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outlaw!toji who initially kidnapped you for money, to rob you from your valuable belongings, eventually forms a strange attachment to you. he canât help but feel a faint twinge of guilt for robbing a pretty and delicate little thing like you.
so, he decides to let you return to your beloved family in town. though he does not let you go completely.
every now and then when toji is passing by the town you reside in - avoiding sheriffs and other people whom could possibly recognise him from the wanted posters plastered on every wall - he looks for you.
of course, you freak out the first time he sneaked up on you. however slowly yet surely, you let your guard down. the outlaw didnât harm you in any way after all.
âhow âre ya doinâ, princess?â toji would always greet you with that signature, cocky smirk of his, leaning against a nearby wall with his arms crossed over his chiseled chest or his hands on his worn gun belt.
sometimes you reply quickly, but on other occasions you indulge him and continue the conversation. itâs often at night that he visits you, so you have less of a chance to get caught together.
you donât know when or how toji found out where your familyâs house is. he simply started showing up at your balcony once in a while, just to catch up. after a couple times, you even let him in.
those nightly visits swiftly turned into something more intimate. it feels so wrong yet so right. a dangerous criminal whoâs killed hundreds, who had even kidnapped you one day, being invited into your bedâ how scandalous.
though you canât help it. his callused yet warm hands that touch your skin, his burly body that presses you into the mattress just right, his slightly chapped lips that nip at your flesh and leave marks. . . you donât regret a thing.
especially when youâre both catching your breath after an intense encounter. tojiâs muscular body, filled with countless of scars, blankets yours easily. his arms cradle you to his bare chest afterwards and all you can do is relax against him.
âi think i really hit the jackpot with ya, aye? may not have robbed ya of yer stuff that day, but i got ma prize money one way or ânother,â the rugged outlaw grins as he lights up a cigar and holds it between his lips.
you canât even tell him off for smoking in your room. tojiâs fingers massage your scalp so good to the point youâre putty in his hands. the scent of tobacco is also comforting. itâs one you associate with him, because he always smells like it. itâs always a combination of tobacco, nature, horses and gunpowder.
toji knows that he has to leave before anyone comes checking in on you, but he canât leave you when you look so adorable, clinging onto him like a lifeline.
every time he visits, itâs the same exciting story.
when toji is in a more sentimental mood, he takes you out on a ride. he settles you on the back of his horse, speeding off into the sunset, letting you enjoy the view outside of town.
the beautiful freedom that comes with the life of an outlaw. the freedom of seeing nature in all its glory. you get to experience it all.
at times, when youâre out and about, he takes his chance and teaches you how to handle a gun. toji knows youâve been spoiled rotten by your parents growing up, so you probably havenât touched a gun a day in your life. thatâs where he comes in.
âoi, watch out. yer gonna blow my fuckinâ face off, girl,â toji grunts with a faint chuckle as he notices your clumsy hand gestures while holding his revolver. itâs endearing, truly. he doesnât yet understand why it warms his heart to see you try and shoot at the targets he set up.
what the outlaw loves more than that, is when youâre both resting against a large oak tree, with his head on your lap. especially after he gets back from a long and successful heist in a far away town.
toji often lets his cowboy hat cover his face while he naps and uses your thighs as the perfect, plush pillow. the gentle breeze only adds to the perfect moment.
when you take his stetson and put it on your head instead in a innocent gesture, he lazily opens one eye and raises a brow in amusement.
âoh? that yer way of telling me yâ want a ride?â toji teases before pinching your cheek. he loves seeing that flustered expression on your face when youâre once again reminded of the cowboy hat rule he taught you the other day.
toji never misses the opportunity, however. he sits up and leans back against the tree trunk, patting his thick thighs which he spreads lightly.
âhop on fâ me then, pretty. show me how good of a cowgirl yâ are, yeah?â
well, briefly said, itâs never a dull moment with outlaw!toji.
#sttoru writes.#jjk x reader#toji x reader#jjk smut#jjk x you#toji x you#jjk x y/n#toji x y/n#toji fushiguro x reader#jjk x female reader#jjk fanfic#toji smut#toji fanfic#jjk fic#toji x female reader#female reader
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And Silco made him get a man bun.
BTW, it amuses me that no matter what they do, they just maintain that they are an illogical mess of continuity errors.
I thought the whole point of this universe is that it diverged when Vi got killed during the heist? And the picture above Vi's memorial implies that Vander still raised them alone.
But here Vander doesn't have the knife wound scar, but Silco has the hurt eye. (btw, note the Warwick tattoo)
I guess the implication is that their brawl still happened but was slightly less violent? Because Silco's eye is damaged but not as bad?
So maybe their breakup was slightly less acrimonious and so Silco came back to support Vander when Vander was grieving Vi?
And because Heimerdinger's inventions made Zaun rich and healthy (wait, was Heimer always able to do that and that stupid rat just never bothered???) Silco had less reason to be mad at the world? Maybe both Vander and Silco worked together supporting Heimer in building a better Zaun? (but if Zaun was already better off then why would Vi have had a reason to do the heist in the first place?)
(now I badly crave fanart of this universe's Silco raising Powder, uncle!Silco comes calling just as Powder and Vander are grieving Vi)
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Why Regulus dying was crucial to the plot of Art Heist Baby!
It really pisses me off and people say "Omg it's so sad that Regulus never finished the heist, why did the author have to kill him?! He never finished his life's purpose" No it's not, because that wasn't what he wanted in life, he achieved everything that he wanted.
The story doesn't work if Regulus lives. Art Heist Baby isn't about the heist. I mean it kind of is, that was what drew me into the fanfic, why I read it. But, as I read it, I realized that it's not about the heist, it's about love, it's a love letter from @otrtbs, the author, to art history and to the fandom, and about the love of found family, brothers reuniting, and falling in love and all the sappy stuff.
But Regulus and the readers by extension, have always thought that it's about the heist, that it's about the infamy and being remembered, and that's how he lives forever, the heist gets him his brother back, the heist lets him live forever.
But then in Copenhagen, when he's literally dying, he's having this internal monologue, like, maybe I failed this heist and it's not successful and I didn't do what I wanted and I wasn't the best person, but I was loved, I am loved and I have loved back, he says that he knows he can take that love with him wherever he goes, even if he's a damn star in the sky, it doesn't matter. He's taking that love with him, it lives on, and that is its own form of immortality. That's what Regulus had been searching for this entire time and even after Regulus dies, James is still there, and Sirius and Barty and Evan hell all the others in the team, and it's like even death can't defeat that kind of love. We see James talking to Regulus every night and recounting memories and keeping Regulus alive in a way, which is what Regulus always wanted!!!! Just not in the way he thought he was going to get it.
I mean, otherwise what's the alternative? Regulus lives and he's happy with James, and maybe that's better than living on an infamy and better than the heist because, well, he's actually alive, but it's not just about love. Regulus and by extension, the reader wouldn't have this moment of realisation like, oh, it's love, love is the answer. Love is what makes all of us a little bit immortal for a little while. That's what it's all about in the end. Not the money or fame or notoriety. Just love. And Regulus dying feels like it was the best way Nat could have driven that point home. Like plz look past the heist, what else is there?
Because Regulus spent his whole life thinking that this was his goal. Just one more heist, that's what he'd always said right? One more heist, this is the last one. This is it. He'll have achieved everything he's ever wanted. Except, it's not what he wanted. Because throughout the story, he gets his brother back, he gets Sirius back in his life after spending years in silent mourning dangling just as precariously as the daunting Degas in the bathroom, he gets his brother back. He sees Barty and Evan who have spent their whole life going back and forth, finally getting together. He watches them grow up and grow together, and he spends his entire life with them. He brings together this group of strangers, this ragtag team of random people that applied via a fucking poster about a lucrative job and watches them bond. He watches relationships form, he connects with the Remus through annotations and books and a shared love for Sirius, he organizes dorlene's proposal and wedding!!!!
He bonds with all these people that he never would have met if he led a normal life, and then he meets James. He meets James Potter, who teaches him everything, who lets him borrow his bravery and shows him that life could be so much more if he wanted it to be, which he does.
"I love you, that's all." His last words, love, that's all. Not the heist, not the drop offs, not the money or the fame or the glory. Love, that's all. He started getting involved with the heists to feel loved, to get the attention that Sirius got from their parents growing up. Some superficial kind of love, and his life ends after he gets real love, platonic and romantic. Love, that's all, not the heist. He died with everything he knew he always wanted but never had the bravery to attain until then. That's why he said maybe he hadn't lived a long life but he lived the best life he could have.
