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cloakedsparrow · 16 days
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Bat Family AU wherein it’s Janet Drake who survives the Obeah Man’s attack instead of Jack.
Tim’s already Robin, she’s in the coma, and all that. However, when she wakes up, things are a little different. She still buys the mansion next door to Wayne Manor, but she’s happy to accept any help Bruce wants to offer in regards to Tim so he can just say “I’m going to Bruce’s” and she’ll just check that he either did his homework or is bringing it with him. She doesn’t expect Tim to help with her treatment or transport and certainly doesn’t expect a fourteen year old to help out at Drake Industries.
She hires a physical therapist to visit the house every day (Dana, so she’s still a part of Tim’s life, if in a slightly smaller role). She still hires Mrs. Mac as their new maid. She also hires a driver, as well as a new COO to help her bring Drake Industries back after it had gone stagnant in her absence.
The twist? The COO is Talia Head (aka Talia al Ghul).
When Janet learns that Talia has two sons -one, barely a few years older than Tim, the other, a few years younger- she suggests they move into the mansion with them while Talia looks for a place (it works out well enough that they end up staying long-term). Talia introduces Bruce and Tim to Damian early (Jason initially hides out in her side of the mansion since he’s not ready to see Bruce yet and Talia is not forcing his hand on that). Damian is still a spoiled brat at first, but since they’re introduced as allies rather than rivals, Tim and Damian end up getting along great once he’s settled down a bit (and with Talia, Janet, and Jason working together to help him).
Talia killed the Joker upon moving to Gotham (no way was that clown getting near any of her boys again) so while Jason’s mad at Bruce, he still feels he has a parent who loved him enough to cross that line. It also helped to counter Shelia’s betrayal a little and balance out his feelings about parents overall, particularly his mother figures. One mother loved him and tried her best but was given a bad hand, another gave him up to the Joker to save herself some trouble, the last severed ties with her father (whose thumb she’d been under for hundreds of years) and risked the ire of the man she loved to protect him.
The younger boys (Tim & Damian) pretty much split their time between Wayne Manor and the Drake Mansion.
Which gives Janet and Talia plenty of time to build up Drake Industries and take over the Court of Owls on the side.
Instead of making/controlling the talons as the previous Court did, they put them to rest and just send Jason or a few of Talia’s trusted assassins (including Pru, who came to Gotham with her) to fill in the role.
Jason learns more about how and why Tim became Robin this time, so while he’s still pissed at Bruce, he doesn’t take any of it out on the Boy Wonder or anyone else. He even helps with Tim’s training (and his English homework). Jason still takes over a good portion of the Gotham drug/arms circuit and gets to do his big dramatic reveal to Bruce/Batman after fucking with him a bit, only it’s as Talon. His new plan is more of a Bat-level EXTRA guilt trip that keeps going on even after he’s started accompanying his little brothers to the Manor. And he’s a little more focused on protecting his little brothers.
Until Jason decided he wanted the do said big dramatic reveal, Bruce had no idea that the Court of Owls was real or that Janet and Talia had taken it over. He knew something had shifted in Gotham, some cases were going too easily and someone was taking out certain threats before they could become an issue. He’d be working under the theory that there was a new vigilante in town.
It had honestly been driving him a little nuts that he couldn’t find them -that’s part of why Jason decided they needed to get everything out in the open, it was stressing out Tim & Dami.
Neither Janet nor Talia will bow to Bruce’s wishes regarding anything, and he won’t bow to theirs, so the three of them end up working together as equals in a way Bruce doesn’t usually do. He ends up actually liking it, as it makes life a lot less stressful when he isn’t assuming full responsibility for everything and everyone around him.
Alfred, Clark, and Diana have each thanked Janet and Talia in their own way. Dick thanked Janet but he still doesn’t like Talia.
When Cass enters the picture, she gets two honorary moms, Babs gets to just be the cool big sister without all the extra stress, Jason, Tim, and Damian are immediately her adorable little brothers who would totally kill for her, and Bruce is a notably less emotionally constipated control freak, so she has a much easier go of everything.
Cass stabbed some asshole in the throat?
Talia: “It’s isn’t as though he died, Beloved. And good job not getting blood all over your new suit, Cassandra, dear.”
Janet: “It was HIS knife, Bruce. She was defending herself. I don’t know about you, but I would certainly prefer that Cassie comes home in one piece over her being more gentle with the criminals you encourage her to confront.”
Jason: “What, you’d rather have ANOTHER dead kid on your conscience, old man? Then maybe stop sending KIDS out to do your dirty work while expecting them to hold back against MURDERERS, PSYCHOPATHS, and TERRORISTS. Good job, Cass.”
