#tiny garth

[bluejaysandblackbats]

Space Oddity

Fandom: DC Comics, Titans (Fab Five)

Summary: Garth grew up in a carnival freakshow, and he never thought about the world outside the glass walls of the Aquarium until a group of kids befriended him. Their love and interest in finding his people might be the key to escaping the silent horrors of his home life at the carnival.

Chapters: 9/?

Characters: Garth of Shayeris, Donna Troy, Wally West, Dick Grayson, Roy Harper, Original Character(s)

Relationships: TBA

Additional Tags: Carnival AU, Developing Friendships, Rescue, 60’s AU, 70’s AU, No Capes AU, Hurt/Comfort, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Lies, Escape, Childhood Memories, Team Bonding, Fish out of Water, Tiny Garth, Beaches, Angst with a Happy Ending, Found Family, Road Trip, First Person POV, POV Garth of Shayeris

Chapter Nine: People Like Me

Roy brought Donna the following night, and she wore a short red dress with pockets and white buttons. She sat beside me on the bench and rested her head on my shoulder. Roy bounced around the Aquarium like he was trying to give us space. Donna reached into her purse and gave me an apple. I laughed at the sentiment. “You kissed him,” Donna whispered. 

“Does that bother you?” I asked. Donna looked at me and shook her head. 

“No, of course not. Garth, would you rather have Roy sit with you?” Donna questioned. I cocked my head. “Well, you’ve kissed him. I won’t be angry if you don’t like me as much as you—.” I kissed her cheek. Donna touched her cheek and looked at her shoes. 

“I’m sorry,” I replied. 

“Don’t apologize… I’m nervous, too. Roy’s much more—... He’s physical and passionate. I like that about him, but you don’t have to emulate him. You’re something else. You’re gentler,” Donna replied. She kicked off her shoes and sat on her knees facing me. “I don’t get to be this close to you a lot. Your eyes are so beautiful up close.” 

I blushed. “Donna. Can I tell you something?” I asked. Donna nodded. I liked that the way she looked at me never changed. “The day I met you, I cried because I turned around, and you were gone. I wanted you to stay. I think—. You were the first person I ever wanted to keep. I was curious.” Donna smiled, but her eyes were sad.  

“I’d love to play with you. Have you ever played tag?” Donna asked. 

I shook my head excitedly. “No, what is it?” I asked. Donna gasped.  

“Okay… So, you start with someone touching you and going, ‘Tag! You’re it!’ After that, you’ll chase everyone around until you can tag them, and then they’ll chase you and your friends,” Donna explained.  

I squinted at her, giggling at the thought. “But how do you win?” I questioned. 

“Oh, there’s no winning and losing in tag. You play until you don’t want to anymore,” Donna giggled.  

“Will Roy play with us?” I questioned. Donna nodded.

“He’ll have no choice,” Donna smiled as she touched my hand. “Tag! You’re it!” She stood and ran away. I chased after her in the Aquarium and ran into Roy.

“Roy!” I gasped as I laughed. He grinned. 

“What are you—?”

“Tag! You’re it!” I shouted. I loved them. I would’ve played with them forever if I could’ve, but running always tired me out. I filled the pool with water and sat while I watched Roy and Donna dote on each other. I thought they’d forgotten me, but Donna walked over to the pool with rosy cheeks and glossy eyes. My breath caught as she touched my cheek. I wanted to ask Donna a question, but I couldn’t speak. She kissed my cheek and looked into my eyes, nodding as if inviting me to kiss her. A conversation. That’s what Roy told me. I leaned in until our lips met. And I did it again. I cried. Kisses felt tragic to me. Whenever I kissed one of them, it felt like I’d never kiss anyone again. I gasped and shuddered with tears in my eyes. Donna cradled my face in her delicate hands and kissed my tears away with a tenderness I couldn’t explain in words. I tried to voice my feelings, but my breath caught at the sensation of another pair of lips touching mine. They couldn’t have been Donna’s. I opened my eyes and saw both of them. Donna kissed my tears away while Roy kissed my lips. 

I felt horribly spoiled and recoiled before I could feel anything more. I trembled. I took a cup and doused myself with water. “Are you alright? Are you tired?” Donna questioned. 

“Yes… I think—. My heart can’t take much more,” I confessed. Roy and Donna exchanged glances. Donna kissed my forehead. 

