#kryptonian space princess

[memento-mori-twilight]

Clark is the damsel in distress in his own show.

He's not only a space princess. He is the Space Princess Peach.

[currentfandomkick]

So spitballing here but… outside POV?

Krypton’s death realms hadn’t grown for a long time. There was only one line that had that option, and it became a boast in the Realms from the entire house of El.

Their Kal made it to earth, and so did Kara. Their lines, muddied as they may be, could continue uninhibited.

Some of Zodd’s ancestors would claim the same, but there was… disagreement about his status. By eras, regions, and factions; Zodd had a degree of controversy.

Kal-El?

The golden retriever of the House of El. Incapable of doing wrong, and many singing his praises as a successful transplant and paragon among the humans of Earth. For varying reasons.

Kara? A known tradionalist during her time against the cloning process taking precedence over natural birth. One with many… allegiances tangled, but still a welcomed soul that even prayed to their gods still.

And the dead get bored.

So they watched over Kal and Kara, somethings out of concern and others boredom.

Then a new line to house El appeared, and watching the fledgling clone became priority for many.

There were cheers a plenty among some of House El, others concerned for how Kara may take it given her and her parents historic hatred of clones but none worried about Clark’s.

Why would they be?

So many cheered on baby clone.

They all grew horrified about the forced aging process. That would hurt the poor boy’s development and stunt him socially! Such a thing would never happen on Krypton!

They went to King Phantom with their concerns.

Princess Ellie proved the artificial aging wasn’t necessarily going to destroy him, but could disable him compared to Kal.

The ghosts cannot speak to the living so freely without enough ectoplasm, and it was in short supply where the clone boy was kept.

They remained stalwart watchers. Reporting to King Phantom and Princess Ellie as things continued.

The Anti-Ecto acts made it difficult.

And the King of Kings was busy with school and such, as he was still so, so young. But he told them to report their findings about the boy, a possible playmate for Ellie later on.

They believed Kal would get along well with the young King.

Many of the Atlantean persuasion were trying to get the King to their king in life, Arthur, to help with the removal of the Anti-Ecto acts and establishment (recognition in reality) of Amity Park and Elmerton’s secession from the United States of America, Planet Earth.

The king was busy.

They kept recording their findings.

Each insult. Each excuse to ignore the clone. Every avoidance. Each injustice.

Kara’s refusal was expected.

They expected Kal to temper her wrath and grief at everything and stop her from projecting her own hatred onto a social toddler she dubbed Garbage.

They named one of the last True Kryptonians Garbage.

None would accept Kon as the boy’s name.

The House of El was humbled at the cost of the clone boy’s health and being severed from his culture, history and people.

A faction forged itself when the half Kryptonian Jon came to be. Many agreed to shut their doors on the newborn and onto Kal. Kara already had many doors closed, but Kal had not.

Their paragon’s rot was exposed.

The late Kryptonians were enraged.

It took until the King was Seventeen Earth Years for them to give the full report and their request: save the young clone of Kal- El, human name Clark Kent from the abuse he is being dealt by a cruel template and far right extremist. From the abuses tolerated by the Earth’s so-called ‘Justice League’.

The Atlantean octopus Topo broke the ice by making the Child King, Keeper of Realm Disputes in Life and Undeath, chase him to Atlantis.

King Arthur ans Queen Mera were quick to take the King and his mirrorborn under their wings.

They knew of the mission the Phantoms were tasked with by each former head of House El; remove the clone from his abusive and negligent template’s domain, at any cost but the boy’s well being.

Arthur was enthusiastic about that aspect of the Phantoms mission from the Kryptonians as a whole.

He’d been vocal about his opinion on Clark’s refusal to acknowledge the boy. And with how overjoyed he was about Jon’s birth but repulsed by the child acknowledged as ‘a toddler upon meeting him, functionally 5 as far as the Kryptonian Collective is concerned.’

Arthur leaned back as Danny glared at Superman upon meeting him with the League, introducing him as “King Phantom, Keeper of Disputes within and between the Infinite Realms, and his mirrorborn, Princess Lerna. He’s agreed to help us with world ending threats and up with minimal fuss on one condition.” Arthur grinned a bit too sharply. “He is allowed to fulfill a formal petition from the Kryptonian Collective of the Infinite Realms. This petition has been going on for how long again?”

“Earth time? Five years—don’t give me that look i only won the title two years ago and had to wrangle each ruler and moderate the unaligned after three millennia of serial neglect from the last guy,” King Phantom almost snarled.

Princess Lerna smiled, a bit too sharply, locking eyes with Superman before anyone could interject. “The petition is to remove the abused child from the House of El’s influence.”

The words had the intended effect. The heroes outside of the know petrified as the information sank in.

“Each former head signed off on it, after they chose to see the treatment for themselves,” the young Princess continued, eyes seering superman. “Many have closed their realm to you for the offenses.”

“Hold on,” Batman interjected.

“No, I believe we’ve been unable to remove the four year old from your custody for too long.”

Members tried to interject, only for Arthur to silence them with a simple “over the course of multiple millennia, regions, religions and factions, the late Kryptonians all agreed on a singular issue. Unless you believe yourself better versed in their laws than the collectives who lived them,” arthur looked about his co-workers. “I suggest you be quiet.”

“You can’t take my son.”

“You can keep the one doors were shut to in retaliation—the four year old’s removal was petitioned, not the mixed child.”

The room fell silent again.

Batman broke it. “You can not take Kon.”

The room glitched around Princess Lerna. “You do not get to call him garbage,” she warned.

King Phantom moved his daughter(?) behind himself.

“Just because a subject of mine favors you Knight of Lady Gotham, does not mean you get to stop this. Especially given your inability to remove the abuser from his victim, in more than one case.”

Before anyone could soak that information in, Princess Lerna cut in with narrowed eyes.

“And given your history with fellow mirrors,” all eyes moved between the tween princess and the teenage king. “Disqualifies any weight your words may have carried otherwise. A forcibly aged clone, no matter to the age, is still a child. You keep thinking I’m much younger than I am. Auntie Dora and Auntie Pandora have made sure that that handicap won’t make me a target. How are the Talons by the way? Have you even bothered with rehabilitation attempts like that filthy revenant you revived and allow to remain slaughtering civilians?”

Eyes darted to Batman.

“Oh, the dead talk. quite often. My aunt has been working with a lot of them. Wraith prevention is especially difficult when they see others suffer as they did with no change.”

King Phantom placed a hand on her shoulder. “Fine, i’ll stop spitting unpleasant truths once the other mirror is safe—and away from all these enablers.”

Arthur hummed. “I say we put it to a vote. Those for child abuse continuing among our own, raise your hand.”

No one raised their hand.

“I believe that settles it Phantoms, go check in on him, will you?”

—

Thats all i have for now.

Lerna is a star in the hyrdra constellation, and my take on a proper non-dani name she’d take on for formal events.

Clone

~

Danny has heard about Superman's dislike for his clone,

Dead men do tell tales.

Danny grows angry with Superman,

There he was showing hate to his clone, his flesh, his blood,

Conner wasn't in the wrong,

He was just a child

He didn't ask to be created this way.

Danny hated Clark Kent

More and more with each story he heard from the ghosts around him, Danny knew what it was like to be cloned to feel that violation of his person, but he could never hate Ellie,

His clone

His cousin

His sister

His daughter

His family

She was precious to him and her being a clone would never lower the amount of love he held towards her.

So to see this hero, this adult, not give two shits about Conner?

Oh that burned

So he decided to do something about it, If Superman didn't want Conner then he would take him, show him the love and care that should have been his from the very beginning from what should have been his own family.

Danny could teach him more about Krypton than Superman could ever wish to know, show him his birthright.

~

Danny & Ellie on their way to surprise adopt Conner: "New family, new family~!"

Connor: "Why do I feel like something very important is going to happen?"

~

Superman feeling like he's being followed

The Krypton ghosts following him around being disappointed in him, and going back to the King to tell him all the things he's done.

~

The Justice League summoning King Phantom

Danny takes one look at Superman and is ready to give him the beating of his life

Danny: "You want a deal? Sure! In return for it I want 20 minutes alone with Supes over there, no reason why!

~

Danny seeing Superman after another ghost told him how bad he's been treating Conner:

~

Just an Idea

[wuekka]

I'm thinking about maws superman being called "space princess" and I keep forgetting Clark wasn't anyone special in Krypton, he was just some guy with maybe a famous scientist as a father. Also from what I know, at least some versions, superman's powers come from being in different solar system's sun, it's external and not natural to him/kryptonians and I just find that little funny after watching maws.

(now I'm thinking of a show where superman has to travel between galaxies and his powers keep changing because of different suns...)

[winterflowersftw]

STARFIRE: Origins

Summary:This story tells the tale of how Starfire, the princess and the rightful heir of Tamaran; finds herself on Earth after the various struggles in her life. But this time with a certain someone, she intends to stay.

Notes:This is something I've wanted to write for a LONG time. It is very much similar to Starfire's actual origin story from the comics. (I have made a few changes to make the story more influential to the character)

Tamaran had once been a beautiful planet. It had everything; beauty, minerals and of course; a civilization so advanced that they were considered to be just a fairytale.

But alas, everything was never the same for them. Before the Great War, Tamaran was a beautiful planet, full of greenery and water. But the bombs ruined the planet to such extent and the ecosystem never recovered. The oceans dried up and all that was left was a desert. The population reduced to 10% of its initial and was primarily made up of old citizens and children, the young men and women had died in the Great War.

Before the War, Tamaran was a peaceful planet. It had a source of clean energy, land which gave them various amounts of food, and water. But nothing was the same after the War.

The Great War started 2000 years ago, when the Kryptonians felt threatened by the power that the Tamaraneans had. If only they had started making war machines, they would have surpassed and taken over Krypton in an instant. That was the reason the great houses of Krypton decided to finish the war before it even began. They dropped so many bombs that the Tamaranean species barely survived.

The next 10 years were even worse. People roamed around like rats for food, killing each other for a small piece of bread.

But then, as if the Gods had themselves interfered; the Tamaraneans found an idea of survival. The main issue was that they just didn't have enough people left to get help for survival. The children grew into teenagers and it was only with the guidance of the few elderly people still alive that they had survived. If the population was to increase naturally, it would take thousands of years. But they found one more planet which had intelligent life quite similar to them and Kryptonians.

Tamaraneans could not abduct people from Krypton, so the discovery of such a planet was nothing less than a miracle. It was Earth.

They brought millions of people and the population was half of its initial value in 1-2 thousand years. By this time, a royal family had taken charge and everything was well. Tamaran was adamant it would never make the same mistake again. It had the most superior war machines in the galaxy. Other planets, out of the fear of being annihilated, used to send millions of quintals of produce. Water was hard to come by, but once they had started to extract it from space, their life had become heaven.

The royal family had forced civilians to be polygamous so as the population would not decline. The citizens had abided beautifully. How could they miss something they never knew?

Kroton had met it's doom itself. No one had to do anything. Tamaraneans were glad they did not had to get their hands dirty.

But the rest of the universe, though in terror of Tamaran, could not respect it. They called them 'troy', as even with all these riches they had now, they were not a true species.

Tamaran was flourishing. The royal family had turned out to be great leaders. With the newfound great environment and diet, few of the Tamaraneans once again found their ability to fly. They were called 'High-borns'. In the royal family, of course everyone had the ability to fly.

The Council of The Lord guided the civilians in everything they could. The King was the true ruler, and yet the council had 'suggested' many of his decisions. But now they all faced a dilemma.

There were two princesses in the royal family. Komand'r was given the royal name Blackfire. She was the elder child, destined for the throne.

Her younger sister; Koriand'r, was given the royal name Starfire.

The sisters were true friends. They spent their days together training for wars which may come at any instant. Komand'r was older than Kori by at least 10 years. And yet a secret about her was kept only in the walls of the royal castle: she could not fly!

When 5 year old Kori could fly just as good as she could walk, the king and the queen got scared for their oldest child. They were a good couple. Even though they had an enormous responsibility on their shoulders, they tried the best they could to live their daughters as much as they could. They pitied Komand'r, she was a great warrior, and yet it was not enough. Kori had been born as a spare and would live as so. She had no burden on herself and yet she practiced with her sister as if they both would get the throne.

The Council of The Lord had decided. Komand'r would not get the throne. Lord had given a sign to them that she was not meant for it. They had a vision and were told a prophecy. She would burn down everyone. Scared of this sign, they decided to announce Koriand'r, the true heir of Tamaran. The King and Queen could not interfere. They were told that if they interfered with the Lord's will they would perish. And yet, they did. They loved Komand'r. They had begged the Council to at least keep this news private so that they could come to terms with it. They soon decided they would not let her birthright get taken away from her. For 2 years, they planned the downfall of the Council. So that their planet could be just theirs to rule.

On the other side of the castle, unknown of the sacrifices the king and queen we're making for her, Komand'r grew with hate. She resented EVERYONE. And while the parents plotted the downfall of the Council, she plotted theirs.

It took 2 years, but finally the Council was no more. Overjoyed with their achievement, a private feast just for the four of them was prepared, they would re-announce the heir to be Komand'r in six month's time so that the news would not seem suspicious.

Komand'r by this time was full of poison. And she put a bit of it in her parents' wine. The King and Queen died suffering. They did not even know who got to them, perhaps it was better.

Tamaran went in a spiral. Never had a member, let two members; of the royal family be brutally murdered! Komand'r had a plan for everything. After all she had schemed for this for two whole years.

The throne room was full of confused chatter. The trumpets blew announcing the arrival of the new queen, Blackfire. She had a cape which was as beautiful as the sea they used to have. The assembly started. After all the High-borns had paid their respects to the deceased rulers, everyone looked at Blackfire, wondering what her plan of action was.

She stood up from the throne and everyone geld their breaths. In a commanding and cold voice she said, "The most unfortunate of days has come to us, not only have the previous rulers been murdered; it was done by someone we all trusted so much. The one who is guilty of this crime is Koriand'r, my sister. Guards, bring her to us all."

Kori was just a kid, she was seven. She was heartbroken over her parents death. She was in her chamber, crying. As quick as the wind, the guard came into her room and grabbed the kid as hard as they could. The poor thing could not understand anything. When she was brought in front of Blackfire and was told of her crimes, she could not believe her ears.

"I would never do anything to harm my mama and papa!! "

"And yet, you did sister. Greed is a curse. Everyone, even my wine was poisoned by this witch! "

The crowd collectively gasped. It was all so unbelievable, to find out that the royal family, the personification of care and power; was so enclosed in darkness.

The Council was gone. The King and Queen had been killed. The heir to the planet was the killer. The only person who could ascend the throne during this madness was only Komand'r. But now she is more widely known as Blackfire, the ruler of Tamaran. She was a skilled warrior and a great military leader. She believed true leaders fight with their armies in battle and if it is so, they die alongside them. That was what she knew and was sure of when the news came that the people of Karna had a huge war ongoing on their planet.

The Gordonians, who hail from the planet Karna, were infamous raiders and slavers. Their allies, The Warloads of Akaara and the Citadel made them untouchable. They were one of Tamaran's true enemies alongside the Kryptonians. But unlike the people of Krpton, the Gordonians were always trying to sneak in and destroy Tamaran to the present day.

Blackfire was smart. She knew how to run an empire in her name. She knew that the moment her plan to take the throne succeeded. And now, she could kill two birds with one stone! Giving Kori as a gift to the Gordonians would stop their frequent but weak attacks; and would put them on good terms. The Gordonians were weak enough because of the ongoing war on their planet and were not in a position to refuse. This would make her known as an excellent strategist, a noble queen who prevents bloodshed.

And then suddenly a thought came into her mind, not something prudential, but emotional. She knew that she was in a position where emotions would kill her in an instant. One slip up and this house of cards would fall down. But she was worried for her sister. She was innocent after all, wasn't she? But she put it all away in an instant. Her rule, her glory, her life, was far more important.

Considering all her options, she announced in the assembly, in a way so powerful and untouchable no one could ever object.

"My wretched sister, you will be given to the Gordonians as a peace gift. Whatever they do to you, we will not be concerned. You have been disinherited from the royal family right this instant."

The possibilities ran in everybody's mind except Kori's, she had no idea what was even being said.

On Karna, they could kill her in an instant, or worse, make her a slave and dishonour her in ways unimaginable to show their hate to the Tamaraneans. She could be made a sex slave, or a foot soldier who would die within 2 mins in battle. The possibilities of how Kori could die were endless. The punishment was cruel. Perhaps the cruelest ever given. And yet, no one dared object.

Koriand'r was sent to Karna. Now she was the Gordonians' mercy. And they were never merciful.

Trogaar was the ruler of Karna, and the reason of the ongoing war on their planet was simple. Most of the slaves they had captured had broken free and were fighting in rebellion. Both sides had weakened each other significantly, but the most loss suffered was by the common folk: people who merely wanted to survive and feed themselves and their children the grain they produced on their land.

When the news that a princess of Tamaran would be presented to them as a gift was given, Trogaar immediately accepted. He was an egoistic man and these days, he was losing most battles. He desperately needed to win this one.

When Kori was presented in his court, she was a young kid who was seven years old. But now she was painfully aware of her situation and her lack of power. She didn't dare speak to anyone unless commanded. Trogaar, immediately on the arrival of princess Koriand'r upon seeing her ragged clothes, had decided to give her three options.

"You have been sent here as a slave Koriand'r. I hope you're aware of that. This gives me the right to do whatever I please with you. I desperately want to kill you. You are Tamaranean scum, after all. But, you see, I want to change my image. I wish to be known as kind and just. So I'll let the universe or you decide your fate. You have three options Koriand'r."

The assembly watched attentively. If anything, they were sure he would kill her in an instant and yet, he didn't. This grabbed everyone's attention.

The ruler contined -

"You can become a slave: this means 20 hrs a day of manual labour, constructing castles and walls and murals in my name."

