#Babs got butchered

[aingeal98]

Batsquad group shots 17 years apart. It's kind of interesting to see which members stood the test of time, who grew bigger, and who got left behind.

[strangerthings-haventhappened]

Ok so hear me out AFTG×Batman crossover where Neil's mom dies sooner like when he is only 13/14 and so he can't just get an identity that is 18 to help avoid questions. He needs to find somewhere that people will just kind of ignore the kid who obviously doesn't have parents and where Nathan won't look for him and he lands on Gotham.

So he creates the Neil josten id dyes his hair back and moves to Gotham. He decides his backstory is that his dad is an abusive pos who is in prison out of state, and his mom got killed in the last joker attack.

He uses his experience of being on the run to survive on the streets of crime ally surprisingly well but eventually he gets into trouble because he is Neil "better at starting fights than ending them" Josten. Luckily for Neil, Red Hood is in the area and is able to step in to protect him so he doesn't get murdered. Hood asks him about what happened and why he is out so late trying to find the best way to get this kid somewhere safe. Neil tries to bolt but doesn't know the area like Hood does so he can't get away fast enough and tells him his story about the joker.

Jason faced with a 5 foot nothing black hair blue eyed child willing to fight guys twice his size is hit with the realization that this is what it was like for bruce. By the time Neil tells him about the joker trama and abusive dad Jason is already menally signing adoption papers and preparing for how much shit his siblings are going to give him.

Unfortunately, Jason is still legally dead and Bruce will have to be the one to actually take the kid in so Jason convinces Neil to come with him to the manor. Tells him that he knows a guy who will give him somewhere safe to stay and make sure that he doesn't have to worry about his dad hurting him anymore. Neil is like yeah sure thinking he can always just run from wherever hood is taking him because he knows hood doesn't hurt kids and wouldn't take him somewhere dangerous.

So Neil is adopted by the Wayne's and they don't know about the whole butcher thing but they know that this kid is keeping secrets about something. Neil doesn't know that the Wayne's are the bats but he knows they keeping secrets about something. After like a month of them investigating each other Neil learns about them being vigilantes and finally explains his past since by this point he trusts them to be both willing and able to protect him. Babs erase any mention of Nathaniel wesninski she can find and solidifies Neil josten as a Gotham native.

He spends the next few years playing exy and getting Bat training but doesn't become a vigilante himself. By the time he graduates high-school he is good enough at exy that he should have his choice of class 1 teams to play for but nobody recruits from Gotham. Nobody is that desperate, not until the new freshman striker for the smallest NCAA team tries to commit suicide and drops out and suddenly they are needing to look at players that nobody else will touch. So Neil josten-wayne signs on to play for the palmetto state foxes and ends having to confront his past that he thought he'd left behind him.

pt 2 here

[butchersboobs]

Twist (Part Two)

A Billy Butcher POV fic

You may need more tissues.

NSFW under the cut- MDNI

READ PART ONE HERE

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I musta been 'ere at least three hours now, an' I swear t'God - that boy ain't stopped bombin' about once. 

'Appy little chappy, 'e is. Always yappin' and gigglin' away - eyes bright as a bloody summer’s day. 

For someone 'oo's never played a game wiv a kid before today, I don't fink I'm doin' too bad. I've bin chasin' the little bugger 'ere, there 'n every-bloody-where for the last 'alf hour, makin' 'im laugh wiv me ridiculous dinosaur noises - an' I'm fuckin' knackered. But the way 'e looks at me - like e's 'avin the best day of 'is life? Bloody'ell. Even completely fuckin' knackered feels good. Real good.

And then you walk in.

You stand there in the doorway, arms crossed tight across yer chest. And you got that fuckin' look on yer face - one I know all too bloody well. The one that says yer about firty seconds away from bustin' me bollocks over summink that's narked ya.

The whole room suddenly feels off, some'ow. Like ya sucked all the warmth and joy out the place the second ya stepped frew that door.

"Alright, Ollie, time to tidy up now," you say. Christ - even yer voice is stone cold. I bet you've been sat frew there plannin' whatever this is gonna turn into all afternoon, aintcha. Some fings never change.

Ollie’s face falls straight away. E's confused, poor lad. 'E looks up atcha like ya just told 'im Christmas is cancelled. "But me an' Billy playin’, Mummy. Five more minutes pleeease?" he asks, bless'im, holdin' five fingers up.

But you don’t care. Ya don’t even blink. "No - not today. Billy’s got to go. It’s time to go get your jarmies on. Now please, Oliver."

What the fuck ya bein' like this for? We were  'avin a whale of a time, me 'n 'im - five more minutes won'urt, surely? Are ya really that fuckin' desperate to take 'im away from me again? Jesus Christ. No need to upset the boy like this, f'fucksake.

"Can Billy come play t'morrow?" he asks, 'is bottom lip wobblin', tears in 'is eyes..

I'm about to say 'Yeah, I'd like that..' when you let me 'ave it - both fuckin' barrels.

"Billy’s a very busy man, baby. We won't see him again after today. So let's say byebye, and then get ready for bed, yeah? There's a good boy…"

Me stomach drops. The fuck you just say? I can't believe you actually just fuckin' said that. And ya never even flinched.

I can’t fuckin' fink straight. 

I just watch Ollie, me 'eart breaking. 'E runs over, wraps 'is tiny arms round me legs and just sobs. "B….bab-bye, b..Billy."

I bend down 'n pick my beautiful little boy up - little fing's light as a fevva. And I 'old 'im close t'me. I don' ever wanna let 'im go. I rub 'is back, rock 'im gently for a minute or two.

I kiss the top of is 'ead, 'n I tell 'im "There then, s'alright mate - don't you worry yerself, right? Don't you cry. We've 'ad a lovely day playin', ain't we, ay? I've never 'ad so much fun in me life! Now, listen t'me, yeah - I promise ya, I'll come back 'n see ya as soon as I can, right? You're a good lad, Oliver. Now, can you do me a favour and go play in your room, yeah? Put them dinosaurs to bed. Billy needs to 'ave a little chat wiv yer mum, OK? There's a good boy." 

I set 'im down, an' off he mopes, all dejected.

And when 'e's gone upstairs, summink inside me snaps.

I can’t 'old it back no more. The rage. I fuckin' can’t. 

Me fists are clenched that tight I can feel me knuckles turning white. 

I’ve been patient. Kept me fuckin' mouth shut in front o'the kid.

But now - I’m fuckin done. 

Done wiv you, ya fuckin' bitch.

"'Appy now, ya spiteful cunt? Some fuckin'   muvva you are. Fuck me…"

"I won't be happy 'til you get the fuck out of my house and away from MY fucking son, Billy…'

“Are you fuckin' stupid or summink? You seriously thought I’d just show up 'ere, play wiv'im for an hour, and then just fuck off like it’s no big deal?” Me fuckin' anger's still spirallin'. "You really believe that’s all I fuckin' came 'ere for?"

You just stand there, all defensive. Fuckin' arms crossed again, like you’re waitin' for me to apologise for givin' a shit about me own kid. You got some fuckin' nerve, girl, after everyfin you've done.

"You knew what this was," you say, all calm and collected, as if I’m the one in the fuckin' wrong. "You just wanted a chance to meet him properly. That's what you got. And now, you can fuck off."

I can feel the blood rushin' to me 'ead.

Fuckin'ell. 

"Yeah, I said that, didn’t I?" I snarl atcha,  steppin' closer, not even givin' you an inch. "And now, I’ve changed me mind. I ain't fuckin’ goin’ anywhere. You fink ya can stop me seein' 'im, do ya? Fink that's your fuckin' decision t'make?"

You keep yer gob shut for a fuckin' change, probly finking ya got some kinda power 'ere, some kinda control. But you fuckin' ain't. Not no more.

"You can kick off all ya fuckin' like," I yell, takin' another step toward ya. "But you ain’t keepin' my son from me. You fucking 'ear me?"

And then I see it. You’re scared. 

You're tryin' ya best to 'ide it, but I can see it in yer eyes. 

You fink I’m gonna back off, dontcha, ay? Fink I’m just blowin' steam. Well, I fuckin' ain't, I can promise you that, love.

"Who the fuck d'ya fink you are, ay? You fink ya can keep me out 'is life, like I don’t fuckin' matter? He's my fuckin' son! An' i'm fuckin' tellin' ya now - you ain't fuckin’ walkin' away wiv 'im again. Not now, not ever. Do you fuckin' understand me?"

Your face twists. You’re angry now. But I don’t give a fuck.

I ain't fuckin' interested in anyfin' you gotta say right now. I can't even bear to be in the same fuckin' room as ya. So off I fuck. I'm so fuckin' mad I pretty much rip yer fuckin' door off, just openin' it. I stand in the doorway and look back over me shoulder.

“I’ll be back to see the boy again, very soon.” I tell ya, tone bitin', venomous. "And God fuckin' 'elp you if you try t'stop me."

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[necrotic-nephilim]

Any ships you don’t like in the batfam fandom that is popular?

OOOH this is such a fun question because I have quite a few

StephCass - i'll be honest this is one of those ships where the fandom ruined it for me. because 2000s StephCass is an elite dynamic, they care for each other so deeply. but the fandom has been intent on defanging and purifying this ship. i don't know *why* but StephCass seems most popular with the anti-Batcest crowd who get very mad if you compare it to ships they deem Batcest. i have an entire meta commentary on this in my drafts I'll likely never post discussing why the only reason StephCass gets the pass for not being Batcest ties directly into misogyny (because the women of the Batfam need to exist as love interests first, not family members so Steph was never going to truly get to exist as a "full" Batfam member so long as she could remain a viable love interest for Tim, and the same can apply to Babs, Helena, and even Cass in some cases) and that just sours me to it. like if i want yuri in Batfam i think there are far more interesting/fucked up ships for Steph like Babs/Steph or Helena/Steph. and when it comes to what i'd actually like to see in canon, i don't want to see Steph relegated to love interest of a Batfamily member, even if it's queer. let her date and exist outside of Gotham the way every other Batfam member gets to, DC *please*.

Bruce/Selina - i can't fully articulate why this ship isn't my thing, it just isn't. i think i just can't conceivably agree with Selina letting go of so many of her fundamental morals and beliefs for the sake of a man, even one she loves such as Bruce. ironically, i think that's one of the few things Gotham War got right about these two. the only canon love interest i like for Bruce is Zatanna and i mourn we'll never get much of that.

