#even with the complicated family dynamics

[ghostlychaosfoil]

AND DONT GET ME STARTED ON MIKEY AND RAPH GOD DAMN

nobody check my bio

Look me in the eyes and say that Leo and Donnie's dynamic is more interesting than everyone elses

YOU CANT ( though i still do adore them so sooo much)

Leo and Raph: im sorry but the entire movie??? And still more disaster duo content...( keep up the work disaster duo is awesome though!!) Leo and raph literally have so much to work with from them talking about their sacrifices to silly arguments and comebacks and just bth of them resembling karai...

Leo and Mikey: IM SORRY YOUNGER BROTHER THAT LOOKS UP TO OLDER ONE ANDDD OLDER BROTHER THAT LOOKS UP TO YOUNGER ONE??? my heartttt auaghahehhh nooo them talking about mikeys scars from staten islanddd leo feeling guiltyyyy mikey knowing the cost of protecting loved ones....

Donnie and raph: uaaghah they are so different but soo sillyyy <33 Raph would 100% baby donnie and let him get away with pretty much anything but also stop him from bombing aprils school donnie loving validation of a person older than him but not quite adult( A WHOLE OTHER CAN OF WORMSS)

Donnie an mikey: both of them being the youngest and most protected but taking turns protecting each other?? AAAAUAGHA donnie loving to impress mikeyy and all the glory of being looked up too and Mikey loving to actually be responsible instead of the other way around ( even if he would approve of bombing aprils school..)

im not saying the disaster duo is bad at all just that everyone else's (cough cough raph and Mikey.. ) interactions get pushed to the side for more content of them

which is fine!!! just a bit sad about most of the fandom doing it

[wonderstarmedia]

Been thinking about potential Absolute Fab Five ideas all afternoon after reading Absolute Flash #1 and like it's probably not gonna be anything like I imagine but ig

TENTATIVE ABSOLUTE FAB FIVE IDEAS

Dick Grayson

Same basic beats of his origin except Bruce doesn't adopt him but he does inspire Dick to become a teen vigilante who moves from town to town, and city to city saving people. He doesn't really have all the same technical genius that Bruce does so his gear would be a lot more makeshift. Like basically "We are Robin" type vibes. Extra kudos if he's also darker skinned and being Romani has a bit more focus than it usually does in his stories. Also please let him be canonically bi for the love of god. I think he'd either be second or last to join the gang depending on what the timeline with absolute batman would be. I'd love for Wally to meet the other four asap but if we have to wait like 3 years then I still think he should meet Dick after Donna.

Roy

Honestly I feel like this'd be a good opportunity to make him actually Indigenous? Even if atp we have Ultimate Hawkeye so DC won't be able to ever escape the "copying" allegations imo since him being a recognised Navajo tribe member is such a non-existent aspect of his character rn I think this would be a good opportunity to pull from that history and make it actual meaningful representation. I'm Ugandan so idk what exactly that'd look like but as someone also directly affected by past and present day colonialism I think it'd add a whole new dimension to his anger and his complicated feelings about being in the care of this billionare white man (if Ollie is still rich in the ultimate universe.) And maybe having Ollie in his life could be another way to handle the topic of addiction from jump with more grace than Roy himself has been afforded in the past? Ollie could be in recovery and Roy could be trying his best to help him out of it even though Ollie's trying not to make him feel like it should be his responsibility?

Kaldur'ahm/Jackson Hyde

Garth is my sweet baby fish boy but Jackson is my prefered Aqualad so I'd love for him to be on whatever first Absolute Titans there'd be 😭 and I think a Jackson raised by Black Manta could add a very cool dynamic to the team. It's not a Titans story without the exploration of what family even is and how it defines you and the conflict of his upbringing and who he wants to be would be familiar territory without it being the same 2 or 3 characters we always tell this story with. I'd love if he was specifically called Kaldur'ahm since he'd be raised in Atlantis in this but also cause 1) it's a cool name and 2) him in YJ was like the only good thing to come out of that show and I'd like his absolute characterisation to be much closer to that Aqualad at first. Maybe he and Dick have a lil flirtationship that probably doesn't actually go anywhere because it'd be funny if all the openly queer members on the team don't date each other.

