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Just like how Dick and Bruce have their own thing that no other child can get in on because Dick was there first, Bruce has his own thing with Tim because Tim, at one point, was all Bruce had.
And it makes Dick feel a certain kind of way.
He tries not to let it affect him cause Jason is also seemingly wholly unaffected by this, but something tight curls in Dickās chest any time he sees them interact in that kind of way.
āOhā¦ā Bruce said one time when Dick had asked what he and Tim were doing. Bruce chewed on his bottom lip, a habit that only showed itself when Alfred was not around, and looked over his shoulder at Dickās younger brother. āI suppose you wouldnāt know. Donāt worry, itās just something we came up with. You wouldnāt know it because you werenāt around.ā
And Dick knows Bruce could never mean it maliciously; in fact, it seems more like an afterthought comment. As if it were a basic fact that Dick simply needed to swallow. As if those words spoken aloud hadn't shaken the already crumbling foundation he was standing on with his dad.
And itās not like it wasnāt the truth. Dick hadnāt been there for Bruce. He still barely comes around unless one of his siblings is also coming home to the Manor.
But it still hurts nonetheless.
Lots of things have changed. Dick is no longer the little boy Bruce knew, and Bruce is no longer the man that Dick knew. He's always continuously changing and changing and changing and-
He canāt get Bruce out of a rut like Tim can; he doesnāt particularly like coffee or energy drinks like they seem to mutually consume, and he wasnāt around much when Tim first became Robin. At least, he wasnāt around Bruce and Tim. His only source of information about Bruce was through Tim. Even then, he tried his hardest not to listen. Not to know. Not to think about Bruce because that would mean acknowledging his own faults in all his arguments and he canāt fucking do that.
He didnāt get to see Bruce change like the way Tim had.
Now, Bruce and Tim have their own little thing going on that heāll never be privy to. Tim will make a seemingly innocuous statement, and Bruce is grinning at him like he told the best joke in the world. He used to fucking do that to only him
Or, when Tim gets a certain look on his face (Dick still hasnāt figured out what it means), Bruce will come over and smother his cheeks with kisses till Tim is breathlessly giggling and laughing like the unburdened kid heās supposed to be. Bruce did that to him first. He was fucking first
Just Dick being a little obsessive because he needs to be the one closest to Bruce. He was first; heās supposed to know him better than anyone. Itās an ugly little thing that twists itself so deep inside his heart. Itās only grown and festered since he was a child, since he was Bruceās one and only, the reason why he lived, his light in the dark.
But no, Dick doesnāt let it show. Not for one second. He is calm, he is collected, and he is definitely not jealous of any of his siblings.
Besides, Bruce and he donāt have that good of a relationship anymore; he lies to himself.
Updated version, since Tumblr REALLY doesnāt like me editing lists that were made in the old text editor. (The original, the rest of the lists, and a reading guide, are HERE):
Dick to Jason-
CIVILIAN NAME
Jason ā 21 | 33 (Batman 359, 1983)
Jase - 1 | 0 (Batman 359, 1983)
Jason Todd ā 2 | 10 (Nightwing 118-22, 2006)
Todd ā 2/1 (Nightwing 118-22, 2006)
Ole Todd-Meister - 0 | 1
CODENAME
Robin ā 2 | 6 (Batman 416, 1988)
The New Robin - 0 | 1 (Batman 416, 1988)
Mr. Robin - 1 | 0 (Batman 416, 1988)
