#and it's making it harder to sleep

[sga-owns-my-soul]

it's almost 2am and i can't sleep and it's so COLD i can't even get out of bed to Do Things

[xxplastic-cubexx]

alternate apocalypse ending or something who the hcrist knows anymore

[idontcaboose]

Haunted car au part 9

Previous Masterpost

“O, please tell me someone is close by?” Red Robin hissed into his comm.

“Batman and Signal are on the way, 6 blocks out.”

“Neat, see if they can use the 109th st entrance, I will try to lead my goons that way.”

“Rerouting their gps, stay safe RR.”

Tim wasn't sure how to stay safe with a bullet wound in his leg, and a few grazes across his body. Part of the job he supposes. He wasn't sure which god or entity was enjoying his struggle, but he would not hesitate to smack them in the face with his bō. Tim took a small breather after losing his followers for a moment. His leg has a hole, his arms couldn't keep a strong grip on his grapple, not that it really mattered. A goon got an extremely lucky shot and destroyed the thing. So, grounded, with a barely functioning leg, and about 15 goons, and if the leaders of the group didn't flee already, then them too, looking for him. Not great odds. Oracle said Batman and Signal were on their way, and hopefully heading to the street closest to him that would work for some form of ambush.

“I'll go out a bit early, they won't be expecting it. Nah, they only set up to catch Signal, you know, the meta. The meta that can all but shadow step like a freaking d&d character. Such a great plan Tim.” Tim had started to mutter to himself as he attempted to tie on a better bandage to his leg than the slap dash one he did while on the move. He was just done securing it when a goon appeared.

“I found some blood over here!”

Tim almost screamed expletives on par with Jason or Duke, but he had some self preservation.

“ETA, hopefully it's NOW?!” Tim growled onto the comms.

“We are set up Red Robin, bring them through.” Tim could have cried in relief at Batman's voice, but he had some goons to lead.

Tim ran, not bothering to hide as he did. Luckily the goons did not think about surrounding the alley he was in, and they followed blindly into the bat's trap. He trusted that Bruce and Duke could handle the group, and limped to the Batmobile. It wasn't until Tim got to the driver's side passenger door did the universe have one last laugh at him.

“Well, well, we'll. Let's make a deal, little red bird.” Out of all the people to corner Tim, it had to have been the wannabe leader of the small time gang.

“Depends, is the deal you turn yourself in?” Tim automatically snarked.

“Nah, open the Batmobile, or I shoot you here.” The man sneered.

“Fine, fine.” Tim opened the driver's door and scooted away, his hands away from his sides.

“Good, keep backing up Red.”

Once Red Robin was far enough for the man, he turned and went to get into the car, only for the door to close on the man repeatedly. Tim could not help but just watch as the car kept smacking the guy until he managed to get into the seat. Unfortunately for the gang leader his hand was not fast enough and got slammed between the door and frame. Based on the crack and responding scream, the hand was very much broken. With a last open and close, the engine started, and the Batmobile drove straight into the group of goons and vigilantes.

Tim watched in morbid curiosity as Batman and Signal heard the car roaring towards them. Watched as they grappled upwards with just a small moment from them getting run over. Watched as 3 goons did not have time to move out of the way and got tossed onto the hood, only to slide off at the jerky stop of the car. It wasn't until Batman barked “Report.” over the comms did Tim snap out of his daze.

“The leader of the gang got into the Batmobile, and proceeded to try to run you guys over.” Tim slowly responded. “He held me at gunpoint and I couldn't move fast enough to do anything but let him. How did the failsafes fail at keeping him from driving?” Tim's voice petered out with the question.

The car door then slammed open and the leader fell out of the seat, and tried to scramble as far from the car as he could. It didn't take long for Batman to grab the man for questioning.

“Hey man, you good to move?” Tim startled when Duke appeared in front of him.

“Ya, ya. I have a GSW to my right calf, got grazed a few times in different places, possibly going into shock.” Tim dutifully reported.

“Got it, up and at ‘em.”

Duke carefully walked Tim to the Batmobile and settled him into the back seats, tightened the bandage on his leg, and put bandages on his other wounds. It wasn't until Duke went to go help Batman clean up and triage the remaining goons did he say something strange.

“Stay put, Red Robin. Keep him safe ok?” With the second request, Duke patted the driver's seat and left him alone in the car.

“What?”

Next

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@thespacedragons

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[astrolavas]

my art style is too simple for this but just know that when i draw post-ttt hunter, in my mind he has central pink-brown heterochromia. like this, kinda:

[feng-shui71]

World’s best matchmaker and brother-in-law, everyone.

