Tim: Wait, You Quit Smoking?

Artist's Rendition:

Here we are! All the turtles, yes Donnie and Leo are trans

Okay here’s all my notes and a speedpaint at the end (if I remember lol)

Donnie

trans

buffest

he helps Raph carry stuff

Severe adhd so like he knows how do a lot of stuff

very curious and always wants a reason why

hacks on a 3ds

Donnies very snarky and sassy

losest moral compass

is a programmer

can only microwave stuff

has the second biggest space in the lab

Mikey

Very flamboyant child. Like sparkly pink jacket gay

is colorblind donnie stole glasses for mikey

very intuitive

like he knows exactly what every one is feeling

falls constantly for deez nuts jokes

graphic designer makes Donnie’s programs look more stylish

He also diys furniture to make the lair look good

they all share a work space

has the third biggest space in the lab

can cook

optimistic

Leo

Mom friend

is the least buff

has an Ōdachi because he can’t aim for sh*t

training is his hobby

very clumsy

medic

why’d splinter give the sharpest weapon to the most clumsy? beats me

Autism

you have to be very specific with him. Like very specific he will push the rules to the limit

very spacey

cunning

huge nerd

wants the first bite out of everyone’s food.

which is really funny because he can’t cook

Raph

definitely gonna change

is Aprils favorite because he doesn’t complain when she dresses him up

the most elegant

has the most clothes out of all of them

Angry and stressed about the state of the world

hates plans changing

Is very sickly

second buffest

very energetic

is a morning person

is mute

everyone treats him more delicately

Spike exists and understands him.

Ralph also writes fanfiction

he’s very soft spoken

he talks to spike about his fanfiction

highly political

the most emotionally stable

never sleeps

drinks decaf

chronically on line

is a really famous fanfic writer

the handy man like fixing cars and lights are his jam

has the biggest space in the lab

can cook and mainly cooks bc his family’s picky

I want less of "the Drakes were terrible people and parents and Bruce rescues poor sad Timmy" (not knocking the trope it just got old for me)

And more of Bruce suffering a hell of his own creation as he tries to figure out how to parent Timothy "latchkey kid" Drake, who doesn't respect the concept of having parental supervision in general and more specifically Bruce's authority as his new guardian at all, because Tim was basically his caretaker for the entire beginning of his tenure as Robin

Any kind of Parental Action would have Bruce choking in his own hypocrisy. Like... imagine trying to get your teenage son to go to bed when he's been putting your ass down for naps for like, years, by that point. Imagine telling him to eat healthier when at 13 years old he was helping your butler with designing your meal plan 'cause you were too depressed to eat

Bruce gently tries to get him to stop working on a case to take a break, and Tim raises a single withering eyebrow (he learned this from Alfred) and Bruce immediately shuts up. Tim only listens to Bruce when he wants to and being legally adopted by the man hasn't changed that

(And I want fics of the rest of the batfam reacting to this dynamic soooooooo bad)

yeppers black american in the us of a! Midwest though, if it helps one was from miami who joined the military and the other one was a military kid

[As in, saying ‘yes ma'am’ not like addressing them as Sir or smth]

Put location in tags

Jason: We need a distraction! Any volunteers!?

Tim: Hey Kon!

Jason: There's no way your boy toy is listening right now-

Kon: You called?

Jason: Wow. Just like a dog. Alright. Why is Superboy distracting for us today?

Kon: Tim lost poker night and owes me

Dick: Guys, we need to focus on-

Jason: No, no, no. We're getting into this. Timmy, how in fuck did you lose poker!? You can count cards blindfolded and drugged!

Kon: I took off my shirt

Jason: Ok, you're both thirsty idiots. Good to know

One of my all-time favorite antagonist organizations in the entirety of DC is the Court of Owls, and it's a guarantee that I'll eat up anything that features them. But my favorite thing in regards to them is the fact that Dick Grayson could've very easily been a Talon.

Case and point!

I dislike the New 52 era of DC for a number of reasons, but one thing I do think they got right was specifically how they handled the Court of Owls in regards to both Bruce and Dick, and the dialogue in this sequence here is some of the best in my opinion purely because of the reveal of what could've been had Bruce been just a little later to bringing Dick into his home.

If you look at Nightwing and consider just how powerful he is on his own as an unaltered human, and if you look at the Talons and how viciously deadly they were against the various members of Batman's family, and then you combine them?

Obviously, taking into account the different way Dick would've been raised means assuming he would lose some of his leadership and detective capabilities because— considering that Talons are all essentially mindless assassins that have to be told what to do and when to do it at every moment— he never would've had the opportunity to be an individual, or to be a leader, or to have thoughts for himself that would allow him to problem solve.

But if we're looking at lethality specifically, substituting those features for the electrum injections that would give him superhuman healing and senses, and the training that would teach him to disregard pain and emotions would remove the human limitations that he would be otherwise restricted by.

Combined with Dick's acrobatic flexibility (assuming the Court would allow him to continue maintaining it, with its many uses and advantages), the Court's training to withstand a multitude of different circumstances in battle would turn him into one of the most useful weapons in their arsenal.

The imagery of the Talons, as seen above, is also incredibly fitting to the themes of Dick throughout the years. The most glaring and obvious of which is the bird symbolism, which I'll refrain from going into detail about because of how obvious it is.

But there is definitely a fairytale-esque quality to them with the nursery rhyme that, in my opinion, fits very well with Dick's upbringing in a circus.

Circuses are often all about maintaining a certain level of illusion, painting a picture to portray a story about each act that is, usually, exaggerated for the sake of entertainment. Similarly, the Court utilizes the belief that they're nothing more than a wives' tale to allow them to continue operating from the shadows. At the same time, the rhyme itself paints them as this otherworldly, all-knowing, all-powerful entity and dissuades any thoughts of acting against them on the off chance that someone does believe they really exist. It's whimsy, in the same way that a circus is, because they're using a story and attempting to make the most of how people receive said story.

