#Batman??? Or animal control

[phantoms-world-and-more]

The trio goes camping in Gotham

So for a senior project the trio needs to go to a city or place and study the wildlife

Sam managed to convince Danny and tucker to do the project about how the pollution in Gotham is ruining and mutating the forests around it

So Sam Danny and tucker need to camp out in the Gotham woods and take measurements, pictures and graphs of what it looks like to what it looked like 10 years ago

It was going fine, like yeah there are rouge attacks pretty often but they've felt with that

About half way through the trip around midnight they hear rustling and panting

Danny can sleep through the apocalypse as long as the alarm doesn't match the one he uses for his rogues he's now moving

Tucker is in the same boat as Danny and is in a slight state of depression from being away from technology

That leaves same who is a very light sleeper

She gets annoyed at the thing keeping her from sleep

She turns on the fenton-wrist-ray

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The Gotham police station though it was a prank when 2 tired looking teens came to the station and said their friend caught something

They were preparing to call animal control thinking it was a racoon or fox

They weren't prepared for a pissed-off goth to come in dragging a knocked-out killer crock

[bitterrobin]

I see a lot of confusion on why calling Damian Wayne "feral" is racist/problematic, so here's a rundown.

There's a difference between calling your child or your younger sibling "feral" and calling a character like Damian "feral." You know your child/sibling/niece/nephew etc. They're real people, and unless they have a problem with it personally, then there's nothing wrong with calling them feral as a joke. It doesn't (shouldn't) affect their perceptions by other people. It doesn't become a label that follows them.

Damian al Ghul-Wayne is a fictional character. A canonically mixed Arab/Chinese/Jewish White character with a history connected to some of the most prominent Arab comic book characters, who themselves also get insanely mischaracterized.

He's constantly whitewashed. He's been written with racist undertones (the suicide bomber vest). He's had his character development and progress backtracked time and time again by DC. DC treats him weirdly most days and completely shitty in the worst stories.

A good majority of fanon hasn't done any better than DC. You cannot pat yourselves on the back for being more inclusive or mental health aware than DC when you call a mixed Arab/Chinese boy "feral". It's constant. You can come up with various titles and nuances for every Bat-character, for every Robin.

Tim can be smart, a skater, a genius, the one holding everyone together, the little brother, the one who needs love. Jason can be cool, morally "right" or "wrong", unstable, PTSD-stricken, the one who was betrayed, the one with Shakespearean tragedies. Dick can be fun, happy, the first one, the prodigal son, the one with complicated history and the big brother.

You give them room for exploration. Love and care and attention and research. Many headcanons. You either comply with canon or you don't, but there's substance to their character.

What does Damian get? He's feral. He's rabid. He's a gremlin. He can't be reasoned with. He has no self-control, he's impulsive. He's hurt others, and you can't forgive it. Sometimes he's homophobic. Or classist. Or plain mean and rude to your favorite boy. He's always carrying a sword. A psychopath with no regard for another's well-being (usually Tim in a lot of fics). He can't be taught what's right.

I've seen people cry that Damian needs to punished or kicked out or treated the same way he's treated others. He needs to be brutalized or talked down to. He can never grow as a person, because he's mean to Tim or Jason, and you need him to exist as the abuser. His first move is always violent.

Fanon compares him to an animal often; he bites, claws, hisses, growls. Bruce or Dick or Jason or Tim have to wrangle him, tame him, civilize him the white man's way in lieu of his brown mother and grandfather who "clearly" raised him wrong. You don't see the issue with that? The issue with always labeling one of the few major brown characters in Batman comics as the unreasonable animal? That the child of color is always the abuser, the instigator, to older characters?

And even if you don't see him this way, you don't write him this way - then are you giving him the care and attention you give for other Bat characters?

Do you know anything else about him other than his "anger"? Because he isn't always angry. In fact, he's typically well-mannered. Quiet even, when he's not being provoked. DC's writing will always vary but whenever Damian lashes out, he's usually written with a reason to act the way he does.

Are you making him intelligent like he should be? A hard believer in redemption? A neglected and abused child who isn't meek or crying or closes himself within? Are you willing to explore that he's always exhibited the "wrong" kind of trauma responses - lashing out, being snippy, ruining relationships, refusing to admit weakness?

Do you write anything about him without making his mother and grandfather comically abusive and violent? Will you give him the supporting cast/friends he actually has? Can you write his dad/siblings interacting with him without making them white saviors or therapy pets? Can you write him without a ship or his love for animals or being vegetarian overshadowing everything?

Is he a character to you at all other than a glorified plot device with a sharp tongue and the convenience of being violent?

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 30

 DC prompt where the heroes get magically cursed or changed into animals for a bit. Chaos of course reigns while they are so- though the magician regrets their actions. Wonder Woman is scary enough, but instead of being something small she’s now a very big bear who isn’t happy. Robin? He’s now a goose with a sword and he’s not afraid to continue to use it. Marvel is happily a giant tiger who- oh no now all seven of the marvels are big cats who can apparently still call down lightning. For some reason they change between big cats and domestic ones, but maybe it’s just something wrong with the spell??

 The magician had no chance, even if some were far smaller and less scary creatures. Honestly, who expected a hare to be able to break someone's kneecaps? The villains sure didn’t but here they are, getting defeated when they thought it would be easier to defeat the heroes now that they don’t have opposable thumbs. Well, most don’t, that raccoon somehow found a gun and knows how to use it..

 The one issue the heroes find after fixing everything? They can apparently still turn into animals, sometimes at less than opportune times unless they can learn how to control it. 

