#balidance

[aproseofroses]

Leah got casted as Annabeth and the fucking Ku Klux Klan infiltrated the fandom....

[greek-sunflower]

Chasing Sunshine ☀️

Interactive Blog featuring a mix of characters from Epic the Musical and similar works! Some completely original, others are interpretations of existing characters!

Rules:

While I cannot promise this blog will always be entirely SFW, please don't go overboard with spicy content! We like some, just not constant spice.

Keep in mind there is a real person with a life behind the blog. Replies might sometimes be slow, have good manners, etc.

I am open to trying lots of things as far as ships and such, just ask me! I don't always reply right away but I try my best!

Please do not be afraid to send asks (specify who for if that's needed!) or do art of my characters (respectfully)

Main Blog: @sparrowatheart

Out of Character, I am Sparrow! I am an adult, I use they/them pronouns. I use Hashtags to sort my content. If you want to see more of my Original Characters, check out #SparrowatHeartOC (most of them are also featured on my writers blog, @sparrowswritingnest ) or if you would like to see more of my art, check out #Sparrowatheartart

Featured Characters:

(This list may change or be updated as I see fit!)

Kharmion Angelea (Pinterest / More Info)

Kharmion is four years younger than Odysseus. They have been close with both Polites and Odysseus since the group were kids. They are the child of the most influential farmer in Ithaca and a nymph. They area devoted follower of Apollo since they were a child. They are fiercely loyal to both their Odysseus and Apollo. They were asked to join the army who went to Troy by Polites and Odysseus personally. They area medic aboard the lead ship in the fleet. They are also an excellent archer and very capable with a dagger.

Theodosia (Pinterest)

Theodosia is a nymph who has her own little Island, much like Circe and Calypso... only she is significantly more relaxed. She has a good relationship with some of the gods... but mostly with Poseidon. She is an Oceanid, after all. She may have helped Odysseus out at one point without knowing about the conflict between him and Poseidon.

Kostas Balides (Pinterest)

Kostas is a palace guard, only a about three years older than Telemachus. They are a Hermes Devotee. Their family has served Odysseus' family for a long time, helping out around the palace. Kostas took up being a guard. But when the Suitors started coming around, Kostas plotted with the Queen to pretend to be one. Her eyes and ears within the suitors. Kostas also vowed that they would protect Telemachus whenever they could. The balance is delicate between blowing their cover and protecting the Prince. There was also discussion at one point of Kostas completing very special training to be able to string Odysseus' old bow, just in case the worst scenario happened.

Others Featured:

Poseidon 🔱🌊

Hestia ❤️‍🔥

[lettersfrombeyondthegrave]

The worst thing ever of a big fandom is you hating shit because of normal reasons and others hating shit that makes no sense and CAN be redirected to just them being racist or some shit

[bored-cop-man]

Baldi angst becuz why not

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PNTL Detein Joven Na’in-tolu Foti Sarani Sira-nia Motór Estasiona iha Igréja Balide

Hatutan.com, (08 Janeiru 2025), Díli– Komandu Polísia Nasional Timor-Leste (PNTL), Departamentu Servisu Informasaun Polísia (DSIP),  Tersa (07/01/2025), kaptura joven mane na’in-tolu ne’ebé sai suspeitu bá kazu foti sarani sira-nia motór ne’ebé estasiona  iha área Igréja Balíde, Díli. Continue reading PNTL Detein Joven Na’in-tolu Foti Sarani Sira-nia Motór Estasiona iha Igréja Balide

[greek-sunflower]

A familiar presence approaches behind the Queen gazing out at the waves.. and they make themself known by clearing their throat.

Standing some distance behind her is Kostas, a young individual who is about three years older than her son. Their family served Odysseus' family for many generations, and Kostas was the newest.

Though with the trying times, the promising Palace Guard had plotted alongside her to be her eyes and ears amongst the suitors.. by pretending to be one of them.

Their loyalty to her had never shifted, though. They had remained undercover, at her side. Protecting her and the Prince to the best of their abilities.

"..Your Majesty? ..Why are you all the way out here..?"

Open Starter: A widow, or a woman in sorrow?

