#and it is angry and it wants to do is kill. permanently preferably

[chainsawworld]

Please help my man its having a bad time

[hughiecampbelle]

The Boys Preference: Dying Of The Supe Virus

Requested: Hi!! I wanted to request a preference for the boys + homelander reaction if R was dying from supe virus... I love your blog, thank you ♥️♥️♥️♥️ - anon

A/N: I kinda took it in two directions, either actively dying or already dead. I think some perspectives just worked better that way! I really hope you like it my love! Feedback is always appreciated 💜💜💜

Butcher pretends it didn't matter to him, but he definitely blames himself. It might've been Sameer who shot you up with the virus, but it was him who put you in charge of him. It was Billy who thought to put a Supe in charge of the only thing in the world that could kill you. When Frenchie breaks the news, Kimiko carrying your body in, he feels like he's going to be sick. He was the one who was dying. It should have been him. He tries to help the team move on, focus, and orders Frenchie to extract the virus from your body, but underneath he's broken. He didn't trust or like a lot of Supes, the majority actually, but you were different. You were close, whether or not he could admit to it. There was nothing he could do to save you. He couldn't turn back time, he couldn't prevent this. He looks like he's moved on, but Butcher feels stuck in the moment, watching your face, waiting for you to laugh and tell him it was just another sick joke.

Hughie laughs. He's hysterical. The ridiculousness of it all, of the situation. You? Dead? You couldn't die. You walked away from a bullet between your eyes with a smile. You made moving on from death look easy. Effortless. He's afraid to touch you, to look at you. He truly believes, for a moment, that that's not you. Your features are bubbled and blistered, but he recognizes your hands. Hughie backs away, stifling a laugh, escaping to the bathroom where he throws up. Annie tries to go after him, but M. M. stops her. He smiles despite himself, crying and laughing, unable to control himself. He already lost his dad. He couldn't lose you, too. Like M.M. he feels like an idiot, selfish even. He never imagined a world where you could be killed. He never thought he'd have to worry about you. Now you weren't just hurt, you were dead. Murdered. He can't accept it. You didn't deserve to suffer the way you did. You didn't deserve to die. Hughie is a mix between denial and hysteria.

Annie is overwhelmed with despair and depression. You've known her since the beginning. You were the first person she ever became close to in NYC. Now you were gone. She throws herself into your funeral arrangements, practically biting the head off anyone who tries to interrupt her or make her take a break. When she's not staying up until the early morning trying to make the memorial perfect, she's sobbing behind closed doors. She tries to keep herself composed as much as possible, but everyone can see the mask slipping. Cracking. Her eyes are permanently black from mascara running. She's not eating or sleeping. When Butcher says to extract the virus from your body, she goes postal. She calls him cruel and heartless and pathetic. She can't help it. Your body is barely cold and he's still thinking about taking down Homelander. It was inhumane.

M.M. is angry. Angry at Frenchie and Kimiko (he knows it isn't fair, but he just can't help it), angry at you, and angry at himself. He got too close to you. You were a Supe, after all. The very thing he vowed to hate. And then you showed up, and he started to care about you despite himself. And now you're gone. He feels like in idiot. He thought you were bulletproof. Literally. He never once had to worry about you or think about what would happen if you passed. It never crossed his mind. He was constantly worrying and fixating on everyone else, but you would always be okay. His OCD gets so much worse in response to his grief. Everything must be done in threes. The burners, the locks, everything must be checked three times. Everyone starts to worry the more out of control his rituals become. His panic attacks, too, get worse. Less manageable. Every time he thinks about you, what happened to you, he feels like his heart will pound out of his chest.

Frenchie is deeply in denial. He was so busy bickering and then making up with Kimiko that he hadn't realized Sameer had broken free. You were the first to jump at the chance to stop him, and that's what got you killed. The needle plunged into your ankle. He couldn't stop it. He couldn't cut off your limb. Your Supe abilities didn't work like that. The blisters bubbled fast, moving up your leg to your torso, your chest. You clawed at your neck, crying out, unable to form words. Frenchie begged and prayed, but it wasn't stopping. He had to break the news about your death. He definitely blames himself. If he had been paying more attention. If he had been the one to react instead of you. Even though he watched you die, he's still in denial. He can't accept it and thinks you'll be back in no time. He gets angry when you don't call or text and is intensely lonely because he's expecting you to reach out. He just can't wrap his head around it and absolutely hates that Annie's planning your funeral. You were fine. Why did you need a funeral for someone who was perfectly fine?

Kimiko blames herself, too. If she'd been the one to get the virus, if she'd been the one injected, they could have stopped it. They could have moved on. Instead, she sat beside you, unblinking, unmoving, stroking your arm. Even as Frenchie extracts the virus from your body, your blood, she doesn't let go of you. M.M. and Annie urge her to sleep and eat (though they're both doing little of that themselves), but she can't move from you. When she does sleep, it's with her head beside you. Everyone knows you only have so much time before your body starts to decompose. They want to give her as much time as she needs, but they're also working against the clock. She definitely reacts like after Kenji was killed, crawling and hiding under tables, unresponsive with her usual kindness. She's cold, cagey, spiky. There's no reaching her when she's like this. They have to let her be. Let her grieve. Eventually she'll find her way back.

Bonus! Homelander thinks everyone's lying. Ashley breaks the news to him, petrified and sweating. Something, a virus or bug or whatever, killed you. Because The Boys still needed your body, they mailed pictures of you to the Vought Tower addressed to Ashley. He looks through them, and though she tells him they're not fake, he orders them to check again. He holds on to one, unable to look away. When they tell him that yes, definitively, they are real, he orders everyone out. He goes to his floor and destroys everything. Everything is a mess. He hasn't cried like this in years, decades even. Uncontrollable sobbing, caressing your picture. You were the only one he ever really cared about. Now you were dead because of those asssholes. He doesn't come up with a strategy or plan. He will search the entire world until he has Butchers head on a platter. Until that whole fucking group is torn limb by limb.

[vignirek]

Wukong + Macaque headcanons (part 2) (edit: part one)

Wukong:

- Wukong's drawing style is akin to classic paintings, while Macaque's drawing style is anime + cartoony

- his body temperature permanently became warmer from the furnace and he became less susceptible to diseases bc the heat kills the bacteria before it can do anything + he has developed an immunity to most diseases due to his stacked levels of immortality (though maybe there's still a small percentage where he can get sick somehow)

- never saw the need to learn how to cook food bc fruits were available all the time (and he can also use his hair transformation + duplication powers whenever he wants, so he never lacks food)

- his clones are pretty much direct copies of him and function like a monkey hivemind in a sense

- whenever he feels really lonely, he rolls up a blanket and curls up next to it while he sleeps (and pretends it's Macaque bc in those moments he really misses him + they used to hug each other often in the past and he misses that as well)

- dancing was his and Macaque's mutual favorite activity (it's also the only thing he was able to do without stage fright getting in the way bc Macaque was there to keep him grounded); secretly he really wants to do it again but doesn't know how to approach Macaque with everything that happened

- Wukong is an extravert, while Macaque is more like an ambivert (basically an in-between or a combination of traits from both sides-)

- has kept Macaque's personal belongings from the past in very good condition to this day and still looks after them (in spite of how angry he is at Macaque, he can't even fathom the thought of throwing them away, so he just keeps them tucked away in safety instead)

- Wukong was pretty much Macaque's dance partner in the past very often, so consequently, Macaque frequently joined in to draw with him (and even posed for paintings on occasion)

- besides his standard outfit, he typically wears gender neutral clothes (and occasionally wears skirts) (monkeys have much less of a gender difference than humans so I doubt he'd care about which clothes he wears due to growing up with his monkeys)

- he and Macaque liked to give each other small gifts: Wukong would gift bird feathers and Macaque would gift flowers (Wukong preserved most of those flowers in tree resin, while Macaque made the feathers into necklaces or head accessories)

Macaque:

- knows how to play multiple musical instruments but his preferred picks are dizi (horizontally held flute) and erhu (two-stringed bowed instrument), though he hasn't gotten a chance to practice much in the present; he also sometimes practices his singing in private

(yes he typically gets headcanoned to have a love for theater- but I wanted to do something different bc technically Macaque never touches anything theater related ever again since "Shadowplay" in canon)

(also bc I like to imagine Macaque singing Alejandro Saab's covers of songs for silly purposes) (also i just like to think that he has a good sense of rhythm even without his ears)

- likes to watch anime in his free time (his artstyle is canonically anime-like so I think he'd like anime too- idk which series he'd like though)

- forced himself to learn how to prepare food during the years of not living on FFM (it's at least implied that post-resurrection he was absent from the mountain for some time and only came back there sometime before season 4); eventually picked up a more varied diet bc he couldn't afford to be picky and only eat fruits like he used to

- much more likely to get sick than Wukong due to him being more "mortal"

- his clones overall have distinct personalities to them, but Rumble and Savage gradually developed more than the rest and gained their own personalities and thoughts overtime (they just happen to look like shadow copies of Macaque) (though maybe they chose to shapeshift at some point and changed their own looks to suit their preferences)

- optional headcanon (a.k.a. one i like but not fully sure about): self-enforced (and a pretty bad) habit of covering/hiding injuries out of his need for independence (and possible trust issues)

- struggles with sleeping after all the things that happened since season 3 (and the events of S5 indirectly made his insomnia worse)

- optional headcanon 2: typically a confident person but his insecurities get to him during particularly bad days, he's often very quiet and prefers to hide under blankets during those times

- he usually goes through the day with his sensitive hearing just fine but can still get overstimulated in some cases

- would probably have a massive playlist of songs he likes if he knew how to use music apps

- usually prefers practical clothing, but he does like to wear accessories (scarves, bracelets, necklaces, etc.)

