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[samsheadraws]

my "How 2 Start Reading Batman Comics" zine I debuted at MICE this year! it was soooo much fun to put together, especially for baby's first mini-zine. Printed, it's only 6 interior pages and about medium hand size.

reminder: this is written for people who genuinely have no idea where to start, and it's from the POV of someone (me) who managed to get into Batman this way!

[hospesi]

For the past couple of months, I've read so many Peter Parker in Gotham fics that I can't tell them apart anymore. Whenever I get an update notification, I sit there trying to figure out which one this was. Doesn't help that the subgenre has so many established common beats.

For my own sake and sanity, this is a list of some that do stand out, that either break the mould or use it well enough to be memorable anyway. These are the updates I crave.

And When You Fall by @blackbellabu Peter in Gotham, but arrives together with a strange little girl he's never seen before.

Die a Little Sweeter by @forestofbabel Throws the mould out the window entirely. Peter keeps visiting Gotham at different stages of his life.

Existential Crisis Mode by @luciaintheskyainthi Everyone knows this one, right? No transition via snap, or pit, or universal erasure spell, which stands out right from the start.

Home Sweet Home by @queenisdemilo This one hits a lot of the tropes, but it does it so well, and has me on the edge of my seat.

The Mime of Gotham City by @lemongrovesandcloves Peter lands in the hands of the Joker instead of the bats. Longing for the next chapter to this one!

Phantom Liberty by @kpeccati Skips the orientation, and is set when Batman is just starting his career.

Stuck in a Web by AislinnHeart The bats are hilariously incompetent when it comes to being reassuring and trustworthy.

The Unsteady Retirement of One Mr Peter Benjamin Parker by aestorian Peter has had it with hero work and just wants to be Peter Parker, but keeps being bugged by bats.

[irondad-creator-awards]

Nominations So Far

All eligible nominations as of yesterday have now been bookmarked below...

Best Multi-Chapter

Best One Shot

Best Drabble

Best Plot Twist

Best Biodad

Best World's Colliding

Best Hurt/Comfort

Best Homeless

Best Adoption

Best Fix-It

Best 5+1

Best Identity Reveal

Best Kidnapping

Best Bonus Bond

Best Humor

Best Wild Card

Best AU

Best Series *

The All Time Favorite

Best of 2024/2025 Award

If you would like to peruse the nominations as a whole, they can be found bookmarked here.

*Please Note: Identity Saga by @kitcat992 has also been nominated for Best Series but for some reason we're unable to bookmark or comment.

[xaniquail]

It's my 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

[jewelweedss]

Fic Recs: Tim Drake Joins the Batfamily Early pt 2

Sweet True Lies

Prince and Pauper

stolen children

Timmy the Explorer

Steal my Sunshine

I've Got You, Brother

Baby vampires also deserve love

I found my brother in the trash

Buttheads Don't Get Cuddles

The Baby Brother Distribution System

The Shutter Goes Click

The Bachelor: Robin Edition

Spelunkin': A Family Affair

Melting Point

Aren't we all refugees (running from a crippling reality)

don't wanna be alone(when these bones decay)

Going Batty

Birds of a feather (we should stick together)

To Buy a New Dad

What this world could be

In want of a hug

Alleyway light

[incorrectbatfam]

Duke: Yo, did you hear Jason got a new dog?

Dick: Oh yeah? What genre?

Duke, confused: What GENRE?

Tim: Yeah, like punk, nu metal, post-grunge, pop...

Duke: That's not a thing. It's a golden retriever.

Dick: Ah, folk pop.

Duke: How the hell is something a folk pop dog?

Dick: You're gonna tell me that golden retrievers DON'T listen to The Lumineers?

Duke: Okay, that actually kind of does make sense. What else is a folk pop dog?

Dick: Bernese mountain dogs, shelties, cavaliers.

Duke: Okay, what about, like, classic rock?

Harper: Labradors and bulldogs.

Duke: Death metal?

Cassandra: Dachshunds and huskies.

Duke: What about bedroom pop?

Barbara: Pitbulls and frenchies.

Duke: Country?

Bette: Catahoulas and beagles.

Duke: Neo post-grunge?

Tim: Chinese crested, corgis, and chihuahuas.

Duke: Lo-fi beats to listen to while studying?

Helena: Those are great danes.

Duke: Eastern European Slavic techno beats?

Luke: Exclusively cats but shiba inus are invited.

Duke: Traditional Irish folk music?

Cullen: Newfies and setters. Sometimes Irish wolfhounds, but they're pretty loyal to Two Door Cinema Club.

Duke: Cottagecore folk electronica?

Stephanie: Rottweilers.

