#if you're looking at some of them and wondering wtf i'm smoking

[dweetwise]

The only dbd shipping chart I care about

[waratah-moon]

Super Like 3 • Eddie Munson

part 1 - part 2 - part 3

I'm in love with modern!twitch streamer Eddie...

The first date

Parkway Flea Market, Indianapolis

Liked by eddiethebanished, yourfriend and 163 others yourusername They didn't have any Dio 😢

eddiethebanished So mad. At least they had Kool & The Gang. ↳ yourusername Now if anyone ever asks to hear Get Down On It I can tell them I have it on vinyl

yourfriend Love the new ring ↳ yourusername It was a present 🥰

2 months in...

Liked by lucas.sinclair, yourfriend and 14,752 others eddiethebanished She's coming for my job

yourusername Yes can I finally stream the Sims 4 on your channel? ↳ madmax I'll watch ↳ dustin_h Might finally get some good content

eddiefan Dude please don't let your girlfriend stream. Girls can't game. ↳ eddiethebanished wtf are you 12? Go to bed dude.

3 months in...

Liked by robs_buckley, eddiethebanished and 194 others yourinstagram You know you're down bad when you start doing arts and crafts

yourfriend This is too cute 🥺 ↳ yourusername We're sickening 🥺

eddiethebanished Love keeping a piece of you in my pocket 💖 ↳ dustin_h You're such a sap ↳ eddiethebanished Shut up dustybuns

5 months in...

Hawkins, Indiana

Liked by yourfriend, robs_buckley and 20,472 others eddiethebanished Took my girl back to my hometown for the weekend and showed her the one sight.

steve.harrington So you took her to Lover's Lake? ↳ eddiethebanished Skull Rock actually. Then Lover's Lake. Then your mom's house ↳ steve.harrington Jokes on you my mom moved to Florida. ↳ eddiethebanished I knew joking about your parents would end up being too sad, sorry bro. I'll call you later. ↳ steve.harrington I'd actually really appreciate that.

dustin_h It was so good to finally meet you yourusername ↳ yourusername You too dustin_h I love the campaign you wrote!

8 months in...

Liked by yourfriend, yourotherfriend and 210 others yourusername Asked him to learn some Harry Styles... still waiting.

mikewheeler I still have the video of when he played 5 Seconds of Summer at Steve's birthday ↳ steve.harrington I remember that! He rocked She Looks So Perfect ↳ yourusername omg please send it to me ↳ eddiethebanished Don't you dare ↳ mikewheeler Check your messages

10 months in...

Liked by robs_buckley, nancywheeler and 54,920 others eddiethebanished smoking hot date

robs_buckley I thought you were quitting! ↳ yourinstagram I'm trying!!! ↳ eddiethebanished She's doing better than me.

nancywheeler We need a girls night soon xx robs_buckley yourinstagram ↳ yourinstagram Text me next time you're in town! ↳ robs_buckley I second this!

eddiefan your girlfriend is hot

1 year in...

Liked by steve.harrington, willthewise and 3,458 others yourusername My golden retriever gamer boy ❤️ I'll tell you all the sappy shit in person so Dustin can't make fun of us. Love you Eds.

eddiethebanished Love you more than life itself baby girl ❤️ ↳ Liked by yourusername

dustin_h You guys are actually very cute, but thanks for keeping the sap level to a minimum. ↳ Liked by yourusername and eddiethebanished

robs_buckley I want what you have 🥺 ↳ yourinstagram I keep telling you I have the perfect person for you ↳ robs_buckley Fiiiiiiiiiiine. Set it up. ↳ yourinstagram YES

1 year and couple months in...

Liked by steve.harrington, mikewheeler and 129,327 others eddiethebanished I finally cracked over 1 million followers on twitch and enough subs to quit my day job and make a living playing video games. How batshit insane is that? Thank you to everyone who ever supported me, no matter how long you've been here... one day, since day one, thank you. I also couldn't have done it without my wonderful girlfriend, yourusername. Without you I would never have had the courage to turn this nerdy little passion into my dream job. Now on to the future, whatever that may hold. I hope you'll all join me for the ride.

yourusername So proud of you Eds. ↳ eddiethebanished Couldn't have done it without you.

dustin_h Absolutely insane dude! Congratulations. ↳ Liked by eddiethebanished

eddiefan Congratulations Eddie!

eddiefan Been subbed since the shitty battlestation, glad you've finally upgraded! ↳ Liked by eddiethebanished and yourusername

1 year and some months in...

