#joker junior makes me feel so many things

[too-much-tma-stuff]

Never a Dull Moment (Part 15)

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Well for all the meeting with the JL had sort of been shit, it had brought Jason back to the attention of the hero community. He was rebuilding, or building bonds with his adoptive brothers and, while he still wasn’t really a hero, he was far from joining the legion of doom. He wanted to help the heroes when he could, especially if they’d pay him, or return the favour later, or were family. But if he was going to be working with the heroes, and the bats again, there was one more person he really needed to make up with, and one more he needed to meet.

Steph hadn’t been part of the bats before he died, neither had Tim, so he had never met her, and Barb… he’d heard about what had happened to her. The Joker had shot her, paralyzed her from the waist down and officially, and permanently benched Batgirl. Apparently Huntress had tried to take the mantle for a while, but it didn’t suit her style. Jason wasn’t sure how he would handle seeing someone else so badly hurt by the Joker.

It helped that the Joker was dead now of course, but that wasn’t really the part of it he was worried about. She had found a new place for herself, carved out a space as Oracle, the bat’s ‘guy-in-the-chair’, she had adjusted to such a devastating change and she was… okay. He had died, yes, but he had been brought back, but he was unquestionably worse. Seeing her was going to make him so ashamed of himself. Through no fault of her own she was the standard Bats hurt by the joker were held to, and he had failed it spectacularly. 

Not that the others hadn’t been hurt by the Joker. Tim had told Jason about his time as Joker Junior in confidence and it sounded fucking awful, and Tim was permanently affected by it. He said he couldn’t remember many details but he knew he didn’t experience emotions the same way he had before, and he was still prone to bouts of mania. Jason could sympathize with that, he understood, and he certainly understood what it was like to fear insanity, what one could become if they finally fell off the knife edge they were tottering on. Both he and Danny were intimately familiar with that feeling, and they could all support each other through it. 

Once he had met ‘O’ maybe he would find out ways that she wasn’t as well adjusted as she seemed from the outside but right now? Jason found her tremendously intimidating. So sue him that he had been putting off meeting her in person again, in spite of Dickie’s gentle nagging to incorporate himself more with the Gotham vigilantes. 

“Really Jay, she’d be happy to meet you and it would make it so much easier to coordinate with you and help you if you need it.” Dick insisted as he followed from the living room to the kitchen, without seeming to register it.

“I’m already on the coms. I hacked them ages ago and she hasn’t booted me off, we can coordinate. It’s not like I ever ask you guys for help anyway,” Jason grumbled. “Why do you want me to meet your ex so badly?!” He snapped as he put the kitchen island between himself and Dick to enforce some space, then winced a little. He really needed to stop lashing out when he was feeling a bit defencive, thankfully these things seemed to just bounce off of Dick. Though the jury was out on if he knew Jason didn’t mean it or if they just went over his head. 

“Ya, but it’s her channels you’re hacking and honestly she’s starting to get pretty upset about you not engaging with her!” Dick said, talking with his hands to the extent Danny subtly rescued his glass of pop before it could get spilled or accidentally flung at the wall. “Doesn’t matter that she’s my ex, she's one of us and she’s good! You’re getting back involved with our family, you should get back in touch with her!”

Danny put the glass down on the counter and casually blocked Dick’s way before he could follow Jason around the counter, leaning against. He was doing that thing he did where he practically faded into the background without going fully invisible. Not interrupting the conversation while still keeping an eye on Jason, which he appreciated because he did not want to lose it on his well meaning (if pushy) brother. 

“I’m not fucking one of you! I’m not a hero!” Jason growled at Dick, feeling Danny gently rest a hand on his arm reminding him to take a deep breath. 

“But you’re still part of the family, Littlewing,” Dick pleaded, looking a little hurt and terribly hopeful. “Please?”

Jason felt that like a punch in the gut, and really he knew Dick was right and he should meet the two of them. He groaned and rubbed his face. “Fine, she’s always on the coms right? Next time I’ll just apologize for hacking them and have a chat.” 

“Actually Bruce will be off-world next week so we’re all having a family lunch at the manor, you should come!” Dick enthused.

“I haven’t-”

“Yes you have, I know you’ve sneaked in to visit Alfred! Not that I blame you of course. He’d love to have you there,” Dick interrupted, giving Jason his best puppy dog eyes.

Shit, bringing up Alfred was just cheating, those puppy dog eyes didn’t usually work on him but Jason could feel himself softening. His shoulders slowly drooping before he heaved a sigh and rolled his eyes. “Fine, yes, we’ll come,” He grumbled.

“We’ll?” Dick asked looking confused, before Danny slipped out of his half visible state and pressed against Jason’s side smiling at Dick. 

“We’re looking forward to it,” Danny said, smiling at Dick. He hadn’t technically been invited, but surely they couldn’t expect Jason to go without his partner. 

“Oh, ah, right,” Dick said shifting awkwardly. He looked like he might want to suggest Jason's first family lunch since getting back should be with family only, but Danny put on his best innocently excited look and Dick couldn’t bring himself to say no. He stifled a sigh and put his smile back on. “Great! I’m sure Alfred will be happy to have both of you.”

“Great. Now that you’ve gotten your way will you both get out of my kitchen so I can cook?!” Jason insisted, still only half regretting inviting Dick over for dinner tonight.

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Jason knew better than to bring anything to the family dinner. Alfred liked to do all of the cooking for these things, he considered coming early to help him with the cooking he wanted to do. But honestly he didn’t think that he could handle any more time with the family then was absolutely needed. Just going back to the manor, not just sneaking into the kitchen to have tea with Alfred, was going to be hard enough. 

Danny wasn’t anywhere near as nervous as Jason was, he was sort of excited to meet them and to get a tour of the home Jason had spent such formative years in. Jason caught the mischievous look in Danny’s eyes when he talked about getting a tour and Jason was pretty sure that Bruce was going to come back to find that something expensive or potentially sentimental had been mysteriously broken. Jason didn’t mention it, he didn’t blame Danny for the urge and didn’t want to know anything about it. He just wanted to show up for dinner, stay for an hour or two to make nice, and then get drunk.

“Jason? We’re going to be late,” Danny said softly, leaning against the back of the couch where Jason was sitting. He didn’t say it with any urgency, he wasn’t rushing Jason. It was a gentle reminder, if Jason wanted to be late Danny would support it, if Jason wanted to cancel and not go at all Danny would curl up on the couch with him and not bring up the dinner again  unless Jason did. Even if he did want to go.

“You’re right, we should get going,” Jason agreed and stood up. “How do I look?” He asked, he was wearing untorn jeans and a short sleeved shirt with a collar, almost a polo.

Danny gave him a considerate look, “Downright preppy,” He chuckled, leaning forward to giving Jason a gentle kiss. He was wearing a sort of silky black button down and tight jeans, also nice, but more his style. 

Jason laughed softly into the kiss and gripped Danny’s hips, pulling him closer and prolonging the kiss as Danny let out a little sound of pleasure. Maybe they should be late after all…

Danny broke the kiss and stepped away. “You look good Jason, you’ll make a good impression on them. And no matter what happens you’ll still have me. If you want to cut them all off again and go back to the way things were, you’ll still have me. No matter what.” Danny promised Jason, holding his hand and guiding him towards the door. 

“I’m not going to isolate us again Danny. And you shouldn’t let me even if I try,” Jason told Danny, trying to keep his tone light to undercut how much he meant it. “And if I do feel free to stage an intervention.”

Danny laughed and gave Jason a smile that didn’t reach his eyes, and didn’t respond. Well that was clearly a topic they were going to have to talk about more later, but apparently now was not the time because Danny tugged Jason more forcefully out of the door. Jason took over leading the way down and tugged Danny onto the back of his bike before taking off toward the manor. 

The gate opened as they pulled up which meant someone must have been watching for them, Jason barely had to slow down to duck through the half open gate. He skidded to a stop at the end of the long driveway that separated the Wayne’s from the rest of Gotham. He hadn’t noticed anyone hanging around the gate but he wondered if anyone would notice the two new people driving into the estate, and if there would be any speculation about who they were. He hoped not, unless it would give Bruce a headache, then maybe he could put up with it.

Danny hopped off the back of his bike and took off his helmet, fussing and fluffing up his flattened hair as he looked around them with a grin. Jason flipped down the kickstand and got up as well, taking off his helmet and shrugging off his jacket. Quickly Dick came bursting out of the door and leaping down the front steps to hug Jason, who quickly redirected Dick at Danny who laughed and hugged Dick tightly, lifting him off the ground and making him squeak. 

Jason grinned and looked up, freezing for just a moment when he saw Alfred, standing in the open doorway with his hands clasped behind his back, watching them with a barely there smile. Jason left the other two as Danny put Dick down again laughing at his expression, and Jason went up the stairs ahead of them. 

“It’s good to see you again Master Jason,” Alfred murmured to him, resting a hand on his shoulder. His accent and the warmth in his eyes always felt like home, Jason’s shoulder unknotted a little. “I know the manor doesn’t feel like home for you, but you’re still always welcome here.”

“I know Alfred,” Jason said softly. And he did, even Bruce wouldn’t turn him out, though he would ask for certain concessions. Any time Jason wanted to give up and come home, he could, too bad he’d always been too proud and too driven to give up. He’d blow everything up first, a trait he wasn’t exactly proud of. 

“As long as you know. Come on in, you and your partner,” He said, nodding behind Jason and when he glanced back Danny was there and he nudged gently against Jason’s shoulder. Jason took the hint and wrapped an arm around Danny’s shoulders.

“Alfred, this is my boyfriend Danny. Danny, this is the family butler, and pseudo grandfather, Alfred.” Jason introduced them and Danny smiled brightly, holding out his hand. 

“It’s nice to meet you!” Danny said as Alfred shook his hand. “Jason has told me so much about you, I’m so glad to finally meet you.” 

“And I you young man, it is delightful to meet anyone who has brought so much joy to my grandchildren’s lives,” Alfred said warmly before ushering them all inside and to the dining room to get them all drinks. 

“It’s good to finally meet you!” A blond girl popped out of nowhere making Jason jump. 

“Fu-”

“Language Master Jason!” Alfred cut in.

“Sorry Alfred, she just startled me,” Jason told him before looking back at the blond. “So you must be Steph eh? Kinda funny how the people who date into this fucked up family never escape even long after the breakup,” He chuckled as he offered her his hand, which she grabbed with both of hers and shook vigorously. 

“Hey I could totally leave if I want to, I didn’t become Spoiler because of him! I like being a vigilante!” She insisted before letting go and moving on to shake Danny’s hand. “Behold! Your future,” She joked and he cackled. 

“Jason and I aren’t planning to break up any time soon,” he joked back. “And I was a cape long before I met him, more of a cape then I am now actually,” He said, clicking his tongue and snuggling back against Jason’s side when she let go. 

“Oh ya? How’d you get into it,” Steph asked curiously. 

“Oh it was after I got my powers at 14,” Danny started to explain. A story Jason had heard before, and he had a feeling Steph already knew as well but wanted to hear directly from the source. 

Jason looked up and around the room, sort of tuning out their conversation since he already had an idea how it would go. He spotted Barbra quickly, she had pulled her wheelchair at the table, she had her elbows propped on the arms and her hands folded, staring at him over steepled fingers. Well, time to face the music. He kissed the top of Danny’s head and slipped away, walking around the table and sitting down next to her. 

“Hey Barbie,” He said a little awkwardly, she gave him a look that made him wince. “Sorry Barbra,” He murmured, wondering how she perfected Alfred’s disappointed look more than any of the kids who actually grew up with him.

“Barb is fine,” She said, spinning her chair to face him a little more. 

“Right, it’s- um, it’s good to see you again?” He said it like a question. 

“Really?” She asked, raising her eyebrows and leaning back in her chair. “And here I thought you’d been avoiding me.”

“Ya, I’m sorry. I don’t really have any excuse,” He admitted, looking away from her. 

“Do you have a reason?” She asked, raising one eyebrow. 

“Well, ya, but I don’t know if it’s a good one,” He told her.

“Tell it to me anyway.”

“I couldn’t face someone else The Joker hurt so bad. I didn’t know about Timmer’s Joker Jr incident when I reached out to him,” Jason sighed, unable to look at her. 

“What? Am I everything you don’t want to be?” She asked dryly and he shook his head. 

“No, you’re what I should have been if I was stronger,” He admitted with a sigh. “I’m sure you had a ton of shit to work through, but you moved forward and found a new role for yourself, stayed a part of the family and didn’t distance yourself. You’re not stuck in the past, obsessed with revenge and so fucking angry and scared,” Jason grumbled. 

“So I make you feel inadequate?” She asked with an amused note to her voice. 

“Ya I guess so,” Jason said with a bitter little snort of a laugh.

“I guess I can understand that,” Barb sighed with a little shrug. “You shouldn't compare yourself to others like that though you know. It's not healthy, you're on your own ‘healing journey’.” At least she put finger-quotes around the phrase. None of the bats took particularly well to therapy talk though she must have had a decent amount of it after her injury. Commissioner Gordon wouldn't have let her go without.

