#so Harley tells Bruce 'this story needs an ending'

[distort-opia]

I know you ship batjokes, but what do you think about jarley?

Well, I can't say I ship it, but I do find it interesting-- much like I find Bruce's other relationships interesting. It'd be tough not to, since in Punchline's own words:

-- Batman (2016) #93

Harley is the person to get closest to Joker emotionally other than Batman. And with the big disclaimer that this is all my personal opinion which I got specifically asked about, I'll put a slightly longer discussion of the subject under the cut.

To be honest, I dislike how Jarley has been reduced solely to the label of "abusive relationship", with Harley's own darker traits being swept under the rug or fully attributed to Joker's influence. Doctor Harleen Quinzell had her own demons and psychopathic tendencies, before ever meeting Joker; and it was a sense of deep loneliness that drove her to him, and which he exploited. At the end of the day, that does seem like what it amounted to, especially in the beginning... Harley feeling horribly alone, and latching onto Joker to fill that void, with Joker manipulating it and taking control. However, Joker would not have been able to take advantage of any kind of attachment if Harleen's own darkness didn't relate to Joker's own somehow.

And well, thing is... Joker, in his own way, cared about Harley. Put bluntly, he wouldn't have bothered to keep her around otherwise. It's a Black Label comic, but my mind always goes to this phrasing when thinking of Jarley:

-- Birds of Prey (2020)

"Crawled in each other's void." And Joker's void was Batman-shaped, just like she says. At this point it's been canonized again and again that Joker is in love with Batman, with Harley herself being the one to confirm it more than once... and it is fascinating how Batjokes and Jarley interact, most tragically when it comes to Harley. Because she was jealous of Batman and the hold he had over Joker's attention. Part of what kept her next to Joker, trying harder and harder to please him (like in Mad Love) was the hope that eventually, she could become as special to him as he was to her. She saw how human Joker could be about Batman, and wanted to nurture and help him turn it into something more, but in the end it probably became the most hurtful thing-- Joker being incapable of caring about anyone else but Batman, no matter how hard she tried or the things she endured.

...Anyway, Anon, to summarize, I do think Jarley is interesting :)) That being said, it's also annoying how it's being used to turn Joker into a one-dimensional cartoonishly evil abuser, ever since Harley's redemption arc began. Better writers could find ways to turn Harley into an anti-hero without bulldozing over previous characterization for her or Joker, but alas.

#this is part of why Joker War is very interesting to me too #Tynion so clearly had Batman Punchline and Harley at the forefront of the story #as three main relationships Joker has. each of them at different stages of having wanted something from him #Punchline in the beginning. Bruce in the middle. Harley at the end #and Harley being the one to try and talk Punchline and Bruce into leaving BECAUSE she's the one having had enough #...but it's wild how through the sheer nature of comics. Batman is essentially INCAPABLE of leaving Joker behind #DC will only stop telling their story when it stops selling and God knows when that'll happen #so Harley tells Bruce 'this story needs an ending' #and Bruce tries to walk away from Joker #but in the very next issue Bruce says 'Joker was right' and implements the lessons Joker tried to teach him #how's that an ending? it isn't and it can't be #aaaanyway. me and my brand of overthinking as usual #asks #batman #joker #jarley #batjokes #my meta

[lily-radiance]

Random fic headcanons and ideas:

TWD season two Daryl Dixon with an S/O who's in trouble

Both loners

MC is not from Georgia

Early 20s MC dating mid-30s Daryl

She knows how to shoot archery bows but not crossbows

Touch-starved

Andrea considers MC like another younger sibling

Everyone advises Daryl not to go for you and vice versa

When Rick, Hershel, and Glenn go to the bar, MC accompanies them. Daryl only goes when Lori tells him that you are in danger.

Carol gives him advice

Andrea and Lori warn him if he breaks your heart, he's a dead man.

RE4 Leon with a high school best friend who became an Umbrella Scientist.

MC was initially training for the force with Leon but dropped out to find another passion

She wants to help people but gets pulled into Umbrella’s dark research

Leon caught a glimpse of her at the end of RE2 but couldn't be sure if it was her.

Ashley doesn't trust MC, but Leon ignores it

Both have combat experience and have undergone physical conditioning

MC does not have Las Plagas

Krauser spars with MC, causing Leon to jump in.

Krauser asks Leon to choose between you and Ashley.

IDK if Leon would be sweet here or a Yandere.

Arkham Movie Trilogy Jonathan Crane, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy x Psychiatrist reader

This story is currently in progress!!!

Reader works at Arkham Asylum

Friends with Bruce Wayne

Knows about his alter ego and occasionally helps him solve cases

Reader believes Bruce should do more with his money to benefit Gotham

Combines Heath Ledger’s Joker with Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn

The reader was in the same major as Harley in college, and the two dated briefly

Harley constantly teases the reader when she catches wind of a new crush

You try to ignore her, but eventually can't as she warns you that the doctor is deadlier than he lets on

You brush it off, too fond of your coworker to accept the notion that he can hurt you

Bruce doesn't like your new counterpart, picking up a destructive energy that screams guilty

In defiance, you decide to bring your beaux to one of many parties and get on your friend’s last nerve.

A kiss is shared in front of the crowd, some murmuring complaints while others smile. You wish to stay in Jonathan’s arms, but the moment is interrupted as Bruce pulls you aside

Naturally, two upper-class socialites fighting in front of an audience calls for bad publicity, but not on your part

“If you keep this up, you'll become a sewer rat criminal just like the rest!”

Luckily, you decided to wear a few rings to accentuate your outfit. Not only do you look stunning, but you reel back and land a brutal slap on his cheek. Yet that doesn't hurt as much as your following words.

“How dare you, Bruce. How dare you scrutinize what you can never understand. Thomas and Martha would be ashamed of you, and you, of all people, know they were difficult to rattle. Next time you need anything, ask someone who gives a shit.”

Your friend has to watch in shock as you exit the home, arm linked with a man he despises. Even in disagreeable situations, you manage to exhibit grace and elegance. It's the beginning of a new era and the opportunity to forget the complex life of the wealthy.

“Is your hand alright, (Y/N)? Better yet, are you okay?”

Never underestimate a psychiatrist to get into your head. He walks you to the car, watching your lips tremble in the darkness. You meet his stare, and one thought crosses your mind: kissing him sounds lovely. The doctor is efficient at picking up social cues, leaning down to meet your lips, and extinguishing the frigid temperature.

“As long as I'm with you, Jonathan. I can do anything with you by my side, no matter the risks.”

I want to make the reader an anti-hero vigilante with the “Grim Reaper” theme. Supernatural powers in Batman don't really occur so I will brainstorm. Most villains are the work of genetic experiments gone wrong so maybe I'll work with that?

JD(Heathers 1989) dating the reader

You are friends with Veronica and the despicable Heathers

Instead of going along with their charades, you often argue and challenge Heather Chandler

She constantly threatens your social standing but knows that the campus would easily choose you over her.

Purple color coded

JD can't help but admire your tenacity as you begrudgingly follow Veronica to the table, attempting to stop the girl from doing Heather’s bidding.

When you walk over, he seems uninterested in the girl speaking to him, instead transfixed on your disinterested attitude. Unknowingly, you lick your lips, tasting lip gloss and wiping some glitter away. When you lock eyes, you swear your heart stops beating, drawn to his carefree attitude.

Veronica says a few words to you, trying to convince you to let her administer the lunch poll

As she talks, you playfully roll your eyes, causing the delinquent to smirk in your direction. He hides a chuckle from breaking out, finding your careless joking funny given the circumstances. When Veronica walks off, it allows you to sit across from the newcomer, albeit a little too eagerly.

“Mind if I ask for a smoke? I'm dying from boredom.”

“Sure, I could never say no to a girl like you. I’m guessing you’ve been trying to break from those devils all day.”

He lights your cigarette as you take it between your teeth, enjoying the visual more than he lets on.

“It's all thanks to you, my knight in obsidian armor.”

#x reader #fanfiction #writing #the walking dead #amc twd #daryl dixon x reader #daryl dixon #arkham knight #arkhamverse #batman begins #jonathan crane x reader #scarecrow x reader #harley quinn x reader #poison ivy #resident evil #leon kennedy x reader #resident evil 4 #heathers #jason dean x reader #jason dean #current wip #headcanons

[a-short-alien]

Hiiii! First ever post! I wanted to start off by introducing my cringe self insert. I made him at first just cause I like clowns and wanted to make an OC to date Nightwing, but like many of my cringe self inserts I overdeveloped his story and accidentally made a whole AU centered around him. I’ll make more posts about the cannon characters soon, but enjoy his backstory :3

Joker was looking for a new plan that would hopefully both prove his “love” to Harley and finally get him even with the Batman. The Batman had recently started working with his first ever Robin, eight year old Dick Grayson. To the Joker, this was unfair, so he decided to get his own child sidekick. Joker made his way to the broken down apartments surrounding crime alley and after finding a neglected little seven year old kid alone in their apartment he made the next logical move, waited for their parents to come home, murdered them and took the kid home. He decided on the name Clown, telling Harley they were their new son! Of course the Joker did a number of unethical things, like never taking the kid to a single school building for any reason that wasn't for a plot, trying to bleach his skin (he was stopped by Batman on multiple occasions but Clown always ran back to his father), and training him specifically for the purpose of one upping Robin. There were times he was good, or well, bare minimum. He was accepting when Clown came out as trans at the age of 9 (he hadn’t even realized Clown was AFAB in the first place), he fed him proper meals most days, ensured he wasn’t thrown in Arkham (much easier considering he was a minor), ensured he wasn't homeless (at least not for log periods of time) and even provided some emotional support (though poor) when needed. But like a lot of Jokers plans, it wasn’t as effective as he had wished, no matter what he did, Robin was always better than his Clown, so he scrapped the idea. He didn’t kill Clown, he had become oddly attached to him and liked keeping around someone eternally loyal to him, just stopped paying attention. Clown continued pursuing Robin though, in an attempt to prove to his father he was worth the attention but ended up just creating a secret friendship with him, even learning his secret identity at some point (Bruce will not learn this until far later he simply thinks Clown is just friends with both Dick Grayson and Robin and is HEAVILY against it for obvious reasons). Clown sort of filled his days with spending time with Harley, the Hyenas, and sneaking out to go see Dick whenever he could. After Harley left, taking the dogs he picked up hobbies like painting or writing, slowly seeing Dick less and less until he had left to become Nightwing. In the period of years Dick had “died” and done all of his antics with Spiral and the court of Owls Clown ended up moving from home. He stayed with Harley some days, sometimes stole some money for a hotel for a few days until one day (at around 22) he started this odd love/hate relationship with the Riddler (only about a year or two older than Clown and Dick in this AU). They lived together for a while and were pretty on and off until Nightwing was back, Clown left Eddy to move to Blüdhaven and start following Dick around again. He stole the occasional wallet from tourists and managed to scrape together enough money to rent a pretty shitty apartment. He spends his time now just bothering Dick both on and off the Hero clock. They eventually developed a small tradition where Dick buys Clown dinner just as a way to ensure he eats at least once a day. This went on for a year or two until slowly Dick began to realize how Clown was struggling (could barely pay rent, no heating/AC, very little food, ect.). After one night in winter where Clown nearly froze to death and had to be taken back to stay at his apartment, Nightwing very slowly moved Clown's things into his apartment by trying to get him to stay more and more overtime. Eventually Clown had just fully moved in and after a few emotional conversations about their childhoods, what they missed in those years apart and Clown's admission that he didn't like doing his father's bidding (was always clear to Dick anyway), the two slowly began to start a relationship together. They now live together in his Blüdhaven apartment and are currently working on trying to track down Clown's legal documentation and get him a normal life.

#art #batman #batfam #nightwing #oc #batmanoc #joker #jokeroc #selfinsert #au #batmanau #DC #dickgrayson #comics #batfamily

[vodrae]

In main continuity and Arkham, Lazarus pit is running through gotham, in tap water, sewers...

Trees, flowers, grass, are feeding on it. And one person in Gotham City can talk, feel, grow a jungle from a seed.

They talk, often, the voice is everywhere, but stronger at certain points on the map.

One day, Jason feels an urge, his guts are SCREAMING at him to go at a very precise location. He is not even in suit. Maybe it's only his anxiety, but something bad could happen, it's Gotham.

After a ride on his motorcycle at 200 miles per hour, Jason follow his instinct under the biggest tree of Robinson Park. A really beautiful red head in dress is waiting, she plays with plants-

*The Grinch and Cindy-Lou screaming at each other.mp4*

Long story short Jay become the mule of Lazarus spirits. On a bench, he's eating the vegan chocolates brought by Ivy and drinking Champagne from the bottle.

He can feel is blood, talking, laughing, looking its date fondly, but the touch of Ivy too when she grow a vine from the ground so they can touch hands.

Weeks by weeks, the story continue, he swears the lazarus is POUTING and giving him the cold shoulder when he says he can't go see Ivy seven time a week in Arkham.

Nobody truly remembers what Pamela Isley looks like, so Jason Todd-Wayne is multiples times phtographied with this gorgeous red head at high standing rooftop vegan restaurants with plants everywhere.

Even Bruce has difficulties buying this story and needs all his battech and Zatana's power to believe it.

The dates become more interesting when Harley as a sign of acceptation in their home of Lazzie blew up a fleet of Lexcorp's cargos (they were empty of people and no waste went into sea, yeah !)

And this story continue and tell how Jason Todd ends up in Vegas being witness of Ivy, Harley and Lazzie wedding ceremony.

#batman #batfamily #batfam #batman headcanon #red hood prompt #red hood fanfic #dc comics #jason todd #red hood #lazarus #lazarus pit #poison ivy #pamela isley #harley quinn #gotham city sirens #bruce wayne

[th3-cr43k3d-m1rr0r]

Red hood story i wanna marry him this time holmes

Jason Todd (Red Hood!) x GN! Reader

Title: The Firsts

Warnings: None!

Summary: You go over the firsts in your relationship with Jason as your wedding.

A/N: No set universe.