"Your second option is to become a concubine. I know I need not explain this further"

"Or you can become a foot soldier in the infantry in the ongoing war. It will be hard, but if you can actually survive and work brilliantly; you would at least be able to climb the ranks. Maybe you could even become one of my twelve pillars."

Kori picked up his sarcasm in her last sentence. He expected her to die within minutes in battle.

"If you choose the first two, you die a slave. Mind that."

Kori had had some training. It was in no way enough, but she has had some at least. She was sure of what she was about to choose ....but something just suddenly snapped.

Maybe it was the fact that she was oppressed. Maybe she had lost her mind. But even THE IDEA of returning to Tamaran in her full glory excited her. She just knew her right choice.

Kori spoke, she was weak and her voice was shriek but somehow firm and unafraid.

"The third, your majesty."

He softly gasped. He did not expect that reply at all. And from the crowd's reaction, neither was anyone else. He pretended to be unfazed.

"Very well. So be it."

Kori was sent to live with the rest of the footsoldiers in an enormous hall out of many. They all looked so...broken. You just knew they were waiting for their death rather than whatever they were doing. It was actually hell. A battle was about to happen in 15 hrs and Kori was thinking hard on how she could survive the day. No plan came in her mind and it was ironic really, she was a slave here and yet she was going to be a soldier in an army who were going to kill an army made of slaves fighting for their freedom, something they should have always had in the first place. But the situation for here forced her to not think about anyone else other than herself. It was incredibly selfish and cruel. She hated it.

If Kori had to think about her past again, she most probably wouldn't. But if she was asked about her first battle, she wouldn't even try to think about it. It was one of the most horrible parts. Most of the other foot soldiers were men, some were women. And all of them were grown people. Kori had some training, she was a royal after all. But even then, all she did during that battle was-

The trumpets blew. There were cavalries and infantries of their side running to meet their enemies in the middle. Battles actually last less than someone would expect them to. It usually goes from 2-3 hours to 8-9 hours. This one lasted for five. For the first hour, Kori just stood in between. Waiting to be killed, maybe. But she looked like a lost puppy that everyone just seemed to ignore. But one man did see her. As he came to attack, something snapped in Kori. She just....did not want to die anymore on that battlefield anymore. She wanted to live, to survive. It was a struggle. She was stabbed in her upper left arm. But she somehow managed to rip it out of her body and stab it in him one time, then another, then another, and then another. She stabbed him four times. Even with the training she has had, her stabs did not have any technique. It all just happened out of her fear of death. He died on the spot. It was the first time she had ever killed someone. For a moment, she thought she could actually go through with all this. That she would be able to survive on her own , fighting these grown people if they attacked her. But then reality hit.

The next three hours she hid herself under the body of the man she killed and pretended to be dead herself.

The trumpets blew again calling it a day. In a way, the man she killed saved him many times that day. His face did haunt her for a few weeks.

The War went on for quite some time. Numerous battles were fought and the years passed by. Kori was still there. Maybe it was what the Universe wanted, maybe she was just lucky; but she had been surviving each battle. With each battle, she gained some confidence and some new techniques. And not to mention, power. She rose in her ranks. She was lucky indeed. She stood there in the room when the people around her kept on perishing away.

The War was very tricky. Allies were called on from different worlds and the casualties were so many that no one now even tried to even keep a count of it. The planet, Karna was the harvest basket of many planets including Tamaran. Even though their relations were never ideal, the trade never stopped. Karna provided them with grains and Tamaraneans gave weapons.

As time passed, more and more land of Karna became engulfed in the War. In the beginning, 10% of the planet's land was an active warzone. By now, it was 70%. Numerous civilians died and fields were burnt. If the farmers of Karna had not produced enough grain, the planets they had established trade relations with would have came to their doors asking for it. Leaving them with nothing. The War had to stop and soon. Or else there would be nothing left worth fighting for.

War is one hell of a motivator. With the war going on for 9 years now, new inventions were made. The most prominent of them all was a ship which could travel the fastest they had ever known. It was beneficial for calling in the allies whenever the slave army needed any. The Gordonian army was losing. They needed a miracle and they needed it fast.

9 years passed by. In a war where people died like cattle, the surviving ones are bound to be given some benefits.

Kori and the remaining soldiers of her squadron had gotten training done by the Warlords of Okaara. They were known to be the best teachers after all. The best method of combat and the techniques used were all said to belong to them. In this time, Kori along with the other soldiers rose tremendously in their ranks. They were given some of the finest armour, weapons and even their own personal squadrons.

The Tamaranean body is very strong. Even though all of them had gotten the same training, Kori was deemed the best out of them all because of her brute strength. She was given another promotion. With the death of a general, she had been appointed in his place.

Now Kori was one of the 12 pillars of their force, second only to the King.

Notes: I think I'll make a part two soon :)

[doudouneverte]

Don't follow my lead

a/n: i thought about something new...

*not my GIF*

Pairing: Lena Luthor x Daxamite!F!Reader; Mon-El x Sister!Reader; Clark Kent x Female!Reader (platonic); Alex Danvers x Female!Reader(platonic); Lillian Luthor x Female!Reader, mention of Kara Danvers x Female!Reader(platonic)

Summary: you're the sister of Mon-El you leave Daxam when you were little and came on earth before Kara. You met the daughter Luthor who'll become your wife and you two have a daughter. Unfortunaly, she'll be betrayl by a mysterious woman, Rhea, who is your mother.

Types: Angst and Fluff

Note: this fic take place in the season 2 and in this fic Lena already know Kara's secret identity and she's coll wuth that.

Warning: nothing

word count: ~3150

----------

[Daxam after the explosion of Krypton]

Someone woke you up, and you were confused when you saw the fear in the eyes of your maid. "What's happening?" She didn't have the time to reply when you both heard screams and cries. She took your hand and dragged you out of the castle.

"Ms. Y/n, Krypton exploded, and it is falling on Daxam. I need to make sure you can escape." She found a Kryptonian pod and pushed you in.

"No, Abbie, I don't want to leave you." You started to cry, "Come with me, please." You plead, but she shook her head.

"You're the princess of Daxam, miss. You have to go and survive." She hugged you and apologized, "I'm sorry, Y/N." She was crying as well.

"You can't leave me. I need you, and mom, and dad and my brother" she brushed her thumb on your cheek to calm you down, "and I'm only 5, I'll not survive without you. Please Abbie" you plead again.

"I already put data in it; it'll bring you to a planet called Earth," she kissed your forehead before starting the pod. "Don't forget, miss, you're a princess; act like one," she said as she placed her hand on the window, and you reciprocated: "Good luck, miss Y/N."

You were flying into space without saying anything.The journey should have been quick, but your pod collided with an asteroid, sending you to the phantom zone.You are imprisoned for the next 27 years before miraculously escaping.

[Earth, a town near Metropolis]

When you landed on Earth, Clark was already Superman. He found your pod when you lend and helped you, and because of him, you found a new home in this new world. The (y/l/n)s were good parents; they always wanted a new child, so when the Superman asked for their assistance, they couldn't say no.

The first years were difficult, you missed your family and Abbie too. But fortunately, you were glad to have a new big brother who was a jerk but not a Don Juan and a big sister who was always here when you needed her.

After a few years and many late-night conversations with your sister, Jessy, you decide to live a life that makes you proud. Since this moment, you were not the princess of Daxam; you were just Y/n Y/l/n, daughter of James and Kathryn (Y/l/n), and the little sister of Mike and Jessy. It was all you needed, at least before you went to high school. You met her there; she was stunning and beautiful; you couldn't count how many times you were lost in her green eyes, and her black hair, which contrasted nicely with her pale skin, was also quite nice.Her name: Lena Luthor.

After taking some advice from your friends and your siblings, you asked her out, and she accepted. You started dating one month after your first date, and three years later you married her. With her job at Luthor Corp and your job at Daily Planet, you almost have time to spend together, but you decided to have a child, you carried her, and it was the most beautiful thing in your life after Lena.Her name was Lilly; you thought it was a pretty name, and it was the minimum for your pretty princess.

Time flies, Lex has gone insane just after you and Lilly move to National City. Lois found you a job at Catco where you could work less and spend more time with your daughter. Unfortunately, that means you were not here when Lex tied your wife to a chair in his office and threatened to kill you. She was aware of your past and the fact that you were a daxamite, but she didn't mind; all she cared about was the fact that you adored her and Lilly above all else.

[Present]

It's been a while now since Lena came to Central City, and you will not lie; you were pretty glad. Lilly loves you, but she missed her other mom too. Today you decided to have lunch with your wife, and you brought your daughter. It was a little surprise to Lena, but it was a surprise for you when you knocked and opened the door to find an older woman with your wife. She looked familiar, but you couldn't tell where you saw her.

The little girl didn't hesitate and rushed to her mom to greet her with a hug, and the green-eyed woman picked her up. "Hi little princess, I missed you," she cooed, and you smiled at the interaction. She looked at you and seemed to recall something, so she cleared her throat and came to a halt beside you, kissing you and saying, "Rhea, this is my wife, and Lilly is our daughter."She introduced you. "Y/n, this is Rhea. She asked for my help on a new project." She explained, and you nodded.

You offered your hand at Reah, and she shook it. "Nice to meet you, Mrs. Rhea; I hope she'll not bother you too much," you joked, and your wife punched your shoulder. "You know that doesn't hurt me, honey," you said, and Lena rolled her eyes.

"Mommy, I'm hungry." Lilly said.

"Oh, I think it's my clue to leave." The older brunette said,

"No, you can stay and eat with us." You offered.

"Oh no, I don't want to ruin a mother-daughter moment," she said, and she pocked the cheek of the little girl, who giggled,

"You don't ruin anything, Rhea." Lena said this time,

"Don't worry, there is someone who wait for me too," she said before walking to the door. "I'll see you soon, Lena." The three of you waved your hands, and she left.

"I like her," you said. "I just hope this new project will not take all your time."

