#flash rouges gallery

[bet-on-me-13]

Goonian Rep Danny AU

So, I think most of us have seen the AU where Danny joins the Goonion as a representative to get them their benefits

And I think we all gloss over the fact that there is another Union for Villains around. The Flash Rogues Gallery! They have Rules, Payouts, punishments, traditions, everything!

I can see a world where Danny joins the Flash Rouges Union as an enforcer of the Rules. Like he is there when they beat the shit out of Inertia for tricking them into killing Bart Allen, or he is the one who punishes Trickster when he breaks the “No unnecessary harming of civilians unless for revenge” Rule.

He is the one who keeps them in line, and he has a similar relationship like the Flash to them, except he is much more morally grey. He won’t care if you kill a civilian as long as the civilian met the “Revenge” criteria, but anything else and you can bet your Pay is docked for the next 3 months

He and Flash have an amicable relationship. He keeps the Rouges in line with the Rules they set up themselves, and Flash acts as the source of their source of entertainment and nemesis.

I like to imagine that one day a Rouge breaks a rule, like maybe that time the Trickster stuck those bombs on the civilians I mentioned before, and Flash just says “Not my problem anymore, you broke the rule”

And he just pulls out his phone and calls Danny to inform him of the violation before sitting back and watching the fireworks (he does save the civilians, no worries)

[artisgonnabeok]

Axel Walker aka The Second Trickster! For DCUValentinesDay2024!

Of course more details under the line:

With this, I wanted his robotic arm to really stand out because it's so often overlooked in the comics. Also because designing robotic arms is always fun.

I also based the robotic arm off of the muscle of the arm.

With his piercings I really wanted to give him stretched ears as well as a helix piercings and a tounge piercing to sort of show this teenage punk style.

With his two gold teeth that's just a reference to his criminal life style as in getting his teeth knocked out.

His chain necklace was more so there for style.

His shirt is based off of one he wore in the comics while his overalls are based off of his pants on his costume.

His belt is also based off of his costume.

The arm fishnet piece as well as his armband is a reference to rave culture which I feel like would suit him.

His shoes are based off of his airwalkers as well.

....Also, I decided to give him a T tattoo because why not.

In general with his main outfit I wanted to include sort of a playful vibe mix with an inventor/Engineer type clothing because that is what really sets him apart from James is that he's more of an inventor than him.

Also, his socks are the Gay flag but also a stylized Pansexual flag, which is my own personal headcannon for him.

Another version without the text:

[spaceagetoon]

If Captain Boomerang has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Captain Boomerang has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Captain Boomerang has only one fan then that is me. If Captain Boomerang has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Captain Boomerang, then I am against the world.

[fipindustries]

is always fascinating the ethos dictating the rouge galleries of different superheroes.

spiderman: largely just average, salt of the earth assholes and bullies. prepotent jerks. people whit a big chip on their shoulder who go drunk with power, usually resentful with spiderman himself specifically. sometimes moved by an inferiority complex. there is a certain childishness that comes with them. they all have big fucking egos that get way too easily wounded. which is why this scrawny kid who keeps dunking on them with shitty jokes gets them so riled up. a perfect illustration and contrast to spiderman of people who shierked the responsabilities that come with big power.

batman: weirdoes, freaks and people with psychological problems. the key factor about batman rouges is that they are not just selfish or greedy, but that they have something wrong with them. that they are disturbed in some way. they are not just criminals commiting crimes, they are extremely idyosincratic people who need to make their eccentricities everyone else's problem. again, a nice foil to how batman himself is an extremely disturbed guy. the general tone of gotham is this very gothic, very german expressionistic city. there is always a certain poetic tragedy to all of batmans foes. more often than not they can be made sympathetic with just the right spin in a way that most other rouges cant.

superman: alien, robots or otherwise extremely powerful inhuman forces of nature. im personally not as familiar with superman's rouge gallery, but one common theme i tend to notice is how they tend to seem kind of amoral and extremely large and powerful. they are not threats that one can necesarily psychoanalize or whose internal motivations are relatable. ultimatly there is very little difference in the way something like brainiac or zod or darkseid operates and how a blackhole operates. these are the problems you just kind of have to throw raw power against.

flash: the elements they tend to have in common is a) too clever for their own good and b) they are Fucking Proffesionals. which i love because you kind of have to be when you are dealing with the flash. the is no strength competition against that guy, you need to outsmart him, you need to have a plan, you need to have really high standards and above all you need to have a code. these are guys who have imposed limits on themselves (no women or children, generally try not to harm civilians) just so the flash goes easy on them. out of all other rouge galleries these feel like the one that is composed of the most proper, well balanced adults. these are men trying to get a job done. they tend to have the most stable equilibrium with their hero

[stealingyourbones]

Danny Phantom meets The Flash’s Rogues Gallery.

Danny gets yeeted through a ghost zone portal and appears in a bank that’s actively getting robbed by Captain Cold and Mirror Master. The two are shocked that this kid just appeared out of nowhere and start barraging Danny with questions very casually while they actively break through the main bank vault and as Captain Cold is handing Mirror Master to put the stolen money into the mirror dimension. All the while Danny is just following them and chatting to them like absolutely nothing wrong is happening.

