#your name story

[littlegodzilla]

Hiii

A new chapter from my mini series!!

I hope you'll like it!!

Enjoy!!

Your Name Masterlist.

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Your Name.

Mini series part 6.

Daryl Dixon x Reader.

Warnings: TWD gore. Bad language. Alcohol.

Words: 3290

Summary: Merle is gone and the camp is full of Walters so is the best moment to search for another safe place.

Taglist: @phoenixblack89 @browneyes528 @lilythemadqueen @darylsgarden @thefemininemystiquee @green-eyedladywrites @hail-yourselves @ruinedbythehobbit @xxtinasxxblog @ravenwings73 @spenciepoo338 @b-tchymoon @minervadashwood @darylssluttt

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Part 6.

Days have turned into weeks since you arrived at the camp, there is still suspicion towards Daryl and Merle, but they aren't too friendly either, you have heard Merle on several occasions planning to steal their supplies and weapons, but Daryl doesn't seem completely convinced. Right away you noticed that there were two clearly defined groups among them; the women took care of the domestic chores: washing the clothes, preparing the food, taking care and educating the children, the men on the other hand defended the camp, carried the weapons, went out to explore and forage for food. The women couldn't move from the camp except to go down to the small lake at the bottom of the quarry where they had a small clothesline prepared for when they did the laundry. It seemed a little old and outdated to you, but not everyone was like that, Dale a very friendly older gentleman always tried to help when he wasn't on duty, Glenn when he wasn't going down to town to survey the area and forage for food, was also with you and helped you, Shane, Ed and Morales were more reluctant to interact with you, Shane paid attention to Lori and Carl, a woman and her little boy who at first you thought were his family, but one day you overheard Carl talking about his father and Lori told you the story.

"Shane is a good friend of the family." She had told you.

"Yeah and a good human vibrator." Merle had replied to you when you told him.

"Don't say that, he's not that good looking either..." Even though you knew your words were a lie.

"I mean she fucks him every time the kid doesn't see them."

"Come on, that's not..." You shut up and frown. "What does it matter? She's a widow, she can do whatever she wants."

"Sure, but clearly the kid doesn't know that, otherwise he wouldn't be 'the family friend'." Merle says with a twisted laugh.

"Shut up, there's nothing wrong with it."

But it starts to when Rick shows up at the camp days before with the scouting party that had gone down with Glenn to the city. The atmosphere is rarefied, there is surprise, joy, elation, but also nervousness, confusion and anger. A husband back from the dead, a divided wife and a displaced lover.

Merle is certainly going to love this.

Your smile freezes as you realize Merle isn't back with them, everyone seems exhausted and nervous to be home again. But Merle is not with them. You approach the group and greet Glenn.

"What about Merle?" you ask worriedly, everyone is silent and it distresses you. "W-what happened to him?"

"He... we had complications, we had to leave him behind..."

"Did he get bitten?" you ask frightened.

"No, he got violent and I was forced to leave him on a roof." Rick interjects, telling what happened. "It was my decision, was he your partner?"

"Oh my god no, he's... he's a friend." You shrug. "His brother, he and I came to this camp together and I know he's a dick, but it hurts anyway."

"I'm sorry..." He apologizes and you shake your head.

"I'm sure your motives were justified."

"What are we going to do when Daryl finds out?" Dale asks that night as you all quietly eat dinner by a small fire.

"I left him there, I'll talk to him." Offers Rick hugging his son.

"No, I'll talk to him, it will be easier to calm him down." You tell him and Rick looks at you unconvinced.

Talking to Daryl the next morning is complicated, he comes in from hunting, tired, sweating, chasing a deer that some infected have finally eaten, so he's pissed. When he calls Merle and gets no answer he confronts Rick and Shane, you don't have time to intervene before Shane overpowers him and knocks him to the ground with a choke hold. You gasp in fright running towards them, when they release him Daryl seems to have calmed down, but he is humiliated too. The words of the rest of the people in the camp don't calm him down, when he feels your hands on his arm he pulls away as if they burn and walks away.

"I asked you guys to let me talk to him." You say annoyed and walk behind the Dixon. "Daryl wait."

