#so i'm making him latino (yeah i know latinos are white too bitch I'M A WHITE LATINO)

[vinivan]

I saw someone saying that their hc is that yellow guy is like, 30 yrs old and i wanted really bad to do that but i just can't see him as anything else than a little boy lmao

[silent-raven13]

Pacify Her

*dark AU: Hobie is psychotic and obsessed with Miles. Not fluff-and not for the faint of heart. So yeah, trigger warning!

Tired, blue boy walks my way

Hobie leans against the wall in the hallway in HQ, his dark eyes stares far watching Miles along side with his girlfriend, Gwen. The two were spending time together, it irks the punker so much.

Holding a girl's hand

His eyes glares at the two holding hands, he inhale his cigarette before exhale a long grey smoke. The feeling in his chest is pure jealous, green with envy glint in his narrow eyes.

Each step he made, his heavy boots clicks by the amount of accessories he carries. Following the two from afar without their Spidey Senses warning them. He's their friends, they would never think Hobie would hurt them- well, Hobie's eyes on Gwen.

Boy does he want to bash her brains with his guitar. The little weak insect touching his little prey, his little Miles. The Latino laughs along with Gwen talking about something. He didn't care, he only wants to see Miles' smile. That beautiful wide smile like beaming sunshine all warm, all too perfect. He wants his Sunflower.

The blond Spider-woman giggles as she lay her head onto her seventeen boyfriend. Hobie scowls with disgust at the little cunt touching his Sunflower. Someone so tainted and broken shouldn't touched his Miles, not even Gwen.

The little traitor with her stupid emotional pathetic life. He only took her under his wing so he can use her. Good thing, he did. She was able to paint this perfect picture of Hobie Brown, Spider Punk. The cool Spider-man who does whatever he wants.

To say the least when he heard Miles, he thought he was weak too. A lad coming from a perfect home, middle class family with a dad that's Chief of Police. Massive eye roll the way Gwen talked about him. He assumes he was a white boy like Peter Parker- Oh boy was he so wrong.

Hobie's happy he's wrong to say the least. Seeing Miles being powerful, strong never forgetting who he is- it's enough to get his crotch aching in his skinny jeans. He lick his lips thinking about how he saw Miles in a wave panic was able to fend off all of Spider Society by himself.

Such a golden boy, so much so Hobie wants to break him. Make him his. To keep his Sunflower looking at him and only him.

That basic bitch leaves finally

Black eyes watches Gwen leaving Miles alone in the cafeteria. A wide smirk appeared on his face.

He watches her leaving into the left exit having to put on her Spider-woman mask being in a hurry. Perfect.

Now I can take her man

Leaving Miles all alone. He appeared in front of his Sunflower being laid back. "Peter Pan, what's up, mate?" He asked.

Miles lift his head up from drawing Gwen while eating his lunch, "Hobie, my man. What's up?" A wide bright smile on his face looking so joyful to see him.

Hobie likes Miles- no like is what little sprogs say when they play stupid games like Cooties. Hobie is infatuated with Miles, obsessive to the point he knows Miles' breathing pattern.

Only Miles know how to claw their way through survival. To proven themselves to shitty people that wank themselves the moment they see a poor bum staring down. The amount of power to show and never give up. Hobie wants him.

"Nuthin' much. Where's Gwendy?" Hobie asked taking a french fry from Miles' basket of fries. "Saw you two snogging."

"Oh, she went to the restroom. I'm sure she's fine." Miles happily said. "Hahaha, we weren't snogging, man. We were holding hands."

"You're a virgin, mate. You need to be forward." He knowns Miles is the type to take his time, romantic at heart. The poor lad doesn't know Gwen isn't one to wait.

He should know, Gwen had a crush on him when he took her under his wing. She would casually flirt with her disgusting awkward flaunts or being touchy.

Of course, Gwen had to agree to be with Miles when he asked her out. She's the kind that never wants to hurt her friend's heart. So the poor lad living in this lie.

"Me? Nah, I like to take my time." Miles being bashful.

