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[wajjs]

feeding the sladejay girlies

(source: Deathstroke 2014 issue #17)

[wajjs]

Following Hal's publication history, he's kind of used to being both homeless and unemployed. He chose to be a drifter more than once throughout different runs. He's used to jumping from odd job to odd job (insurance claims adjuster, flying tourists around, travelling salesman), and he's also been a seasonal worker, with periods in between in which he doesn't have a stable source of income.

One of the notable times he is directly confronted by his feeling of shame is when he thinks of what would Clark Kent think of him (if I don't remember wrong this happens in GL Volume 2 Special 1), and even then that's greatly exaggerated to the point that Hal himself recognizes so. He DOES feel shame, I'm not denying that, but it's not earth-shattering despite how prideful he is, and I think that has a lot to do with his personality of rolling with the punches.

The current Hal we have, though, would not see himself as less than imo, that would require Adams to actually know how to write complex characters.

Thinking about how much shame Hal must be feeling right now, having to live in the Watchtower because he's homeless and unemployed otherwise. Thinking about him walking those halls and wondering just how much money was put into this unbelievable structure, how he's never going to see that much money again in his life and how said money came from people he's supposed to see himself as equal to instead of lower than

[aardciaga]

early concepts and tests of some stuff i was playing with

[bedforddanes75]

i just cant get over how this is the same guy within the same like two years. how

[wajjs]

it is fucked up that no matter the retcon, Hal was physically and mentally abused as a kid yet the only comic that tackles that trauma is one from 2004.

DC Comics Presents: Green Lantern

It is fucked up that this isn't talked about more.

And god, the visual aspects... Hal is terrified of becoming a violent abuser like his father, yet visually? Visually he IS Martin Jordan. From the hair, down to the facial expression and posing. He IS his father, and because when he looks in the mirror his abuser is who he sees, he is absolutely terrified of becoming violent.

He is all about repression. He is a pressure cooker about to blow up. He wants so desperately to escape from the cycle of abuse, but he's going about it wrong: by keeping it hidden, by not confronting it, by hiding in his shame, he's keeping the cycle of abuse alive. And he needs to stay in control because of that. If he loses it... if he loses control...

But also, god, deep inside he's a terrified kid. 'Going blank', 'feeling nothing', is the way he found to protect himself when physically he couldn't. If you detach yourself from what's happening to the point you stop feeling, then there's no hurt or pain to process.

But the pain takes its toll, doesn't it?

The hurt doesn't go away.

He's still trying to prove to a dead man that he's good. He's a good man. He's worthy of approval. He lived as a kid trying to be better to show his dad he's worthy of love. He idolized his abuser hoping that if he became him, then his father would love him.

Now he no longer idolizes him. A part of him is glad his father is dead. Yet, yet he still craves that love, that acceptance. Yet, he's still terrified of what will happen if he lets go just enough to be only a little like his dad.

[wajjs]

Once again doing my part in sharing the context of the same panel over & over again. This is not a real interaction! Rather, it's a scenario Hal makes up in his head that gets progressively worse & worse the more he thinks about it:

Clark can be an asshole sometimes but this wasn't one of those times..

(Action comics #622)

Supes schools Green Lantern.

[justablah56]

help I'm thinking about stellar firma again

[shkika]

i have gotten a few asks about grey and chasi ng and i really wanna answer them but god do i need to think of how… i wanna reveal her stuff already aaaaahhhh!!!

[wajjs]

Action comics #614

Abin Sur doesn’t lobotomize Hal, the ring itself does in an attempt to follow Abin's last request: to find someone without the ability to feel fear.

The ring finds Hal, who was the closest to that, but the problem was that he could still be afraid. Because of this, the ring decided that in order to fulfill Abin Sur's last wish it needed to remove Hal's ability to feel afraid:

(This has been retconned long ago and never used again in comics)

wait isn’t it canon somewhere that Abin Sur lobotomized Hal to make him have no fear? What if J’onn can tell?

[shootingstar-scuderia]

so much happened today and like nothing at all

[skyahri]

Unplanned |Naruto Men X Reader| HC

Characters: Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara, and Kakashi Hatake

Summary: Pregnancy scenarios 'cause I can.

Warnings: Mentions of pregnancy. Bad words. All fluff.

Masterlist Ko-fi

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Sasuke Uchiha

He isn't the kind of guy to outwardly dote on you.

He's never been good with words or physical touch, more so preferring quality time together. You sleep in the same bed, eat meals together when it's convenient, and lounge around together when time allows.

