#and include Jons old one from when he was a kid

[frownyalfred]

Needing some fluff/humor over the angst potential of Dick and Bruce not acknowledging each other's relationship to the League...

The thing is, everyone in the League is a professional nosy-parker. Sure, no one will out their colleagues, but you bet there is plenty of silent speculation everyone is indulging in.

So, they've got this new recruit, Nightwing - pretty good at the job, likable, cute. Only, the kid isn't...as much in awe of the trinity or the senior heroes as you'd expect from a teen/twenty something hero.

Not rude or anything, just...apparently long been seeing them as just people.

And there is stuff about the Watchtower or the history that he knows, but shouldn't, because he'd have been like ten when those things happened.

They finally come to the conclusion Nightwing is the son of one of the original members...

The clues they do have - treats gravity as a guideline than law, way too high pain tolerance, born charmer, perfect smile, can talk anyone into or out of anything, loves wearing Superman merch if ever caught out of uniform, knows multiple alien languages including kryptonian.

Also, Clark is going to be considerably less paranoid about hiding his fondness for Dick, because he assumes the secret identity connection doesn't count.

Then Hal checks some old records and comes across Nightwing as a name in Kryptoninan mythology.

The Justice League is convinced Nightwing is Superman's half-human son.

This is before Jon is born, so no one knows what could be the result of kryptonian and human DNA mixing.

Bruce is exasperated, Clark kind-of likes it, Dick is delighted at the potential for trolling.

I love this 💜 so much. Someone please write this and send it to me. 

[pinkiemachine]

Hello! I've really enjoyed your work for a while and have a Batman question for you!

How do you feel about Maps?

I HAVE PLANS

I’m just a little nervous to share them because it ties into shipping…

But since someone in the comments asked...

Okay, so, before, during, and/or after Damian's crush on Amythest (link to that full story below) he was going to West-Reeve School and had a group of friends there, including Jon Kent (jus kidding, Jon had a friend group, and Damian just happened to be in it, lol). One of these friends was Mia, aka Maps. Now, like a lot of characters, I haven't gotten around to really truly reading up on Maps as much as I want, so there are a lot of details I'm missing from this story, but what I have so far is:

Maps was always getting caught up in adventures, intentionally or accidentally. She's a bit rambunctious, and very intelligent. For example, she wound up stumbling into a serious criminal case that Damian and Bruce were working on at the time, and she was completely oblivious (like, she was focused on this other thing at the time). Damian was with her during their trip into Metropolis' version of Crime Alley, so he had to protect her from (idk, scarecrow? riddler? whoever, I haven't gotten that far) all while trying to make sure she doesn't notice that he's doing all this karate and parkour and bending over backwards to keep the villains from hurting her. lol. BUT, actually, one day she does notice. One day she puts two and two together and realises that Damian is Robin. She doesn't confront him, though. She actually doesn't tell anyone. Quite frankly, she's a little starstruck at the idea of her classmate being ROBIN, and she doesn't know what to do with that information. She decides to simply keep his secret, for his sake. Imagine if the whole school found out, or worse, Gotham's criminals. But so, to sum up, Dami and Maps are good friends, nothing more.

Eventually, Damian gets kicked out of West-Reeve and starts going to Gotham Academy. Which means he and Maps part ways.

We are now in the depths of high school. I know. Ew. During this time, Damian meets and begins dating Nika, aka Flatline. They have a very exciting, very fun relationship, forged in the heat of youthful passion! Aka, it's cute. But, as time goes on, some of their flaws start cropping up. Like the fact that Damian is beginning to understand what a terrible thing death and killing are, while Nika is actively fascinated by death--drawn to it. She also looks up to Damian's mom for her awesome assassin skills. Also, it begins to become clear that while they do like one another and have fun together, there's not much more to it than that. Nika and Damian both have a hard time communicating their feelings, but after a year of being together, Damian is beginning to want to take the next step, and... Nika isn't.

Valentine's Day. Damian and Nika's first. All of Damian's bat-sibs have been in his ear about how to plan the perfect date--where to go, what to eat, what to wear--they will not shut up about it. In the end, he goes to the trouble of planning out an elaborate date and feels rather proud of himself. He waits at the table for Nika to arrive--since they had agreed to meet at the restaurant--but... she doesn't show. He waits a little longer... he texts her... she still doesn't come and doesn't text. And now he's starting to just feel depressed. He put in a lot of hard work, and she's ghosting him? Why? She's never done that before. It begins to rain outside.

While he's sitting alone at the table, who should approach him but Maps herself, a little older now, and a little more mature. She and her parents are in town for some business stuff her dad's doing and when she spots Damian--out of the manor, alone in the restaurant--she just has to stop and say 'hi.' Well, she ends up saying a lot more than just 'hi.' Damian is happy to see an old friend, and they start talking... and talking some more... there in the cozy restaurant while the rain patters against the windows. Damian is smiling. And laughing. She is too. Then Damian offers to walk Maps home, and they talk a little longer, not wanting the night to end. It's only when they're waving goodbye, and Damian watches that big smile spread across her face and feels his cheeks growing warm that he gets this sinking feeling.

He goes to Dick's house at once, seeking council. It doesn't matter that it's midnight and he's got a baby now, Damian needs to know what just happened and what to do about it. So, tired but sympathetic, Dick lets him in and they talk about the events of the evening. Dick reaffirms what Maps said, "Maybe there's a good reason why Nika didn't show" and that there's no reason to panic. Just take this one day at a time. Nothing truly bad or irreversable has happened yet.

So Damian goes and finds Nika, asking why she flaked on their date, and she says it was an honest mistake. Something (plot) related came up and she forgot to tell Damian that she wouldn't be available anymore. Whoops. So crisis averted. Damian convinces himself that the night with Maps was just two old friends catching up--his relationship with Flatline is fine--and there's nothing to worry about.

Just kidding.

Nika has a few more little incidents after this, like flaking again, or showing up when she wasn't expected (often at inconvenient times) Damian keeps getting frustrated with her, not just because of her seemingly immature behaviour, but also (as stated before) there doesn't seem to be anything truly substancial holding the relationship together besides some rather surface-level things, and Nika is intentionally trying to keep it that way. Eventually, they have a fight where Damian confronts her on this. He just wants to know the real her, he doesn't want just a "fun" relationship. Nika, however, still feels like she isn't ready, and she deflects. She falls back on old habits, she ignores, she retaliates, she tries to make things stay the way they were before, but Damian has outgrown that.

The fight ends bad. They try to make up after, but they have another fight a while later... and then, in a twist, it's Nika who breaks off the relationship. Maybe they could have worked, but... not right now.

When Maps shows up again, it's not as a rebound, don't worry. She shows up as a friend. She's there to console Damian, nothing more. She feels partially responsible for all of this, actually, and regrets any part she played in it, but Damian assures her that this was a long time coming and wasn't her fault. During her visits, they end up talking more, completely just by chance. No pressure, no elaborate dates, just two friends talking. Once Damian is moving on and getting back into his old groove, (aka a brief timeskip) he decides to call up Maps and asks if she would like to hangout.

Not sure how fast I want things to move, or what kinds of challenges they will face as a couple, all I know is... Maps is a serious contender for the title of Mrs. Damian Wayne. I'll leave it at that.

Your thoughts?

Oh, previous stuff about Dami's love life here:

[bellysoupset]

Dad

This has been a long time coming. Jon having a vertigo episode alone with his dad... here goes nothing!

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"Weird..." Jonah mumbled, squinting at Jasper's text: Hey kiddo, wanna catch lunch this Saturday in Portland? My treat!

"What's weird?" Leo was curled up under the blankets already, a book on his lap and his right hand turning the pages, while the left one was under the covers to pet JD. He didn't look away from his book, turning a page and continuing to read.

"My dad wants to have lunch Saturday. I wasn't aware he was even in Portland..."

"Oh, that's nice. The wedding is 30 days away, it'd make sense he wants to see you before the big thing," Leo yawned, smiling when JD snuck her little head from under the blankets, in order to try and bite the satin marker hanging off his book, "don't invite me, I'm not going."

"Aw, c'mon," Jonah pouted, although it hadn't even crossed his mind to invite Leo until he mentioned it. He figured his father would've been a little more clear about the invite including the blonde.

"Nope," Leo shrugged, slipping the page, "tell him you'll go."

"You're not the boss of me," Jonah scoffed, falling on the bed and grabbing JD by the middle, snatching her away from Leo, "and give me my cat, read your damn book."

Leo was still shaking with giggles as Jonah texted back "sure, but I pick the place."

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He had picked the Fore Street restaurant, that was just outside the old Port and served some of the best seafood Jonah had ever tasted. He had been there twice already, once with Leo and once with Wendy, so Jon couldn't blame his nerves in simply going out to a new place.

Part of him hated that he was twenty five and still got nervous to hang out with his own father, but when one had been an afterthought all their life, it was bound to happen.

"Jonah!" Jasper was jogging towards him, his ultra white teeth in display as he smiled, hair carefully maneuvered into soft waves that weren't his natural texture, trench coat swinging around him, "hi buddy-"

Before Jon could say a word, his father tugged him into a hug. He still smelled the same as Jonah remembered, the same smell of fancy perfume and iodine.

"Hi Jasper," Jonah mumbled, his voice coming out muffled by his dad's coat. The man was as tall as he was, maybe even an inch taller, "how are you?"

