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casscainmainly · 3 months ago

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I was going to make a post about how Duke is the only Robin Dick chose but then I remembered that Alfred actually chose him first. Then I remembered that Alfred chose Damian, too, by handing him the suit first in Battle for the Cowl. Then I remembered that Alfred also helps convince Bruce to make Tim Robin. So Alfred essentially chooses/endorses every Robin post-Jason, and weirdly has more of a say in the Robin legacy than either Dick or Bruce.

#alfred pennyworth #duke thomas #dick grayson #damian wayne #tim drake #correct me if i'm wrong about the damian or tim thing but i'm 100% certain about the duke one #dick *does* choose duke afterwards (without knowing that alfie chose him first) which fuels my dick & duke agenda but still #why is alfred always at the scene of the crime #also alfred creates we are robin so he's just like obsessed with making robins???#he has done more to wrest dick's legacy away from him than bruce ever did tbh like bruce really only chose jason #bruce didn't choose tim or damian and he also didn't even give duke robin #does dick ever think about this. does he ever think about how all of his robin choices (damian and duke) were actually alfred's designs #idk alfred fans you can chime in i just think this is an interesting pattern

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puppetmaster13u · 8 months ago

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Prompt 311

Alien biology is weird. Liminal biology? Even weirder.

Ecto? Very much a wellspring for creation despite its association with death. Or rather undeath, but that’s a debate that many a realms denizen has tried to find the answer of. Usually there weren’t many liminals- ecto contaminated, yes, but enough to form Cores? No, only a few throughout history. Until the age of Heroes and Villains came about. But that’s a story for another time.

See ectoplasm builds up over time in the human body, and even more so for those that have formed cores who create their own. And it’s not like it’s well studied, what with most not even being aware of the changes or the fact they aren’t fully human anymore.

Why is this important? Well, what happens if two liminals (accidentally or not) mix their ecto together? Well, that depends on intentions, even if it’s just an impulsive thought at the time. Which in turns means that accidents? Yeah, accidents might’ve happened. Oops….

#DCxDP #DPxDC #Prompts #Ghostbat #Danny Reincarnates as a Ghostbat baby #Bruce (hysterically after a medical test by Leslie in the cave after nausea attacks): I didn’t know that could happen-#Either Dick gets an early start in being a big brother #Or Damian is about to learn how to be big brother #Or mess with timelines & have Bruce have all the kids at once & watch him suffer from it #I bet he brings lil bby Danyal to a JL meeting from not having a babysitter at some point #And the chaos that follows is glorious #Bruce did So Many tests to figure out how this is possible & the only thing that came back was #Lazarus Water has potential long-term effects?? Cursed objects?? MAGIC??#His DNA shows no metagene & he has no clue how this happened #Good thing he was already a bit of a social recluse- he’s going to have a breakdown in Alfred’s arms now #And then panic buy for a nursery #Implied Mpreg #Khoa might’ve helped choose Danny’s name #Danny is Not Ghost King #Shadow Core Bruce #Light Core Khoa #Space Core Danny #Liminal Batfamily #or at least potentially

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batcavescolony · 11 months ago

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Does this make sense?

#reasoning: Dick i think he came up with no killing on his own like maybe a bit Batman but thats mostly him.#Steph no kill cus bit Batman bit her but i feel like she could. Tim very strong on the no kill cus (gun) Batman but also he has the ability #to kill for him. Jason kills because Batman but also because him but also doesnt kill because of him. he chooses.#Damian now doesn't kill because of him and because of Batman (dick and bruce)#comics #dc comics #robin #nightwing #dick grayson #red hood #jason todd #tim drake #red robin #damian wayne #batman #bruce wayne #batfamily #idk does this make sense #or did i put the pics in the wrong place? its been awhile since ive done a graph. peer review my work #stephanie brown #spoiler #this is just the main Robin idk about others but if you know more add them #i made this because i thought Jason and Tim were opposite sides of the spectrum. Jason kills because Batman. Tim don't kill because Batman.#cass would be off the scale at a very high °dont kill because me° and a middle °dont kill because Batman'. but i just did the Robins #but i dont know enough about duke to know his stance #tim needs to be in like the 3rd dimension where the °me° and °batman° are the same but he also dips a bit into the °kill for me° section #like he could kill. he has the ability and the intrusive thoughts are there but he wont cus Him/Batman

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thesummerstorms · 5 months ago

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The other thing that I think I would want in an Annabeth Wayne AU that I don't think I've seen so far is Bruce being absolutely pissed at Athena.

