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Well, now I don't trust any other sources on DP ship names. I gotta know what they are, according to someone who's actually in the fandom (you)
You needed some shipping info, so you came to the mutual with 'aro' in their name. Somehow, this makes sense.
Amethyst Ocean is Danny/Sam, as you already know (by far the most popular ship), while Danny/Tucker's is Savant Par (apparently its areference to their intellegence levels, Tucker being "savant" with tech and stuff, while Danny is just on "par" with the average Joe). I think I've heard of Veggieburger being used for Tucker/Sam, but that's not a super popular ship, so I don't remember if people actually use that one. Dany/Valarie is Gray Ghost.
Everlasting Trio is Danny/Tucker/Sam. College Trio, while not a ship, denotes Jack & Maddie & Vlad (I didn't get any search results, but I'm pretty sure I've also seen them referred to as Golden Trio). Haven't really seen any consistently used ship names for them.
I think this one's pretty recent, but Cheese Melt's used for Danni & Vlad (I don't know if that's adorable or horrifying).
I occasionally see Pink Astronaut for Danny/Paulina, and Phantom Satellite for Danny/Star (self-explanatory), and also Swagger Bishie for Dash/Danny (apparantly it's a weeb thing). That last ship is extremely popular, because this fandom has no taste.
Pompous Pep is the depressingly popular Danny/Vlad ship. Badger Cereal's the platonic not-terrible version.
Amethyst Ocean, Gray Ghost, Everlasting Trio, Pompous Pep, and Badger Cereal are probably the names you see avian my being used the most.
Basic list under the cut
Amethyst Ocean - Danny/Sam
Savant Par - Danny/Tucker
Veggie Burger - Tucker/Sam
Gray Ghost - Danny/Valerie
Everlasting Trio - Danny/Tucker/Sam
Golden/College Trio - Maddie & Jack & Vlad
Cheese Melt - Vlad & Danny
Pink Astronaut - Danny/Paulina
Phantom Satellite - Danny/Star
Swagger Bishie - Danny/Dash
Pompous Pep - Danny/Vlad
Badger Cereal - Danny & Vlad
#sam/paulina's a ship I've seen pop up a fair bit#but i didn't recognize any of the names :/#i miss when fandom's would make creative ship names#are they helpful? are they efficient? are they clever?#usually no#but they're fun and a bit chaotic#which is my kind of entertainment even if i don't really engage with shipping#danny phantom
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you ever realize you never properly learned how to say a character's name, so by the time you finally HEAR it, you have no idea who they're talking about? cause I feel like I keep doing this and it's very confusing to keep being corrected like that
#I have this habit of only reading the first few letters and then completely skimming over the rest of a name#which leads me to just. totally making it up#ko-she-key (koschei from doctor who) and tin-tall-gia (tintaglia from the rain wild chronicles) are my favorite names that I've fucked up#the funniest part is I only sometimes chose to recognize the mistake and fix it#I do not think those two will ever be pronounced correctly. I just. can't. that's who they are to me#plus soz but you're a liar if you're gonna tell me the way I say “ko-she-key” isn't an infinitely more fun way to pronounce it#even if it is... y'know... just not even the same name FFVJVFJ#I'm not tagging either media cause I mean whatever if you find it good for you but I NEEDED to show off how egregious those examples are#I'm being so fucking serious when I said I SKIM over these names. I didn't even know how to spell them I had to look it up#in fact I was so shocked about tintaglia I had to rewrite hers three separate times#I have never in my life paid any closer attention to these names and after this I will continue not doing so#they are “kosheci-said-with-a-hard-c-for-some-reason” and “tintalgia” to me thank you and goodnight#—:*after these messages we'll be righttttt back*:—
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I am cringe but I am free
#Back to thinking about this show since that mini revival it had a while ago#It was weird because I didn't realize I remembered it until I saw clips#So when I watched them it's like 'ooh yeah I recognize that a bit'#Not that I really remembered anything *specific* but still#Weirdly I remembered the May I Have A Word segments most lol#This show's kinda funny sometimes ngl#God I am such a child lmao#I guess my sona is named Cringe for a reason#wordgirl#wordgirl pbs#wordgirl fanart#becky botsford#Sketch I got too into#I do that a lot#I just think she's cute#Not like that she's like what 10?#Also I'll take any excuse to give a character non human traits like claws n stuff#my art#art#sketch#drawing#digital art#digital fanart#fanart#sketchy
