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Is it just me or is everytime I count Robin's I always end up with a different number?
Here me out! Here is my thought process: there's the (1st) original boy wonder (Dick Grayson) without a doubt, the (tragic) second Jason Todd, a little bit of Stephanie (3rd) but I count her anyway. Tim Drake makes 4 and Damian makes 5.
But then I remembered the little side quest with Duke Thomas (6th), then I start thinking of Teen Titans Go (yes I watched that horid show, don't ask) and in one episode there were 4 other versions of Robin (that I remember seeing, I could be wrong-). One of them definitely had red hair and I know for a fact they weren't Barbara Gordan (7th).
And for the sake of my mental health, I don't count the raven haired other Robins in that episode. Counting the forth on there own, makes 8.
So, correct me if I'm wrong, but to my knowledge there has been eight (8!) Robin's.
I am new to the Batfam as I just recently started getting into the Batman comics, shows and movies, but GODDAMN.
I UNDERSTAND if the Robin mantle might need to be replaced after a few years, but Bruce's going through children like reading the news.
Thank you for coming to my brain dump.
Jason: Croissants: dropped
Dick: Road: works ahead
Duke: BBQ sauce: on my titties
Stephanie: Shavacado: fre
Tim: Miss Keisha: fuckin dead
Damian:
Damian: ...I didn’t understand a single word of that and I hate every single one of you.
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.
Bruce: What happened?!
Stephanie: Do you want the long version or the short version?
Bruce: Sh-short??
Stephanie: Shit's fucked.
Bruce: Okay, long.
Stephanie: Shit's very fucked.
Hi, I saw a little JaySteph incorrect quote you made and wanted to send you the interest check survey for a JaySteph Weekend from Aug 12-14, the weekend in between their birthdays. Incorrect quotes would def be accepted as a fanwork medium for the event!
If you’d also consider reblogging to help signal boost that would be awesome! Thanks either way :)
https://jaystephevents.tumblr.com/post/675749791149506560/jaysteph-weekend-interest-check
@jaystephevents
Im so sorry i never answered this i didn’t even realise i had a question box thing, but I’m definitely excited for next year I’ll even bake a little cake and treats for the day
Duke: You shouldn't be using a straw.
Stephanie: I know, I know, it's bad for the environment and stuff.
Duke: Yeah, but I mean... it's a weird way to eat spaghetti.
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.
Jason : *Stubs their toe* FUCK!
Bruce: Mind your language!
Jason : What else am I supposed to say, “Woe is I”???
Bruce*bruce looking unimpressed but speechless*: …….
Stephanie : You have to accept that swear words are necessary sometimes.
Stephanie : *Kicks the door down looking panicked*
Bruce: What did you do?
Stephanie : Nobody died.
Bruce: WHAT KIND OF ANSWER IS THAT?!
Bruce: That's it, I'm cutting off the internet!
Stephanie: No, please don't! I have a family to feed!
Bruce: ….
Bruce: What?
Stephanie: I need to feed my Neopets!
Stephanie: Stop buying plastic skeletons for Halloween! It's terrible for the environment!
Jason: Yeah! Locally sourced, all natural skeletons are much more environmentally friendly!
Dick: Is letting someone win at chess sapiosexual bottoming
Barbara: Does anyone in this godforsaken group ever think before they speak
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Damian: I'm a reverse necromancer.
Carrie: Isn't that just killing people?
Damian: Ah, don’t sweat the details .
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Jason: Okay. I get it. You've had a really hard time lately, you're stressed out, seven people died-
Dick: Twelve, actually.
Jason: Not the point. Look, they're dead now and really whose fault is that?
Dick: Yours!
Jason: That's right: no one's.
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Damian: Don’t worry, I have a few knives up my sleeve.
Steph: I think you mean cards.
Damian, pulling knives out of their sleeves: No, I do not.
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Store Worker: Would a Mr. Bruce Wayne please come to the front desk?
Bruce, arriving at the desk: Hello, is there a problem?
Store Worker: points to the batkids
Store Worker: I believe they belong to you?
