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[olivia-anderson-fanfic]

Into the Unknown, Part 49

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Extra chap because we won the maribat awards

Marinette had, originally, been a little annoyed with Tim when he had told Jimothy and Bernard about their dimension-hopping… but she soon learned the error in her ways.

Because now she had someone to commiserate with. After all, Bernard, too, was dating a version of Tim Drake. They were kindred spirits, bearers of the curse.

It all started with a simple conversation.

Bernard leaned over the back of the couch, smiling and clapping politely at the picture Damian was showing him. “So, why are we letting the Tims cook again?”

Steph grinned a little, apparently still amused by the fact that there were, now, two Tims. To be fair, the chances of there being a set of twins that were separated at birth that happened to have the same name had to be small.

Marinette shrugged lazily. “They insisted. And I want to see which one is the better cook. See if I lucked out – somehow.”

Bernard shrugged. “Probably not. Tim is good at many things… baking is not one of those things. In fact, I’m 99% sure that his inability to cook is how the world attempts to balance the fact that he is good at everything else.”

“I have to buy new equipment every time he cooks to make sure he hasn’t cursed the pans.”

There was a loud crashing sound from the kitchen, and what might have been a minor explosion, as if the universe was proving them right.

The two of them merely sighed in that specific way that people do when they are used to a terrible thing and now resigned to their fate.

And just like that, they realized: they were no longer alone.

Steph glanced back at the kitchen. “Should we go see how they messed up?”

“Give them, like, ten minutes to try and fix it,” Bernard waved her off.

Marinette raised her eyebrows. “Why?”

“If they can’t fix it in ten minutes, then they deserve to get the Look Of Disappointment. Otherwise, it’s not our problem, and we can pretend they didn’t do anything wrong.”

She mulled this over for a few moments before nodding. Yeah. That sounded like a good enough plan.

Besides, Damian was frantically trying to show her the drawing he was doing of a cave (done in green crayon, for some reason). Whatever the Tims had done could wait.

From that point on, they had weekly meetings where they discussed their boyfriends – who they loved very much, but agreed could be somewhat exhausting from time to time – over a glass of wine. Like a book club. But meaner. Somehow.

~

Tim blinked as Damian made his way over to him with a look of grim determination on his face. He wasn’t sure what the kid wanted, and he wasn’t afraid to admit that the expression kind of threw him off.

Mostly because almost every time he saw the Old Damian make that face, it was right before a fight. And, granted, he was pretty confident in his abilities to beat up a small child, but he would very much prefer not to.

But then Damian walked over and wrapped himself around Tim’s leg.

Tim blinked down at him.

He only got more confused as Damian started attempting to climb him like he were a rope in gym class and his grade depended on how fast he managed to get to the top.

Damian managed to make his way all the way up Tim’s leg – somewhat surprising, Tim hadn’t been aware the kid had had that much grip strength – but then he got stuck, squinting up at Tim calculatingly.

He started trying to use the fabric of his shirt. Tim yelped and grabbed him before he could a) stretch out his shirt or b) fall. These were both equally terrible possibilities, and he was perfectly willing to put a stop to this at any cost. Luckily, there was no cost.

But Damian, improv and manipulation extraordinaire, used the newfound arms around him to latch on to Tim and start clambering up even further.

Tim stared at the kid as he came up to sit on his shoulder, looking very proud of himself.

“Why?” He asked because, really, what else do you say in this situation?

“Tall,” he said. He went to put his hands on his hips in a kind of ‘I’m better and smarter than everyone else’ gesture, but then had to frantically wrap his arms around Tim’s head again when he wobbled uncertainly on his makeshift seat.

“You could have just asked me to pick you up,” Tim pointed out, grinning as he brought up a hand to rest on the kid’s back to help steady him.

Damian shook his head. “Tall,” he said again, as if it made any more sense the second time.

Regardless, he just grinned and nodded sagely. “Ah, I see,” he said, trying very hard to keep the waver of laughter out of his voice. “I’ll take you to the park sometime soon. You’ll probably get a kick out of jungle gyms.”

