#while Richard would be

[slime-sandwhich-nom]

Since I'm crazy I wanted to know how technically old the Wattersons siblings are if they actually grew like the real animals

I didn't actually count Darwin because like. Not only his case is him literally going through evolution but also I can't understand how to calculate the age of a goldfish

[ichor-emia]

god dc fanon is actually crazy. "dck was gonna put tim in arkham!" BITCH HE TOLD TIM TO GO TO THERAPY 😭

[birbwell]

some attempts at traditional pencil-esque sketches to mimic what shaw's logbook sketches during the expedition would have looked like :]

[mary-james-world-of-shames]

I have nothing to say for myself. Other than I’ll be trying Cass, Steph, and Duke next.

[tisajest]

Okay so Peter in Gotham fics are neat and all

But what about Dick in NYC fics?

Dick somehow dimension travels to a Marvel universe and needs to figure out how to get back home

He encounters the Avengers and Spider-Man and they help him out

Some way or another, he or Peter connect Richard Parker to him and it’s suddenly “oh hey this is a superhero alternate version of my father”

I just think it’d be fun

[thecorvidrotation]

it was starting, it was starting: A fanmix celebrating that the Raven Boys graphic novel is REAL and HAPPENING and coming out later this year!!

I spent actual hours formatting that tracklist just for it to get all artifacted but I am NOT remaking it. Luckily I was always planning to include it in the post like usual.

Tracklist:

1. Reconnect - Knife Party | 2. Diaries - The Birthday Massacre | 3. Meet Me in the Woods - Lord Huron | 4. The Otherside - Witterquick | 5. Alligator - Of Monsters and Men | 6. Wonderland - CHVRCHES | 7. Captivate You - Marmozets | 8. The Rifle's Spiral - The Shins | 9. Bad Moon Rising - Palestra (feat. Candace Devine) | 10. Weekend - The Birthday Massacre | 11. Which Witch - Florence + The Machine | 12. Shot At The Night - The Killers

Listen on: Spotify • YouTube

[erinwantstowrite]

Opinions on Jason Todd being the multiversal equivalent to Uncle Ben 👀

i see the appeal, but i don't like it personally. they're just two fundamentally different characters now that i can't equivalate them with each other. maybe i could see the tie in with the both of them dying tragically? furthering the plot for another character? but at the same time, that'd make universal equivalents for millions of characters

[riversaremeanttobefollowed]

We all know that the reason why Bruce Wayne isn't religiously Jewish is because dc are cowards, but also because many of the community itself is cowards. I personally believe it comes from a lack of knowledge about what it even means to be religious because most of the community is Christian or culturally Christian. So as someone that would probably be considered not religious by Christians, but Religious by most other Jewish people, I think that Bruce Wayne fits in this section of being Jewish.

Bruce can't go to the Synagogue often because of the whole being Batman stuff, but he still goes on the high holidays when he can. He celebrates with the Kane family as well! And Kate would obviously understand if he couldn't come because she's Batwoman! Give me a Bruce Wayne says Yiddish curses. Give me a Batman that has a bunch of Chanukkiot that are just so pretty because they are rich and definitely have a ton. Give me Batfamily shabbat dinners when they are able to. Rest days on Saturday for the Jewish members when they are more members in the Batfam to make it work (and it being a mitzvah when he does have to be Batman on Shabbat because its a mitzvah to save a life). Give me Mezuzot on every entryway. Give me a Bruce Wayne who inherited his mother's seder plates and actually uses them. Give me a Bruce Wayne that says stuff like kein ayin hara before giving good news! Give me a confused Dick Grayson when Bruce insults him (its actually a compliment, but to ward against the evil eye you will say the opposite of what you mean) and then Bruce having to explain after he realizes that Dick has no idea why he just insulted him. Give me a Batman that follows Jewish values (more than he canonically does)

Just because someone ins't actively involved within a wider community of that Religion doesn't mean they aren't Religious! Or at least don't give me a culturally Jewish Bruce Wayne that doesn't do any of this. Thats just you stripping away all the Jewish parts of him.

Bruce Wayne is Jewish and you can't just ignore that

[littlestkoi-n]

the rage I feel when reading Blood of Olympus chapters 45-56 is almost equivalent in magnitude to the absolute joy I experience when reading The Last Olympian chapters 1-23.

remember when percabeth was good? when they meant the world to each other but had other people they cared about (nico, for one. both of them. so much), other worries and other storylines aside from their romantic plot? and when nico's completed arc wasn't repeated for no reason other than to dump more trauma on the youngest character in the series? when background characters were included in the story not for all the unnecessary last minute romantic subplots but because they were fun and fascinating to learn more about? and were actually friends with main characters? remember when grover was percy and annabeth's best friend forever? and antagonists were actually interesting and intimidating and had compelling goals? and the story revolved around friendship and family and loyalty? and death was definite and loss was palpable and battles were thrilling?

yeah. good times.

