#I was tempted to put Harley Quinn on the list if only because I feel like if she were to hug you it would be one of those exciting ones

[meltiverse]

19-C (Mature Ficlet) Bored

Note: This take place specifically in the universe of the live-action Suicide Squad movie and as such, is also in the same continuity as Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). This is my favorite version of Killer Croc, so… Also, the new mission Task Force X have to go on is somewhat inspired by the animated movie “Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay”, but still kinda different.

Ok, this ended up being longer than expected… I wanted to write a short drabble but it ended up being more of a one-shot/ficlet instead… Oh well…

Prompt: 21- “If you’re bored…wanna have sex?” from this list.

Warning: Mention of: sex before official relationship, slightly non-human genitalia, oral (Mel receiving), fingering, vaginal sex, rough sex, bruises, animalistic instincts, unprotected sex, kissing, aftercare

Implied: Olfactophilia and slight breeding kink.

To Waylon, Mel was definitely a strange one. Not crazy like Harley, just strange. She shouldn’t even be forced in Task Force X, she wasn’t a criminal, and yet, there she was, forced to go on a mission with the “Suicide Squad”. From what he could understand, because of Mel’s powers, Waller couldn’t exactly put a bomb in her neck like with them, instead, it was Mel’s father, just a simple civilian, who apparently got the bomb and that’s how Waller got Mel to participate in this mission. Waylon had to admit, it was low, even for Waller.

Their mission was a rather long one, Waller send them to get some sort of artifact that was literally a “Get out of Hell Free” card that was currently in the possession of an unknown criminal. Waller send them to the last few places the card was seen, to investigate and find that criminal and bring the card to Waller. Waller didn’t bother to send them there through plane, deciding instead of making them drive there in a big van, so they could also investigate on the road.

Waylon liked Mel. With the mission and traveling taking so long, he had the chance to get to know her. She was kind, but by no mean a pushover, she was smart, funny, cute and just overall an interesting person. She treated him as a person from the get-go, as if she didn’t even saw how he looked and didn’t knew about his past, even though she had to know. The strangest thing was that Waylon was pretty sure that Mel was flirting with him… She acted different with him that the other ones, being even nicer to him, often giving him some of her food, agreeing with his ideas and sarcastically replying any time one of the others said anything “mean” about him.

The team had to wait for the night at a motel to meet with a contact who could give them information. Waller agreed to let them go to the motel’s pub, as long as they stay discreet. Mel refused to go, deciding to stay in one of the rooms they rented instead. Waylon took this opportunity spend time alone with Mel, refusing to go to the pub under the pretense that even with a disguise, he would attract too much attention.

“You think he’s going to eat her? Hm… No, wait, that’s probably impossible with her powers?” Harley asked the others, almost worried for Mel.

Boomerang pretty much immediately answered: “I dunno, luv. I think they kinda fancy each other… Trust me, the nice ones are always freaks…”

Waylon chuckled as he watched Mel getting ready to open the door to reply to Harley and Boomerang, as both he and Mel heard through the door, but decided it was not worth bothering with that and stopped Mel with a hand on her shoulder.

“Not worth it, doll”

Waylon started to call Mel “Doll” after learning about her powers. He was a bit surprised, as she didn’t let anyone but him call her that. It was just another little thing that made him think she was flirting with him. Mel pouted, but stopped.

“So, why didn’t ya wanted to go?” Waylon asked, slightly curious.

Mel took some time to think before answering: “To be honest, I… hoped that you would decide to stay here with me. I just had a hunch that you would and… it paid off.”

Ok, that was definitely strange, Waylon thought.

“Why?” is the only thing Waylon managed to say. Mel smiled warmly at him before answering: “I think you’re pretty cool and I wanted to have the chance to talk to you one on one, without the others making their weird comments.”

Mel and Waylon started to talk about random things for a while, before eventually falling into a comfortable silence, until…

“I wish I had a book… would be nice reading right now. Or that the room had a tv. I don’t feel like going to the pub, but I am kinda bored…*sigh* You’re probably bored too, aren’t you, Waylon? If you want to go to the pub, I’ll understand, you know?”

Waylon had a pretty good sense of smell… And he could smell that Mel was not only bored, but also slightly horny. To him, it was a sweet smell that made his mouth water and made his head turn. He really liked Mel, but between Task Force X and the prison, he had no idea when he’ll have another opportunity like this…

“If yer bored… Wanna have sex?”