You and Jason have been seeing each other for almost 2 years. Now, look at you two having your wedding in front of all your friends and family. The Justice League, The Titans, The Outlaws, The Batfam, hell even Harley Quinn came. Jason just gave his vows and now it's time for yours. You take Jason through all the "1sts" in your relationship.

The first meet was pretty awkward. You two meet each as hereos during one of Jason's outbursts. He was pissed and felt destructive. You entered the scene before he actually did damage to anything and y'all ended up fighting each other instead. You kicked his ass, but he'll never admit that. From there, you guys ended up friends and would spar occasional nights.

The first kiss was amazing. After a few weeks of sparring, Jason wanted more, specially he wanted more of you. He loved your personality and he assumed you would be attractive. At this point it was still two vilgalantes fighting each other for fun. No personal connection. You two didn't know what's under each other mask. Until He simply asked. Of course Jason being Jason was kind of an asshole about it. But, after seeing your face for the first time. He kissed you, and then you kissed back. Jason never felt an action so natural in his life. So, after that day y'all needed a new sparring place.

The first date was weird, it wasn't you typical Resturant dinner or stargazing. Jason wanted help taking down some gang leader in another city. Which is what you thought you guys were going to do. He straight up just led you to a small home he had and you too hung out there. From there on, you saw Jason as a nerd. His place was filled with books. Books on the shelf, half opened books on the night stand. Even a copy of Pride and Prejudice in his fridge. You didn't ask about that one. Jason was also a theatre nerd. He had tapes of broadway musical filmed that didn't have films. Which he claimed he stole, in the most smug look you have ever seen. You guys ended up geeking out the whole evening and falling more in love.

The first family dinner was nonconventional. Jason has a huge family, and as you thought you would be meeting Bruce Wayne that day, that ended up being not the case. Instead when Jason brought you to the Manor, you were greeted by a cheerful Alfred Pennyworth. Alfred had cooked a wonderful meal for you two, his two brothers and of course himself. That night you also met Dick Grayson and Tim Drake. You answered every question they threw you way, and you were satisfied with the answers they gave you. Dick attempted to give a big brother talk to Jason, but you doubt he was listening. They liked you, the liked you with Jason. They liked Jason being happy. Successful First Family Dinner.

Your first fight was not ideal. It was over vigilante work. Jason left for three weeks without telling you. You were angry, you thought he had ghosted you. It was until the second week that you came to Dick asking for answers, he didn't know anything about it, so that was a bust. You thought it was something you did. Then he knocked on your door randomly and you when you opened the door he was just standing there with a really stupid grin. You two argued all night long, and he didn't see what he did was wrong and you sent him out of your apartment. The next night when you came home from work, you found an apology note in your fridge with a delivery gift card for some food. You called him over and y'all made up and ate food together. Telling him if he leaves he needs to text you periodically so you know he's okay.

The first time you started living with each other was when you two realized it would be better financially and romantically to be in the same apartment with each other. What that basically meant is that Jason just moved in with you. He brought only two boxes, one for his books and one for his clothes. You sold your DVDs to make room for his books. He was very emotional about that. He started paying half of your rent and it was so much easier to live. You two were happy together.

The first time you guys were more than just a relationship was when he proposed. It was when the Justice League threat was happening. You two were helping out after Darkseid invaded earth. You and Jason were kicking some parademons out of this world. When he suggest y'all finally get married after this. You thought he was joking. But he actually got down on one knee a week after Darkseid's death at a fancy restaurant. You said yes and you guys ate whatever dessert they brought out. Jason wanted to propose to you more to get more free dessert but you said no.

The first time you walked down the aisle was ten minutes ago. Jason was up on the stand anxiously waiting. He admired everybody who came, he felt so happy and loved. He looked over at Bruce, and he gave Jason a nod of approval. Then the doors opened, and you came down with Alfred at your side. Jason's jaw dropped and he almost cried as you came up.

You just finished you vows and then Jason says "I do."

"Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

"I do"

"You may now kiss"

That was the first time you guys realized you were meant to be.

////

@cagethefrenchfuck

:)

Requests are open!!

#jason todd x reader #jason todd x gender neutral reader #jason todd x male reader #jason todd #red hood x gender neutral reader #red hood x reader #red hood x male reader #red hood #marriage #dc x you #dc comics #dc universe

[zahri-melitor]

DC Rebirth Holiday Special #1

DC celebrated breaking the chains of the New 52 by going back to making annual specials. So we've got 8 more to get through. This one I am told does contain some Santas.

A Very Harley Holiday - Harley Quinn. This is the frame story for the issue. It contains some 'real' Santa moments - Harley watches a TV Christmas movie in which she arranges for Krypto to help fly Santa's sleigh as the reindeer have colds. (Just noting 'oh dear the reindeer are sick' is definitely a DC trope at this point).

The Last Minute - Superman & Batman. The usual 'oh no I've got to get the In Demand Present For the Child' fluff. In this case Clark's running around trying to find it, only to have the last one swiped by Damian, who proceeds to give it to Jon for Christmas. Maybe shop earlier or order it ahead of time, Supes? (Moral is "Damian gave Jon something more important - a friend")

For the Dog Who Has Everything - Superboy. Jon gets Clark to turn the belt from his first uniform into a collar for Krypto for Christmas.

The Night We Saved Christmas - Detective Chimp & Batman. I adore this story.

Bobo gets hired by 'Noel', the 'Santa over at the Grove Shopping Mall' to find his stolen 'dog'.

Bobo tracks the culprit down to Gotham and then takes Bruce out to hunt down the guy who stole the dog, incidentally proving himself the better detective several times, as he's Bobo. When the finally find the stolen dog...it's a REINDEER. Bobo calls Noel to say WTF, Noel says he'll be right there... and turns up immediately on the doorstep. (Hello Real Santa).

I adore Santa-I-mean-Noel’s look.

Dreaming of a White Christmas - Constantine & Wonder Woman.

Constantine is trying to track down a particular witch on the Winter Solstice at a Solstice event. He ends up teaming up with Diana who's also there tracking someone, and then calling the spirits of the 'Witches of Lancaster' (for the record this was WAY more women than the actual Pendle Witches, which I recognised as the Pendle Witches based on the imagery, and I am quietly playing red string theory board in my mind right now about Tamaki referencing the Pendle Witches).

They find their quarry together, and Constantine gets a spell on him lifted by telling the witch his nightmare - which is sitting on Santa's lap.

A Flash Christmas Carol - Flash. The Rogues and Barry Allen have a truce over Christmas so Barry can deliver presents to foster kids/anyone in need.

Day of Returning - Justice League of China. The team celebrate Dongzhi (Winter Solstice) by capturing a rogue trying to 'return the city to its natural state' and then eating festival foods together before returning her to jail.

Light in the Dark - Batwoman. Oh look it's the Hanukkah story. Kate's really taken over the role from Ragman. Kate remembers getting cherry pie with her father at a diner during Hanukkah as a tradition. Then she's given a mission to help secure some data from a company of arms dealers. After reconnecting with Kit and beating everyone up, she gets her pie, with some of her friends.

What a Year for a New Year - Titans. They celebrate the New Year together (and their returned memories) by battling some drag racers (including joining the drag race) and getting some team time relying on each other in. Fab Five minus Wally, plus Lilith. Then Dick realises he's late...

I Don't Wanna Be Late - Nightwing & Batgirl. To meet Babs. Babs is also running late from helping people, and they end up at the top of the bridge the planned to meet on at the same time, to watch the fireworks. I THINK this bridge is in New York, which stymies my 'guess which Gotham Bridge that is' game.

The Epiphany - Green Lanterns. It's Simon and Jessica! Aliens turn up and make the two of them face three trials, with Earth itself as collateral for their passing the trials.

#DC Santa read along

[theofficialdailyplanet]

dc needs to have some kind of writing work shop with trans women, woc, and sa survivor authors cos they have so many writers that use rape and assault s fan service and it pisses me off to no end.

the latest panel i've seen with blue beetle mid-fight with bleez where she's on top of him and jayme loudly tells the stag he's not aroused. shes obs disgusted and in the next page the stag forms a literal penis underneath her.

and this with bleeze, the woman who's origin story is being violently gang raped and murdering her rapists when she recieves a red lantern ring.

not to mention the many other characters who've been assaulted from poison ivy to nightwing.

nightwing has been raped by multiple different women in the comics with no consequences for the women.

both drugged and assaulted by tarantula

the only thing time they mention anything later is when mirage shape shifts into starfire and tells dick in front of her it wasn't actually starfire. and yall know starfire's reaction? she -verbatim- calls dick a slut.

poison ivy gets abused and then these writers have the audacity to not only make her mind control only work through kissing (??) and on top of that in multiple iterations becomes a serial rapist with the men she's assaulted aka mind controlled.

one of the many, many men being batman who's been raped repeatedly in canon by talia, ivy, and im sure others. and they never delve into the repercussions it would have on him as a male rape survivor. the only time the writers reference it is for jokes like damian telling bruce to get better taste in woman and to "cover your drink."

as as for trans women:

the harley quinn the animated series comic had an entiresubplot regarding peach's missing sister miia- a black trans woman who was trafficked (whos only picture u see of her was pre-transition?)

and they make it a point to say "black trans woman," repeatedly only to make a joke out of it in the end with black mask calling himself an "ally"

i'm just constantly dissapointed with dc, i'll be so excited for a new run or film and then shit like this happens and just ruins it for me it makes me so sad

#tw #sa ment #assault ment #poison ivy #nightwing #batman #dc tarantula #dc mirage #black mask #blue beetle #dc bleez #dc bleeze #red lantern #feminism #misogyny #dc #comic rant tag #tw dc mirage #tw dc tarantula #shaza post

[madddddy]

Here are some random Marvel hc's I've thought up:

One time on a mission, Vision ended up in the water, and while he was fine, Peter, Wanda, Pietro, and Tony still threw rice at him

Peter has crashed into the windows of the tower mulitple times

Nat is a secret softy. She loves stuffed animals and her favorite color is pink. The only person who knew this died from unexplained circumstances

Clint once got trapped in the vents for 2 days after Tony needed to do maintenance on them and didn't know Clint was in them (he did know but did it anyways)

Steve is a great chef but can't bake to save his life, yet Bucky can bake amazingly but once burnt water trying to make boxed Mac and cheese

Thor once ate so many pop tarts that he got sick, threw up, and then proceeded to eat more pop tarts

Bruce was once so tired he lost his glasses, which were resting on top of his head. He has also used his phones flashlight to look for his phone

Clint and Bucky got banned from the local fair after they won all the prizes in the shooting games

Tony and Bruce once tried to take over the world in the lab after they had been awake for 72 hours

Peter once snuck in a puppy he found on patrol and it took all of them bar Nat 4 days to figure it out. Tony tried to tell Peter he couldn't keep it but Peter whipped out the puppy dog eyes. Her name is Sadie and she's best friends with Bucky's cat Alpine.

If you ask, Rhodey will tell you embarrassing stories about Tony in college, but you have to give him something in return (ex: cookies)

Clint once replaced all the coffee in the tower with decaf. Tony cried. Steve was confused but still drank it. Bruce doesn't drink coffee so it didn't affect him. Nat just rolled her eyes. And Thor doesn't need coffee.

It took Tony months to get them to hand him things, and when the first time it happened (Steve handed him a pen), everyone froze, before continuing like nothing happened.

One summer Tony contacted Harley and flew him out to New York and didn't tell Peter, who was also staying the summer, so Peter walked in, saw a cute southern guy, turned redder than his suit and walked out without saying a word.

Peter has accidentally revealed his identity to everyone by walking on the ceiling when he thought he was alone or getting startled so much he jumped up to the ceiling.

Peter is allergic to peppermint as a side effect to the spider bite, which he found out at Christmas time when he went to eat a candy cane and threw up.

Sam once waited for an hour watching Steve go for a run before he sped up, passed him on the left yelling "ON YOUR LEFT" causing Steve to laugh so hard he fell

When Sam gets super upset, his New Orleans accent comes out and the only person who can understand him is Nat, and she won't translate

Despite what everyone thinks, Steve has the worst potty mouth of them all. Bucky one told a story about how one day when he came down to the boat docks he was swewring so much the sailors were blushing. He also comes up with the most creative swear words.

#the avengers #tony stark #steve rogers #clint barton #natasha romanov #thor odinson #bruce banner #bucky barnes #sam wilson #peter parker #vision #wanda maximoff #pietro maximoff #harley keener #james rhodes

[strangewomanactuallylargebass]

This is somewhat of a follow-up to a post I made a while back about the villains throughout the franchise, but in any case I think it's interesting how we have such a wide array of villain archetypes throughout the franchise.

In the films we start out with the fossa as the first main villain, though they don't have much of a personality. The film is very much a fish-out-of-water/man vs. nature type of story, with the main conflict being Alex's reaction to his newfound freedom in the wild. The fossa reflect this, with them still being the antagonist but less-so a straight up villain, since they're meant to reflect the "nature" in this story. As the films go on we progress more and more into actual villain territory. We have Makunga (and Nana) in the second film, DuBois in the third film, and finally Dave in the Penguins film. As you can see, we quickly went from the antagonist pretty much just being nature all the way to the antagonist being your stereotypical evil villain who wants to take over the world (or at least just get revenge on all penguins). Each subsequent film was trying to raise the stakes and one-up the previous films, which meant that the villains became more and more over-the-top.

Even the shows have villains that uniquely suit the story they're trying to tell. As I touched upon in the post I mentioned at the top, the villains in The Penguins of Madagascar are more of the straight-up-evil villain type. Characters like Dr. Blowhole, Hans, and The Red Squirrel are made to pay homage to villains from classic spy films (like Blofeld), who's sole desire is to get revenge/take over the world. The same goes for other antagonists throughout the series, like Clemson, the Rat King, and the Blue Hen. While their appearances may not necessarily be as overt as the previously mentioned three, they're motivations are still pretty much the same.

The villains in All Hail King Julien were somewhat upgraded to reflect the villains of the mid-late 2010s vs those of the mid-late 2000s. They have more complex motivations and somewhat understandable backstories, but still ultimately fall back into stereotypical villain territory. We have plenty of evil relatives as antagonists throughout the franchise, from Uncle King Julien to Bruce to Grandpa Mort, with Crimson even embodying the evil twin archetype. Unlike most of the villains from TPOM, these villains are given backstories to explain their evil-doing, and they're even allowed to grow and develop at times, but at the end of the day they still just become recurring evil villains with a scheme of the week for the protagonists to over come.

