#i like to think in this au she and jack eventually get really close after he stops resenting his role

[persephone-ransom]

kinda old but here's a lil line up for a Reverse AU that i have where the (more relevant) Heylin members are Xiaolin dragons + Chase is their old, tired adoptive dad/mentor who has been through some shit 🥲

[thatnonameuser]

Hi!! Good morning, good afternoon or good night depending on when you read this.

First of all, I want to clarify that I am not very good at English 🥲. It's not my native language, so I'll use Google translator in some parts.

I wanted to ask what it would be like to have a very kind, loving and carefree darling in Yandere TW.

For example:

When the teachers talk about yanderes and darlings in class, our MC just thinks it's a joke, no matter how weird it may be.

When Ace suddenly appears in MC's bedroom, at the night, instead of welcoming him worried and trembling with fear (and with a knife), she welcomes him with open arms and even accep Ace offer to sleep next to her and Grim, even though they would be very cramped and probably uncomfortable.

Or being a sweet pea with every yandere in the Au just, because, yes? Even when the boys show very notable toxic, manipulative and sadistic tendencies that can harm, directly or indirectly, other people, or even worse, her self.

I really appreciate you reading this and just respond if you want. I don't want to bother.

I almost forgot to say it, but I love your Yandere TW stories.

It was night time when I got this, and firstly, thank you so much and don't worry I love to answer these.

I'll make this an imagine, so I hope you enjoy it.

TW: Drugging, aphrodisiacs

Imagine.....

This world is a little strange, but you're in a whole new world so, why should you judge? Sure, it's a little strange, but it has to be a joke. Right?

This is a villain school, right? This is all just to teach them to do that. New world, new rules. There's nothing wrong. Nothing to be afraid of.

Sure. Ace got into your room through the window in the middle of the night, but he was kicked out of his dorm and had nowhere to go. A little desperation is understandable.

"Hey, _____ Lemme stay with you, I'm real slim. I won't take up much space~" Oh, of course you said, yes. What were you going to do, let him sleep outside? He's your friend, friends have sleepovers sometimes. Yeah, you were forced to cuddle in real close to both fit, but it was considering how cold, it was a little body heat was nice.

Sure, you felt his hands get a little close in places, or him holding you too tight in others. But he was sleeping and the bed was already a tight fit.

There was nothing to worry about.

So when Trey offered you a variety of sweet-smelling and delicious-looking tarts....

"I accidentally made too many, ____ would you like some?" Once again, you said yes. Free food, by a baker that made such delicious desserts when cheap ol Crowley refused to give you anything fast, how could you say no? He was just being nice!

Sure, a good half hour after you ate them you started to feel very, very warm. So warm that your clothes became stifling. So warm that your skin felt like it was on fire. So warm that you needed to kick Grim out of your room so that you could relieve the burn. But maybe you were just pent up? You never did feel like that before.

There was nothing to worry about.

So when Jack frequently started offering you and then covering you with his jacket, regardless of whether or not you asked.....

"Put this on."

"Why?"

"Just keep it on." You didn't object, didn't stop it from happening. The weather was getting colder, maybe he was just covering you with it because he thought you were cold, it was autumn and soon it would be winter. He was just being nice.

Sure, it eventually progressed to him touching you more and more, keeping at it until you smelled vaguely of his cologne. And yeah, while it really annoyed Leona and Ruggie, it kept the other beastmen away from you.

There's nothing to worry about.

So when you got into a scuffle that ended with Leona leaving a large bite mark meant to be permanently planted in the back of your neck for all to see.

"Oi, Herbivore don't cover my mark." You did as he said and moved on. It was just a coincidence that after Jack and Ruggie saw it they got very mad. Or the Octavinelle trio. But again it was just a coincidence.

There's nothing to worry about.

So when Floyd squeezed you so tight that your ribs felt like snapping and he wouldn't let go no matter how much you begged him to.

So when you suddenly felt sick after eating whatever Jade prepared for you, which was conveniently when you were spending time with people that were not him.

So when Azul offers you contract after contract, that are meant to tie you to him forever.

So when Kalim gave you gift after gift. Each more expensive than the last. Jewellery, Clothes, Food, and more all exotic or ridiculously expensive. And he'd keep giving them no matter how much you refused.

So when you blanked out mid conversation with Jamil, and woke up, with a headache and no memory of why there was a snake bracelet around your bicep.

So when Epel gets into fights with the delinquents that bother you, beating the life out of them and coming to you to treat whatever injuries he gets. Fights he gets into no matter how many times Vil punishes him for them.

So when things go missing from your room, especially on the days you meet Rook, especially some of your more personal belongings.

So when after the afternoons Vil takes to 'polish' the apple he considers you to be

So when you start to find some hidden cameras in your room after

So when Malleus gave you that necklace charm that you couldn't take off no matter how hard you pulled.

So when Silver visits your dreams, saving you from your nightmares and trying to serenade you while you slept.

So when Sebek, even with his clear dislike of humans, treats you like you're so fragile that he doesn't even consider leaving you alone.

Your conclusion is always the same.

They were just being nice.

You were overeacting.

Nothing to worry about. Nothing at all.

[crushedsweets]

i feel like,,, possibly,,, lulu and jack would get along splendidly

i totally see it. i talk under the cut !

so, again, in my au lulu was killed in a hazing. she was buried in the slender forest, and some demonic entity brought her back, taking her eyes as payment. (still debating on if its zalgo still)

she found herself hanging around the abandoned hospital because thats where fog was, and thats the only place she could 'see'. if she feels the fog, she can feel where all the other particles are at, therefore making out shapes etc etc.

some days the fog reels back, and usually ann will keep her around, or the proxies will find her and scare her back where she's supposed to be. but eventually, they were busy, she got lost and kept walking and walking and walking and bumped into jack

jack died in a sacrifice after joining a university 'club'. his eyes were taken from him as part of the ritual. he sees through echolocation and thermal vision(?).

they'd kinda awkwardly talk and he can just Tell that lulu is one of the new cryptids the proxies keep in like guard dogs, something something demonic 6th sense , and it'd kinda take them both a minute to realize theyre both blind(mostly)

lulu is in a CONSTANT daze, all the fucking time she is in a fucking fog (get it..) . her last few weeks alive were spent drunk, barely managing to get to her lectures and absolutely not understanding shit, so she spends a good bit of time just thinking shes supposed to be in class. she's very fucking lost . and it breaks jacks heart

jack probably sees himself in lulu a lot, since they have oddly similar 'origin stories' in this au, and he'd gently guide her back to the hospital (once figuring out where she's supposed to be)

after finding out who she is, i could see him trying to go visit her more often. anns weird but she's not really attached to lulus hip so she's not always bugging them. there have been times where jack would bring his little radio and tapes and play audio books for her. lulus not really an academic person, she was only in university to appease her parents, but it's pleasant. she eventually gets him to start bringing other things, like music and clay and stuff.

i could see them getting close enough(or jack getting fond enough) to ask the proxies if lulu can visit his cabin, rather than the other way. toby and kate dont care, brians iffy, and tim is very against it (cuz lulu is a little unpredictable) . so soemtimes toby will bring lulu(for "supervision" lmfao) and they'll just kinda hang out. she doesnt need to eat but jack would make some food and it'd be nice

[minimomoe]

Love Bites

Baker Fem Reader x Toji Fushiguro (mafia au)

word ct: 15.1k, 11 Chapters

tags: Fluff, grumpy x sunshine, found family, a little angsty but nothing too bad, marriage proposal, established relationship, (last chapter only: kitchen sex, creampie, oral- fem receiving, other sexxy funtime stuff)

Chapter Four: Apple Cider

“Rina, you lied to me. You make it sound like you teach the spawns of satan but all these kids look absolutely adorable.”

“They are spawns of satan,” Rina hisses quietly, making sure no other teachers can hear her. You shake your head in disbelief. “Of course they are on their best behavior now. Nobody wants ISS.”

“Well I think that they are adorable. I mean, there’s mini Princess Tiana and tiny Jack Sparrow. That’s a crossover I never thought I would see,” You point at the kids who came dressed up for the fall festival. There were different booths open, from games, to food, to arts and crafts, and apparently the school had a special surprise as the finale. 

“I guess they’re not all bad,” Rina grumbles. 

Three kids walked up to Reyna’s booth, their costumes bringing a bright smile to her face. The child in the middle looked familiar to you but you couldn’t quite put your finger on it. 

“And what can I get the vampire queen, Frankenstein, and the werewolf today? I have caramel brownie bites, mini cinnamon rolls, and peppermint bark. Oh, and I also have apple cider,” you display. 

“I’m Frankenstein’s monster. Mary Shelley never gave the monster a name,” says the kid in the middle. Your eyebrows shot up in surprise.

“You’ve read Frankenstein already? I didn’t have to read that until high school,” you blink. The little kid just shrugs his shoulders.

“How much do we have to pay you? I would like some brownie bites,” says the vampire queen. She has a hand held mirror and checks her fangs in it. 

“It’s all free. Just let me know what you want.”

“Then I want one of everything and some cider!” Says the werewolf.

“Yuji, leave some for other people.”

“What? She said it’s free,” Yuji looks back at you and you nod your head. “See Nobara!”

“Fine. I’d like to have a brownie bite and peppermint bark then. What about you, Megumi?”

Megumi was about to order until he read your apron. It was the same flourish of cursive letters that he had seen on the boxes his dad brought home. His eyes narrow suspiciously, pointing his finger at your clothes. 

“Are you the owner of Love Bites?”

You chuckle nervously. “Yes…why?”

“And you’re dressed like a witch?”

“The Wicked Witch of the West, yes.”

“Megumi, you might be right. She really did curse your dad,” Yuji says with a mouth full of brownies. Megumi scowls at him, but his face looks so much like his father that you had to hold back a laugh. 

