#richard rambles

[rhapsodyinviridescentgold]

Please 100% tell me to fuck off if this question is rude or smth, but: Will Nothing Gold Can Stay ever get dark in the future? Like, tragedy territory or such?

hmmmm ngcs will def have dark and tragic moments but i feel like it would antithetical to JRRT's world and themes to have it remain dark and depressing. which, okay, i see the irony of me saying it's anthithetical to themes while also curb stomping some of JRRT's well established and beloved world building moments. BUT!!! i believe sorrow and love are intertwined in literature and life in general and in Arda particularly. and for as much love as Cyr and her world has, it would be an untested, weaker love if it didn't endure sorrow too. she is a child of elvendom, and that means being an heir to grief and loss as long as she remains in Middle Earth.

so there will be dark times. but there will also be singing, and singing about the dark times. nothing evil truly endures.

"But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer."

[foldingfittedsheets]

Our friend Richard is staying with us and I was reminded of one of his dating escapades that always made me laugh.

He’d met this girl online, and they’d been chatting for days. She was cautious but he didn’t mind as online dating does have some risks. Finally, though, they set an in person date to meet up.

It seemed to be going okay until about midway through the date when she said, “I have an important question, I ask it on every first date.”

He sat up attentively.

“If you were asleep in your bed and woke up to see two small purple aliens going through your laundry what would you do?”

He was briefly stunned by the question but gave it some thought. Finally he said, “I’d pretend to still be sleeping and observe them. If they weren’t doing anything more I’d try to greet them.”

She gave a hmm and the subject moved on. Later, when she was driving him home she informed him, “I don’t think this is gonna work out. You don’t show a healthy sense of fear.”

He bore this pronouncement with grace and wondered what the right answer would have been.

The car sailed through the night which was made darker by the extremely thick forest towering over the road. No moonlight or stars could penetrate the thick canopy.

They rode in silence until she finally remarked, “Wow, this would be the perfect place to hide a body.”

Richard, a man lacking a healthy sense of fear, could recognize that her sense of fear was well honed. Therefore, he held his tongue on the fact that his good friend had in fact stumbled across a dead body in those woods a month prior.

[spicy-apple-pie]

Bruce says that his "true self" is his disguise. But Dick doesn't believe him.

Bruce keeps saying how important it is to notice the little details. And Dick does. He notices how Bruce's shoulders relax when they make it home after patrol, the slight change in tone as he tells Dick to wash up and head to bed. He notices how Bruce rolls his eyes at his puns, with a slight smirk that he tries to hide. How he ruffles Dick's hair and calls him "chum". Whatever the hell that means.

Most damning of all, Dick knows how Bruce peaks in on him after he's done in the Batcave. It scared Dick at first, for this... stranger to watch him while he slept. But one night, Dick decided to stay up a bit longer to finish a chapter in his psychology textbook Bruce made him read. If he finished it tonight, then he would have the next day free from Bruce's homework.

He startled a bit when the door creaked open. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Bruce whispered. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Why?"

Bruce shrugged. "I just... saw the light on and wanted to make sure you're okay."

"I'm fine." Dick reassured.

"Okay. Not too much longer though." Bruce quietly shut the door behind him.

"Batman's the mask, huh?" Dick thought to himself, turning back to the last paragraph. "Yeah, right."

[cup-of-doodles]

i NEED people to draw Dick absolutely TWEAKING because every show he's in as robin has shows him having a total meltdown at least once, and i refuse to believe he fully grew out of it.

[akuma-tenshi]

something beautiful is happening in the discord dm's tonight

[maroonpascal]

HELLO MR. FANTASTIC

[brainwashedsmogbreathingprincess]

Me: what a fun fanon interpretation of the character, isn't that neat

Person involved with actual canon content: hehe, yeah cool

Me:*eyes dart back and forth* wait no-

PIWACC: *shaking the ruined remains of the character's personality* BUT I THOUGHT YOU LIKED THIS

[chronicowboy]

the unfinished harauld hughes

[rhapsodyinviridescentgold]

idk if u got the @ bc tumblr is unreliable about it so im following up with an ask :3

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/bblues-ocs/766892618846289920

i got it!!!! i liked it a lot!! you really nailed Cyr's inner voice! and Glav is such a cool character. i like the alliance baby idea a lot but alas, it would ruin this whole arc so i leave it in your capable hands.

may i ask for rights to adapt that "Galadriel only rules part of Lothorian" bit tho? i could do very fun things with that >:3c

[foldingfittedsheets]

Our friend Richard is our DM for DnD. Sometimes when it’s funny he’ll call himself Dick. It’s silly to all of us that Dick is the shortened form of Richard but also penis funny.

