#so if you're wondering why I am like this...that's why. Batman Beyond did it. it's still my comfort media and i always go back to it

[cluescorner]

Started crying over the Batman Beyond Animated Movie concept art. I am so normal.

[starwriterulia]

@hahahgay1111 I'M SORRY HOW DID YOU FIND THIS?! EVERYBODY PLEASE GIVE THIS PERSON APPLAUSE FOR DOING A TUMBLR, HOLY SHIT.

The other chapters are deleted, which just by reading this and knowing how long it takes me to be happy with anything I work on, makes sense. I was ashamed of the cringe. That's why all of my anime fan fics no longer exist, and why I don't write K-pop fics anymore. I remember writing this chapter, but, and I honestly believe this is sad, this chapter doesn't name the name of the school, just its abbreviation. That's genuine lost lore there, folks.

This wasn't just a work of it's time, of my depressed, K-pop obsessed seventeen year old mind. This should totally get revived, even though lots of the drama points were lost to time! I wonder how closely I can get to seventeen year old me's vision for this story? Probably very far away, but I still have salt regarding my childhood and teenagehood, so uhhhh, yeah! Could pull this off easily.

When I'm finally fucking done with this Batfamily x Thalassic Space self-insert fic I've been working on

since fucking July,

I will consider making a couple chapters to honour this relic that escaped my oh-god-it's-awful-deletedeletedelete-happy finger with my current skills and the knowledge I have regarding my youth. I'm twenty-four going on twenty-five in September. This June will mark eight years since my class' graduation, by the way.

What's that? You want to see the Batfamily fic I just mentioned? It's not ready. It finally has a good plot and setup, I just need to deliver. But if you really want, you could DM me. Just saying. Um, beyond that!

I haven't touched my actual novel in like a month and a half. And I haven't played LOTRO, in which I am an officer of the kinship I'm in, in like three months, again. Oops.

IIIII'm a working biiiiitch, ain't got no time for diiiick

(unless you're a theatre kid, a goth, or trans, or all three, or you're a cool person like Batman or Jason Todd or the older guy I fell in love with on LOTRO),

you wish you could sway my attention.

(It's actually quite easy, plus I'm attention starved).

OK that's all I think byyyyyeeee

Forgiveness, Thankfulness and Remembrance - Chapter 4: Lollygagging Purposefully

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FTR on Tumblr: Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4

Chapter Summary (SPOILERS - For Reader Convenience): Eunju and Baekhyun roll through the block of ASWM and first block of Visual Arts. During the break, Eunju learns from Baekhyun and Chanyeol that Sehun and Luhan’s couple relationship is in ruins because of Luhan’s cowardice. Eunju realizes this is something that Haeun and Hyejae know about, but are unable to say anything about, because of the group’s body language when Sehun passes them with three girls. Eunju reflects this behavior, out of respect. We meet the remaining members of TWICE, as well as Jimin, Taehyung, and Hoseok, before the break ends. After Eunju cautiously brings up her concern for Luhan in the beginning of the second block of Visual Arts, Baekhyun says that he does not blame Haeun or Hyejae for not saying anything, and that he will explain the situation to Eunju at lunch break.

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[themollyjay]

Hi, I'm so sorry to bother you but I had a question, if that's okay? I've read the first three chapters of the first Hearts of Heroes book and I did enjoy it but I did wonder: why are (almost?) all of your main characters cops or cop adjacent?

I'm not entirely sure if you're just asking about Scatter, or if you're asking about all of my books, but the answer is complicated.

I'm pretty firmly in the 'ACAB' camp. I've had horrible experiences with cops, and I trust them about as far as I could throw a minivan. They're part of a system that is oppressive by design, and I certainly have no desire to write copigana.

That said, I love Superheroes, and superheroes tend to fall into three broad categories. For Clarity, we'll call these categories the Peacekeeper, the Dragonslayer, and the Outlaw.

The Peacekeeper is your more arch-typical hero. Superman, Batman, Martian Manhunter, Spiderman. They don't necessarily work with the cops. In fact, they sometimes specifically fight against police corruption (see Batman). But at the end of the day, they turn the bad guys over to law enforcement of some type or other, and operate under the assumption that they are enforcing laws that the cops either can't or won't enforce, either because of the powers the criminals have, or because the cops themselves have become criminals. The Peacekeeper is cop adjacent, to use your term, because they are enforcing existing laws, and working largely within the existing legal framework. They may advocate for change and reform of that framework, but they accept the validity of the framework as a whole.

The Dragonslayer is your classical fantasy hero who fights monsters that exist beyond the framework of law. This is more of your Thor, Wonder Woman, Hercules type superhero who are out there fighting gods and dragons and demons. Where these heroes stand on the question of the law is largely immaterial to their stories because they aren't fighting criminals, even super powered ones, the are fighting monsters and beings of myth and legends. They are not cop adjacent.

The Outlaw are your hard core anti-heroes. The Punisher, Venom, Rorschach, Pre-new 52 Red Hood. The Outlaw type may or may not reject the validity of the system, but whether they do or not, they feel that the system is incapable of dealing with certain types of evil, and have appointed themselves judge, jury, and executioner.

My superhero books tend to focus on the Peacekeeper type superheroes, because I enjoy those type of Superhero stories. I enjoy the idealism and hope that are inherent in the idea that while the system my not work as is, the system can be made into something that functions and benefits everyone. I don't want to live in a world without laws and government. I want to live in a world where laws and government are fair and just, and work for the benefit of the governed.

