#And quit fighting Peter‚ Barbara!

[respectthepetty]

Pit Babe Colors Ep. 8

I'm challenging myself with this show and seeing how good my color skills really are, so I'm doing my normal thing of watching it double-speed on mute, but now, the captions are off also. It's just colors and vibes here. Also, I know way more than I intended because of comments and reblogs on previous posts, so I'm in the know now.

Kim looking at Kenta's face right before the elevator closed is the only thing keeping me from losing it. If Kentana doesn't save Kimberly, what is the point of this?! What is the point of Kentana?!

Are y'all a couple now? Y'all are starting to color and outfit coordinate, and it feels very gay.

I don't know what to do with these two.

I'm pretty sure I'm just not seeing pink on Pete, which means he has connections to the red, and Way refuses to stay blue, so I'm sure he is still planning some corrupt red nonsense.

JUST BE BLUE! Just be in love with each other. Accept his love, Waymond!

I never thought I'd write this, but be like Jeffrey, Waymond. Turn blue. Commit to the blue. Fall in love!

Look at him! No matter what connection he has to the red, he is beating the allegations. Peter is a GOOD MAN! If Waymond doesn't fall in love with him, somebody else will. Guaranteed.

Not going to read too much into that red stripe at the top of the room, but this is a red's room. Is this Kimberly's?! Why is there so much blood?!

When you take people's superpowers, yet have no idea how to use the superpowers. Apparently, Babe without superpowers is still better than everyone else. At least Charles is no longer a lying blue.

I think Big Red knows something is different with Babe, and even though Jeffrey still has that damn red bag . . . IS THAT WAYMOND?! No, Waymond, no! Do NOT work with Big Red. You have Peter RIGHT THERE! Quit your bullshit, Waymond!

WTF, Kentana?! If I have to pick between you two, I pick Peter. No contest. Kimberly, Peter, and Alan above everyone else. Kentana, you better stop it! You are still on my shit list!

Hold up! Do you two know each other? Like biblically? What is this tension? What are these looks? Why does this feel very personal? I ain't mad at it, but Kentana still needs to save Kimberly!

Jeffrey, why would you go there in that red and blue flannel shirt?! That won't save you, buddy!

Kentana, the ONLY thing that will redeem you is saving Kimberly. I didn't like Jeffrey, but now he is matching with Alan, so they are in love, and you can't break Alan's heart! You are just fucking up left and right today, and I hope you get punched in the throat before this episode is over.

KIMBERLY IS DYING! And y'all are about to have sex in the blue after tending wounds which is pointless because you have superpowers that will heal you!!!!!! Y'all continue to amaze me by the lack of priorities. Save Kim Possible!

Why is this shot in the mirror? Why is there a barrier between you two? This is odd. More lies?

Who takes a shot like that?! A KILLER! Barbara, get it together! This isn't an episode of Dead Friend Forever, and you are no longer a red.

Everything about this scene is ridiculous. Charles in blue. SONIC in blue. North and Waymond in black. AND EVERYONE IS DRINKING RED SODA! This not looking good for the blues. Whatever they are talking about, the reds already won.

Barbara continues to be touchy-feely with Waymond. Why can't he just let Waymond brood in peace? Barbara knows Waymond loves him, yet gives Waymond no space. Go tend to your boyfriend's fake injuries, Barbara! Waymond is working with Big Red and not falling in love with Peter, yet you have me feeling bad for him, Barbara. I should hate Waymond! BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE YOU WON'T LEAVE HIM BE!

These two have to be sleeping together. Cooking Crush had the Chicken Bite product placement too and Prem and Ten definitely want each other in that show, so North and Sonic have to want each other too, yes? Yes. Now why are they watching Whiny Winifred while flirting IN THE BLUE?! They finally are both wearing blue at the same time. Thank, Baby Jesus.

I was worried seeing Waymond in the red doorway, but he has Charles and Barbara. But they aren't saving Kimberly. Why does nobody care about Kimberly?!

The kid is blue. Is he the insider informant? He is a child!

Why are there so many red kids in the world? Big Red, why do you need an army?! Overthrow your shitty kidnappers with your superpowers, kids! REVOLT! Sí se puede

KIMBERLY!

North and Sonic are going to save Kimberly! They are finally in the blue and saving my favorite red! I never doubted them!

WHAT THE FUCK?! THEY DIDN'T SAVE KIMBERLY?!

Southwest Airlines and Vegas' Hedgehog did NOT save Kimberly! Kentana watched as Kimberly got taken, then had the audacity to have chemistry with Peter. Jeffrey walked right into the reds like that was gonna save him instead of saving Kimberly! Whiny Winifred kicked Kimberly. Waymond is working with Big Red and not saving Kimberly. Charles and Barbara CANNOT prioritize and are talking to a blue kid and giggling at each other instead of rescuing Kimberly.

AND BARBARA IS FIGHTING PETER NEXT WEEK!

These men need to get their shit together! The ONLY things that needed to happened this episode were 1) SAVE KIMBERLY and 2) ACCEPT PETER'S LOVE! Neither happened. Honestly, Kentana and Waymond could die and leave Kimberly and Peter to be the power couple of Alan's company. They both wear too much black, and unlike Barbara, they aren't the title character, so either commit to the blue Waymond or Kentana, or else I'm gonna start thinking y'all are disposable.

[wanderingmind867]

Wonder Woman TV Show Ideas:

• I do love when Wonder Woman is set during ww2, fighting Nazis and Imperial Japanese. But I think the lack of modernity would bore people. So we compromise. The show is set in the present day, but the aesthetic is very much modelled after H.G. Peter's art and the architecture of 1930s and 40s America.

• If Wonder Woman arrives in Washington DC in the present day, what's to stop us from having Amanda Waller become one of her supporting characters? I don't think there's anything. So Wonder Woman and Amanda Waller know each other, and Diana Prince is probably one of her colleagues. With Waller and Etta Candy on this show, the plus sized body type representation will be better than most shows. We just need some male characters to embody it too…

• We definitely need to have Poison Ivy start as a Wonder Woman villain. It only makes sense. Ivy could be a plant based witch who trained with Circe. She could be a radical eco-terrorist and misanthropist. Someone wonder woman has to teach the error of their ways.

• Cheetah is not going to be Barbara Ann Minerva, or at least not physically. Maybe we'll use parts of Barbara's backstory. But I refuse to use a cat lady. I'm making Cheetah just a mentally ill woman with psychosis and a costume. A design like Deborah Domaine had.

• If Wonder Woman is here, and she's still working with Steve Trevor in Washington DC, then we definitely need to have stories tackling imperialism. Maybe a story arc where Diana and Steve eventually quit the military? Or something like that?

• I'm stealing this from Percy Jackson, but we'll have a real Greek and Roman divide here. Wonder Woman is Greek, but Nubia was raised by Mars amongst a band of Roman Demigods or Amazons or something. That way we can see the difference between Greece and Rome, and have Ares be worse than Mars, and have Nubia and Diana have incredibly different combat styles.

• Martian Manhunter would have to make an eventual crossover on this show, so I can keep the Greece vs Rome thing going. Martian Manhunter comes from Mars, which is fundamentally blessed by, well… Mars. So Diana ends up in a fight of severe misunderstanding with J'onn, as their opposing beliefs lead them to conflict. They end up friends eventually, but I need to explore the Greek and Rome dichotomy.

• Wonder Woman can have her show take her all over the world. As a member of the US military with Steve Trevor, she would probably stay in Washington DC most of the time. But occasionally she'll travel to Europe or Asia or Africa or wherever. She gets around way more than some other heroes do. And wherever she goes, Steve and Etta are frequently close behind.

• Finally, I'm thinking the show could have one season based on Denny O'Neil's Powerless Wonder Woman era. After two or three season, Diana and Steve quit working for the military. After that fateful decision, we'd get a TV movie about Wonder Woman having to defend Themyscira from an invasion led by Circe and her evil sorceresses. In the end, Wonder Woman saves her home, but loses all her powers (due to a curse placed on her by circe). So she then ends up a powerless mortal stuck in man's world.

• That powerless wonder woman era would also feature I-Ching, Wonder Woman's new mentor. We can't leave out the short blind asian man, after all. That random string of adjectives alone is too bizarre to leave him out of this. So Diana and I-Ching would spend a year together, trying to hunt down and stop circe's agents in man's world (all while also trying to find a way to restore diana's powers).

• And the last note for now: that season about a powerless wonder woman would also feature a subplot with Steve Trevor, who's trying to find purpose in his life (now that he's left the military). Him and Etta don't know where Diana went, and they don't see her again until halfway through this season. But in the meantime, Steve is trying to do some soul searching (and Etta is awkwardly letting him live with her and her sorority at the Holiday College in DC).

[twittercomfrnklin2001-blog]

I Want to Live!

With its near-documentary depiction of the workings of the gas chamber and clear anti-capital punishment stance, Robert Wise’s I WANT TO LIVE! (1958, TCM) was quite the shocker in its time. Even knowing the film’s outcome, the final act dealing with the appeals and denials in the case of convicted killer Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) are almost unbearably suspenseful. Yet from a contemporary view the picture also has a strong sentimental strain simply in the way the filmmakers bend over backwards to make Graham appear innocent, the victim of yellow journalism, lying confederates and her own bad choices. There’s also an interesting feminist angle in that the toughness the press exploits to tar her image during the trial is later explained as the product of her rough childhood. Strength in a woman is an aberration, yet it’s one of Hayward’s most appealing characteristics. My favorite moments are the times she sasses people who think they’re trying to help her.

The film starts with Hayward as a part-time prostitute and full-time party girl who hangs with some shady characters, including two who ask for an alibi that leads to her doing time for perjury. After her ,marriage to a drug addict goes bad, she’s back with her criminal cohorts, which leads to her being arrested with them for the murder of an elderly woman. With her criminal record and an ill-advised attempt to buy an alibi, her conviction is a given, as is the death penalty. That starts a harrowing chain of events as Hayward’s lawyer (Joe De Santis), a sympathetic psychiatrist (Theodore Bikel) and the reporter (Simon Oakland) who had originally helped smear her fight to get her conviction overturned.

The film’s opening feels somewhat choppy and contrived. When Hayward informs her criminal colleagues she’s going straight and getting married, one is building a house of cards that he knocks down as soon as she leaves. Wise then cuts to a fierce argument between Hayward and her husband (Wesley Lau) as their baby screams non-stop. In these scenes, Hayward seems to be rehashing the “tough broad with a heart of gold” persona she had developed in movies like DEADLINE AT DAWN (1946) and THE LUSTY MEN (1952). At one point she even takes the fall for a married man who’d paid her for sex just because she likes a picture of his family. Once she’s charged with murder, however, the film takes flight. Where Hayward had earlier been playing movie star realism (her hair gets slightly disheveled, but she always has perfect makeup), she starts digging deep and offers a fiercely committed portrait of a desperate woman. And it’s not all snarling. When a friend from her party-girl days comes to visit and offer support, the scene is a wonder of subtle reactions to the only person showing her kindness at that point. The supporting actors have the wisdom to play for subtlety without making Hayward look out of place, and Oakland is particularly fine. Johnny Mandel wrote the jazz score, making generous use of Gerry Mulligan’s combo. If you’re good you’ll spot small roles played by John Marley, Raymond Bailey, Dabbs Greer, Stafford Repp, Gavin MacLeod, Peter Breck, Brett Halsey, Hope Summers and Jack Weston.

