#also apparently his middle name is Clark???

[unadulteratedsoulsweets]

A DC X DP IDEA #27

They’re the strongest?!?!

Imagine dis…

You know … I read too much humans are space orcs fic, prompts, ideas… etc.

But I still like Danny Phantom and DC…

And I remember that one A03 fic…

…

Another alien invasion is another Wednesday for the JL but it seems like they are quite different. Not only they are known as invaders in the Green Lantern Corps but they also have some sort of code among warriors, they give a chance to the species they are invading to fight back. By having their strongest fight against their strongest. It is not through fighting to the death as different planets have different climates and terrains and thus have their version of the Olympic games but instead of rewarding the participants medals, they were rewarded their planet's safety, but Hal commented that the challenges are too staged, too well known to the invading aliens. Since the ones defending have no idea how to approach the challenges, they always end up losing. Green Arrow commented that since they can just send out the Big Blue boy scout, Hal shook his head as they have to be the same species one planet already tried it by asking aid from another planet and not only lost but the invading aliens got 2 planets, plus they’ll bring it up to the galaxy court system and put them in a tight spot. Of course, Aquaman blinked with confusion and asked if there was a court system for the galaxy.

…

So of course, when the said invading aliens landed on the Milky Way and broadcasted their intentions. The JL already have a team to fight them, of course, we have Batman with his cunning mind, Wonder Woman for her chivalry and strength, Flash for his speed, Doctor Fate for his mastery of magic, and Cyborg for technological skills. Just as they were about to tell the invading aliens that they had already picked their strongest, another announcement popped out. Apparently to even out the playing field they have a new technology to help them pick out their strongest for them. As if they were talking to kids and promptly pressed the bottom to automatically select the earth’s strongest.

The heroes at the space station as well those around the world who were debriefed about the situation a week before are already bracing themselves to be picked, while the citizens around the globe are all now watching and anticipating as not only this a new thing as the majority of their alien invasion they immediately went to evacuation.

Who appeared/ chosen immediately made both sides' jaws drop….

Three?

Only three are chosen…

An adult, a teen, and a child?

A man who wore a blue rental suit with glasses, blue eyes and black hair. Which the Metropolis recognizes as one of their own. Clark Kent, a reporter with fame and reputation on par with the famed Lois Lane. The ideal model of someone who came from the countryside and made a name and life in the big city.

An 11-year-old boy with blue eyes and black hair who wore a red hoodie, faded jeans, and red shoes, in which the city Fawcett knew of. Billy Batson was, a former foster kid on the run until he found his forever home with the couple named Victor and Rosa Vasquez who also fostered a couple of kids, which Billy claims as his siblings. A kind kid who kept doing good around him and his community.

Lastly, a teen, again with blue eyes and black hair wore a faded NASA hoodie, and blue jeans with faint eye bags which was a small town in Amity Park where he came from. Danny Fenton, the only son of the two leading scientists of ecto-biologists in ecotology, the one who realized that one of the two purple-back gorillas is a female thus avoiding extinction.

…

Clark Kent by day and Superman by night knew about the invading aliens. He also knew that he could not participate despite being raised on Earth made him unqualified to join. So, imagine his shock when he suddenly found himself with two earth children in the middle of a large arena with futuristic cameras looking at them. He is now in an internal dilemma; how can he save the two kids, while he tries to save Earth altogether?

This train of thought also passed by the young Billy Batson on the said teen, Billy already knew that Superman was already thinking of saving the both of them. Now his priority is to survive and keep his secret ID a secret for a bit longer.

…

Danny on the other hand has a completely different train of thought, he was just about to reach his room. His beautiful room where his bed is, he had just finished a four-hour exam to bring his grades back up to an acceptable level, 9 continuous ghost attacks, another nonsense quarrel between the observers and he is close to committing anarchy just so he can have the same treatment to Pariah Dark, an eternal sleep in a comfortable looking Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep.

So imagine his surprise when he is suddenly teleported to what looks like an alien ship, Danny would usually be ecstatic but they have interrupted him, he is so close to his bed. He knew that there would be some sort of an invasion as he remembered the bits and pieces from Tucker’s ramble when they last hung out together.

He doesn’t care if aliens invade Earth, but if you come between him and his bed. He will make sure of what he will do to those who disturb him, he will make his fight with his future self and Pariah Dark like child’s play.

…

The Justice League kept on insisting that they had already chosen their fighters and those who appeared in the middle of their arena were civilians, not warriors. But the invading aliens stayed on their decision and immediately began the games.

The rest of the heroes are now scrambling to not only stop the invading aliens but also save the 2 civilians who were randomly selected.

While the rest of the League is now panicking the rest of the world is now in an outrage. Sending out a civilian man and children by the alien's weird machinery.

The Fenton couples are especially rabid as, if there is anything that tops their ghost obsession, it would be their children’s safety. The family of Batson are on the edge of their seats as they worry for Billy.

…

The games begin with an opening of rules and such, as well as an introduction to the alien’s warriors who are big and full of muscles making the Earth team look so tiny.

The first game starts with a simple hunting game with very minimal clues and tools at their disposal to find what they seek. Clark can crack the code on to where to hunt but it is a dangerous environment, Clark discusses it with his teammates on how to catch it, Clark is already thinking if he should reveal himself as a meta with strength but Danny just glares at the man and grabbed capturing tools form the table and sought out the thing they are designated to hunt.

The other team took a glance at Team Earth and warbled some snickers at how they took looking/hunting too fast without any plans and went back to their planning.

Clark and Billy are worried for their other teammate but after a few minutes, they hear a roar some shuffles, and then silence.

Back on earth, most people are horrified a what could be the teen’s fate but when footsteps were heard they saw the teen again scathed, with a few scratches, and a hulking beast all tied up from its muzzle to its tails.

Clark nervously asked, still maintaining his civilian identity, how on earth Danny had caught such a beast. Danny’s only response was, back from where he came a certain ”friend” really wanted “someone’s” pelt on a wall and learned some things while HE was chasing that “something”.

That starts the Danny effect…

…

A tag sort of game as there is a hunter to hunt them down and their objective is to hide longer than the other team, with both Billy and Danny a part, while Billy lasted a few hours with his wit and skills that he honed during his time when he ran from CPS and the police during his days as a foster child, which is impressive itself as he got two of the other team’s members to be captured first before him. Danny outlasted Billy and the rest of the other team won the game in a landslide and gained some bonus points by not only redirecting the hunter and leading them into a false trail or a dead end but also messing with the said hunter without being spotted by him.

Cooking with live and weird ingredients? Clark initially volunteered to do it as he has a stomach of steel being an alien but cannot cook as he has no idea which ingredient is edible as all alien dishes and ingredients come from Krypton and he has to impress the judges who put them in a disadvantage as the judges are from the same race as the opposing team. Danny just shook his head at Clark quickly put on an apron and set to work.

Clark and Billy immediately turned green at the sight as Danny nonchalantly battled the live ingredients, from the meat section to what seems to be the fruit and vegetable section, It is bloody as it is and quite fascinating as it is disgusting. All their years in the Justice League they have seen some twisted and weird things but seeing their third teammate casually stab what looked like an unholy cross hybrid between an octopus and a shark trying to crawl away from the carnage, cleaned the weird animal from the inside out and fillet it.

Of course, they are in disbelief when the judges practically moan the moment, they taste Danny’s dish. Clark and Billy are pretty sure one of the judges is planning to spare Danny and turn him into their chef if the invasion continues, with the way they look at Danny. The judges reluctantly let Danny’s dish win.

Billy reluctantly asked Danny where he learned to cook like that, Danny’s only response was a grumble of a sound that seemed to sound like at home but that cannot be, right?

Trying to survive an onslaught of hypnotic plants native to the alien’s home world, Danny once again won and even began criticizing the plants for how their music was so horrible that it would not even wake the dead.

Play some sort of FIGHTING VIDEO GAME that is popular in 5 sectors in their part of the galaxy, Danny wins and repeatedly shoots the aliens with pure hatred and anger in his eyes, Clark has to physically drag Danny out of the arena to stop his onslaught of firing to the poor guy who was already on the verge of crying.

And so on with the Earth’s team leading COUGH Danny COUGH and demolishing the invading aliens from their games.

After a while the games are done and Team Earth wins with a massive gap to the invading aliens. They returned the three in the middle of the Metropolis and went away without so much a fuss…

Well, expect that one chef in their midst how begged the leader to take Danny and only him with them but the leader is already fearing for his life as the last few games that humans began to be more feral by the second and he was sure he is also a second away from being the one at the other end of his chopping board.

…

Back on earth everyone cheered on the three and began flashing them their camera lights to get a new scoop, and one brave reporter even tried to interview Danny but when people tried to look for the elusive teen he seemingly disappeared.

Clark knew Danny was, sleeping peacefully in the middle of the bushes a few feet away from them, and kept quiet as he was late to realize that Danny was on the verge of a crash like Red Robin is when he pulled something like this when Conner invited him.

…

PS: If someone out there wanted to continue or make a fic about this you are free to do so, don’t forget to tag me though.

[suzukiblu]

WIP excerpt for ZepysGirl; the wet nurse omegaverse. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

“Ah,” she says, blinking slowly. Her car keys are in her hand, and she hasn’t put them away yet. Clark is attempting a neutral smile and not even remotely succeeding at it. “. . . alright, then. What’s his name?” 

“Carl,” Clark says, still attempting the smile. 

“‘Carl’ what?” Lois asks. 

“. . . um,” Clark says, then glances to Bruce. The fact he actually didn’t notice it on any of the paperwork is definitely proof of how upset he is. 

“Carl Krummett,” Bruce supplies. “Allegedly.” 

“‘Allegedly’?” Lois cocks an eyebrow. 

“We’re not sure he wasn’t trafficked,” Bruce says without mentioning the equally likely or possibly simultaneous option of and he also might be underage, and thinks–well, it’s slightly immoral, maybe, to use Carl’s apparent circumstances in an attempt to soothe Clark’s instincts a little, but if it works . . . “He can’t be a day older than twenty and apparently was handling multiple clients before being assigned to our case, and the agency representative informed us he had a ‘detachment disorder’ about five minutes before he imprinted so strongly on Chris that he didn’t even put him down to nurse Jon. And also he has absolutely zero understanding of or familiarity with pack manners, which we learned when the representative offered to arrange an alpha for him without actually consulting him and he didn’t understand what she was talking about.” 

“. . . so like, legally, how long is it gonna take to investigate this agency?” Lois asks. “Do I need to get out my lockpicks again? Because I can do that. I can definitely do that.” 

“I was going to start with hacking their computer system first, but I’ll keep the offer in mind,” Bruce replies wryly. 

“You know there’s always something good in the actual physical files,” Lois says, then sticks her middle finger through her kitschy Gateway City keyring and spins it around it. 

“You’d be amazed how many people feel increasingly secure in backing up damning information to the cloud,” Bruce replies in a deadpan, and Lois snorts, then spins her keys again, looking–calculating, Bruce supposes he’d say. As if she’s doing the math on the situation, or maybe just double-checking it. 

“Chris really nursed from him?” she asks. “How long did it take to convince him to?” 

Clark–grimaces, just barely. Bruce responds before he has to. 

“Nothing,” he says. “Chris pup-called, Carl went into feral drop and they bonded, and then Christ chirped for him and started nursing first thing the moment Carl pulled his shirt up for him. No hesitation, even after tasting it wasn’t Kryptonian milk.” 

“. . . huh,” Lois says, and blinks slowly again. 

“We’ll have to track Chris’s weight and blood work, obviously,” Bruce says briskly. “Keep an eye on what nutrients he’s not getting and try to arrange supplements until we can actually get an acceptable formula synthesized for him.” 

“Bruce, you’d do that even if we didn’t need to synthesize supplements and formula for him,” Lois says dryly, then glances carefully to Clark, whose posture and expression would both be politely neutral if they were just the slightest bit less stiff. “Clark, sweetheart–”

[thevoidstaredback]

Week two started off with the RSVPs coming in like a flood. Every single One Percenter that had been invited had accepted the invitation, stating that they'd be there. The heroes that had been invited had yet to respond, though they won't be marked as 'not coming' until the weeks end.

Week Two

Diana had been staring at the invitation for quite some time. She'd apparently been invited to a private Wayne Gala, a charity to raise funds to donate to the Justice League. It was an amusing premis, seeing as Batman somehow funded most of what they did when the U.S. Government fell short, but then she wondered if this was how he did it.

It made sense. He's one man, so he shouldn't have the money to fund the heroes of the world out of pocket. Then again, she didn't know anything about him. The tour of the Bat Cave - a hilarious name, by the way - only proved that point further.

The charity gala is a private event, tighter security than normal, invitations sent out only four weeks in advance, invitation check at the door, no press. But, why was she invited? By random, apparently.

She doubted the odds. 'Random' isn't a thing in Gotham.

Batman probably had something to do with this.

***

Clark was having a hard time believing what he was seeing. He and Lois, as well as Kon and Jon, had been invited to a Wayne Gala? Not even as press. They were going to be actual guests? It was so weird.

When he showed Lois, she'd spent a solid thirty minutes scrutinizing the thing, looking for any sign it was a fake. When she saw the seal, she'd laughed so hard that she fell over, then declared that it was real and that they were going.

He didn't get the joke. She didn't explain.

***

Getting invitations to galas wasn't a new thing for Oliver. He went to at least one in every major city every year. But, getting an invitation to a Wayne Gala that he'd never heard about before? That was a whole new surprise.

Dinah was also surprised by the invitation, but happy to attend. The information on the back said it was a semi-formal dress, and that the theme was Hero.

Ironic.

A charity gala for the Justice League hosted by Gotham's White Prince. Did Batman know anything about this? Probably. He seems to know everything. Honestly, Oliver wouldn't be surprised if the man knew who Green Arrow was behind the mask.

Actually, is Batman even human? He claims he is, and so does Nightwing and Robin, but then they turn around and do things that are decidedly not human-like.

But, who is he to judge?

Dinah was already picking out their outfits. She was going to theme herself after Green Arrow, so Oliver thought it fair to theme his own outfit after Black Canary.

Roy would be laughing his ass off at them. Maybe they could convince him to come with them? The invitation said to invite family... He should have him bring Lian, too. Brucie won't mind. He's a family man, after all.

Actually, that's probably exactly why the invite addresses the Queen Family, instead of just Oliver Queen and his plus one.

Also, why does Bruce want him to give a speech? Yeah, he'll do it, and yeah, he's a better public speaker than Bruce, but why? Was it a spur of the moment thing? Probably.

***

Hal stared at the paper suspiciously. Not once had he been to a fancy gala like a Wayne Gala. In fact, the fanciest party he'd been to were the parties thrown for the military vets.

Okay, so, bad example. Those parties are actually pretty fancy and fairly private, but still! A One Percent Party? Why would Hal get invited to one of those? He's perfectly middle-class, thank you very much.

