#duke? maaaaaybe

[brionysea]

rotating tim drake in my mind like a ballerina in a music box

[queenimmadolla]

wait I think tattoo apprentice yn would totalllllly have her nipples (and maybe clit?) pierced….. omg. can’t wait to read more

she wore daisy dukes that were definitely up her coochie, i dont know if that would be super comfy with a cl!t piercing lol, she's not all that punky so no nips yet but maaaaaybe in the future, we'll see were my typing takes us!

[libertarian-druid-ny-separatist]

Even better when it's 2 murderous ethnostates fighting and somehow you're expected to pick a side when you're fine to let them duke it out till they're done finally. Israel took challengers from all sides once, they can do it again if they need to, but this time it seems like just Iran, their proxies, and maaaaaybe Yemen (?).

This is going to end badly

[itsmaddienotmaddy]

Okay I was just fucking stressed out of my mind for a full ninety. Idk if I have a lot to say. Let’s SEE.

US V SWEDEN

Alyssa Angel Naeher - maaaaaybe should not have come out on that corner kick. And since she did, unsure why no defender chose to cover the line. They weren’t covering that tall ass Swedish player, so... they were free to. (Not like they would have guaranteed to save it, but there could have been an attempt.) I wouldn’t place the blame of that goal on Alyssa’s shoulder though. Especially because we would have been down by a lot more if not for her incredible saves.

Becky - got the captains armband back too late. She connects better when she’s left-central. It’s been like that most times Tierna slots in. Not much to say beyond that though. Like, she did the defense. As she does.

Tierna - a big test for her. Her clearances were good. She held people wide very well. I didn’t find myself yelling about her a lot, idk if she just wasn’t as involved or what. Either way. Love me some Baby T.

Crystal - held it down defensively. That’s never a surprise. The lack of connection between her Lindsey and Christen, the connection that WAS THRIVING before. Wasn’t there. Like. When Crystal was making the run, she wasn’t getting passes. And then the passes would come and she wasn’t making the run. But nice to see her get some minutes up top too!! Would have liked to see her be able to get some moves going.

Kelley - well Alexi Lalas kept saying how poor she did. She wasn’t balls to the wall amazing but it’s not like she was sucking out there. She was definitely committing too hard, biting at moves she shouldn’t have. The lunges had her a step behind, she needed to play some stand up defense. I’ve said time and time again, her and Lynn do not connect well and the offense on the right was non existent all first half unless Rose decided to carry the ball up the field. Kelley DID have some decent crosses, as per usual. And let’s be real. We all know it was slightly outside the box, but Kelley earned the foul. So, g’bless that little sock puppet peach. Driving the box and getting that penalty saved our score line.

Rosemary - I mean. She was DOING THINGS. Thank goodness. Her speed was on point today. She was running the ball down the field, breaking through lines, and she had that cracker of a shot. It’s a bummer that she came off since she was such a bright spot. But with the physicality of the game, you needed bodies to take up space and bulldoze and that’s exactly what a midfield of JJ, Lindsey, and Sam is good for.

Julie - a lot of defensive work for her this game, a few times there was a lack of communication with her and Kelley, but still pretty solid. Certainly lacking offensively, but got a couple good crosses off, won some good balls out of the air.

Lindsey - her and Aslani duking it out with each other was cute, ex-teammate fun. Certainly had bright spots throughout the game. Had really good spells of controlling the midfield, but her weighted balls and the angles of her passes through were off today. And she wasn’t given the opportunity to win offensive headers in the box. Like hello. Big giant scoring target. Would have been a good plan. Still had some silky moves, switched the side of play as to not overload, was always open for an outlet pass. Would have liked to see a bigger motivation to get a shot off. And to reiterate. Again. Her Christen and Crystal need to get back on their vibes.

Samantha - I don’t know if it would have made a difference if we had her in from the start, but it sure was a relief seeing her come onto the field. I think I was getting food during her one attempt on goal, so missed that. But never fully settled into the game. So that’s no fun. She’s been in spectacular form and I wish we could have utilized her sooner. How? Idk. Maybe a 4 person midfield? Coulda shoulda woulda.

