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The Batcave has a “Do Not Talk To Me” couch. It’s sacred. It’s unspoken. It’s real.

okay so. picture this:

the batcave has one couch. it's in the corner. it’s hideous. it’s like beige or green or something equally offensive to every one of their aesthetics. no one likes the couch.

and that is exactly why it became sacred.

because one night jason just. drops onto it. full gear. bleeding. absolutely done with life. says nothing. doesn’t even take off the helmet. sits there in silence for 3 hours and then leaves.

next week tim uses it. sits there post-mission. face in hands. someone tries to ask if he’s okay and jason throws a batarang at them.

and thus it began.

Rules of the Do Not Talk To Me Couch:

You sit there? No one speaks to you.

You cry? No you didn’t.

You eat cold noodles off your chest at 4 a.m.? That’s sacred time.

If someone tries to comfort you? They are excommunicated for 12 hours.

Dick (sitting on the couch):

Damian: Grayson, are you—

Jason (from across the cave): HE’S ON THE COUCH.

Jason: I don’t make the rules.

Steph: You LITERALLY made the rules.

Jason: And I am the defender of the rules. There’s a difference.

one time damian storms in. covered in blood. absolutely furious. 10/10 rage goblin energy. throws his sword. marches to the couch. sits. arms crossed. steaming.

tim takes one look at him and goes: “i’m making tea.”

jason: “that’s acceptable. tea is allowed. talking is not.”

bonus:

once bruce sits on it.

and the ENTIRE CAVE goes silent.

tim literally freezes mid-typing. cass stops mid-flip. jason just mutters “oh shit.”

they all leave. immediately.

the couch is not ready for bruce.

extra bonus:

alfred vacuums around the couch. never says a word. leaves snacks in a silent offering. once placed a weighted blanket gently on jason’s shoulder. that’s different. he’s allowed.

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the bats in fics: absolutely NO NAMES IN THE MASK. we shall protect our identities with our LIVES. that is the one rule we wont cross no matter how fucked our family dynamics get. it’s our one thing.

dick in the comics to random people he finds in the street: *as nightwing* yeah this fucker his name is JASON PETER TODD and he keeps showing up and killing people and it’s really annoying. i know him because he was my ADOPTED BROTHER. again his name is JASON TODD.

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TOM CRUISE as ETHAN HUNT in MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

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Every Single MI Movie everyone is trying to get shit done while Ethan Hunt is somehow also unknowingly competing for the World's Biggest Sweetheart award. Running around and looking at people with those big green eyes like 'please oh please let's not fight I want everyone to be okayyyyy 🥺" and telling his friends he's literally in love with all of them and being physically unable to not protect people he literally just met and wearing stupid little soft shirts and fun jackets and also grinning ear to ear and making the worst jokes known to mankind and telling everyone 'it's going to be okay it's going to be okay' because he is going to Make it okay because he Can do that. Because he wants to. Because he's in love with the world. Biggest fucking sweetheart ever. I'm ill I'm sick I'm in physical pain thinking about him

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It would be very funny if Arthur Pendragon, the once and future king of England, returned from Avalon to reclaim his throne, only to discover that, as a Catholic, he is legally forbidden from doing so.

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Reblog, click the picture, and prepare for battle.

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“veganism” “intermittent fasting” “minimalism” okay so catholic monks have been doing this forever. they also invented Beer and Champagne

Those Greek philosophers you like? You only know about them and their works because a Catholic monk transcribed it by hand

Universities? The whole liberal arts concept? Monk.

so the next time you enjoy any of these things thank the dudes with the weird haircuts

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@capitalism-and-analytics​

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Favorite priest to watch on YouTube?

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Part of the reason that the ending of Ella Enchanted works so well is that the final command she resists is the voice of temptation. A voice tells her to do something she wants to do more than anything in the world, but that she knows the long run would cause immense harm. Her fight against this is difficult and heroic because she has to fight her own inclinations.

Ella's endured a million commands that force her to do something she doesn't want to do. We see the injustice in that. We don't want her to have to blindly obey. But if the curse was broken by resisting one of those commands, it wouldn't feel nearly as powerful. It would merely be an escalation of what she's already done. She would rebel against authority and do what she wanted to do, which could be good or bad depending on what it is she wants, but it is ultimately self-serving.

Ella's resisting a command that offers her the greatest desire of her heart is heroic because it is self-sacrificial. She is called to obey a voice that is greater than her own desires. This resolution rings so true because it points to ultimate truth. The curse of obedience is broken when she obeys--not the voice of authority, or the voice of temptation, or the voice of her own desires, but the voice of virtue. She breaks the bonds of obedience by choosing to take on the bonds of love.

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so i went to the zoo yesterday and saw the cutest family of otters ever

and then i checked their names

they’re all NAmED aftER fOOD

EXCEPT kEVIN

WHY

WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS

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ok based on @francesderwent’s guess game, here are my top 13 most re-read books…. I have realized I don’t re-read much anymore (mostly because I don’t read much in general anymore alas) but I’m following her rules of one book/series per author - also these aren’t in any particular order:

The Millenial Series — Harry Potter (guessed by @francesderwent(

Intro to Teen Angst for middle school girls 

Cats - Warriors (guessed by @cakeyouareoh)

Lesser Read Book of Famous Author of a book you probably hated in high school

The horse girl books … to me - The Phantom Stallion series by Terri Farley - guessed by @cakeyouareoh)

My OG enemies to lovers AND arranged marriage

Very popular series everyone will likely get with any more of a hint

to the moon

Only beach read romance on here (but like… appropriate) 

Informed my vocabulary for much of middle and high school (and uh maybe still ….)

A modern (ish) hagiography 

How I learned NSW is a place in Australia and not Wales

I decided my favorite flower in high school from this book

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Quill Kips - Earl Grey Tea by Griff

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How to tell if you're in a historical Chinese drama:

(Inspired by this classic!)

Someone offends you unforgivably by calling you by your actual name.

You are preparing for a bloody battle in the rain. Your boots are made of exquisitely embroidered silk duchesse.

Everyone you know is god-tier beautiful. You ignore this.

Significant tea is being poured.

Your soulmate tells you in plain words that they love you. You comically misunderstand what they said, and will keep doing so, because the plot is not over yet.

The only thing more elaborate than the villain's cunning plan is the engineering of your man-bun.

Duels are scored like gymnastics routines. To beat your opponent, try a triple-twisting double tucked salto.

You have been married for thirty years. You have never seen your spouse's wrist.

Sometimes peasants and servants are killed horribly in front of you. It's a normal part of life. The other peasants will presumably take care of the practicalities, such as burial and being upset.

Any injury, including a broken nail, makes you vomit blood.

The year is 400 AD. French tips have been invented.

You're on a moon bridge and you are yearning.

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