[rockingtheorange]

Do you ever think about how important and significant Alex's action to give his key to Henry was?

Alex had brought the key with him everywhere throughout his life since he got it.

Then, the first moment he's quietly alone with Henry, Alex gets to explain what it means to him: it's the key to his family's house in Austin.

But it means much more to him: it's from the times when his family was still all together (book), it's his childhood, his time growing up in Texas, it's his mixed blood, and the quiet life he left behind to follow his mother in something bigger than him.

That key is his comfort and reminder of what he was and the memories he will treasure forever.

Alex doesn't tell all of this to Henry, but Mr. HRH Prince Dickhead knows there's more about it underneath, just like how he had always known Alex wasn't just a peasant boy.

Alex brings his keychain everywhere and Henry is always there to admire it.

The key to Henry means something completely different: it's the reminder of his unusual life, the fact that he can't have such normal things as possessing a simple key, it represents all the things he can only admire from afar but he'll never be able to posses.

And then Alex breaks the wall that Henry thought would suffocate him forever, that seemed impossible to destroy.

Alex starts to remove the key when he's in the most intimate moments with Henry. He decides to leave the thoughts and worries related to his family for another time. He decides to be fully Henry's, even during just brief rendezvous.

And Henry takes everything he can, as far as he can. Till the moment, he's sure will come, when the magic breaks and the key will return to be something to admire and desire from afar, but never possess.

But Alex isn't just a peasant boy.

He hands over his childhood, his memories and his whole being to Henry, with just a simple gesture. Alex says "Henry, I'm yours." by giving him the object of his desires, by breaking the illusion that Henry can't be a normal boy, simply owning the key of someone's heart.

And Henry is reluctant to accept it, cause he knows (just like he had always known that Alex wasn't just a peasant boy) that the key means so much to him. But Henry accepts, cause he wants to believe that the wall between them can break, Alex made him believe it. And he grips and holds onto that hope like his life depends on it, cause it does.

Alex is the only key to his freedom.

[simpingseafood]

I finally understand how to make ai voice and daaaamn this is hell lol

And yes, i was too tired to color it _:(´ཀ`」 ∠):_

[goldensunset]

idc how many times i’ve said it i will NEVER get over just how good bbs is in hindsight after dr. like ik that’s what happens when you make a prequel but like. it isn’t every day that a prequel is actually as effective as it’s supposed to be

[ethereallroses]

someone let this man get some sleep,,

[ex0rin]

Talk Shit, Get Hit | The Boys S03E07:

[kattitude130]

ok i will briefly elaborate @trans-hakuri

first of all the sleepy scale. they each get tired at different times of night and also tend to wake up at different times. the order at night is iori, hakuri, then chihiro, but chihiro wakes up first and then either hakuri or iori. when iori is ready for bed she tends to drag one or both to bed with her whether or not theyre sleepy. it's BED TIME

iori used to climb into bed with her mom when she was young but otherwise none are used to sleeping with other people. they literally start out just laying next to each other like sardines. but they figure it out pretty quickly. there isn't a strong preference for who's next to who and they switch it up a lot. whoever gets to be the sandwich middle is comfiest though. chihiro doesnt mind being in the middle but since he wakes up earliest he often feels Trapped and tries to come up with a strategy to get out so he can make their breakfast. and it's not always a sandwich because iori or hakuri will sometimes end up laying right on top of someone else/both. none of them are super restless (unless nightmares… but they're not so bad these days) but they can end up in strange places by the morning

[amanedachi]

iron / heart

Part of LoL Esports Elemental Series.

[ask-the-colony-tree-siblings]

Hey, Hunter!

What was life like right after Artificer left?

Answer is under cut, there’s a tiny bit of blood and stuff (Hunter’s killing a Scav in one of the drawings and it isn’t pretty lol)

Hunter: Once Arti left, everything got harder. Fighting especially, without her. I mean, you know my sister, she’s a great fighter. I am too, but with the amount I had to do on missions, it was just… impossible on my own. I was struggling. 

I died a lot. Got a few new scars.

And no matter how hard I worked, I couldn’t keep up with how efficiently our missions used to be completed. I wasn’t good enough, not without Arti.

[waywardstation]

hi! i havent been on tumblr in a Hot minute but i wanted to come here JUST to tell you that hfbe might be my fave pla fic ive read ao far! the worldbuilding and the characterization of everyone just feels so so right i fall in love

i reread it on ao3 and even tho its not completed its still a joy to reread everytime

Hello hello!! Anon you have no idea how much it meant to me to get to read this. Knowing I put something out there that you wanted to back to and reread means A LOT.