Waylon really didn’t expected Mel to react positively to his question. He was ready for Mel to slap him, or even to use her powers on him or something. He was ready to just laugh it out and say that he was just making fun of the way Boomerang would act.  But he just… had to try… just in case… It was worth it just to see Mel’s cute, surprised and blushing face. He certainly didn’t expect to smell her arousal grow stronger, nor did he expect her to say something like this…

“You… You’d really want… me?”

Oh… She… wanted him too? Waylon shook his head, trying to clear his thought even though Mel’s smell had its effect on his lower regions.

“Are ya kiddin’ me? Of course, I want ya. I have all the reasons for wanting ya”

He wasn’t even sure she understood him. His voice sound way more like a growl right now. But it seemed like she at least understood what he meant, because next thing he knew, Mel was straddling his lap and kissing him. Waylon kissed back voraciously, but still mindful of his teeth. Waylon broke the kiss only to kiss and lick Mel’s neck, his hands wandering under her shirt.

“Ya should remove your clothes before I rip them off of ya…”

Mel giggled at the comment, grinding her hips lightly against Waylon before getting off his lap to do as he asked. Waylon took that moment to remove his own clothes, thought his eyes stayed on Mel. It was now clear to Mel that Waylon did indeed wanted her, his dick hard and already dripping pre-cum. Even with her arousal, Mel still had her usual sense of detail, noting that Waylon’s dick was the same pale color as his belly and similarly seemed covered in soft “scales” that would definitely provide some interesting feelings. Mel also noted that, thankfully, he was only about as big as the biggest toy she managed to take, so with some prep, she would be able to take him.

Waylon felt slightly self-conscious as Mel was observing him. She was so small, what if she says that he’s too big for her? Mel showed him only kindness and as such, he didn’t want to risk hurting her. But then she smiled mischievously as she lied down on the bed, her legs spreading open to show her dripping core, making Waylon subconsciously lick his lips.

“So… You wanna help me prepare myself for you, big guy, or you’re just gonna watch?”

It took Waylon all his willpower to not just pounce on Mel. Instead, he joined her on the bed, his body hovering hers and kissed her again, letting his hands explore her body. One of his hand found its way to Mel’s pussy, a finger slipping between the lips and spreading the wetness before moving up to tease her clit. Waylon broke the kiss and brought the finger covered in Mel’s wetness to his mouth, licking it clean.

“Fuck… Ya taste so good… I need more…”

He rolled over, bringing Mel with him so she was now straddling his chest, his hands now on her hips guiding her to his face. Mel caught on what he was trying to do and moved to straddle his face instead. Waylon immediately started to lap at her folds, impatient to get a better taste of her. His tongue dived in, lashing at her clit and then moved to plunge and swirl inside her. Waylon continued to eat her out enthusiastically for some time, appreciating Mel’s moans almost as much as her taste, until…

“W… Waylon… I’m… I’m gonna…”

She squirmed, trying to move away from his face, but the firm grip he had on her hips stopped Mel from doing so. Waylon let a soft growl escape his throat, moving his mouth away just long enough to say a few words.

“Please, doll… Do it… Cum for me”

He returned to what he was doing until he felt Mel tense up, a high-pitched sound half-way between a moan and a whine escaping her. He continued to eat her out through her orgasm. Waylon was almost tempted to try and make her climax that way another time but decided against it as he also really wanted to be inside her. He returned to their previous position, with him on top, his hand reaching back between Mel’s legs to push a finger inside her. Seeing as there was no resistance, he added another finger, scissoring them inside Mel to stretch her ready for him.

“Fuck… Waylon… Please… I need more…”

It was all Waylon needed to hear. He removed his fingers, licking them clean once again, and positioned himself, slowly pushing inside Mel, watching for any sign of pain.

“So… warm… and… soft”, he growled against Mel’s shoulder.

To Waylon, it was a sweet torture to go so slow. All he could think about now was to fuck Mel into the mattress and make her cum on his dick again and again, but he was still chained by his desire to return Mel’s kindness, somehow. Mel seemed to notice, because she once again said exactly what he needed to hear.