Penelope stood on the shores of Ithaca, watching the waves come and go. The last time she stood here was when her husband's ships could be seen. Before the storm took him from her gaze.

Far too many believed him dead, even his own mother. The poor woman gave herself to the sea in hopes to see her son, despite Penelope's pleas.

She sighed; the thought of her husband truly gone weighed upon her very soul. She knew her dear Odysseus was still out there, somewhere. But the words of the suitors, of her people, of her own family, made her doubt it sometimes.

Would she truly see her other half once more?

(Taglist, as always, ask to be added or removed)

@an-ithacan-princess

[phoenixkaptain]

I just want to say that the repeated mentions of Tim being like Bruce - Dick telling Tim that “you’re more like Bruce than I ever was” and even things as small as the other members of Young Justice assuming that Batman is literally Robin’s dad - mean so much to me because like-

Tim is so similar to Bruce. They are both rich kids, only childs, people like them but they never let anyone truly know them. Tim’s deductive ability is so often likened to Bruce’s, and even his combat prowess or leadership skills are more often compared to Bruce’s than Jason’s or Dick’s. Despite being Robin, and the third one at that, Tim really takes being the Batman of the group to an entirely new level with just how much he really is like Batman.

And that’s why they work so well together! Tim and Bruce are so similar, but they’re fundamentally different! Bruce is afraid to get hurt again, afraid to feel connections to other people, afraid of revealing his emotional vulnerability. Tim is afraid of disappointing people, afraid to fail to rise to the standards other people set for him, afraid of revealing that he isn’t as calm as he appears on the outside. Bruce and Tim both begin fighting crime out of love, a love so strong that it would lead either of them to give up their lives for that love, but Bruce does so out of a love for Gotham City and his parents and the legacy they represent to him while Tim does so out of a love for Gotham City and Robin and Batman.

Their partnership is built on their similarities, but it’s improved by their differences. Tim is softer than Bruce. He wants to trust people, he doesn’t enjoy making lists of ways to kill all of his friends. He tries to talk, to draw things out, to banter, while Bruce is more straightforward. Which, honestly, being more subtle than Bruce is a talent in its own right, ngl

Tim is described a lot as the perfect Robin. And, I can’t help but feel like yeah, he is. The writers really made this character perfect for Bruce specifically. Tim is a person who understands what Bruce wants him to do, even if he doesn’t always understand why. Tim cares about Bruce, both Bruce Wayne and Batman, and that care knocks down a lot of Bruce’s walls. Tim wants to fight crime with his friends and enjoy himself, but he also has his main goal which is to protect Bruce, especially from Bruce himself.

And it’s a two-way street. Bruce knows Tim so well. Like, I can’t even begin to describe how well Bruce can read Tim. He can tell that Tim’s care is sincere, and he wants to reciprocate that care. He trusts Tim, on such a deep, foundational level, and he trusts that if Tim lies to him, then Tim has a balid reason for doing so. He’s protective of Tim, even more than Tim is protective of him (for obvious reasons), but he’s also proud of Tim. He’s proud of how Tim can work with people and how Tim can handle his own and how Tim can solve cases.

Bruce and Tim are such a dynamic duo, literally. The understanding they have of each other is amazing. The trust they have in each other. The care. Bruce treats Tim like his son, and Tim honestly treats Bruce like his dad, even while Tim’s birth dad is still alive. These two are great together, they work so well together, they fit each other almost perfectly because Tim was literally made to be perfectly suited for Batman.

And, of course, there is an obsession there. Tim’s obsession with Batman runs deep. He would almost certainly make a great Batman, no matter how you look at it, because he has moments where he reaches that ability to be threatening. Of the times I know that he played Batman, he didn’t do a bad job. He’s intimidating and frightening and he manages to have his cape pulled around himself so he’s just a shape, just like Bruce does, and that’s mostly because he also literally does that same thing as Robin. Tim prefers to be Robin, because he prefers to be partnered with someone else.

(To be completely honest, I think Tim’s first choice of who he would want to be paired with at any given moment is almost certainly Dick. Dude loves that guy. I haven’t seen if Batman Dick and Robin Tim interact in those respective roles, but Tim is almost equally made to be Nightwing’s Robin. Bruce is his second choice though, definitely.)

