#also the fact that this isn't a thing anymore.

[birdielikesbatfam]

okay, as much as I absolutely love what they're doing with Damian and making him quit being Robin to become a doctor, there's a sneaking suspicion that DC isn't actually going to go through with it.

Batman needs a Robin (at least according to DC, not sure how much I share that opinion as of how things are in the comics rn but that's an entirely separate post) and there isn't anyone else lined up. Personally, I think that the Batfamily is getting a bit crowded anyway, and DC doesn't even work with a good half of the characters that are in it anyway (Duke Cass and Steph you will always be famous to me).

There's also the fact that DC can't commit to anything anymore. Tim became his own superhero? No, he's back to being Robin. Barbara was permanently paralyzed and has developed her own identity and skill set as Oracle? No, she got better and is Batgirl again. Literally half of the Batfamily dies? They're all fine in the literal next issue. See what I mean?

I'm calling it right now that, especially since they don't have a new Robin lined up and ready to take the spot, there is absolutely no way that they're gonna let Damian actually quit being Robin. He's going to quit for like a week before something happens that either forces him or makes him want to become Robin again and everything will be reversed and back to the way that it was.

(or, if they actually do commit to it, MAKE TIM QUIT WITH HIM ARGHHHHH HES BEEN ROBIN FOR LITERAL DECADES AT THIS POINT LET THE MAN REST/COMMIT TO A NEW IDENTITY)

[phiralovesloki]

Paul Hollywood is also the one who has this abomination as a challah recipe:

(This is from his cookbook, so I don't have a link to it, but it's discussed here along with commentary about how GBBO just does not know any Jewish people.)

There are three major issues with this recipe that I hope can indicate how little Mr. Hollywood actually knows about anything relating to Jewish cuisine.

No one--no one--spells challah like that. "Cholla?" Oh no. No. Nope. Unlike Chanukah/Hanukkah/Hanuka/Janice, this is one word that we really don't have lots of spellings for. It's challah. If this Definitely Real Person Sylvia Woolf told him it was spelled "cholla," then she was either not Jewish or she was trolling.

Challah isn't traditionally served at Passover. In fact, it is flat out not served at Passover, ever, because during Passover, Jews are not permitted to eat leavened bread. And as much disagreement as there might be between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews over what's allowed during Passover and what's not, challah is like ... THE thing you can't have. It's chametz, no matter how you slice (or tear) it. (Little challah humor for ya.)

Challah is pareve (meaning it contains no meat or milk) so that it can be served at meals that include one or the other. This recipe contains not one, but TWO milk products (milk and butter), so it's not pareve. This isn't to say that your challah can't have variations, but if you add milk and/or butter, it's not challah anymore because it's not pareve.

So yeah, not even remotely out of character for GBBO, Paul Hollywood specifically.

GBBO: “A s’more is basically just an Italian merengue sandwiched between two ganache-covered digestives”

Americans:

[anomaliex]

The Bad Kids Are Funny because they're all fairly violent and get really aggro really quickly (hey that's what you get for making a highly competent adventuring party a bunch of teenagers who don't go to therapy) but then Riz is somehow just two steps above everyone else and they barely acknowledge it. Fury of the Ball is the most wonderful thing.

The "face" of their party around school would probably be like Fig or Fabian, maybe Gorgug. Wow they're so strong aha. Hey who do you think is the most brutal, probably the half-orc barbarian who seems to mostly repress his rage until it's time to throw down right? Right?? No it's the little guy in the corner. Yeah, the one who just hid in the shadows and now you can't see him anymore. Yeah, he shot a pixie's fingers off one by one to get information, yeah, he ate a live dragon, yeah, he offered to tear someone's eye out for his best friend, yeah, he said the words "make sure his head is cut off so he can't be revivified" about another student. Yeah, he's a fucking goblin and so unapologetic about it at this point.

I always imagine his "fury" (which is a goblin trait which implies Sklonda has it too btw, never forget) being like oughhh pupils blown so wide, hair standing up, hissing claws out, kill maim stab. Just for a few seconds. You can elect to use it after hitting, I imagine him sinking his sword into a big meaty enemy and going "hm wow this guy's pretty tough. I need him dead though. Needs to die." and he twists the blade puts his whole weight in it and just drags it down no matter what's in the way. It HAS to be so gross and brutal every time and his friends are just like oh there he goes, the Ball cleaning up again.

Especially fun with the Kipperlilly thing. Oh two rogues fighting without sneak attack, that's gotta be a slow careful battle where they chip away at each other. Oh she does like seven damage rushing past him, oh he's gonna do the same wait never mind he uses his fury he stabbed her SO badly. No rogue finesse no show about it just the intent to kill. Kid with traumatic past does in fact end up fucked and it isn't actually fun or quirky or interesting, who would have thought. Shoutout to hold person over the lava that goes disgustingly hard and is also so gruesome, imagine being paralysed and watching yourself fall into a pit that will burn you alive.

The thing with classic rogues is that you're "dead before you know you're being attacked" and it's "quick and easy and possibly painless" but if Riz kills you it's gonna hurt. You're gonna know and it's gonna hurt but hey high chance you don't get to do anything about it still. Phenomenal character.

