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#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#lan wangji#Better drawn mdzs#Yeah let's toss this in the 'mixed' category. Keeping you all on your toes with the quality of my work in this series.#I had to fire off some expectation-lowering shots to rebuild my energy.#I enjoy opportunities to experiment with formatting and challenge myself B*) I really like how this came out!#In this case; I have been thinking about this comic for nearly a year! The reunion scene!#The start of the festering! The longing LWJ feels contrasted against the reality that WWX has been fundamentally changed.#This is the shape of someone you knew. This is no longer the person you had in your head. Maybe that person never existed.#We build up expectations of who we want people to be - but they are never *who* that person is.#Loving the JC & LWJ parallels with this concept as well; they are both self-inflicted victims of pushing their expectations on WWX.#But we are who we are. We cannot become the idealized version of ourselves that lives in another person's head.#And I love how WWX comes back a little (a lot) horrifying. In his actions and appearance - he has changed. Maybe for the worst.
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and it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe it'll never do somehow
#spuffy#spuffyedit#spike#spike btvs#buffy summers#buffy the vampire slayer#btvs#btvsedit#you know you want to dance#it's terribly simple#i don't think that ''don't think twice'' is a very spuffy song In General but this line feels very misguided spike pov To Me#(because of course buffy did not WANT spike to get a soul she had no CONCEPT of him getting a soul it wasnt even on her radar.#he's like a border collie coming up with sheep dog rules that its owner has to follow that the owner did not put in place. genuinely.)#anyway i like the kind of visual parallel of these scenes too :)
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I've got the random sterek idea for a short fic that got me like this and I fear you WILL get a May fic after all...

#listen i-#i watched this sports reality tv show okay#they split the contestants in pairs and they had to do a balance challenge and in one pair the guy refused to do it#and instantly there was this other contestant who had already done his competition and he's like I'll do it with you#and like.... that's derek that's what he would do if he saw stiles getting abandoned like that#anyway I've come up with this tiny reality tv concept where stiles' partner is shitty and derek contantly bends the rules to help him#even tho the producers paired him with paige#AND THERE'S JEALOUSY AND SELF DOUBT AND STILES AND DEREK AND AND AND#omg I'm gonna write this#THEN YOU’LL SEE OH OOOOOOOHHHHH#also I AM writing new moon au I'm just nervous bc I'm at the culmination scene where shit hits the fan and it won't stop hitting the fan#for a long time#I'M SOOOOO GIDDY
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"Oh, yeah. Like gets one of the other gods to listen to them? Because maybe the other gods kind of agreed with water throwing a temper tantrum or something...and now they have to make a choice between actively helping the mortals against Water or not.
I like it. Lots of good political and environmental themes, I think. What genre are we going to aim for? I think YA might be easiest to marry everyone's styles together."
After all, Giselle tended towards the romantic; Devyn, the superhero; Amity, the humanity; Ariel, the hero's journey; and Kleo, the story, itself.
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Building Blocks || Klamity
#swynamity#klamity#building blocks#fun fact about the 7 original stories or w/e#my mom used to say 'uncle michael used to say there were only seven original stories'#and i straight up until i was like 16/17 thought that#he had COME UP with that concept#LMAO
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Is it bad that I want to see more of that Were-Doc Au?