“So you’re Toji’s son? It’s lovely to meet you. I promise, I did not curse your dad to be a slave to my baked goods.”

“Yeah. You haven’t given him your cookie yet,” Rina whispers in your ear, making you smack her arm. 

“My dad was eating a jelly donut once, your jelly donut. He has never eaten those before. The jelly fell on his pants, and he just stared at it for a really long time. I think the sugar is rotting his brain since he keeps on going back to buy more.” 

You snort but you couldn’t get mad at the child. He says everything so matter-of-factly you almost felt compelled to agree with him. “How about you taste one of my treats and you can come to your own conclusion?”

Megumi narrows his eyes again, but the pretty lady didn’t set off any alarms in his head. He takes a caramel brownie bite and takes his time to really chew it. You, Rina, Yuji, and Nobara stand in anticipation as you await Megumi’s verdict. After what seemed to be ages Megumi swallows and looks back to you. You lean in close when he opens his mouth to sigh.

“I don’t hate it.”

You turn and high five Rina while Nobara hands Yuji a one dollar bill. “I told you he would like her eventually,” he smirks. Nobara shakes her head in despair and clings to Megumi’s shoulder. “What happened to your cold heart? I just lost money because you want to be nice.”

“I may be a hater but I won’t be a liar,” Megumi grumbles, taking a cup of apple cider to wash down the snack. 

“I’m glad that you liked it,” you swell, and Megumi really couldn’t get himself to dislike the mystery baker lady like he had planned to. 

“Megumi, there you are!” Huffed Toji. He was in his customary black suit, except his hair was pushed back and you couldn’t help but to stare. Toji’s eyes bounced between Megumi and Reyna, and then to you and Rina, then back to Megumi. He nods to you before turning his attention back to his kid.

“The fireworks are about to start,” Toji said carefully. “Let’s go get a good spot.”

Megumi could tell the nervous look in his father’s eyes as he looked at you like he wanted to say something but couldn’t. Frankenstein’s monster turned to look at you. “Do you want to come with us?”

You start to decline but Rina jumps in. “I’ll take it from here. I’m not a fan of fireworks and I see them every year. Go, have some fun,” she winks. 

You look at Toji and he looks hopeful. He sees her wearing the earmuffs and beanie that he had bought you a week before and he smiles . Not a wide, opened mouth smile, but you have studied his facial expressions long enough to know that he was beyond happy and you blush, following them to an open spot on the field. The kids trail in front of the two adults and whisper among themselves.

“Megumi, your dad should be holding her hand. Why isn’t he doing that?” Nobara hisses.

“He’s a slowpoke that’s why. Why do you even care?”

“She’s pretty and she can bake. We’d be dumb not to like her,” Yuji answers. Megumi scowls at them but before he can answer the fireworks start.

When everyone’s attention is focused on the glittering light show Megumi looks back at his dad, and sees that you are standing much closer to him than before. He squints, noticing that you have your pinkies entwined together before fully enclosing each other’s hands, and when Toji’s eyes fall on his son’s, he gives a father a sharp nod before turning back to listen to his friends try to shout louder than the fireworks. 

Chapters: I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI.

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[fangirlingpuggle]

Another very silly XS AU/fic prompt where the next level the Monks have to ascend to they need more control over their elements. Then Chase shows up at the temple and says he's going to be training Omi after all he's the most qualified.

The monks are of course confused (And Omi's case trying very hard to get exited) like WTF your heylin prince of darkness why would ever let you train Omi. Cue Chase giving them blank look and then very clearly controlling the fountain of water.

The monks jaws are on the floor (Omi has actual stars in his eyes) and Chase just realizes an eyebrow like 'Did no one tell you who the previous dragons were?' and then gives Dojo a pointed look.

Cue Rai, Kimiko and Clay descending on Dojo as they now have so many questions.

Master Fung can't deny that technically at this stage of their growth the monks can/ have previously been taught by previous dragons of their element so technically Chase can train Omi... he wants to say no but Omi now he's given permission to actual train with Chase is literally running in circles squealing with joy. (Master Fung thinks that they really should have revised the rules to say they can't be trained by them if said previous dragon is now on the heylin side)

Of course the other monks get the full story on who the previous Dragons of their element were which leads to Kimiko trying to track down Guan for training. Raimundo trying to get more stories about Dashi or find out more about him/ ask Dojo about how Dashi trained or if there are any talk to the dead Wu?

That leaves Clay, who ends up showing at Jack's lab awkwardly asking to talk to Wuya (She left Chase's palace because it's just him and Omi all the time now and she was getting a migraine listening to them calling out fighting moves or their weird mind game). Jack is very confused and even more so when he finds out she was the past dragon of earth. Wuya is just staring at them like 'My servants are giant stone golems... I wasn't exactly subtle' .

She refuses to help Clay, but Jack decides to help because 1)he wants to know how xaiolin magic works if he can reverse engineer it 2) Clay will him a favor and 3) It's gonna annoy/he can mess with Wuya. So Jack mind games/reverse psychologys her in rambling about her powers/the past.

Clay and Jack are just there mostly eating popcorn listening about earth powers and getting way to emotionally invested in her stories about her and Dashi (Wuya doesn't realize she's telling a tragic romance story but Jack and Clay do and they are invested)

Dojo and Rai come to pick Clay up walk into the lab to see Clay and Jack sobbing and Wuya just talking mostly to herself about something , Dojo and Rai exchange a look and slowly back away they don't want to know.

Eventually Wuya starts showing techniques and teaching Clay and Jack mostly because she sees Clay try and 'no that's not how toy do it idiot just watch'

(Wuya doesn't realize she's technically training 2 xiaolin dragons earth and metal are very close)

Jack does use his favor next showdown he gets the Wu is challenged by one of the other monks and Jack just goes 'Oh this showdowns going to 2 v 2' and asks Clay to help him, this ends up happening a lot mostly because once they do this Chase realize he can do this with Omi and suddenly Chase is going for all the Wu as a chance for him and Omi to fight together.

Clay and Jack actually fight really well together and have bonded a lot, Wuya it just watching these 2 slowly go into full crush mode over each other and eating her own popcorn.

[farasen]

So... racing AU

Brain rotting brain rotting

Here I'll write a lil concept for dwk racing au, who what which and blah blah blah

I'm not very familiar with all the intricacies of racing and driving technics so it's gonna be pretty surface level. And I don't know jack shit about car models, so you ain't gonna see them there.

Okay then, let me tell you about the characters. They're all amature street racers, aiming to become pros. Also they're aged up so all of them are in their early 20s. They made a team called DWK and challage other street racers and even pros.

Leon. He is known for his agrresive driving style, like putting the pressure on the opponent by driving VERY close to their car (he'd never hit it tho), speeding up and drifting at a high speed. But he's good at it and shows good results at the time trials. Prefers to lead if ''cat and mouse'' kind of race. Good with mechanics, not as good as Raban, but he can take care of his car if needed. Got in a several accidents due to his driving style before, yet he's alive somehow. Probably got a rear wheel drive car, but dreams of all wheel drive.

Marlon. This guy is good on wet roads, somehow driving the car at a high speed on it. Unlike his brother, he doesn't show his whole potential right away and puts more thought into when and where it's better to speed up and overtake. Always achieves high level of concentration and thus can react quickly at critical situations to prevent anything bad happening. Has a rear wheel drive car too.

Vanessa. The guys didn't want to take her on their team for a long time, because:

She is a woman

She used to be a biker

These two factors made dwk very skeptical of her being on the team. If the first one is obviouse, the second is because she didn't really drive cars before she got one, or so they thought. Actually I haven't made up my mind on how she was tought to drive cars. Perhaps, her grandma landed Vanessa her car and that's how she gained some experience. She ended up on the team eventually after winning ''cat and mouse'' race to Leon. Their driving styles are pretty alike as it may seem, she drifts and speeds up at corners, but she's rather defensive in a race. Also, since she was a biker, can handle bikes as well. Drives a rear wheel.

Markus and Jojo. I think it's better to talk about both of them in one paragraph since they usually work together. Jojo doesn't have a car so he drives Markus'. The irony is, even though Markus is the one who owns a car, he usually serves as a navigator, his ability to concentrate and memorize the road is very helpfull. It doesn't mean he isn't driving his car at all, but his speeding and braking techniques lack good execution. Unlike Jojo's. They compensate each other's disadvantages, which makes them a good duo. Nonetheless, they can manage racing on their own, even though it would take more effort. They drive all wheel car.

Deniz. When I said all of them are amatures I kinda lied since Deniz is very close to the title of pro. He's a rally driver and has some experience in official competitions, just like his father. He's known for his outstanding skills at driving off-road and dealing with winding road and sliding through corners. Has a high level of concentration, but maintains it... in a rather weird and maybe even dangerouse way - by holding his breath. If gets carried away it might lead to the opposite outcome - loss of concentration so he's gotta be careful with that. His father wasn't happy with the fact that his son does street racing and wastes his time instead of preparing for actual competitions, but allowed it later. He has a rally car, thus an all wheel drive.

Raban. The only one who has a front wheel drive. Mainly uses grip technique while racing. Kinda sucks at it tho. What he does good is tuning and mechanics. He learned that from Hadschi and sometimes Raban helps him with service. While he may not be a good driver, he's a good navigator. He spots everything that's happening on the road, calculates the time and finds better trajectories to pass the corners faster. Very helpful to Willi with these skills.

Willi. An ex-pro, who got in an accident which prevented him from racing anymore. Now he dedicates his life to making these teens achieve their goals. Usually does all the planning and comes up with strategies.

Hadschi. The mechanic and engineer of the team. Does all the tuning and set ups for the guys. Knows a lot about cars and can give information about weak and strong points of the opponent's car.