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

i cant really tell if yuu's involvement in ace's character is more for fanservice reasons or because they really did play a part in his character development.

like in nbc we have malleus choosing to focus on finishing the task at hand as quickly as possible so that they can then find the prefect rather than drop everything there at that moment and prioritizing finding yuu. (iirc) and compared to that we have ace who does put a lot of emphasis on finding yuu especially when no one seems to remember it during the halloween event it feels very traditionally fanservice-y ? and i cant really tell where the line is drawn for ace anymore. and you did mention a lot of other points in another post that you made esp with ace's dream recently dropping and the fact that hes the only guy whos dream yuu was actively involved in idk its a little confusing for me i hope im making sense TT no shade to the shippers im just a little slow in comprehending it all bvbvsjdj

your posts are always really neutral and accurate it just helps to clear up a lot of my confusions and questions i have when playing so thank you for your hard work!

[Referencing this post; you might also find this related post useful in the discussion of Ace and Yuu's relationship!]

DISCLAIMER: I do not mean to invalidate or detract from Ace x Yuu or Malleus x Yuu shippers or anyone who may interpret their relationship as romantic. You should ship what you like and have fun doing it. My reply aims to be more objective, but that should NOT impede on your enjoyment or whatever it is you choose to ship.

iufipaerasfeao Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad you find my posts helpful. I try my best to be objective when it comes to analyzing the story and characters, but there's no true way for someone to be completely neutral. There are definitely times when I have an aside to insert my two cents on a situation or I get super heated about a particular topic. Hopefully I still leave enough space for everyone to come to their own conclusions.

I think it's both fanservice and because Yuu actually plays a big part in Ace's character development? Like, it's technically fanservice but it does not feel egregious because it fits Ace’s teasing nature and Ace's bond with Yuu has been established from the start. He was the first student we met at NRC and we spend so much time with him since then; there's no way Yuu wouldn't have had an impact on him, especially when book 7 is now paralleling the two as people with insecurities about being weak/unable to do anything + not contributing enough and Yuu encouraging him when he finally gets his UM.

I commonly see people joking about Malleus having "missed the meeting about Twst not being a dating sim" and holding him up as "the main love interest". (And to be clear, Twst isn't a dating sim, nor do all Twst fans see the characters romantically; I am only speaking about this in a romantic lens in the context of this post.) However, I think there's a very strong case to be made for Ace as well. The thing is, I also feel that Malleus and Ace fundamentally appeal to two different groups of yumejoshi. Malleus is the tall, dark, and mysterious type you can "fix", the type of guy that would burn the world down for you. Ace is the teasing and approachable boy-next-door that has your back and supports you even when the entire world is against you. This is also evident in the ways they're set up in the main story; Malleus is introduced in a way that encourages much more "filling in of the gaps" due to how little he actually shows up in front of Yuu in the main story. It gives the player a lot of space to imagine what their relationship with him is like because there isn't a ton of interactions in canon to go off of. Meanwhile, Ace has many more canonized interactions with Yuu (eating lunch, doing homework, watching movies, playing video games, etc.), so the effort of thinking about what they actually do over the course of their relationship is already done for you. There is an established friendship and connection with Ace, but you barely see Malleus enough to truly have a strong impact on him or to change him. Does that make sense?

IADUPADF9A9FSBdb I do find it sort of funny that Malleus is basically like, "Oh, something unexpected happened (ie Yuu is missing). We'd better solve this." Not really showing much emotion about them being gone in Nightmare. (Malleus only gets annoyed when Leona begins to take charge; he is not mad at the fact that Yuu is gone.) Meanwhile Yuu is missing in Endless Halloween Night and Ace is the FIRST person to excuse himself to check Ramshackle for them.

If you consult the fandom and the fandom alone, you'd think the situation would be reversed. The English speaking Twst fandom has a VERY strong bias for Malleus x Yuu, so there is a tendency to misinterpret or misattribute what Malleus says and does to support the idea that "Yuu is his most important person". (For example, even though Malleus provides no reaction at all when Skully kisses the back of Yuu's hand, many Malleus fans claimed that he would be very jealous or would harm Skully for doing such a thing. In another Halloween event, Glorious Masquerade, people believed he was angry at Rollo for harming Yuu even though this was not the case; the event states that he was mad because the invitation he had been extended was a fake one.)

It is because of thinking like this that a lot of English speakers genuinely believed Malleus would OB in book 7 in a desperate attempt to prevent Yuu from returning to their original world. Misinterpretations, headcanons, misattributions, and personal projections were conflated with canon, leading to many people to believe that Malleus was closer with Yuu than they actually are. Instead, Malleus ended up OBing because he feared Lilia leaving and he barely even considers Yuu after he OBs. And, ironically, Ace is the character whose dream prominently features Yuu and a scenario in which Yuu doesn't have to leave them forever. It was always Ace that we had a strong relationship with, not Malleus.

Ace is often overlooked even though he has far more canon interactions with Yuu in the main story. I think this could maybe to chalked up to a combination of him being "boring" compared to the literal DARK FAE OP CROWN PRINCE M. Draconia over there and the fact that so many of those "gaps" are already filled by the main story. There's less room for imagination because the game has already defined what Ace and Yuu's relationship entails. Malleus is just so much more appealing when it comes to intrigue and mysteriousness. When you look at it objectively though... Yuu only meets Malleus face-to-face like 5-6 times for brief conversations. That's not nearly long enough to make a huge impact or change in his life (unless you as the player extrapolate and imagine more Malleus and Yuu interactions outside of the ones we see in the main story). At best, I think you could say Malleus is glad he can have a special little friend who doesn't know of his name and status? He doesn't really change because of that relationship though. Malleus doesn't even show up until book 2. But Ace has literally been there since the beginning, canonically spends tons of his free time with Yuu, and has been through several near-life experiences with them (several OBs). He has the chance to bond with Yuu. Malleus does not. (He has given Yuu advice once, sent them a card once, and reassembled a stage for them once; all other interactions in the main story are short talks.)

