#connor whisk

for the small overlap of my followers in the centre of the batman/check please venn diagram: take a trip with me to batfam x omgcp hell lol

some prior notes before i get into this:

1. for my own safety and sanity, i primarily won’t be focusing on the grimdark, death-filled origin stories of the batfamily
2. i will be fucking around with ages, characterizations, and relationship dynamics from both omgcp and dc bc this is my au and i do what i want lol
3. there’s gonna be a fuckton more under the cut bc this is all stream of consciousness and i needed to get it down or else my brain wouldn’t shut up about it /);w;(\

oKAY LEGGO /o/

jack zimmermann is The BatMan

• broody, black-haired, blue-eyed, soft-spoken giant of a man who can terrify others with a glare
• not quite a playboy in his civilian identity as jack zimmermann, but defo a himbo who trips over his own words and generally has no idea what he’s doing if it isn’t about his family or his family’s giant corporation
• also pressure to live up to parents’ legacy as positive figures who constantly made changes to the city they loved? trying to follow in his father’s footsteps as an amazing philanthropist and business man?
• *chef’s kiss*
• he’s awkward and perhaps robotic about it sometimes but he loves his family (old and new) with all his heart and will fight the world to protect them

eric bittle is catwoman the night cat

• flirty chatty, sneaky cat burglar who steals to fund his own interests
• (it’s baking we all know it’s baking lol. he has a dream to start a career in the food industry but he can’t afford it yet so…….. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
• bitty’s got soft hands and quick technique—there’s nothing he can’t break into or break out of so long as he’s got the right tools
• first meeting with jack zimmermann as the batman was unfavourable for everyone involved. eric was a criminal trying to steal a vintage dining set from the local museum and jack was……very jack about it
• their relationship softens as they cross paths more often and they learn about each other’s identities
• bitty left home at a young age and never looked back—he may miss his family dearly but it was for the best
• besides, if he went back home then how could i run into you, mr. tall, dark, and handsome?
• jack is very flustered by him and rightfully so lol
• once he’s more integrated into the batfamily, bitty loves everyone just as fiercely as jack does

hops or bully as robin i/nightwing

• i can’t decide between the two yet for who i’d prefer for the first robin and eventually nightwing
• i love hops for the teasing, pain-in-the-ass robin and eventual titans’ leader, nightwing
• but i also love the idea of (canonically second best dancer of smh) bully being an expert gymnast who came from a family of travelling performers, whose acts are tied deeply to their cultural identities
• this is up in the air for the meantime, but either of em would be excellent nightwings
• whoever’s not robin + louis would also be in this iteration of the titans

dex as robin ii/red hood

• now i gotta be honest, i almost didn’t want to have red hood be part of this bc pain but!! i think dex would be an excellent red hood
• picked up by billionaire jack zimmermann, dex is a kid from the streets who tragically dies in undisclosed circumstances
• his homelife before jack came into it was taking care of his mother and protecting them from an abusive brother
• he takes the mantle as robin with some trepidation at first but comes to love it with all his heart
• after his death and eventual resurrection, he becomes the red hood: an anti-hero who cares for the underdogs, for the forgotten people of the city, fighting crime in his own way in the alleys where he came from
• he goes on his own adventures with his own group of outlaws—nursey, a clever archer with as much dorkiness as he does archery skill, and chowder, a naive but kind and loving alien with godly powers
• (no, neither nursey nor chowder were ever part of robin i’s titans bc i have Opinions™ about this and i want them to be their own ragtag group of heroes gdi)
• (yes, i am just furthering my polyfrogs agenda. also you can’t tell me polyfrogs as joyfire wouldn’t be the best thing ever )

ransom as robin iii/red robin

• a tired ball of chaos, ransom would be such a good tim drake i can feelit
• a bright young man who forces his way into batman’s life after robin ii’s passing and after looking up to both generations of robin growing up
• he deduced jack and co’s identities on his own and then studies up like hella to become the next robin
• he’s slightly terrified to present his findings to The Jack Zimmermann aka The Batman, but his bravery and thoroughness at the very least intrigues jack enough to take him under his wing (pun intended)
  
• ransy’s parents are not pleased when he announces everything to them
• they have expectations of the world from him but at the end of the day they love their son and they love that their son is doing good in the world
• he’s a disaster bi btw
• one of his bffs is holster aka superboy i, who is his righthand man in their team of heroes (young justice titans)
• his other bff is march aka spoiler and basically his first love who is his partner in all things batfamily
• ransom has the dick grayson problem of going back and forth between the same two redheads blondes for several years bc he loves them both very dearly

