adhd culture is staying up until you physically cannot hold your eyes open anymore so that you don’t have to lay in the dark waiting to fall asleep and being filled with debilitating boredom
im gonna hurl myself out the window
[Comic shows Batman!Tim looking back over his shoulder at his younger self. Text:
Batman!Tim: Before I go. Something I wish I’d been told when I was in your shoes. Tell Conner you’re sorry. For everything. Heal that wound before it can’t be healed. You know how much he matters to us… and in my time… let’s just say you don’t have any friends left to lose.
Red Robin!Tim: Conner? Who the hell is Conner?
Batman!Tim’s eyes get big.
Batman!Tim: …
end description.]
Tumblr has randomly had me follow ANOTHER blog that is in entirely different fandoms than me. Once again, it is a really good blog. I might keep following.
I guess I’m learning a lot more about Sam and Max, and Splatoon.
🐇
[Image shows Bruce walking with a young Tim and Cass. Cass is swimming in Bruce’s suit jacket. Bruce has rolled his sleeves up and his tie a dangling free. He’s holding both his kids’ hands and smiling at Tim while the boy chatters. Text:
Tim: And Ms. Berkeley was all – she goes, “No, Timothy, don’t put your macaroni necklace on Mister Whiskers.” But Dad! He looked so cute and he loved it!
End ID.]
Little Known Brotherhood Members: DESTINY AKA IRENE ADLER!
Did you know that Mystique had a lifelong relationship with another woman and raised a child (Rogue) with her? Destiny is an old woman by the time we meet her in the comics, but she and Raven have been together since she was young, which is an even longer time ago than you’d think from looking at her. And her real name is Irene Adler, which isn’t a coincidence—it’s suggested in the comics that she and Raven were the real-life inspiration for Irene Adler and Sherlock Holmes! Same-sex relationships could not be openly acknowledged during the time she was in the comics, so Claremont (her writer/creator) simply slid in as many hints as he could at the time. You can live with another woman all your life and adopt a child together as just friends, right? Also, queerness was historically used to play up villains as being extra deviant and evil, but Destiny was instead used to humanize Mystique, and their relationship was never sexualized—in fact, it was sweet.
Destiny lived a long life, having met Mystique in the 1800s, but she did age physically, unlike her lover. However, she still entered battle with the rest of the Brotherhood, and her life ended not from old age, but at the hands of Legion aka David Haller during the Muir Island Saga. Destiny left instructions for Mystique to toss her ashes off a cliff at a very specific time and place…Mystique did so, only to have the ashes fly back in her face. Mystique bursts into laughter, for her only complaint to Irene had ever been that she had no sense of humor—and as someone who could see the future, Destiny had known this blowback would happen, and pranked her lover for the first (and only) time!
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If I myself were to have a single beef with Destiny, it would be that I’m not a fan of the “blind seer” trope, but maybe it was more original in her day. I love her though!)
Destiny, like many other mutants, was temporarily returned to life by the supervillain Selene during Necrosha. However, after Selene’s defeat, her own time was short, and she used it to reconcile with her beloved daughter Rogue.
As a note, Claremont originally intended for Destiny to be the mother of Nightcrawler, and Mystique the father (having impregnated her while in a male form) but the Comics Code Authority would not allow it at the time. She did, however, have some biological children (though it is not known by who), as she is survived by a grandson (Trevor Chase) and it is possible that Ruth Aldine aka Blindfold of the X-Men may be her great-granddaughter.
Part of the “Little Known Brotherhood Members” series on this blog! See previous and pending entries listed HERE!
@thredbare Thank you so much! Dick’s collared shirt/sweater combo was definitely inspired by the clothes Burt Ward would wear when he played him, but I make his sweaters extra large cause drawing oversized clothing is my weakness!
BTW Bruce would normally have gone to help Dick out. However, he was in panic mode trying to find Damian, who had escaped his playpen over twenty minutes prior.
[Comic starts with an ask by thredbare: I just want to say I love the way that when you draw all of the Batboys! Especially Dick; you always seem to give him super large jumpers! It’s so cute.
Dick is seen kneeling on the floor, surrounded by clothes. He has a sock in his hair and is unhappily holding a Captain Carrot sweater. It appears that he is a preteen. Text:
Dick: Daaaaad! I can’t find my sweater!
Bruce, offscreen: You have plenty of sweaters, son! Just pick one!
A small grey blob is seen through the doorway. It slowly wriggles past. Dick turns to look and a ‘?’ appears above his head.
We see him peeking around the door, grinning. Grey blob continues to wriggle by, surrounded by small ‘shuffle’ sounds.
Dick: Found it!
He’s holding the grey Nightwing sweater, cuddling the chubby Damian partially visible inside it. There’s a heart above their heads. Both a smiling, Dick looking fond, Damian like he’s giggling.
End ID.]
I got a bunch of new followers due to a big name fan reblogging my Bat Sibling Interactions post. I thought you guys might like to know what to look for/what you’re in for.
Here, at kiragecko Tumblr central, I mostly post:
- Lists
- Fic Recs – Other people write cool stuff. I created this blog to thank them.
- Fic Ideas and Headcanons. – I don’t post these as often anymore, but I still want all the other people to write stories for me. I know this is unreasonable, but they’re good plots!