JayRoy - i will admit when i was newer to DC the first comics i picked up for Jason were all New-52 and i shipped this. but now that i'm a pre-Flashpoint truther and i've actually read well-written Roy Harper comics, i only see the flaws in this ship. ngl if ppl were actually fun and interesting with it, playing with the idea of Roy knowing Jason as Robin and still seeing him as just Dick's little brother who's gone a little mental, it *could* be fun. but this Red Hood & the Outlaws (2011) and Red Hood/Arsenal (2015) dynamic *butchers* the fuck out of Roy and strips him of everything interesting. and even as a Batfamily stan, my number one pet peeve is when other DC characters get *butchered* in a Batfamily character's book just for the sake of propping up the Bat as some kind of savior. free Roy Harper from this mans.

Bruce/Oliver - we could be here all day if i listed all the Bruce ships i don't like, but i figure this one has to be included. because oh my god either the people shipping this *really* don't understand Oliver Queen or they just hate his ass because why would you subject Oliver to this man. he can't *stand* Bruce. i really hate the popular BruOliie shipping dynamic of like "oh they were boarding school besties" because if you want that, you *should* like Bruce/Zatanna, not these two. Oliver just always gets butchered in these fics and i won't stand for it.

Tim/Bernard - the ESSAYS i could write on this ship and why i dislike it. the fucking *fear* DC (and most popular media tbh) has with depicting queer relationships as anything other than totally perfect and cute for fear of accusations of homophobia has stripped this ship of *any* real grit. Bernard is a non-character in Tim Drake: Robin, he exists to cheer Tim on and prop him up and just be The Boyfriend. we occasionally get glimpses of an interesting character with really interesting trauma and nothing is *done* with it bc at the end of the day, Tim and Bernard must be perfect and cute. what's fun about Tim is he is the *worst* boyfriend alive. that boy is *ass* at dating. all of his relationships are rich with conflict and yet the moment he dates a guy suddenly all of his flaws vanish? i hate it. i mourn what this could've been if we kept messy Tim Drake and had a Bernard who was actually informed by his trauma. DC please let gays be messy again. also of all of Tim's 90s/00s friends to bring back as a love interest, Bernard Dowd was just a *bizarre* fucking choice. Sebastian Ives was *right* there come on now.

Any Crossover Ship - look if crossovers are your cup of tea i'm happy for you but oh my god if i have to see that little green ghost boy or that ladybug girl in the Batfam one more time i think i may explode. i have a lot of thoughts on *why* i think specifically Danny Phantom and Miraculous Ladybug get crossed over as often as they do with the Batfam, but i don't think anyone wants to year that. my only exception to this is Jason/Bucky Barnes, but it *has* to be comics!Bucky. like. Judd Winick's Jason and Ed Brubaker's Bucky would hatefuck and that i wish to see it. any other crossover ship (especially the Peter Parker ones that seem to be rising in popularity) just do *not* do it for me.

honestly besides that i don't think i dislike many ships. (aside from being super opinionated on Bruce ships, but that's mostly bc ppl will use him to butcher the character they ship him with) there are some ships i'm neutral to because i simply do not know enough to have an opinion (like Dick/Wally). i guess the only Batcest ship i'm not particular to is Bruce/Damian, but I wouldn't say that one is popular nor would i say i dislike it, just that it's not my cup of tea. most Batcest ships click for me in one way or another because i like their Weird dnyamics. i guess i could also say i dislike most ships that have come out of Young Justice (tv) because. oh my *god* why were those group of characters put together on a team. it's baffling. but even then it's not disliking those ships, it's moreso disliking that show's depiction of those characters so. everything is really dependant on the canon context for me!

[soylent-crocodile]

Animal Conversions- Herons and Catfish

@thecreaturecodex mentioned a while back that Pathfinder 1e completely lacked any sort of wading bird- no cranes, herons, or storks- which is what got me thinking that I'm doing these animal conversions, so why not make one myself? Herons are particularly important animals to me, emotionally, so here's one of my own.

I do these animal conversions in pairs, and since I'm focusing on a river ecosystem, I decided to build a giant catfish. The heron here mostly exists so that magical templates like demons or were-beasts have something to go off- I don't expect players to go dueling herons- but the giant catfish comes with a decent set of combat abilities and a plot hook inspired by the time someone found nazi memorabilia inside such a creature. Where's that artifact you're on the trail of? Oh someone got eaten by a fish holding it, it's probably still in there.

(Sp90 by arkarti)

Wading Bird, Heron

This large gray bird has an s-shaped neck and a sharp, striking beak. Misc- CR½ TN Medium Animal HD1 Init:+4 Senses: Perception:+5  Stats- Str:14(+2) Dex:18(+4) Con:12(+1) Int:2(-4) Wis:12(+1) Cha:4(-3) BAB:+0 Space:5ft Reach:5ft Defense- HP:6(1d8+1) AC:14 (+4 Dex) Fort:+3 Ref:+6 Will:+1 CMD:16  Offense- Peck +2(1d6+2) CMB:+2 Speed: 30ft, Fly 40ft (Clumsy) Special Attacks: Lightning Strike Feats- Perception +5, Fly -4 Skills- Combat Reflexes Ecology- Environment- River (Any) Languages- None Organization- Solitary Treasure- None Special Abilities- Lightning Strike (Ex)- A heron’s reflexes strike exceptionally fast when it sees movement; it gets a +4 racial bonus to attacks of opportunity.

Herons are carnivorous wading birds who hunt on the river’s edge, striking at fish and the occasional duck that wanders into its path. They are flighty animals that rarely interact with humanoids, and their beauty and deadliness has given them a special meaning to many people and cultures.

Fish, Catfish (Giant)

This massive brown fish has a heavy, blobby look to it, long facial barbels, and a gaping mouth that could easily fit a person inside.

Misc- CR4 TN Large Animal (Aquatic) HD5 Init:-5 Senses: Perception:+4 Blindsense 30ft Stats- Str:20(+5) Dex:8(-1) Con:18(+4) Int:1(-5) Wis:10(+0) Cha:3(-4) BAB:+3 Space:10ft Reach:5ft Defense- HP:48(5d8+20) AC:15(-1 Dex, -1 Size, +7 Natural) Fort:+8 Ref:+3 Will:+3 CMD:18 Offense- Bite +7(1d4+7 plus Grab) CMB:+9 Speed:10ft, Swim 40ft Special Attacks: Swallow Whole (5d6 Acid and Bludgeoning, AC14, HP12), Thrash Feats- Endurance, Iron Will, Power Attack (-1/+2) Skills- Escape Artist +7, Perception +4, Stealth +0 (+4 Racial bonus to Stealth in rivers, +4 Racial bonus to Escape Artist) Special Qualities- Ferocity Ecology- Environment- Rivers (Temperate) Languages- None Organization- Solitary Treasure- Double (one random martial weapon, one inorganic Lesser Magic Item) Special Abilities- Thrash (Ex)- As a full-round action, a catfish may twitch and thrash in an attempt to fight against threats. Each creature within 10ft of the giant catfish must make a DC15 Reflex save or take 2d8 bludgeoning damage. Additionally, when underwater, this creates a 30ft cloud of mud that grants full concealment (50% miss chance) to any creature within it.

Giant river catfish are bottom feeders, scavengers unafraid to make the transition to ambush predation, who can grow to massive sizes if not killed by predators or humanoids. Some, rarely, turn maneater. Such animals often become part of the local culture, and travelers are frequently warned of their presence- if the locals are friendly, that is. Notably, these fish can live for almost a hundred years, and have a habit of eating most anything they can find- more than one story has been told of giant catfish being butchered only to reveal metal weapons and magic items sitting in their stomach for untold decades. 

[thatstheproblemwithnapkinman]

Canon vs Fanon with the BatFam

being someone that has only recently started reading comics, i find the discourse between canon and fanon super interesting

bc there's a few different camps when it comes to what people think and i'll try to go through the groups i have personally encountered

Fanon is wrong, toxic, and is bad for the characters

not going to fully disagree but i feel like there is a perspective thing in play. not everyone can afford to read comics and a lot of people don't want to go to those dodgy websites that attempt to track you and give you a million viruses. also, a lot of people will start with fanfics and then progress into canon characterisation. AND some fic writers actually write in canon characterisations (i'm trying to for mine anyway)

Webcomics are bad because they aren't the same as canon and people thing they are

ok, look, no one reads WFA for hard hitting batman stories, we read it for the fluff. some of s just want super light-hearted stories about the batman having a snowball fight, or playing vigilante bingo, or who can do the most 2 finger push ups. and we get bonus stuff like jason having a flashback/panic attack (im so sorry i'm tired and i can't remember the proper word) and bruce helping him ground himself AND TELLING HIM HE'S PROUD

we just want the fluff ok, we know it's not the full character on display

i know red hood outlaws isn't well loved too but it's a fun introduction to the characters (and we got dick and babs wedding and it was beautiful)

Fanon confuses new canon readers and can make it hard for them to enjoy it

i agree with that fully. luckily i started with dick and he's basically the same, if not better in canon that fanon. but i know characters like tim get butchered by fanon purely bc its the things that are fun and easy to write about that stick and so he just became a shell of himself.

dick was a fun one bc you actually got to see him be a badass in the comics as opposed to the golden retriever he is in fanon. the dude is unhinged and that's so much more interesting

People don't read the comics bc they can just read fanon works

see point 1, but i think a lot of people (like me) get super interested and then start to read canon. i started with DC through a Percy Jackson crossover fic years ago that i recently re-read and it sent me down the rabbit hole. now i'm waiting for my copies of nightwing vol 2 and 3 to arrive having read vol 1 and fear state today

fanon is a gateway

am i saying that fanon is amazing? no

but i think we should work more on educating about canon instead of antagonising, as it will make the community a better place

[shesthespinstersimmer]

Honey Trap (2)

Previous / Next / Beginning

LO: Check it out - I got too much on my plate to referee the two of you while I'm trying to make these moves. Y'all gotta deal with with your shit off the clock. You feel me?

TURK: We promise, Lo. We're good. Right Babs? I'll grant you, we still have some things to unpack, but we're in a better place. Right, Babs?

BABS: Off the clock. Promise.

[ BACK AT THE LOUNGE ]

SUMNER: A dance, then?

PRINCESS: Love to.

