#braingray

[yaoist]

Challenge: make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters*, and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite.

*this poll is nonbinding and non-contractual and does not represent the final objective opinion of those involved in a legal sense

I'll tag @braingray @triviallytrue @tsoi @amielbjacobs @self-loving-vampire @dogrates and all the people who follow me that i forgot to tag

[setsailslash]

tagged by @braingray 💖

Challenge: make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters, and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite.

tagging: @wajjs @stevieraebarnes @meaninglessblah-writes @chekov-in-a-dress @wodkapudding @cr3v @cetaceans-pls

[flamevbirdv]

Challenge: make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters, and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite.

Thanks @braingray for tagging me <3

Tagging 3 people @ldimples @laaawliet and @acediscowlng if you guys want to do this too!

[setsailslash]

a million years late to this buuut is it any surprise that 2 of my 5 picks are fics i wrote for my best babem @cetaceans-pls ;) thank you for tagging me 💖

🚘 just like old times (brujay, fast and furious AU where bruce is dom and jason is letty during that whole back from the dead/amnesia arc)

🐔 It's Going Eggcellent Actually (brujay, the bruce goes undercover as a chicken farmer and jason is, unexplainably, a werejackal)

🏡 it matters not (brujay, the no-capes suburbia AU where bruce moves in next door to jason)

🥣 PDA (brujay, wfa 'verse where they do terrible things with soup)

�� The Solemn Vow (brujay, the canon divergent fic where jason escapes death by becoming a teen mom)

tagging: @stevieraebarnes @wajjs @blahwesome @chekov-in-a-dress @braingray @cadkitten and anyone else who sees this and wants to rec me some of their favourite works :DD

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖

Oh, thank you @Cait! (It's been three days since I got this, but I only just noticed because I have the flu 😭).

❤️ Asimov's Integral 🧡 Distress Signals 💛 Home 💚 When it Rains 💜 Two Birds on a Wire

I will tag: @the-red-butterfly, @sunflowersandink, @aknifespoint, @theogygiaisland, @tabletoptime ! Thank you for all being willing volunteers sacrifices!

[writerseven]

What is "DDtT con but bad"? 👀

for the WIP game. Thanks for asking!

The first D is for Dick, because Dick is so important in my esoteric system of abbreviations that he only needs one initial. DtT is for ‘Deathstroke the Terminator,’ because S or SW conflicted with already claimed names, and he was first introduced to the esoteric system of abbreviations when I started reading new teen titans, back before they quietly dropped the “the terminator” after a certain popular movie came out. (These asks now also come with random comics trivia.) So this is sladedick that is consensual but not particularly healthy or safe, probably because Dick likes hurting himself...

Contrary to popular rumor, Dick is neither promiscuous nor stupid. In his better days, he's a devout monogamist. And you don't become Robin, don't go through years of Batman's intensive training, without the smarts to back it up.

He's had some dumb ideas, though.

Slade flings him down with inhuman strength. Another day, this would be the start of a new fight in their unending antagonism. It should be the start of a fight; that would be the only rational explanation here. But today, Dick is being flung onto a cheap motel bed, springs creaking loudly as he bounces, and all he does is yank Slade down after him. The sharp pain of teeth in his lip as Slade lands on top of him is viciously satisfying, spiteful towards no one.

I trailed off after a page or two because I had no idea what the context was or why exactly Dick is in a terrible mental space here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  It’s just about the Vibes

[sladedick]

🌹

>:)

It speaks to something small and scared in him, the fear of looking up at his Grandfather and wondering if he had done well enough to be rewarded . . . or badly enough to be punished.

This is punishment.

[maliciouslycreative]

I was tagged by @stevieraebarnes​ and @braingray​. Thank you! Sorry this took so long salkfdhlasjfd

I GOT SO MANY BINGOS. I NEVER GET BINGOS.

Here is the blank one for all of you uwu

Not going to tag anyone since you all have probably already done it ;-; but please feel free to do it if you see this!

