#Suicide Squad (2021) spoilers

[renatapatata]

shoutout to the end credit scene in shazam 2 where harcourt and economos show up and i audibly gasped and pointed like!!! its the guys!!! its the suicide squad peacemaker people!!! and literally no one in the theatre not even my nerd friends that i saw the movie with knew whattt i was talking about

[hickory-dickory-dork]

Alright folks, do you remember The Suicide Squad (2021). Great movie, didn't get enough love. Anyway, I was rewatching the other day, and....

SPOILERS Upon rewatch, you can tell that Waller is full of shit as she explains the mission to the squad. She doesn't hide the fact that Starro was brought from space decades ago, BUT during the 20th century, only the USA and the Soviet Union had space programs. So why isn't she blaming the reds like americans love to do?? Also, this is the bitch who's been planting bombs inside crazy dangerous people to get them to do her bidding, so why is she telling them to destroy Project Starfish rather than seize it for her to use?? Unless, of course, she and the american goverment already tried that and it bit them in the ass.

I dunno if it was on purpose, but it was certainly neat. Goverment people certainly tell more with their silence than with their words.

[bones4thecats]

you can also do Orion pax/Optimus prime x cybertroniana reader, both were a couple before the war, and they still follow him on Earth

TFP! Optimus Having A Longtime S/O

Character: Optimus Prime (Transformers Prime) Requester: @zinnia1506 A/N: I love this trope. Just a calm and nonchalant boyfriend x his loving and slightly-feral S/O! Anyways, I hope you like this. ⚠️ Spoilers/Trigger Warnings for: The ending of the show and Predcons Rising Film ⚠️

Fun fact: I wrote this listening to Lion King/Guard songs😂

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»»——————————-　 Optimus Prime 　——————————-««

⚔️ Optimus doesn't have that many people left, at least people that he knows that are currently alive. He knew more friends were deceased than alive basically

⚔️ Though, he does have someone alive that he cares the most about; his adorable S/O. You.

⚔️ Meeting back when he was still Orion Pax and a young data clerk working inside of the Iacon and you were the current Grand Diplomat of Alpha Trion's rule as Cybertron's Council's head

⚔️ You had to deliver some information in pads to the place to get organized, and when the young bot smiled and allowed you inside to organize them to how Alpha Trion wished, you began to ask about his life

⚔️ As you began to speak from time-to-time whenever you visited with more classified documents, a bond was formed quick. While many solar cycles passed, the pair of young bots were ogled on by many elders, especially Orion's friend, Megatronus, and your boss, Alpha Trion

⚔️ You were there when Megatronus, now Megatron, was denied in favor of Orion. And you were right by his side when the war blasted off and you soared away with his small team to Earth in hopes of finding something to help with the war and your home planet

⚔️ And while you two would spend many of your days by one another, as the war progressed, that was becoming harder and harder. Thankfully, your teammates would get you two to spend time together by taking some work away from your servos

⚔️ Now, when it comes to missions, you guys almost always go together. Very rarely are you apart in battle. And whenever you go without him, he keeps solid contact with you, and whenever he doesn't get a decent reply, he gets worried beyond recognition

⚔️ During the time fighting against Megatron for the final time, you were help hostage with Ratchet. Being held not for assistance in finalizing the synthetic energon, but for your information on fixing Cybertron, in which you told Megatron to piss off and jump down a hole to a scrapheap

⚔️ Unlike Ratchet, you weren't given to Predaking to kill, rather, you were held in a cell surrounded by Vehicon soldiers. In a matter of minutes, you had gone from acting unconscious to wrapping your legs around on soldiers neck from behind and killing all around you. Think of that scene from The Suicide Squad (2021) when Harley broke out

(Here's a link for reference: Link) - warnings for A LOT blood and death!

⚔️ Optimus was very pleased when he saw both you and Ratchet okay, but when he saw a Vehicon attempt attacking you, he blasted him to the Well of the Allspark. Despite this, you fought brilliantly against the many soldiers against you

⚔️ You also showed a new depth of rhythmicity, from attacking Megatron from behind as Optimus took the front. And before you were knocked aside roughly and your sparkmate was hanging onto the Nemesis, everyone, including Decepticons, were shocked at how in-sync you two were. You really were sparkmates

⚔️ Bumblebee then killed Megatron, making you leap in joy and help him get your sparkmate up and onto the ship's base. You held the mech closely as you cheered with the rest of your team about the win against the Cons

⚔️ Throughout the rest of your lives together, you spent it fighting against Unicron. And while it was hard for you to say goodbye to your lover of many hundreds of years, you couldn't help but shed a tear when his red, white, and blue spark spun around you and acted as if he was pecking your forehead

⚔️ The others watched with smiles as you kissed the spark before watching it fly away. Ratchet patted your shoulder as Bee and the other, including Knockout, gathered around you in a large group hug. You were a family no matter what, thanks to the mech you called your one and only...

"I love you, Y/N..."

[polkadotjohnson]

☠️ Dastdeaths (spoilers) ⚰️

21. The Flash (2021) - Philippe (??? impact after being thrown by very cheap CGI thing)

I guess he breaks his spine?? Redemption equals death and all that. (did the Flash check his pulse or something I mean did that really kill him??)

22. Dune (2021) - Piter de Vries (poisoned)

Look, I don't do Dune, I don't know her, I don't talk to her, this hole was not made for me, but yeah, I'm given to understand it was definitely poison... I didn't see the rest after that, it was already too long 😖 (but Piter is really cute in the rain)

23. The Suicide Squad (2021) - Abner Krill (crushed)

Look, I have to put this on the list but lately I've been thinking a lot about how he really might not have died, and it was indeed all part of a plan to escape. That's my cope of the day

His face right as he says it tho

I actually can't cope 😭

Special mention: What If...? (2021) - Kurt Goreshter (??? offscreen ???)

Kurt was on the list but since it's my list and the way I'm viewing these things, I changed him to the 😵 session. She could have just pulled him and he fell and passed out, who knows. There are no noises to indicate he died, and Scott makes such a stupid joke about his friend dying that I decided to disown this one. He fell right onto some computers and hacked his way out of that place. Even if the whole thing is just a hypothetical scenario and I'm thinking too much about it anyway. Eh.

[trans-elrond]

for the emotional anguish meme: abner krill and simon monroe!! <3

thanks emyr!! please imagine me rubbing my hands together with evil glee. ***trigger warning for suicidal ideation, death, and trauma, and spoilers for the suicide squad (2021) and in the flesh.

top 5 ways to wrest anguish from abner krill:

one of those "villain mind powers puts heroes in their worst nightmare scenarios" except the worst nightmare scenario is literally just his childhood in the lab with his mom. grown-up abner screams, cries, curls up into the fetal position to try to block out the noises of his siblings screaming.

on that note, shapeshifting antagonist transforms into abner's mom OR makes his teammates look like his mom and he goes ballistic and just starts melting the people he loves <3 he's so op none of them have a defense against him. max angst!!!

put him back in a lab as an adult. maybe waller or the US government is experimenting on him to recreate the polka-dot disorder or enter the polka-dot dimension. that man is a lab rat, put him back in a cage <3

i saw something like this in a fic once i think ?? but i only read the description so idk what the specifics were. concept: an AU where abner actually teams up with starro in the suicide squad. maybe there's a psychic link there where they can communicate, maybe he's just disposed to be sympathetic towards this other being imprisoned in a cage and experimented on. he participates in the mass murder of corto maltese and also kills his former teammates. this is more about MY emotional anguish, but then also consider: at some point after it's all over, abner gets the chance to look into an alternate world where he didn't go down this path, and sees how he could've found a family with those people he so callously disintegrated. anguish and despair!

a slightly quieter one, but honestly you could have the entire TSS just slightly to the left and end up with a horrible end for abner in any other way: he chooses to run and gets his head blown off by waller, or he stays but is too cowardly to actually fight starro--thus missing out on being a hero. give him an ignoble end, no emotional catharsis, and he abandoned his team when they needed him most.

so to sum up really you can squeeze a lot of angst out of his relationship with his mom and his team because at the center of abner krill is a vast consuming hole of loneliness and self-loathing. yay!

okay, now for simon:

he actually goes through with killing kieren honestly would be number one! he's so torn between loving kieren and needing to hold true to his conviction that the second rising is necessary and good. in the show obviously he chooses kieren because... that's the kind of show it is... but if a few things had happened differently (kieren rejected him, for instance?) things could've been very different.

a riff on the above: he attempts to kill kieren and kieren is able to fight and stop him, but forever after that rejects him. simon's right back where he started, a radical who wants to change the world through fire and brimstone, in the throes of utter loneliness and lacking all sense of self apart from his mission.

look, we all know he murdered his mom while as a zombie, which is angsty enough to begin with. what if he gets force-fed blue oblivion (or better yet, has to take it as a show of loyalty to the prophet?) and goes on another spree and hurts or kills his dad too? lol.

a riff on the above: same scenario with the drug but he ends up hurting/killing someone close to kieren, like his parents. idk i just think the tension between simon's loyalty to the prophet and simon's love for kieren is so delicious.

imho the way the show uses blue oblivion didn't reach its full potential, as it seemed to crop up as something the PSD sufferers don't really want to do unless they already have a desire to hurt humans (or at least no qualms about it); i would've liked to see a new version of blue oblivion released that is actually so addictive to them that simon starts using as in small doses a coping mechanism, but he always locks himself up so he doesn't harm people. of course this goes sideways and he ends up harming people and blaming himself.

........so to sum up really you can squeeze a lot of angst out of his relationship with his parents and loyalty to the prophet and/or kieren because at the center of simon monroe is also a vast consuming hole of loneliness and self-loathing. yay?

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Boomguard

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/zZQcr5U

by VintageGhostbab

Barry didn't see how practicing his time - traveling abilities could possibly go wrong.

But how wrong he was.

In an unplanned mishap, Barry unknowingly sent out a giant influx of his powers, which struck numerous locations around the world. Fortunately, none of them did anything catastrophic, and everything was thought to be fine, except for one thing: one of those bolts touched down on the Corto Maltese beach.

The bodies of the dead that had been abandoned there were instantly rectified as it touched the sand, and everything that had happened un-happened in a single second. It takes everyone a moment to realize that they've been given a second chance to live after waking up to nothing but a serene beach instead of the war zone they thought they were in.

But, briefly, there is a flash of rage directed at a specific member of their group of the living dead.

Blackguard.