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

the sun is gone but i have a light

by northernaltitude Peter could admit that the city was quite charming despite her weird dedication to gothic architecture and numerous gargoyles. But beyond her aesthetics, she was a rugged city that most definitely had some deep-seated issues such as rampant crime and corruption, and do not even get him started on the massive rats that would definitely win in a fight against New York’s Finest. But as he glanced over at Batman, Gotham’s very own hero, he decided that she couldn’t be too bad if people were willing to fight to save her. Gotham would never be New York, but it was alright, he figured. He could, maybe, one day claim this shithole as his own as well. ___________________ A few years after the events of NWH, Peter Parker finds himself on the streets of Gotham, with no idea who sent him there or how to leave. Words: 1106, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Gen Characters: Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Peter Parker, Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown, Barbara Gordon, Gotham City, Gotham City Residents, other DCU characters. average cast Relationships: Gotham City & Peter Parker Additional Tags: Peter Parker Lives in Gotham City, Barbara Gordon is Oracle, Another Peter Parker is teleported into Gotham, Post-Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Protective Bruce Wayne, Bruce isn't an awesome dad but he's trying, Alfred Pennyworth is the Best, Peter Parker is a Mess, College Student Peter Parker, atleast a former student, Gotham is referred to as she/her sometimes, She sucks as much as you think but my god is peter going to fight for her, Crack Treated Seriously via https://ift.tt/v4OyJTt

[ao3feed-peterparker]

the sun is gone but i have a light

by northernaltitude Peter could admit that the city was quite charming despite her weird dedication to gothic architecture and numerous gargoyles. But beyond her aesthetics, she was a rugged city that most definitely had some deep-seated issues such as rampant crime and corruption, and do not even get him started on the massive rats that would definitely win in a fight against New York’s Finest. But as he glanced over at Batman, Gotham’s very own hero, he decided that she couldn’t be too bad if people were willing to fight to save her. Gotham would never be New York, but it was alright, he figured. He could, maybe, one day claim this shithole as his own as well. ___________________ A few years after the events of NWH, Peter Parker finds himself on the streets of Gotham, with no idea who sent him there or how to leave. Words: 1106, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Gen Characters: Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Peter Parker, Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown, Barbara Gordon, Gotham City, Gotham City Residents, other DCU characters. average cast Relationships: Gotham City & Peter Parker Additional Tags: Peter Parker Lives in Gotham City, Barbara Gordon is Oracle, Another Peter Parker is teleported into Gotham, Post-Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Protective Bruce Wayne, Bruce isn't an awesome dad but he's trying, Alfred Pennyworth is the Best, Peter Parker is a Mess, College Student Peter Parker, atleast a former student, Gotham is referred to as she/her sometimes, She sucks as much as you think but my god is peter going to fight for her, Crack Treated Seriously via https://ift.tt/l6bwZYm

[inkareds]

Unspoken Horrors Jason Todd // 2.2k 

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Warnings: Jason Todd is grumpy, angst, emotionally constipated, Jason and you are VERY patient with one another, ps this isn't very well structured by atp I'm too lazy to edit

No one in the family saw you and Jason's relationship coming, but perhaps that's because the two of you knew each other so well that you didn't need to talk to understand.

There wasn't a single day that would pass without the mildly annoying teases the Wayne family has subjected you and Jason to.

Whether that was Dick's chuckles and wiggling eyebrows when he noticed Jason's cologne sticking to your skin or Damian's offhanded comments to Jason, noting how you could do so much better than him. All was harmless in the world of mischief and terror.

You see, you've been in the family's circle longer than you've been dating Jason Todd. It started when you had begun a friendship with the second Robin, a close enough friendship at that, where he told you he was Robin. Ever since then, you stuck around through thick and thin with the entire Wayne family.

Because you had grown up with them, it became quite a surprise when you and your lover had announced your relationship status to the family. Not because they saw the two of you more like a family, but because of how odd of a pairing it was.

Whilst, it was a given that you'd probably end up with one of them, seeing how close you were with relatively all of them. No one would’ve expected you to end up with, Jason Peter, fucking, Todd.

Everyone suspected you and Dick had Something going on due to how close you were. Always laughing and chucking together, causing trouble and mischief whenever the others weren't around. Having fun with the conversations that never seem to end with how many topics you and he could conjure up.

Or it might've even been with Tim, considering how much time you and he spent with one another. Though not a vigilante yourself, you’ve only ever seemed to train with Tim. Not to mention the hilarious fact that, you were probably the only person who would listen to Tim's rambles about everything and anything. Granted you didn't understand half of the things he was saying, but the fact that you listened anyways was still a big deal.

Hell, while you weren't as close with Duke, Cassandra, Barbara, or even Steph, you seemed to work with them easier than with Jason Todd.

Duke and you had the same humour; Cassandra loved listening while you talked, hanging around with Barbara whilst she worked behind the scenes with the bats was your go-to thing whenever you didn't have work that, and with Steph? The two of you have movie nights close to every week.

It didn't make sense that you ended up with Jason Peter Todd.

The man you barely seem to talk to after his death, the man who barely even participated in the same activities as you, and the man who, to be honest, didn’t seem to care about you as much as the others.

After being asked by a curious and somewhat suspicious, Damian Wayne, Bruce even noted that you and Jason seemed much closer when the latter was still Robin. Everything seemed to change after he died.

They all saw the lingering gazes you'd give Jason whenever he's in the same room as you, only to smile softly and then return to what you were doing. Jason never shared your glances, nor did he ever glance back. He was always busy with whatever he was doing at the moment.

On the other hand, most of the residents in Wayne manor could clearly see how Jason looked out for you in his own way. He'd leave your favourite granola bar and a cup of your favourite hot drink on the counter whenever he knew you would help Barbara whilst everyone else patrols Gotham. Though you never commented on it.

Not like when Dick fussed about you getting caught in the crosshairs of some petty gang fight, causing some bruises here and there, only for you to brush it off and lightly scold him for worrying so much about you and not himself.

Hell, Dick even remembered you commenting more about Jason's unspoken care when the boy was still Robin, teasing him left and right just to see a red blush sweep across the boy's face.

As previously stated, it was as if everything changed after Jason's death.

You knew how the family felt about your relationship with Jason, their doubts about whether your relationship would last or not, and the like. But you also knew that they didn't realize how little changed after Jason's death.

Sure, you and Jason talked less now than you did when he was Robin, but that was only due to the matureness you and he have now. Your conversations were left to be spoken when you were in his bed, warm bodies against one another, as he stroked your hair, and you traced mindless patterns on his bare chest. Those were the times the short conversations would be spoken.

Calm, soft, and full of utmost unbridled love.

There was a silent understanding that only the two of you had. The silent understanding that there was no need for joyous or over the top measures of love to understand one another. Not when your lives have been filled with too much excitement, both the good and the bad.

In one another's embrace, you felt calm. Jason finally lets his heart slow down, relishing in your warm touch, letting the adrenaline of constant fear and awareness leave. In one another, you both felt loved and cared for.

A shared understanding of unspoken care.

That couldn't be more seen during this moment right now. You and Jason both had your own ghosts to deal with. Him perhaps more literal than yours, you wouldn't know. He didn't share much of his experience of being dead. Either way, you both had Something heavy weighing each other down, and on some days. Those weights get too heavy.

So heavy, in fact, that it was tiring to even open your eyes. It was clear you both were made for each other during moments like these.

Today, Dick had decided to come to Jason's apartment, for what you didn't know, though it didn't seem overly crucial like it would've been if it was some vigilante business. As you were in the apartment at the time, and Jason was having one of those bad days, you were the one who invited Dick in.

Once again, Dick noted how odd it was that you and Jason were a couple. As he saw it, you and Jason weren't even interacting with each other.

Instead, Jason was outside on the fire escape, smoking, his eyes clouded over, brows furrowed as he looked into the nothingness that was Gotham city, not even looking in your direction when you placed a glass of water beside where he was sitting.

You only brushed Dick's comment aside. You didn't feel like explaining that it was what Jason needed now; it was what you needed as well whenever you were in one of those moods.

A couple of hours later, Dick finally decided to leave the apartment. Bidding you farewell and making an offhanded humorous comment on how you should drag Jason back into the building before he started to reek of smoke.

The door closed behind him, and that was when you felt a warmer, heavier body against your back. Dick was correct; you should've pulled Jason inside sooner as cigarette smoke clung to his frame. Though that didn't stop you from leaning against his body. Humming in contentment when his arms snaked around your figure. His head making its home on the crook of your neck.

You stayed in that position for a while, with no words spoken between you. The only sounds were yours and Jason's steady heartbeats and soft breathing.

"I sometimes wonder if he's right."

Jason suddenly broke the silent comfort the two of you shared. You only hummed in reply to show that you were listening, as Jason seemed like he wasn't finished with what he was saying.

"We are an odd couple," he spoke against your skin, his voice low and soft, "You deserve someone less," he paused, "Broken," Jason's voice was quiet, just above a whisper when he said that last word. You wouldn't have heard if his head wasn't located right beside your ear.

You would've immediately talked some sense into him if you didn't feel his mouth opening again.

"You deserve the world for keeping up with someone like me, someone who'd ignore you just because he didn't feel like talking. You deserve someone like Dick, I bet he would talk to you if he ever felt down, not bottle it up and let you worry."

Hearing Jason's heartfelt confession, you smiled to yourself. But, of course, you knew he felt this way. It was hard not to feel guilty. You would know you've felt the same guilt repeatedly with your previous relationships. You didn't know if you were a bad person by letting them worry about you when you were just in a state of inconsolable unseen pain.

So, you turned around to face him, his arms never letting go of your body, even as your hands rested on his shoulders, linking at the back of his neck. Sort of forcing him to look in your eyes. You smiled at him; Jason always had the most beautiful eyes.

They were always laser-focused, his brows furrowed in the middle, and his expression, even with the sadness and desperation that coated his voice, was always stoic and watchful. A product of years and years of the hard life he had to endure as a young boy, as Robin, and as Red Hood.

"Do I have to recall to you how many times you went to the other side of Gotham to buy that pastry I loved so much, only to give it to me when I didn't even feel like eating anything? Or do I have to remind you how many times you stayed awake after you went home from patrol, just to be a shoulder for me to cry on whenever my nightmares got too bad even when you were absolutely exhausted?"

You stated as his lips twitched upwards ever so slightly.

"Well, yeah but all those things are-" "Are the greatest thing I could've asked for in a partner." You finished his sentence before he even got to undermine his efforts in consoling you.

"I don't need you to always tell me what's going on in that gorgeous head of yours, I don't need you to spill your worries to me whenever you feel like Something is wrong. All I ask is for you to continue to let me be here with you, to comfort you in the way you like, just like you do to me."

Your hand had slowly crept to his soft hair, and though the smell of cigarette still stuck to him, you didn't mind it as much as you usually would.

"So what if everyone thinks we're a weird pairing? We're not dating for them, we're not broadcasting ourselves for the world to see. I feel loved when I'm with you, I know you feel loved when you're with me, you know better than to think that I need your words to make me feel that way. I don't think I'm that good with words either, so I'm kind of glad you don't need it either."

You chuckled at the end. Only for Jason to let out a burst of soft laughter, his head leaning even more against your fingers.

He looked the calmest during these peaceful, almost domestic moments. Which, to be frank, you never thought were possible between you both. He was like putty in your hands, soft and without his walls up.

"You say that, but here you are, words spilling out of you like you're reciting something off a book." He finally spoke, chuckling, lifting the tense air around you into a calmer one.

You could tell he was finally away from that bad place, his shoulders were relaxing, and a soft smile was left on his lips as he closed his eyes to relish the scratch of your nails against his scalp.

"Would you prefer if I did that?" You said jokingly, "Something like, 'You have bewitched me Jason, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on,' that sound better?"

At this point, Jason was full-on laughing; you followed suit soon after you finished actually reciting a book quote. When you finished, he leaned his forehead against yours, his blue eyes looking into yours.

"Jane Austen? Really? You couldn't be more original?" he teased, "What?! Pride and Prejudice is the pinnacle of romance and love." You jabbed back at him.

"Agree to disagree."

"You are literally not allowed to say that when you've probably read that book a hundred times and the fact that your first copy of the book probably has more than a thousand annotations!"

Finally, the light short jabs with one another continued once more. The moment was refreshing, especially after the ounces of doubts that swam inside Jason's mind just minutes before.

"You should shower, and wash your clothes, it smells like smoke."

"Well then, you're coming with me, you're starting to smell like smoke too!"

"Fuck you, Jason."

