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oh man i may as well share these huh. my off the cuff discord reactions (to myself, not dms or anything) for isat
(â i had several incorrect assumptions about supposed spoilers, hah)
^ pictured: wanting to scream and cry and shake siffrin violently for hiding their problems
^ this new option genuinely felt like a punch in the face especially after talking to every npc so many times
^ i'm still feelin some kinda way about the book in the library to be honest. as a joke it's really good, you are wondering about this conspicuous book for your entire playthrough and then when you get the answer it's. it's so absurdly stupid. but i also do feel kinda emotional about it like. something as mundane as this has survived from siffrin's home. it was a whole country, they didn't just have important wish craft studies and star charts but also localizations of popular fiction books, their own media and food and jokes and everything- and something of that mundanity surviving in plain sight... it just hits me a certain kind of way
anyway that's everything besides some old notes and to do lists which aren't very interesting to show. i did not comment on anything in the ending because i was busy crying a whole lot
#in stars and time spoilers#v's post#isat#look i do still firmly believe that loop and the head housemaiden have a very similar look and vibe.#oh i also got some creepy interactions like re-gifting the stylish bow or the townsperson's sister very early! act 2 type of early#which helped my investment i think. having those little bits of Wrong. it was good#again i cannot imagine playing this game *without* searching every corner of it
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My partner finally finished BG3 but has no idea that his ending was actually bad cause he was a pro-Vlaakith githyanki who rode off with Lae'zel but got NO EPILOGUE where Withers points out y'all died im đđđ
they have no idea what happened with Gale or anyone else (who was still alive) after flying away đđđ
#i cant even tell him cause hes gonna play again more ânormallyâ#its so tragic he would like skip dialogue and just fight to get the jump on boss battles instead of waiting for the cutscenes to start#and he didn't exhaust dialogue trees!! like... how... why...#and also he staked Astarion đ and p much never reloaded#and didn't clear the shadow curse so no Halsin#also everyone at Last Light Inn died so Dammon was gone and Karlach only got 2 upgrades#and he didnt know moonrise towers was basically a second town#and his game was buggy a lot maybe? cause he kept trying to be hella creative with things and do things out of order#like killing gortash before doing steel watch đ#it's fine it's fine everyone plays differently#he tends to care more about gameplay than anything else but still!!#i just want him to know all the character backstories and see everything that made me emotional#i mean he did say he was sad when Lae'zel broke up with him in act 3 and when Karlach died and when he had Gale use the orb in act 2#which he considered his canon ending :/ sigh#i dont think he got Jaheira's lines about death#and he didnt understand why Karlach wouldn't go back to the hells#and he thought Wyll was happy being the duke (and has NO idea you could save his dad cause the mission didn't happen!! đ)#the iron throne was like my fave mission outside of killing Cazador and I can't discuss either one cause he didn't do them properly yet đđ#he also avoided talking to children so he missed those quests and yenna glitched so no cat appeared in camp đ#sighhhhh cannot believe he plays so differently than i do lollll#he didn't even do unlimited kisses with Lae'zel!! meanwhile im over here kissing Astarion every night hahahah#hoping my partner doesn't see IRL if I have the office door open as if it matters lmfaooooo#i need him to play again and see why im in love with a video game character lol#maybe we could both um... benefit from knowing more about all of Astarion's scenes lmao#but like he has NOT SEEN Astarion's silly or sweet side yet just him being a bit of a chaotic vampire#and thinks i like him cause of vampires WRONG!! play the game again and see that i love his silly & sweet real self!#bg3 spoilers#baldur's gate 3 spoilers#bg3#baldur's gate 3
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I am once again thinking about how the Rover dwarfs all of Aphra Behn's other plays in acknowledgment and how if people read only one Behn play it's always the Rover but it personally for me was not even close to the most interesting play I'd read by her very early on and it's kind of not a light thing I wanna reread because of the two near-rape scenes
#text post#im not criticizing those scenes for existing or ppl for staging them but like. i. am uncomfortable#which i think most ppl can be kind enough to assume as opposed to making the ungenerous decision that i believe in censorship#but it's tumblr you never know!!!!#aphra behn#yeah when i got the oxford world classics edition of the rover and other plays i read the feigned courtesans first#and i still think that play is more interesting and funnier than the rover but that's just me#im not shitting on the rover at all i just personally cannot find anything in that work that behn doesn't do just as well in another#and the plot of something like courtesans or the lucky chance is kinda more intriguing to me#ive read a handful of other lesser-printed ones recently from the library#my favorite of which has to be the young king... now THAT is a neglected play#but it's also tragicomedy/romance and not her standard stuff so as an exemplar of her writing it's not a good start#still id say the other two i just named. are.
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2x21 "crisis" really is a perfect episode
#mash#i cannot BELIEVE the plot of this episode was really it's cold and we need to snuggle for warmth#the supply line got cut off so we need communal sleepovers for Morale Reasons#it's PERFECT!#i just know frank is that kid who's like 'can we please be quiet and go to sleep'#frank thinks they're gonna get in trouble if they're too loud#i'm going to finish s2 today and i really enjoyed it overall!#i think it's stronger than s1 (understandably) and the episodes have more rewatchability#however on the other hand there episodes like for want of a boot and as you were that feel like all set up and no payoff#similarly dear dad 3 didn't really feel committed to the epistolary format and didn't do anything interesting or meaningful with it#also bc i am a person who loves spoilers and context i know what happens to henry so every passing episode i am filled with dread#that's my DAD what do you MEAN he's gonna get shot down over the sea of japan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#also mclean stevenson is giving possibly my favourite performance. he's just Saying things by accident#not one word in his mouth has ever been there on purpose he is possessed by the spirit of your dumbest uncle#i'm still lukewarm on trapper. the vulture instinct i feel on account of him looking like buddy the elf has settled#i no longer want to tear that man to shreds out of primal rage i only wish he'd get his own plot & a more distinct personality#those are all my thoughts rn#i have to bribe myself with the Very Special Gay Episode so i can finish this cover letter#id in alt text
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also hi I am alive I promise??? Work and life have been a ton but Iâd very much like to get back to drawing and making fun stuff soon!!! Iâm just dealing with stress, seasonal depression, juggling work things, etc- but I am okay donât worry!!!
