commonfingsense
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“You don't think I know my own palace? I built it.”
The fact that some people are this amazing is genuinely insane.
your presence haunts
black void version
In a better world where Bruce Wayne got to be normal, he would have been an archaeologist.
i hand batman a baby. batman takes the baby. bruce wayne adopts the baby. the baby is introduced to the family. the family is not impressed.
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Bruce, cooing over his new baby: aw, good evening honey, did you have a nice nap? of course you did, daddy was here the whole time! *proceeds to kiss the baby’s cheek multiple times*
Damian, beside them: *actively bleeding*
Tim: do you feel it now
Tim: do you feel your significance slowly dwindling
Tim: you are a middle child now damian
Tim: do you understand your fate. a middle child, damian. a middle child.
Damian:
Damian, unsheathing his sword: not for long
Before the baby’s Arrival…
Jason, admiring a motorcycle:
Bruce: *buys five*
Jason, glances at a shirt:
Bruce: *buys every color*
Jason: *stomach growls*
Bruce: *books the most expensive restaurant*
After the baby’s Arrival…
Jason: b
Bruce, attentively listening to the baby’s babbling, not even turning his head: hm?
Jason: can i buy this
Bruce, imitating airplanes to feed the baby: sure *tosses card*
Jason:
Jason: im hungry
Bruce, playing peek-a-boo: alfred. kitchen.
Jason:
Jason: *pretends to faint*
Bruce, moves baby away to safey, not sparing him a glance: yes sweetie that’s your brother jay. can you say it? say j-a-y
Baby, giggling, slapping jason’s face: da!
Bruce, gushing in excitement, picking the baby up: da?! did you say dad?! im right here baby! dad’s here!!
Jason:
Jason, still laying on the floor:
Jason, curling up:
Tim, walking by: middle child…the curse of the middle child…
Baby:
Dick: BABY :DD!!
Baby, with Bruce:
Dick: baby :D!
Baby, with Bruce, whose time and attention is now solely dedicated to the baby:
Dick: baby :)
Baby, with Bruce, whose time and attention is now solely dedicated to the baby, which means he no longer pays attention to his first child:
Dick: baby :(
Baby, with Bruce, whose time and attention is now solely dedicated to the baby, which means he no longer pays attention to his first child who just wants to spend time with his dad again because he misses him so much:
Dick: BABY >:[
Cass:
Baby:
Cass:
Baby:
Baby: *cries*
Cass: *narrows eyes*
Baby: *cries louder*
Cass: *hears bruce’s footsteps*
Cass, eyes narrowing again: smart baby
Baby: *stops crying* *smiles* *starts crying again*
Cass: you think dad will pick you?
Cass: *also starts crying*
Bruce, banging the door open, doesnt even notice Cass: BABY
Baby, sniffling, already being rocked in Bruce’s arms:
Baby, making eye contact with Cass:
Cass:
Cass: *starts crying for real*
Jim:
Barbara, glaring at her phone:
Jim:
Jim: haven’t seen bruce around these days…
Barbara: *glares at phone even harder*
Jim: must be busy with his new baby
Barbara: *types furiously while still glaring*
Jim: who knows how long ‘til he visits again
Barbara: *tosses phone out the window and leaves the room*
Duke, leaning against Bruce while playing a game:
Baby, on Bruce’s chest:
Baby: *slaps Duke’s game away*
Duke:
Duke, pursing his lips: *picks game back up* *leans against bruce again*
Baby:
Baby: *slaps Duke’s game away*
Duke: IS IT ‘CAUSE IM BLACK
Spoiler, tapping her foot impatiently: ugh where is he
Batman, gliding in:
Spoiler: finally! you’re la— IS THAT THE BABY.
Batman, baby strapped to his chest, wearing their own domino mask: …hm.
Spoiler: why. did you bring the baby.
Spoiler: it’s our hang-out day
Spoiler: me and you fighting crime and sitting on rooftops eating bat burgers
Batman, cowl ears drooping: …but the baby…
Spoiler, tears in her eyes: just admit you dont love us anymore!
Spoiler: *runs off*
Batman, in shock:
Spoiler, getting in the batmobile parked nearby: how was that
Red Robin, handing her money: perfect
Robin: tt this had better work
Oracle, watching Batman pace around guiltily through a camera: it will.
