#Meanwhile Bruce hasn't changed at all

[dcxdpdabbles]

Bruce: Who is that? Tim: Hmm? Oh, that's Danny. He is the new custodian. Bruce: .... Tim: Something wrong? Bruce: No, no, no, he just resembles someone I know Tim: Really? Who? Bruce: I'll tell you in your office. It's not safe to speak here. Danny pretending to mop: Wasn't that the guy I saw during the Gotham Witch Trails? Yeah, I helped him escape his cell back in 1693. Oh, no, was he an actual witch???? Did I release a dark magic user upon the world while I was chasing Vlad?

[goblinhoursinsomniaramblings]

dc x dp prompt: Jack Fenton is a long lost Wayne... sorta

Bruce hears rumors of a cousin he hasn't seen in decades, Jackson Wayne. Except he's changed his name, started some sort of ghost-hunting scam, and is hitting all the items on Bruce's checklist for 'obvious theme supervillain.' Clearly, this needs investigation.

Meanwhile, Jack Fenton mainly remembers high society being boring and stifling, picking his mom during a messy divorce that had them leaving Gotham city altogether, and going all in on ectoscience, which resulted in the few members of his gotham family that still spoke to him cutting him out completely. He has absolutely no idea Martha and Thomas Wayne, the famous murdered philanthropist Waynes, were 'Aunt Mar-Mar' and 'Uncle Tommy', and is totally oblivious to lil' Brucie up and disappearing for a few years. So when Brucie calls and wants to reconnect, well, that sounds like a fine idea! Bring the kids! Sure, all of them! Yes, ALL of them.

Bruce was not expecting this. The trip ends up extremely surreal as a result.

[daydreamerwonderkid]

I see your vampire!Bruce Wayne AU and I raise you this:

Normal human Bruce Wayne raising his horde of vampire/dhamphir children, but because Bruce is Bruce no suspects any of the Batkids are, well ... bat kids.

Even the Batkids are confused at first when they first meet Bruce. Batman shows up and they're like:

"Oh, shit it's Batman! The very scary, very territorial Vampire Lord who's completely taken over Gotham and has managed to strike fear into the heart of all the most notorious vampire leaders! And he wants to adopt me into his coven? Sounds sketchy, but aight."

Only for them to wake up the next day and realize that not only is Batman in fact NOT a vampire, but he's also the most pitiful and pathetic human they've ever laid their eyes on and there's no fucking way they can leave him now.

Humans are already super fragile and easy to kill as is. And their new guardian is risking his life every night masquerading as an all powerful Vampire Lord!!!!

It's honestly a miracle that Bruce hasn't been killed yet and there's no way they're going to let their clueless human guardian wander off by himself. Especially after they realize he keeps forgetting that humans aren't supposed to be awake for 72 hours straight and his skin is paler than the giant hoards of case file documents he tries to sift through while barely touching his own food.

This poor idiot human is so committed to pretending to be a vampire that he's actually convinced himself he has night vision and spends more time hanging out in a literal Batcave than he does in his own fucking house!

Meanwhile, Bruce is thoroughly convinced he's got a complete handle on the whole raising vampire/dhampir children thing. After all, it's not like he's had to change much about his own personal life to that of a parent taking care of a horde of supernatural children.

He already spends more time awake at night anyway and while the kids don't mind human food absolutely love Alfred's cooking, it's not difficult to get a hold of any blood when they actually need to feed on something more substantial. Considering he's the biggest contributor to Gotham's blood donation centers, it's not like anyone's gonna tell him no.

Bruce also read somewhere that while vampires in the modern age don't actually need to hunt humans to feed anymore (considering the above mentioned donation centers), their hunting instincts haven't gone away, either. So while he was initially against the idea of letting his kids getting involved in his vigilante lifestyle, it was probably a good thing in the end that they had an alternative outlet for their growing vampiric urges. Like Alfred, he would have preferred it if they had gotten into competitive sports or something similar instead, but all his children had proven themselves to be just as stubborn as he is so he made do with what he could.

Especially considering the fact that a parenting article he read mentioned how extremely sensitive young vampires/dhampirs are towards the well-being of those who make up their coven. Dick, ALONE, had proved how absolutely futile his attempts to separate his night time and day time activities truly were. Apparently, it was detrimental to young vampires to be separated from their parents/guardians for too long. Better he trained them and supervised them himself versus having to re-experience Dick, Tim and Cass stalking him like the supernatural predators they were while doing his nightly patrols.

And if any of his children leaned a bit more into their feral nature whenever Bruce happened to get hurt on patrol, that was just kids' instincts reacting to the head of their coven being threatened. It's taken years of training, grounding and long late night discussions to convince his children to try holding back their supernatural strength and bloody acts of retribution. He still finds himself lecturing them from time to time even if he's fully aware they're all humoring him.

He still has the small collection of baby fangs that Dick had somehow roped all his younger siblings into contributing to over the years. For the life of him, he can't begin to fathom why anyone would want to collect teeth or why his children are so adamant that he holds onto theirs. But ever since he jokingly mentioned the Tooth Fairy to a horrified and offended younger Dick when his first set of baby fangs finally started coming in, it seems his children are determined to make sure no one can even attempt to think about exchanging their fangs for mere quarters.

And for the record (and despite what his children and friends keep on insisting), he never set out to actually pretend to be a "Vampire Lord." He just honestly thought designing his costume around one of his deepest fears would be a good way for him to use that fear against the criminals of Gotham.

He also won't admit that he completely forgot about the obvious association people make between bats and vampires.

[mishy-mashy]

Shinomori is cute. Here's a post.

He is so baby-faced. He hasn't changed at all since he was 22, to when he died of "old age" at 40

(Old age? With a face like that? 40 years old?? Gimme that kind of youth and hotness Shinomori-)

He has tiny eyebrows. Like a puppy's (rottweiler's, for example). So cute and tiny and fuffy

He naturally frowns. Look at him and his mouth and his lil nose

He has a thing about keeping his arms near his chest. He sits with his arms crossed, introduces himself with his hands over his torso, and even walks with his arms crossed toward Midoriya

He has such clear skin for someone who lived the rest of his life in a forest??? Why do Hikage and Yoichi have such nice skin despite living in terrible environments? (forest and vault + abandoned streets respectively)

Is easily scared

They knew their Quirks could be used, but Shinomori got scared of it when it happened. Even though he gave Midoriya his support and access to his Quirk beforehand. Depending on the translation; "it startled me", "you scared me", "it surprised me"

I'm not going to hold running from AFO against him because he knew he was running for his life. Who wouldn't run for their life when it's in danger? Shinomori was being chased by the strongest person in the country (and likely the world)

His sense of self-preservation is probably heightened by the nature of his Quirk to keep him out of danger too. Which makes him all the more sensitive and jumpy to danger and anything that startles him, especially when he has no warning

He's actually extremely tall, but is so socially inept and jumpy it's adorable. He's taller than Bruce.

Bruce is as tall as a vault door that the 2m AFO used.

