#nothing beats an ace

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Bradley always loved October because of the World Series. He never expected a mix-up with the ticket he won to bring something as spectacular as you into his life. But time is fleeting, and now baseball is the last thing on his mind.

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[greenglowinspooks]

To be honest. DCxDP where the reason Danny meets the bats is Ace the Bat-hound

Like, just think about it for a second. Danny is in Gotham for college, or maybe he just moved out to find a city where having mad scientist parents isn’t actually that unusual.

He can see ghosts.

The ghosts know this.

Now he’s getting harassed left and right by spirits trying to get closure. Fine, whatever, most of them are a one-and-done type deal, and the amount of ghosts trying to get his help steadily decreases.

Except for this one very stubborn dog.

It just keeps showing up and leading him to crime scenes! He doesn’t know how many “anonymous tips” he can call in to the cops before they trace his phone! And this dog, this incredibly good boy, will not stop trying to help the city. He’s never met anyone with such a strong sense of justice, let alone a dog. Can dogs even have a moral compass?

And so Danny just accepts the fact that Ace isn’t going anywhere and becomes his reluctant sidekick/dedicated medium. He leans into the whole thing, dressing up in a mix of traditional magic-user attire and accessories that pay homage to the ghost dog.

He becomes somewhat well known. The psychopomp detective following around the shadowy figure of a German Shepard? That’s unusual! That’s weird! I mean, it’s not the weirdest thing in Gotham, sure, but he’s a new vigilante and he’s got a ghost dog that people can only see when it’s around him. Someone’s gonna notice.

Damian, as Robin, is the first to reach out to him.

Ace doesn’t know Damian but he does know a Robin, and while this isn’t his Robin, he’s still friendlier than usual. Danny’s panicking because oh god the bats are here and also is this kid gonna steal my ghost dog, Damian is absolutely delighted by Ace, and Ace is just happy to see a Robin again.

Damian decides that the psychopomp isn’t a danger to anyone, and there’s no reason to put this encounter into his reports, really, and perhaps Danny can help with some of his cases in the future.

Danny is sweating bullets because Damian basically tells him that he’ll keep him secret as long as he gets to play with Ace. Ace is happy that he’s finally getting some bat affiliated crime-fighting assistance.

And so, Danny is now both Ace AND Damian’s reluctant assistant. At least whenever he’s in trouble, he can always call a middle schooler to help him.

(Is Robin even in school? He’s out patrolling damn near every night, and he stays out late as hell. Does he have a bedtime? He should.)

Eventually it gets to the point where Damian is going over to Danny’s house. When he first sees it, he has a damn bitch you live like this moment, to which Danny responds that not everyone has the money to afford a nice place. Damian counters that he could at least take the time to clean up, and Danny replies that he’s working, going to school, and being a vigilante assistant to a ghost dog, something’s got to give.

Danny nearly has a heart attack when he checks his bank account the next day and sees that someone transferred him 10,000 dollars.

And so they get into a routine. Danny and Damian fight crime with Ace at night, and occasionally Damian stops by during the day to play with Ace and have Danny help with his homework.

(Damian is smart enough to do it on his own, but some of the instructions are written incredibly confusingly, and he would never admit to needing help to his family. Danny is just glad that the kid is in school and cares about his education, blissfully unaware that he’s basically emotionally adopted him.)

Damian is used to being in Danny’s company.

Eventually, when going over a case with the family, Damian absentmindedly remarks that he’ll have to ask Danny about some of the clues that they might be missing. Nightwing asks who he means and Damian makes a face like he just swallowed a lemon.

Cue shitstorm.

Who is “Danny?” Why is Damian willing to ask for help from anyone, much less someone outside of the family? Does he know who Damian is? Has Damian been compromised? What the hell is going on?

Damian now has to explain that Danny is the psychopomp with the ghost dog who he might have met hunted down while on patrol and conveniently not mentioned, but he’s not a bad person, really, and he lets him play with Ace, and he’s been quite helpful on certain cases due to his ability to talk to ghosts.

Bruce insists that the family meet Danny. Damian, hoping that he won’t just skip town the second he hears the news, relents.

Danny is surprisingly eager to meet the bats, considering his earlier fears.

Damian, blissfully unaware of what’s coming, sets a time and place to meet.