I don't find the dragonslayer type hero particularly compelling because I feel like there's less room for nuance and depth in those types of stories. I'm not saying there's none, just that "This is an evil monster who is a monster because it's evil and is evil because it's a monster" doesn't really do it for me, and often that's what dragonslayer stories are. Besides, I love dragons. I don't want to see them killed.

The Outlaw is generally boring and tedious at its beast, and openly fascist and bigoted at its worst. I am not really into hopelessness and nihilism. If I was, I'd go read Cyberpunk instead of Superhero stories.

If you want a deeper look at my feelings about cops, I would actually suggest Transistor. I will always recommend reading Scatter first, but Transistor can be read as a stand alone, and one of the central themes of Transistor is the abuse of power by law enforcement. The villain of the story is effectively, a cop trying to murder someone because racism while the power structure that created the cop sits on its ass and does nothing because the cop hasn't technically broken the law yet.

If you want a book that doesn't involve a cop at all, check out Mail Order Bride. No cops in sight.

As to Scatter specifically, a lot of the characters are cops or cop adjacent because the POV character is a cop, and because of that, the majority of the people she interacts with on a daily basis are other cops.

In a broader sense, I tend to write a lot of cops and soldiers because, realistically, cops and soldiers are the ones most likely to be asked to deal with fucked up shit, so if you want to write action/adventure in a modern setting, they're kind of a stock protagonist.

[deathwishy]

x MARVEL CROSSOVER x

Marinette knew that Tom Dupain wasn't her biological father. Nonetheless, she loved him and he loved her. He married her mother when she was two and have been inseparable ever since.

On the other side, her biological father was a prick.

He first came to visit her after she developed a ... rather interesting set of abilities. She was five when that happened. Her mother had somehow contacted him and, even though he doubted it, he came.

It is safe to say that he was beyond shocked when he saw that Marinette was his spitting image, not counting the blue eyes. She had a mischievous smile and sharp eyes, carrying herself like royalty, worthy of the title of the daughter of the god of mischief.

That day, Loki found out he had a demigoddess daughter.

While he was reluctant at first, the little girl grew on him. He visited at least twice a month, mainly to help her control her powers but also to let her know that he actually cared about her, to ensure that he wasn't with her like his father was with him. No other Asgardian knew about Marinette and he would like to keep it that way. There was no need for his brother of father to swoop in and ruin everything.

As the years passed their bond became unbreakable. Marinette still thought that Loki was a prick and an idiot at times but she wouldn't have it any other way. Life was boring anyway, why not sprinkle it with a little bit of mischief?

When she became Ladybug, he knew. He called out Tikki as soon as he stepped in her room and her parents were out of hearing range.

"Tikki, you can come out. You should know better by now."

Marinette was dumbfounded when the goddess came out from behind some books, with a pout and with her arms crossed.

"I knew it. Trixx did say that you came to Midgard and Marinette looks like a miniature female version of yourself."

"I'm actually surprised the guardian gave her the Ladybug miraculous. I would've guessed she would have been a better fox."

"She is a very good match for me too. Her soul is a creative one, but yes, she would be a perfect fox."

"Um... Can I get in the loop too?"

The two gods turned to her. Marinette had her arms crossed, tapping her foot on the floor. Loki gave her a sheepish smile.

"I am a God, Marigold, I do know the other gods too."

The day passed talking with the two deities about all sorts of things, Tikki especially scolding him for the New York disaster, Marinette joining her. It happened before she was born so even if he changed it was still a horrible thing

"Look, daddy issues are a pain to deal with. I was very angry."

"Dad, it's no excuse to be an asshole."

"I know." Loki rolled his eyes then grinned. "But what's this I'm hearing about from Tikki about a boy?"

Marinette flushed, glaring at the offender, now munching on a cookie, her eyes sparkling with laughter. She was shaking her head and vigorously gesturing with her hands.

"Nope. I'm not talking with you about this and, Odin forbid, if I see you around him I'll cut your macaron supply."

Loki only raised his hands in surrender, laughing heartedly. He wouldn't dare cross his daughter, so he swore, between tears of laughter, that he would keep his distance.

"But if he breaks your heart I'll throw him in Jotunheim."

��                                                        ...

A few years later, when Lila came around he knew. There was no mistaking the dimming of the fire in her soul. He could see that she didn't want to talk about it by the way she was dodging the subject so he had to take the matter in his own hands.

He shapeshifted into a horsefly and flew after her when she went to school. It took a lot of his power to hide from Marinette's sight but if was worth it. Now he knew why she started closing in on herself.

Loki could admire a good lie. After all he was the god of trickery, lies and deceit. But this girl spouting off the worst lies he ever heard. Not only were they ridiculous, they were also completely devoid of any drop of truth. That was the base of any good lie, and she was lacking it entirely. What confused him more what that some of her classmates believed her. Only a handful others didn't seem to believe her, one of which was a blond boy that looked at the leech, glued to his hand, with disgust. By his aura Loki assumed he was the holder of the Black Cat.

He confronted Marinette when she came back from school. Some of the lies were concerning, they were hurting his daughter and he couldn't let it fly. He assumed the harpy was set on Marinette because she wouldn't buy her lies. That was not surprising, she could see even though his best lies.

"I know, Marigold."

Marinette knew what he meant. She inhaled deeply and looked around.

"Can we go somewhere else, outside of Paris?"