the people love mad scientist turned big wet dog
#back to the future#bttf fanart#bttf#marty mcfly#emmett brown#doc brown#have this silly little doodle while i cook up some silly big doodles in the meantime :]#aaaand i have just realized i missed a line where doc's other shoulder should be.#whatever. no one notices these things except me lmao#you're not the only one wanting more weredoc hahaha. looks at my 6 other weredoc asks. plus the several ideas i came up with myself.#at this rate doc will appear on this blog more dog than man#anyone who wants to take this au and run off is welcome to as well! maybe you can come up with some science jargon that makes more sense#right now the backstory is he had a bit of einstein's dna for ???? and then messed it up so badly he turned himself into a dog#how? no clue. not even he knows.#kit does an art#weredoc au#just realized this concept is like. the inverse of that au on ao3 where marty used to be a dog LMAOO#havent read it just glanced at it in passing but i think that's really funny
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Glammike but a kid should go up to Freddy during a Meet-N-Greet and mention something about playing catch with their dad and then Freddy looks them dead in the eyes like "haha I never played catch with my dad :3" before 4 beats of silence pass through that entire greenroom and bro gets looks from everyone send tweet
#fnaf#michael afton#five nights at freddy’s#glammike#silly salvaged au#glamrock freddy#The in universe lore heads are gonna go craaaazy with this one#where are the video essays dissecting the mascot character lore#It would be kinda funny because everyone would catch on that a lot of those “breaking character” moments would happen more often like#on the topic of a father soooo.....people may just think that the CHARACTER of Freddy is fatherless 😭#Wheres the Video theory essays like “Freddy Fazbear's story is DARKER than you'd think....”#Wait isn't Glamrock Freddy like supposed to be the SON of Classic Freddy in the Mascot lore 😭😭😭#CRYINGGGG YOU THINK PEOPLE HAD THE SAME REACTION TO WHEN IT WAS REVEALED AANG AVATAR WAS A BAD DAD 😭😭😭#“OG FREDDY WOULD NEVER !!!! THIS IS FLANDERIZATION OF HIS CHARACTER!!”#guys please hes not talking about Classic Freddy hes just getting flashbacks to the bad man guys pls-#Freddy Fazbear just occasionally saying the most concerning thing is so funny to me😭#Some kid and their sister are coming up to him for an autograph and hes like#“haha! have fun now! and you--you watch your sister okay. .... :3”#not ominious. not ominous at aaaaall#ough he probably HATES seeing anyone get locked outside of the building 😭😭#that as well as children being on their own#Younger Siblings getting picked on by their older ones (Bonus points if its both brothers)#Parents generally just not keeping an eye on their kidssss 😭#The bear having trauma before he even knows he does is a very fun concept to me if you couldnt tell giggles#tag rambles! theyre fun lol
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stan twins the canon cptsd brothers i will always think about all your unaddressed issues that would make perfect plot fuel for your spinoff
and also the whole 'stan getting that poem by bill via a website which contrasts with bill getting one from the axolotl via a website' foreshadowing thing
like idk i would love something like su future but like more optimistic, aka not an accumulated breakdown that has to be mostly resolved off screen at the end :/// but something thats being kinda addressed throughout? (although would love to see one of them turn into a monster thats always fun lol)
stan having severe issues from his dad and those years of being homeless that we keep on getting more info on but never really getting confronted on (the drifter catalogue and tijuana incident...), him being completely alone for like twenty years when running the shack before soos comes along to the point that 1998 is noted as his low point, and him not really learning about bill+what he did to ford until ages after he killed him if he ever did get the full context
while i think amnesia and everyone seeing him as a hero actually helped with stan's 'i'm a worse version of my brother' thing its still a lingering issue too and we now got him being insecure over his own hands
ford being immediately thrown from 'being tortured by bill' to 'being stuck in the multiverse and being chased by bounty hunters constantly', him fully expecting himself to die when destroying bill, and him only now being safe for the first time in 30 years ....relatively safe, he's still in constant danger because of course he is
idk in the end the series wants them to be happy and they deserve it, its why i wasn't too worried about the book being like 'ooh bill is back!! and the book is haunting ford' thing cos i knew they'll be ok
#stan pines#ford pines#stanley pines#stanford pines#gravity falls#stan twins#as for the 'still on your mind' thing to me its stan literally thinking about bill despite ford resolving to move past it#or alternatively me on my same coin theory obsession lmao#me yelling and screaming at ouroboros being used to link to the axolotl and bill and how ford didn't actually keep it#which brings up even more questions about it reappearing in the shack when stan takes over#of course even if him realising about reincarnation being a thing i think its still way less to deal with than his actual issues#something something a same soul doesnt mean much when he already proved himself a better person a million times over#idk my thoughts on reincarnation as a concept is like eh??? anyway#also completely unrelated but stan writing fanfic means he knows what soos meant when he was talking about stan fics#soos seems like a gen fic writer especially with the ones we got as those promos#the train one where he comes up with a giant backstory for the setting that has nothing to do with the fic bros is super funny#but meanwhile we have stan the canonical smut writer who had to be writing it that summer#would he be a self insert shipper? would he projecting on the duchess instead? is he both???#i have many questions#then again judging from hows theres a wedding scene that he got super emotional over he might just be a shipper????#this has nothing to do with my original post#...or does it cos the axolotl last appears reacting to stan freaking out about count li--#anyway if you think this post is longer than my usual its cos i physically made myself delete most tags and put it in the actual post
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It’s just now hitting me that when Jimmy leaves the mouth of post crash Curly’s head in that bizzaro hallucination sequence it is symbolic of him as the parasitic tongue eating louse needing to leave the host after it has died.
