#now I’m working on a Jason animatic

[cherrycoke1818]

Genesis and Ruin Go Hand in Hand

guess who it is 😼

[blaithnne]

Lauren Master Post

EDIT - this post has now reached the 100 links limit so I can’t update it anymore 😭 I will be creating an off site link portal at some point, but for now this list is incomple, still - enjoy what’s here!

Hello! So realised that if anyone wanted to learn about Lauren then they had to venture out on a scavenger hunt across my blog - so I made a Masterpost! This contains every single Lauren Post I’ve ever made, each sorted into their own categories! This post will be continuously updated as more content is made, so if you are viewing this on a reblog please check the original post to ensure it hasn’t been updated since that person reblogged it!

Some basic context, for anyone who’s completely new - Lauren is a Hilda OC of mine, she is Hilda’s older sister who ran away from home at the age of 13. Not all information about her has been ‘released’ yet, but I have plans for the future :)

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Canon

Everything in this section is 100% canon information, generally being at least somewhat important to her character and story

Updated Reference Sheet

Cream Design

Cream Naming

Jason Origin Post

Lauren Smokes

Bi Lauren

Lauren’s Time Away Info

Ages

Birth!

Lauren loves plants, amongst other hobbies

Pianist Lauren + What she wants most

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AU

Self Explanatory :)

Runaway Hilda*

Miraculous

Miraculous 2

Mumswap*

Mumswap Ref

More Mumswap

Harry Potter

My Little Pony

Sketchbook Fake Dating AU

*The Runaway Hilda AU is owned by the lovley @cinnamon-sparrow-scout!

*The Mumswap AU is owned by the wonderful @calebs-hangout-corner!

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Misc

Contains Asks, Shitposts, and Vaguely Canon Content. Posts being here doesn’t mean they aren’t canon, but they may be subject to change

Original Lauren Post/Reference

Jason and Lauren

Hilda and Lauren (Martial Arts)

April Fools 2020

Lauren Joins The God Damn Mafia??

Incorrect Quotes Generator

Poly Mum Content

Sadie Being An Accidental Genius

Hilda and Lauren 2

Lauren Breaks The Timeline lol

Misc Fact

Amogus

Name Origin and Fears

Safest Place

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Misc Art

I draw Lauren a LOT - so here’s all my drawings of her, in order of their creation

Outfit Meme

👉👈 🥺

Just Go To Bed

Mirror Selfie

Jason and Lauren Meet

Little and Broken

Self Confidence!

Title Card

Painting

Woah

Frank

Brainrot

Lauren With Her Hair Down

Traditional Sketches

Lauren Listens To Tøp lol

Lauren is Currently Listening To Tøp

Smoking Sketch

Reaction Image - Free To Use!

Happy Father’s Day?

Lesbian Lauren (no longer canon)

Premiering Never

Librarian Lauren

Outfit Meme 2, Suit Edition

She’s Just Sitting There

Wear Heelies To Escape Your Feelies

Catgirl Lauren Lmao

Like a Fun Alt Outfit Thing

Lauren But In MY CLOTHES!!

Freedom

Good Hair

Misc Sketches

She’s a deer now lol

Lauren vs An Ostrich

Phone Wallpaper

Mario?!

Tag ya spoilers

Happy One Year!

Moss Tik Tok (vids will get their own category if I make more :))

Lauren and Baba

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Concept Art

Not all of these concepts are true to the final designs, but some of them are!

Older Lauren

How The Hell Does Lauren’s Hair Work

Kid Lauren

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Screenshot Edits

Self Explanatory :)

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Edit 4

Edit 5

Edit 6

Edit 7 (The Tide Mice!)

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Fan(?) stuff!

