#srry for the one liner but

[crashnbrn]

DON'T BE A SPACE MORMON!

season 7, ep 3

[gravphobia]

hey skull nation he and mask got piercings together 

[jrueships]

can you please walk us through the relationship between wemby and jabari the people need to know

i think the most notable thing about vic and Jabari's relationship is that they don't have one, when it would be so beneficial if they did. they're like two soldiers fighting for the opposite sides of a war, too loyal to the cause to stop and think about what could have been if they just lowered their respective weapons aimed by cold hands larger than their own. foils by fate, friends by freedom.

' remember, you will Always be Different. '

' remember, you will Always be Replaceable. '

'Replaceable'

Jabari's dad made it in the NBA, then didn't. He was a big that could shoot, but wasn't a post-up man. Back then, post-up was the desired style. Ironically, now, it's all about shooting. But his dad didn't live in the now, and his career in the US was short-lived, to keep it cordial. Jabari's older brother played basketball throughout his whole life, but stopped after college. Jabari's cousin, Kwame Brown, was drafted 1st overall in the lottery, and became a notorious bust for the Washington wizards.

Basketball is a business. Basketball is fleeting.

It doesn't matter that a big with sharpshooter skills is valued as something so 'prized' in today's nba, not back then, not when it would have mattered for Jabari's dad. Making it is one ballpark in its own, but Staying in it? Can perhaps be an even more painful ordeal when the hoops to accomplish it aren't circus hoops, but a plain hill some just don't have the strength, mentality, or the materials to help climb without distraction or pitfall.

Jabari's dad made sure Jabari had this threat forever ingrained in his mind. When he yells at Jabari for misplaced eye contact, for typing the wrong words in a public social media reply, for reacting in a way a camera might misinterpret, it's out of love. Jabari's dad was known for being a hassle to coach back then, maybe because he knew his potential and no one else did because it was too new to the mold. So he makes sure Jabari doesn't follow his same habits. Jabari is polite to authority, simply replies with a 'Yes Sir' or a 'No Ma'am', he holds eye contact, he wakes up hours before he needs to just to jump rope, just to uphold the standards that his family could not. He is Everything his father is and isn't, plus more. When his team wins, he's still talking about his missed freethrows even 8 hours later. Because someone else could have won the game And hit those free throws too . someone from a family that gained success and stayed in that success. Someone who wasn't Just Another Son of a basketball player trying to do what his father couldn't, someone who was Different .

Everyone knew wemby was different. When his literature class was asked to write an essay about your future dreams in life, he wrote a fictional romance about a couple where the woman got in a car accident and was comatosed as a result, but got better in the end. He didn't write about being a great basketball player one day, because his parents don't pressure him to hunker himself into the norm, even though his mother once was and now coaches. If Wemby one day realized this wasn't for him, they would encourage him to leave and follow whatever greater passions propelling him. He's so agile for his size because his dad was an Olympic talent in track and field. He is someone who has hobbies and talents that are considered common alone, but strange combined, because he loves what he has and what he does. He reads every night for one hour before bed not to appear as some pseudointellectual, but because he Genuinely loves it, and when he loves something, he excels at it. He does try to be different, but not out of ego. He just loves to be. He either accomplishes at 200% or zero. It may be 200% in an unexpected direction, but it's His direction and that's what matters. If he somehow does wind up a bust, a possibility he considers without fear but acceptance as potential fate, then he won't go down as yet another failed first pick. He'll fall as he flew, Victor Wembanyama.

' Different '

' Replaceable'

Jabari winces each time he's subbed out, even for a second, even on an injured ankle, he's silently Stubborn, his posture shrunken and his gaze at the ground yet his eyes, big, wobbling, staring up always at the speaker, he's silently scared.

Jabari doesn't Want to be different. He just wants to be what his family couldn't be when it came to fame: irreplaceable . His parents split when he was younger, he tries his hardest to appease them both as to not cause any more issues. The relationship relies on his shoulders more than ever, and he can't fumble it again. He has to be what his dad couldn't so his dad can stay, commenting on commonality or surprises. He wants to support his still working mother, especially after the split. He doesn't Want to be unique, he just wants Security.