#moontalk#also in regards to the fucked up shit I went through 4+ months ago#bc I was very public abt that#which may have been a mistake fueled by raw emotions#still cannot believe I had the idiot idea to try to reach out to that person months ago#ANYWAY#I occasionally have sad moments#but not really sadness where like I miss those days#bc I truly fucking donât#more sadness for past me#who didnât love themself enough to protect themself from being hurt#but otherwise each day it becomes more and more of a distant memory#a bad thing that happened#and the thought that they cannot ever have any access to me or hurt me ever again#it used to be sad and heartbreaking#now it brings. immense comfort#I will never let another person treat me that way ever again#NEVER#the lesson I learned from that is that I have got to love myself#care for myself#and if I do that itâs all gonna be okay#nods sagely#WHICH IM TRYNA DO IN THE FACE OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON STRESS#working retail during the holidays#even tho my job is super cool bc itâs a nerd ttrpg store#itâs still kinda hell#LMAO
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at least now i've gone through an important tumblr rite of passage, watching a longtime mutual become a radfem :/
#the thing that really got me was that they were talking about their morality ocd triggering them about it#bc of the way tumblr and the internet in general has this black and white approach to things#and one of those i guess was 'transphobes = bad' which like. is not what i'm ever talking about when i say that things have more nuance#that said i DO think that the way this website prioritizing hating terfs over supporting trans people is kinda gross#but anyway this person was so anxious about it and it just was depressing bc i related to that#they were SO afraid of losing friends or being cancelled over it and i was just like damn i wonder if all terfs are that miserable#but they acted like they just had no choice but to believe this 'thing' that they constantly alluded to but never talked outright about#which i am pretty sure now is just that they're a radfem or at least believe in a lot of radfem ideologies#and honestly? i go back and forth between genuinely feeling so bad for them and being like well that's what you fucking get#i wish i'd had the courage to talk to them about it but whenever i thought about it i got immeasurable anxiety#sorry for the very long tag ramble i just haven't been able to talk about this and it's been eating ME up too for a long time#i just feel horrible. i know in the past they've mentioned too how they want people to tell them why if they unfollow/block them#but i can't. i cannot. and then i'm afraid of just feeding into their victim complex by doing this#i just can't win. and it's like. i'm trans i am literally affected by their bigotry that they're acting like is just not even a choice#ALSO I REMEMBER HOW THEY MADE A POST ONCE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE IRL DON'T TALK ABOUT TRANS STUFF#LIEK IDK WHAT PLANET YOU ARE LIVING ON MY DUDE BUT I HAVE LIKE 5 TRANS COWORKERS AND EVERYONE IS VERY NORMAL ABOUT THEM#like maybe YOU live in a bad area#but you're just a really loud minority#anyway. yeah. just. oof.#still feeling some kind of anxiety about it#win rambles
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all of the women at work have treated me with nothing but respect and given me so many compliments but one (1) man expresses judgment and i come home crying⌠pathetic
#literally cried on my way home every time i saw him in office i felt tense and anxious#itâs so awful bro UGH#cried when i got home too for good measure#why can i not take criticism in any form but ESPECIALLY coming from a man#it was just one of those days where i made one mistake#and then it just set the mood for my whole day and i kept messing up ALL IN FRONT OF THIS FUCKING MAN#AND I FEEL SO INEPT AND INCOMPETENT#EVEN THOUGH IM IN MY FIRST MONTH STILL LIKE ??? OBVIOUSLY ILL MAKE MISTAKES AND NOT KNOW EVERYTHING???#but i cannot actually believe that i just want to cry and cry some more#sighhhhhhhhh gonna try and turn my night around#good news tomorrow i will hopefully not see him at all so thatâs something#talk time
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woooow william grant still contender for my fave american composer perhaps
#sasha speaks#symphony 2. wooow#the lush strings. those american style chords. the orchestration with the touches of harp and celesta and snare and brass...#the english horn and bass clarinet...ughh it's gorgeous writing#and that finale. what an ending!! that huge sfortz in the whole ensemble to subito pianissimo violins sustaining al niente#wooooww. i knew i liked still before since covering his first symphony in music history class but this is my first time hearing him live#and it's amazing. oughh#and beethoven 6 is next...cannot BELIEVE i got this ticket for less than twenty american dollars#such luck
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I just realized we didn't get Death Game this season either. i see .. Well that's okay *deflates like a balloon*
#kyuushi#I'M SAYING THIS IN A JOKING TONE BTW im literally So grateful for all that we did get during this season#I MEAN WE GOT PLENTY CHARACTER INTRODUCTIONS SO I RLY CAN'T VOICE ANY COMPLAINTS ON THAT DEPARTMENT LMAO#But like....</33333 My DEAREST LITTLE GUY.. MY DARLING BABY ANGEL !!!! (<- spoken abt a literal game console)#me w/ a completely altered reality perception: Ok if they animate the shitty game chapter+establish DrĐ°luc's collaboration w/ Autumn Books#then Naturally what should come next is DG's introduction right??? :âł (<- Misplaced Confidence)#ngl i was pretty much convinced we'd be seeing him animated this time â i feel like a real fool now HSJQJFJ That's on me tho ofc#'nyways .. weepweep sobsob I can't believe S2's over already!! those past months sure flew by! ( ; Ď ; )#I can already feel a TVDINT-shaped hole forming in my TVDINT-shaped heart all over again . just like when S1 ended đ¤§#i'm holding out for a 3rd Season confirmation already tho!! Let us hope that we get some news abt it in the futuređ¤đź#Then again i should probably catch up w/ the one that just ended first before that time comes đ§ HKJAWHSJF#i wanna marathon the hell out of it so bad . . . Hopefully i'll have some time to do it soon !#wondertext#Nostalgia aside tho; everyone involved did an absolutely Remarkable job throughout this season once againâ im still marvelling over it#I srsly cannot be thankful enough for all the arduous work they put into bringing us this new season :'3 I cherish it greatly#i kinda went off on a tangent there oops. Anyways i hope my boy DG makes it into S3 in the futureâ hashtag DEATHGAMESWEEPâźď¸âźď¸#tvdint spoilers#kyuushi spoilers
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I have owned my sewing machine (Husqvarna Viking Emerald 116) for more than fourteen years now and I've only just finally figured out how to use the blind hem stitch. And damn is it nice.