“Do you want us to come back?” Donna asked. I nodded, unable to control the feelings that flooded into me. I never thought that I could drown before that night.

Donna and Roy left, and I went to sleep. I dreamt of the ocean and woke up late in the morning to the crowd’s shocked faces. I floated outside the tank in a bubble of water. Dick was there. He stood in the crowd with wide eyes. I rushed into my tank and took the water with me. Fisher watched me, smiling as my secret revealed itself. I could control water. Fisher allowed more people into the Aquarium than I’d ever seen at one time in my life. 

Dick tapped his watch and held up one finger on one hand and two on the other. I nodded, swallowing hard underwater. Donna and Roy visited me an hour later and brought an apple. Things slowed down, and she and Roy sat in the alcove reading with me. Roy tapped on the tank. “Are you okay?” he asked. 

“I’m alright… I’ll miss you when you go,” I tapped. Roy pressed his hand against the glass, and I warmed it. 

“I’m sorry. My plane leaves in an hour,” Roy tapped. I frowned and pressed my forehead to the glass. Roy left after a while, but Donna stayed with me, and we continued to read. The rush came, and I had to perform a few tricks to keep them entertained, but she watched with a sweet admiration I’d never seen before. 

“Need something?” Donna tapped. I almost answered before I noticed Fisher staring at me, shaking a bag. It looked like candy. I hadn’t had candy in years. After the rush, he asked everyone to leave so I could have lunch, and I swam to the surface. 

“Are you upset with me?” I asked. Fisher shook his head.

“How long have you been able to control that?” Fisher asked.

“Walter’s been training me. I didn’t want to say anything because I didn’t know if it’d—. I didn’t think I’d be able to control it if I got nervous,” I answered. Fisher gave me the bag of candy, and I started eating the taffy out of the bag. 

“You like those kids a lot… Don’t you?” Fisher questioned. I chewed slower, so I had time to find a proper answer. 

“They’re familiar faces. I always like the familiar faces,” I answered. Fisher nodded as he sat beside me. “Are you upset with me for giving the familiar faces more attention? Should I—?”

“No. The little apple girl draws a crowd and some of the other kids, too. Crowds like familiar faces, too. They like to see you interact like you’re not one of them,” Fisher grinned. I lost my appetite. “Your circus friend, Dick, is here. I said he could come in after I left. Keep practicing those tricks. People love the bubble.” I nodded. He left me alone, letting only Dick into the room. 

Dick frowned at me. “Are you alright?”Dick asked. 

“Um… I don’t know. I—. I’m not sure. Did Donna and Roy tell you about—?” 

“I’m not a fool. It’s the seventies,” Dick interrupted, “You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. It’s okay to have things that are your own… But, you can talk to me if you want.” 

“Is it wrong? I’ve never seen—. I’ve never seen one of these relationships before in books. I’ve—. It makes me so nervous. I don’t know what I’m doing,” I answered. 

“Just because you haven’t read about it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I’ve never read about anyone who can do the things you do… But here you are,” Dick whispered, “And there might be more people like you out there. Who knows? Maybe it’s commonplace where you’re from.” I smiled. 

“I wonder what it’ll be like if there are others,” I whispered. 

“It’ll be great,” Dick reassured me. I hoped he was right.

[havendance]

Tiny Titans Icons!

Feel free to use or adapt with credit.

[frogaroundandfindout]

Dick casually recalls a case the titans took care of years ago that delt with deaging. He theorizes that the serum the original titans were exposed to back then made them immune to the current one (Young Justice: sins of youth secret files )

[those-goddamn-bats]

thank you to the tumblr user who showed me tiny titans was a thing. i'm obsessed.

[basofy]

don't let miguel be sleepy he starts posting yaoi in the lisa tag

[fancyfade]

Tiny Titans Tara is perfect

image: a comic panel from tiny titans showing tara throwing rocks at garth/aqualad and roy /speedy on a playground. garth says "ow! Terra! Stop throwing rocks!" as one hits him in the face. donna troy/wonder girl and raven look on. end image

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

https://twitter.com/spacekicker/status/1637228705151082497?s=46&t=KwG92IMlwLOqS5WRPcmlKw SCREAMING so glad to see my tiny boys back 😭🙏🏻

Okay, genuinely thrilled that supersons fans are going to get some content in this but also...

