#Marin al Ghul-Wayne

[lily-drake]

Lesson 8: Find What's Worth your Protection

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Random: *glares at Marin* Marin: *blinks* … Jon: *leans slightly towards her* what’s her deal? Marin: if looks could kill.. *grins* well, I still wouldn’t care but- Jon: she’s glaring at you like you killed her mother. Marin: *blanks* …. Jon: did.. did you ki- Marin: *snaps her attention towards him* no???? *smiles warily* at least I don’t think so- Jon: Marin! Marin: *pushes his shoulder playfully* what??? *looks back at the Random* I had many missions, who knows, maybe shes a cousin or whatever. Jon: *groans into his hands* ~~~~~~~ Marin: …you’re not fazed by this. Jon: you’re Damian’s sister. Marin: I’ve done considerably worse than my brother has. Jon: again, you’re Damian’s sister. Marin: …which means? Jon: that you both were raised to be assassins and I? Don’t? Care? Marin: …you’re not fazed by my molds. Jon: *grimaces* Damian kind of.. explained the situation. Marin: *blinks* …did he? Jon: yeah… Marin: … Jon: sorry-? Marinette: *shrugs* its whatever, so what are we going to do later? Jon: uhh- homework-??? Marinette: sweet!! Let’s go. Jon: uh-huh..

Damian stared at the letter laid across his desk.  He had read it, reread once, twice, thrice, and yet he still couldn’t fully process the words. 

“ I don’t want to be found so don’t look for me.  I am going to be who I want, I’m going to act how I want, and I’m not going to force myself to do things that will make me feel terrible.  You will no longer be able to pressure me, and that means you will NOT pressure someone else instead. ”

Was he truly that terrible?  Was it truly his fault for pressuring her and unintentionally pushing her away in the process?  

“ I love my dearest little brother.  Stay strong and know that I will one day visit.  For now, I’m figuring things out for myself, and I finally feel like I have a grasp on my life. ”

He reread those few sentences over and over and over again reassuring himself.  She would return, she would come back.  She never broke a promise, not once.  He scowled when he had read the last part of the letter, Jon was afraid of him!  But then again, Jon still hadn’t told him despite the fact that Marin had been gone for three weeks now.  It was infuriating.  Speaking of Jon, he hadn’t heard his annoying voice at all yet, something was up.

Damian tucked the note away in his desk almost reverently before he stood up and marched out of his room.  He would check the kitchen first, but the only one there was Beast Boy.

“Where is Kent?”  He demanded while crossing his arms.  Beast Boy turned to him with a confused frown before he shrugged.

“No clue man.  Last I heard he had a “private call” to make, something about someone calling him, or whatever.”  Damian’s frown deepened.  It didn’t matter, he would just head to the training room, nothing defeating the highest level of holographic enemies wouldn’t fix.

______ Jon was on a secret mission, well, secret in the fact that he just didn’t want anyone to know what he was doing.  What was he doing, well, currently he was trying not to let the craziest of the al Ghul-Waynes cut his head off.  “Hey, hey!  It’s me Marin!  Please don’t kill me!”  He shouted, keeping his hands up and forward in a show of peace and surrender.  Her eyes were dark and predatory as she studied him.

“What are you doing here?”  She growled, baring her teeth in a way that was definitely threatening.

“Is it so wrong to want to make sure my friend is okay after weeks of radio silence?”

He could hear her heart skip slightly at that, she was surprised.  “What makes you think we’re friends?!”  She snarled, pushing the blade that no doubt had bits and pieces of Kryptonite in it, further against his neck.  He was so screwed.  Why did he think this was a good idea again?

“The fact that we spent years together attending Gotham Academy and you know, our side job.”  He replied nervously, making sure to keep perfectly still unless he really did want that dagger slitting his throat.  

Marin let out a small hum, thinking over his words while allowing the dagger to stay firmly planted against his neck.  “Fine, your answer is acceptable.”  And just like that, the dagger was removed and hidden in one swift motion.

Jon let out a sigh of relief, moving slightly away from Marin to catch his breath.  “Damian still thinks he’s scarier than you and I still don’t know how to convince him he’s wrong.”  Jon gasped, cupping his throat as if that would protect it.  He could feel the slight sting against his next from where the blade laid across the skin.

“Damian assumes much and understands little.  He will not allow himself to believe that others can be feared more than himself.  That’s one thing that will never change.”  Marin stated with a roll of her eyes,  “Now, why are you really here?”  She demanded with a simple raise of her brow.

“Is it really too much to believe that I just came to check-up on you?”  He asked, trying to show how sincere he was.  All he really knew was that there was a falling out between Marin and the rest of her family that was so bad that she refused to come back.  He wouldn’t pry or ask details, but he wanted to make sure his friend was okay.  Her heart quickened slightly.

“As it’s coming from you, I guess not.”  She replied flippantly.  Jon honestly could not tell what she was thinking, she’d always been hard to read.  

“So while I’m here, why don’t we go somewhere?”  Marin sent him a sharp glare, and Jon quickly put his hands up in surrender once more. “Somewhere public of course.  And it doesn’t have to be somewhere you visit often!  I just wanted to catch up with you is all.”

“If you try anything, I will disassemble you piece by piece with my strongest and dullest kryptonite knife.”  She watched the way the boy paled, enjoying the way his Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed back his fear. Why did he think this was a good idea again?

Marin gave him a sharp nod before she turned on her heel and started walking away.  Jon stood there for a few moments more, still frozen in shock before he hurried after her.  “Wait up Marin!  Come on, it’s not like we’re in school right now.”

Marin just rolled her eyes, a small smirk on her lips as she watched Jon running after her.  Once Jon was right at her side, her smile was gone without a trace.  “Sooo…” Jon began, side eyeing her with a large grin.

“None of your business.”  She replied sternly.

“Come on, I didn’t even ask anything yet.”  He whined.  Marin rolled her eyes, but never faltered in her steps.

“Doesn’t matter, the answer is still the same.”

Jon sighed and crossed his arms, “I just wanted to know if you like anyone you’ve met here.”  They walked in silence for a few minutes, before she finally answered.  It wasn’t that she hated this type of silence, she just liked making people wait in suspense.

“There are a few people that I’ve come to tolerate.”  She replied flippantly.  His eyes lit up with curiosity.

“Oooh, is that so?  And what have these people done for you to even “tolerate” their existence?”

“Wouldn’t you like to know.”

“I would, that’s why I asked.”  Goodness, she forgot just how infuriating this farmboy was.

“Well isn’t that just a shame, guess you’ll just have to suffer in your curiosity.”  She mocked as she weaved through the crowded streets with ease, all while Jon attempted to stay by her side.  

“You never were the merciful twin.”  He muttered to himself.

“Only when it suits what I need.”  She shrugged, stretching her arms slightly.  Jon gave a small exasperated huff before they continued walking together in silence.  It lasted all of five minutes before Jon slightly nudged her to gain her attention.  She raised a silent questioning brow at him, usually he just called her name.  She watched as he tilted his head slightly to the left in the direction of a middle aged woman that was glaring at her, and specifically her.

* Marin blinked a few times, trying to see if the woman was familiar at all, because no one glared at her like that without a reason.  She felt as Jon moved in slightly, whispering next to her ear, “What’s her deal?”

“If looks could kill,” she started, a small grin creeping up her face, “well, I still wouldn’t care but-”

“She’s glaring at you like you killed her mother or something.”  Jon muttered jokingly, cutting her off.   Marin didn’t falter in her steps, but it was a near thing as any signs of amusement quickly fled her face.  Jon actually pauses and stared at her with a mix of fear and worry in his eyes.  “Did…did you ki-”

Marin felt her body snap to attention, a jolt of fear rushing through her.  For a second, she thought Bruce was there, waiting to catch her slipping up so he could finally turn her away.  But he wasn’t here, she needed to remember that.  He. Isn’t. Here.  “No?”  She tried to give Jon a smile, pulling in as much of Rebecca as possible, but came out as more of a grimace than anything.  “At least I don’t think so…”  She said trailing off slightly, trying to recall if she actually had done that.  Rebecca was always getting lost in thought, she was always the dreamer.

“Marin!”  Jon hollered in shock.  She needed to focus right now, maybe Rebecca was the wrong mold to use.  But she was also very nice and playful, so she’ll stick with it.  Rebecca Marin playfully shoved Jon at his shoulder, before continuing her walk, almost skipping down the street, forcing Jon to pick up the pace after her once more. 

“What?”  She said with a smile, glancing at the seemingly random person one last time before looking forward.  “I had many missions.  Who knows, maybe she’s a cousin or whatever.”  She said in an almost playful tone.  She could hear Jon’s muffled groan, but she didn’t care, she just needed to get away from this place.  Get away from the people she may have harmed when she was in the League.  

Jon watched Marin, he could tell she was currently using one of her molds, it was a little jarring at times, but he understood why she did it.  As they walked farther and farther away from the crowds he watched as she slowly removed her mask, returning once more to being Marin.  He had seen her do this so many times when they were at school or on missions, but no matter how many times he watched her do it, it never took away the sense of hurt he felt for her.

They stayed silent for another long while, traveling everywhere yet nowhere at once.  This time, it was Marin to interrupt the silence, “...You’re not fazed by this?”  Her tone was flat, not giving away any of her emotions.  Marin was officially back.

“You’re Damian’s sister.”  He replied with a nonchalant shrug.  

“I’ve done considerably worse than my brother has.”  She countered.

“Again, you’re Damian’s sister.”  He responded as if that explained everything.  

With a small huff of frustration she asked, “Which means?”

“That you and your brother were both raised to be assassins and I? Don’t? Care?”  Marinette watched from the corner of her eyes as he tilted his head slightly with an unsure, almost sarcastic, smile.

“So, you're not fazed by my molds?”  She asked, raising her brow in challenge.

Jons smile became more of a grimace as he glanced away uncomfortably.  “Damian kind of…explained the situation,” he answered hesitantly.

Marin really shouldn’t have been surprised, but as she blinked at Jon, she could admit (never out loud) that she was a little shocked. “...Did he?”  Damian always tried to avoid talking about the League, and especially her molds.  Damian hated them, so it was a little shocking that he would even tell someone else about them rather than pretending she had Multi-Personality Disorder….Now that she thought about it-NO!  She wasn’t going down that rabbit hole right now.

“Yeah…Sorry?”  he still wasn’t looking her in the eye.  She didn’t like that, but who cares.  It’s not like it really mastered in the end.  When she looked away from Jon and back to the street in front of her, she noticed that she was in front of the bakery.  Well, if he wasn't fazed, then it didn’t really matter who she was right now.  

So, with a shrug of her shoulders and a lightness to her step that always seemed to follow Marinette, she replied.  “It’s whatever, so what are we going to do later?” She asked with her brightest smile, it almost felt real when she watched Jon’s reaction to her switch.  

“Uhhh, homework?”  he asked more than stated, obviously unsure where this was headed.

“Sweet!  Let’s go.”  She cheered as she grabbed ahold of his arm and started dragging him towards the bakery, and away from the eyes she could feel following them.

“Uh-huh.”  Jon let her tug him forward with a roll of his eyes, his farm drawl coming out slightly.  She would never admit this out loud, but it was nice to have an old friend teammate here, and hopefully for once, she wouldn’t be the reason they got killed.

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[zuri2235]

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Jason is a killer whale 100%. The most dangerous sea creature Killer whales have no equal in hunting; they keep the entire underwater world in fear. They are so damn similar to each other, Dangerous by nature, but playful inside, loving affection and showing devotion and love to their pack.

Although sharks are considered bloodthirsty predators, they are actually very curious creatures.People made them killers without understanding their biology and habits, and this is so similar to Damian.They are so similar, and they are also underestimated and do not want to see the whole picture of their soul and history.

They are dangerous, but once you get to know them better, the world seems to turn upside down~

[merletka]

Collaborated with amazing writer @alexcors and illustrated her fanfic about Damian Wayne. You can read it bellow! 💚

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– Concussion, multiple beatings, fracture of the collarbone, two ribs and the radius of the right arm, with multiple fragments. Do you have anything to say to that, Robin?

– This dealer raised his hand himself, covering his worthless face. What?

– You beat the suspect to a pulp! Batman barked at his son. – No patrols until Cantelli is transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward.

– But…

– That's all.

Damian clenched his teeth, but at the last moment decided not to fight with his father over a small dealer. Cantelli wasn't worth it. And therefore, having drowned himself, the boy just fell asleep.

***

The morning began with the usual five o'clock wake-up, a workout with pruning the squalid park art that Damian disapproved of in his garden. And he was already tired of explaining to Pennyworth that the enemy could be hiding behind large figures! Then a walk with Titus on a leash, Alfred the cat on his shoulder (because the mustachioed one did not want to wake up in any way) and a red-haired squeaking lump in his hands.

The kitten was dragged by a Red Hood a couple of days ago, startling Damian at first by pronouncing his full name without hesitation (few people in the family could pronounce Hafid ibn Ksufash Dami al Ghul even from the third time), and then by an attack of compassion for the animal. However, the boy quickly recovered from the shock, named the red kitten Roy Harper and now did not miss the opportunity to tease brother with the phrase "You gave me your accomplice, Todd."

By eight in the morning, Damian had time to check on the bat cow, comb Goliath, lose the nimble red Harper and find him sleeping peacefully in the cowshed. In general, Batman's heir successfully redid all his affairs, even phoned each Teen Titan individually and gave valuable instructions. On little things like different time zones, young Wayne habitually waved his hand, and everyone also grabbed a moral slap on the back of the head for trying to be indignant:

– Do it, Beast!

– Buzz me here again, Bug!

– The aliens were not given a word.

– Witch!

Damian belatedly realized that arguing with Raven was not worth it, because the importance of portals to any part of the world is difficult to overestimate. Fortunately, he knew about the weakness of every member of his team, and in Raven's case, it was sweets. Especially his sweets, with honey and spicy notes, which the girl fell in love with from the first bite. He will have to share again… She's definitely a witch!

At nine o'clock sharp, Pennyworth served breakfast, with tea in fine china, brown sugar, a slice of lemon and... an envelope?

- You have received an invitation, Master Damian.

- It's not interesting, - the boy muttered, finished with the meal and dryly told him not to disturb him. He was going to decide the fate of the world here, and they came with some kind of invitations!

However, the plan to destroy all (crossed out) almost all people did not come to mind, but the world itself lay perfectly on paper with watercolor paints, fortunately the view from the window was conducive to this. Up to a certain point.

– Todd!

- Hello to you too, Gremlin, - the Red Hood replied, climbing into his brother's bedroom through the window, while unsuccessfully clinging to the tulle with the toe of his boot.

- Pennyworth will bury you for this.

– Yes, yes, and will plant roses from above. Not that I mind much, but that's not the point right now. Get ready to go out.

Damian took a deep breath and unleashed his entire supply of Arabic obscenities on his brother, knowing full well that Jason would understand him. Unfortunately, the pressure of the negativity did not take him back out the window, he had to take up a katana.

– Put the skewer down, shorty, the meat has just been sent to marinate.

– Will you leave on your own or will you be thrown out in parts?!

– Shut up and listen to me, - Todd barked, casually showing off his pistols with the safety off. – In short, Alfie organizes a family get-together, with meat and without a fight. Dad promised to be, I'll bring a replacement, the Gotham crime storm in a thong will come running himself. You got the simplest thing – to lift your little ass off the chair and walk to the place. You can take the menagerie with you.

