#all boys too

[wasabi-gumdrop]

local ladies man’s signature move totally useless against autistic monster enthusiast. more on Kabru’s fumble era at 6

[kensatou]

(✿◕‿◕) die (ꈍ ꒳ ꈍ✿)

[artkaninchenbau]

Crocodile finds a strange stray cat an 11-year old Nico Robin (AU where they met 13 years earlier. Robin's been on the run from the World Government for 3 years. Crocodile's 27 and has not set up base in Alabasta yet)

It seems like I have become possessed. By some sort of demon.

Bonus:

[draculings]

an incredibly sensitive instrument.

[maigetheplatypus57]

Do you think Evbo learned how to do those jumps and thought "oh this is so sick what's the best way I can show off my parkour skills"

[soldrawss]

Something something 16yo 2k12 Mikey gets sucked into a portal and sent into the RISE universe and ends up helping raise the RISE kiddos AU

[valscodblog]

THE HUSBANDS ARE BEING FUCKING HUSBANDS RIGHT NOW AND I AM SQUEELING AND SCREAMING RIGHT ALONG SIDE YOU AMIGA BC OMG, LADY-LADYYYYYYYY UGH <3333

Their so fucking married with three kids-and another on the way <33333

People always talk about how Alejandro went back into the burning building for Rodolfo, but are we going to talk about how Rodolfo was ready to straight throw hands with Graves' on his own.

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Alejandro is just sitting tied up in a cell with Graves.

"got any info for us? Or will you continue to play it the hard way Vaquero?" Graves' clicked his tongue and leaned off the metal desk inside the dark room. He uncrossed his arms to kneel in front of Alejandro, his smirk burning a fire deep into Alejandro's gut.

"Vete a la mierda." Fuck you. He hissed. His glare pierced through his eyebrows, frown deepening into an unholy sneer.

Graves sighed, of course he wouldn't go easy. Who was he kidding thinking he could get info from this idiot? He grabbed Alejandro by his hair and brought his face down against his knee with a harsh crack. The sound, finally, a pained hiss came from Alejandro. Blood dripped down his nose, pain coursing through his face.

"Anything at all?" Graves tried again.

"Vete a la mierda." Alejandro repeated, shakier than before.

"No one is coming to get you Alejandro! Might as well give up before I kill you. This is all a big waste of time in the grand scheme isn't it? Come on, I don't want to waste time hurting you." Graves took Alejandro's jaw in his hand and turned him up to meet his gaze.

"You're all alone. Just tell me."

Alejandro remained quiet. His lip quirked up and his eyes seemed to ignite with that same fire Graves had attempted to stomp out of him.

"I'm not alone pendejo. Rodolfo knows. And he will not let you get away with this."

Graves scoffed. "What's Rodolfo going to do? Call me up and beg with that timid little voice? Honestly Alejandro you should keep the good ones. So long as you recruit people who intend to use you as a meat shield you will continue to fail."

Alejandro growled. "You know nothing."

"Sure. Keep telling yourself that."

"¡Cabrón! ¡Te hará pagar por hacernos esto a todos!" Fucker! He'll make you pay for doing this to all of us!

Graves only laughed again. He shook his head as he left the cell and locked Alejandro back into silence. The seething man struggled in his bindings. He twisted and coiled his wrists until his muscles were burning. Rodolfo would come. He knew Rodolfo better than anyone, he would be here.

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"Get the rest of the men some food. Maybe they will be more inclined to release information." Graves instructed two guards outside the compound.

"yes sir." They grabbed their weapons and left from their position. As soon as they turned the corner a red sight dot focused on one of them. "What-"

His partner snapped to look as soon as blood splattered from between the first man's eyes. His body fell to the ground with a thud, his face exploded from the impact of the bullet. "Hey-" The dot focused on the second man and no sooner did he feel a flash of pain before his brain exploded and he landed in the dirt.

Rodolfo jumped down from the base watch tower. With three of the sentinels already taken out, getting to Alejandro would be easy. He slipped along the shadowy night over to the two bodies. He huffed and kicked them into the corner where they would be less noticable.