#sewing#my sewing#blind hem#Viking sewing machine#Viking Emerald 116#I cannot believe it took me this long to figure out a blind hem#and yeah my extremely basic mechanical sewing machine can do blind hems on both wovens and knits#only slightly complicated on this fabric by the fact that I can't iron it _at all_#but it seems to be working out fine#the way you have to fold a hem for the blind hem stitch breaks my brain for some reason#I watched multiple YouTube tutorials multiple times each just to figure out how to fold and pin and turn the whole thing#in order for the stitches to turn out basically invisible#I did a different treatment on the sleeve ends of this dress and I like this so much that I might actually take it out and do it like this#and yeah I am waaaaay behind on posting about my sewing but I'll do a post about this project at some point#this is one of the knit dresses that I bought that yardage back in August to make#I'd hoped to have this done by Halloween but eh I'm not actually on a deadline#but still I'll go ahead and call this one#Halloween knit dress#and once this is done and wearable it'll be time to cut into all that silk velvet and get going on my mid-winter projects#and my fear of the silk velvet is _definitely_ not leading to me procrastinating finishing this dress. nope. absolutely not.#but I want to wear all those velvet projects before too long so I've got to get on with it
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god. no one prepares you for the irritation and anger that comes when assistive devices and medical equipment actually fix your problems.
#okay to reblog#i'm in the midst of a super bad flare exacerbated by my menstrual cycle right now#and like so i'm still feeling symptoms even with the socks on but like that's because my uterus is trying to stage a coup#(ooo i hope i picked the right coup to spell... we'll hope)#like so i still can't eat right now because i'm nauseous just being Upright at all#but before i put the socks on and all day yesterday i was feeling *woozy* about it even just sitting up in bed#i feel SIGNIFICANTLY better this morning so far which means it *is* just a flare and i'm not sick or somehow dying faster than normal#but like. it still feels bad and i cannot believe how long i went through life thinking i was just randomly getting sick for a day#i knew my period took me out i didn't realize how much it was taking me out until i gained some sort of reprieve from my symptoms#and now when i take them off i Notice which makes them feel worse#and it's just like...#okay here's my inner capitalist coming out i'm working on him#but like... how many days of work did i miss how much money did i lose because my blood doesn't come back from my legs right?#how much time how many things have i missed out on because my body is like this and i didn't know it could be fixed by putting on a pair#of compression socks#i will probably have a similar breakdown when i eventually acquire a wheelchair#because i 100% need one i can see this now#and that... feels bad to say but also like relieving?#i was right i was right the whole fucking time#since i was Very Fucking Small#i don't understand why no one else saw these things as a problem until i found my new family#i don't understand why this wasn't concerning to anyone until NOW#and now i'm getting it fixed and i'm so glad i'm getting answers and getting things fixed but like#why did it take so long?#why did i waste half my life doing things the hard way? why couldn't it have been easy?#in order to be able to experience the world i cannot be standing for very long i cannot be forced to walk for long periods of time#i HAVE to be able to sit down for most of it and that is limiting and frustrating and#i am losing control over what i can do with my body and that was the ONE THING i had control over for the hardest parts of my life#it's what got me through the fucking abuse and neglect was that i knew what i could do with my body#and now i'm losing those things and it is *terrifying*
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I do think there is almost nothing as disappointing in a piece of art as when a serial work starts out rough and unpolished and kind of slapdash, and you have to ignore the rough bits to enjoy it, and then it technically improves and it hits its stride and gets bad concomitantly
#what I'm saying is that kevin vibert should've kept writing the objectively rough kind of edgy pastiche I enjoyed#instead of what he's doing now which is not my thing#and like. I'm keeping this out of the tags because I don't want to bother people who are still having fun#and I honestly only got a couple episodes into season 5#but I cannot believe those episodes were by the same guy who wrote man of the future and soul of the people#I probably should not have listened to all of season 4 but I enjoyed the first two seasons so much!#but you rarely encounter a show whose later seasons are so obviously hideously embarrassed of what was good about it initially#apparently it's almost over and I'm torn on whether or not to catch up#also if you're a fan and you want me to tag my grousing lmk although I don't think I'm going to do too much of it
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currently obsessed with a song in italian one in spanish one in korean/english and two in japanese so you can probably imagine the appalling linguistic hodgepodge going on in my brain right now
#por esta kind of nonsense acabamos con babosadas como quintinque fjalrkf#ftr i only speak 2.5 out of those five languages#anyway stan cesare cremonini/marwĂĄn + rozalĂŠn/san e + hwasa/frederic/sakanaction#actually i lied stan king gnu also. i still cannot believe what got me to actually watch jjk proper was seeing the video for it#ENTIRELY unaware it was the new op for s2 at my sister's favourite nail salon WITH THE NAIL TECH CHANGING THE SONG WHEN I WAS BOPPING TO IT#bc 'ugh lol sorry idk why it started playing weird shit'#and then i was devastated and had to google one-handed#also i found the song around oct 29 and it STILL managed to be my most listened track for spotify wrapped 2023#so. yeah#joji.txt
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âBatman, you need to-IS THAT A BABY ?!â - Batfam x Fem!reader
Synopsis : Bruce and Batmom bring their newborn daughter to the Watchtower, so she can meet their friends (or vice versa). Includes an overprotective Damian, League members who cannot believe the Batman is smiling, and other shenanigans. Â
Oop, Iâm back (?). My dudes. Itâs been TWO YEARS since I last posted here. Two. Years. I posted like, two life update...donât know if some of yâall saw it, but long story short : I got married, I have a son now, and everything is going so well in my life that I didnât really need the validation I got from writing online...Buuuuuuuuuuuuut, I still love writing. And so, after quite a long break, here I am :). Hope you will enjoy this, donât hesitate to let me know if you do :Â
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âYouâre evil, you know that right ?â You say, raising an eyebrow. Â
âI donât know what youâre talking about, my love.â He answers, a small smile on his lips. You turn to him and...Oh that smug look, that smug look you loved so much. He definitely DEFINITELY knew what he was doing.Â
And that it was utterly...evil.Â
âItâs going to be FUN !âÂ
Ah, and hereâs his little devil. Damian himself. He loved this. Partly because he thought it was funny to mess with everyone, partly because he liked showing that you guys were a family.Â
âThey wonât believe their eyes !â His little voice kept going, followed by a big roar of laughter that sounded, by all means, more childlike than devilish.Â
âThat they wonât, they always seem so surprised when Bruce acts like a human.âÂ
Jason. Still not calling Bruce âdadâ (except sometimes, by âaccidentâ, and even him donât realize he did), heâd only slowly been back at the manor, with all of you. And, for sure, a certain important event which happened about four months ago made it so he came back to live at home.