SUMNER: If we hurry, we can catch a late dinner. I know some great spots. I'm getting eager again, aren't I? I'll follow your lead; tell me your desire.

[ AT BUTCHER'S INC. ]

MAITRE D: So nice to have you back with us, Ms. Ward. We've seated the other person in your party.

JUDITH: Thank you. Nice to be back.

MAITRE D: Right this way.

[itsmikatheghost]

The Uchiwa’s (Rework)

I reworked my jjk ocs, this post will be long but full of some detailed information if your curious in reading, and if anything is spelled wrong or something then excuse me I was half asleep writing most of these lol

@fifteenskies15​ your babs are mentioned 

General Info:

Name: Kiyomeru Uchiwa (清める) 

Alias: The Healing Hand

Species: Human

Birthday: May 13th

Age: 34 (at the time of his death)

Height: 180cm (5′11″)

Occupation: Jujutsu Sorcerer

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan 

Grade: semi-1 

About: 

Kiyomeru was a very kind man, with a heart big and full of love towards everyone that knew and was close to him. He gave everything and anything to his wife and kids, and he treated his sons equally as well, never treating them differently under any circumstance. Not even when he was feeling stressed or if he had a bad start to his day. He was the rock in the family. Anyone could go to him for advice. Until, his unexpected death saddened everyone and took them by surprise. Soon, buried in the Uchiwa clan garden that suddenly started to become full of blooming plants and the most livily part of the house. Some even say that, the plants can't be removed, without more growing back.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Regenerative Touch

Allows Kiyomeru to heal others who got injured by a curse. If he uses his powers on someone with injuries from another human, that could cause more pain to the injuries or death by combustion. However, he was very helpful to the Sorcerers and even became their doctor.

His ability does not work on him.

It's more of a supporting ability, not something to attack curses with, so control over it is normal and his power level is also normal

General Info:

Name: Yoru Uchiwa (夜)

Alias: The Black-Hearted, The Depraved

Species: Human part Curse

Birthday: October 11th

Age: 102(?) (Looks 40 in appearance)

Height: 182cm(6′0″)

Occupation: N/A

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan 

Grade: Special Grade

About: 

Yoru is a wicked bitch managing to keep herself alive for years and using all her family members to find the purity she's missing. The blood of her family stains her hands as she taints her own son, Mamoru, wanting to see how far she can push him before he shatters completely. Mamoru is her gem, her beloved son that she only cares about for his purity, She's been using him for years, taking everything good from his life, his brother, his wife, and his own children. It wasn't that she cared for them, she would kill anyone in her family if it meant her survival however he is starting to fail her, the darkness is consuming him slowly and she can't have that. He was supposed to be their savior. But luckily her great-granddaughter shows promise of freeing them from the darkness and Yoru would do anything to sacrifice her as she did her own husband. She only gets away with it by using the sorcerer's lack of safety, manipulation, and grief she puts on her family to cover her back and make some of her family want to butcher the sorcerers for things they never actually did to them.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Mimicker

Allows Yoru to mirror the movements of another curse energy user, even knowing their next move and what their powers will be if they attack, However she can only do it to one person and if interrupted or trying to be stopped by any others if they are around can cause instant death to her and the person she is mirroring, meaning her powers are not just dangerous to others but also herself.

Her power level is high and so is her control over the ability

General Info:

Name: Mamoru Uchiwa (守る)

Alias: Evil incarnated

Species: Human

Birthday: November 28th

Age: 82

Height: 180cm (5′11″)

Occupation: Jujutsu Sorcerer (Former)

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan

Grade: Special Grade

About:

Mamoru was very strict when it came to his kids, wanting the best for them even if they didn't see it but similarly to his father, he treated them the same. He was always there when they needed him and tried his hardest to be a good father to them, after all, his own has been absent for years and the loss of Akeru's older twin. it pushed him to be the best dad he could be even when it all falls apart the older he gets. When he was younger many believed that the death of his father changed him and made him unenjoyable to be around, Mamoru was moody and could easily be ticked off, once he'd begun moving away from his mother with his wife and kids however, he became best friends with his neighbors Kaname and Tamae Hagihara. Mainly Kaname who he'd end up spending a lot of time with even allowing their kids to play together, the two work in Kaname's office making a book together. It can get chaotic pretty quickly from how the two have different views of how the story can go and only sometimes agree on certain ideas. Mamoru also seems to have an issue turning his back on dire situations. Yaburu would even say “ Four eyes, yet you still can’t see”.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: True Darkness

Allows Mamoru to control any area that might be covered in darkness, His powers can form into claw-like hands that can stretch and protect him from sneaky curses in battle, and weapons infused with darkness can allow him to make easier cuts into a curse, only downfall is that if he isn't careful he could lose control and go on a murderous spree, especially with his darkening hair that makes it harder for him to control his killer urges.

However, Unlike most Uchiwa's he has full control over his powers if he keeps focus and can use them easily without needing to worry about anything too horrible happening. If he breaks out of his focus things could get a bit....destructive.

General Info:

Name: Seisuru Uchiwa

Species: Human

Birthday: December 19th

Age: 50 (at time of her death)

Height: 180cm (5′11″)

Occupation: N/A 

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan

About: 

Seisuru was a quiet and calm lady, being extremely close to her daughter. They would spend the night talking, braiding each other's hair, and trying on clothes with one another.  To her husband and kids, she seemed cheerful but that was not the reality as she was tortured by her mother-in-law who forced her to do whatever she wanted. No one knew of their abusive relationship or how Seisuru couldn't pick out her own clothes or food, her mother-in-law was in control of everything she did. Yoru even injured her, being the one to stab the poor woman's eye out, Seisuru never said anything about it to anyone but it was noticeable that she was becoming miserable and tried to hide it when with her kids. Luckily she would be freed from that when Mamoru decided they should move out and find their own place to stay. Her life became joyful in the new house and was happy to see her husband finally make a friend But her Joy dissipated from the house after her planned murder.

General Info:

Name: Osaeru Uchiwa (抑える)

Alias: Mother of curses

Species: Human

Birthday: May 1st 

Age: 55

Height: 170cm (5′7″)

Occupation: N/A

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan 

Grade: 1

About:

The murder of their mother at a young age consumed her, making Osaeru delusional which started tampering with her sense of reality making her believe things that weren't even true, she has always been protective of her younger brother since then, so much so that it has become unhealthy for the both of them. She has a kind heart and wants nothing but the best for her brother but has ended up getting him and many others into her delusional world where all sorcerers must die when her brother was in training to be one, she felt they took him away from her and she meant nothing to him anymore especially when he made friends with Kanata. She filled herself with lies about sorcerers and now wants to kill them all for what she believes they've done.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Mothers Call

Allows Osaeru to call upon the curses that live within her, each will enhance her power level making her stronger depending on how many she calls out to, she can also make her curses stalk others such as Akeru having the curse looking like his wife which follows him around. However the curses won't be able to move and the only way to stop her is by cutting the very thin lines that connect them all together, she will feel pain once a line is cut and it could stop her from using their power as the curse will no longer be under her control.

Her control over this power is in between but definitely needs work 

General Info:

Name: (明 ) Akuru Uchiwa

Alias: The Immortal one, Two Face, Untouchable fool

Species: Human

Birthday:  February 7th 

Age: 50 (Looks 30 in appearance)

Height: 180cm (5′11″)

Occupation: N/A

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan 

Grade: Special Grade

About: 

Akuru was taken away from his family when he was a baby, he grew up in secret with Yoru who tested on him to try and get a sample of his blood, however, his Curse was protecting his body making it hard for her to do so until she was able to find a way to force the Curse away from his body. It didn't last long as his Curse evolved as he got older making everything and anything break when hitting Akuru lightly. Akuru would then be forced into training with Yoru who made him be a Murder, filled him with lies about his parents, Sorcerers, and even what happens when an Uchiwa gains scars or black hair. He never knew the truth for the longest time before he became sick of her ideals and found it to be immoral, he was tired of shedding blood so he vanished when he saw the right opening, being exactly when Akeru had killed his wife on accident.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Darkest Protection

Allows Akuru to keep himself safe from attacks, Curses will burn if they touch him, and humans will break bones or die in a horribly contorted way, it activates on its own when he is in trouble and protects him as a mother would. This also means he has no control over using it but, his is also the least destructive in the family

General Info:

Name: Akeru Uchiwa (空ける)

Alias: The Shattered Soul

Species: Human

Birthday: February 7th 

Age: 50

Height: 180cm (5′11″)

Occupation: Jujutsu Sorcerer 

Affiliation: The Uchiwa clan (Former)

Grade: Special Grade 

About: 

Aloof and vicious, definitely not the type of person you'd like to be around or close to, after his assumed death he was full of murderous hate towards sorcerers even those he truly cared for. Clouded with so much anger he forgot his humanity and slaughtered anything or one that would try to stop him, wanting nothing more than to ruin and destroy every sorcerer alive even his own children. His daughter, Kageru, disappeared for a whole month after hearing the news being too distraught to teach or be around others during that time, because of this his son, Takeru had to go back to the Jujutsu school to try and help find their father much to his and many others distaste. And Akeru's closest friend, Kanata, was left confused and heartbroken by the terrifying realization his dead childhood friend was alive, butchering sorcerers in the cruelest ways possible. It wasn't his fault, he was being told lies and controlled by a curse that shaped itself into the image of his deceased wife. It took away his memories and made him forget himself, so when Kanata fought him and killed the curse it knocked his childhood friend out of the trance he was in. But after everything he's done, many have found it hard to put their trust in Akeru and he has been forced to stay indoors, going from his father's home to Kanata's father's home to try and bring more special memories back to him. Once that had happened he wanted nothing more than to save his sister from the insanity of their grandmother not yet knowing or finding out about his twin.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Pain Sharer

Allows Akeru's curse to feed off his pain and injuries even healing them when the attacks are from curses not Kanata's or another Sorcerer as that would only allow him to minimalize his pain with one injury but the next will double in pain depending on how many times he has gotten hit.

It also allows him to infuse his darkness into weapons such as his Tachi or his fists and feet to allow for stronger attacks but has to be careful since it could cost him his arms, legs, etc since he doesn't have the strength to really protect himself from it. But he does have speed making it hard to hit him sometimes unless he is trying to get hit.

