#Killer Croc the protector of children

[satoshy12]

How Killer Croc somehow became the hero of children

It all started when Croc saved the group of children.It had been a mistake, really.

He just wanted to save his tiny friend Ellie, and the rest was a collaborative saving. Is that even a word?

And before he knew it, it happened again and again in this city. What is wrong with Amity Park?

And worse, the Hero Phantom in public thanked him for being such a hero. And for his help, as he already has problems with the magical enemies, it's good that a new hero helped against the non-magical ones.

Suddenly, he is known as the protector of children, and all the children in the city love him.

Waylon has no idea what to say. People in public praise him and want to take photos with him. And he gets free food and similar.

[insomniac-jay]

In terms of the other Rogues opinions on the Watchers, I have my own thoughts for some of them.

Poison Ivy: Due to most of the Watchers being fairly young I imagine they respect her environmental consciousness, and even listen and implement some of her suggestions. She wouldn't really show she cares about them in terms of words, but rather through actions like Aviva learning Poison Ivy wants to turn her into a plant or Poison Ivy passing on some homemade plant-based self-care products.

Harley Quinn: Harley would find the Watchers fun and psychologically interesting. She definitely expresses her love with words, and has referred to some of them as her kids before. She brags about them to other teams for sure such as the Birds of Prey or the Legion of Doom, with a comedically long roll of photos in a comedically small wallet.

Killer Croc: As we have established he doesn't particularly like them in his sewers but he is too terrified of Raine to do anything. Even though they steal his food and tease him about his love life, he can't help but feel protective over them when the Bats or the police come sniffing. Besides, they leave him pirated copies of new shows he can't see for himself and say nice things to Enchantress so...

Mr. Freeze: This depends on how you utilize him, but I can see the Watchers funding his research to cure his wife when the Bats won't (the Watchers are agitated when they learn how easily his crime spree could have been stopped). He feels indebted to them, and Nora likes them so he makes sure to help out when they ask for his expertise on cryogenics. His favorite member is Will, and the Watchers get him and Nora an anniversary gift every year.

Harley calling the Watchers her kids is real and true. Also the small ass wallet with the long row of pictures is just perfect.

Waylon being a powerless gym teacher of a class full of unhinged teenagers and their sort of protector at the same time fits so well.

Victor and Nora have real "Don't talk to us or our children ever again".

[thr-333]

Drastic Measures- Part 11

@daminette-december2019-2020

~Snow globe~

Gabriel: Nathalie why haven't you canceled my card?! Nathalie: oh were you going to use that to pay my pay rise for moving to a different continent or to pay my last 6 years of overtime? Gabriel: Nathalie- Nathalie: You’re welcome to do it yourself sir. Gabriel:....... I can’t do anything without you can I? Nathalie: No you cant and make sure to remember that next pay day.

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“So why are we here?” Damian asks getting dragged around the mall by the two.

“Because if we’re decorating the pet stores we need inspiration,” Marinette holds him by his elbow in case he tries to escape again, “And Adrien's having fun,”

“Why don’t we just hire someone for that?”

“I haven't found a good babysitter yet,” Marinette smiles as she knows Damian glares at her, “The style of the store is the most important thing, it’s what people interact with the most and a representation of our company,”

“Tt,” Marinette smiles knowing she won. 

They follow Adrien into an incredibly overpriced knick-knacks store, exactly what they’re looking for. She jots down notes in her book looking at the glasswork on the figurines or the beautifully painted porcelain.

“I think every store should have the same color coordination for each section,” Marinette suggests writing down a potential palette based on the plates she was looking at, “So people always know where to find something no matter the store,”

“How many people do you think are going to multiple stores?” Damian scoffs.

“We will be, besides its a decorative thing, a bit of paint on the wall or shelf, hm maybe each section should have a range of shades to keep it from being too samey,”

“I take it you’re in charge of this part now?”

“Guess so,” Marinette hums looking over the shelves for more inspiration, Adrien looking over a large glass sculpture that she may have to talk him out of buying, “So did you talk to Adrien?”

