#best of bs

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hey now, Let her cook!

[cuubism]

i feel like dream in human aus is usually characterized as being more stoic and stern while hob is more easygoing, but i think it would be funny to have a university au where hob is the professor who's like "no work is deserving of 100%. find 27 more sources and do it again" while dream is just like "they put their dreams into it, hob 🥺 A+! A+! A+! A+!"

[sleepy-writes-stuff]

DP X DC PROMPT #27

(Time for something a little more lighthearted/found family. Could probably also make this a crack prompt instead.)

(#) = Notes at the end of post

(*) = Just me building off of other ideas.

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Visitation Rights

When Danny went to list Dani/Ellie as his heir after she'd come back from her years of traveling the world, he was quickly informed that he already had one in line for the thrown.

"What? Since when?!"

The pretentious, floating eyeball looked like he wanted to be anywhere else other than here, providing information to King Phantom, but explained anyway.

"The day you officially achieved royal status, you permanently linked your being to the Infinite Realms. When this happened, however, a child was in the process of being created with the assistance of ectoplasmic runoff that's been leaking into the mortal world for centuries. As a result of your power being incorporated into the Realms at such a time, this human child retained an imprint of your core signature. The Infinite Realms itself has recognized this child as your offspring. Your... other offspring has yet to be recognized in such a way and would therefore be considered your second heir once claimed."

Danny stared at the Observant with wide, blank eyes that were slowly filling with dread and panic.

"Why are you just telling me this now?? My coronation was over a decade ago!" He held his face in his hands and gave a horrified groan at what he just learned.

"If you really wanted that clone as your heir, I'm afraid it's too late to change it-"

Danny's head shot back up with a snarl and furious green eyes.

"That's not what I'm upset about you walking cataracts! Eleven years! I've missed eleven years of this kid's life!! How could you think I-"

At a loss for words, he growled deep in his chest. Deep enough that it echoed throughout the halls and rattled the floors.

"Who is this kid, and where can I find them?"

Once given the information and learning of the child's other parental figures, he gets to work. A few weeks later, he appears in the home office of a well-known billionaire with a stack of papers that he promptly slams onto the desk in front of the startled man. (1)

"I demand visitation rights to our son, Damian Wayne."

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(1) Danny actually visited Talia first to get visitation rights. Needless to say, that didn't go very well. He's still got a couple knives floating around in his chest cavity because of it.

(*) ALSO! I'm not sure how this lines up with the DC/Batman timeline. All I figured out is that if Danny waited to be crowned until after he graduated college as an astrophysicist, which take 5 to 7 years, he'd be about 36 years old when he finds out about Damian. Bruce would be about 41, so the age gap is only 5 years. If y'all wanna make this Danny/Bruce, go ahead!

[whitebookposts]

We all heard of crack-ships. But what about crack-FRIENDships? I think Oro and Lemm would have a very interesting dynamic as an unlikely friends duo. Just two old men talking trash about everyone else together like two teenage girls

(transcript under the cut)

panel 1: Oro: Lemm, a question. As a friend to a friend. Lemm: M? panel 2: Oro: That Quirrel fellow... are you and him- panel 3: Lemm: I do not like where this question is going, so I'll say this: me and Quirrel are nothing more than colleagues, at BEST. While it's true I tolerate him more than most bugs here, it is born out of appreciation for his skills and knowledge, NOTHING MORE.

panel 4: Oro: ... Young Sheo, in Oro's memory: I- I just appreciate Hegemol's strength and skill, that's all!

panel 5: Oro: MHM. Lemm: DON'T "MHM" ME!

