#don't stay gold

[starry-bi-sky]

Danyal Al Ghul: Incorrect Quotes and Miscellaneous Thoughts

Incorrect quotes-style snippets specifically for my danyal al ghul au here (which i really need to come up with a unique au name for atp). Because I thought it'd be funny. And also some miscellaneous headcanons thrown into the mix. Some context for the au: - Danyal is 5 years older than Damian (so 10 and 15) - Danny faked his death when he was 10. Talia knows and helped him with it. - Jazz, Sam, and Tucker do not know he's an ex-assassin.

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Danny, dryly tapping his temple: I have, as the Americans say, irreparable psychological damage, right here.

Jazz, an older sibling first and foremost: well, it's good that you're self-aware.

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Danny, aged 10, in the American foster planning to just age out of the system: *emanating Bad Vibes. Pure, Little Orphan Tom Riddle Energy*

Jazz, aged 12, coming in to adopt a new sibling with her parents: Him. This is my brother now :)

Danny: ...what

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Lilo and Stitch is Danny's favorite Disney movie. He watched it when he was 11 with Jazz when she was attempting to connect with him, and by this point Danny was becoming receptive to her efforts. They had a movie marathon in the living room one night.

Safe to say? It resonated with his little 11 year old heart strongly, and he related very strongly with both Nani and Stitch. He got unexpectedly emotional and hid in his room for the rest of the night. Jazz felt really bad, but it had the intended (but kinda unexpected) effect of him trying to be nicer to her afterwards.

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Dash, aged 12, causing trouble again and getting intercepted by Danny: *scaling up a desk* AHHHHH! GET YOUR LITTLE FREAK, FOLEY!

Tucker: Hey! Danny is not a freak!

Dash: GET HIM TO BACK OFF

Tucker, was the kid Dash was messing with: ....whats in it for me

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Danny, saying some questionably immoral shit: What. Why are you looking at me like that.

Tucker: Bro. I mean this as kindly as possible; what the fuck?

Sam: yeah, I'm with Tuck on this one.

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Danny, ranting about Vlad: if it weren't for the laws of this land, I would have slaughtered him

Sam, painting his nails black: I'm pretty sure you'd slaughter him regardless of the laws of the land -- and quit moving, you're gonna mess me up.

Tucker: we've literally seen you debate yourself about this, Dan

Danny: ...you are correct, but it is the principle of things.

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Vlad: I have experience my child, and the money and power attained through using those powers for personal gain, you say. I could train you, teach you everything I know! And all you have to do is renounce that idiot adoptive father of yours.

Danny, was already contemplating committing a Violence: ....

Danny, internally: I'm going to stab him *turns into Phantom*

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Funny contrast I realized between Danyal and Vlad that iirc I haven't pointed out yet is that imo, Danyal doesn't rely on his powers nearly half as much as canon Danny does. He falls back instinctually on his League training, and thus sometimes forgets to use his powers in battle. This was prevalent especially early on when he was still getting used to the whole 'halfa' thing.

He incorporates them more often after a year, but still for the most part relies on his own physical hand-to-hand combat. He trusts those skills much more than he does his powers. I'm not sure where he is on a technical level compared to canon, but just to stay safe I'll say he's similar in power skill as canon Danny. Perhaps a little more finessed than him because his League training would probably have him trying to figure out his powers as soon as possible.

But in summary? Danny is strong in hand-to-hand combat, weak in powerset.

Meanwhile Vlad is the opposite. I can't recall if he even knows hand-to-hand in canon, but it makes total sense to me that Vlad Masters wouldn't because he's so confident in his monetary influence and ghost abilities that he sees no need for it.

And he's kinda got some merit behind it. He's very powerful and has 20 years of experience to experiment and fine tune his powers. He's got bite to follow up his bark. He's perfected long-range combat and his ability to phase through walls makes it impossible to corner him, but if you can manage it, then one good hit could probably knock him on his ass.

So in summary, Vlad is strong in powerset, weak in hand-to-hand combat.

