#accidentally hits that wasp nest with a bat

[seaglassmelody]

Chewing on AroAce Solas and I’m actually kind of feral about it

A man moved by devotion, dedication, the desire to inspire and guide

None of it rooted in romantic or sexual energy. His devotion to Mythal as pure unbridled loyalty, guilt, regret, comfort and the knowledge of being known in a way that no one else ever knew him (she knew him as Wisdom, the spirit, the pure desire for guidance via knowledge)

His clinging to a cause, to his ideals, because that’s how he defines himself and his relationship with the world. Defined by regrets spawned by his ideals, everything colored by that deep-seated devotion at the core of him.

I don’t have a conclusion to this I’m just obsessed with the idea

[thiefguard]

i crave

violence

antagonist | thief | guard

Tago:

my opinions would be received by most fans as akin to hitting a wasps nest with a baseball bat: maaainly because most of the time I just can't get on board with the woobification (only in some extremely niche Guardtagonist fics okay!!!)

I actively dislike them: Depends on the day and episode! Sometimes I am in a more forgiving mood that others. Mainly when I think about that sad baby boy just crying for his mama and accidentally calling in a hurricane. Other times I think about the wide-eyed fear in my girl's face when she truly understood she'd been abandoned in the cave of the Old Gods and that forgiveness goes away :')

Thief:

they work better as part of a dynamic: on the fence about this one because honestly you could give me an entire flashback season of my girl just breaking into vaults and I would eat! it! up! but it cannot be denied that she's the best she is when she's with Teller

not enough screen time: in season 1 specifically!! you really mean to say we couldn't cut away from a magister flashback ooone tiiiime for an extra 30 seconds of Thieftess content?? R-e-a-l-l-y???

they've never done anything wrong in their life <3: Moving to Lamp!verse to pay off the price on her head myself tbqh

Guard:

not enough screen time: seriously !!!! it makes me i n s a n e that they miss each other in early s2 by m i n u t e s !!! if my girl had just stuck around half a heartbeat longer. ugh. what might have been.

what's wrong with them (affectionate): I mean. like. he is objectively bad at his job. very very bad. like. micah. honey. the brief was 'bring the thief in'. not. 'shelter the thief in your home'. not. 'kiss the thief's soft lips'. not. 'fall in love with the thief and start to plan a life with her'. but i'm okay with your choices and so is she !!!

[dashingdcboys]

Batbrother hcs as per shit my siblings and i did/still do

- Once Jay, Tim and Dami were in the batcave playing a game of “who can throw the batarang the furthest”, because Damian had broken his leg in a fight and was complaining about the lack of training. One of them accidentally hit the ceiling which awakened a whole nest of bats, causing them to fly towards them. Since Dami was on crutches and couldn’t run away, Jay and Tim each took an arm and dragged him up the stairs of the batcave. (in my case, my siblings were throwing rocks at dead trees an accidentally hit a wasp hive . . i was too young to run fast so my older brother and sister dragged me through the fields by my arms while we were chased by a swarm of wasps lmao).

- Back when Tim was robin, and had one of his down days, Dick tried to come up with ways to cheer him up. He settled with grabbing Tim’s arms and spinning him around . . . though his grip loosened and tim accidentally went flying into a bush (i still have the scar on my ankle from when my older brother did this to me when i was four).

- When Jason was still robin, Dick introduced him to the treehouse in the woods to the Manor where he used to hang out, when he wanted some alone time. It was old and rickety but pretty stable for its age.

“I dunno, the floor’s kinda unstable. Might want to get it checked out before I hang out here.”

“It’s fine. I did all the checks myself, bolted all the floorboards tight.”

“Maybe when you were eight, now get your heavy ass out of here before the whole thing collapses”

To prove a point, Dick convinces Jason to jump with him within the treehouse. Surprise surprise, the floor gave way and they both ended up hanging to the branches for dear life (me and my cousins did this because we were young and stupid).

- Robin Jay and Dick were once playing ‘sword fighting’ with wooden sticks out of boredom. Jay hit the stick out of Dick’s hands and it went flying over the fence into the neighbour’s yard. They went sprinting away as an old man started complaining about a twig hitting him on the head from the neighbour’s overlying tree.