Hobie grins at him, "Oh yeah?" Hobie turns pinks whenever he sees Miles, that's what people say. At first, he noticed his universe style and learns to use his emotions to his benefit. When he sees Gwen, he thinks of something nice so his true colors aren't show. At first it was hard but he got the hang of it.

"Yeah?"

Miles shyly nodded.

Just then Gwen appears to kiss Miles on his cheek. "Hey bae, I'm back." Happily sitting next to her boyfriend.

Hobie's eyes carefully side eyes her, his jealousy almost peek through. Then he calms down when he saw Miles' smile. "Hey bae! How was the restroom? Wasn't pack?"

"Nah, it was fine." She noticed Hobie happily said, "Hey Hobs, what's up!"

Someone told me stay away from things that aren't yours

"I'm good, Gwendy. Just talkin' to Peter Pan, here about sex." Hobie casually said.

"Ohhh, wow. Miles, look at you." She said out loud.

"Hobie!" Miles looks a bit flustered, then gave a weak smile when his doe eyes glanced at the punker.

Hobie only winks at him.

But was he yours, if he wanted me so bad?

"Ho-oo-oo-bie!" Miles came crying to his punker.

Pavtri was chilling with the punker on his houseboat. The two were hanging out until Miles came through the portal in full tears.

Hobie stop what he was doing to calm the Spider-man down. Pavtri made chai for Miles to calm his nerves. "Dude, what happened?" Pavtri asked

Miles sniff, "Gwe-Gwe-Gwen broke up with me!" He cries into Hobie's arms, "Sh-Sh-She said she was sorry and couldn't do it anymore!"

"Awe, man. That's terrible." Pavtri said out loud.

"Yeah, bruv. Why would she do that?" Hobie fake gasp, he knew Gwen wouldn't last with Miles. She's too problematic.

"I-I dunno 'no!" He looks up with his puffy eyes and pouty lips, "I think it's because she wanted sex, but..."

Pavtri rubs Miles' back, "But?"

"I'm Asexual!" Miles came out being in full tears. "I-I-I don't want to have sex..."

This caught Hobie off guard. What a beautiful secret! His perfect Sunflower became even more pure to him. Knowing that virgin hole will never be touched, those puffy pouty lips never sucking dick or pussy. To see such lovely supple skin in sweat- Oh no, his Sunflower is so pure.

Hobie's body for the first time turned vibrant pink with hints of red. Pavtri noticed being surprised. Miles didn't noticed being too much in tears about his break up.

The punker is know to be a lad that loves sex. In the beginning, he did it for survival, but he does it for fun. Sex would mean nothing to him from time to time. Flaunting it never impresses him, but this!

Miles being a beautiful virgin, it gets him going. A huge bulge from his skinny jeans formed. "Shh, it's okay, luv." Hobie made Miles sit on his lap almost straddle position.

Miles sniffs so cutely with a pout, "Bu-bu-but Gwen?"

"Sh-sh-sh, you just lay here and calm down. I'll never leave your side." Hobie hums.

Pavtri watches the two feeling very weirded out by Hobie's flirts. He thought it was a low blow to be after Miles after a break up. But the Indian Spider-man stood quiet.

Miles nodded with his arms around the punker's neck, "Okay. Like this." He lays his head on Hobie's chest.

"Yes, luv. Don't worry... just be here with me. I'll protect you." His voice lingers on. His eyes on Pavtri gave an indication for him to leave. The Spider-man rushed out without another sign.

"Okay..." His Miles rest with him, "But Hobie... what's this?" Feeling something poking his bottom.

"Nothing, luv."

Pacify her

Hobie saw Gwen in her Spider-woman swinging from building to building. It's a cold night in her world, she was doing her parol to make sure her city safe. When she got on top of one building she checks on her watch, "Hmm... no drugs here?" She looked confused by the news through a mysterious email she received.

Unaware of the stealthy punker coming behind her, he took hold of his guitar the closer he got to Gwen. His eyes saw red, no one hurt his Miles.

When Gwen's Spider Sense kicked up, she quickly turns around only to say, "Hobie?"

