Sam is fucking done.

She moved to Gotham because fucking obviously she would. It even has the name "Goth" in it. She loves it, it's a crazy place; not as crazy as Amity, but crazy enough to stave off the homesickness.

She's actually met Ivy, and very nearly embarrassed herself asking for an autograph.

She loves Gotham.

It feels like she was always meant to be there; she's not out of place, she's not too violent for them, her grave humor is appreciated and her coworkers say she's the funniest person in office.

But there was one aspect of Gotham she was done with.

The fucking Bats landing on the fucking roof of her penthouse at three in the morning to chat. They stomped around, their voices kept waking her up (thanks liminally enhanced hearing!), and worst of all; they chipped one of the gargoyles that stood over her bedroom window with a grappling hook.

So she resorted to petty revenge. She voluntarily lost sleep to do it.

She hid on her own roof, and snapped pictures of the Bats nonstop. Of Batman specifically, since he'd started the whole vigilante thing with them and it was entirely his fault.

Then, she photoshopped the ears off of Batman's costume.

She posted them on a blog she forced Tucker to make her (secured, isolated, untraceable), wiped the metadata with a program also from Tucker, and uploaded them. Every night.

It gets addicting.

Soon, she's made it a hobby. She stays out and stalks the Big Bad Bat, taking unflattering photos of him and removing the ears in Photoshop, and posting them on the now very popular blog.

It comes to a head one night when Batman is being forced to choose between two of the Bats, the blue one and the short red one, and he's clearly actually distraught at the choice.

Fuck.

She's gonna have to get involved.

Bruce Wayne is so fucking annoying. He's so hot and I hate him. Why does this man have chemistry with everyone? Who does he think he is? Stop being so charming and seductive, you slut [affectionate]

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bruce after gotham war: why don't my children talk to me?

dick who is so done with him: it's the way you act! it's the way you act!

Are Tim Drake fans actually blaming Dick for Tim being Robin and all the trauma that comes with being a hero? Is that actually something that is happening? Is this actually for real? Is Tim the Robin who chose or not? (*every one of them chose to be Robin but people think Tim is the only one defined by that choice because reasons? But isnt it so interesting that now fans are 'um, actually-' ing) Do you know how heroing works? Do you guys understand the typical conventions of a superhero world? Do you think Tim reluctantly became Robin? That he wishes he'd never made that choice? That he didn't have a choice? Do you guys know literally anything about Tim and his origins or his tenure as Robin at all?

Why are you blaming Dick for not wanting to go back to being Robin? Why the fuck would he want to be Robin? Bruce may have fired him but he's the one that specifically left Bruce, and to go back to being Robin would be to go back to being under Bruce's thumb again, and why the fuck would he ever do that? I actually extremely dislike Tim's origins, because who the fuck do you think you are to beg someone to go back to the controlling asshole in their life, the one that literally just decked them and kicked them out of their childhood home, to assume you owe that person just for raising you, to do all this in the middle of a grief you know nothing of, to insert yourself into the extremely strained relationship of the two people who were once so insync they were called the dynamic duo- like....if Tim had confronted any other person he would've been clocked, he wouldn't have been given the time of day. Dick literally has the patience of a saint. (And do not go thinking that this is worse than what Bruce did by stealing Robin and just giving it away to the first kid who marginally looked like young Dick cause thats definitely worse. This is bad because hello?? You literally have no business being here and saying this and assuming shit. That is bad because Bruce stole his fucking name! His reputation! The only link to his parents! And gave it all away to a stranger! And after that he never ever gets a say in how or who becomes Robin, every Robin after Dick has always been inevitable, something Dick is resigned to. He advocates for the Robins, he accepts them, he is in their corner, but he is definitely resigned to what Robin has become without his permission.)

Why is it that whenever someone wants to bring up an issue they have with Bruce, they take it out on Dick instead?

It's not Dicks fault that Bruce is so dependent on him that he needs a Dick substitute at all times or he'll fall even more to pieces!