The CEO kissed your cheek this time "I promise. Now let's go to eat."

~~~~~~

After your first meeting with Rhea, the woman was always here when you visited L-Corp. It was not really bothering, she was pretty good with your daughter, and Luly seems to like her too. You were waiting for your wife that night, and you were reading a bedtime story to your little princess when she said something that caught your attention: "Mama, Mrs. Rhea, look like you." You stopped reading the story and looked at her,

"What do you mean, princess?" you asked softly,

"Yeah, she looks like you, and she looks like Mike too." You frowned your brows; you hadn't met Mike, Kara's new friend, yet. Lilly and Lena liked to say you had some common point with him, but you didn't know him. "Do you think she's from Da-Dax..." She searched for the right word, and it was cute to look at.

"Daxam, baby girl. And I don't know; I almost forgot everything about it. It's been a while you know." She nodded, "Now it's time to sleep, little princess. Tomorrow we will go to the carnival with mommy," you said, and she was so excited.

You left her bedroom when you were sure she was sleeping. You looked at the time and noticed it was late, and Lena didn't reply to your texts or your calls. You thought for a moment before calling Alex. "Hey Alex," you said when she answered the phone,

"Hey Y/n, it's late. Aren't you supposed to sleep?" She worriedly asked.

You groan "You're such a mom." And she laughed "do you know where is Lena? I tried to call her, but she didn't reply, and she didn't reply to my texts. I'm starting to worry." You admitted and you heard her sighed

"Y/N, we have a problem," she said, and you started to worry about your wife "We think she has been trapped and kidnapped by Mike's mom. But don't worry, Kara is on it."

"Where are you?" A wave of rage begins to wash over you.Alex told you where she was, you called Jessy, and she took Lilly with her for the night before you almost flew to where your friends was. When you reached the older Danvers, she was in front of a portal. She told you Kara was on the other side, and you didn't hesitate to run after her.

On the ship, you found Kara, Mike, Rhea, and an angry Superman. "What the hell?" you yelled, and every gaze was on you. "why Clark look like he's in front of a bad guy?" you asked, and the black-haired Kryptonian walked to you before he was stopped by Kara. You looked at Rhea and said, "You. Where is my wife?" You asked

"What Lena is your wife?" Mon-el said, and you focused on him.

"I saw you somewhere," you said, and some flashes from your childhood started to run in your mind. "Mon-el?" you asked, and you tilted your head. "But how? You were supposed to be dead when Krypton fell on Daxam." You were more than confused. He was about to reply when Rhea attacked you with a dagger made of lead. Thanks to your training with Clark, you successfully dodged it and attacked her back.

"Who are you?" the man  asked you.

"I'm Y/n, princess of Daxam," you said, and the room froze at your confession.

"Wait, Y/n like--" your brother wanted to say something, but Rhea cut him off,

"It's impossible," she said."My daughter died, Krypton took me my daughter," she explained, and now everything makes sense—the familiar look, the fact that Lena and Lilly always say you look like both of them.

"Mother?" you asked, and you didn't trust what you said. All this time, you thought you were the only one who survived. "But how should you be dead, both of you?" you asked, as tears streamed down your cheeks. "Wait, if you're both alive, that's mean father and Abbie too." At your sentence, Rhea was hit by a wave of guilt. Mon-El looked at her and didn't say anything.

She shook her head, and you cried harder. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "I'm really sorry." She kept repeating it as if it would make you stop, but it didn't. And honestly, neither of them could make you feel better. You wanted to yell at them because they didn't protect Abbie, but an alarm stopped you.

"What is this?" you asked, and a guard ran to where you were before stopping and panting,

"My queen, the humans... They sent lead into the atmosphere." he announced, and the three of you widen your eyes

"What?" You said, but you didn't wait for any response before leaving the ship—thankfully, it was on top of the building. When your feet were definitely on the ground, you started to run. You had to find Lilly; she can't be exposed to the lead. Even if she was half human, she would be affected by the lead.

[North Pole, Fortress of Solitude, a few minutes earlier]

After Lena crossed the portal, Luke closed it. "What are you doing?" the young Luthor asked, but her mom didn't look at her.

"We needed to get away, and we did. Now what happens to them? That's not our problem." Lillian said nonchalantly, "But we have another problem." She said, and her daughter tilted her head with confusion, "ThisRhea sent all her army to conquer us, but we can stop her." Her voice was cold and calm, but she was a little worried, even if she didn't let it show. She is attached to Lilly, and she can't imagine what they could do to her.

"And what are your plan?"Lena asked coldly.

"We know they're weak against lead; it's their kryptonite." She took a little box "Lex had planned to use this to diffuse kryptonite in the atmosphere to kill Superman, but if you change it, it could diffuse lead." She informed her,

"And why would I do that?" The CEO scuffed,

"Because we both know you have a reason who is 4 years old and could be in danger if they found her." Lillian said,

"But my wife is a daxamite too." Lena reminded her,

"Yeah, I know, and I have something that could help her not be affected." She said casually, "So?"

Lena examined her mother and the cyborg beside her "deal."She said it quietly but enough to be heard by her mom, who now had a smile on her face.

Only a few minutes later, your genius wife finished the modification and activated the device.

[National City, present]

You knocked on the door of Jessy's apartment, she opened quickly and inspected you before leading you to her sofa. "What happened to you? Where is Lena?" she asked, afraid of your condition.

"Someone diffuses lead in the—" you coughed, "atmosphere," you finished, coughing.

"Wait who? And why?" Your sister asked,

"I don't know, but I need to contact Lena. Lilly will be affected by the lead, and she's the only one who could help us." You declared, Jess wanted to say something, but her phone rang; it was Lena.

"Lena, where are you?... what? Yeah, she's with me ... Right now? Okay, she's with me too, in my apartment... Yeah see you soon." she hangs on and turned to you "it was Lena she's in her way to come here. She'll be here soon. You should rest. I'll bring you water," she said as she walked to the kitchen.

You walked to Jessy's room and opened the door. You saw Lilly. She was sleeping, but suddenly she started to cough and was now awake. You took her in your arms and made your way back to the living room. Jessy came back and gave you both a glass of water. It's been more than twenty years now since you were on earth, so you knew you could stay a little longer, but you were worried for Lilly. Fortunately, Lena didn't make you wait too long.

You heard a knock on the door, and your big sis opened it. She smiled when she saw Lena, but her smile disappeared when she saw the woman behind her. "Oh Lillian, what a surprise." she said coldly, but let them step inside.

When you saw the familiar green eyes you were relieved and then you saw your mother-in-law, you suppressed a caught "Mother-in-law." you greeted her

"Daughter-in-law" She greeted you back, "You seemed more alive the last time I saw you," she joked, and you chuckled,

"Granny Lillian." Lilly greeted her, and the older Luthor's heart almost dropped when she heard the voice of her granddaughter.

"Hey princess, did you catch a cold?" Lena asked when she noticed her daughter's condition.

"No, someone diffused lead in the atmosphere," you replied, and the youngest Luthor coughed against your chest. "Hey, it's okay, Princess," you ran your hand through her hair. "Mommy is here; she'll find a way to help you." you whispered loudly against her temple.

Lena covered her mouth with her hands. It couldn't be real. Her baby girl shouldn't be affected by the lead, she's human too. Lillian noticed and decided to speak, "We have something that could help her." She informed you.

You didn't have to think too long about it, you understood they couldn't save both of you. "Hey princess, do you want to show the gift uncle Mike gave you to your granny?" You asked softly, and she nodded before getting up and walking to her bedroom. You started to walk to the kitchen and made eye contact with your wife. She got the hint and followed you.

"I'm sorry," she barely said between sobs.

"Hey, darling... *cough*... it's okay. You'll help Lilly, and I'm sure you'll find a solution for me after that." You kissed her forehead gently.

"I was not talking about this," she admitted. You didn't say anything; you just studied her eyes.

"It was you?" You asked her, and she nodded. She was crying harder, and you locked her between your arms. She could hear your heartbeats, but they were so ecstatic she couldn't feel safe, "I know why you did that." You whispered, and you ran a hand through her hair, "I'm not angry or anything, Lena. Just promise me you'll do anything to heal Lilly." She gently drew back and locked her gaze on yours.You only saw sadness and fear in her eyes, and it was killing you.

"I promise. But we have to do something for you." She replied, and you smiled softly.

"It's okay, my queen; I'm sure Superman and Supergirl won't mind if I stay in the fortress for a while." You tried to reassure her, or you. You didn't really know, but you can't let her feel bad for something she couldn't control. "I'm okay, Lena, I promise."

Jessy came in the kitchen, and you looked at her. "Lilly is feeling better now." She informed you, and Lena was relieved. You wanted to rush to your baby girl and take her in your arms, but you fell to the ground.

When you awoke, you were in the fortress. You could feel the lead in your lungs, but the pain slowly went away. You looked around and noticed a floating robot."Good morning, Mrs. Y/l/n-Luthor, I'm Kelex," he said.

"Oh, nice to meet you, Kelex." You looked around. "We are in the fortress, right?" you asked.

"That's right. Supergirl brought you here after you collapsed in your sister's apartment," he explained.

"Oh," was all you could say."Do you know where the others are?" you asked.

"They were back in National City. But you can't see them right now." he said, and you looked confused. "The atmosphere is not totally free of lead. You must stay here, safe," he explained.

"Do you know until when?" you asked, a little saddened by the revelation.

"We don't know, but don't worry, I'll let Mrs. Luthor and Kara know you're awake. They could come to see you during your time here." he said, and you nodded.

"Okay, it'll be fun. At least, I hope," you muttered.

----------END--------

[spiderdreamer-blog]

My Adventures With Superman: “Adventures of a Normal Man, Pts. 1 and 2″ Review

Since the end of Superman: The Animated Series, Superman has not had an animated series solely dedicated to himself as an adult in the intervening 23 years. He’s certainly been part of team shows like Justice League/Unlimited or Legion of Superheroes (albeit as a teenaged Superboy) that had his character as a key component. And there have been no shortage of movies, live action or animated, that starred him either. But it feels like something’s been lost, especially on the live action end, where interesting ideas by Zack Snyder and Henry Cavill largely failed to coalesce into a compelling character (and also were a major contributing factor in the current disaster zone that is Warner Bros. Discovery, so, that doesn’t help). But we finally have a new series starring him in My Adventures With Superman, and its two-part premiere has finally surfaced. How do things shake out for the Man of Steel?

Rather than start with the standard origin, the series picks up with Clark Kent (Jack Quaid, The Boys, Star Trek: Lower Decks) arriving in Metropolis to start work at the Daily Planet as an intern alongside his roommate Jimmy Olsen (Ishmel Sahid, Cousins for Life). They quickly meet Lois Lane (Alice Lee, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist), a fellow intern who dreams of bigger things, but is currently stymied by the Planet’s gruff editor-in-chief Perry White (Darrell Brown, Gabby’s Dollhouse). Lois drags Jimmy and Clark along on a story about military tech stolen by mercenary Leslie “Livewire” Willis (Zehra Fazal, Voltron Legendary Defender, Amphibia, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power), which pretty quickly spirals out of control. Clark quickly leaps in to save the day, and now the question of who or what this “Superman” is becomes THE question.

The first, most striking thing about My Adventures With Superman is its look and tone. Aided by the ever-capable Studio Mir, the character designs are bright, expressive, and far more rounded than the stripped-down, angular DCAU look of old. Clark in particular has an appealing sweet softness to his farmboy frame, Jimmy being black has been done before but never quite this excitable, and Lois is now a full-on tomboy with short hair and dark skin, much to the consternation of idiot YouTube grifter screamy men everywhere. This spreads downward to the tone, where producers Jake Wyatt (DuckTales), Brendan Clogher (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), and Josie Campbell (She-Ra) basically position the proceedings as a shoujo/josei romantic comedy that happens to have superhero action scenes.

Nothing against them, of course, they’re very well done (and fix a core problem I had with She-Ra in that the action scenes were, number one with a bullet, the weakest part due to jank). But just as much attention is paid to loving close-ups of Lois and Clark blushing as they realize they might LIKE like each other. Needless to say, I find it incredibly charming, especially after years of SnyderBros breathlessly insisting that Cavill’s dour, contemplative lonely god Superman who SNAPS PEOPLE’S NECKS is the best version of the character instead of some pussy who, I don’t know, saves kittens from trees.

(Full disclosure: Cavill is a fine actor in other projects and I have a great deal of admiration for Zack Snyder as a filmmaker, just...not them together for the most part)

In particular, a Clark who’s unsure of himself gives things a bit more of a mysterious tone than usual, particularly in the most intriguing plot hook so far: the Kryptonian ship that he came in contains the usual hologram of Jor-El, but he speaks in garbled Kryptonian that Clark can’t understand and is frightened by as a child. This, the ship creating The Costume (though Martha adds a humanizing touch with a belt and shorts), and a flash of a space battle when he unhooks a piece of damaged tech from Livewire’s back hint that it may be harder than usual to reconcile his Kryptonian and Earth selves. Which I’m not opposed to. While, as said in my STAS review, I don’t generally like the idea that Krypton was some cold unfeeling society with no value to Clark, this could be going a different, more interesting direction.

The awkwardness also adds great dividends to his interplay with Lois, who he generally has to keep up with anyway. Jimmy is also boosted in terms of already having an interest in extraterrestrial stuff, and he feels like a genuine part of the ensemble instead of a third wheel. The supporting cast is also going in some interesting directions, with a wearier Perry White than usual as a solid semi-antagonistic force, Livewire standing out as a smart, canny villain even before she busts out the Electro powers, and an excellent read on the Kents, with Jonathan and Martha warm and supportive, but fretting about losing Clark to this new persona. (Hey, Snyder? That’s how you make the Kents conflicted about Clark being Superman, not “idk, maybe you should let kids die rather than reveal your secret”)

All of this is aided by an incredibly strong voice cast. Quaid is my favorite Clark voice in a long time, affecting a soft dorkiness rather than going for a slightly formal patrician vibe. His comic timing is also great, such as in an early scene where he first meets Lois and is quickly embarrassed. Lee matches him well by switching out Lois’ usual businesswoman vibes for “overcaffeinated”, as well as self-aware enough to admit her mistakes, though not enough to cop to her immediately becoming smitten with Clark. Sahid is a funny, excitable Jimmy, taking the edge off what could have been an eye-rolling “CONSPIRACY THEORIST” gag, and his interplay with Quaid and Lee is often a highlight of the show. On the supporting end, Brown wisely dials down to be a straight man, Fazal is credibly tough and intelligent as usual, Kari Wahlgren gets those aforementioned great beats as Martha, and Azuri Hardy-Jones is immediately endearing as Flip Johnson, a gender-flipped version of the leader of Jack Kirby’s Newsboy Legion (now the NewsKIDS Legion, given some other gender-swaps in the group); she’s very much a believable scrappy kid, worrying at one point if they should call the President or “my mom”.

(Sidebar: the funniest, most unusual casting here is Chris Parnell as an anime twunk-ified Slade Wilson/Deathstroke, who appears as an ominous figure that tries to get intel out of Livewire, fights her, then captures and interrogates her with Amanda Waller and seemingly Sam Lane in attendance after Superman de-escalates the situation. Now, Parnell is an excellent voice actor with a long resume at this point, but his stock in trade is usually characters like Cyril Figgis on Archer or Jerry on Rick & Morty, who are most charitably described as weak-willed sexual obsessives. It’s a head-trip to hear him take on a role previously essayed by deep-voiced gravel pit legends like Ron Perlman, Will Arnett, Mark Rolston, and the late Miguel Ferrer. Though perhaps wisely, he doesn’t try to imitate those guys and leans into his own tones, just more of a smarmy asshole variant. His delivery of “We’re the good guys” at the end of the premiere is wonderfully insincere.)

Overall, My Adventures With Superman is immensely promising and I hope it has a decently long, unimpeded-by-Discovery-fuckery run. By going off-book but also appealing to the fundamentals of the character, it’s a fresh take that I am keenly interested in seeing develop and grow. Also, it’s just really dang cute, sue me.

[lonelywretchjervistetch]

My DC Cinematic Universe: Superman (Part VII)

Chapter Seven: A Dangerous Future

Before I get to the main focus of this post, let me mention something about my treatment of the DCU. The beginnings of this cinematic universe (and yes, I do mean cinematic universe) should be centered around the Trinity. That would be Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Zack Snyder sort of knew this, having all three team up in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition in Black-and-White-and-Color featuring Wonder Woman too...the Movie. God, it's still a dumbass title.

The difference is, each member of the Trinity should bring in a different element of the DC Universe, acting as a gateway to something bigger. Now, unlike the MCU, this cinematic universe isn't going to be obsessed with cameos and connections between films. BUT, it will still be an interconnected universe regardless. So, to open up our universe, we'll need to open a few doors.

Batman opens the doors to street crime and the down-to-Earth threats of this Earth. This includes metahumans, crazed maniacs and lunatics, and all the stuff that's primarily confined to Earthly science. It's basically the stuff that Batman would deal with on an everyday basis, from the Joker to Ra's al Ghul, and beyond. This could also act as a gateway to introduce characters like Green Arrow, the Atom, and even Flash. All are either street crime-focused vigilantes, or scientific experiments gone right.

Wonder Woman serves as our gateway to the magical and mystical. As a child of magic, Diana of Themyscira is the natural pathway to the powerful forces that can't be explained by science. Her villains are largely god-based or magical, and her powers literally come from the Greek gods. Because of that, she's at the beginning of the road that leads to Shazam, Doctor Fate, and weirdly enough, Aquaman. I mean...Greek Amazon princess, Atlantis, c'mon. That one should've been obvious. Others will follow, of course, but Wonder Woman should be the launching point.

But then, there's Superman. And if you haven't guessed already...

Superman is, unsurprisingly, the gateway to space and the cosmic.

I mean, he's an alien. It only makes sense that the presence of an alien on Earth would lead to more aliens, at least thematically. Now that said, the way I'm going about this begins with this first movie, but this gateway opens up possibilities for the Green Lantern Corps, Hawkman, and Martian Manhunter. I may go into those connections in a couple of essays, but just know that those characters will enter through this road, amongst others.

The question of this film's villains, though, still goes unanswered. And that's probably because choosing villains for a Superman film seems to be a weak point for movies. They've basically stuck to only two comic book villains throughout the character's film history, those villains being General Zod and Lex Luthor. Which is, in my opinion, boring as shit. But it's also somewhat understandable. Luthor is sort of a given; he's the archenemy of Superman, after all. But Zod is there because only a Kryptonian can challenge a Kryptonian. Which I'm going to prove wrong, but it hits upon a point. This is, arguably, the origin of the "villain-who's-a-reverse-of-the-hero" trope. And again...boring. But the problem remains; how do you threaten a character as powerful as Superman? Well, as always, there's a McGuffin-esque answer for that.

Kryptonite: The Easy Way Out

