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This was his fifth time in the club already, yes. He kept track, not only because he rarely visited such loud places but also because he needed that for research purposes. Marking things like the day of the week, hour, traffic, even the weather. "I do not come here to drink." Damian responded, maybe not loud enough given their surroundings, but hopefully Soo still managed to catch onto his words. He wasn't the loud time to begin with. "Today we have rain. This changes the scenario quite a bit." He tapped his closed notebook with his finger then glanced up at the male he became... familiar with over the days. First time they talked he was asked to leave, something about... scarring the customers. But after showing his badge things changed and oddly enough pull a conversation between the two. Which Damian enjoyed. That's why Soo never got the cold shoulder from him whenever he was approached. "Easier for evidence to be washed off- you have glitter right here." He tapped over his own cheek to indicate the spot then picked up the glass of water he was enjoying. Easily distracted? Yes. Maybe not ideal in his field of work but today was a day off, meaning he allowed himself to slack a little. Be less alerted.

SON IS RETURNING TOMORROW! rejoicing

IDs are in the ALTs but also under the cut:

ID: Four sets of drawings, all black and white and containing Damian Desmond, alone or alongside Anya or Becky.

First image is a drawing of teenage Damian and Anya. His head is turned away from the viewer and towards Anya. He is sitting down comfortably, resting his arm on one leg. Anya is laying next to him on her stomach with her arms crossed. They are talking, surrounded by speech bubbles with no dialogue inside.

Second image is a drawing of Damian in a jacket reminiscent to the one he wears in Chapter 39/Episode 2 of Season 2. He is looking over his shoulder, pouting and lightly squinting in what is either confusion or mild annoyance. His hair is messy.

Third image contains two drawings of Damian. On the right, he is wearing his gym uniform, looking very annoyed. On the left, he is slightly hunched over, staring blankly with dot eyes.

Lastly, the fourth image is a drawing of teenage Damian and Becky talking. Damian looks very mildly frustrated while Becky is smug and teasing. They are both wearing their imperial scholar capes. Unlike in canon, Damian has glasses. Becky's hair is down and she is wearing a hairpin with a small bomb on it, and star-shaped earrings. End ID

just once i would like to see one of those typical batman almost dying scenes where he comes super close to death and then last second his brain is like “no! gotham needs you” and then he survives with the power of whatever the fuck but instead of “gotham needs you” it’s “your children need you”

like yeah gotham is your city to protect or whatever that’s fine and fun but where’s the like… “you have kids at home bruce”

where is it dc

Could we get Sleeping!Bruce turning the tables on one (or all?) of his kids and stealing the whole bed?

Not sure if it counts as stealing the bed, but he did reclaim his spot there for a second!

warning: long idea that came from u so u deserve to hear about it

was ranting to my sister about ur sketches cuz i fell in love with them and they are hitting at like 3 obsessions at once so points for u-

anyway I talked about the fenton creep stick (the joker panel) and my sister (who never watched dp) asked what it was, and after a confusing explanation we decided that a fenton creep stick can be any kind of object that is 1) long and swingable (like a crowbar or even a pipe) and 2) sturdy and not easily breakable

after being in the phandom I saw a lot of headcannons that after the ghosts appeared, the fentons started doing speeches at Casper, and they gave out fenton creep sticks "to be safe" or that the fentons sell those to Amity Parkers (THEY'RE NOT GUNS so they can do it) so pretty much everyone has one

adding those ideas to the fact that my sister thought at first that the stick had something to do with CREEPS (like pedos or stalkers cuz of the name) I now imagine the most famous design of fenton creep stick to be one of those stun sticks (that can not only be used on ghosts, but actual creeps!!!)

enjoy this idea cuz it sure gave me joy

asdfghjkl anon your brain wrinkles are amazing that idea is so funny to me. The anti-creep sticks are advertised all over town and it’s treated the same as a McDonald’s ad. No one really gives a shit but they still take note when there’s something new out.