Okay, so recently, I've been consuming little bits and pieces of Thomas Wayne Jr content,,, been biting into him gently if you will,,

But here's the thing; Renegade AU where TJ is literally just. Some guy. He's the unhinged, iredeemable, father hating bitch yall think Jason is

I like to think he didn't even die, Thomas Senior just. Annoyed him into disowning himself. He finds out about Bruce from the news and he's like lmao, poor you (I hate you so fucking much)

Literally just give me Bruce having an annoying ass older brother who comits crime purely to give the middle finger to their deceased dad as an act of rebellion. He's just a Guy in his free time.

I'm also not immune to this,

Bruce, making the biggest eyes at Alfred, " Please,-"

" No"

" Please!"

" No!"

" It'll be a little one!"

" That's what HE promised me, too,"

" Oh lay off of him, old man. At least you can't snitch him out to daddy like you did me, huh?"

Jason Todd, eepiest boy in the dcu

Why’d they add a wig/hair to the robin mannequin …..

Batman: The Adventures Continue (2020)

for when dc releases a new comic that mischaracterizes him again AND the humiliating ordeal of telling ppl that arent your mutuals that bruce fucking wayne aka mr cashcow is your favorite character

one other thing that really makes me roll my eyes in dc fics is the insistence that the bats can take down anyone, even their most op teammates. like... you guys know a character doesn't have to be the most physically capable one in the room in order to be interesting or strong in their own right, right? look me in the eye. cass had to save tim from shrike. bane broke bruce's back. mind-controlled kon snapped tim's arm like a twig. trying to make them ~always~ able to counter even the most powerful opponents is so boring im sorry like they can and do lose fights sometimes, and that's interesting actually. they are all incredibly competent martial artists, yes! that doesn't mean they can win every single matchup. that's simply neither the point of nor the strength in their characters.

I got accused of not caring about Cassandra Cain's development and just her fighting recently.

Yes, on the dreaded hellsite, I should really just leave. 😭

Idk, it might shock some people to know where most of her development comes from, lmfaoooooo.

Like literally fighting Shiva in her first arc was the ONLY thing that got Cass to develop as a character, Bruce and Babs could not get through to her about not holding this guilt over her head and it took Shiva beating her senseless for her to finally get over her sins.

Like I'm sorry, but Cass develops through fighting, her character is tied to being a warrior, that's just her.

LIKE IT'S LITERALLY HER LANGUAGE, MY GOD!

oftentimes the character which is captivating in fiction would be so fucking unbearable in real life and yeah I have a list of my faves whom I KNOW I would hate if I was taking their order at Starbucks. or interacting with them in any way whatsoever but yeah you get it

I somehow only just watched Nolan’s Batman and like I dunno, seems to me this Nolan guy doesn’t actually like Batman or comics.

Forever annoyed about how multiple DC animated shows will give Bruce more of a hooked nose and then eventually an artstyle change or a soft reboot happens and they straighten out his nose

Like what the fuck is this, do they just hate fun and interesting character design or something

Regarding Batman and Responsibility: A Rant

So, whenever there is talk about the age old question of "Should Batman kill Joker?" there is always, and I mean always someone who says something along the lines of: "But it's not Batman's responsibility to kill Joker so it's wrong to put the burden onto him." and on the surface this seems like a reasonable argument. After all, there is a police department in gotham, there is a government, so shouldn't we hold them accountable as well? Well, not exactly.

(Warning: I probably mispelled responsibility and responsible a LOT in this post, please don't begrudge me for it.)

Of course, those institutions ARE responsible for the Joker to some degree but the real question, to me, is: why is Batman considered as "NOT responsible" when he very much is.

People who make this argument usually say: "Well Batman is a volunteer, a vigilante! This is practically none of his bussiness." And true, Bruce isn't required to be a vigilante, he does it entirely out of his own volition. But is that not the whole reason why he IS responsible? I mean, Bruce is the one who CHOSE to take up that responsibilty, he is the one who CHOSES to shoulder that burden. In that sense he isn't that different from a government official/cop/etc. those people do it of their on will too don't they? Bruce, day after day, year after year, choses to fight for Gotham, to protect it and its people; he takes those responsibilities onto himself and yet... stopping Joker somehow, isn't one of them?