It makes a lot of sense that Ace would be the one "touched" by Yuu's influence, whether you see it as romantic or platonic. Both he and Malleus (and all the other characters, really) get their moments of fanservice--but very few characters' development is directly impacted by Yuu's presence. Yuu might be there for most of the main story, but they actually get only a few moments to engage with the other boys in the cast to the point of actually changing them. It feels like the changes that occur are more often the result of the other boys (Trey standing up to Riddle and holding his hand afterwards, Epel and Deuce bonding on the beach, the twins telling Azul he's lame but also being the first to check up on him following the OB, Idia finalizing his farewells with Ortho, etc.) Ace just so happens to be an exception to that, as Yuu very clearly plays a big role in his development.

[partypooper1324]

Why Byler needs to be canon (and will be)

I know that this has been said before, but Byler being canon would change so much when it comes to queer love being depicted in movies and TV-shows. If one of Netflix's biggest shows can have an extremely well-written and overall beautiful queer love story between two of the main characters AND in a show that is not being only advertised for a gay audience like, for example, Heart stopper, that means that so many doors would open for queer representation in media. So many new shows would be open to representing queer people correctly (instead of using queer people in shows for brownie points) and normalizing queer characters.

If Byler isn't canon, then that would be tragic for not only Will's character, but also the queer community. My first ever post on my blog was me saying that if Byler isn't canon, then stranger things would be the one of the worst cases of queer baiting. I still stand by this point because if there can be a slide show with over 300 slides proving a queer relationship and it ends up not being canon, then there is no way the directors didn't know what they were doing especially in a show with such a high budget. Queer baiting is devastating for the queer community, but I cannot speak for the queer community as a strait woman so if you would like to speak on any queer baiting issues i'd love to hear your thoughts.

Also, if Byler isn't canon, then Will would have been kidnapped by a monster, bullied, been possessed, fought multiple other monsters, fought with the US military, and then on top of all that, he would confess to his crush who is a man in the 80's and been rejected. Give my man a break and let something good happen to him. This has to be my biggest Byler proof because the Duffer brothers already have queer characters in their shows so I don't see them queer baiting their audience. By the way, they don't even need to queer bait because they already have such a big audience.

Now let's talk about Mike. Again, I've seen people discuss this fact before, but if Byler is not canon, then the Duffer brothers are horrible writers. What explanation could there be for Mike becoming such an asshole to Will for no reason in season 3 and 4 if there could be no internalized homophobia? This character shift would make absolutely no sense because Mike and Will have been best friends for years, so Mike being so awkward when seeing him in the airport would make no sense. He had no problem hugging Will before he moved to California.

In season 3, Will asks to play DnD multiple times and Mike tells him that he's growing up and talking to girls which means he isn't interested in playing "childish games" anymore. He tries to be normal as much as possible this season and to grow up. However, what does little ol' Mike do after Will leaves? He joins a DnD club and he expresses to Lucas that he doesn't have any desire to be popular. This switch would again, make absolutely no sense.

Another big detail is that when Mike goes to California, he goes back to trying to be as normal as possible, as said by Finn Wolfhard. So, when Will is around, he feels the need to be normal and avoid his feelings for Will which he sees as childish (INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA!!!!). There is a video on YouTube by loser sits by herself (go watch it if you haven't already its amazing) where she goes into depth about Mike associating his feelings for Will with being childish, so that would explain why he wants to grow up in season three, but then not having this desire after Will leaves because he doesn't need to because Will is no longer around. If Byler doesn't happen, then what would be the explanation for this switch??

Let me know if you think I missed anything and thanks for coming to my yap session.

[fuctacles]

Not only am I late but also I'm posting this from my phone so sorry if anything looks wonky

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Eddie has to simmer with it over his coffee, while Steve is standing right in front of him, just out of reach. He's right there, cool as a cucumber, debating pouring maple syrup into his coffee, like he hasn't just seen Eddie's boner. And Eddie his. 

He hides his face in his palms. And Steve said they'll get back to this! When?! The breakfast isn't happening fast enough, and the anticipation might kill him before they get some alone time. Yet it's all happening faster than he'd like, too. He has just figured it out and he'd like his three weeks notice, thank you very much. 

A hand lands on his shoulder, gently shaking him out of his thoughts. 

"Maple syrup coffee?" Steve asks, handing him his mug. His eyes are warm and knowing.

"Sure, why not," Eddie shrugs, taking the drink. It's warm and sweet, and he sticks his tongue out in displeasure. "How much sugar is in this thing?" 

"I forgot I already sweetened it before the syrup," Steve admits without shame. He takes back the mug, drinking his sugary concoction with no problem. 

"Shouldn't you not eat sugar if you're a dog?" Argyle asks, munching on a dry toast. They are waiting for the leftovers from yesterday to bake in the oven.

"No, thankfully. But I do get upset stomach from grapes and raw onions."

"Hey, quick question." Eddie raises his hand, attracting Steve's attention. "When did Argyle find out?" 

"Find out what?" Argyle frowns at them, looking from one to the other. 

"That Steve's a werewolf?"

"He is?" His bushy eyebrows rise up. He turns to Steve. "You are?"

Steve stares at him, confused. 

"You just called me a dog," he points out. 