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#okay so i think i haven't told this story to you guys but i've been thinking about it a lot waiting for the surgery day#(oh i guess content warnings for injury and animal death. idk all of this is pretty heavy stuff)#but when this dog was a puppy he broke his leg. quite badly actually#and for the following six months i was Convinced that both he and i had literally DIED#and the world around us just failed to recognize the blazing red Game Over text superimposed over my line of sight#so we - literal zombies still bleeding from our mortal wounds - had to perform the movements of being alive#this got better when the puppy was finally healed#but the flashbacks. the hallucinations. they followed me for years and years and only slowly faded away#and now when the dog is sick again - with something completely unrelated - those are coming back again! what fun!#and i don't know if i've ever been as scared of anything as actually for real losing this dog in a traumatic event#if he just dies this wednesday#like. probably he doesn't. most dogs survive the operation these days they say#but just the small chance of something going wrong#i don't know if i'll survive if he doesn't. how can i keep going if he doesn't#i'm scared you guys. this dog is the literal light of my life#(i was going to name him with the finnish word for light but that didn't stuck in the end. didn't make it any less true)#sussitalk
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(If she ever gets patrons who tend to make frequent 'appearances' on the news, how often does she recognize them, and how awkward are those interactions? Does she ever report them to the GCPD or feel tempted to do so?)
send me questions you have about my character!
You'd think a waitress in a demanding job would at least have a somewhat decent memory when it comes to recognizing faces but honestly? Khare has a horrible memory and isn't likely to start remembering faces unless they are REALLY distinct (or have visited enough times for their appearance to register in her brain). Seeing the Joker himself strolling in and ordering up some pancakes is the most you can expect for her to acknowledge there's a serious fucking situation on hand but after that? Forget it, she's not likely to make the connection.
However, this is Gotham so chances are that at least somebody's going to rock up at the diner in their costume. Khare may be so preoccupied about getting their order right that... you know, it's going to take a minute or two to catch on that something's not right about their appearance, but she can't quite put a finger on it. Alexa, play the Jeopardy! Think Music! It's probably more awkward for the patron visiting that everything is so calm - The waitress isn't screaming bloody murder or jamming the silent call button beneath the counter to alarm the police that trouble is there, she's just smiling and doing her best to remember their order, just as they want it but on the off chance she does recognize somebody... she really, really doesn't want to call the GCPD and cause a scene, because really, nothing's happened.... yet, and the thought of police taking her statement and asking awkward questions is a far more frightening prospect than the Mad Hatter asking for a pot of tea, because... you know, she's an illegal immigrant at this point, and if she calls the police, who's to say she's not joining them in jail after her shift ends? Having a bad memory makes life difficult but in Khare's case, it might have saved more than a few potentially dangerous situations from blowing up as a hungry rogue gets a tasty meal without any screaming or overhearing any hushed calls begging the GCPD to arrive, because even criminals need to eat and boy, do most people feel a lot better after getting a proper meal inside them!
#red-hemlock#memes ;; send me questions about my character#🌈 || headcanons#Thank you for sending this I appreciated it a lot!#This one made me chuckle because Khare's memory is absolutely shot#Recognizing faces is getting harder but she can remember what people ordered before if that makes any sense?#She has a lot of trouble remembering names too so for a long time she thought of Harvey Dent as 'Bagel Guy'#Even though she's probably watched a few of his court cases on the news#Didn't fucking register that the youngest District Attorny in Gotham comes to PAULI'S DINER of all places to get some yummy bagels#She just remembers two bagels#And in a way it was wholesome because Khare treated him like a normal customer instead of fawning over him for a bigger tip#But yeah she's not likely to call the GCPD until bullets start flying lol#She'd really rather not get arrested herself for being in the country illegally and then having people discover her little health issue :(
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Oh you know, just laying on my bed wondering how the news the Nashville shooter was trans and targeted a Christian school will escalate my already deteriorating safety.
