#i'm sure it will be clumsy

[notmoreflippingelves]

Actually going insane over the implications of Jason asking Dick to be the Robin to his Batman in Battle for the Cowl.

Like I initially took it at the purely surface-level of Jason wanting a partner in the general sense. Which made sense, it's a huge responsibility and a lonely one so an assistant/sidekick/partner seems a no-brainer if you can get one.

But then I really thought about it, because Jason is not asking Dick to be his partner in the general sense; he's not even asking Dick to be his Nightwing. He's asking Dick to be his Robin.

And they both know exactly what Jason means: "Be the light to my darkness. Be the smile to my scowl. Be the hope to my fear. "

He's saying "Be 'Robin'; be the embodiment of Love and Justice and Goodness. Be the exceptional person that you have always been. Be the slightly-less exceptional person that I was when I wore your colors. Be the person that I was in the process of becoming and might have been (or might still be), if only Joker hadn't clipped my wings."

He's saying "I am prepared to become vengeance, become the Night. And I will go further than Bruce ever dared to, because it is what is needed. I will be the necessary evil. But you don't have to be. If Batman is Gotham's curse, Robin has always been its blessing. I will be the brutal punishment to our world, and I am asking you to be its incandescent gift."

He's saying, "Be for me, what we were for Him. Be my anchor, my comfort, my hope. Remind me what it's all for, why it's all worth it. And remind yourself as well."

He's saying "Be 'Robin' again--for both of our sakes."

[fadedrainbowbookshelves]

Feral enby bug enthusiast sucessfully delivers mail for husband with minimal damages. ...To self.

[purpleluckystar]

You: *insert Smurf* is probably the most traumatized Smurf in the entire franchise! Me: Hold my smurfberry juice.

And that's the few examples I could think of, mainly taken from the old cartoon show.

[lighthouseas]

alright friends i'm not gonna lie i wouldn't mind if the byler kiss had will leaning in first. or like. will kissing mike first on impulse during a heated moment. and then he regrets it immediately after because he thinks mike doesn't reciprocate (even though he obviously does) because mike just stands there for a second like 🧍🏻‍♂️ before swooping in to kiss will back

[waywardsunlight]

I really enjoyed the first Doctor Who special but there were a ton of parts that made me groan and it was entirely based on clumsiness over practicality. You're telling me that wheelchair user has never faced stairs in the field before?! Her wheelchair is specialized for UNIT. The Daleks can go up stairs, UNIT can't make something that works for her? Otherwise, wouldn't the UNIT guys just know it's cool to go ahead without her?!?!

There's a line about the Doctor not understanding how to let things go bc he's male presenting which really bugged me. Thirteen, as a femme person, didn't let things go either. That line was so clumsy and weird, the Doctor being unable to let things go has nothing to do with his gender, it's just who he is. I know plenty of non-male presenting people who CANNOT let things go. Just a weird ass line.

The actual episode was fun and good, I just wish they had let things just... exist. I wish Rose picking her name hadn't been bc of the mindwarp/ that her identity as a trans girl hadn't been connected to anything to do with aliens or the Doctor. I liked Rose making toys as a side hustle. I dunno, it felt so rushed/ emotional moments didn't hit for me, and I wish they went for casual representation because the attempt didn't land to try and fit all that in, and it was clumsy. I didn't need them to tell me Rose was trans like four times instead of just letting it be a part of her rather than like one of like TWO things we know about her!! All the characters had to do was exist in the story.

[viric-dreams]

A quick little thing set off by all the dancing going around that got away from me. Lt Roberts absolutely loves to dance. It's one of those few times that he's able to let loose and blow off some energy, and one of the few times he can acceptably be physically close to people. In earlier days, before many of the promotions and before his dreaded reputation had fully set in, he'd loved going for a spin on the deck on a festive evening. This had largely tapered off over the years.

I'm not sure under what circumstances Nite rediscovered this skill, but the morning after was one of the few in which Roberts woke up still exhausted, but for once feeling better.