“How did you get here?” “Ghost zone.” “What the hell is a ghost zone?” “I mean it’s pretty self explanatory right? The zone where ghosts live.” “I- did The Flash send you here kid?” “Not a kid. Who’s The Flash, is he your boss?” “Wow you’re really not from here kid are you?” “You know that’s a really good question. Where is here exactly?” “You’re in Central City kid.Did you take a wrong turn to Keystone or something?” “Ok I have no clue where that is. What state are we in?” “Uhhh Kansas? Are you a teleportation meta? Who the hell are you?” “Nah I can’t teleport. Name’s Danny. Who are you guys?” “I’m Captain Cold. This guy is the Mirror Master.” “Are you guys the villains here or something?” “We’re actively robbing a bank kid. That should be obvious. You’re acting really calm for someone talking to super villains.” “Eh, I'm used to it. You guys didn’t shoot me on sight so you’re chill in my book.” “It’s my job to be the chill one kid. We don’t kill.” “You didn’t stop me or kidnap me either. Shooting doesn't always entail lethal force. Also, respect the ice pun dude.” “Heh. You’re alright kid. You aren’t trying to stop us so why should we stop you?” “Fair. Also-“

Danny then feels a strange feeling of something clockwork’s-lair-electricity-ghost-sense-but-not and freaks out and shoots ice towards the source of the feeling. The Flash goes from a blur to tumbling to the ground inside the bank with ice on his feet. Danny realizes that “oh god- this person's outfit has lightning motifs. Lightning = speed. Flash implies moving very quickly.” Oh fuck. He just iced the good guy.

In a panic, Danny turns invisible and flees to the surprise of Flash and the Rogues.

Danny figures out that he isn’t just in Kansas. He’s in Kansas and apparently Amity straight up just doesn’t exist. His parents don’t exist. His sister doesn’t exist. None of his friends or anyone he knows exists. Danny freaks out and eventually figures out that Amity Park is like the podcast town of NightVale. It exists but not in a way that’s accessible for people to simply enter. The town finds you. It finds you and you are stuck until it decides to spit you out. Danny was spat out of Amity and won’t be able to get back in unless the city accepts him back. Danny finds a job in the area and an apartment. He’s stuck here so he might as well make a life here.

Now montage to every single place that Danny ever goes to it’s almost always a “wrong place, wrong time.” where one of The Rogues makes a scene and Danny will just chat with whoever is actively robbing the place/generally causing chaos.

After a while, The Rogues all seem to realize that ‘The kid who froze The Flash’ is that kid that talked to Heat Wave in depth about this strange green fire that the kid could create. He’s also the kid that debated with the Weather Wizard on the most uncomfortable temperature. He’s the same freaking kid that chided Captain Boomerang on how he talks to women. They keep meeting the kid over and over and each time that The Flash arrives the kid just disappears. It’s now a game within The Rogues to see who sees the boy the most and how long he keeps up a conversation before he vanishes.

The Flash is freaking out because this kid managed to stop him with ice powers and is able to vanish/teleport/something. Is this kid a new recruit from The Rouges? Is this kid working with Captain Cold? Why does he keep spotting this kid at locations where The Rogues are causing chaos? The Flash is determined to track down Danny and figure out what his intentions are.

The Flash meets up with Captain Cold to talk about this kid and they both thought that the kid was working with the opposite party. Captain Cold talks about how The Rogues have grown fond of this strange meta that always seems to end up at the wrong place at the wrong time. The Flash is relieved that this kid isn’t a part of the villain union and concerned that this strange meta seems to be on his own.

Timeskip and Golden Glider offers Danny if he’d like to have a bite to eat with the Rogues Gallery and surprisingly, Danny accepts. The Flash is also invited to eat and chat with The Rogues and sees that the vanishing kid is there too. Very quickly both the Rogues and The Flash grow attached to this kid. Apparently, Danny has the same power equivalent of Superman and lived in a sentient town that was infested with ghosts. Captain Cold offers Danny a place to stay. Danny accepts. Danny, The Rogue’s Gallery, and The Flash meet up on the regular to hang out and watch films. The Rogues and The Flash become like aunts and uncles to Danny during the time Danny spends in Central City. 

On a random afternoon, Danny suddenly can feel his connection to Amity Park again. He can go back to his hometown. Danny leaves to head back home and check on how Amity fared without him and receives small presents and goodbye letters from each Rogue and Speedster that he meets. Danny is excited to finally head back home, but he will miss the new family that he made during his stay. He will visit as much as he can but as much as he wishes to stay in Central City, Amity is calling.

[analviel]

You know that one post shitting on Joker? Like 'Superman gives pity laugh' because his jokes are so lame? So in the community, every city has that hero mascot right? Like the main man, usually Justice League adjacent, so if there are hero representatives, a city probably got a villain mascot. The Batkids get a lot of shit for having a lameass villain.

Dick regularly cries to Bruce about this: "Do something about this B! Don't you see your children are suffering?! Jason is being bullied by the Flashes just because they have cool villains!"

(That was very much intended pun.)

Jason, holding Barry in a head lock while shaking down Wally -with a Bat stamped glove that's glowing and producing weird staticky sounds while Barbara and Tim watch from the sidelines taking notes- as Bart cackles at them: Do you not care for us at all!

Duke, screeching at the top of his lungs: He is not the Gotham villain!

Steph: We've got the Riddler, people!

Cass: Poison Ivy.

Steph: What? No, she's got her moments but Riddler actually represents the aspects of the standard Gotham insanity. We gotta think representation Cass!

Cass: Lesbian.

Damian: If we are talking about Gotham insanity, I believe Dr. Quinzel is a much better candidate.

Tim: You only say that because she recently called herself your nemesis.

Damian: Clearly, not even insanity can blind one so much they lose all sense, as despite appearing in your time, she has seen me as the superior Robin, I have recognition in the streets, whereas what did you have other than their pity.

Tim, who has an entire Rouge's gallery who's thoughts almost immediately went to Anarky 'want to do good despite struggling in his methods', General 'generally unpleasant boy who is inclined to animals and had usurped Anarky's position by rendering him paralyzed', and Ra's Al Ghul 'Ra's Al Ghul enough said if he trips on the goddamn stairs and his Pits spontaneously combusted Tim would happily hand Jason a get Tim to do whatever you want coupon', muttering: ..... I know who my Rouge's gallery mascot is.