Liked by robs_buckley, yourfriend and 174,294 others eddiethebanished You know she loves you when she does a 70s themed photoshoot for your shitty band's new album cover. Ps new music dropping soon corrodedcoffin 📸 filmbyjbyers

yourusername What can I say, I'm obsessed with the front man. ↳ Liked by eddiethebanished

filmbyjbyers The photos turned out great! ↳ Liked by eddiethebanished and yourinstagram

dustin_h Aw your band's not that shitty ↳ eddiethebanished thanks Dustin

eddiefan You're finally releasing a full length album? ↳ eddiethebanished Maaaaybe...

About 2 years in...

Liked by yourfriend, filmbyjbyers and 6759 others yourusername We saw Metallica live then got super drunk... also we're engaged!

robs_buckley Um excuse me? ↳ yourinstagram Surprise? I'm calling you now.

steve.harrington dustin_h Did you know this? ↳ dustin_h Eddie facetimed me at 3 in the morning so yeah I knew lol ↳ eddiethebanished Sorry man, but at least you found out first? ↳ dustin_h I'm so happy for you both I couldn't care less that you woke me up ❤️

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disclaimer! pinterest is full of white girls. I'm sorry but it's true. I tried to keep y/n as nondescript as possible but I'm just working with what I had. Sorry in advance if that offends anyone but this can be an exercise in imagination. - (not tagging my full tag list, just the people who commented on part 1 and 2… My tag list is reserved for full length fics!) @emma77645 @dylanmunson @bakugouswh0r3 @tlclick73

[joemerl]

I'm watching the Eragon movie after rereading the book this year.

It's kind of more enjoyable, sometimes because its changes legitimately improve things but usually because they stray into So Bad It's Good territory.

Durza is still generic af, but Galby is delightfully narmy.

Sloan feels more like an actual character, and the idea that the Spine is considered royal property is a lot simpler than "Sloan's wife died there because it's cursed, maybe, but Eragon can go in there because shut up."

"All hail Eragon, the mighty hunter!" And just like that, the movie makes Roran and Eragon feel more like brothers than Paolini managed in the first two books. Also, they're eight-year-old dorks in teenage bodies.

Sass-master Arya.

I am both annoyed and amused that the Urgals are just burly guys. They give them a little face makeup, but still.

Not really feeling Saphira's voice. I just imagined it huskier.

Durza summons the Ra'zac from the ground like Power Rangers villains. WTF (affectionate).

Eragon figures out that Brom was a Dragon Rider! And just like that, he's outstripped book!Eragon's supposed brilliance.

Arya is awake when she meets Eragon. Makes for a less awkward romantic arc. Also she just says she's a princess, so again, kudos on the screenwriters for not bothering with the obvious twists.

I think there's a passing line about dwarves and elves, but Arya is ostensibly human. There are some guys in the Varden who are clearly supposed to be dwarves but never referred to as such.

Why does the spell for dragon vision let Eragon see through walls? And why does the fire spell make things levitate?

"I expected someone a little more...well, more." Is this line actually clever, or do I just enjoy Eragon getting dunked on?

The whole thing with Brom flying on Saphira as he dies is kind of nice. It would have worked better if they mentioned that Saphira was named after his own dragon, though.

Murtagh is weird, because he acts totally different than book!Murtagh and is introduced with a different backstory. He even offers to lead Eragon to the Varden, which is directly opposed to his motivation in the book. But canon reasserts itself once they get there, so you're left wondering why he chose to do this.

Murtagh's prison cell, incidentally, appears to be a cage left out in the open.

I said Galby was funny, but how many scenes do we need where he's just whispering threats at Durza?

In the books, there are moments where I feel like Eragon has more chemistry with Nasuada than he ever has with Arya. Given the gratuitous "walking in one him shirtless" scene, I feel like the screenwriters agree.

Most of the clothes are Generic Medieval Drab, but then there was one costume designer who was like "NO! Shiny and exotic!"

One change I don't like: Saphira breathing fire before the battle starts is supposed to be cool, ooh-she's-badass-now, but sorry, having her dramatically do that at the end of the battle to save Eragon's life is much better.