The furrowed his brows, getting more concerned by the second. He couldn't read her in that moment. He could read most people like an open book, but that was his daughter. She knew how to hide things from him.

"Yes. Tell your parents, we don't want to concern them."

After she told her parents that she would go with Loki on a short trip, he opened a portal to a high rooftop over a city. She could feel the darkness of it, potent and corrupting. She figured that was why her father would bring her there, no one would notice them. As soon as the portal closed, she broke down. She hugged him, crying into his chest.

"I'm so tired, dad. The responsibility of Ladybug, Lila and her lies, half of my class turned against me, Hawkmoth just sending out akuma after akuma, it's just so much."

He let her cry, hugging her closely and patting her head. Even after all these years he didn't know how to properly comfort his daughter but it was something he actively was working for.

"But I assume you still don't want me to help?"

"The Avengers or The Justice League would notice if you do something. I managed to keep them away, for the time being, but I doubt they would hesitate coming if they heard that you came into a highschool, knives flying after a teenage girl or if you burnt down half of Paris searching for Hawkmoth."

She sighed, sitting on the edge of roof.

"I can handle it, I think. It's hard but I can manage it. I have Chat Noir and the others, we will succeed."

"You know that I will always be by your side if you need me, right?"

"Of course, dad." She hugged him once more, not letting go for some time.

When she calmed down, she asked him to get them to Paris.

"Dad, where was that? I've never felt a more malicious feeling to a place in my entire life."

"Gotham City. That place holds a centuries long curse."

Marinette nodded then hugged her father one more time before he left. She then went on her balcony, sketchbook and laptop in her hands. The afternoon sun was providing perfect lighting for sketching. She set aside the sketchbook for the moment, opening the laptop. She heard about Gotham from Alya when she was gushing about the vigilantes. She wasn't especially interested about them so she listened politely but forgot everything the next day.

Gotham was dubbed the Crime Capital, which was not surprising. The maliciousness surrounding the city was overwhelming, even if she was there for only a few minutes short of an hour. She could only imagine what that could do to the locals. A meeting with Fu after her patrol that night was mandatory.

Apparently he knew about the situation in Gotham. An old friend kept him updated. He confessed that he wanted to talk with her about it but decided to tell her when she was prepared. Fighting that kind of corruption would be hard and it would take years. They decided to put a pin in it and deal with it after they defeated Hawkmoth. Marinette did NOT need this on her plate now.

                                                          ...

Things got a little complicated when Wonder Woman decided to drop by. It was night, just a few hours after an akuma attack. Ladybug had to patrol on her own, Chat Noir was held back in his civilian life. She caught Ladybug on the Eiffel Tower, just when she was finishing her round.

"Ladybug."

"Wonder Woman. I wasn't aware that you would be coming by."

"I apologize, but this is important. Your presence is required at a summit between The Avengers and The Justice League. Some discussions will be about the situation in Paris and as the city is in your jurisdiction, you are invited to attend."

Marinette felt like she didn't tell the whole truth but agreed, under the condition to bring Chat Noir too. They were a team.

Loki wanted to come along but Marinette shot the idea down quickly. The was a chance that Thor would notice and everything would go south very quickly. She didn't need an international incident on her hands. The others didn't trust Loki but they were civil with each other after the brothers made amends and he helped them a couple of times. Still, she didn't think they would appreciate Marinette bringing an unauthorized guest.

                                                           ...

A few weeks later they were in a secret base in the Alps. After she got the coordinates of the location she used the horse miraculous to get there. They were fairly early, only a few members of both teams being present. Batman with his team, Thor, Wonder Woman, Black Widow, Winter Soldier and Green Arrow.

Batman was the first one to greet her, soon after she closed the portal.

"Tikki, Kaalki, divide."

The horse kwami landed in her hand, where a sugar cube was waiting for her. She then nestled on top of her head. She slid the glasses there too, for easy access, just in case.

"Ladybug, glad you could come." Batman greeted her cordially. She shook his outstretched hand.

"Of course. After all, I was said this was concerning us."

Before Batman could say anything, a man dressed in black, with a blue bird symbol on his chest jumped in front of her, grinning like a child.

"I can't believe it, you are a real magical girl!"

Ladybug took a step back, blinking, a little shocked by the grown man's reaction.

"Tt. Nightwing, be professional."

"Yeah Wingman, you're going to scare the little Pixie."

"Ignore them, they are idiots." Said one of them, coming beside her. She identified him as Red Robin, one of Batman's... Associates? It felt wrong to call him a sidekick. That would be Robin.

"Red Robin. The idiots there are Nightwing, Red Hood and Robin."

"Pleasure meeting you." She smiled to them warmly. Robin narrowed his eyes, looking at her head.

"What is that?" He asked, taking a step closer to take a better look. Kaalki flew in his face, indignated.

"I'm a goddess, you oaf." Robin took a step back, hands on his katana, shocked by the little goddesses reaction. She narrowed her eyes, suddenly tamer. "Are you famous?" Robin was sputtering, clearly not prepared for the change in her demeanor.

Red Hood burst out laughing.

"Fucking hell, his face. I've never been more grateful for the camera in my helmet."

"Kwami don't show up on camera, but his face definitely will." Chat Noir pointed out. He went beside Ladybug, up until then scanning the compound. "I'm Chat Noir, the fabulous purr-tner of Ladybug, at your service." He made a mock bow, grinning like the Cheshire Cat. Ladybug, Red Robin, Red Hood and Robin groaned.

"Not ANOTHER ONE!"

