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Batfam magical girl AU where a magical villain's spell fucks with the Gotham smog and causes the constellations of the Gotham night sky to shatter and fall. People who were standing there in the street at that moment are suddenly hit with magical fragments and becoming the Galaxy, also known as Stars of Gotham, magical protectors of the city now that the power of the enchanted Gotham night sky is broken and can't protect it from the forces of evil anymore (which explains why the city is so ridden with crime).

Bruce's new ward, Dick Grayson, is running away from the manor to try and hunt down his parents' murderer, Bruce hot on his tail. The two of them arrive to the harbour during the Starfall. Dick is hit with two fragments, the Constellation of the Robin and the dormant Constellation of the Bird, which get lodged in his heart. Bruce is hit with the Constellation of the Bat in a similar manner.

Barbara Gordon shouldn't be sneaking out, really, but her dad still hasn't come home from the police precinct and she just wanted to walk there and take him home when she is struck with the dormant Constellation of the Whispering Woman.

A couple alleys over, a very young boy is hiding from his mom's dealer in the alley near his apartment complex when he is hit by the dormant Constellation of the Wolf.

Over in the Bowlery, Crystal Brown is walking with her baby in her arms when said baby is hit with the dormant Constellation of the Closed Fist.

In the Narrows, Ellen Thomas is struck with the power of the dormant Constellation of the Eclipse.

Bruce becomes Batman, holder of the most powerful constellation in Gotham, with Dick's Robin at his side. But the fragment of the Bat constellation is too powerful and unstable, threatening his life as Bruce's crystal core grows inside his heart. Him, Kate and Barbara work together to stabilize the crystal, which works, but in the process of its extraction it shatters in four, one part in Bruce's chest, one part that they protect in a glass case, and one part in Kate's and Barbara's chests.

Dormant fragments tend to awaken in situations of crisis or great changes in somebody's life. This is how Dick's Bird fragment awakens as he fights with Bruce over firing him and taking in a new kid without telling him. Because Dick can't take the strain of two star fragments, he gives it to Jason after spending a day getting to know eachother and bonding as brothers, and the start of Nightwing and Robin.

After Barbara is shot and paralyzed, the fragments of the Whispering Woman awaken and keep her alive long enough to get to the hospital, but the cohabitation with her bat fragment endangers hers, so she eventually gives it to Bruce's newly adopted daughter Cassandra.

When Jason dies, they extract the Robin fragment from his heart because an awoken fragment in a dead body is a recipe for a big explosion. Tim fuses with the Robin fragment in the Batcave in order to save Batman's life. Steph has a turn with the Robin fragment when Tim has to retire because of his dad, until she is kidnapped by Black Mask and her closed fist constellation awakens, enabling her escape with an awesome burst of power but endangering her, leading to Tim reabsorbing the fragment.

Jason's wolf constellation awakens while he's in the coffin, and the strength of this magical disturbance brings him back to life, though it's unfortunately not enough to heal his brain damage.

Damian is a special case, a child born of someone with a crystal core (since Bruce was already a magical girl when at his conception). Because of this, he has a natural crystal core which is compatible with the reception of another fragment, so when the Robin fragment grows uncontrollably in a bid to make up for Bruce's absence, Damian absorbs part of it and his powers become a hybrid of the Robin and the Bat's, and he inherits Robin while Tim becomes Red Robin.

Duke, similar to Damian, inherits his powers from Ellen, and they begin to manifest as he finds himself in foster care and joing a gang of Robin fan children, leading to being eventually taken in by Bruce.

All of them have magical girl transformation sequences complete with glitter, diamonds and classic magical girl anime costumes.

More Batman Magical Girl AU lore: list of transformations

Everybody:

-Semi-transformation: this one is easy, takes little energy out of the Star and doesn't require a transformation sequence. It only triggers the emergence of some star traits, like bat ears and little bat wings for the constellation of the bat, wolf ears and a wagging tail for the constellation of the dog, translucent boxing gloves for the constellation of the clenched fist, etc. They enhance physical prowess and regeneration, though not to the level of Wonder Woman or Superman, as well as semi-flight through the ability to jump from building to building.

