I Don't Think We Talk Enough About The Western Union Letter Situation At The End Of Part II. I Mean,

insane of RvB to have been called Red vs Blue for like 21 years, 19 seasons and a movie, when the red team vs blue team conflict is already revealed to be bullshit by season 2 lmao

Every knife is a pocket knife if you have big enough pockets

Educate yourself on one of my favorite Robins, Maps Mizoguchi. ❤️💚💛

Since few people know about Maps and even less know of her super cute friendship with Damian (she is almost never included when people list Damian's buddies), here is a wonderful retelling by Comicstorian so you can experience the story (and the others of Gotham Academy, which are just as fun) for FREE!

Pyro brainrot is real

parallel play (liking and reblogging your mutual's posts but not talking to them)

maybe they shouldn’t have wandered into that pizzeria…

TAOM SPOILERS

Okay, hear me out...

So, we pretty much know that the person most likely to have murdered OC is Pip, because artists are hard on themselves and yaddayadda, but I wanna throw my little theory in the theory pool,,,

What if everyone is the "murderer"??

What if each one, on their own time, woke up and tried to kill OC, but all either failed or gave up.

Winn could have tried to get rid of OC by spilling water on the graphite drawing, but that either didn't work and she made more mess on herself than the drawing, or she heard someone else start to wake, which startled her enough to spill the water on herself instead.

Sousuke could have recruited the dog to help him. With the dog's name being Weeaboo (or smth like that), they could share some sort of anime connection. Maybe because of his name, the dog can actually understand Sousuke. Though that is a bit of a stretch, tis still a possibility.

There is no evidence I could think of to say what Giorgio or Albie did, but the fact that Giorgio IMMEDIETELY made himself detective, effectively removing him from the list of suspects, is suspicious.

When the four woke up, each one thought that they were the murderer and their tactics had somehow actually killed him.

Then each person has to try and defend themselves and blame others to try and take the blame off of themselves, each one thinking "If I hold out for long enough, they will give up and we can go back to how our life was."

Because I'm sure they all feel guilty for what they did, but they don't really regret what's been done because now the threat of being replaced is gone.

But hey, that's just a theory

A TAOM THEORY

Aaaaaannnd cut.

The different ways the Batkids like cuddling (exclusively with Bruce)

Dick- ever since he was young dick liked to curl into Bruce’s side, arms slothing around his waist. Now that he’s older dick still cuddles into Bruce’s side even though he is much bigger. Bruce loves it. 

Babs- she didn’t cuddle with him much, but if they’re watching a movie or something and she’s next to him she’ll lean against him and he wraps an arm around her shoulders. Bruce loves it. 

Jason- Jason loved curling on Bruce’s lap like a little cat. He still does it today and he’s like a Great Dane that’s a lap dog. Bruce can’t breathe sometimes but he loves it. 

Cass- cass likes to drape herself around his shoulders like an affectionate cat. Bruce loves it. 

Tim- Tim holds his arm and cuddles into his side. When Bruce stands he just dangles from the arm. Bruce loves it. 

Steph- Steph is a leg cuddler, curling up between his legs, sitting in front of him and draping his legs over her shoulders etc. Bruce loves it. 

Damian- Damian is just so small Bruce holds him on his chest. He’s cradled in the arms and pressed against Bruce’s chest. Damian tries to argue but honestly it makes him feel safe and he loves being so close to his dad. When Damian is older Bruce still insists on cuddling him like that and Damian can’t deny him even though he is literally Bruce’s size. Bruce loves it. 

Duke- Duke and Bruce aren’t really cuddling level but Duke likes to sleep on his shoulder and Bruce loves any contact

So my Batfamily brain rot is back (not that it ever really left) and I just had a thought like…

If you’re a henchman/criminal in Gotham, seeing your life flash past your eyes is gonna be a somewhat regular occurance but… what if like… the thing that truly made a henchman’s heart fall to his ass was when they hit Robin just a little too hard and this 10 year old kid just starts crying and goes ‘Daaaaaadddd!’