Ideas for who is what? (honestly just ideas, do whatever you want lol) 

Superman= Bull Batman= Capybara Wonderwoman= Brown Bear Flash= Hare Aquaman= Elephant Green Arrow= Squirrel Black Canary= Chihuahua Cyborg= Crocodile Green Lantern= Husky Hawkwoman= Golden Eagle Martian Manhunter= Gliding Lizard

Captain Marvel= Tiger/Tabby Miss Marvel= Leopard/Mau Blue Marvel= Jaguar/Bengal Silver Marvel= Puma/Ragdoll Green Marvel= Lion/Laperm Purple Marvel= Caracle/Munchkin

Nightwing= Falcon Robin= Goose Red Hood= Raccoon Red Robin= Hedgehog Kid Flash= Cheetah Superboy= Flying Squirrel Arsenal= Elk Miss Martian= Flying Lemur

Bonus DP Crossover: Danny= Snow Leopard Ellie= Polar Bear Tucker= Sandpiper Sam= Vine Snake

[britcision]

It’s funny when the DC fans get annoyed that half the fandom hasn’t kept up with the entire extended DC universe and know everybody’s stories and backstories and different versions and shit

Danny Phantom had 3 seasons of 20 minute episodes and a handful of comics and most of us haven’t even seen that (and do not intend to 🙌)

Meanwhile people are being confused at me for Jack Fenton liking both fudge and also ham, which came up in every single episode I saw as a kid

My darlings

My beloveds

If you want your preferred versions of the DC characters in a prompt, you may well be the only person who can do it

So do it and tag it and I’ll come eat it along with the horde and you’ll never be rid of any of us

[dukeofthomas]

Something I really especially love about btas is that every character is just… a human. Batman doesn't just show up and incapacitate 30 people no issue, he has to fight and brawl with just 1 or 2 henchmen. He can be taken out by hits and poisons and such. The rogues have to surrender when the cops get guns to their faces, and can be overpowered even by normal people. Joker isn't some pure evil incarnation of the Devil or whatever, he's just… a really bad man. Same for every other villain and character. And Bruce actually gets to show personality and emotion beyond Brooking and Grunting. He makes jokes and laughs and gets sad.

I'm really getting to understand why people call this the best Batman adaptation.

[soranatus]

Starro controlled Martian Manhunter in Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (2022)

[inkdrawndreamer]

Behind the Wall of Sleep (BTAS fic)

After putting the Mad Hatter in Arkham (again), Bruce gets a mildly depressing window into his foe’s mental state. I wrote this up in less than 24 hours, but it’s surprisingly not bad. Many thanks to @desertarabianhorse and @ryuunoyuki for helping me edit it. Y’all are the best.

It was partially a joke on Bruce's end when he asked the man Tetch hypnotized to make a worry doll in Batman’s likeness. After the ordeal he was put through, the craftsman was willing to humor the request before he took his leave of the city for good. A tongue in cheek reminder to Tetch that he messed with the wrong people. They got a good laugh out of it, though Bruce did not expect the doll to last long. After all, with enough tossing and turning, it would probably just fall out from beneath the man's pillow. He figured he could at least get some surveillance in before that happened. Tetch had no prior criminal record before the incident with Alice Pleasance, save for the occasional parking ticket, so Bruce had not kept a very close eye when Tetch was working for him. It would have been a shame for him to stay on this path given his history and inventing prowess though, so he had visited once as his consoling boss and left him at that, with the promise of a new position on another project once he was better.

Bruce had already checked up on Alice Pleasance before visiting Tetch. She was in good spirits all things considered, and was slowly beginning to return to work. If she requested it, he already had a job lined up at a branch of the company a few states away, but she never took him up on it. She had proved rather resilient, and even a bit sympathetic toward the man that had taken her captive. However, she still had no desire to see him, and Bruce did not want to risk Tetch impeding her recovery. So far, he had not tried to contact her in any way nor had he gotten anybody to do so on his behalf. Bruce hoped to keep it that way, but making sure that each of them got help was a balancing act. What he had not expected was for Tetch to develop a fixation on Batman.

In the first month of Tetch’s incarceration, Bruce had found himself busier than usual, between putting out the many fires around the city, both figurative and literal, and Alfred taking a much-needed vacation. In his exhaustion, Tetch’s escape from Arkham managed to escape his notice. When he next saw Tetch, it was after waking from a long dream in the middle of a dingy warehouse. He had stretched himself thin enough to land directly in the man’s clutches, but rather than kill him, Tetch had sentenced him to a much kinder reality than he was used to. It was not what he needed nor where he was needed, however, and Bruce ended up breaking out of the illusion before the night was over. When pressed, Tetch broke down.

“I was willing to give you whatever life you wanted! Just to keep you out of mine!”

Those words were still echoing in Bruce’s head by the time Tetch had once again broken out. While he retained some sympathy for the man, he had lost much of his patience by that point. In an attempt to con some of Gotham’s wealthier citizens, Tetch was quick to get Bruce on his trail, with predictable results. Bruce was honestly disappointed by the turn, though not surprised. Tetch was growing more violent, and thoughts of rehabilitating him soon took a backseat to keeping him from causing more harm. It was becoming enough of a problem that Bruce saw fit to put extra eyes on his former employee—with the aid of the bugged doll.

Arkham had a long history of corruption, and every other year saw a member of its board get ousted for one thing or another. Bruce had been a member himself since before he donned the cowl, but those in charge were resistant to change. It was problems like these that drove Bruce to other methods of surveillance—to make sure the asylum did things by the book. He had eyes and ears everywhere, from orderlies on his payroll, to listening devices scattered around the building. Bugging Tetch's room was easy. The doll left under his pillow had a small recorder planted inside of it, and the device only transmitted recordings one way, which left minimal risk of the parts being used for any new mind control devices. It had been just shy of a month since he was last incarcerated, with no obvious plans to escape. Bruce spent a couple hours each week going through the recordings from inside the asylum. 

Tetch talked to himself a lot, occasionally singing or humming off-key, or tossing in his sleep. He clearly had some nightmares, though his pained whines told Bruce nothing of their contents. He only hoped the man would bring them up to his therapist at some point. He seemed stable overall, which gave Bruce hope that he could be rehabilitated before any potential relapse occurred, though Bruce was reluctant to put any weight behind it. Whether or not he could be rehabilitated in earnest depended on Tetch himself.

