#because she thinks they're funny

[thelonelyshore-if]

Soooooo I'm pretty sure croft is gonna hate my MC...

For Jay my MC is just sweet and slightly sarcastic but for croft i kinda wanna be a pain in the ass. Don't ask me why lol

So would they get more annoyed with a MC with a similar temperament to them or one that's a literal bucket of sunshine? 🤔

My mc for ravi is already extremely tit for tat snarky. Sooo 👀

Croft would be more annoyed by a 'bucket of sunshine' sort of MC rather than one who's a little bit of a pain. They could be won over by either, but they tend to enjoy people who can either call them on their own bullshit or dish it back out.

They know they're mean lol, they like people who can give it back to them.

And both your MC's for Jay and Ravi seem perfect haha.

[technically-human]

The infamous puppy debacle of '94

[bumblingbabooshka]

Thinking about marriage/women's rights on Vulcan Some may think that T'Pring not being allowed to divorce Spock was because he was going through the pon farr but if she were allowed to divorce him at all she probably would have done that a long time ago, confirmed by T'Pol when she's speaking with Koss, who isn't suffering from the pon farr. She says that he can choose another mate (without invoking a fight it seems: note the difference between a 'mate' and a 'challenger') and after he makes it clear that nothing she says will change his mind about marrying her, she finally threatens to declare a kal-if-fee. It's clear that Vulcan women cannot divorce/refuse to marry a man they've been betrothed to under any circumstances if A) He himself doesn't consent to ending their marriage or B) She doesn't have someone else waiting in the wings to be given to in his stead. Though, if the challenger she selects fails to win the fight, she'll have to marry her betrothed anyway unless (again) he decides he doesn't want her after the challenge. That seems like an incredibly unfair system, heavily biased towards men. SNW is an alternate universe in many obvious respects but most egregiously in that T'Pring has a lot of non-canonical agency over her relationship with Spock. It's interesting to me that Vulcan society has women in many positions of power and treats women as equal to men from what I've seen despite these laws. We don't really see Vulcans exhibiting a misogynistic attitude towards women in general but in TOS (perhaps because of its general writing style but it's still interesting to note) both Sarek and Spock take on patriarchal attitudes specifically regarding wives. Amanda says that 'of course' Sarek commands her because "he is a Vulcan and I am his wife." It's worthwhile in my eyes to note that she specifies 'wife' instead of attributing this attitude to women as a whole. Again, with TOS' writing style it wouldn't be out of place for her to say "he is a man and I am a woman." Spock, while in a pon farr induced irritation, states that it's "undignified for a woman to play servant to a man that isn't hers" - again implying that there's something specific about being a Wife in Vulcan society which is different from being a woman in general and demands subservience to a husband. This could perhaps stem from the extreme sense of ownership that Vulcan law has permitted men to have over women. A woman legally cannot point blank refuse marriage. There is no option which guarantees she won't have to marry her betrothed other than death. When T'Pau speaks of T'Pring she refers to her as being 'property' and Stonn, before being interrupted, states he's made 'the ancient claim' - we don't know what this is because he gets cut off but it's obvious they're both using the language of Vulcan law. Men are permitted true freedom to choose. If a woman wants to choose someone else to be with there is no option available to her other than the kal-if-fee which might result in the death of the one she wants to be with. And, if her lover fails, her husband can still just decide he wants to marry her and she'll be forced to. T'Pring gives two scenarios: One where Spock 'frees' her and one where he doesn't - it's still ultimately his decision which is clear when he ends the conversation with "Stonn, she is yours." This again isn't just because of the pon farr as T'Pol also goes through this. Koss can choose another mate and when the option is talked about there's no implication that this would result in any sort of fight (both by the casualness of its mention and by the fact that there's no formal word for it unlike the kal-if-fee.) Also, the fact that Koss does eventually grant T'Pol a divorce and it's all fine means that T'Pol isn't lawfully required to have another man waiting if her HUSBAND doesn't want her. It's ONLY required if SHE doesn't want her husband. Tradition must take precedence over individual desire UNLESS!!! You're a man. Then it's fine. Like, your parents might not be happy but legally you're golden.