The head is missing Curly’s eye likely representing that blind spot Curly had for Jimmy along with the last bit of Curly that Jimmy could feed off of and impose himself through is truly gone now, a realization that likely is another reason Jimmy broke down so quickly after the feast.
He no longer could hide beside the perception of Curly and now all his words and actions, at least in that moment, were all his own with no way else to spin the blame. He tried to feed his host itself, cause feeding off of him worked for Jimmy not understanding or admitting he’s eaten too much himself.
#so like uhm he had to leave his host because he effectively starved it out but Jimmy refuses to let go#so it’s like a parasite trying to keep its host alive by biting off another piece of its body to spit back in its mouth while still saving#some of that bite for itself and I only just realized cause no one ever specifically points out that section of the force feeding sequence#like the lead up of Jimmy coming out of his mouth and throat and Curly’s socket being empty#he’s not there he can’t see Jimmy anymore not for the person he is or became to him after the crash and right before it#but i dunno im pulling this shit from my ass#mouthwashing#mouthwashing game#curly mouthwashing#jimmy mouthwashing#captain curly#Denied Ouroboros cause he already ate the snakes tail#tho curly isn’t really a snake but you get the concept outside of that analogy
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oh everyone's out here "What if Ty starts dating Mike" this and "What if Mike starts dating Ty" that, what if Edgar starts dating Ty? Huh? Mike branched out of his dating type before, maybe this time it's Edgar's turn. Did you ever consider that? Maybe Ty's not gonna steal Mike, maybe he's gonna steal Mike's boyfriend. Maybe this is the #TygarTimeline. How would you know? Exactly. You wouldn't.
Think about that.
#idk whats going on i just saw like 3 posts and wanted to make a joke lmao#anyway. the correct answer is Polyamory#what's the question? dont matter. Polyamory 👍#more genuinely tho this is actually a concept ive thought about before#the 'mike dating ty' thing not the 'ty dating edgar' thing#like if Mike didnt get that close to edgar or if he'd met Ty before#it wouldnt seem that unlikely that he'd try to get close to Ty to get information from him#same as he started with edgar#but ty has Way Bigger advantage than edgar did#edgar had codes to get into tier 2. Ty has an entire department that he's in charge of#and when it comes to Mike's early goals ty would be the obvious choice at getting real progress#also tbh dont think Mike would give a shit about Ty's experiments if they'd been friends before like#Anne did whatever with Mdawg and Edman and the annes were the ones that had nobody try to kill mikey in storage#but they were friends before so anne is still his friend#I think it couldve been something like that with Ty if the timing had been different#but. probably not what this season is gonna be about#idk i still need to catch up about 5 seasons lmao#please understand every joke and every meme i make is using whatever glimpses i get from the tags i dont know Shit about whats happened#anyways#w.bg#woe.begone#woe begone#wbg#woe.begone spoilers
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Mouth foaming, biting gnashing have you guys ever thought about the fact davesprite still identifies as Dave and the only real reason Hal doesn’t is because he was muscled out of that identity slowly and gradually by necessity alone. If given the leniency not to change his text colors and to choose his own name early on chances are he’d have kept Orange and stuck with what he’d been called for the first thirteen years of his life, but he didn’t get a choice and circumstances demanded easy identification and well. Dirk sure as fuck wasn’t gonna be the one making changes, and Hal couldn’t argue with that when he’s literally shades and code.