When you come home from a last minute doctor's appointment with some big news, none of that really changes.

He assures you that he's happy, that he loves you, and this is all wonderful, but that's about all you're going to get out the emotionally constipated man.

However, while words may not be his strong suit, actions certainly are.

It's become painfully obvious that you are never allowed to go anywhere alone ever again.

He's like a shadow, following you everywhere and anywhere you decide to go. It doesn't matter that you're just running to the market- he's coming with. Ino invited the girls over for a dinner party? Cool, he'll walk you there, hang around in the shadows outside, then walk you home.

When questioned, Sasuke only says that he doesn't trust other people. Already knowing how he is, you don't push him any further. (Not that he'd entertain you if you did.)

People notice pretty quickly. He's not subtle and it's not exactly common for the Uchiha to be so openly clingy.

You wanted to keep the pregnancy a secret for a little while longer. You knew that his status would make the whole thing bigger than you'd like and it was still so early, only about eight weeks in. But people were becoming more and more insistent with their questions.

"Seriously, did something happen? He's been watching you like a Hawk for the past month."

"It was cute at first, but now it's straight up creepy."

Sakura and Ino dramatically shiver at the notion. You laugh, imagining how unsettling this all must look from the outside.

"It's fine, I promise. He's just been a little overprotective since he found out I was pregnant."

They don't register it at first. They just nod in understanding and move to sip their tea. You can almost see it click in their heads before they slam down their cups and start freaking out.

"Wait, WHAT?"

Naruto Uzumaki

"Congratulations! Based on the ultrasound, I'd say you're about five weeks along. It's still early, but you can see a tiny sac right here-"

Your mind is going a thousand miles a minute, thinking of everything and nothing as the doctor points out the tiny, centimeter-long blob in the picture.

Naruto had been bugging you for the past three weeks about a smell. He swears it's nothing bad, just that Kurama is insisting that your scent has changed and- blah, blah, blah. You never could get any more information out of him, which just left you to eventually cave and visit the doctor. Animals have instincts for a reason and who were you to ignore them?

Turns out, that damn fox was right.

After a half-hour lecture on what you can and can't do anymore, you were handed a goodie bag of essentials and sent on your way.

You barely remember the walk home. Your mind was completely blank as it tried to process the news. It wasn't until Naruto was standing in front of you in the doorway to your home that you finally snapped out of the trance.

You stared up at him. His eyebrows were knit together and he was asking if everything was alright. He pulled everything out of your hands and not-so-gently set them on the floor.

"I'm pregnant."

His eyes blew wide and not even a second later he was smiling, pulling you into him and spinning you around. It's over just as quickly as it started. He's setting you back down on your feet and looking you over, mumbling a few hollow apologies for manhandling you. He takes a deep breath, that lopsided grin on his face never leaving.

"You're pregnant."

Just those two words have all the fog clearing from your head. Reality is forced onto you in an instant. In any other situation, it might have made you dizzy, but right now you couldn't be happier.

"I'm pregnant."

Shikamaru Nara

He really should've seen this coming.

Honestly, with how careless he is with protection, it's a wonder how you hadn't gotten pregnant sooner. A year and some change of not bothering with condoms and lazy, half-assed pullouts had finally come to bite him in the ass.

Although he knows this is all going to be horrifically bothersome, he can't find it in himself to be all that bothered. No, not when you're standing in front of him so nervously, little tears gathering on your waterline as you hold out a slip of paper for him to take.

He pulls you into a hug- a very tight, very intimate hug. One of his hands is on your lower back, pressing you into him, and the other is in your hair to cup the back of your head. He can feel the stress start to melt from your body as you relax into him, your arms moving to loosely hold him back.

"I'm sorry. I know this wasn't exactly planned..."

It definitely wasn't planned. He didn't like to think about things too hard. The only talk about the future he'd engaged in was a brief confirmation that you were both interested in pursuing each other exclusively and that neither were against marriage and kids.

But even though this was sudden and unprompted and definitely not what he was expecting when you asked to talk with him privately, he just couldn't find it in himself to be anything other than pleased. Sure, he would've liked to wait a few years and it preferably be after he'd properly proposed and married you, but none of that is deterring him.

He loved you. He didn't say it as often as he probably should, but that didn't make it any less true. You were easygoing and passive and fit into his life with no resistance. His friends liked you, possibly more than they did him. You liked to cook and he never had to worry about you causing trouble.

This was fine.

Not troublesome in the least.

"No, this is... good."