-Classic: the classic transformation which is accessible without too much struggle (aside from the concept of awakening) by everyone and probably the only one used for the first three seasons of the show, it's cool and has a transformation sequence but has to still be easy enough to draw. It grants flight, enhanced speed, strength and regeneration as well as access to Basic Moves and Special Moves.

-Meteor: after a Star gives themselves away to the Night of Gotham, if their heart is open enough, the crystal core can channel the pool of star dust inside their heart to grant them access to that transformation, which is objectively cooler and prettier than the classic (for example after someone loses a hand, someone takes a bullet for a civilian etc.). This grants them the ability to make Meteor Special moves, as well as an additional increase in physical abilities.

-Ultimate Starlight: when the Villain Conglomerate kidnaps Batman to try and syphon the power of the Bat, the other Stars come to rescue him. During the fight, the Stars' different attacks overcharge the machine meant to absorb the bat's star magic and use it to permanently mind-control the Gotham population, the Ultimate Transformer of Starlight (UTS), and it basically explodes in a bomb that hits everybody with the very powerful Ultimate Starlight transformation. They can afterwards channel this transformation at will, which is so pretty, and powerful in specific scenarios that require the use of the Starlight Avalanche power it grants: if someone good is brainwashed, possessed or committing evil through some fort of coercion, like some of the key characters used by the villain conglomerate in that arc, this magic frees them of that control and can even make them into allies; one Star's Starlight Avalanche is enough to free an entire mob of people.

-Aurora/Galaxy: The Galaxy is the final arc of the series, in which all the constellations join hands and all the fragments fuse together to summon the Night Sky, which is to say they summon the spirits of the Night Sky Constellations through a phenomenon called Aurora Borealis that opens the gateways and leads to the Stars and the constellations sharing a body moving together in complete symbiosis, in an all powerful costume that shows both ethereality, specificity to the constellation and full power glitter and detail. There are actually two costume changes in that epic final scene, the Aurora where as they hold hands and summon the Nightsky they are in uniformish galaxy/northern lights colours emitting and pastel neon light, and then the Galaxy when they merge completely with their constellation.

Twisted:

-Jason (Constellation of the Wolf): Unleashed: During this Under the Red Hood inspired arc, Jason is grappling with severe trauma and pain and rage, which all bubble to the surface as he tries to figure out what's happening. In an access of pain and grief, Jason decides to flood his crystal core with energy with the goal to implode, but instead the core is damaged and defaced (it will be healed at the end of the arc), leading him to take in an alternate transformed form that showcases his grief, rage and pain to the world and half-controls him, leading to an extreme increase in violence.

-Bruce (Constellation of the Bat): Dark Heart: Bruce's plummeting mental health leads him to attempt to shield his heart and accidentally leads to the corruption of his core by the Dark Spirit Zurr' En' Arr, who turns on his family and, among others, kidnaps Jason and tries to deactivate his crystal core to avoid a reiteration of the Unleashed Arc, which leads to consequences similar to the Gotham War storyline (though Jason is later healed through the waters of the fountain of the Astral Lost).

Star Fusion:

When two stars enter complete partnership their fragments might fuse temporarily, leading to both having costumes and powers that share traits of both. Examples of this phenomenon are the Stephcass fusion fight or that time the We Are Robin movement triggered by Duke induces a fusion between all of the Robins.

Robin!Dick from the magical girl batfam AU!! This is a Classic transformation and also the ugliest colour scheme I've ever played with I love it so much it makes my eyes burn, shout-out to my cracked free version of Photoshop for being a nightmare to use.

Dick's Classic Constellation of the Robin transformation powers include:

-Flight

-Strength

-Regeneration

-Colour Swirl (send a colourful wave at people to effectively stone them)

-Rocket Somersault: Dick propulses himself high into the sky and lets himself fall into a n-times somersault that basically transforms him into an indestructible rocket launched directly at the enemy.

Have some magical girl!Jaybin while I scream about part two of chapter 6 of The Protector. This baby is about to get betrayed by a parental figure, brutally tortured, and murdered. At least that will get him out of the ugly colour scheme.

