#jld: apokolips war

[seizethecringeofproduction]

This is unironically what DC be like

[eleanore-delphinium]

Revival of the Familiarity AU

My announcement

I don't know if you guys remember this AU. But this is my little announcement.

I am reviving this after years. And this isn't just me BS-ing, I have the chapter done (for a month) and it is scheduled to be posted on [ Nov. 13, 2023 ] which is why I am making this post. Now, I will be honest the chapter after that is an idk-if-it-will-happen. So read on your own accord folks.

For those who need to refresh or haven't read this, here are the existing chapters.

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Familiarity AU ( A03 Link )

Note: Justice League Dark: Apokalips War AU

 1 : Damirae Week 2020 : BOUND TOGETHER

 2 : Damirae Week 2020 : SOULMATES

 3 : Damirae Week 2020 : MARRIAGE 

  4 : I remember You

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Anyone excited?

Also did you know I had planned a whole wedding for this AU. I don't remember much of it. And that would have been way down the timeline which might not see the light of day.

[nobrain-onlysteven]

ominously chanting “bring him back” until my voice echoes in the nightmares of the dc executives

[sindella96]

JLDAW - Dead wife Meme

No one:

The wife that dies in the beginning of the movie:

[rukia-writes]

Ya girl still traumatized.

[andthendk]

Do you think Constantine and Raven's dynamic would be interesting if Constantine had adopted it?

I LOVE CONSTANTINE AND RAVEN IN ONE SETTING....adopted, mentor, any and all ways!! I feel like Raven desperately needs some connection to the magic mythos of DC, keeping her only on Titans limits her interactions and abilities so much that she feels like supporting cast a lot of the time, esp in comics 🥲 She needs something new storywise: Plus Constantine's levity, alcoholism, chaotic neutralism, and ability to mentor her adds so much?!? Like, even just looking at the last JLD Apokolips War movie their dynamic and banter balances so well, I don't get why it's rarely explored (but that's dc for ya) 🤷‍♀️

[newjenns]

Hi sol! I’ve been interested in reading some batman comics recently but there’s so many and I was wondering if you had any suggestions? Cause I literally have no idea where to start😭😭 the only batman media I’ve ever seen is The Batman which I absolutely loved RP put his whole batpussy into that performance but that’s a convo for another day

first rule of comics the comics are not real you simply pick and choose which storylines and characteristics you like and that becomes canon to you this is allowed bc in the 100+ years that characters like batman have existed there have been hundreds of different writers and several reboots making it impossible to find any true consistencies among them

if you want to learn about the most generally accepted fanon of the characters i recommend downloading the webtoon app and reading batman: wayne family adventures. it’ll introduce you to the characters, their dynamics, and some backstory for characters like jason todd and dick grayson

after that i would go on to the batman animated movies. i believe most of them are on hbo max but you can use soap2day as well. batman: under the red hood will give you jason’s backstory and his return in detail. son of batman and batman vs robin will introduce you to damian wayne. batman bad blood will finish that storyline. i haven’t watched batman the long halloween parts 1&2 but it’s an iconic batman storyline in the comics so i’ll also recommend it. i also haven’t watched batman and superman: battle of the super sons but i’m planning to ! it’ll be damian centric. dick grayson is also a secondary character in most of these movies. i don’t think tim drake shows up at all. 💔. other honorable mentions: justice league vs teen titans (damian wayne, bruce, dick grayson) and it’s sequel teen titans: judas contract. really fun watches, most of the characterization is consistent from the batfam centric movies. it’ll give u an idea of what they’re like with other dc characters

if you want to commit to the bit: young justice season 1 will show you a lot of what dick grayson is like during his robin days and season 2 introduces tim drake and barbara gordon (batgirl) as well as dick as nightwing. the only thing with young justice is that it’s almost like an alternate timeline and fanon doesn’t really acknowledge it, a lot of the characters don’t exist or are super different in the main comic timeline, but it’s the closest to what the teen titans dynamic is like on screen AND it’s the only more recent animated batfam media that has tim drake ☹️

