Overachiever Tim Drake goes to ballet with Cass and picks it up fast enough that he and Cass are set to perform together in a production of Giselle with Cass as the lead, Giselle, and Tim as Hilarion

YJ has front row tickets and bouquets prepped for both of them

Bruce has front row tickets and a bouquet for Cass, he did not know Tim would be in the production

Alfred also has a ticket and a bouquet for Cass

Jason was off on an outlaws mission but sent flowers for Cass and if he and Tim are on amicable terms and Jason finds out Tim was in the performance too then later Tim might get some alien tech as a congrats present

Dick is there opening night and castigates himself for not knowing Tim was in the show too and having flowers only for Cass, takes both Cass and Tim out to dinner after the show, ditching B who was planning the same but wasn't as quick as Dick to make the invitation since he was trying to rearrange the reservation to make sure there was room for Tim which previously he was not included in Bruce's count. YJ goes with as well since they also had dinner plans prearranged with Cass and Tim and are generous enough to allow Dick to be part of the group since he's making an effort.

Damian, bribed to be on his best behavior, is actually impressed with the dancers' skill and has flowers for no one, ends up left with B and Alfred after the show instead of going to dinner and is upset. Dick gets him out early from school on a different day for lunch to make up for it.

Tim is going to never try out for a production again no matter how much of her share of cookies Cass promises him or how much she makes pouty faces and calls him little brother. He arranges for people to present flowers to every performer at the end of the show. Last thing Gotham needs is a ballet themed rogue who was salty that they weren't satisfactorily appreciated for their talent.

Tim and Cass dancing together is a beloved hc. Usually, I love to see them casually dancing with each other in the kitchen, on Gotham's rooftops, in the Batcave, and in the living room. Them performing on stage together is precious. I hope Alfred got a video of it.

Cass probably purposefully didn't tell Bruce, Dick, and Alfred about Tim as a prank. She purposefully refused to tell Jason (I personally like their relationship to be where she loves Jason, her brother, but also hates his guts cause he murders people. Just sibling-like hatred, though). She only tells Damian about it cause she thinks it would be funny if he knew and she knows that he wouldn't inform the others.

I'm glad YJ is there to support them, though. What food did they end up getting?

ok technically the poll is still running but like. there’s an obvious winner so i’m just gonna call it

results from round twelve

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Bruce: Cassandra has done nothing wrong ever in her life

David Cain: she killed a man

Bruce: no she didn't

Cass: I killed a man

Bruce: no you didn't

Bruce, watching a video of Cass killing a man: this is fake.

dick: justice league crushes, go. mine is superman jason: wonder woman duke: wonder woman as well steph: zatanna tim: lois lane dick: she’s not— tim: lois lane *bruce walks in* bruce: what are you guys talking about? duke: our jla crushes bruce: oh🤨? don’t mind me… *everyone mentally calculating how best to annoy bruce* damian: green arrow dick: i rescind my earlier statement. green arrow jason: me as well. green arrow steph: yeah, green arrow duke: agreed. green arrow tim: green arrow, 100% cass: *signing* green arrow cullen: tim green arrow bruce: *crying* cass you don’t even LIKE men

Hu...Bonsoir ?

Using a wheelchair never made Barbara Gordon weak. Being on the autism spectrum made Bruce Wayne a better detective. Struggling with spoken language does not mean Cassandra Cain should be treated like a small child. Stephanie Brown is more than another teen pregnancy statistic. Jason Todd most likely has c-ptsd, he needs help not being labeled the unstable member of the family. Dick Grayson has more trauma than ever fully acknowledged. Damian Wayne is just a kid raised in a unstable environment, raised to be violent. Tim Drake was never supposed to be Robin, he did it because Batman needed a robin. Duke Thomas lost his parents, even though they never died.

Black Bat: What do rainbows mean to you?

Nightwing: Gay rights.

Spoiler: There's money.

Red Robin, with malice: The sign of God's promise to never destroy the whole Earth with a flood.

Robin: It is an optical phenomenon that separates sunlight into its continuous spectrum when the sun shines on raindrops.

I'm currently taking care of family friends' cat bc they're on vacation, so obviously I'm gonna use that lol.

So. Vlad's on vacation. He has to leave his cat behind. He somehow forces Danny to take care of it while he's gone. You get the picture.

But the problem is, batfam started looking into this shady millionaire. And they finally decided to take action and look through this creep's mansion. But they forgot he obviously hired someone for babysitting his cat.

So now Danny walked in, he has headphones in, he's singing songs, doing his little dance. He gives the cat food, pets her, let's her out. Maybe he even gives water to the plants. And than he plops down, connects to the wifi and goes on social media.

Meanwhile batfam are trying to quickly figure out how to quickly complete their mission, without allerting this random teen. That's not that hard on itself, but he always seems to follow them! Especially Jason, Cass and Damian.

[another addition is that when Danny finally discovers them, they scare him so badly, he falls on the floor, accidentally duplicate and turns into his ghost form. He's floating over his body, looks down and then back at the bats "...I was about to say you scared me to death, but I don't think it's appropriate anymore" (yes I did thought of this specific scenario jist to put that joke there leave me alone). Batman meanwhile is trying very hard not to adopt the ghost (and cry. He's trying very hard not to cry.)]