Orphan and Red Hood, huddled at the back, both mumbling: he ignored us…his favorites…he ignored…
Nightwing, also mumbling: replaced again…how many more times…
Signal: *snoring*
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part 2
Jason and Bruce had an intense fight, which somehow led to an even more intense heart-to-heart
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Jason: … *feeling awkward since he spilled his guts on how Willis still affects him*
Bruce: … *wringing his hands* I called Alfred Dad once… when I was younger…
Jason: *turns to Bruce* ?
Jason: I mean… yeah? Isn’t he basically your Dad and everything?
Bruce: *chuckles softly* Yeah, now. But definitely not back then.
Bruce: He got so… *closes eyes as he searches for the word* mad at me.
Jason: *in disbelief* Mad??? He got mad??
Bruce: Maybe that’s not the right word, but that's what it felt like. He wouldn’t talk to me for two weeks. And even after, he was… distant.
Jason: That’s so fucking cruel! Why would Alfred…? *Jason scowls but relaxes slightly as Bruce throws an arm over his shoulder and snuggles with him*
Bruce: I wasn’t allowed to go outside yet. It was still too fresh from my parents' death, and being swarmed by the media would be… bad. I was stuck alone in the manor with the only person I could talk to giving me the worst silent treatment of my life.
Bruce: Honestly, some of the things I had to go through in my childhood... I don't know why Alfred did the things that he did, or why I had to go through it. But... it happened.
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Bruce can feel Jason get angry before he can see or hear it. He can feel how his son’s body tenses up, as if he were moments away from jumping off the couch and storming the manor to search for the old butler.
Bruce squeezed him closer and ran his fingers through Jason’s hair, wincing as he snagged a few unbrushed knots in the tangled mess.
“It’s okay, sweetheart,” Bruce murmured, unable to suppress the small smile that crept up on his face from the grunt Jason let out, incredibly reminiscent of when Jason was barely up to his waist.
“It’s not,” Jason argued, turning slightly and pushing his face into the crook of Bruce’s neck. “It’s not. Why didn’t you tell us? Why didn’t you tell me?”
Bruce knows that Jason doesn’t mean the questions to sound like accusations, but he winces at the tone anyway. None of his kids can handle being left out of information, even if Bruce deemed it unimportant, like his history with Alfred.
“Alfred was put in a very… difficult position,” Bruce said slowly, tugging gently on one of Jason’s curls. “I’m surprised he kept me. I’m not the easiest person to take care of. You know how I am.”
“That shouldn’t matter if you’re a child.” Jason snapped. “It didn’t matter for you when it was me!” Jason huffed, then paused. “Right? It didn’t matter, did it?”
“I’d go back a trillion and one times to take care of you over and over again. You and all of your siblings.” Bruce chuckled. “But… I wanted you. Wanted all of you. I had a choice. I… I took that away from Alfred.”
Jason grimaces and squeezes Bruce’s hand, pulling his Dad away from the dark thoughts he was bound to fall into.
“Alfred was forced to take care of a traumatized problem child when he only signed up to be a butler. He most likely figured that my parents would shift my custody over to another branch of the family if it came down to it.” Bruce’s fingers twitched with the urge to scratch at his skin, give him something to control, unlike his emotions. “He wasn’t prepared. Who would want to take care of their dead employers' child?”
“But-“
“Alfred is only human, Jay, even if he acts like he’s not,” Bruce said firmly, tilting Jason’s head so he could look into his son’s beautiful green eyes, filled with the determination and need to defend his Dad. “I forgive him. For every mistake that he’s ever made. For all the mistakes he will continue to make. I… I love him, nothing will change that.”
Jason was silent, staring off into the distance as Bruce continued to play with his hair. He turned over what Bruce said in his mind. He could tell that Bruce still hadn’t told him everything, and maybe he never would.
“I forgive you, too.”
“You don’t have to.”
“… yeah. I know.”
steph smelled his nerves
More mermaid stuff
really random but this was purely inspired because I couldn’t get the Beautiful Boy song out of my head.
The table has turned😌🪶⚡️
The tea party from hell
Totally forgot to post my piece for a free zine I did- I still like how it turned out even a year later
Baby Damian and Robin Steph
Aparently I've never posted my riddler design? I was really sure i did, well wtv, heres my boyy.
I did this an year ago so im redrawing it now, but i still like how it ended up
The Trinity, Year One (or thereabouts)
Clark’s favourite post-big-mission-destress is using his super hearing to tune in to whatever bullshit Bruce has to deal with on the batplane ride back to Gotham with whatever batkids were on hand during the fight.