I have... reservations.

First and foremost, Adams ships Irey and Damian so having them together in an issue written by Adams is very dangerous territory imo.

Second, and probably the most important part, THE OTHER KIDS?? WHERE ARE THE OTHER KIDS?!?

Adams repeatedly hinted that Cerdian, Robbie and Sin were coming back in this run!! Those are the kids I wanted to see! Damian and Jon are great and all but if the Tiny Titans aren't also there I will throw a desk.

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

[blushingsastiel]

every episode with garth is actually so funny in supernatural. the fact that both brothers start to like garth more and more is just *chef's kisses*. the episode where the boys have to be drunk in order to see the ghost (a shojo) AND IT'S SO FUNNY WHEN GARTH GETS THROWN ACROSS THE ROOM AND JUST PASSES OUT. always makes me think how many times the winchesters don't really pass out after being flung everywhere. sigh, this was a good episode to have a laugh UNTIL YOU REMEMBER CASTIEL IS STILL GOING THROUGH IT (sam shutting down dean because he still felt bad he passed on his trauma and doesn't want to hear excuses about giving it to cas) AND THAT BOBBY IS A GHOSTTT

[i-think-cats-are-pretty-cool]

made an out of context video for my favorite movie franchise that doesn’t get enough attention online,,😊

wayne’s world fandom, i summon thee, now get on this‼️

apologies for bad editing, i made this on my phone on imovie in like 2 hours 😭 if i make a part 2, trust it will be of better quality

[bluejaysandblackbats]

Space Oddity

Fandom: DC Comics, Titans (Fab Five)

Summary: Garth grew up in a carnival freakshow, and he never thought about the world outside the glass walls of the Aquarium until a group of kids befriended him. Their love and interest in finding his people might be the key to escaping the silent horrors of his home life at the carnival.

Chapters: 8/?

Characters: Garth of Shayeris, Donna Troy, Wally West, Dick Grayson, Roy Harper, Original Character(s)

Relationships: TBA

Additional Tags: Carnival AU, Developing Friendships, Rescue, 60’s AU, 70’s AU, No Capes AU, Hurt/Comfort, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Lies, Escape, Childhood Memories, Team Bonding, Fish out of Water, Tiny Garth, Beaches, Angst with a Happy Ending, Found Family, Road Trip, First Person POV, POV Garth of Shayeris

Chapter Eight: The Little Mermaid

While Walter cut my hair, I read a book he brought me. “I know it’s a children’s book of fairytales, but there’s a story about a girl from the ocean. She fell—. You should read that one first,” Walter explained as he pointed to the title in the table of contents. “The Little Mermaid”.

I turned to the story and read silently while I listened to the sound of Walter’s scissors near my ears. He turned me around in his spinning chair and lifted my chin with his knuckle. “You’re almost ready for your first shave… You’ve grown up so much,” Walter smiled, “Sorry…”

“It’s alright. I’m on the last page of the story… But, while I’m finishing up, can I ask you something? What do you think I am?” I questioned.

“I don’t know… I’m starting to believe you might be magical. Something that looks human but isn’t… I thought you’d like that story,” Walter replied. I nodded. “Garth, how’s that new trick coming along?”

I shut my eyes and held out my left hand. The water came out of the tank in a long stream, and I fed it into my pool. “It doesn’t take as much concentration now, but I can’t explain how it feels. I can—. It’s like I know where it’s going with my eyes closed. Have you spoken to Roy?” I asked. Walter shook his head.

I hadn’t heard from Roy since that night. I wondered if I scared him off. “He probably went back to school—.”

Someone knocked on the backdoor. “Garth, shake that hair off and hop in your tank,” Walter whispered. I obeyed, watching from behind the glass as he let Roy in. I poked my head out of the tank. “I’ll leave you kids to it. I’ll knock if I see Fisher coming.”

“Thanks, Walter,” Roy replied.

I was so excited that I shot out of the tank and ran into his arms. I hadn’t seen him in weeks. “I didn’t think you were coming back. I read a story about this princess, she was from the ocean like me, and she fell in love, but—. What if I turn into seafoam like—?”

“Hey. Slow down… Sorry, Garth. I took the first flight after school. I’ll be here all weekend, though… And uh—. I talked to Donna—. And—... Well—.” Roy kissed me.

