#City of Ghosts

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[beesbiteandwillowrites]

DP x DC Prompt: "City of Ghosts"

Gotham is a part of the Infinite Realms.

It's a bit of a mythical place really. Ghosts don't go there, and Gotham ghosts don't venture out of their city haunt. Everyone in the Infinite Realms knows that Gotham is a lawless place. They avoid it like the plague. Skulker doesn't hunt there. Walker ignores all the violations of the rules and laws of the Infinite Realms that happen within city limits. Pariah Dark didn't touch that area with a ten-foot pole, in spite of being king of everything within the Infinite Realms. Even Dan hadn't bothered with that place in his own timeline, its inhabitants too twisted and feral for him to fight (he had scars from when he fought some fucked up guy with a shadowcore that somehow powered bright flaming swords bc what's the logic in that?). Gotham is its own brand of crazy not even the bravest and most power-hungry ghosts touched.

Unfortunately, nobody thought to tell Danny this.

Now, you can go so many ways with this. Danny could catch the attention by everyone's favourite serial adopter who sees a baby ghost in need of training and make him a ghost-bat. You can have shipping fics between Danny and any of the bats. You can have Gotham's insane rogues set their sights on the new halfa and enter Amity Park through the portal.

I'm a ho for Jason Todd and I love to ship him with just about anyone, so what if when Danny enters Gotham, he meets a ghost boy by the name Robin, who talks about reading books and protecting people and who saves Danny from a mob of feral city ghosts and is just generally really cute and oh shit, Danny might have a crush.

And then Robin's existence is wiped away by a crazy clown who tortures the boy and shatters his core into so many shards he fades away, and Danny believes the love of his life death is truly gone

Jason's resurrection would be fascinating to explore bc what kind of bullshit could damage a core so beyond repair and what cosmic fuckery actually pulls all those shards back together? (my shipping heart says "Danny accepting the crown caused a power surge and brought Jason back" for drama)

Or maybe Red Hood already exists, and you can pair him with Dan, do an enemies-to-lovers kinda fic, where they were at each other's throat in the initial timeline, but end up falling for each other in the second timeline

Or explore the first timeline and write a tragedy in which Jason has to watch how his partner gets more twisted and warped as time goes on and ends up becoming his enemy

Just Gotham as a ghost town. Literally.

(I may be hyperfixating on this a little at the moment)

[good-books-to-read]

Need a new haunt?

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Cas, his mum and his spirt sniffing cat travel around, his mum a kitchen witch and Cas following in his father’s footsteps hunting and killing ghost. Until a simple case goes wrong, Cas knows he should be dead but the ghost he was trying to kill Anna saves him, there’s more going on than the two realise.

City of ghosts by Victoria Schwab

Cassidy parents are ghost hunters that have their own Tv show, unlike her parents Cassidy can really see them, her best friend is even a ghost. And in this new city something different lurks, Can Cassidy save herself and those she loves in time?, the books are set in different countries the first book starts in Edinburgh.

Gap Year in Ghost Town by Michael Pryor

Set in Melbourne Australia following a young man Anton working the family trade passing ghosts on, the gentle way, unlike the new company setting up that Rani is a part of takes a more slashing approach, however there’s a massive spike in violent manifestations and the two must find a way to work together before it’s too late.

The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

For over 50 years the country has been overrun with ghosts and agencies have popped up to deal with this ongoing threat, one such person is Lucy Carlyle who moves to London to join a notable agency however she finds herself with a ramshackle agency called Lockwood and co. With a few mishaps they find themselves with one chance to save the agency and that is in the most haunted house in England, can this ragtag group make it out alive or die trying.

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

Artemisia is training to be a grey sister, a nun who cleans the bodies of the deceased so they don’t come back to hurt the living, she like this life, the dead don’t talk and pry into her past. But when an unexpected attack by ghost possessed soldiers forces her to wield a high relic to save those she loves. With all knowledge lost on how to control it, Artemisia finds herself in a race against time to understand herself, the creature within the relic and to save the world.

