#sorry this is a veery long post kind

[bitter-hibiscus]

Hey hi you have piqued my interest and I would love to hear your thoughts on Jason and Roy's interaction in New Titans #20-21 :)

OKAY OKAY OKAY!!! SO THOSE ISSUES ARE SO SO SO IMPORTANT TO ME BC THEY SET THE FOUNDATION OF JASON'S RELATIONSHIP WITH AUTHORITY HERO FIGURES AND. ROY IS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY POSITIVE ONE

Sorry for rambling about more than just Roy and Jason but I had to set a foundation for my points.

The only three people who actually speak to Jason at any point for more than a single line in those issues are Donna, Hank, and Roy.

Donna, as is plainly stated in the text, is not actually talking to Jason, but to Robin, and she expects him to act exactly like Dick Grayson does.

In the beginning of the story, this isn't particularly an issue, since Jason is very excited to be included and Donna isn't actually putting any kind of pressure on him. HOWEVER, as issue #20 progresses, it becomes really, really serious. Particularly in this scene:

Donna, who up until this point Jason generally worshipped in that way children always do, just showed him she's not only capable of extreme violence against her teammates, but also willing to completely leave the people depending on her behind. (I may not be the biggest Donna lorehead but I'm pretty sure this isn't something she does often. It is, however, what Jason sees her doing, and that's important.)

Jason, kindhearted, boneheaded Jason, immediately calls her out on this. He trusts that Donna is a capable and trustworthy hero and team leader, but the image of a perfect heroine has been broken.

Donna puts almost the... complete opposite kind of pressure on Jason that Bruce does. Bruce has trained Jason to obey, and to try and force him into a leadership role while three of your teammates are literally unconscious is, to say the least, stress-inducing to a little kid.

(oops, the Donna part got long. I have a lot of feelings about them, okay?)

The second person who interacts with Jason in those issues is Hank, who is, you know. Hank.

The first thing he says to Jason is mocking his age, which Jason seems to be pretty self-aware of in a negative way, being the only child in a group of 20-something-year-olds.

Then, he actively stops Jason from joining a fight and doing his part as a Titan:

It's the polar opposite of how Donna treats Jason in this issue. Hank sees Jason as incapable and unfit for being a Titan. It's both demotivating and incredibly insulting, especially when Jason was trying to do the right thing.

So we're 0 for 2 for grown-up superheroes being dicks to Jason.

Enter Roy Harper, stage left.

Roy is the only member of the team to both acknowledge Jason as a teammate and still speak to him like the child he is without being patronizing or mocking, despite his conflicting and complicated emotions on the mission they're going to, because Cheshire. He keeps himself friendly and inviting to Jason, forces himself to joke around, because Jason is a child who shouldn't be responsible for Roy's Whole Ordeal.

He actively humors Jason's worship and wonder of superheroes, but still jokes around with him like Jason is an equal and not a kid he's babysitting.

He offers Jason company and empathy, and encourages him to share his view of the situation, once again treating Jason as a team member worthy of being listened to, but not particularly of being in charge of anything. Jason, for his part, pays attention to what's happening with Roy, and expresses concern over what Roy's feelings on the situation might be.

(long pause to admire how beautiful Jade looks in this story. anyway)

This scene is also really important, I think. Not only for the obvious reasons of Lian Being Revealed, but because even though Roy is reeling from the knowledge that he has a child, he still has space in his thoughts to care about Jason and want him safe. Even though Jason's attempt to lighten the mood was... less than optimal. Lol. I love him so much

Jason is there for what some may argue is the biggest part of Roy's development as a character, and even though he's secondary to everything that's happening, Roy still considers Jason an important part of the situation. He still takes Jason into account, despite desperately wanting answers from Jade.

I have nothing to say about those panels but look at them. my babies. jason is so so worried. his new friend is not ok and he cant help :(

TLDR: Jason's interactions with most adult heroes are.. pretty bad, (Not all. Shoutout to my men Joey Wilson and Garfield Logan,) but Roy is a major exception to that rule. He's compassionate and funny and a hurricane of emotions, and he's the first adult outside of Batman and Nightwing to canonically show Jason a little bit of kindness. While not in any way backed by canon, I do think that Jason's interactions with Roy filled him with determination to be a good hero and earn other people's trust. Those two issues have very small interactions, but I do believe they're some of the most important pieces of original Robin Jason content, largely due to Roy's presence.

