#clark honey...

[flwrcrxwnlyon]

Oh buddy

OH GOD OH FUCKKKKK

[greeneyed-thestral]

[devine-fem]

OH! I’m starting to see where he gets it from.

He picked it up.

Well, no wonder, mom and dad seems to be rubbing off a bit.

[frownyalfred]

I've seen the idea around and was wondering about your thoughts on it?

That an Alpha nearing rut starts to become "aggressive" to non pack mates and starts making sure the nest/den is secure and protected. And that an Omega nearing a heat starts to prepare the nest and cleans everything around it, maybe even starts hoarding food and water in preparation.

Do you follow that idea for your own au? And what do you think a betas "job" would be? Would they feel a combination of these urges too or be the one to keep the level head and able to think not having a mind clouded be heat/rut thinking

I love this idea! I definitely lean more into the traditional a/b/o tropes when it comes to alphas preparing for their ruts. I described this a little bit in my pennywaynes a/b/o fic, where Martha and Alfred were laughing a bit at Thomas' expense. Clark acts this way a bit in ASOH when he starts accidentally going into rut and growls at Dr. Thompkins when she says something he doesn't like -- and of course, Lex smacks him and he's totally fine with that, since Lex is pack and Leslie isn't. I don't normally write den-defensiveness into my a/b/o fics, just since I build my AU's pack life around the omega's nest, which the alpha is allowed into but doesn't own like an alpha den. His den is his people, right?

For omegas, I find it much more fascinating for them to mirror alpha rut instincts instead of just falling into the domestic. So they get territorial and defensive of the nest too, but their instinct is to be close with pack members instead of just protecting them. They're inwardly focused, trying to stay close and soothed by having their pack mates close to them, often in the nest itself but not always. The omega also stops eating and drinking as much in preparation for the heat, which is why having the pack mates nearby is so important -- they can help provide pre/post heat care and encourage them to eat and drink even when their instincts betray them a little.

As for betas, I think you're right and they're the "clear headed" ones out of the bunch. But they're also not entirely unaffected. In ASOH Alfred is very much the pack beta, and he spends most of the 2-3 heats/ruts we see in that series providing a ton of care. Some of it is very much instinctual, that is, he's the one who feels better doing it. Checking on the pack, making sure everyone is fed, making sure things are going well in the heat/rut. Helping soothe pre and post cycle worries and hormones. So it's maybe not so much that he's clear headed as he's just got a different job than an alpha or omega in the moment.

[iamweak]

bruce is the type of person to not really use pet names for his partners but save them and exclusively only use them for his kids

[swugflower]

We all know and love the “Clark just talking for hours while Bruce sits next to him, barely listening while working”-dynamic and I think we don’t talk about the equally enjoyable “Bruce being absolutely fascinated of/hyper fixated on some alien technology and explaining it in agonizing detail to Clark, who has no idea what’s going in but always willing to listen”- dynamic.

[evviejo]

thirteen’s era appreciation: 249/?

[kitsunetsuki]

Mike Berkofsky - Dress by Ossie Clark (Honey 1968)

[notchainedtotrauma]

Sonya Clark, our glass,

raw silk and burlap

Sonya Clark, eye to eye,

found glass beads

Sonya Clark, stethoscope,

beads

Sonya Clark, blued,

beads

Sonya Clark, synapse

cloth and thread

Sonya Clark, promise

beads

Sonya Clark about this artistic project the Communicatool:

These devices connect eye to eye, heart to heart, and head to head to yield empathetic and perhaps even telepathic communication. A promise between two people is remembered when each places a finger in attached miniature gloves. All were inspired by objects of material culture: a twin pair of antique spectacles, a doctor’s stethoscope, an image of thread tied around a finger to remember a promise, and an edan (an object worn by Nigerian judges that symbolizes balance in communication).

[call-me-chips]

Bored, so ima list what animals I think the Renegades characters are

Nova: Black cat

Adrian: German shepherd

Oscar: Opossum (Idk why, he just is)

Ruby: Bunny

Danna: Monarch butterfly

Callum: Golden retriever

Max: Puppy (prob also a golden retriever)

Honey: Bee

Leroy: Rat

Ingrid: Honey badger

Phobia: Crow or raven

Winston: White poodle, but his fur is dyed in neon colours

Ace: Grey tabby cat, but very sickly and thin

Maggie: Magpie

Hugh: Labrador retriever

Simon: Ragdoll or tabby cat

Ice bitch: Bitchy pure white cat

[bruciemilf]

If you haven't already, can you speak more on the Waynes (Martha & Thomas)?? I just want to know how their older teenage years were shaped and how it looked. If they went to college/uni the what kind of shit did they get up to? The pictures just make me so immersed in their world 💗

I know I rave a lot about Italian Thomas, but consider: His family's from Texas or Georgia and he's just weird enough that he fit in Gotham right in.

