#a matter of principals

[theknucklehead]

The Season 6 episode "A Hearth's Warming Tail" is basically a ponified version of A Christmas Carol.

With Starlight Glimmer as Ebenezer Scrooge

Rainbow Dash as Bob Cratchit

Applejack as the Ghost of Christmas Past

Pinkie Pie as the Ghost of Christmas Present

Princess Luna as the Ghost of Christmas Future

Featherweight ad Tiny Tim

The Headmaster as... Severus Snape? Okay, I think they've got their literature mixed up.

And according to the writers, at one point they planned on having Discord as Jacob Marley, but got cut because of time (which is a shame, he would have great in that role).

[bet-on-me-13]

Bruce owes Danny money. He does Not want to pay up.

So! Danny had to run away from Amity Park when his parents discovered his Powers. But every time he tried to stay in a single place in America, they somehow managed to find him.

Turns out, they were working with the GIW to track him using the GIW's resources and the Fenton's Genius to find him everywhere he ran to. Eventually, Danny figured he had had enough and ran to Europe where the GIW had no Jurisdiction.

After wandering for a while, Danny was found and recruited by the League of Assasins. He was powerful, skilled, and connected to the Lazarus Pits, so they approached him with a job offer.

They would hide him from the Fentons, who had began to search for him in Europe independently, and in return he would work for them as an Assasin.

Considering his situation, Danny agreed.

He began training to be an Assasin, supplementing his Ghost Abilities with the abilities of an Assasin to become even more Stealthy.

While training under the League, Danny met another recruit simply known as Bruce. They trained together for years, even going on a few missions together gathering intel, and using disguises to hid in plain sight.

On one of these missions, Danny lent Bruce some money with the promise to get paid back when they returned to the League. That same night, Bruce left the League of Assasins and never came back.

...

Bruce was sitting in the Batcave going over a case with Tim, Jason was off to the side cleaning his Guns, and Dick and Cass were holding an acrobatics competition in their Obstacle Course, with Damien, Steph, and Duke cheering them on.

Suddenly an Eldritch Emerald Light sprang to life in the center of the Batcave, and everybody dropped what they were doing and sprang to action.

Slowly, a glowing green figure emerged from the Light. He appeared Eldritch in Nature, as if he existed in multiple layers of reality at once and looking at him gave them minor headaches. Then, the figure spoke up.

"BRUCE. ITS BEEN 15 YEARS. YOU STILL OWE ME 16 DOLLARS."

Recognizing Danny, Bruce took a moment to compose himself before responding.

"Fuck Off."

[zhelin-thames]

Now pay interest - 10% per year

Masterpost

As the Bat-family processed what had just happened, Jason was already plotting.

“So,” Jason began, a wicked grin spreading across his face, “does this mean we have a ghost King in the family now? Because I’ve got so many questions.”

“Focus, Todd,” Damian snapped, though his own curiosity was evident in his furrowed brow. “That... entity was clearly powerful. Father, why did you not inform us of this connection sooner?”

Bruce didn’t even glance up from his computer. “It was irrelevant.”

“Irrelevant?” Dick exclaimed, gesturing wildly. “A glowing ghost guy just popped out of a portal in our cave to collect a debt, and you think it’s irrelevant?”

Tim, typing furiously, pulled up the mission logs from Bruce’s early years. “Okay, I think I found the mission in Prague where this all went down. It says here... wait. Danny wasn’t just some guy you ran into. You trained with him in the League of Assassins?”

Steph leaned over Tim’s shoulder to read. “Wait, what?! He’s an assassin ghost King?”

Jason let out a low whistle. “This just gets better and better.”

Duke raised his hand, hesitant. “Uh, just a thought… if he’s the Ghost King, doesn’t that mean he has control over, like, all ghosts? Including... uh, Lazarus Pits?”

Everyone froze. Slowly, they all turned to Bruce, whose expression darkened slightly.

“Yes,” Bruce admitted reluctantly.

“Holy crap,” Jason said, leaning back with a stunned look. “He’s the reason the Pits freaked me out after I came back, isn’t he? I thought it was just the resurrection thing, but you knew he was tied to them!”

Bruce’s silence was answer enough.

“I want to meet him,” Cass signed firmly.

“Seconded,” Duke added. “He seems cool.”

“No,” Bruce said, finally standing and cutting through the rising chatter. His tone was firm, brooking no argument. “Danny is not someone you want to get involved with.”

But before Bruce could elaborate, the room was bathed in green light again.

Danny reappeared, now sitting cross-legged in mid-air, holding what looked like a spectral clipboard. “Forgot one thing,” he announced casually.

Bruce’s glare could have burned through steel. “What now?”

Danny smirked. “I want interest. Fifteen years is a long time to wait for sixteen bucks. So let’s say... ten percent per year?”