(Meanwhile Kudo is down there-)

He has such a bad sense of humor that it's cute (his puns off Danger Sense)

It's also adorable how Shinomori just doesn't understand social conventions sometimes. He lived in a forest, so it made sense, but also— Midoriya shows up in the void to the vestige platform for the first time. He has no mouth, no clothes—and Shinomori's first idea is to stand in front of him menacingly and go: "I shall explain. I am Shinomori Hikage." SIRRRR

This.

His Ability is basically like glorified anxiety. What if something is coming to hurt him? If something can hurt him? What if that tree falls while he's under it? And the ideas come so hard they hurt (although yes, it does detect ill intent and that's what sets it off)

He talks weirdly. Formal? Old-fashioned? Listening to him speak Japanese compared to others, it just sounds a bit different. (Translated subs don't show it very well, it's the voice itself methinks)

"This too, is destiny." *about Midoriya having OFA*

Kinda wise or sage-y. He did spend his life in solitude in the forests so he definitely spent a lot of time with his own thoughts. Maybe he found the meaning of life in a centipede or something one day

For someone so cute, he is also such. A fine. Specimen???

Look at those back muscles, dang.

LOOK AT HIS CALVES AND ARMS DANG.

[bobbydagen24]

a few more possible episode ideas for another show.

its Floyd's Birthday and the brothers are all excited to plan a big surprise party for him JD Bruce and Clay all excitedly decorate the place with stuff they know Floyd likes and talk about their personalised gifts for him.

meanwhile Branch's excited smile slowly fades as he realises he doesn't actually remember anything that Floyd liked or any of the other bros due to being too young when they left.

anyway long story short at Floyd's party after he acts grateful to the others for their gifts and ideas Branch gets embarrassed since he didn't even know where to start and he leaves the party.

Floyd goes after Branch to talk on their own and when Branch tells him what's up and that he somewhat feels like a stranger in his own family due to how young he was when they left.

so he doesn't really remember anything specific about them but Floyd light-heartedly lets him in on a secret that he actually doesn't like any of that stuff anymore.

he just didn't say anything cause he didn't wanna hurt his brothers feelings and ruin the moment when really he's just happy that he's celebrating this birthday with them all back together.

but the simple fact is the things his brothers are all remembering are from over 20+ years ago when he was a young teenager he's changed almost completely since then.

and so have the rest of them except for JD lol but with all the others they've all been slowly realising that they aren't the same people who they last saw when they were teenagers.

and there's been plenty of trial and error Branch just hasn't noticed it so their all fairly new to each other due to their time apart.

but that isn't ever gonna change unless they take the time to get to know each other in the present.

so they both agree to go back to the party and make more of an effort.

2. another one is where Branch ends up hearing maybe from these bird creatures he talks to where he kinda has a long wide communication network set up all in the name of safety of course.

and one of his Bird contacts tells him that they talked to another creature that witnessed Chef's death at the end of the first film.

since ya know the last time our main characters saw her she was tumbling down the hill with her butt stuck in the cooker while on fire so they didn't actually see her get eaten like we the audience did.

so they assumed she was likely still alive all this time up until now anyway the news of her confirmed death makes Branch go around the village in a very joyous mood.

singing for no reason handing out snacks to random people and just being very cheery Poppy tries to ask him if he wants to talk about anything but Branch says what would he want to talk about?

he's happier than he's ever been anyway Poppy tells his brothers behind his back that she's worried about him but they don't really see it and think he's just reasonably happy over finding out a crappy person got their just desserts.

anyway Branch goes even more over the top in his happy shenanigans saying they should all throw a big party in the village to celebrate with a giant banner reading

"" ding dong the witch is dead ""

anyway despite poppy being even more worried and all of the brothers actually starting to feel a little worried as well except for JD who thinks the parties a great idea. 😂😂😂😂

the big party goes ahead and Branch gets pretty wasted ( on sugar ) and gets up onto stage to make a big speech with Poppy very nervously trying to talk him down since he's clearly crashing.

but Branch after saying a few things that makes everyone uncomfortable stops and thinks to himself and then kinda takes a deep breath and speaks more from the heart.

he says that he spent practically all of his life afraid and hurt and even as he got better he always thought that certain things would fix him or make him feel more whole.

but despite Chef being dead and even despite them all being at peace with the Bergens now he still feels just as afraid as he used to and he still feels the pain he's lived with his whole life.

he thought knowing she was gone would kinda close the book on that part of his life and wrap it all up in a neat little bow and allow him to finally move on completely.

but he just felt the exact same as he always has done and he kinda went into denial over it trying to convince himself everything was better for him now.

3. this one was inspired by an idea j-ad1 had in the comments section of one of my Gary posts anyway the plot is that.

the Bros get annoyed/kinda wierded out by how Branch takes Gary with him everywhere and is constantly smugly chattering on and on about the things Gary can do to the point the Bros find it very annoying and also kinda weird.

so they take Gary in the middle of the night and maybe try to play it off as some kinda animal that broke into the Bunker and dragged him away or something.

their hoping that even if Branch will be a little annoyed at first he'll quickly get over it and kinda cure him of his weird obsession with an inanimate object.

only for Branch to begin an obsessive search for Gary to the point he becomes even more unhinged and eventually even breaks down over it which his bros didn't expect they just sorta thought he'd be a little annoyed that he was lost but then he'd get over it and move on.

so it actually surprises them to see him so genuinely upset over Gary's absence and maybe his brothers even ask why it means so much to him and he finally tells them about how Gary was what comforted him during the years he spent hiding away.

when he had no one else and he made him feel safe whenever he was afraid which knowing Branch was nearly every single day given how paranoid he was over the Bergens finding them.

and it made him feel like he did have some sorta family around him back when he had no one and that yeah he knows some people think its kinda weird.

despite his rep as the village's crazy person he isn't actually entirely oblivious to how it looks.

anyway to end the episode I'd have Bro zone realise they were wrong and they go to retrieve Gary from the place they Dumped him only to realise he actually has been taken by a pack of animals this time.

and they actually have to go to a bit of effort retrieving him from the pack of animals getting themselves a bit torn up in the process and in the end they give Gary back to Branch and he's so grateful that they got him back which makes the bros feel pretty bad.

and they fess up to what they did and apologise with maybe the episode ending on a bit of a comedic note of them promising to do whatever it takes to make it up to Branch.

and it ends with him making them do really hard chores around his Bunker while Gary watches on in a chair with a nice little drink to his side. 😂😂😂😂

[002yb]

Jaybin putting J 🖤 D and Jason Grayson in the margins of his school books like every love struck teenager and hiding them in his draws where no one can find them.

Only years later when Dick can finally bring himself to enter pass the threshold of a room that has been sitting untouched does he come across them. Dozens of little drawings and hearts hidden in plain sight. At first it’s like a game for Dick, trying to find as many of these little mementos of Jason’s love for him left, he’s filled with so much love and the cuteness of it might just make him explode.

He looks up, a tease on the tip of his tongue before he remembers. And then suddenly it’s the usually guilt and grief but this time he’s also mourning what could’ve been.

