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blisteringstar · 2 years

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Prompt Twenty-Five: Whole

You are a conversation that never happened and a promise that did.

"Will you stay?" Asked a small voice, hopeful but scared.

"I'll stay. I wanted to on the beach that day. Will you help me? Bring me home? Make me whole?"

The beach was such an innocuous memory, but also an important one. A miqo'te with a smile as warm as sunshine. He looked so small, but he was unafraid. He was having fun. They both were. The man with the golden hair lifted the miqo'te over his head, the smaller man yelping in surprise and looking around himself to see only malms and malms of ocean. The seeker made his peace and the golden elezen threw him in. There were other people on the beach that day, but the world started here with them.

Viper used to be an ache, but now he was a memory. Heavy breaths and bared skin. The feel of something crashing against the other. The ache had no recollection of lust or passion. The ache felt. it had emotion and a strong thrum of attachment, but memories felt like data being sorted into books and cabinets to be called when needed. The memories were lifeless like a machine, but the feelings were as warm as the sun. A machine could love. Even a machine could give someone a gift from the heart.

A machine could hold onto the sun if it created one itself. The sun could mourn and pity a machine that never had the courage to burn.

Memories were the taste of warm, bare skin against his lips. Feelings were knowing the value and importance of those people. Louvel was a cold body in a casket, dressed up as a means to an end. Louvel was grief and need. The memory barely glossed over it. Louvel wasn't a person, he was a tool. The feelings couldn't forget what agony the memory was, and how much it never. never. never wanted to see it again. Memory was shoving Louvel in a box again. More means. More satisfaction. Feelings were being so traumatized over the first memory that it couldn't bare the pain of seeing it again.

It all felt disjointed. Feelings didn't match memories of people or events. Memories said Viper was a lover. Feelings said he would never look at you like a lover. Not you. Never you. Memories said Edarien was something. Once a lover? Forever a tool? A wonderful experiment? Feelings said Edarien was a god of a mage who would never care about a person like you. Not you. Never you.

It didn't matter. You are a conversation started and a promise fulfilled.

Whole and always together.

#cisne nocturneaux #ffxivwrite2022 #ffxiv oc #final fantasy xiv #mentions of xavipere secariot #mentions of edarien secariot #mentions of louvel roche #mentions of a whole bunch of things #mentions of cyprien #mentions of inwa

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kindnessoverperfection · 10 months

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Please, if you can, take a moment to read and share this because I feel like I'm screaming underwater.

NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) stigma is rampant right now, and seems to be getting progressively worse. Everyone is using it as a buzzword in the worst ways possible, spreading misinformation and hatred against a real disorder.

I could go on a long time about how this happened, why it's factually incorrect (and what the disorder actually IS), why it's harmful, and the changes I'd like to see. But to keep this concise, I'll simply link to a few posts under the cut for further reading.

The point of this post is a plea. Please help stop the spread of stigma. Even in mental health communities, even around others with personality disorders, in neurodivergent "safe" spaces, other communities I thought people would be supportive in (e.g. trans support groups, progressive spaces in general), it keeps coming up. So I'm willing to bet that a lot of people on this site need to see this.

Because it's so hard to exist in this world.

My disorder already makes me feel as if I'm worthless and unlovable, like there's something inherently wrong and damaged about me. And it's so much harder to fight that and heal when my daily life consists of:

Laughing and spending time with my friends, doing my utmost best to connect and stay present and focused on them, trying to let my guards down and be real and believe I'm lovable- when suddenly they throw out the word "narcissist" to describe horrible people or someone they hate, or the conversation turns to how evil "people with narcissistic personality disorder" are. (Seriously, you don't know which of your friends might have NPD and feels like shit when you say those things & now knows that you'd hate them if you knew.)

Trying to look up "mental health positivity for people with npd", "mental health positivity cluster bs", only to find a) none of that, and b) more of the same old vile shit that makes me feel terrible about myself.

Having a hard time (which is constant at this point) and trying to look up resources for myself, only to again, find the same stigma. And no resources.

Not having any clue how to help myself, because even the mental health field is spitting so much vitriol at people with DISORDERS (who they're supposed to be helping!) that there's no solid research or therapy programs for people like me.

Losing close friends when they find out, despite us having had a good relationship before, and them KNOWING me and knowing that I'm not like the trending image of pwNPD. Because now they only see me through the lens of stigma and misinformation.

Hearing the same stigma come up literally wherever I go. Clubs. Meetings. Any online space. At the bus stop. At the mall. At a restaurant. At work. Buzzword of the year that everyone loooves loudly throwing around with their friends or over the phone. Feels awesome for me, makes my day so much better/s

I could go on for a long time, but I'm scared no one will read/rb this if it gets too much longer.

So please. Stop using the word "narcissist" as a synonym for "abusive".

