#batwayne

[garpen]

@borbsbirbs por tu <3

[ravenlilyrose]

As funny as I found it, I never really understood where the whole ‘Gotham thinks Bruce Wayne and Batman are dating’ thing came from. Like, there have been a lot of very logical explanations/reasonings that people have come up with, but I never could find anything that would be where the idea originated from some kind of canon. And I still haven’t seen anything in comics (which doesn’t mean it isn’t there, just that it’s not there in the comics I’ve read) BUT:

Watching the 1966 TV show has made me understand it well. Batman is running around like “my friend Bruce Wayne” this and “my friend Bruce Wayne” that. He’s saying “I think I can speak for my good friend Bruce Wayne when I say…” when he’s commenting on something that literally just happened and there’s no way he and Bruce Wayne could have chatted about it.

He’s definitely playing the part of someone who knows Bruce Wayne very well. And after you’ve debunked ‘Bruce Wayne=Batman’… well, there are a few directions you could go.

[damelancelot-darling]

Gotham Inception Fic

Aka: a Gothamite writes fanfiction about the Batfam and the Wayne family like step-families.

All inspired by @jasontoddiefor's post here:

Obviously fans are going to wildly mischaracterize everyone, especially the BatFam so I'm seperating each person's character traits into their civilain ID and their persona. Some of these are grossly incorrect in any kind of canon or fanon but this is from the perspective of a Gothamite.

Dick (Richy):

Everyone gave up on using Dick as his name because it kept getting flagged everytime so they decided on Richy. He confirmed in an interview that he prefers Dick because English wasn't his parent's first language and when they gave him a white name, they didn't know what dick meant until they had already been using it too long.

Way stereotyped. Both as Romani and as a former circus performer.

Goofy, smiley, more of a puppy than anything.

Doting on his family.

Nightwing ():

Human thristtrap.

Oversexualized and flirty af.

Gets very angry easily (stemming from his early Robin days)

Overprotective (of family, of his partner, of Y/N, etc.)

Cool in a way that teenagers think is cool.

Richi taught him acrobatics.

Jason:

Dead lol

Still legally dead and out of the view of the public.

Everyone writes angst about his death.

Made out to be this sweet little uwu baby.

They do guess correctly that if he was brought back, he'd be pissed he was "replaced".

Red Hood (Liam):

Woobified

His "real" name came from him quoting Shakespeare in public and so got called William which turned into Liam because Will was not a cool enough name for him.

Daddy issues af

A lot less violent that in reality.

Brucie has guilty resentment about him coming back but not Jason.

Only shows up to work with Batman on cases that involve his terf.

Hates Brucie with a burning passion and doesn't explain why.

Tim:

More uptight. Kinda like Damian's fanon calling everyone "peasants" thing but less outspoken.

Secretly thinks he should be the only son of Wayne but when Wayne Enterprises was given to him, it quelled most of the jealously.

Kind of the "bad guy" and/or the pessimist in most fanfics.

Basically a semi-spoiled rich kid who inherited his daddy's company.

It's debated whether he's actually a compitant boss or if he's more like Brucie was and everyone else does his work for him.

A small group of fans insist that he's stereotped into being the bad guy and he isn't actually that bad in real life. (Most of these are the Batfam trying to raise Tim's spirits.)

Red Robin (Rhett Robbie):

Yes his name is a reference to his vigilantie name.

Nerd

I can't really think of more for him rn

Damian:

More shy than snobby.

Overwhelmed with suddenly having a large family.

Covers up his negative feelings with either anger or coldness.

Doesn't speak much.

More affectionate than irl.

Snow White (ie: someone found out about the zoo he keeps at the manor and everyone thinks it's cute.

Robin (Taj):

I will murder you with a smile.

Has to be kept on a BatLeash (patent pending) at all times so he doesn't kill all of the criminals.

Complete Middle Eastern/ninja stereotype

They do get his desire to be the only BatKid because he's "actually" Batman's son.

According to the internet (which is exactly where a fan writer would go for name inspiration) Malik means crown in Arabic.

Bruce (Brucie):

Still very much a himbo.

Mischaracterized as "the wife" when shipped with Batman

Some people insist that Damian got his animal adoption problem from Brucie's child adoption problem.

All of his one night stands after parties are fake b/c he'd never cheat on Batman.

A little too dependant on hard liqour when left alone because Jason is dead/he's worried about Batman dying on patrol/etc.

Secretly depressed.

Would 100% kill a villain if they were after his kids (batkids included) and he had an opportunity.

Was taught in-depth selfdefense before Batman even considered a first date.

Batman (???):

I can't think of a good name for Batman. If you can think of something better, please add it.

His Batman persona sticks around even when the cowl is off.

Usually a redhead with green eyes because they suspect he's BatGirl's bio dad.

"Do the butts match?"

Loves his kids and Brucie's kids but is emotionally consipated and doesn't show it well.

Has a tragic backstory.

Childhood friends with Brucie.

He doesn't use guns because they're a huge trigger for Brucie.

I am absolutely not the authority of this kind of AU. If anyone has Corrections or additions they want to add please do. If there's enough additions and Corrections on this post, I will eventually I will make another post with everything added and corrected. 

Yes I know I need to add Duke, Cass, Stephanie, Barbara, Alfred, maybe Clark Kent, etc. I will make a sequel post with them in it or I will just include them when I make the masterpost.

[kiyans-corner]

so hey what if instead of "Wayne funds The Bat" it's actually "The Bat funds Wayne for A Small Commission Fee"

How much of the tech they sell was used by the bats FIRST? Nearly identical, just more streamlined- and more "oops I dropped it/it got wet" protection and materials than "I pick fights with Literal Gods sometimes and my shit CAN NOT break"- with a different logo?

How many people think TheBat is just handing Wayne all his tech to sell secondhand? Obvious The Bats made it, though. Explains why they have a successful R&D department IN GOTHAM that doesn't get destroyed on the regular.

Every time one of them shows up in an interview with something new the internet explodes, #newnotwaynetech trends for a few days.

Every time Wayne or one of his kids show up in an interview with something that looks strangely similar the internet explodes, #batsfieldtestednewwaynetech trends for a few days.

(the bats and Waynes of course all think this is HILARIOUS and the jerks joke about it ALL THE TIME on their respective social media pages. of course the Waynes always get @ by the Bats though- of COURSE they know them, they probably run into each other during the handoffs all the time regardless of which way it's being traded 🙄)

[jasontoddiefor]

I have seen the hilarity of the Batman/Bruce Wayne

do you think one of the chaps with Catwoman, she'd see Batman being a bit worried or pent up or smnth and decides to kidnap Bruce to just help Batman in a way.

It kind of ends with Batman flirting with Bruce.

And the family hears this over the comms.

Would that be funny or what.

I think if that happened, the family would be mostly just embarrassed like "URGH GROSS NO SHUT THEM UP DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THE ADULTS FLIRTING"

Nobody wants to hear their parents flirting. Selina would have a great time tho hahaha

[nonpensocheate]

Joe Walker as Batman in 'Holy Musical B@man' appreciation post. 1/x

[ask-gotham-city]

If y’all want to know what Gothamites do in their free time, look no further than the vigilante/celeb community lmao

-W

[apostatus]

The corruption of government officials in Gotham is honestly 100% of the problem, but Bruce Wayne doesnt do politics. He uses his money to beat the shit out of asylum escapees as his fursona instead.