#bc thats rivals???

[phantom-0-writer]

prompt 01: gotham academy's mentorship program

“Mr. Wayne, thank you so much for finding the time to meet with me.” Principal Carson, someone Bruce, became more and more familiar with as the years passed, welcomed him into his office. 

“I hope my children aren’t causing you too much trouble, Mr. Carson.” Bruce chuckled lightly, sitting in the guest seat. 

“After your generous donations to the school, I would find that difficult to believe.” Mr. Carson laughed conversationally, before getting right to business. “Actually, the reason I wanted to meet with you in person rather than over the phone despite, I’m sure, your busy schedule was to discuss Damian.” 

Damian had come to the Manor about a year and a half ago, and had been attending Gotham Academy for almost 9 months. Bruce had hoped that going to school with other kids his age would help Damian become more sociable and learn about larger society outside of the Bat, Birds, and League, but that was proving to be difficult considering the almost regular calls Alfred received from the school about Damian’s behavior or actions. 

Bruce couldn’t help the weary sigh that escaped him, “I assure you Principal Carson, we-” 

“I think you're misunderstanding, Mr. Wayne. Damian is not in any kind of trouble.” Mr. Carson reassured, “Well, for now that is.” He chuckled dryly. 

“Ah.” Bruce nodded, letting his airhead persona take the lead, while still showing that he was paying careful attention. 

“In the last few years, Gotham Academy started a mentorship program, where the younger kids usually between the grades of 5-8 can get mentored by their seniors. Damian is a brilliant child, concerningly so I believe. His peers often can’t keep up with him in terms of academics, but he lags far behind them in social skills. I think Damian would benefit from the mentorship program, where he can have someone who can truly keep up with him intellectually as well as guide him socially.” Mr. Carson explained. 

Bruce considered this, letting the idea turn over in his mind. Perhaps this is what Damian would need. “You sound like you have someone in mind.” 

“I believe the best candidate for the job would be Daniel Fenton.” Mr. Carson handed him the student profile. “He’s here on a Wayne Scholarship, which he’s held for the past year. Mr. Fenton is currently in the 11th grade, his chosen career path is astrophysics, which he plans to pursue into college. His grades are outstanding despite his difficult classes, and his professors all share the same sentiment that Mr. Fenton holds one of the greatest minds in the Academy. He shares many of the same classes with Tim as well. He has a friendly personality and gets along well with most people, pretty athletically inclined as well. All around Mr. Fenton is what Gotham Academy hopes our student to be.” 

Bruce looked over the profile in his hand. Daniel James Fenton seemed like an outstanding student. Perhaps it was time to put him to the test with Damian Wayne. 

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When Danny had been called to the office, because apparently they had assigned him a mentee, he had been expecting the worst. All the scholarship students had to sign up for the mentorship program to be on standby if a mentee ever applied. All the other scholarship kids had said it was just a formality and that none of them ever got called for it. But classic Fenton Luck. 

When Danny walked into Principal Carson’s office he was prepared to be faces with some snot-nosed brat who wouldn’t know how to take no for an answer and didn’t care about classes because they would just inherit their parents big shot company was what he was expecting. 

So imagine his surprise when he walks into a room to a liminal kid, probably around 12, who looks like he wants to be there as much as Danny does. Danny takes one look at the kid who’s trying to project himself as angry and menacing, but Danny could easily read the kid's true emotions of nervous-scared-anxious thanks to their shared less-alive-than-one-would-expect status. 

“Daniel, welcome. This is Damian Wayne. He’ll be your new mentee from now on.” Mr. Carson smiled kindly, gesturing for Danny to sit down. The liminal kid - Damian - scowled at him, projecting irritation. But all Danny could feel off of him was nervousness.

Danny was screwed, wasn’t he?

