Look… it’s niche

They’re so sweet and docile, listening to his every word and obediently taking their medicine, looking up at Bruce with watery red eyes and awaiting praise

The only thing they request is Bruce’s attention and lots and lots of cuddles

He doesn’t know it, but that’s only for Bruce. Being sick is just an excuse to act sweet to him without getting embarrassed

Bruce had to go to a meeting at the company for a bit, and called Clark to come take care of his kids. He went over what meds to take at what time and who likes what blanket, but other than that, there wasn’t really any briefing. He didn't think he had any reason to

To this day, Clark talks about that time as if he were fighting Darkside himself

Dick wouldn’t sit down for anything. No matter what Clark bribed him with, the moment he turned his back, Dick was up and moving, despite having thrown up five seconds ago. He was also bothering everyone and talking over whatever show or movie all the kids had finally agreed upon. He was trying to land a flip while also doing his best not to throw up. It did not work. Clark almost threw up cleaning it before throwing a blanket over him when he finally collapsed

Jason wouldn’t even look at Clark. And anytime he did it was with utter disgust that truly hurt Clark’s feelings, even if the younger man was sniffling with a bright red nose. He's always been standoffish with Clark since he was a kid, but Clark thought he got over his jealousy after he explained he wasn't trying to steal Bruce's attention. He has not, he's just good at hiding it. Clark threw a blanket over him and decided to deal with it later

Cassandra lunged at him the moment he tried to put a cold compress on her forehead. He wasn't expecting it, so he barely dodged, even with his superspeed. She let out a low growl, and Clark seriously didn't know what to do with that kind of hostility. He kinda just threw a blanket over her and hoped for the best while she dozed off in Bruce’s favorite chair. He didn't dare disturb her unless it was time for her to take her medicine

Tim turned the brightness of all his devices to the max, even though it made him dizzy and gag, because he claimed he couldn’t see through his watery eyes. It didn’t help that he had to be kept separate from his other siblings so he didn’t get worse. He kept trying to sneak off to be with everyone, and Clark couldn’t let him, but he got so sad thinking about it, so he divided the living room where they were all staying in half with pillows, so Tim could still be in the room but not too close to anyone. He then threw a blanket over him and moved his devices away

Steph, on the other hand, was trying to sneak over to see Tim, which was bad. Logically, he knew they all understood Tim was vulnerable, but being sick seemed to devolve their thinking processes. She also continued asking for food, and when Clark brought it over, she’d gag and push it away. She then asked Clark to make something, and when he presented it to her, she gagged so hard she threw up, so Clark also threw a blanket over her head

Duke, while the calmest, was not easy to handle either. He would just stare. Clark expected that from any other child under Bruce’s wing, but not Duke. Duke would turn himself invisible to stare at Clark, but Clark got goosebumps all over his skin nonetheless. Super hearing can only do so much when the person sneaking around you is trained by Batman himself. He threw a blanket over Duke and prayed he didn't remove it

Damian insisted on having all his pets near him at all times, then got scared his sickness would transfer over to them and cried so hard he threw up. Clark deposited him in Cassandra’s lap after cleaning him up, just so he could have some comfort, and gave him his phone so he could watch all the videos he wanted of the cows on the farm. He then threw an animal print blanket over him

And all of them, yes, all, would randomly burst into tears and call out for Bruce. Each time, he would have to deliver the devastating news that he still wasn’t back, then be subjected to all seven glares, which was a lot to handle. He wanted to fly into the attic and hide, but he promised Bruce he would try his best, and he was bound by moral obligation

Yes, Clark tries to appeal to the masses and children by wearing bright colors, but he’s never claimed to be good at handling children. In fact, his parents would say he’s the opposite

He can handle it for short amounts of time, but carrying them and having to interact with them for an extended period of time? Fuck no. He's never had to clean up or make throw up as in that moment. He will not do it again

When Bruce comes back, all his kids are absolute angels again, if not a little more pushy, so they can cling to him without Clark being there. They whine and tug Bruce into the living room so they can pile on top of him (Tim has a mask on) and bury him under their combined weight

But Hal Jordan had just taken off his mask and was currently leaning back on his chair, a sweet, tired smile on his lips as he let the toiling voices of reports drone around him, the exhaustion settling into his bones nicely that made him sigh and squirm adorably. His brown hair was tousled around, frayed around the edges but still visibly lucious and soft. His eyes, now visible, were doe-like on the ceiling of the exposed cosmos, thoughtful and mesmerized. His lips were plump and milky.