“Gee thanks,” Jason said,  rolling his eyes. “But also, kinda ya. I'm trying to be better you know? That's why I'm here, I'm trying to do better you know? I appreciate that you haven't kicked me off the coms, but I'd like to be on them in a more official way now. Me and Danny, we care about Gotham too, we should work with her other protectors a bit more.”

“Remember you're not supposed to talk about work at dinner, did you already forget that rule?” She teased him with a little smile, at least she didn't seem mad anymore. “But I agree, I'll officially add you to our contacts for Arkham breakouts and stuff.

“Now I think Steph is about to give your boyfriend a tour of the manor, do you want to go with them?” Barb asked, gesturing over at Danny, who was indeed being dragged out of the room while laughing.

“Nah, it seems like they're getting along well and I already know my way around here if I need to,” he said with a shrug. “Unless you're trying to get a break from me, then I'll go.”

“No, honestly I'd rather not be left alone with Dick,” she joked making Jason laugh properly and relax at least a little. He relaxed properly when Alfred brought out drinks and appetizers. Soon he was teasing Dick along with Barb, and getting disapproving looks for talking with his mouth full.

Just as food was brought to the table Steph and Danny returned, Jason could tell from how smug Danny looked that something was in the house was broken, Steph seemed blissfully ignorant. Danny slid into the open seat next to Jason. Jason gave him a questioning look, Danny winked and Jason rolled his eyes, he'd find out more about whatever it was Danny had broken later. Tim joined them at the last minute as well, apologizing for losing track of time in his lab. 

The foods was wonderful, Alfred's cooking always tasted like home, and he was the reason Jason showed his love by feeding people. Everything Alfred made was made with love and soon everyone was chatting between bites. Danny and Tim were talking about his lab, which hadn't been part of the tour so Tim was going to show Danny after dinner. Barb and Jason had started talking about books and Dick kept butting in with irrelevant details because he wasn't very academic but he wanted to be part of the conversation. Steph got him off their back by starting to tease him for being a cop and pestering him for stories.

Things were going really well, until everyone's phones went off, with the special ring tones. Everyone reached for their phones. 

“No phones at the tab-” Alfred started automatically before he realized the implications of all of them getting a call. He closed his mouth with a very soft click, Jason didn't have a JL phone, but even he had gotten a text from Wonder Woman so he checked it to. 

There is a disturbance, we will likely need assistance from you and Hyena. We are waiting for word from Constantine.

“Well shit. Sorry dinner’s gotta end early Alfred, it looks like it's all hands on deck. At least we're all here so Danny and I can just Zeta in with all of you.” Jason sighed and pushed back from the table. 

“I don't have my suit,” Danny exclaimed, startled, “I didn't think I'd need it!”

“How quickly can you get it?” Dick asked, clearly worried.

“Give me ten minutes, is there anything you want me to get for you as well?” Jason nodded and told Danny some specific weapons Danny had built for him.  Danny nodded before transforming and speeding out through the wall leaving shocked silence in his wake.

“So that's what his other form looks like? Pretty cool!” Dick exclaimed finally. “Anyway, we should get ready too. Let's head down to the cave and see what info they've already sent through. 

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

It's december already which just feels insane to me. Christmas is coming which makes me happy but this year went by too fast. Anyway as usual, spoilers and opinions below, read at your own risk.

QL - Currently Watching

🇹🇭 Caged Again [4/10] - Junior is one of my favourite characters. He never learned to deceive so he just says what he feels like it's the most natural thing. And his confidence and optimism are contagious. I love him. And Sun is just smitten and terrible at hiding it so it's a good thing Junior is completely clueless about these things. I'm loving Jodd and Jeng and since they are also animals, I think we're getting more about them next episode. I can't wait. 🇹🇭 Fourever You [9/16] - I am so incredibly bored. They are stretching these two pairs for no reason. They should have just given us the four pairs in 16 eps cause this is torture. 🇯🇵Fragrance You Inherit [3/8] - It's lovely. I love Sakura. I really liked the scene in the restaurant. Sakura talking about being a single mom and Mone being supportive brought tears to my eyes. It was a beautiful moment. I love the relationship between the moms and the kids and I'm curious to see how Toki will react, if he in fact doesn't know already. It's also interesting to think about what exactly parents owe their kids or not, specially regarding something like that. Fansubs being provided by @isaksbestpillow. Thank you🧡 🇯🇵Love in the Air Koi [5/10] - The pacing is so much better here. I agree with @lurkingshan here and the kidnappings will probably be combined somehow. I like the second couple a bit better here than the thai version, but I'm still not the biggest fan of this storyline. Although Fuma is better than Prapai.

🇯🇵 Love is a Poison [11/12] - Shiba is so in love. I always believed, just like Shan, that Haruto was coming back, but it was painful watching Shiba hurt. Only one episode left where they will defeat the bad guy and live happily ever after. I will not accept anything else. 🇯🇵Miseinen [4/11] - Well at least they are 'friends' now. I can't with these two. That ice cream scene was insane and it's burned into my brain. This is a great adaptation and I need all the episodes like right now.

🇹🇭 Perfect 10 Liners [6/24] - PondSand are everything to me basically. I'm so over ArcArm and I need the next couple stat. It looks like this will be another parade of guest stars which is kinda fun and next week Sea will make an appearance along with the always fun jealousy plot which hopefully will end with them being boyfriends so we can move on to the next couple.

🇹🇼 See Your Love [7/13] - The contraste between the couples is hilarious to me. The sign language scenes were the cutest and they are adorable. And this must be a record number of the 'falling into each other's arms and almost kissing but not' trope. No one is that clumsy. The sides are bonkers.

🇹🇭 Spare Me Your Mercy [1/8] - Strong start. I'm reserving judgement but I like the setting a lot, so many MoD vibes, and I like this pair. They can act.

🇹🇭 The Heart Killers [2/12] - I'm watching quietly.

🇹🇭 Your Sky [3/12] - This might be too cute. Teerak is adorably clueless and Fah is so smitten. He came up with that nickname so fast, it's almost as if he's been calling him that in his head for a while. Also, the friend group is amazing at running interference. That scene in the lift was great. And I love the scenes with the Teerak and Babe.

QL - Finished

This is gonna be the quick-fire version cause I'm tired.

🇨🇳 Blue Canvas of Youthful Days - Great until episode 10. Unearned and unbelievable ending. Mostly forgiven because China. 🇰🇷🇹🇭 Eccentric Romance - What did I watch? was it bl? was it a crime drama? No idea, but it was not good.

🇹🇭 Every You, Every Me - Rushed ending but I really liked the bl inside the bl. I wanna see these two again.

🇹🇭 Jack & Joker - YinWar. On my screen. In 2024. Even if it was bad, it was good.

🇹🇭 Kidnap - Proof that Ohm will pretty much get me to watch anything.

🇰🇷 Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo - Pain and snow and happy endings.

🇰🇷 Love in the Big City - As close to perfection as anything I ever watched. Young will stay with me forever.

🇹🇭 Peaceful Property - A mess and also proof that TayNew will get me to watch anything.

🇰🇷My Damn Business - It was fine.

🇹🇼 The Nipple Talk - Mama was a gift.

Others - Watched

🇰🇷 Bad Guy | 🇯🇵Seoul Blues | 🇯🇵Blue Boys | 🇹🇼Marry My Dead Body | 🇯🇵Some Love Begins with Mistaken Identity | 🇰🇷Taming the Bad Boy | 🇰🇷Joseon Chefs | 🇰🇷The History of Us | 🇯🇵 Polyethylene Terephthalate 1 & 2

And continuing my YinWar agenda they just released a song and the video is hilarious.

As usual my ask box is open. Have a wonderful week💜

[necrotic-nephilim]

If I may ask, what is your top 10 fics(excluding the Slade/Steph fic)?

oooh, yes! (obligatory rec of the above-mentioned SladeSteph fic by the lovely @kevin-day-is-bi tho bc it's so worth a read for anyone who hasn't read it) most of these are Batcest related, but there are a couple of gen fics as well that really hold a special place in my heart

In The Company of Monsters - this is a No Capes AU dystopian DamiTim fic that is unfinished but. god i can never not recommend it. i've liked this fic longer than i've liked Batcest, this fic used to be my "okay i dislike the ship but this is my exception". i adore how Damian and Tim are written, i adore the world building, this is just. my roman empire.

Robins And Other Flightless Birds - a mostly genfic that follows a Bruce without a Batfamily just. adopting members of the Batfam across the multiverse who were never saved. Dick is a Talon, Tim is Joker Junior, etc. i usually don't go for Good Dad Bruce fics, but there's something so special about this fic and how it writes Bruce struggling to adjust to having kids with no experience bc he craved a family.

The Music We Make is Unnatural - this was written as a gift for me in the JayTim exchange by the lovely @rottenapricots and GOD is it everything i could've asked for. for such a short fic it packs a wonderful punch exploring the premise of Jason who never died and Tim who's Ra's' apprentince. it has so many JayTim tropes i love while still being something unique and special on its own.

props - this is a series and it's long, but god is it gloriously fucked up. this surrounds mostly JayBruTim, where Jason and Bruce solve their uses by using Tim as a toy between them, and then the aftermath of Dick finding out. it's so good. this series just lives rent free in my brain and i cannot recommend it enough to dead dove enjoyers.

all the men and women merely players - a Tim-centric fic that explores Tim being self aware and breaking the fourth wall, but from a very whump/angsty perspective. i adore fourth wall breaking that feels more like psychological horror as a character struggles to grip that their reality is malleable and out of their control. and this fic does it SO well.

I Know What My Brother Is - a Reverse Robins DamiTim fic that has everything i adore about RR and DamiTim in one place. their dynamic, the sexual exploration, everything in this is just top notch and i truly adore RR!DamiTim.

Keep you warm - JayDickTim fic with Talon!Dick and Omegaverse. this really delights me bc there are just so many layers to how this relationship builds and how these three end up together despite a lot of initial rocky territory.

Catch me low - this fic was recommended to me recently and i'm still just starting it, but i adore the concept already. this has DickTimJayBruce and Jason universe hopping to "make things right" in a very fun dead dove kind of way.

When You Move I'm Moved - a TimKon PWP that explores just how far you can reasonably take TTK. and god is it everything to me. the smut is so good and all the kinks just. hit the spot. i want to chew on this fic.

one life for the many - this is a dark BruTim fic that's very short but has a special place in my heart for exploring my favorite sort of BruTim dynamic where Tim considers the risks of being Robin and ends up ina sexual relationship with Bruce reluctantly. it's just so good and i love Tim's internal logic.

also an honorable mention to a fic that's not DC, but an MHA ShinBkau fic i regularly reread, NyQuil™. i just have a soft spot for adult AU ShinBaku fics even tho i don't read MHA much anymore. it's so crunchy to me.

[symphonic-scream]

I'm still gonna do proper au posts for all my AU's eventually but I'm in a certain mood and I follow that dopamine like a starving street dog

So. Here's every Makoto from every Arcana Swap I have.

It will be a long post, but I'm putting the bulk of the content under the cut, I know I clog tags sometimes and I apologize

Anyways. Feel free to talk to me about each of these, ask about the swaps as a whole, and offer suggestions! I enjoy interaction a lot

So. Every Makoto. Under the cut

0 - Fool Makoto (Learning to be Young) {P4}

This Makoto was raised strictly by an aunt after the death of her parents, and has since been kicked out of her home. So, she's reuniting with her older sister, who was kicked out for the same reason many years before. Makoto, during her time in Inaba, experiences what being a teenager is all about. She's only got that final year, but even mysterious murders won't keep her from truly living

Ft no rizz Makoto showing up and having every girl just. Fall for her. Epitome of autism swag meme thing. Has a polyquad in it

0 - Fool Makoto (Doomed Toxic Yuri Swap)

After being arrested for something she didn't do, Makoto is sent to live with her older sister in Tokyo while on parole. She intends to keep her head down so she can get into a good school still, but she can't douse the flames of righteous rage in her heart when she encounters injustice. That anger of hers is what landed her in Tokyo, and it'll be the spark that begins a rebellion in those around her

This one has Justice Haru. And they're in a doomed toxic Yuri. For those who need more than fluff in their lives

3 - Empress Makoto (ACAB swap)

Daughter of the police commissioner, Makoto has her whole future pre-determined for her. Her father has been changing, and won't listen to her about not wanting to follow in his footsteps. She wants to be a mechanic, but... If only she had a way to return home to the man she once knew...

In her confidant, she'd be dealing with grief, but also, reuniting with Devil Sae, and trying to fix her future, get out of the school her father set her up for, and into the courses she wants herself

4 - Emperor Makoto (Gender Thieves)

Second palace is Kobayakawa in this. Makoto is his perfect attack dog, kept under his thumb by promise of scholarships and recommendations. The others make Makoto see that she's being strung along, and she breaks free. And, mega rebels. Rebels so hard they throw out their gender. They/he Makoto. Grunge Makoto

Ft trans boy Haru, and MakoHaru are together from the start in this. A soft prep boyfriend who's scary with a bat and his grunge gruff partner who's scared of the dark

6 - Lovers Makoto (Morg Swap)

She graduated early, finished teachers college, and is doing her one year placement at a middle school. The principal is using blackmail to keep her complicit and silent, making her forget the reason she was so passionate about teaching in the first place

Ft Fool Morgana! It also has a Hermit Haru and Magician Joker, this one I'm real proud of

7 - Chariot Makoto (Chaos Swap)

A classic. In an attempt to stand up against Kamoshida and his abuse, Makoto got beat up, and framed for using physical force to get better grades. An outcast and feared by her peers, this is a punk Makoto all the way. If given the chance, she'd risk it all to save the other students, even after all they've done to her.