I have to assume the obsession goes both ways, because the story is a lot more interesting if it does. Bruce is protective of Tim, even as he trusts Tim with the fate of the entire planet. His protectiveness of Tim is funny, actually, because he doesn’t mind Tim fighting gods but he does mind Tim showing the other members of Young Justice his face. (I mean, I get that one of the members is named Impulse, but Bart himself said that Batman gave him that name, so I feel like Bruce bringing it up as a detractor is just a bit hypocritical)

All the times we see Batman with Tim in the Young Justice run, Batman is pretty chill. Like, during the Sins of Youth storyline, when Bruce is Robin and Tim is Batman, Bruce seems totally cool with it. He doesn’t seem worried about Tim messing up. His comments on Tim talking to much read more to me as banter than actual criticisms. Bruce trusts Tim to be Batman, and I find that both sweet and a bit funny for a variety of reasons.

We see Batman get mad when Arrowette says the Justice League doesn’t understand any of the Young Justice members, although even then he just glares at her, he doesn’t say anything. Bruce is like “Yes, I know I don’t understand the majority of human interaction, what of it?” Batman doesn’t say much during that whole comic, actually? Like, he shows up with the rest of the Justice League and he taunts Tim (literally like someone taunting a child pfft) but he doesn’t actually seem to think they won’t pull through? He makes a quip about them being late getting back, but it doesn’t go anywhere, it was him teasing Robin, why was he even here?

(I like to think he kind of hoped Young Justice would disban so he could take Tim back. He obviously wants Tim around, he implies as much in the World Without Grownups arc, and he obviously enjoys Tim’s company, he seems to genuinely enjoy fighting crime with Tim, even when their roles are switched, and he lets Tim talk to Oracle all the time (he definitely could have cut that connection off if he really wanted to make it difficult for Tim during that whole bet thing) Like, Bruce believes that Tim is capable, I think he’s like Wonder Woman and thinks that the others (coughImpulseandSuperboycough) are bad influences. He is taking his boy wonder and leaving to get him good influences, like Nightwi- oh, wait, no, yeah, let’s let him hang out with Impulse and Superboy-)

This turned into a ramble about Young Justice, but I can’t help it!!! I really, REALLY wish that Batman had gone to the parent-teacher conference. Like, Nightwing showing up was wonderful on so many levels, but can you imagine?? Batman?? Dealing with Bonnie King-Jones??? Like, I think if he ever met her he would break the no-killing rule, full-stop, no hesitation. I want to know how the parent-teacher conference would have gone if Batman was there. I think it would have been mostly awkward silence while Batman lurked in the shadows and Red Tornado didn’t understand why everyone was so nervous, like, it’s just talking about what time he should feed their kids, why are you guys sweating-?

I love Tim and Bruce’s relationship. They’re so codependent. I don’t know if Bruce could ever not hold the next Robins up to Tim’s standard. Like, Damian trying to kill Tim makes a lot of sense if you look at it as Damian viewing the situation as “there only needs to be one Robin, and if there is a Tim to be compared to, I will lose.” Dick and Jason were great as Robin, but neither of them were Robin during the period of time in the nineties and early 2000s where Batman got a lot edgier and needed an edgier boy to be Robin. Dick was perfect for the 50s through to at least the 70s, and Jason was probably just fine too (still haven’t read Jason comics hrnng) but Tim fits Bruce perfectly because he was made for the more modern vision of Batman as a character.

Tim is a dweeb and a nerd, just like Dick before him, do not think that he isn’t, but he really works as a balance for Bruce. He was introduced to be that equilibrium, and he fulfills that role.

