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also, i think its so fun to read cristina and mark so confused and out of their depth while kieran is like:

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Michael: Oh, so when crows remember people who wronged them and hold grudges, its “intelligent” and “really cool”.

Michael: But when I do it, I’m “petty” and “need to let it go”.

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POV: You're a gothamite and interrupted their little batfamily chit-chat session.

Art by Dylan Burnett (Instagram: @dylrburnett)

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i like to think that at the league of assassins jason used to get so bored of having no access to media/tv that he would just compensate by singing excessively every theme tune/pop culture song he knew whenever he was working/training, which means damian probably knew all these pop culture references already when he got to gotham, except when tim puts on the tv and he hears a popular ad jingle play during commercials he doesn’t get a fun ‘oh haha i recognise that tune’ moment instead its him hearing an ed sheeran song and having a rapid war flashback to watching jason viscerally rip the heads off a group of about 20 men attempting to harm damian while dancing and singing fucking Starlord, Guardians of the Galaxy style.

dick, humming as he makes toast: dontcha’ know, i’m still standin, betta than i eva did~

damian, experiencing both nostalgia and confusion at the same time: why are you singing a battle cry? we are in the kitchen.

tim: did you just call one of the songs from the Sing soundtrack a fucking battle cry?

damian:

damian: what’s Sing.

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Blackjack @ Percy: You save me boss,I'll now help you whenever 😌

Tempest @ Jason: Man,kid got spunk managed to wrestle me down like that. Yeah sure I'll continue be his stead I guess.

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Everything is bearable if you romanticize it enough. Yesterday I was drinking alone, I felt miserable that I'm becoming what I fear. What did I do? I rolled a cigarette, went out in the middle of the night and sat on the concrete while drinking and smoking. I imagined I was in an indie film and people would die to be me.

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Captured Sunlight

Ship: Solangelo

Au:Fantasy (Prince Nico and Fae/Fairy Will)

Ao3 Link

TW: Mentions of past neglect/dehumanization

“What is this?”

Nico scowled at the noble standing before them, seeming to not notice one bit how disinterested any of the royals seemed at the offerings he brought to them.

“A gift Your Highness! Sunfae from above Hyperborea!” The noble bowed as he motioned to the covered cage his servant held.

Nico bit back a sharp comment,if it had been just a bird of some sort that would have been fine, but surely this noble wasn't serious?

“What's Sunfae?” Hazel, Nico's younger sister, leaned over and whispered. Her eyes focused on the noble in confusion.

“Beings that supposed to be extinct.” Nico whispered back, trying to keep his head held up. Despite his father and stepmother clearly also being disinterested in the boastful noble, he knew that had to keep up appearances for political reasons. Zeus had a tendency to complain when nobles from his kingdom weren't given proper respect. Really, Nico preferred it when his cousins would come along instead. It was much more simple to respect Jason or Thaila than it was Zeus' courtiers.

“We appreciate the gifts,Lord Minos.” Nico's father said, almost through gritted teeth. “I'm sure you're tired from your travels. Alecto,please guide them to their quarters for their stay.”

Alecto,one of the captains of the royal guard,glared at Minos before motioning him and his servants to follow her out of the throne room.

Once he was gone, Nico turned to his father.

“Surely he wasn't serious.” Nico scowled, looking towards the still covered cage. Whoever or whatever was in it hadn't made a sound.

“Sadly,I have a feeling he was.” Hades sighed.

“If it is shouldn't we free it-” Bianca, Nico's older sister, started.

“I'm afraid it wouldn't be good to do so.” Persephone, Nico's step mother and the queen, sighed. “It would be dangerous. Caring for it here will be safer.”

Nico wasn't sure how to feel about that, really didn't he know what to make of Minos at all. The noble used to be his tutor,but that was cut down quickly after an incident Nico tried not to think about. Zeus was upset,mainly because Nico had kicked Minos' groin during said incident,but Persephone didn't even give him much of a chance to get an answer from Nico's father before chewing the King of Olympia out.