#cw: shooting#cw: violence#the comments were terrible#genuinely worried about retaliation#while also very sad for the school#I grew up just outside of Nashville for a while#knew people who went there#didn't recognize any staff names#but two were my mom's age#I worry she may know them#just...fuck all of this
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date back on for sunday now. His friend is okay. thank god. And uhhh, yea now we're finally be fr about the "hey we met on a dating, lets be so fr about what our experience has been" uncharted territory besties. we're not at "so what are you looking for?" but i already essentially told him my approach is to just really try getting to know ppl i find interesting and letting a spark develop from there w/o pressure. kinda like in school where you consistently see people in casual settings. and he thought it was a good plan so uh. here we are.
#basically he's had no luck and only like 2 matches (excluding me i believe) and all those people just never responded to him#which must be so funny bc now theres like. me. where i have seen his id. know his govt name. address. dob. and vitals. like. crazy.#and he's seen mine too ofc. equality. and uh. sounds like he's never dated. never had any bug feelings for anyone despite wanting to fall i#love so bad. which is... interesting. i feel like he has liked ppl and not recognized that it's a crush. nit just wanting to be friends but#imma hold off on sharing that until further developments.#i basically told him that I've had a very different experience. not to like brag but like most women will have better luck on apps (also hi#profile kinda sucks. all 4 photos look like a different person. his like actual answers to prompts aren't bad. they're good. thats what mad#me think 'oh i think i could rlly get along w/ this dude' but he'd attract a very niche type of woman)#which i also. didn't fully say. bc time and place. it'll come up but not right now. but yea so i told him that like. ive gotten many matche#but a lotttt of it is super low quality. lot of wasted time. so like. yea. we all have a bad time on dating apps till someone sticks and we#dont. we basically have both admitted to having idealized people in the past and getting the ick irl. and yea. building some good common#ground. ive always wanted to ask to ppl ive gone out w/ what their experience looks like but i feel like thats not smth to talk abt till#later on and I've never wanted anything past a 2nd date before so. yea.#although my first date did tell me but she was poly and like much more open to talking abt that than most monogamous ppl would be
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man... some ppl are just. genuinely fucking funny (/s /nbh) like. y'all realize we're& a professionally dxed & medically recognized system right lmao
#arcana.vents#this isn't at any of y'all btw & i& won't mention any names out of respect its just.#when your own kind who's also a system just doesn't blatantly recognize your existence its kinda disheartening bc like.#yall do realize we share the same oppression right lmao#we& didn't just pull this out of our& ass lmao#do not reblog.
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#shoutout to the 2017-2019 naruto golden age. it's probs nostalgia but you hold special places in my heart as the funnist bitches EVER#I'd be interested to see other suggestions too#these were all cherrypicked from the history of my spam account. I'm sure there's good artists and/or people that didn't focus on team 7#but I wouldn't have kept track of any of those!#also sorry for grouping all the GOAT naruto LARP acocunts together but. I'm sorry there's too many good ones to pick from#also HELP I don't know who teddy-bear-tears IS I'm guessing it's someone who changed their name after I'd recognize it but before they#deactivated?? I reblogged from them a LOT apparently so I should totally know who they are =(#also this is obviously like. a thought experiment for fun and stuff. I hope all of my teenage favorite naruto bloggers are out there#living real lives & having fun & maybe watching at least 1 (one) other show <3 <3 spill a drop for our old soilders
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I've been rereading/reading Witch Hat Atelier bc I was uhhh...actually a couple years behind on updates (whoops), and wanted to be caught up so I was prepared for the anime, and honestly the thing I'm most excited for and also dreading the most in the anime is finally getting pronunciations for these names
#Coco and maybe Luluci are the only names I think I'm pronouncing correctly in my head#maaaaybe Agott if it's pronounced the same as agate like the rock and Tetia if it's like Letitia w/out the le#but hell if I know how any of these other names are pronounced#honestly my brain made up pronunciations and that's what I've been using for all the years I've been reading the manga#but I could be wrong!#like I just realized Qiffrey's name is probably ''kif-ree'' and not ''kwif-ree'' bc there's no u after the q but ah...#and fuck if I know how the gg in Olruggio is pronounced like my brain wants it to be the like j in Jacques#so I'll probably get whiplash when I hear it pronounced like a soft g like in goat#anyhow I'm almost entirely caught up I finally hit chapters I didn't recognize earlier this week#and I think I have two more to be fully caught up#and then I'll get to be sad bc the story's still not finished yet and I'll be back in waiting for updates hell#still love it though still one of the most manga ever#oracle of lore
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Dice of the Day (For Friday May 24th)
I do want to try to do these on game day, but this week's session ended a major story arc and had a lot of twists and I needed a few days to process it and recover from the adrenaline crash. So sorry about the delay.
