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「 The new Titans 」
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My live Art For Trigon and Arella
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I won't lie, even as an atheist i am always completely confused by antisemitism in superhero fandoms. We most definetly wouldn't have modern superhero media without jewish men, while they were not perfect (it was the 40s-60s afterall, alot of stuff related to women and characters of color didn't age greatly), these days they make so much of modern pop-culture...it'd propably help if the movies (mainly Marvel) would stop ignoring characters jewish identity (Fantastic Four and X-men movies by Fox), toning them down as much as possible (Moon Knight) or christian-washing them (Scarlet Witch).
yeah, Jewish men literally made the comic book industry but of course their legacy hasn't really been honored. Modern comics in general are so soulless and any Jewish rep is there just to tick a box, at least in my opinion. Like in the Teen Titans Christmas special this year when they had a shot of the Tower decked out in Christmas decorations and then they had 2 tiny Hanukkah banners there just for no reason. Like why are they there?? As far as the comic presents, none of the Titans are Jewish, and the decorations didn't feel like a real Hanukkah decoration at all. It was just a diversity tick with no thought put into it.
I definitely agree that I wish comics would stop ignoring Jewish identity, and it would be great if there were just more Jewish characters in general. And if they do a Hanukkah special or whatever it would be awesome if they hired someone Jewish to write it.
Raven I think is an interesting example of comics being created by Jews - Marv Wolfman is Jewish, and though Raven is primarily Indian coded (mostly in an 80s cultural appropriation way, but I digress) she's also got some things about her that feel Jewish. Arella is an unconventional spelling of a Jewish name (Erela) and Rachel Roth (tho Wolfman isn't the one who gave her that name) is incredibly Jewish.
In the 80s comics Wolfman wrote, Arella's religion before coming to Azarath is unclear. Her birth name isn't Arella, but we don't know what it is beyond that. Raven is a character with a very strong conviction in her fictional, but very non Christian religion. In a way, she's both an antichrist and a Christ allegory (she dies for Trigon's sins, and is resurrected purified of evil to destroy him). She's just a mix of so many different things, and while I do think some of it could be more ironed out (like making her actually Indian instead of a white woman who's very clearly been inspired by Indian culture) I think for the most part these elements work together.
20 years later, Raven gets a reboot, and much of this is gone. Arella's birth name is Angela, and it's now canon that she joined a demonic cult to escape her Christian family. Raven still has a connection to Azarath, but this gets less and less prominent and in the current run, it's completely gone.
I think that even though the cult of Azar is not a real religion, so it's not like anyone was being represented by it, it's very frustrating that they got rid of it in favor of making Raven vaguely culturally Christian (and even outright Christian in the 2018 live action show). Christian homogeny comes for literally everything, even this comic book character's fictional religion that was once a central part of her character.
The weirdest part is Marv Wolfman's modern Raven solos only further reinforce her new Christian backstory, having her stay with her very Christian aunt's family and even having a storyline about pushing her to go to Mass on Christmas, despite him being Jewish himself. It's unclear how much of this was his own writing choices and how much was an editorial mandate, but it's weird.
This got kind of rambley but my main point is modern DC flattens out it's characters to insane degrees, and that includes things like unique religious practices, fictional and real. Everyone is just vaguely culturally Christian with no further thought given to what makes sense for the character, and any religious diversity (in the comics I have read) is almost entirely there just to tick a box with no real thought or depth put in.
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trigon pic below the cut
TRIGON SAYS VOTE ELTGON 🗣🗣🗣
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More 80s Titans brainrot, cause why not. This time with Tara and Rachel again.
Rachel Roth is of course, is a very Jewish name. Rachel literally means ewe in Hebrew, just like Arella means messenger of God, or more literally, an angel. So sheep and an angel. Very Christ-y.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roth_(surname)
Roth has Germanic origins, but apparently it was a popular surname adopted by (Ashkenazi) Jews in Germanic countries. It means the following:
The spilling of blood from the warrior class of ancient Germanic soldiers;
Ethnic name for an Anglo-Saxon, derived from rot (meaning "red" before the 7th century), referencing red-haired people;
Topographical name, derived from rod (meaning "wood"), meaning a dweller in such a location;
Derivative from hroth (from the Proto-Germanic word for "fame"; related to hrod);
Local name for 18th-century Ashkenazi refugees to Germany;
Derivative from roe in the ancient Danish language to signify (of) a king;
Of the red colour of clay, as in pottery (German).
Bunch of possible associations. I'm guessing most of the associations with the color red has to do with her earlier relationship with Wally, not the later associations her character has.
I think the initial vibe Wolfman-Perez were going for was the inverted Christ imagery, as a sacrifical sheep soaked in blood, for Trigon’s return. Obviously Joey’s hero name, Jericho, also ironically teases he will be killed by his own father’s hand, with Slade being shown as a Biblical Pagan King, punished to kill his own Jewish son.
