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This.

Just. THIS.

For the past two weeks or so, I've been getting random Jason accounts showing up on my Twitter feed. One of them contained an excerpt from Batman and Psychology that made me chuckle.

Seeing the older sibling as a role-model, as competition, or even as a threat tends to make the second-born the most competitive child in the family, trying to avoid feeling eclipsed by the elder. This need to compete can be crushed, however, by an older sibling who excels even compared to peers. Jason Todd, the second-born Robin, feels daunted by Dick Grayson’s stellar example. When Jason’s murder goes unavenged, he has to wonder (after his resurrection, of course) if Bruce would have avenged Dick. Jason doesn’t give Tim Drake much thought. He gives Dick plenty.

Jason doesn't give Tim Drake much thought. He gives Dick plenty.

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UraIchi Week 2024

Monday, July 1st, 2024 - Sunday, July 7th, 2024

AO3 Collection

Full Prompts List Submitted This Year

(Click images to enlarge. Alt text under the cut.)

What is UraIchi Week?

It’s a week-long fanworks event to promote the Urahara Kisuke x Kurosaki Ichigo ship. There’s no sign-up, it’s just for fun, and everybody can participate. Completed works and wips are both acceptable, and any type of fanwork (fanfic, fanart, gifsets, etc.) is welcome. NSFW and/or potentially trigger-y content is allowed, although please remember to tag your works properly.

The ship itself can be written romantically or platonically, as lovers or friends or even enemies, so long as it stars these two characters together in some way. Poly ships are also fine so long as Ichigo and Kisuke are still the focus of the fanwork. And crossovers and fusions are also allowed even if it isn’t one of the given prompts for the event. Basically, anything goes, and the only criteria is that it has to be UraIchi-centric.

Posting:

UraIchi Week is hosted here on Tumblr and on AO3. For posts on Tumblr, remember to ping @uraichievents and tag #UraIchi Week 2024. For AO3, you can add your work(s) to the collection linked up above. You are also welcome to join the UraIchi Discord server if you haven’t already and come and talk about what you’re working on!

Themes:

July 1st, Day 1: i've met you before / i'll meet you again / this is the first time we've met.. right?

Time Travel / Dimension Travel

Identity Porn / Hidden Identities

“I've suffered from traumatic dreams of my past lives since I was a child, and I'm just now realizing that coming up to a beautiful stranger who looks like someone I've seen die a thousand times in a thousand different ways at a bar and asking if we've met before sounds a lot like a come-on haha no wait come back that doesn't mean I'm not desperately attracted to you please kiss me again” AU

July 2nd, Day 2: It's fact that killable problems are not real problems.

Murder Husbands

Ichigo is Deadpool / unbreakable / any other accidentally immortal being who is really kind of annoyed about it (because it’s boring, and he’s still young enough to be within his lifespan, but it sure takes the fun out of fighting).

All the times Ichigo died, he ACTUALLY died, he just came back. Every time he comes back, he comes back Wronger.

July 3rd, Day 3: Things I Should've Told You / Things I Don't Tell Anyone Else

The skeletons in your closet are about to overflow. Would you like me to tidy it up?

Ichigo is experimenting with self-expression, a hobby, etc., making up for lost time as a regular teenager. Urahara is always the first one (sometimes only one) to see or hear about a new idea.

“The person I trust most is you.”

July 4th, Day 4: Sword and Shield

I am yours to command, use me as you please.

Shiba!Ichigo and Second Division!Kisuke

Summoner/Mage AU: Paired summons who are good apart but unmatched together.

July 5th, Day 5: That One is Mine

Hollow Instincts / Feral Protective

Possessive!Kisuke: He stepped aside for Sui-Feng because Yoruichi was always master first and friend second and love interest never, and because Yoruichi wanted her in a way she's never wanted him. But Ichigo is different, and everyone soon realizes that when Kisuke truly wants something, he always gets it in the end.

“Death can’t have you. You’re mine.”

July 6th, Day 6: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some are born, some are made, and some decide being a monster's pretty fucking cool.

Visored!Urahara Kisuke AU / Vasto Lorde!Kurosaki Ichigo AU

“Ichigo forges a friendship with his Hollow in the Shattered Shaft” AU

vs. Gotei 13 AU: Ichigo time travels back from a future where he was chained to the throne as the next Soul King by the Shinigami.

July 7th, Day 7: Creator’s Choice!

As always, the above prompts are all optional, and you’re free to come with your own ideas. You can also find an excel sheet with all the prompts submitted this year linked up above, so feel free to look through that if you want, and you can also make a copy for yourself.

