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musewritingsforyou · 1 year ago

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The Void

Summary: The chase to find the werecoyote becomes even more dangerous

warnings: mentions of death, swearing, violence, blood

word count: 5.1k

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Episode Two: Part One

y/n POV

Stiles and I stood in the clearing for a minute, hoping that we would hear Scott call out for us farther up the hill. When there was nothing but the sound of him disturbing branches and then no sound at all, we exchanged a glance. And then both started running up the hill.

“Dammit Scott!” I shouted as I pushed branches and leaves out of the way. Stiles and I were two of the most uncoordinated people on this earth, running around in the woods at night was just a set up for disaster. Stiles tumbled to the ground after tripping on a root that I had narrowly avoided. I stopped to haul him off the ground before we continued running.

I could see a light to the left of us so I veered in that direction, hoping that Stiles would follow behind me. He finally reached my side just as a shadow moving quickly fell right into us.

“AHHHH”

I was sitting in mud on the ground with the boys crushed on top of me. That terrifying shadow that had the two of us screaming was in fact Scott. Looking very human and very much like we just shared the literal shit out of him.

“Oh thank god, it's just you.” Stiles said breathlessly as he helped me up from the ground. He glanced behind us to where the two of us had happened upon the den.

“We found something.”

Scott inclined his head.

“So did I. ''

He explained how he had seen the coyote- Malia- as we led him back to the den near the crash. It was only about ten meters from where the car was lying on its side, hidden to us at first only because of the dark. The three of us had to crouch or even crawl to get in the den fully, the rock around us cold and pitch black. When Stiles moved the flashlight back and forth we could all see the various things Malia must have taken from the car. A doll, a jacket, a shoe. All kids sizes. Looking at them made me realize just how young she was when it happened.

“It's her den.” Stiles crouched down and grabbed the plush jacket laying on the dirt, holding it up in the flashlight for Scott to see.

“It's Malia’s, I recognize it from the pictures in the house.”

“We shouldn't be in here,” Scott said, turning slowly toward the entrance.

“What do you mean?” Stiles shared a quick glance at me, turning back to Scott just as quick.

“She's not going to come back here now, we’ve invaded her home.”

“Our scent must be everywhere” I added, thinking of all the things we must have touched.

“If she won’t come back here then where is she going to go?”

“That's the problem, isn't it?” I asked turning to Scott

“Could you track her now? With that?” I pointed to the jacket in his hand.

“Maybe, but I'm better at this when I’m a full wolf and right now…” he trailed off, refusing to make eye contact with either of us. Stiles finished for him.

“You don't know if you would be able to turn back.” Scott nodded, still facing down in the darkness.

“The door is still open.” I said, placing my hand on Stiles' shoulder to guide him out of the den.

“For all three of you.”

“We need to find Derek, or if not him, someone - anyone- who can help us.” I turned to Stiles who was staring up at the sky.

“Stiles. This is basically a crime scene right?”

“And it's a little out of our league.” Scott added

“More in my dads” he finally looked at us and pulled out his phone, stepping away to make the call.

Less than thirty minutes later the full force of the Beacon Hills police department had arrived on scene. We showed them to the car first and then over to the den, guiding up the rocks on the side of the hill. Stiles' dad had so far only said two words to us at all.

“Stay here” he had pointed to his squad car that still had the lights running and his jaw was clenched so hard I thought it would shatter. Eventually he came back out of the woods to where the three of us had obediently been waiting. He stepped in front of Scott and lowered his voice.

“You’re sure it was her? It was Malia?” Scott nodded

“I looked her right in the eyes. They glowed just like mine.”

“It makes sense dad”

“But it wasn't actually a girl. It was a four legged coyote, right?”

“Well yes, but-” he cut his son off with a wave of the hand only for Scott to take up the same thought.

“Okay, but if it happened on a full moon and she did change while her mom was driving then anything could have happened.��

“Even if Malia didn’t cause the accident itself, she still could have run off and changed later” I said, trying to support the boys as best I could.

“Or horrible things could have happened.” Stiles joined back in “Ripping, tearing, shredding things.” I slapped him in the arm and shook my head.

“Okay, think about it. They’re driving, Malia starts to change, she goes out of control, the mom crashes and everyone dies.”

“Everyone but Malia.” I say

“Who was left alone in the woods, she blames herself for the accident and runs off, eventually becoming trapped as a coyote because she doesn't know how to change”

Noah’s face fell into a scowl. He sighed deeply.

“Right. Because that makes sense. In a Chinese folktale!” he raised his voice and then lowered it just as quickly. “This, this is just insane.” He shook his head. The three of us kept quiet, knowing that the damage had already been done.

“I need this kept quiet.” He said, pointing a finger out at us “Not a word from the three of you to anyone. I do not want anyone hearing about this, especially Mr.Tate.”

We all nodded, staring off into the woods to avoid the scathing look he was giving. Another squad car pulled up behind him, the lights blinding us as we turned to see who had arrived. The car wasn't like the others, it was unmarked, and as it parked I realized why.

Mr.Tate and Scott’s father both stepped out of the car.

“Oh, Hell” Noah said before trudging off in their direction. The three of us stayed behind as they made their way to us. I linked my hand with Stiles after his dad walked away, starting to feel the exhaustion of being up this late. Not to mention the stress of everything going on right now.

“Mr. Tate.” Noah said in greeting as they arrived in front of us. Tate latched his eyes onto the coat in Scott’s hand, still hanging limply by his side. When we realized what he was looking at Scott passed it over to Noah who handed it gingerly to Mr.Tate. I had to look away from the man's face when he took it into his hands, staring at it as if it were the body of his daughter and not just a bit of fabric.

“It’s hers.”

Scotts father turned to us. “Alright wait right here”

“Dad” Scott protested, grabbing his attention before he could go up the hill. His father turned back to him slightly. “I’ll talk to you in a minute.”

I could see Scott's face fall as it always did when his dad dismissed him. It made me want to punch the man, but instead I just tightened my hand around Stiles.

“I wouldn't mind hearing how your mom is okay with you running around in the woods this late” he didn't allow a reply from anyone as he turned fully and stalked off into the woods. If there's one thing that makes Scott angry it's his father. And something to make that even worse, would be his father blaming anything on his mother.

The three of us stayed by the cars as we were told, Stiles' dad following after Scott’s as they headed back into the woods. We could hear them arguing in the distance about why he brought Mr.Tate. To me it just seemed cruel. Telling him about it is one thing, but making him see in person- something entirely different.

“Hey, you still awake?” Stiles nudged me with his shoulder after I had been quiet for a while.

“Sorry, yeah, just thinking. Tired though.”

both of the boys sighed

“Yeah, me too.”

~~~

Stiles POV

After the night Scott, y/n and I had, it was no surprise that y/n/n decided to stay home for a little longer. She fought me on it at first, insisting that if the rest of us were going into school that she would just come too. Eventually I broke her down by stroking her hair until she fell asleep and then escaping with the car and leaving a note for her with my dad. She’ll definitely be pissed as hell once she wakes up. But at least she can sleep without worrying about me for five minutes.

Scott and I had just sat down in history. Of course I wasn't listening or paying attention as Mr.Yukimora outlined what we would be doing for today. Nothing until suddenly I heard my name being called.

“Mr.Stilinski, how about you?” I looked up from twirling my pencil around my finger “Oh, uh, maybe someone else could?” I gulped after asking, feeling my heart rate already pick up. With how the past few days had been lately there was no telling if I would be able to do this.

“Everyone participates in my class, Mr.Stilinski”

I stared down at my desk again before resigning myself and sliding out of the chair. It was only a couple of steps to the front where the book was sitting flat on a podium but for some reason when I got there I was already out of breath.

I looked down at the textbook, briefly relieved that I could see the words on the page.

“Okay, okay” I whispered to myself. Then, without warning the page blurred in front of me. Only for a second, but enough that after I blinked harshly and reopened my eyes the words and letters were back. But none of them made sense.

“No. no no no. Come on, come on!” My grip on the podium tightened, white knuckling the wood as I squeezed my eyes shut again. I did it so hard that it hurt. My breathing was still picking up. I still couldn't read. Suddenly I was dizzy, I felt- I felt like something was wrong. All of it just felt wrong. I couldn't take a breath, I couldn't step away, my vision blurred even more, the non distinguishable words blurring together until there was nothing left for me to read at all. Then suddenly there was a silence in my mind.

I'm not even awake. God, was it all a dream?

I looked back up at the class. All of my classmates were staring up at me, waiting for me to read or to step away, waiting for me to do something.

No. no, they're not. Because they aren't real. None of this is real.

“It's not real. None of this is real” I whispered. I looked over to dream Scott who had just looked up at me. I could hardly see him as he got out of his seat, walking to where I was doubled over at the podium. When did that happen?

“Stiles? You okay?”

I couldn't get the breath out to respond to him. Not just that. I didn't want to. Whenever I engage in my dreams something always goes wrong.

I tried to take a step away and stumbled. Scott was there to grab me by the arm and steady me.

“I should take him to the nurse” he said quietly while taking hold of me and dragging me out of the classroom.

I didn't fight it as he led me out. I almost stumbled with him, aiding him in getting me out. Even if none of it was real I still didn't want to stand there with all of them watching me. He brought me into a bathroom nearby, not one I could ever remember seeing in real life.

As he opened the door for me I launched myself inside, trying to get out of his grip. I fell into the doorframe, feeling the pain run down from my shoulder to the tips of my fingers. Finally I stopped my fall at the sink. I gripped it just like I had the wood in the classroom, this time staring into a foggy mirror in front of me.

“Stiles, look at me, man, is this a panic attack?”

I shook my head, trying to wake myself up. It all felt so real. But it wasn't. I knew it wasn't. I needed to wake up. I needed to get out of here I couldn't-

“It's a dream. It's a dream.” I chanted to myself, trying to close my eyes and say the words. Sometimes if I say it enough eventually it becomes true.

“No it's not Stiles. This is real. You are real, you're here with me.”

no. no, he's lying. They always lie. They always try to keep me here with them but I wouldn't stay. No. I stared into the mirror, looking for any way to bring myself back. I felt like my heart was being ripped from my body.

“Shit!” I heard him curse from behind me. “Pick up, pick up, pick up!” He was madly dialing someone's number on his phone, again and again and again. “y/n, goddamnit pick up!”

y/n. She would wake me up. She always wakes me up.

“y/n we need you at the school, somethings happening with Stiles! Just- if you get this just come here, please!” He hung up the phone and then dropped it in a corner where his bag had been tossed.

“Stiles what does she do?”

I flung my head around to look at him.

“What does y/n do when she needs to help you?” he asked again. It didn't make sense. Something about him just wasn't fake enough. It was too real. I didn't understand. It was all too real. But I had to try. Maybe it would help, maybe this would help.

“F-fingers, count your fingers.”

his eyes widened like he was surprised to hear my voice. To be honest I was too.

“Okay, okay. So how many do I have?”

I turned back to stare into the sink, feeling like I was losing myself.

“Stiles! Look at me!”

I just couldn't catch my breath, I could understand, I just-

“Count with me Stiles!” His hands were blurry at first when I turned around but I managed to focus on the one digit he held up for me to see.

“One. Stiles?”

“One” I repeated to him.

With each finger I counted I could breathe a little easier. Once we got to five some part of me started to believe that maybe this was real. But if it was then what was happening to me?

His phone rang from the corner of the room. I think it might have been the entire time but I didn't realize how loud it was until now.

“Seven. Eight. Nine.” he held up one last finger as the ringing from the corner stopped. It was so quiet.

“Ten.” I finally looked into Scotts eyes. Real. His eyes were real. I was here.

I slid down the wall behind me, exhausted and terrified of myself. I heard someone screaming in the hall.

“Where is he! Did you see where they went?”

the door slammed open just as I hit the floor. Scott kneeled down beside me as y/n came into view. It was almost laughable to see how she towered over Scott and I even though when the both of us are standing she's about a foot shorter. I was tired and sweaty. I could feel the cotton of my shirt sticking to my skin when I rested my arms on my bent knees.

“What the hell is happening to me?”

y/n kneeled down beside Scott and placed a hand over mine on my knee.

“We’ll figure this out okay?” Scott said, standing up and heading towards the door. “You're going to be okay.” the door swung closed behind him. I could hear him telling a group of kids to walk away.

I couldn't look her in the eye. I couldn't let her see the terror and pain I knew was there. Finally when I did, a few tears mixed with sweat made their way down my face to my chin.

“Am I?”

she frowned but waited as she could tell I wasn't done.

“Are any of us?” I gestured at the door,“Scott can’t transform, Allison is being haunted by her dead aunt. And I’m straight up losing my mind.”

At that she moved closer to me and put my face in her hands. She held me so that I couldn't look away from her. Still and calm. Her hands were cold against my skin just like they always are. Something about it broke into me. I knew I was finally safe and yet somehow that feeling I had before of something just being… off, was still there.

“We can’t do this. We can’t help anyone.”

“Hey. stop.” she shook her head at me. Tears were welling in her eyes but she refused to let them fall. “I'm all for a moment of doubt, okay? I'm all for the need to just collapse every once in a while and you know that I will be here for you every single time okay? But never, never, let me hear you say that you are crazy or that there's nothing we can do.”

She let go of my head to pull me into her for a hug. With my face laying against her chest she rested her head atop mine.

“We might not be winning right now Stiles, but we haven't lost just yet.”

