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I- I have so many questions and so little answers

Civil! Bruce AU

a kind of gift for @brucyknight. Your post usually are the fluff for my heart.

(My perspective of my NotBatman! Battison, a bit before he adopted Richard. Because he went to therapy and decied to help the city in another way... he bought the police)

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I have a feeling, my female, gossip-loving sixth sense is CERTAIN (no proof but no doubt either) that Bruce would be THE perfect male ICON of the Gotham community.

Tall, sporty body, beautiful sparkling eyes, a thousand watt smile that will win anyone over, elegant, polite and gentlemanly. He has a high baritone voice, quite pleasant to listen to and always flows like a lullaby to the listener when he speaks.

Remember the Kingsman motto: "Manners make the man"?

Bruce is the best representation of that. Obviously with a dashing touch of English high aristocracy, per Alfred's joker. God knows Alfred has refused to teach Bruce any other kind of etiquette.

Obviously he has his moments of "Yeah look, I'm still a Gen Z who needs his hand held when he goes to buy something, and cries when he sees a commercial for a kitten hanging from a tree", but he never fails to look iconic and magnificent in doing so.

I dare say, even his haters can't deny that his grimaces look good. The paparazzi love him and hate him in equal measure. When they take pictures of him they must never edit them, but because he never looks bad they can't always make interesting notes of him. They call it a love-hate relationship.

When he didn't have children he was known as the gentlemanly billionaire tycoon philanthropist; always attentive to his guests and would never refuse to comfort and listen to his guests. Always complimenting people and trying to be as pleasant as possible so as not to create a gap of discomfort. Smart, flirtatious and helpful.

He was the perfect candidate for appointments and business conversations.

Although… always a bit innocent.

It was adorable to see how he reacted to other people's flirtations, how he blushed when someone said something nice to him or gave him a detail for being so nice.

She even cried when a child from one of her children's NGOs gave her some of their fruit. She was trending on social media for weeks.

But after adopting Dick… Oh my God, Bruce became a PAPI, a DILF, whatever you call it. Seeing him act like such a selfless father to his children and charities? Even the most heterosexual macho, chest-haired criminals would say it's attractive to watch. (They may be straight, but they're not blind.)

And to the misfortune of his children, and Alfie, a DILF all too innocent and unaware of his DILF status. And if things couldn't get any worse (as Bruce did go to therapy and did very well and doesn't have as much depression), he's too affectionate with everyone. But now that he's a father, even more so.

Bruce doesn't have time to look demure or watch his posture, he's a father now, and as every father knows, kids are unpredictable and always get into mischief. He must be vigilant.

There isn't a newspaper or hidden social media photo that doesn't show Bruce squeezing his kids and his close friends.

Or one that shows Bruce showing off his gorgeous abs, as he gave his shirt to one of his kids who was playing in the mud and got his spare shirt dirty.

Or one where Bruce is holding his kids and showing off his beautiful arm muscles. Because he carried them until he couldn't carry them anymore.

Or all sweaty, with his shirt stuck to his body, as he chased his children to exhaustion during an outing to the beach or the park.

Or he, singing a adorable lullababy for his kid in public, with his sexy baritone tune that make any women pass away.

Or Bruce, all tired and wearing only his boxers and his old Nirvana sweaters as pyjamas in the street in the early hours of the morning, because he has to walk Batcow in the field or Titus or the pet of the day, and he knows that the children have fallen asleep again. And he doesn't want to wake them up.

Or when he wiped some guest's face with his bare hands, using his fingers and then sucking the sauce, as he smeared himself with tomato sauce. Said guest, being the clumsy and lovable Clark Kent.

(After that Clark always try to be the only one to be able to interview Bruce... not because he felt in love)

Type… All of his children are at an aunerism because of all the stress of having to eliminate their father's suitors. And they have no claim on Bruce. Because the poor guy doesn't know he's too sexy, because he doesn't do it on purpose.

Bruce would die first before he'd have to create any distress for his offspring. So the kids avoid showing their annoyance with him, because they hate to see their poor, loving father defeated.

(Happy Bruce, because Damian darw him a picture in school)

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… Thus the end of my Civil!Bruce AU contribution. Thank you for listening.

