Dickinette--Mischief Managed

Dickinette--Mischief Managed

For @black-streak

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It's a prank war, my dudes! (And I’ll warn you now, it’s gonna be super cheesy, but I had fun with it)

Marinette and Dick have been dating for a few years (like four, probs?) at this point. They're at a great place in their relationship, and they don't fight often.

There is one thing, however, that can't be helped but fought about:

The Prank War.

Started about three months into their relationship when Dick switched the shampoo and conditioner in the manor with purple hair dye to trick his brothers but accidentally got Marinette, the war has become a staple of their relationship. Usually, one of them will prank the other in retaliation about a month after the last prank, to give enough time for the other to forget and be lulled into a false sense of security.

However, this prank is going to blow the rest out of the water.

Why?

Well, because it isn't really a prank at all.

Marinette's latest prank involved a total redo of the most recent Nightwing suit (or what Dick thought was his suit-- it was actually a replica. Marinette was dedicated to the prank, but she wasn't cruel. The real one is hidden away. She won't tell him where it is, not yet), sewing on ladybug-esuqe accents and spray-painting the logo a bright red and the mask a bright pink. Dick totally freaked out, but after he took a few deep breaths he thought it was actually pretty funny.

Dick has been hyping up this prank for weeks. He's been super cryptic and has been throwing out so many red herrings that Marinette is totally freaking out. She's super on edge when Dick isn't in the room, and everyone else notices it.

Dick refuses to tell anyone what he has planned. Literally nobody knows what's happening.

Scratch that.

One person knows-- Alfred. (He helped pick something special out with Dick that he thought Marinette would just adore Mwahhahahaha). Alfred has not said a word, and pretends to be as clueless as the others to keep up the ruse.

***

It's been almost two months since the suit prank. Literally nobody (save Dick) knows when and where and what exactly will happen (Alfred only knows part of the equation).

One fateful day, Dick calls Marinette and tells her to meet him on the roof of the Wayne Gardens building (not in costume, but he doesn't care if she wears it to get there). He also says to wear something generally nice, noting that it shouldn't be anything she wants to get dirty.

Marinette is very confused and worried. This has to be it, right? The big prank?

So she goes, and when she gets there, she sees the roof access door open slightly, with what is very obviously a bucket propped on top of it. Dick is nowhere to be seen.

Marinette walks around the roof, checking for traps and anything that could attack her. Nothing is there.

She does, however, find a note on the floor by the door.

'Come on down!' it reads. Marinette opens the door slowly, taking care not to be in the bucket's range. What she was expecting was water, or syrup, or something else like that. What she found, however, was a key, another note, and confetti.

'Solve the puzzle!' the note read.

So she went downstairs and into the gardens, where she found a little wooden box sitting on a bench. Alone. With nobody around.

Suspicious much?

What Marinette expected: one of those boxes with a fake mouse in it, or a trap that would spray her with silly string or whipped cream when she opened it.

What she found: another note, and a full untouched water balloon.

'Throw me,' it said, with an arrow pointing to the left below the words. Marinette did as instructed, and there it as far as she could in that direction. It landed behind a bush and she heard the splatter, as well as a ringing sound coming from the area.

She walked over and found another note taped to a leaf, this one a little wet (oops).

'Good aim!' it read. 'But hey, where's that noise coming from?'

The ringing changed from an annoying sound to classical music, a song Marinette recognized. It was a song she and Dick had danced to at the gala where they met all those years ago.

She scoured the area for the sound, but it wasn't coming from the room. It was actually coming from a speaker near the glass elevator at the edge of the building, one with yet another note attached.

As fun as this hunt was, Marinette was getting more and more anxious. What was Dick's plan? His endgame? She couldn't figure it out. There was also a chance he was recording her right now, so she stuck a playful middle finger up in the air and smirked. She knew he'd get the message.

'Going down, down, down...' the note read. The elevator itself also had a clue, with an arrow being drawn to point at the third floor.

Marinette pushed the button and the elevator went down, but as it approached it suddenly stopped.

This was it. All of the clues and hype leading up to this. Marinette wasn't too impressed, to be honest.

She opened the little door that held the emergency phone and called the given number.

'Hiya, sweetie!' Dick's voice said through the line.

'Hiya, bastard,' Marinette replied. 'Seriously? All this buildup for an elevator plank? This is honestly kinda sad.'

'Wow, you think so little of me? Nah, this is just a distraction of sorts. A delay. I'm not ready yet.'

'Ready for what?'

'What comes next.'

'That wasn't vague at all!'

'You know I love you, right?' he asked, and Marinette's stomach dropped.

'Richard Grayson, I swear to God. This isn't funny anymore. Are you okay? What's going on?'

'Nothing too exciting. Not yet, anyway.'

'Yet?'

The elevator kicked back into gear, and when the doors opened, Marinette saw Dick, wearing a pink suit, on one knee, holding a ring that Alfred helped him pick out (it had a ruby in it with a rose gold band with a small ladybug and robin etched into the inside. Not too flashy or big, but still intricate, which they knew Marinette would love).

'Marinette Dupain-Cheng, from the moment I met you, I knew you were so special. But it wasn't until you destroyed my Nightwing suit that I realized I was ready to spend the rest of my life with you. I don't even know why that moment made me feel like that-- it's such a weird moment to choose, I know, but-'

Someone cleared their throat in the background, where Marinette couldn't see. Of course the family was watching and helping (they finally knew what was going on now. Dick had sent them the same cryptic messages too, just with less clues to follow.)