Bruce hated it.

Because fuck the mission almost failed because of Hal's formation breaking, and Bruce really should be mad. Except Hal was humming an old-timey melody and playing with his fingers on the table. Now he was looking at him with amusement and solemnity, plump limps moving to a rhythm that he knew all too well, easing Bruce from annoyance to exasperated fondness.

He couldn't help himself.

"-what do you think, Bats? Batman?"

"Yes, baby cow?"

Silence.

Deep, thoughtful silence.

Long enough for Bruce to realize what he said. "I... don't know why I said that."

Clark and Barry's chorus of laughter rattled the Watchtower. Like actually. The space station trembled. Diana walked away and stared at a blank wall with her hands folded behind her back. Oliver hands J'onn 10 bucks.

"Baby WHAT!?" Barry wheezed "BABY WHAT!?"

"I... I meant baby girl—"

"THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT BETTER???" Clark screeched, already doubling down over a tummy ache.

Bruce blushed red, the glow of his cheeks can't be hidden by the cowl anymore.

Hal's exhaustion makes him react late, and the fact that even his giggle was cute made Bruce want to jump out of the space station and freeze to death.

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Please tell me someone else sees the vision...

PLEASE TELL ME IM NOT GOING INSANE...

Tim, who has been hiding a sleeping 'vampire' in his room for two weeks: Wow! Why do you think it was me?

Bruce: Jason won't take my money, Dick avoids anything funeral related, Damian told me Talia already has his funeral arrangements planned and "none of the ilk he kills deserves coffins"-

Tim: Yikes.

Bruce: I know. Steph is convinced shes either never going to die or shes going to die fighting God, not sure what that means but she scares me, and Barbra and Duke are my good children who I pretend I never have to worry about in regards to things like these.

Tim: What about Cass?

Bruce: If Cass needed a coffin, she'd either come out and ask me, or I would never know about it. Meaning, it has to be you.

Tim: Touche.

Bruce: Timothy what is the coffin for?!

Tim: Okay jeez. If you must know, I thought sleeping in a small enclosed space would help with my sleep schedule.

Bruce: Why not just ask for a bunk bed, or use the closet or wardrobe?

Tim: Its was 3 am! Give me a break!

It then becomes a Thing, because of course all the other bats simply must try it (for science, obviously, and also because they wanted it to suck so that they could make fun of Bruce for it with receipts. but they were disappointed when it was, in fact, extremely comfortable [the outlier here is Jason, who has coffin trauma and will not be counted]).

So begins the trend of bats napping in coffins like vampires. If it ever gets out to the public — which of course it eventually will — the entire superhero community is going to lose their minds.

Their sleep coffins of course are in their rooms/homes and significantly more personalized but the napcoffins are all up for grabs for anyone (with the exception of Jason who didn't want to be left out and so got a wicker casket that everyone calls the napbasket) and you only know if their occupied if it's closed

BRUH THESE BASKETS ARE SO CUTE. WHY DO I IMAGINE THEY KEEP PUTTING FRESH FLOWERS FOR HIM both alfred upkeeping the main napbasket in the cave /house and the fam all adding random flowers they come across when they know theyll pass one of jasons baskets

I JUST THINK ITS VERY WHOLESOME FOR HIM maybe soothe some death urge for a grave or flowers or funeral or things to and make the baskets even more comfy like an internal thing

Yeah. Not fun revelations being had here. And his friends were being dicks, as usual.

"So..." Val could barely keep her voice steady as he started speaking, and he glared at her for her obvious enjoyment in the unfortunate irony that was his life. "Feel free to correct me at any point, but."

Val was laughing too hard and couldn't even finish her sentence, so Wes took over for her. "Your mom has known Vlad since middle school, and he's been obsessed with her ever since they met. He's a billionaire who is half-ghost and willingly dresses like a poorly adjusted vampire in his human and ghost forms. He wants to break up your parents so he can marry your mom and adopt you and Jazz and is willing to use underhanded and dirty methods to do it in a way that makes him seem uninvolved."