Look. I know. I know. It's Kryptonite, the ultimate McGuffin. Originally introduced in a radio show of all things, Kryptonite was the easy weakness for an all-powerful character. It's so ubiquitous that the word "Kryptonite" is now a colloquial term that means "a specific weakness". It's literally entered the American vernacular. So why use it AGAIN? Literally almost every Superman movie, EXCEPT for Man of Steel, has used it. It was a major McGuffin in Smallville, and everybody and their mother seems to have Kryptonite. But even then, I'm still going to use it. Because it's not about what you use; it's about how you use it. And in this case, it's also about where it comes from.

Normally, Kryptonite somehow arrives on Earth with Clark, which is...kinda dumb and unrealistic, not gonna lie. I'll give Synder a tiny bit of credit and say that his origin for Kryptonite makes a little more sense, in that it was in the ships brought by the Kryptonians. Somehow? OK, it doesn't make THAT much sense, but still. So, when bringing in Kryptonite, we have to think about who gets it, and WHERE it's coming from in the first place.

It's also worth mentioning that, while Kryptonite is usually an acid green in color, there's a veritable rainbow of Kryptonite colors. Smallville took full advantage of this, introducing anger-inducing Red Kryptonite (which actually causes random and unpredictable effects in the comics, but this change is forgivable), power-removing Blue Kryptonite, lethal Gold Kryptonite, paranoia-inducing Silver Kryptonite, and good-evil half-splitting Black Kryptonite. I should also probably mention that some versions are...confusing.

In the comics, you have random Red, harmless Blue, power-stripping Gold, plant-killing White...gay-inducing Pink...OK, look, we need to fucking STOP. There's a fucking turquoise Kryptonite that has the same powers as Green Kryptonite, except it's just kinda bluish. Also, lemme just go back and point out that there was a Kryptonite that MAKES KRYPTONIANS GAY, and it was EXACTLY as offensive as you think it was. I'll give the oft-forgotten and unappreciated Justice League Action credit: it made Kryptonite kinda silly, but also changed up and added some varieties, making Orange confusion-inducing, and making Pink gender-swapping. Watch the short, it's cute.

But regardless of these weird varieties, the origin is usually in space or somehow buried within the Earth itself. But for this film, I'm using Kryptonite as a bridge to somebody else. And so, FINALLY...

Intergang: Cosmic Networking

Lemme just start this is a big ol' FUCK YOU to Black Adam. One, it was a bad movie that came about 15 years too late to be considered half-decent. And second, they used Intergang as their villains before I made this post. Oh, and they used them very badly. Intergang in Black Adam was an international gang with futuristic weapons and vehicles and no substance to them at all. In the comics, Intergang is surprisingly complicated. But rather than go into too much complex comic book history...again, I'm going to start with how I'm presenting Intergang.

Intergang, understand, is sort of a blank slate. While there is ONE extremely important thing to maintain about Intergang, you really can do a lot with the group, from a creative standpoint. Black Adam, of course, did the bare minimum with this group, making them international mercenaries with weapons. Ooh. Fun. No, instead, my version of Intergang is mostly centered in the United States, hopping from city to city in order to avoid being caught. Primarily weapons smugglers, they can be linked to a number of gang and organized crime organizations throughout their history, first appearing in the 1920s, in Metropolis.

But recently, Intergang has become more than the usually competent Metropolis PD can handle. As I mentioned in the last entry of this series, Lex Luthor has been secretly supplying the streets with advanced prototype weapons, and their manufacturers are able to increase their power, in an effort to take on the MPD and Superman. But then, the leader of Intergang, Bruno "Ugly" Manheim is approached by someone who offers him something...new. And his name...is Gordon Crown.

By this point in the film, Crown will already be known. A political pundit and candidate for Senator, Crown is an outspoken critic of the city's government, pledging to push for police militarization, decrying increased crime and homelessness, and actively rallying against Superman and other vigilantes. He won't be particularly likeable, but will also have a building following. This means that Superman will face a bit of public opposition that he needs to overcome, while also facing the crimes of Intergang. And BOTH are Crown's fault.

See, Crown's real name is Glorious Godfrey, and he's a member of the New Gods of Apokolips. As the god of persuasion, his mortal form manifested as Gordon Crown, with the purpose of sowing dissent on this planet in order to discover the Anti-Life Equation which his master, Darkseid, desires. Yeah. I'm starting this RIGHT FUCKING NOW. None of this is known until the very end, but Godfrey's been reporting to Darkseid directly. Since Superman's appearance, he's managed to continue his work, but it's been more difficult. So, the Kryptonian needs to go. But how do you destroy the indestructible? Well, after discovering that Superman is a Kryptonian, Godfrey's benefactors travel to the former location of Krypton, and fetch what they believe to be Superman's weakness.

This is the key for helping Intergang take out Superman, sowing more despair and making the path to the Anti-Life Equation that much clearer. So, this plot point is introduced when Gordon Crown just waltzes into Intergang headquarters, as they're trying to figure out their next moves after a failed heist. Led by Bruno "Ugly" Manheim, the gang is in shambles. But in comes Crown, holding out a gift to help them take out Superman.

Obviously, Manheim is surprised by this, and asks why the head of the anti-crime brigade is trying to help them, and why he shouldn't just blackmail Crown and take the weird rock. Crown responds with green Kryptonite and green MONEY, and he basically pays Manheim to test the mineral in their weaponry. Manheim accepts, and brings in his second-in-command to take the crystal to their weapon manufacturers and test it out. This second-in-command is former soldier and international mercenary for Intergang, John Grant Corben. More on him later.

So, Clark gets into another fight with Intergang, who are now armed with Kryptonite weapons. To be specific, Corben is wearing an armored suit, with Kryptonite in the center of the chest. Corben is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, and he's also looking forward to beating Superman down personally. And in this fight, two things happen. Firstly, Superman gets the absolute FUCK beaten out of him here. With Kryptonite significantly weakening him, he's actually very hurt here. Obviously, he won't die, since this isn't the final act fight, but more likely the end of the second act instead. Plus, we're planning on having this character live, so why pretend he's about to die? It's cliché, and extremely pointless in a Superman movie. And second, as fucked as Superman's going to be...John's gonna get it worse.

Now, the reasons for this would be up to action choreographers, but we're essentially going to paralyze John from the neck down, while also destroying a decent amount of property, and laying Superman partially to blame. Yeah, I'm repeating something from Man of Steel, but NOT making it Superman's fault. In fact, Clark will try his DAMNEDEST to save as many people as possible in this fight, while trying to lead it away from people. But Corben won't let him, and desperate blows from Clark in the process will cause Corben's injuries. It'll also provide a platform for Godfrey to sow more dissent against Superman and the city.

Y'know that scene in The Dark Knight, where Joker basically convinces Harvey to become Two-Face? Well, something similar is about to happen here as well. See, while Clark is being healed by his ship and discovering elements of his past (check Part IV for more on that front), Crown goes to the hospital to visit the injured from the attack, including Corben. And as you'd assume, Corben is under guard by the Metropolis PD, but he's easily able to talk his way into the room. Remember how I said that Crown is the God of Persuasion? Well, we get a glimpse of that here, as he seemingly Jedi mind-tricks his way into talking to Corben. Real Killgrave/Purple Man vibes here, it should be genuinely creepy.

Godfrey goes to Corben, who's unconscious. He places a pendant on his chest. We've seen this pendant before, as Godfrey's always wearing it when we see him. A pulse comes from the pendant, waking up the comatose Corben. It's then that he realizes the extent of his injuries, blaming Superman for his injuries (which isn't unjustified, to be fair). Godfrey offers him the opportunity to make up for his failure, and to get revenge on Superman. In the process, he'll also be able to walk again, and be more powerful than ever before.

And of course, Corben accepts. Shame he doesn't truly know WHAT he's accepting.

Metallo: The Metal Behind The Man

Metallo is maybe the best example of an earthbound villain who can pose a massive threat to the Man of Steel. His origins in the comics are varied, but usually involve a man in an accident whose brain was moved into a robotic, Kryptonite-powered body. He's always been one of my favorite Superman villains, and has never really been done well in live-action, in my opinion.

Don't get me wrong, now, because he has been in live-action, but always as different versions of the character. In Superboy, he was a bank robber with heart disease that was later turned into a Kryptonite-powered cyborg, similar to Corben's original incarnation. Lois & Clark did something similar, and gave us a pretty good turn on the character. Smallville gave us the most interesting and accurate version, giving us a war reporter that was experimented on after being hit by a truck. Granted, his change was caused by General Zod, but we're not gonna talk about that here.

But most recently, Supergirl actually gave us SIX incarnations of the character, starting with John Corben and ending with an alternate universe Lena Luthor. Which is crazy, but admittedly interesting. Funnily enough, the idea of multiple Metallos is something we've seen in the comics, but definitely dilutes the idea of John Corben as a vengeful android who hates Superman and wants him dead.

And yes, before you ask, of COURSE my favorite version of the character is from the DC Animated Universe. Played by the vastly underappreciated Malcolm McDowell, this Corben is a mercenary introduced in the season premiere, then brought back to fight Superman after being turned into Metallo by Lex Luthor. The episode The Way of All Flesh is genuinely one of my favorite episodes of that series, and that's saying something for me. He comes back later in the series, and in Justice League Unlimited, where he joins the Secret Society and is...mindwiped by Grodd, oooooooh. Well, in either case, I love Metallo, and making him a major villain for this movie makes sense to me.

So, again, in this theoretical movie, Corben accepts Godfrey's offer. When he does, Godfrey supplies him a body composed of Nth metal, and outfitted with a Kryptonite heart. Now that we know Kryptonite hurts Superman, Godfrey's been allowed to go all-in to try and kill Superman. So, armed with the Kryptonite heart, and backed up by intergang to lure Superman out, the newly crowned Metallo goes out to fight. Now, he still looks relatively normal, wearing a synthetic skin and able to change his size into a more compact form. Once the fight with Superman commences, Corben keeps the heart secret and takes the blows from Superman, seemingly testing his new body's toughness. But eventually, Superman figures it out, and stops holding back. This breaks the synthetic skin and gives Corben a more traditional robotic appearance. He rips off the skin, bulks up a bit, and the fight commences, this time in a place where people WON'T be hurt. Clark's learned by now, so he IMMEDIATELY moves the fight to a safer location.

And here...well, again, I'm not a fight choreographer. The only way for Superman to win here is to disconnect or destroy the Kryptonite heart, OR to somehow block the heart with lead and dismantle Corben, which WILL NOT kill him. Either way, this is the climactic fight of the film, so it's gonna be a biggie. In the end, of course, Superman will win the day...but not without a cost. The main goal here is to give an entertaining fight, while beginning a plot that will have much wider ramifications. Namely...

After Corben is defeated, Intergang comes soon after that. However, not only is Godfrey able to sow more dissent as a result (based on property damage, and also on the fact that Intergang was taken out due to more funding to the newly established Special Crimes Division), but there's also a way to take out Superman. In an after-credits scene, Godfrey reports to his master, Darkseid, and the plot is laid out in the ending scene. Because, as much as I would love Superman's main villain to be Darkseid in his third movie...he's a Justice League villain. He really is. So, we'll be setting up Darkseid in the Superman movies, with Godfrey acting as his hand on Earth, sowing dissent for his arrival. But Darkseid...Darkseid will be talked about in another essay series. Because that's a WHOLE different bag of cats.

But that's not the only thing we're setting up in the end. In the last entry, I mentioned that Lex will obtain the Kryptonite somehow. Well, of course, Godfrey will find a way to get the Kryptonite to Luthor, allowing him to set-up the next stage of this series. With Intergang mostly taken out (although they will reappear eventually), Godfrey sees Luthor as another opportunity to sow dissent and discord. And Luthor will be using the Kryptonite in experimentation to make a new series of threats: metahumans. And while this won't be really brought up in this movie, Luthor's team, Infinity, Inc., actually has another name entirely...the Superman Revenge Squad. And it's an excuse to FINALLY show some major Superman villains on the big screen. But I'll elaborate on that one... in the next essay.

Index: Superman

Part I: Why I Love Superman

Part II: On Lois Lane

Part III: The Kents

Part IV: The 'Rents

Part V: The...Frendts?

Part VI: Lex Luthor

Part VII: The Real Villains

Part VIII: Superman's Rogues Gallery

Part IX: The Story - Act One

Part X: The Story (Acts Two and Three)

Part XI: The Story - Climax

Part XII: Epilogue (Part One)

Part XIII: Epilogue (Part Two)

[syppys-den]

DC Elseworld Ideas

Kal El becomes stranded in space before reaching Earth, and is found and raised by passing spacefarers

Dick and Bruce swap ages and roles but everything else about their backstories remain the same. So Dick's parents die and he becomes Batman, and then later on Crime Alley happens and Dick takes Bruce under his wing and he becomes Robin

JL members swapping aesthetics but not names (Superman-Batman, Wonderwoman-Martian Manhunter and Flash-Green Lantern) Every founding member of The Justice League (except for Superman) swaps origins but not names or aesthetics, so Batman is magic-based warrior from a mythical land (probably something Vampire or Norse Mythology related), Wonder Woman is a billionaire playgirl who uses her wealth to aid her city in more ways than one, The Flash is a member of an interstellar army of peacekeepers (probably called "The Speedforce" or something) that can travel at incredible speeds and even go faster than light (though in that case they probably can't interact with anything in that state and also can't travel to somewhere else on the same planet at that speed) Green Lantern is a cop that through a lab accident gained access to a cosmic force allowing him to make any hardlight construct he can imagine, Martian Manhunter is the son of a runaway Martian princess and a lonely astronomer, and Aquaman is the last survivor of Atlantis who has sworn to not lose this world after already losing his old one

Someone from the 31st century stumbles upon the ruins of The Batcave and takes on the mantle of Batman and joins the Legion of Superheroes

The Justice League IIINNNN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE well more in space anyway. Superman is the last human, Batman is more or less the same just that he's an alien and Gotham is a crime ridden planet (think Nar Shadda from Star Wars) Wonder Woman is the heir to the throne of a race of isolationist insectoids (because queen) Flash can travel in Hyperspace (probably) and Brainiac probably fills the role of J'onn (not sure what GL would be)

a Just Imagine type series by another artist

Kal El lands in ancient Persia and becomes Cyrus The Great

The Trinity swap what kind of "terrestrial" they are (Superman is an Extraterrestrial, Wonderwoman is an Ultraterrestrial and Batman is just a Terrestrial)

Superman joins The Blue Lantern Corps

Diana leaves Themyscira Early and travels the world, aiding many mythical and historical figures

a world where the Justice League and Legion of Doom swap public images (as heroes and villains) but not morality (for the most part anyway)

A Gods and Monsters style story in a different universe (like they fill the same niche and have the same aliases, but they're not the same people)

The Regular Justice League but with all of their nationalities changed (except for maybe Superman, but for some reason I keep imagining him as Aussie)

Superman lands in pre war Poland and fights Nazis

The Justice League begin in a Fallout and/or Mad Max style post apocalyptic setting

Krypton isn't destroyed and starts expanding its empire across the stars, Kal El is given control of Earth but joins their side against the Kryptonian Empire (I just described the plot of Dune didn't I?)

in a posthuman setting (ala Orion's Arm, with sapient AI, Animal Uplifts and Human Subspecies) The Legion of Superheroes is formed by young people inspired by the ancient works of DC comics

Captain Marvel but based around Norse Gods (I like to call it SHAZAM: Ragnarok)

Wonder Woman and Superman Swap roles (probably called "Wonder Woman: Last Daughter of Krypton" and "Superman: Spirit of Hope") and Superman is probably an Olympian god or Demigod

The Guardians of the Universe end up founding The Justice League or The Legion of Superheroes instead of The Green Lantern Corps (I like to call it League or Legion: In Brightest Day)

Classic Anime Superhero Justice League, (like the 70s) I know this one has been imagined a lot (or at the very least anime versions) but I still think it could be really fun and provide a new flavor of campy ^^

The Justice League and Legion of Doom are two good and evil alien factions fighting on Earth (like Transformers) probably has notable nonpowered supporting characters like Lois, Jimmy, James Gordon, and others being in the usual supporting human role

Superman being the last Human who lands on a Zootopia-type anthro animal world

a Craig of The Creek style universe where they're all just kids playing pretend

Kara ends up landing at the time she was intended to and watches over Kal

Kara lands on earth at the time she was intended but basically ends up like Flashpoint Superman (is government property, a labrat, and is all weak and scrawny due to lack of sunlight)

A hilda-esque series about kid Clark going on space adventures and meeting aliens (I mean “Hilda-esque” in how it handles the space stuff, of course being similar to how Hilda handles the magic stuff)

Superman lands in Themyscira

Superman’s ship was the source of the Roswell incident

The main DCU meets the Hellboy universe (probably something like this where it’s more about the former being in the latter or possibly vice-versa and not just smashing them together)

Something similar to Superman and Batman: Generations but in the modern day or near future, where the OG Justice League are like the first heroes and now they’re either gone or not what they used to be for one reason or another and we see this new world from the perspective of the younger generation of metahumans and other superpowered beings

A lovecraftian Superman story (it’d be neat to see the contrast between the utter hopelessness of a lovecraftian story and Superman’s idealism)

Martian Manhunter in a classic pulp sci fi version of the Solar System (where nearly every planetoid and body is inhabited like Frank R Paul's work)

Antifa underground heroic chaotic good Justice League vs corporate military industrial complex celebrity lawful evil Legion of Doom (probably lead by President Lex Luthor who probably has an iron man suit)

Green Arrow but he makes his theme something that might actually be useful

A more fleshed out version of Earth 33 (the mage dominated universe)

An Alien Nation/District 9 type story where a good chunk of Kryptonians survive their world's destruction (including Kal and Kara's family) and become refugees on Earth, and we then follow Kal El as he joins forces with private eye Lois Lane (so more like Alien Nation)

[skylarmoon71]

Lance Sweets (Bones) - Crossover AU - Chapter 7

“Good morning Dr. (L/N).”

You smile at Camille’s greeting as you lower your bag. The most recent case had led the team to an abandoned dumping ground. Apparently the remains were stuck in a sinkhole and there appeared to be some kind of medallion around his neck. Possibly an artifact. Camille was on a ladder trying to get to the body. Booth and Brennan were below arguing. Mostly because there was still flesh on the bones which Brennan has said countless times that it isn’t her domain.

“I don’t know why I’m here.”

“Come on Bones, it’s a case. We’re partners. Just stay here okay.” She looked a little annoyed that she wasn’t able to do actual work. Booth looked up when Camille’s ladder rocked slightly.

“Hey you might wanna be careful up there.”

“I’m not a princess, Seeley. “ She retorted, slightly tugging at the loose root that had the corpse restricted. With one pull the body got loose and she screamed when her leg slipped. You moved to her side immediately, opening your arms as you caught her. Her hands settled on your shoulders, still a bit stunned and the body was now on the ground in front of Booth.

“Good catch.” He called.

Camille nodded.

“G-Great catch.” She advised. You just offer a smile.

“You smell good.” She mumbled, right as you set her down. Dusting her jumpsuit, she straightened.

“Let’s get the body back to the lab.”

She trotted away, clearly still a bit flustered.