Stop bringing up people you hate who you believe to have NPD because of a stigmatizing article full of misinformation whenever someone with actual NPD opens their mouth. (Imagine if people did that with any other disorder! "Hey, I'm autistic." "Oh... my old roommate screamed at me whenever I made noise around him, and didn't understand my needs, which seems like sensory overload and difficulty with social cues. He was definitely autistic. But as long as you're self-aware and always restraining your innate desire to be an abusive asshole, you're okay I guess, maybe." ...See how offensive and ignorant that is?)

Stop preventing healthcare for people with a disorder just because it's trendy to use us as a scapegoat.

If you got this far, thank you for reading, and please share this if you can. Further reading is under the cut.

NPD Criteria, re-written by someone who actually has NPD

Stigma in the DSM

Common perception of the DSM criteria vs how someone may actually experience them (Keep in mind that this is the way I personally experience these symptoms, and that presentation can vary a lot between individuals)

"Idk, the stigma is right though, because I've known a lot of people with NPD who are jerks, so I'm going to continue to support the blockage of treatment for this condition."

(All of these were written by me, because I didn't want to link to other folks' posts without permission, but if you want to add your own links in reblogs or replies please feel free <3)

#actuallynpd #signal boost #actuallyautistic #mental health awareness #narcissistic personality disorder #people also need to realize that mental health professionals aren't immune from bias #(it really shouldn't come as a shock that the mental health field has a longstanding pattern of misunderstanding and mistreating ppl who ar #mentally ill or otherwise ND)#the first therapist i brought up NPD to like. literally pulled out the DSM bc she could barely remember the criteria. then said that there'#no way I have it because I have low self-esteem lmaoooooo #anyway throwback to being at work and chatting with a co-worker. and the conversation turning to mental health. and him saying that #he tries to stay informed and be aware and supportive of mental health conditions & that he doesn't want to be ignorant or spread harmful #misinformation. and then i mentioned that i do a lot of research into mental health stuff and i listed a bunch of things. which included #several personality disorders. one of which was NPD.#and after listening to my whole ass list he zeroed in on the NPD and immediately started talking about how narcissists are abusive and #he knew someone who had NPD and how the person who had it had an addiction and died from the addiction in a horrible way and he #was glad he did #fun times #or when i decided to be vulnerable and talk abt my self-criticism/self-hatred bc i knew my friends also struggled w that and i wanted to #support them by sharing my own coping methods. and they both(separately!) started picking and prodding at my npd through the lens of stigma #bc i'd recently opened up to them abt having it. they recognized self-hatred as a symptom and still jumped on me for it. despite me #trying to share hurt vulnerable parts of myself to help them and connect with them.#again..... fun times

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sonknuxadow · 9 months

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#sorry i saw someone say sonic and tails dont see eachother as family at all again and it annoyed me #this isnt even all of the times theyve said it this is just a bunch of stuff i remembered off the top of my head #and also sonic has called tails little bro SO many times across different media that it would be impossible to track them all down #but i tried to include stuff from different media to show that this isnt a thing thats exclusive to one continuity or one period of time #because those are arguments i see people use to prove theyre not brothers #but even if it WAS something that is mentioned a lot in earlier sonic media and not so much in recent stuff.#not mentioning something as often anymore doesnt automatically make it non canon?? especially if theres no new info contradicting it #sonic frontiers spoilers #the sage picture probably looks irrelevant to people who havent played frontiers #but she was talking about sonic and tails there which is why i included it #also i put that aosth clip instead of screenshots from it because i didnt think a couple screenshots would do it justice #you really have to see the whole thing

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swordmaid · 11 days

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i am wide awake thinking about that post canon jb au again when I should be sleeping …!!! such is the nature of the jbrainrot…

