#feat. Goons 1 2 and 3

[ironmansbay]

thinking about Larys’s no-tongue death row refugee goons from S1E06 again. i’m assuming he still has them in his employ he gave them uniforms and badges and everything. does he get them to do busy work around the dungeon. swapping out pisspots. sweeping up the ripped out fingernails. does he send them out for snack runs when he and alicent run out of like fantasy baklava on their psychological abuse appointment date. does he make them roleplay as her so he can practice his evil monologues. do they do recon around casa Mysaria and communicate the cool tactics she’s using via charades so larys can swipe all the papers off his desk in a rage and stew the rest of the night like a serious man does. do you think they practice the art of Mime on breaks.

[ultimate-marysue]

My personal body headcanons for the Batfam

Bruce: He is a tank made of pure muscle. Like many other users have put forward (recommend especially @frownyalfred posts on the matter), that's not an easy feat to pull off. It is a testament to Bruce's willpower and dedication to Batman that he's even able to maintain it. Also, I think he took really good care of his scars in the beginning so they would be as inconspicuous as possible when sleeping around as Brucie. Once he gets older and leans more into the father persona he stops caring as much for anything that's going to be covered by his suits and shirts.

Barbara: I hated the fact that her disability got completely erased, so that's the first difference. If you want to have her be Batgirl again, you should do what Gotham Knights did and make it so there are lasting effects and limitations. I'm sorry, but it feels so cheap to me that they just erased disability rep cause they didn't know how to write a strong disabled woman. Skill issue. Also Barbara is built like a brick in my heart of hearts, she's a rectangle with the density of a neutron star. I also think she has one of the healthiest and normal diets of the Bats, mainly cause the physical requirements of Oracle aren't nearly as demanding.

Dick Grayson: I'm not going to reinvent the wheel here by saying Dick Grayson has the perfect acrobat's body. My headcanon is that he gets it naturally. Not that he can just do whatever you want, sadly with their line of work you need to meet a series of requirements. I mean it in the sense of 1) proportions 2) really high metabolism from constant exercise since he was a child, probably the fastest tied with Cass 3) he doesn't need to work out as much outside patrol as the rest to keep his body mass. Every single robin after him low-key hates him for creating a fighting style that only he can do effortlessly.

Cassandra Cain: like mother like daughter, my girl is thick. None of that waifish, delicate ballerina shit. She's short and she has muscles most humans haven't heard of. Average goon tries to knock this 5 feet nothing girl only to be met by an unmovable object. Also, probably contender for top most scarred bat of all. She just looks like she could fuck your shit up without breaking a sweat and that's probably because she could. Also I think she has short legs, giving her an even lower center of gravity. She's just a brick wall.

Jason Todd: my man is one of the few bitches in this family with a normal, healthy, percentage of body fat. He's built like a strong man instead of a body builder, and the fact that he can be sneaky with all that mass is terrifying. I think for a minute there he wondered what he was doing wrong and why he didn't look as lean as Bruce. Then he figured what Bruce had to do to keep Batman's body in line and Jason said "fuck that, I'm not doing all that". In his villain self destructive era that waist was snatched, but the second he started taking actual care of his body it did what body's do. Considering how he mixes so many fighting techniques I can see him building his fighting style around his needs instead of the other way around.

Steph: she's the curviest of the Batgirls, which is why she favors so much the "indistinct blob" silhouette. As any woman with a boobs size above an B cup will tell you: people get disgusting really quick. I think part of her struggles with Robin was trying to wrangle her developing body into a fighting style designed for a very naturally lean boy. Balancing is harder when you have a large set of bazonkers, they don't tell you this in the comics but it is the truth. She also lacks the super fast metabolism other Bats have, and I can see her trying really hard to fit in the mold only to realize as she grows older that she can do her own thing.

Tim: I think Tim, growing up as society kid and then forcing himself into the Robin role, never learned what eating healthy is. I headcanon him having some sort of ED (I think he would evolve through a few of them as he grew up), not because I like throwing angst at characters (though I do) but because it makes sense to me giving his background and personality. EDs are not only about "looking thin", but also about feeling in control. Also, Tim hanging onto the Robin title reminds me of child actors trying to force their developing body's to stop at a kid size so they can keep playing their character. I could write a whole post about it, but for what's relevant, the ED headcanon doesn't mean Tim is just super thin. I think his body is fluctuates the most out of any of the Bats, depending on where he's at mentally and age wise.

Duke Thomas: my boy is built for parkour. He's got the longest limbs in the family, he's got the reach. He keeps waiting for puberty to hit him like a train and give him Jason/Bruce levels of muscle mass, but he's just too tall. Like, yes, he can bench press Jason, but proportionally he's so much taller than all of them by then he just looks noodly. When he puts on the body armor though he makes Batman look like a Barbie doll. Anytime he's looming about, Jason accuses him of overcompensating. Duke just pretends to not be able to hear him from up above. Also pls DC give him long hair that floats around him in the same way Batman's cape does?? Pls, just give him magic girl hair that defies gravity.

Damian: I've said this before but this poor child grew up being told he'd one day be as huge as his dad but grows up to be Talia 2.0. I think he does inherit Bruce's height, but is distraught to never be hulking mountain of muscle like OG Batman. Little does he know Bruce isn't naturally that big either, and it's only through frankly unhealthy means he maintained that body. Everyone else agrees to never tell Damian about it so he won't even think to try it, and instead focus on reassuring him he's more than strong enough to inherit the title if that's what's bothering him. It ends up playing in his favor, Cass is proof that you don't need to be huge to instill the fear of God into people. And the way he moves, like a panther stalking his prey, is more than enough to make the rogues quake.

[axolator]

Script-A-"Day" #41: Waluigi's Moustache by Luxray

Wahahaha! Waluigi gonna kill the Demon!

First place at Final 3 Con's Alliances Script Competition!

Featured characters: Goon, Marionette, Legion

Complexity: Advanced-Expert. Recommended for STs who can comfortably ascertain the game state and craft information accordingly, and for players who are okay with a heaping dose of Legion paranoia as they parse the many possibilities of this script's infoscape.

Database link (find the PDF and JSON for running it there!)

Writeup under the cut!

Waluigi's Moustache has a very unique identity as a script. Featuring a combination of extra death and misinfo not easily found elsewhere along with a lurking Legion, it's a script that truly produces games like no other. The good team is mostly made up of information, with some characters like the Innkeeper and Monk doubling up to stop extra deaths — and to keep the Goon at the center of the script on the good team! The evil team is no slouch, though: between the Marionette, Vortox, and Legion (and the Drunk, Tinker, and Recluse in their back pockets) not all information can be trusted, and the suite of death modification is fearsome. Characters like the Ojo, Po, and Marionette can easily flip a Goon evil, and the Assassin can make sure they stay that way. One important caveat: in a Legion game, the Goon will always stay good, and can often be a key part of the solve if they're trusted — a tough feat for an Outsider as shifty as the Goon!

When bagbuilding Waluigi's Moustache, consider how the characters on both teams will interact with each other more than anything. Consider putting more information in a Vortox game and, on the other side of the coin, put more protection in a Po game — keep the teams balanced. This extends to the Goon — if in play, make sure both teams have ample opportunity to flip the Goon back and forth!

When building Legion, flip the numbers of good and evil players: so a 9-player game should have 2 Townsfolk and 7 Legion instead of 7 good players and 2 evil players. If you want to add an Outsider (and it's great fun to do so), take it out of the Legion's numbers — so this 9p game could have 2 Townsfolk, 1 Outsider, and 6 Legion. And, just a quick note: maybe avoid the Innkeeper in a Legion game? Don't never put the two in together, or otherwise the Innkeeper knows by their existence that it's not Legion, but the two don't play together very nicely.

Some notes:

Here are all the ways to mess with Townsfolk to send them down the Legion tunnel if they're the Drunk, the Marionette, or in a Vortox game:

Chef: Give them a super high number to simulate many Legion players

Librarian: Give them a 0! Most Legion games don't have Outsiders in them, after all. (That being said, an actual Lib-pair in a Legion game is also a lot of fun, too.)

