People who don't know dog body language who have pushy sketchy dogs are so awful to be around. I told our housemates that their dog Klaus doesn't like me when we went out to watch the eclipse earlier today because I didn't want to go in the fenced yard with him out and they were like "oh no he's fine don't worry." When he saw me he charged up to the fence, high flagged tail, snorting and barking and jumping at the fence and they still were like "oh he's friendly, he just wants to smell you, see his tail is wagging". Like my dude... tail wagging does not mean friendly, and what about the noises he's making rn sounds friendly to you?
Selene's sister grabbed him and I thought she was going to take him inside because she acted like she was going to, but instead she stopped halfway and just held him back while I came into the yard and then let him go to run up and sniff me, which he had very stiff body language the entire time he did so. For a while after that he ignored me because of the kids calling him away and was chill, but still kept coming over and sniffing me occasionally and was very tense each time so I just tried to stay calm and sweet talk him and didn't try to touch him to help defuse the situation.
Then I walked a little away from the group to point out a plant in the yard to Selene's mom which was a mistake because once I was out of the little circle we were standing in he started body blocking me, tense face, stiff body, whale eyeing, and then jumping at me and barking. They tried to call him away and were like "oh he's just trying to get you to play, sorry he's so demanding of attention." I started trying to walk toward the gate to leave because he very much was NOT trying to get me to play and I did not feel confident in their ability to control him, and he immediately did it again. And again they tried to call him away. And I got maybe another two steps before he turned right back around and did it again. And they called him away again saying he was just trying to play. Rinse and repeat for a total of like six times of him body blocking me, tense and whale eyeing, and then jumping at me and barking. All while they're just laughing like "Sorry, Klaus just really loves playing". Dudes your dog is actually behaving aggressively toward me right now, please get control over him so I can leave he is NOT TRYING TO PLAY WITH ME.
This is the second time I've been invited into the yard while Klaus was out and the first time they kept telling me the same thing but he was actually following me around growling at me then and they were still like "oh it's just cuz he doesn't know you yet, he'll warm up to you, he's friendly". YOUR DOG IS SKETCHY. I DONT WANT TO INTERACT WITH HIM. HE DOESN'T LIKE ME. PLEASE JUST PUT HIM INSIDE WHEN I'M IN THE YARD WITH Y'ALL. And PLEASE learn some dog body language because nothing about his right now says "friendly" at all!!!!! Not even a little!!!! TAIL WAGGING DOES NOT MEAN FRIENDLY, ESPECIALLY A HIGH FLAGGED TAIL.
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So the AU has an emphasis on a retro feel: Dick wears the discowing suit, Billy is Captain Marvel, and Kara ends up Power Girl. In addition, it has some focus on a real world fact: Superman and Batman teamed up, along with Dick, before most superheroes were even active. It was just the three of them, so Clark is almost as much of a father to Dick as Bruce is. When Kara landed on Earth, Clark took her to Wayne Manor in order to figure things out, and Dick broke into the room they had her hidden in to tell her he knows how scary losing everything is but he knows she can rebuild her life, especially if Clark is there to help her. That, and some acrobatic tricks made her smile for the first time since coming to earth.
Eventually, the Justice League is formed. Captain Marvel isn't a part of it though, but he and Superman are friendly rivals/consultants. Because of the Wisdom of Solomon, Cap can easily maneuver around the magic that Supes is weak to, but the flip side is that the Wisdom of Solomon is pretty out of date for anything sci fi, so Clark can fill in those gaps. (One thing about the Titanic Trio is that they are ALL in some sense, the Superman successor)
When Superman learns that Cap is a homeless child, he is troubled but knows Billy won't let an adult take over. Eventually, Wonder Woman learns from him. She sees this as a great opportunity for a show of good faith between the world of Man and Paradise Island, since Billy, observably having the blessing of the gods, will have an easier time being accepted on the Island, while being trained in his human form and getting to keep his autonomy.
No one can find Billy to extend this offer to him, he is afraid of what the adults will say, until Kara and Dick find him and convince him it's a good plan.
By the time the others are Nightwing and Power Girl, Billy has been gifted the Lasso, and with its help, his two halves have sort of met in the middle (at first touching the lasso would make him return to the form of Billy, but with maturity and training, his true form became both).
OOO I love this concept. The way everyone is, in some way, the Superman successor, because Superman has touched so many heroes in his time as Superman, especially the younger ones like Billy, Kara, and Dick.
I love how Billy slowly turns his true form from kid-Billy to a mix of his mortal and powered up forms, it really symbolizes how he's growing into himself as a hero and a person overall, that's genius
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