I feel weird calling this ‘fan’ stuff but I literally don’t know what else to call it lol. Anyways - this section contains content not made by me! I absolutely adore everything here and I’m so grateful that people like Lauren enough to make their own content for her!! I included everything here, from finished artworks, doodles, and a few incorrect quotes - bc I cry tears of joy whenever anyone makes anything abt her LMAO

Incorrect Quote 1

Incorrect Quote 2

I Think This Was The First Lauren Drawing Not Done By Me 😭😭

MERMAID LAUREN

B e h o l d

Beautiful Full Body Piece!

The Greatest Animatic Of All Time

Beautiful Drawing of Lauren and Hope!

TEAM BIG SISTER

Adorable sketch

Cool As Hell Mario Kart Chase

More Mario Kart >:)

Pokémon!

Insanely Cool Anime Esque Screenshot Art!

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Incorrect Quote 4

[amintyworld]

Why I Love Dream SMP:

A long long time ago when I was just starting to get into the gaming side of YouTube, I gradually began to love and enjoy seeing content for Minecraft, as it had become pretty mainstream during that time - DanTDM, LDShadowlady, Smallishbeans, TheOrionSound, Laurenzside- they became some of the first YouTube Creators I’ve ever been fans of and watched constantly. Even today I still have a fond appreciation for them as creators, though I don’t watch them as much as I used to. I learned about my love of Let’s Play content from them and grew to enjoy other types of videos and just loved the creators in general. I’d never really even ever played Minecraft up to that point, and only ever heard of it from brief conversation with friends, but the more I watched the more I learned to love the game as well, and eventually after a few years I even got a copy of the game to play. Also, fun fact - Lauren’s Sim Series made me fall in love with the Sims 4, a game I still play to this day. Thx Lauren. <3

But then, one day scrolling through my recommended page I come across what looks to be a episode of some kind - something called “Emerald Secret” by this creator named Aphmau. Curiosity won and I clicked on the video, almost instantly getting pulled in to the dramatic scenes, sounds, characters and story. Suddenly I had watched all the episodes so far, and craving more content, binged the other two seasons of the show. This was so so much different than the content I was used to - no facecams or silly quips. There was a solid story - heroes, villains, magic, werewolves - and I liked it. I really, really liked it. Aphmau’s MyStreet series made me realize my love of stories like that - stories that were original and real, were the characters felt fleshed out and there were real threats - this wasn’t a mainstream show, so it was always unpredictable. You don’t know what’s going to happen next, where the story’s going to lead - one moment people are joking about tacos the next someone’s kidnapped or dead or on the run. It made me fall in love with these characters and this world - that series made me want to become a creative writer, one of the reasons I even started this tumblr blog for my work. Jason and Jess and the whole voice actor crew, thanks so so much for a wonderful series that made me creative again, and made me write again. Just thanks. <3

Of course, like always, my interests began to change in a year or so as Aphmau’s MyStreet series finally ended and her content began to shift with how YouTube began to change during that time - her channel became more and more kid-friendly and I didn’t feel like it really fit with me anymore, so I searched for more mature content. Soon I found Creators like Markipiler, Crankgameplays, Jackscepticeye - I turned away from Minecraft content with the idea that it was doomed to only make kid-friendly content to fit with YouTube’s standards, so with a heavy heart I left and didn’t really look back on the community for a while.

Then, animatics began to flood my recommended. Jack and Mark had begun to play Minecraft and I couldn’t have been happier, and now I was getting shown videos from the server Dream SMP. As with Aphmau, one look at the story and I quite literally hopped on the bandwagon. I was always a sucker for a good story and good writing and this seemed to have it all - an entire Independence WAR?! Hamilton References?! The biggest thing came as a shock to me was that the content seemed more mature and more heavy - not as held back as I was used to - and it ignited my love for a good story all over again.