i also want to mention justice league: doom and justice league: dark, i think they’re great movies that showcase bruce’s abilities as batman, as a leader, and how he’s viewed by outsiders BUT they’ll be hard to digest bc there’s sooo many dc characters it could be confusing for someone new. justice league dark: apokolips war is a sequel to the first jld movie and it includes dick and damian + follows the dynamics established in the other teen titans movies i mentioned though it’s not a direct sequel to them

if you have any questions pls PLSSSS lmk… i love talking about my little guys but it can be a lot and a bit intimidating … i will be your guiding light 🌟

[robinasnyder]

I think maybe he overshadowed Superman to start. He could have spied on the JL, known about other universes, where Superman turns evil. So he could start there, male them think Superman turned evil or something. Or he could just start attacking. Everything seems normal, then boom, Superman's fist has punched through Batman’s chest.

Dan literally doesn't care because he can take out so much of the JL in one go. If Superman dies, well, that's easier on him. If Superman lives, he'll be crushed.

I'm imagining Superman throws him out, but like, let's say something like Captain Marvel changes back on some last ditch effort to convince Superman to stop. And he does stop, but not after killing a kid. This is after he's already killed Batman, Nightwing, one of the Green Lanterns, two of the Flashes and severely injured most of the others.

Superman’s on the ground, in emotional turmoil and physical pain because he'sbeen fighting against people who do know his weaknesses (the kryptonite has been hurting him, but Dan has ghost powers and has been forcing him to keep going), is defenseless. That's when Dan overshadows Superboy, Jon Kent, and kills Superman.

It takes way, way too long for anyone to figure out what's going on. I'm thinking Red Robin dies to get what's left of the League information on ghosts. At that point, almost all of the heavy hitters are dead. What's left are weaker heroes in the less well-known JL installations, a bunch of sidekicks whose mentors forced to stay off the battlefield (there are plenty of dead teen heroes, though).

I'm thinking it probably ends up a bit like Apokolips War, with only a few heroes left. In my mind, the JLD are the only ones left alive and able to fight are like John Constantine and Boston Brand (who Dan had captured, but has sense escaped). Gotham is in total lockdown. They were able to get ghost shields and their rogues and remaining heroes are fighting tooth and nail to keep the city free, but also Gotham *can't* sustain their own population, as they simply don't have the resources. (Dan killed Poison Ivy early. She reminded him of Sam, and he couldn't stand it.) The League of Assassins is working with the remaining heroes, trying to keep the world alive. Ra's al Ghul is having to stay in hiding because of his connection to the Lazarus water, and the Infinite Realms means he's likely more susceptible to Dan. He's pissed af about this fact. Talia's having to lead everything as she's the safer option.

The Green Lanterns have sent multiple members to try and help, but this happens in one of the hundreds of times the GL corp is in turmoil, and they aren't able to provide the help they normally might be able to.

John Constantine and Boston Brand are searching high and low for *anything* that could work to stop Dan (with John also waffling back and forth between grief and fury, and therefore more drunk than he should be very consistently).

Basically, it's brutal, horrible and bloody.

Just considering the potential horrific deaths the JL may have suffered under someone who has intangibility in their power list

Like! There’s a general agreement that Dan eviserated the JL [The magic users probably lasting longer] in his timeline but I don’t think we touched on the horrifying potential.

We are all perfectly aware of the gory violent potential Dan is capable of [*Eyeing the unspoken murder/suicide of his human half and how that might have gone*].

If he can kill off his Fenton half [and inflict whatever misery he might have gleefully put Masters through] without a thought, what do you think he would do to the caped community?

Especially if you go the “JL ignored Amity Parks’ call for help” route

Also: It wouldn’t have been a long ongoing battle. This dude would probably disappear from days to weeks at a time [Either rejuvenating in the Ghost Zone or making himself the ghost’ problem]. The heroes would be on edge just waiting for when he’d come back

Ten years of being this unkillable thing’s punching bag

Don’t mind me, just suddenly vying for a violently gruesome fic of Dan against the Justice League.