- I'm not going to any gatherings with my father," Damian muttered, but he put away his saber. – So you can get out and report your failed mission. I'm not leaving my room today, basically!

- No questions,– Jason agreed surprisingly easily. - But if you walk out the door, you're going to hang out with everyone, okay?

– Tt.

–That's settled,– Jason grinned, ducked out the window and disappeared.

Damian managed to exhale with relief, when suddenly something buzzing flew over the windowsill. Titus reacted first, barking loudly at the wasp's nest rolling on the floor!

- You're dead, Todd! - Damian yelled, unceremoniously grabbing the cat and rushing out the door with him and the dog.

***

- No corpses,– Grayson repeated calmly but firmly (for the fifth time!).

- I'll beat him up so that no Lazarus Pit will help, - the boy grumbled into the phone, the call to which stopped him from righteous revenge.

– Alfred said it clearly, without a fight. Let's get together with the whole family, have a nice time, have a delicious meal.

– Tt.

– We have chosen a picturesque place by the lake, you will like it.

–Okay, - the Batman heir finally gave up. – But only because painting was part of my plans today.

– It's wonderful, – judging by the sound, Dick broke into his trademark smile. – You will draw a beautiful landscape.

– I'll paint it! Artists paint with paints, you idiot.

– And I love you, little brother.

– Tt.

Author: @alexcors

[yuinterrobangapologist]

So: different AU ideas I really like.

Black-Cantonese Tim (inspired by Titans) (adopted by the Drakes)

Carrie Kelley in main Batfam

Black Carrie (inspired by Gotham Knights)

Black Selina (inspired by the guilty pleasure Catwoman movie)

Lady Shiva redemption arc

Tim and Damian being close enough in age that Damian is taller than him as kids

Over 100 Alfred (so he's a WWII vet, and is in such good health for his age none of the kids actually know that or would believe him if he told them)

Bigender Tim (projection (affectionate))

Tiff Fox as Batgirl (probably coming in after Duke is Signal, and being around the same age as Carrie, the 6th Robin?)

Once Tim's 18, and Jon as been aged up to 18, after they date happily and break up with Bernard/Jay, they get together and there is drama with the two Robins and two Superboys (I prefer straight Kon is surprised Tim didn't go for him, and pan Damian is devastated that Jon is out of his age range now)

Talia is...gray. Not an evil rapist, but also not without flaws. Is able to be on peaceful terms with the Bats, not quite as peaceful as Hood, but definitely not a rogue herself. Shiva/Talia (this just became your new OTP after reading this)

Barbara is still disabled, but can stand up long enough to be Batgirl in a pinch. Like, she can regularly stand up to grab things and stuff, but in too much pain to walk everywhere, and if she needs to she can get up and fight, but she'll be fighting in pretty intense pain. (Me projecting my fibro onto her (affectionate))

Jason does stop killing (based on many other universes, but especially the Gotham Knights game)

Tim is a shareholder of Wayne Enterprises (which is canon), and is involved in some decisions, but is instead more prominent in The Martha Wayne Foundation, the Wayne Family's charity organization.

Bruce has a comical number of degrees that the public just like...doesn't know about. Like, completely impossible number. Like 20 Master's in everything from like Marine Biology to Sculpting to Programming to Aerospace Engineering to like Library Science. And like, multiple M.D.s in like Forensic Psychiatry, Forensic Pathology, and Pediatrics (to take care of his kids of course).

Again, not purely headcanon since this has a basis in canon, but Janet is quite sweet to Tim. But I AU you here as also being shrewd and competitive, a vicious businesswoman. Jack's level of abuse is at least as it is in canon where he throws things and is implied to have hit Tim before. Whether it stays at that level or goes beyond varies for me on the story.

Tim's parents go into witness protection rather than ever dying (inspired from the New 52) (this could play into adopted Tim, with Tim not even being his birth name)

Duke is a mix of the shy, reserved kid we see in WFA and the silver-tongued ruthlessly confident vanguard we see in Robin War.

Part of Duke's power is brain processing power. He apparently can see light as it moves, and no normal brain could comprehend that kind of information, so logically, his brain should have the processing speed of a supercomputer, probably way beyond his current level of knowledge or even his impressive intellect, so like, if he memorized the formulas, he'd be able to do complex calculus in his head fairly intuitively. With training of course, this would be something he notices later on and has to work to make it useful.

Bette Kane being active in the Batfamily, instead of solely in the Teen Titans. As the Batgirl before Babs, before leaving the vigilante business, and coming back part time as Hawkfire.

Dick only becomes a cop as undercover work to expose corruption, maybe even works in Internal Affairs (though I do like the idea of him being in an SVU for a little bit, but again, this is a temporary thing entirely), but leaves and instead becomes a Defense Attorney (inspired by Earth Two)

NOT an AU, but actually based on canon that DC fucking ignores, but Damian and the al Ghuls have East Asian heritage, as well as Kashmiri heritage (based on Nanda Parbat based on the real world Nanga Parbat, in Kashmir). Generally, a complex blend of Urdu, Burmese, Mandarin, Persian, and Arabic, (since a family-run group that old with still living relatives who are hundreds of years old and new members joining the League frequently and high ranking members from all over Asia teaching their culture would essentially make the League a sort of...small ethnic group itself)

Talia is older than human, probably around 200 or so (actually I think this either is or was canon at one point)

Cass is not invincible. She takes hits and gets disarmed in Batgirl all the time, so why she's been fanoned as being completely untouchable in fights is beyond me. However, because of her poor reading and computer skills, she's actually not a very competent homicide detective at the moment. But she is making progress at a rate consistent with her intelligence and work ethic.

Luke still does MMA professionally and is like...Bellator world champion or something. He's also a U.S. veteran (inspired by the DCAMU), and I'm saying Coast Guard then Navy Seal. I have more exact details about that in my head, but in general, I'm saying he was dishonorably discharged after refusing order to take a shot or something a building with children in, and now is one of those "Veterans against U.S. militarist imperialism" guys.

Essentially, all of the Bats' strengths and weaknesses put them around the same level (with the exception of Bette, who is part time, Carrie and Tiff who are brand new), with the sole exception being Dick, Babs, Selina, and Bruce, are who above them, and largely equal, however Bruce's devotion to spending every waking moment planning things and constantly improving tech and stuff means he's in practice above either of them

Bruce was in the FBI for a little before deciding to become Batman (this was canon before the New 52). I'm thinking he bounced around a little, in Crimes Against Children, the Bioterrorism Taskforce, Behavioral Science Unit, and Financial Crimes. Again, I love a Bruce who is ridiculously accoladed (so his kids find these things out later and are flabbergasted)

The thing is, none of these contradict each other. All of these could exist in the same universe. But trying to cram every detail into...there would need to be a fucking soliloquy of exposition in every single chapter. So what I think I'd do is use the first "chapter" just to say: "Here's the things in this universe. Not going to explain it all, just know these things. Enjoy that." I mean, some of that could be "show don't tell" in its own story, like Duke learning about his processing powers or Tim and Jon getting together. But yeah, these are my tastes.

[fancyfade]

Hi! Just wanted to say that i love reading your analysis and your knowledge on comics astounds me

Question, do you view any of dc's heroes as autistic? (If thats too much just batfam is fine)

Thank you for all your thoughts and mini essays 💚

Ty!! Glad to hear you enjoy it!

Ok right. So I'm thinking in general about DC characters I imagine as autistic. Batfam is easy to start with b/c I"ve read so much, but I'll include other characters as well

Cassandra Cain (Batgirl) - This is kind of a gimme, almost everyone headcanons Cass as autistic b/c she is explicitly textually neurodivergent (but they do not give her a real world diagnosis) and canonically has problems with language.

Damian Wayne (Robin) - another one I've seen a lot of. He has difficulties socializing that COULD be chalked up to being raised as an assassin, but also.... its in a way that's realistic for very many autistic people :P he also generally does not care about gaining the approval of everyone around him, like he's prickly and often unlikable but he's not trying to be liked.

Barbara Gordon (Oracle) - she reads as so autistic to me. Her conflict with Dinah in the beginning of BoP is positioned in the text as right brained vs left brained, which I think doesn't really make a lot of sense neurologically but does work as words the characters are using to describe things - the just think differently. Babs often reads as if she's coming at things from what in her perspective is trying to be analytical and unemotional (tho I do not think she always succeeds in this), and keeps people at arms length socially.

Bruce Wayne - he just reads as kind of autistic to me :P

Talia al Ghul - same :P

Milagro Reyes (Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle's little sister) - she's not a superhero but she reads as very autistic to me. We have scenes where we see her clearly upset by sudden change, she also acts generally very similar to how I did as a little kid. We see her blocking everyone out by watching the TV when a lot of new stuff is going on in the house.

Raven - NTT Raven reads as very autistic to me as well. NGL just like many other characters this can be explained by other factors (She was raised in a cult in another dimension, taught not to emote, and is fighting off the influence of her demonic father) but also. They keep doing characters that are relatable to neurodivergent people like that ;P

Back when I watched YJ, I had very strong opinions about Kaldur'ahm being autistic. I still do, even tho I don't normally count the animated tv shows in my version of DC

I also feel a case could be argued for Diana of Themyscira/Wonder Woman. But I am still marinating this in my brain.

[sreppub]

I’m still catching up on the selkie au, but I haven’t come across any headcanons for Damian? Is he human cuz Bruce is human? Or is he like, part marine animal, but he can’t fully morph/shapeshift/etc into it, and the effects are permanent. (I’m explaining this bad, one sec)

Ok so, for example, let’s say he’s a polar bear cub. He can’t shapeshift into one, but whenever someone takes a picture of him with flash, his eyes always look like they’re glowing. His teeth are slightly chunkier and sharper than normal, and like idk his hair’s actually white and he just dyes it black. (Smth smth, if Jason spent time training with the Al Ghul’s after he was revived, he found a small melancholic sort of comfort between Damian’s white roots and his own white streak, smth smth). Like he permanently has small polar bear-like features from his mom’s side of the family, but can’t turn into an actual polar bear cub.

[Just realized that if Damian acc does have a headcanon thing already than this might come off as rude/disregarding, which was not my intention!! Apologies]

Thank you for reading, and have a wonderful day!

You have not come across any headcanons for Damian because I haven’t made any!

The truth is for all my AUs and comics I just make it up as I go along. Whatever I’ve posted, that’s it, that’s as far as I have thought about it, lol. I also don’t care about consistency, just having fun.

So it makes me really happy when people come up with their own additions! I welcome it, and no need to ask me for approval. Polar bear is genius, fuzzy [killer] ice bear Waynes sounds soooooooo cute

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Hooked on Your Line Now I'm Sinking

by NightShiftShenanigans

After losing his entire pod at a young age, Jason was adopted into a new pod where he finally felt loved and safe. Sure he got into arguments more and more as he grew up, but that never meant he’d want to be separated from them for long. They were his family, after all.

Unfortunately, Jason’s life never did go the way he’d plan.

All it took was one close encounter with the most feared poacher along the Jersey Shore to leave Jason injured and stranded among humans on land. Separated from his pod and the mers he loves, Jason can only hope to survive long enough to return to them.

Enter Danny.

Danny will be Jason’s state appointed mer representative during his stay at League’s Aquarium and Marine Center for Rehabilitation. Danny has dealt with dozens of cases during his time as a Federal employee, and yet this just might be his toughest yet.

Will Danny’s secret get revealed? Will Jason accept at least one ally while on land? Only time will tell.

Words: 3399, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types, DCU

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: M/M

Characters: Danny Fenton, Jason Todd, Ra's al Ghul, Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Tim Drake, Dick Grayson, Alfred Pennyworth

Relationships: Danny Fenton/Jason Todd

Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Alternate Universe - Mermaids, Mer AU, Mer Jason Todd, no capes AU, Halfa Danny Phantom (but divergent), DeadonMain, Alternate Universe - Merpeople, slightly graphic body horror, Angst, Fluff, but not for a while, Friends to Lovers, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, MerMay, the accident is not graphically described on screen, I am not a marine biologist, Bittersweet Ending

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/47903104

[stubborngods]

MUSE MASTERLIST (CURRENT COUNT: 137)

AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER

chilo - oc, non-bender from ba sing se - teens - ??? - they/them

princess lei-yu of the fire nation - oc, firebender - teens -  kyouka izumi - she/her

BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA

bakugou ikari / atomic - oc - late 20s - quirk: grenade - power - younger sister (adopted child) of bakugou mitsuki / pseudo-older sister of bakugou katsuki - she/her

fukudoka emi / miss joke - canon - late 20s - quirk: laugh - n/a - they/she

kaminari mai - oc - mid 40s - quirk: engines - tsunade - mother of kaminari denki - she/her

kirishima ein - oc - teens - quirk: shark - soma yukihira - older brother of kirishima eijirou - he/him

sasaki yogen - oc - early 20s - quirk: prophecy - haru nonaka - child of nighteye / godchild of all might - they/them

takeda daichi / denkino - oc - mid 40s - quirk: short circut - kakashi hatake - father of kaminari denki - he/him

todoroki eishi - oc - early 30s - quirk: firestorm - mikoto souh - oldest todoroki child - he/him

toga hoshiko - oc - teens - quirk: dream walking - rika kawai - younger sister of toga himiko - she/her

yamada hizashi / present mic - canon - early 30s - quirk: voice - n/a - he/him (trans man)

yamada noizu - oc - early 20s - quirkless - hideyoshi nagachika - erasermic child - he/they

yamada yuuri / mimic - oc - early 20s - quirk: mimicry - marin kitagawa - erasermic child - she/her

BRIDGERTON

gwendoline imogene blythe - oc - late 20s - crystal clarke - closed ship with @bloodymyhand's eloise - she/her

CRITICAL ROLE

cassandra de rolo - canon - late teens/20s - esme creed-miles - rogue (inquisitive)/fighter (champion) multiclass - they/she

INTRO

loquatius seelie - canon - ??? - ??? - bard (eloquence)/warlock (archfey/talisman) multiclass - any/all (he/him leaning)

patia por'co - canon - ??? - ??? - wizard (enchantment) - she/her

the raven queen (@ravensmantle) - canon - old - ??? - wizard (illusion)/prime deity - she/they

vax'ildan "danny" de rolo - canon - teens - chella man - circle of stars druid - he/him (trans man)

INTRO

vesper elaina de rolo - canon - teens/early-mid 20s - lola tung - wizard (enchantment)/artificer (alchemist) multiclass - they/them

INTRO

vilya of the air ashari - oc - teens/early-mid 20s - mikey madison - vaxleth child - rogue (arcane trickster)/ranger (monster slayer) multiclass - she/her

INTRO

DC

aimsey ramon - oc - early 20s - ariela barer - hertz/child of cisco ramon & caitlyn snow (cw's flash) - they/she

calliope cobblepot - oc - teens/early 20s - sophie nelisse - daughter of edward nygma & oswald cobblepott (gotham) - she/her

damian wayna al ghul - canon - teens - emilio sakraya - robin vi - he/they (trans man)

hazel kyle-wayne - oc - teens/early 20s - hailee steinfield - robin vii/child of bruce wayne & selina kyle - they/she

j quinn - oc - teens/early 20s - cameron monaghan - son of the joker & harley quinn & pamela ivy - he/him

martha kyle-wayne - oc - teen/early 20s - hailee steinfield - the stray/daughter of bruce wayne & selina kyle - she/they

orion prince - oc - teen/early 20s - anthony keyvan - artemis/son of diana prince - he/him

yazmin flores - oc - 30s - lauren riddoff - the silent speedster (cw's flash) - they/them