Because this can crumble any moment now, it doesn't matter how high your pick was or how bright the future Could Have been or how the game would later shift to your style if you had just somehow Stayed. Why bet on low chances if you know you can't handle the risk. He shakes any college coaches' hands that showed up to his practices, personally thanks them for coming even though he's one of the best in the country so their presence should be a given to him, it's not. When he picks a college, he picks one that guaranteed their faith in him from day One, and didn't require any further prodding to finally say '.. Maybe we'll offer you a position' like Kentucky did, as big and famous as it is, it wasn't Secured . They saw him as a risk at one point, and that's everything he's been trying to avoid when it came to attention, negatively standing out.

Jabari wants to be known as the strong shoulder to the world. He WANTS to be known as That One Guy who can just carry everything, nameless but Good. He just wants to be Good. Please tell him he's good. Please tell him what he's doing is Good. That basing his entire personality around yet another soldier who ultimately fell in battle but fought nonetheless being nameless is Good. Please feel free to give him all your burdens to bear like he's just some mule, an animal, a Tool .. because that means he's Useful, at least. That means he's Good. And if he isn't good, then he's nothing. Because you can always just buy another one anyways. A better one.

'Different'

Although his parents try not to treat Wemby by simplifying his differences into a strictly labeled, simple FUTURE BASKETBALL PRODIGY box at birth, that doesn't mean that can always stop others from doing it. Wemby signed his first autograph at ten years old.

It didn't matter if he was a kid who was so much more than just his basketball future, basketball fans wanted one thing from him and one thing only: Success. People didn't care about his literary skills or his drawing hobbies. The eyes on his alien needed to be smaller 'so your shoe can sell better, trust us, it's still Your drawing.. your weird little .. not money-making hobby, do believe me, Vic, We know what We're doing. You just stick to whatever you do.'

His differences, in the end, are minimalized just to that. He's just Different. That's what everyone says who wouldn't really care to say anything at all if he never hooped as well as they wanted in the first place. The youtube videos of 40 year old men criticizing his 15 year old games didn't Really care if he was just a kid, they just cared in the 'imagine when he reaches peak physicality? imagine the points (money) he'd make for the nba.' His beautiful differences, artistic, soft, unique but oh-so wonderfully common and passionate.. are all dissolved into 'Different', the Base definition.

he's an alien. Someone you can just dump all your poverty franchise worries onto because don't worry, he's Different. Trust me, he'll save your team. 'He's Different. ..am i talking about how he'd effortlessly answer questions in class while also trying to hide the fact that he's playing on his phone by tucking his bony legs awkwardly in his chair and crouching his spine over that it looked almost scary? HELL NO? what does THAT have to do with BASKETBALL?? no, he's just freakishly long, but like. Gifted. Though. ... I don't know, man, he's just DIFFERENT, okay? you can trust me, i'm a sports podcaster, okay? everything i say is gold.'

A celebrity approaches him because he was different than most famous basketball athletes. He was Different. And yet, when he didn't recognize or notice her presence due to Different cultures ( due to Being Genuinely, Detailedly Different ), he was scorned and ushered out of public eye so another possible pr bomb couldn't injure his reputation as a Difference That They Really Would Rather Not Want.

that's what his reading falls into, his old friends, his family, his art, his personality. If it's beyond ball, if it's beyond Business. The world only cares if it's marketable. Sure, some reporters will ask a question outside of sport, but only because it'll be a Different.. funny little nugget of knowledge for fans to laugh at then soon disregard for what Really made him famous. But, Wemby is what he always wanted to be. He's Different. So What if it's not exactly the kind of Different he actually wants, he actually functions on? No one has the time to perform 200% anymore. Slap the label you wanted and call it quits, stop being so High-Maintenanced. That's not marketable.

You're just different. And to some people, that's all you'll ever be. No need to explore it any further. Who knows, your Consumers might find something they won't like. And we can't risk that happening to our greatest circus freak.

i mean. Generational basketball talent .

If there's a press conference going on that somehow includes the two, then Wemby just wants to be sure everyone can hear what he really wants to say, in his own words, not echoing anyone else's, and Jabari just wants to Be in the Room.

His brother stopped playing basketball because his family said he didn't try hard enough. Jabari Can't have that. His whole life revolves Around basketball, around sport. He doesn't WANT to be DIFFERENT if that isn't the soundest option, he just wants to be GREAT. Because GREAT is SUCCESS. Jabari Smith is not success. It's just a retry at it . His father shares the same name.