And it casts a good contrast between the two of them in that regard. Danny, as a fellow halfa, can follow Vlad when he phases through walls and is fast enough to land a hit on him. His league training as an assassin, albeit rusty, is still deep ingrained enough in him that he can hold up as a rather veritable threat against Vlad without needing his powers.

But Vlad can force Danny to use his powers more often through use of his own. The duplication is the first thing to come to mind: Danny's fast enough to dispel them on his own without powers, and smart enough that he could figure out who the real one is if given a few minute. But that's not always efficient enough.

Good foils for each other that way. Also Vlad's Plasmius design mimics Ra's juuust enough that he looks like Ra's knockoff loser second cousin no one talks about, which only fuels Danny's hatred.

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Danny, ranting about Vlad for the first time: --and it's only made worse by the fact that the little ingrate resembles a cheap knock-off of my grandfather!--

Sam, choking on her water: he what--

Tucker, doing a spittake: HE DOES?

#dpxdc #dp x dc #danny fenton is not the ghost king #dp x dc crossover #dpxdc crossover #danyal al ghul au #i have a doodle of that little scene with vlad actually. its in my notebook lmao. #danny gets *furiously* shakespearan when he's insulting someone. sam and tucker have recorded some of his rants #and they are just pure gold. #sam and tucker calling danny 'dan' as a nickname 2024. #which reminds me about how TUE would even happen. someone in my ao3 comments made a good point about how they weren't sure if my danyal #would even have a TUE occur because he's not the cheating type. i've seen clips of how he got his hands on the test answers but i'll need t #watch the episode to gauge if Dan is even feasible. and if he is what changes to make him happen. hmmm. much to think about #don't think danyal would stay with vlad even in the midst of his grief. hmhmhm #dpdc

[canisalbus]

Imagine if Machete was Muslim instead of Catholic. His name would be something like Saif سيف, and Vasco would probably be something like Dhahabi ذَهَبِيّ

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#I don't know Arabic so I can't weigh in that much but if you say so! #it seems like these mean “sword” and “golden” respectively that's neat #Machete wouldn't be able to cling to his Catholic guilt in that case #I don't think Islam has the same concept of original sin that Christianity does #I'm simplifying but it's a belief that humans are born with an innate tendency for evil sinning is part of our nature #and staying on the positive and in God's good graces requires a lot of repentance which can lead to excess guilt and shame #I could be wrong but I'm under the impression that this idea of a manufacturing error is a very Christian thing #sorry I know you didn't sign up to hear me try to talk about big theology things and I don't want to make it weird #but I find this stuff really interesting I unironically like to read and think about how religions work #and how they shape things they come in contact with #in Machete's case in particular his troubled relationship with God and his career choice are big parts of his character #and why he turned the way he did and thinks the way he does you know #answered #kachavashka #Dhahabi is such a regal sounding name #I'd steal that in a heartbeat if I didn't already have one extremely gold-coded character

[bubblegumflavor]

Request from the Instagram crowd: The Outsiders + Ice Skating

(And this is what happens if you're not more specific 🙈🩵🫶)

#i have a thousand headcanons for this I don't even know where to start xD #the outsiders #the outsiders fanart #johnny cade #dallas winston #ponyboy curtis #jally #johnnycake #dally winston #ponyboy #doodlecember #prompts #ice skating #ralph macchio #matt dillon #c thomas howell #80s nostalgia #stay gold

[respectthepetty]

A public apology to Never Let Me Go's Chopper:

Sir, I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry that I mistook you for every other side character in a BL series who is jealous of the lead, manipulative to get what he wants, controlled by his father, and disingenuous to everyone. That's not you! You could NEVER! You're in a league with To Sir, With Love's Yang, and both of you will go into the BL Hall of Fame.

Just so you know how sincere I am about this apology, let me recount the ways I wrongly accused you of being an undercover red flag when you are actually the biggest green flag in these BL streets. Full disclosure - I misjudged you a lot.

You looked at Nueng at the conference and hesitated to follow your father when he left. 1a) You're always worried about your cousin and 1b) from the beginning have shown you don't align with your father's beliefs.