"Lemme, I'm ain't in the mood."

"Merle's not dead." You try to make him look on the bright side. "And I hear Rick wants to come back for him. They made a mistake, that's all."

"That's all?" He turns so sharply that you slam into his body, you recoil, watching his scowl and how he chews his lip to stifle anger. "They left him on a rooftop, chained up like a dog, if those dead people don't eat him alive, he'll be killed by the heat, he'll die of suffocation and starvation. But it's okay because they've decided to come back for him, is that what ya wannna tell me? They shouldn't have left him there in the first place!"

"You know your brother, I'm sure he put them in a complicated situation..."

"Why yer defendin' them!?! My brother and I have saved yer princess ass many more times than they have, why are y'okay with them leavin' him to his fate?"

"I'm not okay with it Daryl, I'm just trying to understand the situation, they're going to come back for him, they've realized their mistake, is that not okay with you?"

"No, it ain't work for me. We should never have stayed here." He growls and walks away again.

"Where are you going now?"

"With them." Is all he adds.

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As they prepare the van to head back to town in search of Merle, the more nervous you feel, you pace back and forth biting your index fingernail. You don't want Daryl to go too, you know he can be violent like his brother, that he doesn't like to follow orders imposed by anyone either. You don't want to lose him too.

"Daryl..." You call out to him as he gets out of the back of the van.

"Ya gonna stay here."

"But..."

"And for once in yer fuckin' life yer gonna listen to me. Ya.stay.here. Ya hear me?" his voice is low, dark, he's breathing hard through his nose, he's angry and the last thing he needs right now is to have to deal with you. "Well, we're leavin' or what?" he yells to the rest of them getting back into the van and closing the cargo door.

It's only been half an hour since they've left, but you feel totally uneasy and desperate, you don't like that they've gone back for Merle, you don't like that Daryl has gone for Merle.

"Can I ask you a question?" You hear Amy's voice suddenly and you turn to look at her. "Is Daryl your destined mate?" She asks you and then points to the sleeve of your t-shirt that is pulled up and you can see the name on your skin. "Is that why you're traveling with them?"

"No!" You quickly pull down your sleeve and look around. "It's not because of that, we know each other because we used to live in the same town, it has nothing to do..."

"He doesn't know?" The surprise in her voice draws the attention of the rest of the group and you look at her in despair.

"It's not him." You insist. "Please don't say anything..."

Luckily for you, Amy never gets around to telling anyone, although you would have preferred that things hadn't ended up like this. The camp is attacked that same night by a group of infected. There aren't many, but there aren't too many weapons around, Shane tries to get everyone to safety along with Dale and Jim, Ed has been bitten in his tent and Amy has been attacked on her way out of the caravan. It's only a few minutes the whole situation turns into absolute chaos, when you feel a tug on your shirt and Daryl's body appears in front of you shooting in all directions along with Rick and the rest of the group that had left.

Slowly the night and chaos gives way to the next day, things aren't much better, the bodies of the infected and those who have not been able to defend themselves in time are scattered all over the camp, Andrea refuses to move away from her sister. Jim has been bitten. Ed is transforming and Carol tends to him under Daryl's watchful eye.

Merle hasn't returned.

"W-Where's Merle?" you dare to ask Daryl when everything seems to calm down a bit.

"Alive, that son of a bitch stole our van and ran off. He cut his hand to free himself." He grunts and you look at him in horror.

"I'm sorry..."

"Yes, ya should be, if it wasn't for ya, none of us would be here now." He barks and walks away again, this whole situation is getting on top of him and he's starting to get overwhelmed. He's always been his brother's shadow, now he's free.

What can he do?

His words hurt you, on another occasion you would have ignored what he has said, as usual, you would go along with the course of things, the atmosphere would calm down and you would be fine again, but now you can't, because you know he is right. If you hadn't run into them at the supermarket, they wouldn't have taken you with you, you wouldn't have tried to negotiate staying at the camp with Shane and the others and now you wouldn't be in that whole shitty situation. You sniffle loudly through your nose wiping away your tears when a gunshot startles you and makes you turn around.