This one was my first one it's my favourite. It's also mostly silly goofy so

8 - Justice Makoto (Blood Moon Swap)

The darkest of these. Young, Makoto's mother dies. Her father, never in her life before, appears and informs her it was her fault, and demands she make up for it, following his orders, his little psychic assassin. She's filled with anger; at herself, her actions, her father, at those she's told to dispose of. She shakes with rage, a need to tear down everything around her, make everyone else feel how shitty her life was. Her public appearances as a junior detective are firm, and serious. Proper.

Plot includes the discovery that the Fool, Goro, and Makoto were twins. Separated after the death of their mother. A "what if", since in Makoto's arc they were sort of parallels almost?

9 - Hermit Makoto (Polygirls Swap)

This Makoto watched her parents die. A Good cop, an EMT, trying to help someone, when suddenly they, changed, and walked off of a bridge. She's believed it had something to do with her for a long time, but after she's saved from her own distorted heart, she comes to the conclusion that the "Black Mask" had them killed for planning to report a superior for taking bribes from Shido

This is the Fool Ann and Emperor Haru au where the three are gay and together and gay.

12 - Hanged Man Makoto (Age Swap Au)

Makoto, a former soldier, runs a seedy shop in Shibuya to afford her younger sister Sae's hockey fees. She's still carrying the mental and physical scars from her time in service, but will do anything for her younger sister, even if it means letting the cops do whatever to her so she won't get arrested again

This is adult confidant Thieves, so the main cast of this au are the adults, like Sojiro and Sae and Iwai. The Niijima sisters get along a bit better here

19 - Sun Makoto (Yaoi Swap) {I hate that name}

This. This is just an au where literally they're all guys and theys. Whether it's trans guys, NB, CIS, or demi, they're. All guys. So this is a guy Makoto, captain of the debate team at Shujin, who offers the fool speech lessons in exchange for understanding people better. Makoto wants people to stop being scared of him, and wants to stop fearing people at the same time

Ft Yaoi MakoHaru. It's. Man idk this is a crack au

- Faith Makoto (Uh. I don't have a name for this one)

Trans guy Makoto. Parents died the night he came out, complete accident. So, he's been living as a girl and denying it happened ever since. Only, Makoto is his chosen name. Whoever the Councilor is in this au will mess up and use his dead name and. Big moment

Most of my Makoto's aren't like. Goody. This one is. He'd totally want to be a lawyer. Sweater vest and ties. He's a little gentleman, though he does Aikido, and is gym buddies with Ryuji. Layers

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ANYWAYS. WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE MAKOTO?

[f4nd0m-fun]

Batfam Mafia AU

Not that the fam themselves (most of them) are in the Mafia tho, I just don't have a better name.

@hallowsden helped me with this a while ago but this is the expanded version.

Essentially, you've got bronze age Joker as a Mafia boss who has a penchant for cruel jokes and unusual punishment but he's a lot more moral in this than he has been in the past, partially that he doesn't target children anymore.

Harley used to work at the local prison, essentially her job was figuring out if the inmates got worse while there or were sent there wrongly. People didn't like how good she was doing with her job (plus that's where she met Joker, tho she was hiding there relationship) so she got sent to work at Arkham in hopes it would break her or something (it slightly did but she's not as unhinged as a Jokered Harley)

Joker is like a step-dad to the batkids and Pam is like a step-mom in the same dad way, but the kids more or less fight over who the best mom-mom is.

Jason still died because a rival of Joker's found out he was working with the vigilantes and took it into their own hands to remedy that and tried to pin it on Joker, not realizing he was technically family with them.

Anyway, Talia gets back from a trip, finds out, and takes Jason's corpse to LoA. Jason ends up considering her 'best mom'. Then Harley becomes 'Second Mom' because he decides to take Joker's old name and try and weasel his way to working under his step-dad (Joker finds out almost immediately)

Anyway, besides Jason, here's what Mom(s) I think the kids would gravitate towards the most (I consider Ivy a mom-adjacent dad/wine aunt combo because of her vibes)

Dick is the kid who thinks Selina is Best Mom. He'll sometimes join her heists when he wants to destress, especially since most of her heists are only harming the rich idiots and museums, the latter of which gets sent to their home countries. He spends all much time with her a lot of people think she's his actual mom (not that Egyptian and Romani are the same but most people can't really tell the difference plus Bruce is pale as fuck)

Cass has too many bad memories and trauma from assassin days to really see Talia as a mom figure but she does call her aunt from time to time (unless Talia spent time overtaking some of Cass' training and used that time to make things better where she could).

Tim blew up the LoA, I'm not sure how fond he'd be of Talia unless she helped him do so but still. Plus, imagine if he just went 'Sike I'm going with Joker and Harley' either when Bruce tried to adopt him, or maybe willingly becoming Joker Jr. when Damien took over as Robin (Damien was still raised in the LoA but Talia did better this time with him). I feel like he'd still have somewhat of a Hero getup tho for outside of Gotham since Joker is considered a villain, so he takes on 'Red' after his step-dad and his big brother, and 'Robin' from his old role.

Steph I'm not sure but I feel like she'd get along with Harley. Be funny if she and Tim would be all 'Jokerina and Junior' creepy twin shenanigans, but she'd still be Spoiler as well, kinda depends on how much she wants to annoy Bruce at the time. Or maybe she goes for a Harley-look-alike - 'Quinnie and Junior'?

Duke is a kitty kat kid most of the time. He's a street fighter, as much or more than Jason, but while Jason later got trained by Bruce then Talia, Duke got his training from Bruce and Selina.

Damien, as mentioned before, was raised by Talia, but he also grew up with Jason for a bit, and maybe Tim babysat him as well from time to time when he was at the LoA (they have a better relationship than Canon). Not much changes but he isn't at murder happy.

In terms of non-platonic relationships, you have...

Brutalina, BatJokes, Jarley, and Harlivy

Also, depending on how you want to drag things, Ras is either redeemable or he's that grandpa you're not a fan of who keeps inserting himself into family functions and it's not like you can kill him right? Or both, both is good. 😂

[moon-ayyye]

oh of course, no worries!

I dislike tim for many reasons, such as that his rise to being robin was in the form of blackmailing a grieving father into taking over the role of his murdered son. I get that batman was more dangerous and passively suicidal but the last thing he would need is another. this is a failure on behalf of alfred and all of bruce's friends on the justice league, and you can't tell me that tim ONLY had bruce's best interest in mind. Sure, he doesn't want him to die, but there were other simpler more effective ways to get there, but he chose to take on the role of his idol, this 100% played into his decision.

Then there's him taking every opportunity possible to slander jason or to prove that he's better than him. i get having issues, but that doesn't excuse victim blaming a 15 year old who was tortured to death.

He was also shitty to steph during their relationship. steph was shittier after the fact, with the whole birthday thing, but during their relationship robin knew her real name while she didn't know who he was, he talked her into giving up her daughter by saying she couldn't be a vigilante and a mother, and he's generally classist and from old money so it wouldn't mesh well dating someone who he considers less than him.

There's also him antagonising damian during their first meeting, even insinuating that he wasn't civilised and wouldn't know what a handshake is.

There's him kissing cassie sandsmark after her superboy, her boyfriend, just died, and in front of his memorial

I also don't really find him all that interesting. he's a rich kid who went to a private school and then became robin. he's only interesting when he's with his team in yj or when other characters, namely the al ghuls, are butchered so heavily that it makes you doubt if any of the writers ever picked up any of their comics. They had ra's al ghul be creepy towards a child and order his daughter to rape him that's not in character for ra's or nyssa and is a cheap way to get shock value that was heavily attributed to the al ghuls (see talia sleeping with jason when he's supposedly a minor and her having damian by raping bruce. both of these were reconned but it doesn't change the fact that they set the tone for how al ghuls are in general, and were written in purely because "all arabs are evil" which is a disgusting narrative and i could go on and on about how post 9/11 nationalism has affected media both explicitly and subconsciously, but that's for another day).

You also see him take so many traits from other characters. his most common fanon characterisation, for example, is literally just barbara (coffee addicted sleep deprived genius who could hack anywhere), he had duke thomas' whole backstory during the titans show (i feel like making tim poor is literally stripping him of everything he is. a poor child wouldn't have been able to afford the equipment tim used to stalk batman), he was literally just jason todd, complete with stealing the tires off the batmobile in BtAS( I love BtAS and i get why they called jason tim, but this has made it so tim fans have another form of angst in the form of joker junior tim, who was literally created to be jason's death but for kids. joker junior is what jason would've been had joker not wanted to kill him)

His fans also annoy me so much, especially with them upping his angst. There's so much you can do with him, like explore how he feels guilty about his parents' death, maybe he blames himself for steph, maybe he mourns the life he could've had, his missing spleen, the aforementioned birthfday thing, etc. Instead, people take in events that are, while still shitty, aren't nearly as angsty as how they're made out to be.For example, the attack on titans tower: it wasn't an adult beating a teenager, they were 2 years apart. even less so considering jason was braindead for 2 years. Tim also fought back and was sassing jason until he passed out. Jason didn't even slit his throat here. It happened in hush, and it was way less impactful than the batarang scar he got, but people don't tend to talk about it in tim centric discussions. He wasn't a helpless little baby who got beaten half to death by his idol. Also dick never threatened to put him in arkham, and didn't even want to take robin away from him, but fans would have you believe that robin was ripped out from tim's hands by dick because he preferred damian (another example of alfred getting away with bullshit).

Also the condom cowl is the worst suit in the batfam, second only to jason's pillhead suit.

there could be more shitty things that he's done, but i just flat out don't like him. i find him boring, and his announcement as being bi was really half assed, no? they could've explored how following batman and Robin could've affected him and awakened his sexuality, or had something go on with him and lonnie, or kon, which is his most popular non batcest ship, or any of hie friends at all. instead they made a whole new character who is arguably more interesting, shoved him in a few panels and called it a day.

One trope that i find weird is that during batfam reconciliation fics, the batfam members use alfred as like the big red button to bring jason back, but i feel like that wouldn't actually work. at all.

Jason would HATE alfred after everything he did after he died. Canonically, it was alfred that made the "a good soldier" memorial case, bruce wanted it down but alfred insisted he keep it up, he was the one that gave tim the Robin suit THAT JASON DIED IN, and drove him to save batman and nightwing with NO training at all. He also helped keep up all the "jason was always doomed for a life of crime, and he was an angry child that got himself killed" narrative that was spun after DitF. Alfred pennyworth is batman's biggest enabler, and has stood by while bruce did all his bullshit, such as the whole UtRH arc, and RHatO #25, where he said that it was inevitable that jason would go back on the whole no killing agreement.

Alfred may care for all of Bruce's children, but his only grandchild is damian, as shown when he made him robin behind tim's back( the whole "dick made damian robin" thing is just to add to tim angst. Dick was infact against that whole shitshow). If it doesn't benefit bruce, his pseudo son/employer and landlord, he wouldn't give a fuck.

It's basically impossible to write a reconciliation fic at all without completely rewriting characters, especially jason and alfred. Jason believes that batman's mission is flawed and useless since he doesn't permanently stop crime, so he'd never fully give up killing, the whole reason there's a rift between him and bruce, and alfred isn't this doting grandfather that always sides with his grandchildren and bakes cookies and makes tea.

Also, one major thing the fandom forgets is that alfred is canonically a shitty father to julia, his bio daughter. He abandoned his own daughter for the waynes, he'd never prioritise bruce's children over him.

[browniesarethebest]

hi umm I really love you're reverse robin fic! please, if you don't mind could you do one where steph either just has a breakdown where she's alone and damian walks in or the thing with black-mask happens (i'm not sure if it happens in your timeline but it happened AGAIN or something? just no kidnapping steph to africa) and damian kinda just being mother-hen because STEPH WONT LIE DOWN? basically just damian being soft/protective big brother to steph, cause your writing makes me want to squeal☺️

Aw thank you, guys! I'm just gonna combine these both since they're so similar if you don't mind.

As the second oldest, Stephanie often felt like she was still fighting to prove herself. The feeling had decreased some over the years as she settled more into the family and gained younger siblings, but it still flared up. Tim liked to bitch about the turbulent start to his and Damian's relationship, but he never seemed to stop and consider her start with the Bats.

Damian definitely didn't like her at first. Back then, it had just been him and Bruce, so when she started crashing their crime scenes and fights with villains, he was pretty pissed off about it. He was always calling her insulting names and actively trying to intimidate her away from the duo, but it never worked. She was used to men trying to intimidate her, and Damian could never discourage her from doing what she thought was right. Her only saving grace at the time, which Steph wouldn't realize until Tim joined up, was that she wasn't living at the Manor—not at first at least.