Wemby's life did not always revolve around basketball, to people, at one point. At one point, Wemby's life was just his life. Now, it seems like only his family think that, and they're from a whole other country. When he comments on videos critiquing his playstyle, he doesn't do so out of anger or questioning, he does so because he genuinely Wants to improve. He Does want to be great. But, he wants to be great in Everything that he finds interesting. He always did. When he likes an author, he reads All their books, not just their most notorious novel. He wants to be transported into other people's worlds so he can learn, so he can change, so he can be Different. Even if he somehow were to lose all of this fame, this Greatness, this job, this opportunity, he will never really lose. Because he's someone who's always taken opportunities to the fullest, so even if they pan out a little differently, that's Fine, really, because he's different. Not in the minimizing, dictionary definition then leave the meaning at that different, but in the butterfly effect. What he once was ten days ago is not exactly the same of what he is now, and it hurts, sometimes, when people fail to see that, or simply don't want to because textbook different is easier to digest than worldly different.

IN SHORT.. theyre foils. i can't Exactly walk u thru their relationship bcs .. there Isn't one.. & that's what's so Interesting about them. That's what makes their relationship, to me. Because if they WERE to be friends, if they somehow in some alternate world WERE to get paired up on the same team... they would be friends. I really think they would be. Not only because their signs are so compatible, or their differences are so stark, but because their similarities would triumph everything beautifully. Maybe. We don't know because they Weren't paired together, we can only speculate. But i think it would be big and beautiful, whatever they would have, it would be Something.

unfortunately, we don't live in an alternate world where they're teammates though ! Double unfortunately, Jabari and Wemby's biggest similarity is their loyalty to the game (a double-edged sword in both their lives from Jabari's silent unhealthy desire to be limited and Wemby's silent desperation not to be) Wemby, in Jabari's eyes, is Indeed a powerful...

Problem.

He's not really a person to him . In all fairness, no one really is when they're involved in the basketball world, not to Jabari, not from the way he's been taught. Everyone's supposed to be Replaceable, a faceless tool in the pocket of good business.

.. except for This freakazoid. Apparently.

APPARENTLY, he's some supposed 'saint'. someone to be feared for being more. APPARENTLY, the reporters just LOVE yapping about him SO much, that Jabari HAS to take the time out of his training just to talk about some guy who doesn't even GO here, yet when they ask him about his opinion on future prospects. WELL, that's ALL wemby IS to Jabari, just another future prospect. Just another problem.

A problem he'll be sure to check off his list.

... okay, so Maybe he's a bit more than a problem.. maybe.. he's just a really persistent problem? yeah, that's it, nothing more. Jabari will work through this. He Always does. That's what he does well, Work.

Wemby wonders if that's all he ever does .

But he doesn't have long before Jabari's marching down the tunnel to beat himself up over all his mistakes other people would never make, and Wemby's being escorted to an interview that other people would never make solely to show how Much he just Stands Out as a soul... in basketball .

I hope they find each other in basketball, and out of it as well. I just feel like

Something would Happen

[heinrix]

as someone who is so incredibly autistic abt armor design, datv has tested my patience a bit

[radio-star8]

do you have any headcanons about the alternate bens like Mad, Bad, Zarro, etc? I'd love to hear them if you have any 😭😭

SRRY THIS TOOK SO LONG FOR ME TO ANSWER I FORGOT ABOUT TBH PLEASE FORGIVE ME 🙏

Anyways here's a shit ton of headcanons and storylines

Bad Ben:

Story stuff--

His grandpa Max is not gone, just evil

Instead of the plumbers being intergalactic peacekeeping organization they are a anti-alien army set on separating Earth from other alien species.

Grandpa Max instills this idea that aliens are all bad into Ben and Gwen's head from a very young age

Grandpa Max adopted Ben into the plumbers organization way earlier. So he's kind of an alien butt kicking machine.

He's not a celebrity like Ben 23 but everybody knows who he is, He's seen as Earth's protector but not a hero.

He finds out that he's a quarter Anodite around the same time as Gwen (15). Well Gwen embraces her alien origin Ben is pissed and feels betrayed.