Duke: Okay, you know none of this is real, right?

Damian: Okay, tell that to my Gregorian chant Scandinavian black metal mix.

Duke: ...Doberman?

Damian: Now you're learning.

[assindeto-deactivated20140621]

take me to art museums and make out with me

[cornputer]

But they said to not touch the masterpieces

[etherialism]

Well somebody’s gotta pin the artwork to the wall

[loremerchant]

This is Johnson, those idiots are fucking in the east wing again.

[i-found-a-mushroom]

I’VE ONLY EVER SEEN THIS LEGENDARY POST IN SCREENSHOTS

[tumblebagel]

Reblogging for the legendary Johnson, the security guard we didn’t deserve

[littlestarbeam]

Camp Jupiter kids are private school kids and Camp Half-Blood kids are public school.

[depsidase]

[xaniquail]

GUYS IVE MADE IT

[papayafromtv]

conversations overheard through the batkid com lines pt 24 (masterpost here)

*ping*

Jason: sup' sluts.

Damian: oh good, you're finally here.

Tim: yeah usually you're out doing shit like an hour earlier, what were you doing?

Jason: playing tech support for Ra's

Damian: oh god, what did he want now?

Jason: he was trying to figure out how to mute uncle Dusan's number

Dick: isn't Dusan... his son?

Jason: he doesn't like him very much.

Damian: *snickers* ok well now that you're here i can finally do... this!

Tim: *confused hum*

Damian: as you know, a game has been invented that you're all invested in with varying levels,

Tim: -oh my god it's a fucking league days thing.

Damian: now, Drake-

Tim: no, no, it's fine. i'm gonna fucking crush this but i need you to know i'm going to hate every second of it.

Jason: why did you have to wait for me to play, i'm literally the only member of the family who can't participate because i already know everything.

Damian: -well if you'd let me fucking EXPLAIN,

Tim: aight damn Robin-,

Damian: this league days entry is very special, in that Jason didn't write it. i did.

*a beat*

Tim: but why-

Dick: -you clearly just want to tell us something and are using the game to do it, so we-

Tim: -s obviously going to be true,

Damian: well maybe it is and maybe it isn't, you have to figure that out.

Jason, amused: alright, i'll bite, give me the line.

Damian: *clears throat* 'this morning, i had a very interesting catch-up with my mother, during which i learnt some very important information...'

Jason: that's so- *laugh* that's so vague Day, the fuck did she tell you?

Damian: well Akhi, as you know, my mother and i talk quite often, and equally as often you are the subject of conversation,

Jason: -because i'm cool and you want to be like me-

Damian: -because you piss me off and she and grandfather are the only other two that truly get it. anyway, this morning we happened upon the subject of your resurrection and coming to be at the league.

Jason, audibly confused: okaaay...?

Dick: like- like when he got put in the lazarus pit?

Damian: no no Grayson, before that. you see, when Jason first came back to life it was unaided by any kind of magical assistance. grandfather is still pissed off he doesn't know how he did it.

Jason: yeah i just kinda dug my way out, but i don't remember anything after that. why the fuck is this relevant?

Damian: well i was talking to mother about it, and as it turns out, you were wandering around Gotham in a comatose-state for twenty-eight minutes before a league member found you and took you back to the compound. after mother found out, she had the tech experts go back and scrub all footage of you during this time from the city security cameras. she did however, keep a copy on file. i am now in possession of this footage.

Jason: riiight...? so what- is this just you having footage of me wandering around like a dumb zombie and thinking it looks funny?

Damian, innocent: no no, there's another reason it's interesting. speaking of- Timothy Jackson Drake, you've been quiet for quite a few moments now; do you have anything to put in here...?

*a few beats of silence*

Tim: *slowly* i... am not completely sure... why i would be of interest to this conversation.

Damian: well that's not very good sportsmanship is it? Jason, shall i send you the footage?

Jason: what the fuck is going on?

Tim: ok, ok... ok.

Damian: i am sending it over to you all, if you would like to pull up your screens and take a took,

Tim: I SAID OK.

Jason: why am i watching this- it's just me walking ar-

*a beat of silence*

Dick, laughing slightly: wait. wait.

Jason: is that-

Tim: ok so i'm actually quite glad that this is coming up in conversation because it's been on my mind for a while-,

Damian: yeah so Drake fully came across Jason in his newly-resurrected state and upon watching him stumble down the street took a photo and then walked away.

Jason: WHAT

Dick: OH, MY, GOD. *cackle*

Jason: TIM?!

