#i need to write a whole thing on that i need to sort out my takes but

[rootbeerrex]

@saedyne LET'S FUCKING GO SOMEOEN WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT IT THIS MEANS I HAVE PERMISSION TO BE UNHINGED ABOUT THEM LMAO ok so I wrote this whole post this morning and fun fact I was almost late to work bc I lost track of time while writing it BUT I WASN'T SO IT WAS FINE anyway. here it is.

jackbat nation how do we feel about a dana/dick b plot. I think it would be funny to make Tim's parental life worse. his ex-step mom who is still living with him + his adopted dad + bio dad who are co-parenting him starts dating his sort of older brother.

-they meet bc dick needs physical therapy after his gunshot wound in war games, and he can safely get it from her without identity questions bc she already knows. dick starts flirting with her almost instantly bc Vulnerability? no no no I must instantly cover it with my irresistible charm.

-Dana is unimpressed bc she's had patients like this before, and she can tell he's just trying to distract her from her job. it doesn't work. (plus she is still "on a break" so with Jack, and she is Loyal and wouldn't cheat on him)

-Eventually he finishes physical therapy but they keep hanging out together bc they became Genuine Friends, and they enjoy each other's company.

-then one day they come back from an outing with tim (they are his escape from all of Jackbats fighting) and walk in on Jackbat in a. questionable situation. Dana turns and walks right back out the door, and Jack runs after her being like "it's not what it looks like!!!! I'm not gay!!!!!" (Bruce audibly scoffs at that)

-dick rips the fuck into Bruce ("how fucking could you he is still MARRIED she was WAITING for him she never would've done this to him I can't believe you would destroy a marriage like this" "oh because you care about the sanctity of marriage so much. remind me, when was the last time you spoke to Emily?" "don't you fucking DARE talk to me about Emily" )

-Dana decides Ok You Know What Fuck You I was a good person I didn't cheat I was willing to stick it out for our relationship and give you time to work your shit out but you clearly don't care about us so we are over. I have better options anyway.

-Dana files for divorce and dick and Dana start dating

- jack's misogynistic ass is so jealous cause YEAH he said he didn't wanna be in a relationship anymore and he was already moving on but that doesn't mean he wants HER moving on >:(

-Bruce calls him out on this bullshit and says she's a grown woman who can do whatever she wants and then he privately pulls dick aside and is like "you're not doing this. stop. you're making everything worse. plus she's a civilian. you can't. this is stupid. I know you're only doing it bc you're mad at me about the way I handled things with Jack so you're trying to cause drama to prove a point." and so dick is ofc like "GOD Bruce not everything is ABOUT you sometimes I have my OWN thoughts and feelings about things ever think about THAT huh?????" and like. yeah it's not ALL about that. they genuinely like each other. but this conversation does for sure make him want to date her even harder just to spite him.

-tim is fucking miserable because Jack and Bruce are mad at each other, Bruce and dick are mad at each other, jack and dana are mad at each other, and dick and Jack are mad at each other. The two pairs that aren't beefing are dick and Dana because they're currently in the honeymoon stage of their relationship, and Bruce and Dana because Dana blames Jack for the cheating, not Bruce, and Bruce blames dick for Dana and dick dating. because he's totally normal about when grown women make their own choices.

anyway how do we feel about this? I know it's A Lot and there's really no canon basis for Dick and Dana but honestly I just think it would be really really funny. I tried to be pretty accurate with Dana's characterization but also she isn't very centered in the narrative while Jack is alive so it's hard to make sure I'm getting it right. if anyone has any critiques about her please let me know, I don't wanna get her wrong

+ this tag from @starcrossedconverse

I think I agree, I think they almost definitely won't end up together because this is a Deeply Unhealthy basis for a relationship and they'll both eventually realize that. tysm for the input <333

[tinydefector]

My little cousin who is like a sister to me is 11 and whenever her friend's come over she wants me involved with whatever they are doing. I have taught and currently do horse riding with kids younger then me because I have very safe horses for children to ride.

