#borderline

[abusedpixie]

[frownyalfred]

Got any borderline head cannons/ future tidbits u wanna share?

I did kick around an idea I kind of put to the side, mostly because I think it would make a lot of readers uncomfortable (with good reason), but essentially the sequel will focus on Dick getting used to being a talon and acclimating to what that means for his body/etc. He's the same in the mind, but the change physically is permanent and Lady Gotham let them all know he'll be like this for a long, long time. Possibly immortal.

The sequel would feature Dick not fully accepting that fate, or fighting it despite the fruitlessness of that endeavor. Most of that was how much he lived in physicality. He was warm, loving, and all the things a frigid talon isn't. And so he craves that and won't accept his own body/fate, so he steals time in Jason's. Even Bruce's, when he's welcomed in. But Jason lets him do it a lot more than the others, because they were already so close and trading places in many ways.

The scene I shelved focused on Dick's tragic relationship with Babs, and how as a Talon, their fate is even worse off than it was when it was just the bond. And maybe there was a time when Dick begged Jason for just one night in his body, one final night to hold Babs and feel human and warm, and Jason agreed because he could feel Dick's anguish like it was his own anyway, and it wasn't like Dick was going to be alone in his body.

But I'm not sure that's the kind of body swapping angst/fuckery folks were ready for with borderline. So I keep thinking about it, but I won't write it into my growing outline for the sequel. Hmm.

[valentina-poem]

[th1rdt3chnician]

who up hating pop psychology

[shadoweq93]

15/10/24 godz 20:40

[wowlookwhosspirallingagain]

the “i wanna go home” never leaves my head even when i’m physically sitting in my bed

[another-vent-acct]

Idk whether to cry, punch something, or hurt myself

[on-the-edge-of-your-seat]

Eu te amo tanto, mas ás vezes te odeio

Eu quase acredito, mas ás vezes receio

Esse mar vai e vem

Ás vezes somos nós, ás vezes não sou ninguém

E dói, dói te amar

Dói mais ainda te deixar

E eu transbordo

Fujo pra longe e deságuo

Volto reduzida em fogo baixo

Para caber em seus braços...

[borderlesbian]

please don't be mean to me bc i can be meaner and i hate being mean

[yearningdiary]

I'd like to have a girlfriend.

I bet she would be so sweet...

[nemosopenletters-blog]

I just want to be important, too.

[xvelvetcoffinx]

"Edging" now refers to when you are on the verge of tears all day but don't cry

[valentina-poem]

[borderlineangel222]

and suddenly, again, I feel really tired, as if the world is draining me of everything i ever had

[abusedpixie]

𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝.