There's an up-and-coming Tech Giant, called Fenton Works, and Batman is determined to prove that the company is a front for a villain.

Danny, after his parents turned from Ghost hunting to being the first official Ghost Anthropologists, decided to repurpose some of their weapons.

And, well, there was a contest being run by Wayne Enterprises; whoever can design a robot that will help the environment got prize money and a grant.

Danny, in all his mechanical engineering prowess, was bored. So he designed a thing. Repurposed the Fenton Guns into a cute robotic tortoise that would clean the beach.

It spiraled from there, and now Fenton Works is the leading name in green technology that's cleaning up the Earth bit by bit. Sea Dragon robots that clean oil and trash from the ocean; beach tortoises that clean the sand and beach and deposit their hoard of trash into designated receptacles that Danny uses as material to make more robots; Cryptid "stalker" robots with long legs that delicately patrol forests to perform "fuel management" and clear out the underbrush to help manage wildfires; moving gargoyle robots that sit on top of skyscrapers to help clean the air with huge sail-like wings, etc.

Basically, Danny pulls a Doctor Elisabet Sobeck, but with less world ending and more actually helping. (Not that the world ending was Elisabet's fault, of course, but different franchise)

And due to the number of times aliens try to attack and rogues send their own robots to attack people, naturally Danny installed self-defense protocols, along with one single golden rule written into the very OS of every single robot; Save Humans Whatever the Cost.

Problem is, Batman has never seen robots like this not be used for evil purposes, and he knows that their power source (a closely guarded Fenton Works secret) is some sort of liquid that glows green.

He really only knows of one liquid that glows green.

So he's determined to find everything he can about Fenton Works, because there's no way that Daniel Fenton isn't actually a villain in the making.

Danny's just thrilled for the chance to work with Wayne Enterprises.

Oh this? This is BEAUTIFUL. Especially since there is no way in hell Aquaman is gonna let him touch a hair on this boy's head. You think Atlantis DIDNT threaten to sink every last one of those Sea Dragons? They aren't fools. Those were Threat Shaped.

Fenton had to come in front of a TEAM of Atlantis finest, who of course, agreed to sign NDAs, to explain WHO they worked IN DETAIL to their satisfaction. The boy was glad too. Those Dragons have fuckin Atlantian GAURDS now to prevent external tampering.

He even made Atlantian "Air" purifiers in the shape of jellyfish to clean up the waters near Atlantis. Insure the young, elderly, and infirmed had clean water to breathe. After all the shit humans have pulled towards Atlantis? Absolutely NOT. Danny Fenton both CLEARLY a few fish short of a school AND a the most precious baby boy in all of Atlantis. Let him make his helper animals.

They're pretty sure he has some sort of compulsive NEED to help.

And also? Save Humans Whatever The Cost? Imagine that. No REALLY imagine it. Being out at sea or camping way out in the middle of NO WHERE when some invasion hits. The sky splitting open.

Death starting to rain from above.

You have no where to hide.

Can only look up in horror. Scream and hold your kids, who you just wanted to make memories with, as you watch DEATH get closer and closer. You're crying. Alone. Will anyone even find your family's bodies?

Then SUDDENLY?

The sea or tea line SPLITS. Like a titan rising from the deep. You've seen them, meandering on the horizon. On the news. Those Fenton Work Green Works projects. Pretty and harmless, just poking along as they slowly save the world. Made to look non-threatening.

It doesn't look non-threatening now. It glows a poisonous green. Some giant SEA DRAGON or SPIDER like THING. Firing a concentrated beam of SOMETHING that cuts straight though the aliens about to tear your family apart. Flinging them back and away. And suddenly?

You are in the shadow of that colossal beast. As it fires, again and again. As the world BOOMS and shakes, full of fury and smoke. You feel so small. But... but the Green Works beast is... protecting you? Every attack that should have hit your family, it takes.

It's once pristine body, slowly gathering cracks, then holes, then missing chunks.

Somewhere in the world, superheroes force the enemy leaders back. The sky starts to clear. The Green Works beast backs away, teetering, barely holding. An automated message plays, "We are sorry for the scare. We here at Fenton Works prioritize lives over property. If anyone is injured, please, seek medical aid immediately. There is an emergency beacon and kit in this robot. Deploying."

A box pops out to either land with a thump or splash, sitting or float just in from of you, as the Green Works beast just... falls.

And it's like watching some giant and brave animal DIE in front of you. Maybe it's because of how it's shaped. Maybe the fact that it save you. But you can barely see past the tears as you struggle to open the emergency kit. Turn on that beacon, so help can find you.

And the only reason you're ALIVE is because of some cleaning robot you never gave thought too. And now it feels like it's dead because of you.

I imagine such stories make the news. The grieving faces of kids who's school bus was protected by a gargoyle. Of fishermen protected by Sea Dragons. Hikers who are only alive because of those walkers.

I imagine NONE of that reassures Batman. It is, in fact, the most terrifying sort of charm campaign he could imagine. Humanity LOVES these robots. Believes them benevolent. Bruce? He needs to be SURE.

God when that happens you'd better bet that humans are going pack bond the hell outta those beasts. Heartfelt stories shared across the world. People getting tattoos of their fave Green Works beast. People visiting the beach petting the robot turtles. Sailors tales of the sea guardians that protect them. People putting silly little hats and gloves for the gargoyles so that they won't "get cold" at night. These robots are very friend shaped, Batman! We love them!

Oh that EXACTLY what's gonna happen. And it's not like Fenton works doesn't have beacon trackers in their tech? That's really expensive tech! That Weirdos keep trying to steal or mess with! Of COURSE he has trackers in them. A way to tell when one is rendered off line.

Invasions are a nightmare to clean up from. You send out rescues teams, have to find your robots, most of which are TRASHED because, well... people were in danger. Even the mouse-bots are down. They are literally just build for infrastructure inspection and minor maintenance. But a Universal Command is a Universal Command.

Imagine that CHAOS. People crying and holding bits and boxes of "their hero!" Outside of Fenton works offices. Crowds simmering on the edge of RIOTS because everyone is upset and desperate to see the robot that saved their LIFE fixed up.

Some of them drove hundreds of miles. There are urban robots, forestry robots, beach turtles, literally every gargoyle that was IN the city. Because Every. Single. Robot. Turned on the Invading forces.

They just... stopped. Turned around. And opened fire. A city wide "Not Today, fucker." But it COST them. Being the first response? Made them the first TARGETS too. Before the Heros, before law enforcement, first responders, anyone. The invaders clearly assumed they were a planetary defense system. Acted accordingly.

So now about over 9 out of every 10 Fenton works Robots are down.

Their technicians are scrambling at full speed to repair and release. It... would be a PERFECT time, for Brucie Wayne to offer his help. Arthur is glaring DEATH into the side of his skull. His eye promising terrible, terrible retribution if Bruce messes with Fenton works while they are down, but...

He has to know.

Has to be CERTAIN.

Besides, if they ARE benevolent? Wayne Tech HAS the work force and history of charity outreach. They can help. Would you prefer LUTHOR?

(That's not the only Tech name in the game and you KNOW it, Batman.)

So, because the robots are powered by ectoplasm, there were a lot of concerns about the health risks. What would happen if the battery leaked? Danny knows from personal experience that exposure to ectoplasm is very bad. You could become a ghost, or it could just kill you. It's a super dangerous and toxic substance to work with at high concentrations.

Keyword, high concentrations.

Ambient unsignatured ectoplasm, the kind safest and most ethical for batteries, isn't even tangible if the concentration is low enough. You have to condense it to force it to occupy tangible and intangible space.

It is very possible to design the batteries so that any ectoplasm that leaks out will disperse enough to stop interacting with real world matter. A sea turtle robot leaking from its battery is a minimal risk to the fish that come across it. (Through they do let those robots stay in the field for long)

That doesn't mean the ectoplasm leaking out isn't a concern. Frankly, Danny would like to limit the amount of otherworldly matter on Earth. It would be nice be able to clean the environment of wayward ectoplasm too.

Sending more ecto-powered robots to collect the ectoplasm would be inefficient and even counter-productive, but there is a solution.

While the ectoplasm doesn't interact with real world matter, it's still subject to the space time curvature of Earth's gravity. Ectoplasmic particles will fall towards the center, pass it, slow down, and fall towards the center again. As they do, they may collide with other ectoplasmic particles and lose momentum until eventually they start accumulating in Earth's core.