He toyed with the thought of not going, the idea of Batman catching him in Gotham making him even more reluctant to go, but his curiosity was getting the better of him.

What was it like at one of these things? Would Batman really bust in and ruin the thing if he caught wind of Hal being there? What was Gotham's One Percent like? What was the Wayne Family like?

All very good questions that he wanted answers to.

He filled out the RSVP. He doesn't have anyone to bring with him, but maybe he could ask another hero? Maybe the other Green Lanterns will wanna be there. He's sure the Waynes won't mind. What'll they do, throw him out?

Well....they might, but they probably won't. That'll look bad.

He's got some calls to make before sending this back.

***

Wally had been the one to find the invitation. He'd been over to visit and stopped to bring the mail in for Iris. He knew that crest like the back of his hand because Dick's the one who introduced it to him.

That's right, he knows who Nightwing is. And he is very upset that he was left out of what's obviously a prank on the Justice League! He was gonna have to give his bestie a call. Tsk.

"We're going to this!" he declared loudly the second the door closed behind him.

"What is it?" Bart asked, meeting him in the entryway.

Wally was quick to hide the seal in his pocket. A room full of geniuses would figure it out in a second and he wanted to see this through completely. "Wayne charity gala in Gotham."

"Oh?" Iris asked from her place on the couch, putting her book down. Wally handed her the mail. "You just want to see Nightwing."

His grin was goofy. "Yeah, but don't go telling people that."

Barry plucked the invitation from his hands. "'Charity for Justice'," he read, "'for Justice League and associates'." He flipped it over. "It's addressed to the whole family, though we'll need to RSVP."

Bart set off in a fast repeat of "Please, please, please!" on 3x speed while Barry and Iris shared a silent conversation. Wally's grin grew. He knew they'd say yes.

***

Arthur didn't know how to react. Well, he did, but it was weird. He's a lighthouse keeper. Why's he getting invitations to some fancy party? He'd understand if he got the invite as Aquaman, but as Arthur? It's so weird.

He was going to accept. Mera was gonna make him accept. Probably on the grounds of 'just because'. But she's scary, so he's not gonna say no. At least they can bring Andy? Probably a bad decision. Like, a really bad decision.

Who'd watch over Atlantis while they were gone, though? Someone's gonna have to stay behind!

Mera won't stand for that.

Kaldur'ahm. They'll bring Kaldur with them. He'll be responsible enough to keep Andy in check when she inevitably slips away.

This is a bad idea.

He's going to regret this.

He sends off the RSVP anyway.

Part 11 Part 13

[apollo-likes-writing]

June of Doom Day One - "Help Me."

Characters: Bruce Wayne/Batman, Clark Kent/Superman, Alfred Pennyworth, Ra's Al-Ghul (mentioned), Tim Drake/Red Robin, Damian Wayne/Robin, Stephanie Brown/Spoiler, Dick Grayson/Nightwing

Summary: Bruce has always been stubborn, much to the dismay of those around him. It's only when he has no other option that he actually decides to ask for assistance.

Word count: 1603

Tags: Light angst, light gore, injuries, depictions/recountance of injuries and violence, medicine/medical terminology.

Author's Note: In comparison to other angst fics I've written, this one is incredibly tame. Call it the calm before the storm for this challenge lol. Enjoy! As always, feel free to like, comment, and reblog. It helps me out a bunch.

@juneofdoom

Masterlist | Day Two

The Dark Knight is revered across the world as being untouchable. Unbeatable. The stuff of legend that you tell your kids about so they will behave. “You better be good, or the Batman will come and get you in the night!” It works a treat. There are some people in the world who don’t even think He exists. They believe it’s clever CGI or paid trauma actors or a talented cosplayer (as to what they’re cosplaying is up for debate, for obvious reasons). Like on of those fake movies where people on social media work together in their thousands to gaslight people into thinking they exist when they don’t. It’s not true, of course. Batman is as human as any other person on Earth (except for the large variety of aliens that also call Earth home, but that’s another thing to ignore). He is human. He has skin and lungs and teeth and a tongue; and with such things comes vulnerability. The Dark Knight is not untouchable, and he certainly isn’t unbeatable. 

Especially considering the state he is currently in. 

It is well-known throughout the hero community that Ra’s Al-Ghul is not a man to be messed with. Whenever his name pops up on mission briefs it is always given to the more capable heroes in the Watchtower. Usually the Big Three: Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, and today was no different. When the small-time hero of somewhere unimportant came shuffling over to his office to timidly poke his head through the door, Batman was surprisingly quite understanding. 

“That must have been a formatting error. I’ll handle it, don’t worry. Ra’s Al-Ghul isn’t a villain for the regular hero. Thank you for bringing this to me, Jerry.” 

How on earth he knew the man’s name was between him and the gods. He scampered off and out of Batman’s office before he got the chance to ask, his own fear getting the best of him. How heroic. 

Now, while Bruce is clutching his side and using his cape as an impromptu bandage across his torso, he wishes that Clark and Diana were not on their respective breaks. 

“The kids are on school break. I’m going to take them to visit Ma and Pa for the weekend. Shout if you need me, Bruce.” 

“My sisters in Themyscira have requested my presence for a ceremony of some kind. It is apparently important, so I will be back in about a week.” 

He can’t blame them, of course. Superhero work is tough, and everyone is in need of a break now and again. Jon and Kon are important to Clark, as are his own children to Bruce, so he understands. And the surprise birthday party for Diana has been in the works for months. Being the only naturally born Themysciran, it is a ceremony worth celebrating for the Amazons, so Bruce can’t fault them either. He just wishes their departures could have been spaced out a little more so he wouldn’t have to deal with Ra’s alone. 

Now, in the middle of god-knows-where in some North African country, he is alone. Crippled by some sort of Lazarus Pit magic that was blasted across his thigh and various sword-related wounds dotted around his torso and legs. He’s been in worse situations, but he’s also certainly been in better as well. With Alfred piloting the Batwing from the safety of the Batcave, he’s got about four hours until it arrives, and he can be brought back to his own domain. Back to safety. He hesitates at the idea of calling for help from Clark. The man has his own priorities, and it’s been an incessantly long time since he’s had time alone with his family without the stress of hero work. 

However, some priorities overrule others. 

“Clark, help me,” he whispers, voice cracking and hoarse after hours of fighting and sustaining injuries. As he treks away from the arena where Ra’s and Bruce fought (some secluded spot in the middle of a dessert - Bruce would personally guess Ethiopia due to the landmarks surrounding him, but he has been wrong before and wouldn’t be surprised if he was at this moment as well) and with the fact that Ra’s has been defeated in mind and handed into the local authority, he pushes forward. Every step through sand dunes feels as if he’s walking through treacle, and he can’t help but struggle with his own body as he reaches the crest of a particularly large mountain of sand. In the distance, the sparkling lights of a large city twinkle at him with the promise of assistance, but he highly doubts he’ll get there before he collapses to dehydration or his injuries. He’s already exhausted the little water he had in his utility belt and the bandages in it have already been used to patch up wounds of the highest severity. The strange green magic that Ra’s used on him made the material of his trousers stick to his left leg painfully, so he had to cut the cotton-Kevlar material off.  

So, there he is: trudging in the middle of some desert in the middle of nowhere in the dead of night - dehydrated, injured, and miserable with his incoming support not available for another several hours and half of his costume in disrepair. He can’t help feeling a little irritable towards his comrades for this, even if he is completely aware that it isn’t their fault. He was the one who deemed it too dangerous for his children to come with him to combat the Demon’s Head and made the incredibly intelligent decision to go alone. Even Alfred had urged him to go with one of his more mature children, but his fear of losing them after what happened to Jason put the rational part of his brain on autopilot in favour of the worried parent in him to disagree with every alternative. He can just hope that either his family or Clark finds him before it’s too late. 

That’s the last thought he has before he collapses, face first, into the sand. 

— 

He’s in and out of consciousness for a long time. When he’s got half a mind to take in his surroundings, Bruce notices that he is travelling. Rapidly. When he blinks, he’s in a vehicle, then lying down on something, then surrounded by darkness. He hears voices too, but they’re often mixed and warped together until he can’t discern whose is whose. Eventually, the soft timbre of Alfred reaches him, followed by the worried voice of his eldest son. It’s then when he realises he’s back in the Batcave and safe, so he closes his eyes again and stays like that for a while; not particularly in the mood for waking up. 

When he properly regains consciousness, he’s met with a pounding headache and a sharp ache overwhelming his legs and chest. Bruce opens his eyes and is immediately blinded by the bright LED of a medical light glaring down on him. He squints into it and brings his arm up to cover his eyes with a groan, and the room, which he didn’t realise was occupied by others, suddenly went silent.  

“Bruce? You’re awake!” That was the voice of his third son. 

“It was about time, Father. How was Grandfather?” That was his youngest. 

“Stop pestering him! Let him get his bearings before you overwhelm him with questions.” His eldest daughter. 

“I’d appreciate it if you didn’t overwhelm me with questions at all. At least, not yet,” Bruce grumbles, attempting to sit up without triggering a massive headache and failing miserably. He slumps back on the hospital cot, closing his eyes. He feels a cool and damp fabric being placed on his forehead, realising that Alfred is busy doing his medical ministrations as he always does. 

“You gave us quite the scare, Master Bruce. I hope this acts as a lesson to not fight the League of Assassins without correct backup,” the butler states. Bruce sighs, the act causing pain to shoot through his ribcage. Ah, so he broke them.  

“I won, didn’t I?” he states, attempting humour. The joke falls flat in the now silent room and the man represses the urge to sigh a second time. 

“We all know that’s not the point here, Bruce.” His eldest son, Dick, steps forward and stands next to the cot where his father lies. “You gave Clark quite the scare.” 

That’s what gets Bruce to open his eyes. 

“He’s here?” 

“He’s upstairs in the Manor. He wanted to give you space.” 

He can’t suppress the sigh this time and it turns into a wince. 

“Damn it. Can you bring him down here? I want to apologise for keeping him from his family.” 

“Visiting hours are closed for a few hours,” Alfred states bluntly and shoots a poignant glare behind him at the several others in the room. They all look away, shuffling around awkwardly. “Unfortunately, your stubbornness is apparently hereditary.” He turns to face them all. “Children, Master Bruce is awake. You can come back later when he’s in a better state of mind and body.” As if on cue, Bruce groans in pain after a failed attempt to move his legs into a more comfortable position. 

“Right- yeah. Sorry, Alf. We’ll go.” Dick begins to turn away but stops himself halfway to the door. Once the others have left, he gives a meaningful look to his father.  

“Stop thinking you have to do everything alone, Bruce. You have friends. Act like it.” 

With that, he leaves, leaving the Dark Knight in the care of his butler and his own thoughts.

--

Will be posted on Ao3 later on :)

[greypetrel]

I see you've been asked several already, so for the Tolkein asks: whichever question you want to answer most, but haven't been asked c:

Hi Mo! :D

Thank you! The temptation to answer all the questions left was there... But I don't want to pester you with basically an essay, so I'll select a few x°D

Edit after writing it: *it's still an essay* Oops.

2. If you were the Middle Earth race that your personality most matches, which would it be?

I'm a Hobbit. Definitely a Hobbit. No love for being on centre stage, will eat six meals per day (listen, snacks are important ok), is very comfortable at home, but resourceful when needed. I miss the love for gardening, my thumb is very black and I have little interest for plants that I can't eat because what's the point. But Bilbo in the book dreaming while camping in the cold of a cozy afternoon spent reading with the kettle on the fire speaks to my soul.

10. Favorite performance by any actor in the Tolkien film projects? Bonus: What's your favorite scene with them?

Bernard Hill as Theoden always gets me. He's just the right level of intensity, melancholy and grieving because he's old and feels like he hasn't accomplished anything. The tenderness and the respect he has for Eowyn as his beloved niece AND a wise woman he can be happy leaving his kingdom to (Eomer goes with him to a potentially suicidal mission. He's saying, to me, that his heir is HER, not him). And his speeches are all-!!! The Pelennor Field's one always have me shivering. The words are nice, sure, but his acting was just great. All of the Rohan part is just peak casting and great. Miranda Otto did a stunning job, her singing the mourning song haunts me. And THAT SCENE where Karl Urban just screams himself raw when he finds apparently dead Eowyn. I still don't know why exactly it was cut from the cinematic version, it was a pity.

Andy Serkis. I am appalled that he doesn't appear in more movies because honestly find me any other person who would have delivered a Gollum in the same way. (and please Hollywood cast him in more diverse roles, make me see his face, he's GOOD, give him a chance)

Since no one named him: Sean Astin as Sam. REALLY. The way he can go from grumpy and pouty to bright and happy seeing Frodo and absolutely EPIC. He's a whole journey by himself. Favourite scene: I can tell you the PO-TAY-TOES scene by heart, mimicking Gollum as well. But his speech at the end of Two Towers.

And also. Not a favourite because it's down for lines that are not so good, but... I know it's highly unpopular, but I really liked Morfydd Clark as Galadriel. She's not Cate Blanchett, and she's not supposed to be. That's still Edgy!Galadriel that she plays, she's younger and still hot-headed and please read the book and find out that Galadriel is not an ethereal lady, she's a Noldorin and she can and she WILL kick your ass. Clark does it, she has the right look for it. (her lines could have been better? Yes. I still think she did good with what she had.) (I'm all for edgy and angry, more human-like elves, and thought I know it's flawed, but I liked Rings of Power.)

12. Tolkien's work contains a lot of interesting themes: devastation of war, things lost that cannot be restored, rebirth/renewal, holding true to one's companions even when it is darkest, and others. Which is the most important to you?

I'll try to be brief here, I could fill a dissertation over this.

But mainly:

“It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going, because they were holding on to something. That there is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."

This.

The fact that no matter how dark it is outside, there's the promise of light and joy at the end of the tunnel. Hope in spite of everything.

And the fact that it doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter who your ancestors were, how tall are you, how much your people has been involved in a situation before. You are valuable, your help is not in vain, there's some good you can do. See: Pippin's arc. Going from fool of a Took, basically a baby thrown in a world so much greater than him... And standing up to the situation, in the end, just because he wants to help, even if he's scared. His taking the Palantir and talking to Sauron, in the end, is one of the biggest assists given to Frodo... and he's the member of the Fellowship that had the least reasons to be there, the least experience and knowledge to help the mission. In the end, he's just as useful as everyone else.

[itsupermanti]

My Hero Superman AU; Reign of the Multiversal Supermen by @itsupermanti, Part 7 Superwoman; Galactic Maiden

(Artwork from Superwoman Vol 1, #2)

Ochaco(voiceover as the Fortress of Solitude is shown from the outside): My name is Ochaco Uraraka, I was the hero-in-training “the Gravity Hero, Uravity”, but now I have a new title…

Ochaco(as she is shown in her new red and white Superwoman costume alongside her boyfriend and daughter with looks of shock on their faces): My boyfriend is Izuku, the new Superman, Man of Tomorrow, and our daughter Eri is Supergirl, Girl of Steel, so now I’m Superwoman, Galactic Maiden!

