#lex's ramblings

[chaoscomeswithin]

I love Ethan Green as a character so much.

He is introduced in Black Friday as your go-to bad boy; we know through Frank’s conversation with Lex that he is a bad influence.

But soon after he properly appears, entering the scene. He hugs Lex, has picked up Hannah for her but most importantly, he gives Hannah his especial cap so that she feels better. Both in Black Friday and Yellow Jacket, Ethan takes care of Hannah. At first we might think he’s just doing Lex a favor, but he likes Hannah, he likes spending time with her. He gives his life for her in Black Friday, and in Yellow Jacket not only do they bond and spend time together, but Ethan tries to stop Hannah from fighting Otho.

He is also deeply in love with Lex. Ethan knows that he is not the brightest guy, but he tries to to be there for her. He might fail, or completely fuck up, but it is not out of malice. Ethan does not only want to be there for Lex, but be better. He wants to see her smile, and will fight until he achieves it.

#lang brothers please please let them be together just once i beg you. not killing ethan isn’t enough #starkid #black friday #nightmare time #nmt2 #lex foster #ethan green #lexthan #nightmare time 2 #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #hyl rambles

[failed-inspection]

Another Spearmaster detail I wished was talked about or explored more because In all honesty, it makes feel So Normal /pos, is the fact in some of their sleep screens, they draw an iterator with a frown or themself with a smile

While these are both very small details, it does open up some very interesting implications

1: The fact that Spearmaster is intelligent enough to understand that frowning/smiling could represent different emotions, and draws themself/the iterators frowning/smiling despite neither of them having a mouth, alongside most likely never seeing a creature with an ability to smile/frown

2: The fact this heavily implies that they knew at least one of the iterators they were familiar with was unhappy, the iterator drawn here is most likely either Suns or Pebbles as well since those would the the iterators they were most familiar with... (I'm personally leaning on the former, since Suns is the iterator who's puppet they would have most likely seen the most, since they only did visit Pebbles once before their second mission... I wonder if that means they noticed how upset/distraught Suns was before they sent them out on their second delivery...)

That's not even mentioning some of the other drawings they do, which have different, but in all honesty equally interesting implications, such as how they draw a rot cyst in one of their sleep screens

This is probably me overthinking things, but, the best way I can explain how I feel about it knowing what rot is... It makes me sad in the same way a bird imitating the sound of a chainsaw would, they don't know that this thing, this monster, was brought into existence by the first message they delivered, the message they were made to deliver

#rw spearmaster #rain world downpour #rw #rain world #slugcat #rain world spearmaster #SO NORMAL ABOUT THIS FUNNY RAT WITH HARPOONS GUYS #SO NORMAL #I LOVE THEM SO MUCH #WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH #lex rambles

[spritehouse]

pt. 2 of "hey lex, how's it going?"

<- part 1 | part 3 ->

#criminal minds #spencer reid #jennifer jareau #emily prentiss #jemily #aaron hotchner #hotchreid #elle greenaway #spencelle #derek morgan #penelope garcia #moreid #lex rambles #lex media

[ace7librarian]

I think my favourite thing about starkid is that the female characters actually feel like characters. I think it shows especially in Della- she's such a messy little gremlin. Usually people would make the self sacrificing female character some sort of holy virgin, but this woman is a disaster, and that's what's great about her. Lex? Poor little meow meow. Steph? Absolute simp. Emma? No thoughts, just weed and dogs. Becky? Wet cat of a human. Even looking at older stuff, like trail to Oregon or twisted, or even me and my dick. Their female characters are just as silly and loveable as their male characters. Is it the bare minimum? Yes, but it's still great.

#starkid #hatchetfield #vhs christmas carols #vhscc della #lex foster #becky barnes #steph lauter #emma perkins #nerdy prudes must die #nightmare time #black friday musical #the guy who didn't like musicals #rambling in librarian

[vinteraltus]

They aren't perfect but honestly props to the Spring parents for sitting through that awkward af dinner with Nick's dad and brother.

If I was them I'd need 3-4 business days to recover from that.

