#argent and jericho my beloved

[ghostbsuter]

I'm on the writing grind, you can see that I just finished rewatching the Teen Titans (2003).

Edit: Here is some art I did for Titan!Phantom

.・゜-: ✧ :-

(The end is near.)

Gripping the communicator, the bright yellow case with a cartoonish 'T' on top glared back at him.

(The portal was growing.)

He presses the button, the communicator switches on and he calls out.

"Phantom to Titans, do you hear me? Phantom to Titans."

The crackling sound came as a sign of connection, It didn't take any heavy weight off, however.

"Robin here, Phantom? Everything alright?" The soothing voice of Teen Titans leader answers him, and he suppresses a sigh.

"Robin," he bites his lip, the portal only growing.

The ghost zone is eating Amity and all just because fucking Vlad couldn't, for one ancient time, sit still.

"I—" a deep breath. "I'm sorry," he apologises with a wince. "You're gonna be really angry at me when you... find out."

Concern leaks through the voice as Robin speaks. "Phantom? What's going on?"

Thr screen on the communicator switches on and Robins brow knitted expression stares back at him.

It quickly changes, alarmed. "Phantom." The vigilante says. "Is Amity Park okay? Do you need backup?"

Always on the right track, dear leader. Danny shakes his head fondly.

"It's too late for backup," he admits quietly.

"Phan—"

"Just tell new members of me, okay?"

Danny doesn't let the other finish, giving a bitter smile before throwing the communicator on the ground, breaking it.

The familiar yet threatening green of the ghost zone welcomes him.

—

"Titans! Emergency call, Phantom got a situation!"

The bright red lights is enough for the rest of the team to flood to the common room.

"Rob?" Cyborg asks. "What's the situation?"

"We don't know!" The bird answers, stressed. He's pulling the audio and video recording of the call up to the monitor, replaying it for the team.

They don't figure it out until they are at Amity, landing with the jet and jumping from their seats.

Raven and Starfire fly ahead, and they all reach the border of Amity.

Or what of Amity remains.

Because–

The entire city is gone—!!

Complete annihilation.

(When robin finds out who did this, he will have words with them.)

"Robin," Raven waves them all over to her side. She's crouching, hand in a sphere of black, her magic. "Amity wasn't destroyed. It was relocated."

Her expression is grim. "Someone abducted a whole city."

All he does is nod, looking at the team before him.

"Someone call Herald, Titans, we got work to do. Our mission is to find Amity Park, Phantom, and save both." With sombre nods, they prepared for take off.

"Titans! Go!"

And they separate.

[bitimdrake]

Who would you consider the core members of the Titans? So far I have Dick, Donna, Roy, Wally, Garth, Cyborg, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy, Jericho & Terra but I’m so incredibly paranoid that I’m forgetting somebody T-T I’m trying to make a future state AU of all of them and write abt where I think their lives would’ve led if dc ever let them age up to their 30s and I don’t want to miss anyone. What do you think, did I miss anyone? I tried to look at the wiki for titans members but it’s so confusing or maybe I’m just dumb ;-;

The Titans are an often rotating group and you will drive yourself crazy trying to find them all. It is indeed confusing, and I don't think the wiki truly has a good list (every one I've seen misses people, includes people I would not personally count, or both!). The core members are debatable, but I would go for the original five and the original New Teen Titans line up--which is the first 9 you've listed up there.

Honestly Joey and Tara probably wouldn't even be considered core members, even if Joey is my beloved boy and Terra is iconic, but you can absolutely include them! If you want to expand that little bit outwards, I'd also consider throwing in Mal and Karen, and Lilith, none of whom have been consistent mainstays in the modern years, but who are old enoguh to just have a lot of appearances as they go in and out of the team.

Listen. If the Titans themselves are reviewing all their past members and checking on everyone, you're looking at well over 50 people, many very obscure. If you're looking for the true core-core members and the most iconic, I think you've got them.

But honestly, man, who do you want to write about? Do you like the New Titans and want to really dig in to grab Hawk and Dove, and Danny Chase, and Red Star, or, hell, Kole? Do you like the 90s series and Argent and Jesse Quick? Rose? Grant? Are there Rebirth Titans I don't know that you're excited to get into? Or do you want to keep it simple, to people you've already listed and know, and not stress yourself out trying to capture everyone important from a 60 year history when it doesn't spark joy?