Ochaco(as the rest of Izuku’s family is shown): We’ve been dealing with otherworldly visitors, most of them unfriendly, some of them fellow heroes who just want to get home, but this one…

Ochaco(as Clark Kent/SupermanTAS is shown still smiling as the sun sets behind him): He just feels…Truly “Super”, like he’ll help anyone, no matter what universe he’s in…

Hisashi(walking up to Clark and accepting Clark’s handshake): I’m Hisashi Midoriya, the Superman of this Earth, how did you know who I was?

Clark(smirking): I’m an investigative journalist on my Earth, and I kept a low profile when I arrived.

Clark(once he and Hisashi stopped shaking hands): I started investigating the new world I found myself in, and when I realized that the Superman here was from Japan, I started investigating and learned of Hisashi Midoriya, a reporter who joined Musutafu News shortly before Superman appeared.

Clark(with the others paying him close attention): I learned that you were from a small town called “Smallville”, just like I was, so I headed to your hometown, found your family’s farm and meet your father, Josuke, who told me about the kind of person you are.

Izuku(speaking up): Jon told us about you!

Izuku(with Clark turning to him in shock): He said that his dad’s human name was “Clark Kent” and that he was the Superman before him!

Clark(surprise visible on his face): You met my son?

Eri: Him and his Uncle Conner Kent, your clone brother.

Clark(understanding): They were probably from a different Earth than mine, my Jon is barely a month old, and I don’t have a brother, clone or otherwise.

Inko(finishing tying up the unconscious Thragg with her lasso): Regardless, thanks for your help.

Inko(noticing Clark looking at her weirdly): What?

Clark(shaking his head): Nothing, it’s just even though you don’t look like her, you remind me a bit of my wife Lois, with some bits of my friend Diana.

Inko(as All Might drapes Thragg over his shoulder like a sack): Is she a reporter who strives to uncover the truth as well?

Clark(crossing his arms with a chuckle): Looks like somethings are just a multiversal constant…

Thor(hugging Hyperion): It is truly great to see you once again Marcus!

Marcus(patting Thor on the back): You too big guy!

Marcus(glancing at Mjolnir and Thor’s arm): I see you got your arm and hammer back.

Thor(smiling): Indeed!

Thor(losing his smile): Although another has come forth with your name.

Thor(as Hyperion pays him close attention): A group calling themselves, “The Squadron Supreme of AMERICA”…

Thor(turning to Sentry): And last I recall, you were finally able to pass on after a battle against Knull, the King in Black. Jane even told me that she helped your soul ascend to Valhalla…

Bob(shrugging his shoulders): I’m just as confused as you are.

Bob(looking at his own hands): I remember finally passing on, but then I saw a bright light and I found myself in a physical body in the middle of the streets in Japan.

EDenki(walking up): The portal also turned me into my energy form, not sure why though…

Blossom(flying in and addressing EDenki): Apparently something called a Motherbox malfunctioned and opened those portals.

IzukuCW(hand on his chin): But why only people like us?

HisashiKC(walking up): Some other force must be at play here, but what?

Ochaco(overhearing them): Something tells me that we might not like the answer to that…

Later, inside the Fortress;

Goku(looking at a restrained Thragg within a holding cell): You sure this will hold him?

Hisashi(addressing his friend and fellow alien): Yeah, it’s able to hold a Saiyan like you and Vegeta, for a little while anyways…

Hisashi(as Thragg tries to fly at them): Sure they can adapt like you…

As soon as Thragg is about to make contact with the barrier, an array of ultrasonic speakers go off, disrupting Thragg’s concentration due his sensitive Viltrumite ears, and bringing him to his knees.

Hisashi(as the speakers turn off and Thragg glares at them): But their ears are more sensitive to accommodate for their flight.

Hisashi(turning to his friend): And while they can take more punishment for a longer time than you can, they can’t match your power output.

Goku(arms crossed): I don’t know, I can take quite a beating…

Hisashi(smirking): Because you push yourself past the pain, they can take more physical damage before they start going down.

Hisashi(as they walk away from a scowling Thragg): In simple terms, they’re tanks while you and Vegeta and bombers. You can cause more damage than them, but go down easier.

Goku(scratching his nose): I guess that’s accurate…

Hisashi: At least in your base forms, your other forms let you take more damage, at the cost of your stamina.

Hisashi(turning to his friend): Except for Ultra-Instinct, how’s that going for you by the way?

Goku(grinning): I managed to figure it out, thanks for training me in Torquasm-Rao by the way, it really helped get me into the state of mind I needed.

Hisashi: Anything for a friend.

Goku(as they walk into the lobby and they see Eri with Brightburn and Krypto): You know, we should probably have you over for dinner sometime, I know Chichi would love to have you guys over again, and I just know that Izuku and Eri would get along great with Gohan and Pan.

Goku(smirking): Goten’s even a big Superboy fan.

Hisashi(smiling): Maybe after this is all over.

Meanwhile;

Dr Garaki is shown opening another pod within his hidden lab.

Dr Garaki(addressing the young man who has exited the pod): Welcome back…

Dr Garaki(smiling vindictively): Tomura Shigiraki.

The young man lifts his head to reveal the chapped visage of the League of Villains’ current leader. His light blue hair parting to reveal his red eyes.

Shigiraki(once he has fully exited the pod in nothing but a skin tight pair of leggings): Was the procedure successful?

Rokuro walks in wearing a new black and yellow costume with glowing yellow lines throughout, a red lightning bolt on his chest and a full helmet, acting much calmer then he had previously.

Zoom(his voice distorted by his helmet): Why don’t you tell us?

Shigiraki(raising a brow): Who’s he?

Dr Garaki(waving him off): Another one of our experiments, now how do you feel?

Tomura looks down and briefly clenches his right fist. Energy starts to gather in his fist, much like it does with Denki’s lightning as Shazam.

Shigiraki(grinning like the madman he is): Yes…

Shigiraki(proceeding to easily lift the pod he emerged from with one hand): I can feel it.

Shigiraki(as he crushes the pod with his new strength): This strength, it’s exciting!

Shigiraki(as he starts hovering off the ground as his eyes glow with energy): THE POWER OF THE GODS IS MINE TO WIELD!!!

Dr Garaki(grinning madly): Superboy is your cousin, and Wonder Woman your aunt…

Dr Garaki: You’re able to unlock the same power as them, you just need the right trigger to awaken it, in this case the various energy manipulation quirks the Master left for you.

Shigiraki(smirking darkly): With this cheat code, I’ll finally be able to take out the series of boss levels that is the Justice League and their brats!

Zoom(scowling under his helmet): Just leave the Flashes to me. I have unfinished business with them…

Unknown to the villains within the lab, they had been overheard by a worried Toga.

Toga(eyes wide): This is bad…

Shigiraki(as Toga sneaks away from the door): I HAVE to test this new power against my cousin’s!

Shigiraki(turning to Garaki): WHERE IS HE?!?!?!

Re-Destro(walking in without his armor): They’re likely at Superman’s Fortress in the Arctic Circle. It likely contains some technology to help them send the otherworldly visitors back.

Shigiraki(confused): Huh?

Cyborg SM(walking in): You have been undergoing that process for quite a while now, much as happened…

Cyborg SM(smirking as Shigiraki turns to him): Let us fill you in…

Back at the Fortress;

Mei(flying into the main lobby with her Steel suit): WE FIGURED IT OUT!!!

Ochaco(looking up from talking with a shy Brandon Breyer): Really?!

David(running in): We need the Flashes’ help!

Tenya(racing up to them with Tensei and Jay): With what?

Melissa(flying in on the Cosmic Rod): The Speedforce is the key!

Jay(realizing what they mean): Of course, Our vibrational frequency!

David(grinning): Exactly! The Speedforce allows you to vibrate at different frequencies using your speed, so you should all be able to vibrate and match the frequency of other Earths!

SMR-5 walks in carrying what appears to be a specialized treadmill in over his head, with wires draped over his shoulders.

Mei(excitedly): We built this special baby to channel the vibrations you create when you run to open portals across space and time!

Tensei(with his hand on his chin in thought): There were times that as I was running, it looked as if time was rewinding, but I just assumed that it was because I was moving so fast that it looked like I got where I was heading before I seemingly left.

Tenya(eyes wide and waving his hands around): YOU MEAN YOU ACCIDENTALLY TRAVELED BACK IN TIME WITHOUT REALIZING?!?!?! WE COULD TIME TRAVEL THIS WHOLE TIME?!?!?!

SMR-5(having set everything up): I have already scanned the subjects’ various vibrational frequencies and have inputted them into the treadmill’s controls.

Mellisa(as the others join them): All you have to do is run as fast as you have to to match the frequency and open the portal, before using the controls to switch to the next one.

Ochaco(voiceover, smiling): Things might finally be coming to a close!

Meanwhile;

Shigiraki is seen flying towards the Arctic with a legion of Nomus behind him, and a mad grin on his face, wearing a new black and white armor, reminiscent of Superman’s suit, with the “S” on his chest and a red cape(think New 52 Superman armor in the black and white, with t he red cape).

Re-Destro(over the comms): I still highly advise AGAINST this! The alien technology within that Fortress’ defenses are far beyond anything you could possibly dream of!

Shigiraki(cockily): I have the power of the gods now, along with various quirks to boost it! I’ll easily turn their defenses to dust!

Re-Destro(worried): But those defenses are Kryptonian!

Shigiraki(annoyed): What part of “godly might” didn’t you get? I’m more than a match for Superboy now!

Re-Destro: But Superboy is half-alien, half-demigod, but you’re still half-human! No amount of quirks will be able to make up the difference!

Shigiraki(angrily as he starts glowing with more power): OH YEAH?!?!?! JUST WATCH ME!!!

Shigiraki then proceeds to fly faster, unbothered by the heat he is radiating as he nears his destination.

Back at the Fortress;

Tenya(stepping onto the treadmill): So I just have to run?

Mei(giving him a thumbs up): Yeah, but you need to be channeling the Speedforce for this to work.

Tenya(nodding his head in acknowledgment): Got it.

Stargirl: And make sure not to slow down! Otherwise…

Tenya(confused as he was about to place his helmet on): “Otherwise” what?

David(climbing into his Stripe mech): Otherwise, you’ll trip and be launched into the wall behind you with the relative force of a rail gun…

Tenya(nervously placing his helmet on): …Got it…

Tenya(channeling the Speedforce as lightning glows in his eyes): Now or never…

Tenya starts running on the treadmill, his arms and legs becoming blurs with lightning as he runs.

Soon, sparks start jumping off the treadmill, before a series of portals start opening before them.

Ochaco(seeing the portals open up): It’s working!

Suddenly, alarms start going off.

Supreme(looking up in alarm): What now?!

A live feed of the front door is shown.

Shigiraki(banging against the door with all his might, not even leaving a scratch): GET OUT HERE, SUPERBOY!!!

Izuku(stunned): Tenko?!

Clark(confused): You know him?

Ochaco(explaining): He’s actually Izuku’s cousin who was brainwashed by a villain into becoming his successor.

Inko(regretfully): Sadly, since he was raised by that “monster” from a young age, he despises heroes with all his being…

Shigiraki throws an energy charged punch, causing various systems throughout the fortress to go haywire.

Batman(seeing the lights flicker): I have a bad feeling about this…

Suddenly, Homelander comes flying in, eyes burning with anger as his shackles turned off, his face still bruised from the beating his received earlier, followed by Paragon and the Viltrumites.

Homelander(missing a few teeth): BRING IT YOU LITTLE-

Homelander is immediately knocked straight into one of the portals by Aquaman who proceeds to jump after him.

Clark(catching Thragg’s sloppy punch): Let’s take this elsewhere.

Thragg(enraged): LIKE HELL I’LL DO WHAT YOU S-

Clark(throwing him into another portal): I wasn’t asking…

IzukuCW(as Clark flies after Thragg): Go, we’ll deal with him!

Tensei(pulling his cowl on, turning to Brandon): Let’s go!

Ochaco(seeing Izuku punch Paragon into another portal): You better come back in one piece!

Superman(smirking at her): Of course I will.

Ochaco and Izuku fly into separate portals, just as Denki flies out the doors, clotheslining Shigiraki mid punch.

Shigiraki(getting back up): WHERE IS SUPERBOY?!?!?!

Shazam(hovering down): You just missed him…

Eradicator(wearing a new costume as he and the other Supermen and Black Adam hover down besides him): Will we suffice?

Shigiraki simply gets up with a smirk on his face as he starts letting off more energy.

Shigiraki(now looking like a human star): Bring it…

Meanwhile;

Ochaco, Tensei and Brandon come out and of the portal they entered and end up on a destroyed farm, with wreckage from a plane crash.

Brightburn(clutching his head as he starts hearing the alien voice again): AAAAHHHH!!!

Flash(grabbing Brightburn): Find the ship and destroy it!

Flash(taking off with multiple sonic booms): I’LL KEEP HIM BUSY!!!

Superwoman immediately heads to the wreckage of the barn and starts pushing the wreckage aside.

Elsewhere, on Mark and Ethan’s Earth;

Clark is shown wailing away at Thragg, easily knocking away any Viltrumites who would try to interfere.

Clark(blasting Thragg away with heat vision): You’re outmatched!

Thragg(trying to power through the beam): SAYS YO-

Thragg finds himself cutoff by Supreme flying out of the portal alongside Invincible and Omniman as he gets clocked across the face!

On Homelander’s Earth;

Aquaman came out the portal into what appeared to be a lab of some sort, with a large group of people looking at him and the bloodied Homelander on the floor.

A person with an eagle shaped shield charging what appears to be an attack from his chest turns to him in confusion.

Before the man could say anything, Orin charges and jabs his face with the butt of his trident, immediately knocking him out, causing his attack to fade out.

British man in a trench coat(scowling as his eyes glow): Great! Another bloody supes!

The British man fires his own beams at Orin’s face, leaving him shrouded in smoke.

Once the smoke cleared, Orin is shown to be unfazed and with a look of annoyance on his face.

Aquaman(annoyed as everyone looks at him in shock): You done?

Aquaman(walking up and grabbing a groaning Homelander by his neck): Good!

On the Utopian and Paragon’s Earth;

Izuku finds himself fighting off an army of super-powered “heroes” as Paragon watches and gloats.

Paragon(smiling sadistically): So much for being the son of your Earth’s strongest heroes!

The young Superman let’s off a large blast of telekinetic energy, blasting everyone off of him as he charges at the young Sampson.

Superman(grabbing his opponent by his collar): You were saying?

Back at the Fortress of Solitude;

The remaining Justice League members easily intercept their counterparts of the Crime Syndicate and threw them into the portal leading to Earth 3.