Barbara: What about Harvey? Literally the duality of Gotham crazies, and he was district attorney so how's that for representative.

Jason: What? Ew, no, he's white.

Dick: Was he?

Duke: Uh, you're all sleeping on Catwoman? I mean, someone says Catwoman and they think Gotham.

Cass: Someone says Riddler they have to think if it was Gotham or Keystone.

Dick: Someone says Catwoman and everyone thinks of rooftops, Batman, and a Robin shooed away to the other end of the city.

Steph: What about Zsaz?

Everyone:......

Duke: Who?

Steph: Yeah, fair.

Everyone talking over each other on which hero is really the best representative:

Damian: Should bring honor-

Tim: -monologues are at least-

Steph: The design you know, we don't want a fashion disaster-

Cass: -should compliment our mission-

Babs: -makes at least a bit of sense-

Jason: -someone I don't want to put a bullet in-

(My vote is actually on Scarecrow.)

[allzelemonz]

A Certain Comic: Sheldon Cooper X Male Reader

Short, shy, and sweet. I did pick my favorite comic run to feature in this conversation, but it's not very plot relevant. I chose for them to bond over Pied Piper because Sheldon's favorite hero is the Flash and Piper is apart of his rouge gallery and is gay in comics and adaptations. So it's a bit of a hint as to their intentions for this comic sharing. Enjoy!

The comic book store is a comfort. Despite the public-ness of the place, there is never too much actual interaction. The owner tends to overshare, but most of the patrons keep to themselves the way nerds do. Noses in comics, eyes down unless something big is happening. The last time you saw a girl walk into the store everyone looked like meerkats.

Even with all of the quirks of the comic nerds it’s just nice to have a place where people keep to themselves. Most days, at least.

“Excuse me.”

To your right you find a tall, skinny man in a Flash shirt. You’ve seen him around, he’s the weird one everyone talks about. Talking to someone you don’t know wasn’t exactly on your agenda today.

“Can I, uh, can I help you?”

“You have the issue of Injustice I want.”

He looks at you as if he expects something.

“It’s not hard to find.”

“Well, yes,” He fidgets on his feet. “However, Stuart informed me that’s the only one he has.”

“Right.”

There’s a moment of silence where he raises his eyebrow. “So I want it.”

“Sorry, uh, you could find a PDF online.”

He gasps. “And deprive myself of that sensational feeling of holding the fresh comic in my hands, I think not.”

“Look, this is the one where Pied Piper shows up. So I’m getting it.”

He brightens up, “Pied Piper is why I want to read it.”

“Oh.” You nod. “Uh, well, maybe Stuart will order it for you.”

His lips form a thin line for a moment before he gasps. “I know what we can do.”

“What’s that?” The smile on his face spreads onto yours.

“I only say this because you, like I, recognise that the Pied Piper is one of the better Flash villains. But, you could purchase the comic and let me read it over Thai food.”

“Why Thai food?”

“It’s Monday. Monday is Thai food night.”

“I see. Will you be buying the Thai food?”

He hums. “I suppose it would be a fair trade.”

“Okay then, I’ll just, uh, go buy it then.”

Across the store, standing around the bins, three nerds are baffled.

“Did Sheldon just ask that guy out on a date?” Raj finds his fingers frozen, mid flicking through the box of comics.

“I think so.” Leonard crinkles his brow.

“Huh.” Is all Howard can muster.

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

Au where Danny ignored and shoved down his negative feeling until they wouldn't be ignored anymore.

Ever burn from an ectoblast searing his skin, every slur thrown by his parents and ex, every broken bone and stitched wound, every person writing of his pain as imaginary. Every punch, kick, lost assignment, broken promise and lonely thought be didn't dare finish...it manifested.

It was quiet. At least at first.

Mom and dad had left early in the morning leaving a note that said they were going to hunt a ghost on the border of town and that there was money for them to order pizza. After realizing his ghost sense never went off they decided to check the Ops center and they discovered there was no ghosts in the area and it was likely a false alarm so they went back to what they were doing.

It wasn't too unusual for thier parents to just up and leave for days or even weeks at a time, so the Fenton kids weren't really worried, but they usually called. It wasn't really a cause for alarm when they didn't though. Danny was having a great time. Less and less of his Rouges Gallery were showing up as the days went by. The first to disappear was Skulker, which he found surprising. He thought the hunter would be one of the last to give up. Skulkers absence was followed by Johnny's, then Kitty's when she came looking for her boyfriend. The list went on until ghosts became nervous and came to ask Danny if he had seen any of them lately.

Phantom knew something was deeply wrong when he heard about Walker disappearing from his prison. He wouldn't have left without a reason and definitely would have returned by now. He and his friends theorized the GIW were behind it. It was the only thing that made sense despite them being wildly incompetent. That was blown out of the water when news broke about Vlad being found deceased by one of his neighbors. They had seen his front door open and decided to check it out only to find Mr. Masters body torn to shreds just a few meters inside.

Danny was on the verge of a panic attack. What could have done that?! His ghost sense never went off and neither did the sensors in the Ops Center and the GIW couldn't have killed vlad even if they wanted to and they certainly wouldn't have don't it like that!

His breaths came quicker as he slid to the floor, using the cold of the kitchen tiles in an attempt to ground himself as his lungs burned from either not having enough air or what felt like the inability to process the air it received. He felt Jazz gently rubbing his back and shoulders, soothing him in a way she hadn't managed to in months dispute the same tactic being used. After his gasps became deeper and pettered off and the tears stopped flowing he turned the thank her.