“Ah, Waylon… It’s… It’s ok… You can… You won’t hurt me”

All of Waylon’s restrains snapped, his thrusts became quick, hard and deep. He didn’t stop even as he felt Mel cum around him. He just followed his instincts, fucking her hard while chasing his own release, which he eventually reached. With a last thrust, he reached as deep as he could inside Mel and kept himself there as he finally came, his seed filling Mel up. That’s when he snapped out of it and looked down at Mel, suddenly worried that he might’ve hurt her. Mel was a mess, a sheen of sweat covering her skin, panting, his cum slowly leaking out of her. He could see bruises starting to form where he gripped her a little bit too hard.

“Fuck, I’m sorry, doll… Ya should’ve tell me somethin’

- What… for? I… loved every… moment of it”

Mel managed to reassure him while trying to get her breath back. Waylon immediately felt better.

“Ya know, I think Boom was right… Yer really a freak… And I think I love ya

- I love you too, Handsome.”

Waylon chuckled at the nickname and kissed Mel before getting up to go draw a warm bath. Thankfully, the motel room had a rather nice bathroom with one of those huge baths, so he would even be able to go in with her to make sure she didn’t fell asleep in it. Mel would still probably be sore the next day… or days… but Waylon knew the bath would at least help a bit. He carried Mel carefully to the bath and they both relaxed in it for a while.

“Well… I’m definitely not bored anymore… I’m counting on you to… entertain me like that if I get bored again, ‘k?”

Waylon chuckled and looked at his Doll snuggling in his arms.

“My pleasure…”

[littlehollyleaf]

Your Riddler Oracle Au (that you will never write) seriously sounds amazing. You could even add the tragedy kink in with Eddie becoming more and more enticed with the dark side (a 'personal trap' (description stolen from Norman Bates) because of his abusive upbringing) and both Batman and Foxy end up worrying about him as he slips more and more. Kinda like a telltale thing with John Doe, but dealing with Foxy way more, because of the years of love they had. Sorry, too much nerding of your au. 8P

(Au anon being overly annoying over here) it can even include Eddie becoming somewhat enamored with Ozzie, or the idea of Ozzie, similar to that Harley Quinn parallel post you put up earlier. Basically tempting that part of his mind to the dark side.

HI ANON I AM FINALLY REPLYING!

Firstly I just - god bless you for being so excited about my daydream ramblings

I ramble more OVER HERE with more AU thoughts/plotting that touches on Ed being tempted by darkness a little. Cos in my scenario I imagine him still trying/wanting to kill Tom Doughty - it’s just lucky that Foxy stops him in time. Plus I’d keep the whole bit with Eddie in Arkham torturing Bruce and Foxy, so he’d be tapping into his darker, slightly sadistic desires there (though in my scenario I picture him being influenced/brainwashed by Hugo into doing that - which, hi hi, has now been stolen as a plot by the show perhaps?? :p).

In the link above I stop my imagining at the end of S02, but listen... I HAVE SO MANY MORE FOXMA CANON-AU IDEAS, FOR REAL. IT KEEPS ME ENTERTAINED DURING BORING DAYS OKAY?? 

So, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, but you inspired me to write them down.

Please forgive me for the insanely extensive ramble!

So, as I hint in the link, I was thinking -

S03 Eddie as Chief of Staff to Ozzie plot al a canon

For purposes of ~drama I like to daydream that Eddie is on compulsory sick leave from the GCPD because whatever Hugo did to him at Arkham has been fucking him up a little - causing him to have violent episodes, hallucinations..... basically I guess the mental break that happened after he killed Tom in canon

Foxy has been the wonderful, caring, loving, supportive boyfriend we all know he would be and helping Ed as best he can through all this

Oh they are also totally living together now

But Ed is scared to talk to Foxy about all the dark impulses that Hugo’s tinkering has brought to light in him because Foxy is (so he thinks) all pure and stuff and Ed doesn’t want to burden him or risk scaring Foxy away

Plus Ed is going crazy not being able to work

So one day when he turns up at the GCPD trying to convince Jim to let him come back and is refused (politely and with sympathy) he just SNAPS and RAGE QUITS and stomps out... only to be found moping on the sidewalk a while later by Ozzie

Now Ozzie, like in canon, has grown rather fond of Ed due to Ed nursing him back to health after being shot by Galavan and ofc in this world from Eddie going to visit him in Arkham and then trying to save him from Hugo

So on learning that Ed has been, so Ozzie spins it, ‘fired’ for being ‘violent’ or whatever, Ozzie immediately offers Ed a job helping in his Mayoral campaign

Probably Ed and Ozzie end up having a little chat about violent impulses and the like too, because it’s easier to talk to an infamous violent criminal about such things than it is with a seemingly innocent, saintly boyfriend, causing Ed to immediately warm to the idea of working with Oswald and maybe by doing so being able to unburden himself of his troublesome thoughts/feelings and... maybe even find some possible outlets for them...? ie. being enticed towards darker acts like you suggest anon!