#the whole setting is jb hanging out in the rock post war #and tyrion became lord of the westerlands / the rock is his but he’s off doing stuff in kingslanding and jaime is just filling in for him #atm . but after tyrion comes back his original plan WAS he’ll get married to brienne right away and they can move back to tarth or be #travelling hedge knights together or whatever brienne wants to do he’s down for it. but the important thing is that he wants to stay with #her .. so he’s using the time they have together currently to court her bc she deserves that at least !!#so jaime goes off trying to court and woo brienne but she just thinks they’re hanging out bc they got relatively close in the war #so jaime being touchy feely isn’t anything new. jaime making innuendos and being kinda flirty isn’t anything new either #but this time he means it LOL he’s like I want to kiss you SO badly and brienne will be like lol silly jaime (:#I was also thinking they’d help rebuild lannisport just bc it’s a time for healing now and it would be good for the people to get to know #jaime and the lannisters in general bc of how they would just used to sit high above the rock looking down on everyone #but now jaime is like. actively helping and being known and being with the people rather than just being that absent distant lord #also he’s thinking he might as well try and foster some relationship with the commoners to his house bc it’s for tyrion anyway #so he’s off doing that and brienne is tagging along bc she does not want to go home yet #she wants to stay with him and she’s helping out as an excuse to stay a little longer but she doesn’t exactly want to leave him #but how do you tell someone that and ignore the big glaring part that she’s actually in love with him and the fact that they both survived #the war is getting her hopeful???? u want her to admit that?? like a normal person??? no..!!#so she’s just staying and helping out bc a) it’s the sensible thing to do b) so she can bask on the sun that is Jaime Lannister #for like a few more days. weeks. maybe a month bc the weather is soooo bad in the stormlands rn 🙄😳#anyway jb hanging out! and everything is going well and good but jaime is now getting popular w the people and he’s also looking quite #rugged and handsome post war now that he’s thirty flirty and thriving and he also has a new scar across his lip that makes his #smirks even more ! rogueish … ! and he looks quite nice with the greying hair 👀 so now there’s gossips around him #not to mention he’s single too and I think if you were one of the heroes who helped win the war they’ll forget the kingslaying #man with no honor business so lo and behold brienne eavesdrops a group of ladies bc she’s a chismosa at heart and they’re talking about a #potential marriage for a lord lannister (!!!) and there’s going to be a big tourney held in Kingslanding for it (!!!)#and brienne remembers jaime mentioning the ought to go to Kingslanding in the next few weeks (!!!) and now she’s remembering jaime IS a #lord though not theee lord of the westerlands STILL a lord from one of the seven houses and he’s single and very eligible for marriage rn #and now she’s realising everything is returning back the way it was before the war where society rules matters and she has her own role as #now the evenstar bc rip selwyn and jaime has his own role too and the court is a whole different battlefield #one that she isn’t equipped in and even though she had found some new confidence in herself bc killing a bunch of ice invisible zombies #with your own magic sword will do that for you she doesn’t think (and she’s being objective not negative) she stands a chance in THAT

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lnkedmyheart · 1 year

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If I had a dollar for everytime Dazai ended up horrendously down bad for a fluffy blue eyed redhead with a knack for caring for orphans and knowing him a bit too well who gets used by Mori against him but also convinces Dazai to make noticeable life changes, I would have two dollars. Not much, but its still a bit odd that it happened 2 whole times.

#soukoku #odazai #antis do not interact #if you get hives at the mention of a 'rival' ship you need help #the life changes being:#with chuuya he was convinced to keep living a little longer and a bunch of other actions he takes because of chuu's words #and with Oda its the whole defection thing

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dazai-on-my-mind · 4 months

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There's so much BSD lore that we're just never gonna get for a while.... or ever.

#what is happening with Q #why did Higuchi join the mafia #(i read a bunch of theories on it probably being because of previous familial ties BUT THAT WAS ALL IT WAS A THEORY)#the tanizaki siblings and they're whole thing #(is Kunikida's entrance exam for the ada ever mentioned i forget)#AND THE MAN OF THE HOUR DAZAI HIMSELF #WHO WERE YOU BEFORE THE MAFIA #(idc if it's ''irrelevant'' to the story I WANNA KNOW)#how'd he find out about his ability????#what led to him living un a shipping container #IS THE LACK OF INFORMATION ON DAZAI ON PURPOSE #is this like a meta commentary on how no one truly knows anything on a deeper level about Dazai since what he shows is always a persona #ASAGIRI PLEASE #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #cory talks bsd

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imissthembutitwasntadisaster · 4 months

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Also this is a response to some of the negative responses on that "modern art is good actually" post that was going around a while ago - you don't get to sit here and say anyone can make art and even if it's bad art it's still valuable and human etc etc and then pull out a bunch of realist paintings and say they're superior to modern art which sometimes requires context. Pick one.

#frankly the thing I hated most about that response that showed a whole bunch of essentially renaissance and realist art was how #westerncentric and generally restrictive it was. *shrek voice* they didn't even show the impressionists #not to mention art from Literally Anywhere Other Than The West

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fluffs-n-stuffs · 4 months

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Eusine being one of the most stacked units in pokemas will forever be the funniest thing to me because everytime I send him out I just imagine it like

Directly based on this;

#I did this entirely on my new screen tablet and oh my lord I’m not used to it at allSKDJSKDSJDNS #but I’m getting there methinks !!! slowly but steadily !!!!! 🙏✨#I have a whole bunch of other tablet doodles that I wanna share hehaw #I’ll mayhaps post that later tonight 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️#I also wanted to take this opportunity to mention that the next Destiny Bond update is a little delayed becauseee of something—#—special I have planned for valentines………….#though it has been fully sketched out! and if I do manage to release it around that time it’ll be the funniest thing ever honestlySKDJSKDNS #but I’m real excited for when that finally rolls around 👁️👁️#anyways op Eusine unit we love to see it /lh #pokemon #pokemon hgss #mystery man eusine #eusine pokemon #eusine #pokemas #pokemon masters #pokemon masters ex #pmex #doodle #Dena what will it take for a Jumpluff alt please pleaseplease I’m on my hands and knees please I beg #y’all know how they have some sync pairs for special events like that riddle tea party and such #WHAT IF…………. THEY DO ONE FOR EUSINE CAUSE HE’S ALREADY IN A SUIT ON THE REGULAR……………………… /INSANE /MANIFESTINGN #though I’m certain they’re gonna do the Neo champs for Johto by this year I feel it in my bones #may Eusine play some sort of role since he’s the one who gifted Silver that egg amen amen

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asterouslyaesthetic · 11 months

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something about fairy godmother!merlin after gudako lets it slip that she thinks cindereli's dress is gorgeous and that she'd love to try it on makes me feral

so of course, when she wakes up in the middle of the night, she's in a beautiful castle, in a beautiful dress, staring at the mirror like she can't believe it's actually her

and then comes a knock at the door, and who appears but merlin himself, dressed up and ready to escort her to the ball

and there are tons of people there, mostly background characters with little bearing on her day to day life, but some of them are also the friends and family and classmates she hasn't seen in what feels like years

randomly, servants enter her dream and get put into appropriate costumes. abby and dantes are also there the entire time as bodyguards (abby is her lady in waiting/maid and dantes is her suave mercenary friend, it's in the script that merlin never ends up giving her), mash is there as a princess from a neighboring kingdom, and oberon is ALSO there, he forced himself there because he got no invite and he heard about it from castoria, and kind of miffed he didn't hear about this first because he can also do that. it's very important to him that gudako knows that, even if he'll never do it for her, obviously

she spends the night dancing away (always making sure to check on merlin, though he doesn't dance himself), until the clock hits twelve and merlin spirits her back to a room that looks like chaldea, but there are subtle touches to it that suggest its either OG chaldea or novum chaldea with the things she's missing from her OG room that sion couldn't replicate

and he makes her some hot chocolate, mimicking a certain someone (which causes a brief lull in the conversation after which merlin mocks the man mercilessly, but in a very frenemy way, and it gets a small smile out of her as she tells him not to make fun of the dead, but she's still agreeing with him), and they talk about how fun the night was

until gudako jokes about how she didn't have a prince charming. you can't have fairy tales without prince charming, who is the princess supposed to marry??

they end up debating whether she actually didn't have one or if she just isn't a princess who needs a prince charming right now (gudako rejects the premise that she doesn't want one—why does everyone else get knight kings, she says, pointing at shirou and hakuno for artoria and charlie), and she offhandedly says that if fairy godmothers looked like him, prince charmings would be out of a job

and that—

and that catches him off guard because the very next thing she says is "maybe prince charming was the fairy godmother who helped me along the way"

and he automatically says, "i'm not sure that's how the saying goes, my lord"

but anything else he can say dies in his throat when she stands up and asks him to dance with her and how can he say no when she's smiling at him so brilliantly

"shall we, o' wizard of mine?"

"as my lord commands."

and they live happily ever after

(when morning comes, gudako wakes up to a surprise in her bed. she figures out pretty quickly that he's just pretending to sleep, so she kicks him off her bed.

"my lord is a cruel master," he complains, cuddling her.

after they show up to breakfast like that, gawain straight up asks if she needs him to bail her out and is extremely disappointed when he finds that's not the case.)

#fgo merlin #caster merlin #fgo gudako #fujimaru ritsuka #the my lord thing is probably just the writers not accounting for gender #or maybe because they wanted to emphasize the master/servant relationship #i like to headcanon that he was aware of why vivian tried to lock him when he willingly took her up on her punishment #that's why he chooses the more masculine-sounding term and actively says stuff like his event line #sort of like a if i don't think she's a girl i won't want to hook up with her type situation #particularly because i feel like he's probably watched/read a whole bunch of romance novels and he has Thoughts about his humanness #and he can already sense she's attached but it doesn't work because she bond15's him anyway #gudako just accepts it as a quirk of his until he mentions it to her once they're together #she's like i thought it was a sign i was important to you—oh yeah i get it now #until they update his lines to specifically address gudako i'm sticking to this

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mercymaker · 4 months

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love is truly the dumb fuck juice of all time because a man can literally tell you 'i have violent thoughts of harming you' and your ass will be twirling hair and kicking feet like 'but would we kiss after that or?' like

#life #nothing recent lmao just been thinking about my younger self #and how utterly in love i was with someone who didn't have their best intentions with my goofy ass #and i was EATING. IT. ALL. UP.#like sure i was in the absolute depths of depression and ping ponged from one suicidal thought to another #and at times those feelings were about the only thing keeping me from jumping off the 16th floor of my dorm building #but then again when he abandoned me like a wet dog on the side of the road #i uh.. almost killed myself yaknow.. maybe it was NOT worth it in the long run lmao #i lived bitch.jpg #but yeah nah just looking back at all that in retrospect and it's truly truly wild as shit how utterly in love my ass was #talking about that suicidio attempt i actually ended up writing about it because it was almost comical how i survived #when your darkest demons crawl out of the shower drain to roast you into living mi amore <3 #it helped me process the whole thing when i was in a much better place mentally #and i read it to my writing group with a bunch of people different ages different walks of life it was a great experience #suicide mention cw

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new-revenant · 2 years

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Only God is my Judge in Wayne Manor

Just a little something i’ve been working on, trying to figure out how to write characters you know? DPxDC in which Dani sneaks into the Wayne Manor, half-successfully. EDIT - ao3 link :)

Chapter 1 - Does Janus also work with Windows?

