thinking about just how likely it is that Batman was the only person Harley told about having suicidal thoughts whilst in Arkham in Detective Comics #831
"I was seriously considering hanging sheets from the light in my cell and doing the maximum checkout when I heard this voice..."
Detective Comics #831
and how he knew when she strapped that bomb to herself in Batman (2016) #100 that he had to go after her because she was going let herself die in an attempt to end Joker's rampage for good but that she refused to physically do it because he didn't want to her Kill him and he told her that so she's found a middle ground
"We don't need to end it this way. He needs to be locked back up."
that she'd rather die than keep living with his presence in the world haunting her, haunting Them.
That if he did choose Joker, she wasn't going to disarm the bomb herself.
"Honey. You're talking to the wrong girl if you think he's not dangerous locked up in Arkham. It's like I said. That's not good enough for me. Not anymore."
the way he yells for her as she leaves.
"You're only going to get to one of us in time, Bats. Who's it going to be?"
"Harley!"
the way the two men stare at each other in the way they have so many times before, in those moments when Joker stayed or prioritized their fight over her. the way he knew Joker loved the thrill of it all and thought it was funny, thought there was No way Batman would leave him and that this game had to end as according to the rules. And that Batman would do so, he would follow the rules and save him. The way he immediately assumed Batman would choose him, choose his life and choose to stay and disarm the bomb.
And how Batman didn't do that. How Batman walked away from him, leaving him to die or escape or whatever, because He was choosing Harley and her safety and prioritizing her life over him.
The way he stared him in the eyes before choosing the woman Joker had always left to die over him. The way that it was always Him, it was never a question if he would choose Batman over her, but when faced with that type of scenario, Joker is the one that gets left behind to die.
The way she literally woke up in the hospital instead of them having a scene just outside after he removed it. because she didn't intend to live in one of the two options. the way the bomb probably did go off to some capacity because you don't just end up in the hospital knocked out for a week.
Him saying that he's glad she's okay, after everything they've been through, this war and Everything else. and the way he didn't brush off her concern
"I'm glad you're okay."
"Are you?"
"I had to bury my father again today. I did it with my family."
i just, i can't,,,,, i cant
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if I don't post this the passenger fic by midnight tonight you can all surround me in the parking lot and beat me with baseball bats
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SV Timeskip Zero Gang designs!!
feel free to shoot any questions my way if you're curious about them, but lil notes on post-timeskip stuff under the cut:
10 years after game events (Scarlet + HToAZ, specifically)
Arven's 27 and a part time chef at Treasury Eatery
Nemona's 26 and Top Champion (Rika takes over League Chairman duties)
Penny's starting a tech security company
Florian's an adventurer and amateur paleontologist
extra notes:
Arven and Nemona are engaged but still call each other my wife (Arven's been agender butch lesbianified) - they're also trying to figure out regulations to allow for safe use of Paradox Pokémon in league battles
Florian's been in an LDR with Kieran for a while now
Penny has an on/off deal with Carmine she doesn't really talk about much
10 years after it shut down thanks to the efforts of the Zero Gang and Koraidon, the time machine has mysteriously turned back on and is bringing more Paradox Pokémon to the present. However, these new Paradox Pokémon are robotic - not at all like the Ancient Pokémon Sada had studied - and seem to resemble several creatures described in issues of Occulture Magazine.
The team's gotta come back together and get help from some friends to figure out what's happened in Area Zero and who's behind it!
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when takenaka was taken aback mob never pushed to test his full extent of his powers
this is crazy what the fuck has takenaka done. how far has he pushed his limits bc he was so alone and had no one else but him and his own head
when mob asked him if he'd read tsubomi's mind to get with her and he's like "it wouldn't work for long". what did that mean. I know he's made horrible horrible mistakes he regrets every day
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curls into a ball bc the vibe of the slasher genre can get so much when done well. the point is the spectacle, the point is it's tacky, the charm is it's Stupid, massively dumb, the audience and the people involved in the project are all ideally vibing having fun. you know what would be fucked up? if we dunk pig blood on this blooming witch. what if there was just this guy with a typical halloween mask inside out who really hates babysitters. hey you know what would fuck up this camping trip? a murderer. pick up the phone babe i just wanna have a normal conversation. look outside your window. it's all so dumb ridiculous and there's range, silly to stark and visceral to This Is Obviously A Mannequin. and it's usually so simple. there's someonesomething too close and it will hurt you, so run, hide. and that's it. like a roller coaster. such a ride
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