Headcanon that when Duke becomes comfortable with the family he instantly starts pulling the Black Card to win an argument.
The first time it happens is when Batman asks him to stay late in the cave to go over some reports but Duke is tired Damnit and B isn't listening to his protests so he pulls his best sad face and asks "Is it because I'm Black?" When Bruce says that Duke can't ask his siblings to cover for him. Cue the biggest panic that any of them have seen in a long time as Batman switches to Bruce and starts assuring him and telling Duke to go relax.
From there Duke has realised he's gotten a get out of jail free card that he uses carefully (Re: to get out of a gala early, to get his favourite food for dinner a couple of times.)
Using it on his siblings only works once or twice before they start on the orphan card that rarely works as they're all orphaned one way or another.
One time he used it on a villain and they almost instantly stopped beating him up to protest the accused racism.
after patrolling, unwinding in a diner somewhere ...
throw the man a bone batman geez
Tim: Ah yes, my train of thoughts.
Tim: Or, as I like to call it, the Anxiety Express.
i beat myself up for not knowing enough about my special interests a lot but then i remember the average person off the street has no idea what the carboniferous is and i feel better
Why does realism always have to mean superheroes hating that they’re superheroes and/or killing people? Why can’t it mean superheroes becoming symbols of protest? Why can’t it mean people hanging/waving Superman flags to symbolize a nation/world in crisis? Why can’t it mean Wonder Woman imagery becoming symbols of anti-war and feminist movements? Why can’t it mean people spray painting bat symbols to signify police brutality and corruption? Why can’t it mean people wearing Robin merchandise to support children’s rights? Why can’t it mean people painting lanterns green to bring them to protests? Why can’t it mean people getting green and red arrow tattoos to represent standing in solidarity with the impoverished?
Sometimes i'm standing in the middle of a bunch of timsteph shippers and they start talking about how cute it was when tim was super annoyed at steph and felt entitled to take her costume away and tell her identity to other heroes and criminals and I'm just screaming and crying and throwing up because it wasn't cute he was being an asshole and having steph be endeared by a guy taking away her agency was just sexist stereotyping and projecting from the men who wrote this romance can anyone hear me its so dark in here
just watched Grian's video from yesterday where he ends it by saying that Cleo is gonna return any second now, but also Cleo just tweeted that they're still a hundred thousand blocks away, which results in the hilarious mental image of permit office!Grian standing in front of a nether portal for fourteen hours, occasionally looking at his watch and saying "aaany second now", entirely unmoving.
i did this in middle school when i got grounded lmaooo
if there is a screen
ao3 will be seen
You’re a regular office worker born with the ability to “see” how dangerous a person is with a number scale of 1-10 above their heads. A toddler would be a 1, while a skilled soldier with a firearm may score a 7. Today, you notice the reserved new guy at the office measures a 10.