#watcher talia

[starlightcleric]

Picrew dump from this picrew of a bunch of my Pillars of Eternity characters because I have Pillars on the brain but I'm tired of computer games at the moment.

Top:

Lillian Veres, meadowfolk Ranger/Rogue, Hunter from Readceras (mechanically Ixamitl). Love interest: Eder. Has a wolf named Gideon.

Amaryllis Alfwyn, pale elf Cipher/Monk, Explorer from the Living Lands. Love interest: Aloth.

Calendula Qantu, savannahfolk Priest/Paladin of Berath, Philosopher from Ixamitl. Love interest: Xoti.

Middle:

Hazel Bramble, hearth orlan Fighter, Mercenary from Deadfire. Love interest: ?

Yarrow Cwicfyr, meadowfolk Priest of Magran, from Dyrwood (tabletop character). Love interest: None (jokingly Waidwen)

Bottom (getting to the more obscure ones):

Ruvsá, pale elf Monk, Mystic from the White that Wends. Love interest: ?

Jessamine Fitzwode, nature godlike Rogue/Chanter, Slave from Aedyr. Love interest: ?

Violetta mes Rèi, moon godlike Wizard/Chanter, Aristocrat from Old Vailia. Love interest: Aloth or Tekehu.

[brucestalia]

since al ghul isn't really a surname — it's a title, meaning "of the demon," i started thinking about the different monikers (i.e., organs) that could be attributed to the other members of the family.

ra's is the head, the mind that plots, the will that commands. rúh, the soul, is the unseen force—the essence of the dynasty.

talia al ghul – the heart (qalb) talia is the emotional core of the al ghul family, often torn between loyalty to her father and her love for bruce wayne. her decisions, though calculated, are deeply driven by matters of the heart—love, betrayal, and faith. she embodies passion and connection, making her the family’s qalb.

dusan al ghul – the shadow (dhil) dusan, the "white ghost," operates in the margins of the al ghul legacy. his role is one of quiet devotion, cast aside, yet, always present. his loyalty and sacrifice, earn him the title of the dhil, the shadow that follows without faltering.

nyssa raatko – the spine (amud al-faqr) nyssa is the backbone of resistance and rebellion within the al ghul family. her strength and defiance against her father’s rule position her as the amud al-faqr, the spine, unyielding and essential for standing tall against opposition.

melisande – the blood (dam) melisande represents the lifeline that connects the family to its mortal roots. her role in the al ghul saga may be fleeting, but her influence flows through talia and the family’s lineage, much like blood sustains life. she is the dam, a vital yet often overlooked element.

sora – the lungs (ri'ahtayn) sora, ra’s al ghul’s lost love, is the breath of life that once inspired him. her memory fuels his ambition, and her loss suffocates him. she is the ri'ahtyn, the lungs, symbolising both the life-giving force and the void left behind when it is gone.

damian wayne – the hands (aydi) damian, born of both the waynes and the al ghuls, is the agent of the family’s will. whether building or destroying, his actions carry the burden of legacy. as the aydi, the hands, he represents both creation and conflict, the tangible force that shapes the future.

athanasia al ghul - the pulse (nafas) athanasia is the constant heartbeat that keeps their future alive. she sustains life, binding the waynes and the al ghuls, a reminder that their stength lies not just in their past, but in their ability to endure and evolve. this vitality makes her the nabadh, the pulse, the promise of renewal.

mara al ghul – the eyes (ayn) mara is the family’s watcher, a presence that perceives more than what it reveals. she is a visionary, seeing not just what is before her, but what lies beneath and beyond. she is the ayn, the eyes, ever watchful, attuned to every rhythm and dissonance.

[ we know very little about dusan's wife, but i think that she would be the sawt, the voice, a balance between silence and sound. ]

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[heymelissachambers]

been getting into ride the cyclone lately and thinking about a hatchetfield au except instead of high schoolers it’s a group of random hatchetfield citizens who know of each other but aren’t super close

zoey as ocean—convinced she’s the best, desperate to get out of hatchetfield and become a successful actress, ready to throw down with everyone for her shot at life

hidgens as noel—discontent with his job as a biology professor because his true love lies in musical theatre, never finished working boys before he died

ted as mischa—horny bastard that’s unpleasant to be around, angry and kind of a dick because he lost jenny, his “talia” is charlotte that he can’t be with because of her relationship with sam

ruth as ricky—everyone sees her as an anxious nerd but she fantasizes about being a beloved performer, horny as fuck, more spunky than anyone gives her credit for

miss holloway as jane doe—nobody remembers who she is, and now that she’s dead, neither does she

paul as constance—the one person here who doesn’t like musicals but does like hatchetfield, he’s the only one content to live there the rest of his life rather than aiming for something more

karnak is an interesting choice. he could be blinky, if we go with everyone dying in a rollercoaster accident at watcher world, he could be pokey bc everyone is forced to sing songs in limbo, or he could be webby because she wants to be benevolent and give at least one person a chance at life again

i do think once miss holloway is given the chance to live again, he deal with the lords in black is nullified and she gets to live as a regular person who people remember

[episims]

Irida "Hello. Are you looking for something...?"

Talia "Whoops. Ma'am, I didn't mean to trespass!! I thought I saw a butterfly over there, but that can't be since the nights are already so cold, so I got curious and went to look..."

