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[teriwrites]

Below: 'The Raevin'

My Live Reactions to Reading Through My 2011 Novel, pt. 2

Revealed location! Sorry in advance to everyone from 'Elmore, Alabama'

'With its two hundred and thirty two residents' as of 2011, the census says that Elmore, Alabama had a population of 1,271. So either this book takes place pre-1990, or Teri decided to take a stab in the dark about population size

'She didn't know what to expect. Were these people supposed to come driving into town in a huge truck? Were they coming on foot? Who were they in the first place? Questions such as these swirled around in the teenage girls head, making her dizzy. And dizzy was not something you want to be sitting high up in a tree.' the genuine-expression-becomes-unintentional-humor strikes again

Currently-unnamed-girl is waiting for people from the prison to try raiding their town, apparently

Name-drops the woman currently serving as the prison's medic, apparently a friend of hers! Honestly, entirely forgot that that's who this group is attempting to extract

Also as for that plan, said woman is like the Only medic for the imprisoned mutants. Rip to anyone who catches a cold down there ig

'Sure, there were no gorillas in Alabama, but maybe the man would not be able to tell the tale of seeing one.' OKAY, casually gonna murder this man before confirming he's a part of the Institute

'Thankfully, the gorilla's black fur blended in with the night sky, as the girl didn't think she climbed down the tree very gracefully.' I believe it lmaooo

$500,000 FOR ONE HIT??? clearly, this was written before I time I found Havocscope to use as a resource for all my nefarious characters' dealings

14-year-old is so proud of herself for remembering the word 'assassin'

Same 14-year-old is Shocked by the concept of this assassin killing someone, while actively in the form of a gorilla, preparing to bash his head in

'Oops, there went a couple of his teeth.' as I said

'He wasn't worried about her anymore, and he thought she was a regular gorilla.' yk, the totally normal experience of seeing a gorilla on the lam that's actively attacked you and deciding it's no big deal, actually

I truly did absolutely everything to avoid naming the character whose name is literally the title of this chapter. Currently, she's 'Gorilla girl'

ONCE AGAIN, I am 100% confident I know what this character looks like, and the description in the story is proving me wrong. I thought she had black hair with purple highlights. It's 'dark brown highlighted with blue'

'Nobody would except a... a... a mutant into society.' Not a... a.... a......... mutant!!

Apparently that confrontation was her first fight

Raevin (who's finally been named!) gets scolded in front of her whole mutant commune for rashly attacking a guy, she daydreams about ousting the leader of said commune

And we're back to Kristen!

Maybe finding out the girl you're fighting's powers Before agreeing to a fight was the better move here, Kristen

Apparently Kristen has a lucky pin?? Which I'm sure will make many more appearances before the end of the draft.

Maybe she actually doesn't need to worry too much about the outcome of this fight, given how she's knocking guards out left and right on her way there

...the fight literally didn't even happen... Shawna didn't show, loser

Confirmation that the boy Kristen called annoying for crying about walking on a broken ankle is, in fact, Nick

'I turned over to the 'death bed', or the bed that the people dying lay down on.' THEY HAD A SPECIFIC 'DEATH BED' OMG

Oh shit Shawna didn't show up because she's DYING

LEA'S BEEN A CLONE. Death bed confession that she cloned Lea instead of helping her out that one night, and the Actual Lea has been stranded out in the 10-mile-long stretch of 'fields'

Kristen suddenly decides that, despite hating this girl and now having confirmation that she has Stranded her adopted little sister, Shawna's really chill, actually

R.I.P. Shawna, a real one (villain, that is)

'And I forgave her for taking away Lea... mostly.' pfft

Another jumpcut back to Raevin

'Only those who really needed it got mercy from her. And that was only if she was in a good mood.' what a badass lol

Ah yes, my favorite POV: 3rd person limited except for this one sentence where we get another person's take on a situation

In a shocking turn of events, the evil head of this mutant commune is corrupt.

