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There's a whole demographic of people who are profoundly incurious and just assume everyone else is too, so when they see something unfamiliar they immediately rush to declare that not only have they never heard of it, none of you did either. You're just pretending. You had to look it up, don't lie. You didn't know this
And like, so what if someone had to look something up. That's how you learn new things. People usually say this about knowledge that's pretty damn basic, but I can't get over how they're not only scornful at the idea of people trying to learn something new, they casually assume everyone else is, too
#I have a lot of random knowledge#Mostly from looking things up#Doing deep dives into things#Having hard and fast hyperfixations#And in my younger years before all the meds and illness and brain fog my memory for facts was pretty damn good#So if I learned it before age 30 or so it's indelibly imprinted - even if it takes a minute to pull it up in the old brain database#But sometimes people are just baffled by this#And I guess the neurodivergent urge to do a hour of research because of a random thought or question is a little odd to NT people#But I think especially in the days of pocket computers most people do look things up - at least sometimes#when questions come up that they don't already know?#That's not a purely neurodivergent thing. It can't be.#I think there are people who are far more chill about not learning things than others#Who have a general approach of āif it doesn't directly impact me right now I probably don't need to know it right nowā#And in some cases that's understandable#But the people who seem to make that a primary part of their personality and act like people who aren't like that are the weird ones...#Nah I don't get that
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#messyr#artists on tumblr#vent post#vent art#tw sui ideation#being busy keeps me distracted as f from these behaviors and thoughts;#keeping distracted bc idfk how to get rid of the urges from intrusive and harmful thoughts#every scenario is just like: hey we can try attempting again today maybe we'll succeed this time!!!#then i'll be rational (focusing on the present) and go : nah cant bro we busy#got clients. gotta graduate. got people to take care of. got people waiting blah blah blah#the endless list where i never catch a break and maybe I've grown used to it.#i yearn death but i don't take its offer. I can't really leave. Not yet. not when there's still too much to do.
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fav skz // *the rizzness plays in distance*
#Nah you guys don't get it this shit was so smooth i was fuckin shocked#it made me raise my brows in like... respect- that shit where he turned in the chair and then the little smile after asking? bro#nice job felix is all im saying#lee felix#lee yongbok#stray kids#bystay#staydaily#skz#skz gifs#skzedit#jesskz#stray kids gifs#createskz#kpopedit#fav skz
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Unreal Unearth reference photos
šø: Julia Johnson
Album photos || Press photos
#hozier#i wish he was real#julia johnson#i love that the dirt gave him some color to his face like a tan and then nah it gone#weve seen him walk outside#i don't think the sun gets through
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before mirage of scales: I NEED YAKUYA EVENT
after mirage of scales: ah. um. i . i don't need yakuya event so much, anymo.re... hah..a...
#ahahahahah nah i still want yakuya event#don't get me wrong#i'm glad we get to have serious event with the šØ truths comin out#so of course i am very grateful for this...very engaging event... that made me feel things...#BUT FOR TRUESIES THEY REALLY PLAYED ME#ohhhh i was so delusional.#thinking that kuya and yakumo together would be hilarious and full of comedy and silly and goofy powerplays#no. no they only let me have a little lick of it in desert island knockout#because they were NOT GOING TO BE EXPLORED IN-DEPTH#but ohhhhh hohohoho if these two get a whole event together? with details? guess we're gonna have to go HEAVY#you wanted a funtime with yokai senior bullying his freakishly tall junior who doesn't feel senior's true malice??#no. no you get bitter elder saying a big I TOLD YOU SO to the naive younglings full of hope and watery eyes#kuya's eyes drickin dry as sahara. sand. you can HEAR the particles scrape against each other#every time he blinks and squints with extreme disdain#i'm sorry for both of you#neither of you was having a good time on that island#kuya's fists were clenched on the arms of the chair he was posed upon#man's THIS close to incinerating the entire island#and yakumo's just. yakumo.#*sits there with my yakumo doll and kuya doll just staring at each other*#the profound sadness has returned...#mirage of scales#nu carnival kuya#nu carnival yakumo#nu carnival eiden
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THE man:
#will i ever recover#fuck.#will i ever get over this?#nah man don't think so#the pout#MAAAN#THE POUT!!#Renault nando#fernando alonso the man you aree#fernando papi alonso#fernando alonso#formula 1#f1
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I think I have a very skewed perception of how emotional vulnerability works to the point it's kind of a disadvantage to me when I write or read a story. Because every time a character is like: "you can talk to me about your trauma..." and the other character actually opens up and spills their gut, I just. Don't believe it. I'm just sitting there like: "pshhhh, what happened to show don't tell?" Because if I were in that situation I would be dragging out Not talking About What's Bothering Me for at LEAST 3 months, and even then when I actually DO start talking about it you would have to strap me down and start pulling out my teeth before you even get a smidgeon of useful information that isn't: "idk man, it just kinda sucked. I don't really wanna talk about it"