Dick chuckled and added :Â âWho would blame them ? Weâre talking about a man who eats his burgers with a knife and fork !â He gestured to his father with his left thumb, his other hand shielding part of his mouth as if he was telling them all a secret, as if he was trying to be discreet, so his dad wouldnât hear...Always quite the little clown, that eldest son of yours. With his exaggerated mannerism, and that sparkle in his eyes, in his smile.Â
âIâm certain some of them thought he was genuinely a cyborg for YEARSâ Tim added, quite seriously, his tone the opposite of his older brother (and that was just his way of joking...you think). And honestly ? Yeah, you were pretty sure some of your friends at the JLA thought your husband was a robot, at one point.Â
Oh yes. Thatâs where you were going, to the JLAâs headquarters. To execute Bruceâs plan. Quite the evil plan indeed.Â
âHell, even I thought he was one before I met you guys !â Duke chimed in, and that made Cassandra smile widely, as she shook her head up and down pointing at Duke as if to say :Â âwhat he just saidâ.Â
And in a very Bruce manner, your husband kept a straight face, ignoring his childrenâs teasing. Only you, saw that twinkle in his eyes, that smile that might not reach his mouth, but was definitely dancing in those bright blue eyes.Â
Oh yes. Yes, your friends were in for quite the surprise.Â
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Meanwhile, in the Justice League headquarters :Â
âOh, hey ! Look, Batmanâs zeta tube is turning on ! We havenât seen him in a while right ?â Â
Indeed they havenât. Because, well, letâs put it this way : Batmanâs wife just had a baby.Â
A baby girl (finally, right ? You and Cass werenât TOO outnumbered anymore).Â
And Batman had been VERY busy doting over his baby girl.Â
Batman had been busy being Bruce Wayne.Â
Just a man, who thought heâd never be happy again, not knowing how to handle all those feelings he had for his wife (for you), for his children.Â
That was happiness then, right ?Â
So, yes. Batman hasnât been much at the JLAâs headquarters lately. But your husband thought, it was finally time to go see his friends a little bit. He knew they were all up there, because it was their monthly reunion (once each month, they gathered to talk about the state of the world, the universe, what threat lingered, what lurked beyond...and to get very drunk, and see their friends, the only ones who knew what it meant to be a âheroâ).Â
And that whatâs made him particularly evil.Â
He knew, they would all be there. He knew what their reaction was going to be. After all, his memory was amazing, he definitely hadnât forgot the way they reacted the first time they saw you, the first time they learned he had children (childrEN, plural !).Â
And he knew they were a little worried about him.Â
He had missed their last three reunions, and only answered : âEverything is okâ to their messages asking if he was alright (they hadnât dared to go see if he was indeed ok, because last time they did that, they found him bed ridden with all the bones in his body broken, and he got so mad at them for butting in his business he worked twice as hard when he was fine again, and didnât talk a WORD for months...that was, of course, years ago, before you were in his life, but the experience was still in their minds and so, they decided to respect his privacy, he would come to them when ready). And he never pushed his âred buttonâ, him, or anyone in the family.Â
They just assumed he was busy, they hoped it wasnât anything bad.Â
Yes. They were worried. For him. For you. For your kids. For Alfred. For your dogs, your cats, your cow...They. Were. Worried.Â
And Bruce knew.Â
You told him, when your pregnancy was confirmed, to tell his friends. That they would be happy. But after his own initial happy thought, his surge of hope and love at knowing he was going to be a dad again, he started to make his plan.Â
Why tell them, when you could toy with them ?Â
âThey deserve it.â He told you, and you werenât sure if they did, but you werenât about to fight him on that. After all, you too, thought it could be amusing. Amusing to hide your pregnancy, making up excuses as to why they couldn't come see you, and you didnât come up the headquarter. Amusing, to even hide it quite expertly from any form of news (Bruce was a MASTER of disguise, not only for himself), so it would be a real surprise.Â
Amusing, to have your little girl in secret, with only your family. Amusing, but also what you wanted. For this good news to be just between you, your children, and Alfred. Your close family. Because you had too few things that just were yours.Â
This had to be yours. Your thing, your secret, your own happiness. Yours, and only yours. And you found it was good, that you guys spend the first few months of your daughterâs life only between yourselves.Â
It was nice, to go out âdisguisedâ as a normal couple, and show your daughter Gotham (and how her little eyes already tried to take the entire world within them).Â
It was nice, to live in total privacy for a little bit.Â
So, yes, you had been a little selfish. And he had, too. You knew it wasnât just to prank his friends, he kept it all a secret. That it was also to have some quality time with his family. To spend the first few months of his daughterâs life being the only one being utterly smitten with her.Â
Though, this last thing wasn't true...You were, too. And your children ? Letâs just say your daughter had not been alone ONCE since she was born. And she seemed to love it.Â
Whenever she made the slightest sound, smiled, laughed (or cried), they were there, Bruce was there, absolutely loving that little baby.Â
She was almost 4 months old now, and Bruce thought that the gist had to be up. What scale did he use to measure this amount of âreadinessâ ? You had no idea. You thought he was just now ready to share his happiness with his friends, and not just his close family.Â
And so here you were, after months of secrecy carefully crafted and orchestrated by your husband, in the JLAâs headquarters, along with your family, the little new addition to said family in your husbandâs arms.Â
Evil. Your husband was downright evil.Â
He knew that what was about to happen would have a massive impact on his friends. He. KNEW.Â
And as the zeta tube brought all your family up there, you knew that as he saw their faces, your husband was a little TOO happy with himself for his little âprankâ.Â
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âBatman, are you al- IS THAT A BABY ?â Very typical, very in character : the first to react was Flash himself.Â
None of the other noticed, and they seemed inclined to think Barry had lost his mind but then...
Bruceâs face didnât move an inch, he just held that little âpackageâ, and had his same stoic expression except...Except there was a little hand grabbing at his chin.Â
Then another hand appeared out of that bundle Batman carried, with a bat plushie bunched in a tight fist, shaking it and...Cooing.Â
Cute little sounds, and the way- EXCUUUuuUuuuUSE ME ?
The way Batman just softly looked at her, the way his cold expression was replaced by a tender one as he lowered his eyes to her ??
WHAT ?!Â
They knew. They knew he had THE softest spot for his family. They knew his scary aura greatly dimmed when he was around his wife and children. They knew that when they werenât there, he was only made of shadows. They were his light, his salvation.Â
They knew he didnât have the same face expression, when they were around.
Well, when they were looking at him...Barry swore that Batman loomed around his family, standing menacingly behind them, his eyes cold and calculating as if he was ready to fight any seconds to save his loved ones, and then whenever they turned to him his feature would instantly soften. He will ALWAYS remember the first time he met little Dickie, 9 years old and so full of joy and life, and how whenever he would look at Batman and talk to him, said Batman got a softer expression somewhat, but then when Dick turned around, Batman looked about to murder them whenever they came too close from him.Â
Once, Tim, also 9 at the time, years after the JLA met Dick, told Barry matter of factly :Â âHe doesnât kill people. He could break your knee caps thoughâ in a very Tim fashion. The kid was serious. And had noticed the aura surrounding his dad, how it changed when he was around (he noticed more than his siblings, because for a while, Bruce had been really cold and distant with him, since he met him not long after Jasonâs death..understandable. So he was the only one who had this sort of behavior aimed at him, the shield Bruce put in front of him to keep everyone away so he wouldnât be hurt, the shield that now was lowered for them and only them).Â
It was his eyes. His eyes that were always hard and cold, became different when looking at you or his children.Â
Not to say that his family never exasperated him, or that he never had his âmaskâ around them. After all, Bruceâs stoic expression was his face by default. Itâs just that he was often too focused. And that he spend years practicing hiding his emotions, practicing keeping a blank face. Because Barry also remembered seeing Dick perched on his fatherâs shoulders, letting himself dangle in his back, his head upside down, whistling and kicking his feet, and Bruce having this stoic mask on, concentrated.Â
Anyway, they knew all that. It had been years, since Bruce finally trusted them enough to bring his wife here, and his kids. But yet, yet they were still surprised sometimes.
Like today.Â
The picture of Batman holding a baby was...a little weird.Â
Even if he opened up to them over the years, he was still mostly very cold, distant and aloof. You know, Batman. Thatâs just who he was. So sometimes, to see him so devoted to his wife or kids, it was odd to say the least.Â
And right now, as he walked towards them with a baby in his arms, the shock was real. Damn it, will there be a day when the Bat didnât surprise them with something ?Â
How did none of them notice you were pregnant ? Proof again Batman was a master of his craft. And that little girl...
Oh your daughter was such a beaming ray of sunshine, that in his arms it was particularly a jarring image.Â
The big scary bat, tall, broad shouldered, muscular in every way, his face void of expressions, holding a tiny baby who kept smiling at everyone around, and playing with her plushy.Â
Odd.Â
Yet, sweet.Â
Were they surprised ? Yes.Â
Were they a little mad he hid something (AGAIN) this important from them ? Definitely.Â
Were they shocked that his daughter was so darn cute and smiling and laughing that much ? Not really, because you were his mom too.Â
Were they happy for him ? For sure.Â
Were they going to adore that little girl ? Probably as much as they adored his other kids already, which meant...yes. Yes they were going to.Â
Damn that bastard Bruce. Always so sneaky.Â
Hal, couldnât help but think : âFirst, heâs not a vampire, then, heâs married with children, and now, he has that cute baby. This guy ??!!âÂ
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The initial shocked passed, and only after your children MOCKED all of your friends (you had to give it to Dick, he knew how to imitate them so well..and when Damian joined in ? Oh, oh it was a fit of laughter impossible to fight that attacked them), did they approach your daughter.Â
âHer name is Martha.â Bruce said âWe named her after my mother.â and it wasnât his usual flat tone he used as Batman. No, it was a soft voice he usually only reserved for his kids. And the reason he was using it now ? Well. He didnât want to scare his daughter, as he still held her.Â
She beamed at him when she heard her name, and babbled some baby nonsense. She then turned towards all those new faces, and you saw Bruceâs hand hold her a little tighter.Â
Your beautiful, sweet soul husband. He clearly was worried sheâd be scared, meeting all those new people. Especially since they all wore mask. But Martha-
Martha let go of her bat plushy (which Damian caught before it touched the floor, rolling on the ground in a way you thought was quite comedic. Oh, that boy), and lifted her arms up towards-Â
âWhat a sweet little girl !â Diana said with a voice you NEVER heard her use. You realized it was her âvoice reserved for babies and domestic animalsâ, and it made you smile. It was higher than her usual voice, and full of softness.Â
You thought your daughter reached for her because she could feel the warmness in your friend. And after all, amongst all of those gathered here today, she was probably the one that adored babies the most.Â
Diana looked at Bruce, who only inclined his head a little to give her the ok to lift her from his arms but-
Another arm stopped her, and took the baby away.Â
Damian.Â
Damian, the one who took his role as a big brother a little too seriously.Â
He held Martha protectively against him, and literally sneered at all your friends.Â
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Damian deemed most of them unworthy to hold his baby sister, and only Clark ended up being allowed to carry her. And that was partly because Clark was the only one who knew about Martha, the only one who saw her already, and he had months to convince your son to trust him with her.Â
Being an extremely close friend and all, you just couldnât hide this from him and... no, really, you literally couldnât hide this from him as he was the immediately noticed that second heartbeat when he listened in to make sure you and your family were safe. Bruce hated when he did that, but Clark wasnât about to let them be in danger without moving an inch.