He decides to work with a different faction of the plumbers to separate himself from Grandpa Max

This faction works more with infiltrations rather than first line responders (if that makes sense)

Ben would currently be working on how to get rid of Gwen, Kevin, and the rest of the plumber kids including Argit who are seen as illegal aliens and are basically on the run.

Ben hides the fact that Gwen is his cousin and that he is a quarter and  Anodite. Cuz if it ever got out it would ruin his rep.

Personal--

I think he's super self-absorbed he'll take an extra few seconds just to look at himself in the mirror and sigh dramatically

He has a dog named Buster (or something stupid like that)

As mentioned Buster is the only living thing he actually seems to like.

Doesn't name his aliens

His favorite animals are dogs or sharks

He thinks he's funny and that he has really good one liners but he actually kind of sucks at it

He seems like the type of guy to have a TikTok page centered around thirst trap POVs

He's actually not the goalie on his soccer team

I think instead of a smoothie guy he's more of a shake enjoyer

Same goes for chili fries... He probably eaten animal style fries from In-N-Out or something 🙏

He definitely litters

Grinds his teeth while he's sleeping

Would definitely ask for the manager

Physical--

Negative Ben:

Storyline--

His Grandpa Max is alive and well. There's no such thing as the plumbers but there is an task force specifically for alien activity which he is part of.

Aliens are not very common on Earth whatsoever and Earth never becomes a open planet. There's no undertown or anything like that.

Ben got the Omnitrix way younger I'd say around 7-8

At first he wanted to be a hero and use it for good but when immediate success didn't follow he gave up

They did not go on a giant summer road trip, the escape pod crashed in Grandpa Max's backyard or something like that

Grandpa Max is very bitter that he never got the chance to have the Omnitrix and Ben knows this very well.

As for Gwen she's never had an interest in the alien shenanigans and is more focused on normal life. She pretends to be dumber than she actually is secretly practicing magic with her friend Hope (aka negative charmcaster)

I think Gwen would be besties with Michael Morningstar and is dating Kevin who's this beach blonde jock.

Kevin is not a mutant in this timeline. Gwen basically uses him for money and to look cool. (We love toxic gwevin)

Ben has no ambitions in life and rarely ever uses the Omnitrix for anything. Since Earth is a closed off planet he kind of has no need.

His azimuth is dead and vilgax seems to not be in this timeline either

I think Ben is a super toxic person he reminds me of the sad boy flop version of Nicole from class of '09 if that makes sense

I think he has a super toxic relationship with Julie and then goes on to date Kai who in this timeline is a celebrity (she's a famous singer) the second him and julie break up. I think he would probably cheat on Kai with Hope (she's the same age as Gwen and Ben in this timeline)

Since they both got played they would leave his ass and he would be alone forever (possibly some toxic benrook, or bevin action)

In an effort to rehabilitate Rook and Ben both Grandpa Max teams them up to run missions and whatnot.

In this timeline Rook is a con artist, he is  ostracized from his home planet. (His parents hate him lol). And in an effort to not go to jail he agrees with Grandpa Max to team up with Ben.

I believe this Ben also has an Albedo who is super happy-go-lucky and was a big fan of azimuth and really wants to get to know Ben who is just not having it.

Personal--

He is definitely incel

He room is so messy you can't see the floor

He names his aliens really stupid stuff like "nightstalker"

Only uses aliens that he thinks are cool

Favorite animals are cats or wolves

He really likes horror movies (favorite yt channel is probably dead meat)

He spends most of his time drawing anime characters or something like that

Favorite genre of anime is harem animes

he will verbally insult you but if you even dare say that he looks kind of funny he'll start crying

Has like 3,000 followers on Twitter

He's very scared of spiders

He's definitely the type to laugh at you for being uncomfortable around bloody or gory scenes.

"it's fake, besides it's not even that scary... I could probably do way worse"

I think he says edgy stuff like that all the time

Lives on monster energy and coffee

Physical--

This is a lot cuz I really like Negative Ben idk he has a hold on me anyway...

Benzarro:

Storyline--

I think Ben had the spark as well as Gwen so they both were super into magic.

I also like to believe that Earth is more of a magic realm than it is a planet.

I think the virus that turned Ben into a zombie was not in undead thingy but more of a mana absorbing parasite.

