#the batman beach episode when

[rowrowronnie]

riddler’s beach episode!!

[chromatic-lamina]

I watched episode 3 & 4 of OPLA, and I think the reveal at the end of episode 4 about Luffy being Garp's grandpa probably really hooked in a lot of people who don't know anything about the series. Honestly, I don't remember much about the beginning of One Piece, so I'm not really sure what order things happen (but I do know that Koby and Helmeppo are not in Syrup Village!)/

Cost-wise, I guess it was good to have all of Syrup Village played out in Kaya's house, but I would've liked to have seen it on the Kuro Neko Pirates ship and the beach, as in the manga, but again, understand why it wasn't. Also, maybe it was shot there too to up the female rep. Kaya getting a much bigger role.

A lot of the series, particularly the villains, is 1960s Batman kitsch, and I don't really mind that (in fact, I love 1960s Batman). The actors playing Sham and Buchi had a lot of fun! All those knives everywhere. Just realised that Django wasn't around. But I know there's been an increase in Fullbody and Django art, so I figure they must feature soon.

Bit sad that the Usopp Pirates (Tamanegi, Ninjin and Piiman [onion, carrot and pepper] ) didn't make an appearance, and also, Usopp ultimately saving the village from the Kuro Neko Pirates—with help from his friends—and then not taking credit, is such an important part of his character. That is, he boasts and stretches the truth continually, but when he's truly heroic, he lays low, and people often don't even know. Arc after arc he does that. So, it will be interesting to see how that plays out with it not being included here.

I don't know about the handling of Zoro and Kuina's story either. I don't think it's bad to place it here in a flashback from Syrup Village, but I think that maybe we needed to get to know Zoro just a little better. Overall, though, I am enjoying it. I do remember the Going Merry getting attacked by Garp at some point, so I guess this was it!

Loved Zoro calling Helmeppo "haircut". I know he improves (in the manga at least), but we haven't seen that improvement yet, and he deserved it.

OH: PS: Edit in: I love all the subtle scenes that let us who know know that Zoro is terrible with directions, but I don't think that the crew or the new viewers know yet!

[jojosito]

✨🎀Nine people you'd like to get to know better🎀✨

Finally got time to sit down and answer this <3

I got tagged by @hellionil, thank you!

Last song

I've had this one on repeat the last couple of days cus the chorus is very Izocore and it makes my neurons activate

Favorite color

Pink! :D It used to be pastel blue but I took notice of how may pink items I started acquiring and went like "Yeah, I think I'm in denial, better to embrace the truth" sjkhsjk

Currently watching

I don't watch shows too often and when I do it's mostly with friends, the one we're watching right now it's Mashle: Magic and Muscles, it's pretty fun! But we watch like two episodes per month skjslks

I wanna check out Gundam 00 in the future too

Sweet/Savory/Spicy

When it comes to food I'd definitely take a pizza over desserts, I'm really craving a tasty soup these days 😞

I'm not good at handling spicy food, but there's some dishes I would run the risk for.... Like chilaquiles

Relationship status

Single and happy to stay that way 😌💚🤍🖤

Current obsession

These two little pests

It's been a year since I fixated on them and I'm really happy at how active I have become thanks to them, I think they're neat 💖

Last thing you googled

"Copy emoji" cus I'm writing this on the computer sjhsjjhsk

I'm tagging @otaku-tactician @novena-proxy @ickyonions @murasakist @b4nt14rn4 and @batman-mustache if you guys feel like doing it <3

[fancyfade]

Teen Titans Go! Episode: Villain school

Summary: Raven’s half brother, Trinity, tries to gain Trigon’s favor. The Titans decide to help him be evil.

Plot synopsis

This episode starts with Robin insisting that the team practice when Starfire, Beast Boy, and Cyborg are watching TV. He starts to call a team meeting when Raven enters, and immediately destroys the TV with her powers.

The Titans ask Raven what’s wrong, and she explains that Trigon is trying to get her to take over the family business again. Robin says it’s a shame she doesn’t have any siblings that aren’t toddlers, because then they could take over the family business, like how Batman has 4 other Robins* to bother, so he can spend time on what’s important (bothering the Teen Titans).

Raven mentions she does have one brother closer to her age, Trinity. The other Titans immediately ask why they haven’t met him yet and Raven gets embarrassed. We see some flash backs of Trinity doing something embarrassing or failing at tasks and Trigon ignoring him. Raven says she’s not sure that would work.

Raven goes to her room, while the other Titans devise a plan to turn Trinity into the ideal son so that Trigon will leave Raven alone. They find Trinity in at a beach, trying to kick sand castles over to bully children to prove his evilness, but the children have hidden rocks in the sand castles and he hurts his toes. Starfire blasts some sand castles with her eye beams, and the Titans set up a plan to train Trinity. Robin says it can’t be hard because he’s already trained 3 other Robins.

In the meanwhile, Trigon has started to bother Raven in her angst dimension. He convinces her to keep him company while he rules a dimension, and Raven starts sabotaging his efforts in comedic ways that backfire and only gain her favor. Some farmers are giving Trigon some livestock as tribute and Raven turns it into a dragon and it chases Trigon all around the throne room. Trigon is impressed by how Raven has created a worthy guard (as it gnaws on his antlers).

After a training montage, in which the Titans suggest evil things Trinity could do, Trinity goes to Trigon’s world to prove his mettle. He challenges Raven to the right to be Trigon’s left hand man and she says she doesn’t even care and he can have it. She starts floating away. Trinity tries to do things to gain Trigon’s favor, and they fail in comedic ways. Raven eventually leaves with the Titans. The episode ends with Trigon and Trinity trapped in the throne room as the dragon tries to eat them.

*every time other robins are mentioned, Robin says a different number

this is not an actual teen titans go episode i tried to write it in the form of the wiki articles. It is just to prove that Trinity (Raven's recently introduced half brother) would work best in Teen Titans Go instead of main canon

[doe-earth-n]

Spotlight: Immortals in Earth N

Say hello to the Highlander franchise, ladies and gentlemen!

I had this plan in my mind for quite some time now.

My OC Tori Gordon has a slightly different role in Earth N, aka the Batman x DoE crossover called When Worlds and Dangers Collide. Yeah, Earth N is going to be a multi Fandom crossover to an extent.

Tori will be featured in a side story set during the Defenders of the Earth series, inspired by @marzena-doe old story "Defenders of the Earth: This is Their Story" and to sone extent @james5-doe story "Defenders of the Earth: This is Their Side Story", leading to a story which will be called "Defenders Chronicles: Highlander", where Tori meets Duncan MacLeod and Richie Ryan, developing a relationship with the latter after she dies and becomes immortal just like they are.

Duncan, Richie, Joe, Methos and possibly Amanda (yes, a Highlander character has the same name as me) will debut later on in "The Magic Within"

Your best bet to watch Highlander: the Series would be watching it on Tubi, most episodes on YouTube, or if you can afford it, buy the DVDs. It's worth the watch, and so is the first movie. More than I can say for the sequels, but if you wish to watch them, that's up to you.

Tori Gordon - Neldorwen

Tori at the beach - Neldorwen, Katzueki, Plustina (I think)

[greensparty]

Movie Reviews: Blink Twice / Greedy People / Between the Temples

How is it I got to review three movies this week and Simon Rex is in two of them!?!

Blink Twice

Zoe Kravitz has been on my radar for quite sometime. The daughter of both Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz began acting and one of her earliest roles was in Neil Jordan's The Brave One, which I worked on for a few weeks when it was in pre-production. All the haters who were quick to call her a nepo baby clearly didn't see her performances on Californication season 4, Mad Max Fury Road, Kimi, or The Batman. But what really blew me away was her leading role on the 2020 TV adaptation of High Fidelity. They took the male lead of the book and movie and adapted it to be a female record store clerk dealing with relationships and it ended up being one of the best TV adaptations in a long time. Now she has made her directorial debut with an original screenplay she co-wrote with Blink Twice opening this week.

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In this psychological thriller a cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie, Star Wars Episode 9 and Master of None) shares a moment with tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum, Kravitz's real life fiance), who invites her and her friend Jess (Alia Shawkat) to his private island for some partying. His cronies on the island include Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Haley Joel Osment, Levon Hawke and Geena Davis. But soon, the party gets mysterious and there's more questions than answers.

I am going to try my best to review this without spoilers, but overall I felt this was a missed opportunity of a movie. There was a clear canvas to comment on Jeff Epstein-types, abuse of power, cancel culture and in the end it only scratched the surface. This is clearly a movie that is bowing at the altar of Get Out. I felt like Kravitz wanted to make a Get Out approach to #MeToo, but unlike Jordan Peele's masterpiece where it was equally funny and scary, this wasn't enough of either. The cast was mostly wasted and wasn't given the chance to shine as much as they have in other movies. The big exception is Adria Arjona, who plays Sarah one of the models on the island with Frida. After an unbelievable lead role in Richard Linklater's Hit Man (read my review here), she stole the entire film here. This is clearly her It Girl star-making year! I hope Kravitz can go further in her next film she directs as she is talented and this isn't by any means bad, it's just not as good as it could be.

For info on Blink Twice

2.5 out of 5 stars

Greedy People

What got my attention about Greedy People before I even saw it was the cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Himesh Patel, Lily James, Uzo Aduba, Traci Lords, Tim Blake Nelson, Simon Rex, and Joey Lauren Adams. Wow - all of them in one movie! Directed by Potsy Ponciroli, Greedy People is being released by Lions Gate this week.

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In the small beach-side town of Providence, NC a cop Will (Patel) is about to start his first day on the police force with his new partner Terry (JGL). Will and his pregnant wife Paige (James) have just moved to the area trying to start a clean slate and get away from their past. Then, on a house call, a murder occurs and both Will and Terry stumble upon a large amount of money. I can't give away much more beyond that without getting into spoilers. But there's a lot of people in the town who have more than meets the eye and secrets of their own including Wallace (TBN) the local fishing company czar, the masseur (Rex), and the police chief (Aduba) trying to piece together whodidit.

So much about this movie felt like it was bowing at the altar of the Coen Brothers, most notably Blood Simple and Fargo. But unlike Blink Twice bowing at the alter of Get Out, Greedy People took a page from it's inspiration of what worked most: in Blood Simple it is constructed so that we, the audience, see everything that is happening but each character believes something different is happening and/or unaware of the truth. Ponciroli clearly studied that and modeled this the same way. There's a lot of movies that rip off the Coen Brothers and doing it as good as them is not that easy. The tropes of their movies (inept criminals, mixing comedy and crime, scene-stealing supporting characters, etc) are all here. But much of the time some of these supporting characters feel like they are placeholders, there to add mishaps and setbacks rather than being a real character. Some are simply thrown in, i.e. Joey Lauren Adams who is fantastic and is barely in it other than complaining about a speeding ticket. But then you have some really cool action sequences and an actor like JGL who made this so much more than it probably was on the page. For a crime comedy, this doesn't hold a candle to Coen Brothers, but it's better (and more fun) than it has any right to be!

