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chess-blackmyre · 4 months
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Harvey Dent and his daughter Duela.
Based off of my fanfic “Double Headed”
Art by the absolutely amazing @kowroo they are fantastic and they do great art for great prices!
The original painting that inspired this work is underneath the cut.
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zylev-blog · 6 months
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On one of Danny’s time travel adventures, Danny (in human form) and Tim are sent to Krypton, thousands of years before Clark’s time. They fix the time stream and return to their time, thinking that their adventure hadn’t changed the timestream that much. Then Danny overhears Clark telling Dick (pre-Nightwing) about the adventures of Nightwing and Flamebird. This prompts Dick to branch off and become Nightwing later on. This is also how Danny finds out that he and Tim are counted as Gods of Krypton and legends of their adventures were still told.
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deadsetobsessions · 4 months
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“Trust me.”
By the gods, he does. Even when the tell tale cracks of lies web through Tim’s face, even when Dick hears the waver in Tim’s voice, all but indiscernible to those who didn’t know his baby brother like he did, Dick still puts his faith in Tim.
He has no choice. Not when he’s chained to the wall, broken and beaten and bloody. Not when backup is too far away and Bruce and Jason is slumped over unconscious. Not when Tim has to choose between them or himself. Not when Dick knows that that’s never a choice he’ll take for himself.
“Come back soon, baby bird.”
How could he be angry at Tim for lying when Dick is doing the same? How could he be angry that Tim broke free before any of them did and incapacitated the villains on his own when Dick would have done the same if he could? How could Dick be angry- no, he is angry, that Tim chooses to sacrifice himself to save the. Because there is no other way? He would have done the same, if he could.
“Yeah.”
But he couldn’t. And it’ll cost him Tim. Dick doesn’t want to loose another brother.
Tim tips forward into the glowing white portal, and the world flashes white.
Dick doesn’t have a choice.
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It’s only when he’s Nightwing again, with a Jason that had not died, does he remember.
“Wing?!” Jason catches him as he stumbles. Flamebird. Jason goes by Flamebird. Not Red Hood.
Dick stands, roughly brushing Jason off in a way he’ll have to apologize for later. But right now, the vigilante puts in behind him as he swivels wildly to look for the thing- no, the person that unlocked his memories of Before.
It’s only now, does Dick understand what his heart’s been trying to tell him for years.
It’s only now, does he understand who he’s been missing for, for years.
It’s only when he’s facing the large lenses of a camera in front of pained, longing eyes, does Dick Grayson comprehend what he lost and who gave him everything he has now.
“Baby bird-!” The nickname tears out of him as Nightwing, as Dick, stumbles towards the curled up figure of his baby brother.
“Nightwing, what…?”
“Dick…?” Their stalker, Dick’s baby brother, asks, hope marring his voice.
“Baby bird.” He chants, pulling Timothy Drake into a hug, uncaring of the way the camera digs into him. “You’re here. You’re alive.”
Tim curls into the hug, hands gripping the back of the Nightwing suit.
“You remember…?”
“I missed you. Always. There was something missing and it was you, and you did it- we’re alive-!”
“I told you to trust me.”
And despite the sass, Dick could hear the waver in Tim’s voice. And this time, he’s free to act on it. Dick squeezes his little brother closer.
“I will always trust you, baby bird.”
“Uh. Wing. What the fresh fuck is happening?”
Dick pulls back, ready to cheerfully manhandle Tim into becoming a part of the Bats once more. He’d do something about Tim’s overworking habits, but even Dick knows a loosing battle when he sees one.
“Jay, this is Tim. “
——
“Wait. Someone shot Tarantula. Was that you…?”
“Heh,” Tim grins at him sheepishly behind a Batburger.
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Nightwing and Flamebird, Gotham Edition
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devine-fem · 3 months
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Can’t stop thinking about either Dick retiring or dying from vigilantism and it shaking Damian’s whole world.
It makes him realize what mantle he should take instead of Batman. To honor Dick, he decides to take the Nightwing mantle and make it his own. He is told by Bruce or Dick about what Nightwing is, and he finds that it has Kryptonian roots, he finds that Nightwing was one half of a duo and now he can’t get a certain person out of his head.
For his own selfish reasons, Damian asks Jon to be his Flamebird and together they could become Nightwing and Flamebird. The best crime-fighting couple to ever.
Art for reference by my mutual.
Art.
Art.