"We'll get to that after the shower."

This was.. to be honest VERY MESSY AHAHAHAHAH I hope you guys enjoy it regardless though! I'm not a big fan of this but eh I liked the concept and kinda rushed writing it

[sonicasura]

Trollhunters: Path of the Blade

Based on this poll.

To make voting easier, here's how each possible familiar for Jim shall affect events in the show. There will be shared changes despite what you pick. Post is quite long so here's the heads up. Poll Status updates from 7 am to 10 pm here so don't forget to check it out!

Toby will already know about Jim's partner. He is five years old after all and plus his friend needs more moral support. Barbara does find out but how it happens is different each time.

Douxie gets involved early than in canon. I can imagine he monitors Arcadia multiple times each year whether by visiting or magical means. A child with an unknown and no doubt powerful familiar is enough reason to get involved. Plus Archie gets a 'work buddy' to vibe with.

Jim learns magic that relates to his chosen familiar. They also assist in personal training whether as Trollhunter or an ally to the Trollhunter. Jim gets tricked into becoming part troll and not voluntarily goes with Merlin's plan.

Physical Troll Jim traits and fighting style changes thanks to familiar.

With that out of the way, let's get started.

Rabbit Knight's Cape: Diarbbitmon

Nickname: Peter (Short for Peter Cottontail as Diarbbitmon is a bit hard for a child to say), Stage: Mega Digimon, Element Alignment: Nature, Height: 13'2, Terms for children: Pyonmon(the baby stage for his species) or Bunny

Jim sneaks out to the forest to release his frustration after today's events. He accidentally finds Diarbbitmon who he vents to. The knight sympathetically listens and comforts Jim, using his fur like cape as a blanket. A familiar bond is formed while Peter takes the now tired boy home. Rabbit dad? Absolutely considering Diarbbitmon's gentle personality and well mannered nature.

James is lucky he got outta town as this Digimon is very dangerous when something they care about is harmed. I am very serious since it states in the entry that Diarbbitmon will not stop until nothing remains of the enemy and even hunts down their opponent's allies. Jim has Peter promise to not go that far unless with his permission.

He might've taken after his familiar a bit too. Often play sword fighting with Toby, got a few rabbit based accessories like a pendant, took fencing classes and indulging in various poetry. Jim tends to use Peter's cape as a blanket moreso when he becomes half troll. A childhood comfort that never fails to calm him, not even a Corrupted/Beast Jim is immune.

Peter is taught how to take a human form or rabbit form with training from Archie. He also revert to Pyonmon or Bosamon as well. Jim can use minor nature spells such as minor plant growth from Douxie and later masters his craft under Vendel's watchful care.

Trollhunter Jim: Peter will not only help his training but come with a schedule for this new lifestyle. He's quite concerned about his little Pyonmon's health. Strickler is on very thin ice as Peter can hold one nasty grudge. Draal gets dolted on too once he starts living in Jim's basement. Trollhunter armor bears a rabbit insignia, fluffy blue cape and the blade is closer to a rapier through the familiar bond.

NotTrollhunter Jim: Diarbbitmon often travels around Arcadia at late hours, half of the time to look for a present to give his precious human. He accidentally comes across the scuffle between Kanijar and Bular so Peter chases off the latter before daylight. The Trollhunter seeks out the Diarbbitmon which inconsequentally leads to Jim getting put on kidnap style house arrest in Trollmarket. A magic swordsman who wields twin rapiers and a dark blue outfit similar to Peter.

Troll Jim: Thick platinum blonde fur around the chest, back, elbows and calves. Has a big poofy rabbit tail alongside rabbit like ears behind his horns. Feet become rabbit like too but his legs are spared the change. Got beans and paw pads. Jim is often called Troll Bunny or Jackelope thanks to this.

New War Rock: War Rock Meteoragon

Nickname: Drago or Draco, Species: Duel Monster, Subspecies: War Rock/Earth Warrior, Height: 12'6, Element Alignment: Earth, Terms for children: whelp or little warrior

Jim stumbles upon his card in the canal and later accidentally summons Drago inside his room. (This immediately establishes the familiar bond.) Barbara finds out in an instant as she hears Jim talk to the War Rock about his 'father'. Pretty sure the only reason she didn't beam Drago on the head with a lamp is from his warrior physique and less modest clothing.

A quite cheery noble duel spirit who often likes to tease Jim or Toby. Drago gave the two piggyback rides when they were little and still carries them when not in a human guise. Playfully clashes horns with Troll Jim as I see this being a troll habit for younglings which the War Rock would easily oblige. Drago also uses his fluffy white fur cape like a blanket too and it has the same calming effect.

Jim plans to get a tattoo based on the warrior once he's an adult, a dragon wielding two swords. He also dyed his bangs white, wears dragon accessories such as charms, and taken parkour specifically mountain climbing. The latter is partly from how War Rock monsters like Meteoragon live on a steep mountain range called War Rock Mountain.

Drago can take a small lizard form thanks to some magic training. Douxie teaches Jim a few earth spells that later gets refined under Vendel's tutelage but the duel spirit also teaches his whelp War Rock magic. War Rock magic ensures a battle remains fair such as negating any effects that sabotage allies, set up the battlefield and call upon reinforcements even if they fell in battle. The embodiment of fair war tactics.

Trollhunter Jim: Helps carry the load of responsibilities so his whelp nor his friends get overwhelmed. Drago also teaches different battle tactics than just improve Jim's swordsmanship. Not as hostile around Strickler, partly cause of war knowledge, but the life bonding spell definitely pissed him off. Merlin earned his red hot ire though. Can easily connect with Draal since Trolls are a warrior race too. Draconic flairs decorates Jim's armor, helm bears forward oni horns, and sword is more like a claymore.

Not Trollhunter Jim: Teaches his whelp the ways of a tactician and war general. An early morning leads to Drago coming across the clash between both trolls so he uses his cape to shield Kanijar from the sun. The Trollhunter does take a small piece of the cape to look for the War Rock later. Jim and Barbara end up taking shelter in Trollmarket later due to goblins. Wields twin blade but also traditional War Rock armor with thick chainmail.

Troll Jim: His hair turned white with brown tips, has white fur all over his back, chest and waist. Two sets of horns with the small pair facing frontwards. Red markings that look like a fierce roaring troll spans across the right side of his abdomen. Small Heartstone gems grow off his back. Given the tribe name: War Rock Trollheart.

Heir of Death, Thanatos

Nickname: Crow (his mask looks like a crow to child Jim), Species: Curse Type Persona, Element Alignment: Curse/Almighty, Height: 14'3, Terms for children: fledgling or candlelight

Barbara had accidentally bought Thanatos' dormant mask in a magic kit and Jim awakened the Persona through an emotional outburst. The young boy bears a strong connection to the Death Arcana alongside the Fool Arcana. Like a caring grandfather, the Persona comforts Jim as their contract allows Thanatos to read the youth's heart. 'I Am Thou and Thou Art I.'

He often takes the facade of an well dressed elderly gentleman with his sword mimicking a cane. Thanatos is a kind, wise and soft-spoken being that often gives guidance to Jim or his companions. Quite a delightful person to chat with especially around older company like Nana, Archie and Vendel.

Although Thanato' kind nature can become ferociously animalistic if 'Frenzy Mode' is triggered, often using his coffin chain wings to bash threats whilst ruthlessly cutting them down. Only Jim can snap the death god out of this state while others have to redirect his fury. Frenzy Mode rarely occurs as it takes a magic overload or great rage to trigger it.

Jim wears a crow pendant, tends to tell morbid jokes and overall is quite calm around the topic of death. He often gives a treat to visiting ravens, crows, or vultures. Thanatos finds it cute when his fletchling finds gifts from the various birds and even moreso if one perches on his shoulder.

Douxie gives Jim basic magic training but the Persona is his primary teacher mainly in various Persona based magic. Thanatos does acquire multiple spell books including a grimoire for spirit, dark, and voodoo magic.

Trollhunter Jim: Serves as Jim's teacher in swordplay and magic(later with Toby and Claire.) Helps ease his fletchling's frustration while providing needed advice when things feel too much. Allows Kanijar to deliver one last heartfelt message to his son Draal and help the Troll mourn. Neutral around Strickler since he gone frenzy at the Changeling. Loathes Merlin and went into Frenzy Mode when Jim forcefully became half troll. Death markings cover his armor, helm is more avian and sword shifts closer to a katana in form.

Not Trollhunter Jim: Purposely saves Kanijar as he senses the amulet's next choice in time. Bular is chased off while the Trollhunter has no clue who Thanatos is bound to. It was by chance that Jim ends up in Trollmarket as he summons the Persona when AAARRRGGHH was nearby. He got kidnapped in his sleep and whisked away much to Thanstos' annoyance. A dark mage who uses curses alongside his trusty katana. Jim's battle attire is a dark blue and resembles a plague doctor uniform.

Troll Jim: Has white feathery fluff that leads to black feathers all over his back and chest but also thin feathery wings on his arms. Ears are furry at the tips while Jim's nose is a bit more pointed like its meant to become a beak. Feet became bird talons specifically a crow's and has tail feathers. Often called a Crow or Bird's Nest.

Ceaseless Blade, Hisuian Samurott

Nickname: Harper, Species: Hisuian variant Samurott/Pokemon, Element Alignment: Water/Dark, Gender: Female, Size: 7'8, Terms for children: pups or little Oshawott

Jim came across Harper when he snuck out to reflect at the creek. She sensed his sorrow and comfort the boy. The Samurott carries him back home, leaving behind a small seashell as a gift. This leads to Jim frequently visiting the Water/Dark Type and a familiar bond.

Harper is quite motherly despite her bold and pushy nature. She often gives Jim or Toby the shove they need to face their problems as soon as possible. Harper also tends to pick a fight with any supernatural oriented creature that gets too close to what's hers. She drove off Bular twice from the creek and left a hefty scar on his back. (The Gum-Gum is terrified of the Hisuian Samurott.)

Harper moves into the Lake household when Jim and his mother get caught in a nasty forest fire on a camping trip. A small pond was added to the backyard for the Pokemon to relax alongside some tall bamboo to provide privacy. Being able to pet Harper is a sign of trust as she either walks away or uses Water Gun on someone who does it without permission. What happens depends on her mood.

Jim wears the shell Harper gave him as a pendant and carries otter charms. Douxie taught the boy minor water magic alongside charm making. Vendel helps Jim master it while the Hisuian Samurott guides him through dark magic.

Trollhunter Jim: Serves as his training partner and helps improve his swordsmanship. Harper corrects any error in Jim's fighting style while she teaches how to fight with brutal swiftness like a Hisuian Samurott does. Later becomes protective of Draal as the Water/Dark Type adopted him too. Comically uses Water Gun on Strickler at random intervals out of spite. Definitely tried to bite Merlin and decides to Scald him after the Troll Jim fiasco. Armor slightly mimics samurai armor as shell insignia decorates the surface and the sword becomes similar to a Hisuian Samurott's seamitar.

Not Trollhunter Jim: Harper takes on a more protective role and becomes quite territorial around the house. She was coming back from a late night swim at the creek when she came across the two trolls fighting. The Hisuian Samurott chased both of them off as they were too close to the house for her comfort. Kanijar was originally hunting the volatile Pokemon only to accidentally discover she is Jim's familiar. Instant Trollmarket house arrest for Jimbo outta concern to every bystander's safety. He wears traditional samurai armor with a wave design and wields a scimitar alongside his magic.

Troll Jim: Skin is closer to sea stone with a black shell like caparace growing on his wrists, elbows, ankles plus thighs. Hands and feet have hot pink webbing while he has a short fin for a tail. Bears a black third caparace horn akin to Harper. White scruffy fur around the edges of his cheek with thick dark blue hair cover his back, waist, then finally shoulders. Sometimes called a Troll Otter because of it.