He has close to the weakest control over his Curse energy in the family but it is as strong as Mamoru's

General Info:

Name: Tataru Uchiwa (祟る)

Species: Curse, Human (Former) 

Birthday: December 19th

Age: 23 (at time of her death)

Height: 180cm (5′11″)

Occupation: N/A 

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan

About:

Tataru was clever and formidable, never letting anything get her down but no one knew she was a hardworking mother as she kept herself looking beautiful, youthful, and elegant. She would always buy the most stunning clothes for her kids and spoil them rotten, when she would visit her best friend Minami Hagihara, she would take her kids with and they would sometimes play with Minami's kids, Akeru also won't admit it but there have been times she destroyed him in bed, but sadly like many others in the Uchiwa family, she was killed and by her  husband at that, of course, it was an accident but now a curse takes her place to fill the void within her husband's heart. 

General Info:

Name: Kageru Uchiwa (薫る)

Alias: The mist

Species: Human

Birthday: October 28th 

Age: 25

Height: 162cm (5′4″)

Occupation: Jujutsu Sorcerer, Teacher

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan, Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College

Grade: Special Grade 

About:

 Kageru is naturally calm and well-mannered but strict when it comes to teaching the students of Jujutsu High, most students are scared of her and never want to know what it’s like to get on her bad side. The only two that really know of her bad side are her two friends Satoru Gojo and Kiryuu Hagihara (who will be her future husband). Even then, those two know not to make her angry. Besides that Kageru is almost a jump scare of a person from how she comes out of nowhere and starts talking. She is so quick in her movement that no one sees or hears her coming. She grew up with her grandfather and brother after what happened to their father, she believed her father was truly dead and always imagined meeting him, getting to bond and know one another however she never thought it would come true or that her father would be trying to kill her. 

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Shadow Acceleration 

Allows Kaegeru to be the fastest in the family, Some say it's as if she is teleporting because her feet don't even look like they are moving, she is also able to move any part of her body quickly not just her legs. Cutting Curses into pieces easily with her fan blades and her unlike some other Uchiwa's she doesn't have to worry about losing control of her powers

General Info:

Name: Takeru Uchiwa (武猛)

Alias: The Beast

Species: Human

Birthday: February 20th

Age: 16

Height: 175cm (5′9″) 243cm (8'0" beast form)

Occupation: Jujutsu Sorcerer (Former) 

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan, Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College(Former)

Grade: Special Grade 

About:

Full of hatred towards his father Takeru has tried his best to not become like him however no matter his attempts, it’s failing, no matter how much he tries to look like their mother- that girl, her death, he’s becoming him Takeru can feel it, the betrayal, rejection, and death that will come if he stays a sorcerer. So he’s stepped away and decided to get his mental state together but his sister’s been trying to let him know that it wasn’t his fault that girl died, it was an accident. He couldn’t control it after all. He should let it go but...why can't he? Because he can't become like him. He has made a promise to himself that he'd never use his powers again no matter what might be happening around him.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Beast within

Allows Takeru to turn into a curse-like beast, a mask forms on his face, losing control of his body and mind, his beast state he will be able to easily overpower any curses however he would have to be calmed down and treated like a dog almost, to bring Takeru back to himself, he had many issues trying to control the beast and feels it trying to claw its way out of him now that he has stopped using it, his control over it, is as bad as Akeru's is 

General Info:

Name: Yaburu Uchiwa

Species: Human half curse

Birthday: July 15th

Age: 71 (Looks 30 in appearance)

Height: 182cm (6′0″)

Occupation: Teacher(former)

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan 

About:

Used to be a fun-loving guy but after the death of his wife and child which he believes happened due to a curse attack and sorcerers who failed to be safe, he slowly started to lose himself, and he became extremely close to his niece and nephew almost too much. Trying to fill the void and bring happiness into his life again. His brother was worried for him as he seemed possessive over the two, but in the end, it didn't matter. Yaburu would soon murder Seisuru over jealously that his brother was able to have a family and be more loved by their mother, now he forever tries to tear his older brother down in hopes he could finally get the attention he always wanted from Yoru

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Puppeteer

Allows Yaburu to control another Sorcerer with his cursed arm, he puts his cursed energy into them before allowing them to fight for him however this doesn't mean he isn't a formidable fighter on his own, he could quite easily crack a person's back in half with his knee if wanted, but the person being controlled can be easily killed by another sorcerer or curse so he uses them more as decoys if any are around him.

General Info:

Name: Kaoru Uchiwa

Species: Human

Birthday: September 25th

Age: 24 (at time of her death)

Height: 165cm (5′5″)

Occupation: Psychacrist 

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan

About:

A very anxious lady, always cautious about everything and made sure she would be safe wherever she went especially with her young daughter however it would seem that her safety precautions would fail her and her daughter.

General Info:

Name: Maru Uchiwa

Species: Human

Birthday: April 13th

Age: 4 (at time of her death)

Height: 93cm ('37")

Occupation: N/A 

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan

About:

She was Energetic but shy, barely got to know her cousins or Uncle, and was fated to an untimely death.

Trivia For all Uchiwa's 

Their hair will become dark showing how they really feel through a tough time, being mentally stressed and breaking, it doesn’t go away even when they do get better 

Something will snap inside them that allows them to do cruel things without care, so Uchiwa's with even the slightest of dark hair means that they would kill someone at any time depending on their feelings

Scars mean how many they’ve killed on their murderous spree of insanity and some being that they killed people with their own hands or caused an accident that killed people

Scars all have a starting place on each Uchiwa: An example is an x-like scar on Yoru's chest

All Uchiwa's have some type of flexibility 

Kiyomeru had an interest in gardening and made most meals for his family with fresh food from his gardens

Kiyomeru loved Yoru even though their marriage was an arranged one 

Yoru is the main reason the Uchiwa's have so many issues, causing more and more chaos as years go on

Yoru doesn't use her Curse Energy much, meaning she has killed sorcerers without using any of her powers against them, just pure strength and speed. mainly because she finds her powers to be useless.

Yoru used Akuru and Kiyomeru's Curse powers as a way to make a youth serum which is what the canisters wrapped around some of their legs hold 

Yoru dislikes the Hagihara clan and will threaten their life at any moment, even using them to keep Mamoru quiet because he knows her threats can become real and fast

Akeru and Osaeru are the only two who haven't taken the youth serum

Akeru was born with sharp fang-like teeth and the reasoning is unknown, some believe it's from his Curse powers

When Akeru was younger he was outgoing and always had a smile on his face even with all the injuries he endured from his curse technique 

Akeru wears an eyepatch after losing control of his cursed ability when he was 8 and ended up clawing his eye out brutally, he doesn't remember this incident very well 

Akeru also gets nosebleeds very easily when using his Curse energy

Akeru holds the Hagihara flower close to his heart no matter if he remembers Kanata or not, and will drop everything to find it if he lost it

Akeru calls Takeru, "Taki" or "Jalapeno" as a reference to his son's attitude towards him

Osaeru dislikes Akeru's childhood friend and would do anything to have his head

Osaeru became overprotective of Akeru after Akuru disappeared and their mother was killed 

Osaeru does get freed from the grasp of her grandmother with the help of Akeru 

The girl that Takeru killed was part of the high-class Saki clan, who got him banned from being able to continue his sorcerer training

Takeru wears feathers similarly to what his mother has worn to remember her

Kageru's outfit is made from her grandmother's older clothes that Mamoru allowed her to use and take

Yaburu is bi, and would probably have been attracted to Tadamichi Hagahara if he was still alive and if they ever met

I think that’s all lmao

[shpadoinkle-day]

Making South Park is a dirty job - at least, if its creators have an say in the matter.

By PAT ST.GERMAIN -- Winnipeg Sun

HOLLYWOOD -- The South Park movie Bigger, Longer And Uncut kicked some serious flaming butt in Hollywood, but now it's time for foul-mouthed third graders Kenny, Stan, Kyle and Eric Cartman to get back to bleepin' TV, m'kay?

Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone say they're burned out after the movie and look forward to resuming their 73-show deal with Comedy Central after a six-week vacation, their first in three years.

"We just wanna get back to the show. I like TV a lot better a lot of times," Stone says. "There's a creative satisfaction to TV because you can just come up with something, do it, put it on the air. With a movie you have to do something for a year, it's really hard to keep your passion up that long."

Parker, a former prom king who's mildly obsessing about his 30th birthday this October, says he and Stone, a lanky 28 year old with a wild, kinky mane and matching attitude, don't have specific plans for the new season, but they're not sweating it.

The crudely animated show, which airs on Global and The Comedy Network on Friday nights in Canada, has only a nine-day production schedule. So far, Parker says comedian Chris Rock is onboard as a guest star in "the new Halloween episode -- he'll probably be a little white guy."

But there probably won't be more evil celebrity characters in monster spoofs like the heinously funny Barbra Streisand Mecha-Streisand episode.

"You know, Barbra's the only celebrity we really despise, so maybe we'll just sort of do that again," Parker says. Babs is apparently widely detested in Parker and Stone's home state of Colorado, first because "she single-handedly ruined Aspen" by turning it into a Hollywood satellite burg, and later because she slammed state politics Parker says she knew nothing about.

A few other Hollywood heavyweights have irritated the creative free spirits lately, but to use a pet phrase, they don't give a ... um, darn.

Their highly publicized battles with the U.S. ratings body had MPAA head Jack Valenti calling the pair liars and "hairballs" in print, a development Stone finds hilarious.

"F--ing great, I love it. I love it 'cause it's like flippin' off the principal and having the principal get mad, you know what I mean? It's like, f-- that guy."

Stone says there's a need for a ratings board, but it's "unnerving" that big studios can get R ratings when independent filmmakers have to take NC-17 ratings for the same product.

"The truth is we were treated extremely different when we were independent filmmakers than when we were doing the studio thing," he says.

After getting an NC-17 on three different cuts of the South Park movie -- in which the U.S. declares war on Canada after American kids see the R-rated Terrance And Phillip movie Asses Of Fire and emulate the flatulent, foul-mouthed Canadian cartoon heroes -- Stone says he blew his stack when he learned it was still rated NC-17 four weeks before it opened.

But a few well-placed calls from Paramount got the film an R rating by the next day.

"We didn't change one frame in the film. It had an NC-17, somebody leaned on them, they gave it an R, which is great for us, and I was totally happy. But when we did independent films like Orgazmo, we didn't have anybody to do that and we just had to f--ing put the movie out -- we had to make the choice, we were either butchering the movie or putting it out NC-17 and killing the movie and we took the latter."