Kristie - what position did she even come in as??? I was so confused. Not enough time to say much. But it really speaks to the US offensive productivity that Kristie got two shots on goal in her minimal time. Would have been rad AF if one of those chances had gone in.

Carli - 300 caps is cool. Credit where credit is due. But I just about lost my mind. Shots to the moon. Falling every time she got touched. Offsides. Heavy, heavy touches and lost possessions. This was not a game to celebrate for her and that’s too bad. Leaving her in that long was rough. AND the one time she should have been selfish and shot the ball, THAT WAS WHEN SHE PASSED. I could not deal.

Lynn - Gosh I want good things for Lynn. But today was not her day. She was lost out there and her decision making on when to turn on the wheels and when to make cuts and crosses, it wasn’t there. She wasn’t stretching the field either. She drifted central and it made an already congested middle, even more crowded. There was definitely a play where she was extremely IN THE WAY and thwarted a potential goal attempt. She did work back defensively and was successful in that. But. Another shot to the moon and not much else to speak on. I don’t know what she she needs to get a spark, but she needs one, bad.

Christen - I hate not being able to gush about Press. I always want her to be phenomenal. But her touches were heavy. Her moves weren’t as sharp. And Sweden was able to anticipate and cut off the angles of her passes. Maybe it was just an off day. Maybe it’s the knock she’s dealing with. But there was no zoom and typical Pressy cuts and it wasn’t fun. And for the last time. Her Lindsey and Crystal need to be on the same page again. Tooooo many miscommunications. You know what she did well though? DEFENSE. So, positive there.

Pinoe - was sooooo fucking happy when she came in. She really does provide a spark and a change of pace and play. There were definitely more opportunities once she came on. She connects well with Lindsey through the midfield so that was nice. AND EVERYONE SAY THANK YOU PINOE FOR BEING A FREAK OF NATURE AND BEING CLUTCH AT PKS.

And Alex - very happy to see the mother of Charles in the game. She’s going to need more minutes to get back to her peak game. She provided a new challenge for the Swedish defense and definitely was more dangerous than Carli, but never truly got all the way into the game. She did get some decent goal opportunities but... oh my god... that one PERFECT cross when literally NO ONE was there?? I screamed. That sucked. That would have been a sick assist.

Is that everyone? I think so. God. Overall, touches were too heavy and connections were off. We are lucky lucky lucky duckies to tie it up with a PK. But like everyone is saying. It’ll be a benefit in the long run to get the kinks out now. Have the shaky, not so good games, NOW. It’s the kick in the pants we need to peak during the Olympics.

Lol. I guess I did have a lot to say. No one should be surprised.

[bigfan-fanfic]

Honestly because of the bat poles could see all of the robins being good pole dancers. Probably a fun skill to have when it comes up and for fun with their bfs.

Honestly, probably only Dick has the gymnastic and acrobatic prowess to be a great pole dancer. Maaaaaybe Duke and Tim have the potential. But Jason is too stocky and thicc and Damian's grace and poise does not translate to polework.

[mermaidsirennikita]

HR book recs where the heroine is older than the hero?

Hope you don't mind if I publish this! Anyone can feel free to reply with more recs.

I'll be honest, I've wracked by brain and I think the only full novel I've read that definitely has an older heroine is Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt. The heroine is older than the hero, a widow, and has taken lovers; he's a virgin. It's one of my favorite books.

Unclaimed by Courtney Milan is another virgin hero book (the heroine is a sex worker) and maaaaaybe she's older than him? But I'm not sure like I am with Thief of Shadows.

Duke I'd Like To F... has a novella by Eva Leigh called An Education in Pleasure (I don't know if it can be bought independently) that has a heroine who is... a good bit older than the hero. I want to say around 10 years older, but I'm not sure. I don't think he's a virgin but he's inexperienced and she teaches him the ropes. It's... quite hot.