Nat literally told us the reason with Regulus' last words and all of us decided to turn a blind eye to it, yes, yes ik it was heartbreaking to see him die and not live in the house in Brazil with James but we do see them meet again in the epilogue don't we? And let's trust Regulus and the author both when they said
"in every lifetime?"
"in every one."
#sorry for the rant#but i stand by every word i said#art heist baby#regulus black#marauders#marauders era#fuck jkr#james potter#jegulus
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Bat-Villains x Reader
You're the new hot and smart underling
Characters: Joker, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Bane, Scarecrow, Two-Face, The Riddler & The Penguin
The Joker
- From the moment you joined the Jokerâs ranks, his interest was piqued. Your sharp mind and striking presence stood out amongst the usual riff-raff. âA diamond in the rough!â he declared with a manic grin. Though he initially treated you like any other henchperson, his curious glances and the way he leaned in during conversations hinted at deeper intrigue.
- The Joker quickly made it a point to test your intellect. He threw out riddles mid-conversation, asked for your input on his chaotic plans, and watched with delight as you matched his wit. When you pointed out a flaw in one of his schemesâsomething no one else dared to doâhe clapped his hands and cackled. âI like you,â he said, the words dangerously lighthearted.
- He couldnât resist pulling you into the spotlight, often assigning you the most high-profile tasks. âLetâs see what youâre really made of!â heâd say with a grin that sent chills down your spine. Success was met with a rare approval, while failure earned a manic lecture or a laugh that felt more threatening than amused.
- Over time, his obsession with you became clear. Heâd show up unannounced while you worked, circling you like a predator and commenting on how ârefreshingly unpredictableâ you were. His attention was both a blessing and a curse, offering protection but also putting you in constant danger of his volatile whims.
- The other henchpeople noticed the Jokerâs fixation on you, leading to whispers and jealousy. Some even tried to undermine you, but the Joker put an immediate stop to it. âNobody touches my little genius,â heâd hiss, his voice icy before switching back to his signature grin.
- Despite his madness, there were moments where his attention bordered on genuine. Heâd hand you a giftâa macabre joke of a trinketâand watch your reaction with keen interest. Yet, his affection always felt like a game, a dangerous dance where losing meant the stakes could turn deadly.
Harleen Quinzel aka. Harley Quinn
- Harley was instantly drawn to you when you joined the gang. âOoh, fresh meat!â she teased, her Brooklyn accent thick with mischief. It didnât take long for her to notice your sharp mind and how you carried yourself with confidence. âSmart and hot? Youâre a triple threat, sugar!â she exclaimed, clearly intrigued.
- Harley loved testing your limits, throwing you into chaotic situations to see how you handled them. Whether it was a high-speed getaway or negotiating with rival criminals, sheâd watch you with sparkling eyes, clapping her hands in glee when you exceeded expectations.
- Her flirtation was constant and shameless. Sheâd saunter up to you during planning sessions, twirling a strand of her blonde-and-pink hair. âYâknow, if I wasnât with Mistah J, Iâd have to snatch you up,â sheâd say with a wink, though you couldnât always tell how serious she was.
- As your competence became undeniable, Harley began to rely on you more and more. Sheâd drag you into her schemes, insisting, âYouâre my good luck charm!â Sheâd giggle when things went awry but always trusted you to pull them back together.
- Harley wasnât above showing off for you, either. During fights or heists, sheâd go out of her way to make dramatic, acrobatic moves, casting a playful glance your way afterward. âBetcha didnât know I could do that, huh?â sheâd say, grinning ear to ear.
- Beneath her bubbly exterior, Harley grew genuinely attached to you. Sheâd seek you out during quiet moments, talking about everything from the stars to her favorite cartoons. âYouâre somethinâ special, yâknow?â sheâd say softly, her tone unusually serious before covering it with a laugh.
Pamela Isley aka. Poison Ivy
- Ivy noticed you the moment you walked in. She had an uncanny way of sensing power, and there was something about your intelligence and charisma that intrigued her. âYouâre not like the rest of them,â she said with a sly smile, her green eyes piercing.
- She tested you in subtle ways, asking for your opinion on her environmental crusades or challenging you with complex tasks. When you provided thoughtful, insightful answers, she found herself impressed. âHmm, perhaps youâre worth keeping around,â she mused, though the glimmer of approval in her gaze said more.
- Ivy quickly took you under her wing, ensuring you worked closely with her. Sheâd often call you to her greenhouse, watching as you moved carefully among her plants. âYou have respect for life,â sheâd note, almost to herself. Her approval felt rare and precious, like sunlight through the trees.
- Her fondness for you grew in small but significant ways. Sheâd casually offer you giftsârare flowers or herbsâclaiming they were âjust leftovers.â When you thanked her, sheâd wave it off, but the faint smile on her lips betrayed her pleasure.
- Ivyâs protective instincts soon kicked in. If anyone in the organization dared to disrespect you, theyâd find themselves tangled in vines before they could blink. âNo one touches whatâs mine,â sheâd declare, her voice cold and commanding, though she never elaborated on the claim.
- Despite her aloof demeanor, Ivy valued your presence deeply. In quiet moments, sheâd open up about her dreams of a better world, her voice soft and wistful. âYou understand,â sheâd say, almost vulnerable. âYou see the beauty in the chaos, just like me.â
Bane
- Bane was initially skeptical of you. Beauty and intelligence were rare qualities among his recruits, and he wondered if you were too good to be true. âProve your worth,â he demanded, his imposing figure casting a shadow over you. His voice was calm but carried the weight of a challenge.
- You quickly earned his respect through your sharp strategies and unflinching determination. Bane valued strength, both physical and mental, and your ability to stay calm under pressure impressed him. âYou are more capable than most,â he admitted, a rare compliment from the man who broke the Bat.
- Bane began involving you in higher-level plans, seeking your input and trusting your judgment. âYou think like a tactician,â he observed, his dark eyes studying you intently. His approval felt earned, a testament to your hard work and resilience.
- Despite his stoic demeanor, Bane showed his care in subtle ways. He ensured you were well-protected during missions, assigning his most loyal soldiers to watch your back. âYour mind is a valuable asset,â heâd say, though his actions hinted at something more personal.
- Over time, Baneâs respect for you deepened into admiration. He found himself drawn to your unwavering determination and the way you carried yourself with quiet confidence. âYou remind me of someone who fights for what they believe in,â he said once, his tone almost reverent.
- Baneâs connection to you became undeniable when he began sharing fragments of his past. âStrength is forged in pain,â he told you one night, his voice low and reflective. âYou understand that. Itâs why you belong hereâwith me.â His words carried a rare vulnerability, a glimpse of the man beneath the mask.
Jonathan Crane aka. Scarecrow
- Jonathanâs first impression of you was clinical curiosity. Among the sea of his mindless minions, your sharp intelligence and composed demeanor were a breath of fresh air. He observed you silently for days, cataloging your behavior like a subject in his experiments. âFascinating,â he murmured to himself when you solved a problem no one else could.
- He wasted no time putting your mind to the test, assigning you tasks meant to break weaker recruits. When you succeeded with ease, he became both intrigued and slightly unnerved. âYouâre more resilient than I expected,â he remarked, his tone bordering on admiration, though his calculating eyes betrayed his constant evaluation.
- As you gained his respect, Jonathan began sharing his philosophical musings with you. âFear,â heâd say, leaning closer, âis the only true motivator.â He watched your reactions intently, searching for a flicker of agreement or defiance. Your willingness to engage in these debates only solidified his growing fascination with you.
- Over time, he involved you in his experiments, valuing your input on the effects of his fear toxin. Heâd watch you work with a rare, quiet intensity, occasionally breaking the silence to ask your opinion. âTell me,â he said once, âwhat do you fear most?â The question lingered in the air, more personal than professional.
- Jonathanâs protectiveness over you grew subtly. If anyone questioned your methods or competence, heâd silence them with a single glare. âThis one,â heâd say, his voice cold, âis not to be underestimated.â His approval came sparingly, but when given, it felt like a hard-earned triumph.