Empath: Give them 2s when you can, and eventually give them a 1 when you can't give them a 2 (maybe when they neighbor two evils?)

General: Depends on what you think about the good team's chances of winning in Legion in general — for STs like myself, they'd say that evil is typically winning.

FT/TC: Lots and lots of yesses.

Fisherman: Point them to a player and tell them to vote together. Or, information which suggests distrusting the majority of town... you got this.

I just covered this on A Sudden Reversal, but recall how Pixie/Vortox works: they se an out-of-play Townsfolk character and their "mad" token is arbitrary: when that player dies, if the Pixie was mad about being the Townsfolk they saw, they get the ability they saw.

I actually prefer 3-star General to 5-star General on this script (that is, only using good/neutral/evil instead of good/evil slightly winning). That being said, both work fine: just remember that if you're running 5-star General in Vortox, make sure to give the General a reading that’s more than 1 star away from the truth (so if the truth is thumb slightly up, give a thumb down or slightly down in Vortox), that way their information is still actionable.

Recall from the Pearly Gates writeup: the Fortune Teller gets a NO on their red herring in a Vortox game! And, while I'm here, a note about the Recluse: I personally rule that the Recluse can misregister to the Vortox, making information regarding them effectively arbitrary (and so, characters like the Librarian, Empath, and FT can get true info about a Recluse in a Vortox game). Other STs might not — make sure your group knows how you rule it!

You might want to houserule that the Monk's protection lasts during the day, that way the Savant and Fisherman can recieve un-Vortoxed info if they're Monk-protected (instead of just the characters that act at night — remember the Monk makes players safe from all negative Demon effects!) I personally do, since I find it more fun, but make sure your group knows how you rule the interaction.

Base script interaction, but still relevant: If the Assassin is the first player to choose the Goon, the Goon dies and flips evil.

If the Drunk chooses the Goon with the ability they think they have, the Goon flips good and the Drunk is Goon-drunk. If the Marionette chooses the Goon with the ability they think they have, the Goon flips evil and the Marionette is Goon-drunk.

This script was written with the context that the Recluse can misregister as the Demon in order to place a Marionette next to it. It's a choice you might make in order to make the Marionette a picking role in a Goon game, or otherwise help evil more than just choosing the Demon's neighbor.

I wrote a lot about the Ojo in this post, but in sum: if the Ojo misses, don't necessarily punish them — bounce the kill to a neutral target that keeps the game in the balance. Ooh, but do remember that the Ojo can:

Multikill on a miss to sell Godfather worlds or otherwise gain tempo

Kill the Goon through their protection, since it's not them "choosing" the Goon with their ability

If the Ojo intentionally misses (by picking a bluff or another Demon) with the intent to do either one of those things, strongly consider following their intent.

Run the alternate Legion voting rule to avoid confirming who is Legion. The Legion almanac covers this too, but for completeness's sake: Instead of immediately declaring the vote tally to be 0 when only evil players vote on something, instead declare the vote to be successful and secretly keep track of who is actually about to die from execution with Legion's "About to die" reminder token.

That's about it from me! This script (and the other two finalists) is stellar - give it a whirl sometime if your group is comfortable with Legion!

[smytherines]

I love One Step Ahead for all the obvious reasons (gay angst), but also because it is so packed with little storytelling moments. Also it just seems exhausting. So much happens in that song:

1. Motorcycle chase (with office chairs)

2. Boat chase

3. Staff fight

4. Sword fight

5. Vigorous musket loading

6. Run up the staircase

7. Hang glider chase

8. Fistfight

9. Run halfway down the stairs again

And the entire time they are doing all of this, they're belting out a vocally demanding song. I mean, no wonder Curt Mega had to take a breath during that final note. That's a feat of endurance. I simply would've passed out and died.

One Step Ahead is one of my favorite setpieces of all time. In anything. Ever. It is so impressive, and it is even more impressive when you realize this was done by a tiny little independent company with the theatre budget equivalent of $1.50. Unreal. It should not be possible.

And the thing is, One Step Ahead is the perfect narrative counterweight to A1P1 (Spies Are Forever). The amount of thought they put into this is just stunning. Because here's the thing: A1P1 is also incredibly physical. For most of the song Curt and Owen are on the move, they're going up the ladder, they're fighting goons, they're going down the staircase, they're running.

But more importantly, Curt and Owen are touching a lot in A1P1. And yeah, that's fun in a swoony curtwen vibes way, but its also incredibly important to the narrative. They are touching a lot, and when they aren't touching they are standing just a little bit too close together. Its subtle enough that you initially dismiss it as a stylistic choice, but once you have the full context it is remarkably intimate.

Those are important details- like the way Owen has his arm around Curt and is literally holding his hand when they're talking to Cynthia. Its meant to tell us that they are together. In the romantic way, yes, but also they're just aligned, working together, on the same page. They are partners here. They literally have each other's backs.

And that's down to Curt Mega and Joey Richter selling the absolute shit out of these roles, and genius choreography by Lauren Lopez, and Corey Lubowich being the director of all time.

The digital download BTS has a part with Joey and Curt rehearsing the bit where they do the hug, and right after that they're trying to figure out what cool action poses to move into and Corey says that he wants to see something with them "connected," which is just... yeah, that's the perfect word to describe what is going on in A1P1. These two are connected.

So then we get to One Step Ahead. At the very beginning, Curt does the arm clasp with Tatiana. The first time they did this, Curt had a flashback of Owen. Owen was still his partner in his heart. But this time that bond is severed. Curt thinks of Tatiana as his partner now.

We get into the action of the song, and Curt and Owen do not touch. Even when they are very physically close together, there are weapons between them. In A1P1 they had lots of moments with their backs turned to each other, trusting each other, working perfectly in sync. In One Step Ahead they are facing each other head on. They are literally and figuratively fighting. They are breaking up.

The only moment during this sequence where they are actually touching each other is when Owen slaps Curt, Curt punches Owen twice, and they do that lock up move. They're only touching to hurt each other now.

And its so subtle and well executed that you don't really think about the parallels between these two scenes the first time you watch them. But you feel it on an emotional level. They had about ten minutes to establish the relationship between these two, and they used that ten minutes so effectively that the staircase scene ends up hitting like a ton of bricks.

Just. I love this show. I love how much TCB and Curt Mega and the rest of the cast care about this show. I'm so grateful they keep coming back to it. I cannot wait to see what they do with these scenes for Spy Another Day.

[elizabethrobertajones]

Hi! Top 5 NPCs for ffxiv? :>

Joint 5: the bunny girlfriends - Debroye from the bread quest in EW and Lilja from Bozja in Shb :) Debroye is fighting the good fight for flavour and that hardly needs expanding on after the build up Archon Loaf had in the MSQ as worldbuilding for Sharlayan. Lilja is just a badass bimbo nerd who is good enough to work at the Ironworks but cool enough for shiny nail polish and sunglasses in a warzone. They're small characters who you only meet doing side content but they have strong personalities and they get to rep viera girls who are just kinda nerdy and weird. I am disproportionately affectionate to both of them.

4: Gerolt... I think I've just spent too much time doing relic weapons... He's just awful in a really funny way and I wish him all the best and do all I can to ensure he has a better lot in life, and then one expansion later he is once again in deep drinking debt but saying the realest shit while creating incredible artworks. Also he's sort of 1/3rd the parent of the aforementioned child Frog has so I guess I need to at least get child support in the form of the first free weapon of each quest. The AU version of him and Mowen in the relic crafting tools thing actually really moved me and I'm not ashamed to admit it :')

Anyway in terms of "this guy!!" he's so up there and I'm always thrilled to see what Scenario he's in now. Over the long course of the game he's made an impression...

3: Ameliance. I'm certain she's a mob boss controlling everything from the shadows.