And if you wanted to throw in the supervillain AU, I imagine it would go like this:

the batfam is affected by a truth serum and they can't avoid each other. There is no compulsion to talk but they do need to discuss how to get out of whatever plot shenanigans put them in that situation. They can't contol how much they say once they started talking tho. It's like they are listening to themselves and only after finishing the sentence do they understand what they just said. There is zero control. Who do you think has the biggest secrets of them all? (My guess is Bruce or Dick.) Who gets hurt the most and why and what are the consequences?

Dick definitely has the most secrets, but here’s the thing. I think everyone’s kinda hurt by him keeping these secrets at first, but then, they’re all better for it. The Batfam is just the biggest miscommunication trope, and actually communicating would probably fix them.

I also feel like Bruce would not be able to stop telling each of his kids how much he loves them with every single word that comes out of his mouth.

I also feel like Duke records the whole thing.

Met Joshua Williamson at NYCC during one of his signings! He said of all the characters he wants to protect the most at DC, it would be Damian because that’s his “baby boy” 🥺 Said he’s tired of people hurting Damian since he’s already gone through so much his whole life.

Asked him 2 questions!

What accent does Damian have?

Others have asked him but he doesn’t want to say, because he wants people to talk about it! He mentioned Damian has only lived in America for 4 years, and would naturally have an accent.

Who decided on Damian’s new hair?

Simone - Joshua said he didn’t notice it at first and then he was like “UMMM IT KINDA LOOKS LIKE TIM…”

He let it go because he thought about how Tim has had different hairstyles, and Damian is young and still growing.

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I'm not even into DC that much but I want to know more about batman and robin lore because they all seem so COOL and NICE so if anybody is a fan of dc/batman could they infodump some stuff to me? This is an invitation, btw

Daimian has finally found the glowing meta boy whos been flying all over the city now it's finally time to enact his plans he walks calmly over and asks "can i pet your puppy"

Damian is absolutely one of those people who memorize how to say “can I pet your dog?” In every possible language they can learn

Bruh this is why no one like fucking Tim Drake fans bc in the comments of one of comicstorian’s videos, the one about the new Batman and Robin, some fucking dude explained in the comments what they thought of the series and how they think it was a step back for Damian to keep being Robin and that Tim should be brought back into the Robin role. And then someone else commented a explanation about why they disagreed and thought that Damian was actually growing in this role as Robin and why they thought it was good to keep and stuff and the og commenter claps back with a “u can right as many novels as u want but I ain’t reading all that” and then was basically like “also btw this this this and this are all wrong read the books dipshit” ??? Like hello ??? And so I replied to them like ayo chill they were just politely explaining their opinion no need to be all sassy.

And then they come at me like “it’s not sass to point out reality. I’m sorry my wording hurt ur delicate feelings” BITCH ??? THIS IS WHY NO ONE LIKES TIM DRAKE FANS BECAUSE PPL LIKE YOU ARE ALWAYS MAKING A FUCKING DICK OUT OF YOURSELVES. God I fucking hate comic bros who can’t FATHOM someone having a different opinion than them and take it as some kind of personal insult like dude actually go get a fucking like you stupid piece of shit.

🍺 IF I said I was a fucking crime boss, one of the top in the entire fucking Eastern Universe, would you believe me, Damian?

Damian placed his drink down after downing it, then gave her words a nod. "Mhm. I would."

I don’t know if you’re still doing the AU ask game but what are your thoughts on the “Jason and Damian meet each other via LOA” au? I know you’re writing a young justice au and that’s basically canon in that universe right? I don’t headcanon them knowing each other early in mainline canon but as a separate au/elseworld sort of thing it does intrigue me

if my inbox is open, consider it fair game for any asks (from a game or otherwise) you might send :P

when it comes to mainline canon, no, I don't headcanon them knowing each other during the lost days era, and that goes into my own headcanons on the al ghuls and damian's upbringing.