A New Kind of Robin - 0 | 1 (Dick talking to Tim about Jason, Robin 0, 1994)
Brat Wonder ā 1 | 1 (Nightwing 105-06, 2005, Flashback)
Boy Wonder - 2 | 0 (to a hallucination, Nightwing: Secret Files and Origins 1, 1999)
Red Hood ā 0 | 3 (Outsiders 44-46, 2007)
FAMILIAL
Little Wing - 2 | 0 (Nightwing 105-06, 2005, Flashback)
OTHER
My Young Friend - 0 | 1 (Batman 416, 1988)
Shorty - 1 | 0 (Batman 416, 1988)
The New Kid - 0 | 1 (Batman 416, 1988)
Kid ā 6 | 5 (Batman 416, 1988)
Comedian ā 1 | 0 (to a hallucination, Nightwing: Secret Files and Origins 1, 1999)
Little Man - 1 | 0 (Nightwing 105-06, 2005, Flashback)
Hotshot ā 0 | 1 (Nightwing 118-22, 2006)
My Friend ā 1 | 0 (said by hallucination)
Old Buddy ā 1 | 0 (said by hallucination)
Kiddo ā 1 | 0 (said by hallucination)
INSULTS
A Street Kid - 0 | 1 (Dick talking to Tim about Jason, Robin 0, 1994)
A Thief - 0 | 1 (Dick talking to Tim about Jason, Robin 0, 1994)
The Little Brat - 0 | 1 (about a hallucination, Nightwing: Secret Files and Origins 1, 1999)
Sick Son of A ā 1 | 0 (Nightwing 118-22, 2006)
A Terrible Liar - 1 | 0 (Battle for the Cowl 3, 2009)
A Tool ā 1 | 0 (Batman and Robin 23-25, 2011)
A Sneaky, Mean Little Punk ā 0 | 1
The Little Snot ā 0 | 1
A Killer - 1 | 0
Jason to Dick-
CIVILIAN NAME
Dick - 17 | 3 (New Teen Titans 3-4, 1984)
Dick Grayson ā 4 | 3 (New Teen Titans 28-31, 1986)
Dickie-Bird ā 5 | 0 (Nightwing 118-22, 2006)
Dickster ā 1 | 0 (Nightwing 118-22, 2006)
Dickie ā 4 | 0 (Nightwing 118-22, 2006)
Graysonā 8 | 1 (said by hallucination)
Mr. Grayson - 1 | 0Ā (said by hallucination)
Di- ā 1 | 0 (said to hallucination)Ā
CODENAME
Robin ā 2 | 3 (Batman 359, 1983)
Nightwing - 2 | 2 (Batman 416, 1988)
Mr Nightwing ā 2 | 0 (Batman 416, 1988)
The Last Robin - 0 | 1 (Gotham Knights 43, 2003, Flashback)
The āOtherā Robin - 0 | 1 (Batman 617-18, 2003)
Boy Wonder - 1 | 0 (Outsiders 44-46, 2007)
(Be my Sidekick) - 1 | 0 (Battle for the Cowl 3, 2009)
(Be my Robin) - 1 | 0 (Battle for the Cowl 3, 2009)
Batman ā 2 | 7 (Batman and Robin 3-6, 2009)
The Dynamic Duo ā 0 | 1 (Batman and Robin 3-6, 2009)
The Nice Batman ā 1 | 0 (Batman and Robin 23-25, 2011)
āBatmanā - 1 | 0 (Batman and Robin 23-25, 2011)
The So-Called āSuper-Heroā - 1 | 0 (Battle for the Cowl 3, 2009)
Another Crazy Man In A Mask ā 0 | 1 (Batman and Robin 3-6, 2009)
A Tool ā 1 | 0
Boy Fashion Victim - 1 | 0 (said by hallucination)
Boy Hypocrite - 1 | 0 (said by hallucination)
Dummy ā 1 | 0 (said by hallucination)
Comments:
This is one of the cases where fanon is correct - Jason DOES constantly make up nicknames for Dick!
Dick has a period while he's in BlĆ¼dhaven where a lot of his hallucinations involve Jason. A lot of the weirder names on this list come from one where he's hallucinating that he's in a sitcom white-picket-fence neighbourhood and Jason is his terrifyingly upbeat neighbour.
I donāt have enough of their interactions before Jasonās death to have proper thoughts about that period. I really need to read those issues.
have now made the rest of the discord cry about this little boy who had multi-coloured ducks sewn onto a tunic that he loved so much he wore it to a Very Important Event because he was EIGHT and have you SEEN my DUCKS
sorry no iām not done iām gonna make you all cry some more iām bringing you down with me
there was once a little boy.
he is born disabled. his body hurts, and he canāt walk properly the way the other children do. he doesnāt understand why. heās a little boy. but he plays with wooden boats and pulls toys on a string.
somebody makes him a tunic. they sew ducks onto it in red and green and yellow and blue. the bright colours of a child.
