#yeah the acnes bad.

[robocops-a-christ-allegory]

My halloween makeup from last night. Thank you

[starry-bi-sky]

Unpleasant Revelations - DPxDC Ficlet Idea for the Stillborn Au

"Have you met my youngest, Damian, Mr. Masters?"

Its only from twenty years of long, hard experience and practice that Vlad doesn't increase the room temperature from 'borderline uncomfortably cool' to 'unbearably hot' the moment Bruce Wayne pulls his youngest and "only" biological son out in front of him.

He puts only in quotations because twelve year old Damian Wayne looks scarily, uncannily like one Daniel Brown. Jack and Maddie's foster son, second victim of their foolishness, and only other halfa in existence. Second only to him.

It's nauseating how similar they look. From the scowl and terrible glare on the young boy's face, to his brown skin -- which was only a few shades lighter than Daniel's, the shape of his nose, and even the strange winged edge of his eyebrow. Something that Vlad has long since come to find endearing on the child he considered a son of his own. The only difference was that Damian had dark, sharp green eyes.

Daniel's eyes were blue. The same glacier shade as his father's, who stood behind Damian with a proud, oafish smile on his visage.

It was infuriating how similar they look. Vlad might not have rapidly swung the room temperature from one extreme to the other, but he can't stop himself from letting the fury burning within his core from slipping out and raising the temperature up a few degrees.

Because it really only meant one thing.

Damian Wayne and Daniel Brown were related.

Damian Wayne and Daniel Brown were brothers.

Standing in front of him, it was clear as day. He can already picture a phantom image of Daniel standing beside Damian, the same scowl written on his face, the same glare carved into his eyes. The only difference being the dark, exhausted circles beneath them that seemed to be permanently painted onto his skin. The only thing missing being the permanent loneliness and vigilance permeating his being like a scar.

This, if revealed, would be enough to ruin Bruce Wayne's reputation. Or, at the very least, darken it quite a bit. The great philanthropist Bruce Wayne with another secret blood child? One related to his youngest? One that had been put into foster care? Seemingly thrown away?

It would be a firestorm.

One that Vlad is not keen on starting.

It would ruin Bruce Wayne's reputation, yes. But it would hurt Daniel in the process -- the harassment he would face alone might just be enough to break that fragile child completely. That was just not something he could allow. Or, even worse, bring him into his biological father's care and custody -- something Vlad was even less willing to allow.

It's not out of kindness to Wayne that Vlad will keep mum about this.

His grip on his champagne flute tightens, just a bit. He's still aware enough of the world around him to not let it shatter in his hands. His plastered, pleasant smile tightens around the corners, and he forces his focus to slide from Damian to Wayne.

"The resemblance is uncanny, Mister Wayne." He says, slanting his smile to the side slyly. Although he's not talking about the resemblance between Wayne and his son. Rage simmers beneath his skin, burning coal and embers in the core of his chest, nestled between his lungs, as he meets the man's eyes.

Wayne swaggles his head proudly, his ditzy smile widening as he squeezes his son's shoulder affectionately. Bastard, Vlad wants to spit.

He breathes in through his nose, and exhales out through his mouth. The champagne in his hand cools, and stops its unusual bubbling.

The Damian boy scoffs under his breath, his mouth still coiled upward into a scowl. With the revelation of his blood relation to Daniel evident, Vlad's not sure if he should find it endearing or not.

He is not Daniel, so he decides that it's just simply irritating. He decides to ignore it.

"And you said he was your only biological son?" He asks, voice lilting and head tilting. He knows its a suspicious question at worst, insulting at best. But considering Wayne's past proclivities, he can hardly call it an unexpected question.

Damian puffs in great offense, face twisting angrily. It reminds him of Daniel when Vlad insisted that he was wrong about something or other, and for a moment his heart swells, fond.

But this is not his child, and so the feeling quickly crashes and burns, simmering back into rage. This was not Daniel -- this was his replacement. A replacement that Wayne was free to keep.

Wayne chuckles, idiotically, as if he'd said some funny joke. Vlad's other hand, the one gripping his cane -- something he's required ever since he was dispatched from the hospital all those lonely years ago -- tightens instead. He grinds his teeth -- him and Jack Fenton would get along like a house on fire, he hates it.

