#dcau fan fiction

[sullustangin]

WIP Poll

Tagged by @starlightcleric (like 2 months ago -- SORRY)

Rules: Make a 24-hour poll with the names of your wips, let it run, then write one sentence for every vote the winner received.

I'll keep it to ones that I WILL eventually finish. No deadwood here. The first one is obvious Batsy/Wondy in the DCAU (Batman the Animated Series/Justice League/Bruce Timm continuity). The rest are SWTOR.

Tagging @starknstarwars, @commander-krios @consularmain @halibellecter @vexa-legacy

[emperorsfoot]

this is a very serious Batman Beyond fic

[triscribe]

RULES: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Thankee @aki-bara for the tag, you are absolutely correct that I have a ton of WIPs, tho for expediency's sake today I'm gonna limit myself to the files I currently have open:

-Last Bastion of Honor/Crisis in Two Mountains -Time Traveler's Guidebook to Sightseeing Family Landmarks -Snow Leopard Fluff -Adoption Speedrun Family Picnic -The New Guy, The Other Bat, and That Spoiler Kid, plus Child of Wonder and Reverse to Go Forward (all going to be part of the same conglomerate fic series) -Birds of Legend, Zero Hour/The Invitation

Uhhh let's see here: @wafflesrisa @resamille @peaceheather @wolveria @theredscreech and @they-bite

[theeviltriplet-fromao3]

So I accidentally started developing a new DC AU…

[triscribeaucollection]

Post Mission Report

An automated message gets sent to the Batcave following Batman dealing with that kryptonite-carrying missile in the Doomsday Sanction: injured on League mission, status critical. Perhaps unsurprisingly, a certain bird decides he's going to be first in line when visiting hours open up, whether he's technically allowed on the Watchtower or not.

Getting started on my new Birds in the DCAU fic series with some post-Doomsday Sanction feels, featuring: Tim Drake, J'onn J'onzz, and Shayera Hol, plus a few others :3

[thecruellestmonth]

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This blog contains a lot of Jason Todd. He is not my son; he is not my boyfriend; I don't particularly want him to be successful, happy, healthy, or proven right—he is a specimen that I study, and I'm also his defense lawyer calling for the proceedings against him to be declared a mistrial.

Some helpful newbie guides

https://jasonbasics.carrd.co/

Jason Todd comics and other media guide (Carrd) and guide on Tumblr by @dailyjasontodd

Robin Jason comic recs by @robiinjason

Guide to the Batfam by @comic-commentary

Hoopla Digital (US & Canada)

Masterposts and meta

jason todd meta list by sasheneskywalker

Cassandra Cain Meta List by casscainmainly

Jason + cops

Jason + literature

List of Red Hood's weapons/gadgets/toys (in Winick comics) by sang-i-fetge

Does Jason support the death penalty? (No, he doesn't.)

Jason and Steph are smart by wonderwondered

Robin II: DC Animated Universe and source material - comics influences and parallels on the DCAU's second Robin

Jason vs security

Jason’s knife skills by wonderwondered

Jason's lesser-known skills by wonderwondered

Jason's fighting skills by wonderwondered

How does Jason feel about Sheila Haywood?

Jason + Lazarus Pit influence on behavior? (to be updated and expanded)

Known canon blood types of various Gotham-based characters

Jason's trust issues and bond with Dick (2023)

Jason + dogs - fondness for dogs (and cats)

Jason's numerous crimes and atrocities by wonderwondered

Is Jason known to be a Wonder Woman fan? (Kinda, but Diana isn't his favorite Wonder Woman.)

books and articles about about comics, superheroes, dc and batman by sasheneskywalker

quick & dirty guide to Jason Todd in the modern masterpiece Batman: Battle for the Cowl by Tony Daniel

How many times has Jason Todd tried to murder Tim Drake and Damian Wayne? (once: Battle for the Cowl by Tony Daniel)

Some other blogs: @dailyjasontodd, comic-commentary (inactive), fuckyeahjasontodd.tumblr.com (inactive), @theunavenged, robiinjason.tumblr.com

Fan fiction recommendations

Jason Todd 2022 fan fiction recs

Jason Todd 2023 fan fiction recs

Dick Grayson & Jason fic recs

Stephanie Brown & Jason fic recs

Bruce Wayne & Jason fic recs: sweet and bittersweet

Cassandra Cain & Jason fic recs (FIGHT!)