He finally found the doll a few weeks into his incarceration. After trying for the umpteenth time to find a pattern in the Joker's evening ramblings, Bruce was surprised to find activity on the feed in Tetch's room. He was talking, not just reciting lyrics or lines of prose to himself, but conversing with somebody. Bruce turned up the volume, but he could not make out any other voices underneath the white noise of the asylum. Tetch appeared to be alone.

"It explains the dreams doesn't it? You've been in my head and under it." He sighed beneath the crinkling static of the recording. "Cruel if you ask me."

A bit of shuffling ensued and the audio suddenly grew clearer.

"We're not so different, you and I. Getting into people's heads, though you're not exactly honest about it." A sharp sound hit Bruce's ears and forced him to turn the volume down. Tetch's mumbling resumed. "I wonder what possessed you to leave this little token. A souvenir perhaps?"

He chuckled mirthlessly. Rattling metal and yelling could be heard from far away.

"Good night, I suppose."

That was the last Bruce heard from Tetch's room for some time. At first, he assumed he must have found the listening device or simply disposed of the doll altogether, but if he strained his ears enough while listening to the feed, there was still noise in the background. The feed never actually went offline. The Joker managed to break out a week later, which kept Bruce too busy to examine the rest of the Arkham feeds. It took a few days to haul him back in, bound in TV cables and cackling loudly, but the job got done. Dr. Leland thanked him with a tired smile as she had the Joker wheeled to the infirmary. She offered to examine Bruce's injuries, but he declined. They were minor anyhow, just contusions and a busted lip. Only Leland's remarks to a passing orderly reminded him that he had not checked Tetch's progress in a while.

After the most recent incident with the Joker had settled down, Bruce took the time to go through the recent feeds with Tetch. As expected, there was little to report, and he found himself speeding through most of them. Only when he moved past a bit of dialogue too quickly did he rewind it to listen in earnest.

"I saw you earlier today. Couldn't stomach a proper visit could you? Not even after waking half the building with your racket."

The timestamp on the recording was shortly after two in the morning, right around when he brought the Joker in. No wonder Tetch sounded so cranky.

"I asked about you, but you know these people. They don't say a word to you unless they have to." A bitter sigh crackled over the feed. "I suppose you do this often? Can't spare a word to any of us unless you're bringing us here in chains, hm? I should have figured."

It was the word ‘us’ that caught Bruce off guard. He knew Tetch had mostly kept to himself since he got there. It had been over a month since he was last brought in, but he was beginning to see himself as one of them rather than an outsider. It made sense, Bruce supposed. There was not much to tether him to anything outside those walls.

A couple of days passed and he had forgotten about the recordings. There had not been much to glean from it, so it was of no immediate concern. Days passed without so much as a glance at anything related to the asylum. Mob activities in the city were growing more frequent, and it took most of Bruce’s focus to gather evidence for the police. After a few weeks of work, they were able to arrest a few high-ranking mobsters. It was not as good as taking down the whole organization, but it would at least slow the gangs down while they tried to regroup. In the meantime, Bruce was free to examine the inmates at Arkham more closely. Although their particular brand of crime was on the rise, he found that they were also amenable to special privileges while in the asylum. Keeping them entertained could be almost as effective as keeping them under lock and key, so he tried to improve the conditions where he could. He furnished the asylum library and replaced the many dog-eared board games in the rec room. Unfortunately, the many pleas for a new game system fell on deaf ears after Tetch managed to create mind control cards out of the previous one. It was promptly scrapped and never replaced.

After that particular incident, Bruce kept a closer eye on Tetch. He seemed sullen, per usual, and a bit bored, but he was talking to himself less. He did not speak to the other inmates often, but they were generally lukewarm exchanges rather than anything malicious. He argued with Dr. Isley and the Joker over the TV remote, but seemed to avoid them otherwise. The only thing of note was the nightmares. He seemed to be a fitful sleeper, sometimes waking up several times a night, and when he did, he would often speak to the doll Bruce had left under his pillow. The thought of his former employee consulting with the doll like a child with a stuffed animal was oddly disarming, and Bruce was unsure of how to feel about that. 

“Again, again with this,” he heard Tetch mutter one night after a particularly bad jolt. “Who would choose this?”

The sound of creaking bed springs filled the cave, punctuated by a sigh.

“‘If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't.’ I’ll never understand why you would choose this,” Tetch muttered. 

Bruce could easily picture him lying on the thin mattress, peering at the doll in his hands as if to interrogate it. 

“The machine was scanning your brain, you know, all the while. It kept track of your hormones, when you had elevated dopamine levels, incorporating your responses into the program. I guess it still wasn’t enough for you though.”

Hearing that gave Bruce pause. That function had been part of the tech that got Jervis arrested for the first time. It was originally intended to help patients with severe OCD and schizophrenia, allowing the patient to pinpoint specific triggers and work around them. As Tetch continued to work on it however, he ended up tweaking the controls, removing the failsafes that kept it from locking the user into the machine without a way out. Bruce blamed himself in part for not keeping a closer eye on the project. He was careful with who he brought on to manage and run projects for his company, doing multiple background checks both in and out of the cowl. Tetch had no prior arrests or ties to anyone who would normally raise his suspicions at the time. In fact, he had few ties to anybody. Most of his relatives lived out of the country, and he had few associates whatsoever.

“I could almost consider it noble, if it wasn’t so infuriating,” Tetch’s voice lilted through the speakers. “I handed you the keys to paradise and you spat on them. Do you have any idea what I would have done for such a thing?”

Creaking could be heard under the static, followed by a series of rhythmic thumps. Pacing. 

“I tested the machine, you know. On myself. I still dream about it, and it’s so much worse than the nightmares.” His voice broke, and the pacing stopped. “I always wake feeling like such a fool for thinking that things could be good, that I could be good enough. Permanently.”

Bruce turned the volume up.

“Well of course I considered staying in it! Just allowing myself to dream and forget all that ugliness for good.” He was manic, almost chuckling. “But someone would have to be there to maintain it. And I. Had. No one!”

