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*  hclymcly​   /   BILLY  !

     features  drop  and  there’s  a  quick  .  .  .  was  it  a  pout  ??almost  .  “  sixte  -  -  HUH  .  i’m  twenty  two  ,  actually  .  “  even  if  he  wasn’t  acting  it  .  arms  cross  defensively  over  his  chest  .  “  how  old  are  you  ??  six  billion??  “  so  much  for  keeping  the  peace  . and  it’s  wasted  on  a   horrible  joke  at  that .

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okay, so clark wasn’t  entirely  clueless about  maybe  prickling billy’s ego, but he couldn’t resist it. for the second time, he’s having to hold in the urge to laugh at the boy’s antics. he purses his lips to prevent it, nodding accordingly to billy’s words  – –  much like adults do to a child whose dreams they don’t want to crush.   ❝  twenty-two, huh? good thing you look so young. you’ll be grateful for it when you’re pushing forty and looking thirty. ❞ advises the man, and he finally lets out that chuckle when a joke is said.  ❝  something like that. little under, like four and a half billion. ❞  with greetings done, he asks what he feels like he’s been needing to say to every familiar face he’s met here:  ❝  how did you get to this place, billy? ❞

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*  brutalknight​   /   BRUCE WHINE !

 HE    SEES    CLARK    AND    HIS    HEART    feels    at    ease.    this    dimeson    may    have    the    avengers    but    it    didn’t    have    a    beacon    of    hope    ;    or    if    they    did    ,    it    would    pale    in    comparison.    bruce    greets    clark’s    smile    with    his    own    ,    weaker    but    still    genuine    and    filled    with    as    much    compassion    as    bruce    could    display    upfront.    he    respects    his    decision    to    cut    to    the    chase    ,    clark    knew    him    well    enough.    ❝    beats    me.    ❞    he    starts    ,    ❝    i    have    dick    looking    into    it.    but    i    doubt    he’ll    come    up    with    anything    ,    kids.    ❞    he    mumbles    looking    off    elsewhere.    ❝    with    you    ,    diana    and    myself    we’ll    figure    it    out    soon    enough.    ❞    he    huffs.    ❝    it’s    nice    to    see    you    ,    clark.    ❞

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clark wasn’t one to indulge in complaining much, but he couldn’t resist the urge to vent with someone who would understand it  – –  and more often than not,  bruce  happened to understand him better than most people.   ❝  kon has been here for a while, but i don’t think he’d be much help either.  ❞  he confesses, followed by a sigh that said more than words could.  ❝  i’m glad we’re all here, but it worries me. ❞  if they are all on this side, who is protecting their home?   ❝  and you, bruce. ❞  with a smile creeping up on his lips, clark reaches out and lands his hand on bruce’s shoulder, giving it a squeeze.  ❝ have you installed yourself in this place yet? bought a building to stay at with a super computer? ❞  a pause.   ❝  did your bank account transfer over? ❞

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*  regvlarsized​  /   ANT -  MAN !

  “the  best  way  to  do  cardio.  it’s  fun  trying  to  see  if  a  giant  will  stand  on  you.”  not  really  true.  he  had  been  sleuthing  around  —  but  that  was  a  conversation  for  him  and  hank  pym.  he  was  hoping  that  answer  would  be  enough  ..  he  figured  he  could  probably  get  this  guy  to  talk  about  more  than  what  exactly  he  had  been  doing.  “superman?  cool.”  he  nods,  “i  thought  that’s  what  my  kid  would  have  called  me  when  they  were  growing  up  ..  but  i  guess  when  you’re  locked  up  for  years  and  don’t  get  to  see  her  constantly  …  that  changes.”  he  points  towards  the  cape,  an  approving  nod  accompanying  the  action.  of  course  scott  would  think  capes  were  cool.

      “i’m  scott.”  hand  flies  out  almost  instantly,  wanting  to  greet  the  other  with  a  handshake.  “but  if  we’re  going  with  our  cool  superhero  names    —    ant-man.  i’m  ant-man.”  it  doesn’t  take  him  very  long  to  realise  just  how  lame  his  name  sounds  next  to  freaking  superman..  and  it’s  obvious  with  the  way  his  smile  had  practically  disappeared.  “did  you  choose  your  name?  i  didn’t  choose  mine..  that’s  why  it  sounds  incredibly  boring.”  yeah..  like  that  would  change  anything  scotty…