Irida *hums* "Your observation was correct, very likely. Some butterfly species seek shelter from cold underneath leaves and such."

Talia "Ooh, I didn't know that!! And—oh my watcher, are those scales? That means you're-"

Irida "I'm a mersim, yep. Name's Irida Brine, it's a pleasure to meet you. Miss...?"

Talia "I'm Talia. Oh, I have a million questions! Do you grow a tail? Do you really live in a lake? Can you breathe underwater?"

Irida *chuckles* "I have a tail while submerged, but despite the scales, I'm a mammal. So breathing underwater won't do-"

Talia "Like dolphins? They only hold their breath, right?"

Irida "Just like them; all aquatic mammals have that in common. You're interested in biology?"

Talia "It's one of my favorite subjects! My grades might be even good enough to go study it. Ugh. I need to decide on the major, soon."

Irida "Ah, I can recommend biology. Though I'm quite biased, being a marine biologist myself."

Talia "Oh my watcher, that's so cool! Do you work in some fancy laboratory?? I've only been in our school's lab, and it's crappy."

Irida "If you wish to see it yourself, my lab happens to be in that trailer."

[hollowshadow2]

Reverse robins AU

Damian-phantom/claw

Damian is first OFC, he was conceived back when Bruce was training with the league from age 0-10 he was raised by the LOA and then when he was 10 Talia sent him to Gotham, and then he became phantom Bruce didn’t know how to raise a child, and definitely not an ex-assassin, at the time so fighting between the two were common when he was 19 he stopped working with Bruce and then went to work alongside cat woman, she was in a on-off relationship with Bruce while he was raising Damian so she helped raised him some and that’s why he went to her, he becomes known as claw.

Cassandra-swan

Cass is the first batgirl(kinda) her parents sent her to kill an important political figure but then her and Damian meet again having already met before at the LOA, for awhile she wasn’t a vigilante for 5 months just getting settled into her new life, she was adopted by Bruce and watches over Damian, she went into ballet her vigilante name being swan, she and Damian got into fights as well but not as much as Bruce and Damian, Damian being more lose about the no killing rule at first (he later follows it more strictly) and cass being fully against killing

Stephanie-phantom/banshee

Steph is the second phantom to haunt Gotham, her father being a villain trying to compete with the riddler, her mother a drug addict, one day she follows her father planing to take him down and Bruce finds her, he trains her with permission from her mother wanting her to have a better chance at life, she later was ordered to fake her death, moving out of Gotham to continue training while undercover, she later comes back as banshee

Timothy-phantom/wisp

Tim the 3rd phantom, he was close friends with Steph, she never told him her identity but he knew, after figuring out her identity he found out the others and began to stalk the bats to make sure steph was safe but he believed he failed, in order to make sure Steph’s dreams don’t go forgotten he forced Bruce to take him as phantom later he became wisp. when Jason comes around he’s not all that friendly

Jason-Phantom/wrath

Jason, the 4th phantom and now wrath, he was caught stealing from a store by cass who drops him off with Bruce, he becomes phantom after a while before running off to save his mother, just to be tortured and killed by the joker when he was 12, he later comes back with use of the pit, he returns to Gotham at 14 as wrath, his actions ruled over by rage.

Barbra-watcher

Babs stared helping Bruce and the phantoms out when she was 8 she would have her father bring her to the job and then she would help them with case files and sometimes they taught her different moves, she dreamed of being a great vigilante like them, but the joker shot her and so she couldn’t, but she later sets up the technology so that she could continue to help, she works part time at the library she becomes known as watcher

Richard-robin

Dick, the first robin, he is currently in training and the youngest Bruce wanting to bound with Tim drags him to a circus where they watch a kid lose his parents, Bruce has Tim watch over dick while he gets legal things handled.

[smidgen-of-hotboy]

Our Angel of Brahma, pt. v

Sorry not sorry.

@ceaseless-watchers-special-girl @ananxiousgenz @the-private-eye @demonic-panini @gwenlena

SOUND: COMMS BEEPS. RECORDING BEGINS. (MUFFLED SNIFFLING) BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY): It’s been– ten years. A decade. And I thought I was over it by now. I thought I was past this. I– I didn’t even cry this much last year over my dad. Fucking hell… I didn’t even cry over my mom!  SOUND: FIST BANGING AGAINST TABLE. BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY): I love my mom. I love her so much, but I forgot about what she did for me. I forgot about feeling sad for her… (BIG SNIFFLE) We have not seen our Angel of Brahma, for fifteen years. It has been fifteen years, and I am still waiting for my mom to come home. I am still waiting to bury my dead.  It’s been ten years, and I’m still waiting to bury you, Charlie. There’s nothing left of your old life. I tried looking for something, anything, but I kept coming up empty-handed. I miss your Mom’s cooking, and I miss your Dad’s jokes. I miss your baby sister’s chubby little cheeks, and I miss– (BAIRD COUGHS) I miss singing for you. I’m still singing but what good is it if the only person I wanted to let hear me isn’t around? Can’t be here?  SOUND: KNOCKING ON DOOR. HINGES CREAK. HUSHED VOICE.  BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY): Get out! SOUND: METAL CAN HITTING DOOR. DOOR SLAMMING SHUT.  (BAIRD HUFFING) BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY): Fuck. Iris is going to kill me later. Heh– maybe it’s for the best… You wouldn’t want me talking like that.  (BAIRD CLEARING HIS THROAT) Last week on Brahma: Josie’s girls saved up enough creds from doing their little odd jobs around the block to barter for chocolate from a Constable. Josie found out, and she was livid. The girls gave me their chocolate and wished me a happy birthday.  This week on Brahma: I have not celebrated my birthday in ten years. I forgot I even had one. It has been ten years since we lost you, Charlie. Josie’s girls are grounded for another week. Talia is counting on me to help organize the next community meeting. We’ve heard rumors from the Constables about expansion plans to New Kinshasa. But we’ve also heard rumors that they’ve caught the Angel. I don’t wanna believe it, but…  (BAIRD SIGHS) I’m not going to.  I miss you, Charlie. I miss my mom and dad. I miss Hank’s dog. I miss Mrs. Darius… And I miss you. There’s so much I miss but if I could have just one more day with you, one more adventure, one last kiss, one final goodbye– I’d give up anything in a heartbeat. I’d lose my voice if it meant you would scream at me again like I was sixteen, trying to get involved with Talia in the revolution with our “book club”.  (SNORT) If only you could see me now… I gotta go, Charlie. Promise me you’ll be waiting for me on the other side. SOUND: COMMS BEEPS. RECORDING ENDS.

