Esto explica mucho porque la tarea en la escuela siempre me causo problemas
The way most autism literature describes "literal interpretation" is often not at all similar to how I experience it. Teenage me even thought I couldn't be autistic because I've always been able to learn metaphors easily.
In fact, I love wordplay of all kinds. Teenage me was fascinated to learn all the types of figurative language there are in poetry and literature.
But paperwork and questionnaires are hard, because there's so much they don't state clearly. Or they don't leave room for enough nuance.
"List all the jobs you've had, with start and end dates." What if I don't remember the exact day or month? Is the year enough?
"Have you been suffering from blurred vision?" Well, if I take off my glasses the whole world is blurred, but I'm fairly sure that's not what the intake form at the optometrist is asking.
Or the infamous (and infuriatingly stereotypical) "Would you rather go to a library or a party?" What sort of party? Where? Who's there? I work at a library. Am I currently at the library for work or pleasure? Does it have a good collection?
It's not common figures of speech that confound me. It's ambiguity, in situations that aren't supposed to be ambiguous.
'dating rules' are so fucking stupid btw. "don't talk too much about your hyperfixation on a first date, it'll scare them off!!" it'll only scare them off if they're a coward. Someone worthy of my affections will listen to me talk about my goal of visiting every whale exhibit with a life-sized effigy of a whale in it in the world for a solid half-hour and come away from that experience desiring me carnally.
Gotham's Underworld loves Nightwing way more than they love Batman. It's not only the fact that batman will send them to the hospital without even a good pun, but that all the goons have seen Dick grow up firsthand. Naturally, they get a little...upset when their robin is being mistreated
Nightwing, limping beside Batman on Patrol one evening, back from Bludhaven for a few days :
Batman, worried: Nightwing, are you oka-
Goon, running up to Nightwing and cutting batman off: Oh my god! Are you okay?! What happened?!
Batman: ??? Who are you
Goon: What, you don't remember me? We coparented together.
Batman: Excuse me?
Goon: Yeah i saved him from that asshole Joker when he was robin, twice!
Batman:
Goon #2, motherly cupping nightwing's face: Oh goodness, you haven't been eating in that shithole blud, have you?
Goon #3: And look at your eyes! They look so sad! Were you being hard on yourself again?
Goon #4, to Batman: You should really be more emotionally present towards him.
Batman:
Nightwing: Guys, guys, I'm okay! Really, john, jacob, jonn and joan, you can calm down now
Batman: ...You know them by name?
the thing that always gets me ESPECIALLY about autistic representation in media is that we are universally portrayed as happy-go-lucky, whimsical children, completely oblivious to the fact that the world constantly judges and scorns and HATES us.
We notice. I noticed. The reason I am as messed up as I am today is because i spent 20 LONG years in an environment where every day i was subjected to that. To noticing.
what an absolutely neurotypical view of us. Coddling themselves, getting to act like the way they treat us is fine because we don't understand that our peers dont respect us. Why would we? We're so subhuman to them, it's like asking if your cat notices you playfully insulting it.
Every autistic person I've ever met is on some level bitter and angry and TRAUMATIZED at their upbringing. Of having to go through school as the laughing stock, as the weirdo with no friends who no one wants to talk to, as the animal in the corner you can make do cheap tricks so they can experience some Simulacra of what genuine human connection is.
Now tell me, does it sound like I didn't notice?
auDHD tim drake who only makes eye contact while masking vs autistic damian wayne who makes the most unsettling eye contact at all times
I've been putting off writing a fic soooo long but oh my days, LIFE is not having it.
Is this karma for wanting to write about a...a..straight 𤎠couple.
In a context where Batman is known and seen through his public League appearances, the misogynistic, homophobic, "alpha male" guys start using his image to illustrate their discourse of going to the gym, and seeking submissive women. They admire and misinterpret his traits as endorsements of their toxic masculinity. Online, they share images of Batman with stuff like "Be the Alpha, Be the Batman". They even use the word Batmen as a synonym to Alpha Male. "Real Batmen don't show weakness".
When Bruce becomes aware of this, he hates it. He despises them for all their messed up views, knowing they completely misunderstand his principles. Batman's true strength lies in his commitment to justice, empathy, and respect for all individuals, values that are fundamentally opposed to the toxic masculinity they promote. Bruce is determined to distance his image from their rhetoric, seeing them as nothing more than sexist and homophobic idiots.
So he decides to be a tiny tiny bit more Brucie when they appear in public. Not in form, but in substance :
When he's asked a question, he tries to go "I have no clue, I'd have to ask Black Canary.", or "I'm not sure, I'd have to see what Wonder Woman thinks about that", or "This time, we really couldn't have done anything, anything at all, without Supergirl."
Also, Batman becomes more visibly affectionate with Superman. During public appearances, if he senses a camera on them, he makes sure to be seen clinging to Superman. He would rather face dating rumors every day than be associated with those idiotic discourses.
(It's also a good premise for a superbat fake-dating fic !!)