[duketectivecomics]

So thanks to dark knights metal we now know the for lack of a better term “final forms” of Dick and Duke, what would you headcanon as the peak forms for the rest of the bat kids if they’d also reached that point

So, I’ll just go through these like Pokemon evolutions tbh, and if yall have questions abt Why And When And How And What, please feel free to direct them to @dyketectivecomics bc again. I want to keep things duke-centric here and not bog it down TOO much with the rest of the fam or with my own personal headcanons (bc again, i want this to be an archive for Duke & a space for everyone, not just my own personal space, altho i rlly appreciate y’all asking these things!!!)

(also Take of this with the grain of salt that I could very well change my mind a few months from now, and also that this is STRICTLY how I see the characters progressing in my Own Idealized Canon. if you have something different that’s cool! this is just how *I* would want things to go down for now!)

so here we go.

Dick: Robin I -> Nightwing -> Briefly Batman II -> Nightwing 

Babs: Batgirl I -> Oracle 

Jason: Robin II -> Red Hood -> Gets Therapy And Retires Thank God

Tim: Robin III -> Red Robin -> Wayne Enterprises CEO by 25 and Never Looks Back

Cass: Batgirl II -> Black Bat -> Batman III (nighttime bat/stays in Gotham 100%)

Steph: Spoiler -> Robin IV -> Batgirl III -> Question III

Damian: Robin V -> Retires before 20 

Duke: Robin VI -> Signal -> Batman III (daytime bat/works with & eventually leads the JL)

Harper: Bluebird -> maaaaaybe Batwoman II?

I’ve got plans to include Nell Little, Luke, Tam and Tiffany Fox, Carrie Kelley, Helena Kyle-Wayne, Terry n Matt McGinnis and several other extended/future-verse members, but those plans are lot less defined and more... general musings while I play around with the core fam first and what theoretical story beats I’d want to see them take. also bc i still need to finish reading a lot more too fdjasl;

[aartifex-a]

deciding to expand on the horror/supernatural comedy with a vampire oc heavily HEAVILY inspired by what w/e do i/n the s/had/ows (and a bit of VtM for my new campaign). he’s very WIP but here’s some preliminary sims screenshots of roughly what he looks like, under the cut ofc :)

here comes the boy.... yves benoit de noailles, marquis (a title he got bc he was related to a duke, not bc he actually served any purpose -- very on brand for him). personally i think his face (esp chin, jaw and nose) are more... angular. hes a sharp pointy lad. french aristocrat who got turned to avoid getting guillotined during the terror and a month later robespierre was executed and maaaaaybe if he had just hid a little longer he could’ve avoided all that shit but.... oops too late vampire time!

[scaplivingtogether]

Seven Crimes and Punishments- Living Together: Now, Let the games begin

Chapter 3

Now, Let the games begin

It has been an hour since that faithful morning-

Everyone was becoming bored with being stuck in a box, no one wants to cope with one another, especially Nemesis and Gallerian considering they aren't on speaking terms. Everyone was just laying around in the living room when Allen remembered what Michaela said about the attic.

"Hmmm, maybe I'll go see what's inside the attic so we'll know what we can do." Allen said as he got up and went upstairs.

"I'm sorry what?" Banica asked while filing her nails, she doesn't seemed to have paid attention to what he said.

"Something about guaranteeing that no girl will ever make love to him." Sateriasis said while reading one of his erotica books, both him and Banica laughed in the process.

"I can hear you two down there, you pair of barbarians!" Allen yelled from another room.

"Hey, leave my brother alone, alright?" Riliane said coldly to the two sinners.

"Like you're the one to talk young lady, you boss him around 24/7." Banica said.

"At least he wasn't lazy! No offense Margarita."

"Non taken." Margarita said with a smile.

Allen then came back with a cardboard box filled with things in there, "Ok, I just grabbed the first thing I saw in there but I hope it'll keep us entertained for the time being." Allen said as he opened the box, he chuckled, "Well speak of the devil, there is." He pulled what seems to be a board game and placed it on the table, everyone surrounded the game on the table that reads "Monopoly".

"They left us "Monopoly"?" Nemesis asked. "That looks more like father's type of game."

"Hey!" Gallerian snapped.

"Well there other games too like "Sorry", "Cluedo", "Twister", "Guess Who", "Life", "Mouse Trap", "Mahjongg", "Stratego", "Uno", and "Hanafuda". Allen said checking the box.

