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[everrsilly]

so actually i isolate tiny pieces of myself and create a character whose entire personality and story arc is based off of part of my trauma. and then about two years later i proceed to realize this and break down about it! hope this helps

I'm curious--how do you guys go about creating your OCs?

[erinwantstowrite]

bear with me here because i'm gonna ramble about something i've been thinking about for a while... and i'm not complaining, i'm just noticing

sometimes i think we've leaned so far into the vigilante side of the batfam that we miss out on what really makes their characters: detective work. we need more mysteries in their lives that don't lead up to some big bad "we already know who's doing it" or an "end of the world" or "yet again: this fucking guy." we need more stuff where spy movie music plays in the background and dumb adventures that don't lead up to some huge grand event with a big name villain. the shock factor stops being shocking or interesting in any capacity if we're like "Gah! the Joker! ... Again!" or whatever

does that even make sense? like "yeah sure they're blowing up a building again and there's hostages. oh look they're gonna poison the water supply." these aren't bad and that's not what i'm getting at because obviously this is a classic for comics. you need to have characters/antagonists that show up more than once and who can make a story better by being in it. and i did say to bear with me- that's because im tired. so like i hope im getting this across the right way? it's just that sometimes i don't wanna see a huge explosion, i want these motherfuckers solving a regular murder or a disappearance or regular corruption in a local office without it being tied to a grand reveal like "actually this person knows you as a long lost relative" or "they were at that circus can you guess which night they went?" that kind of thing? if you get me? like... more of the small time stuff makes the big stuff important, it makes it stand out more. at some point, the format gets repetitive even if you're switching up the villains. you can make these situations/mysteries still fun to solve for the characters and fun to read for the audience if you do it right

the concept of a detective dressed as a bat and having a sidekick in traffic light colors is inherently goofy as hell??? but that is what is so charming about it??? i think we have lost the balance between them being silly while also being intelligent with important conversations that criticize the world as we see it and teach lessons and can go over dark topics. nowadays it's always end of the world problems or just straight up the most gruesome true crime you can think of?? or they can ONLY do the dark stuff and the criticism without offering a balance of the good in the world. or we keep coming back to the FUCKING JOKER-

like yes they are vigilantes and with that comes a different level of their work, but their brand should be a mix between a black and white detective film that can get very nitty gritty and a classic spy movie, that kind of thing. at the end of the day, it's what makes them so different from the superheroes. that's what appeals to me.

seeing them in the big superhero groups is fun, don't get me wrong. it's always funny to see them standing next to people who are so powerful they never really fit in with anyone but each other, who chose to step up and use their powers for good. the Bats' specialty is Gotham and yet here they are stopping a god or whatever. and they do stop the god or whatever, all the while being an important leader and strategist to their teammates. they're important to have in these cases. but if there's a world ending event every time i pick something up, it's not as fun

the fact that they are so very human and not fantastical is why i like reading them. it's what makes the joke of people, even Gotham citizens, theorizing about them being cryptids, funny. they're fucking weird but that's because they're detectives. people who love to solve mysteries usually have a fatal flaw of curiosity. they forget the bounds between social interactions sometimes because they're used to working through problems or being intertwined with partners that understand them. but they're very much human. so human that it hurts them in many ways. and idk i've just been thinking about it lately and idk what point i'm trying to get across actually

it's just that in my eyes that's how it really is for Batman- a black and white movie narrated by a very serious man who took up a job to help people, one that has a deeper commentary on the world and viewed outwardly as pessimistic but actually has a deep hope for his city and who tries to help even the people who have wronged others. He's a stationary man in the belief that him being a constant can serve to soothe others and help them move forward. He stays in the middle of the path so he can tell everyone what is up ahead. he blends into the Gotham rainy night to serve justice but in a way that saves both the victim and the perpetrator. (the way he tucks a Robin into his cape is the same he does for Gotham with his mere presence.) and his background is actually so important to his story and yet people still somehow gloss over the lesson from it? he lost his parents because of a man who was on the opposite end of the spectrum to where he was in life. and yet he chose to help the people like the man that killed his parents. he could have done anything else with his power and money, but he instead is choosing to bring as many people up with him as he can. He's Mr. Serious that no one else can get a read on. and yet he walks into a room and he's already piecing together your life and what you're going through because he thinks it matters. he comforts people who have lost something or someone or themselves. I picture Batman and I don't picture a man trying to save the world, I picture a detective walking around a crime scene and trying to save at least one person every time he puts on the cape. and he put on the cape and became a vigilante because then he could go out of the bounds of what laws have been set up- and specifically, Gotham has other people in power who are corrupt, keeping the system that way. that's why Batman being a billionare and throwing himself into helping people at the risk of his own life is so important. he knows that if you are alive, you have something or someone to lose, no matter who you are. the dude is a bleeding heart but he doesn't know how to express it, in fear that if he gets too close, if he moves down the path with them, he'll be lost again