Tenya slows down a bit, causing the portal to close before they could come back out.

Tenya(turning towards the sound of Shigiraki fighting Denki and the others): We have to hurry!

Steel(holding a bag as she flies towards the portal to Homelander’s Earth): Don’t worry, there’s just one thing we need to do!

Steel(grabbing Jay before he could join the fight against Shigiraki): I’ll need your help Mr. Old timer!

Steel(giving the bag she was holding to Jay): I need to run through the portal and set all of these off across the globe!

Jay(pulling out a small gas grenade): What is this?

Steel(explaining): It’s a special gas baby we designed to render the chemical baby we found in Homelander inert, you’ll have to release across the entire the globe in order to ensure that no one ever gets powers like him again.

Jay(taking off through the portal): Got it little lady!

Back on the Breyer farm;

Superwoman moves a large piece of rubble aside and finally finds the ship transmitting the voice to Brandon.

Superwoman(jumping down next to the ship): Finally.

Superwoman(using her powers to lift it up): Don’t worry Brandon, this will all be over soon…

Meanwhile;

Flash(running across the country at near lightspeed as Brightburn tries to struggle out of his grip): C’MON KID!!! I SAID WE’D HELP YOU!!!

Brightburn(trying to punch Tensei across the face only for him to vibrate): TAKE THE WORLD!!!

Brightburn manages to escape Tensei’s hold as they cross the ocean and reach Russia, when he starts clutching the sides of his head in agony.

Brightburn receives new orders from the ship as he takes off back towards the barn.

Flash(running after him while using his comm): SUPERWOMAN!!! HE’S HEADING YOUR WAY!!!

Superwoman(taking off into space): Time to end this nightmare!

We cut to Izuku as he easily overpowers Paragon’s telekinetics with his own.

Superman(blocking one of Brandon’s crosses): You know this isn’t really you…

Superman(punching Brandon hard enough to knock some teeth out): But you tried to kill my daughter…

Superman(as Brandon holds his jaw in pain): So all bets are currently off.

As Izuku continues to battle Brandon as the gathered forces of Brandon’s “army” watches in shock, a bearded man in a gray and red suit watches with interest as his own nephew is easily matched by this strange young man with an “S” on his chest.

This is the “hero” Brainwave, the Utopian’s younger brother, Walter Sampson, and Brandon’s uncle who had secretly manipulated his own nephew’s mind for his own goals.

Walter(smirking at Izuku’s display of power): It seems that I’ve found a new puppet with strings to pull…

On Invincible’s Earth;

As the battle against the Viltrumites rages on, the other heroes of the Mark’s Earth, the Guardians of the Globe, and Invincible Inc. join the fray, with Mark’s daughter, Terra and his younger brother, Oliver, initially stunned at the sight of Nolan as Omniman, before Mark quickly claims that he’ll explain later.

Clark finds himself actually being pushed back by the combined might of Thragg and Conquest, with various rips and tears appearing across his costume.

Thragg(mockingly as he throws a punch with his remaining left hand): Even with my handicap…

Thragg(as he punches Clark through several buildings): I’M MORE THAN A MATCH FOR YOU!!!

Conquest(grabbing the groaning Clark be the neck as he pulls him out of the rubble): So much for being your Earth’s strongest hero…

Conquest(voiceover as Shigiraki is shown matching Denki, Hisashi and Goku’s blows, with the other Superman counterparts picking themselves up from the onslaught of magical attacks): We’re the products of countless millennia of evolution!

Thragg(as Mjolnir is shown laying in a crater, it’s wielder embedded within the side of a mountain): WE ARE SUPERIOR TO YOU!!!

Conquest(as Homelander is shown punching Aquaman out of the building their were in, just as Jay comes rushing out of the portal and Mei delivers a swing of her hammer that pushes John back): WE NEVER TIRE!!!

Thragg(as Ochaco is shown carrying Brightburn’s ship into space with Brandon rapidly gaining on her, his eyes glowing): WE WILL NEVER REST!!!

Conquest(as Brainwave hovers down to Izuku, who turns to him in confusion after knocking Paragon into a mountain): WE HAVE NO WEAKNESSES!!!

Thragg(as Brainwave use his powers to make Izuku relive all the humiliation he went through before awakening his Kryptonian heritage making him scream, Ochaco is shown being hit by Brightburn’s heat-vision, Homelander rips Mei’s hammer out of her hands, and Hisashi is hit with a blast of divine power, as Thragg grabs Clark and throws him to the ground with enough force to cause an Earthquake felt around the world, making everyone stop their fighting): UNLIKE YOU!!!

Thragg(hovering down as the dust settles): Your faith makes you weak! You’ll never truly be our equals!

Shigiraki is shown easily knocking back the pros who attempted to help Hisashi, including Inko, Mina and Eri, before he spots Tenya running on the treadmill.

Tenya(seeing Shigiraki making his way towards him): If anyone can hear me…

Tenya(as a new portal opens up and a mop of green hair is shown): We could really use a miracle right now!

Walter(gazing into Izuku’s mind): Interesting, you’re far stronger than my pathetic brother and my gullible nephew…

Walter(as Izuku screams louder): You’ll make a fine tool to achieve my goals, all you need to do…

Walter(as he starts trapping Izuku’s consciousness in his memory of nearly dying to the sludge villain): IS SUBMIT!!!

However, before Walter could finish constructing the psychic room to trap him, Izuku remembers Ochaco and Eri’s faces and the eyes of his past self in his memory glow as he blasts Brainwave back, breaking the mental prison!

Walter(being pushed back in the real world): IMPOSSIBLE!!!

Superman(panting from the pain he felt): Now*pant*you’re*gasp*getting it…

The young demigod gets up and starts walking towards Brainwave, who attempts to trap Izuku in other painful memories, only for Izuku to shatter the construct prisons as he continues walking!

Superman(eyes glowing as he looks Walter in the eyes): I AM the impossible!

As Shigiraki draws closer to Tenya, a figure leaps out of the newly formed portal and kicks Shigiraki back, before landing in a crouch in between them.

Shigiraki(enraged): WHO DARES?!?!?!

The figure stands up, showing that they are wearing a black cloak, with a red jacket underneath with a symbol of a phoenix on it.

The figure then pulls down their hood to reveal…

Tenya(shocked by the familiar face): Midoriya?!

Mina+Denki(seeing her brother’s face with green hair): IZUKU?!?!?!

Bakugo(stunned): Deku?…

Hisashi(noticing that there’s something different about this Izuku): Something’s off about him…

Shigiraki(letting off a bigger burst of energy): GREAT!!! ANOTHER SUPERBOY FOR ME TO BURN TO A CRISP!!!

Izuku?(speaking up with a smirk): The only one who’ll end up burned is you!

Shigiraki(narrowing his eyes): Oh please, your hair’s green, which means you’re not a Kryptonian and therefore powerless to stop me!

Izuku?(pulling out a golden flip phone with a stylized “M” on it, flipping it open and pressing a button on its side to make the screen flip around and reveal a glowing red gem): I’m far from powerless…I’m more of a mage who fights for Love and Peace.

Dr Fate(getting up and sensing a powerful source of magic): There’s a mighty magic coming from him!

Supergirl(gazing upon her father’s doppelgänger in curiosity): What makes you different from MY Papa?

Izuku?(pressing 1-0-7 into the phone’s keypad): Holy saints! Grant me the power of magic!

Inko(thinking in confusion): He’s invoking the Holy Saint?

Izuku?(crossing his right hand with the phone in front of his left arm): Maho Henshin!

Izuku?(swinging his arms around before pointing the red gem up to the sky): Maagi, Magi, Magiiro!

Shigiraki(irritated as he rockets towards him): I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU DO!!!

Maagi, Magi, Magiiro!

An unknown voice calls out the spell Izuku just uttered, causing a glyph to appear and a flaming figure to manifest and stop Shigiraki mid charge, as the spell takes affect.

Izuku(spinning before striking a pose as everyone looks at him in shock): The Burning Fire Element!

Izuku(as fire appears behind him): The Red Mage! Mystic MagiRed!

All Might(staring in amazement): Incredible…

Shigiraki(getting back with a scowl): BRING IT YOU RED PUNK!!!

MagiRed(pulling out the staff from his waist before flipping it around as the hilt turns into a double edged blade): MagiStick Sword!

MagiRed(charging at Shigiraki): Bring it!

We cut to Ochaco, who recovers from the blast of heat-vision by mimicking Izuku’s personal field trick.

Superwoman(gritting her teeth): I can’t give up now!

Superwoman(taking off towards the sun faster than Brightburn could keep up with): A CHILD’S HAPPINESS IS DEPENDING ON ME!!!

Mei manages to tackle Homelander out of the building with her suit’s boosters, causing him to realize that he’s starting to feel weak, as Aquaman intercepts him on top a vortex of water with his trident!

Thragg gazed down upon the rubble Clark was thrown into, a smug smile on his face, until the rubble starts shifting and Clark’s voice is heard…

Clark(from within the rubble): You think your SO special?…

Clark(as the larger pieces of rubble start moving and the dust in the area starts to gather into a hurricane): I seen so many others like you…

Clark(as Thragg catches a glimpses of Clark’s glowing red eyes through the dust): Monsters who like to tear people down in order to show off how strong they are…

Conquests races towards Clark and delivers a strong left hook, only for Clark to be unfazed by the hit.

SupermanTAS(crossing his arms as Conquest pulls back his right fist and prepares another punch): Me? I’m a different story…

SupermanTAS(as Conquest punches with his robotic right arm, shattering it against Clark’s head): I feel like I live in a world made of cardboard…

SupermanTAS(backhanding Conquest hard enough to dislocate his jaw and knock some teeth out): ALWAYS taking constant care to NEVER break something…

SupermanTAS(as he walks towards Thragg as Conquest smashes through several buildings before succumbing to unconsciousness): Break SOMEONE…

SupermanTAS(looking Thragg in the eyes): But you’re a different story, aren’t you…

SupermanTAS(catching Thragg’s fast left hook with his right hand): “Big man”?

Superman(punching through Walter’s telekinetic field like it was made of paper): This is what you wanted, isn’t it?!

Superman(walking towards Walter as the latter’s eyes widen in shock): What we have here is a rare opportunity…

SupermanTAS(approaching an enraged Thragg after having punched him through 10 buildings): For me to cut loose…

Superman+SupermanTAS(as they both face their respective opponents, their eyes glowing): And show you just how powerful I really am…

(Cue “Alive” by Brandon Yates)

Your last mistake's been made

Izuku delivers devastating punch that results in Walter bleeding from a cut on his forehead.

you're on a fast track to an early grave

Clark charges towards Thragg at high speeds.

and now you're never gonna get away

The Kryptonian delivers a punch strong enough to make the air vibrate from the impact, before Thragg is launched back like a bullet fired from a rail gun!

it's time to face consequences you can't escape

MagiRed meets Shigiraki and begins delivering slashes from his sword.

watch me come alive

Shigiraki is left stunned by the fact that he can actually FEEL the slashes, and he is knocked back.

and burn so bright you better shield your eyes

MagiRed(seeing Shigiraki’s shocked face): How do you like my flame magic?

i swear I'll watch you die

Aquaman backhands Homelander across the face, knocking him to the ground!

it should come as no surprise

Homelander gets back up and attempts to blast his heat-vision only for it to cut off mid charge.

when i end your life

Homelander(looking at his hands in shock with realization): What’s happening to me? I’m losing my powers!

watch me come alive

Steel(recalling her hammer as she lands besides them): THAT would be my antidote.

I'm done holding back

Steel(as Jay is shown running across the country, releasing canisters of the colorless and odorless gas as he goes): Flash is currently releasing it across the entire country.

this is my full on attack

Steel(smirking through her helmet at Homelander’s stunned face): By morning, the gas will spread across the globe, rendering that fancy chemical permanently useless on EVERYONE.

watch me come alive

Homelander(preparing to charge them): I’ll kill-

watch me come alive

Steel(pointing at the lenses on her helmet): By the way, I’ve been broadcasting this entire “fight”, wonder how the world would react to seeing a “hero” threaten a little girl?

before it all cuts to black

Homelander(mustering what little strength he still has): I DON’T CARE ANYMORE!!! YOU’RE BOTH DEAD!!!

choked out there's no hope now

Homelander proceeded to get his behind handed to him in a way that is not suited for general audiences…Much to The Boys’ shock and Billy Butcher’s twisted enjoyment…

I'm 2 steps ahead, and you're 6 feet down

Soooo yeeeeaaahhh, let’s go check on Clark!

you thought it'd go the other way but no

Clark(punching Thragg above the clouds with an uppercut): Not so fun getting a taste of your own medicine, is it?!

just keep on screaming out from under that epitaph you wrote

Atom Eve(eyes widening as the clouds part with every punch thrown from Superman, before turning to her husband): Okay, who is that?!

your last mistake's been made

Invincible(as they finish dealing with the remaining Viltrumites, turning to his wife with a grin): A friend…

fast track to an early grave

Ochaco gets as close to the Sun as she can, before repelling the ship in her grasp towards the star as fast as she can, shooting it like a rail gun.

never gonna get away,

Brightburn attempts to fly past her, but she grabs him by the collar of his shirt and pulls him away with all her might.

it's time to face consequences you can't escape

Superwoman(struggling to hold the struggling child): JUST!A!LITTLE!MORE!!!

watch me come alive

The ship final stops transmitting it’s message as it finally melts into burning slag, causing Brandon to cease his struggling as he regains control and starts crying.

and burn so bright you better shield your eyes

Superwoman(hugging the crying child close, comforting him much like she did her daughter when they rescued her): Don’t worry Brandon…

i swear I'll watch you die

Superwoman(remembering Eri’s own tears of happiness after being adopted and shown love): Everything’s going to be fine!

it should come as no surprise

Shigiraki orders his Nomus to start attacking MagiRed, but the helmeted warrior simply cuts through them as his blade catches fire.

when i end your life

MagiRed(putting away his sword as boxing gloves appear on his hands): MAGI PUNCH!!!

watch me come alive

MagiRed begins punching the Nomus away with flaming punches that generate shockwaves nearly as strong as All Might’s punches!

I'm done holding back

Shigiraki gets agitated, but before he could start charging at the red warrior, he is hit by Goku’s Power Pole, before being struck Mjolnir.

this is my full on attack

Goku(his hair and Ki aura glowing blue): Remember us?!

watch me come alive

Thor comes flying in delivers a downward swing, sending Shigiraki straight into the ground!

watch me come alive

Before Shigiraki could attempt to get back up, he is set upon by Eradicator and SMR-5.

before it all cuts to black

They move aside, allowing Shazam to throw a lightning bolt at the villain.