[chiyana]

this is the stupidest crossover possible but I want Tim to make House his doctor

yes that House

why? He needs someone who is very good, will not give up or send Tim out to a different specialist just because his medical condition is difficult, will not be overly concerned about the danger Tim puts himself in, and will lie on Tim's medical records AND to Batman/Bruce Wayne/all of the Bats without hesitation or fear.

House is and will do all of those things without hesitation. He has no shame, no boundaries, he WILL get into a public fight with Bruce Wayne if it means keeping that man out of his patient's (and House's) business. He will help Tim lie to and gaslight the rest of his family without hesitation.

in exchange, Tim is his favorite patient. Not because they get along, necessarily, Tim is a know-it-all little shit and they constantly bicker and House hates how practically every facet of Tim's existence is a lie (and Tim thinks House is a smug know-it-all jackass who is needlessly cruel and callous bc he thinks the world owes him and never delivers just bc he's in pain, news flash a lot of people are in pain and manage not to be assholes) BUT, 1, Tim brings him really interesting cases and problems, and 2, Tim NEVER lies to House about his medical conditions or what he was doing when they happened.

He lies about literally almost everything else under the sun TO everyone else, but he is 100% completely upfront and honest about his medical history and what is going on with him with House.

admittedly it takes a while for House to realize Tim ISN'T lying to him because some of the shit he says is completely insane ("the vigilante thing is pretty obvious but what do you MEAN you got the Apocalypse virus TWICE, AND SURVIVED, AS A FOURTEEN-FIFTEEN YEAR OLD")

but once he realizes Tim doesn't ever lie to him, he becomes House's favorite patient because at least TIM gives him all of the data he needs as best he's able the moment he asks. At least House doesn't have to waste his time following up on bogus information or figuring out the truth, he can just get right into the meat of the medical issue at hand.

also it's so fun to lie directly to Batman's face, know the man knows, and know he can't do anything about it

[starry-bi-sky]

@megacharizardx99

I was gonna initially just leave this as a reply but I'll probably exceed the word limit, but I like this question! This is a good question :]

Honestly with it being this early on in Batman's career, and with Nightingale being the designated emergency support, I can pretty confidently say that Danny's relationship with the other Rogues ranges from neutral to dislike, and vice versa. Just by virtue of it being really early on in all of their careers and thus Rogues like Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn and stuff, haven't had the character development to otherwise be someone worth, eh, well, liking.

Nightingale's role as 'emergency only' means that he's really not seen that often. Bruce is a pretty master escape artist so for him to get in a situation that requires Danny to feel like he needs to step in is rare.

I haven't gotten Nightingale's persona completely set in stone yet, I'm still bouncing around with ideas, but the current gist I've got for him is that he's honestly pretty quiet. He's not there to engage in a fight or banter, he physically can't; he's there to aid the Batman and that usually means subterfuge, sabotage, psychological tricks, to just straight up shooting people with tranq darts depending on his mood that day.

The Nightingale posts I have here are hyperbolic and a bit exaggerated for my own amusement and entertainment, albeit still reflective of what I'm thinking of for the fic. The post this comment came from is a special case in that it was a joke idea I came up with and felt like sharing. It might show up in fic, just in a different format.

With that being said, from the POV of the Rogues, it means that the Batman has this protective little shadow that will pop up at random and either enact psychological warfare on them (distract them long enough for Batman to free himself), break their stuff (make it easier for Batman to free himself), or straight up shoot them with a tranquilizer, and you never really know which it will be until it's happening. Sometimes its all three.

Sometimes its neither of them; sometimes its him freeing Batman without ever making his presence known. One moment the Bat was trapped, the next he's not.

I don't think they even learn what his name is for a while either. He's probably just called smth like 'the Shadow' until people find out his name is Nightingale.

Safe to say though, the Rogues don't like Batman's little shadow that much, and even if he doesn't show up, he invokes this unwilling paranoia in a lot of them whenever they have him trapped. Besides, he's associated with Batman, the guy who keeps trying to stop them, that makes Nightingale a hated figure on principle.