I feel like Minecraft has finally evolved over time - the kids who have grown up with the game and the creators who are now teens and adults can now still have a love for the game and for the content that’s fitting for them. Minecraft isn’t just a game for the kids anymore. It’s a game for everyone, and finally the internet has realized this fact with the rising popularity of Dream SMP and the content creators within it. People like me are finding their love of the game again, and honestly that’s pretty damn cool for a SMP server to accomplish a new renaissance for the game and for the Minecraft Content Creator community, with a story bursting with creativity and characters that the creators get to write themselves.

I’m thankful for all those before - without them I don’t think the game would have ever reached the popularity and reach it did - but I’m also thankful for newer creators who helped bring back the game from so many of our childhoods and giving it new life. :)

Anyway, that’s all - thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

[iemondropsss]

*sees post, cracks nuckles* Ok Eden, let's hear your answer to all of the questions!

THANK YOU LAE!!!! Hehe I already answered some but here’s the rest! :D

✨ Snufkin or Moomin. Moomin because I kin him Snufkin because,, well, he’s Snufkin! Perfectly imperfect ratty ol’ crime man with the peak of character design I could draw him every day and never get tired. Oh wait—

🍄 My favorite story of all <3 so I was scrolling on Pinterest and came across this ol’ thing

And I was like oh wow. Epic moment. I looked up Snufkin. Looked at the wiki page and learned he was the foil of sniff. Not helpful to me then but oh well XD and got a picture of 2019 him and sent it as a comment (rest in peace the Pinterest comment “trying” system btw)

I did not realize it was edited until much much later XD. Um anyway forgot about it a bit after that until! That’s right same energy was requested to me on YouTube. I went into a rabbit hole and rewatched the “every time Snufkin talks” video whenever I got stressed. Literally. aaand then we got to the animatics and I never returned. Also side note so I had Lemon Boy by Cavetown on repeat for like a month and a half before this and I saw an animatic for it and lost my MIND when I realized what the lyrics were. 1 in the morning and… goodness XD anyway I love that

🕊 springdoveee of course <3 ahhck I’m just a sucker for ships that expand upon the themes, in this case freedom and home and how it’s possible to have one AND the other, but it takes work and love to come to compromise and companionship. Just WOW. I could go on for days

🍯 the pancakes!! They’re very hyped up I need them now. Also Mamma’s witchcraft cures <3

🏔 Honestly, I would love to dance through the Forest near Moominhouse. Nothing to crazy, and with the gang or by myself. Just living in this amazing world

🏕 hehe yes I doooo @iemonzzest is where all my fanart goes and I’m lemondropss on AO3!

🎵 HOHOHOHOHOHOHO I have a 570 song long playlist I am obsessed with Moomin-like songs and let me tell you there are a LOT!

They usually fall into one of three categories:

1)the seasons. Spring already symbolizes growth and returning and winter is often sadness so it’s not that hard to find EXACTLY what we’re looking for ;)

2)leaving. I realize mainly it’s about breaking up in a relationship? But really come on XD

3)home. Song with the word home in it? PLAYLIST

it’s a science at this point <3 I’ve even got a whole playlist of specifically *banjo* music that feels like moomins. Through all this searching though I believe the most Moomin-like songs in the world is Lucky by Jason Mraz please listen to it it’s unbelievably perfect akshakhskshd

But of course there are LOADS of songs that remind me of Moomin all in slightly different ways I could talk about each of them for hours XD

[oceanera12]

Knight Fall

So... this AU popped into my head because of a Descendants 3 Song. No, I am not joking and no, I will not apologize because I cannot make animatics.

We need to establish a few things: 

First: the world this happens in is going to be very similar to Young Justice with a few changes. Ras and his loyal followers have been kicked out of the League and are keeping a low profile. Just kind of ignore most of the main plot of Season 3 minus Nightwing finding out about their apparent loss of control/banishment.

Second: Jason has been “dead” for about three years. Two and a half of those years have been spent with the League (Resurrection stuff and such has happened and he does suffer from a bit of memory loss).