~~~

y/n POV

Stiles and I sat on the floor of the bathroom for another thirty minutes. We didn’t talk anymore or try to get up and leave, just sat quietly, waiting for a reason to get up. Eventually we heard a commotion outside the door.

“Do you think Scott?” He asked, thinking of Scotts current Alpha issues.

“Shit.”

we both dashed out the door to find a small group of students running for the main entrance. Stiles snagged one by the shirt.

“Hey, what's going on, why is everyone running?!”

the poor kid looked panicked but he answered quickly “Coyote, lockers” before running again towards the doors. Instead of following him and all the other kids like we should have, we of course headed in the opposite direction.

“Why is it that we always end up running towards danger?” I asked as we slowed in front of the locker room doors. We heard a loud crash come from inside and a growl before Stiles shoved me back into the hallway. Standing in front of me I couldn't see anything but a gray brown blur as the animal-girl- ran past us and out of the closed school doors. I gulped down a breath and looked at Stiles.

“Was that-”

“It was Malia,” Scott said, leading Kira out of the locker room by one arm and in the other holding Stiles black backpack, the front was ripped off, revealing the doll lying within. “Did you see where she went?” he asked, holding the bag out for Stiles to grab.

“Nope, we were too busy trying not to be eaten.” he replied, glancing up at Kira and then back to me. I nudged him with my shoulder.

“We should probably go out there, I bet someone already called your dad.”

Indeed the second we walked out into the hallway we could see Noah and a few deputies at the other end.

“Stiles!” He called, raising his eyebrows in what we have become well acquainted with as the what the hell happened look. He put a hand on the back of Stiles' neck, narrowing his eyes when he undoubtedly felt the remains of a cold sweat and first from falling onto the bathroom floor.

“Some students called us, said they saw a coyote running out the back doors and across the baseball field.”

Stiles worried his lip a little, walking back towards where me and Scott were waiting for him.

“Thank god no one got hurt.” his father finished when they reached us.

“What happens if someone does get hurt?” he said to his dad.“What if she hurts someone?” he said again, more urgently.

Noah shook his head and sighed. “Then we’ll have to put it down.”

“Put her down. There's a girl in there, dad.” Stiles was raising his voice, looking at his father incredulously. “A girl that you’d be killing.” he finished, huffing a breath and stopping to stand beside me.

I skimmed a hand down his arm, trying to get him to take a breath. He did, but still continued as his father did not respond.

“Come on. You aren't back to not believing are you?”

Scott had walked off with Kira a minute ago, now stopping his conversation with her as he no doubt tried with his wolf hearing to listen to this instead.

“I believe that there are a lot of things I still don’t understand.” he paused and waited for a deputy to walk by.“But that doesn't mean anything imaginable is suddenly possible.” Stiles' face fell before he looked up to find Scott. Now without Kira nearby, he was fully listening.

“Are you 100% sure that this is a girl and not an animal?” He asked when he saw Stiles looking away. He wasn't responding fast enough so I jumped in for the first time since they had come over.

“Yes. 100% yes.”

Stiles turned his face back to his father.“Because Scott’s sure.” he said, waving a hand toward where Scott was listening at the end of the hall. Noah turned as well, looking to Scott. Stiles lowered his voice to a whisper, barely audible to me right next to him.

“Scott, you been listening?” Yards away, Scott nodded, locking eyes with Noah as he did so.

The sheriff rubbed his face with his palms. “Alright, let's get this figured out, come on.” he took Stiles by the shoulder again and led him back towards the locker room. The doll that had been ripped from Stiles' backpack was laying on the ground in a heap.

“Stiles. You took the doll from the car?” Noah sighed again

“Yeah- I thought Scott could like use it for her scent or something.” He said sheepishly, still holding the doll up with one hand.

A new hand suddenly flew into view and grabbed the doll from Stiles. When I looked back I saw Mr.Tate’s angry face standing inches behind me.

“Where did you get this!” his eyes were wide, and his voice loud enough to call in a deputy from the hall. Stiles took a step forward and placed a hand on my arm, leading me a few steps away from Mr.Tate and then between him and Scott. Noah stepped forward to speak.

“This belonged to my daughter.” Mr.Tate said, cradling the doll.

“Mr.Tate, I don't know how you heard about this- if you have a police scanner or what- but you can't be here.”

Noah was now standing between the three of us and Mr.Tate who still had the doll in his hand, but it was now by his side. The sheriff placed a hand on his front, applying a gentle pressure to get him to turn around and leave the room. Noah suddenly flung one hand back towards us, making sure that we kept back. Mr.Tates face had gone red and understanding came to me suddenly when Noah opened the flap of Tate’s jacket to reveal a small gun hidden by his waist.

Stiles threw a protective arm out in front of me, his hand settling on the opposite side of my waist. I rolled my eyes, but stayed where I was.

“I have a permit.” Mr.Tate ground out.

“California schools are gun free zones- permit or no permit.” he was firm and kept his hands and eyes on Mr.Tate, waiting for his next move.

“You need to leave Mr.Tate. Now.”

The deputy from the hall took one of Mr.Tate's arms after hearing the sheriff, pulling out into the hall while he started and insisted, trying to stay in the room.

“You find that animal! You find that thing!”

we could hear him yell from the hall. Stiles finally let out a breath I didn't know he had been holding. He looked over at me and practically patted me down with the arm that hand been flung across me earlier.

“Are you okay? Did he touch you?” I rolled my eyes again and gently shoved him off.

“Stiles calm down, I’m fine, be barely got within a foot of me.”

“A foot too close.” he mumbled under his breath

“Stiles is right to be worried, he was too close and had a weapon on him, besides we don't know what he could have planned-” Scott cut himself off as a look of realization came over his face.