my view in that respect takes some things from what morrison built with damian into account, but ignores anything that's in contradiction with batman: son of the demon. the result is, among other things, that I 100% believe talia tried to put damian up for adoption, but ra's caught up to it. the years later, in part as a punishment, in part because of his need to be the most (maybe the only) important person in talia's life, as well as a desire to control, and to mold damian specifically, ra's limited how much damian and talia were in each other's lives. am I the only one who sees some parallels with bruce's parenting here btw.

in my head this means that, at most (and this is something I do use in some WIPs), damian got to see jason from afar when he was catatonic, maybe a few times. later... well, after jason almost kills bruce before stopping himself, talia definitely doesn't want them to meet. if she ever contemplated the option of introducing them (probably never that seriously, just as a distant possibility if at all) after jason started to kill on behalf of victims, particularly children, she weighted the options (jason's protectiveness over children vs. his bruce issues) and decided not to.

now, for the young justice cartoon fic! it is true that jason and damian know each other day, since damian was born specifically. but this doesn't happen in the league of assassins (league of shadows in the show) because by the time damian is born, the al ghuls have left the league LOL.

I actually headcanon that the al ghul's left the league BECAUSE damian was going to be born. I think talia put her foot down and ra's actually listened, and decided he'd accomplish his goals in a way that would compromise for his daughter's desires (young justice makes room for both bruce AND ra's to be better parents. ain't that something lol).

as for some headcanons about jason and damian in this 'verse! (which will be canon. in my fic. xDD)

the (canon) birthdates for them are 1999 for jason, and 2018 for damian. that's an almost 20 years gap and imo it significally affects how they relate to one another. in many ways, jason is a quasi-parental figure more than a brotherly one (he wouldn't call damian his son, but he's... his brother, his kid... his, you know?). at the beginning of the fic, when they're hiding from the new league of shadows, their cover is actually father and son lol.

related to the above: I headcanon that yes, this one time jason and talia do have a biiiiiiiit of a surrogate mother-son relationship (talia was born in 1984 btw). BUT. only because it comes with heavy doses of spousification/parentification lol. this contributed to that kind of dynamic with damian, because in this world talia's pregnancy was complicated, damian's health was at risk when he was born, talia had one hell of a post-partum depression... basically, despite the fact that jason himself wasn't at his peak then (canonically he just started regaining some memories after this), talia relied a lot on him at this time. if bruce can do it with HIS robins... xD

re: jason's health. he dies in 2013, and yet in 2018, when he has his first appearance on the show, he's not recovered (he doesn't say much, he struggles when he does, and we're told he has memory issues). my personal headcanon is that this jason doesn't go into the pit and recovers the long, hard way. I love giving characters chronic issues so I've decided he has aphasia. mostly expressed with difficulties talking, but sometimes reading as well. this was all to say that by the time my fic starts damian is six and he's gotten in the habit of reading to jason (has been learning to read by doing this, actually lol). this includes political/philosophical books that are definitely not aimed at kids his age (but damian's upbringing, albeit not as terrible as in the mainline, has been sui generis), but also "the demon headmaster", because jason think he's really funny.

I've decided to take one of the few things I liked about how they wrote dcau!jason (but with my own spin) and given him an older bio sister. the age different wasn't AS big as with him and damian, but circumstances conspired so that dani had to take care of jason on the streets (in this canon, I have her as barely 17 when she died, with jason as 10 when he meets bruce). jason picked up on quite a few things from her.

due to several reasons (including the fact that the joker's been dead for a while, at harley's hands), jason is less interested in a utrh-type crusade here. he's instead put it all on damian. he's who he'd die for and kill for and fight the entire world for.

anya and yor looking extra cute/pretty when the pov is from damian or loid ❤️😩

loid 🤝 damian: putting the shoujo filter on their beloved

as they should!— they’re in love your honour. i rest my case.

Do you have a problem with Damian?

Do I look like I have a problem with the little gremlin?

🎲

Dick refers to Damian as "Kid Holier Than Thou."

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