Tim and Bruce work so well together because they’re just on slightly different sides of a spectrum. They’re so close to being too similar, but they’re dissimilar enough that reading their dynamic is engaging and interesting. Tim really just is the Robin I understand people mistaking for Bruce’s blood kid, y’know? Before Damian, I mean. I feel like the Justice League members met Tim and went “whoa, shit, Batman knocked someone up, holy-“ The Young Justice members continuously genuinelybelieve that Batman is Robin’s dad (which makes it a lot funnier, because if he was Tim’s dad, Tim would essentially be saying: “my dad made me do this and won’t let me do this and to make things worse, my DAD moved us out!” Like, why would he just randomly mention who the subject of the conversation was again at such a pointed time? I understand that Superboy and Bart were not paying attention to him, but it’s just really funny to think that Tim would talk in such a strange way?) I like to think that Dick does not help matters, and instead goes out of his way to worsen them, because Dick is always the one telling Tim that he’s doing great and that he’s so similar to Bruce (he means it as a compliment, like Tim isn’t making the mistakes he thinks he’s making because he, just like Batman, just is unlikely to make mistakes) so I think Dick definitely tells his friends that Robin is Batman’s kid because it’s funny-

And this has gone from rambling about Young Justice to writing fanfiction mid-post, I should really stop while I’m ahead.

All in all, to sum it up, TLDR: Tim was made to be the best Robin specifically for Bruce as Batman. That’s why they work in harmony, but are ultimately entirely different instruments.

[greek-sunflower]

Kostas and Telemachus sketch 😋

[inkandarsenic]

911 8x12 Disconnected reactions:

MADDIEEEE she looks so good

oh no we are. Hallucinating????

No. Dreaming??

Ah yes. The trauma nightmares

Jee is so cute

Ah yes. The Buckley Siblings and Refusing To Take Time To Heal

oh no EDDIE IN EL PASOOOOOO

goddddd GO HOME EDMUNDO

“Like home” NO

“It’s not exactly turnkey” oh you mean the house Buck told you was run down was… run down??

“Your Captain says you’ll always have a job waiting for you” Bobby thank god for you

wait ok so if the Captain is on board with hiring…?

“The salad place around the corner, four of us got listeria” “oh no I loved that place” “oh I still go” Josh please

Maddie is Queen of the Pressure Cooker

ARE THE 118 ACTUALLY GOING TO FIGHT A FIRE?????

oh no her vocal cords are still healingggggg

oh Maddie baby

Laryngitis? Mental block? It looks to me like she was talking more than usual since healing, and her vocal cords just kinda gave out but idk

CHRIS. CHRIS. OUR BABY IS BACK

oh the ps5

Helena Diaz WHEN I CATCH YOU

STOP TRYJNG TO KEEP CHRIS FROM HIS DAD

“Oh the leak, oh there’s no ac” SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UPPPPP

“He thinks you have the coolest job of all the dads” THANK YOU RAMON FOR TELLING US CHRIS STILL THINKS EDDIE JS COOL

your wife though she can fuck RIHHT OFF

Oh Maddie losing her voice is a mental block.

“She took my voice” Maddie my poor baby

FACETIME WITH BUCKKKKK

hiring freeze? Fuck me.

WAIT HES GONNA COME BACK ALREADY???

Oh. No.

“Court will resume shortly” I FULL THOUGHT MY TV SWITCHED CHANNELS ON ME

HEY THATS CHUCK FROM SPN

SIR. YOU ARE GOING TO COURT FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A BALID LICENSE AND YOU ANSWER THE COURT VIDEO CALL WHILE DRIVING????

SIR

HE ALMOST DROVE OFF THE FLOOR ENTIRELY???? Jesus

“Someone’s garlic knots are gonna be late” HEN PLEASE

BUCKK. IN HARNESS.

he looks SO GOOD

SIR. YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE

“Leave me” SIR. SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND GET MOVING

sir. you were ATHENAS CAR JUST EXPLODED BECAUSE THIS ASSHOLES CAR LANDED ON TOP OF IT THANK GOD SHE WASNT IN IT

awwww chim doing physical therapy with Maddie they are so cute I love them

yes get therapy Maddie sweetie you’ve been TRAUMATIZED

Eddieeeee

He’s trading his truck in for a PRIUS?? Eddie. This is a new low.

Uber Driver Eddie.

why is he introducing himself as Edmundo so much this episode?

Eddie. Babe. Stop talking.

Eddie. Babe. Did you lie to everyone?

Oh god he lied because Chris said he had the coolest job didn’t he?