"Tt. I can't handle two of them. I'll inevitably going to break the no killing rule."

"Um, what's going on?" Ladybug turned to Red Robin, who was grimacing.

"Nightwing." He said, giving her a pitying look.

"Oh, come on, it can't be that claw-ful." Retorted Nightwing. Chat Noir lit up like a Christmas tree.

"My lady, see. I was sure I was feline a fellow paw-nner nearby."

"Kill me." Ladybug and Red Robin said at the same time. They looked at each other and laughed.

As more heroes were arriving, Ladybug introduced herself to each of them. She tensed a bit when Thor came beaming at her.

"Ah! I haven't seen the miraculous for centuries! I am not really that familiar with the Chinese Miracle Box but I did encounter a wielder of Trixx."

She smiled tightly listening to his encounter with Fylja. She knows from her father about her, a trickster just like him, who managed to seduce Thor and steal Mjolnir and hide it. Thor decided to omit that detail. He liked the young hero but something seemed oddly familiar about her.

When Aquaman came, he looked very uncomfortable with his proximity to Chat Noir. He was cordial but kept his distance after finishing introductions. Chat Noir did tell her once that Plagg said that he was the one who sank Atlantis. It was a real story, apparently.

Ladybug preferred the company of Red Robin. They had a lot of things in common, from mutual interests to similar experiences as heroes. He asked a lot of questions without being invasive or trying to find out things about her civilian life and actually seemed interested about her answers. She actually blushed when Nightwing called them cute. She could see with the corner of her eyes how Chat Noir was wiggling his eyebrows but swooped up the other boys when they started teasing them.

"Everyone is here. Only the official members of the Justice League and the Avengers are allowed, as well as Ladybug and Chat Noir. The rest will stay here." Wonder Woman announced, leaving the rest of the young heroes pouting and protesting.

Ladybug turned to Red Robin and gave him a wave.

"See you after."

"Definitely." He grinned, making her blush.

Chat Noir came beside her, smiling knowingly.

"At least you're not a stuttering mess this time."

"Shut up you alley cat, that was four years ago."

"So you do like him." He smiled even wider. Ladybug blushed furiously, punching him in the ribs. He only giggled.

"Nightwing and Red Hood owe me 50 dollars."

"You're unbelievable."

All the heroes were seated at a circular table, everyone having an assigned seat. Even Ladybug and Chat Noir, their symbols gleaming brand new on the backs of the black chairs.

"The summit begins. We are now gathered here to discuss the Paris situation." Superman began, opening a slide on the projector.

Ladybug narrowed her eyes. It became obvious that they called the summit just for this. They were trying to take control. She clenched her fists, but didn't say anything. She hoped this wasn't what it looked like. She put her hand on Chat Noir's shoulder when he looked like he wanted to say something. She squeezed twice. ' I got this.'

"Ladybug, Chat Noir, it's been four and a half years since Hawkmoth has been active and so far we haven't seen much progress. The akumas seem to become more powerful and aggressive and the damage to Paris greater each time. We think you might be over your heads."

"What we are trying to say," Batman stood up, glaring at Superman for his lack of tact, "is that the situation is becoming increasingly difficult and we feel the need to intervene. We know that you are young, let us help you."

"You are kids, we can tell. We thought that because of the nature of the miraculous you will be able to neutralize the threat in due time, seeing as it's the same type of magic." Added Captain America.

"We trusted that you could handle it, as you said, but some of us already have doubts." Iron Man said, crossing his arms.

"Your miraculous might not be enough this time. But that's ok. We want this to end as much as you do." Professor Banner added, looking at them like he was explaining to children why they couldn't cross the street when the traffic light was red.

Most of the heroes didn't notice the way the two young heroes narrowed their eyes, faces darkening, but some, mostly those who knew the power of the miraculous, did. Aquaman was uneasy, a sense of foreboding dawning over him, Wonder Woman looked like she didn't know what her peers were going to say. She stood still, but tense, like preparing for an attack. She knew they were somewhat right, but that wasn't the way to help them. Green Lantern was leaning in his seat like he wanted it to eat him. Thor looked around the table, damning every one of them present. They were going to get them killed. Black Widow was glaring at Banner, knowing what his words did to the Parisians by their increasing straining to say nothing and stay in place. Batman was following them carefully. Something about the two of them screamed danger.

Then Superman dropped the bomb.

"So, effective immediately, we take jurisdiction of the city of..."

He was cut off by a sudden boom reverberating through the room. All heroes jumped in a battle stance. When there was no threat in sight, they looked at Ladybug, who had made a dent in the table with her fist. Her eyes were entirely blue. But it was not her usual color, it was an icy blue, that could freeze the fires of hell. Thor held his breath. They looked exactly like frost giant eyes. And familiar ones.

"How. Dare. You."

She didn't yell but the heroes could feel the ice in their veins.

"For four years we've been tirelessly fighting an emotional prying bastard, while controlling our own to the point where it seems that we have none, handling our civilian lives at the same time, trying to minimize the destruction of Paris even though we new the cure with bring everything back to normal, tending to our citizens after they've been akumatized, ensuring they would get therapy and support, even stopping minor crimes around the city and you have the balls to say that we are in over our heads?! We may be but we are handling it way better than any of you do! You are not one to speak, Superman. Metropolis gets trashed every other week with you're messy fights, and there is no cure. You obviously have no regard of the destruction or the victims most of the time. The rest of you are mostly the same. But there is no one getting in your way saying that you're doing a horrible job and trying to replace you. And if there is, gods forbid, you just send them to prison or in a mental asylum. You have NO right to criticize our ways when yours are statistically worse!"

Both the Justice League and the Avengers were silent and wide eyed. Thor was the first to recover. Her eyes went back to normal after she finished but there was no mistake. The girl wasn't human.

"Who are you?" He pointed his hammer at Ladybug. She rolled her eyes.

"Put that down, you're not intimidating anyone."

"Those were frost giant eyes. Answer me or perish."

"Dad would not appreciate the perish part, you know."

The Avengers and the Leaguers were now exchanging confused looks. What were they supposed to do? What was that about? After exchanging glances, they remained silent, watching the exchange curiously.

"What are you talking about?" Thor retorted, now gripping Mjolnir tighter.

"I guess this is as a bad time as any but... Hello uncle."

It wasn't ideal but she couldn't have both the Justice League and the Avengers trying to arrest her. She took the yo-yo from her hip and slid it open. She scrolled through her contacts and tapped the one named 'The God of Bullshit'. After a few beeps, during which the heroes were recovering from their stupor, Loki's face appeared on the screen.

"Daughter dearest. What's the matter, are the others bothering you?" He said in a sarcastic sweet voice. She rolled her eyes then pointed the screen towards Thor.

"L'Oréal blond knows."

After a few seconds Loki starts laughing like a maniac.

"This is the best way they could've found out. This is PERFECT."

Thor walks in wide strides to an unimpressed Ladybug and takes the yo-yo from her hand.

"I have a niece and you didn't TELL ME!"

"Of course not. You pieces of shit are not worthy of the presence of my daughter. I don't know why she even agreed to come to the meeting. She is doing a wonderful job in Paris and does not need any interference. Beware, brother, if you upset her I'll come for your heads. I have to go now, see you soon, daughter."

Ladybug closed her yo-yo and looked around the room.

"I don't care what you decided. Paris is my city. You don't come barging just because you think you can do a better job. And yes, I'm the daughter of Loki but that doesn't mean that I have bad intentions. I'm a hero as much as you are. Now, have I made myself clear?"

"Yes, Ladybug." Wonder Woman was the first to respond. Even if she was a daughter of Loki, the young hero earned her respect. She stood her ground against them and made her point crystal clear.

The rest of the heroes agree, though some reluctantly.

"Now, I agreed to come here mainly because I wanted to say that I have a strong lead. Hawkmoth may soon fall."

After some other arguments with some of the reluctant heroes and a few protests that were quickly shot down by Ladybug and her supporters, the heroes dispersed. She and Chat Noir were between the last ones to leave, having a shushed conversation while the others left.

"We will discuss it back in Paris. But yes, it's true."

"So you're a half goddess?"

"Demigoddess, but yes."

"That is awesome."

When they entered the hall, they saw it was almost empty. She was disappointed that maybe Red Robin left until he was in front of her. He gripped her shoulders and looked in her eyes.

"I think I'm in love with you. That was the greatest hero smack down in history."

She was a blushing mess by the time the other boys and Batman came around. They were all snickering, even Batman and Robin.

"How did you..."

"Father turned his com on when he saw that you looked like you were ready to kill someone."

"B, you are not allowed to adopt her under any circumstances, do you understand me? We do not need another sister."

"Yeah Bats, don't ruin your only chance at grandkids."

Now Red Robin was blushing too.

"So... You don't care about the Loki thing?"

"We noticed that he toned down a few years ago. We didn't know why. Now it makes sense."

"Yeah, trust me, you're not the only one with a villainous parent 'round here." Red Rood pointed, putting his elbow on Robin's shoulder. The latter looked like he wanted to rip it off.

"And you are clearly taking your job seriously. Even father respects your efforts."

"I didn't intend to make you feel like you are not good enough. We wanted to help you, but it got out of hand. I apologize."

"Apology accepted. I understand where you're coming from, but trust me. This is coming to an end. Soon."

When the Bats were going to the zeta tubes and Ladybug was merging the horse miraculous with her own, Red Robin stayed behind. He handed her a phone.

"It's a non traceable phone. Of you ever want to talk, my number is programmed in there. I really enjoyed our conversation"

She took the phone, smiling brightly.

"I did too. Thank you."

She pulled him into a hug. He hugged her back, kissing her on the cheek then running to the zeta tubes. Her cheeks were as red as her suit. She touched the place where he kissed her, smiling like an idiot.

"Aww, I'm going to die of fluff. I ship it."

"Shut up." She grumbled but still smiling.

                                                           ...

A few months later Hawkmoth’s reign of terror came to an end. It was messy and heartbreaking but they were finally free. Adrien was exonerated by both the Justice League and the Avengers when accusations started to appear in the media. Not wanting to live with the Graham de Vanily’s, Adrien was taken in by Selina Kyle a.k.a Catwoman. It was quite fitting.

They have revealed their identities during the battle when they had to recharge and barely found one place to detransform. When they had the Butterfly and Peacock miraculous secured and Gabriel and Nathalie in police custody, they swung to the Eiffel Tower and collapsed there on each other, crying their hearts out for the first time in five years. Loki got there at some point but he kept his distance, understanding that it was their time. That was how they were found by the Justice League and the Avengers. Huddled together on the railing, not talking, with Loki next to them, smiling serenely. Thor almost had a heart attack. When she noticed that Red Robin came too, she ran to him and kissed him like the world almost ended, which almost actually did.