She's getting on my nerves 

"Hey Gwendy!" A sinister smile appear on his face with a sadistic eyes gleaming in bright red. Gwen stood with wide eyes before able to process that her friend slams his guitar against her head.

The Spider-woman fell on the floor feeling her nose bleed, "Wha-Why?" She cries with her blue eyes pleading for help, her jaw broken. Too freaked out from what happens.

Hobie licks his lips, "This for Miles, Gwendy. Don't worry, I'll take good care of him." He lift his guitar one more time with one harsh swing.

*WHACK!* *CRUNCH* *THUD*

The sound of his guitar bashing into Gwen's limp lifeless body over and over again only leaving a mush of meat and organs. Hobie darkly chuckles having some of her blood on him. Finally the pest is gone!

Now it's time to hide the body... where to, where to? He stood smoking his cigarette. Hmmm...

You don't love her

Been weeks since friends of Gwen saw her. Miles been trying to contact her but nothing. No one knows where she went too. Hobie watches as everyone were so confused about her disappearances until Miguel made a comment about Spider-heroes always coming and going.

"But-but she isn't the time to just leave!" Pavtri said to Miguel.

Miles nodded, "Yeah! She was-" Miguel cut him off, "Miles, aren't you two broken up?"

"Yeah?"

"Then, she's off to be on her own. Many Spider-heroes do that." Miguel looks down at Miles.

"But-" Miguel cut Miles, again which pissed Hobie off. "Morales, don't you think it's better to get away from it all?"

Miles frowns, "Yes, sir."

"Anyway, I'm sure she's fine. Now, can you all leave me alone." Miguel said out loud.

Miles looks down with worried with Pavtri hugging him, "Come on, Miles. We'll go drink a cup of tea."

Hobie was about to follow them until Miguel commented, "Not, you Brown...."

"Hmph?" Hobie saw Miles and Pavtri leaving the room. Then his heavy boots thud every step toward Miguel.

"I did my part in saving you hind. Now, you keep your part." Miguel's red eyes glaring at the punker in front of him.

"Yes, boss-man!" He tosses Miguel the flash drive, "We don't want anyone knowing there's two killers around- two serial killers."

Miguel catch the flash drive, he crushes it with his hand. "Good. Next time, I won't be so kind."

"Heh, next time don't fuck up, mate." Hobie grins darkly, "I saw your eyeing on Earth 9916, looks like your planning to having another sprog?"

"None of your business. Now leave or else," Miguel licks his lips, "I'll take your Sunflower. He looks pretty easy to fuck with." His red eyes gleams with lust.

Oh how he hate that fucker. But a lass, he needs his fellow killer acquaintance, they need each other to maintain this foolish propaganda of being great heroes to get what they want.

Hobie chuckles, "Watch it or I'll bash your lil kid's head- not the first time, I've done it." The two were having a stare down.

Miguel finally said, "Leave, Brown."

"Already doing that." Hobie was already out the door.

Stop lying with those words

Miles took a small bite of his burger as him and Pav went to hang out with Hobie on his houseboat. "So, what did Mr. Grumpy pants say?" Pavtri asked.

Hobie shrugs, "I dunno. I don't listen to shit." He wore his black ripped tank top having a bucket of red chum getting ready to dump it out of his boat.

"Mmm, I'm sorry, Hobie." Miles finally said, "Miguel must've been mad at me and took it out on you. I went to him for help but he seems so annoyed."

"More like too touchy. You saw how he keeps touching our shoulders so much." Pavtri shudders with disgust.

Miles took another bite. "Mmhhmm, I felt his eyes were on me for too long."

"Is that right?" Hobie asked putting on a fake smile as he stir the chum, "Looks like I have to give him a piece of my mind."

"No, Hobie. It's fine. I can handle myself." Miles being proud. "I don't want you to get in trouble."

"Nah, luv. I promise to protect you." Hobie turns to him.

Pavtri eyes on the red chum, "Um... Hobie why is that chum so red? Like it's not from your world?"