Dick: *still laughing*

Tim: ok, so-

Dick: *wheezing* HE JUST- HE JUST TAKES A BITE OF HIS HOTDOG AND WATCHES YOU DRUNKENLY WALK INTO A TELEPHONE POLE-

Tim, seriously: i have felt. so unbelievably bad about this for the past three years Jason, you have no idea.

Jason: what the fuck. you knew i was alive? YOU FUCKIN' KNEW BRUCE WAS BATMAN YOU COULD HAVE CALLED HIM!

Dick: *hysterical laughter*

Jason: DICK SHUT THE FUCK UP

Tim: I- I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY YOU-

Jason: W- OH BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER OPTIONS?!

Tim: w- i mean maybe? i thought it could have been a cosplayer? or something?

Jason: A COSPLAYER. COSPLAYING BRUCE WAYNE'S DEAD SON.

Tim: THIS CITY'S FUCKED I DON'T KNOW-!

Dick: *weeping*

Jason: NO WHAT'S FUCKED IS YOU TOOK A PHOTO.

Tim: I- I LIKE PHOTOGRAPHY!? I DON'T KNOW- LOOK I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY YOU AT FIRST, AND BY THE TIME I REALISED IT WAS YOU WERE ALREADY BACK AS RED HOOD AND I- I THOUGHT YOU'D BEAT ME UP IF YOU KNEW!

Jason: you.... little bitch.

Tim: Jason,

Jason: i fucking- i knew it,

Tim: come on-,

Jason: i fucking knew you'd been after the Robin gig from the beginning,

Tim: OH JASON COME ON-

Jason: ALL THAT BULLSHIT ABOUT IT NOT BEING YOUR CHOICE, ABOUT IT BEING FOR BATMAN, FOR THE GOOD OF GOTHAM,

Dick: *painful wheeze*

Jason: YOU FUCKING LITTLE. BITCH. i cannot believe i told Damian to go easy on you when he first showed up here. i mean you fucking- *slight wheeze* YOU TOOK A PHOTO-?

Tim: I'M SORRY.

Jason: YOU ARE A TRAITOR TO THIS FAMILY AND THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU IM SHOOTING YOU IN THE DICK WITH A RUBBER BULLET.

Tim: OH COME ON PLEASE-

*disconnecting ping*

Tim: ARE YOU FUCKING- DAMIAN WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!

Damian: *sounding pleased* maybe you shouldn't have eaten the last of the vegan bacon this morning.

Dick: *coughing, gasping for breath* oh my- oh my god i love you all so much, you make me so happy,

Tim: DICK HE'S GOING TO KILL ME-

Dick: so happy-

[dogpuppy]

[xaniquail]

is that the fucking Lazarus pit!?

[satan-offical]

I've made it my mission to be known by everyone on Tumblr. And I mean EVERYONE. No account will go without this post, I want to make it to the dead poets society fandom all the way to the ninjago fandom. Everyone will reblog this, and if they don't I will die a failure.

[anotjcal]

it’s come to my attention that there are NO ragbros in gotham fics and like. cmon. your telling me nobody has thought to crossover the only canonical genshin vigilante and his spy/child soldier brother with the BATFAMILY? your telling me batman wouldn’t look at these barely adults fighting crime and go wtf

also teyvat is ADVANCED, it’s not modern but it’s advanced, and it canonically has other worlds. they are very crossoverable. have the ragbros fall in through an abyssal portal into gotham and have to get back to teyvat without arousing suspicion. have kaeya take over the underworld for funsies. see how batman reacts to ANOTHER DARK KNIGHT. see how the bat kids react to the essentially-fantasy version of them

please it would be SO FUNNY

also i think batman would probably still find a way to adopt the ragbros, it doesn’t matter that dilucs 22 and kaeyas 20-21. he’d find a way.

[satan-offical]

Hello Santa :33

How is your day going

I just woke up

[shadowwolf2279]

Hey Santa, how are the elves?

[satan-offical]

Dead

[speak-up-i-know-you-hate-me]

Hey Santa, how is Mrs. Claus?

[satan-offical]

Gay

[satan-offical]

Hello Santa :33

How is your day going

I just woke up

[shadowwolf2279]

Hey Santa, how are the elves?

[satan-offical]

Dead

[speak-up-i-know-you-hate-me]

Hey Santa, how is Mrs. Claus?

[satan-offical]

Gay

[xaniquail]

hey Santa, how are the reindeer?

[itsarockyroad]

Need y’all to drop your fav “Tim doesn’t see himself as part of the batfam” angst fics

Idk if there’s a tag for that but I love the e fics where he either doesn’t go to them for help cause he thinks they don’t want to be bothered by him or fics where he plans to leave the fam because he doesn’t see himself as one of them.