#batcousins

“Wash your hands and wash your feet, walk on water,”

- Revenant, the Warning

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after the takeover, Batman leads a literally-underground guerrila resistance against the villains

(possibly he'd also team up with Gorilla Boss just so that we could make the obvious pun)

also, the Batcave would probably have been compromised and/or destroyed as part of the takeover

anyway, Bruce leads the resistance in Gotham itself but he gives Kate an important mission to do elsewhere

we don't initially learn what the mission is, but we do see Kate doing it

she takes a Batboat - the only one the Batfam has at the moment - to a set of co-ordinates in the middle of the ocean. There doesn't seem to be anything there, but she dives into the water and swims down deep, and we see... something. A ship, or a submarine, maybe? Well, whatever it is, it's huge

Kate's narrating the whole time and she also thinks that the whatever-it-is is huge

also, that narration is how we learn that Bruce didn't really tell her the whole mission either, just "go to these co-ordinates, dive to this depth, use this password to get in and this password to activate the computers"

anyway, Kate gets into the big underwater thing. Once she's inside, the lights turn on and we see that the layout is pretty similar to the Batcave. There are no Batmobiles, but there are plenty of Batplanes and Batcopters, as well as some Batdrones, a Bat-Bot (don't worry, this one's off and also Not Evil), and a Bat-Jetpack. And a Bat-Computer of course

Kate enters the password that Bruce gave her into the Bat-Computer and a recording of Bruce starts to play - a younger Bruce, but already Batman - in which he explains that this was a contingency plan he'd come up with, but he decided that he couldn't trust himself with it

he can, however, trust Kate. And if she's hearing this recording, that means Bruce has finally decided to activate this contingency

it's at this point that we and Kate both learn what this place actually is, as it starts to rise out of the water and into the air

It's a fucking bat-helicarrier

readers behold... The Flying Batcave

an issue later, the rest of the Batfam is pinned down and about to get defeated by the villains when Kate comes in with a Big Damn Heroes moment and saves the day

she tells Bruce she always knew he was batshit crazy

it's a compliment

a couple of notes:

i didn't make The Flying Batcave up. It's from a Silver Age story where a gang of criminals makes the mayor of Gotham ban Batman from setting foot in the city so Bruce decides to BUILD A FUCKING BAT-HELICARRIER. i'm pretty sure it predates SHIELD's one too

They all have the same 3 freckles under their left eye

Nobody is straight

Lizzie once kicked Bruce from the stairs when they were kids. No Bruce has not forgiven her.

Bette and Bruce are the youngest

Bruce was often covered in make up because Bette needed a guinnea pig

They have monthly meet ups and talk shit about whatever they want. Often the league

Lizzie tought Bette how to braid hair (when she came back)

When Lizzie "died" Kate didnt leave her room for months, Bruce was the only one allowed in

When Kate joined the army she called Bette and Bruce as much as possible

Bruce's nickname for Bette is MaryBee

Kate calls both Bruce and Bette gremlin

Bette and Bruce are the only ones that got the curly hair, Lizzie is jealous

Bruce and Lizzie only have freckles over their nose and cheeks while Kate and Bette got them everywhere

They have matching birthmarks on their wrists

They have said each others real ID's so many times in the field it isnt even funny anymore

Kate and Lizzie still parent trap people

Bruce's background on his batphone is them as kids, the league thinks it are his kids.

Sometimes Bruce needs people to reinact a crime scene, Lizzie happily volunteers everytime, its starting to concern the others

Bette and Lizzie share hairproducts

Bette was born two (2) years before Lizzie "died"

Kate/Lizzie and Bruce have a 5 year age gap

Kate is going to be the head of the family after her father dies

When Lizzie came back, Bruce may have shed a tear, he will deny it

Kate and Lizzie are 6'0, Bruce is 5'8 and Bette is 5'6

Everybody steals Kate's shirts, she's not happy about it

They are always in Kate's apartment

They are in front row cheering at Bette when she has competitions

Lmao anyway,

I think they should interact more

Bette thinks Bruce is the fun cousin

Beth and Kate were nearly inseparable and Bette followed them around like a duckling

Bruce is the one who suggests the nickname "Bette"

When they were little, Bette was called "Emmy"

They all have baby photos of Bruce they use as blackmail

Kate and Bruce used to be each other's wingperson

Beth's disappearance is what strained Bruce and Kate's relationship

Bette is the baby of the group and Kate and Bruce are fiercely protective of her

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Batman: Commissioner, this is my emotional support lesbian.

While I need to read more comics that actually feature Kate, I’ve read about her and from what I gather, even in the comics she’s more extroverted than Bruce. Considering how Bruce is in this movie, there’s even more of a potential contrast there, and the makings of a fun dynamic.

And at the same time, the stuff I have read about Kate gives me the impression that before she became Batwoman she was not in a good place at all, and arguably self-destructive, and, well

*gestures at how Bruce is in this movie*

but they go about that in different ways, and you could potentially do some neat stuff with that