#Sit down son

[darthkieduss]

The 2020 Election was not stolen

But even if it was:

What the fuck are you gonna do about it?

Consider us even for 2000.

[bet-on-me-13]

Bruce Wayne was never Batman.

So! The night that Bruce Wayne's parents got shot, he developed an Unbreakable Resolve. He needed to get rid of the Crime that had taken his Parents away from him, no matter what.

But that night, he also developed a deep-seated fear of Death. He was face to face with his own Demise and instead of dying himself he saw his Parents die instead. He was Terrified of ending up like them.

But he still needed to stop Crime. He couldn't just let criminals go unpunished, and while he was still using his wealth to try and prevent it before it began, he knew there needed to be something to stop crime After it had been committed. And the Cops were useless on that Front.

He eventually found a solution while looking through his Parents Family Heirlooms.

Ancient Books dating back to the founding of Gotham and even before then, telling of a Creature from another world who his Ancestors had helped in the Past. A Being of Fear and Shadow, who owed a debt to the Wayne Family. He needed that Being. A Monster of Shadows and Fear was exactly the answer to scaring criminals away from committing crimes and punishing those who did.

But he needed to find the Being from another world first.

So he left home, traveling across the Globe training with the best Magicians and Demonologists in the world in search of the Monster who owed his Family a Debt. His travels took him far, from the streets of LA where he met a man named Zatara, to the Snowy Mountains of Nanda Parbat where he learned of the Lazarus Pits and the Demon's that came out of them.

While studying the Lazarus Pits, he was trained by the organization who guarded them. They despised Weakness, and while their leader was in awe of his Intelect he was less impressed by his body's conditioning. If he was to study the Lazarus Pits, he would first have to earn the Right in Combat.

He eventually managed to pass their Tests and eventually left them, having handed over a Copy of his research as the price for being allowed to Study the Pits.

Years later, he finally returned to Gotham, fully equipped to Summon the Being that owed him a Debt.

Bruce drew up the Summoning Circle as perfectly as he possibly could, he had one shot at it.

A drop of his blood and a splash of Lazarus Water later, and the Circle began to glow an ominous Green. Slowing, a shifting shadow began to emerge from the Circle, at first only a mass of writhing darkness before their form Solidified.

The Books he had found on the Spirit said that it would take the form of the Summoners Greatest Fear, which just so happened to be Bats for Bruce. The Form that the Spirit chose reflected that, with large Dark Wings falling over their form as if they were a Cape, and horns looking like the Ears of a Bat. From the Darkness, two glowing eyes appeared.

"Spirit, hear me. My name if Bruce Wayne, and I am calling in the Debt owed to my Family centuries ago. My City is plagued with crime and malice, rotting from its Core. My efforts to prevent Crime from the side of the Light have been in vain, Crime persists despite my efforts. In order for my vision to be fulfilled, the Criminals of this City must have their hearts pierced by Fear. Fear of Retribution. Fear of Consequences. Fear of Vengeance."

Thoughout bis Speech, the Shadowed Figure stayed silent.

"That is why I have called you here. I want you to stalk these streets, punish the criminals of this City and strike fear into their hearts from the shadows, so that they know to stay in the light. I don't want you to Kill them, never kill them. Let them live with that fear in their Hearts until their final days."

After he finished his speech, the Figure finally spoke.

"Your Quest is an Honorable one. You seek the betterment of your people's, and are unafraid to resort to drastic measures to achieve that goal. It reminds me of my Liege's resolve." It Spoke, it's voice low and rumbling. "Very Well. From this day forth, I shall protect your City from the Darkness in its own Heart. I shall be your Dark Knight."

...

Had this idea out of nowhere and needed to write it down. In this AU, Bruce still wants to protect his City from crime, but is understandably traumatized from seeing the Deaths of his Parents. He has a deep-seated fear of Dying, so he chooses to forgo fighting crime himself.

Instead, he finds out about a Spirit that his Ancestors helped long ago, and decides that the most logical next step out be to Summon a Demon to protect his City. Instead of training his Body for a decade to become Batman, he trains his Mind and Studies as much about Magic and Demon's as Possible.

He still knows how to fight because he trained with the League. He approached them with an offer to study the Lazarus Pits and give them his findings, and they accepted. But Ra's didn't want a weakling on his Base so he also required Bruce to train his body. He saw his potential for combat, and was so disappointed that Bruce had chosen a different path. He could have been Great!

Bruce still has a thing with Talia that produces Damian, he is still a point of interest from Ra's since he is insanely smart and has huge potential, and he knows how to fight pretty well. Albeit not as well as in Canon.

Bruce becomes the Benefactor/Guy in the Chair for Fright Knight (who is the one he summoned if you couldn't tell), who looks like a "Bat Man" because of Bruce's fear of Bats. Fright Knight agreed to this because 1.) He had a debt to pay, 2.) Bruce reminded him of Danny, and 3.) He respected Bruce's ballsyness to Summon a demon and command it to protect people.

