#a hero's choice

[lozriftsintime]

A Hero's Choice: Ravio

Ravio was lonely. He could admit that to himself (and to Zelda, when they had spoken over dinner the night before). It was weird being at the house and not having Link there. Sure, he'd done it plenty when they first met. Link had been in and out of the house (more out than in), working to save both Hyrule and Lorule. But that was years ago. And Ravio had long since grown accustomed to having his spouse around.

It wasn't like he'd lied to Link when they were leaving. No. Ravio did know what he'd been signing up for when he'd married His Hero. And he wouldn't try to change Link for all the rupees in both worlds, but that didn't mean that he didn't miss his spouse when they were away. Maybe he should find some way to occupy himself while Link was gone. Some new project? Preferably something that could lead to something he could give to Link when they came home...But what? Nothing material. Link already had plenty of things. But maybe Ravio could take the time to learn some new recipe for them to enjoy? Or they could focus on their item crafting and try and find a way to mimic some of the items Link had into a more convenient manner of use?

There were so many possibilities, but it wasn't like he needed to decide now. No, Ravio was pretty sure he had some time to figure this out. Link's adventures were rarely that short, and they'd only been gone a day and a half now. So he could put off deciding for the moment. Especially since he needed to do a quick round to check on the orchard and the bees.

Pushing himself out of the chair he'd been resting in, Ravio started for the front room of the house. But before he could get far a flare of magic caused him to stumble and almost fall. A quick flare of his wings helped him catch himself enough that he could stay upright, but it was a near thing. Still rattled, he ended up leaning on the wall. What in the-?! Ravio stared at the door in front of him. What was that?! He could still feel the magic. It was just through the doorway, in the front room of his and Link's house. It...it didn't feel anything like what Link had traveled through, so it probably wasn't his spouse coming home.

But then what was it? And what was Ravio supposed to do about it?! Ravio swallowed hard and slowly straightened, taking his hand off the wall. But before he could do much more than that the sound of familiar, alarmed chirping drew his attention toward the nearest window where, not long after, Sheerow came diving through. The panicked bird-like being seemed to calm slightly when he caught sight of Ravio standing in the room, unharmed, and flew over to settle on Ravio's shoulder with a concerned peep.

"I don't know, Buddy," Ravio admitted "It just showed up a moment ago. Whatever it is. Should...should we have a look? Sheerow was quiet for a moment, but after a while he gave a quiet trill that Ravio knew was meant to be an agreement. Welp. Lovely. Guess it was time to figure out what had just dropped into the main room of his house. At least he had Sheerow with him.

Ravio allowed himself enough time to take a deep breath, but not much beyond that before he turned the handle and pushed the door open to reveal what was on the other side.

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[sanguinesmi1e]

Danny's human form ages like normal, but his default form as Phantom is still the 14y/o he was at his time of death. Luckily he can change that with concentration, since his ghost form is malleable. But he has to a) have the time to enact the change and b) consciously maintain his form. His superhero colleagues don't know he's half alive, so he's typically got his adult ghost form firmly in place before they meet. While fighting a powerful enemy, Phantom's concentration slips and he reverts to child form. Doesn't matter, it's just aesthetics and the enemy is what's important. He’s equally strong in his 14 y/o form. Except, his colleagues are very concerned to “discover” that their teammate is a child who has been lying about his age all this time. So now Danny has to figure out how to convince them that he's just looked 14 for over a decade now, or bite the bullet and show them all his secret identity. Preferably before they demote him to a team of teen heroes, or he gets forcibly adopted.

[dyinggirldied]

I love the tropes where Danny is the normal while Tucker and Sam are fucking freaks, especially if those two just so non discreet about it.

So now, imagine Amity Park, after GIW has run rampant on it.

Tucker, shamelessly using magic for any convenience between himself and his lovers. A headcanon of mine is that Danny has chronic pain after the portal accident and Tucker liked to make it so Danny's bed and pillow softer and doesn't hesitate one bit to curse those mean Danny's harms.

