#brief mention of roy harper

[issdisgrace]

FAMILY DINNER

WARNINGS: None

Another week, another family dinner. I don’t even know why I have to attend to these damn things. I got better things to do. I sigh as I enter the manor. Making my way to the dining room, knowing everyone would be there already, considering I’m 5 minutes late. Walking into the dining room, there is everyone as expected. I take note that next time I should be 10 to 15 minutes late rather than 5 minutes, so I can just eat and leave.

“Look who finally arrived.” Bruce says everyone’s attention turning to me. 

“Fuck off. You’re lucky I’m even here.” I say as I go to sit down next to the short stack. Of course, they would sit me next to the short stack. As I sit, the talking amongst one another continues up again. I pull out my phone to check if Roy responded to my text about going bowling and getting plastered this weekend. Of course, he didn’t respond yet. God, I wish it didn’t take literally fucking hours for him to reply to one text. Sighing to myself, I switch over and text Y/n. 

‘When I’m done here, can we go out and get drinks? I already feel like I’m going to one or four.’

‘I have a business meeting at 7 tomorrow that I have to get up early for so unfortunately no, but I can go out and grab you whatever.’

‘Ok. Could you get me a bottle of the good Russian vodka?’

‘Sure. Do you want anything else?’

‘No.’

‘Alright.’

I turn off my phone and place it down on the table. I go to listen to everyone else conversations when Damian asks,

“Todd, why are you wearing a wedding ring?” His question causes everyone to stop talking and look at me, leaving a oh so lovely silence. Great, I didn’t expect to be telling everyone tonight I was married. I guess it’s been a long time coming.

“Because I’m married.”

“What!!” Everyone exclaims.

“Since when.” Dick asks.

“Since a year ago. After being with my partner for 3 years.”

“Why didn’t you tell us?” Bruce speaks up.

“Well dear ole dad. I didn’t tell you guys I was dating anyone because I didn’t need any of you snooping into my life. Then I didn’t tell you I got married because I didn’t need you guys snooping into my life.”

“Pretty valid.” Tim says, looking up from his phone. 

“That’s what I thought too, Tim tam.”

“Rude, we just want to know if who you’re seeing is good for you.” Dick says.

“They are good for me and Alfred already approved of them, so do with that what you will.” 

“Alfred knew.” Dick practically shouts.

“Yes, I did, master dick. ‘’ Alfred says, coming out of practically nowhere with dinner. 

“I don’t know why you’re surprised dick, Alfred knows everything.” Tim said. 

“Well, does Alfred know everything about the person Jason’s married to?”

“I know quite about Master Jason’s husband, but I wouldn’t say I know everything about him.” Alfred says as he begins placing food in front of everyone, one by one.

“Husband!!” Dick exclaimes.

“Oh no, I’m married to a man.”

“He didn’t mean it like Jason. It’s just a little shocking.” Bruce says 

“I don’t care what way he met it…” 

“What is his name Todd?” Damian asks cutting me off. 

“Why do want to know, short stack?”

“I am curious as to who in their right mind would date or marry you.” 

“Oh fuck you. If you really want to know who I’m married to so badly, I’ll tell you guys but after that I’m going to eat and go home and you’re not going to bother me, ask me questions about my husband, or stalk my husband and do a background check on him. Alright.”

“Alright.” Most of them respond.

“His name is Y/n L/n.”

“Isn’t he an actor and like 40?” Tim asks.

“Yes, and he’s not 40, he is 38.”

“Damn.” Dick says.

“You got a problem with it, dick head.”

“No, he’s just what 13 years older than you.”

“Yes, and I don’t care. He loves me. He helps patch me up when I need help. He cooks for me. He gets me anything I want. And the sex is good, so what more could I want or need?” 

“We didn’t need to know the last part, Todd.” 

“Well, count your blessings that I didn’t say what we did.”

“Thank you for sparing the details, Jason.”

“Your welcome, old man. Now I’m fucking hungry and want to eat and go home, so no more questions.”

“Alright, Jason and we will respect your on not stalking, running background check, or anything of the sort on your husband. Right boys.”

“Right.” The others respond.

[ao3feed-jaydick]

Once Upon a Midsummer Night

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/48995668 by GraveTiger Jason's read about fairy rings in the books in Bruce's library. Bruce has told him about the Fae. The townspeople are suspicious of the mere mention of them. He... wonders... ----------- He’s tall, lithe, with shiny black hair that almost looks like it’s not quite obeying the laws of nature… nearly floating. His eyes are the bluest blue he’s ever seen. Everything about him seems just a little… off. Jason can’t quite put his finger on it, “Who are you?” He smirks a little, “Bold of you, child, asking for my name… I like you… You may call me ‘Gray’ if you like.” Words: 6142, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Roy Harper, Joker Relationships: Dick Grayson/Jason Todd, Roy Harper/Jason Todd (Brief) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Medieval Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Fae, Jason Todd Centric, Bruce's B+ parenting, don't know how to tag this one, Jason meets a fairy, Canon events tweaked for setting, Implied Character Death, Canonical Character Death, Still a little fluffy, or at least not sad, Happy(ish) ending read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/48995668

[ao3feed-birdflash]

past the places

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/n7YxuUt

by fiveandnocents

“I’m surprised you’re even on patrol. Timmy says that you’re becoming a shut-in.”

Dick winces. Tim doesn’t have a leg to stand on there, perpetually on his computer unless on patrol, which makes it even worse if he’s warning Jason about Dick’s own behavior. “I’ve been going on missions,” Dick says, feeling defensive.

“Yeah?” Jason raises a judgemental eyebrow through the mask. “Any of those missions not include your new boy toy?”

Dick scowls, caught out. “What does it matter?”

Jason pushes himself off of the wall and stretches with strategic lethargy. “Look, take it from a guy who came back from the dead too.” Dick flinches, but Jason barrels on. “The longer you keep him to yourself—away from everyone else—the longer it’ll take for him to process that life moved on without him.”

Words: 7837, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of nervous breakthrough

Fandoms: Young Justice (Cartoon), DCU (Comics), The Flash - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Dick Grayson, Wally West, Jason Todd, Clone Roy Harper | Will Harper, Kon-El | Conner Kent, Tim Drake, Zatanna Zatara, Barbara Gordon

Relationships: Dick Grayson/Wally West, past dick grayson/others

Additional Tags: Wally West is Alive, Jealousy, Anal Sex, Dick Grayson Needs a Hug, Developing Relationship, Communication, Boys In Love, Love Confessions, Not actually infidelity but Dick doesn’t check, Brief Mention of Past Suicidal Thoughts, Fluff and Angst, Happy Ending

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/n7YxuUt

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Gotham City Exposé

by tiger_in_the_flightdeck

Research into an article about the public perception of costumed superheroes brings Eddie and Venom to Gotham City to learn how the citizens there feel about their Caped Crusader. Their investigation brings them from the glittering world of Wayne Charity Galas to the underground tunnels and the crime riddled streets to face the Bat and his family.

Do crocodiles really live in Gotham's sewers? Is the Batman even real? Why does Brucie Wayne smell like blood? And how much money did he spend on all this shrimp?