For info on Greedy People

3 out of 5 stars

Between the Temples

Movies about religious leaders who have lost their faith are usually very serious, i.e. First Reformed. But there's something new and fresh about the subject when it's played for laughs and the funny parts are really funny, and serious parts very effective. After premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, Between the Temples has been a film festival darling that Sony Pictures Classic is releasing this week.

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Cantor Ben Gotlieb (the always great Jason Schwartzman) is grieving his wife who died in the last year, works in an Upstate NY synagogue where he is losing his voice and lets Rabbi Bruce (comedy genius Robert Smigel), and he lives with his mothers (Caroline Aaron and Dolly de Leon). He's losing his singing voice and his motivation. But after a drunken haze, he's helped by his grade school music teacher Carla O'Connor (Carol Kane). Shortly thereafter, Carla asks Ben to train her as she'd like to finally get a bat mitzvah. The two form an unlikely friendship. Oh - and Ben is also being set up with Gabby (Madeline Weinstein), the daughter of Rabbi Bruce.

This is a movie that clearly studied 70s cinema. The cinematography is very in-line with grainy handheld character studies of the 70s, but not in a some retro "hey look at me - ripping off the 70s with 2024 technology" kind of a way, but more in an honest and pure way of how they would have made this in 1974. There are veiled references to similar films like Harold and Maude (and just a little bit of The Graduate), but the thing that made this movie way better than I expected is the cast. Kane has not been this funny since she was beating up Bill Murray in Scrooged. Schwartzman has mostly been doing supporting roles in ensemble films, so his leading role is a good reminder to audiences of why he was the lead in Rushmore and the underrated Bored to Death. But it's frenetic energy director Nathan Silver shows: a sweet human connection one minute, a can't-even-watch LOL cringe-fest the next. This is exactly the kind of film where it made a bit of a splash and now I'm really excited to see what the director is going to do next!

For info on Between the Temples

3.5 out of 5 stars

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

The One With The Pride Party

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/U2mYXWi by Noxnthea, there_must_be_a_lock “Not sure this is the Bat’s kinda thing,” Jason chips in. “And this might go past Robin’s bedtime.” “Well, considering they’re gay icons and all,” Natasha says, utterly straight-faced. Jason and Bruce both stare at her for a second. Damian lets out an incoherent sputter.   [In which Clint is great at heels and everybody’s a little bit gay.] Words: 3640, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 7 of Marshmallow Crime Lords, Part 10 of Cross-tober Fandoms: Marvel, DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hawkeye (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/F, M/M, Multi Characters: Clint Barton, James "Bucky" Barnes, Jason Todd, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Steve Rogers, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Yelena Belova, Tim Drake, Pamela Isley, Harleen Quinzel Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton/Jason Todd, Pamela Isley/Harleen Quinzel Additional Tags: Pride Parades, Drag, Jason Todd Has a Good Time, Batfamily Shenanigans, DC and Marvel character cameos, a beach episode but make it Pride, Fluff, Crossovers & Fusions, acquiring blackmail material is easy when everybody’s drinking the purple punch read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/U2mYXWi

[kudosmyhero]

Detective Comics (vol. 1) #393: The Combo Caper! / Downfall of a Goliath!

Read Date: October 31, 2022 Cover Date: November 1969 ● Writer: Frank Robbins ● Penciler: Bob Brown ● Inker: Joe Giella ● Colorist: {uncredited} ● Letterer: {uncredited} ● Editor: Julius Schwartz ●

Read Date: October 31, 2022 Cover Date: October 1969 ● Writer: Frank Robbins ● Penciler: Gil Kane ● Inker: Murphy Anderson ● Colorist: {uncredited} ● Letterer: John Costanza ● Editor: Julius Schwartz ●

Synopsis 1: Batman and Robin investigate the mystery of a neighbor's cracked safe and the combination for it which was found on a soda pull-tab. Unfortunately, Robin only manages to punch the thief once before he could escape, leaving the Duo without much information to continue the investigation.

The next day, Bruce, Dick and Alfred get going to Bruce's house on the beach as part of their yearly vacation, knowing that it would be the last time they all go together. On their way to the beach, they pick up a young boy, who Bruce decided to help reform as part of a special rehabilitation program.

Upon arriving to the beach, Dick and the young boy meet their neighbors' daughter, Deena, who has a black eye. She invites them to the party at her parents' house. That night, Bruce, Dick and the boy attend the party and they become aware of another crime similar to the previous one in their neighbor's home. Following the clues, the first suspect is the young boy, but Bruce and Dick believe in his innocence and find a trace to the real thief by investigating further.

Using the clues they find, Batman and Dick deduce that the thief is Deena, who has access to the house at all times. Batman rounds up the thugs that used Deena in their crimes and captures them with Dick's help. Once the crime is cleared and the young boy is exonerated, everything returns to normal, except for the fact that the team of Batman and Robin is bound to separate.

Synopsis 2: Continuing from last issue… Barbara Gordon and Jason Bard stumble upon a the suspect of a mugging/murder involving a basketball player named Topper while on a date as Topper. As Batgirl, she and Bard find that the evidence proving Topper is guilty is possibly in his locker, the two are determined to find a way to break their date in order to investigate further. Bard breaks off the date feigning a headache and pretends to leave in a cab, while Barbara switches back to Batgirl and hides in a locker, Bard soon returns to the locker room and hides in one of the shower stalls.

After the game, Topper is informed by his goons about their previous confrontation with Bard and Batgirl. Topper then returns to his locker room where he is attacked by Batgirl, who he easily defeats. Bard is unable to stop him because his lame knee ends up giving out. Topper reveals that what he stole from the person he murdered was a book of information on the cities numbers rackets.

When debating what to do with Batgirl, Bard arrives to save the day, but slips and topples on the crooks, giving Batgirl the distraction she needs to get free and defeat them herself. The two commend each other for their teamwork after the crooks are turned over to police.

(https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Detective_Comics_Vol_1_393)

Fan Art: Jason Bard (Earth-27) commission by phil-cho

Accompanying Podcast: ● Batgirl to Oracle - episode 08

[listentoourheart]

JL Episode 3: The Enemy Below

It turns out, telling people to talk to the World Council when they are unused to political negotiation (due to being in charge of what appears to be an absolute monarchy) with no prior preparation is A Bad Idea. Sorry Clark, turns out talking can't fix everything.

I forgot how very very slowly everyone walks here. Come on! The (surface) world is about to end, the one guy with the political power to stop the Atlanteans is missing, there's missing plutonium, why are you strolling around in slow motion?

Do you expect me to believe the Atlanteans built an underwater city and exerted effort to make sure it was water free? What? They can breathe water, I'm convinced this was just because it was...easier to animate? An attempt at keeping everyone mask free? What???

I am forever disappointed the DCEU's attempt at creating a rugged, edgy Aquaman didn't use Justice League's version. He's got a curved knife-arm for goodness' sake! Long beach blonde hair! Cut off his own hand to save his son! A really cool looking amulet necklace that screams main character energy!

There are times I forget John is former military. This is not one of those episodes.

Haha, Wonder Woman knows the Atlanteans! Yes, the vague-Greek-mythology-themed-peoples know each other!

Batman disarms a nuclear-plutonium-powered heat death ray by turning a steering wheel. That was on the inside. Makes sense. This was only the last resort/last hope weapon. Let's put a steering wheel off-switch on the inside.

[youveseenfrancine]

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[shadowsndaisies]

codename: nightingale - Infiltrated

Reference: Young Justice Season 1 Episode 6

WC: 5758

synopsis: you ever kiss your best friend? bc I swear it was not on purpose. also we finally meet our favorite archer (no offense roy)

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MOUNT JUSTICE August 8th, 09:58 EDT

You smiled softly, head tilted up to the sky as the sun beamed back down on you. 

“Hello, Megan! We should hit the beach every day," M’gann decided as you stood on the shore of a private Happy Harbor beach behind the Mountain. M’gann was wearing a yellow bikini, and you were dressed in a red one, currently covered by your halter top and jean shorts. Your surfboard was resting under your right arm, and a pair of sunglasses covered your eyes.

“First, a moment of silence for our absent comrade," Robin decided, and all of your heads dropped in despair.

“Poor Wally," M’gann frowned, and you nodded in agreement.

You set yourselves up before everybody ran into the water. Shaking your head, you shed your extra layers and laid down on your stomach on top of your towel. You were reading a book, trying to tan when you were suddenly picked up. The book fell from your grasp and back down onto your towel. After your initial shock, you were able to spot that Kaldur had picked you up and was carrying you toward the water. 

“Kaldur!” you protested from over his shoulder.

“Birdy!” Robin mocked from somewhere nearby, causing you to roll your eyes. 

“Kaldur, put me down!” you commanded, lightly slapping his back.

“Down?” he asks.

“Yes! Please!” you beg.

“Alright," he agreed, and you knew he was wearing a smirk because a second later, he had dropped you into the water. 

Sputtering as you came up, you looked him in the eye; your sunglasses had just slightly slid due to the water. It was enough to flash your (e/c) eyes at him, a mischievous and murderous glance in them. 

“This. Means. War," you immediately begin your attack by splashing at the older boy. It takes only a moment before all five of you are in the midst of a water war. (kaldur had an unfair advantage)

You all stayed in the water for a while, before getting out to eat lunch on the beach. You had barbequed hot dogs and hamburgers. You played sand volleyball, and you and Kaldur even tried to teach everyone else how to surf. Robin was the only one who got it. You had intended to stay out all day if you could, and you would’ve until you were called in. 

It was almost comical as you all began rushing about within the cave. You showered and suited up. If any of your mentors were to walk through the locker room, they would see towels, civilian clothes, and swimsuits were thrown about. By the time you fell in line for the briefing, you were still content with how the majority of your day had gone; you were also sporting a fresh tan.

“Recognized; Kid Flash, b-03," The computer’s feminine mechanical voice announced, just as Batman was about to begin the briefing. Your eyes, however, stayed upon the girl in green who was standing beside Ollie. Oliver Queen was usually a straightforward man. However, now he seemed to be avoiding your eyes.

“The Wall-man is here! Now let's get this party star- Unh! -ted," when you heard Wally fall, that’s when you turned your gaze away from the girl. 

You saw as the multicolored beach ball bounced away and had to bite back the laugh at the sight of your friend splayed out on the ground. With a short glance around, you noticed that you were not the only one.

“Wall-man, huh? I love the uniform," the blonde new girl smirks. “What exactly are your powers?”

“Uh, who's this?” Wally asks, gesturing to her and then looking directly at you and Robin, and your fingers began to fidget with one of your ring daggers nervously.