"I like to grab other world's crap to feed the fishes here or feed it to my dog." Hobie toss the bucket of red chum in the ocean as the fishes come by to eat. "See!"

Pavtri saw the way the chum looks too meaty red, then again he always thought chum always looks red. He shrugs it off. "Miles, your not hungry?"

"I'm sad Gwen left us. I hope she's okay." Miles pouted, "I hope her dad is fine. I never knew she would runaway, again."

"She's always running. Let her be. It's no use if she doesn't want help." Hobie coldly said then turn to his friends, "Oh, I almost forgot gifts for you two!"

"Gifts! Really? Wow!" Pavtri said out loud.

Miles said, "Wow, Hobie. What's the occasion."

"Nothing big." Hobie gave the two handmade necklaces with a small bottle filled with white dust?

"What's this?" Pavtri asked holding the necklace seeing the tiny bottle.

Miles puts the necklace on, "It's cool. I like it."

"Ohh, it's dirt from when we first met. Thought I made it... Gwen always had that idea." His eyes gleam seeing her bones dust being useful. Then he gave Pavtri a band shirt using Gwen's old Spider-woman's suit, "Try this on. I used old Spider-man patches from all of us..."

"Ohh, so cool!" Pavtri put on the shirt seeing the patches of their Spider-man suits even Gwen's on it. "Sweet! You can see the wear and tear!"

Hobie turns to Miles to hand him a shirt, "Here you go, luv."

"Oh thanks, Hobie. I'll keep this forever and ever." Miles happily puts on the shirt.

"Hey what's that jar?" Pavtri asked.

"Oh this is red paint... I'm going to write Poly's name."

"Oh you finally gonna write your Houseboat's name! Can I help?" Miles asked.

Hobie's lips twisted to an eerie smile, "Sure, luv. I made the paint myself. So I used a dry pigments that smell like iron... so its bit funky."

Pavtri said, "Miles should make some cool designs!"

"Ohh, can I?" Miles doe eyes on the punker.

"Yeah, whatever you want. Make sure you have fun with it." Hobie playfully dip his finger in the jar of red paint, then pull it out to tap on Miles' nose. "Okay, Sunflower?"

Miles giggles, "Okay, Hobie." The punker smirks widely having his Sunflower completely his.

Pacify her

[thejudgingtrash]

can we pleeeease talk about how rushed the whole Nico and Will relationship was? They talked for 2 minutes, don't see each other forever and boom they're together. Like ??? When did that happen? Certainly not in the books? (okay I haven't read the books in ages, but it felt so forced and extremely rushed or is it just me? I'm queer myself so I'm all for LGBTQ+ representation, but that's not it)

Alright let’s tackle this! Sorry for answering so late, I always answer asks that will be longer super late ^^ anyway. I’ve sorta received this ask twice but the other one has more focused on Nico with a little bit Solangelo on the side so I’ll just fully tackle the Solangelo side on this one.

I have three simple issues with Solangelo.

Age

Substance

Fandom

Alright. Let’s start off with the first point or problem. Age. Or rather time. As in timeline. Because we all know that Rick Riordan basically spins a wheel whenever it comes to his timeline and I won’t go fully into the maths because I’m terrible at it and I’m not in the mood for embarrassing myself in that metier. Anyway, let’s proceed. My question is: what is their canonical age? The one from Will and the one from Nico?

I’ve caught glimpse in a group convo at the fact that Will was supposed to be 18 actually if you pay close attention to pjo? And I mean Nico is like 15 or something? Which is also sorta wrong? Because Riordan made him younger than Hazel who was 14 in the Herpes of Olympus saga. 14 and 18 is a fuck no from me, son. I guess Riordan forgot that HOO essentially took place in two days or something.

Riordan aging his characters down or rather refusing to let them age (looking at you, Percy and Annabeth!) because it doesn't convenience him isn’t something new. So, should they be mathematically speaking have that much of an age gap, yeah. That is problematic. That’s Frazel level kinda problematic. Even worse. I know that people are more inclined to look past age gaps in same-sex relationships but I always wondered why? There’s still a disproportionate level of maturity + a mighty power imbalance. So yeah. Watch out for that. Also they’re kids. So there’s no need in tying the knot and popping expensive champagne for their wedding just yet.