A hopeless-No light in the horizon-utter desperation fic

[canonisalie]

Marvel: so how about we put in endgame some gay character that no one cares about and that appears for like 000.1 second and is not one of the protagonists, and that if you are not paying attention you will not see, people are gonna love it.

Dc *sipping a smoothie*: so how about we make John Constantine have a relationship with a man, *gasp* or better yet we make him bottom for King Shark.

[bati-padawan]

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)

[seizethecringeofproduction]

Another truth bomb for DC

[beyondthetemples-ooc]

I've been thinking about this for Weeks, but honestly I'm not one with a very long list of Favorite Movies. /^w^';

A few suggestions I've thought up under the cut!

So one underappreciated movie I really like is Powder. It has a pretty emotionally intense scene with animal death in it, it's a fairly important plot point. So we'd want to check with Mags on that one. But it's a really unique movie! Very bittersweet. Tugs the heartstrings for outcast and mystical reasons. Really interesting take on how death works.

I was a big fan of Covenant, though I haven't seen it since I first watched it and I'd be interested in seeing if I Still like it as much!

And the Crow movies. I think the first is probably the best, but aren't there four of them? I don't think I ever watched the fourth one! Death is, of course, a theme, so want to check with Siren if that's okay.

If we're in the mood for horror: Insidious is my favorite horror movie! Maybe around Halloween time? ;P The plot is basically Astral Adventures to Save a Family. I relate to it more than you should be able to relate to a horror movie.

Constantine (the one with Keanu Reeves) is one of my favorites. I like it more as a standalone than as an adaption of the character it was based on, because I saw it before I knew the character's comics, but it's still a cool movie about magic! (Has some cancer content though, so I'm not sure if that's great for Siren.)

Though if we want to watch a series, the Constantine series that came out like 7 years ago is a lot more like the comic character and also great. ;P (Do you like magic? Do you like asshole protagonists who undergo Character Development but never change their personality? Then Constantine might be for you!)

Speaking of John Constantine, we can always watch the animated Justice League Dark movie! It's in the same verse/continuity as Justice League vs. Teen Titans. (Which I am ALWAYS down to watch again!~) I'm not sure how you guys feel about mystical superheroes that AREN'T Raven, but I love it so much!

And then there's JLD: Apokolips War, the ending of that series of movies, but that one's both rambunctiously fun and really dismal at the end. Also has a full-on emeto trigger, but I've memorized where it happens so I know to take my headphones off and look away. But They Let Raven Say Fuck!

And we could always go back to our roots and watch Pokemon or Teen Titans. ;P I'd just have to be in the right headspace to watch the Darkrai movie. But there are lots of Pokemon movies I haven't seen, and I'm always, ALWAYS down to watch Teen Titans!

I have. No Idea how available these things are on streaming services, though. I've always watched DVDs or Flown the Jolly Roger. (Technically I did have paid access to the DC streaming service but they closed that one down years ago!)

@chasm-connected @sirenianheart @beyondthetemples-ooc

So. I had an idea!

Rae and I had a movie night last month over Discord; we both streamed it separately and chatted via text throughout.

Would y'all be interested in maybe setting up a discord server just for the four of us for a movie night? I think it would let one of us stream directly via screen-share that way? I have Netflix and Disney so we can watch a good selection of things!!

Tho my netflix is UK based, so not everything will be there.

Lemme know c:

[eleanore-delphinium]

Wedding Ceremony in Familiarity AU

Damian: Our names have been written in the sacred book. This marriage is binding and our witnesses can testify to this union. Our names have been placed with our ancestors and will be seen by our descendants. They will remember our names for they are written within this book. You and I will be remembered for all generations to come. You are an Al-Ghul and you are part of thy legacy.