[amarastock]

"dad says that the world is always changing, every second of every day, and so is everything in it, which means that the you you are right now is different from the you you were when you started reading this sentence. crazy, right? and your memories change, too. (for instance, i swear the teddy bear i had growing up was green, but according to my parents it was orange.) but when you take a photograph, things stay still. the way that they were, is the way that they are, is the way that they will always be."

psd by @harupsds

[stardustandrockets]

Do you consider September 1st the start of Spooky Season™ or do you want until October?

Personally, the season officially starts September 1st, but unofficially, it starts when stores start putting out decorations. I couldn't care less about summer, so here are some book recs that are perfect for Spooky Season™ (regardless of when it starts for you)!

This is by no means an exhaustive list or even exhaustive themes. I grouped things into broad categories and am happy to go into more detail if needed/wanted.

All books are listed below the photos.

Photo 1: Perfect Books for Spooky Season

Photo 2: Dark Academia: Vicious by V.E. Schwab, If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio, A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee, Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson, The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew, The Library of Shadows by Rachel Moore

Photo 3: Witches: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab, Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu, Crumbs by Danie Stirling

Photo 4: Horror: Alice Isn't Dead by Joseph Fink, Gallant by V.E. Schwab, The Gathering Dark edited by Tori Bovalino, The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

Photo 5: Middle Grade: City of Ghosts by V.E. Schwab, The Devouring Wolf by Natalie C. Parker, The Supernatural Society by Rex Ogle

Photo 6: Pre-orders: In these Hallowed Halls Anthology (out Sept. 12), A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid (out Sept. 19), All that Consumes Us by Erica Waters (out Oct. 17)

[historyhermann]

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Season 2 Part 1 Spoiler-Filled Review

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, also called Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur or Moon Girl, is an animated superhero adventure series created by Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland. It’s based on the 2010s Marvel Comics series, Moon Girl, and by Brandon Montclare, Amy Reeder, and Natacha Bustos. The first season aired from February 10, 2023 to May 6, 2023 on the Disney Channel. Reprinted from…

[writtenroses1813]

Some of my fav characters who are rarely picked first in the fandom:

Donatella Dragna (Caraval by Stephanie Garber)

Harry Potter (Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling)

Eden (Legend series by Mari Lu (especially Rebel))

Jacob (City of Ghosts by V. E. Schwab)

Gansey (The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater)

Rudy Steiner (The Book Thief)

Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyers)

Some of these characters may be well loved I’m just saying that they’re generally not who many have immediately said to be their favorite within the fandom (even if they’re the main characters)

[violasarecool]

watching city of ghosts and one of the kids is nonbinary :D So of course I had to go through and listen to as many of the different language dubs of their intro as possible

italian: theyre nonbinary!

mandarin: not a boy... not a girl..... secret third thing. thats not a secret

spanish: look at us w our functional neutral pronoun

french: why are pronouns so hard :(

german: *slaps she and he into one compound pronoun* theyre not

(if you understand any of the other languages. inquiring minds want to know.....)

[alystar00]

Jacob: If a plant feels sad, will other plants photosympathise with it?

Cassidy:

Cassidy: Jacob, it's 3 am. Please, let me sleep.

[slyandthefamilybook]

where tf is the City of Ghosts fandom El-heads rise up

[infinite-mess]

END OF JUNE 2024 MEDIA POLL!!!

Before I start my blog shenanigans, I believed it to be necessary to make our first media poll! With the media polls, I’ll put 10 different shows on the polls, and watch the 4 shows that end up winning. The show in 5th place, however, is the “runner-up” that will replace a show if I end up dropping it or putting it on hold for one reason or another.

HOWEVER, to start, our first poll will only be 5 shows, with me watching the 2 that win, and the 3rd show being the runner-up, because I’m new to this and haven’t prepared enough poll entries.

Note: There won’t be a poll for our “wild card” entry this time around, as I’ve practically already decided that it’ll be Dungeon Meshi/Delicious in Dungeon!!!

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MEDIA TO WATCH ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!!!

[beanscool-excellent]

please excuse the sudden wave of cassidy blake reblogs im having a Moment

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[cinemajunkie70]

A very happy birthday to Matt Dillon!

[ravenlynclemens]

city of ghosts fanart

[lindensea]

City of Ghosts was soooo adorable, but also slightly spooky, with real stakes. A perfect cozy-ish autumn read/listen <3