What is DC canon?

okay but the delicious angst of Batman and Robin getting trapped in a collapse or some other situation where an agonized Bruce is the only thing holding up the rubble/a piece of concrete on his back above an injured Dick, playing at being Superman by holding a superhuman amount of weight on his shoulders because if he lets go, they’ll both be crushed? and Dick wakes up, instantly clocks the situation, and knows that the only thing he can do to help is talk Bruce through it. to distract him long enough for someone to find them. to keep going, B, you can do it—

goon who is 500% about to be impaled and spend the next three months in PT learning how to use his shoulder again: …ears? are you fucking kidding me? what are those even for—

rough drafting it here but i think Batman has a special connection to the concept of child sidekicks in a way that defies modern feelings about child soldiers because he was the child who lost everything and felt he needed to make a change in the world but was denied the agency and choice to do anything. child Bruce would have fit right in with any of the Robins if he'd had a Batman and it's the fact that he didn't that ultimately drives him to extend the choice he never got. it was never about soldiers or "refusing to protect the children from themselves," it is, within the acceptable morality of the genre, respecting a child's personhood and ability to make decisions for themselves and giving them opportunities their adult never had. it's why you can't take the Robins away from Batman without significantly changing the character, because Batman was born from child Bruce's most heartfelt wish to be able to DO something about all the injustice in the world and so to deny other children that is to deny himself

I was thinking about Jason's autopsy scar. Bruce returned to Gotham with Jason's body intact with all intents and purposes of burying him quietly but while he could pay off the authorities over seas, to file a death certificate for Jason, the ME had to determine cause of death. Think about it: billionaire's ward mysteriously dies overseas in an alleged terrorist attack and said billionaire wants to quickly bury and 'forget' his adopted son. Of course they insist there be an autopsy. Bruce fights it but they have the law on their side and they carry it out, only notifying him when the autopsy is complete and they can collect him and Bruce breaks down for the first time after Jason's death. They cut into his son's flesh, they handled his body, they were all strangers and he couldn't stop them, like he couldn't stop the Joker from hurting his son. He knows he is dead, that the procedure couldn't effect Jason because Jason is no longer here but that's his boy, his Robin, his son and he's dead. Whenever Bruce sees that scar he's reminded of that moment because it was then that Jason's death really hit home.

bruce wayne reading his dad's diary after the night his parents died and seeing 'that fucking idiot kid wants to go see a movie. i hate zorro. i hope i get shot.'

I love the idea of Bruce discovering something about himself whenever Diana or Clark manhandle him. Like Clark just picking Bruce up and setting him a foot away like he weighs nothing at all, with a quick "Sorry, Bruce, I just gonna scooch you over there a second" or Diana picking him up bridal style and carrying him to safety after Bruce is in a building collapse as a civilian, she's telling him "Mr Wayne, you're going to be alright". And Bruce just gets so flustered, he's fucking speechless, he doesn't know what to do with his hands and shit. He's literally a scrap to them and it's just omgfuckinggodwhatthehell - But if you were to ask him? He's fucking fine, Jordan. Shut the fuck up and do your job.

The Bruce and Barbara dynamic is not purely familial nor as easily classifiable as “co workers” for they have a warriors bond. They are inspirational to each other. They know each other’s flaws because they share many traits. They are also very close friends and I think they have inside jokes.

Give Lois two boyfriends that kiss 2026