#the royal match of the dc universe

[incorrectbatfam]

Match The Butts: the match 3 game you constantly get ads for when you use your phone as you wait in the emergency room after the latest Joker attack

[jewelsli]

DC X DP X Captain Marvel/Shazam (Part 2)

Before I continue, here’s a real quick Headcannon for this, so when Danny became the ghost prince, it was a pretty big deal, but since he didn’t want to deal with all the fame stuff he made sure only the people who needed to know were informed(this includes the champion of magic and the lords or order and chaos(they don’t know exactly who he is just that there’s a new ghost prince)). Sam is the new fright knight (the old one is training her), Danielle and Dan are also royals, Tuck and jazz are helping in different areas too (tuck is a kinda judge and jazz is helping new ghosts and getting everyone some therapy). The Champion of magic and Ruler of the Infinite realms interact a lot and are two of the greatest forces in the universe, they also help each other to stop entire universes from dying(Infinite realms is the stuff between universes and the Rock of Eternity connects every universe and supplies it w/ magic), anyway with that out of the way…

here’s the next part! (Once again I am not the greatest writer so don’t expect anything to amazing)(also I mostly know about billy through fanfics and have yet to read the original comics)

(oh also Danny looks his normal age here, he lets a bit of his eldritch form leak into him so he looks older at the JL)

Danny glanced around the room that the meeting was taking place in, it was different from most of the infinite realms, in a way that it just felt more… it felt like how pop rocks taste, sweet but sharp. It was different from the spiky citrusy(or maybe metal?) feeing that most of the realms had. Clockwork had told him it was because they were in a pocket dimension between the infinite realms and some place called the Rock of Eternity(wait hadn’t marvel mentioned something like that?), so there was more magic here then usual. The sound of a door opening caught his attention and he swiftly turned to see the door opposite to the one he had come from open as a small figure stepped through.

A small figure with a very familiar aura(I can’t remember the word I want to use so whatever) stood in the doorway.

After the door closed and the harsh backlighting disappeared he could see more of the kid(who looks his age), they were wearing golden sandals with what looked like wings on the sides, a robe? Thing??? Whatever they called those back then, which was white with golden edges(think how cap’s cape looks), he also wore one of the golden leaf crown thingamajigs around his head. The kid was holding a lightning staff that was taller then they were and had a matching lighting bolt amulet. Overall they looked like some sort of Greek or Roman royal, or at least how he would imagine them.

The champion seemed to be surveying him in the same way, from his crown of black fire and ectoplasm, to his cape of stars, why yes he was extremely fashionable, thank you for noticing! He cleared his throat before holding out his hand to the kid, “Danny Phantom, prince of the Infinite Realms.” He introduced, the kids eyes widened for a moment before they reached forwards and shook his hand, he saw the Lichtenberg figures tracing along his arms, similar to his own scars from the portal, but while his were an ectoplasmic green, the other’s looked like they were inlaid with gold. “Marvel, champion of magic,” he finally introduced.

wait-

They both stared at each other for a few moments, finally the other kid spoke up. “I knew you felt different from a normal ghost!” He exclaimed with a smile, letting go of his hand as Danny paused for a moment longer. “So THATS how you knew there was a new prince!” He said with the same smile as he put the pieces together, he had thought it was strange for a random leaguer who was only supposed to be mildly magical to know. Said kid laughed as he nodded, “Nice to have another kid on the league then, assuming you aren’t actually an immortal who just looks like a kid at least.” Marvel commented. Danny was struck by inspiration and(before his brain remembered that he was supposed to be acting all princely or whatever) quickly said, “We’re just like that Spider-Man meme!!!” And thankfully didn’t have to immediately regret it when Marvel seemed to agree. A noise if someone clearing their throat startled the boys.

“I’m glad to see that you two get along with one another,” Clockwork said with a sigh of exasperation, “But in case you forgot you are here to discuss the fact that a recent use of magic by the Sorcerer Supreme In Earth M-A73 has destabilized the universe and nearby realms.” Marvel looked surprised by his appearance but by now Danny was used to it. “Yes Clockwork we know.” He said in as annoying of a polite tone as he could manage, the entity sighed and faded away, he turned to the Champion ready to discuss the problem-

“WAS THAT CRONOS?!?!” He asked… maybe Earth M-A73 could wait for a bit.

[cardboard-writer]

It's sad that the Hawks have hit such a slump Post Crisis at DC especially once you read their older stories. The two of them were utterly devoted to each other and were equal partners. A true battle couple. Even early Post Crisis, Hawkworld was an amazing read and could have done for the Hawks what Year One did for Batman and Man of Steel comic did for Superman. It was DC's insistence of setting it in the present that screwed over the characters history.

I think the best solution for the Hawks would be to have two sets of Hawks:

-The Reincarnation Hawks: Carter Hall and Shiera Hall who are lovers reincarnated to save the world from the evil Hath-Set. An ancient Thangarian landed in ancient Egypt and falls in love with an Egyptian Princess but are backstabbed by a jealous priest kicking off the reincarnation cycle. In the 40's Carter becomes Hawkman while Shiera suits up as Hawkgirl and is the first female superhero in-universe as she is publication wise.

-The alien Hawks: Katar and Shayera are two Thanagarian peace keepers born to two different classes. Katar is born to the upper caste with his scientist father. While Shayera is born to the slums in a much lower caste. Their love transcends the rigid caste system of the Thanagar and they defy Thanagarian laws and find peace living on earth.

The similarity in their names is because Katar's father visited earth during the Golden Age Hawks time and was inspired by them. As established in Ostanders Hawkworld run. He may have known Shayera's parents as well. In the comics, Shayera Thal took on her mothers name who was also named Shayera Thal. In the Hawkworld comic, she was similar to Kiera Knightly's character in Star Wars; a body double for the royals, meant to die in her place.

Ideally, Hawkman/Carter Hall would be the primary lead in a Hawkman book dealing with his various reincarnations as well as Indiana Jones style adventures. Hawkwoman/Shayera Hol would be the primary lead in a Hawkwoman or Hawkworld book with her Hawkman/Katar Hol and it would be more of a Star Wars style space fantasy book.

Kendra Saunders would be Hawkgirl. The grand niece of the original Hawkgirl/Shiera Sanders. As in the comics, Kendra would be a girl who was on the verge of suicide. But this time she would be rescued by Shayera and Katar who would take her under their wing. They train her and she takes up the Hawkgirl identity as gratitude.

She would also meet Carter Hall but no creepy reincarnated lovers angle between them. Carter sees her as just a family member of his deceased lover.

Kendra mostly operates on her own but she would be sometimes be guided by the ghost of Shiera Sanders whose voice only she can hear in her head. Kendra would be the lead of the Hawkgirl book. And for a truly deep cut you could have Charley Parker/Golden Eagle as one of her supporting characters.

That's it! Neat, tidy, straightforward. Ever character has a role and a place and does not contradict pre established lore too much.

Also pet peeve I would like to address: in my ideal version Carter is blonde, Shiera has auburn hair, Katara has jet black hair, Shayera has fiery red hair and Kendra has brown hair with slight reddish as a subtle connection to Shiera. Geoff Johns playing mix-and-match with the Hawks hair colours is one of my pet peeves with his recent handling of the Hawks.

[rewritethisstxry]

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What I will write:

Angst

Fluff

Smut

Platonic relationships

Alpha/Omega dynamics

What I won’t write:

Snuff

Rape, rape play, non con

Underage

Inc*st

Real person fic

Marvel: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Alexei Shostakov, Peter Parker, Victor Creed, Deacon Frost, Peter Quinn, Frank Castle, Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Bruce Banner, Brock Rumlow, Nathan Summers, Eddie Brock, Cletus Kasady, Otto Octavius

DC Universe: Bruce Wayne, Harvey Bullock, Jim Gordon, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Jonathan Crane, Clark Kent, Arthur Curry

Stranger Things: James Hopper, Steve Harrington, Jonathan Byers

Stargate Atlantis: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Ronan Dex, Carson Beckett

Sons of Anarchy: Jackson “Jax” Teller, Harry “Opie” Winston, Filip “Chibs” Telford, Juan Carlos “Juice” Ortiz, Lincoln Potter, Galen O'Shay

The Walking Dead: Rick Grimes, Shane Walsh, Negan Smith

What We Do in the Shadows: Nandor the Relentless, Guillermo de la Cruz, Laszlo Cravensworth