(CALYPSO HICCUPS AND BLOWS HER NOSE)

- Baird was 16 when he started his “book club” with Talia. Their first “reading” was Fahrenheit 451. There are no libraries left on Brahma (TRUE). Baird mentions a “community meeting”. The book club was a cover up (and Charlie got mad? Why?) 

- He was 16 when Josie’s twins were born (SIDE NOTE: they would be about 10 at the time of recording). 16 when Hank’s dog died and Mrs. Darius was diagnosed with radiation poisoning. 

- 16+10= 26? Baird is/about 26(?) at time of recording

- 26-15= 11? Baird was/about 11(?) when Peter Nureyev threatened the G.A.S., and Baird’s mom “vanished” overnight

- 26-1= 25-10= 15, Baird was/about 15(?) when Dad was beaten, taken, and presumably killed by the Constables? 

- Who is Iris? Another neighbor/community member? Why would they come into the place Baird’s at so nonchalantly? 

- CHOCOLATE AGAIN! It likely did come from New Kinshasa back when Baird agreed to sing for Charlie. 

- Baird didn’t expect to have such big emotions over Charlie. What did happen to Charlie? Presumably dead? Why? Did they both get caught up in the revolution? Must be what happened to Baird’s parents now happening to them. What happened to Charlie’s family? Also presumably dead? (SIDE NOTE: Frannie says there’s a way to trace older recordings, but it would take her a long time and cost me more creds than I have right now. Is it worth it? She also did not like me mentioning Dark Matters. Something about her friend getting caught up in that mess 3 to 4 years ago because she became a pirate?? Unclear what this means. But she did say that if I waited a bit I would get a nice juicy email with all the information about every single Baird in the galaxy, all I needed to give her was a rough age range.)

[woodsfae]

Character/arc predictions made after watching s03e17 War Without End Part One. First time watcher, please don't spoil me. :) Putting these down for posterity before I watch War Without End Part Two!

Garibaldi: He's been the reseach guy, and has been learning Narnuan and studying the Book of G'Quan so I think he's going to be vital to tracking down Sheridan unmoored in time, likely while Sheridan is in the past liberating Narn from the Shadows. I don't think Garibaldi going to die. I think they're setting up the narrative to make the viewers think he's going to die on B5, so when he does his final stand, or heroic staying behind the cut the wire or whatever it'll really tug everyone's heartstrings and he'll be "dead" for awhile. But then he'll be back with...

Stephen Franklin: Dr Franklin, while trying quit space cocaine and recover from the stressful life of a space station CMO is going to thrive in the more laidback environment which is Space Doctors Without Borders slash working with the human psi escape network. He, the psi underground, and Garibaldi (somehow...Garibaldi has had a lot of screen time researching PsiCorps) are going to come in clutch against the Shadows. He's also going to bring Sheridan back to life on Zha'dum with his medical knowledge and primitive/no medical tech/supplies. 

Susan Ivanova: will also be involved in the Psi plots. Obviously, she is a telepath. Her mother taught her good enough shielding/repressing that she has been able to slip beneath PsiCorps' notice all this time. But she's going to have to accept that she's a telepath (if she hasn't already...she plays her cards close to the vest) and learn to use it. She will also be an ace against the Shadows. I think she's going to be put into a situation where she is being pressured into letting other telepaths into her mind. Bester is my first guess. Then another PsiCorps telepath. She hates and fears PsiCorps and so that would be high stakes. But it might also be any telepath/s from any species. Maybe she'll be involved with an alien, league, and/or narn telepath/s. They've been teasing her being in danger on Babylon 5 and I don't have any firm predictions about how she moves from Babylon 5 but it might have something to do with Talia.

Talia Winters: I don't know if Talia is actually dead or not. Or if her body lived along with the personality construct PsiCorps trapped her with. Or if her personality will be assumed to be dead but resurface at some point. Or if they're gonna do an endgame of Bury Your Gays. My heart says sadly that I think Talia is either dead, or will end the series dead. But I HOPE something like this (or better!) happens for her. I hope she comes back to Babylon 5 in the nick of time. Her real personality or not. She and Susan escape the Shadows' attack. This will probably be after Garibaldi is assumed dead. Babylon 5 is lost, probably destroyed. Susan and Talia work together, have sparks. If Talia has been the construct, she gets sparks of memory back. But I think she dies, maybe saving Susan. Amd leaving Susan brokenhearted having never been public about their affection. Secret love and secret loss. Worst case scenario she lives, gets her memories back, survives, and then goes back to her ex, Matt Stoner and moves into his mom's basement to support his burgeoning career as a holostreamer.