A few random Steph fic recs (to be added)

Various Cassandra Cain fic recs (to be added)

Spooky Jason fics recs (for Halloween season)

FANLORE Wiki

some Jason angst fics

[magnetoeisenhardt]

Mandatory Disclaimer: Stories do not have to be morally perfect in order to be good or interesting. Stories do not need to function as a moral lesson for the audience. A fictional character doing bad things is (by itself) morally neutral. However, works of fiction reflect ideology, and it is worth examining and critiquing both the underlying ideology and the way a work of fiction engages with it.

Mandatory Disclaimer Part 2: Don't post the "The best thing you can do with power is give it away" comic here. I don't think it's a bad comic, but I think it's addressing the strawman (who does exist, his name is Alan Moore) argument that "superheroes are inherently fascist". That is a very stupid argument, but I think "there are inherently right wing aspects of some superheros" is not an absurd thing to say, and I don't think the aforementioned comic meaningfully addresses real critiques people have of specific comic book characters and stories. This critique is not about all superheroes. It is very specifically about Batman, and other primarily crime fighting heroes.

As a huge Batman fan, I've been wondering if it's possible to divorce Batman from very right wing ideas of justice. (As a hero) Batman's entire existence is predicated on the idea that criminals are a class of people to whom it is morally good to do violence to. I think a lot of arguments to and against this are made in bad faith, but the fact that Batman goes out and hurts "criminals" as the major component of his heroism actually does map onto right wing rhetoric about crime and punishment. Criminals do not have the same human rights as non criminals, and this is good.

I don't think diegetic arguments against this (Wayne Corp donates a bunch of money to charity; these criminals are ninjas/evil clowns/sewer mutants; Gotham would be even worse without Batman in it) meaningfully address the fact that the Batman story is constructed in such a way to create "inflicting violence" as the correct and moral response to a criminal. Additionally, as a street level hero, the criminals that Batman deals with are often committing the exact same kinds of crimes that real would be committing. We do see him fight run-of-the-mill muggers and drug dealers and murderers.

I do think Batman is more in the clear than other characters by virtue of his No-Kill-Rule, as I do think that we are still at a point where "breaking the law is not something that should result in being murdered" is a pretty radical statement. Additionally, there are stories that try to make Batman into a softer character, with more emphasis on restorative justice (DCAU Batman, for example). However, even these stories don't do away with the crime aspect all together. Violence is still an acceptable response to most criminals.

I also don't think most "Batman is actually the bad guy" stories actually do anything interesting or meaningfully address this problem. Most of the time, it's "Batman is usually good, but this time he's Gone Too Far", generic "authoritarianism bad" that feels like it could have been written about any character, "vigilantism is bad because it's breaking the law", or edgy ragebait.

Furthermore, even if the "violence against criminals is good" paradigm was portrayed as morally wrong, there's really only two options, which are to write Batman as if he is in the wrong, effectively ending him as a hero, or to somehow transition him away from being a crime-fighter, which would, I feel, render him almost unrecognizable. While I think a limited Batman series could end with Batman rejecting violence and doing something else, think the serial nature of mainstream comics means that Batman is bound to the status quo, and I don't think you can permanently change this aspect of Batman's identity and have him remain Batman.

[iholli]

👑 Holli / Rat • 24+ • any pronouns • ficto ace • artist, gamer, rat lover, selfshipper • so show me the sea, and I'll take you to Mars

🐀 heya! name's Holli but you can call me Rat, or whatever else you fancy :] I'm here to post about rats and the beach and cry about whatever fandom [or character] my singular braincell is currently most attached to. nice to meet you!