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That's all for now. Idk if I ever going to continue working on this AU, it will probably sink into oblivion like the rest of my AU concepts. I'm drawing some concept art, but I haven't finished it. I hope I will. But if not, have a peek, just in case. Might change them later on, but most likely not, I'm lazy.

[inkyucu]

Alright, so.... I typed up all of this for a friend because they wanted to know more about this AU, and I was not about to let this amount of typing just go to waste. So I'm posting it. Think of this as an info post for this AU I guess

In other words: The basic story of 'The Cursed Tanzanite' AU - A sams/tsams AU I refuse to call a sams AU most of the time because of how irrelevant it is to actual sams

Enjoy

Ok, so let's start with Sun's backstory before everything (his backstory is like the only one mostly important)

You have Sun and Moon. Sun and Moon are royalty. Sun was the little sister (yes, sister) to Moon. She looked up to her older brother and thought he could do no wrong and that he was always right. Moon was her older brother who was training to be a fighter because having a warrior king is badass. He helped her learn how to fight, but also just hung out with her and was a pretty nice sibling to have, unlike most.

One day, the two heard a rumor from the townsfolk of a demon in a cave in the forest. Moon was uncertain of this and wanted to tell their parents so they could handle the matter, but Sun managed to convince him that they together were strong enough to defeat the demon

They get to the cave and meet Bloodmoon. He was a powerful demon, even though he would've been a younger and weaker demon at this time. Anyway, Bloodmoon brutally murders Moon as he tries to protect Sun, and Sun escapes alive. She's not really blamed (keep in mind this child is probably like a first grader-), but this event leads to her being closed off from everyone and kinda being a state or regret, shock, and depression for a while.

Eventually she starts fighting again and starts presenting themselves as male so they are taken more seriously (and you can't really fight in a dress ajpvlzjbpkab + just like- feeling comfortable with who you are because that's also a factor-). Eventually they work up the courage to go back to the cave to defeat the demon, or at the very least be with their brother again.

When he gets there, its abandoned. Bloodmoon left the area. But there was one thing he found. A purpleish gem that was later identified to be tanzanite. He wears it, as a memory of his brother at first. It is later discovered that this gem has magic, and this magic grows more powerful the more demons it consumes, and the more it's used, the more it takes over the user (in other words - it's cursed in a bad way). But of course, Sun doesn't know the second part of that-

After getting this necklace, he quickly becomes stronger and more powerful, eventually becoming a well respected demon killer [which is present day]

(Oh yeah I forgot to mention that he and Moon were really close to Solar since really young- Solar is a bit older than Sun, but young enough that Moon saw Solar as basically another brother)

Ok now the fucking actual story-

Sun casually is just going around killing demons, trying to track down Bloodmoon. Over this time, Sun creates alliances with several kingdoms. Two ruled by Earth (younger - and still a minor - brother being Lunar) and Monty. One being ruled by Solar - he was kind of already alleys with this kingdom though. One being ruled by an Unnamed King and Queen (daughter - and still a minor - being Ruin). Then of course you have Sun's kingdom chilling without a ruler most of the time - they're all chill though so it's fine. During this time, some shit kind of happens

*AHEM*

-Solar gets possessed by a demon named Eclipse (neither of them wanted this)

-Ruin starts to learn magic from Lunar

-I kid you not like a few weeks later Ruin gets possessed by Jigsaw (both wanted this) and goes missing for a while

-K.C. - a demon - possesses a towns person in Sun's kingdom and is basically a spy

-Thyone - a demon - possesses a robot servant in Solar's castle

-Lunar nearly gets possessed by a demon that gets beaten the fuck up by Earth

-Sun is slowly losing his mind

-Solar adopts a child named Jack (He is blind when it comes to the normal world, but he can see things like Spirits and Demons)

After all this happens, Sun hears about Solar getting possessed and immediately heads over there and nearly kills Eclipse before finding out Eclipse is actually kinda nice for a demon and could be useful

Then after this Sun and more kingdoms end up hearing about the other possessions and more demons seen possessing townsfolk, the main royals decide to have a meeting to find a way to deal with these demons

And from there there is more to the story but like I dont want to spoil it yet

(This isn't really related to the story part of the AU anymore, so you don't really have to read this part if you don't want-)

Sorry if parts of this made no sense, this is straight up pasted from that conversation because I was not retyping/rewording all that

If you have questions about anything feel free to ask, or if I've gotten something inaccurate with how I portrayed it, or if I use wording that would be considered offensive, please point it out to me or correct me

I really like this AU, and it's helping me experiment with things I don't usually mess around with or touch on - but in consequence to that I am probably severely uneducated in some things that come up in this AU. But if I do make a stupid mistake, I would like the chance to try and correct it

(Thank you for reading all of this if you did)

[yukidragon]

Oh my goodness! I completely understand if you don’t immediately want to write more about Alice having Ian’s baby au, but the next time you would like to I would love to hear more about it! Your au’s and ideas are always so well crafted! I can’t get enough of your writing or Sunny Day Jack ideas!!! :)

Thank you so much for your sweet praise. It really means a lot for me to hear. I'm glad you enjoy my writing and headcanons!

I'm really glad this pretty dark AU has been entertaining for you and others despite some of the heavy topics in it. I appreciate that you want to hear more, but I think I'll want to take a bit of a break before I dig deep into it again given how heavy it is, especially since I just did a follow up of sorts discussing Ian's more problematic traits when it comes to his relationship with MC. It might be a good idea to focus on something a little lighter next as a palette cleanser, hahaha.

Though maybe I could think of a couple bright spots for that particular AU. Hmm...

Alice's family, at least those still living at the King house, do all chip in to help her take care of Lily. This is good since her health took a hard hit from the pregnancy and she would struggle otherwise. This allows her to have more time to rest and recover.

This also allows Jack more time to talk to Alice one on one despite the presence of a newborn demanding mommy's attention. Granted, a lot of time is spent just resting in the guestroom or outside in the garden when she's not taking care of the baby, but Jack does his best to keep Alice entertained while she's recovering, and he's the absolute best at being a cuddly teddy bear for her when she has to lie down.

The King house still has plenty of baby stuff in storage, so they're well prepared to help Alice out with the baby. It's more reason why mama Lycoris wants Alice to just move back home for good. Their house is big and she won't mind, nor will papa Zephyr.

Yup, papa King has a name now too. Guess this AU is oddly helping me with picking out names, huh?

Jack is really good with children, and whenever Lily starts crying, he just has a knack for getting her to calm down. It's almost like magic how he can just radiate calm emotions and help her understand that there's nothing to fear. Alice can't help but feel the same way about Jack really. He's just such a wonderful presence in her life after things have gotten so hard on her. He's been invaluable to help Alice take care of Lily and minimizing her stress.

Jack's empathy cheat and connection to both Alice and Lily really comes in handy at this point doesn't it?

While Alice is going to need more time than in Sunshine in Hell to even think about being in another romantic relationship, she does grow really close to Jack very quickly. Although... he's not the only guy crushing on her who wants to help out.

When Shaun comes back in town, he would have crashed with Alice for a while, but since she's a guest at her family's place, that's not doable. He does, however, get a nice bed and breakfast nearby until he finds a new place to settle down in, and he stops by as often as possible, much to Jack's annoyance. Alice is grateful for his visits and he never fails to make her laugh, which is also to Jack's annoyance.

Shaun even brings Moonpie over to visit Alice, and he mock fights with her over whose baby is cuter. Alice and Shaun eventually concede on a draw of a vote of one vs one... until Jack acts as tiebreaker and throws in his vote for Lily. That will probably be how Alice decides to try introducing Jack's existence to Shaun, though it's possible Alice will tell one or more of her family members about Jack before that. Coraline would just be thrilled to meet a ghost after all.

Needless to say, Shaun is both excited to meet Jack and a bit wary given Alice is in a vulnerable state. Still, she does insist Jack helped her, especially when Ian kept trying to see her, so that does give Jack some brownie points in Shaun's book.

Not that the feeling will necessarily be mutual from Jack. Shaun is yet another obstacle between Jack and his sunshine after all. Who knows though, maybe they'll bond over their mutual disdain for Ian and desire to protect Alice here too.

Huh. This got longer than I expected it to. I guess there are some more bright spots even in this dark AU than I thought. Then again I'm always a sucker for thoughts about my OTP being cuddly and sweet. I'll leave this post on that note with the image of Jack spooning Alice from behind while she nurses Lily, being this big protective teddy bear to his beloved sunshine and little sunspot.

@channydraws @earthgirlaesthetic @sai-of-the-7-stars @cheriihoney @illary-kore @okamiliqueur

[tippenfunkaport]

SPOP Alias AU

This is just a full on incoherent ramble about some misc thoughts I had about this so I am putting it under the cut 😅

for the benefit of the youths, Alias was a show about spies! and plot twists! and wigs! and how Jennifer Garner looks good in literally any outfit you put her in (seriously, just google Sydney Bristow disguises)

(so this is not a 1:1 AU but general spoilers for the TV show Alias to follow)

Adora is Sidney basically and working for what she thinks is the CIA doing nerd stuff at a desk job. And then her finance, Catra, is murdered!

And she's still mourning but Light Hope sends her on an undercover mission to do sexy spy work in Outfits! and Wigs! and while on a mission could swear she sees… Catra, whaaa?

So she's like WHAT is happening and goes back to Light Hope who is cryptic and says if she wants answers she has to join the CIA. And Adora is basically like, "…do i not already work for the CIA?" and finds out, in fact, she does not and her entire team (which is basically all the Horde characters) are actually working for SD6, an evil organization pretending to be the CIA. The real CIA (the princess alliance) wants her to go undercover and help take SD6 down from the inside. And she agrees because she wants to find out what happened to Catra. (And I know you're thinking why not make Catra Vaughn aka her handler but it's more fun if Catradora are both kinda on opposite sides for a while so her handler can be Mara and Adora is never really sure how much to trust her bc her girlfriend Light Hope is also a double agent working for SD6 and whose side are any of them really on?).