Then comes Madagascar: A Little Wild, which doesn't have actual villains for the most part. Most episodes revolve around the characters overcoming an emotional conflict, and a physical villain becomes unnecessary. There are a few exceptions, however. For example, in the episode A Roar Is Born we get Harley Hooves, who's a sort of "never meet your heroes" type of villain. He's someone who Alex looked up to, someone who even played a superhero in a movie, but ended up being the opposite - someone who was self-centered and would do whatever it takes to be the only one in the spotlight. Unlike TPOM and even AHKJ, the few villains they do have aren't relegated to those being largely incapable of change; instead, characters like Harley Hooves are able to learn and grow in the space of a single episode, which suits the type of story this show in particular was trying to tell.

But overall, villains don't have to be complex to be interesting. For instance, a one-note character like Clemson might be more interesting just because they're charismatic and fun to watch carry out their evil schemes. Either way, though, it is interesting looking back and seeing how the villains have evolved to suit the needs of the franchise at the time.

#2023MadagascarParty #2023Madaparty #madagascar #ahkj #all hail king julien #tpom #the penguins of madagascar #malw #madagascar a little wild

[made-this-cause-why-not]

DC Comics Characters as Mauraders

So this initially stemmed from my bi yearly harlivy brainrot session where I thought "oh my god, Dorcas and Marlene are so Ivy and Harley." Specifically Dark Knights of Steel Harlivy (I would bury an army for you) (In return you will live here with me/ In return you won't fight in the war. This again? This always) . Want me to explain- gladly. Marlene "dive in head first, my blood runs red and gold, if I go, I will drag you to hell with me" McKinnon, working for The Order and thinking "hey this is kinda sketch, I don't know if we can trust Dumbledore" and Dorcas "every acquaintance is a new connection to better myself, killed by Voldemort personally, I will slither on my stomach if it means I can slice as your Achilles tendon and watch you fall" Meadows being the Anti-Heroes needed to end the Voldemort. They know they must fight in the war, they just need to fight on their own side.

And then I thought- why stop at them. So I present, the Mauraders as DC Comics Characters:

Starting off strong, James and Lily as the Iconic Blue Boy Scout and Pulitzer Prize winning Lois Lane. Do I need to explain? The Kal-el is so James/Mirrorball coded, and if James ever became a supe, Lily Evans would be the first to know.

After this, we have Remus and Sirius as Bruce and Selina Kyle. Remus is so Bruce Wayne- an orphan with a bad experience with animals at a young age. Reserved and quiet but a commanding authority figure that eyes turn to in times of need. Like, Remus is so batman but Brucie- oh that all Remu. Remu is a cassanova that everyone has a crush on, the life of the party that drinks iced tea at Gala's and is always limping or wincing over something. Sirius, well for a second I did switch the two and have Sirius be bruce but no, Sirius is so Selina. Sirius steals diamonds from museums, knowing that he has the money and Remus could buy them if he really wanted because "well where's the fun in that Moony." (Sirius has a huge platonic obsession with Superman and when Remus makes the Justice League he is ELATED. He loves going to HQ and telling embarrassing stories to James. He even let it slip that he calls Remus Moony and now all of the Core Members do it too. He loves hates it.) (Also, Sirius is friends with Marlene in any universe and he loves that it annoys Remus a little bit. When Harley/Marlene finally joins the league, they celebrate by breaking into a new art exhibit)

After this we have Pete as Barry "I could have finished this myself but that wouldn't be as fun" Allen. Pete is kinda just at the meetings as a favor to James and doesn't understand why Batman won't just let him take care of the Joker himself. Peter is nice and always a bit confused as to what is going on. Batman used to scare him, but shortly after learning about Moony, the two started bonding over nerdy shit together.

With the Arrowverse being the origins of my love for D.C (yes, I know it isn't comic accurate, but middleschool me loved it so fuck off), I have to make Mary as Dinah. I don't know much about comic accurate Dinah- a problem I plan on rectifying in the future- but her general "I'm done with this shit" vibe is matches Mary "i'm leaving the wizarding world and not turning back".

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Alice and Frank as Hawkman and Hawkgirl

Evan and Barty as Penguin and Riddler (Gotham's Penguin and Batman 2022's Riddler because yes)

Regulus as Jason "Do I look like Batman? Musty Bitch" Todd

#mauraders era #mauraders #james potter #lily evans #sirius black #remus lupin #peter pettigrew #marlene mckinnon #mary macdonald #dorcas meadowes #wolfstar #jily #dc comics #dark knights of steel #batman #selina kyle #posion ivy #pamela isley #harley quinn #superheroes au #I had the vision for the begining #then i remembered Pete and Mary exist #feel free to dissagree #please make this a thing

[fractualized]

'Twas a batjokesy comics day, with Deadly Duo #1, the B story in Batman #129, and The Man Who Stopped Laughing #2. I mainly have thoughts on TMWSL, and I'll again put my commentary under the cut.

Spoilers ahead!

I just liked the reference here. For those unaware, Gwynplaine is the lead character in The Man Who Laughs. Conrad Veidt's portrayal in the 1928 film version inspired Joker's original look.

Joker looks so small. And he just wants to leave. 🥺

Of course they don't let him, and that goes as well as you'd think.

Sad murder clown just wants to be alone, you hear!! 🥺

Both Protagonist Joker and this Other Joker assert that they are the real one, so the truth is still up in the air! Also if either of them is a clone at all! I am vexed!

Anyhow, when Joker decides to seek out Harley, that goes as well as you'd think.

She ties him up, and some awkward, saucy wordplay tells us that Joker is still fond of her. And then there’s this bit which made me laugh.

Then we have more sad clown who feels a need to reach out.

I’m sure a lot of people won’t like this bit, but I do. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ More to it than the bad Lifetime Movie version of them.

But still, why she doesn't shoot him in the eye again??

These panels seem like a big ol’ waving flag that this isn't Joker Prime... but for all we know, they’ll end up demonstrating how out of sorts Joker really is.

And then we have the B story, which once again indicates that the alienation Joker's fostered for years is catching up with him.

And the end reveal at his fake funeral might also be hinting that Protagonist Joker in the main story actually is the real one? Maybe? Vexing!

So we have two B stories in which Joker is seeking companionship and some other version of himself is the one who gets it. Aw. :(

As a side note, it's interesting that The Man Who Stopped Laughing has these Silver-Age-like B stories that link to the main story, while the current Batman run has a B story flashing back to the creation of Zur-En-Arrh, Bruce's back-up personality, which is related to that main story. In hashing these possible connections out with distortopia, I had the thought: what if one of the Jokers isn't a clone but his own back-up of sorts? And in one way or another, both Bruce's and Joker's backups are responsible for trying to kill them?

Is it plausible that the clone storyline in The Joker (2021) was just a giant red herring? ... Okay, probably not, but it’s fun to think there’s that much going on behind the scenes.

#the man who stopped laughing #joker #batman #harley quinn #my jibber-jabber #spoilers

[dailycass-cain]

Dark Crisis wrapped up today with #7. So it's no better time than to talk about Cassandra Cain and DC “Mega Events”. How she's faired in them and compare fairly how the most recent said event was for the character.

Now, just a heads up this is me talking about universal events in DC. Not Bat-specific ones. So No Man's Land, Bruce Wayne: Murderer?/Fugitive, Night of the Monster Men, Joker War, Fear State, etc.

The very first mega event Cass took part in was Joker: Last Laugh (I know right? I said no Batman but guess who the mega event centered on? 🙃🙃🙃) were said Clown Prince of Crime infects various supervillains with a modified form of Joker Venom and set them upon the DCU as his "lasting legacy" because he thought he was dying (sadly he wasn't).

 #3 She shows up to find Harley Quinn with Spoiler. And we get this being the only big highlight of her in the main book:

Cass is well-- overtly cocky in this comic and she gets a hubris check (and her meta-human weakness being exploited as she takes on 3 superpowered Jokerized foes with Steph).

This totally makes the tie-in issue all the more baffling as Cass just straight destroys a Jokerized Shadow Thief in the tie-in with this event in issue Batgirl Vol. 1 #21.

Like outside the event had NUMEROUS Cass appearances? Besides her main book, we get good stuff like this little bit in Wonder Woman #175 below (the issue features all the female heroes of the DCU at that time having their moment and this was Cass's):

That and this event gave us her only team-up with Supergirl (Linda Danvers) in Supergirl #63 where she fights a Bizzaro Supergirl and a Jokerized Two-Face (her second canon encounter with the villain, and the last time she’d fight him canonically until this year’s Batman One Bad Day: Two-Face #1) with the Linda variant.

The next Cass appearance in a DC mega event wouldn't come until... 2007 with World War III.

Aka the only reason, she's in this "event" was to showcase HOW Deathstroke nabbed her and explain why she was EVIL due to "One Year Later".

Now I know I could list Infinite Crisis (the event prior to this). Yes, Cass did have crossovers prior to the “main series”. I.e. #60--71 is one long “tie-in” as she takes on the Society (who Penguin uses to send assassins against her like the Brotherhood of Evil and Deathstroke/Ravager), OMAC, and the Society again (with Nyssa being a member along with using them to make a weapon for her advantage). 

Of course, the biggest effect of the main series would also haunt Cass aka the destruction of Bludhaven:

:But again, she never showed up in the “main series”. Just dealing with the aftermath. Unlike say WW III where she appears throughout the mini-series (which mainly tells of Black Adam wanting revenge against the world for what was wrought upon him in the 52 series). 

Cass’s role though is more “filler”:

That's it. 

That's the extent of "WHY" she's justified in this event. 

We already know HOW this goes down (not good for Cass) and it's just "Why do we need this?!" Other than to fill that gap between OYL and Titans East (which was going on in the Teen Titans comic at the time this event was going on. It was DC’s attempt to get the last gasp of EVIL Cass before they undid the STUPID mistake they made back in 2006).🙃

I mean they did retcon showing that it was her and Alfred who really was looking out for Gotham during that year (and not just Harvey Dent with a few weeks of training from Bruce). But oh shucks that wasn’t the story we COULD’VE GOTTEN INSTEAD.

A year later we'd get our very next appearance of Cass in an event with Final Crisis #1 and she's in this group shot here and...

That's it. That's all she does. She doesn’t even show up as a corrupted female Fury (but then again maybe that’s for the best). I guess the closest we get to an actual “appearance” is the prelude to the event which had DC running various mini-series that all fed into this comic.

For Cass she appeared near the tail end of Gotham Underground (her and Helena mopped up some of the gangs that were at war with one another trying to take over the Gotham Underworld with Great White having been taken out by Bane). 

 We wouldn't get another appearance of Cass in a mainline DC Event until--- 2015 with Convergence.

But it’s a bit of rinse and repeat here. Not really doing much in the main book Cass does but showing up towards the final issue of it in various panels (like the one above). 

Her, Steph, and Tim do have their part in Convergence Batgirl #1-2. But yeah... I made my thoughts much on how flawed that series was (even if #1 has a few cute moments).

Truth be told, I rather enjoy her one panel cameo in Nightwing & Oracle #2, where she and Steph attend Dick/Babs’ wedding. And I didn’t even realize that it was them until much latter on. 

So we’re given another event by DC that didn't treat the character with any sort of respect. Surprisingly, it would take until 2020 we'd get an event that would treat Cass fairly in Dark Knights: Death Metal.

Cass shows up in various forms in the event first in #4 as Batgirl in the "bad ending" to Final Crisis with Darkseid winning (seriously it’s little bits like this that writer Scott Snyder pays so much attention as these three heroes were the ones really not accounted for when the New God took over the Earth at that time period. 

Then right after that issue began showing up all over the place in the event. From being a supporting cast appearance in the secondary story in Dark Knights: Death Metal Robin King #1 (along with a one-panel cameo in the first as an evil Batman being tortured by the Batman who Keks) to appearing throughout the remaining three issues of the main book.

Along with showing up in Dark Nights Death Metal: The Last 52 - War of the Multiverses #1 (in the Dexter Soy drawn scenes particularly because I guess he loved to draw her) and another as Batgirl in the Prime one-shot to this event.

Though to her appearance in the later I more attribute to timey whimey multiverse shenanigans as Nightwing was flashing between his Justice League tie-in garb to his usual attire in the story. So I guess he and Cass had “issues”. 

That or an artist slipped this in because she was back to being Batgirl in the main Batman comics at this time.

I gotta say this is probably one of the better events for Cass. Even if she didn't do anything it got you interested in with a, "Hey who is this?" And blows the lid off the rest of the events prior.

This leads us to the latest event, Dark Crisis of Infinite Earths. Cass did have appearances in the main series yes. I did enjoy the comic because of #2 and well three of my favorite DC characters being in an event warms my heart.

Look I love Cyborg Superman too. Don’t judge me.

While I did ENJOY Dark Crisis, were the Cass appearances throughout the main series good? 

 No.

The book's core theme is legacy and yeah the Batgirls were there but never once did the Batgirl mantle mean anything in the event save kick Punchline in the face (which okay is VERY DESERVED given she’s abusing their girlfriend in her mini’s). But...

Cass/Steph/Babs never once appear in the "legacy" shots of the book nor is the Batgirl mantle even treated as such either (unlike Green Lanterns, the Flashes, the Supermen, the Batmen, and Wonder Women). 

Really of the Batgirls in the event, probably Steph had the best showing in it of the three. She had a little subplot go on from the beginning to end with Nocturna. 

I mean yeah both Cass/Steph had a good showing in The Flash #786 (which isn't all surprising as it is the best comic DC is currently churning out).

But even with the final issue when there COULD'VE been a moment. No really there SHOULD’VE BEEN A MOMENT.

We literally had main universe Cazzam and all we got was this:

How do you screw up something so awesome? Tom Taylor would’ve freaking given us it! Heck why wasn’t he on speed dial to the editor saying, “Um yeah Cazzam needs to do something with that specify cover coming up in January). 

But there wasn't. 