- Wukong gifted Macaque a few paintings during the time they were still close and Macaque has kept them to this day (like Wukong, he can't convince himself to get rid of them because they're still precious to him, no matter how bad their current relationship is)

[overload-explode]

Naruto Founder's s/o who Attempted S*icide

T/W: Hinted non-explicit suicide attempt, references to depression

A/N: I'm not in a good space so here is some angst to vent! These men were born and raised during war and political instability, so their understanding of mental health is terrible. GN! reader

Hashirama:

You were the light of his life always laughing and smiling

Whenever he was stressed with Hokage duties he took refuge in you

He never sensed anything was wrong until you tried to kill yourself

He's the one that found you and healed you

The village was supposed to be a safe place for his loved ones yet you were not safe in the village he built

He blames himself. He feels like your happiness, and everyone in his village is his responsibility. He's your partner and your Hokage

Away from you, he starts drinking and gambling a lot to forget what happened and distract himself

Tobirama has to eventually find him and sober him up

His brother informs him that he needs to stop being self-destructive and blaming himself for what happened

Bags are now permanently under his eyes. He clings to you in sleep now, not out of love, but because he's terrified of losing you like he has lost so many

He's lost brothers, family and friends to war. To protect his loved ones was one of the reasons for creating the village But he can't protect you from yourself

He is an amazing healer so there are no physical scars on you. However, every time he sees you, he sees those injuries on you- he is forever scared mentally

He loves you and he drains himself trying to keep you happy

He doesn't show you he is struggling at all, he is scared his depression will cause you to spiral downward and attempt to take your life again

So he puts on a happy, joyous and carefree mask. Now he is performing at home as well as performing as Hokage and clan head

He secretly asks Tobirama to watch you when he is unable to. Tobirama starts to dislike you. You burden his brother, himself and the village. To him you are a liability, a weakness of his brother and a danger to the village. He would never hurt anyone his brother loves but he advises Hashirama to break up with you and tries to convince you to leave Hashirama, and preferably the village

Tobirama

He's angry and he's disappointed but mostly at himself because he feels so powerless

Despite being an amazing tactician, he didn't predict and prevent this. He feels so inadequate and starts doubting himself

Ever the logical man, he sees there's a problem and he wants to fix it. And nothing will get in the way, not even you

However, emotions do not follow logical thought, and you cannot apply cold logic to something as complicated as mental health

To you, he visibly becomes colder and more distant however he is trying to do the opposite. He expresses his love through acts of service but he is so emotionally incompetent it comes off as him being controlling, which he is but he wants to help you. He just has no idea how

He never opens up about his mental health. The trauma of being a child soldier, having an abusive father, trying to protect his brothers from abuse, losing his brothers, his alienation from being albino and autistic (my headcanon), PTSD, his strained relationship with his brother…

In his mind, as long as you can do your job as a shinobi, housewife, or merchant… and contribute to your village and/or clan, you are fine. Happiness and personal fulfilment come from knowing your place and fulfilling you are not contributing then that is a problem. If you're not doing your duty then that is a problem that needs to be fixed

He views people like cogs in a machine, if you are not doing your job then that is a problem. If you are doing your job, then there is no problem

He'll make sure you are physically well and then try to get you back to work because then that means everything is fixed

He will never talk about it, he wants to forget it, ignore it suppress it- like all his other emotions

But secretly, when he can, he'll create a shadow clone to follow you around to make sure you're safe

He will also put a seal on you that allows him to teleport to you if he senses that you're in danger. If you refuse he'll do it anyway without your permission because it's the smart thing to do and he cares about you. Your safety is more important to him than you liking him

At night when he comes back late and you are fast asleep, he'll hold you and silently cry a bit because he doesn't want to lose you.

You will never find out, he wants to be strong for both of you. In his mind no emotions = strong

In his mind, you have too many emotions, so he needs to show even fewer emotions to avoid triggering you. This is very unhealthy for everyone

After his brother advises him, he tries to be more outwardly affectionate. Even though he doesn't understand the need of pointing out the obvious, he compliments you more and kisses you on the forehead before going to work every day. Just know that he loves you

Madara

Hashirama is the one to tell Madara about your attempt. He was the medic-nin that saved you and, mainly, because everyone else is too scared of Madara to tell him

Madara is angry and scared. He is one of the most powerful shinobi to have ever existed. He has one of the most powerful Kekkei Genkai, yet he couldn't protect you. He can't protect you from yourself

The way he deals with his feelings of powerlessness is to label you unworthy

If you let your thoughts almost kill you- then you are truly weak. He grew up in a war zone where everyone was trying to kill him and he's perfectly fine! (He's not)

While you recover, he'll check up on you and make sure you're healing but he won't talk about what happened at all. Once you physically recover from your attempt, he'll break up with you

He's the clan head and his future spouse would become the clan matriarch (or the gender-neutral equivalent), taking on a lot of roles and responsibilities. Madara can't have someone he views as weak representing the Uchiha, it would make the Uchiha seem vulnerable and his job is ultimately to protect the clan. Madara also worries that the stress from the job will worsen you're mental health

After the break up he'll disappear for your life completely. If you try to visit him he will never be in. He won't be in his office if you're there- you won't even see him out in the street. It will be like you were never together

Secretly, he will start stalking you because he's worried but has no idea how to help you

He stops eating or sleeping regularly because he's too worried. Also, you were the one to remind him to eat and drink. His own physical and mental health declines

Hashirama becomes increasingly worried about his friend and tries to convince Madara to talk to you

Madara has already lost Izuna and the rest of his family, he can't lose you too. He knocks on your door with some food hoping you'll start the conversation

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[strwbabydoll]

word count: 1.1k

summary: harry’s angry at the world, himself included and he makes it everyone’s problem but there might be a light coming in the middle of his storm

notes: this is part two of this fic so it is still considered a dark fic. it contains mentions of drinking to cope with his grief, violence inflicted onto others and a brief scene of it as well.

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To say that Harry’s been miserable lately would be a huge understatement. He’s been absolutely insufferable in the past two weeks. He spends all day drinking and holed up inside his office, he’s grumpy and snappy with everybody and he’s even more mean whenever he has to take care of someone. It’s his release in a way, the one safe space he can let out his anger at the world, at the Gallegos for taking away his love, at himself for not doing more.

“Goddamn! Fuck!” He screams in the confines of his office. He down a shot of whiskey and quickly pours himself another one, the burn going down his throat is welcoming — encouraged is the better word for it. His chest rises and falls harshly as he stares at the picture of her. One he had taken a couple of months into knowing each other, a bright smile on her lips and her hair and dress flowing in the wind behind her as they walked through a park. She had wanted a picnic and he was a sucker for her smile, so of course he’d do it for her. It was all worth it in the end, to see the smile plastered on her face and the excitement in her eyes

He misses her terribly, the past week has been the hardest week ever and he doesn’t know if it’ll get any better. He allows the tears to fall freely, to stain his cheeks and the mahogany oak of his desk. It seems as if his tears are never ending, just becoming a permanent addition to his appearance. He can’t bring himself to care, too busy wallowing in his guilt and pain. He guesses he deserves it in a way, none of this would’ve happened if he’d been paying more attention, if they would’ve stayed home or better yet if he’d never given her his number.

He huffs sadly as he wipes his tears away the best he can, he can’t do anything about the stains left on his cheeks. He takes another shot of whiskey and heads towards his office door, he figures now is as good of a time as any, and really he just can’t wait to let out some tension. He walks out the room and down the hall, ignoring the eyes of the few employees gathered around the desk before rolling his eyes as they start whispering.

“Don’t you all have a fucking job to do? This isn’t Barbie’s show where we all sit around and look pretty.” He huffs before mumbling under his breath, watching them with crossed arms as they scramble to find something to do.

He continues walking then, taking deep breaths to try to hold back the tears threatening to fall. He can’t look weak in front of them. He walks past the framed pictures on the wall, past the rooms where clicking and the occasional scream filters through the closed doors until he gets to the last door in the hall. The dark wooden door detailed with swirls and large black handles is heavy as he pushes it open, but he enjoys the pain. His own form of punishment he guesses.