Damian beamed.

~

Paige beamed as she slammed her hands down on the table. “I’ve got a promotion! I can get the good diapers now!”

Marinette smiled. “I’m sure Floyd is happy.”

“I guarantee he has no clue,” Paige said, shrugging. But she still seemed pleased regardless. “I’m doing this for me.”

“Ah, yes, the classic treat yourself by treating your kid scenario. I did that when I changed the stroller to one with more flowers back in the day.”

They shared a conspiratorial nod. What were they conspiring against? Who knows. Not capitalism, apparently.

Ava hummed. “Still, it’s wild that you got promoted. I didn’t think Mr. Matthews was old enough to retire, and definitely not bad enough to be fired or good enough to be promoted. He was so… average.”

“Got busted for mob activities,” Paige said, shrugging.

Ah, yes, average.

And, no, that wasn’t sarcastic. They all nodded. Sagely, this time. For, in Gotham, there was nothing all that shocking about finding out someone they were close to was engaging in illegal activities…

Speaking of…

“Damn. I should probably go make sure Orlando knows they’re looking into people more thoroughly right now,” Marinette murmured, packing away her food.

~

Tim hummed as he absently slapped a sticker on each of the miscellaneous boxes of energy drinks.

He preferred to shop at Thomas Thumb when it came to getting drinks, if only because it was much faster to do the sticker method than to sit there and wait impatiently as the people at the door checked your receipt to make sure you weren’t stealing. Now if only it wasn’t so expensive…

But, when he got to the end, he realized that the cashier had accidentally given him an extra sticker.

He shrugged internally and turned to Damian, who had opted to sit on one of the boxes in the cart. This was almost definitely unsafe, but it is what it is.

He popped the sticker onto his forehead.

Damian gasped in offense and started trying to peel it off, glaring at Tim all the while.

Tim pretended not to notice. He was too busy getting the cart out of the store so he could load up the car.

Damian, eventually, managed to peel it off. He put it on his shirt, wearing it like a badge. Possibly of honor, but probably not because… well… it’s a mass produced sticker. But maybe – after all, there is honor in actually paying for your things in Gotham. It’s a rarity.

Tim smiled at the proud look on his kid’s face and made a mental note to get him some more stickers, even if it meant that they would have to deal with getting them all off the walls and furniture every night.

~

She watched as Damian rode Frank around the apartment like a horse. Normally, she would put a stop to this, because the poor dog… but, honestly, Frank seemed pleased with this, her tail wagged wildly as she walked through the apartment with her emotional support human (because it definitely went both ways) on her back.

