#convo; thomas

[littlcfreaks-archive]

closed starter for @luriddaze

the 'new' woman at work (really just the newest) and him had been competing since she started working at the same company as him. they were in the same position and were both equally qualified for the same promotion that would be opening up at some point soon. thomas, personally, found her fascinating. they would get into verbal sparring matches in meetings and at company events where things were less professional, he thought they had great witty banter back and forth.

a new project for work had come up and he volunteered to work on it, only to find out that Zoey had as well. oddly happy about the chance for them to together, rather than against each other, he approached her desk, dropping the folder on top of her keyboard where she was typing, "excited to work together?"

[jennrypan]

Dick: You use to be so cute and tiny..

Jason: And you use to be cool. We both changed.

Dick: Wha-?! I'm still cool!!

Jason: Okay, 'officer Grayson'. Cops aren't cool.

Dick: THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO

Jason: STILL FRESH IN MY MIND, PIG!

Dick: LET IT GO!

Jason: NO. YOU WERE THE ONE WHO SAID FUCK THE POLICE! THOSE WERE WORDS I LIVED BY!

Dick: OH MY GOD. YOURE THE ONLY ONE THAT STILL REMEMBERS THAT!

Tim, walking into the living room: I remember it.

Duke, from another room: I heard about it! You've lost 1000 aura man!

Cassandra, poking her head in: I've also heard about it.

Dick: EVERYONE SHUT UP.

Jason: Just like a cop to order people around like that, shameless.

Dick, groans: Fuuuuck-!

Dick: All of you are going to make me age like milk!

Damian, popping up behind him: Is it wrong to say it's too late for that?

Dick, practically shaking: Damian..I swear to God.

[morganbritton132]

One of the perks of living in Gotham is that occasionally you’ll walk past a Wayne having the most batshit insane conversation anybody has ever had.

Walk past Dick Grayson on the street and hear him say into his phone, “I don’t think he’s anti-vax, but Superman is definitely not vaccinated.”

Stand outside of the downtown WE building and see Tim Drake walk out with his tall friend only to pause and say, “Hold on, I just got the mental image of Lex Luthor pregnant. Thanks for that.”

A lucky few who ride the same subway line as the newest Wayne edition, overheard Duke tell Stephanie that living in Wayne Manor is, “Alright, but when I moved in Jason and Damian gave me a knife and said I had to kill Tim. Said it was tradition.”

“It kinda is. Did you do it?”

“No!” Duke says, to the relief of the overhearers. “Get this…he stabbed himself.”

“…yeah, I should’ve guessed that.”

The downside to living in Gotham is literally everything else.

[aalghul]

once again thinking about jason as duke’s robin. he’s ~4 years younger than jason, and that puts him at 8-12 during Jason’s time as robin. that’s prime time to get attached to your local kid vigilante before your own life goes downhill.

and if we try to keep duke’s meeting with bruce in zero year + duke’s age (so he can remember the meeting and hold that conversation with bruce), he has to be around 8. if he starts following batman through the news at that time because of the mess that just happened, the robin he sees is probably jason. I’ve literally connected the dots

[garpen]

Duke: You are so lucky you're my favorite little brother

Damian: Thank you?

Damian: Wait, I'm your ONLY younger brother

Duke: Take what you can get man, your my favorite little brother-even if it's on a technicality.

Damian: Tt that's just like saying Cassandra is our favorite sister when she's out ONLY sister.

Duke: Exactly, now you get it!

[flamingpudding]

Damain: Drake.

Tim: Demon Brat.

Damian: ...

Tim: ...

Damian: I require access to your power points.

Tim: Oh?

Damian: There appears to have been a slight oversight in regards to Daniel.

Tim: An oversight? About Danny?

Damian: yes.

Tim: ...

Damian: ...

Tim: Which one do you need?

Damian: Hero 101.

Meanwhile in Dukes room.

Duke: Danny why are you hiding under my bed?

Danny: I am not hiding.

Duke: ...

Danny: fine! I am hiding from Dami.

Duke: Why?

Danny: He said I need to have a talk with him when he learned that I go by Danny Phantom in the field and even go out without a mask.

Duke: So, it's not a stabbing threat?

Danny: He called me dearest little brother when he said that.

Duke: ...

Danny: ...

Duke: Dick or Cass?

