#sashene rambles

[sasheneskywalker]

"i would die for you" and? that's useless. i would kill for you. i would slay your enemies for you. i would decimate armies for you. i would raze nations to the ground so that you could ascend the throne as the undisputed leader and i would support your reign so that you could rule the entire world for all eternity.

[necrotic-nephilim]

thank you for the tag, @sasheneskywalker!!!

rules: answer and tag nine people you want to get to know better and catch up with.

favorite color: it changes regularly, but currently, a dusty/greyish purple

last song: Maps by The Front Bottoms

currently reading:

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver is my current fiction read and i *hate* it with my entire being. don't read it.

Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets through Capital, Labor, & Power by Alice Sparkly Kat is my current non-fiction read and so far, it's very good

i'm reading a lot of comics at the moment, but my main read is Manhunter (2004) which so far, is very good, i highly recommend. i'm also planning to read Midnighter (2007) and Black Widow (2014).

currently watching:

The Acolyte has been my most recent fixation so that's just on loop rewatching over and over in the background. a lot

i've been watching Pennyworth which is far better than i expected it to be, i'm really enjoying it

i also started Invincible, which i've been enjoying

idk if it counts but i've rewatched Madame Web a concerning number of times in the past few days.

currently craving: i'd kill for an Italian Cream Soda from tea2go rn

coffee or tea: tea. i used to be a big coffee person in my teens but my chronic illness doesn't like caffeine and it *really* doesn't like coffee so i just drink tea now, but i do love tea

hobby to try: the unrealistic hobby i'd like to get into a fanfiction binding, but that takes materials and resources i do *not* currently have. i think a more realistic answer is i've been meaning to get into marvel comics more.

current au: tbh the main AU i'm working on is a Lance Brunner-centric Post-Crisis fic where i'm completely rewriting his origins to make his death as Robin more significant but still something no one talks about, leading to the ressurection of Jason also reviving Lance and Jason going on his little spree, having no idea he's not the only dead Robin. i've figured out all of the backstory and how i want to characterize Lance, but the actual plot of the fic i'm still working out. i'm leaning toward Lance/Dick as a ship, but i haven't decided. i have so many notes and ideas though and i think it's funny to take a random one-off character from a random 60s comic and actually turn him into something substantial and how he'd shape the Batfamily. trust me i'm so close to infodumping about it here everyday.

i'm also working on a *really* messed up unhealthy Damian/Tim fic, where Damian purposefully breaks the timeline so Tim was never Robin and Damian was the third Robin instead. but when Bruce "dies" Damian realizes he has no idea where to start with finding Bruce so he has to go to a civilian!Tim for help, who has no idea the timeline was changed or that he was ever Robin in a different world. it's gonna be fun and fucked up and full of Damian's jealousy complex over Tim.

i don't know if i can come up with nine whole people to tag for this since i'm still new here but i can try: @searchforahero @divine-dominion @kevin-day-is-bi @kerakeriza @deepwithintheabyss

@maryshellyswife @alicemaem @justmyshittyspace @sandmanwhore and yeah that's all i got.just tagging some mutuals/ppl i see on my posts a lot!!!

[sasheneskywalker]

i'm sorry but i have to say it. i like red hood!jason more than robin!jason.

[sasheneskywalker]

does anyone know any fics that can teach you some obscure subjects? that are insanely well-researched and focused on a niche and specific topic? that will lead you down a wikipedia rabbit hole trying to understand what the hell the characters are talking about? any fandom, tropes, length ratings and pairings. (i'm tagging fandoms that i'm most interested in)

[sasheneskywalker]

being a sociology major at a university where 90% of students and professors are leftists is very funny sometimes. here are some of the things that i've overheard:

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"The author brings up many important issues but there's just too much praise for capitalism for my taste."

*multiple other students nodding seriously*

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"Finally, I would like to commend the student who, in answer to a question about The Communist Manifesto, quoted several passages from it word for word completely from memory."