I mean I don’t have a problem with the time traveling aspect as in Nico still being mentally and physically a kid/teen. A little odd, sure. It’s not like Nico and Will are Edward and Bella and Nico’s goth ass is mentally aging along and stalking Will’s sorry self. It’s still weird because it’s so unbelievable? Nico is barely struggling finding his way into the modern world, chills at Hades and calls it a day? Now that’s something I have an issue with. I need more struggle. I need more vocab mix-ups. Nico’s brain exploding at the modern world. The difference between the 1940s and the late 2000s is massive. That isn’t just oh, weird little haircuts and why are women wearing pants, it would be not being able to comprehend things and questioning every new little object. Will could’ve been an amazing support character for such an arch, buuuut I’m deviating from my actual point. The timeline/age-line in the Riordanverse is for sure more on the concerning part for all new characters + OG side characters.

Second point. Substance. The thing you’ve touched in your ask.

How and when did Nico and Will become a thing? My memory is terrible and I’m too lazy to browse the wiki. The only thing I remember was Will being a nagging bitch in Blood of Olympus after Nico essentially said “I've got to move on and be who I am, I just don't belong here, I hope you understand, we might find a place in this world someday, but at least for now... I gotta go my own way...” to Percy who just went ??? That marked the beginning for this ship. Basically. I think. Well... I said before in my Percabeth ship roast (more like ship analysis, I have to redo that, that was way too mild and unfunny, omfg): most of the romance is in your head because there’s barely anything romantic in Riordan’s books to begin with (which we all should actually be thankful for!). This applies to essentially every goddamn ship in this series but especially Solangelo. Holy fuck. Y’all are pulling out the wildest stuff out of your ass based on... what exactly? I mean props for creativity!

It is abundantly clear to me at least, that Riordan didn't write Nico with the intention of being gay. There was no real indication in the Percy Jackson series (and I refuse to believe that he was this sort of mastermind, that plotted about doing all of this behind Disney’s back to get the gays and latinos in. There’s a market for everything and diversity was a coming trend in the 2010s).

One could say: Hey! Isn’t it great that Nico wasn’t labeled as being gay? It normalizes homosexuality and makes sure that the lgbtq+ community isn’t something abstract but rather folk like me and you. And to that I’d say yes, I mostly agree if the follow-up arch is believable and plausible. Which it isn’t in my opinion. We jump from the Heroes of Olympus saga to The Trials of (Mo)Lester I mean Apollo and we’re having this HUGE jump? From barely knowing each other to being soulmates, sitting next to each other, hanging out, going on in their business, having the picket white fence, two kids, three dogs, living in a gentrified neighborhood and baking cherry pie on Sundays? HOW IN THE ACTUAL FUCK DID ALL OF THIS HAPPEN?! That is incredibly rushed. 

Aren’t...you shippers....Mad? That’s so cheap? I’d say so? Wouldn’t you like to have more pre-existing relationship and plausible development? With Percabeth you at least have a five book long progression, Solangelo is Riordan basically taking a dump on your plate and forcing you to eat it. And no, Riordan teasing the last Apollo doesn’t count.

Additionally, wouldn’t it be way better to still have a character say “Yeah, I’m gay. Pass me that salt, will ya?” without it being gimmicky or a foil or something for woke points? Just showing kids: “Hey, if you think this is a label that suits you, it’s fine! It’s perfect even! No worries!” (Also, the “coming out scene” with Jason and Cupid wasn't it, my loves. That was horrifying and insulting imo).

I mean. Show and tell are powerful tools in narration and telling more than often resolves unnecessary conflict/dialogue. And whereas season one from Percy Jackson had barely anything in that direction with Nico’s identity, season two didn’t make it any better. And season three is a complete cluster fuck.

Yeah. For me, the ship is super rushed.

Final point. The fandom.