🎨 commissions are open! art tag: #ratkingdraws

⚠️ pro fiction / anti censorship space;

I'm personally uncomfortable with the majority of problematic content, but I believe people have the right to do whatever they want in fiction and I don't think they should be harassed for it. your ship is not my ship and that's okay. if you don't like something, block and move on, please. I'm an adult with better things to do. tag filter: #ratkingdiscourse

🌊 twice daily scheduled ocean posting;

#happy place 💙 / #oceancore • until the day they become my own posts.

💖 selfship posting;

#heart of mars • Rat King & J'onn J'onzz • DCAU / JLTAS / JLU • married

not comfortable sharing with canon but selfshippers are fine!

playlist 🌌🐀

×××

#it's a rat room blitz! • RTE-09 & Blitzwing • Transformers Animated / Bumblebee 2018

sharing is fine, just don't call him Blitzy to my face [/hj referencing the show]

playlist ✈️🚀

💖 other selfships [sharing okay];

#💜💖💙 • Rat King, Donatello Hamato, & Leonardo Hamato • ROTTMNT

playlist 🐢🐀

#ratstatic • Rat King & Vox • Hazbin Hotel

playlist 📺👑

#king of hearts • Mutant!Rat & Remy "Gambit" LeBeau • X-Men '97

#PREDATOR/PREY • Wastelander Rat & Megalo Don • Fortnite • qpp

playlist 🦈🐀 [cover photo]

• Remy isn't a primary selfship & I more often ship him with Montague [Fortnite]; he may be removed from the list at some point, but I'm still very fond of him 💖

✨ most common fandoms;

DC: DCAU fanatic / GLTAS always / The Suicide Squad / MAWS / hopeful for the future of DC

Fortnite: joined C5S1 / Montague, Artemis, Hades, Megalo Don supremacy / more active on Twitter @ R47K1NGG4M3S / always looking for new friends, add me on Epic @ R47K1NGG4M3S :]

ROTTMNT: hi I love found family. and Leotello. but mostly found family. unpause ROTTMNT.

Marioverse / Luigi's Mansion: Luigi, King Boo, & Bowser fan / successfully played or own all the Luigi's Mansion games [including the arcade cabinet]!

Invader Zim: ZaDr my otp always / Almighty Tallest apologist / where the lore all started...

Hellaverse: Hazbin Hotel my beloved / RadioStatic / Helluva Boss is also cool. ily Queen Bee

MCU: less frequent here / forever a soft spot for Loki / Octogoblin / Spider-Verse / Team Cap

🌊 I don't bite, I'm just here to vibe & I like making friends :] please feel free to talk to me about anything! I love getting asks about my interests and selfships [or YOUR interests and selfships] or just to chat, and you can always ask for my Discord!

⚠️ AI & NFT will not be tolerated in any capacity; I spam report any accounts posting AI art, and I will block anyone using AI chat bots including ChatGPT & c.AI; I do not make exceptions. AI is art theft, including writing, full stop. block me now if that's an issue.

🚫 I don't care for NSFW content and will not post it. occasionally funny jokes will be reblogged but you can tag filter: #suggestive / #nsfw

🔪 I do like candygore though-- there may be the occasional bloody / gorey post though heavy realistic gore also makes me uncomfortable! tag filter: #blood tw or #gore tw

💖 that's all for now! thanks for stopping by :] don't forget to take some chill tunes with you!

[twistedtummies2]

Year of the Bat - Number 24

Welcome to Year of the Bat! In honor of Kevin Conroy, Arleen Sorkin, and Richard Moll, I’m counting down my Top 31 Favorite Episodes of “Batman: The Animated Series” throughout this January. TODAY’S EPISODE QUOTE: “As Napoleon told me, ‘A strong will can fuel a frail physique.’” Number 24 is…The Demon’s Quest.