The room is filled with different tools and weapons, lights scattered all over the ceiling but still keeps the room dark enough. He prefers this environment to feel more like a horror movie than just a simple killing room, and wants it to feel eerie and depressing. He wants the room to inflict absolute sheer terror and feet into anyone who just so happens to end up strapped to the chair. His dress shoes click against the concrete floor, echoing around the room and he watches happily as the man strapped to the chair begins to squirm and try to break free. It’s no use though, he’s mastered the best knot to tie around the body and the chair tightly to keep them from moving but also to inflict pain when they try to escape.

“Well, well, well. Not happy to see me?” He asks in a sickly sweet voice, too sweet to be used in such a setting. The man shakes his head violently as he tries rocking the chair side to side, his screams are muffled behind the tape. Harry simply chuckles, he’s always amused at their useless attempts.

“Now, I just have a couple of questions for you. I just need some information and I believe you should be able to help with this.” He says as he leans down so his face is right in front of the man with tears filling his eyes. The man shakes his head and Harry grabs a handful of his hair, firmly holding him in place.

“So you don’t want to leave? I was gonna let you leave if you answer… but since you don’t think that’s fair.. you’ll be stuck here.” He says and he watches as more tears fall from the man’s eyes and Harry just laughs, everyone wants to be all big and bad until they have to confront their behaviors. They think that no one will be able to catch them, they always underestimate his dedication. He’ll search every corner of the internet and the world just to find someone, and he’s been doing that lately. Searching for hours and hours on the internet to find someone.

He pulls himself back as he smiles, he’s gonna enjoy himself through all this. He starts off small, a few punches and rough tugs of the hair, and he relishes in the muffled cries of the man in front. He rips off the tape and the man screams.

“Who wanted my girl dead and why?” He asks and the man shakes his head.

“I don’t know man!” He says through his tears and shakes his head as if he’s disappointed.

“Such a shame.” He says as he walks to a table full of various weapons and tools of all sizes, he grabs a pair of pliers and walks back to the man, hitting the pliers against his palm.

“Maybe this will ring some answers for you, for every question you don’t answer and I’m not satisfied with the answer I’ll pull one of your teeth out. How does that sound?” The man cries and shakes his head.

“Please man, I’m serious! I don’t know anything!” He cries out and Harry sighs.

“Already onto a bad start, my friend.” He says as he yanks the man’s jaw open as he decides which teeth to pull. As soon as he picks one, the door opens and EJ’s voice rings out.

“Hey boss, sorry to bother you but you have a phone call, it’s important.” Harry shakes his head. He should know better than to interrupt him. He’d hate to have to fire him.

“Uh, I’m busy. Tell them I’ll call back later.” Harry replies back, sarcasm and annoyance dripping from his voiceand the door still stays open.

“It’s the hospital, Y/N. She’s alive.”

[bloodbrown]

What would it be headcanon for between RB! Carlo x Reader? Carlo and Reader where childhood friends back at Monad Charity House, they were great acquaintances as the two of them get along well, sadly Reader lost him due to Petrification Disease...

As now Carlo is at Hotel Krat alone with the Reader, they feel fear around Carlo while him on the other hand just wanted them to hold closer to him in his arms, not wanting to harm them even his Father told him to do whatever he wants (kill them or turned as a Puppet with the Father's help) but Carlo decided not to do that none of that but having them again as he misses them after being gone...

I have some hcs for this...

RB Carlo x Reader Headcanons

• You were brought to Hotel Krat by Geppetto to make sure nothing got out about the state of the city. Ideally you were meant to be killed, to ensure Carlo would not have the chance to remember who you were to his former self.

• While Geppetto did not know much, he knew that you knew Carlo back then-- like with Romeo, he'd prefer for you to be permanently removed by his son. You'd not even be made into a puppet, because that could bring Carlo's true memories back.

• Carlo is not sure why he hasn't killed you yet. He thought he wanted to drain the life from you the way he has with everyone else. But you... The sight of you tames his endless, searing hatred just for a second. And Carlo despises it. Despises you.

• The soul-penetrating stares and growls Carlo directs at you are freaky. He hates you as much as he wants to keep you with him. It doesn't help that you're surrounded by these peculiar puppets, so different from the usual ones, that treat him like a god.

• As time goes on and you're increasingly attempting to leave, Carlo figures he must do something to convince you to stay at the Hotel with him. Clearly, his glares are not enticing you, and you are not a fan of his previous murders. He doesn't understand why he wants to keep you around, but he does.

• Carlo, the confused and angry thing that he is, begrudgingly attempts to display some sort of fondness towards you to demonstrate his intentions.

• He'll come up behind you and grab you (which is terrifying) and then simply hold you there in a strange hug. You realize that his embrace feels like a hug from that boy you met at the Rose Estate, all those years ago. In a way, it starts to feel like it really is him, the Carlo you knew. You're not sure if you're going insane, thinking that.

• You start asking him if he remembers. A part of you is desperate to determine if this creature is really Carlo, deep down, and maybe that's why he won't kill you.

• This reborn Carlo doesn't seem to know a thing about his circumstances, who he was, or why he existed-- just that he is alive now, that he is Geppetto's real son, and that he is quite drawn to you. This Carlo doesn't remember, from what he tells you. He doesn't know of Romeo, of your time together, and your friendship. But inexplicably, he wants you.

• Explaining this to Carlo is fruitless. In fact, he does not care. That Romeo, that King of Puppets, is dead anyway, according to Geppetto. Therefore, he doesn't matter.

• but you are different-- first of all, you're a live organism, like him. Secondly, your existence soothes his hatred and rage. Not even his good-for-nothing father can do that. He dislikes that he enjoys you, but his actions become less spiteful and more... resentfully affectionate.

• There could be Carlo's soul inside of him, you think. Maybe it's just a fragment, a miniscule shard of vague remembrance that holds inexplicable power over this wrathful vessel. You're alone, the city of Krat is being rebuilt in Geppetto's vision, and your only companion is this confused creature wearing Carlo's face. It'll have to be enough for you. Maybe you can draw the memories and love out of him, eventually. With time, maybe you can even convince him to stop killing survivors...

[class1akids]

I have an unpopular opinion: I know Shoto not using his fire really held him back for a long while, but honestly atp I think that it’s not as big as a character flaw as others think.

Can you imagine being Shoto and being abused since you were five and it being severe enough to make you vomit with no breaks to play, being separated from the rest of your family and watching your older siblings play from a window, witness your mother get slapped around by your father and eventually having a breakdown that leaves you with a massive facial scar and her gone from your life for a decade, peers at your school seeing you as Endeavor’s son and project how they view him onto you (Inasa for example), and having everything controlled to even your diet?

How much dehumanization do you think Shoto went through just from his father? Who could he have turned to outside the family without them just throwing him back towards his abusive home? Barely anyone seemed to care when Endeavor’s crimes got exposed when he wanted to but didn’t take responsibility. What would have happened if Shoto (or anyone in the family) tried to get outside help with Endeavor still trying to beat Shoto into his “masterpiece”?

I think that him repressing his quirk was probably the only way he could have gotten any control back into his life. Was it unhealthy and bad for him in the long run for his goals? Yes. However, it was probably one the few mental lifelines he had at the time, and that and his love for All Might was probably the only things that kept him going.

Maybe with how the story ended and how spin off material seems to prefer Endeavor over Shoto, I feel more sympathetic for Earlyroki. Lashing out at others wasn’t great, but Shoto continued to have such a heavy burden throughout the story with very little reward in comparison, especially with a good chunk of other characters being used to either tease or praise Endeavor. He didn’t get any comfort from his family and he didn’t even get to cry about not being able to save his brother even when he tried his damnest to keep him alive. His family he tried to connect to became permanently broken, and although I’m glad he was about to love and appreciate his class, I think a lot of adults failed him- especially when no one stood next to him besides his father who caused Touya to become a villain and Hawks who we know where his loyalties lie.

It’s a miracle he didn’t end up a villain, and he was close to toeing that line if it weren’t from Midoriya and his mother’s words that stopped him, made him rethink, and work to become who he wants to be.

I think Shouto repressing his fire and pushing his ice to its absolute limits first actually did serve his endgame. It was part of the narrative about "taking the long way around".

After the Sport Festival, the story focused a lot on Shouto's fire development, and made it clear that by not developing his fire, he was on the back foot. But when he finally mastered flashfire, and Dabi came into the picture, it also became clear that fire was a dead-end. Fighting Touya with fire would just kill them both.

So the story did justify early Shouto in a way, who pushed his ice to its limits early. Because a Shouto who didn't resist his father and would have gone along with what Endeavor wanted, would have used ice only as a complement to fire.

But Shouto, after going the full circle comes back to his own way, comes back to ice and uses fire to be able to surpass his own output limits.

So I felt that Shouto's ultimate move did his teenage rebellion justice. The achievements of those angry, Earlyroki version of himself was absolutely needed to build his endgame move.