No, she wouldn't move in until after Cluemaster killed her mother.

By that time, Damian had calmed down some after the whole Joker Junior fiasco. Her mother's death probably had something to do with his more accepting attitude towards her as well. She was just thankful he stopped calling her a harlot and didn't look at her with pity.

It very quickly dawned on Stephanie after she moved in that she was the first female presence in the Manor in a long time.

Sure, Selina came by sometimes and maybe Leslie too when someone needed some serious stitching up. Kate and Diana occasionally stopped by too, but Steph was the only one actually living in the Manor. There were definitely some conversations had that Steph did not want to repeat.

Damian was obviously not the friendly type. He cared, Stephanie eventually figured out. It just took a long time for someone to gain his trust, and even then he still had a weird way of showing he cared. Bruce and Alfred could be pretty closed off too. And so, she ended up taking on a caring role for Tim. She could be there for him in ways that Damian, Bruce, and Alfred just couldn't. She did the same for each child that Bruce eventually took in as well. Damian had opened up a bit more by the time Dick showed up, but it was still up to Stephanie to be the older sibling with open arms.

Stephanie loved all of her siblings so much, but sometimes, it got to be too much. She could only handle so many problems at once, and it wasn't like she had someone in the same role for her. Every time she seriously thought about going to Bruce or Damian with a problem, those old feelings of inferiority would rear their ugly head. She would bottle up all her feelings about every worry and every mistake until she could beat them out of her system. It was like killing two birds with one stone—she could simultaneously improve her fighting skills while also physically releasing her stupid, pent-up emotions.

That was how Damian found her—beating the shit out of training dummies in the Cave. It was long after everyone else had gone to bed, so no one should have been up to bother her. Steph couldn't remember the last time she had slept, and she was pretty sure her ribs were bruised from the fight with Poison Ivy, but none of that mattered. She was in the zone, and she needed to put in at least another two hours before even thinking of potentially stopping.

"What are you doing?"

Stephanie whirled around to find Damian standing at the edge of the training area, arms crossed with an eyebrow raised. Stephanie felt the urge to punch it off his face.

"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm training, obviously. You starting to lose your sight in your old age, Damian?"

Damian didn't rise to the bait. "You should be asleep. When was the last time you slept?"

Stephanie scoffed, "That's rich coming from you."

Damian's eyebrows furrowed. Stephanie wasn't normally so antagonistic. "What is wrong with you?"

"Nothing is wrong!" Stephanie spun back around to continue beating on the dummy. "Everything is peachy keen and all that bullshit, so just leave like you always do and go back to bed."

"What does that mean?"

"What do you think it means?" Stephanie was getting really tired of talking to Damian. Her punches grew more erratic. "You may seem to give a shit when I'm not all sunshine and rainbows and shit, but you sure as hell don't care enough to actually do anything about it. I'm the one that's supposed to talk everyone through their problems. I'm the one who's gotta be emotionally available because God forbid any of the adults in this house actually act like adults and help the kids when they need it! Bruce tries, sure. And bless Alfred, but even he has his own issues. So it's gotta be me! But where's my help?! Where's the emotional support when I need it?!"

Her next punch was stopped as a hand wrapped around her wrist. Stephanie snarled at Damian, who seemed stunned at the action, and yanked at her wrist, but he refused to let go.

"Is that how you really feel?"

Stephanie was shocked to see genuine concern in the man's eyes and deflated. She hadn't meant to dump all of that on Damian, but she was exhausted, both physically and mentally. She tugged her wrist halfheartedly and let it drop to her side as Damian let go.

"I..." She fought back tears. She refused to cry in front of Damian. She didn't want to see or hear his contempt for weakness. She didn't think she could handle it in her current state.

She jolted in surprise as a hand landed on her shoulder. She stared up in surprise at Damian, whose face was twisted with discomfort.

"You are correct." Damian admitting she was right? Stephanie was sure she'd fall over from all the surprises she was receiving tonight. "We have never considered the position we inadvertently put you in. I was... not a normal child, so I did not expect the care you give to the others, which suited Father just fine. You were already part of our team when Timothy joined us, and you moved in not long after. We did not have time to consider his needs—or the needs of the others—before you swooped in to care for them. We never considered what you needed because we were comfortable the way we operated. That was our mistake."

Damian glanced at the training dummy before looking back at her. "You have nothing to prove to us. You are a formidable warrior, and a valued member of this family. The others love you and would be distressed to know you are hurting yourself in some absurd quest to prove your worth." Damian paused, and Stephanie felt the slightest squeeze from the hand on her shoulder. "Father can be quite dense. Should you need someone to confide in... I am available."

Stephanie was floored. This was not how she was expecting this night to go, but she couldn't deny this was all she ever wanted to hear from her brother. Her eyes shined with fresh tears. "You mean it?"

Damian resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "I would not have said so if I did not."

"Come here, big guy!" Stephanie lunged at the man and wrapped her arms around him.

She could appreciate this for what it was. It had to have taken a lot for Damian to step so widely out of his comfort zone. His arms hung uselessly in the air above her back, but Stephanie didn't mind. Damian had given her a lot tonight. She wouldn't push.

"...You can let go now."

"Shh. We're having a moment."

"...I would like to go back to bed."

"Fine! Fine!" Stephanie let go with a laugh.

They made their way to the elevator in silence. As they ascended, Stephanie could feel a weight lift from her shoulders. She still had some work to do in regard to her insecurities, but this was a big step towards something better for her. The rest would be easy.

When her insecurities reared their ugly head again, Stephanie knew her big brother would be there to catch her.

[jiyuus]

Mask Time

So I was doing a clay face mask and I thought I would write them down in headcannons~

So how would some people from Fire Force react to you wanting to do face masks with you + do they do it or not~

I’ll also do as many people as I can, but I only really have ideas for 3 so bare with me! Also gender neutral.

and SPOILERS, I have all the currently out manga and know what happens all the way up to volume 22. So if you don’t want to know anything that’s up to that or season 2 then skip this.

Benimura

he would look at you like you grew three heads and wings

would ask why the hell would you do face masks in the first place.

“because it makes your skin feel nice!” you would say, only to get the same stoic face you always get with him.

would be confused as to why you put mud on your face

almost get into an argument about him calling it mud

in the end, after you begged him for like two hours, he agreed

he was gonna do it in the end, but he’s a little shit so you would have to pry anyway.

would make you do everything for him!

put his hair out of his face

apply the mask

you drew the line at washing his face, he’s a grown man and the leader of a whole town-

he wouldn’t tell you, unless you were both in vulnerable positions, but he loved the little times that you share, especially when your very close like when your applying his mask.

all in all, he would do it again as long as he got to spend time with you.

Joker

this little shit

he would do the face mask

but

like with Beni, would make you do everything

will smoke while waiting for the mask to dry, despite you telling him not to

he will do your mask in return, unlike Beni, he would love to be close to you and feel your face

no in a weird way of course

like with Beni he would cherish these moments

he was an Empire Shadow and sadly had an innocent family killed for helping him

he cherishes you more than anything, so these moments mean a lot to him

would want to do it all the time, but you had to tell him that it wasn’t good for his skin

he’s a little shit but a cute little shit

Hinawa

would question what you were doing

like he has seem some questionable things, both in his own team and with the world, but to him- this was the weirdest and he deals with Arthur on a daily basis

but once you explain, he says a simple “okay,” and walks off

but you stop him and tell him that you want to do it with him

no change in his facial expressions

“why, that looks like mud, it’s dirty and I’ll probably have to clean it up.” was his line

it took everything in you, almost going to get Obi to help you, to convince him 

in the end, he did and it was cute

would he do it again? probably not, not without you giving him a really good reason

Obi

DEFINITELY would do face masks with you

oh it’s your self care day? 

it’s his too

would love for you to put him mask on and would love to put your on for you

MATCHING HEADBANDS

like this man would do the most on your self care days

might even invite his juniors to do them as well

cute dad moment

does them every week with you, you don’t even have to ask

Burns (this is mainly for my friend @candytuftcentaur )

like Beni and Hinawa- wouldn’t know what the fuck you were doing

WOULD NEVER do a mask with you, especially because of his eye- he be wary

you’d have to do something AMAZING in order to get this man to do a face mask with you

if he does end up doing them with you, he won’t do a full face one- maybe just the cheeks and over the nose.

but if he doesn’t, it still doesn’t mean he won’t sit there and watch you

to be close to this man, he have to be ✨special✨ 

like this man is special himself

he would watch you with admiration in his eyes and would slightly smile when you did something silly or would end up laughing and accidentally cracking your clay mask

like Joker and Beni, he would treasure these moments, especially because he knows too much for his own good and would spend every minute of the day with you

[ghost-bxrd]

I wholeheartedly return the sentiment ✨

And I’m sorry, I’ll have to suffer the bombastic side eye after all 😩 but feel free to let me just scream into the void dear 💚🦇✨

Look I have a horrible history of getting way too attached to Jason’s goons, so this is brilliant. Even if Jason hadn’t introduced Little!Bruce as his son, it’s glaringly obvious that the kid’s got Hood wrapped around his little finger and god have mercy on anybody dumb enough to take shot at the boy, because Red Hood sure won’t. The goons quickly realize that the best way to stay alive and well with all limbs intact is by making triple sure that the Anti!Robin (he really needs a better name doesn’t he) is in peak condition at all times. They even organize day-shifts to patrol Hood’s territory to make absolutely sure that nobody takes a go at the kid should he be out and about for whatever stupid reason. They do NOT want a repeat performance of last time, thank you very much.

And omg YES, little!Bruce being keenly aware of how much power Jason has semi-accidentally give him (because he’s still a genius) and by the end of the week he’s roped a couple goons into configuring some kind of outfit-slash-armor for him. Jason thinks his whole hair might be turning white from stress when he catches the anti!robin on the fire escape one night. Little!Bruce fumes through the entirety of the ensuing lecture, but Jason still has enough authority to make him cave to rules he puts down. Partly because he knows that Jason is absolutely NOT kidding about literally tying Little!Bruce up to keep him from patrolling. It’s still Jason we’re talking about. He’s no pushover.

At this point (and let me just say I laughed so hard I started coughing at the phrase “hate boner”) Dick is furiously combing every inch of Gotham for the kid some psychopath manipulated into becoming a junior rogue. Jason thinks it’s hilarious (mostly because we haven’t gotten to the threatening-to-take-the-kid thing yet) and casually drops several hints about the kid’s identity that nobody catches, along with a healthy dose of sarcastic remarks as to how he’s manipulating and sabotaging the boy currently sitting in his apartment and eating a painstakingly put together three course menu while watching Pride and Prejudice.

Batman is also losing his mind because the Red Hood doesn’t make any sense. He kills people, but not as many as he used to only a few months prior. His movements through the Bowery are still erratic and unpredictable, but now there’s a distinct lack of risk-taking going on. Nothing makes sense. Especially the Anti!Robin that appeared seemingly overnight out of thin air. And the Joker’s death, executed in his own cell. But still, his priorities are to keep the children he has left safe, and that means he’s still going to take Hood’s threat of “clipping a little birdy’s wings” dead serious. He will never let one of his children get hurt ever again.

(Jason totally made that threat before his interdimensional trip. He’s got a wealth of other problems to deal with right now than hunt Robin through Gotham. Namely, his personal little Anti!Robin.)

And then after Little!Bruce’s declaration that Robin lives all alone in a huge manor and is living off cheap takeout and with no heat on even during winter, like you said, Jason does a friggin 180 and starts kind of—- chaperoning the meetings between Robin and Anti!Robin. From afar, at first. Just to make sure the Replacement doesn’t try anything funny with his kid. But eventually Tim catches on and tentatively tries to get to know Red Hood too and— that’s it. Jason’s a goner. He’s got a second kid now. He doesn’t make the rules.

The first time Tim comes back to the cave and tells Dick and Batman about his encounter with the two “rogues” and how they’re not so bad and that Hood even bought him a chili dog—- Dick sees red. One kid is bad enough, but now Hood is trying to corrupt slash groom Dick’s baby brother? Yeah, he’s out for blood now.

Interestingly enough it’s Bruce who chooses to put further investigation into Tim’s recount of the night (Alfred’s calm voice of reason helps) because while he’s worried to high heavens, he also trusts Tim. Tim is smart enough to know when he’s being manipulated. (Unless someone offers him hugs and affection free of charge, he’s a goner then. But Bruce isn’t aware of Tim’s home situation atm and how much it screwed with his survival instincts.)

Tim is very annoyed when all his future attempts to meet up with Hood and the Anti!Robin are hampered by an overprotective Nightwing following him at a distance. 🦅

Prompt:

Jason gets booted to another dimension and adopts a recently orphaned Bruce Wayne.

Whom he also takes along for the ride when he’s pulled back into his own dimension.

[seventhrounder]

I went thru my folder with old hockey magazines I had saved from around 2011 to 2015 and came across this one and thought it could be a fun to make a post about now in hindsight.