"I can understand why you'd ask that, Mister Masters," Wayne says, squeezing Damian's shoulder again, "but yes, Damian is my only biological son. Although that doesn't mean I don't love my other children any less."

Bastard.

For all his posturing and flouncing about caring for his city and his children, Vlad never would have thought the Prince of Gotham capable of abandoning one of them.

But, well.

They all have their dark secrets.

And what one man throws away, another man picks up. If Bruce Wayne didn't want the treasure child that was Daniel Brown, then Vlad Masters was more than happy to take him instead.

"I see."

[dumbasses-in-a-trenchcoat]

We need more characters in media that have acne and aren't presented as weird or gross

[tr1ppykay]

anytime someone talks about the "uncomfortable" parts of testosterone puberty and how its normal to be annoyed about certain things because even cis boys were bothered by the "icky stuff" im like. wait yall aren't getting massive euphoria from smelling like a locker room, forehead breakouts and having a hairy ass ?

[leafiz]

some doodles !!!!!!!! My favourite one is definitely sleepy nick,i hc that he has a rat plush cause rats are his favourite animal

[pepper-steam-milkshake]

well, the great news is that the art is in fact arting

[lockhartandlych]

told my mom i'm developing a widow's peak and she laughed, saying "yeah, it runs in the family among the men."

jesus christ with that and the neckbeard i really am intersex arent i

[stargirlshojo]

why can’t we as a society just let teenage girls have ANYTHING bro

i was bullied for my acne

bullied for my horrendous makeup skills to cover that acne

and now there’s ppl shitting on pimple patches?!!? excuse me if i’d rather use a medical grade bandage that’s cute and shaped like a star to cover the wounds on my face instead of spending an hour blending and using like 6 different products trying to make makeup look convincing when it never will for me bro

[sakasamashoujo]

i do a pretty good job at ignoring what i look like but when it hits me it hits like two trucks (having sex)

[fox-mulder-gets-pegged]

I'm decidedly femme but I absolutely cannot do my brows. Like I don't mean makeup wise, I just can't handle people plucking or waxing or threading them. The sensation just makes me wanna claw my face off when others or even myself start fucking with my brows. So I've got a full face of excellently done makeup and then big bushy dark brows and you know what? That's so fuckin sexy of me. Shout out to any other femmes who don't perfectly conform to The Standard Femme Look™ you're so gorgeous and you look great and ily.

[arooomofmyown]

my mum after my s/o visited: so did he tell you you looked pretty?

me: yeah

my mum: awww, he must've just said it to be nice

[paeinovis]

I think makeup should be restricted from teenagers like cigarettes are, there's probably worse mental health damage going on there quite frankly

[ghavialis]

The psychologist who's deciding if I'm transgendered enough to be on testosterone: I can really see and appreciate how honest and open you've been with me throughout this process

Me, having not told her about my very recent breakup, maintaining the perfect and correct amount of eye contact so she doesn't think I'm autistic and thus undeserving of treatment:

[cononeillbreastingboobily]

I just put on a facemask from Lush that infamously has garlic in it

Guess what my face now smells like

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

bothered by the trend of those blackhead removal or pimple popper videos, esp the ones on snapchat, bc it always seems exploitive of someone’s discomfort or medical treatment, as well as probably not best practices? if you’re motive is getting that “satisfying” pop and suspense then that’s not putting the person whose skin it is first. plus I always wonder how they find people with that sever of clogged pores for it, are people deliberately getting their skin to a point that the video will be ‘good’ instead of treating progressively? also iirc gradual cleaning can be a lot better for the skin than just yanking every blackhead out.  honestly my main issue is just how exploitive those seem and like they’re not prioritizing the person whose skin it is and instead focus on making a clickable video 

[buoyantsaturn]

one of the doctors at work keeps picking on me (/lh) for still wearing a mask but like. it's allergy season and I have tonsils that make me gag every time I have a tiny coughing fit and I don't need coworkers and patients alike thinking I'm like. diseased every time I start coughing. of course I'm going to keep wearing a mask. and also???? we're still in a PANDEMIC.....