"I call Twister!" Venomania said gleefully while holding up a white box with four colored spots and a bold text reading: "Twister!"

Banica looked at what her ancestor was holding next to her and formed a mischievous grin. After much thought, she nodded vigorously and the two went and prepared the mat.

"Oh good Levia." Gallerian muttered in disgust, "I sense more Venomania babies in our future."

"How'd you figure?" Margarita asked innocently.

"Nothing good ever comes from playing that game." He answered.

"Is it because you got Mom pregnant when you played it with her?" Nemesis asked, smirking.

Gallerian did not know what to say, he obviously didn't want to talk about it, his face turned completely red and covered his face with his hands saying:"I hate you so much, Nemesis."

"Nice comeback, Sudou." Sateriasis added as he shook her hand, Nemesis played along due to her satisfaction. Soon, Banica removed the bottom part of her dress revealing that she's been wearing a pair of black stretchy shorts, blood started to leak out of the Duke's nose when he saw that.

"That's sick, she's your descendant." Kayo said in disgust.

"You are too, and your carrying Lukana's body." Sateriasis said as he wiped his nose with a handkerchief that was hidden in his sleeve. Leaving Kayo red in the face.

~TWISTER~

ROUND 1

Cherubim(Sateriasis) Venomania VS Banica Conchita

Soon before they knew it, Sateriasis was balancing on his feet and one left hand horizontally over Banica's back who is vertically balancing herself on her hands and toes, the tension between those two are terrible, no one knows who's gonna fall first, Riliane spun the wheel.

"Right hand red." Riliane said. Banica got to the spot next to her before her Depraved Ancestor did, leaving him hanging.

"Good luck, Grandpa." Banica teased.

"This is awkward." he said as he reached his arm under Banica's neck to the red spot, nearly choking her to death.

"Ack." Banica gagged as Riliane spun the wheel again.

"Right foot yellow." Riliane said.

Banica tried her best to reach but then she lost her footing a fell, her chin was also clinged onto Sateriasis's arm causing him to fall on top of her as well, ending the first round.

"Ow." Banica groaned.

Sateriasis sat up regularly to ask: "Who won?"

"Well considering that Banica fell first before you, You won." Margarita answered.

"Good, I prefer to be dominant male."

"Oh be quite you." Banica sighed.

"Next round is Margarita Blankenheim vs Gallerian Marlon" Riliane said. Hearing this, Gallerian stood up and removed his judge's cloak, revealing his blue vest and white dress shirt.

ROUND 2

Margarita Blankenheim VS Gallerian Marlon

Soon Gallerian was positioned like if he was crab walking while Margarita was above the Judge on his torso with her chest facing him and her left arm on the blue spot.

"Left foot Green." Riliane said. They did what the princess said, Gallerian was on the brink of falling, but it wasn't from balance though, it was from making uncomfortable contact with the teenage Clockworker's Doll.

"Let me ask you this: Did Sateriasis put you up to this?" Gallerian asked nervously.

"Maaaaaybe." She said childishly.

"I just wanna see if you can make babies that way." Sateriasis answered, smiling evilly as Margarita's face turned red.

"Your Disgusting." Gallerian sneered in disgust. "If I get out of this I'm coming over there to kick your ass."

"Oh come now it be like doing it with a one of those Sex dolls in your era, Gallerian." Sateriasis said.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Margarita growled viciously considering that she's a doll herself, she get off of Gallerian before he fell, ran for the Duke and started to pull on the dread locks of his hair.

"OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!" He chanted repeatedly as Margarita pulled.

"You mess with the bull you get the horns Duke, remember that." Nemesis said in an unamused tone.

"So by the fault Gallerian won because Margarita left the arena before he fell." Riliane said, "Are the Sudous participating?"

Kayo shook her head while she was tailoring the curtains, "I got work to do." she answered.

"Nemesis?"

"Nope." She curtly replied.

"Alright, and since Allen and I aren't playing either it would be the men's turn, winner take all."

ROUND 3

Gallerian Marlon VS Cherubim(Sateriasis) Venomania

The game progressed and the two full grown men are already tangled up in a mess. Sateriasis being under the Judge on his hands and feet while Gallerian was on the Dukes back with his right rib-cage horizontally.