Anyway, let's see what's in the bag 'today!'
(I don't drink btw, the Crown Royal bag was what my Tuesday group sent me some dice in a few Christmases ago)
Disclaimer: A lot of dice in today's bag are from Kraken. They were purchased before I was aware of the big controversy around the company. I still love the dice I have, many of which are unavailable now anyway, and I will still give credit where credit is due. Please come to your own conclusions and make your own decisions regarding the company.
Grey marbled dice, I think from Chessex. (link not available)
Ethereal Fairy, from Kraken's mythical kickstarter. (link not available)
Gumball, from d20Adventure on Etsy.
Unicorn Tears, from Kraken.
Unknown glittery purple dice
Ethereal Kraken, from Kraken's mythical kickstarter. (link not available)
Unknown blue dice.
Confetti Cake, allegedly from Chessex but I can't find a link from there, so the ebay link will have to do.
Unknown greenish blue dice.
And a misc. set. Of note are the bone d6s from Viridian Dice, the Rainbow Numbers d20 that I think is from DND Dice (probably came in a blind bag or something), and the liquidcore fish bowl d20 that I tragically can't find again.
#dnd#d&d#dungeons and dragons#dnd dice#dice of the day#the reason I don't know the name or brand of some of my dice is because many of them were gifted to me and didn't always have packaging#lmk if you recognize any I couldn't name or have links#I want to give credit where I can#math rocks
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Someone's playing Rush E on the school piano
#ice speaks#school shenanigans#they also played a classical song i recognized but i don't know the name of#and something else i didn't recognize in any way
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Batman, panicked by how much the villain knows about him and Jason, decides to infiltrate the Red Hood's gang with his Matches Malone's identity
Jason *oh shit he found out* : wtf wtf wtf is this a joke ? Are you making fun of me ???
Matches!Bruce *oh fuck he's even more unhinged than planned* : ... I don't understand, boss ?
Jason, struggling to find his words in way his men won't understand : you really thought I wouldn't recognize my own fa- urgh I mean genito- wait that not- hum, the guy that raised me ???
Matches!Bruce *wait oh shit the OG Matches Malone had a kid ???* : wait... *I don't even know his name!!* chum, I had to make sure it's really you, I wasn't sure, you understand ?
And then their relationship get better
except Jason is "argh I hate you but also you kinda made the effort of meeting me in my turf and also you didn't say anything about the killing so perhaps..."
and Bruce is like,"Oh shit I accidentally adopted the Red Hood, and also it's my fault his real father is dead, except he doesn't know that and must think Matches just abandoned him one day without any explanation. Also I should really figure out his name at some point"
#bruce wayne#batman#jasontodd#jason todd#red hood#matches malone#undercover#accidental adoption#except he's already your son
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Phantom letters - DPXDC PROMPT
The bats wake up one day to the internet going crazy; people around the world were getting letters from they're diseased loved ones. The reactions are mixed, from people being outraged for the "prank" to people crying in melancholy at getting closure.
All the letters have something in common: They're closed with a green sealing wax that had an stylize DP and the name Phantom beneath it. Posts about the cards were using the # Phantom Letters.
The bats are discussing the viral posts in the cave when Alfred comes holding a basket filled with letters, announcing they were left at the doors. The letters had the sealing wax that they recognize from the posts. Checking the cameras they can see how they glitch before the basket appears.
Alfred starts to distribute the letters that had only one destinatary. Letters from each Thomas and Martha to both Bruce and Alfred. Letters from each John and Mary to Dick. A letter from Catherine to Jason. A letter from the Drake's to Tim, and another one to Bruce.