the little boy is eight years old, and heās going to be king now. thereās a big ceremony about it. he doesnāt really fully understand whatās going on, because heās eight, but he wears the tunic with the brightly coloured ducks for the occasion because he loves it. look at his ducks! arenāt they great?
he is a child. the adults around him manipulate and coax him to gain more power for themselves. he still plays with toys.
as a teenager, not yet an adult, he fathers children. they do not survive. heās not even old enough to have full agency in his job and is still being manipulated, but he had babies and they died.
he does not make it to his twenties. at eighteen or nineteen years old he dies, and is buried. his babies, so tiny, are buried with him.
and so is his tunic with the little ducks that he loved so much he kept it long after it no longer fit.
yeah i think that like. especially with historical figures in your mind people who were kings and queens or important nobles were adults. even if you know how old they were it doesnāt really click. it doesnāt seem real
but then you get something like a little tunic with brightly coloured ducks on it and it hits you like a fucking truck that this really was a little kid and no matter how far removed you are a little kid is still a little kid. their brains didnāt develop any quicker back then. he was just as developed/mature mentally as any 8 year old now. he had cartoonish animals on his clothes and he played with toy boats and probably terrorised the local cat population.
tutankhamun was a child and he didnāt make it to adulthood because he was unfortunate enough to be a very important child
his dad died when he was 8. he saw his own babies die when he was still just a boy himself.
but he had brightly coloured little ducks on his favourite shirt, and he kept it.
tutankhamun had a little pair of sandals with ducks on them. he had earrings decorated with ducks. he kept those, and other items of childhood clothing. some toys. keepsakes. things he loved, and treasured. he kept them all in a little wooden chest. the chestā¦ was carved with ducks.
and that little duck chest, filled with things he kept from his childhood, was buried with him. maybe he was keeping them for the little babies who did not make it. maybe they just reminded him of good days and fun times.
but he was a little boy who thought ducks were just the best
Ok but this is how to teach history. This is how you get people to pay attention, to care. Find something small and make it personal, then zoom out to the wider context. History is best taught as a story, with people who lived their lives in ways that came together to create something remarkable that we still talk about today, but who were still just human at the end of the day. They kissed, argued, cried, and dreamed just like we do. And sometimes they really liked ducks.
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less coffee shop and university AUs, letās put more characters in surviving the Black Death AUs. āmodern AUā no, how about a Tudor AU? Aztec Empire AU? Roman AU? Stone Age AU?
But for real, I feel like so many good fanfiction tropes would be even juicier in historical AUs. For example, there was only one bed. Typical medieval bed sharing for warmth and other practical reasons but you come to relish the feeling of your bedmateās body pressed up against your own. OR the innkeeper informs you there is only one bed left and you have to share it, you wake up in the arms of a beautiful stranger and you are now spiritually his wife. Happened in Moby Dick. Could happen to your blorbo.
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The idea of Batman just injuring a rogue just enough that a young Robin can come pick him off like one of those lions on a nature doc, is so funny to me. Like Bats knows that his apprentice needs a confidence boost and to hone their skills but he's not about yo put the little bird in danger so Batman will take down a rogue, injure them enough that they will put up a fight but Robin won't be in too much danger and can "take the guy down". I'm just imagining Batman taking down somebody like Killer Croc who is like "Bats? Where are you going? Aren't you taking me to Arkham?" for Batman to reply that he will in due time but Robin needs to practise. And Waylon just accepts this because he's also a father and he tells Bats that he's "doing a good job" with Robin. Bats grapples himself out of there, waiting in the shadows while Robin swoops in and takes down Killer Croc.
And of course, some Gothamite records this and it gets memed to hell. They even get somebody to imitate Sir David Attenborough to narrate the scene.
Fake Attenborough: And here we have the more colourful offspring of the Bat, closing in on their prey. With lightning quick skill, the Robin has attacked. The Croc has no chance. The Bat looks on as its young takes down the struggling Croc.
Batman *jumping into the alley*: Good work, Robin
Fake Attenborough: A proud father Bat will now drag away their catch where the GCPD will pick over the scraps like the scavengers they are.
I love de-aged AUs especially around the Bats because they didnāt grow up around each other and never saw each other as very small children so when it happens, it's like getting slapped.