Dick, simultaneously: We got lost :(
Bruce: I didn’t even bring you guys here with me-
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Barbara: I can’t believe you live nearby, and you won’t let anyone crash at your place.
Luke: You people already know too much about me.
Tiffany: I know exactly three facts about you, and one of them is that you won’t let any of us crash at your place.
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Tim: I’m kind of crushing on someone, but I’m worried about telling you who it is, because you’re not going to like it
Cullen: Just rip the bandage off.
Tim: It’s Kon.
Cullen: Put the bandage back on.
Best girls in Gotham
timsteph being besties is an unshakeable canon event to me. no matter the au, no matter how canon uncompliant we're being, those two are ride-or-dies for each other. always.
I absolutely despise it when female characters with genuinely good potential, who are so very complex, are reduced to being love interests or comedic reliefs or killed for a male character's development, because that's so, misogynistic and also, hella boring!! I can give numerous examples of it happening and it's so disappointing!
• Stephanie Brown : In fanon, I've often seen her get portrayed as the love interest of Cassandra or Tim, with no actual personality, likes, dislikes and interests! Stephanie's character is based on her anger towards her father and her strong sense of justice. She's a great student, I personally head-cannon her to have ADHD, she's canonically a painter, she plays sports, she loves hard, she definitely has attachment issues and she's overall an extremely flawed and realistic character!
Her character focuses on serious problems such as teen pregnancy, family issues, how young girls are often preyed on, etc. Yet, all I mostly see is her being golden retriever person with no flaws whose just reduced to a love interest? Downright awful, however there are multiple really excellent analysis and fanfictions about her. However, like always, misogyny has destroyed so much of her character already.
• Cassandra Cain : Unlike Stephanie, Cassandra's character deals with racism. She is a firm believer how killing is extremely wrong, and YET, she understands when it is necessary. Cassandra isn't illiterate, and is not completely mute. She isn't some emo goth child killer who can't speak! Her character is extremely expressive, and she's alot more than Bruce 2.0 or Stephanie's love interest. Cassandra has quirks, she's weird, she has her own personality, likes, dislikes and interests and it's about damn time we acknowledge and appreciate that.
• Talia Al Ghul : Don't get me wrong, as much as I adore the character of Damian Wayne, it often overshadows the character of Talia! She's often reduced to either a pawn in her father's game, a love interest of Bruce or a mother to Damian, there's barely any information about her which doesn't include the men in her life! What about her childhood? Her likes and dislikes? Her life in the LOA? Her experience and her loyalty towards it? She's not some cold-hearted dragon lady whose yandere towards Bruce unlike how some ffs portray her! She's an anti-hero, she's her father's daughter yes, but she is also herself, I personally believe that she doesn't need or require a love interest but i dont have any hate against any particular ship which includes her. She likes animals and she's girly, she has her own personality that doesn't revolve around her father, Bruce or Damian. She's a doctor and a healer, she's an assassin and an excellent businesswoman! She's kind and she's cruel, she's a diverse and extremely complex character who deserves good writing and respect!
Before she's a mother, daughter or an ex, she is herself and considering how all of her romantic interests (except Bruce in some comics), I think it's better that she's single or find someone way way better than Bruce Wayne, however, that doesn't mean i hate any ships involving her, I just hate how it often overshadows her actual character.
• Natasha Romanoff : She's a fictional character who revolves around issues such as human trafficking, abuse and so much trauma, yet most of the time she's a love interest or a sexualized tool in the movies (Huge respect to the movie Black Widow for actually making her wear appropriate spy suits <3).
It's about damn time, we actually explore and focus on these characters according to their trauma and the issues that revolve around them instead of using them as objects for male characters and their character development cause that's just, that's just disappointing. There are so many, so many female characters whose character has been overshadowed just to make a male character look better! There are tons and tons of female characters in different fields such as comic books, anime and even TV series which have to deal with so much misogyny and racism because they are flawed while men who have the exact same traits are praised for it! It's about time we accept that females are humans too, female characters are people too and they are imperfect, they have flaws and that what makes them who they are!!