- - -

Anyway Jason coming across them at the back of their wardrobe in a box and being found by Dick surrounded by evidence of his puppy crush. Face red and head in his hands and omg Dick why did you keep these get rid of them this so humiliating.

Dick finally getting to tease Jason just to see what shade of red he’ll turn and how far it’ll travel.

Oh, but Dick seeing the little J 🖤 D scribbled into the margins of Jason's notes even before Jason was taken from them. And Dick teases him then and there because there's nothing more darling than puppy love.

Dick wouldn't know it's him though. So he would badger Jason about it. Relentless with his teasing and questions as Jason blushes, spitting and sputtering as he complains at Dick.

The reaction only spurs Dick on though. He adores it, so he persists with it regardless of how Bruce and even Babs tell him to go easy on the poor kid.

The little affections persist for years. For Jason's entire tenure as Robin before he's taken away from them. And it doesn't take Dick by surprise that Jason is the sort to fall so hard and stay so devoted, but at the same time it does. Whoever this 'D' is - they're a lucky little bastard. Or they would have been.

The above being a thought that occurs to him when Dick comes across those notebooks years after the fact. And it's as he's flipping through the pages that he stumbles across those more telling affections: DG 🖤 JT & Jason Grayson and - oh.

It's him. Dick is the lucky bastard. It's him.

And it takes his breath away. It wrecks him, leaving him staggering to kneel on the ground beside Jason's desk, notebook in hand. Ink bleeding as Dick cries over all this youthful, innocent love meant for him.

It's a mournful thing at first, but then Dick remembers how he'd make Jason blush all the time and he laughs because there's more context for that now and it's silly. It's sweet.

But Dick regrets that Jason wasted his time on Dick. Then again, Jason was only fifteen - still so young; a child - maybe being taken from them while still having such a pure love untainted by expectations or heartbreak is a small mercy.

And yes. Jason comes back and that puppy crush hasn't gone away. Dick recognizes it if only because he's in the know now and it never fails to make him smile because Jason might have changed to the point he's unrecognizable, but with this - he's the same. It's a catalyst for recognizing a lot of Jason's other qualities, too. Just Dick being very aware of Jason and subconsciously smitten.

Then they get together and it's nice, but Jason finds those notebooks and he doesn't screech, necessarily - but it's a near thing because wtf are these, Dick? Omfg burn them what the hell when did he find out???! Then Dick cheekily says, 'Well, Mr. Grayson - ' and Jason takes Dick down and out because no no nope. Meanwhile Dick cackles and it's sweet and ahhhhhhh. Precious.

[hypewinter]

@sroomheaddoc I shower you with kisses my friend.

Ok so Jazz gets there and it's a tearful reunion with her father. Jack wants her to go back to uni, he'll keep her updated but doesn't want his precious princess to get involved. Said precious princess is having none of that and insists she can help. After all, she has more experience with Danny's powers up close than he does.

After a lot of back and forth, it is finally decided that she'll transfer to Gotham University. Yet another favor is called into Vlad. Tucker helps him get everything squared away. The kid's not half bad when they aren't at odds with each other. There might even be an internship waiting for him at VladCo when he graduates. Maybe

Now here's where the problems start arising. First off, that viral video? The giw got their hands on it before Tucker could work his magic. Now they're closing in on Gotham. Meanwhile the Batfam have been staking out Jack's apartment, trying to figure out what he's up to.

I am a firm believer in Tall Jazz. My mind can not be changed. I also believe that years of helping team phantom makes Jazz more observate than the average bear.

Therefore... imagine this 6 ft 7 woman who is lowkey built (you don't go around helping with ghost fights without gaining some muscles) who immediately turns to face you when you land on a roof outside her window and gives you the most intimidating death glare of your life. Not even Bruce is on her level.

The next time you do some snooping she's on the roof with a bat. Which shouldn't be a threat for someone who's taken the joker or killer croc, but nevertheless, the batfam feels like they should slowly back away.

Jack and Jazz have developed a new routine to things. Jazz goes to school in the day while Jack looks after Danny, then she takes over when she gets back so he can go to work in the evening.

Now Jack doesn't have to work. Vlad took care of everything and even set him up with a bank account under his new identity. But Jack's need to provide for his kids really sets in and his anxiety is through the roof so Jazz recommends he gets a part-time job. (Side note: what is Jack's new name? Anyone got any ideas?)

I'm thinking he gets a job at a garage or something along those lines. "Why?" you may ask. Well because we need some civilian interactions and Jack's not qualified to be a teacher nor does he want to work at WE. Too much attention you know. Which means the only other batfam member he can interact with is you guessed it, Jason.

Of course Jason is obviously suspicious. This is the guy his family keeps talking about. The one who bodied Bane. But I must reiterate golden retriever energy. Jason's suspicion doesn't last long and he ends up joining Jazz on team protect this man at any cost (though he hasn't officially met her yet).

Everything seems to be looking up... again. Danny even looks like he might be starting to display complex thoughts. Until they hear reports of guys in white and a lady is a blue hazmat suit searching through the outskirts of Gotham.

Feel free to add to this if you want! I wanna see how you guys think everything is going to go down.

Edit: a link to a Danny POV

Third addition baby!

DP x DC idea

Y'all feel free to ignore this, I just gotta get this funky little idea out of my head.

So it's a reveal gone wrong....kinda. You see while Maddy is insistent that there's no way the ghost boy is her son, Jack is an emotional wreck. Apologizing to Danny for not noticing and for all the threats he hurled his way. He also promises to convince Maddy that Danny really is their son and not some ghost pretending to be him.

Maddy starts coming around and things are finally looking up for Danny, until Jack has to go somewhere and next thing he knows, he's strapped to a table.

Maddy is convinced that once she opens the ghost boy up, she'll be able to prove that he's just imitating life and isn't really alive. Then she'll show Jack and he'll believe her and they'll get back to proving how dangerous ghosts can be.

When Jack gets back, she excitedly rushes to him. Ready to show him her proof. Meanwhile a feel of dread builds up in the big man's chest as his wife's rant gets more and more maniac. They get down to the basement where there's Danny on the table. Except it's not the Danny he left, this Danny is a small baby with snow white hair and glowing green eyes.

Jack isn't even listening to his wife's explanation about how this proves this isn't their son, he just scoops the boy up and leaves.

Unsure of what to do and knowing both his wife and the giw will be after him, he goes to Vlad. Who despite his "hatred" for the two takes one look at Jack on the verge of a breakdown with baby Danny in his arms and immediately sets them up with a plan.

He sends them to Gotham with fake IDs because the ambient ectoplasm is enough to mask Danny's signature and it might even help him recover.

So they get there right and everyone around them is immediately like ???. Because where did this strangely energetic man and his giggly baby come from and why are they in Gotham of all places!?

Still, Jack's overall golden retriever energy wins them over and they think he's fine albeit a little eccentric. Until one night...

