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Wherever someone sees this Nexomon, a sad whistling sound can be heard. Its inexpressive face gives it an even more frightening visage.
Hi everyone I'm trying to draw some Ghost types! First up, Cranillow
#nexomon#nexomon extinction#art#my art#nexomon fanart#cranillow#ghost types#nexomon ghosts#my little birdies#more people need ghosts plz#(specifically ghost PTs)#/lh#fanart
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lisa frank derpy!!!!!!!!!!!
#jack.png#birdie#damagedcoda6669#mlp#mlp fim#my little pony#my little pony derpy#derpy hooves#mlp derpy#derpy fanart#lisa frank#lisa frank aesthetic#lisa frank inspired
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Little Dino Sylus + Daughter | 2555 words | Masterlist | AO3 Sylus has a little dinosaur problem. A/N: OK another crow dad and his baby birdie ficlet because they bring me joy 🥹 istg I am working on those wips I promised on my tumblr. But…birb dad and birb baby… 🥺
“Mr. Sylus, we have new intel about that night on the 4th.”
“Mmhmm,” Sylus absently answered the person on speakerphone as he leaned back against the desk in his study. His eyes keenly followed the quick movements of the little green dinosaur who walked in uninvited to his study carrying an armful of plushies and setting them on his couch in a neat order: Smiley Dino and Sunny Dino. He watched as she scurried out the room for a few minutes, her long tail swaying back and forth.
He suppressed a chuckle. It seemed his daughter was really enjoying the dinosaur onesie her mother had gotten for her recently. She had insisted on wearing only this outfit for the last week. Sylus turned his attention back to his phone call.
“Now, you were saying there was a mole at the auction?”
“Yes, sir, we believe it to be…”
Sylus discreetly eyed his study door when he saw it pushed further open and his little dinosaur-daughter walked in with another armful of plushies. She scampered over to the couch and set them neatly next to the ones already sitting. The little girl then tried to climb up the couch before she paused half-way, seemingly remembering something. She slid back down to the floor with a soft “oof” and turned around, running pass Sylus.
Before she passed him completely, Sylus subtly stepped on her tail, making the toddler paused, confused. She turned around, her mouth opening wide in shock at the sight of her tail caught under her father’s foot. The little girl grabbed her tail and started tugging helplessly, but her efforts were in vain as it remained trapped under this sudden obstacle. She looked up at her father, and Sylus pretended he was looking elsewhere, appearing as if he was entirely preoccupied with his call.
“Yes, yes, we can do a meetup later this week,” Sylus answered as he kept an eye on his daughter from his peripheral vision. He casually crossed his arms over his chest and hummed softly. “Now there is this protocore incident I have been meaning to have you look into…”
The little girl pouted from the lack of attention and continued trying to tug her tail free. She looked up helplessly, shocked that her father still didn’t notice her. She gave another quick feeble tug.
Sylus remained feigning obliviousness. He almost lost his composure when he caught sight of his daughter’s angry pout and the little glare directed at him. She really did look like her mother in this moment, Sylus couldn’t help but thought with delight.
“Mr. Sylus, we can arrange a meeting on—”
“Daddy! My tail!”
There was an awkward pause in the room after the sudden outburst.
“Um…Mr. Sylus…”
“Oh, dear,” Sylus said with mock-worry, “I seem to have a little dinosaur problem in my study right now…”
“Uhhh…I’ll call you back later, sir.”
The line immediately went dead. Sylus chuckled and redirected his entire attention to the angry little girl at his feet. He tsked softly.
“Now what do we have here?”
“Tail! My tail, Daddy!” The little girl continued fruitlessly tugging her tail to emphasize her point, but Sylus seemed to press his foot down even harder.
“I see that,” he said, feigning astonishment, “That is quite a problem, isn’t it, baby?”
The little toddler continued to glare at her father.
“My, my, that is such a ferocious look,” Sylus teased, smirking. Just like her mother…
An idea seemed to pop into the little girl’s head. She mustered up her scariest voice and then with her little hands held up to claw, she let out a loud, “Rawr!”
