#Bat of teh day

[loveisinthebat]

Maximum stance

[w0rmss]

Justice league members (your choice) reacting to y/n who can perfectly mimic sounds? Just some crack hcs xD

I did a selection just a few sentences on how they'd react. Bruce clark diana hal Oliver.

Enjoy

Batman

Bruce sat at one of the computers in the watch tower checking over reports and mission files when he heard it. A voice that sounded just like his. And not his voice changer. Him Bruce Wayne. The man turn in his chair to face the voice. To face you. You smiled waving at him. "Hello I'm the new member. Mimic." Bruce sat there in shock for a moment before turning back to the computer grumbling. "Never do that again."

Superman

Clark was minding his own business looking out the large window at teh stars. His head traveling off to distant places. But then he heard a voice that sounded just like Lois. "So you're the man of steel." He turns and is met with someone who is definitely not Lois. "You're not." He starts but you cut him off. "Lois lane yeah I know sorry. You guys seem so close on the tv and I love the way she talks. I'm mimic. Martian manhunt recruited me." You smile and stratch out a hand as the man stares at you in pure confusion

Wonder woman

Diana was following the sound of an electrical buzzing through the halls of the watch tower. She couldn’t find it anywhere but had to in case her team were to be endangered by it. Eventually, she could hear it getting closer and closer till she crashed into you. You land flat on your ass but the buzzing stopped. "Oh hera, are you alright." Diana picks you up with no bother. "I'm fine. Thank you. Sorry, I was in my own world." You smile. "Did you hear a buzzing by any chance." The amazonian asks, looking around the hall. You tilt your head confused till you realise. "Oh god, sorry, that was me. I mimic sounds. It's my meta ability. I am so sorry." The woman looks at you before laughing.

Green lantern

You and Hal were stilling in the break room together. He had spent the last 30 months showing of his ring before he stopped and realised he didn't know what you could do. "So what's your bit." You asked sliding into a chair across from you. "I can mimic sounds and voices." You reply causally sounding exactly like him. The lantern nearly falls of his chair in shock. He looked bewildered amused and confused at once. "Can you do bats." He asked leaning in closer. "I'm batman." You say in the vigilantes voice before giggling.

Green arrow

Oliver had heard a lot about you before he met you. So when he found you in the training room one afternoon he had to say hi. "So you're the new hero. Mimic right." The blonde asked, walking over to you, a towel around his neck. "That I am handsome." You say in black canary voice making Oliver jaw drop. "I um. Wow. That's impressive. What else you got." With a smile, you mimic the voices of league members' villains and everyday sounds. "Do a... tea kettle." Oliver grins leaning against a bench as you do just that.

Hope you enjoyed and I hope that was right.

Feel free to request like reply repost

Stay safe

Have a wonderful day night afternoon etc

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Steph, do you have any "there was only one bed" recs?

Hi Lovely!

Ahhh, not SPECIFICALLY "only one bed" but I do have a LOT of "Bed sharing" fics where the majority of them are "victims of circumstances" so in turn Share A Bed, LOL. And because I need a list for today, I'm using your list to put out the next part that doesn't have much but I did go through my MFL list to pad it out a bit. For those, I whittled down that section to fics specifically tagged with "one bed" LOL, so check that section out to get more closer to what you're looking for.

If anyone has some fics to share that are SPECIFICALLY One Bed, please do!!!! One of these days I will properly sit down and go through all my bookmarks, and then I'll filter those out from these lists.

BED SHARING Pt. 7

See also:

The Speckled Blonde / BedSharing

BedSharing Pt. 2 and Insecure Sherlock

Bed Sharing Pt. 3

Bed Sharing Pt. 4 

Bed Sharing Pt. 5

Bed Sharing Pt. 6 (Mar 2023)

BOOKMARKS

Both Sides Now by Silvergirl (M, 14,724 w., 5 Ch. || Post-TEH / Reunion Fix-It, Bed Sharing, First Kiss / Time, Undercover John, Couple for a Case, Assassin Mary, Big Brother Mycroft, Norfolk Coast, Angry John, First Kiss, Worried Sherlock, Pining Sherlock, Hand Holding, Bed Sharing, Alternating POV, Infidelity, Meddling Mycroft, Emotional Love Making, Matchmaker Mycroft) – Sherlock, undercover on the Norfolk coast, texts that he needs help; John is still seething after Sherlock’s gambit in the train car, and he refuses. When Sherlock goes missing, Mycroft sends John in to pose as Sherlock’s bit on the side.

Spare Parts by Raina_at (E, 63,497 w., 10 Ch. || 24th Century / Futurism AU || Post TRF, Pre-TRF Relationship, Case Fic, Mutual Pining, Estrangement, Reconciliation, Science Fiction, Reunion, Nightmares, Angry John, Cybernetic John, Emotional Discussions / Heart to Heart, POV John, Scars, Past Drug Use, Forehead Touching, Emotional Lovemaking, Kissing, Apologies, Kidnapping, Rescue Mission, BAMF John, Bed Sharing, Top Sherlock) – Two years ago, Sherlock Holmes jumped off the roof of New London Hospital. Two months ago, he walked into John's clinic as if no time had passed at all. John hasn't seen him since. But then Sherlock knocks on John's door with a case he can't say no to, and while figuring out why the biggest manufacturer or synthetic limbs in the System is going after veterans, they also need to find out whether there's a way to fix what's broken between them. Part 1 of Realigning Gravity

Out There by DiscordantWords (T, 131,695 w., 10 Ch. || X-Files Fusion || Past Soldier John, Panic Attacks, POV Alternating Present Tense, Anxious John, Canon Adjacent, Deductions, Obsessive Sherlock,, Travelling, Sherlock’s Family, Jealous Sherlock, Mind Palace John, Awkward Flirting, Batting Cage, Kidnapped/Abducted John, Semi-Reverse Reichenbach, Worried/Anxious Sherlock, Hospital, Slow Burn, UST, Case Fic, Government Conspiracy, Aliens, UFOs, Mutants, Mutual Pining, First Kiss, Coma John, Forehead Touching, Hand Holding, Drinking/Bars, Past Jolto) – FBI Special Agent John Watson, medical doctor and army veteran, is assigned to assist eccentric genius Sherlock Holmes with paranormal investigations on the X-Files project.

MARKED FOR LATER

One Bed That Wasn't Slept In, and Another That Was by ancientreader (E, 8,455 w., 1 Ch. || Bed Sharing, First Time) – John doesn’t mind sharing a bed with Sherlock. Sherlock dissents. Things go downhill from there.

The Perfect Place by meet_me_in_samarra (T, 10,070 w., 14 Ch. || Alternate First Meeting AU || Crack / Humour, Mutual Pining, Misunderstandings, Only One Bed) – Sherlock needs a flatmate and already has the perfect person in mind. Now he only needs to convince his object of desire to move in and also find out if he desires Sherlock as well.

All of the Things I Need by thalialunacy (E, 10,337 w., 1 Ch. || Post S4, Parentlock with Rosie, Romance, Friends to Lovers, Big Brother / Uncle Mycroft, Frottage, Anal, First Kiss, First Time, Only One Bed, "Straight" John) – In which John has to be shoved into moving forward, Sherlock actually manages to be surprised, and Mycroft turns out to be an A+ uncle. (And they all live happily ever after, of course.)

