manakete.⠀ can’t believe i haven’t shared the updated talon timeline here yet!! there’s still a chunk that follows from where it ends, 2020 onward — i’ll get around to adding the rest eventually ✨

manakete.⠀ imagine being bruce and this is the first time you see the son you thought was dead since accepting he was dead two years ago

manakete.⠀ two hypothetically covers featuring (current) talon, one with oracle and one with cass as batman black!

manakete.⠀ and likewise here we’ve got talon year one (his court armor) and talon year two (i like to call this one classic talon because it was his first costume after leaving the owls. unfortunately his whole identity at that point was desecrating nightwing)

y’know, a barb? not deadly, but sharp and prickly and ( irritating ) to higher beings? ( his own gaze is amused, brow raising in doubt. ) you and my joker? BESTIES? BWAHAHAHAHAH — wow! WOW. he must done a real number on you.

MMMMMMMMMM — some jokes you’re just not privy to, i fear! but who knows? mayhaps you’ll impress me and MAKE it your business.

y’know, a barb? not deadly, but prickly and ( irritating ) to higher beings? ( his own gaze is one cruelly amused, once he makes the cartwheel to close the space betwixt them. ) i think there were SEVERAL sharp points involved, actually.

AAAUAUHFHFHFJFBGNGNJFNF — ( face burnt off, muscle and sinews now stitching themselves back in place over his exposed skull. )

. . . alone.

really? ( her ) ?! when she has EVERYONE?

( he can’t even scream ‘ WAIT ’ due to the way his face is still forming. )

maybe it does make sense. doesn’t mean she really ( gets ) it. she’s — . . . she’s still human. there’s no way for her to know.

you are the youngest person EVER !!

BLOOD OF BARBATOS.

why twenty days? why not right NOW ??

whatever you do, you better make it count! better make it hurt! better kill me in one shot!

me and BLOOD OF BARBATOS.

wait — you consider me a buddy? ( 🥹 )

well, that’s . . . i’ll take it!