[absurdumsid]

splish sploosh badsansuary day 4 !!

silly lil doodle coz i wasnt feelin very well oug

[abyssal-ilk]

considering vivienne, dorian, and solas' dynamic in a pro-templar inquisition with an inquisitor who is extremely anti-mage is fascinating to me. especially since dorian is the only one of the three who has the option to leave– solas must remain to regain his orb and vivienne cannot risk losing any more political/social standing than she already has for her own safety and the safety of the remaining loyalist mages. solas is invaluable with his knowledge on the fade and otherwise makes himself small and unnoticeable, but vivienne doesn't have the ability to do that– and more than that, she has built herself up her entire life to do the exact OPPOSITE of that.

it's a very interesting mix of solas keeping to the sidelines to hopefully avoid conflict until he can get what he needs to further his own goals, dorian's refusal to back down in the face of anyone and his pride potentially putting him at risk to the point of being removed from the inquisition altogether, and vivienne needing to remain in the good graces of the inquisitor while simultaneously using her skills in negotiation and manipulation to keep the inquisitor from turning their templars onto the few mages who remain. spinning them in my brain

[crnl-chicken-tots]

They take after their parents in a lot of ways.

[tsams-and-co-memes]

Was thinking about Round One of the whole,,, Mimic horse shit situation (/lh), and had a stupid thought

How are these crusty ass grippers

Supposed to fit inside Eclipse's tiny little tippy tappers

The SHOE SIZE is so wildly different between them, like. Holy shit, dude. I know it's vrchat and we have to use our imaginations to fill in the gaps sometimes, but. Jsksksk. Trying to comprehend how tf Mimic was supposed to completely take over Eclipse's body. He can change his height and stature and whatnot, since that's what mimics are canonically capable of doing, but of all things, I don't think he can change his FOOT SIZE

[acecroft]

DINA MEYER as Detective Allison Kerry in Saw III (2006)

[allimili]

Frustration...or Tiredness?

[intramoon]

Celeste Orouke ⤷ wednesday's ex-fiancée, drew's aunt, violinist, sharp tongue, "blue-eyed devil"

[mollywog]

almost 2 weeks out from Sunrise on the Reaping, what are your thoughts on the book??

Thank you for the ask nonny!

I’ve currently got the SOTR tags blocked while I try to sort my feelings, but let’s just say I’m frustrated.

“Oh but Molly, you’re just upset because your headcanons were wrong”

I’m upset because the character we, the readers, (as well as Katniss and Peeta for that matter!) thought we understood and trusted was all an… act?… an outright lie?

There's only one way Haymitch could have won, and Peeta says it just as I'm reaching this conclusion myself.

"He outsmarted the others," says Peeta.

Oh my loves, but how wrong you are…

Sunrise on the Reaping Critical under the cut

Let’s talk about the 2nd Quarter Quell Recap from Catching Fire

Haymitch's name is called last of all. It's more of a shock to see him than my mother. Young. Strong. Hard to admit, but he was something of a looker. His hair dark and curly, those gray Seam eyes bright and, even then, dangerous.

Dangerous? I guess?

Also including this to remind y’all of what Haymitch looks like, since he doesn’t really bother to mention it. There’s a decent amount of discussion about the difference in Merchant class vs Seam, but suddenly we seem to be shying from discussing skin tones?…

Whatever, moving on

"So, Haymitch, what do you think of the Games having one hundred percent more competitors than usual?" asks Caesar.

Haymitch shrugs. "I don't see that it makes much difference. They'll still be one hundred percent as stupid as usual, so I figure my odds will be roughly the same."

The audience bursts out laughing and Haymitch gives them a half smile. Snarky. Arrogant. Indifferent.

"He didn't have to reach far for that, did he?" I say.

Snarky. Arrogant. Indifferent. and according to Sunrise Haymitch- completely an act! But… that’s what we see in the trilogy, so… is his personality through the first three books all an act as well? One that not even Peeta sees through?

24 years of drinking have made his curated interview persona his real personality… chalk it up to literary irony or something… I guess

But what she doesn't know, and what he does, is that the ax will return. And when it flies back over the ledge, it buries itself in her head.

Meanwhile

Perhaps that Capitol-loving, rule-abiding, snot-green-wearing Career will be afraid to follow me beyond the established boundaries of the arena.

…

My knees, already on the verge of giving way, fold like wet cardboard and I collapse to the dirt as the ax whistles over my head into the canyon.