Stone says Paramount executives have asked him and Parker not to talk about the MPAA, but as Cartman might say, he doesn't respect their authoritah -- blasting the ratings system is a matter of principle.

"The only people who can speak up about it are the filmmakers and the artists because no one else is going to because they're all in bed together."

He estimates the movie could have earned another $30 million at the box office as a family film, but he and Parker are glad they stuck to their raunchy guns.

"They wanted to make this PG-13 thing that would make sh--loads of money, you know, and we just wouldn't let them do it," Parker says. "And we pissed people off in the process, but we're proud of ourselves. We're still making a sh--load of money, so f-- 'em.

Stone says he figured early on that Bigger, Longer And Uncut would be their last shot at studio filmmaking, anyway.

"We kinda knew if we didn't hit a home run we were gonna be f--ed. You know, if we just came out with a pretty funny movie?"

"The movie felt like a swan song and it was like, you know how you hear about somebody committing suicide, and they're happy? It was kinda like that. We were like, 'Swan song, f--ing blow it out. I don't f--ing care.'

"This is our one chance and we're gonna go out in our own way, f-- 'em. I mean, we thought this is going to be the last thing we do, everybody's gonna f--ing hate it, and we're done and so let's just do whatever we wanna f--ing do that's gonna make our friends laugh, and f-- 'em."

But the musical -- Parker's "first love" is piano and he has a gift for writing wickedly brilliant show tunes -- turned out to be one of the best movies of the summer, although some critics panned its coarse language and crude subject matter.

"I think Roger Ebert's a pretty smart guy and I respect his reviews, but in his TV show he gave us a thumbs down, which is fine -- if you don't like the movie, fine I don't care," Stone says. "But he was also kinda mad about the content ... and this is the guy who wrote Beneath The Valley Of The Dolls and if you've seen that, I just watched it last week ... and I was like this is the most f--ing depraved smut."

Despite its critics, the subversive movie has won over some new fans of the Terrance and Phillip flip-top head variety.

"Yeah, we've got a whole new Canadian following," Parker laughs."Everyone's response has been really cool. Everyone gets it. The joke is that we wanted to pick somebody who is so similar to us that the joke is, 'Why are we being racist?' And saying they talk different and look different when really they don't much at all."

Stone says the pair may do another TV show, which would likely be animated, and there are "rumblings" about a movie sequel. But the only certainty is that whatever they choose, they'll do it their way.

"For better or worse, we don't have a manager, we don't have a publicist, we don't have a managed image, you know what I mean? We can f--ing do whatever we want," Stone says.

"And sometimes it succeeds and sometimes it totally fails, but we just do what we want, 'cause you know, the times we've done what we want, it turned into South Park, which everyone told us would be a big failure. "If we're gonna lose -- if we're gonna be f--in' losers -- we're just gonnalose our own way."

[fancyfade]

has anyone got a list of what languages batfam members can speak?

I know that in an interview the young justice (TV) show person gave which languages he thought Dick could speak which were “Robin speaks English, and can get by in French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese, at least. (link)”

Obviously we know that he can do a sign language (link) in the comic but I don’t know whether they ever clarified whether it was ASL or another sign language (ASL seems logical though)

I know for Damian I reblogged a headcanon post on which languages he is best at (link) (which were English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Urdu). On panel he speaks Cantonese in the prelude to RRAG comics (the one that was like. at the end of a robin issue where he fights ghosts). He also says he can speak French and German in Batman Incorporated. He understand Spanish in Robin: Son of Batman #2 in the flashback scene ( he understands what oraculo is telling the kids when its in the < > brackets and earlier in teh comic they say thats spanish)

For Babs I think we see her speak French, Greek, and Chinese (writers did not say which Chinese language/dialect) when Savant is talking to her on the phone. in azrael 29 she says she took spanish in high school

I assume that Bruce specifically CANT speak Russian because in the KGBeast follow-up plot they made a point how everyone in Russia was interacting with him in English and they made sure to send Batman someone who spoke English, and I assume if he spoke Russian the writers wouldn’t have bothered doing that. edit: in batman and robin #16 by PKJ he speaks Russian. Damian does as well so I’m gonna say they learend together

bruce speaks Japanese in Batman incorporated 2 and Spanish in 3, he speaks portugues (clipped but antiquated) in batman 472. he also speaks farsi in death in the family, however he’s doing so to get around lebanon, so it is possible the writers meant to have him speaking arabic and just didnt know what the official language of lebanon is.

Bruce speaks SPanish in ‘tec 404 and uses sign language in batman 222

I don’t know whyy I am focusing on this rn its just an intersection of two interests

EDIT: more for Dick ty!

illumiru said: 

  I think Dick at least has some knowledge in Tamaranean (enough to hack a computer at least), Farsi, German and Italian as well but im not sure on what level of fluency he is there.                          

dick has contradictory information on whether he can speak japanese or not (nightwing 125 says he can’t, I have heard but not read that a Titans annual says he can). he does speak russian in the first issues of grayson. In robin 175 he speaks Farsi. he also uses ASL to understand Joey and knew it before meeting him

dick: says he can speak german in jla 2006 #44.. In Batman 706, Dick can’t read which sign in chinatown is a butcher’s shop, and kitrinia says “So batman doesn’t know chinese?”

azrael speaks Spanish in Shadow of the Bat #24, but does not remember ever speaking Spanish and thinks he was programmed with it by the system

EDIT EDIT: adding my own non-batfam notes for my own future reference im just gonna keep track of things here

Dinah Lance (Black Canary) speaks japanese in black canary 2007 #1. she speaks cantonese in birds of prey 82

Ted Grand (wildcat) understands Spanish in Infinity Inc 25

mari mccabe (vixen) Swahili (suicide squad 24)

Floyd Lawton (Deadshot) and Nemesis both speak Russian in Suicide Squad #5. Enchantress, Penguin, Nightshade, and Rick Flag specifically do not speak Russian

superman (clark kent): Mandarin Chinese (talking to Kenan), japanese (action comics 760, COIE 4) russian (superman 1987 53 AND adventures of superman #599) . in superman 54 he says 1 thing in german and then thinks “That pretty much exhausts my german”. superman says 1 line of spanish in action comics 668 without clarifying how much he speaks. he also seems to understand a phonecall in Spanish lois has in superman: the man of steel #3. superman speaks and reads spanish in adventures of superman 610 superman seems to not be able to speak french but may have amnesia. he doesnt know his name but does know dinosaur names, possibly indicating he has some skills. (action comics 671 ). superman has a conversation in arabic (adventures of superman 619)

lois lane speaks spanish (superman: the man of steel #3)

raven speaks portuguesed (the new titans annual #5)

tim understands only a little cantonese (robin 176). tim speaks spanish (red robin #1) presumably some german but not  fluently in red robin 3 (mistakes "you have skill, little man. you amuse me" as "he just called me a clown baby")

barry allen speaks russian (the flash 1987 #19 - flashback)

zinda speaks pashto (birds of prey 112)

ray palmer (the atom) speaks french but not portuguese (power of the atom #1). he took arabic in college (power of the atom #2)

diana (wonder woman) speaks russian (wonder woman 1986 #25). ww 30 she speaks what the text refers to as “egyptian” i am going to assume egyptian arabic

wally does not speak russian, but does have a tranceiver hooked up to a ‘dome translation computer’ (the flash #7)

batman: bane of the demon: talia and ra’s speak dhari, urdu, farsi

[ls-mcmilkshake]

I made The Man family before they started drinking Bud Lite and committing astounding amount of felonies while ingesting tons of Spleens’ blood. 

Or they might be the original’s great great grandchildren by now...

Insanely fit Florida Man with his judgmental tattoos and not wearing a shirt yet again. He is a pro at mixology thanks to his alcoholism. 

Australian Man is half fish in my save. They both have the Bro Trait and are just...good roommates...or are they?

And Bab Ross is here too! Her necklace actually signifies her Draino drinking problem but she’s fine. We love you. She works as a successful artist just like her origin, Bob Ross.

Tim Horton the Canadian Bob Ross! Bab and he are happily married but everyone in my save (and in my Man Family) keeps hitting on Tim. 

Colono Scopy is now a twilight-ass-vampire-looking guy with a smug attitude. I really love the mushroom-headed bastard and here he is, looking extra entitled. He likes eating, drinking, and hot women, as well as wearing a suit in a middle of the summer.

Tommy “I’m depressed always” Wenis, who are one of my absolute favorites!  He is a vampire with vampire depression in my save. Colono and Tommy somehow hooked up once and I really don’t know how I feel about it.

Ellis Dee looks like a cosmetology school dropout but I actually like how she turned out! She likes growing weed tomatoes in her small garden. After dropping out and got married with Beth, who were in the same school, she works as a professional gardener.

I know how much I butchered the original design of Beth Amphetamine but I love her fashionista look in here and her sweet personality... She is married to Ellis and works as a stylist. Currently they have been trying for a baby!

[flashfuture]

hi!! re: your tags on a post not too long ago—what do you mean by dick’s previous love interests not respecting him? i haven’t read a whole lot of his stuff and tend to avoid romance-heavy plot lines in general, so this is 100% a genuine question and not me trying to start anything i promise, it’s just that i’ve seen dickb4bs and dickk0ry shippers in the past claim it’s sexism when people dislike his partners?

Ah well DC are big brain and they think peak humor is the boomer meme of the nagging wife. 

So basically Dick and Kori were an absolutely fucking amazing couple. But then there was the issue of Mirage where she pretended to be Kori and tricked Dick into sleeping with her. Which is r*pe. Dick was slut shamed and victim blamed for this. DC has an absolutely awful track record with male victims of sexual assault. Ollie was always victim blamed for happened to him. And Dick they didn’t even acknowledge that he was assaulted. As well they had Dick sleep with Babs before the wedding I think. And that is so ooc it’s not even funny.

And when Dick started dating Babs they slowly chipped away at his skills to prop Babs up. And I’ll say it again if you have to tear down another character to make one look good you haven’t proven any skill. Character A just got butchered for no reason and Character B stayed the same. So Babs started mocking Dick for a lot of things. And it carries over into modern stuff. Where she’s the big brain and her dumb himbo boyfriend. Dick Grayson is not a fucking himbo. He’s smart as hell and dangerous as hell. 