Light Hope and Mara kinda share the role of morally ambiguous Jack Bristow/mentor figure and Shadow Weaver is Sloan.

Anyway, meanwhile, Bow is Adora's innocent civilian roommate / best friend who has no idea that any of this spy nonsense is going on (so, he's Will aka Bradly Cooper before he was cool) but has been very earnestly trying to investigate Catra's "death" because something doesn't add up. He accidentally uncovers too much though and Light Hope thinks that he is a weak spot that SD6 could use to keep to Adora in line (bc Adora is starting to doubt their mission, the same reason that Catra had to fake her death). So Light Hope sends one of their best agents (Glimmer because I am who I am) to spy on and eventually eliminate Bow.

Meanwhile, Catra is basically a combo of Irina and Nadia (obviously not actually related to Adora) but where it's unclear which side she is on or how much influence SW as Sloane has on her but she ultimately prove to be on the side of good after lots of homoerotic fighting in Wigs! and Outfits!

So, in the show, (big spoilers for Alias) Adora's two best IRL non-CIA friends are Will and Francie and eventually Will and Francie start dating... but it turns out that the real Francie was murdered and someone else stole her face and is posing as Francie to spy on Will and manipulate him. (Alias is WILD, man) And Will eventually finds out and has to murder this person who l looks like his best friend that he loves in self defense. So! Clearly we are not doing that!

Instead, we are going to steal some of the vibes and have Glimmer (who Bow has no preexisting relationship to) sent in as an agent whose job is to seduce him and get close to him and pretend to be his girlfriend to keep an eye on Adora (bc Light Hope doubts her loyalty knowing she's trying to find Catra). And Glimmer starts to become torn about her mission as she starts to genuinely like Adora and feel bad about betraying her and to actually fall for Bow for real. So when she gets the order down to kill Bow, she can't do it and flees. Her only ally is the disgraced Shadow Weaver, who fled when SD6 fell apart and is perfectly happy to manipulate Glimmer in her darkest hour.

She teams up with Catra who recognizes she's not a bad person and then two of them take down SW and get back into the CIA's good graces.

Meanwhile, Adora puts Bow into the witness protection program which protects him because everyone wants to kill him now, but also means he has to cut all ties with his family. So he HATES Glimmer for all those months of lying to/using him and ruining his life. He starts to work for the CIA as well because what else is he going to do after all that? and Glimmer is working there too after it's revealed she ultimately protected Bow and Adora and her and Catra took out SW so she comes to work there and ✨ tension✨. Because he's really mad at her and doesn't trust her at all but they have to work together and have been fake dating for a year and how much of those feelings were real and something something eventually they start to become actual friends for real this time and decide to try dating for real and they kind of pretend they just met and try to keep it all sweet like a real first date except they have too much history and end up fast burning.

And while Glimbow are being a disaster Catra and Adora are trying to rebuild what they had but the whole war between the factions have made them very different people and they need to figure out how to get back to each other while stopping SW who is back from the dead and looking for magic First Ones artifacts that lead to immortality / the end of the entire world.

Standard stuff, really.

[piratemadi]

Even if you're never going to write it, please share how you'd integrate Flint (and Miranda) into your modern au. To make a life has such god tier characterization and I'd love to know how you'd insert Flint.

its me and @wordforworldisforest 's creation! basically miranda and thomas are best friends since childhood in a very expensive ivy feeder private pre-k-12 school. in high school flint gets a sports scholarship (i think we were originally thinking soccer altho im liking the idea of boxing or wrestling makes more sense?) to their school. blah blah blah throuple years and then thomas is sent to conversion therapy camp where he commits and thats for real sorry thomas. in revenge miranda and flint kill thomas's father, but he's super rich and super influential so they're forced to go on the run and they do that for 10ish years.

they reach the town that the rest of the group lives in about a year after the first one ends, so the baby is born and the six of them have very much settled into a routine. miranda gets a job as a bookkeeper in town and flint gets a job on a fishing boat, which is where he meets anne and vane. miranda meets madi at the library (she keeps up w the news in case there's anything abt her or thomas's families). miranda gets close w madi first and flint develops an incredibly antagonistic relationship with vane. later flint vane and madi will bond over communism etc they'll get him to start reading more and finding purpose in life again bc when he and miranda first killed thomas's dad he had all this righteous rage but after 10 years of just running around the states it's mostly burned out

miranda's actually first to spend more time with madi and then max bc the three of them have drastically different perspectives on life but in a weird way it is complementary. so flint sees that first that she starts brightening that she starts really liking the town and bringing up the idea of staying there. she eventually drags him to the bar to see jack anne and vane perform (there's love here...and music......) which is where he meets silver for the first time. and hates him!

anyways...i dont really see flint being as close to the rest of them as miranda will end up being like that's something him and vane will end up having in common which is that they dont feel close to every single person in the group but as he falls in love w silver and months (and eventually years) go by he finds real peace purpose and love in having roots/family for what's kind of the first time in his life.

he and max end up as bitchy gay lion drinking buddies which is good for both of them. him and anne work out together he teaches her to box but they dont really talk. him and jack aren't particularly close, altho they do talk about books sometimes with miranda. him and vane will never be FRIENDS friends, and in fact for the first few months literally cant be in the same room together, but madi likes and trusts flint, which softens vane up, and they do end up respecting each other. him and silver develop a weird codependence which is slightly less pronounced than the show since miranda's alive and still flint's close friend but i was thinking that they grow to have some distance as time passes bc they were so close for so long and it was so painful for both of them. so they both develop other relationships that are probably healthier.

miranda madi and max end up really really tight like a little girl friend group they're all very different but they are all talkative in exact complementary ways so they spend a ton of time together. miranda doesnt know how to talk to anne but likes her a lot. she doesn't know how to talk to vane either and likes him way way less. as for jack him and her click very very well bc his music is the first thing that makes her take the idea of staying seriously and they're very stimulating to each other like they find each other super fun and hang out all the time

thats the vague premise. idk what the plot would be but thats what we wouldve written if either of us had the time or inclination. if you read all this you're odd but thank you <3

[twotangledsisters]

So, Within the Walls of Corona is about to end and we'll be moving on to the next fic in the series!

Exciting. But also nerve-racking for me, Within the Walls had this nice chill episodic feel whereas upcoming arcs are a bigger and more story driven.

So, if you enjoyed Within the Walls, perhaps you'd like to hear some of the deleted arcs? Here are a few tid-bits from my notes that never made it in:

Cassandrs vs Eugene

This is one of my fave Season 1 episodes, but... there was very little from it that would make sense to add to this AU, and the notes I had showed this:

"You two need to learn to get along," Rapunzel said with crossed arms from outside the cell.

"But... we do?" Cassandra looked confused.

"Raps, we're just playing jokes, you know, for as annoying, cold, heartless, unforgiving, graceless..." Though he could keep going Rapunzel's expression led him to realize that was not how he would get the point across. "I still care about her."

Rapunzel shook her head. "I just think if you spend some time alone you'll learn to express your emotions in a less mutually destructive manner."

Eugene and Cassandra shared glances. Both quite enjoyed the current dynamic and didn't really want to change it.

"Here, while you solve the puzzles I set up for you, you can enjoy these especially home-baked cookies!"

As she left, Cassandra crossed her arms. "Oh, come on, put in prison by my own sister!"

"I always knew you'd end up in prison," Eugene joked.

Cassandra laughed before shaking her head. "Give me a cookie, I need the energy if I'm putting up with you for longer than usual."

"Magic word?"

"Give me one or I'll use my power as princess to have you evicted."

"Close enough," he handed her the whole basket.

"Ah," Cassandra pulled out a cookie unsurprised by the picture on it.

"Not your favourite flavour?"

She looked through the basket. "Coordinated cookies," she starting eating the one she had before heading to the wall to get the first clue, she didn't bother telling Eugene what she was doing as she went from clue to clue without asking him for assistance.

"Teamwork," Eugene said as he stood and watched, taking a cookie for himself.

Cassandra smiled. "I've done these puzzle games a billion times while growing up with Raps. I usually at least pretend to struggle a bit."

"Ah," Eugene took another cookie.

Eventually, they had a bunch of pieces on the floor.

"That's new," Cassandra tilted her head. "Guess it makes something."

Eugene moved to the ground with her. Together they built a jack.

"I'm not risking damaging palace property!" Cassandra shouted after Eugene told her what it was.

"Ah!" Eugene stood up, grabbing it. "Sot hat's the teamwork part! You solve puzzles and I break stuff!"

"Eugene..." Cassandra was tempted to stop him from forcing the cell door open but... Well, she didn't feel like an afternoon in prison.

"And we're free... How are we getting revenge on Blondie?"

"Ooooh, I say we make some puzzles and put her in a cell with Monty!"

Eugene laughed. "Good one! I was just thinking of switching the salt and sugar in the morning!"

The Stabbingtons

I assumed these two would come back, but with Cassandra vs Eugene gone, I had plans for a small arc with them.

The summary in my notes was:

While Eugene is redecorating his room he finds the scrap of paper with his plan to steal the crown scribbled on it. He proudly shows it to Cassandra and Rapunzel, explaining all the intricate steps he had to take to get the plan in motion, from figuring out the palace's floor plan to finding people to work with him and landing on the Stabbingtons.

When he mentions that the Stabbingtons and him had worked together since teens, Cassandra asks if he doesn't feel bad that they're in prison while he's free? This gets Eugene thinking about his past and all of the things that led up to his present.