A loud chirp pierced Bruce’s ears through the speaker, followed by muffled static. He thought Jervis had broken the recorder after all, but a voice came through from far away, broken up by sobs, so quiet he could barely hear it.

“So beloved, even by your enemies,” Jervis said bitterly. “Lucky you.”

The audio eventually faded back into nothing. When he checked again in the morning, Bruce found the feed completely offline. The recorder must have been broken. He was reluctant to send another one out in the same form, but he wanted to keep a closer eye on Jervis. Arkham’s monthly board meeting was at the end of the week, and he figured he could stay a little longer to meet with his contacts among the employees. They had nothing to report that he had not already heard about. Slipping a new bug into a light fixture along the wall of the costumed ward turned out to be the easy part. Setting up a meeting on short notice was much harder.

“He is still in therapy Mr. Wayne. I can’t just take him out in the middle of a session,” Dr. Leland scolded.

“I understand. I don’t mind waiting.” Bruce beamed, and his understanding tone turned conniving. “Besides, I was hoping you could look over the minutes from today’s board meeting. See if we missed anything.”

She shot him a familiar smirk as she plucked the documents out of his hand. As it turned out, there was quite a lot that the board had left out of their to-do list for the month. Bruce made casual mention of two trustees’ desire to make budget cuts just as a group of orderlies were dropping off paperwork. He greeted them briefly before they left, though not without mentioning a little too loudly that the Gotham Gazette was looking for editorials from medical personnel first. Between handing out Vicki Vale’s business cards and taking photos with a couple of staffers, the time flew by for Bruce. Pretty soon, Dr. Leland had returned to let him know that Jervis’s appointment was over and he was willing to see a visitor for a few minutes.

Bruce followed her down the hall to the familiar sight of the visitors’ room. After his last escape, Jervis was not allowed to meet with anyone unless he stayed behind the bulletproof glass. Although he was not restrained, his hands remained clasped in his lap, out of sight. A security guard was present as well, though he seemed to focus more on Bruce than on his prisoner.

Bruce took his seat with a gentle smile. “Hello Jervis.”

“Mr. Wayne? What on earth are you doing here?” He fixed him with an incredulous stare.

“I was in the neighborhood and thought I would pay a visit. I’m sorry it’s been a while.”

Jervis hung his head, his gaze fixed on the table. “I wasn’t expecting you to come back.”

“And that’s partly my own fault. With everything going on, I didn’t want to risk making your recovery harder.”

Jervis’s mouth curled into a hollow smirk. “Well, aren't you optimistic.”

Bruce chuckled. “That’s a nicer way of putting it. My friend Harvey used to say I was a doormat.”

“I’m not calling him wrong.”

“I prefer to be optimistic though. Just because someone has a few setbacks doesn’t make them a lost cause.” 

Bruce watched Jervis’s eyes through his own reflection in the glass, watered down blue. 

“I know you’ve made some mistakes, Jervis, but please know that you have my support. And don’t hesitate to call me when you get out of here.”

Jervis stared blankly at him for a few seconds before breaking out in full-throated laughter. “Like I said, optimistic to a fault.” His laughter tapered off, but there was still a hint of a smile on his lips. “But I do appreciate the thought. Thank you, Mr. Wayne.”

Bruce smiled back, even as he noticed the security guard eyeing the clock on the wall. As he stood to leave, he noticed how Jervis’s hands remained clasped in front of him. A hint of black fabric poked out from beneath his fingers.

“What have you got there?” He kept his voice friendly, but measured.

“Oh.” Jervis looked almost surprised to find the object in his hands.His left hand unfurled to reveal the ragged worry doll. “It’s a… souvenir of sorts.”

“Interesting,” Bruce’s mouth twitches slightly as he turns to leave. ”Take care of yourself, Mr. Tetch.”

[bi-badass-geek]

Summer Games Fest 2024

Holy fuck if that shit wasn't putting me to sleep and it wasn't even because it started at 11pm over here. No offence to those devs and all but most of the stuff was Boring with capital b. Audience either didn't care bout most things showcased or was just asleep too cause that was just sad. My 5 cents that no one asked about since i fell asleep right after + gonna link trailers from IGN.

📣 First they pulled presentation of top 10 Steam sales january-may Palworld, Helldivers 2, Manor Lords, Enshrouded, Hades 2, Dragon's Dogma 2, Balotro, Deep Rock Galactic Survivor, Supermarket Simulator, Buckshot Roulette. I can see most but some i didn't even heard.

📣 Lego Horizon Adventures : Coming holiday 2024, nothing else to say another day another lego game soon we will see any universe with those.

📣 No one Room in Hell 2, Early Access Halloween 2024

📣 Harry Potter Quidditch Champions another game September 3rd.

📣 Star Wars Outlaws coming out August 30. Saying everyone waiting out for it this year is mad!

📣 Battle Aces that's RTS but 99.99% trailer had Tracer like is outta pocket!

📣 Cairn climbing simulator, face texture horrible, studio name 'the game bakers' tho cooks.

📣 Killer Bean EA summer 2024.

📣 Valorant coming to console.

📣 Palworld Sakurajima Update : New Island, New Raid, Arena, Xbox dedicated Servers, 27 June, Stronghold Oil-Rig, New Faction and boss, New Pals, New Buildings and Level Cap, New Subspecies.

📣 Skate console playtesting coming this fall great trailer especially 'STILL' working on it!

📣 Deer & Boy crazy name.

📣 Dune Awakening well it's MMO yikes.

📣 Wandershop fans of gardening, farming will enjoy for sure with a twist. Coming in 2024!

📣 Phantom Blade 0 i can't look at it the same way after i read Japanese Geralt or its Sekiro 2/Nioh 3 lol ,to experience on hand : 8-10 June Summer Game Fest, 26-29 July ChinaJoy, 21-25 August, September 28-29 Tokyo Game Show.

📣 Hyper Light Breaker comes out Late Summer typical Hyper's stuff!