No hate to any particular fan fiction, writer or comic. This is just my personal opinion, and that's all! <3 :D
Stephanie 'will kill for waffles' Brown and Cassandra 'will give her a weapon to do it' Cain. That's their trope, I don't make the rules.
'Stephanie Brown was the Robin, Batman deserved but didn't need'
I do stand by the notion. Unlike Jason, Tim and Damian, she WANTED to be Robin, it wasn't handed to her, for Damian it was basically his birth right.
Her relationship with Batman is just really complex. What he did to her was wrong, but you should punch yourself if you think he doesn't care about his Robins, CAUSE HE DOES, HE'LL DIE FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM. No, he isn't her father and she isn't his daughter.
Stephanie was the Robin Batman needed because she was his reflection in many ways. Her stubbornness matched his, her sense of justice reminds me of Batman, her anger towards criminals and her sympathy towards victims all represent what the Batman Mantle stands for. However, she is her own character.
Stephanie Brown is a mirror but she is herself. Her stubbornness that of Bruce, she's hardworking just like Cassandra, her strong sense of justice matches that of Jason Todd and her energy to make everyone around her comfortable matches that of Dick Grayson.
What makes Stephanie herself is her flaws. Her stubbornness, anger, people pleasing-ness, her such strong sense of justice, how she loves so hard that it ruins her but it still doesn't stop her from loving, her emotional behavior but that's what Stephanie is!!
She does a golden retriever energy and I do believe that, she's my comfort character <3 and I think that aura contrasts that of Batman. I'm not justifying Bruce for what he did and her death could have been avoided but she was meant to be a vigilante. In another universe where she gets the Batman Mantle, I will assure you that she would be the Batman, Bruce couldn't be.
I am so sick and tired of people revolving her character around being a golden retriever or a love interest of Tim Drake and/or Cassendra Cain!
In short,
Stephanie Brown was the Robin Batman deserved was because she was his own reflection, no one could've made him see his flaws that way she could have because she's his flaws personified (this isn't an insult), sure he didn't need her, but the timeline of Stephanie being Robin is very special to me. I know what he did was wrong, but I do know her death was something that had a major effect on him because he failed another child, another Robin, another person who looked upto him. I do believe that Bruce cared, but that care didn't overshadow his harshness on her. I do believe Bruce regretted how he behaved when she was Robin, and I do believe he went to her grave every week to give flowers not out of guilt but out of care.
Should Stephanie Brown forgive him? No. However, will she? Yes. Stephanie Brown is nothing if not someone who believes in second chances.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk, I'm NOT normal about Stephanie Brown :D
I hope this was enough to answer your question on my previous post @a-bad-case-of-the-stephs
Dick Grayson was the Robin, Batman needed
Jason Todd was the Robin, Batman deserved
Tim Drake was the Robin, Batman didn't deserve but needed.
Stephanie Brown was the Robin, Batman deserved but didn't need.
Damian Wayne was the Robin, Batman deserved and needed.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk :D
Stephanie Brown, they could never make me hate you <3 :)
i get bruce is emotionly unavailable as fuck but if he can do a big personality shift into Brucie, why cant he love his kids that way? sure, Bruce struggles to show his affection and Batman is a brick wall, but Brucie? Let Brucie be how he shows love when his other mindsets cant. Let Brucie be known for kissing Dick's cheek at parties before he walks off, for calling Tim 'sweetheart', for always having an arm around Cass or Babs, for always having a hand on Steph or Duke or Damian's shoulder. When he later cannot use Brucie to initiate affection with Jason, he tries his best to make the step as Bruce.
(despite this, all his children know that when they receive affection from Brucie, it is also from Bruce. it looks like a performance but at the end of the day these are two parts of the same man and Brucie is just as real, just as much their father, as Bruce is)
Dick and Steph would be giggling and kicking their feet while painting each others nails and talking about boys
I just thought of a au where all the Batkids are kind of like mob bosses but more in a “Red hood/kill the bad people in the city but leave the not so horrible ones to reform” way. But Bruce is good dad Bruce that love his kids and is a normal civilian that still has training form ether Alfred or still when on the travel the world training thing. But did not become Batman and is like the Batfamily webtoon Bruce. In which he is sweet and calls his kids nicknames just being a good dad/person.