[normalbrothers]

though in all seriousness i can't get over how people just gloss over how violently he grabs/squeezes her throat twice in the show and the second time he sexually assaults her on top and this having so little impact on how arthur's character as a whole is seen by the fandom

[zhongrin]

if serval and geppie can use their instruments/instrument cases as weapons, surely i can make my s/i carry around a guzheng hard case (or the guzheng stands) and use them as a weapon 👍🏻

[another-goblin]

[whosname]

[Id from alt. 1. A surprised assistant manager Zura blushing, with teary eyes and stars around him. He's wearing a party hat and there are birthday decorations behind him. He's saying "you baked me a cake?" 2. Tatsuma, Gintoki and Takasugi standing side by side. Tatsuma has his arms crossed grinning with a satisfied expression on his face. The words "Bought the ingredients" point out of him. Gintoki, with a blank expression is wearing a frilly apron and holding a cake with Sadaharu's face on it. The words "reluctantly bake it" point out of him. Takasugi is looking slightly embarrased, with his left hand on the back of his head and his right hand full of little bandages; his face has spots of powdered sugar. The words "cut the stencil and made powdered sugar rain" point out f him. End Id.]

Well, happy birthday, assistant manager Zura!

[remyfire]

I've had a lot of really lovely experiences in this fandom, but I do think one of my favorites has been the amount of people who used to dislike or be ambivalent toward Beje, but who are now quite fond of him just because they've enjoyed spending a lot of time with me. Every time someone tells me that, I know I've got to be doing something right, at least

[neathyingenue]

a new denizen of the neath!

If, in the streets of Veilgarden, or among the alleys of the Flit, you chance to see a young lady, with eyes round as crumpets and a jumpy disposition, in a suit that may have once been smart--or if you glimpse such a person entering Caligula's with a grubby nine-year-old and a gray cat--chances are, you have seen Silvia Salcedo.

Citizen Salcedo is a recent Oxford graduate, the daughter of a Welshman and a British Honduran, and the self-styled "Sappho of the Revolution" (the title has yet to catch on). She is just as likely to pen a poem to inspire a strike at the Docks, as she is to hide in her rooms for days on end.

Salcedo is eager to further their acquaintance in the Neath, and is happy to practice solidarity, by assisting in any matters which may befall her comrades. https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Silvia%20Salcedo

[OOC--If you want a consistent correspondent 1-2x a week, send me a note! I'm especially interested if your character is kinda mean--Silvia's very trusting, and has been corresponding with some kind souls so far, so I'm interested in seeing how that naivete might play out!]

[oediex]

I'm chatting with a friend when I casually drop the information that my therapist and I have been discussing that I might be on the autism spectrum.

"Ahahaha," she replies, "I remember asking you if you were and you were skeptical."

And she did. And multiple people have, in the past. And I was. Skeptical. Whatever information I looked into previously didn't match my own experience, but I had not been informed by anyone that autism can present differently in women. And I suppose technically, socially, if not internally, woman is what I am.

I am not new to neurodivergence, and I've written about giftedness a few times, and the utterly weird experience of being somehow different from other people, but feeling like you yourself are not different at all, because yourself is all you've ever known to be.

"Like, I know I'm not 'normal'," I tell her, "but also the way I am is, to me, 'normal'."

"Yeah, that is the neurodivergent experience in a nutshell, honestly," she says.

A few hours later, I send her another message. "Does autism cause clumsiness," I deadpan. "Asking for a friend."

The reply is more serious than I expect. Some people do experience coordination issues, she says, but she's not sure if it's a strongly associated symptom.

"Imagine," I reply, "if I actually had a reason for my clumsiness. Finally, vindication."

Links to previous "a story every day" posts that connect to this:

Me being skeptical in the notes about being on the autism spectrum only four months ago (x)

Every day I wake up and I am me (x)

[maulfucker]

I am kindly requesting information about your gungan oc

oh I do not have them designed yet but they're part of a concept I've been thinking about for a while now, of like. a pirate crew of guys who don't need to breathe air normally. like amphibious species like gungan and quarren (and perhaps a new nautolan), two or three tognath, which don't breathe oxygen so they're always wearing breathing masks, a few sentient droids, and maybe a givin, which does breathe normally but can survive for hours in vacuum. since everyone either is used to having individual breathing tanks or doesn't need to breathe, they can turn off the ship's atmosphere and pretend to be a dead vessel, attracting unsuspecting scavengers and attacking them when they try to get inside.

but the gungan specifically, I think I want to make them a competent type instead of a silly clumsy type like Jar Jar (no hate to Jar Jar I love Jar Jar), but who still favors gungan weapons over blasters and the usual stuff you'd expect from a pirate. nobody expects to get hit by a ball of blue goo that shorts out your circuits.

maybe I'll even add a second, sillier gungan, like a more zen type who is super attuned to the force (but has no problem pulling a blaster on anyone who looks at them weird)

[kpopmakesmequestionmylifechoices]

Okay listen ...

[spinoff-antithesis]

(muth being music theory!)