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Awesome Sites and Links for Writers

Just about every writer out there has several go-to websites that they use when it comes to their writing. Be it for creativity, writer’s block, to put you in the mood or general writing help. These are mine and I listed them in hopes that you’ll find something that you’ll like or find something useful. I’ve also included some websites that sounded interesting, but I haven’t tried out yet.

Spelling & Grammar

Grammar Girl – Grammar Girl’s famous Quick and Dirty Tips (delivered via blog or podcast) will help you keep your creative writing error free.

The Owl – is Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) it's a great resource for grammar guides, style tips and other information that can help with your writing, especially academics.

Tip of My Tongue — have you ever had trouble of thinking of a specific word that you can’t remember what it is? Well, this site will help you narrow down your thoughts and find that word you’ve been looking for. It can be extremely frustrating when you have to stop writing because you get a stuck on a word, so this should help cut that down. 

Free Rice – is a great way to test your vocabulary knowledge. What’s even better about this site is that with every correct answer, they donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. So, please disable your adblock since they use the ads on the site to generate the money to buy the rice.

HyperGrammar – the University of Ottawa offers up a one-stop guide for proper spelling, structure, and punctuation on this site.

AutoCrit – the AutoCrit Editing Wizard can check writing for grammar errors, clichés and other no-no’s. It also provides a number of other writing resources as well.

Writer’s Digest – learn how to improve your writing, find an agent, and even get published with the help of the varied blogs on this site.

Syntaxis – it allows you to test your knowledge of grammar with a ten-question quiz. The questions change every time you take the quiz so users are sure to be challenged each time around. It definitely helps writers know if there’s something that they need to brush up on.

Word Frequency Counter – this counter allows you to count the frequency usage of each word in your text.

EditMinion – is a free robotic copy editor that helps you to refine your writing by finding common mistakes.

Proofreading for Common Errors – this is a simple tutorial on proofreading your writing by Indiana University.

BBC – has a section for helping you with your skills, especially in writing, from grammar to spelling, to reading, to listening and to speaking.

Tools

Copyscape – is a free service that you can use to learn if anyone has plagiarized your work. It’s pretty useful for those that want to check for fanfiction plagiarism.

Plagium – is another a copy detection system, that provides a very similar service to Copyscape and uses Yahoo! rather than Google to perform its searches. Just keep in mind that searches for simple text up to 25,000 characters remains free of charge, but any larger requires credits to be purchase.

Write or Die – is an application for Windows, Mac and Linux which aims to eliminate writer’s block by providing consequences for procrastination.

Written? Kitten! – is just like Write or Die, but it’s a kinder version. They use positive reinforcement, so every time you reach a goal they reward you with an adorable picture of a kitten.

Fast Fingers – offers you an easy way to improve your typing skills. It’s puts you through a quick typing game that tests your typing speed and improves it at the same time. It’s also a great way for writers to warm up.

Information & Data

RefDesk – it has an enormous collection of reference materials, searchable databases and other great resources that can’t be found anywhere else. It’s great to use when you need to find something and check your facts.

Bib Me – it makes it easy to create citations, build bibliographies and acknowledge other people’s work. This is definitely something that academics will love. It’s basically a bibliography generator that automatically fills in a works cited page in MLA, APA, Chicago or Turbian formats.

Internet Public Library – this online library is full of resources that are free for anyone to use, from newspaper and magazine articles to special collections.

The Library of Congress – if you’re looking for primary documents and information, the Library of Congress is a great place to start. It has millions of items in its archives, many of which are accessible right from the website.

Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names – is the most accurate list of popular names from 1879 to the present. If your character is from America and you need a name for them, this gives you a accurate list of names, just pick the state or decade that your character is from.

WebMD – is a handy medical database loaded with information. It’s not a substitute for a doctor, but can give you a lot of good information on diseases, symptoms, treatments, etc.

MedlinePlus – is the National Institutes of Health’s Web site that contains information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. It also offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.  You can use the site to learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, find out the meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations. You can also get links to the latest medical research on your topic or find out about clinical trials on a disease or condition.

Mayo Clinic –  is a nonprofit medical practice and medical research group.

World Health Organization (WHO) – is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and tuberculosis; the mitigation of the effects of non-communicable diseases; sexual and reproductive health, development, and ageing; nutrition, food security and healthy eating; occupational health; substance abuse; and driving the development of reporting, publications, and networking.

Google Scholar – is an online, freely accessible search engine that lets users look for both physical and digital copies of articles. It searches a wide variety of sources, including academic publishers, universities, and preprint depositories and so on. While Google Scholar does search for print and online scholarly information, it is important to understand that the resource is not a database.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac – this classic almanac offers yearly information on astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.

State Health Facts – Kaiser Family Foundation provides this database, full of health facts on a state-by-state basis that address everything from medicare to women’s health.

U.S. Census Bureau – you can learn more about the trends and demographics of America with information drawn from the Census Bureau’s online site.

Wikipedia – this shouldn’t be used as your sole source, but it can be a great way to get basic information and find out where to look for additional references.

Finding Data on the Internet – a great website that list links that can tell you where you can find the inflation rate, crime statistics, and other data.

Word References

RhymeZone – whether you’re writing poetry, songs, or something else entirely, you can get help rhyming words with this site.

Acronym Finder – with more than 565,000 human-edited entries, Acronym Finder is the world’s largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initials.

Symbols.com – is a unique online encyclopedia that contains everything about symbols, signs, flags and glyphs arranged by categories such as culture, country, religion, and more. 