Jason cackled as the rest of the family broke out into laughter. Even Damian couldn’t entirely suppress a smirk.

Bruce pinched the bridge of his nose again. “I’m not paying you interest.”

Danny shrugged, grinning. “Guess I’ll have to stick around until you do. Hope you’ve got extra space, because I’m moving in.”

The Batcave erupted into chaos. Jason and Steph cheered, Tim frantically calculated how much Bruce technically owed, and Bruce’s patience reached its breaking point.

“Fine,” Bruce growled. “But you’re staying in the guest room.”

Danny floated down, looking entirely too smug. “Deal. Now, who’s up for pizza? I’m starving.”

[lynnbutlertron]

SCUDLERTRON NATION COME GET UR FOOD ‼️

[yanaspritesblog]

was watching dr stone to destress from finals (WHYYYY NOW I HAVE A NEW OBSESSION) and the moment gen came on screen my brain WOULD NOT stay quiet about the potential of having this menance in assassination classroom.

gen would deffinitely take one look at the asanos and the giant social experiment that was kunugigaoka and mentally slap a psychological horror tag onto them. while completely disregarding the fact that he needs one himself.

(he would be at the back of the class writing a phd dissertation on the mental state of this specific giant, yellow, octopus like specimen of an alien while his classmates try to kill korosensei.)

Day #18 of my nearly everyday fanart challenge.

[wanderingchocolateeclair]

An incredibly late Christmas with the UA family and their matching sweaters-

I know it’s like a month late, but this one had me fist-fighting the Earth trying to get it finished and I Did Not Plan on giving up lol

[feralwetcat]

something something vynvent teaching the rest of pd elvish something something william taking notes and memorizing everything hes taught something something ashe practicing and helping him label certain things something something dakota being surprisingly good at it and even helping tide learn as well something something having a bunch of things in shared spaces be labelled in both english and elvish

[moomeecore]

don't understand people who say they hate later seasons discord bc they don't like the idea of this larger than life intimidating villain being dumbed down to just some goofy guy. because im enlightened ik that this is the funniest shit ever, at least in the way mlp did it. imagine there's this evil scary looking monster with infinite powers, possibly the most powerful creature in the universe, quite literally a god, and with consciousness and intelligence and a love for psychological manipulation. yeah he's actually believed to be the physical embodiment of the concept of disharmony! yeah ages ago he just decided to take over this weirdly isolated country just for funsies because he liked the idea of having a bunch of people that he just play with like toys because hes an immortal being that has no concept of people being anything other than entertainment. then he got trapped in stone prison. then he got out. then he got put back. then for some reason the queen just decides to let him out on some weird probation and drops him off under the care of some random hippy in her early 20s who lives in a cottage outside a middle of nowhere town. and she actually DOES befriend the scary evil god with infinite powers and suddenly he's sworn not to use his powers for evil anymore just so he can hang out with her. and now he just goes around bothering everybody and being the most obnoxious peice of shit in the world, trying to piss people off in small ways that don't consistute Fully Evil because he does not care abt anyone besides that one girl who basically lives in the woods and has about 20 different pets. and they have tea parties and he probably has a crush on her. and pretty much everybody besides her can't stand him but they put up with him because hes the most powerful being in the universe probably. that's hilarious

[idkhowtomakethis]

Look-

Look at me, look me dead in the eyes

Actually don't, eye contact makes me uncomfortable.

I'm known for 2 things and 2 things only:

My obsession with Bungo Stray Dogs and my refusal to watch One Piece

It's too long, I refuse to believe it can actually be that good

I will not

AND I MEAN NOT

Watch it no matter how many cute fanfictions I read or how many fanarts I see because Sanji x Zoro isn't actually canon

[mine-ventures]

How does one become a zombie rather than staying dead? Even a zombie bite in villagers don't always turn to zombification. What is the ruleset here? Mere chance? A certain affliction? RNG?

To become an Undead Mob (Not only just a Zombie for some of these), here in Minecraft, the most common reasons are:

... Just to put it in a very vage explanation, cause most of the time, it's hard to tell how an Undead Mob became, well, Undead.

[queen-esther]

People on X are talking about whether or not the new pope is conservative, liberal, pro/anti MAGA and Trump, etc. Many of them aren’t even Catholic, lol.

[numberposting]

in response to the latest installment of Tumblr Being the Worst Website of All Time i should start posting kink art on main

i don't really make that sort of art in general and it will be extremely embarrassing for me. HOWEVER. FULL-FRONTAL ALICE TUMMY ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zhelin-thames]

Sixteen Bucks and a Grudge

Inspired by this post

Masterpost

The Batcave descended into silence as the glowing figure hovered ominously, his voice reverberating through the space. Everyone stared at Bruce, whose face remained impassive, though there was a faint twitch in his left eye.