That’s the moment when they truly think they’re going to die because said dad, the kid is calling for is a 6’6 demon from hell who’s all muscle and shadows and vengance and a lot of Gotham still thinks he’s a cryptid

The henchmen all drop their guns and try to calm the kid down but it’s over in 5 seconds flat. Batman breaks several bones before speaking to Robin in the softest voice they’ve ever heard him use and the criminal world, who was already a bit hesitant to fight a kid have even more reason to take it just a little easy on Robin.

And like, I can picture different reactions with every Robin.

Like, for Dick, he’s ten and we all know he was the most violent Robin second only to Damian so maybe when he’s ten or eleven and has calmed down a little, a henchback who still remembers what a little shit he used to be decides to get back at Robin, slips on a pair of brass knuckles and BAM

And then, little Dick just stares for a moment in shock, cheek already starting to bruise, the criminals he’d been fighting all stay still because it was a nasty punch and then…

“Daaaaad!!!” He cries out in a whiny voice that reminds them that Robin really is just a kid and it all clicks into place.

Even Bruce wasn’t expecting that, Dick has just started calling him dad and he still isn’t used to being called that so to hear his kid calling for him in the moment where he is startled and hurt and a little scared… the henchmen don’t even have time to react and they wake up in the hospital with concussions and maybe a few broken bones.

It doesn’t take Dick long to calm down, it was mostly that the hit from a random henchmen really startled him and got him right in the cheekbone. But Bruce still finishes patrol early and Dick still hides under Bruce’s cape all the way to the Batmobile.

Then comes Jason and Jason was such a sweet kid, I headcannon he was the one that called Bruce dad the most often while being Robin. So one night during patrol maybe he finds himself fighting Penguin or Two-Face and it’s been a long night and he has an exam the following day and Bruce is fighting another villain at the other side of the warehouse

The point is, the henchmen and Two-Face start landing hits on eleven year old Jason in his gut and at some point he loses sight of Batman fighting on the other side of the room. Jason gets scared because he’s never really fought without Batman and while he knows that Bruce is still in the warehouse, he can’t see him and the handle of a gun hits the back of his ankle and he falls and he sees Two-Face or Penguin or one of the henchmen getting ready to grab the front of his uniform and beat him up and…

“Daaaaddd!”

The criminals freeze for a moment. They’ve heard the stories of what happened the last time a Robin called scared for dad.

They’re fucked.

They all drop their guns and try to get Jason to calm down, but he’s crying just a little bit and calls again, his voice breaking and despite having been at the other side of the warehouse just a second ago, Bruce somehow drops from the ceiling and it’s over before the criminals can keep pleading with Robin to calm down.

Jason tries to apologize for ‘acting like a baby’ but Bruce is having none of it and carries him back to the Batmobile and Jason is happy to just hide his face in Bruce’s cape because he knows his dad will always be there to save him.

Then comes Tim.

And Tim gets found out while doing reconnisance and somehow he finds himself face to face with Bane who manages to wrench away his bo staff and Tim is just eleven and he is scared because Bane doesn’t look like he’s going to hold back

All Tim knows is that the crack he hears must surely be his ribs either cracking or breaking and he can’t breath and he can only muster enough air for a single word… and he calls for his dad through tears and fear

And at this point… at this point Batman has already lost a Robin, Tim may not be his legally but he is his son just as much as Jason was

Bane spends a month in the ICU

Tim is embarrased that he reacted like that. He thinks it makes him less of a Robin to called scared for Batman… for dad.

So Bruce tells him of the other two times it happened. It’s one of the first times he’s spoken about Jason to Tim so bluntly.

Then comes Stephanie.

Stephanie never calls Bruce dad when she’s Robin. She’s not his daughter and he’s not her dad. They’re not sure what exactly they are to one another.