Ben is still alive but has been reduced to Benzarro

I think before the apocalypse Ben and Kevin were really close (possibly dating) so when Ben started to get sick this caused Kevin to completely shut down and run away

Ben and Gwen were also way closer in this timeline than they normally are. So it explains why she would devote her life to a cure and assisting Dr. Animo.

Ben is also patient zero most likely because the Omnitrix not only carried dna of multiple aliens but also a parasite.

this also means that Ben got the Omnitrix way later I'd say around 14-15

as for Grandpa Max and the plumbers I don't think that there is really a need for them but I do believe that Grandpa Max was still there before the apocalypse trying to train Ben the best he could.

I feel like Grandpa Max doesn't have a very good connection with his grandkids on like Grandma Verdona who decided to stay on earth and train her grandkids.

Obviously she fleas the planet after the plague starts to take over and Grandpa Max is missing

As for the state of Kevin: he is camped out in some cabin in the forest trying to survive the best he can. He lives with Cooper who is basically his best friend through all of this.

I think Kevin is a full mutant in this (I'm using the rooters retcon for this) him as well as Cooper our immune to the virus since they have no magic spark. (They're basically the cure)

Personal--

He's very popular around school and stuff.

Definitely the golden child of the family

The names of all aliens end with "y/ie"

So like. "Goopie" "Shiny" "Helpie"

Favorite animals are horses

Before he gets infected he'd probably be the type to say that everybody's overreacting and that he doesn't need to wear a mask cuz he's built different... he's got magic and stuff

I think he's zones out a lot

As a zombie he gets lots of weird food cravings

Has tried to eat the other bens

He still remembers everything before he was infected but the parasite has basically made his brain mush

He still remembers Gwen and Kevin very fondly

Contrary to popular belief his favorite color is yellow

Physical--

cw blood

Mad Ben:

Storyline--

I haven't exactly figured out what caused the a post-apocalyptic landscape that mad lives in but I think it would have something to do with a plumber war that caused a possible nuclear (???) fallout

when Ben first finds the Omnitrix he's traveling with Grandpa Max and Gwen. They're kind of aimlessly roaming the desert in search of civilization.

The Omnitrix was in Plummer custody before everything kind of exploded and was just found in an abandoned building by Ben

Grandpa Max is extremely sick and ends up leaving Gwen and Ben so he can go pass on without them having to see.

they later get separated as Gwen is picked up by Verdona.

Leaving then to fend for himself for a little bit. 

Maltruant comes along and leads Ben him to Bellwood (or what's left of it)

him and vilgax then train Ben. I like to think the conditions are tough like Ben still has to hunt for his own food and fend for himself. As well as the fact that he probably gets punished for doing stuff wrong

Side note the vilgax the trains mad Ben is mad vilgax so when he is taken to go fight in the ben war he meets prime vilgax and thinks he's hella cool.

Mad Vilgax is a militant kind of commander who Maltruant specifically tracks down to train Ben and afterwards Vilgax dips

Rook kind of just arrives one day. He is badly injured and Ben kind of takes him in. They're both like 12 or 13 at this point

Ben and Rook develop a friendship until Ben is offered the position to start digging for pieces of maltruant

he starts to yell and get angry at Rook and basically is super toxic.

basically after the two part episode in Omniverse Ben goes a little stir crazy in jail and with the help of Dr Psychobos breaks out.

He runs away to try and find Gwen who at this point is very infamous.

there is an entire cult surrounding her as her followers believe that she has the divine power to save them and bring them to salvation.

this is obviously because she is an anodite. When Verdona took her she led her to the cult and basically made her their new center of worship.

anyways the reason why he's trying to find Gwen is because he knows she's magical and in his stupid little brain that means that she can bring him to Maltruant

he would probably take Kevin hostage (somehow idk that man's a tank) leading gwen to confront him and they would have a big fight

Rook has also been looking for Ben this whole time

Personal--

He has a really bad anger issues that he's had since he was a child

Stiles his hair with motor grease

His favorite animals are hawks

Doesn't name his aliens

He skilled in many different fighting styles so is still versatile even without his omnitrix

The only reason why he has a newer omnitrix is because azimuth is a cruel bitch and gave it to him

Ben sees at azimuth as a god

Ben is the only person in Bellwood to have a mattress and a bed frame

Bro definitely has scurvy

Definitely snores

If he ever tried chili fries he'd probably throw up

His vest used to be a jacket he wore as a kid but he ripped off the sleeves to make it cool

Definitely would wear his dirty shoes around the house.