“Oh, dear, I am very frightened,” Sylus said, barely able to hide his amusement, “Whatever will I do…if only I have Miss Hunter here to protect me…but alas, she is currently prioritizing Linkon City over her husband…”
The girl sulked when she realized her scare tactic didn’t work. She stepped closer and started to push her whole weight against Sylus’ leg, grunting and whining as she tried to free her captured tail. Sylus started laughing when his daughter began to beat his leg with her little fists.
“Alright, alright, enough of the love taps. I’ll move my foot, baby,” he said, lifting his leg, but before the little girl could run off, Sylus used his Evol to lift her into the air. He manipulated his Evol to carry her closer to him until the toddler was floating face-to-face with her father. He smiled at her adorable angry glare.
“Do I get a kiss before Miss Dino runs off?”
“No!” she crossed her arms stubbornly.
Sylus laughed, shaking his head in amusement. “Is this little birdie angry at me now?”
“Daddy, I’m not a birdie today!” she said defiantly, “I’m a dinosaur! Rawr!”
He laughed again. “Pardon me,” he said, “Then Miss Dino, may I request a kiss before you run off?”
She continued to pout. Sylus took this opportunity to suddenly take her into his arms, tickling her and kissing her cheek without mercy until she was laughing and gasping for breath.
“Daddy! Daddy! Not fair!”
“Mmhmm,” Sylus agreed, planting another long kiss on his daughter’s cheek, “Daddy never plays fair.”
He shifted her in his arms and motioned to his cheek with his finger. “Now kiss.”
He smiled as his daughter reluctantly kissed him.
“Try again, Little Miss,” he said, tickling her again and chuckling alongside her helpless giggles.
This time his daughter smiled and kissed his cheek more sincerely.
“Good girl,” he said, pecking her cheek again before setting her back down to the floor. He gave her bottom a quick playful swat, sighing in feigned exasperation. “Now, what is this little dino doing to my study?”
“We’re keeping Daddy company!”
“‘We’?”
“Uh huh.” His daughter smiled cheekily and pointed at the couch with the array of colorful plushies sitting on it. “Me, Smiley Dino, Sunny Dino, Azure Dino, and Grape Dino!”
“What happened to Grumpy Crow and his friends?”
“Time-out!”
Sylus pretended to look startled by the firm exclamation. “And what crime did they commit to warrant such punishment?”
The little girl huffed angrily. “They were mean to Smiley Dino!”
Without missing a beat, Sylus gasped. “And how were they mean?”
“They said Smiley Dino couldn’t join their group,” the girl answered her father.
“Well, that is truly awful,” Sylus said sincerely, kneeling down to his daughter’s height. He patted her head. “And you put them in time-out, baby?”
She nodded her head furiously. “Smiley Dino was very sad, Daddy…”
“I’m sure he was,” Sylus answered back solemnly, “But you know, baby, perhaps your plushies need to learn to play along together?”
The girl looked down, her hands clasped behind her back as she shuffled her feet reluctantly. “But they don’t want to be friends, Daddy…”
Sylus smiled and gave his daughter’s cheek a playful pinch. She giggled and swatted at his hand until he let go. “Come on, my little dino, let’s go and have a chat with your plushies.”
He picked her up and as he carried her out of his study, Sylus also used his Evol to pick up the dino plushies. Swirls of energy wrapped around each waiting plushie, lifting them into the air to follow after the father-daughter duo. Sylus smiled when he heard his daughter giggling delightfully, catching sight of her waving happily over his shoulder at the line of dino plushies floating behind them.
When they arrived at the little toddler’s bedroom, Sylus was unprepared for the sight of a jail made of pillows incarcerating four crow plushies in the middle of the large bedroom. As he walked closer, he huffed in amusement at seeing the four crow plushies tossed haphazardly inside the jail.
“Well, this jail looks comfier than the one I was in…”
“Huh?” The little girl turned to face her father with a look of utter bewilderment.
Sylus shook his head, chuckling more to himself. “Never mind, baby.”
“Daddy, down, down!” the little girl cried out, wriggling in his arms.
Sylus chuckled again and lowered her down to the floor. “Alright, alright. Impatient little dino today, aren’t you?”