Kakashi Hatake

He was positive he was sterile. He'd have to be after all the injuries and trauma he's sustained, right? Four years and not a single scare, yet here you were, apparently three months pregnant, handing him a report from the OB's office.

He couldn't even form a sentence. He just sighed and sat back onto the couch with his eyes closed. It's only eight in the morning, it's too early for this, not that there'd ever be a great time.

"I knew you weren't going to be thrilled, but now I'm starting to get nervous. Can you please say something?"

He held his arm up and gestured for you to come towards him. When he could feel you brush against him, he grabbed your wrist and carefully yanked you onto his lap. You let out a relieved, albeit hesitant, chuckle as he slowly wrapped himself around you, his head finding solace in the crook of your neck.

The two of you stayed like that for a little while until he let out the loudest, most dramatic groan you'd ever heard leave his mouth, followed by a mumbled 'are you sure?', to which you rolled your eyes.

"Yes, I'm sure. Here, you can see for yourself."

You unfold the paper and pulled out a few pictures. He shifts you around so you're at a better angle before he takes them into his hands. It's obvious that he has no idea what he's looking at- just that the blob is already baby-shaped and very, very intimidating.

You point out some of the obvious things, the head and feet and such, before moving down to the very last photo at the bottom.

"And that little spot right there means that we're having a boy."

"I thought they couldn't tell the gender until later."

"It is later, Kashi. Fourteen weeks."

He lets you take the pictures from him so he can set his hand on your stomach. You'd mentioned gaining a little weight recently, which he honestly hadn't noticed, but now he's wondering how he could've missed it as he brushes his fingers over the slightest most obvious bump in your usually flat stomach.

He must've been zoned out for too long, because you're calling his name and setting your hand over his. He hums, a slight acknowledgment that he's heard you, but you know he's not actually listening.

He's too busy thinking about diapers and bottles and late nights and early mornings. How his son is going to be in the same class as his student's kids. How Gai is going to be a hundred times more annoying in the coming years.

But then a single thought completely derails his spiraling. He wonders what your baby will look like. If he'll be a morning person like you or like to take naps like him. If they'll accel in genjutsu or not, because while he certainly does, you most certainly don't.

He's spent time with Kurenai and Mirai. While raising a person definitely seemed difficult, he couldn't deny that Kurenai was happy. Actually, despite Asuma's untimely death, she's the happiest he'd ever seen her.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, just... thinking about how annoying it'll be to tell everyone we're expecting."

"Seemed more like panicking to me."

"... shut up."

[searchingforserendipity25]

thinking post conclave and someone (tedesco) trying to undermine innocent xiv's papacy (tedesco) and hitting his administration with a vast and exhausting number of accusations (as tedesco has done, and has bellini accused him of doing in such a way as to literally cause the old pope to die of stress).

now, whoever is doing that (tedesco) already has a very large folder of blackmail, accusation, drafts for anonymous sources to the press and little napkins scratched through with aldo bellini's name.

and a tiny drawn aldo bellini (a bald blob in a cassock with a cartoon bubble full of BLAH BLAH BLAH sono aldo e penso di essere così intelligente! BLAH above his head) being pieced by several arrows in an aggressive and vaguely st.sebastianesque fashion.

whatever. if it were tedesco doing it, he and bellini would be their own thing. some people wonder still why didn't the holy spirit's mysterious workings pick bellini, and what is he even doing these days, but that is irrelevant. that's old news to the opposition, they don't care about that.

they go after cardinal lawrence instead.

it is, unfortunately for the opposition, very hard to come after cardinal lawrence. mostly because cardinal lawrence is a very strange and very boring man who has the inconvenient habit of being largely decent.

he has loved and been loved by men and women, yes: in the most boring platonic way imaginable. you couldn't wring a sex scandal out of him if you tried.

he doesn't take bribes. he doesn't buy things, besides mystery books and sometimes tiny figurines of kitchy saints he gives cardinal bellini. if only they were sexy statues of saints! alas. that's a dead end. obviously whatever is going on between and bellini is weird as fuck, but again, probably not sex.

why does the leader of the malicious opposition know the decorations in cardinal bellini's private rooms? irrelevant.

lawrence did break the papal seal during the conclave! the thing with adeyemi could, kind of, be spun into blackmail or coercion to get him to step back as a candidate! he hid information on several cardinals taking bribes and indirectly influenced their votes!

unfortunately the only person who could reasonably punish him for any of it is pope innocent, who wouldn't, and it wouldn't even be hard to argue as the greatest living in the vatican at the time lawrence acted in accordance with his obligations.