When Ed reveals this to Foxy though, Foxy is... NOT HAPPY with the idea of Ed working with a criminal like Ozzie. Partly because he does not approve of the idea of Oswald as a Mayor and partly because he fears it won’t be good for Ed’s mental health

Which leads to a HUGE FIGHT with Eddie claiming that Foxy is being unfair about Oswald and treating Ed like he’s a child who can’t make his own decisions and the more Foxy tries to explain that’s not true the worse it sounds and the madder Ed gets. Plus any defence of Ozzie is met with disdain by Foxy. Until eventually they build up to some kind of ultimatum where Foxy tells Ed that ofc he’s capable of making his own decisions, but if he agrees to work with Oswald then Foxy can’t in good conscious continue with their relationship!

So a furious Ed is just - FINE THEN! And packs up his stuff and leaves.

And you can tell that both of them regret this RIGHT AWAY - Ed hovering outside the door on the verge of returning, Foxy with his hand on the doorknob poised to go after Ed and apologise

But in a tragic twist of timing they fail to make up - just as Eddie is about to return some neighbours walk by and see him with his suitcase and he feels compelled to walk on, then just as he’s out of sight Foxy plucks up the courage to open the door only to find Ed gone, noooo

Leading to Eddie turning up at the Van Dahl mansion suitcase in hand (maybe wet too, let’s imagine it raining!) where he tells Ozzie - yes I’ll take the job, but, I also kinda need somewhere to stay...

This is where the nygmobblepot - enticement towards darkness part really comes in!

Ozzie welcomes Ed in with open arms ofc and his journey to becoming Mayor plays out pretty much as in canon, with Eddie doing his supportive stuff and dipping into ‘lightly’ criminal behaviour to do so

Ozzie completely falls for Ed along the way, makes him Chief of Staff etc.

Ed is maybe, slightly, starting to develop deeper feelings for Ozzie too... and maybe there’s a bit of a ‘rebound’ aspect to it, but maybe not... plus Ozzie HAS been constantly accepting of Ed’s ‘darkside’ without judgement, which endears him to Ed, as well as the opportunities Ozzie may have provided to allow Ed to indulge said darkness (letting Ed help with interrogations and the like)

(also a lot of the warmth we saw build between Ed and Ozzie in S02 would totally have happened here as well - so they’ve got that history)

Meanwhile Foxy has taken over Ed’s job at the GCPD and watches Ed’s advancement on the news with growing concern... but also a little pride? Because... Ed seems happy... and healthy... and... maybe Oswald isn’t doing a TERRIBLE job as Mayor? (since Foxy wouldn’t know about the ins and outs of Ozzie also running the criminal underworld and how ever more deeply involved Ed is becoming with that)

UNTIL

That fateful day Ozzie plucks up the courage to confess his feelings and Ed stops off at a liquor store to purchase a bottle of wine.......

Only ofc it’s not Isabella Ed runs into 

So Ed finds Foxy while buying wine. They end up talking through the night. Both of them apologise for past behaviour. Foxy even reluctantly compliments Ozzie maybe. They both admit they miss each other. Feelings are rekindled. Kisses. They agree to try again.

Ed on learning the time, as in canon, rushes back to a frantic Ozzie and reveals that he and Foxy have decided to rekindle their romance and ISN’T IT GREAT?? :p

All the stuff about ‘second chances’ that Ed applied to Izzy in canon now fits rather nicely with him and Foxy :)

Ozzie’s jealousy progresses as in canon... to its inevitable conclusion (maybe there’s even a moment of crisis where Ed tries to break up with Foxy out of fear that he will hurt him, like he feared with Izzy, but Foxy also calms Ed’s fears... albeit without creepy cosplay... but maybe with rough sex though...? Foxy showing Ed that he’s not an innocent snowflake and can handle it if Ed needs to be a little dark...??)

OFC IN THIS SCENARIO OZZIE FAILS TO ACTUALLY KILL FOXY!

