#from-heroes-to-dust

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 256

Look, Bruce had had no plans to be a cryptid, he swore. 

Vigilante? Yes. Dark abomination of the night? No. And he was, he was technically just a dude. A well trained (and maybe feral) human, but still just a human! Apparently not to the rest of Gotham, and he honestly should have nipped those rumors when they first started. 

But like, it was also perfect for his secret identity. No one exactly expected an undead shadow-beast to have a secret identity after all. Or an undead shadow beast and some sort of ghost child to have ones, as the small child- which turned to small children- he’d taken in discovered. 

Which, look, he had tried to get Dick (and later Barbara, and Jason, and Tim, and Steph, and by the time of Duke and Cass had given up) to stop. He had tried everything he could but no, nothing could stop them. Literally nothing that he had done could stop any of them, so he had trained them instead. 

And the children were all little shits. At least by the fact that Nightwing had lead the newly-made Justice League right where he was perching, continuing to chitter and giggle near hysterically as he ducked behind him. 

And somehow they were here to try and recruit him. Great. 

[wayward-banana]

babe wake up I remembered to do a new years Takumi after 4 years

[wryn-redacted-thrives]

okay what the hell has dave malloy been through that gave him the ability to write such good coming-to-terms-with-mortality songs

[vixy-exists]

Oh hey, finally a new cake! Too bad it will go dry by next year-

Don't worry, the old cake got eaten as well :)

If you don't know what I'm refering to with these. (As well as the first part.)

[neosimi]

trying to "fix" my game resulted in gutting my downloads folder (deleted lots of cas stuff and yeeted all my build/buy cc. going to have to rebuild all that but does it even matter when i STILL get pink soup/crashing w only 3gb of cc ??)

anyway, @isabella-goth bullied me into starting up my very first ever -gasp!- veronaville save. i resurrected hero, because.. idk i just felt like it lol. she's so pretty, and you already know i used @isabella-goth's genetically correct v2. :]

[jackdaniel69nice]

Dark shadow is mostly blind that gets worse the brighter it is. It wasn’t as bad when they were younger but their vision has been getting progressively worse over the years. Their eyes are a sensitive area that when hit (both physical and light attacks) actually causes harm and they will need to disappear to recharge. They have trouble reading, drawing, and looking at computers screens but they do these things anyway because they actually like to have fun and won’t let a little pain stop them. They often ask tokoyami to read important things like signs, homework, and even someone’s facial expressions when it’s to hard to deal with.

I know you’re thinking “how can they fight so well then?” Well I think they have the ability to sense the environment around them (sort of like hawks feathers). When DS is disappeared inside tokoyami they can still “sense” what is going on around and hear conversations. The way this sense works could be multiple reasons:

Sensitivity to light means wherever light bounces off of and then hits dark shadow they be able to feel it…this is sort of how eyes work already though so I’m not a fan

Movement and sound causes vibration which they are sensitive to…which is exactly like hawks quirk so still not a fan

Dark Shadow can feel darkness. Light will be blocked where the object is so they can feel it. I like this idea best

In reality it’s probably a mixture of all three of these that gives dark shadow the ability move around so well.

Tokoyami will finally ask Hatsume to make special glasses for Shadow but it will take ages for them to wear them because they are embarrassed. The glasses/goggles will block light as well as enhance the image quality, so basically fancy prescription sunglasses. The only thing unique is that it changes sizes along with dark shadow, who grows in size the darker it is, there is a limit to it’s stretch though. Obviously these are strong enough to protect DS from being hit in the eyes as well.

A final but important point, when Shadow is in a rampage their eyes turn red. This limits their vision even more by literally creating a red haze over everything. They rely heavily on sensing and hearing movement. If you stand still and stay quiet you might live another day ;)

There will be a follow up post about Tokoyami’s vision so stay tuned

[iniziare]

Tag drop: Guizhong (don't mind me re-dropping this with the fixed ones, shh)

[yourockthebeatofmyheart]

I was gonna comment on how little sense this episode actually makes but now I'm more focused on how I was somehow able to screencap disney plus on my laptop?????