It wasn't Jazz.

This...thing...it looked like him. More accurately it looked like a crude sketch of him ripped off of paper and brought into the real world. An angry scribble made with enough anger to rip the paper with the pencil and leave dark bold lines. "You don't have to be afraid anymore." His own voice said to him, making him feel both sick to his stomach and an odd sense of peace even as he flashed bloody teeth and became more solid and whole. He watched as it become a proper shade, "I'm here to protect you now."

And all at once he realized that blood wasn't his own.

----

It was only a few weeks later that he found himself in another universe after getting his friends and technus to help his destroy everything and everything ghost hunter related from his own world before leaving.

This new world had heros and magic and everything Danny would need to never be noticed again. His "shadow" for a lack of a better term, approved, as it often did when Danny found some way to keep himself safe.

One would think Gotham would be one of the worst places to feel safe in, but most people weren't Danny. Gotham had an odd darkness about it, one that seemed happy to swath him in shadows and hide him away. No one would be able to find his ecto-signature or hunt him with magic. The greatest weapon against "The Children of Lazarus" as his specific species of ghost had once been called here, was magic. Something he had either a high resistance to or-in most cases- outright immunity.

Danny had everything he needed here. An abandoned house all to himself that strangely came with hidden medical supplies but hey, gift horses and all that, running water and electricity and even a less than savory job as a drug smuggler. The only catch was that the big boss, one of the local vigilantes, refused to let kids in on his operations, which was fine so long as no one found out he was 15.

[hushimstressed]

Hi, rat anon here again! Your response to my last ask has given me just. SO many thoughts about a post juanaphlipa confrontation. Let me set the scene:

It’s been about two, three months since juanaphlipa’s death? Mariana doesn’t know. They say time heals all wounds but he’s become so lost in his grief he can barely keep track of it. He barely keeps track of a lot of things these days. Doesn’t eat, doesn’t sleep, just throws himself into being spiderman because maybe if he were better juanaphlipa would still be it helps. But he’s getting sloppy. Taking more hits, landing less in return. And it’s fine! He’s fine. Maybe if he weren’t so careless he would have noticed it sooner. The flash of green out of the corner of his eye, the claw marks, the ooze on his windowsill- maybe he didn’t want to notice. Until he’s not. It’s not even one of his main rouges gallery - just some up and comer trying to make a name for himself by putting Mariana in the ground. And he thinks this is it. End of the line. Bleeding out while some asshole talks about… bananas, maybe? The blood loss is making it pretty hard to understand if he’s being honest. So it takes him a minute to realize banana guy’s talking to someone else.

“Hey, this one’s mine, so back-“ a green blur cuts him off. And then the screaming starts. A lot of screaming. So, despite the hole in his side, Mariana pushes himself up, ready to face his new opponent please let this one finish it. He just wants to see juanaphlipa again. Only to be greeted by an unexpected sight. There, in all his bulked up slimy glory, stands his ex-roommate. And he looks pissed.

He knew, theoretically, that Slime was dangerous. He ate people! But this is different. Brutality on an unfathomable scale. He watches his former best friend - where did he even come from? - tear the wannabe villain into pieces. And when the noises stop, and Slime turns, stalking towards him, he thinks, oh. This is it. A fitting retribution for failing to protect his niece, he supposes. Should have expected Slime’s revenge. But then the slime retracts, and then Charlie, his Charlie, is barreling towards him and cradling his face in his hands.

“Are you okay? How bad did he hurt you? Do you need the hospital? Is-”

Mariana cuts him off. “Charlie? Wha- are you crying?”

He is. He looks panicked too, but Mariana can’t imagine why. Surely he’d be happy to see the end of spiderman? But- “Why am I- you’re all I have left, Mariana!”

It pierces through his thoughts like a lightning bolt. He stares into Charlie’s eyes looking for deception, and finds nothing but sincerity and devotion. He feels hands tighten on his shoulders.

“You’re all I have left.” A slightly manic gleam enters Charlie’s eyes. “And nothing is going to take you away from me.”

🐀

Holy shit rat anon!!!!!!

There’s a ringing in Mariana’s ears as Charlie rambles to himself in circles, she thinks she’s about to pass out from the blood loss before what Charlie says next is sharp against the white noise.

"i've found a way to bring Flippa back to us."

[trrickytickle]

//collab with the notorious @tickle-beans - this one is a big boy!!//

History often repeats itself.

Once again, the Anti-Life Equation was within the grasp of Darkseid's iron fist. The Unity was upon Earth. Darkseid's forces had once again managed to get their hands on two out of three Mother Boxes, and Apokolips' chaos was once again leaking around Earth like a deadly oil spill, which had already engulfed a quarter of the planet with the carnage caused by Darkseid and his two best lieutenants- DeSaad, and with him the formidable Granny Goodness leading her flurry of Female Furies and the armies of Parademons that came with. The Blue Planet was no New Genesis- but the air was rife with disparity and darkness.

But just as history would have it, metahumans- this time led by a sole Kryptonian- would come to the rescue.

The Justice League. A name respected and idolized by many civilians for saving the planet time and time again when it all seemed helpless. On the smoggy streets of Gotham City, which were less rampant with the duochrome flashes of police sirens and outrageous criminal masterminds, lights flickered and hellish red aviator lenses glowed faintly. The usual reign of terror by any such member of the Caped Crusader's rouge's gallery was replaced by the anguished feral hisses of shrinking piles of Parademons swooping in from all directions- drifting past the Iceberg Lounge, dive-bombing down from Wayne Manor, and from behind the clock tower.

There was a bloody struggle in the melancholy heart of Gotham. Diana, with a swish of her lasso, caught a Parademon by the neck, and with the strength of the gods, slammed it head-first onto the tar-black street.