I do like that Cass was consistently SHOWN in the final battle attacking things way out of her class (she literally tried to attack the Spectre and was shown attacking B and C-list supervillains who are all physically strong). 

But yeah.

 I'm conflicted about the event when it comes to that when thinking about the overall appearance of Cass in this. She appeared and fought, but really didn't do anything of note (unlike Death Metal where SOMETHING of a status quo shift hit her directly).

I digress we didn't get that ACTUAL ramification with Cass until LAST WEEK'S BATGIRLS #13!!! It's only been implied never fully shown Cass had her past memories (or old origin fully back).

A wee bit two years later. 😬

I mean if you take the implication that she’s Orphan during this event and at the start of Joker War she still is such and then during said event becomes Batgirl again with Steph (Batman: Joker War Zone #1):

Again, I'll take Dark Crisis and Death Metal over the stuff DC had given Cass in the past. Even if they screwed up the overall legacy message (at least for Batgirls) I'll take it over World War III or Convergence any day.

Cause at the very least both treated the character somewhat fairly. The message was there even if it wasn't fully stated in Dark Crisis as it was for Death Metal. So we got a happy Cass in the end in both:

#dc comics #cassandra cain

[actuallyastingray]

So as a follow up from my last post regarding my Injustice 3 dream team, I felt like going a step further and post some story mode endings just cause I feel like it and it adds more flavor. This is going to include a long version (the dialogue) and a short version if necessary to explain the details. Enjoy!

Superman:

Being in Clark’s shadow, I never really grasped just how hard some of his fights could be. Darkseid, Doomsday, Mongul, the kind of guys who took everything the Man of Steel had just to contain them. Well now I know. Trigon came to this world to destroy it, and he came pretty close too. Of course, these days you couldn’t tell. It sure took a while, me, Dick, Mera, and all the others put our sweat, blood, and tears into rebuilding a world without the New Order, and i’m proud to say it shows. These days, however, that it’s back to being incognito. I’ll miss the freedom that came with 24/7 capes, but this new gig I got does help with the whole ‘spreading truth’. Oh, if only Clark could see me now.

(Conner’s ending shows him years after the world has been rebuilt. He takes up a reporter position and identity similar to Clark)

Batman:

Being honest here, Bruce was always the one with a jillion contingencies. I know it saved his ass more times than I could count, but I never assumed he would have something in mind for Trigon. I owe you big Bruce, it got me that win we needed. Of course, life in Gotham means you don’t have time to party over beating up a demon lord. Halfway through clean up Talia showed up for a house call. Turns out she and Bruce had a thing a while back, something they agreed to keep private. But now that she’s on the run, she had to come clean. His names Damian al Ghul Wayne. Man, I should have seen this coming. Being Batman means getting saddled with kids you never expect. I mean, I’m a big brother AND a father in one...somehow without that being weird. I never planned to be a parent, but it’s something Bruce went through with me. Maybe when he’s older I’ll tell Damian the truth, and when he’s way older maybe we can talk about Robin. Until then, I think I can get used to this whole ‘being a dad' thing.

(Talia shows up with baby Damian for Dick to take care of)

Red Hood

I don’t know who it was that said something about “conquering your demons”, but I guarantee you they never thought someone would take it literally. Like hell I was gonna let the world fall to Trigon. Now if only Waller could’ve taken the hint that it's time to back off and disband the New Order. Oh well, at least this s!@#show comes with kryptonian shaped benefits. And then there’s this new problem. Conner and I busted up one of Waller’s science center's looking for stashed weapons. We didn’t realize how deep this rabbit hole actually went till we got a peek inside. See, Waller didn’t just want to replace the Justice League, she wanted to control them. As in, crazy b!#%& straight up tried to clone them all. Only one was still alive, project Batman Beyond. Soooo, yeah, now I’ve got a mini-me Bruce defrosting on my couch and wondering what god I pissed off to earn this. I mean me, train the future Batman? Bruce is probably turning in his grave right now, but it's not like Dick is gonna have time for this. Oh well, might as well make a good first impression. 

Harley Quinn

Well, whatda know? Little old me was the one to bag the big, bad Trigon. What do ya say about THAT Bats? Well, in all honesty, he had a lot to say about it, but lots more to say about what we gonna do ‘bout this whole New Order something or other. Sure, we got a lot of guys out of those prisons, ones who didn’t deserve all that, but there’s a heck of a lot more who really do need the ol’ padded room special. I guess big Bats was working on a solution to Arkham before he went to that belfry in the sky. Ah well, these plans suck anyway. As Mistah J always said, “it takes a clown to know a clown”. So, goodbye Harley Quinn, and hello Harleen Quinzel; newly promoted warden and chief psychiatrist of Stryker’s Island. These guys are gonna need someone who understands the whole “voices in your head” problem from a firsthand perspective. Best thing I can do is get them the help and hugs they need to go home and get bettah. Of course, for those guys who are here for the laughs and all, maybe a little more PUNCH is required to get my point across.

Catwoman

You know, its times like these that I amaze myself. Let this be a lesson the next time someone tells you, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”. ‘sigh’ If only getting my life back together was as simple as beating a demon lord. I guess this is how Bruce must have felt about taking off the suit at the end of the day. I don’t get much ‘me time’ anymore, especially with the New Order still out for my blood. Best thing I can do now is to help the boys clean up Gotham. Ugh, I never thought I’d miss Gotham the way it used to be. Bruce would hate seeing what Waller’s goon squads did to this place. But what we all need right now is a semblance of normalcy in Gotham. And speaking of new norms, the New Order better get used to living it rough. Cause they’ve got more than just me and the bats to worry about, It’s all of us. So come on boys, you’ve kept these lovely ladies waiting long enough, to get even.

(Catwoman forms the Gotham Sirens with Bluebird, Huntress, Manhunter, and Vixen)

Batgirl

I was trained to for one purpose: to kill the Batman. Father told me that anyone else in my way was beneath my skills. Yet somehow, I defeated this creature Trigon, a beast from Hell itself. Does that mean the Batman, the first Batman, was more dangerous than a demon? I suppose I will never know. Father is dead, and my home is now broken apart. The new Batman told me I was welcome to stay with his family even after I told them the truth. But how could I? If not for Trigon, I would have been the one to kill their father. They let me go, but promised I was welcome back if I needed. So many people in this city are without a home now. The New Order and Trigon have left almost nothing left. No shelter, no peace, and no trust. But hope, hope still remains. I found that hope does not die easily in Gotham. Others had begun to follow in the Batman's footsteps even before his death. They are brave, loyal, and kind, but they will need training if we are to survive together. Someday, I can go back to that house on the hill and call it home. But for now, Gotham needs us, it needs Bats.

(Cassandra finds Spoiler, Signal, and Robin (Tim Drake) and decides to train them)

Arsenal

Anyone else would have sat back for a beer and a sigh of relief after kicking Trigons ass, but I had to rush back home. Star City was out of the line of hellfire, but who knows what the New Order had been up to while I was gone. God, I have never been so glad to scoop Lian up and hug her all while she screamed about ‘dad, you’ve got demon all over you’. Me and Ollie never had the best relationship, but at the very least he taught me that at the end of the day, family is what matters in life. And that’s way more relevant than it has to be right now. Waller’s Suicide Squads took to rounding up meta kids while I was away. Most of these guys don’t have any families left to go home to. And well, who else is gonna look after a bunch of unstable, meta pre-teens? Yup, that’s right, yours truly, practiced dad and certified badass himself. This is a long way from training the next gen Teen Titans and all. Right now, we’re just gonna focus on family time. Cause hell, after beating Trigon and saving the world, I could use some downtime.

(Roy adopts Conner Hawke, Mia Dearden, and Grant Emerson and moves into Queen Manor)

Mera:

Now this is a piece of bitter irony; I spent almost a decade trying to reach some semblance of peace with the surface, and in return they summoned a demon that almost destroyed the world. I’m certain Orm is laughing himself hoarse wherever he is right now, but I have better things to think about. With the New Order beginning to crumble, humanity tried turning to me as a leader. I suppose I am the only sovereign that remained independent from its tyranny, but I have no aspirations to lead both Atlantis and the surface world. For now, at least, the surface world and Atlantis must remain apart. That said, I do intend to honor my new alliance with the Justice League. While they focus on piecing their world back together, I intend to keep it safe from whatever lingering threats might still threaten these peacetimes. Loathe as I am to admit, the Amazons of Themyscira have become one of these problems. It is a shame Hippolyta cannot look past her grief to make peace, but if she intends to continue her war on humanity, she’ll have to go through Atlantis first.

Aqualad

I must admit, I did not believe myself capable of defeating Trigon. And yet, the lessons of determination and inner strength king Arthur taught me allowed me to prevail this day. The day is won, and now we may begin to rebuild. I am happy queen Mera has chosen to maintain her alliance with the new Justice League, not just out of honor to Arthur, but out of personal respect and trust. It means a new era for both land and sea as we recover. But the seat at the table belongs to Mera. As for me, Batman had something else in mind. While the league repairs the damage caused by Trigon, they need a team to continue the fight against the New Order. One that can go where the Justice League cannot and can operate independently when necessary. We will be that team. So, get on board or get out of our way.

(Aqualad founds the YJ team)

Green Lantern

Growing up in Coast City, every kid dreamed of being the next superhero. We all planned on being the cities hometown hero and saving the day just like Green Lantern. Well, this is not how I planned on becoming a superhero. Last I checked, you don’t jump right into fighting interdimensional demons until your second year at least. Even with Trigon being long gone, I still have no idea how I won. I mean, i’m still just a rookie lantern, so how did I win? Well, do you believe in guardian angels, even if he’s not exactly an angel? I wasn’t alone after all. Hal Jordan was with me the whole time. Turns out after he died, some holy ghost of vengeance offered him a second chance. He wanted to help me win, help me get the hang of being Green Lantern. Knowing your childhood hero had your back the whole time and gave you the boost you needed to save the day, man talk about a confidence boost. Too bad Hal can’t stick around with me 24/7 like I hoped, but that’s no problem. This ring chose me because I can overcome fear. Seeing as I just faced down Trigon without fear, I’ll say I’m ready for whatever comes next.

(Hal Jordan becomes the Spectre and helps Kyle)

Booster Gold

Wow! I did it. I really actually did it. The old history books talked alwasy made saving the world out to be this impossible task that only Superman could accomplish, but I just did the impossible. ‘sigh’ Well, it’s really more like I almost did the impossible. The Justice League is still dead, and worse the New Order is still a problem. Trigon may have been the big bad in this century, but the New Order is still to blame for what happens in Earths future. Ugh, being a superhero is not at all that amazing as people make it out to be. I mean, heroes don’t exactly make an income saving the world. I started thinking that this might already be a lost cause for me, but fortunately I got an answer to all my problems. This up-and-coming tech genius, Ted Kord, called me in to make a deal. He wants to pick up where Wayne Industries left off in sponsoring the Justice League, a new Justice League to finish off the New Order and take back the planet. He’s already got some possible recruits lined up, but he asked me personally to be the new face of the League. I mean sure buddy; the public won’t be getting bored of this handsome mug anytime soon. Ted’s a pretty awesome guy y’know. I couldn’t thank him enough for helping us get this ball rolling, and that if he ever felt like jumping into the action himself, he was welcome to join up.

(Booster forms the JL: International with Fire, Ice, and Guy Gardner making cameos)

Captain Marvel

Ever since I got these powers, ever since Billy gave up his magic to make me a superhero, I’ve been doubting how to live up to his reputation. All that changed when Trigon broke through into Earth. No more doubting myself, no more self-loathing, it was time to be that hero he knew I could be. Heh, bet your cheering me on right now Billy. Only took me forever to stop being a scared fanboy and start being a hero. But I know you would want me to keep going and keep shouldering the world like you always did. Speaking of shouldering the world, your pal Shazam called me to the Rock of Eternity for the first time. He said I finally lived up to the expectations required to handle the Champions power, and that he needed me for a mission. Part of the reason Trigon got through onto Earth was because of the Rock’s magic is weakening. A long time ago, there were other champions of magic who would work together across realms to safeguard the power of Magic. But the wizards responsible for overseeing those champions all went their separate ways. Now, if I’m gonna stop Trigon from getting back into our world, I’ve got to hunt down these other wizards and get them to work together again. If Trigon’s planning on making a comeback, we’ll be ready for him.

(Raiden, Doctor Strange, and the Sorceress of Greyskull all appear in silhouette, hinting at the crossover characters)

Mary Marvel

Okay, I’ll admit it, being a Champion of magic rules. I mean, how can you not think punching the lights out of a demon lord all while dressed in a cape and boots isn’t cool. Ugh, listen to me, now I sound like Freddy. Fanboying about being heroes and saving the world. Well, I guess that’s the plus side of being an older sister, because as cool as it is to fly around, save cats from trees and stop bank robbers, I know there is a lot more to helping people than just everyday acts of kindness. Sometimes it takes a really big act of kindness to make an even bigger difference. The new Justice League is going to need allies outside of the caped variety, and I have an idea of who to start with. Years ago, I wouldn’t have dared to set foot in Khandaq. Even if Black Adam wasn’t anything close to a symbol of peace, he meant a lot to his people. Billy never came back here out of respect, but with the New Order still out there it’s time to suck it up and burn some old bridges. Adam would never have agreed to peace, but Queen Isis isn’t her husband. She understands that it’s time for the past to be the past, and to forge new alliances for the future. I look forward to working with her. Just like I always told Billy; family always starts somewhere.

Captain Boomerang

When the world looks back on this, they’re gonna wonder exactly how some skinny little kid was the one to take down the legions of hell. Heh, would you believe I just got lucky? If only that luck held out just a bit longer. After the League broke open the New Order’s prisons, I slipped in to take a look at their records. I kept praying that maybe, just maybe, the Rogues were lucky enough to be alive. ‘sigh’ No such luck. Waller made damn sure that none of the big name meta’s were going to get a chance at opposing her. Dad, Lisa, Uncle Len, sorry I did get here in time. Whelp, no place left to go but back to Central. Not exactly the home I remember it being, what with the New Order still having its fingers in everything. I’m not even sure what to do anymore. The Flash was the guy who could clean up problems like it was nothing, not Captain Boomerang. Well, like always, the universe decided to keep my lucky streak going. Halfway back home another dimensional rift tore open, except this one wasn’t dropping off a load of demons. This one dropped off some spitfire of a speedster, claims the Flash was his uncle and he got launched here from his own world. Well, I know he’d love to get home, but I sorta got a citywide occupation force to boot out of Central, and now I’ve got a partner who's happy to join in on the fun. After all this, think my lucks starting to change for the better again.