“He’s going to go after Malia himself.”

~~~

Stiles POV

After a ten minute fight between y/n, Scott, and I about what we should do, all three of us ended up in the jeep, heading to Deaton’s for help. We had sort of decided on a plan along the way. Well, less of a plan and more of an end goal. We needed to get Malia to change.

“I still don't think we should even be thinking about sedating her.” Sophie said, feet up on the dash, and arms crossed in a pout.

Scott tried to reason with her, “It's the only way we know we can keep her safe for a little while, if we sedate her and get her to Deaton then Mr.Tate can’t go after her for a while at least.”

“It gives us time to figure out what we need to do to fix Scott and turn her back into a human, that's all, okay?” I tried to comfort her, leaving out the part that if we do succeed in getting her tranked then we have to take her to Deaton and we have no idea how long we would have to keep her like that. Or if we could even find a way to change her back at all. But I kept that part to myself.

The three of us loaded out of the jeep and into the vet office. It was almost laughable how well I knew this place by now. Practically once a day I find myself jumping over the little gate to get into the back, ignoring the “closed” sign out front.

y/n stepped out in front of us, her jaw still clenched in indignation.

“What are you using?” She asked Deaton who was walking in from a room far in the back of the clinic.

“Xylazine. It’s a tranquilizer for horses.”

I didn't envy him when I saw the look on her face.

“For horses?” She raised her eyebrows. “She is barely seventy pounds!” Deaton calmly placed three vials in front of us and turned to her.

“Exactly. For a werecoyote it should work in seconds, not minutes.”

“Yeah, if it doesn't kill her first.” He ignored her and looked to Scott as he continued.

“I only have three. So whoever is shooting better be damn good.” Scott didn't hesitate

“Allison is a perfect shot.”

“She used to be.” All of us sent a glare toward Isaac.

“Thanks man. I’m sure that's really what all of us needed to hear right now.” I said, looking over at him and sarcastically nodding my head. The guy just gets on my nerves. Such a downer.

“She can do it.”

“If we manage to find the thing.”

“Her.” y/n interjected. “If we manage to find her.” I took a step closer to her and point to Issac.

“Okay, seriously, what is the point of him? Like really, what is his purpose? Aside of course from the persistent negativity and the scarves.” I could feel y/n/n rolling her eyes at me but I continued, “what is with the scarf anyways? It’s 65 degrees out.”

“Look, maybe I'm asking a question no one else wants to ask. How do we turn a coyote back into a girl, when she hasn't been a girl in eight years?” we were all silent.

“I can do it.”

“You can?” I asked Scott.

“Do you remember that night that Peter locked us in the school?” he asked, turning to look at me and y/n by my side, “in the gym, he was able to make me turn just using his voice. Deucalion did the same thing in the distillery.”

“This is a werecoyote Scott. No one knows if that would work.”

“That's why you called Derek first.” I said to Scott, trying to ignore all of the eyes at my back.

“Yeah. But right now I'm too scared to turn into a wolf.”

I tubbed a hand over my face, sighing deeply. “We need a real alpha.” y/n hit my arm. “You know what I mean, an alpha who can do alpha things!” She hit me again. “You know, an alpha you can get it going. You know get it-”

“Up?” Issac interjected and for once I felt like we were almost on the same page. I nodded and waved a hand at him.

“Great. So I'm an alpha with performance issues.” he sighed.

We discussed for a few more minutes, y/n quiet by my side as the sun started to go down out the windows. Eventually we realized that the twins were what we needed. Even if they weren't alphas themselves anymore, they knew how to be one. The only problem was where to find them. I took a glance at y/n, wondering if we were thinking the same thing.

“No one knows where to find them.” Scott said, his head hanging low over the metal table. y/n and I shared a look. Held it for a second too long.

“Actually, that's not true.”

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amazing-spider-man-book-club · 5 months ago

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The Amazing Spider-Man #3

Published: July 1963

Containing: "The Strangest Foe of All Time...Doctor Octopus"

Introducing: Doctor Octopus/Otto Octavius

Synopsis: Peter grows overconfident in his prowess as a fighter as soon as he must contend with a new opponent, Doctor Octopus, who proves to be his superior in brains and brawn.

Read alongside us here:

@frankendykes-monster : We all know that Doctor Octopus is just a normal guy right? When he lifts someone up using all of his metal arms, his legs have to support their body weight. He can't just slap Spider-Man and it actually hurt Peter. At least at the end of this story Peter knocks him out with a single punch.

Anyhow, Peter, having bested two supervillains at this point, now has a new mini character arc of wanting a genuine challenge from his adversaries. Be careful what you wish for... It doesn't come up in this issue specifically but Peter is definitely a "wishes they were the bully" type if there was ever an example of that, and him just having a ball taking out petty thieves is an extant manifestation of that. There's something mildly humorous about Peter being so dejected about losing a first fight against Doctor Octopus, he didn't have an easy time initially going up against The Chameleon or The Vulture, but I guess being slapped across the face and tossed out the window because you're not worth the effort is particularly humiliating.

Slowly the world becomes more accustomed to Spider-Man existing. His run-ins with the police and military are on his terms (he flees the scene and doesn't have to worry about being pursued) and people like Flash Thompson regard him as a true hero. Once again we are thrust into another guest star appearance by The Human Torch as the Fantastic Four are called in first to deal with Doctor Octopus. It's a quaint scenario that, while in this run alone there will be enough characters and concepts introduced (this issue also gives our first use of the Spider-Signal hidden on Peter's belt) to support the fact that Spider-Man can be an entirely solo act, his standing as the "little guy" who's operating under the scope of most other Marvel characters is well established here.

Doctor Octopus is a step up in the big leagues. Even at this early stage (let me remind everyone that this is only #3 and we already have an arch-enemy) we see that the super-villains are fitting into neat little thematically complementary compartments that really attach themselves to Spider-Man. We again have a villain with an animal motif, this one was also created by a freak accident, and in ten more issues or so we'll have a new niche where villains are popping literally in response to Spider-Man creating an environment where they're allowed to exist; not necessarily a concept exclusive to Spider-Man, but it's being executed here better than any Batman comic I can think of.

Anyone expecting any sympathy for Otto Octavius might be surprised to see there is absolutely nothing here, which is fine by me, I personally prefer villains who don't have much going on internally beyond evillll. Lee's dialogue tells us that the nuclear meltdown that Otto was trapped in gave him brain damage, but earlier in the story where he proclaims to himself that he is the master of radiation indicates to me at least that he was going to go ballistic at some point.

It has to be mentioned that Ditko's art again reaches new heights. He is the master of three-dimensional space with panels like Otto being rescued from the debree or any of the stalking in and around the atomic research center having a surprising amount of death. The more abstracted lighting such as that seen in the atomic explosion or the security camera light engulfing Otto are also nice touches. I'm gonna miss Otto controlling his arms with little dials on his chest, as they're immediately switched over to being an extension of his body. Doctor Octopus won't be getting a proper costume this run, just various lab suits. I love how Ditko's figures frequently resemble puppets without the strings, it's just the perfect style to realize such unconventional characters.

Finally, we get our first pin-up, nothing too special, just one of Spider-Man, but also, our first letters page! Comics were required to have two text pages to qualify for mail shipment under traditional distribution models, but I don't think using that space for the letters page became frequent until the 1960's. I'm not sure how much we'll delve into the letters page, unless we get a solid showcase of "wow comics fans were always like this", and also because since it took three months for letters to come in and be processed, an issue from that long ago will be yesterday's post as far as this blog is concerned. For right now, it's clear Spider-Man was beloved out the gate, as he should be.

@duel1971 : This issue was so exciting to read again. I’d completely forgotten Doc Ock got introduced so early. It’s an iconic first appearance – Ditko completely outdid himself with Ock’s design and nearly every panel the character appears in oozes with style. He’s referred to in this issue exclusively as Doctor Octopus, with no mention of his real name [editor's note: Otto Octavius is said in narration one time] or his eventual nickname. Otherwise he’s basically the character he would be for decades to come. As is so often the case with these early stories, they got him right the first time.

Dr. Octopus is physically and mentally the strongest foe Spider-Man has faced yet. In their first confrontation, Ock rips Peter’s web in half (a first) and tosses him out a window. To add insult to injury, Peter isn’t even able to get any pictures of the fight so he can pay the bills. He slips into a funk, unsure if he can even continue as Spider-Man at all after such a defeat.

While this isn’t the first time Johnny Storm has appeared in this comic, his presence here feels like the foundation for the rich history these characters would eventually share together. Peter’s earnest admiration for The Human Torch inspires him to take on Ock again, this time fighting smarter instead of harder. Peter Parker the young inventor facing off against Dr. Octopus the mad scientist is a brilliant escalation of the science-based problems Peter has faced in previous stories.

In the end, Peter wins and pays a visit as Spider-Man to offer thanks to Johnny, who isn’t in on the secret identity and has no idea what’s going on. The last panel features the Human Torch wishing Spider-Man had stuck around longer. Oh, boys.

Other things that excite me: our first pin-up and our first letters column!

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27. 3 things you love about yourself.

Well, I never think of these things when I should…but anyway lol

I do love the fact that I am very passionate about Porsche and racing, dreaming to become a factory driver for them one day. There’s a lot of people who leave what they thought would never come true (not that I’m not there yet but still) or even in a sense with virtual photography giving up on something they loved doing and dropping it just because of “low engagement”. Sure it sucks, but at the end of the day, who are you doing it for? You, or your followers? Because if it’s followers, sure that could be motivation to keep yourself going, but people talk the talk and begin to butt heads of what you should be doing with your content; they shouldn’t dictate how you run your account and what to post. But yeah, I am passionate and a huge dreamer. I have that “1%” mind. Obviously not entirely, but in a sense of “no I don’t want to have a 9-5 job and drive around in an average car” type of thing. Like no, that just cannot be me. I cannot settle for having an average car, I must own a Porsche as my first car. I’m definitely one of a kind.

Two would be that I’m kind and try to be honest and loyal as much as I can. Like I am always gravitating to honesty and loyalty. Editing…heheh…yeah that I need to work on with integrity, but it goes without saying that if someone tells me to not spoil something (I’m an editor for my sim racing league that I’m in so I know the tracks weeks before everyone else does because I do the track reveal videos) and even if someone asks (that’s happened before) I just cannot help but keep my mouth shut…because it’s integrity and loyalty. If I spoil it, I’d feel so guilty because it’s a privilege that I know the calendar before everyone else (valid because again, I have to know what tracks there are before hand so I can film it and edit it before the livestream happens) but it’s just also common courtesy to just not spoil anything. Even if you’re trustworthy I just can’t because you’re literally going behind someone’s back to say “oh yeah this is the track”…I just can’t do that, it’s just wrong and doesn’t feel right to be disloyal like that; not right at all. I try to be as friendly and kind as I can be as well, even if I’m shy. To strangers I even try saying hello if I’m on a walk. I try not to be awkward and to my self, but whether I have a feeling to say a simple “hello” I do it. I’m very introverted, but I’m trying my best to ruffle my feathers

Third…editing! Both photo and video editing. I love doing that and comparing from when I first started doing video edits in Assetto Corsa Competizione I am definitely proud of how far I’ve come, especially in sim racing as well…I mean…I’m on a controller so…I mean I have to take a step back and redo everything when I’m on my rig, but I am dedicated and am hungry to actually learn the car for real and actually get into the alien times and become faster.

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Solar Opposites in Mighty Solars Issue #48: “Monster Mayhem Pt. 1” Ch. 3

Back with Louise, she was looking around for help, until she sees Trevor popping out of the water as she screams and he jumps on her. Louise smiles in joy.

Louise: Trevor?

Trevor: Hey baby.

Trevor and Louise kiss. Then, they see Dr. Weatherstone arriving on a home ice slide made by her own hands and then, Janice flies over them with her own flight.

Dr. Weatherstone: Hey sis. What up?!

Louise: You guys are not gonna believe but I can create green lava! shows her new powers

Dr. Weatherstone: No way! I just got ice powers and when I found Janice, she told me she got air powers!

Trevor: No way! I got water powers too! We must tell the Mighty Solars, they can help us! Come on!