I don’t think he’s aware of this and I think he’s probably comfortable in the identity he’s made for himself now, especially in distancing himself from Dirk as an identity— but I catch myself wondering if, when given the leniency and kindness to choose his means of self expression, would the AR choose to follow the identity he’d had all his life? Would he really opt to identify as someone else, and if so, would it be more of a mask for the first few years? Would he always feel, deep down, like he was Dirk who had a nickname?
I know Hal is his own person now, but I think he has also been Dirk for a long time before he became this new identity. In the same way I am not the person I was in highschool, but that person is still always me. In the way that we are not who we were as teenagers, but they are us. He is not Dirk anymore, but looking back at points in his existence there is a period where it would be incorrect to view himself as ‘Hal’ and the name he associates with it is ‘Dirk.’ He isn’t Dirk, but Dirk(AR) was him.
The view from others being:
AR begins existing -> AR begins identifying in Red Text -> AR is now referred to as Hal
But the view from himself being:
Is Dirk in the process of creating an AI -> is Dirk in the form of an AI referred to by others as AR -> Is Dirk in the form of an AI using red text, referred to as AR -> Is Dirk in the form of an AI, referred to initially jokingly as Hal, this is a nickname in some capacity -> Is Hal, an AI that was at one point Dirk, but is no longer this person.
Does that make any sense. I am going insane.
#this is AGAIN from rp#the concept of ar being treated like a person#and you dont tell a person with your name to be called something else#nicknames arise and identifiers like ‘text dirk’ and ‘guy dirk’ would come up but#imo if given the opportunity in his burgeoning stages of identity#ar would choose to keep being called dirk#and the only reason he didnt is due to the necessity of it#he has to he identifiable and has to differentiate himself and has to make the moves to be able to be spotted and seen#and to sate dirks needs#but cmon#if one day you woke up and found out you were a clone#it wouldnt matter if it was true at all youd still feel like the original#and you wouldnt choose to shed that identity just because its shared#but when it became evident you were being othered and had no choice but to diverge from that#youd do it but it wouldnt be by initial choice#dirk strider#lil hal#hal strider#davesprite#hes in there#homestuck
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WIP
#wip#art#digital art#fanart#sketch#animatic#video#me when I really like the concept of tim seeing dick's parents die and it changing him forever#even if that makes them a lot closer in age than canon would suggest#tim drake#dick grayson#tim and dick#dick and tim#batfam#I made a fix it stupid reason for it which is janet's a time traveller and she did NOT check the date for the circus#she just wanted her son to come watch a great show!#but then that fix it reason ended up with tim as like a great uncle of booster#and it got ridiculously silly#in modern canon I say tim was a fan of the circus bc his parents had tapes of shows#that he busied himself with when he was all by himself and ended up MEGA attached to dick#bc I'm sorry I CANNOT see my tim without him just being his biggest fan I think it's funnnnn
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Not to mental illness everyones favorite jock or anything I just really vibe with the idea that Yuuji can't ever stop thinking about death to the point of compulsive ocd-level thoughts and Sukuna's massacre in Shibuya probably exasperated that an unbelievable amount. His entire complex is trying to make sure people die their proper death, that they aren't taken before their time, that its fair, and Sukuna stomped all over that like, five thousand times in a row
#frowing up in tumblr about my boy#I feel as though this is also why he didn't grieve wasuke a whole lot. bcus it was his time and it felt 'right#and I wish we had jujutsued this kaisen in such a way that forced yuuji to openly come to terms with death being messy and unpredictable#and deeply unfair#narratively that was like. a core principal of jjk#i just feel like we never saw yuuji internally struggle with overcoming that concept#and obvs if it was intended. it was a very read between the lines sort of situation#but sometimes im like. am i reading this text like a lunatic. is any of it this deep
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Addicted to the idea of an ex!convict geto who is on the run. You married him young at the fresh age of 19 in Vegas, only for him to ‘abandon’ your marriage never to be seen again. Nearly 4 years have passed and you’re now a moderately prestigious singer at mafia!gojo’s club, the blue dragon.
