#the owl group

[nordgis]

People claiming to represent the Hawk Organization are congregating around the Capitol. Many of them are soldiers and guards, and security is confused and sparse. Among them is not Hirasin, not even Darhav. Perhaps that is who they are looking for. They are remarkably well organized.

A representative of a Sparrow Group sits under a great old tree nearby, humming to themself. In the tree's branches lie many more unseen, dressed in white and green and brown. Many are used to violence. They wait with bated breath.

Houses are left empty, their inhabitants gone somewhere few know. They will go somewhere much less lonely than the homes they leave behind. After all, you are always welcome in the Tern Family.

Atop one of these empty homes is a figure, looking down through binoculars. They speak into a small metal device. They don't expect to need the knives sheathed down their thighs.

From their homes, the cityfolk listen to these echoes of a new era. Some turn up their nose at this insanity. Others await their own calls, understanding this is the only way.

Every moment, the thin membrane between the world of the living and that of the Others becomes thinner in Gadburg. Chaos reigns.

Far beyond the city, far beyond even the state, a different force collects. A group of criminals, murderers, assassins. An ancient thing, half-human, and their chosen heir.

Sokir Joru smiles behind his mask.

[faeriekit]

Batfams sin Batman are some of my ✨favorite✨ AUs.

Consider:

Talon!Dick gets assigned to Tim Drake (kid of an Owl family, the Drakes.) They are both very lonely and EXTREMELY undersocialized. They bond.

They eventually meet up with Resurrected!Jason, who has already lived and died (RIP) and is now back to take Gotham under his crime lord wing. It'd work better if tiny!Damian wasn't clinging to him, but eh. It'll do.

"If we work together, we could take down the court of owls...👀"

Red Hood now operates out of Drake manor. Rent is free and they don't lose out on warm water at random. It checks out.

Damian goes out at random because he's eight and a menace. On three separate occasions, he comes back with a cat, a dog, and Cassandra Cain

"Cain is LIKE a dog." "A girl is not a dog, Damian."

"Sometimes they are." "DAMIAN."

Jason comes home one day with Duke. No one questions it. He's just lumped into the cloud of brothers/sister/sibling thing they currently have going on and he gets sorely needed sandwiches

The destruction of the court of owls ensues—badly, because everyone is under the age of 25, and poorly fed to boot—

and then culminates in Batman opening an unusually loud sewer grate, and finding a) a dead child he failed to save, b) his dead son, c) the neighbor, d) TWO child assassins, and, 5) Duke Thomas, arguing at the top of their lungs about how to attack a highly sought after and popular local politician.

Batman looks at the Robins(es).

The Robins(es) look at Batman.

...Everyone immediately books it in a different direction lol

[knockknockknockingonhootysdoor]

there are two different types of romantics in the world….

[hoperays-song]

The funniest trope I’ve ever seen is found family, but it turns out said found family is insane and has way more questionable morals than the original family.

[renthony]

"Oh, the Owl House is better because they killed the main villain instead of redeeming him!"

Steven Universe was telling a different kind of story.

White Diamond was a metaphor for a shitty abusive family matriarch that Steven had to deal with in order to understand his maternal generational trauma. Also he literally tried to murder-suicide with her on-screen in Future, but apparently nobody but me fucking watched Future.

Meanwhile, Belos was a stand-in for state oppression and control. Belos and the Diamonds were both antagonists, but they fill different roles beyond that. The Diamonds not being summarily executed on-screen doesn't make SU an inherently worse show than The Owl House.

You aren't morally obligated to love either show, but for fuck's sake, can we stop pitting them against each other? Especially since they both got fucking cancelled and had to cram as much story into the last few episodes as possible?

In three years, some new gay cartoon will come out, and then I'm going to have to hear all about how The Owl House was The Height Of Problematic, Actually, and anything it accomplished was Just Not Enough, Actually.

But I'm sure these jackasses are the same people who would tell me that there's no value in studying Some Like it Hot because it's Super Problematic or what the fuck ever.