Shell Knight's Might, Harumitey

Nickname: Mighty, Species: Spectrobe/Harumitey, Gender: Female, Element Alignment: Ice/Water(Flash in Spectrobe terms), Size: 6'3, Terms for children: Harumi(Child form of Harumitey) or zoea (term for baby hermit crab)

Jim finds her crystal at the creek during the day and accidentally summons Mighty when threatened by his father's cruel actions. (James Senior ran in fear from the very angry shellfish knight ready to stab him.) Barbara finds her son being gently hugged by the Spectrobe and hears what happens from Jim.

Mighty is a playful gentle giant who likes to join in on the boys' fun. Jim and Toby often find themselves getting nuzzled or have any fish dish stolen from the Harumitey. A custom pond, sand pit, and house for her was put in the backyard alongside some bamboo for privacy. Jim learns what crystals are compatible with Mighty plus some ice spells from Douxie. He later refine those while learning water spells from Vendel. Jim wears shell bracelets, a lapis lazuli crystal pendant and a violet beanie that looks like a helmet.

Trollhunter Jim: Helps the boy with his sword style but also teaches him a defensive fighting style. Mighty provides emotional support and tries to make Jim smile when it feels like the world's crashing down. Quite mild around Strickler as she often threatens with a stab. Will definitely skewer Merlin on sight especially during the Troll Jim fiasco. Somehow became a emotional support companion to Draal but Mighty doesn't mind, she smells the daddy issues. Jim's armor takes a slight hermit crab shell design, wave insignia decorates it, and the Daylight blade is closer to a lance.

Not Trollhunter Jim: Harumitey likes to lurk in the sewers in search of treasure. She stumbles upon the two trolls' fight and chases them off when they break a shiny necklace the Spectrobe wanted. Like with Hisuian Samurott, Kanijar hunts Mighty down only to discover she's a familiar to a human. She takes Jim to Trollmarket when he gets badly injured from a goblin surprise attack. The two stay there until he's recovered although Barbara later breaks in like an angry mama bear. Jim is a paladin type fighter who wields a lance and shield in battle. He wears shell style knight armor similar to Mighty.

Troll Jim: Has a spikey shell caparace on his back, front arms, upper chest and legs. Grew a pair of smaller arms with crablike claws under his normal ones. Horns are spiky and curve like a spiral shell. Amethyst crystals grow on his neck alongside his shoulder blades. Someone called Jim a 'Hermit Troll' and the name stuck just like Shellhead.

And that's it! Until next time folks, I'll see you back in Arcadia.

[romanadvora]

The Chase

season 002 : story 016 : episodes 072-077

22 MAY - 26 JUN 1965 || 03 - 04 JUN 2023

I really love the opening to this story; we've got a nice slice of life inside the TARDIS with the Doctor tinkering away at the TSV, Ian chilling out reading a [rather far-fetched] story, Barbara making a dress for Vicki… once again some lovely comfort Who. Everyone getting excited for the Visualiser is really fun.

I find Ian & Barbara's familiarity with the Beatles (especially Ticket to Ride) pretty funny since their second album came out on the 22nd of November 1963, when Ian & Barbara presumably left London earlier that week (23rd November wasn't a school day).

Vicki and Ian getting a lot of time together is easily one of my favourite parts of the serial; the two of them running off up the dune becoming silhouettes is one of my favourite shots of the show so far, and the pair just wandering around and Vicki telling stories of her childhood is so personal and a really intimate scene, you really feel the bond the two have.

The same can be said for the Doctor and Barbara sunbathing when Barbara starts complaining about not the Doctor's singing, but the *other* awful noise. 

The Dalek rising out of the sand has absolutely got to be a callback to the Dalek rising out the Thames right?

Gosh this whole tangent with the Aridians just… isn't it. "We have been told by the Dalek's we have ½ a day to hand you over to the Daleks- our elders are now discussing whether they will do this"... 10 minutes later… "our elders have decided to hand you over to the Daleks".

The Mire Beasts attacking allows the Doctor, Barbara & Vicki to reasonably escape, and it's nice to see Ian already up and planning an attack on the Daleks- Ian asking for Barbara's cardigan again and the continuity of her complaining, "not again" was a nice little touch.

Ian jumping up yelling "yoo-hoo, Dalek!" is yet another iconic Chesterton moment.

First appearance of the Time Vortex in Flight Through Eternity?

Vicki mentioning NYC as an ancient historical city, destroyed in the Dalek invasion, is a really nice seasonal continuity.

Episode three is quite minimal, but the connection to real-life history and explaining real mysteries with sci-fi excuses is a creative choice I really like; the abandonment of the Mary Celeste here, or the disappearance of Agatha Christie in Unicorn and the Wasp.

And it's fun to see Peter Purves being an Alabaman country boy ahead of his debut as 25th century astronaut, Steven Taylor.

Really not a fan of the whole haunted house episode because of how goofy the Daleks get as opposed to their typical sinister and manipulative selves- and the Doctor's theory of the mansion being some a physical manifestation of human nightmare would fix the plot holes of Frankenstein's Monster & Dracula surviving extermination. That being said, the Doctor figuring out they're in an artificial environment because everything is so typically scary is a creative element.

While the cliffhanger of the Daleks making a robot Doctor clone is cool and threatening, it's defeated like halfway through the next episode so you don't really feel a continuous anxiety that the Doctor could be an imposter. Showing the Doctor double next to Vicki and Barbara while Ian is unintentionally fighting the real Doctor was a good use of dramatic irony though. And the reveal being done with the robot calling Vicki "Susan" continues with the established continuity of having met the Daleks earlier; perhaps the memory scan where "the young girl" is Susan was done during the invasion of Earth…

The last episode is where this really picks up, as you’ve got this wonderful futuristic Mechanoid city above the trees, and some great world-building via newly introduced astronaut Steven Taylor. Him explaining how the Mechanoids were initially Human inventions to aid in the colonisation of Mechanus, and why he’s marooned on this planet due to an all-out war between Earth and an.. unnamed[?] enemy makes the world feel quite grounded. 

The Dalek / Mechanoid battle is also really well done, not just with great tracking shots and use of lighting, but how the rapid cuts, angles, and superimposed flames on the picture make the whole sequence really fast paced and somewhat hard to keep track of; generally good for a chaotic and bloody fight. 

Vicki being deathly afraid of heights add to the danger of their rooftop escape from the burning city, and Maureen really sells the performance in my opinion.

Now. The end is here. The Daleks and Mechanoids have destroyed themselves, leaving the travellers free not just to leave in the TARDIS, but see the Dalek’s timeship too. Ian’s imitation of a Dalek is a fun calmer after a rather hectic finale, and their departure is really well done. It can be frustrating that the Doctor is so mad at them, and it does *kind of* feel unexpected on Ian and Barbara’s front. Although with moments like Ian being knighted, the downtime scenes of everyone dancing to the Beatles in the TARDIS, and the slower more intimate moments like Ian and Vicki running up the dunes… you can really feel that their time is at an end. I love Ian’s passion for wanting the simple things in life; a drink at the pub, walking in the park, wanting to belong somewhere (other than the rather nebulous and fluctuating address of the TARDIS, 76 Totters Lane*). It’s the time of exit that could only work back in the 60s because of how random all their adventures were; not like now when you can deliberately go to any point in time or space, down to the specifics of “in time for tea”. I do also like how it’s then Vicki who convinces the Doctor to get over his anger-veiled sadness and let them do this thing; you see the connection between the pair, how Vicki really has taken the role of the granddaughter in the Doctor’s life, and how she can appeal to him when no one else is able to get through. 

The montage of Ian and Barbara back in London 1965! is just really heartwarming, and them bursting with laughter when a ticketer asks if they’ve been on the Moon because they’re so out of touch feels so personal and close. Vicki and the Doctor watching them on the TSV is not only a good narrative choice by tying it back to the serial’s beginning, but it also allows for both parties to have their goodbyes of sorts. The Doctor staring off into the middle distance saying “I will miss them” seems really simple, but that’s not a bad thing, because it is that simple. They’ve been together for two years and the Doctor has grown considerably since meeting them, and he got so upset with the prospect of them leaving that he started shouting at them about how stupid their idea was. Not exactly a… healthy… response. But powerful? Absolutely. 

Because of those great first and finale episodes, even though the story got a bit too meandering in the middle, and lost sight of the Daleks’ menace for a bit too long, it’s still a great send off for two of my favourite companions.

I will miss them. 

★★★★☆

[danbenzvi]

Just listened to: “Doctor Who: Forty”

Celebrating four decades of the Fifth Doctor, with stories from across his timeline.

1.1 Secrets of Telos by Matt Fitton (4 parts)

Professor Parry’s expedition to the tombs of Telos was hardly an unmitigated success. The handful of survivors limp home in a spaceship… unaware that the deadly peril they faced from the Cybermen is not yet banished.

Into this situation stumble the Fifth Doctor and his friends Nyssa and Tegan - and they’re soon in a deadly fight for their lives.

Except things aren’t quite that simple - something odd is happening to the Doctor. He’s suddenly in a different part of his own timeline inhabiting his future self with no idea of why or how this has happened.

Who is bouncing him through time? And what could they possibly want?

Starring Peter Davison as The Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka.

Special guest stars Barbara Flynn as Professor Vansom, Christopher Timothy as Professor Parry, Tamzin Outhwaite as Morton, Nicholas Briggs as The Cybermen and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric.

Also starring Ronan Summers as Captain Hopper.

All other roles played by members of the cast.  The characters of Captain Hopper and Professor Parry are originally featured in the Second Doctor story The Tomb Of The Cybermen.

1.2 God of War by Sarah Grochala  (2 parts)

The Doctor is still being jolted through his own timeline, and has now found himself with Nyssa, Tegan and Adric in ninth century Iceland near a Viking settlement on the edge of a volcano. A settlement whose leader has just found a god in the ice.

The TARDIS crew are soon in a battle with the fearsome Ice Warriors. There are a lot of lives to save… and not just those of their new friends.

The Doctor’s about to find that his biggest battle may be with his own conscience.

Starring Peter Davison as The Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric.

Special guest star Belinda Lang as Revna Ulfsdottir and Nicholas Briggs as Grand Marshall Xasslyr.

Also starring Matilda Tucker as Inga Kundsdottir.  All other roles played by members of the cast.

Both stories directed by Ken Bentley.

[This is a tight boxset meaning the stories need to be listened to in order.  While Secrets Of Telos and God Of War are self contained stories in themselves, there is a larger arc running through them and The Auton Infinity which is the story that makes up the next box set, Forty 2.]

[ultrahpfan5blog]

Retrospective Review - The Batman vs. Dracula

The Batman was a show that I didn't really watch as closely as I did with the DCAU shows. I think I was just a bit too attached to the DCAU version of the characters to give the new Batman show much of a chance. As a result, I feel The Batman is pretty underrated. The show is actually pretty good. I think it targets a slightly younger demographic. But it isn't like for very young kids. Its not quite as serious and dark as the BTAS and TNBA could become but it was at least around Teen Titans level. I particularly enjoyed the earlier seasons which dealt with a young Batman without Gordon, Batgirl, Robin helping him out, and the emergence of the classic villains. But I never watched The Batman vs. Dracula when it first came out. I think I saw bits and pieces of it when it aired on tv but never the whole movie. Having watched it full for the first time last night, I have to say its quite enjoyable.

The film is briskly paced. Because the story is very action based, the running time keeps the film moving and I was never bored. The animation quality is definitely a lot smoother with improvements in technology and the movie towards rnatural figure in Dracula. So immediately it distinguishes itself in a way. And it is pretty fun to see Batman genuinely as an underdog because he is so obviously outmatched. The story of the film is very straightforward, in that Penguin accidentally reanimated Dracula, who looks to take over Gotham by turning everyone else in Vampires. For a film based on a show aimed at kids, there is something fundamentally dark in the movie because we see innocent men and women turned into blood sucking mindless vampire minions.

