My favorite thing I’ve seen is AUs where characters are trans and nothing changes and nobody knows until they accidentally have to lore dump and they’re fine with it bc they lowkey assume these people close to them know they’re trans and everyone’s like??????? HUH? Since when
Anyway support my trans!Dick Grayson headcanons bc fuck you i can
- Dick told his parents he was a boy at like age 3 and they were like… fuck it sure.. we’ll pick you a new name
-John Grayson then despairs bc his brother then gleefully informs him that John promised to name their first boy after him bc he lost a bet. Mary thinks it’s too funny to not go along with
-3 Yro Dick has a lisp and can’t pronounce his own name and finds out Dick is a nickname and proceeds to immediately go by it and yell at anyone who doesn’t use his new name
- Kid has no documents and grew up in a circus so when he ends up in Gotham. There are literally no issues at all.
- Bruce adopts him as Richard John Grayson and is none the wiser about anything
-Alfred is the first one to find out when at 11 Dick freaks out and thinks he’s hemorrhaging in the bathroom bc he’s bleeding. Cue realization moment! Followed by many many many awkward questions and Alfred being awesome assumes his grandson is stealth and maybe doesn’t want anyone including Bruce to know so he takes over every and Dick gets the medications he needs with no issue
- second person to realize is Roy bc they’re messing around btw (Dick did not inform him of this before, Roy is 100% Cool with it and goes… damn okay…anyway bc he’s chill like that)
-now about 700 new bats have happened and Dick is nightwing and literally the only people who know anything at all are his current/previous partners and Alfred
And shenanigans ensue with Jason catches Dick injecting something…while he has no injuries… no nothing
Now Jason freaks ofc bc??? DICK WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Listen he might hate all of them but he is VERY MUCH not okay losing another relative to addiction wtf he’s not having a panic attack fuck you
Anyway
Dick just goes “Jason calm down it’s just my t-shot” and Jason who definitely didn’t jump to conclusions bc he’s sleep deprived and has a 16 hour run in with fear toxin is like
“What the fuck is that?? Is that something new on the street what’s happening dick? Are you doing untested Shit?
And Dick who has had to DEAL with Jason during 16 hours of fear toxin induced terror, as well as the rest of the family and would really like to go chill days in front of many of his family members: testosterone Jason. Bc I’m trans
To which everyone is confused
Dick is too tired to realize this and goes the fuck to bed
Bruce then panics bc “wait what if he wasn’t that accepting when Dick was younger and that’s why Dick didn’t ever come out? What did he do that made his son feel like he couldn’t talk to Bruce about it”
Tim is annoyed bc he is supposed to know things and now he owes Bernard money bc they had an argument over which letter each batfam member corresponds to
This is based off that one supernatural fic where somehow Sam was oblivious to his brother being trans anyway
Jason: ... somewhere I must've heard it. I don't know.
Tim:
Jason: I SAID I DON'T KNOW. *leaves*
From another Tumblr post that has been lost to me
Bruce is the most “over” his parents deaths, in the sense that he’s the one who’s lived with it the longest therefore also the one that makes the most jokes about it
Like how Jason in fanfics makes jokes about his death, Bruce makes jokes about his parent’s deaths and it makes everyone slightly uncomfortable.
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Alfred: Master Bruce, as per the new chore schedule that we have all agreed upon, it is now your day to wash the family dishes.
Bruce: 😬 Ooo, I actually can’t, you see I gotta visit my parents, ya know, be a good son and all that. *Bruce is actively shuffling toward the back door of the manor where the graveyard is*
Alfred: *stunned silence*
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Bruce: You need to visit more chum
Dick: *sighing* Bruce, I’ve got my own city to run. I can’t just drop everything to visit Gotham.
Bruce: *shaking his head* You’re grandparents want to see you more. What’s so wrong with that?
Dick: W-what?
Bruce: Are you gonna make me go out there to my parent’s grave and tell them that you don’t want to visit anymore? Cause you’re ‘busy’? Do you not care anymore?
