#sorry for adding to this post I couldn't fit it in the tags lol

[froizetta]

This is such a good point! And for me, it ties into a broader interpretation of their characters: they both mirror each other in being Not As They Seem. Despite their superficial characteristics being complete opposites, they connect because they have a surprising amount in common. And that's because they both contain dualities.

I firmly believe that Bruce is a romantic. Yes, he's often cold and calculating in his relationships, but that's never for lack of caring. In fact, if anything he cares too much: fiercely, pathologically. He cares about Gotham so much that he practically tortures himself in the name of protecting it. He cares about people so much that he's sworn never to kill, even criminals who've caused him immense and personal suffering, because he believes everyone deserves a second chance. He cares about his family so much that he will blow up his own relationships with them if he can convince himself its for their sake. In Batman: The Knight, Bruce tries to get rid of his love so he can be more efficient, more unfeeling, but in the end its his love that becomes his true strength.

Is any of this healthy? No, not really! He's deeply emotionally repressed and can't express any of these feelings in healthy ways. But the feeling is there. And I think in love he can be reckless and impulsive, when the feeling overwhelms him. Thus the proposal to Selina; thus his many entanglements with his rogues, especially Talia, which are pretty obviously Bad Ideas from a logical standpoint. But he loves, and sometimes he can't hold that back.

Meanwhile, Clark also loves deeply, but his love drives him in a different, nearly opposite way. Clark is warm and friendly, raised by emotionally supportive parents - but he's fundamentally not human. He's always kept the alien parts of himself hidden to keep himself and his family safe, keeping his powers under careful control. Because if he slipped up, he could hurt someone, out himself, destroy his ability to be among people without quite being one of them.

And this too is out of love. He loves people, and he loves humanity. But in many ways he expresses this by keeping himself at a polite distance. Unlike Bruce, he doesn't paint himself as a loner, but for much of his existence he has few friends; he's isolated from both humanity and his own culture in ways more profound than almost anyone else can understand; he has a Fortress of Solitude in a place few others can reach, which is his closest link to his heritage on Earth. Superman separates himself from humanity, and this bleeds into Clark Kent as well.

I see nothing wrong with writing superbat in line with their friendship dynamic, with Clark being more open and Bruce more cautious. In fact, I think there's something interesting about their theoretical romantic relationship with each other being distinct from their usual relationship styles (e.g. Clark doesn't have to be cautious now because it's BRUCE, who already knows all his masks). But it would definitely be awesome to see more fics trying it the other way around once in a while. For instance, a Bruce who only holds back because he thinks his feelings are unrequited, while Clark knows it's requited but says nothing out of a fear of upsetting the balance. Superbat are so fun as a pairing because there's so much to explore there, so explore I say!!!

I want to see more superbat fics that incorporate their canonical* ways of approaching romantic relationships. I want to see a Bruce like the one who impulse proposed to Selina on a rooftop without sparing a thought to their “work” statuses or what a domestic future together would truly look like. I want to see him across from the same Clark that for decades did not allow himself an official, truthful, or committed relationship with Lois (or Lana) because of his paranoia and fear around identities and bringing them into further harm’s way.

So often in fics, Bruce is painted as the one overanalyzing every potential outcome, hiding his romantic approaches behind layers of masks and secret identities, any denying himself a relationship on the smallest of technicalities—but it’s Clark who tried that for years.

So often in fics, Clark is written as the one to take the leap, to enter relationships with deep hope and trust and commitment—when Bruce has had his heart broken by this too many times in the past.

The way their relationships are commonly written mimic their modern friendship’s development—it is in no way out of character—but I would love to see more that is based on their romantic styles, not just platonic.

*(obligatory disclaimer that this is a mass generalization of some canon and common fanfic depections)

[ndostairlyrium]

✨ Self Rec Tag Game✨

I was tagged by the creator of the tag game herself, @shivunin and I'm terribly sorry if I came back to it super late ;; it was super fun looking at what others made with it tho <3 people are so talented!!

Rules: Share five of your own fanworks (fic, art, etc.). Then, tag five more people to share the things they've made.

Something you absolutely adore

Something that was challenging to create

Something that makes you laugh (or smile, if that fits more comfortably) 

Something that surprised you (in how it turned out, how much other people liked it, etc.)