It happens to Dick and he reverts back to eight year old Dick, full of energy and feelings too big for his body. And of course, heās fast as fuck and has no sense of morality giving quarter to the strangers in eccentric costumes trying to pick him up. He breaks Timās nose, bites Jason and pummels Damian to the ground, heās untapped rage and heās yelling for Bruce or Alfred. Bruce appears and little Dick scales him like a fucking tree, perched on his shoulder like a parrot and for a second, Bruce who had no idea what has happening, is like, oh, I remember this. Dick isnāt even sorry to have caused injury and havoc. He shrugs it off, āyou fucked around and found outā
Everybody thinks child Jason will be difficult as fuck but no, heās sweet as sugar. He gets de aged to maybe five or six. He laughs easily and genuinely, with none of older Jasonās snark. He wants Dick to play with him or wants to go where heās going, he holds Bruceās hand wherever they go because safe, he feels safe. And he starts crying when somebody starts yelling, burying his face into Bruceās leg or hiding behind Damian because when his other dad yelledā¦ Jason is only cheered up by a prospect of getting a story read to him or getting a very large hot meal and Alfred is like, nobody fucking touch me, because he forgot - he actually forgot how small and undernourished Jason was. When heās aged up again, Alfred insititues a bi-nightly family dinner and Jason has to attend or Alfred is showing up to Crime Alley with a glock.
With Tim, he gets de aged to maybe nine or ten and unlike most kids, heās not asking where his parents are or whatās going on. Heās practically swinging off of Jason, babbling about all the cool Robin moves he saw or begging Dick to show him how to do flips. Heās weirdly attached to Damian who in turn in devoted to him, Iām talking Tim sat on his hip 24/7 and fed a stream of animal crackers from Damianās pocket.
As for Damian, he gets de aged until heās maybe a year or two old. Heās throwing tantrums left right and centre, red in the face from screaming and crying for his mom or his nanny but Alfred seems to know what to do, he has that kid in a wrapper tied to Bruceās chest or back. Because lets face it, Talia probably wasnāt allowed to baby her baby while he was that little. Bruce calls her to tell her what has happened and for a day and a night, Bruce and Talia get to have that life they were denied with their baby boy. Damian is salty as fuck when he gets aged back up, mainly because āiām not a childā but partly because, he missed what it was like to see his parents like that.
But de aged Bruce? Heās six or seven, heās confused because who are all these strange people im his house, where is is mom and dad? Alfred, where is Mommy and Daddy? And Alfred ages like ten years as he just scoops Master Bruce up, telling him that it is going to be alright, it's going to be just fine. Alfred can't move out of his chair for the entire time Bruce is de aged because Bruce Wayne was and is a Velcro child and Alfred is perfectly fine with that.
Imagine the batkids, but they do that thing where the kids start to parent their parents as they get older.
_
Bruce: I'm home...
Dick: And where were you!?
Bruce: I was having dinner with Clark and Diana. They wanted to catch up a bit.
Dick: Do you know how late it is!? It's 11 P.M.!! What if something happened!!
Bruce: I'm an adult... and I'm Batman
Dick: You could've sent a text at least!! *walking away and talking to himself* Stupid Bruce acting all grown and stuff...
Bruce: Okay. I'm... sorry???
_
Jason: Here *handing him a plate of food*
Bruce: What's this?
Jason: Actual food. Seriously, it's like you don't even eat proper meals anymore
Bruce: I'm telling Alfred you said that
Jason: Go ahead and I'll tell him you've been skipping out on his food to eat protein bars from your utility belt.
Bruce: ...... *starts eating*
Jason: Good, you need your nutrients old man
_
Bruce: *About to leave*
Tim: Where are you going?
Bruce: Selina wants to have lunch with me today
Tim: And who else is going to be there?
Bruce: *Confused* No one, just me and her like usual
Tim: I don't think having lunch with a criminal is safe, Bruce
Bruce: We've been on several dates, Tim. You've known her for years, you literally have her number and address
Tim: *Not listening* I should go with you. I am feeling a bit hungry
Bruce: *sighs*
_
Waitress: *Flirting with Bruce* We have a new bottle of wine that we're not supposed to serve yet, but I'll break the rules for you, Mr. Wayne *winks*
Bruce: *Ignores it* I think I'll just have a water and you?
