phantazmikfoo

[mataurin]

Commission for the actually perfect @the-saltwaterselkie-writer of my favorite scene in their monster au harlivy fic 👀👀

Commission me if you want :)

[b1pirate]

Where is the lie??

Q: Who’s your favorite queer couple or ship?

[artisticbeings]

¡¡CALLING ALL FIC WRITERS & READERS!!

I will likely be posting a TON of fanfiction recommendations over the course of October. I am requesting people to send me or recommend me fanfictions for me to read and then probably recommend.

PLEASE send me anything and everything you've got! I don't care if it's one fic or full blown spam! GO NUTS!

FANDOMS

Sterek (Stiles Stilinski/Derek Hale)

Batfamily (or any member of the family individually, or pairing involving a member of the family.)

Griddlehark (Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus)

Marvel Comics (Avengers, Billy (Wiccan)/Teddy (Hulkling), or any other character individually.)

The Old Guard (Any character individually, Nicky/Joe are the cutest fucking thing ever and you cannot change my mind!)

CaitVi (Violet/Caitlin Kiramman)

Thiam (Theo Raeken/Liam Dunbar)

Geraskier (Geralt/Jaskier)

Harlivy (Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy)

Hitoshi Shinso (especially adoptive fics with Aizawa)

Erasermic (Eraser Head/Present Mic)

Jondami/Damijon (Jon Kent/Damian Wayne)

Young Justice (Any)

Buddie (Buck/Eddie)

Mcdanno (Steve McGarret/Danny Williams

& more (I am always open to new fandoms)

Subjects that I will absolutely not post:

Rape/NonCon, beastiality, pedophillia, or incest (that includes adoptive).

[ao3sbatfamily]

'No Whammies' by Unpretty

Author: @unpretty

"Why didn't I just say 'fuckmadness'." It both was and was not a question.

"Stop saying that!" Robin protested, navigating back toward Batman.

Harley swung her hammer at Catwoman with enough force for a quadruple pirouette. "Fuckmadness?" she asked, stumbling in a circle.

Robin, frustrated, grabbed Batman's hands and pressed them against his ears. "There is an impressionable child present!"

Ivy squinted. "Is he serious?"

"I don't know." Batman attempted to reclaim his hands, and lifted Robin off the ground. Robin continued to hold Batman's hands like earmuffs, and kicked furiously at vines with both legs. "I think it's some kind of ironic meme thing."

[darkpurpledawn]

my favorite Batman fics from 2023, part one

I read a metric ton or so of batman fanfic this year--this is part one of my faves from January-November. We’ve got harlivy, batfam/gen, batcat, and Bruce-centric stuff in this list, next one will be rogues ships, batjokes, and riddlebat. I’ve only included fics that were completed this year, might make a separate post for faves that are ongoing

Harlivy

Client Services by Anon_and on_and on

Lawyer Pamela defends Harley from a malpractice suit...just in time to fall in love with her client. Totally fun and well-realized no capes AU

The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Barbley Quinn by iamawilderness

This is one of the wildest fics I’ve ever read--a lovely crossover that doesn’t seem it like should work but does beautifully. The writing really sparkles!

Retail Therapy: Gotham Edition by paprikaflakes (@paprikaspice)

now that’s some grade-A Harley Quinn dialogue

Batfam-ish (aka Dick and Alfred)

the quiet noise by orphan_account

Batman's in surgery and Jim Gordon and Superman sit with a distraught but stoic Robin in the hospital waiting room. Really lovely outside pov on baby Dick Grayson

They Also Serve by Ginevra_Benci

Really lovely look at Alfred’s POV on the morning after a young Dick Grayson comes to stay in Wayne Manor

Happy Endings: a John and Mary story by @lordwisteria

Based on a Margaret Atwood short story, this metafictional piece about Dick Grayson’s parents is stunning

Umbra by TheResurrectionist (@frownyalfred)

A hilarious and poignant look at the batcape’s debut through the eyes of Alfred Pennyworth

Batcat

Catch and Release by winterkill

A super hot 2022 batcat fic to warm you in the winter chill

I'll Bring You Sparrows by AnonymousMink

Bruce makes Selina a new costume, things get E rated from there

Bruce-centric

Oh Man Oh My Oh Me by whaleofatime (@cetaceans-pls)

Two Bruce Waynes show up at the same party, and Batman is thrown for a loop. Shenanigans ensue!

Damsel by @gement

um so this is possibly the most insanely hot fic I’ve ever read. Bruce has Issues and deals with them by hiring a guy to pretend to be Batman and have sex with him. yeah. it’s really good.

link to part two

[toolateintheday]

Not to complain about my health again but last night I had chest pains and wound up having to go for an ECG at 4am which was pretty fucking scary.