The quartet then takes off to find their fellow heroes. The Human Solars ran to the league witches of Earth-4 and the rest of their fellow Mighty Solars.

Human Terry: Guys, what happened?! What happened to to 5 Teen Witches?!

Human Jesse: I don’t know but this city is fancy!

Luke: Ugh! Someone has entered their minds and have made their form’s uncontrollable! When we tries to get them to hear us, someone went inside their minds and have turn them into the worst things possible, Titans!

The human Solars gasp.

Human Korvo: Oh no…we gotta save them or-

Miss Frankie/Nightsaw: Uh, quick fellow humans go get our fellow Mighty Solars aliens quick! winks at the Human Solars

Human Korvo: On it!

The human solars then went and hide behind the walls as they turn back into their Shlorpian forms.

Korvo: Mighty Solars, time to suit up!

Yumyulack, Jesse, Pupa, Sonya and Phoebe: Right!

Terry: Hell yeah!

The group suits up. And with that the Solar Opposites family transform into their Mighty Solars and runs up to meet the others.

Jesse Solar-Opposites/Fung-irl: Guys!

Rest of the Mighty Solars: Guys!

Darcy/Sonar Woman: Thank God you guys are okay!

Nova/Heartstar: We have big problems!

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites/Vil-Gil-An-T: What kind of problems?

Linda: The girls have lost control of their Zenith powers! They’ve become Kaiju beasts!

Terry Solar-Opposites/Mighton: That does NOT sound good.

Louise, Trevor, Dr. Weatherstone, Alice and Janice sees the Mighty Solars and runs up to them, which for Stacy G’s attention.

Stacy G: gasp Mom!

Louise: Stacy! I was so worried about you! kisses her on the forehead

Quasarblast smiles.

Trevor: Thank God we found you! You won’t be a fucking day we had-

Cherie: Guys! Duck!

Trevor: Huh?

The heroes, Earth-4 witches and their friends then see mega quintessence mutant Will attacking as they dodge her.

Jesse Solar-Opposites/Fung-irl: Jesus christ!

Montez: Ugh! These girls are literally not listening to us!

Phoebe MaCcarthy/Starburst: We have to save them, or worse…

Jesse Solar-Opposites/Fung-irl: KILL THEM?!

Mighty Solars: What?! No! That’s wrong! Fucking crazy! We’re not killers y’know.

Jesse Solar-Opposites/Fung-irl: Okay. Sorry. Geez.

Pupa Solar-Opposites/The Mighty Pupa: MURDER!

Yumyulack/Vil-Gil-An-T: It’s okay Pupa. Fung-irl just freaked out for a bit.

Terry Solar-Opposites/Mighton: It’s okay sweetie. We know you didn’t mean it.

Korvo Solar-Opposites/Quasarblast: I think what Starburst means is that we need to FIGHT them.

Suddenly, when the Five Kaiju Teen Witches combine their blast at the heroes, it ends up blasting Louise, Trevor, Alice, Dr. Weatherstone and Janice, which ends up powering them as they scream. As the dust clears, the heroes sees five new heroic figures as Stacy G looks in worried.

Stacy G: MOM!

Stacy G tries run up but Fung-irl stops her As the dust clears, like when the Calamity trio transformed in Amphibia it is revealed that Trevor, Louise, Alice, Janice and Dr. Weatherstone have received their own Mighty Solars super suits

Dr. Weatherstone/???: Woah!

Louise/???: voice gets distorted; lifts her green lava cape Swanky duds!

Vil-Gil-An-T‘s jaw drops in shock. Alice grins as she shoots a lightning spider web up at the sky as she grins and blows the smoke off of her finger.

Alice/???: Louise, I have no idea we can do that!

Dr. Weatherstone/???: Did you know about this?

Louise/???: Uh, nope. These powers feel way more intense than before.

Janice/???: floating behind Louise The powers must stack when used in tandem! H’no Classic synergy buff y’know.

Quasarblast suddenly thinks of something.

Korvo Solar-Opposites/Qausarblast: This is perfect! Maybe you guys can distract the girls while we-

Trevor/???: Guys! Look! I’m walking plasma of H2O! This is awesome!

Quasarblast shifts a little.

Korvo Solar Opposites/Qausarblast: As I was saying, you new five can help us distract the girls while we find a way to stop whoever is doing this to them!

Phoebe MacCarthy/Starburst: That could work!

Marissa: offscreen Oh will it?

The heroes gasp and then sees the dream amulet broken as smoke flies from it and then they see Marissa floating above the broken amulet.

Parker/Venus Tip: Oh no.

Min-Li: gasp What?! This is impossible?! You were supposed to be trapped and-

Marissa: It’s too late! These girls are now under my control!

Yumi: What do you mean?!

Marissa grins evilly which made Starburst growl and realize something.

Phoebe MacCarthy/Starburst: You bitch! It was you who did this! You’re a fucking psycho!

Quasarblast growls in anger upon hearing what Marissa did.

Korvo Solar-Opposites/Quasarblast: You monster! How could you-

Marissa: I had already some help! Someone who was willing to help me! It’s too late! These girls are now mine! Nothing can stop me-

Suddenly, a blast hits Marissa as she falls to the ground in pain and lets go her staff.

Terry Solar-Opposites/Mighton: What the fuck?! Who did that?!

Cherie: I don’t know.

Darcy/Sonar Woman: Wasn’t me!

Korvo Solar-Opposites/Quasarblast: We need to stop her now!

Suddenly a woman’s chuckle was heard, which sounded familiar to Cherie, Nova, Montez and Sherbet.

Nova/Heartstar: Oh my God… that voice…

Cherie: It can’t be… can it?

Sherbet/Fizziepop: Oh God. No! No!

Cheery Smithers/Bloody Sympathy: Guys, what’s wrong?

???: Oh you poor things. Trap in a mind of a rogue witch… all that woman wanted to is get her fucking stupid son back on her side and rule the world and take you for advantage… but she was just a fool… I however… can make an offer to you five…

Suddenly…a blazing lightning midnight purple spiritual mist appears as it reveals an old foe of the Wallians… Sister Sisto as the Heartstar, Cherie, Montez and Fizziepop gasp in horror while the others grow shock.

Cherie: Sister Sisto?!

Terry Solar-Opposites/Mighton: You know her?!

Sister Sisto/???: Hello, my former fellow Bowinians…

Jesse Solar-Opposites/Fung-irl: Bowinians?! What?!

Korvo Solar-Opposites/Quasarblast: Heartstar, what is happening?!

Nova/Heartstar: Guys, that’s the false prophet we were telling you about last time when we first met! That’s Sister Sisto!

Mighton gasps.

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites/Vil-Gil-An-T: WHAT?!

Quasarblast looks angrily at Yumyulack.

Korvo Solar-Opposites/Quasarblast: sighs in dismay; deadpan Way to go Vil-Gil-An-T… you accidentally created a villain!

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites/Vil-Gil-An-T: I didn’t know!

Montez: I’m sorry true! She’s a false prophet and a murder and a kidnapper! She’s the one who causes all of this! The death of Tim, death of Sister Sasha, the temperature, everything!

Vil-Gil-An-T starts crying.

Cherie: She also kidnapped Pezlie and made her an icon! She also used Jesse as a pawn of her own.

Korvo-Solar-Opposites/Qausarblast: comforts his son Hey, it’s okay… you didn’t know… shh…

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites/Vil-Gil-An-T: I’m so sorry, Cherie.

Cherie: comforts Vil-Gil-An-T It’s okay. You didn’t know. Sisto was also using Jesse as a legend just to get people to follow her in a path of death!

Sister Sisto/???: Oh, this is very touching but I think it’s time I sealed your fate!

Marissa growls but gets grabbed in the rope by Sister Sisto.

Marissa: Let me go! grunts

Ms. Frankie/Night Saw: You’re not gonna stop us!

Sister Sisto/???: Oh I sure will. For I am… reveals her new physical form and a villain suit of her own Black Mirror!

Heartstar gasps

Sonya/Nighthowler: Oh no! She’s crazy!

Sister Sisto/Black Mirror: Oooh! But first…

Black Mirror attacks Mighton.

Korvo Solar-Opposites/Quasarblast: MIGHTON! growls at Black Mirror

Mighton groans in pain while Qausarblast helps his hubby up and looks at Black Mirror furiously then uses her mind control on the 5 Kalju Teen Witches as they roar in pain. Marisa tries to get out a beastly looking potion, only the wind to blew it out of her hands onto Quasarblast’s leg as he screams in pain.

Nova/Heartstar: Qausarblast!

Jesse Solar-Opposites/Fung-irl: QUASARBLAST!

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites/Vil-Gil-An-T: Oh my God!

Sonya/Nighthowler: Daddy!

Sister Sisto/Black Mirror: I bet that hurts…

Suddenly, Quasarblast starts screaming in pain as he suddenly starts growing bigger and muscular and his skin starts to turn black as he starts growing to the size of a KaIju beast.

Randall/Blackhole: Oh shit!

Principal Cooke/Trailblazer: That’s a huge bitch!

Terry Solar-Opposites/Mighton: Quasarblast?!

Now a giant KaIju Mundane, Quasarblast roars while the rest of the Mighty Solars gasp in horror and Black Mirror laughs evilly.

Jesse Solar-Opposites/Fung-irl: What’s happening?!

Sonya/Nighthowler: Quasarblast! No!

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites/Vil-Gil-An-T: What have you done?! You turn our dad into a fucking monster!

Mighton starts crying.

Sister Sisto/Black Mirror: Aw what’s the matter Mighton? Love the makeover I intentionally did to your husband?

Mighton starts snarling in anger with tears in his eyes. He then punches Black Mirror in the face as she growls.

Sister Sisto/Black Mirror: You strong arm bitch! What the fuck?!

Terry Solar-Opposites/Mighton: YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID!

Black Mirror grins and escapes by turning into her spirit form and leads the 5 KaIju monsters away from the heroes. Mundane Quasarblast growls as his eyes glow aquamarine and angirly follows the monsters for battle.

Terry Solar-Opposites/Mighton: No…Korvo!

Nova/Heartstar: We have to go after them!

Louise/???: We’ll take care of the girls! You take care of Quasarblast!

The heroes split up while Mighton looks tearfully at Mundane Quasarblast roaring.

Terry Solar-Opposites/Mighton: KORVO!

Mega Mundane Quasarblast snarls as Mighton jumps up and lands on him desperately.

Terry Solar-Opposites/Mighton: SNAP OUT OF IT! PLEASE! I DON’T LIKE SEEING YOU LIKE THIS! crying PLEASE STOP!

Mega Mundane Qausarblast growls, which causes Mighton to cry even more as he hugs Quasarblast’s face.

Terry Solar-Opposites/Mighton: sobbing hysterically THIS ISN’T YOU! I KNOW YOU’RE IN THERE, KORVY!

Mega Mundane Quasarblast then stops growling as his face softens and he sees his husband crying.

Mega Mundane Korvo Solar-Opposites/Quasarblasr: T-Terry? Is that you?!

Terry Solar-Opposites/Mighton: Korvo?

Mega Mundane Korvo Solar-Opposites/Quasarblast: Terry? What’s happening to me?! I’m so scared! crying Help me!

Mighton kisses his husband’s face.

Terry Solar-Opposites/Mighton: Shh… it’s gonna be okay baby… we just have to get you out of here before the teen witches see you! I hope the others are doing okay!

Mega Mudane Quasarblast smiles.

Special thanks to @avaveevo, @asikreading, @themagicwolf6677, @king-of-squishmallows and all of my watchers for their support

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i (plural they/them pronouns) know literally nothing abt any sport at all, and i’ve been wanting to get into hockey, but we don’t actually know how someone becomes a sport fan?? like, how do you pick who to root for? do you just start watching games until you pick a favourite? /genq

the thing abt hockey is that its very interesting and captivating, to me at least, no matter what team u r watching (unless theyre horrifically bad). it’s easier to be invested ofc when its a team you root for, but hockey is such a fast-paced something’s-always-happening sport that if you even look away for a few seconds something big will have happened. as im typing this im watching a game and trying (but failing) to multitask. (SOMEONE JUST SCORED AAAAA) but ANYWAY …

i only started rooting for the new jersey devils because of , well, wttt new jersey!! assuming yall r into wttt, you can always pick the team(s) of ur fav character(s)!

or if ur from the u.s./canada, you can pick the team thats closest to your hometown (or the one in your state/province)!!

you can also just look around for players that seem interesting and start watching their team. for example, there was this one rookie who i found his story/background really interesting, and his style of play as well, so i started watching his team, and i ended up getting attached to a lot of the other players on the team!

if you’re anything like me, and friendships/duos on a team r the quickest way for a team to get to your heart, you could look around for the fun friendships/duos (or ask me) and just start watching! i will warn you though that at the end of the day hockey is a business and those duos could end up being broken up (i was a witness to this happening for another team and it made me so sad and i dont even go there).

i must also warn you that (men’s) hockey (the pro league is National Hockey League, or NHL) is not always as accepting as you would like it to be and there are so many issues within the NHL (and by extension, other men’s leagues and organizations as well), which i will not elaborate too deeply on here, but given the polarized debate over lgbt+ ppl in the united states (i do not know if its the same in canada), i must warn it has bled over into hockey (and sports in general). there are a good bunch of female and lgbt+ fans, though!! especially here on tumblr, but over on twitter as well. we’ve carved out a space for ourselves and we’re here to stay

women’s hockey (the pro league is the Premier Hockey Federation, or PHF) is very fun and much more accepting as well!!! there’s only seven professional teams, and regretfully i havent picked a team yet (but i did watch some of the playoffs), but i think the same suggestions apply to the PHF too (except for the hometeam/location-based if you dont live in eastern canada/the northeastern U.S.) :3

OH one more suggestion: there’s an international tournament going on right now* (IIHF) and some NHL players are playing in it! you can always pick your home country (if theyre playing) there and see what players play on what teams so you can keep up w them outside of the tournament !

*like. right now. at the time of me posting this, there are two games happening at this very moment

and also, hockey is a very contact-heavy sport (less-so in the PHF? im not sure, though, but i think some of the rules are a little different). just mentioning this because i come from a soccer background and for the first month i kept flinching at the big hits. i was def not used to it !

as a last note: wikipedia and youtube are your best friends and will explain rules/gameplay to you if you need it!!!

oh and fuck the chicago blackhawks ^_^

if that was too much information all at once im sorry but i could talk about this sport for AGES

#lynx hockeyposts