(you should've been listening

I'm never giving in

Izuku is shown easily thrashing Paragon and Brainwave.

every single moment that I've been living in

ecstacy leaving me euphoric next to the

Superman(approaching a downed Walter): What’s wrong?

corpse that remains of the choice that you made

when you made that mistake,

Superman(eyes glowing with his telekinetic power): Having problems with your powers?

and i made your bones break like it wasn't a thing

cause it wasn't so bring on the pain

Walter(hysterical): WHY WON’T MY POWERS WORK ON YOU?!?!?!

if you think that you can, cause I'm fucking insane

and I'll leave you decaying and slain

Walter(straining in an attempt to use his powers on Izuku to the point his nose starts bleeding): I’M THE STRONGEST TELEPATH TO EVER EXIST!!!

like the brother of Cain

yeah it's really a shame

Superman(smirking): My friend J’onn would beg to differ.

that you stepped in this ring

cause you'll never step to me again

Martian Manhunter suddenly phases out of the ground in front of Walter, catching him off guard before grabbing his head!

take a moment, breathe

Walter blinks and finds himself back on the island where he and his team originally got there powers.

unending and bending to nobody

J’onn(echoing around him): I’d try not to think about the moment you altered your nephew’s mind if I was you…

i am an ultimate hero

Walter(confused as the scenery shifts to when he did just that): WHAT?!?!?!

you're not even near I'll reduce you to zero

J’onn(as a lock appears before the mental construct of Brandon, symbolizing the changes that only Walter can undo): They always fall for that one.

in case I'm not clear enough)

Walter(struggling to keep his hand from raising with the mental key required to undo his alterations): HOW?!?!??

there's only one god here

J’onn(appearing above him, with his fingers elongated and moving Walter’s limbs like a puppet as he forces him to undo the lock): I’m leagues above you Mr. Sampson, I just needed to enter your mind to make you undo your changes.

come alive

Walter collapses to his knees as his army of heroes start shaking their heads and looking around in confusion.

and burn so bright that you go blind

Izuku then looks him in the eye, and in a flash of telekinetics, he isolates and cuts off the additional lobe on Walter’s brain responsible for his telepathy, performing a telekinetic lobotomy.

i swear I'll watch you die

MagiRed slashes at a Nomu, sending it flying back into the groups behind it. Just as Mirio and Momo appear him and knock two more Nomus away, with MagiRed gazing at the two in slight confusion before turning back to disoriented Nomus.

you seem surprised that I'm still alive

MagiRed(crossing his arms over his chest, with his staff in his hands, as flames engulf him, taking the shape of a phoenix): RED FIRE!!!

watch me come alive

MagiRed charges through the Nomus before sliding to stop behind them, he turns around, and lifts up his right hand and snaps his fingers, causing the Nomus to explode in a fiery explosion!

I'm done holding back

Shazam, Goku and Thor unleash their strongest energy attacks on Shigiraki, overpowering his energy quirks and causing him to overload.

this is the final attack

Clark is shown having pushed Thragg into space, where he then delivers a punch to the Regent’s stomach strong enough to force Thragg to gasp for air, making him choke in the vacuum of space.

watch me come alive

Thragg attempts to throw a desperate last punch, only for Clark to grab the fist and squeeze as the rays of the sun hit his face.

watch me come alive

Clark(smirking as his few wounds start healing rapidly): You’re not the only race with evolutionary adaptions.

and now it all cuts to black

Clark then rockets back down to Earth, recharged by the rays of the Sun, smashing Thragg into a 3 mile wide crater in the desert, finally rendering him unconscious.

(End song)

Paragon(looking around himself in confusion): What’s going on?

Superman(walking up to him): It’s a long story…

J’onn(walking up alongside Izuku with Walter restrained with a pair of meta dampeners, blocking his strength): What is the last thing you can recall?

Brandon(shaking his head to ward off dizziness): I talked with my dad, and he admitted that he would break the code if it meant protecting me and mom, then Uncle Walt wanted to talk with me, and then everything went blank…

Brandon(looking at them in confusion): WHO are you?

Izuku(offering a hand to shake): A friend.

A little while later;

Izuku walks back through the portal with J’onn and ends up in the Fortress of Solitude, along with Jay, Mei and Orin, and Tensei and Ochaco.

Izuku(turning to his girlfriend): Any problems?

Ochaco(grinning at him): Mission accomplished, he’s free to decide his own path.

Jay(looking around at the pros with a look of concern): What happened with the Shigiraki kid?

Alan(approaching his friend): That Zoom kid showed back up and took him away, only he was wearing a proper suit this time.

Haruto(touching down): His small army of Nomu would’ve nearly too much for us to handle along with his new power, thankfully…

Haruto(turning to face MagiRed as the PowerPuff Sisters ask various questions about his magic): We had some unexpected help.

MagiRed looks up and sees Izuku’s face and starts walking over to them.

MagiRed(standing in front of Izuku, amazement in his face): It really is like looking in a weird mirror…

Ochaco(eyes widening as she realizes that the voice is VERY familiar): Wait a minute!

MagiRed unclasps his helmet and removes to reveal Izuku’s freckled face with his natural green eyes and green hair.

Izuku(holding his helmet under his left arm and waving with his right hand): Hi there, I’m Izuku Midoriya, but you can call me MagiRed!

Ochaco(eyes widen in shock): No way…

Izuku(holding out his right hand for a handshake with a sincere smile on his face): Nice to meet you all!

Ochaco(voiceover as she and her boyfriend gaze at his doppelgänger in shock): Somehow, we’re still getting surprised!

To Be Concluded…

Next Time; Part 8 Superman; Man of Tomorrow (Finale)

Stay Tuned!

Author’s Note; Introducing the Early Bird Cameo for Izuku Midoriya as the new MagiRed for the Gingaman-Remnant AU continuity in his Early Bird Cameo!

He’ll eventually cross paths with the new Gingaman of his own universe, where you’ll also be introduced to his big family! So look forward to it!

[riverstardis]

not in holby anymore:

oh this is the wizard of oz one skdjjfgj that opening’s so weird

charlie and duffy are treating a patient dressed as dorothy and then standing playing snog marry avoid and jacob tells them off for chatting SJDKFJJ duffy would snog louise, marry ethan, and avoid jacob

lmaoo charlie tells jacob he doesn’t have to go round shouting at everyone because of how bad the inspection report was and he bets him he can improve things in a different way and they come up with a plan

sdjkfkg jacob tells the nurses and noel the trust have come up with a new team building exercise where they have to work on their weaknesses and tells louise to “be kind”, noel to “engage your brain”, and david to “grow a pair” hmmm remind you of anything?

some people parking directly in front of a fire exit… there is no way this could end badly is there

lmao max and jez stole alicia’s tablet and posted on her social media and apparently her mum now thinks she’s a pregnant white supremacist💀💀💀

was this a special for a specific occasion or something???

ohh this scene with cal and ethan at their lockers!! with ethan looking at his dating profile and cal’s like “had any nibbles, nibbles?” skskkfkg

cal steals ethan’s phone to look but there’s no one there and ethan says he’s waiting for the right girl and cal says “come on there’s loads of talent on here” and starts looking through them

“oh look, that’s the fit f1 on keller” jasmine burrows. she was an actual holby character right? rather than someone they just made up? her name and face do ring a bell.

he keeps looking through them like “oh hang on- i’ve had her” and ethan’s like “unfortunately there isn’t a filter for girls my brother has slept with” SJDKFKF

cal starts editing his about me bit and ethan tries to protest but he’s like “trust me on this one bro, give it an hour… or two, and they’ll be ethan out the palm of your hand” THATS SO BAD😭😭😭

ethan tries to get his phone back but cal says he’ll hang on to it and leaves skdkfk

fun fact when i last rewatched this episode last year i posted a clip of that scene on twitter and RICHARD WINSOR QUOTE TWEETED IT ! he follows one of my mutuals and she’d rted it so i assume that’s how he saw it bc otherwise??? that was a wild day because on top of that i posted sahdor fanart on insta and both arin smethurst and milo clarke saw it, commented, and shared on their stories and milo followed me and then arin followed me the next day!! i was like what on earth is going on today?!?!

yup someone sets the fire alarm off and now people are getting crushed at that blocked exit

david being a hero jumping down from an upper floor to move the car!!

wait a second… a crush… like the wicked witch being crushed by a house?? i never realised that before😭😭

charlie going “somebody please pass me an oil can, i think she’s rusting up!” lmaooo. louise says why’s he acting weird skskfkjf just you wait louise

aw no one believes david that he jumped off a three story building

big mac mention!

sjdjjfjg there’s a drunk frequent flyer and neither ethan or cal want to take him but cal’s like “tell you what, you take him and you get your phone back” and ethan goes “that’s not how it works! … apparently it is” bc cal’s walked off already😭

charlie going “we don’t need you to be a cowardly lion, david. we need you to roar.” and then making him repeat it and making him roar and he does a massive roar in the middle of resus SJDKFKGKKG

david impressing jacob finally

cal gives ethan his phone back and he has 8 messages but only because cal changed his bio to say ‘easy going doctor💲💲💲 …looking for some fun. NSA’ 😭😭😭 also i think one of those messages is from the f1 on keller judging by the profile pic

aww his likes section lists literature and french films yep that sounds about right. also his age is 30 according to his profile which means this episode is not set when it aired because it aired on the 26th november when he would’ve still been 29.

he asks what nsa means right as alicia walks in and she answers “no strings attached. didn’t think that was your sort of thing?” and he’s like “no! it was cal’s idea. i’m certainly not looking for an… nsa”

she says there’s nothing wrong with a bit of online dating and asks to see and he gives her his phone and she rewrites his bio “keep it brief but meaningful. who’s that physicist that you like again?” and ethan looks a bit shocked but goes to answer but she remembers so they say it at the same time and then she types out a full quote/poem by his favourite physicist FROM MEMORY and then smiles at him and cal is just completely oblivious… mate your brother and your girlfriend are having an emotional affair right in front of your eyes WAKE UP MAN

anyways scibblesssss🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

and here we see ethan falling in love😭 in s33 he tells alicia that that was his favourite quote and this was the moment he realised he “loved being around [her]”🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 actually after this i may go screen record those two moments and post them side by side because THEYRE SO CUTE

lmaooo louise david and noel are all remarking on how well they did to jacob and then louise mentions the name of the person in HR who supposedly came up with the team building exercise and david recognises it as the name of dorothy’s uncle and that makes them all realise it’s a stitch up SKDKKFKGKG

loll the flashbacks to earlier with charlie betting jacob he can get better results out of people only using the wizard of oz references than shouting at them

then another flashback showing that duffy promised to buy charlie breakfast if he could stop jacob shouting at everyone sjskdkkf and now jacob’s just as mad as the others

this is such a wild episode, who came up with the idea of doing a wizard of oz based episode like?????

[virtualtyrant69]

Currently watching Superman 1978 and here are my reactions:

Wow, the Superman theme? Amazing, inspiring, sensational!

Why is Jor-El so old? This is the father of a baby???

Lmao get phantom zoned fuckers, Man of Steel could never with these graphics

Omg the reflective suits lol, it's like they're biking at night

Also love how the curl is apparently genetic and not a style choice on Kal's part

Omg his wife is so young compared to him??!?

1970s graphics are to die for/pos I love them so much

Again, man of steel could never

This is what happens when climate change goes too far smh 😔

Lmao get rekt krypton

Ooh 70s generic man scream! I love that one!

Wait, kryptonians know about Einstein?!

And the Chinese?

I love that that baby is just spinning

Omg Ma and Pa!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Martha's middle name is Clark??

Awww teen Clark ❤️

Oh he has such a silly goofy run

He had a stroke?!?! He's dead?!?!? He gave the worst pep talk ever and then died. Rip to you king

I also love the 1940s setting so far

Clark is such a plain guy he eats regular Cheerios (derogatory)

Love the iconic red flannel

Don't worry Martha, he's gonna visit as often as he can

Wait since this is the 40s, do we think my mans gets drafted?? Or like, since he technically doesn't exist in the USA he gets a pass?

If Jor-El has been dead for thousands of years how did he know about Einstein or the Chinese?

Wait, so 12 years have passed in this weird montage that isn't a montage?? He's 30 now?? He didn't visit his mom for 12 years? She could be dead!

Ok so he just skipped the war in his knowledge montage

Jimmy is so cute I just wanna squish his cheeks

Oh Clark is so Guy rn, he's so Average

Oh I love how he's pretending he can't open a bottle, this is so funny

Lmao Jimmy calling Perry "sugar"

Awww he sends checks to his mom ❤️ but does he still visit her >:|

I love his just some guy vibes

Omg I love him, Henry Cavill could never!! I mean, can you honestly imagine that man saying "swell" unironically?

He's such a big dork I love him

Oh ok he came to earth in '38, started his time skip in '56 and it's now 1968? Or is the time weird and it's in '78?

First day on the job and he gets robbed at gunpoint smh

He caught and bullet and then "fainted" and then he accidentally used his x-ray vision?? Man can't catch a break

Shout out to the seeing eye dog who barks when ppl try to steal/ripoff the blind newspaper seller

Omg lex just killed a guy by train

Wait, lex isn't bald? Also that woman he's with? Love her costume design, it's so slay

So is lex not a celebrity/business owner in this movie? Ok

And I've given it more thought, if Clark landed in 1940 then this movie would take place in 1970 which somewhat matches the costuming choices

Oh Clark sweety I love you so much you are such an idiot/pos he almost walked into the ladies room and he got his coat stuck in the door lol

He really is just some guy!!! waiting for the elevator

Huh, I didn't know they used to have waiting rooms for flights at newspaper offices, wack

Omg he just changed into his Superman suit and a pimp said his outfit was bad, I love this this is so camp

Metropolis just got their blorbo ❤️

*saves Lois lane and then infodumps on her* what a man, love that for him

Aww the little wave as he said bye, so cute

He just left a boat in the middle of the road lmao

Aww he saved a kitty in a tree, ajdhslsj girl just got hit for telling a lie about how a man saved her cat

Superman doing what Homelander could never

Ah the 70s, when you could smoke indoors on the job

Love Lois and her nic addiction. Also girl got dressed up for a man who saved her life once and then took off. You know what? Me too girl

"how big are you? I mean, how tall are you?" Okayyyy get it I guess, Miss Lane coming out with the real questions

Girl just asked him to look at her underwear, the flirting between them is amazing

They flew from south Jersey to New York in a romantic Aladdin-esque way

Lmao he dropped her

Love the poetry Lois is dropping out of nowhere

Man just upstaged himself on a date wow love him

Oh ok so he took off in 1948, landed in 1951, went on his trip in 1966, and it is now 1978, ok that makes way more sense

Luthor's secretary is so slay

Shout out to my fellow Native who sold bad land for an amazing price to some guy he didn't even know. Get that bag however you need to get that bag. Also, "At the stupid high price he offered for this worthless piece of desert, I hope it's Custer." Iconic!!! W for the Natives

He can telepathically change his suit??