I’m glad you like it so much but man I have been editing the first two chapters (fixing errors, making characters say and do things that are more in line with how I write them now, and just adding scenes in between to help things seem more clear or hit harder), and I’m like man this really isn’t that good haha.

It’s fun to see how much I think I’ve improved since I’ve started trying to write fanfics (I wasn’t aware of how obsessed I had been with commas and run-on sentences at the start lol)

So reading this nice message really gives me such a boost of motivation. I’m so glad you like the worldbuilding, and it makes me excited to get more out because later chapters are when I really introduce specifics on a lot of things. Namely the Pearl Clan’s hunting parties, that has been my favorite.

Now I just gotta get more out! Hoping to put more out for you to read soon kind anon, I really appreciate that you find it’s something you like to reread!

For now, here is a snippet below the cut; I am unsure if I have shared this before, but it’s a scene where Ingo is preparing to advocate for the Clan to use pokeballs to store their pokemon in, so that there is less food consumption (as in HFBE, it’s emphasized that pokeballs put pokemon into a stasis where they don’t need to eat, drink, sleep, etc. for as long as they’re in them. Ingo does it with his pokemon, and he wants the clan to do it too, for their own sakes).

Wording is subject to change (VERY MUCH SO), but enjoy!

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“Excuse me Miss Irida, but may we talk for a moment?”

The Pearl Clan leader turned back to see Ingo – he was trailing behind the group, purposefully so. He had been waiting for the right moment to approach her.

“Right now?” Irida’s eyes flickered back over the tops of people’s heads, up towards the communal hall at the top of the hill. “I’m sorry, but can it wait until after the meeting?”

“It is actually about the meeting.” Ingo’s grey eyes were unwavering, waiting — he wanted to ask her something. And Ingo was not one to usually ask for things.

“Ok,” She relented, pausing in the snow both so he could catch up, and they could have their conversation with some privacy. “You have until we reach the hall.”

“Thank you, I assure you it will be quick.” Ingo fell into step beside her, shuffling through the snow as they now both trailed behind the group heading towards the warm hall. He kept his head tilted down just like her, using the brim of his hat to protect against the wind and snowfall. “I, well… I am planning to re-propose a proposition at this meeting tonight. I’d like to make another attempt at advocating for the use of pokeballs.”

“Tonight? Are you serious?” Irida lowered her voice for his sake, looking back between him and the group. How could he possibly think about proposing that when this meeting was for them to discuss how to prepare for this famine? “I’m saying this not as your leader but as your friend, Ingo; now is absolutely not a good time for that. Everyone is already going into this meeting angry. And if you try and start this again, they’re going to-”

Irida took a deep breath; she was already getting stressed over it.

“You know how people are going to react to that. You know who it’s going to upset, Ingo. Especially after last time. And you said you’d let it go.”

“I am well aware of what I said and I intended to stick to it, but these circumstances have changed our tracks, and I believe this may save us from derailing!” Ingo whispered back. He kept throwing quick glances at the nearing hall, gauging how much time he had left to persuade her. “Pokeballs can help us much more than the clan realizes – I’m confident that this can bring us closer to a solution, if not at least be a part of one!”

Irritation and confusion were replaced with genuine curiosity, but a fleck of doubt hesitantly followed after. Irida shook her head, not understanding. “How could they possibly help with all of this?”

“I will explain that in the meeting.” Having conquered the snowy hill, the two reached the warm light that spilled through the hall’s windows to project onto the snow. “But to do that, I need to actually present my proposal, and I’m afraid that will be difficult with the elders tonight. I am trying this for the fourth time now, and I’m aware of how this will most likely be received. I expect they’ll call to send me back to my seat before I even start.”

Ingo paused just outside the doors, waiting for Irida to go in first — she could do so and end the conversation right now if she wanted to, but she didn’t. Instead she stood there, staring at their fading shoeprints in the snow.

Irida could see why he approached her about this now, and a part of her felt sorry for him. “So you want me to vouch for you.”

“Not the proposal itself. Just the time to talk.”

[eatmoresoupss]

This has been an on-going trend but why are we celebrating the fact that any other (grown) members of the BatFam can easily beat Damian?