Dani loved to travel. She loved to see places filled with different people, many people, no one at all. It was nice, but it was dangerous. She met all kinds of people, but she was lonely. She could’ve possibly stayed with Fentons, but the paranoia of the boy she was cloned from stayed with her.

Dani traveled alone. And, like always, she was walking along the streets of somewhere dangerous. This place, in particular, was one of the worst places she could be in. A place that was so low in ambient ectoplasm that she wouldn’t be able to go ghost for very long.

Dani was in Gotham. And she was hungry. But she wasn’t dumb enough to try to go ghost and possibly get caught one way or another trying to get something fancy. And she wasn’t desperate enough to break into some rando’s house.

And yet Dani clambered over a fenced wall. It surrounded a manor that was even larger than Vlad’s. Crossing the green fields of grass, silent as a specter, she quickly glanced through the ground floor windows, looking for the kitchen.

A growl was heard. Dani spun around and growled back, purposely making her eyes that signature ghostly green. The dog that was behind her, a brown, muscular guard dog, promptly whimpered and hid his face from the clone.

Dani moved onwards. She was able to find the kitchen, and luckily enough, the window was just ever so cracked open. Opening the window, she slipped inside. She looked around the kitchen quickly, then darted towards the pantry. Food from the pantry usually last longer than food from the fridge.

Dani still went over to the fridge, however. And the fridge had cheese, and she had a mission to take all of the cheese. Cheese never goes bad, only better. That’s what Dani’s mentality was at least.

Halfway through stuffing all the cheese into her bag, she heard an bloodcurdling scream behind her. Whipping her around, she made her eyes the same green from before. She quickly realized her mistake, and her eyes returned back to blue.

But the person saw, the look on their face said it all. They were tall-at least, taller than her-had dark skin and very short hair, much like Tucker, but the first thing that Dani noticed about them was that their eyes had a an odd sheen to them. Dani however, didn’t care to find out why this person’s eyes were like that, as she had better things to do. Like getting out of this manor before she got in any deeper water.

“Thanks for the cheese my friend!” Dani closed the fridge and turned towards the window, only to hear it click and see a butler close it. Said butler was also holding a shotgun, so no one could really blame her for letting out yelp of fear.

“Master Duke, why would did you scream so loudly at a cheese-loving child?” The butler asked. Dani couldn’t help at snicker at her new moniker.

“Her eyes were green,” Duke hissed, voice shaking, confirming the idea that he did in fact see her eyes.

“It appears that they share some similarities with Todd then,” Dani spun around, nearly giving herself whiplash to look at the small child that spoke. The child was holding a fucking sword. Moment by moment, Dani was regretting coming here.

“Well ‘Duke’ here started screaming before I faced him, so do what you will with THAT information,” Dani stated, readjusting her bag nervously, “And what I’m going to do, is get the hell out of here, so if you’ll excuse me-“ Dani took one step towards the window and everyone took one step closer to her.

Dani was fucked. She had no idea how to get out of here without using her ghost powers. She probably could use her powers, but the consequences of using them would absolutely be dreadful.

Dani heard footsteps coming towards the kitchen. Unlike the others, she could actually hear these footstep-except Duke’s footsteps could’ve been heard but she was too invested in thieving food to notice his.

The man that came into the kitchen was large, not as large as Mr. Fenton, but seeing him just made Dani’s heart race.

“Oh fuck this,” Dani muttered, “Can’t a girl just take some food in these dire times?” She took another step towards the window, and everyone took one step closer to her once more, with the child now pointing his sword directly at her neck.

“Damian,” The tall man said, putting his hand on the child’s shoulder. The kid made a ‘tt’ sound and relaxed his stance, just a bit. The man took a small step closer and crouched down to Dani. “You aren’t from Gotham are you?” the man asks, “You don’t have to tell me where your from-“

“Then I don’t need to tell you shit,” Dani hissed, “Maybe I’m not from here, so what? I’m not staying here for long so who cares?” Dani fidgeted with her bag again, a large scowl on her face.

The man, however, had a soft, sympathetic look on his face. Which was a surprise to be sure, since Dani was almost sure this guy owned the manor they were in, so he was obviously very rich. All of the rich people that Dani met were evil so far, so she couldn’t bring herself to trust him in the slightest. He was still probably better than Vlad, although that was a very, very low bar.

“Well then, I’m Bruce Wayne, and this is my manor you broke into,” Dani and Duke both snickered at the straightforward delivery that Bruce spoke in.