Donna Troy

Unsurprisingly the character I started thinking about in the first place because in Return of Donna Troy she's literally stated to be an anomaly in the multiverse so there's a very real possibility that she'll have the least changes made to her despite the fact the Amazons are currently imprisoned for eternity and that in of itself could be a whole fun timeline thing in of itself that gives us a greater understanding of the Absolute Universe. Which I'd love actually, but I do think like with Diana you could give her a few changes here and there and she'd still be the most Donna Troy to ever Donna Troy. The PJO fan in me thinks it'd be cool if she was either a Titan (child of/embodiment of/some sort of connection to Atlas would be my pick cause the through-line from his association to the sky and her association with stars is so fucking cool imo) who was raised by humans or a human who was raised by Titans (again preferably related to Atlas in some way). This'd put her in direct opposition to the gods just by existing which makes her Diana's ally (kind of because being affiliated with Titans would still come with so many issues of if she could be trustworthy) but still give her all the conflicting identity issues that are so integral to her character. Plus it could lead to a dope af "I'm a Titan" line drop with a double meaning whenever the whole gang is together that'd also maybe give them being called Titans some context beyond the name sounding cool lmao.

I'd love if she met Wally first cause ofc she's my fave and I think their friendship could be sweet but also cause she'd be a great bridge for a crossover between absolute WW and absolute flash that we wouldn't have to wait for 3 to 5 for years because Wonder Woman wouldn't have to be all that established for her to show up? Like she could literally show up in the coming chapters wherever Diana is rn (how cool would it be if she did omg).

And lastly Wally West

I trust that I'm gonna love everything about him in this book but to add: how cool would it be if they made him trans 😭😭😭😭😭 it's DC so it's not gonna happen but his vibes are so transgender I need that shit so bad if you're not gonna give Jess anything then at least let absolute Wally be trans 😭🙏🏾 also I know it's an actual pipe dream to wish for canonical BirdFlash but man it'd be great if they also had some sort of yaoi going on😭

[wanderer-clarisse]

cousin bonding time (I like to imagine that Maedhros is the one who tied baby Finrod's hair!)

sorry for being suddenly inactive here lately, Things Happened and I haven't really had the time to sit down and draw until this week ;-; hope this little sketch can make up for it!

[qaanngi]

Hapee seasonal 🎄

[darkeneddawning]

Escaped clone au

You know all those fics where Danny and Damian are twins but everyone first assumes Danny must be a clone? How about an au where Danny is Damian's clone who escaped the League after he was assumed dead. Damian could even have been the one to have "killed" him, back when Danny was a newly created, fully brainwashed clone minion and trying to kill Damian himself.

Danny gets adopted by the Fentons and canon goes on as normal, until Dan. Witnessing what would happen to the world should he turn evil really drove home to Danny how dangerous he is.

Even if he was confident he could be trusted with his absurd amount of power (which he isn't), what if the League of Assassins found out about him? Does he still have programming triggers from his evil assassin clone conditioning?

So, Danny does the responsible thing: he goes to Batman to turn himself in.

Cue Danny showing up on Bruce's doorstep with ghost hunting equipment, intel on the afterlife, and an almost unbelievable backstory. Somehow he still managed to be more well-adjusted than Damian.

More thoughts under the read more

Here's how I'm thinking Danny leaving the League went down:

After surviving his wounds but failing his mission, Danny (then an unnamed potential Damian replacement) knew there was no point in returning to the League. As a failure, he was meant to be disposed of. He even thought of simply allowing himself to perish, since that was what the League would do.

But he couldn't help but feel as though that would be a waste of a resource. Surely he could be of more use to the League alive than dead?

That tiny bit of rebellious logic is what caused Danny to go into hiding, only living on based on the off chance he would find opportunities to further the League's goals. Obviously, that mentality didn't last long after being exposed to the real world and meeting one Jazz Fenton.

Being adopted by the Fentons was the best cover Danny could have asked for, since any odd behavior he couldn't hide while he was learning how to be "normal" was totally overshadowed by the sheer bizarre eccentricity of his new parents. He was still the neighborhood weird kid, but even that was a major upgrade from disposable tool, so Danny considered it a win.

