#the lazarus heart

[gotham-snark]

[therandomartmaker]

DPxDC, of dead hearts and brothers.

danny is damian’s older brother au; reincarnation type. danyal is the soft-hearted but still exemplary heir, but convinces ra’s that it is better to have him be the right-hand to damian, losing his heirship. ra’s, having danny as his favourite (cough danny and his inability to not be involved with old creeps lmao) allows him this; thinking that it’d allow danyal to be protected and also give him another option for youth (taking over damian’s body, afo-shigaraki style /hj)

this is all fine and dandy until ra’s decides damian has reached an equal skill to danyal’s stagnant training, and sets up a fight to the death. the lazarus pits are always there for the al ghul family, after all. he expects danyal to win. he expects damian to learn that all of his children are disposable. precious, but tools for ra’s’ use (all except precious danyal, the heart that kept giving).

danyal dies, damian’s sword stabbed into his heart, his last advice to “drive it in harder.” and his last words, “congratulations, brother.”

they bring him to lazarus pit, but it takes him. he sinks into the pool of acrid green and they wait; hours. a day. a week. he doesn’t resurface. they continue waiting because what else are they to do? they are al ghuls, not danal. not precious danyal who could mourn.

this proceeds, a sigil at the pit’s edge once a month, waiting for the lost son to return; but eventually damian is brought before the bat (far less dramatic, ra’s was tired of damian’s growing frustration without danyal to soothe him but no assassin’s had the same emotional state as danyal to provide a pseudo-sibling to play the same role; thus the bats’ family was the next option)

the bats only find out abt danyal when damian sets up for a day of fasting, facing the direction of the pit.

it’s dick who asks why he is fasting, and damian explains calmly. They learn of the boy who knew kindness, of the al ghul’s heart, of the prodigal heir turned advisor to damian. they learn of damian’s brother. when they find out why he’s dead, horror drips down their spines, at damian being forced to kill someone who’d only done good for him.

damian has one thing to say; “Danyal’s advice was not ‘how to kill’. i killed far better than he, after all. i was efficient, but danyal worked cleaner. Danyal’s advice… was ‘to kill your heart.’”

time moves on; damian is adjusted to ‘outside life’ far easier, danyal taught him how to interact with others and understand that words are rarely literal. the lazarus pits are quiet, madness unlikely in those brought from it, and jason affected far less in the long term. until one day there is a knock at the manor door.

alfred opens it, to see a dark haired young adult, assassins’ garb, injured. he does not seem conscious. alfred brings him in; calling the rest to reach a decision on how to treat him, and what his intentions are.

Damian wakes up to the sight of his brother in the moment that damian killed him.

[mionkings]

Making Heads Turn 🫨

Jason had become a father to a little baby boy, taking him in when he found the poor thing on the streets, in a cardboard box, wrapped in a space themed blanket.

While the obstacles a new parent goes through is tough. He knows it's worth it to have Danny, his baby, his son in his life. He doesn't regret adopting him.

Danny is now at the stage of his little life that he babbles and giggles, Jason always had fun having a conversation with his baby. Although Jason's sure that his hair is getting whiter with the chaos Danny brings now ever since Danny's baby brain realized that he can CRAWL to PLACES >:D

However this new development... is a little strange.

Whenever Jason puts Danny down in his crib to make dinner or any other important errand. Danny will begin to babble to the air, as if his little tyke is trying to talk to someone, making grabbing hands and scooching over to grab someone's attention.

It sent a slight shiver down his spine...

Ever since he made his introduction to Gotham as Red Hood, for the first time to those gang leaders with the bang of the AK-47. Taking over the Gotham underworld by storm with anger and precision.

He always felt a chill down his spine... When he was alone, yet... the Pit Madness flared everytime, making him feel enraged and paranoid. As if he was just waiting for a fight... for a confrontation...

Being alone in his apartment, having nightmares, more like repressed memories of what he had done... Lots of things, but for some reason—his mind... keeps going back to the moment he threw that duffel bag at the table infront of the gang leaders that night... the night he went after the lieutenants, taking their heads.

