#fic: blackbird

[rewrittenwrongs]

Talia should swagger into the Batcave without warning and slam down a jar on the table in front of Tim. The jar, of course, contains his spleen. Tim is relieved to see Talia went on the mission he sent her on and thus was not blown to pieces. The spleen jar is both a sort of truce offering and a ‘you are a large threat and I want to stay in your good graces’ gift. Everyone else is confused but Tim refuses to elaborate or even tell them what’s in the jar.

[getvalentined]

I have made a very important decision about Nero as he appears in the first act of Trample Your Roses.

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: An AU where Tim was imprisoned by Black Mask for most of his adolescence, trained to be his successor. His reintroduction to Gotham - and to Gotham's vigilantes - could go a little smoother. At least enough of his morality sticks around that he can probably consider himself safe from being a supervillain. Though he isn't quite sure he qualifies for "superhero," either.

Author: @a-large-orange-cat

[screenshotsonpinterest]

Do I want my fics to update? Of course! Do I live in fear of them updating? Obviously.

[saint-mona]

A while ago I had written a Deadwood/ McLennon AU on Ao3.

Main premise of the fic evolved into an OC novel I decided to develop. Therefore I removed it and it was left incomplete.

The OC story has moved into a different direction and I'm tempted to repost and possibly finish the fic.

Would anyone be interested?

I'd have moodboards and a playlist for it too.

[dewitty1]

Carey ‘W’Recs Wednesday(｡•̀ᴗ-)✧ presents: Blackbird Rising

Omi_Ohmy

Chapters: 10/10 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Blaise Zabini, Pansy Parkinson, Millicent Bulstrode, Gregory Goyle, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Ghost Charity Burbage Additional Tags: Post-Second Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter), Post-War Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Redemption, healing from past trauma, Mention of Past Death of a Parent, Drinking, Slytherin Redemption, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Slow Burn, Getting Together, Magical Mystery, Case Fic, Magical Theory (Harry Potter), cool magic, Birds, Animagus, Sentient Magical Houses (Harry Potter), Courtship, Found Family, Friendship, Curse Breaker Draco Malfoy, Potions Master Draco Malfoy, Bisexual Ginny Weasley, Trans Blaise Zabini, Lesbian Pansy Parkinson, Minister for Magic Hermione Granger, Ministry of Magic (Harry Potter), Hogwarts, POV Harry Potter, Happy Ending, Minor Pansy Parkinson/Ginny Weasley, Minor Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Minor Blaise Zabini/Original Male Character(s), H/D Erised 2023

Summary:

Harry longs to feel at home again, but he has been away for a long time, and he has a lot to contend with on his return to London: a magical mystery to investigate, a polite but prickly blond work partner with a disarming habit of blushing, a house with personality, the echoes of the war all around him, and a secret of his own.

(੭ˊ͈ ꒵ˋ͈)੭*⁺˚. * ･ ｡ﾟ☆

Excerpt:

“Are you very angry?”

“I'm irked," Draco says, then stops pacing. Half-looking at Harry he adds, "You are irksome.”

And then Draco is next to Harry, hauling him up to standing and kissing him fiercely on the lips.

Even though Draco’s face is cold from the wintry night he has come in from, everything is flame and fire for a moment. But then Draco pulls back.

“This is impossible,” Draco says, although he doesn’t push Harry away, and still has his hands on Harry’s sides. “I don’t even know who you really are.”

“It is the real me you’ve been getting to know,” Harry says. “It’s the real me who likes you.”

“We can’t do this, Harry, not now.”

They are still close enough that Harry could kiss Draco back. He wants to. “Why not?”

“We have other priorities. Plus you're irksome, remember?”

“Why does any of that have to matter?” Harry says. He takes a fistful of Draco’s heavy coat and pulls him tight again.

Draco looks back at him, his eyes clear and grey and light, and there is nothing hidden or polite about his face now. “Because I like you too, but I don’t want to do anything too rash, however much I—” He takes a deep breath, the kind that is shaky on the inhale, and as he lets it out slowly Harry feels it between them. This close he can see the silver of dried tear tracks on Draco’s cheeks, and he remembers that Draco has been to the Manor to say goodbye. And then Harry stops thinking because Draco’s hands are on the side of his face, and he is kissing Harry again.

Harry deepens the kiss, not wanting to let Draco go again. Draco tastes like tea and winter and Harry wants to keep going until he finds the heat and sun he knows is buried in there too.

This time, when they break apart, they are both panting slightly, and Draco’s eyes are slightly glazed.

“Merlin,” Draco says, and he sucks in his bottom lip for a moment.

There is a cough from behind them, and Harry and Draco spring apart. Hermione is standing there, with Luna.

“I’ve got something to tell you,” Harry says.

“Evidently,” Hermione says. “Although I think that bird has already flown the nest.”

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[mammomlette]

You ever get so obsessed with a song you learn it on instruments and then you start associating it with your current obsessions and fav characters and writing song fics in your notes app (me rn with i know the end by phoebe bridgers, it is SO Life is strange, The good place and obey me coded esp the outro)

[engazed]

Blackbird, Fly

Chapter 31: Where We Go From Here

Read it on AO3.

Read it on FFN.

[butcherlarry]

Exercise Fic Recs 21

Sorry I’m a bit late posting this, I just got back from watching ATSV.  It’s just as good and everyone has been shouting about and I don’t know why it took me so long to getting around to watching the movies.  Anyway, on to the fics!

The Only by pasdecoeur  (Superbat, complete.  Felt like being a little sad, so I read this fic again.  Bittersweet, read the tags.)

how many roads less traveled? by TopHat  (Superwonderbat, complete.  Polyamory negotiations between the trinity.  Very sweet, features ace Bruce.)

be my kryptonite by renecdote  (Superbat, complete.  Clark has a sensory overload, Bruce helps.)

Courage by LemonadeGarden  (Batfam, complete.  Bruce has a run in with fear toxin and Dick helps him deal with it.)

Stuck in the Middle (With You) by TheResurrectionist  (Superbat and Batfam, complete.  A re(re)read for me, I needed some good humor.  Damian gets stuck and Dick calls for help.  Shenanigans ensue.)

Just a Formality by FabulaRasa  (Superbat, complete.  Bruce and Clark get married for work reasons, and Clark has So Many Feeling About This.)

misty by TheResurrectionist  (Superbat, wip.  Different first meeting.  Bruce crash lands on a cold, barren planet and Clark finds him.)

Patchwork Pod by Ktkat9  (Superbat, wip.  Another merbruce fic update!)

Midnight Hour by BisforBread  (Superbat, wip.  Medieval/fantasy au.  Clark is a prince and Bruce is a knight and they have Feelings for each other.)   

a world in repair by Batbirdies  (Barfam, wip.  Part of the Emotional Motion Sickness series.  Jason and Damian go on a trip together, but not everything goes according to plan.)

Veritas by Anonymous  (Batfam, complete.  Batman gets hit with truth serum and talks about how he loves his kids SO MUCH.)

Jesus Is Not A Zombie by Sadsnail  (uuuuhhhhh, bible fic?  I blame @beachcat0772 , she posted this in our friend server and told me to read it.  It’s just crack fic, but GOOD crack fic 😆)

They had a pastry with lemon curd on it, I couldn’t resist!

It was so rainy this morning!  It pretty much rained the entire time I was birding.  Got so cool pictures though!

The baby geese, they are growing up!  They are looking more and more like adult geese everyday:

Wasn’t able to get a good picture of this guy, but it’s a brown thrasher!  This is the second time I’ve seen him running around the area:

Look at this funky lil’ guy!  A grackle!  They were so fun to watch:

There were SO MANY swallows out flying around.  They kept flying around me, they were so much fun to watch!  And they’re SO PRETTY too.  I tried to take some pictures of them in flight, but it’s SO HARD.  This one is ok, I need to practice more.  This guy is a barn swallow:

A red-winged black bird chilling in the rain:

This is also a red-winged blackbird, but a female!  She caught breakfast!  This is probably my favorite picture I took today:

A robin!

When I got to the arboretum, some tree swallows were flying around!  Here are the best pictures I got of them midflight:

A titmouse grabbing a snack in the middle of the rain:

There’s also a big flock of goldfinches that hangout here too!  I thought this guy looked handsome:

This white-breasted nuthatch was having fun hopping around on this tree:

OMG.  I didn’t realize this until I got home, but these are juvenile eastern bluebirds!!  Wow!!!

This has a parent and a baby!!  Holy moly!!

An indigo bunting in the rain.  I think my lens was starting to fog up:

A downy woodpecker.  I like how it looks like they’re peaking around:

A black-capped chickadee!  They snagged a treat:

An indigo bunting again:

I love this picture of a female cardinal:

Now onto some scenery!

ngl, the rain made everything look prettier.

[klaineccfanficlibrary]

Hey guys! Looking for a fic that explores the “look of realization” that Blaine had when Kurt sang blackbird in 2x16. Thanks in advance!

There's a lot of 2x16 fics here and on A03. Here are fics that specifically deal with Blaine's reaction to Blackbird, and realizing his feelings. ~Jen

After the Kiss by It'sNotEasyBeingQueen

In celebration of the five-year anniversary of Klaine’s first kiss, here’s my take on what happened when the camera cut away (which it did much too soon, if you ask me).

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Blackbird,Fly by  KHlove065

The day Blaine realized he was in love with Kurt started off like any normal day. (Basically everything Blaine was feeling leading up to and during Kurt’s performance of Blackbird)

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Remarkability by aelora

Kurt is the remarkable boy that Blaine has been looking for forever.

[peachysunrize]

blackbirds sounds soooo interesting and intriguing i‘m excited for it!!!!

AAAAAAAA IM SO GLAD YOU ARE INTRIGUED ALREADY!!!!! I’m still mapping out the plot (7chaps left) but I THINK YOU GUYS WILL LIKE IT!!!!

[rewrittenwrongs]

Having thoughts about the League of Assassins. It’s pretty common among them to form hierchy/ranking around who’s a better fighter and who beat/killed who. I can’t remember if it’s canon but I like the idea that to prove your teacher has taught you all they have to teach you must kill them (not sure how that applies to history/math/whatever but. Moving on.) Working off of that idea, a lot of assassins in the organisation would already respect Tim for causing the death/defeat of the Council of Spiders; assassins that are so skilled they kill other assassins for fun. Him then TRICKING RA’S AL GHUL AND BLOWING UP (almost??) ALL OF HIS BASES, AND THEN OUTSMARTING HIM AGAIN WHEN HE TRIES TO DESTROY EVERYTHING BATMAN HAS BUILT, I feel like it’s reasonable to assume a lot of them would’ve decided Tim is the bigger threat or at least proved himself very formidable and a large threat. I imagine a lot of them would’ve sought him out in Gotham and pledged loyalty to him (kind of like Minions seeking out the evilest leader thanks for that thought brain), maybe doing full on traditional rituals to prove the transferring of their loyalty, like blood oaths or ritual spars idk, maybe giving him gifts or displaying their skills so he accepts them as allies rather than being disrespected and killing or maiming them since that’s the standard they expect in the League.

And Tim is uh. Very confused. Very surprised. And also trying hard not to show it. He accepts all the gifts and pledges and shit, because he sure as fuck ain’t gonna turn them back to Ra’s, but after that he doesn’t really know what to do with them. He hires a bunch of them at Wayne Enterprise and Drake Industries, tasks a bunch of them with working for Red Hood on the down low, maybe sends a couple on undercover missions to Arkham Asylum so they start treating inmates as actual human beings and stop using shock therapy or something, and makes sure to write them all up fair contracts and great pay with good work bonuses and plenty of leave, and makes sure most or all of them start going to therapy. The assassins love their new leader and would do practically anything for him.

But anyway, all that aside. I’ve had those thoughts in my head for more than a month. Something that just recently occurred to me is Mara al Ghul. Damian’s cousin. Another child raised by the League of Assassins, only this one never left.

Until, that is, she watches this freshly-immunocompromised vigilante arguably outsmart her grandfather twice, and decides he is the bigger threat, actually, I want to be on his good side when he takes over the world.

So now Tim is being forced into basically adopting this feral child, who’s only experience in American society was undercover missions to kill people, who thinks decapitated heads are reasonable gifts, who’s introduction to Tim was something batshit insane like dumping the Joker’s head in his lap because the Joker is Gotham’s most dangerous rogue and of course Tim will appreciate having him gone. But even with a well crafted facade she can tell Tim is unnerved and horrified, so she must be doing something wrong. Maybe it was because the Joker is Batman’s enemy and not Tim’s specifically? But Tim doesn’t have any arch nemesis aside from maybe Ra’s who she obviously can’t kill, so she does more research into Tim’s life and background and finds out Captain Boomerang killed his father so next she brings Tim HIS head and she can already tell he’s much more pleased this time. But there’s still that edge of unsettlement and wariness, and he’s acting so strange around her, so she digs deeper and finds out about the Titans Tower incident but Tim sent all these other assassins to work for red hood so they must be on good terms, and then she finds out about all the bad blood between him and Damian and Dick so she starts trying to kill them next, starting with Damian obviously (a mix of jealousy over him leaving the league and a good amount of cousin rivalry/cain instinct), but Tim stops the fight and tells her to stand down and now she’s scared that he’s going to punish her and Ra’s’ punishments were always so harsh and perhaps this time she can’t quite fight down the urge to hide.

