age headcanons for batfam
in my mind, the bat-fam (main members only) have a specific age gap that almost never changes throughout fics that i write. so, in an attempt to reignite my love for batfam (which will probably happen when i run out of marauders fics to read. yes, i’ve reverted back to my 2020 ways), here are the age gaps i tend to keep for the main batfam members along with some general timeline stuff i maintain regularly. some will be more specific then others because i have obvious preferences.
alfred dies in his mid to late 70s, possibly early 80s.
dick has a minimum of five years as robin. preferably, it lasts almost ten years (starting when he’s eight/nine and ending when he’s about eighteen/nineteen)
barbara is older than dick by at the very least, a year.
bruce has at least one year patrolling alone as batman, preferably two, and definitely not more than three
bruce was eight when his parents died.
bruce and dick have a fifteen year age gap so when dick becomes his ward, he is (somewhat) a child raiding a child.
similarly, dick and damian have a 15 year age gap to parallel this.
jason and dick have about a 5-7 year age gap.
dick always is born in 19… (ex: in my marvel/dc crossover fic he is born in 1989). this just helps to the headcanon i have of everyone of dicks siblings calling him prehistoric.
jason has max three years as robin, but normally i do about two or two and a half.
cass is born ABOUT six to seven months before jason.
duke and damian go to high school at the same time for a year or two
tim and jason have a 3-5 year age gap
no matter WHAT damian has to be born fifteen years after dick, meaning he had to have been conceived while dick was robin, meaning potential for a talia/bruce fic that includes robin!dick grayson arguing with talia.
stephanie is a year older than tim and born in august, which can make them in the same school year but in most fics by me she would be a year older out of preference.
cassandra’s birthday is january 26th and jason’s is august 16th. it pisses him off to no extent that cass is older. i like the idea that cass’ bday is in jan rather than feb, no clue if this is canon or not lol. :) (edit: LMAO her birthday is quite literally jan 26th, idk y i thought otherwise..)
damian’s birthday is january 9. i don’t like how crowded august is birthday wise so i moved him. they still have too much ppl IMO but wtv.
canonically i think dukes birthday is august, but i would place him anywhere between late august to mid september (specifically august 13th or september 19th. but october 16th-20th could be argued for him)
dick is a march 20th birthday king i love the start of spring b-day thing better than the december b-day thing
the ages i put in a majority of my fics
tim is early 20s, no younger than 20 and no older than 23. COMPLETELY reliant on if cass and jason are main characters.
stephanies age is reliant on tim’s age, typically 23-24.
duke is almost always 18, i will never make him younger than 18 unless the fic is about him TURNING 18. i never make him older than 19 either.
damian is 14-16. IMO, perfect age to make him. i like when he’s no longer that assassin 10 year old, having half a decade with his fathers side can really change him and leaves for some great character exploration. also, canonically he’s around this age in comics rn. since he’s in high school he’s at the very least 14, given in the comics his birthday is in august. i always say he’s 15 in my fics because i like to do the whole turning 16 thing, but yk, to each their own.
barbara is one and a half to two years older than dick almost always, they dated in HS when he was a sophomore and she was a JR. it’s important i HC her to have a late birthday (think like sept or nov). EX: a kid born in Dec 2007 graduates in 2026 while a kid born in Mar 2007 graduated 2025, get it?
