#roys days are numbered

[hello-waffles-are-good]

Dick: what did he do now?

Roy: HE SMILED

Dick: at you?

Roy: no, at our dumb friends but HE LAUGHS LIKE AN ANGEL

Dick: go away Roy

Roy: shut up, I watched you pine over Wally for years, let me have this

Dick: go on

[valdomarx]

some time during season 4, jamie starts showing up to practice wearing worn black t-shirts. then it's charcoal grey joggers, and onyx sweaters, and black jeans without any rips which are slightly too long on him.

ehh, the team thinks, maybe he's growing up and fancies a change of wardrobe. fair enough.

but then roy starts showing up in bright orange joggers which are a little too short, and floral track jackets, and one time isaac swears down he saw roy with a shiny man bag hanging off his shoulder.

it's the time that roy walks into the locker room wearing a pink and green graffiti-covered hoodie that really does it. half the team is giving him odd looks and colin boldly raises an eyebrow at his sweater.

"what?" roy barks. "it was the closest thing on the floor this morning."

"ahhh." colin smiles and nods with a glint of understanding in his eye.

"called it!" isaac yells, and the entire locker room bursts into excited whoops of delight.

[hunzzzzz]

Happy Women’s day to my babygirl Kendall🎀🧚✨

[ken-doll-roy]

What could you possibly kill that you love so much you could make the sun rise again???

[littleoceanbabe]

how did phoebe even invite jamie. how did she get into contact with him without roy knowing about it. i have so many questions and none of them will be answered.

[bluupxels]

one head, one crown ♔

[thefinal-unsolvedriddle]

RE: your tags. Hepl i based him off of lego joker + a friends design so hes more silly.but i definitely want him to die dont get it wrong .. ALSO THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME DRAWING JASON?? so hehe.. squee blueshes Fank Yew

I THOUGHT IT WAS LEGO JOKER AT FIRST!!!!! it's so cute i kind of freak with him ngl i'd hit him over the head with a silly cartoonishly large mallet....... BUT JASON IS SO CUTE OAAURGRHHHH number 3 jason lover i freaking adore that little bug he's so ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

[serkonans]

the way we handle medical leave in the states even for people with good benefits is cruel

[mossytrashcan]

He was hitting Sukuna(the villain) with straight HANDS the whole fight. Knocked him out, PUT A HOLE in this man MULTIPLE TIMES.

Then the chapter ends with GOJO WINS JUST FOR THIS FUCKER TO BE KILLED OFF SCREEN WHAT THE FUCK GEGE

Sorry for yelling but yeah we're coping hard rn. I'm about to perform a ritualistic sacrifice to bring this bitch back

Hooooly shit that’s so much worse than what I thought happened. Bro I would be communing w the dark forces to assure the author’s downfall, like that’s FUCKED

[queenhelenblackthorn]

Reject tradition, embrace modernity. Fuck family, it's all about business.

[isloganroydeadyet]

March 2 2023: no

[varpusvaras]

Bruce, for the record, is absolutely stoked when Jason brings Roy around.

Because this now means that he is a grandpa. He is so ready to be a grandpa. Let him be a grandpa. Please please please please-

(finally, he gets to just give things to someone. anything they want. (finally, he gets to give Jason so much money and things and Jason can't say no because they are for Lian too))

The thing is, now he is in a very deep and serious rivalry with Oliver, who will not be replaced as the number one grandpa. Absolutely not. So now they are waging war on each other for Lian's affections.

It's messy and it's bloody.

One day, during a JLA meeting, Green Arrow notices something peeking from underneath Batman's suit. It's colorful, so it stands starkly against the dark suit. It looks very familiar.

Green Arrow looks down on his hands. At the friendship bracelet Lian had made for him. He looks back up at Batman and the very familiar colorful thing he has on him.

"What is that?" He asks.

Batman turns to look at him. He follows Green Arrow's gaze, and looks at the colorful thing on him, and then at the bracelet on Green Arrow's wrist.

"What is that?" Batman asks, nodding at the bracelet.

"I asked you first."

"I asked you second."

Green Arrow glares at Batman.

"It's a friendship bracelet my granddaughter made for me", he says.

Batman glares at Green Arrow.

"And this is a friendship bracelet my granddaughter made for me", he says.

They glare at each other. The meeting room has become several degrees colder. No one dares to utter a word.

Then they both pull out their phones and make a call.

"Jason-"

"Roy-"

Jason and Roy, in their bed, both realising that their dad's are calling them at the same time: fuck whatever it is, we're going back to sleep

[tossawary]

"Fullmetal Alchemist"'s use of fantasy elements is interesting to me because of the way it... reduces... certain horrors to these unflinchingly direct basics. (Warning for spoilers and unorganized overview discussion of canon-typical violence.)

Like, the violence and pain is depicted in hideous, nightmarish detail, and/but the pursuit of power at the expense of other people's lives is simplified at the climax into an equation so straightforward that it hurts. All previous prizes of land and resources, which are forms of power, have been stolen by the Amestris military by way of terrible, hateful bloodshed. Father's Promised Day array then throws all that aside, throws it onto the fire, and takes a step further to directly exchange human lives for godlike power.