OneLook Reverse Dictionary – is a dictionary that lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, a question, or even just a single word. 

The Alternative Dictionaries – is a site that you can look up slang words in all types of languages, including Egyptian Arabic, Cherokee, Cantonese, Norwegian and many, many others.

Online Etymology Dictionary – it gives you the history and derivation of any word. Etymologies are not definitions; they’re explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.

MediLexicon – is a comprehensive dictionary of medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and health care abbreviations and acronyms.

Merriam Webster Online – the online version of the classic dictionary also provides a thesaurus and a medical dictionary.

Multilingual Dictionary – it translate whatever you need from 30 different languages with this easy-to-use site.

Writing Software

Open Office – why pay for Microsoft products when you can create free documents with Open Office? This open source software provides similar tools to the Microsoft Office Suite, including spreadsheets, a word processor, the ability to create multimedia presentations, and more.

LibreOffice – is a free and open source office suite. It was forked from OpenOffice.org in 2010, which was an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. The LibreOffice suite comprises programs to do word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings, maintain databases, and compose math formula.

Scrivener – is not a free program, but it’s certainly a very popular one. It's great for organizing research, planning drafts, and writing novels, articles, short stories, and even screenplays.

OmmWriter – is for Mac OS X, a free simple text processor that gives you a distraction free environment. So you can focus only on your writing without being tempted or distracted by other programs on your computer. They are currently working on a Windows version of their software as well, so keep an eye out for that if you’re interested.

FocusWriter – is another free distraction-free writing application that keeps your writing space simple and clean without sacrificing functionality. It includes a daily goal tracker—work count and time spent writing—spell checking, real-time feedback on variables like word and page count, and tabbed document browsing. The great thing about this is that it's available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Q10 – is a free portable distraction-free writing tool for Windows. The interface includes nothing but a tiny bar at the bottom that displays the character, word, and page count—you can toggle the bar off for a totally distraction free workspace. 

Evernote – is a free app for your smartphone and computer that stores everything you could possibly imagine losing track of, like a boarding pass, receipt, article you want to read, to do list, or even a simple typed note. The app works brilliantly, keeping everything in sync between your computer, smartphone, or tablet. It’s definitely a useful app for writers when you have ideas on the go.

Storybook – this open source software can make it easier to manage your plotlines, characters, data, and other critical information while penning a novel.

ScriptBuddy – is a full-fledged screenplay software program. It handles the proper screenplay format automatically, so you can concentrate on your story. It is easy to use and the basic version is free.

TheSage – is a free application, which is a comprehensive English dictionary and thesaurus that provides a number of useful and in some cases unusual search tools.

Sigil – is ideal for e-book authors because it's a free EPUB editor with a stack of essential features.

YWriter5 – is a free word processor and is designed for Windows XP, Vista and beyond. It's a small but very comprehensive tool which helps you to plan your novel. It breaks your novel into chapters and scenes, helping you keep track of your work while leaving your mind free to create. You can set up deadlines, for instance, and the program’s Work Schedule report will let you know how much you’ll have to do, each day, to finish on time. You can even enter your characters, locations and items and freely organize them into scenes. This definitely sounds like it’ll be useful for NaNoWriMo writers.

Kingsoft Office (WPS Office) – is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, Linux, iOS and Android OS. The basic version is free to use, but a fully featured professional-grade version is also available. This software allows users to view, create and share office documents that are fully compatible with dozens of document formats, including Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel. In other words, the format is similar to a Microsoft Word document (.DOC or .DOCX file) and supports formatted text, images, and advanced page formatting. Kingsoft Writer documents can be converted to Microsoft Word *.doc files in the software.

Creativity, Fun & Miscellaneous

National Novel Writing Month – is one of the most well-known writing challenges in the writing community, National Novel Writing Month pushes you to write 50,000 words in 30 days (for the whole month of November).

WritingFix – a fun site that creates writing prompts on the spot. The site currently has several options—prompts for right-brained people, for left-brained people, for kids—and is working to add prompts on classic literature, music and more.

Creative Writing Prompts – the site is exactly what it says. They have 100+ and more, of prompts that you can choose from.

My Fonts – is the world’s largest collection of fonts. You can even upload an image containing a font that you like, and this tells you what it is.

Story Starters – this website offers over one trillion randomly generated story starters for creative writers.

The Gutenberg Project – this site is perfect for those who like to read and/or have an ereader. There’s over 33,000 ebooks you can download for free. 

The Imagination Prompt Generator – click through the prompts to generate different ideas in response to questions like “Is there a God?” and “If your tears could speak to you, what would they say?”

The Phrase Finder – this handy site helps you hunt down famous phrases, along with their origins. It also offers a phrase thesaurus that can help you create headlines, lyrics, and much more.

Storybird – this site allows you to write a picture book. They provided the gorgeous artwork and you create the story for it, or just read the stories that others have created.

Language Is a Virus – the automatic prompt generator on this site can provide writers with an endless number of creative writing prompts. Other resources include writing exercises and information on dozens of different authors.

Background Noise/Music

SimplyNoise – a free white noise sounds that you can use to drown out everything around you and help you focus on your writing.

Rainy Mood – from the same founders of Simply Noise, this website offers the pleasant sound of rain and thunderstorms. There's a slide volume control, which you can increase the intensity of the noise (gentle shower to heavy storm), thunder mode (often, few, rare), oscillation button, and a sleep timer. 