Words: 8312, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Venom (Comics), Venom (Marvel Movies), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: Eddie Brock, Venom Symbiote (Marvel), Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Dick Grayson, Sleeper Symbiote (Marvel), Dylan Brock, Waylon Jones, Batfamily Members, Justice League Members Mentioned, Avengers Members Mentioned

Relationships: Eddie Brock/Venom Symbiote, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Roy Harper/Jason Todd Implied, Bernard Dowd/Tim Drake implied

Additional Tags: Crossover, Fandom Trumps Hate 2022, Secret Identity, Established Eddie Brock/Venom Symbiote, Brief Mentions Of Canon Typical Cannibalism, Wayne Gala (DCU), Jason Todd Being a Little Shit, Nerd Tim Drake, Killer Croc Loves Kids, Street Kids, Gotham City is Terrible, Bruce Wayne Needs a Break, Good Parents Eddie Brock & Venom Symbiote, Tired Parent Bruce Wayne

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/43968780

[lightning-arias]

"Another You" + Young Justice

Muse of your choice

Avatar the last airbender

Elva and Jordan

We'll do Jordan for Young Justice this time

Jordan is roughly 16 when he's first introduced in season 1. He shows up unexpectedly to help on a mission, much to Wally's delight, as apparently he's met him and Roy before, having helped both of them on missions they both tried to run on their own before regarding museum robberies, all of stuff on the ancient Greeks. Jordan mentions he likes going to Star City to show up Green Arrow. Robin's a bit uncertain of him, as he's mentioned that Batman doesn't trust him as he's part of some unknown organization. Jordan teases him for this and flirts a bit with both M'gann and Artemis. Wally says that even Jordan is a better fit for their archer than Artemis is, which Jordan feigns hurt for, but admits some admiration for Red Arrow. There's a point during the mission where Artemis confronts him for making a shot that was "literally impossible" which only earns her a cheeky grin and remark that maybe he's just better than her and is blessed by Apollo, and that her secret is safe with him.

Later, at the end of the end of the season, Jordan reveals he knows Artemis wasn't trained by Green Arrow because she fired completely differently, not that just anyone would have noticed that, and Diana asks The Team where they found that Demi-god after Jordan's left to gods know where and that he is indeed bless by Apollo.

Season 2 Jordan is mentioned the first time during Depths, where he's called to be asked to be part of the mission. He declines, saying that while he'd be thrilled to fight alongside the goddess of archery again, that he's still recovering from surgery. Wally is grumpy about this compliment, but Artemis tells him not to worry about it.

There's a few times throughout the season where it seems that Jordan is working with the Light and feeding them information. It's revealed during these interactions that Jordan is a son of Ares.

When Roy Harper(original) is brought to the hospital, Ollie and Red Arrow(Will) briefly discuss how will Roy adjust, and Will mentions that they already know a one armed archer who might be willing to help if Roy wants to be an archer again. Before Will goes to find Ollie he briefly calls someone to ask a favor. There's a brief pause before Jordan answers and says, "Anything for you."

He's shown again for the first time during the episode "True Colors" trying to train Arsenal, and both of them just pissing the other off. Later he's shown hanging out with Will, complaining about training Roy. Will points out that he reminds him a lot of Jordan when he was younger and Jordan says "yeah but you liked me better." and asks how they're going to handle names, and Will admits he doesn't know yet. And Jordan tells him "well I know a thing or too about changing names if you want help."

Jordan is part of the Intervention mission and the Summit. There's a few moments where it might be thought Jordan is a traitor to the Team and the Justice League as his org is mentioned having interest in The Reach and The Light. Only for it to be revealed they were double agents. Though Jordan was not aware of Kaldur's involvement. He helps hunt down the drones.

Season 3 Jordan is at the Bowhunter's security office when Dick and the others arrive, and helps Will tear into Dick about neglecting the outsiders. Dick is surprised that Jordan is there and how he knows about The Outsiders, and Will tells him that Jordan figured it out all on his own... and he might have walked in on Halo using her powers. As for why he's there, Jordan says that they're friends and can't they hang out? And when Dick insists he doesn't remember Will and Jordan being that close Jordan says "things change." When the others are strong armed into going on the security detail, Roy asks why Jordan isn't coming too, and Jordan says that he has "other plans" and he's not the one who's asking for the favor. While Jim makes a joke that Jordan might fist fight Roy if they have to work together again.

While they're on the mission Jim teases Will about Jordan again which Will denies the teasing. Jordan does later join them for busting the Meta-Human trafficking ring, and tells Will he still looks great in the suit.

Jordan is at one point captured for the Meta-Human trafficking, but when he's found to not be a meta human he's drugged and turns half feral and is let loose on The Team when they rescue him. Not knowing where to take him, they bring him to Will, who takes care of him.

After Will and Artemis have their date Jordan is shown to be very jealous and angry, which confuses Will. At the end of the season, Jordan and Will kiss.

During season four, Jordan is fully in a relationship with Roy, but they aren't living together yet. Jordan accompanies Ollie and Will to escort Onyx, and is bit short with Ollie, to Will's embarrassment. Will begs both Roy and Jordan not to destroy shit, and Jordan yells back that he's always careful, only to get socked in the face and break a window with his arrows. Jordan agrees with Will that they can't be certain if the two League of Shadows defectors are villains or not, but sides with Artemis that they have to wait and see what the truth is. He thinks something's off with how Cassandra S holds herself with her missing arm but can't place what.

Jade hates Jordan as she wishes she could be in his place.

Jordan is made a Justice League Reservist and Roy finally asks him to move in with him. During M'gann and Conner's wedding Jordan shows some symptoms that he might be pregnant.

ATLA Elva

Obviously Elva is a firebender lol. She's descended from the Sun Warriors. She lives in Republic city during Avatar Korra's time and is a singer. She's quite well known but isn't one to live extravagantly. While Korra and Bolin are excited to meet her, she isn't involved much in the plot other than being a repeating background figure and meeting team Korra, where she admits she's a fan of Korra too.

Jordan is harder to pin down. I think he's an earth bender, also during the time of Korra. He bends earth like he's fire bending. He has a bounty hunter and has a prosthetic made of metal bending. Again, he's not much involved in the plot but he does help stop other slimier bounty hunters from capturing the new air benders

[notepadsandtealeaves]

status: ongoing || updated: 12/21/21

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12 days of batmas

status: on hiatus until i get my holiday spirit back a-fuckin-gain ((fuck 2021, seriously))

rating: sfw with the occasional spicy-ish bit

cws/tws: any applicable warnings will be listed in their respective fills.

reader gender: neutral

characters: damian w. | dick g. | jay t. | tim d.

summary: p. much what it says on the tin. various hcs and scenarios about your favorite bats and their holiday habits.

links: tumblr | ao3

from the batboys, with love || valentines day event 2021

status: complete

rating: sfw fluffy-fluffs

cws/tws: any applicable warnings will be listed in their respective fills.

reader gender: neutral

characters: damian w. | dick g. | jay t. | tim d.

summary: just cute lil letters from your boys to you.

links: tumblr | ao3

single sentence prompts

status: on hiatus

rating: sfw fluff/general silliness with the occasional a dash of spice

cws/tws: any applicable warnings will be listed in their respective fills.

reader gender: female ((tho i’ll eventually add gn! and m!reader options too))

characters: damian w. | dick g. | jay t. | tim d.

summary: various shenanigans with the boys™

links: tumblr ❣ | ao3

damian wayne, rabbit whisperer

status: complete

series: single sentence prompts

rating: sfw fluff

cws/tws: none

reader gender: female ((at current; i plan on writing m- and gn!reader versions too))

additional characters: none

summary: animals just love the young mister wayne. || in which pet-sitting your friend’s bunny leads to a sweet scene between you and your man.

links: tumblr ❣ | ao3

kiss kiss, fall in love, pt.2

status: complete

series: autumn’s arrival

rating: sfw fluff (with one tiny bit of angst)

cws/tws: mentions of a grave and bloody injury (damian receiving), tho it’s not super graphic, just a brief mention of blood. also a v. brief mention of the shared mental trauma that results from said injury. again, i do not get super into it, but it is touched upon.

reader gender: neutral

additional characters: none

summary: a love story as told through kisses. || inspired by the arrival my favorite season

links: tumblr | ao3

no words needed

status: complete

series: single sentence prompts

rating: sfw fluff

cws/tws: marriage and kid’s mention, as in you and damian are married with a kid. also brief talks of how dames’ early childhood trauma are affecting his current relationships (it’s not as dark as it sounds, i promise lol).

reader gender: female ((at current; i plan on writing m- and gn!reader versions too))

additional characters: none

summary: in raising your daughter, he’s finding himself. || in which you have the honor of witnessing a sweet moment between your husband and your daughter.