BUT - there’s a brief time where Foxy SEEMS to be dead (perhaps a mangled body was found in/by his crashed car that there is enough evidence to SUGGEST is Foxy for everyone to believe it... but actually it was a homeless man Foxy was giving a lift to a shelter or something... look you can’t expect me to think of ALL the details!)

AND OKAY HERE’S THE THING - while Ed thinks Foxy is dead, his whole development into The Riddler PLAYS OUT JUST AS IN CANON after Izzy died

So that’s - going through discovering Foxy was ‘murdered,’ blaming Butch, the whole bit with him and Tabby and the mini-guillotine, learning it was Ozzie who did it, teaming up with Babs etc against him, all the way to the docks and everything

Until we get lost and confused Ed post-Ozzie’s death going on his academic killing spree and sending riddles to the GCPD

Unhappily for Ed he only has poor Harvey to play with, since Jim is off doing important Court of Owls related plot business and Foxy is ofc unavailable

During it all Ed has some AMAZING hallucinations of BOTH OSWALD AND FOXY though... I confess I haven’t thought those through... but they DEFINITELY HAPPEN

How Harvey gets on with the chess and ‘belly of the beast’ stuff idk... maybe Lee helps... but somehow he muddles through to the finale with Eddie dangling him over the stairwell and asking his final three riddles

EXCEPT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME A WILD VERY MUCH ALIVE FOXY APPEARS AND BEGS ED TO STOP

Ofc Ed just thinks he’s hallucinating at first until Harvey exclaims his shock at Lucius being alive

Cue an intense, emotional conversation. Foxy, as in canon, twigs that Ed has killed Penguin. Ed counters, desperately - he killed you! Foxy is sympathetic. Loving. Reassuring Ed that he isn’t dead (he’s been in a coma listed as a John Doe or something, shhhh, details), that they can make this right

You can see Ed wants to believe this so badly... but he is torn... he’d built himself up into becoming a criminal, felt like fate had pushed him into it, he’d felt READY to be that man

How? he cries. How can we make this right? It’s not just Oswald. I’ve done things, killed people. I’ve killed people, Foxy, and I liked it!

It doesn’t matter what you’ve done, Foxy would insist. You’re still my Ed. My Riddler. Please, you don’t have to do this.

And Foxy would move closer, reaching out. 

And Ed would be on the verge of taking Foxy’s hand.

...but that’s when the rope holding Harvey would snap.

And a pained Ed would shake his head and back away - I’m sorry. I’m sorry, it’s too late!

Leaving Foxy to catch a falling Harvey while Ed runs away

I’m sorry I know this is too long and ridiculous but it’s been on my mind for SO.LONG and I’ve got a whole Court of Owls bit as well

In an effort to slot this whole AU into the canon as much as I can I picture Ed going on to try and be a criminal like he does in the show - green suit, robbing three banks in one night and all that (but I’m vetoing the use of the name ‘Riddler’ at this point)

Meanwhile Foxy is, just, distraught back at the GCPD - INSISTING to Jim and everyone that Ed is not himself, that he needs help, that they need to find him, that if they just find him he can talk Ed down he promises

And Jim is sympathetic probably, reassuring Foxy that the GCPD is doing all they can, that they all care about Ed (which may or may not be stretching the truth some at this point) and will do their best to bring him in without hurting him (Kristen, who is still alive, is also on Ed’s side maybe?)

Then we’ve got Babs drawing Ed into the Court of Owls stuff

And Ed in this AU is... much more obviously conflicted about his current life choices and acting reckless/suicidal (because dramatic death seems like an easy way out of his current emotional struggles)

So, as in canon, he jumps at the chance to poke at a dangerous, secret organisation

The whole thing with the Mayor and Jim at the GCPD plays out and Jim lets the Court capture Ed (which Foxy is PISSED to learn about after the fact because W.T.F Jim you promised you would bring him in safe! why didn’t you tell me? I could have talked him out of it if I’d been there!)

Cue Ed discovering Ozzie is alive and the two of them teaming up to bust out together

Cut to Foxy returning to the GCPD late at night - he’s forgotten a file he needs, he’s been very distracted lately

Only when he enters the building he finds - ED, in full ‘not-Riddler’ outfit, sitting at one of the desks

Foxy assumes Ed has come to see him, but what he doesn’t notice is that Ed is as surprised to see him as Foxy is to find him

But before they can have a real conversation - Jim arrives

And Foxy, like, PANICS and jumps in front of Jim, yelling at Ed to run, to just go, he’ll stop Jim, Ed just needs to get out before he’s caught (Foxy has grown less enamoured of the plan to have the GCPD catch Ed since Jim let the Court take him)

Except Ed just puts a quiet hand on Foxy’s shoulder and tells Foxy he’s sweet... but actually it’s Jim he’s come to see, dun dun!