Thank god for this girl giving Eddie tips he needed them

I feel like this energy drink might not be best but maybe I’m just too used to things going wrong in 9oh no

Oh nooooo

HE PICKED UP CHRIS AND HIS FRIENDDDD

He took down the picture he had up of Chris😭😭

SORRY THEY HUST IGNORED EACH OTHER???

Eddie. Listen to Buck. Talk to your son.

Aww Athena giving Maddie a pep talk

a mom talk, if you will, that is her son’s sister

“I’m not you.” “Girl nobody is” Athena please😂 we love the confidence

Maddie and Jee at the park

Where’s jee

WHERE IS JEE YUN

WHERE IS JEE

oh thank god

JEEE BABY DONT DO THAT TO US

also yay for Maddie’s mom fear overpowering her trauma fear

Chris is LEAVING EDDIE ON READ????

Oh. Hi Chris

Chris always taking an uber to get places alone

CHRIS. WANTS TO RETURN THE PS5???? STOP. MY HEART. THE WAY EDDIES FACE JUST COLLAPSED

YOU NEED TO SAVE YOUR MONEY IF YOURE GONNA STICK AROUND????

YEAH YOURE MY DAD????

HES OROUD OF HIS DADDFFDD

EDDIE AND CHRIS HUG

MADDIE GOT HER BOICW BACK

[thatonelesbianfander]

Remus would unironically listen to the You’re Mine Balid Basics song, you can not convince me otherwise

[bored-cop-man]

Baldi angst becuz why not

[shyleekyra]

evrenin neresinde oldugunu bile bilmedigim ama her hafta min 2 kez rüyalarima giren şahsi adamimla nerde karsılascagımı overthinklemeye gidiyorum ki bu gece balide tatilde oldugumuzu göreyim..

[swimminginyokohamasrivers]

oopsie daisies! that was supposed to be an anon ask :3 but what if they were bullying me first?? they told me to choke on a hot cheeto and die

what do your ideals say about bullying little kids on roblox? :3

Bullying is never right! I'm unfamiliar with 'roblox', but I assure you, that is a most inappropriate behaviour for a member of the armed detective agency! That contradicts with everything I stand for.

[concretejungle-forum]

Est-ce que le forum est résa aux adultes parce qu'il faut écrire du +18 / hot pour s'y intégrer...?

Bonsoir !

Le forum est réservé à un public majeur parce qu'on y aborde des thèmes qui ne sont pas appropriés pour des mineurs. Nous estimons logique de ne pas pousser des adolescents·es à interagir avec des adultes qu'iels ne connaissent pas et trouvons plus éthiques qu'iels n'aient pas accès au forum. Si la sexualité est un sujet qui peut apparaître sur le forum, Concrete Jungle n'est absolument pas centré sur le smut / les sujets 'hot'. Tous les films et jeux vidéos déconseillés aux moins de 18 ans n'ont pas forcément un caractère sexuel, il en est de même pour Concrete Jungle. Il n'est pas du tout nécessaire d'aborder ces thèmes pour trouver des partenaires d'écriture, loin de là !!

De plus, conformément à notre règlement, les sujets spicy (ou violent, ou gore, ou tout ce qui peut heurter la sensibilité de quelqu'un) sont : soit une balise 'trigger warning' floutante, soit carrément sous une balide 'hide'. Tous les trigger warnings sont affichés en début de sujet et réitérés quand nécessaire en début de post, afin que personne ne lise un truc qui ne lui convient pas par accident.

Vraiment, pas d'inquiétude là-dessus 🥰

CJ n'est donc pas un forum 'hot' et s'il est réservé aux adultes, c'est parce que c'est plus approprié, selon nous, de ne pas mélanger des membres majeurs·es et mineurs·es.

Si tu veux en savoir plus sur notre vision des choses, tu peux lire le sujet "notre ethos" qui fait le tour de notre façon de gérer la communauté 📌

Bonne soirée, en espérant te voir chez nous si tu es rassuré·e, tu vas voir on est bien ❤️‍🔥

[hyunsvngs]

HYUNJINS UNDERCUT!!! I'm going to pass away

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VALID SO BALID WHST TE CU

♡ juno