Once they had calmed down enough from the shock, Alfred proceeded to read the shared recipients. From Thomas and Martha to "The grandchildren we never got to meet." From John and Mary to "the family that took our little Robin in." Letters from Catherine to "My little boys family." The letters were directed to people the deceased didn't get to meet.
As much as the mere existence of the letters tugged at their hearts, they decided to not read them until they verified that the handwriting actually belong to the ones it claimed. They checked each letter, and in the end confirmed the letters were in fact from they're lost love ones.
After much discussion, each person makes the decision to read they're own letters later in private, and they proceed to read the ones that shared recipients out loud. The letter mentioned specifics like names and events that the deceased shouldn't have been able to know, including they're vigilante abilities, which had them pause each time to panic a bit. But what was more interested were certain pieces of the letters that mentioned a Prince Phantom.
"Prince Phantom said to don't mention things past our death, but it wasn't a command, so we're hoping this won't be much of a problem." - John and Mary
"I still can't believe Prince Phantom is letting us do this, but I'm so glad." - Catherine
It finally paints the mystery in a more concerning light when at the end of Thomas and Martha's letter there is a call for help.
"We're sorry for ending the letter on a serious tone, but seeing the kind of job you all get involved in, we wanted to ask: Could you please help Prince Phantom? Phantom had asked us to not give information about this, but he's so young, and has already been hurt so much. Please, check on Amity Park, Illinois."
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Meanwhile, team Phantom has decided that they needed to get the news about the GIW out of Amity and ask for help. Two problems:
the GIW blocks any technological attempt made.
People might be afraid to learn that ghosts exist and side with the GIW.
As a way to deal with the public image, Phantom opens a possibility that the death have never had:
"All afterlives are open to write letters to their love ones that are still alive today. Nothing that includes threats, and don't go talking about the anti-ecto acts or Amity Park yet, we're trying to ease people into our existence first. Also, I know you all check on your love ones when the veil is thin, but please keep the things you shouldn't know out of the letters if possible. If you want your letter to be sent in the first batch, make sure to deliver your letter before the week ends."
Letters are a good way to reconnect people with the death, they aren't digital, and the GIW won't be able to intercept letters if they're send through inter-dimensional portals. Two birds in one shot.
#dp x dc#dc x dp#dcxdp#batfam#Phantom Letters#Danny is the crown prince#The ghost king is actually the king of the infinite realms and the position can be taken by any denizen#not just ghosts#People had gotten used to call it Ghost King because Pariah's reign was so long and he was a ghost.#The infinite realm includes all the afterlives#Each afterlives is manage by its own responsible entity (usually ancients or gods) that answers to Phantom#Danny doesn't have free reign for everything#He has to take into account the God's and ancients words#but he makes the final decision#The God's/ancients didn't put any problem with the letters because they#Found the idea interesting and they're all hungry for anything interesting to happen#Eternity is boring okay?#dc x dp prompt#dc x dp crossover
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☆ "You Can Have My Last Name" — Zaunites x GN Reader ☆
Genre: Fluff || they/them pronouns for reader || No warnings needed
A/N: I'm pretty sure this idea is like. Everywhere by now. But people from Zaun/the Undercity don't really have surnames so plot is basically what if Reader offered up theirs. Simple and cute type stuff idk I wanted some fluff
──────.𖥔 ݁ ˖˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗.𖥔 ݁ ˖ ──────
Viktor
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Mentioned the nature of his lack of a surname rather casually, while venting about how Piltover kept trying to say his paperwork was 'invalid' for lacking one. He explained to you that it was common for anyone in the Undercity, and that most from there didn't have one at all
ᯓᡣ𐭩 More confused than anything when you offer yours, or he at least pretends to be. The truth is the idea flustered him coming from you so casually, so to cope he acted like he didn't know what you were implying
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Thinks about it for several weeks afterwards, subconsciously mulls over how your name would sound paired with his in his mind. He writes it down a few times too, just to test it out. Finds out pretty quickly that he likes the sound of it
Vi
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Doesn't miss the implications a bit, as a matter of fact she IMMEDIATELY flirts back by asking if you'd really give your precious name to any pretty face you come across
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Teases you about the idea relentlessly any time the subject of names is brought up, or in any way she can really. Often makes jokes that she's gonna make a fool out of the name
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Secretly actually very honored that you'd offer it up to her but she doesn't feel like admitting that yet, you're gonna have to deal with jokey teasing for a good while first
Jinx
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Snarkily says she wouldn't be a good fit for your name to hide the fact that she really doesn't think she deserves to be considered a part of your life
ᯓᡣ𐭩 "Ohh, you might be crazy too if you're gonna give it to someone like me"
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Feels kinda bad that she wouldn't have anything like that to offer you in return. She loves the idea of having a family to belong to again, but her own self doubt gets in the way of admitting that to herself
Ekko
ᯓᡣ𐭩 "Oh- uh- what??"