Overthinking leads him to having nightmares, which eventually leads him to heading down to the prison to talk to his old coworkers. Said coworkers were worse than his nightmares and he very quickly regrets his attempts at friendly conversation.

Thankfully, the Captain of the Guard has noticed Eugene's odd behaviours and is nearby to save the day. After rescuing Eugene he sits the man down and pulls out his and the Stabbington's criminal records, pointing out some key differences which help Eugene to feel less guilty.

This arc didn't happen for a few reasons:

1.- I forgot about it.

2.- I thought I'd include more of their past in Eugene's prequel fic though now I'm considering weaving that fic into the main series so who knows.

3.- They needed to convince Lady Caine to break out for the Criminals of Corona arc.

We will still get more of the Stabbingtons in the Season 2 rewrite most likely.

The Royal Pardon

How do I even start to explain this one? Basically, summary from my notes:

Frederic, Arianna and Rapunzel leave the palace for a family picnic. Cassandra isn't going because she had a nightmare the night before about ending up alone. Eugene decides to stay back because he's worried about Cassandra and still isn't entirely comfortable around the king and queen.

The day goes one and the royal family doesn't return.

Guards go out to find them, rumours begin to spread.

Eugene and Cassandra are both scared, Eugene considers leaving to go find them but Cassandra is a worried mess and the advisers are expecting her to lead. (this would have been pretty early on in the fic so we're talking a Cassandra with far less training and confidence than where we are now)

After Eugene promises to help, Cassandra accepts her responsibility, but just as she steps up, one of the advisers confronts her.

"You cannot rule over this kingdom. You are nothing more than a criminal."

Cassandra is taken aback. "I am the princess. What crimes do you speak of?" Her voice lacks certainty though Arianna assured her that being alone as a child had not been her own fault.

"You helped a known thief escape the guards."

Cassandra looked at Eugene and frowns. "I... did... but... I'm sorry, what does this have to do with anything?"

"You cannot rule with a criminal charge you have not yet served."

Cassandra looked at Eugene who stepped forward with his arms crossed. "Those charged were forgiven by the king and queen, they hold no importance."

Cassandra nodded.

"They can only be forgiven if you have a royal pardon."

"She does. We do," Eugene argued.

"Then let's see it, otherwise, the guards will have to accompany you both down to the dungeons."

Cassandra stepped back. Eugene looked shocked.

"Guards." The adviser smiled as he held his head high.

Eugene was quick to pull a piece of paper from the inner pocket of his vest. "Here's mine."

The adviser looked shocked and quite honestly upset at this development, however he still looked expectantly at Cassandra who of course didn't have a signed pardon on her person. Nor was there a signed pardon anywhere, because nobody had thought such a thing necessary despite the law being written in ink.

Eugene watched the guards take Cassandra away to the dungeon. He watched the adviser take the throne and it didn't take a genius to know there was foul play. However, he knew Rapunzel could take care of herself, right now Eugene needed to get Cassandra out of the dungeon.

Cassandra curled up in the corner of the dungeon feeling like a fool. She wasn't a princess, she wasn't a future rule of this kingdom, she was a criminal. This was where she belonged.

Captain tried to talk to her and reassure her she'd done nothing wrong. Promised her he'd find her family and they'd write out a royal pardon if that was what needed to be done, but she wouldn't talk to him.

Eugene comes down to the dungeon.

"I can't let you see her..." Captain tells Eugene. "I have orders and must follow the law even if..."

"I don't need you to break the law," Eugene decided. "Can you see her?"

He nodded.

"Can you give her this," Eugene handed him some parchment and a pen.

"Umm... yes. Why?"

Eugene grinned, extremely proud of himself. "A royal pardon follow the following format: I, name of royal, with title, title of royal. Forgive, insert name, citizen of Corona for, insert crimes. Then the signature."

Captain raised a brow.

"The only conditions is it must be written and signed by a royal, and the person forgiven is a citizen of Corona, or in my cause accepts citizenship." He grinned. "It says nothing about a royal not being able to forgive themselves!"

Captain's eyes widened. "Cassandra holds the title of princess."

"Precisely. It's an extremely corrupt system but today we make good use of it."

Cassandra and Eugene go back upstairs, when presenting the pardon the adviser argues and argues until eventually he tried to attack Cassandra and is arrested.

Once Cassandra has everything under control and seems to have calmed down, Eugene head out to find the royal family.

(obviously during arc we switch between royal family and Eugene and Cass).

Rapunzel had already escaped the tunnels where they'd been tricked into and when they get home everything is as it should be. After they explain everything to the king and queen an investigation is to be done on the rogue adviser.

"I don't recall ever signing a pardon for Eugene..." Arianna whispers. "Usually we just do verbals pardons which I guess isn't the best thing to do but..."

Eugene laughed. "Ah, you have so much on your mind Your Majesty, it's normal to forget some things." Eugene hid behind Cassandra. "Anyway, good thing you did though, or we'd all be in trouble, right?"

Frederic raised a brow. "Right..."

Eugene and Cass working together! More Corona corruption! And, the entire reason the arc was ever considered, Eugene forging royal signatures just in case. The arc never happened because, well, Queen for a Day is pretty similar without the rogue adviser.

The Snuggly Duckling Arc

I had an arc which in my notes is summarized as:

The girls revisit the Snuggly Duckling and spend some time with each of the locals. They learn more about their dreams and try to figure out how they can help each of them!

It's simple, it's sweet, but it's a bit boring. This definitely still happened off-screen, in fact, in Queen for a Day it is brought up. But there's already enough low tension content in Within the Walls without this one.

The Wrath of Ruthless Ruth

Another episode that did not make the cut but I never skip over an episode without at least brainstorming a bit. And I thought this one would make it because it's the one where we see how worried Frederic is, however, he kinda already does this in arcs such as Equis and Criminals of Corona. So, with nothing much to add, it got cut, here are the notes though:

"This book is fascinating," Cassandra whispered from her spot cross legged on the floor of the public library. Rapunzel had nearly tripped over her four times already but Cassandra refused to move to a seat, too far from the bookcase she claimed.

"And new?"

"No. We have a copy at the palace," she put it back, picking out another.

Arianna had told the girls about the public library having some amazing fantasy books, but Cassandra was in the law sections, finding out how other kingdom's worked.

Rapunzel frowned at the sound of the door opening but nobody in sight.

Cassandra was too caught up in her reading to notice.

"Is it just me or... are we perhaps not alone?"

"It's a public library," Cassandra found a book about Ingvarr's law titled "Honour and Law". Rapunzel sighed.

(girls notice the guards, decide to make a game out of it, escape to snuggly duckling but storm hits)

"I love storms," Cassandra said, sitting near a window with a hot chocolate in hand. The Snuggly Duckling's beverages options had really increased recently, between Lance bringing Red and Catalina, Eugene bringing Cassandra and Rapunzel in, plus all the locals trying their best not to drink too much so they could stay on track with their dreams, it had become an almost respectable establishment.

"I wish I'd brought a book from the library!" Rapunzel added.

"Oh, but it'd be soaked, just like us," Cassandra laughed.

"Ah, true. So, how are things?" Rapunzel asked Vladimir.

(after not long at all and reassurance from the locals that guards everywhere was normal)

The captains walks in, scaring the locals and making Rapunzel grin because she knew they were being followed!

"Ah, hello! Good afternoon! A drink please," he asked Vladimir who was behind the bar clearly taking in the presence of both princesses. "You two come here too?" he acted surprised.

"Yeah, but somehow we've never seen you here Captain," Rapunzel teased.

Cassandra laughed. "Almost as though you were--"

"Just seeking cover from the rain?" Captain laughed. "You caught me princess, very smart."

Neither girl corrected him as they shook their heads.

And that's where my notes end.

It was cute, got to see the bar from the pov of the girls who find the best in everything. Captain interacting with the girls is always fun but... it's a musical episode and just not enough changes to be worth including.

Max's Enemy

Well, we got Criminals of Corona instead. However, I did have this one cute note before it got cut:

Maximus lay down near one of the castle walls, his head on the ground, his legs spread out. Some would say it was a sign of trust, which wasn't completely wrong. Maximus did trust he was safe within the palace garden, but Cassandra could easily see the horse was depressed.

"Hey," she sat down next to him.

Maximus huffed air out of his nose.

"Not as happy as everybody else about the new friend, huh?"

His ear twitched.

"I understand," she lay down next to him. "Feeling like you're being replaced."

He looked away.

"You can't be replaced, Maximus."

He hit her with his tail.

"I'm not just saying that Max. Look, things change, right now I'm the new hot-shot on the guard and I'm beating up older guards right and left, right?"

Max looked up at her.

"That doesn't take away from all those guards have done over years of service. I'm also not saying you're old, you've got plenty of years left of service," she hugged him.

Max huffed.

"But when you do one day retire Max, you'll still be one of my favourite horses, and one of Corona's favourite horses. You know why?"

He looked up at her.

"You will always be the horse who was smart and strong enough to bring back the lost princess."

Maximus's ears rose and he raised his head, because that was true. He stood up and shook himself, looking proud.

Cassandra laughed. "That's the attitude!"

Other ideas in my notes were:

Eugene and Cassandra try to teach Rapunzel to use a sword.

Eugene makes amends (he goes around doing good deeds for all the businesses and people he recalled wronging as a thief).

Arianna goes on an adventure (Rapunzel bring their mother to an underground secret tournament being held in the tunnels under Corona. She doesn't want to say anything negative out of fear her daughters won't invite her along next time, but the events get more and more dangerous. Then some loud noise causes the tunnels to collapse. Cassandra and Arianna are on one side while Rapunzel and Eugene another. Instead of stopping the fights they keep going, Cassandra seems to be having fun but then one of the goes too far and even when Cassandra forfeits keeps going. Arianna picks up a sword and beats the guy. Finally giving up and telling the girls off for their carelessness once they're all four back together. She expects them to be upset but they instead apologize and hug).