“I think she might have just fallen in love with you.” Booth joked.

Brennan looked blankly at him, but then her eyes lit up.

“I get it, the action of almost plummeting that is commonly associated with the feeling of euphoria that couples feel. That’s funny Booth.”

He looked pretty proud that she found it funny.

You’ve come to realize that you really would be bored without this team.

~

Sweets is not surprised to see you buried in your work when he comes to your lab.

“I heard you saved Dr. Saroyan this morning.”

“It wasn’t that far a fall, she would have been okay. “

You’re currently assessing the necklace you’d gotten off the victim. You continue to carefully remove any extra dust or particulates that had remained after their official assessment.

“Have you eaten yet?”

“No, I’ll be taking my break in the next half an hour.”

He hums, moving closer to study the golden piece of jewelry.

“I’m about to head over to the diner, do you want me to just grab you lunch. Then you won’t have to be away from your work for too long.”

“That would actually be great, thank you Dr. Sweets.”

He can’t help but smile at the fact that you’re probably the only one who addresses him that way.

“The other night, thank you.”

You finally turn to him, lowering your tweezers.

“There’s not many people that know about my past. It’s nice to confide in someone. Especially since I’m the one who usually tries to fix every problem. Venting is therapeutic.”

You have to say that if anyone should be grateful, it’s you. If he hadn’t pushed so hard, you’d still be going through life somewhat isolated. It’s all you’ve ever known.

“You’re welcome. Whenever you need to talk, I’m here to listen.”

He appreciates it.

“On another note, I’ve been making some progress on the research front. Your journal got me thinking. Those rocks, they came from space That means there is a possibility that another kryptonian landed here. Not here specifically, but somewhere in the world. Naturally, I started looking for symbols, like the ones in your book. If something did happen to your planet, maybe someone else got away. You said it yourself, kryptonians and humans aren't that different. We all react the same way to crises. It’s not unreasonable to assume that some, or even one of them had a contingency plan. They must have known a war was going on on your planet.”

He’s not wrong.

You’d been pretty much a child, but you remember meetings being tense. You didn’t understand most of it, but you knew something was wrong. There was always a pain in your mother’s eyes when that man from the house of El came to visit. He was always so nice to you, and the other kids always spoke about being soldiers and leaders like he was. Your brother often went on a rant himself sometimes.

“You..could be right..”

He smiles.

“It’s not a guarantee, but it’s a start.”

He looks so ready to do whatever it takes to help, and you’re grateful. Without Sweets you probably would have never gotten the courage to even try.

“Thank you, really.”

He nods, giving a salute.

“It’s what I’m here for. Time for some hardcore research. We’ll stay up all night if we have to.”

It’s clear that he’s enthusiastic. 

[inlovewithhisblueeyes]

Sleepover

Pairing: Dark!Clark Kent x little!Reader

Word Count: ~3k

Warnings: DDLG relationship, forced regression, Stockholm Syndrome, reader undergoes panic attack, self-harm (headbanging), referenced kidnapping and brainwashing, drugging, mentions of previous injuries to characters

A/N: This is part of the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star series about Dark! Clark Kent and little! Reader. The events of this part take place a few days after Bright and Tiny Spark. This series was inspired by @mianorth and @overrwritten3 Winter soldier x little reader pieces.

If you'd like to support my writing, buy me a coffee here

The early morning breeze drifted through the room and tickled at the naked limbs of the sleeping little star. She woke with a shiver and hazily searched the bed for his warmth. She only found more cold spots to which she huffed and sat up. Even her trusted pal Twinkle was gone from her arms. She rubbed her eyes as she carefully slipped from the bed. The girl hoped that her stuffed pup was accidentally kicked from the bed, but he was nowhere to be found. She shivered before wrapping one of the many tangled blankets around her form. The ends dragged behind her like his cape and she made her way out of the room in need of the two things she could not live without.

It wasn’t like him to not sense when she had woken up she pondered as she traipsed down the hallway. Normally, her Daddy would have been right by her side as she woke up. He’d give her kisses, cuddles, and all the princess carries she could wish for in exchange for getting started with their day. Little Star peered over the banister and saw the living room below empty. She became more puzzled because that’s the one spot where she knew she could always find him.

The girl knew he was the biggest, toughest superhero around and sometimes that meant he had to save people. She could normally handle it because Twinkle would be by her side, but he wasn’t in the bed and neither was daddy. She slowly made her way down the stairs, careful not to let the blanket trip her up. Upon her touching down on the bottom floor, she immediately started scurrying around the space. She checked the living room, the kitchen, the laundry room, the dining room which sometimes doubled as Daddy’s office, even her playroom, and he wasn’t in any of them. It only left the one place she knew she was never allowed to step foot near, the basement.

Daddy had made it clear when they had first moved in that she was to never set foot down there. It was where he kept all of his suits and relics from Krypton. There were too many items down there that could harm her. If he was down there, she knew a certain Kryptonian robot would be standing guard. Kelor was even more strict than her Daddy and that was saying something. At least she could use puppy dog eyes on her Daddy in an attempt to get her way. With Kelor, there was no budging and no way to sneak past him. But today she had to try, it was an emergency.

Little Star crept down the hallway to wear the basement door lay and there hovered her newly minted enemy number one. She took a deep breath before slinking down the hall towards Kelor.

“Miss, Sir has commanded me to not let you pass. It was a direct order,” the robot chirped.

“It’s an emergency, Kelor,” she cried.

“Sir has commanded me to not let you pass. It was a direct order,” Kelor repeated.

Why didn’t Kelor get it? She knew the rules and never dared break them before. It was only moments before her head started swirling with thoughts that Twinkle and Daddy were gone for a reason. She must have done something wrong but her mind was too far gone to think through it logically. Memories from before started to fight their way in: how cold her old room was, how he had left her for hours, how terrified she was. The girl did not want to go back there; she could not go back there. She would rather die than go back to that horrid place and lose her whole world again.

Little Star could distantly hear Kelor saying something but it was all lost to her. She had lost her blanket sometime between the time she was freestanding and the time she felt the cool wall against her forehead. The coolness came and went as the thoughts continued to flurry around her head. She hadn’t even realized her breathing had changed until she felt a great warmth wrapped around her, carefully moving her forehead from its spot on the wall. Who dared to touch her? She began to thrash, desperate to get away and find her daddy. The figure slowly turned her around and gently titled her chin up to face them.

“Little one, it’s alright. It’s just me,” He murmured as he gathered one of her smaller hands in his and placed it on his chest,” Feel how I breathe… how my chest goes up and down slowly…Do you think you can copy me? I think my brave girl can.”

She blinked up at him as his face took a second to register in her head. He was here; her daddy was here. Her thoughts started to slow down moment by moment as she mimicked his breathing. As soon as her panic attack had subsided, Kal-El quickly lifted her into his arms and tucked her head into his neck. He softly rubbed her back as the tears fell and waited for her to tell him what was wrong.

“You’re mean, daddy… stole Twinkle… left me to freeze… so, so mean…” she sniffled.

Her words only caused him to hug her tighter before responding, “Daddy is very sorry, little star. Twinkle needed a bath and Daddy had to answer a call for work.”

“Scared me so much….thought you didn’t want me no more,” the girl hiccupped as she continued to hold on tightly to him.

“I will always want you. You’re the light that guides Daddy home. How can Daddy make it up to you?”

That caused her to pop her head out and stare up at him. She bite her lip as she thought real hard.

“Chocolate chip pancakes?” she offered timidly.

“I feel like you’re holding out on me, little girl,” Clark teased.

“I wanna’em with extra syrup and whipped cream and juice pretty please Daddy.”

“I can do that. Do you think you can share with Twinkle too? He just had a scary time with the dryer,” Clark replied as he carried her away from the basement door.

She giggled in response and soon any remaining tears and fears had melted away. He stopped by the laundry room to rescue Twinkle and the girl was over the moon to have her friend back. Kal-El sat her down in her special chair at the kitchen counter and began preparing breakfast. She was too enamored with hugging and playing with her space pup to watch him work. Before she knew it, there was a plate piled high with chocolate chip pancakes, whipped cream, and syrup plus a sippy cup of orange juice before her.

“Thank you, Daddy,” the girl beamed before he gave her a quick kiss on the head.

He carefully took Twinkle out of her hands and sat him up on the counter facing her. She eagerly dug into her pancakes, occasionally giving a happy wiggle here and there. Clark sat down next to her, drinking his coffee and watching.

“Sweetheart, have some of your juice, please. You need your vitamins.”

“Yes daddy,” she chirped after finishing her bite.

Little star grabbed her cup of juice and took a sip, immediately wincing at the taste.

“It tastes funny,” she whined holding up the cup to him.

“I’m sure it's fine. It’s probably all that sugar talking,” the man of steel suggested before taking a sip himself and not reacting, “I don’t taste anything wrong with it.”

He handed the sippy cup back to her and she stared at it suspiciously before placing it back on the counter in front of her. The girl went to go back to her pancakes before she heard her daddy clear his throat. She glanced at him nervously and saw him tilt his head towards the offending juice.

“Drink your juice. I won’t remind you again.”

Little star gulped nervously before setting down her utensils and doing as she asked. Every sip she took made her want to spit it out and throw the cup across the room, but she did not want to get on her daddy’s bad side. He was smiling and gently petting her hair as she kept forcing down the icky drink. Things around her started to appear hazy and the last thing she remembers is hearing the sound of the plastic cup hitting the ground.

The first thing her hazy mind could process was the immense warmth wrapped around her. It took a few more moments for the rest of her senses to catch up. The girl felt a cold roughness pressed against her cheek as her head was slightly jostled back and forth. Her ears picked up on two voices talking; both were deep, manly, and conveyed a sense of urgency. They both sounded rather familiar, but the noise in her brain had yet to fully settle.

She cracked open one eye and then the other. Wherever she was bright and it took a second for her eyes to adjust. Little Star turned her head to see what she had been resting on and saw the recognizable red, gold, and blue that could only belong to one person. She tilted her head upwards and there was her Daddy, her savior. The girl watched him converse for a little while longer. She still felt as though she was underwater, every sound muffled and hard to place.

She was content to remain cradled in his warmth and to get to watch him. She had no reason to care for the other party present. All that mattered to her at that moment was her Daddy. By the time her brain decided to make sense of what the men were discussing, she was incredibly out of the loop. Her Daddy’s arms would tense around her whenever the name Lex Luthor was spoken. That name seemed like a forgotten memory. It hurt her head to try and remember where that name belonged.

But before she could, the girl felt a warm hand caressing her face with her Daddy was smiling down at her. She was too busy staring into his bright blue eyes to focus on what he was saying. He always said that she was the light, but she never understood it when he shone more brightly than she ever could. If she was a star, he must be the sun, big, bold, and bright.

“What???” She questioned, confused as she snapped out of it.

He chuckled at her before pressing a quick kiss to her nose.

“Remember how Daddy came home very tired the other day?” Kal-El started to which she nodded,” Well Uncle Bruce was able to figure out why and how we can stop it. You’ll have to stay here with him while I go handle it.”

Tears immediately sprung to her eyes as she cried,” But you can’t go! Why can’t Uncle Batty go instead?”

“Little one, there’s a very bad man who can hurt a lot of innocent people if I don’t go. Uncle Bruce got injured trying to help me and he needs help…”

“Where’s Mister Alfred though? He can help. He always helps,” the girl interrupted.

“Alfred is going to be busy helping your Daddy and our other friends stop the bad man,” Bruce offered.

Little Star snapped her head to look at the other man suspiciously. Her eyes trailed over him looking for an actual reason why he couldn’t go in place of Clark and she noticed the bulky grey cast on his right arm. Her gaze softened when she realized that what they were saying was true.

“Uncle Bruce needs a very special little girl to help him and I thought you were just the one. Think of it as a sleepover,” Kal-El suggested.

“With lots of candy and popcorn and pillow fights like in the movies?” the girl questioned looking back and forth between the two men.

Bruce laughed “Maybe not pillow fights but if you’re extra good, I might be able to take you for a ride in the Batmobile.”

She barely registered the disapproving look her Daddy gave him for she was too entranced with the idea of getting to ride in the Batmobile.

“How long?” Little Star queried.

“Hopefully only a night or two. Do you think you can be a big girl and help take care of Uncle Bruce for me?”

She thought it over for a moment before nodding her head in agreement. The girl willed with all her might that she could keep the tears at bay, but it was too hard. With her first sob, she quickly buried her face in his neck and clutched him tightly.

“Will miss you…so so much…only want you safe…” she sobbed as he gently rubbed her back.

Clark let her cry out it for a few beats. She had been so scared when he finally had woken up after that attack. He never wanted her to see him like that again and leaving her with Bruce to track down Lex was the only option.

“Oh, little one,” the man of steel sighed,” Can I see your pretty eyes for a second?”

She moved to look up at him, tear tracks still present on her face.

“I promise you I will even more careful this time. I won’t be going after the bad man alone. You’ll be having so much fun with Uncle Bruce that I’ll be back before you realize it,” Kal-El murmured,” You’re my brave little light and I will always come home to you. I love you, Little Star.”

“I love you too Daddy,” she hiccuped,” To Krypton and back.”

He smiled down at her and gave her a quick peck on the lips. “Now Uncle Bruce told me has a special present for you. Why don’t we go find it together before I go?”

She nodded before scrambling off his lap and offering him her hand. Clark let her drag him along as she excitedly searched the rooms in the house. They finally happened across the second to last door and behind it lay a room rather similar to the one her Daddy made for her at home. It had soft lighting, a daybed, a craft table, and more stuffed animals than she could ever name all by herself. Waiting right at the table with some of her other things from home was her trusted pup, Twinkle.

“May I?” She asked as she gave her Daddy a big hug.

He laughed and gave her the good ahead. The girl squealed and ran over to retrieve him. She was too enamored with exploring the space and relaying to Twinkle all the fun things they could do together. This distraction gave him a much-needed way to quietly escape without a fuss or tears. By the time she looked back at the door, her Daddy was replaced by Bruce with a tub of her favorite ice cream.

“Ice cream always makes me feel better,” he offered as he made his way to sit at the little table.

Dejectedly she sat down with him and placed Twinkle on the table to face them. The girl silently joined Bruce in digging into the tub. Her heart a little less with each bite and the two made a decent dent in the ice cream before she spoke up.

“I miss him already Uncle Batty,” she murmured.

“Me too, little one.”

Diana’s lead on Lex Luthor was the first to turn up unfounded. Her chase had led her to a small island that hadn’t been inhabited by anyone in years. There was no way Luthor could have used this place as a base of operations without leaving a trace of radiation behind. No one of the equipment Bruce had given her gave even the tiniest of beeps. She had no other choice but to head back to Gotham and see if Bruce had any more trails for her to follow. None of the team could risk Luthor releasing more gold kryptonite out into the world. It nearly got Kal-El killed during their last team mission. 

Unfortunately, Bruce had tried his best to help protect him from harm and was hurt in the process. Diana knew that man hated nothing more than being forced to the sidelines. He became more broody than usual which is why Diana decided to share her findings in person. Perhaps her visit could give him a much-needed kick ass to stop his moping and give Alfred a break. As she approached the house, the woman was perplexed at the sound of laughter and playful shrieking. 

Diana quickly bypassed his security system and followed the sounds to the living room to find Bruce and some random girl having a tea party. The whole situation caused her to pause in the doorway to observe the two of them. They were completely oblivious to Wonder Woman’s presence behind them. 

“When will Daddy be back?” The girl questioned sipping at her tea.

“You know if you keep asking it won’t make the time fly any faster,” Bruce replied as he dunked his cookie into his teacup.

“But it’s been fooooreeeevvverrrr since I last asked, Uncle Batty.”

“It’s barely been 5 minutes, little one. Finish your tea and I’ll take you for a spin in the Batmobile after your nap,” Bruce offered. 

The girl squealed and quickly finished up her snack and Bruce laughed at her eagerness. This only served to confuse Diana more. To her knowledge, Bruce’s only family were his cousins, the Kane women. Who was this girl? She had too many questions.

“Bruce, who the hell is this?” Diana fumed.

Two faces immediately snapped in her direction, all wide-eyed and slack-jawed.

[ravenclaw-questions-gone-writing]

Ven’s Idea Outline #1 (Maribat)

Remember that MariDamiJon fic that I mentioned I was going to do for the gift exchange? It’s still bouncing around in my head and Luka decided to join in so I’ve decided to at least make an outline in (assuredly vain) hopes that it will leave me alone for a bit.

Ao3

Part 1

Typical Daminette but Hanahaki style bc I can’t find any Maribat hanahaki fics and I need one and I can’t find any.

Dick and Damian sent to scope out Paris for Hawkmoth related reasons

Jon goes with bc he’s Damian’s emotional support kryptonian but he might arrive later This idea has been removed but I like it so I will share it.

Damian is getting familiar with the new battlegrounds  taking a walk in the park when a girl falls from a tree and lands on top of him

The girl apologizes profusely before explaining that she’s really clumsy and she was just trying to help a kitten stuck in the tree

It’s not love at first sight but Damian appreciates an animal lover and is slightly less of an ass than he would usually be

Might mix this with my Blossom Soulmate AU that I never got around to finishing and posting, now that I think about it

Anyway, Damian helps her get the cat down from the tree

He latches onto this potential information source who is not as annoying as most other people and sticks with her

They become friends friendly acquaintances and he drops by her school to pick up her up after she agreed to show him around Paris.

Debating Lila salt...

Debating Class salt...

If yes: Damian walks into a scene where Marinette  and sweeps Marinette away without a word to the rest of her class

If no: Damian arrives and proceeds to wait for her outside by his motorcycle

Either way, his appearance makes waves in Dupont’s rumor mills

They do not know he’s Damian Wayne, just that there’s a dude who attractive enough to be model with a motorcycle waiting for the schools (tragic, if salt) sunshine fashion princess.

Robin and Nightwing meet up with Ladybug and Chat Noir to offer their help in figuring out who Hawkmoth is, as well as fighting and training.

Full Miraculous court meeting with Ryuko, Viperion, Queen Bee, Carapace, Rena Rouge, Pegasus, Bunnyx, and Monkey king. (Rena Rouge is removed if Class salt. Replaced with Fox!Nath or Fox!Julieka)

Ladybug and Robin get along

About two weeks in Adrien starts officially dating Kagami.

Another week passes and Damian finds out Marinette has been coughing flower petals and her unrequited love is her classmate Adrien Agreste.

She refuses to remove the hanahaki - this version is the standard they can’t fall in love ever again if they remove it.

This revelation makes him oddly uneasy, it isn’t until his own Hanahaki shows up later that night that realizes he understands why.

Damian does a pretty good job of hiding it.