Danny: Can you ask Jason if I can camp out in one of his safe houses?

Duke: Sure.

Damian: Daniel, I know you are in Thomas's room.

Danny: Hiek!!!

[quotidian-oblivion]

Batman: I deserve to be alone 😔

Comic writers: Of course, honey, uh- I need someone to babysit this kid for a while until he gets his own run so here's a child :D

*pushes Dick Grayson towards him*

Batman:

Comic writers: On that note, here are 17 more!

*pushes the rest of the kids towards him*

Batman:

Comic writers: 'Kay, ciao! Brb after they've been properly traumatized and heated up!

Batman:

Batman: Do you like apple juice?

[littlcfreaks-archive]

raising his eyebrows at her, "i think you severely underestimate the amount of money i make, love." regardless, he waved her in, "where were you all day? i missed seeing you around."

𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨: m/f/nb  𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭: corrie is resident trophy wife that’s miserable in her marriage and wants to loosen up after she was forced to attend her husbands work function. 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: friends, fwb, babysitter, neighbors. 

           “  oh  no,  you’re  not  punking  out  on  me  now  ..  c’mon  ..  it’s  not  everyday  you  get  to  taste  $800  champagne  …  ”  

[spacerangersam]

the fact we never actually got to see pat do some archery before he died is tragic

[synthshenanigans]

condemn him to chonnys inferno or memento mori

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@midnightsaboteur

he shrugged, a soft chuckle leaving his lips, "i wouldn't call myself a lech, but i am only a man." he was joking back with her - mostly. they were friends, but she was good looking, and more importantly (to thomas at least), he genuinely enjoyed her company. But, if she was going to broadcast her assets and put them on display, he would certainly take advantage of that.

He kept her close to him, his hands on her lower back, pulling her into him, "ah, good. hope they all know to leave you alone now." he chuckled, his breath hitting her skin, "wouldn't want them trying to take you away from me. how would i ever get through the work day?" he couldn't help but laugh at her observation, "they wouldn't be wrong. i happen to be enjoying myself very much." as if to prove his point and to the others around him, he pressed a soft kiss to her jaw, "you think that'll help keep 'em away?"

[littlcfreaks-archive]

"and what'll you do if i don't, hm?" a soft chuckle escaped at her reaction - he wouldn't ever get tired of how she reacted. "you act like you're the one in charge here." despite his words, he moved lower on her back, pressing his thumbs in harder, "here?" before she could answer, one of his hands moved between her thighs, his thumb pressing her clit through her panties, "or here?"

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[strawberrypadme]

my friend and I had a revelation

[quotidian-oblivion]

I've been thinking about Jason's memorial case in the Batcave recently and came up with a few thoughts.

Obviously, there are a few things wrong with it, mainly the title of a "Good Soldier" being attached to a child. And I've been thinking aboit that mostly.

There's no questions of how intensely focused and obsessed Batman is over the war against crime in Gotham, we see him quoting it multiple times in the comics and even the movies, animated and live-action. And so he thinks everyone in the war is a soldier, including Robins. I hate that and loathe it.

Not because I'm a Batman apologist, I'm not. It's because I like to see and believe in the better parts of Batman. The reason why he doesn't kill in the first place--because it comes from a place of compassion and a place of strong belief set by an 8-year-old boy who grew up too fast. Because he believes anyone can be redeemable because ultimately everyone is human, as proven in the older Batman comics and Batman TAS when he helps Harvey, Harley, Baby Doll, etc.

And the biggest reason of all--because Batman, whether anyone likes it or not, represents a strong symbol in Gotham. A burning torch in murky darkness. A hope--one shrouded by shadows--but a hope nonetheless. It's in the psychology of Gothamites, it needs a Batman because of that symbol which is lethal to criminals and a relief to citizens. I'm heavily referencing The Dark Knight Returns I and II (animated movies) here. Watch it if you haven't yet, you'll see what I mean. This is why he can't kill the Joker. It will be completely tainting that hope and we can see its effects in The Dark Knight Returns II.

In any case, Tim was right about Batman needing a Robin. Because in the end, Batman is just that--a man. And Robin is a child.

Lego Batman is really good for this reason. The concept of found family in that movie is just amazing. I love how Bruce fears having a family again after he lost his old one.