The film is briskly paced. Because the story is very action based, the running time keeps the film moving and I was never bored. The animation quality is definitely a lot smoother with improvements in technology and the movie towards computer animation from the hand drawn animation of the DCAU days. While it may not have the personality of the animation of BTAS, the action scenes have got a sleeker sense of moment. The confrontations between Batman and the vampires and Dracula himself are fun. The early action sequence between Batman and Joker is also pretty good. There are also a few nice character beats for Batman. Like how upset he got when it seemed that Joker had gotten killed after their fight. Then, when Joker comes back later as a vampire, he does save him from his disease. I like that Batman is shown to be looking at a cure and not looking for an excuse to destroy the vampires.

There are some issues with the film as well. I was never a big fan of some of the character designs in The Batman. Joker is one I particularly didn't like. Penguin also is made to to have the flipper hands and pointy teeth, like an animal. There is also a very half baked romance angle between Bruce and Vicky. We are supposed to care when Dracula kidnaps her to use her soul to resurrect his wife because of Bruce caring for her, but there is no real development of that relationship beyond Vicky being fascinated in Bruce and them having had a meal together and then being together at the charity event at Wayne Manor when they meet Dracula for the first time. There are also a few inconsistencies in story. One of the obvious ones is that vampire Joker seems perfectly coherent and with a personality, while every other vampire victim is a mindless monster. No real explanation given for that.

The voice acting is good. For me, I always hold the DCAU voices as gold standard but that is not to say the voice acting is bad here. Rino Romano is a pretty good young Bruce. Doesn't have the gravitas of Conroy, but that's part of the point. Peter Stormare being an undercurrent of menace and creepiness in his portrayal of Dracula. Tara Strong is solid as Vicky, though I have a tough time disassociating her from her Barbara Gordon role. Tom Kenny and Kevin Michael Richardson give unique performances as Penguin and Joker. Alistair Duncan is a solid Alfred.

Overall, while this certainly doesn't rank high in the animated movie library, the film is fun and its worth watching, especially if you liked the show and its style. A 7/10 for me.

[respectthepetty]

Pit Babe Colors Ep. 10

I'm challenging myself with this show and seeing how good my color skills really are, so I'm doing my normal thing of watching it double-speed on mute, but now, the captions are off also. It's just colors and vibes here. Also, people stay spoiling this show for me in their reblog tags on my posts, so I know Charles and Jeffrey made a dumb plan but I have no idea what it includes beyond Jeffrey going to Big Red's.

Hand over heart, I think Sonic is really pretty, which is why I haven't fully thought he is a baddie, but I need a reason for him refusing to wear blue! North gets it together every now and then, but Sonic? Boy, quit relying on that face and follow the damn color assignment!

I'm missing something but I thought Charles and Barbara were fine yet here they are fighting, but Charles spidey sense is tingling, so something bad is gonna happen or will he have sex with Barbara like they did last week? And now the glasses are off! They better not have sex on this track.

Barbara is racing?! Dean was racing last week! Was Dean informed of this plot twist? Did Barbara get healed having sex with Charles last week?

You can take the red off the boy but you can't take the red out of the boy. You are acting so sus, Jeffrey! You had a full conversation with Charles and now you are just lurking in the background. Someone spoiled that he and Charles made a plan, but if the plan is murder, he is already failing at not being suspicious.

Another hand-over-heart moment, I have no effin' idea what happened on that race track because there was so many blues then a car went off the track, and I had no real idea who it was, but I do know JEFFREY HAS SOME EXPLAINING TO DO with his suspicious ass!

Big Red lives in the same place he has his cult meetings to show off his superpowered kids? Isn't there a rule of not having cult meetings where you spray your EIGHTY MILLION BONSAI TREES! That seems dumb and contradictory, but I'm not a mega villain so what do I know?

Red is usually an emergency room color, but the red yelling at me as Barbie feels all the bad things that happen in an emergency room is a lot. Charles isn't dead because color-coded boys in love get happy endings, but Barbie is probably feeling everything right now and it probably sucks.

"Don't be suspicious. Don't be suspicious." Jeffrey, you need to make out with Alan quickly to prove you're gay, because you canNOT do crimes, and are about to be in Kentana territory again. Whatever you and Charles planned, it was dumb and Barbie is now crying.

KENTANA! Are you in on this too?!

*Record scratch* Jeffrey went back to Big Red's with the dumb plan he and Charles cooked up involving Charles dying, yes? Yes! Kentana, as Big Red's whatever-he-is, knows of the plan, SO WHY IS HE BEING BEAT UP?! Kentana, break Kimberly out and run away to the beach together. Big Red doesn't even wear red! HE SUCKS! Leave!

Stuck between the blue and the red, I see. A choice has gotta be made, Kentucky Fried Chicken. Wings or Thighs? Legs are not an option. Legs are reserved for the elite squad of Peter, Alan, and Kimberly. You don't get legs! (WHERE IS KIMBERLY?!)

Barbie woke up in black. He has no man, but he has his powers, so either he is about to enter his rich widow era or he is going to go Kill Bill on these bitches.

Horrible take. Awful take. The WORST take, but . . . if Waymond didn't decide to be bad, he would have been the perfect person to comfort Babe and ease Barbie's pain, pero . . . he had to be a little bitch instead.

Oh, NOW you wanna follow the color assignment, Sonic. NOW?!

Well, Jeffrey picked up your mantle with his not-all-black outfit and bright ass white-wrapped flowers. This isn't a wedding, Jeffrey! IT'S A FUNERAL! Jeffrey, a note from The Sign's Dr. Chalothon - FAKE IT! Sir, that empty grave is supposed to be your roommate and partner-in-dumb-crime, yet I haven't seen one single tear from someone who just lost their buddy. You're more sus than the entire cast of Dead Friend Forever. How does Barbara not suspect your ass with his spidey senses?!

Damn you, Saltburn!

KIMBERLY! AND HE'S IN BLUE! *sliding down the wall and sobbing on the floor* MY BABY HAS RETURNED!

Wait! Pause! *squints* Why did Jeffrey bring Kim? And why to Alan's house? What in the Chuck E. Cheese is happening?!

Alan, Jeffrey's roommate is quote-unquote "dead" yet you are living your best life. Can you try to be sad too or are you in on this plan and this is why Kimberly is now looking beautiful on your couch?

The blue is between y'all, but just like Charles and Barbara having sex on every surface when Kimberly was being held hostage, do y'all have no shame? Making heart eyes at each other immediately after burying an empty coffin that was supposed to be Charles. Shame! At least pretend that Charles is dead! Or fill Barbie in on this dumb plan.

Vegas' Hedgehog, you pretty bitch. I hate you.

Barbie is watching the crash, and Jeffrey and Alan are playing footsie over Charles' quote-unquote "grave." But I already know I'm more upset for Barbie than he will be for himself because he'll forgive everyone for this bullshit lie in less than two minutes.

Does Barbara think Waymond killed Charles?! He might be shitty, but he is backed by the blue. He ain't guilty! Go speak to your boyfriend's roommate and his new boyfriend, Barbie!

Oh shit! I wasn't expecting you to actually go talk to them! Hold up! Is that blue on Jeffrey?! Does he actually not have anything to do with Charlie's quote-unquote "death"?

SONIC IS WEARING BLUE IN THE BACKGROUND!

Like I know shit is going down right now because Decanus sabotaged ANOTHER car *Pikachu face* but I don't think he is in on the dumb plan to "kill" Charles so . . . Kimberly wore blue this episode and Sonic is wearing blue (even though I think there is a shimmer of red there), and I'm crying in the club because this is all I wanted, and sorry to all of y'all, but the show could end right here, and I'd be happy.

Oh no. My man is crying. I am no longer happy. I am in pain. Why is he crying so hard? Was Dean his best friend? His brother? This feels personal. Jeffrey, come give our man a hug! Right now! RIGHT FUCKING NOW, JEFFREY!

Seeing Alan cry hurt way worse than anything else that happened. Charles isn't dead, so I'm just upset that Barbie has to cry and more upset that Barbara is going to be cool with whatever dumb plan Charles made without telling him, but Alan's tears were unexpected.

However, Sonic is back on his bullshit next week, so I can't stay in my feels too long.

And I get to see Peter while someone fully commits to the blue.

Oh, and we get to see the dumb-plan-that-made-Barbie-cry in more detail. *Arthur fist* Be upset at Charles for just one episode, Barbara. Just one damn episode, please. He didn't try to assault you like Waymond, but Charles has played with your emotions several times, and I just need you to knock 👏🏾 his 👏🏾 ass 👏🏾 out 👏🏾 too 👏🏾.

[pashfoxx]

I've been thinking about this for a while so here you have me writing a post about headcannons and alternate universes of troll hunters I'll start with headcannons don't be surprised if most of them are about strickler

HEADCANNONS

1-strickler can become a socially awkward person. He has spent most of his life lying and cheating without creating any true friendship so when he finally tries to have real friends he may stumble over his words or ramble on some or another historical fact Inaccurate

2- Arcadia oaks teachers are friends I really like the idea so yes. One of my headcannons is that Strickler, Coach Lawrence, Señor Uhl and Lenora Janeth are friends although Strickler will probably not admit out loud that he considers them his friends

3- the first time Walter's heart started to beat faster for Barbara this he believed that he was dying

4- strickler likes British rock so he has in his department vinyl records of Queen, The Beatles, The Rolling Stone and Pink Floyd

5- following the British theme strickler loves his British accent and is refuses to lose it, this got worse after Barbara told him she liked his accent

6- although strickler loves history books he has a large collection of mystery, fantasy and science fiction books and the entire Percy Jackson collection has been read

7- nomura, otto and strickler used to be sent together on missions quite often by some way they managed to work well as a team they also managed to make many of strickler's cars end up falling off cliffs

8- there is a stone that can turn changelings into humans even though they will still be somewhat better than a normal human with this I mean they continue to have better reflexes, they are somewhat faster than a normal human but no longer as fast as a troll and considerably stronger than a normal human. This specific headcannon was made to support headcannon number 9

9- Coach Lawrence he likes his co-workers to be fit so during summer break he sometimes takes them to the school gym and makes them Doing the same exercises as the students Walter used to avoid this by arguing that he was already very old but since it was revealed that he is a changeling, Lawrence forces him to double melt Uhl and Miss Janeth. I know this doesn't make a lot of sense but the idea popped into my mind and I couldn't help but laugh at it.

10- Strickler's pupils can dilate like a cat's, this can also happen to him in his human form, so one day Barbara saw Strickler who had his pupils dilated and she thought he was drugged

ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSES

1- Strickler is a magician but his magic only wakes up when he is near the trollhunter's armor for the first time after that many chaotic situations come until he accidentally bumps into jim and toby and gets caught up in the whole thing that his favorite student is the trollhunter

2- DID Strickler if I thought about this AU in which strickler has a dissociative personality disorder so while one alter is Walter who is the human and history teacher the other is Stricklander who is the troll, Walter really has a crush on Barbara from the beginning and Stricklander is determined to kill Jim so both tend to fight quite often for control Walter knowing of the existence of the trolls but being totally oblivious to what stricklander is doing even so when he finds out that stricklander plans to kill Jim, he tries to prevent it which leads to constant headaches and constant fights for control of the body (Gaggeltacks also force stricklander to take control of the Body)

3- this is strongly influenced by a Daredevil fanart so strickler is blind his blindness was caused by bular after strickler failed in a mission but thanks to being a changeling his blindness does not affect him much in addition to the area of ​​not being able to read even so, he teaches history normally, he stopped being loyal to bular after he blinds him so he is not interested in opening the killahead bridge, he still belongs to the order of janus but that is only because he prefers not to die, when he finds out that Jim is the trollhunter he decides to join him being aware that in this way there are more possibilities that the changelings are accepted, he also falls in love with barbara

4- basically this is in a few words an au of those in which children They are adults and adults are children and then I will explain with whom each character changes places Jim changes places with Strickler so Jim is a changeling and Strickler is the trollhunter, Barbara changes places place with claire so barbara takes claire's place in the series but no claire will not be the strickler mother because to start in this AU strickler is an orphan, coach lawrence changes places with toby I thought that otto would change places with toby but i feel that otto would be as loyal as peter pettigrew to the potters so lawrence is strickler's best friend, eli pepperjack swaps places with lenora janeth, mr. uhl swaps places with steve but i can't imagine any of the teachers being a bully so there will be no bully for now

(ps: you know I don't speak English and I wrote this publication in both Spanish and English because sometimes it is annoying to want to review your publication and not remember everything you wrote)

[batfam-rewrites]

Batfam During Quarantine: Retirement

Dick pulls up in front of the apartment that Barbara and her family lives in. He takes out his boom box and sets in a cassette tape. He sets the volume to the maximum setting. He holds the boom box over his head as Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” starts playing.