"Good, good," Jasper pulled back, squeezing his nape in an affectionate manner, "how are you? You look strong. Congratulations on the engagement, I trust you got my gift?"

Jonah bit down the urge to roll his eyes, as if his father wasn't aware they had gotten the twin set of expensive watches. That type of gift was closely tracked, "yeah, Leo was over the moon, thank you."

"No need to thank me, kiddo," Jasper shook his head, "Leo is a nice kid."

It was so weird having his dad know about whom he was dating. Know them, like them... Jonah threw his father a little weirded out glance, shrugging, "he's great, yeah."

Together they walked inside the restaurant, Jon rattling out his reservation, while Jasper was a couple steps behind, happy to let him lead. Their table was on the deck, an iron balcony giving them a seaside view and their table was made of a thick dark glass bolted to various branches of driftwood.

"This is such a nice little gem of a place," Jasper commented, making Jonah roll his eyes. He had forgotten his father's need to be so nice all the time.

"So, what is this about?" he asked, straight to business, as soon as they placed their orders and were alone once again. Jasper looked spooked, looking away from the ocean.

"Pardon me?"

"This," Jonah gestured to them, "us. This doesn't happen."

His father's brows met in a frown, "aren't you happy?"

It made Jon cringe, the idea that this whole farse of a lunch was for his benefit, "what prompted it? New girlfriend?"

Jasper looked wounded at the implication, no matter how truthful Jon was being in his accusation. It had happened before, his dad got a new girlfriend who for a week entertained the idea of mending their little broken family, so he put in an effort... And that was it. It normally vanished within the week.

Camila, Angie's mom, had done this too at the very start. Before she decided she wanted Jonah gone altogether.

"I don't need to have a new girlfriend to want to see my son," now Jasper sounded offended, "and no, there's no one."

Jonah gritted his teeth, opening his mouth to retort, but before he even could his father went on.

"I talked with Jackie."

Oh, there it was. The old age rivalry between Jasper and Jackie. It was a cornerstone of his childhood, before Jackie had left, and the reason Luke still didn't like either of his parents, since he had watched Jonah be bounced around like a ping pong ball between them. Even when he had graduated, Jasper hadn't confirmed he'd attend until Jackie had.

"Here we go," Jonah leaned back on the chair, arms crossed to his chest, "what is it? You're upset she was told about the wedding fir-"

"Are you sure about all of this, kiddo?" Jasper completely ignored Jonah's spiel, meeting his eyes, "you're young, you're just twenty five... Are you sure you want to get married? Isn't this you just sticking up a middle finger to us, because we failed so badly at it?"

Jonah's mouth was suddenly dry, eyes widening at what his dad was implying, "you have some fucking nerve," he hissed, throwing the napkin back on the table, "some fucking nerve to suggest I don't love Leo- That I'm getting married because of you! How self involved-"

"That's not what I said," Jasper glared at him, still sitting down, head tipped back so he could his son in the eye as Jonah jumped up, "I'm not saying-"

The floor swam under Jonah. As if someone had just pulled out a rung from under him, Jon lost his balance and tipped back, aimlessly trying to grab on anything to keep himself standing. His fingers closed around the table cloth, but that didn't keep him from going down or bringing down everything with him.

Something crashed, loudly, and then there was a sharp pain on his side and the world kept on spinning, spinning, spinning-

"Jonah!?" JONAH?!" Jasper was patting his cheeks, "open your eyes, Jonah, look at me- Look at me, what are you feeling? What's wrong?"

There was more shouting, but Jonah couldn't keep his eyes open. Not only the edges of his father's figure were blurred and unfolding into doubles, but the rest of the room was swaying... It felt like the floor under him was going up and down like a trampoline.

Jonah bit his lip, trying to keep the nausea at bay as his stomach churned, the vestiges of breakfast suddenly feeling like too much. He wanted to cry, he hadn't had a vertigo episode in so long he had almost thought they were gone.

"...Ambulance, Fore Street, 288-"

"Noo'mmlance," Jonah mumbled, trying to find something to steady himself in the hurricane happening around him, "no'ick."

"That's okay, sweetheart," Jasper ignored his plea, although he did take Jonah's hand in his, squeezing it tightly, "we're gonna get you checked out really soon."

Annoyed, Jonah forced his eyes open once more so he could glare at his dad. Couldn't Jasper listen to him just once?

"I'm not-" his mouth was salivating and Jon gulped down, "notsssick. I have- I have vertigo..." it was all too much effort and his stomach threw in the towel, wrecking his frame with gags. More shouting above his head, his father was commandeering someone- The smell of seafood did him in.

Jonah lurched forward with a heave as the smell that would've been fine ten minutes before suddenly caused nausea to overwhelm him. Breakfast rushed up in the tail end of a belch and Jon curled up as the act of retching caused the pressure on his temples to grow worse, the whole room close in on him.

"I got you, I got you," his father's voice eventually filtered through all the chaos. A different tone, not like his usual overtly niceness, much more firm, "I'll take this, thank you."

Then he was grabbing Jonah by his arms, pulling him up. Jon stumbled, aimlessly, unsure of where the hell he was being guided to, only that the room was still turning and that he still felt horribly sick, stomach churning at the motion sickness and the sensation he couldn't trust his next step.

"Watch your head," Jasper's hand planted on top of Jonah's head, lowering it- He sat down somewhere. The smell of an overtly clean car, air fresheners.

"Dad," Jonah groaned, trying to warn him he was about to be sick again. He didn't want to ruin his father's car — Was it his car or a rental? Had Jasper flown in? The fact that Jonah didn't know this also bothered him.

"Lean back, kiddo," Jasper was fiddling with his seat, "deep breaths, we're not moving."

He tried, really tried, to take deep, measured breaths, but his stomach was too sour due the vertigo and Jonah's inhale turned into a gag. He lurched to cup a hand in front of his lips, but Jasper got to him quickly, lowering his wrist back down.

"That's okay, get it up," he said softly, planting a hand on Jonah's shoulder, "I got this handled, Jonah."

It was all he needed to hear for his stomach to immediately give in, the lack of oxygen getting to him and making the dizziness even worse. Without meaning, Jonah sank straight into his father's arms, burying his face into his chest as he continued to dry heave.

Next thing he was actually conscious for, he was lying in a huge bed. Very soft. Detailed chandelier with dimmed lights on. Wallpaper. A hotel room.

He shifted on the bed, the memories from before slowly drifting back and then jerked away, startled, as a hand met his arm. Jasper was sitting on one side of the king sized bed, a concerned frown on, an ice bucket in his hand-

"...Dad?"

"That's right," Jasper answered, as if Jon could ever mistake him for someone else, voice breaking slightly, "how are you feeling?"

"Hmm," Jonah squeezed his eyes, wanting to push himself further up on the pillows, but scared of getting dizzy all over again, "better... Queasy... Thirsty."

Without asking for permission Jasper wrapped a hand around Jonah's wrist, counting his pulse, "can you follow the light for me, Jon?"

He opened the lantern of his phone and Jonah flinched at the sudden bright beam, but then relaxed and followed it from side to side. He knew he must've scared Jasper to hell and back, Jonah couldn't remember a single time he had acted like this. But then again, Jon hadn't been a sickly kid.

"Perfect," Jasper mumbled, turning off the lantern and then getting up so he could grab something in the mini fridge. He came back a second later, with a Gatorade bottle and a straw sticking out of it, and held it to Jon's lips, not letting him hold the bottle, "small sips."

Jonah greedily drained the drink, letting out an annoyed groan as the older man pulled the bottle out of his reach after a couple sips, planting it on the bedside table, "how's the vertigo?"

Jon shrugged, avoiding his father's intense glare. He had piercing dark eyes, not hazel like his own, "better..."

"Since when do you have vertigo?" Jasper sat on the small space next to Jon on the bed, instead of the opposite side, so his thigh was touching Jonah's hand and he was looming over him, "is it Ménière's?"

"Yes," Jonah used his father's leg as leverage to push himself up against the pillows, then took several deep breaths as the room spun, much slower this time. He waited until it stopped, "got diagnosed on the last year of college."

Jasper was frowning at him, looking almost angry, and again Jonah couldn't remember quite witnessing this before. He had seen his father pissed off — more often than not at Jackie — but it was rarely directed at him, he had always just been an afterthought or a "roommate", not quite his child.

"And I never heard about this?"

"What's going on?" It was Jon's turn to frown, glaring at his dad, "inviting me for lunch, wanting to play dad all of sudden, what's up with this?"

"Play dad?" Jasper scoffed, rubbing his hands over his face. They were carefully manicured and gentle, surgeon hands, "...I owe you an apology, Jonah."

Of all the things he had expected to hear, this wasn't it. Defensiveness, anger, maybe, but not an apology.

"I wasn't a good father, you and I both know this. I prioritized my work over you and after that, Camilla's wishes over your needs," he looked small, despite the fact he was not, despondently staring at a spot in the blankets, "I came to my senses with the divorce..."

So not that long ago. Four years, maybe five...?

