#I’ve seen a lot of them interpret them as exes who are begrudging friends

[ryssbelle]

Have you heard about a new ship between John Dory Delta Dawn? Though I find it kind of weird

It is on TikTok and Tumblr, If You want to check it out?

I’ve heard of it, I think their ship is as old as tbt at this point XD

I think their dynamic is really funny

[kageuncaged]

Day 2: Childhood/Adulthood

Childhood-----

The wind rushes against your face and the city lights fly underneath you as you leap from one building to the next.  It’s not your typical game of tag, but it’s still tag, and you can’t help but laugh when he finally tackles you to the rooftop.  Giggles fill the night air as you both roll together like kids.  For a blissful moment you forget how serious he can be--Robin, the Boy Wonder, protege to Batman.  Right now he’s smiling and laughing and your stomach fills with butterflies.

You don’t think you’ve ever seen anything prettier than his smile.

(Secretly you wish you could see it without his mask.)

“I got you!” he says, and you sincerely hope he doesn’t snap out of it, realize how childish this all is, and once again turn into the mini-Batman he likes to try to be sometimes.  You grin under your Spoiler mask and boop his nose.

“Only because I let you, birdbrain.”  

You both roll over and stare up at the sky--no stars, but you can see the moon sometimes when it’s not cloudy.  It’s nice, knowing that even in a place like Gotham there can be moments like this, when everything is right in the world, even if only for a few minutes.

You’re suddenly pulled by random desire to know something more about this boy that you know so well and at the same so little about.  You know what martial arts styles he likes and which gargoyle is his favorite but you don’t know his name or his favorite subject in school or even what color his eyes are.  On a whim, you ask:

“What do you want to be?  When you’re older, I mean.”  You can picture him as Batman, or a head police detective, or a secret agent.  Something mysterious and bat-like.  

You don’t at all predict him responding with “I--I don’t know.  I know for sure that I don’t want to be doing this superhero thing forever.”  You turn your head toward him and try to imagine what expression his eyes are making behind his mask.  “I think I’d like to be a photographer, maybe for a newspaper or something.”

You stare for a moment, trying to discern whether or not he’s trying to deceive you.  But he seems genuine.  You try to wrap your head around it--you’ve always thought of him as Robin, Batman’s overly serious (but also seriously cute) protege--but you realize that behind all that, he’s just a boy.

For a childish second, you think to yourself that you wouldn’t mind marrying a photographer.

Looking up at the stars, laying on a rooftop next to him...you can’t think of a more perfect moment.  You know it won’t last forever, that he’ll have to go back to fighting off bad guys and you’ll have to climb back into your bedroom window and pretend that you don’t nightlight as a vigilante for your mom--and all of the awful things happening in each of your lives will come rushing back.

But right now, this moment--it’s yours.  And a thousand Jokers or Two-Faces or Cluemasters or Batmen couldn’t take it away.

Adulthood-----

You resist the urge to groan aloud when you walk into the Batcave and see him standing there--this is supposed to be Oracle and Batgirl’s HQ now, and you don’t need your day ruined by super ex-boyfriend over there.

Okay, maybe that’s an overstatement.  He apologized for being a condescending, moody jerk (heck, he even called you Batgirl,) but it’s still going to take a while to forget.  So his unexpected presence probably isn’t the end of the world (then again, it’s not entirely impossible in your line of work,) but it’s still a little awkward.  Especially now that he’s dating his “fiancee” Tam Fox--a pretty civilian girl who also happens to know his secret identity (you tell yourself that you’re not jealous that all the cards are on the table with right off the bat when they definitely hadn’t been with you.)  Worse than that, Babs isn’t here, so it’s just you and the ex-Boy Wonder.

He’s at the Batcomputer, so technically you could get away with pretending he isn’t there, but you can’t help but quip, “Uh, Red?  Are you sure you didn’t fly into the wrong nest?  I thought you had your own place now.”

You expect him to respond with an impatient retort like “not now, Steph,��� or “I’m working a case right now, Steph,” or “can’t you see I’m busy so please stop annoying me so I can pretend to be Batman, Steph”--but he doesn’t.  You take a glance at the screen to figure out what he’s working on, certain that you’ll find pages worth of data on suspects and criminals or lines of code indicating the tedious process of hacking or autopsy reports.  You are not at all expecting to see the window filled with small gray boxes and colored numbers.