Most definitely would wear his dirty shoes on the couch

Physical--

Okay that's it sorry it was so long I just really like yeppin if you guys have any more requests about anything feel free to ask. Hopefully I won't forget about it next time 🙏

[disventure-rewrite-takes]

If I were to rewrite DC, I’d keep Yul as an asshole. Except he’s not racist or fatphobic or anything like that, he’s just an asshole to people in general. (I feel like I’m wording this wrong, just think of the “Professionals have standards” meme lmao). Like, he’s mean to people, but he doesn’t take jabs at their weight or race or whatev.

Aside from that, you can choose whether you’d prefer he’d grow as a person or stay the same. If he were to change, I feel like it shouldn’t be something kinda lame like a love interest. And the change in personality wouldn’t be super sudden, it would happen slowly. He’d still come off as rude sometimes, but it’d be unintentional for the most part.

If he were to stay the same, he would get his comeuppance much more often. Seriously, from what I remember, Yul doesn’t really suffer the consequences of his actions. Sure, there was that one time when James poisoned him, but that’s really the only time I can think of. (Which is why I hope ONC does something about that because OH MY GOD i cannot stand Yul.)

Also, give him more funny one liners!!!!

And i love huntessally with all my heart but hunter and yul should get 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 wait what who said that

- 🦈 (also srry if i made any typos im sleep deprived and writing this at 2:30 am)

realest shit anyone has said here including yul and hunter’s behaviour

[mysteriawrites]

Matchup Trade with @imjustabeanie/@imjustabeanie01

An: Srry wasn’t sure what blog to @

An#2: srry this took so long had a sudden burst of inspiration

ASTARION!!!

You and Astarion are two sides of the same coin.

You both have your own trauma and inner demons to work through and similar ways of dealing with them.

Because of this you understand each other on such a deep level.

You understand that you both have your own coping mechanisms and need to work you way up to having a comfortable trusting loving relationship where you’re both content safe and happy

It takes a lot of work on both your parts, It also takes some help and love from friends and those around you, but most of all it takes time

Your relationship is a deep long slow burn

Sometimes you have flirting/banter battles to see who can come up with the most witty one liners or pick up lines

Sometimes you’ll tease and make fun of people together

I imagine you’re both rouges or maybe a rouge and a very no nonsense sorcerer so yall work together to scheme, prank, and or steal together

Yall shit talk the people who’ve wronged you

But underneath all that you guys can have the most deep emotional conversations as you bond over trauma and life experiences and slowly learn to trust each other

Than flirts become sincere genuine compliments, there are longing looks, there’s finally feeling the freedom to not just have to look out for your selves anymore cause there is finally someone to watch your back

There’s snuggling up together at night once you’re nothing comfortable. Watching the stars together or reading books.

There isn’t communicating with each other in elvish (you know elvish whether you’re an elf or not)

There is reassuring each other that your flaws and insecurities don’t define you and working to move past them

There is being able to admire each other’s beauty and making sure the other knows that

There’s Astarion making sure you know that you’re perfect just the way you are no matter how you look as long as you’re happy and healthy

And there’s you being able to make Astarion realize that power isn’t what he needs to be happy

Together you’re on a beautiful journey to help each other heal and grow

[wrdn-tabris]

stone steps

yeah more nicojay but gotham knights verse u_u

The second time Jason met Nico, Jason had been walking out from his therapist's appointment and into the near winter Gotham air. The cold nipped at him, and he had to pull his think jacket tighter around himself as he stepped down to the sidewalk. 

“No, mom, I don’t like him. He’s weird, and he’s one of dad’s friends- No, no mommy you’re not listening!” Jason breathed into his hands, rubbing them together to try and warm them up before he shoved them into his pockets. The person sitting on the stoop just behind him sounded on the verge of tears. 

Swallowing, Jason checked his phone again for the time. Dick had offered to pick him up from the appointment- hopefully he hadn’t forgotten. Again. 