This is Jääkiekko magazine from May 2012, they always have a section of "99 questions with ..." and in this issue they interviewed Teräväinen.

I’ve translated the questions I found interesting under the cut! It ended up being about half of the interview. (*) are my additions.

On the cover "seuraava superjokeri" means the next super joker, he played for Helsingin Jokerit so it's a word play from that. Under, on the blue print it says: "The 17-year-old forward will become a first round draft pick in the summer. The natural goal scorer can dominate in SM-Liiga as soon as next season."

In the 2nd photo the headline and lead paragraph goes:

"A post with dents* - A year ago Teuvo Teräväinen was known only within a small number of hockey insiders. Few passers-by recognize him now either but after a flashy rookie season the Jokerit sensation is on the radar of every NHL team and is a strong contender to become a first round draft pick. Next season with Jokerit the talented second line center will be one of the main talking points in the SM-Liiga."

(*references the net Teräväinen had in his backyard and into which he practiced his shooting)

3. You've been described as a magician, top scorer, wunderkind and a prodigy. What do you think of these descriptions?

TT: Heh, those are some descriptions yeah. What can I really say? Don't really wanna comment on them much.

4. How nervous are you about the Draft?

TT: I try not to be nervous as best as I can. In a way I don't have anything to be nervous about since I don't care which team picks me or at what number I go.

6. Which is stressing you more, English interviews or physical tests?

TT: Maybe both. Bench press (laughs) and English interviews can be tough.

12. How far along have you planned your career with, for example, your parents or your agent?

TT: Haven't really planned things with others but I've thought about them myself. I try to go step by step and not jump too far ahead.

14. How does it feel to be so young with all the star players in Jokerit?

TT: How to say it? I haven't felt like I was young but a part of the team instead. The team's been very good with me and they haven't been looking down at me like: "oh he's young". It's been fun to play in an experienced team.

15. Is there a generational gap between players?

TT: You can see the age difference, older players look older but we're all childish, at least with our topics.

17. What does a 17-year-old do in the sauna nights of the team?

TT: I actually haven't been in any yet. I've always been at national team's camps or something.

19. Did you get the number you wanted?

TT: I did, yeah. I could've taken #18 but Semir (Ben-Amor) has it. But i'm happy with #86, it's good.

23. What are your strengths as a player?

TT: Offensive play and with that playing with the puck, passing, IQ, power play and skill, just the usual skill - skill with hands.

24. And weaknesses?

TT: They are to do with defensive play, strength and physicality. Battles and such but I think I took a step forward last season. That's a good thing.

25. Have you ever been "pressed into a mold" or has your playing style gotten to develop naturally?

TT: As a kid the play was mostly offensive/attacking, I didn't have to think about playing defence. Up until 15 years old, I got to attack pretty freely. Playing defence became more important when I started to play in A-juniors a couple seasons ago.

26. On a scale from 1 to 10 how determined are you?

TT: Maybe 8, feels like an 8.

32. What kind of role are you planning to take with Jokerit next season?

TT: I think a pretty big one. I try to be a top player and not just take others' example but give others example myself too. So that someone in the team can take something out of the way I do things on the ice and off the ice.

35. If you could pick anyone, who would be your car driver?

TT: Nico Manelius for sure. He's been my driver this season. I've had others too, like Riku Hahl but he's not nearly at the same level. Nico’s clearly the best.

36. What are the most important qualifications to be a good driver?

TT: The car is obviously important. Hahl's car is totally awful, he takes a lot of heat for it from the guys too. I wouldn't dare driving with him. Manelius is a steady performer, never lets you down.

38. What sports did you play as a 10-year-old?

TT: Hockey and floorball, probably football (soccer) during the summers at the time too.

42. When did you decide to focus only on hockey?

TT: So when I stopped playing other sports? Three years ago, before that floorball was kind of a side thing, I played a couple of games in the regular season and playoffs.

45. Do you follow floorball or other sports? Go to games?

TT: I don't go to games but I like to watch floorball on TV, it's an interesting sport. Sometimes I watch football too but I don't follow it much. Feels like they never score there.

47. Have you ever played with a wooden stick?

TT: As a kid I did play with a wooden stick.

49. You won the hockey players' golf tournament last summer even though there were more experienced players too. Are you good with all stick games?

TT: Well, I've been pretty good in all of them. I've played golf for a long time and still play it.

50. How is your swing?

TT: Pretty bold, kind of a hockey swing. I don't really care where the ball goes - as long as it goes far.

52. What do you think of off-ice training?

TT: Let's just say it's more stupid than being on the ice but you still gotta do it to be better on the ice.

56. Which word describes your professional relationship (with his coach, Tomek Valtonen), tranquil or colorful?

TT: Colorful of course. At times we're joking around, other times it's more serious but the relationship is really good.

57. Coaching you has been described in many words: good, bad, worse. What are they?

TT: Heh, well... I won't tell them here. He (Tomek) keeps the discipline during practices but sometimes when things haven't gone to a plan I've had to jump on an exercise bike in the middle of a practice.

58. What have been the reasons?

TT: I'll quote Tomek: "when I haven't been present".

59. Have you ever tried to turn the resistance of the bike to zero?

TT: (Laughs) Of course I have and sometimes I've even succeeded.

60. Describe your diet in three words?

TT: Greasy, healthy and good!

64. Your first name is not common for people your age. How did your parents come up with it?

TT: I actually don't even know. Maybe they didn't want a usual Ville*....

(*very common name for men of all ages in Finland)

66. Which of these is the most important: skill, unexpectedness or courage?

TT: Skill!

68. Your longest video game stint?

TT: Six hours, at least. I've played a lot of War of Duty lately.

72. The dumbest thing that has made you upset in hockey?

TT: Probably if I didn't get an assist on a goal even though I should have. Or even worse is if I score and they mark it down for someone else.

79. Have you had any concussions?

TT: I haven't had any, I've managed to always dodge them.*

(*ouch, tho it's good the recent one is his only as far as i remember)

84. In 2011 Team Finland finished in the 5th place at the U-18 tournament. Why only as 5th?

TT: Because we lost to Team Russia in the quarter final, just as well we could have won that game too.

89. You didn't get to be on the ice to accept the SM-Liiga bronze medal (because of the U-18's). When and where did you get it?

TT: I actually still haven't received it, I don't know where it is.

93. What is the population of Helsinki?

TT: There's like 5 million people in Finland so maybe around 500k in Helsinki? (to be exact 596k) Did i really get it right...?

94. Who's the mayor of Helsinki?

TT: I don't know, I barely know the president.

95. Do you think the municipalities in the capital city area should merge?

TT: Luckily I don't have to decide but they probably shouldn't.

96. What do you check first in the news paper?

TT: The sports section.

97. Your favorite tv show?

TT: Putous* was pretty good, I liked a lot of the characters. The grandma was pretty good.

(*Finnish live improvisation comedy/sketch show (there are still new seasons, the latest just finished). Every actor comes up with a humor character with a catchy phrase and one of them wins. "The grandma" is Marja Tyrni and I just got such flashbacks from typing this sentence.)

98. Last book you read?

TT: I don't read many books. The last book was a study book, a Finnish book. I wrote an essay on Tiki (Esa) Tikkanen's biography. An eventful book, great career and a lot of chirps.

99. Who should we ask the 99 questions next?

TT: Riku Hahl could have good stories, he's also seen a lot of the world.

[wthcew]

Headcanon for JJ!Tim and Jason because I've too many ideas right now (it would probably be like that in most of my fics with JJ and JayTim in them).

Tim was adopted by Harley and Ivy (A really nice idea anon gave me and I'm writing it right now) which means that except from what he's stealing he doesn't have lots of things/money

And Jason found out that Tim's biological parents didn't spend much on him

So Jason started buying Tim things that he wants

Tim's surprised every time it happens and he looks at Jason like he's the most amazing person in the universe.

Jason's hiding food in their bedroom in case there would be lack of food (years of not knowing when will be the next time he'll eat)

Tim finds out one day

Someday Jason found a lot of chocolate bars and on all of them a drawing of a heart in a blue pen.

Tim's terrified of the idea of getting electriced

So Jason's making sure to explain Tim what he's making to eat if it including water and electrical machines

Jason also makes sure to never go in the bathroom with his phone because Tim looked at him with this terrified eyes and asked what if somehow water will hit the phone and there would be an electric shock.

Bruce once found out that Jason bought Tim what Tim wanted to steal

He thought that this is a way to make Jason feel welcome to come back home and to make Tim stop stealing, two robins with one stone right?

Wrong.

Jason likes being Tim's "sugar daddy" and he's the only one out of Tim's adopted family who is allowed to buy Tim things

Bruce regret it.

Damian hate Tim, he believes that this "clown boy" making Todd stay with him just to make father and Richard miserable.

Dick hate Tim because he think that Jason deserve better than JOKER Junior.

Alfred sends them meals in the holidays and their birthdays.

One time Jason had to go help Roy with something

He didn't want to leave Tim alone because "Mama and mom will break out don't worry, I can call aunty kitty"

"Aunty kitty" was traveling somewhere so Tim promised to be a good boy and not blow fireworks in the apartment

Jason got a call in three a.m from hysterical Tim

It took Jason half an hour to convince Tim that he's fine and the Joker will never hurt him again.

Jason loves to hug or cuddle Tim

It's so shooting when he wakes up in the middle of the night, his heart beat fast and he's sure he's still six feet deep and he can't-

But then Tim tighs his hug and kissing his neck and it's easy to remember that everything is fine because Tim is safety.

They both fear from drowning, Jason because the pit and Tim because of the acid.

So there's no baths in the house, only showers.

There was this one time that Jason got dossed with fear toxin and Tim had found him

The bad thing about that is the fact that seeing Jason in this state somehow triggered Tim's own trauma and he started laughing and laughing-

And when Jason wakes up in one of his safehouses, his hands covered in dry blood and Tim's on the floor with bloody face and not responding to Jason-

Scarecrow had a nice visit from Tim's mama, mom and aunty kitty.

And I could go on for days but I'll have to stop myself here, hope you enjoyed it!

[buffyfan145]

Cobra Kai 4.8-4.9 Thoughts

Now through episode 4.9 of “Cobra Kai” and this season has been great!!! :D I still can’t get over so many of the twists and surprises. Lots of spoilerly things to discuss too and will watch the finale either tonight or tomorrow. Also I did post yesterday about the other episodes but with the tags having been messed up it didn’t show up till it was fixed but still on my blog for those that want to read it.

OMG so much happen in just these 2 eps!!! :o First I want to say I love how they’ve done the tournament and it’s so much like watching wrestling in a good way, and doing the kata and skills events being more like how it is in real life and how it was last summer during the Olympics.  That was so cool to see. I didn’t mind at all seeing Carrie Underwood either as I’ve always liked her music and have been a fan since was on “American Idol”.

But first have to talk about that scene in 4.8 with Johnny and Terry!!! :o That was terrifying and yes I do still think they are father and son which makes this even more sinister and that he knows Johnny is Kreese’s weakness.  That was tough to watch and reminded me not only of JJ on “Outer Banks” with his abusive dad but sadly my own cousin who had a terrible father and thankfully we’ve all cut ties with (my parents sheltered me a LOT from what he did til I was old enough to tell but I’ll still never forgive him for it). Makes me feel even more for Johnny and Robby, and knowing that reveal about Terry being Johnny’s dad is likely going to happen in season 5 as there’s too many hints now that Johnny’s going to look into his own father.

Still doesn’t mean I don’t like Terry as I do. He’s being written so well as such a diabolical villain like The Joker, Darth Vader, etc and Thomas is doing amazing. The only thing is I don’t think there’s anything they can do to redeem him so likely means like Vader he will die next season. The thing will be if it’s similar to what happened to Vader.

Then I liked seeing Stingray back. I know some don’t like him but Paul’s hilariousj and I knew him from “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” before “Cobra Kai’ and now all the movies he’s appeared in the past few seasons. That’s why he wasn’t in season 3 as he was filming “Cruella”.  What happened to him was so sad too.

Also awesome seeing Ralph’s daughter Julia play his cousin Vanessa!!! :D She looks so much like him that I knew instantly it was her. Also still fascinating he has a daughter who’s only 5 years younger than me.

Loved the junior prom too and seeing everyone dressed up. And sounds like Johnny’s own junior prom led to him and Ali breaking up. Though even more tension with the teens now. I actually like Robby and Tory together, and have always been a Miguel and Sam shipper. Curious to see where this goes as we’re at least getting a 6th season so likely will keep changing. Am happy Eli reunited with Moon too and Yazmine/Annalisa was able to film a bit again too with her other show.

Then poor Miguel with that scene with Johnny and him mistaking him for Robby. All he wants is a dad too and thinks Johnny doesn’t care for him enough now and curious about his own dad (who I posted before seems to have been cast for season 5) and now the issues with Sam (who I’m glad did use more of Johnny’s training to get to the finals). And then he’s possibly injured!!! :o

Can’t wait to see what the finale has in store and what it’ll set up for season 5!!! :D

[moonstone27ls]

Soooo watched Chucky

Warning spoilers....