links: tumblr ❣ | ao3

dating j. todd be like, pt. 1

status: complete

series: single sentence prompts

rating: sfw crack

cws/tws: none

reader gender: female ((at current; i plan on writing m- and gn!reader versions too))

additional characters: bonus background roy harper

summary: jason todd is a living conduit of chaotic relationship energy.

links: tumblr ❣ | ao3

revelations, or how the hell did we get here?

status: complete

series: n/a; a requested piece

rating: sfw, tho jay swears a lot because ofc he does

cws/tws: (unfounded) accusations of infidelity, and also marriage and kids mentions.

reader gender: female, per request

additional characters: nate and delielah todd (the requester’s ocs, tho the latter’s only mentioned)

summary: despite a very thorough investigation, nate comes to an absolute and extremely wrong conclusion. his father would be more insulted if he wasn’t so impressed…

links: tumblr

sasha, sasha, where for art thou sasha…

status: complete

series: single sentence prompts

rating: sfw flirty fluff

cws/tws: none, tho there is some suggestive talk and insinuations.

reader gender: female ((at current; i plan on writing m- and gn!reader versions too))

additional characters: none

summary: given how long you’ve been dating him, you probably should’ve seen this coming… || in which you’re dubiously rewarded for a complete lack of help lmao.

links: tumblr ❣ | ao3

say the word (practice makes perfect)

status: complete

series: single sentence prompts

rating: sfw… not exactly fluff, but fluff adjacent sweetness

cws/tws: pregnancy scares and resulting tears, but jay comforts reader through it.

reader gender: female ((at current; i plan on writing m- and gn!reader versions too))

additional characters: none

summary: just because you weren’t ready didn’t mean that you didn’t want it… || in which a pregnancy scare leads to talks of the future jay wants to build with you.

links: tumblr ❣ | ao3

the curious case of the girl in the library

status: complete

series: single sentence prompts

rating: sfw fluff

cws/tws: none

reader gender: female ((at current; i plan on writing m- and gn!reader versions too))

additional characters: tho this is technically a fill for dick, the story is told from damian’s pov.

summary: hide and seek shenanigans, with bonus dames and titus.

links: tumblr ❣ | ao3

whole

rating: sfw fluff

series: single sentence prompts

cws/tws: marriage mentions, and reader’s giving birth to her and dick’s kid, tho i don’t go into great detail.

reader gender: female ((at current; i plan on writing m- and gn!reader versions too))

additional characters: none

summary: you all click together, like the fitting of a puzzle’s pieces into place. || in which dick’s world is made whole with the birth of his son.

links: tumblr ❣ | ao3

maybe (love, once lost)

status: complete

series: n/a; written for my 200 followers event

rating: a sfw gut punch, it’s a h/c sour patch kid made up of angst and love lol

cws/tws: an unhappy/unhealthy relationship that leads to a potential breakup. also tim-typical self-destructive tendencies, tho tbh Reader’s not faring much better.

reader gender: neutral

additional characters: none

summary: in reaching the end of things you and tim find that the only way to move forwards is to go back to the start… || a breakup fic but not really because i left the ending open lol.

links: tumblr | ao3

of creepypastas and bo staffs

status: complete

series: single sentence prompts

rating: sfw fluff

cws/tws: none unless you count being freaked out by scary movies lol

reader gender: female ((at current; i plan on writing m- and gn!reader versions too))

additional characters: none

summary: a movie night goes awry. tim may or may not be banned from making the movie night selection for the foreseeable future…

links: tumblr ❣ | ao3

you and me both, babe

status: complete

series: single sentence prompts

rating: sfw fluff

cws/tws: reader’s married to tim and they’re gonna have a baby lol.

reader gender: female ((at current; i plan on writing m- and gn!reader versions too))

additional characters: none

summary: when you see an opportunity you take it. that’s one of the things he loves about you the most. || in which you ready yourself to give your hubby the big news.

links: tumblr ❣ | ao3

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[alecmagnuslwb]

Right In Front of Him - @doubleredweek Day 3

Read on AO3

Roy Harper came back wrong or at least that’s what everyone says.

He died bloody and violent and just shy of being an adult at the hands of a monster that wasn’t even his problem to begin with. Wrong place, wrong time. That’s what they called it. The young son of a billionaire killed by Gotham’s most notorious monster in the hopes of a payout or just for fun. Speedy and Green Arrow were never mentioned, Star City had replacements in the form of Oliver’s other son and daughter in no time to keep their father and the memory of their dead brother safe.

Jason never even got the chance to meet his big brother’s best friend and by the time Oliver Queen had slipped past Batman’s prudish defenses and no one kills in my city rules and avenged his son Jason had already picked up his mother’s bad habit.

Robin couldn’t be a drug addict, Bruce made that abundantly clear. And while Oliver Queen happily sat in prison doing the only thing he could to avenge the son he never expected, but loved all the same, Jason’s father labeled his son a problem.

Oliver got five years, the one and only time Jason can remember hearing about a rich guy using his money to get a lesser sentence being reasonable and justified. He thinks the jury probably wasn’t feeling too bad for the dead psychopath who had been terrorizing their city for decades either.

And then the son he avenged came back, but he came back angry. He’d been angry and vengeful and grateful and a million conflicting feelings that made the once shining bright example of the sidekick into a rogue, an outlaw.

The entire Arrow family still wanted him back anyways, no matter how wrong everyone said he came back, no matter how many lives his bow started taking. He kept his distance though, the rage of the Lazarus pit he’d been thrown in under control but still boiling under his skin.

And then for some inexplicable reason he picked up Jason. Grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him from a prison in the middle of nowhere that he’d quite literally joked and drank his way into and certain death because Dick tentatively reached out and asked him to.

Why Dick didn’t just do it himself Jason could care less.

Roy helped him get clean, helped him get back into the work of being a hero or well as close to one as he could get with a new identity and new suit and didn’t even bat an eye at some of Jason’s poorer choices.

Hell he hadn’t even mentioned when Jason started a brief affair with their teammate, who also happened to be his brother’s former fiancée.

Jason’s never said it out loud, but the broken angry sidekick that everyone wants to take ten steps back from is Jason’s saving grace. His best friend, the closest thing to home he’s had since Bruce sent him packing, quite possibly the love of his life.

And Roy doesn’t have a single clue.

He just loads his arrows and doesn’t know it drives Jason crazy when he slips past him a steadying hand on his lower back. He doesn’t know that Jason twistedly savors when Roy’s hurt and needs to be patched up just so he can get a little closer to his skin. He doesn’t know how much it makes Jason’s unlovable heart clench knowing that he’s the first and only person Roy has let get close since he came back from the dead. He doesn’t see it and Jason resigns himself to what they have, forcing himself to be content with what they are so he can keep him close.

“You should pick up this time,” Jason says frankly tired of watching Roy pace back and forth across their shared loft in nothing but a pair of low hanging sweatpants. He cares too, but he also really needs Roy to take a call in the other room and put on a shirt while he’s there.

“I don’t know if I can,” Roy says finally stopping his pacing. He pulls out a chair at the small rickety kitchen table where Jason is trying to figure out how exactly they’re going to pay rent this month flipping it backwards and sitting in it his arms resting on the back. He tosses his phone on the table the weekly missed collect call shining brightly on the screen.

“Why not?” Jason says looking up from his budgeting that’s giving him a headache. If Roy would just let them tap into the fund that Oliver has set up for him for things other than technical gear he wouldn’t be doing this. But that’s a conversation for another time, right now it’s the phone call conversation that needs to be had. As long as his good behavior continues Oliver only has a year left on his sentence and Jason knows he’ll call every single one of those fifty-two weeks if Roy continues to not pick up.

“He’s in there because of me,” Roy says running a frustrated hand through the floppy red hair on the top of his head scratching a little harder than necessary at the shaved down sides. “No matter what he says he has to blame me for some of that.”