Words: 0, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Suicide Squad (Movies 2016 2021), DCU, DC Extended Universe

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: George "Digger" Harkness, Richard Hertz, Harleen Quinzel, Christopher Smith | Peacemaker, Robert DuBois, Rick Flag, Nanaue Sha'ark, Amanda Waller, Abner Krill, Cleo Cazo, Brian Durlin | Savant, Cory Pitzner, Gunter Braun, Mongal (DCU), Weasel (DCEU), Barry Allen, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Diana (Wonder Woman)

Relationships: George "Digger" Harkness/Richard Hertz

Additional Tags: Fanart, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Short One Shot, Fluff, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Baggage, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Temporary Character Death, Established Relationship, Developing Relationship, Slow Romance, Implied Sexual Content, Mild Sexual Content, Blood and Gore, Mental Instability, Mental Breakdown, Accidental Cuddling, Idiots in Love, Post-Betrayal, Prison, Spoilers, Post-Canon, Childhood Trauma, Bank Robbery, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Other Ships Not Mentioned in Tags

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/zZQcr5U

[james-stark-the-writer]

very hilarious rat propaganda with lot of heart, and a liberal fantasy of imperialism critique attached to it, with just enough plausible deniability to not be seen as too radical. definitely plays a little better on a rewatch. for as great a writer as James Gunn is, he is still absolutely awful at exposition. does James Gunn hate Harley Quinn or something?

My ★★★★ review of The Suicide Squad on Letterboxd

[comicconradio]

Polka-Dot Man may have died at the end of The Suicide Squad, but that hasn't stopped fans from hoping to see him come back in some form or fashion in a future DC film. David Dastmalchian's portrayal of the villain-turned-hero in James Gunn's 2021 film made Polka-Dot Man an instant hit with audiences. People want to see him back in action, and Dastmalchian clearly wants the same. Dastmalchian recently spoke with ComicBook.com's Chris Killian about his role in the new Hulu film Boston Strangler, and the subject of Gunn's new position as head of DC Studios came up. If the chance to work with Gunn came up again, as Polka-Dot Man or in a new role, Dastmalchian wouldn't hesitate to say yes. "Being on set with James Gunn was one of the greatest experiences of my life," Dastmalchian said. "If it's the one chance that I got to do that, then I'll savor and be grateful for that for the rest of my life. But if there is some miraculous way that he, in all of his brilliance and imagination, finds for Abner or any other character that he thinks I might be right to portray, to come into that world, I'm there in a second." "Abner is by far one of the greatest roles I've ever gotten to play as an actor," he told us. "James wrote me a gift of a role. So if there was some origin story, or if there was a flashback sequence, that could be cool." ⚡️🍿🍿⚡️🦹🏻‍♂️⚫️⚪️🔴⚫️🔵 #comiccon #spoilermagazine #news #losangeles #podcast #magazine #art #instagram #galaxy #film #tv #hollywood #feature #movies #fandom #graphicdesign #nyc #spoiler #comicconradio #comicbooks #actors #artist #life #polkadot #dccomics #daviddastmalchian #suicidsquad (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqSirORrR7C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[youraveragecollegestudent]

Harley Quinn & The Joker: Sound Mind Podcast

[WARNING: PODCAST SPOILERS]

The telling of the Harley Quinn and Joker story has been around since the 90s. These two beloved anti-hero characters from the Batman comic series have been popping up in quite a bit of mainstream media, specifically "spin-off" titles, including Suicide Squad (2016), The Suicide Squad (2021), Bird of Prey (2020), and Joker (2019). But who knew that two villains in a superhero story would become so beloved? They are so adored that two storytelling Spotify Original podcasts have now about this trifecta. 

The first is Batman: Unburied. This podcast follows the journey of Bruce Wayne, who has zero recollection of being the superhero known as Batman. Instead, he works as a forensic pathologist, performing autopsies on the victims of a serial killer running rampant named The Harvester. After its release in May 2022, the following grew, and the reviews came flooding in. On IMDb, the podcast received an 8.6/ 10 for its performance. One reviewer even wrote, "Voice acting was spot on and the story has been really interesting so far, I just wish The Batman was this deep." While this show was a big hit and jarred everyone, no one was prepared for what was coming next.

At the end of the Batman: Unburied series, there was a trailer for a new podcast. While fans were disappointed that the Unburied podcast ended, this trailer turned them on their heads. The trailer begins with "Hello, Patient J? My name is Dr. Quinzel." And, of course, the voice of Harley Quinn blew fans away. The trailer continues with more audio clips from the podcast, overlaying each other to portray insanity and ends with the words "Villany Loves Company" before ending with a release date. 

From Christina Ricci's and Billy Magnussen's voices comes the sequel to Batman: Unburied, Harley Quinn and the Joker: Sound Mind, an immersive storytelling podcast. While there are few podcasts like these, they stand out as extensions to the DC Comics movies, just in a different format. This even builds the fanbase; those who haven't introduced themselves to the world now have an accessible way in.

With the Harley Quinn and the Joker: Sound Mind podcast comes many details about Quinn's story that differed from those we memorized as kids. For instance, her father is a caring, sickly older man who retired from a job at the chemical plant, dying from an incurable disease. But according to Fandom.com, Nick Quinzel is a greedy gambler and con artist who ruled Gotham before the Joker came into play. This detail changed the story— had it not been, we would have a completely different story to listen to.

With all of that said, go listen to the podcast! Comment down below your thoughts! 