I currently have more to do with people who are under 23 or over 50 due to where I live i am 25 this year. If I'm not helping older people with little house maintenance I'm working horses, writing or building stuff.

And because I do all of that I also get asked to help with things for kids. I've helped a 9 year old fix his bike. Done babysitting for families in town. Taught kids how to identify different plants and what not to touch same with teaching kids first aid incase of a snake bite. And also the majority of kids I have taught to make and bake scones.

Kids and teenagers are the future and they don't always have someone to teach them. My mother was killed when I was 22 going on 23 and had a sister at 21 and brother at 19 and it is extremely hard getting orphan even at that age. I had to be the parent for them I got to meet my brothers girlfriend who at the time was 18.

The kid in the shops who lost her mum and didn't know what to do.

I've had to take a teenager to hospital from 4 doors down becuase her mum was at work.

I'm the go to person if someone needs something within my little cousins high school friends group. Thye can't find something I find it and send it to them. I help them find safe internet shops, have helped them set up phones, computers and all sorts.

There are so many situations where me as a 24 nearly 25 year old has had to help or be involved with people under the age of 23 for multiple reasons.

Yes a live rural, and yes my community is tiny but I'm a valued member becuase I'm "young" in the eyes of older people but I'm older in the eyes of younger people. I don't turn my nose up when asked to help kids/teenagers and young adults. And I go out of my way to make sure if it's an event for kids, they can be as safe as possible.

I do remember what it was like being an unstable 13 year old and wanting help with my mental health and seeing a therapist who was in her late 20s who had jsut finished her PHD.

I remember at 17 the 60 old man who helped me do fishing after my great grandfather who taught me passed away.

I remember at 19 my first car crash and two rugged 30 year old men helped me get my car out of where it was checked it over and waited with me until my mum got there. They gave me a pat on the back and said I did well not panicking while I was spinning out.

And I remember at 22 when my mum had just been killed and I got the phone call the 17 year old girl who grabbed my keys off me gave them to my boss and said I wasn't driving home, she drove me home while she was a week into having her P plates (Australian Provisional driving licence)

And I remember last weekend being the one who had to pull two little girls less them 7 years old out of a crashed car and drive them back to my grandmothers place because their grandmother had to talk with police over the crash. They talked with me the whole drive back at nearly 10pm asking me questions about myself and what I do.

saw a tiktok that was making good points except it was like "if you're over 23 you shouldn't even know anyone under 20 unless they're family and it's weird if you do" and I just. have you guys ever had coworkers. students. family friends. clubs. is no one going back to school for their BA/MA/PhD. what kind of isolated world are you living in where as a 23+ year old you never interact w anyone under the age of 20. this idea that even Talking to anyone younger than you is somehow predatory is absolutely insane god I hate western individualism so bad. no your best friend ever probably shouldn't be a teenager when you're a grown ass adult but we do in fact need to be in community w people younger than us

[genevievefangirl]

DBDA Comment Festival - Week 1 GenFangirl's Comments

When I first saw this event announcement I knew I wanted to get involved and participate because I love comments and it is also a way to push me out of my usual Payneland comfort zone and try a wider variety of fics!

So here is what I read and commented on for Week 1!

Level 1 - Comment on a completed work! This one was pretty simple, so I decided to stick to my Payneland hurt/comfort wheelhouse but I went looking for a fic I hadn't read before and found:

I won't let death part us again. By: TheSoullessDragon Rating: T Word Count: 2,364 Tags: Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland, Hurt Edwin Payne, Alive Edwin Payne, Alive Charles Rowland, Hurt/Comfort, Whump (and a few more) Summary: Edwin and Charles are brought back to life, they aren't entirely sure if its a curse or a gift. But they have to now actually live with it. And all the drawbacks that comes to being alive and seen by everyone. And they need to deal with the fact that being alive, means that death is possible in so many different ways.