(Tori the real mvp though)

#heartstopper #lex rambles

[halfagone]

Master List

Hyperlinks to Major Fics

lex luthor's ascent from supervillainy to fatherhood | lex luthor's guide series - Based on Father-Son Relationships between Lex Luthor and Danny Fenton.

Off With [the Demon's] Head - The hot mess that is the Al Ghul-Wayne family. Includes: Dad!Danny, Young!Ellie, my OG Danny and Ra's Paradox Fic.

what was lost, found again | lost and found series - Where Danny finds Jason digging his way out of his own grave and brings him home.

down the rabbit hole (goes the throne) - No One Knows AU, Major Canon Divergence. Amity Park has many secrets and Batman Inc. are left to discover them.

bloodlines | born from flesh and bone, clay and stardust series - Danny is the biological son of Diana (Wonder Woman) and Bruce Wayne. A prophecy is involved.

billy batson and the phantom - Adventures of Billy Batson and Danny Fenton. Oh, and Vlad is there too, I guess.

all I am to you is a tragedy, right? - In which a grieving Bruce Wayne brings a Danny Fenton from another universe back with him. This has consequences.

Insomniacs Anonymous - Three-way crossover between DC, Danny Phantom, and Miraculous Ladybug. Social media and chat fic. Now with plot!

pay your dues - An exploration of politics in the Infinite Realms, and the debts that must be paid in full.

weekend wonders - A character study into Stephanie Brown and her resolve as a hero, especially when a close friend comes into suspicion.

present, future, past - Time travel fic in which Bruce falls into the future where everything seems perfect, better than he could have hoped it would be. It doesn't last.

trust no one (trust me) - In a world where the GIW are more competent than in the show, Danny draws some unwanted attention. The people he leaves behind search for him.

bones and all - Inspired by horror films, video games, and fiction. A ghost story set in the DPxDC crossover.

Other Ongoing Series

Please note that some fics may overlap on more than one series.

Readable Arrangements - Short Works for DPxDC, mainly romance.

It's All About Presentation - A collection of gift fics.

Writing Problems? I Say Writing Solutions - A collections of works from "Who Wrote That?" games.

Martydom - Stories exploring heavy topics, such as gore, violence, etc. Must check tags for each work.

oh, the (in)humanity - Hazmat Suit AU. Now featuring multiple timelines.

Our Gentle Sin - Centered around a romance between a Danny from another universe, where the end of the world has come and gone, and Bruce Wayne who helps him relearn what it means to be human.

Blood is Thicker Than Water, But So Is Ectoplasm - In which Danny is a clone of Batman.

Co-Written Works

Born to Make History | written alongside NightShiftShenanigans (@nightshiftshenanigans) - Patrol Partner Event; No Capes AU, Ice Skating AU, featuring Enemies to Lovers Danny and Jason.

For more completed works and series, explore here:

#quick jump to tags #halfagone's masterlist #halfagone's fics #with yours truly :D #lex luthor's ascent from supervillainy to fatherhood #lex luthor's ascent from supervillainy to fatherhood fanart #lex luthor's guide memes #halfagone replies #halfagone rambles #halfagone's fics fanart

[nibblelinephym]

"ask them out, the worst thing they could say is no" WRONG. the worst thing they could say is ethan, we had to go. don't try to find us. those guys from last night aren't gonna leave hannah and i alone, but they have no reason to go after you. you say you're irresponsible... so am i. i don't know if either of us has what it takes to protect hannah, but she's my sister, not yours. you get to have a life. we don't. i release you, ethan. be young. for all of us. - lex

#achilles rambles #is this anything #nightmare time 2 #nmt2 #yellow jacket #ethan green #lex foster #hatchetfield

[flowercrowngods]

✨🤍 some steddie softness for @thefreakandthehair's birthday, i hope it's the very best so far! 🤍✨(please please your day comes first, read this whenever you have time and space to breathe 🤍)

Eddie is not a religious man — far from it, actually. But there are a few things that make him believe in higher powers. In angels. In destiny and luck and a love so strong it could conquer everything. 

