#flamebird!jon

[lightningflvsh]

where did he even get boba from in the middle of the night…

[msfcatlover]

Damian & Jon getting back from their first patrol as Nightwing & Flamebird, and Damian just. Hands Jon an entire grocery bag full of skin-care supplies. “Wash your face.”

Jon tries to convince Damian this is excessive, that he can wash his face without all these products. Damian’s just like, “Sorry, I forgot that you’d been wearing greasepaint on your face almost every day for the last 5yrs. Wait… no, that was me. Do you know what that’s like, Jon? Wearing greasepaint on half your face at fifteen? Do you know what that does to your skin? I’m looking out for you. Go wash your face.”

[cryptids-and-muses]

My designs for Damian as Nightwing and Jon as Flamebird from this post. Jon’s cape is very glittery.

Bonus Damian’s cloak:

[msfcatlover]

Trying to design the Reverse!Robins suits, and suddenly realizing Damian & Jon basically traded aesthetics when they became Nightwing & Flamebird.

Shadow!Damian suit: Aiming for sleek while still somewhat disguising his body outline, almost ghostly in Gotham’s dark nights. Primarily black with (dark) red fingerless gloves and red stripes going up the backs of his sleeves to “pool” into a bat in front of a gold circle, plus red laces & trim on his boots, and a couple other pops of gold (the hems of his gloves, the eyelets on his boots, and lightly decorating every one of his weapons.) Uses a hooded cowl & greasepaint on the upper half of his face to hide his identity.

Nightwing!Damian suit: Focused on practical functionality, body armor & lots of pockets make it look almost military, while still not impeding his freedom of movement. Dark blue (nearly black) with silver highlights, though he’d eventually add purple gloves with metal-capped knuckles in tribute to Steph. Hides his identity with a neck gaiter & black domino mask with white lenses. Wears their shared symbol (the House of El diamond, with a pair of feathered wings spread out over the edges) on his back in silver.

Superboy!Jon suit: Leans hard into his boyish charm, aims to be disarming by looking almost like an ordinary kid. Blue sleeveless Superman suit (slightly darker than normal) with a bright white S, worn beneath jeans, sneakers, and a plain zip-up hoodie (worn open, so the S is still visible.) As he got older and became one of the co-leaders of the Titans, the rattier jeans got traded out for dark skinny jeans, the sneakers for work boots, the undersuit got a few shades darker, he added long sleeves with fingerless gauntlets worn on top, and the hoodie mostly stayed tied around his waist until he found a civilian who would be comforted by it (the hoodie can be any color at all.)

Flamebird!Jon suit: Leans way more into his kryptonian heritage, in the “the Superman suit is inherently alien, and that’s why it fits like that and Clark can get in & out of it seemingly easily” way. Black with gold panels on the sides, gold soles on the shoes, with their shared symbol in (flame) red on the chest. Also wears red gauntlets and a red domino mask (to match Damian’s) though Jon’s mask doesn’t have lenses and he wears black greasepaint behind it (which only makes Jon look more alien, when you think about it.)

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I did not do (most of) that on purpose. It was only when I realized how closely they mirrored eachother ( [black, gold, red, “otherworldly” sort of look] vs [blue, white/silver, very “grounded,” with a single pop of bright color] ) that I decided to lose the red in Jon’s Superboy design. Just... they straight-up traded aesthetics, and I did not plan that.

(For the record they didn’t either, and I’m pretty sure they don’t even notice. Damian just wanted something more functional & less reliant on a utility belt, while Jon wanted to embrace his heritage more.)

[cryptids-and-muses]

I don’t think DC realizes how perfectly they set up Damian and Jon to be Nightwing and Flamebird. I’m not saying they can’t eventually become the new Batman and Superman but seriously it’s perfect. I think we can all agree that the person Damian is closest to is Dick Grayson. So having him follow his brother’s path first instead of his father’s would make a lot of sense and really be in line with the theme of Damian not following the paths people expect him to that we see a lot. Damian becoming Nightwing is a great way to show his character development. As for jon, he needs a title to make his own. He can’t be Superboy forever and taking the name Flamebird would be a way to become his own hero instead of just his fathers sucessor. He even has a SOLAR FLAIR ABILITY THAT BURNS EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH!!!! I really love the dynamic between these too and them continuing to be partners would be amazing and them becoming Nightwing and Flamebird would be an awesome way to do that and it makes a lot of sense for their characters. I hope DC notices this and uses it.