I have to inter-subjectively state that Solangelo shippers are fucking crazy. I know Percabeth shippers (including me, helloooo) and especially the Annabeth stans for some odd reason are insane, but Solangelo shippers take the fucking cake and then some. There’s already a disconnect between the age groups in the fandom and it’s clear that more of the older teens and adults center around the Percy Jackson story and some in the Heroes of Olympus sequel, but from what I’ve seen the Trials of Apollo fandom is super young and on a whole different level. Might be the reason why facing some criticisms seems harder, because the minute you open your mouth to say something about Solangelo, you have people attacking you left and right. Chill guys, it’s not that deep? And it’s definitely not a personal attack on you. After all, I don’t know who you are and tbh Idgaf. 

Talking about the lack of substance, fanon will automatically come in and fill the gaps. Which is fine and something we all do, but I really have to wonder about the levels of extremes that some take?

We all center around certain tropes and what not and while the trope and dynamic behind Solangelo isn’t particularly something for me, I really have to ask why people are behind it. Don’t get me wrong. My question is touching on more on M/M fetishization because I think that is mostly the driving force for some people rather than liking the actual ship? I see more people projecting things into Nico and Will and it’s really turning their characters into something they aren’t? Especially with Nico, who gets turned into this 5 ft. UwU punk princess which is hella strange???

All in all, I don’t have anything against the ship apart from it’s overrushed nature and Riordan’s wacky timeline. Do whatever you want with it (apart from fetishizing and sexualizing the ship), no one’s stopping you from liking it. But I do believe there are some things to look out for, especially in the fandom.

Take it easy, guys.

[itsjustmyfantasyroom]

Bitter sweet 2

Fluff fluff fluff!

It talks of a panic attack. Sorry if the Spanish is wrong i used google translate.

Enjoy xx

You guys got out of the cab and walked through the gates of the markets. You sent Nick a text telling him to call you when they got there and you would tell him where you guys were.

You were in the fresh food section which was the first section on the markets, walking hand in hand with Rafael, looking at everything around you both. There was a crowd of people, you moved behind Rafael to let the people pass, but he didn't let your hand go. The crowd had finally passed and you were making your way to stand back next to Rafael, when he stopped.

"Hola Rafael"

You looked up to see a beautiful Latino woman dressed beautifully with her long thick black hair running down either side of her shoulders. He squeezed your hand tight, took a deep breath and you could feel the sweat running off it. He let go and lent over to give her a kiss on each side of her cheeks. When he pulled away from her, she was looking down her nose at you, looking you up and down.

"Cómo estás Yelina?" He sounded nervous

"Estoy bien, Best I can be during this time" she gave him a small tight smile.

"Quien es esta niña" you didn't know much Spanish, but you knew what Niña meant, you heard Nick say it all the time to Zara.

You smirked at her, "Did you just call me a little girl?" 

----

You knew about the while situation between Rafael, Yelina and Alex. From when they were kids to what happened before you started at SVU. You heard Nick talk about the case as well. So you were pretty informed, and found out that's when Nick and Rafael really butted heads, neither of them had gotten over it. She was beautiful, but she wasn't a nice person, and she had just proven that.

----

Nick and Zara had parked the car and were walking in the gates. You and Rafael hadn't gotten too far into the market, so Nick could see you guys. He could see you guys talking to a women. As they got closer, he could see more clearly, he looked at the women and recognised who she was,

“OH Shit, come on sweetie, they are over there"

He pulled Zara by the hand to speed up, he knew what was about to happen, as he got closer he could feel the tension and your guys body language said it all. Your arms were crossed in front of your body and Rafael had his hands in his pockets looking nervous.

"OH you understood what I said? So then, who are you?"

"Yelina don't be rude, Por favor. This is my girlfriend, Y/N"

"Huh, girlfriend Rafael, is she even legal. You put Alex away for the same thing? How would the DA feel if he knew you were dating a child? Does your Mami know about her?" you laughed out loud

"Actually, Yelina, was your name right? I'm a detective and very much legal"

Rafael placed his arm around your waist,

"Of course Mami knows about her" he answer back after you.

She raised her eye brows at you and you took a step closer pulling away from his grip, Rafael grabbed your hand to pull you back next to him.