The Cavern by elwinglyre (M, 28,323 w., 12 Ch. || The Beatles / 1960s Rockstar AU || Only One Bed, Mutual Pining, Rock and Roll History, Erotic Dreams, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Homophobia, Heavy Petting, Kissing, Inspired by Music, POV Third Person Alternating) – Sherlock is not into making magic. He doesn’t believe in it. He does, however, believe in making rock and roll history. His best chance is to join John Watson’s band, the Magic Makers. They begin at the Cavern. There he learns to believe in more than magic with a little help from his friends. AU is set in Liverpool during the early 60s—when homosexuality is a crime.

Roommates are for little people by alexxphoenix42 (E, 69,042 w., 14 Ch. || Teen/Unilock || Forced to Share a Bed, Pining, Hurt/Comfort, Fake Relationship, Sherlock is a Prick, Drinking, Inadvertent Drug Use, Family Wedding, Footballer John / Ballet Dancer Sherlock, Frottage, Slow Burn, Mild Dub Con, Cuddling While Sleeping, Slight Homophobia, Posh Boy, Dirty Dancing, Endearments, Nosy Family, Bathing Together, Mild Angst, UST/RST, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Fluff) – John was looking forward to seeing his friends back at uni, but a new year brings new complications, not the least of which is a dorm room with only one bed, and a stroppy roommate with an utterly spectacular arse. God, John doesn't need the headache.

Trick or Treat by Accident and holmesian_love (M, 88,310 w., 8 Ch. || Halloween, Costume Parties / Masquerade, Love Confessions, Only One Bed, Injured John, Three Continents Watson, One Night Stand, Case Fic, Jealousy, Greg and John Relationship, Caring Mycroft, Ghosts) – Sherlock has a new case. One that John is unlikely to get on board with, so it's going to take some convincing. Little does he know that John is discovering new feelings and this whole adventure may unravel more than just a killer.

[aadupadu]

reverse robins au has so much wasted potential

i've only ever read one good reverse robins au before and now i need more. but like, the whole idea is such an interesting way to explore the similarities between each of the batkids and how the differences will change their story.

imagine bruce wayne falling in love with talia al ghul in the league of assassins as a 17 yo and when he returns to gotham he tries never to think abt it again cause he (even in canon) imagined a future with talia but he cant have that now. he's heartbroken.

and then when he turns 25 he finds this 8 yo lil assassin on his doorstep who is claiming to be his son. like????? so he tries his best improve himself so that he can take care of damian and set up a good example for him. he tries to make damian believe that killing is wrong by making him his sidekick and letting him help out.

since damian is the first batkid here and not dick, he'll probably get a very dark and bat-related edgy name instead of robin. maybe smth like shadow or nameless or smth.

but then ofc damian wants to reinvent himself so after graduating he moves away from bruce to bludhaven. he and jon then together become nightwing and flamebird.

then 12 yo tim comes along. he sees how sloppy and rough batman has gotten with his work without a partner to not only balance the workload but also try to be better for. plus, he's being very angsty with the whole fighting with damian thing, and he's questioning whether or not he did a good job in raising damian.

so when tim fails to convince damian to be robin again, he knocks on the door of wayne manor. alfred answers the door and when he asks who tim is, tim jst hands him a very neat, times new roman size 12 font, 20 page document, saying "pls let mr wayne know that this is my formal application for the position of his partner"

obvi tim and damian dont get along, since even tho im sure tim would come up with a different name since he's only the second batkid and its rlly up to him whether or not he wants to make the title a legacy, damian still feels like he's being replaced. but ofc like the bats they are, they repress this and dont end up talking abt it. they like to banter in fun and theyre a good team in a fight but most of teh time theyre jst awkward around each other which physically pains tim cause like, yknow, hero worship.

then a few montsh after tim becomes robin, he meets cass who was directly found by alfred. he took her home, fed her some food and offered her to stay at wayne manor upon realizing that shes homeless. adn welp, after finding out abt her past...the rest is history. she becomes the first batgirl.

the really good reverse robin au that i read and mentioned earlier is the Reverse Robin AU by yello_cabellaro its super duper good and you should read it. but what i rally loved abt it is the idea that tim and cass are not only siblings, but twins. them sharing a birthday because cass doesnt know how old she is???? OMFG THATS SO SWEET. and thats how cass becomes 13 yo jst like tim when they met

then tim and cass encounter up and coming 14 yo vigilante stephenie brown aka spoiler. those 3 become a trio, and they make batman and his sidekick the batfam. now its not jst the Bat, its a Bat.

(tim and steph date briefly but then break up after a while because they feel like theyre better off as friends)

but then one day, when tim's 15, jack and janet drake dont return home one day. they were going to stay for the entirety of christmas break so they shouldve come straight home that day after work at drake industries. but they didnt. tim tracks them down to...a warehouse. he think its jst another ransom kidnapping so he jst suits up as robin and heads out. plus him and bruce had been at odds at the time abt whether or not he should reveal his identity to young justice so he didnt tell batman.

but cass ends up catching him while he's sneaking out and steph finds them on their way so teh three of them arrive at teh warehouse. its the joker and harley quinn. he's able to capture tim and steph but not cass. she tries to take him and his henchmen down alone at first but after realizing that she cant win she escapes and tells bruce.

by the time bruce arrives, janet drake is dead, jack drake is in a coma, tim is crippled and at 16 yo, stephanie brown is dead. at the funeral, seeing how depressed bruce is and the tears in tim and cass's eyes, 21 yo damian decides to move back to the manor.

(he kills the joker before he does tho, because his moral compass is more on the wonder woman side than the batman side now taht he's is own hero)

bruce ends up adopting tim and cass too and tim officially becomes oracle. bruce tries to discourage cass from the vigilante life but she's her father's daughter so it doesnt work. she works as bruce's go-to sidekick for a bit.

bruce encounters 12 yo jason todd trying to steal his tires a few months after steph's death, so ofc he adopts him. (he swears he didnt mean to, it jst happened!) he soon becomes batman's sidekick after receiving tim's seal of approval.

meanwhile, this incident confirms the identities of the batfam for the joker so Batman: Endgame takes place. enter 16 yo Duke Thomas and his We Are Robin movement. about a year after steph's death, duke becomes the signal and is adopted by bruce. (bruce wont admit it but sometimes duke reminds him of steph)

3 years after steph's death, a new crime lord called red hood enters the gotham game. they say she has blonde, almost white hair. she wears a red hoodie and voice modulator at all times, and strangely enough, has a bat on her chest. she sets up base in crime alley and starts monopolizing gang operations.

cass is the one to find out. she almost cant believe it at first. the red hood has been around for only a few weeks, but she's already been driving all the bats crazy with how much information she has on them and how crazy good she is at what she does. still, cass hadn't seen her in person before. now...now she does, and all the pieces click.

the red hood moves jst like steph. jst like her best friend. cass nearly cant even recognize her. her hair is a blonde that's closer to white, her blue eyes glow green with anger, there are scars marking her freckles, and she's using league of assassins moves. but that's...that's still steph.

cass runs away from a fight for the first time in her life, because she cant fight steph. she cant hurt her.

when she tells everyone, there is confusion, disbelief and....mixed emotions. they dont know whether to be happy because steph's alive or whether to be sad that she's a criminal. she's angry at them, they can tell taht much. but they still dont know which approach to take.

turns out steph does it for them. because tim is kidnapped from the clocktower that night. cass tells everyone that she and only she will go after him, because what steph needs isnt strangers or authority figures. she needs her friends. her robin and batgirl.

steph does her dramatic confrontation and nukes bludhaven. she's angry at them, all of them, for letting kid vigilantes run around again after what happened to her.

but well, plot happens. shes still wary of the batfam but she cooperates. she mourns the person she was and its hard for her but tim and cass always force themselves into her apartment on special ocassions. they always spend their bday at her place.

then bruce wayne and his family attend haley's circus on the night the flying graysons die. dick grayson is taken in by bruce, but then bruce gets lost in the time stream - oh wait, no, he 'dies'.