He’s playing freaking Minesweeper on the Batcomputer.

He pauses, before swiveling around in the chair to face you.  “I needed to discuss something with Oracle about a case.  I’m just waiting for her to arrive,” he explains patiently, as if he wasn’t just playing a 90’s computer game.

“Uh huh,” you say.  Aaaaand now you have nothing to talk about, when you could’ve just left him alone and not had to talk at all.  Great going, Steph.

“I hear you’ve been working on a case involving the Penguin,” he says.  “How has that been coming along?”  

A flash of annoyance hits you--of course he’s asking about a case and not something like, oh, you don’t know, how you’ve been, whether you’ve been adjusting to college or making friends, how your mom is doing.  He can be so Batmanlike sometimes it’s not even funny--and it’s definitely gotten worse over the years.

Though maybe your “death” may have played a part in that.  You feel a little guilty.

“You know, the usual,” you say, and no he probably doesn’t know because Spoiler didn’t work cases nearly as much as she just went around punching bad guys in the face, but you don’t care.  “How are things at WE?”

He shrugs.  “I’m handling it.”  And now you’re both speaking to each other without really saying anything.  You almost kind of prefer when he was angry with you.  Now it’s just...awkward.

When did things get like this?

After a few minutes of him turning back to his game and both of you sharing the cave in silence, you decide that you can’t take it anymore and vocalize your annoyance.

“Arghhh, this is so--stupid!”  There are so many things you wish you could say and things you both haven’t talked about but should--you remember when it used to be so easy to confide in Tim but now it always feels like you’re dancing around each other.  And Tim was always better at the whole subtlety thing than you were--you prefer to get things out in the open because ignoring them or pretending they didn’t happen is dizzying and awful.

He blinks slowly.  “I--excuse me?”

You frown at him, waving your hand as if it’ll convey your meaning to him.  “This--why don’t we ever talk anymore, Tim?  And I don’t mean the games we’ve been playing; I mean really talk.”  You begin to pace.  “I know we’re not dating anymore, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be your friend.  Tell me how your life is--how you’ve really been feeling.  Tell me about the last time you hung out with friends or about whichever new video game you’re into that I won’t understand.”

He takes off his cowl (finally) and runs his fingers through his hair.  “You know I’ve had a lot on my plate lately--”

“You’re right, I do know,” you say, crossing your arms.  “All the more reason why you shouldn’t keep it all to yourself.”

He’s silent, and you interpret that as ‘I dislike the sound of that but I can’t come up with a logical argument to counter you with...because I just want to keep all of my feelings to myself and be a brooding loner’--and ‘I'm not Batman’ your ass.

“What are you doing tonight?” you say and almost immediately rephrase, “I mean--what are your plans for patrol?”  (You don’t slap yourself on the outside, but you do internally.)   

“I’m planning a stakeout,” he says, and in such a way to suggest “I’m busy.”  

“Great,” you say with a wide smile.  “A stakeout won’t take all night, and you could use some exercise.”  He opens his mouth, and before he can question you or protest you tell him, “We’re going to play rooftop tag.  Right at sundown so you won’t be late for your little stakeout.  And I swear to Bruce that if you say no I’ll call Batman and Robin and have them join.”  You don’t really know if that’ll work--Robin has some kind of phobia of things he deems childish, and you don’t know the new Batman very well.  But you do know that he’s Tim’s big brother and would probably be more than happy to do anything to help him lighten up.

“Steph, I really don’t have time for--”

“Batman. And. Robin.”

He sighs, and then--yes!  The hints of a begrudging smile tug at his lips.  “I don’t really have a choice, do I?”

“Nope,” you chirp.  He’s trying his best to look annoyed, but you know better.