This very moment is one of them. 

Stevie, soft and sleepy beside him in the back of the car as Nancy is driving, the dim light of the passing street lamps painting his face in hues of gold like the light itself favours Steve Harrington, caressing his features with the softest of shadows. 

He’s beautiful. Ethereal. Perfectly angelic with his eyes closed, his whole body turned towards Eddie in the warmth of the car.

It takes Eddie’s breath away, his heart taking up space where before there were his lungs and ribcage, growing in size until he feels like he is about to burst. And even then he keeps looking, staring at that pretty face that looks so at peace with the whole world right now. Eddie has never seen Steve like this, but now he understands why people start wars. Why people defy gods and death itself to be with their one true love. Why Orpheus looked back. 

He understands. Because Steve, his Stevie, warm and safe and perfectly fine in the backseat of a car? That is everything. He doesn’t even need to kiss or touch so long as he just gets to look. And be. Oh, to be at the same time that Steve is. 

That might just be life’s greatest gift to him. 

A tiny sigh falls from Steve’s lips and Eddie really, really might be about to burst. 

“Hey, angel,” he whispers, because moments like this aren’t made for anything but hushed words, their truths too heavy, too sincere for the world to hear and keep on spinning. He doesn’t need the world to spin as long as there is Steve. 

“Hi,” Steve whispers back, his eyes still closed but the smile lighting up, luring Eddie in like he is but a moth drawn to the flame. 

Eddie leans in and rests his forehead against Steve’s, his hand coming up to cradle a light-kissed cheek. Steve leans into it, following Eddie’s hand like maybe they are twin stars pulling each other closer until there will be an explosion of light and creation. Steve nuzzles against his palm and leans further into Eddie’s body until they share the same breath — but still it’s not enough. 

Eddie wants to say so many things now that their hands are entangled, their soft exhales mixing. But after a while he notices that Steve is humming before gently singing along to the song coming quietly from the speakers. 

“Take it easy with me, please. Touch me gently like a summer evening breeze. Take your time, make it slow. Andante, Andante. Just let the feeling grow.”

Eddie knows the song, recognises it instantly, and his breath gets stuck in his throat once more. Because he has a secret. He loves it. He has imagined for the longest time that one day, someone would make it his song. Sing it for him, to him. 

He’s never told anyone because he has a reputation to uphold and more than enough metal music to listen to, but of course Steve wouldn’t care about his secrets being secret, and just oh so casually make his deepest, most private of dreams come true. 

He’s an angel, that one. A hero. Myths and fairy tales should be woven around that heart of his, folklore speaking of his name until history itself wouldn’t dare to forget. No one can convince Eddie otherwise. Not in that moment, not with Steve singing so quietly, so gently, so adoringly. 

I think I love you. I think I can’t ever stop, not when I’ve seen you like this. Not when you’ve just shown me what life can be about, what it should be about. Gods, I love you and love you and love you. 

That’s what he wants to say. 

But all that comes out is a marvelled, “Shit, Stevie.”

It has the desired effect of a huffed breath, an even wider smile, and Steve cuddling further into Eddie’s side, eyes still closed. Eddie brushes a kiss to Steve’s forehead and feels like maybe his love can make it into the fairy tale, too. 

It will. Oh, it will, when Steve finally lifts his head from Eddie’s shoulder and looks at him through hooded eyes, all soft and sleepy and safe. A moment passes like this and Eddie can’t breathe, maybe he can never breathe again — but it only lasts until Steve slowly, so very slowly begins to lean in to claim Eddie’s lips with a kiss so gentle it could bring him back from the dead. 

Eddie kisses Steve back just as slowly, because in moments like this there is no rush, no hurry. There’s only them, there’s only this. Only a kiss until there is another. 

And with Steve, there is always another. 

Nancy smiles as she is taking the long way to Steve’s house, rounding Loch Nora twice because she knows how comfy Steve gets in cars at night when he doesn’t have to drive and there is soft music playing. 