Damian becomes batman even tho he doesnt want to. he takes care of dick the way his father once took care of him. he tries his best.

tim doesnt believe that bruce is dead so he packs his crutches and a few other essentails and goes globetrotting. its hard with his disability, but hes tim drake.

then bruce is back, and even tho dick has been strictly forbidden from crime-fighting, he made them pinky promise that he can join once he's a teenager. (damian is hoping he'll forget abt theat) (spoiler (ha!) alert, dick will never forget. once a robin, always a robin.)

and thats what they are. a family. alfred is proud.

(age wise order and superhero identities)

alfred - agent A

bruce - batman

damian - nightwing

steph - red hood

tim - oracle

cass - batgirl

duke - the signal

jason - bluelark or smth probably

dick - (not rn but eventually) robin

p.s. dick has made a new friend in class. her name is barbara gordon. she's the GCPD commissioner's daughter and her favorite class in school is computer science.

[chalchemist]

First time kong gamitin ‘tong wedding gift samin last december. Nanlaki talaga mata ko pagtanggap ko sa gift na yan kasi diba? Mej pricey din naman tong Young living na diffuser? In fairness ha, maamoy talaga siya and nakaka relax and nakaka set ng mood. Pero nung chineck ko yung price ng essential oils niya parang ayoko na lang pala. ANG MAHAL TEH? bat ganon tig 1k. Sa mga may ganto, pwede ba ibang brand ng essential oil ilagay dito? Di ko keri ang 1k tapos oil lang. hahaha. 🥲

Putol putol talaga pagbabasa ko these days. Ewan nadidistract ako sa phone ko e, naadik ako kakascroll. Sumtings wong with me. Pero iniisip ko nalang a progress is still a progress, nakapagbasa ako ng few pages kagabi bago matulog. Hehe

[thenixkat]

like is this what Bruce's parenting is like? damn. Also how long did they plan to keep shit secret from Tim's parents? also love how Batman would much rather groom children into his little Bat soldiers than get a somewhat younger adult sidekick

Tim's been retired for at least 3 weeks for Stephane's leg to have healed. SHe's going to become the new Robin

I hold no illusions of Tim staying out of teh superhero game. I know he's going back and that writers are gonna kill off his dad at some point

Tim's been out of the game for 6 weeks

I'll say this about Scarab, lady said if we kill everyone that might be the target we'll probably kill him

Tim gets sexually assulted with a nonconsentual kiss from someone he's not interested in, Stephanie (yeah i'm not managing to spell that) caught shit and got mad about it. Ma'am did Tim give any indication that he's the cheating type?

mob princess chic, Tim can date people who dont go to that school. ALso sometimes boys just arent into you? Just cause you force a kiss on someone doesnt mean they'll ditch their girlfriend for you

Stephanie decided to sulk for 3 days instead of talk to her boyfriend about what she saw. Tim, drop her, you can do better

Scarab started killing the potantial Tims in Gotham

and killed the parents of the maybe Tims

like ma'am are you getting bonuses for the extra murder?

Stephanie: I wanna be Robin Batman: Ok

sir yall just got in trouble with the last child who has living family being pissed off upon finding shit out. save teh child snatching for the orphans

so you snap up his girlfriend?

Bruce is supposedly smart. supposedly so Batman dissaproves of Stephanie as a superhero if she's not under his control. I see

so Bruce, you're so certain you can train someone into being a good superhero right? So why do you stick with the child grooming instead of getting an adult sidekick?

Batman just likes being in control and children are easier to control than adults

Batman teaches children how to torture people. Also STeph gets comparisons to Tim held over her head b/c Batman isnt a good trainer

Tim dont be friendly with the girl who forced a kiss on you just cause yer shitty girlfriend hasnt contacted you in who knows how long

Steph hasnt talked to her boyfriend in 46 days. Ok Tim take teh out and break up with her but also dont hang out with the chick who forced a kiss on you cause she clearly dont give a fuck about bounderies

Batman teaching the children to torture people

Tim just take the out and break up with Steph, she's not a good partner

This lady has been killing so many almsot Tims. ANd Batman hasnt noticed.

the mob is doing a bunch of loud attention grabbing shit but if Batman's smart that should have felt fishy a month ago also the public have a poor vie on Batman and his army of children that keep changing

Tim puts two and two together about what Steph has been up to and manages to get in contact with her by calling the Batcave

Batman found out about the assassin after 2 fucking months of murdered families. Got the gender completely wrong tho

took Batman that damn long to find shit out but cant tell from the footprints that teh killer is a lady? Or does Batman have a male bias?

they got so much wrong about the killer and took so long find shit out in the first place yet correctly guessed the next potential victim

I like how batman isnt bothered by grabbing a broken glass window, with his whole body weight. Even with gloves

lady who's been murdering the shit out of folks who might be teh target has a Robin but stopped to ask questions b4 murder

heheh Scarab really just shook Steph till she stopped being annoying.

a good power suit Yo! Scarab knocked out Batman and the batman understudy? Man wo--- Worf Effect aint it?

also the anatomy in these issues has been buckwild

just casually the art hasnt been good all of these issues in different ways But also you see why I wanna make connections between Scarab (assassin lady) and Blue Beetle stuff? the mech suit, same bug theme, similar looking abilities between Scarab's mech shit and Khaji's armor just like a lower tech and more pared down version from teh same-ish area

Batman admits to getting his ass beat for once

Batman had to break out his mech suit cause he got his ass beat

Scarab's kinda cool. I hope she beats Batman's ass again

Scarab has scarab bombs with functional wings. Ted would want those

Scarab's pretty cool. Its not gonna last b/c we cant have someone be batter than the batfam

Yay! Scarab is 2 wins, zero losses against Batman

Bruce got blinded b/c Scarab uses white phospherous in a fights and refuses proper treatment. Man I wish his body would just fucking break and stay broken someday from teh way he treats it

Batman was benched for three weeks because Scarab kicked his ass Man, I'd love for Scarab to get connected to Blue Beetle stuff Bruce fires Steph for trying to save his life and not being 100% obedient

he also said his vision is still blurry so, go get yer ass kicked again by yerself asshole

Bruce you cant fucking fucking fire her from her own superhero persona that isnt connected to yers. Controlling asshole

[not-my-final-account]

Bad spelling + grammar because I wrote this down fast but let present:

Batman/Bruce Wayne as a collage student. Found a loophole in the rules and got a pet bat called Battison Mc Pattison, always wore sunglasses because of how big his eye bags were. Wore a dark (slightly crappy) Tshirt with DO NOT TALK TO ME scribbled on in sharply and with bad hand writing that he kept for the entire time he was there. The on-campus coffee shop requested to know when he was gradtuating so they didn’t over stock and his order was part of the employee initiation process. No one knew his name not even the teachers. He took every class (like every available class even if they over lapped he just watched the lectures) every year and got the highest or second highest grade in every subject. He was a room mate with either a rando who decided to live with their mom/in a friends dorm instead of with him (or Wings if you know my personal head cannons) and he passed out for a week every time on teh first day of teh holidays. One time the coffeee shop got recked in a storm and rumours spread around the entire school that he showed up with a brief case of cash and demands to fix it and a not-rumour-definitely-happened was that he treated the week it was gone like the purge.