It was bad enough with Talia and Damian, but Athena is a literal god of wisdom who should know better AND he doesn't even have the "culpability" of having slept with her.

She one hundred percent saw Batman, tactician of the Justice League, was drawn in by her aspect of the Goddess of Strategy, and proceeded to create a child without his consent, a daughter who she didn't even raise before the child became a weapon.

And like whatever else, however fucked up Damian was by his own training to become a child-weapon, at least Talia loved Damian.

Whereas Athena loves Annabeth in the way a Goddess loves, not the way a Person loves, and I don't think Bruce, whose entire identity is so fixated on his relationship with his own parents, would recognize that as love at all.

And, like, Talia put Damian through a lot of shit. I think Bruce would be angry there too. But when push came to shove, she at least at some point brought him to Bruce because she thought it was in her son's best interests.

Athena actively lead Annabeth away from Bruce and into the streets at the age of seven, which Bruce would never see as in her best interest, whatever Athena's godly perspective is, however badly he reacted after Jason's death, even though he couldn't see (and dismissed the idea of) the spiders and the monsters. She was seven. In the streets of Gotham.

Athena let Annabeth fight a major role in two wars back to back without being there to train her or protect her or love her or even advise her. Athena advocated for the cold blooded murder of the other children who had actually tried to keep his daughter safe. Athena sent Annabeth against Arachne when Athena's children have universally died on that quest for a thousand years.

Athena let Bruce think he had gotten Annabeth killed because of his own inability to handle his grief. Let him think his daughter was dead or worse for years. Would have let him keep thinking that if the Fates didn't have other plans.

And just, in true fashion for all of my ideas on a PJO x DC crossover, everyone really comes out more traumatized than before. This includes Bruce.

Because now he wasn't just used unknowingly for a child just once, but twice. And in both cases he's going to have to live forever with the guilt of not having been able to protect his kids from what their other parent wanted to make of them

(On top of all the ways he has directly failed them and made any complexes worse, of course )

#bruce wayne #annabeth chase #annabeth wayne #athena #pjo x dcu #dcu x pjo #again I have to reiterate that I actually do think Athena loves her daughter #I just think that to a human a god's love is inevitably going to look cruel #because they don't and can't love in the same way #giving your child opportunity for Kleos and sending them to a teacher is a love to a goddess #whereas a human parent might never want their child to fight or suffer at all #and even with Bruce's whole Batman and Robin situation #he a) still felt guilt and went back and forth over it multiple times #and b) he was at least trying to guide them and accompanied them into the field and deliberately tried to give them whatever tools they #needed to be both moral and safe #Athena doesn't see a difference between what she did and Bruce's crusade but he absolutely doe #this post is obviously very much more Bruce's POV of course #Athena would have her own but I am biased #'love the way a goddess loves not the way a person loves' - but Rev aren't the gods people #Not fully #I don't think they can be; they're too vast #Behind their personalities they're all personification #so yes and no but not enough #as for bruce reacting badly after Jason's death #I generally don't think he *hurt* her which I've seen some choose to write based on him hitting Dick #but someone in fic wrote a HC that he blamed her at first bc she knew Jason was sneaking out and didn't say and I took that and ran with it #& after his initial outburst he freezes her out bc his anger scares him & he thinks keeping her at a distance will protect her from that #not knowing that she's already internalized that guilt AND already felt prior to this that Bruce was abandoning her in favor of being Batma

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p1nkshield · 2 years ago

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Robin!Jason: Gee I sure am glad to spend the weekend here uncle Clark!