So my Batfamily brain rot is back (not that it ever really left) and I just had a thought likeâŚ
If youâre a henchman/criminal in Gotham, seeing your life flash past your eyes is gonna be a somewhat regular occurance but⌠what if like⌠the thing that truly made a henchmanâs heart fall to his ass was when they hit Robin just a little too hard and this 10 year old kid just starts crying and goes âDaaaaaadddd!â
Thatâs the moment when they truly think theyâre going to die because said dad, the kid is calling for is a 6â6 demon from hell whoâs all muscle and shadows and vengance and a lot of Gotham still thinks heâs a cryptid
The henchmen all drop their guns and try to calm the kid down but itâs over in 5 seconds flat. Batman breaks several bones before speaking to Robin in the softest voice theyâve ever heard him use and the criminal world, who was already a bit hesitant to fight a kid have even more reason to take it just a little easy on Robin.
And like, I can picture different reactions with every Robin.
Like, for Dick, heâs ten and we all know he was the most violent Robin second only to Damian so maybe when heâs ten or eleven and has calmed down a little, a henchback who still remembers what a little shit he used to be decides to get back at Robin, slips on a pair of brass knuckles and BAM
And then, little Dick just stares for a moment in shock, cheek already starting to bruise, the criminals heâd been fighting all stay still because it was a nasty punch and thenâŚ
âDaaaaad!!!â He cries out in a whiny voice that reminds them that Robin really is just a kid and it all clicks into place.
Even Bruce wasnât expecting that, Dick has just started calling him dad and he still isnât used to being called that so to hear his kid calling for him in the moment where he is startled and hurt and a little scared⌠the henchmen donât even have time to react and they wake up in the hospital with concussions and maybe a few broken bones.
It doesnât take Dick long to calm down, it was mostly that the hit from a random henchmen really startled him and got him right in the cheekbone. But Bruce still finishes patrol early and Dick still hides under Bruceâs cape all the way to the Batmobile.
Then comes Jason and Jason was such a sweet kid, I headcannon he was the one that called Bruce dad the most often while being Robin. So one night during patrol maybe he finds himself fighting Penguin or Two-Face and itâs been a long night and he has an exam the following day and Bruce is fighting another villain at the other side of the warehouse
The point is, the henchmen and Two-Face start landing hits on eleven year old Jason in his gut and at some point he loses sight of Batman fighting on the other side of the room. Jason gets scared because heâs never really fought without Batman and while he knows that Bruce is still in the warehouse, he canât see him and the handle of a gun hits the back of his ankle and he falls and he sees Two-Face or Penguin or one of the henchmen getting ready to grab the front of his uniform and beat him up andâŚ
âDaaaaddd!â
The criminals freeze for a moment. Theyâve heard the stories of what happened the last time a Robin called scared for dad.
Theyâre fucked.
They all drop their guns and try to get Jason to calm down, but heâs crying just a little bit and calls again, his voice breaking and despite having been at the other side of the warehouse just a second ago, Bruce somehow drops from the ceiling and itâs over before the criminals can keep pleading with Robin to calm down.
Jason tries to apologize for âacting like a babyâ but Bruce is having none of it and carries him back to the Batmobile and Jason is happy to just hide his face in Bruceâs cape because he knows his dad will always be there to save him.
Then comes Tim.
And Tim gets found out while doing reconnisance and somehow he finds himself face to face with Bane who manages to wrench away his bo staff and Tim is just eleven and he is scared because Bane doesnât look like heâs going to hold back
All Tim knows is that the crack he hears must surely be his ribs either cracking or breaking and he canât breath and he can only muster enough air for a single word⌠and he calls for his dad through tears and fear
And at this point⌠at this point Batman has already lost a Robin, Tim may not be his legally but he is his son just as much as Jason was
Bane spends a month in the ICU
Tim is embarrased that he reacted like that. He thinks it makes him less of a Robin to called scared for Batman⌠for dad.
So Bruce tells him of the other two times it happened. Itâs one of the first times heâs spoken about Jason to Tim so bluntly.
Then comes Stephanie.
Stephanie never calls Bruce dad when sheâs Robin. Sheâs not his daughter and heâs not her dad. Theyâre not sure what exactly they are to one another.
As far as Bruce knows, Stephanieâs version of Robin never called out to him when she was scared.
What he doesnât know is that it did happen. Just once
It was the last time she was Robin. When Black Mask had her and she thought she was going to die
At some point while bleeding and feeling nauseous and so scared she could barely hear anything that wasnât her own heart beating wildly against her chest⌠she called for dad. Not for Arthur Brown, but for Bruce
Black Mask laughed at her
Stephanie never tells Bruce
And finally⌠Damian
Now, we know Damian would probably never be startled enough to call for Bruce out of instinct, so I can see 2 scenarios in which this could happen.