Something you want other people to see

For those I'll tag: categories aren't necessary, "they're more guidelines than rules" (cit. @shivunin)

I may have broken the rules because I'm chronically undecided << hopefully it's fine sorry in advance

Something you absolutely adore

I just... I'm into chill and comfy vibes <<' These three together bring me so much joy, like, I remember reading all their interactions on the wikia and smiling like an idiot because I wished that all of it was more blatant rather than "yea there's a 3% chance you'll get this interaction in game"

Something that was challenging to create

Probably the first batch from everything-else-but-Inktober 2020. I decided to drop the idea of messing with inks and straight up exercised on things I usually fail at / wanted to improve. The whole challenge was, well, a challenge. I remember struggling from day 1 to 30 because I'm terrible at studies, I tend to filter and filter and filter and... But I like the results!! Far from perfect, but I've learnt big deal through it ;; If you're interested, here's the links to the instagram posts: Weeks 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

Something that makes you laugh (or smile, if that fits more comfortably) 

I can't decide! Aaaaaargh Here, have a multitude of things that make me crack a smile :'D

...I wanted to add more but I don't wanna make another monsterpost :'D

Something that surprised you (in how it turned out, how much other people liked it, etc.)

This fanart of Ophélie from Le Passe Miroir, which I'm very proud of ;; I know it doesn't seem like a huge accomplishment or an art megazord, but I was very in my head before opening Photoshop but during the process, when I realized I was doing exactly what I pictured beforehand, I just couldn't stop being proud of myself lol which is something I don't experience a lot :'''

Also this comm I did for @n7viper that made me say "oh, you can handle this" This was quite the experience ;; thanks again for letting me work on this dude <3 I started with a greyscale then added colors, which is a technique I used some times and like, I was sure it was challenging because it's super hard to balance everything out, but when things came out exactly how I wanted them to be?? Woah, alright Picasso, slay

Something you want other people to see

-My dwarven ladies 🧔✨

you can check it out here

-The things I'm doing for this artfight lol I think I leveled up in some cases 👌

These are previews, everything will be posted in this blog, my artblog, insta, twitter etc etc

-The collabs and trades I made with some of the most talented people I know and cherish ;;

Like this one amongst the many I did with @greypetrel who dragged me back into Lord of the Rings after years and I'll be forever thankful for that ;; but also for the experience <3

Or these ones I did with @underneathestars Plus our joint effort for last year's N7 Day: her post - my post That was a challenge and your girls served 💅

Also This!!! Courtesy of @demandthedoodles This was like, one of the funniest - yet astounding - outcomes from a sketch I almost forgot I made lol I need to print this out when I can!

I would include all of them, because I traded art and collaborated with people I really appreciate but I can't possibly include other things ;; I'll mass reblog / share them in the next days!

Also, thanks again @shivunin for this tag game ;; I discovered things I've never seen from people I follow and found out awesome new things from people I didn't follow already. So super fun <3

I'm tagging (no pressure, no commitment): @n7viper @underneathestars @qwib @skeltrr @lethalhoopla @kassarts @aukanemin @ii-then @daggerbean @vaesivlasta @sparatus

[gorygirl1996]

"THE 47TH INFECTION"-(AKA "THE 47TH TURNED").

MY FIRST IMAGE POST ON A TUMBLER GROUP! ALSO IF U WANNA KNOW WHY I TYPE LIKE THIS, PLEASE READ MY BVIO. BEEN PLAYING' THE HEL OUT OF THE HITMAN WOA TRILOGY LATLEY AND ITS FREAKING AWESOME! I WISH I COULD'VE KNOWN OF/GOT TO PLAY THE OLDER GAMES WHEN THEY CAME OUT THOUGH.

ANYWAY: I KNOW THIS IS "OUT OF CHARACTER" GIVEN THAT VAMPS DON'T EXIST IN THIS UNIVERSE, AND I THINK 47'S IMMUNE TO MOST ILLNESSES/INFECTIONS...SO IDK IF IT WOULD WORK ON HIM, IF TI WERE ONE, THEN AGAIN THE VIRUS IN THAT ONE LEVEL KILLS HIM IF HE GETS SICK RIGHT?