As for Danny's opinion on the Rogues, I don't think there's any of them that he necessarily likes. Sympathizes with, sure, but not like. Folks like Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy and Babydoll fall under his 'cool motive, still murder' banner, where yeah he gets where they're coming from, but that doesn't excuse the harm they're doing. While folks like Black Mask, the Penguin, or Joker, fall under his 'what an asshole' banner, where he doesn't like them just for the obvious reasons of they're hurting people for power.

He probably likes Catwoman honestly, but her main profession is also thief not murderer so she has that going for her.

I don't think he'd have any special opinions on the other ghost characters. They're ghosts; water is wet, fork found in kitchen.

But yeah, as of the timeline right now Danny's opinion on the Rogues and vice versa are what you'd expect. He's not in the field often enough to form a relationship with any of them beyond the normal one, and considering his schtick is "you made Batman need my help" he's not particularly inclined on changing it. Child ghosts can be so protective yk, especially clingy little traumatized ones with separation anxiety.

[science-lings]

I just wonder how much the DC timeline has to be fucked around with to get Bruce to be training with David Cain at the same time that Cass is being trained so he can get her early and break all of that assholes bones

[cometblaster2070]

so guess what i will never not be emotional about the fact that faybelle and briar are sworn enemies because of their story and whatever whatever faybelle's the villain and all nobody cares BUT part of faybelle playing the role of the dark fairy in sleeping beauty is that people forget to invite her to parties and hangouts and whatever and it really really hurts her feelings.

HOWEVER a point must be added that people do typically forget to invite her to events with the exception of BRIAR who generally tries her best to keep faybelle in mind and ensure that faybelle doesn't feel left out because despite the whole destiny and 'oh you're my villain' nonsense briar clearly cares a lot for faybelle and though she might not admit it faybelle cares tremendously for briar as well.

anyways haha can you tell i was watching epic winter and rereading the books.

[hopeswriting]

daily life arc miura haru. does anyone know who i'm talking about. do you guys remember her. i still can't believe what happened to her 😔

[eelclaw]

stupid fucking bastard. i am not coping with the leaks

[theaceace]

imagining a world in which Simon agreed to go with Edwin and try to escape hell, imagining Simon developing an immediate and very inadvisable crush on the cute guy that just threw a grenade at a demon and Edwin's reaction to that, imagining the reaction of Charles Overprotective Rowland when he finds out that the guy Edwin insists on dragging along with them is one of the guys that sacrificed him to a demon in the first place, imagining the Night Nurse's face when three dead boys pop back through the door instead of two

[qoldenskies]

Picturing how devastating it would be for vDonnie to realize they have a human friend, April, who they’ve adopted into their family. They claim to not believe that he’s their brother, using that as the reason to dismiss him the way they do, but then don’t seem to even care about the technicality of it when it comes to her regardless. That’s not fair! She’s not even a turtle! He’s the real one! He’s real! If they would just-

So I'm SUPERRR curious as to what that whole situation is gonna look like, like... once they're all cool

i dont think he would compare their experiences as being "outcasts" brought into the family to feel angry and jealous, just because there's this stupid delusional part of himself that thinks if he just keeps pushing and pushing that they'll let him in. he'll earn their respect. they'll care about him if he just makes enough of a scene. even when he's furious with them, or terrified of them, or hopeless and in despair-- he never thinks to stop. this is all that he has, and it's what's keeping him going. their perception of him as "parasocial and delusional" actually does have legs, the reason is just really sad (he makes himself into the villain and them into the heroes knowingly, but in a lot of ways that's because they were his childhood heroes. the source of comfort he leaned onto and fantasized about at the bottom of the dumpster or in a ditch. and that really influences the way he looks at them, even when he's combative and rude and standoffish there's this... blind reverence. he's learned they'll never come to save him, so this is the best he has).