- Tim going “ow, I got pins and needles in my leg” / “my leg fell asleep” while limping and Dick or Jason going to roughly pat it until Tim gives up and sits on the floor.

- Similarly, Tim getting suburnt and Dick and Jay repeatedly place their hands on his red back to see the white marks of their palms until they fade away.

- All brothers constantly trying to trip each other at any given moment. Bonus points if they’re holding a glass of liquid, in the middle of a phonecall or just vibin’

“Lucius? Call all board members, I’ve found a mistake in our stock analysis which I want to dis - (thump sound followed by Tim muttering “real mature, assholes!” at his brothers) - cuss.”

- They all greet each other as “Bitch”, “Hoe”, “Jerk” and Dick remains “Dick”, because it’s bad enough he’s called that. And if that’s too much energy, they simply flip each other off while Alfred shakes his head disapprovingly.

- The typical “instinctive flinch every time your older brother raises his hand because you’re 99.9% sure he’s gonna hit you” trope. For every generation except Dami, Dami’ll hit his older brothers before they get the chance.

- Tim would be chilling or working and randomly get a package of those store-bought chocolate croissantsthrown at him by Jay, because his older brother knows he overworks himself sometimes and forgets to eat. That package of croissants is also sometimes a box of twinkies.

- There’s this room locked in the attic which Bruce told them all specifically not to enter because there’s a lot of fragile objects inside that belonged to his ancestors. The door’s lock is so advanced younger Dick and robin Tim didn’t know how to hack it, but there was this window they could enter the room through by climbing a tree. Of course, they were rebellious, curious boys so they took this opportunity. Imagine Alfred’s shock when he got a phonecall from the old wallphone in the attic because the two of them broke the branch of the tree they had used to get inside, and they trapped themselves in.

- We all know Dick loves his cereal, so his brothers all take advantage of the rare moment when their older brother is vulnerable and carefree . .  by making Dick laugh so hard milk sprays out of his nostrils. Every. Single. Morning. That’s why Dick’s such an early riser now, to avoid his brothers and save his nose the pain.

- There’s this game they came up with, which was essentially tag in the dark. Except the chaser would carry a camera, and instead of touching the runners to tag them, they’ve have to snap a photo of them with the flash on (we didn’t have much to do when the lights went out as kids). Once, Tim and Damian bumped into each other in the dark while being chased down by Dick. Dami got a bruise on his forehead while Tim got one on his chin. Best part? Because of the rules of the game, Dick had snapped a perfect photo of them just as they collided.

- One time, Alfred stated how much space the boys’ old costumes were taking up in the batcave and asked them to throw away the ones they don’t use (in me and my sisters’ case, it’s a bunch of clothes we never wear but refuse to let go of).

Jason: I have nothing to toss out, I used all my helmets

Dick, holding up the Cursed Helmet With Nose and Mouth Features:

Jason: Hey! I got that made specifically to match my face anatomy. It’s expensive and I’m keeping it.

Dick, pointing at the domino mask:

Jason: Look, my helmets aren’t made by your fancy WayneTech. They break. I need to wear something underneath.

Tim, sitting at the batcomputer some distance away: You don’t get your weapons from WayneTech? Cringe.

Dick: Okay but what about this.

(he holds up the cursed dome helmet from the time he tried to become media famous in the 2009 comics)

Jason: That’s the red bucket Alfred uses to wash the floor, I threw that old helmet out years ago.

- Once, Dick and Jason were helping Dami do some mega-high backflips in the pool. They would each use their hands for Dami to stand on and toss him back with as much force as they can. Dami would use this as a boost, basically. One time, they used too much force, like a spring with surprisingly strong pushback, which drove Dami’s kneecap right into his nose mid-flip, breaking his nose.

i swear to god i did not make any of this up. we were bored 90s kids growing up in the early 2000s, and my grandad had a farm where we used to go feral. my childhood was lit and full of injuries. for some extra context: my brother’s 8 years older than me, and my sister 4, so i was mainly the victim of their recklessness.

insp.