Dick: Are you seriously doing this again? You know I’m going to say yes if you put it like that!
Bruce: *still stoic but has a very pleased energy* Oh, how generous. Your grandparents will be very happy.
Dick: Please stop doing this.
Bruce: Ha, no.
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Jason: What the fuck?! Get this shit off me!
Bruce: *holding a very expensive scarf with the tag still on for some foreign brand* Jason, don’t be so rude. Your grandmother made this for you!
Jason: Bruce, you and I both know-
Bruce: Fine, fine… go outside and freeze. *starts walking to the graveyard in the backyard* I’ll just have to tell your grandmother that you hate her guts
Jason: *snatches the scarf and angrily puts it on, almost strangling himself* Here! You motherfucker… *grumbling*
Bruce: See? You look cute! Let me go get a camera and take a picture to show your grandma, stay here.
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Bruce: *dramatically, hand on his chest* Ah! You’re gonna make me and your grandfather faint!
Tim: Bruce-
Bruce: Don’t you remember that he’s a doctor? What you think he thinks about all these sleepless nights???
Tim: *exasperatedly* Hypocrite. Bruce-
Bruce: Oh woe is me! My own son! His ailing health! *turns to the empty air beside him* Dad what should we do? Was I ever this difficult?!
Tim: Fine! Fuck man, this is weird and sad! *stomps away to his bedroom*
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Damian: *struggling to get out of Bruce’s grasp* Baba, please. This is highly inappropriate! I am basically a grown man!
Bruce: *hugging Damian tighter* I’m sorry Damian, it’s just… you have so much of my mother’s and father’s traits… seeing you brings me such joy I can’t help but hug you…
Damian: *stops struggling, blushing in embarrassment* … Well, I suppose I can allow this… hugging ritual
Bruce: *hiding a grin* Thank you Damian, you’re so kind
Pages for the Hannigram zine🔪❤️💔🩸
Please I need this to be canon
do you see my vision?
i know its been 5 plus years and enough people have talked about this enough but i cannot physically refrain from clawing my eyes out every time i come across this panel. Truly one of the most ridiculous things tom king has ever written (and the list is huge). Like why is this character who is almost in his thirties comparing himself to his brothers who are atleast 5 to 12 years younger than him? Of all the things he could have an identity crisis about they actually made him lose his mind over what type of robin am I? Not parents dying in front of a whole ass audience or withstanding the demands of being the perfect soldier in batman's crusade or having to put up with the pressure of being a leader other heroes look up to or his friends and family dying all the time, and man i could go on and on. I assure you he is not losing any sleep over where he stands with a bunch of people he cares for very deeply and ultimately thinks of as kids.
"Batman is so unrealistic, why does he have shark repellent spray haha--" maybe he just has a canister of a substance on his belt that's so strong, it's banned in several countries and as it turns out, sharks don't like getting face-blasted with the marine equivalent of bear spray on steroids any more than humans do. you're telling me Batman is carrying a single-use item like that on his belt? Heck no. He's using that shit on sharks, on people, on random aliens who try to grab him during JL negotiations, and anyone else he thinks it'll work on. He even used it on himself once to get Joker gas out of his eyes and respiratory system. Superman is never 100% sure if he should say something about it to him or not. The Robins/Ex-Robins like to play Russian Roulette with Bruce's used-up canisters when they're bored. But yes -- it does work on sharks. He modified the nozzle so it can be used underwater.
It’s always okay to laugh at two dimensional chaos demons.
"After this, Bruce, after asking this, between us—it can’t be the same again."
Need a fic where the other bats start to notice the difference in Bruce and Dick's relationship. Casual things Dick always did or said to Bruce before, he doesn't do now. They notice the hurt look on Bruce's face. They notice the sad but resolved look on Dick's. Sometimes Dick doesn't look sad at all. Sometimes he just looks distant. Like his mind is somewhere else entirely.
They don't know Dick's mind is in the cave with shattered glass and skin. They don't know this, and they never will.
❄️ happy holidays!! ❄️
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