#why did I never post this

[juneboba]

áo gấm - vietnamese traditional dress

[autismsupersoldier]

Hi! I just want you to know that I did not know what Columbo was before I started following you, and tonight, I finally broke and watched the first episode. I can say that is isn't really my type of show, but, Columbo is a slut and I need him to stop blinking like that because it's making him pretty to me and I'm uncomfortable about that. Anyways! Thank for contributing to the last hour and a half of my life and some rapid self discovery this evening. I hope you're having a good day!

SNICKERING AT THIS!

i am curious if you watched the pilot [Prescription: Murder] (where columbo is a youngin, as pictured above) or the first-first episode [Murder by the Book]... his pilot self is VERY different from how he ends up being in the actual show

[thatratz]

Kayne 💕

[my-amis]

So I saw Les Mis Oslo and I have many emotions #1

This is from the show the 11th of January, and I'm seeing it again later tonight (15h of March) so watch out for more notes later!!

-So first of all ; it's amazing and gay as fuck

-I must admit I payed more attention to Les Amis than the rest, but

-ok so it's clear from the start Håvard Bakke is amazing and an incredible Javert, plus he's real fucking handsome so that's a good thing

-In addition to him Eponine (Marion Ravn) Enjolras (Andreas Hoff) Grantaire (Lasse Vermeli) and Jean Valjean (André Søfteland) all have the strongest and most incredible voices in the entire cast

-that's just facts

-Jean Valjean is ripped af, making it very believable he could lift the truck and do slave work for 19 years

-The actor playing Courf (Marius Grønsdal) has sung before the royal staff members several times. He's a lil bean and super cute, and he too has an amazing voice

-Ferre is not in it however;Jehan, Courf, Feuilly and Joly are. R and E as well as Marius obviously

-and just like the movie they make it seem Marius and E are the revolutionaries

Rant over, now to the show

-In the beginning you can see the slaves work hard, dragging a boat (you can see the shadow of one in the background,) and Javert is standing on top of a building

-They're all singing, and when one of the slaves die, Javert makes two of the soldiers drag his lifeless body of stage

-Underneath the building Javert is standing on, there is a loop for hanging people

-The soldiers are whipping the slaves, and when Valjean is dragged forward, three soldiers holds him hard and push him into the floor as Javert sings

-Javert then throws his yellow papers onto the ground. The background disappears, and Valjean is left alone on stage

- He is left walking around, (the stage spins) and you can see R (as a rich man) telling him to get lost as he won't get paid working for him

[begerev]

[hywl]

[featherlouise]

was looking through the cut dialogue and. pure vessel's cut dream nail dialogue. ouuugh.

MHM even in their "prime" form they're just SO SAD

[edenslostwallflower]

@strawberrycolaaa

their relationships in a nutshell

[brandonaguja]

Angie my Catholic trauma girl. Nathan my Catholic trauma boy. Cousins moment

[egophiliac]

bring back zooterkins, the best 17th-century swear word

I don't normally do Just Characters Swearing, but. ...this kind of wrote itself and then wouldn't leave my head. it comes from both a piece of character-writing advice that has always stuck with me, and also my conviction that Leona is 1000% funnier as a character if his dialogue has to stay G-rated. let Kalim say fuck, but don't let Leona say bastard.

(I'm sorry)

[bet-on-me-13]

Bruce owes Danny money. He does Not want to pay up.

So! Danny had to run away from Amity Park when his parents discovered his Powers. But every time he tried to stay in a single place in America, they somehow managed to find him.

Turns out, they were working with the GIW to track him using the GIW's resources and the Fenton's Genius to find him everywhere he ran to. Eventually, Danny figured he had had enough and ran to Europe where the GIW had no Jurisdiction.

After wandering for a while, Danny was found and recruited by the League of Assasins. He was powerful, skilled, and connected to the Lazarus Pits, so they approached him with a job offer.

They would hide him from the Fentons, who had began to search for him in Europe independently, and in return he would work for them as an Assasin.

Considering his situation, Danny agreed.

He began training to be an Assasin, supplementing his Ghost Abilities with the abilities of an Assasin to become even more Stealthy.

While training under the League, Danny met another recruit simply known as Bruce. They trained together for years, even going on a few missions together gathering intel, and using disguises to hid in plain sight.

On one of these missions, Danny lent Bruce some money with the promise to get paid back when they returned to the League. That same night, Bruce left the League of Assasins and never came back.

...