[cheesecakeislazy]

JEFF THE KILLER HEADCANONS BECAUSE FUCK YOU! (Jk I love you and hope your life is great)

1. Him and BeN are besties for life, ride or die, would suck the poison out of each others dicks (not gay though)

2. Jeff has eye drops on him 24/7 so he doesn’t go fucking blind

3. Jeff has anger issues, one moment he’s chill as fuck and then EJ told him something that pisses him off- and now there’s a stab wound in Toby, a hole in the wall, and an angry Slenderman.

4. Jeff is totally straight. He totally thinks boobs are awesome. And totally only boobs. (He’s bisexual and swears on god he’s straight.)

5. He wakes up at 2 pm because he hates being awake in the mornings

6. He’s a metal head. He blasts music from his room so loud you can hear it across the mansion (slender mansion AU)

7. His deep gravely ass voice is perfect for metal songs

8. He likes to paint his nails black, and black only any other color is fucking gay

9. His vocabulary is 90% cuss words

10. He rarely showers. Ironically the gamer showers more often than him. Jeff prefers to be a stinky son of a bitch (take that fangirls)

11. He makes up for it with his dental hygiene (kinda) he brushes them twice a day and they look perfect (mostly)

12. He has extra sharp canines

13. He named his knife “Knifu” aka his knife waifu

14. The knife has been used so much that it constantly reeks of bleach and blood; it has permanent blood stains on it

15. Jeff bites his nails pretty often

16. Jeff isn’t good with throwing knives- he also isn’t that good at stabbing…

17. Jeff literally just stabs and stabs until he thinks his victim is dead, he doesn’t know any major artery’s (did I spell that right?)

18. Jeff is dyslexic

19. Jeff is horrible at math but refuses to admit it

20. Jeff wears eyeliner but refuses to admit it

21. He secretly loves the color pink but refuses to admit it (see a pattern here yet?)

22. Jeff is super sensitive to light due to the fact he doesn’t have any eyelids

23. He wears black gloves because he has burn marks on his hands and hates it when people look at them (fingerless gloves as his fingers aren’t burnt)

24. Jeff really wants tattoos and piercings but can’t get any due to his skin being extremely sensitive and fragile

25. Jeff hates the sun, it hurts his eyes and skin

26. Jeff likes going to playgrounds at night because 1. Fucking swings are awesome and 2. Creepy

27. Fucker is 5’11 and constantly calls BeN a midget

28. Jeff had a small crush on Toby for a while and lowkey has a small crush on BeN but…

29. Jeff is highkey downbad for EJ (it’s one-sided)

30. If Jeff ever tried to cook, he would burn everything

31. Jeff is fucking terrified of fire

32. Sometimes Ben likes to scare Jeff shitless by lighting a small fire inside Bens hands infront of Jeff

33. Sometimes Jeff throws Ben inside a kiddy pool and watches him panic about drowning (he is fully above the water)

34. Despite the fact Jeff and Ben both fuck with each other and their fears, they do it in tame ways to ensure the other doesn’t actually have a panic attack of any kind

35. Jeff lives in sweatpants, jeans are for losers and shorts are gay

36. T-shirts and hoodies, Jeff literally does not own a single sweater, long sleeve, or tank top.

37. His favorite T-shirt says “Fuck me in my ass (but not in a gay way)”

38. His second favorite says “Emo metal loving slut”

39. Both and almost all of his t-shirts are black with either white or red/pink writing

40. It is Jeff’s goal to have every photo taken of him (with permission) to have him flipping off the camera

41. Jeff watches South Park but thinks Family guy is stupid

42. He tries really hard to get on Liu/Sully’s good side but his anger issues usually get in the way

43. Jeff and Nina are actually really good friends that lowkey view each other as family

44. Jeff and Nina love to piss each other off constantly (Ben will prank whoever he is asked to)

45. Jeff has tried to kill Jane quite a few times, and Jane is constantly trying to kill him

46. Jeff personally isn’t into weed but he doesn’t judge BeN for being a stoner lowkey

47. Jeff is a virgin but he wouldn’t be nervous at all about having sex

48. Jeff is a kinky bastard

49. Jeff likes a good bowl of strawberry ice cream

50. Jeff likes banana smoothies

51. Jeff owns a few Nirvana T-shirts

[damianbugs]

Honestly I would love a Jason Todd comic that focused on confronting his world view, like yes it's easy to put a bullet through the head of every criminal but, the world isn't so black and white, sometimes criminals either have no choice/it goes deeper than that. Similar to how utrh questions Bruce's morality (nothing really came of it) I want a comic where Jason's world view is also questioned.

He really has a lot of potential but idk DC keeps fumbling. I'd like to know your thoughts on how you would handle a Jason storyline, I love your metas.

oh how i mourn the disappointing horror of everything under the red hood could have been... for both bruce and jason!

if i were to handle a jason comic, i would disregard everything ever written after under the red hood and related stories. as much as i enjoy jason joining the batfam and rebuilding bridges in fanon works, i much prefer jason becoming a permanent member of the gotham rouge gallery and staying batman's kind-of-enemy in canon.

what i think utrh was setting up was Jason Todd, Ultimate Foe of Bruce Wayne. jason is a incredibly smart and cunning character, who planned to the smallest detail in order to get his desired outcome. nothing he did was by accident. but more importantly, his unwavering and concrete code can only be rivalled by batman, and so, they will constantly be at odds. if utrh taught us anything, it is that jason and bruce are always going to be plagued by what they lost in each other, and as a result, will never find their way back to what they once were.

they will now forever exist as consequences of each other, no matter what.

by doing this to his story, jason finally has the chance to grow as his own character, independent from the batfam;

one of the biggest problems with how dc is handling jason is that they want him to be this angry, violent and unsociable person while also trying to convince everyone that he is not angry and not violent and very sociable with the batfam. this causes the disparity in his writing, either with inconsistencies or just downright character assassination.

if he was kept as gotham's anti-hero, then this gives him the freedom to find his own code that is no longer dependent on batman's overarching one. utrh jason kills indiscriminately because it's what solves the problem that batman's never been able to fix: crime. jason, who is young, and betrayed, and for all that he is intelligent, he is naive and claims he's the long term solution to batman's short term one. unfortunately, killing criminals to stop criminals from existing works until, like you said, comes a situation where the world isn't so black and white.

jason knows this, probably better than anyone. he comes from poverty and homelessness, lost his parents to drugs and sickness and violence. many of his stories as robin highlight how, unlike batman, jason is able to see people for who they are and not just their actions, offering a empathetic insight that batman, for all he is kind, can never truly grasp.

as red hood, i think a combination of the lazarus pit, his training, and his murderer, batman's seemingly disregard for him, how the world moves on while jason is stuck, has made him forget this kindness he had in him. that he still has. so we need a story where it is pulled out of him and he is forced to battle what he's always known.

i think this question of jason's morality was what zdarsky was TRYING to do with Cheer (Batman Urban Legends #1-#6), but it fell flat due to the terrible portrayal of Robin Jason. The story itself of jason killing someone and bruce reacting to it left a lot to be desired (as always). not to mention how out of all the criminals jason could've been shown to kill, having it be a dealer who is also an addict is rather... tone deaf on jason's own moral code. the killing was also not calculated or "for the greater good" and was instead a rage-filled thoughtless killing which, again, is a gross misunderstanding of jason's moral code and intelligence.

so we almost had it, a story where jason has to fight someone more stubborn than batman — himself. as a character in batman's rouge gallery, this horrifying realisation of who he shares that title with, the determination to be better not because of batman, but because jason himself has realised he can do more by doing less of what he's been doing.

i don't know if i would rule out jason killing people entirely, since it is such an integral deconstruction of who he was as robin and who he is now as red hood, but i would like to think he changes how he holds his weapons. less of "i kill because it's the only way to fix this" and more "i kill because sometimes it's the best thing i can do to fix this". a very subtle but still problematic change that isolates him from ever joining the batfam.

it might seem sort of cruel, that my ideal jason story makes him lonely and more of a villian, but i think that is the sort of tragic path his character is forced to adopt. he made this bed when he returned to gotham with retribution in his plans and hurt in his heart, and now he must lie in.

there is always the potential for him to be happy, to have his family and friends and be the sort of hero he was as a teenager — but to get there, it needs to get worse before it can get better. that's what dc failed with jason, skipping the internal turmoil and drama and harsh reality checks and skipping straight to the part where he has a family again.

plus, batman's rouge gallery teach lessons to batman. poison ivy, harley, two face, strange, riddler and (annoyingly) even the joker play crucial roles to who batman is as a hero and constantly force him to challenge his code.

jason teaches the biggest lesson of all — that batman is bruce wayne. he had the potential to be the driving force that changed bruce's character forever, because red hood is a reflection that batman created all on his own, not by being batman, but by being bruce wayne. and this fact would have given jason the chance to be more than just that.

[musicfeedsmysoul12]

Fic Title: You stole the Fizzy Lifting Potion!