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edjectedly · 2 years
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Bed Time for Bat Boys
I finally figured out everyone's ages!! They're a lot closer in this than in cannon. Each characters sections takes place a little bit after they've joined the family, so Dick is 8/9, Jason 12, Tim 12, and Damian 6. He gets to be baby because I said so. @therealtrevanian thanks for betaing this!!!!
This is fluff fluff and more fluff, hope you all enjoy :)!
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Bruce: bed time
9 year old Dick: but I don't wanna go to bed, I wanna go out with you
Bruce:...
Alfred standing behind Dick: 🤨
Bruce: sorry chum, you have to wait till the weekend
Dick: that is not fair
Bruce: you have school
Dick: and you have work
Bruce: Dick… c'mon bud is- um- is something… wrong?
Dick: I don't wanna sleep and I don't wanna go to school and I want- *starts crying*
Bruce, full panic mode: okay um um wanttocomereadcasefiles
Dick:... What?
Bruce: case… files? you can help with them?
Dick: okay!
Alfred, checking on them 30 minutes later in the cave to see Dick asleep on Bruce's lap while he works on a case: ah they grow up so fast
~~~~~
Jason: hey B-man
Bruce: hrnnng
Jason: articulate as ever
….
Bruce: you're supposed to be asleep
Jason: no I'm not
Bruce: ??? Yes
Jason: mmmm I think you're wrong
Bruce: no???? It's 4 am
Jason: and?
Bruce:
Bruce: …. c'mon
Jason: what are we doing at the library?
Bruce: reading
Jason: …. okay
Alfred gets up an hour later and finds them both asleep against each other on one of the couches. He covers them up and then goes back to his morning tasks.
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Robin!Tim: *trying not to fall asleep standing up*
Batman: I told you to stay home tonight
Robin: no no no, Batman needs his Robin and I'm that Robin and so I'm here
Batman: Robin isn't here if he's asleep
Robin: right right right, I'll do jumping jacks or something to wake up more, sorry-
Batman: nono, we are going home
Robin: but the stakeout-
Batman: don't care, home
Robin: B-
Batman: I'llcarryyoutotheBatmobiledon'ttestme
Robin: … fine
Alfred watches Bruce carry a completely passed out Robin into the cave. But he doesn't worry, not when Bruce has That Look™ on his face.
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Bruce: *whispering* whatdoIdo
Alfred: well, I imagine you just put him to bed as you have done for your others boys
Bruce: but he's little
Alfred: 🤨
Bruce: fine
Bruce: Damian, it's bed time
Damian: no
Bruce: what? yes it is
Damian: mother has me stay awake at this hour, so I am awake
Bruce: …
Bruce: okay
Damian: okay?
Bruce: yeah, let's go. if you want you can ride in the BatMobile with me while I do a car patrol
Damian: you patrol from your car?
Alfred, knowing good and well Bruce does not patrol from his car: oh yes Master Damian, it's one of the more important types of patrols
Damian: then of course I must assist
~ an hour later ~
Bruce: *carries Damian from the car*
Alfred: I'm impressed Master Bruce
Bruce: *shrugs* works with Timmy
Alfred watches him take Damian upstairs and smiles. He's proud of the father his son has become.
~Bonus~
Bruce: *jerks his head up from the computer keyboard*
Dick: oh it is bad
Jason: told you
Tim: we can't get him to sleep
Dick: okay here's the plan
~thirty minutes later~
Damian: father I need you to read this to me *holds up Fable Haven*
Bruce: Da-Damian oh hi, sorry I'm busy I just have to-
Tim: Bruce Bruce Bruce
Bruce: wha-
Tim: I also have never read the book
Bruce: but-
Tim: Dick and Jason, mostly Jason, are making hot coco and you can read to us
Damian: please father?
Bruce: ….
Two hours later, Alfred walks around the house in search of his boys only to find all five of them sprawled out on the couch. Dick lifts his head when Alfred enters and smiles. Alfred smiles, shakes his head, and leaves. Dinner can be reheated later.
