#someone parent this boy

[magnoliasandarson]

my beloved ghosts

Dick Grayson talks to ghosts. He sits on rooftops to watch the sunset and laughs with the dead. He rambles to his parents about his day and tells his brother corny jokes just to hear him say, "You're the worst, big bird." Seeing a crooked smile from a few feet away heals all his hurts, and when his Daj ruffles his Jay's hair, everything is right in the world.

Dick Grayson walks through Bludhaven with headphones in so he can talk to his ghosts. He strolls past bakeries and points out especially interesting-looking loaves to his brother and stops to look at the cute dogs his dad gestures to. He hums along to the songs his mother sings. He ignores the weird looks he gets, because he's not doing anything wrong. Just being a good son and brother. The best.

Dick Grayson runs from his ghosts. He races across rooftops, fleeing from a figure in a bloodied golden cape standing on a fire escape. He leaps from the tops of skyscrapers, eyes pinched shut to avoid the red leotard falling to the ground below him. He fights through faceless villains, his father's eyes finding him from the shadows.

Dick Grayson hides from his ghosts. He clambers into tight spaces and contorts himself to be small. He hunkers down in the darkness and lets exhaustion carry him to see his ghosts in his dreams. They are waiting each and every night, eyes wide and dimmed, smiles leaking crimson. He wakes gasping for air, tasting the bitter tang of iron and salt.

Dick Grayson loves his ghosts, adores them, and despises them. He needs them, needs them to know how sorry he is and how much he loves them. He wants them to look at him and say it's okay, that he didn't fail them.

Dick Grayson sits alone on rooftops and talks to himself. He walks through the city with teary eyes hidden behind sunglasses, speaking to no one. He runs through the city in the dark, desperately evading glints of gold in windows and rust on the street. He whispers, "I'm sorry." to the shadows in a cupboard as his eyes close at night.

Dick Grayson loves his ghosts. They mean he isn't alone.

[exasperatedoctopus]

On a scale from completely cutting them out of your life and moving to the other end of the galaxy (Julian) to subconsciously metamorphosing into a murderous goo creature and attacking them on sight (Odo), how well do you deal with your garbage-tier parental figure?

[technically-human]

Ms. Crystal Palace…?

All my friends are dead!

ko-fi

[batcavescolony]

I feel like comic writers and some fans have forgotten that Young Justice is mostly about the girls. The main storylines were about Secret/Greta, Cissie, and Anita. The boys were there but they had their own runs. Take Young Justice Dark Crisis, yeah it's all about the boys IF you only read the first 5 ish comics. After that it's either big comic events or about the girls. Really the girls are the main characters of Young Justice, the boys are there to draw people in.

[buggerrr]

dev having a one-sided crush on hazel in a “baby’s first time experiencing kindness” way. like one drop of compassion directed towards him and hes head over heels. hes just THAT starved of meaningful human connection. he has never had someone that genuinely cares about him before.

look at his face. LOOK AT HIS FACE. all hazel did was be all “we’re cool no worries” and LOOK AT HIS FACE

i love him so much i want to put him in a microwave until he explodes

[gendrsoup]

this is a crystal palace surname von hoverkraft appreciation post. her outfits were always awesome despite having recently lost her memories and therefore most of her wardrobe tbh. she took no shit. she was willing to beat up a bunch of cats. she was being stalked by her literal demon ex and somehow still managed to get shit done. she gave no fucks about looking crazy talking to "herself" (except for that one time but wtvr). she was forced to wrestle with the possibility that the person she used to be was awful, yet proved herself to be inherently kind and good at every turn. she dragged the boys out to the states at the slightest chance that she could help a girl in danger. she immediately helped niko, both with her parasites and with her emotions, having only spoken to her once. she even went out on a limb to empathize with the evil witch who kidnapped her friends at the smallest possibility that their shared injustices could get through to her. she summoned a fucking goddess to reign in the witch she made immortal to get justice for hundreds of girls who didn't have a voice or a chance. ughhh she is just such a wonderfully written and developed character and SO underrated in this fandom and she deserves all the love from everyone all the time

[am0ngtheb0nes]

Plans coming to fruition... Maybe soon he won't be so bored...