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clark smiles wide enough to just be short of a chuckle. it was nice to see some fellow suits having a  sense of humour  ,  those weren’t all that common around his parts. well, maybe they were. he’d just been hanging out with  GOTHAMITES too much and got unused to it. still, funny as it was, the answer he was given wasn’t a real one. but no matter. he could try and get it out of this guy soon.  ❝  you think so? thank you.  ❞  the kryptonian says genuinely. the name really could go either way  – –  either make a jerk out of him or actually sound cool.

when this man begins to overshare, clark is sure that people around here did things very differently than back home. while the justice league members would keep their identities close to their chests, these  avengers  and whatnot were very ready to reveal theirs. and whatever trauma came with them, it seemed.  ❝ oh… sorry to hear that. ❞  clark says softly, but sincerely.  ❝  i’m sure there’s still time to work it out with them.  ❞   he offers despite knowing nothing about the situation.  ❝  fatherly bonds are stronger than you’d think. ❞

superman doesn’t hesitate to shake the other’s hand soon as it is proffered to him. a firm, sure and far from bone-crushing shake.  ❝ it’s nice to meet you, scott. or ant-man. ❞  having kept his identity secret his whole life, clark cannot bring himself to introduce himself the way he would like it.  ❝ it’s not a lame name. trust me, i’ve heard worse. where i’m from, we have a kite-man. ❞  no, he didn’t like throwing other people under the bus, but kite-man deserved it.  ❝  no, my – –  ❞  wife. it almost slips out.  ❝  local paper did. it took a few steps to get there, though. at first they called me the red and blue blur because they couldn’t see me properly. but once someone caught a picture of the S on my chest, well… ❞  clark shrugs modestly.  ❝  i know it sounds like i planned for it by wearing this, but i didn’t. it’s just my family’s crest. ❞  why was he explaining himself? this portal was throwing him off his game.

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*  warcried​   /  DIANA PRINCE  !!!

[   👑   ]    𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽𝚃   𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁𝚃𝙴𝚁    𝙵𝙾𝚁   .  .  .    @kentruth​

          diana   could   recognize   that   face   anywhere   ,   ❝   clark   kent   !   ❞   she   shouted   from   across   the   pathway.   quickly   she   approached   him    ❝   still   as   handsome   as   ever   ,   i   see   —   when   the   hell   did   you   even   get   here   ?   ❞   her   excitement   to   see   clark   was   clear   on   her   expression.   to   diana   ,   clark   was   the   lighthouse   of   the   league   and   the   embodiment   of   what   it   meant   to   be   a   hero.   her   admiration   for   him   was   endless   and   she   greatly   valued   the   relationship   they   had.   ❝   my   heart   can   rest   easy   knowing   we’ve   got   a   super   awesome   man   in   town.   ❞   she   teased.   ❝  so.   are   you   going   to   buy   me   a   drink   or   what   ?   ❞

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the mild-mannered reporter was carrying some tension in his features while looking through his surroundings.  it had become a habit in these parts, he was always with the feeling that something was amiss, that he was living through the  calm before a storm.  it was only a matter of time before the thundering began.  when he hears his name, he is startled at first, but recognition dawns on him seconds later.

upon seeing diana, any trace of unpleasantness disappears from his face. he can only wear a welcoming grin and sheer relief in being reunited with such a dear friend.   ❝  diana!  ❞  clark greets her in kind,  pulling her into a warm embrace  (  stronger than he would with most people, knowing she could withstand it ).  ❝  and you are as breathtaking as ever. i don’t know if i should be glad that you’re here, all things considered, but boy am i happy to see you. ❞  he says excitedly, breathing out a relieved sigh.  ❝ lois came through first, so i did what i do and followed her lead.  ❞   he shrugs casually, chuckling after.  ❝  i’d love to buy you a drink. c’mon, there’s a bar down the block. ❞  which he hadn’t walked through yet, but could see and hear quite well from where he stood. ❝ when did you get here? ❞

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ÉDGAR RAMÍREZ as LUIS ROJAS The 355 (2022) dir. Simon Kinberg

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*  spideyrgirl​   /   ANYA CORAZÓN  !

as she jogs through the park, something she enjoyed doing to keep up with everything around her besides being a nice way to take a break mentally from everything that clouds her mind, when the dog nears her. she stops immediately and drops to her knees to be eye level with them, she slowly pets the dog and smiles up at the man as he catches up to them “ hey, oh please is alright, this might be the best thing that happened to me today. ” she jokes and continues to shower the dog with love “ they do that, huh, he is a sneaky boy. he is also a handsome boy. aren’t you ? ” she turns to the dog and scratches behind his ear “ what’s his name ? ” attention turns back to the other.