Sam, likewise, uses her plant magic to trap those pesky ghost hunters and makes life difficult for them in general.

Tucker and Sam just don't expect for the GIW to report them to the Justice League. Or for the heroes to really come arresting them.

Danny, as expected, blows up.

[lilislegacy]

percy, holding out his fist in his palm: ok wise girl. rock paper scissors time. if i win, i get to pick the movie for date night

annabeth, doing the same: fine, but if i win, we move back across the country to that house in westchester that i love

grover, looking over in alarm: what?! how is that even—

percy, nodding firmly: deal. rock pap—

[ilyberrymuch]

you can also put in the tags how old you were, again im nosy lol

[redsray]

Batfam AU where Jason never dies, so Tim doesn't join the family the standard way. Instead, he continues pouring most of his time and energy into his photography, eventually becoming known as a popular photographer for events and all that. So now, picture this: Tim gets hired to be a photographer for a Wayne gala. Obviously, he's ecstatic, because he can take pictures of Batman, Robin and Nightwing and be in their presence for a whole night. Since Tim is so naturally talented in stealth and taking pictures unnoticed, the second one of the fam realises this they're like: this kid is good. Tim manages to go unnoticed by all 3 of them (all bat-trained, one literally batman) multiple times during the night, and even when he is noticed, he disappears before they can manage to get a good look at him; to the sheer amazement of Dick and Jason.

Jason, (very discreetly putting snacks in his suit pocket): i know you're under the table, kid.

Tim: don't mind me, Mr. Todd-Wayne, sir, just taking a few pictures

Jason: right... Jason's fine, and what pictures were you taking from under the table?!

Tim, showing him perfectly good shots of him: these.

Jason: how did you get that. it looks like you took it from the rafters

Tim, nodding: I did.

Jason, glancing at the ceiling: ...what?

Tim, gone:

Jason: no fucking way.

Dick, hearing a very, very faint camera shutter from behind him:

Dick, turning around and finding no one there: what the actual...

Dick, getting the feeling of being watched and whirling around to find Tim staring at him from across the room: ... huh.

Jason, pulling Dick aside: you see that kid too, right?!

Dick, nodding: the camera kid, yeah?

Jason: who is that.

Dick: he's one of the hired photographers, apparently. one of the best in his field, despite his age.

Jason: he's good. like, really good. snuck up on me 4 times already, the little bastard.

Dick: you too? i swear he's constantly watching. it's creepy how well he can sneak past both of us.

Jason:

Dick:

Jason: you don't think...

Dick: no. B would've told us.

Jason:

Dick:

Dick: did he get another kid and not tell us somehow

Bruce: what do you mean another kid?

Jason: you heard us. did you adopt another kid and not tell us?!

Bruce: no?? how would I even?? ... what's this about?

Dick: one of the photographers has managed to sneak up on both me and Jay multiple times already

Bruce: what.

Jason: he also can't be more than like. 15 or 16. so forgive us for assuming you took another one in.

Bruce: do you know his name?

Dick:

Jason:

Bruce: really?

Dick: in our defence, he's very hard to catch. i wouldn't be surprised if he's snuck up on you, too.

[camera shutter noise]

All of them, whipping their heads toward the sound only to find nothing but air:

Tim, smiling from the other side of the room:

Jason: do you see what we mean?!

Cue an entire night of shenanigans where it's just Dick, Jason and Bruce trying to catch Tim and learn about him. Upon finding out who he is and where he lives, Dick immediately asks to keep him as an honorary member of the family. Jason is hesitant at first but at some point Tim calls Bruce Batman instead of Mr. Wayne on accident and Jason laughs so hard he's basically won over. Bruce can do nothing but watch as Tim proceeds to come over almost every night for sleepovers and is coddled by both of his sons. And he can't deny, the kid's investigation and stealth skills are top tier. By the time Dick and Jason both start referring to Tim as 'their younger brother' Bruce has just accepted his fate.