Coffitivity – a site that provides three background noises: Morning Murmur (a gentle hum), Lunchtime Lounge (bustling chatter), and University Undertones (campus cafe). A pause button is provided whenever you need a bladder break, and a sliding volume control to give you the freedom to find the perfect level for your needs and moods. It’s also available as an android app, iOS app, and for Mac desktop.

Rainy Cafe – it provides background chatter in coffee shops (similar to Coffitivity) AND the sound of rain (similar to Simply Rain). There’s also individual volume and on/off control for each sound category.

MyNoise: Online Fire Noise Generator – If you love the sound of fire crackling in a fireplace, this is the site for you.

8tracks – is an internet radio website and everyone can listen for free, well it use to be completely free. Unlike other music oriented social network such as Pandora or Spotify, 8tracks doesn’t have commercial interruption (that’s if you get 8tracks Plus). Users create free accounts and can either browse the site and listen to other user-created mixes for as long as they like, and/or they can create their own mixes. It’s a perfect place to listen to other writer’s playlist, share yours or find music for specific characters or moods. Note: Joining is still free, however you’re now limited to 1 hour of free listening for each week (or more depending on how much people like your mixes). If you want unlimited access it’s $30 per year or $5.00 a month.

Playmoss – with 8tracks no longer having free unlimited listening and no commercial interruptions many people looked for an alternative and Playmoss is what 8tracks use to be. It has all the same basic features that 8tracks has, only with extra goodies like unlimited skips, able to see the entire tracklist before playing, start at any point in the playlist, see how many playlists contain a certain song and even collaborate playlists with other people.

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This ship is oddly satisfying

I need this

La'gaan (lagoon boy) x Garfield (Beast Boy) YJ verse anyone??????

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Then I shall write more

i have literally: read all the fics in the birdflash and halbarry tag

scrolled all the way to the end of said tags

someone help me control my life pls

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Feelings Ch. 2, a dark!bluepulse fanfic

               Thad had to admit, living with the Scarlet Scarab wasn’t as difficult as he had predicted it would be. Sure, they would have their disagreements now and then, but with the Scarab’s aggressiveness and protection Thad started to depend on him. Food, for example, was an obvious necessary aspect for both ends of the companionship. With Scarlet’s strength and Thad’s tactfulness, they would always have all three (sometimes four) meals of the day. Additionally, Scarlet was surprisingly friendly and somewhat awkward whenever he was around Thad. The speedster, oddly enough, hadn’t even noticed the impression he had on Scarlet. If anything, he was used to the peculiar tactics the red one often had. They had grown a somewhat kind partnership.

               After a week and a half of living with each other, Thad believed that it was time to get even closer to the alternate dimension traveler. Other than the mere fact that he wanted the Scarlet Scarab to trust him, he was actually quite personally curious as to who the Scarlet Scarab really was and why the heck he was here in the first place.

               So Thad waited for the perfect opportunity. Which, quite amusingly, was during lunch after the two had robbed from a poor man’s shop. Not that he was poor budget-wise, but it was quite a sad sight to see him try to chase after a flying supervillain and an ex-villain speedster. The two had been eating at the usual place, which was the roof of the shack where the two had been living in. They often never spoke when they ate. Usually, they both would sit in silence and just gaze at the city.

               Thad saw this as a perfect opportunity to get to know the Scarlet Scarab.

               “Hey,” Thad had started. He was trying to be as nonchalant as possible but his hands were trembling. Dang him and his body modifications. Where Bart was fun and an extrovert, Thad lacked that area greatly- being quite introverted and boorish. The Scarlet Scarab had turned his head to Thad anyway, tilting it in curiosity. His mouth was full with the subway sandwich that they had stolen but he still tried to reply with an “Hm?”

               “I was just curious,” Thad started off again, “I’ve come to the conclusion that you are from a different dimension, but what leads you here? Why come here?”

               Scarlet Scarab looked at Thad in shock before looking down and then to the side unsteadily. It took a few seconds, but then he replied, “You really want to know?”

               Thad looked at him surprised, he had never seen the teen so inaudible before. Then Thad softly said, “Yes, I would like to know.”

               Scarlet Scarab tensed a bit before explaining, “My leader, my mentor, Owlman… he- he’d gone missing. My… team believed he was in this world on a mission. However, when we had approached him- it turns out he’s learned to… like this world. Like he really wants to stay here for some odd reason. A normal person wouldn’t mind this, but we…” he swallowed loudly and gripped his stomach, “we only have each other. We are supposed to hate the world. Be violent and not care what anyone says. Be the bigger men in all situations. We grew up with the world hating us- so we learned to hate them.”

               Thad couldn’t believe anything that he heard. This hatred that the Scarlet Scarab spoke of- this loneliness was exactly everything Thad had felt ever since the day he was made.

               “So that’s why I’m here. I have to figure out what’s oh so special about this place that makes people like Owlman want to stay. I haven’t quite figured it out yet. Well, I guess you could say I can see why people would like to be here if others are anything like you.” Scarlet Scarab smirked at the speedster.

               Thad turned his head uncomfortably. He responded, “I… I haven’t been completely honest with you, either Scarlet Scarab.”

               Scarlet Scarab raised an eyebrow and said, “Please, call me Diego. And what do you mean you haven’t been honest?”

               Thad looked at Diego head on, face to face, “Alright… Diego, I’m actually an ex-villain. I grew up in hatred and to just be everything that my… other self isn’t. I’m a clone. And I’m not supposed to have feelings. I’m only supposed to be made to hate. I’ve never felt those other things until recently so I ran. I gave up those bad choices and became… well, a petty thief I guess. I can’t possibly be anything else. It’s impossible to be a hero now, and there’s no probable chance of me becoming a normal citizen. So I guess this life I have now is the best I’m going to get.”