John Sheridan: He is going to walk across time, learning and fighting the war across the universe. He's going to be perhaps the most famous warrior ever, with his legend echoing from a hundred points across thousands of years of history. He saved the Babylon 4 crew from Babylon 4. He traveled forward in time to save Babylon 5. I think he's going to make more stops before/after the war against the Shadows in the far past. I think he helped drive the Shadows off Narn, when they were there something like 500 years ago. Garibaldi might discover he was mentioned in G'Kar's book of G'Quan or something like that. Then, after all his timewalking, there's going to be a final showdown at Zha'dum in the main Babylon 5 timeline. And he's going to win. And die. And Stephen Franklin, bereft of his modern medical devices is going to keep him alive with 23rd century field medicine and possibly good old fashioned CPR. So Sheridan will die at Zha'dum and also live. And I'm certain Kosh is dead-but-not-gone, and will be either haunting Sheridan in specific, or Sheridan will have a packet of his memories or instincts or something like that. 

Delenn: She's gonna live. She's got to settle down with her all-american, corn-fed, iowan side of beef. She better have a crazy legend, too. I think she's going to have to steal Babylon 4 without Sheridan, because Sheridan is time walking uncontrollably. But she's gonna catch him with Babylon 4 somewhere or when. It's going to be very romantic. And she'd better get a legend of her own on the goddess level. I think that as she has yet to really explore the humanity in herself, she may have to dig deep into humanity's best and worst to think like the kind of human (Sheridan) that can out-tactics the Shadow, sacrificing her Minbari identity even more in order to become who she needs to be to succeed in catching Sheridan out of time and defeating the Shadows in past/present/future.

Lennier: He is the archetype of chivalry, specifically platonic ideals of a knight serving a lady. He's Lancelot from the older stories where he and Guinevere don't fuck. I think he will follow that archetype quietly, firmly, joyfully, to the end. I think he is going to die with the pure heart and diamond convictions he has demonstrated throughout the show. But that's as his eventual fate, which I hope doesn't end with season three. They may explore him creating his own legend and walking away from Delenn for a bit, but if they do, I think he will return to being her loyal aide until death do them part. Platonically. 

The show has made a point of saying that Narns aren't telepaths and having G'Kar imply that his telepathy was only temporarily induced by the drugs, but I'm not sure that's going to end up to be true. They've (imho) treated the Narns shamefully, and thematically the Narns OUGHT to be the ultimate aces in the hole. The alliance and rangers which have kept the Narns out of the loop, because of prejudice and pity, ought to realize that they cannot succeed without the Narns and they were wrong to assume the Narns didn't have necessary skills and information to allow them to succeed against the Shadows. And G'Kar ought to be recognized as a great leader of his people, a legendary ambassador working against impossible odds, and a hero. But idk if they're going to give the G'Kar and the Narns the props they deserve. I hope so, though. 

Londo Mollari: Aftering choosing the grasping, short-sighting path to power and influence every single time, and deeply regretting his youthful forays into the unCentauri vices of empathy and equity, Londo steers Centaur into falling into the Shadows' hands as Emperor. He blames everyone else around him till the bitter end. He might do something redemptive, like voluntarily clear the way for Vir the Reformer or something. But I expect him to choose miserably poorly for the rest of his life.

Vir Cotto: Emperor Vir the Reformer! He's definitely going to be legendary! And known for his reforms! I expect he'll spend his time till then being browbeaten by Londo by day, and helping Narns fake their deaths and escape the murder regime by night. No idea if his murderer wife is going to turn up again. I imagine...so...? But I can't imagine it ending well for either of them. 

Zack Allen: If he survives, he better be conscious for the rest of his life about his tendencies to fall in line with fascist elements and work to instead choose liberation. He seriously failed every moral checkpoint and then only chose the B5 alliance because it was getting pretty uncomfortable being one of the regime's bootlickers and enforcers. I've got my eye on him. 

Bester: My best guy is going to survive, do some very morally black shit, be my special, ominous little fellow, and trot off at the end to go found a psi-only colony/future superpower in an undisclosed location.

Sheridan's Dead Wife: Isn't actually dead now, but might be actually dead by the end of the show. 

My prediction for Sinclair is a separate post - see here.

[dreamsofdeathbywater]

Talia the Watcher of Caed Nua, Roadwarden, Hound & Herald, Alchemist, Seer of Souls...... Not renowned for their art skill but a self portrait is a good a place to start trying right?

They quit trying in less then a week

[ekat-fandom-blog]

Role Reversal AU

Basically, the heroes are villains and the villains are heroes or civilians.

There's a lot of information that I packed into this post.

