[IMAGE ID: digital art of the batfamily in front of a white background. Dick, Tim, Jason, Bruce, Damian, and Steph are present, with Duke front and center. They are all absolutely covered in paint and colored glitter, the colors all matching their superhero identities, and Duke looks down at himself with a grimace on his paint-streaked face. END ID.]
I’ve decided I won’t be posting on this page anymore :’) it’s been a long journey but it’s time for things to come to an end
1) I’m a junior in college I’m insanely busy all the time w 20 credits per semester
2) arguing with white people on this app is beyond exhausted especially as a queer blacks person. Reminder that its not my job or the job of ANY POC to educate white people on being anti-racist. Which for some reason is not something a lot of people are able to grasp
My last post had a shit ton of white people come into my inbox and messages playing victim saying “colonizer” was an offensive term. And calling Bruce a colonizer is a slur. That Damian has “a better story with his white father than his Arab side”, that the ethnic identity of Dick doesn’t matter. That Duke and Cass were forced diversity. And I’m just too old and don’t have time for that type of bigotry. And while many might say “just ignore it” non POC particularly non BIPOC will never truly understand experiencing racism from every platform and every corner of your life. So since I have control of this blog, I’m not going to be entertaining racists or allow them to create scenarios where POC are the villains and white people are the victim just because they’re uncomfortable when called out. I don’t regret a single thing I said about Dick, Damian, Duke, or Cass. (None of this is related to the conversations about Bruce being ethnically Jewish)
The fandom, like 90% of fandoms… is toxic. and DC writers without a doubt are problematic. There is no denying it and as an adult, I have to advocate for my own mental health preservation as well as define what being an ally and activist means to me, and making excuses for the fandoms bigotry at my fossils age of 20 too close to 21, is not something I can be comfortable with
3) I’ve had this blog since I was 16/17? In many ways it’s outgrown me and I’ve outgrown it.
DC and the batfam has had such a huge impact on my life and it will forever be something I love and adore but it’s time for me to part ways with bats-and-brats. Thank you to everyone who has followed, liked and rebooted me all these years and sent me supporting messages. I’m not going to delete the page but I will no longer be answering messages, requests or replies ❤️ - Les
- Damian is half Middle Eastern/Arab?? I feel like a vast majority of the fandom (specifically the ◻️ population ) chooses to forget this and write it out of headcanons and fanfics not to mention the white washing…
- Middle Eastern culture specifically the food is something I know Damian holds on to dearly (which is canon) and I think he introduces his brothers and sisters/ others to it.
- Same goes w Dick, who basically had his whole ethnic cultural background erased he’s ethnically half Romani and I think that should be talked about more. And if u know anything about history you know why it’s problematic to erase this part of his character
- Cass and Duke as well for extremely obvious reason
- I just think it’s incredibly important to recognize the cultural differences of the POC and marginalized groups in the DC universe because let’s be honest if it weren’t for them would people still be that interested in a white man part of the 1% running around “fighting crime”
- Damian, Duke, and Cass calling Bruce a colonizer is honestly the funniest thing to me
I’ve said a lot of this stuff before but I think some people ( *cough* ◻️ Americans) still need to be reminded of it frequently.
EDIT: these are not things I’m going to debate ESPECIALLY with nonPOC. You have some nasty racist shit to say? You’re getting blocked.
EDIT TO EDIT 2(wow): @hillshollow explained that the dc creators did make Bruce ethnically Jewish (don’t get on me I know that he is not practicing but that doesn’t erase his ethnic identity)!! So everything I said down below involving antisemitism applies to him and his mother.
Some other DC characters that are firmly canonly Jewish: Both Hal Jordan and Harley Quinn are Jewish and there is intentional erasure of their cultural/religious identities as well throughout the DC fandom and comics which if u didn’t know is absolutely anti-semitism.
- throws sweaty towels in Tim and Damian’s face after working out
- taking Tim and Duke to Wendy’s at 3am
- walks into Damian’s room without knocking and just makes himself at home
-turns off Tim’s iPad while he’s doing something
- the cool older brother lectures that Dick can’t pull off.
- “if I ever catch any of you smoking I’m going tie you to the back of the bat plane and take off. Now get in the car we’re getting milkshakes”
- body slams his younger brothers. Which seems like innocent fun but remember hes like 200 lbs of muscle so it always gets him yelled at by Alfred, Bruce and Dick
- crashes Tim’s dates
- set up a double date FOR Tim and Kon and Damian and Jon
- Damian went screaming and crying to Bruce that Jason was interfering in his personal life
- sometimes Tim won’t leave Bruce alone. Like he’ll just barge into wherever he is. Interrupt whatever he’s doing. Bruce loves spending quality time with his son. But said quality times needs to be a scheduled appointment. I do that to my mom so I’m sure one of them does that to Bruce.