Someone has tried to get too close to Andrea and she has fired to keep their distance. Her sister's death has broken her heart and she is having a hard time mourning.

"Best thing to do is move camp." You hear Shane and Rick talking. "Get us out of here to a safe place. A military base, there would be supplies, beds, a safe roof over our heads."

"Or we can go all the way to the CDC, Jim is infected but hasn't shown symptoms yet, maybe they can cure him."

"That's crazy, Rick." Lori interjects.

"We have to try, we can't let Jim get infected." Rick insists. "We'll take the cars, we'll drive there together, it won't be hard."

It sounds risky but you have to admit that Jim deserves a second chance if there really is a cure. You all get ready to get out of there, Morales doesn't go with you, he's afraid for his family so he decides to find another way on his own. Rick sets out to lead the group of vehicles, you and Daryl ride the bike, you hold onto his waist and lean against his back, it's Merle's bike, and you start to believe that Daryl is riding it just to take care of his brother somehow.

The ride to the CDC is rough, Jim can't take the ride, apparently all the rattling the trailer generates is like it's breaking his bones, you stop because the trailer has overheated and Jim has decided that's as far as his journey has gone. You all say goodbye to him, even Daryl seems uncomfortable and affected by his loss, it's been a real roller coaster two days, first Merle, the camp full of infected, having to decide who dies and who doesn't, now abandoning Jim like that. You try to hide your tears, but it's too hard. You gasp hard when you feel Daryl put an arm around your shoulders and lean you on his shoulder trying to comfort you. You appreciate his gesture by letting a few more tears flow free down your cheeks before the caravan is back up and you all get going again.

Daryl feels a strange conflict within him. All these people didn't know each other at all before the dead walked and now they seem like one huge family, they care for and protect each other no matter what, Rick leads them wanting to save them, asking nothing in return except for his family to be safe. He doesn't understand why so much trouble for people he doesn't know? He growls because he might ask the same question of you, why is he protecting you if you're just giving him trouble? His gaze falls on you, still pressed against his body, he chews his lip and then turns away from you.

He is not able to understand.

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Arriving at the CDC is no joy either, the place is littered with dead people, lying in the street, the smell of death and putrefaction is agonizing. The dead start to surround you but finally the doors of the place open and you manage to feel safe after a long time. Dr. Jenner is skeptical to receive you, which is totally normal, before you can settle in he does several tests and blood tests to make sure you are not infected. You quickly pull up the right sleeve of your shirt and he looks at you doubtfully.

"On this arm the doctors have always had better results, I have very shy veins." You try to joke, everyone is there, nor can you let anyone else see your name.

The man as a scientist and doctor doesn't ask too many questions accepting your excuses. Andrea gets a little dizzy when he takes her blood and you explain that you haven't eaten anything decent for days and that you've been through a lot of stressful situations in a short time.

Jenner smiles and to your surprise when he takes you underground there is a huge banquet waiting for you in one of the rooms. That's not the only surprise, there are rooms and showers with hot water for everyone. It's been so long since you've felt the soft touch of your skin free of dirt that you've forgotten what it's like. Everyone enjoys a shower, you wash up a bit leaving your clothes hanging in the shower and change into some clothes you borrowed from Carol at camp. You are so hungry that smelling like sweat a little longer, you don't mind at all.

Dinner is nice, you can tell even Jenner is grateful to have company, the food almost makes you cry, your taste buds adapted to the little squirrel meat and canned meat now makes the whole thing a fucking feast, there's wine and whiskey and Daryl is trying to get Glenn drunk and that makes you laugh.

You're a little drunk too, you're sure.

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Little by little people leave the room where the food was, you need a shower, clear your mind and sleep, but on the way to your improvised room you discover the small library and game room that Jenner has there. The kids have already gone to bed and everything seems quiet so you dare to try your luck. You grab the darts on a shelf and try your luck throwing one at the dartboard. This one sticks embarrassingly into the carpet of the room and you hear a snicker from the doorway, you turn and discover Daryl watching you, in his hand he still has the bottle of whiskey.

"In my defense I'll say I'm drunk." You grunt and he walks towards you, from between your fingers he steals one of the darts and almost without looking throws it. He misses the bullseye, but at least he's hit the dartboard. "Snobby..."