You see Danny is a baby, with the powers of a powerful half ghost, who doesn't understand that he has to hide his powers or the dangers of a baby wandering the streets at night. Cue the baby constantly turning intangible and just... slipping through the walls, leaving Jack to go running after him. Danny thinks it's a fun game. Jack thinks he won't be able to take anymore of this.

Unfortunately for poor Jack Fenton, one night during a Danny chase, he sees his boy heading right towards a fight. Between the bats and this weird guy dressed as a luchador with weird tubes sticking out of him. Then the luchador notices Danny, and Jack is brought back to that day a couple of months ago. The day he failed to protect his son. He's not going to let him down again so he does the only thing he can think of.

He absolutely bodies the luchador, scoops his son up, and runs. Not stopping until he's safely back in his rinky little apartment. Danny is giggling and making cooing noises, blissfully unaware.

Meanwhile the batfam is in shock about this huge man who came out of nowhere and just dealt with Bane like he was a nuisance more than anything. This definitely requires some investigation.

[danny-chase]

Rip to Damian in The Resurrection of Ra’s al Ghul, literally everyone likes Tim better then him. Like even Ra’s damn.

[bad4amficideas]

How would the yandere Batboys (Separate and romantic) react to the reader having a stuffie that kinda comes to life and both of them are best friends?

Note: English is not my language, so I hope you will be understanding of any flaws you find.

Also I started thinking about my Earth 1T8 and everything got mixed up and *fantasy mode on*. Oh well, if you want it for that AU, some answers would vary so feel free to ask again.

Meanwhile and assuming you mean only the 4 Robins and maybe Batman only because Boys... oops, a lot of assumptions in this answer... tsktsk...

Damian Wayne/Robin

WhY a stuffe having to choose between Titus, Alfred (the Cat), Batcow, if it is to hug and cuddle when he's not there, and he gladly will talk to you for hours?

But is a stuffe, even if it breaks your heart if he has to dismember it for you to behave and give back what its his (your love and attention) he will. Sure Alfred (the Human) can sew it back?? Wonders, an hostage that cannot die or feel pain, sure father can said nothing about that.

Positive and negative reinforcement boy.

Tim Drake/RedRobin

Okay, it's clear that my Tim Drake hcs differ from the rest of the fandom. But if his wires are crossed, he is the most likely to get you an identical plush to the smallest scratch and say goodbye to the other. After all a stuffle that suddenly comes to life, suddenly can lose it *wash his hands*.

That said, considering that Tim spends more hours than healthy to vigilantism and that you are his favorite pillow and, Reader dear, he doesn't really demand that much of you, does he? As long as it doesn't interrupt your time together (and the teddy doesn't suddenly become human, he has cameras, he will know), the better. Like so his Reader is easier to lock up and isolate from the world because even if it is not their Minimum Human Needs TM would be covered.

Guilty trips, isolation, Stockholm syndrome.

Jason Todd/Red Hood

He doesn't care... at first, are you substituting me? later, especially if you don't reciprocate his feelings or play along. Kinda the grooming and propaganda one.

But I sincerely believe that he would "reason" with the stuffe for your sake before taking more damianrastic measures... with the stuffle, he would not hurt you!!! but that thing either changes theie attitude and stops stealing their darling from him, or it dies or whatever it does a stuffie.

Dick Grayson/Nightwing

Gashlighting! What one would have thought Tim would have done, but, alas. Persuading his Reader that that thing is evil. Gotham or not, the world in general weirddest things happen. Obviously normal it is not. Calling one of his magic users friends if the more traditional methods don't work.

Bruce Wayne/Batman

Bold of you to assume that he has had nothing to do with the stuffed having life (that man has material to blackmail Dr Destiny if he wanted so, Zatanna or Constantine are easy-peasy) and ofc can, not manipulate you, manipulate the stuffle.

After all, Bruce understands that with his "emotional constipation" and that he can be intimidating if there is a social difference or you met him as Batman and as your life is getting smaller and more isolated and empty of people (if he hasn't kidnapped you already) and you need someone when he's working and et all... well, you would want someone to make you feel better and everyone knows that this is the function of stuffes. And so he has more control of you. It is ALL planned. Sorry dear Reader.

Love bombing and power inbalance or whatever is called in english.

[marvelinorder]

Incredible Hulk (1962) #1 recap

"The Hulk" by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby

Ooh, #1 issues are always exciting and today it's time to recap Incredible Hulk (1962)!

Our story begins with Dr. Bruce Banner and his associate Igor about to test their gamma-bomb. Igor is complaining that Bruce hasn't shared the deets of the gamma ray with him when General Ross walks in and tells them to hurry the heck up. Luckily, his lovely daughter Betty steps in to cool everybody down:

They get ready to launch the bomb, but as Bruce is looking out at the test site he sees a kid driving a car right in the danger zone and leaps into action! Meanwhile, Igor is about to prove himself a bad bitch by pressing the button to fire instead of delaying the launch. Bruce manages to get the boy to safety just in time but is hit with the bomb's rays himself and radiation fried!

That didn't look too comfortable...

Bruce comes to back inside the lab, looking surprisingly good for a dude with major radiation poisoning. He and the boy, whose name turns out to be Rick Jones, wait in a room with two cots for something to happen. And something does!

Wait...hang on. The Hulk was originally blue??

Okay, I'm over my shock. The Hulk smashes his way out of the facility and Rick follows since he feels indebted after Bruce saved his life. Soldiers soon come looking for the Hulk and christen him with that name as seen below:

The Hulk, retaining vague memories from his life as Bruce Banner, smashes his way into a cabin where he kept the gamma ray formula. Once inside he finds none other than that bastard Igor trying to steal it from him!

Hulk totally wastes Igor and in the process upends a flask which had the gamma ray formula taped to the bottom. Rick grabs it for him as Hulk sees a photo of himself as Bruce and freaks out, saying he was weak and he's glad he transformed. Just then, though, the sun comes up and with its rays Hulk turns back into Bruce.

Funny, I didn't realize Hulk was some sort of vampire.

The army arrives along with Betty, who supposedly wanted to come apologize for her father's behavior earlier.

Once she leaves, Bruce angsts over potentially becoming the Hulk at sundown again. But that might be the least of his worries, because Igor might be in jail now but that doesn't mean he can't still scheme with his... thumbnail!?

The Russians send word to the Gargoyle, who they all seem to be afraid of. I wonder what his powers are aside from a funny-looking head.

The Gargoyle manages to make his way to the US via rocket just in time for Bruce to change back into the Hulk while driving a jeep with Rick. Hulk wants to go see Betty, and it seems she has Bruce on her mind as well. She wanders outside but faints at the sight of the Hulk.

Unfortunately there's no time to deal with that, as the Gargoyle opens fire using bullets that will supposedly make Hulk his slave. He captures Hulk and Rick and brings them all the way to Russia, but on the way not only do the bullets' effect wear off, Hulk turns back into Bruce!

This is a total wtf moment for Gargoyle, and it turns out he's not one to keep his cool. In fact, he is totally jealous that Bruce gets to be normal at all, and they strike up a deal.