Cass: *Glaring at the waitress* I'll have a water too
Waitress: *Starts sweating* I'll get that for you right away *hurries away*
Bruce: You have to stop scaring everyone who flirts with me, Cass
Cass: Can't. Have to protect you from creeps
_
Duke: Here *hands him sunscreen*
Bruce who is fully covered as Batman: I don't need it
Duke: Last time you helped me with day patrol, half of your face got sunburnt. The sun wasn't even fully out. Put the sunscreen on
Bruce: *takes it*
_
Damian: Father, I need to speak to you
Bruce: About what?
Damian: I went into your office to look for something and realized you have yet to organize all your paperwork. I told you last week you needed to clean your desk
Bruce: What did you need from my office?
Damian: Irrelevant. We're talking about you not me
Bruce: I need to stop having kids
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Do you guys see my vision here!? You know Bruce appreciates it at the end of the day tho :) Hope you enjoyed š¤
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There is a sort of unwritten rule for the Bats that you donāt tell Dick about somebody picking on you. Bruce, yes, at a push especially if somebody else is getting bullied as well and he will handle it through meetings with the principal etc. Alfred is sympathetic, he might even find some weak point of the kid like their motherās affair with the pool boy for you to use and if not, he gives them his permission to hit them like a civilian, no undue force allowed (put the nunchucks away, Jason). Jason will always be ready to square up to any punk. Tim will hack their social media, find their profiles and lightly doxx them, nothing personal just those really embarrassing selfies. Damian will declare war on their bloodline.
But Dick? Dick has already been banned from school premises three times and every time he has to pick up one of his brothers, has to park across the street, sat like:
oh my /gosh/. ā#Dick is the eldest daughter meets middle daughter vibesā is so TRUE, AND IT ALL MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW!! [whoever made that tag is brilliant, thank you for your contributions sir/maāam]
Stephanie, running towards Dick: Dick! Dick! I just realized somethingā
Dick: What? Everything okay?!
Stephanie: Yes. Peachy. But listen to me. I just realized Damian hasn't seen any famous movies. Ever.
Dick, sighing: I know. The way he was treated in the Leagueā
Stephanie: No. Dickā Listen. I'm saying, he hasn't seen any movies. He doesn't know the first thing about pop culture!
Stephanie: likeā we could show him any movie and he would be seeing it for the first time.
Dick: Okay... ?
Stephanie: Dick, he literally hasn't been spoiled any plot twist of any. Movie. Ever
Dick, eyes going wide: Oh. My. God
Stephanie: Ah-ha!
Dick: He doesn't know Darth Vader is the father of Luke!
Stephanie: EXACTLY!
Dick: He doesn't know the end of Planet of the Apes!!
Stephanie: EXACTLY!!
Dick: HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO FRAMMED ROGER RABBIT!
Stephanie: EXACTā God, you're oldā But YESS!!
Dick: HOLY SHIT!!
*That same night*
[The little kid from "the sixth sense": ...I see dead people...]
Damian, squished between Dick and Stephanie so he won't run away: -tt- That's stupid.
Dick, rolling his eyes: Come on, Damian. It's fantasy! You gotta make believe.
Stephanie: Yeah! 'Sides, you're going to tell me your grandpa showers in green Gatorade to keep young, but ghosts are too unbelievable?
Damian, deciding to ignore Steph completely: I have no issues understanding the premise of the story, nor the fantastic elements of it. I just think that kid is vastly overreacting.
Stephanie: How the hell is he overreacting?? He just got jumped by a ghost!!
Dick: He's just a little kid, Damian. He's scared.
Stephanie: Yeah. And these are ghosts were talking about. Anyone would be a bit startled if they saw a ghost.
Damian, brows furrowing: I see ghosts all the time and you don't see me make a fuss about it.
Dick: Yes, Damian, but you aren'tā
*Both whipping around to look at Damian*
Damian:
Damian: Whā
Both: YOU SEE FUCKING WHAT??!!
[Narrator voice: For the rest of the movie Damian was too engrossed in pointing out the "inaccuracies" of the ghosts, and totally missed the foreshadowing of Bruce Willis being a ghost too.
The plot twist took him completely by surprise.
Dick and Stephanie were too stunned by earlier events to highāfive.
It was a movie night with lots of 'Plot twists' indeed...]