Resident Evil: Karl Heisenberg, Albert Wesker, Chris Redfield

Ted Lasso: Ted Lasso, Coach Beard, Jamie Tartt, Roy Kent

Good Omens: Gabriel, Aziraphale, Crowley

Video Games: Connor RK800, CaptainJonathan Price, Simon Ghost Riley, Sniper

Movies: Finn Brody (Godzilla), Raleigh Becket (Pacific Rim), Terry Malone (Black and Blue), Abe Guevara (Point Blank), Bobby O’Neill (The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard), Guy Clifton (The Crash), Roy Pulver (Boss Level), Sloan (Into the Ashes) Braxton Wolff (The Accountant), Ethan Sawyer (Those Who Wish Me Dead), Bradley James (Grudge Match), Sam Rossi (Sweet Virginia), Mr. McCarthy (Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl), Grady Travis (Fury), Griff (Baby Driver), Adam Frawley (The Town), Buddy (Baby Driver), Clyde Brenek (The Posession), Patrick Sullivan (The Accidental Husband), Harvey Russell (Rampage), Jude Fisher (Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding), Luke Vaughn (Heist), Franklin Clay (The Losers), Max (The Resident), Nicomund the Red/Santa Claus (Violent Night), Doug Dennison (Sleepless), Frank Masters (The Equalizer), Hellboy (2019), Alex Baldr (Max Payne), Matt Graver (Sicario), Douglas Hunsiker (The Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Steve Emmett (Boa vs Python), Joe Braven (Braven), Lee Christmas (The Expendables), Deckard Shaw (Fast & Furious)

Musicals: Jack Kelly (Newsies), Dewey Finn (School of Rock), Hades (Hadestown)

Tv shows: Ike Evans (Magic City), Jason Crouse (The Good Wife), John Winchester (Supernatural), Mason Baldwin (Elementary), Colton Fisk (The Equalizer), Kevin Tidwell (Life), Declan Murphy (Law & Order: SVU), Eugene McGillicutty (Royal Pains), Chuck Martin (ER), Dickie Flood (Th Practice), Malcolm Bright (Prodigal Son)

Tolkien: Boromir, Faramir, Eomer

[nichecomicstournament]

propaganda under the cut

Jack Ryder: with more than 150 appearances and such a fun personality you'd expect a lot more love for this character! unfortunately i see so little about him. :( he's a superhero with DID and some intensely silly powers! why is he so unloved...

Hector Ayala: He's a badass and a sweetheart, street-level vigilante, campaigned for Black and Hispanic education rights, was buddies with Peter Parker in university, and passed his legacy to his niece and sister! He got screwed over royally when Marvel decided to kill him off for a Daredevil plotline...after years of established character development.

[fallen-down-slowed-down]

(warning: 160+ f/o’s)

💌books

Cage Lackmann – The Graves of Whitechapel

Calvin Evans – Lessons in Chemistry ( book + TV series )

Dr. Henry Jekyll – Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ( book + musical )

Fred Weasley – Harry Potter saga ( books + films )

Jacopo Ortis (poly) – Ultime Lettere di Jacopo Ortis

💌films/series/tv shows

Agent Stepdaughter + Gretel + Hansel (poly, with agent stepdaughter & Gretel) – Secret Magic Control Agency

Alva + Jesper Johansen + Mogens (poly, with Alva & Jesper) – Klaus

Anglaigus – Astérix: le Domaine des Dieux ( film + comic )

Aziraphale + Crowley (poly) – Good Omens

B.E.N. – Treasure Planet

Ballister Blackheart (poly) – Nimona

Benjamin Dunn – Mission: Impossible saga

Betterfly – Miraculous World: Paris, les Aventures de Toxinelle et Griffe Noire

Bruno Madrigal – Encanto

Burn-E – Burn-E

Camilo + Carlos Madrigal – Encanto

Chuck – Angry Birds duology

Cinderella – Disney’s Cinderella trilogy

Clopin Trouillefou – Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Cloudy – 7 Zwerge trilogy, 💍24.01.2021

Diaval – Maleficent duology

Dr. Herbert Cockroach – Monsters vs. Aliens

Ebenezer Scrooge – Scrooge: a Christmas Carol

Eugene + Rapunzel Fitzherbert (poly) – Disney’s Tangled

Félix Fathom – Miraculous: les Aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir

Fix-it Felix Jr. – Wreck It Ralph

Gabo + Safi + Simon – Wish

Grand duke Rainier (nnic) – Disney’s Cinderella trilogy

Griffin – Hotel Transylvania saga

Grinch – Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018)

Harrison Knott – Press Play

Héctor Rivera – Coco

Hermes – Disney’s Hercules

Hickory – Trolls: World Tour

Jack + Kio + Noki + Pino – Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarves

Jaq – Disney’s Cinderella trilogy

Joe Bradley – Roman Holiday

John Watson (poly) – BBC’s Sherlock Holmes

Lieutenant Columbo – Columbo

Lumiére – The Beauty and the Beast ( films )

Major Major Major – Catch-22

Megamind – Megamind

Miles Miller – Bad Times at the El Royale

Mr. Tumnus - The Chronicles of Narnia

Mugman – The Cuphead Show!

Ned McDodd – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!

Once-ler – Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, 💍24.07.2022

Pasunmotdeplus – Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques

Peter Graham – Hereditary

Rhett Abbott – Outer Range

Rigolin – Pil

Robert Floyd – Top Gun: Maverick

Snake – The Bad Guys

Stanley Uris – IT (2017-2019)

Stephen Meeks – Dead Poets Society

Tadashi Hamada – Big Hero 6

Tatsuhiko Shibusawa – Bungō Stray Dogs: Dead Apple ( manga + film )

Thranduil – The Hobbit trilogy

Timon – The Lion King trilogy

Tin man – Legends of Oz / Fantastic Journey to Oz (separately)

Tristain – Pil

Tulio (poly) – The Road to El Dorado

V – V for Vendetta

Victor Van Dort – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride

Vincenzo Santorini – Atlantis: the Lost Empire

💌videogames

Aesop Carl – Identity V

Alexandre + Brandon + Frank + Ji-Yeong + Lee + Soul – Subway Surfers

Akihiko Satou – Ikemen Vampire

Anatoli – Alchemy Stars

Azul Ashengrotto, 💍06.04.2024 + Jade Leech – Twisted Wonderland ( videogame + manga )

Barbatos + Beelzebub + Lucifer – Obey Me! duology

Barton – Alchemy Stars

Charon – Alchemy Stars

Daniel Schwartz – Alchemy Stars

Dire Crowley + Rook Hunt – Twisted Wonderland ( videogame + manga )

Faust – Alchemy Stars

Florine – Alchemy Stars

Gertzurde – Alchemy Stars

Jane – Alchemy Stars

Johann Georg Faust – Ikemen Vampire

Jola – Alchemy Stars

Jomu – Alchemy Stars

Julian Devorak + Lucio Morgasson – The Arcana

Leo – Alchemy Stars

Leyn + Matthieu – Alchemy Stars

Luke – Alchemy Stars

Moon + Sun – Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach

Narrator – The Stanley Parable

Novio – Alchemy Stars

Roy – Alchemy Stars

Sariel Noir – Ikemen Prince

Steel – Speedy Ninja

Sucre + Zacharie – OFF

Trey Clover – Twisted Wonderland ( videogame + manga )

Winston – Royal Match

💌other type of source

Adam – Hellaverse

Adrien Agreste – Miraculous universe

Alastor + Vox – Hellaverse

Asmodeus + Fizzarolli (poly) – Hellaverse

ATEEZ/Black Pirates/HALATEEZ – ATEEZ ( band )

Bane – DC universe

Beetlejuice – Beetlejuice ( musical )

Caine + Jax + Kinger – The Amazing Digital Circus

Doppo Kunikida – Bungō Stray Dogs universe

Edward Nashton – DC universe

Ethan Green – Hatchetfield universe

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald – Bungō Stray Dogs universe, 💍09.06.2022

Gabriel Adrian (nnic) – Hatchetfield universe

Hank Miller – OC

Henry Hidgens – Hatchetfield universe

Howard Phillips Lovecraft + Nathaniel Hawthorne – Bungō Stray Dogs universe

Johnathon Ohnn / the Spot – Marvel universe

Joker – DC universe

Grell Sutcliff – Kuroshitsuji universe, 💍03.09.2022

Knuckles – Sonic universe

Lucifer – Hellaverse

Luigi – Nintendo universe

Luka Couffaine – Miraculous universe

Marc Anciel + Nathaniel Kurtzberg (poly) – Miraculous universe

Marcus Cubitus – Astérix universe

Mark Connor (nnic) – The Simple Plot of... ( music videos )

Millie + Moxxie Knolastname (poly) – Hellaverse

Motojirō Kajii + Ryūrō Hirotsu – Bungō Stray Dogs universe

Mountain ghoul + Swiss Army ghoul – Ghost ( band )

Nathalie Sancœur – Miraculous universe

Night Owl – Miraculous universe

Ōgai Mori, 💍01.11.2022 + Yukichi Fukuzawa (poly) – Bungō Stray Dogs universe

Patrick Waff + Peter Roghlow (poly) – @scimmy’s OCs

Sparrow – Miraculous universe

Spiderman Noir – Marvel universe

Stolas – Hellaverse

Ted Spankoffski – Hatchetfield universe

Zestial – Hellaverse

[batmanofthewestcoast]

I'm curious about what you'd do with Bluebird if given the chance to write her.