He didn’t hesitate to punch bullies in the face and had a social life of minus one. One day -insert Batman villain who worked at a school- looks at him and suddenly realisation dawns on their face and they yell ‘THAT’S WHERE I KNOW YOU FROM!’ and

Gordon: what?

Villain: YOU ARE THAT KID! THAT ONE WHO TOOK EVER SUBJECT AND SHOWED UP TO CLASS WITH HIS PET BAT CALLED BATTISON MC PATTISON AND THE T-SHIRT THAT SAID DON’T TALK TO ME!

Batman: … that fits, wh- PROFESSOR ___?!

[inariyazaki]

Your lips were soft as winter, in your passion I was lost.

#4 - First Day !!!

"Y/n, tawag ka ni Akaashi sa meeting room daw." Tobio says as he places his phone down, and pockets it. "Ha? Baket daw?" I asked as I tilt my head and raised my eyebrow, "Ewan, di ko na tinanong." He mutters with a shrug, I looked at him in disbelief. "Naknam– putcha sino bang hind– bahala na nga." I said as I waved him off, and walked past him.

In the meeting room, I was greeted with a lot of unfamiliar faces, it made me anxious. I wasn't the social butterfly type, in fact, I was very much introverted, compared to my three very extroverted friends. "Good morning, Miss l/n, please take a seat, we would like to discuss about the nomination of the student councils." Said the principal, I slowly nodded and sat beside I'm assuming Akaashi, I gave him a silent nod, he does as well.

"So miss l/n, currently, we are nominating you as the president, and we'd like to ask if you are willing? We're picking you, because of your experience and commentary of you being the former class president during your high school days." The principal says, my heart drops, how should I say no? Oh, oh no. I'm definitely not gonna accept, the amount of stress this position will give me? Oh sorry principal, I'll have to refu–

"Sure." I suddenly say with a nod. 'PUTANGINA Y/N ANONG SURE??? NAKAKASTRESS TONG ROLE MO SIS??? PUTCHA PAGIGING STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT KA TEH ANONG SURE??' I thought to myself as I just blinked with a neutral expression, I see Akaashi, I think? I'm still not sure, look at me in shock, 'Oo teh shocked din ako sa sarili ko di ka nagiisa.' I added to my thoughts, the principal sighs in relief and smiles, "Ah, that's amazing. Thank you, Miss l/n. I will list your name as the president, then" The principal says with a nod as he takes a pen out and writes. Akaashi, again, I think, clears his throat. "Are you sure about this, Miss L/n? Mahirap po maging presidente." He whispers as he faces me, I faced him, said nothing, then nodded. 'TARANTADO KA Y/NNN BAT OO KA NG OO', Akaashi calmly nods, "Ako nga pala si Akaashi, Akaashi Keiji. Vice president mo." He introduces himself with a smile, I nodded, "Um, Y/n L/n, nice to meet you." I say with a half assed smile, clearly uneasy due to how many unfamiliar faces, "Kaibigan ni Tobio?" He asked, my brows raised, "Opo.. You know Tobio po?" I asked, he nods, "Close friends kami, since high school, actually. Setter sya dati, and his skills caught my eye." He says with a polite smile, I nod, "Heyyy, y/n, diba?" A blondish guy, a tad bit sandy hair, I nodded awkwardly, "Yaku Morisuke, kaibigan ni Sugawara!" He says with a bright smile and wave, "Hello po.." I mumbled with an awkward nod, "Sige, that's done, everyone. We have finalized the new Student Council members, all of you please be here after classes. Mga around 4:00pm. You're all dismissed." The principal says as he bows down in gratitude, I just stood up and quickly left the room. "Y/n! Teh, teka lang ang bilis mo!" Yaku from behind exclaims as I stopped in my tracks and wait for him, "..baket po?" I asked, he looked up at me and smiled, "Let's be friends." He says with a smile.

AUTHORS NOTE: Sorry sa late update huhuuu, pero ayun na ngaaa, Yaku appreciation 🫣 he'd be lying when he said he didn't find u hella beautiful

Synopsis : Wherein Shoyo fucked his own hand writing up and made Koushi his roommate instead of Y/n.

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[lazerswordweilder]

Batfam headcanons, sleeping

Of course sometimes they all end up sleeping in the odd dumpster or back alley but which vigilante doesn’t? And their ‘good sleep’ is the bare minimum of 6 hours. And then there’s sleeping in the hospital/health care but these are the exceptions.

Bruce prefers not to sleep at all, he is not as adapt at this as Tim but still manages to stay awake for longer than any human really should, due to this he usually sleeps deeply as he likely passed out and needs teh sleep instead of willing deciding to take a nap. Bruce tries to sleep in his bed but is found more often than not passed out in strange places, usually wherever he sat down in the batcave after limping out from an exausting patrol or sleeping infront of the bat computer with a case file still open, a few times he did pass out against walls at galas though.

Dick is terrifying, he always ends up in dramatic positions most people didn’t think humans could manage, he just likes to stretch his back/body and be in more comfortable positions but horrifies anyone who find him sleeping. He often ends up in chandeliers or bends off tables or chairs. Notable sleeping positions include: asleep with his feet wrapped around a light bulb, sitting in his escrima sticks in the space between a cupboard and a wall, through the hole in the backrest of a chair, and lying on a table with his face in a bowl of cereal. He never really had any issues with sleep from Robin to Nightwing, he does have horrible nightmares but who doesn’t? and the only time he hopped onto the insomniac train was recently after becoming Nightwing and a police officer at the same time, he learnt to manage himself better afterwards though.

Jason always sleeps in a safe house, he barely passes out due to natural exhaustion anymore (he is surprisingly good at taking care of himself, unless caught up in pit rage or having lost track of time he gets enough sleep and remembers to eat as he (ignoring Alfred) is the only good cook in the entire family and enjoys both flexing on his siblings and cooking) but he almost always passes out after the pit rage which is a down side.

Tim is worse than Dick, no one can quite remember the last time he slept and his eye bags are so deep that most people think he’s wearing makeup and one man got admitted to an asylum after seeing unspeakable horrors in the pitch black of his eye bags. Once he summoned the god of sleep just to see what happened, the god started a dramatic entrance then Tim said hi and the god screamed like a girl and ran, Tim caught the god who begged for mercy.