So Durza summoned the Ra'zac from the ground, and now he summoned the Lethrblaka from Saphira's fire? somehow? Is it supposed to be made of smoke?

They're not very well done, but the script is trying to give Eragon some arcs that he doesn't have in the book. Some of it is generic "I don't want to be the Chosen One" stuff, but there's also this idea that he might get Saphira killed, like Brom with his dragon, augmented by the fact that Brom's death is kind of Eragon's fault in this version.

Speaking of which, the hell you letting Eragon think Saphira is dead, Murtagh? It's not just a jerk move, it's also out of character. Murtagh is not jokey, either in this movie or the book.

I was gonna say that the final scene is desperately trying to convince us that Eragon and Arya have chemistry, but I actually don't think it's trying that hard.

*watching the credits* That random guy who looked like a dwarf but was never referred to as a dwarf was supposed to be Hrothgar? I assumed it was Orik. He didn't seem to be a king or anything.

[iwonderwh0]

Vampire au

I wonder what's Markus's vampire circle is thinking about his little (big and fat) problematic crush. Probably warning him about getting in trouble or asking him "you gonna bite him, aren't you?" or "When are you gonna do that already?", "Markus, you're about to do the funniest fucking thing, aren't you?"

One time Markus fucks up and arranges a meeting in a pub that's unofficially full of vampires. Connor somehow manages to stay clueless the whole time they're inside as his eyes are glued to Markus and only him as he is his target, not even considering that it's worth to maybe look around. Markus however is observing a lot of "wtf" glances thrown at him as well as a couple of hungry eyes on Connor. All this makes Markus stumble on his words awkwardly trying and failing to ignore the unnerving settings, which only pushes Connor into teasing him, like noticing that Markus isn't really listening to him and in response to that saying the most bizzare sentences that don't even make any sense next, as long as it takes for Markus to notice and go "Wait, what did you just say?" to which Connor puts his innocent face on and says something normal instead to even further fuck with Markus, and following it with "What did you think I said?"

Markus, boldly, repeating the bizzare nonsense of a sentence that he heard. Connor gets quiet, smiles in a stunned way and goes "So you were listening after all."

"Of course," Markus looks around, "Listen, I'm sorry, but would you mind going outside?"

"Are you a smoker?"

A perfect excuse, Markus thinks.

"Yes."

So then outside he pretends that he forgot his cigarettes in another jacket to which Connor just hands him one.

"I didn't know you are smoking," he says, taking it.

"I don't usually," Connor says, lighting one for himself and gesturing for Markus to lean closer so he could light his cigarette as well," But historically, I've had a lot of friends who do, so naturally, I'm often asked if I have one to share. So, I keep them on hand, just in case. Sometimes it's the easiest way to strike up a conversation too. You know, smoking is uniquely social – you just won't get into the kind of conversations people have in smoking areas as a non-smoker."

All this time Markus is hoping Connor isn't paying attention enough to notice that he haven't even taken a puff yet. He does tho and looks at him questioningly. So Markus takes one and hates every moment of it.

"Gosh, you picked the worst ones," he says, without thinking and instantly curses himself when Connor asks

"Which ones do you prefer?"

Markus haven't smoked in a really long time, not like he was ever really into it, so as he is taking another puff to win some time to recall what brands of cigarettes there are at all, he breath in the smoke in a way that accidentally burns his throat and has to cough.

"You're not really a smoker, are you?"

Markus tilts his head, defeated, "How could you tell?" he asks ironically.

"Gut feeling."

[edotfightme]

The Harder Path That Could Have Been Walked

So I'm doing a live reaction to my own 10,000 word fic that I forgot I wrote. Link here. You'll probably have to read the fic to understand my reactions because I am not keying them to each part.

A lot of this is me complaining about my own writing.

Let's go!

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What the fuck are these tags? WHAT DO YOU MEAN KIND OF???

Why did I tag sad racoons?

Wtf do you mean "don't summon void dragons" why is that in the tags???

I finally got past the tags.

This is a lot of worldbuilding in the notes let me check how much. 540 words of worldbuilding in the tags alone.

Wtf where did I find that language what does it say?

I can't understand a single word that was said before it translated to English it doesn't really work for an effect like I clearly intended. Plus the paragraphing makes it hard to read.