- Despite his detached nature, Jonathan found himself drawn to your presence in a way that surprised even him. During his quieter moments, heâd share fragments of his past, his voice tinged with bitterness and vulnerability. âPerhaps,â he said one night, almost to himself, âfear isnât the only thing that defines us.â
Harvey Dent aka. Two-Face
- Harvey noticed you the moment you joined his organization. Half of him admired your intelligence and poise, while the other halfâgruffer, more distrustingâdemanded you prove your loyalty. âLetâs see how you handle yourself,â he said, flipping his coin. Heads, you were given a chance; tails, you were thrown into the fire.
- Your quick thinking and unshakable composure soon won over both sides of Harvey. He appreciated your ability to adapt to his volatile moods, navigating his dual nature with surprising ease. âYouâre good,â he admitted one day, his scarred side smirking while the unscarred side gave a small nod of approval.
- Harvey began relying on you for more than just grunt work, bringing you into his inner circle. Heâd consult you during planning sessions, flipping his coin before agreeing with your suggestions. âYouâre smart,â he said, his voice laced with reluctant admiration. âAlmost too smart for your own good.â
- Despite his hardened exterior, Harvey showed glimpses of softness around you. On rare occasions, heâd let his guard down, speaking about the struggles of balancing his two selves. âYou think itâs easy?â he asked one night, his voice raw. âLiving with two voices in your head?â He didnât expect an answer but seemed comforted by your understanding.
- His dual nature extended to how he treated you. On good days, heâd praise your work and share a drink with you, his charm shining through. On bad days, heâd lash out, only to apologize later. âYou shouldnât stick around someone like me,â he muttered once, his good side conflicted while his bad side growled, âBut you will.â
- Over time, Harveyâs admiration for you turned into something deeper. He became fiercely protective, warning anyone who dared to question your loyalty or competence. âThis oneâs mine,â heâd say, the flip of his coin deciding whether the threat ended thereâor escalated further.
Edward Nygma aka. The Riddler
- Edward immediately gravitated toward you when you joined his crew. Your intelligence was obvious, and he couldnât resist testing it. âRiddle me this,â he said with a smirk, throwing out puzzles and watching with delight as you solved them with ease. âFinally,â he exclaimed, âsomeone worthy of my brilliance!â
- He quickly made you his personal protĂ©gĂ©, dragging you into his elaborate schemes and assigning you tasks that required both wit and precision. âDonât disappoint me,â he warned, though the gleam in his eye suggested he didnât expect you to. Your successes only fueled his ego, making him more confident in his choice.
- Edward loved showing off around you, often monologuing about his genius or presenting you with his latest riddles. He craved your approval, though heâd never admit it outright. âYou see it, donât you?â heâd ask, leaning closer. âHow much smarter I am than everyone else?â
- As your bond grew, Edward became more possessive of your time and attention. Heâd grow irritable if you worked with anyone else, muttering about how âinferior mindsâ didnât deserve your talents. âYouâre wasted on them,â heâd say, his tone dripping with disdain.
- Despite his arrogance, Edward valued your opinions deeply. Heâd often ask for your input during planning sessions, genuinely considering your ideas. When you outsmarted him in a rare moment, he was equal parts annoyed and impressed. âDonât let it go to your head,â he grumbled, though his smile betrayed his pride in you.
- Beneath his bravado, Edward harbored a genuine fondness for you. In quieter moments, heâd confide in you about his insecurities, his voice softer and more vulnerable than youâd ever heard. âDo you think theyâll ever truly understand me?â he asked once, his question laced with an uncharacteristic hint of doubt.
Oswald Cobblepot aka. The Penguin
- Oswald was skeptical when you first joined his ranks. Heâd seen plenty of attractive recruits come and go, and he assumed youâd be no different. But when you demonstrated your sharp mind and ability to navigate his world, he quickly took notice. âHmm,â he muttered, adjusting his monocle. âYou might be more useful than you look.â
- He began assigning you more important tasks, watching closely to see how you handled yourself. When you not only met but exceeded his expectations, he couldnât help but be impressed. âWell, well,â he said with a smirk. âIt seems Iâve underestimated you.â
- Oswald had a flair for theatrics, and he loved dragging you into his schemes. Heâd show off his wealth and power, often treating you to luxurious dinners or gifting you extravagant trinkets. âConsider it an investment,â heâd say, though his smug grin suggested otherwise.
- Over time, Oswaldâs respect for you grew into admiration. He appreciated your loyalty and competence, valuing you as more than just another underling. âYouâve got potential,â he told you one night, his tone unusually sincere. âStick with me, and youâll go far.â
- Despite his ruthless nature, Oswald showed surprising protectiveness over you. If anyone dared to disrespect or threaten you, theyâd find themselves at the mercy of his sharp-tipped umbrella. âNo one crosses the Penguin,â he growled, his eyes cold. âEspecially not someone under my wing.â
- Oswaldâs attachment to you became evident in his quieter moments. Heâd share stories of his past, his voice tinged with bitterness and longing. âThe world never gave me a chance,â he said once, his gaze distant. âBut youâyouâre different. Youâve got what it takes to survive.â
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[Magic Kaito] Scheduling
It's my birthday, so obviously, there should be fic. 700 words, silliness. +++
Saguru wasnât entirely sure what he was doing here, other than the fact that it wasnât a school night. And, well, Kid. Specifically a Kid Heist Notice. Which wasnât for another three days. A bit larger of a lead time than normal, but Kid hadnât made an appearance in several weeks, most likely due to it being the end of the school season and this being the first time Kid had a break to do so. But still, Saguru usually arrived later in the process, not for the initial heist note meeting. His presence was mostly superfluous at them, especially given the straight forward nature of the current note and that Kid wouldnât be there. âAlright, men!â Nakamori-keibu bellowed and Saguru tried to flinch at the volume. Truely, did everything have time be at high decibel? âKid has sent us a notice for three days from now at 1800-â
âI really wish he didnât.â The owner of the large inherited topaz flinched.
Normally gem owners tended to fall into two categories, either having something to hide --usually a fake heist notice-- or attempting to challenge the Kidâs skills. The current target went in a different direction⊠nervous fussing. âItâs my daughterâs graduation and I wanted to be there.â
âOh snap.â A familiar voice said from Saguruâs left and he jumped slightly. âForgot about graduation. Would you like to reschedule?â
The Kidâs voice came from the officer standing next to Saguru. One who was twice Saguruâs age and whom heâd sworn had gotten checked for being the Kid.
âOh would you?â The mousy gem owner looked relieved.
Kid stepped forward, the Task Force uniform vanishing with a small poof of smoke, to be replaced by the Kaitou Kidâs familiar white suit, top hat, and cape. âCertainly. When would be a good date for you?â
Kid hopped up on the desk, lightly crouching on it as the gem owner pulled out a paper planner, running his fingers across the pages. âHowâs the 19th?â
Kid pulled out a phone, checking his calendar as Nakamori made an irate sound. âIâm booked.â Kid reported. âCan do the 17th or 20th though.â
âIâm out of town the 20th-â
âWHAT ARE YOU DOING?!â Nakamori bellowed, his face a violent angry red. Kid clicked his finger and held up a finger in the inspectorâs direction, the thiefâs gaze on his phone as if Nakamori was the one being unconscionably rude.Â
â-I have work most of the 17th.â The gem owner continued. âBut the evening is free.â
Kid made a thoughtful sound. âI supposed that would give me enough time-â
âYou could check it now.â Saguru suggested. âSince youâre currently both free.â
Both Kid and the gem owner looked up at Saguru with identical looks of polite confusion. Saguru resisted the urge to roll his eyes. âNot everything needs to be a magic show.â
Kid gasped in outrage, one gloved hand pressed against his chest, clearly offended.
âHeâs got a point.â The gem owner gestured to the large stone on his desk. âHelp yourself.â
Kid nodded, hopping off the desk, picking up the gem and walking over to the window and holding it up to the moonlight. When nothing happened, he turned back and set the gem back on the desk, offering the owner his gloved hand. âThank you very much, it was a pleasure doing business with you.â
The gem owner shook his hand. âLikewise.â
Kid turned to the officers and gave them a polite tilt of his hat. âGentlemen.â He said, then walked out the door.
Saguru pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed heavily as no one moved.Â
â-GET HIM!!â Nakamori belatedly bellowed, pointing to the door the thief had just walked out of. That seemed to startle the Task Force and they scrambled to take off running, several getting stuck in the doorway and preventing the others from escaping.
