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Hello tumblr!! im pandora and kinda new

currently obbsessed with wfa batfam but have not read the actual dc comics cos i dunno where to find em

i picked up knitting last year and im currently trying to knit a seater with the nightwing rebirth suit pattern (finger stripes and all)dunno if i will follow through with the plan but if i do ill def update

like i said, new to the app so i dunno how to tag properly but i know the basics(eg add spoilers tag if posting the fast pass eps)

somewhat a writer so might post hcs or fics but im really insecure about my writing so maybe after sometime

a lot of grammer mistakes cos my grammers bad and im from singapore so i speak alot of singlish

i decided to start interacting online cos im having troubles interacting irl and its easier online, so far ive had some luck on reddit, ticktok, and omegle so i have high hopes for tumblr too

if you managed to read the entire thing, tysm i really appreciate it pls be nice and no mean comments, tysm

the reality is that every character in the history of writing has been edgy as shit at least ONCE and it’s high key important that they are bc it’s realistic. people evolve and devolve, they’re flawed and imperfect.

for example, saying that a ‘happy’ or ‘charismatic’ character being portrayed occasionally as ‘depressed’ or ‘angsty’ as ooc feels sooooo immature. because it just doesn’t make sense for someone to be, and feel, ONE thing ALL the time.

let characters be angsty, let em be depressed!! fuck, let em be embarrassing!! let them be flawed and make mistakes as if they were real people!! it makes for better writing anyway!!

That moment when you realize Bruce Wayne’s canon “favorites” aren’t his favorites… their his ideal selfs.

Bruce isn’t a ‘girl dad’ or ‘loves Dick because he’s his eldest’ no. That’s not it. He likes Cassandra because she’s has his exact moral code with little to no differences, she follows it to a tee. He likes Dick because Dick is his perfect version, his ‘success’ the best version of his exact situation. He loves them sure, but he doesn’t favor them because of love. It’s to further his own ego.

This is proved with Jay, to take care of Jay he had to push his own feelings onto Jay. To ‘fix’ him. Jay didn’t need ‘fixing’ or an outlet, he needed compassion, GENUINE compassion. Not self imposed compassion or understanding by grafting his experiences over Jason’s and making it more about himself then Jay.

He needs to keep making others ‘better’, that’s why he keeps Jay around. But shuns him too. Bruce needs to fix Jay, but Jay is imperfect, a stain on his legacy. So he can’t.

If you think about it from this perspective, Gotham War starts to actually sound completely in character. He succeeded, he ‘fixed’ Jay in his mind.

Same with Damian, not exactly, but close. He just couldn’t be the one to ‘fix’ him. Yeah he values Damian because he’s his son, but paying attention to him regularly? Nope. Damian’s been ‘fixed’.

Tim doesn’t need to be fixed, he fixed Bruce so Bruce ignores him. Any attempt at fixing would be met with a wall.

As for Stephanie he couldn’t twist her story to fit his narrative, so he just completely rejects her. 

Cass and Dick are his legacy. They were ‘fixed’. That’s why he values them.

Some food for thought, I personally don’t like this, I like good dad Bruce Wayne that values all his kids equally and tries to reach out to Jay because he genuinely wants to help his son but won’t put Gotham in danger because of himself. He pays attention to Damian, praises Tim, wants the best for Steph even if she isn’t his daughter.

But, when you think of the wider scale of Bruce’s actions in the comics (without thinking of the hand of the author) this pattern is a thing. I REALLY want to be wrong.

PLEASE COMICS LET BRUCE BE A OKAY DAD! NOT EVEN GOOD JUST OKAY IS FINE! JUST LET HIM LOVE HIS KIDS EQUALLY AND WITHOUT ANY STRINGS ATTACHED!

Damian: Who the fuck added me to a fucking group chat?

Cass: >:O

Dick: language

Jason: Yeah watch your fucking language

Tim: Okay, who taught demon spawn the fuck word?!

Stephanie: 'The fuck word'.

Duke: Are you stupid? You guys use the f word all the time

Tim: Oh my god they censored it

Stephanie: Say fuck, Duke.

Jason: Do it, Duke. Say fuck.

Dick: Time for plan G.

Stephanie : Don’t you mean plan B?

Dick: No, we tried plan B a long time ago. I had to skip over plan C due to technical difficulties.

Tim: What about plan D?

Dick: Plan D was that desperate disguise attempt half an hour ago.

Cass : What about plan E?

Dick: I’m hoping not to use it. Jason dies again in plan E.

Damian : I like plan E.

Best girls in Gotham

me searching the stephanie brown/cassandra cain tag on ao3 for fics actually about stephanie brown and cassandra cain

When referring to Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damian:

Batboys doesn’t work cause that includes Duke

Robins doesn’t work cause that includes Steph

So I propose a new and improved name:

~The Assholes~

It’s straightforward, it’s classy, it rolls off the tongue, it’s in character for all of them

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk

@vinelark you know what’s up. the art style is half the reason why I constantly reread cass’s batgirl run

The way Tim and Steph actually share one singular braincell. . . when they are in each others presence neither of them are ever capable of using full brain capacity for more than 30 seconds

Batfamily as actual things my family has said: Part 2

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Stephanie: Cass isn’t just my best friend, shes my baddie from another daddy

Jason: . . .

Stephanie: Oh dear god why did I say that

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Duke: What’s wrong with Tim?

Damian: The idiot took NyQuil instead of DayQuil by accident but refuses to sleep because he’s got work in an hour

Damian: He’d probably be fine if he hadn’t taken twice the recommended amount too

Damian: He’s gonna pass out any minute, wanna watch with me?

Duke: Hell yeah

Duke: Tim! How’s it going dude?!

Tim: I CAN SMELL THE RAINBOW

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Dick: I’m really not that sunburned

Barbara: lobsters aspire to achieve that color Dick

Dick: At least my skin actually has color

Barbara: It’s not my fault I’m translucent!

DC Characters as actual things my friends have said: Part 3

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Damian: You can’t talk you flat ass!

Stephanie: I may be part of the itty bitty titty committee, but i am NOT part of the itty bitty ass committee so shut your mouth

Damian: Oh sureee whatever you say

Stephanie: 38 inches Damian. 38 INCHES! that’s bigger than cass’s head

Cass: It’s true! we measured :)

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Roy: My friendship is your birthday present!

Jason: Does it come with a receipt?

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Dick: This is a circus, a certified circus

Dick: And I would know, I traveled with one for 6 months when I was 19

Donna: You know I always forget about that

Wally: Yeah you’d think it’d come up more

They all yell at everyone else constantly about respecting their personal boundaries and shit but then they all turn around and track each other’s every move, like “i just wanna make sure you’re safe :(“

Love the idea of the batfam all being equally unhinged like Tim calls dick every two days with “why’d you take the cameras I use to stalk you down :(“ Dick is always placing trackers on everyone, Bruce just fucking shows up and watches his kids go about their daily lives, Jason’s got eyes all over the city to ping him if someone matching his families description pops up, Barbra is always listening and watching like love that shit