and then he's met with someone who should be a complete opposite, but isn't at all, because they're two sides of the same coin. his partner in crime, his son, a boy that is nothing like the black and white world that he sees. and that's the point in his life where he first sees that potentially getting lost is worth the risk. Robin is color and passion that needs guidance to move forward, but can not do so unless the stationary man learns to move with him. the kid is loud and reckless and you'd think he's from a different genre from the detective but they aren't so different, really. not when you look close enough. Dick grew up moving from place to place and seeing the world, knowing so many different people from different cultures. He's been learning to fly and jump and embrace the free fall his entire life. He's clever and he's sharp, and he thrives in the action and adventure. it's that perspective that compliments the stationary man. one is steady and the other pushes. he's the same genre but a different generation. and Batman introducing him to the way of life he chose for himself was another way he could save someone. because let's be real for a second? Dick would have gone down a very dark path had he not had Bruce, who understood, who saw not just himself in the kid but also saw who the kid has been his entire life until now. he saw Dick's parents, he saw the family he had in the circus, he saw the joy he had in what his family was doing. he saw the grief and the fire and the color that Dick's world was made of. because to Bruce, it always matters. Dick had to come to terms with Bruce's perspective to help anyone who they come across, to always give more chances, and it kept Dick from losing his color

what gets me is that the man who lives in the black and white world can actually see many different shades of gray (because black and white always needs the medium), whereas the boy in a world of color and light can get so focused on the bright that he can become single minded. and yet the boy sees a world of color and delves deeper into the lives of the peolle they come across and can be much more open minded, and the man in the black and white world sometimes forgets the shades of grey are right there. they are just like each other. they can exist without the other, but do they want to? because the black and white can be built up into the colored image, like the inking and shadows drawn on a comic book page before the colors are added in. they meet in the middle to complete each other. Bruce has been passing the story over to the next generation for a long, long time, even before his story was complete. and just like with the first Robin, it was so for every Robin afterwards. they each color in the lines differently, but that's what makes Robin so special, so unique. they are an art style that branches into their own life, but can not forget where they started: tucked into Batman's cape and the inky black of his world

and so detective work really frames their hunanity to me. the mysteries they get their hands on, the glimpses into the lives of Gotham citizens that they swore to protect, it's fascinating. it's what makes their story stand out compared to the people who can lift trucks or cast spells or run around the world in seconds. so yeah ig that's what i'm trying to say? that i want to read more of that? in both canon and fanon. cause even the small time villains we see can be like. AWFUL people and it takes out the fun of their gimmicks. and if it were any other day this would be a more coherent post but alas, it is not any other day

[kedreeva]

hello, is there any way we could get some weanling mice pictures or maybe even the chonky potato mouse? i love mice and miss having any (tho i never had mice kiddos anyway)

thank you!

The golden potato himself

Approximately 13 days old, and just over it already

[chirosea]

are we completely forgetting that movie dally stabs his wrist in the hospital? When he asks two-bit for his prized blade, he turns around and stabs his wrist(?) i persume? you can even hear the noises too

I had originally thought he was stabbing the pillow or mattress or something

but when he turns back around you can see the cut on his wrist (picture below)

he doesnt do this in the book, in the book he just hides it under his pillow, so adding this detail in the movie made me go crazy when i noticed it

i didn’t even realize it until my second rewatch </3

is this common knowledge?