[stars-obsession-pit]

If anyone saw this for a moment earlier when i accidentally hit post, no you didn’t

The Ultimate Enemy ends a bit differently. Though Danny does still overcome his evil future self, Dan leaves him with a few parting gifts for his trouble.

Danny is thrown into another universe, and his obsession is distorted. Where it once was Protection, now all it is is Violence. One last-ditch attempt by Dan to make Danny into a monster like him.

However, Danny’s human mind is still intact. So despite feeling the perpetual urge from his ghost half, he can keep it in check. Somewhat.

But not entirely.

So he becomes a Rogue. He doesn’t like it, but what else can he do? He needs to do something.

Of course, he does his best to minimize real harm, to focus his attacks on those that deserve it - the polluting factories, the corrupt businessmen, and all others that exploit people. He tries to eke out as much nourishment for his core as he can from the engagements, especially the fights against the heroes that come to stop him.

But it’s not enough. He still knows he’s causing harm and hates every second of it, even as his obsession sings at being fed.

The heroes notice. How could they not? A powerful, young, villain who clearly doesn’t want to be doing what they’re doing but seemingly can’t stop? There must be something else going on. Some force pushing him to do this.

And they’re going to save him from it.

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

As per usual, it’s DP crossover with (probably) DC, although you could probably adjust it for other fandoms

ANYWAYS

A little kid and his mother are trick or treating in another city, perhaps at some kind of event rather than knocking on doors, and the kid is dressed as Phantom. It’s very adorable, with his little ghost-shaped bucket and clearly homemade and already stained costume—listen, white only works if you can just fly over street grime or phase it out of your clothes—and his slightly I’ll fitting wig. The kid is SO happy to be out and about dressed as his favorite, and maybe even showed it off to Phantom back in Amity Park before his family left.

The hero, insert whoever you wish here, is probably in civvies and just enjoying the event. The kid, meanwhile, is so glad when people ask who he is so he can explain, and so- the hero gets to hear ALL ABOUT the local town hero who is probably pretty small time despite the kid’s clearly exaggerated stories. The hero certainly never heard of him, but the kid’s mom confirms that Phantom really was the town hero, despite some mixed reviews of the poor guy.

“Did you manage to show him your costume?” the hero asks.

“Yeah! We went down to the cemetery to leave flowers and I got to show him my costume.”

Wait. Cemetery? Maybe it was part of theme, because Phantom had to be named that for a reason, but… it sounded like…

The kid ignores the suddenly VERY still hero and instead turns to his mom. “Momma, do you think we should bring him candy? He doesn’t get to trick or treat like we do, and I can work super hard to get him a bunch!”

The kid’s mom just smiles. “We could, but maybe we should bring him something homemade. I bet he’d like something more filling, teen boys like him have a hollow leg.”

The kid wrinkles his nose. “Like Vernie with the pizza bagels?”

“Like your cousin, yes. We can make some cinnamon rolls and take them to his memorial, maybe bring some of the apples from your grandpa’s garden…”

The hero is pretty much forgotten as the two-part family wanders off, not quite intentionally forgetting the hero is there so much as the hero somewhat accidentally ended the conversation when they just froze and didn’t ask anything further.

Not that the hero didn’t want to. But they’d learn something very serious.

One—there was a small town hero they’d never heard of. Two—that hero was apparently a teen. Third—most pressingly, the teen hero was both beloved enough to have kids dressing up as him and dead enough to have a grave.

This… might require some phone calls.

[demigods-posts]

i am not understanding rick's thought process behind the characters consistent mockery of percy's intelligence. especially in light of knowing that the characters do value percy as a friend and demigod. he was the child of the prophecy. he jumped into the river styx to better prepare for defending olympus. he used his gods-given wish to build a better future for demigods. he plays an active role as camp counselor at chb and is a respected confidant at cj. he is evidently held in high regard in his absense. but the surrounding characters seem to treat his presence like a hinderance to their peace. it's rather disappointing to read.