All this ectoplasm in Earth's core is intangible, and the core is too dense for any of it to become tangible, so the ectoplasm ball just grows.

It's not a huge problem yet, but Danny is working on finding a way to build a portal in the Ghost Zone to the Earth core's so they can remove all the ectoplasm that's accumulated WITHOUT the core itself or anything tangible getting into the Ghost Zone. He'd rather recycle the ectoplasm without getting a face full of magma, thank you very much.

The plans for this portal were one of the few things that Oracle was able to access and save during an attempt to hack into Fenton Works.

And yeah, plans to create an interdimensional hole in the center of the planet sounds really bad out of context.

Batman feels vindicated. Until he corners Fenton. Because he makes Batman sign a NDA and then shows the problem and his working solutiona

Danny Fenton bleeds green. Lazarus green. And then Danny distills a single drop of his green blood into each robot's green fuel. Danny said it was important, because that's what programs the robots to always protect humans, because *Danny* would always protect humans (except the Joker, Danny adds with a grimace, fuck him).

Batman understands now that this is magitech. He calls in Constantine to ask his opinion.

"Oh yeah, these new machines are definitely neck deep in supernatural energy, but every last damn one of em that I've managed to examine are filled with the essence of a powerful protector. Don't know how Fenton managed it, but its a brilliant way to safeguard them from going rogue. And the poor things'll destroy themselves before ever allowing anyone to reprogram them. Believe me, I've tried every way I can imagine to try to exploit them, magical *and* mundane. Whoever the essence is from, they're damn fucking powerful."

Batman... isnt *satisfied* with that answer, but he does find it harder to be paranoid about the situation.

"I know that look. Dont you dare ask me to do what I think you are," Constantine accuses after a beat, "Look, I already woke up once this week being stared down by a dozen creepy stalker deer after running my experiments on one of them rats. I don't wanna offend some spirit goin' out of their way ta help people any more than I already have."

"They threatened you?"

"...No," Constantine hesitantly answered, "I think they were waiting to see if I succeeded. Frankly, I let the little bugger go after that. I heard what happened to the Joker after he tried to tamper with them. I wasn't askin' for a repeat."

"Hn. You dont need to summon them. I know who it is," Batman answers before lurking off.

It was Danny Fenton's blood after all. Batman had a lot more questions for him.

(Sorry if connie is ooc, i suck at british slang)

Can you imagine though, if Batman got back to interrogate Danny and FentonWorks was attacked while he was gone? By the G.I.W.? Like, the ghost hunters broke in while everyone's guards were down and kidnapped Danny for experimentation and vivisection, and the robots didn't automatically go to help him because his own protective instinct doesn't extend to himself.

Batman probably wouldn't feel awful right away, no, it takes until he and his team are partway through the compound, and they find Danny. The "scientists" there were partway through some horrible experiment, and it finally clicks for him. This kid is the same age as Tim. He looks and acts like he'd be one of his kids.

It's, relatively, an understatement to say that he doesn't do too well after having this realization.

But the public outrage after the news breaks about the head engineer of GreenWorks being arrested and tortured because of a law that blatantly violated the meta-human protection act.

Batman was convinced from the beginning that Fenton was some dastardly villain playing the long-con, but despite his best efforts, the only monsters he'd found so far were all wearing white suits.

Then, in the middle of taking down the anti-ecto acts, Batman realized that Fenton *was* working out a long term plan.

And nothing about it was malevolent.

In his investigation into the GIW, he found that they had been keeping Fenton's home town in a media black out for several years. Danny lived his entire high school career under threat of an agency that had declared him legally non-sentient.

(Danny was probably the vigilante Phantom that risked life and limb to protect his hometown, fending off League-level threats, the GIW, a terrible reputation, and for the first couple of years, even his own parents.)

Getting out into the wider world and exploiting the Wayne Industries competition to fast-track ecto-fuel robots that genuinely help both people and the environment? Putting those robots where everyone could see them? Making some of them absolutely adorable and others kind of creepy cute?