Damian: “Tcht, she didn’t even do any permanent damage, Father.”
Tim: “Cass knew what she was doing. Aside from the visceral shock, is it really that different from hitting someone in the head hard enough to knock them unconscious? He’ll probably have less long-term damage than those henchmen you took out Tuesday night.”
Babs: “Oh, did the poor child murderer get hurt? We aren’t all in this to make ourselves feel good, Bruce. Some of us want RESULTS. Good Job, Cass. I brought some of that ice cream you liked. It’s in the freezer upstairs.”
Dick: “So, no one died; a child’s life was saved, plus any future victims if he’d gotten away tonight; two unsolved murders have been solved, so their families at least get some closure; the killer is in the hospital, under the GCPD’s watch, breathing on his own and there was no permanent damage done to his esophagus or vocal chords. What’s the problem, here, B?”
Alfred: “Forgive me, but has anyone explained the rules to Miss Cassandra beyond ‘no killing’? Because if not, then I do believe she was merely following the rule while using her skill to it’s most effectiveness. Why would she have used a series of blows to line him up for a nerve strike or knockout when she could disarm him and incapacitate him with one swift move?”
Bruce: “Alright, alright. You’ve all made your point. Obviously, we need to have a sit-down to discuss methods and motives and come to an agreement. In the meantime, I’m glad you’re alright, Casandra. And good job saving that child’s life tonight. Why don’t you get changed and take your ice cream to one of the dens upstairs to relax?”
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go-learn-esperanto · 2 years
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Now, I didn't want to enter too much into critical and stuff, it is a silly ending and what not, but I can't help but unfortunately agree with some points some the critics are making.
So, Wilbur Ending critical on the way. Also Suicide topics mentioned.
If you 100% enjoyed the lore it's fine!!! I enjoyed parts of it too but there are parts that make me less happy. In the end everyone can engage with the media how they want and if they still prefer to view it as a stream they loved and was good to them they are totally valid in doing so.
I hate to make this about me but it needs to be explained what my relationship with C!Wilbur was and what made him on of my favourite characters of all time.
There are reasons why you might connect more with some characters than others, for example, despite enjoying the narrative of Exile and C!Tommy I couldn't truly connect with him as much as someone who suffered serious abuse in their life. I love C!Tommy, I can understand the C!Tommy to an extent, but some people they can see themselves in C!Tommy, in my case, at least for Exile, I cannot. However if there's a character I can connect with deeply is C!Wilbur.
With risk of sharing too much my family is known for having depression and anxiety issues. I very unfortunately have had family members killing themselves. I have an aunt who has a lot of panic attacks. I have a grandpa who had to stop working at 30 because of chronic depression mixed with PTSD. I have suicidal thoughts that I can't really stop and will appear very frequently and over the stupidest things. I can only make mental barriers to not act upon them.
When I looked at Wilbur I saw myself in a lot of ways, in the way that yes there were events that led Wilbur to suicide but he wasn't truly "well" his whole life and part of his downfall was his own head's making.
When Wilbur died in November 16th I don't think it romanticised suicide for me. It actually gave me encouragement on not doing it. I looked at the state that left the L'Manburg members and thought that was the same as a family destroyed by such an event. I also thought that if I was sad that C!Wilbur was gone and wanted him not to go that it meant that maybe someone will feel the same about me.
Another place where I felt so seen was with Wilbur's letters to Phil. The lying to your parents because you don't want to tell them you're not doing great. Because you don't want to be a burden, or because you don't to disappoint them, that's something I am familiar with unfortunately.
I loved Wilbur's portrayal of mental illness that felt so real. It had funny moments but it still struck in the themes that truly meant something.
This revival felt like a chance of saying "ok, you will never be 100% well, that's just impossible, but you can work to get better. And you can talk with other people and realise that your love for other people can be what makes you stay. You have to realise that you're not a burden on others and in fact if you don't want people you love to suffer you must try to get yourself better and happier." I really liked how after Wilbur got back things just didn't magically get good. That Wilbur didn't magically want to live. He didn't want to die because death was hell to him not because he felt like he truly found a reason to live.
Now, the ending.
I get it. I get it was a "escaping the narrative" thing. That it was a "Dream SMP lore was always silly" bit but here's the thing: Dream SMP was silly when it didn't matter. Like Sally being a fish. Wilbur's mother being a fridge. Those are things that aren't in the centre of the story and can in fact be ignored. It doesn't affect the serious themes the story is going for.
This ending however...