Bruh the first part was badly written we're starting off strong.

Oh shit, I started recognizing the second part. Ish. Holy shit it's like a core memory was unlocked. I remember thinking this was super cool. Let adult (questionable) me be the judge of that.

Hang on I think I realized why the hook was so shit. I was trying to keep his identity hidden. Still sucked though but good on you younger me. Still too many paragraphing issues. This was before I sorted those out methinks.

Holy shit Technoblade was still alive when I wrote this. Just had a moment while I thought of it.

Eww more text I can't read. Gonna scroll to the bottom to see if I translated it. MF I DIDN'T TRANSLATE FOR EVERYONE???? Where is the fic on my computer I need to figure out the translation- I'll finish this first hold on.

Lmao Tommy got put in his place. Should've put some sort of descriptor on the text so people knew how the Piglin was talking and which ones were talking. It's too intuitive.

"What are they saying?" I wanna know that as well Techno.

I just looked for the document and couldn't find it. The meanings will be lost to time.

Oh shit I forgot about the racoons. I gave Tommy a ton of racoons. That must be the sad racoons I mentioned. Wtf am I going to do with a bunch of racoons???

I wish I didn't press 'enter' so much jfc. Learn to write a paragraph little me. Number 1 thing I'll tell myself if I ever time travel is to write a god damn paragraph. This is exhausting to read.

Ewww I forgot about "pog".

Lol he scared the shit outta everyone you go kiddo!

The references to the bits are actually pretty funny though. I just wish I could understand WHATEVER THE FUCK THE PIGLINS ARE SAYING!!!

Also the lack of racism in this book infuriates me. Don't get me wrong, I don't condone racism, but could they be just a tad bit more racist to properly set up that they are the bad guys. The cult stuff isn't enough. We need to really hate these guys. TREAT THEM LIKE SHIT!

Lmao Tommy just had a moment where he's just fucking experiencing a past life. Which is mood. Like when you're walking in a crowd and you lock eyes with a familiar stranger and you stop for a moment to stare, wondering who they could've been to you. But then the moment shatters and you're left standing with the broken remains of what could never be.

The pacing and plot convenience is shit though (where is the racism? The foreign and silent curiosity of who you are?) let me just continue the fic.

I WANT TO FUCKING READ THIS FIC NOT A TON OF GLYPHS! The whole fic will be like this god dammit. I didn't realize this was my era before I learnt how to write foreign languages.

Haha. The random moment where it's just gibberish and then "fuck".

For those of you who aren't reading alongside me, here's piglin dialouge for reference:

"ᛟᚺ! ᚺᛁ! ᛁᛟᚢ ᛊᛈᛖᚨᚲ ᛈᛁᚷᛚᛁᛊᚺ?! ᛏᚺᚨᛏ×ᛊ ᚷᚱᛖᚨᛏ! ᛗᛁ ᚾᚨᛗᛖ ᛁᛊ ᛉᛖᛈᚺᛁᚱᚢᛊ!"

wtf does that even say???

"... that good old pogtopia look in his eyes" what was younger me smoking???? I can picture the exact expression but jesus christ kid are you alright?

Why the fuck can Phil speak english? Are they all speaking a different language? What is happening right now?

"The door to their cell swung open and Mr "Goes missing and freaks everyone the fuck out but is fine since he joined a cult" runs in." Holy shit little me you fucking killed him.

"Don't worry mate you won't be sacrificed." What kind of reassurance is that? I know it's like that on purpose but it's terrible. The unknown is scarier than the known. That's what I was banking on with Sinners.

"Eventually, Wilbur stopped looking like he was 5 minutes away from war crimes and now looked like he was 2 seconds away from war crimes for a different reason." I'm sorry but these quotes are something else. Where is the comma? You could've made this a beautiful paragraph but it's just a sentence. DESCRIBE THE ANGUISH!

Which corner is Wilbur staring at? Shouldn't he just like... glare at Phil with murder in his eyes? Also why is Tommy the attack dog? I get that Wilbur is roleplaying a drama club goth but shouldn't Techno logically be the protective one here? Or them all trying to shuffle each other behind themselves like some weird fight. And Phil's just standing there confused and vaguely exasperated, like it's someone else's emotions.

Don't make me rewrite this fic I don't want to touch it again.