(YJ-verse Wally ends up in Injustice Central City to help fight the NOG)

Raven

All those years of being afraid. All those years of whispers, dark emotions, and nightmares. You should have learned father; I never gave up then, and I wasn’t going to give up now. But I learned plenty from all those years I spent resisting you. That little dimension you created for your staging ground? Now, it will be your prison. You can spend the rest of your existence locked away from Earth or any other world to conquer. Because the only way out is through me, and now we both know that is never going to happen. Still, I should thank you for showing your hand. Ra’s al Ghul proved there are less direct ways into our world for you to use. Sure, they will leave you weaker a than using me, but I won’t let you get that chance. My fears and doubts have kept me from reforming the Titans, but defeating you showed me I have worse things to doubt. Just like we always have, we will stand against you wherever you may appear, in whatever form you may take. No matter what happens, we will always be ‘Titans Together’.

(Raven forms a new magical based TT with Zachary Zatara, Kid Devil, and Traci 13)

Lex Luthor

This was supposed to be my moment. My ultimate triumph that would prove that I was superior to the Justice League, to Waller, and to Superman. I had planned for every outcome, armed myself according, and when Trigon stepped through the portal, I was ready for him. I was supposed to emerge victorious, but in a final act of defiance, that wretched demon sealed us both within his infernal realm. Trigon may be slain, but now instead of just one devil to face, there are hundreds, thousands of them. My genius should have ensured my victory. Only now do I realize that genius will not avail me in this hell. It is only through savagery, strength, and pure tenacity that I will survive. I brought everything I need to survive here, and it will earn me my place, piece by piece. There’s no more reason to think about my predicament or mourn my lost glory, now all that matters is to kill. To rip and tear.

(Luthor ends up trapped in Trigons dimension and becomes a DC version of Doomguy)

Major Force

This. Felt. AMAZING. This was everything I could have hoped for. No more regulations and rules, no more civilian casualties, no more restraint. Just a fight to the end with someone I could finally let loose on. And here I spent all this time crying over not getting to fight Superman, Ha! Bet Waller was enjoying watching her “pet project” win the day for her or would have if she and the rest of those pigs weren’t hiding in bunkers the whole time. Beating Trigon made me realize something about our relationship. What’s the use of politicians and presidents anyway, when people are way more inclined to listen to power? That’s the lesson General Eiling beat into me at boot camp, and it all makes too much sense now. We deserve to be in charge. We deserve to make the rules. This is our New Order, or should I say, our new Regime. And once I crush what’s left of the Justice League, no one will question us again.

(Mirroring IJ verse Superman, Major Force forms the Regime government with members of the Suicide Squad)

Bane

Once, Gotham knew me as the man who broke the Bat. Now, the world will know me as the man who broke the Devil himself. In a way, I should be thanking Trigon. His destruction of so many of the New Order prisons meant Waller’s enemies were loose once again, ready to take revenge on those who had wronged them. But not me. My enemies are broken and buried or cower at my feet knowing what could happen to them. How amusing that it’s not just convicts who plead for Bane’s mercy. To spare their miserable lives, the New Order came to the only man who had kept their enemies locked up and secure. They wanted salvation at any cost, and I would give it to them. Stryker’s was not enough anymore, this called for bigger and better measures. Gotham once locked me away, now I will lock it away as its own prison. Let Waller and her swine think they are safe. Once I have dominated these men, and made them my own, I will teach her that she has more devil’s than just Trigon to fear.

(Bane turns Gotham into Arkham City)

Killer Croc

Nobody was ready for literal Hell to break loose at the capital, but that didn’t stop Waller from throwing the Squad at it. Huh, wonder if she was just buying time for herself, or if she actually thought we’d stop Trigon. Either way, guess I’ll never know. I’m the guy who finally landed the kill and took Trigon down, or at least that’s what they tell me. I don’t remember the fight at all, just remember waking up with a bunch of fish people standing around me trying to patch me up. These Atlantean guys said they found me sinking offshore and thought I was one of them. Y’know, that’s not a bad idea if I think about it. Down here, nobody runs from me, or screams, or cries, or tries to lock me up because I look a little funny. Hell, nobody looks the same down here, just all look like fish hybrids and what. Best of all, Waller thinks I’m dead from what they tell me, which means nobody is gonna come looking for me. So yeah, I’ll kick back down below and enjoy having a second chance at being normal. Don’t know what’s happening back on the surface, and quite frankly I don’t give a f%$#. Screw humanity, Atlantis is where it's at.

Hippolyta

I have been fortunate to have faced the legions of Tartarus in years past. I have faced the spawns Hades’ countless times before in the name of Olympus, and this Trigon was no different. My victory over this demon should have glorified Themyscira and the Gods, until I discovered the fates of my Amazon sisters. It was only by Zeus’ blessing that I escaped Trigon’s corruption, but my sisters were twisted by his magics into wrathful monsters. Forgive me sisters, may you find peace in Elysium. Now, I stand alone on my shores, with Themyscira silent and empty. I now realize the truth behind Superman’s words; in trying to avenge Diana, I have lost far more than just my daughter. I have lost home and broken whatever trust Diana may have instilled in humanity. But it seems the Gods are not done with me yet. The Oracle of Apollo has peered across the multiverse and revealed a new task for me, a penance for my crimes. On this world Diana still lives, but instead of peace she fights to oppresses mankind as I once tried to. Like me, this version of my daughter has lost sight of what makes a true Amazon. With the blessings of all the Olympians, I shall cross to this world and deal with Diana. I pray that she will see the error of her ways and repent, less she loses everything as I did.

(Hippolyta travels to the Injustice verse)

Circe

Hahahaha! Oh, how it amused me to watch mortal kind scatter before Trigon’s onslaught. How they cried and begged for the gods to spare their lives, for any being above to save them. Well, the fools did not specify for which god to save them, and who am I to deny their prayers? Now, with Trigon’s power added to my own, I am far more than just a goddess. I have power to rival that of the great Titans. Earth belongs to me and me alone. All those who would oppose me have been crushed to dust or know to serve most faithfully so as to stay my wrath. That said, I am now realizing that I have once again set my standards far too low. Why rule just one Earth, when I can claim dominion over them all. With Trigon’s power, I can now cross to any dimension I choose, conquer what I wish, and destroy any impudent fools who would dare challenge me. All of mortal kind will cower before me and give their praise to me and me alone. So says the Titan Circe.

Ocean Master

Oh brother, how it must pain you so to see this day. The day Orm claims the throne of Atlantis, claims Poseidon’s trident, and casts your foolish ideas of peace aside. The day Orm becomes King. And yet, it seems I have claimed the throne too late. When I led Atlantis’ armies to the surface for conquest, I found nothing. Though I had driven Trigon back to his hell, he had already laid waste to the surface world, leaving nothing but ash and dust behind. ‘sigh’ All these years of anticipation, and now I am left with nothing. Are you laughing at me now brother, to see what I have been reduced to? A melancholy king surrounded by sycophants and flatterers? It must bring you to tears to hear me admit, but I will miss the surface world and all the vices it brought to my life. But that matters not. I am King of Atlantis, and I will outshine your legacy. Trigon may yet return, and I will see to it that Atlantis is ready to stands against him once again. It will take years of preparations, but I will see our people become the empire of our glory days. And maybe, one day, we will venture back to the surface world to recolonize it. Perhaps my age-old obsession will return in another generation when I am dead and gone. Until then brother, I bid you rest.

Larfleeze

Coming to this world was almost more trouble than it was worth. So many of Jordan’s costumed crazy friends chasing me around, so many little men in suits trying to tie me up, and then this four-eyed freak shows up and tried to take my precious power battery. IT’S MINE I TELL YOU. Hmm, well, I still hope it’s still 100% still mine. While that red skinned freak was trying to steal my power battery, I had to let Ophidian loose in order to shake him off. I managed to get him back where he belongs, but he did...something to these Earthlings. They’ve gone all strange and orange and such. I thought they all took some of my power, but nope I checked, and I still have all of it. Then I realized that when I said anything to them, they would listen. I tell them to steal, and they bring me more than I thought possible. I tell them to kill, and then have to make sure they know when to stop. Haha, I came here just looking to browse this planets treasures, and instead I got something I didn’t even know that I wanted, my very own Corps. It’s shiny, it’s new, it’s obedient, and it’s ALLLLL MINE.

Granny Goodness

Did Trigon think Granny would tread lightly when it came to him? Did he think good little war dogs would not throw themselves at him for a promise of blood? He does not know Granny. On Apokolips, demons are everywhere. Granny has created a few of her own demons, and has broken many, many more. Poor, poor Trigon, now he is just another toy for Granny’s hounds. But while Trigon is no longer around, there are still many lovely demons to be captured and trained for Granny’s army. How amusing, to create our dear Parademons out of real demons, but better still was the bigger prize. Granny discovered that dear, old Trigon was a daddy to his sinful, little sons. Now they are but poor, lost orphans without purpose in their sad lives. Not to worry dears, Granny is here now, and Granny will show you why she makes everything better. You are Granny’s little boys now and will do whatever Granny says or else Granny will have to punish you like she did with Daddy. Go on now, my dear Furies. Go and make Granny proud.

(Granny turns the sons of Trigon into her new Furies)

Lashina

Of all the Furies, Darkseid liked me best of all. I led us to victory on countless occasions, to glorify Apokolips and his name. If only he had done a better job showing it. I haven’t forgotten his attempts to replace me, all those new recruits; Kara Zor-el, Superman, Mary Marvel, they all rejected him, and yet despite my loyalty he never showed me the favor I deserved. Well, at the end of the day, he’s now dead and I am the one who killed Trigon. I’m no longer glorifying his reputation or Apokolips, I am establishing myself as the newest player in the cosmos. Oh Granny, you must be so disappointed in me, but a girl has to grow up someday. Now it’s just a matter of bringing the rest of Apokolips under my control. How ironic Darksied, that in your paranoia you taught me exactly how to kill your followers. Once all dissident is dead, I alone will stand to rule Apokoplis. As for what’s next, I can care less about the Anti-life equation. What good is a fight if your foe isn’t fighting back? I will make Apokolips the empire it should have been, and I’ll do it all by myself. Aren’t you proud of me yet, “master”?

Talia al Ghul

I am far more used to devil’s bargains then I should be. It’s how the League of Shadows has survived and spread all these years. But deals with an actual devil is too far even for me, father. I pray you are pleased with your master, father, because you and he are going to be spending an eternity together. Alas, your master vexes us one last time. You despoiled our Lazarus Pits raising your master, and left the Shadows broken. And my beloved Bruce too, how could you father? I will no longer continue this soiled legacy you have left behind, nor will I aid Waller’s grand designs. How ironically that between you both, it is my Beloved that has left the most impactful legacy. His I know will echo father and more powerfully into the future then either of yours, in more ways than one. I am still an enemy of Gotham, no matter what guise I take, but perhaps I can aid as one of my Beloved’s allies once did. They called her Oracle, a fitting name for my mission. Wherever secrets may hide, allies may live, or lives may be changed by your mission, I will be there. One day, I will finally embrace death as I once feared to do and we will make amends, my Beloved. Until then, know that I will aid your protégés as you once did.

(Talia abandons the League of Shadows and takes to spying for the Batclan and sending them children to train and adopt)

Ra’s al Ghul

This plan could not have gone more perfectly. The world believed I belonged to Trigon as a revenant under his control, right up until I tore out his spine. Of course, no such thing happened, my lord is ever cunning and inventive with his illusions. Sadly, due to the Leagues intervention and my dear Talia’s betrayal, I was denied my chance to raise Trigon into our realm. But it makes no difference, death is but a doorway and time is but a window. The time will come again when I may raise lord Trigon from his Hell and release him onto our world. Until then, I must finish our preparations. Waller served her part but has become quite the loose cannon. Luthor clearly has slipped back into his old ways, pity. And now the Justice League is preparing for a comeback. Let them, for the people know who the real hero is. With the New Order at my beck and call, I will finish all essential preparations necessary for Trigon’s revival. Next time there will be no Justice League or Suicide Squad to stop me, for I am as eternal as my master. Hail Trigon.

Trigon

Hmm, hmm, oh my dear Raven, I always wondered how desperate your attempts to impede me would go, and you truly have outdone yourself my dear daughter. You succumbed to my will long enough to manifest a duplicate of myself thinking this would spare your world. Perhaps it is a mercy you did not survive the attempt dearest Raven; you would have despaired to see the fate that befell your precious Earth. Your allies and enemies are gone, and my power at last runs unchecked across this universe. Soon your brothers and their armies will bring low what is left of this pathetic realm and glorify it as a testament to my power. Hmm, even more amusing than I thought indeed. This world in particular has touched many other realities, and those traces left behind are all I need to begin my conquest anew. The only thing impeding me now, is to decide which of these realities do I conquer next?

(Trigon prepares to invade the Marvel, Mortal Kombat, and Eternia Universes next, hinting at the crossovers)

Kano

Well, this whole s#$%show turned out to be a legit payday. I got me hands on Sunstone crystals, got to knock a few costumed idiots around, and stole the kill off that big, blue boy scout. Never though me best heist would be claiming all the glory of demon slaying from a two-bit do-gooder. Must be why Liu Kang is all steamed ‘bout Raiden killing Shao Kahn. Alright, well enough about this place, its already gone to hell enough as is. And no doubt her ladyship Kronika is waiting for these damn crystals. These things were almost more trouble than they’re worth it, but fortunately, heh, I got me a real payday out of doing this, one that Kronika’ll never be able to top. But I’ll play along with her little scam n’ see where this whole “New Era” goes. Cause between you and me mate, I got a little trick waiting for Kronika, and when she goes and turns back the clock, she’s gonna have a hell of a surprise waiting for her, heh heh heh!