The Gargoyle gets a normal-sized head and also turns on his mother country. He blows up some Russian soldiers along with himself, but not before he sends Bruce and Rick back to the US in another rocket.

And with that, our first issue of Incredible Hulk is finished! Poor Gargoyle... He really wasn't so bad...

[good-realtor-bad-realtor-dynamic]

I can fill in some more of these blanks and add in additional context for some of the others that were looking a bit sparse.

(I've used black, purple and orange to colour text in decreasing order of certainty. Green is for ones that were already explained but I'm adding more context.)

Glenn Howerton Burnout no. 1 was actually way back in season 6 and then the big one we all know about was in season 11 which is why they wrote him out at the end of season 12, and he had a much better time filming season 12 because he knew he was done.

**Wrexhamgate refers to how Glenn still hasn't watched WTW, Rob hasn't watched past ep 10 of AP Bio and Glenn hasn't watched past ep 7 or 8 of Mythic Quest.

**Not sure what Irelandgate is? The fact that they didn't actually film season 15 in Ireland because of covid, maybe?

Rob NFTgate extended edition includes him starting an Adimverse company to encourage some kind of virtual crowdsourced writers room but it was really just another NFT crypto scheme. And worse, it came out after general public opinion on NFTs had started to sour.

Glenn Poppersgate is about him announcing in the live shows that he's done poppers and going off on them as soon as the topic came out. And ofc poppers are gay af. Apparently some of that content as well as other drunk Glenn gems were cut out of the podcast episode. He's never beating the allegations.

Glenn Spotify are his three public playlists, Moody Mood 1, Moody Mood 2 and Rocky Rock, released back in 2018 or so.

Glowerton antivaxgate is based on a few tweets he posted advocating for parent's choice in vaccinating schoolkids in 2014-2015 in the aftermath of having watched a scare-propaganda antivax "documentary". Unclear whether his opinions have changed, but he seems to not be antivax on covid based on the podcast and s15?

*Rob Rosell Fruitgate... do you mean Scott Marder fruitgate about how he'd never eaten blueberries, pears and other fruits and that made it into Hits the Road when Mac buys Charlie a pear? Meanwhile he was an expert on smelling salts.

Rami Malek Hate Train could've also been about Jared Leto according to the two options r/iasip deduced back in the day based on the criteria (from Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad)

Glenn Homewrecker Redditgate is a story from an old reddit post, possibly from one of his AMAs, where someone posted a long story about how he'd shown his longtime girlfriend Sunny and she then messaged Glenn on MySpace and cheated on him with Glenn way back in the day, and now he could never go back to being a Sunny fan because he couldn't watch it anymore. Not sure if this was a true story though because the username made it seem like a copypasta.

Fred Savage who directed much of Sunny S3-5 was accused of assault, harassment and other misconduct at shows he worked on both in the '90s and around 2015.

**Sunny intern replying to Anna and Rob liking Nat's tweet both sound like sunnytwt events. There were screenshots of some thirst posts getting interaction with the official Sunny account going around sunnybr last month, so probably that?

*Rob Gay Podcast might be the episode he did on Dax Shepard's pod where he talks about enjoying the male form and wishing he could feel about it in a gay way

*That 80s Show Cancellation... not sure what this is specifically about, but without it we wouldn't have Sunny. Glenn and Charlie's first real significant meeting was after auditioning for this show, the actress who plays Carmen met Glenn on this show, and the money from this show helped pay for the cameras they shot the Sunny home movies with.

Stephen Collins who played Bruce Mathis aka Mr Save the Children turned out to be a creep who sexually abused minors, and his career ended when he admitted it in 2014

*Glowerton Wikifeet might from the Paddy's Pub ep of the pod where he reads a creep comment on having seen all the guys' ankles. Rob suggests they do an episode without shoes. Glenn mentions that he has very long toes, with his middle toe being as long as his pinky finger. In the aftermath, people tracked down screenshots of Dennis on the show and the home movie showing off his toes.

Baby Bird! Kaitlin fed Glenn jerky or smtg similar mouth-to-mouth like a momma bird. Glenn posted two pictures of them doing this on insta or twt before deleting them quickly. Too late. Tumblr has them forever.

Jordan Reid Firing was partly due her and Rob breaking up in a bad way, but also involves some stuff about the top-level executives at FX seeing the young woman as more replaceable than the guys. She was also betrayed by her agents and managers who never fought for her to get a producer credit and left her as soon as she got fired after they shot the FX pilot.

AI Gate 2023 were last month's posts of "Glenn" on a podcast (that the real Glenn actually went on once) saying Dennis loved Mac back except this clip was ai generated.

Rob Dick Pic Gate come out of the 2016 Sunny gang at LA pride photos going around here earlier this year, when someone spotted Rob adjust his massive hog through his trousers in a video from that event. It led to many "hog watch" posts where ppl would post screenshots of any outline you could see of Rob's hog in and off the show.

Glob Showergate came out of a podcast run by some horror film actresses talking about their experiences at a party when two of them ended up in a shower with Rob and Glenn and how it was weirdly normal. The story was about how she later went out once with Glenn when he took he to see Saw and was way more awkward then than he was in the shower.

*The number of asterisks indicates the degree of uncertainty.

If anyone can help us figure out Glowerton Femalegate, Private Schoolgate and Glenn Howerton Dead Prophecy, that would be much depreciated. More clarification on the Sunnytwt events would help too because I don't know who Anna and Nat are.

Also, does anyone have the homewrecker glennjamin reddit post and the Kaitlenn momma/baby bird post?

idk if anyone’s done this before but sunny lore iceberg🙏🙏

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Fic List of 2021

I saw people do this.. just now occurred maybe I should LOL Though I just be listing the fics I've done in the last year. I've just started writing Fan Fiction again last year. I use to years ago on FF.NET. Now I'm doing it on AO3 Only listing DP and DPX ones. ...which just excludes my harry potter ones. LOL ignore dem

Oneshots: Now or Never Teen And Up Audiences Major Character Death Gen Complete Work 02 Dec 2021* Actually was first posted in November but I updated it with Artwork. Words: 2,362 Chapters: 1/1

Tags: Major Character Death, Danny Fenton & Jazz Fenton, Jazz Fenton, Danny Fenton, Clockwork (Danny Phantom) somewhat suicide, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Good Sibling Jazz Fenton, Immortal Danny Fenton, Half-Ghost Jazz Fenton, Near Death Experiences Jazz realizes Danny hasn't aged since the accident, and never will. So she does something unthinkable to make sure her baby brother doesn't have to be alone.

It may trigger those sensitive to topics about death and suicide, due to the way it was written.

Edit: Added Sketch. Story hasn't changed. Just added a pic I meant to do for a while and never finished.

Series

Part 1 of Halfa Jazz --owo (I loved Writing Jazz in this Halfa series~)

Why? Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Gen Complete Work 18 Nov 2021 Words: 2,284 Chapters: 1/1

Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Danny Fenton & Jazz Fenton, Danny Fenton, Jazz Fenton

Good Sibling Jazz Fenton, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Danny Fenton Needs A Hug, Immortal Danny Fenton, Half-Ghost Jazz Fenton

Its been 5 years since Jazz purposely became a Half-ghost. Danny still doesn't understand why. It makes no sense to him.