“Huh—. Roy—.”

“Don’t think too much of it. I just—. I think you’re a groovy dude, Garth… And I’d do anything for ya,” Roy smiled, “Wait right here…” Roy ran outside and returned with a record player. I didn’t get to listen to music much, so it always felt special, but something seemed different that night. He put the record on and held his arms out. I cocked my head. “Right… You haven’t—. Do you wanna dance?”

I hugged him, and he chuckled. “Sorry… I don’t know how to—.”

Roy shook his head and took my hands, placing them on his shoulders. He whispered directions of where to step, and once I caught on, I looked up, and we met eyes. I held my breath, and Roy chuckled. “Are you doing this because you feel bad for me?” I asked.

“I respect you too much to pity you, Garth. I’m doing this ‘cause I wanna do it,” Roy replied, “Maybe I—. Maybe I missed you. Maybe I didn’t—. I didn’t know what to do when you—. I get why you like Donna so much. She’s amazing. She’s beautiful, intelligent, compassionate—.”

“You’re not like anyone else. I didn’t like you when we met, but you were so kind that I—. All these feelings snuck up on me,” I interrupted. Roy nodded, taking my hands and spinning me around. “It isn’t strange for you?”

“Nope… It’s the seventies, Garth… And we were friends first. It’s not hard to fall for a friend,” Roy replied, “I talked to Donna for a while. She understood. I didn’t think Donna would. I felt weird explaining, but she said she could understand how I felt… But Donna comes from somewhere where they love different.”

“Walter says there aren’t many people like me in that aspect,” I whispered. Roy ran a finger down my gills, and my ears warmed up. I shut my eyes.

“Does that hurt?” Roy asked in a whisper.

“No,” I replied. Roy leaned forward, and I could feel his lips brush my gills. My breath hitched as I tried to keep my gills from fluttering.

“How about that?” Roy questioned. He kissed my gills and then my throat and my gills on the other side. I pulled away and sat down on the bench. “Sorry, I—.”

“It didn’t hurt… I got dizzy,” I mumbled, “This is happening so fast.”

“Yeah? I can ease up,” Roy replied as he sat beside me. We held hands in silent contemplation.

Almost thirty minutes passed before Roy spoke again. “You’re a lot like Donna,” he whispered.

“You’re kiddin’,” I scoffed.

“She told me—. Well, Donna loved you first. I would’ve been jealous if I didn’t feel the same. I—.” I felt weak and pressed my face into his shoulder. “You okay?”

“I need to take a dip soon,” I mumbled. Roy nodded.

Tears streamed down my cheeks. “What’s wrong?” Roy asked.

“Nothing. I think—. I’m tired,” I replied as I wiped my tears away. “Will you be here tomorrow?”

“Yeah. Of course,” Roy replied. I grabbed his shirt desperately, wanting to be brave enough to reciprocate his affectionate kisses. I knew I wouldn’t know how to kiss him if I tried.

“Do you want to kiss me?” Roy asked. I nodded. “You can kiss me. It’s okay.”

I pecked Roy’s lips, and he chuckled. “Was that wrong? Did I do it wrong?” I asked. Roy leaned forward, parting his lips.

“It’s like a conversation. It’s just—. You just kiss me,” Roy replied. We kissed, and I tried to kiss his neck like he kissed mine. I don’t know if I did it as well as he did.

Roy took his hands and cradled my face, wiping my tears with his thumbs. “Roy, thank you,” I mumbled. He smiled.

“It’s all love, man. You’re loved,” Roy grinned, “Get in your water.”

I nodded and climbed into my tank, watching him leave from behind the glass. “I love you, Roy,” I whispered in the water. I did a backflip in the water and giggled once he left the Aquarium. Walter returned and knocked on the glass. I collected myself before swimming to the surface and looking down from my tank.

“What’d you two kids get up to while I was outside?” Walter questioned.

I could feel myself blushing. “Walter… I won’t turn into seafoam. I’ll be a human. Just you wait!” I shouted before plunging back into the water. It felt like electricity in my body. I hadn’t been that excited since Eunice was alive. Then, it washed away in one quick moment. I resurfaced, frowning as I asked Walter a question. “Eunice isn’t coming back, is she? Dead people don’t come to life again… Do they?”

