The Batfamily, by proxy of being raised by Bruce (undercover pro, lies every other word) and Alfred (actor in another life and in possession of the world’s blankest poker face), are probably the best at just running with something (a con, a secret identity, an undercover job, etc) and acting it out 100% believably. With zero hesitation.
Someone runs up to Red Hood one night in an alley and says “pretend to be my boyfriend! please, he’s following me!” and suddenly that’s not Jason Todd, Crime Lord. That’s Todd from the upper east side, and what the fuck man? leave her alone, you’re fucking tripping!
Etc etc.
A concept: your typical ragtag team of misfit supers, but they all follow different realities/logics as their powers.
One of them has standard anime/magical girl abilities, one can utilize cartoon logic to their advantage, one of them has near omniscience thanks to their ability to break the fourth wall, and another one has protagonist luck that ensures they always win.
The batboys have a weird approach to their masks…
Like we all know that the masks are more than just a mask: they are advanced communication devices, heat sensors, cameras, lenses, etc. etc.
But different versions have different capacities: canonically Dick has mentioned that Batman’s cowl has longer range than Nightwing’s maks.
Which makes sense considering the size and weight of Batman’s gear: as Dick puts it “this weighs a ton!”
For Batman, Mr I’m ready for everything, having such a crippling gear makes sense: he adjusts his muscle strength, his movements, his fighting style to work with that weight.
But for Robins, oh it gets ridiculous!
For starters, Dick prefers agility, greater visibility and flexibility over advanced capabilities. His tech is smaller, lighter, provides necessary technological assistance without being a burden for his acrobatics.
Jason followed the same route during his both Robin and Red Hood years, with a twist… You see Red Hood’s helmet is non-technological! It doesn’t have any tech on it… Jason still relies on his mask for the tech: the helmet is expendable! It’s a last resort hand grenade for goodness sake! And because he separated from Batman, his system is pretty lowtech: Bab’s highlights that a lot saying Jason needs better encryption and tech.
Tim, however, goes back and forth with favoring advanced tech and agility. His cowl? Has all the tech Batman usually has… With all the disadvantages… Later he goes back to the Robin-style emphasis on agility. He goes through the same process with his wings. Functionality of the wing, flexibility, help with movement and agility… Those “goofy wings” from Robin War? Those were TIM wings! His struggle to balance BatTech with Robin-Batics!
Things get beyond ridiculous when we get to Damian, Mr All Authentic Martial Artist! The guy prefers to work alone, hates constant babbing, goes on undercover off the grid missions, Lazarus Island, Superboy stories… What do we end up seeing? Damn paint!!! Just two circles painted on his face!!! The guy is like “Fuck advanced weapons! I’m an advanced weapon!”
Which is sooooo funny to me…?…
Like the most lighthearted Robin is the one that favors light-tech, the darkest Robin is the one that prefers no tech, the most Bat Robin fluctuates between BatTech and Robin-Batics, and the most explosive Robin (not sorry for the pun) literally goes for explosive tech!
here’s more of my persona this time without boobs :D
btw it says yas and slay curtsy of Jaiden
Not to gush about the Radio Adaptation again but... I love when Holmes starts singing just loud and with his full chest, it's so obvious how much fun he has singing, it sounds so authentic and it's so so good ;-;
[ID: a digital drawing of Holmes, wearing a blue dressing gown over his night shirt. He's walking, holding his violin and a book under his left arm while gesturing outwards with his right hand, his eyes closed and singing with a big smile. /End ID]
red hood being Big Scary™ to everyone except when he's around Nightwing is so funny to me. you catch him on an average day and he's just this big intimidating wall of muscle and kevlar, but you get him around his big brother and he goes full annoying little brother. defaulting to dick, making fun of him, hanging off his brothers arms and shoulders despite being a head taller. and dick is just like yeah!! this is my baby brother!!
The idea gremlins have struck again.
These notes are fast and dirty.
Based on 90s TMNT live action films.
One night, Splinter stumbles across a boy. A blind, orphaned boy half-trained as a ninja, suffering from painful loses and all of the suffering he can hear.
His immediate reaction is "I must help this boy."
Splinter does not like the sound of this Stick fellow.
Matt gets turtle bros and a rat dad.
Foggy's blind roommate is a little weird but at least he likes pizza.
Eventually Matt and the turtles discover they are weird-chemical brothers.
Something I noticed is that Bruce isn’t really that sympathetic to his villains unless that are family or have been romantically involved with him
Selina is stolen so much stuff with no regard for who it is half the time but she has gotten a pass over and over
Jason and Talia have murdered a lot of people but they get a pass because Jason is one of Bruce’s kids and Talia is Damian’s mom
But when it comes to everyone else it usually radio silence
But on the other hand you have Batman the animated series where Bruce tries his best and is super understanding and compassionate with everyone, including his rouges
I’m not criticizing any specific character this is just an observation about how Bruce is usually written but there are exceptions, of course
Bruce, for the record, is absolutely stoked when Jason brings Roy around.
Because this now means that he is a grandpa. He is so ready to be a grandpa. Let him be a grandpa. Please please please please-
(finally, he gets to just give things to someone. anything they want. (finally, he gets to give Jason so much money and things and Jason can't say no because they are for Lian too))
The thing is, now he is in a very deep and serious rivalry with Oliver, who will not be replaced as the number one grandpa. Absolutely not. So now they are waging war on each other for Lian's affections.
It's messy and it's bloody.
One day, during a JLA meeting, Green Arrow notices something peeking from underneath Batman's suit. It's colorful, so it stands starkly against the dark suit. It looks very familiar.
Green Arrow looks down on his hands. At the friendship bracelet Lian had made for him. He looks back up at Batman and the very familiar colorful thing he has on him.
"What is that?" He asks.
Batman turns to look at him. He follows Green Arrow's gaze, and looks at the colorful thing on him, and then at the bracelet on Green Arrow's wrist.
"What is that?" Batman asks, nodding at the bracelet.
"I asked you first."
"I asked you second."
Green Arrow glares at Batman.
"It's a friendship bracelet my granddaughter made for me", he says.
Batman glares at Green Arrow.
"And this is a friendship bracelet my granddaughter made for me", he says.
They glare at each other. The meeting room has become several degrees colder. No one dares to utter a word.
Then they both pull out their phones and make a call.
"Jason-"
"Roy-"
Jason and Roy, in their bed, both realising that their dad's are calling them at the same time: fuck whatever it is, we're going back to sleep
Are fedoras really that bad?
YES YES THEY ARE