[adequatelovers]

hii can you rec me some fics? like the basic and more popular ones thank you!

Hi!

OMG thank you for the ask? Soo I wouldn’t call myself an expert on fanfics and I def haven’t read all the popular ones even tho I read A LOT

but here u go I guess^^ these are the ones I loooved and are also popular I guess

First the multi chapter ones:

wicked game - onekingdomonce/laurent-ofvere (on tumblr)

- Post King’s Rising. All is well until Laurent hits his head and wakes up with amnesia. He forgot everything that happened after Damen arrived in Arles, which.. tHE aNgSt!!!! but it’s SO WORTH IT. it has a happy ending too

go astray - liesmyth

- Canon Divergence AU. Basically what if they fucked their way through Prince’s Gambit. Love it mostly for the plot but the smut is *chef’s kiss*. The author is a fucking genius so def check out their other works^^

star power - TurtleTotem

- Modern/Celebrity AU. Damen is the lead singer of a rockband currently struggling bcos his fiancée cheated on him with his brother, both part of the band. Laurent is a promising ex child actor struggling to make his adult career work bcos of scandals. Both of them would benefit greatly from good publicity right now.. like a relationship.. LOOOVE the fake dating and the similarities it draws to the canon story^^

all the education (that I missed) - niniblack

- Modern AU (again sorry lol) Sooo this one is super fun even tho it doesn’t sound like it. So Damen is a teacher and hooks up with a seemingly random guy in a bar (Laurent duh) only to be introcued to him the next morning in his classroom. This is not underage despite of the description. Laurent is badass in this!!

here are some one-shots:

echo chamber - SeekTheMist

-Post King’s Rising. In one sentence: After a long journey Damen returns with a beard and it does things to Laurent. But obviously it’s more complicated than that. I love the character study of this. It might be a bit heavy on the CSA so be warned?

Room in this closet for two - exyking

- Modern AU. Damen is a stripper, Laurent is attending Auguste’s bachelor party. Obviously sparks fly and they hook up in a closet lol veery sexual and fun

brute - exyking

- PWP. Behold, this is steamy af but also so well written!! Damen and Laurent wrestle and oh boy does it go down xD

honeyed - calismash

- Canon Divergence. Noncon. Laurent makes use of Damen in Arles. Kind of Bottom!Damen and hot af!

Bonus! only if you’re interested: unfinished works, but not any less great:

hardest of hearts - exyking

- Modern/Stripper AU. THIS ONE IS SO GOOD. The author who wrote ‘room in this closet for two’ basically expanded the one-shot into full on multi chaptered fic and it makes the one-shot so much better too. Laurent is so well written!! Damen and Laurent meet for a fuck on grindr and then after radio silence from Laurent’s part again at Auguste’s bachelor party.. very enteratining. Not finished but def worth the read. (((also Damen is also a pornstar)))

we are breathing river water - laurxnts

- Modern AU in Paris. So this one is super dark. Laurent is a child’s therapist hiding from his uncle who is the leader of a child pornography ring. Damen is a cop investigating these cases and one fateful morning he brings a boy named Nicaise into Laurent’s office, trying to get the info Nicaise could hold back. This one takes you to the angsthell and back, so get ready (also it currently has 330k+ words so good luck) also it still updated fairly regularly^^

when the sun is on again -thickenmyblood

- Canon Divergence This one is getting all the hype rn!! Damen and Laurent meet after the peace treaty that happened insead of Marlas and Damen gets to see Laurent grow up. The Regent is still there so ew but being able to read about Laurent growing up into the cunning genius he is makes it so goood. Veery slow burn but Tender AF. Also AugusteLivesTM and he is a badass king and I love him! Updates weekly (usually.. no pressure Maca!!)

the mannequin gallery - marieddorks

- Modern AU. This is a fashion/influencer AU and even tho I don’t really care about the topics this fic just holds my heart bcos the way both Damen and Laurent are depicted is just miraculous!! The story just took off but I know it’s gonna make me cry alr so yay!

soooo this escalated a bit^^' the fics are pretty much all on the explicit side so... idk i usually dont really read other things? I tried to give a good variety and I know most of the authors are known in the fandom so I guess their fics are too^^

Enjoy!