Jason, Constellation of the Robin Classic Transformation:

-Flight

-Enhanced athletics

-Limited Regeneration

-Colour Swirl: raises a colourful wave that rains concussive damage on his opponents, effectively stoning them with colourful magical energy.

-Starlit Labyrinth: While in the streets of Gotham, Jason has the ultimate high ground. He is able of finding the way out of any alley, like a thread only he can see out of a maze, and is capable of creating illusions of alleys and walls to better hide and lure his enemies into dead ends. This leaves him at a disadvantage when travelling in places away from Gotham like say, for example, Ethiopia.

It's Timmy's turn with the magical girl beam! He's the only one to not have inherited his powers or been hit by the fallen starlight on accident, instead choosing to absorb the Robin crystal core (extracted from Jason's corpse by Bruce) to save Batman.

Tim: Constellation of the Robin, Classic Transformation: Powers include:

-flight

-enhanced athletics

-enhanced healing

-Colour Swirl: Robin waves his magic wand and assaults his enemies with a wave of colourful energy that feels like being pelted with stones.

-Bird Song: the Robin constellation lends its strength to support another constellation: Tim sings a song that enhances a nearby star's powers up to 300% of their abilities. This works particularly well with Robin's sky bound partner, the constellation of the Bat, as well as others who carry or have carried the fragments of Robin, though conflicting relationships with the target can cause a mental block that may weaken or impede the effect.

A very important thing to me about the batfam magical girl AU is that the rest of the characters are classic dc comics characters. Which means that while they have many similarities (magical girls are like lantern corps with more glitter and less police anyway, and the magical batfam story can get really dark and tragic at times), they're constantly faced with the clash between comics logic and magical girl anime logic. By which I mean:

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Bruce, waking up the morning after adopting Dick on impulse and then sleeping the sleep of the dead: Wait, since when do I have a son? Eh, it doesn't matter.

Clark, who was listening into Gotham for whatever reason: The fuck it doesn't?

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Lex Luthor: How did you know about my evil evil plan?

Tim: A little bird told me.

Kon: Really, robs?

*cue glittery red robin with a crescent moon on its head landing on Tim's shoulder and speaking in an annoyingly high-pitched voice*

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Jason: With the power of love and this gun I found-

Kyle: Can you be serious for one fucking second?

Jason: No actually I am. I was gonna shoot the guy and accidentally left my heart open to channel the energy of the Galaxy and in doing so I saw the man for all that he could be and the magic of the Robin and the Wolf combined to make the gun magic and when the bullet hit him it changed the man on a fundamental level and he realised he wanted to follow his lost dream of selling portraits by the beach instead of trafficking people.

Kyle: what-

Jason: he died a few minutes later though. I did still shoot him in the heart.

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After Justice League shenanigans lead to a multiverse portal opening:

Failsafe!Batman: -so I pulled out the shark repellent to fight he jokerized space sharks, and then I fell from the moon-

Magical!Batman: That doesn't make any sense! Shark repellent spray is an absurd thing to have in your utility belt and besides, you don't just fall off from the moon!

Green Arrow : Finally somebody said it.

Magical!Batman: You have to take the magic portal on the other side of the moon!

Green Arrow: ...Spoke too soon.

There we have her, Robin Steph, the indomitable human spirit all dressed up in traffic light colours!

Powers include:

-Flight

-Enhanced athletics

-Enhanced healing

-Colour Swirl: releases a concussive hailstorm from the staff in the form of a bright colour shower

-Red Herring: produces an afterimage of Steph who attacks unsynchronized. Good luck predicting her moves when you don't even know which one is real. Which one of them is the real one? The one about to attack you with a beam of light -or, apparently, beat you up with the magic staff? Or the one coming down on you from the ceiling with a mysteriously acquired steel chair? Who knows, certainly not Cluemaster that's for sure.

And we finish the low quality Classic Transformation Constellation of the Robin round-up with Damian, the Boy himself! He's about to Wonder his enemies something good

His Robin transformation also has black because of the influence of the Bat in his blood since he, like Duke, is the son of a Star and has some of the powers of said Star in his blood without needing a crystal for it.