He can drill into the ground by spinning?!??

Lex's yellow flower suit is so slay

Clark is so wet and pathetic rn, love that look on him

Wow unsolicited kiss, Miss Teschmacher how could you? You were so slay! Clark looked so sad and hurt afterwards D':

Is he pushing the plates of the earth back together?!?!? What?!?!?!!!!!

My man, Clark kent, is pushing two tectonic plates back together with his bare hands from the center of the Earth, what the fuck

Oh my God he also used himself as a rail for a train

Love the obvious miniature town and flood but also, Clark honey blocking it with rocks wouldn't work, ice breath would be the best option imo

Oh this is the movie where he flys so fast he turns back time, I want someone to explain to me mathematically how this works

Lois is such a girlboss the first thing she does when she sees Superman is rant and tell him off for not helping her. Girl. You just died to him. But still, werk

Oh he is bald! He was wearing wigs? Ok slay ig

10/10 loved this movie, it was camp, it was iconic!!!

[wench-and-jezebel]

Stranger Things Reaction: The Vanishing of Will Byers

Wench (@scripted-downfall) reacts: A Flashback Series

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I ain't never seen an elevator whose doors are this slow to close, I'm sorry

I mean, I guess flickering lights might interfere with elevators, but still

Oof, elevator closing wouldn't have saved him anyway.

YOUNG DUSTIN IS SO CUTE!  MY GOD, HE'S ADORABLE!  I mean, not saying anything against him nowadays but he's so adorable here!!!

Okay, I'm sorry, but, from a DM standpoint, if the players are already guessing what "surprise" monster is coming, that's kinda unfortunate.  Like, they were already bickering about whether the demogorgon were coming before Mike (I think?  idk, DM kid) played his surprise thing

The surprise was well done --- I'd've added something after "that didn't come from the troglodytes"... instead of "That came from something else" I'd've said, "That came from whatever the troglodytes were running from", but it was still well done --- but them knowing the surprise already is still iffy storytelling

They’re all so smol!?!?!? Babies

NOOO NANCY WAS SO MEAN!?  DUSTIN GOES UP ALL CUTELY AND OFFERS HER A PIZZA SLICE AND SHE SLAMS THE DOOR???? RUDE!

Dustin = current beloved of the show

Wait, hold up.  Will just crashed his bike because of a creepy thing standing in the middle of the road, and said thing (about which I'd forgotten the first time) looked like Vecna.  Were they setting this up early, or am I making this up? 

Oh, or maybe not; apparently the Demogorgon was humanoid.  I must have been mixing it up with a different creature... maybe some of the zombie dogs in Resident Evil.  I thought the demogorgon had flower-teeth-face-things... idk

So weird seeing future regulars be listed as “also starring” or something like that

Okay, Hopper looks kinda like shit

alskdjflakdfj Okay, but Will's mom getting on Johnathan is a bit uncool

Dustin continues to be adorable

Well, shit, Steve… that's an entrance

"I'm stealthy, like a ninja" aslkdjf;alksdfj BUDDY Steve, you are not 

Nancy looks so different.  Well, they all do, but still

Well, at least I'm not the only one thinking Hopper looked like hell

Wait, hold up aslkdjflakjsdf CHRISSY CARPENTER?!  Someone had a girlfriend named Chrissy C and decided to run with it

Oop- biohazard, that always goes well

NOT THE DUCT TAPE

Hello there, Eleven

She's awfully calm and trusting for someone in a lab for ages (re. her walking in without any haste whatsoever)

I find it kinda hard to believe that he could see her over that counter when she’s soooo tiny, but oh well

Them geeking out over the radio is so cute

I love Mr. Clarke so much

The Australian accents too

Hopper already done with this shit

Mike’s looking pretty damn laser-focused, just saying.  If they’re all best friends, then why is he so serious compared to the others, hmmmmm?  *cough cough* Byler *cough cough*

"After school, you are all to go home and stay there" Yeah, right.  Hopper, buddy, when does that ever work

I love Joyce so much

El is very… yellow. I'm sure her being in a yellow shirt that looks too big for her and is all ill-fitting while she doesn't look comfortable there at all has nothing to do with Mike's color being blue and Will's being yellow and her and Mike having a thing, of course not. *cough cough* Byler *cough cough*

Wait, that’s right; she’s nearly nonverbal… how tf can she talk so much/well in the s4 flashbacks?

kasjdf I love that scene… she telekinetically turns off the fan and then just goes back to her fries like it was nothing

Oh, look, the Byers’ phone is yellow

Hopper acting like the doorknob hitting the wall is conclusive; buddy, she just said she had two boys, and I’m willing to bet that door gets slammed a bunch

Oop- flickering light and broken wood

Mike’s very… impassioned… about Will’s wellbeing *cough cough* Byler *cough cough*

Oh, Ted.  *sigh*

Not Mike being very.  Concerned.  About Will. *cough cough* Byler *cough cough*

ldkflaksdf Not Steve trying and failing to sneak into Nancy's house.  Yeah, bud, you're sure as shit a ninja, mmmhmm, of course

Also.  Knowing what I know from the future.  “Steve trying and failing to sneak into Nancy’s house” is kinda really sad.  Nancy might be pissed at her parents for putting her on house arrest, but it is at least them caring about their kids, so what's it say that Steve's easily able to wander around?

Oof, this poor dude.  I remember what happens to him and he deserved betterrrr

WAIT HOLD UP Steve's actually helping her study asld;kfja;lskdjf;alkfd

alksdjf;lakjsdf not Johnathan blaming himself for Will going missing and Joyce being all "don't do tht to yourself it wasn't your fault" after ragging on him for it less than an episode ago

The yellow phone is back

Eleven!  Dun dun duuun!

Ep 1 is done!

[lilith-vodkaaunt-of-demons]

Even if you ignore the whole idea of the Ghost King AU thing, if we assume the Danny gets as powerful as Plasmius, or Dan, that would put Danny on the level of being a Universal Level Threat. The amount of "Pulling shit out of your ass" he can do with powers is as insane as it is infinite.

It starts getting to Qanon Conspiracy levels of ridiculous as his repitoire of powers grows larger and larger.

"He's got ice breath, flight, super strength, Heat Vision (although it's oddly green, not red,) super speed, super senses, he claims he's from Small Town Middle America, he's got Black hair and Blue eyes! He's obviously another clone of Clark!" Someone claims.

"But he can phase through objects, turn invisible, transform and manipulate his shape, that's all Martian abilities, not super man. Obviously he's got martian DNA in him." Another rebuttals.

"What about his energy blasts? And his force fields? Energy manipulation too, and it's all GREEN! Obviously he has something to do with the Green Lanterns." Yet another speculates.

So what? What's it all mean? Are you really trying to say that like...Who, Lex Luthor or something, tried to make another clone of Supes, but just like, decided to throw some Martian DNA in for shits and giggles, and somehow that clone got free and found a Green Latern Ring, the only one that can either be hidden while in use, or doesn't need to be worn to be used, and then just...What, decided to apply as a fucking MECHANIC to the Justice League Watchtower? Is that what you're going with?" Says one, frankly exhausted and exasperated Watchtower worker who just nutted up and asked Danny when the whole thing kicked off, and is waiting to see how long it takes someone, ANYONE else to do the same thing, since Danny didn't even try to hide it.

Danny even admitted to secretly listening in on some of the conversations about peoples theories on his supposed origins. Apparently the closest anyone's ever gotten was a maintenance crew guy on the Orbital Adjustment Floor. Some guy named Doug L. Forcett had a pretty good guess. Danny said he got like, 92% of it right, but no one believed him.

Also, wrapping back around the Last Resort thing. I feel like Danny wouldn't even be a Last Resort. Because again, assuming Danny, all grown up, is just as powerful as Dan, he could be a Universal Level Threat, and his only true weakness is Ecto-ranium, a rare mineral that...just causes some pain and turns off his ghost powers, and it has to be in contact with him to work.

Danny isn't the last resort of the Justice League gets knocked down, or even taken out. Danny isn't the last resort for when Brainiac, or Darkseid, or DoomsDay, or Lex get in a lucky shot and seems like they might when. The JL has dealt with that before, and they will again.

No, Bruce keeps Danny around as a last resort for the Justice League. In case the worst happens, and a member goes rogue. Maybe Superman comes in contact with Red or Black Kryptonite, or Wonder Woman gets tricked by Ares.

Sure, he helps out whenever he can, he's just that kind of guy, but that's the secret Batman won't even tell to the rest of the Batfam, not even Alfred. Danial Jack Fenton isn't the last resort against Villains. He's the last resort against the Justice League, should that ever be needed.

Short DPXDC Prompts #648

The League gets incredibly concerned that their main tech mechanic, Danny Fenton, has instances of his heart or breathing randomly stopping. His skin is cold as ice and his skin is deathly pale.

Danny didn’t realize that the League doesn’t look at hiring applications. If they did they would have seen that he put being a half ghost on his resume.

[squiddyosnappers]

I've been watching some of Etho's old hermitcraft lately!

The first drawing comes from the beginning of this episode when Xb and Zueljin gifted Etho a guardian named Bloopy (the way he said it was adorable lol)

The second drawing comes from about 12:40 of this episode when he tells a story while building (probably the greatest story you will ever hear in your lifetime!)

[suzukiblu]

Another excerpt from the one where Tim is trans and Kon is not the father, plus a read-more for length.

“Bart’s really back too?” Tim asks, his voice not quite cracking. 

“Back and also . . . okay, not the right age, but the age he was the last time I saw him,” Kon says. “Which apparently he was not for you guys for a while, what the fuck.” 

“Long story,” Tim says, smiling helplessly. 

“Yeah, I know, it took Bart a whole thirty seconds to explain it to me,” Kon says wryly. 

“Have you seen . . . Cassie, yet?” Tim asks hesitantly, because he’s a fucking glutton for punishment, apparently. Because otherwise he’s just ignoring the elephant he coaxed into the room himself. 

“No,” Kon says, shaking his head. “Bart went to go drop in on the Titans, but Clark brought me straight here. He figured I’d wanna see you and Kyra first. We had a very confusing thirty-first century conversation while he was trying to ease me into the ‘everyone knows you’re gay for your best friend’ thing and gently break the news about me being a dad, and then Bart just started talking his ear off demanding baby updates. It was, uh, interesting. I guess he died before she was born, but Clark didn’t realize he’d known you were pregnant?” 

“Yeah,” Tim says, trying not to wince. “I mean–I didn’t know what to do at first, so I just took medical leave from the Titans for an ‘injury’, but I told Bart and Cassie, and then . . . well, then Bart died before I told the Kents. It was only a couple months or so–I didn’t want to make them feel worse, in case anything went wrong–but . . .” 

But that’s how it is, in their line of work. A couple months or so is more than enough time for another one of your best friends to die. 

“Please tell me you weren’t patrolling Gotham knocked up,” Kon says with a grimace. 

“. . . technically, yes, but not after I realized I was knocked up,” Tim says, smiling weakly. “Not for . . . more than a week or two, anyway.” 

Kon groans, dragging a hand back over his scalp. He looks pained. Tim pretends it’s because Kon thinks he’s an obsessed workaholic, and not because Kon knows him well enough to know how messed up he’d been to actually do that. 

“I was in the middle of a case,” he says like it’s any kind of a defense. “And it was investigative work, not . . . I called Dick in to handle the violent parts, okay?” 

“Small favors,” Kon says, then glances towards Kyra’s crib. “So you’re . . . retired? You hung up the cape?” 

“I’m not Robin anymore,” Tim says. “And I’m not patrolling or running missions. But I can’t–if he ever finds out, if he ever finds her, I can’t be retired. I need to be–ready.”

Kon’s jaw tightens. Tim wishes he’d never had to say that. Wishes the lie had been true. Wishes–

Wishes a lot of things, some for Kon’s sake but most for Kyra’s. 

And one or two for his own. 

“What’s the new codename, then?” Kon asks, still looking at the crib. Tim’s grateful that he’s not . . . Tim’s just grateful. Grateful that this is Kon, and he’s alive, and he’s here, and . . . and that he’s going to let him lie. 

He’s so fucking grateful for that. 

“I haven’t exactly bothered rebranding,” he says with forced levity. “I’m not going out with anyone else and I don’t need a rep. I’m not a vigilante anymore. I just need to be able to handle any problems that might come up.” 

“You know how Jimmy Olsen has a watch with a distress signal custom-tuned for Clark’s superhearing?” Kon says, glancing back at him with a slightly disgruntled expression on his face. “I’m getting you one. I’m getting you five. And think up a name, man. Get yourself a color scheme and a bunch of weirdly-themed gadgets going. There’s a lot of other birds in the world.” 

Kon does have opinions about names, Tim supposes. For obvious reasons. 

That was why naming Kyra after him was the only thing he could’ve done, but also a terrible thing for him to have done. 

He really couldn’t have done anything else, though. He’d had to name her what he would’ve named her, if Kon had really been . . . if she’d really been . . .

He’d had to. 

That’s the best way to lie, after all: use the truth. 

“Okay,” Tim says. He might’ve been annoyed by the watch idea when they were younger. Felt like Kon didn’t think he could handle himself or was overestimating himself. He’s not annoyed now. Now it’s just one more contingency plan. 

He’d do anything for Kyra. Wearing a panic button that Kon would recognize the frequency of is the least of what he’d do for her. 

“Clark’ll help me get something around,” Kon says. “If, uh–especially if he thinks we’re, you know . . . together.” 

“I could make it,” Tim points out. “You don’t need to bother him with it.” 

“Clark knows the best frequencies to use. Plus then we can make sure it’s not gonna sound too much like Jimmy’s too,” Kon says, then flashes him a grin. “Besides, it’s more romantic if I’m the one giving it to you, right?”

“Fuck you,” Tim snorts, rolling his eyes as he shoves him, and Kon laughs and goes with it. Tim doesn’t know how to tell him he’s the best friend he’s ever had; the best friend he ever could have. He doesn’t know how to apologize enough for this. He doesn’t . . . 

Kyra makes a squeaky crooning sound from her crib, and Kon blinks, and–

Oh, Tim thinks, watching Kon’s pupils visibly dilate into pinpricks. Right. He . . . forgot. 

“What the fuck?” Kon says. 

“Some of her vocalizations are . . . like that,” Tim says carefully as Kon stares fixatedly at Kyra’s crib. She squeaks again. “Um–Clark reacted a little weirdly to some of them too, he said they were–” 

Kyra starts her usual melodic babbling, and Kon makes a low rumbling noise in response. Tim–blinks. Kon looks startled too, putting a hand to his chest. 

“Uh,” he says. “That was . . .” 

Kyra starts babbling louder, squealing for attention, and Tim rolls to his feet and heads over to her. She’s already reaching up before he gets to her, and squeaking excitedly for attention. She sounds like a little baby dolphin or something. Clark said there were resonances and undertones to her voice that human ears couldn’t pick up on, too. 