[crookedspoonfic]

I don't have much of an idea, really, but I'm ALWAYS thirsty for Talia/Selina. Any of the Pokemon moves from 36 to 40 sound like pretty nifty titles, imo. ;3c Good luck on your challenge!

Progression was kinda thus: “I can’t write Talia/Selina at all” > “okay, I can just write a sentence or two” > “welp, how did this get to 300 words already?” > “rip, let’s go the whole 1k mile”

Chip Away (Batman: Talia/Selina, 1k, M)

This doesn’t make any sense fyi, and isn’t even very porny, but yay words? Anyway, thank you so much for the ask and the encouragement 💕

[herecomesnaya]

14!

You’re applying for the fanfic writer of the year award. What five fanfics do you put in your portfolio?

oh god LMAO that’s such a daunting idea

hmm, probably...

1. Blurry (obviously)

2. Through a Mirror, Darkly (ok, this one isn’t too great yet, but I have such big, detailed plans for it that it has to go on here)

3. Moonbound (hard to pick between this and Caught In Between, but this one was longer, which I’m super proud of)

4. Dick’s Dick (this one was just fun to write, ok)

5. Nice Enough to Leave Scars (a pretty personal one; I love exploring Arkhamverse Jay’s psyche, too)

[setsailslash]

find a wip-word game

tagged by @meaninglessblah-writes from like eons ago. sadly, i don't have the words collar or sharp so i made sure the snippets were a little bit longer to compensate 😔

Red [Bruce Wayne/Jason Todd, orgasm denial]

It's not for any special occasion, and maybe that's why it is a surprise at all.

Jason likes it when they are just Batman and Robin, but more than that, Jason loves it when they are father and son. It was a perfect time in both of their lives.

Sometimes, they need to be reminded of it.

Jason's face is flushed, burning red and wet with tears he can't hold back. Bruce wonders for a brief second if this makes him a horrible person, to be getting off so hard to the way Jason's orgasm can be ruined in his hands.

Grip [Dick Grayson/Jason Todd, incest AU]

They are lying in bed with Jason allowing Dick to curl around him, serving as the big spoon except infinitely more flexible. Dick drags his hands up and down the show of Jason's stomach from where his shirt rides up. Even relaxed, his abs are ridiculous and Dick runs the tips of his fingertips over the muscles in marvel.

Jason is halfway to deep sleep, his mouth parted gently, breathing getting heavy.

"Lov' you." Dick murmurs, fear gripping his heart in ice as the real confession refuses to come. Stopping short of the fact that they aren’t just brothers in arms but brothers in blood. That he still loves him despite that except— 

"Back at you, dickhead. Now lemme sleep."

Dick holds his tongue, and Jason is asleep in mere minutes.

Bite [Bruce Wayne/Jason Todd, possessive marking]

They come downstairs but never at the same time.

It’s not a particularly good misdirection when the rest of the family has caught them together in various stages of undress (and that one time in a dress). But it’s the thought that counts, they think.

Jason comes down and drops himself into a chair, trying not to reach down and touch where the imprint of Bruce's teeth leaves his inner thighs still throbbing from the bite. He doesn’t look over to Bruce because Jason knows he won’t be able to hold back from making a comment about how Bruce is wearing yet another black turtleneck.

At the head of the table, Bruce is just trying not to recount every single hickey Jason left on him, spanning from his throat to his hips and then even further down still. None of them a claim so much as an ownership made stamped and branded into him when they have settled in so deep.

i’m tagging @stevieraebarnes @wajjs @cadkitten @chekov-in-a-dress @andthensomelion @kieran-granola @braingray and also anyone who sees this because i love seeing everyone’s wips with the words: apron, hands, soft, and uh, cock?

