#hpxdc

[zerogravityinq]

Ironbat (Batman x Iron Man) is great but consider....MagicBat

Harry Potter x Bruce Wayne

Dead parents rich orphans club let's gooooo

Also if Harry was also a vigilante the funniest fucking thing is people mistaking him for a Robin. Like Batman trying to calm is 5ft 6 pillar of magical rage husband before just giving up and just picking up Harry under one arm and legging it to the nearest zeta tube.

Or

Harry not being a vigilante and does not approve of the robins (because he was a child soldiers and like fuck yes gonna approve of more) and just giving Bruce the most shit for letting the kids hop around Gotham. Like when they are older it's fine but under seventeen, he will not fucking hesitate and will kidnap these kids if he has to. You may be pretty Bruce but not that pretty

Just...MagicBat

[thatrandomsarahchick]

Need to know if this fic idea already exists. If it doesn't, SOMEONE PLEASE WRITE THIS.

Ok, so I just read "Harry Potter and the Asterous Wandmaker" by Aprotny on AO3, and it gave me ideas.

The basic premise is that Mary Grayson was a friend of Lily Potter who agreed to look after Richard for a few days while Harry was sick, as Richard was a newborn and they didn't want to risk him getting ill as well, but then they die and the Greysons end up adopting Richard for real and raising him until Canon DC events occur. Shenanigans ensue that lead to Harry moving in with Bruce at 15 and Voldie is killed early.

My thought was, what if it was this, but with Maddie. So Maddy takes on Daniel, and a miscommunication occurs that leads to her believing Harry died with his parents. Due to her being a squib, she only tangentially knows about the wizarding world, and this is what fuels her desire to study ectobiology. She KNOWS they're real. She just has to prove it.

The only other person who knew about Danny was Peter, and due to some small sliver of loyalty, he never told anyone about him. Harry finds out in the Forbidden Forest when he's walking to his death as his parents tell him they can watch over Danny's life together or something, and sets off to America once he'd recovered after the battle.

Harry could be Master of Death and help Danny out with his ghost battles

Harry could set off all the ecto-alarms in the house, causing the boys to gaslight the Drs. Fenton into thinking that it's going off due to them being British born or due to magic

Danny could be a squib, which is what helped him survive the accident

Harry could arrive pre portal/ just after it happened

If Harry is 18, he might fight for custody of Danny, due to the house being unsafe for him to live there

Opportunity for billionaire vs billionaire showdown when Harry finds out what Vlad is doing to Danny

Danny could tell everyone Dani is a Potter and get her an official identity through the goblins, this could be how Harry finds out about Plasmius being Masters

For a bonus, if you want to add in the DC universe, John Constantine could be a squib relation thriving the Black family, or a relation through the Evans family. The older brother that Petunia pretended she didn't have

I just really don't have time to write this but it won't leave my head.

[zerogravityinq]

This and also I am still astral projecting because someone commented that my HPxDC fict is their canon now and you ain't about to pulle down from that high ever for the rest of my existence in this life and the next.

Hi. I'm not a canon purist and enjoy some fanon content very much, but I do think people in the fandom should at least familiarize themselves with the canon content and source material. It's easier to break the "rules" so to speak and experiment with canon when you know what that actually is. I've noticed a lot of fans that are only familiar with fanon criticise content that doesn't line up with what they believe to be canon but isn't. The Red Hood for example. I've seen writers who portray him as the violent criminal he is in much of the canon be completely decimated by Jason fans who only know fanon and the retconned version of Red Hood and completely deny canon even exists and refuse to even glance at the comics. Transformative works are important and playing in the sandbox is for everyone but fandom literally cannot exist without canon. Canon is important and people can do whatever they want with it but they should respect it enough to at least look at it.

Hi anon, I'm going to hold your hand as I say this, and I will say it as gently as I can: This is still a form of canon purism.

We can absolutely agree that readers shouldn't berate or abuse writers for how they choose to portray characters in fic, whether that's a more canon-faithful characterization or a popular fanon version. If readers don't like how a character is portrayed, we should encourage them to hit the back button instead.