I had to think about this for a while, while I always claim to know what to write involving Harper, I like to think it shifts to match current events in the comics.

If I was able to write Harper, I'd make her the focus character of the book; one thing I dislike about Punchline: The Gotham Game is that Punchline isn't a very interesting person to follow. Harper was originally intended to reflect changes in Gotham's landscape, so let's circle back to that idea. Let her be a public works employee trying to make heads or tails of what's going on Gotham with her younger brother.

I don't think The Gotham Game will resolve the issues with the Royal Flush Gang by the end of issue 6, so they'll be the villains. Every head of a respective suit should be a challenge in their own right, not just Punchline.

I like the idea of each Suit being in charge of something in Gotham. My notes have the following:

Spades: Information

Diamonds: Illicit Goods

Clubs: Technology

Still got to think of something for Heart. Maybe Public Relations?

Ideally, I'd like my own title. Hopeful thinking, I know, but anyone who's read Sword of Azrael knows how much better a story becomes when it's made with a love for the character.

After the last chapter of Punchline, Harper probably is sticking to the shadows, out of the view of cameras and cellphones. Have her and Cullen set up in Tim's hideout in The Narrows (last seen in Batman Eternal).

In terms of length, the series would ideally be six arcs long, more if DC will let me write beyond the framework of the Royal Flush Gang. The storylines would go:

Establish framework and the stakes (2 issues)

Versus Clubs (3 issues)

Versus Diamonds (with a B-Plot involving Cullen finally throwing Ace of Diamonds/Bluff to the curb!) (4 issues)

Versus Hearts (3 issues)

Versus Spades (3 issues)

Versus Royal Straight Flush (and resolution) (5 issues)

After every arc I'd have Harper develop a new piece of tech or tool to add to her arsenal. Maybe reverse-engineer something that was used against her in the previous arc. I know she's started using escrima sticks but I think a cattle prod would be so much better for her. Fits her electricity theme. I'd probably show more of how her current suit still is derived from the New 52 Red Robin suit.

I'd probably also have a one-shot story (maybe an annual) where I could write about how the end of Death Metal (and the dissolution of every Crisis) has affected people in the DC Universe. Imagine living a life and then, suddenly, you have memories of a life different than your own. Imagine your friends and family trying to make sense of it all with this new information. Relationships could stop immediately without resolution and the emotional fallout could destroy a character (if you couldn't tell I'm talking about the lack of Harper and Cass interactions. Heck, Harper having any interaction with the Batfamily for the last six years has been pretty sparse).

I'd stay away from having crossovers with other members of the Batfamily, maybe have Bruce undercover but it's like Where's Waldo? where only after an arc does the audience know where he was. Instead I'd like to incorporate homages and characters from previous books, like Moose and Qadir Ali.

[mvsicinthedvrk]

Was that [BEN LEVIN]? Oh no no, that was just [ROBIN SWIFT], a [CANON CHARACTER] from [BABEL: AN ARCANE HISTORY]. They are [TWENTY TWO] years old, use [HE/HIM], and [ARE] aware that they are not actually from Washington DC. Too bad they can’t stray from this city for long.

read babel by r.f. kuang! minor spoilers for the book below but nothing major. this got far longer than necessary but i am very passionate about him so here we go--

how long has your character been here?

he thinks he showed up just after his second year or so at oxford, and he's been in d.c. for two years since then.

what is your character’s job?

he has two sort of part time jobs-- he's a graduate student at the university, because he knows if he ends up back at oxford and he's lapsed in his studies professor lovell would uhhhh not be happy. but he also has to make a living somehow so he's doing translation (english to mandarin, and vice versa) for various diplomats at and around the white house, embassies in d.c., etc. nothing too top secret or anything, but more for larger meetings and occasions. it's a good way to keep up with his speaking skills, though he's honestly not sure how to feel about it-- much like always.

where has your character been pulled from in their fandom?

he was well into studying to be a babbler with ramy & victoire & letty, and was just heading into his third year at the time, so it's before the whole "situation" out at sea.

has any magic affected your character?

not at all!

and any other information you might find useful for us and the other members to know!

robin's from an alternate version of the 1830s where silver bars endowed with translation essentially run the economy of england, because (when endowed with correct match-pairs in two different languages) they're used as technology to power and mechanize pretty much everything. but he's been in d.c. for two years so he's picked up on modern technology pretty well by now.

he was born in southern china, but raised primarily in england by a white british professor who refused to admit he was robin's father. robin is the 'english' name given to him by a nanny; his surname, swift, is after the author jonathan swift, and he chose that for himself when he was no longer allowed to use his birth name (a name that's never revealed in the book).

his native tongue is actually cantonese, but he's forgotten it because he wasn't allowed to speak it growing up (and had no one to speak it to), so he considers mandarin his native language instead as he did train in that and keep that up constantly, per professor lovell.

robin also studied latin and ancient greek as he's been raised to be a student at the university of oxford's royal institute of translation. when he graduates, he'll continue to work in either chinese grammar/translation studies to improve the chinese grammatica at babel, or he'll do metalwork if he has enough of an affinity for it.

however, he also has a newly-discovered half-brother-- griffin-- who got him caught up in a secret society that's pilfering silver bars and redistributing them, and other resources, illegally. robin agrees with the ideals of the hermes society (that the crown shouldn't own and direct the majority of the world's silver), but he doesn't always agree with the society's methods. nevertheless while at babel he would often help them with their heists, while terrified of being caught.

at this point in his life robin always has to toe the line of-- wanting to do what he thinks is right, but knowing that his future lies with babel and that all of his advantages in life come from his associations there, and so betraying that institute is necessary but difficult, or difficult but necessary, and he's never entirely sure which wins out.

those contradictions are what draws me to him as a character. and other contradictions are evident in the rest of his personality as well-- for example, he wants to believe the best in people, but he's also been mistreated so many times that it's tough for him to trust what appears to be a good thing. he'll always suspect that there'll be a catch somewhere down the line.

if i pulled him from the end of the book it would be an entirely different story, but-- at this point, he's definitely conflict-averse, and if he can solve a problem by either a) avoiding it mentally or b) avoiding it physically, he will. he's not at all proud of that fact, but keeping his head down is definitely how he's survived for so long, so that's his first inclination.

he's tired of being walked over, but knows that sometimes you just have to shut up and take it. however, his being in d.c. has been a welcome reprieve from a lot of his poor treatment at oxford outside the translators' institute, so i think he has probably had a nice year or two of recovery. good for him. until he remembers what happened later in the book but i won't burden him with that just yet

robin's demeanor is generally gentle, but he's also straightforward, and when comfortable enough he'll tell someone the honest truth without pulling any punches.

potential connections could include:

other assistants at diplomatic/white house events who he could have met while there translating

study groups of other grad students studying literature or languages

someone who could have pulled robin into a group of friends or more social hangouts that he would either a) probably get far too emotionally attached to or b) find nothing in common with that group of people and only show up regularly out of obligation sldkjfsldkj

someone who was also in d.c. two years ago and could have helped him adjust initially to the major shift in time and society

some friends more reckless than he is, who he may have to be the responsible one and take care of corralling home

characters who are activists or activism-inclined who can help encourage him to foster his internal beliefs & step out of his comfort zone

dates? of some kind? he's not someone who would necessarily put romance first but he would be interested in seeing where a relationship might go (he's bisexual).

or anything else that you could think of.