Sylus also motioned with his finger to bring the dino plushies over and they surrounded the pillow jail. He smiled as his daughter looked up, her eyes wide with delight at seeing her plushies floating in the air before they gently descended. She immediately picked up Smiley Dino and hugged him tightly in her little arms.
“Now, is there a reason the crows and dinosaurs don’t get along?” Sylus asked as he knelt down to his daughter’s level. He watched as she furrowed her brows in contemplation.
“Because…because…they said Smiley Dino has a weird face…”
“Well, that is mean,” Sylus quipped. “Do you think he has a weird face?”
She shook her head furiously. “Smiley Dino is very cute!”
Sylus chuckled at her excited exclamation. “Very cute,” he agreed and gave his daughter’s cheek a gentle stroke, “But not as cute as my little dino right here.”
She puffed up her cheeks at him, seemingly annoyed. She hugged her plushie tighter. “Daddy, you’re making Smiley Dino sad, too!”
“I am just speaking the truth,” he answered affably, “Do you think I am like Grumpy Crow?”
Without a single of second of hesitation, she nodded her head.
“Well, maybe I am,” Sylus continued with a smile. He picked up the Grumpy Crow plushie, turning it around to scrutinize. “Perhaps Grumpy Crow and his friends didn’t mean to make Smiley Dino sad.”
The toddler looked at her father confused, and Sylus elaborated further: “Maybe the crows aren’t very good with their words…”
He held the crow plushie close to the dino plushie in his daughter’s arms. “Maybe he meant to say Smiley Dino has a very unique face. He’s special.”
“Daddy, is that…good?” the little girl asked tentatively.
Sylus nodded. “It can be good.” Sylus paused and raised the crow plushie close to his ear, appearing to be listening intently. His expression switched between different emotions, seemingly contemplative one second and then intrigued the next. “Ah, I see. Yes, yes, this is a big misunderstanding…”
“Daddy? What is it?” The girl walked over and tugged at her father’s sleeve. She pouted when he started laughing for seemingly no reason.
“Oh, Grumpy Crow was just telling me they didn’t mean to make Smiley Dino sad,” Sylus explained, continuing, “They also want to be friends with the dinos.”
“They do?” The girl’s eyes widened in astonishment.
“They do, baby,” he answered. He held the crow plushie out to his daughter. “Look, Grumpy Crow wants to apologize and be friends with Smiley Dino.”
The girl slowly smiled and held her dino plushie out. The two plushies ‘hugged’ before the little girl took them both into her arms to snuggle. She looked at her father with bright eyes and a toothy grin. “Daddy, they’re friends now!”
“Splendid,” he answered, “Now you have twice the number of friends to play with, right?”
She nodded happily, and gave each plushie a friendly kiss on the head.
Sylus suddenly noticed something peculiar. In the corner of his daughter’s room, there was a little canopy reading nook. Child-sized bookcases lined the wall filled with different children’s books and underneath the canopy was a soft white fur rug with different sized throw pillows surrounding the area. He noticed a few plushies were also strewn about on the rug.
��Wait, what’s this?” Sylus stood up and walked over to the reading area, picking up one of the peculiar plushies laying on the rug.
“Happy Snowman!” his daughter declared, dropping her two plushies and running over excitedly. “Mommy gave him to me.”
“Did…did she win it for you?”
“I dunno, Daddy,” his daughter answered him with a little innocent shrug. She then excitedly picked up two different plushies and held them up to her father proudly. “Look, Daddy, this is Artsy Birb and Bunbun!”
“They are…cute,” Sylus answered, tone stiff, though thankfully the little three-year-old didn’t seem to notice. Sylus knelt down to his daughter’s height again and smiled forcibly. In as even a tone as he could muster, he spoke, “Baby, why don’t you let Daddy hold onto these plushies for a while?”
His daughter tilted her head, confused, making the hood of her dinosaur onesie drooped to cover her face. Sylus fixed her hood and gave her a reassuring smile as he continued in the same tone as earlier, “Daddy is just borrowing them for a bit. I’ll give them back later…after I speak with Mommy…”
The little girl gave her father a toothy grin and nodded, not particularly caring either way. Sylus answered with another smile and with a wave of his hand, he made the three plushies disappear. He suddenly blinked in confusion when his daughter turned around and ran over to her bookshelf and picked up a seemingly random book, though it seemed to be quite a bit thicker than the other ones on the shelves.