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#dpxdc #batpham #dc x dp prompt #damian wayne #danny and damian #damian al ghul #feel free to use #also maybe academic rivals tim and danny??? #i might end up wrinting this lol #damian is just a kid going thru a lot yk #i feel like he would be pretty nervous bc so many pple prob expect sm of him #but hes just a kid #i think itd be good cause danny'll just see him as a kid #and they'll go around doing regular kid stuff #itll be pretty refreshing for damian #to actually get to see the world like a regular kid #which i mean hes not a regular kid #and neither is danny #but like thats a secret #no one has to know #imagine danny and damian hanging out at the manor #tim walks in: why is the kid from my physics class in my living room??? #also maybe danny works at tim's fav coffee place #danny takes one look at liminal damian and is like crap hes my problem now isnt he #damian got contaminated by lazurus waters #or maybe he had to go in or smt??? #for angst

[starry-bi-sky]

okay so i was thinking of a joke earlier about how in DPDC Amity Park's slogan "a great place to live" is not only city propaganda but also the city lording it over the rest of America for being normal. But then I remembered that, despite how many DCU Cities with heroes in it there are, the amount of cities in America without heroes still far outnumber the amount of cities in America WITH heroes.

So I did a little digging so the joke would still land. Something most heroes have in common is that they operate in major cities. What makes a major city? I found that the general consensus is that the population is roughly over or around a million. THEN I looked up the populations of cities in the DCU that I thought of off the top of my head. So Gotham, Metropolis, Starling City, Central City, Jump City. All of them ranked up to millions in population (most of them were in the tens of millions).

Amity Park's wikipedia describes it as being similar to specifically Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco.

Philadelphia's Population: 1.576 million as of 2021 Chicago's Population: 2.697 million as of 2021 San Francisco: 815,201 as of 2021

Whiiich means that Amity Park if we take that from canon, is probably a major city. There are approximately 19,000 cities in America with probably less than a hundred that are major cities. Adding the DCU major cities wouldn't skew the data too much.

Which MEANS that I can make the joke that Amity Park's "great place to live" is not only just typical city propaganda, but also its Amity Park lording it over the other major cities for being one of the only major cities that doesn't have problems bad enough to warrant a superhero or a vigilante. Cue stage left the Fentons and Phantom :)

Amity Parkers were probably SO proud that they didn't need a superhero. They didn't have to worry about things like 'world ending threats' and 'super-powered individuals' and 'staggering property damage'. And then enter Fentons.

It also could be used as an excuse for why nobody took notice to Amity Park getting ghosts if folks like me aren't huge fans of the notion of a media blackout via Tucker, Technus, or the US Government. Or if you want to keep Amity Park as its urban city self. Amity Park's news on ghosts gets drowned out in a week because there's news on more popular, well-known cities going on every other day. The shit going on in Amity Park is every other major city's regular Tuesday and it gets filtered as such.

#dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #dpxdc #dpdc #plus amity suddenly going 'we have ghosts' could be seen as a case of city-wide FOMO finally hitting so nobody believes them #and thats if the belief of ghosts not being real is as strong as it is in dp canon #the media blackout could also be /city-induced/ too #where amity parkers are so proud of being 'normal' and 'not having superheros' that many of them try and deny the existence of Phantom #and the mayor and news sources themselves just. stubbornly refuse to let news of ghosts get out to the other cities #do you know how much shit they'll get?? they'll be a laughingstock! #gothamites would never leave them alone. neither would central city or the metropolitans or starling city or-- #the other big cities will make fun of them :( #my new favorite hc that stemmed from this is that every major city in the dcu is rivaling with each other #there's a lot you can experiment with this idea imo lmao #this whole post sums up my writing and thinking process pr well tbh #this stemmed because im making a childhood friends au short story doc and wanted to avoid the typical tropes about how AP went undetected #from the rest of the US. bc. im not a fan of the media blackout idea via tucker/technus/gov and i wanted to keep AP an urban city #so i had to come up with something else #hence me looking into DCU cities and how many there are and realizing that there is a decent amount of other cities other than the main #popular ones and being DELIGHTED because then i could use that as an excuse for why amity went overlooked. bc there are many cities with #heroes in it. so its not surprising if another city gets a hero TOO. plus the news also focusing on more popular heroes and cities so again #the news of amity getting a hero gets drowned out by whatever new thing the JL or someone from the JL did that week

[puppyeared]