“Artemis, your new teammate,” she introduces herself.

“Kid Flash. Never heard of you," Wally’s eyes narrow.

“Um, she's my new protégé," Ollie stepped in, and your eyes narrowed on the beach ball as it began bouncing close to you, ring dagger swinging in your hand and stabbing at the beach ball when it was in reach.

“What happened to your old one?” you pressed, your voice sounding a bit harsher than expected, and the dagger still gripped in your hands as the now punctured beach ball deflated and fell to the floor.

“NG…” Robin called your name softly as you glared at Oliver. Your stare was icy, even with the domino mask.

“Recognized; Speedy, b-06," The computer interrupted, and Roy emerged from the Zeta tubes.

“Well, for starters, he doesn't go by Speedy anymore. Call me Red Arrow.” 

“Roy," your entire body and face relaxed at the sight of him. “We need to talk,” you swallowed, twirling the ring dagger in your hand. 

“You look-” Ollie begins.

“Replaceable," Roy spits, and your eyes narrow once again, in pure distaste of the word.

“Roy,” you repeated his name but got no response.

“It's not like that. You told me you were going solo," Ollie justified.

“So why waste time finding a sub? Can she even use that bow?” Roy bites harshly, and in that moment, you realized Artemis wasn’t at fault here. 

Roy left; he told you he’d never join. You knew Ollie liked having a partner, so he found someone with the same goals as the rest of you, someone who wants to make a difference. You shouldn’t penalize her for that. 

“Roy,” you say his name a third time, but again are ignored, you anxiously twirl the dagger once again.

“Yes, she can," Artemis shot back, stepping up.

“Who are you?” Wally asks again.

“I'm his niece," & “She's my niece," Came from both Artemis and Ollie simultaneously, and your eyebrows furrowed. Ollie didn’t have a niece.

“Another niece?” Robin asks but gains no reply.

“But she is not your replacement. We have always wanted you on the team, And we have no quota on archers," Kaldur says wisely.

“And if we did, you know who we'd pick," Wally tells Roy, and you can’t help but resent that statement for how unfair it seemed to be.

“Whatever, Baywatch. I'm here to stay,” Artemis defended herself, and you respect her for it.

“You came to us for a reason," Kaldur tries in an attempt to defuse the bomb of a situation arising by turning to face Roy.

���Yeah, a reason named Dr. Serling Roquette," Roy begins.

“Nanorobotics genius and claytronics expert at Royal University in Star City,” you say in awe. You’d read Dr. Roquette’s work with Felicity Smoak, one of Ollie’s friends. It was one of your favorite moments while adjusting to the superhero life growing up. It also served as a big enough distraction to hear what Roy wanted to say before you tried to pull him aside again.

“Vanished two weeks ago," Robin continues pulling photos and information up on the screen.

“Thought you might be intrigued, Birdy,” Roy shoots you a look that’s almost a smile before it returns to a scowl. “Abducted two weeks ago by the league of shadows,” he corrected.

“Whoa. You want us to rescue her from the shadows?” Robin asked. 

“Hard-core," Wally smiled.

“I already rescued her. Only, one problem. The shadows had already coerced her into creating a weapon. Doc calls it the fog, composed of millions of microscopic robots, nanotech infiltrators capable of disintegrating anything in their path-- concrete, steel, flesh, bone. But its true purpose isn't mere destruction. It's theft. The infiltrators eat and store raw data from any computer system and deliver the stolen intel to the shadows. Providing them access to weapons, strategic defense, cutting-edge science, and tech," Roy explains.

“Perfect for extortion, manipulation, power broking. Yeah, sounds like the shadows," Artemis pitches, ultimately agreeing with Roy, and your lips pursed.

“Like you know anything about the shadows,” Wally smirked until he saw the ‘try me’ look on Artemis’ face. “Who are you?!” He explodes.

“Roquette's working on a virus to render the fog inert," Roy continues.

“But if the shadows know she can do that," Robin pieces. 

“They'll target her,” you finish the thought, making eye contact with Robin.

“Roy I need to talk to you,” you repeated once more.

“Right now, she's off the grid. I stashed her at the local high school's computer lab," Roy completes, glancing at you for a second.

“You left her alone?” Ollie pressed.

“Roy,” you repeat his name, you were twirling the blade in circles around your fingers. 

“She's safe enough for now," Roy promised.

“Then let’s, you and I, keep her that way," Ollie attempts.

“You and I? Don't you wanna take your new protégé?” Roy lashed out, and Ollie visibly deflated.

“You brought this to the team. It's their mission, which means it's hers now, too,” Ollie says after being stopped by Batman.

“Then my job's done," Roy scoffs before turning to walk away.

The blade in your hand lands with deadly accuracy by Roy’s foot, effectively stopping him as you stepped in front of him. “You and me, Thursday, no masks, no adults, our favorite place for breakfast, at 7," you decided, addressing him quietly, tired of trying to get him to respond to you.

“No,” he says, trying to push past you, but you stand your ground.

“I wasn’t asking,” you tell him, finally stepping aside, allowing him to walk by. “You better show, Red Arrow, don’t forget!” you bend down to grab your knife.

“Recognized; Speedy-” The computer begins.

“That's Red Arrow, b-06. Update," Roy says, correcting the Zeta’s as he beams out. 

HAPPY HARBOR August 8, 21:59 ED

“Everyone online?” M’gann’s voice rang out over the psychic link.

“Ohh,” Artemis muttered, “this is weird.”

“And distracting!” Roquette interrupted. “Coding a distributive algorithm virus on a kiddie computer With less ram than a wristwatch is hard enough. Now I have to hear teen-think in my skull?”

“Someone’s a complainer,” you muttered at Roquette, though thankfully, she couldn’t hear you.

“Lady, do you always complain when someone tries to help you?” KF shot back.

“Pot, kettle. Have you met?” Artemis hinted, and your eyes darted between them.

“Hey! Hey, I do not need attitude from the newbie who drove Red Arrow off the team,” KF argued, and you bit your lip.

“That is so not on me!” Artemis negated.

Roquette let out a sigh, “Fate of the world at stake.”

Wally was quick to defend himself, “She started it.”

“Brat,” you murmur silently, rolling your eyes at Wally.

“How 'bout I just help Miss Martian and Superboy patrol the perimeter?” Artemis offered, moving from her spot in the room.

“Good idea,” Aqualad agreed, finally stepping in.

Robin smirked at you before sending something to the link. “You might cut her some slack,” he teased, and you knew exactly where he was headed.

You smirked back before adding on, “It was her arrow saved your ass against Amazo.”

“What? No, that was Speedy's - I mean Red Arrow's arrow, right?” KF stuttered.

Rob and I make eye contact before we both respond, “Not so much.”

“Humph. Well, still not giving her the satisfaction,” KF decided, and you rolled your eyes.

“You know I can still hear you,” Artemis reminded him, and a smile split your lips.

“Ahh!” KF let out a groan, and you and Robin guffawed slightly under your breath.

Roquette let out another sigh, “I couldn't get the Justice League.”

You sobered for a second, looking back to Kaldur and then the Doctor, “The virus won't be of much use if we cannot find the weapon,” he shared. 

“Can you track it?” you asked her, tagging onto what he had said.

Roquette turned to you with narrowed eyes, “My utility fog is not a weapon,” she argued. “It's science, brilliant science. And of course I can track it, but I'd have to go online. Might as well rent a billboard with this address and "assassinate me" written in neon.”

You and Aqualad stepped forward, and gently you placed a hand on her shoulder, “We will protect you,” you assured her, and Kaldur gave the nod in affirmation.

Her attention shifted from the computer screen to you and Kaldur before she gave a little nod of agreement, “Tracking the fog now,” she relented.

As Artemis arrived outside with M’gann and Superboy, you moved back toward Robin, who was sitting on one of the desks. You sat down beside him and placed your hands beside his so that they were just barely touching. You had found yourself closer to Robin since the Amazo mission, both physically and emotionally. The small crush that had been there before seemed viable, and while facing the Shadows barely shook you, the idea of pursuing a relationship seemed unattainable. So, for now, you’d stick to just barely touching hands, and sharing the understanding looks that passed between you both.

It had been relatively quiet for a while up until Artemis spoke up, “Mhm, that boy.” Your face pinched in reaction, knowing that she had to be thinking of Superboy.

“He can hear you. We can all hear you!” M’gann challenged, defensively.

“Oh, I know,” you could hear the smirk in Artemis’ tone.

You faked a gag to Robin, who smiled and looked down, trying to stifle his laughter, though you stopped promptly when Roquette turned back to you. A blinking dot on her screen, she had found the fog.

Your gaze shifted to Kaldur, waiting for his next decision. “Miss Martian, Dr. Roquette has located the fog. Reconfigure the Bioship so that Robin and Superboy can pursue,” he ordered. 

Your lips pursed as you glanced at Robin before looking back to Kaldur, “What about-”

“No,” he cut you off. “We need you here. Join Artemis and Miss Martian outside,” he instructed, and you bit your lip before nodding passively.

You decided arguing with Kaldur now may not be the smartest thing you could do, so instead, you and Robin got up and walked out. 

“Hey, don’t die on me, okay?” you joked, but there was something a bit deeper underneath.

“What? And leave you here to deal with all of Wally’s bullshit alone? That’s a fate worse than death, and I’m not that cruel," Rob mused, and you briefly wondered if his eyes would’ve twinkled as he said it. 

While excellent for identity concealment, Domino Masks made it challenging to gather the full range of expressions on a person’s face. 

M’gann’s voice cut through the new silence, “Ready,” she announced, and your eyes darted from his face, back to the ground.

You offered a quirked smile as you arrived outside. With a slight nod and a brush of your hands, he’s running to meet Superboy, and you’re off to join the other girls on perimeter control. The two boys run onto the Bioship, and it disappears from view, leaving the rest of you to return to your posts. 

M’gann didn’t miss a beat before turning to Artemis, “You embarrassed Superboy.”

“Didn't hear him say that,” Artemis challenged, and you observed her tensed body language.

“Must you challenge everyone?” the Martian shot back.

Artemis’ eyes narrowed as she began to walk away, “Where I come from, that's how you survive.”

“That sounds exhausting,” you decide, meeting Artemis’ eyes, but she doesn’t respond.

The three of you decided it might be beneficial to split up while taking another lap of the perimeter. You rejoined the other two by the front entrance to the high school. 

It was silent until Aqualad’s hurried voice broke through, “Nightingale, M'gann, Kid, Artemis; we are under attack in the computer lab!” he shouted.

Your eyes widened and you spun on your foot before running in, “On our way.”

As the three of you took the halls, you realized that someone was missing, and you slowed to a stop in the middle of the hall. 

“Kid Flash,” you heard M’gann mutter. 

