#guys this got. SO long

[hidefire]

DRIDER RAIN AU. while this is based on dnd/bg3 lore, i can adapt this to any fantasy setting, or even a modern setting if we really wanted to.

rain was an orphaned drow, expected to be one of the children who just never made it. she was small, and quiet, but quickly became fierce and rough around the edges. she learned quickly that she would have to fight for what she wanted. and what did she want? the love of lolth.

her younger years were spent learning about her people, about the spider goddess they followed, and rain became determined to become a soldier in the name of lolth. from a young age, it was her entire focus. she spent all her time training, whether that be phsyical, or magic related. and so by the time she was around eighteen, she had made a name for herself within drow society. not only was she an amazing fighter, she was a great fire magician.

she was basically set for the rest of her life. lolth had taken a notice in the girl, and it wouldn't be long before she had a family of her own and an estate and a war to fight in. she would bring honor to her people, and to lolth. she only really ever cared about lolth, had lost herself entirely in the goddess, and had no real connections.

maybe that was why it was so easy to frame her.

there was a rebellion growing in the city that rain originated from. she had nothing to do with it, hated the rebellion against lolth, actually. but despite rain being well loved by many high ranking drow, she was hated by the others who wanted her spot. and it was easy to connect her to her hometown, to the rebellion, the hatred of lolth. she is trying to infiltrate your upper ranks, my queen.

and so, she was punished. no trial, no test. rain was brought down and punished.

cursed with the form of a drider, and absolutely cursed to remember. rain grew the legs and abdomen of the spider, replacing her lower half. she gained fangs, with a venomous bite, and a taste for blood. her eyes became fully black, and she gained six more. she was absolutely hideous to every drow. an embarassment.

before exiling her completely, rain was left with one final quest from lolth: if you can bring me something that proves your loyalty to me and the drow, you will be allowed back into our society, given back your previous form.

this was, of course, a wild goose's chase. there was nothing that would ever prove that. but rain had been given a quest, and lolth was everything to her. so she ignored the stares as she left everything she had ever known, and became determined to prove that she was worth of being a drow again.

rain spends time isolating, and then going back to people. she finds that if she stays to herself for too long, her feral instincts take over, until she is back with people again for a while. but she becomes disheartened. living outside of the underdark was hard enough for a drow, but for a drider? impossible. she was wanted nowhere. often, she wondered if she should let the feral, spider side of her take over completely. let rain mars die fully.

it is not until there is news of the absolute that she begins to really stir. an elder brain, she hears rumors of, with a crown that could grant power and absolute control to anyone who wielded such a thing. she became convinced, no, certain, that if she were able to bring that crown back to lolth, she would be freed. not only freed, she would be loved. and that becomes her quest. the only way to hold onto herself.

[eydilily]

would you bite the hand that feeds you?

[junkypenni]

go have some fun

[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.

[daisybell-on-a-carousel]

Being someone who read Under The Red Hood and came out with the firm belief that, for Jason, it's not about killing Joker, it's about Jason wanting proof Batman would choose him over the Joker (bc shelia chose the joker). Makes seeing any other media where it's all about just wanting the Joker dead is a teeny bit frustrating. to be honest

Jason could've killed the Joker himself, really, really easily. Jason kidnaps the Joker before the confrontation. I can't open my comic for a reference right now, but it felt like he had the Joker for quite a bit before the confrontation. He had him. He beat him up with a crowbar. He had every single opportunity to kill the Joker himself, but he didn't because that wasn't his goal. Make no mistake, he did plan for the Joker to be dead by the end of it, but do you see what im trying to say here

Edit: If I knew this post was gonna get 1000+ notes I would've tried to word it better or something, this was a rant I made on the way to the grocery store 😭

It's not about making Batman kill either. When Batman says he won't kill, Jason adjusts and goes, 'Let ME kill the Joker or kill me to stop me' instead. The test is all about Batman choosing him. The whole final confrontation is Jason's first death again. The parent, The Joker, and the explosives. It even ends with Jason unable to move as a bomb goes off right next to him again because the parent didn't choose Jason. And instead tried finding an option that'd benefit them and (consequencely) letting the Joker walk, again, lol, lmao <-in agony

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF movie Mike meets Jeremy Fitzgerald

[bloominglegumes]

i love normal guys doomed by the narrative

[octoling-wearing-gauges]

will the real lars fans please stand up

[zorangezest]

thanks for listening

[hinamie]

brighter days ahead

[forgettable-au]

END OF CHAPTER ONE

FORGETTABLE-AU (Page 65-72)

* Time to put this puzzle together.