"Is there anythin' y'know how to do well?" Daryl slurs the words due to the blood alcohol, his eyes are fixed on you, his pupils dilated, a soft film of sweat decorates his forehead.

You stare at him and before you are aware of your actions, you have stood on tiptoe to give him a kiss on the lips. Of course the hunter's reaction is abrupt and violent. He pushes you away from him urgently, pushes and his brow furrows tightly, he rubs his lips with his arm as if you might infect something off on him and touches his temple as he yells at you.

"Are ya out of yer mind!? yer a bitch, Merle was right!" He spits angrily and storms out, slamming the door violently.

Your heart is racing, you don't know how you could have done that, kissing him was crazy, what did you expect? You don't even know why you did it. Ashamed you go back to your room to take a shower and feel the alcohol leave your body, humiliated you feel some tears rolling down your cheeks, how are you going to look at him from now on, why do you always have to complicate everything? You turn off the shower water and go back to the room, you take your underwear and cover your body with the blankets that Jenner has offered you, the bunk bed is small, but it's been so long since you slept in a comfortable place that you immediately fall asleep.

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Daryl bites his lip so violently that he has to stop when he feels the taste of blood on his tongue, if he keeps this up he's going to tear his skin off completely. He hasn't gotten into bed yet, although drunk, he's not so drunk that he can't think. And he can't stop. It would take more than a bottle of whiskey to knock him out.

But that's not what's keeping him awake. It's the kiss. Your kiss. Why did you kiss him? Did you really want to? Was it the alcohol controlling you? Because Daryl had seen you drinking during dinner and how your manner was slowly changing. He had thought it was funny and that's why he sought you out to tease you, but he never thought things would take such an unexpected turn. His lips still burn from the memory and his body reacts. He may not have been with many women with all his senses at work, but he knows what they are, he knows how they work, or at least he thinks he does and he's certainly pretty sure he likes them.

But why would you be interested in him?

Fed up with not being able to get you out of his mind, he gets up from the chair where he had plopped down and leaves your room, everything is in semi-darkness, people have already gone to bed, even Dr. Jenner. He walks slowly to your room and when he finds it he opens the door trying not to wake you up. You are asleep with your back to the door, curled up on your bunk. Slowly he walks over to you, your damp hair spread on the pillow, your body half naked, only covered by the blanket up to your waist, he can see your back, your shoulders. He swallows hard as he circles the bed, your face is calm, relaxed into a totally sleepy grimace, nothing seems to disturb you and yet he is unable to sleep because of you. His gaze slides down your body following the quiet movement of your chest as he breathes. His whole body reacts when his eyes dart to your tits, trapped in that tight bra, squeezed and squeezed between them, his mouth goes dry when he discovers one of your nipples peeking shyly through the garment. However his gaze catches something uncomfortably out of the exciting sight. He turns his head slightly and discovers a black spot on your forearm. He licks his lips and leans in for a better look. Her pulse plummets, all the excitement in her body coming to naught. He holds your wrist carefully and caresses your skin with his thumb.

D.ixon.

"Huhm?" you mumble then opening your eyes. You need a second to remember where you are, you raise your head and discover that you are still in your room at the CDC, relief and anguish invade you equally as that horrible disease that turns people into zombies is not a horrible nightmare. On the other hand you have the feeling that you were not alone, but the room is empty. You shake your head dismissively and curl up, falling asleep again.

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To be continued...

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I hope you liked it!!

See you in the next chapters!!

[liquidstar]

Yes, Greece still exists, we didn't all die 2000 years ago. Yes, people speak Greek. You people are so fucking stupid for real. So many of you claim to love ancient shit but can't even acknowledge the actual living culture of the people whose mythology and classics you romanticize. You keep leaving annoying comments about how you just forget Greek people still exist, thinking you're being quirky because you love ancient stuff soooo much that you forgot about the people it came from. You think about it so little you don't even realize that an actual Greek person has to read this shit, making it clear how little you actually care about the culture beyond the romanticized (and westernized) mythology. Don't claim you love Greece, don't use our mythology anymore if you can't acknowledge that we're still around without making it about how little you think about us. It's mind boggling that you'd think a Greek person would read this and think you're anything but obnoxious. Explode.