#Characters when they finally spill will be like: āwhen I was 15 I went through something horrible...ā and I'm just sitting there like:#FOR FREE??? YOU'RE JUST TELLING THEM THAT. FOR FREE. YOUR DEEPEST- DARKEST SECRET. FOR FREE.#NAH THIS SHIT IS UNREALISTIC ASF- AND THIS CHARACTER IS SUPPOSED TO BE ''reserved and stand offish'' YEAH AS IF#like no bbg- that's called healthy communication- something YOU don't have apparently#my post#sput chatters#Me cringing and getting second hand embarrassment every time a character opens up genuinely because I'm a piece of shit#Who hasn't had it knocked in his noggin yet that emotional vulnerability isn't actually a bad thing
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people still shocked that in the year of our lord 2024 some of us don't want to see Dany get her 'happy ending' by becoming the white savior who was promised
#sooo many people saying she should just stay in Essos and be queen there#like nah she shouldn't be queen of Essos or Westeros#the whole Mhysa thing just reeks of Kipling#but I have enough faith in grrm that he did not in fact write a story about the whitest white lady becoming savior of the brown people#and conquering a bunch of white people to become dragon god empress of the world#if you want a magical white lady power fantasy go read throne of glass#or anything by sjm for that matter#anti daenerys targaryen#anti daenerys#anti dany stans#anti targaryen#anti house targaryen#asoiaf#i don't care how much the stans wax poetically about how much she just cares about people her narrative is still following the blueprint#of a classic white savior some of us just read between the lines and go yeah there's probably a reason NO ONE ELSE in Essos#gets to provide their opinion on Daenerys' shenanigans and that her heroic framing is probably going to be subverted by the end
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āif you wanna return to the past weāll rebuild our old house and move in together. and if one house isnāt enough, iāll build you a whole maze. iāll decorate it with everything you could ever want. it will be the most beautiful, stunning garden youāve ever seen.ā
caleb i love you so bad....
#[šŖā rheya talks. š]#THE WAY MY JAW WAS ON THE FLOOR#I CANNOT STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS.#NOT EVEN JUST THE IMPLICATIONS BUT THE WAY HE FUCKING SAID IT BRO#SO SO DEDICATED#LIKE I HAVE NO DOUBT HE WOULD DO IT#and then the follow up of basically nobody would ever be able to find you bc i'd be keeping you safe#idccccc#and nah it's the way she was mad and he was just like ok yeah valid be as mad as you want but don't let it affect your health???#oh yes he's perfecttttt#when morally grey is finally morally greying#he is quite literally my number one obsession rn like#almost at affinity lvl 40 and got every five star except one#which i might just buy from the shop bc i'm impatient#also am missing one 4 star which i can also get from the store#I LOVEEEEE him#like yes yan tendencies but he's sooooo gentle with her especially in the flashbacks#i replayed the attic scene like 10 times already#sick sick sick i adore him#caleb lads#love and deepspace#caleb love and deepspace
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dande's dying btw
#dungeons and dragons#dnd#dnd art#dnd character#dnd oc#dandelion treehollow#more specifically he's ROTTING#don't get punched by a mummy yall#ok but narratively dande rotting to death is very satisfying to me what with his arcane focus being a rotten tooth he wears as a necklace#but also#DANDE'S DYING#it's okay they just gotta find someone who can remove the curse...#down in these caves...................#dandelion is dying.#very funny considering the night before when the paladin was trying to get him to find jesus dande was like#nah i'm good i aint gonna be dying again any time soon#hahahahahahaha#anyways he's FURIOUS ABOUT IT#ravelers#dande is DYING#i do love dande reacting with pure rage when his mind is overwhelmed with the thought of dying#it's fun to play in contrast to his typical demeanor#dande is dying#send your thoughts and prayers#also he's stuck at 10 hp and can't be healed!!#THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
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Previous // Next
Matilda: Hey. Tristen: Hiā¦ Matilda: Youāre early-.. live nearby? [Tristen nodded, jerking a thumb over his shoulder toward the flat above the pharmacy] Matilda: Seriously? Tristen: Itās not as nice as it looks on the inside, thereās damp nā mold everywhere. Matilda: Damp, in this weather? Tristen: Not so much in the summer, sānice nā cheap though-.. so, what do you wanna do? Matilda: You had all day yesterday to think of something to do. Tristen: So did you! Matilda: I donāt live here. Tristen: Okay, fair-.. uh, thereās not much to do, to be honest. We could go out later but, well.. I usually avoid all that. Matilda: Oh, yeah.. I get that. Itās not like I really drink either. Tristen: True, so..? Matilda: [laughs] Make a decision, Triss. Tristen: Aha, okay-.. uh, letās explore, maybe get something to eat. Matilda: Sure, take me to your favourite places nā stuff. Tristen: How likely are you to barf if we take a scooter ride..? ā¦ Matilda: How far are we going? Tristen: Not too far-.. squeeze me if you wanna switch though, yeah? Matilda: Deal.
