#this got a little real

[crow-in-gotham]

BLOG POST NO. 16 - ADOPTION? MORE SOUGHT OUT THAN YOU THINK

I know that there are some teens and kids that joke about plotting to get adopted by Bruce Wayne since the dude apparently has a hoarding problem when it comes to adoption papers and kids (and also he’s rich af). But I’m too old for that, so obviously the best option is for me to marry into the family.

Then reality hits me and I slap myself in the face because wtf intrusive thoughts, stop making me want to marry into money, I’m strong and independent. And also, it’s a weird thought to have considering the fact that I’m pretty sure the only Wayne who isn’t under any dating rumors or outright publicly dating anyone is Duke, and that’s weird because he’s my friend and I don’t wanna seem like I’m just using him because of his status or some bullshit like that.

Plus, Jason Todd-Wayne is more of my type but we’ve been over this so I digress.

It is honestly concerning when you think about the amount of kids or teens that would readily throw themselves at the feet of the city’s billionaire and beg to be adopted just because said billionaire is known for having adopted a lot of kids. What makes it sadder is the fact that I know that some of these people are only genuinely considering it because they wanna have a better life, one way or another. And also because the Wayne family is considerably nicer compared to other rich families in Gotham.

I guess it’s one of the more depressing things about Gotham? Just hearing a lot of young kids talk about how they’d like to be adopted by someone rich because their life is pretty shitty.

Then there’s the other side of the coin, which is parents from lower class families who also think of ways to get their child adopted by rich people because they want a better life for their child.

It’s a bleak thought but I’ve lived here long enough to know that it’s the reality for some people.

In a lot of ways, the upper class is just under way better living conditions compared to ordinary folk who have no choice but to fight for their lives on the streets.

Thinking about this kinda stuff makes you glad about all the charities and funding that Bruce Wayne does for the community. He may not be able to adopt every single child in Gotham, or help every single person in need directly, but he’s at least doing his best to help those that he can. Which, to be fair, is still a fuck ton of people. Like me.

[hansoeii]

only you.

[sillystringpony]

the one where cheerilee knows

[secretsimpleness]

Inquisitor Orlesians-Can-Burn-In-A-Ditch-For-All-I-Care Lavellan. + Josephine, Leliana, some noble / Dragon Age Inquisition (c) Bioware

[egophiliac]

he did it! 🐍 and it only took...uhhh...well, there probably could've been less punches, but why hold back!

PUNCHES FOR EVERYONE

[dreamlogic]

i got an impossibly tiny metal model mail truck kit in my stocking & went into a fugue state until i'd finished assembling it. welcome to the world my beautiful son otto mobile who has every disease

[canisalbus]

have machete’s ears been cropped?? or is he just built like that?? im new here, so apologies if this has been answered before!! they stand up quite tall and pointy 💝💝

They're natural! He's missing triangular notches on the outer edges of both, but they're supposed to be tall and pointy.

All dogs are born with soft and floppy ears, and it can take some time for the cartilage in them to harden enough for the ears to stay upright reliably, especially if they're particularly big, thin and batlike.

I made this little age chart a couple of years ago, specifically to demonstrate the evolution of his ear situation.

The same progression can be seen in many real dogs, like these ibizan hounds for example.

[bet-on-me-13]

Dark Secret

So! Danny was discovered pretty quickly after his first battle against the Lunch Lady. His hair turned white, and his body shape was a little different, but he largely looked very similar to his Human Form, so it was only a matter of time really.

Thankfully he was assumed to be a Metahuman.

He didn't look like any other Ghost, the closest resemblance was his hair and eye color, but even that could be explained away. Also his parents were adamant that he couldn't be a Ghost because he was still Sentient and not Evil, so he must just have powers that just looked similar to Ghost Powers esthetically. Probably as a result of the Portal Accident, which he used as an explanation for how his powers awakened.

Danny also avoided using the more obvious Ghost Powers like Intangiblity and Invisiblity, sticking mostly to the most basic Flight and Energy based Powers he got to be as generic as possible. If anybody saw otherwise, it was a trick of the light or a trick of the Ghosts.

Danny became the Hero of Amity Park, always pretending to be something else. It was his darkest secret.

Unfortunately because the public never saw a Ghost like Phantom on a positive light, their perception of Ghosts never changed. Nobody believed that Ghosts could be anything aside from Evil, and as the knowledge of Ghosts and the Ghost Zone began to spread around the world that perception became more and more commonplace.

If Danny had been revealed in the early days, it could have been salvageable, but nowadays if his secret was revealed he would have to convince the entire world that everything they knew about Ghosts was wrong. It would practically be impossible.

Even when he joined the Justice League when he became an Adult, he still had to hide his secret. Years of hiding made sure he could conceal his true Nature from the magic users on the team, but he still had to be distant from the team just to be sure.

While all this was going on in the Living Realm, his adventures in the Ghost Zone still happened as normal. He saved Pandora and the Acropolis, dethroned the Tyrant King Aragon, managed to defeat Pariah Dark in Single combat, and even became recognized as a Great Warrior by the Far Frozen.

After years of hiding, he actually felt more at home in the Ghost Zone than in the Human Realm. There he could be his true self without having to hide a huge part of his identity, and people accepted him for who he was. Sure he had enemies there, but he also had more real friends outside of Tucker and Sam.

He was content with his double life, acting as a Hero to the Public while hiding his true self, and secretly going to the Ghost Zone to be himself among his friends and even his enemies.

Of course it all came crashing down when he Anti Ecto Acts finally passed.

Now there was a Legal Path for Humans to enter and profit off of the Ghost Zone. Beyond just being able to legally kill and experiment on Ghosts, the Acts also allowed Humans to claim parts of the Ghost Zone as their own Property, enslaving the Ghosts residing there, and destroying the Ecosystem of the Zone because there were no laws preventing it.

And now Danny had a choice.

He could either side with the Humans to which he was a Hero, allowing them to destroy the Ghost Zone and Enslave the denizens living there with the full support of the Government, or he could side with the Ghost Zone, betraying Humanity and the people he had been protecting for years, but trying to save those who had accepted him for his true self years ago.

To him the answer was obvious.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Dead beat down

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[izloveshorses]

greta gerwig really said. when this girl gets a little sad and confused by the weird and complicated and uncomfortable parts of being human and growing up, she meets god and sits at her kitchen table, drinks her tea, holds her hands. and she asks god if she’s allowed to be happy. and god tells her she doesn’t need her permission. she tells her she’s going to be okay.

[madbalalaika]

[shannonsketches]

Two logic-driven people in a room. They might steal a puzzle from their toddler and do it themselves out of frustration kiss

Did a puzzle with my niece tonight. Learned something about myself. Projected it onto The Characters. Feels correct.

[heckarum]

au where kieran actually gets to be happy

[fantasykiri5]

Ticklish

[cozylittleartblog]

50+ deaths at 5 am got me yelling absolute nonsense to the bosses kicking my whole entire ass

[daily-beau]

Day 38: Someone you wouldn't feel ashamed of knowing