"And, at the same time, your dad has known Bruce Wayne, one of the richest and most well-established and connected people in the world, since they were little, and is also obsessed with him. He's, apparently, the Batman or closely affiliated with Batman, and also wants to break up your parents so he can marry your dad and adopt you and Jazz. Are we missing anything?" Wes didn't bother hiding his amusement at this situation.

Danny groaned loudly while his friends, the traitors, snickered at his misery. "Why can't I have a single normal adult in my life?! Every adult I know either hates my parents or wants to marry one of them!" He buried his face in Sam's pillow before sinking through the bed, eventually hitting the cold floor.

His friends were loudly discussing possibilities for what this could mean going forward. Horrible, disgusting possibilities.

"If Vlad and Bruce met, do you think they would work together to break up Jack and Maddie?" "No way. Sure, they both want to marry one of them, but they also want to adopt Jazz and Danny."

Tucker finally decided to pipe up from where he was combing through Wayne's digital footprints. "I mean, if they both marry one parent and Jack and Maddie come to a 50-50 custody arrangement, it could still work that they both adopt them as stepfathers."

Danny was irritated and popped his head out from under the bed. "Can we stop talking about the possibility of my parents divorcing, please?!" Silence. Danny pulled his knees up to his chest and buried his head in them.

He will admit he lost control of his voice, and it became a lot shriller because of his distress. Danny's Ghostly Wail had affected his vocal cords more than he liked to talk about, but the upside was that he could now hit any high note. He's pretty sure that's the only reason Ember respects him, actually. It also made learning vocal languages easier since he could hit the subtle tones.

"Sorry, Danny." They all spoke at the same time, but Wes was the loudest. He didn't exude pity or shame like the others; it was more like understanding, which made sense since his mom divorced his father for another man and left him and Kyle with their dad. She didn't even want weekends, coming up with the lame excuse about 'New starts for all of them.' Sam spoke next, trying and failing to explain things they, as a group, barely understood.

"It is a pretty messed-up situation. I mean, I kinda get it from all sides. Vlad thinks your father and his incompetence are holding you, Jazz, and Maddie back, and maybe, to some extent, that's true."

She took a breath and gave Danny some time to cut in; when he didn't, she continued, this time a bit more unsure since they weren't as close and personal with Bruce as they were with Vlad.

"Mr. Wayne...I don't really know what he's thinking. Still, based on some of the texts Tucker found between him and his kids, it seems like he thinks Maddie doesn't respect Jack as much as she should. He's also implied that Maddie may be what ruined Jack's potential career in environmental science, which is something he expressed wanting to pursue when they were little, before they lost contact."

He still didn't interrupt. For once, he was gonna sit and listen because he was honestly so lost, and any bit of understanding would help with this whole thing.

"Danny," Sam grabbed his shoulder, and he finally looked up from where he'd buried his head. "You need to have faith in your parents. They love each other, and they have since they met. They've told you about that story a hundred times, remember?" He spoke with Sam and Tucker as they recounted the story his parents used to tell him to lull him to sleep when he was younger.

"They first met at college since they were the only ones, aside from Vlad, who were taking the same courses. Since ectobiology didn't exist at the time, they had to take whatever was similar enough. It was love at first sight, and soon they couldn't get enough of each other. Their love only grew by the day, and at night they lay awake thinking of each other. They got married as soon as they graduated and had Jazz only a few months after their honeymoon. Two years after her came you."

"Yes, yes. I remember." He was fondly exasperated, both with his parents for drilling that story into him as a kind of personal fairytale and with his friends for also remembering it so well. "They used to tell it to me to get me back to sleep after nightmares.

His mood was, admittedly, lifted. But he still couldn't help but be concerned, especially since the conference his mom was sent to is for several companies, including Vlad's.

He couldn't help but worry that, despite their love for each other, there may be too much happening outside, and his parents will end up divorcing anyways.

He's worried he'll never get the chance to tell them, together, that he's Phantom, among many other things.

And he's especially worried he'll never get the chance to introduce them to Danielle and Dante. Dani never lived in a real home, and her chance for one could be robbed right out from under them because of two weird, rich guys. Dante already lost one family; he probably won't be able to stomach living in a broken one.

He's worried he'll never get the chance to tell them he loves them no matter what, and that Dani and Dan love them no matter what, because they'll be too busy blaming the other for all their problems, including the fact that their son became a half-ghost.

