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Bruce dropped out of medical school and as much as he tries to hide it, his kids all find out. Ofcourse they never let him live it down after that

Emo 21-year-old Bruce: You're not my father, Alfred!

Alfred: Quite right. I have a medical degree, and you don't.

Bruce:

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Dick: Hey I'm dropping out of Gotham University

Bruce: What? You're quitting college halfway?! Unacceptable, you cannot just give up on your engineering degree-

Dick: I did not just hear the failed doctor say that

Bruce:

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Bruce, fuming: You left my side tonight to go and gallivant around with harley quinn? A villain?

Steph: So what if she's a villain, Bruce? Atleast the villain has a doctorate.

Bruce:

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Bruce, bandaging Duke's wound because Alfred was busy: There, all done

Duke: Woah, didn't expect that from a college dropout

Bruce:

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Bruce: Stop ignoring my orders in the field! You need to listen, I have more experience-

Jason, as red hood, with his PhD in English: Which one of us actually has a Dr in front of their name?

Bruce:

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Tim: So I'm dropping out of high school

Bruce: You too?! First Dick and now you?!

Tim: No, first it was you, then Dick, and now me

Bruce:

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Bruce: Damian, your recent report card indicates you're falling behind in Biology

Damian: Tt. Must run in the family, then.

Bruce:

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Girl, you made me giggle. How can I ever repay you?

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Be careful what you believe in.

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and when they both died, they met at the Hanged Man, and she was teaching the Fade spirits to cheat in the Wicked Grace heavily inspired by @tethrawke's Hope and Dream which i LOVED!!! the fic ever. always thinking about it. nobody does it like her.

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Hi, could you explain what you mean by the virginity themes you mentioned in the tags of this post? https://www.tumblr.com/limerental/755084499303497728/tumblr-does-not-do-well-with-interpreting-cycle-of?source=share

I only recently finished the books and ended up feeling really mixed abt Mistle/Ciri's relationship, and honestly didn't know what to make of it aside from the obvious. I think hearing other people's thoughts about it might help me parse my own.

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So that tag was a little bit unrelated to the subject of the post in question and more about Sapkowski's intentions overall. As he says in that quoted interview, Ciri/Mistle exists as a subversion of expectations within the fantasy genre, which is basically the entire shtick of the Witcher books. Every way you think that a traditional fairytale fantasy story should play out veers off in the opposite direction.

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So yeah, I think Ciri remaining a "virgin" (as in, has not had sex with a man) by the end of the books is one of those subversions. Ciri's continued (unlikely) virginity is rehashed over and over. Ihuarraquax appears to her in the desert, paired with the mid-chapter blurb about virgin unicorn hunters. Mistle interrupts Kayleigh. Death interrupts Hotspurn. Impotence interrupts Auberon. Vilgefortz's intentions divorce reproduction from sexuality.

Only when Ciri escapes the cycle of the story at the end does that stop. Or at least it's implied by her sexual feelings toward Galahad. At that point, she's run off into a whole different genre where the brave young knight finds and woos a maiden, the grail, etc. There are different rules and expectations in her epilogue than her previous life.

I'm not going to say I enjoy the focus on virginity in Ciri's story, especially given the heteronormative idea of what "counts" as sex or not, but it's very omnipresent in the story and can give you a better idea of what Sapkowski was potentially going for when he included Ciri's relationship with Mistle.

He certainly wasn't attempting to add queer representation to the genre out of a desire for more diversity. I dislike seeing the Witcher series on lists of "fantasy books with queer characters" for that reason. They do have multiple queer characters but Philippa's political lesbianism and Triss' one-off mention of sex with women and Ciri's struggle with sexuality don't really add up to a queer book series.

So yeah, I can't really help you parse Ciri/Mistle necessarily. It's understandable to feel uncomfortable about it, because that's part of the intention. Ciri's whole story isn't meant to be comfortable.

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Elaboration time: SVSSS AU where Airplane Bro is given the choice between the role of Shang Qinghua and an “original role” (he’s not high-ranking enough, according to the System, to get a better role). Airplane Bro is of course like, “Shang Qinghua?! Fuck, no! That role sucks! I don’t want to die!”

So, he gets the “original role”, which means he just transmigrates in as himself, as an adult, and the System of course gives zero support. Airplane Bro gets to be like, “Oh, boy! I’m homeless in my own fantasy world! Fuck!”

Airplane Bro is a resourceful little bastard, so he manages to survive and create a living for himself. I like the idea of Airplane Bro actually managing to become a merchant and inventor. I also like the idea of Airplane Bro striking a deal with the An Ding Peak Lord, who takes a chance on this dirty man saying wild shit because why not, and becomes a sort of consultant / researcher for Cang Qiong Mountain Sect in exchange for 1) money, and 2) learning how to cultivate. It’s not exactly a stable living, but it’s interesting and it is a living!

Maybe Airplane Bro forms a connection with Original Shang Qinghua, because the System just dumped him in the vicinity of the Shang family, and Airplane Bro feels some “bro, I am SO GLAD that I am not you” guilt over the kid. It’s not like an Uncle-Nephew relationship, it’s more of a “Weirdo Friend Of Family and Long-Suffering Son Of Family With Great Ambitions” situation, but it compels Airplane Bro to be in the area when Original Shang Qinghua is an An Ding disciple and on a mission, and ends with Airplane Bro accidentally intercepting an injured Mobei-Jun before he can meet the An Ding disciples.

So, Airplane Bro meets Mobei-Jun when he is fifty-ish, probably forty-seven-ish at the youngest. He’s an “immortal” cultivator now thanks to desperate hard work and possibly some cheats, but it took a while and so he looks his age.