Dick: BABS!!!!

He waits out there for a few minutes until she opens up the window and leans out of it.

Barbara: You Dick!

The song ends and starts playing “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” from Aerosmith.

Dick: BABS! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! PLEASE TALK TO ME!

Neighbor 1: GO HOME!

Dick: I’M DOING THIS FOR LOVE!

Neighbor 2: LOVE IS DEAD YOU SCHMUCK!

Dick: YOU’RE HEART IS DEAD!

Neighbor 3: SHUT THE FUCK UP KID!

Jim Gordon: DICK, IT IS 5 AM! GO THE FUCK HOME!

Dick: FINE!

The next night

Dick walks up to the door to the Gordon family’s apartment. He knocks on the door and Jim opens the door.

Dick: Hey Jim, I was sorta expecting Babs to open the door.

Jim: *looks at the cards in Dick’s hands* Just take a hint kid. You’re making this harder than it needs to be.

Dick: I’m persistent, it’s part of my charm.

Jim: Whatever. *shuts the door*

A minute late Barbara opens the door.

Dick: *holding the cards*

Barbara: They’re facing you.

Dick: *looks down and flips the cards around* “Babs, I know I messed things up by *flips the card* not telling you Helena was staying at the *flips the card* mansion. I want you to know that you are *flips the card*

Barbara: *shuts the door on Dick*

Dick: I still have twenty-something cards left. At least finish reading them.

Two days later at the grocery store

Barbara is walking down the aisle looking for food. The music playing over the speakers as a voice replaces the music.

Dick: You’re just to good to be true. Can’t take my eyes off of you. You'd be like Heaven to touch. I wanna hold you so much. 

Barbara starts looking around the store for Dick and sees him leaning against a wall with one of the phones.

Dick: *notices Barbara and points to hear and then makes a heart with his hands* At long last, love has arrived. And I thank God I'm alive. You're just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off of you. *plays the instrumental part on his phone*

A store employee now spots Dick and heads towards him.

Dick: I love you, baby. And if it's quite alright. *struggles to keep possession of the phone* Get away, you’ll sing next. I need you baby *still fighting for the phone* To warm the lonely night. *starts climbing between the wall and the refrigerated section* I love you, baby. Trust in me when I say.

Barbara starts walking away embarrassed.

Dick: Oh, pretty baby, wait Babs, where you going? Babs? Babs? BAAABBS! LET ME ME LOVE YOUUUUU!

Daily Briefing

Dick: Okay, while things are a bit peaceful now, they’re not going to stay that way forever. Let’s try to plan ahead now and see if we can recruit any former members of Batman Inc. Tim, Steph, and Duke, you guys need to try and convince Luke to come out of retirement. Kate and Babs you go try and convince Bette to join us in Gotham.

Jason: What are the rest of us doing?

Dick: Selina, Jason, Harper, Cass, and Damian will patrol and hand out mask later today....

Harper: Cool, glad I can finally do something!

Jason: Got it!

Dick: And I will be sulking in my room!

Damian: Try again, Grayson.

Dick: I will be on patrol and handing out mask as Nightwing! Julia will be on monitor duty and Helena, tonight you’ll be on sanitation duty.

Helena: *sexually* Whatever you say.

Selina: Oh god!

Duke: Please stop!

Tim: There is a child present!

Jason: *Laughs hysterically* Am I the only one who still thinks this is funny?

Stephanie: Apparently so!

Dick: Alright, let’s get moving.

Tim, Duke, Stephanie, and Luke

Tim: Damn, it’s nice to finally be out of the mansion!

Duke: We were on patrol almost every night.

Tim: Yeah, but as Red Robin, not Tim Drake.

Stephanie: I mean, I guess that’s true.

Tim: *knocks on the door* 

Luke: *opens the door* Hey guys, it’s been a while!

Tim: Hey Luke, how have you been!

Luke: Not bad, Tim! What about you guys?

Tim: Could be better!

Stephanie: Not bad!

Duke: Send help!

Luke: Their dysfunction has gotten to you I’m assuming?

Duke: Maybe.

Tim and Stephanie: We’re not dysfunctional!!!

Luke: Relax! I’m talking about the others.

Tim: Kay, coolcoolcool.

Stephanie: Yeah, the others are pretty dysfunctional.

Luke: Anyways, come on in guys. Take a seat in the living room.

All three walk in and sit in the living room.

Tim: Okay I’m going to cut straight to the point, things aren’t going to be so peaceful for so long. It’s only a matter of time until the Joker pops up with a futuristic Batsuit or some dude comes in with a plan to destroy Batman in multiple ways.

Luke: I’m not coming out of retirement, Tim.

Stephanie: Why not?

Luke: Because I can’t stand to go back being some vigilante trying to save the city. I mean don’t you guys get tired of feeling like the weight of this city is pressing down on you every time you put on that mask.

Tim: Yeah, but I mean it’s not that bad.

Luke: When was the last time you slept.

Tim: Like 6 hours. Plus 2 days.

Luke: That’s my point! This is a thankless job that you guys work your ass off for.

Duke: Yeah coming here may have been a mistake. Let’s go guys, Luke’s not coming back.

Stephanie: Why not stay here Duke. I mean, Luke is right. We risk our lives to save some fucks who don’t give two shits whether we live or die. Sure they’d be sad if we did, but they would only be sad because that would mean they’d have to actually defend themselves!

Tim: Yeah, that is a great point!

Stephanie: Woooo let’s get hammered, this is my retirement party fuckers!

Luke: You’re not drinking alcohol! You’re under age!

Stephanie: Whatever! *stands up and walks out the door*

Duke: Tim, let’s go!

Tim: Yeah, I mean it’s probably about time I retired too!

Duke: Damn it!

Damian and Jon

Damian sets up a zoom call with Jon

Damian: Hey, Kent.

Jon: Hey, Wayne.

Damian: Why must you mock me?

Jon: Why must you mock me?

Damian: Goodbye!

Jon: No, wait, I want attention!!!!

Damian: Works like a charm. How’s it going over there?

Jon: Not bad, it’s super boring. I wish I had 50 people staying at my place.

Damian: No you don’t! It is awful. I want to punch Drake constantly, Grayson is always trying to hand out hugs, Todd tried to kill me!

Jon: The hugs don’t sound....

Damian: Row turned my knife into an electric razor...

Jon: How...

Damian: Kyle keeps trying to bond with me, Cain tried to stab me because I stole a waffle from her, Bertinelli and her lust for Grayson is annoying! Honestly, Pennyworth and Thomas are the only ones who haven’t managed to piss me off.

Jon: You know what, I take back what I said earlier.

Damian: Wise choice.

Jon: Hey, remember the time your dad almost adopted me?

Jason: *talking in the hallway*

Damian: That was funny. Hey I got to go, I’m about to go on patrol.

Jon: During the day, I thought you guys were nocturnal.

Damian: No, we are not. We’ll talk later.

Jon: See ya!

Damian: Bye. *rushes to the door to see if he could hear Jason*

Jason: I’ll see you there. *walks off*

Damian: *walks out of his room and sees Selina* 

Selina: Hey Dami, you ready to go on patrol?

Damian: Actually, we have a change in plans.

Nightwing

Nightwing: *sees a kid walking by without a mask, he squats down and waves* Hey what’s up little dude!

Little kid: *runs away from parents and hugs Nightwing*

Parent: Hey! Sorry, we’re still trying to get him to understand what social distancing is.

Nightwing: It’s okay, he’s young, he’ll eventually get the idea. I see that someone lost their mask though! Do you like super heroes kiddo!

Little kid: *nods excitedly* Batgirl is my favorite!

Nightwing: Really! Batgirl is my favorite, too! Hey, let’s get you another mask buddy! *reaches into the box of mask he has and hands a Batgirl mask to the parent to put on the kid’s face*

Parent: Thank you so much! *puts the mask on the little kids face*

Nightwing: No problem! Stay safe! *waits a bit longer and puts in an earbud*

Nightwing: *sees another guy not wearing a mask* Hey, how about we wear a mask buddy!

Guy: Piss off!

Nightwing: Come on. Let’s try to think about everyone else.

Guy: Who cares! If I get the virus I won’t die! It’s only the old people who are dying! 

Nightwing: Okay, please tell me your joking.

Guy: I mean, you don’t really see much other people dying.

Nightwing: If you pay attention to the statistics you would see that there are other people who are 20, 30, 40 years old and dying from this virus! Can you just put the mask on?

Guy: Hell no, it’s uncomfortable for me!

Nightwing: UNCOMFORTABLE FOR YOU! I HAVE TO WEAR ONE FOR LEGIT MOST OF THE DAY. OUR CITIES FIRST RESPONDERS MUST WEAR ONE TO DO THEIR DAMN JOBS. NO ONE, ESPECIALLY ME OR ANY NURSE, FIREMAN, POLICE OFFICER, ET CETERA, CARES IF IT BOTHERS YOU! PUT ON THE DAMN MASK!!!

Guy: Damn. *starts walking away*

Nightwing: *grabs cologne* Sir, don’t make me do this.

Guy: Do what? Bit......

Nightwing: *sprays cologne all over the guys face*

Guy: pffft. pfffffftt. 

Nightwing: I bet you’d like a mask now!

Guy: YOU FUCKING SON OF A

Nightwing: *spays the cologne at his face again* Hey! *throws a mask at the guy* No profanity! There’s kids around. Put on the mask, too. 

Guy: *puts the mask on reluctantly and walks away* Stupid vigilante in this stupid damn city. Hate this damn place.

Nightwing: *watches him walk away for a bit* Never thought I’d take a page out of Jay’s book.

Julia: Nightwing, need you over in Gotham Heights. There’s a.... *clears throat*..... situation over there. I’m sending you the coordinates now.

Nightwing: On my way! *takes off firing the grappling hook into the side of a building as he takes off*

Jason

Jason walks towards the house, checking his surroundings to see if any of his “family” members followed him. Fortunate for him, Dick is preoccupied with his thoughts and Damian and Selina left after he did.

He opens the door and walks inside of his safe house. He then sits down, takes off his helmet, sets it down on the table, and turns on the tv to watch Supernatural. Not long after Roy walks downstairs.

Roy: What’s up Jaybird?

Jason: Not much Roy.

Roy then sits down on the couch next to him to watch with him.

Roy: Is it just me or would Jensen Ackles be the perfect person to play you if there was to ever be a movie about you?

Jason: I KNOW, RIGHT!!!! Hey do you want to order some pizza?

Roy: Sure!

Roy begins to pull out his phone when they hear a knock at the door.

Jason: Hide! 

Roy: Hey it’s my safe house, too!

Jason: It’s my city! Hide!

Roy begins to hide as Jason looks outside the door to see Damian and Selina outside the door. 

Jason: *opens the door* Hey Catwoman, Robin! What are you guys doing here?

Damian: More importantly, what are you doing here?

Jason: Following up on a lead. I saw a very shady guy leave here so I’m looking for some evidence.

Selina: Are those your guns on the counter? And your helmet and phone on the table?

Jason: No.

Damian: Then where’s your guns?

Jason: Okay, I hate to admit it, but I came across a dog and decided to pet it, then it bit the barrel of both guns and ran off.

Selina: Mmmmhhhmmmm and why don’t I believe you?

Jason: Because everyone but Duke has trust issues.

Damian: Give it up, Todd.

Jason: Give what up?

