#protective talon

[ghost-bxrd]

How would the Court Family (Cobb, Bruce, Dick) react to going to visit Jason's grave and that's the night he comes back to life? So they're just chilling, mourning, and suddenly Cobb starts hearing scratching noises from inside Jay's coffin 🪙

Cobb would be the least likely to fall to hallucinations or wishful thinking (he wouldn’t even entertain the thought that his senses might betray him) so he’d wait for a few more seconds to confirm the sound really did come from the ground, from Jason’s grave, and then he’d be off to grab shovels and whatever else he can get his hands on and start digging.

He’s got a pretty clinical focus and knows that what little air is left in the coffin isn’t going to last long. And if he strains to listen— he can hear Jason’s heartbeat.

The others totally think he’s lost his mind, trying to get him to stop—

Right until the point where Cobb turns and honest to god hisses at Bruce.

He never does that. Not ever. It’s beneath him. An annoying, instinctual animal sound that comes as a byproduct of being a Talon. One he ruthlessly suppresses every time.

So when he hisses and looks— not feral, not exactly, but certainly a little more… unhinged than usual, the others shut up and get to digging alongside him.

And lo and behold: the minute Cobb breaks open the coffin lid with his bare hands, Jason tries to press through the gap, crying and shaking and clinging to Cobb like a lifeline.

Cobb refuses to hand Jason away, even just to get checked for injuries, for several hours.

….well, he would have handed him over. But when Jason started crying harder when he tried… well, no getting away from the Talon now.

[puppetmaster13u]

DP x DC Crossover where Danny gets de-aged more towards his ghost-age and got adopted.

But he didn't exactly get adopted by a batfamily member, or even any hero, or a villain.

Honestly this Talon who just found a literal toddler that surfaced in a runoff of the Lazarus Pit is rather confused. Like on one hand should they be killing it?? But the idea of killing the strange tiny talon-sibling seems so viscerally wrong???

Welcome to having the first mental breakdown of many funky golden-eyed man that Danny thinks might be more feral than he is. Oh well, at least this person isn't a fruitloop and speaks in sort-of ghost speak? And sometimes more gold-eyed people appear to help care for him? Like they obviously don't know how to do so, but they're trying their best and honestly he's pretty self-sufficient. Ish.

The Court of Owls have no fuckin' clue where a good third of their Talons have disappeared to or why they can't call them back.

[shoomdle]

observing the subject

[giotanner]

(part 2) Talon Dick Grayson and Batman, first confrontation after being helped by the Bat-Family and freed by Jason Todd from the Court of Owls. Bruce has been on his trail for months, but the “Gray Son of Gotham” knows how to stay off the radar.

Talon is tired of running, tired of his hypersensitive senses, and tired of not feeling the adrenaline rush of a battle-though the fight is won, the enemy is gone.

So he burns his own instincts and makes himself found. Batman is not long in coming-

-after all, he must have the Dark Knight's approval if he is to find a purpose as a vigilante in Gotham

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[hood-ex]

In Justice Buster, Jason is Joker but looks out for Dick and still does heroic acts, yet in Robin Lives, Jason becomes Joker and becomes Dickbats's enemy. It's really interesting how Dick and Jason's relationship keeps fluctuating in different universes. Sometimes they're enemies. Sometimes they're brothers/friends. Sometimes they're brothers but don't like each other. And then there's main universe Dick and Jason who also fluctuate between ally and enemy and brothers. Writers just seem to have fun playing with their dynamic.

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

@val-the-bun you are Evil. You are evil putting this in my inbox.

More were-harpy Vaggie but it's sad now and everything HURTS (copy pasted here bc the format in the ask got effed but i refuse to suffer this alone)

val-the-bun asked:

And then, of course, *the trial happens*.

And *the absolute shit timing of the fallout*.

Charlie is too stuck in her own spiral while vaggie just... Tries to hole up on her own (her usual 'nest' was in their suite. But she didnt want charlie to have to deal with her).

Charlie is curled up on vaggie's side of the bed, buried in blankets while she questions if anything they had was real.

While vaggie is in agony for the first time in three years since she'd started changing. Every fiber of her being wants to call for charlie. Yearns for that safety... but instead she bites her tongue and just curls in on herself, alone in the room she hastily barred shut. ~~She deserves this. To be alone.~~

Not sure which hazbin is the one to hear vaggie's pain and tries to check on her (let's go with angel and husk).

The hasty barricade she put on the door isnt enough. Not when the others are trying to force it open.

Vaggie tries to scream for them to go away. The last scrap of clarity she has before that warning turns into a predatory *shriek*. Vaggie's monster form tears apart the already falling barricade, and bursts into the hall.

'WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!'

'Fuck if I know, just run! Angel, hurry up!'

Vaggie is *tearing through the halls*, jaws snapping after Husk and Angel. They manage to hit the lobby, Husky grabbing Angel and flying like his life depends on it.

Meanwhile monster vaggie leaps after them... *right into the chandelier*.

Charlie hears the sound of that distant, shattering crash down below, and she *realizes*. Suddenly those painful worries have to get shoved down as charlie bolts out of their room.

'Please dont hurt anyone. Please, please, *please...!'*

Charlie's heart sinks as the shadows around the hotel start to writhe, and radio static fills the air.

'My my, what a surprising turn!'

Vaggie is *shrieking*, thrashing against shadowy tendrils as she tries to claw at Alastor.

'Now now. *Stay down*'

A rap of his cane, and vaggie's practically being crushed into the floor.

'What the fuck is wrong with you?!'

Husk is holding Angel back, looking away as Alastor starts to raise his hand. He cant watch this...

'Let her go.'

Alastor freezes when he feels the tip of an angelic spear under his chin.

There, standing at his side, in her full demon form, *is Charlie*.