[zorilleerrant]

DC's Heroes & Villains - a gacha game

(just using this picture because I loved it, and I wish the game had gone in for more full screen art like this)

don't play this game for the story. it doesn't even really feel like DC stories, more like very bland scripts written with no characters in mind, with DC heroes and villains slotted in at the last minute. it's not even that they're out of character; there's just no in character for them to be. no personalities whatsoever. anyone could've been saying those lines - and in some cases I think that's actually how the script works; whoever you have in slots 1-5 says lines 1-5, maybe with a little flavor by type. even as gacha games go, this story is bland, something that's kind of disappointing for such a story driven franchise. the events seem slightly higher quality, but if so, I think they should've spent a little more time on the main game.

the gameplay is like... fine. it's a match 3 game, and you certainly do. it's very unclear even within the story what your perspective is supposed to be? sometimes you're fighting heroes, or villains, or randoms. the rules of the game don't change but sometimes you're randomly going up against Nightwing. certain levels have you pick either the hero or the villain side, but the main levels seem to kind of throw you in at random. the dialogue, being pretty generic, doesn't help clarify things - essentially there are some bad guys who are so bad the heroes and villains have to join forces. normal fare, right? but who the villain is changes every few levels. for design reasons, i think, so it doesn't get boring to look at. there's no premise even.

it's also very buggy. I think it's new so they just haven't worked that out, but there are a lot of UI items shaped like links that are just not clickable, and the game freezes at random sometimes. also not always good at distinguishing when things are and aren't available. (it offered me a free pull for a while, but every time I tried to click it, it said I didn't have enough currency to use it.)

the art style here is kind of fun; it mostly uses familiar designs of characters rendered in a way that's recognizable as gacha genre, and I do like some of the designs, while having some serious problems with others. but the thing that really confused me about this was which characters are and aren't available.

there are multiple versions of Batman you can pull, which, okay, this is set in Gotham and branded as a Batman game, it makes sense that they'd load up Batfam members. except, wait. you can get Batman (multiple), Nightwing, and Robin (multiple, but both Damian)... but there's no Jason or Tim anywhere in here? Kate, yes, Selena, yes, Babs, yes, Harley Quinn, yes... not Steph or Cass, though. but! you can get Helena, for all you Helena fans.

another thing that's weird about it is. okay, so it's heroes and villains, but there's only like 100 options available at the moment. so obviously they haven't anywhere near run out of even very well known heroes and villains. so why are there so many randoms??? they don't even have names, they're just like "captain" "warrior" "royal guard" and certainly those exist within the wider DC universe but there are so many named characters I feel like you could've just gone for them? it wouldn't make a difference to the people gaming for high powered teams but it would be really enticing to people who just want to see Bao Pham their fave in a game.

especially with some of the designs. I mean, am I crazy or is this design based on Artemis? the hair seems oddly specific no?

and it's not even like they're worried people won't know because they put quotes up on screen attributed to all different characters (not all of them available at the moment, or possibly ever) including one from her. like honestly I feel like it would be more fun to name them even if they WERE supposed to be randoms unique to this game.

also I feel like if they'd had to name a character, they wouldn't have ended up with a final design like this...

it's pretty uncomfortable, right? like not giving them names is inherently dehumanizing but also I feel like someone should've been looking through the concept art. this one isn't as bad but I still think would've been caught if anyone was looking

and it's just kind of uncomfortable when there are named goons? every now and then someone writes a story about one and a lot of them are a lot of fun. and there's certainly no shortage of serial killers or other violent people. like you could've just used Zsazs. (Jackson, btw, is in here, but Garth isn't despite most of Dick's Teen Titans being represented... you could've just made any of the several Generic Atlantean designs Garth.)

I also object to so many cops on my team. like, yeah, I get it, the game wants to go with the genre fiction that cops are heroes and on our side... except it's set in Gotham, and it's well established that Gotham cops are corrupt, violent, and untrustworthy. even people who balk at the idea in real life accept it about Gotham! if you wanted cop characters anyway, I mean, there's several well known ones, and lots more to pick from. we could've had Detective Williams! we could've had individuals trying to fight the system! but no we get generic cop characters and also this line

I was lying when I said nothing was out of character. I just think the middle character might always say that no matter who's there. but still... Catwoman? the cat burglar????

like it's not all bad. we get some very cool designs for Joker Minions, which surprised me because usually they aren't interesting at all, even in the comics. the Joker isn't the main villain (or maybe he is? idk you fight a lot of things) but he's still there a bunch, I just really enjoyed looking at the designs of his goons. seem kind of Jokerz inspired, minus the cyberpunk tech

I did also really enjoy the Poison Ivy design. clearly from the movie, but changed to fit a mobile game. I don't feel like enough people incorporate plants into her design, so I really appreciated the fact that they took the time to give her bitey flowers. in the levels against her, she has even more plants as her minions! that was a nice touch. and I'm always a sucker for her costumes being made out of leaves and vines, which I think was done well here.

then of course, there's The Wall. now don't get me wrong she's my baby and I love it whenever she appears, and I do really enjoy this design. I feel like they managed to make her look both professional and like she's having fun with it - that expression is definitely plotting something. in line with my favorite Waller designs, anyway. but I'm also like... she's not that major of a character? I don't know why she'd get put in ahead of like. Booster. Static. Shazam. Steel? Black Canary??? Zatanna??????

I love that she's purple tho <3

in conclusion this game is bad and poorly planned out

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 6.30

296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons. 1521 – Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre. 1559 – King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery. 1598 – The Spanish held Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico having been besieged for fifteen days, surrenders to an English force under Sir George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland. 1632 – The University of Tartu is founded. 1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory. 1688 – The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution. 1703 – The Battle of Ekeren between a Dutch force and a French force. 1758 – Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia. 1794 – Northwest Indian War: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery. 1805 – Under An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments, adopted by the U.S. Congress on January 11, 1805, the Michigan Territory is organized. 1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope. 1860 – The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place. 1864 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation". 1882 – Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield. 1886 – The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4. 1892 – The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1900 – A savage fire wrecked three steamships docked at a pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. Over 200 crew members and passengers are killed, and hundreds injured. 1905 – Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik. 1906 – The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. 1908 – The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia. 1912 – The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan. 1916 – World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France. 1921 – U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States. 1922 – In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic. 1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. 1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country. 1937 – The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London. 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces. 1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. 1956 – A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners. 1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood. 1960 – Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). 1963 – Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo. 1966 – The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded. 1968 – Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God. 1971 – The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. 1972 – The first leap second is added to the UTC time system. 1974 – The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins. 1977 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. 1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. 1986 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults. 1989 – A coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani. 1990 – East and West Germany merge their economies. 1994 – During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board. 2007 – A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before. 2009 – Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash. 2013 – Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. 2013 – Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. 2015 – A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths. 2019 – Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). 2021 – The Tiger Fire ignites near Black Canyon City, Arizona, and goes on to burn 16,278 acres (6,587 ha) of land before being fully contained on July 30.

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↬ Request #1 | @the-coffee-fandom -> DCxMLB: Timari, Hurt/Comfort, Ash (I used this hurt/comfort prompt list and Coffee chose 15: "My mom used to do that."

↬ Request #2 | @velveteenshadow -> DCxMLB: Chlamian + Jasonette, Horror (it became Crack), Serial Killer in a Zombie AU

↬ Request #3 | @izanae -> DCxMLB: Roynette, Hurt/Comfort, Playing with Fire (I added "We can’t help who we fall in love with” “I don’t care what others think. They don’t know you like I do” “You can’t keep holding my past against me".)

[bigskydreaming]

@hood-ex

Okay but re: the subject of wingfic.....picture this....His Dark Materials style AU where instead of kids having daemons who shapeshift until they settle, kids have wings that are constantly shifting and trying out new forms until they settle.

And maybe Dick’s generation is the first one to have this.....like, the DC multiverse is constantly having these universe-altering Crises, that are all metaphysical and unleash and reshape cosmic and universal creation energies....and early in Dick’s tenure as Robin, let’s say the DC multiverse undergoes a Crisis whose resolution has an unexpected side-effect.....at that point forward, teens begin manifesting their like, soul or whatever, in physical or metaphysical form, in the shape of wings.

They first pop up around when kids start entering puberty, and tend to settle around them kinda ‘finding themselves’ as adults....and we’re not talking just bird-type wings. Wings of any kind, any shape, any material. They’re described as ‘metanatomy’ not in the sense of metas having altered anatomy but more in the sense of how metaphysical relates to physical.....these wings don’t have to prescribe to any biological or anatomical rules because they’re not biological in nature. Kory’s people describe the wings as a child’s ‘over-soul’ - a manifestation of their fundamental, individualized essence that’s overlaid on top of their physical self.

So, many wings are bird-like in nature, physically capable of being touched, damaged, healed, etc....but just as many are batlike or dragon-like, they can be just wing-shaped and made of fire, they can be mechanical appearing or insectoid or pretty much anything. There was a period when Dick was around fourteen when his wings were just wispy wing-shaped stormclouds behind him, lightning constantly flickering up and down their lengths as though it were the wings’ veins.....another period where they were just giant sweeping shadows behind him that he could nevertheless fly with, and while he was Robin, they most consistently manifested as bright, gleaming swaths of luminescence that glowed as though they constantly had spotlights trained on them. 

(Which had Bruce paranoid it would just make Dick an easy target, until they realized that a ‘side-effect’ of Dick’s wings when they looked like this was instead of making it easier for the bad guys to train their weapons on him, even the most hardened villains would find themselves hesitating to pull the trigger. Some kind of pulsating, emotion-laced effect of those wings drawing their attention was it was more like moths drawn to a flame....they were so busy being momentarily entranced or hypnotized by the spectacle of them that they were usually a second too late in actually firing....by which time Dick was in a position to strike them first. Well, at least that’s how it went until the Joker managed a lucky shot anyway. But then, when isn’t that asshole an exception to the rules?)