“Roy,” Jason says reaching out and grabbing his hand that’s scratching far too hard and resting it on the table. “Oliver Queen has never been quiet or subtle about his opinions, if he in any way blamed you he would have said it by now.”

Roy sighs looking down at where their hands are still touching. Jason swallows hard once pulling his hand back quickly.

“He doesn’t regret what he did, you coming back didn’t change that at all,” Jason continues on trailing his fingers along the little marks along his inner elbow a nervous habit he’s never quite been able to shake. “A monster who killed you, who would have killed hundreds more if he’d been allowed to live is gone because he had to do something for you. Because he wanted to do something for you, you coming back was just the icing on the revenge cake for him.”

Roy sighs rubbing at his forehead like a headache is coming on. “How can you be sure about that?”

“Because I may have been three sheets to the wind the whole time the trial was going on, but I still saw the news. I saw his face in that courtroom and I know what someone with no regrets look like,” Jason says. He scratches at his elbow one last time before reaching out to place a hand on Roy’s wrist reassuringly. Roy’s not big on touch these days, like coming back made him sensitive to everything, but that rule doesn’t seem to apply when it comes to them much anymore.

“Plus, he calls every single week, and every time Dinah goes up to visit him he asks about you which results in her calling every other week too,” Jason adds on.

“If it was Bruce would you pick up?” Roy counters.

“Fuck no,” Jason says without missing a beat. “It’s a completely different situation and you know it, but nice try with the deflecting.”

Oliver is painfully sincere in a way Bruce could never be. The bridges were burned between he and Jason long ago, a call wouldn’t be anywhere near what Jason would need to think of him as his father again. Oliver and Roy’s bridge however is perfectly intact just a little neglected and in need of some care. It’s just waiting for Roy to walk across it again and whether Roy admits it or not he’s ready.

He doesn’t have the wake up screaming nightmares as much anymore, he hasn’t killed a criminal in months and the rage in him still boils, but only when it’s justified.

Roy chuckles with one of those tilted little half smiles of his. “Caught me,” he says just as the phone rings the familiar number popping up like clockwork. He takes a deep breath and slips his wrist out from under Jason’s fingers before he picks up his phone.

On the other side of the phone Jason hears the tinny robotic voice asking if he’s willing to accept a collect call from Blackgate Penitentiary and for the first time in nearly two years of calls, he says yes giving Jason a small nervous smile as he walks into the other room.

Roy’s not gone as long as he’d thought he’d be, he guesses that even with all the good behavior and the perks of being rich in prison Oliver still only gets so long on a phone call. Jason’s making dinner when Roy rolls out of his room, a shirt blissfully covering up his tattooed and scarred chest now.

“If Ollie is bulking up the way he claims he is in prison he’s gonna be able to kick Bruce’s ass when he gets out,” Roy says walking into the kitchen leaning back against the counter a reasonable distance from the open flame Jason is working over, but still a little closer than needed. Jason’s not complaining about the choice.

Jason chuckles as he stirs the contents of the pan in front of him.

“So it went well I guess?” he says turning down the flame so he can focus his attention on Roy.

Roy rubs at the light stubble on his jaw tracing along the scar that moves from the bottom of his ear to the corner of his lips, one of the many unhealed remnants of the day he died.

“Weirdly well, I mean there’s a lot still, but it was a good start. Thank you,” Roy says reaching out a hand and dragging his fingertips lightly down Jason’s arm a barely there breath of a touch, it’s unexpectedly intimate.

Jason just shrugs ignoring the tingling feeling of Roy’s fingertips against his bare arm. “I basically just told you to suck it up, it’s no big deal,” he says shaking off any gratitude.

“Not just for pushing me today, I just mean for a lot of stuff,” Roy says with a shrug not quite meeting Jason’s eye. He may not be biologically related to Oliver but that sincerity when he truly means something is a tone they share. It’s rare when Roy lets it out, harder for him to let slip through than it is for his father, but it’s there and Jason is grateful every single time.

“It’s nothing,” he says with a smile. “If the messed-up sidekicks don’t stick together I mean who will.”

Roy laughs at that and steps a little closer. Closer than he’s probably ever been before. Neither of them speaks or moves for a moment and for the first time since Roy pulled him out of that makeshift prison he can’t read what’s going on in Roy’s unearthly green eyes. He remembers Dick saying Roy had been hard to read without words even before he came back, how whatever was going on in his head always seemed out of reach, how he was an open book but only when he wanted to be. Jason has prided himself in being able to pick up on everything in every moment up until now.

And then Roy’s expression shifts like he’s made up his mind about something and before Jason can ask what it is Roy’s hands are on his neck and his lips are connecting with Jason’s. Jason responds immediately his hands flailing a little uselessly before they settle at Roy’s waist. The kiss doesn’t last long barely a few beats, but it’s everything Jason has been yearning for. It’s better than any fix he’s ever gotten.

“Sorry, I’ve wanted to do that for so long and I probably should have given you a warning or something,” Roy says when he pulls back trying to put much more distance between them than Jason wants.

“No,” he reassures quickly pulling Roy back in with his hold on his waist. “No, it’s okay. It’s more than okay.”

“Yeah?” Roy asks, quietly vulnerable in the small space between them.

“Yeah,” Jason says smiling. Roy nods and leans back in kissing Jason slow and softer than he ever thought the big bad Arsenal would kiss.

And it’s in that moment that Jason realizes maybe Roy does have a clue.

[judedeluca]

For LeepLoop - Baby It’s Cold Outside But Without The Assault Undertones

For LeepLoop on twitter, who asked for “snowed in” with the Fab Five and Lian Harper

“Wow it’s really coming down out there,” Donna noticed as the snow had turned from a light flurry to a perhaps a full on blizzard.

“Hate to be out in that,” Wally mentioned.

The founding Titans had been gathered at Roy Harper’s new home with his adorable daughter for a brief holiday gathering. The Fab Five tried to make it a tradition of celebrating the holiday season in each of their homes before December 25th arrived, and tonight they were in Roy’s new pad in Star City.

Roy whistled as he caught a glimpse of the snowfall outside and announced “As your wonderful host, I cannot in good conscience allow any of you to leave in such obscene weather conditions. It would keep me up at night fearing for your safety, and Roy William Harper the Second is nothing if not a good host.”

Wally rolled his eyes and Donna shook her head as Garth and Dick entered the living room, while Lian had her arms wrapped around Dick’s leg and was telling him about everything she wanted Santa to bring her for Christmas.

“-and a neon purple pair of roller skates, and a hovercraft, and a pet turtle, and a-“

“What’s going on?” Garth inquired.

“Hunker down, boys,” Roy exclaimed, “it is simply too ghastly for you to depart in this weather. You’re spending the night at Chez Harper.”

“-and a Spintendo 65 and a-,” Lian did a sugar fueled double take, “Christmas sleepover?!”

“That’s right, Etai Yazi, Christmas sleepover!”

“Yaaay!” Lian let go of Dick’s leg and dashed up the stairs. “I’ll go get pillows and blankets!”

“God!” Wally was half-appalled. “How much sugar did we let her eat?”

“Sorry guys,” Dick said as he started to fall into “Batman” mode, “But I need to get back to Bludhaven.”

“Uh-uh,” Roy shook his head. “It’s either all of us, or none of us. You’re staying put.”

“A Christmas sleepover does sound like fun,” Donna smiled at the thought. “I haven’t done anything like that since I was a little girl.”

“Linda’s at her parents’ place this weekend,” Wally reasoned, “So it’s not like I need to be home or anything.”

Getting into the spirit of things, Garth said “And it might take me a while to get back to Atlantis anyway.”

“You guys can stay, but I have stuff I need to take care of,” Dick responded.

“Like what?” Roy asked.

“Yeah, like what?” The other three mimicked.

“…stuff,” Dick said in his best Batman impersonation.

“Ooh, scary,” Roy pretended to shiver.

“Besides, we’re not REALLY snowed in,” Dick implored. “Wally you could shovel us out in less than a second.”

