#mal hawke

[sulky-valkyrie]

HEY SULKY happy Friday!! I come bearing a prompt for the Hawke twins: ❛ i can’t leave you alone for one minute, can i? ❜

Happy Friday!!!!! this actually started with a line of dialogue that sprouted in my head unbidden like two thirds down, then I realized later it filled a prompt 🤣 for @dadrunkwriting

“Saarebas, show your will is bound to the Qun.”

Ketojan knelt immediately, and made that faint growling sound again - the only one that seemed able to make it through his stitched lips.  Bethany shuddered.  Was he agreeing?  Or was he simply accepting defeat?

Carver and the Arvaarad continued to argue as she inched over and put her hand on his shoulder.  “You’re safe, Ketojan,” she whispered.  “I won’t let them do anything you don’t want.”

He growled again and shook his head, warning her off.  

“We leash them because they are dangerous and contagious.  Not even your templars fully grasp that threat.”

“Anyone can be possessed!” She shouted angrily.  “Even templars!  This -” she pointed at Ketojan’s broken horns and the chains hanging from his collar “- this is abuse!  Slavery!  And all  because you’re afraid of what one might do?”

“You sound like Anders,” Carver muttered.

She glared at him.  “Of course I do!  Why do you think Father kept me out of the Circles?”

“Circles?”  Arvaarad’s head swung around to fix her with a baleful stare as he reached for his weapon.  “You are Saarebas?  Bas Saarebas?”

Carver pulled out his sword and stepped in front of her in a single fluid motion.  “You're damn right she's a dangerous thing, but she's also my sister, and you’re not fucking touching her.”

The fight was ruthless, bloody, and ultimately pointless.  Nothing they said could sway Ketojan - He is not a thing, and he deserves a name! - from his decision to die.  Bethany had wept when he called upon the strongest fire she’d ever felt, so strong it felt like he was taking her mana too, and would’ve stayed there for hours, keeping vigil over this strange broken creature who’d been raised hating himself and what he could do.  The Circles were bad, but this was worse, so so much worse, and what chance could anyone have against that? 

When they got back to Gamlen’s that night, Mal was waiting for them.  He whistled in disbelief as they walked in, taking in their singed hair and the tear streaks down Bethany’s face. He sighed and tossed them a bottle of whisky, no doubt nicked from under Gamlen’s bed.  “I can’t leave you alone for one minute, can I?”

[ltleflrt]

This new version of Hawke I'm writing is very Dean-coded.

His father charged him with the safety of his family when he was too young for the responsibility.

He's got mommy issues.

He'd do just about anything to keep his little brother safe.

He feels intense guilt for everything that goes wrong even though it's not his fault.

He thinks blue-glowy men are the fucking sexiest.

[jessicamarianasocs]

[incorrectfabfifteen]

Hello, welcome to Incorrect Fab Fifteen, a blog about all things Silver Age Teen Titans! I've come up with the term Fab Fifteen to broadly refer to all of the members (which I'll explain below) as well as a natural expansion of the Fab Five (plus, it's better than just calling them the OG Teen Titans or the 70s Team).

For DC newcomers, don't be afraid of some of the comic terminology present, they'll make sense with more exposure.

Introducing: The Fab Fifteen!

Dick Grayson

Full name: Richard John "Dick" Grayson

Alter Ego: Robin I, Nightwing, Batman III, Red X

Birthday: March 20th

Love interests: Bette Kane (Pre-Crisis), Princess Koriand'r, Barbara Gordon, Helena Bertinelli (DCYou), Bea Bennett [There's probably more, feel free to send an ask so I can fix this]

Reading recs: The Judas Contract, The Cheshire Contract [collected as Nightwing: Old Friends, New Enemies], Nightwing Vol 1 by Chuck Dixon, Batman & Robin, The Black Mirror, New 52 Nightwing by Kyle Higgens

Wally West

Full name: Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West

Alter Ego: Kid Flash I, The Flash III

Birthday: January 16

Love interests: Donna Troy (Pre-NTT), Rachel Roth (🤨?), Frances Kane, Linda Park, Jesse Chambers

Reading recs: Born To Run, Savage Velocity, The Flash by William Messner-Loebs and Greg LaRoque, The Flash by Mark Waid, Flash Forward, The Flash by Jeremy Adams (especially The Return of Wally West and One-Minute War)

Donna Troy

Full name: Donna Hinckley Stacy Troy

Alter ego: Wonder Girl, Troia (Who Is Wonder Girl? until Total Chaos; JLA/Titans until Infinite Crisis; No Justice onwards), Darkstar (Zero Hour until Meltdown), Wonder Woman IV (Who Is Wonder Woman?)