[ggardengirl]

he was just a fucking kid 💔💔

[1doesnotsimplyhavejust1fandam]

Half questioning my memory of the post s4 era, half side eying a certain character, so correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think there was ever a time when the Buddie fandom fully took the single “Evan” from the season 4 finale as Eddie receiving “Evan” privileges from then on. From my recollection, fics stayed mostly consistent with their uses of “Evan” by Eddie, perhaps just with an emphasis on important moments (love confessions, Christopher’s adoption papers, wedding vows, NDEs, etc.) after the finale. And I had to stop myself from wondering why that is because I know why. We all know. Because nobody wanted to use “Evan” in fics when Buck had just told his parents that people who know him call him Buck. So Buddie fandom heard that, accepted it, and uses it only sparingly. In canon and fanon, even Maddie only rarely uses “Evan” anymore, and it feels even less common for her to use post-Buck Begins (if at all, actually). So the fact that Tommy and BT fans tend to use “Evan” (at least, this has been my experience) is so utterly jarring. Buck told everyone his preference, and I believe LFJ has spoken about being told to use only “Evan” when referring to Buck, so I simply do not understand anyone who believes that BT is in love already or endgame. Yes, it could go the “Buck gave Tommy ‘Evan’ privileges off-screen” route, but then why push it off-screen? It would be a major allowance made for a new love interest, and a significant step in Buck’s character arc. Yet we see nothing of the sort. So why would anyone believe that’s what happened? The last we heard, Buck had told his parents and everyone else to call him Buck exclusively, with the minimal exception of Maddie (who was, for most of his childhood, his one and only lifeline and confidant). That sort of history and characterization is not ignored if there is not something very wrong with the writers’ room. It was not even ignored by a significant portion of the fandom post-season 4, although Eddie gaining permanent “Evan” privileges would’ve been a strong indicator of a Buddie endgame (had an on-screen explanation of Eddie gaining this privilege been released). It was not ignored, and it did not change the nature of Buck in fic nor fanon. So why in hell is the same not holding true for a brand new relationship like BT?

[writer-room]

Honestly the funniest thing about TDP to me is that Rayla for some reason always thinks Callum isn't 100% ride-or-die with her on any given situation. Seriously, she could decide she's jumping off a cliff and he'd do it too--oh wait.

I get that half of it is 'protecting' him but like. Girl he has been ready to die and kill for you since the first snake chain incident. It has not lightened up since. In fact its gotten worse. She's his special little guy and if anything happens to her he will kill everyone in the room and then himself. She physically cannot ever sacrifice herself for anyone because Callum WILL be following her straight into the afterlife in no less than a minute. I'm fully convinced he can and would go even further than Claudia and he'd barely have to think on it for five seconds before shrugging like "damn this sucks, can't believe I have to turn evil" "you literally don't have to--" "no I'm gonna"

And honestly I think that's peak teenagers first girlfriend behavior.

[moeblob]

kitty kitty kitty

[yellowraincoat]

Elliot: I’m going to marry Serene someday

Luke: what an odd thing to say, we’re only 13, it’s not that serious

Luke, later, writing a letter home: dear mom and dad this week I met the most amazing boy at camp he’s so mean to me all the time he teaches me loads about other cultures he made me read this book ig he’s the reason I’m doing so well in history class I don’t understand any of his jokes and he can never tell when I’m kidding he gave me a pen yesterday and I’m keeping it he never wants to go to my trigon games we hang out constantly. He’s my best friend tied with Serene! Cant wait for you to meet him at parents day!!

[undertheredhood]

jason todd at all times: y'know, i think i'm doing pretty good for myself as someone who's had four parents that i was never enough for.

[asexual-juliet]

no but ryo paul debut is actually making me care about paul as a character for the first time because holy fuck if a white darry & japanese american paul dynamic is not supremely compelling in terms of 1960s oklahoma race and class tensions

[adustoflove]

I always think well if I dated a man, I wouldn't feel as insane. I wouldn't feel so awful or jealous. And then I remember why I came to the conclusion that I'm a lesbian. I just wouldn't care if it were a man. I just can't bring myself to care about men like that 😔😩😭

[vegaseatsass]

DFF ep9 spoilers

I love gay revenge, I LOVE gay revenge, I love gay REVENGE, I love GAY revenge, HOWEVER

I also love brothers with an uncrossable chasm between them whose parents compare them who lose each other and their entire family along the way... guess what I'm saying is, I love guilty golden boy brother revenge, too