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Genuinely very caught off guard. Not at all in a bad way, he just doesn't know how to respond to such a sudden and blatant flirt. Quickly tries to think of something to say as you're chuckling and reassuring him it's okay
ᯓᡣ𐭩 He ends up telling you through his fluster that it's not really gonna bring you any good to proudly announce a Zaunite as part of your family name. But in the end, he gives you a soft smile and says it's a nice thought he isn't against
Sevika
ᯓᡣ𐭩 "Is that so?"
ᯓᡣ𐭩 More keen on the idea than you'd might think- tells you it wouldn't be such a bad idea, but you'd have to prove it's a name worth adopting first, teasingly daring you to make it a name you'd both be proud to wear
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Tells you to reconsider once or twice, but mostly because she loves seeing how determined you get when defending her right to bear your name
Silco
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Doesn't pick up on what you're implying at first at all, simply tells you that isn't how that works and you're talking nonsense
ᯓᡣ𐭩 You have to prod into the implications a little more to get him to finally register what you're actually trying to say. It takes him a moment, but when he catches on he falls silent for a while
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Ends up mildly tripping over his words while telling you he's not really someone to give such an important thing to, and that you should get a better head on your shoulders and keep focused (largely to hide the fact that the offer genuinely caught him off guard. He's never gonna stop thinking about it)
Vander
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Actually not against the idea. Seems to chuckle it off at first, but once he realizes you're being serious he fondly mulls over the idea with you while cleaning up for the night
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Recognizes the idea might not be very feasible, but hey, what's wrong with having hope? Everyone's allowed to have dreams to chase, right? No harm in chasing this one together, then
ᯓᡣ𐭩 Promises that once things are settled down enough that he'll try to make it happen with you. As long as the kids he takes in are all alright with you, of course
#Sorry most of em are all like 'omg noo don't do thaattt' Zaunites are very edgy type people (/silly)#arcane#arcane x reader#arcane x gender neutral reader#arcane x y/n#arcane x you#arcane viktor#arcane vi#arcane jinx#arcane ekko#arcane sevika#arcane silco#arcane vander#viktor x reader#vi x reader#jinx x reader#ekko x reader#sevika x reader#vander x reader#silco x reader#gn reader#x reader fanfiction#multiple x reader#arcane viktor x reader#arcane vi x reader#arcane jinx x reader#arcane sevika x reader#arcane ekko x reader#arcane vander x reader#arcane silco x reader
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DPxDC Constantine Is Having Fae Problems
Not as in 'problems with the fae', but as in 'the Batfam don't understand shit about fae and it is somehow Constantine's problem'
"Thank you."
Whatever thoughts Constantine had before come to a screeching halt. He slowly turns around, praying he's misheard, but, unfortunately, no. He heard that right.
The black-haired kid - he looks like a kid, but, really, he is not, and he is not even human to begin with - is smiling at Nightwing, who just laughs and ruffles the boy's hair.
"Don't worry about it, it's nothing," the moronic eldest batkid says, like it's not a big deal, and Constantine just... can't. He is not dealing with this right now. He needs a drink.
And then it happens again. Not with the Nightwing, though. This time, it's Black Bat. Now, in all honesty, Constantine is not so sure about her being human either, what with her appearing out of goddamn aether and being silent as a ghost, but the point still stands. The new addition to Bat's menagerie of children, the fae boy, the changeling who insists he is Robin's brother, thanks her.
