#batkids

[boywonder40849006]

guys please help there was a piece of fanart that popped up on my dashboard and then it reloaded and I liked it but I couldn’t like it before it reloaded PLEASE I NEED TO FIND IT AGAIN it was the batkids taking care of de-aged Batman and it was so like cute I need it in my life

[batfamquotes]

beryl hutchinson: I remember when I learned that Americans call their lollipop ladies “crossing guards.” stephanie brown: Did you live in the fucking Shire?

[haveihitanerve]

Bruce doesn't say "I won't stop you from doing that"

He says "I won't let anyone stop you from doing that" which is ten times more affirming and threatening in equal measure.

[haveihitanerve]

Bruce having a butler/staff to do for him whatever he needs done but still doing it himself for the people he loves is so infinitely important to me, especially because the people don't realize its him.

Dick's fondest memories of childhood is the hot chocolate he used to drink every winter. He thought Alfred had always made it for him, because Alfred had always been the one to give him a mug of it, but the year after Alfred dies Bruce hands him a mug and Dick bursts into tears right then and there. "You know his recipe?" he sputters, through snot and a lump in his throat. Bruce pauses, considers briefly and dismisses the thought of telling him the truth. "Of course, chum." He lies, because Alfred wouldn't have known where to start in making hot chocolate, that sort of drink was beneath him. "I'll teach it to you."

Jason's favorite feeling in the world is slipping on a freshly ironed shirt. It's fucking fantastic. The greatest thing ever. He loves it so much. He used to watch Alfred do the laundry because he knew ironing was a part of it. Alfred never ironed a thing in his life. Bruce did all the ironing in the house. It soothed his mind to do it, to watch the wrinkles smooth out, to see the mistakes go away with just a little bit of water, heat and pressure. Jason comes to the Manor after a rough patrol and snaps 'where's Bruce?' and Tim points wordlessly to the laundry room. 'doing laundry? yeah right." Jason scoffs, and slams the door open only to find Bruce actually ironing. His shirt. "What are you doing?" He barks, and Bruce looks up, surprised. Like... genuinely surprised that someone is questioning the fact that he's ironing. "I'm... ironing?" He questions, and Jason snorts, snag his shirt and tosses it over his shouldr. "Yeah right. You lose a bet or something, old man?" Bruce debates for a moment, dismisses, and smiles at his son. "It can wait to be fulfilled. Hungry?"

Tim loathes cucumber sandwiches with his whole heart, but his parents staff used to do this thing where they'd put zuccini in the sandwiches in the center just for him. He told the story once to Bruce, and Alfred was in the room with them, and the next time he reached for a cucumber sandwich on the table, it was zuccini. He was elated. Alfred never bought zuccini. Never cooked it. He listed it amongst the top five worst gourds to exist. He never knew there were zuccinis hiding amongst his cucumbers

Steph had this one specific spoon that she loved eating with whenever she was at the Manor, and it was always polished to perfection everytime she needed it. She'd seen Alfred polishing and had been forced to polish utensils as a punishment enough times to assume that he'd just been doing it. When Bruce finally passed, he left the rag he would polish her spoon with and the spoon to her in his will. "I'm sorry I can't do it for you, anymore, but at least I taught you how to do it yourself."

Damian walks into his room to find Bruce bent over his shelf with a feather duster, meticulously cleaning his room for him. "What are you doing?" He barks, sharp and harsh. Bruce straightens, turns to him in surprise. "Damian! You weren't supposed to be home for another few hours!" "Only Pennyworth is allowed in here to clean." Damian says stifly, crossing his arms. Bruce raises an eyebrow. "I thought you said we're only allowed in to clean, unless you give permission otherwise. It's your room, Damian. I will respect your privacy." "Yes but-" Damian begins, and then stops. He'd said they could only go into his room to clean because thats what had happened in the League. Unimportant people, the servants, had cleaned his stuff. It didnt matter to him if they saw it because... they didnt matter. He'd thought... he'd assumed Pennyworth would- not... Bruce smiles.

Just. i dunno. Bruce doing the mundane 'servant' tasks for his family because it matters to them and as a form of affection and them not realizing it/realizing it much too late

[hollow-mercy]

All my homies love red hood

[batfamquotes]

tim drake: I’m so jetlagged I can’t even regrender my chorf. *everyone stares at tim* tim drake: I don’t even know what I was trying to say.

[haveihitanerve]

BatFam and their Instruments because idk I feel like it:

Bruce: Bruce can play anything but he's really good at playing Piano because his parents got him lessons since he was like five years old, and he's also very good at guitar. He picked it up while on his tour of the globe and its just relaxing and fun for him to play

Dick: Dick plays the recorder. He is terrible at playing instruments. Genuinely so bad. But he destroys on the Recorder. It's so weird

Jason: Jason plays the drums. He's also fond of piano, but he can't personally play it that well. But he's great at drums and Bruce got him violin lessons when he was first Robin. I want him to have a classical music touch, for some reason. Violin.

Tim: Tim plays the flute. It's floaty and beautiful and slips easily into his pocket and he has Bruce make him a staff that can be extended into a flute. He's very good because his parents made him learn it since a boy. Also the classic piano lessons, but he's horrible at piano because he hated it and would never practice.

Cass: She plays viola and sings. When nothing else can calm her down, playing her viola can. She and Jason sometimes put on productions together. It soothes her.

Steph: Steph I want to play cello lol. Just because I think she deserves it. And Bassoon. She also gets trombone and saxophone. Any woodwind instrument. Throw her into a music store and she can make anything sing. Besides a guitar or piano. She's genuinely so bad at the two most basic instruments. But she can play anything and everything else.

Barbara: She can play piano moderately well but prefers listening to music over playing it

Duke: Duke plays electric guitar and is killer at it. He has a band. His band is phenomenal. The family goes to their concerts and cheers so loud whenever he gets a guitar solo. He and Bruce love playing at each other

Damian: Damian is an artist on the piano. Bruce taught him to play and he is dedicated to it the way he is to Painting and being Robin. He also dabbles in other classical instruments with Jason and Cass, but piano is his one true love

Hal: Yeah, he's officially a part of the BatFam now for me, bite me. He plays the banjo. I just think its funny

[batfamquotes]

barbara gordon: There should be meat in keyboards, like you should be able to pry out the keys and suck meat out of them like crab legs.