Another example is that Roy Mustang is not permitted the false distance of a bomb, but has the effect of one using his own two hands. The result is the same, but State Alchemists are not permitted separation from their tools: they ARE the weapons of war. A gun is nothing without someone to hold it. It really underlined to me that if Roy HAD used bombs instead of alchemy, it still would have been his hands that killed an unimaginable number of people.

I don't think FMA is above criticism, but this specific aspect felt to me an incredibly effective narrative tool, especially because things like "our military was created from the beginning to do evil" are accompanied by / backed up by normal humans knowingly going along with Father's plans out of greed and fear, as well as normal humans supporting the country's crimes out of idealism and fear and hatred and selfishness and confusion. It's not just "oh, it was inhuman monsters secretly manipulating everything from the shadows all along"; it's "oh, it was inhuman monsters secretly manipulating everything, representative of humanity's most deadly sins, appealing to our most selfish desires and basic fears, and we all WENT ALONG with it".

From the very first chapters, all of the friendly adult characters were directly saying things like, "Edward, you shouldn't be a part of the military. It's corrupt. I have killed innocent people for nothing and it haunts me." In the final battle, inside the command building, the Armstrong siblings and their allies are straight-up fighting against mindless, starving, created soldiers that kill everything they come up against and stop for nothing. The fascist Amestris military, after years of violent, fabricated conquest and violent, inhumane research, is EATING ITSELF FROM THE INSIDE.

And, of course, the characters cannot use their magic system to escape reality: the Elric siblings cannot undo their mother's death. Life is so incredibly precious because some things cannot be undone. And grief and arrogance allowed to run rampant takes heavy tolls on Edward, Alphonse, and Izumi's bodies.

The only way to miss the messaging in FMA, to have the point go over your head, is to intentionally duck it, because the author is throwing it at your face like a brick. Repeatedly. There are so many bricks. It's not subtle. And I enjoyed it.

[harunayuuka2060]

Vil: Are you sure you're not dealing with a creep, Epel?

Epel: Huh?

Rook: Roi du Poison is only worried about you, Monsieur Crabapple.

Epel: Why would you be worried?

Vil: You're talking to an unknown person; consequently enough, they only do when you're in danger.

Epel: Because they're protecting me!

Vil: Without anything in return?

Epel: Yes!

Vil: ...

Vil: Call them.

Epel: What? No! They're probably busy right now.

Vil: According to the two potatoes, you can call them any time of the day and they will answer.

Epel: ...

Epel: I don't know if they still use the one they used yesterday.

Vil: You should try then.

Epel: ...

Epel: *checks his call logs and taps the unknown number*

Epel: *waits for them to answer*

MC: Hello.

Rook: Oh la la~.

Vil: Shh!

MC: You should be safe with your friends. Why are you calling me?

Epel: ...

Epel: *grumpily* They're calling you creep and I hate it!

MC: ...

MC: It means they are your good friends.

Epel: You don't understand!

Vil and Rook: *are both impressed with this 'friend' now*

Vil: We're driving you home.

Epel: No! I don't want to!

Vil: Are you still upset about earlier?

Epel: *frowning*

Rook: We were wrong about your friend, Epel.

Epel: ...

Epel: *his phone rings*

Epel: *answers it* Hello?

MC: *stern* Get in the car.

Epel: ...

Epel: *pouts*

Vil and Rook: ...Pft-

[call-me-strega]

Dc x Dp Prompt #24: The Midwest Prince(ss)

Danny is a Singer/Siren/Banshee au where he’s basically a Chappel Roan-type figure.( Also, I'm Dead on Main trash so Strangers-to-Friends-to-Lovers, Celebrity x Civilian romance for two of my favorite boys)

Danny’s Ghostly Wail develops into vocal manipulation bc he’s a siren or banshee. Ember teaches him to sing and control the power. He finds music is a good outlet for his emotions and decides to pursue music as Danny. It takes him a few years but he develops a style and brand that he bases off the Realms. However, he doesn’t anyone to connect him to Phantom so he uses parts of his ancestors’ names to become “Walker Gale”(shout out to my beautiful mutual @mirigold-mayflowers for helping me pick that name), ordinary small-town midwestern boy turned Music Icon. He hires Val as his personal bodyguard, Sam as his manager, and Tucker as his head stage tech.

He dresses in really campy clothes the low-key mimic his ghost form as well as other ghosts he’s met. The outfits change to match the vibe of the song. So a rock ballad with an outfit inspired by Ember, Show Tunes-Murder Mystery-type-beat with a costume for Amorpho, EDM-techno-hyperpop themed song styled after Technus or Skulker, etc. He just has a lot of fun experimenting with his appearance and he’s an icon for it. He even makes friends with Star and Paulina through this and they give him feedback and help with new looks. The eventually join the team as his PR and Styling team.