He’s not your boyfriend, and you don’t want him to be, but the thought of rebuilding the trust and companionship you used to have with him fills you with happiness.  You don’t know if he’ll flake out on your game tonight or if he’ll suddenly remember how much he hates you or if you’ll both realize how many differences you have with each other.  You don’t know if he’ll fall into a coma tomorrow or if you’ll both end up arguing or just decide that you’re simply not compatible friends and go your separate ways--but right now none of those things matter.  In this moment, you saw a glimpse of the boy he used to be, and you know you can help.  You can still be a friend to him.  

Even if tomorrow everything falls apart, in this moment you chose to hope.

[lookwhatilost]

i saw this valentines day ask meme earlier and i wanted to reblog it but i also dnt want people prying on gp and i know nobody will send me anything here bc i have like no followers, so im going to answer it under the cut and if you wanna b #nosy, then you’re at your liberty to do so

also im drunk answering these so theres that

1: Do you have a crush at the moment?

lmfao

2: Have you ever been deeply in love?

yes, sadly 😪

3: Longest relationship you've ever been in?

unofficially we were on and off over the course of almost 4 years but officially the longest we were together was only a handful of months... but i generally tell people the unofficial version bc i feel like they’d downplay the significance of it otherwise

4: Have you ever changed for someone?

yeah but in the sense that i let good things inside me wither and die when i shouldnt have

5: How is your relationship with your ex?

he’s living with someone else but makes a point of letting me know that he’s still th*rsting over me... it’s rly embarrassing

6: Have you ever been cheated on?

idk for certain but most likely

7: Have you ever cheated?

no

8: Would you date someone who's well known for cheating?

if i was aware, no, but i feel like i’d be totally possible for me to start going out w someone like that without being aware of that reputation beforehand

9: What's the most important part of a relationship?

your heads need to b in the same place i think... what with priorities, values, etc. i know some people can happily ignore conflicts like that & jst know to never bring them up but i can’t ever picture myself doing that.

10: Do you like to be in serious relationships or just flings?

i’ve never had a “fling” in my life and i dnt intend to

11: When you are dating someone do you believe in going on "breaks"?

if you need space from someone, then it is what it is, but i dnt think i would ever use the term “break” bc it’s too grey. i’ve seen friends. i know what’s up.

12: How many people have you ever hooked up with?

harry’s the only person ive been with in any capacity

13: What's one thing you regret saying/doing in a previous relationship?

a lot but i think i would say, like, letting it go on for as long as it did bc i thought i didn’t have anything else going for me. granted, i didn’t, but sometimes it’s better to be invested in an ex that you aren’t speaking to, than be invested in a relationship that’s dragging you down

14: What age do you think is appropriate for kids to start having sex?

never tbh sex is dumb as shit

15: Do you believe in the phrase "age is just a number"?

fuck no

16: Do you believe in "love at first sight"?

i believe you can instantly recognize that you connect to another person but that’s not, like, love lmfao

17: Do you believe it's possible to fall in love on the internet?

yeah but i’ve no interest in that

18: What do you consider a deal breaker?

in a relationship i dnt think i would interpret anything as an objective deal breaker aside from the Big Shit like cheating etc. but if i was considering dating someone i think the biggest deal breaker would be political differences.

19: How do you know it's time to end a relationship?

i’ll let you know when i figure it out

20: Are you currently in a relationship?

no

21: Do you think people who have dated can stay friends?

under the right circumstances, sure

22: Do you think people should date their friends?

i would encourage them to. i personally wouldn’t want to get into a romantic relationship that didn’t already have the foundation of a strong platonic one

23: How many relationships have you had?

one

24: Do you think love can last forever?

no but i dnt think there’s anything wrong with that either

25: Do you believe love can conquer all things?

absolutely not

26: Would you break up with someone your parents didn't approve of?

my parents are so out of touch w who i am that their approval or objection carries no weight beyond that so... no

27: If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice about dating what would it be?

all advice is useless. conclusions have no meaning unless you draw them yourself. if i could go back in time, i would kill hitler.