"So your temper matches you age does it?" she spat at you

She looked at you dirty, you laughed out loud

"At least my partner isn't in jail for sexting younger women" you glared back at for.

"TIA" you felt Zara's arms wrap around your waist bringing you down from your rage. You looked down at the beautiful little girl with her arms wrapped around you and looking back up at you.

"Hey my sweetie. I'm so happy to see you" and you kissed her on the top of her head

Nick knew what he had walked into, he went and stood between you and Rafael in case something was to happen and he needed to grab either one of you, more you then Rafael. He put his hand on Rafael’s shoulder and gave it a squeeze for support, for him to know he actually had his back for a change.

Yelina glared at Rafael, after she looked at Nick remembering who he was. You grabbed the top of Zara's shoulders and pushed her around your body so she was behind you.

"You better be careful Rafael, a young fit man like him hanging around all the time, she may upgrade from Tia to Mummy"

You seen red and stepped forward, Nick grabbed both your arms to hold you back in your place and whispered in your ear

"Claim down Y/N"

Rafael moved around Nick and grabbed Zara's hand from your waist and pulled her towards the other side of him, out of the way, and then grabbed your hand with his over hand to try and claim you down.

"How nice, one big happy family"

"Yeah actually" you spat at her "At least he has people around him that care about him and are not back stabbing him or breaking his trust" she looked down her nose at you again as you stepped to walk around her out of Nicks grip letting go of Rafael’s hand.

“And Chicka, I know what I have, I'm never going to throw that away. The grass isn't always greener, but I'm sure you know more about that then me"

You turned away from the horrible woman and walked away, Nick and Rafael walking behind you. Rafael was carrying Zara so you could all get away quicker.

"Tio Raf"

"Si mi amor?"

"Is Tia OK? She looks angry"

Rafael looked over at Nick who shrugged his shoulders back in answer.

"Ah, si amor, that lady said some nasty things to her" Rafael said

"But the most important thing is, she may be upset about what happened, but she stuck up for herself, and for me"

"Your Tia is very strong mi hija" Nick said to her

Rafael realised what he has said out loud and his heart swelled. You were walking in front on them trying to claim down. Rafael put Zara on the ground, pulled out his wallet and handed Zara some money,

"Mi amor, I hear there are ponies here. Take your dad and find them and have a ride. Tia and I will be along soon, I'm sure Tia will be happier once she has some ice cream" they laughed together

"Thanks Tio" Zara and Nick walked off to find the ponies.

You were so angry. Who the hell did she think she was? All of sudden your whole body filled with regret. What had you done? What had you said?

You idiot why didn't you keep your mouth shut. Rafael’s mum knew of you and it excited her. Although Rafael had met your mum, which that was out of your control, you both decided to wait a little longer before you made the move to meet his mum and grandmother.

So on the days he would go and visit them, you would go home and wait for him or go for walk and coffee and have some you time. Rafael told you that he got a lot of backlash form his old neighbourhood when what happened to Alex. A lot of people thought he should have stayed out of it and Yelina of course, had a lot of support from them all. You knew his mum still saw her here and there, and you were sure it wouldn’t be long before everyone knew what had just happened and what a bad person Rafael as dating.

You got to the end of the market where there was a brick wall. Zara, Nick and Rafael being behind you didn't even cross your mind, you couldn't breathe, you were having a panic attack. You rounded the wall and lent up against it trying to breathe slowly with your eyes closed as tears fell down your face.

"Mi Hermosa? Are you OK? It's OK breathe slowly, in, out. It's OK I'm here"

Finally the attack passed and you opened your eyes seeing Rafael’s that were filled with worry.

"I'm so sorry Rafi, what happened back there. I should have kept my mouth shut, but she really pushed some buttons the bitch. And if your mum finds out what happened" you lifted your hands to your face to hide it.

Rafael put his hands on your hips. "Hermosa, after everything that happened your worried my Mum will find out?"