He doesn't know why.

But ever since the precious cargo that was his baby Danny, arrived in his life. That all went away as he took care, fed, and loved his baby boy.

Jason never had an episode with Danny; he couldn't bare the thought of hurting the child.

Jason was even having less episodes when he was with the Bats!

The chills; however, Jason still feels them occasionally... but they would always disappear the moment Danny would demand attention or to nap.

And instead he would feel something else hang over his baby everytime Danny slept peacefully...

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Second ever DPxDC prompt that I've ALSO been getting brainrot over ❤️ I'm having fun 😄

Basically this prompt idea is Jason adopting a baby Danny, while seemingly unaware that he's being haunted/watched by the people's he's killed to become a crime lord. More specifically, being haunted by the heads/headless ghosts of the lieutenants Jason killed as Red Hood.

While Jason can't seem to see them, he can feel 'chills' from them. Danny, however, CAN see them mostly because I based this on that thing where babies/toddlers can see spirits in those typical YouTube videos that list ToP 5 ScArY gHOstZ VidEOz!1!1

Whatever happened though, this causes the ghosts to instead focus more on Danny than on Jason.

How much will Jason freak the fuck out when he finds out? Who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/�� Although Danny is absolutely having fun here ^^

Anyways, I might add extra stuff soon to this!

[shinekocreator]

based on this amazing prompt by @ghost-bxrd (it's hella ooc, but if you wanted it in character, you wouldn't be here)

⚠️Tw: mentions of death, stopped heart, panic, fear⚠️

🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇

NO NO NO NO NO NONONONONO!

They weren't supposed to find out, at least, not like this.

His heart, which just a few moments ago wasn't beating at all, is now beating too fast, too loud, too strong.

He wants to move, to say something, to do something, but he can't. His lungs are still empty, so he starts breathing, too short, too fast.

This isn't good. They're not supposed to know, not supposed to see.

How could he let this happen? Why did he even agree to this stupid sleepover? Now they're all going to know.

All of them?

Panic creeps into his mind. What if he finds out? He can't find out.

He takes a look around the room, Dick is holding him, and he says something that Jason can't hear. Damian looks scared and on the verge of tears. Tim is in the corner holding Cass's hand, trying to reassure her that everything is alright, even if he doesn't believe so himself. Steph and Duke aren't in the room. He has no idea where they could've gone. Barbara is on her laptop, probably searching for a course of action.

"... Just breathe in slowly. " he can finally make out what Dick is saying. So he does just that, trying to slow his breathing and heartbeat, using Dick's voice as both a guideline and an anchor.

It works. He can talk now. He pulls Damian into a hug, which Damian doesn't reject. "I'm alright, Baby Bird, I'm alright."

Damian starts sobbing into his arms. "Your heart, it stopped, and you, you weren't breathing and I, and I don't know what to do because I don't want you to die again!"

"I'm not. You guys aren't getting rid of me so easily," he jokes, then kisses Damian's head. Damian doesn't flinch or move away. He must be really concerned then.

Jason turns to Dick "what exactly happened?"

"Just like Damian said, your heart stopped, so did your breathing. Does this... Happen often?"

Jason nods. He's not sure what to say.

Then Tim speaks "What the actual fuck Todd?! You have any Idea how scared we were? Why didn't you say anything?"

Jason slowly gets up and goes to hug Tim. He can't seem to find the right words.

Tim pushes him away with a horrified expression. "Dude, you're freezing cold!"

Hearing that, Cass brings him the warmest blanket she can find. "No more cold," her warm smile is radiant, Jason wants to hug her but knows he shouldn't.

Barbara comes closer and helps wrap the blanket around him. She doesn't need to say anything.

Jason pulls her into a hug, then brings in Dick, Cass joins them soon after, and so do Tim and Damian.

It's not as cold anymore, Jason feels warmth spreading throughout his body.

After they let go of him, Jason finally pays some mind to the absence of people in the room.

"Where's Steph? And Where's Duke?"