[flurrys-creativity]

Check - in - tag

Soooo... I got tagged by the lovely @inkofyoongi, sweet sweet @birbdae and the wonderful @http-ara! Thank you for all the tags and sorry for doing this so late!

1. Why did you choose this url?

Based on the name flurryfries. I use Flurry as my nickname and I try to be creative on this blog..

2. Any sideblogs? If you have them, name them and why you have them

This here is my side blog.. My main blog is amazing-flurryfries, which basically is abandoned unless I reblog once every blue moon something not kpop related..

3. How long have you been on Tumblr?

Two years and a little for my main blog and less than two years for this one!

4. Do you have a queue tag?

Nope... anything I post gets queued (except for tag games) but before my hiartus I used to have three reblogs per evening (middle european time) with a pause of 90 minutes between each reblog, recommendations would be reblogged at 3pm whenever I came to reading some stories and posting my writing was and will be always at 2.30am based on a posting schedule.. 

So yeah.. I don’t have a queue tag because I queue absolutely everything :D

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

I wanted to read all those crazy posts here on tumblr that I saw on other platforms and after I talked with my best friend about my writing ideas and wanting to reach people, I decided to make this blog..

6. Why did you choose your icon?

That’s basically me.. when I’m wearing my glasses.. The icon gives off an awkward vibe and I am like that... veery awkward but still approachable, I hope? Yeah... sounds like a good explanation.

7. Why did you choose your header

I like poetic sounding stuff and it’s nice? I guess? Kinda simple? Also I didn’t want to focus on just one k-pop group as a header since I write for a bunch and seemingly add even more groups...

8. What's your post with the most notes?

I think it’s the first chapter of wabi-sabi (my kim taehyung hybrid series) if that’s not it then it’s redamancy (a kim seokjin smut one shot)

9. How many mutuals do you have?

When does someone become a mutual? Where is the line? I don’t know that! Like I have a bunch of people I regularly talk with or who I annoy but are we mutuals already? What about those that I adore and used to talk to a lot but because I suck at keeping social interactions up I don’t talk to them but still consider them as dear... I need people to tell me “we are now mutuals” to know that we are... just tell me and I’d be like “k, congrats to us I guess”..

10. How many followers do you have?

Enough to celebrate my first milestone... I’m a little sad that it happened right after I started my hiatus because I really wanted to celebrate it with everyone.. but I will do that once I am completely back, I think?

11. How many people do you follow?

A lot? That changes constantly because tumblr keeps unfollowing some blogs and I don’t notice and I also discover new blogs every day.. I think I haven’t reached 200 yet though...

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

If you hate yourself enough, every post is a shitpost... but I love my shitposts so I don’t care :D

13. How often do you use Tumblr every day?

I am scrolling through the feed whenever I need to destress.. so that is a lot... but mostly it’s just scrolling and not really active reacting to posts.. but since tumblr is kind of my safe haven I am on this hellsite a lot!

14. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won?

Not that I am aware of... I’m usually a very friendly person and so far nobody attacked me because I stated an opinion.. so no.. I never had one! (doesn’t need to change by the way)

15. How do you feel about "you need to reblog this" posts?

Apparently I did something right.. because I haven’t seen such posts... I also think it will depend on the topic... but I basically go by the rule “if I don’t feel comfortable, I won’t reblog it”.. like I said.. this is my safe haven and I won’t do anything that will ruin that!

16. Do you like tag games?

I love them! Even though I never know who to tag afterwards! But I love getting tagged! Makes me feel special!

17. do you like ask games?

I do! I really envy blogs that seemingly get a lot of asks, whether through a game or ask my muse or anything like that.. I think I tried them twice and I either didn’t get a reaction at all or just one ask, which is a little sad.. I’ll probably try it again though :D

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is Tumblr famous?

fame is a weird concept.. when is someone supposed to be famous? Does it depend on the notes of posts or the follower count? For me.. anyone that reblogs, gives comments or interact with me.. those people are famous in my eyes.. because I remember their names and am thankful for them since they make me feel special!