[retainermcga]

Submit to Sasha - Training Continues - Text about Hatin Season by Paul Wall

October 29, 2022

Due to spoilers this Wall of Text does not include Black Adam references and has been rewritten. Amanda Waller according to Wikipedia also known as The Wall also identified as The Voice of God by Rick Flag: Establishes dominion with nanite explosives injected into necks of metahumans scheduled to be the heroes of the day. Then towards the end of Suicide Squad 2016 she uses lethal force against her minions “none of them were cleared for any of this.” The ultimate conundrum of this barbaric form of domination is revealed in Suicide Squad 2021 when her task force commits to insubordination in efforts to do what is best for the people in country. To be certain; her character continues her archaic methods of domination into Black Adam. Go ahead and gawk / I'm used to people having doubt / Let the fake ones crumble / let the humble ones exalt / Let the hating halt Why am I such a fan of Sasha Grey? She deflects the chatter hatters capping on her about their internet history and develops her social community. Her poise prepares me for my centerstage as the man in charge of preparing to defend Earth against alien invasion. When The Pentagon released those files on UFOs many of the flying properties in reference are in fact man made on Earth equipment by secret inventors. The leadership of the United States of America has chosen to completely ignore scientific certainty about intelligent life beyond Earth because alien invasion begins decades in advance of alien arrival by the aliens preying upon the powerful weak minded people that are dominating a planet into stupidity. In fact I am arguing the elected leadership and the people in charge of publicity and the public chain of military command for the USA are completely lying about the existence of aliens and their technology as they have chosen to abuse and dominate their people in partnership with the aliens that supplied them mind controlling equipment. War at the intergalactic level is far more complex than the historic Vietnan conflict in the seventies which also has its yet to be revealed idiosyncratic truths that change the entire plot line as we as citizens consumers are provided knowledge. Don't blame me, your downfalls ain't my fault / Why you don't get up out the house and get up off that couch? / I'm not responsible for your loss just 'cause I'm a boss How does a fat think he gets with Sasha Grey? Cuz I am the boss and I can afford elite health treatments as soon as I am confirmed as The Boss. When you accept that most all leadership in the United States of America is terrible at communications it is reasonable to comprehend that many decisions were made about ten years ago about who I am, who I will be, and the women I will be with eventually. The quorum had to keep keeping me fat to keep me single to keep me writing. They had to let me run a marathon in 2013 so everyone would know that Alexander prepared for the endurance trials of leadership preparation. I'm the We in G, and I am telepathic without a ouija, Plottin' schemin', while I am Master Chiefin

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[coupleofdays]

Ok, so I decided to actually read the modern comics that re-introduces Pigeon Person into the DC universe, and they go into some pretty wild directions.

It was in the 2016 Nightwing comic book that author Tim Seeley decided that he wanted to take a really obscure goofy villain and give her a more serious update (his work on the book can be said to be equal parts serious drama and funny characters, including at least one talking gorilla). One of the characters he introduces is a former Gotham villain with a graffiti theme called Defacer, AKA Shawn Tsang, who is now trying her best to stay on the straight and narrow, even leading a support group for other former villains in Nightwing's home city of Blüdhaven. In a flashback sequence, Nightwing remembers the first time he encountered the Defacer, when he was Batman's sidekick Robin, and she was the sidekick to Beatrice Butler, alias The Pigeon!

As you can see from the way she talks, Pigeon is at least initially portrayed as having a somewhat radical political motivation for stealing statues, something akin to many portrayals of Poison Ivy. It's implied that Shawn was attracted to these politics, seeing in the Pigeon a kindred spirit in wanting to deface and/or destroy old monuments. In the comic's present day, Pigeon is in prison and Shawn is trying to put her supervillain/antihero life behind her. She gets into a romantic relationship with Nightwing, but it has its ups and downs, and eventually they break up, just in time for Pigeon to show up in Blüdhaven. She tries to convince Shawn to get back into the defacing business:

But even though Pigeon keeps using the radical political language, Shawn is not convinced:

(Also, maybe it's just me, but I get a certain intimate vibe from the interactions between Shawn and Beatrice, like they may have been more than just "partners in crime", if you get my drift.)

Anyway, in the final issue of Seeley's run on Nightwing, things take a somewhat weird turn for the Pigeon. She teams up with an old Nightwing enemy, there is a big fight, and then this happens:

Before this point, I was under the impression that Pigeon was a regular human with mechanical wings (there are a few panels where she doesn't have the wings on, so they must be detachable), or perhaps some kind of mutant (it's noted at one point that she might have hollow bones like a bird). But now it's suggested that she might actually be some kind of supernatural entity. More importantly, it seems that her radical politics were just a sham, and her true motivation is destroying all statues and monuments, no matter what they are for, in order to glorify some sinister god. I'll just say that this makes me wonder what Seeley's views on radical politics are, and leave it at that.

Anyways, after Seeley left the Nightwing series, the Pigeon didn't show up in any comics again until 2021, in the miniseries Suicide Squad: King Shark, written by, you guessed it, Tim Seeley! And this is where things get really weird. Some spoilers ahead.

The story of the miniseries revolves around the character King Shark taking a leave of absence from the Suicide Squad to visit an alternate dimension and fight in a big tournament with other animal-people. He's recently become friends with Shawn Tsang, so he brings her along on the journey (by the way, Shawn is portrayed as being somewhat younger and more immature in this comic, but I believe that the DC universe had gone through at least one reboot between this series and the Nightwing series, so presumably this is a "new" Defacer). However, Amanda Waller, the leader of the Suicide Squad doesn't like this, so she sends a team of supernatural entities (including Etrigan the Demon and the Gentleman Ghost) to bring King Shark back. The defacto leader of this team is none other than the Pigeon, who now has a completely new look, and, well...

And in case you wonder, this isn't just some new character named "Pigeon". Shawn recognizes her when they meet, and call her "Beatrice":

Okay, so Pigeon is some kind of creepy supernatural bird-creature now? No, she is in fact much more than that. The reason she's the leader of the supernatural Suicide Squad is becase the other members are afraid of her. Because she's a damn godkiller.