For Tara,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_(given_name)
Irish Gaelic: refers to the Hill of Tara, or Teamhair na Rí, the legendary seat of the High King of Ireland
In Serbia the name is often associated with the mountain of Tara and national park in Serbia and river Tara in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Marathi, Persian, Punjabi, Kurdish, Tamil, Bengali, Telugu, Sinhalese: "Star"
Obviously Tara is chosen because it is similar to Terra, but it is interesting it refers to high places in both Irish Gaelic and Serbian, though Serbian Mountain of Tara’s name is apparently based off an Illyrian tribe that lived there (which are considered to be ancestors of Albanians in Balkans, not really a Slavic connection). It is more likely that Irish Gaelic connection is more important, since Brion also comes from Gaelic word for Hill:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian
It is possible that the name is derived from an Old Celtic word meaning "high" or "noble".[1] For example, the element bre means "hill"; which could be transferred to mean "eminence" or "exalted one"
There isn’t much to discuss about the name Markov, though. It comes from Mark, and -ov is just a suffix more or less meaning “sons of x”. As tamaranorbust made clear in her Terra retrospective, this comes from Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident writer assasinated by the Bulgarian Secret Service and the KGB :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov
As for the surname itself, it is mostly common in Russia and Bulgaria, and not really common other Slavic countries, most notably, not Czechia or Slovakia (though the surname still exists there apparently), which serve as the initial basis for Markovia. No wonder other DC writers took Brad Meltzer by moving Markovia way further east geographically.
Another thing to note, apparently there are some cases where the Markov surname isn’t given the feminine form, Markova:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Markov
Though the Czech spelling apparently would be Marková:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuzana_Markov%C3%A1_(soprano)
Another thing to note about Meltzer, obviously he went the retcon of Brion meaning Superman in Markovian language, but I don’t know if the name Tara was pun Kara’s name (which also doesn’t come from Turkic Kara, but Latin, Gaelic or Greek Cara, which mean similar but different things), or perhaps some cheeky reference to both Laura (Madame Rouge) and/or Rita. I assume both are in effect.
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Love is Strange
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/VrkZaoR
by LoviBtchez
Inspirations: “Bewitched,” “The Addams Family,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Masel,” “The Munster's”
Jason was a simple mortal who just so happened to live around the mystic and the broken. After a brief time dead, he returns to the mortal world where all he wants to do is settle down with a normal girl in a normal home working a normal job. Instead, he meets Raven, a half-demon and a witch. She wants nothing more than to escape her life as the princess of hell and live a normal, mortal life. (Takes place in the bombshell era). There will be talk of racism, sexism, and homophobia.
Words: 5344, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Teen Titans - All Media Types, DCU, Bombshells (DC Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/M
Characters: Raven (Teen Titans), Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Arella Roth (DCU), Trigon (DCU)
Relationships: Raven/Red X (DCU), Raven/Jason Todd, Raven/Red Hood, Red Hood x Raven
Additional Tags: Cute, Fluff, 50's-60's vibe, Bewitched meets Addams family kind of vibes, Retro, Alternate Universe - Bombshells (DC Comics) Setting
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/VrkZaoR
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Make Room
Raven's made peace with the idea of loving Beast Boy, but isn't sure of how to express or confess her feelings or if she should. She consults her mother during a visit to Azarath. Sister piece to 'Trigon the Benevolent.
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A/N: I don’t own Teen Titans
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A black-haired older woman lays down a plain white saucer with matching teacup, almost filled to the brim with warm herbal tea in front a purple-haired younger woman seated at a brown table. The young woman is dressed in black, long sleeved leotard, royal blue ruffled boots that reach ankle level and a gold belt with circular dark red gems embedded in it. There’s also a hooded cloak that matches her boots sitting over the back of the chair she’s seated in.
The older woman is dressed similarly to her younger counterpart, except her leotard, cloak and boots are colored white. She smiles fondly at the younger woman, which other than a little more roundness in her face, pale grey skin tone and larger eyes, is practically the splitting image of the older black-haired woman.
Older woman takes a seat directly across for the younger one, then starts to stir her own cup of tea.
“Boy trouble, dear?” Said the older woman before she took a sip. “I’m not really an expert on the subject, considering your father is the only man I’ve ever loved.”
The younger woman’s gaze is fixed to her tea, the cup being grasped by both of her hands. “It isn’t trouble exactly. I know I’m sure of my feelings. It’s more I’m terrified of what could happen if I confess.” The younger woman droned in a monotoned voice.
The older woman giggles, “Again, Raven. It’s not my area of expertise. Have you tried telling Garfield how you feel? Being straight forward with your father always worker for me.”
“Mother! It’s not that simple!”
The older woman giggles once more, “What’s the worst that can happen, dear Raven?”