📣 Monster Hunter Wilds

📣 Honkai Star Rail i seriously have no idea what it's about since i don't play but something new i guess?

📣 Alan Wake 2 Night Springs out now, 3 playable characters : Control, Quantum Break. Gotta say wild that they showed it in less than 24h hours before it was out love that and cool that they added other games! 3 episodes!

📣 Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 looks like more good ol' shenanigans that people are stocked for! Kiss Our Asses what's more to say! Coming 2024!

📣 The First Descendant out July 2nd, heard it's good, looks typical stuff. Melee character lookin dope!

📣 Enotria The Last Song : Spanish Souls what can i say! Demo out now! September 19th!

📣Dark and Darker back on Steam and Epic Store for free now!

📣Blumhouse Games : Project C, The Simulation, Fear The Spotlight, Sleep Awake, Crisol Theater Of Idols. Nothing got me more confused in entire livestream than this segment that was just dumped bucket of trash no offence.

📣Sid Meier's Civilization VII : coming 2025 not my vibe but didn't saw fans complaining!

📣Neva comes out 2024 from creators of GRIS.

📣Back Myth Wukong coming out August 20th. That's quick been a while since we last heard.

📣Once Human : Comes out July 9th. Around the corner not going to lie i forgot about this game till i saw it!

📣Asgard's Wrath Available Now

📣Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 September 9th. Another Warhammer.

📣 Metaphor ReFantazio October 11th lovers of Persona got somethin to consume!

📣 Batman Shadow VR game Fall 2024. It's VR game that's all you need to know.

📣 Tears of Metal

📣 DragonBall Sparking! Zero October 11th. KAMEHAMEHAAA!

📣 Delta Force Hawk OPS Global PC Alpha Test in July.

📣 Battle Crush June 27th Moba Mobile nothin else needs to be said.

📣 Mecha Break Closed Beta Test in August such Gundam vibes when i saw trailer but funny how people called it Anthem 2 lol.

📣Slitterhead combat looks chunky November 8th it's out.

📣Unknown 9 : Awakening. Coming Fall 2024 got actress that plays Yennefer in Witcher show. People called it Forspoken 2 lmao.

📣Monster Hunter Stories &2 : Coming June 14th.

Sales : Monster Hunter Rise Up 75% OFF, Monster Hunter World 67%, Resident Evil 4 25%, Street Fighter 50%.

Among Us folks made OutterSloth that supports devs + fuckin tv show is supposed to come out think years too late but oh well.

📣 Sonic x Shadow Generations October 25th nostalgia hittin hard for some individuals.

📣 The Finals new Arena, New Ranked Mode, New Weapons and Gadgets, Weekly Tournaments.

📣 New World Aeternum October 15th consoles. Last i saw game was dead on dead.

📣 Kunitsu-Gami Path of the Goddess half of the graphics to gameplay confused my brain.

📣 Party Animal didn't catch what was that about.

Inside Out 2 Yong Yea voicing is cool!

📣 Squad Busters : Mobile that fuckin trailer killed it omfg! Way too OP for mobile!

[goatandgooseinatrenchcoat]

[creativedifferencespodcast]

Happy Women’s History Month! To celebrate, we’ve got a third consecutive episode with Gaby in it! Who knows how long it’s been since she’s been here for three episodes in a row?! Did Gaby actually see any of the things we’re reviewing today? Did Michael B. Jordan make a live action anime with Creed 3? And speaking of anime, what did Demi think of the Demon Slayer movie? Find out the answers to all these questions and more in our new episode!

You can also find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

[kstarlitchaotics]

PROTECT REMAINING CAST OF BTAS AT ALL COST!!!!

[the-b1ah]

Part 6 of You can’t bench me!

I loved every second animating that hug and I’m very proud of how it turned out! Hope all y’all feel the same!! I’ve watched it like a thousand times now so cute!

I’m also free from school! And have most of this comic finished now!

Context:

The batfam are trying to pick their jaws off the floor. What do you mean no screaming match, no “your not my real father”, no “your benched until your 30”??? How did this end with permission to patrol? And a HUG?? And a “thanks dad”??????? That doesn’t happen, someone an imposter or mind controlled because there is no way.

Apparently (ha! A-parent-ly) there is a way when both parties have a crumb of emotional intelligence and go to therapy. Absolutely shocking. To be fair Red Hood wasn’t expecting the hug either (but he is starting to get used to them).

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Phantom&Red Hood hugging:

💖 💖 💖

Their helmets:

*clunk*

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Red Hood: what.

RR: you can parent?????

Red Hood: --

Batman *grabbing RH shoulders desperately *: how.

Red Hood: … you have no idea how many parenting books I’ve read

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Jason *later*: if he tries to hug you and you reject him imma make Ethiopia look like an all expenses paid spa vacation. *Cocks gun*

Batfam *in tears*: he’s going to hug us too??? :D

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[batbabydamian]

A Quick Guide to Damian’s Furry/Feathered/Scaled Companions

LEFT: R:SOB #1 Cover RIGHT: R:SOB #6

GOLIATH THE BAT DRAGON

Introduced in: ROBIN: SON OF BATMAN (2015) #1

DAMIAN'S BABY AND BEASTY BESTIE!! On a mission during the Year of Blood, Damian kills the family of bat dragons guarding his objective. Goliath, despite being the youngest and last of his kind, forgives Damian. Goliath goes on to become one of Damian's most loyal companions, even featuring beside him in Batman Beyond (2016) #10, #11, #43-#47!

LEFT: B&R #13 RIGHT: B&R #4

TITUS THE DOG

Introduced in: BATMAN AND ROBIN (2011) #2

A Great Dane gifted to Damian from Bruce as an effort in fatherhood. Funny enough, Damian finds him a nuisance at first and briefly refers to him as "Dog". Titus is a good boy that follows Damian's every step, even joining Bruce on his mission to resurrect Damian!