Continua a leggere

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Breaking gender conformity in my corporate nightmare enclosure, for enrichment.

(Bonus art here)

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early morning yennskier fic idea of the day is just a universe swapping fic where a Jaskier that has been in a serious romantic relationship with yennefer since the djinn incident gets flung into the Netflix witcherverse pre dragon hunt and everyone seems much less shocked about the dimension hopping and two Jaskiers thing than "wait wait wait... you and Yennefer?!"

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the sillies

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Beast Tamer Wife AU.

Shen Yuan transmigrates into a wife and starts fighting for Luo Binghe's favor. Not for the sex or the prestige or anything. Those are nice but not as nice as the beasts that Luo Binghe brings back sometimes. He needs those.

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mimi on liam, the show, and filming the 4th season (via metro):

"There was a long lead up between hearing who was joining us and actually first day on set. [Liam spent that time] training with the stunts team. When I see the work that that he’s been doing? Wow, what big shoes to step into; number one."

The 33-year-old star is full of praise for her new co-star as she emphasises how that isn’t an easy move ‘for anybody’ and the cast did their best to make Liam feel ‘welcome’. "I think sometimes [with] actors, particularly at his level, we can forget the human. This human that’s also really nervous, the human that’s also like, “I’ve got a big job”, you know? Don’t let go of the fact that this is a massive job. It’s a massive platform. Those are big shoes, and he’s going to come with all of his feelings about that too."

"There was almost a bit of a giddy energy when we had our first read-through. It was like “Is it real?” It was incredible."

The Witcher has a similar ‘safe space’ friendly ethos, with the cast bombarding their group WhatsApp with fun pictures from shoots. Mimî actually almost deleted the chat after the cast filmed the ballroom scene, which Fringilla was not part of, because the ‘fomo’ was so intense.

She teases that season four will dive into ‘intimate parts’ of the characters and their relationships, bringing a ‘new energy’ to the show. Fans can expect to see the sorceress return to the fray, with Mimî joking she has ‘spent about two seasons in a dungeon in darkness.’

"We’re going towards the final storylines, there’s a lot more of a collective feel. These last two seasons kind of work as one really long season. When we did our final episode of season four, we did two slightly different variations because we don’t know where the season’s gonna end yet."

Mimî promises a ‘gorgeous’ season which she is ‘really proud’ of and hopes new Geralt, Liam, is too. Excitedly she tells us: "I think it will be a great watch. I hope you guys agree with me. I know I’m so biased because my heart is wrapped up in this show."

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another day another rarepair

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I think it would be fun to do a "character swaps with older version of themselves" fic with Moshang. A post-canon Mobei-Jun who has been happily married for a while (probably at least 50 years old) accidentally touches some plot device artifact and time travels, swapping places with his 20ish-year-old self. Older MBJ wakes up in head disciple Shang Qinghua's bed where his younger self had been napping.

Younger MBJ lands in his own palace, where he is quickly found and fawned over by Older SQH, who can't help but think this MBJ is so cute. The System quickly confirms for Shang Qinghua that this situation has been sorted into a "multiple timelines" thing, so SQH doesn't have to worry about "protecting the timeline" by doing anything like hiding the fact that he's MBJ's husband. (So, there's an alternate timeline younger version of Airplane Bro now? He's just going to... ignore having an existential crisis about it. Yeah.)

Which is great because Older MBJ would not have thought about this at all as a potential issue. Older MBJ also thinks Younger SQH (Younger Airplane Bro) is incredibly cute and has no problem informing him that they're married in the future. Younger Airplane Bro is trying to figure what the fuck is happening, but he's having trouble thinking over the sound of how MBJ only became hotter: MBJ didn't get much taller, but he did get wider, heavier, more muscular, and hairier. Holy shit. Older MBJ doesn't even have any problems passionately kissing Younger SQH just to prove that they're married. And he smiles! He's so gentle and communicative! Comparatively!

("Luo Binghe is the Demon Emperor in my time," Older MBJ says. "Ah? Who's Luo Binghe?" Younger Airplane Bro lies very badly. "Hmmm, so you did know," Older MBJ says, and then makes some comment about LBH's husband that makes Younger SQH go, "HIS WHAT NOW?!")

Younger MBJ is trying to be cool, not really confused or scared, and Older SQH spoils him rotten by showing off the home that they're made together and how well the palace works to serve and defend MBJ. Linguang-Jun can't show up here because SQH will light him on fire if he shows his face. Younger MBJ doesn't even really like his SQH yet and is also struggling with how good Older SQH looks: a little taller, broader, relaxed and easygoing, answering all of his questions and explaining important things to him, dressed like a beloved demon lord's spouse, efficiently ordering everyone around. "Call me Gege," Older Shang Qinghua said with a wink, and it went straight to Younger MBJ's defenseless heart; he is developing new kinks immediately. Help him.

In the end, after a few days at most, they manage to switch Older and Younger MBJ back without too much issue. Older SQH is a little annoyed that his husband kissed an alternate timeline version of himself, but mostly because he sure would have liked that experience when he was only a disciple! Okay, SQH may have pet Younger MBJ's head and pinched his cheeks and hugged him and brushed his hair a little and shamelessly lavished him with good examples of human affection, but it's not the same!!!

Younger MBJ and Younger SQH in the alternate timeline are left in SQH's tiny head disciple house, completely flustered, sitting next to each other and barely able to look at each other. What. The. Fuck. Eventually, Shang Qinghua manages to say, "Uh, do you want to make out?" at the same time that Mobei-Jun says, "We should get married as soon as possible. Tomorrow."

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all these news about rampaging Orcas has got me thinking about Mobigdick-jun and his emotional support selkie.

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notes and breakdown of my shang qinghua design

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blueberry ass nipple