#a spes talking

[a-spes]

We are at this time of the year when I am always sick and spend my days reading sick!reader (or injuried!reader) fics to forget how I've no one to comfort me.

But you know, the kind of fics with slight angst (or a lot, to be honest) and comfort at the same time.

If you have recomendations, on Tumblr/AO3/Wattpad, to help me fill the void in me, I would be glad (i swear it's not as sad as it appears to be) 🫶

(Bonus point if the fic is extra long)

[a-spes]

When I was a kid, we used to hope it would snow enough for us to skip school and play outside, now we know it will never happen again.

The lyrics "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know" hit differently in the age of climate change

[spectral-phases]

I need people to stop getting so precious about Clark "not letting" Bruce kill the Joker after Jason’s death post-Crisis. Everyone acts like it was like this:

But it was more:

So, we all know the story. Actually. Wait. Maybe we don't. So. The story beneath the cut.

Jason got benched as being Robin because he was not dealing well with his parents' deaths, felt like he was no longer wanted because he was adopted specifically to be Robin (and Bruce is shit at making his kids feel loved a lot of times). Jason discovered the woman who raised him was his step mother, not his bio mother. He goes looking for bio mom. Finds bio mom, she hugs him and tells him she's missed him so much, Bruce contemplates letting Jason live with his family if that would make him happier despite being obviously cut up about the idea of losing Jason. Bio mom is being extorted by the Joker to let him ship out Joker Venom disguised as medical supplies because he can't just steal the supplies and sell them. Bruce has to go stop the shipment of Joker Venom, his portable chopper is too small for two, so Jason is left behind. Jason is told to wait, but The Killing Joke just happened and his bio mom is alone with the Joker (who is insane, capricious and evil), so, obviously he has to save his mother and could not wait. Bio Mom is outside, no guards, Jason says, "Hey, I'm actually Robin, I'm here to save you from the Joker" and she says "Nah, he's actually gone, so I'm fine. But let's go inside so I can grab my things and we can leave." Her things turn out to be a gun to point at Jason after leading him to the Joker. Jason is too stunned to move. The Joker and his goons beat Jason up and then the Joker uses the crowbar to finish beating him to a presumed death. His bio mom at some point couldn't bear to watch it anymore and turns around to smoke a cigarette. Once Joker’s done, bio mom asks what they're going to do about Batman, and the Joker is all "oh. Yeah, lol. Probably was a bad idea to kill his kid. Whoops. My bad." And then ties up the bio mom to kill her and erase any evidence he brutally attacked/killed Jason. The Joker sets a bomb on a timer and leaves. Jason uses the last of his strength to untie his bio mom so she can escape. He can't see well enough to try and disarm the bomb. She tries to get them both out. The door is locked. Jason shields her as the bomb goes off, but she dies just as Batman comes up and tells him the Joker did it, calls Jason a hero, says he deserved a better mother (he did) but does not/is unable to own up to her part in Jason’s death before dying herself. Bruce finds Jason’s body and is fucking devastated.

So after that, Bruce chases the Joker down to the UN because the Joker lucked into being a diplomat for Iran and is now meeting at the UN assembly in New York. Bruce is 100% set on doing a premeditated murder of the Joker for Jason. The US government is aware of this. They hire Superman to grab Batman to try and talk him down because the Joker has diplomatic immunity for past crimes. It does not go well.

"That’s the law, not Justice." Batman is 100% still going to kill the Joker. Everyone knows. Superman knows. Superman says the stupid thing is putting vengeance above the interests of the country, not killing Joker.

Batman sneaks into the Joker’s room, and the Joker (forgetting his earlier desire to not get fucking killed by Batman) is like "oh man, I wish I could have seen your face when you found his body" and further needles Bruce with a "Or are you here to thank me for getting rid of him for you?" Making Bruce triple down on killing the Joker.

"Your confirming it makes what I have to do a lot easier."

Bruce manages to get in to observe the UN meeting as Bruce Wayne. Superman is disguised as a guard. Bruce is seething, watching the Joker, knowing that is the guy who killed Jason.

"I should have terminated his vile existence years ago. But I didn't. I couldn't. His insanity gained him a stay of execution. But no longer. ... Jason’s dead."

They both know the Joker is too stupid and lacks the impulse control needed to not attack the UN and immediately lose his immunity, which is the only thing keeping him alive. Joker releases Joker Venom to kill the delegates. Superman super breathes to inhale all the gas, which he's immune to because he's Superman and then says this as he leaves to go find a place to release the poison gas safely.