Also, his power: disintegration! So fun!

'Assassins, murders, and a messenger from the one place we don't want him to be from,' Raevin thought to herself. 'Can this night get any odder?' okay Chandler Bing, please keep in mind that one of those murders was Yours

Okay, I wasn't totally crazy, now she's saying she has black hair (still highlighted with blue, not purple)

'Her skin was pale; Raevin never seemed to be able to tan. Oh well, she had a lot to worry about besides a tan, like not murdering people for instance. Goodness, that topic came up a lot.' this is killing me

'Bill was probably on patrol, Raevin knew he was always either on patrol or helping Mr. J. He really didn't have a life, but that wasn't Raevin's problem.' I love how much this is screaming 14-year-old

Thoughts

Honestly fascinating stepping back into the mind of a pantser. Or at least, my 13-year-old's take on pantsing a story. I really based chapter division's entirely on vibes. Out of all 50,019 words, I apparently divided this book into 7 chapters. I'm having a lot of fun with this project so far. I had a vague memory of Raevin's introduction into the story being her involvement with Mr. J's group, but I forgot it was like a commune/refugee camp for mutants on the run, rather than just like a very small mob. So far, Kristen and Raevin's personalities are entirely flipped in my mind. Kristen is coming across a lot more jaded and angrier than I remember, and Raevin's mostly just angsty. But for them to be so noticeably different means that they each have to have a unique personality, so hey! A win! I've seen people post their own really old writing, and I used to think mine would probably just be more boring than amusing. But I've Cackled at some of these lines, whether it was intentionally written that way or not. What a blast

[frankierotwinkdeath]

Y’all want Taylor Swift to be gay so bad but you won’t even write femslash about her

[novaneondream]

it’s our turn to make you smile

[marciaillust]

almost blown out bsky / twt / ig

[bucephaly]

Theres moreeee, this is so so good.. it makes me emotional realizing that these kids are on the path to being fluent cherokee speakers and will be able to keep the language going.

This family is a part of the little cherokee seeds program, creating new first language Cherokee speakers by paying mothers to just bring their babies and craft and cook and speak cherokee with cherokee elders all day. There are only 1500 first language Cherokee speakers, most of them over 65. They also take donations if you want to help keep them going and doing the extremely important work they do!!

[suntails]

growing up!

[somnoir]

My father's secretary

Danny Fenton did not expect to be secretary material but after 7 years of being a hero and having Jazz as his elder sister, he was damn good at it. He needed a job, he knew that, and Wayne Enterprises was willing to hire a 21 year old taking online college classes for aerospace engineering.

And he was fucking thankful for that cause Mr. Wayne was pretty neat and bought him good food and coffee whenever he looked out of it. Half his family were already in Gotham with only his parents in Amity. They were finally reformed and now their research finally advocated for the rights of ghosts and spread awareness on their culture. Good for them.

Jazz and Dante were in Arkham working as a psychologist and guard. Elle was still in school, enrolled into Gotham Academy once Vlad insisted on paying her tuition. To be fair, he was paying for Danny's tuition too.

But back to his secretary duties. His boss was Bruce Wayne, yes, but he did often work with the man's son and the current CEO. Tim was nice and had the same caffeine addiction as him. (Jazz highly discouraged this friendship in case they both made a monstrosity of coffee and energy drinks.)

But Mr. Wayne was the best. He was rather clumsy and a bit airheaded but he was the best fucking boss he could ever ask for. The man's paternal instincts were on point and Danny was almost intimidated when the man started handing him extra cash whenever Danny came to the office looking more tired than usual. When that failed, Mr. Wayne resorted to giving him more material things.

Now, he doesn't want to take advantage of this ridiculously kind man with a lack of self preservation (God, was this what Jazz felt about him?). But Mr. Wayne had given him this amazing coffee maker and then proceeded to give Danny the best toaster ever. And Danny has always been known to resolutely be against Billionaires adopting him. But Mr. Wayne?

