-curse Superman is a gem. Clark is a gem.
Plus, Davidâs acting is phenomenal. Yes yes his switch up from Superman to Clark is cool but more than that? The frustration in every line of his face when he talks to Lois, the exasperation whenever Krypto is around, the sheer delight at writing his article and getting it published on the front page, the desperation to find his cousinâs pet, the agony of being around Kryptonite, the most genuine and wholesome earnestness that literally CARRIED the movieâŠ
Sigh. Iâm officially a Superman fan and itâs because of the writing, direction, and acting in this comic-accurate portrayal of Clark-you-clumsy-oaf-Kent.
The problem with having a child with an attorney that has spoken to the child like an adult since birth is that she's 4 years old and she's negotiating the order in which we're going to complete tasks as a family to best suit her idea of an ideal day.
Penny: We go home, we play the mirror game, we have dessert, we play more games, we have fun deal?
Me: Okay well actually we're going to go home, have dinner, then dessert, then we can play your video game, then tubby then bed
Penny: Okay no tubby, games first, deal?
Me: This is not - what is happening right now?
Penny: Dada?
Dada: Arbitration?
Penny: DEALS!
Every single thing in our lives has become a negotiation and it is frankly ridiculous as it is hilarious.
Penny: I want to use bare foot when we go outside
Me: I didn't know we were going outside but you have to wear shoes girl
Penny: okay but what about I use bare foot's but at Penny's house? This deal?
Me: you know what yeah fine if you agree to not fight about shoes when we leave the house you can be barefoot in the back yard, deal.
Penny: -sticks her hand out expectantly- we deal?
I think I just made a verbal contract with a 4 year old.
She's attempting to establish evidence I think
Penny: but I want to go shool pwease
Dada: okay well it is 8pm, so you have to go to sleep now
Penny: okay but I see my fwiends at shool now please, deal?
Dada: Darling no one is at school, all your friends are asleep as well.
Penny: all Penny's fwiends are sweep? What about we... get in Dadas car and check to see watch them sweep, yes deal?
Dada: I cannot begin to explain to you why that can not happen
The great thing about being beholden to Penny the Deals Warlock is that she is also beholden to the art of the deal
Me: (watching Penny scoot her step stool over to where we keep the candy jar): hey honey we're literally walking out the door to go get dinner, maybe we wait on the candy okay?
Penny: Oh but I will have some candy?
Me: Why don't you come have some mac and cheese and then when we get home you can have some candy, deal?
Penny: (running out the door) oh, yes this is deals!
We are visiting my family and Papa has quickly had to pay patronage to Penny the Deals Warlock
Papa: (yesterday morning, when Penny was a little grumpy) What about you come downstairs and we'll have some waffles and then tomorrow Papa will take you to the Diner in town for breakfast?
Penny: (extending her tiny hand to a VERY confused man) this is deal?
Papa: (not knowing hes entering a literal contract) uhm yeah deal.
-smash cut to 6:30 AM this morning-
Penny (running down the hallway in bare feet) đčBREAKFAST DEALSđč
Penny has a canker sore to end all canker sores, to the point where she hasn't been able to eat so we had to make some deals surrounding getting some medicine on it because a hungry Penny Rose is like a angry demon queen
Me: Okay baby this is going to suck. This is going to hurt real bad for a second and then it's going to feel weird and then it's going to feel good. You're going to hate it. But if you let Mama get these three medicines in and on you [Listerine, Antacid, Tylenol] you can scream it out and then we'll go get some ice cream! Deal?
Penny: (obviously not thrilled with this idea) okay, three big shreams, three medicines, ice cream ... it will suck... ice cream ... deal. (Sticks out hand and we shake on it)
Me: okay let's do this I'm so sorry (starts the process)
Penny: ( In between her big screams ) IM GONNA GET LOTS OF FRINKLES
My husband is trying to make a deal with Penny to get upstairs and get in the bath tub
Penny: I will go upstairs and get my body clean but you hafta titch me, deal?