Alchemy IS Magic (Eugene and Varian have an argument over the technical definitions of stuff, Cassandra tries her hands at alchemy and Rapunzel sets a tree on fire).

No more animals in the palace (after Mrs Cowley discovers a stash of dead mice in one of the suits of armour she declares no more animals in the palace. Cassandra and Rapunzel can be found sleeping in the stable with their animal buddies).

And then there are the deletes arcs from my notebook... oops.

Sooo... any of these ideas you wish had made it in?

[jackhues]

aus would be obsessed with peanut, i mean so crazy obsessed. shows all the guys pictures of her, facetimes her and tried to get mama to stay with him all the time. here’s the thing: i could see them hooking up after having peanut, after they have been on good terms for months, just for aus to get scared and distance himself.

he wants to be with mama but he knows it might not work and be worse for peanut.

broo, aus is a girl dad through and through. you best believe when o'reilly came to toronto or when matty knies came up, he's just showing them all pics of his camera roll and it's all peanut. her wearing a little dress, her dressed in his jersey, her eating nutella straight out of the jar - it's just all peanut. he's always fting mama and talking to peanut after a game, whether they did good or bad. one time he forgot after a really bad game, and peanut forced mama to ft him bcz she wanted to talk to him.

mama's a pretty rational person, which is why she broke up with aus in the first place, but i can imagine a really good game, where aus played amazing and he's on this crazy adrenaline high and gives mama a whole speech and they sleep together, only for aus to wake up the next morning and want to hit himself. he doesn't regret sleeping with mama, he just knows that he can't have this bcz mama's right. at the end of the day, she doesn't have anyone in toronto or arizona. she can stay every now and then (like she already does) but it's not fair for him to ask her to leave everything she has. (if you love someone, you need to learn to let them go is their entire relationship). so he closes himself off, and mama, who's always rational and thinks with her head instead of her heart, would just break down calling jack or quinn (most likely quinn bcz jack would fly to toronto and murder aus on the spot). bcz the one time in her entire life when she thought with her heart and not her head, she got her heart smashed to tiny little pieces.

it'd take a long time for the two of them to heal, but they would coparent peanut, and would eventually be on good terms with each other (mama's too forgiving, which is why jack never forgives)

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[avatarskywalker78]

AO3 Masterpost

even if we can’t find heaven (i’ll walk through hell with you) - Part 1 of The Shieldmaiden Saga, focusing on Steph Taylor - Eddie’s childhood best friend - as she gains powers from the particle accelerator, and soon finds out she’s not the only one, gaining new friends...and discovering that the accelerator was flawed.

love, you’re not alone (cause I’m gonna stand by you) - Part 2 of The Shieldmaiden Saga and a direct sequel to the above, with Steph Taylor continuing to gather friends, help metas, and build a case against Wells as another meta starts making a name for himself in Central City.

to save the world (with a friend by my side) - Longfic for SyFy’s Krypton, where Adam Strange and his friend Ashley Tanner travel back in time to save Krypton. Currently has 8/11 chapters.

flufftober 2021 - A series of (mostly) short fics I wrote for flufftober 2021, complete at 31 stories.

emerald legacy - An AU spanning from Arrow’s S1 finale, where Oliver was the one who died saving Laurel, not Tommy. In the midst of dealing with Oliver’s death, plus the revelation that Thea’s his sister, Tommy decides to take up Oliver’s mantle. Currently has 2 parts.

of legacies and lies - Alex Thompson, Jack Thompson’s granddaughter, goes on the run after the SHIELDRA reveal, and has to deal with the fact that her entire career in SHIELD has been a lie. Meanwhile Jack and Sarah - his wife - are making sure she’s going to get a fair trial when she reaches the US.

a god’s reflection - Loki’s POV after his initial imprisonment post-Avengers as he thinks about his actions, and regrets that he’ll never really have a chance to make amends because he’ll likely be imprisoned for the rest of his life.

when one door closes (another opens) - On Earth-4 in the 22nd Century, Brianna Thawne (Eddie’s distant descendant and her generation’s Cobalt Blue) takes Sara Lance up on her offer to join the Legends.

now we have (the freedom to choose) - an AU of Legends’ S1 finale. Kendra isn’t the only one dealing with destiny, but Carter too - and since he’s the one who always remembers first, it’s unlikely he’s ever had much chance to be with other people like Kendra has. Featuring a more self-aware Carter and a heart to heart with Sara Lance.

you’ve always been (a part of me) - A Seg/Adam fic set 40 years after Krypton’s S2 finale, where they’ve been together almost as long - and Seg is hit with the realization that he’ll eventually outlive Adam.

speak (and i’ll listen) - a short MonWinn fic set in an AU of Supergirl S2 (the AU being that they’re together, and not Mon and Kara). Winn stresses over not being able to stop Music Meister. Mon does his best to comfort him.

to new beginnings - A Westhallen short fic written for Polyam Shpping Day #14, set in an alternate season 2 and featuring the three of them discussing New Year’s resolutions.

brothers (lost and found) - the first part of Cobalt Blue and The Flash, where Barry Allen and Malcolm Thawne have been best friends for six years, with Barry essentially taking on the role of big brother due to Malcolm’s estrangement from his own brother. When Malcolm gets struck by lightning while trying (and failing) to prevent Barry from suffering the same fate, he wakes up five months later with speedster powers, and unbeknownst to him this changes everything.

doubt (and the bonds of love) -  Another short MonWinn fic, set in an alternate S3 where Mon-El never left Earth. Mon-El has become distant all of a sudden and Winn is determined to find out why.

to live and rise (and hope again) - longfic about Eliana Kent, Clark and Lana’s daughter from an alternate universe, as she experiences a massive power boost, becomes a hero, and joins the DEO, while still dealing with her family’s loss and having to work with two of their counterparts.

the future (is ours) - a short Thallen fic, set in a AU where Iris is the Flash, Eobard got defeated without any casulties, and Barry and Eddie are dating - Eddie second guessing his relationship with Barry after Eobard’s manipulations.

right here (is where i’m meant to be) - A lazy morning Segdam fic set post-canon.

Cobra Kai Mini Rewrites - a series of unnconnected oneshots that are rewrites on certain scenes in the show that annoyed me. Complete at 18 stories.

bad boy (no more) - my collection of Mike Barnes redemption fics, which are all standalone, but have the consistent elements of Mike’s wife Leah and his three children, Sarah, Elaine, and Alex. Currently has 5 stories.

flufftober 2022 - my collection of stories for this year’s flufftober spanning various fandoms. Complete at 21 stories.

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looking for america (coming through your schools) - the first part of the Nicky Connors, Cobra Adjacent series, which focuses on Nicky Connor’s friendship with the OG Cobras, particulary Johnny. This fic is set on New Year’s Eve 1983, with the six of them reflecting on the year past and being hopeful about 1984.

[firawren]

Beauty and the Brute

Chapter 5, “There may be something there that wasn't there before” rated G, now posted

Chapters: 5/12 now posted

Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (Disney Animated Movies)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Belle & Gaston (Disney), Belle/Gaston (Disney)

Characters: Belle (Disney), Gaston (Disney), Jonathan “Black Jack” Randall, Lord John Grey, LeFou (Disney), Original Characters

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Outlander Fusion, Canon Era, Marriage of Convenience, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Happy Ending, Married Life, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Mostly Fluff, Period-Typical Sexism, Implied Attempted Sexual Assault, not from Gaston, Good Person Gaston (Disney), Injury, Minor Violence, References to hunting, Childbirth, not Belle’s, Babies, Sharing a Bed, Eventual Smut, Porn with Feelings, First Time, Loss of Virginity, Married Sex, Vaginal Sex, Vaginal Fingering, Cunnilingus, Music, Dancing, Reading, Some Humor, Grief/Mourning

Summary:

Maybe if she had had a night to sleep on it, maybe if she hadn’t been trembling and dizzy with fear, she would have chosen differently. But really, it was the only way. To keep herself safe from the sadistic Captain “Black Jack” Randall, Belle had no choice but to marry that ridiculous brute Gaston. He’s handsome, but spoiled, selfish, and unkind, a true beast of a man. He finds her stubborn, contrary, and not at all like an obedient little wife should be. It seems impossible that they could ever become friends, let alone fall in love. But maybe, with a bit of understanding, reflection, and transformation, they can get their fairy tale happy ending after all.

A retelling of Beauty and the Beast 1991, with Gaston in the role of the beast, set in an 18th century Outlander-inspired AU where England won its wars with France and now has authority over the country, and Belle and Maurice are English refugees living in France.

Excerpt from chapter 5:

Belle pushed the bedroom door open with her hip, her arms full of freshly folded linens.

Gaston was already in the room, leaning close to the mirror, crooning at it. “...devilishly handsome. And this swell cleft in your chin is so manly—”

“Oh sorry! I didn’t think you would be in—Wait, were you talking to yourself in the mirror? Complimenting your reflection?”

“Yes. What do you expect? I’m stuck in the house alone with you most of the time, and you never compliment me.” He crossed his arms over his chest sullenly.

Belle groaned and rubbed a hand over her face. “You cannot be serious.”

“Of course I’m serious!” he said indignantly. “A man has needs, Belle! If you’re not going to take care of me, I have no choice but to do it myself.”

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[lazerswordweilder]

You know the song Killer Queen? So I was thinking it fit Danny well but not all the way, because he’s a good guy, so let me introduce to you my Killer Queen au!