[quiddling]

very kissable

[lozriftsintime]

A Hero's Choice: Engineer

Link was pretty sure he was living the dream life. Leaning out the window of his train and feeling the wind blow through his hair as he watched the world go by at a comfortable pace was one of his favorite places to be. It was only really topped by being at home with Karu and their three kids.

It didn't get much better than spending the evening sharing a meal with his four favorite people and listening to the kids share about their days. Niko always had interesting stories now that he'd started the beginning of his sword training at the palace. And Angee and Alpho were constantly getting into something they weren't supposed to.

Link did feel bad leaving Karu with them most of the day (and the occasional overnight), but he also knew that his husband was perfectly capable of handling the three of them on his own. And they had agreed that Link would continue to be the one working while Karu stayed home with the kids. So long as Link worked to try and be home before the kids went to bed most nights. So there wasn't really any reason to feel guilty. He just...did sometimes.

Link shook his head and refocused on the tracks ahead of him. He wasn't worried about crashing. He'd driven this train on these tracks for seventeen years now. He could make it back to Castletown with his eyes closed. It wasn't like he had monster trains trying to chase him down like they did back when he was twelve. Compared to that, keeping his train on track while avoiding regular trains was a cakewalk.

Speaking of Castletown. There it was coming up. Link felt a grin spreading across his face as he shifted gears to slow down for the approach to the station, easing his train to a gentle stop. Once he was completely stopped, Link hopped out and turned towards the passenger car to beam at the two Castletown locals who had caught a ride back with him from his last stop in Aboda Villiage.

"Welcome back to Castletown," he told them brightly "And thank you again for riding with Hero's Spirit. I hope to see you again soon!"

"Wonderful as always, Link" Mona praised him, waving as she disembarked. "I'll see you in a couple of days for my trip to Wittleton."

"I look forward to it, Mona," Link replied easily, waving in reply as Mona and her travel companion made their way into town.

Link waited until both passangers were off the platform before he began running through his nightly checks of his train, checking the passenger car for forgotten items and trash, glancing over the wheels, and checking the engine. He didn't actually expect any issues. This was the Spirit Train after all, a train crafted by ancient spirits to help guard the land, but Alphonzo had taught him how to check his train and Link wasn't one to let that go to waste. Besides, it was better safe than sorry.

Once he was sure that everything was in good shape Link hopped back into the cab and began carefully maneuvering his train into its shed. It was an easy, familiar thing by this point in his life, so it didn't take much time at all. He was on his way into town less than ten minutes later, the shed closed up behind him.

Since he'd managed to finish up for the day relatively early in the evening Link was looking forward to sharing a meal with his family before getting to cuddle with his husband before bed. Unfortunately for him, however, those plans were quickly derailed when he reached his house only to find two royal guards stationed outside his door.

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[veinsfullofstars]

"Back for a rematch, little Knightmare?"

(ID: Kirby series fanart of Galacta Knight seated on a cluster of tall, cracked, geometric stone pillars, framed at an angle with crescent-moon-like rock formations rising behind him as well as a starry sky backdrop. He leers down at the viewer through the cross visor of his mask, his feet crossed and his wings spread majestically, his head resting in one hand, the other held out to lazily nudge the end of his lance, which stands pierced through another pillar below him, his shield similarly embedded in a third pillar beside it. Behind his horns shines a brilliant halo of glowing pink Heart Spears, the pale light that radiates from it erupting in rings of soft flares and leaving all surfaces rimmed with sparkles, as beautiful as it is ominous. END ID.)

Started 07/07/24, finished 07/13/24, updated for color correction 11/02/24.

[itsonlypolite]

This comic is a redraw of the first StP art I ever posted here! I always wanted to have more fun with that scene. The second half of this comic is also heavily inspired by @cymatile's tags on the original post, which I'll show under the cut!

[lightbluesleeper]

Knight and a reaper 🗡️🪦

[orphiclovers]

han sooyoung, on being the villain

[chandralia]

I think them calling ochako deku’s “deserved reward for saving the world” and saying “yayy japan’s birthrate is saved!” is probably the worst fucking thing to come out of this.