Steph sometimes gets caught up in everything or wants to stay awake so she doesn’t miss out on anything, she puts her heart and soul into both the family and her job as Spoiler but understands her limits and does in fact sleep. She always sleeps better with someone else though, whether falling asleep at a girls night with Babs, Cass, and Harley or while doing their nails with Dick or even grabbing dinner with Bruce. She always sleeps better with someone else around.

Damian had schedule drilled into him by the League of Assassins and was taught to function without sleep, he would go to sleep at 2am and wake up at 6am on the dot if it wasn’t for his duties, he is used to having to stay up later or wake up unexpectedly for attacks or surprise missions which comes in handy when Robin is needed. The others are trying to get him into better sleeping habits as 4 hours of sleep is no where near enough but he insists, luckily he was a lot of breaks throughout the day and usually naps during the time in between school, his chores, and patrol. His favourite places to nap (he sleeps in his bed) are on the couch at one of Jasons safe houses, in Dicks apartment, on Bruces shoulders or lap, hidden in the shadows listening to Tim work, on Selinas bed, or in other places like this, no matter how much he tries to deny it he trusts his family and sleep comes more easily around them as he knows he’s safe.

Cass is a cryptid, no one’s quite sure how much sleep she’s getting (or where she’s sleeping for that matter) but sh never seems tired unless she’s been out for longer for whatever reason. They trust her to make sure she gets her needs met.

Duke has surprisingly good sleep considering to the family he’s in, he gets the healthy recommended amount of sleep rather than the bare minimum which awes everyone, little do they know he has horrible nightmares and sits awake staring at the ceiling or wall for hours at a time.

[hopepaigeturner]

how do each umbrella member cope with what happens to John? and how their relationship with Lucy changes because of that?

because i’m sure Danbury tells them to act like nothing happened, in order to follow the lie they all tell her, but i also can imagine some of them, like Michael for example, can’t just pretend that didn’t happened, and it’s hard for them to even look at her without thinking about that evening

also, that was so cute and then so sad, i cried 🥺 can’t wait to read more about this au cause it’s just too good, and you’re such a good writer 👏🏼

Thank you for the feedback!! It really warmed my heart.

Oh you're absolutely right. John's death shakes the entire family to the core, they just cope with it in different ways...

Simon:

Nothing seems to have changed, apart from Simon being harsher and more millitant during training. He is much quicker to reprimand silly mistakes, scold bad teamwork or fooling around.

For years Lucy will wonder why Simon also seems one step away from her, even when he embraces her in a hug.

And for years, Lady Danbury is the only one who patches Simon's bloody fists after late night alley fights.

Kate:

As the eldest girl she comes alongside Sophie to comfort her siblings. She is the most active in reaching out to Lucy, allowing the girl to play with animals, feeling a sense of responsibility that she uses to smother her conlifcted feelings towards the young girl.

And then two months later her entire world turns upside down with the death of her father. And the laughing, smiling, soft Kate they all knew disappears.

Sophie:

Burrows away from her grief by giving everything she has to others and throwing herself into the training room. Other than the funeral, she never cries. Instead she holds Gareth and Kate. She quietens Penelope and lets Lucy slip into her bed. Tries to reach out to Michael but gives up afgter being rebuffed far too many times. Lady Danbury leans on her the most, seeing as she seems the msot adjusted to the change.

Yet Philip always makes sure that Sophie has time in his greenhouse where she can read a book or nap. For he recogises how Sophie;s features change at a rapidity not dissimilar to her days under Araminta's torture.

Penelope:

Wakes up with nightmares weeks after the event. And since that day when Lady Danbury asked her to utter those words, Penelope repeats her matnras. You had no other choice.

And from that day forward she can never look at Lucy for too long without the sickening guilt clogging her throat.

Phillip:

Hides away in his greenhouse with the plants, can't bear to look at Lucy due to the guilt and grief. He's never known how to help, but he knows Sophie, so eh makes sure she spends some afternoons with him in the greenhouse, where her features can settle a little more.

But a month or so after, he comes to the realisation that he knows how it feels to be treated like a monster, and from then on reaches out and cares for Lucy. Plays with her, shows her his plants and carries her on her back.

Michael:

For months he cannot bear to be in the same room as Lucy, otherwise an overwhelming anger runs through his veins and he wants to strangle her. Or because she is the reminder of his failure...his failure to save John.

So he stays away and runs away from the memories with boose and drugs. He bats away all those who try to help him, until its the one year anniversary of John's death and he screams to the sky and suddenly...

"What mess have you got yourself into now?"

And for the first time since that night, Michael's smile is genuine.

Gareth:

Suppresses the trauma until the details are hazy to his six year old mind. He cried at the funeral, and sometimes would stare at the wall for hours before falling asleep, but is soon running around the house, bouncing off teh walls, barely able to keep still.

Everything is fine, everything is good, for he didn't really know John and he still has his favourite playmate Lucy. Everything is fine. Everything is fine.

[ranahan]

Tion’vaii jii ulik bal bavaar? Tion’vaii bes’bev jai’la?

Tion’vaii buy’ce bal haalas, bal cinyc gemas viin’la?

Tion’vaii jorad meg laara, bal ge’tal tracyn nau’la?

Tion’vaii vara bal kyr’vhetin bal muninar neral drash’la?

Val dar sa pitat bat cerar, sa woor bat vhetin;

Tuure ru’slana daab lo abesh, she’la cerare lo werda.

Tion’ad joruu carud be kyrayc shaap hett’la,

Ra haa’tayli viin’la simire teh sho’cye yaim’pa?

Or’trika’laar par Rohirii, J.R.R. Tolkien

Backtranslation:

Where now [the] mount and [the] rider? Where [the] flute screaming?

Where [the] helmet and [the] cuirass, and shining hair flowing?

Where [the] voice that sings, and red fire glowing?

Where [the] spring and [the] harvest and [the] tall grain growing?

They gone like rain on [a] mountain, like wind on [a] field;

Days have went down in [the] west, behind mountains into shadow.

Who gathers smoke from dead wood burning,

Or beholds [the] flowing years from [the] sea return?

Lament for the Rohirrim, J.R.R. Tolkien

[shhthesecretdiary]

what a fun weekend!! 20/10/2024

HI

may pasok na kasi bukas so di ako makapagkwento in detail.

around 18th oct, friday, medyo masama pa pakiramdam ko dahil sa baradong ilong like di ako makahinga ng maayos. half day lang sa office so paguwi ko nakatulog lang rin ako.

sabado, i went to compli4nce summ1t and business br3akfast ng p1cp4 dub41 (senxa baka matrack sa s3arch 3ng1n3) and i really enjoyed it naman--yung breakfast part hahaha

i had pic with the speakers then posted it on l1nkedin, i got embarassed due to low engagement but let's keep it there hHAHAHA tapos i was already interviewed by mr. randy and d4isy, introduced to p1cpa officers as someone na incoming officer. medj op nga lang kasi they were talking about MEC and they are alr in the middle of the prep. so ayon, right after nagtaxi kami with sir j4yp3e and r4ndy then kami ni d4isy nagstop sa little bangkok sa difc metro then chikahan lang about life recently and old colleagues @ 3ln4gg4r. same old topics.

then umuwi, natulog.

tapos nagcar kami pumunta sa jumeirah 1, nagkape sa tim hortons tas nakita q ac 1talian store unexpectedly HAHAHAHA old cli3nt sa vat ng elnagg4r. ayern, after that uwi na with our new carrrr.