âWell.â Said the gem owner, looking quite chuffed. âThat was exciting.â Saguru rubbed his face with a hand, torn between exasperation and amusement, remembering once again why he attended as many Kid heists as possible. Heâd been to crime scenes for years and seriously. Stuff like this only happened with the Kaitou Kid. -fin-
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In an au where Heimerdinger sponsors Powder and Ekko after the heist instead of everything else happening
Cassandra: This is our scholar, Jayce. He's an absolute prodigy, comes from an already proven to be innovative family, and we had to bid against quite a few others to secure the ability to fund his future
Heimerdinger, pointing to 13-year-olds Ekko and Powder: these are my babies chonko and fuckass, I found them in a dumpster, and I love them more than life itself
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Helloooo, I was just curious if youâre still (or are) taking requests. I was wondering if we can get some Dom!Buggy and a Siren reader smut thing? I would love to see what you can come up with! If not then feel free to ignore this. I hope you have a great day!! âšâš
Hello hello, anon!! I apologize for the delay in getting to your request. I was hoping the words would put themselves into the story, but we had to compromise on a different format. đ
I hope that this bullet list / outline captures enough of what you were hoping for!
WC: ~720 Warning: nsfw, buggy x siren!reader, gn!reader, established relationship, mention of a blowjob, implied getting frisky in a semi-public setting, insertion sex - reader receiving, creampie
Reader/You would either be shape-shifting (human form), or maaabye the half human and half bird variant, and a part of Buggy's crew.
Established relationship, with low key PDA and flirting.
You'd rile Buggy up throughout the day through little touches, looks, and sing-songy comments. Maybe getting a little naughty yourself when Buggy is paying attention - a sneaky hand between your legs or just spreading your legs wide under a table to give him a peek, licking something off your finger etc
Your comments would get more teasing and explicit the longer this goes on. Talking about how worked up Buggy is, he's gotta control that cannon in his pants, how can he think when all the blood is in the wrong head, is he even thinking about the next treasure heist or is he thinking about you moaning his name - like this~
At one point, it seemed like you were going to give him a little extra attention. A make out session that might end with a blow job somewhere quiet. You're kneeling, Buggy is already sweating, and his pants aren't even unbuckled.
Aaaaaand someone interrupts.
He's pissed, you're amused. You send him off, again sing-songy just to rub some salt in that wound. You can't help it, he's just so cute when he's angry.
And you get the reap the benefits, because when Buggy's done with all the other shit that needed him, you're next on the list.
Bent over his vanity, something shoved in your mouth (bandana, scarf, gloves, whatever he has within reach), and he's railing you to kingdom come.
Making you look at yourself in the mirror, telling you to keep the shit from falling off the table top, all while fucking you harder and jostling the poor vanity. It wasn't made for this. Hell, some of the lights flicker from how hard he's bucking into you.
You're practically hugging the shit on his vanity that threatened to fall to the floor. You're soaking the fabric in your mouth with spit. Blinking away tears. And, requested by Buggy, watching yourself in the mirror get wrecked.
Your calves are getting sore from being on tiptoe, the edge of the tabletop is digging into your pelvis. You're aching from how his thickness is keeping you stretched.
Buggy's hands are everywhere, holding your hip, on your shoulder, around your neck, in your hair.
Eventually, his stumped arms are on either side of your waist, holding you in place. One disembodied hand is on your chin and squeezing your cheeks, making sure you have a lovely view straight ahead. Buggy's other hand is holding his own hair out of his sweaty face.
With that sight, you whine and bite down on the soaked fabric as you hit the peak. You're rounding your back and curling inwards, at least as much as you can.
Buggy's ending isn't that much further away. He's hunched over you and his thrusts are frantic as he chases his end with dogged determination.
His movements don't immediately stop when he finishes, there's still an unfed hunger. But it teeters out and he finally stops fucking you.
You're both breathing heavily, although your lungs can't inflate as deeply because of his weight still draped on you. His hand comes up to pull the soggy fabric from your mouth. Your jaw is sore, it feels strange to be able to close your mouth without resistance.
It's not until your shakes come from still standing on tiptoes that Buggy finally moves. Kisses on the back of your ear and little murmurs about how good you feel, how good you make him feel, that you belong to him, while he pulls out.
But not entirely.
His dick is still half-hard enough for him to lazily thrust in and out, more affectionately than lustfully.
Only a few times, though, before he does ease himself out entirely.
You can finally lower your heels to the ground, although you're still leaning on the vanity table.
Buggy gives a nice firm slap to your ass and chuckles. Sure, you might have manipulated him with all your teasing and singing, but he is a very willing participant in this game.
And looking at you - faced covered in spit and sweat, hand still clutching random make-up items, cum dripping down your thighs - Buggy is damn pleased with himself.
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DPXDC FENTONS IN GOTHAM AND MISCELLANEOUS
TITLE/LINK RATING COMPLETED-WORD-COUNT SERIES
DP FIC REC HOME POST
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FENTONS WORKINGÂ IN GOTHAMÂ
Stalling  T 2,363Â
Just a perfectly normal conversation between Arkham's newest psychiatrist, and its most troublesome resident. In the staff parking lot. During a jailbreak. How she walks out of this alive is a question even the Batman himself wants answered.Â
Who's Afraid Of Who? Â G 611 SERIESÂ
Someone gives Jazz the wrong interrogation room number. Now she goes to visit a certain Dr. Crane...The station officers realize the error in the files when visiting the other resource, 1 hour later it's too late. By the time they arrive at the interrogation room, they find...Dr Jasmine Nightingale became an expert on the mind to help people. That included almost all of Gotham's worst offenders. Dr Crane, aka Scarecrow, is about to find out more first hand.Â
Danny The Intern  TÂ
Danny decided to intern at Wayne Enterprise. He's always so helpful, and polite, and gets the job done. He gets REALLY confused when his co-workers start acting weird: they would either pull him into another room; or make him do some outlandish task so far away, or a group of people suddenly surround him. Itâs as if they are trying to hide him from someone. Meanwhile, there is an unspoken agreement amongst the employees:Â Rule #4: DO NOT LET ANY WAYNES SEE HIM. Otherwise, they are going to lose their most helpful intern (and hopefully a permanent employee) because of those damn Wayneâs adopting addictions. Though of course, it wasnât long until they messed up Rule #4.Â
Trivia Night  GÂ
Danny gets a job at some underground bar as one of the tenders there. The problem? He wasnât informed that Gothamâs most dangerous villains would frequently go out for drinks, using said bar to do so. And naturally, through the power of tired college student and brunt-out hero, he manages to gain favor of all of them. So much so that they begin including him on planning heists, kidnappings, etcÂ
Just Another ̶L̶A̶ Gotham Devotee~  TÂ
Danny didn't expect much after leaving Amity and his vigilante career for a job at Wayne Tech R&D. All he wanted was a decent roof over his head, non ecto-contaminated food in his fridge, and maybe to stop getting thrown into buildings so often. Hell, he'd even negotiate that last point if it kept the Bats of his back. Unfortunately, fate has never been kind. Ancients, he needs a vacation.Â
Specter Of The Month  TÂ
Far from Amity and those who'd follow, Danny does the only sensible option to make money and watch over his sister. Apply to become an Arkham Asylum security guard. When breakout rates drop and Penguin's released spouting rumors of a ghost haunting BlackGate, a certain Tim Drake grows curious.Â
Gotham's Ghostly Bartender  TÂ
Danny after revealing to his parents he is Phantom and taking his place as King of the Infinite Realms, decides to try his luck as human opening a nightclub in Gotham. ItÂŽs going great until he attracts the attention of the Bats because he canÂŽt help going feral on the Joker everytime he finds him on the cityÂ
Help! My Teacher's A Mad Scientist  NRÂ
wherein Danny is a metalwork teacher at Gotham academy and ends up subbing for Tim's chemistry class. Measurements are just suggestions.Â
Pitch-Dark Shades  TÂ
Danny Fenton is trying to build a new life in Gotham after closing up the connections to the Ghost Zone. Not that all connections are entirely broken, still being able to perceive shades and give them strength when he connects to one of their prized objects. Tim Drake is trying to find his own place in the world, focusing on becoming a better detective by solving cold cases in his spare time. When Tim and Danny meet, a new (begrudging) partnership starts to bloom to solve even the hardest of cases. Or it would if only they told each other the truth.Â