Beings that aren't included in the swap are: Captain Marvel/Shazam/Champion Teth/Black Adam Captain N*zi (because fuck no is any n*zi going to be anything but evil. No Marvel mistakes with this au.) The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man Literally all of the villains trapped on/in the Rock of Eternity Orange Lantern The Blue Lanterns The Indigo Lanterns White and Black Lanterns Demons maybe Constantine? what do you guys think? Darkseid (good darkseid could be interesting tho) Doomsday Hfuhruhurr (aka Word-Bringer; an alien that collects brains from all over the universe to create an immortal hive mind called "The Union") Mongul 5th dimensional beings (they just like annoying people in general) Pariah Dark probably more

Some Heroes: Amity Park - Plasmius, Technus, Skulker, GIW, Maddie & Jack Gotham - Joker, Two-Face, Bane, Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, Ra's Al Ghul (the LOA is more like a secret watcher's society but more infighting in a friendly way) Metropolis - Lex Luthor, Cyborg Superman, Metallo, Parasite London - Cheetah, Giganta, Circe(part-time) Justice League (leaders) - Talia Al Ghul, Lex, Professor Zoom, Cheetah, Star Sapphire (Carol Ferris), Black Manta, Cyborgirl Justice League (general) - Poison Ivy, Gorilla Grodd, Captain Marvel, Red Lantern(Guy Gardner), etc.

Most villains who don't commit any violent crime are simply civilians in this au. (ex: Catwoman, Box Ghost, or Kite Man) Some villains - like Sivanna - become civilians while their family members become villains.

Some background info:

Danny dies and it pisses him off that his parents don't notice. Sam and Tucker agree and they become menaces to Amity Park. Maddie and Jack notice and decide that someone needs to reign in the troublemakers, which makes things worse. Then, the ghosts start noticing and they start sending a ghost to take care of the rogue ghost. Eventually, they find that Skulker and Technus are best suited to deal with the trio. Wolf and Cujo join the trio. Plasmius joins Skulker and Technus and they start trying to clone Danny to try to create an equal to fight against him. The clones are mostly viable because of the help of Technus and the Fentons. Team Phantom kill the clones except for Dani, who joins them. Jazz, while not evil, isn't good either. She just wants to prevent her brother from killing their parents. Because all the good guys are much less concerned with keeping civilians safe, there are a few casualties, which includes Jazz. Jazz notices that Team Phantom might be right about her parents, so she leaves Amity and eventually teams up with Zatanna. TLDR; Danny's mad at his parents and makes Team Phantom to cause chaos around Amity Park. Jazz leaves after she dies and joins Zatanna.

Zatanna (and her father) were low level thieves that were performing as stage magicians before Nabu's helmet turned Giovanni into Dr Fate. Zatanna became enraged at how he wouldn't give her father back and started murdering and stealing other magic user's powers and tomes in hopes of one day returning her father to her. After she found Jazz, who offered to help remove the helmet, she stopped murdering as many people. The two often help Klarion get in the way of Nabu's plans to get rid of anything he perceives as chaotic. While they happen to befriend Klarion, they never stop stealing.

Bruce becomes Owlman and is in charge of the Court of Owls. Tim, Dick, and Jason become Talons. Alfred is known as the Executioner. Barbara is a jewel thief until she loses the ability to walk thanks to falling off a roof while being chased by Joker. After, she becomes a cyber security threat that constantly steals, releases criminals from jail, and hacks into whatever tech the heroes use. Kate becomes a mob boss. Signal starts out stealing, but accidentally turns into a small time mob boss that works on the opposite side of the city. Commissioner Gordon is a corrupt cop who is firmly in Bruce's pocket. He sometimes fills in for Bruce during CoO meetings when Lucius can't. Cass is an assassin called Orphan that inspires more fear than (canon) Deathstroke. Steph got annoyed by how often her dad (cluemaster) was out of the house and became Spoiler - a villain similar to (canon) Riddler. Selena, while she's a civilian, also happens to be Bruce's street level informant.

Clark, while still having been raised by Martha and John Kent and becoming Superman, decides that being a hero is rather boring. While ruling the world sounds intriguing, he's seen many other villains that are just as competent as he is that want to rule. So he decides that he wants to be a complete (rather dark) nuisance. He ruins buildings by tagging them with his heat vision, freezes major water sources, cloned Lex and himself (technically it's a test tube baby but whatever) once, finds ways to steal everyone's stashes of kryptonite, and sometimes murders people. Kon or Conner lives with Lex part time and has two loving parents, both of which don't understand why he enjoys randomly jumping into their battles and fighting them both (causing as much property damage as possible). Lois helps keep criminal activity out of the papers and clocks Clark as Superman right away. She regularly publishes smear campaigns against the heroes and paints Superman in good light. Kara and her clone - Powergirl - regularly fight against Parasite and Cyborg Superman who constantly thwart their plans to take over the world (they're taking Lex's route).

Green Lanterns are like corrupt cops whose mission is to exert their will over others. Hal kills his dad's previous employer while Sinestro tries to stop him. Sinestro creates the Sinestro Corps and is much more like "our and others' fears fuel us and drive us to be able to save people" rather than "fear is true power and should be used as a way to control people". When Parallax takes over Hal, they become the ultimate hero but over time Parallax starts to become corrupted by his willpower and Specter jumps in to keep Parallax from becoming the ultimate evil. After a while Parallax decides that Sinestro is a much better host and both him and Specter leave Hal, who decides to take a long break doing petty crime before breaking the Green Lanterns out of prison. Carol, in the beginning, stops Hal and other Green Lanterns from committing crimes but eventually stops and focuses mostly on taking care of her business and the Star Sapphires. The Green Lantern's main enemies are the Yellow Lanterns, Red Lanterns, and the Manhunters. Blue Lanterns tend to avoid the Green Lanterns and work with the Manhunters.