Fu passed guardianship to Marinette not long after, deeming her ready.

After everything was solved in Paris and the trials of Gabriel, Nathalie and Lila, for her aiding Hawkmoth, were done, Marinette began her first mission as Guardian. Cleanse Gotham.

Soon, a new vigilante, with a black fox theme, swung through Gotham with the Bats and Tim Drake appeared in public with his new girlfriend, Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

When I first saw what the prompt for today was I had no idea what to write. I didn’t want to do the class trip to New York so I took my favorite character, Loki obviously, and brainstormed. This came out. I don’t know if this has been done before but I love biodad!Loki.

So this is approximately 4326 words (I added and edited things on here so I don't know for sure) which is a new record. I did enjoy writing this. Maybe I will do something biodad!Loki again in the future, it's fun to write.

And as a sidenote, Marinette can lift Mjolnir.

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[evilwickedme]

I'm not Jewish but I had a question about anti-Semitism. If you're not up for the emotional labor of answering that's cool but I saw a post that compared seeing the Wonder Woman movie to supporting facism and that seemed wrong to me, but I'm not sure I know enough about the nuances of the situation to express why. I was wondering if you could help me understand if that's a bad comparison and why? If not I totally understand.

hey anon, great question. short answer: yes. long answer: abso-fucking-lutely. longer answer:

hell yeah, comparing seeing the wonder woman movie to supporting fascism is terrible. here are a list of posts I’ve seen in this context:

a literal blood libel on gal gadot, comparing the way she looks at chris pine to the way she might look at palestinian children before she eats them

the amount of times I’ve seen people say she supports killing palestinians because she opposes hamas, or saying she was a combat soldier, if I had one cent for every time I’d probably get a seven-digit check along with my actual paycheck on monday

comparing israel to the apartheid, fascism, or the nazis isn’t new, but hey, it’s always good to see it on my dash, ffs

so here’s why all of that is fucking bullshit.

1. we’re going to start with the convenient timing of all of this. see, you may not remember this, but gal has already been wonder woman before - in the dc film batman vs. superman. arguably, one of the worst films of all time, but she still had a relatively large part in it, appearing in at least a quarter of the movie’s scenes if not more. she also had a large part in a fast & furious movie, which I haven’t watched, so I can give no commentary on it. and in that movie earlier this year, keeping up with the joneses. all of these movies had moderate to starring roles by our favorite amazon, gal gadot. all of them went unbanned in arab countries, unprotested by palestinians and tumblr and the antisemitic left. would you like to guess why?

see, here is this movie, starring a woman, who is good, and strong, in that order, who saves the day, who isn’t sexualized, who is a goddamn hero, who isn’t joss-whedon “strong” but rather compassionate AND goddamn powerful. and imo - and other people on this agree with me - that fucking scares people.

people don’t want to support wonder woman. but since there’s nothing wrong with the movie itself - sans the car that appeared out of nowhere - they have to find something else to latch onto. and oh, how convenient, gal gadot is in this movie, and she’s jewish and israeli, so she’s double evil, let’s get people to avoid this movie that way.

to clarify, I don’t think everybody doing this is doing it maliciously. I think it’s understandable for a palestinian to not want to go see a movie with an israeli in it. especially if they’re told that gal gadot was a combat soldier who killed palestianians herself, who wanted to join and joined willingly. it’s understandable if somebody who doesn’t actually know much about the situation - who gets all their information about israel from tumblr and other leftists gentiles - hears the literal lies and antisemitic bullshit and believes it, because, funnily enough, the sjw movement has completely skipped us and many times fucked jewish people over. so again, it’s understandable. but there’s a reason the controversy is only surrounding the movie led by a woman who is actually everything tumblr claims to want - and that is plain old sexism.

2. let’s address the idf, mmkay? the idf is mandatory service for all citizens. that’s right! every 11th and 12th grader in israel misses at least a dozen days of school to go to various army bases till they decide where you’re going to go once you enlist. some people, like myself, get a special permit not to enlist - but it is very, very rare, and very difficult to obtain even if you have good reason for it - they dragged me around for a whole year, from city to city, until they finally issued me mine. not enlisting means jail otherwise. so gal gadot enlisted in 2004 when she was 18, like the rest of us, sure. but she didn’t choose to. and she didn’t join the combatant forces. she didn’t even go to the ever-popular intelligence units. she was a fitness instructor. she helped people get in shape. (sidenote: גל, אם את רוצה לעזור לי להכנס לכושר, תשלחי לי הודעה.) in addition, gal gadot is a fierce feminist, who shows up to premiers in flats cause her back hurts, who posts pictures of herself with her husband wearing no make up, who became wonder woman for her daughter.

but what about that three year old facebook post???? you mean, the one where she writes she supports the israeli troops in their efforts against hamas? people write about it as if it’s one of many posts she’s written about killing innocent palestinians. and just to clarify: that’s the only fucking post. and hamas is internationally recognized as a terrorist organization. it uses human shields and schools as centers for their activity on purpose. saying you’re angry at her for supporting her troops - as if you’d say anything like that to a retired american soldier for saying they support their troops, as if you’d dare - in the face of a battle with a literal terrorist organization - what could possibly go through anybody’s head that would make that sentence logical.

not to mention, she’s said repeatedly that she wished there was no need for the idf, that she wished that there could be peace. hey, I feel the same way. but the political situation doesn’t work like that. and so she supported eliminating hamas, a terrorist organization, and people actually hated her for it. literally what the fuck.