#ts4#sims 4#simblr#ts4 story#sims story#forever in between#fib#matilda douglas#tristen burks#šµšØ#tilda talking to herself like don't barf don't sniff him don't move ur hands too far down or up n we're GOOD#sdkjskjd#nah but i kinda feel like they're the type of fRiENdS that drop right back into being comfortable w each other u kno#after the initial awkwardness/catching up stuff neway#of which imma chuck into one massive wall of text cos.. well ig i wanna get it outta the way as much as they do#lmaoo
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Hello, I really love how you seem to have such a good read on RoR characters! Kinda shy asking this because I swore I read Record of Ragnarok for the action and backstories but itās hard to contain my simpingā¦. (ą¹źŖĢāźŖĢą¹)
May I request some headcanons for Poseidon x a shy but kind human fem!MC? The idea I had in mind was that some thousands of years ago, Aphrodite, annoyed with Poseidonās indifference to her charms, ācursedā him with a soulmate. This soulmate turned out to be MC who wasnāt even born yet back then. The plot will take place sometime before the actual human vs. gods battles start, so maybe during some preparation period where theyāre setting up the stadium and all that? During this period, the human audience had already been āteleportedā there (I donāt think they ever elaborated on how the humans all just end up watching the ragnarok) MC is one of these humans and coincidentally happened upon Poseidon during her stay. Of course, the soulmate stuff wonāt magically make Poseidon have a complete change on humankind, but I was hoping heād gradually soften up to her even if he wonāt admit it.
As for what kind of soulmate AU, maybe the type where the first words your soulmate says to you is inscribed somewhere on your body? I think itāll be fun to have her say something to him, he realizes but doesnāt say anything back so she just doesnāt know until much later.
Hopefully this isnāt too detailed or convoluted (ą¹ā¢Ģā§Ģ«ā¢Ģą¹) And thank you so much in advance if you decide to write this! And if itās not too much to ask, please donāt kill off Poseidon, but I also donāt want Sasaki to die eitherā¦ maybe Poseidon will choose to forfeit (after fighting at first) because his soulmate is amongst the humans that will be eliminated if gods win? ā¢ą„(įµĢ“Ģ¶Ģ·į·ĻįµĢ“Ģ¶Ģ·į·
*ā¢ą„) )ą©ą„ā¾ā¾
THIS REQUEST IS SO CUTE OMG!? I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO WRITE THIS FOR YOU BUT ALSO, UR SO VALID FOR WANTING NIETHER OF THEM TO DIE, IDK WHY BUT THIS ANIME MAKES ME ATTATCHED TO BOTH THE GODS AND THE HUMANS-
Either way, I hope I did well, this was my first time writing for Poseidon!
- Consider how vain these two can be sometimes, it's only natural that they would butt heads often but when Poseidon dared to claim that Aphrodite truth wasn't as fair as she claimed herself- no, that she KNEW herself to be- she just couldn't allow this injustice to stand.
- He cherished absolutely nothing, he appreciated absolutely nothing. So she took it upon herself to change that. After all, it was HER who was the Goddess of Love. So she decided to pull a little trick
- Now, lets flashforward (to modern? ancient? Idk, man, heaven time??) and Poseidon has been summoned to his match. A match he felt was pointless but, whatever, who was he to deny his brother?
- Gracing the God's hall and going to his room to prepare and shield himself from sharing the same air as humans; imagine his surprise when he sees you.