Dada: I would love to make this deal with you kid but I literally have no idea what you are saying- I don't know what the terms are, you're speaking a language I don't speak
Penny: you have to titch me like mama does okay DEAL!? (Sticks tiny hand out aggressively)
Dada: (looks at me bewildered for help)
Me: ( starts making a quick tick tick tick sound imitating a stop watch like I'm timing her, while penny jumps around yelling YES TITCH ME LIKE THAT)
Dada: In what world was I ever going to figure that out, thank you for acting as our legal interpreter yes deal let's go!
and off she sprints.
Penny does not want to go to bed, but man is it time for her to go to bed
Penny: But I don't want to be sleeping, I want to stay up now! I want to see Grampy and Cozy and Guppie and Papa!
Mama: What if we video call all the grands and say good night to everyone? If we do that will you then go to bed no fussing?
Penny: Oh yes, this is deals! -sticks her hand out to shake-
** we make the rounds and video call all her grandparents, they are all already in bed and say good night and penny hangs up the last video call and toddles into bed with minimal fussing **
Penny : (after a few minutes of silence, over the video monitor, to herself in her dark bedroom) I hafta respect da deals.
Tim: the voices in my head want me to murder people.
Dick: that's just Jason on your comm.
Early adoption AU where Tim finds Cass inside a trash can and decides he wants a big sister. Bruce is not immediately thrilled but Alfred reminds him heâs in no place to judge.
You know how Dick gives everyone hugs like an octopus, what if his hugging habits rubbed off on everyone else. Like everyone just clings to Bruce's legs, arms, and the like.
Before Jason came home, Bruce was the tallest, and Dick was the one initiating these hugs. Basicly Dick has shown everyone that whenever anyone wants to get picked up, they all go climb Bruce.
One day, a few days after Jason agreed to stay at the manor long-term. Bruce pulls Jason over to the side.
Bruce, whispering: There's something you need to know if you're gonna stay hereâ Jason, in his normal voice, cause why the hell is he whispering in his own home: Yeah yeah no killing, rubber bullet yahda yahda Bruce: No it's not that I trust you not to kill people. It's about the others. Jason half distracted: huh, what about the others? Bruce trying to find a polite way to talk about his children: ah well you see they really like hugsâ Jason: you pulling over to warn me about hugs? Really old man? You've lost your edge Bruce âI love my childrenâ Wayne: When I say they like hugs, I mean that in a kinda kaola demon way Jason cracking: Really is that what they are? God Bruce this is a new low I thought you wanted stay here? Bruce: I do! More than anything but I wanted to warn youâ Jason: that children like hugs? Cause who could had thought of that. Bruce with a very serious expression: yes that but you dont understandâ they, they climb Jason: What the shit are you talking now? Bruce: They climb me and latch on. They climb the doorframe of the manor to jump on me, they koala onto me in the damn batsuit, and now I fear they will climb you. Jason: oook, and how did you decide this? Bruce: Jaylad, you're taller than me and almost as much bulk in their eyes; you're a freaking Jungle gym. Jason: What about Dick? He's not that much shorter than you? Bruce: Who do you think started this?!
Also Jason the second they koala on him: jeez what the hell is Bruce feeding you guys? *Looks at Bruce*
Bruce, sensing the vibes: oh no
Jason: y'know I think I should test it myself, see what all the fuss is about
Bruce: Jaylad, no
Jason "born to be a theatre kid, forced to be a crime lord" Todd: Jaylad, y e s
what if when Bruce adopted his kids he just. Never told anyone. The public knows about the various Robins, yes, and Hood and Nightwing and all that have followed. But Dick Grayson never made it into Bruce Wayneâs charity gala photos, and Jason Toddâs adoption wasnât tbr talk of Gotham after it was put in the paper. Little Tim Drakeâs disappearance, some time after his family died, was seen as little more than a retreat from fame, and Damian was never announced to be a Wayne.
so you have Batman and his apprentices (former or not) and then just. Brucie Wayne, living in that manor with only his butler to keep him company. Orâso Gotham thinks.
this could either be angsty as shit or hilarious. Since Iâm in a crack mood . . . letâs explore option two.