Just let that sink in for a moment. Tim Seeley turned a silly villain from a Hostess Fruit Pie advertisement into one of the most powerful entities in the entire DC universe. Look at that panel with the other godkillers. The guy on skis in the corner is obviously intended to be a version of the Black Racer, who is basically the Grim Reaper to Jack Kirby's New Gods. Do you realize what this means? It means that The Pigeon could concievably kill Darkseid. By the way, this makes Amanda Waller even more of a badass, for being able to have a literal godkiller under her thumb.

Alas, Pigeon's presence in the King Shark miniseries unfortunately ends with her death, as King Shark's dad, the God of All Sharks, sacrifices himself to destroy her:

The comic naturally focuses on people reacting to the Shark God's heroic sacrifice, but at least we get one panel indicating that Shawn feels a little bad for Beatrice's death as well:

But hey, this is superhero comics. I'm sure that the Pigeon could show up again somewhere down the line. Especially if Tim Seeley is involved. I would love to see her go up against the New Gods, scaring the crap out of them by her mere presence. Also, I really wish that they'd make her nonbinary again. For now, my headcanon is that it's a "she/they" situation.

Big respect to Batman and Robin for immediately correcting themselves without making a fuss when Pigeon Person corrects them on her (their?) name, and for then continuing to use the correct name even while stopping her from stealing statues with her pigeons.

[quin-ns]

Stay With Me (Rick Flag x Reader)

Word count: 4K

Tags: tss spoilers, more of Harley’s and the reader’s friendship than necessary (sorry not sorry), canon violence and death, injured reader, worried flag, angst, fluff, mutual pining, love confessions, kissing, a lil bit cheesy but happy ending

Summary: Harley is sure colonel Flag has a thing for you, but you’re not so sure. Then, when the mission turns sideways and you get hurt, everything changes.

A/N: first fic on my brand new blog! Idk if anyone will see this yet but oh well, I’m still excited since I love Rick so much 🥰

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As you boarded the helicopter and got into your seat, you couldn’t help the way your heart raced a little bit. Missions always excited you in a weird way. Sure, there was the perk of getting time off your sentence, but what you really liked was the adrenaline rush.

Being locked in a cell almost all day everyday was so dull. Your only solace from the boredom inside was the fact your friends were close by. They also both happened to be joining on the mission to Corto Maltese. Well, Harley Quinn would be joining you on the team—Rick Flag would be leading it.

You had no idea where Harley was, all you could see were male faces in the group boarding. Except for Mongal, but you obviously could tell her apart from Harley. Oh, and the Weasel. But once again, there was no way he’d blend in either.

You looked to Colonel Flag, ready to get up and ask him if he was sure Harley was coming, but he was busy directing everyone to their seats. He caught your eye and shot you a quick smirk before returning his focus to herding everyone on board. You ignored the way your cheeks started to feel warm from it.

Your eyes lingered on Rick for a bit longer, secretly loving the authoritative look on his handsome face. Despite the roughness that came with his job, he always looked at you with kindness and treated you as an equal. He talked to you differently than he did everyone else. He had a very obvious soft spot for you (he knew it, you knew it, everyone knew it), but it was never pointed out out loud. You thought it was sweet, but you’d never say that out loud either. You let out a dreamy sigh and turned your head away from him. You couldn’t let him or the others catch you staring.

Across from you, you were shocked to find the Weasel looking at you. It made your eyes go wide and you jumped a little at the sight of the feral looking creature.

Beside you, a weight crashed down and you turned your head again. You were met with Blackguard’s smiling face.

“Hi.”

“Um, hi,” you responded, letting your slight confusion appear on your face. You’d gone on a mission with him maybe only twice, but it was enough that he should know that—

“That’s my seat!” Harley’s voice echoed through the Helicopter. She made her way over and stopped right in front of Blackguard. She looked stunned that he would even dare to sit there.

Blackguard shrugged. “You snooze, you lose,” he said dismissively, focusing back on you. It was starting to become more clear why he wouldn’t give up his spot beside you. “So anyway-”

“Move!” Harley yelled this time, growing frustrated. If she didn’t look like she was about to kill him you would’ve laughed. He ignored her, which led to Harley narrowing her eyes. She leaned down and got in his face and that time you did laugh. “Listen here you little—

“Would you mind letting my friend sit in that seat? Please?” you asked loudly yet sweetly to interrupt her threat.

Blackguard’s cheeky smile grew wider. “What, we can’t be friends?”

Loud footsteps came up from the side. “Blackguard, move,” Flag ordered firmly. He was always looking out for you and even Harley. There was something else in his tone, though. In the stern expression on his face as he stared down Blackguard.

Finally, the bleach-blonde criminal scoffed. “Fine,” he said, obviously reluctant. He stood up and moved to a seat across from you and Harley, landing beside the Weasel. You shot Flag an appreciative smile before he walked away.

“Jeez Louise,” Harley scoffed out as she finally took her seat beside you. “Whatta brat.”

You smirked to yourself. “Maybe try getting here on time,” you said jokingly.

“Oh please,” Harley said sarcastically. “Everyone knows I always sit by you. We’re like a—uh—dynamic duo,” she declared, seemingly proud of herself for coming up with that.

““Dynamic duo”?” you parroted back, amused. “Careful, Harley. You’re gonna make us sound like heroes.”

Harley shrugged. “You maybe, not me.”

You laughed a little at that. “How am I a hero?”

Harley scoffed at your question, which was underlined with sarcasm. “Oh please.” She rolled her eyes dramatically. “You stole money from a bunch of rich jerks and gave it to people who needed it. You’re like, uh, who’s that boy that wears the tights?”

You laughed and ventured a guess. “Robin Hood?”

“Yeah! That’s you,” she retorted, grinning at you.