sunday morning as usual tanghali gumising, i prepped for our photoshoot sa sfc-clp for our "grad"- our theme is Men in black so nagcoffee, tas lunch ng pork sinigang tas nagkulot na me at nagmakeup

Eto na, kasi kami ni shyr4 nagusap na magmeet sa burjuman metro para sabay na makarating. eh the last time na nagsabay kami ang tagal ng metro sa green line papuntang burjuman lang, so naglakad nalang ako direct from royal res to burju metro.

pawis teh

so ayon nagmeet na kami tas taxi HAHAHAHHAHAH tas ayon nagtataka na kami bat iba yung daan. tas binaba kami sa ibang lugar. e ayaw naman namin magreklamo non kasi di rin naman kami sure kung saan edi bumaba kami

TAS IBA PALANG HYATT PLACE YON AHAHAHAHAHAA tas chinese na yung letters - sa may baniyas square AHAHHA POTEK panic

tapos sumakay na kami -- may nakita uli kaming hyatt place tapos al wasl district so nagpapanic uli kami baka kasi mamaya dito kami ibaba so kinausap ko yung driver sabi ko brother, we're going to hyatt place al rigga right

HAHHAHAHHA

sabi nya yes, tapos chinika namin na mali kasi yung binabaan namin kanina, the place where you picked us up was where the previous taxi driver dropped us off. so natawa rin sya hahaa

ayon. pagkarating namin nagcr muna kami

TAS NAMATAYAN KAMI NG ILAW HAHAHHAHHA LIKE PLS QUOTA NA KAMI MYGOSH.

ayon ang cute lang rin kasi ng mga theme nung iba like may flower crown pa sila tas floral na black dress.

ang cute ng photoshoot tas yung session lang namin is very light more about sfc na lang rin tapos late si sis rochelle tas wala si aira kasi may lagnat, so medj awkie lang pero ayon, it was fun din.

after non nagdinner kami ni che at ni shy sa loyola restaurant sa al rigga din. had spag and chicken w iced tea same kay shy tas chicken bbq si che

yun

nasa jumeirah town centre sila ate non kasi nagorange wheels play house si ethan so nauna ako nakauwi

and ayon monday na bukas

excited na me sa sfc pics

naisip ko lang na i never expected to have a chance to meet this peeps and socialize din.

iba rin sa alone self ko from early last yr

nakakatuwa na i am slowly building a life here rin.

i hope these connections prosper din at di lang surface level. and sana there are more diverse people to come in my life.

ayon onday na bukas nga so need na matulog bago magdabog sa paggising eme

goodnight and labyu self. labyu lord,

[twins2994]

Nationals Edge Twins 7-3.

Nationals 7 Twins 3 W-Adon (1-0) L-Lopez (0-2)

The Washington Nationals made a rare trip to Fort Myers this afternoon to take on the Twins. The Nats got the scoring started in the second inning as Riley Adams led-off with a double to left and James Wood singled. Alex Call hit a groundball to third to plate in a run. Washington got back to work in the fourth as Riley Adams led-off with a single to right and James Wood was hit by a pitch. Alex Call reached on a bunt single to load up the bases. Jake Alu hit a grounder to second and Kyle Farmer threw the ball away, which scored two runs. Carter Kieboom hit a sac fly to left and the Nats held a four-run lead. The Twins bats woke up in the bottom of the fourth as Carlos Correa reached on an infield single. Max Kepler drilled an Amos Willingham pitch out to right for a two-run homer to cut the deficit in half. The Nationals would get those runs back in teh sixth with a James Wood lead-off triple. Alex Call hit a sacrifice fly to knock him in and Washington led 5-2. Jake Alue singled and Lewin Diaz plated a run with a base hit to left. The Nats lead grew to four after six frames. The Twins would try to comeback in the seventh when Max Kepler drew a lead-off walk and Manny Margot singled to center. Matt Wallner was hit by a pitch to load up the bases and Jair Camargo hit an RBI groundout to third. The Twins pulled within three, but the Nationals would get that run back in the ninth. Elijah Green led-off with a walk and Darren Baker singled to left. Yohandy Morales hit a sac fly to center to put the Nats up 7-3. Mitchell Parker threw a scoreless ninth and the Nationals picked up the win today in Fort Myers.

-Final Thoughts- Pablo Lopez looked good and bad today. He went four innings and allowd four runs on five hits with three strikeouts. David Festa threw a clean fifth, Jhoan Duran gave up two runs in the sixth, and Jay Jackson had a scoreless seventh. Daniel Duarte put up a zero in the eighth and Jeff Brigham gave up a run in the ninth. Manny Margot had two hits on the day. The Twins hit 0-for-4 with men in scoring position and left four men on base. Tomorrow, the Twins head up to North Port to play the Braves. Chris Paddack faces Spencer Strider in that one.

-Chris Kreibich-

[samsaraandbeyond]

OC Introduction: Sypher

Sypher, and Sypher (Long-Lived), Art drawn by ImQuiteSleepy    

what if you said ambition like ambation that'd be pretty funny I think

Design

Sypher's First Design, Art by Teh-Ray  

I wanted a bat. I got a bat.

Abilities / Traits

Leech Familiars

Art drawn by ImQuiteSleepy

Thanks to Geist, Sypher acquired the ability to summon special familiars to aid her. They can sap the energy out of others to bring back to Sypher for her to absorb (usually by eating them whole).

They can also be used for mundane assistance, such as fetching objects, containing various things in their fleshy bodies, or being thrown as projectiles.

"I'll be taking that, thank you." - Sypher

Ki Manipulation

Goku Black (Dragon Ball Super)

Geist taught Sypher how to use Ki, which she integrates into her fighting style. Sypher caught on to its possible uses quite quickly, developing a ki based approach to her battle strategies and surpassing Rohan's progress in a short time.

"Sypher seems determined to find out how many different ways she can create an explosion." - Kana

Adept Fighter

Bob (Tekken)

A lot of people need their teeth kicked in, as Geist explained before teaching Sypher various fighting maneuvers. Sypher got the hang of it quite fast.

"Just back down. Less work for me and it'll end the same way." - Sypher

Ki Wings

A replacement for what was lost.

Sypher's refined control over ki grants many benefits, one of which is manifesting a pair of wings on her arms. In addition to easy flight, she can change its shape to suit her needs.

"Kana could've restored her wings, but she declined. Said her new pair serve as a reminder. Whatever that means." - Geist

Personality

Sypher is a natural slacker with a lack of manners. Having been one of those "talented" individuals who quickly excel at anything they get their hands on, its hard to keep her attention on anything she doesn't care about. She is a quick learner however, and difficulty or struggling to complete a task doesn't bother her.

Despite carrying a reserved demeanor most of the time, she can display a rowdy side. She holds grudges easily, will use spite as long-lasting motivation, and she will flare up her temper if she thinks it will get her somewhere.

"Yup. This is worth being mad over. SO I WILL BE!" - Sypher

Backstory

Sypher lived an unremarkable life all things considered. Decent parents, decent house, and her school life was average. She kept to herself and life seemed to do the same.

