The plan was set and the game had begun.
There was a meeting on the Watchtower exactly three days after the Bat Clan had decided to mess with the Justice League, so that's when they planned to set everything in motion.
Robin couldn't be at the meeting because it fell during school hours, so Nightwing had come to the meeting with Batman. He'd already had the day off, so it wasn't too much of a hasel. Red Hood and Red Robin had both wanted to come, but they also had civilian duties to take care of.
When the meeting was over, the 'main leaguers', as many others had dubbed them, stayed behind as they always did. Normally, it was just so they all could catch up, sometimes to arrange another meeting, or even to discuss more sensitive topics.
This time, when everyone but Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg, and Nightwing had left the room, Nightwing threw his arm across Batman's shoulders and said "You all should come to the Cave!"
All conversation stopped as everyone turned to look at the black and blue clad vigilante. For a long moment, no one spoke or moved. Then, Batman nodded.
"Perfect!" Nightwing's smile got even bigger.
"Um," Superman, the sweet midwesterner, flicked his eyes over to Batman's face before looking at Nightwing. "Are you sure? Bat's has never let any of us into Gotham, let alone the Bat Cave."
Nightwing winked at the hero, his domino mask not hiding it, "Yeah, well, me and the others managed to wear him down. Besides, we've all wanted to give you guys a tour! We've been to all your secret hideouts, so we figured it's about time you saw ours!"
"I'm sorry," Green Lantern raised his hand slightly, "'Others'?"
Nightwing blinked, his smile dropping. Batman straightened up. "Did you-" Nightwing cut himself off, "You do know how many of us there are in Gotham, right?"
The heroes all looked at one another. Sure, they'd heard that there was two, maybe three, working with Batman, but nothing had ever been confirmed aside from Robin working with Batman and Nightwing working in Bludhaven.
Batman fought very hard to keep a smirk off his face. Nightwing didn't even try to hide his amusement.
Wonder Woman was the one to ask, "There are rumors, but I can't say any of us know exactly how many heroes work within Gotham City limits."
Nightwing and Batman shared a glance. This added so much more to their game. They had to tell the others! This was already so much fun, but it was about to get so much better!
"Then, I guess you all have no choice but to come to the Cave with us so you can meet everyone!" Nightwing exclaimed.
The eight heroes shared looks with one another before looking back at Batman and Nightwing. Their choice was obvious to the two Bats before the group had even decided.
"Alright," Aquaman said, "When would you like us to stop by?"
Right on script. Batman said, "Meet here tomorrow at fifteen-hundred New Jersey time. We'll be here to bring you down to the Cave." Then, he left, Nightwing trailing behind him.
"Cool," Flash nodded, "Cool, cool. Totally not nerve wracking at all."
Cyborg stood from his seat. "Don't be nervous, Flash. We're actually being allowed in Gotham. Batman doesn't let anyone in Gotham."
"No," Green Arrow said, "He doesn't let anyone operate in Gotham. I've been many times."
"As Green Arrow or as a civilian?"
He fell silent and the others all laughed. He joined them.
"Regardless," Martian Manhunter said, "I think it's good he's allowing us to see his main base of operations."
"Yeah," agreed Superman, "I wonder what it'll be like."
Wonder Woman was the next to stand from her seat. "It will be quite the tour, I'm sure."
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one of the things I really like about the point iroh makes during the finale when he refuses to try to kill ozai is that there’s this in-text recognition of the “well, aren’t other people strong enough to kill the firelord” complaint that it’s really easy to make. iroh’s argument isn’t that he couldn’t physically kill ozai (though he does say it wouldn’t be a certain thing)—it’s that the political ramifications of it would be disastrous.
the avatar is the only one who can kill the firelord NOT because he can bend all four elements, but because him being able to bend all four means he’s not a part of any nation. if he kills the firelord, it’s not a political play, it’s not a power grab, it’s not even an assassination—because it can’t be.
if iroh kills ozai, it starts a civil war. if bumi, or pakku, or any other fighter from any nation kills ozai, it’s just another casualty of war. but if the avatar kills ozai, no one can call it a power grab, no one can call it an act of war. the war is over
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Jinshi and Maomao are both, fundamentally cats.
But they are two very different kinds of cats.
Maomao is a feral forest cat that once introduced to humans only knows how to show affection by affectionately saying "Fuck you"
Jinshi is a purebred of some form or another that has been groomed and cared for from the moment it was born.
This is of course without going into either of their respective traumas and based solely off of their vibes, how they react to each other and other people.
Because Jinshi fully expects everyone around him to pay attention, that is a pampered house cat. Maomao would rather die than have more attention on herself than necessary, that is absolutely a feral cat.
And that is why I love seeing the two of them together and their relationship. Because due to prolonged exposure to Jinshi, Maomao sees there are more ways to show you care than just affectionately screaming "Fuck you!" And likewise, Jinshi gets to see that sometimes being more aggressive and selfish isn't always a bad thing.
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firm believer of Joel and Tess having quiet calm peaceful moments throughout their life together, absolutely refuse to believe it was all misery and grief and one-sided love, no no no, because there were days when business was going great, the weather was nice, and the sunlight would catch Tess' hair and Joel would look at her like she was magic, and Tess would mock him like she always would and he would tease her back, and they would smile the way they would only smile at each other, and they would think how crazy is it that even though everything else is hell at least i have this
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If you interpret Sokka as a transmasc archetype, as in he was probably the world's biggest tomboy til one day he came out as trans and the whole Southern Water Tribe smacked their foreheads and said "Oh my god that makes so much sense why didn't I think of it sooner?" then the whole thing when he first meets Suki and she shows him women can be cool too takes on all sorts of extra layers of meaning bc he's not only learning empathy and respect for people who aren't like him but also moving past some of the trauma of being closeted and from a mindset where he's trans bc being a girl sucks into one where he's just trans bc he's trans, a realistic experience many trans people go through which also aligns nicely with the themes of the show, and makes his love for his sister all the more profound and unselfish bc he doesn't resent her for being the good daughter he never was.
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