New Job, Who's This? Â T 8,000 SERIESÂ
Danny has an interview with the Engineering Team at Wayne Enterprises. He gets a job, but not where he expected.Â
Those Who Serve. Â TÂ
Alfred Pennyworth sees a homeless teen who looks like he'd fit right into the Wayne family and decides to take matters into his own hands. It's not like he's just going to leave this very sad, possibly meta teenager alone when there's more than enough space in the Manor to house one more child in need.Â
A Matter Of Opinion  M 13,096Â
Jasmine Fenton goes down a different path in her attempt to care for her brother. Unfortunately, she could not stop her parents from taking her brother apart. Now, his core is slowly rebuilding his body from infancy, and someone has to pay for letting the Anti-Ecto Acts exist. When she bites off more than she can chew, she learns how to grow bigger teeth, and hunts down bigger prey.Â
The Curious Case Of D. Grayson  TÂ
Dick Grayson gets a job in Wayne Industries as an electrical engineer, or so is the word. Except it's not Dick who gets the job but Danny Grayson, half ghost and professional disaster. Of course, because nothing is ever easy for Danny, the world mistakes him for the prolific first child of Bruce Wayne and therefore rumours start Dick Grayson got married in secret. What could possibly go wrong, am I right?Â
Penny Two  T 6,822Â
Alfred decides to hire Danny Fentom as an assistant butler. Bruce is uncertain about having a new person in his house.Â
He Can See Ghosts Because Heâs A Medium, Obviously  NR SERIESÂ
But no, what convinced him heâs in a different dimension are the ghosts. Theyâre nothing like the ghosts from the infinite realms, more like stereotypical ghosts kids who were raised normally believe in. The ones no one can see except in the flickering of lights, something falling when it shouldnât, a strange noise or even sometimes a shadowy figure. But not for Danny, cause of course he canât be normal. To him these ghosts look like every other living person around him. Or Danny gets trapped in the DC universe, specifically Gotham, and decides since he can see ghosts here he may as well use it. Or or Danny the medium!Â
Ghost In The Morgue  MÂ
There's something off about the new Medical Examiner for the Gotham City Police Department. Danny Fenton, now working for the G.C.P.D. is good at his job. Very good. His reports are always done promptly and accurately. Scarily accurate. His "unofficial reports" even more so, listing details the medical examiner shouldn't know. He's an oddity, and oddities in Gotham attract Bats.Â
Mondays, Am I Right? Â T 2,681 SERIESÂ
There was a long silence. He heard his sister breathe in, breathe out, like she was mentally preparing herself to say something. âI⊠I heard, from other interns I talked to, that guard positions are always open. And that itâs super easy to get in.âÂ
Unnerving  TÂ
There's a new doctor at Arkham Asylum, and with the new doctor came a new security guard. Or, Jazz decided to work in Arkham and now it's everyone's problem.Â
Arkham Phantom: The Cryptic Security Guard  NRÂ
Danny becomes a security guard at Arkham.Â
Graveyard Shift  NRÂ
He moved slowly through the dark hall as the alarms blared and flashed, his eyes cutting through the dark. Where. Where did he go? He pauses at a sound, glancing down the left hall as a masked group crouches and goes still. Not paying them any mind, he pays more attention to the blue smoke that finds its way out his throat, curling around his face before trailing off down the hall. He starts walking again. He has someone to find. With barely a thought he slowly fades from the visible spectrum as he continues down the straight hall.Â
Shrike  TÂ
Danny Fenton starts a new life in Gotham but ghosts keep following him, forcing him to return as Phantom to try and keep them in control. The Bats are trying to hunt down the new meta due to the destruction he causes. In his civilian life, Danny finds himself being questioned about his background and knowledge of technology when he wins a full ride scholarship and fellowship from Wayne Enterprises. Both sides of his life ends crumbling before him.Â
DANNY IN GOTHAMÂ
Wait, I'm A What? Â TÂ
after Clockwork dropped of Danny in Gotham he tries to make the best out of the situation which includes helping out some people. Except along the way that led to rumors that he was an up-and-coming crime boss. A rumor he was largely unaware of.Â
Wait! Iâm A Cartoon Over Here!?! Â TÂ
A new vigilante group had been working the rounds. Every rogue or villain they came across for the past week got defeated in seconds. Bruce has been aging like a fly due to the stress of trying to catch them. Everyone else wishes to meet and get their autographs. While Damian and Dick canât figure out why this group's actions, tools, and abilities feel so familiar. That is until Damian gets saved by a teen with snow-white hair and glowing green eyes. Damian just got saved by a cartoon character Dick and he watches regularly. Meanwhile, Danny and the gang got dumped into the DC Universe. They are familiar with the comics, shows, and movies, they know whatâs up, and they can survive! They plan not to draw too much attention. Maybe help a person here or there? get an autograph or ten? But, definitely find a way back home. That plan fails immediately, and now, theyâre a vigilante group with a dumb name. But, as long as they stay in the shadows, they should be fine! That all changes when Danny saves Robin and learns something very important yet terrifying.Â
Cry Of The Mourning Dove  T  Â
Danny's made it this far from Amity. An alley way, somewhere in Gotham city. He had a goal, but he's so injured... He's not sure he's gonna find who he needs to find. Red Robin and Red Hood find him first. A kid. Bleeding green. With Bruce Wayne's face.Â
Bus To Nowhere  TÂ
Is it running from your problems if your problems consider you to be a dead imprint of consciousness that killed their son? Yes, but Danny tries not to think about how his nightmares of his parents trying to kill him came true when they found out he was Phantom. After being on the run from his parents and the government for a couple of months, moving from town to town, Danny ends up in Gotham City and decides to risk staying in Batman's territory. He'd take the wrath of Batman over live vivisection via beloved parents or being studied and torn apart by the government. Besides, he's not a meta. Being dead is a medical condition.Â
Change In Management  T SERIESÂ
Desperate for energy to sustain herself and her city, Gotham tries to consume Phantom but loses and instead bequeaths her mantle to him as she destabilizes. This has some interesting consequences as Danny now finds himself inexplicably linked to a crime-ridden city in another dimension.Â
In The Dead Of Night  TÂ
Danny's life has never been normal. One night he is thrust into a situation he never wanted and certainly didn't ask for. Now lost, alone, and injured in an unfamiliar city, he must rely on the help of strangers in the forms of Gotham City's vigilantes, and the family of Bruce Wayne. In order to survive and keep himself out of the hands of an insane cult that is desperately seeking out a power far greater than anyone should have.Â
Thirty-Odd Days Of Chasing An Enigma  TÂ
Danny and the Batfam play hide and seek and tag, all on the palm of Danny's hand, while he tries to gain some much needed balance after a reveal gone bad.Â
Anarchic  T 5,585 SERIESÂ
Danny Fenton is set free on another world, he really should've taken the "No consequences" claim with a pinch of saltÂ
Hatred At First Sight  G 1,304Â
The residence of Gotham were used to rogue attacks and most didn't bat an eye to the extravagance that was the Joker even as everyone watching as he live filmed his assault on the bank in a numb kind of horror that you could only acquire through exposure. He was holding a bunch of hostages, asking the watchers what he should do with them with a wide unhinged smile and maliciously gleeful eyes that watched his many victims squirm in terror. Until he looked at the skrunky kid in a ratty hoodie that looked like he could be a Wayne adoptee. And both froze for a good minute. And like some kind of demented switch got flipped the kid snarled and (still with his hands tied behind his back mind you) launched himself at the Joker.Â
Danny's Guide To Not Dying Alone On The Street  GÂ
After his parents chase him out of the city, Danny finds his way to Gotham to stay out of the eye of the GIW or any other ghost hunters who might be interested in him. After he accidentally shows his powers in a very public setting, can he avoid the ghosts of his past and the ever-increasing number of Gotham Vigilantes interested in him?Â
Run Ghost Run  NRÂ
Danny escaped from the GIW and his parents, but he had to keep running. If those in the infinite realm found out what happened war would happen. Clockwork said to follow the birds and bats whatever that means. For now, he would just hide in Gotham. No one would look for him there.Â
Gotham's Haunted  GÂ
Five times Danny Surprised a Batkid and that one time he was forcefully adopted by Bruce Wayne.Â
No Laughing Matter  NRÂ
Danny kills the Joker, not knowing of the kill switch set to release Joker gas the moment Jokers heart stops beatingÂ
Taking Flight  TÂ
Danny decides to tell his parents the truth. It doesn't go so hot. Fleeing Amity Park for his life he decides Gotham is the best place to fall through the cracks. Sadly as a black-haired blue-eyed teen with a strong sense of morality the adoption papers were half filled out. Unfortunately for Bruce, Danny has a thing about rich guys with secret identities who want to adopt him.Â