"I told you!" Jonathan smack his friend on the shoulder.

"I thought it was like, an inside joke!" Argyle throws his arms up. "That he's a dog person? The way I am a cat person?"

Everyone is just staring at each other for a moment, looking from one to another for the confirmation that what they've just heard is, in fact, real. 

"Technically, I'm a Lycan," Steve mutters into his sugary coffee. The oven beeps, and the warm food spares them from talking for some time.

Steve sits with his plate next to Eddie, pressing his thigh hesitantly against his. Eddie presses back, and leans in close to whisper just between the two of them.

"At least I'm not the last one to find out anymore."

"I said I'm sorry!" Steve hisses back, knocking his knee into his, just hard enough for him to feel it. He knocks back.

"Well, at least my reveal was more intimate," he mocks quietly, before getting back to his food. From the corner of his eye, he can see Steve's embarrassed flush. 

"Yeah, I got really intimate with your fist," Steve grumbles under his breath. 

Eddie, having left his brain to mouth filter somewhere in his mother's womb, cannot pass this opportunity at a crass joke. 

"Not as intimate as you could," he says, waggling his eyebrows. Steve gapes at him, blinking as his brain processes the words.

"There are children at this table!" Robin yells out, covering her ears. 

"Well, this is a private conversation and you shouldn't be listening in!" Eddie reprimands her in his best suburban father impression.

"Damn." Argyle nods his head appreciatively. "You guys down for a threesome? I could learn so much from you."

Steve looks so spooked Eddie almost inhales a piece of chicken with how hard he laughs. 

Eddie's not laughing later, when Argyle is rubbing delighted Steve's belly. Because after a reveal like that, a demonstration is required, and at first, he was glad. Anything to postpone facing his feelings. But now, he wanted to tear out every last strand of Argyle's luscious, flowing hair. 

"Who's a good dude?" Argyle laughs when Steve gives a small bark. "Yeah bro, you are!"

"You guys are shedding hair all over the carpet," Eddie points out. Not like it's his hair to deal with, but they are having too much fun on this probably expensive, beige rug. 

"Ah, sorry bro." Argyle withdraws his hands. "Do you mind?" he, rightfully, asks the owner of the house. 

Steve gives a bark, paws moving invitingly for more scratches. Argyle laughs.

"I hope I'm not tripping right now, this is so rad."

Eddie scrunches his nose, watching tiny hair land on the carpet around Steve.

"I'm sure Steve won't mind if you want to vacuum for him later." 

"Sh-Jesus!" he jumps when Robin materializes next to him. "What the fuck, man?"

She raises her eyebrows at him.

"I've been standing here for a while," she deadpans. 

"No you haven't," he bristles. "Liar."

"Sure," Robin snorts. "I'm gonna join the dog petting. You keep doing whatever..." she waves her hand at him, "...this is." She pats his arm before joining Argyle and Steve on the carpet. 

Eddie gapes at them. He has just been patronized but he's not sure what for. All he knows is that Steve looks as happy as a buttered pancake, even more so when Robin joins the impromptu petting session. Eddie wants to tear her hair out a little bit less than Argyle's.

He sits on the couch, letting others have their fill with dog-Steve. Just a week ago, whenever Eddie would see him in the wild, hanging out with someone else, there was never this much joy involved. Almost like the kids didn't feel comfortable with Steve being in his dog form with them, though Eddie suspected they were more worried than anything else. If he had an animal form, he'd be hiding in it at the smallest inconvenience, so he can't blame either of them.

Eventually, their friends get engaged in a conversation about some weird movie he's never heard of, and Steve escapes their hands, shaking himself off before he joins Eddie on the couch. After eternity of itching to pet him, he can bury his fingers in the soft fur. Steve falls heavily into his side, stretching his neck out, and he only huffs out a laugh, scratching where he's asked to.

"Does your hair routine translate to the the dog hair? Or do you have to get it washed separately?" he asks, genuinely curious. 

Steve's head perks up, and his wide dark eyes meet his. 

"It does translate, actually," Robin picks up on the question. "Which is fucking insane but very convenient." 

"It is insane," Eddie admits, his eyes only on Steve. Because his puppy dog eyes show interest, a question and a plea, and Eddie would be honored to fulfill whatever his heart desires. 

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[elzifelzi]

So when Lancer eventually does die

Cuz make no mistake If this was a series Lancer would still be a teacher at the start and then by the end of season 1 he'd probably die.

Then he'd become a ghost.

Like i said before Danny is completely clueless to his children's superhero antics. Think despite all of them being ghost hunters I'd like to believe he inherited his parents cluelessness whereas Sam is right on the money it doesn't even take her long at all.

Danny also isn't around very often ,I'd imagine at this point the ghost zone is in way worse condition than it used to be after everything thats happened so Danny would have to spend extended periods of time in the ghost zone keeping the peace.(Think Ben10000 levels of busy]

Before the kids find out about his secret identity they thing he's on business trips dealing with publishing stuff for Sams book.

So sometimes he's gone for like 2-3 weeks but usually its one week at home one week out.

But he always tries to be there for his kids.

Dean doesn't have a close relationship with his Dad(kinda like Jack and Danny) so he is unphased when Danny is gone for long periods of time but Lilith does.

Sam for the most part has gotten very good at covering for danny when his "job" gets in the way of something important for the kids but she WILL chew him out for it in private.