Afterwards, Nico avoided Lord Minos whenever he was sent to their kingdom. He found it suspicious that Minos would give anything to him like this.

“I'll keep an eye on them then.”Nico said about the supposed Sunfae. He couldn't help but admit he was curious,if Minos was being honest it certainly was rare to see a race believed to be extinct.

“Can be done then.” Hades nodded to one of the guards.

“Will you bring this to his quarters, be careful.”

Reyna,a guard most trusted around Nico, dipped her head, carefully she picked up the covered cage,a soft sound could be heard from within as she did, before heading out of the throne room.

Nico watched her go, feeling uneasy.

Dinner went by fast, of course the nobles joined which only made it awkward.

Bianca leaned over to Nico, whispering so Lord Minos couldn't hear.

“Queen Persephone looks like she's about to punch him.” She whispered, trying to hide a grin.

Nico snorted, “Considering I believe she's close to Lady Ariadne, I don't blame her.”

He poked at his food, which didn't go unnoticed by either of his sisters.

“Are you thinking about the fae?” Hazel asked quietly.

Nico's face scrunched up.

“I don't even know what they look like yet.” He said. “Or if they speak English.”

“Don't stress it too much.” Bianca said. “The queen was right,he's safer in your hands than where Minos and others could grab him again.”

That felt like a lot of pressure, but at the same time…

“You're right.” Nico sighed.

“Of course I'm right, I'm your big sister.” Bianca grinned in return.

After dinner Nico excused himself and slipped away from the others towards his chambers.

He entered his room quietly, closing the door behind him before letting out a sigh.

He kicked off his boots(not princely like, but whatever),threw his overcoat over a chair before going and collapsing into his bed with a groan.

He laid like that for a moment, before remembering events from earlier. Immediately his stomach twisted as he sat up at the edge of his bed, looking towards the still covered cage. Still no noise came from it,part of him feared that the fae wasn't even still alive. He chided himself, he should've had it checked over first.

Better do so now rather than later.

Nico got up, going over to his desk. He felt himself listening for any noise he could hear. He could make out faint breathing, that was good. Still, he didn't want to frighten the little thing.

“Alright, gonna check on you. Okay? Don't freak out on me.”

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Will was freaking out.

He had been the last couple weeks. He honestly didn't know how he had the energy to keep doing so.

It was his own fault. He'd been too slow, he knew better than to give a human or sorcerer a chance to catch him. He could've been faster, he *should've* been faster.

He hardly remembered much of the whole ordeal, the king that he was first brought too hardly gave him a second glance. He had the noble who's servant had caught him do as he wished.

Will didn't want to think about it anymore. He knew humans were dangerous, his parents(especially his father) had hardly anything good to say. Still, he rather had gone without experiencing it himself.

Will didn't remember exactly when they'd begun to move him. They kept the small semi domed cage he was in covered almost at all times. The only light he'd really seen in the past couple weeks had been dim candle light. He missed the sun. Painfully so, in the very meaning of the word.

When they stopped finally, he heard voices. More humans, what were they gonna do to him now?

He shook, curling up on the cold floor of the cage. Maybe if he stayed quiet they'd forget he was there. A foolish hope for a chance at freedom.

When he started to be moved again he let out a squeak, curling up more. He just hardly noticed when they stopped, and he was in complete silence.

Will carefully raised his head, his breathing shaky. Where was he now? The place he'd been kept in before had a certain echo and chill to it. A place more of work for the human he supposed. Yet, where he was now? Seemed warmer, less breeze or echo. He wasn't sure if that was a good sign or not. It wasn't fresh air, yet it wasn't cold and damp either.

When the door opened , and dim candle light flooded the room again, Will froze. The fae perked his ears to listen. He heard whoever just entered moving around, the candle light seeping through the edges from the bottom of the cage and the fabric covering it.

The candle must been placed close by. He thought.

He heard the creaking of a bed and a groan. His mind tried to think on what to do, this had to be someone new.

Had they mentioned a prince at some point? Maybe one of the other humans mentioned it before the move.