"Batman, he's all yours."

Superman basically says "You can kill him now" because he knows Batman’s mind has not changed, and Superman had not once tried to say "killing Joker would be wrong" just that it couldn't happen before the Joker acted in a way that lost him his immunity.

And Bruce does go to do just that. He chases the Joker down, intent to kill, and jumps onto the helicopter the Joker is using to escape. One of the guys fires at Batman. It shoots the pilot, hits the Joker in damn near his heart, if not his heart, and Batman realizes the helicopter is going down and decides to jump and leave the Joker behind. He intends for the Joker to die in the crash.

Okay? Bruce was 100% going to kill the Joker for killing Jason. Superman said "hang on. Let him get enough rope to hang himself first and then you can do it." And then Joker only survived because comic books. And Bruce is unhappy about having to wait. Superman did not try to talk Bruce out of killing the Joker at all ever, or scold him for wanting to kill the Joker. (Don't say he was rescuing the Joker in that last panel. The next panel is Superman fishing Batman, who is shot in the arm, from the harbor, and Batman telling Superman to go find the body. Find the body! And Superman does go to do just that, but is unable to).

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[randomminty]

Yippee

[shsl-fander]

I had a genius idea for a newsies au if anyone wants to rp it with me PLEASE reach out

It takes place in a modern settings and either they are the same age or a little bit older

The Manhattan newsies are all in a band but one day their guitarist drops out, so Jack who was the lead singer has to take guitar and still some vocals bur they need another singer now and jack meets Davey, this dorky kid who seems different from all his friends bur *damn* can he sing so he offers for him to join. Obviously theres a blooming romance between Jack and Davey and Jack is VERY flirtatious with him.

Also important detail, the guitarist who dropped out is none other than Katherine Pulitzer, who is Jack's ex girlfriend.

And their rival band are the brooklyn boys with Spot Conlon as the lead singer

Ideas for Manhattan band:

Davey on lead vocals

Jack on guitar

Albert on drums

Specs on keys

Race on bass

[ghost-tings]

I am saying this just cuz I can somewhere when I do start writing a kit among foxes uhh I will give like random chapter snipits one of those that I wanna work on is cabin fiasco (this is also linked on my masterpost) in short cabin fiasco did start off as a incorrect quote thing that I have decided does happen so it will be from elio's pov and the title is cabin fiasco (ik I'm so smart for this[I'm not])

also like I think I'd have it be late trk or in tkm (after baltimore and the fbi) that elio gets closer to bee (I refuse to say why)

tw for the thanksgiving part in trk (does this need a tw oh well it gets one anyway, but like plz comment your opinion on it as I need help with that part)

another thing this is mainly like an input thing so like legit plz comment your opinion on this do I have elio accompany the monsters to nickys parents or do I leave with abby (or even bee) because I had the thought that if I did add him I could add andrew mentioning that Luther was still hiding dr*ke being in house when there was a toddler/young kid in the house (FUCK DR*KE HE DESERVED WHAT HE GOT [I lowkey think he deserved worse]) but also like that may slightly put andrew in an already worse state so that is only a thought not a full plan

so like plz comment your opinion on the thanksgiving thing I rlly wanna know or heck even dm me

[a-spes]

I am deeply in need of comfort (with or without angst) fics about fem!reader x Carol or Natasha. If you have any rec' on Tumblr/AO3/Wattpad or any website I'll be grateful for the rest of my life 🙏

[a-spes]

And you are not hard to love, no one is.

You are lovable.

[spelanceinplacesheshouldntbe]

spe!lance should not be in my coffee!

[drburgersauce]

huge day for guy who has been obssessive over a ship for the last 5 years

[a-spes]

Saw it on your account and thought it was cool, hope you don't mind me doing it 💛

"On brûlera toutes les deux

En enfer, mon ange

J'ai prévu nos adieux

À la Terre, mon ange

Et je veux partir avec toi

Je veux mourir dans tes bras"

— On brûlera by Pomme.

Tagging anyone that would like to do it 🫶

fave lyrics today?

hmmmm it’s hard to choose between two that have been stuck in my head all day so i’ll just put them both:

“icarus is flying too close to the sun / and icarus’s life has only just begun” (icarus - bastille)

“do you understand that we will never be the same again? / the future’s in our hands and we will never be the same again” (things we lost in the fire - bastille)

not sure how they both ended up being lyrics from two bastille songs in the same album 💀

also i think this would be a good tag game so why not make it one?