This reminds me of Willy Wonka which reminds me of the ‘Sweet Sorrow/Sweet Scandal’ stuff so:

Izuku takes his Quirk as being able to give him special powers when he makes drinks. He calls them potions with a straight face but its basically like soda.

Izuku hasn't faced the same shit Izumi did in her life and she saved him before he could. Inko found out about his Quirk and she was going to report it with dollar signs in her eyes when Izumi came like a candy whirlwind into his life. Inko was given brianwashing candy to make her not say a thing that also triggered a brain aneurysm.

But anyway so Izuku makes drinks and wants to be a hero. He's not aware of Izumi’s schemes though he knows she killed Inko. He doesn't mind since we have neglectful Inko who only ever thought about herself and preferred Bakugou to Izuku.

Not the point.

Izuku makes drinks that give him powers and he jokingly names them weird shit. Fizzy Lifting Potion is a flight potion. He slurps it down and flies off for about an hour (he could make it permanent but he's in hiding so…)

However one of his classmates isn't thrilled about Izuku’s shiny Quirk. Its mostly a jealousy thing. How come he has such a cool Quirk. This is at UA, where Izuku is known to have been a late bloomer and faced bullying. (Izumi may have slipped candy to people so Bakugou isn't as careful of where he bullies kids and heroes caught him. Look Bakugou is aware of what can go on his record he outright refuses to do something his ‘friends’ suggest not because its wrong but because he worries over his RECORD.)

But this person is still angry. Its not fair, its not right. So they steal the potion. And can FLY.

Issue is well…

Its kind of obvious they did it. And no arguing will get them out of it.

So Hagakure Toru is punished for her actions, and her complaints are ignored because you can be upset sure, but stealing? Demanding more potions from Izuku because she feels SHE deserves them?

That won't fly.

[xynix-l0ves-him]

For the ask gameee: you know the drill :blink blink blink :3

This is from April oops

0. The Fool- Do you believe that you and your darling will live happily ever after?

I HOPE...

I. The Magician- Would you ever use your abilities or status on your darling or to protect them?

YEAH, they are mine and I want people to know my partner is the best

II. The High Priestess- How is your innermost self like?

My what, I'm a system so a mess ? What is this asking

III. The Empress- How do you handle your darling’s friends and loved ones? Are you welcoming of other relationships (platonic/familial/etc.) in your darling’s life or are you more wary of the

Uhhh... I am okay with them having friends. I mean as long as the relationship is FULLY friendly, if it gets any HINT of romantic I dislike it.

IV. The Emperor- Is controlling your darling (consensually) important? How much of their life do you ideally want to dictate? 

Not really ? If anything I would prefer them to control my life (I'm a mess). But as long as I can make sure the people he's talking to are okay

V. The Hierophant- Do you define your feelings as pure obsession or possession, love, lust, love/hate, or something else?

Probably Love and obsession, also spite for his ex

VI. The Lovers- Would you care about your darling’s past or current romantic relationships, if any? 

Well I am his current relationship, past ? I do care because I want to make sure I'm better

VII. The Chariot- What expectations or standards do you have for your darling? What do you ultimately desire?

I don't really have standards but give me attention

VIII. Strength- Do you bend your whims to better suit your darling’s needs or do you prioritize your own wishes?

I try to prioritize him my best and even when I can't I do my best to mention him and do stuff for him

IX. The Hermit- Would you be content with only watching your darling from afar or do you feel the need to interact directly with them? Or does it vacillate between the two? 

I need to interact with him I can't just watch him

X. Wheel of Fortune- What makes you angry? How difficult or easy is it for you to recover?

Anything can make me angry, and depending on what the thing is depends on how quick it is for me to not be angry

XI. Justice- Are there things that you want to hide from your darling at all costs? If so, what?

Not really, I'm not fond of hiding things (PLUS IM A HUGE YAPPER)

XII. The Hanged Man- How much effort do you put into making your darling happy?

As much as I can

XIII. Death- Would you hypothetically ever want to kill your darling? Or want to “kill” the undesirable traits of your darling, if you believe there are any? 

Nope ! I love him and I want him alive, however I'd kill for him

XIV. Temperance- Is there anything that your darling could say or do that would make your feelings for them waver? Would you be able to bounce back or would it permanently change how you view them? 

Well, if he became a pedo or a 🍇ist then if probably waver a little because uh.... let's not... It depends. I do NOT condone any of that and I'd probably distance myself

XV. The Devil- How outwardly passionate are you around or about your darling?

YES I LOVE TALKING ABT HIM TO ITHERS

XVI. The Tower- If you saw your darling in danger, how would you respond? And how would you react if they got mad at you?

Uhm I'd do whatever I can to help. And I'd probably be very confused if he got mad at me because, unless I deserved it

XVII. The Star- How affectionate are you, if at all?

Uhhh.. idk tahts up to him

XVIII. The Moon- How sensitive are you to your darling's behavior and feelings? How much do they influence yours?

Uhm, a lot, if they are sad I'm sad, if they are happy I'm idk. Tehy influence me a lot

XIX. The Sun- How would you react if your darling gave you affection? What is your internal thought process like? 

I get flustered to death any time he gives me attention

XX. Judgement- How do you ultimately view your darling? As someone greater than you, someone lower than you, or somewhere in between?

Greater then me, he's a god to me

XXI. The World- How do other people view you?

Idk probably an asshole

[iguessitsjustme]

4Minutes Ep 7 Drunk Thoughts

This is my last time drinking on a school night but I want to finish this show. Mostly so I know what happens. I don't…particularly care what happens. But I still want to know. It will also be nice to finally be able to unfilter the show's tag. So I'm about to make poor life decisions but they are my life decisions. Liveblog under the cut:

Full disclosure: starting this episode sober. Gonna work our way up to the drunk Rae we all know and love (I rarely drink so do not expect this again any time soon)

Now who the fuck is this guy?

Random characters just comin out the wazoo

That man is beating a cat and therefore he should die. I hope he dies. Immediately. A violent death. All that cat did was meow once. I kill this man. Cats > people. Has anyone seen Tale of the Nine-Tailed? Ya know that scene where…whatshisname. Lee Rang? I just checked and yea Lee Rang. Anyway that scene where he comes across a group of boys abusing an animal and it doesn't show what he does to them but it's heavily implied that he either removed their arms permanently or damaged them beyond repair. That's what this man should get. Don't beat animals and I'm angry this show included this because I don't want to watch it even if it is fictional.

Ton Kla's dad can die. OOOOHHHH this is where he killed the cat that they showed him burying earlier. I hate this man.

Can I save Ton Kla from this show?

I support all of Ton Kla's rights but mostly I support all of his wrongs. Whatever this baby boy chooses to do…I support him 100%.

Good boy pushing your dad down the stairs. I'm proud of you.

Of COURSE the police are corrupt in this show. Except maybe mr.detective man. where is he.

That reminds me. Will I see any ass this episode? I need to check my ass count. It's got a very high ass per episode ratio.

Oh so Title is the police chief's son. Got it. Got it. Throw him in. A river. Both the father and the son.

Is this episode gonna be mr. detective man heavy?

I should learn his name.

Oooh the video clip was edited. Color me surprised. Shocked. I can hardly believe it.

I hope Ton Kla kills Title. That would be good.

Again, a very cinematic show. But for why? To distract me from the fact that it's actually not very good? Like definitely high budget definitely high heat but the show itself is mid at best.

The show elements are all fantastic. Good acting. Good cinematography. Killer soundtrack. All of those things are hiding a lackluster plot that is lowkey kind of boring. TO ME. It is boring TO ME. But then again, I was never the target audience for this show. That's why I didn't watch it when it aired. I prefer character driven shows rather than plot driven shows. And part of that is because when the plot drives the show, the characterization is often thrown away. We get minimal development or what we get doesn't make sense. And part of the issue with this show is that by nature of the plot, none of these characters have had time to develop by the second to last episode. Because all of that was done in the other time line in Great's head when he made different choices. Not in this timeline where nothing has changed. Not the characters, not the decisions. Just. Everything is the same but just now starting to move forward.

It's probably why Ton Kla has ended up being so many people's (that I have talked to) favorite character. Because Ton Kla has only ever existed in this evil timeline outside of Great's head. Because Great never met him. So we have had time with Ton Kla and he has had time, as a character, to develop and change. The only character that has been afforded that time. Mr. detective man wasn't given enough screen time for that. Ton Kla was. Okay I should stop ranting and get back to the show.

Oh mr. detective man against the killers that want him dead. my boy my guy you gotta be better prepared than this

This is why you don't solo mission

Got shot. Sucks to suck.

Ton Kla is the only smart character in this whole show

This randome dude that found the video footage is a lot smarter than everyone except Ton Kla

Yessss yessss! Ton Kla! Let the violent thoughts win! They all deserve it! You are the only one that matters! Everyone else sucks! Do whatever you want baby boy. Kill them all. Flee to another country. Start a new life. Become a vigilante. Become evil. Become the villain in everyone's story. You can do whatever you want. Free pass. You are the only character I care about.

