You don't even need to be a journalist, experts LOVE answering these kinds of questions. I, a regular-degular idiot, recently contacted the Smithsonian asking what kind of ink to use on mineral paper for maximum longevity, and I got a very detailed response in under 48 hours.
Going down by bi-monthly Batfam vampire au rabbit hole and why can I never find any duke vampirism? He would be such a funny vampire Iβm so serious
He would make it SO glaringly obvious heβs a vampire, drinking blood in public and saying itβs juice, not touching anything silver or anything with garlic in (the worst part about being a vampire to him) and he wouldnβt enter a single building without asking
But, he can make himself show up in photos and mirrors, by making a illusion of himself around him to any outsider it would look the same and show up on camera, so anytime anyone tries to prove heβs a vampire they just canβt, they canβt take a picture of him to be like hey heβs not showing up thatβs vampire shit and he drives people insane
On a similar vein he can go into the sun by every so slightly diverting light rays so they donβt touch him and he doesnβt really think about doing it, he just does it
Iβm just saying duke as a vampire is a untouched comedic gold mine
peace and love but if youβre writing duke and you have him being eagerβor even willing, reallyβto be called a member of the bat family, youβre writing him wrong. i absolutely think he should be considered one, but he should always be reluctant to accept that he is. he does NOT wanna be lumped in with those freaks. hes still not the normal one tho.
here me out- I know I donβt post on this blog anymore and that itβs been entirely DC BUT- Iβve been working on something.
Sometime around August last year I had a spur of the moment idea and started working on an entire rewrite of Marvel Comics, starting with the X-Men.
Iβve been working on this for around 10 months now and Iβm still working on the X-Men side of things, so I thoughtΒ βfuck it why donβt I talk about thisβ
Iβll admit I was not a giant X-Men fan until I started this project but damn have they grown on me even if I still donβt know as much as other fans probably do.
BUT I would absolutely love to learn more about the X-Men from people and to share all the ideas and work I have put into this project since it began all the way back in August.
One of my favorite and very specific interactions on batman fics is βbatman finds out Jason is alive and the league of assassins is involved somehow and immediately calls talia':
Batman: What did you do to my son?
Talia: Which one?
Batman: What
Talia: Always a pleasure to talk to you, beloved *hangs up on him*
Drabbles from a fic that may or may not ever be written
In which Tim and Jason stumble upon a plot convenient device that transports the user into a different dimension/universe. Except itβs broken and they donβt know how to work it yet so after they accidentally trigger it theyβre pretty much just tripping through the multiverse in the hopes that maybe theyβll eventually end up back in their universe
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Jason, after killing his 28th Joker and saving baby Robin Jason for the eleventh time: You know, this isnβt too bad
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In a universe currently experiencing a zombie apocalypse
Tim: Hey look, itβs your people
Jason: Youβll be one too if you donβt shut up
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Jason: *cackling*
Tim, horrified: I canβt believe I just punched Batman.
Jason: *cackles louder*
Tim: Heβs so YOUNG right now.
Batman whoβs been doing this for like three weeks: Hey! Iβm above legal drinking age!
Jason, practically wheezing: Oh my gosh you punched baby batman
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Jason: How many times have we stopped a world ending scenario by getting rid of a big red button?
Tim: Fourteen.
Jason: Some people have no creativity.
Tim: What are you waiting for, a big blue button?
Jason: Well Iβm just saying itβd be niceβ¦
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Tim: This is so weird.
Jason: Itβs unnatural is what it is.
Tim: This is Gotham! Thereβs not supposed to be *sunshine* here.
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Jason: So let me get this straight. You are⦠Ratman?
Bruce, dressed in a large rat costume: Rats are terrible.
Jason: Uh-Huh. So howβs that working out for you so far?
Tim: Just please tell me your secret base isnβt in a sewer or something.
Bruce:
Tim: This is the worst timeline.
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Damian: You mean to tell me that in your universe I have SIBLINGS?!?
Jason: Uh, yeah? Thereβs like fifty of us on any given day. Are you seriously an only child?
Damian:
Damian: FATHER! You must rectify this immediately!
Tim: Is this a greener grass situation or is he plotting our murders?
Damian: Two more children will not kill you!
Jason: Iβm thinking the first.
Damian: I AM NOT THAT BAD!
Tim: Can we record this to show Damian later?
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Tim: Did we do it? Are we back?
*Batman flies into the sky and punches an alien who lands about a mile and a half away*
Jason: Yeah, Iβm gonna go with no.
Tim, fiddling with the dimension device: Dangnabit.
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Jason, looking at a nineteen year old Bruce Wayne: Oh, Iβm regretting all my lifeβs decisions up to this point.
Bruce: So does that mean youβll train me?
Tim: Whereβs the computer?
Bruce: The what?
Tim: *now five seconds away from a breakdown*
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Jason: Youβll send this to the Justice League when we get back, right?
Tim, filming Batman using a glorified pogo stick and a slingshot: Obviously.
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*Barbara and Bruce together*
Tim: I will never be able to unsee that.
Jason: I think I may need to gouge my eyes out now.
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Jason: Oh, oh, this is somehow worse.
Tim, watching other Tim and Barbara on a date: Why is the multiverse so weird?
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*sees a dinosaur batman*
Jason: I am suddenly filled with such a morbid curiosityβ¦
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In a no capes universe
Tim: So this is what itβd be like if we all got therapy.