Some wings had little quirks or fringe effects that went with them taking on a certain form or appearance....though those didn’t tend to stick around when the wings shifted to a different appearance, unless a person’s wings settled in the shape a particular fringe effect was associated with. Like when Roy hit adulthood, his wings settled in the appearance of bright red feathered wings with black accents......his wings are fairly small and not suited for long range flight, or even flight in general, as they tend to be more useful in helping him glide in short, quick spurts. But they also come with a perk unique to him....when Roy uses his own feathers to fletch his arrows, those arrows never ever miss. 

In adulthood, Donna’s wings settle as giant bird-like wings, all black feathers with silver specks of stars scattered all across them, same as her Troia costume. They’re like patches of night sky sliced straight out of the heavens, and when Donna’s in costume she’s impossible to see cutting through the dark. Her huge sweeping wings would cast an easily noticed shadow over the ground if not for the silver specks dotting her feathers, but thanks to those, by the time she’s close enough for you to make out her features, distinct from the night sky, its far too late to do anything but go oh fuck.

Wally’s wings are more of a presence than a visual. Hummingbird type things that match his speed but never manage his stillness. Beating at the air a furious several hundred wingflaps per second, so even when he’s standing still he’s far from motionless....the air around him thrumming with movement, humming with vibrations that make it look like he’s constantly surrounded by shimmering ribbons of heat baking off an asphalt pavement. And again, that’s when he’s just standing still. When he actually gets agitated, they hit the air like a thunderclap. Sparks shooting up from the points of contact as the friction of them is so fast and furious it ionizes the atmosphere around him all on its own.

Garth’s can be a bit unwieldy when on the surface, but in the water they make him glide faster and smoother than any Atlantean before him. Stretching out from torso to underarms like the wings of a manta ray, they’re black and gray and streaked with purple like his eyes and the tattoo around it, just inverted. The material of them thick and coarse enough that when he flings his arms out or wrapped around himself just so, the folds of his wings draped around him create a dense barrier capable of shrugging off any number of projectile impacts.

Vic’s are mechanical marvels, smooth and sleek metallic expanses that aren’t dissimilar to Marvel’s Archangel, but where Warren’s feathers are knife-like flechettes, Vic’s host a variety of sensory arrays and feed him all sorts of data. Gar’s never fully settle....they shift as often as he does, sometimes vast and feathered, sometimes batlike and leathery....always green though, and always there no matter what animal he shifts into. He’s never a snake so much as a feathered serpent, a pegasus instead of a horse, a manticore instead of a mere lion, and well, you haven’t lived until you’ve seen Beast Boy take to the streets of Manhattan as a T-Rex with giant pterodactyl wings. Why his wings never fully settle could be due to his shape-shifting or it could just be in his nature.....Gar’s the original Lost Boy who’ll never FULLY grow up.

Raven’s are purple and black on the outside but bone-white on the inside.....like her empathy, they cut both ways. When she pulls her wings tight around her and someone else like a protective shroud, they can shield her and those in her care from prying eyes and scrying magic....when she throws them wide and strikes out with them at enemies on either side, the touch of her feathers is like feeling the cold of the grave. Kory’s are a deeper, royal purple juxtaposed beside Raven’s shadowed inky violets.....but rather than feathered, Kory’s are tall and draconian, imperious and imposing canvases adorned with swirls of red and green like nebulas painted across a cosmic backdrop. Curling emerald flames lick around the edges of them just like her starfire sometimes dances through her hair.....even when ‘ablaze’ her wings are cool to the touch if she invites you to touch them, but touch them uninvited and you’re going to get burned. Badly.

Lilith’s are four enormous feathered wings of green and gold and black spread behind her like the many layered wings of a seraph. They’re decorated in various places with dark concentric circles like those found on peacock feathers....until those circles flare and open wide and you realize you’re staring at dozens of eyes that are all looking back at you.....each a window to your own soul, freezing you in place with a glimpse of your own darkest secrets or possible destiny.

Joey’s are many-hued mosaics, like wings made of stained-glass windows. Hazy and indistinct shafts of rainbow light slanting through his varied ‘feathers’ when he spreads his wings in the air behind him.....like viewing screens or windows they show glimpses, afterimages of everyone he’s ever joined his soul to when riding shotgun in their bodies.....making them forever a part of him, a link he can tap into at will and rendering his power less about possession and more about connection, a forever-door that lets him merge with one of his previously tethered-to teammates, no matter where they are in relation to him. But with the slight change that now what he makes up for in range, he loses in stealth, as his wings show up behind the body of his ‘host’ for as long as he remains merged with them.

And Dick’s wings finally settle in adulthood to sweeping feathered wings of blue and indigo banded with gold.....but where his presence is less attention-commanding than in his younger years, his impact is definitely felt. As his settled wings act as an epicenter for a kind of gravitational bubble around him that’s keyed to his mood.....when he’s lighthearted and in high spirits, everyone around him feels a little bit lighter, purely in a physical sense, gravity within his sphere of influence being a little less heavy, leaving his friends and teammates a little lighter on their feet, quicker in their reactions, etc, etc. When he’s feeling heavy though, his immediate environs feel it with him - though that’s not always the worst result when surrounded by enemies he’s better off having feel overburdened, weighed down, like they’re struggling to get to their feet and the air itself is sitting a little heavier in their lungs every time they take a breath.

[shhhlikeme]

THE SEXY

HALL🎃WEEN COSTUME 🎃👻💀🍬 YOU WEAR THAT MAKES YOUR VOLLEYBALL PLAYER GO: 🥵🥺 part 2

Haikyuu!!

Ft. Tendou, Kenma, Daishou, & Aran

Part 1 | Part 2 🩸 Part 3 🩸 Part 4 🩸 Part 5 🩸

Ojiro Aran -

A Pretty AF Princess👑👸

this hubby-material, absolutely perfect creation of a man has a royal kink. It’s not up for debate! 

argue with your mother if you disagree

Not in some crazy cocky sense where he thinks he’s royalty or something...

It’s moreso that he literally sees you as his princess already..... and treats you like it—even though you two have only been on a handful of dates!!! 

Where you wore cute and casual outfits only. 

Sooooo when you’re dressed as how this boy actually sees you....mannnnnnnnn

Aran Ojiro is all: 😦😦‘s and 🥺🥺🥺🥺’s

and a whole lotta 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩’s

Be prepared for him to shower you with compliments and attention, god damn 

At the Olympic Team’s sober bar hop yall go to, Aran’s telling you how beautiful you look and how much a crown on your head suits you every half an hour 

It puts butterflies in your stomach every time.

He’s dressed as a Prince to match you (which you had to beg him to wear because he doesn’t like the attention) and the entire night your new boo thing was treating you so sweetly 

Kissing your hand, holding you bridal style through door frames, bowing to you 🥺🥺🥺🥺 the whole nine yards

The twins, Bokuto, and even Sakusa kept making fun of him for being so simpy

But the man didn’t care lmao! he kept speaking over the boys when they chirped him, yelling at them that they are FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK TO YOUR MAJESTY WITHOUT ROYAL PERMISSION 💀

You couldn’t stop blushing, even though you were shy... you secretly felt like you were on cloud nine by the way he was being with you, honestly 

You thought the dates couldn’t get better but here we are.

“Ojiro..........” You blushed as you watch the guy you’re seeing and falling in love with Oop— press his plump and soft lips to you hand again.

“Hm?” He asks, opening them and looking up at you through his long lashes. He never removed your hand from his lips. You swooned even harder as your heart pounded, looking away. You tried again. 

“Umm.... you’re just being so kind treating me like this all night even though your friends are making fun of you, and you say it’s because I am your Princess but.... you do know that YOU’RE the one that gives off a Royal vibes, right?! Your entire aura and the way you carry yourself—even when I first met you—screams King. Plus everyone says it. That’s why people keep saying how much your costume fits you. You’re Like........” You gave yourself a beat to think. “—-you’re like the kind and gentle Prince who takes over his father’s throne and changes all the mean laws that were there.... then takes the peasant girl for his wife because he only cares about true love. That would totally be you. You’re like, amazing, Ojiro.” 

You were still looking away from your crush when you finished, immediately wanting to sink in a hole caused by utter embarrassment. 

What am I, a damn Disney narrator?🙄, you thought pathetically. 

Aran studied your features when you said all of this, his eyes softening. As soon as you were done speaking, he romantically pressed his lips against your hand again and then brought your hand down between you two, holding it. 

Next, he gently turned your chin with his free hand so that you were facing him, and so that you could see the sincerity in his eyes. 

You whimpered from the intensity you saw there. 