UMBRELLAS. I take back almost every mean thing I said about this show.

Just gonna start referring to the other doctor guy as God for no reason. I just feel like it. (sober rae edit: Den. his name is Den. I just forgot)

Tyme I don't care that you're upset. I truly do not care can you go away. Bring Ton Kla back

Oh those gunshots actually got me. I jumped. Well there goes grandma. She's dead. That was dumb. You have an enemy with only one pesron to use as leverage and you killed her. Now he has nothing to stop him from getting revenge. These people are dumb

Better hope to god that shot killed him. For forever.

I do not care about the parents or this flash back. I am trying but I do not care.

One of my neighbors has decided to just…sit…outside my apartment. That's so fucking weird. Go home. Anyway *blasts Hallucination by I.N until she goes away*

Is this backstory supposed to make me sympathize with Great's parents? God that pisses me off more than anything. Why don't they ever want to COMMIT to the evil parent? What does this random shareholder and his daughter bring to the story other than scapegoats and an unnecessary conflict for Korn (whose whole conflict with Ton Kla doesn't need a random woman wanting him to marry her because him ignoring Ton Kla after his brother was murdered is plenty of conflict.) I don't see the purpose these characters serve other than to make the audience sympathize with the people that have been painted as the bad guys this entire show.

Like Great's parents have redeeming qualities. They're buried deep but they're there. THis random ass shareholder has no redeeming qualities. He is literally pure evil. In a boring under developed way. He is a one-note villain that I can't even enjoy his villainy because he is so boring because what is his purpose behind doing all of this? Money? That's it? We don't even get to see him care or not care about his daughter. They were in one scene together and I can't even remember if they even interacted in that scene. God I am ANNOYED.

Ope and this is the very first scene in the show…I. Am trying to convince myself to care. Where is Ton Kla. Give me my boy back.

Goodnight sweet prince

…I may be a bad person.

What in the inception shit is this. Can this show be over already I am TIRED.

For a show about choices they sure fucked up by not making Great's parent's choices matter AT ALL. THey should have had them be the ones to make the choice to kill Tyme's parents because that would make more sense with the narrative and the message they are trying to convey slkdhgkldjhflkjdfh

One more episode and then I am free praise the lord

[blametheeditor]

Day 13 | Betwixt

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When stranded on an uncharted underwater planet, alone and surrounded by hostile lifeforms, there are only two possible outcomes: adapt and survive, or die trying.

Spoilers: For the game Subnautica

Content Warnings: Mentions of death and violence. Mentions of drowning and suffocation.

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“You know he’s building something.” 

It’s spoken more as a statement rather than a question. What makes it ten times worse is it’s Vincent saying it. And that means one of two things, either the ghost thinks David’s an idiot, or he’s actually been missing something. 

He’s worried it’s the latter.

Instead of admitting he has absolutely no idea where the theory of Fritz building something came from, David gives a glare. “How would you know?” 

Vincent smirks as he takes the challenge as an invitation to swim closer. Ignores David’s warning growl as he slithers onto the ledge chosen to watch Fritz, which upsets him for multiple reasons. The implication he needs help keeping such a miniscule thing in line, the assumption the ghost is allowed to invade his personal space whenever he feels like it, acting like there hadn’t been an attempt to kill the human. 

Just because the two decided to team up and make him look like a complete idiot does not mean he doesn’t trust there won’t be an attempt to kill the human. And aren’t ghosts supposed to prefer being completely alone? 

“Hard to say, really,” Vincent muses, cutting off the angry yell to swim off. “When was the last time you saw a ghost leviathan besides me?” 

Oh, David hears the backhand in the comment. The dig of him refusing to acknowledge the fact Vincent has dealt with humans before. Even knows how to imitate the words Fritz has squeaked effortlessly. 

And look, he knows the ghost isn’t lying. Hard to deny when the proof is staring right back him. He’s a jerk, but he won’t discount what Vincent has been through. Knows there was legitimate terror at the idea David had been killed or turned into something like him. That need to avenge someone had been genuine. He appreciates knowing that if he was ever caught, Vincent would do everything to get him back. 

But this is different. Fritz is harmless. Thought a reaper taking the thing he needs to survive had been a good thing. If that’s not the definition of what a complete and total idiot is, then he doesn’t want to know what would be. 

“When was the last time you saw the other buildings?” David asks as his voice lowers. Keeps himself from snapping. “Last I checked, they glow green and look nothing like what he has.” 

Vincent hums. “Humans weren’t the ones who built those, just barrowed it.” 

The reaper can’t help himself. "Well since you know everything, what is he building?” 

“How should I know?” 

David roars as he grabs at the ghost, yelling when the extensions on Vincent’s back are used to shove him onto the seabed for a clean escape, looking absolutely smug. 

That’s it.

Right as the reaper goes to launch himself to give the know it all a piece of his mind, he spots a flash of red at a cave opening, freezing at the sight of Fritz watching with concern. Though he spots the amusement lurking underneath he’ll tear both of them apart if he needs to. 

“Are you okay?” 

“Fine, Fritz,” David growls. Forces himself to lie back down at give the tiny thing his attention. ”What do you want?” 

Suddenly, the human looks nervous. Something that only happens when he’s done something to deliberately anger David. 

He swears, if the whole ‘teaming up’ from yesterday is a permanent thing... 

Fritz calms himself. “Can we swim ‘out of the shallows’?” 

David narrows his eyes, unsure why asking if they can change caves is such a big deal. They’ve done it plenty of times before. Unless there’s a fear of getting chased down because Vincent upset him. “Which cave do you want?” 

“No, not caves,” Fritz begins. “’Out’- uh, away. Swim away ‘from the shallows’.” 

Now he’s getting worried. He knows he’s heard one of the words being used before, but there hadn’t been a reason to learn it previously. What exactly is the human wanting to do that requires more vocabulary than previously established? What could he possibly be swimming away for? 

...something isn’t actually getting built, is it? 

Fritz hesitates. Becomes wide eyed as he seems to realize something. “Follow!” 

David stares slack-jaw as the human disappears into the caves. Sputters when it becomes clear he was left behind. “Hey!” 

He swims after the miniscule thing. Follows Fritz around and down by watching for a flash of red past each opening. Growls as they leave the cave system completely behind, the reaper tempted to snap at the completely vulnerable figure darting across the seafloor. 

He holds himself back despite the sheer audacity on display. Huffs when Fritz comes to a stop next to the metal fish that hasn’t been touched since David stole it. And to be honest, he’d like to keep it that way. The moment he lets it be used is the moment it gets harder contain the human. 

Fritz points toward the abomination. Gestures toward the kelp forest. “Can we swim away ‘from the shallows’?” 

David looks in the direction the human apparently wants to go. Back at the noisiest thing to ever exist. Glares at the metal fish wanting to be used. 

“What’d he do to get his privileges taken away?” 

Vincent’s voice surprises the reaper, whirling around to make sure the ghost isn’t too close, admittedly having forgot he was around. Even Fritz did if the fearful jolt says anything. At least the other leviathan isn’t poised to attack, just watching from a respectful distance. 

“It’s loud, and he’s an idiot,” David snaps. Focuses back on said idiot currently waiting for an answer. “You’re an idiot.” 

Fritz only looks at him with pleading eyes. “Can we?” 

Leave the shallows. Use something that might be a weapon. Collect materials for an unknown plan. 

Vincent’s right. There’s a reason why Fritz continuously explores the caves around the shallows. And there’s a reason why he would want to go somewhere else. Back to the metal structure David stranded him at. Out to another one if it doesn’t have what he’s looking for. But there’s no way to know why even if asked.

...except he knows the answer. Whatever this particular human builds, it would never be used against them.

He looks down at Fritz. Nods his head. “Get in.” 

Instead of immediately climbing into the odd contraption, terror conquers the miniscule thing’s face. “Will you, uh...do you want a peeper?” 

There’s a lot more being asked than simply offering a fish. It reminds him that even though he’s giving Fritz an incredible amount of trust, the same can be said for the human. The one David tried to kill several times before this, including crushing him inside the metal object he’s about to sit in. 

“You’re safe, Fritz.” 

The human trembles as he climbs in. Shrieks when David grabs the metal fish betwixt his mandibles. "D-David?” 

“You’re fine. Can’t let you get too far,” the reaper grins. Swims off in the direction where he originally claimed the contraption as his own. “Coming, Vincent?” 

“Can I get a turn?” 

“No.” 

[puimoo]

Hurt/Comfort Exchange letter: Dick Grayson centric.

Firstly, an apology!

And it’s a big one 😊.  I am new to the fandom, and this is my first time requesting it in an exchange.  As a result, I ramble a lot.  I have no justification for it, I just like to talk about these characters and the letter has given me a structured outlet for doing so!