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In fact, I personally would enjoy being called resilient, because at least it acknowledges how difficult it is to succeed

I feel like in academically rigorous high schools (or at least my academically rigorous high school) there is just SO MUCH PRESSURE to do EVERYTHING — choose the hardest classes available, join a bunch of extracurriculars, join all the honors societies you can get into, do this summer college program, and so on; it’s hard to clearly and eloquently explain what you are pressured into and how, and therefore hard to convey what it’s like in these environments.

It’s not like your school counselor is explicitly berating you to do these things, or your teachers are saying you must take these classes, or you are publicly shamed if you don’t join a certain number of extracurriculars — but the pressure is still there in more subtle ways.

Our school is “____ college prep,” so of course you should do whatever you can to make yourself as appealing to colleges as possible. Most graduates from our school get into ivy leagues, and if not ivy leagues than colleges that are in the top 100 in the US, so you should get into those type of schools as well. And to do that you’ll probably want as high of a GPA as possible — 4.0 unweighted and like 5.3 weighted if you’re aiming for the Ivy leagues. Almost all your classes are by default honors classes, except for PE, which will mean you’re just shy of a perfect 5.0 weighted GPA, so you better join a varsity sport so you can get a PE wavier in your Junior and Senior year. And to balance the Freshman and Sophomore PE classes, you should also join as many AP classes as possible, that way your weighted GPA can be a 5.0 or above; if you look at our program of studies, you’ll see that you can easily sign up for five AP classes in one year, depending on what credits you have already!

But that’s just classes! Colleges hate applicants who seem like boring people with no interests, so join some extracurriculars that interest you. But the one thing colleges hate more than some who seems to have no interests is someone who has superficial interests, so really dedicate yourself to the clubs you choose; once you’ve been a member for a year or two, you can become the leader of the club, which is the ultimate way to show your dedication. As for how many leadership positions you should try and get, try and get as many as you can, because that will look the most impressive — I’m sure they won’t take up that much more of your time compared to just being a normal member of the club. Oh, and did I mention honors societies? No one tells you about them until your junior year, which is usually when you can become a member, but apply to all the ones you can because they look super impressive on college applications as well, because they are literally clubs you can get into only if you are good at things!

In addition to all these things that are directly tied to the school, there are also so many other programs to join: dual enrollment summer programs, volunteer opportunities, summer college programs, and much more. You can guarantee that the counseling department as well as all your teachers will post links to every single one of these that they come across, and while they are obviously not saying to do them all, you can’t help but feel like your supposed to do at least one.

It’s not like anyone in the school building is really saying to do all this, in fact they usually say nothing. But that’s the problem: they say nothing. Nothing in favor of doing all these things, but nothing against it either. And so when you know for a fact that something will make you more appealing to colleges, that everyone else seems to being doing the thing, that students from our school are expected basically by tradition to do all of this, and so on, it makes it very hard to realize you shouldn't do the thing.

Combine this with horrible parents who actually DO expect their kids to do all of this, it’s gets much worse — both for those students, but also for other students who then feel like they have to follow the invisible standard set by those families.

So many responsibilities. So much invisible pressure to do them. And therefore, so much time lost from your life and energy you will never get back.

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arty-shadow-morningstar · 3 years ago

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Con Man's Daughter

Posting this because there isn't enough biodad! John Constantine content.

[Masterlist]

(Part 2)

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I feel like this should be a Damianette story or just platonic relationship after Jon got aged-up to seventeen and Damian wanted a friend his age but doesn’t want to admit it.

So basically there is this big bad in Gotham using magic that Batman was fighting at the time and enlisted John Constantine to help out.

John realizes that the villain is using a Miraculous.

“Oh. I think I know how he gets his powers. And lucky for you, Bats, I know an expert on this special brand of magic.”

And he did the smart thing and called up Marinette who at the time was already Guardian and was looking for other lost Miraculouses like in the Treasure Hunter AU I wrote.

He calls her at a really bad time. She was in the process of being chased by the guardians of the place. Monsters and evil spirits.

“Hello, Dad. What do you need and can you do it quickly?”

“Hey, sweetheart, it’s me. How is my little cupcake up to these days?”

“You called at a bad time.” Gunshots.

“WAS THAT A GUN I HEARD? WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU, YOUNG LADY?!”

“Somewhere in Japan. Getting a Miraculous. And why can’t you call me to check in on me and not ask me to help you with whatever mess you got yourself into.” More gunshots sounds and it was telling that Marinette was using a gun.

“Where did you get a gun? And don’t you have school?”

“It’s summer break. Don’t worry Maman and Papa know. Well, the fact that I am in Japan anyways.” Marinette sounded a little out of breath. Roaring and horrifying sounds at the other end. “Can we do this later?”

“As it happens, there is a villain going around Gotham with what I think is a Miraculous.”

Swears on the other end.

“Oi. Watch your fucking language, young lady.”

“How about a No and move the fuck back, old man. I am coming over right now.”

“Old man? I am not that old-” as a magic blue portal opens up in the Bat Cave.

And a red Chinese dragon comes out with someone riding it.

Its rider was a black-haired girl. She had a trench coat similar to Constantine's. I imagine her with a fedora. Like Carmen Sandiego style but not red. Sometimes red but only when she has to steal it from a museum or high security places and she leaves a name card with the name Carmen Sandiego. A sword strapped to her back and a dagger to her thigh.

She had a gun in her hand which she used to shoot the monsters as it was halfway through the portal and yelled out the spell to close it.

“Brilliant entrance but you are in lots of trouble, little lady. What were you thinking about going to another country unsupervised? And isn’t there still a butterfly problem in Paris?”

“One, I wasn’t unsupervised. I had Tikki, a billion years old being and a sort of god. Two.Well, it got boring trying to track Hawk-bitch down. And I found this legend about a guy with a Miraculous who disappeared in the temple and thought hey, more miraculous could mean another edge to defeating Moth-man.”

More bickering and John grounding Marinette who was acting very nonchalant about it.

Okay, at this point, I should say that Batman and Robin are in the background trying to make some sense.

Batman is surprised to find out that Constantine has a daughter who is also involved in magic like her Father but an apparently more specialised kind called the Miraculous. He is a little miffed that he didn’t know about John having a daughter. He did consider it weird at first that she had a slight french accent unlike her father’s Liverpool accent although she pronounced some words like he does.

He also connected some dots that she is also the Parisian heroine, Lady Rouge who Wonder Woman introduced to the League a while back and had declined to join the Young Justice or Teen Titans until everything in Paris was resolved.

Damian on the other hand was suspicious of the new arrival and came to the same conclusion as his father about the daughter thing.

Batman after a few minutes, clears his throat.

The Constantines stop arguing.

“Bonjour. Batman. Robin. Pleasure to meet you. I am Mari Constantine and yes, I am this homeless looking man’s brilliant daughter.” “Hey”

“Well, Mari. Your father thinks you can help us with this new criminal turning Gotham upside down. Literally in some cases. He said that you might be able to help us.” Batman said as he pulled up zoomed in picture of the Miraculous.

Mari looks through the Miraculous grimoire and tells them all about it and power-ups, basically the most effective thing to defeat the guy is to get the Miraculous off them. Plus a spell that would make the Miraculous ineffective if casted within a certain radius of it.

“Thank you for the information, Mari. Constantine, let’s go.”

Mari made to follow them.

“You young lady are grounded and staying here.”

“I don’t need another supervillain using the Miraculous which are my responsibility as Guardian to retrieve them for their own misuse and wreaking havoc on the city. And what if there is an akuma in Paris? I can’t go there if I am grounded in the Batcave although it is a cool place to hang out.”

“You can portal back to Paris but you are not going to follow me. Understood?”

“yes. crystal”

“Good. After me and Batsy get the Miraculous, you can do your Guardian duties.”

Damian snickers. Until Batman cut his mood short, “You are staying behind too. Robin.”

“But Father, why? I am much more capable than Constantine.”

“Hey!” Both father and daughter.

Damian is staying behind too because of the Miraculous power or other reasons and keeps an eye on Mari.

Damian stays behind and there were some protests about mari mad about having a babysitter and Damian doesn’t want to be a babysitter. Despite the two of them being around the same age.

“I got an eye on you so no funny business.”

“Okay, Dad, I am not going to have sex with Robin.” Mari said with a shit- eating grin. Robin definitely didn’t blush.

“I hate you sometimes.”

“I love you too, Dad. Go save the world. Byee.”

John eyes her suspiciously because she is not one to give up that easily usually.

He casts a spell to watch her as they leave. and which she totally knew about.

“So...I have one question.”

“Tt, ask and don’t bother me anymore.”

“Is Batman Bruce Wayne?”

Damian looks up, totally caught off guard.

“I am going to take that as a yes.”

Puts sword at her neck. “How did you find out?!”

“Opened up Google Maps and saw that we are under Wayne Manor. Connected the dots. Also I already knew when Dad made a bet with me once to find out Batman’s secret identity but he never did confirm it for me. And can you please not tell your father about this? I don’t feel like being interrogated by the Bat in the future yet.”

“Father must know about this.”

“I saw you looking at Scarlet here. An animal lover then? You can give her some belly rubs. She deserves it after helping me outrun those monsters.”

His silence was brought. To pet a dragon.

One thing after another and he ends up bringing out his pets-Jerry the turkey, Goliath the dragon-bat, Titus- and her introducing him to her other pets like a hellhound, griffin and other mythical creatures who mostly roam free but come to her when she calls for them and also the kwamis, at least the ones who came with her.

After 30 mins have passed, “So Robin how do you feel about disobeying our fathers?”

“I am in.”

“Depends. Are we going after the (villain's name) ?”

“Yes.”

Awesome montage of them getting rid of the spell John casted and flying out of the Batcave on their respective giant flying pets to the villain’s base.

Meanwhile, their fathers are not doing so well and are trapped in a death trap. John can’t say the spell because the villain made him unable to talk.

“At least, the kids are staying put.”

Cut to Damian and Mari jumping off their pets and onto the roof. Taking out the guards posted there and going into the building all sneakily and also taking out the guards that come their way.

They dropped into the room where their fathers and the villain is.

“Why am I not surprised?”

Villain starts an evil monologue about his mastermind plan to which Damian cuts it short by trying to cut him down with his katana. Mari goes to deactivate the death trap.

They are evenly matched with Damian’s training and the Miraculous.

Mari steps in as Damian was about to be killed. Taps on the shoulder of the villain and when he turns around, gives an awesome right hook that knocks him out.

Takes away the Miraculous and curses him. Wiped the dude’s memories of it.

“When I said stay in the Batcave, I meant stay behind at the Batcave. What point of being grounded, don’t you understand?”

“You mean, Oh, Mari, light of my life, my wonderful daughter, thank you for saving my ass. You are the best.’ by that, right?”

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Mari and Damian exchanged numbers and email addresses.

As she was about to leave the Batcave, “It’s been nice meeting you, Mr. Wayne.” and leaves with a wink.

John ‘ungrounds’ her for the look on Batman’s face.

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After this, Marinette and Damian become friends who bitch and vent to each other about their alter egos and various villains of their respective cities. (In codes, just in case) They also share updates about their pets and love of drawings.

They have that type of friendship where they trade favors. Mari calls Damian to Paris sometimes to help out with the akuma of the day and Damian sometimes calls her in when Bruce doesn’t let him go investigate a case so he can sneak out by magical means or as back up for when his brothers were too annoying to deal with.

It’s summer break so no missing school.

John and Bruce are aware of their friendship and some of the shenanigans the pair gets into behind their back.

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Right. how this all started...

John and Sabine first met when the latter was still in college somewhere in France. John was tracking down a demonic entity which was targeting Sabine for some reason and she was the next target.

John saved her life and exorcised the demon. There was a heat of the moment thing and they had a one-night stand. There were a few more flings and hook-ups after that night.