@ani-bunnie13 @apersononearth011 @chronicintrovertt @cheeeseborgor @chronicpcssimist @catlovertori @ebonyhawthorne1 @futurecatlady321 @far-beyond-saving @fantasticcollectorkitten @lunabelova1122 @listerbirdloml @listermylove @leo-loves-things @literally-maria @loulooser @maskedyt @normalpeoplethiings @pessimistic-gh0st @person4924 @rayslove-forlister @radios-universe @sproldenlover @st4rb04rd @sad-trash-pigeon @solitaire-addict @sleepy-vix @spacewr3ck51 @tinybitofhope @toulouse-2 @theshyqueergirl @urlocalsadkid-l @veralinnn @0s3manv3rse

(no pressure also sorry if you didn’t want to be tagged!)

[spectral-phases]

Okay, so there are two Gotham born and raised bat fam members who are always being said to have grown up in the wrong neighborhoods and it drives me insane. And like, canon is a sandbox and all that and if you want to imagine something different for your goofy scenarios or fan fiction or whatever, that's cool. I just want to set the record straight for anyone who doesn't know the facts first. Know the rules before you break them and all that.

This is the official map of Gotham from No Man's Land, and the updated Post Flashpoint version with the Narrows.

Jason Todd

Always being put in the Narrows. The Narrows didn't exist when he was first introduced. It's a new neighborhood, speaking for canon. I get it. It's a lower income neighborhood with new relevance given that it's where Duke Thomas grew up.

Jason Todd is from Park Row, an area that once had the richest of the rich and the poorest of the poor but became known as Crime Alley after the Waynes died outside the Monarch Theater in Park Row and became one of the lowest income and highest crime rate areas of Gotham. Period. Jason Todd and Bruce Wayne meet in Park Row because Bruce parked his Batmobile there, near the theater, on the anniversary of his parents' deaths and Jason stole the tires. He made Bruce laugh on the anniversary of his parents' deaths near the spot where they died. It's very important to his character and his relationship with Bruce that he is from Park Row/Crime Alley.

(Batman 1940 #408)

Stephanie Brown

I see her dropped into Crime Alley or the Narrows a lot as well. I get it. Like Jason, her father is a criminal who did a lot of prison time and her mother has a drug addiction problem. Her similarities with Jason are likely why she was treated so poorly and why not double down and have her grow up in the same neighborhood as him? However, Jason’s father was, for lack of better word, goon for Harvey Dent (the Penguin post Flashpoint) and died in prison by Harvey (or didn't and became...you know what? Nevermind. I disregard all post Flashpoint background for Jason anyway), whereas Stephanie's father is the B-List criminal Cluemaster. She grew up in the Coventry, a suburban neighborhood within Gotham. Her mother worked at West Mercy Hospital. She might not have had a lot of money, but she was never living on the streets and stealing car parts to survive.

(Robin 1993 #60)

And yes, Stephanie was pregnant as a teen, and gave birth to a child she gave away for adoption. She got pregnant by a boyfriend who left her immediately before she started dating Tim, and Tim helped her out through her whole pregnancy. Including taking her to lamaze classes in disguise or disguising himself as a nurse in the hospital when she was in labor. She did not cheat on Tim.

You know what?

Tim Drake

Do I also like to pretend sometimes that the Drakes had the manor next to Wayne Manor for a long time and never sold it? Yes. I understand the appeal. But it's not a fact.

The boy actually never had a stable home his entire career as Robin, and that likely was not a recent trend. His parents had many properties within Gotham City, a penthouse in Robinson Park and so on and so forth. Tim grew up in boarding schools, went to public school while as Robin before being sent back to boarding school by Jack because he kept ditching class for Robin, and then back to public school before dropping out to find Bruce. His housing situation was never much better, as he never lived in one place with his parents for more than 6 months at time. Here, this goes into it better.

[rambling-ash]

I know not many people will see this but....

Should I start drawing MLP (My Little Pony) designs?

Thanks for the input if you see this!!!

[felixschaoticstuff]

Fuck it it's redraw Nimona scenes in my own art style time

[phantommarigold]

I hope tumblr can get my shit fixed soon because I'm a very social person and am Not enjoying nto beinf able to talk to ppl

[mythgirlimagines]

Yellow, emerald and who are nb pokespe ocs?

the character revealed for the SV arc! Since they're not really based on the male or female protags- as OP points out- they can qualify as one of the (few) pokespe OCs!

I'm really excited for this arc and to learn more about them :D