TWIST - it turns out that Ed has been WORKING WITH/FOR JIM ever since Babs approached him about the Court

Eddie had found Jim and offered to become a spy on the Court if Jim promised to clear his criminal record in return

Meaning the whole ‘letting Ed be captured by the Court’ was really a ruse Jim and Ed had concocted together to get Ed inside the Court

Brief comedy moment where Jim is all - nice to see where your priorities lie though, Lucius - about Foxy trying to help Ed escape justice :p

Foxy is all - ?????? about all this ofc. But focuses on how dangerous it was for Ed to let himself be captured by the Court

Ed just shrugs off his possible death - it’s the only way he could see to untangle himself from the criminal he’d become, to stand any chance of him and Foxy getting back to how they were

There’s a quick debrief with Jim - unfortunately Ed learnt little, only that Ozzie is still alive (which Jim already knew at this point) and that the Court are planning something big

Foxy wants to take Ed home at this point - end the whole thing. But Ed thinks he should go back to Babs etc - that he might be able to learn more while still a criminal

(also secretly Ed is still reeling over Ozzie not being dead and there is a dark part of him that very much wants to try and kill Ozzie again)

Then we have Jervis and his blood being needed to cure the virus the Court unleashes

In canon Ed helps Babs take Jervis from Jim, then Jim bargains with Ed, offering him Ozzie to get him to hand Jervis over.... 

I’m fuzzy on how this would work in the AU... maybe Ed actually helps figure out that Jervis’ blood is key to the cure?

...I think...he would have to NOT be involved in Babs kidnapping Jervis, because he’d WANT Jim, Foxy etc to get Jervis’ blood, WANT to help cure the virus

But Babs ends up with Jervis anyways

So in this scenario Ed calls Jim to let him know he can get him Jervis..... BUT.... in the meantime Ed has discovered Jim has Ozzie and his dark impulses get the better of him - he refuses to hand Jervis over unless Jim delivers Ozzie

He tried to kill the man I love, Jim, Ed insists.

So Jim, making very sure not to tell Foxy, agrees

We get the warehouse scene (...maybe without the hand grenade around Jervis... maybe not :p)

Followed by Ozzie knocking Ed out, the car, Ed seemingly escaping...

...and on to the second docks scene

EXCEPT EXCEPT EXCEPT

When it comes to the pivotal moment when Ed has the chance to shoot Ozzie again and get it right this time...

...HE DOESN’T

He thinks of Foxy and of the better man Foxy sees in him and realises that’s the man he wants to be

I can’t, he says. If I do this, Lucius and I are over. I can’t be this man and still be with him. 

He gives Ozzie back the gun

Ozzie gives him a curious look

You really love him, don’t you?

Ed nods

Ozzie nods back, understanding. Then lifts the gun and pulls the trigger

It’s unloaded ofc - and Ozzie explains about taking out the bullets, nods to where Freeze and Ivy are appearing behind Eddie

Ed asks if Ozzie is going to kill him and Ozzie says he considered it, that he considered worse - it all depended on what Ed chose to do

But since Ed chose to spare him, Ozzie spares Ed as well and tells him to go back to the man he loves - something sappy about life only giving you one true love and Ed is lucky to have found his

Maybe Ed looks at Ozzie thoughtfully (slightly longingly?) for a moment and says something about - maybe, in another lifetime...

Cut to Foxy returning home after... helping with the virus cure... whatever he was doing at the end of S03!

Ed is waiting for him inside. In the dark, so Foxy is surprised by him when he turns on the light. Because Ed is embracing his Extraness now :p

INTENSE EMOTIONAL CONVERSATION

Foxy has discovered that Ed asked for Oswald and Jim gave him up and confronts Ed about it

Ed says he took Oswald to the docks to shoot him... but like, leaves it a little unclear for a bit what actually happened because he wants to know how Foxy would react to him having killed Ozzie, for real this time

And here’s my kicker - Foxy disapproves... but he accepts it. Is willing to still be with Ed, even knowing Ed has committed premeditated murder in what is arguably sound mind (his killing spree after Foxy’s ‘death’ being something Foxy has been justifying as a result of mental illness)

Which is, ofc, a hell of an emotional boost to Ed!