And that’s it! We’re looking forward to what everyone comes up with!

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Ocean

go to this random coordinates generator and say in the tags how you would fare if you were dropped where it generates without warning. i’ll go first i’d be dropped in the middle of the fucking south atlantic ocean and perish

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You know, if Night Furies never miss, do you think they're like mathematical prodigies.

Like Gojo Satoru.

Wouldn't that just be i n s a n e.

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And what about the Blue Spirit conspiracies? You can't honestly tell me that there aren't some of there.

Currently thinking about an atla au where almost everything is the same except it takes place in the modern world

Just the sheer chaos of blurry photos of the gaang being snapped across the globe. The cabbage merchant has uploaded the most of them and they’re all captioned with full caps, no grammar, boomer-style

Appa must be faster than cars, but what about planes? What the fuck are the gaang going to do against PLANES? The fear of an aerial assault might actually slow their journey down a lot

Also the thought of Aang emerging from the iceberg and not only finding century-old skeletons, but photos from the days/years following the massacre…. Photography was relatively new, so the images are blurred and uncoloured but still fairly clear. Do you think anyone photographed the aftermath? The generals celebrating the defeat. The pillagers ravaging the temples.

A less morbid thought: there would be hundreds if not thousands of forum boards speculating about the Avatar’s disappearance and Zuko would be on ALL of them. His username is well-known on the boards, though no one knows who this weirdly aggressive but well-traveled dude is

The White Lotus probably has a group chat/fb page disguised as a pai sho fan club where they trade information via coded discussions about the game. Bumi communicates almost entirely in gifs.

Information control is already a huge thing in atla, but in a modern au? Ba Sing Se would have insane media control and online filters. Any posts about the war are taken down and the culprit tracked. If there was a rebellion in Ba Sing Se, it would be from the tech savy population who can get around the censorship

Speaking of media: can you imagine the media attention on the royal family in the Fire Nation? The media would adore Iroh and Lu Ten and either ignore or occasionally criticize Ozai - until Lu Ten died, then the press tears Iroh to pieces and becomes Fire Lord Ozai’s unofficial fanclub overnight.

Azula is the media darling of the Fire Nation. Zuko is praised as often as he is criticized. In canon, the pressure already fucked with these kids, but can you imagine if they had tabloids and a 24-hour news cycle? Zuko’s banishment is warped and vague, and yet covered extensively. Photos of the banished prince sold to tabloids for a fortune in the weeks after his exile - until Ozai shuts that down, then he vanishes from the public’s eyes until Aang returns, then Zuko goes through periods of blind, worshipful praise by the press and intense negativity and hate, swinging wildly between the two extremes. The media will always be extremely polarised around him, until he eventually retires and hands the crown to Izumi. Only then will the press drop their hostility and talk about him as if he has always been the Fire Nation’s darling

Also he looks painfully awkward in every single photo the press take of him. His PR person has tried to coach him on body language with limited success

After Book 2, Azula gets a very similar treatment to Zuko. But while Zuko grew up criticised and hated and learnt to ignore it, Azula has always been adored. So when the press starts documenting her downward spiral, starts questioning her perfection, she loses it

Years later, when she’s an adult, she learns how to bait and play the press like a cat toying with a mouse, laughing at every negative article posted about her or Zuko. But for now, she’s fourteen and never been anything other than perfect and the pressure is killing her

Momo has his own insta. It’s wildly popular. Most of the canon characters are following it, including Zuko and Iroh - the former for any possible hints on the Avatar’s location, the latter because he thinks Momo is very cute

He has a twitter too. For some reason. It has 5x the amount of followers as Sokka’s twitter account and Sokka is SO bitter about it

Ty Lee is a very successful influencer

Do you think there’s a “#ty lee is over party” when it’s revealed she committed Actual Real-Life War Crimes?? I’m losing my mind

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I think a lot of people forgot that one time Zuko, with one heel strike, managed to shatter iron/steel, freeing Iroh's chained wrists. His boots didn't even look like they were made by anything but leather and I don't think there was a heel to them at all.

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I don't like (and at the same time I like it very much) how fandom makes Zuko into a Soft Widdle Ducky.

Like, yeah, he's awkward and traumatized. But he is very much a warrior prince at the same time. Look at his confrontation with Ozai: "you're going to listen, or I'm going to cut you in two with my swords".

During the series, Zuko almost never struggles with immediate action and decisions - but he's really terrible at measured, considered action and decisions.