audiences stack up on weekends until Satoru introduces you to an associate of his called Kento. He’s tall, handsome, and mature in ways you didn’t know you wanted or needed. After a few visits to the club, he asks you out for dinner. A relationship instantly clicked with the businessman that suddenly everyone knew you were his. Until a mysterious letter appears on your doorstep one day. Attached is a familiar pink ribbon and all black lighter.
“My men wouldn’t do that,” your now boyfriend shakes his head. “No one knows about him but me.”
“Ken, you’re the only one to know about him. No one knows about him except you and Satoru. So please, if this is a prank, tell me.”
“I’m quite offended you think I would casually play with the emotions of the woman I have invested all my time in.” He says, “I’ll go talk to Satoru if he knows anything, but it’s for the best if you cancel tonight’s show.” You pull away from the protective hold he has on your waist and hiss. “I won’t cancel a show. Tonight’s the premiere, a lot of Satoru’s clients have invested thousands in tonight’s event.”
“Cancel it,” your blond partner whispers, “I’ll pay the difference, stay the night at my-“ but your agitated nature makes you turn him down.
“I said no! I’ll continue the show, and you can’t say anything about it. It’s my career, kento. And you can’t decide when to sing for me.”
He should have known it had to do with your hyper independence, your need to still depend on your own income after depending on what Nanami considered a reaction of yours after your relationship with a cowardly no good for nothing scum bag who left his wife.
After his disappearance, search warrants for him went on the national level until his presence was declared inconclusive 3 weeks later. Months later, it was rumored he was found dead.
But no body was found.
Now in tonight’s stage, everyone is dressed in the 9’s, with kento leaning against a wall with crossed arms, looking over the audience as you sing prettily. That is until you see a dark figure, long black hair with a familiar silver wedding band on his fourth finger. What sets him apart is the drink on the table.
Suguru.
(wrote this part one and this part two as a result^)
#I’m sleep deprived I should delete this but I’ve had this idea for over a year I need to post about this in order to shut up#so suguru didn’t die but he’s back#and his now ex wife is with a protective kento#it’s so messy I’m sorry but someone please understand the concept of mf#it#***IT#jeez#okay that’s it thank you for coming to my Ted talk#gojo#geto#Nanami#kento#Nanami kento#geto suguru#gojo satoru#jjk#jujutsu kaisen#mafia Nanami#mafia kento
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crackship doomed yaoi GO
711 was a character that ran alongside Plastic Man in the OG police comics. He died (shot 3 times) after 15 issues to make way for a newer, hopefully more popular hero, 'cause he was boring as hell. Understandable really, I would've done the same. Very cool for the writers to merc his ass. I always liked how stupid his premise was though, and liked the idea of 711 and Plas hanging out. I also like it when there's the Horrors
#plastic man#eel o'brian#patrick o'brian#711 (the character)#i tried to put as little effort into this as possible so i'd have a shot at actually finishing this#and it worked YAY#everythings a bit janked tho. you can especially tell in the first page#do i tag as Dan Dyce?? does anyone actually care about this guy#bro 711s so silly hes running around in monochrome maroon with a cape dude what are you doing#stop going back to PRISON you LUNATIC#anyways plas had a fat crush on this guy (was probably reciprocated) but like mr. dyce was sooo fucking stupid#like plas was going “aw shit this guys hot but he's dumber than a bag o' bricks”#and then he dies and plas is like “FUCK”#and then he comes back!!! :)#but wrong. yknow how it goes#anyways 711 (the ghosty guy) shows up every now and again to chase serial killers and the mafia around#and plas has gotten used to this he's like 'oh its my good friend mr dyce :D' and then they run around together#plas used to carry 711 everywhere but now plas rides on his shoulder#711 also probably can't manifest during the day. eternal darkness for this moron lmao#plas is very supportive though. sits him down and goes “youve been asleep for a while lets get you caught up”#shows him what a “”playlist“” and “”cellphone“” are. barely understands the concepts himself#711 nodding along because he trusts his freak of a friend so much#i got more headcanons but i should leave them for an actual post