But seriously, no. The twins really are favourites but in terms of Top NPCs I'd been wondering about her the whole time since they do make mentions of their family and writing to mother etc and expectations were high, and getting to know her was so utterly wild because the plot demands on her from all directions of her family - her husband, her father in law, her children, the servants she hires who include the hired goons Alisaie brought to the Coils of Bahamut... Like. She is a character who had to be retroactively constructed from everything that has been said in a way that Fourchenault didn't need to be because his template is clear: He's the Son of Louisoix and burdened with cursed knowledge and the weight of history from immediate family and long lineage of being related to founding fathers of his city; he's EASY to write. Now imagine up the woman who MARRIED him, and has stayed married to him. And is going to stay married to him since the twins dealing with divorce doesn't seem like a probable plotline given the emotional directions of the broader story. Okay, now let's imagine a real woman with actual desires and personality who can fit into this puzzle piece.

Fucking Ameliance.

How on earth they convinced me she's real is a feat of writing I am in awe of.

2: Urianger is so important, like. Leave me alone, Il Mheg got me good because ffxiv seems to get everyone eventually, and now I'm nonbinary and he's my nonbinary icon :') SIGH. A Process Has Occurred. I could say more but honestly, I think that sums up that he is important to me.

1: Erenville............. Listen, I own multiple David Attenborough merch people get me because they know it's an easy gift. I had been a kid who sat and poked rockpools and puddles and I put snails in a jar and and of course picked up frogs in the garden. You introduce a character whose job is Animals and especially claims to be an expert in frogs??? He would have been at least with the bunny girlfriends on this list if this was his only contribution to the story. (And I would have enjoyed my feud in peace.)

Instead he's a fascinating guy who stood up for his workers, has leves where he's commissioning presents for gleaners, happily goes against authority to be helpful from the jump.... And NOW we get more content where we get to see him being a grumpy snarky bastard who is the only rational person in Sharlayan AND apparently has been neglecting being the only rational person in Tural too so off we go to see that in action???

I'm marrying him I'm marrying him I'm marrying him...

[mrnoital]

Ollie has some different iterations of how he got his start, what's your favorite?

Golden age(More Fun Comics #89)

Way off from the rest, this isn't very close to any other origin

Oliver was never even stranded, instead Roy was trapped on a mountain called lost Mesa with his father's servant after they were in a plane crash that killed Roys father.

Oliver was a wealthy archeologist with a fascination of native Americans instead of Robin Hood, and that's what led him to practicing the bow.

His collection was destroyed during a failed robbery, and soon after he was off to start a new collection, with some goons on his tail going to steal some gold.

Chaos ensues

Good guys win, bad guys die(but the good guys didn't technically murder, so it's all good) crushed by gold, the same gold or heroes use to fund their heroic adventures

Silver Age(Adventure Comics #256)

This is much more in line with the story we know, rich playboy accidentally falls off his boat and is deserted on Starfish island, here he created trick arrows as a way to survive(line arrow to bring in fish, meet arrow to catch more, drill arrow for coconuts) and continues to note native culture influencing his weapon choice

Soon he notices a ship which he swims to only to learn he's not out of danger yet is there has been a mutiny, chaos ensues and so Ollie begins his life as a hero using trick arrows as his saving grace

Post-Crisis 1 (Green Arrow(1983) #1, DC Super Stars #17, & Secret Origins(1986) #38

Here our rich playboy was having troubles with his girlfriend(or he might be in a singles cruise .... whatever) and goes for a calming boost ride when suddenly...PIRATES

He's thrown overboard and is stranded on the island where he perfected his archery skills and was able to defeat the very same pirates that marooned him and thus...chaos ensues

Ends up staying on the island for about 11 weeks

Post-Crisis 2 (Secret Origins(1989) #38 Green Arrow: The Wonder Year & Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters)

This one starts with workaholic Oliver Queen taking his first vacation in years on his boat with a few women and his hero Howard Hill(the trick archer from Robin Hood) and after a few too many drinks(and some bad lobster) he falls off the ship while throwing up.

After being stranded on the island he eats some lizard and gains archery skills, until the island is visited by a couple of stoners checking in their plants and he was able to just take them to the coast guard (even though they probably would've just given him a ride)

Post-Crisis 3 (Green Arrow: Year One)

Andy Diggle kept the fandom of Howard Hill, but this time Ollie was buying his bow at a charity auction, after a few too many drinks he made a fool of himself and decided he would invite himself on his security guards vacation(using the Queen yacht).

Turns out "vacation" was really code for stealing $14 million and dumping Ollie into the ocean

Ollie washes up on an island that's a little less deserted then usual. Finding a village without any living people he was able to craft a bow and gain the skills needed to survive, but when he tries to get help from a passing plane....danger!

Ollie kills some folks and gets blowed up a bit, ends up with a bone sticking out his arm. Luckily a "worker" from the nearby opium slave farm helped him heal, and gives him a little something to deal with the pain, which works until his arm is healed, then he just needs to heal his new addiction.

Freshly clean he finds Howard Hills bow and gets ready for the final showdown, in the chaos that ensues he helps the escaped slaves takes down the entire cartel. Afterwards he's able to convince everyone that showed up(maybe the Navy?) that it was maybe mutineers or a couple stoners or something.

New 52(Green Arrow(2011) #0, 26-28, Secret Origins(2014)#4

In this one we get a partying Ollie throwing a rager on one of his father's offshore oil rigs, which is attacked by high tech pirates, who want to steal the oil, but Ollie intervenes, and chaos ensues.

Everybody dies (except a Merlyn fill-in)

After drifting to the island he hones his skills to become a skilled hunter, up until he's kidnapped and tortured for a few weeks until he made a daring escape(murder may have been involved)

Once out he fought the man that set up the entire thing, he didn't know it at the time, but it was his daddy

His father held a magic arrow and saw the future and what it would take to make Oliver become Green Arrow so he set it all up himself.

A couple weeks later his rescue boat arrived and Ollie clocks in about 12 months on that island

A Justice League comic hinted at Aquaman helped Ollie get off the island, but that didn't go anywhere

Anything I miss?

[siri-ike]

The last couple of years have been good to Danny... too good, apparently. He'd accidentally joined a gang, beat up so many would be r**ists, made cops look like fools (an easy feat when you have ghost powers;) and he learned how to properly format an excel spreadsheet. Why, now of all times, did shit have to hit the fan?

There were clues well before Danny realized someone was after him. Hightened ghost activity, all the letters he couldn't read because they were cursive, the occasional horse-drawn carriage becoming him inside. But when a neon green sticky note appeared in a puff of smoke, right in front of his face. That's when he knew Clockwork wanted his attention. Which always means disaster.

That morning, Danny followed his usual routine. He went to the same coffee place, got the same order (sweet tea, a late with 3 sugars and a bagel with jam) and he brought it to the boss just as he was about to bash someone's skull in. He was such a calm and kind natured man but was somehow always in a bad mood before Danny got there.

Even though he never removed his mask, Danny could tell Red Hood was smiling when he looked his way. Not the sadistic way he was smiling before he came in. This was a pleasant smile. Amazing what a cup of coffee can do.

Even though he hid it, Danny knew The Red Hood loves routine. Not just the exact same breakfast and 8 am. sharp every morning for 2 years. He had also ridden the same beat-up motorcycle and used the same gun the whole time they had known each other. He always sat down to read between the hours of 1 pm and 2 pm, then again from 8 pm to 9 pm. And despite clearly preferring to be up at night, he seemed to do everything during the day (as if out of spite).

Safe to say, he wasn't going to appreciate the request Danny had to make.

08:06 am

Hood had ordered his goons to leave. That was another routine. He liked to eat alone. At least, that's how he worded it, but he never seemed to want Danny gone. And so, he did as always; recited the list of things that need to be dealt with in order of importance. A lot of it was kind of depressing. Greedy businesses displacing orphans, a lab infecting animals with degenerative diseases, someone's been stealing wheelchairs and two other gangs plan to have a shoot out at a playground. After that, it was less important things like a meeting with the Don, a suspected traitor, and some kids were cought dealing weed and amphetamines. Slow news day.

A pit forms in Danny's stomach. There's no more putting it off. He takes a deep breath.

But that was enough to get his attention.

"Something wrong?" You wouldn't expect a crime boss to have such a soothing voice.

Danny diffencively grabbed his own arm. He knew it was a sign of distress, and he knew Hood could tell. But Danny's always been such a terrible liar. "I, ih, " He stammered. "I need" in... and out. "I need to take some time off." You could have heard a pin drop.

Finally, Hood spoke. "Are you in danger? Do you need protection?" There was genuine concern in his voice. How could someone so kind be so feared?

Of course, Danny couldn't tell him the real reason (he didn't know the real reason), but he did eventually convince Red to give him one week before checking in. He's so lucky to have a boss who cares so much.

On his way out, 18 different goons begged him to stay. He didn't know them. It wasn't even an organized effort. Each one was alone. He reassured them he'd most likely be back in less than a week, but they still tried to stop him.

It's not like he's worried either, Red Hood can more than take care of himself. Most of what Danny does is just personal assistant stuff, mixed in with a little "crime" sometimes. Plus, with how sweet Hood is, those goons have nothing to worry about.

He hadn't even exited their base when he heard what could only be the sound of a horse-drawn carriage emerging from green fire. (Green ghost fire makes a distinct hot screaming noise, unlike blue ghost fire, which sounds more like a sad scream or red, which sounds like angry botulism). Opening the door confirms his expectations. The same distinct horses as before, too. A bone horse and shadow horse in the front, a scrawny flesh horse and glowing white horse in the back. A short ghost in a fancy but old looking suit held the carriage door open. Danny took a deep breath and put on a brave face (or at least that's what he was going for)

It took mere seconds for them to dissappear from infront of the red hoods base and appear infront of a giant purple castle in the ghost zone. He'd say it looks haunted, but... yeah. He barely stepped out of the carriage before another short, well-dressed ghost opened the front doors.

Inside was Frostbite. The relief must have shown on his face because the yeti was clearly expecting a warm embrace. Frostbite may be covered in furr, and he may have a warm personality, but he is cold to the touch. Danny doesn't care, though. If he wanted heat, he'd put his arms around that piece of hot nope nope, Danny, that is your boss! Get those thoughts out of your head this instant!

"My boy! My how you've grown. Why, you're almost my size." Frostbite said, holding Danny in one arm.

Danny didn't acknowledge the lie. He looks up from where he had buried his face in Frostbites shoulder. "Do you know what this is all about? I assumed the creepy letters were from Walker, but then Clockwork sent a note." He sat up on Frostbites forearm like a parrot. "I know I haven't exactly been a law-abiding citizen lately, but what do ghosts care?" He confessed, far too openly.

Frosbite chuckled. "You think you're in trouble, young one? No, my liege." He placed the halfa down. "It has been 10 years since you defeated Pariah Dark, and no one has taken your title from you. It is time you take your rightful place on the throne." Frostbites eyes shined with pride, and his hands encompassed Danny's whole torso.

Danny couldn't believe it. He came to the ghost zone expecting to get arrested, proposed to, or challenged to a duel of some sort.

Not this.

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Masterpost

Ok it’s not like I go here really, but I’ve been reading a bunch of DPxDC recently because it’s very good, and I had an idea that won’t go anywhere

The various gangs in Gotham have callsigns/uniforms or something right??? If not, they should, and imma say they do. Anyway. Redhood I think didn’t think too hard about what people in his gang on his turf should wear for identification purposes, but they sure did. And what they came up with was Red.

Wearing red in the vicinity of the ‘Bad Part’ of Gotham?? Part of the red hood gang. Generally head gear is the preferred method of wearing red. Red hats and beanies, red head scarfs and hijabs, red headbands, red masks. The idea has been communicated. To a certain point, wearing red even if you aren’t officially part of the gang is a great way to get an in with them, or be under protection if you’re the right age in the right area, as long as you’re willing to risk getting roped into low stakes gang activity, which can range from working the counter at money laundering sites to community service (guarding clinics and shelters and volunteering) to making deliveries to destroying certain hostile architecture. (Hood saves the real jobs with cops and shootings and turf disputes for actual members, that he knows the names faces and skills of, and who are at least above 18, but preferably over 20, and who wear real gear he supplies them with, not just whatever’s in their closet that’s red) (this does not entirely stop the smaller ‘members’ from getting into their own fights with the cops and turf wars, but Jason has found that giving them Something to do that feels like direct action helps curb those tendencies. And it’s not like those things aren’t things that don’t need doing, so it’s a win win. Mostly)

Danny, bless him, does not know any of this. But has been staying in the sketchier areas of Gotham because that’s where people don’t care how old you are or if your papers are real or not, and he absolutely does not want people looking into how old he is and wether his papers are real or not. He is also wearing an inadvisable and vaguely conspicuous amount of red. His converse are red, his signature baseball tee is white and red, and his hoodie is also red.

Clearly, this kid (he’s like 17) really wants in with the hood gang.

And eventually, they oblige him.

Random people will approach Danny and ask/tell him that them and a couple others are going somewhere to do (insert vaguely/definitely illegal job or act of community service here) and Danny, who is deeply directionless in life currently, and also pretty assured in his ability to eat danger for breakfast, and has never met an institutional authority he doesn’t disrespect at least a little bit, is totally down for some civil disobedience and chaotic good shenanigans.

And then it spirals from there. Like. A worrying amount.

It takes Danny actual months, almost a year, to realize that he’s been low key slow cooked into the criminal underbelly of Gotham, and like… he’s not really mad about it?? Honestly if he had a choice when he came to Gotham, he probably would have picked the redhood gang anyway. He just seems to vibe with them on a… Spiritual Level…

Hm

Anyway

Years go by, and while Danny doesn’t have the most going for him in terms of a normal person life, vis a vis higher education, official employment, health insurance, dating life, or any other benchmark one uses to measure the trajectory of their lives— Danny’s feeling pretty good! Jazz, Tucker, and Sam have all finagled their ways into Gotham, (Tucker has a WE internship, Jazz is working/doing work studies at Arkham, Sam does what she likes now that she is a legal adult and has her inheritance, and what she likes is environmental activism, and occasionally being spotted with fellow activist Damian Wayne, and someone who may or may not be poison ivy, sources differ) and Danny finds his obsession suspiciously well served as a hood goon. Hood hench? Redgoon? Hench hood?? Name pending, who cares.

Danny is also suspiciously good at, well, his job. One of the best runners, even when he gets caught and frisked they never seem to find the goods on him (they never do check IN him, but then why would they) very well liked at every volunteer spot they have, patient, kind, funny, good with old people, kids, bitter people, addicts and the homeless, the sick and injured. And yet also very competent in the field, when they finally let him do actually dangerous things. Act as protection detail to the working girls in the red light district, he’s very respectful, and very good at intimidation, de-escalation, and when push comes to shove, excellent in a fight. Knows when to keep pressing his advantage and when to make a retreat with whoever he’s guarding. Not afraid to fight scrappy, and presses through pain and fear like a true gothmite.

He gets so good at his not really a job job that he becomes essentially, Redhoods right hand man.

The rest of the bats are skeptical of this for several reasons. Because generally speaking, the people in Jason’s turf are not fans of the bats, but Jason does a lot of coordinating with them, and someone so close to him is going to pick that up eventually if they’re half as sharp and useful as Danny is. Other than that, secret identity issues, plus pit rage, plus the fact that Jason trusts pretty much nobody. But Jason has great feelings about this guy, he always feels more clear headed and even keeled when he’s around, and he helps Jason remember the community he’s trying to build, and the community he serves. Also he delegates and mother hens like nobody’s business, but Jason just really can’t seem to work up too much irritation about it.

It is around this time, however, that the past, and shady government organizations come knocking.