“Oh no,” Damian catches her attention, “He talked I was expected to listen,”

“So you make any decisions?” She spots a little china doll on a high shelf.

“I’m not going to run away if that’s what you’re asking,” Damian reaches over her grabbing the doll before she knocks over shelves trying to jump up and reach it.

“But If you were-”

“I’m not,” Damian hands the doll over.

“But if you were,” He gives her a withered glare, “Where would you go?”

“… Somewhere I can paint I suppose,” He says after some consideration.

“That's a start!” Marinette exclaims, almost dropping the doll.

“I can paint anywhere,” Damian catches it before she can.

“Ah,” They go back to pursuing the shelves, Damian taking it upon himself to hold the delicate decorations for some reason.

“... Where would you go?” He asks eventually, Marinette tries to keep the smile to herself as to not scare him off.

“I used to think I’d like to go somewhere with lots of snow,”

“Is that so?” Damian hums consideringly.

“Yeah but then I came here and realized the cold sucks,” Marinette's jaw actually drops as Damian laughs, not a snort or a scoff and actual chuckle! “Hollll- did you just laugh?! Did I just get you to laugh!? Are there cameras around?! Do you think they’ll let me keep the footage?!”

“Calm down,” Damian places a hand on her head to stop her bouncing,  “Besides I think your friend is about to make a ludicrous purchase,”

“Adrien!” Marinette snaps as he tries to pay for a glass sculpture twice his size, “Can it fit on the back of a motorcycle?!”

“.... no,” Adrien hangs his head like a toddler being told off.

“Then put it down!” Marinette chides dragging him away from the sculpture and out of the store. She already had to fit three on them on hers. Damian is lagging behind, Marinette resigns herself to having to drag them both through the mall like children when he finally catches up.

“Here take this,” She startles a snow globe in a clear box being pressed into her hands, “Now you can look at the snow without getting cold,”

“That's so nice,” She bites down on the follow-up question of where the hell is Damian and what did you do with him.

“No, it’s bribery,” Ah there he is, “Don’t tell anyone I laughed,”

“So you admit you laughed,” Marinette smirks, letting Adrien go look at different stores.

“Besides,” Damian sharply changes the topic, “If you want to see the snow so badly just stay inside a cabin or something,”

“Well maybe you can come with me,” Marinette hums looking at the snowflakes fall over a winter forest, two little people by a campfire, “I bet it would be beautiful to paint,”

“Maybe so,” Damian agrees before giving her a side look, “Also you’re a horrible influence,”

“Who me? It’s not like I gave you the idea to run away,” He had come to her with that all on his own.

“No you didn’t,” Damian easily agrees, walking along with Marinette.

“Well if you’re still in the rebellion mood why don’t you join the pink hair squad?”

“I am not dying my hair pink,” Damian rolls his eyes.

“Just a little bit?” Marinette steps in front of him walking backward.

“No,” Damian brushes past her, Marinette lets him go ahead.

“Adrien I just had the best idea,” Marinette turns to her side where Adrien is not. Marinette looks behind her spotting Adrien in the crowd- getting picked up and carried away by a stranger! “ADRIEN!”

Damian hears her shout bolting forward. Grabbing a baton he apparently had the whole time. 

“Damian, watch out! They might have feelings!” Damian actually stops in his tracks, turning back to glare at her.

“...”

“...”

“Hey guys,” Adrien speaks up, “I’m kind of being kidnapped,”

“Right!” Marinette wipes the grin off her face, punching the kidnapper right on the jaw. He drops Adrien who lands on his feet, “Do I need a child leash for you young man?”

“Please don’t my Father had one of those for me,” Adrien brushes himself off as the kidnapped stumbles to the ground.

“Weren’t you never allowed out of the house?” Marinette asks as Damian steps forward to pull the kidnapper's arms behind their back.

“Exactly,”

“Not that this isn't riveting,” Damian says in the most bored tone, turning to the kidnapped, “Who hired you?”

“Garbeil Agreste sent me to fetch his son,”

“Yeah, here we call that kidnapping,” Adrien snarks back, “Great can’t the guy just leave me alone? What's his problem it’s like-”

“Nope!” Damian drops the kidnapper walking away, “Not today! Not again!”