LEFT: Batman Inc #1 RIGHT: Batman Inc #7

BAT-COW THE COW

Introduced in: BATMAN INCORPORATED (2012) #1

Bat-Cow, branded with a star signifying which cattle were contaminated, was saved from a slaughterhouse to run some tests (which they do find of a mind control variety). Damian declares himself a vegetarian, and calls her Bat-Cow! She also sorta has a running gag of literally standing in the face of danger to save the day.

LEFT: Batman Inc #6 RIGHT: Batman Inc #7

ALFRED THE CAT

Introduced in: BATMAN INCORPORATED (2012) #6

Considered a "hopeless case" by the animal shelter, Alfred gifts him to Damian. The cat is a bold lil guy, which Damian takes an immediate liking to, and names him Alfred (likely because tuxedo cat = butler lol). After hours of chicken, playtime, and scratches, Damian and Alfred become friends! He makes his first appearance alongside Damian’s first appearance as Batman in BATMAN (1940) #666

LEFT: Batman: Li'l Gotham #2/#1 RIGHT: Batman: Li'l Gotham #23/#12

*JERRY THE TURKEY

Introduced in: BATMAN LI'L GOTHAM (2012) #2 (Digital) #1 (Printed)

The Penguin unleashes an army of turkeys at the Gotham Thanksgiving parade which Damian turns into his own li'l turkey march by playing the trumpet. He ends up bringing one of them back for Thanksgiving dinner (as a friend), and Jerry becomes a fairly regular appearance in the world of Li'l Gotham!

*WIGGLES THE DRAGON

Introduced in: NIGHTWING (2016) #42

A sort of filler issue where Damian has been kidnapped for his blood by the "Crimson Kabuki" in Tokyo, and Dick goes through a series of boss battles to save him. The dragon's blood has been the group's main source of power, so it ends up teaming with the duo, and returns home with them.

Wiggles was originally named by a fan, "Shanootnoot" on Twitter!

*Goliath, Titus, Bat-Cow, and Alfred the cat have been Damian's main canon cast of furry companions, but SUPER-PETS SPECIAL: BITEDENTITY CRISIS (2024) may have just added Jerry and Wiggles!!

[cannedinternets]

Yanno, a thing i see a LOT in fics is that the Batfam think Danny is a meta, b/c ghosts don't exist. Which is valid, i mean they ARE a team of detectives with a shitton of wacky themed rogues and, at least on batman's part, a noted distaste for and disbelief in magic and the supernatural.

But bruce and tim have both worked with ghosts directly. (Maybe the others too? fuck there's a LOT of comics and animated series and-) So i think it would be much funnier if they think he's not a ghost, b/c Ghosts Don't Work That Way.

In fact, b/c Communication Is Not The Batman's Strong Suit, I think it's funny if all of them are wrong but for different reasons.

Bruce - has worked with Deadman. You can't see or interact with ghosts without magical outside intervention. Thinks Danny is a magic user who transforms a la Shazam/Captain Marvel.

Dick - Clown trauma? Mind control Trauma? One of your rogues tried to brainwash you to be his son/weapon? Damn kid you're like me if i had it even worse. Thinks Danny is a "regular" kid vigilante with a schtick.

Babs - Well the video evidence she can find deffo lines up with him being a super, but there's a hardcore blackout around his town, he doesn't legally exist, AND any outside info she runs into is usually cutoff by someone (tucker or technus depending), AND he's mentioned cloning. So he's probably a designer "cloned" (ugh dc that's not how cloning works) meta kid that's being taken advantage of by the government and/or cadmus.

Cass - Thinks Danny is a terrible liar (true) who is counting on the refuge in audacity to keep people from realizing what he is (also true). Thinks he's someone who got themed meta powers in a lab accident and is playing up the ghost thing b/c he fights ghosts constantly.

Jason - Glowing green eyes? Ability to manifest green constructs that look like they're made of goo? Constant death jokes? Aww, this dude is just another me but he is also a meta/somehow got anime girl powers out of getting dunked in the lazarus pits.

Tim - worked with Secret. Ghosts can fly, shapeshift, go intangible, teleport, posses people. Thinks phantom is an actual ghost that is possessing/overshadowing Danny, possibly consensually? He's looking into it. Ironically, is the closest to the truth.

Steph - Hasn't seen Danny do anything that the other bats can't do, and HAS seen him work on an engineering project for 16 hours straight. Thinks Danny is something like the bats, either under-powered or completely non-powered and makes up for it with tech and mystique. Also thinks Danny is a great ally in gremlinship.

Duke - his Ghost Sight does NOT play well with ghosts, ironically. Thinks Danny is some sort of eldritch horror with a human guise. He seems cool tho, Duke isn't gonna judge someone based on looks even if they do give him migraines.

Damian - thinks that Danny is a Pit Demon and you are all insane.

Jarro - thinks Danny is a Green Martian. Also thinks Danny is awesome.

[too-much-tma-stuff]

Finally Getting Help (pt 3)

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What Tim and Bruce found was completely ridiculous. It really wasn’t hard to find the Doctors Fenton’s website but it was ridiculous! It was outdated and gaudy with animations of cartoony ghosts everywhere. If it hadn’t been for how clear Danny was about his parents' names Tim would have skipped right over it. But when he got past the terrible website design and started reading it his stomach just dropped lower and lower.

The writing was clean and scientific though it couldn’t disguise the malicious delight they took in tearing the creatures they called ‘ghosts’ apart. Whatever these ghosts really were Danny had been internalizing this attitude about Himself for years! They also bragged about their weapons and their government contract. So whether that was true or not Danny hadn’t been lying or delusional, it was his parents. And regardless of what these ghosts actually were it was obvious they were supernatural so RR sent a link to the website to Zatana.

(link)

RR: What do you think?

Tana: Lol is this a joke?

RR: I wish, I know it looks like one but no, this is deadly serious.

Tana: Hang on

Red Robin put down his phone to give Zatana the time to read over the site and looked more into Maddy and Jack Fenton while she did. He found their graduation certificates, and pictures of them in college with what must have been a much younger Vlad. So they were actually doctors of some sort, they had their doctorate, though that didn’t exactly make it any less likely they had gone fully off the rails now.