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fastestmanalive333 · 1 month
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I'm suprised this actually came out pretty good.. but yeah... some father and son bonding time we were robbed of.. think of this as a War of the Supermen Alternate Ending.. the Good Ending where Chris & Thara survive
The battle ended with Chris and Clark single handedly flying Zod into the source wall.. not the phantom zone as they did before.. the other kryptonian criminals are taken captive by OA and are held in a solar system with a Red Sun.. the kryptonians left on New Krypton who did not side with Zod were given a home on the planet Rokyn.. Chris' Nightwing powers are new.. and he is learning new things about them and himself everyday.. after a long day of war, turmoil... Chris and Clark catch up on lost time.. he has matured so much from this.. and Clark sees in him the potential to be a great hero.. and although zod, ursa and non are gone.. many of his followers are still on Earth Clark offers Chris to join the Supermen of America where he gladly accepts, Lucy is ridden of her powers with Sam Lane dead Lois comes to give her comfort, Mon-El.. after years of suffering from lead poisoning and being bound to the phantom zone.. is free.. free to go and do as he pleases.. Chris meets Conner... Thara and Kara reconnect and they quickly bond... in the shadows.. a new mysterious threat is lurking in the shadows.. ready to strike.. who it is we dont know.. that is for you to decide...
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Supermen of America #1 (2011) (which in my mind for this alternate universe is very much be like the Batman Incorporated of Superman..) Written by Geoff Johns and Kurt Busiek
Nightwing/Flamebird #1 (2011) written by Greg Rucka
Kon-El: Sentinel #12 written by Jeff Lemire (Kons series numbering continued off Superboy Vol 5)
Supergirl Vol 5. #67 written by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Steel (2011) #1 written by Louise Simonson
Superman (1939) #709 written by J. Michael Straczynski
Action Comics (1938) #900 written by Geoff Johns
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thinking about trapeze artist duo Robin and Steve
at first revered for their practically telepathic connection, they're now known for their daring defiance of gravity and perfect synchrony
Eddie and Chrissy get front row seats and watch the pair of them fly through the air in jaw-dropped awe
at the end of the act, Chrissy takes a chance to throw a rose at them which Steve manages to catch and then give to Robin with a smug whisper
Chrissy then has to hold herself back from screaming when Robin takes the rose and hooks it behind her ear, all the while keeping giddy eye contact with Chrissy
meanwhile Eddie is biting a lock of his own hair when Steve grins at him after giving the rose, managing to toss a rose of his own that Steve ALSO catches and puts behind his own ear with a wink
needless to say, they're definitely coming back for the next show
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elioherondale · 10 months
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PSA: A list of batfam members that idiotic fanon-only ppl have decided to put the mantle of Flamebird on and not seeing how misogynistic that is to Bette Kane
Dick Grayson
Jason Todd
Tim Drake
Damian Wayne (this is only fine when this is with Jon, IT IS NOT WHEN YOU TRY TO DO THIS WITH GRAYSON)
Jake Grayson (whomever the fuck that is)
Wally West. fucking Wally West. Like, how much of an asshole do you have to be to look at one of the most well-known legacy characters whose era on the title has defined the series and its lore for years to come and think "hmm, y'know, he'd be better as Flamebird"
Carrie Kelley. Girl, she already has three different mantles (Robin, Catgirl, Batwoman), you do NOT have to give her Flamebird.
Barbara Gordon (thank you @blackorchidsonefan). This one is probably the most dramatically ironic. There's a massive amount of people out there who don't see Bette as being the original Batgirl and you're deadass gonna say "yeah, let's make Babs steal BOTH of her mantles"
Unless she happens to fucking die, actually passes on the role of Flamebird or if its for Kryptonian Nightwing and Flamebird, DON'T FUCKING GIVE ANYONE ELSE THE MANTLE OF FLAMEBIRD AND JUST PUT BETTE IN YOUR STORY/FIC/AU INSTEAD.
IT'S NOT EVEN THAT FUCKING HARD, Y'ALL CAN READ MOST OF HER APPEARANCES IN THE SPAN OF A DAY (unless your some of those weird stans who think that reading 2.5 k word fanfics with major mischaracterization is better than reading the source material with pictures and words that only goes for about 20 pages each issue) Anyway, that's my PSA for y'all. Stay cheesy and go read more comics~
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variant-nightwing16 · 30 days
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Did a redraw of an older drawing, I added Jason this time and gave Dickie a makeover :)
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bitterrobin · 8 months
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Small tangent on Bette Kane and how people treat her
re-reading Beast Boy (2000) in order to really get a sense of where Bette was pre-Batwoman run (2014).
Does anyone else just feel sad whenever Bette brings up Titans West and everyone shoots her down? Objectively, I know that no one thinks Teen Titans West is a great team - especially when people like Hawk and Dove seem better off solo. But you do get a sense of loneliness whenever Bette is so excited at the prospect of getting the band back together.
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Given that it's become sort of a running gag for Bette to suggest reforming Titans West, it is something that DC is aware of.