[flamevbirdv]

20 Questions for Fic Writers Tag Game

Thank you @acediscowlng for tagging me!! I haven't posted anything in nearly a year but sure, why not

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

24, I've orphaned and deleted a couple of fics lol

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

106 303 and I'm very proud of every single one of those words, I usually have to fight my perfectionism to put anyhting on page

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Mostly DC comics! I have one (1) les mis fic and one (1) x-men fic

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Catalogue of Things Unsaid by far my most popular fic with 1000+ kudos, it's a Superbat fic. I love re-reading this fic, sometimes I like my writing in this and sometimes not but I'm still fond of it Bear Me No Witness my most popular Jaydick fic, I worked really hard on this one so I'm glad people liked it Lost And Never Found is a moody, horror-esque JayDick fic that really fits my style blow a kiss; fire a gun my first fic ever asdfghjk idk it's kinda silly False Alarm I wrote this mostly as practice, I don't really have anything to say about it

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes!.. except on wips because I'm delusional and I keep telling myself I'll reply once I update the fic... lol

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I don't think I have angsty endings? I don't remember most of my endings, it's my least favorite part of writing, oops

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Probably You're committed, I'm your crime ??? because jaydick are kids and they are cute

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Nope, fortunately the people who read my fics want to be there

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

HAHAHA...HA uhh I wrote mermaid porn, and that's it, mostly. I wrote one sex scene prior to that but it wasn't explicit

10. Do you write crossovers?

No. I don't read them either

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not really, there was a Cass/Tam fic that resembled my own Cass/Tam fic: let me count the roses but this was a gift and I think the giftee just liked this concept and asked for it again LMAO

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes! It was fun but I don't think I'm built for it, I like oneshots and my co-writer liked multi chapter stories hence why the only time I tried we didn't finish it lol

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

Jaydick ❤💙 they're the reason I started writing fic in the first place

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?

😭😭😭 all of them please send help (see above: I don't like writing multi chapter stories but sometimes the plot needs them)

16. What are your writing strengths?

The way I can tell a story in 7k words or less, "short but packs a punch" is 100% my strenght. Also the fact that I really enjoy editing

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Endings. Every. Single. Time

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I love it in cases like les mis fandom. I get so excited when I see french especially in canon era fics. There are a lot of ways in which we can put the translation in the notes or using a skin I hate it tho, when I'm reading a fic and a latine character's only personality traits are that they are a criminal and they speak spanish BUT that doesn't mean I don't want more spanish speaking characters in fic even if they're just minor characters

19. First fandom you wrote for?

DC comics! I started writing and posting fic in 2019 and it's still the fandom that I write for today, attempts at branching out haven't been succesful

20. Favorite fic you've written?

Always the hardest question to answer but I really, really like re-reading Bear Me No Witness it has it all: Dick in a croptop, a news scandal, fake marriage and Jason messing with Dick to hurt Bruce I wish I could write a sequel!!!! (self call out)

Tagging @laaawliet @braingray @paperempires no pressure though, guys!

[jeffersonhairpie]

braingray replied to your post “This cupcakke situation is fucked UP. Don’t try and pull the whole...”

Whoa holy shit who is doing this to cupcakke and how do I fight them

Idk if you know anything about kpop BUT cupcakke really likes this group BTS and particularly the member Jungkook. She’s tweeted several times about wanting to have sex with him/suck his dick etc. He and Jungkook are the same age so it’s all fine. But this fandom is really weirdly protective of Jungkook bc he’s the youngest member of the group and they looooove pretending he’s a child that needs their collective parenting so someone dug up a quote of dubious source where he said he doesn’t like recieving sexual comments and decided cupcakke was Problematic for wanting to have sex with him. 

To be clear, she never sent him an @ - everything she said was said on her own account so no one on the main BTS account should have seen it if they didn’t go looking. And like...a huge section of the fandom says the same kind of stuff and more on a regular basis. But cupcakke’s being singled out. Of course :-))))

[tempestpaige]

I'm not sure what you're into fandom-wise, so I'll stick with the tried and true: Drarry?

I rate it between a B (It’s really cute) and a C (Not a bad ship) depending on my mood. It depends on how it’s written. Back in my younger days I had so much drarry doujin on my computer (the FAMILY computer, I was brave). 