And nine months later, Marinette Cheryl Cheng-Constantine was born.

When Sabine first found out, she called John to come over and he thought that it was a call for another hook-up and was very surprised to find out that it was not and that he was going to be a father.

They both like each other but do not want to be in a relationship together so they both remained as friends and John agreed after some strong-arming at the very least to meet his daughter before he goes to do his job. And pay for child support. And help Sabine during her pregnancy.

Pregnant Sabine was someone you don’t want to mess with. And John has never met a demon or anyone scarier than her.

He was at first not into meeting his child and there was a self-pity party he threw himself with how the child was going to live a bad life because he was the dad and how he destroyed every good thing in his life.

That’s why he is going to meet the baby once and leave maybe a letter and the occasional birthday present and stay out of their life. Forever.

The day Marinette was born and it took one look into her eyes for the HellBlazer to fall under the spell and all of his plans to stay out of her life to burn away.

At first, he tried. He really tried but he couldn’t do it.

Lasted 4 months before he came back, wanting to place protection spells on her and sigils around the house to keep away the forces of Heaven and Hell and other entities so they won’t use her against him as a bargaining chip.

Sabine calls him to babysit. He could have refused and Sabine would have easily found a babysitter. He moans and whines about how he is a great mage and not a bloody babysitter. Sabine retorts that it is actually called parenting since he is Marinette’s father. He grumbles but in the end, agrees.

The great John Constantine is wrapped around the little girl’s finger.

He was around for some of Marinette’s firsts. Her first word was “John”.

It made him cry. He wasn’t a good man and he doesn’t deserve someone this precious. His daughter doesn’t deserve someone like him as a father but fate made it that way and what can you do about it.

After an exhausting week of doing the usual and coming back from Hell, he saw that Sabine had sent him a video. It was Marinette taking her first steps.

Chas swears that in all the years that he has known John Constantine he has never seen the man look so happy.

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When Tom came into the picture, John was there to take care of a toddler Marinette while Tom and Sabine went on dates.

Insert John threatening a much bigger Tom while holding a baby Marinette with wide eyes and hugging a teddy bear with the same coat as John’s. (It was something Sabine brought on a whim and to tease John when he came around.)

Tom is supportive and treats Marinette like his own flesh and blood.

John resolved to leave for good now that Tom would be there to be a father figure for Marinette.

That plan fell into the drain the moment he was going to leave for what was supposed to be the last time before Sabine pulled him back and knocked some sense into him.

His face was a big giveaway. Sabine knows that despite his claims of being a terrible father for Marinette, he was a good one and damnit she was going to make sure that Marinette would get to know her actual father.

Tom later made an awkward talk with John about how he was not going to replace John’s role as Marinette’s father.

Marinette was the flower girl at Tom and Sabine’s wedding. John was there too.

During bedtime, John would read her stories and use his magic to make it come to life. Although he would feel a little drained afterwards, it was worth it to see her smile.

Sometimes he told stories about his tamer adventures. (After cutting out some of the inappropriate bits)

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When Marinette was about 5 or 6, Sabine was out on an errand and Tom was at home with Mari and helping her with her homework. There was a crash downstairs at the bakery. Tom went down to check it out to find John lying on the ground.

With a weak cough, he said, “Close the door. Close it.” Before losing consciousness

Tom did before a man with pitch black eyes slammed against it.

Thankfully John had installed heavy wards around the bakery when it first opened.

They held against the demon on John’s tail. Tom brought John inside and unsure of what to do, grabbed a rolling pin on the counter.

The man outside started pounding on the glass door and every time his hands touched the door, light glowed outwards, showing the invisible magic barrier around the bakery. Sparks and steams fizzled with every pound.

Despite the reddening and burns of his hands, the not-human didn’t slow down.

“ʝօɦռ....ʏօʊ ӄռօա ȶɦǟȶ ɨȶ'ֆ օռʟʏ ǟ ʍǟȶȶɛʀ օʄ ȶɨʍɛ ɮɛʄօʀɛ ɨ ɮʀɛǟӄ ȶɦʀօʊɢɦ ȶɦɛֆɛ աǟʀɖֆ. օռƈɛ ɨ ɢɛȶ ʏօʊ,” He laughs, the sound sends chills down the large man’s spine, “ȶɦɛʀɛ ǟʀɛ ֆօ ʍǟռʏ ȶɦɨռɢֆ ɨ ɦǟʋɛ քʟǟռռɛɖ ʄօʀ ʏօʊ.”

Tom knew that Marinette’s father was a con man. Come on, Master and Practitioner of the Dark Arts and Occult. But he was a good father nonetheless despite all his flaws and Sabine liked him enough so that was good enough for him.

Before today, magic was just the sleight of hands and use of fancy tools to sell the illusions. Now, with a could-be-a-demon knocking on his door to get to the father of the girl he sees as his daughter, he’s not so sure.

“Tom? Qu'est-ce qui se passe? (What’s going on?)” A little voice came from the stairs, “Dad!” Marinette padded across the floor to the body of her passed out father.

She shook him awake and there were a few soft slaps to the face.

“Dad, what’s happened?”

John mumbles, “Demon…. possessing some rich guy….. Exorcism…. Doesn’t like me very much…Don’t worry...wards going to hold.”

John manages to stand before falling down and Tom catches him before he hits the floor. He has a concussion. Tom turns to Marinette, “Go, Hide and don’t come out until It’s safe.” which she did

Unfortunately, a while later, Sabine returns from her night out and the demon upon seeing Sabine. “ɛӼƈɛʟʟɛռȶ..”

The demon possessed Sabine and the previously possessed dude hit the sidewalk with a thud.

“ɨռȶɛʀɛֆȶɨռɢ....” The voice coming out of Sabine didn’t sound like her mother which scared Marinette a lot. “օքɛռ ȶɦɨֆ ɖօօʀ օʀ,”the demon pulled a knife out of thin air, ,“ȶɦɨֆ ɮօɖʏ ɢɛȶֆ ɨȶ.”

Tom hesitated until the demon put the knife on Sabine’s neck and put enough force for a thin line of blood to be shown.

He opens the door and the demon knocks him out. Stepping over his unconscious body and looking down on it, “ʄօʀ ȶɦǟȶ, ɨ ǟʍ ɢօɨռɢ ȶօ ʟɛȶ ʏօʊ ʟɨʋɛ ʊռȶɨʟ ɨ ǟʍ ɖօռɛ աɨȶɦ ʝօɦռ, օʄ ƈօʊʀֆɛ.” and cackles. The sound was so wrong and unnerving and little Marinette tried very hard for her sobs not to be heard.

Too bad the demon had super hearing. “Come out, my little blossom. Maman is home. Why don’t you come out and give me a hug?”

It sounded so much like her mother and she nearly believed that it was her mother and not some entity in control of her body.

But she knew better from John’s stories of dealing with demons and how they would use the voice of loved ones to lure them out and into a trap. (Definitely not something one should tell as a bedtime story but Marinette was very different and had an unconventional childhood with John Constantine as her father.)

Wait...she got struck with an idea but she wasn’t sure if it would work.

Before she could do anything, the door of the cabinet she was hiding in was opened and she was dragged out.

The demon lifted her a few feet above the ground by the collar of her dress.

It heard Marinette saying something. “աɦǟȶ ǟʀɛ ʏօʊ ֆǟʏɨռɢ ƈɦɨʟɖ, ֆքɛǟӄ ʟօʊɖɛʀ?”

“Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica.” Marinette was now screaming the words at the top of her lungs. She repeated the spell over and over again with fierce determination.

John, being his paranoid self, taught her the spell for an exorcism, just in case. Demons spared no one, not even a girl.

It screamed “NO….” as Sabine’s body contorted in strange angles before a dark shadow seemed to be dragged down into the ground. It made a desperate attempt to possess John before it was pulled away and disappeared. There was no sign that there was a demon attack.

After John woke up, he managed to piece together that his 5-years-old (Sorry 5 and a half) daughter sent a demon back to hell.

He was a very proud dad. (He was a tad worried about the consequences from this event and demons hold one hell of a grudge. He wanted his daughter to live a very safe and happy life. The bakery’s wards also need an upgrade.)

He also got the job of explaining what he actually did to Tom. And lots of reassuring.

Sabine, on one hand, was not happy that Marinette knew how to do magic. That is until John told her that he did it just in case so she can protect herself and later it was agreed that Marinette can learn some Magic spells and charms to better protect herself and when she is older, she can decide if she wants to continue or not.

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(Part 2)

#bio!dad john constantine #maribat #damientte #damainette #platonic daminette #maybe?#minor swearing

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yjwhatif · 2 years ago

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YJ EPISODE 22 SPOILER NOTES… only four episodes left ☹️

Interesting…this is the first arc to not start with showing its focal OG character in their off time.

I love seeing what happen inside the bio ship before Zooming off

Look at that face - Bart on a mission! Love seeing that super quick thinking of his, his expression changes to serious as time slows around him - LOVE IT!

GO BART GO…Oh no!

OH you did not just attack my boy!

Somebody, just lost their redemption rights

Are those burns or blood... Or are they such deep burns that there's literally no skin there anymore... because ouch! And yet it doesn't ever phase him - it takes being punched by a Kryptonian to actually stop him... if only a certain teleporter was there to catch him again… Also, since he doesn't speak this episode they must have a sound effect on file for Bart gets knocked out by someone with Super strength since it happens every season - Just like the Robin laugh - its become a classic!

GO CHAM GO… Oh no!

GO BIOSHIP GO… Oh no… Wow we’re losing everybody!

HALYS CIRCUS!

The return of the daring Dan Danger! He looks happy and at peace in a way I don't think were seen for a long time

TEAM EL PASO! Tye & Asami! Family trip to the circus/double date... We are so close to a Runaways Reunion right now! Give it to me! Also, I've already done a post on this (here) but what if it was supposed to be a triple date? It'll be interesting to see who's aware of the Bart situation at this point... Maybe Jaime is worried about Bart but Traci’s gonna be going into the helmet next so it’s their last chance for date night and maybe she was looking forward to it?

Very flirty...

on a separate note, IS Dick still dating Barbara because I've been confused about that ever since I found out Jason Bard's ex who fixed him up With Artemis may have been Barbara - but he said she dumped him for “her EX” - So did that mean, She's broken up with the person she dumped him for, OR, did she get back together with someone she had previously broken up with? I'm sure this will get answered in one of the up coming episodes as we’re in Batfam territory - but this is my current confusion on the relationship Status of Dickbabs.

Ghosty playing possum - very clever

It cracks me up every time someone says House of Luthor or House of Zod... they sound like fashion designers or a clothing store.

No Conner don't show then the S logo!

Genuinely thought she was going to flick him then...

Do all the Magic users who who were at the bell séance thing know they were looking for Conner’s lost soul and since they didn't find it - are they aware that Conner may not be dead? Could Traci tell Jaime or anyone else that there’s a chance Conner’s not dead - she probably wouldn’t unless absolutely necessary - but could she?

I feel like Dick's reluctance to investigate Conner shows he really doesn't want to get his hopes up

Oooh I like how they reveal that Bart’s officially missing - and because Z and Dick have been out of the loop they had no idea... does that mean this alert was issued at an earlier date/time and they’ve only just seen it, or, that they just haven't been around to hear people have been looking for him and the alerts only just been officially released?

"So now two outsiders have gone missing" Thank you Zatanna for acknowledging that both Bart and Conner are outsiders - now can we please see some OUTSIDERS dealing with these losses beyond just Gar!

Why is the concept that Bart has a credit card so funny!? And not only that, but its a platinum credit card! Guess that answers the question I've always had about how the speedsters afford all that food they consume. Also I like the idea that people were so sick of Bart stealing shit that they gave him the card and said all you need to do is tap it and you're done... Who pays for the credit card though?

Why is it so funny to me that Orion's on the front page of the Newspaper article... and does this mean Clark uses Justice League data to get his images?

Love it - Mirroring Clark’s meeting with the legion in the diner exactly

Clark, you really need a lesson in vigilance

Superboy stop talking to bad guys!

Phantom girl is reacting to the things Conner is telling Zod

“Oh Please, the Monarch’s are going to run away with it-” “Clark!” “Right, What do you need?” I really do love Clark - he's such a dad!

Callback to s2 and showing how everything always has an effect - they didn’t have to give a reason for Bibbo having CCTV - but doing so connects back to a previous season - whilst showing that that event had a long lasting effect on Bibbo who became more wary/vigilant to avoid such an experience again. Its a tiny detail but a really strong one that emphasises that things don't get forgotten about - No matter big or small, major or minor

“…Uh-huh.” “Wait… 'Uh-huh'? That's it, ‘Uh-huh’? they were with Bart the day before he disappeared - Who are they?” I love this whole interaction... One thing we've learnt from Clark is when he commits to keeping a secret - he commits - even when he's clearly been found out

“I hope the Knight’s slaughter the Monarchs!” I thought this was a really random line to hint toward something in the next episode - but I think its just clicked that she says it because Clark said the Monarch would with and she's in a mood with him for not telling them what they wanted to know - So she's hoping Clarks team doesn't win.

Not fast enough Bart