As the Beast Boy run continues, Gar gets himself into incriminating shapeshifter trouble and is put in a holding cell by the police. Bette goes to help him in her Flamebird costume (notably the one from the 80s).
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After reading a lot of her earlier appearances in older Titans comics, this kind of exasperated annoyance when Bette makes an appearance is surprisingly frequent. She doesn't have a great reputation among the other Titans at least.
Later on in issue #2, Nightwing hears of Gar's predicament and goes to LA. In the next issue, he fights an enemy shapeshifter who was impersonating Gar. Bette shows up back in the police station to try and bail Gar out, but her check is invalid and the police officer from the prior issue rips it in half. Bette mentions, confused, that she's never tried to post bail before and that she even borrowed money from her Aunt Kathy. (Knowing that Catherine Hamilton wasn't created until the Batwoman series, I personally think this Kathy is supposed to be Kathy Kane.)
When the police learn that Nightwing is fighting "Beast Boy", the heroes learn that the murders of the previous issues were the cause of an impersonator trying to frame Gar. Bette leaves and goes to help Nightwing.
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This is the first time I've seen Dick and Bette interacting outside of brief Titans crossovers. It's super obvious that he thinks she's annoying and that she's not skilled enough to be a vigilante. He cuts her off mid-speech and tries to sideline her when they fight the shapeshifter. When it inevitable gets away, he puts the blame on her involvement. Later on, he leaves her to deal with the police and the public on her own.
Putting all of these panels together, the writers are making Bette out as not a "real" hero, someone who clings to the past. In comics like this, Bette is always treated like that annoying little girl who doesn't know when to give up. Especially because Bette has never had her own solo comic, all of her characterization comes with the perspective of whoever's run she's cameoing in.
I am willing to concede that Beast Boy is a very early 2000s comic but since Bette is the only other female character in it besides two villains - it doesn't look good overall. Not to mention, this comic still sticks with the continuity of "Bette has a crush on/is obsessed with Nightwing." ANYWAY this leads to some panels that I actually like, even if it comes off rude and a little misogynstic with Dick telling Bette what to do.
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It's that last little declaration of defiance that really solidifies to her character to me. Bette Kane has never needed permission to do anything, especially not being a hero. Also, this kinda puts back into canon that Dick was the inspiration for Bette becoming Flamebird.
When it comes to her characterization, I can't help but feel like she should be (rightly) a little bitter about this convo. When we get her back in Batwoman, Kate doesn't treat her as an equal either and also tries to get her to quit. Bette is a bit younger in the Batwoman run since I think it's post-one of many reboots, but it just adds onto the lack of trust anyone has in her.
Despite being Bruce's cousin, she's a blip in the wider Batman comic-verse. I'm pretty sure Bette hasn't directly interacted with Bruce in a comic, much less anyone other than Dick, Kate, or Cass (once).
All of this goes to say that I'm definitely addressing all of that and making it a main point in my fics. My Flamebird-in-Gotham au came about specifically because I want to reconcile the Bette Kane I like with the way others in-universe treat her. Bette deserves to be treated with respect. Trust me, there will be words had in fanfic form.
(Also bc I just think Bette and Damian interacting would be both interesting and funny).
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chess-blackmyre · 1 month
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WIP Wednesday
Another excerpt for “A shame without a sin” it’s time for Ellie’s doctor’s appointment!
Eleanor’s hair has finally started to come in time for her six month check up. A month ago, what was merely a few strands of white-blonde have grown out into little tufts of orange. She’s in the normal range for growth and weight gain, and it was time for the last round of her vaccinations.
Harvey does his best to distract her as the needle goes into her thigh.
Ellie looks up with wide eyes full of betrayal, and starts screaming like she’s trying to reach the decibel that breaks glass.
I am going to tag @nitewrighter @elleinmotion @radioactivepeasant @thoughtfulrxven @heartofhubris @i-lavabean @nighthaunting or anyone else who would like to join in!
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notmoreflippingelves · 3 months
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If any of the krisnix fans following me are already DCU fans, I would be very, very curious to pick some of your brains and mine your existing comics knowledge (as my own is very new and somewhat lacking) about a krisnix-centric, Batman-inspired AU.
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earth489 · 1 year
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Damian puts together another Titans team after he becomes Nightwing, consisting of the children of the five original Titans*, plus his own Super and Wonder.
The team winds up as him as Nightwing, Jon Kent as Flamebird, Yara Flor as Fury, Robbie Troy as Darkstar, Lian Harper as Speedy, Irey West as Kid Flash, Mar'i Grayson as Robin (later Nightstar), and Cerdian as Aqualad.