I want to see that side of Zuko in fic. Like, a former war minister gets out of line? "Right. Let's take this outside. Do you want fire or steel." Sure, by the end of the series he's much more mature, grounded and peaceful, but so many fics I read, he just kind of folds when people get aggressive with him, when his more canonically true self would likely just go "yup, that's a threat, first you're going to get your ass beat and then I'm throwing you in jail, I don't really care how influential you are." And I want to see him deal with that.

That being said, I still enjoy all those fics where Zuko's personality is basically 🥺🔥

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tumblr's favorite kids' show!

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The Skywalker family, as explained using Embers by Vathara

Shmi - either a non-bender, a spirit-bender, or a weak fire bender

Anakin - the Zuko-equivalent. He just has too much dragon/Force in him. As Vader, he could be seen as a dark dragon, but he is not. Sidious is his Ozai, and due to the Loyalty of Fire, Vader could not disobey, or risk death. With him dying after he killed Sidious, it fits.

Luke - a first generation dragon child equivalent, with Padme's genes diluting the strength of Anakin's. That's why he's sane yet still powerful.

Leia - also a first generation dragon child equivalent, but one who barely trains her inner fire - only just enough to not cause accidents and some of the helpful mental tricks.

Ben - a possible dark dragon. Han's genes may have diluted the upper threshold of his capabilities, but he is still from the 'royal family' equivalent of the Star Wars-verse. Lu Ten was hinted to be powerful, after all.

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Probably unpopular opinion

I don't think Bakugou should have gotten a redemption arc

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Rape is rape. Someone was still violated and traumatized for life

Just an experiment. Reblog if you actually give a fuck about male victims of domestic violence and rape.

Of fucking course

What sick bastard doesn’t

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There are many reasons the fandom has explained away why, of all his Guardians, TYL!Tsuna only told TYL!Kyouya.

Whether it's because he has the Foundation, rarely interacts with the Main Familia, or just that he's a Cloud - there are a lot of reasons.

There's also the ones about how TYL!Kyouya would be the only one to keep a clear head when TYL!Tsuna has just died, how he's the only one both cold enough to be steady enough to train Tsuna, but cares enough to actually do it.

There's also the shipping ones, how TYL! Kyouya is the only person TYL!Tsuna both truly knows and cares for, how he knows his lover will train his younger self.

I think this can all be true, but there's also something else. Of all his Guardians, Kyouya is perhaps the only one that doesn't expect Tsuna to do things he doesn't want to do that doesn't benefit him. Nor forces him in a role he does not want.

Gyokudera, from his first interaction with Tsuna, revolves around the fact that Tsuna will be Vongola Decimo. It's likely, even on their deathbeds, he will call Tsuna Jyuudaime, and even after that. Tsuna will never actually be able to be himself around him, especially once he's truly Vongola Decimo.

Takeshi will always seen Tsuna as the boy who saved him from suicide, who gave him a purpose. Tsuna gave Takeshi his Will to live - and this colours all their future interactions.

Lampo is the kid he took in, who looks up to him, who he always has to be the role model to.

Ryouhei is always so bright and genuine, dragged into the Mafia only because he's the strongest Sun Namimori has.

Chrome has always called Tsuna Boss. While she may be one of the few he actually would've truly Harmonized properly without outside influence, their relationship has long been tainted by outside perspective and opinions long before they met.

Mukuro is another he would've naturally Harmonized with, without tampering. Still, Mukuro doesn't try to bond with Tsuna. Can't, when he's been in Vindicare for so long in the TYL.

Kyouya is the only one who both never forced him into the Mafia nor anchored him as his Will to live. Tsuna is simply the Sky his Clouds drift through. It's just as simple and as complicated as that. Kyouya just wants Tsuna strong enough to both protect himself and to be a better sparring partner. Kyouya doesn't care if Tsuna is a Boss or a Lackey. In the end, Tsuna will most likely always be Little Animal in Kyouya's eyes.

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Dani wouldn't ever get the Wail though, as Danny got that out of necessity and knowing that he could. Dan, who managed to fight the whole planet and Zone onto submission, needed less than 2 decades. Dani, who rarely needs to? It's doubtful she'll ever be placed in the situation to develop it, nor be actually capable of it. After all, she was an unstable clone and the Wail is a sound base attack.

wait wait, so the whole overpowered Danny thing. his only weaknesses were pretty much his friends/family and his hometown. but what about Dani? she's got [probably] equal potential to Danny, albeit she might not immediately be so strong since she's a bit younger than him. after travelling the world she'd probably be down for joining a superhero team. (although that part where people started calling Danny over every little thing? she'd HATE being used like that)

