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Batman; Gotham by Gaslight

Within the annals of cultural, pop cultural, and historical crime, there are few whose macabre methods could reach the bloody depths that 'yours truly,' Jack the Ripper, managed to plumb.

Five brutal deaths were all it took for that deadly name to resound for Five centuries. The echo of the deed has so scarred the psyche of man that Man collectively found 'champions' of their own to face the blood-soaked beast on the battlefield of 'what if' in an attempt, perhaps, to find a semblance of cold closure on one of the most famous cold cases in history.

A murderer must be hunted by a detective, and there is no more excellent detective at DC's disposal than Batman to solve the mystery of Jack the Ripper. It is a contest between legendary figures, a Dark Knight on a quest to capture a monster, two ghosts playing a grisly game of hide-and-seek through the foggy alleys of a Victorian-era Gotham lit not by neon ...but by Gaslight.

Ironically, even though Batman is DC's greatest detective, barely any detective work is done in both the movie and the original comic it is adapted from. Any investigative work done by Batman in both mediums to uncover the identity of Jack is brushed over, and the reveal of the killer's identity had nothing to do with anything Batman had done throughout the narrative.

Ultimately, Batman is almost railroaded into solving the mystery, and the climax is somewhat underwhelming and blunts the effect of the twist reveal of Jack the Ripper's true identity.

YES. Commissioner James Gordon IS Jack the Ripper. This risky reimagining elevated this adaptation to a height that its original comic did not achieve. The twist shocked the system for any DC fan familiar with Batman's relationship with Gordon. It is also expertly hinted at throughout the film for any sharp-eyed viewer interested in a whodunit, as the narrative presented many possible suspects, but Gordon was the only one who would have fit all the facts of the mystery. The twist was further muddied by the inspired decision to design Jack the Ripper to be as angular as possible, while Gordon had a softer, more rounded silhouette.

This culminates in a climactic showdown atop a burning Ferris wheel, which was ironically begun by a knocked-over gas lamp. At the end of a brutally animated brawl, Gordon allows himself to be consumed by the fire of the burning wheel. He is a good man driven into hellfire by his hellish desires. Was he the last evil of a bygone age sacrificed for a better future? Or was he just the latest in a never-ending cycle of self-destruction, doomed to go around in a wheel until the wheel eats itself alive?

Whatever the case, Gotham by Gaslight turned a throwaway 'what if' comic story into a film that embodies everything that makes a Batman story great. The film shows that, even if lit by gas, Gotham is still a city that needs its Dark Knight, regardless of what the city deserves.

Jason just got so caught up in cleaning up the kidnappers that he forgot that someone (Tim) got kidnapped. This happens every other month for Tim.

”What happens to you when the pit takes over?”

“I don’t really know. I just know it feels good.”

(Welcome back to head cannon alley where Jason isn’t really present during his pit episodes and instead goes into a floater like state. He doesn’t really know what’s going on all he knows is that the pit is indulging on his more morally gray actions.

Also it’s a head canon that the pit episodes gives an almost euphoric state, so you feel good when they happen. They’re addictive, which adds another layer onto why it’s hard to fight against them, to stay in control.)

When you’re trying to have a self deprecating moment but your brother acquaintance won’t let you.

sorry for not being as active recently college is kicking my ass.

The big three (Can y’all tell I couldn’t come up with any cool ideas for Superman’s suit?)

For some unfathomable reason Kon doesn’t like Jason that much.

Sometimes all you need in the moment is a hug from your dad.

(no I haven’t decided on a concrete Bruce design yet. Yes he will change in every drawing until I feel happy with how he looks.)

Every time Dick tries to have a serious conversation with Jason it gets shut down very quickly. If anyone asks the context imma just say they’re taking a small break on patrol and Jason took off his helmet to smoke.

Jason hates being reminded of his time in the warehouse, so he eliminates all connection to it, even if it takes extreme measures.