(Kano returns to the MK universe, but it is revealed he is possessed by Trigon who is waiting to make the MK universe his next target)

Kitana

I am no stranger to kombating demons. Over the years I have faced many such monsters; Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, even my own father. But Trigon was a fiend worthy of Shinnok himself, one I daresay even the Elder Gods would have cowered before. It seems that his influence over this world was all that held me to this world. Upon the moment of his death, I found myself awakening back in Outworld. Yet, despite my return, I feel a powerful sense of longing for that strange world, in a way I cannot explain. Perhaps It was because I was not seen as a stranger to its denizen, but as a champion of truth and righteousness. Or perhaps it was that they did not hold me to higher standings as my allies on Outworld do or was I under scrutiny from my own Earthrealm. Perhaps that is why this ‘Wonder Woman’ chose to leave her idealistic world to better aid another. It seems the only way to know for sure is to return to that world and find out myself. Raiden and Sub-zero both recall visiting a world of costumed crusaders. I will need their guidance in my return. In fact, most of my allies are interested to visit this strange new realm. It is settled that we shall ally to return to this realm and discover why I feel such a pull. If nothing else, our aid will be needed to restore this realm, or deal with Trigon should he return

(The MK universe prepares to visit the Injustice verse)

Spiderman

I’ve been in a lot of sticky situations back in my world, but this one beats them all. Trigon brought me here just to test the waters and see if he could invade my universe. I didn’t that after his portals collapsed, so did the one leading back to my universe. Soooo yeah, here I am, stuck in an alternate universe, with no way home. Batman promised they would try everything to send me back, but even Trigon’s daughter doesn’t know how he pulled me out of my universe. I mean, as much as I don’t want to admit it, these Justice Leaguers are kind of a dead ringer for the Avengers. I mean, their dysfunctional, argumentative, overbearing, coffee addicted, and adoption crazy. Especially Batman, although he says the first guy was way worse than him and his brother. Regardless, he offered to let me stay in Gotham, help clean up this New Order and get the city back on its feet. Kinda reminds me of after the Chitauri invasion. Maybe one day, I’ll get back home and see everybody. They can see all the cool gadgets and training I got to do with Batman. Until then, Tony, Cap, Aunt May, MJ, I’ll always be thinking about you.

(Just a disclaimer, this is not solely MCU Spiderman, I just thought it would be fun to throw some references in)

He-Man

When the skies above Eternia began to rain fire and demons, I believed this to be just another invasion attempt by the Horde. Instead, I ended up being swept away to world far unlike any other I have visited before. A world that teetered on the brink of destruction at the hands of Trigon. As I would learn, the attacks on Eternia were Trigon’s doing as well, he foolishly tried to invade both worlds at once and paid for his greed. Now I find myself among new allies in the Justice League. Despite the tragedies they have endured, it is good to see them in higher spirits than when I first arrived, especially now that my allies in the Masters have followed me. I must admit, I am used to being seen as a hero on Eternia, but these Earthlings take hero worship to a new level. Unfortunately, celebrations must wait. As it turns out, Trigon was Hordak’s brother, and now he has come to claim vengeance for my triumph. So very foolish of you Hordak, for you do not just face the might of the Masters of the Universe, but the Justice League as well. And with Earth and Eternia standing as allies, our strength will only grow.

#Injustice #injustice series #injustice 3 #superman #conner kent #batman #dick grayson #red hood #batgirl #cassandra cain #Harley Quinn #roy harper #Arsenal #catwoman #Mera #Kaldur'ahm #aqualad #booster gold #Kyle Rayner #freddy freeman #mary batson #raven #Owen Mercer #lex luthor #killer croc #bane #major force #circe #ocean master #larfleeze

[lillywillow]

Winds of Kismet

Summary: When you decide to give up on love, the universe in all its infinite wisdom sends you a delectable smorgasbord of men to choose from. The question is now, who do you pick?

 Word Count: 2470

 Pairings: (Female Reader’s choice)

 Warnings: Mild adult suggestions, mild swear words

 A/N: This fic is going to be kind of like a make your own adventure story including guys from Supernatural, Marvel and DC in a kind of modern AU. At the end, you can pick your own ending!

 After your most recent breakup, you decided that was it for you. No more dating, no more relationships. You truly thought you had meant it at the time you had made this declaration but little did you know that the universe had something planned for you. It started with your weekly girl’s night with your two best friends.

 You were talking to the girls about your jerk of an ex and how you had given up on dating all together.

 “I’m telling you, men aren’t worth the trouble,” you sighed, sipping on your cosmo.

 “You could do what Harley did and get a girlfriend,” Nat suggested. “Speaking of which, how are things going with Ivy?”

 “Pretty good, just wish she wouldn’t leave the seat up,” she smirked from behind the rim of her glass. “I’m just kidding… it’s usually me who leaves the seat up…”

 This earned her a strange look from both you and Nat.

 “What? How else is Bruce gonna stay hydrated?”

 “You let your dog drink toilet water?” Nat questioned.

 Harley shrugged and sipped her drink.

 “Anyway, it’s not necessarily the guy. It’s about the relationship. I’d want a guy who’s giving, strong, down to earth, attentive to my needs… and if he’s not bad to look at, there’s a huge bonus,” you smiled to yourself.

 “I know where you could find a guy like that but you’d have to search the adult sites,” Harley smirked, waggling her eyebrows suggestively.

 You rolled your eyes, getting up in response to the knock on the door. There stood the pizza delivery guy, his shirt fitted nicely across his chest, his eyes sparkling green and a nametag with the word ‘Dean’.

 “Did someone order the extra-large sausage?” he asked.

 Naturally his question sent your two friends into a state of hysterics.

 “Shut up!” you whined before turning back to the understandably confused delivery guy. “I’m sorry, we’ve had a few drinks…”

 “It’s fine,” he smiled, making him look even more handsome if that were possible.

 You gave him the correct order for the apartment, realising there had been a slight mistake. While he was searching, Harley threw a cushion at you.

 “Hey!”

 “You should totally ask him out!” Harley encouraged.

 “She’s right, Y/N. Ask him out,” Nat agreed.

 “I don’t know…”

 Dean finally found your order and as you were paying, Harley came up beside you and put her arm around you.

 “Hey, my friend Y/N here thinks your cute. Can you give her your number so she can call you sometime?” Harley grinned.

 You were absolutely mortified. Instead of laughing at you, Dean looked you up and down before smiling.

 “Sure,” he chuckled.

 “Here’s her phone!” Nat replied, giving Dean the device.

 “Nat! Wait, how did you get my phone unlocked?”

 “I know your password,” she said with a dismissive wave of her hand.

 You didn’t get a chance to respond as Dean handed your phone back.

 “I hope to hear from you soon, Y/N,” he smirked with a wink.

 With that, he headed off to make his next delivery.

 “You two…” you began.

 Your friends laughed as you scolded them. The rest of the night was spent talking about Dean and the doors it could open up.

…

 The following day brought temptation in the form of a handyman. You weren’t exactly sure what happened but you woke in stifling heat. After fiddling with your thermostat for longer than you cared to admit to, you finally called the building handyman. Fortunately, it didn’t take too long for him to arrive. When you saw him, your breath hitched in your throat. He had sandy blond hair and was dressed in a plaid shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, jeans and a toolbelt slung low on his hips.

 “Hey. I heard it was a little hot in here…”

 You stood there opened mouthed for a few seconds before inviting him in and showing him the problem.

 “I see you’ve done some tinkering,” he commented as he set to work.

 “Yeah, I tried to fix it but hitting while screaming ‘Work you bastard’, wasn’t helping…”

 The handyman chuckled, and you suddenly felt very hot; a heat that had nothing to do with the broken thermostat.

 “I’m Y/N, by the way,” you sighed, rubbing the back of your neck.

 “Clint,” he replied, never taking his eyes off his work.

 You in turn, couldn’t take your eyes off him. His face was calm and focused and beads of perspiration were starting to break out on his forehead.

 “I’m sorry, can I get you something to drink?” you asked.

 “Nah, I’m good. I’m almost done here…”

 With a few final tweaks, he had the thing fixed.

 “There,” he smiled, wiping his forehead with his arm.

 “Thank you so much. I think I finally understand how a roast feels,” you joked.

 “Good thing you didn’t mess it up too bad,” Clint playfully teased. “I’ll be seeing you around…”

 “See you…”

 You secretly hoped more things in your apartment would break.

…

 Later in the day, you were returning from running errands when you noticed a lot of boxes stacked around the apartment across the hall from you. You knew the previous tenant had moved out a while ago and they mostly kept to themselves. It might be nice to meet your new neighbour. When the man who you assumed owned the apartment walked out to collect another box, you definitely decided to would be nice to meet your new neighbour. He was wearing a white t-shirt that barely contained the sculpted body beneath and tight jeans. Steeling yourself, you went over to give him a proper greeting.

 “Hi, I’m Y/N. I guess you’re my new neighbour,” you smiled.

 The man tucked the box he was holding under his arm and extended his hand.

 “Hi, I’m Clark. Clark Kent. I just moved here from Metropolis,” he smiled back.

 “Nice to meet you Clark,” you replied, shaking his hand and trying to keep your cool but internally freaking out.

 “Could I take you out for coffee sometime? It would be my way of welcoming you to the building.

 “I’d really like that, Y/N. I just need to get my stuff sorted but I’ll see you some other time, okay?”

 “Sure. I’ll see you later…”

 Clark gave you another dazzling smile and headed into his apartment with his box, leaving you feeling just as flustered as ever.

…

 Work provided no less distractions. When you got to work on Monday, you were moping over the loss of your assistant. She was one of the best ones you ever had but when she was offered a better position, you knew you had to do what was best for her and let her move on. You were working at your desk when your thoughts were interrupted by a handsome, cleanshaven man in a navy-blue suit.

 “Hi, you must be looking for the modelling agency. They’re on the floor above us…”

 The man laughed softly.

 “I’m actually here as your new assistant,” he said, giving you his letter of recommendation from your last assistant. “My name is Steve Rogers.”

 “You… you’re my new assistant?”

 You were stunned. What kind of sick joke was the universe playing on you by giving you not two, not three but four good looking guys in such a short amount of time?

 “Yes. You were expecting me today, right?” he asked, looking a little concerned.

 It took you a few moments to find your words again.

 “I was. Sorry, I guess I’m still just… thinking about my last assistant…”

 It wasn’t entirely a lie. You were thinking about how you were going to get by without her but now… Now you were thinking about you were going to get any work done with such an attractive man working for you.

 “Shall we get started? I’ve already taken the liberty of getting you a coffee to the specifications on my list…”

 Numbly, you took the cup from Steve, taking a sip of the hot beverage and finding it to indeed be exactly how you liked it.

 “Thank you, Steve. Let’s begin.”

…

 You were very grateful by the time Friday rolled around. Steve was proven to be an excellent assistant. He was very capable and performed every task you required of him but you found it very hard to keep focused on your work when you were around him. It didn’t help that throughout the week, you had a few more run-ins with Clint the handyman and your new neighbour Clark. You were hanging out with Nat again at a bar and relaying your issues to her but she was less than sympathetic.

 “Oh, boohoo, poor Y/N. I have all these good-looking guys after me, I can eat all the ice cream I want and never gain weight and all the clothes I own always fit me perfectly every time. Please,” she scoffed, tossing back her drink and ordering another.

 You were about to retort when you heard a deep chuckle coming from the chair beside you.

 “What are you-”

 The question died on your lips as you got a good look at the guy. He had eyes like a stormy sea and long, wild hair.

 “Un-freaking- believable,” Nat muttered under her breath

 “Sorry, I didn’t mean to listen in. It’s not often I hear about a complaint like that,” the handsome stranger smirked.

 “It’s not so much a complaint it’s just… For a while, all I seemed to date were losers and jerks… you know, the kind of guy who thinks if he pays for dinner that entitles him to a free ride, you know?”

 “Sure,” he nodded.

 “I just thought if I took a break from dating… I’m sorry, listen to me info dumping on a stranger. I’m Y/N, by the way…”

 “Arthur Curry,” he replied, shaking your hand.

 You sat with Arthur for most of the night (much to Nat’s annoyance) and got to know him quite well. By the end of the night, you exchanged numbers.

 As you left with Nat, you could feel her glaring at you.

 “What?”

 “The guy…”

 “Who, Arthur? He’s nice, but… Look, Nat, I still don’t know. Yeah, it’s fun looking at all these men but… I don’t know if I’m really ready to start dating again. I… I’m scared to let myself fall in love… I don’t want to get hurt again…”

 Nat gave you a sympathetic smile and hugged you.

 “It’s okay to be happy, Y/N. Everything you went through has made you stronger and will help you find the warning signs sooner in the future…”

 “I really hope you’re right, Nat…”

 “Of course, I am! Now, let’s get an Uber and we can head back to your place… maybe order a pizza?” she grinned.

 You rolled your eyes at the implication but smiled anyway.

…

  Your day off provided two more potential options. The first was in the form of a delivery guy. You had been waiting for something you ordered to arrive when there was finally the knock you had been waiting for. The delivery guy was tall with broad shoulders, supple wavy hair and deep brown eyes that you could practically swim in. His nametag read ‘Sam’.

 “Hi, I have a large package for Y/N?” he said.

 You knew if Nat and Harley were here they would barley be able to breathe from all the laughing they would do.

 “I’m, Y/N,” you said, feeling heat rise to your face.

 Sam presented his clipboard for you to sign before allowing you to collect your item. He stood a moment in thought.

 “You didn’t happen to meet my brother Dean a while ago, did you?” he asked.

 “That depends if he delivers pizzas or not,” you replied.

 “That’s him. He mentioned you when he came home that night. Listen, I’m sorry if he annoyed you or anything. He can be quite flirty when it comes to women…”

 “It’s fine. My friend giving him my number however…”

 “Oh…”

 Sam looked a little disappointed.

 “But that’s just my friends trying to be helpful! In their own weird way… I’m not really the kind of girl who goes on a lot of dates…” you sighed looking down.

 “Forgive me if I’m being too forward but would it be alright if I gave you my number? I think I would like to get to know you…”

 “I think I would like that too, Sam,” you smiled.

