#anime adaptation - nope alternate timeline

[sir-adamus]

the thing about the NieR anime is that it's really leaning into concepts from Drakengard 3

the show isn't an adaptation of the game, it's another timeline of events, which results in different characters being around, personalities being different (shown most clearly with Pascal whose peaceful goals are rooted more in him finding faith than it is strictly pacifism), things changing but the big things still playing out to the same end result

the encoded messages seen in each episode are even associated with Accord, who was observing (and later directly intervening) during Drakengard 3 (those messages also directly label A2 as a Singularity like Zero was - i believe encoded messages on the home release of season 1 say the same of 2B and 9S - a being whom these multiple timelines revolve around)

it even played in on a lesser extent in the remake of Replicant - despite being almost 1:1, it's explicitly a different timeline to the original as the novelised Ending E only had one administrator in the quantum server while the remake has two (which is a major plot point in Reincarnation as well - that there used to be only one, and the creation of the second led to several unprecedented events)

[ellana-ravenwood]

The Batfamily TV show I wish existed but that will most likely never be (wecanhopethough) :

I’ve been fantasazing a LOT lately about a Batfam centric tv show. Not a story just about Bruce and then the kids are somewhere in the background, or just about one of the kid, or one character of the “extended family”. Nope. A TV show, that would focus on everyone. And here’s a few of my thoughts haha :

We’ve seen enough of times Bruce’s parents murder so no need to have a scene of that again. Even people who never read a Batman comics or watch a movie/animated show, sort-of know how he ended up being Batman ya know ? It kinda became a trope, a classic scene, to see little eight year old Bruce screaming above his parents’ bodies, in an empty alley...We really don’t need to see yet another one of those. We all know the story. And for those who are not up to date, there will be hints of what happened dropped all through the show. Because it’s still about Batman.

The Robins and all though, often people don’t even know there’s more than one Robin ? Or at least don’t know how many there are really...So here how I would love for the show to start/be : 

The first few episodes would only be about ONE kid, and ONE “extended family member” (Like Babs, ya know ?). My absolute biggest dream would be to have the ENTIRE Batfam represented (or most, there’s some members from alternate timelines/world that I’m not sure would appear...or maybe just as a cameo ?), and each of them would have their moments, and be just as important as the other. My perfect Batfam TV show would portray how they are all linked, how they’re a family (albeit not always a very functional one) So. Here we are. Longer episodes than normal shows,more mini-series sort of things than the traditional 40 minutes episodes. I think an hour would be a good timeframe, at least for the “origin story” episode...so, yeah, longer-than-usual episodes about all the origins of the kids and all.

First episode start with Dick coming in young Bruce Wayne’s life. We quickly understand that Bruce just came back after years away from Gotham (and that it was to train to become Batman). He’s been back for less than a year, and already started to be a night vigilante...And here he comes. Little Richard Grayson. A boy in which Bruce sees himself a lot (because of the way he lost his parents). And so Bruce makes the crazy decision to adopt the kid (yeah yeah I know “ward”), and it literally changes the way he lives. And boom, Dick’s origin story. Maybe a little shenanigans across the Manor. Dick’s difficulty to adapt to living with Bruce now, and not having his parents. Showing how he can get so angry at times ! And how he isn’t just that jolly little boy who jokes around and hugs everyone he sees ? Basically, an episode that could show every faces of Dick Grayson. Because he deserves to have a show where an entire episode is JUST FOR HIM, and how he is.

Second episode would be Barbara Gordon’s introduction. Pretty straight forward. Who she is, daughter of who, how she came to become Batgirl. Her close relationship with the Batman and his sidekick(s). Showing all the dimension of Babs, her intelligence and such. She isn’t just “a badass girl” (she’d only be a girl at the beginning), but an extremely intelligent one who’s able to turn situations around that look desperate, thanks to her analytic brain etc etc. She’s essential in a lot of Batman stories.