Dick rubs the back of his neck. NO NO NONONO!!

"They went with Alfred to calm Bruce down."

NO! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!

Jason removes his grip from the blanket, letting it fall to the floor as he attempts to escape and leave the manor altogether, but the presence of a man in the doorway stops him in his tracks.

Jason takes a step back, and right before he manages to turn around and run for the window, two strong arms wrap around him, pulling him in for a hug.

And Jason fully breaks down.

Bruce holds him while he sobs and whimpers, giving him a moment to let everything out and calm down a little.

"It's alright, I'm still here. You're still here. We're still here." Bruce says, whether to Jason or himself, no one knows.

Jason can feel Bruce shaking. He tries to grasp the fact that Bruce cares and wants him around. Tries to process that Bruce was scared, terrified of the thought of Jason dying again.

Jason takes notice of the tears running down Bruce's face, moving his hand up to gently wipe them away.

"I'm still here, old man, I'm not dying again."

That's the last thing he says before he allows himself to relax and hug Bruce back, after mouthing a quick "thank you" to Stephanie, Duke, and Alfred, knowing he's wanted and loved by his family.

[souporsaladnatural]

How did they manage to accidentally write dean and cas so insanely romantically in cas' first fucking episode what the fuck

[idjits-areus]

So, you know how Dean and Cas first met in the barn? And how immediately after Cas says "I'm the one who gripped you tight and raised you from perdition," Dean stabs Cas with the blade?

He pierced Cas right through the heart

[casuallycryingoverbooks]

The season one dynamic is so important to me because you watch the first episode and you’re like “they’re gonna bone” even though they don’t really trust each other and its just this first time field agent who knows exactly what shes doing in theory but has never actually experienced any if this and this vetted agent who was renown for his profiles with violent crimes who every just thinks is crazy but the take each other so seriously from the get go and why the fuck are they standing that close to each other and then at the end of the season (which i estimate to be about a years worth of time) scully, who holds her job and success over everything else, is ready to lose her job to protect Mulder and he is mostly ready to give up the xfiles (in name atleast, you cant really have mulder without the xfiles) for the same reason.

They’re not friends, they’re not coworkers, they’re not romantically or sexual invoved they are a secret fifth thing

Let me tell you a secret, have you ever heard that greek myth where humans were made with two faces and four arms and legs until they got split in half and thats where soulmates came from? That was actually written to describe the relationship of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully

[sentientsky]

help

[ethannku]

i will love you after you’re gone

here with me by d4vd // lazarus rises (among other things) by @icaruspendragon​ // the adventure zone episode 69: story and song // in case you don’t live forever by ben platt // inkpot gods by the amazing devil // heart to heart by mac demarco 

[inkdroplet-sivz]

With all the garbage I spew at about lore for Lazarus Heart, who do you like better, Frank or Vic?

hmmmmm

i enjoy frank's vibe. i enjoy his slight teasing of his nerd bf. i also enjoy watching him go through confusion and slight horror as Events Unfold

BUT MAN. CANT RESIST A DESPERATE SCIENCE IDIOT. VIC YOU FOOL YOU DORK YOU SILLY SILLY GUY. YOU AND YOUR SILLY SILLY HIGH DEFINITION KNEECAPS. i might like vic more. idk. depends on the day. they're silly. they're all silly. i wanna see 'em interact more idk. maybe ill come to an actual consensus in a few months

[gallifreyvn]

its been so weird rewatching tenth doctor episodes after getting diagnosed with autism earlier this year cos like as a kid, and even later as an adult, i had no idea whatsoever that ten was actually kinda rude, apparently. like he can be perceived as arrogant and he says and does things that are off-putting and his companions often have to give him looks or apologise on his behalf or explain his behaviour to others.

ive seen a few people point stuff like this out more recently as reasons for not liking his character which im fairly certain is the only reason ive noticed it this time round. and im pretty sure this might actually be part of the reason ive always loved him and connected with him so much tho cos apparently i also say the wrong things and come across as arrogant and i had absolutely no idea about that either until very very recently.

there’s a social awkwardness to him that i had no idea i was even connecting with all this time. little ten year old me just thought he was the coolest guy in the world.