[BEGINNING] [PREVIOUS] [CONTINUE]

[confessionseddie]

buck: eddie: 😊

[toxungen]

guard dog

[oh-gh0st]

i heart these rivals so much. maybe they'll kill each other. maybe they'll kiss. maybe they'll make ou

[milesofstars]

HELLLOOOOO CHAT !! this is my formal apology for not posting art for like.. 3 ish months... school is actual ass and my art and motivation has suffered because of it,,,, however my artstyle continues to change every other week which is always fun

here is a funky shuichi painting i literally just finished!! (THAT WAS MEANT TO BE A RENDERING STUDY. I SPENT 7 HRS ON IT INSTEAD.) i hope you lot enjoy :3

[bacchuschucklefuck]

soon it'll be dawn again

transcript under the cut ⏬

page 01

Fig: no way? - you're still up?

Riz: Wh– yes?

Riz: Why'd I not be.

page 02

Fig: I me~~ean - that took.

Fig: whole day.

Riz: Yeah?

Fig: 'm beat.

Riz: you should sleep.

page 03

Fig: nah. my guy's still up

Fig: I wanna hang out.

page 04

Riz: That's really nice.

Fig: Hah! - Nobody ever expects an Archdevil rockstar to be nice.

Riz: … yeah. - 's just budget work tho. (the stuff I'm working on) - I've heard it's boring.

page 05

Fig: yeah, but you do it…

Riz: It keeps things going, right? - Nothing happens if nobody sits down and - does the thing.

Fig: That's right… - though. Yeah.

page 06

Fig: sometimes it's someone else who - doesn't want the same thing to happen.

Riz: … - mm.

page 07

Riz (off screen): …It took me a long time to get that not everyone likes doing what I do. - 's probably because you guys are so nice– - or. - kind.

Riz (off screen): to anyone too, not just. - the people you /love/.

page 08

Riz: that's not how it is elsewhere. - The world's– not. hostile. - but 's not like it's kind.

Riz: So I'm doing as much as I can now… 

page 09

Fig: Hey.

Riz: ?

Fig: Go dig some dirt with me.

page 10

Riz: [blank speech bubble] - oh you meant like - actual dirt. (not incriminating information)

Fig: o yea.

Fig: there's clay in the backyard soil. - sometimes when I'm sun deficient or something I go touch dirt for a bit.

page 11

Fig: here u go

page 12

Riz: uh

Fig: now we make a thing! - 'm pretty good at freehanding a bowl.

Fig: I'll show u

page 13

Fig: just– yep, flatten that out as evenly as u can, then–! - actually ur nails'd be so good at cutting out the strip. [larger than usual space] wait. - wait. wait u can carve patterns with them! we HAVE to try

Riz: uh - What. do I carve?

Fig: anything!!!

page 14

Fig: and– yep just seal the inside uh. seam?

Fig: yep that works - okay time's up! all contestant hands up

Riz: [blank speech bubble] - okay - wh. what's next?

Fig: haha - watch this.

(sound effect text): FWOO—MP

page 15

Riz: WH– DON'T JUST DO THAT???

Fig: Now it's fired!

Riz: THAT WAS NOT SAFE

Fig: (actually it's just dry. if u add water rn it'll dissolve)

Fig: ok catch!

Riz: [blank speech bubble] - careful!!

Fig: dw no need haha

page 16

Riz (thought bubble): oh - it's warm…

Fig: now I want you to throw this.

page 17

Fig: u gotta do it - c'mon

page 18

Riz: wh– - It's like 3AM right now

Fig: oh it's not /fired/ fired it's not gonna make a loud noise

Riz: And then just? leave a pile out here?

Fig: pour water over it & it'll be gone I told u

Riz: but

page 19

Fig (off screen): RIz.

page 20

Fig: I've done all this before.

Fig: Can you trust that at least?

page 21

Riz: no, I– - I do. - I trust you.

page 23

Riz: okay what happens now

(sound effect text): glob

page 24

Fig: we do it again!

page 25

Riz: wh. [larger than usual space] What do you mean. (this clay's too wet also)

Fig: see! you're already learning

Fig: [blank speech bubble] - there are flows that are futile to fight. - The world changes.

Fig: Things change.

page 26

Fig: I've learned my lessons with "forevers". - But - as an artist

Fig: I can give you one thing: - You can always do it again.

page 27

Fig: most of everything depends on the rest of the world, - but this. - making new. - that's yours as long as you want it.

page 28

Fig: So?

page 29

Riz: Yeah. - Yeah! - let's make another one.