Things changed when a neighbor had moved out and a new one came in. A family of tanukis with an excitable child by the name of Rohan. They had visited Sypher's home and did the usual back and forth introductions. Rohan in particular was annoyingly eager to make a new friend out of Sypher, which she did not care for, expressing relief once they were gone.

She wouldn't get too much of a break. Rohan began attending Sypher's school with the same chipper attitude. The tanuki had coincidentally signed up for the same classes as her, meaning Sypher would have to deal with him for the entire day.

Great.

Their new neighbor's presence became unusual after a while. Sypher would hear the sounds of things being slammed and occasional shouting from the home beside them, usually from Rohan's parents. If she ever heard Rohan's voice, it was always a short cry or shriek. Any time she assumed the worst, Rohan would be back at school the next day as if nothing happened.

It took a few months for things to start going downhill. Rohan's quirky attitude had earned him the ire of his fellow classmates, making him the prime target for harassment. His supplies were constantly stolen or destroyed, mockery of him was made to his face, he ate lunch alone, and on occasion, he was physically assaulted. Sypher witnessed all of this occur first hand but chose not to get involved. Over time, she saw the tanuki's perkiness diminish.

Graduation was on its way and Sypher was thankful it was all ending. She had grown tired of the tedious schoolwork and even more tedious classmates. With the school day having ended, Sypher reclined on a nearby tree when she had heard a loud screech of tires. She looked up to find a car rapidly speeding down the street. In the center of the road, frozen in fear, was Rohan.

Sypher moved without thinking, shoving Rohan out of the car's path and taking the blow for herself.

Everything went black in an instant. Sypher had woken up in a hospital bed to the delight of her caretakers. In a panic, the first thing Sypher made sure to do was inspect herself.

Her wings were gone.

The doctors informed her that they had been shredded beyond repair by the car's tires. Explaining further, they said that the car was driven by classmates who intended to scare Rohan by speeding towards him, expecting him to move out of the way. The reckless act had gotten the students arrested with their parents paying in full for the bat's medical bills. While Sypher would be fine, they could not save her wings.

She would spend the next few weeks in the hospital, being sent her graduation certificate in the mail as the school year was nearly over anyway and it was their way to thank her for her heroic deed. Rohan himself had sent her a barrage of gifts and letters apologizing for what happened. The tanuki himself would surprisingly never appear in person.

Sypher was considered fully recovered and had been cleared to go home. The first thing she thought to do was check on Rohan. Knocking on her neighbor's door, she was greeted by Rohan's irritable parents instead. When asked on his whereabouts, they told the bat that he had run off for reasons unknown and that they were happy he had disappeared. That last comment was the first time they had shown their true colors directly.

Reasons unknown. Sypher didn't quite believe that.

Sypher began asking around town if anyone had seen Rohan at all. From what she gathered, the harassment Rohan received from his peers only increased after the accident. He skipped graduation and anyone he interacted with seemed to notice he was constantly in a state of distress. Worry increasing, she used the info she acquired to pinpoint the area Rohan was last seen; the nearby forest.

As she proceeded deeper into the forest, the surroundings were being enveloped with a dense fog. She began to see this as a fool's errand; finding one person in a forest as large as this by herself. She was really worrying about the safety of someone she only considered irritating up until now. The moment she debated cutting her losses and leaving, she heard a cry in the distance. Hoping it was Rohan, she ran towards it.

What she found was a laughing Rohan performing acrobatic maneuvers on a tree stump, accompanied by a fat wolf surrounded by spirits. Odd sight. Rohan had noticed Sypher's arrival and lit up with glee, running towards her for a hug before sheepishly stopping and giving a hand wave instead.

The bat had many questions in her head that were ready to be shot out, but before she could ask any of them, Rohan asked if she wanted to learn how to shoot energy blasts out of her hands.

...Sypher had gotten hit by a car, had her wings torn off, found out Rohan's parents were abusive, feared that Rohan had done something drastic to cause his disappearance, finds him in a strange forest with some wolf she's never seen before who didn't seem to care about Sypher's presence, and she gets asked "Wanna learn how to shoot energy blasts out of your hands?"

You know what? Fuck it! Why think about this anymore? Firing crap from your hands didn't even sound too out of it now. Sypher took up Rohan up on his offer, with the tanuki introducing the wolf as Geist. Geist shrugged, willing to pass on more of his teachings, at least to someone Rohan considered a friend.

Over the next few months, Geist would train her in the arts of self-defense, martial arts, and magic. Sypher caught on quickly, surpassing Rohan easily whenever he managed to catch up.

However, Sypher still wasn't happy. She felt unsatisfied with the events that unfolded.

She stood by and let Rohan endure the harassment of his peers and his parents were no better. Sypher considered the loss of her wings a form of karma.

And there she was, suddenly learning mystical arts in a secluded forest, gaining power she never expected to have. None of it felt right. After all of that, why do the cards suddenly fall in her favor so graciously?

Something needed to be done. Sypher wanted things to change but she wasn't sure what or even how. Ambition would swell inside of her as she pondered the myriad of choices she could make with this newfound power.

In time, perhaps she would know.

"Sypher, are you alright? Hehehe, you look lost in thought." - Rohan

[irastayshome]

Superpowers

6th July 2023

Dear Ibrahim,

I lied to you today. When you’d asked me who my favourite super hero was, I said it was Batman. To be honest, I was probably just thinking of Christian Bale, the actor who plays Batman in one of the Batman movies, because I think he is handsome. Not as handsome as your ayah though.

I even told you all about why Batman was my favourite. That he’d faced his own fears of bats and the dark, so that he would not be afraid anymore, and would no longer have a weakness that villains could prey on. Then Idris kept asking very relevant questions that interrupted this ‘inspiring’ message I was trying to give about superheroes. “Mama, what is superman afraid of?”

Hmm. Of course any fool knows about kryptonite. But if I went with that, then the predicted series of questions that’d follow would be where does kryptonite come from, what is in kryptonite that makes superman weak, how do the villains get these mysterious stones. Naturally, Idris had asked all these questions by the time I actually thought through my alternative response.

(One day, when you get married and you see your wife’s eyes glaze over or possibly pointing away from each other, or even when she’s answering you by just repeating the last word in your question with a questioning tone, you’ll know that she’s actually not really listening and doing a lot more in her mind. That is not the time to ask her important questions like what does she want for her birthday.)

But back to Idris and his innocent questions that strangely often verges on existential in nature. I thought about it, and it was actually simple, and universal for all superheroes. Why do superheroes wear a mask or disguise themselves in some way? Aside from hiding some hideous deformity, they do so because they need to remain anonymous. Not out of humility, or shame, or to intimidate. They disguise themselves to protect the ones they love from being preyed on by the superheroes’ enemies. Superman was invulnerable, as we’ve read the other day. (I hope you guys still remember my very graphic explanation of the word invulnerable.) No bullet was able to catch up to him, let alone pierce his skin. Yet the one thing that could strike him right through his heart was when villains tried to hurt Lois Lane.

To be honest my only knowledge of superman, apart from books I’ve read to you, is from Smallville, a tv show mama used to watch when I was a teenage girl. Back in Smallville, Clark Kent’s weakness was Lana Lang. Please don’t google Lana Lang. You’ll start to realise what a big beautiful world of women there are out there and I won’t be hearing anymore “mama you are the most beautiful woman in the world” anymore. I live for those affirmations you give.

