Hear Me Out: If There Are Gotham Memes About Batman, There Must Be Batfam Memes About Batman (and Each

At the Watchtower

Batman: [standing at the front of the room] thank you for coming to this emergency meeting of the Justice League.

Batman: [pulling up a presentation on screen] let us proceed without further delay.

Batman: [pulls up the first slide] This is a picture of Tim. He is asocial. That means he avoids social interaction. Other examples of asocial people is me.

Batman: [changes slides] This is the Joker. He is an antisocial person. That means he has a "long-term pattern of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others", struggles with emapthy and is prone to bouts of aggression. Other examples of this would be most of the villains we fight, though that is mere speculation since antisocial personality disorder is a psychological condition and most of our opponents have not been diagnosed.

Batman: [exits the presentation] in conclusion: asocial and antisocial are not pseudonyms and thus should not be used interchangeably. I expect you all to take this under advisement in the future when making snide comments about your teammates.

Batman: That concludes this portion of the meeting. I now turn the stage over to Nightwing.

Nightwing: [Takes the stage, wearing his police uniform and a domino] Thank you Batman!

Nightwing: I call this segment "Jaywalking- it's illegal even when you're wearing a cape!"

Nightwing: [pulls up a powerpoint with 94 slides] Let's begin!

“I have written a poem for a woman who rides a bus in New York City. She’s a maid, she has two shopping bags. When the bus stops abruptly, she laughs. If the bus stops slowly, she laughs. I thought, ‘Mmm, a-ha.’ Now, if you don’t know black features, you may think she’s laughing. But she wasn’t laughing. She was simply extending her lips and making a sound. I said, ‘Oh, I see.’ That’s that survival apparatus. Now, let me write about that to honor this woman who helps us to survive.” Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016) dir. Rita Coburn & Bob Hercules

i do think sometimes about the core concept of batman being parental in nature. the thing is, batman is a child’s idea of what the world needs; bruce wayne at eight years old lost his parents, and that safety that parents provide, that protection. he lost that, and missed it so dearly that he resolved to do nothing for the rest of his life but give that protection to others. and if you think about his methods, they’re really 90% show - the cape, the cowl, the attitude, the voice, that’s all a carefully crafted act. it’s like how elephants will fan their ears to appear larger, or cats will fluff up their fur, or puffer fish will blow up like a balloon: it’s fear tactics. batman tries to scare criminals off, first, because his focus is the survival of the victim. it reads like an angry parent running off threats, because that’s exactly the thing bruce had wished he’d had. and you know what i never would’ve thought i’d be here making posts that boil down to, “batman is trying to be gotham’s dad,” but you know what here i am doing exactly this don’t judge me i’m doing my best

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