Anyway, Clark was allowed to hold her, but he gave her back to you rather quickly because your sonâs stare made him uncomfortable. If eyes could kill, right ?Â
Damian took his job as an older brother very seriously. He would protect her at all cost. And you had no doubt that he would be the kind of person to burn the entire world down if it meant saving his family.Â
Damian only glared at everyone, letting them approach ONLY after they put on a surgical mask so they wouldnât give her their âviruses or whateverâ.Â
You had to admit he was a bit much, and you asked him nicely to calm down a little. He relented on the face masks, but made them all wash their hands (twice).Â
You ruffled his hair affectionately, what a sweet little boy. It broke your heart, how so many people judged him too fast. He really was, a nice kid. With a heart of gold. He just didnât have much luck for the first few years of his life.Â
But he chose to be like this. Chose to love, instead of hate. Chose to protect, instead of attacking.Â
Although, right now, as Diana came back towards his sister, he definitely seems ready to high kick her (which definitely wouldnât have hurt the amazon).Â
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It was a hassle, to convince Damian to let go of his sister so they could hold her. As per usual, itâs Dick who managed to convince him, saying Martha was all soft and cute, and everyone deserved to hold her at least once. Adding that if one of them dropped her, he would be allowed to do whatever he wanted to them.Â
Some of the mightiest heroes of the planet were gathered hear, but the threat didnât fall on deaf ears. Damian could be a little intense, and scary sometimes.Â
They werenât fooled by Dickâs agreeable smile either. A smile that didnât always reach his eyes. They knew if they messed up, he would find every way to rip them to shreds. Dick was often seen as the calmest of your children, but his anger issues from when he was a child were never far. And he could be ruthless. Â
Diana held her first, and your daughter babbled to her excitedly.Â
Of course, being only 4 months old, she just talked gibberish. And it was so sweet, how Diana answered her :Â âWhat ? *babbles from your daughter* Noooooo. *more babbles from your daughter* I canât believe he said that. And then what ? *babbles babbles babbles*â.Â
After that, Dick took her back, and asked if someone else wanted to hold her, under yours and Bruceâs watchful eyes.Â
Then again, in the room, many were also already parents and knew how to hold a baby. They werenât too worried, except-
Except Dick, that little sh-, had found a new game in recent weeks. Whenever he gave his little sister to someone else...he pretended to drop her.Â
And it made him laugh and laugh and laugh, to give mini-heart attacks to EVERYONE whenever he gave them his baby sister to them, as they always all panicked and screamed seeing her dropped (Dick always had her secure, he only pretended to drop her of course).Â
âOh no careful !â Heâd scream, dropping his arms suddenly (she looooved it) while still gripping her, and theyâd scramble to catch her, and he would just laugh.Â
âYou little-â Halâs colorful words were...imaginative. And Damian was inclined to agree, since his brother pranked him oh, I donât know, only about A HUNDRED TIMES since their little sister was born.Â
You wouldnât admit it, but it made you laugh a little too. Even if he got you a few times as well, pretending he was going to drop her. Then again, you trusted your eldest son. Once you and Bruce wouldnât be around anymore, you knew he would hold this family together.Â
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Martha was a calm baby. She let people hold her, curious enough to not fuss and watch them all intently. It made Barry uncomfortable, how she held his gaze and would just stare at him.Â
She would stare, and stare, and stare, and her bright blue eyes were EXACTLY like Bruceâs, it felt like being stared down by a miniature version of Batman.Â
He didnât like it. So he gave her back to whomever was closest, which happened to be Jason
Jason, who was always very delicate with his little sister. He handled her as if heâd break her. It broke your heart, to know he probably literally thought that.Â
He refused to hold her at first, sure he would hurt her. But she kept reaching for him, crying when he wouldnât take her, and she was so adorable and-
He caved, of course. After a little while. And he was oh, the fixture of a patient older brother. You knew he would ALWAYS be part of her life, and step in whenever she needed to.Â
Right now, she was grabbing his hair, which were getting quite long, and pulling hard on them as babies do and- He didnât say anything. He just let her do it.Â
You really hoped she wasnât going to take advantage of this when sheâd get older, even if you already had visions of her having her brothers and father wrapped around her little finger, having her sister too, and...apparently, the entirety of the JLA.Â
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âHow can such an a-hole make such a cute baby ?â Hal said, looking at the little girl he held. She was sort of dozing off, which for sure was adorable.Â
Bruce only glared at him, which amused Hal greatly. He just gave him the shock of his life, he could laugh at his expense a little, right ?Â
âI believe, to make a baby, you need to-â
âUm, no, Jon, please, I know how to ! Itâs just-Oh, forget it.âÂ
Flustered, Hal Jordan was flustered. Jon Jâonzz didnât seem to get why, but then again, human sarcasms and irony were still very foreign to him. He always answered pragmatically to people.Â
Talking about pragmatism. Hal handed back your daughter to Tim, who slipped her in his favorite new contraption : the baby carrier 3.0 (of his own design). Made so he could do all sort of work while having her strapped to him. Keeping an eye on her at all time.Â
Tim adopted the use of a baby carrier, so he could still work while taking care of her (he stole the idea from his dad, who definitely hung around with his daughter EVERYWHERE with that thing...which was the most adorable thing youâve ever seen, this tall broad man and this tiny baby attached to his chest).Â