There are many days when I look like I’ve moved on, and sometimes I myself am convinced that life will be okay after all without your ayah. But you see, mama puts on masks too. This mask helps me wake up, send the two of you to school with a reassuring smile and a “I love you, have a good day in school today”, have breakfast for one in the hawker centre with my prata and teh-o, then carry on with the rest of the day. There are times, however, when the mask comes off. Days that are tiring, or too noisy, or when I get reminded of the bad times when ayah was unwell or the bad times when your grandmother hurt us. The mask gets too heavy and I cannot breathe, so I take it off for a moment. And I sit and cry in the car for 20 minutes with the engine turned off. Or I wash the toilet aggressively and allow all the hurtful memories come out of my mind and into my arms, giving them strength to scrub off all those mildews. I put on my mask because I wanted to protect you and Idris from getting hurt by my hurt. Today, however, you helped me look at that mask in a different way.

Once again, I’d used hurtful words that really cut deep because I could not get the two of you into the toilet before it got dark. As we lay in the dark, both of you by my side, the air rife with the tension of skipping story time before bed, I finally let go. People are often mean because they are hurt, I said, and are not comfortable with that hurt staying inside their body, and thought they needed to let it out on someone else. It never works, and they feel worse after that because on top of that hurt they were already feeling, they now feel bad about hurting someone else too. Nobody likes feeling bad, and sometimes it makes us feel so ashamed of ourselves that we need to hide out. That’s where my mask came back on, a different mask. The one both of you are so familiar with by now. “Mama is angry at us” mask. In truth, that second mask was also a lie. More than anything, I wanted to save you from having to pluck up the courage to talk to me while I looked so angry and terrifying. But I felt I had done too much bad, that you would not believe me if I tried to apologize. Instead, I walked past you and watched you write down on a piece of paper: “I am noting, becos I am not a good boy and I am not smat”. That mask I put on, cracked in two. More than that, my heart broke in two.

The hurt mama feels, every minute of the day, is simple. I miss ayah.

I miss ayah when I wake up and I can’t hear his snores, nor can I hit him across his chest to tell him it’s his turn to make your breakfast. I miss ayah when I saw your friends and their fathers on family day, cheering them on and high-fiving them. I miss ayah when a fever is burning through my body and I cannot breathe properly, and I hear Idris call out to me to tell me he needs to poop. I miss him every minute of the day, and on some days, it is just too much hurt. It needed to come out, and the mask that I put on to protect everyone else from this hurt, was suffocating me. But I held on and on, until I saw that you had also started to put on a mask. “I am nothing” mask.

I am putting away my mask now. We do not need to protect each other from our feelings, because the only way to be kind to one another is to listen, and understand what the other person is going through. As I began to cry hard, with all the memories of ayah rushing into my head, you sat up and hugged me. I cried harder and harder and you hugged me tighter, not offering any words to save me from feeling what I was feeling. You gave me permission to take out my mask, and say what was making me hurt. And as my sobs died down to sniffles, you pulled away so you could look at me, and gave me a kiss.

Ibrahim, that is your super power. I once told you that Allah had gifted you with a huge heart, that made it easier for you to feel other people’s hurt. I’ve looked at it at one way for so long, that I’ve forgotten to look at it in a glass half full kind of way. You held space for an adult who was hurting in a deep and ugly way, who had just lashed out and attacked you for being yourself, and you helped me mend the bridge I was too ashamed to fix. Compassion is your super power, and it is more powerful and superior to any other power you think you need in this toxic world. As you looked at me, smiled and gave me a peck, I almost broke into tears once more, because it felt like dejavu. Your ayah used to look at me, and kiss me, just like that whenever I had apologised for something I did wrong. In that moment, of me missing ayah too much I could not stop crying in the dark, you saved me.

Another day, perhaps tomorrow, I know I will start the next round of worrying about whether I am putting too much emotional responsibility on my 6-year old child and whether you’d start to feel you need to rescue me from everything. But for tonight, if ayah was indeed watching all that as I’d like to believe, then I know he would also have felt proud as I do that our son is a superhero.

[brokentoys]

wanted to go on further about how this isn't only irony in the comics, but it represents how the fans and writers treat eddie, too. think about it. harley almost always gets the most sympathy, and even rewards if she even thinks about going good. she's usually now seen as an antihero, no matter what bad her character's done in the past. hell, there was that recent time when she was considered to be a part of THE BAT FAM.

meanwhile with eddie - any attempts he does at being good, rather it's genuine or not, he's met with "you will NEVER be good, you will ALWAYS be bad, and we the heroes WILL BE THERE to lock your ass up when you do go bad."

harley's holiday vs riddler's reform, for example. yes, eddie's reformation was indeed disingenuous. and i knoooow batman is Teh World's Greatest Detective. but it's telling that bruce was suspicious of eddie right off the bat (no pun intended) and bruce didn't even humor the possibility of eddie being "Good." in fact, iirc, he practically said eddie would never be good because he's too obsessed with outsmarting batman. and i'll get back to that. but in harley's holiday. while, yes, bruce was annoyed by harley - ultimately in the end, he showed her sympathy, as well as understanding that she simply had a bad day, and made mistakes. bruce expresses more hope for harley than he does eddie. and that returns to the question: why?

because yes, eddie does have an obsession with outsmarting batman. but harley has an obsession with joker. both making them doomed to be on the "wrong side." why does eddie's obsession make him "worse"? especially when if you really think about it. arguably harley has done worse things in the DCAU than eddie has. eddie's only had two targets in his life; mockridge, and batman and the cops for messing up revenge scheme. eddie has even stated in the show that he didn't plan on staying the riddler, only to kill mockridge and that's it. of course, i am in no way defending eddie - murder is murder. and whilst some can have a political argument on killing mockridge - he takes it too far when trying to kill batman, robin, and gordon afterwards. but these are the only people riddler target. harley assists the joker in murder and torture, and joker simply does this for no other motive than "chaos" and it's "funny." while yes, harley is manipulated by joker and such - but in the end, just like with riddler's indignation, it's harley's choice to assist joker in these horrific crimes.

and i wouldn't bring this up if it only happened in the animated series alone. maybe you could say it's just Circumstantial. but it happens in the comics, too. eddie turns to the good side back in 2008 or whatever, nobody believes him but like, robin at one point. everybody treated him the same as he did in riddler's reform. except this time, he was being genuine. but when harley goes good, she gets to be a part of the batfam. and like. yeah. ed's character has done some horrible things in comics, especially thanks to bad or edgy writers. but so has harley. i mean, harley once gave children gameboys that are rigged with explosives. so harley isn't even a better person than eddie if we consider every comic, too.

of course, that's thanks to favoritism. but i still find it funny how ivy's own treatment of eddie does reflect dc's treatment of eddie, too. (and to some extent, the fan's as well.)

also i will always cry about these parallels. ivy telling harley that j0ker didn't care about using her and abusing her trust. and then practically saying the same thing about eddie. literally using the same word "patsy" and then not caring he got hurt because it's his fault for trusting them. much like she said how joker used harley. even more depressing that... harley seemed to be the only one concerned about eddie in this comic, or at least, really concerned. perhaps because... she noticed the parallels, too.