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cutiecorner ยท 2 years
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Holy wow, I hit 900+ followers :D! I'm so happy I can bring y'all a little joy, thank you so much for listening to my rambles! I want to do a big post and I'm super into the animated JL show right now, so here's a spotlight for every original leaguer!! This is gonna be a really long one so join see you under the cut!
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๐Ÿฐ It's my headcanons so I get to choose the setup ๐Ÿฐ
Everybody regresses at wayne manor :) big house with lots of toys and access to care! Plus, Bruce was the first to learn about regression and the first to suggest it (much to everyone's surprise).
Bruce discovered regression after a particularly rough assignment that left him away from home/off planet for a few months. It was wildly taxing physically and especially emotionally, and upon the (telepathically extracted) realization that his homesickness was what was effecting him so bad, he was told to take a week leave at least.
He got home and broke down the second he saw Alfred
As it turns out the mission wasn't the sole purpose for this massive breakdown, it was really the stress of the league over the past few years in general. Between gotham villains and intergalactic/world ending threats Bruce was always batman, practically 24/7. He hadn't even stepped foot in the manor proper in god knows how long. He was always in save the world mode, and as cliche as it sounds, that whole time he was refusing to be saved himself. He had had no access - or refused access - to actually nourishing care for years at this point, and eventually his brain just gave out and launched him directly into regression.
After he recovered from the initial confusion of regressing and learned what had happened, the cogs started turning in his little bat-brain
He concluded that time off for mental health is a must for the league, and must be mandatory because otherwise none of them would do it
The "everybody regress" thing was not actually the initial idea. Bruce had just planned to make them all take a few weeks off, but when someone asked what brought him to this conclusion he explained what had happened. After everyone recovered from the shock he explained how leaning into it and letting himself be cared for actually helped a lot, and was in a way like super-charged-mental-recovery. The latter bit was most intriguing to the league, given it would make recovery faster, so they all agreed to at least hang out at Wayne Manor for a bit and see what happend.
Turns out being cared for and provided whatever you want while surrounded by your closest friends can bring out your inner child. Who knew.
They all get their own room in the manor for when they stay over! They can decorated it with whatever they want, and they're all in a long hall so they can visit each other easily :)
๐Ÿฆ‡ Bruce/Bats ๐Ÿฆ‡
As I mentioned, first to regress!
The smallest for sure, pure babyspace, 2 at the very oldest. He's usually under a year.
ALWAYS on someones hip, this baby bat's feet have not once touched the ground.
Initially glued to Alfred, but quickly warmed up to all the leaguers to watch him. Especially J'onn, if Bruce isn't with Alfred he's probably with J'onn. Or he's playing with Clark and Diana, who love to tote him around like a ragdoll.
Doesn't talk while regressed, but loves to listen! He finds it rude to not be included in the conversation (listened to when he does little babbles). J'onn is a master at this, he can hold whole conversations with baby Bruce despite Bruce just kind of making noises.
While alone he likes to watch movies or TV, but with his friends around he likes to watch them! He's very happy to sit in someone's lap while they do whatever, he just wants to be apart of it
โค๏ธ Clark/Supes โค๏ธ
Was tentative at first, but picked up on it very quickly. It is not difficult to get Clark to act like a kid lol
Come on he's just excited to be included! Once Diana asked him to show her what "hopscotch" was it was all over for him.
Regresses to about 5/6! What can I say he's just a kindergarten kid
He always wanted to play games as a kid but couldn't because of his powers! Now that he's got super powered playmates, he can just let loose and be a kid
That being said he is still very much a gentle giant. He's the kind of kid who asks for permission before doing anything, he's very good with his manners, and he's very good at listening to directions. He can be a little anxious but his friends and carers are quick to reassure him!!
Him, Diana and Bruce are a golden trio. Diana has all the fun ideas and gets the boys out of their shells while the boys keep her from breaking too many things lol
๐ŸŒˆ Diana/Wonder Woman ๐ŸŒˆ
Absolute feral middle child energy. She's down to play with Wally and also bug John until he let's her try his videogame.
That being said, she regresses to around 7! A teeny bit older than Clark but still younger than John and Shay.
Very energetic, she love love LOVES to play! She loves to go outside, if she's not monitored for 6 seconds she has climbed the nearest tree and dragged Clark up with her.
Clark is her biggest playmate! Them being the around the same age, they work really well together. Diana still usually takes charge and leads whatever they're doing
She's very excited about worldly games and activities! She had games on Themyscira (which she's happy to explain and make the others play) but they weren't really made for kids, because she was the only one around. Playground games like freeze tag and hopscotch are the most fun ever to her!