Like? Yay to you I guess for being able to easily overpower a canonically disabled POC minor?? Now put your hands behind your back ?? 🤨🤨

Damian just got out from a cult why are we beating him to being subservient again? Why do people said that Damian HAD to stay with the BatFam (the supposed better alternative compared to LoA) when he's going to be beaten if he's not obedient?? He's 13 at best why is he getting dog-piled for throwing temper tantrums??

(mind you that, given Damian's spinal surgery, any direct hit would cause immense pain. I should know since I also suffer from spinal problems)

"Damian has behavioral issues!!" Then discipline him then?? Like?? Explain to him why he can't do this and that instead of subjecting him to pain and humiliation? Why are you immediately resorting to physical violence on a child? The fact that Damian can fight back doesn't exempt him from being a child and is, therefore, at a disadvantage.

Also we literally cannot blame Damian for having shit social skills since he's been isolated from the world until he's 14.

Sorry this took me a while to respond to! I just finished all my finals. I do have like a lot to say so imma put it under the cut.

But yes I do agree, this want for and celebration of Damian getting beaten up by the other Bats has been a really pervasive thing in fandom for a long time. Like I remember seeing it years ago when I was really only peripherally aware of DC comics and this fandom specifically.

It's really fucking weird!! Discounting everything else, this phenomenon in the fandom basically breaks down to: Wanting to see and celebrating seeing a child physically assaulted (abused) by the adults in his life. Already, that's fucking strange. Why are would you be excited to see that?

The answer to that for a lot of people is wanting to see Damian be "humbled", in a manner I would say is kind of vindictive. While yes, Damian is arrogant, I fail to see why that needs to be corrected with violence (if it needs to be corrected at all). Typically this kind of argument is made by people who just take very early Damian's actions and characterizations into account, and I think that context makes it all the worse! The biggest thing is that he's ten then, of fucking course a grown adult with several years of vigilante experience could beat him? He was like 70 pounds!! And more than that, he was freshly in gotham, right out of a cult, and literally seeking refuge! He was in gotham originally because he was fleeing violence. I personally don't care how much of an asshole he was, proliferating the violence against a child who came to you to for some kind of asylum automatically makes you worse in my books.

Secondly, I kind of think Damian has a little bit of a right to be arrogant, even at that age. If we go off of canon, Damian had been training, very intensely and often at risk of a lot of danger, for years, basically his whole life! He was raised highly isolated, in a cult, as a prince. Let that kid have some arrogance if that's whats gonna keep him together, alive, and moving! At least he walks-the-walk in terms of that, he actually had a shit ton of training and is a prince.

There's also people who argue that Damian is so violent the only way to correct his behavior/control him (which feels icky) is also through violence. Which like, is also wrong. Damian is not a supervillain, he's not fucking Darkseid. If he really was out of control violent (which he really wasn't, his behavior had very clear reasoning, including being a victim of violence and also that no one treated him well in the beginning, and even then is usually blown way out of proportion) than that's pretty easily addressable! He's ten!!

The added context of Damian's trauma also make it worse as well. And there is of course the ever present role that racism plays in this, the celebration of these good, moral, white people beating back an out of control brown boy. Either to "correct" or "tame" him or to prover their superiority through violence. That's not even subtle, it's just overt, easily examinable racism. (And unfortunately a shared tendency with the actual DC comics company, eg Tom King w/ Shiva and Talia).

But like also to people who do celebrate their fav being able to and beating damian in a fight: why? It doesn't prove much about fighting ability. if you're going with the idea that damian is easily beaten and falsely arrogant, then that's not really something to ride home about. Like wow okay, a grown man can beat a little boy in a fight. Don't you want this character to come off as a good person, particularly if they're a bat? How does beating down a child look good for anyone? How does furthering abuse make your fav look good?

As for the idea that Damian grows or is "humbled" by being beaten, that just doesn't happen. Damian's growth, especially in his first solo run and his B&R runs, has come mainly through his own internal sense of good and want for change. He is an intensely self motivated kid, and though of course he has external influences, the majority of his growth and development in universe has come from his own drive to actualize those changes. Not because anyone (read: batfam, but mostly dick & bruce) have calmed him or "tamed" him and ESPECIALLY not because they physically beat the change into him. His character has been broadly defined by breaking the cycles he's been born into and forging new, unknown paths; being his own guiding light

TLDR: celebrating your fav being able to beat up a child is weird. the added contexts make it even weirder. Damian's grown and overcome a lot despite often having a lack of support; Hop off my goat!

[literaphobe]

they really weren’t kidding when they said it’s harder for neurodivergent people to survive in a company working environment huh