1) SUPER SUCKED that Kyle died. Damn it I wanted her to live, she was a good character. Damn it Hollywood or Mancini/or writers(dunno whom to blame) APPRECIATE THE OLD ACTORS. And Andy better not die next season or I’ll be pissed >3>.

Uhh was I surprised about Junior... no. Kid had issues, almost felt sorry for his dad. Heh almost, he stood up for Jake when his son was a dick, so I give him that point. Just somewhat surprised Junior followed Chucky so easily. 

Yes I know his dad was a dick and he’s grieving. But his GIRLFRIEND and Jake mentioned Chucky, so literally moment Chucky moves about that should have lit a lightbulb in his head. I mean hell the moment he saw Tiffany/Chucky together should had been a hint that he was being manipulated oO.

You really wanna know what I wanna see next season.... for the writers or Manicini to drop Nica/Tiffany. I’ll be honest(and some fans will yell at me for this). After the finale I am REALLY sick of the fandom kissing Tiffany’s ass and making Nica/Tiffany a thing. This finale did NOT make me root for Tiffany.

You wanna know why... because she’s still JUST LIKE CHUCKY. We can go “oh she was a victim”. No nothing is convincing me she was/or has been a victim anymore. Because I’ve seen the flashbacks, there’s no indication that Chucky seduced her or threatened her to comeback to him. TIFFANY CHOOSE to follow his plan. SHE CONTINUES to go with him. Even her doll is still on his side. Tiffany could have quit ANY time and continued her career as Jennifer Tilly, she could be with her TWINS... or kid? (I��ll be honest going genderfluid is confusing.... mostly cause Manicini hasn’t stated if Glen/Glenda are still twins or one genderfluid being).

I get why Mancini. Had that big fight out with Tiff/Chucky, he’s being PC about this. Cause since Harley/Joker, many fans probably saw that Tiff/Chucky had the same dynamic. He doesn’t want to get cancelled, thats why he went this route. Do I disagree... not entirely. I’ll be blunt I’m use to Chucky/Tiffany. Their flashbacks still made me feel like he was explaining their not so “disney” lovestory. But anyways I’m getting off topic.

Point is Tiffany to me isn’t a victim. And yes I know victims go back to their abusers.... but this isn’t Harley/Joker. Harley SHOWED some form of conscience. Tiffany is STILL A BLOOD THIRSTY MURDERER. This isn’t Dexter or some antihero. Tiffany kills because she wants to, because she gets a thrill just like CHUCKY. Heck thats why she got mad in the 80s. She was mad they weren’t killing “together”. SHE LEFT A BOMB to KILL ANDY AND KYLE, for CHUCKY.  She KIDNAPPED Nica and amputated. There is no amount of “abuse victim” that can EXCUSE THIS. Mancini did not make Nica/Tiff a thing for me to root for, unless he’s going for a Misery theme. At which he’s got that dead on the spot. 

Cause I’m really hoping next season Nica gets FREE, of Chucky and of Tiffany. I want Tiffany to die for what she’s Nica putting through. Yes I know that means no Chiffany, use their dolls they can have some Chiffany. But no Nica/Tiffany, I mean bigger picture wise Nica never really consented to what Chucky/Tiff do with her body so still no reason for me to want them together.

Anything else I want for next season.... just for Andy to survive. Survive it all, we all feel sorry for Nica and Jake, well Andy’s been the longest running victim, fairly certain he deserves to live and be happy too. I dunno maybe next season Andy will be the older brother/or GOOD father figure Jake never got.

Uh.. in all honesty I want the twins to show up. I mean the show has thrown all the movie references so much, I’m wondering where’s Glen and Glenda?Is Glenda out killing? Is Glen hiding or living his life the best life or “their”....(i’ll be honest because Mancini hasn’t shown us if the twins are still twins or just one “genderfluid” person makes me unsure whom to use for “they”.... gonna say they to avoid people calling me homophobic... they I’ll probably get called out for not liking Nica/Tiff ship or not calling Tiff a victim). Back to Glenn... where is Glenn? Is Glenn out living life with a nanny (nobody’s mentioned ages yet either), abroad?, or some form of adulthood COMPLETELY oblivous to their parents’ murderous lifestyle. Tiffany mentioned Glenda, so its safe to say she has contact with Glenda... is Glenda following the murderous warpath of her/their folks?

Also who’s hand was that watching Jake, Devon, & Lexy.... if its Kyle alive I’d be SUPER HAPPY. If she’s alive LET HER LIVE/survive the next season Mancini

[artxyra]

Prom Proposal

So @enchantingdefendoreagle requested, “I have a request I am hoping for a Daminette fanfic. Where since Prom is canceled that the Waynes have offered to host Gotham Academy Prom because Gotham Academy is under reconstruction or something. Damian has seen Marinette for a while having a crush on her but never saying anything. “ 

Note: I wanted to try pinning Damian and a lot of things happened... so I hope you enjoy.  

Normally, Damian would never make such a big deal over a school event cancellation. He would shrug it off as if it was beneath him. Well, that was the case until the Joker decided to turn Gotham Academy’s gym into a playground until Batman and Robin removed him from the premise. However, there was an absolute reason as to why this event had affected him so much. For a while now, Damian was actually looking forward to the annual prom dance. He was actually going to participate in said event, but the one person he was trying to ask to be date—they haven’t really spoken to one another outside of class assignments.

“Father I demand that we host prom.” Damian urges barging into his father’s office the second the school email about prom’s cancellation went to the students. What Damian didn’t account for was Grayson being inside the office as well.

“Hold, Little D. Why would you of all people even want to B to host prom? You didn’t go last year so why the sudden change.” Dick wonders at his little brother. So yeah, Damian didn’t go his junior year but once again this year is different.

With Damian being silent for a moment was all it took for Dick to realize something, “Is it for a girl…a boy maybe?”

“Tt. I have my reasons.” Damian counters crossing his arms and turning his attention away from his brother to his father, who appears to be done with everything going on.

“Damian, do you really think that having the manor full of teens is a good idea?” Bruce asks concern about his son’s mental health, but he too was wondering why the sudden change in attitude for one of many iconic moments in a teenager’s life.

“There is no reason father,” Damian says lying through his teeth. There was a reason, but he doesn’t want his family to find out about said reason.

Dick nor Bruce seemed convinced, but a simple quick look to one another, they knew getting an answer out of eighteen-year-old would be a battle they didn’t want to have.

“I’ll consider it.” Bruce states practically agreeing to his son plans to have prom at the Manor just like any other Wayne Gala he has hosted before. The only difference would be teens instead of adults.

It only took Bruce Wayne three days to send an email to the academy, offering to host prom night at Wayne Manor. The headmistress took that offer immediately know that there will be backlash for not accepting such a proposal. Two days after that, the school sends out emails informing the students that prom will be hosted in two months having it right on schedule. Those who order prom tickets will receive further information closer to the date.

After getting his father on board with the thought, Damian was internally excited, now just to put his plan into action. That plan over two months failed at least five different times.  

The first attempt, in the classroom right after class was finished. He knows that she’ll usually stay in the class until everyone is out. Well, that didn’t happen. She was the first person out, running like her depended on it.

The second attempt was at the courtyard, a couple of days after the first attempt. Damian knew (well he asked Jon) that she had a tendency to sketch under the largest tree during the evening. He also knew that they shared the same independent study times due to having worked on projects together. Just as he was about to ask her, another student walked up to her. The bluenette, from afar, seemed to be interested in the conversation. Damian ended up walking away hoping to try again later.

The third attempt was almost a success. He was actually talking to her, but the words would not come out the way he had hoped. This just added to his stoic personality that she was used to. Then right before he finally mustered up the confidence, a girl with pigtails interrupted them implying that she only wanted to talk to Damian. Apparently, pigtail girl wanted to ask Damian to prom and he of course denied the proposal.

“You need, help?” Jon asks on the day before Damian could attempt his fourth go.

“Tt. I rather suffer.”

Jon raises an eyebrow, “Uh-huh. She’s in the art room.” Jon walks away with a smirk on his face. Damian could only glare at his retreating friend.  

Sure enough, Jon was right, she was in the art room. However, it was clear that she was in the zone. A zone that is nearly impossible to get her out of.

“DC, can we talk?” She doesn’t acknowledge him. He tries again a couple more times. Damian should have known better. They barely speak when in class, so why the hell would they speak out of class.

“How it go?” Jon asks as he smiles knowing exactly how the encounter went.

“Kent, you could have told me she was in the zone.” Damian lightly punches Jon in the shoulder. “Do you have any idea what she’s working on?”

Jon chuckles and instead of answering he goes inside the art room. Damian couldn’t help but wonder about what they are doing.

The fifth attempt was really his own attempt. In fact, it was the girl he has been trying to ask out that ended all of his sufferings.

Damian was been avoiding practically everyone in the challenge to ask this one person to prom. Every potential idea was either scrap or too out of character for him—not that he was out of character trying to ask her in the first; he’s blaming it on this unknown emotion that has been haunting him since he had gotten to know DC. What makes matter worse is that prom was only a couple of weeks away.

“You’re going to love this.” Jon states dragging the Wayne heir across the school grounds. Damian put up a fight but Jon inhuman strength kind of won the battle. So, he was trapped in his best friend’s grip being to who knows where.  

The next thing Damian knew was being stopped in his tracks and seeing black with little rays of light coming through Jon’s hand.

“Kent, I swear—”

“Yeah, yeah, just stay with me for a second.”

“A second.” Damian deadpans crossing his arms over his chest.

Damian may have not seen it but Jon was rolling his eyes and whispering some words to someone.

“Okay, in three…two…one!” Jon’s hand immediately uncovers his face. Damian was seconds away from turning to attack his friend, but something red, green, and yellow catches his eyes.

There standing in front of him, is the girl he’s been trying to ask out wearing a female version of the current Robin’s outfit holding a sign that says, “A Robin with a sword would be troubling, but a Robin without a sword wouldn’t be complete. Will you go to PROM WITH ME?” To the side of her is a try of Batfam theme cupcakes.

“Dupain-Cheng, you never cease to surprise me,” Damian states feeling a little stupid that he was worrying for nothing. “Yes, I’ll be your date to prom.”

“I know and do you have any idea how hard it was to pretend that I wasn’t interested.” Marinette awkwardly chuckles

“What?”  Now he was confused. Hold on…pretending? Damian couldn’t believe what he was hearing. “You knew?” He accused Jon who simply shrugs and takes a cupcake like it was nothing.

“Seeing you two pinning over one another was the highlights of my day. Mari was always in a panic when she tried to talk to you but there was always someone in the way, and you panicking like it was the end of the world. So yeah, I needed my own fun with all of this.” Jon answers before taking a bite out of the cupcake.

Marinette and Damian eye one another before smirking.

Legend has it that Jon’s screams of terror echoes throughout the school.

Fast forward to prom night, the Wayne family finally understood why Damian wanted to have prom at the Wayne Manor. The moment they saw the girl he was escorting—Damian had taken the car earlier that evening without a word to his family—they were all shook. Dick was squealing saying that the little bird finally found someone. Tim wasn’t sure what was going on aside from the flashing lights. Jason knew that girl and went into overprotective brother mode (that was not for Damian). Bruce wanted to cry but he had to keep up an image. Alfred had taken photos of the couple—those did not see the light of day until the wedding.      

All in all, the family was pleased to see Damian being happy with the girl as they dance the night away.  

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[felassan]

Highlights and insights from the MELE launch cast & crew reunion panel

[rewatch link] [highlights & insights from the N7 Day 2020 reunion]

In case a text format is better for anyone (in terms of accessibility for example). Cut for length.

Some paraphrasing.

If anyone’s interested in just the line-reading session, it starts at timestamp ~1:04:45.

In addition to the cast and crew from the N7 Day reunion, at this reunion also in attendance were: 

Mac Walters (Project Director for MELE, Lead Writer of the og MET)

Melanie Faulknor (Lead Producer for MELE)

Crystal McCord (Producer for MELE)

Fred Tatasciore (Saren)

Seth Green (Joker)

Kimberly Brooks (Ash)

Ash Sroka (Tali)

This was the biggest reunion / meetup of the cast so far, and some of the cast and crew were meeting for the first time here.

It’s been so long since the og MET that PW & KW are getting to watch their kids experience playing it for the first time

JHale doesn’t play but since MELE she’s been sneaking around Twitch jumping into peoples’ MELE livestreams to lurk, watch and comment a bit

What drew Seth to the character of Joker? The whole concept of the game. He likes games and MET’s mechanics (different trees of adventure, stacking reputation, choices carrying between games) at the time were the most sophisticated that he’d ever heard pitched. He thought this was new and exciting and wanted to be a part of it. For the character they cast him based on his personality traits (i.e. he sounds quite similar to Joker personality-wise)

Would Seth ever want to play Joker again if the opportunity presented itself? Sure, he loves the character, and if the writers ever had more things to explore/expand with Joker he’d be down for it. 