Crazy good at jumprope, she does it idly a lot just to keep her body moving. The magic lasso MUST be hidden from her, she can't be trusted with it.
๐ŸŽฎ John/GL ๐ŸŽฎ
Initially brushed the idea of regression off, but was entrapped by Alfred with comic books and immediately tumbled into it
Huge nerd, a little bit older for that reason. The happiest part of his childhood was right around 12, when he was really into comics and video games and wasn't embarrassed about it yet.
Wears his reading glasses all the time, he just needs them more when he's doing fun stuff (plus they're nostalgic for him)
LOVES the Detroit Redwings! He knows everything about every player, and can go on about hockey in general for hours. He's the kind of guy to record every game in case they win and watch those in the off season. When he has a turn with the TV he's always watching them, and explaining the what's going on repeatedly because no one else knows how hockey works
Loooooves video games, especially retro ones. He's one of those kids who read all the magazines with the cheats and shows them off whenever he can, usually to Shayera.
Him and Shayera are attached at the hip, they love playing against each other at fighting games, and John loves showing Shay all the cool stuff he knows or explaining his comic storylines to her. Sometimes they make comics together!
๐Ÿฃ Shayera/Hawkgirl ๐Ÿฃ
Took a bit of coaxing to buy into the whole thing, but once John was on board so was she.
She actually follows John's lead in like, everything, only by virtue that she regresses a tiny bit younger (9/10) and she doesn't know that much about earth childhood. Like I mentioned before, her and John are a package deal. You know those best friends on the playground who essentially counted as one person? Yeah that's them
In that vein a lot of her regression is discovering new things! She likes to read comic books, watch cartoons (stuff like 80s she-ra/thundercats and stuff of that general vibe, anything with an action figure), learn new games, even just learn about earth stuff! She's very curious and wants to do all the things right now
She's also one of the usual suspects for breaking things in the house. She's much more of an active/ playmate than the others (she's the only one who is can go toe to toe with Wally) plus no matter how many times she's told not to fly inside it has never stuck for more than an hour
If left alone in a room together her and Diana WILL be roughhousing. The collateral damage is legendary but they have so much fun
When she's on her own she's much more low-key. She enjoys being read to and just kind of hanging out, she really loves to hang out with Alfred every once in a while. She's thinks he's the best.
Sometimes Alfred and J'onn call her fledgling and it makes her melt inside every time <3
๐ŸŒ  J'onn/Martian ๐ŸŒ 
The oldest for sure, given his age scale is so much longer than a humans
He acts around 14-16, but not in a moody teenager way, more of a CG jr way
His regression revolves around babysitting! Even when he's relaxing he's wrangling the others lol, he can't help it he's a carer through and through. He likes keeping that aspect because it's obviously way more low stakes than usual, and there's always Alfred to handle more difficult stuff
He always loves to learn more about earth and ask questions he'd be embarrassed to ask otherwise. Despite being in the teen range he's definitely a "why?" kid, he can go down that rabbit hole with Alfred for hours
He loves to read!! Both fiction and nonfiction. He has stacks upon stacks of those fact books/believe it or nots, and he loves to share that knowledge with the other leaguers (who are totally amazed). He almost always has a book under his arm.
Surprisingly cuddly! Given his standoffish nature he doesnt seem like the physically affectionate type, but at heart he really is. For one, he's almost always the one holding Bruce, who also has Repressed Cuddler energy, so he's always carrying him close. Plus, being the biggest member of the league physically, he can actually fit the others in his lap! They're all just. So jazzed about this. Hes also pretty strong, so the others just tend to climb/lounge on him like a jungle gym. He loves it.
โšก๏ธWally/Flash โšก๏ธ
Little and small guy, the toddlerest toddler to ever toddle.
He is,,, so hyper. So many safety precautions need to be made to Wally-proof the house. If sugar is within a 20 foot radius of him while small it's just all over. He can TASTE the speedforce and it's just red Kool-aid
Yes he has a toddler leash. It's a precaution everyone just kind of understands, even Wally. There was a fair amount of engineering that went into it honestly
Wally isn't really glued to another person like the others tend to be, he's happy to bounce around between leaguers. Each of them are a special type of fun!!
John 1000% has done the classic big brother trick of just giving Wally an unplugged controller when they play video games. It works every time
He LOVES to find out who's the best at something, which usually ends up with Shayera and Diana 80 rounds deep in some ridiculous competition. Hey, but who can balance the most chairs on their nose while standing on one foot? The world just had to know.
WOOO that was a lot of headcanons!!! If you wanna hear more about a specific leaguer or team up, please please please lmk!!! They are all I think about lmao. I hope y'all enjoy, thanks again for all your support โค๏ธ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ
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