“Blame the guy who left the window open,” Dani leaned on a counter, trying to look relaxed as her eyes darted towards as the exits she could see, “So I never really broke in per say, the only crime I committed was theft, theft of food, for I am but a poor, orphan child without a home,” Dani slowly inched her way towards the window as she spoke. Worst comes to worst, she would have to fight the old butler.

The others looked at each other, with both Damian and Duke glaring at Bruce specifically.

“What’s your name?” Bruce asked. Dani hesitated, obviously, why would she tell this random guy who she just broke into the house he lives in her name? But then she noticed something-he was ecto-contaminated. Only slightly, but being ecto-contaminated at all meant that he got exposed to a lot of ectoplasm. And he wasn’t the only one here who was contaminated. The kid was definitely contaminated, and there could be someone else here who was contaminated, but Dani couldn’t tell.

Dani didn’t need answers. But she wanted them. So she’ll play along. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but she was already brought back to life. Well, sorta.

“Dani,”Dani muttered, “My name’s Dani, Dani with an ‘i’ sir.” Dani focused her gaze straight at the window, not wanting to look at anyone else there. There was a long silence, as Dani waited for someone to say something.

“Well, Dani,” Bruce finally spoke up, “Do you need a place to stay?” Dani whipped her head around, definitely giving herself whiplash this time. She then looked quizzically at the old butler, because surely he would have an explanation.

“Master Bruce tries to care for all children,” the butler explained, “he especially has a tendency to care for troublemakers.”

Dani blinked a few times. She absolutely did not want to stay here, not in the slightest, even if they had a lot of food and Bruce seemed nice, she could be compromising everything that Danny tried so hard to keep hidden.

But Dani needed answers. And a bed to sleep on would be nice. Even if it was just for a little while.

“As long as I get free food I’ll do whatever in hell’s name you want Mr. Wayne,” Dani stated, staring confidently at him. Bruce gave her a sad sympathetic look again, with a sad smile to accompany it.

“The only thing I want is to make sure another kid doesn’t have to sleep on the streets tonight,” Bruce said softly. “Alfred, can you prepare one of the spare bedrooms for Dani? And please get rid of the gun.”

The butler nodded, “Will do sir,” he said as he walked out of the kitchen.

“Wait, is she staying?” Duke asked, utter confusion written all over his face.

“Funny, I asked the same thing when you showed up,” Damian remarked.

“Wha-what is that supposed to mean?”

“Boys, be nice,” Bruce scolded them lightly.

“I am being nice father,” Damian defended himself, “But I would like to know why Thomas screamed so loud at this,” he gestured over to Dani, who promptly stuck her tongue out at him.

“Well-I thought she looked kind of like a raccoon okay!” Duke threw his hands in the air in defeat, “It’s like twelve til’!”

Damian made another ’tt’ sound before leaving the kitchen, with Duke himself leaving soon after to got to his room. Dani was quite lost on what to do.

“So…how many people live here?” Dani asked Bruce.

“Well, there’s me for one. Then there’s Duke, Damian, Alfred, and Cass. I have more children who come by every now and again who sometimes bring their friends along,” Bruce responses softly. Dani thought he was trying a bit too hard to get Dani to trust her. Might be her paranoia, or both, she didn’t care.

“Who’s Cass?” Dani asked. She then saw a shadow move out of the corner of her eye, and someone jumped down from the shadows of the cabinets above right in between her and Bruce. Dani yelped and slipped on something on the floor, falling down. Before falling all the way, the person caught her just in time, going on to help her stand back up.

“That, would be Cass,” Bruce sighed, going closer to Dani to check on her. Cass meanwhile had the most guilt-stricken face that Dani had ever seen before. She made her hand into a fist and rubed it in a circular motion across her chest. Dani knew it was sign language but she didn’t know any signs. So she just smiled awkwardly and said a little hi.

“Master Bruce,” Alfred announced, walking back into the kitchen, “Miss Dani’s room is ready.”

“Thank you Alfred,” Bruce straightened up his posture, “Now then, Dani, why don’t you let Alfred show you to your room?”

Dani heaved out a sigh, “Whatever you say Mr. Wayne.” Dani waved goodbye to Cass before making her exit.

“Oh, and can you please give the food you stole back to Alfred?”

“Can I? Yes. Now, will I? No.”

Once Dani had left Bruce turned to Cass, “Cass, inform the rest of the family of Dani’s appearance. And make sure to ask Duke for what he saw exactly when he first came down here,” he whispered, “meet me down in the Batcave at two til’, got it?”

Cass nodded, giving Bruce a thumbs up before setting out. Bruce sighed before checking the contents of the fridge and pantry, almost a quarter of the food was taken from the later, and there being a noticeable absence of cheese from the former. If anything he now had an idea on what to get Dani if she was being too unreasonable. But then again, it’s not like that would be as easy as it sounds.