"Give up?" Gallerian asked.

"I'd rather lose my hair than lose to an old goat with blue hair!" Sateriasis snapped.

"Old goat? Who calls people that anymore?" Kayo asked.

"Fitting name though." Nemesis said shrugging

"Bite me.." Gallerian sneered at his devil spawn, only for the former Dictator to give him a raspberry.

"Right hand green!' Riliane said.

Gallerian gulped, he attempted crawled to that spot with his fingers, sadly enough he fell on the aristocratic pervert, ending the game officially.

"Game Over! No winners!" Riliane called out raising her hands in the air.

"No way! It's Not fair!" Sateriasis whined while pounding his hands on the mat like a spoiled child. "No fair! No fair! No fair!"

"You know what's not fair?: Making me and Margarita your whores thus costing her the game." Gallerian snapped at the Duke.

"Why don't you button that big mouth of yours?" The Duke sneered, pushing the judge off of him.

"Maybe we should play another game." Kayo said now tailoring the table cloth in the kitchen.

"Good Idea Sudou." Allen said, apparently he was eating bananas while watching the game quietly, "What else do we got?"

"What about "Uno"?" Nemesis asked, holding the box containing the cards.

"Anyone?" Allen asked. Everyone raised their hands. "Ok."

~UNO~

Everyone was disposing and gaining cards in the game of numbers and colors, the person who calls out "Uno" means they have one more card to dispose of, if they do dispose it they win.

Banica throws in a joker card, "Blue." she said. Everyone threw in cards based on that color until after Margarita threw in a Blue 5, Gallerian threw in another card with the same number, except it was yellow instead of blue, they continued the game until...

"Uno." Allen said, holding up the last card.

Kayo, who seemed to the most calm of the eight was twitching, her faced turned twisted with envy as she stood up and kicked the coffee table over with her foot, knocking the cards off of the players hands and the table top.

"Aaaaaaaaaaagh!" Allen called out when the table fell on him. The sinners looked up to the angry tailor with awe as she sat on the table crushing Allen, crossing her legs, the only one who spoke up was Riliane who asked:

"Was it because Allen said "Uno" first before you did?"

"DAMN RIGHT!" Kayo said to Riliane with venom seeping through her teeth.

"Geez jealous much?" Banica said rubbing her hands that were hurt from impact. "I guess your fit to be "Envy" after all."

Allen crawled out of the carnage Kayo caused and said: "Well I guess it's time to play another game, Kayo please get off of me." She did as he asked as Allen got out of under the mess she made. Allen walked to the box filled with game boards. "The only candidates where no on wins or loses is "Monopoly" and "Life...anyone up for "Life"?" He raised up the board. Kayo, Nemesis, and Margarita raised their hands. "Monopoly?" He asked raising another one, Gallerian, Riliane, Banica, and Sateriasis raised their hands. "Monopoly" it is then."

"Figures." Nemesis said under her breath, "Cheapskate."

"Be quite, bitch." Gallerian said glaring at Nemesis.

~MONOPLOY~

Allen got out the pieces of the game, everyone's the fallowing:

[Allen- Thimble]

[Riliane- Puppy]

[Margarita- Old Boot]

[Kayo- Iron]

[Banica- Wheel Barrel]

[Nemesis- War Ship]

[Sateriasis- Top Hat]

[Gallerian- Sports Car]

The game went one for quite a time, Homes bought and money's earn and lost, Banica moved her Wheel Barrel to one of the spots, grabbed a card that reads: "Go to the big house."

"Oh do I get a big house?" Banica said excitedly.

"It means you go to Jail." Margarita corrected calmly.

"What? Does anyone win at Monopoly?" She exclaimed.

"You don't win, you just do better in each turn." Allen said. "Besides I don't want Kayo flipping the table on me again."

"That doesn't sounds fair." Venomania said finally.

"Neither is having goat horns Duke." Kayo said. referring to his demon form.

"Well I never." He said as he glared.

Gallerian stood up, straightening his cloak saying: "Well I'm bored, I'm gonna go to my room now."

