Maybe I'm just aro, but I always saw the BatCat ship as almost platonic. (Maybe/kinda/sorta friends with benefits?) They mutually beard each other from creeps, golddiggers, and nosy friends/family.
Ex. 1
Bruce: *calls Selina* Gala on Saturday. I need a plus one. I'm sick of airheads.
Selina: Gimme the time and what color dress you think would work best. I'll meet you at your place.
Ex. 2
Selina: Hey, can I use your picture and claim you're my boyfriend to scare off assholes at the bar?
Bruce: Go for it. Call me and I'll tell at them, too.
Ex. 3
Bruce: *leaves meeting* I have a previous engagement.
Clark: Does it involve a certain Cat? ;)
Bruce: Quit prying, its private
Hal: Sure thing, Spooky. You gonna spend the whole time in bed? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Bruce: *glares* I just might.
~Later, at Selina's apartment~
Bruce: *in Selina's bed, dead to the world, having the best nap he's had since becoming a dad*
Selina: *on the couch, with a book and a glass of wine*
Okay see THIS I do love one hundred percent
I like Selina and I like Bruce, and I love them having these sorts of interactions I just don’t like them as a romantic couple all that much
But this?
*Chef’s Kiss*
this one time when all his kids finally let him have some peace and he’s still not sleeping himself
Nothing stresses Alfred more than the batfam's sleep schedule
I’ll make fun of Male Power Fantasy Batman for the rest of my life.
But the Batman that, as Bruce Wayne, gave Scarecrow a job at Wayne Industries when he thought he reformed?
The Batman that spend an entire issue hunting Killer Croc when he killed some cops, only to find out that he only did it because he was protecting the homeless people he took care of, was like “Oh dang, if you ate them I guess I don’t have any evidence. Guess I’ll have to leave you alone Waylon”?
The one who sent the Riddler on the path to becoming a private detective because he needed help with a case and just knew Ed couldn’t resist?
The one who’s so proud to see Freeze doing better, the one who helps him every chance he gets?
The one who’ll happily team up with Poison Ivy as long as innocent people don’t get hurt?
The one who, at the end of the day, just wanted Harley to finally realize that the Joker didn’t actually love her?
I adore that Batman.
My best friend loves rob pattinson and over the years she sent me a lot of articles/quotes of him, so here are some of my favourites
(there is A LOT more, this man is INSANE)
Bonus:
talia in arab clothing 😈
Ok this one has colour.
Just ignore my horrible photography skills, I just can't do digital drawing so it's like this.
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Do you have any fanfic recs? Cause I plowed through a lot but a lot I don’t really jive with. But your (correct) vision of the bats is what I’m looking for. You know Bruce is trying to be a dad and not ever hitting his kids. And everyone is like we hate each other for reasons but we also love each other.
Btw you literally make me grin. You’re truly funny and I just go on you blog and it makes my day better. Like the kind of smile you can’t smother and it just lasts for ages so thank you for every meme and joke and headcannon. They are so perfect
oh god you’re really putting a load on me here okay so good dad bruce wayne and overall good batfam stuff,,, also thanks so much! im really glad you like this stuff
Safe And Sound - watchingthestars13
this one is just,,, the cutest and i have read it like 20 times so far and it never fails to disappoint. it’s a 5+1 with times his kids called him dad and once he called himself dad. it has a hint of superbat, but that’s not the focus of the story.
Latchkey - goldkirk
okay this was one of the first tim drake centric works i read and it is the shit. (it also got me permanently imprinting on the first stupid nerd i saw) it’s about tim befriending jason and getting sucked into their family, while he’s trying not to get them to know he knows about their secret identities
Excelsior - jerseydevious
when i tell you you should read this im not kidding, it is one of my favourite batfam works and it’s just *chefs kiss* it’s incredibly well written and the characterisations are just beautiful and i love it so much. it’s about bruce buying damian a horse,,,, and then it all spirals from there.
Hummingbirds Under His Skin - jerseydevious
this,,, i just- dang this is a really good fic and i love it so very much. no explanation needed. bruce and dick have a little chit chat about being bisexual.
In For a Penny - cdelphiki
have you ever thought about how bruce must’ve been like 25 when damian was born? no? how damian was born when dick already lived with bruce? no? now have you ever thought about damian arriving at the manor as a baby? well now you do. it is,,, so cute and so angst, but so cute.
birds fly in every direction - distracted_dragon
is it obvious that i love tim drake yet? this is long, like 180.000-ish words but it is chockfull of shenanigans and angst and i love it so much. omg shit i just remembered @batfam-chaos is the author of this. i literally followed them bc of the fic and then i forgot they were the author omg. okay it’s about tim!! being very smart and researching vigilantes and then him befriending jason!
Emergency Contact - lurkinglurkerwholurks
if it’s not obvious i love tim yet,,,, ill eat my fucking hat. this is just a short cute fic about dad! bruce freaking the fuck out.
Disaster Zone - engmaresh
this is just hella cute and ridiculously fun. about bruce’s bathroom being terrorised by his kids, lots of big family shenanigans.
Pot, Meet Kettle - borntobemild
*screaming* i love stephanie brown!!!!!! (and tim drake) and stephanie brown and tim drake besties dynamic!!! it’s about tim and steph being bffs with shitty dads :( but i love it,,, read it now.
My own batfam works
okay it’s probably weird to rec your own stuff, but i’m just putting out there that i am incapable of writing bad dad! bruce wayne so it definitely doesn’t have that.
THIS outfit *and* the white streak peeking out? Carmine Di Giandomenico (artist) and Arif Prianto (colorist) I owe you my life
Look how visually effective this is, I LOVE it
from The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #2