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[raynewolferune]

DC x DP Prompt: Bruce is bad at emoting but at least ghosts are empathic (too bad bat kids are not)

Was reading Twincognito on AO3 when I stumbled across this gem again:

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" “Danny, Tim. I was just…checking in. Is everything alright?” Curse his inability to make meaningful conversation when it wasn’t a life or death situation.

They glanced at each other and shrugged.

Then Danny hauled himself out of the bed and walked over to Bruce.

Bruce tried not to let too much excitement show on his face. "

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Now I really want to read a story where Bruce adopts Danny post Meta trafficking and is being his usual emotionally constipated self. His kids keep getting mad at him because he's treating their new meta brother who was trafficked poorly (generally being stilted in conversation with him, walking away hurriedly mid-conversation, avoiding Danny when he's feeling really awkward, etc). They think Bruce is discriminating against Danny for being a civilian, meta, dealer's pick, but really it's just Bruce being horribly socially awkward. Danny knows this because of ghost empathy and find the whole thing hilarious. The whole thing comes to a head with the Bat Kids staging an intervention in the Bat Cave.

[cup-o-stars]

These three!! (You might have to click for quality)

I ended up really liking Usopp's coloring and regretably spent more time on these than the first batch. They were fun though!

🤡🐠🌸

[miwtual]

im so fucking tired of the disrespect gifmakers get on the gifmaker website

[cwispihae]

Leaving Water 7

[beescake]

Sorry for the spam (^o^;) I just really like your blog

no need to apologize ayy!

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happy to have yall here w me,

headin into homestuck 2024 :^)

[thanksvideogames]

[simplykorra]

beatrice + every episode - episode 7: "ephesians 4:22-24"

[blackkatmagic]

Once again screaming wailing gnashing my teeth over the lost and ignored themes of distrust, worthlessness, ambition, and loyalty in Son Jin Woo.

Like!! This is a man who explicitly says he learned to never trust other people because they always turn on him and betray him eventually, and raises soldiers from the dead with the explicit feeling that they're desperately reaching out to him, specifically, to save them from death. He surrounds himself with an army of fanatically loyal undead, and it's mentioned a few times that he's just as fanatically loyal to them in return, that he mourns every single one, and it's purely his own willpower that lets him reanimate them, that how much he wants them to be his is what gives him the power to raise them.

He's quiet and ruthless and set up to be a remorseless killer who doesn't give a damn about anyone but those he decides to love, who follows and surveils his loved ones at all times so he knows they're safe, who uses people without pause and doesn't care what people think about him. He loves fighting and gets a thrill from every time he gains power, says explicitly that as he levels up he feels more and more divorced from humanity, and only relies on his shadow army! He's a villain-coded figure in the role of hero and it's!! so cool!!!

And yet the narrative takes all these interesting bits and just. never addresses them. There's no consequence of Jin Woo feeling any of this. The whole series devolves into bland power fantasy/Gary Stu ridiculousness where the whole world can be divided into Good Guys Who Love the Protagonist and Bad Guys Who Hate/Are Jealous of the Protagonist. What a waste. We could have had it aaaaaall.

[theliterarywolf]

Not that there should ever be anything Twitter does better than any other platform, but at least the 'Mute this person for everything except for the art you actually followed them for' function was S-tier when it worked because some people on here really like to talk shit about self-made problems and act like their art is enough for people to suffer through shitty takes.

[theangrycomet]

Where’s the 2012/rise fic where Post-Series/ Movie Rise!Donnie is uncomfortable around 2012!Mikey because he reminds him too much of S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N?

[judgmentalfishnun]

[meteortrails]

working my way through water 7 and it’s genuinely making me insane. first of all: the self recrimination and hatred turned lashing out and self isolation from usopp is so real and I wanna give him a hug so fucking bad. my perfect angel boy who’s still learning that you can’t claw your way out of every loss; that sometimes the pirates come back and your mom still dies anyways. the world is suddenly so much bigger and scarier than he ever could’ve imagined, and he’s watched luffy pull off so many miracles at this point so why couldn’t he pull one off for merry?? extremely well written depressive episode, from the desperate bargaining to that inescapable feeling that you’re all alone in this and in truth you always have been. cannot WAIT for usopp to face up to himself and come back (core usopp trait: he always comes back. always always always. it makes me genuinely violent) and get loved and accepted til he fucking cries <3

second of all: I think this is the first time we get to see how luffy grieves something personal and hoooooo boy do I have thoughts! oh my GOD do I have thoughts. there’s something incredibly interesting to me about the way that in these moments we get flashes of luffy’s very real persistent pragmatism - when nami comes to talk to him after usopp first leaves and he doesn’t even bother joking around, just tells her that there was no avoiding this and if he could’ve he would’ve??? NUTS. love to see luffy’s emotional intelligence laid out that plainly. it’s one of my favorite parts of his character, how his whimsy and joy and freedom aren’t necessarily innate or effortless. bc it does take work for him to cheer up his crew and make the decisions (as silly as they seem) and keep reaching for his dreams! he’s just also very aware, i think, that to do any less than he does would slowly but surely crush his soul worse than any rejection or failure could. the only thing that could be worse than having this responsibility is not having it. AUGH. anyways great arc I’m having a great time!!! (lying through my teeth)

[motleyfam]