Still. He didn't know them, or what he wanted with Will.

He heard movement, making him freeze again. He pressed himself against the cold floor of the cage, his tail curled around himself as he flittered his wings. He saw just barely the shadow of someone moving in front of the cage, he was shaking.

“Alright, gonna check on you. Okay? Don't freak out on me.”

A voice, a kind voice speaking to him.

One much too kind.

When the fabric covering the cage was pulled up, Will hissed, keeping himself pressed to the ground as candle light flooded around him. He narrowed his eyes, trying to adjust to the light.

“Goodness sake.” Will's hair stood on end as he heard the human speak under his breath.

He squeaked when the human opened the caged and reached his hand in. Will backed up, his ears going back as he prepared for the human to grab him.

To his surprise, the prince instead opened out his hand palm up. He seemed to make no attempt to grab Will.

“I'm not going to hurt you.” The prince said. “I want to help you.”

Will frowned, help him? Why? Was he just trying to gain Will's trust? He wasn't sure.

His stomach twisted, he never wanted to be with his brothers any more than he did now.

The prince sighed when Will didn't respond.

“You can't understand me, can you?” He said quietly.

Will huffed, his tail lashing back and forth. He went to move farther back, not that he could go far, before breaking into a coughing fit. He heaved,his legs felt weak, he really wasn't in the state to fight if the human tried anything.

“Hey-” Will tensed as he felt the human cup his hand behind Will when he stumbled back. “Easy…just- i know you don't trust me, but I swear I'm trying to help you.” The prince's voice made his head spin. “Let me help you, instead of chancing getting worse.”

Will hesitated, his shoulders tensed. What else was he supposed to do? He knew he wasn't in the shape to get out on his own.

He let out an exhausted breath before falling back into the human's hand. He expected to be grabbed in the way the other human would, instead the Prince scooped him up gently in his hands before bringing him out from the cage.

“There…” The human said, sounding...relieved?

Will let out a whimper, keeping his eyes shut right. He could still feel the prince's eyes bore into him, he felt like a caught mouse.

After what felt like a few moments to long, the human let out a sigh.

“A bit bruised, but mostly pretty weak,…” The prince said, more to himself. “Oh course Minos couldn't even be bothered to do the bare minimum for someone he had captured, could he?”

The prince sounded angry, making Will's hair stand on end. Minos was the other human, wasn't he? Was the prince actually angry at how Will was treated?

He shuddered, before weakly opening his eyes to finally get a better look at the human he was now at the mercy to.

Immediately the twisted feeling in his stomach turned to butterflies. He hated to be thinking it, but the prince was hauntingly beautiful. Almost angelic.

Dark, shaggy black hair,he looked focused, his eyebrows knitted together and his deep dark brown eyes trained on Will. Despite how cornered he'd felt, he couldn't help but find some odd comfort in those eyes. The Prince's hands were at least softer and less boney than Minos’.

“Here.” The prince's voice snapped him out of his daze as he felt himself being moved again. Feeling solid ground as he was placed on what seemed to be a desk or dresser that the cage had been on.

Will frowned,immediately having to sit down when he was placed, his head spinning as he struggled not to throw up. Not like he had anything to throw up.

After another moment the prince came back, with what looked to be a tiny container with water and a pomegranate seed in his hands.

“I don't know if you eat fruit but- kinda all I got to offer right now…” The human said. “Fruit is the only thing we can keep in the rooms snack wise.”

Will blinked,processing what was being offered to him as he carefully took the water first. His nose scrunched up, a thought passed off worry it might've been poisoned, but at the point he was at it didn't really seem to matter.

He was more thirsty than he thought, it didn't take long to down the whole thing. It almost made him throw up, drinking so fast, but he managed not to.

The human didn't say much as he took the empty container from him and handed him the pomegranate seed.

Will stared at it in his still shaky hands, he was still nauseous, but he knew it'll just get worse if he didn't eat.

He started to slowly nibble on the seed,using his fangs to pierce into it.