It was so cute to see her little feet dangling while he was working. Damian nearly lost it when he found Tim WELDING two pieces of metal together with the baby carrier on his front. Tim merely said :Â âI made her baby sized goggles and a fireproof pyjama, sheâs fine, and she likes itâ and indeed, your daughter didnât have a scratch, and cried when Damian hauled her away from the sparks. Ooooh the smug look on Timâs face as his brother gave her back reluctantly. Damianâs was utterly vexed.Â
Vexation he forgot just a few minutes later, when Martha decided she had enough of sparkles and made little sounds of protest (not quite cries), and reached her little arms to him.Â
As of now, Tim had her in this baby carrier again, and was strolling around the JLA headquarters, showing his new little sister to everyone.Â
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Cassandra didnât say a word, as per usual. She never liked big crowds, only spoke to those she trusted the most. Her brothers, her parents.Â
She only gestured to others. Remained quiet. But she monitored every little movements.Â
Hawkgirl approached her sister ? Noted. Carefully studying every move. Martian Manhunter asked if he could hold her ? Noted.Â
Superman made little babbling sound at her, while her dad held her ? Noted, with amusement. It was funny, to see one of Earthâs mightiest hero grimacing to a baby to make it laugh, while said baby was held by another mighty hero who was utterly stoned face. Cassâ smiled at her dad, who smiled back for a fraction of seconds before Clark shifted his head up to look at him too, and Bruce went back to his :Â â -_-â face, by reflex really.Â
Cassandra never spoke much, but she loved a lot. And her way of loving her little sister ? It was to always keep a watchful eye on her, so she could react to whatever she needed. And give her space when she needed to.Â
She had many brothers, she often joked that if she lost one, she could just replace him (a joke you didnât like much, because you knew it was just a self-defense from her, to shield her heartbreak at the mere idea of loosing a sibling), but only had one sister...
Yes. Your youngest child definitely held a special place in everyoneâs heart.Â
And you could see her slowly creep in every membersâ of the Justice Leagueâs heart too.Â
Gods, you couldnât even imagine what would happen to the person who would one day try to hurt her. You could bet, though, he wouldnât get out of it unscathed (to say the least).Â
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Martha was particularly fond of Dukeâs inuit kiss. He had the capacity to instantly calm her, and he could easily feel her inner emotions.Â
As she was passed around everyone, and she started to be tired and cranky, he simply retrieved her and brought her to Bruce, because he knew that was her preferred spot to fall asleep.Â
He kissed her on the forehead, and sure enough, she was asleep before he could pull away. Your husband put a warm hand on Dukeâs head, a warm smile on his face. That boy could always tell what others felt. It was a gift, really, and sometimes a curse as othersâ feelings could leak into him. Which is to say that sometimes, when others were sad, he would be too...
But for now, he felt content. At peace. Because his dad was, too.Â
And indeed, Bruce, holding his sleeping daughter against his heart, his hand supporting her head gently, was utterly at peace.Â
He loved the idea that his arms were his daughterâs favorite place to sleep, and never refused to hold her to help her sleep. You sure were a little jealous, but he told you :Â âThey all always come to you when they need comfort, one kid out of six, you surely can give me, right ?â and though you knew he was joking, it broke your heart a little.Â
So, you let go of your jealousy, and let him have this indeed. Martha was definitely a daddyâs girl. And that was good. You could see the impact on your husband, how having a baby in the house soothed him.Â
He loved his kids so damn much. He often said they were his lights. And the fact Martha found comfort with him ?Â
It reminded him of his own parents. How he would go to his mom, a Martha too, to find the same comfort. To fall asleep in the same way.Â
You let go of that small jealousy, as you saw her falling soundly asleep, cuddled up against her dad. And it was funny, how Bruce would take his usual Batman persona, stone faced, standing straight and-Â
Having one of two fingers held tightly by both of his daughterâs little hands. She grabbed them as he took her, one hand holding her (she was so tiny...and he was a big dude), the other, she used as a sort of comfort plushy. She held them with all her might, as she slept.Â
And Bruce was speaking battle plans, and you had to fight the laughter in you as all your friends couldnât help but stare at the scene, not knowing how to feel.Â
Hal snickered at one point, and he made a gesture for him to zip it, and it was quite an odd scene, as he held his daughter and did that childish gesture.Â
Seriously. That guy !!Â
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Batman smiling was...different.Â
They all got caught staring at him, when he had his daughter in his arms. Staring because his broad smile was-
Well. Broad.Â
It wasnât his signature smirk. It wasnât a soft smile. It wasnât a half-smile. It wasnât a smile that you could only see in his eyes.Â
It was a full on big ass smile (as Barry would say).Â
And sure, they already saw him smile like that (although he schooled his face back to âstone modeâ when he noticed them looking), never that much.Â
As if the birth of his daughter gave Batman another new light, and it was just impossible to yield to his old demon, to brood, when holding that ray of sunshine.Â
It made them all feel...soft. And warm.Â
It was nice, to know the bat wasnât just a machine. They forgot it sometimes, that he was, in the end, âjustâ a man. They forgot why he became Batman. The pain and guilt he held inside. But moments like this, they were reminded of it.Â
That the Batman didnât exist because of hatred, but because of love.Â
Because he loved his parents, his city, and now-Â
His family.Â
It was nice, to get reminded that there was a man below the mask. And though he could be an âa-holeâ sometimes, there, holding his baby, he was just that.Â
A loving man, who wanted to protect others.Â
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You made a note of every moments you would cherish forever of you introducing your daughters to them all :Â