Damian: *walks over to the closet and opens the door*

Roy: Woah, how the hell did I get here!

Jason: *shakes his head*

Tim, Duke, Stephanie, and Luke

Duke: Dude, you broke Tim and Steph.

Luke: No I didn’t!

Duke: Really because we came here to try and convince you to be Batwing again and yet you somehow got them both to decide to retire!

Luke: So, they should! They deserve it. No kid should have to deal with that kind of stress!

Duke: Dude, we live in Gotham freaking City. Stress is literally stuff we learn in 6th grade because our parents need us to get jobs!

Luke: You had to get a job in 6th grade?

Duke: Oh right, sorry I forgot you all are rich! Hey, where’s Steph and Tim?

Luke: Outside somewhere.

Duke: DUDE!!!! WE HAVE TO FIND THEM!!!!!!

Luke: They’ll be fine!

Duke: Whatever. *walks towards the door* If you change your mind, you know where to call. *he walks out the door*

____

Tim: *grabs a helium tank* Hey Steph!

Stephanie: *turns around*

Tim: *pulls down the mask and inhales the helium* I am vengeance, I am the night, I am BATMAN!

Stephanie: O-M-G!!! That is amazing!

Jason, Roy, Damian, and Selina

Selina: So again, Jason, what are you doing here?

Jason: Trying to get away from you people! Do you know how often I want to shoot Dick alone from all of the stupid stuff he does! 

Damian: Yes!

Jason: You’re no better. You can not adopt stray animals every week!

Damian: They can catch the virus, too! They need a home!

Jason: They have one! In the wild somewhere!

Selina: What’s your point?

Jason: I needed a place to escape you idiots at the mansion. There’s only so much I can take before I break B’s no killing rule.

Damian: Then why is Harper here?

Roy: Jaybird has been my emotional support person since Kori left Earth for Tamaran.

Selina: I can see that.

Damian: Is this where you’ve been every single patrol?

Jason: Not every one. Only when I get sick of you all. 

Selina: Everyday!!!!

Roy: *laughs uncontrollably*

Jason: Not everyday!!! Look, this is why I need this place, because I can’t stand you fuckers!!! Get out of my house!

Damian: How did you even pay for this place?

Jason: I USED TO KILL PEOPLE FOR A LIVING!!!!

Selina: Jason, your not supposed to even be here. We need to leave now.

Jason: Yes you fucking should!

Selina: I meant all of us!

Jason: Good luck with that! You’ll have to drag me out.

Damian: Just watch us do it!

Roy: This is getting a bit personal, I’m gunna grab my bow and leave.

Jason: Stay Roy!

Roy: Okay, I’ll stay!

Selina: How are we so awful? What is it that we do that bothers you so much?

Jason: I don’t want to talk about it!

Selina: What is it?

Jason: You guys make me want to actually be a part of the family! You guys care for me, and make fun of me *starts crying* and make me laugh, and it’s not fucking fair!

Selina: Jason..... I’m.... I’m sorry. Why are you crying?

Jason: Because this shit has always been unfamiliar to me! Family has always been fucked up for me before Bruce. When he took me in I didn’t know how to feel because at that point my life was filled with rage, sadness, and confusion. *sits down on the couch* Then came in Dick, who at first made me feel at home with how much he hated the fact that I replaced him, until a few months go by for him to accept me as a brother he never had. Then I fuckin’ died!

Selina: *sits down next to Jason* It’s okay if you want some time away from us, I understand now that this is new. We won’t ever stop loving you Jason. If you ever need a break from us then I’ll cover for you, just don’t be out for too long.

Jason: Thanks Selina.

Roy: *starts humming Love Is A Battlefield*

Selina: Are you humming Love Is A Battlefield?

Jason: He is so humming Pat Benatar right now.

Roy: No, you’re all just hearing things.

Damian: Who’s Pat Benatar?

Jason: Okay, GET OUT!!!!

Selina: *rushes themselves out the door* Let’s go Dami, we’ve overstayed our welcome!

Damian: But my phone!

Roy and Jason: GET OUT!

Tim and Stephanie

Stephanie: *dancing in a strangers house* Woooo!!!

Tim: *break dancing to “Dirrty” in the middle of a dance circle*

Stephanie: *nudges the person next to her* I’m friends with that guy!

Stranger: Nice!

Stephanie: I know right!

Tim: *steps out of the dance circle* Hey!

Stephanie: How many Red Bulls did you have?

Tim: How many legs does a wolf-tigark have.

Stephanie: What!

Tim: I’m super fucked up!

Stephanie: Same! Wanna have sex?

Tim: Sure!

Duke, Cassandra, and Harper

Duke: Hey, Harper! Do you remember that time you were totally surrounded by the Riddler’s henchmen and I swooped in and saved you, and you were like “Thanks dude! You’re the best! I totally owe you one!”

Harper: Yes, I remember part of that being true!

Duke: Well, I need you to return that favor and you can not tell any of the others. I lost Tim and Stephanie and need help finding them.

Harper: What the hell Duke! How did this happen?

Duke: Well, Luke broke Tim and Steph, causing them to decide to retire, then they disappeared.

Harper: Okay, Orphan and I will be right there after we take down these two drug dealing pimps!

Duke: Thank you!

Harper: *hangs up the phone* Okay, let’s take care of this Orphan!

They both jump down landing a kick to their chest. Harper then grabbed her dudes arm and broke his wrist, finally stomping on his face, knocking the dude out. Cass walked towards her guy reaching down and throwing him against a wall, then kicking his back.

Nightwing

Nightwing: *arrives at the apartment door*

Boyfriend: YOU STUPID BITCH! WHY CAN’T YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT! 

Girlfriend: *through tears* I’m sorry!

Boyfriend: *slaps the girlfriend* SHUT UP BITCH!

Nightwing: *knocks on the door*

Boyfriend: *opens door* Can I help you?

Nightwing: Yes hi. I was walking around the neighborhood and wanted to know if you wanted to donate to the charity of whoop-ass?

Boyfriend: Not interested. *tries to close the door*

Nightwing: *pushes the door open* Hold on, you need to hear the rest of my pitch! *kicks the boyfriend in the chest* 

Girlfriend: *still crying* NO! PLEASE STOP!

Nightwing: Wha-

Boyfriend: *tries to throws a few punch at Nightwing’s face*

Nightwing: *drops to the floor and goes for a flare, sweeping the boyfriend off his feet*

The sound of sirens is heard out side.

Nightwing: *temporarily distracted by the sirens*

Boyfriend: *gets up* YOU CALLED THE COPS! YOU UNGRATEFUL GOOD FOR NOTHING BITCH! *tries to punch his girlfriend*

Nightwing: *catches his fist* Not gunna happen. *tosses the boyfriend against the wall and has him put his hands over his head*

Police Officer: G-C-P-D! GET YOUR..... Oh, Nightwing? How random seeing one of you guys here. Like always. *goes in to arrest the boyfriend*

Nightwing: *kneels down to where the girlfriend is sitting and takes note of the cuts and marks on her arms* Are you okay?

Girlfriend: I-*sob* I don’t *sob* know what *sob* I did *sob* wrong?

Nightwing: You did nothing wrong. Everything will be okay. Did he hit you?

Girlfriend: *nods her head yes*

Nightwing: Where did he hit you?

Girlfriend: *looks up to reveal a black eye and cuts on her face* My *sob* face, arms *sob*, stomach. *buries her head in her arms and starts to cry even harder*

Nightwing: Hey, it’s going to be okay. It’s all going to be okay. 

Nightwing tries the best he can to comfort the girl before the EMT arrived. After that he stuck around for a bit to give a statement of what happened when he arrived and to make sure everything was fine before he left.

Duke, Stephanie, Tim, Harper, and Cassandra

Stephanie: *wakes up* Ugh. My head! *she looks over at Tim and smiles as she gets out of the bed*

Tim: *starts to wake* Ow! *sees Stephanie* Hey!

Stephanie: Hey! 

Tim: *sits up on the bed*

Stephanie: Look about what happened, can we agree it was a drunk mistake.

Tim: Yeah! *rubs the back of his head and stands up close to Stephanie* I’m sorry, I can’t pretend! *he pulls her in and kisses her* I really like you!

Stephanie: I like you, too.

Tim: Wanna crawl back under the covers again for a bit?

Stephanie: Absolutely!

____

Desk Clerk: Thank you, hope you enjoyed your stay!

Tim: We certainly did, thank you! *both Stephanie and Tim walk out the door and see Duke, Cassandra, and Harper* 

Stephanie: Hey, you found us!

Duke: Get in the car!

Harper: Spent most of the night looking for you suckers until we saw that Tim used his credit card to purchase a hotel room there! 

Tim: We’re sorry you had to go searching for us!

Duke: Also, if you are even still thinking about retiring, you’re going to have to tell Bruce yourself.

Stephanie: We’re not retiring. We probably just thought it was a good idea because we were both sleep deprived.

Duke: Good, because I didn’t want to see Bruce lose his shit!

Dick and Julia/Dick and Jason

Back at the Batcave

Julia: How did it go?

Dick: Rough. That building was well into Harper’s sector though, why did you have me take care of it?

Julia: I think you know why.

Dick: *thinks for a moment* Because of the way I’ve been reacting to my breakup with Bab’s.

Julia: If you stopped thinking of how to win her back for one second, you would see that she is most likely suffering as much as you are. 

Dick: I understand. I’m going to head upstairs. Don’t stay down here much longer, that’s an order.

Julia: Are you still entitled to give orders?

Dick: I still get to wear the cowl, don’t I?

Julia: Fair enough.

Dick quickly showers and heads upstairs.

Jason: Hey, Dickwad. Over here.

Dick: Sup, Jay?

Jason: Follow me.

Jason leads Dick to the parking garage and into one of Bruce’s cars and drives to the safe house.

Jason: Welcome, to the safe house. I heard you had a rough day so I thought it would be worth it to take you here. Wayne house free zone so feel free to cry, let out your feeling, whatever you need to do to process this. I’ll wait in the car.

Dick: *crying* Jay.

Jason: Yeah.

Dick: *hugs Jason* Thank you!

Jason: No problem. If you tell Bruce, I will end you though.

Dick: Got it!

While I try to make these stories for the most part humorous and entertaining, domestic violence is a very serious topic. Since quarantine, domestic violence rates have gone up. If you or some one you know is in an abusive relationship or has found themselves in one since quarantine began, don’t hesitate to call the Domestic Violence Support hotline at 1 (800) 799 7233. You can also go to thehotline.org to contact them.

If someone you know has just left an abusive relationship (boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife, parent/child) remember to be there for them. Allow them to talk but don’t force them too if they don’t want to. Make sure not to bash the guilty party and respond about them neutrally. Most of all, make sure to let them know that they are still loved, and that they are still the same person, even if they feel that they are not.

I will be reblogging this message on my blog. I ask you to please share and reblog as much as you can.

[silence-burns]

Please Hate Me //part 50

Fandom: Marvel

Summary: Based on: “Imagine having a love/hate relationship with Loki.” by @thefandomimagine​ Who would have thought that babysitting a god could be so much fun?

Genre: slow-burn, enemies to lovers, banter, smut

Living in an apartment so full of various enchantments that you couldn't move without bumping into one certainly had its perks, but your favourite was the space enhancement that made sure the apartment could actually fit everything you wanted it to.

In their original state, both floors of the apartment weren't small on their own, but as your moving in progressed, you quickly realized that the amount of both your and Loki's belongings overran the space you'd been given. 

The solution was pretty standard and required bending only a few minor laws of physics and logic.

Whoever dared venture into your apartment now would get quite the surprise in the form of rooms that felt a little too big for the kind of space indicated by the building's construction, and doors leading to places that absolutely shouldn't be able to fit so close together and yet stubbornly did. But however much you loved the whole apartment in general, you couldn't deny that your absolute favourite part of it was the giant monstrosity of a bathtub that Loki was absolutely uncompromising about.

Laying in it now, you couldn't blame him.