Not cuz she hates that he does it as a matter of fact she's very proud of the work Danny does as Phantom and would never want to get in the way of that but They're not teenagers anymore and while Phantom is a part of their lives that shes accepted and embraces...their kids need their father.

Danny Phantom future AU where Phantom Planet doesn't happen, Dannys secret identity is still intact and he gets married to Sam.

Sam is now an author who publishes books about the supernatural along with Danny's help.

They have 2 kids.

Dean Fenton and Lilith Fenton.

Both Dean and Lilith are unaware of their Dad's identity as Phantom but are no strangers to their families history of ghost hunting since even in their advanced age thats all Jack and Maddie talk about.

Usually in most AUs where Danny has kids both kids inherit his powers but in this one it's kinda different.

Dean has the more standard ghost powers,he can fly, turn invisible and intangible and his powers lean heavily into the ghostly side of things. So anything that a traditional ghost can do he can do just at a smaller scope,he can't fire ghost rays but he can charge his punches with ecto energy for an extra kick out of the 2 of them Dean is the only one who CAN go ghost.

Lilith inherited the ghost sense and the bulk of the ecto energy, she can't release ecto energy directly from her body but she can expell it through different items, kinda like Gambit and while she can't make herself invisible she can make other things invisible.

So Deans whole thing is that his ecto energy affects his body directly, while Liliths thing is that her ecto energy affects other things.

[thewisherr]

I ⏩💁 am 🤧🤧 a 💰👌 wishing 💫 star, a cosmic ✨ entity created 💦💦 when a 😎🔥 wish 🙏🙏 is made 😶 profoundly enough 🕑 (often by multiple people 👫👥 and/or over 👳 a 👌 long period 🔴 of 💦 time, ⌛🕖 that's 😐👊 role 😩 it 💧😂 is 😂 to fulfill said 💬 wish. 😢🌠 Usually, a 🅰 wishing 💫👇 star returns to 🐚😋 nonexistence after 👀 the 👏 wish 🙏 is 🌸🏳 fulfilled, however, I am 👏 a 👅💀 part 💔💔 of 12 😣 wishing stars (of 💦 whom I mutually consider ☺ my 👨🅱 siblings, that 😐😐 were created 💦 due to ➡ a 💰 massive 😯 collective wish from a 👏 star 🌟 system 😎🤣 very 😲⛪ much 🍆💲 far away from this one 💍♿ for 🍆 peace, ☮✌ as 💯 it 🔫 was ☠ deep in 🏽 a 🗣🐭 massive 😯 war 💣 perhaps 🤷 worse 🤜🤜 than ☄😻 any 🤷 that have, 😩💪 been 👏📽 observed on earth, thus 😂 far. 🌌 Due 👅👅 to 🙏🎲 peace 😎☢ never 🐘🙅 truly ⚡⚡ being permanent, me and my siblings do not disappear, and ➡👏 instead four of 💦 us at a time �� will 💣💦 watch 👾 over the 🎊 star system 🌌 to 🌱 maintain peace, while ♀ the 📷 rest of us 💦😚 will ⚽ do what ❓🏿 we 🏻👌 will, 🅱 that 👏 often being 😑 fulfilling smaller wishes 😘🙏 that would not normally create a 👨 wishing 🔮🔮 star. ⭐⭐

HAHAHA OH MY GODS THIS IS GLORIOUS LMAOO

The best part about this IS THIS SHIT ISN'T ANYWHERE ON MY PAGE ANYMORE. MF HAD THIS SHIT SAVED. THAT'S DEDICATION.

I don't give a shit what your intentions were but this genuinely made my day, thank you for such a good laugh anon

[romanticatheartt]

People always be like "we want complex female character" but you bitches can't even handle Feyre, who has different sides and just because she's a mother now, you think she's completely disable to wield a sword...

She was a fighter long before turning to fae. She killed a fae wolf, 2 nagas, trapped a suriel several times (the very suriel Rhys tried to trapped and failed), killed an ancient wyrm and broke a 49 years curse all the while being a human. She has all the seven High Lords power and managed to kill many of Hybren soldier just to save Rhysand. She's mated to the most powerful High Lord and we all know 'like calls to like'. She went to the Summer Court and fight side by side with The Morrigan and never backed down.

But sure... she can't wield a sword now.

[silverwhittlingknife]

hi Silver! o/ because that fanart made me wonder - would you happen to know when/where Dick's stuffed elephant plush Zitka turns up in the comics?

GREETINGS CAM <3333 THAT ART WAS SO CUTE

Yeah, I think your instincts are right - it's a truly adorable bit of transformative fandom, but I'm 95% percent sure it's not comics canon. Barbara has canon plushies, but I don't think anyone else does.

I got kinda invested in the investigation (it's hard to prove a negative!) and I ended up typing out an entire History of Elinore/Zitka, so, uh, if you're curious, meet me below the cut for:

Where does Elinore / Zitka - the animal - appear in comics?

Did Dick ever have a stuffed elephant toy in comics?

Where does Elinore / Zitka appear in comics?

We're gonna go in chronological order!

Dick's circus elephant friend was first created for practical reasons: in Batman 436, Marv Wolfman does a big expanded flashback to Dick's circus backstory as a way to subtly show us Tim before officially introducing him (so that we can have a technically-solvable mystery-of-Tim's-identity in LPoD). In this comic, there's an elephant named Elinore who loves Dick:

Aww. Such a cute elephant!

Batman 436 comes out in August 1989. New Titans 60 comes out a few months later, in November, and guess what? When Dick visits the circus, he is suddenly surprised by an unexpected blast from the past! It turns out that even though it's been years, Elinore still remembers him!