Bruce still adopts his Kids, but there are some changes.

Dick is adamant about fighting Crime, and eventually Bruce is forced to let him go on patrol with Fright Knight, who has started going by Batman. Thankfully Frighty managed to give him some blessings so he had minor powers and would be safer.

Jason is mostly the same, and he is so excited that Robin actually IS Magical. When he dies, Fright Knight, who had gotten attached to their Family, goes into the Zone to search for him. He is unsuccessful unfortunately.

Tim is kind of funny. He figured out that Dick was Robin, and Jason was the 2nd Robi , but assumed that Bruce was Batman. When he approached Bruce about becoming Robin so he would stop going down his violent Cycle, Bruce Redirected him to talk to Fright Knight, who was not taking his failure to find Jason well.

Damien grew up knowing that his Father was a Genius, and the Master of the Batman, which gave him a bit of an Ego. At first he thought of Fright Knight as a Servant, and tried to command him like he did with Alfred. Frighty corrected him quickly enough.

Any more ideas for this AU? I have so many, but I think I need to stop for now.

[jadewritesficshere]

Just thinking about s4 but when Alpha!Eddie grabs Steve to shove the bottle against his neck, he doesn't realize Steve is an omega and accidentally scruffs him. And Steve is just boneless, kinda goes down. And Eddie isn't expecting deadweight and almost falls ontop of Steve but realizes what's happening (let's just say he's fought off a few bullies who scruffed members of his pack). He immediately drops the bottle and holds onto Steve, who tries to scent Eddie. Just shoves his face into Eddie's neck and nuzzles it, lets out a purr unintentionally.

[bluejulius]

eretlout arm wrestle for your dash

a great winning tactic tbh 🤷‍♂️

[mangozic]

my son that I literally never draw, I’m holding him up proudly for everyone to see

[arthursfuckinghat]

"I was gonna say you're like a son to me.. but you're more than that."

"It ain't that complicated!"

How quickly that shoulder pat of comfort turned into a condescending one.

[llondonfog]

lilia's greatest treasure from a lifetime of seven hundred years is a rotting, decaying acorn bracelet, and he was going to go die holding the one gift in his life that was given to him freely with unconditional love don't touch me, he loved silver so much that he wanted to die with the memory of his son by his side

[drysaladandketchup]

FLA vs. WSH || Feb 8, 2024

[gotham-snark]

I love thinking about the above panel. The first time Damian has met his father, a legend, the man who he has put on a pedestal for ten years, fought every one of those years for the privilege to meet.-

And the first thing he says to him is a cheap, low-hanging sassy insult. It's so... Damian

[the-meme-monarch]

hello!! i really love ur work, n ur scc stuff!! they are so fun n awesome!! if u dont mind can i ask if u could give more insight on their parents?? or like how did sweet and cap'n went to live with k_k??

TEEHEE THANK YOU :] currently im thinking k_k isn’t their Legal Guardian. sweet & cap’n live in the library dark world w their parents, but before cyberworld’s fountain was Opened they could just go back and forth between them, and the music shop is close enough that they can just walk there ! with it Now opened however, cyberworld is kinda closed off from any other dark world, i imagine this is how it works with any dark worlds(the only reason in chapter 1 you just just walk from castle town into card kingdom is bc castle town is a Pure Dark fountain dark world and they’re right next to each other)

the way i picture the Whole Entire Dark World is that Every room has a dark world in it, they have a fountain innately, their fountain being Opened is what allows lightners(like the fun gang) to access that room’s dark world. and having their fountain open blocks them off from any other dark world that doesn’t have an open fountain/is a pure dark world like castle town. i hope that makes sense. but then like ralsei says, Closing that fountain destroys the world it had, turning it fully back into the room it was, it no longer harbors a dark world, effectively killing every darkner there.

but so with cyberworld’s fountain opened they wouldn’t Be Able to go back home, and then they had to be relocated to castle town what with kris having to Close cyberworld’s fountain and that rendering that world inert. but hey their parents are Suffocating so. even if they can go back(and they can, since the library’s dark fountain isn’t open) they are ok w taking an extended break from them.