[prmcafwh]

Can we talk for a second about how absolutely useless Richard is as a character. The only reason he exists is because Tartt needed an outsider narrator to be unreliable and oblivious and kept in the dark to keep the mystery and speculation in it and that's what Richard is for. That's it. He's literally just there to narrate. He's not needed for the story at all.

[qiqi-guai-guai]

episode 27... the way Fang Duobing must have nestled Li Lianhua so gently against that tree. The way he stands guard as he waits for Li Lianhua to wake.

When he hears Li Lianhua wake up, he seems almost disappointed, because it means that it'll all have to end. (He says "You're awake. Li Lianhua." so softly it bowls me over.)

At this stage, Li Lianhua won't be able to explain himself in a way Xiaobao accepts. Fang Duobing is doubting everything, now, all that they were.

Oh this hurts!!! Before, Fang Duobing was so adamant that they were partners, equals - it's the very basis of their relationship.

His hand trembling as he points the sword at Li Lianhua............. Li Lianhua just stands there looking at him. It wouldn't be a terrible way to die. (There's probably a Richard Siken quote somewhere.)

Well. I love pain and boy do I love heartbreak <3

[diamond-rozie]

prompt 03: angry colors

inspired by this post abt dick

tbh idr like this that much but it was a real big brain itch so i thought i'd air it out

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Dick came back to his apartment much later than he intended, losing track of time while he was tracking a lead he had gotten for a case. He sighed as he slipped through the window of his apartment, taking off his domino ready to face the mess he knew he had left the apartment as. But when he turned into the kitchen the dishes that had been piling up in the sink were gone, and the sink was even cleaned and shining in a way Dick hadn’t seen it ever do. Instinctively he checked the cabinets to check if he had been robbed, but the dishes were inside, clean, dry and put away.

Confused, Dick opened the fridge to get a cold glass of water only belatedly remembering he had forgotten to fill the jug up in his rush to get to work that morning. But there it was, full of water, the frost around the glass providing evidence it had been in there for at least a few hours. Maybe past-Dick had done him a favor that present-Dick had forgotten about. 

Gulping down the cold water, Dick headed towards the bathroom to freshen up and change into comfy sweats. The bathroom was through the living room, where he knew he would find a tower of pizza boxes weeks old, and crumbs would crunch under his feet. There was a pile of dirty laundry that was left in his bathroom floor that he should probably take care of, but Dick couldn’t find the energy in himself to put in the effort. 

“Maybe tomorrow.” Dick mumbled to himself for the 5th time that week, as he trudged through his apartment. His crystal clean apartment. There were vacuum marks on the carpet, no pizza boxes, and the pillows on the couch had been arranged and fluffed. The flowers Kory had given him were pruned and placed beautifully in a glass vase he knew hadn’t been there that morning. The TV was on, he noticed, his current show ready to play at the press of a button, and remote placed on the corner of the sofa he always sat at. 

“What is happening?” Dick asked himself out loud, befuddled. He checked the room for cameras or listening devices. Nothing. 

Alfred wasn’t the type to drop by for a surprise visit and leave without telling Dick. 

The bathroom was also a victim to whatever happened to the rest of his apartment. The floor had been mopped, the clothes were gone, the toilet, shower, and sink were clean and organized. There was even a clean towel and Dick’s favorite lounge set ready folded by the shower. The grime on Dick’s body felt out of place in the pristine apartment. 

Dick would definitely be looking the gift horse in the mouth. But maybe it could wait after he showered. 

While he showered, Dick let his mind wander. He thought about the strange newfound cleanliness of the apartment, wondering what or why it could’ve been. Was this another Tim situation? Something nagged at the back of Dick’s mind, something important, but he couldn’t remember what. 

That something important was in the living room, head snapping in Dick’s direction as the bathroom door opened, and standing at attention. 

Holy shit. Dick forgot he had a kid. He’d forgotten a whole child was living with him now.

Oh, he was such a dick. 

“I didn’t hear the door so I didn’t know you were home yet.” The boy- Daniel - rushed to explain when he caught Dick’s eyes on him. 

Still grappling with the fact that he had fully forgotten there was a child he was supposed to be taking care of now, Dick said the first reasonable response that came to mind. “I used the window,” Daniel already knew about Dick’s night job as Nightwing thanks to the circumstances Dick had found him under. 

Dick wasn’t sure why that answer had elicited a panicked apology from the 8 year old. But Dick wasn’t sure what had happened to Daniel before he had found him, but apparently they would have to dig into that at 4:30 AM. Maybe Dick should call off work tomorrow. 

Dick tried to get closer to Daniel but when his shoulders seemed to go impossibly more stiff, Dick took the sign to stay in his spot and kneeled on one leg so he would be face level with Daniel. “Daniel,” Dick made sure his voice was calm and inviting but the boy still flinched, “Did you clean the apartment?” 