So he finally asks: Why?

This lightly mentions/implies suicide and death. Spin off from my other oneshot Now or Never.

Series

Part 2 of Halfa Jazz ---owo Happy Now? General Audiences Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings Gen Complete Work 18 Oct 2021 Words: 633 Chapters: 1/1

Tags: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Danny Fenton, Vlad Masters, Danny Phantom , Maddie Fenton Angst, Unhappy Ending, Hurt, Danny Fenton Needs A Hug, Minor Character Death

Vlad succeeds in his plans, or did he? Danny speaking his mind. (This was the first thing I wrote for this Fandom LOL) ---------------------------- Crossovers: Vacation Crashers Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Gen Work in Progress 05 Jan 2022* Recent update as of now. I'm already working on next chapter.

Words: 32,018 Chapters: 10/? Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Danny Fenton & Jazz Fenton, Danny Fenton & Bruce Wayne, Jazz Fenton & Bruce Wayne, Danny Fenton, Jazz Fenton, Bruce Wayne, Batfamily Members, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain, Barbara Gordon, Vlad Masters, Jack Fenton, Maddie Fenton Danny Fenton Needs A Hug, Good Sibling Jazz Fenton, Batfamily (DCU), Batdad, Not Phantom Planet Compliant (Danny Phantom), Smart Danny Fenton

Batman crashes in the wilderness following up a lead in a recent case.

Meanwhile the Fenton family was having a camping trip to celebrate Jazz's last year as a "kid", but considering who suggested the location, it spelt disaster.

Now Danny and Jazz have to survive an onslaught of ghosts, take care of an injured Batman, and while worrying about their parents. (This one had gotten so big, and I'm having so much fun with it. Hopefully I can finish it~ I loved all the comments I've gotten. <3 ) ----owo Impromptu Camping Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Gen Complete Work 13 Nov 2021 Words: 3,433 Chapters: 1/1

Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Danny Fenton & Jazz Fenton, Danny Fenton, Jazz Fenton, Jack Fenton, Maddie Fenton, Vlad Masters Not Phantom Planet Compliant (Danny Phantom)

Thanks to the suggestion from dear Ol' Uncle Vlad, the Fenton family decided to go on a camping trip. One last big family trip before Jazz is off to college. What could go wrong?

Considering who suggested the idea in the first place? Everything.

OneShot.

BASICALLY THE FIRST CHAPTER OF VACATION CRASHERS- just unedited LOL But if anyone was curious. I didn't feel like removing it in case people were curious how things change.

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); AFI #38

The next Huston and Bogart collaboration that we reviewed was the infamous tale of greed and betrayal, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). It was a film that was two decades in the making due to a world war, varying contractual obligations, and poor conditions due to location filming. It is debated that this was Bogart's best performance since it was a step away from the roles that had made him famous, but it did not earn him an Oscar nomination. The film did get four nominations and ended up winning Best Writing and Best Directing for John Huston as well as Best Supporting Actor for Walter Huston, John's dad. This was the only time that a father-son combo won Oscars for a film together. There are a lot of interesting firsts involved with this film, but I want to spoil it first for anyone who hasn't seen it. By the way...

SPOILER WARNING!!! THIS IS AN ANALYSIS, SO I AM GOING TO SPOIL EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MOVIE AND THEN EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PRODUCTION!!! IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE FILM COLD AND GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE, WATCH IT FIRST BEFORE READING ANY FURTHER!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

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In 1925, in the Mexican town of Tampico, Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) is wandering around and begging for change. He keeps asking the same man in white (John Huston) for money until the man tells him no more handouts. Dobbs continues to beg and runs into another vagrant named Bob Curtin (Tim Holt). The two seem to have an understanding, but money is tight and they separate to look for job leads. Dobbs finds a man in an alley named Pat McCormick (Barton MacLane) and the latter asks the former if he wants a job. Dobbs agrees and goes to a raft and finds Curtin will also be working on this job. They are working as roughnecks to help construct oil rigs for $8 a day. When the project is completed and they return to Tampico, McCormick skips out without paying the men.

The two vagrants encounter an old man named Howard (Walter Huston) in a flophouse. The loquacious and penniless ex-miner talks to them about gold prospecting and the perils of striking it rich. Dobbs and Curtin run into McCormick at a cantina, and after a bar fight, collect their back wages. When Dobbs hits a small jackpot in the lottery, he, Curtin and Howard have enough money to buy the supplies they need to go prospecting in the interior.

Departing Tampico by train, the three help to repulse a bandit attack led by "Gold Hat" (Alfonso Bedoya). North of Durango, the trio head into the remote Sierra Madre mountains. Howard proves to be the hardiest and most knowledgeable of the three. After several days of arduous travel, Howard spots gold that the others had passed by.

The men toil under harsh conditions and amass a fortune in placer gold. But as the gold piles up, Dobbs becomes increasingly distrustful of the other two. The men agree to divide the gold dust immediately and hide their shares. At one point, Curtin sees a Gila monster crawl under a rock and it turns out that this was where Dobbs had hid his share. Curtin warns Dobbs, but Dobbs just assumes that Curtin is trying to steal another share of the gold. It is apparent that Dobbs is being driven insane by the greed for gold, just as Howard had predicted.

Curtin, while on a resupply trip to Durango, is spotted making purchases by a Texan named Cody (Bruce Bennett). Cody secretly follows Curtain back to the encampment. When he confronts the three men, they lie about what they are doing there, but he is not fooled. He boldly proposes to join their outfit and share in any future takings. Howard, Curtin and Dobbs talk it over and vote to kill him. As they announce their verdict, pistols in hand, Gold Hat and his bandits arrive. They claim to be Federales. After a tense parley, a gunfight ensues, and Cody is killed. A genuine troop of Federales suddenly appears and pursues Gold Hat and his gang. The three prospectors examine Cody's personal effects. A letter from a loving wife reveals that he was trying to provide for his family.

Howard is called away to assist local villagers with a seriously ill little boy. When the boy recovers, the next day, the villagers insist that Howard return with them to be honored. Howard leaves his goods with Dobbs and Curtin and says he will meet them later. Dobbs and Curtin constantly argue, until one night Dobbs shoots Curtin and takes all the gold. However, Curtin is not dead; he manages to crawl away and hide during the night.

Finding Curtin gone, Dobbs flees, but is ambushed at a waterhole by Gold Hat and his men. They first toy with him, then kill him (it is implied that Dobbs is beheaded with a machete). The bandits mistake the bags of gold dust for sand and dump the treasure, taking only the burros and supplies. The gold is scattered by the strong wind. Meanwhile, Curtin is discovered by indios and taken to Howard's village, where he recovers.

Gold Hat's gang tries to sell the stolen burros in town, but a child recognizes the brands on them (and Dobbs' clothes, which the bandits are wearing) and reports them to the authorities. The bandits are captured and summarily executed by the Federales.