“... well that's just rude,” Adrien huffs as someone calls the police.

“Don’t worry,” Marinette smiles, “As I was trying to tell you I have a plan,”

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 “MARINETTE!”

“Hm wonder what that could be about,” Marinette flips the page, continuing to read peacefully while seated for breakfast with the rest of the Waynes.

“Dupain-Cheng I know you are responsible for this,” Damian leans over her, still in a towel and dripping wet, oh and with pink hair that bits kinda important.

“You did this to him?” Jason laughs, not so subtly taking pictures with glee.

“Relax it’s temporary dye,” Marinette grabs Damain’s shoulder before he can jump over the table and dismember Jason.

“How temporary?” Damian demands, Marinette just turns to a new page with no drips of water on it.

“Just wash it a few more times and it will come right out,” Damian huffs again stalking out of the room, all eyes on her.

“... I can’t believe you survived that,” Tim says with awe, “Actually even Damians not stupid enough to risk that,”

She’ll ask what he means later.

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 “Temporary Dupain-cheng?” Damian glares at her, still very much pink and still very much angry.

“Alright maybe not,” Marinette tries to suppress a giggle, “It looks good tho,”

“Dupain-cheng you will fix this and you will fix this now,” She’s not lying he does look good and she does blush.

“Well, we could go to the hairdresser-”

“No,” Damian snaps, crossing his arms like it's final.

“Do you trust me to dye your hair myself?”

“Absolutely not,” at least not after this.

“Then you’re stuck like that,” Marinette shrugs, Damian groans sinking into the seat behind him.

“This is all your fault Dupain-cheng,”

“Ha, how long are you going to call me that?” Damian leans forward fixing her with a venomous glare.

“Forever,”

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 “Hey Robin- are you wearing a swimming cap under your hood?” Ladybug cuts herself off trying to take off his hood.

“It’s a lightweight head protector,” Robin grabs her wrist, but Ladybug is stronger.

“Yeah no,” Ladybug pushes his hood off, “It’s a swimming cap, what is killer croc up to something?”

“You’re hilarious,” Robin scoffs looking away as if there isn’t a real smile tugging at his mouth.

“Well I can’t let Chat take all the glory,” Ladybug shrugs coming to sit next to him in what has become their usual spot, “So what's the deal? Gasp did you lose a dare?”

“Did you just say gasp?” Robin asks incredulously, “And no it’s not a dare it’s a rather unfortunate prank,”

“Oh please please tell me they did the same to Batman, Please,” Ladybug his holding both his shoulders, Robin completely turned towards her as she looks at him desperately.

“........ yes,”

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 “Marinette,”

“Yes Bruc-” Marinette chokes then tries to choke down her laugh.

“I feel you may have gotten carried away, I would like to remind you-” 

“So sorry to interrupt,” Marinette interrupts, “But that wasn't me,”

“Are you sure?” Bruce is studying her.

“Yeah I only messed with Damian's  bathroom,” Marinette turns completely towards him, “Were you using Damian's bathroom?”

“No,”

“Then it wasn't me,” Marinette shrugs turning away.

“Then who did it?”

“A true mystery,”

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 “So you’re sure you want me to do this,” Marinette asks again, the dye in one hand Damian sitting in front of her.

“Dupain-Cheng I swear-”

“Ah, if I help you, you have to stop calling me that,” She tells him, pulling the black dye away for extra effect.

“I only call you that because of what you did,” Damian glares at her reflection in the mirror, “If you want to get back in my good graces then do this,”

“Alright, you’re sure you don’t want to keep a little pink?”

“Marinette,”

“Alright, alright,” Marinette ruffles his hair while she can get away with it, “I did like your pink hair,”

“It got in the way of...” He trails off.

“Way of what?”

“Nothing,” Marinette drops it, the topic not the dye.

“Well Damian,” She spreads the dye through his hair, “Welcome to your first step of rebellion,”

Little did either realize how true that was.

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[purple-goo-writes]

The Rabbit’s Lullaby 1

Reposting the first part to keep better track of it!