The prince seemed to let out a relieved sigh when Will began to eat. Will kept a close eye on the human as he moved a cushion stool closer to the dresser and sat down in front of Will. Will caught the prince's deep eyes again, chiding himself for how easily he looked to them. How beautiful he was finding the human in general. Had his capture been getting to him?

“Nico, by the way.” The prince said. “Figured you'd like to know.”

Will blinked, the name repeating in his mind. The other human never told him his name, he had to learn it from hearing others say it. The prince- Nico- gave it so casually.

“Don't have to tell me yours I guess, just-”

“Will.”

Nico stopped, looking at Will in surprise, like he actually didn't think he'd say anything. Will felt tense, maybe he should've just kept his mouth shut.

“Will.” Nico repeated, “Fits you.”

Will tried to ignore the butterflies in his stomach when the prince said his name, taking a shaky breath. Fits him? Did the prince mean that as a compliment? He really couldn't tell with humans.

Still, the look Nico seemed to give Will made him think it was a compliment,it seemed kind enough.

Will didn't respond,however,instead continuing to nibble on the seed. He still felt nervous about the eyes on him, but he ignored it.

Nico fiddled his ring before sighing softly.

“Look, I'm gonna ask few questions to make sense of this- you can answer or not, not pressure for any of this, but might as well try-”

Will blinked,frowning slightly at Nico. He wasn't sure what the prince meant by questions, he wasn't sure if they would be bad or not. The other human asked a lot of questions, though never actually expecting a response. Really, he was more likely to just ignore Will's responses.

“You're sunfae,right?” Nico asked,tilting his head. “Probably dumb question by Minos isn't what I'd call most honest…”

Will nodded, shifting around as he finished eating what he could.

“Right.” Nico nodded. He looked to the cage,a cold look flashed in his eyes for a moment before he looked back at Will.

“He didn't hurt you too much why you were there, did he?” The prince said, “You clearly weren't cared for at all, that's obvious, but he didn't actively hurt you did he?”

Will frowned slightly, looking down for a moment. He wasn't sure how to answer, some of it blended together. He tried to think, his mind foggy.

“You don't have to answer.” Nico said curtly. “Just-”

“He handled me roughly.” Will's rasped out. “Careless, but never actively hurt me.”

Nico blinked, seemingly taken aback by Will talking again.

“Ah.” He said. “Sounds about like him.”

Will flittered his wings nervously, giving the cage a weary glance before looking down at his hands.

*Maybe this prince really means well…* He thought.

“Your home…he said ‘above Hyperborea’?” Nico tilted his head. “Weird way to describe it-”

“Delos.” Will breathed, the words almost caught in his throat.

“Delos? That's jus-” The prince stopped before sighing. “No, yeah that makes sense.”

Will curled his tail around himself, unsure what to make of that reaction. He didn't expand on it though, mainly because of how much he missed home. His siblings cuddled close to him on cold nights, the feeling of the sun on his wings and skin..

“Hey- Hey- I didn't mean to–” Nico seemed to stop as Will felt tears fall down his cheeks,exhaustion returning to him again.

“It fine-” Will mumbled out,sniffing and whipping away his tears that glowed faintly. His body making up for how dehydrated he still somewhat was by pulling from his already dangerously low magical essence even for tears. He just hardly noticed however.

He took a steady breath, looking back up to realized the prince was staring in almost shock.

“Your te- nevermind.” Nico shook his head. “Again, you don't have to answer any of these. I'm just trying to make sense of everything.”

“Why?” Will rasped, ears going back. “Why does it matter to you?

He hadn't meant to sound so accusatory, but it was hard not to in the state he was in.

“Why?” Nico frowned. “I meant it when I said I'm trying to help.” He said. “I want to help you get your energy back. I don't blame you if you don't trust me or whatever, but I am being honest there.”

Will narrowed his eyes, his brain too foggy to properly tell if he really was being honest or not. Still…what choice did he have? Suppose he could stay quiet but if the prince intended to hurt him he was gonna do it either way.