"And I erroneously thought our relationship had no chance of repair," Jasper twisted his hands nervously, eyes meeting Jonah's, "I wanted to reach out, but I was scared you'd reject me and I didn't- I didn't put in the effort. I focused on being a better father to Angelina than I had been to you, figured at least I could redeem myself with that... Then I talked with Jackie recently. Called her about your wedding-"

"And you still chose to go about it by accusing me of marrying Leo because of you?" Jonah scoffed, feeling exposed and vulnerable, ready to bite the hand his father was stretching, "shows how little you know me, if you- If you had been a father you'd know nothing about this is performative. I love Leo-"

"I know that," Jasper sounded frustrated now, "your mother told me that as well, but if there was even the slimmest chance you'd be marrying because of my mistakes, I needed to tell you, Jonah. I don't want to make your life worse, I want to see you happy- I want to be part of this happiness... And I know its a tall ask, to expect us to reconnect so late in life, but-"

"But you think because I offered mum the same grace, then I'd offer it to you," Jonah said bitterly, curling up his knees. He felt like a child now. He had wanted Jasper and Jackie to act like his parents most of his life and it felt unfair that they only arrived to their senses now that he was fully grown. Felt too easy, but that didn't stop him from yearning for it nonetheless, "I'll have you know I didn't."

"Pardon me?" Jasper frowned and Jonah let out a bitter chuckle.

"I didn't offer mum any grace, she reached out, she took the heat, she persisted- You don't have what it takes, dad," it was a challenge, a childish one but Jonah couldn't help himself. He wanted Jasper to contest this, to put in the fucking effort, after he had admitted to not reaching out because he was a coward.

"That's up to me, isn't it?" There was a hopeful tone in Jasper's voice, "to prove you wrong? All I need-"

"Is the reassurance I'll have you in my life?" Jonah interrupted him, "I can't give you that. I can't say I'll forgive you, its not how it works-"

"It's for you to let me try to be the dad you deserve, kiddo," Jasper ignored his interruption, "I know how to be a father. It took me a second child, a third divorce and both my children to resent me, but I know how to do it now. I just need the chance to show you."

Jonah's eyes stung and he wanted his father gone. He hadn't cried in front of him... Ever, probably. Ever since he gained consciousness of his actions as a child. He didn't plan on starting today, but there was a lump in his throat and he twisted the bed's cover, trying to reign in emotion.

He felt like he was being unjust, keeping Jasper out like this, when he had forgiven Jackie for worse. His mother had deserted him, but he had taken her back, what was Jasper's mistake compared to that... But he had taken too long, had been too much of a coward...

"You were invited to the wedding, weren't you?" Jonah forced out the words and saw his father's smile stretch out, whole face lighting up as he realized the opportunity he was being give — kept being offered — all along.

"And I'm very honored, Jon."

"Sure," Jonah mumbled, nodding and immediately regretting it, "...I- Don't you dare ruin it for us, for Leo. You'll be in your best behavior."

"I will," Jasper was smiling from ear to ear and it made Jonah frown even more, feeling a stab of annoyance as he folded so easily at the prospect of love.

"And you'll never, ever mention that fuckass idea about me marrying to prove you wrong to my husband. Ever," Jonah felt like he was a kid with his demands, drawing lines in the sand, "you got this? Leo's non negotiable, you make me pick between him and you and I'll pick him every time."

"I'll never bring that up again, I promise," Jasper was still smiling.

"And it'll be on my terms," Jonah's voice broke, collapsed as he all but agreed explicitly to his father's request of a second chance, "you'll not impose yourself into my life. It'll be on my terms."

"Alright," Jasper's smile faltered, face turning seriously, "but you'll tell me if you're sick? Or hurting...? It pains me that you went through Ménière's alone, Jonah, I should've been-"

"But you weren't," Jonah forced up his chin, meeting his father's eyes, "and you'll have to come to terms with that on your own. I'll not coddle you."

"I know," Jasper sounded slightly defeated, "I know... Let me get you something to eat, you threw up back at the restaurant... You must be starving."

Jonah collapsed back down against the pillows, feeling depleted after such a conversation, still dizzy, "I could eat..." he tried looking around, "where's my phone? How long has it been?"

"About four hours since you collapsed," Jasper grabbed his phone across the room, handing it to Jonah and the younger man scrolled through his messages. Leo, asking a mild "how's it going?"

"Do you want me to step out of the room...?"

Yes, "No," Jonah frowned at his own answer, surprised by it, "you can phone the kitchen from here, you don't have to go."

"Alright," Jasper walked across the room, sitting down next to the landline so he could call for room service, "then I'm not going anywhere."

[queenofshenanigans]

(Cross-posted, with a few minor edits, from bsky)

A post there reminded me of my headcanon (stolen from my own childhood) of single kid Steve who played board games on his own, with rules only he knew then, and only he remembers now.

He gets so confused playing board games with everyone later on, because they don't know stuff like when you go to jail in Monopoly you can't get out Until you've freed all your pawns from Start in Sorry. If you go bankrupt in Monopoly before then, you can challenge the Banker to a speed round of Uno (if you play a Draw 4 on the first round, you take over the Bank and automatically get Boardwalk + any hotels or houses Boardwalk).

There are more, more complicated rules that include different combinations of board games, but no one seems to understand, and tell him he's making things needlessly complicated (which is HYSTERICAL coming from Eddie & the rest of Hellfire after they made Steve sit through a 30 minute lecture on THACO and backstab rules, not to mention why he couldn't do a fireball as a fighter, the one time he played D&D with them).

Robin gets most of the rules, but her attention span for board games is worse than his is for movies, so they rarely play any, and Nancy refuses 'your twisted idea of Game Night' after that time they play TwisterOfLife: TroublePursuit Ed. when they'd 1st been dating.

It's not until Jon and Argyle finally make it to a Game Night that Steve finds his match. You see, Argyle is also an only child with his own rules for board games, and unlike the other only children in the group, he understands on a soul level what Steve does: the fun of board games was in combining them into the most chaotic versions of themselves, and then using them to crush your friends, enemies, and stuffed animals into defeat.

The rest of the party, who to this point has only ever seen the most chill version of Argyle, watches as the two of them engag in all-out warfare that leaves the Harrington house in shambles by the time it's done almost twenty hours later.

The winner?

Steve's old stuffed bear, fished out from the attic.

Steve maintains, as he had in the fateful Coup of 1976, that Snuggles had cheated. Argyle agrees.

[fryingpan1234567]

superheroes and social media

do you KNOW how often I see a cute trend on ig or tiktok or anything and I’m just like “man that would be cute for (insert hero ship)”

but that’s an issue because like… putting your face on the internet is DANGEROUS🙅‍♂️

I had. an idea. to solve all the issues!

as fun as it is to imagine the RobinOfficial account having 4 million followers, I think it’s more fun for everyone to have accounts that only follow and allow following in the caped community

so basically Instagram for just superheroes

the ones whose identities are known can post their faces, and the ones who are still under the radar have a close friends list that consists of the people who do know them

a very few amount of people who aren’t heroes are allowed on this Super IG

including Lois Lane, whose entire presence is standard mom posts but with like. Superkids and other Kryptonians. you get it

uhh Bernard Dowd too but he only follows Tim and Steph

Alfred, who only posts the Manor and London with captions like poetry

Selina Kyle because she already had a regular account but B was like “oh that’s dangerous now that we’re affiliated”

she was like “well how am I supposed to fuel my ego with no instagram for people to thirst after me”

B sighed and was like “well,,,,,”

Harley Quinn fluctuates between being banned and interacting with EVERYONE’S content with offensive amounts of emojis

anyways tell me WHY Conner Kent has the most iconic page on the internet

it’s full of these aesthetic photo dumps and crackhead videos of YJ doing dumb shit

also Tim. he’s got chaotic gen z billionaire vibes and most of his stuff is on his close friends list because B doesn’t need to see the REALLY dumb shit he gets up to

yeah they’re both hot and yeah they’re both elite pages. but Kon’s is Sabrina Carpenter energy and Tim’s is P!ATD energy so they’re different flavors of slay

on the opposite end of the spectrum we’ve got B, who has four posts, all exactly 365 days apart

it’s the yearly Father’s Day family portrait

Dick Grayson does that millennial vlog thing but Not

“a day in the life of a 24 year old cop (who also happens to be a vigilante)”

also a compilation of clips of him jumping off buildings, some taken by him and some by other people

can you IMAGINE this dumbass with a gopro

Red Bull wants to sponsor him what can I say

he lets his favorite villains follow him

WHEN I TELL YOU BILLY BATSON HAS THE MOST FAMOUS PAGE OF ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY

because he was a public figure ANYWAYS. this is the idiot who used to walk around charging people’s phones with his powers and taking selfies for cash. people know him

so Captain Marvel has this crazy account with him doing memes and slo mo compilations of him punching guys from his body cam

his most hit post is a video where he found a cop harassing a bunch of kids on the street (who he happened to KNOW) and without saying anything at first just kindaaaaa walked over and fried the cruiser’s entire inner workings

“yo, copper! I think somethin’s up with your system, man!”

while the cop was trying to figure out how to start his fucking car again, Billy herded the kids down the sidewalk and they all took off running, giggling like maniacs

Damian Wayne doesn’t post a lot, but when he does, it’s to match with Jon

I mean like taking pictures of each other from across the same table and the captions are each half of a whole song lyric, stuff like that

his personal favorite is actually their softlaunch— they found an entire wall of mirrors at the planetarium on a date, Jon had his right hand on Dami’s waist and the other in his pocket, and Dami was standing in front of him, holding the phone with his right and tilting Jon’s face down with his left to press a kiss to the underside of his jaw. neither of their faces are in it and it was Damian’s wallpaper for a WHILE

my babies ANYWAYS

Diana Prince posts exclusively about her favorite ice cream shops

Bart is the kid whose note is always like “in the hospital👍” / “sick again” / “hate broken ribs I can’t eat seven burgers in this condition” / “got possessed by a death god again :/ third time this week” and it’s like jesus man can you catch a break

can you imagine finding fucking Superman has a verified instagram account but it’s private so you can’t even follow freaking SUPERMAN