Howard and Curtin return to Durango in a dust storm and reclaim their pack animals, only to find the empty bags. At first shaken by the loss, first Howard, then Curtin, grasp the immense irony of their circumstances, and they burst into laughter. Howard decides to return to the village to accept an offer of a permanent home and a position of honor, while Curtin sells their recovered property to return to the United States, where he will seek out Cody's widow. As Curtin leaves, the camera pans down to a cactus as he rides past. Lying next to it is a bag of gold, still full.

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This film was a major change of pace for Bogart, making it very difficult to advertise. An actor who is generally the hero turns out to be a villain that shoots his partner and then is unceremoniously beheaded by a bandit is not what audiences expected or even wanted. Using Bogart's star power and reputation for being a good guy romantic lead to attract audiences and then doing his character dirty like he was done is the 40s version of clickbait. And yet the film was moderately successful with audiences and earned four Academy Award nominations. Where this trick to the audience is apparent is the lack of even a nomination for Bogart despite it being one of his finest acting roles.

I watched the movie a couple of times over the last few days and that included commentary from the guy who wrote the biography of Bogart, a Mr. Eric Lax. It was extremely informative and was actually very different from the IMDB trivia page. I am going to trust the official biographer on this one, so some of the following information that is presented as fact is second hand from the movie commentary.

There were two father-son teams on the set of this particular film. The first is was of course the director, John Huston, and his father who played the part of Howard, Walter Huston. The other was actually the other nice guy, Curtin, who was played by Tim Holt, and the old man who warned the two that Pat McCormick was lying to them, played by Jack Holt. John Huston was actually in the film playing the American in the white suit, which made this film the only one with two father-son duos with speaking roles in a single film.

The Huston family has a couple of other notable film accomplishments. John Huston directed his father to an Academy Award and also directed his daughter, Angelica Huston, to a Best Supporting Actress award in Prizzi's Honor (1985). On both occasions, the elder Huston in the film died very soon after working with their child. Walter died a year after his role in Sierra Madre and John died less then two years after Prizzi's Honor. I felt a little sad about that at first, but then it is nice that a parent can work with their child doing what they do best at the end of their life.

Apparently the filming was very difficult and took its toll on the actors and crew. There was a joke about the old man, Howard, being a tough old goat, and that comes from the local crew outpacing the location scouts when Huston first went down to Mexico to look for places to film. The filming took place during the rainy season so there were many delays. The irony was that there was lots of gusting wind except on the day that they needed it and there was lots of rain and flooding except on the day when Dobbs finds the little collection of water.

A rather silly note (or at least I thought so) was that one of the big pushes to get the film done was that Humphrey Bogart wanted to participate in a boat race. He had his boat, the Santana, that he had been practicing with around Catalina when pre-production was halted due to John Huston joining the military during WW2. Bogart wanted to take part in the Honolulu Yacht Race in which he had participated in the past. Bogart's wife, Lauren Bacall, said that the yacht was the only thing that she ever felt jealous of. The constant complaining by Bogart about the time caused one of the only fights he had with John Huston. The director purportedly grabbed Bogart by the nose and twisted until Bogart shut up. It was not brought up again and Bogart missed his race.

One actor that made a surprising cameo in the film was the little boy that sold Dobbs the winning lottery ticket. The part was played by a very young Robert Blake (freaking Beretta) who was a child film star. He had played the role of Mickey in Our Gang short films for almost a decade by the time he was in Sierra Madre. I was surprised to also find out that Blake had almost 80 acting credits before his small part in this film. By the way, he does not have a Mexican accent. Sadly, I think that Blake is now most famous for being accused of hiring somebody to kill his wife. Not a great legacy.

My family commented on the look of Bogart and how weirdly greasy his hair looked. His hair looked pretty weird throughout the film, as a matter of fact. According to Eric Lax, Bogart was taking hormone shots in an attempt to get Bacall pregnant and had lost a lot of his hair. All of those funny looking haircuts were toupees. The one used when Dobbs got a haircut was most notable, especially since you can since Bogart's actual hair at the back.

A final fun fact was the death of Dobbs being a strangely cut machete strike that was hidden by the backside of a donkey was not the original depiction. There was an actual fake head rolling down to the water that was cut out of the film. Bogart famously kept the head and was very disappointed when the scene was cut out of the film. That would have been pretty gory for the time, but Huston knew it would not get past the sensors and he wanted the film to get distributed. Oh well.

So does the film belong on the AFI 100? Of course. For similar reasons as The Maltese Falcon. This was one of the best works produced by one of the best director/writer and lead actor combos of all time. It is an amazing story that doesn't end how one would expect from a movie of the time. It is classic and innovative at the same time. Would I recommend it? Absolutely. It is a fine film that tells the story of what greed can do to an otherwise good person. It is also very clean to the point that I would recommend it to any age group.

[sohotthateveryonedied]

Why does Tim always say he doesn't want to be Batman? It seems to me that out of all the batkids he's the one most similar to Bruce, and hasn't he actually been Batman in some other timelines? So why does he keep saying he won't ever become Batman? I'm just confused 😕

Okay I can see where this might be confusing, considering how Tim seems like he would be more than capable of taking the mantle, and it would make sense for him to take his mentor's place when he's gone. But while it would be practical for Tim to be next in line for Batman, he's opposed to it because he knows it will change him, and not in any good ways.

Let's analyze the other batkids who have been Batman so far. In Battle for the Cowl, Jason was Batman for a while, but his methods were far too violent and most of his term as Batman was just fueled by rage and pain from his past. He's already too damaged to shoulder the further damage being Batman could inflict on him (and I don't mean this in a bad way at all; I'm just saying that he's been through enough already, and adding being Batman to it would do nothing but increase his already heavy burden). Dick, on the other hand, became Batman for a while and did an excellent job. That's because Dick is such a bright and optimistic person that he evened it out. He could handle the darkness of being the bat because he had enough light in him to counteract it, so he's probably the best option for Batman aside from Bruce and maybe Cass (but that's a story for another time). And Bruce created Batman in itself, so he can handle all that being Batman entails because that's him.

Meanwhile, Tim isn't as dark as Jason, but he also doesn't have the same optimism Dick has. And I agree with you in that Tim is one of the closest to Bruce out of the batkids and they do share many of the same traits, but that's sorta the problem. So the main issue here is that being Batman would in a way do to Tim what it would do to Jason. It would change him and lead him down a dark path, making him more violent and just overall a much darker person. Think Bruce, but with the brooding and angst turned up to 100. Tim doesn't have the same light Dick does, and he doesn't have the same inner demons Jason does, but being Batman would create those demons -- or at least amplify the ones he already has. It would erase all the light and joy in him, and pretty much ruin him as a person, if that makes sense. (Sorry this is really hard to explain so just try to bear with me here please it makes sense in my head okay it's just hard to describe in a way that's easy to understand.)

Okay let me break this down a little more because this is super hard to explain.