“Yes, he is one of dad’s friends! He was- he was fuc-freakin’ telling me that it’s all in my head! No it’s not. I told you they don’t work- Why aren’t you listening to me?” Their voice broke, and they inhaled sharply. Jason ducked his head down. He wasn’t snooping, not if it was a conversation on a public sidewalk. 

He did feel for them though, they sounded miserable. Each time they spoke their voice hitched, just on the verge. Jason knew the feeling well, that precarious tightrope where one desperately tried to keep themselves composed when you could feel yourself about to snap thin. 

“No. No. Fine. Okay… yeah I love you too. Bye.” Jason shifted on the sidewalk. For the nicer part of Gotham, it was uncharacteristically empty. They took a shuddering inhale, and then exhaled to try and get their emotions under control. Jason tapped out a text to Dick as he listened to them breathe. 

It’s not weird, he told himself. They were both on a public sidewalk, he couldn’t help but overhear.

His phone pinged with Dick’s response.

hey where are you?

wdym?

Of course. Jason stepped back, letting himself sit on the cold stone steps that led up into the building. Jason saw the person shift slightly when he sat down out of his peripheral.

said youd give me a ride after the appointment?

A little gray balloon appeared, before disappearing and reappearing again. Jason bit his cheek as he glared at the screen. His hands tensed up, like he was ready to crack the phone in half. Instead, Jason closed his eyes to try and measure his breathing. His phone pinged, and Jason glanced back at the screen. 

srry omw!!!!!!

Typical.

dont bother. ill get a ride

Jason scowled, and shoved the phone back into his pocket, ignoring how it vibrated. Dick was just busy. Jason knew this. His plate was filled over, from making sure Tim was being looked after, to all the board meetings with WE, to Bruce’s last case. He had enough to worry about.

Though would it have hurt to just keep Jason in mind, just this once? He tried not to let that little bit of hurt and anger flare up in him. He didn’t need a reason to be angry at Dick, didn’t want one. Already Jason knew logically that Dick would feel bad about it. 

That knowledge didn’t stop him from getting upset.

“You okay?” Their voice was soft, a hand just hovering over his arm. Jason let out an exhake he wasn’t aware of holding, and unclenched his hands.

Their nails were painted black, already chipping. A little pink, blue, and white pin was stuck onto the oversized green jacket they wore, he/they printed in black onto it. Soft green eyes stared into his from beneath heavy lashes. The liner around their eyes was smudged, and their cheeks were speckled with freckles. 

The same thought came back unbidden with the familiarity of their face.

Cute. Nico was really cute.

“Yeah,” Jason felt the tension creep out of him all at once. It wasn’t Dick’s fault. Therapy just made him feel high strung. He had wanted… Jason clenched and unclenched his fist again. It didn’t really matter what he wanted in the end.

“Just a little disappointed.”

Nico’s smile was far too understanding. 

“I getcha.” They folded their arms in front of them, hugging their knees to their chest. “I’m tired of being disappointed too.”

“It’s not his fault.” Jason leaned back against the steps. The cold stone dug into his back. It was uncomfortable, already old injuries were beginning to flare up because of the colder weather. He ignored it. “He’s got other stuff to worry about.”

Nico opened their mouth to speak, but the clearing of a throat stopped them. With a groan, Jason stilted his head back to see a very irate woman standing just behind him.

“Yeah?”

“You’re blocking the steps.”

“Well go around, there’s enough room.” The woman huffed, brows pinching together as she stepped around the two of them.

“I’m going to call the cops. It’s illegal to loiter.”

Jason rolled his eyes, moving so that he faced Nico again.

“So you were saying?”

Nico’s lips quirked into a smile, a soft giggle escaping from them. There was an offended gasp from the woman, and Jason listened as her heels clicked against the sidewalk as she walked away.

“You’re braver than me, that’s for sure.” 

“What?” Jason huffed out a laugh. He could feel his own smile tugging at his lips. “That wasn’t brave. Just me being stubborn.”

“Still,” They brushed their bangs off to the side. “I’d have just apologized and probably trip trying to get outta her way.” They gave a little bit of a nervous laugh, and instead focused down on their hand rather than looking Jason’s way. They picked at their fingers, and Jason could see how dry and red their hands were. 

“Hey.” He moved from where he sat, elbow nudging into theirs. Nico looked up, green eyes blinking owlishly at him. “That just means you’re a nicer person than I am.”