I need to stop giving extremely traumatized characters more trauma. This is from before the Bats learned about Red Hood

We are once again entering headcannon alley where everything I say goes. So basically Tim has never really been good at receiving or giving compliments to people, instead he usually just ends up listing attributes or characteristics that person has (wether it’s good or bad he’ll just point it out and in his mind it counts as a compliment.). His understanding is that to be seen is to be loved, so most of his ‘compliments’ are him calling out repeated traits or actions. For example, a compliment he might give to Jason, or maybe Damian, would be “You have a short temper.” Or “ You often solve problems with violence.”

he’s not trying to call people out or anything, he just genuinely thinks it’s a compliment to pick up on other peoples patterns and let them know that he’s noticed them.

Another compliment he might give is something extremely straightforward and obvious like “You have Blue eyes.”

anyways hope you enjoyed my little rant and my little art work! Thank you all so much for all of the love!

I feel like every time I draw my art style changes just a smidge but anyways!!! Thank y’all so much for all the love, have some Cass and Duke cause they are very underrated!

If I had a nickel for every time I drew Tim insisting that Jason is a good person I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s sad that it’s happened twice.

anyways have some de-aged Tim angst

POV: You come home after selling drugs to kids only to find a visitor waiting for you. He doesn’t seem happy.

saw someone point out that Tim wasn’t immediately jumping to become Robin, and that he had gone to Dick multiple times before deciding that he himself had to step in. I don’t think Tim blames Dick but I do think there’s a tiny bit of resentment because he doesn’t fully understand why Dick couldn’t just come back to Gotham in order to help Bruce instead of a complete stranger doing it.

Damian Wayne, because I don’t draw him enough.

POV: Some rando hit your brother on patrol and you have five seconds to come up with an excuse as to why you reacted with extreme violence.

My plan is to draw everyone’s suits in my style. Last time was Jason and now it’s Dick’s turn.

Don’t you hate it when you look in the mirror and see someone else?

once again there’s not enough JJ content in the world so I made more. Poor Timmy boy, I am putting him through hell.

schools been kicking my ass and it hasn’t even gotten to the juicy parts yet. Anyways have a horrible stinky man that I despise, I’ll probably change his design by next week tho.

Part 3!!! This is the finale part! As you can see Jason does feel a teeny tiny bit of guilt for what happened but he’ll probably never admit it out loud. Also I don’t think Tim’s hero worship for Jason ever truly went away, even after all the murder attempts.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 2!! I feel like every time I draw them they look different. It also doesn’t help that in the last part I forgot to add in Tim’s freckles but that’s okay we’ll just ignore that detail!

Jason emerging from the pit! I like to think it literally had to stitch him back together, cause you know, my guy got blown to bits in a warehouse. Also if you notice that the scar on his face doesn’t match my other drawings of him it’s because this is before he cuts the J off. I always imagined Jason wanting to get rid of any reminders of his death, even if that included cutting part of his face off.

Outting myself as a nerd real quick🏃‍♀️(as if it wasn’t obvious by just looking at my page)

These were more studies on the characters than anything so I guess they turned out okay 👍 also I know I messed up the coloring on Hal’s arms plz ignore them

Batman is how you get the views right?/jk

Honestly Batman’s sketches were my least favorite but I still love my edgy SadMan

After 8 months (and a lot of procrastination) I finally finished this billy animation!!

Sometime in Gotham:

Jason Todd [on the phone]: How did the Joker die?

Damian Wayne [on the phone]: Cats ate his face.

Jason Todd: Damian, I think you’re confused. I’m asking about the Joker.

Damian Wayne: Cats ate his face.

Jason Todd: Look, would you just put Dick or Tim on the phone?

Dick Grayson: Hello?

Jason Todd: Dick, what happened to the Joker?

Dick Grayson: Cats ate his face. Here, Damian knows more about it than I do.

(Source: Malcolm in the Middle)

Me and my bro as Batman(me) and spiderman(him)

Ref⬇️

Closeups under break

Okay, I know that I post basically only art, but in Marvel and DC there's legit just time squared, like there is a timeline but then a timeline of changes to the timeline as well and it's very funky to think about. I'll draw something later to attach to this.

Silver age aqualad my baby

Just found out that dick's version of a batarang is a wingding and 🥺 that's such a cute name 🥺🥺🥺

if you are still open to requests… perhaps more damian 🤲 he’s just a little boy and i love him in your style. i want to put him in my pocket he’s so squishy

I like to imagine him doing literally anything and everyone starting screaming and going crazy