His gun flew back into his hands as he turned the corner. All clear. He knew exactly where Alejandro's cell was. As soon as he got him out they could free the rest of the Vaqueros.

He walked slow and steady down thick metal wall to the inside of the compound. Fifty yards away was the large electric fence of the outskirts building. Two large trucks were parked by the entrance. Three men walked the entrance, talking to themselves as smoke drifted into the air. Two had cigars lit from the first two mens mouths while the third sat by the door cleaning a blade.

"Heard of that Ghost guy? Ya think he's comin' round here?"

The closest to the car scoffed. "Yeah, because he's gonna waste his time with the puny Vaqueros. As far as I see it they'll send the tiny one. Soap bar?"

They burst into laughter, giving Rodolfo the chance the scoot up against the first car. He aimed his gun around the rim and flipped on the red dot. The one puffing his cigar choked when he saw it aimed at his buddy. "Hey-" He was to slow to grab his gun when the shot was made and the operator fell to the ground.

The one cleaning his knife looked up just as the second man fell. His cigar rolled from his fingers and stopped at the man's boot. "Hey!" He twisted his blade and got to his feet. Rodolfo rounded the truck and met the man. The operative swung his blade as Rodolfo ducked. He slammed his fist into the man's gut and grabbed the straps on his hips.

Rodolfo pulled them both to the ground and grabbed the knife from the Shadow's hand. It fell to the ground and rolled by the truck tire.

"little rat!" The Shadow hissed. He flipped Rodolfo on his front and got him in a headlock. Rodolfo grabbed the man's elbows. He struggled underneath the bigger man who held him down into the dirt. "Who are you here for, eh?" Rodolfo choked. He grabbed the shadow's sleeve and pulled it up to reveal his bare skin. Rodolfo sunk his teeth into the man's arm and pulled the flesh. The Shadow cried in surprise and let go enough for Rodolfo to kick him off. He reached for the knife and plunged it into the man's shoulder. Blood splattered across Rodolfo's gear. He pulled the bloody blade from the Shadow's muscle and slashed it across his throat and dug it into his jugular.

He stood and grabbed the shadow's limp body by the jacket and threw him under the truck.

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Alejandro spat thick blood at his feet. He looked up at the shadow in front of him without a word. The shadow stared back with his bloody fist raised, knuckles rough.

"This is too much fun." He chuckled and swung again.

"We'll see..." Alejandro hissed.

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Rodolfo slammed a shadow sentinel against the wall and put a bullet in his brain. He dropped the soldier and grabbed his ammo charges. He reloaded his gun and turned down the busy hallway. Shadows marched as he turned. He unloaded the silenced clip across the hallway and watched bodies drop. A loud alarm went off but he was barely bothered as round after round went into the Shadows bodies. The sounds of yelling from down the hall could be heard as more soldiers were caught in the gunfire.

The shadow locked in with Alejandro turned. He looked up and pressed his hand to his radio. "Thompson? What's going on out there?"

A voice went to respond before being cut off in an angered cry. "Thompson!?" The soldier turned back to Alejandro who smirked.

"They're here." Alejandro said.

"Shut your mouth!" The soldier hissed. He turned and grabbed his gun. He swung open the door. A figure launched at him and threw him back into the room. He cried when a boot stomped into his stomach and a clip was emptied on his face. Blood splattered across the walls. Rodolfo slammed the door shut and turned to see Alejandro.

"Rudy!"

Rodolfo smiled. He dropped his weapon and ran to Alejandro. "Are you alright?" Rodolfo cupped his cheek and examined his bloodied face and split lip. "Bastards. I'll kill them all."

"I think you already did. Where are the others?"

Rodolfo moved around Alejandro and cut through the ropes around his wrists. Alejandro sighed and rolled his wrists, slowly moving his arms again. He stood on wobbly legs and took Rodolfo into his arms. "I missed you." Rodolfo smiled and hugged Alejandro tightly. "I missed you too." Alejandro kissed his husband's forehead and wiped the blood from his cheek. "Where are the others?"