This is the first of a few entries on the countdown that’s actually a two-part story. The episode marks the official start for one of Batman’s greatest villains, Ra’s Al Ghul. The character had ACTUALLY debuted as part of a twist ending to another episode, “Off Balance,” but it was with “The Demon’s Quest” that Ra’s became a fully-fledged member of the Dark Knight’s Rogues Gallery in the series. This story also happens to be the first on the list actually based on a pre-existing comic, namely the seminal story “Daughter of the Demon,” created by Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams. The two-part story begins with Ra’s Al Ghul appearing in the Batcave, officially introducing himself to Batman and making it clear he knows Bruce’s secret identity. However, Ra’s isn’t there to fight the Caped Crusader. Instead, he wishes to join forces with him: it’s revealed that Robin has been kidnapped, and – coincidentally – it was by the same people who have recently kidnapped the Head of the Demon’s own daughter, the lovely Talia Al Ghul (whom Batman also previously met and became fascinated by in “Off Balance”). I don’t think I’m spoiling much by saying that it’s later revealed Ra’s is the one responsible for the kidnapping, and all this was a ploy to try and win Batman over to his side. However, Batman isn’t taken in by all this, and when he learns more about Ra’s and the Society of Shadows (a.k.a. The League of Assassins), he quickly turns from working with Al Ghul to trying to find a way to stop his mad plans of destruction. Ra’s was already pretty well-known in comics at the time, but for various reasons, hadn’t really reached mainstream popularity yet. While it would be a lie to say the DCAU catapulted him to stardom, his appearances in B:TAS and later spin-offs DID help to make him more familiar to non-comic readers around the world. Chances are that Ra’s wouldn’t be the villain he is now if this show hadn’t come about. (Well…this show and “Batman Begins,” but…details, details.) The character was played by the late, great David Warner, and is perhaps the definitive take on Ra’s beyond comics proper. (Not necessarily the best or my favorite, mind you, but certainly the one closest to the original source, in a lot of ways.) This two-parter established the villain and the kinds of stories he’d be most prominently featured in from this part on. The episode feels sort of like a cross between Indiana Jones, with a hint of pulp fiction like The Shadow or The Phantom thrown in, crossed with…well…Batman. It’s a globetrotting adventure story that just so happens to involve superheroics in the mix, so to speak. It’s definitely one of the most epic stories in scale the show ever produced. I honestly feel pretty bad for leaving this one so low in the ranks. There’s really not much I can say as to why it isn’t higher up; I guess, end of the day, I just like other episodes more. Make no mistake though, this is a great story to look at: if you’re a fan of Ra’s Al Ghul, and if you’re only going to watch one episode of the character from this show, make this two-parter your pick of the bunch. You won’t regret it.

Tomorrow we move on to Number 23! Hint: “At what point did I become life’s punching bag?”

[shayera-the-magpie]

About Me

Lydia

Age 30+

Autistic

Currently Reading

All-Star Squadron (comics)

Infinity, Inc (comics)

X-Men v2 (comics)

Justice League Europe (comics)

Avengers v3 (comics)

Batman: War Games (comics)

Favorite Comic Book Storylines

Batman: Under the Hood

JSA: Return of Hawkman

Legends

Rann-Thanagar War

Batman: No Man's Land

Crisis on Infinite Earths

Zero Hour

JLA/Avengers

Favorite DC Units

Hawkmates (Primarily the Earth-One Silver/Bronze Age Hawkmates before COIE and the Pre-Zero Hour Reboot Thanagarian Hawks. Doesn't mean that I don't hate Kendra/Carter and Shiera/Carter. I love them, but I just prefer the Thanagarian Hawks)

Green Lantern Corps (John Stewart is the Goat. Sorry, Hal, Guy, and Kyle. I don't hate you, I just love John more)

Batfam (If you are an Bruce Wayne anti, you are on thin ice. Talia/Brutalia antis DNI.)

I am starting to get into Wonder Woman

Favorite Ships

DC: Talia/Bruce, Selina/Bruce, Shayera/Katar, Shayera/Carter, John/Katma, WonderTrev, Clois

DCAU: John/Shayera (I don't ship these two outside the DCAU), Diana/Bruce

Areas of Interests: Literature, comic books, movies and history (particularly the Edwardian Age to the European part of WWII)

DNI: Same as bio. Terfs, Radfems, Transphobes, JKR bootlickers, exclusionists, and MAPS.