Danny is trans in this au, only instead of Amity being really accepting everyone shunned him or said it was just a phase he’d grow out of, this obviously had bas effects/affects on him. He never really confirms that it was just a stunt, but acts like it was nothing IT WAS EVERYTHING and laughs it off. He grows up as a fake, slowly losing himself.

His deadname is Daniel (which I’m not sure if feminine or not so maybe Danielle I don’t know), hence why he prefers Danny, which he has yet to get anyone to call him.

And Danny’s really pretty in this au, to the point where it means people forgive him for his little stunt about being trans it wasn’t a stunt, why won’t you listen! WHY WON’T YOU ACCEPT HIM! despite their homophobia, boys want him and girls want to be him.

Even Sam and Tucker (who’d grown up with homophobia ingrained into them) thought it was just a stunt for popularity and believed Danny was truely just a popular bully. His parents also shipped Jazz off to collage as they saw how smart she was, because in this au they aren’t neglectful just really homophobic. This means there’s nothing to support him and nothing holding him back leading to a Dan like scenario.

Danny goes into the portal and presses the button on purpose because he wants to die, he puts on a hazamat suit because his parents made him (like I mentioned they aren’t anything close to neglectful here, not after Vlads accident) but they weren’t in the room when he dies. Without support he freaks out and hides it from them, and as he’s fundamentally different here, mostly in ghostly ways.

Dannys obsession is neither space nor protection, and he isn’t an Ancient but his power levels are scarily close, his obsession is being a boy and revenge on those who misgendered him and forced him into this! Although I’d imagine if he ever got help his obsessions would shift and change respectively, he’d need to be male so that one would stay the same but be taken out more healthily, but his revenge obsession would probably shift to something else, I’m not sure if it’d be something he likes like Space (which would presumably only happen if he rediscovered it) or if it would be something closer to teaching humans and ghosts about lgbtq+ because that is an alternative to revenge (and also it fits his canon thing of bridging the gap, and getting humans and ghosts to coexist only now it’s homophobias and lgbtq+s).

But either way I doubt Danny’ll be able to get that help for a while, either a while as in, thousands of years later some ghost hero tries to overthrow him and realised there was hope for him, or a while as in, Jazz comes back home from collage and realises how desperately Danny needs help and helps him. Either way was assisted by Clockwork, who Danny eventually meets. No idea where Dan, Ellie, Vlad, and Jack and Maddie fit in though. Sam and Tucker either aren’t main characters here or Jazz forces Danny to talk to them so he gets some good friends.

His name probably isn’t Danny Phantom for so many reasons, he’ll want to be as far away from Fenton after how the treated him, he’s not going to be a hero (not in the way he does in the show anyways), ect. He���ll keep Danny because that’s his new name and he presumably wants a last name, I was thinking Danny Death but that seemed too cheesy.

I think it might actually be Danny Pariah! As Pariah means outcast (haha a tyrant king is called Pariah) and also because he claims it to cement his title as king and his defeat of Pariah Dark, he’d probably go by High King Pariah or something which gets confusing so Pariah Dark went by King Dark just for convince sake okay. I’m just going to call Pariah Dark by his full name and Danny just Pariah for his ghost form and Danny for him in general for connivence.

Dannys ghost half/form looks different too like this:

Pariahs hostile look - his hair is flames traveling down his back to the floor, he’s wearing a blood stained suit with a dress over it, when he takes off his clothes his b00bs have deep cuts and are bleeding, he was self harm scars dripping down his arms, his eye lashes are long and are constantly wet his glowing green tears, his skin is a very pale white and he’s very skinny and almost inhumanly tall because beauty standards, he has fully green eyes which are shaped like Vlads, he has long ears that have piercings with pearls all the way up (all of which look painful), when he defeats Pariah Dark he wears a royal outfit and his long hair is done up painfully pulling at his scalp.

Pariahs passive look - his hair is the same length as his human form and it’s got a soft glow, he wears a white t-shirt with a black long sleeve shirt to cover the self harm scars and light blue sweatpants, he gets a binder (which doesn’t hurt at all or cause problems breathing because it’s ghost thing and I want to give him something good), he only has scars not bleeding wounds from self harm, he isn’t crying but he had tear marks down his face, his skin is his normal tan colour and his body shape is normal too (not extremely skinny or tall), his eyes have seperate (white) scleras and (green) irises but no pupils and are a human shape, he has pointy ears longer than a humans and only one black ring in each ear, when he defeats Pariah Dark then he has no earrings on one ear and a crown and a ring earring on the other but isn’t obviously royalty.

Pariah happy look - his hair is short like in the show and it defies gravity but doesn’t look like flames, he wears a cape made from a bed sheet and a onesie that has the black and white patterns of his hazmat suit, he’s biologically a boy no need for a binder, no self harm scars or blood or anything, he doesn’t have tears or tear marks or puffy eyes he looks okay happy even, he looks younger than he really is (both because he’s a very young ghost and because he never got to have his childhood and when he’s happy he feels young) and has baby fat and chubby cheeks, his eyes are like a normal humans expect his green irises which look hypnotising not toxic or terrifying, he has slightly point ears, when he defeats Pariah Dark he wears a too-big paper crown lopsided on his head. He also has sharp teeth (like if I were to draw them I’d to zigzags) not fangs.

Pariah looks like the hostile description whenever a human’s near, however when alone with ghosts or animals (who dont attack or misgender him) he’s his Passive look and he’s kind, much more like the Danny we know and love, only much more reserved, traumatised, distrusting, ect. He’s rarely happy

Despite not trusting any humans Pariah doesn’t physically attack them on sight but won’t hesitate if they set him off or if he’s already in a bad mood. No one knows what gender he is (or that his issue is that they’re misgendering him) because he attacks anyone who misgenders him (and automatically shifts to his hostile look if he isn’t already in it) but doesn’t respond to he/him as he’s not used to it which causes confusion and ends in many unnecessary deaths.

Danny already cut his hair the day he came out because he thought he’d be accepted so he grows it out, only he has his accident part way through growing it out leading to an eternal mullet and he also feels much less human as he isn’t accepted, not as himself, so due to having less connection to humanity more ghost features leak over to his human form.

Dannys hair is always snow white and doesn’t seem weighed down by gravity (although it doesn’t outright float), his beauty turns from popular kid to ethereal inhuman, he has long sharp fangs sometimes, he uses overshadowing to manipulate people or tricks them into promise, he subtly and physically change to keep up with beauty trends and the individual preferences of people around him (even if that means changing his skeleton).

I imagine one of Dannys powers would be that people would have to keep their promises to him and that they can’t disobey him, this works on any gender not just boys but I’d imagine if he were less powerful boys would be easier due to them being attracted to him in the straight way. He can also force boys (and only boys for the same straight reason) to fall in love with him even if they usually wouldn’t be attracted to girls. And his final power is that people are automatically drawn to him, he stands out in a crowd and people chose him automatically.

Danny gets quickly corrupted by his hate, as a half human he holds back just enough to not murder anyone immediately, still appearing human. He will get his revenge.

Every boy Danny dates disappears, he seduces them in school then kills them on the first date, fangs ripping their lips at the first kiss, quickly escalating to his claws cutting through their flesh, mauling them, their screams muffled by his finger to their neck. Their corpses disappear. No trace of blood is ever seen and the police drop the missing cases why try to find a phantom a ghost.

Every ground of girls who’re friends with Danny disappear, they get closer and come over for a sleep over, he wakes them up one by one eyes glowing green in the dark, his claws dig into their brains, their guts get smeared over their sleeping beds and clothes, he moves onto the next girl. Their corpses disappear. Danny runs to his parents in hysterics who blame ghosts if only they knew.

Every person who Pariah kills is found, their corpses made into twisted art pieces, blood splattered on walls, claw marks in their skin, bones broken to unnatural angles. No one messes with him (as a ghost). And believe it or not it works, they’re respectful, they don’t mention girls, they obey rules of the dead (from many cultures), and he ignores them.

But the jocks and cheerleaders? The popular kids? The bullies? Oh they’ve got hell waiting for them (literally). Green eyes staring at them in the shadows, they hear noises coming form the dark, they having nightmares where they’re ripped apart and skewered and killed brutally by Pariah. They get paranoid after years of this, they get almost crazy by the time they’re 17, by the time for prom.

Anyways, by the time Dannys 15 (his accident still happened at 14) Vlad releases Pariah Dark or Pariah Dark gets released by someone else or something, for whatever reason Pariah Dark takes Amity into the Infinite Realms like he does in the show. And Danny beats him (presumably with the Fenton exoskeleton thing), gaining the title of King DO YOU HEAR THAT! KING! KING! NOT QUEEN and in doing so he becomes High King Pariah.

Unfortunately for the citizens of the Realms, Pariah is barely better than Pariah Dark. I mean, he’s not actively killing ghosts, but he abuses his power sometimes and is a bad ruler, barely paying attention to anything. But he’s not as bad as Pariah, and arguably more powerful than him. So they let Danny rule.

Also Freakshows whole mind control thing never works because Freakshow is obnoxious and Danny immediately decides to kill him when he sees the ghost forced slaves, the whole ‘unleash your dark side’ thing only made him more cruel for the days it was on. He kills him to fast for Freakshow to really control him at all, Danny keeps the staff but it clashes with his morals so much he never uses it.

Is Vlad trans too??? Is that why he moved to Wisconsin? Did jack and Maddie purposely abandon him after they realised he was trans (presumably around the time of the accident)? He took it better than Danny.

[wolfsrainrules]

Well since we're bouncing ideas lmao.... @yizukikhons

Alfred is so thankful for the extra help in Wayne Manor. He's excellent at his job, phenomenal at it really, but he's still one man trying to balance....so much.