Once everyone is there, he gives Bruce the earful of a lifetime.

Robin is in middle school! Danny knows that there’s no way to stop the boy from going on patrol, but you could at least shift his schedule so he gets enough sleep on school nights! Does the Bat even know where he is half the time?! (No) And why isn’t he comfortable asking his family for help with both cases and homework? Did they ever even notice how much time he was spending at Danny’s house? If Danny was a bad person, he could have seriously hurt the poor boy! Shame on you!

Nightwing is mortified that Damian didn’t trust him enough to tell him about any of this. Red Hood is laughing his ass off, because yeah Danny is making good points but he’s also chewing out the literal Batman. Tim is recording the whole thing. Steph is delighted by the absolute gall of this Danger Twink™️, and already planning to add him to several groupchats. Damian is more embarrassed than he’s ever been in his entire life.

You, he points to Nightwing, did your academic life feel supported when you were a Robin? Nightwing is too stunned to speak. Red Hood, eternal shit-stirrer, says that oh, we all prioritized patrol over our education, that’s just how it is. Red Robin actually dropped out of high school to avoid distractions, did you know that?

Danny honest-to-god shrieks at this.

He finishes his angry rant and leaves, everyone too stunned to stop him.

And as it turns out, Tim wasn’t the only person recording the whole thing.

The entire internet is blowing up with Psychopomp The Danger Twink™️’s rant. People are taking sides. Things are getting messy. Red Hood literally admitting on-camera to previously being a Robin is somehow not the main focus here.

Eventually someone connects some dots from the video, as well as stories circling the internet about the psychopomp. A ghost dog named Ace, who is the literal only reason that the psychopomp is fighting crime at all, which seems incredibly fond of Nightwing and Robin.

A crime-fighting dog who wants constant attention from both the current and original Robin.

Oh my god, Ace the Bat-hound died and became a crime-fighting ghost.

And, somehow, that’s still not the strangest thing going on in Gotham.

[babygirlificationn]

[yellowtrinity]

phoenix wright certainly has a type

[ministarfruit]

pov you call a doctor and a 10 year old girl shows up at your door

[pictureswithboxes]

OKAY BUT I JUST THOUGHT OF AN AU WHERE EVERYTHING IS THE SAME EXCEPT IN TURNABOUT SISTERS WHEN PHOENIX IS TRYING TO FIND MAYA A DEFENSE ATTORNEY HE BUMPS INTO FRANZISKA VON KARMA

Literally bumps into her. Papers go everywhere. Phoenix overshares his situation as he picks up his papers (Fran does not help.) and Fran really isn’t listening until she hears the name “Edgeworth”. She then snatches the documents from Phoenix and reads over the case before saying.

“Very well, I will assist you.” Without any explanation. And becomes his co counsel.

Why, you ask, would she do such a thing? For two reasons. The first being that she knows at a glance that Miles’ case is piss poor. And second being he made her mad 6 weeks ago and this is the perfect way to get back at him.

[chrollohearttags]

bout to start a sims thread on here bc the shit that be going on is unreal sjsjdjdh 😭 like this really don’t make no sense

[road2manjuumaster]

heartwarming: the two angriest guys on campus bond over their blown-out caskets

[cornertheculprit]

so wholly obsessed with the idea that mia is the one who taught phoenix how to play poker in the first place

[deep-sea-anemone]

I still think they should have given opla Sanji curly eyebrows. Like, I can understand not doing Usopp's nose because there's not really a way to make it not-comical, plus once prosthetics get that long they get kinda wobbly. You can see it with Arlong's prosthetic in some scenes.

But the eyebrows??? Just look at how the cosplayers do it! It doesn't need to be some big swirl, just a little curl at the end. I know they can't keep his face half covered all the time cause real life hair doesn't really work like that so idk maybe the fact that the eyebrows both curl the same way might be a little jarring/spoilery for new people, but he would just look so much better.

[roosterforme]

emily!! do you by chance have a schedule for this week? 🥺

This week, we're going big.

Sunday: You Can Handle It (Coach and Kitten one-shot)

Monday: The Younger Kind part 33

Tuesday: Adult Education part 4

Wednesday: How You Play the Game part 1 (new series masterlist coming very soon)

Thursday: Always Ever Only You part 14

Friday: What If AU blurb

Hopefully I can pull this off. And as always, thanks for reading! You're lovely!