ANYWAYS. LONG STORY-SHORT ISH. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE OUTFIT, AND I THOUGHT "WHAT IF?... I MEAN HE'S ALREADY A STRONGLY ENHANCED CLONE. SO...MAYBE BEING A VAMPIRE WOULD...PROBABLY MAKE HIM MUCH MORE TERRIFYING!" (NOT THAT HE ISN'T ALREADY DANGEROUS AND YET AWESOME ON HIS OWN, OF COURSE. JUST SAYING).

THEN I HEARD THIS ONE RANDOM GUARD WHILE WATCHING SOMEONE PLAY THE MISSON SAY SOMETHING LIKE: "YEA HA-HA! VERY FUNNY BUDDY, VAMPIRES DON'T EXIST!" OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT...SO AGAIN WHAT IF THEY DID? THAT ONLYL FULED MYDESIREE TO DO THIS EVEN MORE. WELL...TBH I CAN'T HELP IT, BUT I LOVE TURNING CHARACTERS I LIKE INTO THEM...IDK WHY TBH. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE (SOMETIMES) SO BADASS AND COOL IN MY OPINION LOL!

ALSO, I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH TAG TO GIVE THIS TBH, SO IF THIS IS THE WRONG ONE, OR IF THERE'S A BETTER FITTING ONE PLEASE TELL ME I KIND OF WISH WE NOT ONLY HAD AN ARTWORK TAG SECTION BUT ALSO THE ABILITY TO PUT MUTLBALE TAGS ON THESE THINGS.

I OWN NOTHING ABOUT THE HITMAN SERIES...ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO IO INTERACTIVE. I PUT THE IMAGES/TEXT TOGETHER IN A SORT OF "MEME" STYLE USING GIMP, AND I POSED 47 IN GMOD-(TO THE BEST OF MY LIMITED ABILITIES, GIVEN HOW MY GMOD HAS MESSED UP ATM WHEN IT COMES TO UPCLOSE POSES). SO I'M SORRY IF THE PIC DOESN'T LOOK THE BEST, I'M STILL ALSO A NOOB AT GMOD POSING MIND U.

BUT I ALSO ADDED HIS SCARY EYES/FANGS WITH GIMP. THE VAMPIRE CUSTOM IMAGE, IS FROM THE HITMAN WIKI, I ALSO DON'T OWN IT EITHER LOL. IF YOU ALL DON'T WANT ME USING IT, I WILL TAKE IT OUT OF THE PICTURE AND JUST USE THE TEXT OR SOMETHING.

THANKS FOR READING, PLEASE FORGIVE THE LONG-ISH ESSAY OF TEXT AND ALSO FORGIVE ANY GRAMMAR OR SPELLING MISTAKES IF ANY ARE PRESENT.

[buttercuparry]

Bruh you gave a reply and blocked me before I could even read 😭🤣🤣 how wonky is this accomplishment then??

And here you go don't come at me with this nonsense after adding the nonsensical reblog. You not being here when the show was airing doesn't take away from the fact that this bullshit is so old to us old jonrya shippers that this frankly is a bit boring. We were "allowed" to exist as long as we kept "our filth" to our own tags and not abuse Jon's tag. We couldn't abandon restraint because the moment we did we would have someone making a tongue in cheek post about nasty people shipping incestuous ship. Lol. You probably didn't understand when I said "been there, done that." This whole thing has happened before though in a different flavour. I was informing you darling not boohooing my frustrations at your doorstep. And lol look at me dismantling your little reblog point wise. Look at me asking you how exactly is it wrong for me to quote the book in reference to longclaw whatever's post to establish how factually stupid it was to say that Jon died for the watch. How is us talking about this particular thing taking away from Jon's arc, since I believe the point of that post was to establish how Jonryas are wearing shipping goggles and making everything Jon has done for the NW about Arya?

Right Jonryas say that because Jon is a misogynist Jon can love only Arya huh...hmm. So we throw tantrums over Jon/Ygritte? We dismiss Val? And I guess we dismiss Dany too then huh. Point to be noted I once remember you saying how you said that you only trust Jonerys shippers now. You know apart from million parallels and of course foreshadowings of a possible Jonerys union, one of the fondest thing their shippers say is that, Dany fits in with Jon's taste when it comes to romantic partners because Dany and Arya are so similar- it's of course said very platonically referring to Jon's childhood days spent with Arya. But here comes the point of Jon being misogynistic. Val was lonely, lovely and lethal to Jon. And he made it a point to add that Val wasn't some maiden sitting in her tower brushing her hair. This is what we mean by Jon's bias ( natural given what he had to put up with at Winterfell). His remark about Cersei's pride just because she chose to display her house colours is what we mean when we say that even Jon has certain ideas when it comes to decorum. It's similar to Arya when she in her desperation tried to order Harwin around, even when the narrative was showing her the cost of war in the feudal society. There are certain things that these kids have inadvertently done because they are a product of their time. What is so wrong about saying so? Does that negate every other good thing that Jon or Arya has done? The fact that you would say the bogus thing about us....US!!! saying that Jon will look only to Arya and not at any other women. Wtf!

