#chasing waves

[the-arteest]

NEW SILLY ALERT!!!

NEW SILLIES!!! THEY ARE SO CUTE TO ME

THEIR NAMES ARE MELANIE(human girl) AND M.A.V.(robot boy) THEY ARE SO PRECIOUS TO ME WAAHHH!!!! THEY HAVE A WHOLE BACKSTORY IN MY HEAD!! THEIR STORY'S NAME IS "CHASING WAVES"

IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT THEM/THEM GETTING A COMIC??

PLEASE SAY YESS WAAHHH I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!! :D

[jeffreybower]

Your Week in Books #30

The new Chasing Waves cover, Dolly Parton’s new book, the Philippines at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, and Día del Libro in this week’s edition. Continue reading Your Week in Books #30

[bet-on-me-13]

Bruce Wayne was never Batman.

So! The night that Bruce Wayne's parents got shot, he developed an Unbreakable Resolve. He needed to get rid of the Crime that had taken his Parents away from him, no matter what.

But that night, he also developed a deep-seated fear of Death. He was face to face with his own Demise and instead of dying himself he saw his Parents die instead. He was Terrified of ending up like them.

But he still needed to stop Crime. He couldn't just let criminals go unpunished, and while he was still using his wealth to try and prevent it before it began, he knew there needed to be something to stop crime After it had been committed. And the Cops were useless on that Front.

He eventually found a solution while looking through his Parents Family Heirlooms.

Ancient Books dating back to the founding of Gotham and even before then, telling of a Creature from another world who his Ancestors had helped in the Past. A Being of Fear and Shadow, who owed a debt to the Wayne Family. He needed that Being. A Monster of Shadows and Fear was exactly the answer to scaring criminals away from committing crimes and punishing those who did.

But he needed to find the Being from another world first.

So he left home, traveling across the Globe training with the best Magicians and Demonologists in the world in search of the Monster who owed his Family a Debt. His travels took him far, from the streets of LA where he met a man named Zatara, to the Snowy Mountains of Nanda Parbat where he learned of the Lazarus Pits and the Demon's that came out of them.

While studying the Lazarus Pits, he was trained by the organization who guarded them. They despised Weakness, and while their leader was in awe of his Intelect he was less impressed by his body's conditioning. If he was to study the Lazarus Pits, he would first have to earn the Right in Combat.

He eventually managed to pass their Tests and eventually left them, having handed over a Copy of his research as the price for being allowed to Study the Pits.

Years later, he finally returned to Gotham, fully equipped to Summon the Being that owed him a Debt.

Bruce drew up the Summoning Circle as perfectly as he possibly could, he had one shot at it.

A drop of his blood and a splash of Lazarus Water later, and the Circle began to glow an ominous Green. Slowing, a shifting shadow began to emerge from the Circle, at first only a mass of writhing darkness before their form Solidified.

The Books he had found on the Spirit said that it would take the form of the Summoners Greatest Fear, which just so happened to be Bats for Bruce. The Form that the Spirit chose reflected that, with large Dark Wings falling over their form as if they were a Cape, and horns looking like the Ears of a Bat. From the Darkness, two glowing eyes appeared.

"Spirit, hear me. My name if Bruce Wayne, and I am calling in the Debt owed to my Family centuries ago. My City is plagued with crime and malice, rotting from its Core. My efforts to prevent Crime from the side of the Light have been in vain, Crime persists despite my efforts. In order for my vision to be fulfilled, the Criminals of this City must have their hearts pierced by Fear. Fear of Retribution. Fear of Consequences. Fear of Vengeance."

Thoughout bis Speech, the Shadowed Figure stayed silent.

"That is why I have called you here. I want you to stalk these streets, punish the criminals of this City and strike fear into their hearts from the shadows, so that they know to stay in the light. I don't want you to Kill them, never kill them. Let them live with that fear in their Hearts until their final days."

After he finished his speech, the Figure finally spoke.

"Your Quest is an Honorable one. You seek the betterment of your people's, and are unafraid to resort to drastic measures to achieve that goal. It reminds me of my Liege's resolve." It Spoke, it's voice low and rumbling. "Very Well. From this day forth, I shall protect your City from the Darkness in its own Heart. I shall be your Dark Knight."

...

Had this idea out of nowhere and needed to write it down. In this AU, Bruce still wants to protect his City from crime, but is understandably traumatized from seeing the Deaths of his Parents. He has a deep-seated fear of Dying, so he chooses to forgo fighting crime himself.

Instead, he finds out about a Spirit that his Ancestors helped long ago, and decides that the most logical next step out be to Summon a Demon to protect his City. Instead of training his Body for a decade to become Batman, he trains his Mind and Studies as much about Magic and Demon's as Possible.

He still knows how to fight because he trained with the League. He approached them with an offer to study the Lazarus Pits and give them his findings, and they accepted. But Ra's didn't want a weakling on his Base so he also required Bruce to train his body. He saw his potential for combat, and was so disappointed that Bruce had chosen a different path. He could have been Great!