               Diego’s eyes dilated. And, for just a moment, he felt something in him spark that he’d never felt before.

               “Well, I’ll admit that I like the way things are.”

               Thad looked at the older teen with surprise. He didn’t think the Scarlet Scarab- the same man who destroyed half a building this morning. The same person who had threatened Thad yesterday with a cannon. The same man who wanted nothing but violence on everything- this fierce, brutal, teenager liked being with him? Thad had thought his presence was a burden to the stronger one. He always thought that he was just a side annoyance to the red (Ex?) villain.

               But once again, that wasn’t so.

               “So, what next?”

               Thad looked at his new… friend? He didn’t know what to do. For once in his life he couldn’t think- he couldn’t analyze- he couldn’t do anything. And it terrified him.

               “You okay?”

               Thad flinched out of his shock. He didn’t know what to do. He had so many emotions. For once in his life he felt happy. He had never had a chance to feel like this before.

               “Yes, yes I am,” a weary smile on his face shown as a tear trickled down his cheek, “I’ve just- never felt this way before.”

               His voice was trembling. What should he do now? What should Scar- Diego do now? “I-I…”

               He never got to finish his sentence as the older teen placed his hand gently on Thad's shoulder, “I’ll leave you alone.”

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Chapter 1: http://captainbluerobin.tumblr.com/post/149299081065/feelings-a-darkbluepulse-fanfic

Chapter 2: Here

Chapter 3: Soon

(that fanfic for @mariannaxrobins- tagging you because this has wayyyy more ship hints than number 1)

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A Family of His Own Ch. 3

“So what you’re trying to say is- the two boys are speedsters?” Tye looked at Jaime with extreme doubt. Of course he’d doubt me, Jaime thought. He turned to Bart to try to see if he was convinced. The time-traveler, however, was trying to figure out if he should sleep with matching socks, mismatched ones, or none at all. Jaime sighed, “Hermano, please tell me that you heard at least something that I said.”

               Bart looked up in confusion before nodding slowly and saying, “Yes, Blue. I heard you. You think I shouldn’t wear any socks at all!”

               Tye rolled his eyes and face-palmed himself. This was Jaime’s new friend? He couldn’t get a grasp at what makes Bart so special. Sure, he’s from the future and can travel at the speed of light, but why the heck is he friends with Jaime? The Mescalero Apache boy didn’t like the fact that this- dense and completely lost boy was Jaime’s friend.

               “No, ese, I told you that the little niños are speedsters! Like you!”

               Bart looked at Jaime in shock for a few seconds while he processed the words through his mind. Then, he turned to the twins- they were currently trying to decide which side of the bed they should sleep on- and looked at Jaime seriously. Like, scary serious. Bart barely ever got scary serious, but if he did, then something was going on in the boy’s brain.

               “Jaime, if that’s true, then you may be in more trouble than you thought.”

               Jaime looked at Bart in confusion before the realization of the words hit him. Not only were the twins going to be in danger because of Blue Beetle, but they themselves are going to be in danger. What about school? What if they were to be discovered about their powers at school? Moreover, how was he going to be able to feed them? He could give them only so much, and with a metabolism like theirs it was a danger to him and the twins. “Jaime Reyes, I suggest you calm down,” the mean Jiminy Cricket in his head said, “Your neurological cells are unsteady and your heartbeat is rapidly escalating.”

               “Jaime, things are going to be alright,” Tye said nonchalantly.

               “Yeah. If anything bad happens, we’ll help you crash the mode.” Bart added while putting on mismatched socks.

               Jaime rolled his eyes before deciding this was too much to put up with. “That’s it, amigos. I’m calling it a night. We’re just going to have to play this whole situation by ear.”

               The next morning was rather different than what Jaime was expecting. Instead of chaos or mayhem, there was only peace. Of course there was the irregularity of the speedsters all racing to the table for breakfast and the strangeness of Jaime talking to himself because of the scarab, but honestly nothing that tragic or crazy happened.

               The afternoon following breakfast was quite eventful. Jaime and Tye decided to try to teach Bart how to use a skateboard. He really knew nothing of the sport and really wanted to try it. So, they all packed up and went to the nearest skate park. It was all quite humorous, really. The whole time Bart kept thinking he got it, but really he didn’t and kept on falling. At one point the twins were both going on the halfpipe better than Bart was. The older speedster wouldn’t let that discourage him, however, and kept going on as much as he could. Jaime will probably always remember it because of the one time Bart was going decently at the halfpipe before losing his balance and sliding down the side at the end. It wouldn’t have been so hilarious if Bart hadn’t made that “all hope is lost face” as he slid down. By dinner time, Bart had gotten better al balancing on the skateboard and honestly after all the struggle he thought it was worth it. The boys all returned home in exhaustion and Jaime himself started worrying again.

               As a result of the panic that wouldn’t stop swelling inside of Jaime, he made a list of who was taking care of what while the twins were in his care. For example, if the twins were to stay home or run away from school, Tye could take care of them until Jaime came back. There was a dated schedule on when his family would be home and when they were out of town- and one to make sure that the twins got their right amount of proteins.