“I got him. You go!” you decide, turning around and heading to the last place M’gann ‘felt’ Wally.

You burst through the doors and onto the pool deck, braids whipping against your back as you look for your friend. When you spotted him in the water, floating face down, you dove into the pool without hesitation. You swim as fast as you could toward him. When you reached Wally, you turned him over, so his face was out of the water before pulling him to the pool deck. One arm on the concrete and the other around Wally, you pull him out of the water. You climbed out as soon as he was secure, before throwing yourself on top of Wally to check for a pulse. All that succeeded in doing was making you more panicked when you couldn’t find it.

Immediately you began to perform CPR, stopping to give him mouth to mouth when needed. After an eternity of a minute, Wally started coughing and spluttering water. 

“Oh my God!” you breathed, collapsing back on your hands as Wally slowly pulled himself up into a sitting position.

Your chest heaved as you tried to get your emotions in check and avoid having a panic attack. A few deep breaths later, you stood up on shaky knees and pulled him up along with. 

Then, you began whacking his arm. “Don’t. You. Ever. Ever. Do. Anything. Like. That. Ever. Again!” each word was punctuated with a hit.

“Okay, okay, I won’t drown," he surrendered, a playful smirk splayed on his lips, but you could see the way his chest was still shuttering with deep breaths.

“Drowning?” you repeat, staring at him. “I mean, dying! I cannot do that again, Wally!” you shout. He stares at you with wide eyes for a second and you launch your body at him, pulling him into the tightest hug you could manage. “Please,” you begged, your voice sounding weaker than before. 

“I’m alive, and that’s because of you,” he reminds you, hugging you back. “Plus you can’t get rid of me that easily,” he mused, and you smack the back of his head in response.

“Okay! God! let’s go!” Wally huffed, picking you up bridal style and running you back to the computer lab.

You had arrived in time to see an assassin in green with a mask, she took a look at you and Wally before stepping back. “-Maybe a little too interesting," she decided, dropping a smoke bomb. 

Wally lunged forward only to grab Artemis through the smoke instead. “Gone," he grunted.

“She's getting away! You're letting her getaway!” Roquette shouted.

Wally reared toward the new archer, “This is all your fault! You were on the perimeter! How'd that Shadow get in?” he was raging at Artemis, and your brows pinched.

“That's not really fair. I was outside, too," M’gann reminds him.

“So was I," you add, facing the red-headed speedster who’s eyes softened considerably as he stared at your disapproving expression.

“Outside being distracted by her!" he was grasping at straws as a fair amount of his rage seemed to melt away. “Besides, I can't be mad at you," he addes, turning his attention back to you.

“You gave me mouth-to-mouth,” he said telepathically, and you rolled your eyes despite the blush that appeared at the same time.

“We heard that!” everyone else shouted.

“Dang it!” Wally exclaims, walking away from you all. 

Though you don’t let it go that easily. You push him until he’s in the hall, closing the door behind you, separating you both from the rest of the team temporarily. 

“What the hell is your issue with her?” you whisper yelled. Wally West might be one of your closest friends but you couldn’t figure out what was going on with him. 

“What do you mean, ‘what’s my issue?’ it’s the same issue we all have!” He shot back.

“Is it?” you challenged. “Because you’re the only one treating her like she doesn’t deserve to be here!” you added, voice rising slightly. 

You receive an eye-roll in response. 

“Do not roll your eyes at me. I would give my life to save you, Rob, Kaldur, or Roy. And I love Roy, but you can’t do this to her, because she, Wallace, no matter what you think, she belongs here and deserves to be here. On this team, with all of us. Ollie chose her, after Roy told him he was done. You cannot blame her for something she can’t control. Because guess what, West? She doesn’t control Roy. Roy controls Roy, and you better understand that you’re mad at him, not the new girl who is risking her life to help us," you argue. “She deserves your respect,” you finish and notice the look on Wally’s face.

You can see he’s trying to soak up what you just said, but at the moment you couldn’t bring yourself to feel bad about what you had said. Wally’s been a jerk to Artemis the entire time she’s been here, and that was not okay.

Your saving grace came as Robin’s voice crackled over the comms. “Robin to Aqualad. We're over Philadelphia. We've located the shadows' next target, Star Labs.” There’s a moment of silence before you hear Robin let out a low gasp, “We're too late. It's destroyed, totally destroyed. The fog decimated it. This is bad. Star Labs is cutting-edge science, And now their secrets are in the hands of the enemy.”

You swallowed, eyes on Wally as you spoke into the comm, “What's our next move?” you ask.

“Rescan for that fog. Find it. We're moving the Doctor," Aqualad decides.

You turn to Wally once more, “you need to get it together,” you sigh, opening the door and walking back toward the rest of the team. 

While you and Aqualad went out on a perimeter patrol, M’gann, Wally, and Artemis put the plan in motion. Together, the two of you walked for a while in silence until Aqualad spoke up.

“I seemed to have noticed something our other friends have missed," he smirked.

“Really? What’s that?” you asked, turning away from your surroundings to look at him.

“You seem to be more prone to contact with a certain Boy Wonder than you have been in the past," he notes and your cheeks redden immediately.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” you can’t hide the smile that comes along with the shameless lie though. 

“You forget, old friend, we met each other many years ago, in my home. I take pride in the fact that I still know you quite well," he smiles, and you look away, a small pout on your lips.

“Whatever,” you mumbled, gaining a soft chuckle.

When he calms a bit you give him a knowing look, “you know they’re probably glaring at each other.”

“Yes, I would think so,” he agreed, and you shook your head. 

“Stop it, both of you,” you order, through the psychic link while sharing a smirk with Kaldur. 

Both Artemis and KF respond immediately, “What?!”

“We can hear you glaring,” Aqualad tells them and you crack a smile.

After a bit, you notice some movement on the horizon, and Kaldur picked up on it too. It was time to put the plan in motion. 

“Miss Martian, stay in camouflage mode and make a wide perimeter sweep," Aqualad ordered aloud, although you both knew it was a lie, Miss M was still with Dr. Roquette. 

Kaldur gave you a nod and moved toward the right while you went to the left. Within seconds, someone came up behind you and conked you on the head. Everything went blurry, and while it was disorienting, it wasn’t enough to knock you out. You do however, make sure to fake collapse anyways.

You stay down with closed eyes and you listen to the Assassins move.  

“The martian could return any second, and I'm not keen on evening their odds. We end Roquette now," a woman said, and you recognized her voice as the same assassin from before. 

You follow the plan, waiting a few moments before slowly getting back up. You stay low in the tall grass to avoid being spotted before quietly racing back to the new location where you had stashed Roquette. When you arrived she was typing away. 

“I've almost got it," she informs you. 

When her computer beeps you look over her shoulder and your eyes widen, “The next target's a Wayne Tech facility," you mutter, suddenly very aware of how close to home this hits.

“We have company," Aqualad warns just as a smoke bomb explodes in front of you.

“Uploading now. And by the way, you said you'd protect me," Roquette sassed.

Both you and Aqualad turn around and see the attacker coming out of the vents. You pull out your escrima sticks as she shoots a bunch of darts at Aqualad. 

“Let's test the limit of your jellyfish immunity, shall we?” the assassin drawled, and when Kaldur staggered back, she stalked further. “There. Limit tested," you could almost hear the smirk as Aqualad fell. “Now, Doctor, time for my appointment," 

“Sorry, but there’s a bit of a wait," you interrupt, eyes narrowing behind your mask as she lunges. 

You use the escrima sticks proficiently against her, but it’s clear the shadows have trained her very well. After a few minutes, she manages to disarm you. She kicks you back and walks toward Dr. Roquette. You grab a ring dagger and throw it at her, the sharp blade attaches her to another table, slicing through part of her green robe. 

She turns her head back to you, as you struggle back to your feet, “Impressive aim,” she notes, pulling the blade out, “but you’ll find mine to be better,” she chucked your knife back at you. 

Your body reacted on its own, turning as the blade sped toward your face. The edge managed a cut to your cheek, before it embedded itself in the wall behind you. 

You squared off with the assassin, grabbing more blades from their harnesses, though a sudden ding drew her attention away from you.

“So you finished the virus, eliminating the reason for your elimination, though not the entertainment value," she realized, slowly backing toward the door. “Lucky for you, my orders are clear. You live to program another day. After all, Doctor, the shadows may find another use for you," then she disappeared into the shadows.

You shoved the blades back into their harness and rushed to Kaldur first, “Aqualad?” your arms wrapped around him for stability. 

“I will be okay,” he assures you. “What of Roquette?” he grunted. 

“She’s fine,” you promise as you help him out the door. 

Roquette crouched down and picked up your escrima sticks, handing them gently back to you. You smiled at her as you slid them into the harness on your back. 

When you exit the building you spot Artemis, but no one else. 

“Artemis, where's the assassin?” you asked, still supporting part of Kaldur’s weight as you stop before her.

A pained expression crossed her features, “She, uh… she got away," Artemis admitted depressedly.

Before you could tell her it was okay, Wally had interrupted. 

“Oh, from you? Oh, big surprise. Notice we got ours," Wally brags, gesturing to the incapacitated people behind him. 

“KF,” your tone has a warning edge, and the speedster rolled his eyes. Though they got caught on something down on the floor. 

“Cool. Souvenir!" Wally rushed over and swiped it up off the ground. 

While he was occupied you turned back to Kaldur, “This is going to hurt,” you mutter to the older boy as you wrap your hand around one of the darts. 

“Do it,” he assures you, and you offer a small smile and you begin to pull the darts out of his skin. 

“Alright,” you nodded, as you got the last one. 

Slowly he straightened up before turning toward Artemis, “Her mask? Did you see her... her face?” Aqualad questions weekly from beside me.

“It was dark," Artemis stuttered.

“It is fine. Robin and Superboy neutralized the fog, And Dr. Roquette is safe, thanks in no small part to you. Welcome to the team," he was quick to reassure her before shaking her hand.

“I've always wanted a sister. Here on Earth, I mean. I have twelve back on Mars but trust me, it's not the same," M’gann smiled giddily.

“I wouldn't know. But thanks," Artemis nodded shyly.

“Anytime,” you cut in, before elbowing Wally in the stomach.

“Ow. Yeah. Welcome," Wally mumbled, sending you a subtle glare.

Slowly the team loaded back onto the Bioship once Superboy and Robin had returned. As you walked you stayed toward the back, stopping Artemis before the two of you could enter. 

“Hey, Artemis,” you call her name gently, and she stops, turning to face you. “I know you’re not GA’s niece,” you tell her and her eyes widen and stature stiffens, “and I’m sure that League knows what they're doing. But when you feel ready, I’d like to get to know who you really are. If you’re anything like the girl I met today, I gotta admit she seems pretty cool," you give her another soft smile before boarding the ship.

