Jason: What? Of course not! Don't be stupid, I would never eat that sugary monstrosity.
Dick: ???
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Bruce: 5 bodies found dead and a shipment is missing.
Tim: Any leads?
Bruce: Not yet. The perpetrator left no traces.
Jason: Who cares about some low-life drug dealers. Just blame it on the Red Hood.
Bruce: Jason, are you confessing to the crime??
Jason: Excuse me?! I am fully reformed you asshat. When are you gonna stop blaming me for every dead body you see!?
Bruce: What are you saying? I am so confused.
Tim: Me too wtf.
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Jason: You should go join the others.
Damian who was forcibly dragged to a park by Jason to have a "normal day of being a child": I have no desire to join a ridiculous game with unruly children.
Jason: Dude, don't be so dramatic. They're just playing a game of Red Hood.
Damian: They named a game after you?
Jason: No??
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Jason: You should go to sleep.
Tim: No.
Jason (jokingly): If you don't go to sleep, the Red Hood will haunt you and attack you in the middle of the night.
Tim: Been there, done that.
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Alfred: It seems somebody has been stealing cookies from the cookie jar.
Jason with crumbs on his face: Wasn't me! The Red Hood did it.
Alfred: Sir, you are the Red Hood.
Jason: Oh yeah...
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*bonus with Steph and Duke who grew up in the poorer parts of Gotham*
Dick: Who tf dyed my Nightwing suit pink!?!
Steph (who totally did it): Wasn't me!
Duke (who helped): The Red Hood did it!
Dick: It was Jason!? He's fucking dead.
*Steph and Duke cackling in the distance as Dick tackles an unsuspecting Jason*
Part three! I keep adding way too many pictures, but seeing that Jason is gonna pop up again, I don't see that changing anytime soon.
I started reading Grant Morrison's Batman run as Damian Wayne research for the fic I'm working on. Here are my live reactions! Currently reading: Batman & Robin: Dark Knight vs White Knight
Batman & Robin: Dark Knight vs White Knight (Part 2)
Tbh the volume 4 stories aren't written by Grant Morrison, but I'm including them since they're part of the Batman & Robin run.
So someone is going after anyone that is related to everybody that has spent time in Arkham. It looks like half the damn city's a target lol
Awww of course this would be personal for Damian. He's changed a lot since his introduction where he defined himself by his bloodline. We love to see the character development!
This is frying me. They're so unserious 😂
Damn.
Yes, yes, yessss Jason is back!
I might hate hate ginger Jason, but oh my god this man is fineeeee. Also, The Streets Run Red is a great tittle.
Hot and vindictive. Need that.
He's got a point. Nosferatu is crazy btw
Love this art style, Dick looks really good. But not as good as his brotherrrr.
Also what kind of logic is this?? High security prisons exist 😭
I'm being fed. I take it back, I really don't mind ginger Jason.
Oh! So this is where the Pride and Prejudice headcanon comes from!
The last part has gotten too long, so here's a part 2! Started reading Grant Morrison's Batman run as Damian Wayne research for the fic I'm working on. Here are my live reactions, hopefully it's a good run! Currently reading: Batman & Robin: Dark Knight vs White Knight
Batman & Robin: Batman & Robin Must Die! (Part 2)
I'm crying, the way the Joker is the best part of this book.
What could be funnier than that? BAM!!
Guys I swear this is not supposed to be a Joker appreciation post. I can't believe how much I'm liking this.
Is that Tim in the back?? Why does he look like that??
I liked this little bat passage.
Rolling my eyes. I've always found this type of speech annoying. It's just so overdone. This monologue is no more compelling than the last 20 times I read it.
LMAO he is stressed
In his Iron Man era ✨
Dick's finally got a personality! Only took 3 volumes. Look at him being the voice of reason lol. He's kinda chopped tho.
I love Damian, he's grown on me so much.
"I just got back from the dead and though of you" LOL
OH???
Finally done volume 3! This volume was so much more compelling than the other two. Best characters were:
The Joker
Damian
Everyone else
Dick
And this is coming from someone who normally hates the joker! What a fun read! The ending was a little annoying; once again hit with a bunch of set up for the following installations. I get why it's written this way, but that doesn't mean I have to like it lol. Honestly, I've found the pacing to be off throughout the series, but that's just my opinion.
Tbh not really looking forward to the next volume where we will surely follow Bruce now that he has returned. I'm personally not a big fan of this era Bruce Wayne, but for the sake of researching Damian's character, I will persevere!
Batman & Robin: Dark Knight vs White Knight
Here we go!
Starting off strong with Dick finally having a personality of his own. The new art style isn't as animated, but does wonders for Dick.
We're just going to pretend that this explanation makes sense.
This is so funny. No one was upset, and Bruce didn't even show up. Instead, he sent FLOWERS. Lowk her crashout is valid, this would be my villain origin story too!
Girl get up. He is not worth it.
Ha! Real.
The following dialogue was pretty funny! I keep oscillating between hating and loving her character. One moment she's witty and funny, the next she's being pathetically embarrassing over a man.
