#/technically/ could qualify for the

[darkeneddawning]

Escaped clone au

You know all those fics where Danny and Damian are twins but everyone first assumes Danny must be a clone? How about an au where Danny is Damian's clone who escaped the League after he was assumed dead. Damian could even have been the one to have "killed" him, back when Danny was a newly created, fully brainwashed clone minion and trying to kill Damian himself.

Danny gets adopted by the Fentons and canon goes on as normal, until Dan. Witnessing what would happen to the world should he turn evil really drove home to Danny how dangerous he is.

Even if he was confident he could be trusted with his absurd amount of power (which he isn't), what if the League of Assassins found out about him? Does he still have programming triggers from his evil assassin clone conditioning?

So, Danny does the responsible thing: he goes to Batman to turn himself in.

Cue Danny showing up on Bruce's doorstep with ghost hunting equipment, intel on the afterlife, and an almost unbelievable backstory. Somehow he still managed to be more well-adjusted than Damian.

More thoughts under the read more

Here's how I'm thinking Danny leaving the League went down:

After surviving his wounds but failing his mission, Danny (then an unnamed potential Damian replacement) knew there was no point in returning to the League. As a failure, he was meant to be disposed of. He even thought of simply allowing himself to perish, since that was what the League would do.

But he couldn't help but feel as though that would be a waste of a resource. Surely he could be of more use to the League alive than dead?

That tiny bit of rebellious logic is what caused Danny to go into hiding, only living on based on the off chance he would find opportunities to further the League's goals. Obviously, that mentality didn't last long after being exposed to the real world and meeting one Jazz Fenton.

Being adopted by the Fentons was the best cover Danny could have asked for, since any odd behavior he couldn't hide while he was learning how to be "normal" was totally overshadowed by the sheer bizarre eccentricity of his new parents. He was still the neighborhood weird kid, but even that was a major upgrade from disposable tool, so Danny considered it a win.

Anyway, if anyone likes this idea, please feel free to have at it! Interpret it as you please :)

[chirpsythismorning]

Yeah a teaser dropping on ST day would be cool. But can we agree that a DNA board reveal would be infinitely better?

[blood-starved-beast]

Thinking about Caitlyn alleged predicted villain arc (and Ambessa influence possibly mingling with that) Arcane s2 might propel the show in becoming part of the Lesbian Space Atrocities subgenre.

I mean, they kinda are with both Cait and Vi becoming cops where police brutality is already a major political discussion in show but it can get more.

[ad-astra-per-aspera-1389]

So...what do we think of the way lab rats handled Taylor's disability? Personally, I think they did a decent job narratively. They steered away from "this is a sci-fi type of show so we can just 'fix' the disability". The visor Douglas made for her basically functions like a cane would, except its more compact and on her face, but all it does is tell her when an obstacle is in front of her...like a cane would. She's still blind. That doesn't go away. Taylor goes on missions again as the hero she is, even with her disability. She's disabled and she can go on missions.

I say narratively because there were a few comments about "a newbie, a quitter and a blind girl!" and with how Leo wanted the doctors to "fix it", but as far as Leo's comments go, he mostly felt guilty about his actions altering her way of life forever, which it did.

Seriously, what do we think? I'm not physically disabled myself, but I'm taking a class where we talk about this stuff and I was reminded of this Taylor plotline recently. I've been thinking about this all day.

[the-unconquered-queen]

Mandatory disclaimer that these options are based on my own perception of Choices Tumblr, mainly developed through browsing the main tag, so it is entirely possible that I may be off about some of them or that there will be differing views on what passes for an infrequently discussed story 🫶🏼

[little-red-fool]

It wouldn’t be canon compliant but I think even if it’s just once I should draw D with top surgery scars.

[nebblesmakesthings]

New Durge OC!!! Her name is Vinaya and she's also a sorcerer who used to be Vaine's protege before his brain got poked full of holes :3c

[liefst]

phone call about job in 5 minutes. i'm scared

[taamlok]

neither ao3 or the internet archive are actually archives btw

[wheelchairtetris]

In my continued quest for the slim chance at finding accessible housing, I've reached out to my states CIL as many people told me to do. And none of their resources are applicable to my situation and the person I'm in contact with keeps giving me options that do not work for me. Hell world.

[sergeantsporks]

I used the wrong term. Witch Switch Evelyn has CENTRAL heterochromia, not sectoral heterochromia.

[theexhaustedqueer]

I’m really discovering about myself that my favourite genre of character to write is female who characters who do horrible things for interesting reasons. Not in the way of me justifying their actions, actually usually it’s quite the opposite, and certainly not in the girlboss “they can do whatever and I’d still like them” way. Rather, asking the question “What messed up concoction of flaws and life experiences could compel a person to act in such a morally reprehensible way?” And also they’re women. I’m serious, this a solid 30% of the NPCs in the dnd game I run, and I’m only adding more. My players are going to catch wise at this rate.

[muirneach]

stef keeps dropping the first set n im like yay hes losing and then he wins anyways

[cerbreus]

made my very first ever shader in shadergraph :-)

[roaringheat]

mainstream modern queer culture is so frustrating sometimes with all the really fuckin strict labels. my irls wouldn't be able to comprehend how fuckin convulated my identity is now

[formosusiniquis]

at what point does loyalty to my job start to constitute a self-harm/self-sabotage behavior asking for ME