Perhaps the GIW has also noticed how ecto-contaminated and lawless Gotham is and decided that they could start doing research and experiments with its live and undead denizens instead of amity, where the portal has closed, and ghost activity is down since phantom disappeared. Or maybe the GIW has finally located phantom specifically and is interested in what they’re always interested in. Or maybe it’s various ghosts harassing Danny to take up the throne, which he’s been avoiding successfully, but having settled into a life routine that suites him his core has finally ‘settled’ (halfa cores fluctuate more than other cores due to the transient nature of being alive, but halfa people settle into lifelong patterns and relationships quicker than other people because of the static nature of being dead) he is mature enough by ghost standards to assume the throne, or at least begin preparing for it.

Regardless, danny is being tracked down for his childhood baggage’s extended warranty, and brings the entirety of the JL and almost all associated sidekicks, hero group spin-offs, and organizations into the thick of it.

Idk. I just got through Secretary Danny by DeathlySilent13 on ao3 and I thought man oh man wouldn’t it be neat if Danny got to be Jason’s second in command instead??? That could open up a lot of avenues I haven’t seen yet. I’m also just very curious about how the Jason’s runs his gang according to the fandom, and I think that with all the ACAB energy Danny has been assigned, he should have a little bit of community focused organized crime. As a treat. Like I said I don’t go here thou, I just needed to put this somewhere and see if it vibed with anybody besides me

[thanksforthedinosaur]

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Saany Goon / One Wish

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[rayjuss]

Really late on this one but here you go internet, find this if you can like the hidden Earl and Uncle Al album on Youtube.

Ray Juss - 17.06.2024 - 11pm Tracklisting

Track - Title - Artist 1 - CAN'T GET U OFF MY MIND - Hiatus Beat Tape Co. 2 - High Eyes - TUAMIE 3 - 12's in 8 - Karriem Riggins - Karriem Riggins 4 - Needing To Win (0-16) - 14KT 5 - Alive - Xperiment x B.Lewis 6 - BeautyLOOPS - NAMELESS 7 - Goon Bag - Dibia$E 8 - DP35 - Captain 9 - Bell Beez Record - Ras G 10 - The Battle: Speed - Neptunes Instrumentals 11 - Blad - Letherette 12 - Pon DI LUV - Modlee & Vlooper 13 - BTSTU (Michael Gain G-Funk Edit) [ca._2009_A. K._Paul] - Jai Paul 14 - polaroids - duke hugh 15 - 1_Home - Culross Close 16 - Round We Go - Hawk House 17 - 18 - KenLo Craqnuques (Noir) - Galfren - 18 - Yellow - Tuamie 19 - 2 Beat (Instrumental Prod. by - Just Blaze 20 - Terry - The Alchemist 21 - Tea Leaf Dancers (feat. Andreya Triana) - Flying Lotus 22 - Here we go again - Dizz1 23 - Dat Ass - Jon Wayne 24 - Super Mario Bros - Castle - Various 25 - Character Select - NAMELESS 26 - Bethink - Busy - Busy 27 - Ghost Hunter - EPROM 28 - Clap To This - Xperiment 29 - Monophonic Shit - Mr. Oizo 30 - Tennis - dp 31 - KELP - CULP 32 - Captain - Wine Mix -

[raphaelmyung]

Serenade of Whimsy

1. Raphael's favorite song

2. The reason

Sering kuputar terus karena lagunya enak enak dan kadang ngerasa isi hatiku yang gabisa aku ceritain udah di ungkapin di lagu tersebut. Kadang kalau ngerasa sedih atau apa, aku bakalan dengerin lagu lagu itu untuk memhibur diri sendiri karena merasa di ngertiin walaupun cuma lewat lagu doang.

3. Waktu yang tepat untuk dengerin lagunya

Waktu kalian lagi ngerasa "kok aku udah berusaha terus tapi gapernah berhasil, apa sekurang itu kah aku?"

[anatthema-art]

SO. i see my fellow players have chimed in to add their contributions of how and why this oneshot was batshit insane and as the person who started this thread as well as the person who dealt the 259 damage nuke. to explain. how.

while oil’s build involved pumping as much damage into a single attack as possible then doubling it with the grave cleric bonus, mine was focussed on unleashing a frankly disgusting barrage of attacks and stacking my damage modifier as high as possible. so let’s break this down.

so any build-minded dnd player knows hexadins are fucking insane right? a singular level of hexblade turns a paladin from the class with the single biggest nova damage potential into an actual fucking nuke.

i would also like to clarify this subclass combo, which is extremely crunchy, came together only half intentionally. as anyone who follows me will know, blythe is not just a crunchy build for the sake of it. e is an active brainrot character who i’m playing in an actual campaign and who has backstory which justifies both the oathbreaker and hexblade subclasses. i only did this multiclass which i knew was broken under extensively clearing it with both my regular dm and the dm for this oneshot, and only did it because i had a fantastic backstory reason to justify it. i am a player who values rp and rotates my murder death machine ghost in my head rent free

now that being said. this nova attack had potential to be higher, hypothetically. the thing is. when you calculate these sorts of absurd builds, you do have to factor in a level of practicality. essentially, i had used two of my three third level spell slots prior to this turn, due to stuff that happened in the combat prior. theoretically i could have unleashed all 3 of my 3rd level smites and made this number even worse. but that’s not a reasonable expectation when the combat has been going for several rounds by this point and you’re swarmed by goons

so. the build. 12 levels of oathbreaker paladin and 1 level of hexblade warlock.

so the funny silly little thing about hexblade warlock is that it allows you to use your charisma modifier instead of your strength or dex for both attacks and damage. so this means that blythe focusses on pumping up their charisma as high as possible with only keeping enough strength for heavy armour. oathbreaker’s level 7 aura feature allows you to add your charisma modifier to your damage rolls. so at a base without ANYTHING ELSE we sit at a +10. then, we take the duelling fighting style for another +2. 1st level hexblade only works with one handed weapons, and we don’t like sacrificing our smite slots to take 3 levels of it. so we’re using a one handed weapon and a shield. you may be asking “okay, so why a spear? isn’t there one handed weapons that deal more damage?”

the answer is yes! in fact, in blythe’s regular campaign, i plan to take the hexblade level at level 5. we’re currently at level 3. at level 4 is when i plan to switch to the spear. but at level 4 we take…. POLEARM MASTER. this is the other lynchpin in this build which lets us make a whirlwind of extremely high damage bonus attacks. you see, a lot of people note polearm master’s insane ability to combine with sentinel to essentially lock enemies into a death zone by trapping them with opportunity attacks. the thing is. blythe does not take sentinel (took eldritch adept to get devil’s sight for darkness shenanigans that didnt come up in this oneshot but did in a prior 13th level oneshot). the piece of polearm master that is frankly insane for blythe, is the piece that lets you, when wielding a polearm, use a bonus action to attack with the blunt end of the weapon. you see, the feat specifies the damage die is a d4. but… that barely matters. our spear is already only a d6. what matters is the MODIFIER. everywhere i looked to clarify this rule, including jeremy crawford on twitter, said your damage modifiers are in fact added to this attack. so… we’re essentially getting a second extra attack as a bonus action if we choose to use it, since blythe’s damage modifier is GROSS.

so for those keeping track at home, with a turn to setup hexblade curse giving ANOTHER +5 to damage, ans duelling fighting style, we now sit at a solid +17 damage mod, with three attacks. BUT WAIT. THERE’S MORE. that’s without magic items, since our dm allowed us one rare magic item for the oneshot. +2 spear leads to this damage mod being a +19.

now the setup. so perrin, our wizard and blythe’s beloved GLG (goth loving goth) partner, does the most homoerotic thing possible and casts haste. now we’re at 4 attacks. in my prior turns, i have set up hexblade’s curse on the boss, and also set up spirit shroud. this gives me an extra d8 to attacks. in an ideal world, i likely would have set up hex instead (only a d6 but a 1st level spell) to save my 3rd level slot for another 3rd level smite, as well as not used a third level smite my turn prior. again, this was influenced by the combat prior, so the practicality of the hit was a bit different than calculations. the grave cleric has also primed my first hit to double damage, but unlike the hex bard, this is a single hit, so i would have actually still broken 200 without the grave cleric

so imagine for a moment you are the world’s angriest ghost about to smack this angel into next sunday. your loving partner has infused you with murder juice and you have spent your prior turns setting up and waiting for an opportunity to rush an angel. the hexbard has cut off the angel’s wing, removing its flight, and is now in optimal position to flank it. you rush up, flanking it to get advantage on all 4 of these attacks. and thus, you hit all 4. the third one is a crit, but only the 3rd (even with the crit on a 19 granted from hexblade’s curse). you smite 3rd level on the one boosted by the grave cleric, and 2nd level smite on the rest.