Death Is Not The Enemy  TÂ
Danny gets summoned into a new universe, makes some friends, becomes part of the most powerful vigilante clan ever, punches a bunch of satanists, finds the meaning of family and gets a chance at dreaming big. Definitely not in that orderÂ
Concession To Realism  GÂ
Clockwork sends Danny to a universe where he'll be safe until he can take up the mantle of Ghost King, a dimension far away from the Fentons and other ghost hunters. Danny is less than thrilled, especially when he starts developing a soft spot for some local bats.Â
And So It Ghost   T 65,805 SERIESÂ
When Danny Fenton is invited to a Technology Fair in Gotham he hopes it will help open doors to a good college. What he doesn't expect is an attack by a technology obsessed ghost, or a visit from the Batman himself. Can Danny keep his identity a secret while also scoring a spot at Gotham University? Or will everything come crashing down around his ears like usual?Â
MISCÂ
A Vigilante A Day Keeps The Government Away  M 11,158Â
Lucius Fox gets a phone call he'd never expected from a source even more unexpected. Now, he's got to figure out what to do with a betrayed child, a traumatized nephew, a protective son, and an adoption-prone Bat.Â
I Can Be Both Even If It's Hard (And It's Hard) Â G 52,999 SERIESÂ
Sam and Tucker ran to get Jazz and didn't see Danny come out of the portal. By the time they return Danny has transformed back. This changes things.Â
-=INSERT TERM=- Â TÂ
âIt's probably just identity theftâ Tim looked up from his laptop in the corner as he said it, a courtesy Jason didn't return. âMaybeâ he sighed, reading through the document in front of him again. Apparently a kid had cashed in his government trust fund, two years after his death. âI don't know why you careâ Tim continued, returning to his screen. Originally Jason haddenât, had even been offended when Bruce handed him the file with instructions to âlook into thisâ. However, the more he did look into it, the more he realised this wasnât really about the trust fund at all.Â
Dull Residue Of What Once Was (A Shattered Cloud Of Swirling Doves) Â T SERIESÂ
Danny didn't expect to become Ghost King. He definitely didn't expect or want to become a target for summoning because of it. He's pretty annoyed at this point. But hey, at least he gets to meet some of his favorite heroes! The Batclan meets King Phantom. It's very alarming.Â
Of Course It's A Cult  T 2,696 SERIESÂ
Danny did not sign up for kingship. Nor did he sign up for random summons by crazy cult people. Fortunately, the sacrifices for this one are still alive and are slightly familiar.Â
The Historian  NR SERIESÂ
I have even documented some stories claiming that the Bat is a living person. Of course, these claims are preposterous and should be immediately discounted. What living person would willingly choose to dress as a bat to fight crime?Â
Dead Men Don't Bleed  MÂ
Dead men don't bleed. When the body begins to break down, the blood settles and congeals in the veins, clotting and preventing them from being able to bleed like the living. This, of course, isn't an issue, so long as your corpse stays dead.Â
Tape 01 Â NRÂ
Daniel "Danny" James Fenton wasn't just a normal young adult and while everyone seemed to accept this fact, nobody was able to understand it. That's the point, where all his problems started to evolve into something much bigger. So nobody noticed when he disappeared...Â
When The Clown No Longer Laughed  M SERIESÂ
Things have been going well for Arkham Asylum. There haven't been any breakouts in a while, a new team of Psychologists are starting to make a breakthrough with the residents, and Gotham is starting to heal. But with the recent suicide of one Mr. Freeze, Batman decides to look into what is happening in Arkham Asylum. Dr. Penelope Spectra talks about the good she is doing for the inmates, and how they are finally being rehabilitated. But Batman knew something was deeply wrong. When the Clown no longer laughed.Â
Time Traveler Code  G 1,486Â
Danny has to (re)introduce himself to Batman and his family after meeting them in the alternate Dan future. He has a few other big pieces of information to break to them, tooÂ
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Issues With Act 3: A Tier List
I couldn't find the gif of teen Vi making her angry face, but this will suffice. Anyways I have some bones to pick with act 3.
Tier 1: "Oh, the misery!" - Major Problems
I'll be fuming about these decisions for the foreseeable future.
Jinx death/the implications of her being dead (I personally believe a lot of evidence points to her being alive, but for the sake of this post and intentions - we'll talk strictly about what's on screen). Stop killing off mentally ill characters like this, please. To say it's deserved because she's committed acts of violence is stupid. Every character, with the exception of Ekko, has committed acts of violence that had brutal, unfair, or unwanted outcomes - and Jinx is among the ones where her violence is more understandable.
Caitlyn never apologizing for what she did in act 1. Vi calls her out on it and I thought we'd get somewhere, but no. Everyone else just kind of glosses over that she gassed people in act 1 which definitely led to some deaths. No apology to Vi either for gun-butting her. You can argue that it happened off screen, but seeing that ON screen, especially when Vi & Jinx having to verbally voice theirs, is just shitty. What's the point of having her scene in the opening credits be so stressful and guilt-ridden if she's not allowed to express that guilt beyond a word and expression or two? It also cheapens the theme of forgiveness this season because they first step to receiving forgiveness is apologizing. Act 2 understood this better than Act 3, given that in Vander's letter to Silco, the first thing he does is apologize.
Do we need to go over the implications/optics of the wealthy, privileged girl who gets to act out not really facing any consequences for her actions and getting to redeem herself in defending her city, but Jinx, disenfranchised and poor, needs to be fatally punished? Here's a hint IT'S BAD.
The whole Zaun and Piltover plot being dropped in general. We see Sevika join the council in the end, but that's it? Was independence off the table now? WHAT CONVERSATIONS HAPPENED OFF SCREEN THAT LED TO THIS BEING THE SOLUTION? Is anything worth a damn actually going to come from this arrangement? Also Piltover getting all of them councilors while Zaun gets one representative? *deep sigh*
Corruption with the enforcers being dropped like a hot potato. I guess that just stopped being something people cared about despite it being thoroughly critiqued by the narrative from the beginning of season 1 until now.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FIRELIGHTS TREE???? No one talks about it anymore. Did it die while Ekko and Heimerdinger were in the alt-timeline, did it hold out, was it healed once the hexcore was destroyed????????????? WE NEED ANSWERS.
Tier 2: "Spare the sympathy" - Middle-of-the-Road
These problems aren't necessarily deal-breakers, but irked me none the less.
No one can no longer call Viktor "Zaunite Jesus" because that was clearly 15 year-old Vi lol. What do you mean in an alternate universe she dies during the heist in S1E1 and then all of a sudden there's peace between Zaun and Piltover??????? All I can think of, is that after seeing how this poor kid was killed while trying to provide that set off some sort of chain reaction where Piltover and Zaun agreed to make peace to stop this sort of thing. I could actually buy that, however, just, why????? Vi already blames herself for everything so why validate that?! Also, I'm not saying it's impossible for alt-timeline Jinx to turn out healthy and well-adjusted, but, she had to cradle her older sister's corpse in her hands...there's a fair chance she'd still become Jinx.
No one finding out that they were all within centimeters of each other during the day of the heist. Arcane loves to do full-circle moments and endings, but somehow in the midst of stuffing the season with everything they could, they somehow couldn't do this which was on a damn platter sitting for them.
Tier 3: "I'll never be a saint" - Minor Problems
Had only these problems existed in act 3, I would've considered it perfect.
Not seeing the conversation that led to Ekko convincing Jinx to join the battle. Kind of minor because we see him convincing her out of ending her life, and we can gather that conversation from episode 7, but still, I feel like, given how down we see Jinx, that's something that should've been shown.
Having Caitvi bone in a prison cell. I'm split 50/50 on this, because on one hand - that's a place rife with Vi's trauma. On the other, it's symbolic for other things (no, I'm not talking about the fact that it's where they first met) that I kind of give it a pass.
#off my chest#i'll make a similar post about things i did like about this act#because there were things i did really enjoy#and it's important to#respect The Balance#and reed shannon's video put a lot of things into perspective#arcane#arcane season 2#act 3#act 3 spoilers#jinx#vi#caitlyn kiramman#ekko#negative post
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If Lil Silver got arrested [Iâll leave it up to your imagination what his charges are], what would the TWST main castâs reactions be? And maybe the NRC staff too please, if itâs not too large of an ask? âĄâ„ïžâĄ
Let's make this a continuation of this post. Little Silver got caught stealing his own work out of the gallery. Thankfully, Crewel was able to clear things up with the police and no arrest was made.