Cue angry, relieved punching when Ed reveals the truth 

...some stuff with Ed insisting that he’s different now - they can’t go back to how they were, there’s a ‘darkness’ in him and that’s not going to change

Foxy telling him he understands. 

Something like - this is Gotham, living here, you need some darkness in you or you won’t survive...

....some kind of fancy wordplay anyways that shows that Foxy can handle darkness and isn’t exactly all light himself

Which leads to kinky sex

THE END

only not ofc :p

because you have all of S04... 

I don’t have a full plot for that, but I imagine Ed getting involved with Ozzie’s battle with Sofia somehow, because Ed withstanding torture for Ozzie and Ozzie giving up his revenge for Ed is just.... TOO GOOD and I need it to exist in this AU as well...

I have out of context ideas about Ed helping with Martin as well still, and he, Foxy AND OSWALD end up all living together with Martin for a bit (or at least Martin lives with Ed and Foxy and Ozzie comes to visit)

...which ties in to my secret Endgame Scenario where, in the midst of proper Batman times, Ozzie EVENTUALLY (after lots of criminal shenanigans) ends up going (mostly) legit and he, Eddie and Foxy develop a working poly relationship... but that’s in the far future :p

(also I’ve got a whole ~THING where Eddie finds out Foxy works for Batman - cos it’s not Foxy’s secret to tell, right? so I figure he would feel honour bound to keep the fact Bruce is Batman even from his boyfriend... only Eddie is not dumb and notices Foxy working later than he should and maybe Foxy’s excuses don’t hold up and whatnot and long story short Eddie becomes, reluctantly, convinced that FOXY MUST BE HAVING AN AFFAIR, even though it doesn’t fit his character AT ALL and by all accounts shouldn’t make sense... so anyway, yeah, he confronts Foxy, and Foxy CAN’T tell him the truth, so with Foxy refusing to explain himself Eddie is forced to conclude that his suspicions must be correct and it’s all just awkward and upsetting...

...only obviously Ed finds out the truth soon after - I keep picturing a scene where he comes upon Barbara Gordon at the GCPD (which Eddie goes back to work at fyi - teaming up with Foxy there for a bit till Foxy goes back to Wayne Enterprises). He finds her trying to hack into Batman’s radio, because she’s a fan. And because Eddie needs a distraction from his homelife (and is also a fan) he helps her and they succeed, only to listen in to Batman having a conversation WITH FOXY, leaving Ed all - ??????!

and ofc he hijacks the line and is all - FOXY THE FUCK?! 

...followed by a shocked (slightly awed) - FOXY OMG ARE YOU HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH BATMAN??

to which Bruce and Lucius are both - aaaaah! wow, omg, fucking NO!

...and yeah, that’s how Ed finds out his boyfriend works for the Bat and ultimately leads to him (and Barbara) joining the team :p)

Soooo... yes... there we go. A more detailed look into my ‘Ed and Foxy were friends at uni’ foxma AU version of Gotham/Batman, including Eddie having an ongoing, complicated relationship with Oswald which involves him constantly struggling with his darker impulses and being tempted to... less than lawful/ethical/moral behaviour.

(I feel like maybe sometimes as well, when Eddie is working alongside the Bat Fam, he maybe... quietly orchestrates things so certainly particularly vile villains end up, um, ‘unalive’ ...but in ways that aren’t obviously deliberate... or maybe even occasionally, secretly teams up with Ozzie to help bump off various people...

oh shit and yeah that’s the other thing - in this AU, when Eddie becomes Oracle!Riddler... mostly I just take it as read that Ozzie 100% knows it’s him from the get go... but he just... never says anything... and even though he knows that technically he could probably go after Eddie and try and torture the identity of Batman out of him, Ozzie just... doesn’t... because - love, you know? ;p)

God this is way too long, I’m so very sorry...

[salarta]

X-Men Blue #9 Thoughts

Thoughts time. Cliff notes before in-depth.

1) It was good. I’ll continue reading Blue and MIGHT get the physical copy of this issue.

2) It turned out much better than I expected given what I saw in #8 and everything leading up to it.