It's quick and easy, just like a human would say it, and Black Bat just nods back at him, but Constantine knows what it means. He knows the weight of fae gratitude.
The big question is, do the Bats know it?
He promises himself to address this issue later with the Big Bat himself. But every time he encounters the man, he just forgets to bring it up. Constantine strongly suspects it's not his bad memory at fault here, but a certain fae. Not that he is going to outright go and blame the damned creature, of course, Constantine values his life, mind, and consciousness. Also, he is very aware of the consequences of talking to the fae, unlike the furry brigade.
Alas, he can't forget something if he witnesses with his own eyes. So the next time he is in the Batcave, he makes it a point to wait until the same thing eventually happens. And, score for Constantine, it does.
"Thank you," the kid - again, not a kid, not a human, but whatever - tells Red Robin, and Constantine immediately snaps his head to him, pointing a finger at the smiling fae.
"I mean no disrespect, but what are you doing?"
The kid - Danny, as he insists to be called, although Constantine knows better than to call a fae by any name - tilts his head to the side. He looks confused, but there's a sly glint to his blue eyes. Oh, the fucker knows exactly what he means. He just doesn't want to admit to it.
"What do you mean?" It's not him, but Red Robin asking, and Constantine turns to look him in the eyes. Mask. Whatever.
"He is thanking-" a terrible thought crosses Constantine's mind, and he stares at Red Robin with horror, "Oh, don't tell me you were all thanking him and apologizing to him like he is a human being."
"I don't see how this is your business," Red Robin scolds, and his eyes narrow. Constantine can't see his actual eyes through the mask, but he knows the Bats well enough to know the kid looks as deadpan as he can.
"You can't do that!" He reaches down to the pocket where he keeps his cigarettes, but stops halfway. Right, no smoking in the Batcave. Wait, he never obeyed that rule! Constantine turns to glare at the fae boy. Danny appears as innocent as a newborn baby. Little bastard.
"Quit making a scene," comes another voice, and this one John recognizes, turning to look at little Robin. Now that he thinks about it, the demonic child claimed the fae as his brother, and he definitely should know how to talk to fae!
"Why didn't you tell them about the rules?!" He asks Robin, and the kid doesn't even bat an eye at him.
"You will not accuse me of incompetence in front of my brother," Robin huffs, not stepping closer and keeping one hand on his hip, "I did."
"You-"
"Okay, how about you calm down?" Danny interjects, and John is positive this is the first time he's heard the boy say anything other than 'thank you'. He turns to the fae, facing him, and, oh, Jesus, those are not human eyes. Or teeth. Or face. Holy fuck how do Bats live with this, it's like uncanny valley but hundreds times worse.
"If I tell you I use it for easier access, will you leave it be?" The fae tilts his head again, and this time it is not in confusion, but in the eerie manner of how all very much not human beings do it. Constantine swallows, but doesn't back down.
"Access to what, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Transportation," Danny provides. This does not explain shit and he knows it. Red Robin groans and rolls his eyes.
"We use it to summon Danny if we need him. It's faster than calling or texting."
Constantine freezes.
These fucking kids. Are using the fae debts. To summon him. Because they don't like texting.
Do they know that they can literally ask a fae to destroy a small country to fulfill a debt like that? It's not just a small favor, it's a gratitude. Fae take their gratitude very seriously. They value it. A lot.
Actually, you know what, no. John is not going to be explaining that part to them because God knows the batkids are all batshit crazy and this is an opportunity he is not willing to give them.
So he just nods stiffly, turns around, and heads to the zeta tube.
"Thank you for caring about my family," he hears a voice behind him, full of mischief and joy. Constantine feels the weight of the newly acquired debt, or better call it a favor, bind itself to his soul, and, great, he now has the power to part the sea like Moses, but only once.
He needs a drink. No, correction, he needs a whole bar to himself.
Wait, that's an idea.
"Get me a bottle of good bourbon, and we're even," he throws around his shoulder, stepping into a zeta tube.
When he steps out of it, there's an unlabeled bottle in his hand. John sighs and opens it, foregoing the glass or cup and drinking straight from the neck.
...It's good bourbon.
Inspired by @blackfoxsposts
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