[ertrunkenerwassergeist]

Heart of Thunder Chapter 28 Snippet

“I called you both here today because we need to talk about Tredd Furia and Luche Lazarus,” he said. “Ladone Najad told me she already talked to you.”

“Yes, she did,” Nitor said.

“She said you would get them out of Lucian custody and that you nominated her to keep an eye on them,” Shet added.

Nyx tilted his head in acknowledgement of the words, while on the inside he was glaring at Ladone. Had she really presented it like that? That was far more dramatic than he had expected from her.

“A deal was made with Lady High Judge Trutina concerning Tredd Furia and Luche Lazarus. Both will me released from immediate custody as soon as the paperwork goes through – which should be either later today or tomorrow. Both of them are obligated to help in the search of credahtri Titus No Name. Should they put even one foot out of line, they will be imprisoned again with no chance of release before their sentence.”

“Yes, Basif,” they both said.

For once Nyx did not react to that title. Did not flinch, not twitch. Instead he ignore it, mostly. Breakfast was more important than that.

“What are your plans for Tredd Furia and Luche Lazarus?” he asked the two Oirkari.

The men shared a look Nyx couldn't quite place. Something between resignation and determination. Though that impression broke when Nitor looked at him with a fire in his eyes he normally only associated with the Furia. Maybe it shouldn't have been too surprising, considering Nitor's grandfather had been a Furia. Despite the many aspects that were tied to Clans, some things also held through blood when they sat deeply enough.

“Don't you think you did enough when you shore them to make their shame visible for everyone? Luche Lazarus is steadfast and loyal, and that loyalty to a friend caused him to make a mistake. A single mistake. I will make sure he'll do his duty,” Nitor said, clearly having trouble to control his volume.

Shet looked like he was ready to jump across the table and bit the Lazarus's head off.

[losingmymindtonight]

s/o to the anonymous ao3 user who commented on That Which Binds Us & implied that I’ve never read anything by iron_spider, as if I wouldn’t literally sell my soul to them

[dessertbird]

Daily Destiel 💙💚

What's the matter? You don't think you deserve to be saved? 😊😍❤️

[super-flan]

When Dean stabbed Cas in the heart with the demon knife Cas smiled. Cas smiled. I will always wonder if he was showing off, or if he thought all the shooting & stabbing were normal. If they were just testing him & it was normal for them to do so.

I mean, he smiled. He SMILED.

Did he know they were trying to kill him & was just showing off, or did he think this was normal?

That smile will haunt me forever.

[emeraldxsplash]

"Ah... Mr. Kakyoin, is it? I'm so sorry for all the trouble my brother caused you."

It's strange.

He'd heard things about this man in the past, here and there; mostly, he'd heard about his unfortunate end. Passed along, the sentiments of those who knew him lived warm, burrowing lives in those who didn't, carried with a certain reverence. But Noriaki doesn't buy it, not at face value. It's easy to call someone good and just posthumously; this is an unspoken rule of society. There will always be more to the story, however.

And the redhead already has something of an opinion, he supposes. It makes itself apparent in the way the hair on the back of his neck stands on end, in the slight tension that seeps into his muscles, in the way his heart drops into his gut. There's a memory that rises, unwelcome, in the silhouette of his own body, and try as he might to force it down, it lurks behind the courteous smile he greets the much larger man with, filling his gaze with a coldness he just can't quite conquer.

And it's just so unfortunate, and just so sad.

❝"Trouble" is an interesting way to phrase it. That said, you shouldn't apologize for the actions of others.❞ This is as much a reminder to himself: the man before him is responsible for nothing, and apologies would be gross underpayment, anyhow.

❝It's an honour to be able to meet you, whatever the circumstances may be. Kakyoin Noriaki is my name, yes-- I won't be offended if you don't refer to me as "Mr." How would you prefer to be addressed?❞