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We have plenty of aus where bruce stalks and studies superman because he doesn't trust him or doesn't feel safe with him around

What I wanna see is an au where bruce reads about Superman's origin, about how he his planet got destroyed, how he's the last of his kind, and thinks of how he felt when he lost his parents, of how much it hurt just being the last in his family and feeling so bad for the Kryptonian that, while he still wants to make a few contingencies for the guy, he sees someone all alone in the universe just like he is and considers reaching out, making sure he's okay, maybe offer a partnership

But first research.

Because this meeting has to go well, he's not taking any chances. He doesn't want to accidently offend Superman and get the planet destroyed so he has to conduct a thorough investigation beforehand (or as Alfred calls it "stalking")

He sets up cameras all over metropolis especially in notable buildings like the daily planet where superman is a regular, trying to learn all the alien's customs, see all his powers and studying all known footage of superman in detail so that when they finally meet he can impress the other hero more then any other human has, making the best first impression ever, leaving superman with no choice but to immediately fall in love with him see him as an equal and an ally.

While gathering information he has several close encounters with the man of steel. He gets that superman is trying to reach out but he's not ready yet and spontaneous encounters are not part of the plan so he tells the other to get out of his city and vanishes. He'll apologize later when they actually meet but for now, research. Superman will understand.

On the other side, Clark is aware that batman has clearly been watching him. There's bat themed cameras all over metropolis. One by his favorite coffee place, one only a block from his apartment and a whole bunch of them near the daily planet building. He cant even change into his suit there anymore! It's obvious the man knows his secret identity but for some reason, still hasn't confronted him. He's tried to take the initiative and confront the bat a number of times now but the man is clearly avoiding him.

Clark doesn't not understand why this is happening. Giving an interview about his origin was supposed to make people trust him more, not make them realize how different he really is. How could it possibly backfire like this? Why is the bat documenting him? Does batman think Clark is that much of a threat? And what is going to do with Clark when he's finally done with all his research?

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I think mostly what young fandom types (and I guess younger people in general) who are very very invested in the idea that “20 is still basically a minor” need to understand is that the feeling of “I’m just a child pretending to be an adult, and everyone else around me is a REAL adult” is DEEPLY universal (and won’t stop, ever, by the way, sorry!) and also is not, like, praxis.

Believe me, I get it, but the self-infantilization needs to stop, especially when you’re trying to engage in conversations about actual children and the harms they can face. Yes, it is scary to wake up and realize you’re 22 and you still feel like you’re 15, but it happens to all of us. You’re an adult. You have to deal with it.

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imagine a goat with a hat

STOP-

what hat did you give the goat what is the instinctual hat you gave to this goat

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anyone else ever wish they could lie down harder? Like, I'm already horizontal, but I need more horizontal. I need to be absorbed by the floor. I think that would fix me

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It is actually so important to me that Clark did not defeat Luthor. He stopped his current rampage, yes, and that is very important. But Luthor loses the moment the news article goes live.

He is defeated by Eve, who found a way to document all his shady bullshit despite understanding perfectly well what kind of danger she is in. He is defeated by Lois, who already knows Luthor is up to no good but spends the whole movie finding proof of it so she can publish it.

Clark didn't even know about basically any of that stuff before he saw it on the news. He did not defeat Luthor. He just bought Lois the time she needed to do it.

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One of the things about writing that feels the silliest is when there’s a detail in the scene that the character doesn’t think is important but you know the reader will know it’s important because otherwise it wouldn’t be there, so you’re just sort of making eye contact with the reader over the character’s head and whispering “don’t tell them”

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*walks up to a couple* so which one of you is the cheetah and which one of you is the golden retriever who keeps the cheetah from stressing themselves to death

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having adhd and being a creator is like being on a timer. oh sorry you have this art idea? well you have approximately 12 hours to start it and 6 hours to finish the task or else you will lose interest and inevitably move on. oh you have an idea for a one-shot? well you’d better finish it in a day unless you want to banish it to your wips forever. ding dong bitch

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went to an elementaryschool musical production and they started the show with the director saying: "Now there's some very small viewers here today, so just so you know. There will be a scary character later in the show. This is her," and a girl in a kinda scary ghost outfit did a creepy walk across the stage, the stood up straight and did a cheery wave, "but remember, it's just Nina. She's pretending to be scary."

Aaaand i would very much like for horror movies to have that as a little bonus feature you can chose. Let me start a movie with Guillermo del Toro showing me a scary ghost that might jump at me, but don't worry, thats just Doug!

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Another fantasy trope story:

A story where a prominent prophesy very clearly states that this specific important thing Must Be Done by the firstborn of one specific guy. So three young heroes head out to fix this: This Guy's official firstborn heir, his bastard he didn't even know about before getting married, and his unofficially adopted orphan kid who just started living with him at some point, who is the oldest of the three so technically speaking is still the one who was born first. And all three must go because while the meaning of the prophesy itself is very clear, it's an utter mystery to everyone which one of them counts as their father's firstborn.

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very tiny animals fill me w both love & anxiety

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are you ever about to put on a movie but you realize you don't really want to watch The Movie, you want to be eight years old on a rainy saturday, and under your favorite butterfly blanket, and mom made hot chocolate and popcorn with extra butter, and you're watching The Movie for the first time ever? what are you supposed to do then

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My roommate: after you reblogged my post, people started tagging it with fictional characters and I don't know what to do

Me: oh just you wait. When you get enough notes, they'll tag WLW posts with M/M ships.

Me: and one of the men will probably be Tony Stark