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my proposal for tropes we as a fandom should adopt in all fanworks going forward: Duke Thomas edition

So every fandom has tropes and characterization quirks that have been generally accepted into fanon and, like, maybe? they were originally based on some obscure comic panel from the 80s or something but it doesn’t really matter because we’re all just,,, cool with it? Like for example- in the dc comics fandom, an art piece could show 3 of the bats that look virtually identical except one of them is holding a box of cereal so that one is obviously Dick Grayson… Y’know?

Anyway, these things usually come up naturally I guess but I’ve been here a while and it’s finally time to put my foot down. It’s high time for Duke Thomas to be more in fanon than “the sane one.” Because he might be the relatively new guy but he is certainly fears no gods or laws of the land just as much as the other bats, lemme tell ya. 

TL;DR here are character quirks (”canon-based” or otherwise) that we should all really latch onto seriously I’m begging y’all to make at least one of these happen-

Duke “Habitually Jumping Out of Moving Vehicles” Thomas

This one’s actually based in canon y’all; Duke did indeed yeet himself out of the back of a cop car and off of a bridge (in We Are… Robin). Normalize Duke’s wearing knee and elbow pads as Signal because jumping out of a car turns out relatively fine once and then suddenly Batman’s rooftop disappearing act seems mellow compared to the amount of times Gordon has whipped his head around to see a now Signal-less backseat. 

Like, he’s going 60 mph?? And he didn’t even hear the door open?? and tHE DOORS ARE STILL LOCKED??

Imagine this leaking into civilian life and Bruce waking up to a blurry photo of Duke mid-escape from a limousine on the front page of the Gotham Gazette.

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the batfamily + the wall of shame

It’s a relatively unassuming wall toward the northwest corner of the bat cave, one that’s subtly shadowed by the giant penny but nevertheless a blank canvas. 

So it’s not that surprising that even in a family full of detectives, the single post-it note stuck onto the rough concrete went unnoticed until a week after its placement. 

It read: RED ROBIN SLIPPING ON ICE AND FALLING FIVE (5) SEPARATE TIMES DURING ONE FIGHT

Tim was slightly perturbed but not surprised; his lack of balance in his suit’s newly designed boots was particularly egregious that night. He retaliates the only way he knows how.

The second post-it is what grabs the attention of the rest of the bats. 

It reads: JASON STARTING THE KEURIG BUT FORGETTING TO PUT HIS MUG UNDER SO COFFEE FLOODED ONTO THE FLOOR

Was Jason the culprit who stuck the first note onto that wall? Unclear. But that didn’t matter. The deed was done.

Soon the wall was deluged with every color and shape of post-it note, detailing every mishap, small or large, committed by any member of the family. The following is an itemized collection of a selection of entries.

STEPHANIE TRYING TO BLEACH HER EYEBROWS AND ENDING UP WITH CHEMICAL BURNS ON HER FACE FOR TWO WEEKS

DUKE FALLING ASLEEP ON PATROL EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY

CASS LETTING STEPHANIE CUT HER HAIR

DICK FORGETTING THE MIRANDA RIGHTS BUT KNOWING EVERY LYRIC TO THE ENTIRE MAMA MIA SOUNDTRACK

BRUCE.

BARBARA FORGETTING SHE REGISTERED FOR A CLASS UNTIL THE DAY OF THE FINAL

DAMIAN FAILING A HISTORY TEST BECAUSE HE NEVER WENT TO CLASS AND ALSO FORGOT WHO GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS

feel free to add on more entires I forgot to mention

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