“Daddy, story please!”
Sylus chuckled and nodded. “Yes, Miss Dino,” he answered courteously. He settled down in the reading nook, laying casually on his side with one elbow propped up and his head resting in his hand. Sylus smiled as his daughter scurried over and also settled down, handing him the book.
Sylus blinked in confusion before reading aloud the title of the book he was handed: “Analysis of Firearms Maintenance and Its Practical Applications…” He peered down at his daughter’s smiling face. He huffed in baffled amusement, asking, “Baby, did you take this from my bookshelf?”
She nodded her head eagerly and Sylus laughed. He leaned down and kissed her cheek. “Mischievous little dino, aren’t you?” He rubbed his nose against her cheek, causing her to giggle harder. “I didn’t realize I was raising a little klepto-dino.”
“Oh! Daddy, Daddy, my plushies…”
Sylus smiled. He motioned with his hand, and swirls of energy wrapped around the crow and dino plushies, lifting them into the air. The plushies all floated over, circling around the reading nook area briefly before one by one, they were gently lowered to surround both father and daughter. Sylus motioned for the Grumpy Crow and Smiley Dino plushies closer and his daughter happily grabbed both to snuggle.
“Happy now?”
The girl nodded, beaming brightly as her hood fell to cover her face again. She giggled and lifted the hood off before she cuddled closer to her father. She pointed excitedly at the book Sylus was holding. “Daddy, the book, the book!”
“Bossy little dino…” He leaned down and kissed the top of her head. “Alright, page one…”
As he calmly read the book, his deep, soothing voice seemed to lull the little girl to sleep. After a few minutes, she turned away from the book, yawning, and clung to Sylus’ shirt, her small fingers absently rubbing the fabric for comfort. Sylus pulled her closer and he rested his head on a pillow as he continued to read aloud several more pages. Soon, though, the book was laid facedown, forgotten, as Sylus also found himself drifting off to sleep.
Soft, even breathing filled the room, and dreams of playful little dinosaurs and crows filled a little girl’s head as she slept peacefully, safe in her father’s protective embrace and surrounded by her cherished plushies.
#love and deepspace#love and deepspace sylus#lnds series — sing little birdie#love and deepspace x reader#sylus x reader#love and deepspace fanfiction#lnds fanfics#x — fanfics#why am I devastated by my own writing#and au#my womb needs a child#sylus’ child#who fucking said that#🤨
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if you perchance wanted to draw jay n dick just hangin out. i would have no choice but to love and appreciate you forever
"watch your mouth, little wing."
just thought about dick being a good big bro to jaybin before everything falls apart. ruined my own life for a moment
#jaybin#jason todd#dick grayson#nightwing#batfam#tysm for the ask birdie now i have a whole can of worms in my brain that i just opened and i need to draw!! the timeskip parallel!!#dc comics#so sorry if you meant current jason and dick i can ALSO provide that too#but i hope this still works ♥♥♥#let dick warm up to the idea of jason and moreover understand this kid mf IDOLIZES him#bruce is whatever but jason!!! jason's his new little bro!! what a punk!!#ALSO COLLEGE AGE MANBUN DICK SORRY NOT SORRY
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based on that one malcolm in the middle scene
#nandor would be a big fan of woodstock btw#little birdie#wwdits#what we do in the shadows#fanart#my art
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stories of three little birds for @jkvjimin ♡
texts & paintings, by first appearance: Die Drei Spatzen (The Three Sparrows), poem by Christian Morgenstern // In einem leeren Haselstrauch (In a bald hazel tree), painting by 6-year-old me // Three Little Birds, song by Bob Marley & The Wailers // three little sparrows, painting by Annemiek Groenhout // Three Birds, poem by Ben Onachila // Birds on a Branch, painting by James Coffman // Birds of a Feather, song by Billie Eilish
#btsgif#btsedit#dailybts#bts#bangtan#bts maknae line#web weave#vminkook#usersky#userkelli#tuserandi#userdimple#raplineuser#usermaggie#userines#*jk#*jm#*th#*gifs#my lovie baby pat I've finally managed to finish a gift for you#I'm so sorry that it's so late but please know that it's made with so much warmth and care and love (for you)#just making it put me in such a lovely headspace. just like you always do so it simply fits#I hope these little birdies will always make you happy angel#I love you!