It takes a WHILE for John to be pulled into the Vigilante side of things but it still does happen, eventually. They ABSOLUTELY trade care tips for themselves. John also finds himself being taken care of and THAT is a wild time for him. Tim did it too, but now there's....a whole family that slowly accepts him into their number and care and- John had sworn to himself he'd never care so deeply again, not after Helen and what it did to him to lose her, but he...really couldn't help it. Tim grew on him, and these Waynes are growing on him too, as is the old Agent that once threw him over a balcony and shot him to keep his charge alive while John was trying to kill him.

Damian actually ends up deeply impressed with Tim, rather than ready to fight on sight because he's associated with Wick. Because Wick agreed to work for him, and that...that makes him curious. Bonus? His mother hears the name, and SHE knows Janet, and respects her, so she tells Damian Drake is a name he should know, should make an ally of, and he doesn't forget.

He is beyond pleased when Timothy Drake reaches a hand out to greet him, and takes it firmly, greets him as someone he wants to befriend. It changes...quite a bit on his integration to Wayne Family.

Wick actually helps IMMENSELY with that. Having his opinion is invaluable to Damian. Not only because he's genuinely excited to meet him, but because John can explain things to him in a way someone who grew up outside of their world could not. Ironically, Tim is ALSO very good at helping him bridge that gap as well, having grown up at Janet's knee and making his own choice to walk the route of vigilante instead.

This is the AU where Jason doesn't die, so he gets to pass that mantle down rather than having it be taken. Tim still has his own vigilante persona (I need to pick one for that, I think he picks something to honor his mother in this AU -squints-), and Jason gets to make his OWN persona rather than taking up an old Joker one. (Need to pick one for him too...Hm. Some bird of prey? Maybe something different like Nightwing's instead?? Hm.)

Tim eventually does find himself tucked into Wayne Manor as one of theirs of course, which John follows him. And as mentioned, it takes a while for him to be trusted with BAT-vigilante side of things, as Tim already trusted him.

Alfred ends up calling him down the first time for extra hands during an emergency surgery I think. They are a FORCE, working together to keep everyone fed, taken care of, and safe. The Wayne family lives in fear. I think I may have something go absolutely to hell, and that's how Tim ends up an official Wayne. Janet arranged when she realized how close Tim was to Bruce for him to be the one Tim went to. Jack isn't involved with the family and Drake is JANET'S surname in this AU that Jack would have taken due to the money and business, but did not for Reasons, so Bruce is next in line to take her son in if anything happened.

On the OTHER HAND. Janet still does all that (she absolutely is where Tim got his brain and she believes in contingencies) and lives, but gives Bruce the right to make calls. Perhaps some....altered records? Bruce listed as father? Might go with that, because I do love the idea of Janet living, loving her son, being a badass, who critiques her son's vigilante-ing, as well has his extended family's. Think I might go with this one. I like it, it's fun, and Janet rarely gets to be a good mom.

Stares off into the distance:

So.

Apparently my brain is just going to run along with various crossovers. Today, I bring you the thought of a John Wick fusion au (actually five differnet ones) with Batman/DC. (Again: a reminder that all my DC/Batman knowledge is fandom based)

@north-peach hellllppppp

Couple of thoughts for this.

The First: Janet Drake is one of the underworld's best. She's fantastic at manipulation and killing. She could walk herself out of a situation covered in blood, and convince people who saw it all happen that she never touched the body.

Tim grows up at her knee. He learns for the very best. And Janet teaches him everything she can- because despite the job and the crazy hours, and the travel, she loves her son. She wants to give him every opportunity to make it out alive from anything. Unharmed and not in trouble if possible, but alive most of all.

John Wick is a ghost story to the underworld. Tim has always been curious about people who could cause such a stir as his mother or John Wick might. When he meets him, he decides that man is Friend Shaped despite every sign saying Do Not. Despite every horror story saying it's a bad plan. (Much as he will later look at a story in a city of a cryptid said to be a manifestation of a city, a demon, a physical representation of all those who have died unavenged and decide the same)

More than that- John has ZERO idea how to handle Tim. He's a k i d. John's not gonna kill him for just...showing up all the time. It's not like he interferes or causes problems. In fact, he helps sometimes. Provides info, or a direction, a place to crash-

Tim confuses John.

Tim is also the very first to congratulate him, when he manages to get out of the underworld for Helen and mean it. To not even question the 'impossibility' of the Baba Yaga deciding he was done. John didn't bother to ask how Tim knew he'd left and why before the news actually broke out.

Tim watching John get out, go for it and SUCCEED is what gives him the courage to confess to his mother that he wanted to spend some time outside of the underworld, watching the curious case of Batman and Gotham. And Janet loves her son. So she arranges for it to be so.

They both know who Bruce Wayne is. Janet had figured it out before even Tim. She makes him promise that, if he needs her, he will call her, and lets him hunker in Gotham while he does what he wishes. She makes some trips back to Gotham, of course, but not so many that enemies can figure out there's someone important to her there. Janet is THE Femme Fatale. She has plenty of people who would go after her boy. And she's not having that.

Tim doesn't actually PLAN to get involved in vigilante life. At all. He's underworld born and bred. He's a survivor, manipulative, and can be a level of cunning and cold and ambitious that always makes his mother so so proud. He's not a do-right kind of person. He's not someone who does things for people outside of "me and mine" without a reason. Or if it goes against his moral code.

Except Jason Todd becomes one of "Me and Mine". He's a friend. A nosy vigilante who sees that his friend is alone and sets off his instincts as dangerous yes, but also as 'not a civilian' in a conventional sense. He's not a street rat, but he's not...normal either. And Tim? Tim, once he decides this Robin is his Robin, well he can't very well leave him undefended doing this ALONE can he? Though he understands by working with Robin, he cant use the tried and true methods of murder, as it could get pinned to Robin or Batman and he can't have that. If he wants to fly with Jason, he needs to fly by his rules. So a new vigilante is born that runs the streets with Robin. A little more vicious but in a cold and precise manner. Exacting. He doesn't let Jason go after his mother without doing the information gathering, and stops his death by Joker.

For a time, Tim finds himself pulled into the Wayne family, and he...thrives with them. He's happy. He learns under them. Expands his skillset, and still sent out to learn from people around the world. He is NOT fool enough to turn that away- his mother would somehow KNOW wherever she was if he turned down that kind of opportunity and he did not want to imagine the disappointment and response. NO THANK YOU.

When the underworld is kicked like a hornets' nest by John Wick coming back into the fold, Tim is...curious. He's kept an eye on John and Helen, if not stayed in direct and constant contact with them. He hadn't expected John to step foot back into the underworld.

And then his mother sends word to him, calls him back to the Continental, warns that the underworld is getting REALLY kicked up as a result. Tim...needs to go. He cannot imagine NOT answering his mother.

He arranges things on the Gotham end. Says temporary goodbyes and gets to the NY branch asap. Beats his mother there.

Makes it just in time to see John Wick pull a gun on Continental Grounds and shoot a newly crowned seat at the Table and is caught up in the chaos.

His family are going to end UP in the chaos themselves, because they will not cannot leave Tim in it alone. The connections Tim has are MUCH a surprise, he's done very well in hiding exactly what he used to do, and WHY he has a contact and hand in everything, and can ALWAYS get his family what they need. The Second: Tim Drake still grows up at Janet's knee. He learns it all. Thrives in it all. He ends up NOT going down the road of hitman or assassin or any number of things he could have done. Instead Tim Drake chooses to be a Information Broker that claims Gotham eventually, and by means of getting taken in by Bruce, the Wayne Manor and grounds around it become neutral grounds much like the Continental, if you want Tim's services to remain open to you. If you pull the underworld onto the ground...well. Just because Tim goes by Bruce's rules, and just because he PREFERS the route of nonviolence does not in any way mean he would not kill to protect it. To prove a point. To make a statement. To allow one to get away with it is to allow danger to his family and he WILL NOT, no matter that they all are perfectly capable of defending themselves. The Underworld is entirely different than their villains. To not kill the offender is to open themselves to weakness and targets. So Tim WILL.

Gotham is not Wayne Manor. The City is fair game to the underworld. Wayne Manor is NOT.

The Third:

Janet raises her boy at her knee still. Tim chooses the route of Doctor instead. He sets up in Gotham, and decides he likes the foolish vigilantes enough to step in when it's needed and save their lives. He becomes known to the Batfam as a Doc that will not ask questions, but is absolutely one of the most capable people they've seen. If Leslie isn't available, or not close enough, they go to Tim, if Tim doesn't find them, because he certainly seems to know when they need it.

The Batfam does sometimes find him having dealt with Some Things underworld involved so they are WORRIED about their idiot, despite the fact that Tim can and will Wreck everyone that causes problems in his area. He has also shown up stripping off blood covered scrub tops or whatever cause hes coming in hot from another healing thing, and they all wonder and worry and just- it's fine. Everything is fine.

They worry anyway.

Despite the fact that Tim has friends seemingly everywhere, from all walks of life, favors all over, and connections to seemingly everything as a result of his work. (He has absolutely been offered favors as payment, hits, assassinations and all sorts of things. He never turns them away. Janet taught him better. Instead he has markers and logs, books and written promises all stacked away. He remembers them all of course, but better to have written proof somewhere, something official. The Continental holds it for him.

The Fourth:

Gotham HAS a Continental Hotel due to all of its.....everything. Janet Drake runs it. Tim knows EVERYONE and everything, and has absolutely run the counter often. Bruce doesn't know what it is. Ra's absolutely does. Tim is the next to take over the branch and EVERYONE knows it.

He ends up occasionally, when people step on his morals, providing information to the Bat.

Jason managed to find his way inside by accident, and may or may not get himself heavily involved in the underworld even BEFORE the Red Hood thing.

The Fifth:

Same concept as 4 except BRUCE WAYNE runs the Continental and the ripples of everything therein.