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*while discussing how peer pressure and the people you surround yourself with influences how you make decisions*

"Yeah, I once got shamed for buying a Starbucks coffee and I haven't set foot in that coffee chain ever since."

"What do you mean?"

"I got to our monthly [a name for a far-left student club dedicated to discussing politics] meeting and a guy took one look at what I was holding and asked me to leave and not come back until I've read more about boycotting and labor unions."

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[sasheneskywalker]

today i woke up and half of the posts on my dash were jason stans complaining about tim (& tim stans) and the other half were tim stans complaining about jason (& jason stans). i have a feeling something might have happened lol

it's hard existing on bat tumblr as both jason and tim stan and jaytim shipper 😔

[sasheneskywalker]

people who are clearly anti-batcest and anti-dark content but follow me on tumblr and stick around for weeks are so funny. i don't mind it, it's just baffling to me. i have a brujay and a brudick fic rec list linked in my pinned post and reblog 10+ jaytim and jaydick fanarts every day. like why are you here, i don't understand 😭

[sasheneskywalker]

not now honey, mommy's having five different conversations with twelve different people on three different apps

[sasheneskywalker]

you've heard of migratory slash fandom, now get ready for migratory found family fandom

[sasheneskywalker]

i could never study medicine because if i knew human anatomy well i'd stab myself nonlethally in the stomach without hesitation so they'd be forced to surgically remove my uterus. useless fucking organ. i want it gone.

[sasheneskywalker]

i love following people from all sides of dc tumblr, i can tell exactly what post someone is making a vague response to because i've seen it too.

and somehow, the two people on opposite sides of the argument are both wrong.

dc tumblr is truly an amazing place 🙏

[sasheneskywalker]

i'm famous on twitter apparently 😊

(they didn't read the entire post though 😔)

[sasheneskywalker]

i need charlize theron and keanu reeves to co-star in a queer action thriller movie. my life won't be complete until i see it.

[sasheneskywalker]

about me

an ordinary media enjoyer, wandering from one fandom to the next. an avid reader and writer of fanfiction. a sociology major. three unfathomable creatures in a trench coat.

fandoms: star wars, mcu, dc comics, sherlock, supernatural, merlin, arrowverse, naruto, my hero academia, death note, code geass, steins;gate, yuri on ice, owari no seraph, banana fish, bungou stray dogs, durarara, jujutsu kaisen, dune, disco elysium, the old guard, harry potter, percy jackson and more.

ao3: SasheneSkywalker

check out the events i'm running: dc prompt meme 📔, dc trans week 🏳️‍⚧️, rainbow exchange 🌈, enemies to lovers exchange 💘, jason todd-centric exchange 🧨, dc rare character exchange 💎

join the crow bar, a jason todd-centric discord server!

faq 💬

can i message you? yes. i’m always down to talk about characters, ships, fics, ideas and general fandom stuff. send me a tumblr ask, dm me or find me on discord.

do you accept fic prompts/requests? yes, although there’s no guarantee i’ll actually write them.

when will you post/update one of your fics? hopefully before the world-ending apocalypse begins.

do you ship [insert a ship name here]? if they could be described as "complex and toxic" then yes.

why do you make so many lists? i just like collecting and categorizing stuff ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

masterlist of posts 📋

resources useful resources for fanfic writers and readers

fandom meta rec lists sex, love, fiction, and fandom - video essays

dc meta rec lists jason todd meta list dick grayson meta list politics, philosophy, and superheroes - video essays books and articles about about comics, superheroes, dc and batman

fic rec lists jason todd-centric fic recs dc/marvel crossover fic recs dc poly ships fic recs dc fics that leave you staring at the wall after the words have ended and the story is done on the page but not in your mind brujay fic recs brudick fic recs sladick explicit fic recs sladick mature fic recsjayroy with robin!jason fic recs batfamily fic recs that will make you laugh batfamily fic recs where someone from the batfamily kills a person (or jason kills the joker) batfamily fic recs where members of the batfamily deal with their experiences with sexual assault batfamily fic recs which are told through unusual formatting batfamily fic recs where original characters are main characters batfamily fic recs which are told from an outsider’s perspective batfamily fic recs where the main character is transgender or non-binary batfamily fic recs where the main character is asexual or aromantic weekly batman/dc fic recs tag