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clark kent is both relieved and genuinely content that krypto’s presence wasn’t shunned, but instead appreciated.  the dog did have a talent for sniffing out people who could be needing a friendly paw ;  clark is glad to see that the talent wasn’t lost in the strange portal his faithful companion had crossed.   ❝  then i’m happy he found you. ❞  the journalist claims, resting his hands on his hips while watching the woman play with krypto.  ❝  krypto. with a k. no relation to the currency. ❞  these days, it was something that he needed to clarify more and more.  ❝  he seems taken with you. i’m clark. ❞  and so he offers her a hand to shake.

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*  CLOSED  /   ZATANNA !  [  @zvtvnnas​  ]

❝  ZEE !  ❞  it wasn’t just excitement behind his voice, but relief.  clark’s greeting of zatanna had been by far the most enthusiastic reunion he’s had so far, if only because he believed her to be the ideal candidate to know just what the hell was going on here. portals generally happened because of two things  :  technology,  or magic.  having ruled out the first, he is hopeful that zatanna might help illuminate him on the second.  ❝  you won’t believe how good it is to see you, i’m so glad you’re here. ❞  clark says while breathing out, shoulders relaxing as a smile spreads across his lips.  ❝  unless… you’re not here for some nefarious reason, right?  you’re alright?  how are you doing? i should have asked that first. ❞

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*  regvlarsized​   /   ATOM ? 

    he  was  tempted  to  just  spring  up  back  into  his  normal  form  and  punch  the  guy  about  to  stand  on  him,  though  he  resisted.  this  was  always  fun  -  freaking  people  out  because:  when  did  they  ever  see  someone  so  small?  it  totally  wasn’t  a  normal  thing  at  all.  that  was  until,  he  heard  the  other’s  words.  scott  is  quick  to  press  the  button  on  his  suit,  immediately  transforming  back  into  his  usual,  normal  size  self.  “atom?”  he  questioned,  brows  furrowing.  “i  am  not  atom..  i  have  a  lot  of  them  inside  me  though.”  that  is  until  he’s  pointing  at  the  other,  accusatory  in  every  sense  of  the  word.  “shouldn’t  i  be  asking  that?  you  almost  STOOD  on  me.”

      he  could  tell  there  was  a  certain  air  about  the  other  though..  something  about  him  screamed  superhero  …  which  honestly  wasn’t  all  that  surprising  with  everything  going  on.  “i’ll  tell  you  my  name  once  you  tell  me  yours.”

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having identified this man’s suit as something  similar  to that of his friend  atom (  x-ray vision helped him distinguish the composition, though there were elements foreign to him still. clark has half a mind to bring it up to the  WATCHTOWER  before remembering that there was no such thing in this world  )  he is not surprised when he grows to his full size. it looked every bit like he was expecting it, in fact.   ❝  hey, you and me both, pal.  ❞  superman counters in a manner that batman had once called  annoyingly amicable.  

❝ i guess you’ve got a point, but you were sneaking around a bit more.  ❞   he is inherently calm, the way only an indesctrutible man could be.  ❝  i’m superman. ❞  he doesn’t boast the name so much as reveal it casually. the  S  on his chest and the red cape were usually an indicator of his identity, but this was a different world.  he still hadn’t decided if he liked not being known or not.   ❝  and you are?  ❞

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*  CLOSED   /   HARLEY  ! [  @haharleys​  ] 

❝  i’m not here to fight you.  ❞  the man in blue tells her promptly, holding up both his hands in truce.  SUPERMAN descends to the ground slowly, landing on both his feet right before the woman.  ❝  just wanna make sure you’re alright. ❞  an unusual thing for a hero to do with a known villain, but he’d never really operated in ways that were expected.  ❝  if you’re here, it means you went through that portal, right? how has that been working out for you? everything good? i haven't heard any news of anyone going on rampants with a baseball bat, so i'm assuming you've been on good behavior.  ❞

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*  hclymcly​   /   BILLY BATSON  !

.  🗲  ˚ . ›  𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒔𝒐𝒏   ∕  ft .  𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚝 !!

 “  look  ,  i’m  just  saying  ,  @kentruth​  ,  i’ve  been  working  out  and  stuff  .“    billy  lifts  and  drops  shoulders  in  a  shrug  .  “  so  ,  i’m  like  .  .  .  hella  strong  now  .  and  fast  .  honestly  ,  probably  faster  than  you  .  “  smug  look  on  features  and  arms  cross  too  confidently  over  his  chest  .

