Lost (in) my mind

Damian’s 16th birthday passes without incident, if you don’t count Tim hovering at his shoulder the entire time, armed, checking every present before letting Damian take it.

Tim is staring at the clock as it hits midnight, and his body goes almost limp, the constantly-held tension of weeks dropping. Then his face fills with confusion. Then goes blank. He leaves, with the party still in swing, and Damian feels the absence at his side immediately, the spot just behind him that he’s grown used to having a protective presence in finally empty.

I only wanted to write some hurt/comfort including a mission with the justice league but it somehow turned into sibling bonding and clearing up how Jay came back to the family and how everyone became brothers once more

As far as I know Tim had this really nice bike which he called Redbird and that he worked on quiet some time?

For everyone still interested:

I wrote it myself because nothing ever turned up.

Title is: 'The rust in my heart'

https://archiveofourown.org/works/79993231/chapters/209976776

It's a Alfred POV of all the years at Wayne Manor, featuring Martha and Thomas Wayne, Baby and Child Bruce and all the Batboys.

Rules: make a poll of your favorite female characters and let your followers chose their favorites!

Picking who i wanted in this poll was so hard. i have so many more i could also list 😭😭

Yes! I almost forgot I hadn't posted this yet, but thank you @futuretimelord-468 for the tag! This is a really cool premise and I had to vote for Karlach.😂Love her so much!

Tagging: @dimdiamond, @starthecozy, @lucigoo, @amloveabledeathmo, @raventhrush and @that-old-chestnut

ᰔ denki kaminari : you’re lying across his bed, hair messy, snacking on candy while humming to yourself. denki walks in and immediately short-circuits. “oh my god,” he groans, clutching his chest, “why are you so stupidly cute?” you laugh at him, tossing a candy at his head, but it only makes things worse. he practically dives onto the bed, pinning you with his weight and whining dramatically. “you don’t get it, babe. i wanna—i wanna squish your face and bite your cheeks, and—ugh, you’re killing me!” he’s pawing at you like a desperate puppy, peppering kisses all over your face while you’re squealing. “you’re dangerous, you know that? actual weapon.”

ᰔ kirishima eijirou : you’re bundled in a hoodie that’s way too big, sleeves dangling past your hands. kirishima actually doubles over when he sees you. “no way. no way you can look that adorable,” he groans, running a hand down his face. you blink at him in confusion, which only makes him cross the room and scoop you up into a bear hug. you squeak, but he just rocks you side to side, teeth gritted like he’s fighting himself. “you’re so… so squishy! i swear, i’m gonna lose my manly rep ‘cause i just wanna—aaaghh!” he buries his face in your neck, growling playfully, squeezing you until you can barely breathe.

ᰔ aizawa shouta : you’re curled up on the couch with his scarf wrapped around you, fast asleep. aizawa just stands there, staring, heart pounding. he mutters a curse under his breath, because how dare you do this to him. he crouches down, tugging the scarf tighter around you, brushing stray hair from your cheek. he wants to squeeze you, smother you in a way he never lets himself. instead, he ends up whispering gruffly, “you’re ridiculous.” when you stir and blink up at him, eyes heavy with sleep, he feels the aggression spike again. his hand cups your cheek, thumb stroking once. “stop being this cute. it’s unfair.” his voice cracks slightly, betraying how undone you make him.

ᰔ present mic : you’re trying to braid his long hair, tongue poking out in concentration. he’s already sweating with the effort not to explode. “yo babe, you don’t even know what you’re doing to me right now,” he blurts, bouncing his leg. when you giggle, his whole body shudders. “unfair! it’s too cute! you’re too cute!” suddenly he spins around, scooping you into his lap with a growl that’s more puppy than rockstar. “ugh, i swear, i’m gonna eat you alive, listener!” he peppers loud, obnoxious kisses over your face, squeezing your sides until you’re shrieking with laughter. “you’re actually a menace, makin’ me feel like this! i can’t handle it, baby!”

As far as I know Tim had this really nice bike which he called Redbird and that he worked on quiet some time?