“Y/N,” Ojiro began in his gentle-king voice. 

“I could really go on with a monologue right now about how you carry yourself the same way you just described for me—like a Princess who overtakes her father’s throne and denounces any preexisting closed minded laws, then decides to give the humble baker—that’s me, a shot at a life of euphoria with you...... but I’ll save that for another time....” he paused, and you swore that you would never forgive yourself if the tears you were feeling decided to fall and ruin this moment. 

“No! It’s you, Ojiro. I’m not even close. You’re so perfect and—“ A handsome smirk graced Aran’s handsome face, making your butterflies explode. Somehow looking at that smirk you just knew that he could tell you were holding back tears with everything in you, so, being the modern Prince he is, Aran came to your tear-saving rescue. He lightened the voice, effectively lightening the mood; but his eyes remained just as intense. He chuckled cutely before explaining the reason behind the intensity. 

“Okay well uhh, hey, if you insist on calling me a Prince.... Then... as my first order of duty 👑, I’d like to ask you, my fair maiden, if would consider being so kind as to call this Prince: your new boyfriend? I mean—damn—sorry, did they even use that term back then?!” 

Your heart bursted, practically springing out of your chest:

Not Prince Eric, not Prince Charming and not even Flynn fucking Rider had anything on how amazing this Prince was! 

Your emotions bubbled over, letting out giggles that sounded just like a real Disney Princess’. 

“Yes, Aran!” You exclaimed, lunging forward to hug him. Aran laughed brilliantly, thanking you. 

You just basked yourself in this ending: Not knowing that your “yes” was the beginning..... of your fairytale. 

A/N: shoutout to my upcoming King Aran AU omg I am smitten 🥺🥺🥺

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Kenma Kozume -

Gamer Girl 🕹🔌

When it comes to Halloween costumes.......

You and your boyfriend Kenma are both lazy. 

So when Kuroo called and screamed at both of you because you promised to go to his work’s party tonight, (especially Kenma who would look really good to his superiors) you both reluctantly agreed .... again😑😑😑

While Kenma simply showered, dried his hair and put on your cat ear head band and called it a day, 

You realized that you had to scramble for a presentable costume. Shit. 

You scoured Kenma’s condo since you have been staying here and won’t have time to go home. 

Freaking out because you found shit all, your bf told you that you really don’t have to wear a stupid costume because this party is stupid and Kuroo himself is stupid. 

Speaking of the devil: kenmas phone starting ringing with the Kuroo ringtone, meaning he was calling. 

Kenma tried to ignore it, so you went into his game room to retrieve his phone for him. 

While you looked for his phone near his gaming set up, your eyes fell on your boyfriend’s Professional Gamer headphones. 

You placed his headphones on, fixed your glasses and decided you’d go as a cute gamer girl! 

Kozume followed you in after a while when he didn’t hear you on the phone, stopping dead in his tracks when he saw you. 

“Th-those are my headphones.” Your youtuber says flatly, trying not think about how mind blowingly attractive you look with them on. 🤯🤯🤯

You just pointed at his costume.

“And that’s my kitty headband. What’s your point?” You retorted, winking at him behind your glasses. “I have a costume now: I’m a gamer girl. Do you like it?” 

Cat boy could only nod, his eyes growing dark. He pictured you gaming and it made him suuuuuper turned on. 

You noticed and like the little shit you are, you closed the distance between the two of you and wrapped your arms around his neck. You puckered your lips asking for a kiss. 

Kenma’s cheeks flared up, unable to stop himself from looking down your tight black & white tank top at your boobs. 

In true Kenma style, he ignored your ask for a kiss. 

“Kuroo is probably ou-out-outside, Y-Y/N. We should go.” Obviously flustered, your boyfriend quickly collected his phone from his desk and made a beeline out of his game room. 

You laughed, calling out to him from your place in the room. “I saw your boner, Kenma!”

“Shut up.” You heard your monotone boyfriend call back. You could picture his blush.

You smiled. 

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Daishō Suguru -

Poison Ivy 🧑‍🦰🌿🥀

Your boyfriend is a self proclaimed snake . 🐍 he even recently got one tatted on one side of his chest and it looks AH-MA-ZING

But anyways... like I said: 

Your boyfriend is a self proclaimed snake . 

.....And Snakes like leaves 🍃

Therefore, you dressed as a leaf.

LMAOOOOOOOOOO

After you got all ready, 

You Facetime’d him because he was away at a tournament and you wanted to show him your costume 

When Daishō answered while grocery shopping, he was not prepared. He dropped his phone, picked it up, stared at you in awe, then he quickly hung up on you. 

He didn’t want to sport a boner in the fucking meat aisle so he practically raced to the cash and called you back when he got in his car. Lol

no but fr Daishou went gaga when he saw you dressed as the sexy Poison Ivy

Not only is he a DC > Marvel Enthusiast, but Daishō loooved Poison Ivy because he and the super hero/villain had similar personalities 

Poison Ivy approached DC Universe situations the same way Daishō approached rival volleyball games: with a manipulative sense, a temptress grin, and ultimately being someone no one you can tell whether they are a hero or a villain. 

With all of that to consider, your man wasn’t even thinking about that because he was too busy thinking you look like sex-on-legs 

He stared at your body madddd hard

“Fuck me. I wish I was Clark Kent right now so I had x-ray vision.” He groaned as he covered his free hand over his face, opening his fingers to peek at you. “What are you wearing under those leaves? Anything?!” Your snake-like boyfriend tried to sound stern, but you knew better. 

“Nothing.”

Licking your red lips, you lean toward your laptop so that your boyfriend could see a close up of those red lips.

You saw him instinctively lean closer to the camera and take a deep breath.

“Your Best Friends/Name isn’t picking me up for another hour, Dai. But you and I both know that really means two hours. Anyway, I’ll slip on underwear when she gets here but I was....... sort of hoping you could show Poison Ivy that snake of yours......before then. She hasn’t met him yet🥺.”

In his rush to get back to his hotel for some hot ass web cam sex, Sugaru forgot the groceries in the car.  Oh well ;) 

the extra grocery trip he’d have to take later that night was well worth it. 

———————————

Tendō Satori -

Skeleton Chick w Dope Clown Makeup

“Y/N CHAAAAAAAANNNNN!” 

you cringed and put your hands out in front of you to protect yourself, just in time before your boyfriend Tendou tackled you on the bed you two share 

You expected this, and that’s why you had strategically placed yourself in front of the bed when you finally told your boyfriend you were done your makeup 

3 hours ago, you had a long talk with your red head as he sat down with his legs folded like a kindergarten student: 

“Ten. I love you, but you are NOT ALLOWED back in the room until I’m done my makeup. You’re too loud, and you’re making me shake. I need precision. I promise I’ll call you in when I’m done and have my costume on.” 

Just like a kindergartener student, your boyfriend gave you puppy dog eyes. 

“BUT—“ 

“Ztttt! No buts!” You shut your eyes so that you weren’t looking at his puppy dog eyes that get you every time. “Ten, you can come in as soon as it’s done.” 

You heard him sigh, so you sealed the deal.

“Don’t forget that You’ll be the first to see it, my special boy.” 

“Alright!!!!” Tendou jumped up.

“Please, bring me to the room and shut the door behind you.” Since your eyes were still closed, your boyfriend hummed and linked his arm through yours, doing exactly as you asked. He lead you to your vanity and helped you sit down. 

“I’ll be waiting! Cant wait to see it! I’m going to bake a Halloween cake to waste time!” 

You felt a familiar kiss to the top of your head, then you heard your bedroom door shut. 

God you loved that Chocolatier. 

***

3 hours later, you were questioning why you loved that Chocolatier🙄, because he was crushing you under his weight after tackling you

Your boyfriend quickly rolled off of you and began his chatter. 

This was both of your favourite holidays so Satori has been gushing the entire week 

“OHO, you look awesome, Y/N-chan! When I was young, no one would take Halloween as seriously as I did so they’d say hurtful things behind my back and it made me very sad.....!!! Last year Ushi actually dressed up as the peanut butter to my jelly which was cool, but he didn’t know the words to the song for Karaoke......” His eyes lit up. “But now I have YOU! Someone who loves October 31st as much if not more than me! Oh, and you look beautiful AND scary! How did you do that??? Can you do my makeup like that, my love?! I want to match you! I also want to make love to you..... and—“

You reached over and covered Tendou’s mouth with your index finger. 

This cutie shushed himself, making himself cross eyed because he was now looking down at your finger on his own lips

You laughed. There is so much you could respond to, but thinking about a baby Ten being all excited for Halloween and his stupid bullies making him feel like shit for it tug at your heart strings, disallowing you to say anything else to your brilliant Chocolatier:

“Ten...........I love you. Happy Halloween.” 😌

This time, you hadn’t had enough time to put your arms out before you were tackled by an enamoured Tendou Satori again. 