DESCENDANTS

aaron hood - oc - late 20s - darren barnet - son of red riding hood - he/him

aladdin ababwa - canon - 40s/50s - mena massoud - father of aziz - he/him

asmodeus "oz" black - oc - ??? - benjamin wadsworth - son of pitch black - he/they

artemis cat - oc - mid/late 20s - noen eubanks - child of the cheshire cat - they/them

blanche-fleur fee - oc - mid/late 20s (older than the isle) - casimere jollette - daughter of the enchantress - she/her

camelot de luc - oc - 20s - maisie williams - child of lancelot & guinevere - they/she

carmen diablo - oc - teens/early 20s - maya hawke - daughter of the devil (tnbc) - they/them

cassiopeia pan - oc - teens - sadie sink - daughter of peter pan - she/xir

delphi branwen - oc - early teens - raffey cassidy - daughter of diavil & maleficent - she/her

diavil branwen - oc - 40s/50s - oscar issac - father of delphi + pseudo father of mal - he/him

dustin charming-white - oc - early 20s - ross lynch - son of snow white & florian - him/him

wendy evian hook - oc - early/mid 20s (older than the isle) - sophie thatcher - child of capitan hook - they/them

gaston "alexis" legume iv - oc - early 20s - maia mitchell - daughter of gaston & laurette - she/her

jaazi ibn al-kubra - oc - teens - sydney mae diaz - son of jafar - he/him (trans man)

jadee bint al-misbah - oc - teens - aisha dee - child of the genie - they/them

jarin "jordan" bint al-misbah - canon divergent - teens/early 20s - yara shahidi - child of the genie - they/she

jaxon kingsleigh - oc - early 20s - cameron monaghan - son of the red queen/alice kingsleigh - he/him

julius cat - oc - early 20s - camron bicondova - child of the cheshire cat - they/she

laurette "avalon" legume ii - oc - early 20s - maia mitchell - daughter of gaston & laurette - she/her

makaria desponia - oc - late 20s/early 30s - quintessa swindel - child of hades & persephone - they/them

min - oc - teens/early 20s - mark taun - son of mushu - he/him

moenie of pixie hollow - oc - ??? - gideon adlon - daughter of queen clarion & lord milori - they/she

nash of neverland - oc - teens - thomas brodie sangster - son of nibs (peter pan) - he/him

persephone desponia - oc - ageless - teyonah parris - mother of makaria & zagreus - she/her

peter pan - canon divergent - old - ??? - father of cassiopeia - he/him

reed of nottingham - oc - early/mid 20s (older than the isle) - dominic sherwood - son of robin hood & maid marian the sherrif of nottingham - he/him

roland rabbit - oc - ??? - son of the white rabbit - he/they

rosalie rabbit - oc - ??? - daughter of the white rabbit - she/they

samantha "sam" lupin - oc - saoirse-monica jackson - daughter of the big bad wolf - she/her

tiitus lupin - oc - james paxton - son of the big bad wolf - he/him

uma vantis - canon - china anne mcclain - daughter of ursula - any/all

zagreus "hadie" aidoneus - canon divergent - cengiz al - child of hades & persephone - they/he

zephry haddock - canon - laura gwyneth butler - daughter of hiccup haddock & astrid hofferson - they/she

DIMENSION 20

fabian aramais seacaster - canon - ??? - fighter (battlemaster)/bard (swords) multiclass - he/they

prince andhera - canon - ??? - paladin (devotion) - they/them

DOCTOR WHO

amelia song - oc - varies (main: benedetta porcaroli) - river/doctor child - any/all (she/her leaning)

william song - oc - varies (main: lucas lynggaard tonnesen) - river/doctor child - any/all (they/them leaning)

rolandraamilsori - oc - varies (main: zoe kravtiz) - timelady - any/all (she/they leaning)

GREEK MYTHOS

apollo - god of music, the sun, archery, art, prophecy, healing, ect. - mert yazicioglu - he/they

ariadne - goddess of mazes & paths - riley keough - she/her

dionysus - god of wine, theater, insanity, ecstacy, ect. - rahul kohli - he/they

hebe - goddess of youth - chappell roan - she/her

hedone - personification of pleasure, enjoyment, & delight - lachlan watson - they/them

makaria - goddess of blessed deaths - quintessa swindell - they/he

pasithea - personification of relaxation - geraldine viswanathan - she/they

persephone - goddess of spring & the underworld - teyonah parris - she/her

psyche - personification of the soul - bree kish - she/her

styx - personifiction of the river styx & goddess of hate - niamh mccormack - they/them

HARRY POTTER

alice crouch longbottom - canon divergent - yuko araki (younger), karen fukuhara (older) - pureblood gryffindor - any/all

alys longbottom - oc - camila morrone - half-blood hufflepuff - they/she

callisto lupin - oc - diana silvers - half-blood ravenclaw - they/she

draco malfoy - canon divergent - lorenzo zurzolo - pureblood slytherin - he/they

edward "teddy" lupin - canon - xui akay - half-blood hufflepuff - any/all

edward "ted" tonks - canon - tom webb (younger), lee pace (older) - muggleborn hufflepuff - any/all

flora carrow - canon - natashu liu bordizzo - pureblood ravenclaw - she/her

hannah abbott - canon - ariela barer - half-blood hufflepuff - she/they

leander abbott - oc - alberto ammann - pureblood gryffindor - he/him

lucius malfoy - canon - ??? - pureblood slytherin - he/they

regulus black - canon divergent - conan gray - pureblood slytherin - they/he

rodolphus lestrange - canon - aidan turner - pureblood slytherin - he/him

william "bill" weasley - canon - domhnall gleeson - pureblood gryffindor - he/him

walburga black - canon - devon akoi - pureblood slytherin - she/her

MCU

aleksandr "sasha" barnes - oc - cody christian - hydra experiment/son of bucky barnes - he/him

angrboda - oc - zoe robins - giantess/witch/wife of loki - she/her

INTRO

fenrir lokison - oc - eysteinn sigurdarson - bane of asgard/son of loki & angrboda - he/him

hela lokisdottir - oc - charlie murphy - witch/daughter of loki & angrboda - she/they

magni thorson - oc - micki stoltt - god of strength/son of thor & sif - he/him

modi thorson - oc - david schuetter - god of wrath/son of thor & sif - he/him

sigyn iwaldisdottir - canon divergent - stefanie martini - goddess of fidelity - she/her

thrud "torunn" thorsdottir - canon divergent - aleksandra bortich - goddess of power/daughter of thor & sif - she/her

INTRO

var lokisdottir - oc - millie brady - goddess of oaths/daughter of loki & sigyn - she/they

vidar lokison - oc - harry gibly - god of vengeance/son of loki & sigyn - he/they

NARNIA

antiope of archland - oc - queen of archland - golden age - ??? - she/her

bacchus - canon - god of wine, ecstasy, & the wild things - all ages - aramis knight (younger)/??? (older) - any/all

edmund pevensie - canon (divergent) - the just king, of the western woods - golden age/seafarer's age - ??? (younger)/alexander dreymon (older) - he/him

luce pevensie - oc - princess of narnia - seafarer's age - casmund daughter - ??? - she/her

reevi pevensie - oc - princex of narnia - seafarer's age - casmund child - ??? - they/them

julius cavalcade - oc - tisroc of calormen - golden age - romulo estrela - he/him

aliena cavalcade - oc - princess of calormen - golden age - marina moschen - she/her

ONCE UPON A TIME

baelfire / neal cassidy - canon divergent, multiple verses - no origin fairytale - françois arnaud (adult), timothee chalamet (teen) - they/he

INTRO

edmund pevensie / finley cair - oc, s7 based - the chronicles of narnia - aneurin barnard (adult), asa butterfield (child/teen) - he/they

INTRO

flynn rider / angelo dall - oc, main verse - tangled the series/rapnuzel - avan jogia - they/he

INTRO

gideon gold - canon, older verse - tom holland - he/they

INTRO

jacklyn "jack" sparrow / ivory finch - oc, main verse - pirates of the caribbean - zoe saldana - she/her

INTRO

julija "davy jones" smirnova / alecki petrova - oc, main verse - the twelve dancing princesses/the worn out dancing shoes (third princess) - kiera knightly - she/her

INTRO

liam jones iii - oc, main verse - peter pan (sooner) - dylan o'brien - he/him

INTRO

lilith jones - oc, main verse - peter pan (later/red handed jill) - kaya scoldelario - she/her

INTRO

roland hood - canon divergent, older verse - robin hood - harry gibly - he/they

INTRO

wendy darling / sabrina clark - canon divergent, multiple verses - peter pan - chandler kinney - they/them

INTRO

will scarlet - canon, main verse - alice in wonderland (the knave) - micheal socha - he/him

INTRO

PERCY JACKSON

GREEK DEMIGODS

annamarie coleman - oc - alishia wainwright - demigod of thanatos (peaceful deaths) - she/her

gale dunn - oc - jenna ortega - demigod of nyx (night) - they/them

neith cadell - oc - tati gabrielle - demigod of deimos (terror) - they/them

orpheus "troy" petrov - oc - timothee chalamet - demigod of persephone (spring/the underworld) - he/they

pallas egawa - oc - sebastian amoruso - demigod of triton (waves) - he/him

pandora keller - oc - devery jacobs - demigod of dionysus (madness/wine) - she/they

thalia grace - canon divergent - alice pagani - demigod of zeus (the skies/lightning) - she/they

travis stoll - canon - charlie gillespie - demigod of hermes (travelers/thieves/ect) - he/him

MORTAL PARENTS

mercy stoll - oc - emma stone - parent of the stoll brothers - they/them

GODS

ariadne - canon divergent - riley keough - goddess of mazes & paths - she/her

makaria - oc - quintessa swindell - goddess of blessed deaths - they/he

poseidon - canon - toby stephens - god of the ocean, horses, ect - he/him

SHADOWHUNTER CHRONICLES

alexander "alec" ligthwood - canon - matthew daddario - he/him

cecily herondale - canon - ??? - she/her

james "jem" carstairs - canon - shannon kook-chun - he/him

judas stark - oc, warlock - auli'i cravahlo - they/them

THE WITCHER

cirilla of cintra - canon - freya allan - she/her

jaskier - canon - joey batey - he/they

WEDNESDAY/THE ADDAMS FAMILY

enid sinclair - canon - emma meyer - she/they

pugsley addams - canon - ??? - he/him

[lily-drake]

Lesson 7: Always Know Your Place

Previous

Marin: Möckel! I havent seen you in aw-

Luka: its Luka.

Marin: oh- *furrows her eyebrows, whispers in Arabic* [I thought it was Möckel..]

Luka: *hums* Möckel doesn’t exist.

Marin: you.. *tilts her head* you were undercover?

Luka: yes.

Marin: you.. infiltrated..

Luka: *smiles* yes.

Marin: *grimaces* if mother knew she would have punished me for not knowing.

Luka: *grins* good thing they never found out, huh?

Marin: how did.. *furrows her eyebrows* how long?

Luka: 4 years?

Marin: how are you still alive???

Luka: *grins viciously* killed in combat. Unit down.

Marin: *hums* quite sad they never found Möckel’s body.

Luka: *nods solemnly* yes.

_____ It’s a real experience to see someone so bright and full of life… just break and melt down in front of you.

Its a real experience to see someone you’ve loved for quite some time… just drop dead all in the span of a second.

Its a real experience to see someone’s life flash on and off repeatedly for 5 minutes until… it never turns on again.

It becomes a real experience.

Until its an everyday experience.

She hates it.

_____ Marin: i don't- it’s like my emotions are shut off. Im me but not me. Im here but not here. I speak and i listen and i see people but im not THERE. IM NOT FUCKING REAL-

Jason: Marin-

Marin: *crying* I'm not real. My emotions aren't real. Im not real. Ive never been real. Marinette is real. Alice is real. Hailey is real. All my molds are real but I'M NOT! IM NOT REAL!

Jason: Marin you are-

Marin: *screams* IM NOT!

-@bambicambi

Things seemed to actually be looking up for Marin.  It had been months since she left, and no one had found her yet!  Jason visited on an on-and-off basis, and she had felt…good!  It was a strange feeling, honestly when she first truly felt it she thought she was having some sort of panic attack.  She was fighting her own villain now with her own partner–not a sidekick, but a partner, an equal–and she was free to do ct how she pleased with no interference and no one reminding her not to kill every time she so much as twitched!  Paris had actively put a block on any information that pertained to the Akuma Attacks from being able to exit the borders so she didn’t have to worry about anyone coming here and accidentally finding her.  Mother had visited briefly one other time after their first time meeting for tea, and it didn’t end with any form of bloodshed.  Everything was looking up for her, and that should have been the first sign that something bad was quickly approaching.

Marinette had been invited to the Couffaine’s home for a concert; it surprised her when the offer was first made, but she quickly accepted.  Chloe was bragging about going to XY’s concert and how she should ditch “those losers” and come with her.  Marinette simply told her she had terrible taste in music.  Chloe had crossed her arms and looked up definitely, making a ‘hmph’ noise and angling her body slightly away from Marinette.  Marinette had laughed and bumped her shoulder against Chloe’s.  Chloe simply rolled her eyes as her lips made a small upturn.

“Whatever Dupain-Cheng, he’s #1 on record charts right now.”

“Yea, but it’s all very subjective, so let’s not argue over it.  Besides, we both know that Jagged Stone is far superior.”

Chloe felt a chill run through her at Marinette’s playful tone.  Marinette still made something in the back of her mind ring loudly in alarm, but when she looked at the girl she was just smiling at her with her hands fiddling anxiously with the strap of her purse.

“What’s wrong Chloe, you seem a little frightened.”

“Ha, frightened of what?  There’s literally nothing to fear.  It would be ridiculous, utterly ridiculous of me to be afraid.”

Chloe replied insolently.  Marin knew that Chloe could sense something from her, it had thrown her off the first time she noticed Chloe could sense her.  Afterall, she had set these molds up to be perfect, she was extremely careful with how they were formed and used.  The fact that Chloe could even feel something about her besides the happy, anxious, bubbly, and sunshine girl from her was extraordinarily impressive.  Now she would never reveal that Chloe was right to be on edge, that would be a fool’s decision, she liked to tease Chloe about it though.  Never enough to make Chloe think she’s going crazy, rather small call outs to make fun of her.  It amused her greatly to see Chloe’s reactions.

When the time came to go to the concert she was shocked to see that Juleka lived on a ship.  It made her wonder if she could convince the Dupain-Cheng’s to let her get one of her own.  She wandered around and tried to help where she could, but it seemed like everyone knew what to do besides her.  That was until Anarka came and told her to get her son, Luka, from his room.  When she got to his room and they made eye contact both stared at the other in complete and utter shock.

*

“Möckel!  I-I haven’t seen you in aw-

“It’s Luka.”

He said quickly, cutting her off.  His eyes scanned the room frantically as if someone were hiding in the shadows just waiting to attack him.