I really enjoyed the back and forth style the author chose. Parts of the story would be told from a more present pov while others were told with a more all knowing narrator pov. And I always love me some whump and hurt/comfort!

Level 2 - Comment on a work with the Night Nurse character tag! I've been meaning to check out some NightFish (NN/Kashi) fics for a while and this was the perfect opportunity! During my search I found this:

Use the Sleeves of My Sweater (Let's Have an Adventure) By: thegirlofthorns @edwin-paynes-bowtie Rating: T Word Count: 6,050 Tags: Kashi/Night Nurse, First Dates, Canon-Compliant, Post-Canon, Fluff, Adventure & Romance Summary: “I understand,” Kashi nodded. “You want to be 100% serious, 100% of the time.” “I am glad that my wishes are sensible to you,” Charlotte said, satisfaction settling in her chest. “I had feared that you would want to try the silly thing-” “I do,” Kashi said, smiling impishly. “I very much like antics and tomfoolery, especially of the romantic variety! They lend well to memorable adventures, which as you know I’m always seeking out.” Charlotte rolled her eyes. If Kashi were anyone else, she would stand up and walk away. But, since Kashi was at least more interesting than anyone else she knew, she flipped her hair over her shoulder and shot him a superior look of great judgment. Instead of being offended, Kashi laughed. “How about we make a bet? Just for fun, yes?” “What sort of bet?” “If I can get you to be a little bit silly tonight, do something a little bit adventurous, I’ll…” Charlotte raised an eyebrow. “You’ll what?” “I do not know,” Kashi shrugged. “What do you want me to do?” - Or, Kashi gently pushes Charlotte to be a bit more adventurous while on their first date.

This was incredibly cute. Like so adorable I was smiling the whole time! The author really nails the voice of Kashi and the Night Nurse and their banter could have come straight from the show itself.

Level 3 - Comment on a work with the Jenny Green & Edwin Payne relationship tag! I really didn't know what to expect from this tag, but while perusing I did find the triple bonus fic that actually fulfilled levels 1 and 2 as well and the summary grabbed my attention, so I decided to give it a full read!

Teenagers Scare the Living Shit Outta Me By: Sabulana @sabulana Rating: T Word Count: 10,247 Tags: Jenny Green & The Night Nurse, Jenny Green & Crystal Palace, Jenny Green & Edwin Payne, Jenny Green & Charles Rowland, Referenced Child Abuse, Alcohol Summary: I wanted to write about Jenny and the Night Nurse comiserating over how their lives are turned upside down by a bunch of reckless teenagers. Then my brain wanted context for how they got there. ---- Things settled into a new kind of normal that was also really fucking weird and Jenny was slowly becoming okay with it. She had to admit, having help in the store wasn't bad. If she got sick of dealing with people, she would put Crystal up front to do the talking bits while she chopped and sliced and cut away at meat in the back. Charles and Edwin learned to knock on the cupboard door when they came through the mirror so there were no heart attacks or thrown knives. Crystal sometimes had to disappear for a case, but Jenny was used to running a store by herself anyway. Slowly, she gained a few regular customers that weren't all that bad. There was one woman she suspected of being a witch but as long as she wasn't looking to harm the dead boys and/or blow up the shop, Jenny was content to sell her the weird off-cuts, blood and offal she asked for without question. And then that red-haired woman showed up in a burst of fucking fire.

The absolutely highlight of this fic is towards the end when Jenny and the Night Nurse have a chat over some wine. I wasn't really a Night Butcher shipper before reading this fic, but I might have been converted. Jenny's interactions with her caravan of adopted teens were a joy to read as well. Also, Jenny has some wonderful moments with ghost children before they move on that warmed my soul. This was a very fun (and sweet) ride.

Bonus Prompt! Comment on a fic from April Foolish Pairing Fest! I actually participated in this event and the wild combinations are such fun to see! I decided to pick this fic with the Night Nurse/Dagfinn (apparently I couldn't get enough of Night Nurse this week!):

The View from Point No Point By: ChekhovsBBea Rating: G Word Count: 1,119 Tags: Night Nurse/Dagfinn, Pre-Relationship, Canon Compliant Summary: Dagfinn dislikes company. The Night Nurse dislikes delays. They might not completely dislike one another.