Third episode would be Jason’s arrival. Completely different from Dick’s. the episode would focus on the few years he has with Bruce, and where he comes from. How Jason hasn’t always been “the rebel of the family” (and how actually Dick has that role more than any of his brothers really...in this episode, probably there will be a quick mention of how the “previous Robin” is sort of a taboo subject because he left Gotham to go with the Teen Titans and Bruce is still not over it...). How he’s actually really sweet, and so SO happy to be Robin, and finally have someone that cares ? Which will explain why he became Red Hood later on...The episode would end on his death.

Fourth episode would start with Bruce being depressed, still not over Jason’s death. It would show how he became even more violent, which he has fights about with Dick...At the same time, Dick came back to Gotham as Nightwing after Jason’s death to still be there as a support for Bruce. Dick is always there when his friends or family members need his help...Doesn’t mean they don’t fight though. Bruce is even tougher to get through to than he used to. Jason’s death really hardened him further, the guilt not helping, of course. And then...Here enters little Timothy Drake. “Hey, I know you’re Batman !” he tells him, smiling widely...A few of his (baby) teeth are missing, that’s how young he is. The episode would be about how Bruce refuses to take Tim in as first (even more so since Tim’s parents are still alive by then), and would show their relationship evolves, all the way up to Bruce officially adopting Timbo.

Fifth episode : Hey is that Stephanie Brown we see ? Yup it iiiiiis !! Her story. Her background. What’s up with her. This episode is all about her. How she’s an important part of Bruce’s life, however isn’t one of his adoptive kid (it would be weird anyway...it would mean she ends up dating her own brother...). I always viewed Steph’ as an important member of the “Batfam”, but not as one of Bruce’s kid ? Like, she’s most definitely cared for and loved, but she doesn’t permanently live at Wayne Manor, and isn’t officially his ward or adopted kid etc etc...Doesn’t mean she isn’t included and not sort-of-family ! But, ya know what I mean, extremely close friends can be family too (remember : this is only MY opinion and how I view the characters after I read comics with them, you can totally disagree...in that case do it nicely, please).

Sixth Episode would be Cassandra’s. Bruce is fighting against her father, and that’s when he finds that young girl that appears mute, and that just killed a few men in front of him. He learns of her story, how her father tried to turn her into a weapon since she was born, via some audio recordings he found in one of his hideout. And he feels utterly disarmed. What is he supposed to do ? He can’t let such a dangerous person out, at the same time, she looks so young...And it’s not quite her fault, according to the recordings...He can’t just leave her there, but he’s also sure that locking her up would do more harm than anything else. So he takes her in. Ensues the beginning of Cass’ evolution (the rest will be in other episodes).

Seventh episode would be the one where Bruce discovers that Jason is still alive, and that he HATES HIM. Fighty fights fight...Oh shit it’s my son. Flashback of how Jason got resurrected and his short time with the Al’Ghuls, and a little speech about why he hates Bruce so much. Very “Under the Red Hood”, I guess. Ends with a heartbroken Bruce, and an even angrier Jason (because he saw Tim and Cass and can’t believe Bruce still enrolls kids to be his little “child soldier”...of course, it’s more complicated than that).

Eighth episode, Damian’s dramatic entrance. “I thought you’d be taller”. He tries to fight every single one of his siblings (that he most definitely not consider as such yet) (and yes I’m including Cass because I want her to be part of it all...), and it’s obvious they let him win. Sure, the kid trained since he was born...But they’re all pretty old now, and trained by the Batman too. Damian couldn't overpower them that easily (yeah it’s a canon thing I’m not a fan of...). In any case, Damian’s first few days in the family are tough af...

Then after all those origin stories, a lot would happen before Duke’s episode finally comes (because he appears quite late in the Batfam). So an explanation about how he came to get in, what happened to his parents, etc etc. An episode about Duke ! He might come in only like, in a later season (again he comes really late into everything, although he appears before). But when he comes in, Damian is less of a brat now, and considers everyone his family etc etc.