“Oh-,”

Marin furrowed her brows in confusion.  Did she mix him up with someone else?  She had heard about doppelgängers before, maybe that's what this was? Under her breath she muttered,

“I thought it was Möckel…”

Luka hummed at that and once he was satisfied they were alone, leaned back and relaxed slightly against the wall.

“Möckel doesn’t exist.”

At his words things began to click into place, because she knew exactly what he meant by that statement.  Marin tilted her head slightly as confusion and disbelief bled through her voice,

“You… you were undercover?”

“Yes.” 

He stated simply, his eyes never leaving her form showing he was on guard even if he looked completely relaxed.

“You…infiltrated…”

At that Luka gave her a bright and smug smile.  He was proud of this, he found victory from having done it.

“Yes.”

Marinette grimaced at that.  She didn’t feel too terrible for never figuring it out as no one else had either, but still.  She was supposed to be one of the best, and she failed…again.  If he was aiming to kill her or anyone else in the League, would he have been successful?

“If mother knew she would have punished me for not knowing.”

Was all she could say to his smug response.  At that his smile fell to one of sympathy and pain.  After all he had seen her punishments, they were made public for a reason.

“Good thing they never found out then, huh?”

Marinette nodded dazedly before asking,

“How did… how long?”

Marin asked, her fingers twitching at her side in frustration.

“4 years?”

He said, or rather questioned.  He and Marin had interacted a few times in the League, in fact he saw her as an almost friend in the death trap.  He had never seen her like this before, this was all Marin, but it felt like she was falling apart here.  Marin’s head snapped and she stared him directly in the eyes,

“How are you still alive?!”

She yelled almost incredulously.

Luka’s grin turned vicious as he stated,

“Killed in combat.  Unit down.”

Marin hummed at that, calming down and letting her own body relax slightly.

“Quite sad they never found Möckel’s body.”

She said almost distantly, her eyes downcast with a sort of silent remembrance in her tone.  Like she had lost something important, and even if she found it it would never be the same again.  Luka nodded solemnly, remembering the battle and how all of his comrades had died.  He was the only one to make it through.  It was the perfect excuse to finally leave, to report to his superiors so that he could finally be reunited with his family.

“Yes.”

Was all he could say as the somberness of the conversation filled the room.

*

Suddenly yelling and loud noises filled the room from the outside and the ship was covered in dark purple bubbles transforming the ship into a modified red and black medieval pirate ship.  The large round window was still there and thankfully open.  

“Come on Luka, we have to get out of here!”

She said pointing to the window.  He nodded and quickly stood up, but before either could get to the window loud footsteps sounded through the halls.  Luka opened a door under the bed and pointed to it.  Marin gulped but quickly got inside, already going into battle mode.  Luka pushed her back in and started to act like she had escaped and he was about to join her.  The door was burst open and she heard Anarka yell,

“Liberty, capture him.”

The sound of chains sounded and Möc-no, Luka’s body fell to the ground.  Once she was sure she was alone she had Plagg pull the drawer out and she took a small gasp of breath, almost choking on open air.

“Alright Plagg, it’s time to get to work.”

Plagg sighed tiredly and stretched.

“Do we have to?  I’m still tired.”

Marin smiled at her little friend and gently patted his head with one of her fingers.

“I promise that once this is over I’ll make you some Camembert Danish.”

“Deal!”

“Alright, Plagg claws out.”

She whispered, afterall, she didn’t need anyone to hear her and figure it out.  She snuck out through the window and took stock of her surroundings.  They were passing by other concerts, both large and small, and they were getting far too close to the land.

“Liberty, fire!”

She watched as the sets and everything around it crumpled and died with the canon balls.  Cries and Screams pierced the air, she felt terrible with how the familiar noises almost seemed to put her mind at ease.  Quickly she made her move, blending in with the shadows as she tried to figure out what the object that needed to be broken was.  

And just her luck, she saw Mr. Bug swinging on the opposite side of where she was, easily distracting the Akumatized victim.  That wasn’t good for long term reasons, but it was good for now.  She needed to be careful though because if she was given even an ounce of good luck, it could only mean there would be Hell to pay later.  

She quietly climbed onto the deck, keeping to the shadowed areas of the ship creeping closer and closer to where the civilians were tied together in the center of the ship.  She needed to do this carefully, she couldn’t risk being spotted by the Akuma, but she also needed the kids to talk to her in case they knew where the corrupted bug was.  She quickly glanced over and watched as Mr. Bug was able to deflect the chains with his yo-yo causing the Akuma to be even angrier than before, placing even more of her focus into catching him.  Good.  The tip of her tail began to whip side to side as excitement filled her bones.  This thrill, the life or death of it all is what she lived for.  It wasn’t a game to her, she knew how serious this was, but she had lived her entire life like this, she was far too desensitized to ever feel the fear of this line of work ever again.

She reached into her belt and pulled out three small orbs that would explode on impact, each with a different purpose.  One would be smoke, the next would be an explosive, and the last one she would be able to channel her power into without having to activate her Cataclysm.  With practiced ease she threw the explosive at the Akuma, the smoke bomb at the group of kids, but held onto the last one.  She didn’t have time to focus on the Akuma and Chat, her first priority was information, so she ran as fast as she possibly could toward the kids.

They were coughing slightly, but it didn’t matter right now.

“Do any of you know where the Akuma may be?”

She demanded as soon as she was in front of them.

“Huh, Kaus Noir!”

One of them gasped excitedly.  

“Yes, now tell me, where is the Akuma?”

“It’s the compass!  A police officer came and asked if we had a docking permit, but Mom refused to show it to them.  He kept giving her senseless tickets, and I saw it fly into the Cabin.”

Juleka all but muttered.

“Thank you, I’ll take care of it.”

Marin’s senses were on high alert as her ears perked up at the sound of chains coming straight for her.  She dodged with easy grace, grabbing her staff from its holster at her lower back and extending it.  Now out of the smoke she could see what had happened.  Mr. Bug had seemed to tire the woman out quite a bit, but she had been able to chain him to the mast.  She wore an almost gleeful smirk, her eyes bright like she had already won.

“I have your bug, and if you don’t want me to run him through, you’ll hand me your Miraculous!”

Anarka demanded while pointing her sword towards Marin dramatically.  Marin simply rolled her eyes before she threw the small ball at the chains, letting them quickly decay.

“You don’t scare me, and I have more tricks up my sleeve than you’ll ever know.”

She watched as the boy jumped, landing right next to her while swinging his yo-yo in a large circle so fast it became a shield.  She stayed next to him, letting him deflect the oncoming chains.

“What's the plan Kaus?”

He asked, not even breathless.  Maybe she didn’t give him enough credit, he’s fairing far better than she thought he would these last few weeks.  She was slowly starting to trust him, and him her, it was strange.  

“Witness said that the Akuma is in the compass in the Cabin.  If you can keep her distracted a little longer I can destroy the object.”

Mr. Bug nodded.

“I’ll separate from you, so be ready for an incoming of chains.”

With her confirming nod, he moved away, racing towards Anarka at a high velocity that can only be attributed to the Miraculous.  Marin twirled her staff in a similar manner that Mr. Bug did his yo-yo, allowing her to block the chains and shield herself.  It didn’t take long for her to reach the Cabin.  Where there was once a simple wooden door now stood a large iron door with slithering chains.  She was hidden in a dark shadow, but she could tell Anarka was looking for her.  It was a pattern, she would fight Bug for 45 seconds before she would glance around for 5.  After the third time Marin began her work, the timer ticking down in her mind as focussed her energy into one more orb, this one draining her Cataclysm only a little.  She threw the orb at the door and smiled as it disappeared into ash, but now Anarka was racing towards her, riding the chains.  Marin ran into the small room yelling Cataclysm and placing her hand against the compass.  As soon as her hand brushed the device the chains encompassed her body, but it was too late, the device was already decaying.  

“NO!  What have ye done?”

Anarka yelled, falling onto her knees as purple consumed her once more.  She watched as Mr. Bug threw his yo-yo at the corrupted creature, capturing it before releasing its purified form back to the wild.  Yes, the wild, she had placed tracks on some of the other ones and none of them ever led back to anywhere except parks and the like.  She watched as he also threw a giant pair of chain breakers into the air, causing millions of Ladybugs to fly around all of Paris, fixing all of the damage that occurred, and removing the chains from around her.  

Mr. Bug lent his arm towards her, and for once, she accepted it, letting him pull her to her feet.  He smiled at her and held out his fist.  Dick had always done something similar, he had called it a “fist pump”.  She returned that as well, he smiled brightly at her, and though she didn’t feel butterflies or anything flying in her stomach, she felt settled.  Calm.  It was a nice change of pace.

“Great job today Kaus.”

“Yea, not bad yourself Mr. Bug.”

Both of their miraculous beeped, and with one last curt nod, she ran off the boat, only to subtly arch back to land back into Moc-LUKA’S room once more.

“Claws off.”

She whispered letting Plagg fly out before hiding him back in her purse where she kept cheddar cheese, because she was not smelling like camembert. He would get lots of that back in the apartment so it wasn’t like she wasn’t meeting his needs.  Luka burst through the room with wide eyes that almost seemed frightened.  He looked scared, accusatory, and almost…guilty.

“I don’t like small spaces.”

She stated, crossing her arms, as if that’s why he was looking at her like she had done something she shouldn’t have.  

“I know, sorry.  It was the only place to hide you.”

He whispered, never leaving his spot right in front of the door.  They stayed silent for a few moments longer before he finally asked,

“Why are you here?  Who’s your target?”

And didn’t that just hurt.  It felt like she had been slapped in the face, but she didn’t let him see that.

“I’m not here for the League, I left it.  They have no control over me.  I am here because I want to live my life free of anyone.  I’m here to make my own decisions, I am not here to kill.”

She stated, looking into his eyes the entire time with a hard conviction.  He stared back at her, familiar blue, calculating eyes trying to piece together her words.  Find a hidden meaning where there was none, look for the lie where she only said her truth.  

“Very well, but if I catch even a whiff of you trying to hurt my friends or family, I will not hesitate to expose you.  I may not be able to defeat you, but I can take you down with me.”

And with that, he turned and left, leaving her alone, fists clenched and face expressionless.  She could feel Plagg nuzzling her hip through the purse, it grounded her, made her feel warm, but it didn’t take away the loathing that began to once again squirm through her entire being.

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Two weeks after that day Jason was staring at his little sister in shock as she told him what had happened that day.  It's a real experience to see someone so bright and full of life… just break and melt down in front of you.

* It's a real experience to see someone you’ve loved for quite some time… just drop dead all in the span of a second.

It's a real experience to see someone’s life flash on and off repeatedly for 5 minutes until… it never turns on again.

It becomes a real experience.

Until it's an everyday experience.

She hates it.  Jason hates it, especially when he has to see it every time Marinette fades away to Marin.  He loved her, they kept each other sane while I’m the League and always had the others back.  Nothing would ever change that.

*

“Möckel is alive.  He goes by Luka now.  He had infiltrated the League.”

She said, spitting out the last sentence like it was an insult to her very being.  And in a way, it was.

“I know.”

Jason stated and that had Marin snapping her head to stare at him like he was insane.  He was worried she had given herself whiplash.

“You-you knew and you did not say anything?!”

“Well, I kept a close eye on him and threatened him.  But you two were getting close and you needed another person you could trust in your life.  Didn’t want to take that away unless I had to.”

It was silent for a few minutes.  Then Marin whispered,

“Möckel was a mask.  It didn’t take control of his life.  Luka is real.”

Jason was confused and didn’t understand where this was headed.  But he was sure it was nowhere good.

*

“I don’t- it’s like my emotions are shut off.  I’m me, but I’m not me.  I’m here, but I’m not here.  I speak and I listen and I see people, but I’m not THERE.  I'M NOT F*ING REAL-“

“Marin-“

Jason said softly as he tried to take her hand in his.  She moved it away quickly and hugged herself as warm tears fell down her cheeks and a sob escaped her lips.

“I’m not real.  My emotions aren’t real.  I’m not real.  I’ve never been real.  Marinette,”

She spat the name like it was the most disgusting poison she had tasted,

“is real.  Alice is real.  Hailey is real!  All my molds are real, but I’M NOT!  I'M NOT REAL!”

Jason was at a loss for words and it hurt to see her like this.  To finally have her walls fall down around her as she sobbed.  Carefully Jason maneuvered her so that she was seated in his lap while he hugged her to his chest as tightly as he could while not crushing her.  He placed a gentle kiss to the crown of her head and whispered,

“Marin, you are-“

“I’M NOT!”

She screamed, banging her fists harshly against his chest, face buried against his neck.

*

Jason was silent, letting her have a moment while he compiled his thoughts.  He, like the rest of his emotionally constipated family, was never great with words.  He had known her for so long, so many years.  He knew so many of her molds by heart, her fears, her triggers, when she was actually happy and sad, he knew her better than Damian ever would know her.  Where Dick was like a father to Damian, the same could be said of him with Marinette.  

He had always wondered when this breakdown would happen, it was a long time coming, and now that it was here he didn’t know what to do.  He knew that she had never had the opportunity to really let herself just be, especially when she was stuck with Bruce.  It turns out that seeing Möckel, or rather “Luka”, had been the thing to finally tip her over the edge.  Jason carefully ran his fingers through her hair, gently removing the knots and running his fingers softly against her scalp.  Slowly her sobs petered down to hiccups and eventually to small sniffles.  Jason was very happy that they were in one of his safe houses instead of the bakery for this conversation.

“Marin, and yes, I mean Marin, please listen to what I’m saying.”

A pause,

“I promise you, that you are not fake.  I have known you longer than Damian has, better than anyone ever will, or at least that’s what I’d like to believe.  I know who you are, you are strong, resilient, fierce, a bit of a prankster, a smartalec, and a little s*.”

“So you admit it,”

Marinette sniffled with a small chuckle.

“I am a little s*.”

Jason smirked and rolled his eyes at that.

“Yea, I admit it, you really are.  But, in a good way, because your my Little S*.”

“You really believe that Marin is real?”

She asked hesitantly.  Jason gave her a small smile and ruffled her head, earning a sharp slap.

“Of course.  I know for a fact this isn’t a mold, a facade, this is what you really feel.  This is all Marin, no one else.”

“Jason.”

She muttered,

“Hmm?”

“I’m tired.”

“I believe you.  Why don’t you take a break.  I’ll text Sabine and Tom if you want to spend the night.”

“Yes please.”

“Alright.  I’ll do it when you're ready, and don’t you dare force yourself.”

“Yes, Sir.”

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[arty-shadow-morningstar]

Treasure Hunter AU

I binged watch the Mummy trilogy while i had no wifi/internet for a while and I had an idea for a treasure hunter Mari with Daminette.

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Damian was bored.(age: 22-28 years old.)

At a gala party.

Meets Marinette who was equally bored.(abt the same age as D)

He finds out she was the finder of this famous artifact on display.

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Damian tugged at his collar, scanning the crowd. His father needed a plus one to show up with and everyone else were busy.

He grabbed a champagne flute and made his way to the edge of the room.

He found a woman in a black evening gown, looking as bored as he felt. short dark hair. Blue eyes.( I suck at describing people after the third time doing it. It feels overrated)

"Hello, stranger. You bored with mingling in with the assholes on their high horses?"

"Should I be offended?"

"We will see. Depends on you."

"How about you? A beautiful lady like you not kissing up their asses to climb the social ladder. That is strange."