"Behind you!" she warned. Clark flew out of the way and swiveled, only for yet another Apokoliptian barrage to surround him, the Parademons pouncing and snarling at him like wildcats, one clawing at his cape and attempting to overpower him, to no avail. As quickly as he was cornered, the Man of Steel squinted, his red-hot laser vision searing through each and every one of their broken and bruised hides, which were branded with a flash of red light, which disintegrated them into fine dust of pure destruction. While the ash fell to the ground, Barry corralled the Parademons on land, grunting in exertion.

"Got ya guys covered!" he yelled, as the horde of hungry husks' gazes followed him and attempted to catch up, only to be sliced by the speed of sound, their reconstructed constructs falling to bits down to the ground at the same speed as Victor's gatling-fire of plasma, which wiped out the last of the teeming mass of Parademons led by Granny Goodness in Gotham with the help of the swift and sudden STAB of Arthur's trident and his quick-witted waterboarding of a row of demons, who fought with brutal struggle. Looming over the scattered bodies of Parademons along the floor of the city, the Justice League stood, scarred and determined, and ready to move on and stop the plan that they had failed to- the one that would prevent the inevitable end of Superman- and in turn, them. The Knightmare, as Bruce called it. It was what would split their group apart if Darkseid's forces were to conquer.

"Quick, quick, we gotta go!!" Barry urged, running past before the sound of suffering lurches could reach his ears. Another horde. Though they looked weak and sickly, they were another horde no less, though more comparable to the lowly Hunger Dogs, but still without conscience. They seemed… harmless- they weren't armed as they'd usually be- but they were mangled, more or less- defective traits like extra arms and blunt, though still long claws. Still, they were that Apokoliptian, alien brand of horrifying- unsettling for the Justice League, but instilled an uncanny-valley fear in the average civilian's eyes.

"There's more." Bruce scowled. The Justice League swiveled, preparing for a fight that seemed like more of an obstacle, as the (surprisingly fast) Parademons lunged and sprinted at the group with a feverous hunger for agony. He readied his Batarangs, fixing his gaze on one, causing it to bleed out from its scalp- significantly softer, likewise with its teeth and claws. One-hit kill. A freeze breath barrier was set by Clark to placate them, but this was quickly crossed by the agile army. This fight was proving harder. With ease, Diana readied her lasso, drawing it towards one Parademon in the middle- but before she could move a single muscle, they pounced. One came after another, and with another were two more. No big deal. Diana thought. This'll be nothing compared to the Furies.

But as soon as one's claw sunk into the space between her rib and stomach, she winced. Not in pain, however. A weakness she had failed to hide. And with another attempted scratch, Diana screamed- more of a squeal, but a scream nonetheless. The demons, encouraged by the feeling that was new, different, but unmistakably suffering, kept going. Their multiple claws ravaged her, keeping in mind different areas that would cause her to shriek or heave or even cackle- out of force- at different volumes.

"What's-" Cyborg, shocked from shooting off the horde, exclaimed.

She unhanded the Lasso of Truth, but when one got its hands on it, her hands were kept above her head, and she exclaimed.

"kH-AAAH-hhUH-huhhuhAaah- ee-Ahaha-I cch-Ha! I- It tickles! hh-hahh-hI'm ticklish!" Diana screamed. Hoist by her own petard, she was compelled to tell the truth- no matter how embarrassing for the strong Amazonian. "Please, it tickles!" Cyborg, immune to the scraping sensation, shot a few away, but they just kept coming after her- as if embarrassingly uttering just HOW and WHERE she was ticklish ("Not there! No, not my tummy! Please! No, no, no- just- don't tickle my aHAHA-ampihits!) against her will wasn't enough. Like an impenetrable fortress, the Parademons were flowing in like a flock of seagulls from Palmera City next over, cybernetic neon hues barely visible from Gotham's gloom.

"I can't take it there! Puhh-hehah-hhAH, no, no, no, not the belly agHAHAIN!"

Clark yelled out. "Diana! I-" He dove down, taken aback by her squealing giggles and aggressive thrashing as the Parademons attempted to tear at her by biting into her ribs with their cartilage teeth, and scraping at her vulnerable and toned stomach with their tactical claws. They licked their lips at her specific screaming and squeals when certain spots were hit, and as soon as they noticed the Kryptonian, one pounced at his torso. "You have to hold out, I'm surrounded!" The same Parademon chomped at his left side, causing his legs to jolt up and throw it into the air with superhuman strength to no avail. It flew back, grabbing his arms while more merciless creatures took his legs, stretching out his upper body for Parademons to pounce, and that they did. They snarled and hissed, moving their claws around in a drunken haze of violently enacted laughter from his sides up to his ribs and back down. A blow to the belly also proved incredibly effective, reducing the Man of Steel's dexterity to a state of incapacity.

/Continued in Part 2/

[ordinaryschmuck]

I think people being up in arms about Andy Muschietti being the director for Batman: The Brave and the Bold are focusing too much on the negatives.

Yes, he directed The Flash. And people made it clear they hate that movie. But he also directed It, a genuinely good horror movie that people loved and respected. He also directed It Chapter Tow, which was definitely more campy and ridiculous, but I remember hearing people say it (Haha) was still fun for them even if it (haha) wasn't as scary this time around. Besides, having a HORROR director for a BATMAN movie? Look at Batman's rouge's gallery:

Any one of these villains are in good hands with a horror director's mind.

Plus, even when Andy's movies feel goofy, there's still some great direction with certain scenes, even in The Flash. There are some heartfelt scenes that genuinely work, with one between Barry and his mom miraculously getting me chocked up for a second there. It's ridiculous if you think too hard on it, but at the same time, it kind of works.