“Yes, sir.” There was fear in Daniel’s eyes that Dick couldn’t help but be concerned by, but his voice was even when he spoke. 

“Why?” Dick asked calmly, making sure to keep his body language open. 

Daniel looked startled by the question, eyes darting over Dick trying to find the answer he thought Dick was looking for. When he couldn’t find it he looked around the room. Dick watched him, waiting for his response. “Because,” Daniel started hesitantly, voice shaking slightly, “Because it was dirt- messy.” his voice was a whisper as he spoke. 

“But you didn’t make that mess, so why did you clean it?” Dick prompted, fearing for where he could see this conversation going. 

“So you- so that-” Daniel looked like he wasn’t sure how he was supposed to respond. 

“I want you to be honest, Daniel. You won’t get in trouble.” Dick added quietly. 

Daniel tried to decipher if he was lying, a familiar analytical look in his eyes. After a long moment Dick wondered if he just wouldn’t respond. But when Daniel answered, it hadn’t been at all what he had been expecting. “So that you wouldn’t be angry at me.”

Coupled with his earlier fumble of forgetting the kid, Dick felt like he had just been gutted. “What?” Dick heard himself say. Daniel looked alarmed at the reaction, so Dick spoke again quickly. “I’m not angry at you Danny,” a nickname he had given the boy slipped onto his tongue, “I’m not angry at all why would you think so?” 

Tears were beginning to well in Daniel’s eyes, “You are angry.” He sounded scared, his voice wobbly. 

“I promise I’m not angry. Or mad. Or annoyed. Or irritated.” Dick reassurances seemed to do nothing for the boy. The reservoir under Daniel’s eyes was getting fuller, threatening to spill. So he tried a different approach, “What makes you think I’m angry, Danny?” 

“Because the-” Daniel tried to find the words, so Dick waited. “Your heart has angry colors.” He finally said.

Dick tried to decipher what that meant. Angry colors? He’d have to circle back to that later. “So you cleaned the apartment because you thought I was angry?” Dick summarized. 

Daniel nodded, he considered something for a moment. “Jazz said that if you’re good at something then people will like you and not be angry. And I’m good at cleaning.” 

“Did the people you were with before get angry at you a lot?” Dick asked, trying to keep his promise of not getting angry. 

“That’s why I cleaned.” Daniel nodded. 

Dick forced himself to stay calm. He may have a meta child that could sense emotions in his hands and he did not want to test that theory by blowing up in front of him. 

Not a child- he corrected himself- his child. Danny was his son. And maybe Dick didn’t know how to be a dad, but he knew how not to be a dad. And that had to be some kind of start. Today would be a one time thing, Dick promised himself, and Danny would never know and never feel like he was forgotten much less by his dad.

He would save the conversation about that for the morning, after a good night's sleep. “How about some ice cream, since you worked so hard?”

[azalea-blooming]

thinking about the Very Common claim that Dick suffers from eldest daughter syndrome

which uh. my dude. you are ignoring one (1) very crucial thing. dick is not the eldest fucking daughter :)

BUT if you are referring to parentification, which is incredibly similar to eldest daughter syndrome, i would like to say:

"Parentification is when a child is forced to take on the role of a supportive adult within their family. For example, a parentified child may be required to take care of their younger siblings or referee their parents’ arguments. These developmentally inappropriate situations arise when parents cannot fully care for themselves. The phenomenon occurs on a spectrum, and it can lead to significant short-term and long-term challenges." - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/parentification

keyword: child.

dick was upwards of 20 when he parented damian

hope this helps :)

[bookishwords]

“There was no other sound in the world like a car crash.”

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

I wonder if ar Maggie knew she'd be writing the dreamer trilogy when writing The Dream Thieves. Because Ronan was such a main character and I loved it so much.

Throughout the book Ronan was just finding himself and I think his night terrors represented him being unsure of himself? Or maybe he was uncertain because he didn't quite understand his ability just yet.

Kavinsky may have been an absolute piece of shit but I'm glad he was there to teach Ronan how to properly dream. Gansey said the difference between them and Kavinsky was the fact that they matter, and I agree but I think specifically Ronan was different from Kavinsky because he wasn't a selfish git. He realised stealing things hurts the ley line.

My favourite scene was the one right at the end where Ronan tried desperately to dream up something that would help stop Kavinsky and a night terror appeared. When Ronan felt dread at its appearance I felt it too. But when the night terror ended up protecting him and fighting for him right as he decided to accept himself (with the help of Adam omg) it felt so powerful! Ronan had amazing character development in this book.

Speaking of development. Gansey and Blue. They are so cute!! When Gansey called Blue right after his fight with Adam and just wanted to hear her voice. Or when Blue was upset and called Gansey to take her for a ride and they had that unofficial date where they hugged and had their non-kiss kiss thingy. Absolutely adorable.

[finneyneilperrykisser]

I'm no longer on break 🥀🥀

[deadpoetsandlivinglegends]

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