“Well, gee Dick,” Wally sheepishly began to explain, “I wish I could do that but the thing is, I was fighting Professor Zoom the other day and was hit by the Negative Speed Force.”

“The what?”

“No yeah it’s the, um, the opposite of the regular Speed Force,” Wally gestured with his hands as he said “It does all kinds of weird stuff to speedsters. Yeah now I can’t use my speed for the next couple of days. Shame, really.”

Dick immediately asked “Then how’d you get here from Keystone City?”

Wally was stymied for a moment before answering “I uh, I had to ask Jay to carry me.”

“You’re serious.”

Wally did his best not to look Dick in the eye, but at the same time was trying not to laugh at what an obvious lie that was. Negative Speed Force, what a ridiculous excuse.

Seeing Wally would be of no help, Dick turned to Donna and said “Well, maybe you can use your Amazonian strength to move the snow or fly us out of here.”

“Oh gosh, about that,” Donna sighed, “I had to fight one of Diana’s old villains earlier today and they chained my bracelets together. Thanks to Amazonian law, that means I lose my strength for at least a day. And I can’t fly. Boy it made things tough to finish that fight.”

“Who was the villain?”

“Excuse me?” Donna replied.

Dick folded his arms across his chest and pointedly asked “I asked which villain you fight.”

“It’s one of her old ones, really obscure, um,” Donna thought trying to think of a name, “It was… American Adolph.”

“Really.”

“Neo Nazi, really nasty piece of work. Tried to hold a white power rally at a Christmas tree farm,” Donna looked away. “He uh, boy he really got the best of me.”

Wally and Garth both looked like they were about to burst into a fit of laughter, when Dick turned to the two and they suddenly stood up very straight and rigid.

“And what’s your excuse,” Dick wearily asked Garth.

“My excuse, sir?” Garth repeated.

“Lemme guess, Black Manta zapped you with a no-power ray from some anti-trident?” Dick hypothesized.

“Oh no that was last week,” Garth laughed. “I unfortunately was fighting Rhombus and he exposed me to Aquanite.”

“Aqua-“

“Yep, it’s like Kryptonite but for Aquaman. And this was the magenta variant so, yeah I lost my powers for a day or two.”

“You’re using them to reheat the hot chocolate that’s in your hand RIGHT. NOW.” Dick empathetically gestured to the snowman mug in Garth’s hands.

Garth looked down at the now steaming mug, then at Dick, and said “No I’m not.”

Before Dick could open his mouth, Lian burst back into the room with blankets and pillows, as much as her little arms could carry.

“Daddy could we build a pillow fort?” Lian inquired.

“Well I dunno,” Roy scratched as the soul patch on his chin, “You’re gonna have to ask your Uncle Dick.”

Lian immediately turned to one of her favorite uncles and asked “Uncle Dick can we build a pillow fort?”

“Oh Lian I don’t…”

Dick could barely finish when he saw just how excited Lian looked.

And then Roy appeared next to her with the same pleading expression.

Followed by Wally.

And Donna.

And Garth.

Literally back up against a wall, Dick sighed and answered “I just hope there’s enough pillows for all of us.”

“I’ll go get some from Daddy’s room!” Lian made her way back upstairs when Roy ran after her.

“Hey stay out of Daddy’s room he’s got Daddy stuff in there!”

Donna looked at the guys and said “What exactly does he mean by ‘Daddy’ stuff.”

“Yeah I don’t want to know,” Wally shuddered.

“You’re a good uncle,” Garth said to Dick.

“I get to choose which movie we watch,” Dick stated, “and that’s not up for discussion.”

[hoodedwing]

Babybird, please?

Summary: Jason returns to Gotham after a year-long sabbatical at his Arkansas safehouse. Nothing has changed in Gotham, but he probably did.  Dick realizes and puts the pieces together to make a horrible discovery.

Characters: Red Hood, Nightwing. Roy Harper (brief mentions). Cheshire (brief mentions), Lian Harper(brief mentions)

Warnings: Drinking. Injury flashbacks (we’re looking at an event gone too far). Anger issues. Also, swearing but from the last dude you’d expect.

Additional Notes: Jason deserves a happy Christmas and yep, I wrote this after Christmas so sue me. Also this seemed a little choppy to me

Word Count: 1,306 words

***

Christmas had long gone by and left trees still adorned with tinsel and other décor. It was supposed to keep people in a cheery mood, keep away the post-Christmas blues and amp Gothamites for New Year in an otherwise gloomy town.

It didn’t do the trick for Jason. With his hands shoved in his leather jacket, he kept his head low and speed fast, nimbly dodging excited throngs exchanging the occasional cheers and here’s to a happy new year, folks. Snow crunched under his boots as he rounded the corner to a bar.

Quietly, he sat down and warmed down a bit. A bartender amicably approached Jason who mumbled.

“Whisky, make it extra strong.”

Nodding, the bartender left. Jason drew himself closer, making his presence as small in possible. His eyes kept shifting to not spot a certain Dark Knight or at least (for small mercies) Bruce Wayne as another civilian. A rich and seemingly happy civilian who was often seen ruffling his sons’ hair and chatting away. 

The last time Jason saw Bruce, there wasn’t a happy civilian, no stroking of hair.

There was a batarang at his neck.

Jason absentmindedly rubs the faint scar as the bartender placed the alcohol in front of him. He pushes spare change with his other gloved palm and nods imperceptibly. He takes a small sip, lets the whisky warm him up internally and space out awhile.

He wasn’t supposed to be in Gotham but Jason was a rebel. A rebel since childhood. It’s probably the rebellion that kept him alive in Crime Alley’s dark and unlit paths. Paths even Batman would be scared shitless to enter himself, even when armed with his fancy toys up to the teeth.

He suppresses what he believed was probably anger or a by-product because man, today the whisky was definitely strong. He felt a little light-headed at the kick of it but it was good, it distracted him from the fact he returned to Gotham from Arkansas for Christmas.

He never celebrated Christmas outside Gotham. It seemed strange to suddenly break the tradition. Some things shouldn’t change, it probably does alter a person entirely. With the whole shitshow of a showdown on the rooftop with Batman, he probably didn’t want to go even remotely close to them. 

Nope, not even touching five streets near them

He finished the rest of his drink before his thought loop threatened to swallow him whole with old memories. Trudging outside the snow, he thought about calling Roy.

Maybe check in with him?  

See how Cheshire and Lian were? 

He hoped Lian didn’t mind too much about his absence on her fourth birthday that year. She was a sweet girl in such a cruel world, Jason could only hope she would still retain that sweetness under such a caring dad.

Dad

God, Jason really hated that word. Reminded him of Willis but Bruce wasn’t that much of a dad to him either. The word tasted acrid on his tongue, almost unnatural, like it didn’t belong there.

Is it bad he sometimes longed for dad?

Somebody suddenly knocks into him, pretty hard by the shoulder and distracts Jason from his second thought loop of the day. Bags spill everywhere and Jason isn’t sure where the pavement is anymore from under all the obnoxiously wrapped gifts and overly expensive-looking bags.

‘“Sorry! I’m in such a hurry. I missed Christmas with my family. Kinda sucks actually”

“No bother.”

Jason rasped a little, voice unrecognizable as he bent down to help pick up the scattered mess. He quickly shoves the gifts into each bag till some names caught his eye.

For Damian. 

For Tim

For Bruce

Jason’s heart stops.

He doesn’t have to look at the rest of the gifts to know who it was for.

“Hey, is everything alright?”

A hand outstretches towards Jason who takes it and held with more force than necessary. He heard the man let out a small ouch.

“Thanks man. Hey, if its too much, can I drop you anywhere? It’s really cold out here today. My car is a street down, we can stop by for donuts and hot coffee?”

Jason momentarily looks up and the man lets out a gasp.

“J.Jason?”

He looks the other direction, angry that he’s betrayed himself to look up to the voice because he knows its Dick and older brothers would keep younger ones safe.

Why does he have to gravitate again? Fall for the same trick? Didn’t Bruce, dad, Batman make it clear?

