#Showing my age

[ehlihr]

galra keith was my sentimonster adrien. btw

[linipik]

~Magnet🦋

[seaofthemind]

I’ve been hovering on the edge of the Batman fandom since late 2020/early 2021, but it’s only in the last year that I’ve really fallen into it. As a British Millennial one thing that occasionally bugs me is the attitude towards Dick’s name. Primarily in fan fiction, but also occasionally in discourse.

I make a note of British as this definitely one of those cultural differences between UK and USA…

Dick is a normal name/nickname! Yes, it has gone out of fashion in the last couple of decades (influence of Americanisation?) but it is still around.

I remember two people with the name Dick growing up. Not my generation, admittedly. One was my parents’ age and one was my grandparents’ age. But the older one was a close family friend who we would see all the time. (I do think there was a Dick in first school with me, but I might be misremembering so I’m not technically counting it).

I was also an avid reader as a kid and read a lot of popular British children’s books. Off the top of my head the characters I can remember with the name Dick? Dick Bettany (Chalet School), Dick Callum (Arthur Ransome Books) and Dick (Famous Five). I’m sure there was more. Needless to say this name was still relatively normalised for British kids in the 90s-00s even if it was going out of fashion as an actual name.

I feel like it is a very recent (hello, American internet) thing that the name has become so improper/awkward. Not helped by modern filtering which will recognise it as only a “bad” word.

Anyway, to bring this to a point - in fan fiction it always seems to be “Parents didn’t speak English/didn’t know what it meant”, which is a reason but always feels way overused as a excuse (and where does the idea that his parents’ don’t speak English come from? Have I just missed this in the comics somewhere?).

There are many other reasons for Dick to have the name he does without it getting put down to a “language barrier”: Why not just that they were in a more culturally diverse community and the British nickname was acceptable (especially as much of Europe tends to lean more to British English than American English)? Why not be because a relative/friend also was called that and he was called after them? That his parents liked a book/media character with that name? That “Dickie” as a young child’s nickname is cute but that his parents assumed he would grow out of it as he grew up - but he never did because they died and that’s what they called him? Just that this is what his parents called him and it doesn’t need excuses?

Also Alfred? Would recognise it as a potentially awkward name for modern times but he isn’t going to find anything wrong with it as a name or have problems with using it (other than the politeness of using a nickname vs full first name). With his age & background he probably has known plenty of people in his life that have used it.

In short: let Dick have his name (without that undertone of him apologising for his parents not understanding).

[excitementshewrote]

We need a distraction!

And I'll be your distraction ... with a new poll! The "Best Business Name" poll.

Everyone get ready to laugh at these gems for the next few days. I hope you'll enjoy it :^)

[polkadotjohnson]

[quasip]

Harbinger of the Apocalypse- Silas Laeratin from "One Knight Stand" by @oneknightstand-if

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that."

Decided to put my insane ramblings in the readmore because, man, I have some thoughts and I don't want my tags to look like a bloated monstrosity.

First of course I have to praise this wonderful work. The customization is astounding but what I really enjoyed was the flavor dialogue. Sometimes it's subtle but it flows so naturally that it really makes you feel that you have a person as an MC. The world and characters feel real and alive and like they've got their own thing going on. Also the EXTREME PARANOIA I get reading dialogue or looking at answers to asks is fun in a masochistic way. What are the lies? The truths? Who knows! All I know is I'm going to have a mental freak out by the end of it and I'll be thankful for the ride.

Anyway, back to my precious fae(ry) boy, too good for this world (maybe. Backstory still pending). Surely being a trusting bleeding heart will not backfire at all in the apocalyptic game of Amoung Us. Honestly the characters are all so good so I can only imagine that I'm going to scream no matter who ends up being the traitor (side eyes Merlin). At least he'll always have his trusty iron lamp and Audrey III! No, he isn't a masochist why do you ask?

Anyway, Silas Laeratin. Changeling. Taken from an abusive home and placed in the care of a loving if aging couple. I headcanon this is where he decided to be a paramedic, taking care of these people who loved him despite his weirdness and scars until their end. He wants to help people like he was helped. He wants to be human and if he stops helping, stops being near them maybe he'll forget what that means. Smoking and sleeping help dampen that worry. Reminds him of "home".

Also lucid dreaming because that sounds like a massively fae skill. Buzzing around dreams. Wish we could drag the others in front of Arthur in the dream for a Royal Vibe Check but alas. Hard way it is. Also poor Arthur man. Silas just wants to go into the dream so he can talk and hangout with the poor guy. Seems like he can use some company that isn't an unknowable horror.

Adrian is his gardening and fencing friend! Partners in nerdism and carnivorous plant propaganda. It's so fun teasing him. No crush but man is it enjoyable to see this man flustered. I think Silas would like to say outlandish things to get this man to smile. Also tease him with tongue twisters and riddles. I apologize for all the times he's going to have to potato sack Silas away from suicidally trying to help someone. Or sleeping with Merlin which is probably what he's going to do if offered in Chapter 3. The side eye Silas is going to get will be legendary. Sorry Adrian. Not my fault Merlin is stupid hot and also funny.

[gutwrenchflowerbomb]

[cheeseproducts]

all that duolingo and he still got it wrong

[yaku-paisen]

Post-timeskip Kuroo is legitimately everyone's biggest fan, and not just because it's his job. He'd still be just as invested if he didn't work at the JVA. He'd still follow their careers - their stats, their popularity, their rising and falling in the ranks, etc. - because he's so dang proud of them all, and because he's passionate about keeping people connected. He treasures the bonds he's made through the sport, and he works to keep those bonds alive. The fact that he can do it for a living is a bonus. He embodies Nekoma's motto, top to bottom.

Also his contacts list is probably a million names long, lol. If someone wants to reconnect with someone from their high school days, they hit up Kuroo and ask him to pass along their phone number.

[casasupernovas]

everytime i listen to kylie i GIGGLE because what do you MEAN she was in doctor who?!?!!?

[pumpkinspice-prouvaire]

society if Chandler Bing was bisexual:

[rockybloo]

If people make tiktok edits of Bitterbat and Sweetheart, what songs would be used the most?

I am the wrong person for tiktok questions y'all. I've been pretty tiktok clean for like, 3 years but even then I wouldn't know what songs people used bc tiktok is build different.

I grew up with anime ship AMVs on youtube and BACK IN MY DAY we had Cascada's "Bad Boy"" and ", "Madly Truly Deeply", "What Hurts the Most" and "Everytime We Touched".

Definiately A Tough of Class's "I'm In Heaven [When You Kiss Me]"

Maybe some SOAP "Romeo and Juliet" and Toybox "Best friend" if you got lucky.

[sionnaach]

This might be up there with the stupidest things I’ve ever drawn tbh

[bikelock28]

I see you "So American is about Loulivia, Tomdaya, or Charlie and Natalia," and I raise you, "So American is about the little boy and the girl in Love Actually".

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

Azicrow taggers are such cowards back in the day we had creative tags for ship names & Ineffable Husbands ® is such a cute name & Michael Sheen and David Tennant agree they’re married like don’t let Neil Straightman bully you we didn’t vote ‘no’ on Prop 8 just to sustain PTSD from Johnlock #itsokay2begay #stoph8

[ifitistobeitisuptous]

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