[stil-lindigo]

the fox god.

a comic about a trickster.

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creative notes:

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all my other comics

store

[vamprisms]

'it has gay representation' well as gay representative i would like to say that doesn't mean anything at all

[pangur-and-grim]

I wrote a short story about a college dropout who develops a homosexual interest in a bridge troll who then gets crushed after a Tesla drives over its bridge too many times (triggering a collapse), and the woman organizing the anthology said “thank you very much for submitting this but it does not fit our theme of tragic queer horror”

[chucktaylorupset]

I think there's something to be said for fanfiction that loves canon in a way that’s rude. Like thank you for this wonderful thematic tragedy made out of this character’s entire arc ending in death, it was emotionally and intellectually moving, but also fuck you fuck you fuck you they live, this time and every time they live, they never died, their flaws are not their undoing, actually they have no flaws, actually they save everyone, actually who cares about a story, any story, where this one dies, actually i cared about that story so much i made a new one, actually i cared so much i unmade the old one, you gave me morals and i left them for the mortal, but they’re mine now and i will never let them die, actually thank you, actually fuck you, strongly worded letter to follow

A kiss for canon and spit in its face all at once, it’s great

[nerdpoe]

Wes Weston's parents, concerned for their sons mental health, move to the Kansas countryside.

And after the first day there, he is absolutely convinced that the Kent's dear son who lives in Metropolis is Superman.

He helped them move in, and Wes clocked him in an instant.

[spencecreates]

As someone bad at titles. Please tell me how you got the title of your WIPs! I wanna hear the stories

[tokisakki]

[shootingstarrfish]

some silly guys!! the silliest guys around!!!!!! :)

[littlegodzilla]

How many parts are there left to Your Name?

Will they kiss? I demand a kiss!! (j/k j/k - your story do what you want)

Also, I too wanted to punch Andrea--or more accurately the writers who ruined her character.

/rambles

Hi sweetie!!

Well, luckily I will stop torturing you in two more chapters 🤣🤣

About the kiss, we all saw what happened when the reader kissed him in the CDC but... yeah we will have a kiss 😋😋

And Andrea I never liked her but with all woobury thing I hated her even more, sorry 🙈

Thanks for asking!

❤❤❤

[bleghxy]

More GL manga recs:

Summary: Aya is a high school student who is captivated by the mysterious "Onii-san" who works at a CD store. The real "Onii-san" is actually Mitsuki, a girl in her class with whom she had never spoken to before.

Review: This is a very cute read!!! The story doesn't drag out any drama. When I first started reading this, I was afraid it'd drag the secret of Mitsuki being the "Onii-san" but it doesn't. It's very well paced while also being a slow burn. They're both very well written.

Status: Ongoing

Summary: Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and to Himari's surprise, Yori says she loves Himari back! But when Himari realizes that she and her senpai are feeling two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what "love" really means...

Summary: They're both so adorable!!! I love their relationship sm. There's a lot of other wlw relationships in this manga so that's a plus point. There's also some angst here and there. It also has an anime adaptation coming out next year!

Status: Ongoing

Summary: England, the early 1900s. Alice, a young noblewoman, has a Japanese maid named Hanako working in her household. The two have a fairly typical relationship…until the day Alice begs Hanako to kill her. As Hanako tries to figure out why her mistress would make such a terrible request, she and Alice grow closer until an entirely new feeling begins to blossom between them.

Review: The summary doesn't really do justice to the manga's plot but I don't want to say much because I'll mistakenly give out spoilers so I'll just say it's angsty so prepare yourself for that. Both of the characters and the relationship between them are very well written.

Status: Completed

Okay this isn't a manga, it's a manhua(chinese comic). I haven't read enough GL manhua to make a list about it so I'm putting it here. This manhua is called Tamen de Gushi. I think the English translation of the story name is called "Their Story"/ "SQ begin w/your name"

Summary: The funny romantic story of how Qiu Tong and Sun Jing met and fell in love.