Here's the part where Elinore remembers Dick:

SUCH a cute elephant. I love her.

(Guess who else still remembers Dick even though it was so long ago. Guess which other character is about to be an unexpected blast from the past. Guess which character Elinore is directly paralleling guess guess guess sorry everything is about Dick and Tim in my mind but I can focus I swear)

Four years later, in 1993, Batman: The Animated Series retells Dick's origin story. They like and keep Wolfman's elephant, but they change her name to Zitka:

Wolfman doesn't return to the elephant beyond those two appearances, and a few years down the line, New Titans gets cancelled and Wolfman's not writing Dick anymore anyway. So the animal gets abandoned for a while, until Devin Grayson, a fan of both Wolfman and B:tAS, revives the Wolfman-era Titans team in JLA/Titans and then the ongoing series Titans 1999.

Grayson then brings back the elephant in a flashback to Dick's past in Titans 16 (Jun 2000), where she imports the B:tAS name. Sometimes I'm skeptical of TV-to-comics imports, but honestly, I endorse this one. You lose the alliteration, which is a shame, but IMO Zitka is a better elephant name than Elinore.

Here's Dick with the newly-christened Zitka in Titans 16:

Grayson also briefly references the elephant in Gotham Knights 20 and - in a final angsty callback - in Nightwing 88 (Feb 2004), where Zitka tries futilely to comfort Dick in the midst of his trauma conga line:

... And... honestly, I think that's it for comic appearances? The two Wolfman comics plus the three Grayson comics.

Both Wolfman and Grayson are writing multiple titles - Batman, New Titans, Titans, Gotham Knights, and Nightwing between the two of them, spanning a big chunk of Dick's post-Crisis canon - and both writers use the elephant for heartwarming moments of nostalgia, which means if you're doing a post-Crisis readthrough for Dick, Elinore/Zitka feels memorable. But I don't think she actually shows up that much.

For post-2011, I am not as well-informed - throwing this out to the dash? anyone know? - but I feel like Zitka the heartwarming symbol of Dick's heartwarming circus past is, uh, thematically very at odds with the Court of Owls evil!circus vibes, so my instinct is that this story element was almost certainly dropped in the reboot.

Did Dick ever have a stuffed elephant toy in comics?

In WFA, yes; in main comics continuity, no. Technically, I have not read every comic ever published, so I could be wrong!! But I don't think so.

Below, find my rambling reasoning on the tonal vibes of pre-Crisis, post-Crisis, and post-2011, and why this particular story element doesn't seem right to me for the first two.

Pre-Crisis (...okay, mostly the Silver Age): stuffed animal, yes or no?

tl;dr no, requires too much background knowledge on the part of the reader, plus the elephant wasn't a thing until later

Elinore doesn't get created until post-Crisis, but also just generally, pre-Crisis callbacks are more along the lines of this reference in Batman 129 (published in 1960), where, wow, Batman and Robin are hunting jewel thieves - and it turns out Robin recognized this strongman! BUT HOW?!

The comic goes on to recap Dick's entire origin story in flashback, on the assumption that you may not know it.

(BTW, if you'd like to know more about Haly's Circus throughout the years, nightwingology has a great post here summarizing a lot of fun plotlines and characters!)

Basically: Silver Age comics are very self-consciously episodic and kid-friendly; they're not generally gonna do overly-elaborate callbacks because they don't know what comics their kid readers may have randomly picked up or remember.

By the time of post-Crisis, comic books were being written for an adult audience buying from the direct market, i.e. readers who are collecting whole runs & don't need or want Dick's origin story to be recapped to us in full every time it's referenced. That's why in post-Crisis, we get stuff like "hey, neat, this particular soda brand is getting mentioned in several different books!!" or "in order to understand this story arc, buy SIXTEEN DIFFERENT COMICS in FIVE DIFFERENT RUNS and read them ALL ACCORDING TO A NUMBERED ORDER and also you better be following the individual plotlines and recognize these five minor characters who we don't bother to introduce!! Good luck!!" But the elaborate post-Crisis plotlines - and subtler worldbuilding like a stuffed animal callback to Dick's backstory - don't make a lot of story sense UNLESS you're imagining your readers as completionist adult fans.

So IMO a stuffed animal wouldn't be a pre-Crisis thing unless it was The Episodic Story Of the Week, and I don't think a stuffed animal is action-adventure-y enough for the fast-paced storytelling of the Silver Age. (Unless it, like, came to life and tried to eat you or something.)

Post-Crisis: stuffed animals, yes or no?

tl;dr: no, Dick's a manly tough guy, he's not gonna have a stuffed animal, that'd be lame, like something Tim might do

Part of the edgy grimdark adult vibes in 80s/90s comics is that some characters who used to be kinda silly & goofy & lighthearted - like Batman and Robin - get reimagined as Serious and Angsty and Edgy in a Tough Cool Manly Brooding Way. This massively affects characterization for Bruce, Dick, and Bruce and Dick's relationship.

(I obviously love this change & love the tense Bruce-and-Dick interactions, but plenty of fans of the earlier fluffy comics really disliked the edgy retcons of Miller / Wolfman / Starlin / et al.)

The upshot is that post-Crisis is a period when you could have a recurring reference like a stuffed elephant, but you wouldn't have a stuffed elephant, not for Dick. I think a toy like that would be too cutesy / childish / effeminate to give a male character in post-Crisis, unless you were poking fun at him.