In my opinion, it is hypocritical. Bruce is the one who says things like "Gotham is MY city" or "I don't allow metas in Gotham, you need MY permission." or "You can't operate as a vigilante in Gotham without my say-so."(Stephanie Brown, anyone?) he routinely describes his vigilantism as a "war on crime"(which, yikes) and calls it a "crusade" and says it is his "mission" no? He chooses to do these things all on his own, no one forces him to. At a certain point, it's a matter of integrity. He can't pick and choose what exactly constitutes to protecting Gotham and what doesn't. He can't decide that beating up muggers in the streets is extremely important and is his job while improving Arkham isn't. He can't decide that, despite putting Joker in Arkham over and over again knowing he's going to escape, he isn't at least partly responsible for Joker's future victims. He can't keep stopping people from killing Joker(Under the Red Hood, hello!), saving Joker from the death row, putting Joker into a Lazarus Pit, or saving him from natural disasters(because you KNOW he would) and then claim "Oh, but killing Joker isn't my responsibility." He can't willingly claim responsibility for Gotham in every other scenario, EXCEPT for that. That's just having your cake and trying to eat it too. Unless he decided that by saving Joker he is not actually harming Gotham, by allowing Joker to live he is actively NEGLECTING his mission, his duty. And anyway, I thought the whole point of superhero comics was that people with power to better things shoud use those powers to do exactly that. Batman DOES have the power to "better" Gotham, he just isn't using it.

"Killing Joker isn't Batman's responsibility." No, it is. Because protecting Gotham and its people IS his responsibility, as he took it onto himself. If he didn't want to deal with the consequences of such a thing then he shouldn't have become a vigilante in the first place.

Mind you, this doesn't mean he's the ONLY one responsible, far from it, just that he is.

(I genuinely don't remember whether I made a post on this before but I have ranted about this to myself outloud when alone multiple times and if I have to think about this so do you)

[And YES we all know the real reason is because Joker is DC's cashcow, that is not the point of this post...]

the way the batkids are used as tools to bash Bruce’s character is so annoying

I dont even mean ‘fans acknowledging canon in which Bruce is a shit’ i mean ‘fans taking Bruces accomplishments/talents/skills, giving them to his kids, and then erasing them from Bruce’

By the by in case you're curious, the Batman/Catwoman wedding almost happened in Batman (Volume 3) #50. Apparently Selina left Bruce at the altar for completely bullshit reasons. I haven't read the story myself, but apparently Bane talked Selina into leaving him...? But that's DC for you! Can't let Bruce be happy and get married like Superman! Nope! Not at all! It's a decision that I quite dislike, but DC had better not go back on it now. They made their bed, now they should have to lie in it.

Also bold of you to assume that you would need Bruce to be female for Two-Face to be running around and bragging about how awesome his wife is. I can see Two-Face as being the kind of guy who doesn't give two shits about gender and calls Bruce his 'wife' purely for the shits and giggles. Yes, Bruce is his wife. So what if he's a man? You're really going to tell this famously violent kingpin that he can't call his billionaire malewife whatever he wants!?

Two-Face: Hey! Everyone! Check out how awesome my brand new wife is! Bruce: ... Wife...? Two-Face: Yeah? Harvey didn't let me brag about the last one, so neither of you are stopping me now!

OH TRUST, I know he wouldn't care, it's for that AU specifically sjsjs but I so agree. One of the most delicious tropes for me in terms of twoharvs, is that Harvey's repressed. Two Face isn't.

I've seen Gilda before, and honestly no shade to anyone who likes her, but her and Harvey having a cringefail marriage is so funny to me.

Especially if Two Face did not care sjsj "does it say my name on the marriage certificate? No? Then shut up!" Harvey mainly married Gilda because she needed him, and on some grounds, he needed her, but Two-Face WANTS Bruce.

That's how my Bruharvey rose colored glasses choose to see it, anyway shsh

Plus. It is really fucking funny to imagine Bruce, head buried in his pillow, sobbing, kicking his feet, stomping his fists in the mattress because his boy best friend is getting married.

Alfred watches helplessly and Dori yells out, " You should've been a SLUT!"