Consider: Tim having walking pneumonia. It starts in august, ragweed season, and so when he starts most days with a scratchy throat, sniffles, and some coughing, it’s easy enough to think “allergies.” At first the batfam is Suspicious(tm) bc they know better than to trust Tim at his word in all matters of self care. But there’s no fever, not at first, and while his symptoms don’t really go away, they also don’t get worse. Allergy meds do help his sniffling a bit so - okay! After a few weeks, Tim starts to feel more emotional. It’s so stupid, but he can’t stop himself from tearing up at the smallest compliment or any sign of conflict, even Jason’s affectionate teasing. He guesses he’s just sad right now, especially because everything is so draining. Brushing his teeth, doing homework, even helping out on comms (his FAVORITE) makes him feel all wilted and hollow inside. And then, the night sweats, leaving his sheets horribly damp and chilly. Sometimes it clings to him and soon he can’t seem to shake the cold. He can wear hoodies and blame it on the air conditioning inside, but it’s early September and even the baking heat off Gothams black tar makes him feel shivery. Tim gets snappy with everyone, because he’s so Tired, and so frustrated with being Tired, and for some reason, so Sad!!! One morning not long after, Jason and Dick and Bruce are all getting on each other’s case about, well, a case and Tim bursts into full on sobs at the table. Bruce only has to hold Tim for a moment to sense he’s warm. And then: the thermometer, the throat checking, the hair petting. Nothing horribly high but “uncomfortable enough to really throw you for a loop, huh bud?” If it gets any worse they’ll call Leslie. Meds, cuddles, repeat. But the next night, a slowly climbing fever. Not a spike, but a simmer. Over 8 hours it creeps higher even with meds and at 104 Bruce decides enough is enough (well, only right after Jason emphatically shouts Fuck This). Tim gets high fevers, sure, but something about this feels wrong. So around Leslie comes, with a barrage of tests and a “huh….oh. YUP.” And there it is: atypical pneumonia. Slow to progress, hard to notice. And poor Tim’s body just started to shut down after a while. All that coughing sure makes sense in retrospect. He’ll be fine with some antibiotics and A LOT of rest, as long as the fam can keep their guilt complex under control for 3 seconds around him. Just his luck, right?

Oh I am HIGH KEY considering

[applepies-and-starlight]

I'm really hoping the Rich People Environment of Canto 6 is good for the Heathcliff/Hong Lu dynamic. Not even in a shippy sort of way, they're positioned pretty dynamically as opposites (Heathcliff is from the Backstreets brought to riches, is intensely cynical, is foul mouthed as hell, and is driven primarily by negative impulses like anger, spite and envy, Hong Lu was born rich, is hopelessly naive, never seems to swear harder than a 'golly' or 'gosh', and moves through the world with a constant state of wonder and optimism). It'd be interesting to see if Hong Lu gets some interesting pieces of development inside Wuthering Heights itself.

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[atjsgf]

I guess my thing is that you can have AUs that put the characters in wildly different situations than the source material and still ring true to who the characters are and what they would do in that situation, and you can have fics set in canon that are completely detached from what the text actually says the characters are like, so I don't think it's fair that AUs catch such a bad rap here.

[autonomousxselves]

@shadowedresolve Plotted starter for Toshiro and Ken ^.^

A beautiful sunny day in Tokyo, early 2017. The air may hold onto its chill for now but the late winter sun promised the cycle of the seasons to continue on as usual. Looking up to the sky, the young man passes through crowds of people, the density of which making his hometown feel almost small in comparison. Perhaps Ken should have tried to take the subway further. Looking down at his side, Koromaru pads along at a consistent, proud stride. Somehow, he doubts they would get very far in most trains with even the best behaved dogs trying to board. It's far too late to reconsider now, though. Soon, they would be at the meeting spot with a very important person.

The Shadow Ops. For the time being, he was working alongside old friends and new coworkers alike. Regardless of the conditions, Ken couldn't say he wasn't enjoying some of the pros of the team. The current head, his senpai Mitsuru Kirijo, had finally entrusted him with his own mission. It was little more than an interrogation, but the weight of the answers would bring about further investigations to this area if they were right. The Shadows.... If they were really here last year, then it would be priceless information. The red skies and bones looming overhead filled his mind again; it had only been for a short time and few people seemed to notice it despite the horrible imagery. It still sends a shiver down his spine, but he had seen something very similar before, around seven years ago now. It had to be related, somehow. He turns his gaze back up to the now normal, bright, blue sky that held nothing but the promise of a clear cool day.

After a short time, the pair arrive at the agreed upon location. Unlike for normal political interviews and press conferences, this interrogation was to be off the radar as the unofficial, quiet group gathered the necessary details. Ken pushes down a childish wave of excitement and reminds himself of the seriousness of the situation, holding his best poker face as he heads through the halls. Besides, what kind of person would this man be? His curiosity was almost as strong as his wariness. Certainly most politicians of this level wouldn't agree to answer these questions, especially not in private where they won't get the fame for their 'opinions' nor without any security in the room.

With a knock, the young man enters the room he would find this politician in, walking in with a purposeful expression and posture. Koromaru held about the same, or higher, regard in his own steps. Letting the door close and click behind him, Ken looks over the man he's been looking forward to talking with. Only a handful of years older than himself, impressively. The youngest diet member of recent...

"Toshiro Kasukabe. I'm sure you've been told what this is about. Please answer everything truthfully to the best of your abilities. What led to the events of Christmas Eve, 2016?"