Eddie kisses her goodbye on the forehead, fully aware of what she’s done. He doesn't tell her about the sun and the myths and all the wars he would start for Steve.

Nights like this are not meant for telling anyone about them. They can hardly be believed as it is. They can only be lived, hand in loving hand.

#steddie fic #steddie #eddie x steve #steve x eddie #dio words #hi lex happy birthday i hope you like this bit of incoherent softness i hope you like the sleepy feeling in the back of a car at night #when all the lights go whoosh you know?? with some music? idkidk but writing this was fun anyway :D #also because sincerity is for tumblr tags let me just say thanks again for being in my dms sometimes and listening to my whumpy rambles #here you have some fluff to make up for it :D no but seriously you deserve nice things so i'm happy to see you getting some today 🤍

[sisaloofafump]

Superman/Joker & Batman/Lex Luther body swap

I would pay to know how that day went with Lex in Bruce's body. Dick does not look happy to be on babysitting duty. Damian on the other hand...

So I found a copy of the 2011 General Mills sponsored Justice League series (which, as someone who is super into dc comics and cereal advertising, is a lot of fun). But! Issue #9 is a body swap between Superman/the Joker, and Batman/Lex Luther, and it is fantastic. We also get some great Lois moments with Clark and Bruce.

I've read a handful of the other issues and they're definitely worth checking out. They're heartfelt and also just fun team ups that we don't always see like Batman & Aquaman or Wonder Woman & the Flash.

Also the art is fun. Have some fun little guys:

#I think that's Damian anyway #I love the lassoed Clark so much #anyway I was giggling and kicking my feet like a schoolgirl as I read this #it is #just so fun #it won't let me add the link but it's just at readallcomics.com #dc comics #batman #bruce wayne #superman #clark kent #wonder woman #lois lane #dick grayson #damian wayne #justice league #lex luthor #the joker #my rambles #comic recommendations

[unclewaynemunson]

Inspired by this gorgeous art by @artbean that obviously has been living rent free in my head for weeks

People wouldn't expect this from him, but Wayne Munson has a big love for metal music. He may seem soft-spoken and like he's trying to make the best of what life has given him, but underneath that exterior - an exterior that was only crafted by the necessity of being a balance to his brother's short temper in the first place - he is angry.

He's angry at his parents for not giving him and his brother what they needed to succeed in life; angry at his brother for making a hot mess of things time and time again; angry at the men in the White House for not looking out for their people; angry at his boss for refusing to give him and his colleagues fair wages for their hard work... And that's only the beginning. He could keep listing things he's angry about for days on end without running out. But he knows it's no use being angry: he has learned a long time ago that it never solves anything. So instead, he channels his anger to places where it can do no harm. He recognizes parts of himself - the parts that he has been suppressing ever since his brother started getting into serious trouble - in screaming voices, overwhelming guitar riffs and deafening drums. He loves the anger, and he loves the escapism. He loves turning up the volume until he's drowning in the music and can forget without any drugs.

So for Wayne, it makes sense that he loves metal. But what he doesn't expect, is for a nine year old boy who sees more than enough anger at home to love it too. When Eddie unsuspectingly turns on the radio in Wayne's trailer only to be met by Paul Samson's aggressive voice on full volume, Wayne expects him to flinch and get scared or upset. But none of that happens: Eddie's big eyes widen even further, something resembling a hungry kind of understanding sparkling in them, and he goes to sit cross-legged right in front of the speakers. He stays quiet for way longer than Wayne even knew he could, engrossed in the music until the tape has finished and leaves a deafening silence in its wake.

Wayne spends the rest of the afternoon answering all kinds of questions from Eddie: about the music, other bands that are like that, the instruments they use, the way they use their voices, the topics they sing about... And so it becomes a passion that he and Eddie share with each other. Wayne has a new tape ready for Eddie every time he visits him in his trailer. He teaches him to play on his old acoustic guitar, while saving up to maybe get him a real one someday.

