#riz is writing

[r1z3n]

No One But A Robin Gets to Decide Robin: Pt 1.

Establishing Canon Pt. 1

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Everyone always forgets that as whole Richard Grayson experienced and lived through more moral and ethic struggles then just the Official One Rule of Batman.

Often when they think of the first Robin, all they see Nightwing. The person who is the combinations all the years of experience and learning. The honest to Gotham, aftermath of white knuckling with morals and ethics, finding his lines in the sand.

Now you can't fault them too much, Dick encourages it; finds it almost amusing to gild the mythos of Robin and Nightwing. It makes it so much easier to get away with things if they don't see the darkness in him.

People thinking he is like Batman makes it harder to predict him, but them easier.

However for his family. Dick would melt the gold and take a sledgehammer to the pedestal himself.

They want to play this game, they are going to lose.

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[ribbittrobbit]

these kids are incredibly stressed out

[vivitalks]

thinking about guard dog characters and attack dog characters. the different ways to protect your people. characters who take the defensive versus the ones who never let it get to that. ones who, when someone bares their teeth, will bare their teeth in return, and ones who need only see the glint of teeth before tearing them limb from limb. it's the difference between "i would die for you" and "i would kill for you." characters who are ready to compromise their life or their morals, who have already made that sacrifice in their mind, who have fangs and claws and are always ready to use them, because ultimately these characters are fundamentally the same: they will protect you, and they will do anything.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

they tried to rebrand as The Criminals but riz is literally the city council's treasurer and also turns out people in their late 20s don't really name their friend groups. so now they're The Intrepid Heroes

[ewwww-what]

FIG AND RIZ INTERACTIONS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEEEE (bonus points for aroace riz) ILYY

Yeah okay

[dandelion-roots]

[ID: a digital drawing of riz gukgak from fantasy high. in the front is a relatively small drawing of riz juggling books that are falling out of his hand and a phonecall, and he has a huge backpack on. he looks a bit overwhelmed, hair flying in all directions, and has a nervous smile on. in the background is a large shadow of riz, only one glowing eye and a shining gun visible. the background is red, giving an eerie feel. End ID]

Kill your best friend

Cheat your way to your rogue teacher

Announce your presidential campaign

Don't let them know how angry you are

LEARN TO RECOGNIZE A MONSTER

[raziele]

thinking about the bad kids slowly dying off, one by one.

thinking about them carrying the ashes of their fallen to the next funeral, and the next, till its adaine sitting on a pew alone with all her friends ashes, sobbing, realizing she is alone, she will be alone, that they're never coming back.

thinking about adaine, numb after the years, with tokens of her friends in her pockets.

kristen's hair ties: sometimes adaine washes her hair with shampoo that smells like she did, puts on her old tye-dyed t-shirts.

riz' necktie, it's threads coming unraveled at the worn edges. it used to smell like his cologne.

gorgug's playlists still comfort her, the uncompromising, screaming, yet somehow gorgeous music blasting. it drowns out all the years spent without him, takes her right back to the day they went to basrar's for the first time.

fig's guitar sits in her room. adaine tries to learn how to play, hears the echo of figs laugh through the strings. she takes up smoking cloves.

fabian left adaine all his gold jewelry, and she keeps a strip of his old battle sheet in her pocket. the elves in kai lumenera welcome her with open arms every few decades, the trees swaying with the memory of fabian's dancing, his lilting voice still carried in the wind.

"the bad kids," and yet, everything they had was so good: still, all lovely things must come to an end.

before adaine lays down for the last time, she pulls on an old IDK tee, now-long hair tied up just how kristen used to. it doesn't match, but she still ties riz' gregorian necktie, just slightly too tight. she's rusty, now— riz had her tie his tie once, but that was so long ago now. she puts in earrings, clasps a necklace, decorates her long, elven fingers with sparkling diamond rings. she plays an old, old song on bass. it's harsh, unforgiving metal, but beautiful and melodic to her ears.

thinking about their inherent tragedy.

aelwyn takes everyone else's ashes to the last funeral.

[rrat-king]

weird bad kid’s headcannons that are cannon To Me with little to no explanation:

fabian gets stress related stomach ulcers/has a very sensitive stomach in general

adaine is tall. in my head as tall as fabian and def way taller than aelwyn(which aelwyn hates cuz like. she’s a baby why is she so tall)

gorgug is just. covered in stretch marks. dude probs grew like a foot in a year his back is like. all stretch marks

this is part of my anti-medicine applebees campaign but kristen has this corn paste she makes as like a healing ointment thing(one of the only things she still holds onto from her mom) and everyone fucking fiends for it cuz it does wonders for soothing scar tissue

riz has v sensitive eyes especially to light (goblins were originally nocturnal, which also could explain his odd hours) so he steals fabian’s snazzy uv protection sunglasses

adaine steals the stolen glasses from riz sometimes cuz she’s sensitive to light after she has visions (they really hardly count as fabian’s glasses anymore)

fig got really into doing her nails in middle school but now that she plays the bass it is a constant battle between wanting to do cool designs and knowing that they’ll get destroyed when she plays (one of the nice things about being a teifling tho is that her nails are way stronger now and grow a lot faster)

to compromise she just does gorgug’s nails instead

riz and kristen will have little competitions of who can pop the most joints and everyone else. hates it it’s terrible to listen to (especially fabian, he will leave the room if they start)

yeah just. my guys

[haleyusesherwords]

I love how Fig and Riz are opposites as teenage stereotypes in more ways than one

Fig is like “I’m an ARCHDEVIL and a ROCKSTAR and a REBEL who SKATEBOARDS and doesn’t go to class cause that’s for LOSERS!” And when that persona slips for even a second she’s helping her friends and loving her girlfriend and reconciling with her loser dad only to then get him a job at her school.