I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT DANI

I wasn’t sure what direction to go in with her though, I did consider ] the other supers meeting her first (because yeah her travelling the world makes her more likely to come across them) and having Things happen from there, what Things I have yet to consider (she’d probably be down with joining them for a while before taking off again, can’t hold that girl down in one place for long)

I imagine Dani isn’t as strong as Danny, since she was initially an unstable clone, even though Danny did stabilise her I reckon she still wouldn’t quite be in perfect condition, I also imagine her powers developing differently

Danny gets his powers out of necessity, he HAS to be strong to handle the threats constantly being thrown at him, Danielle is travelling the world, probably rarely fighting other ghosts, the abilities she’s more likely to strengthen would be her speed and stamina (because she does so much long distance travelling) and maybe even her intangibility and invisibility seeing as she’d probably do a lot of sneaking around in her travels to steal food and explore places she’s probably not supposed to be in

so though Danny is far more powerful, Danielle could probably fly faster than him and stay intangible/invisible for a lot longer than he could, at the cost of her not being quite as strong and not developing all the really strong powers that he has (she’d get the ice ones though but it’d take a while) so where she couldn’t beat him in combat she could potentially outlast him

imagine though, a super team finds this girl with a bunch of different powers and being AMAZED and then they find out she’s a clone, and they assume she was cloned from a bunch of different supers

but it turns out she was cloned from one guy, who has like waaay more powers than she does and they’re just like?? ??//?? hOW? ??

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The best thing is how this is so in character for him.

AU where toddler Izuku took one look at hero society and decided, instead of being a hero, Izuku wants to be a villain more than anything

1 - It makes complete sense! Heroes are always in competition with other heroes, they have their own turfs, and they aren't interacting much, except for special occasions, while villains are the ones who hang out with heroes the most!

2 - Izuku's mom is worried that her son wants to become a villain while his father advises him to pick his future job "for the right reasons". But isn't fanboyism the best reason?

3 - Katsuki is REALLY worried now that Izuku has stopped wanting to become a hero and wants to become a villain. He just knows that he will be Deku's favorite target. So Katsuki decides to encourage Deku in becoming a hero.

4 - Everyone else in Aldera used to think Izuku was just a little crazy until someone started to anonymously post mean pictures and posts about a classmate. Izuku didn't like that at all. The next day, the posts were deleted and another classmate had moved in another country.

5 - Izuku shows up at the LoV meeting, in UA uniform (he is in Gen Ed and All Might, Aizawa and Nedzu are trying to pss pss him to the Hero Course) but leaves because he doesn't think they have enough ambition. Tomura hates him and is scared he is going to steal his place as future Symbol of Evil.

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My favorite part is how it's implied that Kiego continued the family business before being a hero.

AU where you must be a legal adult to become a hero and get a license.

1 - It's an AU where people get their quirks in their late teens (between 16 and 18) instead of when they are five.

2 - UA and the other schools are now college, with a three-year-program. Izuku was among the best candidates but his quirk never showed up. This means that he didn't get bullied for ten years like in canon but it also means he was pretty well-liked only for him to become a loser when his quirk failed to show up and he is more cautious when it comes to making friends.

3 - Bakugou is far less worse than in canon but he did screw up when it comes to Izuku. However, their friendship is more easily mended and he does pull his head out of his ass for good.

4 - Keigo wasn't found by the HPSC when he was a child but did become a hero. He also happens to have a criminal record but that's a detail.

5 - Since they are in college, they don't wear uniform and Kaminari one day showed up in a pikachu onesie to class.

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Why Spinner?

Hi! AU where Dabi is hit by a quirk erasing the last ten years of his life (at least I think) so he only remembers the time when he was Touya, please.

(just DONT think about the timeline for this one ok. there is no timeline. This does not happen in any canon event, but Dabi has not yet been able to reveal himself dramatically, so)

1- It was Dabi's own fault for leading the attack that ended with Eri jabbed with some Trigger, boosting her quirk to the point that it didn't just rewind him physically to a 12 year old Touya, but erased all his memories too. He's lucky he didn't get fully rewound before Eraserhead stopped Eri and fled with her, not realizing what even happened to Dabi.

2- Touya realizes he has no idea where he is, no memory past going to bed last night mad at his dad as usual, and that he is completely surronded by villains and strangers. He makes the somewhat reasonable conclusion that he was kidnapped, and some villain in all black might have just made off with Fuyumi, a far easier target than him. (Todorokis are great at almost connecting dots.)