Anyway, if anyone likes this idea, please feel free to have at it! Interpret it as you please :)

[revvethasmythh]

it's so funny to me that caleb and veth really did just trade off the job of intensely pining for the other at like the halfway point of the campaign. like, imo, nott in the early days did not behave in any real romantic or even romance-adjacent ways toward him--I imagine it would be very hard to even think in that way when you hate what you look like so much, have such low self-esteem, and are actively lying about your entire past, including a secret husband. caleb, on the other hand, is kind of diving directly back into the sort of relationship he had with astrid and eadwulf. very close, very intimate, we-huddled-for-warmth-together-and-oops-it-led-to-something-else sort of thing. he is the one who expresses that he's fine with it if people think he and nott are romantically together when they're talking to keg. nott is the one who pushes back on that. he calls her his life partner. unknowingly, he compares his feelings for nott to nott's feelings for yeza. his behavior only really starts to change after he finds out about veth's husband because suddenly all of that other stuff is rendered inappropriate in retrospect. but even then he compliments her to yeza over dinner in the most awkward of ways, he admits to being jealous, he calls yeza "a lucky man" to have her, he stares at veth and yeza closed bedroom door for far too long, he creates an entire arcane tower with room for her family just so she'll stay with him. in general, his behavior is not, um, totally and completely platonic about it, you know?

like, veth's feelings for caleb are canonical and therefore indisputable in their existence, but caleb in the early days was not that dissimilar to how veth was acting near the end of the campaign. it really paints a picture of "right person, wrong time" in the way things just didn't line up for them. or, as veth would say: "in another world, maybe"

[lesbianjackies]

i did NOT just see someone complain that s3 is “reducing lottie to her mental illness”……….. oh my fucking god two episodes in and the horrible takes are already rampant

[taddymason]

"I'm sorry, Nya… I have to do this"

role swap au bc im evil

Isn't it funny how this would be the third time jay faces evil nya btw

[youngpettyqueen]

I know the decision to have Julian's parents have him augmented was made on the fly but imo its pretty obvious from early on that Julian has Family Issues because he avoids talking about his family like the plague and I think they should've incorporated this into the Julian and Sisko dynamic right from early on because I think it would've made for some really compelling stories and moments and could've set up a REALLY interesting Julian and Jake dynamic which they kinda started to do but never fully went for

[momentomori24]

So I watched Weeby's newest Wheel of Fate video and she made a point about how Wolfgang's mum, due to her abusive husband, may have had an aversion to men, which is why she only represented women and children. But then she added how Wolfgang looking exactly like his abusive dad may have extended that aversion to apply to him as well and OH MY GOD THAT WOMAN IS COOKINGGG

[murderspice]

Day I. Cousin's Keeper | Praise Kink

PHEW I MADE IT shout out to @captastra for putting this together (you can find the prompts here!) and to @highend-fade for enabling me and my fresh cadllario rot <3

my other entries: Day III | Day IV (nsfw) | Day V | Day VI | Day VII

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"So."

"So?"

"You and my cousin."

That was the very start of the conversation, so blunt it nearly made Cadfael laugh aloud. Lucanis was precise with everything he did, exceedingly so. Even in a relaxed setting like this one, within the lighthouse library, he arrived armed with only his silver coffee cup and a schooled expression.

Rook didn't say anything in response, but he did turn from his sorting of the bookshelf to lean against it and prompt Lucanis to continue.

"You two seemed…very close, last night."

Ah, right. They did say their goodbyes right outside the Cantori Diamond, after Illario had given him a personal tour of Treviso. Goodbyes that were…charged.

(They hadn't kissed, but it was a very near thing. Cadfael still didn't know if the ache in his chest could be called mistrust or longing.)

Still, something about the way Lucanis said it made Cadfael want to bristle on instinct. He crossed his arms in front of his chest. "Alright, sure. Let's run with that. Am I about to get a shovel-talk? 'Break his heart and I'll kill you, Rook'?

"Rook." Pin-point precision, yet again, giving Cadfael pause. "You are my friend. And I have trusted my cousin with my life more times than I can count."

"…But?"

"And," the Crow corrected gently, eyes focused on a knot in the grain of the wooden table in front of him. "He is very good at what he does. And, I don't want to see you hurt."

That was the last thing Cadfael wanted to think about. He wasn't naive to it, not at all— from the very beginning, he knew that Illario was an assassin who used his charm to lure his marks. Illario wasn't shy about his work, and Cad was pragmatic enough to brace for the inevitable asking of a favor that may follow one day.