"Ah you poor sport." Riliane sighed.

He was about to go up stairs before he asked: "Which one's my room?"

"The one with the body pillow on Sateriasis's bed." Allen answered.

"Thank you." He left.

"Who's up for Dad's winnings?" Nemesis asked.

"I do." Sateriasis answered smirking.

Nemesis then looked for the money Gallerian earned on the table...but it was not to be seen. "Where did he put them?"

"I hit the jackpot!" Riliane cheered. "Where's the money bag piece?"

"I'll get it." Margarita said, she was look on the table as well...sadly It's not there either. "Strange, is the game missing a piece?"

"No I double checked all the pieces are there." Allen replied, then he noticed something odd, as a matter of fact more odd: All of the fake money is gone. "HUH!? WHERE DID THEY GO!?"

"Missing money and Money bag piece...does that strike you as a little suspicious?" Sateriasis said wiggling his eye brows.

"...HEY WAIT A MINUTE, FATHEEEEEEEEEEEEER!" Nemesis yelled upon realization.

"I got it." Banica said as she stood up and went up to Gallerian's room, only to find it locked.

"Gally open the door." She said as she jingled the door nob more.

"No one's here." Gallerian said on the other side. "Go away."

"Hey Nemesis you still got that key that shape-shifts?"

"No Allen took it after I used [Punishment] in the Graveyard." She answered after she got up the stairs. "But I can do this." she grabbed her hair pin from from her pocket and started to pick the lock, it opens, there was no one inside.

"No one's here? How's that possible?" Banica said dumbfounded.

They looked around the room for him until Nemesis went to a window that's between Gallerian's and Sateriasis's beds, she looked and said: "Found him." Banica looked out and found that Gallerian had tided his cloak to the window to climb down from with the fake money and game piece in hand, unfortunately it wasn't long enough for the house they live in was a two story.

"Hey, hey Grandpa, look at this." Banica beckoned Sateriasis, he looked and started to laugh at the Judge's situation.

"Enjoying yourself? HA HA HA HA HA!" Venomania teased, still laughing.

"Ahahahaha, am I enjoying myse-shut up." He sarcastically replied.

"Father! Get your stupid ass back up here!" Nemesis yelled.

"I rather have broken legs than be poor."

"Next time use the bed sheets it's a lot longer than your cloak." Banica advised.

"Great, a few hours of being inside this box and now Gallerian's already starting things up." Allen said, letting out a frustrated sigh.

"It's like Babysitting except your not getting paid." Riliane said, only to receive a glare from Allen. "Excuse me."

Suddenly, the seams on Gallerian's cloak started to rip open, "Nononononononono!" Gallerian muttered. As fate would have it, it ripped and he fell, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! OOF!" Right into Margarita's Greeonion Plateau Roses, cushioning his fall.

"Awwwww, I just planted them." Margarita whined.

Gallerian crawled out of the roses, covered in vines, roses, and thorns. "Ow...ow...ow...ow...ow." He muttered.

Kayo untied Gallerian's sleeve from the window that's now missing it's cloak and said: "Looks like I got more work too do, where's the rest?"

"I...h-have it." Gallerian said weakly. The poison from the thorns are really infecting him badly.

"You know Judge." Allen started, "Funny thing about "Gift" and "Poison" is that when a human gets infected they die...but with souls as demonstrated by Eve Moonlit with her Eighth Gift is that it puts them to sleep, so you getting effected is kinda like a forced nap."

"I d-don't need to hear th-that from you, b-brat." He passes out, letting go of the money and game piece. Nemesis jumped from the window, landed perfectly on the ground, walked to her father, and got the piece and the money and offered them to Sateriasis and Riliane.

"No thank you, I'm done playing anyways." Riliane said.

"I'll take 'em." Sateriasis said.

"OK." She gave the faux money to him. Nemesis then took out a washable black marker and wrote "Douchebag" across Gallerian's forehead.

"Oh come now child, I know your mad at him but that is just plain juvenile." Banica said while nomming on her ancestor's hair, he seems to be unaware of it."

"You sound like my mother." She replied. "Only without the pipe."

END CHAPTER