I’m a hardcore sucker for the classic enemies-to-lovers trope :(

[writerseven]

🌹🥰

“Good,” Bruce breathes, heart pounding. “Good boy, Robin. Good Robin. Such a good Robin.”

send me a  "🌹" and get a line from a wip  

[sladedick]

"Take me instead" because self-sacrificing yourself into an unfortunate scenario is always good B)

ao3 | request a bingo square

Starfire doesn’t scream.

She’s better than that - a warrior, trained in ways only Robin out of the team can even hope to compare to. That doesn’t mean that Robin can’t see the way she gulps as the razor edge of Slade’s knife rests against her jugular or the way she shies away from his leather clad touch.

“How good to see you, Robin,” Slade says, the casual air of violence that characterizes his tones unmistakable. “Seems you’re missing someone.”

Robin knows Slade speaks of Starfire but he can’t help but curse that Raven and Cyborg split to check the other part of the base - against situations like this, Raven would be ideal.

Beast Boy takes a threatening step forward. Robin sees his brow start to recede in the typical beginnings of a change. Before he can say something, Slade does.

“Ah, ah, ah, little hero.” Fingers close around Starfire’s neck and shoulder. The knife shines against hued skin. “I’ve heard a throat is necessary for living, even with aliens like this one.”

Beast Boy growls in a particularly beast-like way, bearing pointed teeth. His feet stop, and after a pause, he looks to Robin.

Robin tries his best to quell his panic as the situation sets in - Slade. Starfire. Slade’s knife against Starfire, once again the threat of death hanging over his friends by the most competent villain in Jump City.

He steadies his voice. “What do you want, Slade?” Out of the corner of his eye, he sees Starfire’s hand start to move, out of Slade’s view.

“Many, many, things,” Slade admits. “But right now, if you would be so kind as to stay well away from me and my hostage -”

Starfire’s hand glows and Slade notices a second too late. She yells in fury, pulling herself away from him as he dodges a vicious starbolt. Robin lunges forward, Beast Boy on his heels, but they’re stopped by the opening of panels on either side, sladebots pouring out in their perfect rows. Starfire and Slade disappear behind them as they charge, still fighting.

“I’ll go after them,” Robin commands brusquely. “You take care of the ‘bots.” Beast Boy nods his approval before diving in, completing his change into a furious lion. Robin doesn’t stay to watch, confident in his friend’s abilities. He vaults over ‘bots and fights them off skillfully with his staff, catching sight of orange and black as the two people fight. He desperately pushes ‘bots aside as he draws closer, one or two landing painful hits on him in his hurry.

He passes through the lines barely in time to see Starfire keel over into Slade’s gloved arms. Robin makes brief eye contact with Slade, feels the smirk behind the mask.

Slade steps backwards into another opening compartment, dragging a half-conscious Starfire with him, and only Robin’s adrenaline lets him catch it before it closes. He stands pinned between violence and darkness, the side of the compartment that should be closing pressing down on him.

Robin sees Slade retreat as he presses with all his strength against the door. Starfire. He’s taking Starfire away to be his - apprentice? Something worse?

There is only one thing Robin knows for certain: he cannot let Slade get away with Starfire. He will not, cannot, let Kori suffer at Slade’s hands the way he has. Even if he managed to give her back he can’t take the risk, would never forgive himself.

It’s that thought that gives him the energy to slip into the darkness of the tunnel. His bo is caught in between, snapping with a sound like bone as the sliver of light disappears. Robin can’t be bothered to pay attention to it, running as fast as he can towards where he saw Slade leave Kori. Pale lights flicker on as he moves, revealing stark grey rock and metal.

“Starfire! STARFIRE!” His desperate yells echo off the walls. Robin spins around a corner, and there she is, blinking eyes open. He stops dead in his tracks at Slade, supporting her weight, knife held against her throat.

“Robin?” she murmurs.

“Star.” He takes a breath. “Star, look, we’re gonna get you out of this. I promise.”

Why does he feel like he’s reassuring himself instead of her?

“Really, Robin, I don’t think you’re in much of a position to be making promises,” Slade cuts in.