Duke Thomas is thoroughly over his siblings’ shit and there’s a ton of videos of them being dumbasses with captions like “someone save me it’s two in the morning”

anyways A COMPILATION OF TRENDS

“nobody move, there’s blood on the floor” for LITERALLY any ship it’s so funny

“what? you’re not coming to my tea party? Bethany, I made BISCUITS” with increasingly low res crack pics of Red Hood falling off of things, generously edited and posted by Tim Drake

dance trends with Steph and Cass

“guess which outfit is whose” with Tim and Steph but they’re both in their Robin uniforms

Tim making a cringey thirst trap edit of Jason who in response posted a clip of Tim tripping his own gear and setting off an alarm

“wearing the same outfit so no one can tell us apart” and it’s all the Batkids in their Robin uniforms (most of which barely fit) ((Bruce and Alfred cried))

the Superkids did the same thing a few days later and dragged Clark into it

not-quite-thirst-traps where they just kinda stand there over music but everyone in normal comments would’ve gone crazy

calisthenics trends. Thanks

it’s like a THING between all the Titans where they’ll sneak up behind each other, yell “THIS IS SPARTA,” and kick each other off roofs

someone sneaking up behind Jason while he’s belting Seasons of Love

MOTORCYCLE CONTENT

somewhere out in the world there’s a shaky, blurry video of Robin, Superboy, Spoiler, Blue Beetle, and Beast Boy dancing to and half-singing-half-yelling Tell Your Girlfriend

if you think of any more social media trends or videos or pics you see that remind you of a hero tag me because I’m obsessed with the idea of these idiots on socials

[kayfabe-is-king]

Highlights from my very first AEW live show (spoiler free):

Justin Roberts finding out it’s my first show, coming over to chat with me and then giving me both a high five and fist bump.

Fangirling over Bryce Remsburg and him offering to take a picture with me (he was insanely kind).

Staring Ricochet in the eyes and screaming that he was bad at his job (it got such a rise from him, I did it the whole match).

My husband going, “Oh that’s why the lady in line had all that toilet paper. I was worried she knew something about the restroom situation that no one else did.”

The kid next to me swearing like a fifth generation sailor and throwing out top tier insults at the heels.

Literally everything about Will Ospreay - from chanting his name at the top of my lungs to him chatting with fans post match.

Getting to see Brody King’s entrance live and barking my head off for him.

Chatting with other fans around me (everyone in our section was fun and friendly) and exchanging theories. Most of them agreed John has been regularly referencing both the Old and New Testament. One thinks the PPV title “world’s end” will have more meaning in the scheme of the Death Riders angle.

Orange Cassidy taking the time to do selfies with everyone who stayed after taping ended. He truly gives back to the fans and jumped the railing to pose with a fan in a wheelchair. I cannot say enough good things about him and Will.

MxM Collection - I finally get the hype. They were a blast live.

My husband asking me if OC was cosplaying as Johnny Cage.

Yelling out “you deserve better” to Kip Sabian and him laughing. He is somehow even hotter in person.

Chanting “shots, shots, shots, shots” with every single person in the ballroom (including some staff).

All the love for Big Bill and his dance moves.

Kyle chewing every piece of scenery in sight while putting on a damn fine match.

Speaking of chewing scenery, the hubs was positively giddy about every single women’s match. Not just for the brawling (although he was amazed at how brutal they can be) but also for their high caliber scene chewing.

Slapping hands with: Toni Storm, Thunder Rosa, Private Party (and Marq letting us touch his tag belt), Danny Garcia, Alex Abrahantes and Komander.

Beast Mortos standing right next to me and roaring. Seriously I could have touched him but refrained.

My husband being concerned about PAC going outside (it was very cold) with wet hair. “He’ll catch his death from pneumonia.”

Accidentally touching Jon Moxley’s head (and apologizing profusely to Cheesecake for doing it only for him to hug me and say it’s fine).

How we all collectively decided to chuck our inhibitions out the window and chanted like nobody’s watching.

Seeing first hand how much fun all of the wrestlers were having too. Especially when the cameras were off.

Last but not least, the hubs taking most of the photos and videos so I could simply enjoy the show.

[wokealqaeda]

Josh Gilchrist (16) South Dakota boy who used a sword to kill his mother, Betty Gilchrist (49), and injured three other people including Rebekah Gilchrist (his sister), a foreign exchange student in Huron High School (Danil Antonov), and a police officer. Josh Gilchrist was shot and killed by the police after he struck one of the officers several times, in Huron, South Dakota on January 26, 2007.

"We don't have any background or any events leading up to the assault this morning that would give any indication of a motive." Huron Police Chief Doug Schmitt said.

When officers arrived at the home just before 6 AM, they found the attacker's 14-year-old sister, Rebekah Gilchrist, with several cuts to her lower arms and hands.

Rebekah Gilchrist was taken to a hospital in Sioux Falls. The exchange student, whose name was not released, and the officer were treated at Huron Regional Medical Center and released, authorities said.

The injured officer, Dan Kight, 34, was treated at Huron Regional Medical Center and released. Schmitt said Kight's uniform was cut by the sword.

Police said the boy’s father, Jon Gilchrist, was not home during the attacks in the east-central South Dakota town.

The day after the murder, Josh's father, Jon Gilchrist, released a statement to the press, which read:  "To all those concerned and praying for Bekah Gilchrist, she is stable and improving with non life-threatening injuries. The family appreciates everyone who is keeping Bekah and our family in their prayers."

Josh had a profile on the social networking website MySpace.com (was not archived sadly). While the profile was not very informative, a comment was posted by one of his closest friends just days before the murder seems to suggest he was dealing with some issues, which he came very close to sharing. (he misrepresented his age on the site, saying he was 22 years old even though he was 16.)

Testimonies from MySpace friends:

This is for Josh. We will always remember you for who you were NOT what you did. There are some people who blame you for this...and those people that care don't matter, and the people that matter don't care, we will always love you! You and your family is in everyones prayers. No one will know the whole truth josh, but everyone who matters is giving you the benifit of the doubt. We know that wasnt like you, something had to have gone horribly wrong, and for everyone who is making you sounds crazy they can fuck off cause they didn't know you. You were always the level headed, funny, smart, talented one. Something unfortunante happened, but we FORGIVE you josh, we do. We love you man.

Friday started with pain and depression. A dear friend died and with him his mother. I met him through a mutual friend but once I came to know Josh we became friends. I will forever miss his wonderful smile, his lanky hugs, and those moments when he laughed. The hallways at school were empty of sound and people. The commons were vacant as were the faces of those you did see. The teachers and staff all silently teached as the kids remained unfocused. I have yet to comprehend why he did this. I miss you Josh. Rest in peace my dear. We will remember you for who you were and not what you did. Ich hab dich lieb!

I never knew when i woke up this morning, that something so tragic could have happened, especially in huron, south dakota. today was a very sad day in huron high school. The halls were silent, classrooms were silent and barely filled, even the luchroom was silent. everywhere you looked, people were crying. teachers, students, friends this morning, one of my friends basically went psycho.He stabbed his mother and killed her. he stabbed both his sister and his foreign exchange student. then, when the cops came, they shot him. josh was a very nice guy, and it's honestly hard to believe that this had happened. i don't want to believe that he is dead or that he murdered someone. it hasn't hit me that he is gone to never return. i can no longer call him, see him, or even hang out with him anymore. i don't understand why he did it. was there something that no one knew that he never told anyone? was something wrong with him? was it a mental breakdown? i don't know the answers to these questions, nor will anyone ever know. Basically, i miss josh...a lot of people miss josh! R.I.P. Josh. We all love you and you will be missed!

(thread on mydeathspace about josh, includes a lot of interesting things)

[brie-annwyl]

Angst because it’d sun to feel every once in a while

Bruce has never known a day of peace since he took in Dick as his ward, not because he’s a father now and it led to him adopting multiple other little hellians. Because all of his children love to prank and spite him. Dick (surprisingly) was the most tame out of them all, only occasionally hiding things from Bruce or using nerf guns against him at the most inconvenient times (galas especially).

Jason after living on the streets for a few years picked up on how to be EXTREMELY quiet and how to hide well. Without any pattern or explanation Jason would just randomly disappear from the manor, sometimes to make it more interesting he would stage it like he ran away or that someone took him. Bruce believes Jason wanted to give him a heart attack before 50. Jason always tried to get Dick to join in on the little pranks but with Dick and Bruce not having a good relationship, he never got the chance to. (Jason staging “running away” and “kidnappings” were the reason Bruce wasn’t immediately freaked out when Jason wasn’t in the manor when he went to Ethiopia. He just thought Jason was pranking him.)