Fellow student reactions are roughly as follows:
Ace, Deuce, and Epel are worried. They were with him when the crime took place. Ace kind of feels guilty because he's the one who joked about taking the painting back, only for Little Silver to actually do it.
The Diasomnia crew hear about the arrest after Little Silver gets home. Sebek can't believe someone in this dorm would dare sully Malleus' name by getting arrested. Lilia thinks it's hilarious. Malleus and Big Silver are mostly confused. Why the heck was their little princess trying to rob a gallery? They're only more confused after learning that it was his own art getting "stolen."
The Octavinelle group are not surprised that it happened (given that they'd previously staged their own mini heist in Book 3). They are, however, surprised that Little Silver got caught. Floyd is disappointed that there wasn't a high-speed chase involved.
Trey hears about it from Riddle, who got the story from Cater, who got a very poorly-explained retelling from Ace and Deuce at the same time. Trey comes away thinking that Little Silver punched a guard while Grim set the floor on fire and rigged traps along the escape path. He also thinks it was just a weird dream that Deuce had...until he hears Jamil scolding Silver for getting into trouble.
Kalim, like Trey, got the story from Cater and immediately ran to Little Silver to hear about it in detail. He's a little disappointed at the lack of explosive trip wire. Jamil asks Little Silver to please don't be a bad influence on Kalim. He's so tired.
Idia, Leona, and Vil all hear rumors of rumors of rumors and get so sick of the increasingly exaggerated story that they just shut down any mention of it. Vil, in particular, has to tell Rook to stop regaling him with nonsense about the "master criminal" that the stories turned Little Silver into. After all, look at the kid! That's not the face of a criminal. That's the face of an idiot.
Anyone not on this list has even less emotional investment in the tale than Leona.
As for the adults, Crewel is the one who kept the poor princess out of jail. He was partially worried for his own sake, and partially trying to keep any problems from reaching Crowley. He did not want to hear a big bird man whine about how his students are turning into thieves.
The big bird man almost started whining anyway, until Crewel explained that Little Silver apologized and the misunderstanding was cleared up. He's not even banned from the gallery. All is well. Upon hearing that there is no longer a problem, Crowley gave a thumbs up and went back to running from his responsibilities work.
Trein gave a disappointed frown, but by that point Little Silver had been quite thoroughly chastised. No further lectures were given.
Vargas and Sam both had a good laugh at the story and let that be that.
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I. ADORED. S2 of Arcane.
Final thoughts on the season below the cut
Season two was incredibly emotionally fulfilling. The climax was amazing. I loved the constant butterfly effect throughout the entire show, starting with Jayce as a child in the snow and Vi and Powder pulling off a heist leading up to all of this. All of it felt like a natural progression, so many threads of fate being woven together into one.
But there is a part of me that almost wishes they hadn't raised the stakes quite so high.
I know it's literally the namesake of the show and therefore this was probably always the plan, but there's a part of me that wishes they had left the Arcane out of it and just focused on the class war that got kind of... brushed over in Act 2?
It feels like they had to brush aside the themes of classism and oppression for the sake of making room for this bigger climax. And I think a big part of the reason I feel like this is because season 1 chose to focus so much on that part rather than the Arcane plot. So maybe I would have felt this way no matter what they did. But in their defense, they didn't forget about it entirely.
The shot with Sevika joining the council and several councilors giving her disgusted or mistrustful looks is a wonderful way to show that while they may have temporarily joined forces to defeat a bigger threat, the tensions between Piltover and Zaun are not automatically resolved. And I do like how Sevika is still the only councilor from Zaun. Everyone else is still topside. It's a good way to show that while a little progress has been made, it's only the beginning, and Sevika will likely have to fight tooth and nail for any reform.
Jinx's death... well I suppose I should have seen it coming. It was a good conclusion to her arc. But I still wish it hadn't happened. I am of the personal opinion that it didn't need to happen, and now I'm just left wondering how the hell Warwick/Vander was still alive when every other construct or whatever the hell they were had already died.
Vi... my darling. Even at the very end, couldn't catch a break. She really did lose everything. I'm glad she has Cait. I'm glad we got the sesbian lex scene. I just wish she could have ended the show genuinely happy, after having suffered so much throughout her entire life. I know for Arcane it's kind of a long shot for anyone to end up truly happy, but... I still really wanted it for her.
And on a lighter note: just when I thought I couldn't be any more attracted to Mel, the character designers decided to take that as a personal challenge.
I LOVE that they gave Mel more attention this season. The whole witch plotline and Mel having magic came kind of totally out of left field, but I still really enjoyed it. It gave Mel an actual role in this season which was less focused on internal politics, which I am glad for. It meant that she wasn't pushed to the side when the final climax came up. And I liked how her being a black rose put her in direct opposition to Ambessa, as opposed to the subtlety both of them had been employing up until that point. I liked the juxtaposition between the two of them, and I liked how she became the leader of Noxus following everything. Returning home after a long exile.
The completion of Viktor and Jayce's arc together was so fulfilling. I wasn't even sad about their deaths, I was glad that they were together, and that they could finish what they started together, just as both of them had always wanted.
I know everyone ships them but honestly I don't. I don't think their bond needs to be romantic. It transcends the need for those kind of labels. What's important isn't the exact nature of the relationship, it's the depth of it. It's the fact that their destinies, their souls have always been and always will be intertwined. And honestly the fact that they weren't explicitly romantic is almost better to me, because it defies the idea that relationships that deep always have to be romantic.
Ekko, as always, was perfect. My only complaint about him at all this season is that we didn't get more of him. I so adore him, I loved his episode in arc 3, it felt so perfect for him. To see what could have been, having just briefly everything he could ever want, and then knowing he had to leave it behind in order to keep moving forward.
And gosh, what a way of tying his time travel abilities into the story. It does make me kind of question what was going on with his fight with Jinx in season 1, if it wasn't actually time travel, though? Maybe we were just seeing another timeline, and he wasn't? Idk.
I'm so glad that at the end of the day, it was him that managed to save everyone. It wasn't perfect. He didn't bring anyone back to life. He didn't reset any timelines (which I am immensely grateful for, I would not have wanted everything that happened to be erased, it would have been such lazy writing), but he turned back time just enough to let Jayce snap out of his trance and free Viktor from the emotionless shell he'd surrounded himself with. He gave them one last moment together. And that's all they needed.
I don't know how I'm ever going to be the same after this. I am so glad for Arcane's existence.
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It might have to do with Heimerdinger. He was waiting for EKko for over 100 years and probably as the one with the most power in the council, did what he could for both the cities unlike his previous life where Zaun was hid blind spot. So while things weren't exactly the same, with some events being a fixed point in time - (bridge riot, apartment heist, Silco and Vander's fight) - it wasn't as bad as it was.
Hell, most of it could be explained away by it. Heimerdinger purposely not taking Victor as his assistant, forcing the council to be more lenient towards the kids.
oh by the way real weird of the writers to make it that Vi's death meant zAuN iS nOw iN a BeTTeR fUtUre in that alternate universe.
in season 1 the Enforcers, under order of the council, specifically went down to the lanes to get the kids after the explosion to make an example of them. So what the fuck do you MEAN the Enforcers walked in and thought "nawww sad, kid died now we all have to be good" in season 2
like they would have cheered and went YESSS amazing and then went and got powder, mylo and claggor to stillwater as well.
what shit fuck ass writing IS THAT where is the continuity, where is the reality??? shying away from real life pain now, aren't we.
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Heard he was part of the mob in his prime...
Bonus monochrome newspapery version!
Maybe -- just maybe! -- this is my version of Overlord Angel.