“You're odd.” Will managed out bluntly,his throat hurt.

Nico scoffed, “I've heard that before, but why do you think so?”

Will shrugged, “Humans typically don't care this much. No matter what form we're in.”

Nico frowned, “Excuse me-form?”

Oh. Will hadn't thought about the fact a human wouldn't know that. At least, Minos seemed to know.

“I don't always have to be this size.” Will said. “It's less exhausting to hold than our common form.”

“Common..i'm guessing that's closer to my size?” Nico raised a brow.

“Actually,I might be even taller than you in my common form.” Will smirked, he wasn't sure if teasing the human was smart, but he couldn't help it.

The prince's face actually looked to redden when he thought about it, Will wasn't sure why.

“Right…well you can't shift now can you?”

Will shook his head, “Too weak. Sun starved and all that.”

Nico stopped,a realization seemed to flash on his face. “Did you say sun starved?”

“Uh- yeah.” Will cough,shuddering. “We thrive off the sun. I thought you humans knew that? You seemed to like using it against us.”

Again, Will sounded more bitter than he meant to. He just was so tired.

Nico went quiet for a bit,as if processing what he heard. Will felt his hair stand on end, maybe he should've kept quiet. Instinctively he moved back away from the prince and the edge of the desk. He wasn't sure what was going through the human's mind, but he learned silence wasn't always good from humans…

He flinched when Nico got up and moved, his breath caught in his throat as Nico grabbed the cage. He kept a steady eye on him as he moved it to another corner of the room and tossed it down. Will jumped as it hit the floor with a bit of a clang.

“We won't need that.” The prince sounded almost bitter,Will wished he knew what was going through his mind. The prince's eyes seemed darker now, what upset him so much? Was it Will?

Will watched as Nico took a steady breath before seeming to make sure his door was locked before heading back to Will.

“I'm not usually much for sunshine,but we'll try go out tomorrow. There's a few gardens around.” He said.

Will swallowed, the prince was standing up again reminding Will just how much bigger he truly was than Will in this form. He just gave a weak nod in response,unable to say a word.

Nico frowned, before sighing softly. He lowered himself to be more eye level, Will wasn't sure if that was better or not.

“I don't trust Minos not to…do something stupid.” Nico scowled. “I don't want you to be uncomfortable,but it might be best you sleep close to me until I can get you somewhere better…and Minos leaves again.”

Will wasn't sure what to think about that, it made sense he supposed. He wasn't 100% sure he trusted the prince, but it was better than chancing being taken by the other human again.

He gave a small nod, glancing towards the door before back at Nico.

The prince moved to place his hand out for Will, something about the gesture sent a warm feeling through him. Nico held himself in a respectful manner. His other hand behind his back as he leaned to give Will easier room to climb onto his hand on his own. He didn't just grab Will, something Will had grown used to expecting.

Hesitantly, Will climbed onto Nico's hand and settled. He nearly squeaked when Nico started to move, it was lot different being held by humans than flying on one's own. He was unsure if he'd ever get use to it.

Nico moved to his bed, setting up one of his pillows to the side before grabbing a small cloth and placing it over it. He then carefully set Will down on the pillow before moving to get into the bed on the other side.

“Best i could do make sure you're comfortable…” Nico mumbled. “Sorry it's not much.”

Will shifted around to get comfortable,bundling himself up under the cloth before rolling over where he was facing Nico. The prince had started to settle in himself, laying on his side not too far from Will's spot. Again,Will felt butterflies in his stomach. The prince let out a soft sigh,his eyes half lidded as he looked at Will,a strand of hair falling over his eyes.

It was pretty unfair how beautiful they prince was,especially at this distance.

“Night,I guess…” Nico mumbled,letting out a yawn. He waved his hand,a small glow illuminated around it before the candles blew out.

Will's ears went back, taking a mental note of the magic. He snuggled into the pillow, before taking a steady breath and nodding.

“Uh- right- night…” He rasped.