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Nope.. I don’t even know if I have a crush at all... (not counting the unrealistic idol crushes)

Once again I won’t be tagging anyone.. but should you want to do this (or tell me that we’re mutuals) feel yourself tagged!

[danganronpedits-archived]

hiya! i love the way you do kin matchups so i would like to request one. danganronpa and its fangames please owo im your friendly neighborhood gremlin with a love for mischief. i like purposefully annoying and pissing people of bc its funny. i used to be a malicious jerk, but have been taking steps to be a better person. despite being extroverted and friendly, i dont get attached to others easily. oh also i love birds and fairgrounds/circuses. thank you, knock yourself out

ooh... haha, you sound really different from a lot of the anons i’ve gotten! thank you so much for requesting(and for the compliment ^^;), this was veery fun to plan out! hope you enjoy it :)!

from danganronpa, i first match you with...

kokichi ouma!

just to start off- that owo???? i just??? you mean to tell me that kokichi WOULDN’T use that? starting off, both of you are total gremlins. ingame, i mean, spoilers and whatnot, but kokichi literally runs a gang based around mischief and pranks. the fact that his gang is dedicated to that and only that i feel like is something else you have in common- while kokichi ingame can definitely be malicious, this is likely because, well, it’s a killing game. more specifically, one that basically no one trusts until the first murder happens and everything is suddenly real. i’m not trying to excuse his actions in it, but i feel like if he had that same personality of his outside of the game, there would be less of a need to be so distrustful and harsh towards others- after all, the outside world is intimidating and threatening, but there’s a lot more places to run to if someone wants to kill you, rather than in one single academy. sorry, i kind of went off on a tangent!

the two of you are rather extroverted, and while he’s not exactly friendly, he has this demeanor that implies that he’s going to be a sweet, adorable little guy. not saying that that’s you, but you know! the two of you seem very energetic, at least from your typing style, though that may not translate into real life. he loves getting on other people’s nerves for his own entertainment, ie kiibo. i would also say that he doesn’t get very close to others easily, as we see with both the cast of the killing game. plus, this is more theorising, as kokichi is strongly implied to be an orphan, that’s also something that causes trust issues/trouble getting close to people in victims of this, as, well, they weren’t able to be taught those kinds of bonds. again, i’m not saying that you’re an orphan, but that’s something the two of you are very likely to have in common. finally, i mean, dice has a clown aesthetic. he definitely likes fairgrounds/circuses.

from danganronpa another, i match you with...

satsuki iranami!

satsuki is definitely one that jumped to my mind right away. quick one, she’s literally the ultimate clown- she loves circuses! plus, the owo. how can i resist pointing it out. while i wouldn’t say she intentionally bothers others for the sake of comedy, it’s more like... a lot of her comedy can come off as annoying occasionally, just because it’s so clownlike,(who would’ve guessed, haha) which is such a niche art in my opinion. i think both of you are very energetic and extroverted, as well as friendly, but neither of you seem to get particularly attached to the people around you- at the least, satsuki doesn’t seem to express it. you both do seem extroverted and friendly, but i think that lack of attachment to people can make you seem insensitive or rude at times, as it’s a bit harder for satsuki to be personal and genuine with someone. i wouldn’t be surprised if you share that with her.

satsuki, being a clown, is definitely someone who i think would have a love for mischief- i kind of teeter totter between the headcanon that she can appreciate all kinds of performance and comedy, versus her being like... an entertainment purist that only sees clownery as the valid kind. but regardless, a lot of the circus aesthetic is based around mischief and playing with people’s perceptions, so she seems like she’d have a fondness for mischief too! satsuki also, just from her talking about her inferiority with her siblings, could be someone i see as having more roughness or rudeness thanks to that insecurity. that’s just a headcanon, as we don’t know too much of her past from my knowledge, but it doesn’t seem too unlikely. obviously, she’s a better person now/she always has been the person we see ingame, so we don’t know exactly. linuj feed us more satsuki info 2k20

from super danganronpa another 2, i match you with...

hibiki otonokoji!