Of course, they aren't the only Titans, but that's the starting team.
* On Earth 489, there are actually six founding members of the Titans. Zala Jor-El (who is the first Supergirl in this continuity) is the sixth member. However, she doesn't have any children, baring a clone created from her and Lena Luthor's DNA who isn't around anymore by the time Damian is Nightwing.
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Bette Kane, the Flamebird
After spending time as Batgirl to her aunt Kathy's Batwoman, Bette moved to LA and split her time between training and competing as a tennis prodigy and operating as a member of the Teen Titans' West Coast chapter. She eventually changed her identity to "Flamebird" on the suggestion of Jimmy Olsen. They claimed to have once used the identity undercover along with Superman as Nightwing in a miniaturized alien city, but Bette couldn't tell if Jimmy was pulling her leg. Regardless, she took to the name, Nightwing and Flamebird reuniting whenever their respective Titans teams found themselves on a mission together.
Bette would eventually be drawn back to Gotham after the appearance of a new Batwoman in the city. Operating undercover as "Hawkfire", Bette began to unravel the Mystery of Batwoman, discovering it wasn't one but three individuals: Ryan Wilder, Rocky Ballatine, and Bette's cousin, Kate. Rocky retired from the role and left Gotham shortly after, but Kate and Ryan would split the responsibility as (unofficially) Batwoman Black and Batwoman Red. Bette herself was jokingly recruited as "Batwoman Green" after Dr. Isley briefed linked her to The Parliament of Flowers to save her life as a battle, but the link and related powers seem to have faded.
Bette retired Hawkfire and returned to Flamebird and her place with the Titans...until, some time later, a pair of Kryptonians calling themselves Nightwing and Flamebird appeared and things got real weird...
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POISON MARY FLAMEBIRD HEADCANON AU GO
OKAY SO WE ALL KNOW MARY HAMILTON IS BASED OFF BETTE KANE WHO COMICS-WISE IS KNOWN AS BAT-GIRL, FLAMEBIRD AND HAWKFIRE.
In the Arrowverse, she doesn't have a codename (not even as tech support like Overwatch) until she becomes Poison Ivy 2.0, AKA Poison Mary.
Now, we have to contextualize Mary growing into a more prominent vigilante field worker (like Luke's journey) through the lens of her own self atonement. Alice took the fall for her crime and Mary let her. In what we now know as the series finale post-cancellation, even Alice is trying to recover and become better. So Mary decides she needs to do the same.
to ME, Poison Mary's abilities weren't completely wiped out. They went dormant and grew weak enough that its power didn't conjure dissociation, but it's still there, festering, waiting to burst out if she's under the right amount of stress.
Killing a guy, running a clinic, both your sisters leaving you, your closest friends not telling you about their homoerotic tension until they were already together, the guy you like finally accepting his PTSD, and a new big bad popping up from the desolate part of Gotham they bombed sounds stressful enough, right?
The new big bad is their fucking fault... that news crew getting attacked is their fault... Mary does not like it when bad things are her fault.
SO when her powers do start to pop back up again, she is obviously terrified. Convinced she's going to hurt someone, again. But she's not dissociative or obsessive or too powerful. She doesn't feel a pull to Poison Ivy. Her powers have become her own. So she chooses to use them wisely this time around, and protect Gotham from outside both the Batcave and the Clinic.
Remember when Hawkfire had pyrotechnic abilities?
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WELLL after a forest fire, birds can help a forest regrow. The bark is burned enough to make eating the inside of the tree quite easy. They spread seeds from elsewhere over the devastated ground. A slowly regrowing forest is basically what Mary's power level is at at this point, so... FLAMEBIRD.
ALSO to me Mary gets splashes of green in her Flamebird costume akin to these designs as a visual reference to her time as Poison Mary
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and also look at this pic of Supergirl as Flamebird
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BLACK AND RED LIKE BATWOMAN!!!!!!!!!!
I think Arrowverse Flamebird's color scheme would be mostly red and black to show her loyalty to and affiliation with the Bat Team but again some green for Poison Mary and some yellow in the red to imply fire
ALSO remember there's okay there's like a tumblr post about how characters should wear costume colors that aren't related to their superpowers so that it surprises people, and Flamebird having a name like fucking Flamebird with mostly non-nature colors on her costume WHEN SHE HAS FUCKING PLANT POWERS? ultimate surprise attack.
ALSO give mary hamilton a fire gun i love hawkfire's tech
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