Luckily my heart is all good. I do have a chest infection tho 😫

I humbly ask you to please rec me your favourite fics, whether you wrote them or they're by another author. I need some good stories to cheer me up.

WLW only please. I like: Clexa, any BG3 pairing with a preference for Shadowzel, harlivy and bishova.

[britcision]

Anyway in case anyone was wondering why I do firmly aver I did not get to DPxDC from DC and am not a DC fan despite having consumed all of the Harley Quinn and Suicide Squad runs up to 2018

(And have an exciting grab bag of shows, movies, and assorted trivia under my belt besides

Batman vs Dracula was fucking great fight me)

It’s because DC as a whole is hostile as fuck to the concept of being a casual fan

(And about 90% of the main heroes annoy the hell out of me for the very tropes that DC is known and praised for in their heroes I am here for villains, antiheroes, and sidekicks exclusively)

There is no such thing as consistent characterization, especially as you consume more content or fall down a rabbit hole, and the rabbit holes are ENDLESS

Everyone cameos everywhere else, referential jokes are often dropped in as Easter eggs for people who have read every single other DC comic put out in the same decade and yet within the same comics you get glaringly inconsistent characterization and different retcons for the same events

Big stories are retold and retconned every couple years, we got 3 separate Spiderman origin movies and the exact same Batman origin in more than half the live action movies; DC PAYS PEOPLE to make up their own different versions of canon events

There is a REASON that the Marvel and DC cinematic universes are both officially divorced from comic canon; the sheer volume of canon content is inaccessible to most of the population, and DC and Marvel know it

That’s why the New 52 was a big divorce from all previous canon too - it’s an on ramp for new fans, because sorting through the web of old content is off putting as fuck

It’s the one thing not a single DC fan I’ve spoken to who complained about “canon characterization” has bothered defending or even acknowledging, and yet it has been the core of all of their arguments:

“Canon is what I want it to be, not what any of the sources say”

And listen, I was a Torchwood fan, we were the archetypal example of “canon only happened if I acknowledge it” (so sad that show ended after only two seasons and nothing else ever happened again Children of Earth who), you just gotta acknowledge that that’s what you’re doing

But you frankly cannot have a serious conversation about canon characterization with someone who does not acknowledge entire swaths of canon and cannot understand why that makes their argument completely invalid

Any kind of conversation about the “right” characterization for a DC character necessarily has to involve the acknowledgement that it’s your personal preferred characterization, not a One True Canon, because I guarantee there are canon incidents for every single big name and most of the small ones that directly counter the ones you like

You may note I share a bunch of posts with things like “My Batman would never do this”, as opposed to “canon Batman would never do this”

Hell, on Batman specifically there are hundreds of beautifully put together posts talking about how the different canon runs get him wrong; I too prefer a Bruce Wayne who does genuinely care about his family and tries to protect them, but isn’t perfect or always right over the massive asshole elitist who just grunts and treats them like soldiers

Canon Batman slaps his kids around, it’s the meme that broke containment and you don’t have to like it or accept it as something your Batman would do!

But it’s still canon

Both versions have a massive well of canon support, and exist simultaneously in the multiverse

Every single characterization of a character is true and exists in the multiverse

And that is why the idea of a “canon version” of any DC character is utterly meaningless

TL;DR: write DC characters however the fuck you want and do not worry about it for more than 10 minutes together, that is what the paid DC writing staff do

There will be at least two pieces of canon media to back up whatever interpretation of the character you pick

Not everyone will like that characterization or agree with how you see the character, and that is all fine and good! But “canon” is meaningless in this context, neatly encapsulated by the “multiverse” explanation

Everything is canon, which means that nothing is canon

[paceprompting]

Next two squares for @ficreadingchallenge!

Square Completed: Pre- or Post-Canon

Fic Read:

coffee, pancakes for two

E | Complete | 1/1 | 10K | Hangster

Bradley’s mouth goes dry at the sight of him; strong thighs encased in dark, skintight denim, chunky lace-up boots, white t-shirt, and a soft-looking leather jacket covered in patches. He’s not wearing a helmet - only a pair of aviators - and while Bradley knows he should chastise Jake for not being more careful, he’s too busy drooling over the picture he makes as he pulls up to the front of the hangar. Fuck, he wants to eat him. Or maybe just his ass. Whatever.

The bike’s low, seductive rumble cuts out as Jake kills the engine, nudging the kickstand with the tip of his boot before dismounting. He pushes his glasses up into his hair, grinning at Bradley and holding his arms out in an expansive gesture.