Who do you want to see react to your Sexy Hall🎃ween Costume next?

Part 3: 4/4 requested - closed 🚫

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Part 5: (final part): 4/4 - closed 🚫

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Characters that are currently in queue: Iwa, Ukai, Daichi, Oikawa, Mattsun, Kuroo, Kyoutani, Akaashi, Tsukki & Noya.

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LGBTQ+ Rec List

@honestlyfrance as promised, here’s a list of my favourite books, trade paperbacks, and graphic novels with LGBTQ+ Characters of Colour. Happy Reading!

Moonstruck Vol 1 TP - Image Comics

Werewolf barista Julie and her new girlfriend go on a date to a close-up magic show, but all heck breaks loose when the magician casts a horrible spell on their friend Chet. Now it's up to the team of mythical pals to stop the illicit illusionist before it's too late.

You Brought Me the Ocean GN - DC Comics

Jake Hyde doesn’t swim—not since his father drowned. Luckily, he lives in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, which is in the middle of the desert, yet he yearns for the ocean and is determined to leave his hometown for a college on the coast. But his best friend, Maria, wants nothing more than to make a home in the desert, and Jake’s mother encourages him to always play it safe.

There’s nothing “safe” about Jake’s future—not when he’s attracted to Kenny Liu, swim team captain and rebel against conformity. And certainly not when he secretly applies to Miami University. Jake’s life begins to outpace his small town’s namesake, which doesn’t make it any easier to come out to his mom, or Maria, or the world.

Bingo Love GN - Image Comics

When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. Decades later, now in their mid-’60s, Hazel and Mari reunite again at a church bingo hall. Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage.

Bloom GN - First Second

Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band—if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. But while interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easygoing guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer over batches of bread, love is ready to bloom . . . that is, if Ari doesn’t ruin everything.

World of Wakanda TP - Marvel Comics 

Wakanda! Home of the Black Panther, a proud and vibrant nation whose legends and mysteries run deep. Now, delve deep into Wakanda's lore with a love story where tenderness is matched by brutality! You know them as the Midnight Angels, but for now they are just Ayo and Aneka - young women recruited to become Dora Milaje, an elite task force trained to protect the crown of Wakanda at all costs. But with their king shamed and their queen killed, Ayo and Aneka must take justice into their own hands! They've been officers. Rebels. Lovers. But can they be leaders?

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards for an unknown fate still haunts her. Now, the guards are back and this time it's Lei they're after -- the girl with the golden eyes whose rumored beauty has piqued the king's interest. Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learns the skills and charm that befit a king's consort. There, she does the unthinkable: she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life. Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge.

Songs that sound like Blood by Jared Thomas 

Roxy May Redding’s got music in her soul and songs in her blood. She lives in a hot dusty town and is dreaming big. She survives run-ins with the mean girls at high school, sings in her dad’s band and babysits for her wayward aunt. But Roxy wants a new start. When she gets the chance to study music in the big city, she takes it. Roxy’s new life, her new friends and her music collide in a way she could never have imagined. Being a poor student sucks... navigating her way through the pressure of a national music competition has knobs on it... singing for her dinner is soul destroying... but nothing prepares Roxy for her biggest challenge. Her crush on Ana, the local music journo, forces her to steer her way through a complex maze of emotions alien to this small town girl. Family and friends watch closely as Roxy takes a confronting journey to find out who the hell she is.

Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven

In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven takes their readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real. Over three parts, they take traditional storytelling and gives it a unique, contemporary twist. In ‘Heat’, we meet several generations of the Kresinger family and the legacy left by the mysterious Pearl. In ‘Water’, van Neerven offers a futuristic imagining of a people whose existence is under threat. While in ‘Light’, familial ties are challenged and characters are caught between a desire for freedom and a sense of belonging. Heat and Light presents a surprising and unexpected narrative journey while heralding the arrival of an exciting new talent in Australian writing.

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Spoilers under the cut because I don't know if I'll ever finish this.

In the timeline I've been working with, Shifter in the guise of Dust Jacket became friends (in no particular order) with Ash Maplestar, Curi, Night Spinner, Inquiry and Dream Catcher. Not in Ponyville but in a small town called Roan Hills.

A few years ago, Ask Maplestar Toys, Ask Inquiry, Ask Night Spinner, and a bunch of the other pony blogs my characters interacted with all went silent for various reasons. All of the reasons were good reasons.

But I gradually realized (I think 2020) that with these other blogs dead, I needed to get my characters (at least Chirp and Metamorphosis/Shifter/"Dust") out of Roan Hills if I was ever to move forward.

I floated the option of rebooting completely, and Lucidmod kind of talked me out of it at the time, or at least that's how I remember it.

But I needed a reason to move my characters to Ponyville, and if I was holding onto the shared universe in spite of the dead blogs, I needed to figure out what the fallout would be.

I had a comic scripted for this but ran out of energy, and then had multiple deaths in the family, moved, and I don't know if I'll ever finish the thing.

So, this is an overview.

Dust Jacket and DC become an item, and Dust eventually gets them matching silver lockets; Dust's has a photo of DC on the left and a photo of both of them on the right; DC's has a photo of Dust on the left and the photo of both of them on the right.

And then, one day, Shifter either receives an encoded message on a changeling communicator device which has been silent ever since the failed Canterlot invasion, or is contacted by a changeling officer whose name I'm not going to put here for the time being. Either way, the message is the same: Shifter and Chirp are being recalled to the changeling citadel, and the Changeling Queen is gathering her forces for some new offensive.

So, Shifter writes goodbye notes to First Edition and DC in Dust Jacket's hornwriting saying there is a family emergency and he needs to go back to his family, blah blah.

Unfortunately, Chirp accidentally leaves evidence that a changeling has been in Dust's loft.

So, First Edition finds the notes when Dust doesn't show up for work the next morning... and finds a) Dust's chess set collection still there, and b) changeling-related stuff.

He of course notifies Dust's friends not that Dust has gone to visit family, but that Dust has been ponynapped by changelings.

So far as I recall, DC and his friends from the Dream Delivery Service are technically soldiers (e.g. guardsponies) whose superior officers are unicorn mages.

Blogcanon is that thousands of years ago, unicorns annihilated Flutter Valley and the Flutter Pony species is extinct, the survivors having been forcibly mutated into the Changelings.

So, the unicorns and later Equestrian government have inherited stolen flutter pony magitech: dream orbs, a non-lethal weapon which renders the target unconscious for about an hour and gives them a vivid dream of whatever they desire most. They have a limited number of charges before needing to be recharged—and can only be recharged with flutter pony magic (or possibly changeling magic), meaning once they run out of "ammo" they become inert.

Unicorn magic, pegasus flight, and earth pony strength don't work within the radius of Chrysalis' throne, but the flutter-tech weapons do.

So, a small team of pegasus soldiers (DC and his friends) take these weapons and go on an unauthorized rescue mission to rescue DC's Sweet Baboo.

And they do, and are strangely successful.

And as they break into the prison at the lowest levels of the Hive, they are confronted by a large royal-class changeling emerging from the area, who starts to attack or sound an alarm but then hesitates when he seemingly recognizes one of the soldiers. This gives DC time to nail the changeling with the weapon and get into the prison to free Dust Jacket from his captivity.

None of the ponies notice the silver locket around the changeling's neck.

And at the center of the prison, among all the cocoons, is something a bit different: a glowing pod that looks almost artificial. And visible inside it is an unconscious Dust Jacket. So, the three of them break him out and carry him out of the citadel and the radius of the magic-negating effect.

They bring his unconscious body to a hospital in Roan Hills and he lays seemingly comatose with an oxygen mask on his face.

And then, while DC, Ash, Curi, Night Spinner, and Inquiry are visiting, Dust opens his eyes.

His eyes should be a brilliant green but they are blue. He doesn't recognize any of them and is confused, more so when he realizes that a pegasus is being allowed in the Unicorn Lands (Unicornia I think?) and then realizes that he is not in the Unicorn Lands, where is he, what is going on?

Night Spinner lifts the cover and checks the pony's cutie mark and it's a Rod of Asclepius, not a chess piece. The Unicorn's magic is the color of the book, not the color of the bookmark, which is the wrong shade of green.

The unicorn's name is Last Chance, and he was a combat medic whose last memory was of deserting the Unicorn Army in order to aid wounded flutter pony survivors and then there was a bright pink (or green?) flash and something happened and he woke up here.

DC realizes that Dust Jacket wasn't ponynapped by changelings; he was a changeling—a changeling who copied Last Chance's physical features, mannerisms, and voice—which obviously means the entire relationship was just for a meal and none of it was real. Some random changeling's greatest desire was probably a buffet of some sort.