[bombshellsandbluebells]

also ok petty ace opinion about Good Omens 2

oh so NOW it's a romantic/intimate relationship, huh??? now it's canon, huh??? because they kissed, huh??? cool.

[luvrluffy]

6k words in and Luffy has only just met Ace 😭😭😭

[crowcryptid]

really glad the current pic being featured on the ultrakill tag is gabe backshots

very accurate representation <3

[distopea]

[ TAUNT ]  for one muse to flirt with a third party to try and get the other to act possessively.  ( gimme the Raum & Gabriele pettiness sdkjfhkjsd )

@cantuscorvi

JEALOUS, FIERCLY PROTECTIVE & TERRITORIAL PROMPTS

Entering the room, despite the heat wave of this particular summer, there was indeed a rather cold atmosphere between Raum and Gabriele. Petty fights, the usual bad words thrown at each other, but this time, even their conversation in the car hadn’t soothed their tempers. Raum wanted to party freely and be able to hang out with those “friends” of his who were mostly interested in his money and to stuff his nose with white powder, while Gabriele, once again, had no legitimacy to ever forbid him to do something so reckless. 

In the end, the bodyguard had stepped back to his place, watching with furious eyes the way Raum had decided to do everything to piss him off even more, certainly unpleased to have a watch dog around him. Gabriele had become both invisible and yet the object of his attention, ignoring him and his presence, but making sure that he wouldn’t miss any crumbs the moment he decided to act. Gabriele knew that Raum was up to something, but his whole strategy exploded when he slowly made a move to come closer to a rather drunken party, who had hit on every young man possible before. One of those divorced men in quest of young flesh to satiate their desires... And who had their pockets full of dangerous things. 

Gabriele watched the show from a close distance, like a hawk ready to attack. There were light jokes and flirtatious comments regarding each other’s clothes and bodies, a few hidden touches, while that man was definitely more touch-starved than the bodyguard anticipated. He hated everything he could ever see right now, his blood boiling more than he wanted, and his control challenged for good. Oh, Raum was probably taunting him for sure, but there was something despicable in those inner urges of violence Gabriele could experience. He faced a vision of himself he profoundly detested, and when that third party eventually came closer, fidgeting with a little transparent bag of coke, Gabriele lost it. 

“It’s enough.” He intervened, grabbing the individual by the shoulder while he pulled Raum backward in a rather strong yank. Protests would soon escape the guest’s mouth but Gabriele immediately grabbed his sleeve and brought him closer. “If you ever lay a hand on him, if you ever offer him drugs again, I’ll make sure to stuff that shit up your ass until it snows.” He looked back at him with a deadly stare, a huff of anger leaving his lips. "Sei un uomo morto. Ricorderò sempre il tuo viso.” Like he had used to say it so many times in his past, it was a secret threat that none of Raum or that man could ever know. Gabriele was quick to shove that man away, before he turned around and grabbed his reckless boss by the arm. 

“You’re done for tonight.” His accent was stronger than before, and he knew already that Raum would try to argue and fight back. Yet, Gabriele was ready and didn’t give him a break, not until the two of them were standing in the lobby of the building. “I’m not joking!” Gabriele yelled before he pushed Raum against the nearest wall, his eyes expressing nothing but furious emotions.

“I watched you puke your guts out so many times. I have seen what those powders and pills have done to you. You’re nothing but a bambino. Did I help you for nothing? You want those quick fucks with men who will destroy you?” Would he ever speak of his possessiveness? Gabriele couldn’t, and wouldn’t. He watched Raum with the agonizing urge to kiss him, to hold him, to tell him that he was losing his mind right now, but he refrained himself from offering anything. 

He dragged Raum to the car and quickly opened the door, pushing on his shoulder, so he entered it. There would be no other word leaving his throat for tonight; he wasn’t even sure why he felt so strongly angry and disappointed in the first place. He was the one acting recklessly with that boy. 

[graceful-not]

ONE OF ROLYS SPRITES HE HAS A GUN?????? AND IT ONLY SHOWS UP ONCE??????????? DUDE?????????????