tags directory 🏷️

tagging pattern: #[fandom], #[character], #[ship], #[category] tagging categories: #meta, #fanart, #fanfic, #fandom, #shipping, #fic rec, #book quotes, #book recs, #comic recs, #podcast recs, #rpg, #writing, #idea, #bookmark, #resources, #reference, #wild tumblr, #humor, #negativity, #society, #history, #science, #ask meme, #[character name/ship name]-core

personal tags: #sashene creates -> my art (fanfiction, fanart) #sashene's drawer of wips -> my works in progress #sashene commentates -> my meta #sashene answers -> my answers to asks that i've received #sashene rambles -> personal posts #sashene’s diary -> other people's posts that describe me well

(i don't tag nsfw posts and rarely use trigger warnings. consider this blog "not rated" and "creator chose not to use archive warnings")

[sasheneskywalker]

go to your local comic book store, they've said. it's a fun experience, they've said. you can talk to other comic fans and get recommendations, they've said.

so i did.

i dress in a casual red hood cosplay (black shirt with a red bat, leather jacket, cargo pants, combat boots) and take a bus to the center of the city, then switch to a tram. after 40 minutes, i reach the only comic book store in my city. it's in a basement.

every wall is filled with shelves of comics. all of them are in polish. i ask whether there are any comics in english. the answer is no. no matter, i have three gb of english comics on my computer and i'm curious how they translated some of them anyway.

i ask whether they have any jason todd comics. the clerk says that red hood comics sell out immediately after they are imported and they currently don't have any. i ask whether they have any batgirl comics. they don't. i ask whether they have any huntress comics. they don't. i ask whether they have any nightwing comics. they have, but only tom taylor's. i ask whether they have any green arrow comics. they only have the 2016 run. i ask whether they have any pride anthologies. the clerk laughs a bit bitterly and says, "you know what country we live in, right?"

i ask people on discord for recommendations. they say, "longbow hunters", "batman universe", "batman/superman: world's finest", "animal man", "the boy wonder". hmm.

i ask the clerk what he recommends. he gives me "gotham: year one", "the penguin vol. 1", "batman: white knight", "batman: ego", "batman: year one", "the long halloween" and "dc: new frontier". he also keeps hyping up batman vs joker comics. i don't like joker and prefer other bats more than bruce. hmm.

i see an entire "knightfall", "contagion" and "no man's land" sagas split into thick volumes. there is "gotham central" and "wonder woman historia" and "jla: tower of babel" and "v for vendetta".

the clerk says "world's finest" is for kids and "gotham central" is much better in the original language. the thick volumes are too expensive for me anyway.

i notice the red hood webtoon on a shelf. i pretend i do not see it.

i'm strangely compelled to buy "batman/teenage mutant ninja turtles" despite not knowing anything about teenage mutant ninja turtles.

i stand in front of all of the comics i want to buy and think about my decision for twenty minutes. in the back, several girls who went in to buy naruto manga are loudly debating who is hotter: kakashi or sasuke. i want to join the conversation but that would be weird.

i finally see "batman: the cult" hidden on the top shelf. there's also "the oracle code" graphic novel that i remember some people have said is good. i grab them both and go to the counter. the clerk gives me a twenty percent discount because we had a nice conversation. we chat a bit about batman fandom online. i mention i'm on tumblr. he says tumblr batman fandom scares him.

i spend around 23 dollars on my purchase and tell the clerk i will definitely come again. i go home to read my comics and eat my pickled cucumber soup.

10/10 experience, the vibes were immaculate.

[sasheneskywalker]

not to vagueblog but reading some posts today made me realize there are two distinct circles of jason todd fans on tumblr and i have no idea what's going on in one of them lol