“What?”

“Offer for donuts and coffee still stands. Come.”

-

Jason finds himself at Dunkin’ Donuts with Dick.

He wouldn’t be here, surrounded by warm coffee and sugar-glazed creations as Dick smiled at him. Jason knows that smile is stretched thin, probably filled with questions 

Where were you on Christmas?

I couldn’t look for you, did you hide somewhere?

We miss you, aren’t we brothers?

He is prepared for all of them till Dick asks the one thing that strikes an arrow.

“Your neck, babybird. Who did that?”

Jason cannot answer, He contemplates lying for a while, testing the silence till he realizes that right now Dick could kick him back out into the lung-freezing cold.

He wouldn’t do that.

Bruce almost killed you. He did that.

“Jay?”

He registers someone’s hand on his shoulder. Jason licks his lips, tests the words. He knew the implications of telling Golden Boy right here and now that Bruce could’ve murdered him though somehow he ended up voiceless for some months instead.

“Bruce.”

Dick’s smile drops from a million kilowatts to one of anger.

“Asshole.”

Jason’s ears pricked up, when did he even pick up swearing?

“Wa-”

Dick held up a finger, commanding Jason into silence and thought through it. His eyebrows further knit in realization when he thought more about it. It seemed to add up.

Bruce returning home, untouched. A brief intercepted transmission of Roy that he’s taking Jason to Arkansas because he frankly looked like he went head-to-toe with Deathstroke. Jason not returning for awhile.

“You didn’t fight back.”

Tears form in Dick’s eyes. The words didn’t sound right to him. The Red Hood not laying even a bruise on Batman?

“You let him hit you!”

Dick cried out, slamming his fists against the table. A few patrons turn briefly to the scene before refocusing back on their own conversations.

Jason turned his head down, of all the people that would come in defense for him, it was Dickie Bird. 

“Jay, he could’ve killed you.”

Again.

“Dick-”

“Don’t Dick me! Where are you staying right now?”

Jason doesn’t bother coming up with a lie anymore.

“Arkansas still.”

Dick considers awhile.

“I can get you a place in Bludhaven. Shift in with me for now while I deal with the bastard.”

“But Bruce-”

Dick angrily turns to Jason.

“You of last people should be giving fucks about what Bruce says or does.”

He almost laughs at the sheer fucking irony of it right now till Dick squeezes Jason’s hand gently and he knows Dick actually means it.

He has a chance at actually living instead of hiding and being on the run for the rest of his life.

“Sure. If that’s okay with-”

“It’s always okay, Jay. Please tell me if things like these happen again. Bruce cannot get away like that. Beating the shit out of you and then prancing away. Jay, I’m so sorry.”

Dick buries his face into his palms and Jason sits there, twisting his hands together.

Till he gathers enough courage to calmly place a hand on Dick’s shoulder.

“Hey? We still have to finish these donuts and I can’t do it alone.”

Dick turns up, eyes red but cheekily smiling back as they devour the donuts on a cold, snowy day.

Except this time, Jason feels warmer than ever.

[ao3feed-jaydick]

Dick Grayson and His Love of Redheads

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/54624565 by GraveTiger “Cat-! Hey-” Catlad flips backwards, towards Dick and lays a finger over his lips, “It’s Stray now, Birdie,” His metal claws scrape over Dick’s cheek and jaw, not deep enough to scratch but enough to feel. He grins… winks… and saunters away, flipping off a building… And Dick wonders if this is a heart attack. ------- A 5+1 about Dick and his love of red hair... or maybe just one redhead in particular Words: 2821, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd Relationships: Dick Grayson/Jason Todd, Brief Mentions/appearances of, Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson, Dick Grayson/Roy Harper, Dick Grayson/Wally West, Dick Grayson/Zatanna Zatara, Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Jason Todd is a redhead, Jason Todd is Catlad | Stray, Selina Kyle Adopts Jason Todd, Jason never died, therefore is not a human tank, Dick Grayson Loves Redheads, Getting Together, 5+1 Things read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/54624565

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Instead Of Getting Locked Up Were Getting Knocked Up

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/ILOT46V by The_stars_ship_us Jason finds out some shocking news while trying to take down a smuggling ring. Words: 3484, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Green Arrow (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Jason Todd, Roy Harper, Lian Harper, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Oliver Queen, Alfred Pennyworth, Batfamily Members, Arrowfamily Members Relationships: Roy Harper/Jason Todd Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Accidental Pregnancy, pregnancy announcement, Trans Jason Todd, Fluff, SO MUCH FLUFF, Marriage Proposal, The Author Regrets Everything, this tag is bc the author is squicked out by pregnancy but still wrote this fic, Hurt/Comfort, Humor, POV Multiple, held at gunpoint (as a prank), brief mention of starving yourself (as part of a hunger strike) read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/ILOT46V

[solomonara]

Chapters: 1/1 - Words: 8092 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dick Grayson/Jason Todd Characters: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, brief Boston Brand, brief Roy Harper, vanishingly brief Starfire Additional Tags: mostly pre-slash, Fairy Tale Retellings, The Snow Queen retelling, contains neither snow nor queens, Mentions of Suicide, Mentions of self-harm, Drugs

"What are you doing here, Wing?" Red Hood asked, dropping silently to crouch next to Nightwing. They were on a rooftop strategically positioned to overlook a different rooftop, specifically the rooftop garden of one Miss Bianca Dronning, who was currently hosting a small soiree.

"Bustin' some drugs," Nightwing said with a grin, though he didn't take his eyes off the gathering of people in Dronning's garden.

"What a coincidence," Hood said. "That this just so happens to be the case I've been working for the last month."

"Is it?" Nightwing asked innocently. "Imagine that. Well, if you want me to butt out—"

Read it on AO3

Here it is, the jaydick Snow Queen retelling from last weekend’s fairy tale prompt request :D Thanks for the prompt, @elwon! I had lots of fun and now I am refreshed and ready to dive back in to Chaos Theory o7

[batboyblog]

neglected, lost and overlooked DC characters I love.

Here’s a few (and I’m sure to forget some) DC characters, lost, overlooked or neglected I carry a torch for, some are well known some aren’t a lot are bat related, some I just like the look of okay? 

Colin Wilkes

I know I know how on brand for me, but really, I miss this Ginger little dude. Damian’s first real frost a tough Gotham street kid with the power to turn into low rent Hulk. Damian needs more friends is all

Chris Kent

Come on! COME ON! we need someone in the Bat or Super family with brown hair! besides which it feels shitty for Damian to have a ton fo siblings and Jon to be an only child. plus the idea of a 11-13 year old Kryptonian Nightwing who hero-worships the shit out of Dick Grayson is great. 

Helena Wayne

I’ve always been a sucker for her since Crisis, and the comic where she’s an exile form Earth 2 is pretty great. I just love the idea of her lost on Earth 1, being a bemused big sister to Damian the grump, teaming up with Dick and Bruce and the weirdness from that. 

Sand

To be 100% real I miss all of the JSA gang (as this list will show) but really Sandy’s powers were particularly cool, being lost between being both a next gen hero and one of the old guard as a former side kick, feeling both like he messed up and that he was failed by his hero, all gold stuff. 

Bombshell

honestly do I need to say more? I don’t know much about her but the look, the name, this iconic moment, nuclear powered and angry? sign me up I’m here for it 

Bette Kane

Flamebird! oh my god! oh my god! WHY! is Bette not living with Kate, driving her crazy? come on, look at that costume! also she was great as a Titans supporting character I want her back! I want her in Batwoman!

Jakeem Thunder

honestly my favorite bad mouthed 13 year old super hero. All the JSA characters were so good, but JJ with his pain but hard outside, was gold. My main complaint is you never really got to see him with other kid heroes, (other than Stargirl) it would be nice to see him with Billy Batson, or the Young Justice crew, which I feel like Stargirl got to do a few times but he never did.