28: Do you think long distance relationships can work?

yes but personally ive no interest in one

29: What do you notice first about another person?

this is gnna sound dumb but whether they have a threatening vibe to them or not. for context: i work in service

30: Are you straight, bi, gay or pansexual?

i’m bisexual but i dnt see my attraction to men as anything more than begrudging & a nuisance

31: Would it bother you if your partner suffered from any mental illness?

not in principle, but i have a lot of mental illnesses myself, and if i was in a position where my mental disorders and my partner’s were jst endlessly feeding off of one another... yeah that would definitely upset me

32: Have you ever been in an abusive relationship?

harry was definitely emotionally abusive to me at times but he was jst stupid tbh and retrospectively i dnt consider it to be abusive. jst, like, it was a very bad dynamic and it coaxed shitty things out of both of us

33: Do you want to get married one day?

not rly

34: What do you think about getting your partner's name tattooed?

i wouldnt

35: Could you be in a relationship without sex?

easily

36: Are you still a virgin?

i wish

37: What's more important: Looks or personality?

personality obvi but physical attraction still needs to be there lmfao

38: Do you enjoy love films?

no they’re bad

39: Have you ever given anyone/received roses?

ive gotten roses twice

40: Have you ever had a valentine?

what even is that

41: What's your imagination of a "perfect date"?

i dnt have a specific vision but it would involve day drinking lmfao

42: Have you ever read "Romeo & Juliet"?

yeah. 3/10 tbh.

43: What's more important: Your partner or your friends?

it’s a balancing act! ive been guilty of putting my friendships on the back burner in favor of romantic relationships and i dnt want to do that again!

44: Would you consider yourself "romantic"?

not anymore

45: Could you imagine to date one of your current friends?

this is a loaded question bc all my friends follow this... if i say yes, it’s awkward. if i say no they’ll be like “well why the fuck not?”

46: Have you ever been "friendzoned"?

have people i liked romantically not returned my feelings? yes. have i gotten all indignant and entitled abt it? i’d like to think not.

47: Which "famous couple" is your favorite?

literally i can’t even think of any

48: What's your favorite love song?

momentarily? knock you down by keri hilson. it’s cute & a throwback

49: Have you ever broken someone's heart?

doubt it

50: If you're single, why do you think you are?

lack of proximity to available people that i’m compatible with, the fact that i have standards

51: Would you rather date someone who's rich but a douchebag or someone who's poor but a nice guy?

poor & nice... no shit sherlock

52: Are you good at giving other people advices regarding dating/ relationships?

all dating advice is a shout into the void. i dnt bother

53: Are you jealous of couples when you're single?

i think exposure to that kind of stuff hits on a very real insecurity that stems from a rly long pattern of being mistreated in my romantic endeavors, but it’s not jealousy lmfao it’s something much more insidious than that... like i feel like im being taunted for having extremely severe emotional trauma related to that and it’s rly not a can of worms i want to open

54: How important is it to make a relationship official (p.e. on Facebook)?

it’s not like important-important, but suffice to say, i would be suspicious of someone who was vehemently against it

55: Would you consider yourself "clingy", "overly attached" or "jealous"?

i’m trying to learn there’s nothing shameful abt being attached to the people you care abt, so yes & no

56: Have you ever "destroyed" a relationship?

yeah but i dnt feel particularly bad abt it either

57: Do you think it's silly to consider suicide because of a broken heart?

when you’re suicidal you dnt care much for what is or isnt silly, let’s be real

58: Are you the "dominant" or the "submissive" part in a relationship?

ideally my relationships dnt have a dynamic like that

59: Have you ever forgotten important dates like your partner's birthday or your anniversary?

i have a weird fixation on dates and remember significant ones from, like, 10 years ago. february 9th 2009 was a big one, actually. so no i generally dnt forget dates unless i didnt commit them to memory in the first place

60: What's your opinion on open relationships?

stupid

61: Who's more important: Your partner or your family?

my family isnt important to me

62: How do you define "cheating"?

doing anything #physical with someone other than yr partner, or like, carrying out any sort of emotional relationship w someone you aren’t dating (like you’re telling someone else that you love them & wanna get w them or whatever)... some of it is rly cut n dry but other times its very, well, grey

63: Is watching porn while being in a relationship inappropriate?

i mean it’s not but like... holy shit dude you’re not 15 anymore.

64: Do you think Valentine's Day is overrated?

who dznt?

65: Would you consider yourself a "cuddler"?

probably. who knows. i cant believe answering this ate up almost a whole hour