Third: Damian is seven years old. He’s a brat, he is trained, and he and Hood have the “best” relationship out of the Al Gaul bunch because Hood doesn’t force him to train 24/7 or punish him for failing. So Talia is not a good Mom in this story.

The characters of this story are either on Team Bats or Team Al Ghul (at least at the beginning).

Team Bats consists of Batman/Bruce Wayne, Nightwing/Dick Grayson, Robin/Tim Drake, Agent A/Alfred Pennyworth, Spoiler/Stephanie Brown, and Oracle/Barbara Gordon.

Team Al Gaul consists of Ras Al Ghul, Talia Al Gaul, Ubu, Senseii, Red Hood/Jason Todd, and Damian Wayne-Al Ghul.

With all of that out of the way, let’s begin:

Starts in Gotham with the emergence of the Court of Owls. The Court wants Dick Grayson as their Talon and they are not happy that he’s slipped a bit out of their reach.

They get rumors about the Al Ghul’s falling out of favor/losing control of the League and are interested in recruiting the displaced group.

Yeah, the Al Ghul’s don’t appreciate that very much and send back the head of their messenger as a warning. Of course, the Court isn’t happy about that and find out about Damian.

Their thought process consists of basically “Well, we lost our previous Talon. This one is younger and easier to change. Let’s take him.”

Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem for the Al Ghul’s. But it is only the small group of Assassins vs Undead Army of Talons that get killed, get their bodies picked up, revived, then turned back on the Al Ghul’s.

So very long story short, they flea very reluctantly to the only person who will be able to help: Aka CALLING ON THE BAT.

Red Hood has to wear his mask at all times and is not allowed to speak. Similar situation for Damian, but he’s just in a cute little ninja costume with only his eyes showing. Neither Ras or Talia mentions that Damian is related to Bruce and make an excuse of adopting him as a servant/assassin (which Damian is a bit confused and annoyed about but he is not going to question his Mother or Grandfather). 

Bruce is not happy about the situation but the Court has become frustrated because they are trying to kidnap Dick now so he reluctantly agrees to a team-up with the insane assassins.

Since I do not want to plan out every little plot detail, I’m just gonna hit the highlights

Bruce and Ras argue constantly on how to deal with the Court. Bruce wants to take out the Talons (they are already dead so he’s fine with chopping them to pieces) and arrest the leaders, but Ras want to find the actually living members and kill every last one of them. At the same time, the two of them work together on planning the attack on the Court’s headquarters.

Talia just kind of chills in the background. Sometimes she trains Damian, sometimes she helps her father and Bruce with planning the attack, and sometimes she just sits and watches.

Ubu and Sensi train Damian. They are also sent out every once in a while to spy on the Court. None of the Bats interact with either of them for longer then necessary and vice versa.

Hood does not have all of his memories at this point but he really does not like looking at the “memorial case” for what appears to have been the previous Robin. Most of his days consist of people watching because these people are really familiar and why the heck did he know “Agent A” was someone named Alfie? He also does not like the current Robin for no particular reason. ... The Robin grows on him. Very slowly.

Alfred has also decided he likes the Red Hood for no particular reason. He does not understand why the man does not take off his mask, but Hood is more polite to the butler then the rest of the Assassin’s combined. And he doesn’t even speak! He has also decided the smallest assassin with the Al Ghul’s is trouble, but not evil. He insists on treating the boy’s wounds after his “training” (which all of the Bats have spoken about the cruelty of it but there is not much they can do at the moment). Hood helps him most days patch up the young master.

Damian wants to hate the Bats (Grandfather and Mother both warned him not to grow attached to them as they are their enemies-- respected enemies, but enemies. This situation is an exception). He really does. But there is something about them that he is just drawn to. Grayson is a respectable fighter who had decided to teach him the basics of gymnastics. Drake had excellent skills in deducing and technology, offering to upgrade Damian’s arsenal with a few... non-lethal options (the batarangs were too good to say no to, but Damian made sure to hide them from his Mother and Grandfather). Brown was a bit weak, but what she lacked in skill she made up for in determination. Miss Gordon was one of the best Intelligence officers Damian had seen. Pennyworth is an excellent servant that the others treated with the same respect as everyone else. That was a new concept. And then there was Batman. Something about Batman made Damian feel... safe, was the best word for it.