the first attack is a 1d6+6d8 (sprit shroud and improved smite factored for) +19, and is DOUBLED (getting a 50 at base, doubled to 100), the next two are 1d6+5d8+19 (one of them crits) and the final is 1d4+5d8+19

the final result, is in fact, a tactical nuke. the boss immediately downed me, rightfully so, and after that round i was mostly out of gas and after getting healed, pulled my final gambit of healing myself with almost all my lay on hands points then casting compelled duel to keep the boss’ attention off the hex bard’s nuke which finished the job, but frankly, going down in a blaze of glory while priming the real final hit is exactly what both me and blythe wouldve wanted.

and now we get hurt/comfort content as blythe recovers from that many smites in a turn then immediately getting downed, so maybe the real winner was the ship content we got along the way

i wanted to draw the steven comfort characters meme format and yesterday the opportunity perfectly presented itself as i played a oneshot with @parallel-2-anywhere in which this scenario basically happened. I love our silly little spooky yet domestic murder couple

[ranaissingle]

Coffee Or Tea pt. 4

Masterlist

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 5

Summary: Reader and Austin spend the rest of their day together and grapple with the reality of their feelings (by grapple I mean they have very sweet sex to the point it makes me want to scream into my pillow) :/ Rating: M Pairings: Austin x AFAB!/Fem!reader Word Count: 2.4 k

Warnings: Mentions of sexual assault and other sex stuff. I will mark where the smexy stuff starts and ends so the people who don't like that stuff won't be bothered A/N: Like last time I had this part ready yesterday but Lisa Marie's funeral was yesterday so it didn't feel right to post this so I waited a day. Enjoy!!

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Austin and Y/N's legs were tangled together on the couch while they read their respective books; Austin drew circles on her knee with his fingers and Y/N fiddled with the creases on his pants. Y/N had never felt so relaxed in the company of someone else. The sunlight was streaming into the apartment and ricocheted off Austins honey spun locks. She hadn't flipped a page in ages. She couldn't take her eyes off him. It almost felt criminal to do so. He was so beautiful it seemed as though his face and body had been tirelessly sculpted by the gods themselves. Each dip and groove dealt with careful precision and the eye of a master. She didn't want to take her eyes off him.

Austin pulled his eyes away from the book he was pretending to be engrossed in. He had also been eyeing Y/N's small hands and supple legs. He felt like he needed to be touching her at all times. He had this suspicion that as soon as he let go of her she would disappear and he would be alone again. He didn't think he could go back to a life without her laugh, the crinkles around her eyes when she smiled, or her obsession with tea and all of its various flavors. He wanted to hold her. He wanted her curves under his hands and his head in her hair.

She wanted to hug him. She wanted her hands around him and her head around his neck. She put her book down in frustration because of her lack of ability to figure out how to smoothly ask of they could lay together.

Austin gathered his strength and spoke.

"Hey, uh it's a little chilly don't ya think?" He was hoping to lead this conversation in a certain direction.

Y/N's heart spasmed. The opportunity she needed had presented itself on a silver platter and she intended to take advantage of it.

"Y-yeah it is. Do you need a blanket or something?" Her voice was soft and breathy as she spoke and Austin could've jumped her right then and there.

"Nah I don't want you to get up over that, why don't we... why don't we just hug? I'm sure that'd keep us warm." His boyish grin and tilted head did wonders for Y/Ns heart.

"Yeah sure, let me just put my tea down." She couldn't contain the warmth that spread across her cheeks as she leaned over Austin to put her mug on the coffee table. When she turned back around to face him, she found his book on the table and his arms outstretched to invite her into his chest and neck. She slipped her arms under and around his chest while resting her forehead against his neck. The soft patter of his heart sped up the longer she held him. Austin was anything but relaxed. His arms wrapped around her should have done wonders to calm him down but combined with the fact that her hip was resting on a compromising part of his pelvis and her soft exhales landing directly in his neck did the exact opposite.

He slowly brought his hands up and around her waist with his palms stretched out over her back. His fingers traced the valleys of her shoulder blades and the dips of her spine. He felt her relax further into his chest as he tightened his arms further around her waist.

"Thank you for trusting me. I know that talking about past boyfriends mustn't have been easy, but I'm happy you felt like you could trust me." He whispered the words into her ear and kissed her forehead when he finished.

She picked up her head from his chest to look at his azure eyes, "Thank you for listening Austin. It's weird, but for some reason, I don't feel comfortable talking about it to anyone else. I guess you just make me feel more... safe? Yeah, safe is the right word." The blissed-out look on her face and her radiant eyes did wonders for Austin's heart.

She wanted to kiss him. She hadn't wanted to kiss anyone in so long but she wanted to kiss him. The feeling came over her like a tidal wave and suddenly all she could think of was the roughness of his hands on her arms and back and the pink lips that she was sure were just as velvety as they looked.

Austin saw her gaze shift lower on his face and knew that she was feeling the same things he was.

"Do it Y/N. Whatever you are thinking of doing do it." Austin was barely holding on to his sanity. His palms burned where they brushed over skin reassuringly.

Y/N couldn't breathe. Austin would need to help her to. She brought her face right over his and hovered over him. His gaze searched hers and kept looking in between both her eyes. She leaned in slowly and Austin couldn't breathe anymore either.

His lips were soft. So soft Y/N felt like she was kissing a marshmallow. He was sweet like a marshmallow too. The hand that previously rested on her back had moved up to cup her jaw in its palm and tangled fingers through her hair. Austin's breathy moan awakened feelings in Y/N she had never felt before. The beats of her heart echoed in her head when Austin licked the seam of her lips to ask for entry into her mouth. She parted them slightly and Austin probed her mouth questioningly. She opened her mouth further to grant him access and suddenly Austin was everywhere all at once. His hands were in her hair and on her waist, his legs caged hers in between his calves and thighs, and his chest and shoulders seemed to encase her in an embrace so warm she felt like she could die at that moment and have absolutely no regrets.

Austin's mouth and tongue kissed her with abandon. He had waited for what felt like an eternity to kiss her. He had felt his hands shake with the need to hold her over the months they had known each other, and now that he had her placed so perfectly in his arms and letting breathy moans and whimpers leave her lips, he felt so full. More full than he had ever felt in a relationship before.

Austin gave her one last soft, open-mouthed kiss, and drew himself off at her moan. She opened her eyes slowly and licked her swollen lips while she stared at him. Austin's hand crept lower to her round ass and he squeezed lightly. She whimpered softly and stifled her head in his neck.

(sappy/steamy sex starts here mdni)

"No one ever kissed me like that before." She brought her hand up and absentmindedly touched her lips and a small smile crept onto her face. Austin wanted to kiss them again. Austin lifted one hand from her waist and brought it up to hold her face while he whispered in her ear.

" I can do it again if ya want baby girl." Her answering whimper and shift of her hips rubbed against Austin's growing erection. A groan escaped his lips and he let his head fall over the side of the couch.

"You're gonna have to stop moving baby girl or else I might do something we are both gonna regret." His voice was strained and sounded like he was out of breath. Y/N tensed in his arms before eventually relaxing again. She pushed herself off his chest and put her mouth near his ear and whispered, "what if I want you to."

" Jesus baby girl," Austin took a deep breath to steady his words before he continued, "Tell me exactly what you want me to do." he hauled himself from laying down on the couch to sitting upright with Y/N in his lap and her knees settled right outside of his legs.

"I won't do anything until you tell me exactly what it is you want."

She wanted him so bad. Y/N was ready to throw all her morals out of the window when it came to Austin.