Barry is super cruel and Eobard Thawne (aka Reverse Flash or Professor Zoom) came from the future to prevent him from destroying everything. Barry's backstory is either he killed his mom and pinned it on his dad, or he ran away from home a few times and his parents died while trying to find him. Thawne is very careful about avoiding Barry while he's a civilian, but is aware that he needs to be close in order to prevent Barry from destroying the timeline or murdering everyone.

Diana has plans on taking over the world of man and eradicating the men while leaving the women in order to create a perfect world for women. Cheetah, Giganta, and (to a lesser extent) Cerce understand that men are needed just as much as women are in order for the world to continue on.

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Feel free to add your own ideas or use this for a fic!

[xwiedzmax]

more fable tlt au thoughts

andd im back with more thoughts about my fable smp the lightning thief au. one thought that i really enjoy is Rakai as Mr D (Dionysus), simply cuz they have matching vibes in some weird way. the Oracle is Haley, i think everyone can agree on that. other thoughts for Clarisse and Ares are Ocie and Casus, which is funky cuz Ocie does feel like she could do stuff Clarisse would do, but Casus as Ares feels less fitting? its important to me to decide who is Talia simply because of The Tree On The Hill (song from the musical for all the book readers/show watchers). and since Athena is Grover, i just like the angst possibilities of Jamie being Talia and Athena failing to protect them, Jamie sacrificing themself to save others. and theres also something about Jamie being turned into a tree by Delta...turning into a pine tree. something about their last name being Pine. (yes, i am gonna ignore that Zeus turned Talia into a tree-) speaking of pine, i think Momboo fits Katie just because they both do be very nature coded. also i cant remember if i mentioned this earlier but Fable is Athena, Netherum is Pan, but i still dont know who would be Hades. my brain just came up with this on the spot but theres something about Perix being Medusa. it can either go 1 way and ignore the canon, which would make Enderian curse Perix, thats why shes mad at her, but on the other hand theres no reason for her to not like Icarus specifically. but the other way is that Fable cursed her and turned him into a monster, and theres something about Fable tricking her in canon. which also gives a really funky thing about Perix and Enderian sneaking into Fables temple to go on a date- and a funky thing about Perix and Enderian dating. and this also gives sorta a reason for Perix hating Icarus also this is the most random thing ever but Wolf as Chiron? the vibes kinda fit? none of the relationships are canon at all but thats fineee- this is mainly just because the vibes of these 2 fit well i guess. i do also have thoughts about Arisanna as Luke. cuz in Lukes good kid reprise (part of last day of summer, songs from the musical) the lyrics are literally "ive been here since i was a kid, i did everything they ever asked yeah i did and for what? you know this world will never be ours as long as our parents rule over the stars". this fits so well for Ari. she has been listening to Soraza all her life, and finally when she reaches the point of getting sick of it, she gives up on trying to impress her mom, decides that it doesnt matter because the gods just dont care. i have many thoughts about this but this post is already so long- sooo hope yall enjoyed my rambling and if you have any suggestions feel free to let me know

[gurokichi]

good afternoon! did you know that blood stains plastic? unfortunately i had to learn thay today. i feel very sorry for whoever sits at my table next year. hopefully they'll think its something else. i thought about and decided that i do not like the metal penguin. he's too mean!! he keeps throwing bombs at me. i also might not fail math. i think. what are you doing right now? other than responding to this ask, obviously. i'm asking, in, like, future tense, so whenever you're responding to this ask you have to answer this question, not when you read it. does that make sense? i want to carve your cheeks out and turn them into squish toys. they'd be such great stress relievers, trust!! i'm currently listening to space age bachelor man from ride the cyclone. i love ride the cyclone! it's my favourite musical. it has some really silly moments, and also made me cry at the end. which is something you want in a musical! the goal is to evoke emotion from the watcher, whether that be through profoundly sad moments or the lyrics 'MEEEOWWWW! MEEOWWWWW! MEEOWWWWW! MEOWWWW~ MEEEEOWWWW!~ MEOWWWWWW! MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW!' which is what is playing right now into my ears. ricky isn't my favourite character, though. that would be the one and only mischa bachinsky, professional bad sound cloud rapper with largely positive reviews in his comments. in his own words, 'this song is awesome. my life is awesome. this beat is awesome. autotune is awesome!'. you heard the man!! his song is awesome. i really love Talia. OH CONSTANCE IS SO FUNNY karnak's voice is so calming. wait i'm sorry i don't think you know anyone i'm talking about 😭 karnak is a sentient fortune telling robot machine at a carnival and his gimmick is that he can predict the exact time date and place of your death. he used to tell those who visited his booth that information, but it wasn't a very family-friendly and fun experience, so he was set to another mode where he still knows how they die but he can't tell them. he's pretty much the narrator for the musical. OH MY SOUULLLLLL. sorry ballad of Jane doe started playing i love Jane doe!! she's headless. i've drawn fanart for her before. she loses her head while falling off the roller coaster. if you fell off a roller coaster would you let me have your head? i'd use it as a centerpiece for the dinner table. like in the spot where a vase of flowers would usually go. ooh, maybe i could put flowers in your eye sockets. it would be fun OH WHY OH WHY OH WHYYY! also people would think it's cool and I'd be like hahahahah yes it is very cool wanna know where i got it 🥰🥰 and then i could show it off. but then your skin and hair would start falling off, which is unfortunate. maybe i could embalm your head. does that prevent rot? oh, well. rip my search history. the seat i'm sitting on is such a pretty shade of pink is the seat you're sitting on a pretty shade of pink too?? and by that i mean whenever you respond to this ask, which will probably be difficult because i'm not really asking anything. i'm just stating things as if you'll understand. so perhaps i should ask something hmm. OH WAIT but i asked you whether you'd let me keep your head. i'll ask you something else too, then. hmmmm. if i were to forge your signature (which i HAVE) on a legal document saying that you've sold your soul to me would that be weird. for no particular reason!!!!! anyways my stop is here now BYEEEE!!! <33