The story parallels to Dick becoming a Talon instead of Robin also scratches a very particular itch in my brain. There are two paths, but both of them are intrinsically interwoven with Gotham and Batman.

Dick becoming Robin means him joining Batman on the side of protecting Gotham and her denizens from harm and injustice. He doesn't kill because Batman and Robin aren't the judge, the jury, and the executioner. He maintains his humanity despite the literal physical limitations of a human body and the mental and emotional burdens that come with having free thought, morals, and ethics to take into account.

But Dick becoming Talon means joining Cobb and the Court also on the side of Gotham, but from a different perspective. The Court is made up of Gotham's elite— the rich, famous, and powerful who all want control but don't want the target on their back from being publicly in control. He'd be maintaining the skewed perception of what is just and unjust that the Court instills within him. In turn, this would mean fighting against Batman, who undeniably goes against the wishes of the Court's members who profit and benefit from the corruption of Gotham.

There is a sense of devotion that makes them different sides of the same coin, however. The Talons are tortured and brainwashed into submission, forced to ask "how high" when told to jump. Dick throughout his various comic appearances, has shown his intense loyalty to Bruce— a loyalty that rivals that same devotion of the Talons to the Court, especially in his younger years as Robin.

In conclusion to this tangent, Dick Grayson becoming a Talon was meant to happen, that is undeniable, but Bruce Wayne stepping in and stopping that (albeit unknowingly) is the only reason the Court doesn't have a near undefeatable weapon to use as they see fit.

Which just makes me wonder what other disastrous outcomes were avoided by Bruce taking in the other children.

pls rb if you think cuddling doesn't have to be s3xual

im tryna prove a point to my bf's mother help me out

The batboys have a weird approach to their masks…

Like we all know that the masks are more than just a mask: they are advanced communication devices, heat sensors, cameras, lenses, etc. etc.

But different versions have different capacities: canonically Dick has mentioned that Batman’s cowl has longer range than Nightwing’s maks.

Which makes sense considering the size and weight of Batman’s gear: as Dick puts it “this weighs a ton!”

For Batman, Mr I’m ready for everything, having such a crippling gear makes sense: he adjusts his muscle strength, his movements, his fighting style to work with that weight.

But for Robins, oh it gets ridiculous!

For starters, Dick prefers agility, greater visibility and flexibility over advanced capabilities. His tech is smaller, lighter, provides necessary technological assistance without being a burden for his acrobatics.

Jason followed the same route during his both Robin and Red Hood years, with a twist… You see Red Hood’s helmet is non-technological! It doesn’t have any tech on it… Jason still relies on his mask for the tech: the helmet is expendable! It’s a last resort hand grenade for goodness sake! And because he separated from Batman, his system is pretty lowtech: Bab’s highlights that a lot saying Jason needs better encryption and tech.

Tim, however, goes back and forth with favoring advanced tech and agility. His cowl? Has all the tech Batman usually has… With all the disadvantages… Later he goes back to the Robin-style emphasis on agility. He goes through the same process with his wings. Functionality of the wing, flexibility, help with movement and agility… Those “goofy wings” from Robin War? Those were TIM wings! His struggle to balance BatTech with Robin-Batics!

Things get beyond ridiculous when we get to Damian, Mr All Authentic Martial Artist! The guy prefers to work alone, hates constant babbing, goes on undercover off the grid missions, Lazarus Island, Superboy stories… What do we end up seeing? Damn paint!!! Just two circles painted on his face!!! The guy is like “Fuck advanced weapons! I’m an advanced weapon!”

Which is sooooo funny to me…?…

Like the most lighthearted Robin is the one that favors light-tech, the darkest Robin is the one that prefers no tech, the most Bat Robin fluctuates between BatTech and Robin-Batics, and the most explosive Robin (not sorry for the pun) literally goes for explosive tech!

The table top rpg from the first bakura arc in the early yugioh manga is so wacky if you try to think about it as a real game.

like the game uses percentile die which in the age of dnd cultural hegemony it's funny that Kazuki Takahashi's image of generic ttrpg in the 90s was a d100 system and not a d20 system. And also the ONLY dice roll is d100 which seems like a lot and very swingy for an other wise really simple seeming game. On the same topic of mechanics that are A Lot for a basic game there are random encounter rolls Every Turn with a 30% chance of a monster encounter immediately outside of the first town and that goes up 80% when they get to a forest which both seem crazy high.

There's also a ton of stuff that we never actually get rules for, like there are stats but it's unclear what they do and damage rolls and movement are never discussed at all. Additionally the player class and race lists which get dropped at the start in a could of charts have some wild stuff in them.

I dont know that ive ever wanted to play an rpg class as bad as i want to play a diabolist.

So, I know the fandom (myself very included) love to talk about JLA playing fuck marry kill with Brucie Wayne as an option...but I offer an alternative. Bruce overhears a conversation between Clark, Diana, and Hal.

Clark: No I mean if we're playing, I'd fuck you Diana, obviously it would be a wonderful night--

Diana: and all the way into the morning, obviously

Clark: Obviously. And I'd marry Batman, so sorry Hal, I guess you gotta go.

Hal, outraged: Marry Bats???? Over Me???

Clark: Yeah, hello, have you seen him? No offense and all, but if you get the chance to sleep with wonder woman you kinda have to. And if I marry Batman I get sweet gadgets, nerdy banter, awful coffee, and I get to use the little ears on the cowl as handles while I bend him over the breakfast table every morning.

(plot twist, Clark totally knows Batman's there and this is his extremely weird and roundabout way of flirting)