This fic explores what could have happened to the Night Nurse as she crawled out of the sea and I cannot deny that the idea that she ran into Dagfinn is incredibly amusing to me. The author did a great job with their interactions. Dagfinn is still abrasive, but he also has this kind other side that is nice to see.

And that's it for week 1! Thanks for running this event @dbdaweeklycomments! See you next week! ❤

[akkivee]

i was yet again lol trying to see if i could classify the divisions by story beats, eg posse is the lore division, now that the six division tracks are over and so far i’m of the opinion that it’s

❤️💙: the wordbuilding divisions!!!!! mtc’s angle is primarily shows the corruption within chuuoku and the effects it has, and bb’s shows the world grappling with all of chuuoku’s bullshit, and a lot of that revolves around money issues caused for insane taxes on the people (capitalism kills)

💛🩶: lore divisions!!!! their stories tend to introduce or build on concepts. fp has a hand in every story thread ever and as does mtr, tho i think??? mtr has more focus on other areas whereas posse eventually gets around to each point lol

🧡💜: as crazy as it is to say this when fp is right there lol, i think nagosaka’s the bonds divisions. all four of dh’s main drama tracks have them dealing with their bonds as a trio and three of those tracks are them fighting to keep that bond from fraying bc of their own inaction. bat’s has them protecting their bonds, and their very wide scope of bonds like a community almost, against the actions/interference of outsiders trying to harm the three of them thru their community

[etoilesombre]

Chapters: 2/4 Fandom: The X-Files Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Alex Krycek/Fox Mulder Characters: Alex Krycek, Fox Mulder, Dana Scully Additional Tags: Angst, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Rough Sex, POV Fox Mulder, Canon Disabled Character, Oops this grew a plot, Some Weirdness About Blood, Lots of Mulder Working Through His Nonsense, The Boys Try to Save the World, CSM is Presumed Dead, Surely everything will be fine, AU After The Red and the Black, Holiday Series, Alex is really trying, Valentine's Day is coming (they both want to avoid it), Discussion of M/F Sex, in the context of a fantasy during phone sex, which there also is, it’s all gonna go to hell eventually, but they’re having a honeymoon phase first Series: Part 3 of like the western front Summary:

Mulder and Krycek face the aftermath of their heated encounters, and what was meant to be a temporary escape grows into a cautious alliance, complicated by painful history that cannot be avoided forever. -------

Mulder wishes he could go back to sleep, possibly indefinitely, but his brain is already up and running. Somewhat to his annoyance, he also feels physically better than he has in a long time. He sits on the edge of the bed, waiting to feel something that will give him a clue about his own state of mind. All he finds is hollow detachment, and a thousand unanswered questions.

Time to get to work, then. “If I’m even going to consider moving forward with this, I need to know what’s going on,” he says firmly. “All of it.”

To his surprise, Alex nods. “Briefing, though, not interrogation. I mean it. No history, no names, just the current situation as it relates to you.” He hesitates. “And can I get coffee first?”

“Yeah.” Mulder mutters, a little chastened. It probably wouldn’t have hurt to say good morning.

This verse now has a playlist, that’s how in it I currently am. Yes, it does make me cry. 

[princesjackpot]

SO unfortunately for me because Captain is getting changed so much I now have the dilemma of Riku's persona choices. Again 💀

Lugh (second tier) is fine. I am adamant that is not changing - mostly because it fits but also because if I'm honest Lugh is my favourite Irish Celtic God and if I can be self indulgent with Mordred I can be self indulgent with Lugh.

Pimpernel on the other hand is trickier (surprise surprise). I think the reason I am so fixated on getting this right is because the initial persona to me is the most important one - its the one that people tend to remember the most and I feel like it's an important representation of the character.