It’s amazing, thinks Raven, Lady Arella, spiritual leader of our people, laughing at her daughter’s romantic plight.
The red faced, embarrassed Raven waits until her mother stops laughing.
“If I’m rejected, I could end the world, again.” Raven said dryly.
“Oh, stop!” Said Arella, waiving her hand at her daughter. “Do you think Garfield feels the same?”
“That’s the thing. I try not to pry on my friend’s feelings, like you and Azar had taught me, but some of them feel so strongly I can’t help but sense what they feel.” Said Raven, running her hand through her hair in frustration. “Occasionally, when he practically begs me to hang out with the team, I catch his eyes and a very strong, very brief feeling of something underneath his friendly affection for me before he breaks contact. I’d imagine he’d been taught to dull his emotions by Mento, lest they run into an enemy who can use it against him. But, it’s somewhat like the affection I feel from Starfire. It’s confusing. Does he feel affection for me like a close friend or sister like Kori? What is he hiding beyond his friendly affection for me?” Said Raven, looking away from her mother. Raven takes a long sip of her tea, then re-establishes eye contact with Arella. “When did you know you and father were in love with each other?”
Arella smiles brightly once more at Raven, “It wasn’t just one ‘aha’ moment. After he saved me from the Church of Blood, he arranged for me to stay with an ally of his. Even though Trigon wasn’t around all the time, he still checked up on me, talked with me. And at that point in my life I didn’t really care what happened to me after that betrayal by the Church of Blood. It didn’t matter that I was comfortable around him or that I honestly thought he was handsome. When I confronted him about why he was being nice to me, he said something to the effect of, ‘Speaking from experience, I can sense you need a friend.’” Her face takes a solemn expression, “I was lucky he reached out. I don’t know what would’ve become of me had he not. It was around then the dynamic between us started to change. I started being receptive to his friendliness, we spoke about everything in length. I guess when I really noticed I was feeling something for him was during one birthday.” Arella points to the jewel embedded in her forehead. “When I was a teenager, I got a fake a chakra stone put into my forehead. My foster father at the time didn’t take kindly to that and violently tore the piercing out, leaving a scar on my forehead. As a birthday gift, Trigon healed the scar and embedded a real chakra gem in its place. It actually awakened empathetic and magical potential. I remember smiling at him with tears in my eyes and that gesture made me realize my feelings for him. He would later admit that it was my smile that day that made him realize his feelings for me as well.” She finished with faraway look on her face, and a pink tint to her cheeks. “Much like how you described with Garfield, I occasionally catch your father watching me, not with eyes of something he wants, well, maybe with some want.” She laughs.
“Mom, you’re his peace, his rock. You keep him grounded when the emotional fragments become too much to bear.” Said Raven.
"We both are, Raven. Do you remember when Trigon showed you his memories, dear?”
Raven nods in the affirmative, recalling the somber memory of find out her father’s past.
“Your father’s love… It’s difficult to explain, but it's strong. Intoxicating even. It’s burning hot, like a white star and comforting like a secure embrace. Is that what you sense with your brief glimpses from Gar?”
The young half-demoness nods meekly.
Arella gets up from her seat across from Raven. When she reaches her daughter, she lays a kiss to Raven’s forehead. “Open your senses Raven. Have a little courage and tell Garfield how you feel. I have faith that you’ll find what you’re looking for.”
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After consulting her mother, Raven teleported back to Titans Tower. More specifically in her room.
From there she decided to make her way to the tower’s kitchen area, having not had her fill of tea in Azarath.
The door to common/kitchen area hisses open and there’s nothing but the blare of television to greet her.
Beast Boy pokes his head up over the couch to see who’s graced him with their presence.
“Oh, it’s you Rae!” He said in surprise.
She read his emotions with her empathetic senses.
There it is, she thinks.
Like many other times before, right beneath his friendly affection for her.
Comforting like an embrace.
Hot as the hottest of stars.
And almost strong enough to get high on.
Love.
And just like that it’s gone.
“Uh, Raven? You OK?” Says the changeling having interrupted her realization.
“Huh?” She said embarrassed having been caught staring. “Sorry,” she mutters, pulling her hood up to hide her blushing face, “I must’ve spaced out. Where’s everyone?”
Beast Boy throws his arm over the back of the couch to hold himself up, having been lying down previously. “Dates,” said Beast Boy, a hint of sadness coming across his features, “Rob and Star are at the movies and Bee was in town and dragged Cy to grab a bite to eat. Seems everyone’s getting together these days, huh Rae?” He finished with a smile that didn’t quite reach his face.
She hums noncommittally as she makes her way to the cabinet to grab her kettle to warm some water for tea.
“Poor baby,” intoned Happy. “How much longer are we going to wait to confess? I can’t stand to see my Beasty so sad!”