On Eddie's tenth birthday, Wayne drives him to Indianapolis and takes him to a concert. They get some odd looks, this plain old man in his plaid flannel with a young boy on his shoulders among all the black-clad youngsters, but Wayne will still clearly remember Eddie's overjoyed smile for years to come.

#don't mind me rambling about stranger things #lex i wanted to tell you how much i love this art but i couldn't find the right words #consider this my way of giving words to it i guess #i really hope it matches your own ideas of the scene you drew #eddie munson #wayne munson #stranger things #fruity ficlet

[incorrect-nevermore]

How and why have we not talked about the absolute hell show that would be a genuinely devout religious person ending up in nevermore, like???

Do they think its just purgatory?? Is it just like “Welp, I guess I took the wrong bet.”

Also do we know what the land of dead is exactly?? Is it just like, Hell,,, or what just some place where all dead people hang out, like it’s never indicated that it’s a place where souls go to be tortured or something. It’s just where you go to be fully dead. Maybe it’s just more tests like something to decide whether you go to the good dead place, or the bad dead place.

Also, according to the Raven, the implication is that before the deans arrived souls were free to venture to the threshold to the land of the living the moment after they died and woke up in nevermore, so if canonically reincarnation is a part of the world building here, being a never stopping flow of rebirth. Why is there even a land of the dead?? Were some people at some point, just like

“Nah, I don’t wanna do this again”

“What.”

“I’m done man, I don’t wanna live another life. Imma just stay down this time.”

“Huh. You can do that-“

*THE TRAIN TO THE LAND OF THE DEAD IS SPONTANEOUSLY YEETED INTO EXISTENCE AND YOINKS THE GUY*

“WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT-“

What are the weird soul eating creatures? People who stayed in nevermore too long, instead of going to the land of the dead or the land of the living and overtime, their souls and bodies, just decayed, so now they need to eat new souls to replenish themselves and keep some form of mind??

#nevermore webtoon #lex rambles

[chaoscomeswithin]

It's really funny to me that Angela's first sang line in Black Friday is "my mum's a bitch!" and then in npmd she covers her mouth in highschool is killing me so that she wouldn't say "fucking". Her range

#starkid #nerdy prudes must die #black friday #grace chasity #lex foster #npmd #starkid productions #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #angela giarratana #hyl rambles

[failed-inspection]

I love how creative the Rain World community can be with giving their own artistic flare to the characters while still making them recognizable, it's genuinely one of my favorite things about the community!

Shout out to designs that incorporate stuff like:

overseer highlight colors in iterators (cyan in pebbles, yellow in moon, ECT ECT)

giving Moon a lunar motif

making arti's scars look like explosions

making post collapse Moon desaturated and rusty!!! Same goes with Pebbles

purposed slugcats sharing markings/characteristics of the iterator who created them (spearmaster with eye stripes, Hunter with a diamond marking, ect ect), or giving them little clothes/ponchos based on their iterator

putting yellow on Survivor, or vice versa for Monk

slug mantles/slug tails/literally incorporating the slug aspect of slugcats more in any way

or on the opposite side of the spectrum, making scugs more catlike, warrior cats vibes /pos

gourmand designed after food in some way or another

Spearmaster/Saint being portrayed as slugcat body horror, uncanny and unnerving to their own kin

And the opposite! The more purposed/supernatural scugs being little creatures all the same!

making slugcats like INV and Nightcat anomalies/creatures that don't quite belong in their own world, like a living glitch

Rivulet, but designed after irl sea creature species!

MAKING ITERATOR PUPPETS LOOK LIKE ACTUAL PUPPETS!!