Seth said that it’s a different kind of fan that approach him about this project. The fans have spent many many hours in an intimate exchange with “him” that he hasn’t been a part of, but they experienced it nonetheless. “I’ve hugged a lot of strangers, you know what I’m saying? It’s great, you get an interaction with fans that you never get as a performer in any other experience”

Seth has been a space guy since he was little, it inspires him

With the state of the world the way it is now [covid, masks etc], does Ash think Tali’s story will be more impactful now than it was before? Ash hopes so, and that anything they do here will have a positive impact on a bigger level. Ultimately that’s why most of them do what they do, they want to reach people in deep ways. She hopes Tali is an inspiration in courage, bravery, standing up for what’s right and thinking about the greater good

The [MELE I think] dev team had a last team meeting with Greg Zeschuk, one of the founders of BioWare, who they had invited to it. He was regaling them with stories of the inception of Mass Effect. “You would imagine this sort of well-laid out, drawing boards everywhere... [but] it was basically just a napkin sketch in a Greek taverna with him and Casey going ‘We wanna do a space opera’, and then it took off”

The process of creating lore through development is very organic. A lot of it comes from character and story development. It builds up over the course of the game’s development. They did the codex entries at the end, the idea being that if they saved them for as late as they could, then they could pull from the story, characters and meaningful moments, and build them from there

PW wrote a bunch of the codex entries, elevator banter & lots of little bits of lore. They describe their time on the og MET as being a “baby writer”. They originally came in after Mac had back surgery and a junior writer was needed to fill in. “It was really fun, it was us sitting in a room together going ‘What do you think a hanar or a krogan thinks about this or that’?” For a first project for them this was an amazing experience - the world building itself creatively with all these awesome people

They tried to add multiplayer in every game but only got it to work in ME3

They had a lot of plots laid out in ME1 that they called “global plots”. These were outside the core critical path and would take players from planet to planet, and were sprawling stories. They pulled out a lot of really interesting concepts and ideas from these that did make it into the game, but all of the global plots ended up getting cut due to time. Mac still has old diagrams and spreadsheets which detailed how all of these would have come together

Q. If you all had to take a long-distance road-trip with two squadmates, who would you take and why? PW: “Jack and Mordin. Mordin because the drive would never lack for things to talk about at length quickly, Jack because you know you wouldn’t pay for the room. You wouldn’t know how you’d get the room, but you wouldn’t be paying for it.” Courtenay: “I’d take Mordin because there’d be singing, and FemShep just to have this thing - happen. In the room that I get for free.” JHale at this point fistpumped while saying “Yeess” [then I think what she said was “steaming hot”]

Seeing as asari are long-lived, how open is Ali to one day reprising her role as Liara? “She’s a character very close to my heart, it was such a great opportunity. In some games that we work on the character has already been created or voiced by someone else, but this was really a group effort. When I first went into the booth, the only thing I’d seen of her was a sort of like, rendering, and we slowly kind of came to her voice and presence. I would love to bring Liara back any time... hey, she can live a really long time guys. :D”

Caroline and people who do what she does (Creative Performance Director) are so critical to the quality of games. Caroline: “This group of people are extraordinary. We were lucky to have such an extraordinary cast. Every [recording] session was new and challenging. It was a labor of love. I’m tearing up right now thinking about it. I’m remembering my last session with Jen, she was the last session, just sobbing and sobbing”. When JHale was trying to say the lines of Shepard’s goodbye with Garrus, a line hit her like a tonne of bricks and she was in tears and was like “Shepard does not cry”. “It took me a second, I got it out and took another run at it, it was in there but stuffed down as it should have been, and I finished the line [and there was silence in the booth when usually Caroline would have been talking to give direction or instruction] Did we lose her? Did Skype crash?” and it transpired that what had happened was that Caroline was in floods of tears

ME was the first time Keythe had ever come across branching dialogue. “Normally when we work on a script and it’s from page 1 to 100. In this it was get to page 5, then go back to page 2 and play it a little differently. The skill and the fun and joy of it was to be able to go back and play a scene in a different way, with different writing, with different outcomes. This was not only a challenge but a real treat. So to all the writers who dreamed up how this build-your-own-adventure plays out, you have my undying respect. It was a real pleasure”

VEDA is a proprietary system that BW use to record the dialogue, which is the closest way of having it feel like having people in the booth together (it’s all digital and VAs get to hear the line someone else has done in that scene). Caroline really pushed for this because of the amount of time etc that was wasted due to lack of this sort of thing on ME1. William: “It was a god send for me, thank you, getting to hear a cue from Jen or Mark.” Ali: “Us being able to bounce off each other helps make it more real. This for me was the most real acting experience on a game I had ever had - the writing being so good, Caroline helping us through, being able to hear each other.” JHale was always early coming in to record relative to the others so only got to use VEDA a few times - a bit of Liara content and the scene with Anderson towards the end. “Those two times, oh my god it was amazing”. VEDA being a thing also helps from a scheduling standpoint

Seth and Tricia Helfer (EDI) only got to be in the booth actually together 1 time, to record/shoot a piece of promotional video. “We actually got to record a scene together and we were like ‘oh my god this is the best thing ever’. It was great, even though I had to stand on a stool. She’s the best”

Seth: “As an actor, the kind of opportunity to do this kind of material in games just didn’t exist.” Fred: “Oh, never! I had never had a villain part that was complicated like that. In a game? Never before, it was really interesting”

Raphael always goes back to the fact that ME brought more women into gaming than any other game before it. “The writing and the complexity of the relationships gave us so much ballast”. “This set this apart from running, shooting, gunning, looting”

JHale: “What I noticed in the times before when I got to be around fans, there was a huge hunger among women in the gaming world for something they could really jump into. They were starving for something which fed them what they deserved and needed”

Mac: “[praising Caroline] Caroline would often come to us as writers and challenge us and say, as an example, ‘Do we really need another male character to do this? Why are we writing another male character for this?’ She pushed that very early and to the betterment of everything we created”

PW: “Karin and Cookie and all of the editors across the trilogy, [were critical in] making sure that Shepard sounded consistent - [especially since] we had a large writing team, writers came and went, Mac is the only one with a significant writing contribution on each of the games”

PW: “[on game dev] It’s a process of getting hundreds of people pointed in the same direction, all believing that this is something worth doing”

Ash: “Having all the different possibilities and avenues, going back to play them all out in the different ways [really helped to round the character of Tali out and make her feel like a natural person]”.

VAs only get paid for the original recording sessions, not again (as in they don’t any royalties or anything from something like the remaster)

In MELE, they left all the original credits at the end of each game in

Fred: “It’s creating in five dimensions [because of all the outcomes and relationships etc]”. Seth: “The cool thing is that the audience feels that. They’re immediately struck by how dense, thought-out, prepared and planned the entire universe is”

How was it for the new MELE devs coming onto this? Crystal: “I knew it [the series and fans’ love for it] was big, but I didn’t know it was BIG! Working on MELE there was this infectious excitement. Being part of it was so exciting.” Melanie: “I came on at ME3, I had a 3 or 4 year honeymoon period with BioWare. Coming onto MELE, I’m getting really emotional. One of my first meetings originally was going into a cinematic review for an epic Tali scene in ME3”. Crystal: “On MELE, we had an hour or 2 every day where the team came together to play the game. In those reviews, a lot of the devs who worked on the original would tell all these stories. It was really fun to hear all the inside stories on ME’s creation and be a part of that”

DC: “Should this unit get vaccinated?” Ash: “Of course”

How do they think ME will be viewed in the next 10-20 years, what do they think its legacy will be? A piece of history, ground-breaking. It broke down some barriers and opened doors for people. It’s a powerful, powerful community. It’ll continue to age quite well and be enjoyed by a new generation, it’s original and evergreen and there’s a lot in it that people go back to. There’s a lot of universal things in it (personal experiences, like there will always be love, people fighting to belong, trying to make sense of their pasts etc)

JHale and Alix did the “I love you Shepard, now go save the world again” Shep-Sam exchange and both got teary. It was then Seth’s turn to line-read: “Jesus Christ, now that I’m good and choked up, fucking mess”. Ali was also actually crying from it

Seth: “It can’t be overstated, this community is so large and global, it is one of the most powerful fandoms that I’ve ever been greeted with. Thank you”. Ash: “It’s the most amazing group of fans ever. We’re all so grateful”

Some funny anecdotes/stories:

PW didn’t realize that Alix could do different accents. They remember a time when they were listening in the booth and an Alliance soldier was complaining about the gear had been given. They said “Wow that’s really good, who is that?” and the VO producer said “That’s Alix, Patrick”, “because she wasn’t doing her [normal British accent but was doing a Californian accent instead]. Alix roasted me later for not recognizing her voice and never let me heard the end of it”

Alix: “[on Sam’s toothbrush] Caroline’s like, ‘So then she pulls her toothbrush’ and I’m like ‘What? Sorry? A toothbrush?’ and obviously it’s funny now as everyone knows that Sam’s thing is her toothbrush. Caroline’s like ‘Yeah, you’ve gotta like, flirt, over the toothbrush’ and I’m like ‘Who wrote this - a frickin toothbrush, are you kidding me? Really guys?’ ANYWAY. I was wrong and it worked. :D”

Fred: “I remember a 12 year old kid coming up to me and being like [flat tone] ‘Oh yeah. I killed you’.”

Keythe: “The other assasin I play is Kellogg in Fallout 4. People come up to me like ‘Omg. I love you so much. And then I fucking KILLED you!’”

Courtenay once went out to dinner in NZ with a few prominent people from the Game of Thrones cast. “Everyone around was making a big deal out of it like ‘Omg, it’s so-and-so from GoT’. I was feeling a bit like ‘Hi, I’m here, just nobody’. And I looked around in the restaurant and there's one guy in the corner and he’s got an N7 shirt on and he’s just looking at me like [knowing look, does a peace sign]. And I’m like ‘I got one! I love you guys!’”

PW: “I have a question for the cast members, because I don’t know if JHale has done this to all of you or if she just does it to the devs. Show of hands if Jen has ever made you do push-ups.” JHale: “It’s just you guys”

Karin: “One of my favorite editing files that I ever had was a ME file. It was before Seth was coming in for a session. I opened it up and it was just 20, 25 lines with the word ‘Shit’, over and over again, and I was like, ‘This file is perfect, I don’t need to do anything to it, have fun!’”

Seth: “Didn’t we do a track that’s like 60 seconds of laughing? Escalating laughing? I don’t know about other actors but for me getting into a laughing fit is kind of like trying to get into a crying fit, it takes the same level of commitment, you start to follow a path until like you’re hysterically uncontrollably laughing. I remember looking through the glass, and I’m deep in it at this point, and I make eye contact, and I can see from the other side of the booth and they’re like [making ‘okay you can stop’ now gestures] - ‘Like that’s plenty, we got it’ and I was like ‘okay, okay [dying]’”

JHale: “The craziest thing Mark and I had to deal with was how many times we had to say ‘I should go’”. Mark: “We also, Caroline and I tended to use that as short hand when I needed to go to the bathroom”

The panel host: “The first time I interviewed Ali was a decade ago. She did the ‘I’ll flay you alive with my mind’ line halfway through, it was my first interview and I literally fell out of my seat [from being star-struck]”

Ash line-read Tali’s drunk omni-tattoo scene and in response DC said “I totally get why people wanna romanticize all these characters :D”. Karin: “We’ve had more than one person come up to us and show us actual tattoos that looked like that”

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You weren’t exactly the best student out there nor were you that much of a good role model—but! it didn’t mean you were a troublemaker..!

Or most times, at least..

You’ve had your moments when you were younger.

Being a sophomore and falling into the category of a certain blue-headed junior’s senpai is so endearing to you let alone becoming his certain “other half” (as you’d like to declare) fills you with so much joy and interest! You can’t even remember what your junior days were like before meeting this reckless child!

So, when exams season rolled by and panic flares in the air as students and delinquents alike try their best to not fail as many classes as there are, you’ve taken it upon yourself to study as much as possible because success is a virtue (and you don’t want to get your head chopped off by your dorm leader, of course..)

Success comes to those who are willing to try—or so the saying goes and your hard work seems to pay off when you’ve received your tests scores and find that you’ve passed your classes with passing grades; bordering on either decent or a thin stretch—no in between. 

At least you’ve passed! 

Though the same can’t be said for your adorable junior—Deuce seems distracted as you eat lunch with him. Small sighs leaving his lips frequent enough that you’ve counted the number of sighs reaching at least eight times since he sat down fifteen minutes ago. 

“Are you okay, Deuce-chan?” You poke his cheek lightly, pressing your own against his shoulder and looking up at him like a puppy. He doesn’t react like you expected him to and it makes you frown; concern seeping in your being as you pull away. “Did something bad happen..?”

Another sigh leaves his lips but much louder than the little ones he did. You pull away, giving him a small smile and taking his gloved hands in yours as Deuce closes his eyes. “I failed my math exam and Magic History…” He shakes his head, sagging towards you and burying his face in your neck. 

You pat his back comfortingly, wrapping him in your arms and caressing the back of his head like a guardian comforting a child. “There, there. I’m sure you did your best,” you reassure, blinking when Deuce seems to stiffen in your hold. Your brows furrow, frowning for a different reason now. 

Pushing him away from you gently, you take note of the way Deuce avoids your eyes when you look at him. Your hands tighten on his shoulders. “You did try your best, right?” 