One thing to think about when writing powerful protagonists or even overpowered protagonists, is that spectacle will only get you so far.

Stories are about conflict, and having every conflict be about the main character one-shotting someone is boring. there are 2 main options that you can go with: you can make the story a comedy like "One Punch Man" or You can get your drama from another source.

You can also do both like "The Eminence in Shadow" does

let me go on a rant about that real quick

You see the world of The Eminence in Shadow is a dark fantasy. It's on some Game of Thrones shit.

The Cult of Diablos: a secret organization that almost ended the world a few years back is moving in the shadows to gain more power.

Shadow Garden: a female-only group of mater rogues and assassins comprised of the victims of The Cult of Diablos (experiments gone wrong)

Diablos: A woman whose dead body is used by the cult to further their power. she works to escape and return to the real world. to fight Sid and a lot of other shit.

Other factions fight to maintain some sembles of normalcies in a world fucked to hell and back by Diablos.

and then we have Sid also known as The Eminence in Shadow.

Use Sid wants to be Batman but in our world, no matter how hard you work out or how much you train if somebody drops a nuke on you, you die. so Sid kills himself and gets Isekai'd (on purpose btw).

You see Sid has 2 powers

The power of The Eminence in Shadow (supper strength speed mastery of the sword supper good magic) that he kinda worked for

And

The Power of Plot (which he's not aware of ) you see Sid has Infinite luck. and things will always work out for him in the best meta way possible.

Sid makes up The Cult of Diablos when he tells the girls that: will later on create shadow garden, about it. Through sheer luck The Cult of Deablos is real.

You see this anime works through the same logic that Sid does "What would be the coolest thing that could happen if I was in an anime."

Everyone in the world is playing a political drama set in a Dystopian Dark fantasy. And Sid is a 14-year-old edge lord playing Dungeons & Dragons. Sid the comedic character just having fun does some weird cringe edgy shit and all of the serious well written characters have to deal with his bullshit.

You see Sid is the DM's little brother who we have to entertain till he goes to bed and he's playing as NotBatman in our Darkfantasy. and the world is funnier for it.

In Conclusion/ TLDR

The Story works because from day one you know that Sid can win any fight he wants to. and the story is not about fighting. The story is about "how will the characters deal with {black}"

if you want to have a story with an overpowered protagonist then make the story about how they affect the world around them not how many people they can kill.

A Time To Meet written by 60sec400 | @60sec400 A Batman Podfic read by mistbornhero as a Summer Swap gift for @notbatman-52

Jason finds himself sporadically time traveling back to Gotham when Dick Grayson was still Robin. He unwittingly becomes a sort of mentor to the young hero.

Podfic Length: 01:13:38 hours

Black Star and the Golden Bat #blackstarandthegoldenbat #blackstar #goldenbat #superheroes #supervillians #anthropormorphicdogs #giantrobots #annoyingkids #southkorean #animatedcinema #dubbedinspanish #thisisntbatman #itsgoldenbat #yougotthat #notbatman #nosir #definitelynot #batman #adventuresincopyrightinfringement (at Golden Bat) https://www.instagram.com/p/COA2guRlchM/?igshid=hlcpqp7da5s6

Strange Tales (V1) #164 by Jim Lawrence and Dan Adkins

“You ladies need a lift to comic-con?”⁣ ⁣ #NotBatman #Batman #Batman66 #batmobile #cosplay #harleyquinn #harleyquinncosplay #greenarrow #dccomics #sdcc2019 #sdcc #legobatman #adamwestbatman #lego #legostagram #instalego #legophoto #legominifigures #minifigures #afol #toy #toys #toyphoto https://www.instagram.com/p/B0NWaOrH_zP/?igshid=71vbh9z4gamc

“Wait, You’re Not Batman” Damned right. What an asshole.