Birthday: April 26

Love interests (oh boy): Dick Grayson (FORMERLY), Wally West (only during the Silver Age + some weird thing during DC Rebirth), Garth (Titans 2018 + Titans United), Roy Harper, Kyle Rayner

Reading recs: Who Is Wonder Girl? [Collected in The New Teen Titans Who is Donna Troy?], Wonder Woman By John Byrne Vol. 3, The Return of Donna Troy, Wonder Woman: Who is Wonder Woman?, Titans: The Spark and Into The Bleed

Garth

Full name: Prince Garth of Shayeris

Alter ego: Aqualad (also legal name until Crisis), Tempest

Birthday: March 6

Love interests: Donna Troy, Tula Marinus, Dolphin, Lilith Clay (temporary)

Reading recs: World's Finest: Teen Titans, Death of a Prince, Tempest by Phil Jimenez, Aquaman by Peter David, JLA: The Obsidian Age, Aquaman: Underworld

Roy Harper

Full name: Roy William Harper Jr.

Alter ego: Speedy, Arsenal, Red Arrow

Birthday: November 1

Love interests: Donna Troy, Jade Nguyen, Kendra Saunders

Reading recs: Snowbirds Don't Fly, The Cheshire Contract [Collected as Nightwing: Old Friends, New Enemies], Arsenal by Devin Grayson, Outsiders 2003, Justice League of America 2007, Infinite Frontier, Green Arrow 2023

Lilith Clay

Full name: Lilith Jupiter-Clay

Alter ego: Omen

Birthday: Not stated but her debut was November 18

Love interests: Gnarrk, Donald Hall, Garth, Bette Kane

Reading recs: The Terror of Trigon, Teen Titans by Dan Jurgens, Teen Titans: Life and Death, Titans Hunt (2015), Titans Rebirth

Mal Duncan

Full name: Malcolm Arnold "Mal" Duncan

Alter ego: Guardian (Pre-Crisis), Hornblower, Herald (Post-Crisis), Vox (Infinite Crisis until Flashpoint)

Birthday: Not stated

Love interests: Karen Beecher

Reading recs: Silver Age Teen Titans, Titans Hunt, Titans Rebirth, The Other History of the DC Universe #2

Fun fact: Mal Duncan was featured in the first interracial kiss in comics history with a goodbye kiss between him and Lilith!

Karen Beecher

Full name: Karen Beecher-Duncan

Alter ego: Bumblebee

Birthday: Not stated

Love interests: Mal Duncan

Reading recs: Silver Age Teen Titans, Titans Hunt, Titans Rebirth, The Other History of the DC Universe #2, Doom Patrol by Keith Giffen

Don Hall

Full name: Donald Hall

Alter ego: Dove

Birthday: Not stated

Love interests: Lilith Clay

Reading recs: The Hawk & The Dove, Silver Age Teen Titans, Crisis on Infinite Earths

Hank Hall

Full name: Henry "Hank" Hall

Alter ego: Hawk, Monarch (Armageddon 2001), Extant (Zero Hour until JSA)

Birthday: Not stated

Love interests: Dawn Granger, Ren Takamori

Reading recs: The Hawk and The Dove, Hawk and Dove: Ghosts & Demons, Hawk and Dove (1989), Birds of Prey (2010)

Dawn Granger

Full name: Dawn Marie Granger

Alter ego: Dove

Birthday: Not stated

Love interests: Hank Hall, Sal Arsala

Reading recs: Hawk and Dove: Ghosts & Demons, Hawk and Dove (1989), Birds of Prey (2010)

Duela Dent

Full name: Duela Dent

Alter ego: Joker's/Riddler's/Penguin's Daughter, Card Queen, Harlequin

Birthday: Not stated

Love interests: Earth-1 Dick Grayson, Earth-3 Dick Grayson

Reading recs: Silver Age Teen Titans, Teen Titans: Titans East

Bette Kane

Full name: Mary Elizabeth "Bette" Kane

Alter ego: Batgirl (Pre-Crisis), Flamebird (Post-Crisis, current mantle), Hawkfire (N52 Batwoman only)

Birthday: Not stated

Love interests: Dick Grayson (Pre-Crisis)

Reading recs: Teen Titans Vol 1 #50-53, Hawk and Dove Vol 3 Annual 1, Beast Boy (2000), DC's Legion of Bloom

Charley Parker

Full name: Charles Edmund "Charley" Parker (human name); Ch'al Andar (Thanagarian name)

Alter ego: Golden Eagle, Hawkman IV (Rise of the Golden Eagle)

Birthday: Not stated

Love interests: Kendra Saunders (I think?)