Editor's note: Love seeing people write Danny as the non-toxic but definite mama's boy he is. It's implied in canon, but the writers do fuck all with it, so I love to see it in fanon.

Also, he may be a mama's boy but Danny still loves and respects his dad. He constantly defends him against Vlad, even though he kinda agrees that Jack is not the brightest bulb of the bunch.

Racoon Birthday Bitches!!

I love seeing headcannons people have for Ace being a service dog to bruce🥹

Ace sometimes goes to WE with Bruce and has his own dog bed beside Bruce's desk and he has gotten loose to find Bruce in important meetings to sit next to him.

Ace always alerts for anything clown related. Bruce's outer body language gives away nothing but Ace knows that clowns are bad.

Ace is trained to drag unconscious or sleeping Bats out of harm's way. If any of them his injured or is just sleeping from exhaustion, Ace drags them someplace safer to sleep.

Ace fetches energy drinks from the mini fridge in the BatCave and assorted medication.

Ace always has a hard time when Bruce and Jason are arguing because he doesn't know who to support and most of the time they stop because its distressing Ace.

When Duke gets overstimulated from his powers, Ace pulls the drapes shut and makes Duke sit down. If he refuses, Ace will climb on top of him and lie on him until he cooperates.

Tim, who has been hiding a sleeping 'vampire' in his room for two weeks: Wow! Why do you think it was me?

Bruce: Jason won't take my money, Dick avoids anything funeral related, Damian told me Talia already has his funeral arrangements planned and "none of the ilk he kills deserves coffins"-

Tim: Yikes.

Bruce: I know. Steph is convinced shes either never going to die or shes going to die fighting God, not sure what that means but she scares me, and Barbra and Duke are my good children who I pretend I never have to worry about in regards to things like these.

Tim: What about Cass?

Bruce: If Cass needed a coffin, she'd either come out and ask me, or I would never know about it. Meaning, it has to be you.

Tim: Touche.

Bruce: Timothy what is the coffin for?!

Tim: Okay jeez. If you must know, I thought sleeping in a small enclosed space would help with my sleep schedule.

Bruce: Why not just ask for a bunk bed, or use the closet or wardrobe?

Tim: Its was 3 am! Give me a break!

It then becomes a Thing, because of course all the other bats simply must try it (for science, obviously, and also because they wanted it to suck so that they could make fun of Bruce for it with receipts. but they were disappointed when it was, in fact, extremely comfortable [the outlier here is Jason, who has coffin trauma and will not be counted]).

So begins the trend of bats napping in coffins like vampires. If it ever gets out to the public — which of course it eventually will — the entire superhero community is going to lose their minds.

Their sleep coffins of course are in their rooms/homes and significantly more personalized but the napcoffins are all up for grabs for anyone (with the exception of Jason who didn't want to be left out and so got a wicker casket that everyone calls the napbasket) and you only know if their occupied if it's closed

BRUH THESE BASKETS ARE SO CUTE. WHY DO I IMAGINE THEY KEEP PUTTING FRESH FLOWERS FOR HIM both alfred upkeeping the main napbasket in the cave /house and the fam all adding random flowers they come across when they know theyll pass one of jasons baskets

I JUST THINK ITS VERY WHOLESOME FOR HIM maybe soothe some death urge for a grave or flowers or funeral or things to and make the baskets even more comfy like an internal thing

These are just the ones I see people egnore or forget the most often

1. danny hates Christmas and even if he mellows out he will never love it and the idea he'd visit or even willingly be around his parents that time of year is stupid they are the reason he hates the Holliday

2. danny hates toast

3. danny wants to be an astronaut he's a star nerd (but can't become one after the accident for obvious reasons)

4. tucker and val are the only ones within our main cast that have a healthy normal family, Sam's parents are overprotective and hella pushy, and Danny's parents are also overprotective and VERY self absorbed/negligent

5. tucker is a furry

6. Sam's hair is most likely died (both her parents are blonde)

7. Danny has been tortured by both vlad and Val. Canonically, he is a torture victim

8. Danny is canonically attractive, described as "cute" and "handsome." he's an outcast not for his looks but because of his interests, friends, and his parents

9. Sam is new to town and most likely only met the beginning of that year it's also implied that they have known each other since 3rd grade (but she doesn't know things about him like him hateing Christmas so I'm going with she is new)