She made a face. "Trust me. I don't want to be here but my friend wanted family time so I came in his place. What about you? Why are you here?"

"I am pretty sure my father wanted someone to get him out if the vultures came too close."

"Vultures, adept descriptions. I am glad no one realized who I am yet or i would be in their claws."

"Who are you representing, anyways?"

"Myself but Adrien or Kagami usually comes in my place but tonight, they have their son's play to go to."

"Adrien and Kagami. Aren't they the Agreste-Tsrungi?"

"Yep."

"You are the Marinette Dupain-Cheng. Globe trotting Treasure hunter and also world-class designer, MDC."

"Now you know. What's your name, handsome stranger?"

"You don't know?"

"Hey. Like you said globetrotting treasure hunter. I am not up-to-date on the news front. And when I am in Paris to do designer stuff, i am too busy to look at the news."

He gave her his hand, "Damian Wayne. Son of Bruce Wayne who is a billionaire and owns Wayne Enterprise."

She shook it.

"Pleased to meet you."

She stills design but like sent her designs to Adrien at least once every month, who had rebranded Gabriel to Miraculous Designs.

Some ppl thinks he did it to spite his father, who is in jail. Adrien and Mari has a partnership thing.

Mari also makes clothes but for a few months. And the rest of the time is spent travelling.

Exclusive designs from MDC are rare but the designs hand made by her are rarer so they are like a really big deal. They have the most amazing details. Really expensive and limited edition.

The rest of the time Mari spends finding Miraculouses (Miraculi ?) lost in the world so if she happens to find a few priceless artifacts that aren't the Miraculous. She donates it.

Alix helps and sometimes go find them with her.

She has Tikki and Plagg and maybe Wyazz all the time to look for curses and counter it.

She has also met John Constantine. They have an arrangement of sorts. A few magical artifacts that doesn't have to Miraculous business are given to him in exchange for any miraculous stuff he has or found.

Adrien funds her trips.

He is married to Kagami.

Kagami goes with Mari and Alix for a few months sometimes. Adrien likes being a stay at home dad.

Their kid is named Marin/Martin because it was Mari who got them together.

The few trips Mari dragged him on was enough to make him stay behind and run the business.

(Back to the story) Damian fangirled a little because Mari had been doing stuff like this since she was 18.

It was an amazing reputation she has.

She invites him to her next trip after questioning his skill sets.

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"Are you good with heights, dark scary places and adventuring into the unknown?"

"Yes"

"You any good with guns, swords, knives, booby traps and keeping calm under pressure?"

"Yes. I have many experiences with them."

"Can you keep a secret?"

"Yes. Why are you asking me this?"

"Wanna join me on my next trip to the jungle of China? There are myths about some hidden temple."

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Damian was a little conflicted.

He hadn't have the chance to explore the world much. He had been somewhere else for a mission (for the League of Shadows or JL business) but never for pleasure.

Being a vigilante by night and working at Wayne Enterprise by day gets a little boring after some years.

His brothers had a chance to travel the world on their own for a while. Sure, for reasons other than sight-seeing and looking for something to break out of the rut he was in. But still.

This was an exciting opportunity but a tad suspicious.

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"Why me?"

She looked surprised at that.

"Oh. Well, my friends enjoy coming with me on my adventures, treasure hunting and all that every now and then except Adrien but they have other things in their life to come with me all the time. I can mostly survive on my own most of the time but it gets lonely travelling on my own and it's nice if someone is there to watch my back. I understand if you don't want to come. It's just that I enjoy your company and you aren't like those assholes on their high horses. My gut feeling says I can trust you. You are not after the treasure or see it as one big game. You are looking for an escape. You would definitely catch me if I fall. As you know from my choice of friends, i have a bad habit of pulling rich kids from their stuffy lifestyle and take them on potentially life-threatening adventures." She joked. Then she lowered her voice, "Besides, it might be handy having a former assassin around."

She said in Arabic.

His hand went to his hidden knife and found it not there.

"Looking for this?" She said, holding it.

"How much do you know?" He hissed back in the same language.

"Relax," she gave back the knife, "my mother was one and I have accidentally came across a few in my adventures. I know one when i see one. I took a stab in the dark with your middle-eastern background. Speaking of, you know Talia Al Ghul by any chance."

He narrowed his eyes.

"She's my mother. Why?"

"You look like her. Met her a few times. Nice lady but scary. Mine's Sabine Cheng, goes by the Blue Reaper." She said it so casually like their parents weren't dangerous deadly assassins and had normal jobs.

"You aren't normal, are you?"

"What gave it away?"

"That you willingly gave away blackmail material to me."

"Normal people don't have assassins for mothers. And you and me aren't exactly meeting the minimum standards for normal. Besides, I just told you a family secret that you would have found out anyways with a through background search and a little digging. So far all I know about you is that your parents are Talia Al Ghul and Bruce Wayne-I wonder how an assassin got together with a billionaire-, you are a former League of Shadows assassin, you are great with weapons, keeping secrets and so far meeting the criteria for an adventure buddy. That's all I swear. And that you have some pets. A cat, maybe."

"How you know about my cat?!"

"Cat hair on your clothes." She was good. "If it will ease your mind about me, you can ask me 5 questions that I will truthfully answer. "

"So why are you doing this?"

"That's question 1. Well, I really want whatever this is between us to work. Partners, Friends, Companions, Comrades. Whatever you want to call it. Like I said, I get lonely sometimes and need some human interaction to at least keep myself sane. You looked like you want to be somewhere else and I thought this is perfect. I am not going to tell anyone about you or push you to join me. I swear on my mother's sword."

"Are we killing anybody?"

"Mostly I try to avoid that as much as possible. Sometimes I get into situations with no other alternative. " She looked away guiltily.

"Fair enough."

"Not judging me for that. That's a first for me."

"I am a former assassin and have killed before. I have no right to condemn you for your past."

"How much are you willing to tell me about this hidden temple?"

"That has to do with a secret. I would tell you more when there are less ears around. But this temple was said to hold a magic jewel that grants some powers and it is located really deep in the jungle. Getting there might take months."

"You forgot to mention that last one."

"Oh yeah. You think you can get away for some months. This kind of stuff usually takes a while. Like I said before, no pressure. Anyway, 2 questions left."

"What's my salary?"

"Aren't you a billionaire?"

"My father is. I have a trust fund and I get a salary for doing my job at the company. You are lucky that I just finished with most of my assigned projects so I might be able to come."

"I am so sorry about just assuming things about you. You can say no to the offer. The temple is said to hold some other treasures but I mainly want the jewel. We could auction off a few bits and pieces. I usually just donate them to museums and universities or sell them to those who really appreciate the history. I would also pay for the entire expenses for the trip."

"Can I think about this?"

"Sure. Here's my number. I leave on the 1st of next month. Gimme an answer a week before that so I can make the proper arrangements. It has been fun talking to you, Damian."

She walked away, going towards the buffet table.

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Back in the car on the way home to the manor.

Bruce asked, "Who were you talking to for that long?"

"Who?"

"The one that gave you her number."

"Oh. MDC. She invited me to join her in China next month to find some hidden temple."

"She did?"

"Yes. Not only that she found out about mother and know what I did before I came here. She doesn't know about Batman, Robin or Crow. And she said she wasn't going to blackmail me but just wanted a companion to go with her. Ideally, it would be best to silence her before she digs any further into me but I trust her. I sincerely believe that she meant it when she said that she's not going to tell on me. And I am really tempted to take up on it."

"What do you want to do?"

"On one hand, i would be gone for months so there won't be Crow in Gotham for a while and I have a few projects I need to finish up. On the other hand. Father, I have been a vigilante for over 10 years now and I haven't really done much out besides that, school and now work. I have appreciated all you have done for me over the years. But I want to go with her. Do something that is not connected to Batman or Wayne or Al Ghul. Just a little something different for myself."

"You can go if you want. I am not going to stop you. I will make arrangements so the projects would be done by someone else. The others can cover your patrols. You are still young so it is understandable to want some fun every now and then."

"Thank you, Father."

Bruce put his hand on his shoulder.

"I am proud of you as Crow and as Damian Wayne. But if you want to go find some hidden temple in China just for a break from this life, to be just Damian, go for it. There are worse things you could do. Just tell me if you are going to go on any future trips like that." (I don't know DC much, sorry if that is a little OOC but I like good dad! Bruce.)

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Damian dialed the number on the card.

"Hello"

"I accept your offer, miss MDC."

"Damian? Right, text me your email address. I will sent you things you would need to pack and flight details. And can you come by to the Gotham Rose Hotel tomorrow? I will give more details on the temple."

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Damian comes by the hotel.

Marinette tells him of the kwamis and miraculous and makes him swear to not tell anyone unless they already know.

The hidden temple actually might have a miraculous.

Damian gets a little interested in the akuma situation she mentioned.

Mari doesn't say anything about it much.

When he got back, he goes to the Bat-computer and did some digging.

Ladybug looks a little familiar. Pulls up younger picture of Mari and look at that, she used to be a superhero.

Wonder Woman was kept informed of things and made sure no one goes to Paris without her knowing.

Zatanna helped capture the villain Hawkmoth and end his 2 year reign.

Fast forward, they are in Beijing now, sleeping off jetlag.

The next morning, They get out of the city somehow to the city limits and somewhere remote.

Mari uses Kalki and transports them to the jungle.

They set up camp. Cue Campfire stories.

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"I thought getting here would take months."

"No actually, finding the temple would. According to my research and the map I copied through less than legal means, it is somewhere in this general area. There used to a city around here too and the king or emperor pissed off some powerful priest or wizard, take your pick. There was a curse. The city crumbled down and the temple is the only thing standing because the king went there and prayed to the gods for protection. The one who answered his prayers and protected the temple in doing so the king was pressed into service of the god. The king did everything the god said for a while but later, he started to hate it and began disobeying the orders. The god cursed him for his disobedience. The temple he was protected in became his tomb and he was tasked to protect the chest inside the temple for the rest of eternity. Anyone who opens the chest would gain the ultimate power to rule the earth. Thankfully, we are not after the chest. Some powerful crack-head with a misused miraculous tried to find it and open the chest for more power. But he never returned. My theory is that the miraculous is still in the temple. As long as we don't wake up the king or go for the chest, we would be okay."

"What are the guns for? And How did you get them past security?"

"In case of emergencies, an army of undead was mentioned and guns are surprisingly good repellent. Well, most of the time. It's useless if there is a no weapons can kill 'it' rule. Then, it's just a stress reliever. I kept them in a pocket dimension. Makes it easier to get around."

Damian vowed to never let Marinette meet Jason. Judging by the pile of guns and occasional knives and other weapons she took out of the brown satchel which apparently holds a pocket dimension, Jason would adopt her. He wondered if that was all that was inside in.

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They packed up and started searching the jungle for hidden temple.

It was a month and a half before they found it.

They bonded a lot during that time.

They had a moment after drinking a little alcohol which Mari has in the pocket dimension. Or Drank a lot of alcohol and had sex.

It was awkward and they both agree to not talk about it again.

Soon after, they found the temple. But it is still a little far away.

But the temple is not the only thing they found. They also found a campsite with many people milling around. Some of them carried guns.

Somewhat rich bastard who overheard their conversation at the gala. Heard treasure and found out where Mari's next expedition is.

Had the help of some scholar who wants to be famous for the greatest find since King Tut.

They found the temple even though they had no magical help, they left 2 weeks before Mari did, so yeah.

Rich Bastard's name is 'Philip Anderson'(This sounds familiar to me for some reason and I can't find out why.) and Scholar is 'Harry Scott'

They have armed bodyguards and some 'hired' help to get the treasure.

Anderson is still rich but his company had been getting losses the past 2 years and this is a quick, easy get rich scheme.

Mari and Damian: "Rich asshole on his high horse."

Anderson doesn't know about the chest but Mari and Damian thinks he does and it was what he was after.

They set up camp a little further ahead of Anderson's

Unfortunately, they were found by Harry. Somehow.

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I am going to continue this when I am more awake.

[artxyra]

(Recyclable) You're My Brother, Mr. Wayne

Marinette remembers the day when her parents told her she was adopted. She was only twelve. It was that day when she learned that her birth name was actually Marin Etta Wayne, the lost (or unknown, in some cases) daughter of Martha and Thomas Wayne. They told her once she becomes of age, they’ll allow her to decide whether or not to pursue learning her heritage. Marinette thought about it but decided against it a year later when she became Paris’s own superhero, Ladybug.

As much as she wishes that Master Fu had chosen adults to become the heroes rather than children, she had to admit it did have its ups. Looking back at it now at twenty-six, she couldn’t find it in her to regret becoming the Guardian and the leader of the Order of the Miraculous. How could she when it brought her to her must prize gift, her son.

The eight-year-old has been in Marinette’s care since he was four. She had found him during a one-on-one meeting with the League of Assassin. Marinette had been appalled by the sight of a woman yelling at her son about not being able to carry a weapon correctly and then proceed to punish the boy. Pulling rank over the league and the woman (apparently Ra’s al Ghul daughter), Marinette gain a son that day. She learned that is name was Damian and from Talia told her, he was Batman’s son. Marinette didn’t bother to find out whether or not Damian’s conception was through the usual means of love, but what she does know was that Damian needed a loving mother figure before anything else.

“Mommy, you need to get up.” Marinette curls into the pale pink blankets that lays on top of her queen size bed. She could hear the ruffling of the sheets as Damian tries to wake her. Struggling to hold in a giggle was the hardest thing for her to do. “Mom, I don’t need to call Vic or Luka, now do I?” Upon hearing the two names of her favorite people, Marinette groans and uncovers her face to see the forest green eyes of her son.

“No, petit oiseau, I’m up.” Marinette pulls her son into her arms. “There is no need to bother Vic or Luka. They’re very busy people.” She adds before blowing raspberries into the small boy’s cheek. Damian squirms, trying to break free. He had spent the morning getting his hair ready for school and here his mother is messing it up. At least she didn’t ruffle it.

“Actually, Vic is in the living room right now on his laptop. Not that would have mattered. He made you a cup of coffee too.” Damian tells her the moment he is out of her reach. Marinette stares at the boy amused yet betrayed. She then slowly gets out of the bed. It was still early in the morning and she was not needed in the office until later that afternoon—not that Mr. Wayne would have noticed anyway.

“Vic,” Marinette gasps seeing her boyfriend of four years sitting down at the kitchen table with his face glued to the laptop’s screen. It wasn’t a normal sight, but she did have her rules when it comes to work related stuff. “How long?”

“About an hour, gotten a lead for a case that I’m working on and…” Marinette cuts him off by kissing his cheek.

“Shh. You talk too much. Dami told me you made coffee?” Vic points to the cup sitting on the counter before returning to his work on the laptop. Marinette rolls her eyes and goes to grab the cup. She takes a sip and moans as the hot liquid touches her tongue. It was made just right.

“So, is this JL work or regular work?” She then asks taking the seat across from her. Despite the two being workaholics, they manage to work this out with the help of their musician that is currently on tour once more.

“Regular work, if it was JL stuff, I would have stayed on the Watchtower. I know how much you hate it when I bring anything related to JL when Damian is around.” Vic says finally closing the laptop and facing Marinette.

“Good, you know how he is especially since we’re closer to Batman now than ever. I caught trying to sneak out a few times.” Marinette then takes another sip of her coffee and sighs. She hates feeling hopeless. The boy has a fasciation with Batman and she’s pretty sure it has something to do with Talia’s teachings. “Did you also make breakfast?”