Clark who is sweating a little thinking about when he would watch Dick: I’m glad you’re here too bud! So, what do you want to do first?

He was fully expecting him to say ARSON like his predecessor.

Robin!Jason: Oh I have a great idea! After I do my homework we can each read a book, write a review about what we like about it and a short summary! Then we can see if the other person wants to read that book!

Clark:… that sounds like a book report.

Robin!jason, looking incredibly excited: I know! :D

Clark: …Sounds like a plan!

#clark kent #jason todd #robin!jason #Clark had a great time #alright what book did you choose Jason? (drops dictionary’s amount of paper) War and Peace :)#Dick was fully ready to murder at the time #both Jason and Dick are deeply embarrassed by their past behavior #did i really suggest a book report?/Arson? ugh I’m so embarrassed

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hood-ex · 2 years ago

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I once read a book where a character who had just one of everything - one fork, one plate, etc. - because he considered more than that just pointless stuff he'd eventually have to move told another that she made him want to have two plates, and that might be the most Dick and Donna vibes I've ever gotten out of anything not actually about Dick and Donna.

Well now I'm thinking about Dick buying two mugs and keeping one for himself and giving the other to Donna as a gift, but Dick's mug eventually burns along with the rest of Dick's apartment during the Blockbuster fiasco, so then after Donna dies and there's a funeral reception at her apartment, Dick finds the twin mug in Donna's kitchen, and he takes it up to the roof with him and cries.

Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files

#god that scene is so strong bc everything diana is saying clearly reflects dick's own thoughts and feelings #he feels responsible. he should've protected her. she was his sister. she was his soulmate.#and it KILLS me like nothing else that the other titans are inside talking to each other and remembering donna #but dick is ALONE and he chooses to be alone #and that isolation is so good in the sense that it reflects dick's belief that he shouldn't be on a team. he shouldn't be with family.#he should be alone because if he's alone then he can't be responsible for anyone else dying #and it's like...#after lilith and donna died--tim asked dick what they should do now #and dick swung away from tim and said ''i don't know. but whatever it is--i think we better do it alone.''#and fuuuuck. dc doesn't do a lot of things right but they sure as hell did This right #dick's darker/colder demeanor. his self-isolation. and all of it pointing toward lilith and donna's deaths #they made sure we knew that he was like this because of that one terrible day and it makes me insaneee #Dick Grayson #Donna Troy #the bestiiiies #anon

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rt-nique · 1 year ago

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However inaccurate it may be, Jason being Tim’s Robin has a special place in my heart 😭💕

Like the angst potential is just so much more when your hero comes back and hates you with his absolute being and calling you a replacement.

#like knowing what you did caused him pain #but you had to it #and you didn’t mean to take Robin from him- it just had to be done #always in his shadow too #GRAHHHHHHH #IT JUST THEIR DYNAMICS R SO INTERESTING #I still see the appeal of Dick being Tim’s Robin #but dc canon is a construct and I pick and choose what I like #tim drake #jason todd #robin #red robin #red hood

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dreamingaboutsakuratrees · 8 months ago

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Dear God how I fucking hate when people dismiss s character's traits because "that's just a facade! you as the reader have to see underneath it!!" like yeah no fucking shit Sherlock, a well written character has more than one (1) defining trait but that doesn't mean their most prominent one or the one most recognized by fandom ISN'T there

yes this is about people thinking dick grayson isn't actually a ray of sunshine, that it's just a mask. he's much more than the happy one, of fucking course, all batfam members (when written well) are, but that doesn't mean that being happy and bright is not a crucial part of his personality. he brings light to people's lives, he's a beacon of hope, that's what Robin was born for, as a light to Batman's darkness. That's what Nightwing is. He can be serious, sure. He's smart, an amazing strategist, incredibly good at fighting, he can be manipulative and morally gray and sometimes an objectively bad person. But he's ALSO funny and quippy and bright and sunshine. BECAUSE HE'S WELL WRITTEN.

Like Jesus stop making him so sad and wrong all the time just because you want so bad to go against "fanon". It's not fanon if it's literally his core trait. It's not fanon if it's what the character was BORN AS. God.