Random reporter: Mister Wayne! Have you ever thought about having children? What will happen to your legacy upon your death? Bruce, who knows full well Tim will take over the company with a competency he does not even want to explore: uh. Iâll probably donate my savings to like, a worthwhile cause Reporter: and what would you call a worthwhile cause? Bruce: *says the first thing that comes to mind* uh Kent Family Farms Reporter: *turns to assistant* WTF is Kent Family Farms assistant: I have absolutely no clue. Someone google it
Gothamite: *sees Jason walking around at a Wayne Gala* oh, hello! And who might you be? *assuming him to be the son of one of the nearby Rich People* Jason: a primitive semblance of humanity built in the image of my former innocent self Gothamite: Jason: Gothamite: Jason: also a crime lord. Gothamite: Jason: those were actually the less mind blowing of the three answers I could have given you, believe it or not
Clark Kent, Reporter: *sees Bruce Wayne next to Dick Grayson at Gala* and who might this be, Mister Wayne? *hoping his Sometimes Friend Bruce will introduce him* Bruce: this is . . . uh . . . Clark: *thinking that he has never seen Bruce so flustered* a boyfriend, perhaps? Bruce: Dick: *horrified gasp* oh my god, do I look old enough for that? Please donât tell me I look old enough to date him, dude. Please. Clark: *sweats* Bruce: this is . . . Dick: *grinning* a result of a violent and torrid love affair with my mother, an actress, with whom I cut off contact after Bruce promised to buy me a convertible as opposed to the measly Prius she offered me Clark: Clark, internally: what the Fuck Bruce: *puts his head in his hands*
Bruce: *at a JL meeting* well, I have to go. My children are all home sick with colds. Superman: *chokes* your WHAT Wonder Woman: you have children, Batman? you never told us! Bruce: I never told anyone. Hell Iâm not sure anyone even knows my second oldest still exists outside the family. Superman: Wonder Woman: Bruce: well, see you *fades mysteriously into the shadows*
Think it would be really funny if the Batkids routinely siphoned petrol from the Batmobile for their motorbikes.
AFTG x Batman Ch. 3
ch. 2 here
That hope, as it turned out, was misplaced. It didn't take him long to learn that Red Hood's territory was a part of the city that the locals called crime alley, which in hindsight, really should have been the third and final strike against Gotham. But Neil had never liked baseball and had always been too stubborn for his own good. So he stayed, he learned which shelters wouldn't report him to CPS and which were used for trafficking.
Honestly, with everything he had seen so far, Neil thought he was doing pretty good for himself. He had mostly been able to stay out of trouble for the last 3 months he'd been in the city. Of course, living on the streets will never be âsafe,â but he avoided any injuries that would require medical attention and, more importantly, he's avoided the attention of both the cops and the bats.
He really should have known that this was too good to last, that eventually, his luck would run out. He didn't even have anyone else to blame. It was entirely his fault. He broke one of the most important rules for surviving in Gothamâmind your own business If you don't want to get hurt. He knew his mother would beat him black and blue if she knew that he had put himself at risk to help someone else, but these last months in Gotham had taught him that he wasn't quite as cold-hearted as his mother had tried to make him. There is still a part of him that wants to rebel when he sees abuse, that wants to stand up for the other street kids the way he wished somebody had for him.Â
So, yes, ultimately, Neil had to blame himself for his current predicamentâbeing backed into a corner by some drunk with a knife, who hadn't appreciated Neil's interference when he had seen the man threatening to cut up some kid.Â
Normally, Neil would just run knowing that most people can't keep up with him, but right now he can't get around the man in front of him. He's confident he'll be able to disarm the man before he can do too much damage with the knife, but that still leaves room for a beating and Neil knows it's going to hurt.