Review: It was one of my first GLs so it has a very special place in my heart. I laughed a lot while reading this. It's mostly on the comedy side. Qiu Tong and Sun Jing's relationship is so so adorable. The side characters in this story are also lovable. The characters in this feel very relatable. Unfortunately due to censorship in China the author had been told to remove the confession scene of the main characters in the physical copies and the author rejected to do that. Because of this, the manhua doesn't have proper chapters anymore but the author still does post little snippets of their life together on weibo and twitter. However there's still 200+ chapters of wholesomeness so please do give it a read!

If you want more GL recs:

[stealthnoodle]

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist flew under my radar until a friend recommended it to me, and now I am fully obsessed so here's me passing the recommendation on!

Do you like visual novels? Skill management? Timeloops? Deckbuilding? Gorgeous art? A whole bunch of fantastic queer characters? Staggering numbers of events and endings that respond to a staggering number of choices you make?

Then you should play this game and come scream in my ask box about it! I have said both "uh-oh" and "yesssss" out loud multiple times while watching the consequences of my actions play out. Absolutely delightful. Enjoy a little bit of screenshot propaganda:

Living my best/worst life

Exploring in the pink

Behold my self-insert

Also, you can have up to four different pets following you around and one of them is THIS cutie

[me-writes-prompts]

-:Terms of endearment-:

Requested by: Anonymous (hope you like these :)

By @me-writes-prompts

- Sweets/sweetheart

-Darling

-Beautiful/Gorgeous

-Angel(for the pure and honest ones)

-Love(for the characters who are in love)

-My lover

-My one and only(iykyk who I’m talking about)

-Buttercup/sugar

-Moonlight(this is a personal one I came up with)

-Sunshine/Moonshine

-Beloved(<3)

-Baby/babe

-My heart

-My little treasure

-Mi amor

-My star/moon

[batbabydamian]

Hey, I started reading Robin son of Batman because of your recommendation (I literally have a print of your post on my phone to not forget lol). Honestly? One of the best things I ever read!!!

Thank you for opening my eyes! Damian has been one of my favorite characters for over a year, but I didn't read/watch much of him because of school, life (and probably an executive dysfunction in the mix).

Maya is incredible. I loved her.

I haven't finished all the issues yet, but do you have any other recommendations?

WAH this makes me so happy, i'm glad you still gave it a shot even with how busy life is!! ;v;

i’d love to give reccs, and i’ll try to go a beginner friendly route! tbh you can pick up whatever here, but since you've read R:SOB i’d immediately follow up with Batman and Robin (2011) #1-8! this first arc is what’s referred to in Maya’s introduction, and it's just. so good.

Main Books

Batman and Robin (2009)

Dick as Batman with Damian as his Robin!

#20-22 Tree of Blood: Dark Knight vs White Knight arc is done by Tomasi and Gleason, the team for the next Batman and Robin series

*Batman and Robin (2011)

Bruce and Damian figuring out their relationship as both Batman & Robin and father & son

imo you can enjoy the ride and read straight through this but i’ll add context to avoid as much confusion as possible since there’s the occasional tie-in or offscreen events, like Damian’s death nbd

Batman Incorporated (2012) #1-10

events leading to Damian's death - affects Batman and Robin (2011) from issue #18

kind of a tough read especially with how Talia's written, but a lot of iconic bits like Batcow, Damian's vegetarian declaration, Alfred the cat, "We Were the Best, Richard."

Robin (2021)

another self-discovery adventure, particularly after Alfred’s death and a fallout with Bruce (and questionable writing choices from his last Teen Titans run)

Batman and Robin (2023)

currently ongoing! after a number of events, Bruce and Damian are back as a duo

Damian Dynamics!

Batman: Streets of Gotham (2009) #7, 10-12

arc where Damian meets one of his first Gotham friends, Colin Wilkes

Batgirl (2009) #5-7, #17

Steph and Damian dynamic! "the bad cop, worse cop" dysfunctional duo

Red Robin (2009) #13-14

early Tim and Damian dynamic that of course includes fighting haha. funny enough, accidentally my first intro to Damian LOL

Teen Titans (2003) #89-92

Dick!Batman has Damian join the Teen Titans. Start of Damian and Rose Wilson dynamic that’s extended in Robin (2021)

Batman: Gates of Gotham (2011)

Damian meets Cass and has a brief team up

Gotham Academy (2015) #7

Damian meets Maps Mizoguchi! they have a few other meetings, but outside of that the series itself is a great read!