But it didn’t matter now. What did matter was trying to figure out who-and perhaps even more importantly what-Dani is. And he confident he could do it. After all, he was the world’s greatest detective, Batman.

And Dani was tired. And it was the first time ever since she got away from Vlad that she actually felt somewhat confortable in a manor-and bedroom-of a size like this. But it was surprisingly cozy, and the people here were nice, definitely not normal absolutely not, but neither was she.

Dani slept, and for the first time in a while, she was smiling.

#danny phantom #dp x dc #dp fanfic #dp crossover #dani fenton #dani phantom #there’s a bunch of references to other posts that mention Dani interacting with the batfam #mainly the whole thing with the cheese #also Cass is saying sorry if you don’t know asl(I also copied the desc from babysigns or whatever it’s called bc lazy)#revenant makes fanfics

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Joy Mercer and Will Byers are essentially the same character

While looking at the parallels between House of Anubis and Stranger Things, I saw that there are a lot of overarching plot similarities (of course with their numerous differences). However, I couldn't help but notice the striking similarities in the narrative arc of one character in each show: Joy and Will. Almost the exact same thing happens to both of them, and they both follow practically the same plotline for a very large portion of their respective shows. Their respective season 1's are practically copies of each other, with their major differences starting to appear in later seasons when they actually have major screentime. A lot of the differences in their stories are due to their personality differences; as for the plot, they have the exact same role, and follow the same path with a lot of the same consequences.

So I want to break it down and show the parallels side-by-side to really just lay out how much they have in common (because it is a LOT). Here you can see all their equivalent plot points, narrative events, and their almost identical journey.

✨ Heads up: this is going to be a long post ✨

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1. Sudden mysterious disappearance

Both series are kicked off by the same initiating event: a character suddenly mysteriously disappears. We get to see them and establish their friendships for a scene or two before they vanish for the majority of season 1. For both shows, the plotline of the first season revolves around their disappearance. Joy gets kidnapped and hidden by the Society, and Will gets taken into the Upside Down by the Demogorgon, both without a trace.

Additionally: they also might have both been stolen away for a reason, because they were believed to be special. This is true for Joy, as they thought she was the Chosen One. This isn't confirmed yet for Will, but there are a lot of theories that he's got powers too, which is why he was chosen and how he survived the Upside Down and why he can sense the Mind Flayer/Vecna. There's also speculation that that's why he was spared in season 1, because they wanted to use him for a purpose, like the Society was planning to use Joy for a purpose.

2. Cover-up conspiracy of their disappearance

Both disappearances are covered up by secret organizations (the Society; Hawkins Lab) in order to hide a conspiracy. Joy's records are scrubbed and her social media deleted to try and erase her from existence, as well as fake correspondence sent to her friends in order to stop them from sniffing around and discovering the immortality cult, and perhaps even forget about her entirely. Hawkins Lab also tries to cover up Will's disappearance by producing a fake dead body and making it look like he died so that no one would come looking for him anymore and no one would stumble upon what was happening in the Lab.

3. Their best friend refuses to believe that they're gone and relentlessly looks for them

Both Joy and Will have a best friend who will stop at nothing to find them once they realize they've disappeared. In fact, their unrelenting search becomes one of the major plotlines of their respective season 1's. Both Patricia and Mike refuse to believe there's anything normal going on, and they refuse to stop looking or believe their friend is gone, despite the evidence to the contrary, and despite people telling them to stop. When the people in charge (the teachers, the government) try and get them to stop, they don't. Even when their other friends think it's useless, they never stop believing, to the point where just about everyone else thinks they're crazy.

Regardless, they never give up, even if they get involved in supernatural/otherworldly activities along the way.

4. Messages from beyond

While missing, both Will and Joy are able to communicate and get messages out to their family and friends, who are able to use it to help find them. Joy sends a coded message to Patricia (and eventually just texts her), and Will communicates with Joyce using the lights, along with the phone and radio. (Bonus points for the fake mirror message from "Joy" aka Alfie.)

5. A "girl with powers" coincidentally shows up right after they disappear

It feels very notable that almost immediately after they disappear, someone new shows up. And not just anyone: someone special, someone with some form of powers. Nina is the Chosen One, and Eleven has psychic abilities. It's almost too convenient how quickly these girls show up after they disappear. Almost like they're there to replace them (but not actually). And both girls are there to help solve the disappearance and save the day, both of which would not happen without them. The biggest difference in these shows with regards to the girl with powers is that the best friend (Mike) and most of the group embrace Eleven right away, while the best friend (Patricia) and most of the group shun Nina at first.

6. When they return, they're not the same

Both Will and Joy return for good in season 2, but as noted by the other characters, they're not the same. They go through major personality changes. Joy is a lot more guarded, harsh, and mean than her past self, for reasons we'll get into later. In her isolation, she also lost some of the bubbliness we see in the pilot episode, and she becomes rather withdrawn. The same goes for Will, who is even more quiet and withdrawn than before. He also has the unfortunate side effect of literally having pieces of the Upside Down within him, making the "not the same" comments more literal. Still waiting for Will to have his true angry arc like Joy had tho.