[s0fter-sin]

i miss when we all interpreted shigaraki’s quirk as true decay rather than just reducing things to dust. i remember fics that had him rot things as he touched them and it was so much more visceral

[ofluminance-a]

“  you could’ve gotten yourself killed! you could’ve— fuck!  you scared the shit outta me.  ” / for ochakoooo <3

she could have, katsuki was right. what she'd done was stupid and reckless. but.. had their roles been reversed, ochako didn't have a doubt in her mind that he'd have done the exact same thing.

somedays, they were too alike for her liking.

unable to look him in the eye, ochako simply nods her head in acknowledgment of his feelings and words. what was she supposed to do, or say? it wouldn't change the outcome, and he would still be upset.

feeling the metallic taste of blood on her tongue from her split lip, ochako wipes it away with the back of her hand, and then proceeds to remove her weighted gauntlets, letting her wrists breathe. the moment played again in her mind like a silent film: a child falling from a rooftop, debris falling faster than she can float. & the only thing on her mind, was catching that child, even if it meant the debris came falling down on her. & it did.

her head ached, she was covered in ash and soot. thankfully, the child was safely with his parents. at least ochako had some solace in knowing that the child was safe-- but.. she had risked herself in the process. yet, isn't that what a hero does? hazel fights against the strain of afternoon light. when she looks up, ochako is reminded again of the potential concussion she might have, and yet, all she can say is: " i know, i'm sorry-- i just.. reacted. "

but, had she gotten katsuki's attention a moment before leaping off the building after the small boy, maybe this whole thing could've worked out differently. a lesson, for another day.

" i'm sorry. " she repeats in a firm tone. " you're right.. i should have done a lot of things. including, asking for your backup. but, it all happened so fast -- and the child was.. screaming. i-- " tears welled in the corners of hazel eyes, and before she knew it, ochako was hugging herself.

hugging--- her middle. " you should know, in case something were too, uh-‐ you know. " there was a pause, and with it ochako takes a moment to grasp at any remaining courage she has. this was something she'd been meaning to tell katsuki for some time but, there never was a good time, was there?

" i-- i think i'm-- " the tears fell freely now down ochako's cheeks and before she fell down, she sat down. as soon as she said the p word, it would all become real. her career would be over. & what would katsuki think?

head in her hands amidst the broken debris of the falling building with sirens echoing around them, ochako --- cried. suddenly only able to think about how scared the young boy was looking for his mother before the building gave out. " -- p-pregnant. "

[cybreeze]

actually no i need to yell about forces!war things or i'll explode Right, So, breezie was one of the only people almost entirely unaffected by the events of sforces because of her connection to robotnik. she never chose a side, she's always been explicit about not being on any side but her own, doing whatever will benefit her in the end, so she had little issue going along with whatever ivo had in mind so long as neither she nor her robots were in any way negatively affected. she felt a little guilty about not being able to help the children that ended up losing their family to the fight against the resistance, but there was nothing she could do without endangering herself or her robots, so she swallowed every ounce of it & waited the war out. the guilt resurfaces every now & then &, when it’s particularly bad, she donates a plentiful sum & resources ( mainly repair robots ) to the neediest village at the moment ; it’s not as though she has anywhere particular to put all the money she has, so she might as well give to those she feels need it more than herself. she’s selfish, not heartless. breezie is in no way a stranger to having to live on scraps & having nowhere to go with guaranteed safety, & the only reason she couldn’t grant help during the war was because that would mean she & her robots would be in danger, & she could never risk that.

[toshinoris-spouse]

Fin: I'm feeling hot, Toshinori: Love finally realized they're h-! Fin: And feverish, Toshinori, silently: Goddamnit.