 Sam returned your smiled and put his number into your phone.

 “I’ll see you again, sometime…”

 With that, he left to make more deliveries.

…

 That afternoon, you went to the gym like you normally would. Today you would be working with a new personal trainer. Your friend Jane swore by this guy and by the way her arms had been toning up, he must have been good.

 “Hello, are you Y/N?” a deep male voice asked.

 You were not prepared for the spectacle that was your trainer. Long, golden locks pulled back into a ponytail and his bulging arms looked like they could barley fit into a t-shirt. He looked almost godlike.

 “Yes, I’m Y/N. Are you Thor?”

 “Indeed. Shall we begin?”

 Thor started you off with some basic stretches to loosen you up and you found it exceedingly difficult to concentrate every time he touched you to correct your positioning, all the while asking your permission to do so beforehand. Next, he moved into a light warmup, praising you whenever you kept up a decent pace with him. By the end of the workout, you were covered in sweat while he was barely glowing.

 “You did very well today,” Thor smiled, helping you to your feet.

 “Thanks. I try to get a little workout in and I guess I wanted to step up my game a little,” you panted.

 “Shall I see you again soon?” he asked.

 “Yeah, see you soon,” you smiled.

…

 At this point, you were beginning to question yourself. Were you really the kind of girl to go out with a different guy every day of the week? Well, technically, some of them were strictly professional but could they be more? You remembered Nat’s words telling you that it was okay to be happy.

 So… who do you pick?

#Winds of Kismet #clint barton #clark kent #modernAU #Marvel #DC #Arthur Curry #thor odinson #dean winchester #Sam Winchester #Steve Rogers #Delivery Guy #Pizza Guy #Handyman #hot neighbor #Personal Trainer #Assistant #Make Your Own #Harley Quinn #natasha romanoff

[tracidant]

Trigger warnings for Major Character Death, Cancer (nothing graphic at all)

Prompt - Bruce has incurable (by normal medical standards) brain or whatever cancer.........AND GO!!!

LEGACY

When Bruce let the family know his  diagnosis - inoperable brain cancer - he wasn't surprised by their reactions. Dick immediately contacted Superman. "He's your best friend and has x-ray vision. Maybe he can see what normal medical imaging can't and zap the cancer out." Tim contacted Michael Holt, aka Mr. Terrific, at S.T.A.R. Labs. Jason contacted Kori to see about using her old ship's healing chamber. Duke contacted Jefferson Pierce, to see if perhaps his ex-wife, Dr. Lynn Stewart, a neuroscientist, could help. Stephanie contacted her mom, a nurse at Gotham General. And of course, Damian contacted Talia.

"No Lazarus Pit."

"But Father, it will heal you. You aren't dead, so the...side effects...would be minimal, and certainly preferable to the alternative."

"No."

Cass made a call too. She left the room, and Bruce figured she just needed time. He'd wait a bit to go check on her.

While talking to Clark, who was nearly in tears, "There's nothing even I can do, Bruce. I'm sorry," he saw Cass return.

With Harley Quinn.

Cass motioned for everyone to leave the room, and Alfred suggested sandwiches in the kitchen. He figured no one would eat, but maybe it would give them a distraction.

"Hey, Bruce. Cass told me what was up. She thought maybe you'd want to talk to someone. I know I'm not a doctor any more, but I still have all the knowledge, and it's not like you're a traditional guy anyway, so how about we sit and chat a bit."

"Harley, I...thank you." He motioned for her to sit on the sofa and then sat next to her. "I already know about the whole stages of grief thing. I did the anger and bargaining and all that already. I've accepted this. You might be better off talking to the kids."

"You've cheated death a bazillion times, Bruce. You always find a way. Your SuperBestie is like the embodiment of hope. Are you sure you've really accepted this?"

"Yes. I see my legacy, Harley, and I'm proud. So proud of it. I see these kids who have grown so much. They're all heroes themselves, and they'll lead the next generation to be even better than this one. I've even helped a few former villains turn their lives around and become heroes." Harley blushed. "The Wayne Foundation is stronger and helping more people than ever. If this is where my story ends, I'm perfectly fine with that. I'm not sure I could do any better if I lived a hundred more years. Or a thousand."

"What about your kids?"

Bruce laughed. "They've had to deal with my death before. They have each other, their friends, and I'm sure you'll be there for them too, if they need it."

"Absolutely."

"Thank you."

"What about grandkids? Your kids are all gorgeous and most of them are over 18 now. They'll start gettin' hitched and having little ones soon. You'll miss seeing that."

Bruce got serious. "That will be my biggest regret."

Ivy put her hand on top of Bruce's. "Well I promise Auntie Harley will tell them all about their Grandpa Bruce and how he saved her and so many others. And I'll keep an eye on the kids too."

"Please do. Dick will try to hide his pain caring for the others. He'll try to do too much. I think I worry about him more than the others even. Duke has already essentially lost his parents, so he may feel some abandonment issues. Tim will try to pull away from his friends when he needs them the most. Jason and Damian will be angry, and they don't think straight when they're angry. Cass, I actually worry about the least. Her and Steph will have each other's backs. And Barbara too. Is it weird the women will probably deal with this better?"

"Not really. Men have such a societal stigma about asking for and accepting help.  With women, since we're seen as weaker," Harley rolled her eyes in disgust, "it's deemed ok for us to ask for help."

Bruce thought for a bit. "If people had seen the women I've seen, they wouldn't think that way."

"Well, you're kinda a magnet for strong women. Speaking of which, have you talked to Selina yet?"

"Yes. Earlier today. Right before I told the kids. She's on her way."

"Do you have your diagnosis info from your doctor? I'd like to see it, if that's ok. Psychiatrists get a lot of neurological training too, so I know my way around the human brain. Kinda nice to be looking at it from this aspect rather than just bashing them in, ya know?"

Bruce smiled and handed her the folder. She looked it over for a few minutes.

"Well, the good news is the location might be unlucky in that's it's too hard to get to to be operable, but you should keep your mental faculties right up to the end. I'm sure that's a pretty big deal for you."

"Yes, it is. The neuro-oncologist told me as much, but it's still nice to get a second opinion."

"So, you're definitely not looking for options? It's not like you don't have access to a lot of super smart people, literally. Plus the best medical science can offer, not to mention aliens and magic and all that."

"I don't want false hope. Not for me or the kids. As you said before, I've cheated death too many times. It's my time."

"I guess there's not much more to say then. At least now, but if you do want to talk more, you can call me anytime."

Bruce stood up and Harley followed. He hugged her tightly. "Thank you, Harley."

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Five weeks later, Bruce went to sleep and never woke up. He never really lost his cognitive functions, something that everyone was grateful for. He was buried a few days later, on a perfect fall day, in the family plot next to his parents.

Cass had already taken over as the new Batman with Stephanie as her Robin, with an updated suit. A few villains laughed at first, but that didn't last long, and word soon got around that the new dynamic duo was not to be messed with.

Dick had indeed tried to take too much on himself, but Wally and Donna were there to knock some sense into him. Apparently they knocked enough sense into him that he proposed to Barbara, and they were married, and pregnant, a few months later.

Tim went to San Francisco and lived at Titans Tower full time with plans on being there by himself. Kon, Cassie, and Bart, made sure that didn't happen, even when he screamed at them to leave him alone. (He was very glad they didn't listen.) With his friends' and the family's permission, he told Bernard who he really was, and Bernard moved to the Tower a few months later. He turned out to be a pretty good Oracle for them, and eventually took the name Knightwatch.

Jefferson and Katana had gotten married and moved to Gotham. Duke moved in with them and continued as Gotham's daytime protector. He still spent a lot of time at the Manor.

Roy asked Jason to help him find Lian, which turned out to be a great distraction for him. Both Artemises joined them, the younger going by Tigress now. Jason and his Artemis eventually got together, shortly after they rescued Lian.

Damian took a while before he could go back out in costume. He wasn't doing well and tried staying in Metropolis with the Kents, but that seemed to make his anger worse. He knew going to his mother right now would be a terrible idea, and finally it was Conner that suggested a plan.

"Go to Smallville. I'm not there as much to help Ma and Pa out, and if you're working on the farm, you'll be too busy and too tired for anger. Trust me on this one."

So Damian stayed with the elder Kents for six months. After a rough settling in period, the arrangement worked out well for everyone. He found a lot of joy working with the animals especially, and started looking into veterinary schools for the future.

Alfred had lost a lot and it weighed heavily on him, but as soon as he found out Dick and Barbara were going to have a child, it was as if he'd gotten twenty years younger.

Selina and Talia bonded over their grief, and Selina ended up going to Nanda Parbat to help Talia run the League. It had never been more efficient.

When the Joker heard about Bruce Wayne's death on the news, knowing exactly who Bruce really was, he left Gotham and was never heard from again.

Harley Quinn started up a group called The Reformed with Ivy, Kite Man, Clayface, and King Shark. Mr. Freeze, the Riddler, and Bane joined them a few months later. They helped out with keeping Gotham safe, day and night. Harley tried to get them to wear matching outfits, but had to settle for everyone wearing a "B" (like the Robin "R") on their assorted suits. She stopped by Bruce's grave frequently to tell him of their adventures.

#batfamily #bruce wayne #bruce wayne has inoperable brain cancer #harley quinn #dr. harleen quinzel #bruce wayne's legacy

[daedalusdavinci]

honestly im just gonna give u a list. anyways. bruce, harvey, eddie (easy mode), oliver queen (whore), equius, sollux, eridan (legally mantaded homestucks), tim drake because im here to cause u psyhic damage, damien (bby), and lets round it off with scarecrow cause why not. pick n choose the ones u want to do anyways -blasts u with my autism beams-

[I.D.: A man in bed, lifting his head off of the pillow with a confused, bleary look, squinting into the light being shined at him. /End I.D.]

jesus ok. this is obviously going to get really long so im sticking it all under a cut now

send me a character and i will tell you my...

Bruce

First impression

my first impression of bruce fucking wayne was actually probably when i was like four years old or something and watching btas so my batman, the batman that has always existed in my head, has been a man who genuinely cares about the people around him and believes everyone can get better. which is to say i probably got the best intro to batman you can get

Impression now

btas is still one of my favorite versions of batman there is but i also know now that there are many versions of batman depending on whos writing him and by god do some of those versions suck! but there are also nonbtas versions that are so great! like robin jason era batman. the most man of all time. or rob bat, or lego batman, or-

Favorite moment

btas bruce makes me fall to my knees and cry every goddamn time. his relationship w harley?? w harvey?? w freeze?? the way even joker trusts him to always be a good man and keep people safe, even when its him. every time bruce desperately reaches out to someone who is trying to hurt him, because he wants so badly to help them get better, know that i am sobbing.

Idea for a story

i dont really have bruce centric ideas because tbhhhh bruce has been so many different things over the years i just mold him to fit my needs for other stories. like i want to write bruharv fics or fics w eddie but harvey and eddie are what set the scene, not bruce, bc they have more firmly set personalities than him. late 80s bruce vs late 90s bruce are two completely different people, and btas bruce and rob bat bruce are like complete opposites to me in the way they wear the cowl. so yeah. the only time i might center something around bruce is if im writing a superbat story, bc i think clark is just as fluid at this point, but i dont really have as much interest in writing a superbat story!

Unpopular opinion

any opinion about batman is already tired, thats just the nature of batman. its too pervasive. someones already said anything i could say. but hey, people are ableist, so im sure this will be an unpopular one! bruce should have mobility aids. bane broke his back. you do not ever 100% come back from that. period, end of story, not arguing.

Favorite relationship

its gotta be bruharv. its gotta be. look obviously im a btas fan to my very bones and btas bruharv never stops breaking my goddamn heart. late 80s is just the same. i think ive said and written enough about them on this blog that no one needs to hear me say it again.

Favorite headcanon

bruce is autistic. you agree.

Harvey

First impression

first intro to harvey was during jasons robin era, so like, annual 14, #410 or whatever, you know what im talking about. hes just camp enough and he also gets frankly the most sympathy from the writers we really see him get outside of btas, imo. i was instantly sucked into the idea of this man who fought his way into the system because he wanted to change it, who believed in the law, but gradually became more and more disillusioned with it as he saw proof that a corrupt system would always be corrupt. morality, balance, and justice is the foundation harveys built his life on as an answer to the abuse he faced, and the way that all shatters for him is just. augh. add that to his beautifully complicated and desperate relationship with bruce and i just fell in love with him instantly

Impression now

hes like my favorite character outside of jason im fucking obsessed with him. i think im a little delusional about it but dc is so goddamn ableist with him i feel like i have to take some liberties, and he can be so INTERESTING if you just give him the room to be. also btas harvey is hot. im not taking any questions at this time.

Favorite moment

btas bruharv breaks! my! heart! that scene where bruce is desperately researching did and promises to a harvey that cant hear him that he will save him, somehow? i think about it every day. but also harvey had a lot of really good moments in tfz. i love to see a man in despair.

Idea for a story

ive had this idea in the back of my head since before i even started working on the jdau where harvey and 2f are trying to become better, sort of, or at least commit crimes in a way that they can feel better about. turning their attention back to mob bosses ala dark victory eventually drives them to team up with jason, who is post utrh and no contact with bruce and the batfamily, who harvey has no idea is even the same punk robin that once insulted his car. jason finds a father figure in harvey while harvey finds a new path to redemption (or antihero bullshit) through jason, and they both help each other sort out their messy ties to bruce. i dont know if ill ever get around to writing it- definitely not until ive gotten the jdau more or less out of my system- but i think about it sometimes.

Unpopular opinion

all of you fuckers need to go look up shit about did rn forreal im not joking. if you think 2f is an evil alter you are buying wholesale into the ableist shit dc is feeding you and its a problem. if you are going to write harvey and 2f, you need to accept that they both kill, that they both do crimes, that 2f is not the sole thing holding harvey back from “going good” again. find a different way to differentiate them. i see this in every goddamn corner of the fandom and it floors me how many of you are comfortable with perpetuating dcs ableism so long as its a “bad” disability like did.