Lmao them being so distracted by roleplaying drama kid goths and they forget to escape. Most realistic thing I've seen so far.

WAIT THIS IS ME PRE-PANIC ATTACKS THAT EXPLAINS SO MUCH.

Plaininnit lol that's actually a good one. Also why are they answering? Make him fight for the info you muppets! But the mental disorders though.

What was the point of that entire prison scene? It looks like it served no purpose. It didn't move the plot forward at all! It just served to show us that Phil can also speak normal? Like- we could've had that later?

At last, a piece of dialogue I think I understand! The X must be an apostrophe then.

Why is Wilbur speaking in percentages? I should've had Techno's chat run a poll and the odds not looking too good.

Why is Phil in the cult council? Did I explain that? Idk if it was in the worldbuilding or later...

Why'd Tommy also shout in another language? What is with younger me and making reading difficult? I can tell why this one was so poorly recieved, nobody wants to translate a book to read it.

Eww I used "snapped" twice in the same sentence.

Why is Tommy suddenly mute now? I know I had a reason, I just can't remember it.

Hang on I gotta scroll up and read some world-building rq.

Wait fuck what is the techno quote??? oh right- "WELCOME HOME THESEUS!" Just got to the part where Tommy mimes his name across.

*to the music of where is the justice* "Where is the pacing?"

Why the music memory thing? I know what I'm meaning for the audience to ask themselves but why did I do that? I should've introduced that later on. It would've made a better plot.

Lmao the warped fungus bit was funny though.

Bruh I nailed the creepy elder thing on the head. I don't know why I'm just good at writing sleazeballs taking advantage of kids (not sexually, just in a way that grates uncomfortably against the reader). I don't know where that comes from.

WAIT I THINK I MIGHT'VE REMEMBERED A PLOT POINT! Are all of Wilbur's snakes lavaproof? Is that why I had the scene?

Oh that is disgusting what is wrong with you little me? I should've tagged cannibalism. It feels like cannibalism.

The pandora's vault Dream being grounded bit is funny and I live for it. Little me had ideas. Offputting ideas but ideas.

Lol Elder took the jukebox.

This is so uncomfortable to read but not in the way an Elder scene is. Just Phil thinking that Tommy's eyes being red means he's happy but it's fake. And Phil hating it when Tommy's eyes are blue is just tragic. Because it comes across as Phil hating it when Tommy is himself and then he's happy when Tommy wakes up brainwashed but Tommy came to him for comfort because he was fucked I just- Little me you are one messed up kid.

HAHA He named Cat "Dream" because it envokes bad memories.

Oh wait that's what the beneath the surface intention was. The surface reference was that the colours reminded him of the people.

Phil dropped Ancient Debris on his foot. Wouldn't it be fucked up if Mojang added a weight limit in Minecraft?

KRISTEN!!!!

The typos in her description though... I want to cry.

OMG KRISTEN IS HIS THING! That's actually adorable though. Little me knows how to make me aww.

More Techno vs the Warped Fungus bit I am living for it.

What is with the blue and red strobe lights that are Tommy's eyes? What is wrong with him? Little me? Explain?

Wait why is everyone just vibin in the castle? What's with that? Also Phil being a moron for Kristen and she's just being a little shit. Dream joined a nether fortress as well lmao.

Oh that's what the warped fungus bit joke was for. So he could still be lava-proof.

BRUH WHY DID I WRITE THAT??? I SPOILED THE PLOT TWIST!

Wait why are we singing ten duel commandments? Did I organize the ending to that song? that sucks.

OH MY GOD I WROTE A CHILD GROOMER??? Holy shit that is foul. I was a child when I wrote this. What the fuck? No wonder why I was getting the heebie jeebies. I literally wrote the Elder as a character that is grooming Theseus.

The wills part was so out of place idk.

Double use of worried kill me now.

Oh damn the Phil and Kristen scene hit. That one definetly didn't feel out of place.

OH SHIT I didn't expect Phil to pull Tommy out of his ass. The jail scene looks important now.

They found him. Chat. It's only a matter of time.

Aww trauma babies. Them all being so traumatized that they're fully on alert and watching for fireworks.

LMAO SHIT HITS THE FAN AND PHIL DIPS WHAT A CHAMP.