That’s when I remember the force field. And what happens to dropped objects. I watch, breathless, for what the love of my life would call poetic justice.

No Katniss, he didn’t lead the District 1 girl back to the ledge to set a trap. He just thought she wouldn’t follow him past the hedges because… ???

Adrenaline, blood loss, whatever, whatever, whatever, but now all of the sudden he’s not outsmarted the games, they have outsmarted him.

Finally Peeta says, "That force field at the bottom of the cliff, it was like the one on the roof of the Training Center. The one that throws you back if you try to jump off and commit suicide. Haymitch found a way to turn it into a weapon."

lol - nope! We’ll call it a(n un)happy coincidence?

Trilogy Haymitch is perceptive and smart. He’s strategic and thinking several steps ahead… It least that’s what I thought… But where was that guy in SOTR? And how did he become those things while drowning himself in liquor for 2.5 decades?

"Not just against the other tributes, but the Capitol, too," I say. "You know they didn't expect that to happen. It wasn't meant to be part of the arena. They never planned on anyone using it as a weapon. It made them look stupid that he figured it out. I bet they had a good time trying to spin that one. Bet that's why I don't remember seeing it on television. It's almost as bad as us and the berries!"

Why exactly aren’t they showing reruns of that? Seems like Plutarch did a good job patching that up. If it wasn’t too rebellious to not show in the recap and wasn’t seditious enough to make a public example out of him (he wasn’t punished for that! That was freak house fire and appendicitis! If he didn’t have bad luck he wouldn’t have any at all.) Then why haven’t Katniss & Peeta watched recaps of his game, if only to torment Haymitch?

"Almost, but not quite," says Haymitch from behind us.

In what universe is Haymitch, with intent, nearly breaking the arena twice not as bad as the berries?!?! In what world is he still alive when the Gamemakers have sent mutts to target tributes after lesser offenses?!?!

I guess in the one where president Snow is more interested in keeping Haymitch alive long enough to watch his Covey girlfriend die…

And I understand, Haymitch’s likely not at liberty to explain all that on a Capitol train, but ffs if SOTR was the intention all along - give us a hint that that’s not the full story!! Even if Katniss doesn’t pick up on it, Peeta would have! And Katniss would have noticed Peeta reacting even if she didn’t know what it was about!

Side note: Now I’m laughing, because, were the Gamemakers pissed that the allies were cooking tree rat meat on the forcefield in the third QQ- Hey!! You’re not supposed to do that! That’s not it’s intended purpose! This is treason!!

I've spent all these weeks getting to know who my competitors are, without even thinking about who my teammates are. Now a new kind of confidence is lighting up inside of me, because I think I finally know who Haymitch is. And I'm beginning to know who I am. And surely, two people who have caused the Capitol so much trouble can think of a way to get Peeta home alive.

This is a big revelation for her!! (and the reader) and SOTR yanks the carpet out from underneath us.

Sorry Katniss - guess you were wrong 🤷‍♀️ how does that make you feel about yourself or your chances now? 🙃

Katniss and Haymitch’s understanding and trust of each other is so important and the implications of SOTR is that it was all based on lies… and how is that love?!

I don’t know guys, this book has left playing my own game of real and not real

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Update:

I nod, then let the conversation drop. But secretly I'm wondering if Haymitch sobered up long enough to help Peeta and me because he thought we just might have the wits to sur-vive. Maybe he wasn't always a drunk. Maybe, in the beginning, he tried to help the tributes. But then it got unbearable. It must be hell to mentor two kids and then watch them die. Year after year after year. I realize that if I get out of here, that will become my job. To mentor the girl from District 12. The idea is so repellent, I thrust it from my mind.

This is also SO much more compelling (to me) and says more about his character than Haymitch’s immediate decent into drinking after Lenore Dove’s death.