- You're pathetic. Skittish, looking around like a confused mutt, and looking as disgusting as the rest of your kind. He knows your human alone and he's offended that you had the AUDACTIY to walk INTO THE AREA WHERE THE GOD'S RESIDE, AND EVEN STAND IN FRONT OF HIS DOOR.
- In reality, you weren't trying to piss anyone off. You had gotten separated from the rest of the humans and accidentally found yourself in a part of the arena you weren't familiar with.
- You were so relieved when you looked and saw another person in the hallway with you! Maybe you could ask them for directions. Poseidon did not know why you were approaching him so casually but he did NOT like it, like, AT ALL.
- Since your soulmates, maybe the reason why you don't feel his threatening aura like other gods and humans do is because some part of you just can't find it in you to fear him. He takes this as a sign of disrespect.
- You do feel anxious, however, he was such an attractive man but he absolutely did not look pleased to see you and you assumed he was just having a bad day.
- "H-Hello, I don't mean to trouble you!" You call out, your voice quiet and filled with uncertainty.
- He narrows his eyes at you, absolutely enraged by the idea of you approaching him so casually. You filthy little worm, he should destroy right-
- But then he takes a look at his wrist, he doesn't know why he does, a subconscious decision perhaps. But he side eyes you...odd, he makes sure to check his wrist. Oh well, he may as well grant you a few seconds of life.
- Then he checks his wrist and sees that the very first words you said to him...were on it. He looks from his wrist to you, who has no idea what's going on and honestly just wanted to find a way out of this big hallway.
- "U-Um, sir? I-I'm sorry, but do you know the way out?"
- He merely narrows his eyes at you before summoning his trident into his hands and thats when you realize; you're standing before a God. He says nothing to you and you instantly want to apologize but before you could, he just points in his trident into the direction he came from.
- You look at him, scared and confused, and he continues to stare at you with cold eyes. When he doesn't say or do anything for a few minutes you finally realized he was pointing the direction out.
- You apologize for the trouble and run like hell, his gaze following you.
- He observes you closely after that, believing this may be some kind of mistake. Thats why he didn't say anything to you, because a part of him was nervous. But he was mostly angry.
- It showed by when he barged into Aphrodite's room to DEMAND her what trickery she had stuped too and to undo it, she just smiles slyly and asks him: "What trickery?~"
- After some frustrating interrogation that goes NOWHERE...he finds himself staring at you quiet often, the mortals all cowering in fear when they feel his divine prescence. Not you, though, you never seem to notice him until you follow their stares and see his cold eyes, staring you down like you were gum under his new shoes.
- It's a very odd exchange, overall. Everyday, he'd show up at the most random of times and causing a stir among everyone else but yourself. Sometimes it'd even be multiple visits a day. Either way it confused you because the matches hadn't even started and already, you had somehow invoked a God's wrath.
- At least, that's what you thought at first until you noticed that he never did anything to really threaten your safety. Yes, watching you was a bit odd, but you find that you aren't really all that nervous about it anymore. Especially since with every visit, you believe that his gaze softens when they're set upon you.
- He kept his distance at first but then, once you started to take notice of him, you'd offer him to sit next to you as you sat in the beautiful fields that surrounded the arena or would be reading in one of the vast nearby libraries. Originally he would just walk away and as time went on he slowly began to warm up to you.
- Like a cat. tbh.
- He couldn't help it, at least, it FELT like he couldn't help it. He didn't know if it was your bond as soulmates, the unyielding kindness that he originally saw as foolish and niave, or overall just your quiet nature until you saw your friends.
- Either way, the more he began to see you, the more he could look past your flaws (which was being a human) and start to appreciate the things about you the made you beautiful.
- Don't get me wrong, he was definetly in denial for the longest time so he would kinda start off with small things. Like it goes from: "Oh, at least they bowed their head to my statue, thats a redeemable quality, at least." to "She is the epitome of perfectionā”"
- You wouldn't really ever know that Poseidon's feelings towards you have grown, he hides it very well behind that stoic face that he wears and he hasn't even really spoken to you, yet. He doesn't know why but he feels like...the time isn't right. Despite his growing feelings, he truly isn't ready to accept a human as his soulmate yet.
- You just assumed he didn't talk much so you never pushed him too. Yeah, it mightve been a bit awkward at first but you appreciated his prescence, it brought you a new sense of comfort and peace that you never felt, not even when you were alive.
- When you made flower crowns in the gardens, you'd ask if you could decorate his trident for him and he gave you a deadpan stare before nodding his head in approval. He'd silently gesture you to follow him and show you a private pool whenever a say seemed a bit too hot for you and watch as you played in it, a soft smile growing on his face.