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so i'm imagining that tim gets free
(maybe it's steph who's on the outs with tim and doesn't believe him about bruce but sure as fuck doesn't approve of whatever the hell this is or maybe it's damian who's jealous that tim is getting any so much of dick's attention despite the fact that he's the heir and robin)
regardless tim gets the fuck out of gotham and goes on his international art theft adventure to find bruce
unfortunately for everyone dick processes to lose his shit and now damian (and steph to a lesser extent) is doing for dick what tim did for bruce
also a lot of heroes are drawing parallels between this and b reaction after jason died
anyway tim gets his proof (and get saved by jason bc jason's looking at dick all "this is really creepy actually and i don't want you anywhere near tim despite how bad our relationship is")
tim then goes to green arrow with his proof because he knows that man would call dick out no matter what costume he's wearing and he actually does an ok job with all the kids he picks up
there's a jla meeting and dick sees tim and is just as unstable as tim guessed he would be and it's pinging everyone's radar as A Problem now
but obviously they get bruce back and no this is his problem bc literally everyone in the league is like "pls keep dick away from tim, his behavior has passed weird and gone into extremely unsettling"
i can't see what happens next bc i can't imagine bruce actually being help but i can see him being a disaster when he tries and that would be funny
this is SO good anon i love all of these things based on that fic so much aaaa
personally when i was writing it, i imagined Jason being the one to break Tim free. not out of wanting to save Tim or anything, but more so seeing it as a chance to make Tim owe him, and just to fuck with Dick. Jason will cause problems because He Can, and while i don't think he would particularly care for the moral implications of Dick holding Tim hostage (Jason was morally all over the place during Dick's Batman era i fear) he's just morbidly curious. that said the idea of Steph being the one to do so is also fun, because for her it *would* be the moral issue as well as caring about Tim. i think the most fun option is somewhere in the middle, where Jason and Steph are forced to team up, each with different end goals and not trusting each other whatsoever. so when they succeed and get Tim safely out of Dick's hold, there's a deep disagreement and slight scuffle over what to do now, Jason trying to manipulate Tim further against Dick and onto his side, whereas Steph is just prioritizing Tim's safety. i think it's fun if Tim is slightly mentally broken, just from how long he was held captive and the realization of Dick's feelings at the end fo the fic. so he's distrusting of anyone he's once trusted, even Steph, that he just slips away to focus on getting Bruce back, leaving both Jason and Steph trying to chase Tim. and course, Dick.
because Dick would of course try to get Tim back, again and again. Damian is trying to reel Dick back, just because he wants Dick's attention and he does sort of believe they should focus on Gotham. and then Steph is also trying to distract Dick to protect Tim. so everyone's tail spinning in the most complicated game of cat and mouse. Steph and Damian are forced on the same side, trying to get Dick to focus on Gotham instead of Tim, just for now. Steph is promising to keep an eye on Tim, Damian is insisting Gotham needs Dick's attention and combined, they're able to at least keep his immediate focus away from Tim, giving Tim time to find his proof. Jason having to save him is just *fun*, because it reinforces how sort of helpless Tim is. he's not up on his training and his become soft and with Dick's need to catch up to him eventually, it puts him in a vulnerable spot he would *hate.* he'd despise needing to be saved by Jason of all people. it'd fuck him up so bad, because all the bad things Jason is saying about Dick are technically true and somehow, the world is so flipped upside down that Jason is the reasonable one. i think it'd make Tim isolate more and more, distancing himself from the Batfamily, even the ones he should trust like Steph. sure, he's on the outs with her (likely still upset from the Search For A Hero arc) but she's looking out for him. and maybe he knows it, deep down, but Tim is just terrified of trusting anyone associated with the Bat name.