You looked at her and met her eyes before facing forward again. “Well if that’s true, then why am I sitting here?”

When you first met Harley and you told her why you were in Belle Reve, she had laughed in your face. She didn’t believe you, claiming you were undercover or lying. That only actual bad guys ended up in that prison.

She finally believed you when you revealed one of the “rich jerks” as she had put it that you had stolen from was Bruce Wayne. It made a lot more sense then. Because of the fact that you’d been able to steal money from one of the most well known billionaires in the nation, you were deemed too dangerous to go to any other prison. “Who knows what else she’s capable of?” they would always say.

After that admission, you gained Harley’s trust quickly. She seemed to admire you a bit even. It wasn’t long before you two formulated the strongest friendship you ever had. Now, years later, you were inseparable. Even when Harley got out of prison she came back to visit (and smuggle you out for girls night on more than one occasion, but no one needed to know that).

She still teased you about it, though. That’s just the relationship you had.

Harley pondered over the question for a few seconds, before saying, “they can afford better lawyers?” It came out as a question and you burst out laughing. Harley joined you because hey, it was true.

Harley’s eyes drifted away from you to look past. “Aw, how cute,” she said teasingly.

You furrowed your brows a little and turned to face her again. “What?”

“Loverboy is starin’ at you again.” She gave a smug smile and wiggled her brows.

“Who?”

“Who”?” Harley said mockingly. “Don’t act like you don’t know.” She rolled her eyes when you didn’t say anything, but the cheeky smile remained. “Flag, obviously,” she revealed in a taunting whisper. “He’s got a thing for you.”

As much as you wished it was true, you doubted it. Still, you couldn’t hide the blush that dusted your cheeks at the mere thought. “What? No he doesn’t.”

“Uh, yes he does,” she countered sassily. “He’s always looking at you and worrying about you. He likes you.” Your silence and the look you shot her told Harley you were unconvinced, so she continued. “What? You think it’s a coincidence he’s always leading whatever team you’re on?”

Finally, she got a rise out of you. “That’s his job, Harley.”

“Fine. Sure. Whatever you gotta tell yourself,” she said, acting dismissive.

You wondered what her goal was—she always pushed this so hard. Harley wasn’t an easy read, though. Half the time you had no clue what she was thinking, but she was always persistent about this.

You shot a glance Flag’s way after making a mental note to not look over at him while Harley was basically gossiping about the man. You met his gaze briefly, realizing he had been looking at you, before you both looked away.

You and Harley hadn’t been the only ones chatting, but all noise coincidentally died down in unison. The quiet only lasted for a few moments before everyone got rowdy. Javelin asked about T.D.K’s name, Harley fawned over Javelin’s accent, and Blackguard asked what the Weasel was. He thought it was a dog, Harley thought it was a werewolf. That freaked Blackguard out, causing him to panic. Suddenly everyone was talking over each other, which caused Rick to have to scold the group. You just sat back and laughed.

About a minute later there wasn’t enough time for any more chaos. The helicopter had arrived at the drop point.

You and Harley planned to jump together, letting a few others go first. When you got to the open door, a large hand landed on your back. You looked to your side and found it belonged to Rick.

“I’ll see you down there. Good luck,” he said loudly over the sound of the helicopter. You thanked him with a nod before Harley grabbed your hand and jumped. You went down with her, holding your breath just in time as you hit the water.

It turned out that the Weasel couldn’t swim, so you were already down a team member. You heard Rick yelling about it in frustration from above into his com. Things were already off to a not so great start.

You and Harley started swimming to the shore as you heard one final splash. Colonel Flag had jumped in, meaning the mission had officially begun.

When you two reached the shore together, you and Harley worked to lug a bag containing two guns onto the sand. Harley laughed wickedly as she pulled out the bigger and more destructive of the two for herself. You crouched behind a large rock just at the shoreline near her and waited for Rick, who was close by, to give his command.

Everyone else was too, except for Blackguard. He stepped out despite Colonel Flag demanding he stopped.

Things went from okay to bad to worse very quickly after that.

Next thing you knew, you were being shot at. The task force had been sold out by Blackguard and Waller refused to let your team retreat.

Evidently that was good enough for Harley, so she stood and fired an explosive from her oversized gun. Rick protested but Harley couldn’t be controlled.

He turned and gave you a look that could be compared to a fed up babysitter. You let out a loud laugh despite bullets flying overhead. A smile plastered itself on your face as the rush hit, grabbing your gun. Rick looked at you like you were insane.

“You’re fucking crazy, you know that?” he yelled to you, probably only halfway joking. You turned your head and met his eyes.

“You love it,” you teased, grinning. You looked back forward, missing the expression that told you how right you were.

“Quit flirting and come on!” Harley screamed at you and then began running, trying to get closer.

You took off after her, having no idea what her plan was but trusting her with your life. Flag screamed your name but you were already gone. Harley was running at full speed, dodging bullets with an energized look on her face. She thrived in chaos.

You fired your gun as you ran, unsure if you even hit any targets. Turns out you had and suddenly more members of the army focused on trying to take you down. You spotted a good place for cover behind a huge rock and took off in a different direction towards it. Harley caught you in her peripheral and changed course to follow you this time. She did a somersault as a bullet just missed her and landed right beside you safely.

Neither of you looked over the large rock, trying to stay out of harm's way for a brief moment. Just to catch your breath.

Loud gunfire from your side of the beach approached and the next thing you knew, Flag was landing on the ground beside you.

“You can’t fucking take off like that,” he reprimanded, a little out of breath. “You okay?” he asked calmer, looking you over.