Abilities:

Flight

Enhanced athletics

Enhanced healing

Colour Swirl: that charging light he looks about to spear you with is a colourful wave that bludgeons through enemies like a brick rain (tim can confirm)

Son of the Bat: this ability takes its roots both in the pre-existing parental link between the Constellations of the Bat and the Robin, and the parental relationship between most holders of the Robin and one of the holders of the Bat, as well as Damian's powerful drive to prove himself as Batman's son. When Robin is in the vicinity of a Bat, all of his abilities, physical and magical, are enhanced (up to 3 times more powerful) though that may be altered depending on his relationship with the current holder of the Bat.

I tried to draw an illustration for the first fight scene of the protector chapter 5 but as it turns out I am not good enough for mid-air side profile battles yet, so have this magical girl AU semi-transformation batkid picture. Barbara is transformed in that picture, unfortunately I realized after drawing her facepalming that the outwards sign of her semi transformation, which needs to be discreet as she often uses it in public, are multicoloured smoke coming out of her eyes and mouth, which I couldn't draw with that pose. I'll try to make quality art of it sometimes though.

Fun fact: the fictional magical girl anime this AU takes place in is called "Starlight Lullaby" and spawns over more than fifteen 30 45 minutes episodes long seasons plus one reboot and two movies. It follows the adventures of the batfam, with some arcs centered around one character and some arcs putting the highlight on relationships and the family as a whole as they fight supervillains, mend their relationships and interact with dc superheroes with the powers of love and semi-sentient Gotham-specific constellations.

(Shirts : Cass' says "Volving", Duke's says "All Colours Are Beautiful", Steph has the Star Trek symbol, Tim is in his canon Oasis shirt (nerd), Dick's says Big Dick Energy, Jason's says "I survived my trip to Ethiopia" with 'survived' barred by a crowbar, and Bab's says "Silent, Tranquil, Fluid, Unafraid".)

My boy Duke the Daystar himself is up next!!! So excited, hope I do him justice in his Winx Enchantix ripoff transformation

Nicknames Gothamites have for the bats in the magical girl au:

Batman: Batfreak/ the furry

Batwoman: Oh no

Oracle: Big Brother

Nightwing: the Deserter (derogatory)

Black Bat: The Bat

Spoiler/Batgirl: The hellion (affectionate)

Red Robin: The red one (that one drives Jason crazy)

Red Hood: Little Red (affectionate, Crime Alley only) / Puppy (derogatory, he will bite you)

Signal: The Daystar

Robin: the Pokemon (because he's a cross between a bat and a bird. Gothamites even created a fanmade Robbat pokemon inspired by him.

Duke's Constellation of the Eclipse Meteor Transformation is finally here! He deserves all the love. His powers include:

High speed flight

Enhanced athletics++

Enhanced healing++

Shadow of the Sun: Umbrakinesis and Photokinesis

Dawn of everything: Can gaze into the past, present and future of every possible reality (very psychologically taxing, learns to master it with time)

Curse of the Daystar: a powerful energy beams that can either temporarily or permanently blind an opponent (takes a lot of stardust so it needs time to "recharge")

Yellow glitter : https://wallpapercave.com/wp/wp8850633.jpg

Took me some time because college is back but here's magical girl Jason in his Constellation of the Wolf Meteor Transformation!!! Usually he wears the hood over his head because his ears show his moods (but you can't hide that wagging tail) and the cape closed over his chest because, well, his tits are indeed fully out.

His powers include:

-Flight

-Enhanced Athletics ++

-Enhanced Healing +++

-Claw of the Shimmering Sky: Jason's red diamond bracelets merge with his hands and form something like a shimmering fusion between the All Blades and Wolverine's claws and fights with them; on top of being neigh-indestructible and inflicting both burns and slashes, it's also capable of cutting through the matter of a Dark Wave or a Colour Waterfall.

Labyrinth of Wonder: While in Crime Alley, Jason has the ultimate high ground. He is capable of finding the way out of any alley, creating illusions of alleys and walls to better hide and lure his enemies into dead ends. He also has short range teleportation abilities within that area and, when in danger, can teleport into Crime Alley from any place in the universe. Finally, this ability allowed him to cast a permanent spell that creates glowing floating lights, visible only to the children of Crime Alley, that lead them home when they are lost and show the way towards the clinic and other safe places. This ability waxes and wanes depending on his relationship with the Alley.