Tim decides he is going to befriend the tiny assassin. Don’t ask him why, he couldn’t tell you. (It might have had something to do with the well hidden looks the tiny assassin shot at Thalia and Ras. It was a look of wanting praise and wanting to please. The Al Ghul’s either hadn’t noticed or ignored it. Either way, Tim understood that situation more than he would care to admit). So Tim and the tiny assassin are on “friendly terms” is the best way to describe it. He also talks a lot to the Red Hood guy. Hood never responds but he also hasn’t pulled a gun on him so he takes that as a good sign.

Stephanie and Barbra hang together and keep an eye on all the assassin’s to make sure no one dies. They also spy on the Court whenever Ubu and Senseii are not. That’s really about it.

Very, very long story short, everyone goes and attacks the Court. They manage to take down most of the Talon’s and Ras goes to kill the leaders and Bruce tries to stop him.

Fragile alliance falls apart and it’s now a free-for-all with the Bats vs. the Al Ghuls vs. The Court. Cheers.

At some point Jason loses his mask which cause a completely different kind of “falling apart” and Hood is really confused because “Who’s Jason?”

The Court escapes, Al Ghul’s leave (with Jason), and the Bats are ticked/sad/confused/angry. Lots of emotions.

Jason had been getting more of his memories back while with the Bats. He gets more of them back over the course of the next few months and while he is angry that Bruce replaced him, he also knows that Damian was MUCH happier with them.

So when the Court comes for Damian again, Jason snatches the kid up in the confusion and takes him back to Gotham because I NEED PROTECTIVE BIG BROTHER JASON. Damian hesitantly goes with Hood but is not as resistant to the idea as he might have been a few weeks back (his mother is NOT a good mother, kay?)

Ras get’s ticked at the world, kills most of the Court members because he thinks Damian got snatched by them (and maybe Hood?). Later finds out Jason was the one to take Damian and tries to kill him, but Damian won’t have that, no siree.

Damian and Jason end up gaining their freedom through combat and head off to Gotham. They get there just before Batman and Co. launch a full blown rescue mission to get Jason back so there’s some saved resources, I suppose.

Also: “Bruce, meet Damian. He’s Talia and your demon spawn.” “... what?” “My father is Batman???”

[what-if-i-imagine]

Stay Alive

Based on this animatic.

Ao3

It was snowing outside as Bruce ran up from the batcave, still half in costume.

“What a cliche,” he could almost hear Jason say as he ran up the stairs, his toes barely landing on every other step. “At least it’s not raining.”

“You like the rain,” he would have said in return.

“Only when I’m reading. It’s a bit much when I’m bleeding out.”

Jason was bleeding out. He was bleeding out, and had third degree burns and broken bones littering his body. A collapsed lung and an extreme concussion too from what Bruce had been able to see before Clark arrived and flew the boy back to Gotham. Bruce couldn’t stop the images from flooding his mind for the hundredth time since the events of earlier that day transpired. For the hundredth time he was holding his son’s broken body, waiting on Superman to arrive and save what he had lost.

Alfred was waiting for him at the top of the stairs by the time he reached them, removing his bloodied medical gloves.

“Where is my son?” Bruce demanded, trying to get past his Butler but being stopped by a firm hand. Bruce’s eyes drifted past to the cart filled with bloodied medical supplies, the sight making him light headed.

“Master Wayne, Mr. Kent brought him in an hour ago. He lost a great amount of blood on the way-”

“Is he alive?” Bruce interrupted, the panic becoming too much to stay inside. Everything he held in fell molten hot from his eyes.