I love this investigation style - seeing all the clues that have been sprinkled through out the series since the end of S3 - highlighting how well planned this show is

"And Bart’s a time traveller!" I love all the acknowledgment we keep getting to Bart being a time traveller

Amistad is so adorable!

I think its interesting that Z didn't look far enough into the memory to see the very angry time travelling Kryptonian fly onto said camouflaged bioship - probably putting those on board who just ruined his plan in serious danger... Or that no one seems to question Raquel on what actually happened to Lor - I feel its a pretty big detail to not discuss since Dick suspects Bart was on the Bioship... it makes me wonder if he would have still been as quick to move away from looking for Bast had he been aware of Lor escaping to the Bio ship

I like the detail of Artemis being the one to remind Dick & Z of Bart still being missing as they start focusing more on Conner

Dick just recites the entire not of the season so far

"Bart made a choice and we should trust him on it" - Gotta love seeing characters actually trust one another instead of judging, criticising, or belittling the acts of others to create conflict and drama. If you wish to gain trust you must show the some level of trust you wish to receive.

“Conner was asking for help” Dick's reasoning behind choosing to focus on Conner over Bart remains objective and is very valid without showing favouritism towards Conner

"You two dated him" - Call back to the comics

I wonder if Ursa will be more dangerous than Zod?

So, what kind of sun did Krypton have if Zod didn't know what a yellow sun could do?

“I need some air” “There is no air in the phantom zone” *Ursa tries to Punch Conner* — Funny!

Wakey, wakey, Ghosty

Kaldur, while you may have come to terms with Conner’s death… I believe I may have finally come to terms with the beard... It looks a lot better with his hair properly styled - though, Wyynde’s beard better still be gone by the time we next see him - I'm adamant on that one!

Kaldur takes one thorough look at the pinboard and doesn't question a thing... Also I definitely read every visible note on that board and I have no regrets - though I do always find it funny when shows use screenshots for the Show for character photographs - like, that picture of Bart is from Away Mission and is the image used on his DC Database Fandom Page — Who took that photo for it to be a printable picture in-universe - same goes for Conner’s image but I can't think where that's from off the top of my head.

Yay more Klarion!!

"Klarion won’t dare enter the tower - it’s Fate’s place of Power"… erm zee… do you not remember Klarion and Nabu are buddies now? Clearly, you weren't paying attersion throughout their entire are... yes, they may fight and hate each other - but ultimately, brothers stick together!

“Where is Doctor fate?” “Otherwise occupied” - I feel like that’s gonna come back up again later

WHO DARES SUMMON KLA- hey — I LOVE HIM! Though, I've gotta say it bugs me every time when he doesn't say “With Fate away, klarion can play!”

Its a great stylistic detail to differentiate the backwards spells by having Zatanna’s be actually spoken backward while Klarion’s are spoken forwards and replayed backwards

Well that was a bit of a waste of a deal

Tell him how it is Saturn Girl! You’ve screwed up Lor!

Do you think they’ve lived out that week on the bioship or jumped forwards in time?

Bart’s in an inhibitor collar - which means he’s not healing - which means he’ll be suffering under those bandages! 🥺 I wonder who bandaged him up?

LIGHTRAY!! M’COMM STOP PRETENDING TO BE PEOPLE!!

Lor you little shit… you better hope you’re ready for the reckoning that’s coming for you - because it’s going to hurt!

If Lor’s selectively allowing Bart’s super speed then does that mean his meta-metabolism will kick back in and start healing his injuries or not?

I'll be honest, it took me so long to work out why she needed to write ‘Magic School Bus’ on a card - and then I realised it's so Dick can add it to his pinboard as the next clue to investigate.

This end credits scene is HORRIFYING and just got worse and worse the more it went on. I don't think I've ever felt such a way about anything as much as this

This episode was amazing - a really great start to what may just be an epic final arc.

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Damian from Dceased would be a cool pre-existing option for this prompt. I know DC vs Vampires is more popular on tumblr and probably in general but please let me lore dump on this.

In his last appearance DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #8 Damian's just turned 18, he's lost almost all members of the batfam (Alfred and Cass I think are still kicking, Steph is an unknown because Damian begged Talia to take her to a pit when she was dying and he never finds out what happened to her) and he likes aborbs the life equation from Cyborg and sacrifices himself to save the galaxy from the anti-life equation zombies. Any death moment is a great excuse to isekai someone is what anime taught me so it seems like it'd work.

Notable facts from the Dceased timeline that could be tasty angst food for showing up in the past:

At the start of Dceased, Damian and Alfred lose everyone super quickly. Basically the anti-life virus infected people through the internet so Babs, Dick, and Tim all are turned about immediately. Dick and Tim are at the manor and start attacking Alfred, Bruce intervenes and saves Alfred but gets infected in the process. Alfred ends up having to kill all 3 of them with his shotgun which gives Alfred super PTSD (panel below is one of Alfred's nightmares afterwards).

Before he dies, Bruce gives Alfred a package and letter for Damian. The package? A batman costume in Damian's size and the letter basically says the mantle is his job now. (lowkey wtf bruce why do your last words to your kid gotta be batman related omg.) Since Damian was with the supers when this started his story and the justice league's are pretty intertwined but on a high level, he becomes Batman gets reunited with Steph who becomes his Robin (this dynamic SLAPS).

Damian also made his way back to the batcave at one point and found that Jason must have beaten him there because Bruce, Dick, and Tim are now buried and this is where this iconic panel comes in:

I think this moment is key, because if you want a Damian who particularly moved by Jason finding him Dceased Damian has good reason. In this moment he realizes he may at least still have one brother alive in this world, but tragically, the world is doing VERY bad. The JL determines fleeing the planet is their best option. They setup some space ships in key cities around the world for a survivor exodus, and to Damian's Jason does not show up to any.

Unbeknownst to him, Jason and Cass are actually together and alive but defending a orphanage alongside Rose Wilson, Mary Marvel, and Commissioner Gordon. They didn't have any transportation that could get them and the kids all to a ship by launch time so they had to hunker down unless they intended to abandon some of the orphans.

5 years later, the JL ends up coming back to Earth and Jason and Damian do end up reuniting, Jason tells him Bruce was right to make him Batman and Damian freaks out cause Jason actually got married. He also finds out Cass is alive. Its like a happy moment before things go downhill again.

And they go downhill very quickly, Constantine enlists the help of Jason, Damian, Rose, Cass, and Swamp Thing to go on an adventure to get the spear of destiny and go the Rock of Eternity and while at the second location an infected Capt Marvel Jr (Freddy) kills Jason before Cass takes the staff from Shazam and uses her newfound lightning powers to kill Freddy.

Rose is super upset to have her husband killed in front of her (TWICE THANKS TO HER BEING ABLE TO SEE THE FUTURE) and Damian is pissed that the family he JUST got back is now dead.

Damian gets extra pissed when Constantine doesn't even apologize for getting his brother killed after promising him no one would die. Why not apologize? John reveals he literally bamboozled Damian into giving support for his plan with the loophole of only promising to not kill anyone who wasn't ALREADY dead. lmfao. Damian did at least deck him for it but like the absolute audacity, but GOD Constantine was so funny and out of line on that.

Honestly that sums up all the batfam deaths prior to Damian's own. But his final panels go INSANELY HARD. He's literally like you took my family and I'm gonna take you out. Peak Batman vibes. Usually I hate Damian being the one with the mantle but I think it really worked in this run.

Prompt:

Damian, who has just lost the last member of his family, goes off the deep end and, in a fit of violent rage, goes tumbling through a portal and back in time.

Jason doesn’t know how the scary guy with the gunshot wound became his problem but he’s not heartless enough to leave him to bleed out beside some dumpster in Crime Alley.

#I realize this isn't necessarily an addition anyone may want since a lot of reblogs are having fun making up an alternate vampire AU #which also seems cool af tbh #but this was the first Damian I thought of when I read the prompt and I want to share #im not sorry to lore dump cause I never see anyone bring up Dceased in these prompts #and while I recognize the run was FAR from perfect and the art for the unkillables storyline was crunchy af #i still love it in some ways #damian was so cool in this #i used to be an ace jason supremist this really made me appreciate jayrose as a ship option #dceased #reblog additions #rambles #dc comics #batfam #comic panels #batman #LONG POST

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codenamesazanka · 3 years ago

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Extremely embarrassed it took me until just now to understand the

But if I pretended to be a high school girl, the public became just a bit nicer to me.

And I was like, okay. Good to know. So that's why she wears a high school uniform.

But I didn't think about the hows and why, I didn't think about what this meant in context of HeroAca Society, in relation to her overall character, the bigger picture. Toga Himiko is 17 years old, she's high-school-aged, and that's where I stopped looking deeper.

Toga looks like a high-schooler, but she isn't one. Can't be one if you're out of school.

Being out of school means not studying for exams or doing club activities or thinking about her future. She doesn't even have a home to go back to at night, sleep, wake up in the morning for a new day of learning. She's wildly deviated from the normal path she's supposed to be on, the rigid process of growing up in modern times: elementary school, middle school, high school, college, job, etc. Following that path is the unspoken rule that must be followed to be accepted as a functional person, a civilian worthy of participating in life.

But those are all things Toga cannot access anymore. Even if she does the right thing and turned herself in, it's prison or a mental institution that's waiting for her. If she gets released, there's gonna be a record that follows her for the rest of her life. That will not help her get accepted back into society at a socioeconomic level; and anyways, she's never been accepted as a full person with her quirk.

Shigaraki Tomura says, several chapters after this one, "Since when did we ever need a future?" Very edgy and him, but he speaks a truth of everyone the League: none of them can really imagine having a normal future because it doesn't exist for them. They already didn't have a normal past, so this is just following the distorted trajectory, which isn't going to be knocked back on track, because Heroes don't save Villains. Heroes don't intervene with help.

As far as Toga knows (believes), more than that, Heroes might just end up killing her.

Using the literal meaning of the concept 'girl attending high school', Toga Himiko is not a actually high school girl. She's a dropout with only a middle-school education; she's a homeless street kid, she's a criminal. No one's going to look at her and see someone in need of compassionate help. That sounds cynical, but in HeroAca, where people accepted the neglect of an abnormal-looking, injured five-year-old wandering the streets, there was never going to be any hope for an older, [no-more-perception-of-having-small-child-innocence] teenager.

I think this is probably what she notices about the behavior of the people around her. Quickly learning that if she looks like what she actually is - a delinquent street kid, and all the implications that carries, the failure people will judge her to become - people will at best ignore her as if she doesn't exist, shooing her away from public spaces and thus access to stores, access to necessities; and at worst people will get suspicious and see her as trouble. Even worse trouble once they realize who she is.

This is why Toga Himiko pretends. She got herself a uniform, she got a satchel. Her appearance is neat and clean and cute. She looks and acts like a high school girl, and as a result, people are nicer to her because they see her as proper, correct, future-citizen. They trust her to be on the right track, like she's supposed to be; trust her to be normal, just as she's been told before.

Even then, Toga says things only got a *bit* nicer. Here's only guess as to why, but it's probably because this pretending comes with its own different set of problems. One example: Anyone ever tried to play hooky successfully before? Harder than just 'not be in school'. Without a home or established place to hide in, you gotta be outside, visible as an out-of-place kid, avoiding police, avoiding adults asking why you're not in class, you shouldn't skip, let's call your parents, let's call your school. Then keep yourself busy, because boredom can settle in quick. In Toga's case, that's something she had do for six or so hours everyday; constantly on the move too, keeping ahead of Heroes, avoid ever getting caught.

With Jin, we saw him as teenager that was out of school as well; but he had a job that gave him a work jumpsuit; after he was fired, he dressed in regular clothes, shirt and jeans and coat and sneakers. He looked homeless, and I saw him as such, able to connect that more easily and quickly to the idea he had it hard.

With Toga and her uniform, I didn't draw the line as fast, I knew her circumstances vaguely, intellectually-- but overall I looked at the surface and saw the image of a pretty well put-together high school aged girl - just like it was meant to show.