whiskey as robin iv

• jack’s son who barrels into his life after years of secrecy
• idk who i want to be his ~mother yet
• initial instinct says camilla, jack’s ex, a skilled assassin-slash-mercenary with her own moral code
• her relationship with jack would mirror that of roy and jade’s and whiskey would be lian………….except instead of lian it’d be damian LOL
• camilla kept whiskey as a secret bc she knew who Jack The Batman and Jack The Billionaire was, but she’s forced to give him up when her life comes under threat and she decides he’d be safer with jack
• jack and camilla do not have an antagonistic relationship before nor after whiskey comes into jack’s life, but just from the way whiskey grew up he’s got Some Issues to deal with
• jack allows him to express/release his emotions with combat and detective training, and eventually he becomes the next robin
• ALTERNATIVELY
• whiskey is a clone resulting from the success of experimentation combining jack and kent parson’s dna (think conner kent being the result of clark kent and lex luthor)
• kent is jack’s old flame and partner
• they grew up together and were inseparable for most of their youth until a brutal falling out where jack eventually started his path to become the batman, and kent turned to crime and world domination
• whiskey, again, was the result of an experiment studying human genetics that successfully created a clone of billionaire and masked vigilante, jack zimmermann + the head of the biggest crime league in the world, kent parson
• whiskey comes into jack’s life after discovering his conception and wanted to learn more about his other father
• he also left the league bc i imagine grooming a child to be a murderer in a villain’s syndicate takes its toll and whiskey saw this as his perfect out
• cue the same journey to him becoming robin iv

other notes

• shitty is alfred pennyworth but not an old butler. he is instead jack’s righthand man and best friend. if it wasn’t kent with jack growing up, it was shitty, and shitty stuck by jack’s side after kent left. they know each other as well as they know themselves, and jack would trust his life and family with shits. shitty’s basically his live-in manager and PA, but he loves what he does and he, too, protects the batcave with a shotgun (as well as a foul mouth lol)
• lardo is lucius fox and heads all of zimmermann enterprise’s innovations. she got into a relationship with shitty after years of the two of them dealing with jack’s bs and eventually they two fell in love. she’s a genius and unafraid to put any of the batfamily in their place, especially since shitty won’t. yeeeeeears down the line, once jack puts up the cowl once and for all and she and shitty have their own family, their son picks up the mantle to become the next batman a la jace fox
• tater is the superman to jack’s batman. a loud and kind humanoid alien who was adopted by russian immigrants after crashlanding to earth as a baby and grew up to eventually become superman
• tango is superboy ii and whiskey’s best friend. idk if i want him to be tater’s son, but i do want super sons, and whiskey needs a sunshine alien just like damian lol
• george is wonder woman. i am not taking any questions about this.
• alsoapril is wonder girl in young justice a la cassie sandsmark. i will not be taking questions about this either.
• if she isn’t whiskey’s mom then camilla is batwoman. no questions here as well.
• idk yet who i want as cass and babs but i know want them here somehow. i just dunno yet. maybe farmer as oracle?? ford as orphan?? vice versa??? use jenny and mandy instead???? maybe i should rearrange the whole damn family????? idk yet but don’t worry i haven’t forgotten them~!

jewishnursey:

I think that Whiskey is in some ways a parallel to Parse and perhaps a foil to him.

Yes, I will be taking questions.

Per some replies: @frogbogs@havent-the-faintest@lesbianholster

I haven’t seen the supposed mysterious parse comic so my take on his arc might be lacking BUT-

I think that from what we’ve seen of him, Parse is the product of being queer in sports without fundamental support or an outlet. He’s playing one of the most homophobic sports professionally and grew up in that culture.

I think that both him and Whiskey care more about being big in the sport than about being a gay icon (as ngozi put it in that one extra), but the difference is that while Whiskey had Bitty who had his back, Parse didn’t have that.

Even to the comics present day, people were aware of and in dialogue about Jack and Kent juniors. Parse was both in and out with his identity and never on his terms. This is something fundamental that Bitty gives Whiskey which i think was a main point to their Dibs exchange.

Both Whiskey and Parse come from non-excepting backgrounds, had to have their queer attractions and relationships kept secret and probably under a veil of shame, and both of them have to do this for the sake of their personal goals.

The difference is that Whiskey has a Bitty. This is where I think they foil each other and where I think their parallels begin to drift off..

Whiskey is I think what Parse would be is Kent went to Samwell instead of Jack. Did the whole college to pro arc that clearly Whiskey is headed on.

In the last few updates of the comic, there has been a clear emphasis on the impact of the individual as well as the setting.Samwell gave Bitty, but also clearly Jack the space and people to foster positive development. Even though he doesn’t end up coming out or being completely open, Whiskey’s arc ends hopeful that he’s on his own path to discovery and growth. This is because of Bitty and Samwell in general! Remember, Whiskey says that Bitty had his back!

Parse is what happens when you don’t have the proper support or conditions to develop on your own terms. Parse is what happens without Bitty and Samwell.

Not to like, make Bitty into some sort of divine figure, not what I mean at all! Also, I am fairly neutral on Parse, I understand why people hate him and I understand why people project all over him. Mostly I don’t think he’s a villain, I think he’s a foil. Anyhow if anyone has more thoughts please! Add away!!

I think that Whiskey is in some ways a parallel to Parse and perhaps a foil to him.

Yes, I will be taking questions.

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