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And to be fair, I will say, there is also a little bit of frustrations around HCs being wrong as well

My big example: I think Mr. Everdeen being Haymitch’s best friend doesn’t add any depth to Haymitch’s bond with Katniss it cheapens it - it said more about his character when he snapped out of his haze and stepped up for two random feral kids rather than him having his decision tied up in his old BFF’s daughter (especially after Burdock and Asterid were the last to stick around and Katniss spends a lot of time over three books talking about debts and owing), who he’s been paying attention to for years apparently?!? (And in all that time he never thought to buy a god damned squirrel (or cheese!) to help his old friend’s clearly struggling family?!? At this point Mr. Mellark is doing more for the Everdeens based on some 30 year old crush) Meanwhile - doesn’t all that mean that Haymitch never actually intended to help Peeta in the arena even before he wrote himself off?!?

Real or Not Real?

[burningcheese-merchant]

СПАСИБО БОЛЬШОЕ ЗА ВАШ ОТЗЫВ ПОЗИТИВНЫЙ МНЕ ПРАВДА ОЧЕН ПРИЯТНО но к сведению

in fact

вы и так это уже сделали, ну точнее я не удержалась

не могу перестать радоваться вашему представлению о Спайсе, конкретно в вашем исполнении он мне безумно безумно нравится

Я надеюсь он целует на ночь своих деток и читает им что-то там не знаю что обычно родители читают детям перед сном

My God you actually did it

I love you so much, man. You have no idea. I can't stop looking at this. Cat Spice is SO!!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I'm so enthralled by everyone's fur patterns, too, I just. I don't even know what to say. I feel blessed looking at this. You are a fantastic artist, I envy you

Kitten Paneer ❤️ Cat Golden ❤️ CAT SPICE WITH KITTEN JACK ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ THAT'S MY FAVORITE PART! YES, SPICE, LOVE YOUR SON! GIVE HIM ATTENTION! HOLD HIM CLOSE TO YOU! HE FEELS SAFE AND SECURE WHEN YOU DO THAT! PLEASE HE'S SECRETLY AFRAID YOU DON'T LIKE HIM AND THINK HE'S A DISAPPOINTMENT, TELL HIM HE'S WRONG! TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM MORE THAN YOU EVER LOVED YOURSELF!!! TELL HIM HE MAKES YOUR DAY BRIGHTER JUST BEING THERE!!! TELL HIM YOU'D LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR HIM!!! BE A CARING FATHER!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHH

(And yes, he kisses his children good night. Golden kisses them while they're awake, Spice kisses them after they've fallen asleep. Still got a bit of the "tough guy" mentality stalling him lol)

( + He actually reads to Jack at bedtime a lot more often than to Paneer. He reads a lot to Jack in general, it's one of the ways Jack likes to spend time with him since he loves books and both he and Spice are smarties. Paneer prefers that Jack reads to her, she likes how he tells stories lol)

[gunsatthaphan]

nah sorry but this is pissing me tf off. not that ohmleng were my favorite pair but I did like them and if this is because of those fckass ON haters (or even other haters) then im sorry but???? gmmtv knew about this, this has been going on since before Kidnap even aired so a) why set them up as a pair, cast them in not one but TWO new projects, give them merch and all that if you can't handle a few butthurt mfs and b) why not take some action against this bs???? FFS. and this isn't even the first incident. like maybe take some time to think and do some market research or prognosis or whatever before you go back and forth with your pairs and most importantly take better care of your artists. smh.

[gojoest]

best friend satoru insisting to practice kissing with one another bc he wants you to be each others firsts (which was his hidden agenda all along)

you think he’s kissed bunch of girls already so he’s lowkey teaching you. but rly his lips are pristine. ofc he doesn’t allow you to kiss other guys, little bit toxic but he says you suck at it so you have to keep kissing him until you get better <- somehow you never get better (his words) so you’re stuck with him

loses his shit when you get drunk and kiss a girl at a party

[v4mpysworld]

Just seeing him squirm and whimper uncontrollably when he’s about to cum is sooo hot, just makes me want to push him to the edge until he’s a crying mess