For dnd nights it’s Richard, another guy, and three nonbinary folks.

One day Richard was gone and while we waited we joked, “There’s no Dick on the call! We’re Dickless!”

The other guy was like ???? “I’m here…?”

And we belatedly realized he thought we were ragging on his masculinity instead of joking about Richards name. It turns out that in years of friendship our other male player had never heard Richard make a Dick joke.

[spicy-apple-pie]

Swearing is weird in Wayne Manor. Especially before Jason dies.

Alfred was taught that swearing is impolite and implies that you have a small vocabulary or are dumb. So when he’s in charge of Bruce he, of course, applies those same principles. Once Bruce hits the age where he knows what swears are and how to use him, he introduces a swear jar. Which he thinks is very lenient because he used to get a wooden spoon to the butt at Bruce’s age. Bruce, being a tween, is pretty upset with this, but accepts it as he grows older.

Fast forward and Dick is adopted. Dick’s parents (and the circus in general) swore like sailors, so they didn’t really see the need to limit his use when it’s just them. But when interacting with children, they teach him not to use those words. When he asks why, they shrug and say that some times people don’t like those words, and you can’t tell who’s okay with it and who’s not. So make sure you use those words when you’re with someone who is comfortable with them.

And Dick thinks to himself how much it would suck to have to watch your language with someone 24/7.

Cut to Alfred bringing the swear jar back because Dick is swearing too much for his taste. And Dick is pissed. Because he wants to say whatever he wants, and his parents always let him swear. Alfred allows him a little grace, but for the most part, he will ask that Dick put a dollar in the jar for anything worse than crap or hell.

But Bruce remembers how frustrating it was, so he lets Dick swear as much as he wants when Alfred wasn't around. Even though the swear jar isn't for him, he still doesn't want to risk Alfred going off on him. So long as Dick isn't swearing in school or in front of Alfred, he can say whatever he wants.

But Jason is another story. Because Jason swears in almost every sentence, but the swear jar gives him massive anxiety because of his financial insecurity. Alfred tries to get creative and assigns chores for Jason to do. But Jason is like, not too upset by the idea of taking the trash out, or vacuuming. Until he realizes that it takes time away from his reading. But since Dick is an adult now, Alfred has no say in what kind of language he uses, so he's swearing more often. So eventually Alfred gives up but still doesn't approve.

After Jason dies, all sense of normal is thrown out the window. And with Tim and Cassandra, it's hard to discipline them for different reasons. Tim technically isn't Bruce's child, so it feels a little weird to impose a swear jar on him. Luckily, Tim doesn't swear too much to begin with, because when he was little is mom and a few nannies would wash his mouth out with soap when he swore. Alfred is not happy when he hears that, but again, not Bruce's kid. Cass is just learning to talk with them so she doesn't know a lot of swears. When she does learn them, Alfred really can't get made because it just shows him how much progress she's made.

So thanks to Tim and Cass, swearing in the manor is free reign. Dick and Jason are a little jealous of their sibings that didn't have to get lectures about swearing tho...

[gyaa-fish]

[ladyinsertnamehere]

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[akuma-tenshi]

i like this post lots idk man

[arobberry]

tired of seing dick grayson hate on my fy for things that are extremely ooc and already retconed

[riddle-on-the-milk-carton]

why’s Richard Alpert so luscious bro all the other hostiles are dirty no shoes dressed like they robbed a gentrified crystal store while Richard wakes up every morning and does his stolen dharma initiative approved 23 step skincare routine

Absolute diva