I did NOT see that coming! I've changed my mind, I love her. Now this is how you write interesting characters.
The first story was nicely wrapped up! All this for a man is still crazy imo, but it was an entertaining read. So far, the quality of the volumes seem to be increasing as the run continues.
Edit: Turns out the writer for this story is not Grant Morrison, but is Paul Cornell. This explains why I like the characters so much more lol.
Off to the next story!
Loved this! We get the cyclical moment of watching the movie that started it all with the full(ish) family coming together. Very cute!
I'm a big fan of Jason and Kyle being podcast bros, but in like the funny way. They have a weird channel on YouTube that's kind of niche, but still somewhat popular. The fans think it's really accurate cosplayers who get high together and method act. Since they both are a little lesser known heros, the JLA/Batfam/Lantern Corps remain unaware the channel exists.
Knowing how these two interact, I'd imagine there's a lot of memeable moments.
Some viral clips:
Kyle: If you were put into a position to defend yourself what would come out: the Robin training or the gothamite?
Jason: The gun, bitch
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Jason: So I'm sitting there, in Crime Alley, trying to stuff my face with the best chili dog known to man while some poor bastard gets robbed
Kyle: Wait, how good was the chili dog? Important info
Jason: 3000/10, would kill a man for it
Kyle: You'd kill a man for a half filled stale bag of doritos that's been stepped on
Jason: Yeah, but like, I'd probably kill Arsenal
Kyle: Damn, good fucking chili dog
Jason: Anyways, I'm enjoying my food, and all of the sudden I hear this agitating, grating voice.
Kyle: Batman?
Jason: Worse. Nightwing
Kyle: *pfft*
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Jason: Favorite hostage story, go
Kyle: Once I was kidnapped on a jungle planet and the guys wanted to use my power ring to figure out if they could touch some weird looking sloth thing. They asked me if it was poisonous and I said no
Kyle: Then the thing bit them and the guy died like maybe 30 sec later
Kyle: And I was like, ☝️ it's venomous
Jason: I feel like might be manslaughter
Kyle: Didn't happen on earth, plus I was kidnapped. Doesn't count and if it did it was self defense
Jason: I wish the other lanterns knew how fucked up you are😒
I wanted to write a fun 5+1 fic with Jason and the rest of the Batfam, but I can't help but write them with constant animosity. Like this was not the direction I was planning on going, and I lowk might restart (at least I've only written a few introductory paragraphs).
That being said, my ideal Dick and Jason dynamic is one where Dick is still angry and passive agressive towards Jason, meanwhile Jason thinks that they are on great terms and is unintentionally ragebaiting his older brother.
Anyways this is what i have so far 😭 (first chap was supposed to be them finding out the origin of Jason's white strip)
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If Dick Grayson were anyone other than a veteran vigilante raised by the world's greatest detective, set upon the streets at the tender age of 11, he might have missed the speckling of white dotting his brother's scalp. As it were, Dick was all that and more. He had overseen a team of superpowered teenagers, travelled across space, defended his very own city, participated in world-ending battles, and even acted as an interim Batman. But most importantly, he had a bone to pick.
You see, Dick had a serious problem, and that problem came in the form of a 6'4" hulking little brother. Despite their newfound, tentative working relationship, an undeniable tension existed between the two crime fighters. There was enough bad blood between them to fill up Gotham's Bay.
And while Dick couldn't outwardly do anything to compromise this partnership, he sure as hell didn't have to make it a pleasant experience for his former successor.
So Dick fell back on his passive-aggressive nature.
Grinning like a shark, he circled his wayward brother. "Is that some gray I'm seeing, Jay? The stress getting to you? Just not cut out for this lifestyle, eh."
Jason stared impassively at the older vigilante.
"You know, I always thought Bruce would be the first to go gray. Guess you're finally first in something." Jason snorted. "Pretty sure I was the first to kick the can, Dickie." The older man hummed in reply.
"You should start wearing sunscreen, wouldn't want to be the first to get wrinkles, too."
"Hate to break it to you, big bird, but you and B have already got me beat."
Hands immediately clamped to his forehead. "What?! No way! Take that back!" Jason laughed at his brother's antics. "Always so vain Dickie," he teased. Dick huffed. Admittedly, his game wasn't at its best today, and all his barbs were landing flat.
"You know, if you're calling me old, that would make you ancient."
"At least I don't look it! You look like an old man, maybe it's time for you to retire."
And wouldn't that be something, to finally have the Red Hood off the streets. They had tried so many times to eradicate his malicious influence from Gotham's ecosystem, but like a cockroach, Jason always found a crevice to hide in. He always came back.
Years ago, he might have rejoiced at that fact, might have been comforted in the knowledge that he would never truly lose his little brother. Acknowledging that he didn't feel that way twisted his innards and tangled his nerves. And so, Dick left that box untouched in a back-end corner of his mind and blocked all access.
He buried the malaise that came with thoughts of impassioned literary tirades, spirited late-night flights, unanswered phone calls, and his own casual cruelty.