I think what Pimpernel does fit with, in the context of the new stuff, is Riku's idea of rebellion? Perhaps? Like a gentleman hero who is a master of disguise and saves people from a terrible fate (that is a very bare bones view of Pimpernel mind you) makes sense on paper.

I think what I need to do is define Riku's idea of rebellion. It's kind of hard to put it in to words if I'm honest lol - I know Riku in my head he is like my best friend but when I try to explain it its like uhm 🧍‍♂️

None of this means that I'm actually going to change the persona - if anything this is just me typing my thoughts out.

[zestyzigzagoon]

Okay, chapter 3 of Method Acting (and subsequently ch 10 of Chasing Sunsets) is going to be even later than I thought, but the good news is that it's later than I thought because it's longer than I thought. I was thinking maybe 3k for ch 3, just short and sweet, but it's definitely going to be more than that. It probably won't be a giant 6k+ chapter like Chasing Sunsets tends to get, but we'll see!

[liquidstar]

a friend who'd wait :)

[july-19th-club]

favorite type of villanous characters are the ones whose motivations boil down to

like they dont even have to have any stakes in the broader situation. they just have take pleasure in destruction

[thelovers-thedreamers-and-me]

the downside to being a sitcom neighbour sort of person is that when rough things happen and emotionally fuck u up a lil bit, it also sounds completely made up

[icewindandboringhorror]

sometimes looking at like Self Help Strategies lists for the symptoms I'm having is always just like:

thing that I already do

thing I have tried 10 times

thing I already do

thing that I don't have the money to do

thing I already do

thing I've been doing since I was 10yrs old to no avail

thing that is impossible given my situation

thing that doesn't apply to me

thing that I already do

thing I have already tried

hrmm, oh wait, maybe finally- OH, yeah.. okay. thing that I already do but it was just phrased slightly differently

thing I have already done

[blackjackkent]

Me> [struggling to unravel a very annoying UI bug]

My brain, entirely unprompted> H E Y. IF JAHEIRA HAD USED SOME MORE MINOR VERSION OF THAT RITE OF THE TIMELESS BODY ON RASAAD TO EXTEND HIS LIFESPAN, IT WOULD RESOLVE THE MORE FINICKY TIMELINE ISSUES ABOUT RION BEING THEIR KID.

Me> ...ok? I didn't ask right now but thank you for working that out I guess.

[cosmic-kinglet]

Having my brain flooded with things that will bog down progression and, based on trends in engagement, would likely only be enjoyed by myself and a small portion of readers, despite being the sort of thing that stood at the base of the original fic

[desalvar]

ayo i'm not dead!

[cream-and-tea]

LAY ME DOWN. chapter thirteen excerpt. unedited. featuring: a spiraling pallas accidentally (and then very purposefully) listening in on judge and calliope as the two take a private moment to discuss their newly-formed plans. arguing and relationship conflict. death mention. eavesdropping with malicious intent.

[Transcript under the cut]

happy pride it’s judge and calliope time. alexa play steamroller by phoebe bridgers.

TAGLIST (ask to be +/-). @vellichor-virgo @transmasc-wizard​ @houndmouthed @muddshadow @just-wublrful @corkywantstowrite @shrunkupthejams @andromedatalksaboutstuff @kingsinking @lungs-and-gills @lychniscitrus @phantomnations @onomatopiya @sapphos-scientist @arctic-oceans @perilous-prologue @redbloodprose

“…not gonna be us.” The murmur drifts up, spoken with a firm certainty. Pallas, feeling distinctly gargoylelike, slides down until they can crouch by the arm the statue has cocked against its hip. Closer to the conspirators. All the better to hear you with.

“You don’t know that,” Calliope says, petulant and pouting as a child denied desert.

“I do. Come on, what is there to lose by losing us? I don’t know if you’ve noticed but we’re not exactly the most loyal knights in the kingdom. We just need this to work.” Judges voice is rawhided and definitive, as if the plan has already been carried out and the inevitable outcome insured. From here Pallas is startled to see that her hair is unbraided, so long now it falls well past the bottom of her back, lying against her shoulders like a raven-coloured cloak.