It didn't stop him from wishing, foolishly, that he could have something nice for himself, just this once.

The lighthouse continued its low humming symphony of magic in motion around them, even as the conversation went silent. Neither of them looked at each other for some time, Cadfael eyeing the bookshelves restlessly as Lucanis nursed his cooling coffee mug with a mirroring tension in his shoulders.

They had come a long way from that horrific extraction from the Ossuary. Had this conversation happened a month ago, they would've been throwing knives, literally and figuratively. Now…

"Alright." Cadfael started, forcing his hands to relax where they clung to his own arms. "I trust you, Lucanis." He cracked a grin for the other, even if it didn't completely reach his eyes. "Thanks. For the warning."

Lucanis quietly studied his face, before leaning forward in his seat with a sigh. "There could be a chance. I could be concerned for nothing, and you won't need that warning. A small chance, but…it is there. It's been…I don't know how long it's been, since he took a real interest in someone else. My memory's still…rusty. Muddy? Mierde."

Cadfael snorted, which earned him the assassin's rueful smile.

"If it does turn out that way, somehow, then…" He swirled the last dregs of his drink, putting on the gravest tone of voice he could muster. "Break his heart, and I'll kill you, Rook."

This time, Cadfael did laugh aloud.

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[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Outdrawn

f/f contemporary romance

two cartoonist who’ve been rivals since uni, and now have competing webcomics online, have to work together on the relaunch of a cult classic at the comic press they both work at

they both struggle with art-related physical and mental health issues, and complicated families

[smile-files]

randall: do you think we're brothers in every universe?

henry: we're not even brothers in this one...

[thesummerstorms]

I'm too tired to formulate thoughts well right now, but I do wonder what Viago and Neve's interactions would look like with a Rook who romanced Neve but doesn't want to leave the Crows/is very personally and professionally loyal to Viago.

[kooki914]

Since you're the Spadesgore guy, how to you think Asgore would interact with Lancer?

Excellent question!! I have to do the self-promotion song and dance but I've unironically written a fic basically dedicated to this, and in other fics in the series Asgore's role in the weird spade family dynamic is explored further.

But to summarize, Asgore is just naturally a dad, and Lancer collects parents, they basically fit like puzzle pieces on that front, but in the nitty gritty Asgore tends to be a gentler parent than Lancer is used to. He actually tries to emotionally support Lancer rather than just financially support him or discipline him or what have you, he's just a guy who likes talking to his kids. And it's not that Lancer doesn't need that, but there's definitely a twinge of confusion because he isn't used to it. All his other parental figures don't give much thought to emotional support unless it's directly brought up, but Asgore pays attention to it! And it pays off in the end, with Lancer learning to tell the difference between a crisis and something that makes him feel bad or vulnerable (which he otherwise doesn't really have a stable standard for), but in the current moment from Lancer's perspective it definitely seems like Asgore can be a debbie downer sometimes.

Also Lancer likes digging holes and Asgore plants stuff in them. Unexpectedly fitting combo. All in all I consider that Spadesgore must be canonized.

[karikarasuno]

endeavor by definition is not a good guy. he's an abusive father and a horrible husband. he's just a BAD guy. but the way he's written is so compelling. and rei's defense of him obviously comes from such a complex place because she's clearly terrified of him, but she still recognizes the humanity in him.

like the way this family dynamic is captured is probably the best i've seen in media. because the hate is there. like shouto hates his dad and he makes that known. but after watching endeavor's fight with this nomu it's evident that they all still care for him. worry for him. because there's something so disheartening about witnessing a man that has been an immovable object in your life-- someone who you never thought was able to be defeated-- nearly die.

i don't know i think it highlights some of my own issues with my father in a weirdly personal way. yes, he's around. yeah, we lived under the same roof throughout my childhood. but he only ever spoke to me to scold me or yell at me or talk down to me. and it's taken a lot of reflection to grow past those things. to see the person behind the mask. to humanize him.

and so i find it weird when i sympathize with endeavor. because the hatred his family has for him is so valid. you just begin to wonder how he got to this point. why? like all these characters have faced challenges in their lives, yet endeavor became this villain in his own home.

but he remembers rei's favorite flower. and that's why women stay.