Been LOVING your lil magician folks recently please continue they're beautiful and very cute and cool and also very well-designed!! 🥺❤️

thank you for the kind words !!! im not much of a writer, but i do have some sort of story in mind for them.. theyre bitter rivals who end up as roommates bc of their scatterbrained elderly landlord lol

#idk how much of it im gonna keep or change but thats basically the gist of it ^_^ #i dont know if i could ever write a solid linear story bc im very indecisive and tend to change things a lot so most of what i make ends up #very abstract or nonlinear.. just short drabbles or stuff that can be slotted into a general setting or premise #although i do want to challenge myself to try and write some sort of enemies/rivals to friends because i have a huge weak spot for that #dynamic!! i tend to be a little soft on my characters which i think has to do with me being a conflict avoidant person. so maybe exploring #this kind of dynamic will help me experiment with my sense of storytelling. although i cant promise it will be written well lol #im also thinking of making their story part of a bigger world so kinda like an omnibus?? i have another story in mind i think i can fit int #the same canon and itd be funny if theres like a bunch of wacky going ons between different apartment tenants nichijou style #but we'll see!!! thank you for your interest in these little shits!!!! #my art #myart #my oc #oc #presto #shuffle #house of cards #oc talk #ask #doodles #yapping

[snailfen]

i keep trying to fill this doodle pile for a fic im working on but gay people keep taking over the page. Anyways here

[rbs appreciated!!]

#pokemon #trainer silver #rival silver #trainer ethan #huntershipping #or as our server likes to call it: #homieshipping #huntershipping makes no sense like. as the name #I FINALLY FOUND AN EXPLANATION FOR IT BUT LIKE. IT STILL MAKES NO SENSE? #i legit thought preciousmetal was the gv ship name for the longest time so i was super confused. help me #anyways yes thats lances E4 jacket that silver is wearing because. aughggghghhghHGHGGHHH (CRYING SO HARD) #my art #pokemon hgss #pokemon gsc #gsc #hibisil #preciousmetalshipping #bc its still not clear which one is gv and which one is spe. please help me

[samarecharm]

Endlessly tickled by the idea of Akira being a good shot but a shit gamer. I like to think its cause hes got incredible hand eye coordination and super steady ‘surgeon’ hands; hes very good with precise movements, but panics when he has to do brain melting inputs. His brain can keep up but its hard to make his hands follow suit. Its why u can have him be dogshit at arcade cabinets; panicking with the little joystick and button mashing like mad, while having him be a beast at things like darts and billiards.

The only arcade games he can play is house of the dead-esque shooting games (hes literally at the top of the leaderboards for MILES and he draws crowds whenever he plays) and DDR cabinets (hes just very light on his feet)(NOT to be confused with stepmania; he would die if he had to do arrow inputs with his HAND). Its kinda fun to watch him fumble with the other silly gimmick cabinets, but its more entertaining to watch him do what hes good at. If u take him to play darts, and if the darts are super cheap, he will absolutely try his best to split them down the middle each time. Doesnt always work, but its insane to know that he lands the bullseye literally 100% of the time.

#chattin #akira #i just think. having him play games like how my uncle plays games is a silly visual #hes also Tall #so hes like as tall as the fucking machine and shaking it like crazy. hes dying. help him. #but hes never like. hmm #i guess self conscious about looking silly? it doesnt even occur to him bc hes so focused on smashing inputs #so ryuji can take him to the arcade all the time and never get a sore loser for a teammate or rival #on the flipside. he is so good w knives its scary #and like. anything sharp. and anything thats a projectile tbh #if u took him to do archery i think he would love it. #but for now hes got Baseball and Darts. and hes good at Both. #i know royal has him playing darts or something w goro?? #i think its cute. also funny. goro would lose miserably and get so fucking tight. like alright. im not taking u here anymore. #akira opts to just watch bc he didnt think he was going to hang out w a sore loser #and goro HAS to challenge that. obviously. #like *clenched fist* ‘no. i insist. were here for a. good time. friendly competition is. healthy.’ #*clenches jaw so tightly u can hear it pop* ‘another round? ‘ #thinking about it; turnbased rpgs would be perfect for him. hes very bad at action games and fighting games #so playing games that dont demand that from u would be nice for him. #rhythm games would be easy too; the focus isnt on the hands but the beat #he doesnt have to THINK about hand inputs #MAYBE racing games would work too? but high speed racing games like burnout would be too much for him i think #and depending on the TYPE of shooter; fps games would be bad; third person shooters even more so