-👤

Good afternoon! Although… it’s morning where you are, so should I say good morning instead? Hm. I will just stick to saying good afternoon to match what you said, and then I will text you good morning!!

Also, oh dear 😭😭😭 NOO, don’t hate Bonbon. He’s just a silly lil guy!! A robot penguin with a tophat!! How could you not like Bonbon? I think it’s just a skill issue… would not be a problem if you dodge the bombs. It’s not his fault either! It’s the people who play him who are throwing the bombs at you, not him. Grrr. You worked hard with studying, so I’m sure you’ll do fine in math! I’m not doing much… I’m just in bed on my phone. Trying 2 catch up on my inbox. After I’m done, though, I’m probably gonna watch Demon Slayer or continue playing P5R. Also, your question made sense!! I don’t even remember what I was doing last night, so I couldn’t have answered with that anyway. You are NOT carving my cheeks out. They would not make good stress toys pretty quickly… I also prefer my cheeks on my face. I still need to check Ride the Cyclone out for you, so that I actually know what you’re talking about. ALSO, I REMEMBER YOU PUTTING THAT QUOTE FROM YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER AS YOUR STATUS ON DISCORD. Yippee, now I know where it is from!! Also, how’d the robot become sentient and get the ability to predict deaths? Does that get explained, or is the guy just like that?? Would love to get my death predicted… that is so lame they stopped letting him smh!! You could have my head if I fell off a rollercoaster. What flowers would you put in my eye sockets? I actually have no idea if you can embalm a head. I am jealous that you are sitting on a pretty pink seat. I am sitting on my boring gray bed. Would much prefer a pretty pink seat. Preferably one that is next to your pretty pink seat. Don’t worry, I do understand what you’re saying! Would giggle if I saw you forge my signature on something like that. I don’t think you can even do that, so my soul would still be mine I’m pretty sure. BYE BYE ERIS!! (^O^)／

[starlightcleric]

...I'm only like an hour and half into Jessamine's game, I might start it over and make her Old Vailian instead of Aedyran, because I have stricken out again at making an Aedyran character whose name has letters that don't exist in the Aedyran alphabet ('J', in this case).

Or I could just have her been named by a Vailian, I had been leaning towards her having spent a good amount of time in the Republics.

...No, I don't want to start over, I'll just come up with a complicated backstory reason. Again.

[kibber-cat]

Ocean - Oceanfang. Just her name combined with her sharp tongue. A slim ginger she-cat with green eyes and a long, fluffy tail. Sister to Coalheart (Noel)

Noel - Coalheart. Chosen from the part of his song, ‘a hooker with a heart of black charcoal’. Grey tom with a black heart marking on his chest and brother to Oceanfang

Mischa - Passionstorm! Fluffy tabby tom with green eyes. He was initially a Tribe cat, but after his mother (Pine tree outside cave or Pine) ate poison berries and died, he ran away as an apprentice and joined CycloneClan. He chose the name Passionpaw for himself, for reasons unbeknowest to everyone else. At a late stage of apprenticeship, he falls in love with a Tribe she-cat, Flower that sways in the wind, Flower (Talia). She had come to the Clan after getting lost during a storm, and it was the duty of Passionpaw, Coalpaw (Noel) and their mentors to return her home. Passionpaw was planning to go with her…but sadly, the trip ended in the death of not only Flower, but his mentor. He and Coalpaw treck home, and sorta fall in love on the way ;)

Ricky - Glowingsky/Star! YEAH THATS RIGHT! RICKY’S THE LEADER! A scrappy tabby tom with a condition in his back legs that made them grow sort of crooked. Despite this, he’s one of the most valuable warriors in CycloneClan, and is the son of the current leaders! He is mute but talks to his clanmates via tail, ear, and whisker flicks

Penny - Lambflight - a mostly white she-cat with a tabby splotch on her back. Honestly Lambflight is 10/10 the most goofball ever. She’s a ‘Chosen’ by StarClan, and a long dead Ancient she-cat, Whispering Deer (Jane) speaks through her mouth. You can tell when WD is talking because most of Lambflight’s dialogue is just. Stupid shit. WD speaks prophecies

Constance - Sugarcloud. She was once a kittypet named Sugar who joined the clan after wishing for more adventure in life. However, she’s pretty clumsy and thought the whole clan had forgotten about her, until a StarClan warrior called “The Amazing Star-Watcher” (Karnak) spoke to her, taking her to train with ancient medicine cats! She’s become CycloneClan’s greatest medicine cat since then!