NOTE: there are some days where I might reblog/post something HP on this blog. I do write fan content for it as well. Tags are cw harry potter, cw hp, harry potter, and hp. Anything critical about the source material will be tagged hp critical and harry potter critical. If you haven't had those first four tags filtered, then I must be ticking an box or two in one of your DNIs, and you might want to turn back and block me. DNIs are supposed to go both ways after all.

"Well, JKR did say that the positive proliferation of her works is a sign that you support her views in secret and are afraid to speak it."

Yes she did say that, and I don't blame you if you don't want to touch HP for claim alone. Personally, I think she's in such an egotistical denial that fans of HP pan her views that she wants to believe that those decrying her support her in secret. Egotistic, abusive narcissists like Joanne don't want to believe that people hate them. They even want to believe that their detractors secretly like them and agree with them despite all evidence of the opposite. Alternatively, it could be her way of turning her detractors against each other. Because a abusive narcissistic would gaslight a trans woman for making her believe that her friend secretly agrees with her. However, that is my prerogative and I don't speak for anyone else (and before you ask, what money you want to spend on Official HP merch, donate it to a Trans Charity or spend it on fanmade HP merch created by an trans woman instead, the latter if you want merch bad enough. And no, DON'T even torrent that upcoming HBO Series, as I just learned that even torrents would get it renewed.)

My AO3

caffienated_biblophile

slytherinmarauder (pseud for HP works)

autistic_stephanie_brown (pseud for DC works)

Bottom line: for the record, I do believe that fiction can affect reality in regards how BIPOC, LGBT+, First Nations, Jews, Muslims, and disabled/neurodivergent/mentally ill people are portrayed in media and that those portrayals can affect the way the GP views those groups. However, the term "fiction does affect reality" isn't applicable to freaking fanfiction and videogames.

[zahri-melitor]

Figured I might pop some of folks' propaganda in on the reblog, given everyone's excited comments.

Batman: #however i had to go with batman because of tim following both batman and robin so closely #that being said my metric for tim's childhood is tim before he became robin/actually knew these people#and tim did have a very rosy view of bruce/batman before he actually got to know the man lol#and once he got to know him i feel like blue beetle went from third place to second#and batman went from second to almost last from scintillyyy

Bruce is a straight forward pick. Tim saw him at the circus. Tim followed him around and declared Batman needed a Robin. Obvious.

Blue Beetle: #ted kord is compelling because i'm pretty sure tim said he had a lunchbox or something from scintillyyy

Tim's canonically enough of a Ted Kord fanboy that on the prospect of getting to meet him he shoved Dick Grayson in the back room of the Clock Tower. Tell me how many other heroes meet that level of devotion from Tim (aside from the one he just shoved out of the room).

Tony Hawk: the "I love Tim as a skateboarder" pick. The Obvious Skateboarder option for a 90s kid.

Green Day: #green day sweep#listen he was a teenager in the 90s who later came out as bisexual. green day is the right choice from broke-bruce-wayne

Green Day is one of the bands Tim's most associated with in terms of wearing band shirts and having posters up. Plus all those delightful parallels up above. (Also ask Scintillyyy about Tim's cherry red Gibson Les Paul guitar)

The DMV for giving Tim a licence at 14: #Compelling arguments all around but I had to go with the dmv because he is a car enthusiast from havendance

Tim Drake, gearhead. I would like to remind everyone that Tim got his licence in 'Tec #668, a moment when Bruce's back was broken, Jack Drake had been kidnapped, JPV had strangled Tim and locked him out of the Cave, Dick had turned up only to complain that JPV was Batman instead of him, and still Tim's first reaction to his new licence was heart eyes and taking the Redbird out for its first drive. Also after naming his car the Redbird Tim proceeded to use that as his pseudonym and email address on the internal Bat servers. It is impossible to overstate how much Tim loves his car.

The Grey Ghost: look maybe you're into DCAU parallels with Bruce over fictional detectives. You've all actually convinced me I should have put Crocky here instead. I apologise.