Marinette shrugged internally and leaned back to watch, a fond smile on her face.

~~~~~

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[xamitras]

For many of years I had this tradition of drawing Wirt and the beast once a year to see how much I have improved, then depression hit in 2023 and couldn't continue, but it left so really amazing art in the process

[ashoss]

this idea wont leave my brain please help me !! YIPPEE HADES BATKIDS !!!

without the bg and text under the cut :))

asdhj probably gonna post like,, two at a time because thats ,, a lot,,,, of drawing ,,,,,,, so heres tim and jason! i think i got the hang of it more with jason lol

ALSO ALSO!!!

thank you to those who helped me with the titles for the batkids!! they were all really good :D (all on insta lol)

timothy: the tenured - thomson_at

[labotor]

"Hey, chin up. I know the night just got darker, but it won't last forever."

[starstruckodysseys]

i know i sound like a broken record at this point but god i love liv so much

[ohposhers]

i wish i remembered the context of this shitposts creation but i really dont im sorry everybody

[bubblingsteam]

[andromedaexile]

They both reached for the gun phaser!

Inspired by @peachviz

[choccy-milky]

finally drew clora and seb's kids!!🙌🙌

Celeste Sallow: OK THIS IS THE NAME IM SUPER PROUD OF BAHAHA because not only does the name celeste relate to the stars (in typical ravenclaw fashion...clora picked the name) but celeste sallow is also an alliteration. BUT, its an alliteration that begins with a C, which means clora gets to match with celeste in the form of both of their names starting with a C, whereas sebastian gets to match with celeste because both of their names are an alliteration/they're alliteration allies🥹ITS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS!🥳

Lewis Sallow: as for lewis, if you've read my fic then you know that seb has a vendetta against names that start with an L bahaha, but 'lewis' was actually HIS idea. when celeste was born, seb wanted to find a muggle story to read to her, since clora's favourite story is ALSO a muggle one (sherlock), and he wanted to stick with tradition. so he ended up finding alice in wonderland, which he loved because of how adventurous and clever alice was and of how much she reminded him of clora and celeste (both personality and looks wise). it became his favourite for those reasons, to the point that when they had lewis, sebastian overcame his L-name hatred by naming their son after lewis carroll.

Houses: celeste could have been sorted into either gryffindor or slytherin, but ultimately ends up in slytherin because she wants to be like seb. kinda like how clora also probably could have been in gryffindor, tbh. as for lewis.....him being 10000% in ravenclaw doesnt need any explanation BAHA, just look at him.

Appearance: since clora has a tiny bit of veela blood in her, thats obvs passed down to their kids, too, and so they mostly take after her as a result of it. but there's still little bits of seb that shine through in each of the kids: for lewis its his brown curly hair, and for celeste its her complexion/freckles. and the fact that celeste looks so similar to clora only doubles up sebastian's stress/protective instincts when he watches her BAHAH. he's ofc still proud that she takes after him so closely, but seb also cant deny that he wishes it had been their SON that had taken after him instead, to keep her out of danger.

Celeste & Lewis: for celeste and lewis’ relationship, celeste is a super proud big sister, and treats lewis kinda like how seb treats clora. if there's anything that needs to be done, she offers to do it for him. and although she doesn’t have the patience to read stories herself, she loves playing outside and having lewis read to her in the background, and loves to act out/use his stories to fuel her imagination. and lewis makes sure to pick stories that he KNOWS she’ll like (which mostly involve heroic and daring feats of adventurers or pirates. he's tried to read more classic fairytales and romances to her a few times, but celeste always gets bored). she loves to draw though, so sometimes when lewis reads books that have no pictures, she'll draw them herself.

Celeste & Seb/Clora: celeste is a daddy's girl LOL and always tries to impress seb with the stuff she does, especially after hearing how HE was at her age, and so its half to impress and half because shes competitive that she wants to do the same/be just as good. and seb always gets a kick out of hearing her feats in the crossed wands club, or in defense against the dark arts class, and he also goads her on, telling her she'll have to do better than that if she wants to be as good as HE was. and whenever celeste gets detention, clora always stresses and asks why, whereas seb just tries to keep the smirk off his face. as for celeste and clora, clora also reads to celeste, and bakes and cooks with her, which is something celeste actually likes doing. not only because it keeps her busy and she likes to help and get messy in general, but also because she likes the fact that it results in good food afterwards LOL, and constantly asks when things can be taken out of the oven. also, for as tomboy-y as celeste is, she honestly doesn't mind/likes the clothing that clora puts her in and likes when clora dresses her up, bc it makes her look like one of the princesses from the storybooks, and it just amuses her more than anything else. once she enters hogwarts, though, its mostly trousers. but she still DOES like the occasional girly clothing.