I want to draw your attention to some of the words you used in your ask above: "should" "respect" "decimated" etc. Those are some strong words to describe how you think people need to behave, in order to exist in fandom. Of course, there is no fandom without canon source material -- I'm not denying that. But with such a wide and varied canon, the DC fandom has examples of the Red Hood you mention above, AND the "retconned" version you also reference. Both are canon, as in actually, officially, canon. WFA is canon, and that Red Hood looks very different from the Red Hood you describe.

Now, I think your issue is that you enjoy a certain version of canon, and you're frustrated that the fandom doesn't also, as trends ebb and flow, enjoy that canon as much as you do. Again, I want to acknowledge that just because a certain version is popular, it doesn't give folks the right to berate authors for writing a different version. But again, I don't think that's what we're really talking about here. From your ask's tone, I think you're suggesting that people should, in order to participate in fandom, read that older canon, that different version, or as you say, "glance at it" before enjoying or writing the fanon version.

Guess what? They actually, really, really, don't have to. It sounds like you have some issues with judging your fellow fandom members who don't read what you do or reference certain canon. But the magic of this fandom is, you can enter it at any point. We're a big pool, and if someone's entry point is the Lego Batman movie and that's it, that's still valid.

Fandom stems from canon, yes, but I almost never hear people talk about movies, or web comics, or other media when they talk about "required reading." It's always a comic. I really wish people would reflect on that before suggesting it as the one true path to being a fan.

The other thing I don't see asks like these reference ever is the reality that sometimes a fandom outstrips its canon material, and that that's an eventuality in some spaces. Fanon interpretations become popular, and people write about those specific characterizations or scenarios. They ebb and flow, like I mentioned, and some are more canon-faithful than others. Some completely reject canon, and again -- it's still fandom. It doesn't make it better or worse than a more canon-faithful fic. It's just different.

I had a couple asks about this topic a few weeks ago, and I'm assuming you haven't read those or you likely wouldn't have sent me this ask. But in them, I discuss how sometimes we need to suck it up and be unhappy that canon-faithful fics aren't as popular in a fandom at a specific time, and stop punishing fellow fans for writing and enjoying those fics. And we really need to stop shitting on them publicly on Tumblr.

Because often, what you're really saying is that you wish more people would write more canon-faithful fics, and stop writing ones about fanon topics you don't enjoy or think are accurate. And to that, I again say, there is nothing you can or should do to change that behavior from others. If you want to read it, write it, enjoy it, etc, do it yourself. Build the comic-faithful community here, write fics and promote challenges, create a discord channel and discuss your "required reading" there.

We are all writing and reading fanfiction at the end of the day. It is a great equalizer in many ways. My silly Lego Batman fic is just as valid as a canon-faithful rewrite of a certain Batman issue. One is not better than the other, or more deserving of respect. You will never get me to admit otherwise on this blog.

tl;dr: people should absolutely not berate authors who choose to write canon-faithful characterizations. however, there are layers of judgement and disdain many DC comics canon-faithful authors/readers have for their fellow fans that I think we need to examine critically in order to coexist respectfully.

[zerogravityinq]

So I had a thought

In Harry Potter there are a good amount of mixed people (not just racially) like half giants, half goblins, people with veela blood, a child with a werewolf parent, etc.

So ya know how I am doing an hpxdc crossover series?

What if Lex, frustrated about being unable to make a stable superclone, somehow got Harry's DNA and made Conner that way? Like Wixen are super compatible with other beings that are human shaped but are humans themselves.

So Harry ig goes to Gringotts to set up something for Tim and the goblins are like what about your other kid and he's like what other kid???