But of course Kon’s not human, is he. 

“Can I . . . hold her?” Kon asks awkwardly, stepping up beside Tim as he plucks Kyra up and staring intently at her. She dolphin-squeaks again. He bites his lip, clearly holding back whatever sound he wants to make in response; clearly holding back from reaching out for her. 

“Let me change her first,” Tim says. Her diaper’s definitely wet, and he doesn’t want her to get uncomfortable. 

“Can you show me how?” Kon asks, still looking a little awkward. “I haven’t been around too many babies, and I kinda just had to, like . . . improvise, the last time I was taking care of one.” 

“Uh–sure?” Tim blinks at him in confusion. “Why do you care, though?” 

“Dude, I’m not gonna be the kind of asshole co-parent who makes the one who got pregnant do all the diaper changes,” Kon says, looking dubious. “You should show me how to feed her, too. She’s on formula, right? It smells kinda like formula in here. And the kitchen did too.” 

“. . . um, okay,” Tim says, and almost bursts into tears on him again. Of course Kon would be like this, the bastard. “She–is, yeah. Clark synthesizes a mix for her in the Fortress. The AI says it’s better for her system than the store-bought stuff, and I had trouble producing enough milk to keep up with her appetite. Plus I kind of needed to get back on my meds as soon as I could anyway, so . . . I mean, they’re supposed to be safe, but I didn’t want to risk it with her physiology.” 

“Good, then I can help feed her,” Kon says. Tim blinks at him again, then just . . . takes Kyra to the changing table. She squeaks louder, clearly offended, and tries to reach for Kon. He trails after them, looking fascinated by her. 

Well . . . Kon’s never seen a Kryptonian baby before, much less heard one, so . . . of course he would be, Tim thinks. Kyra’s only a quarter-Kryptonian, obviously, but genetically . . . genetically, she might as well be half-Kon, and . . . 

And he’s never seen a Kryptonian baby. 

So it makes sense that he’d react strongly, yes. It’d make sense that he’d be a little bit fascinated. Clark had reacted to her too. He’d looked just as startled as Kon had, the first time he’d heard her chirp and squeak for attention, and then just as fascinated. 

Tim still wonders if Kyra’s the first time Clark’s ever fully felt any of the kind of instincts people normally feel, seeing a baby. Like–genetically speaking, he means. Instinctually. She’s seen more of him than Kon ever did, so . . . well, that might just be because they’ve been staying with the Kents, but Martha had mentioned how nice it was to have Clark around so often a few weeks ago, so . . . 

Well. Tim has some suspicions, that’s all. 

He wonders, very briefly–he wonders if he would respond to her like Kon and Clark do, if he ever–if he found out about–

He crushes that thought down into gravel and grinds it into his mental pavement. He doesn’t think about it again. Not at all. 

(Would it be worse if he did or didn’t, though? If he saw her, and was FASCINATED–

Tim stops thinking about it.)

He changes Kyra’s diaper, taking his time a bit so Kon can better observe the process, and Kyra fusses and chirps and screeches through it. Kon stays in a little bit inconveniently close, but Tim doesn’t say anything about it. Kon can do a lot more than just be a little bit inconvenient, after telling him he’d let him lie about this. He’ll deal with having to work around him. 

Kyra screeches louder. Kon makes a thrumming noise low in his throat, and she stops mid-screech and stares up at him intently. Her eyes are a human shade of blue–she got Tim’s eyes and hair, thank fuck, considering there’s no way he ever could’ve sold the alternative as being inherited from Kon–but Clark said there were . . . fractals, he’d described them as. He’d tried to explain, and then tried to draw the pattern, but it’s nothing Tim can see in her eyes for himself. 

But it’s a Kryptonian trait, apparently, so he is very, very grateful he’d chosen the lie he had. Even if the squeaking and chirping hadn’t clued Clark in, if he’d ever met her . . . 

Tim is very, very grateful he chose the lie he had. 

And even more grateful that Kon is willing to help him keep it.

[pluckyredhead]

Apparently DC is OBSESSED with giving long-established characters Surprise! New! Siblings! lately, so I have decided as a public service to rank them from worst to best, because I’m generous like that. You’re welcome.

5. Wonder Woman’s brother Jason: It was bad enough when DC decided to shove men into Diana’s backstory in 2011 by making her the daughter of Zeus, but giving WONDER WOMAN a brother in a desperate attempt to make her story more about a dude is a degree of tone deafness I remain truly astonished by six years after his debut. Is this asshole still alive? Is he in continuity? DC doesn’t know or care and neither do I. Let’s never speak of this again. Verdict: Offensively garbage.

4. Lois Lane’s brother Leo Lane, a.k.a. “the Daemon Rose”: Speaking of characters who absolutely do not need more pointless men stuffed into her life to make her interesting! (Not you, Clark, you’re an angel and we’re thrilled that you’re here.) Leo is less offensive than the “I have to put a man on Themiscyra or I’ll die!” instinct, but on the other hand he showed up in the middle of a multi-year, utterly incomprehensible storyline to spew empty Bendisisms that went nowhere before disappearing. He was an enormous bombshell that landed and instead of exploding, just sort of sat around like a turd until the event was  mercifully over. Also, the name “the Daemon Rose” is breathtakingly 90s and, as the kids say, cringe. Verdict: Less offensive than Jason, but still garbage.

3. Dick Grayson’s sister Melinda Zucco: “Dick finds out his father had an child with the wife of the man who would eventually murder both of Dick’s parents” is the kind of plot device that inspires a put-upon sigh, but Melinda herself is fine. Like, the whole idea makes me tired, but there’s at least the potential for some interestingly complicated stories to come out of it. I’ll allow it, begrudgingly. Verdict: Eh.

2. Damian Wayne’s brother Respawn: NOW THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT! First of all, I one thousand percent buy that Ra’s al Ghul would make a clone out of Slade Wilson and Talia’s DNA just to be a petty little bitch. Second, watching Slade go bonkers insane over this kid because he’s projecting his guilt over Grant onto him is wildly entertaining. Third, the idea of Damian now being related to Rose and Joey is very intriguing, as is Respawn himself, because with that lineage he truly could go in any direction morally speaking and that’s fascinating. (I wonder if anyone’s ever going to get around to naming him? I vote...Jim.) But most importantly, spoiled youngest child Damian is now no longer the baby, and if you don’t find that absolutely hilarious, I’m sorry for you. Verdict: LOLOLOLOL.

1. Oliver Queen’s sister Emiko Queen: I love two things, and they are angry teen girl assassins, and Oliver Queen being befuddled by teenagers. Retconning away Shado’s post-Crisis history of sexually assaulting Ollie and replacing it with an affair with Ollie’s father was such a good choice, and the fact that it brought us my beloved Emi is a massive bonus. All I need now is for DC to publish a proper Green Arrow book so that Emi can meet Mia and Cissie and Ollie can never again know a moment’s peace. Verdict: Brilliant, incredible, showstopping, 10/10.

[fae-morrigan]

Hey! This post sucks ass. It ignores the reality of racism and homophobia impacting character reception in this fandom, as well as a toxic refusal to accept ships outside of people's fanon OTPs, which are pretty clearly the main reasons people don't like them if you have eyes that work and can read.

Anyways, because it sucks ass, it is now MY post. Welcome to my post everybody!

Today we're going to be talking about character design, and why I think Jay's character design is really good.

(I won't be covering Bernard... uh... down, sure thats his name, here because I am not really one of his stans, but if any of my bernie mutuals wanna hop on and take a crack at breaking down his character design too, feel free to!)

Let's take a look!

First of all, it is important to establish something. Contrary to what fandom will tell you, 'good character design' isn't really about making a character the audience wants to fuck. Its about making a design that conveys character, both subtle and unsubtle. Character designs, especially in a visual medium like comics, are part of storytelling.

So what does Jay's design tell you about him?

He's in bright, clashing colors. Orange, green, pink, the only neutrals spotted here. This conveys a certain confidence in himself- It takes guts to wear an outfit that gaudy. This is someone who knows who he is, and doesn't feel the need to advertise himself differently. From his very first meeting, it becomes apparent he does not care much about what other people think of him (with the exception of Jon... but we'll get there.)

Yet, look at the actual clothing: He wears a mask. More than that, when he first appears to us, he's got his hoodie hood up, something that is often used in character designs to convey being closed off. Despite his openness with the world about who he is, there's something he's still hiding from. He's not a complete open book, even if he is honest.

Now, let's have a chat about the hair.

Ahhh. Jay's hair. The endless subject of ire, for reasons that completely escape me. I've seen people call it a 'stereotype', which, gay people dyeing their hair PINK? HUGE if true! C'mon, guys. Let's be so real with ourselves: Basically every gay person I know including myself has gone pink at least once. If its a stereotype, its an accurate one!

And yeah, Jay's hair being such a vibrant pink definitely is there to make him intentionally and visibly queer. Something that contrasts him from Jon, who is more muted, and far less confident in his sexuality being known by others.

Buuuuut that's actually not the part of Jay's hair I wanted to discuss. Let's talk about the actual style, yeah?

Look at this shit. This is... dawg, who is your barber?

And part of me really wants to chock it up to the fact that Timms really does just not know how to draw straight hair at all. Look, he even fucks Galaxy's shit up:

GIRL.

Except.... Look at it. Look at Jay's hair. Doesn't it kind of look like he cut it himself? Like, just kind of went at it with scissors? It's messy, and none of it is neat, compared to Jon who has a nice undercut going on a lot of the time or Clark's perfectly combed and gelled curls. Even compared to later Jay drawings where his hair has grown out and is much more curated and fluffy and healthy.

Pair that with the fact he picked his couch up off the street...

Here's the unspoken thing Jay's initial design communicates: He's poor. At the very least, he's frugal. This man is making due with what he has.

Everything about Jay's design is there to remind you that this is a man who does not have the privilege Jon has as a white middle class American. He is the oppressed that Jon is championing in this book.

(This all also later puts him in contrast with Nia, who way later in the story actively uses her privilege against him.)

All of this is conveyed wordlessly. And I haven't even gotten to his suit.

White and teal, making him look almost like a ghost. The hood remains, with the same meaning as before. Overall, the design is sleep and reminiscent of streetwear, something Jay wears earlier in the series when sneaking in to STAR labs. His pants, baggy and not-form fitting, are traditional in a lot of asian cultures (generally, they are called harem pants in the fashion world): These specifically seem to be based off Japanese shichibu or tobi pants, baggy and loose and used specifically in manual labor like construction. He's got these tassles that trail behind him, drawing attention to and highlighting the movements of his body: Necessary considering Jay's main skill outside of reporting is parkour! He's also got a matching belt to Jon's, but his is offset from the center, the jewel instead being on the side of his waist rather than centered.

(Sidenote: Cian Tormey once promised me he'd post the concept art for this costume and then he FORGOT. Guess I need to ask again, lmfao)

A good character design shouldn't just tell you about the character, but also, characters around them, too! It is characterizing that Jon took one look at this Bird of Paradise and was like, "oh, yeah, i wanna make out with THIS guy". That tells you something about him and what he values in people (namely, that aforementioned confidence in himself, something Jon lacks during most of Son of Kal El.)

But also, let's take this sneak peak preview of Super Son real quick:

Despite both of them being in bright, highly visible colors, Jon LITERALLY being in primary colors, Jay somehow makes Jon look almost dark by comparison. Jon's ordinarily eye-catching colors look muted next to his boyfriend. Their hair is opposite tones as well, Jon having black hair and Jay having light hair, and of course Jay is visibly more tan (making Jon look pale as a ghost).

No matter how visible he is as Superman, he will never be as visible as well... The Truth. There is visual deference here, as well as contrast. Opposites, despite their color schemes not actually being direct opposites.

All of this is conveyed through just looking at Jay's design. It tells you a lot about his character without saying anything, AND it's unique: I've not seen many characters who look like Jay, especially not in western comics. It enriches the text, and in my professional opinion, is way better than if Jay was just a generic black haired blue eyed boy like so many people seem to want.

I think that one reason why Bernard Down and Jay Nakamura are not as appealing as a partners for Tim and Jon, aside from their personalities or lack thereof, is because of their character design.

There is something about it, especially their hair style, that makes them immediately unlikable. Maybe with another hairstyle and outfits people would be more accepting of both of them

[superbattrash]

Hey, could you maybe write something April fools day related with Clark being an unsuspecting victim of the batfams pranks? And like, him confronting Bruce only to be met with either laughter and/or a smaller prank that Bruce planned

Hi Anon! Sorry it took me a while. I haven’t written much of any of the bat kids before, so go easy on me, alright? I am also completely unable to follow a good prompt apparently, so, uh... I gave it my best shot. Thank you for trusting me with your idea :D

Here’s how (some of) the batfam ruined a perfectly good night for Clark but he’s not angry about the outcome in the end:

Clark is in the middle of heating up dinner - it’s one of Ma’s casseroles and he’s been looking forward to it all day - when he hears it. A faint call of his name, coming from Gotham. Now, it’s not the first time any of the boys have called for him, not by a long shot, but it is the first time it’s Jason, and he is calling for Clark. Not Big Blue or Superdouche or Step-Man or any of the other nicknames he’s taken to calling Clark. It’s not even a call for Kent, which most of the kids have called him at least a few times since he started seeing Bruce officially.

Normally Clark wouldn’t think too much of it, he’s been called to Gotham more than once on a Friday for nothing more than to be the deciding vote on a movie night. Maybe it’s just Jason’s turn to call for him. But this is different... This isn’t the usual ‘can you fly me to Florida for a show?’ or whatever else Bruce’s kids have wanted him to do.

Jason sounds worried. Jason’s never worried. At least not anywhere where someone can see, least of all Clark. It’s not that Jason doesn’t like him - at least Clark doesn’t think so - but he’s a private person and Clark respects that. He’s very much like his father that way, although Clark would never tell Jason that. He likes his head to stay on his shoulders, thank you very much, and he is absolutely sure Jason has more than one Kryptonite laced bullet in his arsenal, even if he can’t prove it.

Clark puts the lid on his casserole and spares it one last hungry glance before he’s out the window and on his way to Gotham. He’ll be back in a few minutes. Jason probably just misplaced the Batmobile or something and doesn���t want Bruce to know. Kids.

“Clark,” Jason’s voice echoes throughout the cave and now Clark is actually starting to worry. Jason’s called his name twice.

“Fucking finally,” he breathes before Clark has time to land. “Where have you been?”

“At home?” Clark answers hesitantly.

Was he supposed to be at the cave tonight? He and Bruce didn’t have plans, not for the lack of Clark trying to make some. He’s trying not to be bitter about it. It’s their anniversary. Six months. Bruce hasn’t remembered, but Clark understands. It’s been a busy week, they’ve barely had time to see each other, least of all make plans to celebrate their anniversary. Clark isn’t even sure Bruce likes celebrating anniversaries, so even though he thinks it’s a big deal for them to have been together for six months, Clark’s trying to accept that maybe it isn’t for Bruce. It’s okay, he can deal.