“Hey, baby. Miss me?”

~ jake + bradley: fucking + falling in love.

**I seriously considered this one for my previous square of an old favorites, but in fanfic terms, this one isn't actually that old, so I decided to save it for something else!**

~*~*~*~

Square Completed: Harold, They're Lesbians

The Psychiatrist and the Supervillain-Vignettes by A_Spicy_bowl_of_Olives

M-E | Complete | Harlivy Self contained, yet interconnected, tales of Dr Harleen Quinzel and her encounters with the ever villainous, ever sensuous Poison Ivy

**Yeah, this is technically multiple fics, but I couldn't pick just one. And I'm just getting into Harlivy, so I didn't think it fair to pick one this early that represented my absolute favorite just yet. But this whole series is great and smutty and so much fun.

~*~*~*~

[kingstoken]

Podfics of my fics

I realized that over the last few years I had some wonderful people make podfic of my fics, but people may not be aware of them, so here they are, all in one place, enjoy!

Title: I Need You To Do The Things I Can’t Reader: peasina Fandom: Our Flag Means Death Pairing: Edward Teach/Izzy Hands Rating: T Length: 8 min Summary: After Izzy is injured during a raid, Ed reminds him who he belongs to. Cover art: peasina

Title: The Waltz Reader: MeggieJolly Fandom: Good Omens Pairing: Aziraphale/Crowley Rating: G Length: 5 min Summary: Crowley teaches Aziraphale a new dance. Cover art: Spoofmcgee

Title: Sea Searching Reader: peasina Fandom: Our Flag Means Death Pairing: Edward teach/Stede Bonnet/Izzy hands Rating: T Length: 11 min Summary: Izzy is changed into a merperson. Cover art: peasina

Title: Blu-ray Intrusions Reader: peasina Fandom: Marvel Comics Pairing: Clint Barton/Tony Stark Rating: G Length: 4 min Summary: Tony tries to give Clint a gift. Cover art: peasina

Title: Comfortable Places To Take A Nap Reader: UnholyCrowley Fandom: Batman Comics Pairing: Pamela Isley/Harleen Quinzel Rating: G Length: 3 min Summary: Harley may have misplaced her hyenas. Cover art: peasina

Title: Raindrops On A Window Reader: Juuls (Juulna) & wilfriede0815 Fandom: This is How You Lose the Time War Pairing: Red/Blue Rating: G Length: 1 min Summary: A letter from Blue to Red. Cover art: Juulna

Title: Intertwined Reader: burnhamofvulcan Fandom: Star Trek: TOS Pairing: Kirk/Spock/McCoy Rating: M Length: 11 min Summary: McCoy reflects on how he ended in a relationship with his two friends. Cover art: burnhamofvulcan

(No cover art for this one) Title: The Golden Head of Captain McCoy Reader: Jet_pods (Jetainia) Fandom: Relic Hunter Pairing: Nigel Bailey & Sydney Fox Rating: G Length: 9 min Summary: "About the pirate Captain McCoy, who hid his jewel encrusted bust on the island, of course I did, it's a local legend, but Nigel, it's just a story the locals like to tell to children, and tourists"

Thank you to everyone that has made podfic of my fics over the years, you're all awesome!

[ivebeenmade]

Can anyone recommend me some good, naughty harlivy fics?

[no-depression-for-vampires]

I refuse to acknowledge Angela and Sera canon content after Queen of Hel, I simply refuse you can fuck off.

[were-wolverine]

batfam/dc fic recs

https://archiveofourown.org/works/34594006/chapters/86113789 birdflash, batfam, yj & titans team, talon!dick keeps adopting people

https://archiveofourown.org/works/35671243/chapters/88939798 batfam, dick is taken by william cobb, good brother jason todd, pov jason & dick

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42905253/chapters/107791386 batfam, time travel, 15y/o and 20 y/o jason swap places, all the batkids (minus duke), discowing

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30951686/chapters/76441190#main batfam, jason is magically turned 15, jason & bruce, jason & dick

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21071939/chapters/50129498 batboys, birdflash, damijon, alt reality with no batman, villain au but not really, dick jason tim & dami centered (fav of mine)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40843479 minor birdflash, batfam, dick kills the joker in arkham, jason pov

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29812065 batfam, talon!dick saves robin!jason

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17024694/chapters/68542389?view_adult=true batfam, talon!dick, coffee shop au

https://archiveofourown.org/works/840565?view_adult=true birdflash, time travel shenanigans, wally time travels w/o warning all the time but always to a version of dick