For everyone still interested:

I wrote it myself because nothing ever turned up.

Damian’s 16th birthday passes without incident, if you don’t count Tim hovering at his shoulder the entire time, armed, checking every present before letting Damian take it.

Tim is staring at the clock as it hits midnight, and his body goes almost limp, the constantly-held tension of weeks dropping. Then his face fills with confusion. Then goes blank. He leaves, with the party still in swing, and Damian feels the absence at his side immediately, the spot just behind him that he’s grown used to having a protective presence in finally empty.

I only wanted to write some hurt/comfort including a mission with the justice league but it somehow turned into sibling bonding and clearing up how Jay came back to the family and how everyone became brothers once more

These are my personal calculations. Comics are bad at continuity, I’m sure we’re all aware. 

I use Tim as my north star in my calculations because we have a couple sure fire ages for him, unlike people like Dick or Bruce whose continuity is less concrete. Tim was 3 when the Graysons died, 13 after Jason died, and he just turned 16 shortly before Jason turned 18. 

Tim’s birthday is July 19th, and Jason’s is August 16th. Since Tim turns 16 the same year Jason would turn 18, Jason is exactly 1 year, 11 months, and 3 days older than Tim - almost 2 years. Jason’s death certificate says he died April 27, at 15 years old; this means Jason was turning 16 that year, and it also means when Tim arrives at 13, it’s not yet summer, so Tim is turning 14 soon. Batman #436 confirms Jason was with Bruce for 2 years, making him 13-going-on-14 when Bruce adopted him, and Tim the same age when he comes in behind him. 

Dick has multiple dates presented for his birthday, so exact age is a no go. In 1940, Dick was 8 years old when he became Robin. That is impossible now, if Tim attended Haly’s Circus when he was 3, and Jason was between them as Robin. In Final Crisis, Dick’s depicted as 12 when his parents die. This would make him about 9 years older than Tim, and 7 years older than Jason. That would mean when Jason was adopted, Dick would be 20, and he’d be 22 when Jason died, and 26 when he became Batman. 

Tim is 9yo when he realizes Robin is Dick Grayson. That makes Dick about 18yo. Two years later, Jason is Robin for another two years, take 6 months for his training. These ages fit together nicely. 

Bruce was 25 when he finished his Batman training. Batman: Year One is probably a full year, and The Long Halloween is DEFIANTELY a year, so let’s say Bruce adopts Dick (Dark Victory) two years after returning to Gotham - 27yo. This makes Bruce 15 years older than Dick. This works for their fuzzy awkward family dynamic, where Bruce is something between a big brother and a dad, getting more parental as Bruce gets older, and grating on Dick’s growing independence as he’s being given MORE restrictions as he ages, not less. It makes Bruce 22 years older than Jason (35yo when he adopts him), a more reasonable age gap for a parent and child, which plays into Bruce’s more immediately parental relationship with Jason (and thus Dick’s jealousy over it). It then makes Bruce 24 years older than Tim (37 after Jason’s death and upon meeting Tim). Bruce’s birthday is Feb. 19th, early in the year, so its not as awkward to juggle months into the equation. This makes Bruce 41 at the end of New Earth; I was honestly surprised, it’s a pretty reasonable age for a fit man to be Batman-ing, if there is ANY age considered reasonable to be Batman-ing. 

Cassandra Cain is already 18 when Jason turns 18, and her birthday is January 26, so Cass is exactly 6 months and 21 days older than Jason. 

Early on, Stephanie says she’s “older” than Tim, though I don’t know how she’d know that at the time. Later, Stephanie’s attending freshman year of college when she first becomes Batgirl, so I think it’s safe to say she’s about 1 year older than Tim, making her 15 when they meet when Tim is 14, and 18 when Tim is 17 at the end of the New Earth run. 