So they write Dick wrong to make him the butt of the joke. No one is laughing with him, they’re laughing at him. You see it in the newest Nightwing comics where Babs is there to make sure the reader knows how silly Dick is. 

The issue is with the writers being incapable of writing a het relationship well. Literally, the best ones I can think of is Dinah/Ollie (though Gail Simone and Judd Winick tried their best to fuck that one up) Big Barda/Scott Free, Clark/Iris, Barry/Iris, Wally/Linda (but DC keeps fucking my Flashes)

So yeah DickKori got a bad rap because the writers want to over-sexualize Kori so then it’s like she and Dick were only sexual and I just- they were gonna get fucking married. And I literally could care less about DickBabs except that it contributes to the character butchering of both Babs and Dick by the way. Because when Babs is mocking Dick she just looks like a bitch. They reduce Babs over and over again to Dick’s ex-girlfriend. 

So uh yeah those are my thoughts. People do indeed like to throw around sexist the same way they like to call Gail Simone a feminist because she thinks men are bad. She’s also the ally who says read this book because it’s got a gay character and that is about as surface level as you can get🤷‍♀️ I mean sure call me a sexist cause I don’t think the woman nagging and mocking a man all the time is a very good relationship dynamic. Lol yeah when people say that a lot of the time they’re just angry you don’t like their faves. As long as you aren’t you know actually being sexist (which really is not that hard to tell) then it’s best to ignore them. 

I’ve got some scalding takes on characters who are there just to be women for the sake of having a het love interest. They’ve certainly evolved Babs since then but every time she’s with a batboy she gets snapped right back into that box of 60s housewife. I’ll never exactly ship Babs with any of the Batboys because she was made to be Bruce’s love interest and keeps getting shifted around to fit with each and every other batboy. 

It is usually best to avoid Dick romances as the writer just uses the women to cause him more man pain cause of course they do. DC is traditionally written by men and lots and lots of white people. These people are older who have older views of relationships based on what was on TV but it’s still lame.

For example, there is always the age-old Babs and Kori fight over Dick storyline that absolutely no one wants to read. Women being pit against women over a fucking man??? Seriously? And if I see one more writer claims the only woman Dick has ever loved was Babs I’ll scream. It’s the tiniest smoothest brain take I have ever seen. 

Bea was lovely the cherry on top of the Ric mess. She was adorable and fun and she really cared about Dick as a person. I miss her. Which is I think the post you were talking about? Idk I can’t remember what I tag where lol. 

I think to derail for a quick sec the reason so many people turn to same-sex relationships in fiction is that the relationship between two women and two men will almost always be more developed than whatever het thing is going on. 

Dick is much much closer to Roy, Wally, Garth, and Joey than he ever was to Babs. Now DC is retconning that Dick and Babs were childhood friends. But they still imo have no chemistry outside of they both work with Batman and ones a girl ones a boy. 

Kori and Dick had real chemistry they were trying to both find freedom and safety within one another. The writers didn’t constantly have to hammer home that they loved each other or have random thought bubbles to try and make some connection happen. They just did happen. 

Anyone who knows me knows I am not the biggest Babs fan. However, I’ll still protest the unfair treatment of any character. I don’t have to like a character to not want them to be butchered by bad writing. Like confession time I don’t even like Jason that much but I talk about him all the time because I want him to have a good story. So to me DickBabs is directly connected the butchering of both characters and it just doesn’t work. 

so yep rambles on top of rambles. I’m not character bashing here just to make it clear. And I am a little bit relationship bashing but more so writer bashing. 

[katarina-elaine]

I’ve been busy with Adult Things and didn’t know it was up yet...so of course, when I saw this message, I nearly sprayed hot tea all over my computer screen as I scrambled to go look! Since we weren’t told too much about Alastor in the pilot episode of the show, I knew that the comic would likely tell us a lot more about his personality, as the other comic did an excellent job of sort of slowing things down and zooming in to focus on Angel Dust’s character. This made me VERY excited about the Alastor comic...and I am far from disappointed.   @iveneverbeenmorestressedinmylife​, you probably weren’t looking for a lengthy ramble about the comic, but friend, thAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE GONNA GET!! (I’ll be nice to everyone who doesn’t care about my thoughts by putting this under a read more, I went completely friggin’ feral over m’boi, my eyes have been blessed)

I adore the detail of the first three pages. I also find it hilarious that Alastor is legit just vibin’, and everyone else is dodging out of the way like “N O P E”. Even the worker at the cafe is just like “why tf did this walking nightmare on speed have to visit on my shift?!” There are no words to describe the way I felt upon seeing Alastor just sitting at the table reading a newspaper, I made the most embarrassing noise b/c I am soft!! I just really want Good Things for our best boi?!

The bit with the birds was...something. I thought it was precious that Alastor shared with them, but later on I just sort of narrowed my eyes at him, b/c it’s totally possible that he knew what would happen and couldn’t resist a bit of violent entertainment. One could also argue that he hoped they’d just share the egg, as he does walk out shortly after the one bird decides to wreck ALL the things (RIP that poor employee’s peaceful morning). However, I wouldn’t put it past Alastor to stir things up and then just walk away. He didn’t even close the hell hole he made in the pilot when he crushed Sir Pentious, so  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I need to know what’s up with the roses. Does every flower that manages to grow in hell instantly wilt? Does Alastor just have that effect on people flowers? Did he make it wilt, and if so, why? Is Alastor just having a hecken exasperating morning b/c it’s hell and disappointment and agitation will always be in the forecast? I also wheezed with laughter when the other sinners literally noped away in the middle of Alastor saying hello. Poor boi cannot get an uninterrupted introduction to save his life! ~That must get rather lonely~ 8) On the other hand, he seems to be very well-known and accepted in the cannibal colony! It’s good to know he has friends...and fangirls. That group is an entire MOOD! I would totally fight the lucky lady who caught Alastor’s hat. I find it slightly tragic that we didn’t see him wearing that hat though, because I will always need to see him wearing a hat that adjusts for his antlers and ears (they are ears, I will never believe otherwise). The person playing sax on the street is so beautiful?? I cry?? Also, bless Alastor for tossing the guy a coin. “All hat and no cattle!” Alastor. Sweetheart. Darling. Baby boi. *cries for a long time b/c he’s such a dork and I flippin’ adore him* Also, Alastor cursing was oddly amusing? All Vox did was be a showoff, but Alastor friggin mutters to himself for what looks like at least a few city blocks? Like?? Calm down, sweet pea, you’re undoubtedly giving Vox exactly what he wants, and that glorified box of static didn’t even have to work for it! The panel on page eleven where we see Alastor mid-step confirms that he is one very lanky boi! I would also like to know how often he glows?? We saw him glow a few times in the pilot, but it doesn’t seem like the light is always there. Maybe the glow is involuntary and is connected to his emotions, such as being overly agitated/excited? Of course, it could just be another intimidation tactic (mission accomplished on that last one, babe, you can stop being a firefly now). Also, I am hecken annoyed on Alastor’s behalf, hE JUST WANTED TO GET SOME FOOD AND NEARLY GOT ATTACKED INSTEAD?? HE LITERALLY DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG?! I know it’s hell, and to be fair, I would probably prefer to be armed against someone who was notorious for being *gestures toward Alastor entering hell and forcing people to take notice of his badassery* Like That, but it’s not exactly good business, now IS IT?! “I want fresh meat, not bubble gum!” Okay, listen...I love this man. A lot. This line? Perfection. Alastor both amused me and gave a perfect description of so many disappointing cuts of meat I’ve had to practically dissect before consuming. 11/10 would trust Alastor to do my shopping. I was NOT expecting Alastor to be so polite?? Even after the butcher clearly makes a move to attack Alastor when his back is turned, Alastor basically just gives a passive-aggressive (and probably very static-filled) warning, lets the incident slide, and thanks the guy for his service?! He even held the door open for the lil sheep bab, I cry!! Too bad the sheep is likely terrified of him now. On that note...the last panel on page fifteen. I am LIVING for that panel. Say what you will, but with consent, I would definitely still smooch the murdeer while he looked like that. It also shows that, contrary to what I had originally thought, Alastor’s ultimate spooky look isn’t just a slightly elongated (and antlered) version of how he looks while crushing Pentious. Apparently his eyes and mouth turn into oozing black voids of death! *cackles* I am so very glad the comic came out before I wrote certain scenes for my fanfics...and I hope Alastor enjoys his meal! >8) This does make me wonder whether complete dismemberment (such as being torn/blown to pieces or having your body squashed) truly kills sinners, as I wouldn’t think this would be all that difficult to accomplish or even all that rare. For example, the guy in the pilot who snatched the drugs from Angel likely got smeared into paste by that falling debris. Is he double-dead now, or will his body veeeery slowly regenerate? If it’s that easy to truly die in hell, why would heavenly weapons be such a big deal? Is it just that they can kill someone with less effort? We really need a list of ways that sinners can permanently die or at least a brief explanation of the rules, it’s one of the few things that’s seriously bugging me!  I’m gonna be rereading this comic for ages, especially since we get so many lovely shots of Alastor. Do I technically have the time to do so amidst work and grad school? No! Am I going to do it anyway? Yes!

[internalsealpanic]

I Will be Your Tim Drake for Tonight (3) (Jason Todd/ Reader)

Summary:  Preferring to do anything but your physics project, you decide to accepts Tim’s proposal. It’s simple. He does your project, you try to figure out whether Jason Sionis is criminal. Easy, right?

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A/n: This takes place in a world where Jason is adopted by Black Mask. Inspired by Building Interest by Zoeleo.The events and characterization in this story are very heavily based on Zoeleo's Long Term Investment series. It is fantastic and I really highly recommend all of her fics.

a/n: For clarification, Reader does have psychic powers but it only lets her sense people's emotions physically. No mind-reading. Her power is more like an overactive sense of empathy which may force her to dissociate into someone else.

There will be violence and mentions of alcoholism (used as coping mechanism for physical pain) and chronic pain.  

As for the additional warning, an animal is harmed but it is barely described. I could not bring myself to actual describe it but the aftermath is described.

I also just converted this from an OC so I apologize for any grammatical mistakes.

Without further a do:

Your stomach drops.

Fuck.

Of course, Damian just had to be the one to pick up.

"Hey baby bro, could you pass the phone to dad?"

"I'm sorry who is this?"

This little shit.