I know there’s a lot more people that are friendly with the Batfam (like Luke Fox and all) HOWEVER, I wanna talk about the “core” Batfam, Bruce and the kids and all. Family. Now of course, Kate Kane would appear. Maybe have her own part of an episode about how at first she decides to become Batwoman of her own volition and isn’t even affiliated with Bruce. Her story at her military school. Why she decided to get into this business etc etc...Probably things about Jim Gordon too. Oh, and the villains ! But really, only full episodes about the ones that are really...family. Like, Kate is Bruce’s cousin and all, but...they always kinda had their own things going on. Now as I said, she’ll appear, but you know what I mean. Basically, allies and friends will most definitely appear, but they won’t all have a full episodes about them ? Maybe a story revolving around them, and therefor we learn the essentials. Also, lil introductions to all the pets the Batfam has (of course we’d have Batcow, Titus, Ace and other Alfred the Cat hehe). 

The narrator would be Alfred Pennyworth, because he’s the one constant in every story. He’s always there (or almost). First episode would start with Bruce as a little boy, after his parents’ death, training around the house, and then as the episodes unfold, more and more members appear, training with him (opening credits).

We’d just have episodes about their domestic life AND their detective life. A perfect mix of both World. And after all those introduction episodes, that would be all interesting because we all know those peeps have some wild backgrounds, then the audience would know everyone ! Now, it’s a lot of characters, so, once they’re all introduced, they don’t need to always appear. There would be episodes of all of them together, and sometimes of just two of them bonding over whatever ? Like, Dick and Jason. Tim and Damian. Etc etc.

And every episodes would talk about all the different facets of their personalities, and not only focus on stereotypes (like it’s often the case :/). Like, NONE OF THEM are one-dimensional characters. So, let’s show that Bruce is a caring man but also a total jerk sometimes, that Dick is the “carefree” one but also the “angry Robin” more than Jason is, that Jason isn’t just a killing machine and a rebel, but also very sweet. That Tim isn't just that coffee addict boy who never sleeps, but a selfless man who’s in it because he thinks he does the right thing. That Damian isn’t just a brat who hates everyone, but tries really hard to better himself and is actually extremely scared of becoming like the Al Ghuls and turning bad etc etc...Show their complex personalities, and not just boring and lazy cliches. 

Are you starting to see why this show would be impossible to exist, wether live action or animated ? Haha yeah, it’d be like, 300 seasons long hahahaha. Because there’s so much material ! ...But I’m pretty sure so many of us fans would watch every single episodes.

PS : This is an “adaption” I imagined, so of course not every subtlety about everyone are in the short synopsis of their episodes I gave, and there would be much more than that. And some aspect of the stories are switched a little. And it’s only snippets, small portions. My idea would be much more worked on. I just wanted to share the little things I thought about ^^. '

[ao3feed-danganronpa]

In One Universe, Out The Other

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by RicochetedEclipse

Universes are a tricky thing. People talk about universe hopping, imagine interacting with their favorite characters from books, tv, and movies, all the time!

But when it actually happens... it’s one hell of a ride.

Meet our universe hopping idiots, Hide and Seek.

Unfortunately, universe hopping isn’t all fun and games.

Hide has to obtain one item from a ‘character’, with the character in question willingly giving it.

Seek has to fix one problem given to them by any means.

Both cannot leave unless both of them finish their objectives.

Hide also adapts to each universe they go into, gaining whatever power or ability is normal or some of the characters have while in that universe.

Seek gains one thing from each universe after completion, depending on the universe it varies.

What’s hijinks will ensue with these two idiots running around in different universes trying to achieve their goals?

 Well, that’s for me to know and you to find out.

Words: 248, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of It Takes Two To Ruin A Timeline

Fandoms: Multi-Fandom, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, 地縛少年花子くん | Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun | Toilet-bound Hanako-kun (Anime), 斉木楠雄のΨ難 | Saiki Kusuo no Sai-nan | The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Hunter X Hunter, Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types, Soul Eater, 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 約束のネバーランド | Yakusoku no Neverland | The Promised Neverland (Anime), Haikyuu!!, Assassination Classroom, more fandoms may be added - Fandom