THE CYCLONECLAN AU :D

I HAD TOO-

These are kinda bad lol i hope i can draw them better in the future maybe BUT OMG THIS IS SO GOODOODODODO

[marmiteprinter]

Flynn spent the rest of the party joyfully swimming and sliding down the water slide.

"WEEEEE! Mum, look at me!"

Talia watched nervously from the edge of the pool. It was his first time swimming on his own and she was prepared to leap to his rescue if anything happened. Thankfully, his Watcher-given swimming skill didn't let him down!

[episims]

Talia "-one day I'll travel around the world, and I won't tell her about it. Flight tickets are expensive, but-"

BB "Money!"

Talia "Exac—oh my watcher!!! Mom, did you hear that?! BB talked to me!"

Deanna "-that's enough flying around for today. You need sleep, too!"

BB *disapproving squawk*

Teresa "Damn, promotion on the first day? If I was as good at this working shit, I would've been doing lead roles ages ago."

Paige "Eh, that golf course was a total joke. I think they only offered me another position so that I can't sue them."

Deanna "Mmph, still counts! We're super proud of you, sweetie!"

Talia "So, um... congrats, I guess?"

Paige "Aw. Thanks, sis. Hey, you really managed to teach BB a word?? That's fucking cool."

Talia "I did!! She pronounces it so well, too. I gotta show you how she does it while dancing-"

[rockislandadultreads]

Libby Spotlight: Rom-Com eBook Picks

A Letter to Three Witches by Elizabeth Bass

Nearly a century ago, Gwen Engel’s great-great-grandfather cast a spell with catastrophic side-effects. As a result, the Grand Council of Witches forbade his descendants from practicing witchcraft. The Council even planted anonymous snitches called Watchers in the community to report any errant spellcasting…

Yet magic may still be alive and not so well in Zenobia. Gwen and her cousins, Trudy and Milo, receive a letter from Gwen’s adopted sister, Tannith, informing them that she’s bewitched one of their partners and will run away with him at the end of the week. While Gwen frets about whether to trust her scientist boyfriend, currently out of town on a beetle-studying trip, she’s worried that local grad student Jeremy is secretly a Watcher doing his own research.

Cousin Trudy is so stressed that she accidentally enchants her cupcakes, creating havoc among her bakery customers—and in her marriage. Perhaps it’s time the family took back control and figured out how to harness their powers. How else can Gwen decide whether her growing feelings for Jeremy are real—or the result of too many of Trudy’s cupcakes?

This is the first volume of "A Cupcake Coven Romance" series.

Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

For Astrid Parker, failure is unacceptable. Ever since she broke up with her fiancé a year ago, she’s been focused on her career—her friends might say she’s obsessed, but she’s just driven. When Pru Everwood asks her to be the designer for the Everwood Inn’s renovation that will be broadcasted on a popular home improvement show, Innside America, Astrid knows this is the answer to everything that is wrong with her life. It’ll be the perfect distraction from her failed love life, and her perpetually displeased mother might finally give her nod of approval.

However, Astrid never planned on Jordan Everwood, Pru’s granddaughter and lead carpenter for the inn’s renovation, who despises every modern design decision Astrid makes. Jordan is determined to preserve the history of her family’s inn, particularly as the rest of her life is in shambles. When that determination turns into a little light sabotage, ruffling Astrid’s perfect little feathers, the showrunners ask them to play up the tension. But somewhere along the way, their dislike for each other turns into something quite different, and Astrid must decide what success truly means. Is she going to pursue the life that she’s expected to lead, or the one she wants?

This is the second volume of the "Bright Falls" series.

Famous for a Living by Melissa Ferguson

When her business partner is accused of serious financial crimes, superstar influencer Cat Cranwell—an engineered marvel of beauty, energy, and fun—falls from her penthouse perch. Des­perate to get away from the online trolls and paparazzi docu­menting her disgrace, Cat accepts her uncle’s offer to work with him in Kannery National Park, Montana. About as far as possible from life as she’s known it.

Cat’s world shifts from the swirling haze of likes and comments to lit­eral blizzards of frostbite temperatures and waist-deep snow. In place of negotiating brand deals, she finds herself negotiating at the ledge of a frozen lake with her die-hard Polar Bear Plunge coworkers. Instead of padding through the marble kitchen of her Manhattan loft, she’s sharing a tent-sized cabin with a roommate eager to bond like characters in sitcoms. But something curious is also happening in this overwhelming breath of fresh air as she reacquaints with the most honest parts of her­self and begins to ask the hard questions. Can Cat love herself with, and without, the world watching?

Then there’s that other tiny problem—she’s falling for Zaiah, the ruggedly handsome park ranger—and he hates anything remotely connected to social media, quite possibly her included.

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine.

Celine Bangura is conspiracy-theory-obsessed. Social media followers eat up her takes on everything from UFOs to holiday overconsumption - yet, she's still not cool enough for the popular kids' table. Which is why Brad abandoned her for the in-crowd years ago. (At least, that's how Celine sees it.)

These days, there's nothing between them other than petty insults and academic rivalry. So when Celine signs up for a survival course in the woods, she's surprised to find Brad right beside her. Forced to work as a team for the chance to win a grand prize, these two teens must trudge through not just mud and dirt but their messy past. And as this adventure brings them closer together, they begin to remember the good bits of their history. But has too much time passed . . . or just enough to spark a whole new kind of relationship?