#the watchtower

[robs-your-robins]

You know what I think is the real reason the Robins wear yellow? Bruce is sat in the Watchtower on duty, keeping watch on everything and Hal, who is on shift with him, enters the room to do his usual "Annoy Batman Time" and before he even gets through the door, Batman reaches down and sets Robin on the chair beside him, in a huge yellow cape which has Hal hissing and backing out of the room like a cat that's been sprayed with a water bottle.

[thoughts-from-thelocalpan]

DC X DP PROMPT #11

Whose baby is that?!?

Danny got de-aged some how but still has his ghostly ability. He is on the watchtower causing chaos obviously. The thing is there are so many black haired and blue eyed people that are part of the justice league so everyone assumes that he’s someone’s child or a relative that they’re babysitting.

Superman sees him is like I didn’t know Bruce got another kid.

Wonder Woman sees him and just like aww he looks like Clark.

Batman is trying to figure out if he is a grandfather or not.

Zatanna knows it’s some type of magic issue happening but still can’t figure out if someone got de-aged or a baby was magically born.

The Flash thinks it’s a timeline issue and is slightly freaking out.

Martian Manhunter knows that it’s phantom but thinks it’s funny so he says nothing.

Then baby phantom goes ghost and just phases into space.

[saltymarshmall0w]

Danny goes all the way to Gotham, finds the Batcave, stalks the bats long enough to figure out the passcode to the Batcomputer.

Just to do the "If there's a screen A03 will be seen." trend on Tiktok, not expecting it to blow up as big as it did.

How was he supposed to expect anything else? He was chronically unpopular for a hero, most of his tiktoks only got a solid 100 likes, entirely from the teenagers in Amity who were fans of him (something about him looking photoshopped or like AI?)

While Phantom and therefore Amity Park is under a microscope, a smart thing to do would be to lay low or cooperate with the heroes to show he's not a threat.

Instead, he posts a follow-up tiktok from The Watchtower

[toobytoobs]

These lists are so fun to make

Things Billy has said when a JL member found him walking around as a child in the Watchtower (you decide which excuses worked and which didn’t)

“I’m Batman’s new Robin” (the blue eyes, black hair, and orphan status convinces everyone worryingly fast.)

“Im checking to see if this building’s up to code!” He had a fake mustache and a clipboard too.

“My class is here on a field trip and I got lost :(“

“Let me call my lawyer then we’ll talk!”

“Dude, did you really forget me? We’ve been working together for years!” (It isn’t gaslighting if it’s technically true)

Points behind them “OhMyGosh! A ghost!” Runs away when they look behind them.

“What am I doing here? What are YOU doing here!?”

“SIR/MA’AM, I AM HERE ON OFFICAL BUSINESS™️. PLEASE STEP AWAY AND LET ME DO MY JOB”

“Hi! I’m the Whiz Kid here to do an interview with Cap!”

“You can see me?”

“Excuse me, this is private property and you should NOT be here!”

Says Shazam and turns back into Cap “no one will ever believe you…”

[qvicksilversass]

/NEW DRINKING GAME: take a drink every time John says 'Shit, ah shit, jesus, jesus christ...'

[frownyalfred]

Victor doesn’t actually have to spend his Watchtower shifts reviewing and deleting horrific JL porn searches on the Watchtower network. instead, he has to review and delete hundreds of embarrassing tech-related searches a day. 27 of which are just from Ollie trying to connect his Bluetooth headphones to his JL laptop (“why won’t headphones connect” “headphones connect issue” “headphones connect issue Reddit”). the rest are even less tech literate and are usually accompanied by all caps VICTOR DONT JUDGE ME IM TRYING (Hal) or a pitiful attempt at the use of a VPN (Booster Gold) and yes, Hal’s freaky porn searches he does on his monitor shifts just to make Victor’s remaining eyebrow raise (even to a man with total access to the internet at every waking moment, there are some porn videos that can make you freeze up for a second)

[anyknotrants]

*Jason is captured by the JL, now sitting in the interagetion room*

Jason: -ha! good luck with that.

Hal: now listen here you little-

Dick: *storms into the intergetion room*

Dick: HOOD!

Clark: Nightwing-

Jason: oh shit- heeeeeey dickhead

Flash: you know him-?

Dick: Jay, Jaybird, Hood, little wing-

Jason: *leans away*

Dick: we all love you-

Hal: the fuck-?

Dick: but WHY THE FUCK would you skip your weakly check-in and get arrested imideatly after that?!??!

Jason: listen-

Dick: no, you listen. I had a hell of these past few hours. Dealing with a bunch of bad guys in one thing- but dealing with an army of children who are worried about you and would kill for you? Why the fuck did you think it was a good idea??????

Jason: oh, OH SHIT-

Dick: yeah, Lizzie almost had my head when she called becase you didn't check in.

Flash: am I the only one who doesn't know what's going on...?

Hal: nope.

Jason: OH FUCK *pulls his hands ot of the cuffs*

Hal: now wait a minute-

Jason: *taps his helmet* fuck, I can't-

Dick: *already has a hologram video call pulled up*

Jason: Carrot top!

A small child: Hood!

Jason, in a soft voice: I'm so sorry I didn' call-

Lizzie: helmet.

Jason: ya know I can't

Lezzie, pounting: helmet.

Jason: *hungs his head low and sighs* fine

Jason: *pulls off his helmet with a soft click and hiss*

Jason, just in his domino now: *looks up again* happy?

the JL: *absolutely bamboozled because the kid did what they couldn't do in 5 hours in 5 seconds. Also, how young is Red Hood?????*

Lizzie: *nods*

Jason, voice even softer: I'll be back soon, please tell the others kids I'm okay, alright?

Lizzie: *nods again*

Jason: bye

Lizzie: *waves*

Dick: *ends the call, grinning like an idiot*

Jason: *puts his helmet back on* shut up, Dickhead

Dick: you're soft *smirks*

Jason: oh you-

Hal: what the FUCK was THAT?!

Dick: *snickers*

Dinah, a bit worried: who was that kid?

Jason: that was-

Dick: one of the many kids hes taken under his wing

Barry: what?

Dick: oh, you didn't know? *smirks even wider*

Jason: don't you dare-

Dick: Jay here, became the patreon and protector of the homeless youht in Gotham, especially the Crime Alley

Clark: *smiles like a proud parent 'cus he already knew*

Jason: my reputation! *groans, hides his head in his hands and makes a sound like a dying bird*

[violentbat]

The most common job posting on the Watchtower? Maintenance.

This place is explosion central. Lantern abilities will go off, Amazon-alien sparring gets out of hand, Atlanteans will accidentally drench the controls, someone needs to dig those Batarangs out of the door, hand-shaped dents from Kryptonians, skid marks from speedsters, human-shaped holes in walls from speedsters, doors that came off due to speedsters, dents in the ceiling from the Hawks, exposed wiring due to half-finished repairs/improvements.

All this to say, it's rare the place is entirely put together, and on the rarer occasions that visitors are allowed there's a ninety percent chance of seeing many of the world's best heroes bickering, holding brooms and dustpans.