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Multi

Additional Tags: Holy shit this is a lot of fandoms, chaos duo, Alternate Universe, Dimension Travel, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, The Author Regrets Nothing, The Author Regrets Everything, so many characters - Freeform, Crack Crossover, Crack Treated Seriously, who am I kidding, This is just crack, OR IS IT, please help me, none of these are tags but it this point I don’t care, At this point it’s more me talking to you than tagging, but do i care?, nope - Freeform, anyhow back to actually tagging, Author Is Sleep Deprived, enough about myself, your here for the good shit, and who am I to deny, Author can not tag, Sorry Not Sorry, Crack, did i mention crack, well I did now, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, author tries to be funny, Angst, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor Being An Asshole, Saiki is done with this shit, Hanako is along for the ride, and is it a hell of a bumpy one, killua is so done, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, ray is edgy, but that’s no surprise, death the kid needs to calm the fuck down, this is the last tag I swear, lol nope, -backflips into a trashcan and rolls away while cackling maniacally-

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[bookdragonlibrary]

Ninth Tuesday YJ appreciation

1-3 ; 4-6 ; 7-9 ; 10-13 ; 14-16 ; 17 ; 18 ; 19 ; 20 ; 21 ; 22 ; 23 ; 24-26

—————————— Into the Breach

- Victor talking about gift, he’s starting to accept his situation :D

- Another 16.

- The Team faces one Granny when the other one faces the other.

- Bart making the sound effect and being a fan nerd xD Bart being Bart!

- “I guess it’s Klamulon tech!” I’m sure he’s not serious xD

- Scarab is back! Apokaliptian tech, Blue isn’t compatible to this :/ Just like in season 2.

- They fell in the X-pit!!

- Jaime seems to suffer more without his armor on :(

- Did Ed just teleport to another dimension?! Right next to Bart? But he is still lost without bearings just like in season 2. So maybe the screams of his friends was the bearing he needed? Plus the urge to save them?

- Does Bart know Jaime is incompatible with this tech?

- Granny can fight against a rhino?

- Why Overlord is this big now?

- I love Gar with Granny’s haircut.

- Why Jaime is alone? Where is Ed?

- Gar being a Martian animal! :D He went to Mars just after the end of season 2 remember?

- The fights are too realistic for Gar and Vic I can barely watch it :/ 

- Booya indeed!

- OMG! Gar has a black eye! Green eye! Well he badly injured! But the team has such a solidarity!

- Worst! Grandma! Ever! XD

- Vic understood everything! Made all the dots connected!

- Well this is “serious Bart”, pretty rare to see him like this. The situation must be critical.

- “Blue nearly died.” I couldn’t have tell if I didn’t remember a line from season 2! You could guess for Gar and Vic but not for Jaime. He stood almost right after the others when he should be like Dick or in coma or something to make us undertand/feel he almost died because of Apokaliptian tech and not with just a line.

- “Did we just... loose?” He sounds so broken :( That must remind him events or situations from his past :(

- Is it the two Body merging with each other? Disgusting

- Wow! Rainbow powers! So now Halo is able to use all her auras at once without switching?

- So there is a bigger Overlord?

- Vic and Violet just saved the day!

- It seems that Conner is a literal person right?

- War between Darkseid and Savage now?

- “Now he and Violet are lost forever...” Two boomtubes opening. “I knew you’d make it!” Pick comedy! XD

- “You MVP this puppy!” Translation please? Did i miss an inside joke?

- Victor did accept himself and the change!

- M’gann isn’t worried to see her brother that injured?

- Ok so the fight with Infinity was fake since Frost was controlled. They are working for Luthor of course...

- He’s still growing... :/

—————————— Overwhelmed

- 316 new teenagers for the Center. We can see Ed and his dad taking care of few of them, including the Great Smurf?!

- Why the plan in motion implies Lian? I’m worried for her :(

- She want to find Wally and her mom :,( She’s so sweet! ;-;

- They are babysitting her in the Hub!

- Nope! Nopenopenope! Why the few kisses there are are so bad? ><

- She feels she betrayed Wally even after 2 years :’(

- I love Conner adapting to Forager :)

- Geranium city? Sounds familiar.

- OMG! They finally have their own city!

- It’s not like Jaime to spit on someone :/ Especially someone of the team. Who wrote that?

- it’s good to see the 3 siblings together!