Alfred sighed and gripped his shoulders, “He is, but you have to understand. His heart was not beating when they arrived. I was barely able to bring him back-”

“Can I see him, please?” Bruce interrupted once again.

“Just this way,” Alfred led him through the hallway, his ever calm persona cracking to show his own worry. Before he opened the door, he turned back to Bruce, “I am doing everything I can, but I don’t know how much longer he has.”

The door opened and the air filled with the heavy metallic scent of blood and it’s acidic partner of disinfectant. Bruce rushed to the bed, the shaking in his bones worsening the moment he saw his son.

“Jason,” he barely breathed the name as he reached out.

“B,” Jason smiled as if he didn’t have painful tears running down his face to match Bruce’s own. He leaned into his touch and for a second Bruce’s heart wished to forget death standing at the window and try to ground him with the ever adoring glint in his son’s eyes.

“I did it just like you said,” Jason said, closing his eyes. “I held my head up high. I stared that clown down even when we got to ten.”

Bruce pressed his fists and head into the mattress to try and ground himself again. Quickly he looked back up and shook his head, a sob building in his throat, as he wiped Jason’s tear, smearing them with the drying blood, “I know, baby, you did everything just right.”

“I stared him down and I covered her-”

“Shh, I know,” Bruce was almost begging, torn between longing for his son’s voice and wishing for him to rest.

“Dad,” Jason sobbed out, the smile slipping into the fear he rarely let show. Bruce came undone and pressed their foreheads together, holding Jason in his arms for what might be the last time.

“Shh, save your strength,” Bruce hushed him, kissing his head through the pain.

The scream that came from the doorway dug the knife deeper into his chest, pulling him out of the embrace. He turned just in time for the second scream, this one calling out Jason’s name. Barbara and Dick stood in the doorway, out of breath from the same run Bruce had made up the stairs. Barbara’s face twisted in horror, her shaking hand raised to clasp over her mouth, and Dick’s eyes were that of a freshly broken man.

“Dick, Barb,” Bruce stood to meet them.

Barbara pushed right past him, falling to her knees where he had been. Jason closed his eyes again at the contact of her hands cupping his face.

“Is he going to survive this?” Barabara asked, almost begged over her shoulder.

Dick burst into actition from her words, surging forward to grab Bruce by the collar of his suit. He sometimes forgot just how strong Dick had gotten over the years until his fits of rage like the one they were going through now.

“Who did this?” Dick demanded through his tears. Before Bruce could answer, Dick yelled, “Did you know?”

“Dick-”

“Answer the damn question Bruce! Did you know she would do this?” Bruce could hear Barabara shouting for Dick to stop behind them and Alfred telling them this wasn’t what Jason needed, but it was drowned out by the sound of his heart beating in his ears.

“I didn’t know,” Bruce managed to get past his lips.

“Bull shit!” Dick cried, his grip tightening the way it did before he threw a punch. No hit came though, as a small voice interrupted the exchange.

“Babs? Dick?” the small voice called, so much more broken than it had been just moments before.

Dick let Bruce go in an instant and joined Barbara, one of his hands overlapping hers to fully ingulf Jason’s hand and the other finding his brother’s hair.

“Little Wing,” Dick whispered the same time Barabara said, “Baby Bird.”

“I’m so sorry,” Jason whimpered, chasing both of their touches as his chest wracked with sobs of breath. “You taught me how to- I should have been able to defuse it.”

“Little wing stop,” Dick shook his head.

“I forgot so much,” Jason pushed on despite his brother’s plea and his straining voice. “You taught me so much and I forgot. You taught me violin…”

“When his voice started to trail off, Barabara squeezed his hand, “You hated playing by the rules. You could never sit still.”

“You would put your hands on mine,” Jason reached out his free hand as if to prepare a fingering on an invisible violin. Dick caught the hand as it fell back down under its own dead weight and pressed his lips to it.