Original title: “Black Book Detective” Spring Issue

Full disclosure, it’s about to get a little personal up in here. Feel free to keep swiping up. No judgements...I’ve had a shitty back for decades. The years of accidents, falling off a roof, rolling down a hill ahead of my bike, or rolling down a hill in a car that lost it’s breaks, not to mention the years of furniture moving. Yes, I’ve been to doctors and have tried it all. Like millions of others dealing with back issues, at some point you just deal with whatever it is. As I’ve gotten older, when my back goes out, it takes longer to bounce back and I’m reminded that I’m not unbreakable. I used to think I was. Not in a superhero sort of way, but in the way some of us feel that have gone through some stuff. My stuff came early and hung out till my late teens. It really informed almost every decision I made. The conclusion I came up with early on was this, don’t ask for help, don’t trust, keep your guard up and be damn sure you’re strong enough to take care of everything yourself. I don’t recommend this life choice. At all. It worked for a bit, but like all ill conceived coping mechanisms it backfired. Multiple times. Once a great therapist got a hold of me they were able to undo a lot of it. We’re still undoing, but every once in a while, it creeps back in. And when I’m feeling helpless cause my body is betraying me, I immediately rush back to isolation mode. Even when the person that loves you unconditionally wants nothing more than to help. Thank you @gemini.the.great for just being you and my ❤️ And thank you to all my friends that have offered their help multiple times and still don’t give up, even though I can be a pill about accepting it. My therapist says that one doesn’t have to be Batman all the time, it’s okay to be Bruce Wayne. Well, minus the mansion, Alfred, net worth, and head of luxurious hair, I’m embracing my inner Bruce Wayne. Painting: Parrot Tulip 1973 by #lowellnesbitt #askforhelp #stilllearning #brucewayne #batman #human #notbatman #lifelessons #evolve #evolving #neverstoplearning #myguy #tribe #friendfamily https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSBMhgpR1I/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lhno4ubmrpli

WIP⚠️ 🚧 quick moon knight… night sketch… #wip #moonknight #marvel #notbatman #sketch #comicartist https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca6e-X0rwiy/?utm_medium=tumblr

Toda fofura noturna! Bom fim de semana pessoas!! 🦇🖤🌜🌠 Encomenda da Aya @ayesha_rp #morcego #bat #aquarela #watercolor #biologia #biology #ilustration #notbatman #fluffy #cute

Last night’s #twitch offerings. 2 Both from old sketches. Both very different styles. This first one is part of a much bigger story, to come. Second one is me and @coss_to in our JAMMIES! Also more of these guys to come! #thatjokerguyart #drawing #sketch #notthejoker #notbatman #ohyoandboon #sinjandsnug #twitchstreamer #twitchartist #procreate #procreatepocket AUdIO on TwItCH soon https://www.instagram.com/p/CIleXQtjaAQ/?igshid=16bprliq40mps

Posting a bit late for #batmanday but here's a couple of faves I got to tattoo #Lobo artwork by #simonbisley tattooed by me. #notbatman #Joker #batman #lovemyjob #comics #afterinked #afterinkeduk #ladytattooers #belfasttattooer #batman #geek #dccomics #darkartists #dccomics #comicbooktattoo #comicbookart #tattoo #ink (at Zombie Bunny Ink) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFXHq4rhaMg/?igshid=1gv84uyazwrgx

I will find you (In this existence or outside it) written by fieldoffantasies | @fieldoffantasies A Star Wars: Clone Wars Podfic read by mistbornhero as a Summer Swap gift for @notbatman-52

Cody chooses to go with the talking Mythosaur. Somehow, this leads him on a rather long journey intertwined with Jedi and the ever looming threat of the Sith.

Podfic Length: 01:15:44 hours

| Currently Posted up to chapter 3/4

At long last, NOT BRAND ECCH! crashes #newcomicbookday TODAY with this cover by me. There’s a barfing squirrel. On the cover. So I’ve officially peaked, everybody—no way I’ll ever top this. Thanks @heatherantos for enabling my lunacy. Wow—crazy awesome #ncbd for me between this and #WeaponX today. Pretty stoked. #NotBrandEcch #forbushman #captainamerica #spiderman #venom #batman #notbatman #superman #notsuperman #groot #tippytoe #Marvel #marvelcomics #comics #comicart #cover #coverart #davidnakayama #

Finance League of America - Combating the forces of the Evil Doctor Badcredit! - Ground Floor Pricing, Big Incentives, Great Service, Friendly Staff, Locally Owned, Minutes from Charleston. #notbatman #notsuperman #rebateman #corridorGman #financeleagueofamerica www.stephensauto.com https://www.instagram.com/p/B73xBNUn_UR/?igshid=pxun6grzs5l5