3. is israel apartheid or fascist? no. does it have problems with racism, and serious problems at that? hell yes. but we’re not fucking apartheid.

4. and finally: the antisemitism. because… dear god, the antisemitism. I’m going to break this down from the most “innocent” to the absolute worst.

wonder woman is white feminism - jewish. people. aren’t. white. they can be converts, or identify as white for other reasons - but antisemitism is racism against jews, aight? is that clear? the white/poc dynamic that is the common theory in america right now doesn’t work with jewish people. pale ashkenazis like gal gadot are not poc, but not white either, because white people were our oppressors for literally thousands of years, they raped us and killed us, and equating us with our oppressors is fucking antisemitic. see the first link for more detail on that.

a blood libel is a blood libel is a blood libel. for those of you who don’t know, blood libels are among the oldest forms of antisemitism. a blood libel is an accusation, specifically against jews, of killing non-jews, with little to no evidence, as an excuse to prosecute jewish people and kill them. the most common form is the claim that jewish people kill children, either to serve the devil, to use their blood for a matza or otherwise religious sacrifice, or even for fun. when searching for the blood libel I had seen - which thankfully, I couldn’t find - I found this post. this is an example of a blood libel torn apart. and just to clarify, ffs: yeah, claiming she killed palestinians and put notches on her gun is fucking antisemitic, especially when she did none of the above. it’s a classic blood libel, it’s literally garbage, and don’t fucking perpetuate it.

my personal favorite antisemitic trope is the elders of zion. saying every jewish person or israeli has connections to the people who secretly control everything!!!!! we’ve never been oppressed, we’re just pretending to be while secretly running the antisemitic media, the antisemitic american government, and of course, the ever popular antisemitic idea we run the banks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay!!!!!!!!!! here’s a secret: gal gadot, beyond voting, has no connection to the israeli government, or to any policies it has, racist or otherwise. she’s an actress, for god’s sake.

and the worst of it. comparing israel to nazis. comparing jews to nazis. comparing the magen david (aka the jewish star) to a fucking swastika. all the height of antisemitism. people on this site so conveniently forget that the nazis targeted jews more than any other group, that we still haven’t reached pre-wwii numbers, that around half of all jews worldwide live in israel, and that, ffs, we aren’t a fascist government, we’re the only true democracy in the middle east. call it pinkwashing or brainwashing, call it whatever you like, I call it antisemitism, because we’re not fascist, and we’re definitely not fucking nazis.

and once again, I’d like to remind you that even though I myself am open to talking about my opinions cause I can’t fucking shut up, asking every jewish person to talk about israel and its actions is fucking racist as fuck.

tumblr: don’t ask every muslim person to immediately denounce isis, a terrorist organization that literally kills other muslims!!!

jews: aight, don’t ask us to denounce the only place where it’s even a little safe to be jewish - 

tumblr: what???? no!!!! no way!!! here’s a jewish person, if you’re not explicitly for the destruction of israel and extremely vocal about it, you’re literal garbage!!!!

essentially.

anyway, so to summarize: yes, anon, your instinct was right. wonder woman is feminist as fuck, intersectional as fuck, and a great fucking movie which I’ve already seen twice, and not going to see it because of gal gadot, who is a literal sweetheart, makes me go:

[amaraudermind]

Oh boy, comic and show recs? :)

I have a ton, I have more than I care to try to list at once, so many that I'll talk under a readmore.

Comics

We Are Robin: a short run but a brilliant series, if you enjoyed wfa then it's a great place to start a deep dive into Duke Thomas as a character

Batgirl Vol. 1: the first ongoing Batgirl series, starring Cassandra Cain! Absolutely brilliant run, am a big fan

Batgirl Vol. 3: STEPH! This is Steph's run as Batgirl and I cannot recommend it enough, truly one of my favorite series of all time

Impulse: Really I recommend any Flash family book, particularly those by Mark Waid, but Impulse is such a great run that I will mention it specifically. The family dynamics are incredible.

Young Justice(1998): This series means everything to me. A warning, a lot of the latest nineties, early 2000s humor has aged horrifically, and some of the gags are in poor taste. Overall though, the series is amazing, with such fascinating teen hero dynamics and struggles that it's well worth the read.

Robin: Son of Batman: This! Is one of the best series to read if you've liked what you've seen so far of Damian! This series holds my heart and I miss the run terribly, truly the Damian series ever<3

If you liked the Super Sons movie I would definitely recommend most of their comic runs! The only one I'd recommend to never ever get your hands on is the series of graphic novels for children by Pearson! Trust me, it's not worth it, save yourself the time. Everything else starring the Super Sons is pretty great from what I remember.

If you liked the Harley Quinn show, my sibling tells me every comic run Harley has had is fantastic, but I have not read them and cannot confirm myself. But there are tie in comics to the animated series that have the same feel, so I'd definitely recommend giving that a shot!

Shows

Batman: The Animated Series: this cartoon is a classic, and has always been a favorite of mine. Though sparse on the various bat characters, there's a ton of groundbreaking storylines concerning both Bruce and his villains, and interesting interpersonal relationships as well. (Also has my favorite version of Talia Al Ghul to ever make it to the screen!!)

Batman Beyond: man, if B:TAS is a classic, BB is a masterpiece! Hands down, Terry McGinnis is my favorite Batman. Ever. No contest. His dynamic with Bruce is fantastic, and he truly is the only successor to the Bat Mantle that truly made it is own and did it so well.