Bruce: alright is everybody strapped in-?
Tim: -fucking told you to move up- BRUCE TELL DAMIAN TO SHOVE IT
Jason: oh my god did you see Green Arrow eat shit when that guy shot at him?
Dick: Jason YOU shot him
Bruce: Damian you have to let Tim- Jason that was YOU-?
Jason: hey i TOLD him to move out the way it’s not my fault the bullet ricochetted off a lamppost into his leg-
Bruce: i told you to leave the real bullets at home- TIM STOP HITTING YOUR BROTHER
Duke: WAIT I LEFT MY IPOD BACK AT THE FIGHT
Tim: how am i the one getting in trouble- HES LITERALLY GOT HIS KNIFE OUT
Damian: i told you if you got in my way during the battle you would regret it and WHAT DID YOU DO?!
Stephanie: shut up Damian you were totally about to kick it, Tim saved your ass.
Tim: THANK YOU! AND WHAT DO I GET IN RETURN?
Jason: who the fuck takes an ipod to a fight we literally have bluetooth in the comms
Duke: who the fuck dies to the Joker he’s literally just a guy
Jason: OI-
Stephanie: *cackling*
Bruce: OK- Damian and Tim, opposite sides of the plane! Duke we can’t turn back now, i’ll just have to get you a new ipod-
Dick: BRUUUUUUUUCE JASONS BLEEEEDDDIIINNNNGGG
Jason: shut the fuck up you fucking snitch!
Bruce: WHO’S BLEEDING?!? JASON-
Stephanie: hey Duke can i paint your nails- TIM GIVE ME BACK MY PHONE
Damian: Father, Grayson has passed out
Bruce: WHAT-
Jason: HAH! I WIN THE BET HE FUCKING OWES ME 20 DOLLARS
Tim: what bet?
Jason: we both got stabbed so we didnt tell anyone to see who could stay awake the longest
Bruce: WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT-
Duke: do you guys even understand how many songs i had downloaded on that ipod? it was fucking engraved, man
Stephanie: Damian stop moving your fucking hands you’re gonna mess up the nail polish
Damian: I HAD TO ITCH MY NOSE
Jason: does anyone wanna see the video of Green Arrow eating shit or what?
Tim, Damian, Duke, Stephanie: YES
Bruce: WE HAVE TO GET DICK A BLOOD TRANSFUSION-
-back with the Justice League-
Clark: *sitting back with his eyes closed, a serene smile on his face*
Barry, whispering to Ollie: what’s he doing?
Ollie: i think it’s a post-battle meditation thing, calms him down
Barry: man, i should really start getting some healthier habits. i never bother meditating.
Ollie: he truly is an inspiration to all.
The Batgirls
Alt under cut
Alfred felt as though it was incredibly inappropriate for a butler to accompany his young master to any sort of gala or gathering so Bruce had to get used to being by himself very quickly at a young age
Due to being left all alone when he would usually be with his parents, Bruce was put in increasingly unsafe situations over and over. Most of the time, there was no safe adult for him to feel comfortable enough telling. And if there was, how would he know they were safe?
He could tell Alfred, but what good would that do? Alfred has told him time and time again that he is his employee, nothing more and nothing less. Alfred cannot help him. Alfred cannot save him
Alfred doesn’t want to
I believe that at a very early age, due to how most of the socialites and rich people are in Gotham, Bruce had to get used to unwanted stares, touches, and advances
And he’s so pretty. He’s been so pretty ever since he was small, even with his parents alive they had to work hard to keep him safe. To keep others away. To draw a hard line in the sand for what is acceptable and what is not. But now they’re gone and he’s trying to keep himself safe. But people always want to touch, take, possess, and destroy pretty things
But all of his children are pretty too.
With all of his kids he makes sure that they’re as safe as can be, unlike how it was with him
The first time that he brings Dick to a gala, he holds the boy the entire time. Dick’s face is mostly tucking into Bruce’s suit jacket, shielding him from the flashes of the paparazzi and unwanted stares. Especially with his ‘exotic’ heritage of being Romani… it’s a recipe for disaster in Gotham
Bruce refuses to let a single person touch Dick, even socialites that he trusts. He knows how quickly someone you trust can turn on you once they realize you’re vulnerable.