- He would even feel a bit of anger when he was with his fellow gods, listening to them generalize their hatred towards humanity. Usually Poseidon would join them but he couldn't bring himself too. After all, humanity was pesky and troublesome but some of them weren't that bad.
- They could be sweet, they could be unfailingly kindhearted and empathetic...They could be you. So he'd just glare distastefully but never say anything, but he didn't need to as everyone slowly stopped talking after sensing they somehow upset him.
- He spent a lot of his time with you during the days that led up to his match, you were unsure of who to root for; since it's true that humanity would be wiped out if the God's continued to win but at the same time, you didn't want to see Poseidon get hurt.
- He picked you out from the crowd immediately and made eye contact with you, not even acknowledging his opponent as he stepped into the ring.
- Did he still look down on humanity? Yes. But...he supposed there were some good aspects to it. Good aspects like you.
- As the mythical creatures and gods from his side cheered him on, shouting insults towards the humans, and telling him to destroy them like the ants they were: his eyes were locked on your (e/c) eyes before he finally made a decision. Internally, he had just lost a battle within himself in that moment...but he wasn't upset about it.
- So he interrupts Heimdall's introduction speeches as he addresses the whole crowd, "I FORFIET THIS MATCH!"
- Shock and bafflement was all that could be heard from both sides of the arena. They couldn't have possibly heard him right, though, after all: He was Poseidon, the beautiful God of the Sea, there was no way he would just-
- Then he looked at you and your heart leapt at hearing his voice for the first time. His eyes became gentle as they stared into yours, "I will fight for humanity. For some of you are worthy yet."
- You didn't respond for a bit, not noticing how the words "I will fight for humanity" appeared on your wrist, but he did. And he knew that even if Aphrodite had "cursed" him, that it truly didn't bother him. You were made for him. His perfect mortalā”
- This was only proven when you broke out of your shocked trance faster than anyone and cheered his name happily, your shyness lost as you joyfully cheered his name, causing him to visibly smile in front of everyone.
#ror x reader#snv x reader#record of ragnarok x reader#ALSO DO YOU THINK THAT WHEN THE HUMANS ARE SUMMONED TO WATCH THE BATTLES-#THAT'S IT'D KINDA LIKE JURY DUTY??#EXCEPT IT'S JUDT MORE FUN AND IT'S FINE IF YOU KNOW RHE PERSON???#LIKE THEY'RE CHILLING IN HEAVEN AND THEY GET A LETTER.#Some random human jn heaven: Sorry guys I can't. I've gotta watch the next Ragnarok match.#Their friend: Aw man that sucks-#Random human in heaven: Nah I don't think so. I think it's gonna be sick af-#record of ragnarok#shuumatsu no valkyrie x reader#shuumatsu no valkyrie#Poseidon x reader#snv poseidon x reader#ror poseidon#ror poseidon x reader#poseidon x reader snv#poseidon x reader ror#HOPE YOU LIKE THIS I TRIED TO MAKE IT SUPER LONG BC I LOVED THIS PROMPT.
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once asked the question do you think Liu qingge do a sonic rainboom now I may ask could Xie lian do a sonic rainboom? And who in mdzs do you think could do a sonic rainboom?
Also I feel like I'm spamming ur asks I'm so sorry
Out of all the characters, I think (post-series) Xie Lian is the most likely to actually survive flying at supersonic speeds and could theoretically get the actual "boom" if not the colour
(Hua Cheng, on the other hand, would be more than happy to supply the rainbows)
Wei Wuxian is the most likely to ATTEMPT it and inevitably blow himself up in the process (the only thing going boom here is Jiang Cheng's patience)
#tgcf#mdzs#wei wuxian#jiang cheng#yunmeng bros#xie lian#hualian#sonic rainboom#wwx#mxtx#my art#''this will be quicker than my last rainboom picture i'll whip them up quickly before bed'' ha.#i think ultimately i'm team ''nah only rainbow dash or an equivalent could do a true sonic rainboom'' but it's fun to play with#i do appreciate the excuse to just go ham on the colours though how often do i get an excuse like this to draw rainbows#i feel like i haven't coloured like this since i was about seven it's a blast#technically i don't think any of the tgcf cast flies though? so it makes it a bit more complicated#but hua cheng has butterflies and determination to make this happen!!!#seriously don't apologize it's impossible to ''spam'' my asks every time my inbox gets a lil 1 next to it my heart grows three sizes#the worst that'll happen is i'm busy or uninspired and might not respond to your ask right away#i still have a bunch of asks/prompts backlogged in there - i just sit on them until i'm in the mood and i appreciate them all!