Tim is in for a rude awakening when he tries to prank Bruce. It’s been a while since he became Robin, him and Dick are incredibly close and he’s started staying at the manor more often than not. Bruce ruffles his hair and laughs at his jokes, they even had a movie night the other day! So when Dick subtly mentions how he used to prank Bruce and that Jason followed in his footsteps, he feels like it’s a right of passage for Robins to do so. Tim accidentally brings back an old memory of Jason by doing a prank like Jason would do, Bruce just freezes when he sees Tim and leaves the room. Tim doesn’t prank him after that. (Bruce immediately realizes his mistake after Tim never tries to participate in pranks again but is too socially inept to fix things.)

Damian thinks pranks are ridiculous and stupid. He never attempted one until Dick pranked Bruce one day a few months after he came back from the time bs. It’s the first time Damian watches Bruce wheeze, he pulls Dick into a tight embrace and kisses his forehead and it fills Damian with an ache he’s never felt before. So, he researches pranks he can try and asks Jon for assistance. In the end he tries something small, he puts saran wrap on the entrance to the kitchen in the evening. Bruce absolutely eats shit but laughs all the same when he sees Damian giggling from the dinner table. (Tim pretends not to notice the commotion from his tablet. There’s a lump caught in his throat throughout all of dinner.)

Steph only pranked Bruce whilst on patrol as Robin. She hasn’t done it since and rationalizes the pain she feels by saying “every Robin does it” instead of “all his kids do it.”

Duke? He will help others pull off their own pranks, he never makes one of his own. He doesn’t feel as though it’s his place (even though he lives there and Bruce loves him all the same. Sometimes he can’t believe it)

Cass blames her pranks on others, she wants to be included with her brothers but doesn’t know what Bruce’s reaction to her pranks would be if he knew they were her own (he does know, he sees her set them up but still acts as through he doesn’t see them)

Jason re-enters the family with a prank, he hides in Bruce’s study whilst he waits for him to get home. He cannot honestly say what he hopes to achieve in doing this, he just wants a sense of normalcy that he had when he was little he misses his dad and just wants a hug again (touch starved Jason is canon you will not tell me otherwise). The prank worked, Bruce got scared but upon realizing it was Jason he immediately pulls him into a hug and kisses his forehead. Jason melts completely and stays for dinner that night upon Bruce’s request.

Tim watched on from afar as they all prank Bruce. A privilege he doesn’t believe he deserves. It’s noticed by everyone but no one knows why he doesn’t except for Bruce, the one person who is physically incapable of being emotionally vulnerable. So Tim watched on as his siblings get forehead kisses and full belly laughs and he’ll give them half smiles and thumbs up as he escapes to another room (most likely the cave) so he can bury his sadness for another day.

[sevikas-biceps]

[TLDR: me rationalising and then ranting about why Caitlyn and Cassandra are both in the wrong]

Y'all. We love Cait, and we do stan Cassandra in some regards—but be fucking for real. Think of them as real people, in the real world, doing real things. Y'all would hate them. I'm putting Cait's gay love and Cass' gay support aside—because I really do feel like a lot of people gloss over their flaws just because of the queer rep and allying.

Think of it. The Kiramman's ventilation system was the bare fucking minimum being done for the people of Zaun. Caitlyn weaponising it is literally a violation of human rights practices. We know how privileged Topside is, we know there are at least sympathetic characters out there—and both of these are true for the Kirammans. What does this imply? That the Kirammans were essentially one of those at the top of the hierarchy, and this put them in a complete position of ability to help.

But they didn't. That's the issue, people.

One of the previous matriarchs putting the vent system into place was to solve the matter of the air pollution, yes—but arguably, the people of the Undercity shouldn't have had to deal with that problem to begin with. Cassandra might've been aware it existed; she gave her daughter the key, after all. However, that does not mean she actively came to the aid of the people of Zaun. Hell, do you think she was even aware of Silco, for instance? At the beginning? Maybe she'd've heard whispers from informants, about some old peacekeeper people called the Hound, and then about some mysterious tycoon taking his place. Maybe Grayson said something about the Undercity's concerns in the past, during the time of the first insurrection, but the Council took no note of it. Maybe Cassandra had someone else in place to make her dealings, if ever she dabbled in that black market shit.

Whatever else you can think of with that line of thinking; at the end of the day, it just proves that Cassandra herself was only another person stuck in the cycle—she did her job, she was cunning and selfish, she played the game. It's just business. It's just politics. No more, no less. The original line-up on the Council had members that were either ignorant, negligent, or corrupt (and yes; that includes Heimerdinger, Mel, and Jayce you guys)—and Cassandra was no better. Again, they all were part of the same damn cycle to begin with.

What makes Cassandra remarkable as a character—to us, the audience—is that she's remembered as someone redeemable because of her love for her family, for Caitlyn; that she was willing to try for her daughter's sake and happiness. Caitlyn. Not the city, not her kid's new girlfriend, and most certainly not Zaun. Above all else, it boils down to her little girl. Her only child. Cassandra being on the Council meant that she could give that child the best life that she could; Cassandra being on the Council meant that the child has a future. It implies that peripherally, she was aware of the Undercity's issues—hence the little frustrations exchanged about Caitlyn becoming an officer and venturing into the Undercity in Season 1.

That's her redeeming quality. Duty for family.

[If you want a visualisation of her actual nature, I'd honestly recommend using Olenna Tyrell, Tywin Lannister, and Jon Arryn from ASoIaF/GoT as points of reference.]

Now, onto Caitlyn herself. Credit where credit is due; the girl is in the middle of grieving, and she's being denied the chance to have even that. She doesn't deserve that. No one does. It would be unfair to deal her an amount of resentment for going unstable, when we'd all been rooting for Jinx for half of the same reasons in Season 1. But that's the issue: half of the same reasons.

Let's be honest for a quick second here. Do we really think Caitlyn would've ever gone down to the Undercity had Jinx never attacked on Progress Day? With someone like Marcus hot on her trails, if he lives in this hypothetical alternate reality, I imagine she wouldn't even be placed near the bridge(s) to begin with. And if, in canon, he'd survived the explosion, I can also see Caitlyn being put on house arrest—because if Marcus himself is outed as working with Silco (similar to how Grayson did with Vander), then that's all the more reason to keep the Kiramman heiress away from danger, or worse, death. If things are so bad that the Sheriff, symbolically a paragon of justice and protection, resorted to consorting with the enemy...well, what then? What does that say about the system? What does that say about Piltovan society?

Back to Caitlyn. I'm a firm supporter of the idea that she never would've been put into a potential line of fire had life gone on normally. If Jinx never stole the hexcrystals, then Caitlyn would have no reason to snoop around; Vi is still in Stillwater, Silco is at large, and so on and so forth. Caitlyn remains largely ignorant of the world she lives in. It's noble that she genuinely wanted to help people. But in a place like Piltover? She'd be worse than Jayce when Season 1 began. I'm sure she'd no doubt notice the surrounding manipulations in her life, or how flawed their reality could be—but the point is, at the end of the day, it's still a privileged life that she leads.

Let that word sink in. Privileged. This isn't to disparage her original desire to make her society a better place—I do think that Caitlyn has the potential to do so if she exerted her efforts into long-term developments that could fulfil that vision. But this is where it gets tricky—especially in the context of Season 2. She had all of those resources at her disposal. She was aware of the consequences in using them—how it might affect civilians, innocents. And she still did so anyway. Strike one.

For all that she was a decorated officer, it's really the personal vendetta against Jinx that made her unfit to lead the strike team to begin with. I imagine Vi refused the enforcer position at first not just because of her and her people's history with the authority, but because it's so blatant that doing so enabled Caitlyn to act in her anger. By accepting the badge, Vi validated Caitlyn's need for vengeance. Not that Caitlyn is unreasonable in wanting such a thing, mind, but what is unreasonable was how tone-deaf she'd become in the process of grieving, forgetting that it's not just her own interests on the line, but others' too. Strike two.

There's nothing wrong with Caitlyn at the beginning—the girl just wanted so solve a crime. But then circumstances came up. And then, all of a sudden, she has to choose between duty or self-interest. What the show does is that it gives a convenient solution for Caitlyn to be able to serve both her duty and her own self-interest(s): invade/scour Zaun, she catches a criminal and delivers justice for the Council; find Jinx, Cassandra is avenged and Vi may find closure. The fight at Janna's temple is where it all indeed goes to shit, as we can see, and that's where Caitlyn really slips off in my opinion. She'd toed the line when she asked Vi to wear the badge—but it's really when Isha (a child) got involved and later on when she struck Vi herself (a betrayal), that her motives get warped. Strike three.

My main argument is that Cassandra and Caitlyn were both in the wrong, in one way or another, albeit for different and varied reasons. The former didn't do enough for the situation at hand, and the latter seems to be doing too much at once. Cassandra herself seemed to have enabled her daughter's worse traits, too, whether directly or indirectly; and this is what makes up much of the character that we see Caitlyn evolving into.

There are many aspects of both mother and daughter that have always been there, or, at least, have had the potential to be there, such as: the ruthlessness, the narrow focus, the determination, the strictness—and, most of all (and I have a feeling this is going to be controversial), the hypocrisy. We know, for a fact, that Caitlyn and Cassandra are at least self-aware. To merely label them as naïve or inexperienced (to life) is a gross disservice to their characters. On some level, they're cognisant of their status and ability in society (evidenced by baby!Cait's scepticism regarding Grayson's trophy, and Cass' agreement to support their case at the Council meeting)—and they both have exacted measures in the face of what is demanded of them.