Raven: I have shed my former name and have forgotten who I was. All I am and all I know is—when I had awoken, I am part of thy legacy. I am an Al-Ghul. My ancestors are written within this book and my descendants will know who I am. I have always been and always will be an Al-Ghul.

Damian: As you give me blood

Raven: And as I give you blood.

Damian: We are now officially married. Now the witnesses will sign the book.

- Familiarity AU ( Part 3: Damirae Week 2020 : MARRIAGE )

[ I find it creepy but also on brand for the League of Assassins at least to me.

Start (of this AU)

I also want to recycle these lines, I think it's really fitting.

It wouldn't be bad to recycle it right? I did write this. ]

[saber-of-dreams]

A Bird in the Hand...(Birds of a Feather Part 8)

Part 1     Part 2      Part 3      Part 4     Part 5    Part 6     Part 7

Damian Al-Ghul did not do fear.

But he was rapidly becoming acquainted with mind-numbing, heart-constricting panic.

“Did you see her leave?”  Damian demanded of the young maid who he’d had to convince to open the door for him.

“No.”  The woman said.  She eyed him suspiciously.  

“Get out.”  Damian said.

“But-”  The young woman started.

Damian glared at her.  She shut up and walked out, putting a little piece of paper over the doorknob as she left.

For a long moment he wanted to delude himself into thinking he’d just wandered into the wrong room.  Because this room looked utterly untouched.  Like Raven hadn’t ever even set foot inside it.

But he looked out the window and knew that was a lie.  He remembered that view.  It had highlighted her impish silhouette last night in a way that made him want to write sonnets about moonlight on raven’s wings.  

But she was very much not there.  And likely hadn’t been the entire night.  He knew better than to hope that she would have gone to Titan’s Tower without him.  

There were no signs of a struggle.  No indications that she’d left by force.  Which meant either she’d been very professionally kidnapped (an unlikely scenario given her overall jumpy demeanor), or she’d left by choice.

And Damian knew that if Raven did not want to be found, he knew he would not.  

He began to pace.  Sifting through the day’s memories.  The night’s.  Trying to find some indication that she’d been intending this all along, because Raven was not the type to just leave.  She would have had to have shown some sign, or something would have had to happen to - 

Fuck.

It was the only possibility that made sense.  

Fuck.  Fuck.  Fuck.  

If she’d found her way to his room last night, and by some god-forsaken reason heard his chat with Mara...

His fists clenched.  He wanted to smash everything in that room.  

He wanted to destroy it all.  Turn it all to dust and ash.

He wanted to run.  

He wanted to find her.

Except, if she was hiding from him, he would not find her.

He blinked.  He couldn’t.  But he didn’t have to do this on his own.

He scrambled for the phone on the beside table, dialing a number that seemed to pop into his head out of sheer need.

She picked up on the second ring.

“It’s Raven.  She’s disappeared.”  Damian said.

“We’ll be there in five.”  Starfire answered.

Starfire was true to her word.  Or at least, Cyborg was.

“Victor Stone.”  The big man said, holding out a boulder-sized hand for him to shake.

“Damian Way-.  Damian.”  He said.

No one made comment on his truncated introduction.

“What happened?”  Starfire asked.

“I saw her to her room last night, and when I came to see if she wanted breakfast this morning, she was gone.  No signs of struggle.  No clues of any kind.  As far as I can tell she just...left.”

Behind him Beast Boy had transformed into a basset hound and was sniffing animatedly around.

After a few moments he said “She was definitely here.  But I think she must have created a portal or something.  It smells kind of...metallic.”

“We need Zatanna, or Constantine.”  Cyborg said.

Starfire was nodding.

“For what?”  Damian asked.

“A locator spell.”  Cyborg explained.

“But we still have to follow up on Batman and Nightwing.”  Jaime pointed out.

Starfire considered.  “We split into two teams, then.  One goes looking for Nightwing and Batman, the other goes looking for Raven.”

“I can handle getting to a magician.”  Cyborg said.

Starfire nodded.  “And I will go after Batman and Nightwing.”  