Calliope snorts, ever impetuous. “And you trust Fiver to know what he’s doing?”

“Of course I don’t, but he’s right that we’ve been hitting dead ends for years now. This might be wild enough to actually work.”

“And if it doesn’t?” Pallas wonders if anyone else notices how still Calliope goes when Judge touches them. With anyone else it would be too subtle to catch, but Calliope is so overwrought in everything he does that the quiet always overtakes her like a possession, not a natural state of being. Wet wool slung over a fire, honey-glaze smothering a cut of meat. It spreads from the point of contact (in this case Judges hands moving to rest on her hips) and swallows the rest of his body in wavering silence, eyes darting to the scars gored across one side of Judges face. Unless it’s a fight Calliope never initiates touch. If it’s a fight she always hits first.

“Then we find something else.”

“I mean if it never works, Judge,” Calliope huffs exasperatedly. “If it turns out the puzzle can’t be solved. What then?”

Trouble in paradise. It brings Pallas a gross sense of satisfaction to watch them fight, to see Calliope clumsily jab her fingers into every sore spot imaginable without even trying. Watching the spectacle he makes of himself almost makes them feel better about Agnes. Almost.

Judge laughs, and it’s not a kind sound. “You’re just saying that ‘cause you’re pissed and want to fight something. I won’t humour it. Besides, that’s not possible.”

“Why!” Pallas wonders whether the nights have been rough recently. Calliope is in a proper state, one that can only come from the wear of a particularly vile transformation.

“I don’t know Cal. Because if you open a door to get in a place you have to be able to open a door to get out of it? Because nothing else makes sense? Because I have a life, okay? I have a family, and I need to get back to them.”

“You don’t know that you do though! It’s been years! It’s the apocalypse! They could’ve left. They could be dead.”

Immediately after the words leave her mouth Pallas can see regret flood into Calliopes face. They watch with a sick, bubbling joy as her mouth opens and closes several times, obviously searching for something to say and finding nothing. Silence stretches and congeals between the two of them, a physical thing. Pallas almost feels like they could reach out and touch it, if they wanted to. The naked pain in Calliopes eyes is unmistakable even from a distance. If the words struck Judge like a physical blow her pain is reflected back onto Calliope tenfold, and Pallas watches the corners of his mouth work in a panic. They bite the inside of their cheek.

Three, two…

“I’m sorry,” Calliope blurts. Totally pathetic, but for some reason that doesn’t help Pallas feel any better. In fact how they can still predict these people is making things increasingly worse. They were supposed to be past this as well. Judge and Calliope are nothing to them now, relics of something long dead. At least they should be.

“I’m sorry,” Calliope repeats again. She drops to her knees in front of Judge, gathering her hands in theirs. Pallas suppresses the urge to vomit. “I'm sorry. That was a shit thing to say.”

Judges voice is so small and strained it’s barely audible. “…was.”

“I didn’t mean it. I didn’t.” The alien stillness shrouding Calliope is gone, instead replaced with a wild and tender desperation, every expression and movement raw as a new wound. There is nothing subtle about any of it and Pallas is safely smug that this lack of control is something they’ve been able to overcome that he never will. That is what separates the wheat from the chaff after all.

“I know Cal,” Judge sighs, not unbitterly. She detangles her non-scarred hand to comb it through Calliope's hair, and that aching stillness washes over them again. It’s the trembling quiet of a bull in a china shop, the silence of someone scared to move lest they break everything around them. Calliope lays her head down in Judges lap. Pallas has to lean closer, arms straining, to catch his next words.

“Please don't hate me forever,” she says miserably. “If you hate me forever I’ll die.”

“I do not. Hate you. Forever,” Judge sighs. “I’m just upset. There’s a difference.”

[witchykale]

i have so much complex lore for MID in my head that im straight up analyzing the parallelism in my OWN lore