Bruce still has a thing with Talia that produces Damian, he is still a point of interest from Ra's since he is insanely smart and has huge potential, and he knows how to fight pretty well. Albeit not as well as in Canon.

Bruce becomes the Benefactor/Guy in the Chair for Fright Knight (who is the one he summoned if you couldn't tell), who looks like a "Bat Man" because of Bruce's fear of Bats. Fright Knight agreed to this because 1.) He had a debt to pay, 2.) Bruce reminded him of Danny, and 3.) He respected Bruce's ballsyness to Summon a demon and command it to protect people.

Bruce still adopts his Kids, but there are some changes.

Dick is adamant about fighting Crime, and eventually Bruce is forced to let him go on patrol with Fright Knight, who has started going by Batman. Thankfully Frighty managed to give him some blessings so he had minor powers and would be safer.

Jason is mostly the same, and he is so excited that Robin actually IS Magical. When he dies, Fright Knight, who had gotten attached to their Family, goes into the Zone to search for him. He is unsuccessful unfortunately.

Tim is kind of funny. He figured out that Dick was Robin, and Jason was the 2nd Robi , but assumed that Bruce was Batman. When he approached Bruce about becoming Robin so he would stop going down his violent Cycle, Bruce Redirected him to talk to Fright Knight, who was not taking his failure to find Jason well.

Damien grew up knowing that his Father was a Genius, and the Master of the Batman, which gave him a bit of an Ego. At first he thought of Fright Knight as a Servant, and tried to command him like he did with Alfred. Frighty corrected him quickly enough.

Any more ideas for this AU? I have so many, but I think I need to stop for now.

[wingallery]

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[yrsonpurpose]

“C’mere,” he says, surging up to kiss Alex, and he’s putting his whole body into it now, sliding his hands down to palm at Alex’s ass as he kisses him. Alex feels a sound tear itself from his throat, and he’s following Henry’s lead blindly now, kissing him deep into the mattress, riding a continuous wave of Henry’s body.

[astriaels]

me and the bad bitch i pulled by being annoying

[softlypaintedseafoam]

my personal hcー

roger once rizzed up an entire couple into letting him be their third

ace accidentally burnt an entire basket of fruit given to him for free simply because the merchant called him pretty

roger has seduced many a marine who have done the walk of shame from the oro jackson

ace needed to be hyped up for an hour by his friends to wink at you and hit you with a cheesy one liner. he and duval could have been twins in that moment

it's apples and oranges; ace didn't inherit the rizz gene but his baby brother certainly did and roger is constantly watching on from the afterlife trying to figure out what got lost in translation

when whitebeard said ace didn't have roger's character, this is what he was talking about

[chasedeys]

like WHAT do i have to DO to get this BACKKKKKKKKK grow OUTTTT your HAIRRR ARGRHRGHRHRHHHHHHH

[ecultured]

d.byrne, t.head.

[kaibacorpintern]

kaiba as STEM genius requires some refinement. it's not broad strokes. like i think he's a shit biologist and knows nothing at all about botany or environmental sciences or genetics. it's all too wet and squishy. not interested in chemistry. smells bad, gets messy. he likes airplanes and computers. he loves engineering (software, electrical, aerospace) and theoretical physics. he loves MATH. the most abstract lofty theoretical realms where he can argue about whether or not numbers are real, prove that 1=1, and go into existential conniptions over the way twin primes cling to each other in the tossing waves of infinity

[lemurzsquad]

I am literally in love with this man, so it's now going to be everyone else's problem (he got released in the game like a week ago)

Brb I'm gonna cry over him (again)

[justthinking1]

HOWS EVERYONE'S MOON CHASING FESTIVAL GOING??

(I know I'm late, okay?? ;((

Hope everyone's pulls will be very lucky!!

[technikki]

my beautiful son he is 12 pixels tall and im teaching him every curse word

[romanceclub-polls]

This poll goes to the worst love interests in my opinion. "There are more, but if I put them all in, the list would be huge and it wouldn't all fit in the poll."

Andy (HS)

Orlando ( SBTR)

Jake ( WP)

Diego de Ochoa ( SITF)

Mehmed ( DALS)

Simon ( MOONBORN)

Damon (ARCANUM)

Ezra ( CY2)

Louis XIV ( VFV)

[mortally-beloved]

ethereal wave is cameron, new wave is wilson, dark wave is chase, cold wave is foreman, minimal/no wave is house, dark ambient wave is amber.

[softlypaintedseafoam]

while we're in elbaf, i really need to see the loki and lola lore because oda said loki fell for her at first sight. and he SPECIFICALLY wanted to marry lola; not even big mom subbing her out with chiffon worked because he was able to tell it wasn't her

it was lola or nothing for this man and i wanna know why. and he clearly cared for her a great deal since he was able to instantly tell that chiffon wasn't her. a guy who didn't care for lola like that, wouldn't have noticed the difference

and considering all the buildup we're getting with how he is perceived by everyone in his homeland, my theory is that lola was potentially the first person who treated him with genuine kindness and empathy

i can't wait til we really dig into it. he better fucking tell us because I NEED TO FUCKING KNOOOOOWWWW