I absolutely loved Tommy's part. He touched in what needed to be touched. In a lot of ways this also felt like Tommy's second try. In Pogtopia he saw that Wilbur wasn't well, he wanted to do something about it but he didn't know what. He was a kid and it wasn't his fault but Tommy did his best. Now Wilbur's back and Tommy sees the patterns again, and he loves Wilbur. He knows that in the end of everything Wilbur would do anything to make him safe. And it's his brother at this point, and damn him if he won't try to make a person he cares for so much to be happier. To be with Tommy more and both have some good times. So he goes in again, and this time he gets to say everything to Wilbur! He recognises and he can truly say what he feels and how much Wilbur is hurting him by hurting himself.
And then Utah comes in.
For a moment the stream feels disconnected. Tommy is trying to talk about a serious issue, something that was at the centre of Wilbur and Tommy's characters, and Wilbur felt like he came from a comedy sitcom where you can just say the most outlandish thing to make something funny.
Some contrast in tone has existed in the Dream SMP before, sure. Even in reverse. Like when Wilbur was trying to talk about Fundy and how the situation made him feel and Tommy was making jokes. But in that time those actions by Tommy served a purpose. Tommy was trying to cheer up Wilbur. Ironically Wilbur was explaining Tommy why sometimes discussing something difficult helps.
This stream felt like the opposite of that. Tommy was trying to discuss something that not only affected Wilbur but also himself and Wilbur started talking about Utah. Tommy is asking him to stay and Wilbur is going, and I'm paraphrasing "I've made up my mind I'm going to Utah".
And why? Because he's fleeing the narrative? "He won't have to deal with people instantly picking aside" if he's going to the "real world" do I have news for him. His problems aren't going to be instantly changed by going to our world. I can guarantee that. He'll still feel like shit. He can still disappoint people he loves. In reality there's not much difference. What is he escaping exactly? In fact, I'm really upset to say this but you know how it actually comes across?
It comes across as the same as if he had killed himself.
Wilbur might say time and time again he's not killing himself but is there much difference? He suddenly went "far away" and Tommy might never see him again. Tommy is begging him to stay with him and this feels almost like the decision of ending your suffering but causing a bunch more to the ones you love instead. Wilbur says he loves him but he doesn't want to bring Tommy with him. And he doesn't truly explain it. "I was born in Utah" alright but how is that am explanation? What is he doing exactly and why doesn't he want others to know? He abandoned Tommy just as much as on November 16th. I've seen some people theorising he died at the sea in the storm and Utah is the afterlife and I can't blame them.
It's a plot twist literally nobody saw coming but my gods do I feel those posts about sometimes not having a plot twist and tying things in a cohesive narrative is actually better and if people figure it out it means it makes sense. Unexpected events can be good. I liked Wilbur and Tommy's interaction with Dream in Inconsolable Differences a lot! I wasn't expecting it but it felt true to Wilbur's character. And it was in the theme. This one doesn't feel like that at all.
I don't feel mad. I feel sad. It pains me that such an interesting topic, and one that was handled so well until now, feels like it was just cut suddenly. Like someone decided that it was getting too dark and that we need lighten up the mood so it stopped the conversation in middle of someone speaking.
I'm also still wondering if Wilbur did actually forgive himself or if he even tried. "But I never did quite forgive myself" implies he acknowledges it, but I guess it's a bit of an open ending in that regard. That I will let slide but the rest? I will need a good explanation to make me change my mind. And I desperately want for this to be bullshit and for C!Wilbur to come back in Volume 2 and Tommy to hit him in the head. But I don't have much luck.
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hellyeahsickaf · 2 months
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When I say "I can't do that" what I'm not saying is:
I don't feel interested in doing that
I don't care enough to
I'm too good to be doing that
I don't think you deserve that of me
I'm not in the mood to do that
Not now, I'll do it later
Maybe
If that's what I meant, that's what I would say
What I am saying is:
It will negatively affect me in ways I can't afford
I simply can't physically fucking do that
I can't risk the potentially severe consequences I may experience if I overestimate my ability to do that
And if I explain that I am unable to do that, it is not an invitation to:
Tell me how much my disability hurts your feelings
Ask if I'm sure
Interrogate me because you believe yourself to be the judge of how unwell is unwell enough
Put words in my mouth ("why don't you care?")
Tell me how easy it would be
Remind me of how many other things I've been unable to do. I keep the score more than you do
Accuse me of exaggerating or faking to avoid doing it
Ask me again shortly
Make assumptions about additional explanations. (I must be mad at you, I must not care about this)
Offer compensation in return ("I can pay you" "we can do something you want to do after" "I'll get you something you like")
Ask what it would take for me to suddenly be capable of doing it
Tell me how you do things you have to do when when you're tired and then you can just rest and recover. I am not like you
Remind me of a time I was able to do that. Either I had more spoons or was less severely disabled if at all.