With his feelings for her practically confirmed at this point, the empath racks her mind trying think of a way to confess without shattering all the windows in the tower.
While filling the kettle and putting on a flame on the stove, Raven’s interrupted by yet another one of her emotoclones.
“Remember what mother said, ‘have a little courage.’” Said Brave.
An idea pops into Raven’s head at Brave’s declaration.
“It’s just crazy enough to work,” said Knowledge.
“What if he isn’t receptive to it?” Said Timid.
“It has to! Who could deny what our Raven has planned!” intoned Affection.
With her plan in mind, Raven removes the kettle and pours the warm water into a waiting cup. She grabs two bags, throwing it into the cup, adds honey and takes a long sip.
“I’m going to need you, Brave,” she said quietly before polishing off her tea.
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The resident verdant shapeshifter is lounging the plush black leather of the living room couch, hands behind his head, enjoying a binge session of Bob’s Burgers.
His enjoyment of the shenanigans of the Belcher family’s interrupted, as Raven steps in his line of sight.
“Hey Rae, what’s up?” He asked, not that he minded the view.
She stares down at him, determined look on her face. “Scooch,” she said simply, waving her hand.
“Wha?”
“Make room for me, Garfield.”
Gar motions to the couch, “Um, there’s plenty of room on the couch Rae. I’ll sit up to give you space, if you want.”
She hums once more. She then unclasps her cloak, throwing it toward the other end of the couch.
A blush comes over the face of the shapeshifter at the rare sight of Raven without her cloak, the changeling more than pleased at the sight of the empath’s shapely legs.
She cracks a rare smile at the changeling. “It’s fine,” she said simply.
Her next actions come as a great surprise Beast Boy.
She takes a seat on the edge of the couch, her rear touching his hip. She then swings herself around, laying her body on top of a half of his. She wraps an arm behind his neck, her other resting on his chest. She then entangles her legs with his, her right leg in between his, her knee falling just short of the most sensitive part of his anatomy. She wriggles around on top of him trying find a comfortable position. Once she finds comfort, she nuzzles his neck. Her lips are right by his pulse. If she had a mind to, she could…
“No can do, boss!” Yelled Happy. “That’s gonna take more courage and I hate to tell you, but this impromptu cuddle session took pretty much all we had.”
An image of her emotoclones standing over an unconscious Brave in Nevermore flashes in Raven’s mind. The emotoclone has a dopy grin on her face and her cheeks are flushed as her head is cradled in Affection’s lap, as the representation of love fans her off.
Thank, Brave, you did us good. And thank you mother. Thinks Raven.
“So, does this mean what I think it means?” Asks Beast Boy.
“Yes, it does, Gar.”
“Well, in that case…”
Raven releases a yelp in surprise as she’s repositioned by Garfield as he forcefully reconfigures their position.
Now, she’s sitting across his lap, her legs on the couch, arms wrapped around his neck as he’s sitting up regularly on the couch, her body pressed up to his.
“I think I might owe you a date, Raven.”
She laughs at her changeling’s declaration.
#Teen Titans#bbrae#bbxrae#beast boy x raven#beast boy#garfield logan#raven#arella x trigon#Trigon#FF.net#fanfiction#fanfic
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Trigon and Arella [ TrigElla ]
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DamiRae Earth-3 AU
Damian Wayne, son of Thomas Wayne Jr. and Rachel Roth, daughter of Arella Roth and Trigon
What if... in Earth-3 alternate universe, Damian Wayne is the son of Thomas Wayne Jr. (a.k.a. Owlman)? And instead of adopting and training Dick Grayson as his sidekick Talon, that mantle is given to Damian since Thomas decided to groom his own son to become like him.
And... Raven’s origin is like from DC Bombshells. Her father Trigon is a Mountain Spirit, instead of an inter-dimensional demon, who fell in love with Arella. Rachel (Raven) is living with her parents and they taught her on how to control her supernatural abilities and use it for good.
Just a thought. 🤔🤔🤔
#damirae#demonbirds#damirae au#earth-3#damian wayne#talon#rachel roth#raven#damian x raven#just a thought#earth-3 au#thomas wayne jr.#arella roth#trigon#talon!damian
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TrigElla Aesthetic ❤️
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What about TrigElla flag 💜🤍❤️
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I drew comic art, which I liked to show the evil version of Arella, for a change! 💜🖤
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6, 13, 14, 18 all with Raven pls
Who's a character you love seeing interacting with [x]?
i mean i'll take basically anyone tbh, but i love raven and arella... i wish modern writers would remember she exists
Share a comic panel you like with [x] in it.
i love this one soooo much
What's your favorite thing about character [x]?
how can i choose just one!!! uhh i'm gonna say her pacifism and her relationship with trigon... love her sm
What's your favorite ship with [x], canon or not?
koryrae or donnarae!!
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Criminal Investigator AU HC
I would first like to start off by saying thank you to everyone.