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Ghost of fries and Hero of cookies
All work words count: 14 593
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Summary of whole work: Duke wasn't expecting to wake up from his quick rooftop nap to some meta kid with fries. He also wasn't expecting kid to stay Or Danny asked Dani to stay safe while she was in Gotham. Where would she be safer than under the wing of local hero? And he looked like he needed bad day combo anyway
This part summary: First meeting and training discussions Beta read by @audhumla-sailor though English is second language for both of us, so proceed with this in mind. I also know all of the charaters through fics alone, so probably ooc. Stay catious if it's something you don't like
Duke was running out of fumes to run on. Last few days would be exhausting if it was just vigilante or just civilian stuff but no, he had to have it both. Because of Arkham break out he had been called in three nights in a row, not for a whole patrol but he couldn't exactly sleep it of during the day like others did, especially not in a week when every teacher decided they need to have test or quiz or what not. Naps meant he wasn't as sleep deprived as he could be but he needed far more. But he couldn't because crime in Gotham never sleeps so he had normal patrol to finish and there were about two ours left.
Would something bad happen if he just stopped for a moment and laid on a roof? Ten up to fifteen minutes. It was a slow day too...
Yeah, no, he deserved a moment to rest and if something disastrous was to happen in the meantime he would shame other Bats for not giving him enough time to sleep.
It certainly said something that he found gravel covering this roof to be quite comfortable. He set a timer for ten minutes and let himself close his eyes.
When loud screech of timer jolted him awake, he was suddenly fully aware that he wasn't alone anymore. He sat up a little too quickly.
"Oh, you're awake," white haired girl around Damian's age chimed, sitting cross legged just few feets away from him. She wore something that could only be described as an unholy mix of lab safety hazmat and skintight workout jumpsuit, white and black. When had Gotham gotten a new vigilante? "Good, I just returned from snack hunt," she added, gesturing at a big textile bag lying next to her. Duke didn't have enough brainpower to do anything more than ask.
"What?"
Girl shrugged, take out from BatBurger in her hand.
"You look like you have a bad day if not few days, so I've got you my cousin's bad day combo or at least closest thing I could. BatBurger burger isn't as good as NastyBurger but you certainly have better fries," as she spoke, second take out bag, 1 quart bottle of energy drink, juice bottle of same size and pack of convenience store brownies joined greasy paper bag sealed with a sticker.
"Is your cousin a speedster?" Excuse Duke, it was a totally valid question, he saw with his bare eyes both Wally West and Bart Allen when they visited Manor. Noone else would be able to stomach the amount of food they inhaled during their stays.
"Nah, we're not that fast or that hungry. Though I think I may get closer to speed of sound," So, clearly a meta if white hair and weir aura that let his eyes rest weren't enough indication "My cousin when he has bad few days he often forgets to eat so this combo has to help with there too. But I'll steal your fries of course."
Duke was not going to look gift horse in teeth, so he grabbed one bag and tore it open. There was classic combo with bigger fries and NightWings inside.
"Thank you..." he trailed off, hoping that girl would take a clue and introduce herself but she didn't. She just drowned her fries in ketchup and started munching. She had her own juice.
"My cousin always said that each part of this combo has different purpose," she explained instead, slightly muffled because of fries in her mouth, "This" she gestured towards fast food meal "is to sooth your stomach. This "she tapped energy drink "is to sooth your brain and kick it back online. This "she raised bottle of juice, "is to sooth your taste buds because energy drinks are war crime against them and this "she nudged brownies "is to sooth your heart because Ancients damn it, this day is awful and you deserve it. At least that's what he told me when I had day bad enough to deserve that," she shrugged, licking ketchup of her finger. Suddenly she froze "You aren't allergic, are you?
"No, I'm not," he confessed bewildered.
"Good"
For a long moment they sat in silence, devouring food the little girl brought. Duke distantly wondered if this was how night shift spent their snack breaks. It felt nice.
He was finishing his part of brownies when girl spoke up again.
"Do you feel better now?"