He erased from memory the boyish face that never quite managed to hide his desperation for acknowledgement behind a petulant glare, and replaced it with visions of violence.
Nights swinging together over the metropolitan cityscape morphed into the sight of Tim lying in a pool of his own blood. Lounging in the warmth of Wayne Manor's sunroom was replaced by Damian's paralyzed form lying on concrete with a bullet in his back.
"You okay there, big bird?" Dick blinked as his mind catapulted back to the present. Jason smirked wolfishly. "Lost in thought? Maybe you should retire for the night. It's way past your bedtime, old man."
The ensuing cackles distorted through a voice modulator as Jason readorned his helmet and grappled away. Dick scowled at his receding profile.
i do think that a severely under-talked about idea between Jason and Damian within the whole league-brothers AUs is the communication factor. like, if we go with the idea of Jason basically being a catatonic zombie who has to relearn how to be human after his pit-dunk, and with him meeting Damian when Damian was like. barely out of a diaper. the communication between those two as they got closer would be fascinating.
like, aren't there psychological studies claiming that twins are more likely to have delays in language development because they become so in tune with each other that they don't need to learn how to speak as quickly? can you imagine that with Damian and Jason. Jason whose communication development was put back to square one after the pit, and Damian who was only just starting to get the hang of it anyway. those two become close and suddenly they're learning how to communicate together--and it causes fucking chaos within the league.
i want them to be able to communicate fluently with each other before anybody else can understand a single word they're saying. they have their own weird half-grunt-half-gesture-half-body-language thing going on and i bet you the rest of the league is so tired of having to deal with this bullshit.
Jason is still like. actively being used as one of Talia's top assassins/guards, is the thing. somehow despite the fact that fucking verbal language is escaping his post-lazarus mind, he's still a beast with a sword. or a gun. or anything, really, to the point where Ra's is specifically requesting Jason as a personal guard during particularly risky situations. so like. they kind of need to be able to talk to him. it gives Talia a migraine every. time.
Talia: Jason. you are needed.
Jason, intently watching three year old Damian draw in the sand with a stick: *looks up at her cluelessly*
Talia:
Talia, internally sighing: Jason. you have to *gestures* come.
Damian: *glances up and blinks*
Talia, speaking slowly and clearly: Damian, tell Jason that he has g-u-a-r-d d-u-t-y. understand? g-u-a-r-d.
Damian: *looks at Jason*
Jason: *looks back*
Talia, under her breath: finally,
Damian: *jerks shoulder and clicks tongue*
Jason: *grunts back and stands up*
Talia: yes, now lets-
Jason: *hands Talia his sword and sits back down*
Talia:
Talia: what.
Damian: you want sword.
Talia: NO!?
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Ra's: grandson, how are your lessons going?
Damian: *wiggles his fingers and whines slightly*
Ra's:
Jason, in the corner: *claps his hands, congratulatory*
Damian: *preens*
Ra's:
Damian's tutor: ...he is doing well.
Ra's: *sighs*
I think even after they both learn how to speak normally they still have their weird little baby-twin language. it's like their mother tongue, what they default to whenever they aren't paying attention. whenever Jason gets genuinely pissed off he starts speaking in this weird mix of grunts and clicks and Damian's the only person that understands. after Jason's assigned his own team of subordinates at the league it becomes a regular occurrence that one of the guys will barge into the room while Damian's training and demand that he go with them. Damian has to stop mid-kata and follow some random assassin into Jason's meeting room because he's been yelling at his squad for the better part of an hour and they can't for the life of them figure out what they did wrong. Damian walks in, listens to the incomprehensible mix of jerks and noises for four seconds, states plainly 'he found out one of you fell in a koi pond during a stealth mission and killed three fish.' and then leaves instantly.
it keeps happening, too. even in Gotham, the language just never stops being an instinctual fall-back for the two. if Damian is woken up while half asleep by Tim or Dick, for the first two minutes or so he will be completely incomprehensible because his brain hasn't kicked into gear and he's speaking the language that comes most naturally to him. there's an occasion where Damian forgets the English word for some inane thing while talking to Tim and he just. cannot fucking remember what it's called. ends up instinctively reverting back to what it would have been if he were talking to Jason which is a weird hum/grunt, and Tim looks at him like he's insane. Damian can NOT remember this word in English, and Tim can NOT understand what Damian's saying and it's driving them crazy. they're still arguing about it on patrol three days later when Red Hood comes across them and he hears
Tim: -I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THAT MEANS!
Damian: that's not my problem!! i'm speaking very clearly!!
Tim: THAT'S NOT A WORD.
Damian: YES IT IS.
Dick: how are you two still on this???
Damian: IT'S A *grunt-hum*. I CANNOT SAY IT ANY PLAINER.
Tim: WHAT THE FUCK.
Jason: *drops in* what's up?
Tim: ROBIN'S FUCKING- I DON'T EVEN KNOW BUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HIM. *to Damian* say it again, fucking show Hood.
Damian: *grunt-hum*.
Jason, without blinking: pogo-stick.
Damian: SEE.
Tim, genuinely about to loose his shit: FUCKING WHAT.
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