“You changed the melody every time,” Dick said against his hand.

“I would always change the line,” Jason said, his voice giving out at the end of the sentence. Dick gently laid his hand back down onto the mattress and kissed his head next to where Bruce had.

Bruce covered his mouth to not cry harder as he stared at his three children. Frames of Jason’s days in the manor flashed through his head, drowning out the frames of his bloodied body.

Jason standing on a stool because he refused to sit as he played while Dick stood behind him, hand on hand to show the proper fingerings and posture, Barabra in front of them explaining pieces of the music.

Jason in the kitchen with Alfred, dutifully learning all of the recipes the Butler kept so close to his chest.

Jason hanging off his back, arms wrapped around his neck and legs around his torso while they listened to Commissioner Gordon after a long night’s work.

Jason curled in this very same bed as Bruce read his favorite classical novel as a bedtime story,

Back in reality, Barabara begged Jason to save his strength. Dick begged him to stay with them. Jaosn, as stubborn as ever, refused to listen to either, his voice going on no matter how weak and tired it became.

“I’m not afraid,” he promised, eyes going in and out of focus.

Bruce carefully climbed up onto the bed and gently lifted Jason up so that he was laying in Bruce’s lap without Barabara or Dick breaking their contact with him. Alfred sat at the foot of the bed, now openly crying with them as he rested his hand on Jason’s ankle.

“I’m not afraid,” Jaosn repeated, gentler this time. “Not with you here. Is that bad?”

“Not at all baby,” Bruce promised, lips pressed to his hair.

“We don’t want you to be afraid,” Barabara said.

“I won’t be afraid then,” Jason decided with the biggest smile his strength, or lack thereof, would allow. “I’m so tired though.”

“Master Jason, you must try and stay awake,” Alfred said, his voice steady despite the emotion written all over his face. There was a defeated slump to his shoulders that Bruce had never seen before, even after his parents’ deaths.

“Alfie, thank you,” Jason whispered, closing his eyes. Alfred had to turn away and cover his eyes with his freehand.

“Babs, don’t let Dad or Dickie do anything dumb when I’m gone,” Jason continued.

“You can make sure they don’t, because you are staying right here,” Barabara heaved, squeezing his hand. “Do you hear me Jason? I am giving you a direct order to stay with us.”

“I’ve never been good at following orders,” Jason hummed. His body became heavier on top of Bruce, each muscle releasing one by one instead of all at once as he tried to hold on.

“Jason, please,” Dick’s voice shook. His head fell onto his shoulder where his hand had been before, said hand now gripping the bed sheets tight enough to tear them.

“It’s so hard holding on. It hurts so much,” Jason let out a pitiful sob. “I want to let go before I get scared again.”

“Then let go,” Bruce said. Both Barabara and Dick looked up at him in betrayal, but his focus was solely on the weight on top of him.

“You need me,” Jason tried to shake his head but winced at the attempt.

“We do,” Bruce nodded, letting himself cry into his hair. “But if you need to let go, then let go baby. We will be okay.”

“I love you.”

“We love you too,” Bruce said.

With Bruce’s words, the boy went completely still and all of his muscles relaxed until all his weight had fallen onto Bruce.

There was no telling how long they stayed in the room. No telling who was the first to move.

They left the body in the bedroom for that night. It felt wrong to move it right away, but Alfred convinced them all to still sleep in their own beds.

Little did they know that in the dead of night, one of Talia al Ghul’s men lurked outside the window, waiting for them all to be asleep to make his move...