               After all the planning, Jaime and Bart got a call to go on a mission from the Justice League. The call had been from Batman, and for some odd reason he seemed to already know that Bart and Jaime would be together. Did they hang out that much? The call itself was a peculiar one. Well, for starters Jaime didn’t like the fact the whole team was already there standing behind Batman in the Watchtower. That meant that he had called the Blue Beetle last. Secondly, the call had been extremely awkward because the twins kept saying hello to Batman. After a lot of awkward discussion (well, more of Batman having a one-sided conversation while Jaime and Bart nodded in bewilderment), the two got suited up and left the care of the twins to Tye.

               Jaime and Bart had come back from the recon mission in one piece. It was almost midnight by the time they returned to the house. Jaime had run inside with worry when he saw the lights still on but no sounds coming out. Bart followed after, tripping over the shoes at the door on the way in.

               What the two found, however, was no sign of threat or madness. Tye and the twins were wrapped in a blanket, sitting on the couch while Tye read a story book in Spanish to the little boys. When Jaime and Bart ran in the small speedsters literally jumped out of the blanket and tackled the two heroes in a hug. All of them tumbled over in the doorway in a jumble of laughing and cuddles. Tye watched from the couch and laughed, soon joining them by walking over and laying on them.

               After they all untangled themselves from each other, Tye had told the two heroes about how the little speedsters were able to eat three whole boxes of pizza by themselves and that they usually run fastest when they are touching. In return, Bart and Jaime told the three who stayed at home all about the mission. And literally everything that happened. From Robin’s epic maneuver seven with Batgirl to Lagoon Boy’s hilarious mess up with pronouncing the location’s name. They made sure not to leave a single detail out because it seemed the stories really entertained the twins.

               Once again, the day ended uneventfully, but Jaime knew this was the calm before the storm.

               Why? Well, because tomorrow was going to be Monday.

               And Monday meant school.

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Chapter 1: http://captainbluerobin.tumblr.com/post/149092702435/family-of-his-own

Chapter 2: http://captainbluerobin.tumblr.com/post/149186039450/family-of-his-own-ch-2

Chapter 3: Here.

Chapter 4: Soon

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A Fight in Between

-Set between Seasons 1 and 2 of Young Justice/ 3 months after Jason’s death

Kinda birdflash????

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The tension in the room was far too obvious and extremely uncomfortable. Dick didn’t know if he should begin the lecture that was bubbling in him or just try to keep it in. He glanced at the source of the tension, his friend, Artemis. He didn’t hate her, but he did have some words to say that would definitely cause this tension to explode like a shaken can of soda. Dick was terrified of losing her. He didn’t want to begin this conversation, but it was going to be the only way he could release this tension and stress. Dick took a deep breath to concentrate because never in his life did he think a turn of events like this would occur. He was hurt, but he didn’t think anyone would know if he didn’t let this go.

                So, what had happened? Well, Wally and Artemis had decided to completely remove themselves from the world of heroes and villains. Which was understandable, but they were also planning to move in with each other and start their own lives from the bottom. These two factors intertwined is what leads them here- waiting for Wally to officially sign papers from the Justice League to remain out of duty and heroism. To make sure not to release any secrets and things like that. Dick was stressed upon hearing this news because it just irritated him and he didn’t even really know why. He’s been like this lately since Jason’s death so everyone tries to stay away from getting angry at him for his random mood swings.

                Artemis, surprisingly, was the first one to speak because she looked like there was something on her mind as well. “Nightwing- I mean, Dick,” she said shakily, “Wally and I really need this. We need to start over. It’s not like it’s you, or, well, anything like that. We just- don’t want a world where it’s even more real to die than the one that regular people live every day. I hope that I- we can still be in touch with you. That we can still be friends.” Artemis looked at Dick as he stared at the floor, unmoving. He looked like he was thinking. Concentrating. Trying not to blow up. She didn’t want this to hurt him. She didn’t want him to feel like they were leaving him. He had already lost his little brother.

                Finally, Dick looked up at her. His face looked sad, desperate. He opened his mouth as if to speak, but no words came out. He closed it and moved his trembling hand through his hair for a second to think. He then paced back and forth a few seconds before finally standing still. Dick’s hands dropped as he looked at Artemis again. “I- I can’t believe this is actually happening right now.” The only words that can escape his mouth.

“Yeah, crazy right?” Artemis replied uncomfortably. Suddenly, the chair she was sitting on felt more confining and unbearable than anything else she had endured.

“I don’t know if I’m proud of you two or- or angry with the both of you. I just- I thought things were getting better. I thought we were- were happy with the way things are. I just can’t help but think- ponder- is it me? Am I the problem? Because I can’t help but think that I’m the only reason why everyone keeps leaving. I keep thinking if it was because I became Nightwing? Or am I just not strong enough? I couldn’t save Tula, I couldn’t save Jason. And now- now you guys are leaving me, too. I just don’t know why. I feel like it’s because of me.”

Artemis stared at Dick in shock. She knew he was upset, but she never thought he would blame himself for everything that had happened. She didn’t want to leave him this way. She didn’t want to leave knowing that he- he blames himself for being alone.

“Dick, you know it’s not you. It’s not your fault that any of these past tragedies has occurred. And you are also not the reason why we are leaving. We just need some distance to get our lives together.”

“Get your lives together? But I,” Dick looked down again and crossed his arms almost defensively, “I need you guys to help me get my own life together. There’s no one on the team that understands me like you guys.”

“I think you need time alone to start over as well.”

“But why do I have to face it alone and you guys have each other?”

“Dick, please. You’re making this harder than it has to be.”