It was all to see how people reacted. It was to find out if people would recognize that some of them became sentient. And the people passed that test with flying colors.

And if a robot being fueled by ectoplasm could be so clearly sentient, what justification did the GIW have to declare ecto-entities - and Danny Fenton - completely non sentient?

It was laughable.

It was *genius.*

And on top of that, there was too much attention on Fenton for him to disappear without raising questions. If Batman hadn't been going back specifically to talk to Fenton at that moment, it likely would have taken less than a day for his absence to be noticed and commented on.

Danny Fenton was trapped in an impossible situation, and instead of breaking under the pressure like so many others would have, he put his brains and his hands to work to prove to the world that the GIW was wrong.

He even proved Batman wrong.

Bruce Wayne doesn't hesitate to endorse Danny Fenton after that.

I absolutely adore this. Bruce is admiring Danny for his genius.

But ya’ll. This is Danny. Wonderfully, brilliant, stupid Danny. I personally believe that this 100% started because he was bored, had the parts, and there was a contest. And then it just took off.

It wasn’t until later, much later, after people started treating the bots as living beings that someone (probably Sam or Jazz. Probably Jazz. Sam’s too excited about the environmental work being done) realized this could help them with the GIW. Danny was too deep in a scientific dive to think on those things.

That was EXACTLY how i intended it, yes. :)

Our precious boy danny is such a wonderful genius moron. He's better at thinking on the fly than planning ahead. Bruce definitely overthought it, but Danny isnt gonna complain cause he finally got that endorsement.

That’s it I’m making a list of all the Eco Bots/Fentron’s mentioned so far just so we can keep track of them all

Named individuals

My I propose: Landfills - Worms. Great big worms - the bigger the landfill, the bigger the worm. Some of them could even contest the Sea Dragons in size.

They have a lot of "segments" for different tasks re: doing something with the trash other than just changing where it's at and, hey, the digging in n theme. Landfill issue? just ship in a massive robot worm and let it disappear into the earth.

It'd be a lot creepier except danny put adorable faces on them for PR purposes (Jazz demanded it), so they manage to dodge any making Tremors movie comparisons.

Or at least, not seriously. (Because yeah the robots do amazing things, but people are gonna still acknowledge if they look creepy. Just cuz they love em anyway doesn't mean the creepy factor isn't still there).

This au is brilliant! On a different note Vlad Redemption arc!! The dude is still a bit morally grey. BUT, after Danny's identity reveal goes well Jack and Maddie sit Vlad down and something,something - Redemption!

Anyway on to my main thoughts. DALV.CO gets slowly converted into Fenton Greenworks- Vlad already has the factories, offices and personnel to kick start the company's expansion and growth!

PLUS THE POTENTIAL FOR BATMAN PARANOIA.

Cause think about it, major company that had a massive, shady weapons department for weapons powered by a mysterious substance. But is now making these helpful robots that also run on a mysterious substance?! Bruce is absolutely not falling for this "Corporate Redemption"! Have you seen some of the shit DALV.CO was involved in? No he doesn't believe the CEO is "turning over an new leaf" that little (multiple major press conferences and pr campaigns) speech Vlad gave on "the errors of his ways" is just smoke and mirrors!! The rest of the batfam are sitting there unsure, cause on one hand Vlad (shady businessman tm) and weird mysterious substance used to power weapons is now powering beloved robots world-wide. On the other hand, Vlad admitted that going to therapy is what prompted the change. Honestly, he just wants to support his godson's work! "People can change Bruce!"

Another idea 💡 (and admittedly the thing that started this whole post) is vulture robots!

They're one of the more morbid robots, as their main job is to find (and prevent) dead bodies. Aka patrol a city and find people/animals that have died and haven't been found/reported. They mostly work with police, animal control and hospitals. Dead body in an allyway? The vultures call the police and secure the scene, document everything that happens etc. Especially if its a suspected murder, the vultures dont leave until the cops do. (Corrupt cops trying to hide/ steal/plant evidence don't stand a chance. Their ass is identified and reported immediately) Roadkill has the vultures calling animal control to safely (and humanly!) dispose of the body.

But, the vultures are also equipped to help prevent untimely deaths. They carry medications to treat drug overdoses, epi-pens,first-aid kits to treat stab and bullet wounds,portable defibrillators, etc. Plus, they were built to be kinda intimidating.

