fic: Parenting: A Guide By Bruce Wayne (Batfamily; gen)

[musesfool]

Parenting: A Guide By Bruce Wayne
DCU; Bruce, Alfred, Damian, Cass, Jason; g; 1,600 words
Three times Bruce was a Batdad to his kids.

Inspired by this tumblr post, and slightly edited from what I appended onto it on tumblr. Pre-reboot.

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Comments

[klena]

These were wonderful, although the section between Cass and Bruce made me all wibbly. I love their relationship so much and through Cass, Bruce gives himself little moments of being fallible and human too. Ugh ♥

[musesfool]

Thank you! I'm so happy that worked for you! <3

[klena]

It really did! I have a lot of problems with Bruce sometimes, but whenever anyone explores his dynamics with the rest of the Batfamily, I'm a sucker for it.

[musesfool]

Yeah, I find Bruce on his own a little difficult to love, but once he's with his family (or the Justice League), I enjoy him a lot more.

[klena]

Absolutely, I feel the same. When he's written as a detective, I love it. But I feel that sometimes writers can be lazy with Batman and make him flat, but also give him a load of dickish traits to explain why he never lets anyone close. You don't need to do that! He's been around for 70 years, we know!

[musesfool]

Yeah, I think Frank Miller's take superseded a lot of previous characterization, and it's a shame, because that's such a narrow view of the character - he could be (and has been!) so much more!

[klena]

(I am the worst and have not been on LJ in a month, sorry!)

Yeah, Frank Miller did a lot of damage, because he saw what he wanted to see in Batman. I mean, I guess we all do the same with superheroes, but Miller wanted a Film Noir vigilante in a costume with none of the wit and charm of those guys.