His phone dinged and he picked it up to see one short message from Zatana.

Tana: I’m coming to the cave.

Tim sighed and put his phone back down, spinning his chair to face B who was hunched over the computer typing furiously. “Zatana is on her way, I asked for her opinion of the Fenton’s research and she must think it’s big.” He said as he dug out a domino mask.

“Hm,” B sounded and went to get his cowl. “Report?”

“The Doctors Fenton are doctors, they got their doctorates though I don’t know in what yet. They’ve been friends with Vlad since university and they certainly at least think they’re studying ghosts. Their website has articles on behaviours and biology, and how to hunt and hurt ghosts. They brag about a government contract.” Tim summarized. “You?”

“The Ghost Investigation Ward does exist and they are a government agency but they only seem to be active in the town of Amity Park and they’re so inept! It wasn’t hard to hack them, they’re trying to sound mysterious and a little dangerous talking about protecting humanity from invasions from other worlds but I don’t think they’re actually that competent,” Batman said with a scowl.

“The only reason we didn’t know about this was because we weren’t looking! And it’s possible Danny is right and they were jamming calls from Amity to the JL, but I have a terrible feeling what actually happened if that the call came through and someone heard them talking about ghosts and rogue government agencies, assumed it was a prank and blocked them,” Bruce said massaging his temples.

“Ah,” Tim said, his heart dropping at how plausible that sounded. Could they have saved Danny before, if they had taken that call seriously.

“And Vlad is the mayor of his town, there are articles about Danny fighting him in public. It seems like everyone knew their relationship was antagonistic at best and No One defended him. The GIW also listed him in their special thanks for helping fund them. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s been using them as a tool to threaten and control Danny.” Batman said with cold fury. Tim took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly.

“We weren’t able to protect him, but we will avenge him. And we’ll keep him safe Now,” Tim reminded his father. Privately thinking that as soon as he could he was going to tell Jason about this so they could Really make sure Vlad never came near Danny again. An arrest just wasn’t strong enough for a man like that. He wasn’t going to tell Bruce that though, obviously.

The sound of the Zeta tube interrupted their moment as Zatana arrived, looking slightly more ruffled then she usually did. She must have really rushed here, which was a bit worrying.

“Zatana,” Batman greeted.

“Hello Batman, before we talk I need to check your wards.” She said already walking past them.

“Hm,” Batman sounded, making RR smile a little, how Batman made that sound mean so many different things always sort of amazed him.

“I need to check the ones on your home too. And I’d like to meet the boy you have under your care,” She said briskly.

“How did you know about the boy?” Batman asked gruffly.

“Lucky guess,” she said briskly, her hands glowed as she walked around the cave, making seemingly random gestures as if touching or pulling on invisible threads. None of the bats really understood magic so they left her to it. When she was done they let her up into the manner, she knew their identities already after all and she checked all the wards on the home very thoroughly, occasionally casting spells to reinforce them. They collected Dick and Damian trailing after them curiously as they went as well.

“Alright, can I meet the boy now?” She asked, turning towards Bruce who crossed his arms and puffed out his chest a bit.

“Not till you explain to us what’s going on,” He growled and Zatana looked over the curious stubborn faces surrounding her and sighed.

“Fine,” she allowed, resigned. She rubbed her temples as she looked around for a chair and sunk down into it. “So what the Fentons seem to be referring to as Ghosts are actually denizens of the Infinite Realms, the space in between every world and afterlife. Some of the beings there were once people who died but many aren’t. They’re also known to be very powerful and quite violent though thankfully not particularly interested in the living. The fact that the Government is apparently messing with something like this is very bad news.

“Constantine and I have been keeping half an eye on the situation in Amity Park but they had their own pair of Heroes, Phantom and Red Huntress, who seemed to have the situation well under control so we weren’t all that worried about it. We weren’t tracking the more human elements of the GIW and the Fentons,” She bit her lip and thought for a moment.

“When Tim sent me that website and I was made aware of those, that changed things. What’s worse is the photo the Fentons’ have of their family. Their son… we knew Phantom looked young but ghosts often stay at a younger age than they really are, with how powerful he was we assumed he was Old. But he looks exactly like the Fenton’s son. Did they not notice he was dead or…” She looked around at their faces, apparently getting her answer from their expressions.

“There have been rumours for a long time about a very rare and powerful sort of living dead, humans soaked in the pure energy of the infinite realms resulting in a still living ancient. It’s so rare that people usually think it’s a fairy tale but with the work Phantom’s parents do it makes a sick sort of sense. And what it means is that that boy you have stashed away is basically a baby God and we all have to be very careful.”

There was a heavy silence as they all processed what she was saying. “Are you… sure?” Tim asked, uncertainly.

“I won’t be till I meet him, but I’m as sure as I can be without that at the moment,” she said firmly.

Tim sighed and pulled out his phone. “Cas is with him, I’ll text her to see if she’s up to meeting you. If he’s that powerful we don’t want to push him right?” He asked as he typed out a text to Cas.

“Yes. Like I said he’s been acting as a hero in Amity, he seems like a good kid but I have no doubt in my mind if he’s pushed too far we could have a truly apocalyptic situation on our hands,” She said which made Tim swallow thickly.

His phone dinged and he checked it. “Danny is willing to meet you but he’s really tired so go easy on him and don’t stay long,” Tim relayed her message.

“Alright that’s fine, thank you. Show me the way please,” She requested.

Bruce took over, leaving the way. “We don’t want to overwhelm him, I think only I and Zatana should go in, with Cas still there since he seems to feel safe with her,” Bruce informed his children.

“Alright, just tell us everything soon!” Dick demanded and Bruce’s lips twitched up in just the suggestion of a smile as he nodded to them.

He took off his cowl, he wasn’t in his full uniform anyway and he didn’t want to scare Danny. Besides if he had been a hero even if he clocked Bruce he would understand.