“Oh.” They ducked their head, trying to hide the blush. “Thank you… But I think you’re plenty nice too…” They trailed off, brows pinching together.

“I just realized I didn’t even ask your name.”

“It’s Jason.”

“Well, Jason.” Nico said, pushing themselves up to stand. They held a hand out towards him, and Jason took it, Nico giving him a firm shake. 

“I’m Nico! It’s really nice to meet you!”

He didn’t fight the smile that came to him.

“Nice to meet you too.”

[mikoto-auira]

Srry it's been a while atlot has happened! But I'm back with some liners I plan to use for future story's/dumps of some kinds

"I bleed the same, darling" he/she slits his/her wrist with the same kunai I had threw toward him/her earlier in the battle "same red," he/she smirked in a twisted way. "Let's see if you can bleed the same?" Then he/she launched at me.

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The hero fell to his knees, the blood from a gash on his stomach pouring out like a waterfall. He looked up at the villian, pain and anger in his eyes, "You're sick, ya know that? You're nothing but a sick monster, you hear me? You kill people for fun, you claim you have a sad backstory and-"

"You're wrong." The villain stopped the hero from going on, he leaned his head to the side and scoffed.

He leaned down and grabbed shard of glass and sl!t his wrist, the blood ozing from it almost instanty, "You see that? Monsters bleed black blood in movies and stories, right? Look at mine, ey? Ain't it red? In fact don't we both bleed, period?"

"... We are more alike than you think...--"

"Brother:"

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The villain's shoulders shook, the hero's sidekick was watching from the corner, his eyes wide, from afar, it looked like the villain was crying, his head lowered and his shoulders shaking but the familiar sound of laughter filled the dark roads of the now unfamiliar city.

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His eyes are filled with not the hatred I've been accustomed of, but slight devotion mixed with respect, all while displaying his cocky smile and stare.

"So we both have lives now, hmm?" he says.

"So we do." I say,

and silence blurs a line between us. Not like those banters we'd had for years, because now was our final battle. One stays, one dies.. One stays, one dies. And I'm shocked for of him and his smiles, his snorts and his grins. I will miss him. I will miss him, and hate that. He doesn't say a word, his cocky smirk faltering.

"It was nice while it lasted, hmm?"

"It was nice while it lasted"

With that he bows his head, deep and somber, not at all like his teases, and I do, too.

Respect before death.

And then I lunge.

[lcvepcem]

‘ ♡ ‘ « @dctdae​ »

    ❝ i turned some stupid boy down earlier, and he went into the whole spiel of how ‘ no guy will ever love me when i’m as tall as i am ‘ like i actually CARE .. god, do you think they’ll ever actually realize you and i are an item ? ❞

[nitebit-archive]

@upheeval​     ♡ ′d    .

she snorts one, two, three lines of the evil powder. head tilting back as her eyes squeeze shut for a couple of seconds before letting out a deep sigh, she loves that rush. needs it too much and far too often. she almost doesn’t catch you giving her a look.    “what?”

[bubblyneurotic-blog]

@theirsacrifice  ♡ ‘d

❛   is   being   an   ASSHOLE   a   full   time   thing   or   just   part   time   for   you  ?   ❜

[klngmax]

“   this pain is NOT going away. I could have HEART DISEASE. WebMD says I could DIE.   ”

[nataliademarquis]

“ would you look at that !! rihanna for the september cover of british vogue. brilliant- but the poor thing had to be welcomed into the ‘ heart ‘ of the royal family by the duchess of york instead of me. now that’s something to complain about. she must have been so disappointed. “ natalia stopped to look up before she would ramble on to someone who didn’t care. “ sorry - it’s not everyday you miss the chance to welcome rihanna and vouge into your home. tea ? “

[herhaunt-a2]

@arakkhna​ ,        💖

❛  if you wait a moment,  ❜     she keeps herself moving, doesn’t let the cracks slip between her facade.      ❛  there’ll be fresh brownies.  ❜

[ryssbelle]

Wait, so you’re the one who made Sky with the red eye liner? Srry sounds like a dumb question but he has been playing my feed.

Yes I am :)

And it's okay, it's been floating around but I'm the one who started it!

He is very pretty tho! If you wanna see all that I've done with him check out the 'divine twili beast sky' tag or the 'lu sky' character tag!