I honestly did not expect the response I got to my Damirae Hospital AU HC list.
When I first woke up and checked tumblr ~13 hours after posting I had a holy shit moment.
I felt powerful, should I? Probably not.
But! Since I am noticing a lack of AUs in the fandom, whether on Tumblr, AO3 or FanFiction.net, whatever AU comes to my mind I shall jot down some hcs for!
Thank you all once again!
(Also trying format changes for easy reading)
(Also Also, I am thinking the story is less fluid but more episodic)
Let’s get started:
- So I’m thinking this is some FBI, SVU, and FBI BAU mixture or whatever. Basically all the great shows we know in love shoved together. From Bones to Criminal Minds and everything in between.
- Special Agent (Dr.) Raven Roth is a lead interrogator and is the resident psych consult.
She’s been educated in interrogation, behavioral science, psychology, forensic pathology, and criminology.
She has combat training (hand to hand), she carries (for her job) a gun and at all times has a knife/dagger on her person (people have stopped trying to figure out where she keeps them).
Her father was/is crime boss T. Trigon who is currently imprisoned.
Was born in the states but fled with her mother to Romania when she was a newborn.
When Trigon found them he killed Arella and took Raven, she was abut 9 - 10 years old.
She took her mother’s last name when she turned 18.
Knows two languages besides English; French, Romanian, Romani (various dialects but knows multiple), Greek and Latin
On more than one occasion some goon of her father’s tries to recruit her, every time she kicks their ass. (Damian was there for the most recent (he was still green though))
Lives by herself in a decent sized apartment, has a gun safe (gun safety is important!), a cat (Nevermore), and is a regular at a 24/7 bookstore &/ cafe
Can usually be found wearing some kind of jacket, sweater, cardigan
She once helped save some kids (Melvin, Tommy & Teether) and is now their surrogate aunt, she has photos of them at her desk @ work. (Damian assumes/ed that they were her kids)
She also, when she can, hangs out and babysits them on occasion.
Raven is part of a team consisting of Dick Grayson (unit leader), Kori Anders, Garfield Logan, Jaime Reyes, and very recently Damian Wayne
- Special Agent Damian Wayne is a lead investigator (he is still a bit fresh to the unit), translator, sniper and combat coordinator
He’s been educated in martial arts, explosives, hand to hand combat, close range combat, and combat (basically he knows how to kill you 9 ways to Sunday), also, behavioral science, computer science, criminology, linguistics and language.
He can easily translate (into English): Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Hindi, Bengali, French, Polish, German, Spanish, Portuguese, he can also learn any language you put in front of him and know the basics within a day
(Having lived in many places around the world he needed to be able to speak and understand in order to survive) (wow dramatic much?)
His father is currently the director (or deputy director, whatever floats ya boat) of the FBI.
His mother was essentially a secret agent who worked for various agencies around the globe. (deceased)
His grandfather was the leader of a, um, well to be honest, terrorist agency. (deceased)
Was sent to live with his father when he was 15 (when his mother died) and has been in the states ever since
Lives alone, he has an upscale apartment that he truthfully spends little time in, has multiple locations in the home where various weapons are stored, his place has a very cold atmosphere
Is either in proper work attire or in work out clothing, there is no in between
Tries and fails not to take work home with him
He sees a therapist (who says he should probably try investing in relationships with the people at his job)
His only “friend” (he hates calling him that, more like close acquaintance) is Jonathan Kent who was in his class at the FBI Academy, Jon works in a white collar crime department in Metropolis
The only person he actually kind of sort of doesn’t dislike is in fact Raven Roth, she’s a no bull shit person, he likes that
He may know Grayson because of how he’s Bruce’s kind of son but it does not mean he likes him
He finds Logan annoying as all hell, even if he is somewhat useful
He picked a fight with Reyes first day and regretted it (he will never admit that), he respects him
Anders is overly friendly in his opinion, kind of acts like a secretary with all that positivity and grates his nerves, he tolerates her
(Unlike last time I am not going in detail about the rest of the team, this will be brief)
- Supervisory Special Agent Dick Grayson (Unit Chief) is basically Dick Grayson with a big fancy title but all the same skills
He is also obsessed with Slade Wilson and Red X (who is Jason in this)
- Supervisory Special Agent Kori Anders is a lead investigator and is also a go to for undercover work
- Special Agent Garfield Logan is a lead interrogator, is head of the unit’s K-9 unit and kind of has a thing for Roth (which she does not reciprocate)
- Special Agent Jaime Reyes is a tactical analyst, tech analyst and is head of the unit’s SWAT team, he does not do well with talking with people, or change
The Scarab is a computing program that Jaime created himself
STORY START:
- When Damian first joins the team there is another member, Special Agent Terra Markov, she is revealed as a sleeper agent but she aligns herself with the team and sadly is shot and killed in a fire fight
- A couple weeks after Agent Markov’s death everyone is talking about what they are doing for an upcoming holiday, Damian says probably nothing, Raven invites him to spend it with her and her “niece” and “nephews,” he declines
- About a day after the holiday Damian is home looking through case files when someone knocks on his door
-- It is Raven. He asks how she knew where he lived, she says she asked Dick, she also says that she knows how it feels to be alone and that he may be insufferable but it doesn’t mean he can’t have a friend
-- His response is saying he isn’t the kind to make friends with co workers
-- “I’m not asking to be your friend Damian, I am asking you to be his,” She reveals a small black great dane puppy “I know that other people aren’t really your thing, but having someone in your corner and waiting for you is always nice, even if it isn’t human.”