hibiki and kotoko were really hard for me to pick from between these two, but as you can see, the former won out! hibiki Has The Gremlin EnergyTM, in my eyes, and she does use... the cursed owo. while i wouldn’t exactly say hibiki’s one for mischief, she does take on a form of that- her half-jokingly picking on people is what i’d consider to be this. some of these comments do come from malice, as she has her own insecurities that she hasn’t quite worked through yet. i definitely don’t blame her for having these, and if you relate to her i don’t blame you for having them, as there are several good reasons as to why she’s been held back. however, we see ingame that she does have a lot of potential to grow, like how you’ve talked about becoming a better person that’s less driven by just rudeness. in fact, she can become rather kind to other people- of course, her efforts and growth are cut off, but still...

hibiki does enjoy, at least at the beginning of the game, picking on people and bothering them. i’d say that this is for a mix of both her amusement, and as a defense mechanism. her sister has likely caused her trust issues, which makes it harder for her to really get close to people. after all, we see exactly this ingame. setsuka, and i suppose her sister, are really the only people that she’s able to trust at first, despite having a cheery and extroverted demeanor. i think that she does have a lot of potential to trust others and be open, but this potential tends to get stifled by her environment. also, finally, we don’t really know her thoughts on a lot of her hobbies/interests i don’t think? but like, birds sing, and she’s a vocalist. maybe there’s a connection there?

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it’s time for minor matchups! however, i’ve specially noted hiyoko saionji for someone that you’d remind me of strongly in the past. otherwise, from danganronpa, you somewhat remind me of kotoko utsugi, genocider syo(not too much of toko), and miu iruma! and also, you remind me a tad of monaca towa. from the danganronpa another series, you remind me of setsuka chiebukuro!

gah,, i feel like that was really long haha. hopefully it was alright, though! please remember that you know best, anon, and that if you’d like anything in this post changed, please let me know! (also, requests are open again!)

-mod tsu

[avenger-hawk]

I know you've said before that you liked sasukarin based on their moments in canon, have you ever considered Itachi/Karin?

(actual Sasuke face when he finds out lol)

Not much actually, mostly because while I am intrigued by Sasuke’s interactions, based on existing or even just possible interactions with many characters, I’m less interested in Itachi’s, so I haven’t given much thought about themeven though he has many possibilities as well.

Itakarin is one of those possibilities and even though I wouldn’t search for fics about them lol, I think it could be a cute pairing, where they balance and compliment each other fine. Itachi is silent, mysterious, composed, stoic, very strong both mentally (his resolve and determination) and physically (not stamina but ability), and he’s very assertive although in a silent, manipulative way, not always acting in-your-face directly, while Karin is direct, loud when she’s comfortable, but also very serious, well organized and veery empathic although it’s something she keeps inside, just like Itachi keeps his sensitive side hidden. 

So I’m ok with it as long as Sasuke is portrayed as he is, and not as a jealous violent ass*ole like I’ve seen to often, while Itachi is meek and nice and bonds with Team Taka who end up preferring him to their bitchy leader. (I’ve seen things Anon, certain fics and certain authors really like to write this kind of shit)

I can already hear the gears of some blogs who are blocked along with their buddies so they shouldn’t read my posts,that are never tagged as #itachi, who are so against keeping Itachi’s threatening aura and his strength as part of his portrayal, but still, this is my blog and this is my opinion and it would be better for them not to lurk where they aren’t welcome (and they aren’t welcome because they bitch all the time about my opinion, not because I hate them. just to remind you guys some context before I get to the reply).

The first context that comes to my mind for them is either one where Itachi doesn’t die at the end of his fight against Sasuke. Maybe Sasuke, who sustained a lot of damage as well, collapses before he does in canon, like after Itachi frees him from Orochimaru’s curse mark. And Itachi collapses too but he doesn’t die, or maybe he stays awake but weakened and Team Taka arrive to the fighting place as Sasuke doesn’t come back and Karin feels his chakra weak and gets worried. And they find Itachi acting hostile and telling them to leave and let them fight…He’s obviously acting but he seems threatening and scary even if he’s wounded. BUT Karin can tell if one lies, it’s her ability, and even though she’s almost fooled by his as he’s the best liar, she senses something…a warm chakra flare, sort of, when he looks at Sasuke.