Danny had honed his back talking skills to perfection to talk down arrogant elites that kept demanding for his boss. He mastered his customer service voice and that condescending look he saw the receptionists give people like they were tantruming toddlers. Danny was ready to fight for that man (Vlad was choking somewhere as the Fentons worriedly look at him).

Jason has heard about Danny Fenton a couple of times. Tim, Dick, and Bruce had mentioned him a lot. Bruce's new secretary that looked like he'd woken up from a coma and was comparable to a grumpy cat on his best days. He's seen the guy a couple times, noticed how he was almost as tall as Jason. Honestly, he kinda looked like a twig (but then that was because of Danny's suit that he made sure didn't completely fit him).

Seriously. Danny was willing to fucking fight anyone and everyone for Bruce Wayne.

The guy was strange. Very strange. Especially when the pits seemed to either become frantic or calm whenever he was around. It depended on the situation really, but mostly the pits grew calmer around Fenton. Like a cat that finally saw its favorite person. It was so weird.

He was drawn to Fenton, sometimes finding himself walking towards the man before he snaps out of it.

It's on this day where Danny was by Bruce's side, a stylus and tablet in hand. He was furiously tapping away at his phone, cursing under his breath about bothersome and stuck up cialiteses.

"Jason!" Bruce happily greets, "Don't mind Danny for a bit. He's telling of some investors for trying to meddle with the company. Tim is too sleep deprived to handle it."

"Where is Tim?"

"Danny threatened to throw the company's coffee maker out the window if he doesn't take a nap." Bruce chuckles, glancing fondly at his fiesty secretary. "Danny?"

"Give me a minute, Mr. Wayne. Some people are trying to squeeze into your schedule when I specifically told them that they can't." Danny says, clearly irritated but looks at Bruce with an apologetic gaze. "No—Mr. Luthor, neither Mr. Drake nor Mr. Wayne are available on that day—"

And it dissolved into Danny telling of what Jason assumes was Lex Luthor to stop his attempts. In other words, corporate for Fuck off.

"He's good, isn't he?" Jason humms as he follows Bruce down the hall, glancing at the tired employees that looked utterly exhausted and horrifically motivated. "Looks like adoption bait."

"Unfortunately, Danny is a very much against Billionaires adopting him. His godfather is one and has attempted multiple times." Bruce sighs, feigning a sorrowful look as he sends Danny a small pout. "What did you do when he tried the fifth time again?"

"I blew up his car, Mr. Wayne." Danny nonchalantly says, "But that only made him want to adopt me more."

Jason blinks, baffled before he's laughing at the utter absurdity of the situation.

"That sounds similar to—"

Gunshots tore through the air as people immediately screamed. At the entrance of the building was the Joker in all his insanity, guns blazing. Jason froze, sucking in a deep breath as he took one step back. They weren't in costume, they weren't the Red Hood and Batman in that moment.

"Nightwing, Robin, and Spoiler are on their way." Oracle says through the comms but that doesn't comfort him in the slightest.

It's chaos in moments and people are ducking their heads to avoid the bullets. Jason and Bruce look right at each other, taking cover as bullets ruin the walls and furniture. But Bruce is dragged from his spot, pulled towards the Joker who laughs maniacally as he pressed a gun against Bruce's head.

"Mr. Wayne!" Many people yell as they all stared in horror as the Joker threatens Gotham's beloved prince.

Jason immediately remembers an explosion and a crowbar.

(Reminder, Danny Fenton was very much ready to go to war for Bruce Wayne).

A tablet and a stylus was suddenly shoved into his arms. Jason blinks, turning to Danny who tugs at his tie and rummages through the counter for something. The Joker sees this, clearly irritated.

"You! Eyes on me!" The Joker practically demands, hysterical that not everyone was paying attention.

Danny apparently doesn't give a damn before looking the Joker straight in the eye.

"Eyes in me." Danny repeats.

A second later something was thrown and a cutter was cutting through the Joker's eye.