Lewis & Seb/Clora: lewis is a momma's boy LOL and unlike celeste, doesnt care about duelling or of proving himself or anything like that, and is only concerned with stories and his future studies. so ofc clora had to show him sherlock, which he naturally loved. it even inspired lewis to want to write his own stories, so that he could challenge his own skill and see if he could, but also because he wants his mom to read them, and likes the idea of writing his own sherlock-esque story with equations and mysteries to be solved that he can offer her. lewis also wants to write a book for celeste as well, bc although he wont admit it, he basically wants to write a story tailor-made for her and her interests. one that he thinks will have everything she’d love in it. and part of it is genuinely because he WANTS to do it for her, but the other part of it is also for his ego, and to see if he CAN write a compelling story, and write something that would actually get THE hyperactive celeste to sit down and read it in its entirety (not to mention of her own volition). as for with seb, lewis looks up to him more than anyone else, due to how well-rounded he is and how hes so good at practical stuff AND studying, and he kinda sees seb as a main character/protagonist from one of his books, and uses sebastian as inspiration for his own stories. if hes stuck on what he thinks the dashing main character should do next, he'll ask his dad what HE would do, which results in seb getting very weird questions that he nonetheless is always happy to answer. also, when lewis is older and finally learns the full story of what happened with clora and seb and ranrok and rookwood, he writes their story in novel form, except he just changes their names/some of the details, and it becomes a best seller LOL. and i didnt know where to put this, but the four of them all read a story before bed every night, with lewis in the middle and seb and clora on either side of him. though celeste stands at the foot of the bed, basically doing a charade/mime show of what theyre reading, and putting on a little play to go along with it BAHHA.

OK thats all i can think of for now ive yapped enough😩 if youve read all of this ur a real one.... ive also considered giving them a 3rd (and last) child, which would be a boy that looks exactly like seb, and seb would just be praying like please.....let this son take after me🧎‍♂️🙏 BAHHA

[xxplastic-cubexx]

me Omw to annoy you about more Francesca content 😼😼

you and my entire inbox my friend strap in everyone this is gonna be The Francesca Mega Collection. part one The Bed Collection ft You HAVE To Click/Tap To Read Anything ESPECIALLY The Asks

thank you for joining me for the Francesca Bed Collection im going to pass out

[icewindandboringhorror]

On average, what is the total MONTHLY amount that you spend on dining out*?

*(This doesn't only count going out to restaurants, but also stuff like picking up fast food to bring home, getting a coffee on the way to work, getting a premade sandwich from a grocery store deli during lunch, buying a quick snack from a convenience store or food cart whilst walking somewhere, ordering a pizza or any other food to be delivered to your home, etc.)

*(If you often dine out in groups/as a household: calculate and divide the costs so that you get a Per Person average. This is for YOU individually, NOT the total household/group costs)

(I'm sure polls similar to this have been made before (very common topic), I just haven't personally seen one that I can remember, so, I was curious to do my own! I was discussing this with a group of people today and it was very interesting to see how widely the number varied between individuals. :0c )

(Reblog for bigger sample size if you can, and feel free to explain your answer in tags if there's anything extra to add!)

[heartorbit]

a fool and a sinner

[justaz]

thinking about arthur who has crazy quick reflexes and is a relatively light sleeper who woke up to the sound of someone in his room and saw merlin crouched down messing with his keys before softly asking “whatre you doing?…before breakfast?”

[deadtiredghost]

Can we make Team Red a thing?

i think they would get along like a house on fire. we need more fanfic of this trio.

^^ how i think they might bond.

[ender1821]

im a child of divorce

[apathyfairy]

last year i found a wii at goodwill for 25 dollars and it came with everything except a wiimote but it was in such good condition i was like hell yeah ill take it how hard can it be to find a wiimote. the answer is it's nearly impossible to find them at thrift stores now so i've spent like 8 months looking for ones in thrift stores but there wasn't a single one and then online but i just couldn't bring myself to spend 30 dollars on one single wiimote so i waited so. patiently. and then 2 weeks ago i finally found one at goodwill for 9 dollars but it was absolutely disgusting and the battery cover was missing and the compartment was all corroded so i put it back and regretted it the whole week but then this last weekend i went to savers and there was an absolutely perfect wiimote just sitting there with no corrosion and a jacket and the wrist strap and motion plus and the nunchuck was there too and i got it all for 10 dollars so the moral of the story is that sometimes things seem right for you in the moment but you have to recognize that they aren't and leave them behind so the things that are meant for you will in fact find you when the time is right. peace and love <3