So while Suigetsu and Juugo are worried about Sasuke, Karin observes Itachi, uncharacteristically for her who’s always focused on Sasuke. 

“You…you’re lying” she blurts out, but no one pays attention to her, also because Kisame arrives as well…so while Suigetsu and Juugo defend an unconscious Sasuke from him, and Kisame taunts him, remembering the last time he beat up Sasuke, at the inn. Suigetsu resumes his fight against him and in the meantime Juugo has one of his moments, fueled by all those strong chakra…he turns into his beastly self and takes Sasuke in a way that looks more like manhandling…maybe he wants to take him away to protect him, maybe he wants to do bad things to him, no one really knows but Itachi jumps in front of Sasuke and faces Juugo, scaring him until he calms down.

“You lied…you are lying. You love Sasuke” she repeats, and this time Itachi loses his mask for a second…enough for Juugo to sense something as well, or maybe just to see a resemblance with Sasuke. It’s useless to say he wanted Sasuke’s eyes so he didn’t want Juugo to kill him before he did…Karin understands his lies now. So he tells a half truth…but she knows there is more. And also the others, Kisame is familiar with villages doing horrible things in secret, and the other are familiar with horrible things in general. 

They take Sasuke to a safe place and heal him, and Karin insist for healing Itachi too but he refuses. He tells her the truth about his health, she gets upset because she can only imagine how badly Sasuke will suffer if he loses him, Itachi isn’t sure, he thinks Sasuke will want to kill him when he wakes up, truth or not, and he’s ready for that, he wants to die by his hands. 

When Sasuke wakes up he’s told the truth by Karin and the others, so it’s traumatic but in a different way compared to canon Obito telling him. They are more supportive (and they don’t tie him up lol). Sasuke at first thinks they’re all crazy, that it’s a genjutsu, that they’ve been manipulated by his brother…then Itachi enters the room and you can see Sasuke’s eyes widen in fear, in anger, in surprise…Itachi shows him the truth as he did in his Edo Tensei form and the younger is shocked, so much that he has a panic attack. 

When he wakes up he seems his comrades and Itachi. Karin assures him that he’s not lying anymore…He has mangekyou for the shock of the truth, of reliving his parents’ deaths, and he wants revenge on Konoha, but he has another priority, now that he knows that his brother is dying. Saving him. 

Karin’s chakra can make him feel better so he regularly bites her in the meantime. Needless to say since we’re talking about Itakarin and I’ve made it more Sasukecentric (sorry!) they get closer and closer, as they’re travelling she always stays by his side (when he’s not with Sasuke ofc). And let’s say Kisame spends time with Suigetsu because senpai-kouhai, while Sasuke is with Juugo (I just love them ok).

And ofc when Sasuke finds out, or more like, when Karin tells him, he’s very happy for them as jealous Sasuke doesn’t exist, he just wants Itachi to be happy.

Anyway maybe Juugo’s chakra can save Itachi, or heal him and keep him alive if he takes it regularly. Or:

-they’re gonna look for Kabuto and make him heal him…Kabuto wants, and I quote the manga, ‘an alive Uchiha’ for his experiments so Sasuke offers himself ofc, Itachi is healed and then he finds out what his brother did (Karin tells him, she may be Itachi’s gf now but she loves Sasuke as a special friend, a brother even, the one who saved her) and they defeat Kabuto and take Sasuke back.

-Kabuto can’t do anything so Sasuke becomes angry and dark and decides to attack Konoha to get his revenge for what they did, now that his brother will die with no possibility to save himself…he doesn’t take Itachi who’s really sick and who wouldn’t want this, and Karin is with him. He and the rest of Team Taka (bonus Kisame) face Konoha shinobi and during the fight Tsunade actually listens to why he’s doing this, and she offers him a deal: she can’t go back in time to prevent the massacre but she can change Danzo with treason and sentence him to death, in a way that will make everyone understand his actions were wrong, thus restoring the Uchiha clan reputation. And she can cure Itachi, or try to.

Sasuke accepts, and she finds a way to use Karin and Juugo’s chakra to heal him forever, and his honor is restored as well.

So they can live in Konoha or keep travelling, it’s up to them.

And in all this Karin is beside him.

Wow, as you can tell this kinda grew on me as I was writing this :)