And as for how Andy directed Batman...He could do better in some aspects, I will admit to that. There's a specific way Batman should talk, with his dialogue coming off as dry instead of quipping like other superheroes. As for the action, while the CGI is noticable and rubbery, if Andy had more time to make the movie look good he could have given us the best Batman action in a while. He has a fair understanding of how a comic accurate Batman fights against impossible foes and improbable odds.

Could Andy Muschietti make the BEST Batman movie ever?

...Not even going to go there. That argument's too stupid in my mind.

But could he still make a fun and enjoyable Batman movie?

Yeah, I'm willing to say so. He has the vision and the character DOES seem perfect in his hands. If he's given enough time to polish everything out, we might just have something fun.

Call me optimistic all you want. I fail to see that as a bad thing.

[joompheart]

I am a BATMANIAC I love BATMAN this sucks because Batman is DUMB AS HELL when he should not be in fact he should be smart as a whip but then if he’s smart as a whip he wouldn’t do all the really viscerally satisfying fan service stuff!!

I have a fantasy of my ideal Batman who works really hard to play the role. He’s been in the game for years but stayed close enough to the ground figuratively speaking that almost nobody outside of Gotham thinks he’s real. He helped found the JLA but left after the first year of that organization and isn’t acknowledged in any of their records. Most of his rouges gallery are actually on okay terms with him. He’s got a middlingly sized bat-family where most everyone actually likes him.

He’s subtle. He spends most of his time doing detective stuff. 6/7ths of his time is spent on terrestrial, normal human stuff like organized crime and working to negate small scale stuff like murder and blackmail. He has to do a lot of the work himself in the rain with binoculars and directed microphones because there aren’t cameras through most of Gotham. He has a grapnel gun and reactive cape like in the Arkham games and the dark knight trilogy, but he also keeps his old fashioned manual grapple hook to swing from gargoyles across the rooftops. His Batmobile and batwing (Bat-plane?) and bat-subway rocket (like in Knightfall) and any other vehicles are made to be as quiet as possible. This doesn’t mean they’re silent, or even close to silent depending on the vehicle, but they’re as low profile as they can be.

He takes the time and effort to preserve his myth and do his research so he really is scary when it counts. Sure “the Bat-Man” has been spotted on a couple of high profile occasions, but that was years ago. Besides, do you really believe the people who said they saw it? So when a mobster or whatever gets snatched out of an alley, it COULD have been Batman. Or it could’ve been something else. Gotham is an old, old, city build on haunted, cursed land with foundations sinking into older, more evil foundations sinking into…

Within the his circle though, there’s little pretense. The people who know that Bruce Wayne is Batman FOR SURE are:

Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson (Nightwing), Jason Todd (Ressurected Red Hood), Tim Drake (Red Robin is such a dumb fucking name and it doesn’t make sense for the maximum efficiency world of the bat-family because it overlaps with Red Hood and Robin. I think of him as “Cardinal,” which I think is appropriate as a bird that kinda looks like a robin but is way more red), Damian Wayne (Robin), Cassandra Cain (Batgirl), Barbra Gordon (Oracle). Bane (of course), and bane’s inner circle of Bird, Zombie, and Trogg. Last, the Founding members of the JLA, so at least Superman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash. I haven’t settled on the other members, but it’d be 7 counting Batman. Catwoman might be on the list idk how I wanna play it. Batwoman almost certainly is, but I’m not familiar enough with her to make that call yet. At the very least she’d know quickly in the story. Idk if she’d let her lesbionic partner Renee Montoya/ Question in on it either, as I also don’t really know shit about her beyond some appearances in a supporting role as a detective.

The Riddler basically knows but is kept in check in sort of the same way he was at the end of Hush (which probably happened in some capacity in this fantasy continuity). Besides, he, and many of his fellow villains have less destructive interests these days (though they are definitely still dangerous and regularly spend time at the asylum. But the asylum has more actual asylum stuff than ever and has made progress to some extent with many of the regular patients. There’s still some mad science and unethical treatment from time to time though :]). Riddler has a lot of online stuff going on, and while he’ll still hijack the city from time to time it’s usually an effort to “raise the collective intelligence” of its citizens through high stakes games rather than just “solve my riddles so I don’t blow up a hospital for ransom Batman!!!”

Basil Carlo/ Clayface is mostly aligned with a Gotham theatre troupe now, and has earned minor local prestige for his performances and how he can take advantage of his powers to enhance them. He’ll still knock over a bank for cash or get roped into a collaborative scheme, but if anything that kinda endears him to many of the performers and techs.

Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are deep in lesbionics and bounce around a couple cities doing ecoterrorism and animal welfare stuff. Human endangerment brings in Batman and the asylum will keep them like the rest of the gallery because that’s the only place with the specialized facilities. But they’re also generally looked upon fondly.

Dr. Victor Fries/ Mr. Freeze is doing better than ever. He actually managed to save Nora Fries but the process makes her need to stay sub-zero like him. She’s TOTALLY into it (and now bald like him). They’re now a husband and wife team doing bleeding edge research and occasional mad science with everything to do with the concept of “cold.” The have a private lab that’s partially funded by Wayne enterprises but the Fries’ never let Wayne have much influence over their work, as he frequently has moral objections and safety concerns. They do villainy but they’re also leading scientists who Batman alternately admires and values and opposes.

Waylon Jones/ Killer Croc doesn’t do much cannibalism these days. He bounces around crime families and on rare occasions subs in as a cook in mob controlled kitchens. He still enjoys villain team-up schemes, but values comfort and simple pleasures in his day to day. Croc does whatever he wants. One day he’s doing meat prep for Bane’s cookout in Gotham’s Santa Priscan enclave, the next he’s standing in as muscle for one of Penguin’s arms deals, the next he’s playing cards in Black Mask’s strip club. People know of Croc, and the people who actually spend time with him generally like him. When he’s busted he spends time in Arkham reading cookbooks abd other assorted literature, and paints. He’ll still eat a motherfucker raw though.

