Jason Comes Back To Life But Instead Of The Pit Being Rage, It Travels With Him As A Very Murderous But

“Jonathan, dear, he’s brooding out on the tractor with that awful music on again — are you sure it’s just a phase?”

WIP I wasn’t kidding about those Dick+Donna covers 👁👄👁

Cass is out on patrol and sees Polka Dot Man trying to rob a Dollar General. After she shoos him away, she wanders down an aisle and soon finds the most absurd item in the store.

Cass, in full costume, approaching the cashier: How much?

Paul the Cashier, a fifty year old man who has been working night shifts in Gotham for over thirty years: Just take it. Christ.

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Later that week:

Tim, stepping into the shower, sees this peeking out at him from behind his shampoo:

Tim: …okay

Tim, texting Cass: Did you give me a Rainbow Batman?

Cass: Pass along the Rainbow Batman for good luck

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Jason, returning to his safe house after a long night, opens the fridge and sees Rainbow Batman standing knee-deep in his potato salad.

Jason: fuck is this

Tim, texting him seconds later: Pass along Rainbow Batman for good luck.

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Over the next few months, Rainbow Batman circulates its way around most of the Bat-team. It bounces from Jason to Dick to Damian to Steph. Eventually it gets to Duke, who is tasked with presenting it to Bruce. He waits until Bruce is in a decent mood, then puts it on the driver’s seat of the Batmobile one night as they are all wrapping up a case.

Bruce, opening the Batmobile door: —thank you for your help, Dick. I know you’ve been busy. And Duke, I appreciate you altering your schedule for us. Steph, your intel was excellent. I’m very pleased with the outcome of this mission. You all managed to keep the insubordination at a tolerable level.

Jason, whispering to Dick: Damn, two thank-yous, a compliment, and only one passive-aggressive comment? Did he get laid or something?

Bruce, spotting the Rainbow Batman: I…

Bruce:

Bruce: This??

Bruce: Is this…

Duke, about to explain: Cass found it—

Bruce, clearly trying to process something, blurts out: Is this your way of telling me you all know about Clark?

Everyone:

Jason: called it

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father daughter bonding

Villain: “You and I are very much alike, you know.”

Hero: “I realize that.”

Villain: “Doesn’t that trouble you?”

Hero: “Why would it? I share most of my genome with sewer rats.”

As much as I love the movie, they really shouldn’t have named the child character Cassandra Cain. I understand why they did, I really do. But come on.

Firstly, because the character is kind of a mix of Stephanie Brown and Jason Todd. They should have either gone with Stephanie or said fuck it and used them both. 

Secondly, racebending is a thing, the thing they actually have already done. In the movie. 

Thirdly, Black Mask gets exploded. Like, fucking finally. Batman stories almost always end with the villain committing atrocities yet they still live to keep committing atrocities in the next issue, and after everything the audience has been through for decades, it felt great to see Black Mask die. And on a meta level, Stephanie and Jason are THE two characters who deserve to see him blown to bloody pieces. It would have been even more cathartic for us to see him die trying to kill Stephanie. 

Fourthly (is… is that a word? I’m kind of feverish right now, and typing real slowly), imagine Stephanie later dying her hair blond as an homage to Harley, her mentor and guardian in the movie-verse. This way you can have a blond Stephanie just like the nitpickers would say they wanted to AND some found family cuteness.

Fifthly (fuck it, English ain’t hard, but making coherent points is), imagine Bruce Wayne meeting this Stephanie (and Jason if you decided to add him after all), and Stephanie goes ‘I know a Bruce. And you’re not even half as nice as he is.’ And then Bruce finds out she was talking about Bruce the Hyena.

Today is the day Two Face will rob the Second National Bank of all its two dollar bills

Batman: Gotham Knights #22 // Detective Comics #796 // Robin (1993) #127-128

I want more of Steph and Bruce's dynamic so bad 😭😭