Those panels of Cass wondering how Tim is able to laugh when he’s so full of sadness, and Tam calling Tim the saddest person she’s ever met? Parallels to me.
The boy must have read books in conditions that aren’t optimal for reading. Since he was a kid.
Sure, the Pit could heal it all, but he was back it with his old habits after coming back to life, like hiding in dark corners to read. Places where no one would find him and he wouldn’t be interrupted.
Sure, he could bring a lamp, but he was perfectly fine reading with whatever little light he got, why bother?
Fast forward some years, he notices that words get blurry and he has to squint more and more.
Roy mocks him. He looks like an old lady. Like a dad reading the newspaper.
He gets sent memes about old people facing small screens and modern technology
(Yes I’m pushing the Old Man Jason agenda as well, as seen in PandaRedd’s skits.)
The thing is
He needs glasses to read.
Artists of Tumblr, please, I beg you. Jason with glasses.
Because Bruce sometimes reverts to ‘Caveman Mode’ and really only the Batfam speaks fluent ‘monotone Batman grunt’ sometimes they like to overreact or exaggerate just to see if Bruce will correct them.
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At JL meeting: *Green Lantern says something about a report*
Batman: Hn
Robin!Dick: Woah, B! Don’t use that kind of language! Relax, I’m sure GL didn’t mean it!
Hal: What, what’s happening, What’d he say? What’d I say?
The brain worm head cannon of Batman being able to carry all of his adult children in case of emergencies is incredibly amusing to me still and I want to show you why.
Imagine being a Gothamnite walking around at night and you just see Batman absolutely MACKING IT with Nightwing in his arms.
Has Batman kidnapped Nightwing? Will Nightwing be okay? IS NIGHTWING OKAY?
and then you hear “pUt mE DoWn B, ITs jUsT a sTab wOuNd I’m FINE!”
“Stop squirming.”
The Gothamnite realizes this is just vigilante parenting.
Bruce knows that his kids take after him in his self destructive habits so he has to physically remove them if they need to leave a fight.
It just so happens that the easiest way to do that is to yoink and skiddadle.
Dick: Uh, Tim, why do you have a gold sticker on your arm?
Tim: Jason’s handing them out.
Damian, showing his arm off proudly: I got the most.
Dick: Um, that’s nice?
Tim: We each get one every time we punch someone in the face on patrol.
Dick: Okay, less nice…
Steph: Jason decided the best way to show his displeasure towards Bruce was to be as petty as possible.
Tim: B said it wasn’t necessary to punch everyone we saw committing crime in the face.
Dick: A bit hypocritical, but continue.
Steph: Jason saw the opening.
Damian: And I won.
Dick: Hey why is Tim crying?
Steph *also crying*: J- J- Jason is t- trying out a n- n- new reward system
Dick: Woah there Steph! What could he possibly be doing that would make you both cry
Steph: He’s- he’s using his words
Dick: What? He’s complimenting you?
Steph: He said he was *hic* proud of us
Damian *facing away, voice wobbling*: I am of course immune to emotional manipulation, and would never need such trivial statements
Dick *post bad guy beat down*: You gonna say you’re proud of me now Little Wing?
Jason *grinning*: You’re a good big brother Wing, fighting at your side makes me feel like I’m really alive
Dick: 😭 -okay
Jason Todd just out here finding new and improved ways to look smugly in Bruce’s direction
Bruce, pouting: I told you I was proud of you last night.
Tim: But it’s Jason.
Alfred watching all this: *internally* this is what it took for him to start being honest with his emotions? One uping Bruce. I’m not surprised I should have thought of it years ago at this rate he will be properly communicating his feelings and so will his siblings within months
Jason going to therapy because he’s willing to confront his trauma in healthy ways.
Jason going to therapy because Bruce never could
jason going to medical school because bruce dropped out
Jason getting like five masters and three PhDs because he loves the congratulatory remarks Alfred gives him while Bruce looks up at the ceiling.
Jason: you always said be the better man, Bruce.
Jason: N O W I M B E T T E R T H A N Y O U
I just imagined that the compliment contest turned out as a full blown war of compliments where Jason and bruce fight to see who can compliment their family best and it just ends up with Bruce and jason aggressively compliment each other while the rest of the batfam is just on the ground crying cause that’s the most open they have been to each other in years
And you just know the other kids would egg them on.
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