The Batman(2004): yeah, another Batman. Most of these will be, actually. But! This is a great take on the character, a fresh take on his rogue's gallery, a cute take on Batgirl, and a wonderful take on the Batman and Robin dynamic. It truly is a worthwhile watch.

Justice League/Justice League Unlimited: listing these together because jlu is a continuation of jl! If you want a broad look at a ton of different DC characters done with clear love and care for each and every one, this is a great place to start! These shows are why I love the Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, The Question....really brilliant overall.

Teen Titans(2003): oh man, this show was my childhood! It is a fantastic series with great storylines and wonderful relationship dynamics. The only stipulation I put here is this: your understanding of these characters will be skewed if you ever decide to look for comics of them. The most glaring differences are in Starfire and Raven, but all of them vary wildly from their comic counterparts. I find the show completely worth it, myself.

I will cut off the recommendations here, hopefully it's not too long and overwhelming. There's so much great content to be found if you're looking for it, and I hope you enjoy your descent into the DC fandom.

Hey y’all, I’ve finished watching the Harley Quinn show, I’ve read through The Wayne Family Adventures, and watched the Battle of the Supersons. Besides Suicide Squad, I’ve never watched any DC stuff. I’d like get into DC comics and tv shows— only the good stuff though. Does anyone have recommendations on where to start??

[zara2148]

Hmm, you're right that it's odd Bruce calls Jim 'Gordon.' I hadn't noticed that... maybe Bruce is distancing himself a bit from Jim after the events of last episode? From feelings of guilt (and how he really can't confront his bond with Jeremiah, twisted as it is?)

Agree that Gotham seems to have had little idea of what to do with Barbara, since Season 2 IMO, and unfortunately what they've decided works is having her be fem!Oswald (which you know, would be salvageable in my eyes if Gotham would explicitly acknowledge how it solidifies the Gobblepot subtext, buuuut...). I have a sneaking suspicion part of why they kept her on beyond any idea of what they had to do with her is for this plotline, being Batgirl's mother.

For me, the C plot was Bruce hunting Croc in the sewers and was by far the most boring for me. Probably because next to Jane and Penn, Croc was just a muscular cannibal I could barely make out in the darkness on my TV screen. I could see how you could take the Penn one as the C plot though, as even less happens in it than Croc's, really. I suppose even badly written Oswald is just more engaging to me than dark sewer fights.

When I first watched it, I took Ed scowling as him scowling at Oswald's flippacy about therapy (and by extension mental illness). Oswald is often treated by Batman narratives as 'sane' compared to other rogues (though if nothing else, Gotham's Oswald must have some breathtaking PTSD). Or at least, Oswald isn't running around with some Hollywood version of DID. So maybe offense at how dismissive Oswald seemed?

Kind of the problem with Gotham's mishmash of realism with comic books, it doesn't always mesh. I was waiting for someone to say, every time it was stressed that Dix couldn't walk, something about how Selina couldn't a few weeks ago either. It's Gotham, people can't even stay dead, what's a few other medical miracles?

I also kind of noted to myself that Jim looked kind of shifty when he says he doesn't know what the military will do with Barbara. I thought it because Jim does have an idea, that like me he might be thinking it'll be along the lines of 'kill on sight.' A few ways to read into why he's not telling her that.

I've already ranted about how OOC it feels to me that Oswald just... seems to let Penn's death go. I've also ranted how off it is for a relationship that seems so hollow in this episode ends with a declaration about their friendship. *sigh* When will my Gobblepot return from the war?

Overall, as glad as I am to have seen Gotham's take on Scarface and Jane Doe, this episode is pretty pointless. I know Harvey has a checkered past and I've seen Jim judge him for it. Penn didn't need to be brought back after 'dying' and really not much was done with him being back. Croc just bored me.

Edit: Oh, and I wonder if Jane having a normal face when unmasked might be a reference to Batman the Animated Series villain Calendar Girl. A one off character, she was a former actress and supermodel turned masked supervillain. The sad part came when she was unmasked, and cried out for everyone to not look at her.

Batgirl: But she's beautiful.

Batman: She can't see that. She can only see flaws.

Gotham – s5e08 – Nothing’s Shocking

As I watched it, and some random observations here and there.

Previously on Gotham:

Bye-bye, Wayne Manor.  Mr Penn is dead.  Jim and Barbara had a mini-fling in his office. Lee forgot she spent the last few months banging Ed and got judgey with Jim.  Barbara said Jim didn’t think she was fit to be a mother.  Oswald is leaving Gotham by submarine. Jeremiah’s actions caused toxic chemicals to be spilled into the river.  We have a lovely flashback from season one, with Harvey’s old partner.  Remember season one?  Those were the days.

None of the super-intense Bruce and Jeremiah stuff made the previously?  O….k.

 As always, long post will be long.  There are likely to be rambling digressions. Gobblepot might appear (although I welcome all shippers and non-shippers alike :)).  There will be naked favouritism and naked not-favouritism.  Broader comments at the end on plotlines and parallels and general direction.

Sirens, where a sequinned Barbara chats to a patron.  She distastefully eyes two older men who are very much not in the style of her usual clientele – but allows them one drink, after much pleading, when they give her a small piece of intel about heating oil on the black market.

As they’re standing at the bar, they are approached and jovially greeted by Harvey’s old partner – much healthier than we saw him last.  His face hardens for a moment as he asks them if they ever think about the girl. They frown – and ask him what he’s talking about.  Stone-faced now, he replies

About what we did to the girl

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