“I am? Sorry, I wouldn’t notice. I’m sorry that I can’t be upset that the only people in the world who understand what it’s like to live in the shadows is leaving and I can’t do anything about it.”

Silence. Then he said, just above a whisper.

“I just don’t understand why you guys want to move in with each other as a result of leaving the team. It's like you guys think the team was a reason why you guys couldn't move in with each other."

"Dick- Wally had already bought a house to move in to after he graduated. I think he just wanted to make sure that we were in the clear before actually inviting me. Besides, he loves me. And I," Artemis looked at her hands as a pink tinge highlighted her cheeks. The door creaked open indicating someone was entering the room.

 "I love him."

Dick's face was one of pain and regret. Like he's been fighting an internal war for so long and he just wants to sleep. To just put the demons to bed and finally rest.

"Well maybe I loved him too." 

Wally was halfway in the door way when he heard this. His eyes grew wide, but he refused to go all the way in, so he stayed halfway to eavesdrop.

"Maybe every single day of my life I did whatever I could to make sure he was happy.

Maybe I was the one who secretly bought Wally's house to be sure that he had a bright future.

Maybe I'm the one who made sure the two of you could get together so he wouldn't be lonely.

Maybe I gave up Batman, college, and my job to become a full fledged hero to make sure that he'd be alright.

Maybe I-"

Dick visibly swallowed and stared in horror as Wally walked into the room. The two boys gazed at each other in awkwardness before Dick tore his eyes away and headed out of the room quickly.

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Feelings, a dark!bluepulse fanfic

               Thad wasn’t exactly the friendliest guy in the neighborhood. Well, for starters he was literally created to hate and see the world as inferior mistakes. He himself was a logical and prideful guy, but knew nothing more than loathing and numbers. Any other emotion was a disgrace in his eyes and doing things without thinking it through would always end up as a mistake. It seems like he’s a jerk, but how else was he supposed to act like? He was created to be the opposite of the fun, impulsive, and social guy named Bart Allen. Thad was raised to be a clone of hatred and to strike the world as a prideful Thawne. However, these days he doesn’t know what to do because now he feels things and it’s absolutely awful. He’s never been good at experiencing different emotions besides utter hostility towards everything. So when he started feeling something else- something much different- he didn’t know what to do. He left the fight and went in hiding.

He’s just a guy living on the streets now- no home, no family, and nothing that can fill in this… loneliness that’s swelling in his insides. So that leads him to today, running from the cops after some idiot called them to arrest Thad after stealing one freakin’ can of soup. He had to survive somehow, right? Lucky for him he still had his powers so getting away was a breeze. Although he’s upset with himself for not thinking things through before grabbing that can.

               Soon he’s running through an alleyway and through the crack on the wall to get to his, well, ‘house’. It was more like a small shack that was hidden behind the wall. What he finds, however, is an extremely not normal guy with the strangest outfit that Thad has ever seen in his life. He stood in silence and analyzed the situation. The man was about six inches taller than him, was completely red and black for some odd reason, and had antennae like legs (?) on his back. His back was faced towards him so Thad couldn’t get a good look at his face. Now, why would he be here? The Justice League? He did look awfully a lot like that Blue Beetle he’s heard so much about. But why would he be perusing through Thad’s things in such a manner that indicates he looks lost? Thad chose the most logical explanation- this strange, red man was after Thad because he was a ‘bad guy’. Thad was about to charge up his abilities or speak up but before he could act the man turned around and shot at him with peculiar, staple-like contraptions that pinned him to the wall.

               “Who are you? Scarab says not to trust anyone in this dimension. There are too many heroes in this world.” The man- no- teenager held a cannon up to Thad’s face with a smirk.

               Thad rolled his eyes. Oh. He’s from another dimension. Thad mentally face palmed himself for not putting that outcome into one of his considerations. After analyzing the situation again, Thad deduced that the boy had come from an alternate verse where the heroes from this current one- such as Blue Beetle- were villains. The red teenager had a look of pride and destruction on his face. Almost as if he already blasted Thad to pieces. Thad mentally snorted at the ridiculousness of that face.

               “I am Thaddeus Thawne, it’s a pleasure to be of your acquaintance. Now excuse me, but can you let me go and get the crap away from my house?”

               Thad knew that the last bit sounded unnecessary but with reasoning he needed to let this guy know he wasn’t a hero. And boy, he had a lot of angry steam that needed to be released from him after all of his developed years of hostility.

               “You can’t speak like that to me! I’m the Scarlet Scarab! I’ve killed runts like you in seconds without questioning them. So excuse me for trying to change my ways of violence on sight, and trying to convert to a life of pacifism.”

               “Some life of pacifism- you broke into my house and expect me to approach you with kindness? Some type of peaceful arrival you have. Now, let me go- I’m not one of the good guys.”

               Scarlet Scarab looked at Thad questionably before pulling off the staple with ease. Once Thad was out, he brushed himself off as if he had just gotten his clothes dirty. He then looked up at the strange red teenager with curiosity and examined him- the way he stood, the way his eyes glanced at him in a sort of crazy way, the way his unnatural hands quivered and trembled. This guy was obviously lost and trying to hide his fear. Thad tried to decide what the heck he was supposed to do with a confused mess like this one.

               Finally, a logical idea popped into his mind and he decided to act on it. He’d offer the teen to stay. Gain his trust, his power. This way he would be able to understand his feelings as well. The ones he despised, but desperately needed to lean on. Desperately needed to understand. So, his first objective was to get the older teen to reveal his identity. Which was probably going to be difficult, but Thad knew he could achieve it.