Rodolfo paused. "Well... About that..."

Alejandro looked into Rudy's eyes. "You came alone?"

"I- yes. I couldn't leave you with them. And Ghost and Soap weren't exactly at my disposal."

Alejandro gasped softly. "Oh Rodolfo." He hugged him tightly and rubbed his back. "Foolish my love."

"I couldn't leave you."

Alejandro felt tears in his eyes. He missed Rodolfo and held him on his arms. "You surprise me all the time, you know?"

"Come on, I know a way out." Rodolfo handed him one of the Shadow's guns, making Alejandro smirk. "That's my Vaquero." He kissed Rodolfo's neck and pushed the door open and they both moved into the chaos.

They had some explaining to do when they both got back.

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This idea is in my head. I want to make a fic or art of this scenario. I think it's cute.

[egophiliac]

buckle up lads we're going BACK INTO THE BOOK

[demaparbat-hp]

She will (and he'll let her)

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

i love it when they let jules be insane too

[erebus0dora]

something something a chat i am in discussing the loneliness of Armand who needs someone to define him and see him, so

"...it was ghastly and awful and loathsome, and beautiful all at the same time."

and yeah i kinda just want to give ppl hugs with anything i do and talk to them in hushed tones, so there you go

[greenglowinspooks]

To be honest. DCxDP where the reason Danny meets the bats is Ace the Bat-hound

Like, just think about it for a second. Danny is in Gotham for college, or maybe he just moved out to find a city where having mad scientist parents isn’t actually that unusual.

He can see ghosts.

The ghosts know this.

Now he’s getting harassed left and right by spirits trying to get closure. Fine, whatever, most of them are a one-and-done type deal, and the amount of ghosts trying to get his help steadily decreases.

Except for this one very stubborn dog.

It just keeps showing up and leading him to crime scenes! He doesn’t know how many “anonymous tips” he can call in to the cops before they trace his phone! And this dog, this incredibly good boy, will not stop trying to help the city. He’s never met anyone with such a strong sense of justice, let alone a dog. Can dogs even have a moral compass?

And so Danny just accepts the fact that Ace isn’t going anywhere and becomes his reluctant sidekick/dedicated medium. He leans into the whole thing, dressing up in a mix of traditional magic-user attire and accessories that pay homage to the ghost dog.

He becomes somewhat well known. The psychopomp detective following around the shadowy figure of a German Shepard? That’s unusual! That’s weird! I mean, it’s not the weirdest thing in Gotham, sure, but he’s a new vigilante and he’s got a ghost dog that people can only see when it’s around him. Someone’s gonna notice.

Damian, as Robin, is the first to reach out to him.

Ace doesn’t know Damian but he does know a Robin, and while this isn’t his Robin, he’s still friendlier than usual. Danny’s panicking because oh god the bats are here and also is this kid gonna steal my ghost dog, Damian is absolutely delighted by Ace, and Ace is just happy to see a Robin again.

Damian decides that the psychopomp isn’t a danger to anyone, and there’s no reason to put this encounter into his reports, really, and perhaps Danny can help with some of his cases in the future.

Danny is sweating bullets because Damian basically tells him that he’ll keep him secret as long as he gets to play with Ace. Ace is happy that he’s finally getting some bat affiliated crime-fighting assistance.

And so, Danny is now both Ace AND Damian’s reluctant assistant. At least whenever he’s in trouble, he can always call a middle schooler to help him.

(Is Robin even in school? He’s out patrolling damn near every night, and he stays out late as hell. Does he have a bedtime? He should.)

Eventually it gets to the point where Damian is going over to Danny’s house. When he first sees it, he has a damn bitch you live like this moment, to which Danny responds that not everyone has the money to afford a nice place. Damian counters that he could at least take the time to clean up, and Danny replies that he’s working, going to school, and being a vigilante assistant to a ghost dog, something’s got to give.