“Hello Danny, it’s a pleasure to meet you, I’m Zatana,” She introduced herself s she followed Bruce in. She would have offered her hand to shake but Danny was half hiding behind Cas sitting on the bed.

“It’s nice to meet you too. What’s with the outfit?” He asked curiously which made her laugh.

“I’m a hero, one of the less known ones. I’m part of Justice League Dark which is their supernatural division along with Constantine and Deadman and a few others. He’s a ghost, but I assure you the government hasn’t been giving him any trouble, probably because they knew they wouldn’t get away with it.”

“So I’m just lucky then,” Danny said with a bitter curl to his lips.

“As a hero, I want to ask, are you Phantom?” She asked rather bluntly.

Bruce shivered as the temperature in the room suddenly dropped a few degrees and Danny’s eyes started to swirl with green as he glared at Zatana who managed to barely react. Batman noticed how her back tensed a bit but it was barely there. “You know?” Danny demanded. “You knew about what was going on in Amity and you didn’t help?!”

“I’m very sorry Danny,” She said genuinely. “We knew something was going on, but we didn’t look closely enough. We thought that you were an older ghost just of someone who died young because of your strength, and it looked like things were under control. Normally our involvement wouldn’t have been appreciated, intruding on someone’s haunt, so we didn’t look any closer. I am so sorry we overlooked you but we’re going to make up for it now I promise.

“I’ve checked and reinforced the wards on the house so nothing should be able to come in uninvited, and I’m going to contact the rest of the JLD. We’re going to go to Amity, we’ll figure this out and deal with it I promise.”

The temperature in the room slowly went back up, Danny was still upset, but he didn’t seem like he was about to snap anymore. While Zatana had been talking Cas had started gently rubbing Danny’s back and that seemed to be helping too. After a moment Danny looked up again and nodded, accepting the help.

“The veil must be very thin there, to let so many ghosts through?” Zatana probed gently.

“It is, but more than that two years ago my parents succeeded in building a portal to what they call the Ghost Zone. This kinda green world of floating islands.

“A portal,” Zatana said flatly, blinking rapidly. “To the Infinite Realms?”

“Ah is that what it’s really called? Ya probably? That’s how everyone’s been getting through. How I got my powers too, the ghosts call me a halfa, but I’m not the only one. Vlad’s one too.”

Batman heard Zatana mutter “Two?” softly, baffled and alarmed but she nodded. Bruce filed that information away too, it seemed Vlad was even more of a threat then he’d first appeared to be.

“Alright, I’ll get as many of the JLD together as I can and we’ll head to Amity. We’ll shut down the portal and deal with this.” She said determinedly.

From the look on Danny’s face he didn’t really believe her, but he nodded again and leaned against Cas. “Good luck I suppose,” he muttered and sighed, rubbing his face.

“Just… tell me if you get in over your heads okay, I’m used to dealing with all this stuff.” God he sounded so tired, the poor kid.

“I will, but don’t worry about us, just take care of yourself okay? This is a good place to be, I promise you won’t have to be alone anymore.” Zatana assured him. She probably had more questions, but it was very obvious that Danny was getting tired.

“Bruce is good dad,” Cas chimed in, speaking up for the first time. It embarrassed Bruce a little but he smiled at them and nodded a little.

“Thank you,” Danny said, his shoulder slumped and his back curled. “Can I go to bed now?”

“Of course Chum,” Bruce agreed, starting to shoo Zatana out of the bedroom with Cas on their heels. When they closed the door behind them Bruce heard the lock click quietly closed behind them. He really hoped that Danny would feel safe enough to sleep well.

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[devilfic]

you know what. I think battinson is such an enthusiastic kisser

both his kisses with selina were kind of this dreamy, almost out-of-body experience where selina had him under her spell and he was just sort of helplessly in love with her so he could do naught but follow her lead,,, but I like imagining what it'd be like if HE initiated kissing his partner

like there's the more confident bruce, a few more years into being batman bruce, where he leans in during a lull of good conversation and he's smiling and suave and controlled but like. bruce in year 2? bruce fresh off selina and realizing he could maybe make time for a relationship? realizing how much he missed being touched? somebody call animal control cause this bat is in heat

before he leans in, he watches you like you'll disappear. his eyes are wide open!! he doesn't want to miss a thing!!! I think he's more likely to grab for your waist instead of going for your face or something.... I think he bubbles with the desire to touch you so bad and he just wants to feel you against all of him, and I think he can't help being a manhandler,,, he needs to move you just so because like he cannot let you slip from his fingers when he's aching to kiss you so bad

he doesn't make a lot of noise when he kisses but he breathes Heavy. I think once he's kind of really winded that's when he starts whimpering really low in his throat... nothing too crazy... little grunts and whines but they're so quiet. if he's kissing you and gets disturbed tho I do think he will full on groan and groan LOUD and it's both funny and super attractive because his face screws up in this petulant little scowl like. can't you see he's busy

he 100% leans fully into it which is a lot because he's a BIG man. he's going to have to push you up against something every single time because he is chasing you every time you part for air, almost mindless and eyes half-lidded as he mouths at you. he's so into it that I can guarantee it's gotten you two kicked out of a gala or two when people inevitably find him devouring you in a dark corner or a hallway you both assumed to be empty

if you wear lipstick/gloss he is not wiping that shit off either oh my goooood. don't let me think about you leaving marks all over his face and him proudly walking out into a swarm of paparazzi just. cheeky

it's really hard to just give this man a quick, chaste kiss. everything has to last at least a minute with him. it's why he literally cannot kiss you when he's busy because it'll be a minute and then five and then he's behind on work (oh no..... so sad.... anyway) because he's got you laid on the nearest surface sucking bruises into your neck

bruce will kiss any part of you but I think he's just so obsessed with your lips that it's where he inevitably fixates each time. it is so so hard to kiss him anywhere else because he will be like wow nice. kiss from my lovely partner. not on my lips tho.... and when he turns around for a kiss on the lips you can't just refuse! he's got such kissable lips and oh this is a time loop that never ends isn't it