oh look both of my writing styles in one post
On the one hand, I want to write complex, richly crafted characters and explore their psyches and what makes them tick.
On the other hand, I want giant set piece encounters where two people whack at each other with swords five hundred feet in the air, and just when it looks like one of them has won, the other guy pulls out an even bigger sword.
i think the reason we haven’t gotten a proper adult fab5 titans comic since the early aughts is because it would simply be too powerful. roy and wally arguing about parenting pre-teens while garth looks his google calendar to check his kid’s birthday. donna and dick get into a shouting match and the universe explodes. everyone (but donna) is privately very mean about terry. wally thinks about fatherhood for a single second and vibrates through the earths crust. dick has decided to passively kill himself again and everyone gets upset at him. garth just wants to relax for one gd second. roy is actually pretty well adjusted, all things considered. any meaningful portrayal of that hyper-dependent traumatically bonded boundryless ouroboros of a friend group would melt the pages it’s printed on. there is something sincerely wrong with them
Alfred ‘let me train an 8 yr old in combat instead of therapy’ pennyworth: ….
Bruce ‘never stopped being the child in the alleyway’ Wayne: hnnn
8yro Dick Grayson who despite trauma and anger issues, Has very good emotional intelligence: … so is the next 10 years of my life gonna be a one way conversation
Alfred: ….
Bruce: hnnn
DG: god I’m gonna have to give you peopling lessons aren’t I?
hiii same anon who recommended that one fic ( i am really glad you liked it btw)
https://www.tumblr.com/theerurishipper/752161267004948480/twitter-au-masterpost
this one is not exactly a fic ( well it is on ao3 but there is not all the parts) it is a twitter au and i think you’d like dick’s characterization in this i really liked reading it ( it is a lot more lighthearted than the fic i sent obv 😭)
10/10 exactly the vibe I needed after the fuckfest today
I need about 40 more chapters
And yes I love My boy (also a big fan of the fact that he isn’t really on social media bc I love that for him)
Thank you so much anon it was lighthearted and funny and yeah a lil more on the batfamily fluff than I usually prefer but honestly I rlly enjoyed the character writing as well !!
I love them sm
happy booping! 🐾
I regret all my descions someone tell me what every single thing in the brain does bc I have a neurology exam and all I can think about is my mentally unstable king and he’s equally mentally unstable boyfriend who spent too much energy trying to keep a broken man together goddamn
Who let me reread outsiders (2003) instead of studying for my finals. I’m crying all over my laptop
Dick's "little brother nickname" for Duke is Night-light send post
Current Bruce Wayne meeting All Star Batman and robing Bruce Wayne
C! BW: …im- im sorry I must’ve misheard you bound to happen with the cowl… do you mind repeating what you said
ASBAR! BW: I don’t let Robin upstairs and make him hunt rats and bats for food in the cave
C!BW suddenly understanding why Jason kills people: … do. You. Now
ASBAR! Bat: yeah why?
C! BW about to turn into Joe chill and end that world’s Wayne’s:…. I see
Or
ASBAR! BW: I’m sorry what?? Did?? You?? Say??
C!BW: I gave Dick a hug and told him? I was proud of him
“He would not fucking say that” is a Schrodinger’s phrase when it comes to Batman. There is probably Batman run where he would say that. There is also probably a run where Batman would kill the other Batman for saying that.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT FINAL LINE OMG EHAT
Dick is a pretty boy. Everyone knows it, except him.
There is an unwritten rule about not hitting him in the face, everyone follows it, (even from his time as Robin some people already followed this rule). His siblings when by miracle they train together. His team when they get together to practice strategies and fighting methods. Even the damned villains and evildoers know not to hit the pretty bird in the face.
Dick never finds it strange. Somehow, he thinks it's simply because people have learned that punching him in the face isn't really going to stop him, if they're looking to confuse him, hitting the back of his head is more effective.
It's not until a drug dealer accidentally hits him in the nose for the first time in years, breaking it, that he notices something strange. How could he not? The battle stops for a moment because his companions start yelling at him, telling him that his face is off limits, and the dealer apologizes.
Dick barely blinks and stops them, then goes to his apartment to clean up the blood, the pain not even bothering him at this point. That's why he doesn't understand why not only his team makes a fuss about it the next day, but they even call his siblings to tell them what happened. He's not even that hurt ??????
The only other person who doesn't make a fuss about it is Batman, who has punched Dick in the face enough times to find it odd. Nobody is happy with Batman upon discovering that fact.
but its important
The best part about DC canon being a sandbox is that you can combine different parts of different timelines into your Frankenstein ideal just to give Bruce Wayne more gray hairs
Observe
Bruce: Dick you know you’re 26 you can’t keep working as a gymnastics instructor on a volunteer basis you need a career.
Dick who has been working as a lawyer in nyc for 3 years now: hmmm yeah you’re totally right B maybe I’ll take some classes
Bruce: Tim you need to get your GED, I cannot allow you to give up on education at highschool.
Tim who got into ivy university and has been zeta-ing back and forth: …hmmm maybe I’m kinda busy
Bruce: I have no idea what Jason does in the day
Jason catholic priest Todd: … yeah I got nothing
-this shitpost was brought to you solely to remind everyone that JASON TODD WAS A CATHOLIC PRIEST IN ANOTHER DIMENSION THANK YOU
I write bad Dick Grayson and TMA fanfiction on ao3 follow me @imtired_likerllytiredI literally keep creating and deleting accounts on this hellsite lurker since age 8
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