#I'm not sure if this even makes sense #it's almost 6am I haven't slept and I just saw someone say he's a manipulative bitch and to stop writing him as a ray of sunshine #and now I'm mad #because this parson had this lukewarm takes with most of the batkids #like yeah I get a lot of damian's traits and back story are deeply rooted in racism #but like he did try to kill tim. and he killed a bunch of people when he first got to Gotham. that's a thing that happened.#and no matter how racist the reason behind that plot line might have been #it's something that happened and choosing to believe it didn't happen because it doesn't fit your preconceived ideas of how #a character should or should not be is just plain stupid #you can explore the character and change their personality and play with them in fanfic sure that's what we all do #but don't pretend that canon doesn't exist. you can choose to utilize it or not but acknowledge it even if it's just to spit in it's face #damian's not tame he's not more chill than his brothers he's not misunderstood #he's a child who had a horribly traumatic childhood and reacts with violence because that's all he knows #Jason's angry and he has every right to be and to say he isn't is to erase an incredibly important part of his character #you don't get to tell a victim how to be a good victim. Jason's a victim.#dc #batman #rambles #batfam #batfamily #dc universe #dc comics #batman and robin #dick grayson #Jason Todd #Damian Wayne #nightwing #red hood #oh look I made a post about dc that is NOT about Tim #wild huh

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yutamayo · 3 months ago

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I'm sorry not sorry but if you genuinely feel the need to state "Light apologists DNI", then you need to make some friends. Or find god. Or something. BC if you fr think you anyone gives a flying squirrel fuck that you don't like people who enjoy the fictional character that is Light Yagami then frankly you're homophobic, boring, and more of a dissapointment to your mother than I am. Which is saying something.

#light yagami did nothing wrong #i dont get it i really dont #how can u exist on TUMBLR of all places and not know how to seperate fiction from reality 😭#the difference between ppl who use tumblr and ppl who are a waste of space is that tumblr thots acknowledge & choose not to seperate the two #wastes of space cant comprehend the ability of doing so. or they judge it as morally wrong.#my brother in Jehova catch some dick or smash some pussy or find love or read a good book on a snow day but for the love of marinated lamb #please shut the fuck up #light yagami #death note #gremlin hours

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beansnpeets · 26 days ago

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Just have to get through today and it's my usual 3 day weekend. Then I work Monday and have the rest of the week off. The week after is going to be the same. Glad to have all that time off. I will do my best to try to stay busy and get some painting done. I will be spending the holidays on my own. Am debating on possibly getting myself some salmon for christmas dinner as a treat. Maybe some beers to enjoy one night. I am trying to make the best of it, anyway.

#personal #it would be infinitely easier for my family to come up here for christmas than for me to go down there #but my sister and i havent spoken in over 2 years because she refuses to apologize for being a dick #i sent her my apology via text after i yelled at her on the phone because i felt bad for yelling at her #she left me on read and never said anything again #i told my mum to tell her to call me and apologize and she never did #apparently her excuse is that she *doesnt know what to say*#lmao okay well youre a grown ass woman so figure it out #im not gonna hand hold you through an apology #so instead of just sucking it up and saying sorry she is choosing to try to pretend nothing happened and i refuse to let it go on principal #because unfortunately i am my mothers daughter

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hechose · 2 months ago

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'lestat crossed an ocean to save claudia and louis from the paris coven!!!'

..... im gonna hold your hand while i bash you over the head when i tell you this,,, that mans went to paris to be healed by armand,,, that mans went to paris to punish the people he abused for daring to fight back,,,

#blaa blaaa tv/book differences blaa blaaa #pls hop off lestat's dick for five fucking seconds and be SO FORREAL #also wild concept but more than one thing can be true at the same time #lestat /can/ choose to save louis while still having gone there with malicious intent #he could very well have been influenced by armand/the coven and in a fucked state (sam pretty much confirmed that)#while he still had fucked intentions and did bad things!!!#this media is way more complex and layered than just these simple broad assumptions that mean nothing #the pain of being a lifelong fan and understanding the fact everyone is an unreliable narrator is especially painful lately my guys :/#also: this is all coming from someone firmly sucking that french mans dick--#i've been writing him so so so long now #but like with armand. i still have media literacy to discuss flaws and all that shit!!!#pls stop bringing black and white morals into this piece of media holy FUCK #pls be gone with purity culture it has zero place here especially #should have posted this on my personal but here we are ig sighs #✞ — this place is fancy & i don't know which fork to kill myself with. // ooc.