"Yeah" he was a little surprised to realize that it was true. He'll have to note down what she put in this 'bad day combo'. "Thank you"
"Don't mention it," she shrugged with general gesture of dismissal, "You're one of my cousin's favorite heroes because you're vaguely his age and handle Gotham alone during the day and I quote, "she did honest to God air quotes at that" 'As only hero in Amity-' which is a lie by the way, Val is doing great and even if he suddenly got problem with how she feels about his alter ego, he still has Sam and Tuck even if they're usually more of moral support. And I helped when I visited, so no, he isn't only one. Anyway as he said 'As only hero in Amity, my heart goes out for anyone who deals with this type of bullshit so Dani if you absolutely have to prank heroes, leave them out of it, especially Signal, he can't be older than Jazz, he doesn't need any more mess to handle.' All aliens and lanterns are also off limits because he is a space nerd. But you aren't space related so I'm like 80% percent sure he has celebrity crush on you," she slurped more juice, unbothered.
Duke was thankful he wasn't swallowing anything because for sure she would choke. He took split second to consider addressing... this whole situation and choose not to. He was not ready to be anyone's celebrity crush.
"Your name is Danny?" he asked instead.
"Dani" she corrected" with an I"
"Ok. It's nice to meet you Dani-with-an-I," She giggled, nodding her head slightly.
"It's nice to meet you too Signal"
Duke stood up, stretching a little. Dani joined him after hastily putting all the trash in her bag. She was a little higher than expected.
"I have to get back to my patrol"
"Cool," she drifted back a bit, making him realize that she was floating a few inches above the ground. She fixed her bag on her arm.
"Hey, can I hang out a little bit more? My cousin will go green out of jealousy when I tell him," she added with a mischievous smirk but Duke could tell there was more to it. He took a moment to consider it, which apparently made girl nervous "I can be invisible the whole time, like before," she offered, disappearing in the meantime. He could still tell where she was, because of her heat signature and other waves she excluded but for regular people she would be no different than surrounding air.
"Yeah, you can hang around and you don't have to be invisible. Just don't get in my way when I have to actually do some fighting."
She popped back to visible spectrum and pouted like Damian whenever he got benched.
"I can fight, y'know? I stopped mugging on a snack run."
It was ten god damn minutes, how could she get so much food and stop mugging in such a short time?!
Oh, right, superspeed. Still, impressive.
"I haven't seen it-" he started, channeling all Dick-trying-to-wrangle-Damian-into-socially-acceptable-activity energy he could muster "-so I don't know how you fight or even what powers do you have. If we tried to fight together we would trip over each other" It was a bare faced lie, Bat training made sure of that but he knew for fact that if he said anything else, the girl would be mad and probably did her own thing.
Was that what Bruce thought about all of them?
Oh no.
Dani still looked displeased but after a moment of consideration she nodded with a defeated sigh.
Suddenly she straightened like she got struck by lightning and whipped around.
"Wha-"
She just shushed, raising finger to her mouth. Duke did indeed quietened.
"I have enhanced hearing," she whispered "There is a mugging somewhere this way."
"Let's go then," he shot his grapple, waving his other hand at Dani to come with him before he jumped off the roof. He heard the girl giggle as she flew right after him.
"After this you'll show me the coolest gargoyles, okay? Sam asked for photos"
"Okay"
It seemed that the end of this patrol wouldn't be as bad as the start was. Hopefully.
And afterwards he was going to lock himself in his room until sky falls down or he was well rested.
Yeah, that was a good plan.
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"Hey kid," Signal started, dropping from fire escape to cuff weirdo in clown mask who Dani just fought. He did it deliberately slowly to show her how to do it like he always did. She choose to not be to annoyed at being called kid again and noted to herself to come up with good codename later. All her previous ideas apparently weren't cutting it and she couldn't keep going by Dani because reasons.
"Yes?"
"Who gave you a combat training?" he asked getting up from a crouch and gesturing towards roof. So it's going to be longer talk, okay.
"My cousin," well, Flashes in Central taught her some stuff but it was more rescue and reassure type of deal not punch and kick, Sam tried to get her through basics of psychological warfare in activism, Tucker sweared he would teach her some programming and hacking but never got around to it, Jazz did some emotional training and Val offered to teach her Red Huntress skills when she got back, but yeah, all in all, Danny was the one to show her how to punch people. Even though it was more of 'shit we have to fight, observe maybe, idk' most of the time. She picked some tricks from Vlad too now that she thought about it, not that she planned to give him any credit for it, like, ever. "Why?"
"I have a bone to pick with him," vigilante announced, melting with the shadows. Dani sped as much as she could to beat him to the roof. She was competitive spirit like that.
Unfortunately he was first. She made another note to herself (she was so going to forget them in next five to ten minutes) to train her speed a bit more. She got tips from the guy with the title of The Fastest Man Alive for crying out loud, she shouldn't loose with the person who technically doesn't even have superspeed!