*angry queer media researcher noises*

[leoleolovesdc]

Am i the only one who really dislikes the talon grayson shit? I genuinely don’t think the court of owls is very interesting in general, but their relationship to dick and hally circus specifically really rubs me the wrong way. It’s like writers took a story about normal, well intentioned people (that in some versions have mary and john being poc, which only furthers the racist stereotype that romani folks are “sketchy”) who were struck by tragedy, and made it into a whole ass conspiracy theory that ruins the point of multiple minor characters who already didn’t get much attention from the comics, but especially, it ruins the point of nightwing and his origin.

Do we really need another character who was raised to be a super secret and important weapon that is tied to random stuff across the whole universe? Don’t we already have two of those? Don’t you think it’s better when batman characters are just normal people??

Just. what was even the point of that??

[itsnicsalad]

young hexside

[xx-sketchy-xx]

Been wondering to ask… Can you draw Harpy version of Wally, Julie and Eddie? I think it would be really cool to see their Harpy Form in your style. But it’s okay that you can’t, or don’t want to, or other reasons. I understand and I won’t force you to. You can draw my Harpy version of them if you want to. ^-^

The rest under the cut

[scarlet-herring]

love brainstorming reverse robin aus. like how do i replicate early batfam’s wild dynamics but in reverse. jason, cass, and dick generally have good relationships with the older group, while duke, damian, and bruce cannot be in the same room together without exploding at least one head through sheer willpower, and tim rotates between hellishly controlling and completely unattached

[tapetum-lucidumb]

Wdym "fantasy" and horror"? My favorite genre is weird woke chaos

[nordgis]

"Good evening, Satori Sasamsir. It's good to finally meet you."

"You... how did you do this? Who are you?"

"I am called Sokir Suhir. Or, to my associates, Sokir Joru. Others simply call me the Owl."

"And why have you come to me? I was... How did you know where to find me?"

"Irrelevant. My understanding is that you are a skilled... instigator. You've caused a lot of destruction, a lot of death."

"I did it for the people. My people. The rightful heirs."

"That's right. Understand: I like that. I like it very much. But there is much you still do not know."

"What do you mean? Speak plainly."

"Your understanding of Sornsasam, your treasured talent, is flawed. I intend to teach you."

"Do it here and now, then. Or..."

"No. You will come with me."

"How the hell did you do that? Just... gone..."

"Reduced to ash at my fingertips. Isn't it beautiful? It would be a shame if I—"

"No! Don't touch me. I'll go with you. Just... tell me how you did that. How I can do that."

"Everything in due time, Sasamsir. It's all nothing, in the end."

[ineffableaddiction]

What’s in a name?

I wonder if Crawley chose the name Crowley in honor of the crows that showed Aziraphale what his true intentions were.

I also wonder if AZ Fell was chosen by Aziraphale in remembrance of talk he and Crowley had on the beach after they saved Job’s children.

[fizzlewizard404]

i may not see King and Collector as siblings in any way (personally) but that does NOT mean that the owl trio aren't the Collector's family!! LOOK AT THIS!!!

[enchantedchocolatebars]

@talisman975.

[pixiatn]

I feel like there should be more Camila Noceda/Bruce Wayneification fics of Inko Midoriya, no reason I just really like when a character adopts a large amount of traumatized children, i also hate when shes portrayed as an abuser. Like imma need more fics where inko adopts the villain kids in their pre villain era, maybe a young hawks. I'm tired of Dadzawa and Dadmight getting all the attention. Mamadoriya for the win💪🏽

Mom for all memes:

[cozylittleartblog]

random note about king on that animation, i got really lucky with how simple his animation was and how clean my sketches were to begin with that i was able to do very minimal cleanup on what i had sketched (and add back. his horn. it's supposed to take place just after echoes of the past, Oops) and call it done that way instead of having to redraw the entire thing like i had to on his dad

first sketch > line cleanup > nearly final animation (i'd added slight eye movements last-second but otherwise that's the final)