DC leaves the hospital and goes home and sits in the living room and mopes, and rages, and sobs, and calms down and opens his locket.

He stares longingly at the photos for a moment, and then angrily casts it into the hearth.

The photos melt, bubble, crackle, and burn, and DC doesn't watch.

Behind the photos, engraved on the interior of the locket, are words:

"I'm sorry," on the left and "Please forgive me," on the right.

Shifter, having been hit by the device, has spent an hour dreaming a lifetime of what he desires most: living happily ever after with DC, raising three precocious daughters, and ruling a newly established hive to the north, and establishing a peace treaty with Equestria, sending Princess Cadance prank gifts for Hearthswarming (spelt "Heart-Swarming" on the card), etc.

Happily ever after. DC gets turned into an alicorn and gains the long lifespan associated with it, and the whole family all live happily ever after forever and ever and—

—then he wakes up on the floor of the citadel near the prison with an expended dream orb near his head.

Shifter, perhaps understandably, does not take this well.

He runs for the prison and finds Last Chance's stasis pod empty; unicorn scum, certainly, but also the only unicorn to try and save them while the others would see them destroyed, and thus worthy of preservation.

Shifter knows exactly what would happen next. This point of no return (literally) plus the Happily Ever After ripped away from him on awakening, breaks him.

Shifter is about as devastated as a changeling could ever be, and I don't really know if he ever truly recovers from it, but he swears off romantic entanglements altogether, intending to find ways to extract love through other means.

"'Tis better to have loved and lost—then never love again."

He is reassigned to Ponyville and requests that Chirp be the one to accompany him. (Chirp is utterly overjoyed; just ecstatic, omg omg omg omg omg.)

This time Shifter leaves prepared: over centuries, Shifter had experimented with fragments of the asteroid that destroyed Flutter Valley, various sizes and shapes, until he created a perfectly polished black crystal sphere and used changeling magic to phase it into his chest cavity, nestled among his organs, and adjusted his molts to accommodate it better; it is effectively part of him, has been for centuries, and provides a perfectly sized personal anti-magic field which can be temporarily enlarged with changeling magic if needed to cover multiple individuals or a larger shapeshift. I don't think Chrysalis knows about it.

Shifter has the other previous iterations and experiments and brings them with him.

"Dust Jacket" now lives in Ponyville and owns and runs a book bindery called Dusty Pages near the edge of town, constructed from stone and wood with shingles (maybe clay?) instead of the wood and thatch Bavarian architecture seen in most of Ponyville. The building looks very formal and has the curious feature that the lawn leading up to it eventually gives way to artificial grass, artificial flowers, and artificial hedges within a circular radius around the building. Within that radius magic just evaporates.

My plan for the blog now, at least presently, is to scoot to a future where the peace treaty between the Sparklebugs and Equestria has been formalized. Shifter has manipulated and/or intimidated his way into being grandfathered in, and while he made substantial concessions, he also extracted concessions. One of these is that he and Chirp and Lobelia receive either weekly or monthly love rations in liquid form in little glass vials (shaped like hearts) and in return they don't feed on any ponies. Another is that his residence and place of business (which conveniently are in the same building) is permitted to be magic-proofed (which it was already by this point but now he has permission) as a defensive measure. (He himself is also magic-proofed, and he may have magic-proofed Chirp to keep Chirp safe but I'm not sure.)

So: peaceful slice of life; in Ponyville; no magic anons because magic won't affect him or anyone in his shop/home; and all his employees are earth ponies currently, with the possibility of pegasuses in theory but not presently probably unless.

Shifter kept his locket and keeps it in a locked desk drawer in the writing desk in his bedroom. He never opens the drawer.

He still spends most of his time as Dust so as not to frighten customers, but doesn't technically have to hide who and what he is. A number of employees (such as Doodle) have figured it out but he's never harmed any of them and the pay is good, the benefits are good, the dental is fantastic, and he genuinely seems to be trying very hard to be an ideal manager.

There are some ponies who avoid the place, and there is friction occasionally, and this one super-angry unicorn once tried to blow the place up with a hyper beam that instantly failed because anti-magic field; he was arrested.

Shifter eventually gains a pegasus love interest named Disaster and they have dates and snuggles in bed together while awake and/or asleep (they sleep in on Saturdays) and it's all very cute and fluffy and snuggly-wuggly.

I chose to do this in 2020, largely because tying my plot to three dead blogs in a non-Ponyville setting that only the four of us used was causing my blog to stagnate.

Moving my characters to Ponyville was necessary to move forward with the blog. Ending Dust's relationship with a character from one of those dead blogs was painful but necessary, and it had to be tragic for all involved because... well... because reasons. I'm uneasy about sending Last Chance out into that abandoned setting, and I don't know where he'll end up, but again... it felt necessary.

Anyway, that is a spoiler-filled summary of what has led up to this point, this scenario is where the blog will be starting, and now I'm going to return to working on puppets and man oh man are there a lot of them...

[hellyeahheroes]

Death Battle is back in our corner of comics fandom, they’re now doing Babsgirl vs Spider-Gwen fight. 

The matchup kinda makes sense, out of the Batfamily characters post-flashpoint Barbara is likely the one easiest to compare to Gwen. But it did made me think of a different kind of comparison between the two than is usually done.

In a way return of Barbara to being Batgirl could be seen as a result of backlash to the popular perception of the character boiling down to “Joker’s victim”. It is certainly an angle many of the “One True Batgirl” crowd members have been using to defend erasing her disability. Of course this ignores , I would even say deliberatelly, the work done by John Ostrander and Kim Yale and legions of writers like Gail Simone that follwoed their lead, to establish Barbara as Oracle, a heroic identity in her own right. Paradoxically, these attempts to “move away” Barbara from Killing Joke made her even more defined by it. The fact it is effectively a decision to cement work of a man as the character’s defining moment, while ignoring work of women to help her move past that, only makes the irony more visible to naked eye. When we add inherent ableism and the fact DC had to screw over royally two other characters, Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown, to get where they had put Barbara in 2011, it leaves any possibility of this decision being truly feminist, dead in the gutter. When paired with the massive propaganda game in Batman comics to portray time when Barbara was Batgirl as some sort of magical “best of times” in history of Batman, something that has started with Hush and continued all the way up to Flashpoint, it mires the decision purely into nostalgia.

Gwen Stacy for decades has been known for one thin - the Night Gwen Stacy Died, a story in which she has been killed by Green Goblin (coincidentially, often see as the Joker counterpart in Spider-Man mythos). Similiarly to Barbara the character has been ever since mitologized with a ton of retcons to the point she is nowadays portrayed as nearly a saint. And in similair vein Spider-Gwen’s popularity could be seen as a backlash against her being seen in nerd minds as just “a girl killed by Norman Osbron to make Peter mad”. But unlike DC’s very deliberate attempt at enforcing this, Marvel seems to have stumbled into that by accident - the character was originally little less than one among many new Spiders from across the Multiverse, curiosities for a big event with likely little plans to build on them further, not unlike Penni Parker or Aaron Aickman. Marvel was quick to leap on her popularity and milk it for what it was worth it but they didn’t need to screw over other Spider-heroines. I mean, yes, they did screwed over characters like Anya Corazon and Mayday Parker even in Spider-Verse itself, but it wasn’t done to push on Gwen (with exception of Web Warriors, which was poorly received even by Gwen fans). The stories of Spider-Gwen treat The Night Gwen Stacy Died more like a cautionary tale for this Gwen and underline that she is not gonna be defined by 616 Gwen. Hell, one of characters that usually is most bashed by the chuch of Saint Gwen Stacy - Mary Jane Watson - is argurably most important supporting cast member of Spider-Gwen books. In a way, as we can see in stories like clone conspiracy or Gwen Stacy miniseries, we could even read it that the people who never got over 616 Gwen’s death are not satisfied with Spider-Gwen. Likely because she is too different from the idealized version of Gwen they try to convince whole world existed anywhere outside their heads. I wonder if the insistence to push Spider-Gwen into 616 stories and the attempts to sink shiopping of Gwen with her world’s MJ aren’t editorial attempts to stop Spider-Gwen to truly growing into her own character, leaving reflection of main universe Gwen Stacy enteirly behind.

But that’s jsut my digression. Anyway, Gwen is probably gonna tear Barbara to pieces, Batfamily statistically tends to lose their Marvel vs DC matches on Death Battle. Also, I’m bitter that if it wasn’t for SOMEONE *glares at Dan Didio*  Cassandra Cain would likely have enough media presence for a match between her and X-23 be reasonable possibility to be featured on this show one day but as it is now once DB picks up Laura they’re probably gonna have her murder Damian. Through there is some thematic comparison there too, what with both of them having their character development yeeted through the window into oblivion and nuked from the orbit for good measure every time a new writer takes over the reins....

-Admin