10. Danny is a people pleaser and an empath with low self-esteem

11. In Outsiders, Pov danny is seen as a delinquent,

12. Danny is a victim of grooming and sexual assault (spectra) he is also a stalking victim (vlad)

13. Danny didn't want to be a hero but stated, "I have the power to help, so it's my responsibility." If someone is screaming for help, I can't turn away"

14. Danny isn't expecting a thank you or people to like him he's doing this because it is the responsible and right thing to do

15. Danny's crush on Palina is short it lasts for a few episodes, and he gets over it quickly it's the hot, popular crush that we all go through as teens

16. He judges actions, not looks sticks up for the Lil guy/ distrusts authority

17. His sister is the most important person in his life

18. The Fentons have a torture dungeon under the basement

19. Danny is responsible for cleaning up his parents' experiments, the lab, and the portal, and has been for years (wtf)

20. Danny likes wordplay/puns, is a prankster, and is willing to steal and manipulate if a situation calls for it or as payback

21. Danny showers after gym only when everyone has left/is shy of his body (scars/trans headcanons go nuts)

22. Danny is constantly being taken advantage of by his ruges and friends and will egnore toxic behavior/crossed lines at times to keep the person happy and avoid conflict, especially if it's friends or family

23. He has a staring habit

24. His ancestors were witch hunters that went under the name nightingale

25. Bloodblosoms (red roses) that are deadly to ghosts and by extention him

26. Danny is incredibly protective of his sister

27. Sam basically murdered danny with a smile on her face in the "what if I'd never met you episode"

28. Vlad is dannys Godfather

29. Danny has an aunt from his Mums side who lives out in the country and owns a farm (can't remember her name)

Yeah he's traumatized, has anxiety, and all that tragedy that got swept under the rug.

Goon 2: Do you ask why the birds fly? The sun why it shines? Just be glad it's happening.

Goon 1: Yeah sure but why?

Goon 2: Because.

Red Hood: The hell are you two yammering about?

Goon 2: The Batman.

Goon 1: I mean, how can the guy move when those pants are literally bursting at the seam. Why does his suit has to be that tight?

Goon 2: It's obviously to stop the clap of those cheeks, bro. Why else?

Red Hood:

J’ohn and Clark are doing everything they can to control the bleeding but there’s just so much. His kids are all around him trying to get him to stay awake. Terrified this will be the last time they see their father.

But off to the side something catches Bruce’s attention, he turns his head and gasps.

“No..” Bruce tenses causing more blood to leave his body. “What are you talking about Bruce? No what?” He doesn’t acknowledge Tim, it doesn’t even seem like he heard him speak.

Bruce is coughing up blood still looking into the distance. “I can’t.. I can’t leave.” The kids freak out. “Bruce you’re not leaving us. Just hold on! Please!” Dick calls out. Once again, he doesn’t hear them.

“Mama..” Tears are falling from Bruce’s eyes. “Mama.. I’m tired. I’m so tired mama..”Everyone freezes. Not a word was spoken, scared that their worst nightmare is coming true.

Bruce is seeing Martha, she’s calling to her son. He’s done enough she tells him, he can rest. He can be with her and Thomas again. They can be a family again.

And god how he wants that. He’s so tired. And he wants his mother.. He’s never gotten over the want of his mother’s arms. She’s telling him it’s okay to let go, to rest.

But he can’t..

He’s in so much pain but he can’t leave the family he created behind. He’s not ready to do that. Will never be ready to do that.

He can’t leave them.. He can’t leave Alfred.. He hasn’t told Clark how he feels. Hasn’t seen them grow up and find partners. He’s not ready to give that up. He wants to be there for everything.

Be there for them like Martha and Thomas weren’t for him.

“Bruce please! Come on, hold on for us! Please hold on!” Someone cry’s in the background. But he’s focused on the elegance of Martha’s face.

She tells him he can come home to her. She opens her arms for him to join her.

“Mama… I can’t. Have to stay. My family.. I have to stay. I can’t.. go with you mama.. I have- I have to stay. I’m not ready..”

She understands, if she could’ve stayed, she would have. She didn’t have a choice. But he does, and he’s choosing to stay. She can wait for him a little longer.