               “Hey, if you’re so great. Will you give me the honor of inviting you to stay at my house?” Thad had never felt so humiliated before but he knew this was one step to getting closer to the obvious idiot.

               “That would be… great.”

               Thad hadn’t expected him to be so easily admitting to the question, but sometimes things would just have to surprise him in such a way.

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Family of His Own Ch. 2

"These little humans are too quiet, Jaime Reyes," The scarab said," I recommend you talk to them. I've scanned molecular and anatomical structures. Their mental and physical patterns are too irregular. Convene in conversation or else they will come to dislike you." Jaime almost rolled his eyes at the alien structure on his back. He was trying to avoid speaking to the two children who were following him as he walked home. It was already awkward enough that they were walking home with them, but the thought of him having to take care of them and be there for them terrified him. What if something bad happened to them because of him? What if a supervillain figures out his secret identity and goes after them? What will become of them if he leaves them alone too long while he's out fighting crime? He had to focus on some task- some type of way to channel all the struggle into a focused setting. His task at hand is to support them- school and at home. The pamphlet had said that he'd need to keep them company for most of the day. During his school hours, they were to report to school themselves at the community service building. For the night, they were to sleep at the building or at his house. Jaime didn't know what to expect when he came home. His counselor said that she'd already contacted his mom to let her know that Jaime is taking care of two children. He was pretty sure his little sister wouldn't be too excited either. Then Jaime wondered how the heck Bart was going to react to this. At that moment Jaime remembered a horrifying detail- he was home alone with Tye and Bart for the weekend because his mom was out of town and his sister was at a friend's house. Those two would probably have polar opposite reactions to the twins. Hopefully they would tone down their usual arguments and try to help him. He knew that Tye could be of help with his ability to communicate and speak Spanish. And Bart could be a great help because of his friendly and social nature. However, with Tye being an introvert and Bart not understanding Spanish, that would mean they'd have to work together. Which is a problem because they do not get along at all. As Jaime's house started getting into view, the butterflies in the young hispanic started to flutter again. He was nervous about the two boys reacting to the twins. They were probably already at his house. Jaime turned to look at the twins- so small and innocent. Luno was a little more behind, holding hands and being almost dragged by his older twin Sol. The two were waddling behind Jaime, trying to keep up. Sol realized Jaime's stare and responded by saying, "Tengo hambre, Señor Reyes. Mi hermano tiene hambre también," then he pointed at Jaime's house, "¿Hay comida en tu casa?" Jaime smiled at the boy and answered, "Sí, Sol. Se puede comer en mi casa. Y llámame hermano o Jaime, ¿bien?" The little boy smiled brightly and nodded. When Jaime entered his house, he wasn't expecting to see Tye and Bart both sitting at the kitchen table in complete silence. Bart was playing a game- probably Pokemon Go- on his phone and Tye was doing what looked like homework for Algebra. The boys both looked up in surprise when Jaime walked in. Bart, as always, zoomed at light speed (almost quite literally) to Jaime. "So! How'ditgodiditendupasterribleandunexpectedasyouthoughtitwouldbebecauseyoulooklikeyousurvivedtheday- hey,I'mhungryareyouhungrybecauseTyewouldn'tletmeeatanymoreofyourfoodbecausehesaiditwasrudebutIthinkhe'sjustbeintjealo-" Bart stopped talking when he saw the twins slowly and awkwardly walk in. The speedster's face turned from confusion to absolute delight in a matter of seconds. His body zoomed past Jaime's and up to the two boys and introduced himself. Jaime looked at Bart questionably before laughing and explaining everything to the redhead. Soon after explaining, Tye walked up to the twins slowly and kneeled down to their level. He introduced himself to the two in Spanish quietly and then, to both Jaime and Bart's surprise, offered them some food. The twins gladly accepted the churros and sandwiches Tye had brought over for Jaime. "It took everything I had to stop Bart from eating it," he said afterwards, while they were all eating leftovers. Bart simply shrugged it off and continued to eat off of Jaime's plate. "So, they only speak Spanish, but they understand English?" Bart asked. Jaime nodded and continued to feed the twins as they devoured their food as if they hadn't eaten in weeks. Tye was sitting quietly again, looking to the side, leaning against the chair lazily with his arms crossed. He's been awfully quiet ever since everything that'd happened with the Reach. His face never seemed to change expressions anymore and it's as if he's refused to be happy. Whenever anyone sees him they tell Jaime afterwards how he looks so... Broken. Soon after they had finished eating Bart decided to teach the twins how to play card games while Tye silently watched with a somewhat irritated expression. Jaime was in the kitchen doing the dishes and occasionally glanced up to make sure no one had set the house on fire. The night ended uneventfully, and Jaime decided that the twins should sleep in his room with him tonight. Bart and Tye would have to sleep together in the same bed in the guest room. However, something strange happened right before they all went to bed. As Jaime was setting up a small bed for the twins, he saw something race down the hallway- as in, as fast as Bart race down the hallway. He looked out, expecting to see the speedster he knew always wanted to sleep over. But instead of seeing Bart standing there, the twins were there instead- both of them holding hands and giggling with the same electricity that followed from the speedforce.

Jaime stared in shock as he connected the dots.

Their parents died from lightning.

They ate unusually large amounts of food.

The scarab's scan indicated irregular patterns because their bodies were too fast.

Jaime had finally realized.