I picture him as a football or hockey manager who's got a big heart and the worst temper. This post is brought to you by Battinson, an emo bitch, saying "y'all" by accident around Clark and that boy's brain damn near gives

[kent-farm]

—Smallville, “Collateral”

[frownyalfred]

Would you mind explaining what (in the coral series) a shock heat and a drop actually are? And where the difference is? The effects are very clear, I just don’t fully get the whole picture

sending love and thanks for your writing

Absolutely! As always, I'll add the caveat that I use some omegaverse terms in different ways than others, but I definitely didn't come up with these ideas myself. Most of them, at least.

In a room full of coral, a drop is something generally experienced by omegas (but sometimes alphas) where they're overwhelmed by instinct and their brains kind of blip out for a moment. It can happen generally because of shock or trauma, or a sudden wave of instinct they're unable to handle. It's a very vulnerable situation to be in, and generally requires careful handling to resolve. I've seen it in other fics but only for omegas -- I'd like to change that. I think alphas and even betas can absolutely drop, just in different ways.

A shock heat, on the other hand, is essentially what can happen if a drop is unaddressed. A shock heat doesn't require a drop to happen first, but it's very common for the two to go hand in hand. The omega's instincts feel so threatened or rattled, either because of a sudden large trauma or threat, or a long-term threat, that it forces the body to go into heat to attract a mate, i.e., an alpha who can help protect and care for them. It's posited as an old instinct, designed to protect omegas and make them appealing to nearby alphas (therefore diminishing the threat of those alphas, who are attracted to the heat and more likely to be docile).

In a room full of coral, Bruce drops twice -- once at Jason's funeral, and once after he's attacked in the nest by Jason in ASOH. Both resulted in a shock heat, the former because Bruce's body was trying to process the grief/loss of his pup and probably trying to get pregnant again. The latter, because Bruce was already pregnant and his body was trying to attract his mate (Clark) to help protect him and stay closer, which he would obviously be if they were knotting a lot during a heat.

There's a point in ASOH I think where they're worried Jason might drop, after encountering Superman!Clark for the first time and reverting a little too far into his instincts. But luckily, Bruce and Lex are able to pull Jason back before it can become serious. There's also some nesting on Bruce's end that gets very close to drop territory, when they bring Jason home. You could also make the argument that Jason's initial presentation heat is a shock heat in a way, but I think that's hard to say definitively considering he was detoxing from a lot of suppressants/etc at that same time.

[ccfever]

cc liking this post.... idgafnistan president reporting for duty 🫡

[frozen-orbit]

Renegades characters as one out of context Taylor Swift lyric

Ruby: "The life of the party, you're showing off again. And I'd roll my eyes and then you'd pull me in. I'm not much for dancing, but for you, I did."

Oscar: "I always forget to tell you I love you. I loved you from the very first day."

Danna: "Do you believe me now?"

Narcissa: "I don't really wanna fight, 'cause nobody's gonna win."

Max: "You're a bandit like me. Eyes full of stars."

Maggie: "Knew her when I was young, reconnected when we were a little bit older."

Callum: "You showed me something that I couldn't see. You opened my eyes and you made me believe."

Genissa: "Women like hunting witches too, doing your dirtiest work for you."

Winston: "Laughin', but the joke's not funny at all."

Honey: "I know they said the end is near, but I'm still on my tallest tiptoes, spinning in my highest heels, love."

Leroy: "Remember when I pulled up and said 'get in the car'".

Phobia: "Made you run and hide like a scared little boy."

Ace Anarchy: "Now he sits on his throne in his palace of bones praying to his greed."

Lady Indomitable: "So they killed Cassandra first 'cause she feared the worst."

Millie: "And so I changed your name and any real defining clues."

Didn't include Nodrian cause they have their own post 😁

[cinnamonanddean]

I...don't feel like Zod would kiss Lana. Shouldn't he be disgusted by humans?