[leclerced]

max is my ride or die i got into f1 a carlos girlie but i’m a max girlie for now and forever. he’s just so!!! i saw a picture of him out in public a couple weeks ago (never in my life have i seen an advertisement for f1 or like, brand sponsorships with drivers in my country) and i giggled so much i had to be dragged away im so unnormal about him (kinda weird now that i think about it but oh well im just a girl).

you know how there’s the whole scenarios of “fucking the english out of someone”. that but max fucking the dutch into his girl where he’ll only let her come if she’s spoken to him in dutch yeah i need him so bad

- 🌙

no its ok i buy redbull bc of him so i can get the cans w him on it 🤭 im only a girl. its good for the economy.

crying that’s a max thing to do and he would tauntingly say whatever he wanted her to repeat back to him until she did, every time she begs, he repeats the same dutch phrase back to her or says he can’t understand her until she finally says it and she can’t stop saying it

#ask #🌙 anon #i need max more than anything #i was going to bed thinking about max and peach and how i wanna write their storyline as kinda enemies to lovers #not really shes in love w him but he thinks shes his rivals annoying sister who happens to be super cute #and i thought of A Line or maybe The Line idk i was rushing to grab my phone to put it in my notes app #someone talk to me about max and peach #does anyone even read my tags #i just brainrot in them #thats what tumblr tags are for thats why they go on foreeeeeveerrrrr #sorry im tired i wont even remember this in the morning thats why i rushed for my notes app #so glad i checked tumblr too bc this ask is delicious and i’m going to write it into max and peach’s story for sureee

[vixenofthemist]

*throws confetti* UPDATED ADULT DESIGNSSS

#pokemon #soulsilvershipping #trainer lyra #trainer kotone #rival silver #vixendraws #vixendrawspkmn #silver's jacket will prob get tweaked but i like the more fancy look #sets him apart from other rivals bc who else would grow up and start wearing a suit #not Barry thats for damn sure

[prisonpodcast]

i actually really regret not posting a lot of my old art on here when I made them :( idk why I was so insecure they're really not that bad all things considered AND they're made with love so thats all that matters. maybe I'll post them tomorrow we'll see :)

#idk how to format the posts thats why bc theres a lot i wanna post #also i want all the prey duo ones to have their own post bc i think my obvious past prey duo demons are funny #also lots of evident rivals duo demons and emerald duo demons and fireworks duo demons #pretty much i just had demons for every techno duo at some point and thats kind of funny i just always really liked technoblade #.___.

[claitea]

i wont do the post game right now bc my mom is a little annoyed i've been on the switch for the whole day. but Man. good stuff i love this game and its dlc so so much

#clai speaks #i dont really have much to add just. i really loved this HFJBFJF #kieran's the best rival we've ever had. if you dont count n of course #my single complaint is uh. terapagos appeared for such a short while got tossed around like salad and then dlc was over BJDBFJ #like damn imagine being terapagos. waking up. getting master balled from behind amd then forced to do battle like that. eugh #the rest was so good! the bb elite four are fun characters and terarium is a fun place to explore #i was going on about it already but RAHHHH UNOVA MUSICCCCC #hopefully people have documented what stellar tera does by now bc uhh. i still dont know lmao #the stellar tera hat is also just a little terapagos thats so cute..... teraing my terapagos to put terapagos on terapagos #i think my favorite part was when drayton suddenly says you can only use terarium pokemon you caught #i was annoyed at first with the prospect of building a whole team from scratch but really all i did was exp candy a few mons #and it was neat going in with a fresh team instead of my prebuilt one! #shell smash white herb acrobatics minior my beloved (it was a blue one named geno btw. hehe) #briar was not a twist villian like i thought tho which i think is better. would have felt cheap if she was i think #anywho. dlc good :) i'm very pleased with how it all went down