“No, Garth… I don’t think they do. Do you miss her?” Walter questioned.

“I still want her. I still feel like a baby when I think of her,” I confessed, “She was my comfort. I want to feel that way again.”

“Eunice talked about you all the time. You were her baby. She adored you… Hold onto that,” Walter whispered, “She’d want you to be happy even without her.” That advice stuck with me.

[allovesthings]

I was thinking about merch in-universe and how we always see Dick wearing a superman merch, and that's true and valid and absolutely in-character for Dick, he loves superman but also I feel like he would wear titans merch a lot too because his friends are amazing ?

So here are some Titans merch headcanons for Dick specifically:

Mr Dick, I feel as if I've known and loved you all my life, Grayson would definitely wear a Wondergirl and later on Troia pajamas and tee shirt and he would specifically tell people it's a Troia shirt and not a wonder woman shirt because Troia is amazing. Also he and Donna have a mug of each other and it's both of their favorites. I don't make the rules.

He also have some cute figurines of all the titans and a Titans together tee shirt (everyone has a matching one, a gift from Kori at some point).

Lian used to have all of the titans toys when she was tiny given by said uncles and aunts but one in particular is an extremely loud and annoying Arsenal toy given by Dick after Roy purposefully bought the ugliest and most obnoxious merch he could find of Nightwing and wore it to mess with Dick (this move was probably inspired by Gar and Vic doing the same thing to each other always). Lian loved it. Roy...wanted to throw it out of the window. He did not.

He has both a flash and kid flash mug. He got the Kid flash one when they were still Robin and Kid Flash and it has never broken.

He definitely has some stuff that Garth brought back from Atlantis and Tempest stickers. They are very cool. He also has a Garth shirt that he really likes.

[ghost-bxrd]

Hihihihihiiii can i ask for more headcanons of selkie jason?? I read in a fanfic that they go banana when their happy??:000

They do! Have you seen videos of happy/excited seals and the little dances and adorable warbling sounds they make!? Because that’s literally one of the most delightful things ever! Cutie patooties 🦭

Dick and Bruce both refuse to allow Jason to go anywhere in the cave while in his seal form. Not because the think he’s a work space hazard, but because they’re perpetually terrified he’ll hurt himself on the rough stone

Jason is a happy little chonk in his seal form thanks to Alfred’s wonderful food, and the day Leslie declared him “perfectly healthy” for a baby seal his age (tho she’d like to point out once again that she’s no veterinarian!!!) they went to the theaters to watch Pride and Prejudice

While swimming in the ocean Jason once caught his fin in a stray fishing hook and he cried for days over the tiny nick in his seal skin. Bruce was so mad he had his lawyers sue the fishing company they traced the hook back to and then promptly bought the entire beach.

Dick regularly brags about cuddling a seal puppy to the Titans, but never elaborates on how that’s possible when seals aren’t even native to Gotham. Garth has his suspicions but trusts Dick enough not to dig any deeper

It is not unusual to see either Dick or Bruce walking around the manor with a fluffy white seal pup in their arms

Jason hates warm baths in seal form, but loves them in his human form

The first time Bruce found Jason napping in the shallows at a nice temperature of -2°C during winter he scared Jason shitless by jumping in right alongside him and wrestling the poor pup out of the water and right into a nice and crisply heated room

[basofy]

he is so little

[nirelaz]

Inktober Day 21: Chains

Sabriel lay on the bricks and smiled up at the cat, blinking back tears. The cat twitched and turned its head ever so slightly to look at her, revealing bright, green eyes. "Hello, puss," croaked Sabriel, coughing as she staggered once more to her feet and walked forward, groaning and creaking with every step. She reached down to pat the cat, and froze--for as the cat thrust its head up, she saw the collar around its neck and the tiny bell that hung there. The collar was only red leather, but the Charter-spell on it was the strongest, most enduring, binding that Sabriel had ever seen or felt--and the bell was a miniature Saraneth. The cat was no cat, but a Free Magic creature of ancient power. "Abhorsen," mewed the cat, its little pink tongue darting. "About time you got here." Sabriel stared at it for a moment, gave a little sort of moan and fell forward in a faint of exhaustion and dismay. -Sabriel, by Garth Nix

We're not at the 21st day prompt yet but I got inspiration out of order!