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clark does his best to not show how  adorable  he finds the boy’s attempt at  …  was it peacocking ?  something to that effect, surely.  despite his efforts, he can’t hide the smile curling his lips   – – –   just short of a chuckle.   ❝  i can see that. ❞  encourages the man, much like he would his son when he was around ten.   ❝ i don’t doubt you might be, buddy. you’re really grown. how old are you now, sixteen? ❞

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*  CLOSED   /    BRUCE  . [  @brutalknight​   ] 

❝  i knew you wouldn’t take you long to show up.  ❞   strange portal popping up out of nowhere and seemingly taking every superhero in their home to another dimension?  there was  no doubt  in his mind that bruce would be on top of it sooner or later.  clark greets his old friend with a  warm smile that he knows it will be deemed  too warm,  and resists the urge to open up his arms and pull bruce into an embrace just because it will likely irritate him   – – –   well, he resists it for now at least.   ❝  any clue of what’s happening here yet? me and lois have been doing some digging, but only came up empty.  ❞

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*  damvges​   /   CONNER KENT : 

               𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃  𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐒  𝐔𝐏  at  the  shout  of  his  name  ,  there  was  no  mistaking  that  voice  .  one  all  too  familiar  ,  because  it  had  been  an  octave  lower  than  his  own  .  

oh  no  ,  this  could  not  be  happening  .  not  now  .  not  EVER  .

conner  wastes  no  time  ,  shifting  out  of  his  bed  with  a  swiftness  ,  towel  slung  around  his  naked  body  as  he  grabs  the  arm  of  the  blonde  he’d  scored  the  night  before  .   ❝   look  ,  i  am  so  sorry  but  —   STAY  RIGHT  HERE  .    ❞   kon  shoves  the  girl  into  his  bedroom  closet  with  nothing  more  than  her  tshirt  and  a  pair  of  his  shorts  .  boy  wrestles  his  way  into  a  pair  of  boxers  before  weaseling  out  into  the  living  space  of  casa  de  el  .  how  was  it  possible  ?   had  everyone  they’d  known  entered  this  world  ?  and  .  .  .  why  had  jon  given  their  PARENTS  their  address  ?  well  ,  this  is  embarrassing  ,  if  there  was  anything  kon-el  was  great  at  ,  it  was  playing  it  cool  .  arm  slings  against  the  wall  ,  casual  as  ever  standing  half  naked  in  front  of  a  nicki  minaj  tapestry  .

❝   CLARK  ,  hey  !  actually  .  .  .  that’s  a  half  eaten  tuna  sub  i  had  a  week  ago  .  jon’s  on  trash  duty  ,  not  me  .      ❞

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NONE OF THIS  should actually be surprising to clark, considering that this was kon. but even for him, this was too much. how long had he been in this world that he had not only found himself a bachelor pad directly from the pits of hell, but got the time to make sure it was rotten enough to make it seem like it hadn’t been properly cleaned in twenty years?  maybe kon-el was the possessor of a singular kryptonian gift that clark never had :  super chaos.

clark’s posture doesn’t change from that of the scowling father that he was. affront burning in his eyes, hands on his hips and an unrelenting disposition.  ❝ is someone else in here?  ❞  he asks, already knowing the answer. all it takes is a glance in the direction conner had come from for clark to see his companion through the walls.  ❝  you put a girl in your closet? seriously?!  ❞  never mind the cleaning duty, he’d get to that later.  ❝ let her change into her clothes and send her out. what are you thinking? pull it together! go back in there and put on some clothes too, i'm not having this conversation with you in a towel. go on!  ❞

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édgar ramírez as luis rojas ↳ the 355 (2022)

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Morning in the Kent Farm

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I simply do not vibe with my father

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*  CLOSED  /  @spideyrgirl​​

Spending the afternoon at the dog park seemed like as peaceful a time as any. With so much going on, so much changing, Clark welcomed the reprieve that Krypto provided. Welcomed it too much, in fact. Enough to let his guard down when he plops onto a park bench and lets go of the dog’s leash to rub away the fatigue from his eyes. It only took a second. He’d left it right by his side. But when his eyes open and he reaches for it again, Krypto’s already sprinted away from him.  “Shoot. Krypto!”  Clark shouts, chasing after the dog. He catches up to him just as he’s found some poor innocent person to sniff on. “Hi! Sorry! He’s very harmless, I promise.”  Assures the reporter, pretending that he has to catch up his breath as he grabs a hold of the pet’s leash again.  “He got away from me for a sec back there. Sneaky boy.”