This is the reason that Caitlyn weaponising the Grey, using the Kiramman's ventilation system, is more or less unforgivable. Just because it had Vi's hesitant approval, it didn't make it right. Vi counts as an unreliable narrator in this case—when we know that she, in multiple instances, easily caves when someone she's attached to doubles down on her.

We, as the audience, can at least agree on the moralities regarding the authorisation of the strike team; and that means that we, as people analysing the show, can also agree that the effects of an act such as using the Grey can be devastating. We see this in Viktor's chronic illness, we see this with Silco's asphyxiation trick on the Chembarons, we see this when Jinx knocks out Sevika, we see this in Cassandra's notes. Stop trying to downplay the Grey. Stop trying to justify a fucking war crime. 'Oh, but it's just knock-out gas'—baby, no it's not. It's really not. Smeech explicitly says this: factory smoke trapped underground. Smoke. It's still gas. There's no safe way of administering it in high doses. That's like smoking Marlboro Reds taken beyond the extreme, and fuelled by gasoline of all things.

I'm not villainising Caitlyn, but some of y'all also need to stop excusing what she did—and I'm saying this because a lot of you also did the same with Jinx in Season 1. For the lack of a better example; it's very much like excusing what serial killers of the past had done because they were 'interesting' or 'charming' or hell, relatable. Be Gay, Do Crime is most definitely not applicable here, you guys. Seriously.

That is literally the reason Vi snaps at Caitlyn after the fight with Jinx. Why are you the one acting like her? It's not just a comparison between Caitlyn and Jinx, it's not just vendetta against vendetta; in a broader context, Vi is asking: Why are you resorting to the same acts of terrorism? Why are you enforcing the same tactics your predecessors used? Why are you turning into what you once swore not to become? Why are you doing this? What are you turning into?

Vi asked Caitlyn to promise her not to change. But she did.

Why are you betraying yourself?

[suzukiblu]

Ik you already have an angsty wip serie(?) with Kon and Jon, but I was wondering if besides that, you have more. Like- one that involves kinda the whole Kent or El family and a very angsty, 'Holy shit I feel like I'm unlovable and worthless' 'but truly isn't Kon, bc like- idk like yeah that but like they are all Kon & Jon angst and family angst as well but won't leave me in shambles at the end because everything is resolved and- yeah I'm rambling, sorry, but yeah!

. . . . . . so ngl "Kon feels like shit about himself and people treat him right" is not an uncommon theme in my WIPs, haha, and the Kents/Els are ABSOLUTELY not exempt from that role. There are also technically at least a few answers to this question that are MAJOR spoilers for the involved WIPs ( and another that is a WIP I'm debating scrapping and rewriting, tbh ), but excluding those two ( and also "Kon and Jon and brother issues", since I assume that's the one you were talking about in your ask ), the most-like-that WIPs I think I've got are . . . gonna require a cut, actually, so you can find the list of relevant WIPs and their elevator pitches down behind that, hahaha.

fyi, some of these are Kon's POV and some of them are outsider POV and they all occur at various times in his timeline and in various alternate timelines/AUs, and also contain varying levels of angst/feelings of worthlessness and varying levels of Kents/Els; kinda just depends!

"alpha Kon and his supermom" has a bit of this vibe with a mind-controlled-into-feral-drop!Kon struggling to work through some complicated thought processes he is not in any state to be working through while omega!Superwoman is just trying to take care of her inexplicably-feral cisswap clone who she has complicated maternal feelings about, featuring Kara and Lois in supporting roles and mention of Jon. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

"Clark panic-adopts his teenage clones (yes, including the supervillain one)" is largely Match-centric but Kon is having a mostly-quiet version of this crisis in the background while Match is having a more internalized-dehumanization-focused one in the foreground. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

"you found me when no one else was looking" is an actually complete fic that is mostly Clark and Conner from YJA figuring out that Kryptonians do not experience emotional attachment the same way humans do and the resulting trauma they both have/are having about it, but also includes Jonathan and Martha in supporting roles ( there's technically also an in-progress sequel/side story with Match kicking around in WIP-form on my blog, but like, different vibe there and the original fic is a complete story without it ). (( AO3 ))

"Jon and Martha, professional soulparents" has a brand-new "Superman" feeling kind of shitty/worthless about himself while simultaneously finding out that he has soulparents and the process of him getting gently but FIRMLY adopted by a very determined pair of small-town farmers while he is mostly just waiting for the other shoe to drop and them to realize everything that's wrong with him. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

"Knockout gets knocked up" is about the consequences of Hawaii-era Superboy having slept with Knockout during the "Losin' It" arc and accidentally getting her pregnant, and him then becoming a teen dad while about five minutes old himself and feeling like a fuck-up and a burden who has zero concept of why anyone might think HE needed any parenting. Currently just includes Clark; will eventually include Martha and Jonathan. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

"Kon is too trans for this pregnancy shit" starts out with angsty closeted!Kon freaking out about what the Kents are gonna think of him and several of his life choices and life NON-choices. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

"Kon wants scented" is an omegaverse AU that involves stray!Kon and his total lack of self-worth and history of sexual abuse being VERY convinced that he isn't a pup and isn't a kid and doesn't NEED a pack, and feral!Clark having Opinions(tm) about that. And also impending bonus angst from [ INSERT SPOILER HERE ]. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

"Krypton lives and Kara did not sign up for this" is an AU where intergalactic diplomat Kal-El accidentally got cloned a couple times and then low-key clonenapped said clones back to Krypton and has left them in his older cousin's custody while he's off fighting with the council about letting the House of El keep them and General Kara Zor-El is just NOT equipped for fostering a pair of teenage metaweapons who don't even like each OTHER, much less her or Kal or literally anyone on Krypton whatsoever. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

"the Last Son of Krypton meets Hypertime Kon" has a Superman from an alternate reality meeting comics!Kon when the other falls out of Hypertime after the Black Zero arc and immediately getting the wrong idea about exactly what Kon is to HIS Superman. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

"omega!Clark and hungry!Kon", AKA the omegaverse AU where omega!Clark just wants to nurse his pups and Kon doesn't realize he counts. Loose canon-smash between the comics and the animated Reign of the Supermen movie; focuses mostly on Clark's relationship with Kon but also includes some of the dynamics between Kon and 10yo!Jon and Lois. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

"the one where Kon's soulmark isn't fake" is about early-era Superboy's fake soulmark that he belatedly realized was just a copy of Superman's and, I'm sure TOTALLY unrelatedly, Lois Lane and Clark Kent's extreme concern as to why their unmet soulkid has stopped sending anything through their soulmark empathy bond. Totally unrelated. Definitely. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

[rookfeatherrambles]

doing this again. What if an au where Jon is neglected by his grandma. Not like, severely, he's still fed and clothed and given books and goes to school but she's ... not affectionate. not loving. What if that makes him really lonely in a very deep and hard to see way? What if one day he decides to run away, take his little red boat to America. Surely there will be people to love him in America! He packs a bag, and his whistle and lots of water and then casts off, and just. Floats off into the ocean. He thinks its a good idea. For about the first five hours, when land is long lost to sight and a storm's blowing in, It gets cold, it gets foggy, and the sea gets rough. Skies overhead are angry, and Jon is finally regretting this choice.

Through the fog he sees something, a light? a ship?? so he blows his whistle. He blows it with all his might and it doesn't make a sound. Standing on the edge of the little rowboat, jon is hit with a wave that unbalances him into the icy, northern seas. He's a pretty good swimmer, but the water is freezing, and it quickly saps his strength. He sinks, and sinks, into the deep black of the ocean...

And wakes up on a ghost ship. Lying on the deck, quaking with hypothermia, and he sees ghosts all around him. They crowd him, in a circle, and he can see through them.

It won't be long until he's one of them too.

Jon passes out.

Meanwhile, Peter Lukas is scratching his head as to how a fucking 8 year old boy got all the way out into open water like he did, and what the hell he's supposed to do with him now. The Tundra has its cargo and a full crew (including sacrifice) and will not be turning around to drop off a little boy. He supposes he could always make the kid an extra snack for the Forsaken if he annoys him but, he can taste the loneliness on him even from where he sits and watches him sleep. Maybe he'll keep him. Peter's life is rather monotonous, having a child on board, while slightly troublesome in the short term, could also be entertaining. Ah, the kid is waking up. Better make himself scarce... for now.