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Height Chart for these bitches!!! Most of them are true to canon heights but others were from what the heart said
Little Mac...my littlest boy...my sweet summer child how everyone dwarfs you so ♥️
Couldn't fit King Hippo in 😔 he too beeg
#punch out#punch out!!#punch out wii#little mac#glass joe#great tiger#von kaiser#don flamenco#aran ryan#Piston hondo#piston honda#bald bull#soda popinski#jesus theres a lot of these guys#super macho man#bear hugger#disco kid#mr sandman#mr. sandman#doc louis#birdie mac#peter punch#idk who that white boys name is#king hippo#ill draw these guy's more often but DAMN is college kicking my ass
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Me: I feel disgusting and horrible and worthless, I'm going to wallow in these feelings forever :(
The imaginary version of disco elysiums kim kitsuragi who lives inside my brain: those thoughts seem unproductive detective, let's focus on what we can actually do to fix the problem for now, perhaps take a shower?
Me: yes king, you're totally right king, I never want to disappoint you, time for a shower, thank you :)
#disco elysium#me: i dont want to do anything :(#also me: but kim would want you to do something :)#tricking myself into cbt by using kim#sometimes you got to be a little mentally ill in order to get better#naruto would want you to brush your teeth etc etc#also my phone keeps auto correcting it to divorce elysium which is hilarious#birdy chirps
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A little birdie told me that it was fai's birthday today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @thedawningofthehour !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have some Gale and Cass being silly and having some fun in a photobooth! They are so silly and adorable I'm so glad they are the siblings of all time!!!
Also holy shit tumblr absolutely destroyed the quality of the photo so im begging you to click on it so it is not the most blurry thing in the entire world
A version without the little hearts and stars and whatever is under the cut!
#my art#tmnt#tmnt 2018#2018 tmnt#tmnt 2k18#2k18 tmnt#rottmnt#rottmnt donnie#rottmnt donatello#tmnt donnie#tmnt donatello#rottmnt casey#rottmnt casey jones#tmnt casey#tmnt casey jones#casey jones#the little birdie who told me it was your birthday was in fact angel
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Heh
#IM INNN#veilguard spoilers#fiadh . my little birdy#PlayStation screenshot noise goin off like paparazzi
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portrait of a young artist, c. 1760s
(happy birthday dear john! 🌻)
#john laurens#historical john laurens#laurens siblings#laurens family#laukids#HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!!!! hope you are happy and at peace wherever you are <3#making art of him after what feels like an eternity!#its so surreal to go back to paint him again the love never truly dies#its been so long omg . john will have a big part of my heart forever <3#i hope yall enjoy this little present of a kid john portrait!! im happy to be back again 💖#hes a watercolour artist in the making and he's proud of showing his little birdie hell yeah
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the prettiest vampire
#his cute little smile#astarion#bg3#bg3 astarion#astarion ancunin#astarion bg3#astarion brainrot#astarion screenshots#baldur’s gate astarion#astarion my beloved#baldur's gate 3#baldur's gate iii#birdie's screens
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pov i hate my life so i can only think abt ponies and nothing else
#jack.png#birdie#damagedcoda6669#mlp#mlp fim#my little pony#mlp g4#mlp oc#mlp oc art#tw blood#cw blood
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Part of my sing little birdie aka birb dad + birb baby series, but I'm yapping bullet points real quick (idk I may rewrite this into a proper story one day. I'm trying to stay focused and in a specific mindset rn for my dragon!Sylus AU 😔👍). Something about the last part of Sylus' event triggered this thought, so let's get into it.
Taking Little Birdie to the Amusement Park
It's Sylus' daughter's first time at the amusement park. She is three and excited, but not because of the rides and attractions
It's one of the rare occasions where she has both mom and dad together spending time with her
Sylus lavishes his daughter with attention and indulges in her whims
If baby girl wants Daddy to wear silly headbands and glasses, then he will in a heartbeat
He buys her whatever she wants at giftshops even if she doesn't ask
Man is basically doing the "buying my child whatever she touches" trend (MC is exasperated once she finds out, but lets it go since this is a special day for their family)
He is the one riding the rides with her as MC photographs everything
He lifts her onto her chosen horse on the carousel and stays by her side
"So, my little birdie, this is the trusty steed you have chosen? A fine horse indeed."