I know you are pissed about one thing. I know it. Even though I wasn't there I know what you are truly pissed about and I am sorry that someone said that about one of your faves ( I am not talking about Jon). Yes you are right when you say that we appropriated the blue rose. Perhaps we did. But my god you are now making straw men and accusing us of things while we in our little corner are just...idk existing only occasionally talking of Jonrya. You can go fuck yourself.

P.S. adding this: Jon having a type isn't misogynistic. But the way he talks of a willowy creature in a tower is a bit. It's acknowledged that this bias is based on his loathing of highborn femininity, because of how the society and how in his own childhood, he was treated by Catelyn and Sansa

[double-j]

17 questions, 17 people

thank you for the tag @antiquitea

nickname: jess

sign: leo, and yes i do have the co-star app. (which today asked me "are you ignorning your sadness?" so that's great). anyway my friend who made me download the app would want me to specify that i am a leo sun, cancer moon, scorpio ascendant.

height: 5'5"

last thing i googled: how to rearrange photos on a tumblr post LOL

song stuck in head: "arabella" by arctic monkeys

number of followers: 217

amount of sleep: usually shoot for 7-8, sometimes 6. i used to be an intense sleeper, like 9-12 hours every night, it was not great. feel much more like a person now, haha

lucky number: 3

dream job: legit i do not wanna work, oops. changed my major 4 times in undergrad (econ, econ&math, computer engineering, film&tv), added a minor because i still wasn't sold on my major (poli sci), then panicked senior year and applied to law school. now i do in fact have two degrees staring at me and don't really want to do anything with either one, but couldn't tell you anything else that i'd rather do either. sometimes think i would maybe go back and do something with film&tv, like editing, but ya never know.

wearing: aerie leggings, savagexfenty ribbed tank, savagexfenty cropped hoodie, claw clip, white ankle socks seemingly from old navy. pretty much your everyday WFH fit for me, though lately i've been subbing the hoodie for a flannel.

movies/books that summarise you: omg hahaha just realizing i was thinking about this one and never changed it okay wow. give me some time and maybe i will think of something cause right now only the most tragic books and movies are coming to me and that’s just not accurate

favourite song: usual go to when asked for all time fave is "sweet child o' mine" by guns 'n roses. a mix of current and long-term faves, courtesy of my spotify wrapped hitting today: "atlantic city" by the band; "mardy bum" by arctic monkeys; "high infidelity" by taylor swift; "vanilla" by flipturn; "still the one" by shania twain; and "julia" by mt. joy.

favourite instrument: drums. have been harassing my husband to let me buy myself/buy me a drum kit.

aesthetic: just took a buzzfeed quiz that told me it's "dark academia" and also "4am at the airportcore." feel like that vaguely fits my personal style, because i typically dress like it's 4am at the airport, and on the rare occasion that i do go out i suppose it's vaguely dark academia? idk.

favorite author: ya girl reads almost exclusively romance novels, okay? so mostly whatever is recommended to me on the kindle app, recently read a ton from natasha knight. my sister is a diehard colleen hoover fan, which i have heard is vvv basic/lame (sorry if she's ur fave), and i've given her one opportunity to convince me. she has me reading november 9, and i cannot get past the first chapter right now.

random fun fact: i mean i feel like i just gave way too much info to every question above, lol, but my go to fun fact in college was always that i still have one of my baby teeth. still do now, as a 27 year old. no adult tooth was ever underneath. luckily it's a molar so not visible from the front, cause it is incredibly short.

no pressure tags: @theharddeck; @fandomxpreferences; @cherrycola27; @imjess-themess; @wildbornsiren; @roosterforme; @3tabbiesandalab; @thesewordsareallihavetogive; @justfandomwritings; @callsignvalley