and innocent clearly thinks lawrence is the sweetest most wonderful most capable funniest man in the vatican. and maybe on earth. presumably that's why he's raised him up to secretary of state, when the previous title holder was, anyone would admit, not wholly incompetent.

which is favoritism, obviously. besides being incorrect - aldo bellini may have retired from all current positions, but he was still a cardinal, and still, as far as tedesco's network of spies could tell, living in the apostolic palace.

even if he did not leave his apartments much - presumably, he was still there. lounging around in his slutty blue robe, probably. moping. reading spinoza and drinking too much red wine, the way he does when he's indulging in a spot of melancholia.

or maybe just working from home. who knows. who cares?

innocent's favoritism, however - he was not being very open at all to hearing the conservative wing of the vatican at all. even if can't prove it is sexual, partiality is a sin on a pope!

unfortunately spreading rumors about innocent's sinful and possibly-maybe sexual connection to his closest advisor doesn't get many people convinced. a subtle inquiry of the first round of whispers brings back unsatisfying results. general opinion in the vatican goes along the lines of:

'i don't think lawrence knows how to fuck'

'i don't think innocent knows how to fuck'

'isn't lawrence too old to fuck?'

'how would that even work, i mean, which name would he even use in bed, or is it all a your holiness kind of thing? is that kinky or just blasphemous? is it more blasphemous not to use his title?'

'do you think he ever, y'know, holds lawrence tenderly in his white vestments after an ardent round of confessional atonement?'

'no,' said the patriarch of venice to his monsignor minion. 'are you an idiot? we're not going with that. innocent is an old-man fucker who likes to cuddle after an ardent round of confessional sodomy, obviously, just look at him. but tommaso wouldn't get the vestments dirty. that's the secretary of state of the catholic church, have some fucking respect.'

his vape is held in a white-knuckled grip. people are so stupid about these things. it's like they've never met the man or had a weirdly charged not-friendship with him for thirty years, jesus.

well, whatever. goffredo tedesco has married plenty of couples and then bullied several of them out of the path of divorce.

he's set up his siblings and nephews and nieces with the least unobjectionable and most well-connected members of his congregation plenty of times, and if it never worked out that was because they were ungrateful idiots who got upset too easily and had ridiculous politics.

anyhow, at least benítez and lawrence were both men, he could hardly be accused of being misogynistic about this.

if he has to go to rome and match-make the pope and the secretary of state into a compromising situation, by God he'll do it. a truth everyone who isn't naive knows: if you can't find or invent a reasonable scandal, self-made is fine.

he passes the ugly tourist shop by the channel, the one with the vacuous-eyed st. sebastian in the window display. for no reason. irrelevant. it was better than whatever stupid gift lawrence might get bellini, anyway. might as well knock on his apartment's while he's in rome. maybe. not like tedesco cares.

his venetian idol is objectively superior to any ugly figurine of st. george slaying a dragon, by the way.

[wajjs]

After this I'm not touching n52 again (I'm lying)

(Deathstroke 2014 #16)

[oraclenorzi]

GRAAHHH IM THE ANON THAT SENT THE LAST ASK(?) (not familiar with tumblr terms yet sorrie) THE ONE ABOUT THE SIN OF ENVY and i realized i forgot to mention Breakdown and KnoCKOUTS ROLES IN THIS OML 😭😭😭😭 angst is always the best meal but single sire widowed knockout WAS A KNOCK OUT FOR MEEEE AUGHHH i love how you portrayed them though and WILDBREAK??? his emergence scene.........crying..........i love breakdown/knockout 😭😭🙏🙏🫶🫶

OH MIG OD I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT MY EMERGENCE HEADCANONS Ahfkhawjkehfkjashf

Okay so I spent WAY too long thinking about Transformers and how they have intercourse and how they procreate, and I came to two realizations:

Human fornication will not work.

2. Because human fornication doesn't work, how tf does childbirth work? (Not really a realization, but imma answer it anyway)

I will reference an old Seeker headcanon I had for this: Interface was not originally for pleasure. It was a form of data transference and disposal. It was only on accident that bots realized they could link up and transfer electrical charge through the ports as well in addition to data that it became any form of pleasurable. Anyways, so sparklings are not created that way. They're created via spark merge and blah blah blah.