Also the fact that I'm pretty sure the Elder was placing Tommy into a drugged trance and basically hypnotising him is fucked up. Younger me you are messed up.

Kristen's entrance was pretty darn good. Like the crows being death and just everyone and everything knowing who exactly is gracing their halls is terrifying and excellent.

Philza for the save finally! Let's go!

Lmao Techno's mates at the Bastion being right bastards and telling the gossip I am living for it.

OH shit, the author notes at the end. The entire flock was there. Damn, Elder was not escaping with his life after grooming one of his kids.

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And that's it! I hope you enjoyed my commentary on my 10,000-word book. I actually found it enjoyable to rediscover my own book. I can understand how other people got put off by it but after slogging through the dialogue I couldn't fucking read it was a decent story. A few issues but overall a fun experience.

[danny-chase]

Heyy, can you talk/write about Dick’s friendship with Raven? It’s a little underrated and would like to know more canon about them.

YES! Of course I can!!

I'll start at the beginning, like every good friendship, we start with some dream invasions.

[Image ID: Dick sits up in bed with a hand on his head. He's shirtless. Dick: "Every night for a week, that same horrible dream... always a New Titans... fighting that same awful menace... for pity's sake-- what's happening to me?" The next panel shows Dick looking confused. Raven (off panel): "What you have experienced, Richard Grayson, are hardly nightmares! Indeed, they are merely premonitions of things to come!" Raven dimension shifts into view with clouds of smoke and her cape billowing behind her. Dick (off panel): "You? You're one of the girls in my dreams... that witch they call Raven!" Raven: "Hardly a witch. I am your friend... and I am your future. There are unknown forces at work... forces which demand that a new Teen Titans be formed!" Raven presses a hand to her chest. Raven: "I invaded your dreams only so that you may come to know me... and to know that when, at last, I appeared before you it was to seek your aid!" End ID]

New Teen Titans (1980) #1

So basically she gave him night terrors for a bit and was like come form the titans and Dick was like you know, college sucked and I dropped out and I'm not doing anything else right now, guess I'm in. Also this moment happens

[Image ID: Raven hands a telephone to Dick who is still in his pajama pants. Raven: "Take this, speak to your friend. Convince him to join our New Titans." Dick: "Speak to who? You just picked up the tele--" In the next panel Dick holds the phone with his shoulder while taking out his Robin costume. Dick: "Huh? Wally? Wally West? Is that you?" Wally: "You oughtta know, Robin. It's your dime. What's up?" Dick: "I--I'm not sure... but it's about the Teen Titans..." End ID]

And from here we have Raven going around and forming the team, everyone meets up and they go save Kory together. At this point their relationship also has a lot of this going on:

[Image ID: Raven dissipates into shadows while Dick looks back, fastening his Robin cape around his neck. Raven: "But you must find Wonder Girl." Dick: "Hey! Waitasec! I don't know where she-- nuts! She disappeared! ...just like in my... nightmare." End ID]

Basically Raven is just like *poof* "here's information you need to know *poof* and Dick is like "excuse me wtf sir" for a bit. Dick is pretty tired of this routine after a couple issues and tries confronting Raven about it.

W[Image ID: Raven poofs into existence in the first panel and the Titans all look at her. Narrator: "There is silence as Koriand'r's voice trails off. But then the silence is replaced with a cold, crisp electric crackle as..." Raven: "My friends, I have need of you. There is an emergency..." Dick: "Raven?" Dick grabs Raven by the shoulder and points at her. Dick: "Just hold it right there. You keep popping up out of nowhere, ordering us about. But I want answers... before I take another step I want to know who you are and--" Dick gets punched by a flash of light with a "Swok" sound effect. Wally (off panel): "Leave her alone! How dare you question her?" Dick: "Wha--?" End ID]

The New Teen Titans (1980) #3 Dick doesn't immediately trust Raven unconditionally despite her attempts to come to him in dream form to make him trust her. He's basically like "I'll help you, but also what the fuck is going on". Wally on the other hand is aggressive here because Raven made him fall in love with her so he would join the team. So he is very defensive of Raven. (Note: this was later expanded upon so Raven doesn't seem awful for playing with his emotions). Anyways, back to Dick and Raven, he apologizes for treating her roughly

[Image ID: Dick breaks through a window with Kory zooming down through the window next to him. Raven poofs in with smoke behind her. Dick: "Okay, Raven, I apologize. You were right. I may not know everyone here, but I sure know a crumb like Doctor Light!" Raven: "Apologies are not necessary. We're all working together." Dick (internally): "I sure hope so." Wally (off panel): "Yeah? Then what happened to Cyborg? Where is he?" End ID]

As you can see Dick still doesn't fully trust her - she still hasn't revealed her true intentions about why she assembled the team or explained why she keeps popping up and being like "hey come this way kids". And she also just like poofs away when they're losing which doesn't inspire confidence either.