Batman is definitely a bat-dad now, if a little brooding and distant. He’s in just the last few years of his already ridiculously long lasting prime, and his children are already surpassing him in specific ways, like Jason being stronger and meaner and more organized (somehow lol), Dick being more agile and overall physically effective with a subtle knack for detective work, Tim and Barbra being smarter and more useful with technology by more and more as the months pass, Cassandra and Damian’s strength coming in to match their long superior fighting technique, etc. etc.Bruce is only staying ahead by being the most well rounded and experienced. Alfred is right on the cusp of retirement. Julia Pennyworth is somewhere and occasionally in touch, but sure as hell isn’t stepping in to replace her dad as “home base.”

His family all take the mission seriously (to one degree or another). Certainly more seriously than nearly anyone else in the broader JLA and “superhero community.” They all eventually, for their own reasons if not through direct training, took it to heart that their only way to stay ahead in their world is to be prepared and fight dirty. They all have their strong suits but can also preform well in all of the “bat-family” skills of fighting, stealth, and detective work. This is satisfying on its own, but I’ll admit a lot of it is hoping for a “booyah” moment when one of Batman’s kids just SMOKES some chump JLA member at whatever objective.

To wrap up (as I really ought to Jesus) the fan service stuff I was whining about at the start of the post is basically me moaning that if they really were smart and focused on efficiency and subtle work, the bat family would never all be in one place for a cool “yeah there are like 12 of us” moment outside of the Batcave or a dedicated out of costume vacation. Most of them aren’t even in Gotham except for rare visits home! Whatever. Whatever. I’ll make it happen. I’ll make the Batman who can be serious and also make silly animated series one liners and even dry jokes if my dreams someday. With a Joker who’s actually funny!! I love funny joker who does audacious schemes for money and announces them ahead of time to invite people to stop him!! I don’t care about scary joker anymore I know he was always supposed to be subtly serious and scary but I don’t care anymore I was to laugh with him!!!

[precuredaily]

Precure Day 219

Episode: Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! 21 - “Making Bentos Full of Friendship With Everyone!” Date watched: 20 November2021 Original air date: 29 June 2008 Screenshots Precure Metamorphose Gallery | Sky Rose Translate Gallery Project info and master list of posts

no, Karen

Nozomi needs to make lunch, and Rin needs to make jewelry. How can the two friends help each other? Let’s find out.

The Plot

Nozomi’s parents are out of town and she only has rice for lunch, so she mooches off her friends.

all for one and one for me!

Rin is supposed to be designing new accessories for Natts House but has artist’s block so she sets that aside and teaches Nozomi to cook

Anacondy gives Nebatakos another tongue lashing over his repeated failures and unwillingness to submit competent reports. During the scolding she turns a pen to stone (because she’s a Gorgon)  as a silent warning, and finally threatens to withhold pay.

Everyone joins Nozomi at her apartment where they decide to branch off into teams to try to cook lunches. Nozomi wants to go shopping for stuff but Rin and Kurumi stop her, explaining she should use what’s on hand. Kurumi’s team has Urara, Karen, Coco, and Syrup, while Rin’s team has Nozomi, Komachi, and Nuts.

Kurumi’s team decides to incorporate pancakes into their dish. Despite her friends trying their best to sabotage the meal, Kurumi leads them to a successful dish of pancake wraps filled with steak, cheese, and lettuce, chopped up like sushi rolls.

Is this flavorrtown?

Rin’s team chooses to make an omelet. Once again, everyone has their own ideas of how to augment it that Rin has to nip in the bud.

Nozomi can’t flip the omelet and ends up with scrambled eggs instead. She suggests balling the eggs up like onigiri, and Komachi offers a confectioner’s insight into how to wrap it.

Welcome to Flavortown, population: these three

Nozomi and Rin step out to get an ingredient they’re missing. While walking, Nozomi thanks her friend for helping her and expresses remorse that she’s keeping Rin from designing. Rin assures her that she needed the distraction.

Nebatakos appears and complains about his job, then turns a spatula into a Hoshiina, which causes the girls to gather, transform, and fight.

it was the best of designs, it was the worst of designs

During battle, Nebatakos complains that he won’t be able to eat if he loses, and threatens to steal the girls’ lunches as well as the Rose Pact. They scold him for being lazy and not making his own food like they have.

Milky Rose Blizzard defeats the Hoshiina, and a well-aimed Fire Strike from Rouge scares the general away for the day.

Back at Nozomi’s the girls divide the food into bentos but end up just eating them there and then.

Rin is still sad that she couldn’t design anything, until she notices Urara pick up a poorly cut takuan and has a flash of inspiration.

Cut to another day, Rin is seen back at Natts House putting together a necklace with the jewelry machine. Everyone compliments it. Rin says it was inspired by Nozomi’s improperly cut yakuan.

buyourtoybuyourtoybuyourtoybuyourtoybuyourtoy

Syrup is confused by her crediting Nozomi but Coco says the two feed off each other like this because they’re friends

Nozomi shows up with more egg balls for everyone, with special fillings catered to everyone’s tastes. But she’s forgotten what’s in which balls, so everyone just has to try them until they find one they like.

for this shot and only this shot, Kurumi may be called “thicc”

Everyone surprisingly likes the odd flavors and they compliment Nozomi as the episode ends on a positive note.

The Analysis

What I liked

The gags in this episode are top notch. Delicious Party Precure is currently on air, showing what happens when everyone likes food and is decently good at making it. This is the other end of the spectrum. These girls are making such absurd cooking decisions and almost intentionally trying to sabotage the recipe that it’s hilarious. You have Komachi trying to put Yokan in everything, Karen wondering why there isn’t any caviar and lobster in the fridge, Urara dumping an entire box of pancake mix in a bowl, and then trying to spike it with liberal amounts of spice. Even Nuts, while he’s trying his best to follow the recipe, is being far too literal. It’s a glorious disaster and it’s amazing that their food turned out alright.

Also there’s a gag when Nebatakos appears where Nozomi points at him with a spatula she forgot she was holding.

The ending with Nozomi taking what should be a terrible recipe (random fillings inside scrambled eggs) and making it work is…. Surprisingly wholesome. Normally there would be some kind of last gag with everyone realizing the food was bad, or Nozomi squabbling with Kurumi, but that doesn’t happen here.

The overall friendship on display between Nozomi and Rin is also pretty wholesome. We get to see how they influence and feed off each other in quirky ways.

for my next trick, I’ll turn your spatula into a batula!

Speaking of Kurumi, she doesn’t squabble with Nozomi one bit in this episode. Progress!

Anacondy scolding Nebatakos is glorious. I’m really enjoying how she doesn’t take any shit. Her rant is legendary, and I’ve compiled it into a single screenshot for your benefit.

and you smell bad

What I didn’t like

The art is bad.

The episode keeps reminding you that Rin has to design something for Natts House and what she comes up with is…. a chain link necklace that could have been made by a five year ol-oh. OH. Ohhhhhhhhhh.

Sometimes you have to sit back and remember who the target audience is.

Not to belittle a show made to sell toys for selling toys but I’ve made my disdain clear for the random non-roleplay toys that get shoehorned in each season at random, and this chain linker is a dud to me. It’s literally faster to link the chains by hand. The jewelry from episode 18 that I realized was actually part of the merchandise line looked better for the kind of store Natts House is than these giant plastic chain links that you can make into a necklace, a bracelet, or what have you. It’s a far cry from the bead stringer from the last season as well. And I believe we get one again in HUGtto so that’ll be fun, if I ever get to it.

Queen Bavarois is back to being the butt of the joke again this episode. She pops out of the Rose Pact, begins babbling, and Rin just shoves her back in. So much for being on the up-and-up like I said last time.

Miscellaneous

Summer uniforms are in (again). That means the lavender dresses are changed out for violet and the violet jackets are replaced with white.

and that’s all for the Cinq Lumieres Variety Hour, come back next week when we teach you how to lead a double life

It occurred to me that Nebatakos is basically the Gamao equivalent this season, albeit somewhat more competent. He was threatening at first but he’s gotten lazier and all he does is whine about Anacondy.

Milk does not appear in her fairy form in this episode.

The fight with Nebatakos is average. There are no stand-out moments, but it stays entertaining.

The girls are sporting new team jackets. They actually first debuted in episode 18 but I forgot to mention them.

Yes, Kurumi’s is different from everyone else’s.

Also here’s last year’s outfits for comparison:

Conclusion

It’s a nice episode overall, with some high comedy and beautiful friendship on display. The sloppy art brings it down a notch, and I’m not jazzed by the conclusion to Rin’s conflict considering what else she’s made, but it’s only disappointing for a short time before they move on to the real happy ending: Nozomi’s scrambled egg onigiri. It has a middling fight sequence with a weak lesson about making your own food. Thankfully, the strong personalities in every other scene manage to keep it entertaining. It’s a solid filler before we get into the mid-season climax arc in a few more episodes.

Next time, Nozomi hones her teaching skills on Rin’s siblings. What could go wrong? Look forward to it!

Pink Precure Catchphrase Count: 1 kettei!

[grelitia-fam]

Hey! What's it like living in Gotham? Thinking of moving there from Central City

Kind of tired from the goofy rouges gallery and the Flash or Kid Flash showing up in my apartment everytime I scream into my pillow

If killer clowns and a furry leading his legion of children to defend justice, then go right ahead.

[chauvesourisnoire]

❛  you  owe  me  dinner .  i’ll  settle  for  tacos !    ❜  ( from jason ) @undeadasshcle​

Jason volleys this stipulation at him as the young boy backpedals towards the batmobile. Then he turns with a flash of black and yellow cape, running for the passenger side with obvious enthusiasm. Bruce’s eyes roll from behind the cowl, but regardless, there’s a hint of a smile. The boy is showing promise. Though he’s nowhere ready for the worst of Batman’s rouge gallery, pettier criminals shouldn’t pose much of a challenge for this newly minted Robin. He’s proved that much on tonight’s patrol.  Bruce is a bit slower to get to the car, pain pinging off of various joints. He folds himself into the driver’s seat before reaching over to tap on the menu of the central console. After keying in the access code, GPS comes up. With a few keystrokes, they’re given all the potential places to get tacos. “Nearest Taco Bell is three miles,” he mutters aloud, sliding a sidelong glance at the other. 

[pharology101]

LOTD: Alger Passe Nord Feu Rouge

(from: http://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/dza.htm)

Alger Passe Nord Feu Rouge

Date unknown (station established 1868). Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); red flash every 4 s. 7 m (23 ft) round masonry tower with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white, lantern red. Yacine Timez has a 2017 photo, Mezghrani Mohamed has a 2021 photo, Trabas has a distant view, and Google has a satellite view. The focal plane and tower heights listed appear to be too low, based on the photos. Located at the north end of the of the detached Jetée de l'Est breakwater, marking the south side of the Passe Nord entrance. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS ALG-032; Admiralty E6606; NGA 22388.

(full photo found here; ©Yacine Timez)