#Toga meta again!#they do not come often to me #but when they do #they come pretty easily #Toga Himiko #nalslastworkingbraincell #Hero Society #bnha society #Heroes and Villains #long post #thank you for reading #Toga <333

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Constantine: His Rogues Gallery includes Minor Gods! What is wrong with you people?! // Danny: What do you mean? I don't fight Minor Go- *(thinks about Undergrowth, Vortex, and Nocturne)* Okay so I see where you're coming from. But I'm sure you guys have dealt with the type before and tbh Undergrowth just can't handle the cold. So just get a Freeze Ray or get Superman to breathe on him and everything'll be good.

I actually haven't really thought much about the concept of his enemies being minor gods but like you right they are

even if only by legend, the ghost zone is full of natural portals that open up into different time periods, these ghosts may not even be as old as the legends about them are, they've just jumped through enough portals and wreaked enough havoc to make names for themselves among a variety of cultures, they may have even changed forms a few times (as we know ghosts can sometimes do) which gave people the impression that they were different gods

not to mention some of the ghosts were ripped directly out of mythology, Pandora for one, her legend is way different from the real thing, likely due to history's classic game of telephone fucking everything up

then there's the question of if they are actually literal gods or were just mistaken for them, ghosts born from the dead are different than ghosts born of the ghost zone

I like to adopt the concept of poltergeists, spirits created from an amalgamation of emotion verses the independent soul/spirit/personality of someone who died

so the Far Frozen in my eyes was a civilisation created by the collection of human curiosity, they are essentially knowledge spirits who have grown their own culture, there are many of them due to scholars and education systems often relying on the experiences of many, teaching each other and engaging in discussion in order to understand things better, there are likely many different yetis with different specific interests, new yetis coming into being when more humans discover new things, they could all be considered minor gods based on their individual interests, and many have likely travelled through portals in an opportunistic field trip to learn, and due to their appearance and seemingly omniscient knowledge, have been associated as a god of their particular field of study

Undergrowth I like to imagine is a new spirit, born only recently with the rise of general frustration and anger by current generations over the destruction of the planet's environment and ecosystems, he is an amalgamation of the energy that would be produced at climate rallies and protests

Nocturne is also born of a combined human experience, that of course being dreams, he is probably one of the oldest spirits in human existence, his journeys in and out of natural portals would have inspired legends like that of the sandman and the greek god Morpheus, his recent rise to power may have been caused by a gradual incline of insomnia among people, the more desperation for sleep feeding into Nocturne's drastic behaviour

Vortex was also likely to be an old god, born of a time when people believed the weather to be made by gods and not simply a natural event, he's one I like to think has changed appearance many times over the years, he has hopped back and forth through portals, and his personality changes like the weather (ha ha) depending on the people who would pray to him and give offerings for rain to water their crops, in which case he would come and bring rain because it's what people believe he will do, or when an extreme natural weather event happens and people believe the gods to be angry and vengeful, in which case he would become angry and vengeful, in his episode during the show, I believe he showed up destructive because there had been a recent natural disaster somewhere in the world where the culture believed their god to be responsible, it wouldn't matter which god, Vortex would always be the one to embody that belief, as long it was associated with the weather

so I think it would be apt to refer to these native born ghosts created by pieces of human consciousness as minor gods, as they cannot truly be destroyed unless humans as a whole stopped feeling or thinking or believing in whatever initially created them, Nocturne cannot be permanently destroyed because people will always dream, Undergrowth can't be destroyed as long as people still feel fury over the destruction of the environment, but his behaviour could be altered if humans became more sustainable in the future and the general frustration and anger over environmental destruction waned, Vortex may actually have lost much of his power over time as fewer and fewer people blamed gods or spirits for the weather, if that belief ever disappeared entirely, so would he

even regular human born ghosts could even reach minor god status if they become a known figure, Pandora may have been human once, but in death became famous from her legend (inaccurate though it has become), and as a result became quite powerful, I also think she represents more than one deity, I think she likely also is believed to be the goddess Soteria (greek goddess of protection and safety, due to her role as the guardian of the Box), and so that belief also fuels her power, despite humanity believing those two identities to be seperate beings, however I don't believe she would be susceptible to a change in personality like natural born deities are since she already had a personality and a sense of identity to begin with, but her abilities and the power she wields may be altered by public perception

and to leap off of THAT point, we reach the idea that Danny is a very famously known ghost that many people believe in, many people love him, like Pandora he is a protector and a guardian, and so his ability to protect is boosted by that, much like a deity who is powered by worship, he himself has inadvertently become a minor god

and he also happens to be close friends with a MAJOR God, a God with a capital G, one who has existed before humans, existed before earth, he gained a physical manifestation as humans began to understand time as a concept, this, of course, being Clockwork, who happens to be responsible for every minor god's interaction with the human world because he controls the time periods in which the natural portals open, hence why so many portals were opening in ancient greece, because Clockwork had determined that their mythology was important to the future for whatever reason, I mean greek myths are still well known by today's standards and that must have been important enough for Clockwork to ensure it happened that way

he puts a lot of focus on Danny's development because he will become something incredibly significant to history, which is why other superheroes reeeeaaaally need to step back and mind their own god damn business, I can just imagine Clockwork popping in on Constantine and stressing the absolute importance of Danny being left alone

and then Constantine has to go chew out the Justice League because THE LITERAL GOD OF TIME SAID YOU NEED TO S T O P

#op danny dc edition #asks #danny phantom #overpowered danny #clockwork #vortex #nocturne #undergrowth #constantine #justice league #I dunno how we just decided that DP takes place in the DC universe but I dunno it just fits better somehow

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Your last "meta" abt dabi and twice just made me feel worse abt twice's death lol. Like he really cared too much abt a group of very irresponsible ppl that kinda didnt really care abt the consequences of their actions. As for dabi i know hes not at fault here but his damn attitude with knowing things but refusing to communicate to others really didnt help the group or twice's situation :/ like i still wish someone from the group had like asked dabi what was his problem lmao

See, this kind of comment is exactly why I made the post though.

This is coming from a place of thinking where everybody in the League was on some sort of level of understanding with each other that Dabi just wasn't on board with, or refused to be a part of. A level of understanding with each other where someone would take enough notice of Dabi (for what reason I don't know) and bother to ask him why he acts the way he does. Do you see any of the League members bothering to do that? This is coming from a place of thinking that they had some established code of conduct that Dabi just didn't follow. And that is literally just not true.

There is a whole section in there about the League, and idk maybe that part just didn't stick with you when you read it.

But I must again ask why we are pinpointing Dabi? Yeah, he brought Hawks in. But be reminded that Hawks was ordered to become a double agent anyway. So if it wasn't Dabi, it was going to be somebody. And that's not even the point, honestly. Everybody let Hawks stick around. Not just Dabi! The PLF was a pretty damn big army, and not one person questioned it or thought "damn, maybe we shouldn't let the number 2 freaking hero spend so much time with our most vulnerable member who clings to people and cares about everybody to a fault". And the people who did question it (Skeptic) still didn't do much about the fact that Hawks was picking the most vulnerable member to latch onto.

The League is comprised of more than just Dabi. And this is once again isolating Dabi from the rest of them as if he can't be questioned by the members for whatever reason. He can be. And they didn't.

Shigaraki has always been a "do whatever you want" type of leader. So he left for four months and said "do whatever you want, just be ready when I wake up". And they all did. He didn't stick around to keep watch over the situation or anything.

I mean, at what point would it have made sense for someone in the League to confront Dabi and ask him "what his problem was"? Why would they? He fights with them when asked, remains a part of their group regardless (because he cares enough to), so beyond that there was never a reason for any of them to act like he was wronging them or misbehaving somehow. MVA should have showed you the bare minimum expected of them. He left to do whatever he wanted, he showed up to fight when asked. Then went back to doing whatever he wanted. And every single one of them had 0 issue with that.

Again--if they were going to be a group that had certain guidelines to follow for how they acted, that would have been a precedent set by Shigaraki from the get go. And it so very much was not. That wasn't how he operated and it wasn't how they all viewed their group.

I mean they could have at any point in time asked him if he truly trusted Hawks, and they didn't. It's the freaking number two hero. None of them did because none of them felt they had to, because that's not the type of relationship they all have with each other. My point is that the League have never operated under rules or expectations. That was kind of the point.

And this honestly could be a whole other meta in itself, but the current remaining members of the League are all plagued with individualized issues that have always, ALWAYS been the biggest underlying motivation for their actions. They are all in terrible situations because they are ALL haunted by their pasts in different ways. And everything about that for each of them was only a matter of time before it eventually exploded to the surface. As I pointed out in that post (Dabi was gonna reveal himself and try to die regardless, Shigaraki was going to be possessed regardless, Toga was not going to get what she wanted through mass destruction of everything,).

The only time it would have made sense pinpointing Dabi as responsible would have been if the League had clearly established some level of responsibility toward one another to keep a close eye on Twice, and on each other. Twice, the member who was openly vulnerable, sacrificial, who clung to people he cared about. If there had been some previously established expectation of them all keeping an eye on each other and Dabi deliberately defied that expectation, then that's fine--but that then falls on all of them, not just Dabi. But that expectation wasn't established, at any point in time.

The only member of the League who really stuck out in how they behaved WAS Twice. Shigaraki, Toga, Dabi, Spinner, and Compress even a little--all have individual reasons for lashing out and fighting. They all want things that are independent of what the League can give. They're reacting to their pain by causing others pain. Twice, on the other hand, reacted to his pain by prioritizing the League. He had what he wanted with the League, which is why he felt he had a happy life. As horribly sad as it is, he was the exception to the rule. Because nobody else in the League currently thinks they have a happy life. So it really is a head scratcher to me why everybody acts like Dabi is the exception to the rule.

I would understand this thinking better if they ALL started feeling regretful for not paying more attention or something. All feeling like they could have done more. But that is just not how they operate.

So idk, maybe there is a reason nobody in the League has asked him "what is your problem?", because he could turn around and ask them the same question for breaking previous characterization and asking him that.

There is a reason nobody in the League immediately started resenting or blaming Dabi after Twice died. Imo, what you're asking of them to have done would have been OOC for pretty much any of them.

If there is anything that should make you feel bad about Twice's death, it's that he was the most open about how he reacts to his trauma and how he reacts to people he is attached to, and Hawks openly took advantage of that.

This is all also exactly why people call it a "shoot the puppy moment" for Hawks. Which is negative development. That was the entire point.

It IS supposed to hurt, and make you feel bad and sad. Killing Twice was deliberately hurtful and painful--as beautifully executed as it was with all the meanings behind it (Hawks killing his humanity which is what Jin's name means, etc.; there are people who have expanded on this).

#stop blaming dabi #and stop acting like the league has a code of conduct #they literally just all lash out in their own individual ways because they're angry and hurt #dabi is no exception #twice was the exception #and that's why it's so tragic how he died #bnha #boku no hero academia #bnha asks #anonymous

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