Now, you could probably let Tim have a stuffed animal, because Tim is sometimes cool but also sometimes a tryhard loser who is faking being cool and not entirely pulling it off (see e.g. the Robin comic where he practices tough-guy faces in the mirror, or the Teen Titans comic where Conner discovers his cringy Enya CD, or when he's fanboying over Connor and it's awkward, etc etc.). A stuffed animal would be deeply embarrassing, and you'd have to be careful to compensate by having Tim do something cool afterward - but Tim's character concept allows for "he's kind of a loser sometimes."

But Dick isn't!! In post-Crisis, Dick's a tough / impressive / "cool guy" character, the kind of guy anyone would want to be, even in the flashbacks where he's Robin, and even in the stories where he's more lighthearted than angsty. It'd be kinda lame for Dick to have a stuffed elephant, so he wouldn't. I feel like Dick would be more likely to poke fun at it if someone had one, like when he's making fun of Wally for liking the Hardy Boys. Dick could have a Batman action figure, at most, and if he had one he would have it ironically.

Basically: in post-Crisis, a male character hugging a stuffed elephant feels more likely to be a punchline to me, not something poignant. (Even with Tim, Tim could have an embarrassing stuffed animal, but he couldn't hug it when sad - that's too far. Maybe Booster Gold might do this. Probably he wouldn't, but spiritually, he would. Sorry Booster ilu! <3)

Instead, Dick instinctively deals with his inner turmoil like the TORTURED ACTION HERO he is: by punching things and brooding and yelling and joining the mob and sleeping on rooftops and going on obsessive secret missions and acquiring Angsty Stubble!! Just like Batman!

(Technically I don't know if Bruce ever joined the mob but you know he would.)

Anyway as you know this is my favorite continuity and I am poking fun affectionately, but uh, yeah sdfsfdsfs. No stuffed animals.

Post-2011 / Infinite Frontier / Wayne Family Adventures: stuffed animals, yes or no?

tl;dr it's in WFA! Probably not anywhere else, but it could be.

Post-2011 stuff tends to be cutesier overall, most of all in the current Infinite Frontier era. So I don't feel like this would be tonally out-of-line with IF comics. Taylor tends to go for more meme-y references rather than fanfic references, though.

So the obvious best fit is WFA, which is aiming for a rough approximation of Silver Age family-friendly vibes - wholesome, episodic plots, Teaching Good Moral Lessons For The Youth, etc. - plus lots of Easter eggs for fanfic readers and some comic references.

And look, here we are:

Aww.

Whew - that's everything I could find!

Anyway as you can probably tell, I LOVE the elephant, so this was a very entertaining rabbit hole to go down, thank you <3

[sleepyorchidmonster]

What if king Henrik managed to steal Malleus's egg after defeating Meleanor?

The main point is that the egg WOULDN'T hatch because it needs love (and even in canon it took a couple of centuries to hatch, despite the presence of Lillia and Maleficia).

So after a few tries, he discards his plans and keeps the egg as a trophy. Years pass and a five year-old Silver finds the trophy room while playing. He stumbles into the pedestal holding the egg, but manages to save it before it falls.

The child then senses a tiny heartbeat, and realizes there is a baby inside the egg!

The egg hatches immediately. Baby Silver loved it at once (the way he did once upon a dream).

And that's how we get a Dragon Prince journey (sorta).

After the dragon hatched, Silver went to talk with his animal friends to see if they could help (he loves his parents, but he couldn't just tell them he went to the trophy room to play, some instinct of his was also telling him they couldn't be trusted).

He left the little dragon under the care of a mother bear and went to the library to see if he could find anything. He came across a few old books from before the Silver Owls that described the Draconias (the little prince was so excited! His dragon friend could become a friend friend! He didn't have any friends besides the animals! And the dragon was even a fellow prince!)

But first things first! His dragon friend needed to meet his actual family, they were probably worried sick! So he grabbed a few maps, marked out the closest fae castle, told his parents he would go play with the animals in the woods and left.

The trek was very long and dangerous, but the entire forest was on his side. Baby Silver kept talking to Malleus, explaining life as a prince, introducing his animal friends, and trying to find out if he liked to eat berries.

They avoided war-stricken areas and managed to reach fae territory. And that's when things took a turn for the worse.

Henrik and the Silver Owls found them. Apparently, the egg was missing and a search party was assembled to follow its magical traces. Baby Silver didn't know that, and went to greet his uncle, saying that he was helping out a friend find his family!!

Henrik looked at his nephew, then at the dragon, and went for the kill, literally. The kid couldn't even defend himself, as his uncle cut him down with a simple strike (dawn knight was at home).

And that's when baby Malleus's magic blew up.

A snowstorm of cataclysmic proportions struck, complete with fire tornados and lightning. At the center of it all stood two children, the tiny Silver that was bleeding out, and Malleus, who had taken a human form and was trying to close the wound (he changed forms because he was scared and emulated the only thing he could think of as strong and protection, and that thing was five year-old Silver). Meanwhile, all of the animals formed a protective circle around them.

Luckily, reinforcements soon arrived. Both Lillia and Maleficia came (that storm could only be a Draconia's doing, they would NOT lose the egg again). They made quick work of the rest of the Silver Owls before rushing to Malleus's aid.

The animals let the faes though, as if they knew the dragon had finally found his kin. But Malleus wouldn't let go of Silver, even when the kid started telling him "Look, we found your family!! You're safe!", smiling despite the pain and looming death.

