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[theblehthatbloos]

I forgot to Post Abra on here and I'm so sorry, here they is

[sadisthetic]

my only critique of hi fi rush is that there shouldve been blood. and sure, maybe it wouldve been totally tonally incongruous, but consider this: i want BLOOD.

[ragnarokhound]

For the au ask game!

OKAY I wanted specifically to get to the pokemon au from the ask you sent, it's been cooking a bit so it's time to see what comes out of the oven, so... @azol-otl ty for the ask!

Crossover au's are all about the fused worldbuilding for me and speculating on how characters from universe A would fit into universe B heehee hoohoo - and for Batfam especially it's fun to think about the equivalent of their roles as vigilantes! What kind of people have the same level of celebrity, the same sideways seeking of justice?

Naturally this leads you to the gym leaders because a) it's the most fun and b) they are like. Quasi-law enforcement/educators/professional athletes depending on how you try to translate the innate child's perspective on the pokemon universe into something that makes sense as an adult lol ilu pokemon. [insert 'compels me though' gif here]

SO with this in mind, here's 5 fun facts (that are mostly backstory lmao) from a jaytim pokemon au I would write

I'm deeply ill about pokemon so this one goes under the cut lol:

Jason Todd used to be the Champion. He won the role after Dick Grayson quit a year or two before (Dick had been getting older and chafing under the League rules - meaning he'd been chafing under how Bruce ran the League) and was a fierce competitor who didn't believe in going easy on anyone. His Houndoom was a force to be reckoned with, and despite running a mostly Dark-type team, his Honchkrow cleaned up anyone thinking their Fighting-types could sweep. He looked after the League and Gotham with a cocky, self-assured attitude and the win record to back it up. .

Jason disappeared suddenly at the age of 15. Many assumed him dead, after a Rocket (Or whatever Gotham themed gang name we want to go with lol could be Team Joker) bombing in the area he'd last been seen, but he's officially declared missing. Bruce Wayne took back the duties of interim Champion as he once did for Dick Grayson, but he's not quite the mentor he once was. It's obvious he's grieving, and that he doesn't want to mentor any more twelve year olds. Dick signed up to be a Gym Leader shortly after this, returning from his trip about a year early to help out in the chaos following Jason's disappearance. .

Enter Tim Drake. Tim's gym challenge wasn't all that interesting in the circuit at first; he had a rocky start and had to retake a few gym challenges. He wasn't exactly sweeping on his first try every time like Jason had done. He didn't have the meteoric rise that caught the Champion's attention early, didn't get one-on-one mentorship or face-to-face meetings, cautionary advice and congratulations all rolled into one from Bruce Wayne himself - but Tim had patience and grit, and he paid attention. He was gunning for the Championship, and it wasn't just so he could prove himself. Team Rocket/Joker was still out there, and Bruce needed all the help he could get. He was always better for Gotham when he had a Robin. .

Dick had been nicknamed Robin for his all-Flying-type team and especially his Natu-then-Xatu; Jason followed up with his Murkrow-then-Honchkrow; Tim's Rookidee was one among many (Robin-esque pokemon were popularized by Dick and the trend remains through Tim's day) so he wasn't considered a possible Robin successor until it was a Corvisquire and he was about to face Dick Grayson himself, a badge away from Victory Road. By then, Tim and his team were a well-oiled machine (he runs mostly Steel-types lol but also Normal-types for the unexpected adaptability and the 'underestimate my rattata i dare you it's in the top peRCENTAGE--' of it all. FEAR.), and his loss-record had all but frozen while his win-record ticked higher and higher. .

Shit finally goes down about three years after Tim has become Champion and all but bullied Bruce into mentoring him (he basically said 'if you don't watch me, i'll go find Team Rocket/Joker on my own' and triggers all of Bruce's child endangerment traumas simultaneously) and the mysterious Rocket/Joker leader Red Hood shows up, bringing the gang out of the shadows in pursuit of a hidden agenda. Identity shenanigans and "wait is that a Houndoom? But he's only been using Ghost-types, it CAN'T be..." and heel-face turns abound. .