Bruce was sitting in the Batcave going over a case with Tim, Jason was off to the side cleaning his Guns, and Dick and Cass were holding an acrobatics competition in their Obstacle Course, with Damien, Steph, and Duke cheering them on.

Suddenly an Eldritch Emerald Light sprang to life in the center of the Batcave, and everybody dropped what they were doing and sprang to action.

Slowly, a glowing green figure emerged from the Light. He appeared Eldritch in Nature, as if he existed in multiple layers of reality at once and looking at him gave them minor headaches. Then, the figure spoke up.

"BRUCE. ITS BEEN 15 YEARS. YOU STILL OWE ME 16 DOLLARS."

Recognizing Danny, Bruce took a moment to compose himself before responding.

"Fuck Off."

[brainrotcharacters]

the easy grip on the knife. the leg over the seat. the hand over the other seat. the sassy "come get it" move. you know the bitch is smiling behind that mask even as he said the line.

[unski]

for my halloween colonoscopy I'm going to swallow a bunch of fake spiders so that when the guy shoves the tube up my ass we can have a little laugh to break the ice

[sing-me-under]

So about that “Bruce didn’t adopt Jason” dream I had. I think it was mildly influenced by the “robins were never taken in by Batman” issue (can’t remember which issue it was, I think there were two), the pre-crisis Nocturna storyline, and also my own obsession with Stephanie as Robin.

I think it started with Bruce getting launched back in time by some sort of divine entity but it could also have been Bruce shown visions of the future by a divine entity. Wasn’t very clear. I think the logic in later events might lean towards the latter. Either way, the actual story begins before Bruce finishes filing Jason’s adoption papers.

Bruce wakes up from whatever future thing happened. He hugs Jason and rambles out apologies and tells Jason that he can’t adopt him. He doesn’t explain anything in any coherent, sensible way. All Jason understands is that Bruce, the person who is supposed to be his dad, is sending him away. Jason gets officially adopted by Natalia (Nocturna). Bruce and Jason never see each other in person, but they still exchange letters every so often just to keep in contact.

Despite the fact that the Observatory is fully sponsored by Bruce, Nocturna is still a semi-active thief to fund her luxurious lifestyle. Jason himself isn’t involved in the capes and masks business, preferring (and highly encouraged) to stay in school and work on charity projects using the Knight name. (Jason is legally Jason Knight here)

Meanwhile, Bruce is just sadly being Batman. Since Bruce didn’t keep Jason, Dick never barged back into the manor to yell about being replaced. In fact, Dick’s appearances in the manor become more and more rare until eventually he just never comes back. Bruce stops attempting to reach out since their interactions always end up in an argument, and Dick cuts off all connection to Bruce. No one except the OG Titans knows that Nightwing had any connection to Batman. Barbara is also semi-retired from Batgirl to focus on college.

For the next few years, Batman is well and truly on his own (technically, if you don’t count Agent A on comms). There are still a small handful of independent vigilantes scattered about, but Batman works alone. Thankfully, Gotham isn’t the worst. Most of it can be handled on his own or with some assistance from a local vigilante or, in worse situations, backup from an available League member. Bruce is running himself dry, but he’s not self-destructive either. He’s just sad and lonely.

One day, Cluemaster makes his debut and Spoiler appears shortly after. Bruce has been on his own for three years, and Spoiler is just intrusive enough to be endearing. Bruce is fond of Spoiler’s company, being reminded of Dick’s playfulness and Jason’s crassness, and more or less allows her to stick around. Once it becomes obvious that she’s going to continue to do vigilantism even after her father is locked away, Bruce decides to take her in and properly train her. (Stephanie doesn’t become Robin. She stays as Spoiler while following after Batman)

Cluemaster escapes Blackgate and seeks revenge on Spoiler. He knows that Spoiler is his daughter and attempts to kill her. When those efforts prove futile, he kills his ex-wife and Stephanie’s mom, Crystal. Stephanie, in civilian wear, kills Arthur is a fit of vengeful rage. Later that night, Batman finds Spoiler sitting on the roof of her apartment complex crying. Batman gets a grasp on the situation. He is kind to her and allows Stephanie to grieve as necessary. Bruce ends up fostering Stephanie... and like clockwork, Batman ends up with a new partner.

Batman and Spoiler work together extremely well. It’s a bit reminiscent to Batman and Robin except at Stephanie’s age (15), Dick was already distancing himself from Bruce.