Guardian of the heart: Jason's cape, when he wraps people into it, has healing properties

Artificer's Fang: if Jason bites into something (or someone) hard enough, he can turn it into a bomb which he can then trigger, creating a controlled explosion with the appearance of red fireworks.

(also, I got tired of trying and failing to draw accurate body shapes (with enough muscle and stuff like that) on winx/magical girl anime drawing references so until I get better at anatomy y'all get magical girl batfam in basic/superhero poses. I'll draw a redraw of Duke's Meteor transformation with a more accurate bodytype as soon as I got time.)

Magical Girl Batfam AU for your consideration:

Members of the Batfam that that have fangs in semi or full transformation: Bruce, Kate, Cass, Barbara (Batgirl), Steph (Batgirl), Damian, Jason

Biters (transformed): Kate, Cass, Barbara, Steph, Damian, Jason, Duke

Biters (in civies): Bruce

Actually, Batfam Winx club I think? Or maybe Shugo Chara I can't remember... I literally have a batfam magical girl AU already, but if we're going closer to canon:

-Winx club + canon-ish batfam : So much angst. Anger and grief and broken wings and sacrifice. I wanna see this family's various levels of self-sacrificial BS, guilt complex, victim blaming vs martyr culture, dependance and love and toxicity, interact with the mechanics of Enchantix and the implications of it. I want someone's home planet to be destroyed/engulfed in black flames. And I want all of that while they're fighting in high heels, miniskirts, and covered in glitter.

-Winx club+ my feel good personal wholesome batfam fanon (close to canon personalities but way better interrelationships, not the recent overwhelming physical abuse and psychological abuse, less victim-blaming/abuse culture/sexism/classism/racism/ableism and it's addressed/worked on, they mental health issues and suicide attempts are actually taken seriously and vigilantism isn't the exclusive go-to coping mechanism... Still messy, but way less dark and more hopeful, a fix-it of sorts, my personal good place): a very sweet, feel-good found family where all the batkids find eachother at the fairy academy, the adults are teachers there, they probably like solve crimes on campus and nobody's planet explodes and they make friends with sirens and other magical people with titans, yj, outlaws etc. interjections... Fuck I wanna read it now. Nobody dies winx club found family batfam shenanigans be upon me.

-Shugo Chara + canon (ish): obligatory UTRH Shugo Chara AU where Batman loses the ability to heal X eggs after Jason dies and Jason has a transformation that is X during the whole UTRH arc, and Bruce manages to draw out the X egg but he can't heal it so he shatters it, leading to Jason choking on his grief in that warehouse while it blows up. Eventually he spawns another heart egg, similar to the first but not identical, so Red Hood 2.0 that does go X at times and is healed with time, various levels of cooperation and other guardians as he grows a support system. Little Red Hood absolutely hates Batman for "killing his brother" before he can meet him and he and Jason often fight about it. This AU in general is extremely angsty, the implications of shattering X eggs has always been heartbreaking to me, I wanna cry.

-Shugo Chara+ feel good wholesome batfam fanon: just. Just imagine. I'm gonna scream. Tiny little vigilante personas running everywhere. Robin is a little like Dia, Il or El in that he has the ability to transform with other people than the person who spawned him, but unlike them he is way more independent and can actually change his affiliate guardian with time, kinda like Dick passing guardianship of Robin to Jason (even though little Robin would protest the term guardianship haha) etc., so unlike El's connection to Amu which is weakened (she can't pull Seraphim Charm for ex), all the Robins have a deep connection to Little Robin and can use the full arrays of powers. Also Tim nursing a dying Robin back to health after Jason's death, literally nursing Dick and Jason's childhood dream back to life, the legacy of a hero dying and another kid keeping his dream alive... (They manage to heal RH through team effort instead of shattering the x egg in that one, sorry I don't make the rules). In general all the chara naris would be so incredibly cool. Also Bruce floating in his astral form on a black background with gold stars going "watashino kokoro, unlock! Chara Nari: Batman!" I can literally hear it spoken with Amu's voice actress jfc the mental imagery, we truly have been blessed

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