1a. When you found out Ben, who you knew couldn't reciprocate Nueng's feelings due to his homophobic father, was speaking to Nueng, you directly asked Ben what he wanted from your cousin.

Because you care about your cousin, and you want to actually spend time with him.

You let him know that even though your parents are beefing, you still love him.

You are genuinely happy to see him.

And when he asked you about Ben and why you are no longer friends (since the 10th grade *sob*), you warned him that Ben is distant, but encouraged both him and Ben to pursue their attraction AND asked follow-up questions on separate occasions because YOU CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE even if it kills you.

And that is why Nueng trusts only you unlike your father.

1b. You told your father from the beginning that you didn't want what he was offering nor did you cave to his expectations.

You also told him you weren't competing with your cousin because, once again, you actually love Nueng and don't resent him .

You looked away when your father wanted you to watch him punish someone.

You picked up the photo of Tanya and Nueng when your father threw it, and you directly asked him AND scolded him for ordering the hits.

I know you know how to use a gun, and I know you can aim very well. If you kill your father, I will light every candle and pray that you only know good sex for the rest of your life, that your bed is always the perfect temperature, and that your earrings never snag your clothing. Amen.

2. You have always been kind especially to Palm and Ben. You immediately went to Palm and made friends with him, speaking casually, and told him if he needed help, to ask you.

When you saw Palm at Nueng's house, you were happy to see him, and spoke to him. When you realized you offended him by telling him he didn't have to act like a servant in front of you, you quickly apologized.

You were also quick to apologize to Ben when you knew your words hurt him.

When you found out about the incident at school, you went to Ben and comforted him. You even grabbed his hands in public, looked him in the eyes, and told him he wasn't to blame (for being the victim of a public outing).

I truly thought YOU were behind this, but once again, you are the BEST BOY and put Kimlock Holmes to shame by solving the case. However, you stopped Ben from hurting Aun, and I think you even felt bad for Aun when you found out his reasoning for doing it.

You have shown that you don't condone violence but are willing to do what is necessary for the people you love (*whispers* please kill your dad) and will literally kick someone's ass.

4. You are aware you are gay.

I know this seems wild that I misjudged you for this mostly since this is a BL series, so everyone is queer until proven otherwise, but Chopper, you KNOW who you are. You aren't holding on to a secret. You aren't pining over Ben from a distance. No! You told him in the 10th GRADE that you liked him.

And when he rejected you, you kept your distance, but still encouraged him to find happiness with someone else because you want the people you love to be happy even if it was with each other.

You also complimented Palm on his body because, baby, YOU ARE A GAY MAN WITH EYES!

I can't apologize enough for not believing in you even when you showed me exactly who you were time and time again. You may be okay that Ben rejected you, but know that Ben now realizes the sun and the moon reside in your eyes.

The way he looked at you while you took the time to carefully go through your skincare routine when you said you weren't his type told everyone that this boy wants Nueng to come home safe, but he wants YOU to come to his home and make him feel safe.

Chopper, I love you. I don't even care that you are into cryptocurrency. Baby, your game is so fire, that you could tell me to shut up, and I do it. That's how much I love you.

If you pull a switcheroo in the final act, I'll forgive you. If you die in the final act, I will never speak of this show again. If you kill your father, I will never stop speaking about this show.

Stay kind. Stay sincere. Stay a confident gay.

And kill your father.

#Amen #Never Let Me Go #I'm a Chopper apologist first and a person second #Baby can do no wrong #Chopper is going in the BL Hall of Fame #Please don't turn in the last act #Stay Gold #Chopper x Ben #Chopper x Nueng #Chopper x Palm #Kill your father!

[radqueer-stray-dog]

The way some of you cling to canon makes me think you would NOT survive early fandom

#canon is very rarely your friend #you don't have to stay canon 100% of the time #get silly! have fun! #play with characters like they're dolls! #golds bubbles #proship #proship safe #fandom

[op3ra]

girl u are so heart coded

#ugh i need to do a writeup post on her character at some point bc i don't comply with canon even a little bit #idk if i'm going to stick to this monochromatic design i might reintroduce some gold or maybe blue later on #but for now. ponk #beloved pink robot #pearl the observation car #pearl stex #stex pearl #starlight express #stex #starlight express fanart #stex fanart #starex #starex fanart #the way the show-writers wrote her ticks me allll the way off so i rewrote her into an Actual Three Dimensional Person. stay tuned #art or whatever

[bl-mangablog]

Ova : Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: Don't Stay Gold

#yaoi #boys love #shounen ai #bl manga blog #Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: Don't Stay Gold #saezuru #bl ova

[meowmeowmessi]

#'you don't win no silver/you only lose the gold' #been thinking abt these two a lot lately. especially on account of mbappe's latest (fond!) reminiscences abt their time together at psg #i do think they have a lot of parallels which are very funny to me personally #both won everything there is to win at a very young age (pessi with barça and mbappe with france) #except for that one (1) trophy that keeps eluding them (wc for messi ucl for mbappe) #also both stuck in shit clubs (which they have to carry + are accused of being the 'dictators' of) (lol) making disastrous career choices #not to mention they both have their parents as their agent (which is. well) #and now they've both lost in a wc final ! #their dynamic is very interesting to me and i WISH the environment at psg would've allowed for messi to stay longer #like. not to be delusional and read too much into things #but i do think it's very dramatic that messi's first goal for psg was assisted by mbappe #what i'm saying is destiny was cooking smth with these two. but evidently psg administration and the ultras had other ideas sigh

[notonlymice]

rumbelle + sherlock bbc au moodboard

#because why not #detective Belle French (young and talented but maybe a little bit addicted to drugs) wants to find a flatmate #(probably to rent a flat from Granny lol oh I don't know) #and so she is introduced to dr Gold (middle-aged with a cane and a dark past) #(Sherlock Gold would've probably been more fitting (a strange name and all that) but by my logic the one with a limp should be Watson🙃) #Lacey as a psychopath sister (as much as I dislike polar opposite twins situations) #Mycroft can stay because I'm fond of him #everything else is vague😂 #rumbelle #rumbelle moodboard #not only mice but also moodboards #my rumbelle things #my things

[dragon-spaghetti]

Thinking about my separated au again,, have the O'Neil siblings ;v;

Plus bonus designs: battle nexus champion Leo & foot clan Raph

#drag's art #rottmnt #rottmnt Donnie #rottmnt april o'neil #rottmnt leo #rottmnt raph #i don't have a tag for this au yet fuck #i don't think I've ever even spoken about it here 😭 #or twitter #but anyways #Donnie grows up w April. Leo is found by big mama #and he is currently the youngest battle nexus champion #raph is raised by the foot!! we get big sister Casey here ✨ #and mikey stays w Draxum!! he's a badass mystic warrior #but still has a heart of gold #i have so many thoughts on this au #if people have questions then. ask 🙏🙏 pls lmao #cause they're rotating in my mind #flair for dramatics au

[true-blue-sonic]

Any thoughts on what would happen if Silver and Espio were both sick at the same time and the rest of the Chaotix had to be the ones to try and help them? (I am still sick I need to project my pain)

Okay, no, I honestly think that if both Silver and Espio are ill simultaneously, they're gonna do nothing but needle each other by accident. They're both already in a foul mood then, and they can't care for the other properly, and I figure they also just have very different ways of being ill. Espio might prefer just laying there pretending he is dead for three days straight, whereas Silver wants to go out and do things and act like everything is well while hacking his lungs out and barely being able to walk from the fever. And that is... not a good combi😅 They're might just get into more petty arguments than they have in their whole relationship during that week alone👀

As for Vector and Charmy, I figure the two of them do really want to help, but they also know better than to throw themselves into the thundercloud that holds one bedroom in its grasp (because of course Silver and Espio do want to stay together even if it makes them both mad, haha). And thus Es and Silv are mostly left to their own devices, for better or for worse. At least Vector knows how to make chicken noodle soup and prepare tea! And the work around the house gets kept up decently enough for a change too. Once Silver and Espio get better, I figure they do make up immediately again, though. They know the other means well, and that being ill and grumpy is a recipe for relationship disaster. And they're not actually mad at each other, because such a thing rarely happens. But Vector and Charmy are beyond relieved they're better and happy again! They mean well also, but playing nurse for two incredibly stubborn people with strong opinions to boot does not seem like something they'd be particularly good at.

#Vector seems like the type who is able to make a can of chicken noodle soup be barely edible tbh #like... you can put it in your mouth but don't expect much enjoyment out of it #and of course then Silver wants to go and do it himself for Espio and Espio tells him to stay in bed and there come the bickers #gold the tenrec #espilver #silver the hedgehog #espio the chameleon #vector the crocodile #charmy bee

[yarnzipangirl]

...what if Arthur is desperate for new allies because Scratch put the fear in him that 'nothing gold can stay' and he won't always have John so he has to prepare for a life without him just like Kayne planted the seeds with the knife and the reminder of Daniel's words to try and create a self-fulfilling prophecy where he's pushing John away on purpose try and save himself from the pain of losing the last person he has only that's exactly what is slowly cracking them apart.

#malevolent podcast #malevolent ep 36 #malevolent spoilers #“nothing gold can stay” #don't mind me #it's just raining on my face

[smidgen-of-hotboy]

TPP 36 Questions AU: The Next Six, Secret Hunch to Ability

“Rita’s driving is a whole different beast compared to you. And don’t even try bringing the Big Guy into this, he’s just as bad as you.” Peter feigns shock pressing his palm against his chest. 

“I’m offended, Juno!” The way he says it tells Juno he most definitely is not offended. “Worse than Rita and Jet?” 

Juno gives him a solemn nod. “Even combined. You’re the worst.”

- Question 7, "Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?"

#celebrating as i finish question 7 #and finally get to focus on the questions for this chunk that i am most excited for. #the ones that will provide answers to questions that y'all have been dying for since question 2 #at least some of them. #tpp 36 questions au #the penumbra podcast #a hotboy's writing #tpp #private eye's keys jingle jangle #enjoy the silly moments they don't last forever #smth smth nothing gold can stay or whatever

[jiiyawns]

my modern sonic training arc has been slowly sketching out different models i’ve liked for him

bias is the middle square mouth sa2/shadow the hedgehog/sonic riders one

#i like when his super form looks Super metallic but i don't know how to render gold </3 #sonic the hedgehog #sonic #sth #super sonic #i feel like i Get classic bc he's so round but for sonic i'm always like torn on if i wanna... stay on model as it were #or add more hedgehog features or like u know. any other cool stylistic choices #i love seeing people draw him in diff styles but for Me i want like Every Style. All of Them. Lol #fanart #draw #young me overthought the shit out of it bc i really didn't want 'flat cartoon' style but i mean there's an appeal for a reason!!! #i fucking LOVE the sonic x look even tho it is factually a pretty flat design for him!!

[und8e2ff]

Shunrei: Shiryu is not a tool for war!

Dohko: I mean... Who gon fight the war then?

and sadly, he's right

#shunrei #dragon shiryu #libra dohko #saint seiya #the gold are not lifting a FINGER right now #and you would think they would #they're really sitting at home during this flood like #ye we'll let the saints who statistically don't have a chance do it #but of course they do it because they're the main cast #but by their worlds logic #they shouldn't be leaving this to a bunch of young teenagers #all the gold saints are on paid leave at the same time #and yes #they will stay on leave even while the world is literally ending

[crehador]

feel like i may have already posted this but there is something about the composition of this shot in the ed that's so bl to me. it looks like something blue lynx would've put out. it looks like saezuru

#crab watches #dead mount death play #arase (in this specific shot) and kuga have like. the same vibe lmao #to me!! to me #this is reminding me that i don't think i ever actually watched don't stay gold... i should fix that...... #anyway i think it's like. although it's just two distinct shots #it looks like iwa-san is walking away after smacking the shit out of arase #very...... into that.........