Tim is a very complicated character. He's been through a lot, but he still manages to persevere despite his traumas and continue to be a great hero. But if he became Batman, taking on that huge role would be stepping through the doorway in a sense. It would be the final push into the darkness for him, and it would essentially change him as a person.  

Let's say you want to make some toast, but you want it to be just right. So you put a slice of bread in the toaster and toast it for a while, being careful not to burn it too much, and in a couple minutes it comes out all nice and golden brown. But now you're like "wow that worked so well, but let's see what happens when we chuck it into the fire and see if that works as well as the toaster did." But when you do that and straight up toss it right into the fire, in seconds your nice slice of bread is charred to a crisp and too burned beyond saving that you'd rather throw it in the trash than eat it. So in this analogy Tim is the bread, the toaster is Robin/Red Robin (though I think RR would be like toasting it in the oven instead of the toaster bc it stills damages him a little more than Robin but not as much as Batman but anyway), and the fire is Batman. Being Batman will burn Tim beyond saving, whereas Robin is a nice balance of light and darkness for him. Being Batman will turn him into a chunk of burnt coal and in the end do more harm than anything, and maybe even cause a huge fire that will burn down your whole kitchen.

Like in the timeline in which Tim becomes Batman in the future, he's this terrible psycho guy who kills criminals with the gun that murdered Bruce's parents.

And the thing that led him to become so horrible in the first place was taking on the Batman mantle. Being Batman would harden him, and it would turn him into a far more violent and dark person. Similar to how when Tim first became Robin he started out this fun happy kid, but the longer he spent around Bruce and working with him, the more depressed and broody he became.

Batman influences him just by being around him, so actually being Batman himself takes that to a whole new level. 

So being Batman would take Tim down a really dark path he wouldn't be able to escape from, and he knows it. That's why he's so insistent on not being Batman, because he's fully aware that if he does take that step, it'll ruin him and probably cause more harm than good -- for himself, and for Gotham.

So yeah, I really hope this clears things up for you, anon. 😊

[thatrandomsarahchick]

He goes up as Danny Fenton, engineer, to fix a malfunction in the system (it's been operational less than a month, some bugs are to be expected) and comes across a very visible Boston being questioned by a very concerned Constantine. It was supposed to be his introduction to the founders, Constantine hadn't even told them he was bringing a plus one yet! The moment he followed John through the portal, he felt the familiar energy of the Infinite Realms, with an Amity taste to the ectoplasm. Someone from that Cursed Town helped shield this vessel. He hasn't realised the Justice League even has contacts there - he'd been under the assumption that he was going to be facilitating an introduction to all things ghostly.

Imagine his surprise when the Halfa came through the zeta tube, already apologising for having his sensors too finely tuned still, only for him to stop dead (ha) as he took in his surroundings.

Well, John understands why Batman called him up here now. Every occultist worth their salt can recognise a Fenton and knows to stay well away. Jack and Maddie take mad scientist to a whole new level. If the Watchtower is based on Fenton Tech, he's going to have to go through everything and point out what needs to be changed to a non-lethal setting.

Bruce knows that Danny Fenton has his parents' brains and his sister's morals. He already figured out that the boy has some sort of ghost based meta powers, but upon speaking with Red Huntress, he found out that Phantom had retired himself. It's best not to push him on the hero front. The boy will be more likely to assist on his own if a situation arises that truly calls for it, and even more so if he has a rapport with the heroes on the base - it's why Bruce chose to give him access to the Watchtower for things that could be fixed back on earth, and it's why he got Lucius Fox to head hunt him for Wayne Enterprises

Danny, meanwhile, is thoroughly repulsed by the sight of the soul standing next to Boston. Who shreds their soul like that?? And is Boston OK? He's dangerously low on ectoplasm and has obviously been neglecting his obsessions. Ember will be upset to hear her friend is in such dire straits.

Another dpxdc idea?

Danny was one of the engineers that worked on making the Justice League's Watchtower

[marvelinorder]

Incredible Hulk (1962) #2 recap

"The Terror of the Toad Men" by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby

This time we've got an action-packed issue ahead of us! Our story begins with the Hulk terrorizing the public and engaging with law enforcement. Luckily, his friend Rick Jones (the teenager he saved last time) leads him away from all the hubbub. Phew! All is well.

Or is it?

Bruce Banner may be in danger, as the Toad Men, an alien race that rides in spaceships that look eerily like toads with teeth (see below), want his brain! Specifically, they use a magnetic beam to locate the "most brilliant scientific brain on Earth" (take that, Reed Richards!) in order to find out how advanced humans are.

Meanwhile now that it's daytime, Bruce and Rick are departing on a little trip. They run into Betty and her father, General Ross. Their dynamic from the first issue hasn't changed much; Betty is still apologizing for her father, and he's still calling Bruce things like "milksop."

They leave Betty and the General and go to their true destination: an underground cave where Bruce has set up what is basically a prison cell made of 10-foot thick concrete walls. He tells Rick to lock him in there every night so he can no longer wreak havoc as the Hulk.

But they are interrupted! The Toad Men have found them with their magnetic beam, which is turns out has other applications!

The Toad Men transport our guys onto their ship and tell them about some of their technological capabilities in the hopes of getting Bruce to open up about ~science~. Their magnetic force can apparently empty oceans and pin humans to the ground! Oh my!

Rick starts to annoy them so they send him back to Earth. Which leaves Bruce open to go apeshit once their ship makes its way to the dark side of Earth where it's night!

Hulk takes care of the Toad Men, locking them in a separate part of the ship, and then plans to use their weapons to make the humans who have been hunting him pay. The military has other ideas, though, and they shoot the spaceship out of the sky, completely ignoring Rick's protests that Bruce is aboard.

Since it's daylight during the ship's crash landing, Bruce is taken in for treason and locked up in prison. While he's stuck there, the Toad Men and their king (who looks very funky indeed) declare war on Earth:

The Toad Men are going to use their magnetic ray to draw the moon close to Earth, disrupting the tides, causing earthquakes, and finally crashing into Earth! How horrible!

Good thing the sun goes down again and Bruce Hulks out. Motivated by revenge for being imprisoned, he busts out of his cell and makes his way to the General's home, where he encounters none other than Betty! Somehow the army is also outside the house, and again despite Rick's protests, they storm in and swarm Hulk.

That didn't work out so well for them, did it?

Anyway, taking Betty hostage, Hulk runs out of there. Rick tracks him to Bruce's lab, and they're about to duke it out when an earthquake strikes and knocks them both out till sunup. Convenient for Rick! He never would have stood a chance! Betty is still unconscious as well, meaning she still has no idea that Bruce is the Hulk.

That's all well and good, but what of the Toad Men? Bruce has a plan! He aims his gamma ray at the Toad Men's magnetic field and sends them far, far away. For his heroism, General Ross agrees that Bruce doesn't have to go back to jail. He seems to be getting a bit suspicious of Bruce and the Hulk's connection, though... I wonder how many issues it'll take him to discover the truth!

The End! Join me next time for Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961) #14 [B Story].