Baby girl is having the time of her life on kiddie rides
The best part about having a tall dad is riding his shoulders. Little Miss has the best view at the park. 🥹🫶
Sylus isn't concerned about losing her.
Onychinus henchmen are lurking around the park posing as guests, staff members, or mascots 😭👍
Personal babysitters bodyguards Luke and Kieran are always nearby to keep their eyes on their precious Little Miss
Dressed as Smiley Dino and Sunny Dino, they are suffocating in their suits (rip 😔), but Little Miss' laughter and excitement makes it all worth it
"Daddy, Daddy, Smiley Dino and Sunny Dino hugged me!"
(Later Luke & Kieran @ MC: say Miss Hunter...would it be possible if we get copies of that photo? 👉👈)
Mephisto is also always perched near the toddler to keep an eye on her and will report to Sylus about any concerns
You do not want to mess with this bird. He has beef with pigeons on a daily basis. 💀 He won't hesitate to take you on either not to mention Sylus is always giving him weird upgrades
Basically don't mess with this child. She has the protection of Onychinus and you do not want to meet her dad. Or worse. Her mom.
Around mid-afternoon, nap time is near. It's been hours at the park, lots of overindulgence, lots of walking. The sun is blazing hot, and baby girl is dozing off on Sylus' shoulder trying to stay awake.
He and MC find a nice shady area to rest for a bit and just have a nice quiet family/couple moment as their daughter naps in Sylus' arms
In the evening they have a meal at one of the restaurants as a family. Baby girl is rambling excitedly about her favorite parts of the day (spoiler alert: it's everything)
"Mommy...Daddy...can we do today again? 🥺"
Sylus & MC:
When there is a fireworks show, baby girl is sitting on Sylus' shoulders pointing at the sky in awe
Sylus leans down to MC, asking with a smirk, "Remember the last time we watched fireworks at that restaurant together?"
"Mommy, Daddy, look, look!"
Little birdie doesn't even realize she is tugging on her dad's hair. Sylus laughs it off. Her joy is his joy.
Sylus isn't really paying attention to the fireworks. He gazes at his wife's awestruck expression and smiles as his daughter laughs. He wonders if he had traded away all of his bad luck because right now, in this moment, he felt pretty damn lucky.
He hopes this is a core memory for his daughter, but even if she grows up and forgets this day, Sylus won't. This memory will stay with him for the rest of his life, her laughter and smiles were his to keep, his to cherish.
(As for the rest of Onychinus, this is their core memories, seeing their precious Little Miss having the family day she deserves 😭🫶)
#love and deepspace#love and deepspace sylus#love and deepspace x reader#sylus x reader#lnds series — sing little birdie#i thought i calmed down#what happened#anyway#let's just shove this onto my ever-growing wip pile#😔👍
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"sorry to break it to you, edwin, but your first kiss was with a crow."
#dead boy detectives#monty the crow#monty finch#joshua colley#deadboydetectivesedit#dbdedit#my gifs#a birdie :>#oh no– ITS EXISTENTIALISM WITH A STEEL CHAIR#idk wth this is :// corvids r cool#& he's just a poor little meow meow#or a poor little caw-caw if you will 🌚#imma head out ://
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Barbara: Okay guys, I need your full legal name for the for these files.
Tim: Timothy Jackson drake Wayne
Dick: Richard John Grayson Wayne
Damian: Damian Al ghul wayne
Jason: Jason Peter Todd Knight Haywood Al Ghul of Endless Wayne.
Barbara, Tim, Damian, Dick: 👁️👄👁️
Jason: what?
#Jason and his mommy issues#plus he is Canonically super adoptable#Also Death of Endless is part of DC universe so of fucking course she would adopt himas his little dead birdie#try to change my mind about this#jason todd#red hood#batman#dc#batfam#he's a total momma's boy
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