"Bruce," Danny's eldritch voice echoed again, the flickering green light from his form illuminating the cave. "You promised."

Jason was the first to break the silence, biting back a laugh. "Wait, hold up. Bats, you owe this guy—" he gestured at the spectral figure, "—sixteen bucks? And you didn’t pay him back?"

Tim blinked in disbelief. "Sixteen dollars? That’s it? Why not just pay him?"

Bruce’s jaw clenched. "It’s the principle."

"The principle?" Danny’s ethereal voice sharpened. "The principle is that you owe me money. I spotted you when you conveniently ‘forgot’ your wallet on that mission in Prague. Fifteen years, Bruce. Fifteen. Years."

Dick swung down from the obstacle course, landing with a flourish. "Bruce, this is... shocking. You didn’t pay back a friend? A ghostly friend?"

"Former associate," Bruce corrected, standing straighter.

"You don’t even have an excuse," Damian said, crossing his arms. "Father, this is shameful."

Cass, who had been silently observing, tilted her head at Danny and then at Bruce. "Pay him," she signed.

"Thank you!" Danny exclaimed, throwing up his hands. "See? She gets it!"

Steph nudged Duke, grinning. "This is the best thing that’s happened all week. I’m rooting for the glowing guy."

Jason smirked, holstering his guns. "Hey, Phantom—what happens if he doesn’t pay up? Do you haunt him or something?"

Danny’s eyes gleamed mischievously. "I’ve had fifteen years to think about that. Let’s just say Bruce would learn the true meaning of regret."

Bruce let out a long-suffering sigh, finally reaching into a compartment in his utility belt. He produced a crisp twenty-dollar bill and held it out toward Danny.

"Here."

Danny crossed his arms, floating closer but making no move to take it. "Sixteen. Not twenty. I’m not taking tips from someone who stiffed me for a decade and a half."

Bruce pinched the bridge of his nose, then withdrew a smaller wad of cash and counted out exactly sixteen dollars. He handed it over wordlessly.

Danny plucked the money from Bruce’s hand with a smirk. "Pleasure doing business, old friend."

With that, Danny dissolved back into the glowing green portal, leaving the Batcave in a dim eerie glow for a few moments before it faded entirely.

As silence returned, Jason leaned back, arms crossed, grinning like a Cheshire cat. "So, Bruce, what’s the real story here? Because I need to know why you’d rather let a ghost King hunt you down than pay sixteen dollars."

Bruce turned back to his computer. "Get back to work."

Tim was already typing away. "Oh no, I’m finding the mission logs. There’s no way we’re letting this go."

"Sixteen years of holding a grudge," Dick added, shaking his head. "That guy has serious commitment."

Jason laughed. "Sounds like he’d fit right in."

[synchodai]

Not too keen on how the first scene of HotD made show-only viewers think that Aegon the Conqueror diplomatically convinced Torrhen Stark to give up Northern independence because they both believed in stopping a prophesized apocalyptic Long Night because it downplays the brutality of Aegon's Conquest.

Not the show's fault since it is realistic that Cregan and Jace would frame it like an amiable peacetalk given their current goals and circumstances (and they did touch on the intimidation aspect of it). But show-onlies don't get the context that:

Torrhen was the person who started a dialogue with Aegon I, not the other way around.

Aegon didn't fly North to meet with Torrhen. Torrhen was the one who marched south with his armies to stop the man who was burninating the entire countryside.

Because he was marching south, Torrhen saw the utter carnage of Aegon's Conquest. At least three entire dynasties of kings were extinguished at that point. Torrhen was thus faced with the possibility that the entire Stark line would be wiped out like them if he fought.

Aegon and Torrhen exchanged letters at the Riverlands when both their armies were about to meet, but those weren't what convinced Torrhen to kneel. Torrhen had to actively stop his brother Brandon from attacking Aegon's dragons when they got there. The Northern King had already made his mind prior to talking to Aegon that he didn't want to fight.

Aegon's Conquest wasn't him making buddy-buddy with the 6 kings. It was him and his sister-wives intimidating them into submission by threatening to wipe out their families.

[moon-brain-90]

I just bought 3 of the smaller Lego cars(Haas, Ferrari, and Red Bull) tell me why my Ferrari and Red Bull cars won't be shipped until May 30th! At least I'll have a nice summer surprise I guess😭😭 anyway my Haas car shipped today so yay!

[blorbocedes]

how tf brad pitt who is PUSHING 60 playing an f1 driver in a sport where we call sebastian vettel geriatric for being 35....... like is the plot how the G forces snap his neck or old man peepaw forgets how to upshift like. ???