SHADOW OF THE BAT - 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨.

before we begin...

hi! I'm Ivy, and you probably know me from my dc imagines book, Ao3, or my art on Tumblr! I've been out of the reader-insert game for a minute, but the break has given me time to become a better writer. I've written small preferences in the past before, but nothing beats a huge book of them!

These will be in a more headcanon-like style since I wanted to include as many characters as I could. If you have any requests for a preference I am always open to hearing them! Drop them here and I'll get back to you soon. Some chapters might be posted out of order.

Thank you for reading, enjoy!

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characters in this collection:

DICK GRAYSON
dependable, adaptive, energetic, hotheaded.
Age: 27 years old, currently Nightwing
Era: fingerstripes, Bludhaven hero, Titans leader.
*I'll be writing him as a social worker instead of a cop 💅
Runs to Reference: 1996 Nightwing, slight Rebirth Nightwing, with a sprinkle of his other 90s appearances that I liked.

BARBARA GORDON
calculating, optimistic, self-assured, unrelenting.
Age: 30 years old, currently Oracle (milf)
Era: mid-Oracle era during the height of Birds of Prey
Runs to Reference: 90s BoP, her appearances in both Cass and Stephanie's Batgirl books. Will be avoiding Burnside Babs like the plague 🤧

CASSANDRA CAIN
extremely empathetic, perfectionist, perceptive, self-punishing.
Age: 21 years old, current Batgirl
Era: her own Batgirl run, pre-n52
Runs to Reference: Batgirl 2000, her appearances in Detective Comics at the time, etc. Basically just 90s Cass bc it's my fav era 🥰

JASON TODD
judicial, empathetic, intelligent, cynical.
Age: ~20, pit confuses shit
Era: I guess you could call this the fanon era between anti-hero Jason and the Jason who abides by the no-kill rule for a hot second/uses rubber bullets.
Runs to Reference: RHatO (very pickily), some parts of UtRH, and the cute n52 moments where he's closer w his family 💖

STEPHANIE BROWN
caring, humorous, animated, self-conscious.
Age: 19, first year of Gotham U
Era: figuring-out-Batgirl, but Bruce is back from the dead and the family isn't in shambles oof
Runs to Reference: Batgirl 2009, late in Tim's Robin run, and her appearances in Cass's Batgirl.

TIM DRAKE
dutiful, passionate, intelligent, self-deprecating.
Age: 19, first year as Red Robin.
Era: Bruce is back from the dead, so Tim is finding his own place, etc. I know RR is Tim's sad boy years and I like my Tim a little peppier, so he'll go to therapy lol
Runs to Reference: Robin 1993, Red Robin, and careful bits of Tynion's Detective Comics run

DUKE THOMAS
willful, charismatic, imaginative, rebellious.
Age: 18, a senior in high school figuring out superheroing in the daytime.
Era: The Signal, training w Batman and living w his cousin Jay. I'm going to do my best to avoid fanon Duke since it doesn't get him right at all lol
Runs to Reference: We Are Robin, Robin War, his other appearances in Batman, etc. Everything!!

DAMIAN WAYNE
emotional, loyal, strategic, closed-off.
Age: 18 or older bc we aren't gross 💖
Era: late Robin, senior at Gotham Academy, and leads his own team of Titans. On the cusp of making his own identity, but too attached to Robin to make a real decision.
Runs to Reference: both Robin solos bc yes Damian reads manga in canon (PLEASE read his current one, the art alone is worth it), Super Sons, Batman and Robin 2011, etc.