Signal sat cross legged on the gravel and tossed her a healthy granola bar. He kept doing it for some reason.
"I'm sorry to break it to you, but almost everything in your fighting technique is horrible. Your cousin did shitty job as a teacher" he started in warm slightly teasing tone. Dani felt attacked anyway.
"It's not like he has any sort of training either," she started, trying to sound nonchalant, rolling her eyes. "Cut him some slack," She bit a snack in attempt to cover her furry. It had chocolate and raspberries, was quite tasty and she was kinda hungry anyway. She wasn't sure she wanted to know how Signal knew it though "Everything he learned is from the trial and error by crashing through a few walls. Quite hard to care about 'technique'. I at least got his mistakes to learn from so don't you dare to speak about him like that!" alright, she lost it, she can admit it. But, Signal might be cool and Danny may or may not like him (she hoped he didn't, Val was much better option) but Gotham's hero had no right to say anything bad about her template. He didn't know anything. He didn't understand.
Signal looked like he was going to say something so she put her ghostly vocal cords to use and growled.
Don't-harm-family/will-fight/ protect-mine/don't-you-dare
She didn't stop to consider how unlikely it was for him to understand her. She crossed her hands on her chest, glaring.
Turned out, growl was enough of the warning. He carefully picked his next words.
"Sorry, it's not the way I should've phrase it," he started, his mouth doing the thing it did when people were embarrassed with themselves but in an uncomfortable, a bit angry way. He understood his mistake, good. She calmed her glare a bit. "I wasn't aware of you circumstances. If you want, I can show you some tricks, Batman is very throughout with his training"
"No, thank you, I'm good" she was still mad. So mad. And she was not pouting.
"Of course you're good but you can be better, more efficient."
"No." Whatever Signal would propose to her, she wouldn't agree. He said mean things about Danny not even a minute before. She couldn't let him have it on a principle!
"I'll give you a cookie after every training," he pleaded "The homemade, tasty one"
Well, that changed things. A lot of things.
"Yes please!"
He apologized anyway.
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Second part
I know democratic winner in poll for now is "publish all at once" and believe me, I respect democracy, especially now that I finally have rights to do things, but Tumblr wouldn't let me. Too long or something. So, it'll be in parts, sorry guys. I'll try to post all of the parts this weekend though (or one each day, I'll see).
Yes, I didn't have a name for this fic until five minutes ago, how did you know? It's quite alright though, I think. If you have better idea I may reconsider
#dpxdc#dc x dp#dp x dc#dcxdp#dani hangs out with duke#signal got new sidekick and he doesn't even know it yet#not fully at least#Dani: I'm going Goth(am)#Danny: Maybe don't?#Dani: Nah#Danny: Stay safe?#Dani: Alright *imprints on the first hero she sees*#this random mugger Dani stopped: Last thing I saw was feral racoon child#police officer: what?#almost mugging victim: I was saved by said feral racoon child#police officer: What?!#Dani: Alright. Good deed for today done. They're calling my name in BatBurger to get my stuff. See ya!#Dani: I hope I can make it back before Signal wakes up#Police guy&mugger&victim: Did she kidnap our hero???#Dani: *fights*#Duke: With all due respect. How did you survive this long?! *died inside a little bit from stress*#wandixx writes#ghost of fries and hero of cookies#have a nice day dear stranger who got to this part
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āØHappy birthday to our favorite little drummer!!āØ
#with my thesis i don't have time for a full artwork rn so jure gets a little bday doodle#he's got a great drawable face i love him#little cartoon cat <3#jure maÄek#joker out#my art#my doodles#if you're wondering if i have a consistent art style yeah nah but hey im enjoying the process
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good omens fans: "the gays are winning!"
the gays:
#yes but at what cost#we've transitioned from bury your gays to separate them in the most heart wrenching way possible#and i DON'T think that's just neat#yes this is about good omens#but also ofmd#they ofmd'd us#nah but i really enjoyed season 2 fr#also ngl but I missed hastur#he was one of the funniest mf from season 1#good omens#good omens spoilers#good omens 2 spoilers#ineffable husbands#aziraphale x crowley#ALSO MORE SPOILERS HERE BUT#i feel like the only person that did NOT pick up on the whole gabriel x beelzebub thing from the first season#like did everybody just see something that i didnt or what#anyways stream season 2 so we can get season 3 and the happy ending we DESERVE
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