(BONUS FACT: Something something, Jason went into deep cover with Looker or whoever he is, that Interpol guy from X & Y (WAIT. LOOKER MIGHT ACTUALLY BE TALIA AL GHUL IN THIS AU HOHOHO), infiltrating the Rocket/Joker gang and going public as Red Hood is the first step in the last phase of the sting. Cue a million tense Jaytim interactions in which Tim is legitimately trying to take Red Hood down and Jason desperately tries to shake him so that he doesn't do anything that forces Jason to blow his cover. There is at least one 'tugged into a tight space to hide them both from the actual bad guys, "wait, did you just HELP me...?" "Think whatever you want, babybird"' interaction because I am a slut for the first sprinkles of a redemption arc that is rife with UST fufufu)

[slimeciclecock]

I'm... glad, I'm glad Richas, Chayanne and Tallulah can give their own proper goodbyes instead of quietly leaving. Still hurts to see them leave. I had this same feeling when ccJaiden said qJaiden died in the explosion during purg.

Missa never got to see Chayanne and Tallulah when they woke up, did he? He never got to see Tallulah walking around with her new look, looking just like her apa Missa ...

I'm grateful for the eggs being able to tell their story and making so many people smile 🩷 it still hurts greatly whenever someone leaves but. Yeah

[nomairuins]

i like overthink everything now it makes me feel so dumb. i used 2 be able to just talk 2 ppl but nowadays every single thing im like Is that actually going to make them hate me. Yes probably. and then i just dont respond which makes ppl hate me. this is how it is

[litany-writes]

i actually am SO in love w lando’s little mullet that he’s got going on. normally i think that hairstyle looks so bad but idk what is it abt his cut it’s just. man. i need to put him in my pocket. i need to bite something. idk anymore.

[dickpuncher420]

bro there is smth abt the food in north america that fucks w my guts SO bad like there is literal nuclear warfare happening in my large intestine rn. like i be in the trenches rn chokin on my own damn gas

[hottest-girl-around]

Just finished F:NV's Dead Money DLC for the first time. Actually amazing, probably the best one

[gales-big-naturals]

Getting violently angry with Microsoft Onedrive because it’s easier to laser focus on that than be generally angry with everything in the entire world

[sheepie-self-ships]

Me when the f/o…

[tjerra14]

I'll never understand people complaining after you politely asked them to give you some space at the card payment terminal

[insectduck]

I just finished reading the most fucking devastating +100k word fic in three days and I'm nawt okay

[longagoitwastuesday]

Going through the Utahim.e tag had me checking several times if at some point I had clicked on the G.ojo/Utahim.e one instead

[un-pearable]

HE KNOWS. PENDERS

[1roentgen]

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[sa-bo]

Y'know something I don't think that's talked about very much is Luffy's really bad habit of repressing some of his negative emotions. Longing, grief, and loneliness to name a few, all of which can not-so-coincidentally be seen as weakness in others. It's not something that's ever touched upon, much less noticed, because "Luffy" and "repression" are not words we really think coexist with the way we see Luffy actually cry about things way more than a large majority of characters. But, like, when's the last time we really saw him allow himself to be upset about Ace after the timeskip? Even during Wano the most we ever heard out of him was "Ace is dead." and that was that. Like he couldn't bring himself to elaborate. Even when Otama got horrifically upset, he just set his jaw and kept moving, didn't stop to connect with her or explain what happened or anything. Like he felt like it wasn't necessary, that being upset wouldn't get him anywhere, that stopping to feel that grief would hold him back. Idk just food for thought here One Piece is a super silly funny manga and Oda likes to keep Luffy funny and bubbly but in the process he accidentally made it so Luffy never allows himself to be sad about these kinds of things after they've happened. As if he simply cannot feel things and keep moving forward