#fanon beats canon

[damianbugs]

why is it literally impossible to find a good damian fic about his life in the league and transitioning to live in gotham without it being littered in weird and boderline racist depictions of the al ghuls. like no RA'S AL GHUL is not abusing ANIMALS to traumatise damian?? do u have literally. any idea what ra's stands for or is ur understanding of him limited to creepy red robin fics (don't even get me started on this very explicitly racist characterisation of ra's). talia is not locking damian in a box. or in a cage. no one is locking the prince to the league of assassins anywhere. that is not happening it would never happen be SO REAL

[mamawasatesttube]

one other thing that really makes me roll my eyes in dc fics is the insistence that the bats can take down anyone, even their most op teammates. like... you guys know a character doesn't have to be the most physically capable one in the room in order to be interesting or strong in their own right, right? look me in the eye. cass had to save tim from shrike. bane broke bruce's back. mind-controlled kon snapped tim's arm like a twig. trying to make them ~always~ able to counter even the most powerful opponents is so boring im sorry like they can and do lose fights sometimes, and that's interesting actually. they are all incredibly competent martial artists, yes! that doesn't mean they can win every single matchup. that's simply neither the point of nor the strength in their characters.

[arabian-batboy]

I say this wholeheartedly, Damian Wayne is literally the last fictional character in existence that will allow White kids to be racist toward him without retaliating.

Realistically speaking that "dream sequence" of him beating them should have been what really happened and honestly this just feels like its supposed to be a set-up for another character to defend him on some white-saviory bullshit... (also the fact that the teacher heard everything and the only thing that she had to say is "don't let it bother you".....)

[kremechihihi]

Beats In My Head 🎶

[trashcreatyre]

If your favorite character had a fight to the death with the fanon misinterpretation of them who would win

[tsrookie]

HE FINALLY CAME THROUGH!!!!

[secretlythatsme]

i really love dc x dp tbh but i hate how so many fics end up making the batfam dumb as shit. and i don't mean in a "loveable goof" kind of way but in a genuine "these people don't have the skills or intelligence to be heroes" kind of way. which is just antithetical to their entire thing

sometimes it's because the writer just genuinely doesn't know anything about the batfam or what they've been through so they come across as idiots. and other times it's because the writer is writing op ghost king danny or just generally op danny and they genuinely think he could outsmart or beat them. more often than not, it's a combination of the two.

it's just so sad. like not only is it disrespectul to the batfam, essentially getting rid of all the skills and experience they have just to prop up danny, but it also makes things a lot more boring imo. don't get me wrong, i don't mind the occasional "main character is super op" kind of story, but it's boring when like 70% of fics are like that and there's no real challenge or obstacle for him. part of why the show danny phantom was so fun was that it was exciting and chair gripping to see danny have to deal with his new ghost powers, figuring out how to deal with ghost attacks or vlad, and dealing with school and his parents on top of that.

but often, dc x dp fics just,, get rid of any challenge for him. sure batman is a skilled detective but danny will always be able to trick him! sure cass has been trained since birth to read people's body language but this random ghost teen knows how to conceal and control everything!! yeah damian has also been trained since birth to fight and kill but this random guy from the midwest who just started fighting in his teens is so much better!!! like, alright. it's fun every now and then but it sucks when so much of the dc x dp content is just people acting like the batfam are the worst vigilantes/detectives in the world.

and honestly i still feel this way even with the ghost king danny fics because how? he's never had to deal with people obsessively reading his body language or reading between the lines. he's had to deal with hiding stuff sure but his parents aren't the most observant people - their whole deal was being neglectful. even as a ghost king, why would he know how to outsmart, take advantage of, or beat the batfam in any capacity when he would still mostly deal with ghosts. it's a completely different skill set here - one that he likely wouldn't be prepared for. it'd be fine if they at least attempted to explain why danny would have those skills (like league danny aus) but most of them don't.

and i'm not saying danny couldn't do it at all, especially if it's a ghost king au, but i'm just tired of seeing the batfam constantly downplayed in these fics Just to make danny look better, smarter, stronger, etc. ik most people in the fandom are just danny fans but it really shows with how they treat, characterize, and shit on the dc characters just to prop danny up. it also serves to occasionally make danny look like an asshole when he intentionally messes with them and basically commits psychological torture for a goof.

[bylertruther]

day 823092830 of me asking anyone at all to please provide evidence from the text in support of this headcanon/s5 wish turned fanon "will byers is a master gunslinger with ice in his veins who could mow anything down like a navy seal" idea, because this is how the actual scene in question went down lol. he literally puts his gun down and freezes in place because of how scared he is, but okay. (insp/source)

[krash-8]

girls whose idea of fun is discussing religion in ways that would anger old catholic relatives at family reunions

[masqueradeoftheguilty]

ive said this a thousand times and i need to actually write a fic about it but it really does tickle me that due to hyv dropping the ball, canon indicates that the only people who can use elemental powers without a vision are two interstellar travellers, the archons, a dragon sovereign, and Some Vigilante

[synonymroll648]

if sophie gets to name a dagger hope and have it on her person most of the time, fitz deserves to name a sword kindness and have it on his person most of the time too. 

[mamawasatesttube]

tired: timkon have to sneak around to date in gotham bc the batfam hate kon and try to intimidate/bully him for dating tim

wired: timkon have to sneak around to date in gotham bc the batfam like kon too much and tim is so fucking tired of his siblings crashing date night to hang out with his boyfriend

[nooooough]

I love Asgore but yknow

[avisisisis]

To be fair, after t he porcupine incident, wallinda’s next adventure (I believe, or at least one of them) was Linda getting possessed by a welsh wizard and then, busting a cult that was taking advantage of people’s grief. So like, they are disasters.

There is also that one time where Linda, by all accounts snuck into Wally’s mom wedding to her new boyfriend, wearing WHITE to hang out and hit on wally. Like a fucking QUUEEEN

I fucking love Linda

Also hers and Wally's relationship is amazing because it's not the typical “the guy is stupid and the girl is done with him” trope media tends to associate man-woman relationships with. They're both equally chaotic and they would never make each other feel dumb for being that way

[bianca-s-daily-reel-in]

Very tempted to just downright disregard the new fanlore-crushing BATDR canon forever for my OC's sake even though this enters in contradiction with my canon gremlin nature

[plutojester]

I genuinely do not like either live action Harrys as they are in their respective canons but if I posted my honest thoughts on Raimi Harry here I think I'd get jumped