The passage of time was forgotten as the two of you soaked in the scented water, kept warm for what felt like hours, and might've actually been that long. If it was up to you, you would've stayed there forever and enjoyed Loki's firm, warm body, the pleasantly dimmed lights and the few bottles of whatever Loki had hidden for special occasions.

Well, the bottles weren't there originally, but as your clean up progressed and both of you started to feel like something other than a walking biological disaster, a need for celebration rose. You weren't sure how the things progressed from the first bottle to the small pile of them on the floor by the bathtub, but you found yourself straddling Loki's lap, completely drunk and unable to move despite one of your legs going completely numb.

"Remind me to never drink with you again," you mumbled into Loki's neck. 

"I did."

"Then be more convincing…"

With your cheek plastered to him, you felt rather than heard Loki's chuckle. The rumble did unruly things to the contents of your stomach.

"I'm gonna puke."

"Please save the last of my dignity and at least aim away from me." Despite Loki's words, he didn't move a bit and if you didn't know him any better, you'd guess he was feeling similar sensations. 

With his head leaning on the tub's edge and his eyes closed, Loki was indeed fighting against the world spinning around him. The warm embrace of your body pressed into his and the water scented with jasmine were his only anchors in the chaotic mess his head tried to sort out. Truth be told, he had forgotten the full potential of the Asgardian alcohol, and especially the type he had stored for a perfect occasion. It was like a blow to all his senses, and as much as it was fun, Loki was starting to worry about his ability to ever walk out of that bathtub again. He certainly wouldn't attempt such an insanity now, with you weighing him down, so comfortably settled on his lap that you felt like an integral part of him. 

Loki tried, and failed, to convince himself it wasn't an excuse, and a pathetic one too.

"Do you think we're gonna get in trouble?" You asked, as if you knew you were on his mind.

"As petty as Odin is, I don't think he's going to execute us for stealing some alcohol…"

"I meant the stuff Thor was talking about. We kinda messed up the Moon, didn’t we?"

Loki hummed in a way that was definitely not an answer. One of his hands roamed over your exposed back, enjoying the soft curve and warm skin. The other stirred the water, making the soap bubble again and the temperature stay unchanged. Loki had to concentrate more than usual, which was partly because of the amount of alcohol consumed, and partly because his mind was slowly drifting away on soft tendrils of sleep.

"No one knows you there, and I wore my brother's face," Loki finally murmured, leaning his head back. "It'll be fine."

It, unfortunately, didn't know about those predictions, which was why It was interrupted by a certain boy's voice.

"Hey guys, are you okay?" Peter asked from the other side of the door, having let himself into the apartment. Again.

Loki groaned, even as he could feel your smile pressed to his chest. 

"We're fine," he said, louder than necessary. He winced as the sound seemed to erode his skull. 

"What about Barbara, though?" Peter was insistent. "She's scratching at the window from the outside… and I think she wants those pickles from the table?"

"You locked her outside?" You hissed, trying to look at Loki's completely innocent face, but the sudden movement only resulted in the world tilting to the side dangerously fast.

"I have no idea what you're talking about. I love that bird dearly." Louder, he said to the boy, "She's only allowed to eat them outside!"

"Okay!" The answer was quick and cheerful and mercifully moving away as the boy grabbed the open jar and went outside.

Loki took a deep breath. The blessed silence once again enveloped the apartment. Through the cloud pressing on his hazy thoughts, Loki considered locking the apartment altogether. 

Another chilled bottle appeared in his hand, delightfully full and heavy. As much as he had tried to get drunk on Earth's alcohol, only the Asgardian kind seemed to do the job.

The drink burned his throat in precisely the manner he needed. It'd been so long since the two of you had a moment to yourself and could just relax without worrying about a thousand responsibilities. On most days, Loki enjoyed the kind of life he had somehow managed to secure himself. If he decided to be honest, Loki was still rather uncertain how it had happened. 

The long, curvy, and annoyingly labyrinthine road that started on the day the Avengers had decided to put him under your wing somehow ended up leading him to where he was now. Not literally, of course - as much as he loved the grand bathtub he had insisted on, Loki had in mind something grander spiritually. A place of comfort, but without the boundaries of a physical space bound to certain conditions and limitations. 

A home, but only if it could be a person. 

Loki supposed it could. Even as he drank again from the bottle, mudding his thoughts further, the philosophical conclusions he came to still felt right. 

Revelations such as these were worthy of sharing, lest they might be forever lost in one's memory. Loki wanted to share the wisdom granted to him by the unholy amount of Asgardian cider, but he had found you plastered to his chest, asleep. And drooling. 

Loki made sure the water didn't run cold as he too decided to join you in the dreams' escape. The quiet popping of the soap bubbles and the lavender scent hanging in the air lulled him quickly into a state of complete and utter comfort… 

"Brother, where are you hiding? 

…from which a rather brutish, and definitely unwelcome voice dragged him away. 

Loki started. The contents of a forgotten bottle escaped into the water. 

As the heavy steps sounded outside of the bathroom, it was clear the apartment was being searched through again. 

You swore. Loki agreed. 

"I'm going to," he hiccuped, "change him into a frog." 

"Barbara would devour him whole."

"Let them fight. He always prided himself to be a warrior."

Fortunately for Thor, even though he was not aware of the small mercy of the universe, Loki found himself too drunk to act on his words, despite his best attempts at conjuring the transformative spell.

But when his brother's thudding steps neared the bathroom again, with clear intent of dragging Loki out in whatever state he was, Loki was forced to make a very dire decision very quickly, or lest his quiet evening suffer a bitter end.

So Loki did what he had always done best, and spiced the world up with a tiny little trick.

You heard Thor approach the door, but you didn't have it in you to move and at least cover yourself up. The doorknob twisted and you heard it very well through the slight creak it always gave. Then you heard the door open - but it didn't.

Living in an apartment complex had its perks, and being able to hear your neighbors on occasion certainly wasn't one. Still, your gaze turned up when you heard a high-pitched scream and Thor's booming voice coming from the apartment above yours.

"He's going to kill you for that," you said.

"Given the vigor with which he was looking for me, I think he had a hefty list of reasons prepared already."

"That's fair."

As all good things have in common, they always come to a saddening end when you least expect them to. The conclusion that life was utterly unfair in its precipice was a natural one to come up with, even in the state of drunkenness. 

"I think it's time for us to go," Loki sighed.

A groan escaped you when the world tilted to the side. Getting out of the bathtub while completely, embarrassingly drunk was a feat that almost resulted in one broken neck and three broken limbs, but somehow both of you managed to scramble your way out. While you searched for clothes that had an annoying habit of duplicating right in front of your eyes, Thor's roars of fury sounded clear through the many walls separating you. 

You wondered if any of the neighbours would connect their unexpected guest to you.

You gave up on your search for the other sock and decided to only wear one. Trying to put it on was already hard as it was. "If you spelled all the doors in the building to lead astray, how are we getting out?"

"Don't worry," Loki hiccuped. "My brother dearest is too stupid to notice I didn't touch the windows."

You had never loved anything as much as you loved the walls in your apartment, their quiet support helping you get through the endless expanse of the living room. For reasons you elected to ignore, the swaying of the world only increased as you progressed, bumping into every single piece of furniture some idiot (most likely you the day before) had decided to put there.

"I don't think this is a good idea," you slurred when Loki opened the window, pickleless, owlless and impossibly high.

"Your intuition, my love, is right as always."

Loki managed to put his leg over the windowsill on the second try, which he deemed a great success. He also managed to get down on the other side with no life-threatening injuries, which was just as surprising.

His pride was short-lived when you tumbled down, knocking him off feet.

The few half-melted snowmen seemed to have a good laugh. The little garden was still winter-bare, and no grass cushioned the fall. Barbara, perched on top of Peter's head, hissed with obvious joy. 

The boy blinked. "Are you...sneaking out?" 

"No," Loki grunted in the same moment you said, "Yes."

Barbara ripped another pickle from the boy's hand. Life was short, especially after you died once, and there was only so much time she deemed worth looking at the two of you. She had far more pressing issues, like the impossibly narrow jar into which her head just wouldn't fit, and so left her reliant on the boy's nimble (and tasty) fingers.

"...are you sure?" The boy watched the two drunkards scramble to stand up. 

"We're just out for a walk."

"A long one."

Glass broke upstairs, followed by raised voices and what was undeniably a string of curses.

Loki looked at you. You looked at Loki. Another Loki looked at you. Unable to choose which to make eye contact with, you squinted and the two Lokis merged together—damn you were never drinking again. There was no way all of you would sneak out in time.

Barbara ripped another pickle to shreds.

"Hey, Peter," you cooed sweetly. "Do you happen to know a quiet little place to lay low for a while, my darling?"

Peter, the darling, did.

*****

A/N: Hi! I'm sorry for no chapter last week, my university is going to kill me with that graduation paper I have to work on and reasearch and realize how little do I actually know about the subject I have to get a 70-pages long paper done. Heh.

But don't worry, this story is slowly nearing its end, and even though I have little time to work on new chapters, I'm doing my best and hope you'll enjoy them. Well, my life's pretty busy right now, and it stresses me out, so I'm not sure how regular the updates will be, but I promise, I'm not giving up on this story. I'm so happy about all the support I have received for this story, and grateful for all the comments it got! Hope you enjoyed this chapter too!

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the sun is gone but i have a light

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/v4OyJTt by northernaltitude Peter could admit that the city was quite charming despite her weird dedication to gothic architecture and numerous gargoyles. But beyond her aesthetics, she was a rugged city that most definitely had some deep-seated issues such as rampant crime and corruption, and do not even get him started on the massive rats that would definitely win in a fight against New York’s Finest. But as he glanced over at Batman, Gotham’s very own hero, he decided that she couldn’t be too bad if people were willing to fight to save her. Gotham would never be New York, but it was alright, he figured. He could, maybe, one day claim this shithole as his own as well. ___________________ A few years after the events of NWH, Peter Parker finds himself on the streets of Gotham, with no idea who sent him there or how to leave. Words: 1106, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Gen Characters: Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Peter Parker, Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown, Barbara Gordon, Gotham City, Gotham City Residents, other DCU characters. average cast Relationships: Gotham City & Peter Parker Additional Tags: Peter Parker Lives in Gotham City, Barbara Gordon is Oracle, Another Peter Parker is teleported into Gotham, Post-Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Protective Bruce Wayne, Bruce isn't an awesome dad but he's trying, Alfred Pennyworth is the Best, Peter Parker is a Mess, College Student Peter Parker, atleast a former student, Gotham is referred to as she/her sometimes, She sucks as much as you think but my god is peter going to fight for her, Crack Treated Seriously read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/v4OyJTt

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the sun is gone but i have a light

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/l6bwZYm by northernaltitude Peter could admit that the city was quite charming despite her weird dedication to gothic architecture and numerous gargoyles. But beyond her aesthetics, she was a rugged city that most definitely had some deep-seated issues such as rampant crime and corruption, and do not even get him started on the massive rats that would definitely win in a fight against New York’s Finest. But as he glanced over at Batman, Gotham’s very own hero, he decided that she couldn’t be too bad if people were willing to fight to save her. Gotham would never be New York, but it was alright, he figured. He could, maybe, one day claim this shithole as his own as well. ___________________ A few years after the events of NWH, Peter Parker finds himself on the streets of Gotham, with no idea who sent him there or how to leave. Words: 1106, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Gen Characters: Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Peter Parker, Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown, Barbara Gordon, Gotham City, Gotham City Residents, other DCU characters. average cast Relationships: Gotham City & Peter Parker Additional Tags: Peter Parker Lives in Gotham City, Barbara Gordon is Oracle, Another Peter Parker is teleported into Gotham, Post-Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Protective Bruce Wayne, Bruce isn't an awesome dad but he's trying, Alfred Pennyworth is the Best, Peter Parker is a Mess, College Student Peter Parker, atleast a former student, Gotham is referred to as she/her sometimes, She sucks as much as you think but my god is peter going to fight for her, Crack Treated Seriously read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/l6bwZYm