Dick knows something is up but he’s trying to give Damian more space so he doesn’t look into it and trusts Damian would ask him if it’s life threatening

Ladybug notices his discomfort on patrol and they talk

He is surprised to learn Ladybug also has it and Robin comes up with the brilliant idea that they should fall in love with each other.

There is precedent that if you fall out of love with the person, the Hanahaki will go away. But falling out of love is difficult and not easily done. There must be no lingering romantic feelings at all.

Ladybug encourages Robin to chase his crush first, because he at least has a chance if the girl he likes also has it.

Cue the debates

If Ladybug wins: Enter Damian going all out in flirty assassin seduction techniques from his mother - Good Talia that kills rapists, none of that she raped Bruce bs, she actually had a good relationship with Bruce and a mutual breakup because of differing views on killing people - that he’s barely used since his lessons on it in the league and romantic advice from Dick.

He goes full on Bitch-sensei from assassination classroom.

He’s commissioned a shirt from Marinette. She gets to design it however she wants.

It is a long sleeved button up, specifically made to accentuate his muscles without being too revealing.

That’s the shirt he wears when he asks her out with flowers and a stuffed kitten holding a stuffed wood board that says “please date me” He has his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, top button undone. Collar and hair ruffled up for maximum sensuality. He’s got a lot of references between all the people he knows (Bruce, Talia, Selina, Dick, and really his whole family is full of objectively attractive, seductive people he can reference. Just as long as he avoids mimicking their failing romantic habits, he should be fine.)

He tries to be suave about it but is a little too nervous to completely pull it off. It doesn’t matter because Marinette finds it endearing.

On the date, he’s more confident and is able to pull off suave bastard much better but only at the end. He’s a gentleman until the very end, when he leaves her in the bakery

He goes in, and twirls her admittedly short hair around his finger, maintaining eye contact as he presses his lips against her hair - it’s admittedly harder than he expected given how short it is but being so close made it more intimate and the blush on her face was definitely worth it

He leaves in the bakery slightly dazed and counts the date as a success.

Marinette’s mind shut down bc damn that boy is fine and smooth af is flustered and confused as heck but she’s willing to give him a shot

Alternatively: Marinette’s not sure about dating Damian because she feels like she’s just using him to get rid of her hanahaki bc of the idea that Robin had proposed.

Dick is ecstatic that Damian was acting weird because he had a crush and loved helping his brother out with this date planning in the city of love

He doesn’t report it back to the batfam yet because they had a small argument about it and Damian pulled away with the small victory of Dick has to wait until after the first date to tell them.

Damian is glad he Marinette’s willing to give him a chance but he’s worried about Ladybug

he wonders if he should set her up with Tim or Duke, it’d be a shame to lose a friend and hero like her.

Robin brings up his success to Ladybug and asks if there’s anything he can do to help her.

She notes that a friend had actually confessed to her and she’s giving them a chance.

They accidentally compare notes on their dates and that’s their reveal.

If Robin wins: An awkward start that smooths into moonlit dates on the Eiffel tower, dancing on rooftops, an increase in flirting but only after battles, never before it bc they have a professional reputation to keep, increasingly physical training routines, stolen kisses but not on lips until they’re more comfortable with each other.

Fast tracked mutual slow burn which kinda defeats the purpose of a slow burn but whatever

I have realized these ideas are not mutually exclusive.

Maybe Ladybug wins first but Damian fails to seduce Marinette because she has the doubts so they go with plan B and date each other. Ladybug is more comfortable with the idea of dating Robin because they both have Hanahaki and are knowingly using each other to get rid of it?

There is no identity reveal in this version

Complaint Break time: I was writing this to get it out but it keeps growing, wtf.  This is so long and I haven’t even gotten to the main part.

It was supposed to be an established Daminette but I wanted to show how they got together, this was supposed to be like 5 bullet points, 10 tops.

At some point, I’m going to have to mention the rumor that people with Hanahaki are being kidnapped because the flowers that bloom after their death make great medicine but that cures most illnesses and are good potions ingredient whatever, something along those lines. It’s not the ones they cough up but the flowers that grow on the vines constricting their lungs after until they die and only blossom after death. Those flowers that spread the pollen into the air that makes the Hanahaki disease possible.

That’s why people keep it a secret unless they’re going to get the surgery as there’s not other way to treat it.

But that’s a plot point for part 2.

I feel like this is already longer than anything I’ve put out at this point in time.

Back to the story:

Even though they’re dating, the Hanahaki doesn’t go away immediately. It slows and becomes less frequent but there are times when they think of how their love doesn’t return their feelings and the flowers come back with a vengeance and they’re down for the day, possibly the entire week, hacking up flower petals and buds.

(Ladybug Wins version until otherwise stated) It’s during one of these fits that Dick finds out and is angry at this girl playing with his brother’s feelings.

Damian is too busy hacking up bloody flower petals to correct him

The entire batfam and subsequently Superfam now know the batfam’s youngest has hanahaki

Jon is called in and flies in to help keep an eye on his best friend

Bruce, Jason, Tim, and Duke are shocked but they pack up and are ready to go in guns blazing to have a talk with this girl bc the boys might not be on the best terms but that’s their baby brother. The girls stay behind to hold down the fort (because I need more time to get familiar with them before I can confidently write their characters. I’m not too confident about Duke either but I already mentioned him and it’s too late to back out now.)

So, Damian’s brothers and his father track her down to a different park in Paris where Marinette’s hanging out with her friends

They’re incised to find their brother’s girlfriend with another guy’s arm around her, leading her away from the main group of friends

It’s Luka, he’s helping her hide her hanahaki because she assures him that she has it under control and will go with him to the hospital if it becomes too much

They confront the couple

There’s a lot of intimidating posturing and accusations

Batfam is absolutely not prepared for the bloody flowers that spill from her lips - her hanahaki is even worse than Damian’s

Detective bats (correctly or incorrectly, depending on which version happens) put the pieces together and figure they’re dating to get rid of the hanahaki, that is something Damian would absolutely propose

and oh shit, this time it’s not just Bruce that’s adopting someone. They have a little sister now.

Luka explains what he knows about the situation and basically confirms what they’d deduced.

Welp, since they’re here, Hawkmoth has become top priority.

Hawkmoth takes one look at the Miraculous circle and the new set of bats and just- nopes out plus super boy and just nopes out.

Like, he tries but he has no expectation of winning and tries to run instead. It doesn’t work, they have all grounds covered.

I should probably make use of Mayura if I ever do write everything out but she didn’t really leave much of an impression on me tbh and I don’t have a lot of ideas. Maybe if I ever go back and watch it.

Celebratory, on-the-spot kiss between Robin and Ladybug where they do “oh“ and realize the pressure in their chest is finally gone and the Hanahaki is no more.

(Robin Wins) Dick is obliviously happy about little Robin leaving the nest and finding a mate until he finds out both the little heroes coughing up flower petals on their date

then he goes in and mother hens them both, before demanding answers

He’s also less happy about this whole dating thing

Dick can’t do much about Ladybug without revealing her identity but Damian isn’t getting out of it so easily

Dick figures out who Damian’s crushing on and goes to do a little investigating. He is very surprised to see it’s a bubbly, energetic designer girl and not someone... calmer. But then he thinks of Jon and it makes a little more sense

He talks to her, asks about what she thinks of Damian and is pleasantly surprised by her positive view of his brother. He asks if she would go out with him and she coughs up some petals

Now, Dick’s freaking out and why are there so many children with Hanahaki? This is the third one in two days!

fast forward because I’m finally out of ideas for this part

Ladybug knows she’s fallen for Robin, which was the entire point of them dating but she not sure he actually reciprocates or is still trying to forget that other girl.

Or if you went the other way, Robin’s still chasing Marinette but Ladybug now likes Robin and is aware that he’s trying to woo her. So, out of the frying pan and into another for her.

Robin is absolutely having regrets bc he is an emotional wreck and crushing on two girls and this was not supposed to happen, damnit.

A meta gets akumatized and takes out half the miraculous court but turns out the meta’s psychic ability can help track Hawkmoth so its all cool, now that they know what Hawkmoth feels like

Ladybug, Chat Noir, Ryuko, and Robin vs Hawkmoth and Mayura

Nightwing stayed behind to watch the other heroes are no longer brain dead from the battle but boy are they out of it and he has to make sure they get home safe

that does not mean he’s not extremely put out and worried about it since he knows half the team has hanahaki and it may interfere with the fight

Even if the Ladybug suit lessens the hanahaki attacks, they still happen from time to time

For two people who don’t  show up to fight often Hawkmoth and Mayura put up a good fight

Ladybug has an hanahaki attack and Hawkmoth tried to take advantage of it, only to get knocked out by Chat Noir who’s still pissed at his dad for causing this whole thing

Chat Noir and Ryuko are pretty shocked Ladybug has hanahaki, even more her timer runs out and she choses to present it to Robin

Robin is shook

He gets it together and pulls her into a kiss that cures their hanahaki and makes their brains melt

Now Marinette’s kinda confused bc what the other girl

Damian, slightly shifting his mask so she can see who he is: That other girl was YOU

Now Marinette’s the one who’s shook

Note: Chat Noir and Ryuko have both de-transformed at this point and are watching with wide eyes but they do not see who is under that mask. Also, no cameras in this section of the manor bc that would be proof.

They have a lot to talk about but it works out in the end.

the outline above was written out of order bc I had to go back everytime a new idea hit and I cannot be bothered to go back and dodeca-check this thing again just to make sure everything makes sense.

Part 2 (that was supposed to be the main story- finally made it, the starting point. I cry.)

Ok, so, now that Daminette is established and the evil is defeated

Damian returns to Gotham with his girlfriend in tow to introduce her to the rest of his family, despite his better judgement

Jon is happy that Damian is in happy, loving relationship but he’s a bit sad that it’s not him and oop, sunshine kryptonian boy got hanahaki’d.

Same for Luka. (Yes, Jagged will be his dad and a Gothamite.)

Jagged and his kids join them in Gotham bc he has to be there to show his favorite designer niece around to all the best places of his hometown.

Luka finds out Jon has Hanahaki and they bond over the experience

They make a pact to cover each other and get the other to the hospital when it gets to that point

Pining/Simping meetings over their best friends that for some unknown reason seem to lessen the flower coughing over time even though these meetings probably make things worse but they also need vent before it increases again.

Luka and Jon beginning to fall for each other but they think the other is still in love with Marinette/Damian and it’s true that they still hold feelings for their best friends that aren’t diminishing in the sleightest and it’s all very confusing.

It’s even more confusing when we add the new hero in Gotham, Viperion who’s there to continue training with the bats since he’s visiting the area, rescues and lightly flirts with Jon who ended up developing a small crush and Jon realizes he has a type.

So, poor Jon’s now crushing on Damian, Luka, and Viperion

Viperion meets Superboy and the kryptonian doesn’t seem to like him?

Luka’s crushing on Marinette, Jon - still doesn’t know that Damian is Robin. And is kinda curious and a little hurt that the Robin’s oddly familiar kryptonian is actively and obviously avoiding him and that heart song is kind of familiar but different.

Viperion also gains a crush on Robin after watching him take down a thug in a very graceful way - the bird was showing off for his bug and decided to make it a little showier, he accidentally also caught a snake

Ladybug and Robin still flirt but the court - aside from Ryuko and Chat, depending on which version - think that’s just their dynamic, though they do pull Robin aside for a bit to tell him she has a boyfriend now. He assured them it’s fine and he knows, oddly amused at their attempt.

man, I am not original with this identity porn thing

It isn’t until Luka sees Jon again that he puts it together.

Marinette suspiciously notes Luka and Jon been hanging out an awful lot she’s making connections to the time she had hanahaki and Luka covered for her

The pains of befriending deductive genii.

Cue the panic and they accidentally claim they’re dating but it throws Marinette off for now, so it kinda worked?

Hanahaki fic with a fake dating AU. Oops.

Mari decides since she and Damian don’t know this, they must have been neglecting their best friends and double dates are the way to go.

Cue more panic

Unlike Marinette who is willing to trust their word, Damian’s a suspicious bastard who’s kind of dubious and a little salty that Jon didn’t tell him earlier if they’re telling the truth but Mari’s all gung ho about it so he lets it go for now

They go on the date and it is an emotional mess for everyone involved

It starts out fine

Jon and Luka act a bit weird because they have to cover for each other randomly coughing up petals, not to mention they’re on a date with their original crushes without actually dating their original crushes not even mentioning their new crushes and the secret identity reveal that Luka still hasn’t confronted Jon on and Jon’s guiltily thinking about Viperion half the time he thinks about Luka and shouldn’t it be the other way around?

Yeah, so they’re a mess

Damian’s watching them like he’s trying to figure them out and it is not helping but thank god Mari’s distracting him totally on accident

Marinette? She found a random lost kid in Gotham looking for their parents

So now the double date’s been temporarily derailed to help the lost kid

While Damian’s watching Marinette try pass the crying kid off to Jon for a  moment so she can make a phone call to report a lost child but the kid’s clinging onto Marinette, and they exchange looks so Jon calls in the lost kid instead and he’s just struck with the idea of a family with the three of them and some kids

Cue panic time (again)

Ignoring the thought of children, why was Jon in his fantasy?

Luka’s just watching a smitten boy go into panic mode over the trio and while doesn’t quite know what’s going on in Damian’s head, but that was really cute and oh not again

They find the kid’s parents, and the date moves on

Jon’s more comfortable, Marinette wasn’t really bothered in the first place. Luka and Damian are now having crises

Luka makes a joke under his breath in an attempt to calm down before his Hanahaki acts up

It did not help bc Damian overhears and gives a small amused snort that made his heart stutter but hey positive interaction!

Both Marinette and Jon but end up having feelings very similar to the one Damian had earlier when they look over at Damian and Luka’s little interaction - Damian’s giving Luka a small smirk and Luka is entirely embarassed at being heard when he wasn’t hadn’t meant to be.

But then Luka gives Jon a small sign before he excuses himself to the restroom so Luka can run off and cough up his flower petals

You remember that whole thing about the kidnapping people with hanahaki so they die and medicine and things can be collected from the flowers springing up from their corpse thing? Yeah, the kids are in Gotham and there is definitely a group there that has dealings with the trade and someone saw Luka hacking up flowers

but they mark him and pull back to plan instead of kidnapping him then and there bc drama and Jon followed him to the restroom to check on him

Date ends ok and everyone’s kind of an emotional wreck

Damian has surprisingly learned his lesson on miscommunication and guiltily confides his fantasy to her like a parishioner to his priest

Marinette basically goes same and confesses about the moment she and Jon saw his interaction with Luka.

“So, We’re together, and they’re together...and I might be in love with Jon, you think you might be in love with Luka... What now?“ Damian asked, trying to make sense of it all

“We could...” Marinette swallows, “um, all four of us? together?“ she offered meekly. Seeing that Damian seemed to like the idea, she continued. “Y’know, feel out how receptive they are to the idea and then just seduce them?”

Ok, so the temporary communication skills were nice.

Because instead of talking it out with their best friends, they decide to seduce them but to be fair, there’s at least one version of this where Damian got where he did because of seduction.

Between both Damian and Marinette’s phsyical attractiveness, their combined determination and stubbornness, Damian’s assassin seduction knowledge, and Marinette’s fashion ability and tactical knowledge of where to accentuate what, Jon and Luka have no chance of leaving pining hell for the foreseeable future.

Marinette doubles down on the “double dates” aka, seduction plans in action and group hang outs, aka much more softer, subtle seduction plans

Marinette and Damian do not do much seeing how receptive they are and really just jump right into the seduction, except they adjust the plans so Luka and Jon don’t catch on so Daminette couple thinks it’s ok to go all out.

Cue seduction and pining hijinks, and a whole lot of bloodly flowers and plenty of internal screaming

Damian learns that Luka might not be too bad in the group and Jon is panicking because oh shit he’s got another crush and it’s his best friend’s girlfriend.

the quartet’s love issues are really full circle... or whatever this shape is supposed to be. Because there’s still the whole Viperion/superboy thing and - i just... I’m not going to keep analyzing this.

Somewhere during this, Jon confesses his feelings this particular friend group to Con, leaving out the whole Hanahaki thing. Con tells Tim for advice on being a big brother and things happen but I’m not sure what. I just want TimCon and the Superboys bonding

So a couple weeks pass by the Hanahaki’s getting pretty bad and Luka suddenly goes missing

Ladybug and the bats are on it as soon as they realize he’s gone

Except they are missing one, very important piece of information

Luka’s hanahaki

So, for the next few days, they don’t get anywhere until Jon slips up and ends up coughing up a shitton of bloody flowers which leads to panic, confusion and explanation, bc wtf Jon, you’re supposed to be dating Luka and that’s definitely not unrequited

So everyone gets the full explanation, the final piece of the puzzle snaps into place and the bats are on it.

Marinette and Damian have to put aside that whole revelation in order to track and save Luka before he dies of Hanahaki

They both make sure to kiss Jon first so he doesn’t get handicapped by his hanahaki like Ladybug did but he and Luka will be on thin ice once they get Luka back

So it’s pretty much a race against time bc they don’t know how bad Luka’s hanahaki is

Tracking, beat up bad guys, possible magic related villain(s) searching for potion ingredients that may take harm Superboy more than than if they weren’t there

They rescue Luka or Luka and Ssass break out as Viperion and meet them halfway.

Hey, the identity reveals!

 Either way, at the end of it, Luka ends up with Ladybug and the unconscious and they have to wait until he wakes up to administer the kiss/cure bc it doesn’t work if one party is unconscious

which sparks an interesting idea of a sleeping beauty-cinderella style hanahaki fic where it would work if they’re unconscious, and the patient has to find go out to find who cured them and I’ll have to adjust some other rules of the hanahaki disease such as who can cure it but goddamn it

So while Luka’s out, Marinette and Damian confront the possibly injured but very much awake Jon

Once Luka wakes up and is brought up to speed, they take care of his hanahaki and work out the new boundaries of their new relationship

Part one is longer and I’m a bit put out by that. This made much more sense in my head but if you got this far, my rambling must have made some sort of sense.

[dc-earth53]

Nightwing (Dick Grayson)

Age: 31

Occupation: Police officer, adventurer

Marital status: Married

Known relatives: John Grayson (father, deceased), Mary Grayson (mother, deceased), Bruce Wayne (adoptive father), Damian Wayne (adoptive brother), Jason Todd (adoptive brother), Cassandra Cain (adoptive sister), Helena Wayne (adoptive sister), Koriand’r (wife), Mar’i Grayson (daughter), Jacob Grayson (son), Komand’r (sister-in-law), Ryand’r (brother-in-law).

