Brad Wayne
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Brad Wayne |
| Occupation: | Frat boy |
| Relationships: | Illegitimate son of Bruce Wayne |
| Fandom: | DC Comics |
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Brad Wayne is a fanon Original Character in the DC Comics/Batman universe who was originally proposed on Tumblr in a post by glumshoe. Per the original post, he is the illegitimate biological son of Bruce Wayne through a fling that Bruce had when he was younger, and is completely normal and oblivious to the existence of superheroes.
glumshoe
my best OC is Brad Wayne, Bruce’s illegitimate biological child via a totally normal woman he had a fling with when he was younger and didn’t stay in touch with
Brad grew up a totally normal kid, went to college, joined a frat, and decided to get in touch with Bruce, who now has an awkward situation on his hands
now the other Batkids have to deal with fucking Brad Wayne, whose normalacy is absolutely insufferable... he tells Dick to try yoga and suggests that Tim will sleep better if he gets more exercise... Bruce goes out of town and Brad decides it’s time to throw a house party with his frat friends
he’s so good[1]
glumshoe followed up the original post with additional headcanons and responses to questions from other Tumblr users. The post and its various reblog additions about Brad's interactions with the wider Batfamily (including many that have been contributed by other fans) gained tens of thousands of notes and even some fanart.
In addition to the original post and its reblogs, some fans have created fanfiction, fanart, and their own posts with headcanons about Brad Wayne.
I love that within 48 hours we have just accepted Brad Wayne as canon now and people are making posts about him on legit batfam headcanons even without glumshoe’s involvement [2]
Fanworks
Fanfiction
- The Brad Wayne Chronicles series on AO3 by AMNigma
Fanart
- The Adventures of Brad Wayne comic cover by tassjis, Nov 27 2019 (accessed March 5 2021)
Other
- Heroforge build of Brad Wayne by cryoverkiltmilk, Sept 27 2019 (accessed Mar 5 2021)
References
- ^ Tumblr post by glumshoe, posted September 16, 2019 (Accessed March 4, 2021).
- ^ untitled post by anxietylord, Archived version made Sept 17 2019 (accessed March 5 2021)