- Why Tara is sad? Wait! Is she still talking to Slade? About her own brother?! Why?

- Wait what? What did Zatanna just say?

- it’s so cute to see Gar playing with Lian!

- No! Don’t hurt Lian!

- They can’t speak? Granddaughter? “Extremely important players” Foreshadowing for season 4? It will have a season 4 right?

- “Assuming Darkseid will not kill you” This part better not be a foreshadowing...

- Other lines from previous seasons. Is Wally stuck in a loophole? Or Artemis not be able to imagine a new dialogue? Third year in a row?! Wally knows about sunrise because he’s alive or because Artemis knows?

- Their old appartement!

- Compromising Tara cover? They want to sacrifice her? Slade wants to betray her just like he promised the others will!

- They have diplomas! And of course Wally has one in Physics! They’re teachers! They have a baby! And Zatanna is there to remind her sunrise is soon!

- Does Wally seem to be worried about Artemis?

- interesting speech to Conner but maybe a little harsh :/

- What is written in Greek above the front door?

- Even Wally is chocked how Artemis receives their friends.

- If he was an illusion created by her imagination he would just get along with her not fighting to make her love her life right? He seems too real to be an illusion. I need proofs he’s still up there somewhere somehow... ;-;

- What? All the stress during the season for that conclusion?!

- Tara, what have you done? Why?

- Wolf sleeping with Greg :’)

—————————— Nevermore

- Jeff working with Barbara?

- Vlatava and Markovia are indeed bordered countries.

- Why Bart and Ed are so far from each other? Did something happen?

- There is more?

- The moment Tara is waiting for. Revenge her parents to her uncle? Killing Gar?! Why? What did he do to her?! I can’t understand the logic between the betrayal of her brother and this! Someone can?

- Brion protecting his sister!

- Gar is injured again :(

- Brion is letting his anger controlling himself again :o

- Why Tara wants to kill Gar? He looks so hurt by her betrayal :(

- Batman has seen his micro expressions? He’s such a Gary Sue... -_-‘

- Yes! A happy ending for Tara in one timeline/story!

- Wait! Bedlam was without fighting spirit a moment ago and now he’s provoking Brion?!

- Did he just... kill him? He... seems sad and lost after. He really thinks he had no choice.

- Why is he mad at his sister? At the League I can understand. But doesn’t he understand his sister was manipulated?

- The Ambassador seems weird...

- Brion just joined the Dark side...

- Where Gregor would go now?

- What M’gann team (Blue Beetle, Kid Flash, El Dorado, Wondergirl, 13 and the others) was here for? A diversion? This characters sadly seem useless this season :( è.é

- Luthor is the one who was stabbed on the back! XD

- Troia could be the next secretary? :D

- Tara was redeemed!

- Brion seems sad all alone, he isn’t made to be king :/ Jace is back? è.é

- The Amabassador was a meta? And is working with the Light? He was manipulating emotionally Brion to make him kill his uncle when Gar successed to stop him! It wasn’t his fault! :( 

- Wonderwoman, Aquaman and Miss Martian resigned? :( It’s not like Diana could have done anything in space and she tried to knock some sense in them! Feel a little unfair for me... 

- Black Lightning is the new leader? :D

- Well secrets already almost destroyed the team back in season 1...

- After Forager and Tara, Conner is also part of the Outsider!

- Conner and M’gann are back together. Again. Can we please stop this drama? And develop more the other relationships? Like Kaldur’s and Bart/Ed situation for example?

- Vic defended Cisco. Fred outed himself. Wait! Tara is in the same class than Fred and Violet? Well, she is 15 and Violet is 16 so that could make sense.

- The infinity Incorporation works for Brion now? Were they turned meta by Jace?

- Oh! It’s the café runner from season 2!

- Did you see the ring?! It’s Legion of Superheroes right? So who is this girl? Saturn Girl? Dream Girl? They come from the future right? So it’s from the alternative future Bart created when he saved the world from the Reach? Now I have a headache...

- The wait for Slobo ended like this?! Another waste of time screen and false hope to end before it even starts! Just like Artemis/Will situation...