3) I don’t regret any of what I said after #8. Every word of it was true to what I saw. But I’m glad what I expected to happen didn’t happen.

4) It’s not lost on me that Marvel deliberately buried view of it on their digital store so that it’s not only not a highlight, but literally the very last book listed for sale today.

Now for my thoughts.

I still have a problem with the use of “daddy’s little” before Mistress of Magnetism.  Its phrasing basically takes a title unique to her - Mistress of Magnetism - and frames it as if it’s something she only gets to have because Magneto’s her father. As if she would be stripped of it without Magneto.

To me, that comes off as a dig on any complaints about making the entire focus of her cliffhanger appearance in #8 on the men in her life. This could have been a big problem for me if things were really bad elsewhere, but thankfully things got better.

I liked Lorna forcing Jean to go rescue the others. It serves as a refutation of the idea that Lorna can’t fight her own battles or that she’s not as capable as Jean. This is important, since historically Lorna has been used to make the others look good at her expense. This issue thankfully doesn’t make that mistake, and also doesn’t drag Jean through the mud to make the point either.

The art is, of course, amazing. Glad they’re using this specific version of Lorna’s costume too.

Lorna interacting in any way with Havok was a huge, huge, huge red flag for me coming into this issue - and why I expected it to be a colossal disaster. Fortunately, their interaction was very brief and it won’t be something that persists issue after issue.

The biggest risk with anyone writing any of their relationship is ultimately a matter of time. The more panels and time spent on it, the greater the risk Lorna will get screwed over for Havok’s benefit. This was mercifully brief enough to avoid that outcome. Which is great. I came into this expecting most of the issue to be their fight.

Which, by the way, is another good thing here. I was expecting their interaction to be all about their relationship and how much Havok supposedly means to Lorna and blah blah blah, all the horrid things. Instead, Havok provided actual insight into who Lorna is as her own character. He said things that didn’t make it look like Lorna’s identity revolved around him. Some people might have been tempted to do that thinking it would show Havok’s ego and possessiveness, but it would’ve been a huge mistake that damaged perception of Lorna and her potential. So credit to Bunn for avoiding that trap.

The dialogue when Jimmy attacks the guards is really amusing. Makes me think of the play on 60s Batman sound effects that I saw out of Batman and Harley Quinn on Monday.

I also get this overall feeling that the dynamic between Polaris and Danger will be a lot better in X-Men Blue than it was in All-New X-Factor. And I also get the sense that things may turn out good between Lorna and Briar.

I think Bunn’s getting into the groove of the book now, too. The humor is more on point and comes off more natural.

I’ve softened up a lot on my attitude since X-Men Blue #8 specifically because Bunn started talking about Polaris and responding to questions. I don’t expect or demand that he rave endlessly about her or anything like that, but being willing to talk about her and show at least some interest is crucial IMO. It shows the person is putting some thought into her. As such, it becomes easier to put more faith into the notion of good intentions - that even if something looks bad, the writer at least meant well. And now it’s not words alone, but an actual issue to back the words up.

At the end of this issue, I do actually get a sense that future issues will explore Polaris as her own character and not just as Magneto’s daughter. I hope that sense is correct.

So, I end with a dual-pronged deal. This issue was good. Much better than I expected. I intend to keep reading it, and I think there’s a lot of potential and opportunities here. I get the feeling that future issues will do better than the bad start of #8.

But... I can’t bring myself to say “I look forward to future issues” either. Especially since the last few pages tease the idea that there might be more forced interaction between Polaris and Havok in the not too distant future. They’ve only been kept apart for 6 years, if I willingly ignore Havok’s appearances and interference in All-New X-Factor (2014). Blue #8 and #9 alone was already way too much time, way too soon, for them to be interacting.

I really don’t think I can overstate the negative impact that having Polaris interact with Havok had on my ability to trust the potential good of Lorna on X-Men Blue. It’s like driving after being in a horrible car crash. It doesn’t matter how stable the car is, how clear the roads are, how attentive you are to any hazards. You still keep expecting to get hit hard any minute.

That’s what touching on their relationship for Lorna’s introduction on this book was to me: scraping against my car when I haven’t had enough time to just simply drive without incident. I expected a massive wreck and it didn’t happen - but how do I know one isn’t coming the next time I drive? Or the next? Or the next?

All in all: I do encourage people to read this issue. I hope you enjoy it. I wish I could’ve done so. My reaction may not be yours.