Imagine the first gang shootout after these robots were deployed, there's bullets flying, people are screaming in fear and pain, panic everywhere - and suddenly a cease fire is called because there's 4 fucking robot vultures just circling overhead. They're swooping down to give first-aid kits to injured people, identifying the dead, just doing their jobs. But to the gang members? It's terrifying to see 4 robot vultures, the bird evryone associates with death circling overhead like you're a dying animal in a nature documentary whose about to become vulture lunch. Plus, if you try to run, they will pursue, and there's nowhere to hide when a massive robot vulture is following you through the city.

More positive side though! In times of crisis these guys are first responders! They can perform arial search and rescue, deliver supplies, alert authorities etc! If an ambulance can't get to someone fast enough, paramedics can be flown over to the patient! And the other way round! If a patient is stable enough to be transported two vultures can airlift them(on a stretcher) to hospital faster than the ambulance!

Just these massive intimidating vulture robots that find the dead but also help prevent death? These birds symbolic of death that work to prevent it?

Anyway sorry for the long post! This au has gripped my imagination with both hands and isn't letting go. :)

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Daniel Wayne, the younger toddler brother of Bruce Wayne and the son of Martha and Thomas Wayne had been kidnapped the night their parents were murdered.

Daniel had been snagged the moment their killer heard people headed to the alley and Bruce in his state of shock didn't realize it until it was far to late and could only scream in horror (from everything) as his baby brother is crying his name. (If you wanna make it even more heart wrenching, make it Danny's first time being able to say Bruce's name right and/or Bruce had said some mean things to Danny earlier after he accidentally broke something of Bruce's, something like 'I wish youd go away' or 'I never wanted a brother, you're such a bother!')

Bruce is being held by Alfred as some police officers are chasing down the Wayne's parents killer while some stay behind to see if they could do something.

Minutes turn to hours and as they wait, praying the police at least found Danny, Bruce is ridden with guilt. From his parents death to allowing his brother to be kidnapped.

Eventually the police return to give Alfred and Bruce the news. And it's not good.

The killer escaped and Danny was nowhere to be found.

And it would take many years before he would be found.

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Bruce gets a call from Damian during school hours one day. When he answers he is greeted with Damian demanding him to get to the school and explain himself.

Confused Bruce asks what does he mean and Damian responds with

"The two new students in class today are the spitting images of you and I father! Either they are poorly created clones or you have more hidden blood children!"

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Meanwhile the very students being discussed are calling up someone too

"Ellie? Dan? What's wrong? You better not have made too much chaos already, I just paid for the uniforms for that place."

"DAD! I THINK ANOTHER ONE OF THE FRUITLOOPS FAILED CLONES SOMEHOW SURVIVED!"

"What?"

Oh my god. What ifs here are amazing....

Bruce rushes over to the school (the pros of being a billionaire who can leave at the drop of a hat from wherever with very few consequences) and reaches there in record time. Damian meanwhile is stalking Ellie and Dan through the day to see what they're doing. Damian gets called to the office because his father's there.

Ellie and Dan who'd been taking great pains to act normal breathe a sigh of relief when they discover Damian making haste to leave. One of them (take your pick) slips off to check out what is going on with the weird looking clone who was spying on them.

It's while Damian is whispering the whole thing to Bruce (while being unknowingly eavesdropped on by Fenton kid of choice) that Danny arrives and another announcement is made. Ellie and Dan quickly show up to talk to Danny and not even a few seconds after that do Bruce and Damian arrive. Bruce who looks like he got sucker punched by his father's ghost and Damian who is confused why this other man looks like a younger version of his dad.

nothing funnier to me than when AI does math wrong. like I get why it happens, it's a language model that's treating the numbers you feed it as words rather than integers and then giving you an answer based on how those words typically appear in a block of text instead of actually performing a calculation. but the one thing computers are genuinely incredible at. you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did, look at it it's got hallucinations

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Batfam incorrect quotes while I wait for my Sims 4 update to download :D

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Jason: Go to hell.

Tim:

Tim: Batman, Red Hood is being homophobic.