Jason gaped at the seemingly harmless secretary, unable to comprehend that this man had just thrown a fucking cutter into the Joker's eye.

Bruce is set free.

Everyone is frozen in place.

Everyone watched as Bruce Wayne's tired and overworked secretary beats the shit out of the Joker, saying something about how he wasn't going to lose a good boss.

No one particularly knows what to do once Danny pulls out the cutter with the Jokers blood and... Fucking shit, was that his eyeball?!

Dick and Damian arrived at some point, also too shocked to do anything. When Danny was done and satisfied, with the Joker still alive, groaning and whimpering from the pain that Danny inflicted.

As if he hadn't almost killed the Joker, Danny turns to them with a tired smile.

"Mr. Wayne, I implore you not to die. I can't lose the best boss that I've had." He plainly says and takes the tablet and stylus back from Jason.

Jason thinks he might just marry this feral man.

Yeah.

Yeah, he was definitely going to marry Danny Fenton.

Part 2 | Masterpost

[bet-on-me-13]

The cult of...Danny Fenton?

So! Way back when Danny first moved into his new neighborhood in Gotham, he had some trouble controlling his Powers. The different Types and Levels of Ectoplasm in the air when compared to Amity had thrown off his control.

He was used to being in places where his Ectoplasm meshed well with the Atmosphere, like a Water Balloon in a Pool, but in Gotham that analogy would be closer to a Water Balloon in the sewers. It was too different from what he was used to to fully control his Powers.

So it's understandable that he messed up a few times and his neighbors found out about his Abilities.

They took it well at first, Danny wasn't going to go Rogues or anything, and he never used them maliciously, but eventually they got curious.

They asked what his limits were, how he got them in the first place, and what the hell the Ghost Zone was. The answers "None Really", "I died and was reborn", and "A Collective of every Afterlife at once" did spark some interesting reactions from them.

Most importantly, a few of them joked about him being an Eldritch God that they needed to worship. He was good enough friends with them that at that point they felt comfortable pranking eachother, so they did just that.

Danny woke up one day on his birthday, and saw all of his friends and neighbors surrounding the makeshift Throne they had made and put him on while he was asleep. The entire day they chanted stuff like "The Great One requires Ms. Smiths Apple Pie for his day of birth!" And "The Great One Wishes for us to sing the Ritual Song! Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birth-"

After his birthday, they kept up the joke.

It didn't help that his powers had evolved Again! And now he could bestow abilities onto his friends. The jokes they made about their God granting them Supernatural Powers to rule the world with were insufferable.

Then, one day while he was just resting at home, watching a movie on his TV, he felt a Pull at his Core. The same kind of Pull whenever he was being summoned. But why would they summon hi- Oh Shit! It's Mr Jenkins Party today! He was supposed to meet them at the Warehouse they used for special events an Hour Ago!

He quickly accepted the Summoning, but was met with a suprising sight. His Neighbors all tied up in a pile to his right, a spilled table of party food to his left, and right in front of him, Batman and his Family watching him with wary eyes.

Slowly, he opened his mouth. "...so, did you come for the party or..."

[egophiliac]

buckle up lads we're going BACK INTO THE BOOK

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

My Great Grandma who loved her babies very much

Reference that I used for the face!

[parisoonic]

Demo has had many careers - tattoo artist isn't one of them.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

PD-MDZS: The Hallmark Episode.

[squoobest]

LET'S GET ONE THING CLEAR, I can brush my teeth all by myself OK?

[lizzybeeee]

When you spend 20 years attempting to bring down the child slavery, murdering, human trafficking exploitation ring that stole your childhood, murdered your friends, and killed countless innocents only to have them rebrand as 'Noble Freedom Fighters™' off-screen.

[billpottsismygf]

Doctor Who: The Impossible Planet & The Satan Pit / The Legend of Ruby Sunday

[neishroom]

*ੈ🎄✩‧₊ winterfest