In which Disgust goes through Fear's nonsensical paperwork out of dream duty boredom, only to accidentally stumble upon his true feelings written within.
As promised, I've reposted an old fanfic of mine on AO3! Simple, but sweet.
I main as Young Link and Toon Link in ssbu and thought it might be fun to tweak their designs a bit based on the alt costumes I wear and how I play. Their names are Zip and Zop (interchangeably) with botw Link as Zap.
Damian: Sorry.
Damian hits Jason Todd in the head with a plate.
Damian: Whoops sorry.
Damian grabs another plate and hits Jason in the head again.
Damian: I am so sorry, mister. These uncontrolling ARTIST hands.
Jason: I didn't mean it like that-
Damian hits him with a metal tray five times.
Damian: Why are you twitching?
Bruce: All he said was that if an artist doesn't get the job over AI, they might suck at drawing.
Damian: Father, I will make myself an orphan if you say that again.
Bruce: Okay, sorry, but stop hitting him. I think he got the message.
Damian: Jason, have you 'gotten' the message?
Jason: I'll never insult real art again.
Damian: Thank you.
Damian leaves with the tray and humming happily.
Bruce: I'm proud he takes art seriously.
Jason: I can't see in my left eye.
Finally finished the Jak and Daxter gaming series again and after reliving my childhood, you absolutely cannot change my mind.
I could go on a whole rant about the Lost Frontier. Instead I'll pretend the entire thing never existed and we're all still waiting for a Jak 4 that will never happen.
Jak 3 and Jak X is where it peeked. Those two were absolute bangers.
there is not enough femslash in batcest circles. the girls deserve to be just as weird about each other as the boys are. if BruDick gets to be weird father/son/brothers/lovers/friends/rivals/soulmates then it is only fair that Babs/Cass get to be mother/daughter/sisters/lovers too. Something about that deep intrinsic but undefinable love that is born out of trauma, especially if you consider Cass not knowing what healthy love looks like in the first place. i think it's fun and deserves just as much fandom content.
besides that, you can get even more niche with rarepairs like Helena/Steph. Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma is already a fantastic comic and even though it's their only real canon interaction it has so much potential. very comparable to TimJay in how Helena tries to get Steph to understand her morals and the corruption you could play with it.
batman: huntress/spoiler: blunt trauma (1998)
that comic also highlights on how both Steph and Helena are outcasts of the Batfamily and don't have the approval of Bruce to be doing what they do in "his city". I think there's so much Potential in Helena taking Steph under her wing because Bruce won't let her in and it becomes a weird codependent toxic sapphic mess. I think the protectiveness Helena feels over Steph from the get-go is so clear and the way she wants to look out for Steph, wants to make sure Steph understands the real world? I love them. Helena should be allowed to steal Steph, actually. I think it'd be fun.
there are a lot of other possibilities too like Babs/Steph or even getting weird with Helena Bertinelli/Helena Wayne and the existential question of "is it selfcest or not." But these two specifically live in my head rent-free, especially Helena/Steph and one day I'll convince everyone else to ship it too.
New York times discovers a new generation is creating its own slang terms and is confused by something that has happened continually throughout the course of human history.