The younger male flinches at your tone of voice; imaginary sweat building in his hairline. “O- of course I did! I just… um.. I stayed up late studying and ended up falling asleep during the test so I…” he trails, voice growing quiet at the end of his sentence and falling into a mumble you can’t quite make out. That’s… kind of adorable. 

This time, it was your turn to sigh. Deuce blinks, looking at you curiously when you pat his cheeks like a doting old person while nodding your head. “I see, I see, so it’s like that… Of course my Deuce would try his best during studies, wouldn’t he..?” You muse to yourself and Deuce stares at you strangely. Suddenly your expression changes, face brightening as if a sudden thought came to mind. “The good news is..! They allow make-up quizzes to add points to the original score. So as long as you do fine on those then you won’t fail your class!”

The information seems to make Deuce perk in interest. Though a look of worry washes over his face when your previously bright expression turns a tad nervous. You slide your hands back into his, squeezing them as if keeping hold of something. “The bad news is… well, make-up quizzes are normally much harder than the tests so most students do their best at the actual thing and not…” 

Understanding his chance being a near impossible feat, Deuce’s face becomes pale; eyes wide and mouth gaping slightly and you panic to reassure him. “I mean, don’t worry! If it makes you feel better, I don’t mind teaching you a couple of things!” Your mind screams at you that you’ve forgotten most first year materials. “So I think you’ll be fine if you try your best.”

Deuce gives you a small smile, nodding his head. “If it’s not too much trouble then please teach me.” 

You perk, alarms in your head shut down forcefully as you pat Deuce’s cheeks again. “Sure thing, kiddo. Just tell me when you want to get started, yeah?”

Much to your surprise, a look of determination settles on his face and the blue-headed male grabs you by the wrists still near his face. “Please teach me this afternoon! I know we’re not allowed to stay out too late but studying should be a good excuse!”

You shrink under his burst of determination. A multitude of logic rushing in your mind to counter Deuce’s argument—there’s just no way to go around the rules no matter the reason but.. maybe..? Since your dorm leader has been lenient with minor rules and.. good grades are important, right? And you can’t say no to this junior of yours so…

“Sure..” Deuce smiles and you tug your hand away from his to tap his jaw. “But. We’re not staying up late to study and since first years share rooms, we’re studying in the library, kay?”

Deuce blinks, nodding his head slightly but he’s looking at you in confusion. “Um.. are we not allowed to use your room..?” The look of utter skepticism on his face is charming—and it compels you to pat his head. 

“It’s not that we’re not allowed- more like..” An easy grin spreads on your face, leaning closer to Deuce’s face until your noses brush. He flushes at the close proximity but you’re pleased that he doesn’t pull away. “Alone in my room with my cute junior.. I don’t think I’ll be able to focus, you know?” You whisper teasingly, brushing your lips against his as if to taunt him and Deuce pulls away as though you’re hot flame.

“R- right, library it is! I’ll see you later then,” He excuses himself in one breath, gathering his things and hightailing away with red ears. 

A satisfied smile spreads on your face. Looks like you’ll have to look for your old notes first.

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The plan was to help Deuce study for his make-up quiz. Get things done as much as possible and as quickly as possible so as to not over exhaust the mind and body. 

You just… never expected Deuce to struggle so much answering a few questions. All you’re able to offer is a comforting rub on his back as Deuce face-plants the table.

“To think it would be this difficult…” he sighs. You pat his back. “And after you’ve explained it to me a lot..” He groans, shoulders slumped dejectedly. 

It was already rather late—you don’t think the library should even still be opened at this hour but perhaps the librarian overlooked your presence when Deuce looked as miserable as he did. 

Or it was just because you’re located in the far corners where not much students go by.

“Do you want me to explain again..?” You offer tentatively, tangling your fingers in his hair and rubbing his head gently to ease a potential headache. You receive a shake of the head. It’s not that the material is heavy (at least you think it’s not), maybe it’s because Deuce has a short attention span..? You’re not sure.

As if a light bulb flickers atop your head, you raise your head in realisation. The idea is so.. indecent but you think you’ve seen this move work in a cheap movie.. a cheap R-rated movie but like..! It won’t hurt to try (you hope).

Leaning close to his ear, Deuce flinches when you blow soft air against his skin but he doesn’t lift his head. “I have a veery special method that might help you, Deuce-chan,” the tone you use is breathy, your hands under the table taking hold of Deuce’s and pulling it to your thigh. “For every question you get right, I’ll reward you~”

Ah.. shit. You’re seriously getting hard because of this. But to your defence, it’s because Deuce’s hand is impossibly close to your crotch so..! Although you were the one who put his hand there…

Shaking away the alarms (again), you press a wet kiss to the exposed skin of Deuce’s neck and he flinches in surprise; his skin burning against your lips. “Um.. Senpai..” He murmurs, turning his head slightly and you feel your cock twitch at the way Deuce is looking at you.

Burning cheeks coloured in red spreads over his face, eyes half-lidded and staring up at you expectantly. His bottom lip trembles; pulled into his mouth when he bites down on the soft flesh. You think you’ll combust right there and then.

“What do you say, Deuce-chan? Let’s both do our best, hm?”

You see the way Deuce’s breath visibly hitches. The latter lifts himself up slowly, grabbing his pen and staring down at the practice questions. “I’ll do my best.”

Despite the arousal burning in your being and the growing strain against your pants, you feel the warm feeling of pride and adoration blossoming in your stomach as Deuce tries again. But watching can’t be enough… “Twenty minutes, Deuce~” You sing-song and Deuce looks at you in alarm. “Real quizzes have time limits, don’t they?” You elaborate and Deuce nods, going back to his questions. 

Distracting yourself from the strain in your pants, you get up to keep your body moving. It’s difficult to walk but you’re not fully hard yet so it’s not as painful as you thought. Now that you’re not tutoring Deuce anymore, it gives you time to really take in how empty the library is. Some lights are already turned off in the opposite wing and it makes you worried if you’re possibly locked in…

You hear Deuce call out your name, lifting his paperwork with a proud smile. “You’re already done?” You question, bewildered. You think it hasn’t even been ten minutes. Deuce nods handing you the paper. He doesn’t look as nervous as previous attempts either… 

You skim over the page, feeling both awe and confusion when you find there’s less mistakes than before. How even… “So you function better when offered a reward…”

Hearing your self-musings, Deuce splutters, chair scraping against the floor in his haste to get up. “Th- that’s not it! I.. since you offered so I.. wanted to do my best..” he sighs, sagging slightly like a dejected puppy. 

You hum, placing the paper away and opening your arms. “I know, I was just kidding~ Now, it’s time for me to keep my end of the deal..” Once his hand makes contact with yours, you yank him closer. 

Deuce stumbles slightly, falling into your chest and his shoulders jump when you crash your lips against his. A small whimper leaves his lips and you snake your arms around his waist to pull him closer. 

The kiss is all things messy; your mouth slanted perfectly against his and tongue licking into his mouth. The growing lack of oxygen is the reason you pull away, Deuce gasping weakly and leaning against you as if he’s lost all his strength.

“You did so good, baby,” you groan, cock growing harder in your pants and you buck your hips against Deuce’s thigh. “Trying your best like this… You deserve the best reward~” 

Your lips find the skin of his neck, sucking cherry blossoms against clean canvas. You maneuver yourselves so that the back of Deuce’s thighs hits the edge of the table. Kicking the chairs away to make room, you hoist the younger male until he’s seated on the hardwood.

“Can you feel how hard I am?” You purr, fingers unbuttoning Deuce’s blazer and moving to his shirt once that was out of the way. Your lips trail kisses down every inch of exposed skin; following an invisible line from Deuce’s neck and down to his stomach. As expected of a Track and Field member, his body is well toned.

“Senpai..” He moans weakly, spreading his legs for you and you kiss the skin above his navel, mouthing the dip to his v-line and trailing just above his pants. Breathy whimpers leaves your boyfriend’s lips, muffled by his hands. His skin prickles with want from every smooth glide of your fingers on his body. Deuce thinks he’ll pass out if you don’t do anything soon.

You unbuckle his pants swiftly, pulling down the hindrance along with his boxers. He’s so painfully hard… Cock flushed and leaking small amounts of precum. You brush your lips against his tip, trailing to his base and sucking the side of his cock. 

As if spurred by his adorable whimpers, you engulf Deuce’s cock in your mouth; licking and sucking every part you can reach. “A- ah! Senpai..!” He wheezes, breath hitching in his throat and hips pulling away on instinct but you wrap your arms around his thighs to keep him close; almost pulling the younger male off the table.

You swallow around his cock excitedly, trailing your hand up his chest and pinching his cute nipple. Deuce bucks into your mouth on instinct, holding your hand pinching his nipple by the wrist but he doesn’t push you away. 

You feel the way Deuce’s things tense, taking the sign of his approaching climax and fucking your mouth on his dick. The tent in your pants is borderline painful and you grunt, pulling away from Deuce’s cock to suck on his tip, using your hand to squeeze his base and frantically tugging your pants down. Multitasking can be so difficult when you’re distracted like this.

Deuce breathes heavily, whispering senpai, senpai, senpai under his breath like a prayer and when your hand grabs hold of his balls, Deuce is coming in your mouth with a violent shudder. You moan, satisfied at the feeling of warm cum filling your mouth and you squeeze your dick to make sure you won’t cum yet. No.. you have to make sure every drop of your cum is fucked inside your pretty junior.

Lifting yourself up, you discard the blue-haired’s pants the rest of the way down, Deuce kicking it away somewhere and spreading his legs for you to press your dick against him. You smirk grabbing hold of the back of Deuce’s head and it’s a bit belated for the latter to realise that your mouth is still full.

The kiss is so fucking dirtyーeven more than beforeーyour mouth prodding his open and sharing cum. Your eyes stay half-lidded to watch his expression; dark eyes glazed with hazy lust.

He moans into your mouth when your dick, impossibly hard, rubs against his hole teasingly. His arms wrap around your neck, tongue licking into your mouth to taste more of himself on you as your dick finally pushes into him.

Deuce pulls away from the kiss, gasping for breath and looking so obscene with saliva connecting your lips and his cum his tongue. Shitーnow you have to fuck him to oblivion. 

And you do.

“Khg-! S- senpai.. So big..” The words leaving Deuce’s lips are incoherent. Mixtures of moans and babbles as he hugs your closer. His cock bounces against his stomach, weak spurts of cum dribbling down his length as you fuck into him like a crazed man. 

He feels so right wrapped around you. Body and soul made just for you and you only.

“So fucking perfect. My perfect junior- perfect boyfriend, just-! A- ah.. shit…” Your lungs are failing you. It feels too fucking good and Deuce’s hold on you is so fucking tight that you don’t mind dying like this. You think you might die like thisーkilled by your boyfriend and you wouldn’t have it any other way-!

A hard thrust and your vision explodes behind your eyelids as you flood Deuce’s insides with cum. Heavy globs filling him up to the brim and Deuce gasps with each heavy spurt inside him. He feels so fucking full.. filled with only you and a lopsided smile stretches his lips. 

You’re definitely not dead yet, fortunately or unfortunately. Deuce’s arms losen enough to allow you to pull away but you don’t; wanting to be in him just a little longer. The flush on Deuce’s skin is still heavy, eyes still glazed over and breath still a little heavy. 

You cup his face, smiling at him with all the adoration you feel for him and pulling his face to yours. You kiss him like he’s made of porcelain; something to be taken with great care and such a contrast to everything leading up to this. 

When you pull away, Deuce leans his forehead against yours, having calmed down a little. “Senpai,” he starts, voice a little hoarse. “Can you.. stay inside me longer..” he’s voice is so quiet that if you weren’t so close, you think you might not have heard him. 

A small gasp leaves Deuce’s lips, flinching in surprise and he looks up at you with wide eyes when feeling your cock twitch inside him. You blush, closing your eyes to avoid his shock and trying to compose yourself. “Sure thing..” You agree, clearing your throat and Deuce hugs you to him.

The two of you stay like that for a while and it’s only when your legs decided they’ve met their daily quota of standing do you lift Deuce off the table. He squawks, clinging to you in panic as you nudge a chair closer to the tabe. A small yelp leaves his lips when you sit down and Deuce is forced to take your cock deeper when gravity plays in. 

He moans softly, blinking and looking down at his stomach as if he can see the way your cock sits snugly inside him. A small grin settles on your lips, moving forward to place your hands on the table and trapping Deuce in between. “Let’s start with method number two now~”

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“It’s all thanks to your method!” Deuce’s eyes sparkle as he clutches your hands. A small reddish hue dusts his cheeks in faint colour. You freeze. 

You don’t think it’s a correct reaction to be looking so mortified from such great newsーDeuce passed his make-up quiz which in turn saves his final grades so..!

Panic flares up in your system; blood rushing to your head and all over the place. You think your heart might explode with its erratic beating. “Um, Deuce... I- I really don’t think it’s because of that..” you start but fail to get your message across when the younger male tugs at your blazer, face burning and a small smile on his lips. 

Th- there’s no way you can do this for every exam, right..!?