" I wa- I want you to t-touch me," she gripped his wrist in between her palm and brought it under her skirt; she was feeling bold all of a sudden, "I want you to touch me right h-here." Austin's hand was fully rested on her clothed pussy. He groaned when he felt the way her slick had wet her lace-lined panties.

"Say less baby girl."He ran his fingers up and down her clothed pussy and Y/N whined when the rough fabric of her panties moved over her clit. His large fingers applied the perfect amount of pressure on her most sensitive parts and her subsequent groans and pleas grew louder the more Austin rubbed. Y/N's head lolled back as she placed her hand on his shoulder to ground herself

Austin needed to feel her skin. He wanted his skin on hers. He wanted to know how her slick felt in between his fingers.

"Can I take off your panties beautiful? You're so wet I can practically taste it." Y/N panted at the question.

"Yes, please. I want you to touch me. Please Austin take them off."

"I don't think I'll ever be able to stop touching you at this rate. Your smell is addicting." He nestled his nose behind her nose as he spoke and took in her scent. She smelled like lavender and coconut. A heady blend that left Austin's senses with much to be desired.

Her head had come to rest on his shoulder. He hooked his fingers under her panties and dragged them down her legs slowly while he used his other hand to rub circles on the seam of her spine. When her panties were off, he pushed his fingers in between her slick folds and Y/N keened at the new sensation. Austins answering groan was loud and reverberated against where both of their chests were pressed together.

"Your intoxicating you know that? I could spend the rest of my life with my hands all over you and it would always never be enough. I dream of you baby girl, did you know that? Every time my head hits the pillow you occupy every nook and cranny of my brain. Your smile, your laugh, your smell, " he licked her neck and circled the rim of her entrance as he spoke. " I love how your hips sway when you walk, the way your dainty blouses and tops hug your boobs, and how those skirts you wear barely cover your ass over the tights you love to wear." His other hand crept up under her turtle neck and grazed the skin underneath.

“Aaah” Y/N mo

aned as Austin spoke. The brush of his thumb against her clit and the index finger teasing her entrance did wonders for the growing feeling in her stomach. 

“Do you like it, baby girl? Do you like the way my hands feel against your pussy?”

Y/N nodded frantically as more obscene noises fell from her lips. She had never felt this way before. Never in her life had a man been so gentle and rough at the same time. 

“Can I put my finger in your tight pussy baby? I can make you feel so good if you’ll let me.”

Y/N nodded her head frantically. She couldn't utter a single word let alone a full scentence to answer him. The feeling of the tip of his finger crowning her entrance sent her into a frenzy. 

“Your so tight baby girl, I'm gonna need ya to relax if I'm ever gonna get my finger inside of you darlin’.” Y/N took in a deep breath before relaxing her muscles to allow Austin entrance into her.

“Just like that baby girl, you are doing so well. You're so tight I know your gonna squeeze

my cock in the best way.” Austin groaned as he dipped his finger deeper into her. 

Y/N’s vision was becoming distorted. She couldn't tell up from down nor where her body ended and Austins began. His fingers worked deeper into her until they found the spot that made her hips jump.

“Ah, Aus-Austin right there. it -It feels so good there. Unh!” Her breathing quickened and her hips started grinding over Austin's palm. He was impossibly hard in his pants and he would have given anything to have his cock replace his finger. 

“That’s it, baby girl, you're close huh? I can feel it. You're clenching around my fingers so well.”

Her head lolled back into his neck as the heat began to pool in her stomach. 

“Imagine what it would feel like if my cock was inside of you? I could stretch you so much better with it. I could hit that special spot over and over again until you came just from that.”

Y/N saw black spots in her vision as she called out for Austin.

“Austin I feel anh! I feel weird.” She looked into his eyes as tears began to crest in her eyes. 

“I know baby girl you're about to cum. Don’t stop it just let it wash over you.” His fingers were working the spongy spot within her and her clit all at once and Y/N felt like she might cease to exist.  

Her whimpers and moans grew and grew until she felt the wave crash over her. It was wave after wave of pleasure each one more powerful and all-consuming than the last. She spasmed in Austin's lap as she came down from her high with his arms wrapped tightly around her her head tucked into his neck.

When she eventually came to, she looks down and saw Austin's sizeable erection straining against his pants. Y/N felt her cheeks warm as she shifted her eyes away and back up to his face. 

“Um, do you- do you want me to take care of that?”

Austin’s boisterous laugh startled her; but after she got over her confusion, she laughed with him.

“I’m alright baby girl,” he hugged her tighter to reiterate his point, “Tonight was all about you. I wanted to make you feel good I can wait until next time. Then I'll have all the time in the world to consume you.” He pulled her in for a passionate kiss and Y/N could practically taste the promise on his tongue. 

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I have never been so embarrassed writing anything in my entire life. I quite literally had to write this whilst under the covers of my bed because I could not stomach doing it while sitting at my desk. Don't @ me if the positions they are in don't make any sense I have no one to test them out on haha. I am most certainly going to hell for this so I hope it was worth it lol. I hope you enjoyed it.

[themandylion]

2022 Fic Round-Up

Happy New Year! In 2022, I wrote 29 new stories and 85,622 words*. Here’s all the stuff I wrote in 2022!

2019 Fic Round-Up | 2020 Fic Round-Up | 2021 Fic Round-Up

Teen Morphology - 16k, JayTim. Gotham Academy's newest student is smart, funny, hot—and also constantly lying through his teeth about who he is and where he comes from.

Renegades - 11k, JayTim. Sometimes, all it really takes to make the world a brighter place is a good handle on your anger management. A softer version of Tim's search for Bruce in Red Robin.

Deep Destinies - 864, JayTim. Two mers lying in the seagrass, talking about destiny.

Vigilante Life Cycle - 2k, gen. When Jason digs himself out of his grave, there's someone there to help him. Again. (Part 2 of Vigilante Life Cycle.)

There Are Many Advantages - 944, JayTim. A marine biologist consults with a terrestrial biologist. (Part 2 of MerMemes.)

Grey Ghosts - 2k, gen. "We guard those that guard our cities and the people in them. We find them when they die and prepare them to live again, as they so often do." (Part 1 of Vigilante Life Cycle.)

Sharks Are So Smooth - 696, JayTim. T’m is dispensing hot takes on sharks as learned from the internet. (Part 1 of MerMemes.)

Shifting Compromise - 3k, JayTim. Red Hood and Red Robin are trapped in a tricky situation with little to no hope of rescue on the horizon. Luckily, Red Robin has a hidden talent. Jason just wishes he didn't have to be so frickin' good at it. (Part 1 of Fuzzy Business.)

Tiim Travel - 3k, JayTim, Jason&Tim. Red Hood is in a safehouse only Red Robin is supposed to know about. Hard to believe the most logical explanation is time travel.

Unsafe Hobbies - 5k, JayTim. Tim discovers something in his old photos that sheds new light on a case from Jason's time as Robin.

Contraband Catch-All - 4k, JayTim. Officially, no one is supposed to work weekends. Unofficially, sometimes Storage has other ideas. (Part 4 of Earth and Alpf'ch'l.)

The Icing on the— - 1k, JayTim. It would seem that Tim took the Batmobile out for a bit of fun and failed to clean it before turning in for the night.

Shake Apart - 8k, JayTim. Robin keeps insisting on putting himself between Tim and danger. (Part 3 of Vigilante Life Cycle.)

Pull Together - 4k, gen. Jason does everything Robin needs to do—small acts of kindness mixed with great feats of heroism—as he slowly feels out this new role he's taken on. (Part 4 of Vigilante Life Cycle.)

In Danger of Overheating - 3k, DickTim. Dick is not sulking after being confronted with certain truths, and he is definitely handling the unexpected scantily clad catboy in his apartment in an adult manner. Really.

Deer - 238, original work. The language you're raised with heavily influences the way you perceive the world.

In Tandem, Now - 6k, gen. Getting Tim back proves infinitely harder than spiriting him out of the city was. (Part 5 of Vigilante Life Cycle.)