Tracking tag for this is #rabbit’s lullaby!

There was a new Rogue in the game and a child, possibly a teenager, at that. This is something that Batman notes with grim acceptance. Not the first time that a child or a teenager has been dragged into the darkness of Gotham and won’t be the last. But this is the first time a sidekick has been shared between two of the Gotham Rogues without a double cross or the death of said Sidekick.

Killer Rabbit, the silent watcher and potentially deadly partner to both Killer Croc and Scarecrow. It honestly baffled Bruce that the two men even had a tentative alliance and all of it centered around one girl, who from what he could gather was at least near Tim’s age. The Little Bunny, as he heard Croc call her on a few occasions, was also a slippery little devil and when one Rogue was captured she would pop up again weeks later with the other Rogue, or in company of one of the Sirens. And despite her deadly knowledge of weaponry and tactics...Rabbit has never killed anyone. She has had a chance to kill Red Robin and Batgirl on more than one occasion and simply knocks them out or leaves them tied up. The girl even has enough experience to give Robin a hard time before she runs off after temporarily incapacitating him.

There was also the fact that he has never heard the girl speak. She was always silent and would ‘talk’ in ASL to Croc or Crane, but only sparingly. Rabbit was a lot like his daughter Cass when it came to speaking her mind with only her body language. And from what Bruce could tell from security footage and has seen in battle, Rabbit is rather sassy for such a tiny and silent person.

And despite the company the girl keeps and the actions of those around her, Rabbit still holds an air of innocence about her and a sunshine quality similar to Cass. If what Tim and Steph tells him is true, she also has vigilante tendencies despite being a Rogue. Saving people from muggers, helping lost children and the like.

Now if only he could find Concrete evidence that Rabbite existed outside of her villain name!

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Alouette, gentille alouette

Alouette, je te plumerai

Aloutette, gentille alouette

Alouette, je te plumerai

Je te plumerai la tete

Je te plumerai la tete

Et la tete

Et la tete

Alouett’

Alouett’

Oh.

The french melody swept softly almost hauntingly through the abandoned sewer tunnels that made up Croc’s newest lair. The melody was accompanied by the soft dripping of water from the pipes above and the scrape of metal being sharpened. The singer being a tiny French/Chinese girl, in a porcelain rabbit mask and clothes that had seen better days, slowly and methodically sharpening her scythes as her large protector slumbered close by in his large nest of blankets and rags.

She had no memory outside of her age and name. She could only recall that she needed to run and hide, even though her instincts screamed at her to stand and fight. So, with her protectors’ help, Marinette became Killer Rabbit. After all it was easier to hide in plain sight when no one, not even you, knew your past. And Rabbit would always protect and serve her protectors, because they were the ones who saved Rabbit and created her. The heroes may think of her as soft, nice and innocent..and they could be right.

A ghost of a smile played on blue tinted lips as Marinette sung. Her voice echoing softly off the stone walls.

But if Rabbit had to...

Alouette, je te plumerai

Je te plumerai le bec

Je te plumerai le bec

Et le bec

Et le bec

Et la tete

Et la tete

Alouett’

Alouett’

Oh

She would pluck a bat and robin to protect her family.

[something-in-the-seas]

For this Batman AU, there are two different kinds of Little Sisters: Gotham’s and Rapture’s. The Gotham Little Sisters are created by Penguin and the Joker after the former’s men discover the ADAM slug. They’re not as brainwashed as Rapture’s. Their protectors are just henchman, and unlike the Big Daddies, they really could care less about them. They’re only doing it because they’ll be dead if anything happens to the kids. 

But, like, the villains who would protect the Little Sisters with their lives. 

Freeze becoming a new Tenenbaum who tries to find a cure while caring for them in his lab. He’s their Papa Victor. 

Harley finally snapping when she sees the children being abused by Joker like she was and beats his ass, takes the kids, leaves him for good. Her and Ivy become moms to their 55 daughters and they play all day in their garden. 

Killer Croc saves another from being gutted in the sewer and the next thing he knows he has a dozen screeching little girls on his back putting ribbons all over him and telling him how pretty he is. This is his life now.