Group affiliation: Titans, Gotham Knights, formerly Justice League of America, Outsiders

Base of operations: Bludhaven, Gotham City, New Jersey

Height: 5’10”

Weight: 175 lbs.

History:

31 years ago: Richard “Dick” Grayson is born to circus acrobats Mary and John Grayson.

25 years ago: John and Mary begin training Dick in gymnastics, and he joins their act: “The Flying Graysons.”

19 years ago: 

Gotham City crime lord Tony Zucco murders John and Mary during their act, sending them hurtling to their deaths from the high wire. 12-year-old Grayson is adopted by Bruce Wayne, who was in attendance that evening.

Grayson sneaks out of Wayne Manor to investigate the murder of his parents, and is nearly killed but saved by Batman, who he discovers is his adopted father.

Afterwards, Grayson becomes Robin, Batman’s crime-fighting partner.

18 years ago: Alongside Aqualad and Kid Flash, Robin helps found the Teen Titans, a group of young superheroes who felt ignored by their mentors.

17 years ago: Barbara Gordon debuts at Batgirl, and Grayson develops a precocious crush on her.

13 years ago: 

The mysterious Raven brings together Robin and several other young heroes as the New Teen Titans, to combat the threat of her father, Trigon.

Dick meets Koriand’r, a former alien princess who had been taken into slavery and escaped to Earth. The two quickly fall in love.

12 years ago: 

Grayson is shot in the shoulder by the Joker, and retires from being Robin, moving away from Gotham to attend Hudson University. Soon afterwards, inspired by old Kryptonian legends told to him by Superman, Dick takes the identity of Nightwing.

Nightwing re-joins the Titans to help them fight against Deathstroke, the Terminator.

11 years ago: Grayson, along with Earth’s other heroes, fight against the Anti-Monitor.

10 years ago: 

Grayson is shaken when Jason Todd, his replacement as Robin, is beaten to death by the Joker. He takes a temporary leave of absence from the Titans.

Grayson meets Tim Drake, a fan of Batman and Robin’s, who petitions him to become the new Robin. Grayson refuses, but encourages Drake to take the role himself.

9 years ago: After a long battle against the Wildebeest Society, Dick proposes marriage to Koriand’r, and she accepts.

8 years ago: Dick and Kory are married, although circumstances conspire to keep them apart. Dick returns to Gotham, where his relationship with Batman is on the mend after Batman’s back is broken by Bane. 

7 years ago: 

Dick and Kory settle down in the beleaguered Bludhaven neighborhood of Gotham City, which is soon shaken by an earthquake that renders the city a no man’s land.

Dick and Kory have a daughter, Mar’i.

6 years ago: After leaving the Titans in the capable hands of Tim Drake, Grayson is tapped by Batman to lead the newest incarnation of the Outsiders. He accepts.

5 years ago: Grayson and Kory part ways, as she’s recruited to fight in the war between Rann and Thanagar. Grayson, meanwhile, adopts the identity of the Renegade to infiltrate Lex Luthor’s Secret Society.

4 years ago: After a mission to Oolong Island goes very wrong, Grayson turns leadership of the Outsiders over to Kate Kane, the Batwoman, and returns to the Titans.

2 years ago: Batman is seemingly killed by Darkseid, and Grayson takes the role of Gotham’s main defender until Bruce’s return, fighting in broad daylight with a variety of allies by his side.

1 year ago: Dick and Kory’s second child, Jacob, is born, shortly before Kory travels into space once more with the Justice League.

Present day: Shortly after Kory’s return, Dick is seemingly murdered by Rose Wilson, as part of a cover-up to infiltrate the Leviathan organization.

Commentary:

Dick Grayson. Nightwing. The successor. Batman’s greatest success. The Batman who laughs... okay, maybe not that last one. (note: there is no Dark Multiverse in this canon, you’re safe from that fucker.) Dick Grayson is by far my favorite Bat-family member, and one of my favorite DC characters in general. 

This version of Dick is sort of the anti-Batman: where Bruce is paranoid, Dick is trusting. Bruce operates in the shadows, Dick prefers the light. Bruce pushes away those who aren’t in his inner circle, Dick is second only to Superman in how many people get along with him. You get the idea. In taking in and raising Dick Grayson, Batman achieved his stated goal: making sure that he wouldn’t end up like him. Instead, Dick is a well-adjusted adult with lots of friends, a family of his own, and a job he loves.

(to the tune of “the Election of 1800″ from Hamilton)

Starfire or Babs! If you had to choose, if you had to choose...

Dick also is a major part of what’s probably my most controversial change to the canon in this universe: his wedding to Kory gets to go through as originally planned way, way back in the early 1990′s, which permanently ties Dick to the DCU at large rather than confining him to Bat-family stories (which he still takes part in a decent number of). This reality’s Barbara Gordon retains much of her pre-Crisis history, making her significantly older than Dick is - the only remnants of their relationship here are a little bit of a precocious crush from young Robin. I don’t hate DickBabs, but I prefer DickKory, and this is reflected in the timeline here.

(And yes, despite continually being separated by their jobs, Dick and Kory have a wonderful relationship, built on years of mutual trust and companionship. A couple doesn’t need to be together all the time to be a couple, after all.)

Dick really only has one iconic costume, and that’s Discowing, I mean- um... yeah, it’s the black suit with the blue bird emblem on the front, specifically inspired by the Young Justice cartoon version. I’m not convinced anyone really liked the red New 52 Nightwing costume, and Ric is definitely not the answer. Agent 37, however... hmm...

Next up: Psimon, then at long last Zatanna!

[blizzardmuses]

{𝓑𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓬𝓼}

Name: Koriand’r Alias: Starfire,Kory Anders, Goldie, Princess, Flames, Smokey, Twinkle Star Gender: Female Age: Tamaraneans have longer life spans, approximated to human equivalent : 25 Titans verse, 34 Rhato Species: Tamaranean Zodiac: aquarius / aries / cancer / capricorn / gemini / leo / libra / pisces / sagittarius / scorpio / taurus / virgo / unknown Abilities/Talents:

Tamaranean physiology ; her body constantly absorbs ultraviolet radiation and converts it to energy, which can be used for a variety of purposes.

Energy Absorption: She can also absorb the myriad radiation types from other lifeforms. (weakened a group of Kryptonians who’s powers derive from obsorbing UV radiation by depleting them)

Enhanced Vision: Due to her alien physiology, Kory has a better eyesight than the human race.

Energy projection : Starbolts (destructive bolts of energy ) Nova Blast ( an explosion of energy that will  be used only as a last resort as it will deplete her energy and leave her vulnerable) 

Flight: Starfire possesses a flight capability which leaves a distinctive energy contrail behind, looking as if it is coming directly from her hair and can fly light years of space in short amounts of time

Superhuman strength / durability : Koriand’r can lift up to 15 tons without straining, her Tamaranean physiology makes her pretty invulnerable if she is not depleted of her UV energy. 

Linguistic assimilation : Via touch she can learn any language of a conscious being of equal intelligence with a similar cerebral system. (no she can’t speak cat)

{𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵}

Alignment: lawful / neutral / chaotic / good / neutral / evil / true Religion: Praise be to X’Hal. Sins: envy / greed / gluttony / lust / pride / sloth / wrath Virtues: charity / chastity / diligence / humility / justice / kindness / patience Languages: Polyglot

Family: Myand'r (father) , Luadn'r (mother), Komand’r (older sister), Ryand’r (younger brother) Friends: Robin,Arsenal,Wonder Girl, Raven,Cyborg,Beast Boy, Silkie (pet/bumgorf)Terra,Red Star, Argent Sexual Orientation: heterosexual / bisexual / pansexual / homosexual / demisexual / asexual / unsure / other Relationship status: single  / dating (verse-dependent)/ married / widowed / open relationship / other Libido: sex god / very high / high / average / low / very low / non-existent

{𝓟𝓱𝔂𝓼𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵}

Build: twig / bony / slender / average / athletic / curvy / chubby / obese Hair: white / blonde / brunette / red / black / other Eyes: brown / blue / green / black / other Skin: pale / fair / olive / light brown / brown / very brown / other Height: under 3 foot / 3-4 foot / 4-5 foot / 5-6 foot  / 6-7 foot (6 ft 4) / above 7 foot Weight: under 100 pounds / 100-150 pounds / 150-200 pounds / 200-250 pounds / above 250 pounds Scars: One Facial Features:  Green eyes lacking scleras, golden/orange skin, Tattoos: None

{𝓒𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓼𝓮}

Dogs or Cats? Silkie Birds or Hamsters? Snakes or Spiders? Red or Blue? Yellow or Green? Black or White? Coffee or Tea? Ice Cream or Cake? Fruits or Vegetables? Sandwich or Soup? Magic or Melee? Sword or Bow? Summer or Winter? Spring or Autumn? The Past or The Future?  "On Tamaran we appreciate the past. We respect it. But we don't live there. We live here.” <- actual Starfire quote.

tagged by @thecursedhellblazer​ tagging: @patrickoharaandco​ (dick) , @titanofthemoon​ , @jp-todd-rp​ , @goddamnmuses​ (bruce), @callmecatman​ , @imxthexhandler​, @adventurepunks​, @iiingenious​, @demonicusetrigan​ , @frczenhearts​ , @museswithattitude​, @collidingxworlds​ (sara) , @adventurepunks​ (Talia or Roy) , @thedemonconstantine​ (even though you don’t do memes have a tag anyway)

[kittyanonymity]

Marinette is the daughter of Wonder Woman X Superman

Hey have this!!!! I was inspired by @eve-valution and their wonderful art!

Also like.... It’s really just an excuse for Mari to be ridiculously overpowered tbh; plus.... the aesthetic of this tiny adorable girl accidentally breaking things all the time, and getting super flustered over it. >.> It’s cute, ok? lol

Honestly, my original plan for this was Daminette, and this version is; but I might also make some adjustments for a Timinette version (I love them, they’re adorkable together ok)? I haven’t decided yet. ALSO this is just a basic outline; not the fic itself. I haven’t started the fic yet. Feel free to ask things though!! ALSO THIS AU IS CLASS FRIENDLY!!! 

~ DAMINETTE VERSION~

So in the latest DC animated movies, they’ve been pushing Diana/Clark pretty heavily while implying that despite Clark’s attraction to Diana, he’s still in love with Lois; this is seen pretty obviously when Diana and Clark go on a date, and Lois shows up. Clark immediately puts space between him and Diana and honestly, it’s a little telling. (this is all in stark contrast to the Justice League cartoon from the 90’s/early 2000’s, where Diana and Bruce ((Wonder Woman and Batman)) were shipped pretty heavily) Talk about baby’s first OTP, am I right? XD

ANYWAY THE POINT IS THIS.

Lois and Clark are together, like they’re getting married. (somewhere in the world, Damian is turning one; this is relevant later.) One night, Superman has a ‘moment of weakness’, and him and Wonder woman bang. BOOM! Pregnant.

Diana is rightfully upset, as Clark immediately tells her this was a mistake, they never should’ve done that. He goes back to Lois, and they don’t speak outside of the Watchtower anymore. Diana does not tell him when she finds out she’s pregnant. She goes to Bruce, tells him she’ll be out of commission for up to 3 years.

Bruce is rightfully concerned, but Diana doesn’t tell him what’s wrong. He assures her she can leave; they’ll keep it together out here while she rests in Themyscira. She feels bad for not telling him, but resolves to do it later. Home she goes, to see her mom and the rest of the Amazons!

Her mother is disgusted by Clark’s conduct, but Diana has always wanted to have a child. They know it will be a daughter: it always is, Hippolyta says conspiratorially. The pregnancy is interesting, and many of the Amazons are startled at how quickly their princess can finish her projects. Hippolyta watches on in concern; her daughter has become startlingly creative during these months, and as a previous Ladybug that can mean only one thing.

Tikki will be back in the family soon.

Hippolyta says nothing about this to Diana, not wanting to alarm her daughter.

When Marinette is born with dark hair, and blue eyes there is no surprise. Diana stares at her daughter as if she is the most beautiful thing to have ever existed, and to her, she is. Marinette spends 3 years on Themyscira, learning from her mother, grandmother, and all of her many sisters. She’s an excitable child, with a penchant for marking walls with whatever she can draw. She grasps language easily, and much quicker than anyone would think possible.

But Diana has a duty. She must return to the outside world to assist the league. She thinks of the outside world, how it has taught her, hurt her, but ultimately made her stronger; and she knows that she wants Marinette to have all of that and more. So she contacts an old friend in Paris.

Sabine had left Themyscira many years prior, once Diana had cleared the way for the other Amazons to venture out. She’d fallen in love with a baker, and though the 2 couldn’t have children of their own, they were excellent people. People Diana knew she could entrust Marinette with. Sabine agreed after they discussed it extensively.

Diana would come see Marinette regularly once she was 10, giving the girl some years to mature, and come to terms with her mother’s identity. Diana assured Sabine she’d send any and all support requested, along with letters and gifts for Marinette as she grew. Diana hated to leave her daughter, but seeing as she would constantly be in danger once again, she couldn’t bear to put Marinette through that. Diana tells Sabine who Marinette’s father is, so they can be ready.

Sabine threatens to cut his dick off, which Diana laughs at. Diana and Marinette live with Sabine and Tom for a year, letting Marinette get to know and love them; and then Diana tells Marinette she has to go, the world needs her.

And Marinette just nods, giving her mother a smile.

“I know mommy.”

Good byes and I love you’s are exchanged, and after many tears, Diana finally manages to tear herself away, and she leaves. There is a hole in her heart the size of the Earth, but Diana has a job to do.

This is the world where Marinette lives now too, and she must do all she can to keep her daughter’s world safe.

Clark and Lois get married while Diana is away, and Jonathan is born; he’s only a year younger than Marinette, and 2 years younger than Damian like in canon. Clark is curious as to where Diana disappeared to, asking around, but the only one who knows is Bruce. And when Clark asks, Bruce simply shrugs.

“She told me she’d be gone for a few years. I didn’t press her for details. Everyone needs a break, Superman.”

Clark didn’t like it; he was worried. For her to disappear so abruptly… Surely she hadn’t truly loved him? Clark hates himself as he thinks about it, regret permeating him. He does his best to not think about it.

At least until Diana shows back up, 4 years later, and a little more jaded than she used to be. Bruce welcomes her back with a small smile, and a nod. Diana doesn’t even look at Clark.

And for Clark, it’s enough to just know that she’s safe. He doesn’t blame her for hating him; he kinda hates him too.

Literally none of the League know about Marinette; Diana doesn’t tell fucking anyone.

Miraculous canon happens as normal, only difference is that Lila is fucking gone after the Volpina incident. She’s gone after that, no return, nothing. I hate that girl, and honestly, I just wanna write something where Marinette’s friends love her, without the class drama. I can’t forgive the Miraculous writers for doing that to the students. Chat is still pretty pushy in his pursuit of Ladybug, but not in an exaggerated way. However, it does still cause some eventual complications that he needs to learn and grow from. Minimum bashing should be involved, and it will be centered around pointing out the toxic things he does, and him correcting those behaviors. Adrien is my boi and I love him.

ANYWAY.

When Marinette is 10, Diana shows up to see her. Marinette has known that Sabine wasn’t her real mother; Mari still calls Sabine Maman though cause like… the woman raised her, duh. Marinette loves Diana, even though she doesn’t remember what her mother looks like. Diana always remembers her birthday, and all of the holidays; Marinette has saved every letter, and gift her mother has ever sent her. She doesn’t realize her mother is Wonder Woman yet. Well, at least until she shows up on her 10th birthday. Marinette recognizes her as the heroine instantly, but says nothing; she’s seen movies, she knows secret identities are important!

Over the years, Sabine has kept Diana informed on the progression of Marinette’s… abilities. Look, the girl is a split between the Amazonian princess, and a Kryptonian. God only knows what she’ll be able to do. So far, Marinette has displayed signs of super strength and speed, and most recently flight; she’s got the enhanced senses as well, and she carries ear plugs with her when they go out. Diana is happy to know though, that Marinette has a strong sense of right and wrong. She owes Sabine a great debt of gratitude, and knows she’ll never be able to thank the woman enough for raising their (because yeah, Marinette is theirs now) daughter.

(Marinette goes to school, excited to tell everyone about her 2 mommies and her daddy. Despite Diana not being romantically involved with them…. Yet???? Maybe????? HMMMM)

After Marinette turns 10, Diana makes a point to visit every spring for her daughter’s birthday, and to check in on things. The day of Marinette’s 14th birthday, Diana steps off of the plane, and on her way to the Dupain-Cheng bakery, she witnesses her first akuma. Preparing to step in, Diana freezes when Ladybug and Chat Noir appear on the scene.

Diana recognizes Marinette on sight, and the spots are familiar. She remembers her mother, the stories of Tikki, and the adventures they had, the evils they stopped. She remembers how anxious her mother was during her pregnancy, when Diana could not stop drawing, writing, whatever she could be doing.

Marinette is a pure soul of creation, born of Tikki’s essence, and she is Diana’s daughter, an Amazon, and half kryptonian.

Diana watches her daughter fight, hands clenched at her sides. The Amazon in her demanding she see this through, watch her daughter be the fierce warrior she is meant to be; the mother in her is clawing at her throat, preventing her from speaking with the force of her panic.

And Marinette is an excellent fighter. Diana recognizes many of the moves she used to practice while they were still on the island, and they’ve been refined, polished, and put on display to show the world. It had to be Sabine’s handiwork, teaching her this. Did Sabine know she was Ladybug? No, she would’ve told Diana first thing.

Diana does not intervene, watching Ladybug win, and undo the damage.

Once the akuma is dealt with, Diana follows her daughter as she swings away and finds a quiet place to de-transform.

“My little light, you have exactly 2 minutes to tell me what is going on.”

Marinette jumps a mile, whipping around to see her mother, and then Tikki is smiling, hugging Diana’s cheek.

“Diana! It’s been too long!” Diana gives the kwami a smile.

“Hello, Tikki, mother misses you.”

Marinette is dumbfounded.

Diana explains everything, about how she knows, and why; tells her about Hippolyta, and her connection to the Miraculous. It was the most exciting and stressful birthday yet.

Diana starts making more regular trips to Paris to assist her daughter when she needs the extra help; since Diana is generally fairly good at keeping her emotions in check, it works out. Marinette works extra hard to make sure she keeps her extra abilities in check.

She uses her powers in small subtle ways; using her flight to get a better distance out of a yo-yo swing, but doing it in a way where it’s unnoticeable to the standard eye. Or using her x ray vision to avoid people she doesn’t want to see. She lets herself be clumsy, and careless with her movements in her daily life, making sure none of her friends can ever make the connection between her and Ladybug later on; before Ladybug, she’s clumsy so she doesn’t draw attention to her powers. The only one who knows she has powers is Nino.

It’s hard to explain to your childhood friend why you’re flying after all; he had been there the first time she’d accidentally used this new power. OOPS

All abilities/side effects Mari has:

-Super strength

-super senses (hearing, sight, smell, etc ((is taste usually included in this???? hm)))

-Enhanced vision (x-ray, thermal)

-Flight

-Super speed (bout as fast as Superman if she tries hard enough)

-Ladybug luck

-Martial arts/various fighting styles

-Amazon swordfighting & archery

Side effects:

-Sluggish in Winter thanks to Ladybug things; will hibernate if she gets too cold

-Has bursts of creative energy that keep her up far longer than she should be; usually crashes afterwards; these will stop as she gets older, and gets a better handle on her Ladybug powers.

-Gets sick easily during the cold months

-Kryptonite hurts her, obviously; she gets a wicked migraine, and nausea; usually her vision gets bad too.

Marinette’s personality doesn’t change all that much, really. She’s still undeniably kind, and selfless, always going out of the way for her friends. She’s a bit more vocal about her sense of justice, not putting up with bullies. Chloe gets her redemption a bit early because of this. Marinette is also not afraid to just absolutely throw down and brawl if you’re being a violent asshole. Like, damn. She is tiny, but she will miss you up.

ANYWHO.

With Diana making frequent trips to Paris, it catches Bruce’s eye, and he of course gets suspicious. The French government has been keeping the situation with the Akumas under wraps for about 3 years now, no news escaping the country. Marinette is currently 16, Diana has been helping her deal with hard to handle akumas for 2 years; Damian is 17, and Jon is 15.