Wether Bruce knows what his kids are doing is up to anyone to interpret but I think it is funny either way because the Batkids are in the living room talking about some plan then Bruce comes in and is like: Hello Jason, Dick, Damian, Tim, Cass, Steph, Duke (did I forget any base kids?) while giving them a kiss on their head. Goes and gets something and while he is leaving he hears “Thank goodness we switch to a different topic before he can in” and Bruce just smiles because he knows but does not want to put them out there.
(Babs is in the “secret” Batcave)
I love when Bruce calls his kids sweetheart. Because Bruce in all his English influenced life would go to his sad kid and say, “ How are you doing sweetheart?” Then the bat kid would most likely not want to talk so he would say something like, “Ok, sweetheart how about we go get you a choccy?”
Because Bruce is not good at talking about feeling or thoughts but he will try for his kids and he is a good father dang it. Plus Alfred has raised that man like an old English baby and you can tell.
Bruce and Jason fix that I can remember the name of
So the fix is that Bruce got hit with a truth serum that kind of just makes Bruce say the first thing that come to mind. So Jason still convinced that Bruce hates him asks Bruce what he thinks of him. Bruce answers like this: (be warned I do not remember how it went exactly)
Jason: What do you think of me?!
Bruce: Baby
Jason convinced that Bruce that some how found a way around the serum: What about Dick?!?!
Bruce: Acrobat Baby
Jason: Tim
Bruce: Tech Baby ( or smart baby)
Jason: Steph
Bruce: Purple Baby
Jason ,getting annoyed: How about Duke
Bruce: Light Baby
Jason: Damian!
Bruce: Staby baby
Jason: Cass?
Bruce: Ballerina baby
And I find it funny and love that in Bruce’s mind they are all baby just baby (thought I do think that Jason is “Book baby” not just baby). It is adorable and I there are other fluff fic like this I want them please. Thank you and have a lovely rest of your night/morning/evening.
"I work alone," he says
I am still waiting, Hishe…
Kal: Bruce, there you are — what in the world?
Bruce: Hey Kal.
Kal: Who are all these kids?!
Bruce: My Bat Family. I’m a dad now.
Kal: Since when?!
Bruce: Since 1940. Try to keep up.
Kal: I thought it was just the one! Hi, Nightwing.
Dick: Hi Superman! Yeah, I have siblings now.
Kal: And how’s that working out?
Dick: Most of us have died at least once.
Kal: …What?
Bruce: Hey Kal, check it out. This one’s super smart, and we have matching coffee mugs.
Tim: :)
Bruce: This one…
Cass: …
Bruce: Actually, this one scares me. And this one glows in the dark! Heheh!
Duke: :D
Kal: I can see that…
Damian: Father, I’m hungry. When are we having dinner?
Bruce: How many criminals have you caught today?
Damian: *holds up three villains* Is this sufficient?
Bruce: Eh, it’s good enough. Here. *tosses him a tofu hotdog, like just the dog part* Keep working on it. Three more and you get the bun.
Kal: *horrified silence*
Dick: Hmph! When I was Robin, I could catch at least five criminals before dinner.
Tim: Oh my gosh, Dick, no one cares!
Jason: No one cares about anything in this stinkin’ family. Where were you all when I died, huh?!
Everyone: *groan*
Damian: Quit being such a drama queen, Todd! It’s not like losing your life is the end of the world!
Tim: Yeah!
Damian: You shut up. The only thing you’ve ever lost is your spleen.
Duke: And his parents.
Everyone except Damian: *parental trauma* AH!
Bruce: I told you never to mention that!
Kal: I can’t believe what I’m watching… Does Alfred know about this?!
Bruce: Yeah, totally, he’s cool with it.
Kal: *narrowing his eyes* I have a very hard time believing that.
Bruce: Well, he works for me, so shut up.
Kal: What about Catwoman?! Does Catwoman know about this?!
Bruce: *nervous* Um… well…
Damian: *suspicious* Who’s Catwoman?