Fic or Treat - 100-word drabbles done for Halloween: - Lingering (Tim&Cass, and a ghost) - Unreasonable Request (200 words, part 6 of Fuzzy Business) - Haul (JayTim) - Rouge (Red Hood and a goon) - Shared (TimBer) - Tired (JayDami) - Moon (Part 2 of Fuzzy Business) - Sweater (Part 8 of Tales from the House of Mau) - Tradition (Follow up to Shine a Light) - Prudence (Follow up to Three Birds in Flight) - Turning (DickTim)

This Is Not a Hallmark Christmas Movie - 9k, JayTim. Jason makes a project out of DI’s CEO after Tim’s girlfriend dumps him for a Christmas-tree farmer. Not!fic.

*(Technically inaccurate because I also wrote an epic campire/not!fic with Kieran Granola in 2022, but we’re still futzing about editing it. >.> )

[robinsdearest]

Light Switch

Tim Drake x Reader

Peanut Butter and Oreos (Part 1) | They’ll be okay (Part 2) | Bobby pin (Part 3) | Ketchup Packets (Part 4) | IV Pole (Part 5) | Red (Part 6) | Light Switch (Part 7)

You sit shoulder to shoulder with the person next to you; the television playing some cheesy romance film in the background, your eyes and pencil tapping back and forth across your unwritten essay, and Tim’s hand resting gently on your thigh drawing small circles. 

He had basically ordered you to bed as he dragged you out of the library a short few hours ago; apparently you had been studying far too long alone. 

So now, you sit propped on a few dozen pillows with your notebook in your lap, and Tim’s warming presence snug against you. Tim was not lying when he said that you would not leave his side ever again. 

And through all of your years as best friends, you finally learned Tim’s love language, or two languages. Physical touch and- Oreos and peanut butter. 

You always assumed he only ate the sweet treat because you had liked it. And you would have been partially right. He ate it with you because you had liked it. But also, he loved the snack because it reminded him of everything about you.

The tub of peanut butter and the basket of Oreos lay open on the small TV dinner tray on the bed between your feet.

Relishing in those two deep vulnerable facts about your best friend, now turned boyfriend, your mind drifts away from whatever medicinal narrative you were supposed to be writing. 

Tim had rescued you. He- and his family- had flown across the ocean to save you and the others from whatever terrors Abadi, his goons, or even Luthor were planning to commit. Tim’s search to find you had saved countless others, an incomprehensible feat that you’re sure Batman knew but couldn’t quite understand. His family helped Tim to help you. 

You would love them- and Tim- for the rest of your life.

In only a few hours after the siege, Batman and local authorities had begun a plan for evacuation. The people originally from America were to be taken by Batman and his flock back to the states. Others, so many others, would receive help to get home. You had so deeply worried how long that might be.��

You and the other American prisoners sat in some unknown part of the aircraft, taking note of others’ injuries and helping each other when needed. Batman had handed Gina numerous supplies: clothes, food, medical equipment, anything we might have needed for the long journey home.  You wouldn’t dare tell anyone of the kiss your Russian savior had planted on the masked vigilante’s cheek, nor would you mention the smile on his lips immediately following.

After the plane had taken flight, Tim was the one who continued to periodically check on the passengers. With multiple shifts, he would check on each person, saving you and Gina for last each time. As Red Robin, he would smile at you, ruffle your hair, and lean down to place a kiss to your temple, each and every time he passed.  Gina refused to leave your side the entire ride. She sat stroking your hair and sung you to sleep. 

You had all but moved into the manor as soon as you came home.

With your parents gone, everything was left to you. The anxiety and sheer emptiness that followed losing both parents was a fate known well within Tim’s family. Each member stepped forward to help you in any way they possibly could. Even Damian agreed to tolerate Tim if it meant you were happy. 

Gina had more or less additionally adopted you in this short amount of time. She promised to step in, to not let the nightmares of what happened to you, to your parents, seep into your body and soul. She promised to be your armor in shining silver and gold. Knight in shining armor, you corrected her this time. She moved entirely into your life just as quickly as she had entered it by agreeing to go on some dumb medical missionary trip. 

Tim told you about his three months of personal hell, all that he did and tried to do in order to find you. Jason had wickedly included the burger murder story, of how a stupid ketchup packet was all it took. You told Tim about the bobby pin and communicator from the raft, told him how his genius, computer-like mind saved you in more ways than one. Tim had later told you how Bruce took care of everything in regards to the media for survivor details, the other prisoners, the fortress itself. Everyone from the complex went home within a few days of the release. You slept better than you ever had before that night. 

However, Tim never told you what his punishment was for beating Eyepatch to a bloody pulp. The fact he had sat next to you on multiple patrol nights for the past few weeks told you what you didn’t want to ask. It was all behind you now. 

You were lucky. Through eaten peanut butter and Oreos, borrowed bobby pins, broken ketchup packets, and thrown IV poles, you made it back to your favorite bird. 

Tim flicks a finger to your nose, raising you out of the memory you had gotten lost in.  You crinkle it, baring a tooth or two to signal the twinge of pain. 

“Where’d you go?” His head tilts to the side, but he doesn’t look up from his folder.

You continue tapping your pencil to the notepad. “Just thinking.”  You can see the tilt of his mouth as his grin grows before he turns to you. 

“Thinking about me?”

You shove his shoulder playfully, as he wraps an arm around your waist to pull you closer to him. He carefully maneuvers your bodies so that you’re sitting between his legs. Your back against his chest, listening to his heartbeat. Yes, this is still real.

You think back to the gaudy woman at the benefit gala before your departure to hell. You hope you can see her again to tell her that you and Tim are in fact together. 

Tim places a kiss to your temple. You push away to face him fully. Tim is everything and more that you could dream. The crush you had for years finally happy. Your own personal detective, your best friend, the one to bring light into your life. 

He kisses you soft and sweet. The bags under his eyes indicate he might not be sleeping.

You ask him so. “Was the last time your slept weeks ago?”

“Only about a day or so.” 

He leans forward, leaving a hairbreadth between your lips as eyes roam your face. His lack of movement moves you to speak. 

“Are you going to kiss me again?”

“I’m thinking about it.”

Your mind goes to the computer he maintains as a brain, hoping that he’s already filed away the feeling of your lips on his. “You’re always thinking about something.”

The smile Tim returns is teethy and cocky. “I’ve only ever thought about you.”

And like a light switch bathing your entire existence in glimmering light, his kiss was nothing but blinding.

[bubblegumbeyotch]

Rules: You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. Put your playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, and then tag 10 people.

ty for the tag you goon 🌚 @titanmilk

1. R.E.M. by ariana grande

yea i know there are divided opinions about miss girl but i love this song a lot unironically im sorry

2. untouched by the veronicas

GOES UNREASONABLY HARD would recommend to anyone who likes to drive above the speed limit

3. the jetset life is gonna kill you by MCR

one of their best tracks imo, i love fucking everything about this song (but mostly that it has organ in it)

4. claws by charli xcx

i love the production on this track, one of my favorite charli songs and i always play this when i have a crush :)

5. conceited by sza

fuck i love this whole album, no notes

6. oh no! by marina

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME THERES A REASON ITS BEEN ON NEARLY EVERY PLAYLIST OF MINE FOR LITERALLY 10 YEARS STRAIGHT ITS A TECHNICALLY PERFECT SONG

7. helen of troy by lorde

idc i love the solar power era it’s for me and my three weed smoking girlfriends

8. blind by sza

again what can i say this album fucking rules. my pussy does precede me

9. what’s in the middle by the bird and the bee

criminally underrated band tbh, this whole album is fucking great. polite dance song is one of my favorite songs of all time too

10. susie save your love by allie x (feat. mitski)

the song that introduced me to allie x! allie x has an alarming amount of songs about falling in love with women and being attracted to them for someone who IDs as just a really really good ally

there’s my list :3 i tag @putomytho @roadbaby @cirquedutrash and @a10milestereo 💪💪💪