Danny nearly has a heart attack when he checks his bank account the next day and sees that someone transferred him 10,000 dollars.

And so they get into a routine. Danny and Damian fight crime with Ace at night, and occasionally Damian stops by during the day to play with Ace and have Danny help with his homework.

(Damian is smart enough to do it on his own, but some of the instructions are written incredibly confusingly, and he would never admit to needing help to his family. Danny is just glad that the kid is in school and cares about his education, blissfully unaware that he’s basically emotionally adopted him.)

Damian is used to being in Danny’s company.

Eventually, when going over a case with the family, Damian absentmindedly remarks that he’ll have to ask Danny about some of the clues that they might be missing. Nightwing asks who he means and Damian makes a face like he just swallowed a lemon.

Cue shitstorm.

Who is “Danny?” Why is Damian willing to ask for help from anyone, much less someone outside of the family? Does he know who Damian is? Has Damian been compromised? What the hell is going on?

Damian now has to explain that Danny is the psychopomp with the ghost dog who he might have met hunted down while on patrol and conveniently not mentioned, but he’s not a bad person, really, and he lets him play with Ace, and he’s been quite helpful on certain cases due to his ability to talk to ghosts.

Bruce insists that the family meet Danny. Damian, hoping that he won’t just skip town the second he hears the news, relents.

Danny is surprisingly eager to meet the bats, considering his earlier fears.

Damian, blissfully unaware of what’s coming, sets a time and place to meet.

Once everyone is there, he gives Bruce the earful of a lifetime.

Robin is in middle school! Danny knows that there’s no way to stop the boy from going on patrol, but you could at least shift his schedule so he gets enough sleep on school nights! Does the Bat even know where he is half the time?! (No) And why isn’t he comfortable asking his family for help with both cases and homework? Did they ever even notice how much time he was spending at Danny’s house? If Danny was a bad person, he could have seriously hurt the poor boy! Shame on you!

Nightwing is mortified that Damian didn’t trust him enough to tell him about any of this. Red Hood is laughing his ass off, because yeah Danny is making good points but he’s also chewing out the literal Batman. Tim is recording the whole thing. Steph is delighted by the absolute gall of this Danger Twink™️, and already planning to add him to several groupchats. Damian is more embarrassed than he’s ever been in his entire life.

You, he points to Nightwing, did your academic life feel supported when you were a Robin? Nightwing is too stunned to speak. Red Hood, eternal shit-stirrer, says that oh, we all prioritized patrol over our education, that’s just how it is. Red Robin actually dropped out of high school to avoid distractions, did you know that?

Danny honest-to-god shrieks at this.

He finishes his angry rant and leaves, everyone too stunned to stop him.

And as it turns out, Tim wasn’t the only person recording the whole thing.

The entire internet is blowing up with Psychopomp The Danger Twink™️’s rant. People are taking sides. Things are getting messy. Red Hood literally admitting on-camera to previously being a Robin is somehow not the main focus here.

Eventually someone connects some dots from the video, as well as stories circling the internet about the psychopomp. A ghost dog named Ace, who is the literal only reason that the psychopomp is fighting crime at all, which seems incredibly fond of Nightwing and Robin.

A crime-fighting dog who wants constant attention from both the current and original Robin.

Oh my god, Ace the Bat-hound died and became a crime-fighting ghost.

And, somehow, that’s still not the strangest thing going on in Gotham.

[deaderthandoubledead]

So we all agree that the reason AU Silco was late to the party (and arriving exactly just before Powder's big entrance) was because he was helping his daughter get ready for her date? There's a reason why she's dressed like young him

[graye]

Rumors say this is what tipped Anakin to the Dark side.

[rissaito]

happy birthday, master diluc 🌹

thinking about how no matter what, diluc will always have a family waiting for him with open arms… give this man a hug, he deserves it

[kenneth-black]

Eddie was basically like “so when can i have my husband back?” 😭😭😭

[the doctors & nurses totally think these two are married atp 🤭]