Batman needs a Robin because Batman was originally born out of a vengeance scheme of an 8-year-old newly orphaned boy who lost everyone. Trauma lasts. Batman needs a Robin because Robin is a family. And that little boy who lost his parents needs it. And so does Robin.

I love in Young Jusitce when Batman says "So that he doesn't" in response to Wonder Woman asking him if he pulled Robin into this life "So that he turns out like you?". Because Dick was also a little boy bent on revenge. Bruce gave that to him in the only way he knew how, but a better version because he himself has matured and understands how dark he has gotten. He doesn't want that for Dick, or Jason, or Tim, or Damian, or Cass--or any of his kids. He gave them early on what he didn't have--a family. And he received a family back. And having that family keeps Batman from tipping oved the edge into insanity. Because revenge is a poison, even if it's an 8-year-old boy imagining it.

But that still doesn't change that he sees it as a war. And he sees Robin and himself as soldiers.

So I came to a conclusion.

He doesn't.

Bruce doesn't.

Batman does.

Here's how I'm piecing it out:

"A Good Soldier" carved on the memorial case because only soldiers can fight so openly and outwardly. Even if they're dubbed as vigilantes, they are soldiers. And I think Bruce thinks it this way.

So when he sees a Robin or a Batkid out there, kicking rapists in the face and whatnot, he sees how someone so young can bear so much weight. He sees how a child can hold so much bravery--like the soldiers in the frontlines--doing this because of the morals they believe in. He sees how Robin is a good fighter, a good helper, a brave one, a confident person, a soft hero.

He sees how Robin is all that and he thinks "A good soldier." Because Robin is one. With the thing they're doing, he is one.

But yes, it's wrong. Children cannot and should not be soldiers. But a) this is the worst type of fiction, comic fiction ��� and b) Batman is fucked up himself and considering he started training to be Batman from a young age too, he himself was a child soldier.

In the world of DC comics, the people there need someone like Batman while the people in the Earth we live in need someone like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malala Yousufzai, etc.

So yeah, Robin is a good soldier--a great soldier, because he holds the bravery, determination and strength of a soldier. It could mean a literal thing, but it could also mean a metaphorical thing. Bruce could have engraved those words to Jason's memorial case because the only thing he can think of to sum up how Jason was as a Robin was a soldier. Because soldiers are brave, and Jason was the bravest.

And I think comic writers after that took the whole "war against crime" psyche of Batman too literally and too much creating the abusive ass prick in some of the continuities.

But you can't tell me that Bruce--not Batman--Bruce has a case of his own for Jason. Maybe a physical one, maybe an imaginitive one. A case which holds Jason's annotated copy of Pride and Prejudice, his first aced test paper, and his favorite hoodie, all kept tidily in the case with the words "a good son, be well loved, Jay lad" written under it. A case which he holds private because it was his son who he lost. Jason.

A little boy who survived so much until he couldn't. A little boy who he tried to protect until he couldn't. His son. Jason.

[warnadudenexttime]

Patton: Boy, those owl noises sure sound like stock hooting sound effects!

Logan: Incorrect, those are mourning doves, not owls.

Patton: Oh- Well! Hold on, it’s 5 pm! Silly morning dove, it’s not morning time!

Logan: No- Mourning like- grief- sad-

Patton:

Patton: Well, that’s not as fun.

[littlcfreaks-archive]

a hearty laugh left his mouth, "i don't doubt that you have, Lav. just... none towards me." he didn't forget that she was technically much stronger and much more evil than him; it just wasn't something that was the first thing he thought of when he thought of Lavender. "that's all i ask." a playful smirk appeared on his lips as he continued, "keep to real shitbags - you know, i have this coworker who i've been fighting for a promotion. maybe you could find him." his eyes watched with interest as her fangs grew and extended his arm to her, resting in her arm, "really appreciate that, Lav." he tried to stay calm, but his heart was beating hard and fast, nerves piling up in his stomach.

"Apples and applesauce, you know?" She grinned. "I suppose I have not. I should though. I should really be more evil around you. I worry that you don't fear me as much as you should. I've committed many atrocities. For fun." Lavender loved to see people be scared. "If you keep me full? Sure. I will stop killing people for nourishment." The specification was necessary since a feminine monster couldn't give up all of her hobbies. She held out her hand for his arm as she allowed her fangs to grow. "I promise not to drain you too much."