“Never better,” you quipped back. He cracked a smile but it quickly disappeared when Waller’s voice came over the com to give the colonel an order.

Harley opened her mouth to make a snide comment about how Flag had gone after you (you could tell by the look on her face when she saw him) but her attention was drawn to T.D.K, who was actually called The Detachable Kid.

That went badly… and weirdly. Harley cursed, confused. Flag was frustrated, screaming about how he didn’t pick the team. You were just… speechless at the moment. No other mission had gone so bad so fast. You wondered what the hell you all had done to Waller for her to stick you with these amateurs.

Mongal only made matters worse. And yes, somehow things could get worse. Areas of the beach erupted into flames as the enemy helicopter crashed to the ground.

The entire team was being taken out one by one, mostly by its own recklessness. Unfortunately, Harley joined in—on what could only be described as stupidity—to run out from the safety of the rock into the warfare when she saw Boomerang go down.

A firm hand wrapped around your bicep before you could even think to stand. “Don’t you dare,” Flag warned.

“Harley-“

“Harley made her choice,” he stated sternly, jaw clenched. He stared you in the eye as he said, “I’m not letting you make the same one, you’re staying with me.”

As much as you cared for Rick, you were growing angry. “And what the hell makes me so special, huh?” you spit out. Harley was your closest friend and you couldn’t believe he was stopping you from trying to help.

Rick’s gaze was intense as you held it, challenging him. You were waiting for the tough take-no-shit-from-anyone Colonel to come out. But it didn’t. “Thought you knew me better than to have to ask me that,” he replied instead, not as rough as before but not soft by any means. He even sounded a little… hurt?

You were taken aback, not expecting that after preparing for him to finally snap at you. Lord knows you pushed him a few times, but yet another time went by without it happening. You wondered if you could even make him mad. It’s not like you wanted to, but the favoritism was apparent. It was like a theory you wanted to test.

The gunfire was still raging on and it seemed like you two were the only ones who could make a decent getaway. You swallowed your concern and started thinking tactically. “We need to move,” you decided. Harley was tough and smart, if anyone could survive out there alone it was her. You had to be selfish and think about your’s and Rick’s safety for now. “We can run for the jungle and try to hide long enough for Waller to send a rescue team. It’s our best move.”

Rick was silent for a moment before deciding. “You’re right. We go on three and you stay with me. Understood?”

“I will. I promise,” you said in confirmation.

His countdown came quick and you were on your feet running even quicker. You were in a full on sprint, no weapon (you had gotten up so fast you left your gun behind), just trying to head for cover. Rick was close behind, shooting as he ran with you.

When you stopped hearing him fire, fear overcame you. You paused running only briefly to look over your shoulder. Thankfully Rick was still on his feet. He had just run out of bullets and was tossing his gun to the ground to lose the dead weight.

A sudden pain stuck on your left shoulder and spread through your body in a jolt, but you had no time to fixate on it as Rick was charging forward. He grabbed you by the bicep to get you moving again. You winced in pain but he didn’t notice. When you started running, you barely did either.

His hand fell off as the two of you made it into the jungle. It was a steep path down and dark as hell. Your head was spinning and you were breathing heavily. You only made it about another minute before you started stumbling on your feet.

You didn’t even realize you’d hit the ground on your back until you saw Flag crouch down over you.

“Y/N, what-“ he fell silent, eyes wide. He touched the inside of your shoulder just above your chest and you grit your teeth in pain. When he pulled his hand away, it was a deep red. Even in the dark you could tell. “You’re shot,” he realized, horrified.

So that’s what the pain was. Made sense. How had you not noticed you’d gotten shot? Probably the adrenaline. You laughed to yourself, the world around you swirling. God, you were tired.

“Y/N, can you hear me?” Rick asked, cutting off the rapid inner monologue. He was more panicked than you’d ever seen him, and given the situations he had been in that was saying a lot.

“It’s fine,” you lied very unconvincingly. You didn’t want him to worry so much. It made you sad seeing him sad.

“Bullshit,” he shot back, clearly upset. With you, with himself, with the mission; you weren’t sure. You didn’t have the energy to figure out which.Thinking was too tiring. You just wanted to sleep. “Hey! No! Don’t close your eyes,” Flag ordered.

There was his Colonel's voice. First time ever he’d used it on you, but there was no true bite to it. It was just demanding and full of fear that he was terrible at hiding. It was endearing, honestly. Proved he cared. It made you smile. Your mind started to scatter, thoughts started leaving your brain. If you weren’t in pain it would’ve been peaceful.

“You’re not bleeding out on me, you hear? Stay with me, Y/N.” Rick’s hands came down to hold your face. His hand was sticky with blood—your blood—but you didn’t have the energy to cringe. He leaned down a little more, looking into your hazy eyes. “Stay with me.” The desperation on his face made your heart ache. You weren’t smiling anymore. “You promised me,” he said in almost a whisper.

“I meant it,” you rasped out in response to his pleas.

Curiosity overcame you, so you reached your hand up your body and pressed it to your own wound. You hissed at the sting, realizing how bad it was. He was scared of you bleeding out, which was starting to feel possible.

Rick started talking again, but not to you. You pulled your hand back and stared at your own blood, listening as Rick’s desperate begging for Waller to help went ignored.

Eventually his voice faded. Everything faded. Last thing you were able to comprehend was being hoisted off the ground—an arm under your back and an arm under your legs—and your head falling against Flag’s chest.

Then everything went black.

Bright light through your eyelids made them flutter open slowly. Your head was aching and your eyes were tired. You scanned the area and realized you were flat on your back on what felt like a table, staring up at the ceiling of a hut.