if anything he might see the fact that april's with them, and essentially a piece of their family in a way, to be a good sign. as suspicious as the whole thing sounds (they can just??? befriend humans???), it's proof that they dont have to see him as their biological brother to care. if anything, it'd fill his big dumb heart with even more hope and excitement... poor kid

ngl i could see him having a "how did you get them to love you" talk with her even before the "adoption" omg that's so SAD.... april thinks she's in a regular hostage situation when he kidnaps her, which is the case, but then he just drops that atomic bomb of angst into her lap. and she's super pissed off about the kidnapping but she also lowkey feels too bad to beat him up LOL

^^^ this is especially because i dont think their relationship would be all that negative! it might be the most positive before mikey's behavior starts to shift, just because unless he's getting in the way of her attempting to be a normal functional person, she's usually pretty excited to fight him, and that goes both ways because someone is happy to see him and she's not physically stronger than him (unlike his brothers, who very much are, especially because they're eating more than he is and training more regularly + they have mystic powers).

i could see them having a funny dynamic actually, like he kicks down the door of the place she's working with a big fuckoff evil death ray and she's like "BRO NOT RIGHT NOW I AM TRYING TO KEEP MY JOB CAN YOU GO AWAY" and he's like "oh okay later sorry 👍" and he spends the next 20 minutes repairing the door before leaving politely. the bros are confused by how the fuck this works because he never leaves THEM alone, but that's because he's not like,, fixated on april like that. it paves the way for them to have a pretty good and healthy friendship later.

[rexonalapis]

it is very telling that average genshin players cannot comprehend seeing an actual mature, qualified leader that is actually good at taking her job seriously after meeting archons who either is still childish, clowning whimsically, or straight up incompetent.

[kris-mage-fics]

Allow me to present this gorgeous magazine cover of Chase and Kyrahlise I commissioned from @javs-arts! I love it so much! <3

[longagoitwastuesday]

This is about Hindley:

«After a short suspense it was opened by a tall, gaunt man, without neckerchief, and otherwise extremely slovenly; his features were lost in masses of shaggy hair that hung on his shoulders; and his eyes, too, were like a ghostly Catherine’s, with all their beauty annihilated».

And this is about Heathcliff:

«a tall man dressed in dark clothes, with dark face and hair. He leant against the side, and held his fingers on the latch, as if intending to open for himself. “Who can it be?” I thought. “Mr. Earnshaw?”»

Heathcliff is the character most often described as tall (and altogether big), with Hindley also being described as tall, as well as Linton, Heathcliff’s son, being said he was tall for his age (which is fitting).

I find so juicy that Heathcliff and Hindley look somewhat alike, at least structure-wise, enough to make Nelly think for one moment Heathcliff could have been him, and scratch the idea because no, that's not Hindley's voice. You resemble the man who destroyed you. It goes both ways. His child looks like his sister. One could think it was her child instead. A stranger will think the boy your son. You'll smile at the irony.

[swan2swan]

So, what happened to Yaz's stuff?

She was living on a campus where at least one person got eaten alive, her phone isn't being answered, she was last seen getting into a vehicle that's at the bottom of the lake, and no bodies were found.

Do they move her stuff out of the dorm?

Is it considered a crime scene because the DPW got exposed a few days later and the suspicious disappearance of the Nublar Five and the deaths around them mean she might have been the target of a hit, or an accomplice? Bowman was a former DPW worker, after all.

Is her laptop in a forensics lab? Are all her clothes vacced up in bags after being checked for dinosaur samples and hair? Are all her notebooks and sketches filed in cabinets after being combed for clues? Or did her roommate just throw them out?

[drinkingdeadpeopletea]

it is so so funny to go back and rewatch the zahra and kash episodes of the original stream with their tlovm characterizations fresh in my mind. in tlovm zahra is like "ugh vox machina 🙄🙄 the twins stole my prize 🙄🙄 vex isn't as hot and charming as she thinks 🙄🙄" and in the stream anytime after her literal first episode she's like "hi vox machina 🥰🥰 hi vex 🥰🥰" and they're all like "HI ZAHRA 🥺🥺🥺🥺" and then she's instantly grabbing her staff to help them kill four dragons.