So finding out about Conner and what lex did and if Clark acts all idk this is weird Harry is like Bruce we got a free Baby! He doesn't even ask Clark for child support but he does ask if he wants visitation

Now that send me down like does Conner have magic? Does he go to Hogwarts or Illvermony because lex didn't know Harry is a wizard (he knew he used Magus DNA but thought he was like Zantanna and Harry is fucking offended) and he doesn't know about the wizarding world so Harry has to speed teach Conner (who is a fast learning baby "omg baby you are so smart just like your brother!" "Which one?" "Jason, obviously!""?????isn't he...adopted???")

The way Tim would be jealous Con gets to go to magic school and oh God what house to put this boy in??? I have never been super into kon so maybe Slytherin or Gryffindor. He's smart but doesn't seek knowledge like Jason or Bruce or Tim does. He is a hard worker but like he doesn't give Hufflepuff like Dick does. He is cunning sometimes like a Slytherin but it would be funny if he's the only one of Harry's kids to go to Gryffindor lmao

I still don't know if I want to ship him with Tim or m'gann. Maybe he stays single or God forbid he gets with a Weasley lmao. Oh God if he got with Rose Granger Weasley or like Tim and Rose fight over him while Hugo just swoops in and steals him lmao

I have thoughts okay?

[zerogravityinq]

I am so passionate about this and also I never find a fict where Gotham has magic. Like Gotham is a sentient spirit, sure. The Wayne's/Kanes are magical nobility, fine. Robins going to Hogwarts for whatever reason, weird flex but ok.

BUT NEVER Gotham has a magic district.

I mean it could be that I am looking in the wrong places and the few HPxDC ficts I have read or follow take place in England but come ON.

[zerogravityinq]

Made this in obsidian (which I am using to outline and write my ficts now) and this is the Potter Wayne family tree in my verses (the main HPxDC crossover one and the secondary hpxdcxdp one as well) as I have thought them up so far.

Spoilers obviously if you are keeping up with my Memoirs of Magus series (going to link later since AO3 is down rn) and anticipating the Spooky Baby series

I want to tie in some more HP characters (low key want Teddy Lupin to get with Babs but idk) but I never considered any of the next gen characters because I only read the books and watched the main movies so I am wilfully blind to cursed child and fantastic beasts canon.

Duke isn't in here not because I forgot him but because he isn't adopted, he has his parents since the joker was killed way before he hurt them. He is still being mentored (because Duke is a meta boyo) and Abigail considers him a big brother 🥰

As for other people in the Batfam that aren't vigilantes or aren't directly related (Alfred, Jim Gordon, the foxes, Harley, ivey, Harvey dent, azreal, Talia, Selina, Carrie, bette, etc) either o haven't worked out their place, their backstory is different with the addition of HP, or I have something planned for them later on in the story I don't want to reveal yet.

Also this map was getting too damn big.

So yeah ask questions, comment and I will post this in the drabble collection once AO3 is back.

[cipheress-to-k-pop]

AHHHHHHHHHHH UR FUCKING KIDDING

ASKFLDOPHFB IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS STOPPPPP

obv a dr harleen quinzel x joker au

my hpxdc loving ass is LOVING THIS

new mattheo riddle au - sneak peek! ♡

"Hi Mattheo, may i call you that?" you replied curtly, professionally. "You can call me whatever you want to, doc." "I'd like to get to know you" you said, sticking to your script. A pause. "I'd like to get to know you too" he replied, smiling widely. You smiled back, happy to have established a connection with him, a mutual understanding. But what you didn't know is that you were already utterly and totally fucked. Because Mattheo had spent the last five years in the madhouse of the asylum, feeding his own delusions and fantasies about his return to power, and when he saw how pure, how kind and how sweet you were? He couldn't wait to destroy you.

ˋ°•*⁀➷ so excited to finally participate in @acourtofchaos festival of aus! full fic coming tomorrow!

[zerogravityinq]

Me: *swears I am going to focus on other characters but in my hpxdc crossover that ain't jason*

Me at me: write heart wrenching story about Tom remembering his life as Voldemort and being traumatized by it. A Christmas gift to yourself.

Me: (⁠ʘ⁠ᴗ⁠ʘ⁠✿⁠) Yes.