Say that if I was well enough to do X today, I should be able to do this as well. Energy doesn't work that way. Are you capable of running 8 miles right this minute just because you were okay to work a 10 hour shift today? That's what I thought
Suggest simply doing it a certain way ("take your time", "do it sitting down", "we can stop and take breaks", "just take your painkillers", etc)
But it is an invitation to:
Leave me the fuck alone about it 💕
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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 3 months
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Sorry for not having a Year of the Dragon MDZS artwork; Unfortunately, I can only picture Dragon LWJ in this particular flavour.
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linkedin-offficial · 6 months
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wont you dance with me?
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jackshiccup · 7 days
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the greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return
have been perpetually rotating @bignostalgias white winter hymnal hijack inside my mind palace like rotisserie chicken i adore this life-changing au to the core my bones and teeth ache badly from thinking about them <3
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lemon-wedges · 8 months
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When your beautiful wife makes his Special Anime Beef Stroganoff™
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chalkrub · 7 months
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made a little linocut for pixie <:^) miss her so much
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diioonysus · 9 months
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flowers + art
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mybodychoseviolence · 3 months
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take covid seriously forever actually. fewer/less severe cases doesn't mean no cases. any number of cases at any level of severity can ruin people's lives. i used to do musical theater and tap dance and then i had a very mild case of covid and two years later i consider it a good day if i can walk down the stairs unassisted and stand long enough to wash my face at the end of the day. no, this won't happen 100% of the time, but no one should have to go through this when it's mostly preventable if we wear masks or stay home when we're sick and keep up on vaccines.
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pianokantzart · 1 year
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Bowser’s Portrayal as a Hopeless Romantic
After my initial viewing of The Mario Movie, I couldn’t help but wonder what on earth was up with Bowser’s attempted wedding massacre?
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At first glance it seems to be a highly miscalculated attempt to impress the princess; a social blunder, ridiculous even by Bowser’s standards. It’s an easy interpretation to make when he had the sweet puppy-love look on his face while explaining what he was about to do.
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But then I noticed that when Peach turns to him with a look of horror, Bower’s expression and attitude shifts.
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He knows exactly what he’s doing.  This is backed up by this exchange earlier in the movie, when he first announced his intention to marry Peach:
Koopa Trooper: Doesn’t she hate you? Bowser: Of course she hates me! but that makes me love her all the more.
At surface level, Bowser’s lovesick behavior seems to indicated a misunderstood softie... the proposal rehearsals with Kamek, the flowers, the stupid hat, the power ballad love song, etcetera. There is no doubt that somewhere at Bowser’s core, there is a desire to be loved back.
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But at the end of the day, being loved does not take priority. Bowser’s priority is to be in control, hence the power star being at the center of his proposal. He doesn’t want a partnership so much as he wants to be the undisputed victor in the war for Princess Peach, whether his opponent is Mario or Peach herself.
He has no interest in meeting her halfway. His entire courting process is thus:
“Marry me or I’ll destroy everything that you love.”
“I’m going to prove my absolute power over this situation by ordering a mass slaughter on our wedding day.”
TL;DR
“I would never marry a monster.”
SHE’S RIGHT, AND SHE SHOULD SAY IT.
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veerbles · 2 months
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the end of ck is like, if you are a protagonist whose main character arc is being haunted by your dead brother and your friend has just recently developed powers allowing her to raise people from the dead, is it really a coincidence or is it just the doomed narrative coming for you?
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impotsiblelife · 2 years
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Don't feel bad if you haven't recovered from a condition your doctor says is "very treatable." Doctors and society in general often underestimate how debilitating pain, physical illnesses, and mental health problems can be. Don't listen to anyone who insinuates that you don't want to get better or aren't committed to your treatment because your symptoms haven't improved much. Take as long as you need to heal.
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hellyeahsickaf · 4 months
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brain fog is so stupid. Like what do you mean my body is in such rough shape I have nothing but my thoughts but also I can't think?
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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 9 months
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Aw! XL cooking reminded me of when I was working with children and they'd get nightmares/scared of monsters, so was go to the garden and make Monster Soup! Anything that looked good would go into the nearest source of water (often a bird bath) so that the monsters would know we are kind people and stay outside and not come inside. Also the monsters would think of us as friends and protect us instead of scaring us. Now I'm hoping that I have turned any of these kids into bad cooks bc I was like that flower looks good! Toss it in! 😅😄😄😄
Thank you for reminding me of this memory!
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I'm-In-Love-With-The-Monster Soup.
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chinchilla-clown · 10 days
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//sounds of pots and pans banging together
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