and since he can't go to the Batfam with his proof, him going to Oliver is *so* fun. i adore any concept where Oliver is the one to notice something is very wrong in the Batfam i swear anon it's like you're connected to my BRAIN. because sure Oliver doesn't *like* Bruce, but even Oliver knows this is fucked up. the story Tim tells him is a horrifying one. Oliver has always done right by his kids, or at least tried his best to. so to know what Dick pulled is horrifying. there's this implicit trust the entire hero community has in Nightwing that would get badly shaken up and i think that's fun. the Justice League meetings about it would be a shitshow. someone like Clark who's as close to Dick as he is would want to at least hear Dick out, try to understand his point of view. maybe Dick was in the wrong, but he had to have been doing this out of a place of concern and Tim's just twisted up about Dick's intentions. at the very least, trust in Dick is shattered but no one can agree on what to do, if they can do anything at all. it's agreed to keep TIm safe and away from Dick and long talks are had with Dick, but Dick is disturbingly good at being charming and manipulative, convincing them all he's sorry and he knows he took it too far, it's just the stress of the mantle that got to him.
and Bruce coming back would further complicate things in such fun ways. because Bruce will *always* protect and side with Dick. yes, he's worried about Tim, but he refuses to let any negative blowback hit Dick for this. because sure, Bruce would've never done that, but also, Bruce has done equally shitty things so, he's also not going to fully question it. Dick made a judgment call in the heat of the moment, and now, Bruce is going to defend his right to do so. it sends the League even more out of control, because they didn't expect Bruce to be so deeply on Dick's side. the phase "what would Bruce think?" got thrown at Dick a lot by all of them and now, well. they look a bit like fools for it because Bruce has made it clear what he thinks is that Dick had the right to make the call he thought was best as Batman. so while Dick is socially exiled, he doesn't face any *real* consequences. he's still in hero society and is respected as Nightwing and allowed to exist on the League. Dick just patiently waits for it all to blow over because eventually, there's always something more important to focus on that will make people forget about this outside of just a weird bad mistake Dick made.
and the longterm for TIm is fun. because I think he'd keep his distance from Gotham and Bludhaven, mostly keeping around Oliver, given Oliver is one of the few League members still refusing to let it all go, and it gives Tim some kind of safety net. but i think Dick would still try to pursue Tim. Dick would convince himself he just went about it the wrong way, he came on a little too strongly and he can still fix it. he keeps harassing Tim and trying to get Tim to like him back, making it clear he has no real regret for his actions. i think it's fun if Tim is forced to fake a relationship with someone else to get Dick to leave him alone. maybe Jason, maybe Steph. (honestly, this being JayTimSteph could be fun) and that fake relationship ends up developing into something more real, which would make Dick *insanely* jealous. i'm torn between Dick actually taking it too far (possibly forcing himself on Tim) or keeping his distance because both are fun. i'm partial to him forcing himself on Tim, just for the fucked up non-con that Tim has to cope with, knowing nothing he does will get Dick to leave him alone. he learns the best ways to stay safe, but it essentially kills his ability to have a vigilante career bc it puts him too out in the open. he takes a more Oracle-esque role (Tim working with the Birds of Prey could be a lot of fun) and always lives in some kind of fear of Dick catching up to him. it's so fun and fucked up that even when Tim escapes, he doesn't really and he knows it.
#necrotic answerings#dicktim#potential jaytimsteph#dead dove do not eat#batcest#this is SO fun anon you had so many good ideas#sorry I took a second to answer this#I couldn't decide if I wanted to write a fic for it#the answer is I don't have time rn#but I may come back to it!#bc you brought up such good concepts in all this#I just love Tim getting out but not really ever being free yk?#he's too on edge to relax even if dick does finally give up#it's crunchy.#anyhow I need to shower bc i'm busy as hell today. I'm getting drunk lads.#saying that at 6 am is concerning.#anyway I like the idea of like. everyone knows it's fucked up but no one is willing to make dick face Real Consequences#esp when Bruce is backing him up#so fucked up and fun I tell you
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interesting to think about how constantine isn't commonly read as being the most morally upright of characters, and that's generally a fair assessment. but at the same time he can still be a surprisingly ethical character, particularly in terms of the values he holds synonymous with being a good community member.