Sorry I just really wanted to gush about RW designs, genuinely I love how creative and wonderful the fandom can be by taking relatively simple designs and adding on their own interpretations and wonderful flare! It was an aspect I really love to see in places like the warrior cat fandom or such, and I'm so glad It carried over to the RW community :]

#lex rambles #rain world #rain world downpour #rw spearmaster #rw hunter #rw five pebbles #rw saint #rw looks to the moon #rw survivor #rw slugcat #rw monk #rw gourmand #rw inv #rw artificer #rw nightcat #rw rivulet #rw no significant harassment #OOPS SORRY FOR ALL THE TAGS I have I need to tag everything disease #Anyways I love this community. Genuinely

[spritehouse]

hc that luke and spencer use sign language to talk shit/gossip with each other

like they'll be on a case and the locals are pissing them off and luke will just look at spencer like

are you seeing this shit

or they're bored at their desks so spencer will keep luke updated on whatever drunken confessions the girls let slip the night before

and then there's a case where someone they need to talk to is hoh/nonverbal or something and the police officers are like "does anyone here know sign language" and before either of them can say anything, emily just looks them dead in the eyes while standing up, saying she's fluent

and then spencer just slowly turns to luke when she leaves and just signs we're fucked

#lex rambles #lex hcs #criminal minds #spencer reid #luke alvez #ralvez #emily prentiss #spencer reid hcs #luke alvez hcs #emily prentiss headcanons

[littlefankingdom]

AU where Conner/Kon gets adopted by Bruce because Clark isn't accepting the job (like he kind of threatens to do in Young Justice). Cut to the INSANE custody battles between Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor. Bruce already had to fight for Jason's custody with a vilain, he can do it again. It's a huge thing every time, it makes the front page of tabloids and even other news media talk about it. People are betting on which one will hit the other first in front of the judge (as yet to happen, but with how they are barking at each other, it's just a question of time). Lex is blacklisted from any Wayne Enterprises' events and they fight anytime they meet at another event. Conner uses their fights as his own fashion show, posing in front of the camera in his newest outfit (he has two unlimited credit cards after all), his fathers fighting in the back.

#kon el kent #superboy #conner kent #bruce wayne #batman #lex luthor #dc comics #my ramblings #Kon is superbat lol #imagine the punk rock fit tho #he is totally lying to each dad about what the other bought him so he can get something #“Lex bought me a Porsche” “A? As one? pfff I'm buying you FIVE Porsche!” #Bruce to Clark “Have you ever though about killing Luthor?” “What? But... Your rule???” “I will look away for this one”

[mango-sp1ce]

HEY DC X DP FANS

REMEMBER CALCULATOR??? THE CALCULATOR? Whatever the fuck his nerdy ass name was???

He like, was the villain equivalent of oracle in dc-online. And he’s like a character that I don’t think dc really uses often… (Yes I still play that- shut up)

Yeah, anyways-

Boom, make him Tucker. Or make Tucker him??

Tucker = The Calculator

Get it? Got it? Good.

then do whatever the fuck with that. Like- Danny could be a villain in training (dc-online story arc???)

Or maybe no one else knows, and then the bats find out and Tucker freaks the hell out

Or I dunno- Danny is a “villain” (but in the fun way, not so murderous) and ends up being recruited as one of the villain mentors (yknow; Lex, Joker, Circe)

(Since each is a counter to a hero; Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman. What if Danny’s the counter to another hero? Or even the counter to the entire Justice League Dark. I think it’d be pretty funny if he’s the counter to Flash or something)

And now he’s gotta mentor a bunch of villains-in-training who literally busted out of test tubes and have no memories from before… and god hes just adopting kids isn’t he?

maybe somehow Klarions here, too.

I rambled in the tags a lil bit btw…

#danny phantom #dp x dc #dc x dp #batpham #danny phantom crossover #dpxdc #dp x dc prompt #dpxdc prompt #I could also ramble about the power system in dc online #Because the actual options are magic combat | hand to hand combat | and powered combat #so I think metas fall under Lex | Superman #and Wonder Woman and Circe are magic #And then Joker and Batman are hand to hand combat #so then it’s like #Constantine falls under magic too #So introducing Danny as a big villain would be interesting #you have the option of making an ectoplasm section of the power dynamics #or maybe you could fit him under something else? #maybe we could specifically separate alien from meta and give meta to Danny? #And superman won’t run out of kids to mentor because all of the player characters in the game just wake up on brainiacs ship #so they could be from literally anywhere #which would also make the hero equivalent of him Flash #so like #literally perfect #i’m rambling