Reading recs: Hawkman: Rise of the Golden Eagle,

Tula

Full name: Tula Marinus

Alter ego: Aquagirl

Birthday: Not stated

Love interests: Garth

Reading recs: Tempest by Phil Jimenez, New 52 Aquaman, Mera: Queen of Atlantus, Aquaman by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Aquamen

So a special note: despite Beast Boy being a part of the Titans West (as well as appearing in the above photograph), they do not count as part of the Fab Fifteen, mainly because he's already part of the New Teen Titans. Also note that this acc won't be using the New 52 version of Duela Dent (although the Gotham Knights version is fine so feel free to send in any hcs about her)

Also you maybe be asking why Gnarrk's entry is below instead of with everybody else. That's because Gnarrk was never a Titan in the first place. Sure, he appeared as part of the title and was there when the Titans West was formed but he never actually joined the team at all. Gnarrk becoming a Titan became a thing when he was introduced following the New 52.

Gnarrk

Full name: Unknown

Alter ego: Caveboy

Birthday: Not stated

Love interests: Lilith Clay

Reading recs: Titans Hunt (2015), Titans Rebirth

Uhh, yeah, so that's the Fab Fifteen! Again, don't worry about this technical jargon if you're a newcomer and you just wanna look at the other posts, we're all here to have fun.

[jonnjonz]

My first reaction was that Bruce having a letterboxd is ooc but you know what, i can actually totally imagine that after Bruce learned Tim is bi, he did very meticulous Research on lgbt issues like he researches any issue that is relevant to his current Mission, came across an 'lgbt themed movies you should see' listicle, booked 2 hours from his hectic schedule, and sat down with a stern face to watch highly acclaimed Weekend (2011). And after he was done he diligently logged in his letterboxd and gave it 5 stars where his son can see it. So that from Bruce's perspective Tim would know he's loved and supported without Bruce actually needing to verbally express it or have a hard emotional discussion. Yeah that's exactly what happened

[doctorslippery]

[spidey-x-male-reader]

Okay so below you'll see the first draft of my ✨pride project✨. This isn't the finished version and I might still change or swap some things but I already wanted to do some planning so this is the rough outline on which character is going to be featured on what day :)

Vax'ildan

Oliver Queen

Mal Oretsev

Hartley Rathaway

Roy Harper

BG3 Crew

Morph

John Constantine

Percy de Rolo

Bruce Wayne

Tim Drake

Jason Todd

Connor Hawke

Bat family

Remy LeBeau

Edwin Payne

Magnet Family

Gale Dekarios

Cat King

Scott Summers

Hal Jordan

Arrow Family

Teen Titans

Astarion

Wolverine

Wyll Ravengard

Nikolai Lantsov

Dick Grayson

Wally West

Rolan

[elioherondale]

if you actually think about it, this year has been amazing for the members of Titans West.

Bette came back as Flamebird (DC's Legion of Bloom) with Titans West getting revived with Hank, Dawn and Karen (much to their chagrin)

Charley, Mal and Karen gaining main supporting roles in World's Finest: Teen Titans, with this being Charley's first speaking role since 2008 (Countdown to Adventure).

Lilith becoming the deuteragonist of Power Girl's ongoing

Duela having an adaption of her Pre-Flashpoint iteration in Gotham Knights compared to Batwoman which used her N52 one

Gnarrk getting revived as part of the Sanctuary victims in One Minute War

[anneapocalypse]

I love my emotionally repressed pirate not-gf.

[plaguebirds]

"its always blood magic" ok blood mage.

[sulky-valkyrie]

"when they arrive at a designated safe place, the sender refuses to be examined or cared for until the receiver is taken care of first." for anders x hawke hehehe

I am a monster and you're getting a bit of a cliffhanger *kiss kiss* for @dadrunkwriting ~~~

"Stroud, please!"  Anders pleaded.  "He would make an excellent Warden, I promise."

The other man shook his head.  "Anders, your promises mean nothing."

"Look, it's -" blue light flared "-we will turn ourselves in."

Stroud took a step back.  "Justice?"