'Sorry, I'm rambling. But you know what I mean. And that's why, if you'll take me, I would love to become your husband, your partner in crime- and pranks-, your one and only. Marinette, will you marry me?'

'Yes! Of course, you idiot!' she told him, of course, and when she went to hug him she almost knocked him over (he didn't really have good balance on one leg).

The family cheered in the background.

Marinette just had one little request of her now fiance.

'Can we be done with the crazy pranks for a little while? As much as I loved them, this one drove me crazy.'

'Sure, babe. Mischief managed, for now.' The glint in his eye told her this was only temporary, and she wouldn't have it any other way. She was already planning her next prank-- how to tell him she was pregnant (which she wasn't yet! But it doesn't hurt to plan ahead, right?)

Giveaway (of sorts)

(Because I need assistance for a task)

To any of my followers who play Pokemon Go: I need to add 3 friends to finish a research task

So, anyone who adds me there (and sends me a screenshot proving it either in my messages or wherever) will receive their choice of one of the following:

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Aaahhh I've been thinking about this for a while now and you guys wrote it out way better than I could!!!

Wanna make a Megamind fic but with MLB where Mari (who is also an alien but more of Metroman really) is possibly like Supergirl so now…you have a tiny girl beating the shit out of Titan (Hal)

I think is quite funny that, in the DC fandom and Maribat fandom, the fanfic authors are always saying "I don't know much about this specific character(s) so they are probably OOC, sorry"

Like, I get it, you are concerned that you are not doing a good job, but just chill. DC make their characters OOC all the god damn time. Most of DC canon is like some fanfic that they was paid to make. Look at the New 52. Look at Roy Harper after the New 52. If DC can get away with this and say this is canon, you can write what ever the f* you want, even if is Damian smiling

Just chill

And have fun

Ooh, do you think any of Marinette's friends could show up? Chloe, Luka, Kagami, etc.?

The Camera Crew would be so confused by them lol 😂

batfamily on reality tv headcanons

The Beginnings

Bruce Wayne is approached by a popular reality TV studio with a specific request

They want the Waynes to appear in an episode of a show that follows prominent families to film their dynamics and ways of living

And it so happens that every bat kid LOVES THIS SHOW

They sometimes skip out on patrol to watch it as it airs

They easily get sucked into the drama

“Hey, did you see that Katie from the Mayron family disowned her daughter last night?”

“she WHAT??”

“Hey guys I love the show and everything but can we focus on the gun that pointed at my head right now? Thanks.”

Bruce, at Sunday dinner: “So everyone, for full transparency I must disclose that yesterday I was approached by the makers of some show called ‘Keep-’”

“YES YES 100% YES”

The Episode

It wasn’t even arguable at that point

Bruce went along with it, supposedly because turning it down would look “suspicious” but really he saw how happy it made his family

Their episode is WILD and widely regarded as the best one of the series

Starts out with a house tour led by Bruce and Alfred with meddling kids littered throughout the place

After that it follows them around a typical day and literally every scene is turned into a meme

Tim goes face first into a bowl of cereal after accidentally falling asleep at breakfast

The kids have a handstand contest to see who sits shotgun

There’s not enough room for all the kids in one car

Duke sits on Cass’ lap

Dick and Damian squeeze into the trunk between the jumper cables and a spare tire

Tim just jogs beside the car because he got there last

CARPOOL KARAOKE

Follows the kids getting ready for a press conference

No one can find Jason

Stephanie wears bright blue eyeshadow and refuses to take it off

Bruce goes to yell at Dick but literally cycles through every other name before he gives up

This happens

After the popularity, Bruce is again approached for a spinoff series

*deep sigh* “I can’t do this again…. I’m too weak…”

Notable Quotes

“And here’s the grand staircase whose- *loud crash* -railings are not intended to be a sliding board, Richard-”

Jason: “And here’s my room. Well, it was my room until some crackhead moved in.” Tim, off camera: “Stop calling me a crackhead! You know I was afraid of getting my flu shot!”

Camera man: “so you named your cat after your butler? Isn’t that a little weird?” Damian: “Look this cat in the eyes and tell me that he is not an Alfred.”

“I’m the only sane person in this family.” -everyone, at least once

“Screw you, Bruce! I wish Batman was my dad!”

“Superman wouldn’t treat me like this!”

Tim: “I’m running away to join the circus!” Dick: “Okay, first of all, any self-respecting circus wouldn’t even consider taking you. Secondly-”

Interviewer: “So Barbara, do you consider yourself a part of the Wayne family?” Babs: “Yes, but I’m hoping the emancipation papers go through smoothly.”

“Bruce trusted me, a seventeen year old, to run his entire billion dollar company and y’all think he’s Batman? Sad.”

Steph, to Bruce: “you’re just not that interesting to look at.”

ask and you shall receive - feel free to add on - requests open

Dick Grayson [as batman]: Let’s get down to business

Dick Grayson [as batman]: to defeat the rogues

Dick Grayson [as batman]: did they send me metas

Dick Grayson [as batman]: when I asked for none

Dick Grayson [as batman]: *grabs Damian* you’re an orphaned, sad, and angry child

Dick Grayson [as batman]: and you haven’t got a clue

Dick Grayson [as batman]: *lifts Damian up like Simba from the Lion King* somehow I’ll make a Wayne out of YOU

Bruce [to Tim Drake]: Couldn’t you have just let me stay dead?