“What do you want with her?” Robin demands. His brain answers for him, unwanted memories dredged up - (presumably the same thing he wanted with you)

The thought makes him sick.

“Oh, I don’t know.” Slade looks down at her head condescendingly. “A chip off the block here, a sliver there - she’d make a fine apprentice, don’t you think?” Starfire struggles feebly as if in response. She must be concussed, at the very least.

“Don’t you dare.” Robin surprises himself with how steady his voice is. Fury spins through is mind as he watches Slade’s hands on her, stemming from something that he knows is pure terror.

“Empty platitudes don’t stop me, boy, as I’m sure you’re aware,” Slade sneers. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have business to attend to.” He yanks Starfire back roughly, blade still glued to her jugular.

“NO!” Robin’s desperation comes through and he regrets it seconds later. He suspects he’s playing right into Slade’s hands but he can’t stop himself.

He’s never been able to stop himself, not when it comes to the lives of his friends. Slade knows that too damn well.

“‘No?’“ Slade mocks. “Well, what do you think you can do about it, Robin?”

Robin stares.

He sees the trap, sees the bait, both loud and clear as Slade’s voice. Painful anticipation rears its head and he pushes it down before it has the chance to turn to fear. Fear can’t help Starfire.

Then places his foot firmly in Slade’s perfectly designed trap with the resignation of a man going to his wall.

“It’s me you want, Slade. I’m here, you can have me. Just don’t -” his voice breaks, he presses on “- don’t take Star. She’s not the target. Don’t - “ he doesn’t have the will to finish the sentence, simply staring at Slade. Slade doesn’t reply, and he feels panic rising in him -

“Please,” he begs.

“Smart boy,” Slade says finally. His words slide like oil over Robin, clinging to him. “Smart enough to know that if you try anything stupid, your girlfriend’s short of a breathing apparatus.”

“Yes,” Robin says. He steps forward and ice cold fear almost freezes him in place; he only manages another foot by staring at Starfire’s scared eyes. Relief is the balm that flows through him as she’s pushed aside in favor of a knife now pointed at Robin’s chin.

“Robin?” Star sounds confused, afraid - Robin stares at her, pretty and safe and alive, and he can’t stop the pang in his chest.

“You have to go now, Star,” he says gently. She braces herself against the wall with one hand, still weak from Slade’s blows.

“Robin, I simply cannot -”

“Leave,” he repeats, firmer now, eyes fixed on Slade’s emotionless mask. “Come back for me later.”

He hears Slade’s soft laugh beneath his mask. His fear intensifies.

“Robin-”

“LEAVE!” Robin snarls, eyes fixed on Slade, pressure thrumming through his veins. Starfire hesitates and then her light fades down the tunnel, leaving them in near-darkness. Slade doesn’t bother to watch her leave either, the point of the knife digging into the soft skin under his chin.

(anything is better than Slade’s fingers)

“How … heroic,” Slade mocks. He sounds pleased with himself. Why does he always sound so goddamn pleased with himself?

“Shut up, Slade.” Something catches in his throat, makes him sound rough and choked.

“Oh, Robin, that’s no way to talk to your new master, now is it?” Slade gloats. The tip of the knife forces its way upward, forcing Robin to look up at Slade as he straightens.

Master.

And Robin the apprentice, once again.

Robin tries, shamefully, to shut his eyes against the reality. It can’t save him.

His friends - they can. They might be able to get him out of this. Drag him away before Slade can inflict too much damage.

Release a second time seems almost too much to ask of cruel fate, something he’s too goddamn unlucky for. Even so -

it’s his only hope.

[crookedspoonfic]

I'm 6,000 years late to that drabble ask meme, but #32 with DickDami? >:3c

Darling dear, you’re never late when it comes to prompts. Just let me know where the prompt is from and it doesn’t matter how old it is.

Anyway, I love you for this prompt. It’s the first one that’s got me writing in a while

I HOPE YOU DON’T MIND ME ADDING ROY THOUGH OOPS

Probably not as cute as the prompt would suggest, but eh. (M; 1.4k)