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royaltea000 · 2 months ago

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you mentioned the demons strike back (2017) and even though wukong's demon monkey real form is scary as fuck, it also got me hnnnghhhhhhhhhhhh thAT RASPY DEEP VOICE , JESUS!

Too fucking true - listen. I may have found the human version soooo fucking hot but I am a monsterfucker first and foremost those longass fangs they gave him got me titillated and afraid at the same time smile at me again monkey boi 😳

#also the glowup from conquering the demons is inSANE #real ones remember when he was a small feral monkey with a leech mouth #if you couldn’t appreciate him at his ctd you don’t deserve him at his dsb 😭#you know who had a glowDOWN tho was the monk character #allegations aside I just don’t like [redacted] as the tang monk his face looks too mean and angled #I LOVED the previous actor for Sanzang why did they replace him :(#he was so cute and pathetic I loved that iteration #I think if it was him and the dsb wukong the fangirls woulda gone insane #so in my head I’m choosing to believe it’s still him #although it might’ve been for the best that he got replaced cuz then I don’t have to see him being an absolute dick #sorry for the rant anon #but that was like the WORST version of Sanzang I’ve ever seen in my life #it’s like the one time I actually can’t STAND this hoe #ugh I’ve spoken about this enough im gonna get another white hair

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daisybell-on-a-carousel · 4 months ago

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Currently thinking about kid Jason trying to look like his dad (willis)

#DISCLAIMER IM STILL ACTIVELY READIJG COMICS THE ONLY VERSION OF WILLIS I KNOW IS THE ORIGINAL #WHO WHILE A CRIMINAL WAS NOT IMPLIED TO BE ABUSIVE OR /TRYING/ TO HURT JASON. AND WAS MOSTLY ABSENT DUE TO JAIL #Anyway.#i knoww they just did it so we could immediately clock Willis as Jason's dad but man. kinda thinking about how #they have the exact same hairstyle #most notably the curls #(from the picture we see when jason discovers he might be dead)#and i think its cute #jason doesn't have the curls when bats first meets him (understandable. itd be hard to maintain a specific. esp curly. style like that.#jason may not even have consistent access to a shower n shampoo at this point in his life)#and idk man! i think its fun to imagine that. rather than the hair being meant to copy a young dick from the writers #its a young jason choosing to look like his dad #holding onto what he can #because no matter what we know Jason cared about willis in some form. we know he was upset when he learned that willis had died #and wanted to get his revenge over who was thought to have done it when he had the chance #jason todd #sorry. latching onto willis bc bruce keeps disappointing me. yknow how it is

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weaverofink · 2 years ago

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AU where Tim's family is connected to the Court of Owls rather than Dick's, and Tim decides to go undercover as a member of the Court

alt version and explanation under the cut

(Disclaimer: I know the court of owls storyline happens in the n52 continuity, but for my own sake (as i don't really like tim's whole deal in it lol) this AU is using pre-n52 backstories and characterizations)

In this AU, Janet Drake was a member of the Court of Owls, unbeknownst to Jack and Tim. Bruce eventually finds this out, but chooses to keep it from Tim to protect him. Tim, of course, finds out that Bruce is keeping this from him, and, feeling betrayed both by Bruce and his own mother, decides to infiltrate the Court on his own. The court has been sending him cryptic invitations ever since Bruce announced his initiative to improve Gotham, looking for a way into both the Wayne family and WE. As a member of the Court, Tim is able to gather information to help stop them, but in order to maintain his cover, he is forced into many situations where he is forced to choose between compromising his morals or compromising his position in the Court.