You threw your hands down

"Of course I ‘am, she will hear what happened and get an opinion of me before she has even met me"

"Mami isn't like that, don't stress. She will be happy you stuck up for her only son. She never liked Yelina much"

"Oh really? I wonder why" you rolled your eyes

"No one has ever had the guts to put her in her place. And you just did. You protected me. It was the most amazing feeling in the world" he lent in and kissed your lips softly.

"Now there is one excited little girl who is excited to see her Tia. I gave her some money so she could go and ride a pony. I love you so much mi Hermosa"

"I love you so much Rafi"

You guys finally found the ponies. You seen Zara with a riding hat on sitting on a black and white horse. "TIA" she yelled as she seen you and Rafael walk up. You waved at her and blew her a kiss.

"Tio Raf, this is so cool" he smiled and nodded at her.

You came up and stood next to Nick, Rafael on your other side. Nick put his arm around your shoulders and lent in,

"You OK?"

"Yeah. Sorry about that"

He laughed out loud, taking is arm off your shoulders 

"What are you sorry for? She is piece of work, I'm surprised you didn't say more" you snorted back at him.

“What I said wasn’t enough?” you nudged Nicks side.

"I was tempted to let your arms go to see what happened" he gave you a cheeky smile

"Lucky you didn't, or we would be at a station bailing her out" Rafael laughed

"Tia" you heard from behind you, you spun around and Zara wrapped her arms around you again. You hugged her back.

"Did you have fun sweetie?"

"Yes, thank you. Tia, are you feeling better?

"Yes sweetie, let's get lunch"

[herecomesnaya]

not to drag out the situation, but i really appreciate you speaking up about the whole dick as a poc. i really dislike dick as romani because, as you've mentioned, it's overall racist and Not Good, but i'm always worried about pointing that out and getting called racist, even though most of those dick stans are the ones actively ignoring actual poc characters in favour of his shitty, hackjob romani background.

god....... you hear that? that’s the sound of the tea being poured

I used to feel the exact same way, but at this point, when you have people barging onto other people’s posts specifically to call them racists for daring not to kiss the ground Dick Grayson walks on, enough is really enough

I love Dick. he’s my second favorite DC character after Jason. but we all need to face it: he’s a white boy. they both are. Devin Grayson’s shitty “backstory” that she forced on him just to have an excuse to 1) reinforce carnival worker stereotypes and 2) write Bruce as a racist does not erase the fact that he’s a white guy in 98% of his appearances, and that he has white privilege (as much as a fictional character can).

I mean, even if he’s “Romani” in Rebirth, look at how DC handles it: I love Raptor, too, but his entire character is one absolutely cringe-worthy racist caricature of the standard “evil leper g*psy.” fucking LEPROSY. they gave him fucking l e p r o s y!!! and that’s in addition to his “capitalism is the enemy so I will become a terrorist” deal. is this the representation people want??

Dick is white (save for a few racist retellings). Jason is white. Tim is white. Bruce is maybe Jewish if you squint, but still white af. no amount of clambering to try and make them POC will actually make them POC, you are not stanning an actual POC by insisting that these white characters are not white.

know who isn’t white in the batfam? Damian. Talia. Duke. Cass. the Fox family. Helena (in some versions). and yet, naturally, these same people who champion “POC Dick” fall silent when it comes to these characters. where were they when those assholes were bitching about Duke being in the batfamily portrait? when Cass got Batgirl taken away from her so she could be some stupid “Orphan” as if her relationship with Bruce as a father figure doesn’t exist? when modern comics still today have background gang members drawn as stereotypical black/Latino “thugs” getting the shit kicked out of them by the (white, white, so super white) main batfamily members?

it’s performative to a sickening degree. you don’t care about POC characters, you care about having a justification to drool over your favorite white boy (looking at “Jason is Latino/Tim is Asian” people too). and there’s nothing wrong with liking white characters, but jfc, cop to it! don’t draw them a few shades darker and pretend you’ve done something revolutionary, and that anyone who doesn’t do the same is somehow Less Woke Than Thou.

wow, that came out longer than I intended. whoops. but yeah, at least now there’s a record on here of where I stand!