Oh my frickin' gosh they're speedsters.  -------------

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Chapter 1: http://captainbluerobin.tumblr.com/post/149092702435/family-of-his-own

Chapter 2: You are here

Chapter 3: http://captainbluerobin.tumblr.com/post/149475220270/a-family-of-his-own-ch-3

Fanfiction: 

Well guys, here it is

Guess what???? They ARE Mas y Menos~

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Family of His Own

So, Jaime wasn’t in a necessarily good mood today. Why? Well, after arriving to school one too many days too late, his teachers were finally done with it. The lectures given were only half the problem- the real issue was the punishment at hand. “In order for you to pass school this year,” his counselor had said, “you have to earn 80 hours of volunteer work with community service.” Which would be completely fine, Jaime wasn’t all against community service or anything, but what was so stressful about the situation was that he already spent basically most of his life saving the world from these uprising villains that had suddenly started sprouting around his hometown. Additionally, Batman wouldn’t be so eager to hear that the famous Blue Beetle couldn’t assist the Justice League simply because he was doing volunteer work. And he couldn’t bare the embarrassment that would emerge if he told Bart. Nevertheless, Bart would of course be the first one to find out. He did visit Jaime’s house basically everyday so in some ways it was unavoidable. The speedster had laughed and told his best friend that the consequences were bound to come from all of the tardies. “It makes sense why you’re in the mode today,” Bart said while literally inhaling a bag of chicken whizzies,“ although if you were faster you wouldn’t be in this mess.” “Well I don’t see why you never get punished, hermano. You’re always late- despite your speed.” Bart simply shrugged and stuffed another handful of his ‘snack’ into his mouth. “Maybe it’s because the school diagnosed me with anxiety.” Which makes sense in its own way. Bart’s dramatic reaction to slavery that caused him to have a panic attack at his new school led all the students to believe he has some form of PTSD. And that would explain a lot of his peculiar behavior as well. So the school believes he needs personal assistance or should go to some therapist because he has 'anxiety’. “I don’t know, hermano. I just don’t think its fair.” “You’ll be fine, blue! Besides, at least they’re choosing the community assignment for you and you don’t have to pick one yourself.” “Yeah, but what if they make me do something stupid?” “Nah, they won’t.” “But what if they do?” “Well then, you get what you get and you don’t throw a fit!” A giggle fit full of chicken whizzies follows afterwards. Jaime stared at his friend questionably before turning around and decided it was time to sleep on the matter. Bart followed soon after he had devoured half of the pantry. ——————- Arriving at the school’s office on a Saturday morning was already awkward enough. But his assignment for community service was even more peculiar. Instead of doing what most community service students had to do, which was usually picking up trash or attending soup kitchens- his counselor had submitted Jaime in to the “Our Generations” program. This organization oddly enough was one of those 'mentoring a child/children with troubled lives’ organizations. “Jaime Reyes, these are the 8 year old Castillo twins.” his counselor had introduced the two redheaded boys as if she were just stating the weather. “This one,” she tapped the slightly taller, more distracted one on the head, “is Sol. And the other,” she patted the younger, more quiet and concentrated one on the back, “is Luno.” She then looked up at Jaime and smiled warmly, “You will be taking care of them starting today.” Jaime stared at her in disbelief. He was going to argue that this- this wasn’t the right job for him. He wanted to complain about how he didn’t have the time to take care of two children who obviously needed someone more supportive- someone who could give more than what he could ever possibly could. But no words escaped his mouth because- well, how could he argue when these two children were standing right here? His counselor could obviously see the emotions displaying on Jaime’s face, so she pulled him to the side and said, “They have nowhere to go, Jaime. No one to turn to.” “Yeah, but why me? What can I do that will benefit two children’s lives?” “Jaime, I know it seems tough but they…” she looked back at the two boys who were holding hands and giggling about who-knows-what. “They come from a place where happiness is very limited- and believe it or not, I know you can give them happiness.” Jaime looked at her, still with a worried and hesitant expression. The counselor looked at the floor wistfully before replying very softly. “They’re father and mother died from lightning. The boys were only 4 when that happened. They’ve only had each other since then. They’ve had only one foster family, but they were… well, let’s just say these boys have suffered from domestic violence as well.” Jaime felt something in him change at that moment. The same feeling he had when he heard about Tye’s mom’s boyfriend and his abusive behavior. He had the exact same protectiveness sweep over him like a wave. He glanced at the two boys again, this time they were sitting down on the floor and eating what looked to be a bag of chips. When did they get that? He looked at the ground again- not exactly sure what he should do. Waiting for some type of answer to just suddenly appear. “Jaime Reyes, I believe the Impulse told you that you 'get what you get’ and you are to subside from 'throwing a fit’. So I recommend you either go by the advice that was given to you or exterminate the problem at hand” “I’m not gonna hurt those kids!” Oops. Jaime accidentally said that list bit aloud. “So you’ll take them?” The counselor’s face lit up, “here- I have this pamphlet that’ll help you understand exactly what you’re supposed to do with them.” She handed him a neatly folded piece of paper. “Another thing, they only speak Spanish- they came directly from Guatemala, but that won’t be much of a problem, right?” Jaime just nodded in utter awkwardness and took the pamphlet. What had he gotten himself into? ————————————-

Part 1: here

Part 2: http://captainbluerobin.tumblr.com/post/149186039450/family-of-his-own-ch-2

Author’s Note- Can you guess who the twins are? Hint: they’re from Teen Titans (2003) show.

Plus, sorry if my spanish was terrible haha

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