"You're such a kidder! Dami, it's me, Tim. "

“Ah yes, Drake-” You can hear Tim choke in the background. “What do you want?”

“Please Dami just pass the phone to dad, I- I really need to talk to him”

“Very well,”

“Tim?” The voice sounded like Bruce’s but the intonation was all wrong. The voice changer Tim and Babs were working on seems to have made progress.

“Hey dad, I- uh. I might have gotten kidnapped.”

Tim makes another choking noise. “Might have?”

“I was at the party. I think I had around 13 drinks. 13 ! Can you believe it? I felt like a right sailor after that, like the harbor workers, y’know? Anyway, I was taking a smoke-”

“Enough!” The large man roared, snatching the phone from you. “Send us $100 million by tomorrow or your kid’ll be shark bait!” Who says that anymore?

“Of course! Of course! I’ll have the money sometime this evening. Please don’t hurt him.”

Tim, God bless him, does not laugh. Tim’s acting needs some work but he sure does know how to act worried.

The line dies and they tie you back up to the post.

“What the hell?!”

“We have to make sure you don’t just runoff.” The large man says tightening your bonds. Truthfully, you’ve felt far worse. After all, corsets exist. However, this was still a close second.  

“Do I look like I could outrun a snail?”

“He’s got a point boss. He looks like he hasn’t even seen the sun in ages.”

This, you decide, is true for Tim. When was the last time he went out before dark? Maybe he got sunlight when he stayed over at Eddie’s place.

The large man grabs Jason by the collar and throws him to his men.

The 3 men kick and curse at him. They mock him and beat him down. They wail on him with their fists, their steel-toed shoes, and sometimes brick. Jason takes it all with a crooked grin and a sharp tongue. You watched in awe. Even on the floor, Jason looked sturdy, ferocious, and indomitable.

"They all break, sweet girl."

Jason is on a tiled floor. No, he should be on concrete. His blood is on the tile. They’re hitting him. They’re hitting him with a bat. No. They aren’t supposed to be holding a bat. They were kicking him but now they’re holding a bat. No, She’s holding a bat. There's supposed to be three of them, three men,  but their forms coalesce into her .  You can hear his ribs cracking. Next are his legs. His legs are always next. Then his arm. She'll break each bone in his arms and his hands.  He’s wheezing. His voice sounds hoarse. His voice is too hoarse. He sounds like he’s been starved and dehydrated for at least a day. They’ve only been here for an hour. That isn’t right. Oh God! Now she had a cleaver in her hands.

No!

No!

He doesn’t need to die. She can’t.

no.

No.

No!  

 The scene crescendos as the tall, dark, sinewy silhouette towering over Jason raises the butcher's knife above her head.

“Harder, daddy!”

“Son?”

The scene of the kitchen fades and the shit-eating grin on Jason melts into view which shifts from amusement to confusion then back to amusement.

You blink seeing his stupid grin far too clearly.

You let a bark of gut-busting laughter out as you strain against the rope. Your brow pinches with concern but based on the scowls you’re receiving they're more focused on the fact that you were laughing like a mad man.  

Jason looks like he’s about to laugh from the absurdity as well when the man in charge picks him up again tossing him into a chair. The other men tie him down binding his wrists and ankles.

"I've had worse." He spits out.

The phone rings again, the dial tone echoing. Jason looks like hell with his face swollen and bruises beginning to bloom on every surface but he still looked like he was 5 seconds from starting a fight.

The large man punches Jason hard in the gut knocking the air out of his lungs as the dial tone cuts off.  “Hear that, Sionis? Your little bitch is pretty soft.”

Oh God, are they serious?

“Who is this? Nevermind. You ok there, sweetheart?” Roman Sionis’ ‘concerned’ voice carries over the line.

They are.

“Nothing I can't handle, daddy.” Jason chuckles with the utmost casualness. You, on the other hand,  instantly want to disinfect your brain. Thankfully, before your mind could wander somewhere it can't return from,  the big man growls into the phone.

“Don't you recognize the voice of the man whose life you've ruined?!”

“You've gotta be more specific than that. I've ruined quite a few lives but I would like to know whose brain I need to put a bullet in.”

“IT'S ME  BRUNO HARDIN!”

“Doesn't ring any bells.” Roman deadpans almost sounding completely disinterested. “Sweetheart, you remember anyone like that?”

“Nope,” Jason replies letting the p pop. It seemed like a strange sort of triumph before it all crashes down with another swift punch to the ribs.

You stare at the strange scene torn between amusement and horror.

“Take this seriously!” Bruno roars.

"I'm taking this about as seriously as it deserves."

A part of you thought 'yeah this is ridiculous enough to warrant nonchalance' while the other part wanted to scream.  On one hand, even you found his identity anticlimactic. Doesn’t he know just how many small-time businesses Roman has ruined? He’d be lucky to get into the top 50. It’s not like he was running a pretty ethical establishment either.  On the other hand, your freaking kid is getting the shit kicked out of him. Emote damn it.

“Jason. Don’t you worry. Daddy’s going to take care of this. Your Uncle D happens to be in town. He’s on his way to pick you up. Love you, baby. See you soon.”

The line dies. Your stomach sinks further somehow. You don’t know if the nausea is due to the fact that the line died, the threat, or the number of times the word ‘daddy’ came up. Who the hell is Uncle D? How is he supposed to help? Your gaze trails to Jason who is now lowering his head to the floor seemingly tired. Maybe that last punch finally drained the fight from him.

“You're all so fucked.” Jason barks out in a fit of laughter. The men around him, jumping from the volume of his voice.  

Bruno grabs Jason by the collar and begins to shake him as if the  “Shut the fuck up you little bitch! Whoever your Uncle D is he's-”

“Deathstroke”

You feel like someone kicked you in the chest. First of all, Uncle D? Really? You guess that there are worse hills to die on. This was somehow weirder than hearing Faust and her siblings call him pops. Second of all, Fuck. You'd never gotten your asshanded to you by Deathstroke but based on how banged up the Titans looked after fighting him this wasn't gonna be pretty.  All you could hope for was that you wouldn't get caught in the crossfire. Although, the image of Deathstroke grudgingly letting a kid call him Uncle D lightens your mood a bit.  

Bruno throws Jason on the floor hard enough for his body to bounce. Like Jason earlier, Bruno is radiating murder.

Just run, you thick motherfucker.

You, being the ‘nice’ Wayne kid that you are,  try to tell him as much but sadly that was halted by shattering glass. A flurry of black, orange, and metal crash through the glass and cut through the crowd of men.  

They fire at him, panic making their faces even paler. They hit him, bullets sinking into his flesh, blood splatters but none of it fazes him. He skewers and cuts them down with ease. His swords and suit are liberally decorated with their blood when it’s all done.

He steps over Bruno’s body. From the grunt that comes out, Bruno is still alive. Dumb bastard doesn’t know how to play dead. He’ll die from blood loss anyway.

“Hey, kid-” Deathstroke greets tersely,  picking up Jason’s nearly limp body.  “We’re gonna get you home.” He slings Jason’s arm over his shoulder.

“Wait!”  

Deathstroke stops sounding slightly annoyed.

Jason turns to you, who’s still unhappily tied to a post.  “We gotta get him out.” He rasps.  

“Kid, you’re the only one I’m getting paid to rescue.”  Deathstroke helpfully informs as he carefully adjusts his hold on the struggling young man. You blow out a breath somehow more irritable than scared.  “Just cut me out. I can make my way back just fine.”

“Walk in Gotham, are you stupid?” Jason hisses. The concern bleeding through.

“Which one of us charged at their captors while they were armed?”

Jason scowls at you with a petulant twist in his lips. “Yanno what,  Leave ‘im.”

“Ok, ok, I’m sorry and yeah I’ll be fine. I know where to avoid. Just please don’t leave me with them” you plead, throwing away any pride you held as you glance at the most likely dead bodies. Deathstroke cuts you out. Your skin feels raw but you’re otherwise unharmed.

You walk out of the warehouse and Dick practically throws himself at you. “Oh thank god, they didn’t shoot you in the head.” He mumbles into your wig.  

"Why would you think they would shoot me in the head?"

Dick pulls back and frowns at you through the domino mask.  “You aren’t exactly the most pleasant-”

“ We were model hostages.” you squawk.

Jason snorts far too loudly to be helpful.

You glare at him but you weren’t about to say fuck off to him while he has one of the world’s deadliest assassins right next to him.

Deathstroke coughs.  “Well if you don’t mind we’ll be taking our leave.”

Dick holding you protectively, glares but says nothing. Maybe he does but you faint before you can hear it.

A/n: Thanks for reading!

[codenamed-queenie]

Okay. So. 

Am I furious about this movie? The R rating? Cassandra Cain’s character? A shocking lack of Babs who’s only the Birds’ canonical founder btw? And a ton of other factors that I don’t have the time or patience to mention?

OH yeah. 

But do I already have my ticket to go and see it opening night? 

Also yeah. 

Because while I can’t wAIT to see my favorite superhero team butchered on the big screen... I also acknowledge two things:

1. This movie was written, directed, and spearheaded by women. It’s going to be a feminist-centric movie, and if it tanks, that’s going to be what all the fanboys blame it on. ‘See what happens when we take away the sexy 2-Dimensional ladies and replace them with actual human beings?’ they’ll whine. ‘No wonder this movie bombed at the box office!’ 

Which, no. Just...no. 

And 2. This movie is likely testing the waters for future DC movies with female leads. Batgirl. (Or Oracle!) Jessica Cruz. Huntress and Canary solo films. And so many more. The possibilities are there, and I think Wonder Woman’s success got us this far. If Birds of Prey does well, it could get us even further. 

So yes. I’m dreading this movie like you wouldn’t believe. 

But. I’m also capable of putting aside my bias, going and supporting a good ol’ fashioned girl-power film, and (hopefully) enjoying the movie for what it is. 

(Not to mention, I do adore the casting choices)

I just...hope I don’t regret it...

[ranger-jedi-knight]

A New Hero Chap 23

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20887313/chapters/64491796 Taglist: @bluesimani

Ok, so here’s the next chap!! So I’m going to skip the date scene cause I’d just butcher it but it did happen and it DID go well. I hope you guys enjoy it!! Also, check out my Tumblr for an announcement! Tumblr: ranger-gothamite 

Lana couldn’t help but softly smile with a laugh at seeing Xan’s face as they walked throu Gotham. He had the happiest face ever from how well his date went with Lila on Saturday. Even days later, he couldn’t stop thinking about it. Lila was with them along with Mari, Damian, Kim, and Bee. Haya was busy doing commissions and her Lila, L, had a date but she wouldn’t tell them the name yet since she wanted to see how it went first. Two couples held hands as they walked. Nino and Chloe were doing some last minute stuff and would meet them up after.