With the use of "Far Cry Cradle", Lillia quickly explained the situation, and the faes made the decision to save the human. They had a much too big debt with this child, who was so innocent it hurt.

They were also keeping the human. If that despicable man was his UNCLE, then no way in hell were the rulers of Briar Valley going to give the child back to his family. It would be a disgrace to the Draconia family.

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Now, there a a few ways this AU could go.

1. The faes weren't able to save Silver. They create a monument in his honor and he becomes the only human they respect. Relations with the Silver Owls may improve now that Henrik is dead, if they can convince Dawn Knight his son died to save Malleus.

2. The faes save Silver, who lives in Briar Valley until the end of his mortal lifespan, acting as Malleus's big brother and knight. The Silver Owls are angry, but eventually come to an agreement once they realize there was no mind control involved.

3. The faes manage to save Silver, but the wounds were so grave that he had to stay in magic stasis for a few hundred years. Receiving the BOTW Shrine of Ressurection treatment. Due to the nature of the magic, he lost his memories, got silver hair and became sleepy. He later wakes up and becomes the Silver we all know and love. Malleus still sees him as the older brother, but thinks that now it's his turn to protect the human!

[bonicedemandarina]

Happy birthday Viktor! Ignore Jayce over there, he's cut out bc this isn't about him/j

[blushblushbear]

Hellooooo! 👋

Thank you again for taking my previous request with the immortal x reincarnation Headcannons 🥺 I forever love that trope to death

I enjoy seeing others Headcannons for the guys💖 thus why i’m requesting another Headcannons for once again, the Kitsunes

Since it’s December 👀 do you think you could come up with some Headcannons for what the three Kits would do on Christmas?

Like Aki trying to trap Santa for example🥺

SO! 👏

A quick history lesson to preface this! (Which I had to google, these fox idiots and fan fics involving them have me googling so much lately)

While Christmas first appeared in Japan in the 16th century, it wasn't widely celebrated until the Meiji Era (1868-1912)

If we take their release date as the canon date for things (so they got foxified 200 years prior to their release) that means they got turned into foxes around 1823, aka the Edo Period

So yeah, they have been foxes for the whole of christmas being a major/regular thing in japan and also being kitsune probably did not even celebrate it cause it might be competition???? (would they bro out with Jesus or try and fist fight him in a parking lot?????? surely not on the dude's birthday! No one is that cruel)

but yeah, it's safe to say their christmas this year (or maybe in 2023 cause they WERE released on December 5th, how quickly did you unfox them??) with you is like---- their first christmas EVER

ALSO SPEAKING OF CHRISTMAS IN JAPAN

it's considered a couples' holiday-- or at least one you spend with friends at a party or something

sooooo with that being said

Aki:

ya know originally when you said he'd try to catch santa I was like 'nah' but then I thought about it and like

actually you're so right??

he totally would though

at least he would try

is he gonna ransom santa??

beat him up???

strike some kind of deal for presents???

JUST VIBE WITH THE DUDE????

even he's not sure, he's gonna see how it goes

I think he's very santa focused until he hears that christmas is a couple's holiday

then his gears shift so so fast

and don't even get me STARTED about after he heard about mistletoe

his santa trap plans become you trap plans so quickly

and all of them end with you kissing him

also he heard there's cake and fried chicken and frankly

he thought all this was really silly when he first heard it but it's low key one of his favorite holidays now

Haru:

Hoe hoe hoe

okay but no LISTEN

there's this saying that the most sex in japan is happening on christmas or something to that tune

so like

Haru has known about this holiday for a while

he's actually the only one who knew about it before hand

though his views on it are very like-----

in a horny japanese way

he only knows it as the go to a party and getting laid holiday

which fair

but yeah

his views on things sort of change a little now that he's got his powers back and is not stuck in fox mode for the first time during this holiday

well-- his views haven't changed but the mood has for him

he's still wanting to take you out and wine and dine you and also end up back at one of your places

but 1) it's more romantic to him now than just a fun lay like it would've been before you

and 2) frankly this is just his usual m.o. just more christmas flavored

it's like a pre-valentine's day as far as he's concerned

aka another excuse to take you out, show you off, give you a good time then end the night with some alone time back at your place <3

Fuyu:

The oldest and most shinto-y of the bunch, he's the most taken aback by this holiday

he doesn't hate it or anything but he does see it as humans doing kooky human things

but you've opened him up to a lot of new experiences recently so ya know what??

alright!

let's go out and have a modern little christmas date

it's different but it could be fun!

and it is fun actually

he tries a lot of new things and he actually has a good amount of fun with you

it's very much a cute little sweet christmas date

he tries fried chicken for the first time

well, okay--- yakitori exists but my understanding is that that's more grilled, and tempura exists but that's sort of different to like------- KFC style deep fried shit

he's def had stuff like it but not like---- KFC ya know????

he likes it fine

lil greasy for his taste but it's nice for a treat

but yeah it's mostly just a pleasant little date, you and him just kinda enjoying the sights and sounds together in this new world that he refused to partake in for so long

and it def ends with a christmas cake

and maybe you showing him mistletoe

aaaand maybe telling him about the spike in spicy times if you feel so inclined ;3

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

questioning sexuality is so exhausting

[halojalex]

whenever people say jack and alex dated/g&c is about jalex/etc they're generally joking but i want people to know im being so real when i say that i think jack and alex were together for a brief time

[moonchild-in-blue]

Sometimes all you need is a good ol' coffee shop au tbh.