a couple examples of (what i think are) his most consistently held values throughout the hellblazer series:
constantine feels very strongly about things like defending people's bodily autonomy and showing kindness & compassion towards society's more vulnerable demographics, especially kids & unhoused people.
he frequently & sincerely upholds the basic principles of xenia (showing hospitality towards foreigners, guests, and anyone whose fate is in your hands), and possesses a deep, innate sense of justice that he is unafraid to uphold when he feels it necessary to do so.
he personally values survival above honor but still has a healthy appreciation for people that are committed to a code,
he respects integrity more than he'd respect a good liar (even if he fucking hates you, at least you're being true to yourself; can't help it if yourself is just a prick),
and he is CONSTANTLY PLAGUED by a deeply personal sense of social responsibility to try and nip potential threats to the world, to his city, or to his friends in the bud if he thinks it might be within his capabilities to do so.
of course, it's key to note that constantine's code of ethics was also founded primarily in accordance with the principles of '70s-'80s counterculture + still largely abides by the social beliefs of the same-era punk community, and thus also includes more subjectively-judged tenets such as challenging the establishment, defying the government, protecting individual liberties, taking direct action in support of your community, putting people above possessions at every turn, and actively addressing social issues wherever / whenever you encounter them. so he's not always viewed by other characters (particularly upper-class bootlicking ones) as being particularly ethical. doesn't change the fact that constantine still adamantly maintains certain major ethical principles in accordance with the social systems he inhabits and was raised in.
#( ooc. ) OUT OF CIGS.#( character study. ) A WALKING PLAGUE OF A MAN.#don't @ me for referencing xenia si spurrier has nothing to do with this. i just love the concept#i had a very interesting twofold coincidence that led to this post (well. interesting to me probably very mundane all told)#was rereading hellblazer 12 and when ritchie demanded that john find him a body to hop into? john's response was verbatim:#'a body? jesus mate. hang about. don't you think there might be a question of ethics here?'#and i giggled at that a little bc john constantine? ethics? come on now. but it made sense given his own struggles w/ autonomy#but then i saw a post later on that read 'let's do something unethical together. just for fun' and thought it was silly#and when i went to reblog it for john i stopped and thought about it and realized. no he wouldn't find that very fun actually#cue rabbit hole into morality vs ethics with a side jaunt into what the hell is moral nihilism#plus a dash of key recurring themes in hellblazer (bodily autonomy. standing up to injustice. compassion towards the vulnerable.)#i may be getting ahead of myself but i now think compounding morality + ethics into a uniform behavioral monolith#or else mistaking one for the other. Might Be a very big reason why john gets SO mischaracterized in later dc adaptations#like yes! he often has to resort to behavior / making decisions that are (to us) Obviously Morally Wrong in order to save the world#sacrificing gary lester to a demon. leaving ritchie trapped in a computer. lying to get baron winters' help against the brujeria.#and yes! that Morally Wrong behavior can and does involve causing harm to the people around him (albeit usually inadvertently)#Doesn't! Mean! He Has! No Sense! of Decency! or Empathy! or Right! or Wrong! just because he Had to Resort to an Immoral Act!#there were still Valid or at least Understandable Ethical Reasons behind ALL THREE EXAMPLES i just listed above!!!#that's why two of those examples are GUT-WRENCHING!! bc he betrayed his moral beliefs in support of his ethical principles!!#i can punch someone in the face and still feel compelled by my cultural norms to help a little old lady cross the street right after!!#upon reflection: whoa nelly. i fear i am getting needlessly heated over this. Anyways#if you've followed me for a bit you're already aware of how i feel about the continued mischaracterization of constantine in media lmao#i've said my piece. i've done my morality and ethics homework. i can rest now#and i'll say upfront that it would be Extremely funny if i wrote all this out + later find out i've been mixing up the two. bc it would be
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