#you don't find it son

[fandom-means-family]

What if the Bachelor episode leads to a discussion at the station about finding true love, about what you want and need in a partner, and about what it really takes to get that special relationship. Eddie repeats his wish for a partner who has his back. Buck says he needs someone who accepts his emotional baggage and doesn't mind that he's a little bit of a mess. Which earns him the softest look from Eddie as he silently shakes his head. Hen talks about how important it is to be a team and to trust each other. Chim shrugs and says that he just knows he wants Maddie in his life until his dying day, and Bobby adds that he'd gladly take a dozen bullets for Athena and their kids and he just knows that she feels the same.

"But how do you find something like this?" Ravi asks.

And Buck says, "You don't find it. You make it."

He doesn't look at Ravi, though. He looks at Eddie.

Eddie looks back at him.

And the rest of the team witnesses their Oh moment.

[ircn-dad]

Can we talk about how cute it is that Peter thought Tony was that tall for the bunny ears?

And also... does that mean they didn't plan at all to do bunny ears to each other? I mean, if they had planned it, Peter would have checked to see if he was doing them right.

So that means that originally the photo was going to be with Tony's arm around Peter's back, and Peter's arm around Tony's shoulders.

These two will never stop making me cry.

[snakeredbirdbatkatana]

In a way this was the best outcome.

Timothy Drake was always meant to die.

He cheated the reaper when he was nine knife at his throat chasing around vigilantes who wouldn't have ever known him as anything other than a statistic.

He survived past fifteen which for any boy who wears those bright colors knows is an achievement.

Luck is what they will say.

Bad luck specifically wrong place right time at least in his mind.

Bleeding out with his brothers surrounding him.

A bullet he took before it could reach Damian.

He can see him he looks terrified standing a good two feet away which is an accurate description of them a gap that neither boy could ever seem to close.

Jason lost his mask somewhere he can feel the press of his fingers trying to keep blood in. Demanding it. Hopeing for a miracle. That's Jason Todd.

Holding him Dick's arms wrapped around him whispering

"I have you sweetheart I know it hurts, Dad's coming baby just a little bit longer."

He remembers a poem he found right after Jason died he had wondered if Jason raged fought tooth and nail to keep breathing.

But with all his brothers here his Father on the way he can't think of a better time.

As his breathe slows and he feels his vision fade he doesn't fight.

Lying in his brothers arms Timothy Jackson Drake takes his last breath.

Peacefully falling into the night.

There was no rage only a sense of peace for a tired hero who could finally rest.

[tenisperfection]

7x04 being from Buck's perspective broke my brain because of the way we saw Eddie through Buck's eyes. Then I realized that Suspicion, where Eddie was shot, was from Eddie's perspective, and all of Surviviors was from Buck's perspective and I want to jump into the ocean.

[svtskneecaps]

see everyone worried and fretted and panicked and yet quesadilla island looked at pepito and went

[crystalline-sanders]

what if I squipped your son of man. what would you do then.

reblogs appreciated bc we all know I love that sweet sweet clout

[welcometogrouchland]

I feel like for the first few years of guardianship Darius and Hunter really struggle to figure out how to refer to each other.

Like it's easier for Hunter, he pretty quickly settles on "guardian" for explaining their relationship to other people and just referring to Darius by name when talking to the man himself. Overtime the phrasing gradually warms, becoming "foster parent" and eventually, once Hunter's already an adult old enough to move out, "Dad".

(Sidenote: he doesn't move out til he's in his mid to late twenties, bc he's under no obligation too, Darius low-key doesn't want him too, and the two of them want to make up for lost time in a sense, since Hunter only had 2 years of legal dependency on Darius before aging out of the system. Darius adopts Hunter retroactively as an adult)

Darius on the other hand has a real conundrum on his hands for those first few years. He has a lot of options! But "ward" is too formal and makes it sound like Darius picked him up off the street like after his parents were murdered, "apprentice/student" isn't really accurate considering the focus of Darius and Hunter's relationship has less to do with Hunter learning magic and more to do with Hunter being housed and fed. "Kid" and "foster son" are there...but...

Look, Darius isn't going to refer to Hunter more familiarly than Hunter refers to him! He's not gonna make it WEIRD. He's not a dad, because Hunter doesn't want/need him to be (and also parenthood is scary <3). Darius doesn't know the first thing about being a dad, despite how his friend group teases him.

Eda and Eberwolf are the two who are worst about it. They torture him with how 'fatherly' he's allegedly being (allegations Darius will DENY til his GRAVE!!!) And Eda specifically compares his journey to hers, saying it always starts off with you referring to them as your apprentice (again, Darius doesn't plan on doing that), as your roommate (...kinda weird in Darius' opinion? But okay Eda), or even your pet (????HELLO???). But eventually, they always become your dumb kid when you least expect it.

She's had a couple cups of appleblood by this point, but Darius knows on some level she's right and he's steadfastly ignoring that fact, even as Eber continues to refer to Hunter as his "cub" (kinda cute but Darius doesn't know how Hunter would feel being compared to an animal). The only people who are even remotely reasonable about all this (besides Lilith who's a bit disinterested in kid talk) is Raine and Alador, who both sort of neutrally, a bit awkwardly refer to Hunter as Darius' Boy.

Darius referring to Hunter as "my boy" is funnily enough what sticks the longest before it evolves to son boy. Hunter's crushing it at a derby match? Darius is whooping and cheering, yelling "THAT'S MY BOY!!!" At the other parents in the stands. Hunter is doing something dangerous or inadvisable where others can see him? "Darius, your boy-" "AHH! MY BOY". Hunter, a year into his stay with Darius finally comes clean about everything to do with him being a grimwalker, and is afraid that he's going to go back to seeing him as just an inferior replacement for Darius' beloved mentor? Darius (who has just had to process some of the most bonkers, emotionally heavy information in his life) gently, hesitantly puts a hand on his shoulder (the 'good' one Hunter doesn't mind people touching), and says that Hunter's much more than that. He's Darius' Boy and he's not going to kick him out or get angry or love him any less for things out of his control. It's good. They're good.

Like I said, it evolves over time and 'boy' becomes somewhat obsolete as the two get caught up in the joy of finally feeling able to explicitly refer to each other as family. But unlike "guardian" or "ward" the word never gets fully retired. Even when Hunter is 30 and is arguing that he's more of a man than a boy now, he is still getting referred to by Darius as "his boy", the way some parents never really stop calling their adult kids baby or kiddo (Camila and Eda respectively btw).

Hunter makes one of those corny matching shirt sets at some point for a father's Day gift when he's 17/18, where the two shirts say "if lost, return Boy to me" (Darius) and "I'm Boy" (Hunter). Hunter mostly did it so he could own a funny shirt that says "I'm boy". Darius openly weeps upon seeing them. Like Oh my Titan he's boy. He's my boy. Oh wow

[persefoneshalott]

mindhunter: we're going to make it super clear that Bill's son is autistic but because this is set in the 70s they don't know what autism is so they just think he acts strange for no reason and because Bill works hunting serial killers, when his son reacts strangely to a murder he starts getting worried he might grow up to be dangerous. Also we'll make our main character autistic coded and have him an scene with the kid where they're both super comfortable to further emphasize how they get each other.

stupid ass people writing tv reviews: omg what if this child grows up to be a serial killer.... he doesn't talk and he doesn't do facial expressions and he looks creepy :/

also stupid people: What if Holden turns out to be a serial killer... He just does his job TOO well and he's just weird idk

[monty-glasses-roxy]

BEHOLD!!!

BRACHIOSAURUS FREDDY!!!

HE'S LIKE LONG CAT BUT UP!!

[yakny]

I will never know if...! If you saving me was a part of this selfish grander scheme of yours... or just one small moment of mercy from you. It doesn't matter to me anymore. None, and I mean none, of what you tell me will ever come to pacify my doubts and fears again. It all won't ever come back, and neither will I, Pops.

[transitofmercury]

KATHERINE AND PULITZER - UNTIL ONE OF YOU FORGETS

The Return of the Prodigal Son - Eric Rimmington // The Average Fourth Grader Is a Better Poet Than You (and Me Too) - Hannah Gamble // East, West - Salman Rushdie // Newsies Script - Harvey Fierstein // Watch What Happens - Newsies // Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong - Ocean Vuong // Steve Blanchard and Kara Lindsay as Pulitzer and Katherine in Newsies // Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power - James McGrath Morris // Under the Burden of Misery - Teodor Axentowicz // Folding a Five-Cornered Star So the Corners Meet - Li-Young Lee // A Portrait of Maya Angelou - Maya Angelou speaking to Bill Moyers

[more-profound-bond]

When you're looking for a VERY specific fanfic you created in your head and you realise the only way you can actually read it is if you write it yourself

[cannibalisam]

brain damage alert

[hecketernal]

Mar's Tomb Investigation AU

Sig hears about the Mar's Tomb break in. Understandably, he investigates for any possible ties to the young Mar. Good thing he already knows the right pair of rookies to talk to.

[deadhearthotline]

tw: light gore + animal death under the cut

little thing i did for fun. i remember it either being implied in the fic or reading it in an ask or the comments on ao3 about Leo being the first to really gain sentience/human intelligence out of all the brothers + finding food for the gang when they were little. anyways i was thinking about that and this scenario got stuck in my head for the past few days + would not leave so i drew it.

(this also incorporates my personal hc that the old lair wasn't the first place they settled + spent the first couple years bouncing around trying to find a suitable home. that's why they're in a warehouse)

Rotten Reflections by @nicoforlifetrue

[moe-broey]

HEARTBREAKING

Worst Dad You Know Has an Extremely Endearing (Now) Reoccurring Character Trait

For further context: this whole FB involved Sharena and Henriette seeking out lockpickers in the Order of Heroes to open this VERY SECURELY locked box from Gustav's room that took Tina's special staff to finally crack open (or rather -- "steal" the contents out of. No one could actually break the lock!)

And the first instance of this!

It makes me wonder if he saved anything related to Sharena..........