(I am doing something with this idea but it's slow going so have this)

[allyricas]

has anyone ever read a fic where tommy and carol refuse to just lose their friendship with steve, so they also get roped into everything. maybe not season 1, because both sides are still smarting from the fight. but season 2 rolls around and instead of tommy sidling up to billy, he and carol also abandon their moderate popularity to stop being assholes.

steve is a part of them. there's no tommy and carol without tommy and carol and steve. it's the three of them. and hell, if that means apologizing to nancy and jonathan than so be it. if it means, going over to nancy's the same day as steve where all three of them get intercepted by dustin fucking henderson than so be it.

when it means helping board up an old bus, tommy and carol stay. they stay when demodogs show up. they help the kids and steve. carol holds max's hand and doesn't let herself think too much about how nice it is to be helpful.

tommy and steve back to back fighting monsters. they way it should always be.

when it means standing up to billy because no one is laying a hand on steve nor on some random fucking kids, tommy takes a few punches. tommy and steve back to back fighting monsters, fighting unhinged teenage boys with rage issues-as long as he has carol and steve, things are okay. even billy cannot win two on one. no one gets any concussions. no teenagers end up driving stolen cars.

they all go into the tunnels. they help save the day and fuck, it feels good to be on the good side. it begrudgingly feels even better when they apologize to nancy and jon.

maybe in the end, it's not tommy and carol and steve anymore. because they have friends that aren't douchebags. yeah, a large amount of them are middle schoolers who are actually really fucking cool. even if its nancy wheeler. because, nancy is not a priss. she's actually a badass of epic proportions. jon's alright if he's quiet and a bit of a loner. and steve is steve. he's there between them where be belongs.

steve's decision to be a good guy ends up leading tommy and carol into choosing to be better too and they wouldn't have it anyother way.

eventually the three of them become four when robin buckley somehow seamlessly fits in with them like she'd always been there. eventually eddie munson finds his way in, too. tommy and carol aren't sure about sharing steve, but they aren't assholes (much) anymore. robin is actually snarky and witty in a way that carol enjoys immensely. eddie is cool which pains all of them, including robin, to admit out loud. he's like, genuinely funny and a little bit ridiculous in a way they can't help but like.

when tommy and carol notice that steve really, really likes eddie...they meddle a bit. because their boy deserves to be happy and loved and eddie looks at him like he hung the moon. they meddle when they notice the way robin gazes at nancy after she and jon amicably break up. robin is a goddamn delight and she's theirs too now, so they help steve make it happen.

just tommy and carol willing to do whatever it takes to make sure steve is in their life forever, okay.

[cosmickid-inmotion]

Greetings from Asbury Park

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[sowthetide]

First kid is a son who looks like Balon?

K.O right off the gate for Quen and motherhood.

okay i'm gonna do a quobb kid lore dump harvested from my various yap sessions about them. but i put it under a read more because i love you <3

okay so quobb's firstborn is eddara, theoretically conceived at the end of STRS. quen spent the entire pregnancy absolutely DREADING having to name her firstborn after ned stark, but their son kind of HAS to be eddard, you know? but then the baby ends up being a girl so quen's like yippee!!! i can throw this stupid infant on the ned-name grenade :-) which she does!

dara has the stereotypical stark look, so everyone compares her to auntie arya, but she's actually ned stark in a wig. despite being pretty plain, dara is intense in a way that is both compelling and intimidating. she's also a stone cold bitch (affectionate) who has a grudge against- you know, i was about to call quen a "cloth mother" but honestly she's not a cloth mother or a wire mother. she is simply not mothering these fuckass babies in any capacity, dawg. robb dotes on dara to make up for how obviously quen isn't suited to motherhood, but dara doesn't like his well-meaning ass either. anyway she's fostered with the dustins and graduates valedictorian from barbrey's finishing school for stark-hating hags

second is theon!!! :-) i call him normal theon a la visenyaism's normal jake bit. he looks unsettlingly like a young balon greyjoy, and he's named after greyjoy & stark kings, but he's literally just a chill guy. nothing much to say about this dude except his mommy resents him soooo bad for being everything/having everything she ever wanted 👍 normal theon is 100% aware of this, but he thrives on quen's crazy like one of those deep-sea bacteria that lives on hydrothermal vent chemical soup. also he has a bolton-frey freak wife who may or may not be planning to sacrifice him to the old gods, but he's not even worried about it. normal theon likes light beers and watching Da Big Game

third is torrhen, and like dara, he is a born hater. he's basically robb's mini-me in terms of looks and is rocking the most northern name of all time, but he gets sold down the river at age eight (read: is fostered on the iron islands since thick vic failed to produce a son and they need a male heir). torr takes to the reaver thing really well, despite never experiencing joy ever in his miserable life. inexplicably quen's favorite kid (probably something to do with him being gone for ten years, having wacky adventures in the stepstones with cousin rodrik pyke), but he has crazyyyyy mommy issues and is the iron islands #1 drywall puncher. incredibly conflicted about his northern vs. ironborn identity. ends up married to thick vic's daughter, but they have a surprisingly gentle/respectful partnership. rare arranged cousin marriage W?

forth is alannys!!! everyone calls her "little lanny" and she's my sweetie pie sugar plum specialest birthday girl <3 she has curly auburn hair, harlaw brown eyes, puppy fat she never grows out of, and is lowkey robb and catelyn's favorite (though they'd both deny having favorites). lanny LOVES her uncle bran (and uncle rickon, whenever he returns from beyond the wall). she cried when she found out having a direwolf isn't a stark birthright but just some freak shit her dad and his siblings lucked into, but she has approximately ten billion animal familiars to make up for it, including an old hound dog, a field mouse, and a one-eyed crow lanny named brynden for no particular reason at all :3 she's friends with literally everyone in winterfell and may or may not hear the whispering of ancient peoples on the wind <3 she's normal!!!!

finally, we have jon. he's an oopsie baby, so he's significantly younger than the rest of his siblings. quen named him jon specifically to fuck with jon snow <3 she's so kind~ anyway, jon jr has a touch of shy kid purse dog neuroticism to start, but then he has gay sex for the first time and it fixes him immediately. he still tries to join the night's watch like his namesake, but jon snow hits him with the ol' "please don't" :-|, so jon jr's like okay i guess my only other option is grad school. so he does the citadel thang for a bit before deciding that actually his true calling is swashbuckling trust fund kid adventures across the narrow sea. while there, he has a superrrr toxic age gap situationship with a mercenary captain and also an incredibly awkward run in with his brother torrhen at a pentoshi orgy. they both pretend they don't see each other, leave, and never speak of it again

bonus(es):

rodrik pyke, asha's one and only bastard child. he carries asha and qarl's combined swag and bisexuality with godlike grace. he's also his cousin torr's only real friend, and indulges him with matching longship names (the "King Robb" for torr and "Queen Asha" for rod jr lmao). he has ten billion bfs/gfs and is literally the hottest dude on the iron islands. he also bears a passing resemblance to normal theon so torr used to imagine rod was actually his brother (torr and normal theon were born only a year apart and were super close as kids (albeit with the usual sibling antagonism) before torr was sent away. when they meet again as adults, they're strangers. it's an old scar for theon, but it's a wound that never heals for torr.)

ygraine greyjoy, thick vic's only child. she's named after her greyjoy granny, and has beautiful curly black hair :-) she inherited her father's "stout" frame and boat-based tism, so she spends most of her days watching ships being built and talking with the shipwright. ygraine is the apple of her aunt gysella's eye, even though her mother doesn't really "get" her. she habitually sleeps on the shore down by lordsport and solicits stories from drowned priests. ygraine also dreams of a man with one eye and a thick blue drink that tastes of rotting meat. which could mean nothing

[my-brain-soup]

I've Never Seen Luka, But Jon Kent Has

Basically I've never watched Luka but I read a fanfic where Jon gets the teen titans to watch it (parallels are drawn between Luca and Alberto and Jon and Damian) so now I will be watching it and writing the thoughts I have during it

No I will not give context and spoiler warning ig

Love the music during the studio logos

We love a superstitious king, I mean, I have a feeling he has a point

IF THEY HIT HIM IMMA BE SO PISSED

Awww, he's such a polite little guy

Luca is a farm boy!!! I love my little Jon Kent varient :)

I, too, would risk my life for shiny object

I, too, do the murder

OMG THEIR SO JON AND DAMIAN BUT LIKE BEING HUMAN IS BEING A VIGILANTE AND ITS THE SAME AS THEIR START BASICALLY I LOVE THEM

HE EVEN HAS THE SUPERMAN CURL

Dami would say he invented walking

And pretend he's not proud of Jon

THEYRE SO CUTESY

Bruno? Or Bruce...o... you get the idea

Sorry, they have Luca grab Alberto like that and expect me not to see them as the most adorable little guy love story? Their so crushing on each other

"You're so lucky your dad lets you do what you want," cue Superman's comment about Bruce getting hit on the head all the time

NO WAY THEIR SENDING HIM TO (basically) BOARDING SCHOOL TO KEEP HIM AWAY FROM THE "bad influence" THAT IS ALBERTO

Yes! Grandma, my queen!

"We can do anything" I love this movie

MY FRIEND SMELLS AMAZING

God I don't know her name yet but I love her

JULIA OR HOWEVER YOU SAY IT

We're not telling you our secrets! Tells secrets immediately.

FROM EVERYTHING YOU LOVE?????

I love Alberto so muchhhhhh

I love Mr dad human

Oh they know SOO many fish

No way everyone, including an adult, just saw that bitch rob some kids and didn't do shit

He is a sad little catfish

Why are his parents actually crazy

Aww, Alberto doesn't want to lose his friend

Noooooooo

Luca just wants to learn, and Alberto just wants to feel loved :(

How is the gayest looking dude there being homophobic?

When your new father figue wants to kill your entire species

Alberto got mad when Julia touched Luca's hand...

Why does Luca's hair looks like a croissant

NO LUCA WTF

I WAS ALMOST ON YOUR SIDE

GOD WHAT THE HELL

YES, MR DAD HUMAN, I LOVE YOU PLEASE DONT KILL YOUR NEW SON

FUCK.

IM NOT CRYING.

Nooooo

Their fort :(

BESTIE NO

NO ALBERTO MY BABY NO

STOP PUSHING PEOPLE AWAY SO YOU DONT GET HURT. IT'S NOT GONNA WORK

God the organizer adult lady us such a bitch

Why is no one concerned that the scuba kid isn't coming up for air?