Favorite relationship

its obviously bruharvey. (waves at my. entire blog really.) but i also really enjoy harvey and jason teamups, if that wasnt obvious. tfz changed my brain chemistry but i was like this even before that. i think they could find a lot of common ground in each other if i just ignore the part where 2f killed jasons dad lol

Favorite headcanon

i was just ranting about this the other day but i think the difference between harvey and 2f is that harvey tries very hard to repress things as the apparently normal part and wants very badly to believe in the legal system and that he could be a good person (pre acid, we see him kind of give up on that after the acid) whereas 2f embraces his anger and passion and has significantly less hope in the system and feels that he is inherently a bad person due to extremely low self esteem, because, yknow, hes the emotional part, hes the trauma holder. theyre both angry, they both commit crimes, harvey just has issues around letting himself experience negative emotions. this is pretty much the foundation for everything else i write because its how i work around the evil alter bullshit. they are both complicated (even more so than i can put concisely like this), it cannot just be 2f is bad and the source of all evil.

Edward

First impression

the first comic i ever read w eddie having any sort of significant part was hush and the joy of seeing that mystery come together and having eddie be the mastermind behind it all, as a huge mystery fan, was like nothing else. eddie was clever, irritating, and smug as all hell, with the goofiest goddamn schtick, and i just fell in love with him. the more i got to know him after that the more i loved him.

Impression now

eddie is one of the most camp rogues in the whole gallery. hes pathetic, whiny, attention-seeking, and hes also clever, annoying, and smug. i like that hes so often harmless but also has these little moments where he really does get batman on the ropes with just his brain. hes a little mastermind and i love that. hes a little creacher. hes hilarious. he has so much potential. he drives me crazy. im listening to batman unburied rn and hes so obnoxious i want to chew off my own leg. he remains one of my favorite batman characters of all time

Favorite moment

god theres this one origin story where hes reencounting his life and hes literally like rolling around on the floor whining about how lonely he is and how much he craves attention and its like. peak fucking eddie. hes so fucking annoying i love him i want to bully him

Idea for a story

ive already said im a mystery fan. when i was a kid, i read every single detective novel i could get my hands on, and its such a wonderful moment for me when batman can scratch that little itch in my brain. ive been rereading some of those old books lately and i really want to write a rddlebat fic in that style where bruce is a detective (but in a busybody way, and not in a police way), and riddler is the moriarty to his sherlock that keeps him running in circles. i can see the setting so clearly in my mind. ive just never written a mystery before and im struggling to think of one compelling and in character enough to drive the plot.

Unpopular opinion

i have learned that riddler fans deeply, deeply hate hush. the vitriol people have is incredible. its still one of my favorite riddler comics of all time, though, and i wonder if its because its written like a mystery instead of an action adventure. it leaves you with all of the clues, it builds, and in the end, the whole thing unfolds beautifully. its one of the best comics in terms of ones that show off what eddie can do and the extent of his intellect. its one of like four comics ive ever bought because i just adore it and apparently that is a VERY unpopular opinion lmfao

Favorite relationship

obviously rddlebat. obviously. i like them best when they have a sherlock and moriarty dynamic and are constantly challenging each other, pissing each other off, kiiind of flirting. theyre peak homoerotic rivalry to me. i dont like, mind stuff where theyre all cutesy and whatever, but its never been how ive seen them because im a homestuck and i know kismessitude is the way

Favorite headcanon

liam wrote a fic where eddie uses that cane because he actually needs it and he was so fucking right for that. i am 100% integrating that into my belief system

Oliver

First impression

sdkflsdjnfsdsdflsdf i HATE to admit this. but my first impression of oliver was in that comic where jason kidnaps mia and bruce snaps at ollie for his treatment of roy, and my second impression of him was rhato. so. needless to say, my first impression of ollie was Not Good. i thought he was just. the worst fucking dad ever, and a total piece of shit

Impression now

hes a communist king and he can GET IT. i have read way more green arrow comics since my first impression of him and i love him dearly. oliver fucks up again and again but he actually tries to do better. he learns and he grows and maybe he hasnt always been the best dad but hes doing pretty damn good now. he cares about and invests in his community on the local level and he puts his goddamn money where his mouth is every time. hes what a lot of people want bruce to be, tbh. i actually fucking adore oliver queen and i really want to read more green arrow comics

Favorite moment

green arrow/green lantern is such a fantastic goddamn run and i rotate it in my mind every day, specifically the part where they seem a skirmish between people and the police and hal immediately jumps in to help the police, but oliver stops him and starts breaking down the issues with that. like. fuck. do you know how fucking refreshing it is to see that in a comic. also when roy and oliver shoot cat man and then accuse the other one of missing i think about that all the time

Idea for a story

one day i am going to go as batshit about green lantern as i do about batman right now. that day hasnt come yet. but it will. and then there will be ideas.

Unpopular opinion

iii already said it tbh lmfao. green arrow is what people want batman to be. the family dynamics are way better and ollie invests in his community and tries to get better the way people want to believe bruce does (and lets be honest, how often does dc actually let bruce be the batman we know he can be and has been on occasion?)

Favorite relationship

ill be the first to admit im really fucking biased after reading ga/gl but ollie/hal/dinah. because yeah. what was all that.

Favorite headcanon

i think about grandpa ollie all the time. aaaaall the time. i think about him investing all the time in lian he never did in roy and i think about the apology written into it that he probably does say outloud, because hes not goddamn batman and he tries.

Tim (i hate you i hate you i hate you i hate you)

First impression

the first tim comics i ever read were. the first tim comics ever. he was in full hero worship mode and his hair looked dumb as hell and he was a cute kid. his audacity was fucking stunning, but i was willing to forgive him for it

Impression now

wheres that fucking tumblr post thats like peoples reactions to shows before and after a plottwist where someones like “why does everybody hate this guy” and then “I Know Now.” thats how i feel about tim. the audacity did not ever stop. he carries it with him forever. he is sexist as fuck and the way he treats stephanie makes my blood boil, and he is one of the number one offenders in terms of rewriting the narrative around jason. a lot of this is the fault of the writers and not him (PARTICULARLY THE WAY BRUCE TREATS HIM COMPARED TO OTHERS AND THE SHIT HE GETS AWAY WITH), but the whole thing leaves such a bad taste in my mouth i just cant stomach tim anymore. add that to how goddamn annoying tim fans are and how confidently they mischaracterize tim and every other fucking character? i can easily say tim is my least favorite member of the batfam.

Favorite moment

i think about this dumbass panel every goddamn day.

[I.D.: A comic panel of Tim Drake where he is standing outside, partially shaded by a tree. He is wearing an oversized red sweater that says “zoo of wires” in all caps and yellow pants. He’s squinting strangely and there’s a scuff mark on his cheek. His hair is the older style of Tim hair that stands completely on end and makes him look like a clown. Overall, it’s a pretty awful picture of Tim. /End I.D.]

but genuinely any moment between tim and kon or the rest of the young justice team, i think, are his best moments.

Idea for a story

any time i feel like tim could have room in a story im writing i am simply going to replace him with duke <3

Unpopular opinion

everything ive said so far has been an unpopular opinion and im not convinced i wont be drawn and quartered for posting this. but frankly if you made it this far into this post im kind of assuming youre a friend of mine who already knows i dont like tim bc this is really long. anyway heres another one <3 tims parents were never abusive you guys just dont want to admit tim is only interesting if you give him jason or stephs backstory

Favorite relationship

its gotta be tim and kon. gotta be. they are cute. i get it. the way tim just lights up in his robin run (or was it red robin?) when kon comes to visit is. yeah.

Favorite headcanon

i love it when tim quits being robin or is never robin at all. i am a hater.

Damian

First impression

i think the first damian comic i ever read was bftc and batman and robin 2009 and the MOMENT i saw his little face. his little cheeks. oh my god. hes SO. BABY. and hes a slightly MURDEROUS baby??? even better. i saw damian and i knew he was gonna be one of my faves he was just too precious, too perfect

Impression now

hes the babiest boy of all time and i love him more than i can even put into words. i adore him. i need to read more of his comics but i have read Enough to know that i love him. i want to pick him up and swing him around like a cat. bolito de odio mi queridooooo <3333

Favorite moment

i hold the fact that he named the cat alfred very close to my heart. also when he whooped tim and jasons asses but dick stopped him and validated him before he could (crying)

Idea for a story

eventually i wanna write more stuff w him in the jdau but i dont have it all set in stone just yet

Unpopular opinion

everyone hates aro hcs but youll pry aro dami out of my cold dead hands

Favorite relationship

dick and dami (PLATONIC. OBVIOUSLY!!) is such a basic answer but it is my true answer. im not joking when i say it literally makes me cry. i just!!!! have a LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT IT. im not going to get into it all but augh. jon and dami is probably second tho their friendship is so fun and ill never forgive dc for what they did to it. also prefer them platonic

Favorite headcanon

i cant even call damian being autistic a headcanon. its just real.

Jon

First impression

jesus christ. sdlkfjnsdfsf scarecrow is a cool tool to make things happen in comics he makes for a very good villain but i have never been very impressed by his actual personality i find him very very very creepy and i do not trust him around children i think hes a little freak

Impression now

exactly the same. i dont get how big into him some people get and moth i think you are fully delusional

Favorite moment

this is the one exception alright. as the crow flies is my favorite scarecrow comic of all time its really intriguing and he is very creacher. the power dynamic is really such that you have to pity jon, he loses so much control over the situation and he doesnt even understand whats happened to him, and the one person he confides in betrays him. the scarebeast itself is, i think, one of the best batman monsters if not The best batman monster the design is so goddamn cool and jons design, too, is just absolutely great in this comic. its such a goddamn good comic i love it

Idea for a story

lmao im never gonna write a story about this bitch

Unpopular opinion

i dont like him. thats my unpopular opinion. and i dont get “the dork squad”

Favorite relationship

again, the dynamics in as the crow flies were really interesting. otherwise idgas

Favorite headcanon

if i ever wasted the brainspace to think about scarecrow hcs they would be exclusively in reference to scarebeast. but i dont.

aughughugh homestuck time

Equius

First impression

haha gross! this guy is fucking weird

Impression now

funniest fucker there is. nothing about equius isnt hilarious. i love him. hes the definition of beta cuck and thats hysterical. hes weird and gross and kind of creepy and also slightly charming in a bizarre way and i love him

Favorite moment

i dont know now its been a while since i went through his pesterlogs but he does have some prettyf ucking funny lines. in general tho nothing can top arquius. hilarious

Idea for a story

ill probably write another h@lquius fic one day. hold me accountable was some of the most fun ive ever had writing a fic

Unpopular opinion

that i like him at all tbh lmao

Favorite relationship

OBVIOUSLY its equius and hal. obviously. they bounce off of each other in the worst possible ways theyre so gross and funny. arquius is one of the funniest things to ever come out of homestuck. dirk and equius is probably right after that.

Favorite headcanon

i like my space au a lot idk

Sollux

First impression

i thought sollux was the best goddamn thing since vriska. he was snarky in a way that vibed just right with me, his humor cutting and self deprecating and just perfect. i loved his relationship w aradia, i thought they were so sweet, and he also just reminded me a lot of dave who was my favorite character period. he and karkat were also really funny. i think i also just related to him a lot, at the time

Impression now

sollux is a lot of fun as a character because hes so dry and flippant about everything. hes a genuine true neutral character who most of the time cant find it in himself to give a shit about anything, and you have to admire that. hes laid back, except for when hes not, and his interpersonal relationships are generally snarky and ribbing with an undercurrent of very genuine care and affection. he was one of my favorite trolls for a very long time and i love him a lot.

Favorite moment

when hes just lost his lisp and is kind of obsessing over it is a pretty good one. but his conversations with karkat in the very beginning are also pretty good. everythign between him and aradia too. idk, its been a while.

Idea for a story

some day im probably gonna end up writing an ersol story, but from time to time i also think about writing that pale davsol fic for the guardians au ive had in the back of my mind forever

Unpopular opinion

feferi did not treat sollux especially well and did not respect his boundaries at all. their relationship sucked

Favorite relationship

rn its probably post sprite eridan and sollux, but ive always had a soft spot for some kind of friendship between dave and sollux, and sollux and aradia is a classic for a reason

Favorite headcanon

bigender sollux ftw. see also: sex neutral asexual sollux

Eridan

First impression

he is so whiny and obnoxious but also so brilliantly crafted and he has so much depth to him for a character that stops mattering like ten pages in time to latch onto him and never be normal about it again

Impression now

and then i wasnt! i dont think much has changed about my opinion on eridan at all actually

Favorite moment

his conversations with karkat oh my goddd theyre such gossips. also im sorry but youve gotta love his stupid little anxious talksprite hes such a prick. AUGH. AND THE DRESSES IN PESTERQUEST HANG ON

Idea for a story

see the above ersol musings but also and more importantly im going to write another erdave story. i dont know what its gonna be about but im sure in a few months eri will break down my door and say something to me about them and within a week ill have churned out another goddamn fic

Unpopular opinion

this has always been an unpopular opinion but if you think eridan deserved better but you think vriska is an irredeemable piece of shit you are in fact sexist <3

Favorite relationship

its very obviously eridan and dave. obviously. ive been writing this shit out for so long im tired now and im nto going to get into all of it but just know that i know everything about them and i know exactly why they work and im right about it. but i also believe very strongly in eridan and karkat and their whole relationship with karkat being like. honestly the only person who continued to believe in eridan and cared about him when he was really going off the deep end and their friendship actually being very genuine and sweet and the like potential there. but ALSO. vriska and eridan is one of the best friendships in the messiest way they were actually like the best and strongest kismessitude in homestuck and ill never let anyone forget it i LOVE them i love them being exes that know too much about each other and use it for evil even tho theyve stayed friends after all this time

Favorite headcanon

eridan being genderfluid is BASICALLY canon so i wont even call that a headcanon bc its just true. i feel very strongly about eridan having a very unhealthy relationship to sex and relationships where he ties his worth to them regardless of whether or not he actually wants them. he IS ace and he is DEEPLY repressed about it, thanks

#ashysiashy #moth i think this took me hours #anyway. just so everyone knows. vriska was my favorite troll in homestuck when i first read it and ill tolerate slander against her never #karkat is my current favorite