Hi guys im here with another #ragefilled rant relating to dc fic writers / fans
So. Number one, why the FUCK!!!!! Is Steph and/or Barbara considered part of the batfam in most fics ???? Like is it NOT common knowledge that they are simply just bats and not FAMILY .? Like guys why tf r u shipping stephcass / timsteph / dickbabs / wtv the fuck and then making like jason or someone say that Steph and Barbara r his sisters like ?????? Piss off dawg they aren’t apart of the Wayne family. NOT TO MENTION THAT THEY ALMOST ALWAYS REPLACE DUKE WITH THEM TOO!!!! Like it’s always some “‘u have a sister ?’ ‘Three, Steph cass & babs’ ‘what abt brothers’ ‘FOUR (tim dami dick and / or jason depending on who’s talking)’” LIKE WHERE TF DID DUKE GO ??? IK MY BOY ISNT A HALLUVION I LIT JUST GOT A ABSOLUTE COVER W HIM ON IT
#justiceforduke yo my boy needs more centric fics . And cass lowk or like anyone but jason dick and tim hiiggghhhhkeey
ANYWAY number two WHY THE FUCK DO PPL MAKE JASON CALL TIM REPLACEMENT ALLLLLLLL THE TIME ???? Like he calls Tim pretender ONEEE time in canon and otherwise calls him by his name / vigilante name or jr or smth . Now normally i wouldnt gaf bc wtv who cares if ppl hc a brother teasing their little brother for taking smth of his like thats js what siblings do but THE REPLACEMENT THING IS (ONE) ORGINJATUJG FROM A JAYTIM FIC !!!!! And TWO JUST TAKES OGER JASON AND TIMS WHOOOLEEEEEE RELATIONSHIP like oml. Please. Give them something OTHER than a “ohhh u replaced me ill kill u” relationship dawg. They r brothers and they tolerate each other
For my last point b4 this becomes a 9 part essay on how I hate fanon;
WHHHYYYYYYYCDO PPL THINK TGAT TIM AND DAMIAN HATE EACH OTHER ??? TGEY HAVE A FAIRLY VROTHERLY RELATIONSHIP IN CANON ??? Like ok I get making them like not show their love easily bc like . They’re bats nd they are around Bruce all the time who like doesn’t know how2 say ily all that well but like ?? They don’t hate each other ??? They care abt each other in their own ways and are clearly shown working well together and being able to tolerate esch other 😭😭 AND half the time ppl write it as Damian being at fault as if Damian isn’t a MINOR and usually around 12 in fics and Tim isn’t around 18-20 in most like ???? That is a little kid arguing with his big brother no shot are we supposed to feel sympathy for tim like 😭 ts what u signed up for when u became a big brother dawg u gotta deal with having an annoying sibling who pesters u constantly and bullies u its just the way of life
Anyway . That’s it. I hate batboy fans they all make me want to kms because they either mischaracterise all the characters so badly or they just blatantly ignore cass, Steph, Barbara, Helena, duke, & like all the 800 other Gotham characters’ existences like wtf
@ every batfam writer ever MAKE SURE UR CHARACTERS ARE ACTING FUCKING CANON (hcs r okay but making them take over a character’s personality fully is NAWT , that’s what we call fanon & mischaracterization) AND THAT THEIR CANON RELATIONSHIPS ARE STILL SIMILAR IN UR FIC !! Obv it depends on like what ur writing abt (like Arkham-verse, earth-0, batman beyond, ect ect) so like the relationships WILL change based on what ur focused on bur like if ur writing about a current timeline then make sure that like u know the diff between the bats (people who work for batman in Gotham) and the fam (people related to or adopted by Bruce Wayne) cause there is a very big difference and it makes relationships way more complicated if you get them mixed. Ie dickbabs if you put Barbara in the family category when in canon she has been and always will be only a bat (she’s a family friend, ofc, so she’s closer than the average bat, but she’s still a bat, just like Steph)
Anyway. Thanks 4 reading ig ;-;. Here’s a pic of my absolute Batman duke Thomas cover and stupid tim drake in Robin (1991)