As the man takes a wild swing with his knife, Neil grabs at his wrist and twists until the drunk drops the weapon. Neil scrambles to try and get it off the ground when the man grabs his arm and punches him hard in the chest. Neil gasps for breath as the man pins him to the wall by his throat.
"I'm going to enjoy making you suffer for this you little bitch," the man snarls in Neil's face.
Neil knows it's stupid to antagonize the man, but he doesn't want to die without at least trying to fight back. So he knees the man in the groin and tries to run when he collapses to his knees. The man grabs Neil's ankle, tripping him and pins him to the ground. As the man is lifting Neil's head to bash into the ground again, someone shouts out, "Let the kid go or else I shoot."
The man on top of Neil looks up and when he sees who spoke his face pales and suddenly he's scrambling to get up and takes off. Not wanting to deal with whoever scared the man off Niel rolls to his feet and tries again to run, but he's still dizzy and disoriented from the fight and can only stumble a couple of steps before someone grabs his shoulder to help steady him.
"Whoa, there, take it easy kid. You could have a concussion," says an oddly distorted and mechanical voice.
Neil shakes his head--and wow, that was a mistake--tells the voice "I'll be fine, thanks"
"Seriously kid, it looks like you hit your head pretty hard. Just wait a minute Before you try to run off"
Neil wants to argue more, but the world still hasn't stopped spinning, so he thinks the voice might have a point. As he finally makes himself look at the person helping him he's surprised, perhaps more than he should be, to find himself looking at a red helmet rather than a face.
"You're Red Hood", Neil says dumbly, before being hit with a wave of dizziness and unbearable nausea. "I think I need to sit down now," Neil mutters before promptly vomiting on Red Hood's boots.
So I have the next 2 parts of my AFTGĂBatman fic written but unfortunately, they are hand written in a journal and now I have to actually type them up which I really do not want to do
I need a title for my AFTG Ă Batman fic and I can not think of anything so I am taking suggestions
AFTG x Batman chapter 2
Getting to Gotham hadnât been as difficult as Dav- no Neil. His name is Neil now not David he needs to get used to it before he raises suspicion. Anyways, getting to Gotham hadn't been as difficult as Neil had anticipated.Â
sure there was a bit of trouble when he went to get his new identification set up because they didnât want to make it look like he was from Gotham. They eventually relented when Neil explained that nobody will want to bother a kid from Gotham, nor will they question whatever background and personal history he comes up with for his new persona. When he was warned that he really should stay away from Gotham it was too easy to convince them that he would never set foot in the city. So armed with his new identity and with freshly dyed black hair Neil Josten began his journey to Gotham.
It maybe should have been a sign that the mafia affiliated group making fake I.D.s was so wary of having anything to do with potentially sending a kid into Gotham, but Neil decided not to think about it too much. But really Neil was right about how helpful having a Gotham ID would be; he was able to take buses all the way from California to New Jersey without any issue. Any time someone asked why he was traveling alone or where his parents were he just told them that he was on his way back home to Gotham and suddenly they were all too willing to ignore him.