Marinette was no shock to her Vic’s awkward chuckling at that question. He wouldn’t dare do near the stove especially when he’s in the zone. Marinette sighs and gets up; she looks over to the clock on the stove and realize she still got time. Damian didn’t have school for at least an hour, and she can drop him off on her way to work.

“How does a veggie breakfast sandwich sound?” Marinette asks knowing that her voice would be heard by Damian, who would no doubt come in and give his answer.

“Sound good,” Vic states, “Damian also agrees.” He turns to the archway where he could see the eight-year-old running down the stairs and stops short. Damian tip toes away. He knows that his mother hates it when he runs down the stairs. The floor being wooden and wearing socks don’t go together and the number of incidents that happen in this house is a lot.

Marinette doesn’t turn, instead she pulls out the ingredients from the fridge and starts making breakfast. It was moments like this that makes Marinette happy for the little family she made since moving out of Paris.

The moment Marinette entered her office, the first thing she wanted was some coffee. Mr. Wayne would be arriving in just under an hour for a department meeting, that she has to make sure everyone is ready for. Despite being the Director of the Martha Wayne Foundation, Marinette somehow finds herself being the keeper of all departments.

Its amazing to how quickly she rose to becoming the director of the Martha Wayne Foundation especially since that was no where near the area she was originally working in. Maybe it was luck, maybe it was meant to be, to be working under her birth mother’s name. Mr. Wayne made quick to giving her control of over the Foundation, which didn’t give her enough time to reject.

[bitch-its-me-alv]

He is mine, bitches

Male Marinette! Male Damian! 

(Next You can’t touch what’s mine, bitch)

Damian did not have a type, he was a ex assassin, trained to eliminate useless impulses such as attraction, or romanticism of his person.

He didn't have a type, he didn't have ... he didn't ... he…

Oh my god, did that guy just threw a motorcycle? Damian had to get his number, his name, something!

Maybe not like robin, that would be clearly irresponsible and unprofessional. 

Judging by his outfit, he was at gotham college, the same one his civilian alter ego was in. That was convenient, he could approach like Damian wayne. 

Was Damian better than Robin? Who would attract him the most? Would he even like Damian or Robin to put his tongue down his throat?

Wait, he was talking to him! 

“I need you to take me to the hospital, I just threw my motorcycle at those thugs, could you?“ Omg, he was even more gorgeous up close, big, slanted eyes of blue, like the cosmos or something magical. Before Robin could answer him Red Hood intervened.

“Don't worry man, our Robin here will be happy to take you after your statement.” Red hood slapped his back.

The boy was even taller than Jason, Damian wasn't sure if he would survive the trip to the hospital on his motorcycle.

Robin momentarily emerged from his stupor, after red hood left, maybe hood thought it was bothering him, Robin was not comfortable with civilians after the fight, he was more fighting, hitting and then leaving the disaster for the police.

“If you're hurt, we could go first to the hospital” Robin said.

“Oh no actually, my friend Chloe was rushed to the hospital after the gas of fear paralyzed her. I am worried that when she recovers she would sue the entire floor.”The bluenette smiled

Robin just nodded, praying that none of his brothers would notice the blush under the mask, or worse, Batman might noticed.

On the way to the hospital, Robin felt the physical difference between him and Marin. It almost felt like he was being hugged by Marin.

They arrived in record time, Robin had a slight disappointment in his chest, but he crushed her, reminding himself that he would meet him later as Damian.

Marin got off the bike in front of the hospital. “Thanks for the trip robin, maybe you should go in too, that blow seems serious.” Marin touched the wound that went through his mask.

Robin didn’t blush, no one can prove it.” Things like these happen all the time, don't worry.”

“Well, I would say I hope to see you soon, but I don't think that's very good. So try not to hurt your gorgeous face.”

Leaving Robin flushed, he turned around to enter the hospital. Chloe would go crazy when he told her he flirted with a vigilante.

➞ ➞ ➞ ➞ ➞ ➞ ➞

If someone asked Marin why he had moved to Gotham city, he would tell the easy lie. After so long as a traveler with his nonna he had decided that he would finish his education in a normal and established way. And since his uncle Jagged and his aunt Penny owned a condo in the city, it was nothing suspicious.

Yeah, it is not as if the rest of his family is not completely legal and they are also conveniently around Gotham.

And if he had to hide some welcome gifts that his godparents and godmothers gave him like, a personalized flamethrower, a carnivorous plant as a pet, or exploding mallets. No one else would know, because he was not very interested in taking people home anyway.

After many close calls like Adrianna Agreste, or Lian Rossi, he did not want to rush into relationships.

But Damian was so cute, maybe he could do an exception for him. I mean, when he practically hit his chest with that stoic expression it was nice, but when Marin made him blush it was even better.

Marin was very good at flirting but not very good at getting compliments. So after seven weeks hanging out as friends, Damian discovered that he could hit him back with compliments.

Damian was in the ninth cloud, Marin was more than he had anticipated, and he couldn't love it more. He was so perfect, and that's why he had tried twice as hard to hide it from his family, he didn't want them to scare Marin away. But his plan was threatened by his very annoying and best friend, Jon.

“I seriously can’t believe it Damian, you got yourself a boyfriend and you didn’t tell me, i’m so upset.”

“Don't be dramatic kent, he is not my boyfriend ... yet. And if I did not tell you it was so that there were no rumors that would reach my family.”

“Damian, it doesn't matter, you got yourself a boyfriend and besides he is hellaMari12, I can never forgive you, meet that bonbon and save it for yourself, very bad Damian.” 

“What nonsense are you babbling kent? hellaMari12? Bonbon? Do you want my katana on your face?”

Jon showed him his cell phone, in a very famous instagram account, where in all the photos marin appeared, in a very specific one, with canvas pants, and a sweatshirt that showed his abs.

Damian couldn't control the blood that ran up his face, omg that photo was so hot. But a big part of himself was not distracted, this photo was public and had three million likes. His possessiveness made him frown, he was still not her boyfriend, he did not have to be angry, and even if he were, he had no right to claim him.

Damn, why did Marin have to be so attractive and kind? Now he not only had competition in Gotham, but also throughout the internet, excluding all the places he had been and assuming he had no suitor abroad.

Damian would have to hurry, because if he got distracted he could lose, and Damian Al-Ghul Wayne never lost.

➞ ➞ ➞ ➞ ➞ ➞ ➞

Marin was nearing the end of his patience. If damian was still so nice to him and didn't kiss him, Marin could hit something or kiss him until his soul was taken out.

With his attractive face in a constant frown, his jade eyes always fulminant, his olive skin so shiny and smooth. His always so neat black hair and his expensive cologne… Damn Damian why don't you just kiss Marin already?

That night Damian and Marin had arranged to do a marathon on how to train your dragon, because the green-eyed man had never seen such a work of art.

If Damian hadn't kissed him before the end of the first movie, Marin would. He had already arranged everything, hid the suspicious gifts, threw the dirty clothes into a closet that he had never opened before, shook the sofa. He put flavoring ... everything so that the atmosphere was perfect.

While they sat on the couch eating sour treats, with damian criticizing the characters' unrealistic choices. Damian let the sugar spread across his lips, unaware of himself as he concentrated on the movie.

Hiccup was about to feed the dragon when Marin couldn't resist any longer.

“Hey Damian, I'm about to kiss you. You can walk away if you don't want it”

Damian had recorded the question, had heard and understood it. But I couldn't believe it, so I just nodded hoping it wasn't a hallucination. 

It wasn't, the hallucinations weren't that perfect.

They were completely lost in their kisses, their environment disappeared as more and more time passed kissing, tousling the hair of the other, writhing to be closer together although that was impossible.

Someone's phone started ringing and suddenly the world was more than just the two of them. Damian was on Marin's lap, his arms under his shirt, and his legs wrapped in a possessive grip on his hips. Marin had one hand buried in Damian's midnight hair, and another dangerously low on his back.

They admired each other for five long seconds, until their phone rang in unison. They did not separate, they had been waiting for this for a shameful time, they could not lose it now that they had started it.

From Damian's phone were notifications from his brothers, asking about his absence hours before the patrol. He reply quickly informing them not to expect him and not to try to track him down. With a couple of threats in the family chat to let them know it was him, he turn off the phone and throw him away from where he was sitting.

On Marin's phone there were a couple of messages from chloe letting him know that if Damian made his boyfriend he would have to pass the blonde test, or she wouldn't approve it. While in the chat of their rouge godparents and godmothers, they would message each other about an assault they would do together soon. 

Marin answered chloe briefly, and ignored his uncles, there were things that he had to turn a blind eye to.

“So ... do you want to stay here at night?”Marin gently rubbed the spot where his left hand was, giving Damian nice chills.

“Had you anticipated this Dupain-cheng? Did you feel lucky?” Damian didn't take his eyes off his lips, making Marin blush slightly.

“I was confident, don't think I hadn't noticed how suddenly all our dates involved sweating and taking off my shirt.” 

Damian shut him up with a kiss, not because he was his boyfriend he was going to allow herself to lose to him.

The night passed with many kisses, hickies on the neck and under the clavicles. His words were lost somewhere between four and five in the morning. Falling exhausted on the sofa one on the other, with the warm sensation in their bodies of knowing that their love was reciprocated.

When the sun raised Damian was ecstatic, he could already hit all those with romantic intentions towards Marin. He could kiss him without being rejected, but… He didn't really know much about romantic relationships, but He’d find out along the way.

Marin was also full of excited and happy energy, fluttering around his kitchen and taking photos of everything as souvenirs for his future anniversaries.

After many signs on the sofa with Damian, and of him just being art lying on the sofa. Damian decided that everyone on the internet should know that Marin was not single.

With a simple photo published in Marin's account, with both disheveled and illuminated by the rising sun. The eyes of both seemed clearer than they were.

In the description Damian did not try very hard, with a simple he is mine, bitches settled, and let his followers burn while Marin danced in the kitchen and Damian tried not to get weaker for that boy.

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Tragedy of an Albatross

by Philosophizes Ah! Well-a-day! What evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung -Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" "To have an albatross around the neck" is to be weighed down by past misdeeds or misfortunes.   or;   A story of Jason Todd, but not about him. Words: 11137, Chapters: 2/2, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Gen Characters: Jason Todd, Catherine Todd, Willis Todd, Sheila Haywood, Sharmin Rosen (DC Comics), Talia al Ghul, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Jim Gordon (DCU), Sandra Woosan, Alfred Pennyworth, Joker (DCU), Natalia Knight, Harvey Dent, Joseph Todd, Trina Todd, Original Characters Relationships: Catherine Todd/Willis Todd, Catherine Todd & Jason Todd, Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne, Talia al Ghul/Bruce Wayne, Sharmin Rosen/Jason Todd's Biological Father, Sheila Haywood & Joker Additional Tags: Jason Todd is Robin, Sharmin Rosen is Jason Todd's Mother, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Dick Grayson Has Issues, Jason Todd Deserves Better, Some people try very hard and some people try a little and some people don't try at all, And in the end Jason always loses via https://ift.tt/Ky5G9dV

[irregularjohnnywiggins]

Hey there. I was scrolling through tags and found your post where you talk about your version of the DCU and since I don't know how to use tumblr well, I was wondering if you had written anything else about Wintergreen being the evil Supervillian. That's a head cannon I've never heard, and I'd love to hear more if you have anything =D

I'd love to! Although, full disclosure, this is entirely unfounded and I haven't actually read much of Wintergreen, so apologies if this contradicts anything established about ol' Billy's past.

Basically the idea behind this is a simple one - Billy Wintergreen and Alfred Pennyworth were old friends from their days in the British secret service, something I don't know was ever established in comics but I just know is true. Whilst they were on a mission, the two of them shared there plans for what they intended to do in civilian life, both agreeing that, whilst they could certainly amount any degree of wealth using the skills they had learnt, the mere act of possessing great wealth was too much of a lure, and that it would be infinitely better to become the right-hand man of some wealthy plutocrat or criminal - "It is better to be a Watson than a Holmes, a Moran than a Moriarty", as Pennyworth put it.

After their time in the service came to an end, the two went their seperate ways. Alfred became a butler to the Wayne family, intending to enact the same plan he and Wintergreen had discussed. He failed to account for one thing - that Martha Kane, younger sister to a black ops marine and heir to a great deal more than a fortune, was just as sharp and perceptive as her son would grow up to be, and she quickly cottoned on to his game, allowing him to continue as butler only to keep a firmer eye on him. After several years, with the birth of Bruce, Alfred forgot all about his former ambitions and committed himself fully to his role as his ward's protector.

William Wintergreen, however, committed himself further to the plan. In the years between the mission with Pennyworth and a quitting the service, he had found a calling in wetwork - assassinations, interrogations, threats, you name it, Wintergreen reveled in it. Pennyworth may have removed the Demon's Head in his last great mission for the service, but Wintergreen began seeking them out, hoping for a place at the eternal Ra's al Ghul's side. It was in Iraq, searching for leads about the League, that Wintergreen met Slade Wilson for the first time. Slade was fascinating - a man with a darkly cynical viewpoint on life, a skillset that made him one of the most dangerous soldiers on the planet, and a serum in his body that enhanced his reflexes, agility and strength to near-superhuman levels. Wintergreen could hardly resist.

It was relatively simple, in the end. Slade's viewpoint was shaped by the contrast between the contradictions of the Iraq War - it was a viewpoint that placed all those who fought for a cause - on both sides - as wretched fools, with Slade being the only one smart enough to see the big picture. To such a worldview, it was easy to believe a weakling held captive by the enemy could want to work alongside Slade out of some misplaced sense of loyalty and debt. The only true flaw was Adeline Kane, who grew suspicious of her husband's moonlighting adventures as Deathstroke the Terminator - a truly dreadful epithet, but one Slade had insisted upon - but that was a simple matter to correct: William Walsh owed Wintergreen a favour, and it was a relatively simple matter to arrange for the kidnapping of Joey Wilson. So now Wintergreen had an easily manipulatable supersoldier, an endless possibility of people willing to hire an assassin, and no real connection to him but that of a bumbling fool trying to temper his employers worst impulses. All in all, things were looking up for William Randolph Wintergreen. Until, that is, they accept a contract inside Gotham City, and William runs into an old friend...

(It should be noted that all of this is backstory that's not strictly relevant - the main purpose of Deathstroke and Wintergreen's appearances in the Batman thing proper is so Bruce can deduce Wintergreen is the brains behind the operation, then recognise that a lot of the manipulation tactics Billy uses are things Alfred uses for much more tame things, and then put two and two together and have a minor crisis with imagining how far back this goes. The general thrust of this entire arc is that, when a certain old enemy of Alfred's I mentioned here shows up, Bruce is more tempted by his offer than he is in most other versions...)

[lily-drake]

Lesson 6: Revenge is Okay But Negotiation May Be Key

Based on @bambicambi ’s Marin assassin au

AO3

Previous

(I’m taking creative license with the first one and changing it to Tim and Jason, the color blue will be swapped with red.)

Marinette: ...want to do something chaotic with me?

Dick: depends on what the activity is.

Marinette: *holds up a bucket of paint* I'm going to paint everything in Bruce's office black and blue.

Dick: why those colors?

Marinette: *lazily grins* they're Nightwing's colors, aren't they?