Other: Mostly people voting this seem to be supporting Crocky, so here's some Crocky the Crocodile propaganda - he's a parody of Barney. Tim watched him religiously as a kid. He has an exclusive signed Crocky doll from a mission.

heroesriseandfall also offered Roy Raymond Jr, which is another interesting pick, though I tend to think of him more as Cass' favourite tv detective, not Tim's. (Has anyone written them bonding over Roy Jrs' terrible tv show?) #how about Roy Raymond Jr while we’re at it (nice contrast to Bruce & Babs being Roy Raymond Sr fans as kids)#(I say contrast because Roy Jr was considered the TRASHY terrible successor to Roy Sr lmao. perfect)

Jason technically also fits this category but he's sir not appearing in this poll sorry

Ok so we all know Dick is Tim’s favourite hero, so we should run a second place vote:

[sullustangin]

WIP Wednesday

Tagged by @starknstarwars and @eorzeashan  -- Thanks!!

Tagging @magicallulu7, @velvetsunset, @sheyshen, @tiredassmage, @davidoodles, @zabrakghoul annnnd @thaniraslegacyswtor​   -- no pressure, and apologies for anyone who’s already been tagged!  This can be for art or writing, whichever you prefer

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it.

SWTOR/KOTOR

The Yavin Fic

The Taste of Ashes

Establishment

The Man Who Lived For Tomorrow

prompts

carth trash

Body

Theron Shan and birthdays

Thing I’m working on for the SWTOR fic exchange (not its actual title, but the actual title is a giveaway)

DCAU

batman

wonderbat

Other stuff

doc

west wing

DO NOT SEND

Assorted dead fics (probably not going to do anything with them but I can’t bear to send them to the recycling bin; some of them I have cannibalized for plotpoints or details. 

methos

highlander

Mando

ficcage

holmes

nonceles vincent

[the-kettle-whistles]

Me, writing self-inserts, age 11

[hobgoblinsandpeachfuzz]

Hal frowned slightly, brow wrinkling in thought. "That's not exactly a simple question to answer, Aya-- what got you thinking about this?"

(oooo this is so good--apologies if i get timelines and such wrong, i can’t exactly remember details, but this is always a good vibe)

Aya paused, and though there was no real reason to, it seemed to help Hal and other organics to understand that she was listening if she paused a moment. 

Another element of her pausing could have come about, in truth though, from the fact that she herself could not really succinctly answer what had her questioning the notion of love. She had observed its effect on Green Lanterns Hal and Kilowog, with the both of them teasing one another about their encounters with Carol Farris, the Star Sapphires, and Galia. It seemed to be an emotion that was both celebrated, derided, feared, loathed, studied, and unknowable all at once, for family, friends, enemies, strangers, and partners--more confusing, it was simultaneously the most defined, and the most undefinable emotion yet, unhelpful in her search for answers. 

She realized that she was pausing for quite some time, as her eyes drifted over to a hunched figure in red, typing away with a silent, sullen sorrow that she was also puzzled to define--and Hal Jordan laughed.

“Ooooh, okay. I get it now.”

That was just as puzzling, but the look she must have given was unplanned and uncoordinated, and spurred another burst of laughter from Green Lantern Hal. She wished she knew what was so funny.

[beyondflashpoint]

So, I’m really enjoying working on my Beyond Flashpoint AU, but I wanna talk with other folks, sort of open the floor and explore the fandom’s perspective(s) and maybe cater to a few niche head canons. So feel free to message me, or shoot me an ask. Hell, answering questions might help me flesh out my ideas, or even encourage me to pump out more content. Also, if you know any other fic authors or fan artists who might wanna cooperate with me on this, feel free to tag them. And a special thanks to everyone who has liked, reblogged and or commented on the stuff I’ve cranked out so far!

[sullustangin]

I totally ship Bat/Cat to a point, then Wondy comes along.  I actually wrote a brief goodbye scene about......10-15 years ago?  for Selina leaving Gotham permanently, pre-Justice League (so nothing to do with Diana).  Wondering if I should clean it up and post it on my newer account.  Selina is awesome, Bruce is a mess, and Tim is just trying to survive adolescence.

I’m back with a wonderbat spin on a meme

(Taken from Gotham city memes on Facebook)