You heard a sigh of relief and then a pleasantly familiar voice. “She’s awake,” Rick announced. You turned your head to the side you had heard his voice from and found him smiling down at you. “Hey there,” he said softly, his hand raising to brush a strand of hair from your face.

That’s when you realized that his other hand was occupied with holding yours.

You opened your mouth to speak, but your voice caught in your sore throat.

“Hey,” Rick addressed someone else in the room. “Water- can I get some water?”

You heard footsteps and turned your head to the other side to find a woman with tanned skin and black hair offering you a cup. You accepted it with your free hand, not wanting to let Rick’s go. You gave a silent thanks before sipping at it, still laying down.

You took a deep breath before finally talking. “Who are you?” was the first thing you ended up saying.

“Sol Soria,” the woman introduced, offering a smile.

“She’s a member of the resistance,” Rick explained. “She helped patch you up.”

Your memory started flying back, starting with your wounded shoulder. It ached more now that you were aware of that. You looked down at yourself then and saw the top layers of your outfit had been stripped off, leaving you in your tank top with a large bandage wrapped around your wound.

Rick squeezed your hand reassuringly. “I was so worried about you,” he confessed. “But you’re okay now. We’re safe here.”

Last you remembered you were bleeding out in the jungle. When you looked at Rick again, you realized he was missing his shirt and his face that had once been dirtied up was now clean. You could feel that the dirt and blood had been cleaned from your skin as well.

“How did I get here?” you wondered aloud.

“Your man there,” Sol Soria spoke up with a smile, gesturing to Flag. “He carried you all the way here. Wouldn’t leave your side either until you woke up.”

You vaguely remembered being lifted but the fact that Flag had done all that just for you… you didn’t know what to say. “You carried me the whole way?” you asked with slight disbelief.

Rick smiled softly down at you with caring eyes. “I had to make sure you were safe.”

“And you are now. Both of you,” Sol Soria assured. “I’ll find some fresh clothes.” She exited the hut then, leaving you and Rick alone.

“Why?” you asked after a few beats of silence.

You tried to sit up then, struggling a little. Flag got to his feet from his chair and helped you steady yourself. One hand was on your arm just above your elbow and the other stayed holding yours.

Rick took a deep breath through his nose then sighed. You stared up at him as he towered over you. His hand that held yours suddenly lifted. You weren’t expecting him to press a soft kiss to the back of your hand.

“You know why.”

Everything finally added up—everything Harley had been telling you for months. The stolen glances and lingering touches that you thought were accidental, the shared smiles and laughs you thought were friendly, the worry and concern he seemed to only have for you, and so much more that was now replaying in your head. You had been denying it for so long, not letting yourself believe it to save yourself from being wrong—from being hurt—but now you couldn’t do anything but accept it. And you were happy to.

“Yeah, I do.” A smile spread across your face. “Still…” you met his eyes to find him staring back. This time neither of you looked away. “I wanna hear you say it.”

Rick smiled bashfully to himself, looking down briefly. “I’ve been wanting to,” he admitted. “For a while.”

You tilted your head to the side, curious, remembering that it wasn’t just you who had kept your feelings hidden. “Why haven’t you?”

Flag let out a small chuckle to himself. It sounded a little self loathing and a little amused. “Didn’t know if I could take it if I didn’t hear it back.”

The confession left you stunned. How could he think that? How could he not know your heart had been his this whole time? You released his hand then, which caused him to freeze. You quickly squashed his quiet panic when both of your hands cupped his face.

“You never had to worry about that,” you assured him softly.

You held each other’s gaze for another long moment.

Then, you made the first move. You pulled him in slowly, leaning up. Rick was quick to react, however, meeting you more than half way.

His hand gripped the back of your neck as his lips crashed against yours. The kiss was full of passion and love and lust as you two finally released all of the pent up emotions. It was everything you had ever dreamed of.

Rick pulled back first, breathless. His forehead pressed to yours and your lips brushed together. “I love you,” he panted out softly against your lips. “More than you realize.”

“I love you, too,” you breathed out. A grin flashed across Rick’s lips before he resumed the kiss.

You couldn't believe you had waited this long, but it didn't matter now. All that mattered was that he felt the same as you and no unspoken words stood in the way anymore.

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What if Sora saved the Justice League?!

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2GPj3kf by Spiderfan626 Journey to face the Unknown as the unthinkable happens. Brainiac turns his sights on Earth to terraform it into a New Colu. With the only heroes who can stop under his control and Waller dead… things seem lost… when the Multiverse gives this earth a chance with a boy who can touch hearts with his own. So follow Sora as you ponder the question: What if…! (Spoilers: for SS:KJL) Words: 4418, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Kingdom Hearts (Video Games), Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (Video Game), What If...? (Cartoon 2021) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Major Character Death Categories: F/M Characters: Sora (Kingdom Hearts), Yozora (Kingdom Hearts), Diana (Wonder Woman), Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, John Stewart (DCU), Brainiac (DCU), Uatu | The Watcher (Marvel), Lois Lane, Aaron Cash, Barbara Gordon Relationships: Kairi/Sora (Kingdom Hearts), Kairi & Sora (Kingdom Hearts), Clark Kent/Lois Lane, Diana (Wonder Woman)/Bruce Wayne, Diana (Wonder Woman) & Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Spoilers, Post-Kingdom Hearts III, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Batman: Arkham (Video Games) Setting, Alternate Universe - Science Fiction, What If? (Marvel Comics), Elseworlds, Disney Songs, Disney References, Thank you Kevin Conroy read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2GPj3kf