He has a family to protect. And right now she has to let them protect her baby. She comes forward and kisses his forehead. Tells him she loves him and she’ll wait until he’s ready, and slowly disappears.

Bruce looks up and before he falls unconscious he see’s his children in distress hovering over him. They’re saying things to him, but he can’t hear it. But he’s so happy he can stay.

Tim, who has been hiding a sleeping 'vampire' in his room for two weeks: Wow! Why do you think it was me?

Bruce: Jason won't take my money, Dick avoids anything funeral related, Damian told me Talia already has his funeral arrangements planned and "none of the ilk he kills deserves coffins"-

Tim: Yikes.

Bruce: I know. Steph is convinced shes either never going to die or shes going to die fighting God, not sure what that means but she scares me, and Barbra and Duke are my good children who I pretend I never have to worry about in regards to things like these.

Tim: What about Cass?

Bruce: If Cass needed a coffin, she'd either come out and ask me, or I would never know about it. Meaning, it has to be you.

Tim: Touche.

Bruce: Timothy what is the coffin for?!

Tim: Okay jeez. If you must know, I thought sleeping in a small enclosed space would help with my sleep schedule.

Bruce: Why not just ask for a bunk bed, or use the closet or wardrobe?

Tim: Its was 3 am! Give me a break!

It then becomes a Thing, because of course all the other bats simply must try it (for science, obviously, and also because they wanted it to suck so that they could make fun of Bruce for it with receipts. but they were disappointed when it was, in fact, extremely comfortable [the outlier here is Jason, who has coffin trauma and will not be counted]).

So begins the trend of bats napping in coffins like vampires. If it ever gets out to the public — which of course it eventually will — the entire superhero community is going to lose their minds.

Their sleep coffins of course are in their rooms/homes and significantly more personalized but the napcoffins are all up for grabs for anyone (with the exception of Jason who didn't want to be left out and so got a wicker casket that everyone calls the napbasket) and you only know if their occupied if it's closed

And then eventually find a small dark room in the darkest and most secluded part of the Cave, turning on a Flashlight only to see a room full of Coffins, each with the Emblem of one of the Bats.

At first they feel very guilty, because this is obviously Coffins that Batman prepared for the day when one of them dies, and its in the most hidden part of the cave because he hopes it will never be needed. This feels like a violation of privacy. They really should leave before somebody finds them-

One of the Coffin Lids begins to creak open.

They freeze in Terror, and point their Flashlight to the Coffin in the Center, which is slowly opening.

Out of it, rises Batman. In Full Costume. Yawning.

On another note, imagine a Vampire King Dick getting into this world, but is captured? And when they ask what made him go evil, he says it's because he's a vampire.

And the superheroes are giving him the eyebrow because, "That's a harmful stereotype. Our Bats and Birds are all Vampires, except Red Hood who died before he could be turned and came back a Revenant and the youngest Robin who is half Demon Dhampir. And Cardinal's boyfriend, the Banshee Ghost by the name of Phantom. But he's still on the fence about joining the Gotham Vigilantes, so he probably doesn't count?"

And Vampire Dick is actually so fucking confused. Cause he knows that technically all possibilities are possible in the mulitverse. He also knows about the old rumors of them being Vampires, especially Bruce. But his Bruce didn't have fangs or sleep in a coffins. Though, they can all walk in sunlight? But they are covered, head to toe, in a way none of his family ever did. Even Spoiler is wearing a helmet that lets her hair out the back! Only one not covered is Damian. WTF is this world?

Now the coffin vs casket thing is a good point. I think that when they started ordering their coffins they experimented a lot with shape, material, and whether they wanted a full lid or hinges. I think they fight over which is comfier, casket or coffin.

The napcoffin part of the cave is called the Bat Mausoleum and the caskets there are formed to their suits so they can have comfy power naps without needing to put away their gear. Caskets are used there because of the hinges make exit quicker and theres greater space for customized padding for when suits change. The half lids are useful if they need to monitor alerts to results of tests but are usually closed.

Upstairs theres more coffins in the family napping den, unpersonalized bc again its a everyone's space kind of thing. The loose lid is nice if you wanna peak out one way or another and a lid slightly crooked lets others know you're okay with being woken up. Whether they have a coffin or casket in their bedroom is up to them, that's their personal preferences and specs so it doesn't matter to anyone else.

guys, napcoffin is a go