-- Damian invites her in, names the dog Titus and thanks her
-- “Just make sure no one tries to kidnap and kill you, we don’t need you to go full blown John Wick.” Damian has no idea who that is. Raven tells him it is an action movie series that he should watch. She leaves. He does watch them that night with Titus on his lap. (after having gone to the local pet supply store to get everything he needs) The action is inaccurate but he enjoyed the movies none the less, and decides that he probably would go into John Wick mode if someone hurt Titus.
- SA Roth and SA Wayne are sent to a high security federal prison to interrogate a prisoner, who refuses to speak
-- When they get into the interview room the prisoner does start to speak, but not in English and not in a language Damian is fluent in
-- Raven on the other hand immediately responds to the prisoner (shocking the prisoner and Damian) “He is speaking Romani though not the dialect of those overseas, he learned it here.”
-- Damian is fascinated by it and they are essentially switching roles the entire time
-- They leave having successfully interviewing the prisoner, and Raven leaves behind a written list of common words in Romani so that they can possibly communicate with the prisoner better
-- As soon as they are on the plane back Damian asks her a myriad of questions from “How many languages do you know?” to “When did you learn that?” and even “Are you a spy? Sleeper agent? Part of a terrorist cell?”
-- “Not as many as you, when I was a child, if I was part of any of that you wouldn’t be asking.” The rest of the trip is spent with her teaching him Romani and even some Romanian
- Dick & Kori eventually get together and after a while they break up. Kori takes some vacation time. At the same Dick has been temporarily reassigned to another unit.
-- Chaos ensues
-- Garfield thinks he should be the interim unit chief, Jaime thinks the same, as does, you guessed it, Damian (Raven doesn’t want to she is comfortable with her role on the team)
-- In the end they are assigned an interim unit chief, SSA Jason Todd, who usually works overseas on covert op missions (not gonna lie this could easily flow into a Jayrae thing)
-- Everyone kind of falls into line, except Damian, Damian doesn’t like him for two reasons
1) He doesn’t act serious about the job 24/7
2) He has been flirting and hitting on Raven the moment he stepped into their sector
-- Damian hates the names he gives her; “Little Bird,” “Sunshine,” “Princess,” “Rae,” (no one calls her Rae, not even Garfield, at least not after the incident) etc.
-- (Little does Damian know, Jason and Raven have worked together before and are actually friends)
-- This all comes to a head when Damian and Jason are the only ones still in the office after a tiring case.
“You shouldn’t do that you know.”
“Do what? All I am doing right now is contemplating where Grayson keeps the liquor.”
“Call Raven all those names, she doesn’t like it.”
“Really? Because if you haven’t noticed she hasn’t exactly asked me to stop.”
“She gets uncomfortable, maybe not to the extent of asking you to stop, but she tenses up and her body language becomes slightly more agitated.”
“You seem to pay a lot of attention in how she reacts to thinks baby brat. Seems to me that you like her.”
“Of course I like her, she is a good friend and reliable teammate.”
“No, you like like her.”
“That presumption is juvenile.”
“But you don’t deny it.”
“Tch.”
-- If anything after that conversation Jason seems to doubled his advances. Which confuses both Damian and Raven. Damian because it is inappropriate and HR will be hearing about this. Raven because she was under the assumption that she and Jason were just friends. (Jason actually does have genuine intentions but is like 60% just egging Damian on)
-- Eventually (far too long for Damian’s tastes), both Dick and Kori return. At first it is sooooooo awkward. Like mom and dad divorced have shared custody but don’t hate each other but also cannot look each other in the eye. ((Was that a mouthful? Good)) No one can really look at each other the same? Though they do have a meeting to sort it out, get everything out in the open.
- Raven’s annual kidnapping/attempt to convert her/torture comes almost exactly one year after Damian joined the team (this is his 2nd time dealing with this)
-- This time Damian is prepared. By prepared I mean Raven doesn’t even leave her apartment before she is taken to safety.
“Damian what is going on?”
“Christmas came early this year that’s what.”
“Christmas? What in gods name are you talking about.”
“God has no dealings in this matter.”