[astralcat]

yeah

#one piece #warriors au #portgas d ace #warrior cats #op garp #gold wasn't originally a rogue #he used to be a thunderclan cat named goldbirch but got exiled bc he led an attack on a twolegplace #his apprentice sealpaw (buggy) got exiled along with him #but none of the other cats who participated #save for darkpelt (blackbeard) #he defected to shadowclan #wolfsky was gold's rival so thats why he knows about burningdusk's parentage #the reason why gold planned the attack was bc he hadn't forgotten about bloodclan

[puppyeared]

what if i snapped and made an oc carrd

#i mean.... i could #this isnt the first time ive thought of doing it but i drop ocs so easily its not even funny. so idk if itd be worth it #id consider toyhouse or smth but i dont have money lol. right now everythings on artfight but thats more for drawing purposes #what ocs would i even talk abt... i have some standalones like auggie and ocs i think look cool but dont plan on using #but some others have their own stories.. not like a huge thought out plot but something i pick up and twirl around in my head #like luckys whole deal is being a hiking guide who accidentally gets tied up with some werewolves pretending to be a hiking group to eat pp #and then i have the magician rivals. although i kinda wanna tie theirs with the nightguard and thief story ive been cooking. maybe in the #same universe? it would be pretty funny if they lived in the same apartment complex since a couple stories i have in mind revolve around th #its like some sort of omnibus or anthology to me. kicks my feet #and then fan characters like xin ya and sleight who i want to have their own expanded lore and stuff. i think that would be cool #im making crow a powerpoint of xins updated lore but the assignmence are making it hard. hopefully it turns out good though #i have a hard time writing personality and xins is always the hardest bc theyre probably the least like me. i tend to stick to #characters similar to myself to get in their head. but bc their backstory affects their personality so strongly i have to do some thinking #anyway. hopefully i remember this later #yapping #oc #oc talk #ive also been playing neko atsume recently for nostalgia and why did we as a society ever stop playing it. its so chill #you just take pictures of silly little cats and leave them silly little toys and treats. and the music is cute

[lostboys-fangposting]

personally i think aro instated a no swearing rule for volturi members and caius truthfully doesn't care whether or not someone swears he'd say fuck every other word if it was socially acceptable so long as it's not during a trial (if a trial turns into a battle then it's cool, get those feelings out)

and the only reason why he goes with it is because aro is truthfully worse than him when he throws a tantrum

#oh you think caius is bad?? #just bc hes angry all the time?? #UH HELLO WHAT DO U THINK HAPPENED WHEN ARO FAILED TO 'COLLECT' EDWEIRD ALICE AND BELLA NOT ONCE BUT TWICE??? #AN EXPLOSIVE TANTRUM TO RIVAL TODDLERS THATS WHAT #it was heard by the whole castle and down the streets but only seen by caius and marcus #ps p much everyone does still awear just not when aro's there/close enough to overhear it as it happens #aro volturi #caius volturi #twilight #twilight renaissance #tlb.fangposting

[halforcdad]

saw both top gun movies this weekend and i have to say the kacy au writes itself

#ncis hawaii #kacy #this is so random but come on #competent hot shot pilot trying to outrun their family reputation #govt contractor eyeing a promotion and needing the pilots help/info to get it #the love interest is also blonde! like thats kate whistler sorry #and tom cruise is short which is perfect for lucy lmao #they dont technically meet at a bar but its close enough and theres serenading/karaoke involved 😩 #and they see each other on the down low bc of work like the au is there #tennants the instructor and ernie would be my first choice for lucys backseater #but if we're following the story 1:1 jesse would actually be the perfect fit #tho if u just wanna relive the dia whistler vs ncis dynamic u can just make whistler the val kilmer rival role #i am also dreaming of the day ncis hawaii has a top gun esque hot beach volleyball scene #watch smth w/o saying 'this would be a good situation to put my favorite lesbians in' challenge failed #i need to stop watching military propaganda #also lucy having the call sign maverick? like the dallas mavericks? the pieces are piecing together