Nico frowned a bit, before yawning again and shifting around to get comfortable. Will watched him for a few moments, seeing as the prince slowly drifted off to sleep.

Will didn't fall asleep as easily, he never did. Instead he kept eye on Nico, taking small notes of what little he could see in the dark. He stayed like that for what might've been hours before finally his eyes drooped, he could push down his exhaustion any longer. He yawned, curling up under the cloth and sighing. It wasn't long after that Will drifted off to the sound of the prince's breathing and creatures outside.

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I saw this picture and couldn't pass by. It's just perfect)))))

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Tell me why ten-year-old Jake has actually decided that today is the day to be unreasonably sappy and wants to do a casual bit of character observation/deep forewarning on my boy Michael here like what is this factual response/deep poetic shit coming out his mouth right now I swear that was not me

Both boys willingly walked back to the pavilion, bantering good naturedly, and when Michael rubbed his arms to try and return some heat to them, Jake gently placed Cleo’s jacket over the son of Apollo’s shoulders, which was nice, as Michael had forgot he had that. He smiled gratefully and wriggled into it again, then poked Jake smugly. “Wishing you had a hoodie?” 

“Nope.” Jake smirked back, gesturing to himself. “I have internal heating. Unlike you.” 

Michael frowned and reached up to put one hand on the son of Hephaestus’ chest, scowling when he realised that Jake was actually still very warm, even through his t-shirt. “That’s unfair.”  

Jake smirked and shrugged. “You’re like sunshine, I’m like fire. The sun is hot, but because of its distance from the Earth, we don’t feel the effect of its warmth as strongly at first. Fire gives off more immediate warmth.”

“That-” He frowned again, glaring at the other boy. “That’s also not fair. I thought I was the son of the god of poetry?” 

Jake just grinned, shrugging again. “All I did was lay out the facts. You’re the one who interpreted it poetically.”  

^ tf is this??? ^

Jake my guy, I don't have the mental capacity for this right now

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This rented a triplex in my mind...

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Pour one out for fourteen year old me looking at Batman fan fics for the first time and seeing Damian x the annoying ladybug girl

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Person A: "Can you give me a hug?"

Person B: "Sure, just, let me prepare myself."

Person A: "Pardon."

Person B: "Emotionally, not physically."

Person A: "Pardon."

Person B: "...actually, where do I put my arms again?"

Person A: "Never mind. I'll give you the hug."

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this week's word is...

How to play: Find the word in any WIP and share the sentence containing it. Reply, reblog, stick it in the tags, tag us in a new post, or keep it private. All fandoms, all ships, all writers welcome.

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Connor: slams books down in front of Drew

Connor: Boil up some Mountain Dew. It’s gonna be a long night.

Drew: You could of said literally anything else.

Connor: Cauldron boil and cauldron bubble, Baja Blast to fuel my trouble.

Drew: I’m going to just stop challenging you when you say random shit. I won’t win. I realize this now.

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WAIT YOUVE READ SHADOWHUNTERS!

PEOPLE OF TUMBLR I HAVE A SHADOWHUNTERS FANDOM MOOT!!!

MY LIFE IS COMPLETE!!!

WAIT HAVE YOU READ SHADOWHUNTERS TOO????

OMGGG YAYYY MORE PEOPLE TO SHADOWHUNTER YAP WITHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHH :DDDD

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I am melz, goddess of the Shadow Market

wow, Shadowhunters reference, why don't ya

sounds cool, but I feel like I'd be hunted on a weekly basis so I'll pass ty

open tags!! I can't be asked to put my moots down, but if you're a moot and seeing this know that I have spiritually no pressure tagged you <333

I am Arran, god of the most important thing

EDIT: if y'all don’t wanna use your name use your username

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LOVE THE SUPERBABIES!!! 💖💖💖

Gonna need to see either brother Kon and Tim try to calm their little brothers down or perhaps even Lizzie getting a taste of her own medicine from a shrunken down Bat and Sups 🤭 (only if you want to though)

i imagine if they play peek-a-boo, Damian makes this expression every time Tim uncovers his face