She waited a moment before following in after you. She shot you a small grateful look as she sat down in her seat. Smiling you sat down in yours, next to Robin. Your body slouched as the seat melded into you. 

“You good?” Robin asked, voice low, as M’gann took the helm.

“Just tired,” you hum, thinking back to the morning you had spent at the beach as you pull your gloves off.

“You got cut?” he asked, and your fingers moved to your cheek. They make contact and you wince. Pulling them back you see a little bit of blood.

“It’ll be fine,” you shrug. 

Robin sends you one more look before nodding.

STAR CITY August 11th, 07:23 EDT

The rest of the week seemed to fly by and you found yourself sitting in an old diner in Star City, knee bouncing as you fiddled with your jacket zipper. You’d been sitting there for nearly half an hour and was beginning to lose hope when you heard the bell ding. Looking over a smile pulled your lip out from between your teeth.

The eighteen-year-old boy with the red hair walked over and slouched into the booth across from you, but before he could say anything, the owner walked up to the two of you.

“Roy, (Y/n), it’s been too long since I’ve seen your lovely faces in my diner,” Miss Lenetii smiled, and a warm feeling spread in your chest.

“Sorry Miss L, we’ve been busy,” Roy spoke with a small smile aimed at the older woman, and it was the first one you’d seen on his face in months.

“Well, I’m glad you’re back, I’ll send you usuals in,” she smiled, grabbing the untouched menus from the table and walking off.

You waited till she was out of earshot before you turned back to face him, “You came!” you cheered kicking his foot, gaining a roll of his eyes.

“I didn’t have a choice,” he argued with a pointed look. “You’ve gotten really good with those daggers,” he noted and you laughed. 

“You think?” you smirked. 

“I remember when you couldn’t even twirl them without one going flying at our heads,” he joked. 

“Oh god, don’t remind me,” you shook your head, looking down at your orange juice.

“Ollie forced you to learn how to shoot after that,” he reminded you. 

“Yeah, he did. To help build arm and hand strength as well as aim,” you quoted. 

“It worked, you were a quick study,” he nodded. 

“Bow and arrows aren’t really my thing,” you shrugged. 

“And yet you’re a better shot than me,” he deadpanned. 

“Debatable,” you shrug. 

“Good job with the mission, by the way,” he added. 

“Thanks,” you smiled softly at him. 

“Alrighty we’ve got an egg over easy on hash browns with bacon and hot sauce for Miss (Y/L/N), and a meat lovers omelet with toast for Mr. Harper,” Miss Lenetii smiled placing down your food. She also placed down a cup of coffee for Roy and a fresh glass of orange juice for you. 

“Thank you, Miss L, it looks awesome, as always,” you smiled up at the older woman. 

“Enjoy sweethearts, this one’s on the house,” she winked before walking away, leaving no room for argument. 

“She’s too nice to us,” Roy notes. 

“Always has been,” you nod. Biting your lip, you look up from your food and to the boy across you, “Roy you should come back to the team,” you say softly. 

His shoulders sagged a little bit, “(Y/n) if that’s the only reason I’m here then I’m going to take my order to go,” he sighed.

“No, just hear me out,” you pleaded. 

He didn’t say anything, but Roy turned his eyes back to you. 

“I love you, and you know that. I know you are a super capable person, but being on your own is not your safest bet, okay? The way the League treats us, it’s different Roy. We’re our own team and with our own goals. It may not be as big as the League but it’s an improvement to just doing patrols,” you explain. 

“I’m not interested, Birdy,” he repeats. 

“The boys want you there,” you press.

“I don’t want to be there, (Y/n). I want to be recognized as what I am, someone who’s grown up. I’m not a little kid anymore, and I definitely am not Ollie’s sidekick. I won’t go back as long as we’re still viewed as sidekicks,” he told you seriously, and then it went quiet. The two of you ate in silence, watching each other and the people who seemed to file in and out. 

When the time came you knew you had to leave in order to be on time for morning training with Robin and Aqualad. 

Heaving a sigh you looked Roy in the eyes. “We never viewed each other as sidekicks, Roy. We viewed each other as friends, as family. That was the important part. But if you think growing up is more important, I think you made the right choice,” you decided, standing up and placing a twenty next to your plate before grabbing your bag. He didn’t say anything as he looked at you with pinched brows. Nodding you leaned down and pressed a kiss to his cheek before walking out. 

Maybe Roy really had made the choice best for him...

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[why-this-kolaveri-machi]

it wasn’t power i coveted; it was acceptance.

Titans 3.06

y’know, i was just thinking the other day that 1.06/1.07 and 2.06/2.07 were the best episodes of their respective seasons, so i have great hopes going in to this one. fingers crossed!

as always, typing this up as i see the episode.

SPOILERS AHEAD

1. oh! um... that was a Cold Open, all right. *nudges* get it? cold? because it’s snowing? and two people got murdered in cold blood? eh?

... oh, i’ve just started.

1.5. i wonder if “i want to be sipping pina coladas on a beach with you” is the new “i’m just one day away from retiring.” i was so on edge after that--i kept expecting that car to explode. even so, the way they died wasn’t an anticlimax: brutal, and quick. 

1.75. so i’m assuming that’s the titular lady vic! this show better bring up why this doll was important or why these two cops needed to be killed, and not leave it to the ether like jericho’s little mindscape jaunt in 2.08 (i’m still dying to know what that was about???)

2.

i love how deliberately unappealing wayne manor is. 

(sorry for the pic quality. i don’t have hbo max! ssshhh.)

2.3. i love the many references to “home” and “our house” when they’ve been here for less than a week and saw one of their friends get blown into pieces. i mean, i unironically love it: home is where family is, after all!

2.5. i’d like to say that kom is playing some sort of long game here, especially given the build-up we had last season and some of the more niggling details this season: why did kom choose now to use her bond to lure kory when she’s been on earth for months? why did justin call kory now, just around the time that she started getting kom’s visions? and what about kom’s ability to exactly imitate other people? hmmm.

2.75. the reason i wrote i’d like to say is that i’ve made the mistake of assuming plot complexity where there is none; i was so invested in the jason todd orchestrated his own death theory for instance, when it turns out that oops! ra’s al ghul just happened to leave a little lazarus puddle in gotham, and oh yeah! scarecrow just happens to have a network of henchmen working for him on the outside and a fully functional laboratory and a weapons cache fit for a new supervillain in the basement of the high security psychiatric unit/prison that he’s in! 

(no i’m not bitter, why do you ask)

2.8. iiiii don’t know what to say about the implications of sex slavery being a thing on tamaran, so i’m not going to say anything at all. for now.

3. gotham, six years ago... wasn’t it five years before s2 that jericho died and the titans disbanded? and when was the flashback from 1.06 where dick let zucco die? i think it was after the events of 2.08: jericho? i can’t seem to find any transcripts or reliable information online, so i’m going to have to rewatch 1.06 at some point. 

(i love the old-fashioned batman music in this heist scene)

3.5. “security is a joke... it’s my way of keeping my dad on his toes”. what you’re an ethical thief now, like an ethical hacker? i don’t think that excuse is going to sell, barbara, on the day you do encounter a decent security system and your father is forced to arrest you.

(then again, gotham’s security is piss-poor. did you know that you could just walk into arkham asylum without any official clearance, ply one of its most dangerous inhabitants with contraband, and said inmate could get away with having an entire laboratory and weapons cache--NO I’M NOT GOING TO LET THIS GO)

3.8 so that flashback between dick and barbara was really cute! and also illuminating:

a) dick sounds so light, so... um. look. i have some apologies to tender to mr thwaites, because while i’ve always thought he does a fine job as dick grayson, i’ve never been terribly fond of his cadence as he delivers dialogue. it’s often monotonous, i thought, but then again, he’s usually delivering exposition or dealing with one soul-crushing crisis or the other. so i was pleasantly surprised to hear dick sound so carefree and alive in his conversation with barbara, laughing frequently, his emotions so bare and bubbling to the surface. it’s really a fantastic contrast to the traumatised and world-weary dick grayson that we see now, even more so than the costume department just bunging a backwards-baseball cap on mr thwaites’ head and hoping that will convince us of his relative youth. 

b) and god, when he wakes up from that memory, all alone in his bed, bleeding from bullet holes in his shoulder (bullet holes that are--in a somewhat convoluted way--barbara’s fault)? yikes. it’s great. you have my apologies, mr thwaites!

c) can you imagine dick just... crawling back to wayne manor, trying not to be seen by anybody, shedding his suit and just... collapsing onto his bed without even tending to his wound? the sheer emotional and physical exhaustion of it? 

d) it’s so interesting to see how barbara and dick approach the idea of legacy--a big theme on the show!--in this flashback. barbara is the one bucking the idea that she should follow in her father’s footsteps, while dick seems pretty content with the batman-and-robin setup, and even tries to get barbara to join their team (robin-girl. pfffft). obviously after this several traumatic things happen wherein dick ends up questioning and then resenting his role as robin, his relationship with batman or even returning as a vigilante at all. and barbara... ends up replacing her father as commissioner. it’s tragic, really. 

e) the dynamic between dick and barbara in the flashback reminds me of how it was between dick and donna in 1.08 and even between kory and dick in early s1. it’s like having an older, strong-willed woman by his side means he gives over the steering wheel for a while and lets himself... unspool, a little bit. it’s kinda endearing.

also:

*pinches his cheeks*

3. you know, we talk about dick and Eldest Daughter Syndrome, and that’s definitely valid, but here gar seems to me the embodiment of it, with all the emotional gardening and firefighting that he’s expected to do. he’s kind of the guy expected to keep his shit together and take care of everyone else while they are falling completely to pieces, unable to carve out time to process his own trauma. he’s also picked up dick’s and kory’s tendencies to bottle up their struggles and shun appearing vulnerable, and he’s struggling in the shadow of both dick and kory undergoing acute crises, his best friend (and frequent confidante) on the other side of the world, and seeing hank die, utterly helpless to stop it. 

i’m glad that he got a chance to tell dick even a smidgeon of what he really feels, and i hope this is at least a semblance of a wake up call for dick to actually sit down and work with the people he repeatedly calls family.

3.5. it’s heartening to see that dick immediately makes it his priority to go talk to gar. but don’t blow off kory in the process, man!

4. i’m really loving this dynamic between kom and conner--i get the idea that both of them consider each other as Unknowns, alien two times over. but conner’s only ever known the titans, who embrace being different, and kom’s only ever known... well. 

anyway, kory is Really Stressed, and honestly? #relatable. 

when you’re forced to bring an estranged family member to hang out with your friends...

4.5. i love that the titans are spending so much time in the kitchen. a real family!

5. jonathan crane is a creep and i absolutely cannot stand him.