His next sign that he might be making a mistake should have been when the most difficult part of his journey was getting into the city itself. There were plenty of options to get into the areas around Gotham but it was nearly impossible to find someone willing to take him actually into the city. At least it was nearly impossible to find someone who was willing to take him safely into the city. He got plenty of offers from people who set off all of his warning bells. In the three days between getting to Jersey and finally making it into the city he has had no fewer than 10 people pull weapons on him both while waiting for the bus and while trying to hitchhike. Neil was actually pretty sure that the last guy who had pulled a gun on him was a child trafficker and the only reason that he got away unscathed was because a different group of heavily armed men pulled up and scared him off.Â
It was the second group that finally agreed to take Neil into the city. On the ride he learned that they worked for Red Hood and that their boss has strict rules about hurting kids. Hearing this Neil determines that his first order of business will be to find out what areas of the city are protected by this âRed Hoodâ guy and find somewhere there to set up. Neil isnât too sure how effective this plan will be to keep him safe but it at least gives him a level of hope that he will be able to make this work.Â
FUCK I'M SORRY
Dick Grayson after moving into his new room in Wayne Manor days after his parents died in front of him:
i was rereading aftg and i always found it really interesting how andrew purposefully takes neil to talk to katelyn, and maybe it's because he doesn't trust himself ('take these or i'll use them') and even at that his acknowledgement that neil is the most likely to mitigate his violence is really something, but it's also insane when you think he knows he's having this conversation because he's just chosen neil, and is having neil there as a physical reminder, so every time he feels his resolve breaking neil is right there to remind him why it's worth it
like it's not just andrew having neil there so 'he'll intervene if this turns to violence', it's andrew being able to look at neil and feel neil with him and go 'this is why i'm doing this, this is what it gets me' and then proceeding to show neil just how much it means to him moments later ('no/that's why')
AFTG X Batman ch. 1 I guess
based on this post
David sat on the sandy beach watching the flames and tried not to panic. He didnât know what he was supposed to do now. How is he supposed to keep going without his mom? He knows what the plan was and he has the binder with information on where to get a new identification and money, but he also knows that the plan won't work. Not when he is so young. His mother had done her best to teach him what she could and prepare him for a day when he would need to run without her, but neither of them had considered that the day would come so soon. The plans he has all hinge on his ability to pass as an adult, someone who would go unnoticed.
But David isnât an adult. He is barely 13, a short, skinny, underfed 13. He isn't sure he could convincingly pass for 15 there is no way he will be able to pull off 18. So the plan will have to be modified. He needs to find somewhere that people either wonât notice or wonât care that he is on his own. The most important thing for him now is to avoid attention. If he gets picked up by the police or CPS it will all be over. They will run his fingerprints or DNA against a missing children's database and then his father will find him. If David wants any chance at surviving that can not happen.Â
As the flames from the car begin to die down David moves to the side to begin digging a grave for his mother, thinking over his options as he digs.Â
In an ideal world he would go to a city with a strong hero presence since his father would be less likely to risk coming after him if there are superheroes. Unfortunately however, most cities with their own heroes are also the kind of places where people notice homeless children. He wants a hero to scare off his father and his men, not to try and save him. No he needs somewhere where he wonât stand out, where there is such a large homeless population that nobody will notice one more.
As he finishes up the grave he has an idea. A dangerous and potentially deadly idea, one city that could work for him.
No. It's a bad idea. Walking back to the car to get what is left of his mothers body he tries to dismiss the option. His mother always insisted they never go near, no matter how desperate they got. She always said it was too close to Baltimore and his fathers territory. And it really is close.
But, he thinks, it's also the only place he knows of that not even the butcher is willing to go. Carrying his momâs body back to the grave he reconsiders.
It would be incredibly dangerous too. If he goes there he is likely to end up dead anyways, killed by one of the many villains or even just in a random act of violence. Thinking about how upset his mother would be if he ended up being killed, he gets to work on burying her.Â
But if he is going to be killed, he would rather it be literally anyone other than his father or his men.
The more he thinks about it, he really doesnât think there is a better option. Not until he is older and will be able to pass as an adult anyways. He knows that his mother would hate this. Would think him reckless, but she isnât here anymore. He needs to do what he can with what he has and this is his best chance of avoiding his father.
As he scoops the final layer of sand over the grave he makes his decision. He is going to Gotham.Â
#THIS IS SO GOOD I SENT IT TO MY AFTG BESTIES AND WE ARE FROTHING BY THE COLLECTIVE MOUTHS#aftg#neil josten#batman
im so glad someone gets me. I sent the idea for this to my friend who hasn't read AFTG and was like you don't understand how feral i am about to be about this.