[keikakudori]

mini tag dump since tumblr seems to have forgotten all about my tags. ignore this.

aigin [ MY LUNGS ARE PUNCTURED—YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY ]

aishin [ I WANT MY HEART TO SHUDDER AT A TOUCH ]

ichimaru gin [ most honored poison of my heart ]

aizen sousuke [ the beaming sun itself; something dangerous and yet captivating ]

kaname tosen [ i knew a man once / who fought like he could cleanse the world with the blood on his knuckles ]

[ verse: blood war ] as I cannot be the hero let me be the monster and lesson them in fear in place of love.

[ verse: fukutaichou ] it is still too early to believe; what's truly frightening is the betrayal you don't see.

[ verse: soul king ] all the stars will fall from grace with your name engraved in the dust of their deaths.

[ verse: muken ] you said i killed you so haunt me & drive me mad; only do not leave me in the abyss where i cannot find you.

[ verse: vizard ] can you still feel the battles on my skin stitched across my back? am i rebuilding bone by fragile bone?

[ verse: wanderer ] i need something different. I don’t know what it is but I need something new.

[ verse: hueco mundo ] there is a massacre ready behind his eyes & war written on his body.

[ verse: sternritter ] when the silence of absence deepens

[ofgravitation-moved]

@ofdetonation​​​ said:  “ you make me feel like i’m worthy. ”  /  to ochako <3

the words don’t sit right with ochako, even if they came from a place in katsuki’s mind that let him believe the meaning behind them. she shifts against him, almost uncertainly. compliments --- she was never good at receiving them, especially when she feels differently. 

“ ... eh? ” comes the response, hazel eyes flicking up to meet his from where she lied on his chest. ochako’s eyes search his briefly, just for a moment before she blows a stream of hot air out of her mouth and shakes her head, curling further against him. “ worthy of what? ” the question’s rhetorical, the gravity hero doesn’t expect much of an answer. but knowing her boyfriend, he’d be sure to give his own opinions, regardless. so, before he can, she just keeps talking. 

“ it’s not like i’m some star of our class. i’m not like... you, todoroki, or deku.. you’re all so very strong and getting stronger every day. ” she snorts, shrugs, and takes a piece of brunette hair between her fingers to play with, concentrating on that rather than the murderous gaze she’s sure she’s about to get, “ unless you consider yourself worthy of having a mochi-loving girlfriend, i’m not sure what else you could be referring too.. ” 

all this talk of feeling worthy, and of all the people in their class he could have given his heart too, he chose.. her. some days, like today, ochako questioned that. what made her so special? why her? surely, there were so many other people he could take an interest in? she was just .. ochako. the girl that slept in too long, got average grades and was.. awkward and unsure. the girl who wants to help: but she struggles to do so, and has to have other people help her.. instead. -- save her. ... when she doesn’ need saving.

there were so many other people that could be here at katsuki’s side. what did he see? ochako wasn’t like deku: the kindest, and sweetest person she’d ever met that would go out of his way for anyone at the expense of his own body. todoroki, who sure-- questioned a lot of things, but was perhaps one of the most skilled fighters she’d ever met! not to mention, his conviction and will. kirishima-- well, he’s everyone’s best friend, isn’t he? especially katsuki’s. his bro, someone he can talk, laugh, and play video games with. not to mention, the rest of their class. all of which, she fell.. behind. picking up the pieces and trying to catch up, figuring out her setbacks, while they continued to push on ahead. would.. she be left behind?

---- where did she fit into katsuki’s puzzle? ochako shifted again, and this time, she pulled away from his arms and left a space between them on the sofa. her gaze was fixated at the tv in front of them. the news was on. there was another report about the league and about.. toga. ochako’s hands balled into fists as she listened to the reporter’s account of yet another murder, and ochako shut her eyes, almost tiredly.  