So when Bruce looks into Diana’s activity in Paris, he’s startled to find little to nothing about Wonder Woman. An article briefly mentions something called an ‘akuma’ but then there’s no further mention. Instead he finds records of Diana Prince shacking up with a married couple and their daughter.

When Bruce finds a picture of Diana standing with the Dupain-Chengs, his breath leaves him. She is staring at the girl in the picture with such a proud adoring gaze, and he would have to be blind to miss the resemblance. The girl’s age lines up with when Diana left, and Bruce remembers how unusually concerned Clark had been about her location.

He’s the world’s greatest detective, and the pieces are too easy to put together.

SO Bruce Wayne does what Bruce Wayne always does.

Finds a way to get information.

He invites Francois-Dupont to his yearly student seminar, meant to help students get a jump start on their careers. They must prove why they deserve to attend, like all the schools invited, in the form of an essay, accompanied by a video of their school.

Mlle. Bustier’s class is selected as the class to make the video representing the school; Marinette and Alya volunteer to head the project with audio assistance from Nino, while Adrien offers to help with the budget. The class comes together to offer some kind of assistance or another, even Chloe, who goes out of her way to help the class plan. Marinette writes the basic video out, how it should look, what it should say.

But they need a narrator.

The class unanimously votes for Marinette.

“You know us better than anyone, Nette. It’s gotta be you.”

“Everyone knows you here, Mari; you’re the sweetest girl in the school.”

“A WELCOME VIDEO!”

It’s Alya who shouts it, grinning at the class.

“It’ll be a welcome video with Marinette showing a ‘new kid’ around!”

Marinette’s gotta admit, it’s genius; the class agrees, and planning begins in earnest now that they have a better idea for it.

All of their carefully laid plans fall to pieces when their high end camera breaks the day they need to film. Everyone is shouting, stress is high, and Rose is crying. Marinette knows she needs to do something before an akuma shows up, but then she hears a yelp, and she looks over to see a first year stumble back as Kim knocks into her. Marinette’s there in an instant, steadying the girl on her feet, and giving her a smile.

“Are you ok?”

She’s unaware of Adrien watching her with a fond smile, while he elbows Alya; Alya stops yelling at Chloe long enough to look over, and quickly take her phone out, and press record. The classes attention immediately shifts, the tension all but disappearing.

The first year nods hesitantly.

“Y-yes I’m ok. It’s just my first day here, a-and I’m…” The dark haired girl bit her lip, looking at the floor, “I’m really scared.” Marinette frowned for a moment before she smiled, and took the girls’ hand.

“I’m Marinette, what’s your name?” The girl sniffled, rubbing at her eyes.

“My name’s Bridgette.” Marinette nodded, her smile growing.

“It’s nice to meet you. Sorry about my friend Kim over there. He gets a little excitable sometimes.” Bridgette offered her a smile.

“It’s ok. It looked interesting so I wanted to get closer, but I wasn’t paying much attention.” Her eyes fell, and she looked off to the side, but Marinette gripped her hand gently, causing her to look up.

“I can show you around the school if you like. Everyone here is really nice, I promise. We look after each other the best we can, and you can always ask one of us for help.” Marinette gestures to her classmates, who offer Bridgette encouraging smiles. It’d been awhile since they’d seen Marinette work her particular brand of magic. Bridgette’s smile grew, and she finally nodded.

“I’d really appreciate that, Marinette thank you.” Marinette simply waved her off.

“It’s fine! We’ll make it fun!” She turned to her class, missing Alya hiding behind Adrien, still recording.

“I’ll be back in a bit guys. Come find me when you get the camera replaced.”

The camera panned around Adrien’s back as Marinette turned away, and began leading Bridgette further into the school. Alya hurried to catch up, the class following shortly after.

Marinette showed the young girl all around the building, from her homeroom class, and to each individual classroom so the girl would never be lost. And she talked to her, learning that Bridgette had just recently moved there from Italy, escaping her old school and the torment she’d endured there. It burned Marinette to know that someone had been so cruel to such a sweet girl, but Bridgette assured her it was fine since she wasn’t there anymore. Marinette in turn, assured her that no one at Dupont would ever treat her so cruelly. And if anyone did happen to do so, she should come find her immediately.

Bridgette laughed, flushing pink.

“Thanks, Mari!” Bridgette’s gaze grew wistful, “It’s been awhile since I’ve laughed with a friend.”

And Marinette was resplendent in her joy, pulling the girl into a gentle hug.

“We’ll look out for you, Bridgette. You can count on us.” The girl returned the embrace, nodding. After a moment, the two girls pulled back, and Bridgette smiled.

“Thanks for caring, Mari.” Marinette shrugged, giving her a smile.

“You’re worth it, Bridgette, remember that.” She nodded her head towards a classroom, “But you should probably get to class now. I think you’re really late. I’ll have a talk with Mr. Beaumont about why right after my class and I finish this project, ok? Just tell him Marinette will explain, and he should understand.” Bridgette nodded, thanking her again, before kissing her cheek, and heading to her classroom. Marinette watched her go with a smile, and sighed, before turning to head back to her class.

Only to promptly freeze at the sight of them behind her, grinning in glee, Alya at the front, phone held high.

Marinette flushed bright red.

“Guys, what’re you doing?” Alya clicked end on the recording and grinned at her best friend.

“Getting our video of course!”

Marinette was certain she was going to die. Or combust on the spot. God, what if she actually did though, and it was just another damn power to worry about???

Needless to say, she’s embarrassed. But once the class reviews the video, they find it to be perfect. They were able to stay close enough to hear Bridgette’s and Marinette’s conversation, and hear Marinette explaining things to her. Nino took the audio and boosted it in certain parts, and making sure to edit out any personal information the girls discussed during the tour.

The video coupled with the 15 page essay Marinette submits secures their spot in the seminar.

Meanwhile, when Diana hears Marinette gushing about their school being invited to the annual Wayne Seminar, she is immediately suspicious. She finds Bruce within the day, appearing in the Batcave with no preamble; Bruce is waiting for her.

He offers her a drink. And Diana sighs, because he definitely already knows; so she accepts his drink, and they sit.

And they talk.

He asks why she didn’t tell him, he would’ve helped her. And Diana laughs, and it’s surprisingly good natured.

“Bruce, you would’ve killed him back then. Don’t think I don’t know how much you two hated each other back then.” She sighed, “You idiots were finally about to be friends, and if I’d told you what he’d said, what we’d done…” She snorted, “I was quite sure you would’ve killed him.” Bruce didn’t deny her accusations, nor did he accept them.

“What’s she like?” And Bruce watched Diana’s whole body relax, a small smile on her face as she swirled the liquor in her glass.

“She is the best thing that has ever existed for me in this world. She’s my little light, and I will see that this world is safe for her.” Bruce thought of his sons, his daughters, and he nodded.

“And her powers?” Diana’s grin grew broad, and she raised her fist.

“She is strong, Bruce. The strongest.” Again, Bruce nodded, having a drink from his glass as Diana stared him down, “If you hurt her while she is in your care, Bruce, we will have problems. You know this?” Bruce sat his glass down, reaching for the bottle to refill his cup.

“I know, Diana. My intentions are purely curious, I promise you.” He smiled, a small upturn of his lips, “She was the star of their video, you know.”

He shows her the video the class submitted, edited to include the class singing the praises of their class president as an intro, before it cut to some footage taken on a cell phone. It followed Marinette around as she guided a younger student around the school, offering advice, and going out of her way to help the girl. The footage ended with the girl’s blushing face before it cut to an outro featuring the Journalist of the class, Alya Cesaire. Alya had said that since Marinette was writing the essay, she knew her friend wouldn’t include her own good deeds, and since Alya was in charge of the video, she’d take care of it here.

And Diana watched her daughter’s best friend proudly declare Marinette’s achievements, and her aspirations; the good she’d done, and the bad she’d prevented, or outright ended.

Bruce pretended not to notice Diana’s tears.

OOF I DID NOT MEAN TO WRITE THAT MUCH OF THAT WOW

Ok so anyway, trip to Gotham gets secured cause of all that. Master Fu will send Kaalki with Marinette as an assured countermeasure against akumas, and Diana promises she will stay in Paris while Marinette is in Gotham. This assures Marinette that between her mom, Viperion, and Ryuuko they could hold their own until she could get there.

To Gotham! YAY!

They land mid afternoon, check into the hotel, and fucking sleep. That’s it.

Next day, they have a guided tour of the Gotham Natural History museum, which is super dope, and everyone is excited; except for Chloe, because even redeemed she’s kind of a brat. I love her. Marinette meets Tim first in this one. Tim is at the Museum because as CEO of Wayne Enterprises he is donating something to the museum. They bump into each other, and she knocks him down.

Tim is kind of stunned cause this tiny pixie like girl just knocked right into him and didn’t even budge, holy shit. And Marinette is stumbling over her words as she apologizes, and helps Tim up, and wow, that is one hell of a grip for someone that size, what the fUCK. Tim is properly dismayed, but waves off her concern good naturedly, saying he shouldn’t have been standing in the middle of the hallway like an idiot; Marinette flushes brighter, insisting she should’ve been paying more attention.

And then Jason shows up, cause like damn Tim, what the hell is taking you so long?

Looks at Marinette.

Hey isn’t she a bit young for you, Drake?

(in another timeline this would probably be a fun Timinette AU, I won’t lie. hmmmmmmm…..)

Tim rolls his eyes at Jason’s antics, offering Marinette a grimace.

‘Sorry about him, he’s deplorable. Again I’m sorry for running into you’

Marinette laughs it off, shaking her head

‘I’m so sorry for knocking you down. I’ll make sure to pay more attention.’

Tim and Jason leave, Jason offering her a wide grin and a little wave; Marinette just shakes her head in amusement, and catches up with the class.

MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE MUSEUM

Damian and Jon are hanging out; Jon has decided to come and pester him since his school, Metropolis Prep, is also invited to the seminar, and Damian likes his friend, he really does, but *god* he is suffering right now. Jon is making comments left and right, and Damian is about to lose it.

‘Ooh, am I making you mad, Wayne?’

Damian glares at his friend.

‘Stop talking. My head is killing me, and I am *this* close to killing *you*.’

Jon just laughs, and Damian rolls his eyes.

After awhile of wandering around, looking at things, they go get some lunch in the cafeteria. There’s a large group of French students taking up one of the tables, one dark haired girl standing while the others are sitting; there’s a map and a notebook spread out in front of her. Damian watches as she smiles at her classmates, writing things in the notebook, while marking things on the map.

‘Oh, that’s cool!’

Damian looks at Jon, ‘What?’ Jon grins.

‘They’re planning on what they want to see while in Gotham.’

‘How do you know?’ Jon rolls his eyes as they get some food.

‘Damian. I have super powers, idiot.’ Damian snorts.

‘Doesn’t explain your incompetence though.’

Both boys miss the wide eyed stare Marinette is giving Jon from her table.

She hadn’t MEANT to hear him, but when you can hear pretty much everything, eavesdropping is inevitable; doesn’t mean she has to like it though.

Also, wow that boy looks so much like her?? How weird.

She and the class finish planning other places they’d like to go, while Marinette turns the list of locations into Miss Bustier for her to review. They had a basic schedule set up, but their teacher had allowed them to see Gotham for what it was before finalizing things.

After lunch, their tour resumes, and Jon and Damian find themselves along the same path as Marinette’s class. They’ve moved past some of the older cultural items, and are entering the room of heroes and villains. Wax replicas of Batman, all of the Robins’, Black Bat, Batgirl, and various big name villains line the walls. Damian was on edge the entire time, not quite listening to Jon’s rambling.

And well OF COURSE something goes wrong, because you can’t have the Dupont kids go anywhere with no problems.

Two Face steps down from where his figure used to be, unloading his gun into the ceiling. He thinks he’ll have an easy time taking this French class hostage.

He is not prepared for these kids.

Alix and Kim tag team a couple of his henchmen with support from Max who has outfitted Markov with some new tech as well. Juleka (who has been tapped for the Lion Miraculous before) and Rose (who’s used the Mouse) take one down, while Ivan smashes two more henchmen together, shielding Mylene. Alya takes the knees out another one while Nino comes across his jaw with a hard left cross. Nathaniel is in front of Sabrina, shielding her when Chloe comes down hard on the henchman in front of them.

Adrien and Marinette go for Two Face, each of them a bit surprised at how the other moved.

And Damian is shocked stupid, watching this French class absolutely decimate one of Gotham’s finest rogues.

Meanwhile Jon is stuck staring at the duo. Between looking at the cute blonde boy, or the dark haired girl who is *WAY* stronger than she looks; especially if she can throw Two Face around one handed, damn.

And Marinette is more concerned with keeping her friends safe than hiding her abilities, and she probably moves too fast, and uses too much strength; her classmates buy her excuse of her extra martial arts classes outside of class.

Damian however does not.

And then the police show up, shocked to find this group of criminals subdued by a group of foreign teenagers.

The second Damian is out of the museum, losing Jon for a moment in the chaos, he calls his father.

“Why didn’t you tell me there was a meta among that French class you invited?”

Damian can practically his father shrug.

“It’s not my business to tell, Damian. Just talk to her.”

He growled as his father ended the call; the man knew something, he knew it.

And thus begins the chronicles of Damian trying to figure out WTH is going on with Marinette; which leads to friendship. Damnit.

This is where the typical getting to know you Daminette stuff will happen.. Including dates, and identity reveals.

The biggest conflict of this is honestly dealing with Superman when he finds out. Marinette has known who her father was since she was 10 years old, when she learned her mother’s identity; but Diana didn’t officially tell her until her 14th birthday, after the akuma incident.

“No more secrets, little light; I will tell you everything.” Diana had said; and she had.

Marinette is glad to have Tom, because wow her real father sounds like a dickhead.

When she officially meets Jon (Damian introduces them), she immediately realizes ‘well fuck, I have a little brother???? And he’s best friends with the boy I have a crush on, shit.’

Anyway, Superman finds out Diana had a daughter, their daughter, after the trip to Gotham concludes, and he immediately heads for Paris as Superman. He finds Diana as Wonder Woman talking to a young girl in Red with black spots, but Superman is set on speaking to Diana as he lands, and starts striding up to her.

“We need to talk.” Diana stares at him dispassionately as he walks up.

“I have nothing to say to you. Leave.”

Clark reaches out for Diana’s hand, only to have his wrist grabbed by the girl in red; who is glaring up at him fiercely. Wow her grip is tight…

“If you touch my mother, I will decimate you.”

And Clark is reeling, because holy shit, this is his daughter; his and Diana’s blood. And Clark just looks at Diana, conflicted.

“Why didn’t you tell me, Diana?” Diana shrugged.

“Telling you would not have changed the outcome. I have always wanted a child, and she is everything I need of this world. Why would I tell you?”

“Because she’s my blood too! She’s kryptonian!” And the girl growls, and then she is hovering in front of his face, blocking his view of Diana. Her eyes are a blazing blue behind her mask, and Clark realizes: she can fly.

“I may share your blood, Superman, but I am not Kryptonian; I am an Amazon. I am Ladybug. And I will not listen to you berate my mother for her choices. She told you to leave, and I can assure you, I won’t be as nice when I demand your absence.”

And Clark is just. Stunned. Because yeah, that was definitely an Amazonian level threat she just gave him; but he’s Superman, and yeah, she’s his daughter, but how strong could she be? Should he push the matter?

Clark watches as other heroes slowly appear behind the girl; One clad in orange, one in green; A fox and turtle respectively. Then there’s the one in black, green eyes narrowed at him; a feral cat, it looks like. Then there’s the one in yellow and rusty orange, a snarl marring her lips; a Bee?? Or a Hornet?? The final two are teal and red, a boy and a girl; a snake, and a… dragon?

What has his daughter been up to in Paris?

Grief swells within him, and he sighs.

“Ok, I’ll-”

Ladybug screams.

“Hello Superman, I am Hawkmoth.”

And that’ll be the final fight of this fic I think! They’ll beat akumatized Superman (batfam Zetas in to help, and so does Jon and Connor), and then Clark leads them to Hawkmoth’s base, and Gabriel is dealt with, along with Nathalie. Marinette and Adrien will both do university in America, with Adrien learning under Bruce about business along with Damian (the 2 become surprisingly good friends after a point), and Marinette accepted Audrey’s internship while she goes to school in New York. She frequently pops over to the manor to see the Batfam.

I’m gonna work on the Timinette version of this next; that ship is so adorkable and I *LOVE* it

There may also end up being a Jasonette version?? I haven’t decided yet tbh

[maribat-central]

Marinette as the Daughter of...

The different MariBat AUs where Marinette has different (bio) parents:

Updated Feb 4, 2020

Arthur Curry/ Aquaman

Princess of Atlantis

Pamela Isley/ Poison Ivy

Ladybug’s Mom

Hostage Situation

Dick Grayson/Nightwing

Marinette=Mar’i

Clark Kent / Superman

Blood of Steel

Ladybug in Smallville

Ladybug in Gotham (and Space)

Ladybug (Not) in Paris

Bonus: Diana Prince & Clark Kent 

The Amazonian Kryptonian

Diana Prince/ Wonder Woman

Bethroned AU Daughter of Diana Untold Truth

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow

Marinette’s Favorite My Queen

Harleen Quinzel/ Harley Quinn

Marie Margaret Quinzel Au

Hugo Strange

A Strange Meeting Surprises Switching Classes (and Leaving Destruction Behind)

Bruce Wayne/ Batman

Bio!Dad Bruce

Five Boys the BatFamily scared off

*Lady Noire in Gotham

Marinette vs Santa

Marinette vs Santa :the Rematch

Marinette vs Santa: The Final Round

Of Blood and Bonds

Slade Wilson/Deathstroke & Lady Shiva

Meta: Adaptability

[pluckyredhead]

arranged marriage for the trope ask :)

Arranged marriage is my JAM! I’ve never written it as fic though because I feel like it really needs a novel-long treatment to get the characters to where they need to be and establish the worldbuilding that requires the arranged marriage, especially for slash pairings where you have to kind of think out how inheritance would work.

If I were to write it, though, it would absolutely be Jon/Damian, because it’s so easy to position them both as princes or similar aristocrats of their respective cities/kingdoms/whatever whose families want to strengthen ties of allegiance. And even then, there’s so many good options for the plot:

They have grown up always knowing that they’re betrothed and actively disliking each other, until suddenly Jon hits puberty and Damian has his “oh no he’s hot” moment, for that good good Swan Princess realness

A colony of Kryptonian survivors shows up and there is significant tension between them and the Earth, who are understandably nervous about having so many new flying space gods they don’t know. Turns out Kryptonians have a very strong tradition of political marriages to soothe these kinds of tensions, which Clark had no idea about (Kara’s like “Uh, yeah, this happens all the time, read a history crystal”). Technically a Kryptonian is already married to a human, obviously, but to protect his parents’ anonymity, Jon agrees to a very public political marriage as Superboy, which works because basically everyone on Earth is like “Our Superbaby! We love him!” and the Kryptonians are like “Well, he’s only half-Kryptonian and he doesn’t know our ways so technically he shouldn’t be our representative, but he’s just so damn cute.” Cue Damian ABSOLUTELY LOSING HIS SHIT over all of this and somehow finding a way to insist that if Jon has to get married to a human, it should be Damian, because of extremely logical reasons that he will explain later, Kent, ugh, tt, let’s just get this over with. :D :D :D

The dark version where Damian has been raised as an al Ghul and Talia has found him the STRONGEST POSSIBLE MATE because that is what her son deserves and Jon’s like “Um, so, you’re really beautiful and I like how good you are at shirtless sword fighting but maybe you could try being...less...evil?” and Damian’s like “Dammit why do I suddenly want to be less evil, stupid handsome space husband.”

The really dark version where Damian’s an al Ghul and the Kryptonians are an invading force.

I could probably come up with more, I love this trope for these two so much.