Steph asks to go to the Observatory for a class project. In a moment of spontaneity, Bruce decides to go with her. There, Bruce is soon confronted with Jason. It’s the first time they’ve spoken face to face since Jason was adopted by Natalia. Bruce and Natalia have interacted a handful of times (outside of the cloak of night) since they’re both socialites, but Jason mostly kept to himself. Bruce was under the impression that Jason resented him. Turns out that Jason had thought it was the other way around.

“I couldn’t wrap my head around why you gave me up. You were supposed to be my dad. I had just worked up the nerve to call you my dad, but then you told me you couldn’t adopt me. All that effort fighting with the courts and mom to keep me with you, then suddenly, you gave me away anyway. For years, I looked for a reason. Blackmail, gossip, whatever. I couldn’t find a single thing. It’s not like you had a change of heart. You cried when you told me you couldn’t adopt me, so why?”

Bruce says he’ll explain one day. He just doesn’t know how to. He doesn’t even know if he can. Still, Bruce never intended for Jason to think he didn’t want him. The manor is and always has been open to Jason. Bruce promised that it would be his home no matter what all those years ago, and that hasn’t changed despite what Jason had believed. They talk more. Jason is a pretty happy teen, all things considered. He’s thinking about becoming a teacher. He invites Bruce to his high school graduation.

Bruce talks to Natalia for a bit. They’re more than old acquaintances but not quite friends. They get along well, catch up, talk about their work, their kids. This seems to be the case for most of Bruce’s ex-lovers. Bruce is glad that Jason is safer with her than with him. However, apparently, Natalia’s brother tried to kill her some years ago and Jason was almost caught in the crossfire. No one’s heard from him since. What rich person doesn’t have a skeleton or two in their closet anyway?

Barbara finds Cassandra and Bruce ends up taking Cass in. Much like with Jason, Bruce and Cass immediately click as parent/child. After a whole debacle with David Cain, Bruce starts the adoption process for Cass. Stephanie is kind of mopey through the whole thing. After a heart to heart, Bruce decides to adopt Cass and Stephanie at the same time.

Jason is very unhappy about this. He‘s even more confused by Bruce’s decision not to adopt him. Still, he loves his mom, so he can’t say it was for the worst. Jason starts spending a lot of time at the manor. Jason doesn’t actively get involved with the vigilante life style, but he’s something like the Lucius Fox to Steph and Cass’s Spoiler and Black Bat.

Tim has nothing to do with vigilantes, but he also befriends the Wayne kids through normal means. (Tim moved into the neighboring plot and Steph’s class shortly after Cass’s adoption and after his parents died overseas.) He’s very good friends with all of them and is basically a staple in their household as much as Jason is. They’re pretty sure Tim is aware of their identities, but no one is going to say anything about it. They’ve also never met Tim’s uncle and they’re almost convinced Eddie Drake doesn’t even exist but there’s no way anyone could have forged all the documents and paper trails and emails so like—

For a while, life continues. It’s Batman and Agent A and Spoiler (new name pending) and Black Bat. It’s Bruce and Alfred and Stephanie, Cassandra, and Jason and Tim is also there. Barbara has finished college by now and is considering picking back up the Batgirl mantle, but she’s also found her calling in information and computer sciences. Barbara is only sometimes in contact with Dick, and she hasn’t held a full conversation with Bruce in awhile.

At some point, Jason starts an internship with Wayne Ent under Bruce himself. It’s not official, but Jason is Bruce Wayne’s heir. Neither Stephanie nor Cass want to inherit the business, Jason has been raised in the Gotham elite scene since he was 12, Natalia inherited her adopted father’s wealth but not his business, and Jason has aspirations.

One day, the JL gets wind of a planned attack on the Wayne household. The specifics are unknown, so they determine that the best course of action is to just lock down and keep close security on Bruce Wayne and related companions. (The JL doesn’t know Batman’s identity. Batman has been a part-time member since they’re founding, and they only know that Bruce Wayne is their benefactor.) The JL partners with the Titans to watch over the Wayne household while the league members track down their enemies.

The Titans have never really hid their civilian identities, mostly because they don’t have any to begin with. (Wally inherited the mantle of the Flash and transferred from the Titans to the JL. Roy is only kind of an honorary member nowadays, having long since fallen out with hero community. Dick… doesn’t really have a civilian life. When he became Nightwing, it was like putting on a new mask over the Robin mask. As far as anyone is concerned, Robin is his secret identity.)

The Titans introduce themselves to Bruce as an undercover task force posing as a security detail while the JL deals with the rest. Despite their frankly lackluster disguises, Bruce immediately recognizes “Rob”. He’s honestly surprised that the Titans agreed to babysit the Waynes on behalf of the JL considering they’ve always been independent frontline players. This isn’t there usually MO.