Talon

Again not a character I know a lot about, but I love the idea of a Talon coming over from Earth 3 and turning hero, I like that idea, so much so I even have an OC based on it (ask me about him some time) 

Cullen Row

talk about a deeply underused character as far as I know Cullen is the only openly gay male character in the Bat extended family. I once had an idea of Kate being the center of like a different Batfamily of her own where Harper was one of her sidekicks and Cullen would be over Kate’s apartment all the time doing homework, maybe fixing gear having heart to heart talks about boys and stuff with lesbian aunt Kate. 

Kid Devil 

I like a sad sack hero truthfully Eddie was always such a mess in the Teen Titans comic and I like that, I also like a hero who looks scary but is like soft AF 

Hourman

Have I mentioned I like the JSA? I like the JSA. I like Rick Tyler a lot, I loved the thing where his dad was in a time window, the father’s day issue of JSA remains one of my all time favorites I love that special connection he has with JJ. 

Hippolyta

You might not remember it but there was a brief time when Hippolyta was Wonder Woman and it was explained that she’d been the WWII Wonder Woman, founder of the Justice Society etc. and her suited up as Wonder Woman, her showing up and palling around with the old JSA members, it was great it was legacy and depth. 

Damage

the perfect cross between the Titans and the JSA, a young hero, a troubled past that was dealt with in an interesting way with Roy Harper, I like really like this dork who always did his best

okay so I have lots more but this is getting long, feel free to reblog with your favorite missing and overlooked minor heroes/characters. 

[ohdearden]

IC PORTION; BASICS —

CHARACTER NAME/ALIAS: Mia Dearden / Speedy (the second)

FACECLAIM: Ester Exposito

AFFILIATIONS: Team Arrow, Teen Titans, the Nomads

AGE (physical age as well, if different): 23

SPECIES (human, metahuman, alien, etc): Human

IS YOUR CHARACTER’S IDENTITY SECRET OR PUBLIC? Secret

IF SECRET, OR YOUR CHARACTER IS A CIVILIAN, DO THEY HAVE A CIVILIAN OCCUPATION? Mia is new in town, and is currently focusing her efforts on aid work. She’s working hard at learning the language so that she can be of more assistance, and potentially work in town in the future.

IF YOUR CHARACTER LIVES IN THE FORTRESS, WHAT ARE THEIR DUTIES? Refugee outreach, and whatever else she might be decent at. She’s happy to help out, but can’t cook for shit.

DESCRIBE SIX TRAITS (3 positive, 3 negative) YOUR CHARACTER HAS AND HOW THESE AFFECT THEM: + Empathetic and caring: Mia, having been through as much as she has, has a strong push to help others. She has trouble turning people who need help away, and will often find herself reaching for a way to help them. She worked at the community center back home to help youth at a disadvantage (much as she had been herself), and found time to spare to volunteer time at the domestic violence shelter as well. + Bold: Mia is unafraid and outgoing, making her personality very loud and bold. She’s unafraid to speak her mind, and is often quite blunt and straight to the point. She speaks to people easily (though making friends is another matter) and is always one to make her presence known. Mia has never been one to slip through the cracks unless it was by personal choice. Mia is best described as an extrovert, and has trouble containing her feelings whether they’re positive or negative. + Determined: Mia more or less forced her way into being Speedy, which is a surefire show of her determination. Once she sets her mind on something, she will achieve it. Mia has no problems setting goals for herself and setting up steps to get to these goals (yet she struggled with school, ironic). It is hard to sway her away from an idea once she gets her mind set to it. - Stubborn: Hand in hand with determined goes stubborn. Once Mia has her opinion set on something, it’s hard to sway her opinion otherwise. She’s unfortunately very hard to persuade out of her opinions, and once she’s got her mind set on something it’s often set in stone. Even when she can feel herself losing, Mia struggles with letting things go. Hard-headed was the term her mother always used, along with the phrase stubborn as a donkey. - Angry and Confrontational: Considering everything Mia has gone through in her life, having a solid angry streak is something that had been more or less unavoidable. She has a temper that’s quick to ignite, and she often has trouble bringing herself down once it’s sparked. Mia has the type that can go from 0-100 very quickly, though not at all the other way around. Mia is the type that enjoys confrontation, and it’s something she thrives in. Arguments are her specialty, and not something she will back down from. She is certainly not the type to let things go, and would rather argue until she was blue in the face. She would much rather deal with things now rather than later (and cannot understand why people would rather just let things fester). - Defiant & Rebellious:The word ‘no’ is a trigger word for Mia. Being told she cannot do something makes Mia want to do it all the more, and she is even more likely to try once she’s been told she shouldn’t. Rebellion is something that runs deep, even if she (sometimes) tries to fight it. Sometimes with reasoning she’s able to understand the no, but it’s hard to swallow down the urge to do it anyway.

POWERS AND/OR ABILITIES: Mia excels in archery and acrobatics. The latter came in handy in her time on the streets, and the former is a well-honed and learned skill. Mia is quick and discreet, and able to slip through crowds with ease. Mia has become proficient in swordsmanship and hand-to-hand combat as well. While she is capable of close-range fighting with mixed-martial-arts abilities, she prefers to keep her fighting from a distance when given the option. She’s also a damned good pick-pocket, but well, that’s neither here nor there.

WEAKNESSES: Her immune system is absolutely garbage, and she tends to take a bit longer to heal than she’d like. She tries to be careful to keep herself in proper health, and does her best to avoid injury. As best as a crime-fighting vigilante can, anyway.  Her inability to keep her damn mouth shut can definitely be considered a weakness as well.

WHAT DREW YOU TO THIS CHARACTER? Mia is a goddamn *rockstar.* She was absolutely groundbreaking for the comic book industry considering her positive status, and her persistence is something I admire. Mia has a fighting spirit and doesn’t really take no for an answer, which is something I absolutely love about her. She’s also not exactly popular in the rpc, and I adore her.

IC PORTION; DETAILS —

WHAT BROUGHT YOUR CHARACTER TO SOKOVIA? Honestly? A bleeding heart. Mia always felt too damn much, especially when it came to people in need. The events that transpired in Sokovia had made her nauseous. It didn’t take long for her to get wind of the Nomads, and Mia thought maybe she could be of use, someway or another. 

DID THEY SIGN THE ACCORDS? WHY OR WHY NOT? Absofreakinglutely not. The Green Arrow didn’t sign either, and that would be enough reason for Mia to be deterred in the first place. All in all, Mia did not agree with the Accords whatsoever. Vigilantes existed because the law was imperfect, because sometimes there needed to be a little extra oomph applied when things just couldn’t get done legally speaking. 

PROVIDE 3-5 HEADCANONS RELATED TO YOUR CHARACTER: Despite her hatred of traditional schooling, Mia is an avid reader and educated in her own way. She hated the structure of school, hated having to interact with others her own age, hated having to get up before noon (and well, she’s always had an authority problem)...but she actually likes learning. She spends a lot of her downtime reading whatever she can get her hands on. Mia also enjoys video games, and may or may not stream herself playing at times via twitch or youtube. It’s an easy way to veg out and socialize without really socializing. Mia loves boxing, and does it often. She’s found it’s a good channel for frustration as well as a good way to train. In her apartment back in Star City, she has a punching bag set up in her living room and found herself at the community center often. Mia has an adrenaline rush addiction that she struggles with daily. She left her motorcycle back home in Star City, and finds she misses the rush of riding (way too fast) more than she thought she would. She’s looking into having it shipped, or finding a local one to fix up. Semi-related, she does all the maintenance on her motorcycle herself, having taught herself with repair manuals and youtube tutorials. MIa smokes like a chimney, though is trying very hard to quit. She knows it’s not the best idea, considering her health, but she just can’t help herself. She’s tried everything - the gum, the patches, replacing the habit with something else. She’s quit several times, but has always picked it back up again. 