General notes on tags/plot ideas:

Please know that these tags and plot ideas are all interchangeable.  If you see a tag listed for Dick and Bruce that you would like to write a Jason and Dick fic for, go ahead!  Please also note that while I go into more detail about young!Dick plot ideas, this doesn’t mean I prefer them over adult!Dick fic ideas – it’s just that the tags are generally more self-explanatory for adult versions of the character.  Please also know that I am not fixated on any of the ideas mentioned below – feel free to go in a completely different direction with the prompts/tags.

What I love about Dick:

I love that Dick is so competent, skilled, and really quite extraordinary.  I love the way he can seem superficially fine until he’s not, and how the sudden shift can take people by surprise even though – if you’ve had access to his inner dialogue – he’s usually been spiralling for some time.  I love the way he is charismatic, yet his leadership style can also sometimes have an almost stern, relentless edge to it.  I love that he cares deeply, but that his own issues sometimes result in him completely misreading the intentions of people he is the closest to.  I love that his relationship with Bruce is complicated and messy, but that underneath that they both clearly adore each other (even if it is isn’t always obvious to the other person).  I love that his relationship with Jason is a sometimes uncomfortable work in process, that there are days when it’s easier and light-hearted, and there are days when they barely seem to be in the same book, let alone on the same page. I like both Bruce and Jason to be clever in their own ways, picking up appropriate cues.

With young!Dick, I tend to prefer traumatised and depressed!Dick vs angry and only cares about killing Zucco!Dick.

General notes about Dick and trauma:

Dick is a character who canonically has a lot of trauma, and I feel it’s important to be clear with what I am comfortable with being explored.  I am fine with your exploring both canonical and non-canonical abuse, sexual assault, torture, and trauma.  I’m happy for violence to go up to any rating, but for any on-screen acts of SA to be kept to PG-13/low M.  Implied acts can go up to explicit.  My preference for SA is for the act itself to not be the main focus of the fic, but the fallout etc. I know this is probably worded in quite a clunky way/seem oddly specific (and it's not the sort of thing I would normally specify, TBH), but I thought it might be helpful :)

Because of familial experience with amnesia, I’m a bit particular about how this trauma is written.  I’m really happy to read about the long-term consequences of Dick’s head injury (migraines, memory loss, difficulties with thought processing, vertigo etc), but please don’t focus on the time when Dick had fully (and seemingly permanently) lost his memory.  It brings up a whole host of not-so-fun memories 😊

DNWs:

Omega verse, unrequested gender head-canons, Dick currently being in a relationship with Barbara or Kori (it’s fine if they are referenced as being in a relationship in the past if required, but I wouldn’t want their relationships to be in any kind of focus).  Anything else I’m happy with if it serves a purpose!

Dick and Bruce (Dick hurt):

Tags: Abuse - Abuse secretly escalates and victim feels like they cannot tell anyone, Character A finds out Character B has been captured by people who had hurt/tortured them before, Character A is given photos & details about Character B's torture, Character A is under a Spell/Curse and Character B's Love sets them free, Character A Protects Character B From B's Abuser, Character acts casual about their scars from childhood abuse, Character Cradling Hurt Character's Head In Their Lap, Character harmed in public to set an example, Character is slandered online/in print/in the court of public opinion, Concealing illness/injury at a formal event, Parent-Child Relationship Prevented by Outside Party; Characters Navigate Second Chance Years Later, Corporal Punishment, Prison Guards Take It Upon Themselves To Severely Punish A Prisoner, Torture - Set up in the form of a game/challenge, Rubbing salt in the wound (Literally), Whipped/flogged in front of an audience, Current case/mission has parallels to character's previous trauma

Dark Knights of Steel limited series verse

I adore anything in the Knights of Steel universe (https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Dark-Knights-of-Steel), especially the very short story (https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Dark-Knights-of-Steel-Tales-From-the-Three-Kingdoms, pages 23-32) where Bruce and Dick meet pre-series.  It’s such a perfect way to capture how and why the Bruce in this universe would fall so quickly for Dick.  I’d love anything related to the early days of their relationship, when Bruce is trying to be the light and Dick is struggling with trust issues. Anything where Dick is slowly starting to come to trust Bruce, where he’s incredibly competent while also only one bad decision/one moment of bad luck away from everything falling to pieces. Dick has likely made a whole host of enemies amongst the elite/guards/soldiers – does Bruce find out about things that have happened between Dick and those who have targeted him in the past, with all those little (and not so little) physical and emotional scars slowly revealing themselves?  Or, does something new pop up now that Dick is perhaps more visible.  Does it start as small barbs, but things escalate quickly/Dick takes a punishment meant for another Robin, and Dick tries to hide what is going on from Bruce.   

Juvie!Dick, Bullied!Dick.

Anything that explores some of the darkness of Dick being in Juvie as an 8-year-old, and the impact this had. I really adore how he is portrayed while at Juvie as not wanting revenge for his parents' deaths because he can barely even think beyond survival at that point.  Maybe Bruce visits him several times on the rooftop, noting each time how quickly Dick is deteriorating as things become worse and worse for Dick.  That might include Dick being punished each time he is found to have escaped up to the rooftop, something he doesn’t share with Bruce because those brief moments with him are the only thing that gives him a sense of hope.

I also love anything that explores how badly Dick was bullied at school when he first came into Bruce’s care.  This is almost always portrayed in canon as physically and verbally abusive.  I could see things escalating at school – even potentially involving a teacher that doesn’t think Dick is a ‘good fit’ for the school, but Dick trying to hide what is going on for various reasons.

Tag: “Parent-Child Relationship Prevented by Outside Party; Characters Navigate Second Chance Years Later.”

I am a simple woman 😊.  There are a couple of routes that I would love in regards to this:

Deathstroke gets involved. Perhaps we still get the meetings between Batman and Dick on the Juvie rooftop, or Dick is briefly in Bruce’s care, but Deathstroke sweeps in before Dick realises that Bruce and Batman are the same person.  We then get a 13-year-old apprentice!Dick who starts to have run-ins with Batman/Bruce that become increasingly more dangerous/desperate, with all of Dick’s Deathstroke!related trauma being revealed along the way.

Social services don’t allow Bruce guardianship (possibly because Dick is considered ‘too difficult’ and requires a more experienced hand), and they meet up again when Dick is 13-14, with Dick trying to hide form everyone that he is an abusive foster situation.  Maybe Batman is investigating the foster parents for unrelated reasons, and Dick slowly becomes involved in the case.  It may even be that Dick is put with another wealthy family who end up exploiting/treating Dick exactly as social services had feared that Bruce would.

Tag: “Character A is under a Spell/Curse and Character B's Love sets them free.”

I was thinking something akin to a platonic Dick and Bruce version of Beauty and the Beast.  Initially, I assumed the roles would be beast!Bruce and Belle!Dick, but then I realised that tiny beast!Dick would be absolutely amazing, and I ended up rambling about it in this tumblr post here (https://puimoo.tumblr.com/post/777517314879913984/bruce-and-dick-beauty-and-the-beast-au).  If you choose this prompt, please don’t feel like you have to go with the particular storyline in my tumblr post, you can take it in whatever direction you like 😊

Adult!Dick

I do also love adult!Dick and Bruce hurt/comfort, and there are plenty of prompts in my taglist that give some specific ideas of the kinds of things I enjoy.  There’s a theme of secrets being revealed, unresolved trauma, etc.  Bruce finding out about his time with Deathstroke, the media getting a hold of some of the Dick’s early psychology reports from juvie or his social services reviews.  A mission going terribly wrong and having to deal with some deeply hidden secrets as a result.  Or, just a mission going terribly wrong and them dealing with it together.

Dick and Jason.

Tags: Trapped in a bad memory, Whipped/flogged in front of an audience including character's loved one(s), Corporal Punishment, Prison Guards Take It Upon Themselves To Severely Punish A Prisoner, Time Travel - Comforting future loved one while trying to figure out what the fuck happened to them, Time Travel - Meeting younger version of loved one and finding them in a bad state, Torture - Set up in the form of a game/challenge, Slave auctions, Soulbond as punishment, Old abuser shows up in character a's new life, Natural disaster leads to survival situation, Increasingly risk-taking behaviour to avoid coping with trauma, Forced to Relive Past Trauma, Forced To Relive Trauma for Mission Report/Debrief, Emotional and Psychological Trauma from Prolonged Solitary Confinement, Emotional/mental scars manifesting as physical wounds, A Discovers the Extent of De-Aged B's Tragic Backstory While B Is De-Aged, Current case/mission has parallels to character's previous trauma, characters currently on the outs or in a fight having to take care of each other or work together, Characters trapped together in psychological hellscape

Time traveling/De-aging (with a slice of reverse robin)

There are several time-travelling/de-aged prompts list for these two, largely because I love the idea of different parts of Dick’s past being revealed (this is a theme in some other prompts, as well).  As with the Bruce prompts, anything that covers that earlier period after/before Dick’s parents die is always really interesting.  Jason time travelling back to when Dick is still in Juvie, or Dick has been de-aged to when he has JUST been released into Bruce’s care and is still clearly traumatised by his time there.  Jason time travelling back to when Dick was still in the circus, and it being revealed that – actually – circuses were terrible places for children, especially acrobatic children who were often exploited and trained in a way that quite frankly broke their bodies for later in life.  I’m all for a grittier, more transient Haley’s Circus where people end up when there is nowhere else to escape to (resulting in a whole cluster of different people), where, if you don’t work, you don’t get paid, and even then you still get paid very little.  It’s a business, not a family, and while 8-year-old Dick might see it that way, an older Jason would see more of the reality of the situation.  We do get some slightly darker hints of John Grayson in chapter 4 of The Long Halloween, the Last Halloween (https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Batman-The-Long-Halloween-The-Last-Halloween/Issue-4?id=235985#1), and the Court of Owls feels like a direct parallel of the child trafficking that often went on in circuses, so this doesn’t feel too much of a stretch to explore something a bit darker 😊.  Dick also talks in canon about being dirt poor while living with the circus, and having to resort to pickpocketing at times.