Jason: WHAT!? YOU'RE NOT EVEN GAY!

Tim: I'm bi.

Jason: ??? Since WHEN?

Tim: I have a boyfriend.

Jason:

Jason: Batman, Spoiler turned Robin gay—

Stephanie: WHAT!? I TURNED NO ONE GAY!

Cass: ?

Stephanie: Oh my gods, I turned Tim and Cass gay... I'm gonna turn all of Batman's kids into gays.

Bruce: Please, focus on the mission.

Dick, in Blüdhaven but he likes to feel included: I mean, how do we know Batman isn't turning everyone gay?

Bruce: It is not possible to turn anyone gay.

Steph: Nightwing, Red Robin, Red Hood, Batgirl two, Batgirl three, Harvey Dent, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Ghostmaker, Superman, Batwoman—

Bruce: Batwoman was gay before she met me!

Tim: That's the only one you're defending?

Kate: He even turned himself gay.

Damian: As childish as this is, I have to point out that Superboy and I also—

Steph: HE TURNED SUPERBOY AND ROBIN GAY!

Tim: Which Superboy specifically? They're both bi.

Bruce: I DID NOT TURN ANYONE GAY!

Dick: Someday it'll just be the gays... And Bruce.

Jason: Isn't Selina pan?

Steph: The plot thickens.

Tim: Wow, this whole time I should've known I was bi just from being exposed to Bruce.

Dick: It's like radiation!

Duke: Nah, am I next? I don't wanna date dudes, I'm definitely into girls.

Tim: I thought the same thing!

Steph: Till Bruce came along...

Bruce, shouting as Jim walks onto the roof: I did not turn anyone gay!

Jim: Am I... Interrupting something..?

Bruce: . . . No.

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jason writes a novel and the entire family starts being absurdly nice to him because there's a running competition to see who can get listed first in either the dedication or the acknowledgements. tim is all sorts of wack, genuinely freaking jason out with how nice he's being. cass starts a book club and invites jason. steph tries to bake something for jason. key word tries. dick constantly reminds jason that he was his OG brother, which gets shot down by Damian, who petulantly points out that jason kind of raised him and therefor he must be jason's favorite brother. barbara sends jason a personalized tire iron and it makes jason laugh so hard that bruce's horrified mutters are almost unnoticeable. duke starts asking jason for help with his homework, and even aflred starts baking jason's favorite foods. there's so much pride hinging on this shit. they're willing to do basically anything. tim has considered just throwing his hands in the air, saying "well", and sending a crowbar through the joker's chest to take a pic and send it to jason. dick's five seconds from setting up jason and roy on a date, sure that introducing jason to his future husband has got to get him the spot. bruce's considering giving jason his own batmobile.

then the book gets published, and the entire family stands around with baited breath as they check the dedication--

"to Selina, Diana, and Talia, because father figures are for idiots and they were the only ones not participating in the weird-ass competition."

and everyone kind of just:

Ghost Jason sees Dick hallucinate him.

Jason was floating around Dick's apartment, snooping around best he could without being able to interact with anything. He heard the door click open and turned around to see his older brother in the doorway.

Jason didn't bother with a greeting, Dick couldn't hear or see him. "Jason?" -or maybe he could? Dick's voice wobbled but that makes sense, he's been dead for over four months now.

"Dick? Can you see me?" Jason didn't know what he felt except for hope that maybe, just maybe someone he knows would be able to see him.

"leave me alone Jason, just go" what? Does Dick not want me around? The whole thing was deeply unsettling, Dick could see him apparently but refused to look anywhere except the ground. Dick sounded almost broken. "Stop saying stuff like that!"

Jason's gut kept sinking lower and lower. "I didn't say anything dickhead" Dick was crying, Dick was crying, Jason's never dealt with that before. Jason rushed forward to hug him, to shake him for answers, to do something. he went right through. Damn being a ghost.

"it wasn't my fault, it wasn't my fault, I swear it wasn't my fault." Dick was wiping his tears and talking to pleading with him. Dick was looking the same direction he was before... but now Jason was behind him? It became crystal clear that no; Dick couldn't see him like he thought. "I'm sorry I never picked up the call, I'm sorry you're dead, I'm so sorry- everything was my fault"

Is he... Talking to a hallucination? No, this can't be happening. "C'mon, I'm over here, Wing"

"it should have been me instead" NO!