Bruce: *very nervous* No one.
Dick: Oh, he is so dating Catwoman!
Tim: Why didn’t you tell us?!
Jason: What if we don’t want a step-mom, huh?!
Bruce: Woah, hold on now —
Duke: Look, you’re upsetting Batgirl!
Cass: …
Bruce: Alright, that’s enough! We’re not gonna talk about this anymore! Because —
Everyone: *annoyed* — you’re Batman!
Bruce: No! Because I said so! …And also, yes, because I’m Batman! Cause Batman says so!
Kal: *smirking* More like because you’re Bat-Dad.
Bruce: >:(
Kal: And hey, where’s Barbara? I thought she was Batgirl?
Bruce: *nervous* She was…
Kal: …Bruce, what did you do?
Dick: Oh, don’t worry, Superman, Barbara’s fine.
Kal: Oh, thank goodness.
Jason: She’s just paralysed from the waste down.
Kal: Bruce!
Bruce: It wasn’t my fault! She’s not even technicially my kid!
Kal: Bruce…
Bruce: Oh, don’t you “Bruce” me. I’ll “Bruce” you… “Bruce” you in the face.
Kal: Okay, that’s it, you are not allowed to find any more sidekicks starting right now!
Bruce: *holding up Harper* What about this one?
Kal: No!
Bruce: *holding up Spoiler* This one still has a parent — I can just be a mentor.
Kal: No!
Bruce: Well, gee, Kal, what am I supposed to do with all the orphans in Gotham, then, huh?!
Kal: Do you hear yourself right now?
Bruce: I have a system, Kal!
Kal: That’s it! There’s only way to solve this!
*Superman grabs Batman, and they fly off*
*Batman then appears on the couch in Therapist Spider-Man’s office from Across the Spider-Verse*
Therapist Spider-Man: Would you say you carry any trauma from your childhood?
Batman: *leans over* Do I have a story for you.
Damian will never admit this but when ever Bruce gets injured he sneaks into his room and cuddles him. Bruce knows oviosly but he knows that Damian needs to be reashured that Bruce is ok so he never mentions it. Like how he never mentions if any of his other kids join or if Dick and Jason hang around the manor more. He does not agnoleage that Cass follows him around. Or Steph needing to "find something" she convenianty forgot in the room Bruce's in and that ever time she asks if he needs something or if he feels pain anywhere. Or when Duke goes to "study" in the room Bruce's in because it "has good lighting' or "is his faveriote spot to study in."
Because if there is one thing that they got from Bruce it is their emotional constipation when it comes to talking about their feeling and worries.
Emergency Gotham News
The Wayne charity gala in honor of Jason Todd's return after being in witness protection was attacked by the Joker and the youngest Wayne,Damian Wayne, is being held at gun point.
The news lady puts a hand over her ear
We just got confirmation that one of our Videographer where able to patch us through.
(A video pops up zooming in it shows the fallowing):
The Joker,on the left, with the gun pointed at Damian and on the right you can clearly see Bruce Wayne. With each of the other official and non-official Wayne kids being held by two henchmen each.
Joker:--Oh look where is your knight in shining armor now?
Bruce *yelling*: What do you want? (As the Joker puts the gun closer to Damian's head)
Joker: I herd from a little birdy that you and my batsy where together. Now I can't have that now can I? So I decided that for every five minutes it takes for Batsy to show I will kill one of your kides and the Grand Finale? Yo-
He was cut of by a sharp punch to the face by non other then Bruce Wayne,Gotham's Prince.
Bruce Wayne: Not my kids you, Bitch
It was silent for a second before all hell went lose
All the Wayne kids suddenly started to attack the henchman that where holding them, while Bruce looked Damian over and then pulled him behind him.
When everything cleared on the screen you could clearly see and hear Bruce fussing over his children and then he breathed a sign of relief. It the now totaly silent room the only thing that was herd was,"Thank God I listened to Alfred when he said to take those Taekwondo lessons when I was in Korea last month."
Live video Ended
I am bored so what are some headcanons you have about the Batfamily?