- Dick and Jay wrestling and Bruce hitting them with a newspaper
- y’all know the circle game from like fucking 2003. I feel like that would go horribly wrong in the Wayne household
- Bruce recognizes that if Jason is EVER giggling, he needs to leave the premise immediately for his own safety.
- The looks that Steph and Barbra give eachother when they have to witness the boys do literally anything
- Bruce snores like a dad when he sleeps in his arm chair
- Duke has been kidnapped by his brothers. Like they thought it would be funny to kidnap him. They all got their asses kicked and Duke went crying to Alfred. Alfred was not pleased.
- Jason finds the ugliest ties and he always gives the to Bruce. Bruce treasures them
- whenever one of the kids calls Bruce “dad” he literally can not say no. That’s how Jason got his credit card information and Damian got the keys to the Porsche
- once a year Jason gets an angry phone call from Bruce demanding he return the Batmobile tires.
- Cass absolutely knows how to cry on command. And she uses it to her advantage. (Extra ice cream)
- Jason, Tim and Duke are banned from every 7/11 in the country
The gothic vibes of Jason waking up in his own coffin single handedly make the “Superboy Prime punching universe” resurrection story superior to “resurrected by Lazarus Pit”
Robin Jason as the adventurous and sometimes reckless knight of wands. Originally I wanted to feature each person in the court cards alone, but Jason would be too lonely like that so here they are Robin and Nightwing in year one.
how must the Dick -> Jason Robin switch have looked to the Gotham Rogues. it’s not as if they did a formal ‘attention, Robin has quit his job and will now be operating as Nightwing’ announcement. like after a certain point it must have become like a Known Thing that periodically Batman gets new sidekicks. but that first changeover must have messed w people’s heads right??
like. you are a B-list Gotham Rogue. You haven’t seen Robin in months. You’ve asked around and no-one else in the circles you move in has seen him either. You’re starting to get worried but you aren’t sure if you have the kind of relationship with the Batman where it would be appropriate to ask after his sidekick’s wellbeing. Every time he shows up Robin-less you get progressively more stressed out.
you are a B-list Gotham Rogue. Batman has Robin again but he is very clearly a different, significantly younger boy. This suggests that the OG Robin being gone is a permanent state of affairs. You’re starting to fear the worst. You’re like 85% sure Robin died and Batman quietly replaced him with a different child in the same costume. You’ve been asking around to see if someone killed him but no-one will admit to knowing anything. You really want to ask but you don’t feel comfortable asking the Batman if his sidekick got murdered, especially not with the new kid right there.
you are a B-list Gotham Rogue and you’re fighting Nightwing for the first time, he’s usually over in Bludhaven so you haven’t crossed paths with him before. And wow this guy’s voice sounds really familiar but you can’t place it - wait Robin??Oh my god Original Flavour Robin is that you?? Hey buddy how’ve you been?? Love the new costume! We’re so relieved we all thought you’d died!! :D Hey ow-
*B-List Rogue has been apprehended by the Batman and is sitting around waiting for the police to show up*
B-List Rogue: hey you know you could have told us the og Robin was Nightwing now
Batman:why the hell would I do that
Batman:waithow do you know that?
B-Lister:I’ve met you guys a bunch of times? I know what his voice sounds like and what most of his face looks like? so I recognised him?
Batman:
Batman:ok but why would we tell you? do you not understand how the whole masked vigilante with secret identity thing works?
B-Lister:you son of a bitch I thought he was dead??he straight up disappeared and I thought he’d died or something?
Batman:what the hell do you care
B-Lister:………………I rob banks and do museum heists and you knowall my methods are non-lethal, so yeah I care??
B-Lister:I don’t want your kid sidekick dead??
Batman:alright but I don’t understand why you assumed he was dead just because he stopped being Robin.
B-Lister:
B-Lister:he disappeared for months and then you partnered up with a similar looking kid in the same costume, do you have any idea how creepy this whole situation looks from the outside??
Jason, who’s been standing off to the side throughout this entire interaction: I’m getting kind of uncomfortable
B-Lister:…yeah that’s fair I’ll shut up
B-Lister:
Jason:
Batman:
B-Lister:so did you end things or did he end things or what