WANTED CHARACTER CONNECTIONS: TEAM ARROW! Roy Harper, Oliver Queen, Dinah Lance: These are Mia’s people. She might not necessarily always agree or get along with her adopted family, but Mia’s loyal to them to her very bones. She respects the Green Arrow and still affiliates herself with him, so I’m eager for interactions with a potential Oliver in the future. I’m also very eager for Arrow-lady interactions with Dinah! TEEN TITANS! Mia didn’t really have too-too much interaction with the Titans, but I’m excited for potential in Sokovia!

POTENTIAL CHARACTER ARCS: Give me Nomad things! Mia made the jump to help out in Sokovia more on a whim than anything. She’s very much a sidekick out of her element, but she wants to help. That being said, I could really see herself throwing herself into the local life? She would want to help on a smaller, more personal level. Help the kids with school, help rebuild someone’s house. She’s going to do her best to try to learn the language so she can potentially work in-town with the locals as well, maybe bartending. Maybe she can serve as kind of a liaison down the road?

CHARACTER BIO — (tw include: mentions of abuse, parental death, drug use/abuse, brief touchings on child exploitation/teen dating an older man/pedophilia, HIV)

Mia does not like to talk about her childhood. A quick overview would detail her father’s abuse of her mother, and her mother’s drug use. Her father used too, but drinking was more his style. Next would be her mother’s death when she was young. Her father’s abuse then turned to her instead, which she was forced to tolerate for several years. She was eleven when she ran away from home. Mia decided that she would sooner take her chances on the street than stay in that house any longer, and unfortunately, that was the fate she found. Living on the streets was still favorable to living at home, but it wasn’t without struggles. Mia was hungry more often than not, and often couldn’t sleep in the same place for more than a few nights in a row. A smaller-than-average homeless eleven-year-old certainly did bring in some sympathy donations, but it was never enough. The shelters in Star City were often full, and eleven was much too young to even consider a hotel or an apartment. She was twelve when she met Richard, who was over twice her age, and that was when things took a spin for the worse. She thought he loved her, he promised to take care of her, and she was too young and desperate (with very skewed feelings of what love was after all she’d lived through)  to realize this was just abuse of a different kind.She was with him for over a year - sometimes out on the streets again, sometimes holed up in a seedy motel and for a few months, a scuzzy apartment. Richard gave her a taste of the drugs that had taken her mother, and Mia suddenly understood why her mother had been so willing to do whatever it took just to get high. But before long Mia was wondering when she would escape this, when things would get better, and thought maybe it would be better to be on her own again. He wouldn’t let her, the abusive pattern she’d survived as a child returning. Dependent on him for shelter, food and drugs, Mia felt more trapped than she ever had. Until she was saved by the Green Arrow. Mia immediately had adoration for the man that saved her life, and she felt ever-indebted to him for helping to get her off the streets, clean herself up and piece together her life. While he was reluctant at first, Mia began to train with him. This gave her life a purpose that she’d never had before, and Mia found herself feeling better than she ever had. She learned she excelled at archery with a little bit of training, and the scrappy fighting skills she’d adopted on the streets became more defined as she learned hand-to-hand combat skills. When not training or in school (something she fought tooth and nail), Mia spent the majority of her free time volunteering and later working at the Star City Recreational Center, and later the domestic violence shelter in town. Mia fantasized of eventually becoming a sidekick to the Green Arrow, even though he squashed that idea from the start. She would persuade him some way, somehow. Mia had just started to feel stable for the first time in her life when things took a downward spiral. It had started with a fever and just general feelings of illness, though things progressively got worse. She finally dragged herself into the clinic in Star City, and would find that things were much worse than she ever could have thought. What she thought was the flu turned out to be HIV, a permanent reminder of the mistakes she’d made and her time on the streets. The doctor assured her that while serious, the diagnosis was not the death sentence it had once been. If Mia was responsible and took the prescribed medications and took precautions, then her prognosis was very promising. HIV wasn’t curable, but controllable. And well, Mia had already been pretty successful at taking control of her life. If anything, her diagnosis was even more of a push for her to become the sidekick she dreamed of being. It took persuasion, but Mia finally donned the title of Speedy (the second), the sidekick to the Green Arrow. She took care to extra-hone in on her long distance fighting skills in hopes to avoid close-contact fighting and end up in a potentially extra-hairy situation. With Oliver’s insistence, Mia joined up with the Teen Titans.T his was done reluctantly, and Mia did not stay with the Titans long. She did, however, feel comfortable enough with them to disclose her status, and occasionally returned to help them on missions. Her passion was with Team Arrow, and that was made even more clear when working with others. The events at Sokovia were devastating, and MIa struggled with her decision making process for quite some time. She’d always been interested in refugee work - as she’d gotten older she volunteered with the Red Cross as well as with various agencies around Star City. The innate instinct to help those in need was strong, and it was pulling her towards Sokovia. Speedy was helpful, sure, but Mia was fairly certain that her experiences as Mia Dearden might be more helpful when it came to the situation at hand. She knew what it felt like to have your world falling apart, and she was more than happy to help others put their pieces back together.

EXTRAS —

Myers-Briggs: ESTP Hogwarts House: Gryffindor Zodiac: Aries Sin: A tie between Wrath and Pride

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The Jason Todd and Roy Harper Parallels

Who else is stoked about Jason’s appearance in episode 6? Even though it was brief, I’m still hoping we get more of him as the season plays out. (Honestly, it would be weird if they just dangled such a tantalizing prospect in front of us without actually doing anything. Especially since Jason’s such a fan-favorite!)

But I was re-watching the previous seasons, and I stumbled on the episode ‘Satisfaction’ in s2. That’s the episode where the original Speedy finds out he’s been cloned and replaced, and has to come to terms with his mentor, his clone, and his desire for revenge against Lex Luthor. 

But throughout the whole thing, Roy’s anger just seemed...familiar. 

I can’t help but feel that, if the show’s creators decide to run with the Red Hood story line (and they’d be missing out on a golden opportunity if they didn’t), then we might just see some parallels between Speedy’s transition to Arsenal, and Jason’s to Red Hood.

For instance:

And the kicker:

Jason will regain his memories. He’ll confront Batman, his family, or something else, depending on which direction the show decides to take it. But whatever happens, there’s going to be a reckoning. 

Jason’s going to want to know why he was replaced, and how they could have left him with Ra’s for all that time without knowing. I suspect that he’ll be especially angry with Dick, since he’s the first one Jason was actually able to remember. And if he remembers that much, then he’ll remember that Dick took his new team with him and left Jason on Infinity Island.

The thing that’s interesting here is that Roy was cloned because the Light wanted an ‘in’ with the Team. Roy’s clone (now known as Will) was their mole. 

But with Jason, we can be sure that Ra’s is holding onto him for some reason, but we just don’t know what it is. I 100% know that Ra’s knows exactly who Jason really is, so we can probably rule out the whole ‘found a wandering zombie boy, took him in and raised him as a part of my killer ninja family’ idea. But that does beg the question. 

What does Ra’s want Jason for?

It can’t be for espionage purposes, like the Light used Roy for. Because, for one thing, they were banking on Green Arrow’s desperation in order to get their mole into place.

Somehow, I doubt that would work with Batman. Because, for obvious reasons, Bruce would be somewhat suspicious if his dead partner just showed up one day at his door. Not to mention that it’s Batman. The man probably questions his breakfast cereal in the morning, for crying out loud.

So Ra’s is taking a different approach. He’s going to use Jason to serve some other purpose, eventually, and it’s anyone’s guess at this point as to what that would be. 

But one way or another, Jason’s back, everyone! He’s back, and he’s going to start remembering things. And when he does, he’s going to be hurt, he’s going to be angry, and he’ll be dead set (pardon the pun) on getting either revenge, or satisfaction. 

Just like Roy did.

That’s right everyone. We have Arsenal. And now we have Jason. I don’t know if we’ll get Starfire, Artemis or Bizarro, but we already have 2/3 of Red Hood and the Outlaws. And if Roy took on his RHATO name, then I’d say it’s a pretty good bet that we’ll be seeing:

The Red Hood.