3- So he sets a large fire around the villains- but does not immolate himself, because he knows he needs to be able to run, not train to make the flames hotter- and flees as well. he finds a hero and demands to be taken home, since someone kidnapped him, Touya Todoroki, and possibly his sister.

4- The hero is confused and doubtful until Touya shows his quirk, after which the hero is confused and wondering if Endeavor had a secret lovechild years after that Shoto kid was born. But hey, might as well take the kid somewhere safer and pass it on, right?

5- Touya is very confused that Fuyumi is the first one to get there after being told. And that she wasn't kidnapped. And that she is way too old, like mom's age, but clearly looks like herself- what happened? He refuses to believe anyone saying she didn't get hit by an aging quirk from her kidnappers until Enji himself comes in to verify. (And only because his father is actually looking at him, seeing him, and saying everything Touya wants to hear.)

+1- both Hawks and Spinner are aware this happened and trying to snatch Touya away from everything, but are failing

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I love how, in this AU, Shoto is going to be the most emotionally intelligent of all the Todorokis and the one that understands all of them best despite being the youngest.

AU where Fuyumi and Rei are pro heroes

An interesting prompt...

1- in this au, Enji is a politician who realized the sheer power heroics had in society and in government. (All Might is still his rival, but that's because Enji knows he isn't filing anywhere close to all paperwork he's supposed to) In order to get an in, he arranged a marriage with the Himura family, who run an agency on par with Idaten. He marries Cryo, aka Rei, only a sidekick at the time but a recent UA graduate in the main family.

2- Rei and Enji adjust to the marriage. Enji likes the idea of children, but not immediately. Rei, who'd been expecting more of a quirk marriage, waits a year longer before trying to get pregnant to establish her career more. After the twins Touya and Fuyumi are born, Enji and Rei work through the fact that they don't actually have to have a "normal" marriage where a certain amount of sex or children are "supposed" to happen. Besides, they've got two kids now, and should focus on them, and their careers.

3- Rei opens up that she wants to do more fieldwork in heroics, where her family had always expected her to be more of an agency prop and pretty face. Enji suggests starting her own agency if her family one doesn't allow her to work as she wants. In return for him supporting her career goals, she does act more publicly- but in the more political stage, not product placement.

4- Fuyumi and Touya both grow up wanting to be heroes, because that is clearly the cooler (ba-dum-tish) job of their two parents. Rei is easily able to train Fuyumi, even when it turns out she's got a weakness to cold- warming support tech is easy to get. Touya is another matter, and both she and Enji feel he shouldn't pursue the field.

5- Natsuo is born, without a quirk. (Enji realizes most of his party and platforms would not be ideal for Natsuo and other quirkless people - but he's come too far with them. He can't abandon them if he wants to reach his other goals, they'd be impossible on the quickly shrinking quirkless platform. And besides, he has enough money to ensure Natsuo has a good life, around whatever legislation there is.) Then baby Shoto, who also wants to be a hero. Touya chafes at being told not to do something his younger siblings can, even if Enji tries hard to bring him into politics and give him more attention than his siblings. Touya decides to plan his father's downfall by learning, and then running on all the opposite positions, taking everything from him. Natsuo sees this, somewhat, as supporting him.

+1- the strain with the children causes Rei and Enji to quietly separate, though publicly they still step in to support each other when needed. Rei takes Fuyumi and Shoto, Enji takes Touya, and in theory also Natsuo, but he moves between to visit his siblings more than any other of the kids.

+2- Fuyumi and Rei train Shoto at a safe and reasonable pace, but they're much better at ice and really have to guess with his fire. For this reason, he rarely uses it, because he just doesn't know how to safely, beyond just keeping his body in balance or lighting little candles.

+3- Fuyumi and Natsuo completely believe Touya's running and planning things to support Natsuo. Only Shoto is pretty sure that's not his motivation and it's to get back at Enji, but he keeps quiet about that.

+4- Rei is very supportive of her children, but more quietly. If she isn't able to get time off during the SF (she's a top tenner ok), she texts her kids pictures of her watching when she can, smiling for them, for them to see later. She hires tutors to ensure Natsuo goes to a great university and medical school. She sends Touya little trinkets that remind her of him. (She doesn't know he burns several of those. Natsuo never tells.)

+5- Fuyumi looks into teaching at UA, since she likes the idea of that as well as loving being a hero and already rising through the ranks (top 30), and is offered a TA job the year that Shoto starts. Surely it'll be way more rewarding and easier than spending a lot of free time dodging marriage proposals or pointed messages from her mother's side of the family! (It is more rewarding. It turns out to not be easier for many, many reasons.)