5.25. how did he get a whole lab setup (in the basement of a hospital...?) with a bunch of whitecoats to work for him? how did he just waltz into the viewing room of an operation theatre when he’s one of the most wanted men in gotham right now? why is jason wandering around maskless when--presumably--as the adopted son of the most famous person in gotham he’d be a tad more recognisable than your average joe?

why do i expect this show to answer anything anymore?

5.5. that’s not necessarily a criticism, mind; i’ve said since season 1 that titans is very comics-like in this aspect, all about the Aesthetic and the splash-page splendour rather than the niggling unimportant details of how or when the characters got to said location. like. the camera gliding over the operation being set-up, lady vic bursting in and doing her murder dance (imagine the luck of the poor intern who chose this day and this surgery to assist) and jason, shocked and slack-jawed, framed by blood.

5.75. it’s a sobering reminder for jason that, though he chose this path in order to gain control over a world that seemed like it was rapidly spinning out of his grip, he’s only succeeded in handing over even more control to a man with an agenda that is very clearly not aligned with his own. he’s in too far to stop now, though.

5.9. i have a lot more thoughts about jason! saving it up for the end of this recap, though.

6. more kitchen time! i better see dick do some cooking soon...

(”our kitchen”! it still delights me! kitchens are So Important)

6.25. so much of dick’s issues have revolved around his relationship with bruce, so it’s completely understandable that in the wake of a huge crisis where bruce literally asks dick to replace him and be a “better” him, dick would default to all the worst things he learned from the man. and i’m glad kory’s having none of it, but come on, guys. the woman’s literally fetched her fratricidal sister out of a hole in the ground with no idea what said sister is going to do next and experiencing a burgeoning sense of guilt far, far beyond her history with the titans, and dick’s too far into his autocolonoscopy that he can’t see that she needs help.

6.5. “he services your urges”--well, as far as we know, kory is the last person he had sex with...

7. “i hope [gar] isn’t angry with me...” SIR! i thought you’d already spoken to him! smh, as the kids say. kory wouldn’t be needing to reassure you if you just took the effort to build two way emotional relationships with the rest of the team. @superohclair​ was taking about dick’s relatively low emotional intelligence? i agree.

7.5. “i got my own problems [...] you and barbara? fix it.” YOU TELL HIM, KORY

8. man i really like this weird, sad tension between dick and barbara--this sense that both of them are approaching the other based on how they remember them and are ultimately disappointed by the truth. barbara thought she could trust dick to... well, be a better batman, but dick has not only failed at that in her eyes, but repeatedly undermined her while exploiting the authority that she gave him. in dick’s eyes, this is nothing like the barbara that he knew, rebellious and ready to do whatever it takes to find something. 

like. this show sometimes really hits me in the chest about the ways it shows kids grow into adults and into caretakers, and the way it’s stop-start, the ways nothing can happen at all for a long time and then it’s Crisis Central all at once and there’s no space to breathe. the weird sort of sadness that comes with nostalgia. 

8.5. oracle name drop! i agree with barbara, any system that can just randomly tap into gotham phonelines is a monster.

8.7. (i don’t know if it’s my imagination, but is dick holding himself... differently in this episode? like that wound is definitely bothering him, and he’s running on fumes)

9. man, that was a really sweet scene between kom and conner. “feeling alien in your own world”... “not quite here nor there”

honestly this team runs on conner and gar’s faith in their value as a family, and it’s a sign of conner’s generous heart that he extends that opportunity to blackfire. this arc of maturation for him, where he’s now able to consciously choose which parts of himself he can use to do the thing he wants to so--save people--has been so fulfilling to recognise. this baby’s grown with the titans! and what he’s learnt is that people can get fucked up, but the titans is a place where they can be fucked up, and grow.

MY MAN CONNER

10. oh man i’m drinking in the gar-dick interaction in this episode like i’m three days into the desert and it’s the only source of water for miles around!

a) gar is absolutely not dealing with dick’s bullshit this episode and I LOVE IT. it’s such a far cry from the man who was idolising dick/robin back in s1 and expecting him to solve all their problems. dick is fallible, dick is fucked up, but he Tries His Best and that’s ok.

b) dick, huffing and puffing through that vent, unable to put any pressure on his left shoulder, trying to have a heart to heart with gar... fuck i love this asshole. 

c) bruce took in a kid who was suffering... “and made him into a weapon”. well. i absolutely agree with dick that it was bruce who put these kids into these horrible situations with him and they came away with a bucketload of trauma to add to the one that they already had. but we know that bruce was really trying with jason, and at the end of s2, dick was coming to acknowledge that bruce had offered him something that wasn’t just darkness. jason’s death and bruce’s reaction to that shattered that fragile progress.

d) “gotham got to me too.” i feel more sympathetic towards dick running off on his own than most, and it’s not just because i’m an unapologetic stan.  we’ve seen before that dick... devolves when overwhelmed, and he lashes out and makes ill thought out decisions and just Does Not Deal. it happened after hearing the news that deathstroke had returned in s2, and it didn’t help that everyone around him was reeling at the news, either. this time, however, he has his salvation in his family, and despite some stupid decisions like running off and kidnapping supervillains without telling his team, he’s been really on the ball this season. thinking clearly and logically, holding it together and working on a plan, thinking two steps ahead of the villains... yes.

e) gar needing to believe that jason isn’t beyond redemption... there’s a lot of blood on his hands, too, from when he was manipulated by cadmus last season. it makes sense why he’d relate to jason’s predicament, and i hope dick picked up on that.

f) my head just added a plaintive ow after dick jumped feet first into the storage room

i need, crave gifs of this scene!

11. *sits on hands* i’m going to talk more about red hood, i promise!

12. more gar and dick! is it my birthday??!!

(actually, according to the tamil calendar, it is my birthday! my “star” birthday)

12.5. excellent. dick using some implausible training that bruce taught him to solve a mystery? passing some of that knowledge onto gar? that proud smile when he sees gar perfectly execute moves that he taught him? MY HEART IS EXPLODING

13. aw, i love flashback!dick and barbara, they’re so cute <3

13.25. why does it not surprise me that the way he proposes a relationship to barbara is by saying “we make sense”? this guy can deduce exactly who was present where and what weapon they were holding from a garbled audio recording but other times he’s utterly clueless, and that’s a consistent character beat right from s1

13.5. so.... that’s why lady vic has it out for... barbara....? i don’t get it. it’s flimsy. but hey! the fun thing about titans is that i don’t have to get it. the payoff has nothing to do with the plot.

14. i can’t believe that barbara fell for that, but at least that wheelchair fight looked awesome, so.

15. oh yeah, i forgot that red hood bullied the mob into helping him and scarecrow... at least that explains the whitecoats and the elaborate set-up.

15.5. honestly i love how this dynamic between kory and kom is developing, though i wish more of the team would pay attention to it. time to call justin, i think!

16. i wonder what happened after that second flashback where barbara got hurt during that heist. did she give up on doing any more (maybe jim caught her)? was it because dick was called away by bruce and then the titans and got caught up in his own issues? maybe barbara froze him out because she wasn’t looking for the relationship that he was looking for? maybe the idea of doing that with someone turning into batman-lite was just... unappealing? scary?

whatever it is, it doesn’t look like dick ever processed the end of that relationship. it’s very intriguing to see where their dynamic goes next.

17. so.... what, did vic deliver some fear toxin to barbara? i... what?

17.5. and i TOLD YOU that they would never explain that doll or why vic attacked those two cops at the beginning! oh, titans. never change. 

18. did jason just randomly have tim’s restaurant burgled? god, i’m feeling a bit nauseous... are they going to kill tim’s father?

18.25. i feel like the rest of the season is going to wrestle with jason’s culpability in the horrible stuff he’s doing and i’m already seeing that prospect divide fans. on one hand, his story is taking a lot of oxygen away from other equally interesting story arcs, and he’s done some truly awful things, like indiscriminate murder, threatening to kill children, blowing up hank, and potentially killing tim’s parents. 

there’s something to be said for the kind of hold that crane has over him, and the so-called ‘anti-fear’ drug that he keeps plying jason with--he’s alone, drugged almost constantly (to the level of dependence), fresh from the trauma of being bludgeoned to death. he hasn’t conquered fear; he’s ruled by it. on the other hand, given that he’s the one character on the show given an obvious and identifiable ‘mental illness’ arc (maaaaybe dick too), one can argue that it’s irresponsible to show this progress into such violence: jason was vulnerable because he was struggling, and that left him vulnerable, but it took only a push before he became a fucking serial killer.

but that could mean we underestimate the degree of that vulnerability, and the mechanics of this universe where he fell into the clutches of the one supervillain perfectly designed to exploit that vulnerability. that helpless spiral into further and further self-destruction is all too real. it’s valuable to know that someone who has sunk that low can still seek help--actual help--and get it. 

18.5. i don’t know. it’s not a question i’m going to resolve at the end of an overlong recap at 1 in the morning. i don’t believe it’s even a question that titans can resolve. but i am interested in where they’re going next with jason.

19. this episode was genuinely great! i’m pumped for the rest of the season!

[problematic-faves-appreciation]

Problematic Faves Cliffs Notes: Harvey Dent/Two-Face

Batman (1980) #329

Summary: Once a crusading district attorney that worked alongside Batman and Jim Gordon to fight crime – now the duality-obsessed super criminal known as Two-Face.

Harvey Dent also serves as a dark reflection of Batman's own struggles living a dual life with conflicting identities.

Main Goal: To enact his own justice whilst committing crimes.

Fears: Uncertainty, himself in general [the things he's capable of, specifically], losing control, his loved ones dying, his darker half discovering Bruce's secret identity [Detective Comics (2016) #1021], Renee Montoya's rejection [Batman: No Man's Land, novel], and the Joker [Joker (2008), only].

Mindset: Sees himself bound by fate and its will. As a result of Harvey's black-and-white worldviews, he considers his two-headed (scarred on one side) silver dollar a truly objective instrument of justice due to it only yielding two simple, 50/50 outcomes at the end of every coin toss.

"Some people go to the beach to forget their problems. They can watch the waves for hours. I understand the fascination.

There's a pattern – then there is no pattern.

It's the same with the coin. We want it all to mean something – we want to find the pattern – but in the final analysis, it's just waves."

— Harvey Dent, Secret Origins Special (1989) #1

•••

"He was always interested in the law – some might say obsessed. Man's law gave order to Harvey's world – they delineated the parameters of right and wrong, good and evil. They gave him something to believe in."

— Gilda Dent, Secret Origins Special (1989) #1

•••

Hugo Strange: Let's go back further, you were a rising star, a beacon of light for this city. A white knight riding in to save it with the Dark Knight not far behind.

Harvey Dent: You can leave him out of this. He is wrong. They all are. No one understands the beauty of fate's hand. I am grateful to Falcone. He gave me a clarity; a purity that few will know. Everything boils down to a simple choice, this way or that way, good... or bad.