As far as Bruce knows, Stephanie’s version of Robin never called out to him when she was scared.

What he doesn’t know is that it did happen. Just once

It was the last time she was Robin. When Black Mask had her and she thought she was going to die

At some point while bleeding and feeling nauseous and so scared she could barely hear anything that wasn’t her own heart beating wildly against her chest… she called for dad. Not for Arthur Brown, but for Bruce

Black Mask laughed at her

Stephanie never tells Bruce

And finally… Damian

Now, we know Damian would probably never be startled enough to call for Bruce out of instinct, so I can see 2 scenarios in which this could happen.

First, he sees another kid do it. He sees a kid close to his own age laughing and playing, then tripping and staying quiet for a split second before crying out for mom and dad and he just… assumes that’s something kids do when scared and hurt and startled and does it mostly in an attempt to be a little more ‘normal’

Or, my favorite scenario… he hears of the other times it has happened. He overhears maybe Dick remind Jason of what Bruce did when Jason called out to dad as Robin. Tim maybe jokes that a Robin calling for dad is still the villains’ greatest fear

So Damian stores that knowledge away as a battle strategy just in case he ever needs it… and maybe a small part of him wants to put it to the test, to see if his father would protect him as brutally as he’s protected the Robins before him

So some random night during patrol, he’s up against several henchmen, a few of them grab him from behind, trying to hold him down. Damian is fighting against them when one of them swings a cylinder of metal that Damian thinks might’ve been meant for the plumbing and…

The henchman breaks Damian’s nose, there’s blood dripping down his chin and staining his uniform

Now… it is most certainly not the first time he’s broken something, he’s more than used to the pain, in fact, he barely feels it. However, it gives him a chance to put his little theory to the test

And so Damian allows himself to sound like the ten year old that he is and in a whiny, teary voice, goes… “Babaaaaa!” (Bonus points if it’s the first or second time he’s called Bruce baba instead of father)

What Damian didn’t take into account though, is that Batman and Robin aren’t the only ones on patrol that night. They made a big bust. The biggest part of the operation was over but they were still fighting a few stragglers. The whole fucking family is here.

And they all hear his cry.

Damian doesn’t think he’s ever seen a fight end so quickly. The henchmen only have a split-second of surprise before vanishing, being tackled or shot or having knives buried on their shoulders by his siblings.

The one that actually broke Damian’s nose is being beaten up by Nightwing, Damian doesn’t think he’s ever seen Grayson so angry.

A shadow kneels in front of him, father. Baba. He’s checking Damian and Todd is right at his side, both speaking in hushed tones, checking his injuries and wiping the tears that usually came with a broken nose.

And now… Damian is used to his father and Grayson treating him like a child, trying to be as soft as they can with him. Even Cain does it to some extent.

But… having Drake wrap an arm around him, calling him baby when knocking out one of the criminals that had hurt him ‘that’s my fucking baby brother!’ and continue to hold him later into the night on the couch, having Brown willingly give up all the snacks she keeps in her utility belt and promise to take him to Batburger the following day for milkshakes because he was ‘a champ’. And Thomas wraps his favorite blanket around Damian while they’re fixing him up.

Todd decides to stay the night at the manor. Which he never does. They all decide to spend the night at the manor when Damian still sniffles on the Batmobile and they have breakfast all of them together. Which Damian isn’t sure has ever happened before and Cain gets Alfred to make pancakes with chocolate chips instead of blueberries.

They call him baby in hushed whispers but for once, it doesn’t bother him even though it really should

But most of all, Bruce refuses to let him go for a good five minutes after he first cries for him. Smoothing down his hair and whispering that it’ll be okay and just being soft in a way Damian has never seen before.

He sleeps between his Baba and Grayson and he knows that Todd and Drake and Cain check in on them at least twice in the night for some reason.

And he realizes it’s… it’s nice. Maybe this really could be an effective battle strategy to be employed again someday.

guyyss. guys. smiling jason :)