Cass should not have a kindly cutesy voice. Don’t be a coward and give Cass the most gravelly voice that wasn’t used for half her life.

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jason: who the fuck added me to a fucking group chat?

steph: >:O language

damian: yeah, watch your fucking language

dick: okay, who taught damian the fuck word?

cass: 'the fuck word'.

tim: are you foolish? you guys use the f word all the time

damian: oh my god, timothy censored it

cass: say fuck, tim.

damian: do it, timothy. say fuck.

I severely need Tim to get hit by The Clench a second time. I need him to cough blood and bleed from all orifices. I need him to get back on that medical bed and wrapped with a whole bunch of bandages. I want Tim to be on the verge of hopelessness because he doesn't believe he would make it. I want Bruce to be so firm in his denial, everyone believes his words as truth, making Tim super bitter on the inside but feeling touched that he actually cares. I want Tim to be on the verge of death, and Jason and Damian doing their utmost best to find a cure for Tim, but there's not enough time and their best doesn't feel like it's enough and. I need Dick to be his original, unhinged, rageful self on the warpath for whoever had the wonderful idea to give his baby brother The Clench a second time. I need Cass breaking bones and putting people on the verge of death because she's scared and angry and no one can stop her, not until her little brother is safe. And why Tim? Why not any other character? *grabs you by the face and squishes your cheeks* Because that boi is my blorbo and things need to happen to him

Tim barely survived the Clench with a fully functioning immune system. I doubt he'd survive a second dose... but that could be part of the angst.

Maybe he survives because Bruce already has the cure on hand, or maybe Ra's al Ghul releases a different deadly disease to take out Tim.

For Tim, I don't think slowly withering away in bed is something he can handle. He's meant to be up and helping others. He'd be so frustrated with his failing health, his constant sleeping (which loses a ton of time), and how his family hovers around him. He feels miserable (pain, fever, shaking limbs, vomiting, etc). He just wants to feel okay again. He wants his family to stop looking at him like that. He doesn't have enough energy to reassure or help them.

Tim is clenching the bed sheets as another family member sits by his bedside and confesses their regrets in case this is it. He hears the distinct pitches, tones, and defense mechanisms as they apologize for past transgression. With the way Tim's voice keeps sputtering into coughs, he can't interrupt or absolve them. He wishes they wouldn't do this.

He had forgiven them long ago.

Damian, a kid who's seen so much death, shouldn't be so shaken at Drake's frail figure. The sight of the person he's just starting to accept as his brother shouldn't cause the younger one's hands to shake. Tim has always been fallible (Damian has seen it when he pushed Tim off that dinosaur), but he's never been so defenseless and weak. The youngest Wayne can hardly leave his post at Tim's door or bedside.

dick grayson (5’10” with the body of a gymnast): this is my baby brother!

jason todd (6’3” brick wall of muscle): …hi

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cass wayne (5’5” with the body of a dancer): little brother!

jason (almost a whole foot taller than her): hiya cass

More quotes from my day as incorrect batfam quotes:

Damian: Reminder that I don't even like any of you, like I can't even tolerate most of you.

The entire batfam: ??

Damian: Except Dick of course, oh and Bruce and Alfred, and all my pets, oh and Cass, and of course Stephanie, and I guess Jason is fine, and Kate, and definitely Duke is safe from my hate, and Barbara.

Majority of the batfam: Aww

Damian: ...

Tim: ??

Damian: Oh and I almost forgot!Jarro is also an exception. But the rest of you are so fucking annoying.

Tim: Hello??

Damian: Hi?

Cass' relationship to killing is more interesting than just "she was trained to kill" or "she doesn't kill". When Cass was 8 she killed a man and when she saw how it felt like to die through his eyes she decided to never kill again. Sort of. While she was on the run she killed a dying cow to end it's suffering. After joining the bats a criminal pulls a gun at her and accidently kills his friend so she stops his heart temporarly to teach him a lesson. She stabs Ravager in the throat and tells Deathstroke she will die unless he take her to the hospital immidiately. It seems she has no problem dealing mortal blows to her enemies if she knows they can survive them. Cass is willing to forgive killers like Alpha because she thinks they can change, she believes in second chances. However by the end of her run she becomes convinced that some killers like Shiva will never stop killing unless someone stops them. Still, she can't bring herself to kill Shiva permenantly. She becomes angry at Slade and Cain for giving her a mind control drug that makes her kill (dumb plotline that I hate) and she WANTS to kill them but she can't bring herself to do it .

Basically Cass has seen death up close, and refuses to kill, even if she really wants to. She believes others can change like she did. But also, because her threshold for what counts as a mortal blow is super high she would just... stab someone in the throat and be like " this isn't dengerous"

I love her.

Do you think Tim and Cass spend hours in the cave running through various scenario's of faking each other deaths? Like in Robin & Batgirl: Fresh blood they have fake fighting to the death where Tim 'kills Cass' and they both freaked out a bit because it was hard to try and figure out how to fake kill one of them, so I can totally see them practicing how to fake each other's deaths. They call it training but it very quickly turns into a game between them. At first it very much freaked their family out but they got used to it... kinda.