Meanwhile Riz is a Good Kid™ who tries hard in school and gets good grades and tries to solve the disappearance of his babysitter and only friend and doesn’t want his mom to worry about him. But then he gets even a little mad and he’s hissing at people and eating dragon faces.

[vampirehayfever]

the friendship between riz and fabian is so beautiful because it's so subtle. just the little things that show fabian really cares and notices riz is beautiful to me. he has conspiracy board equipment already at his house, he notices every time riz disappears to hide, he literally still uses the special nickname riz got at the start of freshman year when they met (despite no one else really using it much anymore) because it's special to him and their friendship. how fabian shows his love to his loved ones is genuinely so sweet and special.

[warehouse-in-la-cienaga]

Honestly, I love the scenes of the Bad Kids we get where they’re all being incredibly competent, like the scene in the temple, or in Freshamn year when they uncover Kalvaxus plans with the crowns, bank, ect. But I’d love to imagine that that carries over into normal, every day actions too.

The Bad Kids are staying over at the Manor and Sarah Lynn comes down to all six of them preparing breakfast like it’s a military operation because they woke up late and need to be at school on time.

The Thistlesprings ask for their help decorating the glade for another festival and it’s completed a day early because no one wants to disappoint them (and someone gave both Riz and Adaine clipboards and pens).

Hallarial comes back from a weekend away to see the entire house has been baby proofed and the nursery is complete. Fabian declares his nemesis would need to be kept decently safe until the day they fight, and that a good nursery would keep the baby from crying all the time. There is a pirate ship on the wall.

The Leviathan Library gets attacked, and a large number of the books are out of order. Ayda and Aelwyn mention it in passing, and the Bad Kids make a bed fort in the central area and spend an evening reshelving the entire library, including a pully system and a message group of Kristin repeating the dewey-decimal system over and over again, since she’s not allowed on the ladder to the higher shelves.

[r1z3n]

No One But A Robin Gets to Decide Robin: Pt. 2 - The Misstep

Establishing In World Canon: Pt. 1

Read Part Two Below:

Dick thought this meeting was going to be more a formality seeing as far as he was aware that most of the Outlaw team fell under the alumni section anyway.

Yet, the meeting was hitting its second hour. He weighed stepping in sooner but neither Roy or Jason would appreciate it and he honestly trusted that they could handle themselves.

It is only when Superman decided to shut down Jason's correct citation of the Titan Alumni section, with a 'well you aren't considered Robin any longer'. Like it was a fact or truth that it had become his to deal with.

Dick had been semi-curled in his chair as the meeting had been going long. He uncurled so fast, standing to his feet, with a force that echoed in the room. Eyes all snapped to him, and he slapped his hands to the table leaning forward.

As the room's tension rose staring at him, he took in the room back.

He could see his friends, the one that had known has Robin first, move. Wally pulled some of the younger ones like Bart and Cassandra to near the door. While Kori had stood as well but gracefully redirected to stand behind Roy and Donna resting a hand on their shoulders'. Roy had relaxed but had reached out to grab Artemis' arm.

It was likely only Cass and Kon's hand on Tim's shoulder that stopped him from leaping across the table at Superman. Dick could see the coiled violence in his younger brother's body.

Jason wasn't wearing his mask, and he kept a rather good poker face but Dick could see the way the remark hit the soft spot.

Of the Justice League, Cyborg had taken Captain Marvel by the shoulder to join Wally by the exit, taking a wide berth around Superman. Billy didn't protest just gave Superman a disappointed look.

Wonder Woman and Aquaman were looking at Superman aghast but the other Leaguers like Green Lantern and Green Arrow looked more shocked at him.

Dick caught Bruce's eye, and Bruce very clearly leaned back in his chair, picking up some papers in front of him, which Dick took as B is following his lead on this.

Keeping his voice bored and flat, "I thought this was a meeting about the Outlaws becoming another auxiliary team so they can receiving access to some Justice League and Titan resources, not about inaccurate rumors and idiocy."

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[allthecastlesonclouds]

hi something something bad kids all magic users now something something everyone learning how to save each other something something they've all got friendship bracelets and they're gonna make it through this year if it KILLS them

[vivitalks]

Riz Gukgak's Journey to Rest and Relaxation (Or, how Riz got his hugs in, platonically, from every Bad Kid)

[bacchuschucklefuck]

gukgak specifically from my typing (man w/ three jobs & a creeping sense of dread)

[narcissusinvain]

i keep thinking about bad kids post senior year, all back in Elmville for the first time since graduation, where they all plan on meeting up at Basrar's (because yknow, tradition)

All of them being a little more nervous than they thought they'd be - they've saved the world together multiple times at this point, and of course they've kept in touch with crystals, but it's been a WHILE since they've all been together

Adaine's been squeezing boggy a lot

Gorgug's stress tinkering

Riz has been looking for a new case to bring to them (because how would they value him when he's just himself, no adventure to bring them together???)

Kristen has had a LOT of coffee

Fabian caved and vented to Gilear

Even Fig (though she's usually pretty hard to read) has been stressing (and DEFINITELY talking to Gilear (and Ayda) about it - Gilear didn't think he'd be allowed to tell Fabian or Fig that the other was worried because it's Gilear)

But then as soon as they see each other, there's hugs, crying (literally all of them are just crying) and it feels so natural and normal. They also promise never to be separated from each other for that long again - and even if that promise is broken, they never stop loving each other, they never lose touch, they never stop being each others normal