Dick, Bruce, and Alfred all sort of tip toe around each other, none of them wanting to call the other out and acknowledge their pasts and their real identities. Eventually, Dick gives in first. Over the years, he’s matured and realized that Bruce may be controlling and overprotective, but it had always come from a place of love and good intentions. Once Dick got over his anger and teenage angst, he realized that he had long since drifted away from his family and didn’t know how or even if he could return. His place is with the Titans, but he missed Bruce and Alfred and his childhood home. He found himself homesick a lot, especially in recent years as he compares himself to Bruce/Batman. He’s the same age Bruce was when Bruce took him in.

Once the threat has been neutralized (in a rather fantastic spectacle involving the Titans and a mini battlefield on the Wayne Manor’s front lawn), the Titans prepare to leave. Bruce, who has settled into his role as a father, reaches out to Dick and tells him what he told Jason: the manor will always be open to him, no matter what. Once the Titans have all left, Dick stays behind for a little bit. He properly introduces himself to the new kids only to be taken back by their sheer starstruck. After all, Dick was Gotham’s boy wonder, Robin! They all grew up with Batman and Robin. He was their idol, the reason they became what they were! Sure, they knew from B that Robin grew up to become Nightwing, but they didn’t think they’d ever get to actually meet him!

And then my dream ends there.

I like to think that Dick leaves, his heart a little lighter. He’s more settled into himself in this world. He doesn’t carry the burden of eldest sibling. He’s never had to deal with Bruce’s grief or the fear of being replaced. He’s got his own problems, but none of them have forced him to keep a smile. He and Bruce used to be two birds of a feather, soulmates in every way that mattered. That hasn’t changed. Even after all these years, they still work together like a perfectly oiled machine. Nightwing moves into Bludhaven. Sometimes he crosses into Gotham. Dick visits the manor every so often. He’s more like an estranged uncle than an older brother.

I think that Stephanie is always weighed down by her father’s blood on her hands. Bruce would find her sitting on the rooftop, and he’d hold her hands and rub circles in her palms until she’s ready to go back to sleep. Stephanie often worries about never being good enough, but her dad cares and loves her unconditionally. Batman may not kill, but Bruce will help her hide the body. For that alone, Steph wants to at least do right by him. It’s strange, but they bring out the best in each other because they are kind to the worst parts of each other.

One day, Bruce will tell Jason about a prophetic dream he had years ago. If Bruce kept Jason, then Jason would die. It feels anticlimactic. All these years searching for a reason, and it was as simple as that. It’s alright in the end. Bruce isn’t his dad, but the spirit is still there. At the end of the day though, Jason will go home to his mom and kiss her on the cheek.

I like to think that Talia will drop off Damian at the manor to hide him from the LoA’s civil war. Without a clear line of succession in the form of the Robin mantle, Damian won’t feel inclined to fight anyone to assert his status. After all, Bruce’s heir is Jason Knight, a civilian not even related to him. Bruce’s first partner, Robin, has become the leader of the second generation of heroes, but Nightwing is mostly unrelated to Batman (with the exception of the few times Dick took up the cowl in recent years to cover up some identity shenanigans). Batman currently works alongside his daughters, the two Batgirls, who more often than not constantly undermine his authority. There is no heirarchy in the Bat clan. Damian is satisfied with being the biological son, but he’s also lost in how to assert himself when nothing follows traditional rules. Hell, there’s even a random civilian neighbor that sleeps in the family wing every other night.

Damian doesn’t get the chance to understand the relevant dynamics before Bruce “dies.” The bats completely fall apart in their grief. Jason throws himself into his work at Wayne ent. Stephanie steps up as The Bat, adjusting her uniform to look as terrifying as possible (cryptid style). Cass leaves to Hong Kong. Tim goes on a worldwide tour to prove Bruce isn’t dead. Damian gets handed to Dick of all people because no one else is suitable to handle him. Dick is the only actual adult with any experience handling kid supers (hero or otherwise). In the year that Bruce is lost in the time stream, Dick becomes Damian’s pseudo-parent. When Bruce returns, they co-parent. They’re closer than they have been in years.

[nyaslashthreat]

shout out to when i told my dad about goncharov and he figured out it was fake because i told him "1973 martin scorsese film with robert de niro" and he said that wasn't possible because the godfather came out in 1972 and the godfather part II came out in 1974 and they wouldn't have had time to make a movie in between. a perfectly good jest, foiled by this man's weird and vast knowledge set

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

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