Since he’s a banshee/siren all his songs have this underlying despair/sadness even if they have a fun and bubbly beat. He also references his feelings about being/hiding as Phantom and being partially dead and shit but vaguely so no one actually knows or assumes it’s a metaphor. Many of the themes are actually things lgbtq people identify with, specifically trans and bi fans. He also references battles he’s fought and ppl assumes he’s talking about mental illness or abuse which attracts another category of fans altogether. Again inspired by Chappel Roan his first album his called "The Ascent and Downfall of a Midwest Prince" gaining him the nickname the "Midwest Prince".

He’s weird and unfiltered and full of emotion and he gains a few fans in the hero community too. Raven and Zatanna start a fan club for him, well aware he’s some type of banshee/siren but knowing that the extent of his powers are being used to deliver beautiful performances. The are staunch supporters of him and his music and spread it to their friends. The current fan club is Co-Presidents Zatanna + Raven, VP Greta(Secret, a.k.a: a ghost hero), Starfire, Bart, Cassie, Tim, Kon + Jon, Steph, Cass, and Billy.

His identifying features are a signature make-up look and white underdye (when the color is on the underside of the hair). He’s grown his hair longer so it’s not super visible when he has it down and not styled. He also looks different without make-up so he can totally go unrecognized in public and live life semi-normal (as normal as a half-ghost vigilante powerhouse superstar can be). He actually planned it to be that way so that he could still go to college and stuff even though he’s doing it mostly online. All this to say that Danny has low-key got a Hannah Montana thing going on. Also, let's mix it up a bit and say he's based in Star City.

One day Danny goes to a second-hand book store because he's looking for a cheap textbook when he bumps into an absolute hunk of a man who doesn't seem to recognize him. Jason had been in Star City to visit Roy and Lian. He stopped at a second-hand bookstore to see if he look for some older editions of books (one time he found a second edition copy of Persuasion so he likes to peruse) and ran into a super pretty boy who made his chest feel funny and doesn't realize he's a Wayne. They got to talking about started really connecting. They decided to exchange numbers and kept in touch, meeting up every now and then when they had the chance. Danny gave him his private social media accounts so Jason never learned much more beyond that Danny worked in the music industry but not his exact role in it.

Eventually Danny moves to Gotham, either bc he switched labels or to be closer to Jazz whose doing her doctorate thesis on reforms that need to be made in Arkham. He and Jason begin meeting up in person more frequently and start catching feelings. Danny really wants to ask him out but feels sleazy doing it without telling Jason about his past and superstar alter ego. However, he also doesn't want to lose the mostly normal friendship they have. On the flipside Jason wants to date Danny but doesn't want to drag him into the life of a vigilante or the life of a Wayne. Both of them Pine and Agonize over this. In the end Danny decides to bite the bullet and tell Jason who he is, every part of who he is. He invites Jason over for a movie night and tells him he's got something important to tell Jason.

That same day Starfire decides to introduce Walker Gale's work to the other Outlaws and Jason really resonates with his work. He identifies with the lyrics on a literal and physical level and recognizes the underlying emotions that usually only other ghosts or liminals can. Starfire overjoyed that her friend likes his music decides to show Jason some of his music videos and photos. Jason, not being blind or an idiot, recognizes not only the props and costumes but his crushes face under that (very well done) make-up.

Jason is stunned and conflicted: it’s not like Danny lied to him about who he was, but he was entirely truthful either. Did he assume Jason knew? Or did he just not trust Jason? Why did he even bother with Jason, a seemingly regular guy, if he had such a claim to fame? And Jason keeps listening to his music and it’s speaks to him the same way hanging out with Danny does, making him feel seen and connected. It makes him all the more sure that someone incredible as Danny doesn’t need someone like Jason. He heads to Danny’s place that night very subdued.

He gets to Danny’s place and the smile that greets him twists him up inside. He puts on a mask and tries to act normal but Danny can tell somethings up but persists as he has made up his mind to be clear with Jason. He sits him down and tells him there is something important he wants to tell Jason. He starts by letting Jason know that he cares about him very much and appreciates the normality and closeness of their friendship. He confesses that he doesn't normally get that bc well, he's the superstar "Walker Gale". Danny goes onto say that the reason he didn't say anything earlier was because he treasures the simplicity of what he had with Jason and the reason he's telling him now is because he couldn't continue a relationship that he wants more from without being completely honest.

Jason's heart thunders in his chest and he stares at Danny with a slightly constipated look. Danny asks Jason what's wrong and on an impulse Jason word vomits his feelings. That he actually found out through a friend earlier today, that he really connected to his music the same way he did with Danny, that he's never felt seen the way Danny sees through him, that he's never felt the same way as deeply before, that he's completely and utterly in love with Danny but was scared to say anything and get him involved with his crazy life and the Waynes. And Danny sits and listens shellshocked.

And the only thing Danny can think to do is kiss this incredible boy senseless and tell him that if he likes him back then they can figure it out.

[catalvarezs]

phoebe inviting jamie to uncle's day has me cackling. imagine tiny phoebe ringing up afc richmond and asking for jamie tartt's number because she needs to invite him to her uncle roy's party. peak comedy.