'Ah, miss Charlotte. Lovely to see--'

'Let. Her. *Go!'*

For a moment, everything is quiet except for the sounds of vagging struggling, her talons digging into the floor. She's bleeding, golden blood pooling on the lobby floor... *And dripping from the claws on Alastor's hand.*

'Oh, very well. Good luck!'

Vaggie is snarling when Alastor lets her go. She starts getting ready to pounce when Charlie steps in front of her, spear in hand. Vaggie starts backing away, looking less like a predator and more... *like a cornered animal*. Her whole body seems coiled to run away as she keeps backing up, snarling and shrieking more in warning than anything else.

'Was it a lie?'

Vaggie shrieks at her, swiping at the air in the hopes Charlie would stay away.

'When you told me you didnt know what this was, was it a lie?'

Angel starts to step forward, but husk grabs his arm.

'Just let them do this...'

'Did. You. Lie?!'

Vaggie backs right into the wall, feathers flaring with a hiss.

'Was any of it real?'

Charlie can feel the tears on her cheeks. But what she wasnt expecting was to see tears in Vaggie's eye... Even as she snarled, and shrieked, and snapped her fangs, she was crying.

Charlie presses forward, Vaggie raising up over Charlie with a hawk-like screech, talons lashing out... But they dont connect, her talons *trembling* as they stilled inches from Charlie's face, her own spear aimed at her chest. Vaggie's eye is wild and afraid, but Charlie can see the *pain* there, too. She let out another shriek, closing her eye like she was bracing for the inevitable...

[skunkes]

for when you feel small

[flashiefloo]

DP x DC prompt 4

Kinda gonna do the Fusion Dance from DBZ here with a few tropes etc I love from both fandoms.

So Danny ends up de-aged etc (the usual) but instead of being found by any heroes (while I do love those). Instead he's found by a Talon. Which Talon isn't important just that these two imprint on each other almost immediately (two dead things finding security in each other or whatever. Idk).

Talon decides It's gonna protect this child at all costs. Even if it means going against It's masters. Any other Talons they come across decide the same thing.

[prince-sawgrass]

Axolotl, they’re an allwing oc for an rp with some friends :D

[goatsorcery]

thinking about de riva in regards to the events of eight little talons. im sure they shared their concerns before hand of the dangers of having all the talons in one place. and then viago returns with the news that four talons are dead, he survived being poisoned, and he has a new pet snake named after the guy who tried to kill him.

[trevisos]

making the guy who didn’t want to be first talon into first talon is certainly a choice. i think caterina believes he will rise to the occasion but i’m inclined to believe it may be magpie pulling the strings for the foreseeable future (bad for everyone involved) (fun for magpie)

[ghost-bxrd]

May I also offer another more heartbreaking possibility to a potential Jason return? Dick hears Red Hood make the chirps or hoots (maybe when he’s annoyed either at seeing Talon early or at something else and doesn’t know Dick is there) and instead of thinking “my owlet!” He thinks “A member of the Court of Owls survived.”

So that’s the first bad thing. Now, imagine how much worse it would be if this Court survivor was targeting his only chick left? If Dick saw what happened at the Tower and thought that this survivor wanted a new Talon.

Just a thought.

Oh—-

OH

Oh dear, oh no. Omg—ngl I LOVE the idea that Jason’s bird noises are ingrained enough for him to be making them subconsciously? And also— Dick realizes that if this is truly a Court member— and he’s after Dick’s last surviving owlet—- Dick can never let this court member have Tim. Ever.

So Dick offers himself up instead. (Please, Dick is already a finished Talon, you’d have to train the other first, remember? He’s better, faster, stronger. You don’t want Tim. Please, you don’t want him. Dick— Talon— remembers how to be a good talon, please-)

[nmzuka]

working on Keena's design and drawing her with Talon

[zara-renata]

As I already said you should be writing for Infold 😭 you predicted the dragon slaying thing!! 🐉🗡️ I'm so broke and unwelllllll I can't wait to read your story after the myth has dropped and CONSUMED ✨ AAAAAAAAHHH (sorry for the messy anon but I'm barely containing myself)

Aaah thank you so much, i'll be smugly insufferable for at least a month about how on point the creature feature fic was despite just speculating out of my ass!! I too am VERY UNWELL, I've been short circuiting all damn day with the announcement of his myths and his TAIL, his scorpion tail and being able to put flowers in his hair kdjlkfjkdjf

Thank you so much for the kind words about the fic, I am going to devour the lore and hopefully be able to enrich and deepen the angst with it. Thanks so much for thinking of me and sending this sweet ask!

[giotanner]

FINALLY I posted my Talon!Dick Grayson and Robin!Tim Drake WITH art (please share it, i'm so excited for this story!) LINK HERE

Little sneak peek:

It was futile to talk and explain, Tim considered. Batman would take Robin away soon, yet Tim couldn't shake the feeling of wrongness and injustice in letting this man go to Blackgate. How could he escort the Talon to prison after he had been abused and controlled by the Court? "Can you lean on me?" The Talon looked up, his expression surprised, guarded, but not malicious. "You're just a boy. You shouldn't be taking care of me." Robin hesitated for a moment, carefully weighing his words. "Don't call me a boy; you know my name," he said finally, his voice sincere. "And I want to help you. It's what I do. It's what Robin does." - - - - - - - Robin was a mask, a symbol, a name. Talon owed everything to him Or: how a Talon decides that his new brother is Robin and how this can change the course of events.

[hood-ex]

I am unapologetically a talon!Dick interacting with any of the other Robins stan. It is a delicious dynamic and I will die on this hill.

It has to be the right flavor of Talon!Dick for me to really enjoy it, but yes, it's always interesting to see their reactions to each other.