He keeps Jason by his side as well. Gotham high society hates anyone who didn’t grow up rich. If he’s not by Jason’s side, he makes sure Dick is. Dick can now fend for himself, but Bruce always makes sure they’re in his line of sight.
Tim has been to these parties before, and considering how negligent his parents were… Bruce makes sure to tell Tim that he would never be mad at him for anything that happened and he is not to blame. That adults should have protected him and saved him. He tells Tim all the things he wished someone had told him when he was younger. They hug and cry about it.
He’s always so thankful that Stephanie never wanted to go to galas as mean as it makes him sound. She never had to be subjected to the cruelties of adults who had no business leering after young girls. Now that she’s older and sometimes pops in if Tim’s going, Bruce knows that they’ll protect each other.
Cass is strong and smart, but she’s also very very new to this life and more vulnerable than the rest of his kids. Bruce wishes he could give her a sense of normalcy. It’s just another thing that’s he failed at.
He knows that if push came to shove, like the rest of his children, she would not hesitate to defend herself. But there should be no shove. She shouldn’t have to. Bruce dances with her all through the night every time she decides to grace a gala with her magnificent presence. It keeps her happy, it keeps her away from harm
His youngest baby is a fire cracker, ready to take on anyone and anything that could possibly be perceived as a threat to him and his family. As much as his other babies joke that he keeps Damian nearby to stop him from stabbing people, he doesn’t want anyone to look at Damian.
Damian is barely older than he was when he returned back to Gotham high society. The only difference is that Damian now has him and all of his siblings. It’s still hard to let go, even if he knows his children are there to keep an eye on everything
Duke is very similar to Jason in more ways than one, epically since he was also born on the ‘poorer’ side of Gotham that most elites loathe unjustly. He’s seen it before, even with high standing black families. Being suddenly accused of stealing a watch or pickpocketing an expensive pearl necklace. Lives ruined simply because of the color of their skin
Nothing like that will ever happen to Duke in his presence. Bruce knows he can’t protect Duke from all the racism in the world, but man if he doesn’t want to try
Bruce has never let his family deal with his issues. He believes he’s simply not worth the trouble. So whenever he gets hit on at galas in ways that make him uncomfortable he just fakes a smile. When he feels unfamiliar hands touching him and grabbing at his body, he fakes more smiles and leans into if there are too many people watching.
Just as he’s about to make an excuse, any kind of excuse to finally get away and take a breather, Dick suddenly pops up in front of him while he feels Jason and Duke slide up behind him, pushing away the elites that had circled him
Bruce makes a soft confused sound, trying to figure out what was happening, but then Damian’s tugging on his sleeve and he already has his baby in his arms. The whirlwind that is Tim and Steph together sweep him away from the confused group of elites.
The group makes their way back over to where Cassandra is smiling expectantly, giggling softly at the confused expression on Bruce’s face.
“Dance with me?” She requested softly, knowing that Bruce would never refuse her. Bruce squeezes Damian to his chest before handing him over to Tim, which Damian surprisingly doesn’t protest
Bruce takes Cassandra’s hand and they dance around the ballroom floor with ease, over and over one of Bruce’s children came and swept him away before anyone else could get the chance
“Don’t worry, we got you Dad.” Dick smiled softly as Bruce spun him around before being passed over to Stephanie and Damian.
“I know.” Bruce chuckled, feeling so safe for the first time in a long time. “I know.”
the rest of the flock :)
part 2 to this
bruce and some little birds
part 2
I think Spoiler should join the Outlaws in space. This wouldn’t help anything but it would be extremely funny.
“Batman” and “Red Robin” now wanted in sector 2150 for the illegal application of C4 (Gotham style).
Batfamily - 530*160
Artist : Lan.C
it seems to be pretty common fanon that dick grayson is the most tactile batkid but consider this. it’s actually cass
The goobers line up
Close ups under
Scott: Stiles, Liam got into a fight.
Stiles: What, Liam, you got into a fight?
Liam: *stares down at the ground in shame*
Liam: *nods slowly*
Stiles:
Stiles: Did you win?
Scott: Stiles...
Stiles:
Scott:
Stiles:
Scott:
Scott: Of course he did! It was sick.
Scott: Stiles, you need to react when people cry!
Stiles: I did. I rolled my eyes.
It’s a meme but it somehow feels accurate.
I wish I could have fit everybody.
doors exist and someday batman will learn to use them but today is not that day 🙂↔️