Jason's heart was thoroughly shattered. "He's not real! You shouldn't have died, you fucking Dickhead! Stop saying stuff like that!"

Dick didn't hear him, he cried himself to sleep on the kitchen floor.

Dick never heard him, yet Jason never stopped trying to scare away the other things that haunted him...

hi, a lot of you need a perspective reset

I know that its fairly common for Jason to have blue eyes that turn green when the pit is active, but I support that Jason's eyes are just bright green now. They don't necessarily glow all the time, but they are notably green.

The first time that Jason takes his helmet off in front of the family after his resurrection Dick won't stop staring at him and Bruce keeps glancing at him when he thinks Jason can't see it.

Jason starts taking off his helmet less because the blatant reminder that he came back different, changed, wrong.

Then Damian shows up and starts talking about how both of them inherited their mother's eyes (he refuses to listen to anyone trying to tell him it doesn't work that way)

Slowly but surely, when Jason takes off his helmet and looks in the mirror, instead of seeing wrongness staring back at him, all he can see is his baby brother's eyes.

Bruce stares at you as Batman and you have no idea what he’s thinking. But you’re terrified.

Dick smiles at you as Nightwing, but there’s nothing behind his eyes. You’re also terrified.

Jason scowls at you as Red Hood. You know exactly what he’s thinking. You’re terrified.

the idea of Bruce ever kicking Jason out of Gotham for being a murderer is so wild to me like as if Bruce doesn’t know full well that regardless of fatalities, those children need to be CONTAINED. even if he threatens to kick Jason out, he couldn’t ever try to enforce it. the batkids have to be in Gotham. they havent been trained for the rest of the world, or more realistically the rest of the WORLD hasnt been trained for THEM.

the only scenario in which i can see Bruce successfully forcing Jason out of Gotham is the scenario where Jason leaves and then Bruce gets a call from Superman 2 weeks later like ‘god please Bruce tell him he’s allowed in Gotham everything in Metropolis is on fire TAKE HIM BACK’ and when Bruce pulls up in the batmobile to pick up his shitty crime lord son Jason is sat on top of a tower of crumpled cop cars with a taco in one hand and a pressure washer in the other, shooting anyone who gets close with a rapid jet of water and giving Bruce the most shit-eating grin possible.

I know it's implied that Alfred cleans all the sheets/makes the beds in the Manor (or shares that task with the Batfamily) but imagine being the Manor maid/housekeeper who's legally bound by some insane NDA to never reveal how batshit (heh) crazy the laundry service is in Bruce Wayne's house. there is dried blood and mud and random shit everywhere. there are stains she cannot get out even with industrial strength bleach and nonstop scrubbing. she thought taking a job with a billionaire with kids meant she'd be cleaning kids' beds and maybe the occasional post-fling gross bedsheets in Mr. Wayne's room, but nope. she's down in the basement with his butler staring at a mystery acid stain trying to decide how to cut it out to save Mrs. Wayne's old embroidered sheets from certain death. they have ten minutes, maybe twelve. the acid hole is getting larger. it's bright green. Pennyworth doesn't even look surprised. he just tells her to get the shears out and save what she can.

"Rationalism" is up there with "Objectivism" in terms of "definitionally funny things to call your own belief system".

"Yeah man I've been doing some thinking and philosophy and I've come up with a framework called Being Right"

Jason: B ? Dick jumped off the Wayne Towers roof.

Batman: What of it ?

Jason: He's the only one wihout a cape. And I may or may not have taken his grapple battery.

Batman: IS HE OKAY ?!

Jason: If it wasn't for Clark his last words would've been "I'm a squirell!".

see the THING IS I don't feel like I ever worked hard enough to have "earned" the burnout, which is. probably how we got here.

Reporter: “Mr. Wayne — our readers are dying to know: What’s the secret to your youthful appearance?”

Bruce Wayne, proud owner of five reconstructive jaw surgeries, three separate sets of veneers, a handful of nose jobs, and whose skin only sees direct sunlight through the Watchtower portholes on odd Tuesdays: “Botox and medical grade skincare.”