“You do realize you are sounding like a bad action movie? It is not even 6 am and I am in your car going somewhere, I have had little to no sleep and I am barely dressed. What is going on?” Damian hadn’t payed attention to what clothing Raven was wearing. His mind was on one goal. Find Raven, keep Raven safe. His eyes glanced off the road enough to realize she was indeed not properly dressed. Her body was merely adorned with an oversized tee-shirt, tiny barely there shorts and a pair of fluffy socks.
“I apologize, it appears in my haste I did not leave you time to properly clothe yourself. As to why you are here, it seems your father and his people have shortened their waiting time this year from one year to a little more than ten months.” Ravens hands fisted her shirt. “This time I was prepared,” last time he was still new to everything, last time he made mistakes, this time there will be no mistakes. “Since our last encounter with your demon, so to speak, I have been setting in place precautions and safety measures to ensure Nevermore and yours’ safety. I have also been tracking the movements of his big players. If any came close I would mark it down. Multiple are entering the city at this moment. Seeing as you we taken last time I have made plans to ensure that will not happen again.” The car made a snap turn down an unfamiliar street pulling Raven from her clouded gaze.
“So I am going to be okay this time?” Her voice was faint and restraining against hope.
“You’re going to be okay.” His hand lightly held hers. Only to stop the shaking, they told themselves, only to make everything better. “Nevermore is with Titus at my place being watched by a friend of mine. I have already walked Grayson through everything we will not be expected at work this week, but we can work remotely.”
“We?”
“I’m not going to leave you. Ever.”
-- ((Sorry for the blocks of text))
-- As Raven finds out they are at one of Damian’s safe houses. The one least likely to be tied to her. It is fully stocked with food, has security cameras and if needed weapons. The only problem is that the only clothes there are Damians.
“Thought of everything huh?”
“I was following their pattern, I expected to have more time to acquire clothing for you.” (he was looking away and blushing, you cannot tell me he wasn’t)
-- Raven just resigns herself to wearing Damian’s clothes, yes his brain does stop working for a hot second when he sees her in only his clothes.
-- All attempts to try and retrieve codename: Gem of Scath are foiled (like some good math)
-- So many bonding moments happen. Cuddling (pure accident *rolls eyes*), eating together, inside jokes, etc. At one point Damian answers her phone (he disabled and disconnected the tracer) to one of the mob guys after them.
“Hello?”
“You can hide the gem but we will find her.”
“I’m sorry, is there a jewel you are looking for? I don’t think I have and any jewels that I am coveting.”
“We know you are with her! It is but a matter of time until we collect her.”
“I hope you do eventually find whatever you are looking for sir, but I haven’t the slightest idea the gem you speak of. If you could give me a physical description? Is it a ruby, diamond, onyx? Is it round or more of a pear shape?”
“...”
“Well, I will look for it here, but I do not believe I possess what you speak of. Will you give me your number so I can call you back?” (The line cuts dead, and Raven can be seen laughing in the background, the phone was on speaker)
-- Once the team tracks down, arrests and interrogates all of the parties working for Trigon; Raven and Nevermore can go home. Though both are reluctant in their own way. Nevermore has grown attached to Titus, and Raven well Raven has feelings. Sadly, as Raven knows, feelings are dangerous to have in their line of work.
-- Look at Dick and Kori they were together and then they fell apart and the team almost imploded.
-- What about Trigon if he finds out about Damian and how she feels towards him? What kind of danger will he be in then?
-- Like all of her feelings Raven puts them in a box and locks the box away. Not just figuratively, in her safe there is a box with: post its, torn papers, journals, etc. That box has a lock on it. Whenever she has a new feeling that she cannot ignore, like her feelings towards Special Agent Wayne, she takes out the box and writes her feelings down. They can range from a single sentence to pages worth. (Her feelings towards Damian fill a small notebook she has on hand). Once she has written all of her feelings out she places them in the box, locks said box and then places the locked box in her safe, which she then locks.
-- Is this a healthy way to cope with her feelings? Maybe not. But, it is way better than how Damian deals with his. Violence. Also art but violence comes first.
- At this point both Damian and Raven have caught the feelings (highly contagious I hear), which makes this a little awkward and a little not awkward. For one everyone but Raven knows how Damian feels towards her. He does things for her and with her that no one else gets the privilege to.
-- To list a few:
--- He brings her tea whenever he gets himself coffee or tea
--- He talks to her about what he does outside of work, even about his kind of friend definitely not enemy, Jon.
--- They socialize outside of work. Watching bad movies (some of them are not that bad), going to the park with Titus (they once got Nevermore in a leash and walked her), meeting each other before and after work to get breakfast or dinner.