Hugo Strange: Do you really believe that?

Harvey Dent: How could I not?

— Batman: Arkham City

•••

Batman: If you pull the trigger, how are you different from the Roman?

Harvey Dent: That's Jim Gordon talking. You know the system doesn't work. That justice can be decided like the flip of a coin.

— The Long Halloween

•••

"You thought we could be decent men in an indecent time... but you were wrong! The world is cruel. And the only morality in a cruel world is chance. Unbiased, unprejudiced, fair."

— Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight

•••

"Life's a lottery, Holman. It's chance that decides who lives and who dies. Who gets cancer. Which kid is born with spina bifida. Who gets run over by a truck.

This [the coin] is what decides whether or not I blow your wife's brains out."

— Harvey Dent, Joker's Asylum: Two-Face #1 

Teen Titans Spotlight (1987) #13

Character Traits:

🌗 Loving • Idealistic • Genuine • Principled • Resolute • Focused • Driven • Workaholic • Passionate • Eloquent • Wrathful • Obssessed • Brooding • Self-loathing • Black-and-white thinking • Dauntless • Fair • Honest (generally) • Man of his word • Learned helplessness (regarding the coin and his choices) • Self-destructive • Unpredictable • Hair-trigger temper • Can be persuaded • Charitable (depends on coin toss) • Takes his pain out on others • Self-enabling • Serious • Harsh • Intimidating • Vengeful • Physically violent • Self-aware • Conflicted • Feels remorse • Tries, but fails to improve as a person • Too Dependent on his coin • Fatalistic • Suicidal • Forgiving • Self-centered, but not selfish 🌗

Key Facts:

Harvey Dent...

• Had mental health issues long before his disfigurement [Batman Annual (1990 #14, Batman: The Animated Series - Episode 10, and Batman: Arkham City].

• His father physically abused him every day as a child. Christopher Dent used a double-headed coin to make Harvey believe he could "avoid" the beatings if the coin landed on the non-existent "tails" [Batman Annual #14].

• Bruce Wayne was his childhood friend [Rebirth universe & Batman: Nightwalker].

• Harvey "Legal Eagle" Dent was the top of his class [Secret Origins Special (1989) #1].

• Paid for his father's nice apartment [Batman: Two-Face (1995) - Crime & Punishment].

• Half of Harvey wanted to love his father, while the other half wished him dead. Despite everything, he tried to make peace with Christopher prior to the acid attack [Batman Annual #14].

• Never stopped loving/thinking about Gilda Dent when she disappeared from his life following the events of the Long Halloween [Batman (2006) #653 & Batman (2011) #712].

What's more, Harvey continued loving Gilda so much that he wound up murdering her second husband's killer in a pre-Long-Halloween continuity [Batman (1980) #329] because the man's death left Gilda grieving.

• Fun fact: The Power of Love helped him resist Poison Ivy's pheromones in the Dark Victory #11!

Begone, thot!

• Blamed Batman for what happened to him with Salvatore Maroni Carmine Falcone and the acid attack that scarred his face [Batman: Arkham Knight].

• Uses his coin to determine whether he should kill or spare his victims. Also, he has been known to perform acts of charity [Detective Comics (1942) #66 & Batman: The Silver Age Newspaper Comics Volume 3 (1969-1972)] sometimes.

• Loves and hates Gotham [Batman and Robin (2013) #23.1].

• Dislikes hypocrites [Batman: Two-Face (1995) - Crime and Punishment & The Spectre (2001) #5].

• Developed strong feelings for Renee Montoya in the Batman: No Man's Land storyline.

• Continued caring about Renee deeply, despite the events of Gotham Central (2003) #10 [Convergence: The Question #1-2].

Received training from Batman [Batman #653] and Deathstroke [Deathstroke (2018) #38].

• Has tried growing better as a person, but he keeps failing [Batman Annual #14 & Batman and Robin Adventures (1995) #1-2].

• Has re-scarred himself more than once [Batman Annual #14, Batman #653, and Batman: Black and White (1996) #1].

• For all his faults and crimes – such as nearly beating Dick Grayson to death in Robin: Year One – he has helped people [The Batman Chronicles (1999) #16], defended Jim Gordon from himself as Jim's defense lawyer [Detective Comics (1999) #739], cares about the women in his life, and keeps his word when the coin comes up good.

He is a complex character, period.

Other Facts:

• Has seen Cocteau's "Beauty and the Beast" [Batman (1986) #397].

• Knows how to sculpt [Detective Comics (1986) #563].

• Owns a "thememobile" like Batman [Batman (1987) #410]!

• Likes baseball [Batman (1987) #411].

• Likes symmetry [Batman (1989) #442].

Smokes, but also doesn't [Batman (1994) #513].

"My own version of the literary reference mark known as a diesis – more commonly known as a double-dagger! My next pair shall strike to the heart of the matter!" — Harvey Dent, Batman: Two-Face Strikes Twice #1 – the words of a man who certainly reads a lot!

Batman Annual #14 & Teen Titans Spotlight #13 – A himbo he is not!

• Reads classic books such as "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" [Detective Comics #66] and "A Tale of Two Cities" [Batman: Two-Face Strikes Twice #2].

• Still finds putting criminals behind bars fun [Batman Gotham Adventures (1999) #12].

• Can speak Spanish [The Batman Chronicles #16].

• Doesn't mind hitting women at all. There are so many examples of this; Harvey confirmed it himself [Batman: Streets of Gotham (2009) #7], and beat up Jim Gordon's wife in Batman (1999) #572.

• Made a self-insert comic book in an art therapy program. Yup, he wrote and drew it himself [Detective Comics (2001) #753]!

Called it "The Adventures of Copernicus Dent and His Best Girl and Plucky Assistant R'Nee!" 

• Plays chess with Batman [Gotham Knights (2002) #32].

• Has watched Star Trek [Nightwing (2008) #150].

• Fought and killed a werewolf [The 2008 DC Universe Halloween Special]. Yes, really.

• Was a cult leader [Detective Comics (2020) #1020].

• Rebirth!Harvey is now working as a jailhouse lawyer in Blackgate [Detective Comics (2020) #1024].

• Understands how binary code works, but computer geeks make him sick? [Robin (1994) #11] Yeah.

• Has kids. Twins! [Batman: Two-Faces Strikes Twice]. It looks like they're irrelevant.

• Remembered Renee's birthday and sent her tulips [Detective Comics (2000) #747].

• Has been a judge before [The New Batman Adventures - Episode 24 & Arkham Unhinged (2013) #11].

• Hates odd-numbers [Robin: Year One #2].

[croatian-nt]

Domo podcast

Alright, I am posting my podcast translations here. Idk how often I’ll be able to post them, but I’ll make sure all 26 of them eventually end up here. So first one had Domagoj Vida and  Ndermin Redžaj (who will be refered as Deki through the text) as first guests. Translation below the cut bc this will be long

Tomislav Pacak, one of two hosts, does an introduction of the podcast and says it will feature each day one player and one member of the staff for 26 days.

Host: Or goal here was to introduce or get to know the players and members of the staff who are part of the team better. I see our first episode, with Domagoj with a physiotherapist Ndermin Redžaj will be fun. Although very challenging for me, a host

 Domo was asked about the end of his season in Beskitas. His was talking about it and at one point he said "of course, we over complicated things for ourselves, the way croatian nt does usually"

Then, Domo and Deki(who is a Domo's physiotherapist) talk about how they know each other for a very long time.

Domo: Yeah Deki is a very good friend and colleague. Along with massaging me, he also cooks very well

Deki: oh Vida cooks even better. He puts us all in the car and takes us to the nearest restaurant

 Host: How does your wife handles the fact that you are in mostly men's company?

Domo: oh, she handles it well. We can also always leave them to handle David for a few hours and we go out alone

 Host: What memories do you associate with your time in Russia in 2018?(directed at Deki)

Domo, cutting in: Bunga, bunga!

Deki, trying not laugh: Well, I definetly remember the atmosphere

 Host: What about you Domagoj?

Domo: Well, for me, I mostly remember what we did in our free time. How we had fun, and most fond memories come from massage room where the whole team often spent a lot of time

 Host: During doček you were hanging from the bus few times right? Who kept you up again?

Domo: oh yeah, I hanged like a ceiling lamp. Suba and coach held me up. But generally, that whole day is one of my most fond memories. Whenever I am at hard point in my life, I turn on doček on youtube and I instantly feel better

Domo: It's weird you know? People still tell me „Thank you" even today as they did on doček

 Host: How was it with all the mixed feelings after the final? Were you all proud immediately after or was there some bitterness at first?

Domo: well, it all depends on people individually. For me, it hit ne hard. We were so close to winning and I was crushed. Everyone kept telling me "keep your head high, we should be proud". It was only after we came back to hotel and started celebrating that the good feelings started to come back

 Host: Alright, first card break. These are which one would you choose

Domo, under his breath: pancakes

Deki: *laughs *

Domo: don't laugh at me dragi! Don't. Oh *looks at first card * you should have pulled out this one. Beer or wine?

Deki: depends on a moment

Host: okay what about...after the win against England? Deki: beer. Definitely beer

Deki, to Domo: sand or pebbles(on a beach)

Domo: sand. I don't like pebbles. They hurt my-

*He cuts himself off, everyone laughs*

Domo: ...my feet

 Deki: Batman or Superman? Domo: what was the first again?

Deki: Batman

Domo: *burts out laughing * there are cameras here!

*both laughing *

Domo: inaudible from laughter in the mouth

Domo, finally stops laughing, makes a straight face: Superman

Domo: just because of...you know *laughs again *

Deki: okay, okay, yeah

 Deki: burek or ćevapi

Domo: ooof. ćevapi. I am sick of burek from Istambul, I eat it every third day.

 Host: Pick three cards in which you'll choose one of your teammate

Domo: Livaković *pointing at something off camera *

Host, turning around: I see he came to watch since it's turn tomorrow

Domo: yeah, he came to watch me break the ice. Watch and learn son, watch and learn

Domo, to Deki: which teammate would you let change your tire

Deki: Livakovic

*all laugh *

Livi, off the camera: you won't go far!

Domo: it's because you have golden hands

 Deki: which teammate would you choose for a partner in show potjera(hunt)?

(So in the show, there are 4 people who signed up to be there and they form a team. They need to go through three challenges to leave with money, and "the hunter", has to try and catch them by answering more questions than them. It's a bit more complicated than that but that's the gist of it)

Domo: Badelj

Deki: which teammate would you let cook you dinner?

Domo: ufff. I don't think anyone here know how to. Hmmm *thinking for thirty seconds *

Deki: Kale, maybe?(Kalinic in case someone doesn't understand our dumb nicknames)

Domo: no, he has good prosciutto, but that isn't cooking

Deki: Sluga?

Domo: Sluga! Yes, he is good!