“ how can i make you feel worthy? how? when i’m still so... ”   weak.  looking at her hands, ochako didn’t realize how much they had begun to shake. when ochako lifts her head again, meeting crimson she swallows hard, exhales heavily, and starts again. “ please just-- don’t say things like that, okay? not now, anyway. ” ochako looks back at the tv, at the picture of toga and her lips fall into a thin line. “ not until i’m able to do something to really prove it to you. ”

[audarcy]

The original percy jackson series is about cycles of abuse and neglect, right. Were introduced to percy as a kid who has clearly been left behind by a school system that has given up on him, restless and unengaged and self-defetist because hes been given nothing that works for him and no one even tries to meet him where he is. Then hes told no, listen, your neurodivergence is amazing and you just need to be given something that actually utilizes your unique palatte. And thats obviously the uplifting idea rick wanted for his kids, right. But once we get to know chb the same cycles are happening there too. There are kids "left behind" there too for one reason or another, because their parents dont want to claim them, because their parents werent important enough to get a cabin. Do you get it, all the kids who dont fit the most common neurotypes get shoved into the same closet. Kids are being left in a cruel world to fend for themselves without the tools they need. Theyre dying because no one bothered to accommodate them. Its such an obvious parallel that the first chapter introduces a teacher whos written to be especially hard on percys disability and she turns out to literally be one of these monsters trying to kill him. Meanwhile sally jackson tells him she named him after Perseus because she wanted a redemption for a hero whos story ended in tragedy. Meanwhile every book in the series replicates a greek myth step for step until the moment they break the cycle. Annabeth, playing Odysseus, is talked down from her hubris and grounded by her friends. Percy, playing Heracles, meets someone wronged by the original Heracles and rights his wrongs by refusing to go down the same selfish path as him. Monsters are reborn because they are--as the books explicitly call them--achetypes. These kids are stuck inside the cyclical nature of mythology because thats what happens to mythology, it gets retold over and over again. But these are the kids who have to live it. The series ends with percy being offered immortality and he rejects it because he wants to use his godly favor to force them to break their cycle of neglecting their kids. The series ends with a declaration that we cant keep letting this happen. The very first book offees the same choice. It ends with percy refusing to keep the head of medusa as a spoil of war, refusing his heroic reward. He lets his mother have the head and use it to kill gabe. Isnt that fucking crazy for a kids book? Gabe wasnt a Monster. He wasnt going to Turn to Dust and Disappear in a narratively convenient way. He was a living breathing mortal dude and percy and his mom killed him without remorse. Break the cycle of abuse!!!! Dont let this happen again!!! Anyway thats why the original percy jackson series is Hey where are you going with our breadsticks

[emacrow]

"Hey, can you move your Lantern Corp away from my Grave? Your blocking the view."

"What?" Hal said startled as he noticed a floating white hair teen with green eyes looking annoyed.

It would've be common event if it weren't for the fact that they in the middle of space near Mar.

"Could you please move the lantern Corp away from my grave, it's blocking the my view of the stars." The boy said pointing back at mars then back at Green lantern Corps.

"This is the second time this happen and I would like to just rest in peace."

The more Hal look at the floating boy, the more he realized how humaniod and alien like he began to look, the clear white hair with sparks of stars dust in it, the freckled covering his face look a splatter of dwarf stars, the toxic green eyes, and the odd looking clothes that look barely human like with the kind of reptile skulls on his shoulders.

Oh

OH

Oh..

"I'll tell them to move it from your view.." Hal said paling a bit as later on he went closer to Mars where that floating alien child has pointed then disappeared.

Only to see a makeshift grave made from unknown mineral in the red dirt that looked ancient and beyond dusty level that almost made him sneeze.

Hal move the dust away from the tombstone like made of extinct like mineral, with a name that took his lantern green 3 hours to translate which static and glitch.

"Danny phantom

Brother

Planet Savior

Hero

Clockwork's apprentice

Forever King of balance

May he sleep peacefully."