--- He doesn’t glare at her
--- He allows physical contact between the two
--- He worries about her (hello he created an entire plan so that she wouldn’t get kidnapped, with contingencies and everything, garfield would be lucky to get a plan)
--- His eyes light up when she talks, or enters a room, or you know exists in his vicinity
--- He actually smiles around her (Dick caught him smiling once at Raven and he though Damian was having a stroke)
-- Even though everyone knows Damian likes Raven, very few know that Raven likes Damian back. (this only includes; Kori, Dick, Jason, Titus, Nevermore, and Melvin) She does do certain things that give herself away just like Damian.
--The list:
--- When Damian gets frustrated or angry she puts a hand on his arm, or holds his hand
--- She laughs at things he does (light chuckles, or little giggles)
--- She will talk to him about his interests and actively tries to have conversations with him about things unrelated to work.
--- She blushes when he does something unexpected (like a compliment)((Mostly she tries to hide it until he isn’t looking at her))(((Kori has caught the blush before)))
-- Luckily for them it does not take some cliche ‘One suddenly becomes in danger and the other one saves them only to be close to death and then they admit their love for one another and promise to go on a date when the other is healed’ situation.
-- Damian actually asks Raven out after being tipped of by Jason and Dick that she may like him back. Damian finds out when they have days off at the same time and asks her while leaving work.
“Raven, you have this weekend off correct?”
“Yeah I do. I wasn’t planning on doing anything though. Did you have something in mind?”
“Um, yeah, heh, I was wondering if you would do me the pleasure of going to dinner with me tomorrow.” *Awkwardly rubs back of neck*
“Like a date or two friends going to dinner?” *Thinks she sounds harsh* “I am honestly fine with either since we are friends.” *nervous smile*
“Like a date if that is okay with you of course.”
“Yeah, yeah totally that is totally okay with me.” *Starts sounding like a teenage girl who only knows about 10 words, because she’s nervous*
“Good, I’ll be by your place around 1830, if that is okay?” *nerve central, the central nervous system could never*
“Yup that is totally fine with me.”
“Great.”
“Good.” The elevator opens in the knick of time.
“See you tomorrow evening Agent Roth. Have a good night.”
“You too, Agent Wayne, you too.”
-- When Damian does pick her up he feels like his brain is going to explode. She looks absolutely breathtaking. This is just like all the other times they’ve gone to dinner, except this restaurant is slightly fancier and they are on a date.
-- Raven feels as though all her emotions are leaking out at once, she has no idea what she is doing.
-- In the end they have a good time and decide to do it again. Damian does bring up that all of the breakfasts and dinners they regularly do could now be considered dates. Raven does not oppose that switch at all.
- Fast forward a handful of years (like 3?), Damian and Raven are moved in together (Nevermore and Titus are happy about this, they even allow the humans to adopt another pet, a cat named Alfred). Damian is now Supervisory Special Agent Wayne and is in charge of their unit. Raven has retired from field work and now works at the FBI academy and at Virginia State University. In about 6 months Damian is going to propose and Raven will say yes. Their wedding will be small but happy and full of life.
Once again I would like to thank everyone and all the support the previous post got.
Like last time if anything is disjointed, out of place or seems wrong, please go ahead and tell me. I have been working on this since the last one, but have finally had the time to finish it.
I hope the new year will bring us all some good. Possibly more head canons to come.
#damirae#Damian Wayne#raven#Rachel Roth#damian x raven#Teen Titans#Headcanon#How do tags work#dc#demonbirds
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Love is Strange
by LoviBtchez
Inspirations: “Bewitched,” “The Addams Family,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Masel,” “The Munster's”
Jason was a simple mortal who just so happened to live around the mystic and the broken. After a brief time dead, he returns to the mortal world where all he wants to do is settle down with a normal girl in a normal home working a normal job. Instead, he meets Raven, a half-demon and a witch. She wants nothing more than to escape her life as the princess of hell and live a normal, mortal life. (Takes place in the bombshell era). There will be talk of racism, sexism, and homophobia.
Words: 5344, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Teen Titans - All Media Types, DCU, Bombshells (DC Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/M
Characters: Raven (Teen Titans), Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Arella Roth (DCU), Trigon (DCU)
Relationships: Raven/Red X (DCU), Raven/Jason Todd, Raven/Red Hood, Red Hood x Raven
Additional Tags: Cute, Fluff, 50's-60's vibe, Bewitched meets Addams family kind of vibes, Retro, Alternate Universe - Bombshells (DC Comics) Setting
source https://archiveofourown.org/works/42936390
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How do you Mods feel about Sladegon (Slade x Trigon)?
Let me start by saying that the only reason I’m voicing it here is because you asked. And I’m totally okay with you guys shipping whatever you want to ship!
So, my opinion? Well: It’s not my cup of tea. But then, imagining Trigon in any relationship isn’t my cup of tea. Just too many thoughts of what he did to Raven and Arella in my head for there to be any room for ~love~ in his life, I guess.
~ mod Temples
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