7. Their love interest is now dating the girl with powers

When they do return, they find out that something happened while they were gone: specifically, that their love interest got away. Both love interests become romantically involved with and eventually date the girl with powers, who had "replaced" them. So, not only were their love interests dating someone, but they're dating someone new and unfamiliar to Joy and Will. This leaves both of them pining for someone they can no longer have.

In Will's case, the best friend and the love interest are the same person, making it a double whammy for him.

8. Feelings of being replaced and others moving on without them

Both Will and Joy changed because of their experience, but everything else changed, too. After returning, they have to come back and try and find their place again in a group that has changed and maybe moved on without them. They expected it to remain the same as when they last saw it, but it's not anymore. Both of them are experiencing feelings of being replaced in their friend circles, particularly by the girl with powers, who showed up to fill their space while they were gone. This results in both of them fearing that their friends don't need or want them anymore. Joy, who is not a member of Sibuna, feels excluded, and feels that Nina is stealing her friends and taking what is rightfully hers. Will, while still a full member of the Party, also feels excluded and feels that Eleven and Max are stealing the attention of his friends (Mike and Lucas) away from him and the group, as they're acting like couples and he is obviously not part of one due to the fact that he's gay, even though no one knows this. Both Joy and Will feel "othered" and excluded. They're growing apart from their best friend and can no longer have their love interest (though for Will, this is the same person). They just want to go back to the way things were, even though that's not really possible anymore.

In their minds, they have someone they can blame for part of this change, someone they can point to: the girl with powers, who's throwing a wrench in everything (though Will also throws a tiny little bit of blame on Max, who's also new to the group, but most goes to Eleven because he is focused on Mike, the best friend/love interest). They each react to this situation differently, mainly because Joy hates Nina and Will likes Eleven (and eventually becomes a brother figure to her). Joy tries to actively do something about it and remove the "problem" while Will is passive, preferring to fade into the background or even just take himself out of the equation if anything.

9. Lashing out

All of these frustrations eventually lead to Joy and Will lashing out, albeit in very different ways. Joy writes a nasty, defamatory article about Nina with the intent to hurt her, ultimately hoping it will remove her from her life and eliminate her problems, even though it ends up backfiring on her big time. Will, on the other hand, goes into a rage and destroys Castle Byers, the fort he and his brother made when he was a kid. Joy lashes out to hurt others like they hurt her; Will keeps it to himself, and instead of punishing his friends he punishes himself to compound the hurt. Castle Byers is a representation of his friendships and his childhood, so he gets out his frustrations about his situation and about growing up that way. His lashing out is more symbolic, as he's not intending to make any active change like Joy is. But do their actions make either of them feel better? No. Because it doesn't change anything, and it just leads to tears.

10. Lasting trauma

As expected, they both have a whole boatload of trauma. Joy is still clearly traumatized by her experience, though less obviously than Will who can still physically see the Upside Down. Joy is hesitant to return to Sibuna activities, and robes are a trigger for her, as seen in the above photo. And I don't feel like I need to say much for Will, that boy is constantly being terrorized by the Upside Down, particularly in season 2 but he can still sense stuff in seasons 3 and 4 as well.

11. Almost die to supernatural causes and have to be revived

Save for some notable exceptions (ex. Max, Eddies plural), Joy and Will are the only kids in their respective shows that were seriously close to actually dying. Joy might've actually died, I'm a little fuzzy on that; either way, she was brought back to life with the Tears of Gold. Unsure if Will officially died, but he did have to be resuscitated by Hopper and Joyce. Both of them had a very very close brush with death due to supernatural forces (Senkhara, Upside Down), which is the last parallel I'm going to use to bond them together.

Now, I'm sure I could make more points and bring up more similarities. But Will's story isn't done yet, and I want to see what happens in Stranger Things 5 before I compare to Joy's healing and journey in the latter stages of HOA season 3. So, up to this point, I rest my case.

Joy Mercer 🤝 Will Byers = the same

#give them each a hug and send them both to therapy #riiiipppp some of the will pics are so daaarkkkkk nothing i can do about it #i also had to do a bunch of editing on the joy pics to get the subtitles in the right place #please enjoy this in-depth character study and comparison #of my two fave shows atm #this is incredibly niche content but i needed to make it for me #i hope all my wording makes sense #they are the sameeeee these two are the SAMMMMEEEE #SO MANY PARALLELS #THE SAME NARRATIVE JOURNEY AND SAME TRAUMA #not the mention the whole thing with both their respective girls with powers #with el/will kinda being two sides of the same coin #and joy/nina DEFINITELY being two sides of the same coin #THERE IS SO MUCH HERE TO UNPACK #joy mercer #house of anubis #will byers #stranger things #long post

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