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33840772 birdflash, talon dick grayson, young justice!dick, batbrothers tim and jason

https://archiveofourown.org/works/525987/chapters/931106 batfam, the team, birdflash, gotham academy, young justice!au

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15756108 batfam and bruce’s bathroom, superbat

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18329522/chapters/43390649 batfam, superbat, batkids calling bruce ‘dad’

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16599113 superbat, bruce gets turned into a kitten, clark takes him home

https://archiveofourown.org/works/14159745/chapters/32636481 jayroy, neighbors au, single parent roy, secret identity & miscommunication

https://archiveofourown.org/works/37824247/chapters/94444957 birdflash, white collar au, wally west is neal caffrey, dick is a little shit

https://archiveofourown.org/series/2724655 birdflash, white collar au, soulmate au, dick grayson is neal caffrey

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15919062 superbat, JL bbq and identity reveal

https://archiveofourown.org/series/2096913 birdflash + batfam stuff, no capes au

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20699210 birdflash, nightwing!dick & civilian!wally

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18942745 mini-robin being chaotic

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17470007 birdflash, fix-it, soulmate au (bruises&scars)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/45381850/chapters/114180319 talon!dick, young justice au, open ended (my fic 😅)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/37157692 batfam & in-laws, birdflash jayroy timkon etc. (another one of my fics 👉👈)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/37462546/chapters/93491716 robin!dick & harley quinn, yj!dick & hq show!harley, harlivy (last one i swear, aka it’s also mine)

[greatcheshire]

WOOO congrats on the rec from hbomb!! have u gotten more people from that so far

Haha I’m not sure? I think I’ve gotten some more Twitter followers. But I don’t keep good track of my analytics. I was just flattered to get referenced at all, especially for the Harlivy video that I did in fact bust my ass and do a lot of research to make for pride month

[slightlycomicobsessed]

anyone got some queer dc recs? I only know harlivy and want to ✨expand my horizons✨. the men deserve my attention too <3

[violentlyscreaming]

Anyone have any Harlivy fic recs where Harley is super anti capitalist I just kinda wanna see her smash it yk

[octopusoptimusprime]

intro post ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

about me!

call me octo :D - they/he/any

intj-t audhd sapphic

i’m really normal about tv shows.

feel free to dm me i LOVE talking to ppl abt my silly little interests

socials

ao3: octopusoptimusprime

spotify <- (including byler playlist)

my favourite…

fandoms: community, stranger things, one day at a time, brooklyn 99, marvel, into the spiderverse, dc, agggtm, she-ra, bbc ghosts, his dark materials, bojack horseman, osemanverse, good omens, young royals, red white & royal blue, inside no. 9, never have i ever, percy jackson, hannibal, murder most unladylike, doctor who, criminal minds, psychoville, tlog, bridgerton

characters: mike wheeler, todd chavez, abed nadir, the captain (ghosts), miles morales, amy santiago, harley quinn, spencer reid, nick nelson, alex claremont-diaz, troy barnes, batman, prince wilhelm, ravi singh, crowley, penelope featherington

people: jack manifold, finn wolfhard, james marriott, ben willbond, david tennant, mathew baynton, john mulaney, tom simons, andy samberg, bo burnham, reece shearsmith

music: frank ocean, tyler the creator, childish gambino, deftones, kali uchis, brent faiyaz, crywank, los campesinos!, steve lacy, slipknot, system of a down, kendrick lamar, baby keem, giveon, hozier

ships: byler, elumax, trobed, jeffabed, sydlena, peraltiago, dianetti, pipravi, harlivy, catradora, silverparry, narlie, wilmon, aziracrow, firstprince, jeffbritta, benvi, tenrose, hannigram, polin, poolverine

things: tv shows, poetry, murder documentaries, kids’ movies, cats, women, dcverse, spiderman, sanrio, rap music

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mike headcanons

byler fic recs

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links for my fics

back to you - ‘Mike Wheeler and Will Byers go to the Upside Down, and after an encounter with Vecna, Will decides to sacrifice himself. Mike, of course, is having none of it. And some truths and explanations slip out along the way.’

like real people do - ‘byler goes on a date. that's it that's the fic. enjoy <3’

in the moment - ‘mike gets vecnaed and all he wants is for lucas to accept him.’

dni

racist/homophobic/transphobic/proshipper/bigot/transmed/hp fan/etc

fic recs

byler

(platonic) stobin

trobed

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#tag game - picrews etc

#favs - very cool stuff

#motherocto / #fatherocto - my parents

#asks - inbox replies

#music - me talking about music

& all tv shows/ships are tagged accordingly!!

∞༺♡༻✧ thank you! love you <3