- Here is my ultimate Tim Drake Fic Rec List. I love it.
On the kiragecko Blogspot side project, I post Generally More Exhaustive Lists. Because it allows formatting. I always reblog a link here, but if you like the lists, check it out. See things like:
- X-Babies– a list of every child every X-Man has ever had, both in canon and in all the alternate universes and futures.
- DC Sidekick Timeline – When were all the DC kids and teen heroes introduced? Now you can know!
- Or, maybe you don’t care when they were introduced, but you want to know when they were on the Teen Titans. That’s my Teen Titan Timeline!
(If you go on the site on a non-mobile device, there’s even a handy sidebar with more options!)
And finally, I’m geckobot on deviantArt. Because sometimes the lists need to be visual.
- See my plan for Wayne Manor!
- Or a Colour Wheel. You need one of those, right? It has colour names!
the batsignal probably only works bc Gotham is cloudy as shit. what would they even do on a clear night
project it onto wayne inc artificial clouds that bruce wayne bought for personal purposes
Gotham: Why would you want artificial clouds?
Bruce Wayne: *nervous sweat* aesthetic.
Bruce Wayne helps clear up the pollution in Gotham only to realize he needed those clouds. Bruce Wayne then invests in fake clouds.
At a press conference he’s asked why and he insists its because nothing in Gotham can survive in direct sunlight anymore.
But, Sir, the clouds are only out at night!
Does anything without my glasses on: parkour
I am like a pet bird with a cover over their cage.. Take off my glasses – it is now night, I will sleep.
Omg for the drabble thing , Jay Tim, 31 and 36. Also am i allowed to send more than one bc
31. “Stop being such a baby.”
36. “Wow she’s way better than you, does that make you feel bad?”
Yes 😀
(idk what this is or if it’s any good, I’m so rustyyyy sorry)
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Bruce starts to cry when Tim takes away the very dangerous, very sharp tool he’d somehow gotten ahold of.
“Stop being such a baby.”
“Tim,” Jason says slowly, “he is a baby.”
“He’s a toddler,” Tim corrects.
Bruce, sitting in Jason’s lap, holds up three fingers. “I’m fo-ah.” He sniffles.
Jason gently raises another chubby finger. “Yes you are. One, two, three, four,” he counts off on each finger. He tickles Bruce’s palm, earning him a giggle that rings out through the cave.
“He’s fo-ah,” Jason tells Tim, ignoring the way Tim blanches at his baby-talk, “and it’s fine for him to get upset.”
“Getting upset and throwing a fit are different things, and it was over something he wasn’t supposed to be doing in the first place.”
“Wow, okay.”
“What?” Tim turns away from the monitor, his hands finally pausing.
“He wasn’t throwing a fit.”
“Yes, he was, and I’m trying to work here. I’m trying to find a way to fix this, and he screamed at me.”
Bruce shoves his face into Jason’s chest and wails again.
“See?”
“Tim, this is just what four year-olds do, especially if you start yelling at them.” Jason rubs his hands soothingly up and down the boy’s back.
“I’m not crazy for not wanting a child making a ruckus in my ear while I work!”
Tim freezes. His eyes glaze over, like he’s looking at something that’s not in the room.
“Making a ruckus,” Jason echos, eyebrows raised. Tim doesn’t move. “Babe?”
Bruce smears snot on Jason’s shirt.
“Honey, are you okay?”
Tim blinks, sucks in a deep breath. “Oh.”
“Oh, what?”
“I think… I think my dad was kind of an asshole.”
Jason snorts. “Welcome to the club.”
Tim shoots him a look, and Jason raises the hand that’s not wiping Bruce’s face in surrender.
“Sorry. You were having a break-through of some sort?”
Tim sighs and leans against the console. “I said exactly what my dad used to say. Before Mrs. Mac would drag me out of the room and tell me I shouldn’t bother him because he’s a very busy and important man.”
“Ah.” Jason nods in understanding, not that he can relate much, but. A lot of things make more sense now.
Tim kneels down in front of where Jason’s sitting with Bruce nestled in his arms.
“Bruce?” he tries, voice soft.
The boy turns his face away.
“I’m sorry I was mean. I shouldn’t have yelled at you like that.”
Bruce refuses to acknowledge him, and Tim stands when it becomes clear he’s not going to any time soon.
Stephanie finds them like that, with Bruce tucked into Jason’s side and Tim pouting. She raises and eyebrow at Jason in silent question, but he shakes his head.
“Hey there,” she says, and Bruce peeks out at her. She smiles at him. “You wanna come upstairs with me? There’s peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and we can watch a movie. Lots more fun than these two goofballs.”
Bruce grins and jumps down, lets her take his hand and lead him out of the cave.
“Wow she’s way better than you,” Jason says, watching them go. “Does that make you feel bad?”
Tim looks at him with pursed lips. He hums thoughtfully. “Maybe that’s why I like you.”
“What?”
“Maybe I have a thing for assholes because my dad was an asshole.”
“That’s some serious daddy issues there, babe.”
Tim snorts. “I’m not the only one.”
“Hey, I resent that. I have mommy issues, thank you very much.”
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