“So, Lana,” Bee starts looking at her friend curiously and Lana tilts her head toward her friend. The others are looking at them as well, wondering what Bee was going to ask. “Have you thought about getting a coach?”

“Coach? For what?”

“For your ice skating! You’re really good at it,” Bee said, smiling encouragingly at her friend and Lana grew flustered at that as everyone nodded agreement.

“W-well. I don’t know. I’m not that good. It’s been years since I did a competition. I doubt any coach would want me,” Lana said waving a hand and Bee scowled as she took Lana’s hand and squeezed it.

“You are good. Don’t put yourself down. I’m sure lots of coaches would want you,” Bee said giving Lana a look as the others nodded.

“Ya, Lana! Don’t put yourself down,” Xan replied this time and Lana just gave a one-shoulder shrug.

“I-’ll think about it.” With that they continued walking toward the ice rink since everyone had wanted to do that. Mari shared a smile with Damian and pulled her phone out. Damian let her hand go so that she could message the man that offered to coach her what seems like forever ago. Damian looked at their group as the others talked to themselves while Mari quickly talked to Philippe.

Reaching the ice rink, Lana and Bee sat down to pull on their skates while the others went and rented some skates. Once they were all ready, they went onto the ice and skated around with Kim, Bee, and Lana helping them skate smoothly. “Hey Lana, mind recreating the last routine you did after I...?” he asked and Lana gave Xan a soft look as she nodded agreement.

“Of course. I did dedicate to you,” Lana said, pulling her phone out and pulling up the song. A song Xan was fairly fond of before he was killed and taken. “Play this when I get into position.” Xan nodded and she skated to the center of the rink. She was lucky there weren’t many people out then, and when they saw her they moved to the sides. He pressed play when she got into position, a soft smile grew on his lips when he realized it was ‘My Heart Will Go On’. She glided across the ice, unaware of the camera Mari had trained on her and the crowd.

Xan felt tears stinging his eyes as he watched the dance. Lila squeezed his hand, holding tightly as she wiped away a tear herself, watching as Lana danced with a grief and remembrance of someone she loved. It wasn’t a song dancers typically chose since it had words but she did as a tribute to him. She ended a bit to the side from her start point, her head tilted up looking to the side with her eyes closed, her mouth agape as a hand clutched her shirt above her heart and her other slightly behind her. Her torso turned slightly the way her head was facing, her right leg turned to face in front of her while slightly lifted as if to push her off while her left faced the same way her head was facing, toward Xan.

Xan was the first to class before everyone in the rink started clapping as well. A blush dusted her cheeks as she pushed off to go back to them. Mari was beaming as she slid her phone back into her pocket after sending the video to Philippe. “It was a bit clumsy,” she muttered embarrassed and flustered, You don’t deserve the praise. You’re a fake, a voice that sounded like Steve’s voice whispered into her ear. She hugged herself when she reached them, folding into herself. Bee was at her side immediately, whispering into her ear things that none of them could hear. She nodded occasionally, taking a few deep breaths.

“That was awesome! Mind teaching me some of those moves?” Kim asked, somehow knowing that a distraction is needed for her mind. Lila started nodding as well right as Nino and Chloe arrived on the ice.

“Teach what?” Chloe asked and Kim launched into an explanation of the routine Lana did. Chloe immediately beamed at Lana and nodded eagerly as well. Lana pulled them to the center of the rink to start teaching them, with some of the other people there as well joining in. Xan shared a smile with Mari and Damian at seeing her relax after whatever went throu her head skating back to them after the dance.

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Duke had a small sideways smile on his lips as he shook his head. “You guys are ridiculous,” he said looking between Jason and Tim while Dick was face planted on the couch exhausted after doing a nightshift at the precinct.

“I resent that. That’s not true,” Jason said with his arms crossed and Duke just gave him a look while Tim snorted. “What!?”

“Nevermind that. Is it true?”

“Oh ya! It’s very true! Damian is dating Marinette! Finally! And, Dick is also dating Alya finally, along with this british FBI agent. They got close it seems while Dick was dating Babs. And don’t ask me about Kon ‘cause I can honestly say I don’t know who he’s seeing. He hasn’t told me and the person is just listed as ‘My Heart’ on his phone with hearts around it. Very cute if I’m being honest,” Tim said with a smile.

“You didn’t hack his phone to see?”

“Hey-!”

“You would! Don’t deny it!” Jason shouted while Dick mumbled his agreement along with a ‘shut up’.

“I’m respecting his privacy. I can do that,” Tim said and the two brothers shared a look before giving Tim a look.

“Couldn’t crack it?” Duke asked and Tim pouted as he looked away.

“He so didn’t. Bab’s probably encrypted Kon’s phone,” Jason replied and Duke nodded.

“So, when do I get to see ‘em?”

“See who?” Dick asked looking up, half asleep.

“You’re boyfriend and girlfriend, Dick. I already know Marinette.”

“Oh, uh…” he trailed off in thought and a yawn left him. “I’ll see,” he mumbled before going back to his nap so that he was ready for patrol that night. The three laughed at that and then Tim turned to Jason with a teasing smile.

“Duke, I don’t think you’ve heard about Jason’s crush,” Tim said in a teasing tone and Jason glared at him. Jason rushed over at Tim who evaded him while Duke looked interested.

“Oh?” he asked, curious since he hadn’t seen Jason crush on anyone in a while.

“Ya! You’ve met or seen Alya before, Dick’s partner at the precinct, she’s come here quite a bit,” Tim started and Duke nodded, he’s certainly seen her in passing, having maybe one or two conversations that lasted minutes because they each had something to do. “Well, she has a younger sister named Lana-” Tim yelped as he ducked under Jason’s arm as it swung at him. But he didn’t need to say any more as Duke was nodding with a smile.

“Ah. I see,” he then grabbed Jason’s wrist as he almost caught Tim’s shirt. Tim scampered behind Duke with a smile and patted his shoulder.

“Yup! Now I have to go! Gotta make sure the board didn’t try screwing over that hotel again!” Tim then ran out of the room and to his car while Jason glared at Duke.

“Not a word.” “Oh, I think the others won’t stop even when you ask her out,” Duke replied with a smirk before heading up to his room to unpack. Jason just groaned and fell onto the couch, Dick somehow being quick enough to keep his legs from being sat on. Once Jason was sitting on the couch defeated, Dick dropped his legs over Jason’s lap. Jason just groaned at that and tried melting into the couch, hoping his embarrassment would leave before someone else came.

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Melody was humming under her breath as she typed on her computer. A request to the sister hotel to see if they could borrow an employee. Looking up when she heard the door, she was surprised to see that it was the CEO Tim Drake-Wayne. “What can I do for you, Mr. Drake-Wayne?” she tilted her head as she asked the question.

“Just came by to make sure the board didn’t try pulling one over me,” he explained with a smile and Melody returned it with a soft laugh.

“Don’t worry. They haven’t. I think you scared them when you told them of what they did wrong,” she replied and Tim nodded with a smile and the phone started ringing and she raised a finger and answered it. As she dealt with the patreon, he looked around the lobby taking note of how it was simple, but nice. Plants were on both sides of the door, along with a couple in the corner by the front desk. A few landscape paintings covered the wall, along with a Gotham skyline showing the vigilantes-his photograph. He took it a while ago and he could tell what each silhouette was- Batman in front, Robin slightly behind with Nightwing and Red Hood behind them, caught up in a race, Spoiler and Signal high fiving as they jumped a gap after the two with Orphan bringing up the rear.

“You know, that’s one of my favorite photos,” Melody said coming up from behind to stand next to Tim. Tim startled at that but smiled softly as he looked over at her then back to the photo.

“Really?”

“Ya, it’d be even better if it had Red Robin in it too,” she replied smiling at him as she gave the photo one last look before going back to the front desk. “If I could, I’d have this photo, including Red Robin in it, in my house.”

“You like Red Robin?”

“Ya, why wouldn’t I?” she tilted her head a bit confused at his question as she started an email to their maintenance man. “Red Robin is awesome, he saved my life some years ago when I first arrived in Gotham. So I was grateful at first but now I look up to him,” she explained with a shrug, curious about his slightly shocked expression. “Ok, I can understand not knowing why since you are a CEO and plenty busy, but believe or not, a lot of people do like Red Robin.” “Ya, just been pretty busy. Only really seen Batman and Robin memorabilia thou. Nightwing and Red Hood I have seen occasionally but not much,” he admitted with a shrug and Melody nodded with a laugh.

“That is true. But I think it’s more on the concept of Batman and Robin being the dynamic duo who’s been around the longest. I mean, they still sell stuff that looks like the original Robin paired with Nightwing since it’s easy to guess that they’re the same since there was no Robin for a few months after Nightwing appeared,” she replied and Tim had to nod, people even suspect Robin #2 and Red Hood being the same which would be fair.

“Ya,” he whispered with a small smile, knowing that people did appreciate his work as Red Robin even if it wasn’t obvious.

“Since you’re looking around, you could get some coffee or something from the machine,” Melody said looking up as she sent the email before pointing to the machine that sat on a counter running along the wall next to the desk.

“Thanks,” he walked over and made himself some hot chocolate. Going back to the desk, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a card and held it to Melody. “Here, in case the board tries anything again.” He then started toward the door and waved to an employee that was walking back to the front desk.

Mari-aculous @MDC_Designs Having fun at the ice rink with everyone! Apparently Lana is popular right now #awesome #iceskating #icedancing #figureskating #learning *Mari beaming at the camera before turning it to show Lana helping bother her friends and some strangers doing some figure skating moves*

Ok, so here’s the next chap! I hope you guys enjoy this fun little thing showing the characters doin random n havin fun. AND DUKE APPEARS!! Sorry if Duke is a bit OOC, I tried. He seems like a cool character, I literally read a couple wiki type things bout him so this is my best guess of how to do him. And, next chap Duke will meet Alya and Xavier and see the others again! Until next time!! -Love Willa<3<3<3