 Domo: who would you trust with a secret?

Deki: Domagoj Vida

Domo: that-that's. Well. I guess you don't have many of them

 Deki: who would you choose for business partner

*they make eye contact and burst out laughing *

Deki: he isn't here!

Domo, still laughing: Lovren then!

 Host: one of the players you worked with privately, even outside of national team is Mario Mandzukic. He is very popular but he has this sort of untouchable image. How is he in his private life?

Deki: he is only like that in public. He is like the rest of the team. For me, they are firstly good people, and only then good players

Deki: we all know what Mario is like. He seems like he is no good but he is actually a very good man(direct translation is he is a soul of a man which is a term used in croatian)

Domo, in a bit silly voice: soul

Domo: a good man but...no I am kidding. He is a good man and we miss him here in nt. I think he retired too early but it was his choice and we respect it. The two of us(he and Deki he means) used to spend time with him more than the others and he is truly a great man. And he is always ready to help, not just those he is on good terms with but everyone

 Host: you said yourself massage room is very important in national team. Is it the same in your club as well?

Domo: well no, not as far as I noticed. People from foreign countries have different rituals, but I noticed this is very important to people from balkan. It's very important for atmosphere. After training and all the activities for the day are done, 10 or so of us guys will gather there for massage and since you go in one by one as you wait there will be fun and joking around and stuff like that. So that's very important for atmosphere, which we saw in Russia how important that can be

 Host: round three of cards with questions

Deki: what's your favorite part of a training

Host, jokingly: it isn't the breaks?

Domo: ufff. So, I like the most when a day before the actual game, older play against younger and it's the very end of the game. With centre shots between two people

 Deki: Favorite jersey?

Host: That isn't Croatian

Domo: Beskitas. Of course

 Deki: favorite club when you were a child?

Domo: Barcelona

 Host: Domo, you are nt's dj from what I heard

Domo: I suppose-

Host: so, what music do you play before and after games and what in the bus?

Domo: well, mostly narodni radio. But I mostly gave up that role to others now. To Šime Vrsaljko, and there was Jedvaj before, too

Domo: and I think during this time we'll get Livaković to do it too. He is young and he will have a long career in nt, so we should teach him how it's done

Host: you already answered this for UEFA, but I was wondering if you could repeat it. Who is the best dancer, singer etc of the team?

Domo: I am not sure I remember what I said

Host: I can remind you. You said Livakovic is the best dancer

Domo: oh, yes, true! He is the best dance he has these moves *moves side to side with hands and body * and does everything with his hips

Host: And the best singer?

Domo: there is no best singer. We sing the best all together

 Host: Do you still watches Osijek games? Since it was your first club

Domo: yeah, of course. I am glad to see they are doing well. I also watch Dinamo games since I have friend-

Host, half laughing: Livakovic?

Domo, grinning: Livakovic, our dear octopus, and Bruno and Orša...

Domo: but I'd like them to slow down a bit, leave something for Osijek you guys. Although they have been very good this year too

 Host: Last card break. It's „who in the national team...“

Deki: Who gets mad the fastest?

Domo: Broz. But he also stop being angry the fastest

 Deki: Who is the best at public speaking?

Domo: oh, coach, definitely. But from players, Badelj

 Host: so which clubs and players do you love to watch and some maybe that you used to love to watch before?

Deki: well I used to love watching Milan during Boban's time. Today, I love watching Real Madrid. And for players Luka of course. Benzema-

Domo: oh god

 Host: so how is now with Corluka being a coach when he was your teammate only a short while ago?

Domo: well, it's only the first day so we didn't have much time to talk. It's a bit weird with Carli being a joker and a gentlmen both in one. We are used to joking around but during training now that isn't the case because he is the coach and he should be treated as such. After it though, we can relax a bit more and talk

 Host: that's all guys, thank you for this and thank you for breaking the ice in this show. Although you put the bar pretty high, I guess we'll see tomorrow if Livakovic can outdo you

Domo: I am sure he will, you'll have two goalies tomorrow

[fly-pow-bye]

What’s Airing On Cartoon Network? (June 2021)

DC Super Hero Girls returns, a Craig of the Creek week-long storyline, and a television premiere of a show that was formerly exclusive to HBO Max! Also, a Gumball clip show, and the Teen Titans are going to watch Space Jam. Details after the break.

The Amazing World of Gumball

Another month, another Gumball clip show. This is essentially the filler after a Teen Titans Go special, seen later here.

June 20th:

The Gumball Chronicles: Elmore's Most Wanted - Gumball's dad has been revealed as "Elmore's Most Wanted" - but when the Chief of Police tries to investigate, things do not go according to plan. Featuring hilarious clips from the first six seasons of 'The Amazing World of Gumball'. (7:45 PM)

Craig of the Creek

Craig of the Creek returns with a week long span of episodes and a special week long event.

June 7th:

Body Swap - Fed up with their home experiences, Craig, Kelsey and JP agree to switch bodies! (10:00 AM)

June 8th:

Copycat Carter - Craig and his friends stumble upon Carter, the cardboard genius turned cyborg, and Craig decides to help Carter become a kid again, just like him! (10:00 AM)

June 9th:

Brother Builder - As Craig races against time to build a super important invention, we learn how Craig became such a clever inventor! (10:00 AM)

June 10th:

Jessica the Intern - Entranced with the Trading Tree and Kit's business acumen, Jessica joins Kit as her intern! (10:00 AM)

June 28th:

Capture the Flag Part 1: The Candy - When mysterious circumstances cause issues at the Trading Tree, Craig tries to save the day! (10:00 AM)

June 29th:

Capture the Flag Part 2: The King - The Creek gets help from an unlikely friend. (10:00 AM)

June 30th:

Capture the Flag Part 3: The Legend - Craig goes in search of answers, and finds a legend. (10:00 AM)

July 1st:

Capture the Flag Part 4: The Plan - Craig puts a plan into motion to save the Creek. (10:00 AM)

July 2nd:

Capture the Flag Part 5: The Game - It all comes down to this, the fate of the Creek is at stake! (10:00 AM)

DC Super Hero Girls

June 6th:

#AmBatgirl - Batgirl finally has the chance to live out her life's dream and be the sidekick to her hero and inspiration - the Batman! (8:00 AM, half hour!)

June 13th:

#DoubleDanvers - When Kara realizes that she needs to be in two places on the same night, a dinner with an important investor in her parents' startup and a concert for her favorite band, the Malevolent Maniaxe at the Lazarus Pit, she calls for reinforcements in the form of Bizarro Kara! (8:00 AM)

#AccordingToGarth - Garth meets a friend who shares his obsession with a particular fandom. But when that friend takes his obsession too far, Garth must learn the difference between being a fan and being a fanatic, or risk driving his friends away. (8:15 AM)

June 27th:

#SuperWonderBatBeeZeeLanterMobile - The Super Hero Girls decide to go in together to buy their first car, but quickly learn that splitting an automobile six ways may prove to be their deadliest foe yet! (8:00 AM)

#SirensConch - Diana is asked to sing in a talent show, but when she uses a magical artifact to hide how bad she is at singing, she unleashes mayhem onto Metropolis. (8:15 AM)

The Fungies

For the first time, an HBO Max original is going to air on Cartoon Network.

June 4th:

Let It Snowball - Seth wants to bring snow home so it'll earn him a coveted spot on his mom's prized shelf of "stuff her kids gave her." When he repeatedly tries and fails to bring the snow back before it melts, he uses science to figure out a way to get it home intact. (8:00 AM)

Sick Day - Seth, desperately wanting his classmates to pay attention to the presentations he's excited to share with them, pushes himself too hard and gets sick! It takes a face-to-face encounter with his rival to show Seth that it doesn't matter what his classmates think, as long as he likes what he's doing. (8:15 AM)

June 11th:

Truffalo - On the verge of a scientific discovery, Seth and the other Fancies are forced inside when the town is invaded by cow-like Truffalo! But when Seth traps the Truffalo in order to resume his science, he causes an environmental chain reaction that threatens to destroy Fancytown. (8:00 AM)

Green Eggs and Pam - While exploring, Seth finds an egg and really wants to know what's inside it! But when Pam's egg-hatching instincts kick into gear, Seth will have to learn to trust her, and nature. (8:15 AM)

June 18th:

A Man and His Mustache - When Seth borrows Pascal's mustache for a day at the beach, the Triloknights think he's an adult! While Seth loves the respect and attention, is he really ready for adulthood? And marriage? (8:00 AM)

Take Your Seth to Work Day - Seth's desire to help Nancy with her job at the hospital results in chaos when he, without Nancy's knowledge, plays doctor on sick Fancies. Seth has to admit his wrongdoing and listen to his mom in order to set things right. (8:15 AM)

June 25th:

Voyage to the Rushroom - Seth and Claudette are given a weekend project as punishment for disrupting class. But when Seth finds himself marooned on a boat in the middle of the ocean with Claudette, will he finally learn to listen? Or will the huge storm sink their ship? (8:00 AM)

The Twins Bug Seth - Seth neglects his babysitting duties to do his own thing and winds up losing the twins to an army of ants! On his undercover mission to get back the Twins, Seth learns to appreciate his siblings even if they're a little annoying at times. (8:15 AM)

Teen Titans Go!

Following the footsteps of the Powerpuff Girls when they hosted a sing-a-long showing of The Wizard of Oz on TCM, Teen Titans Go is doing their own movie night with the original Space Jam.

June 20th:

Teen Titans Go See Space Jam - the Teen Titans are visited by the Nerdlucks, the iconic Space Jam villains who tried to capture Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes. Astonished to discover his fellow Titans have never seen Space Jam, Cyborg organizes an exclusive watch party. (6:00 PM to 7:45 PM)

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The One With The Pride Party

by Noxnthea, there_must_be_a_lock “Not sure this is the Bat’s kinda thing,” Jason chips in. “And this might go past Robin’s bedtime.” “Well, considering they’re gay icons and all,” Natasha says, utterly straight-faced. Jason and Bruce both stare at her for a second. Damian lets out an incoherent sputter.   [In which Clint is great at heels and everybody’s a little bit gay.] Words: 3640, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 7 of Marshmallow Crime Lords, Part 10 of Cross-tober Fandoms: Marvel, DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hawkeye (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/F, M/M, Multi Characters: Clint Barton, James "Bucky" Barnes, Jason Todd, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Steve Rogers, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Yelena Belova, Tim Drake, Pamela Isley, Harleen Quinzel Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton/Jason Todd, Pamela Isley/Harleen Quinzel Additional Tags: Pride Parades, Drag, Jason Todd Has a Good Time, Batfamily Shenanigans, DC and Marvel character cameos, a beach episode but make it Pride, Fluff, Crossovers & Fusions, acquiring blackmail material is easy when everybody’s drinking the purple punch via https://ift.tt/U2mYXWi