1. The shock on their faces as they beheld the sight of THE BATMAN holding a baby against him, and being so delicate.Â
2. Your daughter being the star of the show, all of them smitten with her !
3. Your friends wanting to hold her, and how they beamed at her (and she beamed back, except with Barry, whom she only stared at for some reasons).Â
4. Dickâs âgameâ of pretending he dropped her, and their panicked reaction.Â
5. The success of Timâs baby carrier, and how now, there was always one up in the tower.Â
6. Diana and how it definitely seemed like she would move mountain for that child.Â
7. How Clarkâs eyes filled with tears again, as he looked at Martha. Because it made his friends so happy. You and Bruce. And especially Bruce. And Clark was an emotional man, who suffered too, and was just so happy âThe Batmanâ was happy.Â
8. How Jason seemed at peace with his little sister, and how whenever he held her, he seemed less weary than usual around everyone. Like Cass, he didnât like much being amongst too many people. But now, it felt like he had an âemotional support babyâ. Ah.Â
9. Their reactions, past the shock, welcoming that new life in the world.Â
10. How Bruce monitored his daughter being held by his friends, holding your hand. Even after all those years, when he acted close to you in his Batman costume, it made you...feel things. He always kept a facade as Batman. A facade that would crumble with his kids, and especially with you. PDA werenât rare. And even after years at his side, it always made your heart beat wildly when he showed affection towards you in public, because it meant-Â
Oh it meant so much.Â
And you had so many more moments forever ingrained in your heart from that day spend up at the JLAâs headquarters.Â
Too many to count. Some sweet, some hilarious-Â
All positive feelings.Â
And as you and your family stepped back in the zeta tubes, your friends saying âbyyyyyeâ to Martha especially, with their baby voice (making Bruce roll his eyes), and as she waved at them-Â
Waved for the FIRST TIME ever oh.Â
Oh it felt like you would die of happiness.Â
And still, Bruceâs hands held yours tightly.Â
He knew.Â
He knew, you were the source of this happiness he thought he could never find again.Â
He knew.Â
He never loved like that before.Â
Yes. It felt like you could just die of happiness.
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And here we are. I hope you enjoyed this. Donât hesitate to comment and/or reblog, itâs always greatly appreciated :).Â
Also, initially, the child was going to be Thomas (their son in my âmainâ storyline, if you already read a few works from me), but last minute, I was like : âwait no, I want to give Bruce a daughter, and the boys a sister. Also, poor Cass eh ?â and here we are. I really hope you liked this; Iâm nervous for some reasons. Anyway. See you soon with another one ?Â
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They really want everyone to be just as miserable as them! I once accidentally reblogged a shifting post to my main without noticing and one of my mutual suddenly made a post that went something like "going to another reality where everything's perfect and and no problem ever exists" (I can't remember what the exact post said because it's been so long but it was something along the lines if this where you couldn't tell if it was genuine or making fun of shifters) and then less than an hour later she went on a rant about how shifting isn't real and it's just lucid dreaming and their general point was basically "if you want a good life then go earn it instead of being delusional". I was weirded out by this and sent them a polite anon (because I really liked a lot of this person's posts and really dislike conflict) asking if they disliked shifting and said I believe I've shifted at least twice to which they very rudely replied and essentially called me crazy and said to live in the real world. I ended up just sending them another anon telling them they have no right to be so rude and disrespectful towards others beliefs if they're not harming anyone and that I had lost all respect I had for them and then blocked them.
I didn't realise that I had reblogged a shifting post to my main until about 4 or 5 months later and then it clicked that this person was specifically going out of their way to target me and I can't help but laugh at this because I remember this person would make posts where they just complained about how crap their life is. Anti-shifters genuinely hate seeing people believe they can have an "easy way out" because they themselves refuse to believe that they could ever have that.
being a "anti-shifter" is actually such a weird term, like why are you mad because we refuse to be miserable and actually want to make something out of our lives instead of living the "ugly truth"?
#I'm being 100% serious when I say those posts were targeted at me because#the dates match so perfectly#It's so funny though because my main only has about 13 followers#and only about 4 of them actually interact with my posts#on a regular basis and she was one of them at the time#and she got so angry that I had these believes#but my other interactive followers never seemed to care the slightest bit#those people still regularly like and reblog my posts#and a lot of my posts on that account are educational ones#about an important topic myself and my followers are very interested in#and my belief in shifting did not make those people discredit my thoughts and opinions on#any of my other posts#because my shifting beliefs do not affect those posts#This is such a long post especially with the tags but what I'm trying to say is#in my opinion anti-shifters are miserable people who believe that you HAVE to struggle#and they view shifters through an ignorant lense of âyou just learnt this through tiktok from other dumb teensâ#and refuse to actually do any real research on shifting because#they just cannot comprehend that there is an easy way out#and it's easier for them to look down on those that do#Shifting#Reality Shifting#Desired Reality#Shifting Realities#Shifting Community#Shiftblr#Reality Shifter#Law of assumption
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FUCKING INSANE NEWS THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE
#i FINALLY told ***** how i feel/felt about him#oh my god??????#my heart was beating SO FUCKING FAST#i cannot believe i actually said it#and he just instantly started crying so of course i felt awful#and he was like âiâm so sorry i wish i could reciprocate those feelings i really doâ#and iâm like dude you have NOTHING to be sorry for we were just talking about a similar topic and#i couldnât handle the secret anymore like i needed to get it off my chest#and he was so sad and i was also so sad but at least we got some resolution#he was like âat least that makes me feel better about myselfâ hahahahhaha#DUDE iâm still shitting tbh
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