Any metals needed for early gestation is taken in by the Carrier via energon additives and literal eating. Certain frames (heavy set frames, like tanks and Shuttles) can carry entirely to term. Other frames (lighter frames, war frames, like Seekers and race frames) do early gestation steps and then take their gestation chamber out to turn it into a pod in order to keep the sparkling alive. (Man I just don't see metal warping around a belly for them LMAO)

In accordance with this, Wildbreak was INSANELY premature--like, he shouldn't have even been alive during emergence. He was basically just a blob of protoform and a guttering spark. Miraclebaby!Wildbreak lmao.

This is probably not what you wanted to hear at all, but WELP!

I'm glad you liked the emergence scene! (Starscream was singing in Seekercant)

I had so much fun writing that scene. (I feel so bad for killing Breakdown :') )

[emosingles]

hello fellow girls, gays, and formless blobs <3

if you or anyone you know is going to any of the remaining tit shows and have access to preshow but are stumped when it comes to coming up with any questions- here is a list of questions i’ve made!

30 Questions for dip n pip!

1. What are your favorite 1D songs?

2. What’s the last concert you attended?

3. If you could only watch one show for the rest of your lives, TOGETHER, what would it be?

4. Create drag names for one another.

5. What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve done trying to grab the attention of someone you fancy?

6. how do you think your style has evolved over time and who are your style inspos / icons?

7. What was the last “normal” job y’all had before the YouTubes?

8. What TV series did you recently watch together?

9. Are y’all aware of phannie Fridays?

10. Describe your first impression of each other in one word

11. What’s your favorite memory of touring from tatinof?

12. What’s the most unexpected dm you’ve ever received from a famous person?

13. Phil, will you ever do a Dan-esque one man show?

14. Do an impression of each other

15. Please explain the story behind “can Phil express an opinion” at that one panel because I felt the rage beam off the screen and still don’t know the context.

16. Phil, is it true that you won the Guinness world record for fastest coin stacking? Please explain how this even happened

17. DAN, we have heard Phil’s first impression of you (posh and annoying blah blah blah) but what was YOUR first impression of Phil when you two first met?

18. Have y’all been asked to be interviewed on hot ones? Dan would probably take it like a champ, Phil on the other hand- my prayers are with you babe.

19. If you could bonk any fictional character, who would it be?

20. What made y’all think to wear those ICONIC red and green uni sweatshirts for the photo cards- simply just for vibes or nostalgia?

21. three legged DDR challenge pt2 when?

22. Invisible string theory? more like y’all are being bound by shock collars and steel chains through every universe.

23. Please stop running off the stage I’m scared one of you is going to get hurt. Please. Omg. Stop. I. Beg.

24. Will y’all post a gaming vids blooper reel at the end of the year (for good old times sake) :3

25. who came up with the idea to do the april fools tasteful nude… just curious lol.

26. What kind of case do you have for the iphad? Or is it just free balling in the wind caseless?

27. How in the hell did Dan not realize the PVC jumpsuit was from an adult only website??

28. Who pitched the idea of the “no but seriously imagine it” sketch ?

29. when are dab and evan going to have a child? they were meant to be girl dads (also we just need some more estrogen thrown into the sims series pls lol)

30. what is a piece of merch that you’ve really wanted to do but haven’t had the opportunity to make yet?

i saw them back in austin and went overboard with creating questions and just didn’t want any of these to go to waste so pls use them and let me know if they ended up being answered!!

(i submitted one question during my show which was: who is the most sentimental, and they answered it! apparently dan doesn’t give a shit and will throw away everything but phil likes to hold onto things and savor the sweet mems)

[todomitoukei]

Tbh E retiring was a big blob of BS within itself 🙄 he was practically forced into it, and yeah we get him going “I was going to retire after the war blah blah blah” but this man says he’s going to do a lot of things for his family and goes back on it �� like promising to look at Touya but proceeds to then not do so(until he was again forced) and I’m sure there is more!

Actually I hate the fact that he says he "chose to retire" and "was going to retire after the first war" because he shouldn't have been given a choice. He should've been fired and charged for the various laws he broke over the last 20+ years.

He sure always is all talk and nothing more, all the way to the end and I think that sort of lack of self-awareness and accountability is one of the most frustrating aspects of the story.

The way he felt entitled to being the most popular and successful pro hero, while remaining to be utterly incapable of paying attention to his children and helping them is laughable at best.

Especially promising Touya at the very end - after he was told that Touya was going to die soon - to visit and talk to him every day, is meant to convince us that he is a changed man? What? Because spending time with someone who is dying and can barely talk for 5 minutes is somehow an incredible accomplishment? If anything he is doing this for his own good so that he will feel slightly less guilty once Touya actually dies and can tell himself that he was there for him in the end. He's the whole circus!