Damian… I feel like someone told me Damian was slightly hyper-aged as a toddler, but I can’t find that information r/n, and also I don’t care, so I’m moving forward as if Damian was born naturally, and not artificially altered at all. I’m convinced the more we see Damian drawn to look more like Thalia, the more we’re just casually being asked to kindly forget about the racist “genetically modified to be perfect, i.e. look more like Bruce” Thing. So I’m gonna. 

Since I think the fathers day comic between Tim and Bruce occurs before we meet Damian, and father’s day is in June, and his birthday’s in July, I’m going to assume Tim is 17 when he meets Damian for the first time, who is described as 10. This means Damian is 7 years younger than Tim, 9 years younger than Jason, 16 years younger than Dick, and 31 years younger than Bruce. This is particularly interesting, because Bruce and Dick’s age gap is about the same as Dick and Damian’s age gap, which draws more of a parallel between Bruce and Dick’s awkward pseudo-big-brother/actual-adopted-dad relationship and Dick and Damian’s pseudo-dad/actual-big-brother relationship. 

And then there’s Barbara. What to do with Barbara. Barbara’s got de-aged over the years to make her a more palatable ship for Dick (no hatin’, just true). It’s cute for a teenage boy to have a widdle crush on his adult friend/big sister figure who’s old enough to have a doctorate, and then have him fall in love with an alien girl closer to his own age, but when they decided they wanted this ship to be viable, they had to close that 8-10 year age gap, or Babs was gonna look like a creep. Detective Comics 871 aged her all the way down to Dick’s exact age, having them go to prom together, but you can make Barbara anywhere between 26 and 36+ by the end of New Earth and I’m not sure anyone can say you’re wrong. I have Much Fear they’re going to try to de-age her again, though, with this potential Jason romance hanging in the air. 

And Alfred… look, man, I don’t know, he was 18 when he joined the British military, and that’s the extent of my understanding of how old Alfred is. 

And, you know, Duke didn’t exist in New Earth, and the Prime ages are all fucked to hell. Usually, I make Duke about a year or two younger than Tim, just because it kinda sounds right. 

Put your music library on shuffle, then list the first five songs that come up in a poll to let people vote for which one they like the most!

Some links from Tidal who claims they will open on other listening services for your ears's pleasure

Lights and Sounds by Yellowcard

Nobody Else by Huts ft Sam Tinnesz

Hero by Monsta X

Girl of Your Dreams by Dylan

Savior by Rise Against

I have to many playlists, so I put the one which has all my favourites on shuffle!

go on pinterest (if you have it) and search singer, lyrics, actor/actress, outfit, quote, and aesthetic!

goated

@rottingpresident @t0mmmy @1-800-sexy-mad

@chaos-ducks @the-woirld-is-yer-erster @anintellectualintellectual @emwarner-45

This is a lot of tags but I care abt all of y’all :3

@chevy-000 @oldbooksandroses @k01-dr4ws @jasperisunavailable @why-are-we-still-here69 @i-got-poisenality @lemonteaforall @salubriousbean @what-the-newsies @ivys-head-is-spinning @ihateswansmorethananything @a-leg-of-lambb @anxiousbrazilianstuff @bigmack2go @deathbyhelen @adveragewaterbottle @atinypapercrown @bumletsstixk47 @crowleys-mortalcounterpart @sofietrophied @deadgaychoirkid @notthesodaa @skyforcherry-1 @kai-in-the-korner @squishyeggy @spotspimpcane @space-racer @thatoneandlonelyemo2005 @meicherienewsies

i feel so called out but! no pressure for anyone

For the aesthetic one I had to pick the second pic as the first was the same as the outfit I got lol

Could see that maybe as my Pinterest is in German it confused some things (like it didn't want to show me anything for 'lyrics' I had to search lyric instead) but it was fun!

Omg I love tag games, thank you @chaosfairy18 !!!

Also our 4th and 5th picture are identical oops XD

Love the result for singer I got and the overall results, though I am sad about the last one, bc the second picture from the results had a black cat and autumn leaves and that would have been so perfect omggg

How he leans into the hand? The transitions???

Dad for One from One for All's perspective as an incredibly distressed ghost

Bonus: