“Actually, I painted a picture of Rue,” Peeta says. “How she looked after Katniss had covered her in flowers.”

    There’s a long pause at the table while everyone absorbs this. “And what exactly were you trying to accomplish?” Haymitch asks in a very measured voice.

First off, you realize (at least in the books) Peeta never saw how Rue looked covered in flowers?! The Capitol never showed that footage, it was too inflamatory. So even when the Victor (or in their case the Victors) re-saw their games in the closing ceremonies, he didn’t see Katniss cover Rue in flowers (they showed her singing though), so he literally painted that by his memory of what Rue looked like and how Katniss described it, alone. And the Gamemakers knew what it was. They knew what he was doing and it scared them. While Katniss was always the shocking Girl on Fire, Peeta was the soft-spoken boy in love with her. That was what the Capitol’s image was of him… but right then, he shows to be just as angry, just as passionate and just as rebellious as Katniss. While Katniss has shocked everyone with her dresses, her actions against the Capitol in both games, and later the war, and has the government scared of her and trying to kill her because of it, Peeta’s thing runs even deeper in that moment. Peeta’s painting reminds them that Rue wasn’t just some little prop, some random tribute that Katniss covered in flowers and sang to at one point… she was a little girl. A little girl that they helped kill. And he didn’t even need to put it into words. 

Mockingjay: *bombs hospital full of un-armed people*

Mockingjay: *starves out the victories*

Mockingjay: *brainwashes peeta*

Mockingjay: *shows katniss slowly losing herself*

Sorry it took me so long to get to all of these, I’ve spent the last few weeks scrounging up every single resource I could get my hands on so that I could make a comprehensive list of which nicknames are canon and which are fanon and it took a SUPER long time. The bottom line is I ended up accidentally making a whole-ass Google Slides for every single batkid nickname, and while the whole project isn’t anywhere near finished yet, I managed to complete the slides needed to answer all of these questions. So...yeah! Here’s what I found:

Dickie/Dickie-Bird:

Jason seems to be the main nickname-user of the family, so aside from the aforementioned comics, there isn’t very much content of Dick being called “Dickie” or “Dickie-Bird”. (I also want to bring up “Big Bird,” which I see Jason calling Dick sometimes in fanfics. That one’s not canon anywhere, unfortunately.) Dick used to be called “Dickie” sometimes as a term of endearment during his circus days, but after that it’s not likely you’ll see any of his family members calling him something other than Dick. 

Little Wing:

Sadly, “Little Wing” hasn’t been used in any canon content after this comic, which is a major bummer since the fandom has turned it into one of Jason’s most popular nicknames (from Dick at least).

Jay/Jace/Jaylad/Jaybird:

(I didn’t list the comic sources for the more widely used nicknames since they’re so common in comics that you could find them pretty much anywhere.) 

I’d say that Bruce called Jason “Jay” far more during his Robin days than he does now, though that could be attributed to their more distant relationship nowadays. (Or maybe I just didn’t happen to read the specific modern comics in which he called Jason “Jay” or “Jace/Jase”.)

Yeahhh, sorry about this one. “Jaylad” is kind of the Schrödinger's cat of nicknames. The fandom ended up misconstruing the term over time. and losing the comma between “Jay” and “lad” so it became “Jaylad” and everyone just stuck with it.

The main person who seems to use this one is Roy Harper, as I haven’t yet found a comic in which one of Jason’s family members calls him “Jaybird”. You can open pretty much any comic with both Jason and Roy in it and expect Roy to say it at least once.

Timmy/Timbers/Timbo:

I haven’t seen anyone calling Tim “Timmers” in canon, but otherwise, most of the other common nicknames derived from Timothy are canon.

Pretender/Replacement:

I always found it wild how Jason never once called Tim “Replacement” in a comic, and yet we all managed to latch onto it anyway and make it his go-to nickname for Tim? That takes some dedication, man. Otherwise, Jason called Tim “Pretender” a few times during Batman: Hush, and that was about it. 

Baby Bird/Baby Bat:

I know a lot of people hate the nickname “Babybird” (for whatever reason), but honestly, I’m really hoping that DC makes it a thing because dammit, we deserve this breadcrumb at least. As of right now, the only batkid who has ever been called “Babybird” was Damian, and it was by his mom. (In fanon, it’s typically Tim who is called “Babybird” while Dick is “Dickie-Bird” and Jason is “Little Wing”. Who decided this, I have no idea but I’m not complaining.) I also included “Baby Bat” since I see that one pretty often too, and that one is sadly not canon either. The DC writers really don’t want us getting our hands on any family fluff whatsoever, huh.

•Whenever Bruce has to leave for a business trip, Tim catches his sleeve and asks when he’s coming back. He holds on until Bruce gives him a time and day and promises to text and call.

•Dick double and triple and quadrupole checks the lines and grapples. He tests them out before anyone else can use them, even after Bruce tests them himself and promises Dick they’re safe.

•Steph always looks around corners first. Her eyes dart around the room, looking for something that Bruce thinks he knows the answer too, and she lets out a soft breath every time she dosen’t see it.

•Damian hides it very well, but he flinches back whenever Bruce or Dick or Jason raise their voices. He always looks down and twists his hands together, and Bruce is quick to lower his voice and tell Damian ‘it’s not your fault’ before an ‘I’m sorry’ can leave Damian’s mouth.

•sometimes Cass’s hands shake when she signs. She stops mid sentence, and Bruce will gently catch her hands and urge her to keep going.

•Sometimes Barbara will look panicked when someone knocks on the door. Her eyes widen and her breath hitches, and Bruce will go to answer it for her. He knocks softly now, when he goes do visit.

Jason knows he’s not the favorite child, and it’s not too fuckin’ hard to guess who is. Now, Jason was ‘gone’ for a little while, and missed some of it, but he knows. Oh yeah, he knows all about the perfect princess Cass, who can do no wrong, who’s killed and been forgiven for it, who will never, ever kill again. She’s too good at fighting, so Bruce doesn’t have to worry about her getting dead, and she listens to Bruce, so Bruce doesn’t have to worry about another mistake. Yes, he knows who the favorite child is. 

Tim knows he’s not the favorite child because it’s so obvious who is. Tim’s not the jealous type, it’s just an objective fact! Anyone with eyes can see the affection and care and love Bruce has for the murder-child–sorry, for Damian. Anyone can see how Bruce dotes on the youngest son, his constant reminder of Talia. Anyone can see how Damian’s skill impresses him, and it’s not that he thinks Bruce dislikes his adopted kids, but Tim knows that the fact that Damian’s got that Wayne blood–Martha’s nose–doesn’t hurt, either. It’s just..it’s just a fact, who the favorite child is. 

Cass knows she’s not the favorite child. She doesn’t think she’s the least favorite, or anything, but it’s pretty clear that the newest addition to their family is absolutely Bruce’s favorite. After all, would he break his no-meta rule–the most important rule–for anyone? Of course not. Cass remembers how Bruce was when Damian was a meta for a little while there, and Bruce is totally different with Duke! He even encourages his powers and offers to help train them! Duke is so smart and cool and funny, and Cass totally knows who the favorite child is. 

Steph knows she’s not the favorite child. Hell, she’s not even Bruce’s kid. She doesn’t really know who the favorite child is, but it sure as shit ain’t her. 

Damian knows he’s not the favorite child. How could he be, when his father specifically picked all the others and was just forced to keep him? No, his father’s favorite child is the one most like him–Drake. Drake is the smart one, and the Robin father chose, and the one who Damian’s own grandfather labels “detective”. And of course as Drake is the good one, the smart one, the one who doesn’t die or rebel or cause any problems, of course he’s the favorite. Damian understands his father too well, so of course he knows who the favorite child is. 

When young Dick presented him with a macrame bracelet he had made at school. “It’s for you...” Dick had said tentatively, “Can you…will you wear it?” It was only later that Bruce realised that there was three beads in the middle that spelt out ‘dad’.

Alfred forcing all the boys to drink slowly from a fine bone China teacup because slurping was not acceptable and the boys were not ‘vaccum cleaners with hair, and therefore should not be inhaling their tea’. Bruce couldn’t stop laughing, because he was exactly the same as a kid.

Damian sneezing six times in succession, exactly like a little kitten, screwed up nose and everything.

Sharing a chocolate eclair aged eleven with Alfred. It was the first time he had laughed properly in what felt like forever. Cream smeared everywhere, Alfred had tutted but both of them had erupted into laughter shortly afterwards.

Watching the sunrise with all his children of the rooftops of Gotham city. It had been a long night, and everyone had taken a battering, but as the sun came up they knew they had together made a difference.

When Bruce burnt the burgers one summer barbecue. It wasn’t funny at all for him, but the kids thought it was hilarious and the photos they took of the annihilated black things that barely resembled burgers is a topic that seems to unite them all and bring out the laughter.

Sparring one day, tiny five foot six Tim bopped six foot one Jason on the head with his bo staff. Timeless.

Steph and Cass dancing to Mamma Mia, before Steph fell over a chair.

Jason colour ordering his books in his bookshelf. They are still like that in his room now. “I know where they all are, then,” he had said indignantly at Bruce’s chuckle.

The time Damian gave Dick a bunch of sunflowers. He deposited them at his older brothers feet before speeding off without saying a word (and the boy doesn’t speed anywhere). Dick ran after him - albeit rather confused - and Bruce heard the tell tale hiss of his youngest son being embraced in a hug.

(The fact that he knew Clark was Superman before Clark knew Bruce was Batman)

Cass, smiling, for when Cass smiles you know that the world is good.

Comforting twelve year old Jason after a nightmare. He exuded energy during the day but perched on his bed, Bruce had thought Jason had never looked smaller. But the look on his face when the boy saw him will forever remain in Bruce’s mind: relieved and almost shocked, as if he truly realised that he wasn’t alone anymore.

The time that Dick pranked him into thinking he had got a tattoo, and Bruce pranked him back by showing him his tattoo (one of those fake peel of ones) and Dick almost fainted.

Sitting around having breakfast in the morning everyday. It may be WWIII, but it’s a time for Bruce to see everyone and he loves it.

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people make derogatory jokes ALL THE TIME about asians. our eyes, our food, the way we dress, accents, etc. jokes made in good fun are lovely and appreciated. racism and disrespect disguised as a joke is never okay.

i feel like people also don’t see how large asia really is. there are so many different types of asians. i’m chinese, (east asian), and although that’s seen as like the “most prevalent type of asian”, there are south asians (india, pakistan, sri lanka, bangledesh, etc), southeast asians (thai, vietnamese, fillipino, cambodian, indonesian, etc.), middle eastern (saudi arabian, iranian, afghan, iraqi, etc.), and central asian (kazakh, uzbek, turkmenistan, etc.). asia is very diverse, and each place has their own unique culture. stop grouping “asians” together as a whole. it’s just not logical when each region is so different from one another.

also, there’s this ongoing theme about how asians are stuck “in between” the social divide in america. we’re not really seen as POC, and often excluded when terms such as BIPOC (black and indigenous people of color) are used. but at the same time, we’re not a part of white america either. we’re stuck in between, and we’re not included in the movement for justice that the BIPOC community is striving for, nor are we afforded traditionally white privileges. 

“good” stereotypes are also very harmful. it detracts from our individual accomplishments. just because someone has good grades in school and they’re asian doesn’t mean that “they’re good at school because they’re asian”. no. they’re good at school because they worked to get where they are. stop making our accomplishments seem less impactful and deserved just because “we’re supposed to be good at it”. it’s not “supposed to”. we don’t say lebron james is good at basketball because he’s black. we recognize his efforts to get where he is today. being black doesn’t automatically give you superior athletic abilities, just the same as being asian doesn’t automatically give you superior math abilities. that’s a load of bs.

making fun of accents is also not funny at all. people would get mad if others made fun of aave, and the same rules should also apply to asian and spanish accents. people who speak with these accents usually did not learn english as their first language. the fact that they can speak two languages is automatically deserving of respect, no matter what their accent sounds like. i bet that if the people who make fun of these accents learned chinese or vietnamese, or any other language in their adulthood, their accents would sound just as obvious to native speakers of the language. in china, people are generally very respectful and admire foreigners who took the time to learn chinese, because it’s a hard language to learn and speak as it is very different from latin-based languages. it should be the same the other way around. take notes from them and treat others respectfully, no matter how broken their english is.

the stereotypes of “the obedient, domestic asian housewife” and the “effeminate, nerdy asian guy” are also very harmful. fetishization of asian women because of our culture is harmful. emasculation of asian men because of their culture is harmful too. most asian cultural values place familial obedience and sacrifice for the communal good at the very top of the moral hierarchy. just because western culture is more individualized and achievement-driven doesn’t mean people can diss eastern culture however they like. 

police brutality is not limited to blm.

the justice system doesn’t work for anyone except privileged whites.

i realize that it’s hard to combat racism when the history and examples are muddled, so this is my best attempt at clearing things up.

asians have never been privileged, and those who enforce the “model minority” stereotype are erasing history and trying to retain power by belittling others.

in case you didn’t know—because school doesn’t teach this stuff—america was very racist towards anyone who wasn’t white! spoiler alert, this wasn’t limited to blacks!!

so here are some historical examples of context. this will be followed up by another reblog containing more modern examples of discrimination because it’s simply too much information to add in one reblog.

DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION

the naturalization act of 1790 — (full text)

barred all immigrants other than those of white descent from ever becoming a legal citizen of the united states.

the naturalization act of 1870 — (full text)

included “african allies” in the population eligible for naturalization, but still excluded everyone else.

following the gold rush of the 1850s in california, a number of discriminatory legislative acts were passed: 

the anti-coolie act of 1862 —(full text)

at the time, chinese populations in the US were referred to (derogatorily) as “coolies”—hence the name of this act. this act enforced a foreign miner’s tax of $3 monthly ($94.55 in today’s dollars) on chinese laborers; a hefty sum for a single miner. (a more detailed history of the treatment of chinese immigrants during the gold rush)

the page act of 1875 — (full text)

effectively barred entry to all east asian women because they supposedly “carried distinct germs to which they were immune, but from which whites would die if exposed” (cue colonial flashbacks). many of these women worked in the sex industry, because the california state legislature had fundamentally misunderstood the nature of asian immigration. the asian men who immigrated to california to work on railroads and mine gold had to pay back brokers who paid for their trip: plus interest. this lead to them not being able to send money home to their families, which led to an influx of immigration from female workers as well, who were then unable to find profitable work in california when they got here; hence, the start of the proliferation of asian women in the california prostitution industry. eventually, this led to the fear that some white people believed that germs and disease could most easily be transmitted to white men through labor of chinese prostitutes. fun, yeah? 

also, “the appearance of the body and clothing supposedly offered a range of possible clues about inner character, on which some officials drew when trying to differentiate prostitutes from real wives.” bodily clues used to examine chinese women included bound feet, "prettiness, youth, demeanor,” and how they walked. however, the task of differentiating “real” wives from prostitutes was virtually impossible. men, on the other hand, faced more lenient restriction practices and were not required to “carry photographs, nor to match photographs that had been sent in advance to san francisco port authorities.”

so let’s add a heavy dose of sexism to that, but that’s not what we’re here for.

this act separated families almost permanently: wives could not immigrate to america to reunite with their husbands, and women seeking job opportunities in america would almost certainly be denied.

the chinese exclusion act of 1882 — (full text)

oh boy. this one’s a banger.

as gold became harder to find and competition increased, animosity toward the chinese and other foreigners increased. they were basically kicked out the mining industry entirely (see the foreign miner’s tax) and took up other low-wage jobs, forming enclaves now known as “chinatowns” in places like san francisco. public opinion and law in california began to demonize chinese workers and immigrants in any role, and eventually laws were placed not only restricting labor, but also dictating behavior and living conditions (where they could settle: redlining, but not subtle at all). 

“Although widespread dislike for the Chinese persisted well after the law itself was passed, of note is that some capitalists and entrepreneurs resisted their exclusion because they accepted lower wages.” ➡ cue white men blaming chinese men for depressing wages, when they’re really blaming the wrong people.

capitalism :’) but we’re not here to talk about that either.

“The laws were driven largely by racial concerns; immigration of persons of other races was unlimited during this period.”

everyone knew it was blatantly racist. did they care? nope.

it also started the cycle of heavy policing along the us-mexico border, as bans on chinese immigration to the us led to an influx of immigration to mexico.

the gentlemen’s agreement of 1907

an informal agreement between the united states and japan for the united states to not enact any formal immigration policies and for japan to stop sending emigrants to the us.

immigration act of 1917 (also known as the literacy act) — (full text)

aimed to restrict immigration by imposing literacy tests on immigrants, creating new categories of inadmissible persons, and barring immigration from the asia-pacific zone. one section of the law designated an "asiatic barred zone” from which people could not immigrate, including much of asia and the pacific islands. the zone, defined through longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates, excluded immigrants from china, british india, afghanistan, arabia, burma (myanmar), siam (thailand), the malay states, the dutch east indies, the soviet union east of the ural mountains, and most polynesian islands. neither the philippines nor japan was included in the banned zone. the idea of the “yellow peril” was introduced at this time, which framed east asians as an existential threat to western civilization. there’s more to this act, including the effects on illiterate europeans and people who were “mentally defective” or “persons with constitutional psychopathic inferiority” (read: people who admitted they were gay).

immigration act of 1924 (also known as the asian exclusion act) — (full text pt. 1; full text pt. 2)

prevented immigration from asia, set quotas on the number of immigrants from the eastern hemisphere, and provided funding and an enforcement mechanism to carry out the longstanding ban on other immigrants. apparently established “to preserve the ideal of U.S. homogeneity” (read: white protestants are considered superior), the bill was passed with minimal congressional resistance. literally everyone in congress was racist :’) fun times.

immigration act of 1952 (do you see a pattern here?) — (full text)

abolished racial restrictions found in United States immigration and naturalization statutes, but retained a quota system for nationalities and regions. established a preference system that determined which ethnic groups were “desirable” (racism, but subtler :’) and placed great importance on labor qualifications. defined three types of immigrants: immigrants with special skills or who had relatives who were US citizens, who were exempt from quotas and who were to be admitted without restrictions; average immigrants whose numbers were not supposed to exceed 270,000 per year; and refugees.

KEY PROVISION:

“Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.“

(aka this law was the one invoked by trump when he banned people from majority-muslim countries from immigrating to the united states. sound familiar yet?)

ANOTHER KEY PROVISION (added in the amendment in 1965):

“No person shall receive any preference or priority or be discriminated against in the issuance of an immigrant visa because of the person’s race, sex, nationality, place of birth, or place of residence.”

sounds nice, until you realize that religion, sexual identity, sexual preferences, and political leanings aren’t included. neither is a person’s physical constitution, which was actively used in discriminating against disabled persons, among others.

“Before the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, the U.S. Bureau of Immigration vetted newcomers to the United States and often denied entry to new immigrants on subjective conclusion of “perverse” acts such as homosexuality, prostitution, sexual deviance, crime of moral turpitude, economic dependency, or “perverse” bodies like hermaphrodites [intersex] or individuals with abnormal or small body parts during the period from 1900 to 1924. During this time, immigration authorities denied immigrants entry on this subjective basis by issuing “likely to be a public charge.” However, by the 1950s, the immigration authorities solidified this screening measure into law when they enacted a provision against prostitution or any so-called “immoral sexual act”. In addition, aliens deemed feeble-minded, mentally disabled, physically defective, or professional beggars were also ineligible for admission.”

yeah. discrimination goes way back, and we never learn about this stuff in schools.

today, most of these acts have been repealed, but their scars still linger. chapter 7 of title 8 of the united states code is still titled “Exclusion of Chinese”, though the statutes within are labeled as “repealed” or “omitted.”

anyways, blatantly racist legislature allowed for even more blatantly racist actions, which led to a number of massacres. yes, you read that right. massacres. we don’t learn about this stuff in history class, yeah? well, that’s why i’m writing this now. sensitive topics below the cut.

TW: HEAVY TOPICS, DESCRIPTIONS (SOMETIMES RATHER GRAPHIC) OF DEATH AND L*NCHING, MOB JUSTICE, VIOLENCE, AND MORE. please read at your own discretion. descriptions of massacres and disease are included.

#hello again martin and bosco!! sending you boys round for another go :)