“Did you not hear us call?”

“Us?” Clark asks, confused. That’s when he notices the others. Tim and Dick – even Damian is here. At least they haven’t called the girls. Duke’s nowhere to be found either, so it can’t be an intervention. Duke wouldn’t miss another one of those. Clark still shudders at the mere thought of the first one. Kids.

“We’ve been calling for hours,” Dick says as he steps forward. His face is serious and Clark frowns as he looks to Jason, who has his arms tight across his chest. He looks even more annoyed than usual.

“I didn’t hear you,” he says in lieu of an apology. He really hasn’t heard them call, but he also doesn’t know why they were calling in the first place. Bruce’s kids have got to stop copying their father – Clark would like some direct answers for once.

“On the phone,” Tim adds, and he too looks troubled. “We couldn’t get through to you.”

Damian makes a small ‘tt’ sound as if to agree or maybe add an insult to the words, who knows with that kid. Half the time Clark’s sure he’s won him over and the other half he worries Damian and Jason are going to kill him in his sleep.

“Oh,” Clark realizes. “I’m sorry, my phone broke earlier. One of Luthor’s goons had me – never mind that. What’s up?”

“Bruce is gone!” Dick says and his entire body is screaming unease. Clark is not used to seeing the young hero look so agitated.

“What do you mean he’s gone?” He asks.

“I mean he’s gone, isn’t here, has vanished. We can’t find him,” Dick says, words tumbling out his mouth.

“Well, that’s just ridiculous,” Clark huffs. Maybe Bruce just got caught up in yet another case and forgot to check in. wouldn’t be the first time. “Have you tracked his suit?”

“He’s not in the suit!” Tim exclaims.

That’s when Clark finally starts properly worrying. Bruce, not in the bat suit? On a regular Friday night? That can’t be right. If he’s not on patrol, he’s in the cave. If he’s not in the cave, he’s with his kids or Clark.

“What did Alfred say?”

“Alfred isn’t here,” Jason answers curtly.

“Can you track his heartbeat?” Tim asks.

“You know he hates it when I do that.”

“This isn’t a game, Kent,” Damian spits. “Father is missing.”

“Alright, alright,” Clark says as he holds his hands up in surrender. It’s not like Bruce can actually blame him for trying to help out the kids. Right? He focuses his hearing, searches out Bruce’s heartbeat. He knows it better than his own at this point. He frowns and turns his head when he can’t locate it.

“What’s wrong?” Dick asks.

“I can’t –” Clark swallows with difficulty. “I can’t find it. Him. I can’t hear his heartbeat.”

Tim and Dick exchange looks, while Damian presses his lips together. Even Jason seems to look slightly surprised. He hides it quickly under a mask of indifference, but unlike Bruce’s heartbeat, Clark saw that clearly.

“Are your powers alright?” Tim asks, and Clark can tell he’s trying to be gentle in his choice of words, but it doesn’t help.

“There’s nothing wrong with my powers, I just – I can’t locate him,” Clark says, even as he tries, again and again, to search for Bruce. He can’t hear his heartbeat, not in the cave, not in Gotham, not on Earth. Where the hell is Bruce?

“Fine, we’ll find him ourselves. Thanks for nothing,” Jason grumbles as he marches up the stairs and Clark feels it like a punch to the gut. Not because of Jason’s words, he understands his frustration. But because he wants to help, he wants to find Bruce, but he cannot help. Without his senses he’s essentially useless. The Bat kids have far more experience tracking people down than he does, because he usually doesn’t have to do more than listen for them. He feels heavy with guilt.

Tim looks at him for a few seconds before he and Damian follow Jason up the stairs. Dick, thankfully, takes pity on him.

“I could use your help, big guy,” he says gently, and Clark sends him a grateful smile.

They sit at the computer for a few minutes, looking through different surveillance cameras Clark is pretty sure they’re not supposed to have access to. Then a few minutes later Dick’s hand is at his ear. Duke’s reporting back from an earlier call, it seems.

Clark knows he shouldn’t, but he listens in. Duke may have spotted Bruce at the harbor. What he’s doing there, nobody knows. Dick turns to Clark; a questioning look in his eyes. Clark just nods and he’s out the cave in milliseconds.

He reaches the harbor but when Dick guides him to the location Duke had mentioned, there’s nothing there. No Bruce. All he finds is a bowtie that Dick recognizes as Bruce’s when Clark shows it to him back at the cave.

Steph calls half an hour later and just in time too. Clark’s pretty sure he’ll wear down the floor of the cave with his pacing if he doesn’t get to do something. He feels awful and guilty, and he keeps trying to locate Bruce’s heartbeat, but there’s still nothing. Nothing, nothing, nothing, and Clark’s going insane. So he’s thankful when he arrives near Bruce’s office downtown, even though Steph can’t give him more than a Batarang to bring back to the cave. She can barely look at him and Clark suspects that she might blame him for not being able to find Bruce.

Something’s wrong, Clark knows, because even if Bruce was somehow floating in space Clark should still be able to locate him.

Next it’s Cass, who might have seen something or heard something, Clark isn’t sure, he doesn’t wait long enough to figure it out, he just flies. Cass greets him with a silent stare and then shakes her head with her lips pursed. She hands him a card and then she’s gone.

It’s for him. From Bruce.

“Dear Clark,” it reads. “If I could dictate how tonight would go, I would prepare a nice meal for you. I would have the kids out of the manor, God knows they need the time off, and I would light candles and bring you flowers, just like you always do for me. I cannot see into the future, no matter what you falsely believe,” it goes on. “But if I could, I am certain I would see you by my side.”

And then there’s just… “The balcony” written. Nothing more, no punctuation, no nothing. Not even Bruce’s signature at the bottom. It’s like Bruce got interrupted in the middle of the letter, and Clark wishes Cass would’ve at least stayed long enough to tell him where she’d found it.

Clark doesn’t scream in frustration. He doesn’t burn the letter with his vision, even though he wants to. Instead he flies back to the cave to inform Dick of another dead end, but Dick isn’t there. The computer’s screen is black and the cave’s dark an empty. Clark frowns, trying his absolutely best not to panic. He’s barely holding it together and now Dick’s gone?

Oh. Not gone. Relocated, Clark realizes. There are four heartbeats in the kitchen and Clark recognizes all of them as the kids. Weren’t the others out looking for Bruce? Clark huffs, trying to keep his anger at bay. They might not be his kids, but he wasn’t going to let them sit and wait with Bruce missing. They called him. If they wanted his help, they better go through every sewer in Gotham themselves as well.

Clark enters the manor and heads straight for the kitchen; his mouth open with a scolding before he even sets foot on the floor. He snaps it closed when he finds the kitchen empty.

What…?

Four small bat-shaped battery-looking things are on the counter and when Clark concentrates hard enough, he can hear Tim, Damian, Jason and Dick’s heartbeats coming from them. In the middle of the four devises is a note.

“If you won’t listen to me, I will have no choice but to have you listen to others,” it reads. “Stop listening in on my heart. I’m fine. - B”

Clark looks around the kitchen, but nothing has changed. He is still there alone, listening to the four fake heartbeats. Fake heartbeats. If Bruce had found a way to trick Clark’s hearing with fake heartbeats…

The balcony.

The doors nearly fly off their hinges when Clark pushes at them. If he’d been human, he would’ve panted in anger but instead he just glares at the five bats on the balcony. All of them grinning like cats around a bowl of milk.

Clark can’t help the relief he feels when he sees Bruce standing between his children. As soon as he is done tearing him a new one, he’s asking Bruce to live together. Or at least get a tracker installed under his skin. Clark could not live through another night like this.

“Hiya Step-Man,” Jason greets happily, before bouncing over to Clark. “April Fools,” he whispers as he sticks his tongue out cheekily. The rest of the boys follows with shit-eating grins on their faces as well.

As they walk past him, they each hold out a device – similar to the others in the kitchen – and pushes a button. As the buttons are pushed, their heartbeats – their real heartbeats – are once again clear in Clark’s ears. Clark doesn’t follow them with his eyes, he is busy glaring holes in Bruce’s face.

“How did you –“ Clark starts when the balcony doors closes.

“I’m Batman,” Bruce says simply, interrupting him without the slightest change in his posture, and Clark has never wanted to punch him more.

“You’re an asshole,” he says instead.

“It’s our anniversary,” Bruce says, as if Clark hasn’t just spoken.

“You -”

“Six months, right?” He interrupts.

“I - I am going to murder you,” Clark deadpans. He cannot believe he’s in love with this kind of… of… sadistic man-child!

“C’mon Kent, are you telling me you didn’t see through four boys pranking you?” Bruce teases.

“I will -” Clark breathes through his nose harshly. “I will drop you from the moon.”

“Won’t you join me?” Bruce holds out his hand at the beautiful table set up for them, instead of dignifying Clark with an actual answer. There are indeed both candles and flowers as well as a really nice bottle of wine.

“You don’t deserve having dinner with me,” Clark says, crossing his arms over his chest. He feels suddenly drained and while he knows this’ll be a fun story next year, he most of all just wants to go to bed. He never wants to experience feeling useless again.

“It’s your favorite,” Bruce says.

Clark knows. He can tell from the smell alone and his stomach rumbles traitorously. He makes sure to keep the frown on his face as he finally approaches.

Bruce opens his arms with a soft smile and Clark melts. He doesn’t stand a chance against Bruce’s charm. Especially not after looking for him for hours, worrying about him.

“Your kids are monsters,” he mutters into Bruce’s shoulder as he wraps his arms around him.

“They were supposed to keep you busy. I told them they had free reins.”

“Absolute monsters,” Clark repeats. “I’m never helping them choose a movie again.”

Clark stays in Bruce’s embrace for a while, until his body’s finally completely relaxed. He’s tired, exhausted really, and he will not be forgetting this night for a very long time, but he’s also just happy to be with Bruce.

“Happy anniversary, Clark,” Bruce whispers into Clark’s hair.

“I hate you,” Clark says.

“I love you too.”

“I am so getting you back for this. All of you.” Because he knows those awful children are still within earshot. He’ll get them one day.

“Looking forward to it,” Bruce says with a warm laugh.

From inside the manor Clark can hear a few nervous swallows and a single dark chuckle.

“Oh, it is on, Superdouche.”

Clark smiles. Kids.

[isfjmel-phleg]

October 2022 Books

Small Spaces and Dead Voices by Katherine Arden

Fantastic creepiness and atmosphere with likeable characters. I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls by Lynne Jonell

This was another case of "middle-grade sequel that isn't half as captivating as its predecessor."

Spineless by Samantha San Miguel

I stumbled across this one on Goodreads and was interested because it's set around the turn of the century and features an asthmatic protagonist. I've got one too and was curious how that in particular would be handled. San Miguel has done her research; her protagonist uses a carbolic smoke ball (a type of early inhaler introduced in the 1880s) and sometimes experiences hallucinations from his medication, which implies he takes stramonium. Although I don't think the term "rescue inhaler" was in use at this time, otherwise it's a reasonably accurate portrayal.

The story was enjoyable too, and I like the characters. Algie Emsworth (a very Wodehousian name for a boy who isn't anything like a Wodehouse character!) is a nice kid with a good arc. The themes of compassion and understanding for all, irrespective of whom one likes or dislikes, hold up well. The plot's maybe a bit sensational, but it's a fun read.

Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, and Network Effect by Martha Wells

No idea what happened in these books. I am just following Murderbot around appreciatively.

Before Oz: Juvenile Fantasy Stories from Nineteenth-Century America by Mark I. West

Early American fantasy stories that offer a glimpse into what was available before the Oz series was written. Interesting historically, but it's easy to see how innovative the Oz series was and why it's held up when the others have been forgotten.

Nightbooks by J. A. White

Partially a clever retelling of "Hansel and Gretel," partially an exploration of the art of storytelling. Creepy and riveting.

And I also read a lot of comics, listed here in roughly the order read. I'm slowly slogging through as much (significant) material as I can for each of the Robins, arbitrarily starting backward. Possibly of interest to you, @brown-little-robin.

Red Robin by Christopher Yost and Fabian Nicieza

The first twelve issues in particular are quite good in their character development! I need to reread to fully absorb, but I did enjoy it a lot.

Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang

Really layered for a middle-grade comic. Yang weaves issues of racism and prejudice in with characterization of a Superman who's still early in his career and unconsciously repressing some of his powers to blend in better among people who aren't accepting of anyone different, and the result is well-executed. The 1940s setting is great too (albeit with a few minor inaccuracies, like the use of "Ms."), and was that a cameo of the Graysons I spotted at a circus that a young Clark goes to?

Batman & Robin by Grant Morrison

I find I am less fond of Morrison's stories, which set up interesting characterization and dynamics but get sidetracked a bit too much with Edginess. This comic is about Dick and Damian's working together during Bruce's apparent death, and I like their interactions! Just wish it got explored more.

Batman and Robin by Peter J. Tomasi

Tomasi, on the other hand, is more to my taste in emphasizing relationships. Bruce and Damian's father-son relationship is at the core of this series, and I appreciated that.

Robin Son of Batman by Patrick Gleason

This series was wild. I don't know what to make of it.

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying by Marv Wolfman

This is the storyline that introduces Tim. I'm used to him as a protagonist whose thoughts we are in on; here he's initially a mysterious figure! We're introduced to him from Dick's POV first, and it takes a long time for him to even reveal his name--not that he isn't asked about it, multiple times, but he keeps brushing the question aside as if his identity doesn't matter--which says a lot about his character.

Robin (2021) by Joshua Williamson

I wasn't able to fully catch up on this series since not all the newest issues are available through the service I'm using, but what I did read...yikes. Someone needs to send this kid back home to his dad and get them to work things out. Please.

(But I am quite amused by the fact that Damian throughout is reading manga. Fluffy, romantic manga. Bless his heart.)

(Various issues of other things featuring Damian, including his stint as [self-appointed] leader of the Teen Titans. Poor writing choices were made. Character development that should have happened did not happen. Character...worsening? did happen.)

Detective Comics: Rite of Passage and Batman: Identity Crisis by Alan Grant

More early appearances of Tim, in which his mother dies and his father is critically injured, and an act of heroism leads to his finally taking on the role of Robin.

*Irrelevant to anything but interesting to me: in Rite of Passage, a character smokes stramonium as a treatment for asthma, and Batman recognizes the substance by smell. Apparently this treatment was still a thing in the late 1980s?

Robin (1991), Robin II, and Robin III by Chuck Dixon

More early Tim! I love him. He uses a situation he's grappling with as Robin as a scenario for his not!D&D group, they point out a solution, he suddenly needs to leave, and everyone's convinced he's weird. What a guy. Let him sleep, please.