[lordfries]

imagine the power I’d wield if I woke up with the motivation to create a whole comic

[mothmanavenue]

can i confess something else that will absolutely get me stoned in the town square since im dropping my unpopular opinions. I don’t like altean broadsword Lance. i already disliked red paladin Lance. the broadsword was like rubbing salt in the wound. why couldn’t he have his own niche. why was his character development just making him keith. i understand that it was like “he accepts that he doesn’t have to be a leader and excels as a co-leader and you can find happiness that way yada yada yada”. but you could’ve done that without making him keith. also now give him something unique, cool, that falls in line with his sniper bit. i’m not saying just give him another gun, im saying give him something quiet and lethal. like a garotte. yeah i want garotte lance.

i yap a lot more in my notes by the way if you were interested in other unpopular opinions. don’t send me hate messages or comments i won’t read it and will block viciously i also will not be debating this this is my hill to die on <3

[kairithemang0]

out here with those suicidal urges I’ll never go through on sorry chat

[chaotically--calm]

Nevermore headcanons, since it’s been a while (modern au)

Lenore, Pluto, and Duke all meet up to play Hades every once in a while

Duke’s favourite character is Thanatos, Pluto’s is Hypnos, and Lenore’s is Meg (since she reminds her on Annabel)

Eulalie and Berenice join sometimes, but neither of them have a device compatible for Hades, so they borrow one of the other’s

Eulalie’s favourite book series are tied between Miss Peregrine’s home, and Asylum

Annabel would never admit it, but her favourite band is Siouxsie and The Banshees

Of course, all the misfits also listen to goth music

Lenore likes Bauhaus, Eulalie’s favourite is Blackbriar, Duke likes Joy Division, Berenice likes Robert Smith, Morella *adores* Depeche Mode, and Pluto’s favourite band is The Cure

They can all agree on The Sisters of Mercy. Specifically, First And Last And Always

The group all like watching Descendants movies. Whether it’s genuine, or just to make fun of it varies from person to person

Montresor plays League of Legends

Lenore, Pluto, and Duke all live together, Morella lives with Annabel and Ada (she’s moving out), and Eulalie and Berenice live together

Eulalie’s room is full of old porcelain dolls she finds, and Berenice can’t walk past her door without getting chills

Theo helped Lenore move away from their parents

Theo went to University on a scholarship

All the misfits see Theo as an authority figure that they actually respect

Pluto has a jacket covered in patches from his and his friends favourite bands

The jacket has the lyrics to Boys Don’t Cry painted onto the left forearm

Lenore drew a guitar tab for Silent Hedges onto the back of Pluto’s jacket. He’s become a music stand for her

Lenore plays guitar and violin. The latter was from when she was going through the “I wanna be just like my older sibling” phase

Berenice and Pluto have both bitten people. Only Berenice has drawn blood

Duke is a musical theatre kid

Pluto and Lenore often wake up to Duke singing along to a soundtrack

“AND IM AKING WHY LOORD, IF THIS IS HOW I DIE LOOOORD, WHY BE LEFT WITH NO FAMILY AND NO FRIENDS??”

“DUKE!! It’s 6 am!!! GO BACK TO SLEEP”

Eulalie also does this, but late at night

Sometimes they FaceTime each other to annoy as big of an area at one time as possible

Dolly is sick of Poppet

Because Miss Poppet will stand outside Dolly’s window with a boombox playing some Taylor Swift song

[sillysanddweller]

mutuals..... go look at this project im working on......

[letsatomicbanana]

Tell me one fun fact related to Ink that almost no one knows

Ink is PumpkintheGentleman's favourite sans au

[fullyvisible]

November 28:

Gone: 153 words

November Writing Goals

It is once again November, and we're continuing the same goal we've had since November 1, 2020: write, at least a little bit, every day.

Let's begin!

[kurgy]

miku expo 2024 is the dashcon of vocaloid concerts. the projectors were replaced with LEDs and organizers told no one, still charged ppl for the projectors. someone stole the Miku canada cut out. vocaloid producers are really mad that attendees are mad that they got scammed because nothing comes before Product. the event banned glowsticks and upcharged the sale of their own, under the excuse that average glowsticks would interfere with the projectors, that the organizers knew they did not have. someone pissed on the floor. car crash outside the venue in san jose

[hajimedics]

I'M NOT YOUR DOLL AND I'LL THINK FOR MYSELF AND I'LL LIVE FOR MYSELF

[pixiesnooze]

kageyama (17) making police car sounds anytime hinata (18) tried to kiss him the whole entire 6 months before his bday