perhaps a kinder alternative is sweet and cap’n convinced their parents to let them stay w kk for the school semester so they’ve been staying w him for a while now pre-the-game’s-events. maybe their parents had to go on a business trip or smth

as for insight on their parents ! im not really sure how to talk abt it ! their brand of abuse is kinda hard to pin down! you look at all these specific instances and you can say ‘yeah, this is abuse’ but you try to put it together and it’s like. but they care. they only said that because they care. and you genuinely believe that they care. but it’s still abuse. they love you but it is still abuse. and a lot of the time these instances of abuse are not enough to Remember what happened but they happen enough that this feeling of resentment about it stacks up and it’s always there, even when the abuse aren’t happening, you remember it even when you get along. their love feels… not quite transactional or conditional but you feel like you Can screw up badly enough that they’ll stop loving you. so you feel you have to be perfect for them but it seems like it’s never enough. you feel like you’re losing. k_k lost. he got tired of trying. of Having to try. he feels incredibly guilty that he just Left his siblings behind like that. he had to play Third Parent to them growing up and now as far as he’s concerned he’s Abandoned them. and they still want him. he’s worried they’re fighting for his affection just like they are w their parents. he doesn’t know how to express that he wants them too. that his love isn’t conditional, ever. and yeah, sometimes sweet and cap’n are mad that he left. dealing with it all was easier when he was around. but they know in his position they would have done the exact same thing.

[cconfusedkat]

I am now realizing the last actual art ive done was november 2 OR MAYBE OCT 24 IDK ???

Its either what i made for bloo or

its also just this 💔 but idk if itd rlly count scratches head

All i really do is just make stupid shit like this now /silly

This is not me showing off tbh im just comparing effort vs shitposts XD

[p3achj3llyf1sh]

Okay hear me out-

(Just a note i dont know how common this "hc" is cus I haven't roperly interacted with a fandom since I was like 13 I have no idea wtf you guys are doin up in there)

(And no, writing fanfiction on ao3 and occassionally talking to commenters doesn't technucally count.)

[flysafepapi]

really love the scenes we got of Alicent actually being a mother to her grieving children and giving them comfort after their loss that's going to colour the rest of their time, reassuring them that she's there for them, actually trying to make up for the part she played in that loss by not leaving them to deal with this alone in their own ways

Oh wait, we didn't get that

so glad we got yet another scene of her and cole though 🙄

[lieutenantbiscute]

2012 tmnt bashing discourse incoming hold up—

Ok so, the bashing of 2012 tmnt right? We all know how it’s goes and I won’t get into it but this has kept me up for the past 2hrs so!

12 Mikey hearing about it. I know for a fact he’d be throwing hands with everyone in the room if need be. A conversation of sorts would come to mind. Specifically with the Rise and 2012 teams meeting and their early interactions, arise seeing how rough and tumble the boys are for being 20yrs old, especially with Mikey.

Offhanded comments about how ‘that’s kinda harsh’ ‘you’re ok yeah?’ ‘Why is he so rude?’—

And it comes to a point where 12 Mikey’s patience and fuse has been worn paper thin before he bursts. But not in a Raph way, no in a Donnie/Leo way.

12 Mikey commenting about ‘IDK man your brother seems hella arrogant.’ ‘Your Donnie has a easily bruised ego.’ ‘Your Raph is a pushover man!’ Maybe it’s Rise Mikey who finally just has him snap.

Rise Mikey: ‘Why would you say that about my brothers? You don’t have a right to comment about them.’

12 Mikey: ‘I don’t know man, what give you the right for you and your brothers to talk about mine and how we act?’

Rise Mikey: ‘well they seem harsh and meaner then mine—‘

12 Mikey: ‘and yours seem too over bearing and over dramatic. Listen, if I can’t comment on your brothers then you and yours can’t either. End. Of. Story.’

Mikey is a verbal combatant. While his older brothers Raph and Leo handle the physical combat like champs, Mikey and Donnie as the verbal warriors. He is his brother’s biggest defender behind the scenes and is willing to go to bat for them.

12 Mikey has LITERALLY been through Hell and back with his brothers. It’d take more than a few arm punches, noogies, and teasing to get under his skin.

[blindradiant]

It’s so funny to me that a large part of Dalinar’s character arc in WoK and beyond was inspired, in various ways, by Szeth’s actions on the night of Gavilar’s assassination.

Obviously, Gavilar’s death played a big part in what Dalinar did afterword, but Szeth writing Gavilar’s last words also contributed. Gavilar said that Dalinar needed to find the most important words a man can say, and Szeth wrote those words, believing that the last words of the dying were sacred. When he did that, Szeth inadvertently helped kick off the changes in Dalinar that would later call to him and lead to him swearing to Dalinar as his Third Skybreaker Ideal.

I’m almost certain that Szeth is still largely unaware of the effect he’s had on Dalinar’s life, and it’s kind of funny that Dalinar became the man he is partially because he believed the words Szeth wrote to be Gavilar’s writing itself, so he changed to become the (seeming) moral authority that Szeth has clung to since the end of OB.

There are layers here, and I wonder how relevant all of this will be in KoWT

[moffnat]

lol the dev note for halsin telling the player about how he was chained in a bedroom for three years and used as a sex slave says this:

"Recounting an episode from a lively youth. Neither bragging nor ashamed."

FIX IT LARIAN