#hazbin hotel#hazbin art#angel dust#angel hazbin hotel#he wasn't 1940s enough for me#but at least the pinstripes are relevant now!#someone tell this guy theres no point pulling off a heist if your money bag has a hole in it#jeri's art tag for convenience purposes#had a lot of fun with this one! ty to my friend for introducing me to all these cool new brushes#yeah thats a stock newspaper background. it was so hard to find one that wasnt AI
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more dweebs (Very detailed image description below.)
a drawing of grian, ethoslab, tangotek, and smallishbeans. grian is in his season 10 fishing skin and the rest are in different outfits referencing their base themes.
grian is in his fishing skin looking very tired with his fishing rod swung over his shoulder and an ear pierced with a brassy fish hook. heâs a cod hybrid with fin-ears and a stubby tail. behind him blue snail is munching on some leaves.
etho is posing with a neck sheepishly behind his neck and the other resting on his bag. heâs in the postal uniform polo with a green, canadian maple-themed yukata loosely worn and slipping off his shoulder. he has fingerless gloves on under. he is wearing dark red pleated pants and light green heeled crocs. he has a black and red messenger bag with a trellis motif. etho is an arctic fox hybrid with brown legs and streaks through his hair. doodles below show what his paws look like under the crocs and one shows him posing with a note saying âties up sleeves.â above him another note reads âstreaks bc his winter coat is shedding.â
tango is posing confidently with a wrench. he is in the postal uniform polo, with chunky brown and orange gloves and boots, topped off with red, pinstriped overalls. one strap is not around his shoulder, and on the belt around the overalls they carry a small bag, a screwdriver, and a vial of redstone. he has on brown goggles with blue lenses. tango has fire for hair and pointed ears. above him thereâs a doodle of the messenger bag thatâs secured on his back. it shows how the orange straps tuck over the whole outfit and lead to a dark red and pinstripe blue bag with cog detailing.
joel is giving an indignant pose like heâs complaining. he is wearing a black undershirt that fades out into his light green claws, a pink kimono with only one sleeve of cherry blossom patterns, and a dark grey vest and cherry blossom-patterned obi tie it off. the vest has a cherry blossom crest on the back. joel also has on dark pink pants with a cherry blossom motif on the bottom and on his left arm thereâs a bracer with a screen built in. crawling all over the undershirt there are cybernetic patterns connecting joelâs skin through to the undershirt. joel is a tanuki, hence why he has a leaf on his head. around joel are doodles showing the crest on the back of his vest and the pattern on the sleeve.
#hermitcraft#grian#ethoslab#tangotek#smallishbeans#art archive#image id in alt text#LORD okay another set done#iâll post the mail team together at some point but i wonder if you can figure out what their uniform is :)#uhhhhh tanuki joel is Directly from#melloz heist#maybe iâll make a doodle comic later#but bc etho is in such a warm biome his winter coat is shedding#so heâs a lil brown#didnât draw it but the base of his tail is also brown#ik bird grian is popular#but i think a cod fishman fishing is way funnier#oh and the cherry blossom theme with joel is 1) cherry magic mountain and 2) lizzie pink :)
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Oh yeah I am aware of the pattern of âsome sayâ in their works (staring at you Apollodorus), and most of the time they occur when the writer is about to introduce a tradition which diverges from the Panhellenic epics we know as the Epic Cycle (excluding the Telegony of course). The thing is, even though geographers like Pausanias for the most time didnât neglect the location where the tradition originated from, the time still gets blurred so we have no way of knowing if this is from the Epic Cycle itself or just a later addition. The similar thing happened to the Nostoi stories, since people like Pausanias, pseudo-Apollodorus, and Strabo were linking the foundation myths of some Italian cities to the Trojan War heroes, directly contrasting with the Epic Cycle where they received a toilsome yet still successful return at last. I do believe it is the same case for the Palladium heist.
Indeed, one can attribute this proverb to so many other tales, and even if the author of the Little Iliad did connect it with the Palladium heist, this might just be one of the many possibilites, which ended up being more popular than others due to how people viewed Odysseus back then, thus resulting in the collection of traditions in Pausaniasâs works. Meanwhile, I canât help but notice just how vaguely the word áŒÎœÎŹÎłÎșη is connected with Diomedes even in the storyâwhat kind of compulsion, or necessity, or constraint was he under? His friend tried to betray him and now heâs tying him up for the greater good? For some reason the connection between the proverb and the story seems a bit weird to me as well.
And yeah, even if it did make it in the Epic Cycle, itâs still worth noticing just how the Little Iliad differs from the rest of the Epic Cycle and other ancient works (Philoctetes being retrieved by Diomedes, Machaon being still alive, Menelaus mutilating Parisâs body, Astyanax being killed by Neoptolemus, lack of mention of Odysseus in the building of the wooden horse, etc), not to mention how different the sequences of events are between the Little Iliad and the later Posthomerica by Quintus Smyrnaeus. Aristotle apparently didnât like the Little Iliad much, apparently, criticizing the epic for its lack of cohesion. I think that contributes to the difference in the sequence of events, though still not enough to start a discussion about whether or not the backstabbing is introduced in the Little Iliad.
Political bias could indeed play an important role back in Greece, as you pointed out. Euripides sure had something to say about Odysseus. And even if itâs written by the same playwright, itâs still worth noticing how differently Menelaus and Odysseus were characterized themselves in different plays. It could even more likely be the case for local traditions. Though Odysseus being painted in a negative light by the Athenians could itself be the topic for another day, so Imma leave it here for now.
Heyo!
I don't know how exactly to phrase this but I was wondering if you know anything about Odysseus trying/planing to kill Diomedes while they were stealing the Palladium. I have heard some people say that Odysseus did try to kill Diomedes while doing so but Diomedes noticed him so Odysseus stopped.
This feels so strange to me as Odysseus and Diomedes arenât antagonistic in the Illiad and Diomedes is loved by Athena like Odysseus so betraying him, especially for hubris, seems like a good way to end up on Athena's bad side.
Also the translated summaries of Little Illiad I know don't mention it either but I know those translations can be missing out context. I suspect the Odysseus Betrayal is a "later adition" to the Epic Cycle but I am not that confident on that opinion.
Yes absolutely and I understand completely what you say. That is because the Palladium Heist betrayal story was peobably not part of the original epic cycle but rather a later adittion. More specifically through the work called Bibliotheca by Photius I, the ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinopole in 9th century seems to be mentioning in his work a Roman mythographer named Conon.
Conon lived and created during the times of Augustus. It seems that he is one of the oldest if not the oldest mythographer to ever mention this story. So the story quoted by Photius goes as such;
Basically after the revelation of Helen's Diomedes and Odysseus enter the city. Odysseus helps Diomedes on his shoulders so that he could climb but when he reaches out his hand Diomedes doesn't take him in and goes for the Palladium himself. When he comes back apparently Odysseus asks him on it and, according to Photius who quotes Conon, Diomedes "knows his cunning" and says that he didn't find it. That a spirit stole it and that he has another one. Odysseus realizes he is lying so he eventually draws his sword to kill Diomedes and take the Palladium to the Greeks himself. Apparently as he goes to stab Diomedes in the back, his sword casts a shadow by the moonlight or the glint of the weapon, Diomedes sees it and deflects him. He draws his own sword and threatens Odysseus with it wishing to "punish him for his cowardice" but eventually he decides otherwise (arguably knowing that the war needs him) and thus he drives him back to the camp while hitting him on his back with the flat of his sword. And according to Photius this is what gave the famous phrase to Greek language ÎŽÎčÎżÎŒÎźÎŽÎ”Îčα Î±ÎœÎŹÎłÎșη (Diomedes Need) which basically means "do something unpleasant out of necessity for the greater good"
So as you see the story does seem pretty bizarre. First it implies mutual distrust and rivalry between the homeric heroes for Diomedes doesn't take Odysseus in the temple, Odysseus asks him on the Palladium obviously with intention to steal it and Diomedes lying to him and of course the actual act. For starters Odysseus ready to kill Diomedes for the sakes of fame (while he literally saves his life in the Iliad) and not only that, be greedy and stupid enough to hold a sword to the moonlight. So it holds many contradictions to the entirety of Epic Cycle even Iliou Persis which also shows a more unpleasant side of Odysseus.
My guess is that the story is mostly linked to traditions of later years especially Roman sources and is not directly linked to the Epic Cycle. Even art of later years doesn't depict the Palladium Heist as a negative aura between the two heroes. If anything they seem to be cooperating just fine. And as I said this myth as told by Conon shows BOTH Diomedes and Odysseus as rivals and equally antagonizing and deceiving each other which doesn't usually appear to the Epic Cycle. Although of course we cannot be 100% sure given how the Epic Cycle is lost, it seems to me more like a roman legend that usually depict Greek heroes of Troy in general and Odysseus in particular, in the most negative light possible given how Odysseus is known for taking Troy, the mythical city of origin to the Romans (given how Aeneas who barely escapes with his life from Troy is the ancestor of the founders of Rome)
I hope this answers your question; to summarize it seems to me that this story of the Palladium Heist has as much connection to the Epic Cycle as Ovid has to Medusa legend; seems more like a version either created or told by Conon based on traditions of his time and the general anti-Odysseus climate.
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