“Team Raven.”  Jaime joked.  

Damian had every intention of saying Raven.  The world was in his mouth, the sound curled around his tongue.  

But then he remembered what had probably gotten them into this mess, and realized that he would probably be the last person she would listen to right now.  Besides.  He did need to actually find real information on Batman and Nightwing.  His father and his...brother.

“I’m going to find my father.”  Damian declared.

Starfire considered him for a moment, and then nodded.  “Garfield, you’re with Cyborg and Beetle.  Keep communications open as much as you can.”

Cyborg opened two boom tubes right in the room.  The other three took the one to the left.  He and Starfire stood before the one on the right.

“Do you have a plan?”  Damian asked.  He hadn’t meant it to come out as inconsiderate or demeaning.  He glanced over, at her, to she was staring at him with an eyebrow raised.

“Do you not trust me, Damian?”

“You’ve never let us down before.”  Damian said.  “I’d be a fool to think you’d start now.”

“Then let’s go.”  She said, walking into the portal.  

Damian, for possibly the first time in his life, followed.

[kindaangelic]

Apokolips War: Damian Style

Despite all odds, Dick got better. It was a slow recovery from the madness of the Lazarus Pit, but he had made progress. For now, instead of the snarling monster, the true Dick Grayson seemed to have won out.

He was still unpredictable to anyone who was not Damian. That, with the enhanced strength of the Pit, left grayson truly dangerous. The straitjacket stayed, but Dick was never violent with Damian. Dick's natural inclination to be a wholesome suburban mother to his little brother was returning, allowing Damian to spend more time with him.

“Good morning Grayson,” Damian murmured, as Dick looked up to see the person entering his room. Dick didn't reply - he never did - but he smiled.

“I have brought breakfast and the repulsive grapefruit juice that you like,” Damain continued. Dick giggled as Damian continued to bemoan the existence of the grapefruit. “A truly odious thing, it is. On the scale of unnaturalness, I would put it just below Todd's inhuman amounts of body hair.”

Dick laughed, happily and freely. Damian smiled as well, before making sure that no one else was around to see him. Todd and Drake's childhood teasings of him resembling a frog still rankled.

Damian settled down and freed Dick's restraints. “Here Grayson, I have prepared a “Todd Sandwich” - peanut butter and potato chips, the boor. I have prepared a mayonnaise sandwich for myself, à la Drake. Nothing but pure mayonnaise.”

They munched in silence, until Damian cleared his throat. “Don't tell anyone,” he started, and Dick looked unamusedly at him. Damian chuckled. “Sorry. But I resurrected Todd and Drake too.”

Dick looked shocked. “J- jay...bird? Tim-my?”

Damian looked stunned. “Yes. I accessed their tissue samples that father kept stored away. Todd is...violent, but I am confident that he will recover his wits. He has been through this before. Drake is-”

Dick looked panicked. “Timmy?”

Damian snorted. “Drake is sleeping. As in actively snoring, the fool. For some reason, the Pit has little effect on his brain. I believe it is because his brain has already acclimatized to the copious amounts of coffee that he drank.”

Dick laughed happily and hugged Damian. Raven decided to peek in and peered distrustfully at Dick. “Need a hand, Damian?”

“No, this is simply Grayson being Grayson,” Damian muttered.

Dick picked up Damian's sandwich and prodded his lips with it. “Eat, eat,” he insisted.

“See?” Damian said. “Just Grayson.”

Raven rolled her eyes before leaving. Damian relaxed and lolled over Grayson's lap. “Oh my god, Grayson,” Damian suddenly said, “I just found out the most disturbing thing. Did you know that Constantine is getting back together with King Shark?”

Dick stopped combing through Damian's hair to laugh. Damian joined in, trying not to imagine Constantine's plight. Perhaps, he thought as they laughed together, there might be hope after all.

[fanartandsketches]

"The Lazarus Pit"

What if the ending of JLD: Apokolips War was the opposite and Raven was the one that died?