With time travel/de-aging fics, I do love if there is an opportunity for current!Dick and Jason to have a chat about what happened when Jason goes back to the past as well, if possible.

You could also flip this a little if you like and get some of the same impact of time travel by reverse-robining some plot ideas. Maybe Dick is stuck in Juvie for several months vs weeks, and as Dick’s situation becomes increasingly dire, a 14-16 year Jason goes in undercover as another inmate at Bruce’s request (while Bruce is still trying to wrangle the legal/foster side of things). Maybe Jason is reluctant at the beginning (he can’t see why Bruce is interested in this kid), but he realises quickly how had things have gotten and can’t help but feel his own tug towards Dick the more he gets to know him.  I do love Damian and Dick in reverse robins as well, so if it feels natural to include him as a guard/adult figure in the facility, please feel free to do so!

Blockbuster and Catalina.

Jason states at one point that he knows everything that went down with Blockbuster.  This could really only have happened if Jason at some point had a discussion with Catalina Flores, as she is the only other person who was there.  Something where Dick knows that Jason probably knows, Jason knows that Dick knows that he knows, but it never gets brought up or acknowledged until suddenly it does – be it for any of the array of reasons in my tags/ones that you can come up with.

Adult!Dick.

To be honest, very similar to my adult!Dick section for Bruce, but with Jason 😊

[Added note 14/03/25 ! I know that my letter is prompt heavy, but please PLEASE don't feel that you have to write any of the actual prompts - they're there for inspiration if it's helpful, but nothing else. Please feel free to interpret the tags any which way you like :)]

[bloodbrown]

RB Carlo x Reader Headcanons

• You were brought to Hotel Krat by Geppetto to make sure nothing got out about the state of the city. Ideally you were meant to be killed, to ensure Carlo would not have the chance to remember who you were to his former self.

• While Geppetto did not know much, he knew that you knew Carlo back then-- like with Romeo, he'd prefer for you to be permanently removed by his son. You'd not even be made into a puppet, because that could bring Carlo's true memories back.

• Carlo is not sure why he hasn't killed you yet. He thought he wanted to drain the life from you the way he has with everyone else. But you... The sight of you tames his endless, searing hatred just for a second. And Carlo despises it. Despises you.

• The soul-penetrating stares and growls Carlo directs at you are freaky. He hates you as much as he wants to keep you with him. It doesn't help that you're surrounded by these peculiar puppets, so different from the usual ones, that treat him like a god.

• As time goes on and you're increasingly attempting to leave, Carlo figures he must do something to convince you to stay at the Hotel with him. Clearly, his glares are not enticing you, and you are not a fan of his previous murders. He doesn't understand why he wants to keep you around, but he does.

• Carlo, the confused and angry thing that he is, begrudgingly attempts to display some sort of fondness towards you to demonstrate his intentions.

• He'll come up behind you and grab you (which is terrifying) and then simply hold you there in a strange hug. You realize that his embrace feels like a hug from that boy you met at the Rose Estate, all those years ago. In a way, it starts to feel like it really is him, the Carlo you knew. You're not sure if you're going insane, thinking that.

• You start asking him if he remembers. A part of you is desperate to determine if this creature is really Carlo, deep down, and maybe that's why he won't kill you.

• This reborn Carlo doesn't seem to know a thing about his circumstances, who he was, or why he existed-- just that he is alive now, that he is Geppetto's real son, and that he is quite drawn to you. This Carlo doesn't remember, from what he tells you. He doesn't know of Romeo, of your time together, and your friendship. But inexplicably, he wants you.

• Explaining this to Carlo is fruitless. In fact, he does not care. That Romeo, that King of Puppets, is dead anyway, according to Geppetto. Therefore, he doesn't matter.

• but you are different-- first of all, you're a live organism, like him. Secondly, your existence soothes his hatred and rage. Not even his good-for-nothing father can do that. He dislikes that he enjoys you, but his actions become less spiteful and more... resentfully affectionate.

• There could be Carlo's soul inside of him, you think. Maybe it's just a fragment, a miniscule shard of vague remembrance that holds inexplicable power over this wrathful vessel. You're alone, the city of Krat is being rebuilt in Geppetto's vision, and your only companion is this confused creature wearing Carlo's face. It'll have to be enough for you. Maybe you can draw the memories and love out of him, eventually. With time, maybe you can even convince him to stop killing survivors...

[lakemichigans]

friend anon again, I think you were joking when you said ask me how I know about the addiction topic, but I would really be curious to know more of your thoughts on that (sorry if that's too invasive, you don't have to answer this at all, but I am curious!)

oof yeah i feel like i've overshared and made people uncomfortable, but if you're asking then i'm fine talking about it!! airing out my dirty laundry... 🧦

basically i just have a family history of addiction that goes back many generations on both sides of my family. myself, my parents, both sets of grandparents, and even my great grandparents have been affected by alcoholism and/or substance abuse at some point in our lives. some of them went totally sober, some passed away, some are still struggling right now and have been for many years. there's such a wide range of people in my family. yeah some fit the stereotype of the "typical alcoholic" and you could probably guess by just looking at them that they have substance use issues. but others are so young and put together, you would never know. 3 of them started their addiction with prescription pain meds because we have a lot of chronic pain in our family (i got all the good genetics huh lol), and the rest of us pretty much exclusively have a problem with alcohol. that's why it makes me so angry to see people imply that alcoholism is a lesser addiction when it has completely decimated my family 😒 the cherry on top is that my best friend since childhood has really similar problems and even though we try to support each other and keep ourselves in check, we both have ended up circling the drain like everyone else we know. so that's great

ironically my grandparents were casual meth users who stopped using meth quite easily, but could never quit drinking or smoking cigarettes no matter how many times they tried, and it was lung cancer that actually killed my grandma. i feel like that's a common misconception among people who don't know much about addiction; you would assume that a highly addictive drug like meth would permanently change your life, but every person is different and one substance may be a harmless treat every few months while another "lesser" substance will completely and utterly ruin your life. it's like how some people can do a few lines of coke at a party and look back on it as a fun college memory, but other people will have their world completely rocked by it. you just never know

i NEVER thought i would have a problem with alcohol. literally never. i was so hyper-aware of the damage it can cause and i took so many precautions. i never drank when i was in a bad mood, i never drank alone, i never drank in the day or super late at night, i never got so drunk i lost my memory, i never drank in unfamiliar places, i never drank to get through a menial task, etc. and i cant even pinpoint when or why that all changed. it all just got so fucked up. i don't like how i act when i'm drunk and i feel so embarrassed when i wake up and remember (or find out) what i said to people, so i prefer drinking alone but that's a whole other problem. i've nearly gotten into fights at bars with grown ass men, i've wandered around downtown and have no memory of getting home, i fell off a fucking rock ledge while hiking at sunset and yeah i can laugh about it but it's also like. i nearly killed myself and for what? because i was drunk and trying to take a good picture. i drink to make chores more bearable. i used to do my college homework tipsy. video games aren't fun sober anymore. i make unnecessary purchases while i'm drunk and that's on top of the financial burden that drinking already provides me. i'll take a hit of anything i'm offered while i'm drunk, and thank god so far that has only been weed or cigarettes, but drunk brandi would not even ask what it is. i genuinely can't bear the thought of talking about my feelings with people if i'm not drinking (even then, i don't say what i really want to say because my mind isn't clear enough to string a thought together). like every fucking aspect of my life has been tainted by alcohol and it happened so slowly that i never even saw it coming. and if it can happen to me, someone who was PREPARED, it can happen to anyone

i'm not trying to scare people, i just wish people understood how slow and insidious addiction can be. maybe then they'd have a little more compassion

but yeah, that's where i'm at right now 🥲 it helps to write about it and vent because i just don't do that in real life. and maybe this rambly mess can help someone else or at least put things in perspective