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THIS!

I find canon vs. fanon discourse in DC fan spaces so continuously funny because at the end of the day there is no One True Canon when it comes to DC (or, frankly, most superhero comic worlds). Like Batman and Superman have existed for longer than most living people have been alive! Their characterizations are ever-changing, to the point that the only accurate way to say that something isn't canon is to say that it isn't canon *yet*. Sure right now Tim Drake isn't addicted to caffeine in the comics, but tomorrow DC could hire a writer who has written copious amounts of fanfic that says otherwise and then boom it's canon. Most of these characters don't have a consistent characterization, because hundreds of people have contributed to their creation over the years. You're opinion is but one of many, and unless you are going to cite a very specific run/show/movie (which most fics do not) then canon is not remotely fixed. Let yourself and others enjoy whatever they like, because at the end of the day, that's all that really matters.

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Fic! Update

Dead Birds chapter 2!

Talon!Dick Grayson + Red Hood and the Outlaws angst fic.

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Omg I've been finding you for, like, forever. I mistook two other tumblr accounts with the similair batandbirds name lol.

Anyways, I really like ur writting and I wonder if you can do my oneshot quest.

So basically I just like the idea that Dick meet Jason briefly during his runaway from the juvi, then remet Jason while Robin-ing then Dick met Tim stalking him.

Thanks 4 considerating <3

Ooh, this one is fun! I'll pop it on my list for after I finish my current (which might take a bit)

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Every now and again I feel like I should change my profile picture, but I think there is far too much comedy in me entirely failing to understand how Tumblr worked and accidentally centering my photo on the skeleton in the background of a Batman '66 episode instead of '66 Robin. I am simply the skeleton now and I will forever be.

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New! Fic! Alert!

Talon!Dick Grayson meets Red Hood and the Outlaws angst fic that I promised forever ago.

First chapter done now, more to come soon!

Warning: this fic contains and will contain content that I deemed upsetting enough to bump it up to the M rating on Ao3 instead of my usual T, mostly just based on how central death is to the story.

CW specifically for drowning in the first chapter.

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I am bringing back this post from forever ago in light of the Superman movie because I was SO RIGHT.

I feel like the people that call Superman boring are underestimating how interesting it is for an extremely powerful character to make the active and continued choice to be good and to help, despite the fact that it is by no means the easiest path for him, and, in fact, often makes his own life far worse or more complicated.

Like, so much Superman conflict revolves around people in the public just patently refusing to believe that someone with power could ever do good with no ulterior motive, but even when the public turns on him, he still resolves to do the best he can to just make things better.

A character that just truly believes humanity is good and worth saving, and does so just because he has the ability to, is so deeply interesting to me.

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And just like that, my Batman identity reveal fic is completed!

Thank you to everyone who has read it, and so sorry for some delays in the updates! I'll be starting my next fic, a Talon!Dick & Jason + the Outlaws fic that i promised forever ago, as soon as I can!

Thank you again!

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My brain doesn't usually let me correlate songs with characters the way I know some people take great joy in.

HOWEVER

The beginning of the song Nunmaker's Parable by Everybody's Worried About Owen is scratching my Robin angst itch.

Lyrics below:

There was a wanderer who found his way to God

Or maybe it was Lucifer under some false facade

Broken down and tattered

Compound fractures in his sleeves

Shoe soles nailed togehter

But he never seems to bleed.

With one desperate push

His poor diaphragm forced out a plea

He said: One home burned down, one fell apart

One met a flood, and one was nothing from the start

Weapons built against me, well they all seem to fail

But weapons built against my home

They always will prevail

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IDK if someone already asked this, but are there any "Do"s & "Don't"s that I should/must be aware of before I send you any fic requests?

I have not, in fact, been asked this yet.

‐ I try to keep my fics teen rated (mostly bc my little sister reads them), but if you were to have a request that would require a different rating, I'd be happy to post it under a pseudo or send something to you directly.

- I'm mostly good at writing sibling and parent relationships, but I like writing romantic relationships on occasion.

- There is nothing you could request that would horrifically offend me, I just might politely decline lol.

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Fic! Update!

And only a day after the last one, y'all should be so proud of me.

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I may or may not have gone and seen Superman twice in theatres, so here's a Superman + Batman fic idea spurred on by this.

Superman knows of Batman. He doesn't go to Gotham much, it crushes his spirit a little bit, but he likes to keep an eye open when people with masks show up. Hell, maybe Clark's written a story about the Dark Knight, but he doesn't really know him.

And then he comes home from work one day and there is a ten year old boy, Dick Grayson in full Robin gear, just... sitting on his couch.

"I need help," Robin says, wide-eyes piercing into Clark's soul. "Batman's missing."

"Oh, well, golly, I'm not sure what you want me to do about--" Clark tries to spin, already thinking of how on earth he's going to get this boy home safely.

"Cut it out," Robin cuts him off, tilting his head to the side in a way that somehow conveys authority. "I know you're Superman. Stop playing games."

What follows is a day of shenanigans where Clark attempts to enlist the help of Lois and Jimmy's investigative reporting abilities, while being too scared to leave Robin alone, while also trying to hide Robin's identity from them, which leads to him trying and failing to explain away the appearance of a random ten year old that's following him around while looking far too serious.

He's my cousin, Lois!

He's neither from Kansas nor Krypton. Try again.

He's... uh... my illegitimate child who came to the city to find me.

Somehow worse.

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I'M ALIVEEEEEEEEEE

And I finally have an update for my Batman identity reveal fic!!

Only one or two chapters left! which will hopefully be done very soon because I know exactly where I am going with it!!

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I am quite literally stuck on the reveal part of my Batman + Justice League identity reveal fic. So to my followers who read my writing, please vote:

For those of you who follow me for my writing, I'm not dead, I promise. My fic will be completed eventually. I am trying to work on it now lol.

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For those of you who follow me for my writing, I'm not dead, I promise. My fic will be completed eventually. I am trying to work on it now lol.

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Words can really not express how much I love Jim Gordon as a character.

Jim Gordon who fundamentally knows that he is working in a corrupt system, in a corrupt city, but goddammit, he's trying anyway.

Who doesn't like Batman, really. But he knows that he can't fix everything from working inside a broken system.

Who looks at a strange little boy in a mask take down criminals that his grown officers run from, and every time, without fail, is reminded of his young daughter, and worries.

Who has committed himself to being one of Gotham's last bastions of hope by virtue of simply being a good man.

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I like to think that Lois Lane doesn't realize that Superman is Clark Kent because she is so busy that she never really looks at Clark's face. He's always trailing behind her, or just to the side, or he's just too damn tall and she can't be bothered to look up.

So like, she knows Clark. She cares about Clark. But, come on, she doesn't need to look at him. He'll always be there to look at, if she ever has the time.

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I just finished the comic Robin: Year One, and it was very very good.

But near the very end, there's a bit of Alfred's narration that's going to be bouncing around in my head FOREVER.

"I am in the service of lost boys struggling to be good men."

And I am just going to be over here chewing on the fact that that sentiment is applied to both Bruce and Dick simultaneously.