[Image ID: Dick looks back towards Raven who's dissipating into smoke, he's surrounded by gas. Dick: "*choke* ...limbs...so tired... wanna sleep... *choke* *gasp* *gasp* need fresh air... got to... get outta-- Raven? Raven, where are you going?" End ID]

Anyways the next time Dick demands answers, Raven explains that Trigon is coming and he's like "dimensional demon? oh got it, yep that makes sense". Then the Titans - Raven because she doesn't engage in fights at this point get their asses kicked by the Fearsome Five, which they then promptly forget because Psimon (one of the members of the Fearsome Five) is mentally manipulating them. So Dick is back to accusing her of disappearing again and Raven explains Trigon again. And in a leap of mind controlled logic Dick goes "we must kill the justice league" because Raven mentioned they would need to defeat them last time because the league didn't understand that Trigon was a threat. And Raven is pretty much like... "whoops" and then when the titans start fighting the justice league she makes them hallucinate the league dying and they stop. Then she brings them to Azarath where there's a ceremony going on to seal Trigon. Trigon is not sealed and more exposition later, it's revealed Raven went to the Justice League for help, but was turned down because she gave Zatana bad vibes. Which leads to the Titans ditching Raven

,[Image ID: The Justice League walks away from Raven as she reaches out to them. Dick's pixie boots and Donna's boots are shown walking away from Raven in the front. Raven: "Please, I need all of you beside me." A closeup of Raven's face shows her crying. Raven: "Don't you understand? Our world could be doomed! Please... believe me... you must believe me..." End ID]

The New Teen Titans #4

At this point the Titans are forced to confront how they feel about Raven, whether or not they think she's lying and what they should do about this whole situation. They regroup at the Tower and talk things out for a bit, Wally's pissed because he's realized Raven manipulated him, Vic keeps Wally from punching Dick again, Kory's like I don't think she was lying, and Gar's an idiot. And after they debate for a bit, Raven calls them for help via sending her soul self to them, and surprisingly Dick's the first one to declare he's going to help her.

[Image ID: Vic stands behind Dick. Dick: "...I'm going to go with my hunch. I think Raven's telling the truth." Vic: "I'm stayin' here." Dick: "No one owns you, Vic. Do what you want. But I'm going." The other Titans appear in the background, Gar turning into an owl. Kory: "And I will join you, Robin." Donna: "We're all going." Gar: "Yeah. There's nothing on TV tonight anyway." End ID]

And he knows he's being irrational here. He pretty much has no reason to trust Raven, but he cautiously does. Vic is also coming, he just stayed behind to help Wally with emotions for a hot minute. At this point they reach the next phase of their relationship which I like to call, the "Dick helps Raven stand up" phase.

[Image ID: Dick has an arm around Raven's shoulder as she's bent over, Dik's turned to look at an orange demon who's cut off. End ID]

In which Dick is still confused by Raven but is starting to care for her.

[Image ID: Dick looks back at a pale faced Raven. Dick (internally): "I already know the answer, but I've got to ask her anyway." Dick (out loud): "Raven, we need you in this battle. Will you join us?" Raven: "I cannot, Robin. Please don't ask me." Dick (internally): "I can't believe Raven's a coward. But why won't she join us? This is her fight." End ID]

I hit the image limit at this point. But from here the Titans end up fighting Trigon, losing, Raven gives herself up to try and spare the world, the Titans learn more about Azarath and Raven's past, and Raven is pretty much firmly cemented as their friend by the end of the arc. And that's how these two became friends for the first time and it's a friendship that's lasted till now, too. They were recently on a team in Titans Rebirth together, and she's made cameos in the Nightwing book recently. There's a bunch more panels I wanted to talk about so, to be continued...