______

Marin: ...why would I want.. why would.. *wipes at her eyes* no.

Talia: ...Marin, Darling-

Marin: *sniffs* --why would I want to go with someone who hates me??

Talia: ... *Arabic* [My Little Flower, do you really think I hate you? I could never. I care for you.]

Marin: ... *rubs at her burn scars* do you?

Talia: *looks down at her arms* ...yes. yes, Darling, I do. *grabs Marin's Hands* I do.

Marin: *laughs incredulously* [it does not feel like it, Mother. It never feels like it. Never. You show more love to Akhi in an hour than you did with me, my whole life.]

Talia: [do you really feel that way?]

Marin: *slightly tugs her hands out of Talia's grasps* [yes. You've told me not to waste my words on things I do not think are true, did you forget?]

Talia: ... what can I do?

Marin: what can you do?

Talia: *smiles sadly* what can I do to make you.. to..

Marin: ...nothing.

Talia: ...

Marin: *smiles bitterly* maybe time.

Talia: behind bars?

Marin: no! Give me time.

Talia: *smiles* okay, [My Little Flower,] *leans forward and kisses her forehead* okay.

________

When Jason stepped foot back in the manor after a week of hiding and camera sightings around different parts of the world to hide and cover up his trial, he was not expecting to come back to…whatever the heck this was.  The manor was somehow both somber, yet extremely chaotic.  While the house wasn’t exactly a “mess” as Alfred would kick their butts for it, it wasn't exactly “clean” either.  Specifically, Bruce’s stuff was littered, some of it completely destroyed, in random parts of the house.  Then he stumbled upon Tim who was typing furiously on his laptop while upside down on the couch.

Jason raised his brow and cleared his throat, and when he didn’t get a response kicked the kid in the arm.

“Ow!  What the-”

Tim blinked up at him for a second before he turned back to his work.

“Hey Jason.”

“Timberlina.  What happened while I was gone?”

“We found out that Marin left, you hid her somewhere, because of Bruce.  Damian and Dick are with the Titans.  So, Babs and I have taken to making Bruce regret all of his life decisions.

Jason hummed pleasantly surprised.  Then Tim turned to look up at him, a mischievous glint in his eyes.

*

“...Want to do something chaotic with me?”

Jason smirked slightly and crossed his arms,

“Depends on what the activity is.”

Tim moved the laptop towards the cucion of the couch, barely being able to do so in his awkward state.  Then out of basically nowhere pulled out a paint can, a casual smile on his lips.

“I’m going to paint everything in Bruce’s office black and red.”

Jason almost laughed, this was going to be amazing.

“Why those colors?”

“They’re our colors, aren’t they?”

*

Jason grinned wickedly as he snatched the paint can up, Tim almost gracefully doing a somersault off the couch and grabbing another paint can and brushes.

“You sure Alfred won’t be mad about this?”

Jason asked with a raised brow.

“Nah, I asked him if I could.  He discouraged it, though said he couldn’t stop me if I chose to.”