"I confess.  I killed Rolan and the Templars he allowed into your ranks.  Take me to the Commander."  Justice picked up the Blighted man leaning against him heavily.  "And I shall carry your new recruit."

"If you insist," the Orlesian sighed.  "We will take you and . . . your friend back, but I make no guarantees for your safety or well-being.  Either of you."

Varric caught his arm.  "Blon - Blue, are you sure about this?  His family -"

"They will know we did all we could."  The spirit started after the other Wardens.

"Justice, wait!"

He paused and looked back as Bethany ran up.  She kissed his cheek.  "Take care of him." Then she ran a hand through her brother's hair.  "Don't you dare die,  Malcolm.  You hear me?"

Malcolm mumbled something about fruit under his breath and shivered.  Justice nodded sharply, then continued after Stroud.

Justice was, as usual, indefatigable.  But mortal bodies still needed rest, as he had learned in their flight to Kirkwall.  When the others stopped, he did as well, placing Malcolm down with as much gentleness as he could manage, then relinquishing control back to Anders for him to eat and drink, try to ease Malcolm's symptoms, then sleep.

Three - four, he reminded himself - Wardens could make good time through the Deep Roads, and they were climbing out of the sunken ritual tower where Anders had helped kill a sentient crazed broodmother in mere days.   Justice stopped coming out when they were on the surface: too much of a risk of being executed on sight by any Templars who might see them; Warden colors hadn't stopped them before, and wouldn't stop them again.

He continued to carry Mal.  Didn't want anyone else to touch him.

"Is the Commander -"

"Theron is in Antiva," Stroud replied gruffly.  "You will have to wait."

"Mal doesn't have time to wait."

"Varel and Nathaniel can conduct the ritual in his absence."  Stroud kept moving.  The other two Wardens glared at him but didn't say anything.  They'd barely spoken at all, and definitely not too him, but they didn't feel like Templars, so he ignored them.

After another couple days of travel, Vigil's Keep loomed in the distance.  Mal was getting weaker, and the mage had to resist the urge to break into a run.  It would just get them both killed if he showed up without Stroud to explain.  It might get me killed anyway, really.

Malcolm Hawke deserves freedom.  I know, I'm not angry about that, I'm angry that we had to choose between his and mine - ours.  He clutched Mal close, wiping sweaty hair from his brow.  This was all Anders’ fault, from the moment he agreed to give him the Deep Roads maps.

The flag above the keep bobbed and a horn sounded.  They'd been spotted, and the Wardens would likely be sending people out to meet them since Stroud wasn't returning empty handed.  Well, okay, he was empty handed, but Anders wasn't.

It wasn't Nate who rode out to meet them, but the bloody King.

Alistair looked tired, but wary.  "Anders?"

No reason to prolong the inevitable.  "Mal needs the Joining.  Just . . . let me make sure he's okay, then do what you want with me."

"I - you're - what?"

"Just get him the blasted cup, Alistair!" Anders snapped.  "We'll deal with the rest of it later."

"Give him to me."

"No."

Alistair sighed and pinched his brow.  "Fine."  He got off his horse and handed the reins over to Stroud.  "You and the rest go on.  I'll take the . . . recruit and the -"

"Captive," Anders spat.

"Nug droppings," Alistair retorted.  "I've seen you fight."  He gestured to Mal.  "Who's this?"

"Malcolm Hawke.  Long dull story."

"I'm sure.  Well, let's get him fixed up.  You sure I can't help carry him?"

[v-arbellanaris]

@also-a-low-quality-child and @justcallmecappy have been encouraging me to make damon and mal redheads and i gotta say. so far. i do like it.

[libraryofglitter]

Here's a Do Revenge edit for you

... ft. the beloved 2010s German song Monsta that I've had stuck in my head for weeks

[incorrectfabfifteen]

Duela: Alright, time to play my favourite game: "Who the hell hasn't died yet?" On the still alive team we ha- *looks at Dick, Bette, Mal and Karen* Wait, how do we only have four? How did everybody else die? Tula: Crisis Charley: That Wildebeest invasion Hank and Dawn: *together* Armageddon Donna and Lilith: *together* Superman robot Garth: Blackest Night... Wally: Doctor Manhatten... Roy: Savitar... Duela: Duela: Did someone piss of a god or something when we were 14?

[missallanea-archive]

Mal and I online: semi-serious rpers, occasionally intimidate people for reasons that we don't totally understand Mal and I offline: wheezing laughing in a Target parking lot when we pulled our third Kaalki out of a blind box