Aww, his little clap self tap in

It's totally about to rain

Well shit. Sometimes I hate when I'm right

WAIT WAS THAT ALBERTO

I TAKE IT BACK I LOVE WHEN IM RIGHT

FUCK

NO I TAKE IT BACK AGAIN

I love them so much!!!!

MR DAD HUMAN NO

MR DAD HUMAN YES

YAYYYY

KING

Is the mom the same person that voiced Aunt Cass in big hero 6?

YES LOVE ME THE OLD LADIES

I decided it is a metaphor for older lgbtq people, feeling able to come out after younger generations have proved that times have changed, I love them

(They're sisters, so they're not together, but they can still be gay!)

BRO ITS SO ABOUT BEING GAY I LOVE THIS MOVIE

BRO ALBERTO

THOSE LITTLE LOOKS

YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE

JULIA 100% KNOWS

About his crush, not just Luca going to school

AHHHH HES SO SWEET

YES, MR DAD HUMAN, YOU NEED EACH OTHER

Their in love, your honor

THEIR LITTLE HAND HOLDING THING I CANT

IM SO MENTALLY ILL FOR GAY FISH

IM CRYING AGAIN

AHHH, THEY RIGHT EACH OTHER LETTERS

ALBERTO LOOKS SO SMITTEN WHEN THEY'RE ON THE PHONE

ALBERTO GETS HIS KNIFE

DOES HE BECOME A LIFEGAURD???

I love this movie

So much

DAMIAN ALSO HAS A CAT AND JON ALSO HAS A DOG

Also, here is my formal apology, her name is spelled Giulia, my b

Alberto learns to carve wood, awww

Also, does Luca EVER get shoes?

I've decided I need an Alberto to become a tattoo artist future au, at least like on the side or for fun or sm

The dedication is adorable

Yes, I just watched all of the credits. What about it?

I was rewarded with an after credits scene, so fuck you.

I'm gonna watch all the deleted scenes now, I'm not gonna specify which one so have fun guessing

Haha, they called Alberto and Luca the main relationship

BOO STOP TRYING TO GIVE LUCA A CRUSH ON GIULIA

YES ALBERTO CHEER ON THE KRAKEN AGAINST THE HUNTER

YES! CONFORMED LUCA A GIULIA ONLY PLATONIC

Also, she was almost a photographer, like TIM DRAKE?!?!?

Don't worry, Luca, I'll ride in a barrel lit on fire down a hill with you

Awww, they were raised by a lobsterrr

BRING BACK CANNED SEA MONSTER FACTORY

OH SEA MONSTER CAN PASS BUT IF THEIR FOUND OUT THE CONSEQUENCES MIGHT BE REALKY DIRE??? SOUNDS KINDA GAY TO ME.

Oh, Jon is extremely charming

I love how they used different animation styles (in how they had the characters move) on land and in the water

PH THE TRANSFORMATION ISN'T CELEBRATED IN LUCAS FAMILY AND HE MAKES IT A CONSIOUS DEASITION TO CHANGE HIS THINKING FROM I SHOULDNT DO THIS TO I SHOULD EMBRASE THIS? SOUNDS KINDA GAY TO ME

Bro, not the first version where Alberto outs Luca to Giulia, eek

And finally, Ciao Alberto!

Aww, Luca wants to see to Portorosso!

THE GAY OLD LADY SISTERS ARE DEFINITELY CLOSE WITH ALBERTO, AND I LOVE IT FOR ALL OF THEM

He finally has people who care about him!!!

AWW ALBERTO JUST WANTS MR DAD HUMAN TO BE PROUD OF HIM

Alberto, you do NOT got this

DONT LIGHT THE BOAT ON FIRE

OH SHIT

Noooo!!! Don't leave!!!

YOU'RE NOT HIS EMPLOYEE, YOU'RE HIS SON

HE CALLED HIM DAD!!!

YAY HUGS

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

MY HEART

I CANT

I love Alberto being an artist (a bad one, for now, but still and artist)

Okay, that's it, Ciao :)

[atopvisenyashill]

How much traction does Daemon Blackfyre get if Aegon doesn't acknowledge him as his son but does legitize him along with Elaena's twins? We assume that Aegon's brain was rotting and got nicer before he died.

oh that’s interesting hmmmmm.

Okay so the thing about legitimizing is that it usually only happens FOR a succession issue. Our examples of legitimized bastards and bastards that are up for discussion of legitimization include Alyn & Addam, Ramsay, Edric Storm, & Larence Snow. Literally every single one gets the legitimacy question bc they are the potential last heir of their father. when stannis offers legitimacy to jon, it’s Directly tied to inheriting Winterfell. it’s not like the true born children of high born bastards aren’t allowed to futz with their name to remove the bastard name - there’s plenty of Longwaterses running around and I imagine there’s a lot of Waters adjacent names, as well as Stone, Snow, Sand, whatever names peppering the kingdoms, probably as landed knights, minor lords, or sellswords. So when you make a move to legitimize a bastard purely on “being nice” there is always the “so just let their kid change their name to something cool” as a way of being nice, you know?

but that’s the thing about the great bastards that’s funny. bc aegor is not known as aegor targaryen (or blackfyre for that matter). brynden is not known as brynden targaryen or even brynden blackwood. they both have nicknames but those are expressly referred to as nicknames rather than like, them agreeing to split the difference with Daeron & take on a separate house name rather than use targaryen. the otherys….all seem to take their mom’s name lmao. it also doesn’t seem like anyone but Daemon got any sort of land or fancy marriage (bc aegor’s isn’t arranged until after the wars start). So this is a really similar issue - he's just legitimizing those three, detached from a succession issue, for no other reason than funsies.

i Can see an argument here - legitimizing all the bastards born during the maidenvault years, and since you Know aegon hated baelor, saying that in his madness, he didn’t let the girls marry even tho they Were old enough (and in elaena’s case, it’s clearly a high enough match - her and alyn Would have married after baela died but he disappeared on a voyage before they could). the thing is tho - i think the velaryons are gonna look at this as a “now why he say fuck me for” situation, and imo, he can say all he wants that daemon is legitimized on the basis of daena’s high birth, i think people would still take it as an implicit acknowledgement of Daemon as his son and chosen heir. EVEN IF he doesn’t bestow blackfyre on daemon, EVEN IF he never publicly says anything about being daemon’s father, if he legitimizes daemon, Daeron is going to turn to Daemon & whomever else is being legitimized and going “ill be nice but i better not catch any of you dweebs using my goddamn name.”

If he does this a bit before he dies, and tries to make it clear to Daeron he’s not doing this to challenge him, i just don’t think he’s going to believe it lol. aegon raped naerys into the grave and he had several high born bastards. That’s the thing about the other legitimizations - there’s no one of importance around to be insulted by them, and when there is, there’s a long discussion. They don’t legitimize Larence Snow right away bc Donella would protest. Roose has been real upfront that he doesn’t expect any of his kids with Walda to live bc they represent an inherent threat to Ramsay. Laenor, Laena, AND Rhaenys were all dead, so the only people who would challenge the Hull boys were the exact people who had BEEN chirping at Corlys so he had learned how to ignore them, and it was Corlys’ idea.

If it’s a Robert esque “thoughtless gift” sort of thing like the Storm’s End inheritance, I think a) a rebellion still probably happens, but maybe Daemon doesn’t marry Rohanne and b) I do wonder what the fuck Elaena does. Essentially do what Daemon did in canon, which is just have her kids invent their own house name? Ask Daeron to let her kids call themselves Targaryens/Velaryons? Ask for holdings? Esp in the situation where Aegon never gives Daemon Blackfyre, so he’s not using Blackfyre as a name - does she beat Daemon to the punch and establish some offshoot house? Or does the Elaena-Jon-Jeyne clan play it the way Brynden seems to do in canon which is just….continue being a bastard, just an important one who gets to be at court and have a voice? I’m not sure we know enough about how they are to definitively say. But regardless of that, I do think Daeron remains unconvinced of his father’s newfound love, and the Formerly Known As Blackfyre Faction still remain dedicated to crowning Daemon.

So in the deathbed scenario, I really don’t think anything changes, beyond Maybe Daemon marrying someone else (which doesn’t change a lot), i think the hostility that Aegon had previously shown Daeron + the fact that Daeron wasn’t hugely popular amongst Certain Lords (largerly Marcher & Reacher lords, it seems) means that if Aegon legitimizes Daemon, EVEN if he does it in DAENA AND ELAENA’S NAMES rather than his own, I think the Blackfyre Rebellions are bound to kick off. But in a scenario where he does this a few months to a few years before he dies, as an attempt to like, idk, be nice to his cousins Daena and Elaena? I think the rebellions still happen but probably the battle lines are drawn very different. It’s not to say I think ELAENA would stage a coup (notable here that Daemon canonically makes his claim through Aegon and not Daena - and Elaena is younger than Daena!) but a Daemon who is legitimized for a very confusing reason & an Elaena who has a chance to push for ~something~ for her bastards, are just gonna move differently. Esp when you factor in the unknowns of Elaena’s relationships to Daemon and Daeron. Does she use the legitimization to help Daeron? Does she try to talk Daemon & Aegon down a bit? Does Daeron just do what he does in canon with the Waters kids and ignore what his dad said? Can Elaena forgive that? Would we get some sort of House Elaenalings of Oakenfist Hall in the crownlands out of it? Does House Velaryon descend from ELAENA AND ALYN??