Ah, so Alfred was just as upset as them it seemed.  That was good to hear, having Alfred on their team would make things much easier.

~~~~~~~~~

Marin sat atop the Eiffel Tower de-transformed with only her armor on.  She refused to let her mother know she held the power that Grandfather had been searching for for years.  She was afraid that she would try to take it, and if she did that then she would fail and dishonor her promise.  She might as well be dead at that point, if it came down to it she would fight Mother to protect the ring and her new city.  She could hear the soft tap of footsteps and knew that her mother was here and making her presence known.  Marin knew that if Mother didn’t want her to know she was there she wouldn’t have heard her.  Quickly she stood and turned into a bow.

“Mother, I apologize for failing to inform you of my new location.  It was improper and-“

She held back a flinch as she felt Mother gently place her hands on her shoulders.

“Marin, my Flower”,

She began gently lifting her chin so she was looking at her and carefully moving a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

“I’m not angry with you, I heard from one of my informants that you ran from Gotham with Jason.  A different informant said that they saw you here in disguise.  I came to check on you after I heard he left.”

Marin felt the small warm feeling she got whenever her mother showed she cared about her.  The moments were rare, but they were what kept her together at the League on her hardest days and when her fa- Bruce ignored her existence.

“I needed to get away, I originally planned to come back to you, but Jason brought me to one of his friend’s children’s houses.  I’ve decided to stay here indefinitely.”

Marin said confidently as she stared into her mother’s dark green eyes, eyes she desperately wished were hers rather than her brother’s.

“You should go back to them soon, think of Dam-“

Marinette felt her chest tighten and nausea swirling around inside of her as she interrupted her mother by shouting out,

“No!”

How dare she lose control of her emotions!  She would get punished now.  The old burns on her arm seemed to flare up as she thought about them and what would happen to her now.

“Flower, I know things aren’t easy, but you should go back to your father.”

Talia whispered gently, still crouching at Marin’s eye level.  Marin felt tears well up in her eyes as she thought about leaving the new life she just started, and leaving the warmth here in return for the cold empty was she felt anywhere else.  When had she gotten so expressive, when had she become so weak that she cried at the thought of leaving a stupid place?!

*

“…why would I want… why would…”

Marin wiped her eyes trying to keep them as dry as possible and not show weakness.  Weakness was wrong, frowned upon.  She refused to let her mother see her as weak!

“No.”

She said again, she wasn’t going back there.  She wasn’t going back to a place that didn’t care about her again.  She felt cared for here, she didn’t want to lose the warmth she got from this city.

“…Marin, Darling-“

She started gently pausing when Marin sniffed.  She was trying to figure out if this was one of her molds, but as she stared into her daughter’s blue eyes she knew that it was fully and completely Marin.  Tears welled up in Marin’s eyes no matter how hard she tried to stop them they kept coming.

“—why would I want to go with someone who hates me?”

She said quietly, as she gave up on wiping away her tears and just let them fall.  Nobody really liked her there, nobody ever would.  They would all hate her!  Nobody would ever love her.  Talia stayed silent thinking over her words before replying in Arabic,

“My Little Flower, do you really think I hate you?  I could never.  I care for you.”

Marin almost wanted to flinch away at her last words.  She didn’t love her, Marin always knew that, but after figuring out what love was, it felt wrong.  She didn’t like that phrase though she knew that all the affection her mother ever had for her was just, “care”.  Marin rubbed at her burn marks, memories flooding her mind as she wondered if this was true or just another manipulation.

“Do you?”

She asked quietly, breaking eye contact and looking to her left.  Talia looked down at her covered arm and remembered the scars that her handlers had given her.  Burns that made her skin boil, tear, and bleed.  She took great pride when she killed him, and she did it in front of Marin to let her know that she would handle any person she saw improperly punishing her daughter.  Maybe that was wrong, but it was for the best.

“…yes.  Yes, Darling, I do.”

She said slowly running her hands down Marin’s shoulders and arms until she was holding both of her daughter’s hands in her own.  Marin felt an incredulous laugh leave her lips at her mother’s words.  Because it never seemed that way, especially if she had an informant in Gotham and never came to get them when she was obviously suffering under Bruce’s care.

“It does not feel like it, Mother.  It never feels like it.  Never.  You show more love to Akhi in an hour than you did with me my whole life!”

She stated matter of factly as tears continued their trail down her cheeks.  Talia squeezed her hands a little tighter, her eyes revealing the emotions she wanted her daughter to see.

“Do you really feel that way?”

She asked, feeling her chest tighten slightly as her daughter removed her hands from hers and nodded ever so slightly.

“Yes.  You’ve told me to not waste my words on things I do not think are true, did you forget?”

Marin asked, standing soldier straight.  She cocked her head slightly to the side, her eyes shining in mock confusion.  Her tone was flat like when she was reporting to her superiors.  She wished that Marin didn’t feel the need to talk to her like that, but it was what she was taught to do.  Desperate for her child to understand that she did care for her and that she didn’t have to act so proper around her she asked her,

“…What can I do?”

Marin was shocked, but she made sure her features didn’t show it.  She had never expected this, she had never thought her mother would ever try to do anything for her without a specific goal in mind.  What was her goal?  But the tone that escaped her lips was a shocked and confused,

“What can you do?”

Talia smiled sadly at her daughter.  She hadn’t been the best mother to her, the circumstances they were in would have never allowed her to be.  She wasn’t even a great mother to her son.  She wanted to be in her life and try to help her have a good one, even if she couldn’t be around often.

“What can I do to make you…to…”

She didn’t know how to phrase it, but Marin seemed to understand what she was trying to say and replied,

“…Nothing.”

Talia sat in silence as her chest grew a heavy feeling of sadness and regret.  She understood why her daughter would want nothing to do with her, but it still left a small pain and weight against her shoulders.  She had birthed Marin from her own womb.  She had hoped she and Damian would have been born on the same day, but Marin was born a few months early and she had to fight her father to be able to keep the child she sacrificed her body for.  She wouldn’t show anyone her hurt, but it would always be with her.

Marin smiled bitterly as she saw her mother and the small glimpse of pain that flicked in her eyes when she told her there was nothing she could do.  It was all probably a trick, but she wanted to see her mother more, she wanted her mother to love and respect her like she did Damian.  Hesitantly she said,

“Maybe time.”

Talia was shocked and confused.  Surely her daughter meant what she thought she meant.  If she did that then terrible things would happen world wide and it would be practically uncontainable.

“Behind bars?”

She asked confusedly, still looking her daughter directly in the eyes.  Marin was shocked and taken aback.  She quickly shouted,

“No!  Give me time.”

She placed a hand to her chest as emotions leaked through her eyes showing her desperation and need to just be wanted and accepted.  Talia smiled gently at her and slowly stood up and whispered,

“Okay, My Little Flower.”

She leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.  She could feel her daughter stiffen up before leaning into it.  Her smile grew as she pulled away and whispered,

“Okay.”

While pushing the strands that kept blowing in her daughter’s eyes from the wind behind her ear.

*

“I’ll give you as much time as you need.  Tea tomorrow at 16:00.  I’ll find you, My Flower.”

“Of course, Mother.  Thank you.”

Marin said, giving a small bow.  Talia smiled at her and gently placed one hand on her head before she disappeared into the shadows.  Marin looked up and saw no trace that her mother was even there.  Quickly and quietly she began to climb down the Eiffel Tower and towards her home taking twists and turns to lose anyone that tried to follow her.

___________

Marin’s stomach churned as waited at an outside table of Bière De La Fortune.  She hadn’t ordered anything as she waited, because it would be improper to start without her guest.  Or was she the guest?  Didn’t matter, it was still improper.  She had her silver contacts in, hopefully her mother wouldn’t mind.  Maybe she would understand why she didn’t want to see her stupid eyes.  Or maybe she would scold her because she would see it as a weakness.  But grandfather was gone, so maybe she would be more lenient as she was the head of the League now.  The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end and after taking a quick breath she opened her closed eyes and saw dark green eyes.

“Good afternoon, Mother.”

“Hello, My Flower.  Have you had anything yet?”

“No, I was awaiting your arrival first.”

Talia nodded as she studied her daughter.  She was wearing silver contacts and she felt her heart ache a little at not being able to look into her daughter's precious blue eyes.  Placing her hand on the table her palm faced up she waited for her daughter to take it and gave her a small smile when she did.  She squeezed her hand gently, not letting it go.

“I haven’t mentioned the highlights yet.”

Marin stiffened slightly and refused to let her fingers twitch.

“The color suits you.”

Marin relaxed, letting her shoulders fall slightly in relief, and slowly removed her hand.

“You actually like them?”

Talia gave her a warm smile and nodded.  Marin gave a small smile back, her fingers twitching slightly.  Talia didn’t comment on it though, she could be free to express herself however she wanted now, she was free now.  Before Talia could say something else a waiter came up to them and asked for their orders.  Talia tilted her head in a silent question and Marin nodded, understanding her silent question.

“Two Jasmine teas please with a dash of honey.”

The waiter wrote it down with a small nod and left.  Talia turned back to her daughter and saw the long sleeves covering her arms.

“What do you plan to do now that you are here My Flower?”

Marin scowled down at her arms in thought.  For once in her life, she didn’t have a plan.  She was taught to always have a plan, to always know what to do next.  But now, she was unsure.  She didn’t have a plan.  She didn’t even know what she wanted!

“I….I don’t know Mother.”

Talia placed her hand softly atop her wrist in a comforting way.

“That’s alright.  You’ll figure it out eventually, and I’ll be here to help.”

Marin looked up and met her mother’s eyes.

“You will?”

“Always, My Flower.”

After the tea arrived Talia began to ask her questions.  Learn more about her daughter now that she was able to let herself go and be slightly at ease.  Find things that she was truly passionate about.  See how much her beautiful, brave, and so so strong daughter had grown.

“I’m so proud of you.”

Talia said as they arrived in front of “Marinette’s” new home.  Marin smiled softly, her eyes looking a bit glossy.

“Thank you, Mother.”

Hesitantly Talia held out her arms, and felt her chest swell with joy as her daughter carefully wrapped her arms around her.  They stood there for a few moments before Marin quickly pulled away.  And after Marin gave her a small bow she opened the door and left.  Talia once again disappeared into the darkness knowing that her daughter would be safe here.

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Young Justice: Outsiders Theories -What’s going to happen in Season 3

Minor YJ speculation and worries

With the return of Young Justice, now with the added, Outsiders, a lot of reactions are happening based on the first three episodes. Now that I have had the pleasure of watching the three episodes, a few things have crept into my mind. So I figured, why not theorize about them. 

Side note...Going to add pictures later today because of time by me right now, and I need sleep, so I hope this doesn’t come out jumbled. Pictures when they are put in will be under cut, and some will have blood and may be less then pleasant. You  have been warned. 

Also spoilers for DC comics from around seven or more years ago, again, you have been warned. 

Terra being a Baddie? 

So right now we know that Terra has been Kidnapped and there’s some speculation as to where she is, and what’s going on with her. As many know thanks to the Teen Titans and a movie for the Teen titans as part of the DC Animated movie series, Terra was working as a agents for Slade Wilson, aka Death stroke. We know that Death Stroke exists in this world and that the YJ team has come up against him. 

Given that Judas Contract is such a well loved story, and something a lot of people would like to see done right, I’m wondering if we’re going to see it play out again under Greg and Brandon. If so, is Tera going to be brainwashed or is she going to be actually someone who is evil. We’ve had it in the past where she’s manipulated by Death Stroke and was actually a decent person. However, with YJ nothing is that simple. 

My only concern right now is that people will be upset if they go with the real event in the story and have Princess Tera actually follow her other selves path, only being more true to the actual story. Greg did say they were going to push things with this season, and her parent’s death are one way of doing that...another would be to reveal that she’s in love with Death Stroke and has been sleeping with him, which is what was going on in the original story. That could cause a lot of drama for Geoforce,and he would have to contend with what happened with his sister and a way older man. 

Also I wouldn’t put it past them to have her be saved by Slade and that’s why she feels connected to him. Terra from the comics was complex. This one probably will be too. 

Where is Wally West. 

So according to Greg there is no Speed force, however, we haven’t talked yet about time travel. One of the stories that happened for Barry Allen was that he and his wife Iris West wound up traveling into the future where they had their two kids, a pair of twins, one of whom has Bart, which I can’t remember right now. We know Bart came from the future, so we know that you can travel through time. 

So what if they gave Wally Barry’s story here. Suppose that the speed was enough to actively send him forward in time. But what period? Well there are a few times. Bart’s is one, Possibly to the time of the Tomorrow Titans, or the the time of the Legion of super heroes. Any one of these could lead to him coming back in various ways. 

However I caution something. Wally would not be coming back as the Wally that we knew. He would have changed, probably matured more, and, more than likely depending if they want to go farther with the story and hit home on the idea of merging both Barry and Bart’s stories into Wally’s trip, having him come back as an adult with a family and married to Linda Park. 

Now who is Linda Park? Well she’s Wally’s longest lasting and more famous love interest. She’s a tv news investigative reporter that he met after he became the Flash and for years they’ve had a bit of a contentious sort of romance where Wally tried to win her over and she didn’t fall for his typical charms, this eventually led to the two becoming friends, and her helping him on a number of cases. Eventually, after dating and her worried she couldn’t fit into his world, the two were married and had twins, Iris and Jai, both who had speed powers, though Jai’s were more connected to making him strong. (Both seemed to be based a bit on Mark Waid’s two kids of Wally’s from Kingdom Come.) 

If they decide to go this route it would fit in with the idea of Wally possibly becoming a second Flash, or work in some other way. Not sure yet. Also adding to this theory is that Greg used to work on a show named Gargoyles, where at one point he planed to have one of the main characters, Brooklyn, time travel back to Ancient Japan, meet another Gargoyle from the past there, marry and have a family, only to be brought back into modern time. 

Now I’m not sure how the time travel aspect works in YJ, if it’s only been two years in the future or not. But we do know it’s possible to move through time thanks to Bart. We also know there is no speed force, and thus he can’t be there, so logically the only time that would make the most sense is that he is in the future. It’s not hard to buy into the idea that Wally ends up meeting his Niece -Dawn Allen, and Nephew -Don Allen, also known as the Tornado Twins (who seem to be not dead in this version of the characters history) and possibly the Legion of Superheros, with Jenni Ognats, aka XS (Barry and Iris’s grand daughter and Bart’s cousin, Dawn’s daughter) who is one of the Legions members. 

Given that in the comics both Bart and Conner were revived in the future do to the work of the LoS, I wouldn’t be surprised if they agree to help Wally get home thanks to Braniac 13, who is their tech head. My guess is during this time away Wally will probably meet Linda Park, a local investigative reporter. The two probably will become friends, and then possibly fall in love. Due to not knowing how time flows in this case, I have to wonder if they will have kids or not, so Wally may come back married or in a relationship with Linda, who goes with him back to the past. 

What does Bruce know and why did the others up and leave the team? 

So Batman pretty much blindsided the team, and this is typical of him. Actually this fits in with his actions when he created the Outsiders. Back then there were issues with the UN about them going into Markovia (same as in YJ) only they had Lucius Fox in this case as captive and he needed to get in and get him out. 

So we have Batman forming his own group, probably Batman Inc, or they’ll be called the Outsiders while the other team will be something else. In any event, Bruce doesn’t do things unless he has reasons. Given what happened off world and the fact that there have been over 16,000 kids that have gone missing, this would have gotten his attention long ago. Knowing Bruce, and that he has ties to Talia in YJ, he more than likely has some clue of something going on thanks to Ra’s al Ghul having ties to the light. This would mean that he probably knows it has something to do with the light, and that with Luther on the UN this would lead to him trying to stop the JL and YJ in helping others. 

So what would he know? My guess, is that he knows about what Dick found and I think that Dick’s working with him on this. Bat Family tends to stick together, so he probably has them knowing that he knows something. How much they know, it’s up in the air. I don’t think Tim, Steph or Cissie know much of any thing outside of the fact that they’re going to try to stop Virtigo and other’s like him from kidnapping kids. But Dick and Babs, Katana, and Batwoman probably know more about the situation. As we know that both Dick and Babs were already on the case, and Batwoman is Bruce’s cousin Kate Kane, and a former Marine who is possibly dating Renee Montoya, (possibly the Question) who is a detective on the GPD, which means she would have info from her. Katana is probably working with Lady Shiva, anti-hero of the Batman comics, so she’s probably gathering info via her typical way of doing that. On top of that her family was killed by one of Baron Bedlam’s helpers, so she’s probably wanting revenge. 

I’m pretty sure Bruce knows that the Light are involved, I’m pretty sure that given the death of Ana, that she was used like many others that there’s hints of Apokolips. I’m damn sure that he’s trying to put two and two together and more than likely thinks the watch tower is bugged at this point, that was why he didn’t explain more. I have no doubt he sent Dick to recruit Jefferson. This is Bruce, leave no plan unfinished, Wayne. 

As for Hardware and Plastic Man, I get the feeling that both wanted in because of the kids as well. Both have had connections to kids and both are good guys. So Plastic, who has been sometimes Team Bats and sometimes not, but he was a criminal that knows about how kids fall through the cracks, and would want to help them. Hardware focuses a lot on inner city kids and believes they need a chance to better themselves and his genius intellect and past connections would be a boon to Bruce in this case. 

So what about Ollie? I don’t think he knows as much as Bruce, but I think he does know enough that he suspects there’s something darker going on with the missing kids. People keep forgetting that Oliver is only a bit less rich than Bruce and has his own group of people that watch out for things for him. So he probably has his own suspicions. Keep in mind Ollie is a guy that wants justice for all social issues, and if one thing would piss him off more than anything it would be missing kids. So he would probably meet with Bruce, talk about what they knew and Bruce would play to Ollie’s hot temper and get him to join in leaving. 

Cissie, who is connected to Ollie through her mother, probably is going to be more like Mia from GA going forward as her outfit seems to mirror Arty’s and Mia Dearden’s Speedy look, rather than her own main YJ look from the comics. More than likely Cissie feels the same way as Ollie about things, and (unless they change her back story to be Mia’s -please don’t) she would want to do whatever she could to protect kids due to the fact that so many look up to her because of her time in the Olympics. So her leaving for Ollie makes sense. 

Stephanie, who’s father is the Cluemaster, is known for her more hotheaded choices and for going in to prove herself. She’s also someone who would want to protect kids because of what happened in YJ’s past where she got taken, and probably also because kids like her who’s family is messed up may slip through the cracks and people don’t notice. Her leaving would make sense as she’s going to want to prove herself to Bruce, given that Tim’s probably the one that brought her in and they’re friends (at least right now -crossing fingers more later), and she would want to do her best to prove to Bruce that she can be trusted and is loyal. 

Tim did not look happy about it, but it makes sense for him to want to go too. Tim may not have grown up in a hard life, but he’s also the one that brought Bruce back from the deepest depression he had after Jason Todd’s death. His actions make sense as Cassie has always been a person that would butt heads with him due to him wanting to be like Bruce. He’s more of a detective type then Dick, or Jason, and with his computer skills he’d have probably agreed to this after realizing how this could affect people like the Runaways that they saved in the last season. Yes he wouldn’t have told Cassie as he would know she would tell Diana because the two are very close and would break everything. 

Why are Roy and Artemis living with Lian in the same house? 

I’ve seen a lot of people discussing what is going on with Roy and Arty. People are thinking it’s Roy and Jade’s house, but if it was you would see things that would indicate Jade is around, and we do not have that. In fact it’s clear that the house is very simple, meaning that it’s more than likely Roy decorating at this point. We know that the other YJer’s aren’t exactly okay with Jade/Cheshire, and she and Arty are not perfectly okay either. We also know she tends to fall off the bandwagon and follow her dad’s footsteps. 

So I don’t think she and Roy are together anymore. That doesn’t mean he and Arty are either. Given her loss, Roy would have been the first to take her in as he knows what dealing with pain and loss and that sort of thing can do to you, see his...um China-cat episode (and yes I am calling it that as you can’t tell me that wasn’t a nod to him being on Drugs way back when). Arty is still a college student, she’s gonna have loans and the like as she’d probably not take a lot of money from Ollie. So who’s paying for the house? Who’s house is it? Why it’s Ollie’s. 

Again, it’s in Star City, which is GA’s home town. No doubt Ollie saw what Roy saw with Artemis and Dianah probably pointed out her being down as well. Roy more than likely said he’d take her in, rather than her living on her own, and Ollie was like, no way are you and your daughter and Artemis living in that crappy apartment. Then took Roy and her house hunting and they chose a simple house. Ollie probably paid for it and they live there. It’s a lot like Roy’s house in the comics, that he bought back when he was working for Mr. Bones. 

Dr. Jace and her role in all of this? 

Okay so I’m sure a lot of people are probably going to like the idea of Helga and Brion, given that she’s very touchy with him. The problem is that they are probably going to make Helga also the reason that Metamorpho-Rex Manson (dude on the poster cover with the other outsiders) becomes what he is. He wants her to fix his issues. (Aso there’s a chance that Rex may connect back to Jamie with Egypt and that connection to the beetle.) 

Here’s the thing, Helga Jace is a known villain who works for the Manhunters, a group founded before the Green Lanterns by the big blue heads of Oa. The Manhunters are ruthless and dangerous and I think we see them in the trailers. They were supposed to police the universe like the GLs but they sort of screwed that over. Given we have John Stewart as a mention, we probably will see him and the other Lanterns later. 

So what would she want with Brion? Well if she’s working with the Manhunters than she’s going to have ties probably to Apokolips plot in some way. She’s helping make the kids into these monsters so she would have some idea of what they are being used for. Unless they change that. My guess is that she’s going to turn out to be actually one of the major baddies later on in the season and helping out the Light. 

Halo....

Okay so Halo was a young woman that got killed, lost her memory and was brought back by an alien and now they share the body in a way and she can use powers. In the case of Halo for YJ one thing I noticed is that her powers are very much the same look as the powers from Apokolips. As other’s have noted the color scheme is off with what does what in regard to healing and her force field. The thing is that the color scheme does match that of powers from Apokolips. This means that this may be tied to something or someone from that world. Could we possibly be seeing the New Gods in the near future? 

Darkseid and his plans...

Something’s been bothering me since I’ve seen these first three episodes and that’s the fact that a lot of this is reminding me of Infinite Crisis, or at least parts of it are and there are things that are reminding me of Final crisis as well. 

So there’s this thing in the DCU called the Anti-life equation. Humans seems to have it connected to the subconscious. Darkseid has been looking for this for years, and in Final Crises he was using humans and other beings in experiments to find the equation. This lead to the vanishing of Batman (Long time travel story there) and the battle for the Cowl in Gotham. 

On the show we know that Vandal Savage had brought War World to Apokolips, and said that their alliance still stood. Now we don’t know what the deal is, but it’s looking more like Apokolips is using the Light to create the monsters that we saw fighting the League at the start. But why would he need such things? Well I think that it’s got to do with the equation. Using them for the experiment would be a way to gather information in regard to pulling out the equation. 

It could also tie into the New Gods, and their war with Apokolips. We could be seeing an attempt at building up to a all out war between these two and the building of an army to use against the New Gods. 

Conner and Megan...and Match

I’m not sure how to talk about this one because it’s got a lot of twists and turns. I’ll do my best with this theory. 

So when I was watching the season so far, one thing that stood out to me was the fact that Megan and Conner’s actions are reminding me a lot of what Conner and Cassie were going through during Infinite crises. During the story line Conner was trying to deal with his previous actions. He had been taken over by Lex Luthor (triggered by some stuff in his DNA, and later it turns out it wasn’t Lex who was the main DNA, it’s confusing) but Conner fought his friends and was saved and felt guilty about it. Not long after there was a huge deal with the Infinite crises that was coming from Alexander Luthor (long story there), the first Superman, and Super Boy Prime, who were trying to fix the darkness that had come over the DCU. 

So who is Match a clone of Superboy that wound up fighting with him. He later became a good guy. and joined Titan’s east. But for a while he outright hated Conner and wanted him dead, as I recall. He was made to serve an The Agenda and kill Superboy. He eventually started to go good then started to Rot and was later killed by Superboy Prime. 

The reason I bring both these up is because of how Greg seems to be playing with the story for both these crises and it’s not hard to see similarties here. 

We have had clones before in the series, Match is a clone. Conner asks Megan to marry him, Conner and Cassie consumate their relationship in the barn at the Kent family farm (don’t ask that’s John’s writing), we know that Apokolips is playing with things right now, and we know that they took samples of DNA from the boys in the first season that hasn’t come into play (even if they smashed it, that doesn’t mean all is gone) and it wouldn’t be too hard to see them turning a Superboy clone into a Superboy Prime, by using Match. 

So what does this all mean for Megan and Conner. Well, honestly my guess is that we may see Conner sacrificing himself ala his character in the Infinite story line. 

Superboy Prime and Conner fought till Conner was wounded and SB P had to go get power armor to make himself stronger to beat him. However Conner managed to destroy a tower that SB P had made to change the realities. However he died in the process in Cassie’s arms. 

We know that YJ has a habit of killing off heroes each season. Kent Nelson in season 1, Zartan and Walley in Season 2, so could Conner be up next? We already have an engagement, and it would fit right in with the above story. 

There are a few options here though that could play out.: 

1. Conner doesn’t die, he and Megan get married and live out their lives as heroes, with the complication of them having to deal with his aging problem (You know, stuck at 16). 

2. Conner does die and we are down one Super character. They chose to bring in Damian and Jon Kent in the near seasons, and Jon becomes the new Super boy, or we see the arrival of Chris Kent (lois and Clark’s adopted child who is the son of General Zod), and he takes over the role as Superboy. Or we get Kara Kent, aka Supergirl to join in Conner’s stead. 

3. Conner dies and Megan goes through what Tim did, trying to clone him. Case A: she fails like Tim did and has to move on. Case B; she succeeds, but the Conner that comes out is closer to the original Conner from the comics and less serious and possibly isn’t interested in her. Case C: she makes a perfect Clone of him and that comes back as a story plot point later when he comes back alive. 

4. Conner dies, but is revived by the Legion of Superheroes, just as it was done in the comic and he comes back to the past with them for another season arc. 

There is also the option of Megan dying too, but I’m not sure if they would do that as of yet. 

Okay on to happier thoughts: 

Character’s that I hope we get in the near future.....

Anita Fite -Empress. It would be so cool to have her join the team and have an interesting relationship with Cassie and the other girls on the crew. Her powers are more magic based so that would fill in for the missing Zee. 

Slowbo- Clone or kid from the same planet as Lobo. He could claim to be Lobo’s kid, that would be amusing. Come on we need the trash talking nerd to get on Con’s nerves. 

The Ray, already being used by the CW seed, Ray was on YJ for a short time and was older than the other kids but he turned out to be a good mentor figure for them. 

Jade and Obsidian, Twin children of the first Green Lantern Allen Scott. Jenny (Jade) has powers like her father, except they are internal, Todd (Obsidian) manipulates shadows and merge with them allowing him to do things like fly and the like. 

Powergirl -if we can’t have supergirl then at least give us Power girl, as Karen Star is amazing and being Clark’s cousin with the same powers is cool. Also bonus if this gives us the idea of Earth 2. 

Since we have Courtney can we get the kids from the JSA? Like all of them? 

Also just where is Bunker? I could easily see him joining the cast as he would fit right in and be a fun character to have. 

Rose Wilson and Eddie -kid devil, would be a nice added bonus, along with Jericho (and leave him mute please). 

There’s way to many people I would like to see, including Argent, as Toni would make for an interesting female character. 

Can we also get Raven in there please. I miss Rachel.