[god-of-a-thousand-demons]

from my perspective the fact that they already found yukiko is so funny bc its LITERALLY been a day im on easy for the story and managed to day one yukiko's castle (which never happened the entire time i first played p4 i was spending at least a week on each dungeon sometimes in real life at least 3-4 days working on a boss or dungeon and i was on normal this game is HARD) and theres no blocks to progressing the story until you get to a certain date like in p5 you absolutely CAN and often will day one palaces in p5 but no matter when you complete it you will have to wait for the dead line to move on to the next arc p4 didnt do that i was able to do all stages aka bosses of yukiko's dungeon in a single trip i only went to the velvet room once after maxing all 8 of the personas i have to complete the compendium (and was able to get to level 20 in 8 floors and unluck 8 persona slots when you start at level 1 with 6 slots) like this is so fast yukiko went missing i think late yesterday so its been exactly 24 hours shes been found so the freak out to immediate relief is kinda silly to me i love it lmao

#og #destiny p4g replay #bUT ADACHI WHY TALK ABOUT ITYOU STUPID ITS PRIVATE POLICE STUFF i cant tell if hes actually good willed bc he lives in a completely #different persona with every single persona he knows he is constantly switching faces to appease the social situation so like as the man he #is in front of dojimas nephew / son does he ACTUALLY care about yu to some degree and want to relieve his stress with good news that his #friend is okay? persona is all about relationships baby and the point of adachi and yu's connection is they have SO MANY DIFFERENT #relationships that makes their situation so complicated. theyre opposed forces as hero and villain. theyre connected as persona users. they #connected by god and power. theyre connected by family. they had a genuine friendship. adachi was wrought with jealousy for yu. yu to some #degree had earnest love or at least respect for adachi as his friend his older mentor his uncle's / dad's trusted friend. theyre relationsh #p is SO COMPLICATED and thats what makes good rivals characters its why people like hero vs villain why so many people are adachi to joker #akechi its a very specific enjoyment of fundamental opposition with the added bonus of personal relationship complexities sprinkled on top #ts so delicious and why so many people like tense relationships in a story theres DRAMA and love and sometimes hate and hate of the love an #love of the hate its so good these relationships are so fascinating to me aaaaa #adachi posting #narukami posting #the fool and the jester posting #ig

[cerealmonster15]

Behold my vision via this meme drawover

#twisted wonderland #ummmmmmm lol #jamil viper #riddle rosehearts #azul ashengrotto #NO idea what youd EVEN call them but. listen. trust me bro just TRUST ME #this placement was chosen entirely bc i wanted jamil flipping the camera off lol #anyway. i love these three in any combo i think theyd be Very Good together jklfdsjkl #also remember when that sapiosexual meme or w/e was goin around #imo thats azul LOL like i just got to thinkin hes like #fixated on jamil #hes fixated on riddle as his rival #hes board game buddies w/idia #and those three + either tweel are the most popular azul ships i see right #and the tweels are pretty smart when they wanna be so i mean im just sayin #it checks out kfldjjfklsdjfklsjflkejlwjklfj #<- plz dont take me too seriously #except do about these three together bc i love them #and im chasing u downthe hallway trying to convince u to see Them #cereal tries to draw

[help-i-need-a-cool-username]

My brain outta absolutely nowhere: psst, hey, heres a crossover ship you've never considered before... rise!Donnie x 2012!Casey

#hinacu xover #hinacu tmnt #tmnt x rottmnt #rottmnt #tmnt 2012 #rise donatello #casey jones #casey x donatello #jonatello #i like hardly remember 12!casey like what i do is early seasons beacuse i dont think i ever saw the later ones #but like... we all know 18!donnie is capable of going to far DELIBRITELY #like 12!donnie could do it but not delebritely #and 12!casey likes being violent and tough fights and stuff #like i think he'd look at his rival's counterpart deciding to be particularly thorough or efficent with elimnating a threat and go ''oh no #thats hot'' #like he'd catch a glimpse of 18's rage filled calculating (bc he's still donnie) eyes and he'd be done for #AND THEN 18 has a epic fight sequence immdeately after