Meanwhile, Tim is being dragged through a parent arc kicking and screaming, the bats are wondering why the hell there are suddenly so many assassins only after they scare off Ra’s, Jason is more or less vibing because he thinks the assassins are from Talia and the Joker’s dead so of course he’s ecstatic (even tho he wishes he knew who did it so he can thank them), Dick and Damian are still reeling from learning Bruce is alive/getting him back from the time stream when all of a sudden this masked child comes out of nowhere mid patrol and attacks Damian, and isn’t backing down even though Dick arrived quickly but when Red Robin arrives and yells stop she’s already three rooftops away by the time he’s done speaking. Everyone is tired and doesn’t know what the hell is going on except mayybe Oracle.

[unreadpoppy]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Spread the self-love ❤️

Oh god ok

Wash My Dreams Away - yes, i know this fic is abandoned BUT it was a fave to write because it was very sel indulgent to me, and I had fun writing it, so even if i'm never going to give it a conclusion, i'm happy with it.

down by the river - A raphael longfic, I really liked building the relationship between Tav and Raphael, and especially between Tav and the other companions. It was fun while it lasted, even if I had to take a major break from it halfway through but I managed to get to the ending and i'm glad that the bold ass ending I gave to the story was well received.

send nudes - the Raphael one shot I come back the most to, especially when I need a good laugh. it's short, its funny and it was lowkey a group effort kkkkk

Lesson Learned - A Minthara non-con one shot that is the only smut I ever enjoyed writing. I wrote everything in one night, like this fic possessed me, even thought it gets into some dark subject matters, I really enjoyed writing it.

Mercy - there's too many Minthara and Galatea one shots I wish i could put here but I'm choosing this one cause that conversation between the two was something that was on my mind for a long time and I'm really satisfied with how it turned out, I think I did a pretty good job on the characterization of both of them (which might be weird to say bc one of them is my oc but regardless) and I liked writing something that was before their relationship began.

Thank you for the ask Flame, this was fun!

[5ivebyfive]

jemily + "Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?" (bonus points for ANY other BAU team member facepalming at them both)

Jennifer Jareau was sitting at the bar with Derek Morgan. They’d had a very long day and just needed to take the edge off. They were partners in the FBI, both working hard and paying their dues. They weren’t talking at the moment. They didn’t need to. They had been partners for so long that words just weren’t needed most of the time. JJ sipped her glass of white wine and turned to Derek, opened her mouth to say something, and heard a voice behind her.

“Hey there, did it hurt when you fell from heaven?” With a frown JJ turned to face the voice and saw a very pretty brunette with a cute, pointed nose. She looked very proud of herself for the line. JJ frowned. Behind her Derek rolled his eyes and shook his head.

JJ had never met this woman before so she didn’t exactly know how to take the…extremely terrible line. She subtley looked the woman over before speaking. “I hope you didn’t think about that one for too long,” she said. “Because I’m no angel.” The woman nodded approvingly.

“Then you sound like my kinda woman.”

JJ narrowed her eyes slightly. “Does this work for you?” She could hear Derek snickering behind her. The woman faltered.

“Usually, yes.”

Nodding and raising her brows, JJ lifted her glass to her lips. “Not tonight.” She sipped her wine.

“I could go and come back with another one.” The woman stepped closer. “Make it worth the wait.” JJ looked at her again. She was smirking as if she already knew she could win her over. It was…cute, actually. JJ wondered…how many times would she try?

“Yeah…” JJ said slowly. “Try again.” When the woman left, Derek nudged JJ in the arm.

“You really gonna fall for that?”

JJ let out a snort. “No, I just want to see how many pickup lines we get to hear.”

Send me a pickup line and one of my otps and I’ll write something.

[cryscendo]

i finally figured out the name for the kingdom in my royalty au. i can never seem to let the blackbird motifs go when referencing kurt so i’m naming the kingdom “Merula” which is simply the Latin word for “Blackbird”

[saint-mona]

Playlist:

'Soiled Blackbirds of Deadwood' 🐦‍⬛⛰️

I hope you've enjoyed the first chapter.

Next chapters are being edited and will be posted on Fridays.

This playlist will keep you in the mood for wild west fun and debauchery!