[jessiebelle143]

Hey guys!~ I’m so sorry my blog went so silent so long. I might actually be starting to get my life together. I lost a lot of art that was in progress a while back when my laptop broke, which now has a corrupted hard drive, and I’ve yet to try getting anything off of it with cords or whatever cause I’ve just been so discouraged. My art? My animations? My Skyrim save files??? Anyway, I was just doodling and decided to post it cause... I figure it’s something. And if I get back in the habit of it, I’ll start to get my motivation back, and get over the heartbreak of the files I lost when I was first starting out.  So! I was tossing the idea around of Angela Baker picking up a shift over at Camp Crystal Lake. New hair, new look, new her. Jason and Angela seem like a dream duo! So this was me just playing around with the idea.  Hopefully you’ll see more soon. I’m back to working on a new animatic, and I’m backing up the files this time!!

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I loved your animatic so much! I know you are getting bombarded with messages so it's okay if you don't post this I just want you to know that I've shared it with everyone I know (inside and outside of the fandom) because it's so happy and just encapsulates all the warm feelings Balance gives me. I love how you draw everyone and I loved picking out all the characters. They're all so happy. you worked so hard on this, you're truly a blessing

Thank you!! There were a lot of messages, so i have put them under the cut, to save them for myself. Sorry not sorry to everyone who I made cry at work :0

astrologicalcedars: Your Soldier Poet King Animatic? T H E G O O D S H I T. Like just. V good.

lateralfire: hey i know like a hundred people have said this already but that animatic is SO RAD OH MY GOD

Anonymous: hi herb your animatic made me cry at work and I’d like to thank you deeply

ivory-leigh: I just rewatched your Solider, Poet, King animatic and it made me tear up a little bit. It’s gorgeous. I loved the way the song contrasts with the images. Here are people with the power to kill and break and maim and now finally, FINALLY they get to use their powers for something as sweet and simple and wonderful as a wedding. They won. They earned their happy ending.

Anonymous: BRO UR SOLDIER, POET, KING ANIMATIC WAS S O GOOD I LOVE THAT SONG AND UR ART WAS SO GOOD I LOVED EVERY SECOND TYSM FOR MAKING THAT MASTERPIECE

thewesternmoose: Your Daughter video gets me every time. I love finding those perfect songs that just fit perfect. And Solider, Poet, King made me so wonderfully happy :D They have both now been added to my lil’ TAZ playlist next to What If This Storm Ends? by Snow Patrol and Echo by Jason Walker. Also you are a fantastic artist :)

aburningbentley: I  put off watching The Animatic because I had work to do and then forgot but I’m making up for it by rewatching it over and over again. It’s so so SO beautiful and I might be crying just thinking about it now :’) The way all these people are coming together to create something beautiful for the people they love & each other, rendered in your art style that is so phenomenal and so recognizable… I’m gonna go cry now. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing thing with us!

ai-dont-care: AAAHHHH I REALLY LOVED YOUR SOLDIER POET KING ANIMATIC !!!!!

thelowlysatsuma: hey? yeah? I just saw your animatic and Let Me Say this is one of the most beautiful goddamn animatics in the fandom and I would ABSOLUTELY be crying if I weren’t in school right now

solarprominence asked: oh man i never realized the soldier poet king animatic that made me cry twice was yours!! genuinely amazing

fastidious-and-a-mess asked: Ok so I just rewatched your Soldier Poet King animatic and I just. Wow. The way you drew everything fit so well with the story and also the song and its all just so beautiful. Also there are so many hands? And they're all amazing, might have to call some dark magic there. But just generally your art gives me so many good feelings and even though I'm basically in the middle of catching up on Grad I now feel the need to relisten to Balance so thanks. Anyways impeccable job, keep up the good work.

of-all-those-who-have-fallen asked: I am so overwhelmed with joy right now I’m crying. The “Soldier, Poet, King” animatic was absolutely beautiful. It encompasses so much of the love and happiness of Balance—and not to mention, your art is incredible. I am in absolute awe—it was just... perfectly wonderful. Everyone working together to put together Carey and Killian’s wedding is just the most gorgeous image ever. Thank you so much for your work. ❤️❤️❤️

faerie-fang asked: i just watched your animation and it was so sweet and made me very emotional :’) 💕