First, he sees another kid do it. He sees a kid close to his own age laughing and playing, then tripping and staying quiet for a split second before crying out for mom and dad and he just⌠assumes thatâs something kids do when scared and hurt and startled and does it mostly in an attempt to be a little more ânormalâ
Or, my favorite scenario⌠he hears of the other times it has happened. He overhears maybe Dick remind Jason of what Bruce did when Jason called out to dad as Robin. Tim maybe jokes that a Robin calling for dad is still the villainsâ greatest fear
So Damian stores that knowledge away as a battle strategy just in case he ever needs it⌠and maybe a small part of him wants to put it to the test, to see if his father would protect him as brutally as heâs protected the Robins before him
So some random night during patrol, heâs up against several henchmen, a few of them grab him from behind, trying to hold him down. Damian is fighting against them when one of them swings a cylinder of metal that Damian thinks mightâve been meant for the plumbing andâŚ
The henchman breaks Damianâs nose, thereâs blood dripping down his chin and staining his uniform
Now⌠it is most certainly not the first time heâs broken something, heâs more than used to the pain, in fact, he barely feels it. However, it gives him a chance to put his little theory to the test
And so Damian allows himself to sound like the ten year old that he is and in a whiny, teary voice, goes⌠âBabaaaaa!â (Bonus points if itâs the first or second time heâs called Bruce baba instead of father)
What Damian didnât take into account though, is that Batman and Robin arenât the only ones on patrol that night. They made a big bust. The biggest part of the operation was over but they were still fighting a few stragglers. The whole fucking family is here.
And they all hear his cry.
Damian doesnât think heâs ever seen a fight end so quickly. The henchmen only have a split-second of surprise before vanishing, being tackled or shot or having knives buried on their shoulders by his siblings.
The one that actually broke Damianâs nose is being beaten up by Nightwing, Damian doesnât think heâs ever seen Grayson so angry.
A shadow kneels in front of him, father. Baba. Heâs checking Damian and Todd is right at his side, both speaking in hushed tones, checking his injuries and wiping the tears that usually came with a broken nose.
And now⌠Damian is used to his father and Grayson treating him like a child, trying to be as soft as they can with him. Even Cain does it to some extent.
But⌠having Drake wrap an arm around him, calling him baby when knocking out one of the criminals that had hurt him âthatâs my fucking baby brother!â and continue to hold him later into the night on the couch, having Brown willingly give up all the snacks she keeps in her utility belt and promise to take him to Batburger the following day for milkshakes because he was âa champâ. And Thomas wraps his favorite blanket around Damian while theyâre fixing him up.
Todd decides to stay the night at the manor. Which he never does. They all decide to spend the night at the manor when Damian still sniffles on the Batmobile and they have breakfast all of them together. Which Damian isnât sure has ever happened before and Cain gets Alfred to make pancakes with chocolate chips instead of blueberries.
They call him baby in hushed whispers but for once, it doesnât bother him even though it really should
But most of all, Bruce refuses to let him go for a good five minutes after he first cries for him. Smoothing down his hair and whispering that itâll be okay and just being soft in a way Damian has never seen before.
He sleeps between his Baba and Grayson and he knows that Todd and Drake and Cain check in on them at least twice in the night for some reason.
And he realizes itâs⌠itâs nice. Maybe this really could be an effective battle strategy to be employed again someday.
People keep forgetting this but jason was SHORT before the pit, like he was 5'2 (157cm) or something. Not only that but he was also very skinny with little muscle mass because of all the muscular atrophy. So I don't know why everyone keeps writing a Jason who never died like a really tall guy with a bunch of muscle. I totally think he would be like YJ!Jason Todd.
Tim "won't end you but will end your bloodline" Drake:
dick: jason gave me a flower today. He came up to me, all exited, then he handed me a flower and ran away giggling. I feel so special
Roy: what.
Kory: he did the same for me! How adorable right! It reminded me from when he was young. Perhaps he's trying to reconnect with his younger self? Try to live the rest of his youth?
Dick: mayhaps.
Roy: that's not a real word. And why did he gave you guys flowers and not me!
Kyle and donna walking past them,
Kyle: oh you guys received flowers? We did too!
Donna: yeah look! He even pressed it for me to use as a bookmark!
Roy: why would he give YOU FLOWERS?
artemis: I received a flower aswell, it smells acceptable.
Roy: I'm going to-
Barb, rolling up : what are we talking about here?
Dick: evreyone except for Roy got flowers from jason
Barb: oh? Did he act weird with yall too? Like he was shy but happy to give the flowers?
Kyle: now that you say it.. yeah?
Roy: so unfair! I want to see a shy jason too!!
Kory: why would he be shy with you. You're his best friend!
Roy: why would he be shy with dick! He's his brother!
Dick: I'm also like- his favorite hero!
Artemis: no that's wonder woman
Dick: well then I'm his favorite batfam member!
Barb: ehem.
dick: me and barb* are his favorite batfam members.
Roy, continues to argument.
Jason, who's been planting flowers, and very happy about how the flowers he's been giving out have been accepted happily.
Roy finds flowers in a vase, in his room later that day.