Robin War Event (2015)

Robin War (2015) #1, Grayson (2014) #15, Detective Comics (2011) #47, We Are Robin (2015) #7, Robin: Son of Batman (2015) #7, Robin War (2015) #2

Duke and Damian dynamic! not exactly beginner friendly but these are the main issues in order for the event! you can also read the TPB version for everything including Tie-Ins

Nightwing (2016) #16-20, #42, #43

#16-20 Nightwing and Robin arc!

#42 Dick on a mission to save Damian! the one appearance of "Wiggles" the dragon

#43 Dick, Roy, and Damian team-up

New Talent Showcase 2018 "Catwoman: Pedigree"

Selina, Damian, and Alfred the cat

Batman: Prelude to the Wedding - Robin vs. Ra's Al Ghul (2018)

Selina, Damian, and Cheese Viking - Damian's fav game shown in Nightwing: Rebirth (2016)

Monkey Prince (2022) #1-4

Marcus Sun Shugel-Shen's main comic, but Damian features as a fun dynamic here before they're in more serious circumstances in Batman VS Robin (2022)/Lazarus Planet event

Superman (2016) #10 - 11

the beginning of the Super Sons! featuring Maya!

Super Sons (2017)

solitary arcs but there’s a few event tie-in issues later

Adventures of the Super Sons (2018)

literally more Super Sons adventures lol galactic shenanigans yeehaw

Challenge of the Super Sons (2020) 

Super Sons time shenanigans feat. the Justice League

Robin 80th Anniversary (2020)

"Boy Wonders" - brief Damian feature as Tim considers his next step in life

"My Best Friend" - Jon's thoughts on Damian and their dynamic

"Bat and Mouse" - refers to Damian's unfortunate Teen Titans (2016) run at the time of release which follows up with Teen Titans Annual #2 where Damian briefly gives up Robin

Extra Comics!

Superman/Batman (2003) #77

Kara and Damian in a Halloween team-up! also the appearance of "Li'l Matches" lol

DCU Halloween Special '09 "Cavity Search"

Damian out on a solo mission for Halloween night. Immediately after is Tim's Red Robin story "Then and Now: Our Father's Sins" which is more somber in contrast but also a good read!

DCU Halloween Special 2010 "Robin the Vampire Slayer"

a Dick!Batman and Robin story featuring the vampire Andrew Bennett

Cursed Comics Cavalcade (2018) "The Devil You Know"

Halloween themed comic with a sweet short story of Damian alongside Solomon Grundy

DC's Terrors Through Time (2022)

"Trick or Treat" a Super Sons Halloween story

"The Haunting of Wayne Manor" Damian and Deadman story - in the end, Boston kinda refers to Nezha's possession of Damian in Batman VS Robin (2022) which was happening at the time of this release

Batman: Li'l Gotham (2013)

lighthearted series that instantly makes me smile with the silliness and Dustin Nguyen’s art i love this dearly

Secret Origins (2014) #4 "A Boy's Life"

a retelling of Damian's origin story

Detective Comics (2016) #1001-1005

Batman and Robin vs the Arkham Knight (unrelated to the game)

Truth & Justice (2021) #6/#16 - 18 Digital First version

cute story of Damian’s birthday! Juni Ba’s art is so fun!!

DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration (2021) “Special Delivery”

short story about Damian! and poisoned pizzas. completely forgot the artist Sami Basri drew Rebirth Damian here before catboy Damian lol Cass’s story “Sounds” is also cute! Marcus makes his first appearance in "The Monkey Prince Hates Superheroes"

DC VS Vampires (2021)

Damian makes appearances throughout this elseworlds book, but the one-shot DC VS Vampires: Hunters (2022) is vampire Damian-centric!

Batman: Black and White (2021) #5

“Father & Son Outing” short story written and drawn by Jorge Jimenez!

Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #20-23

#20 “My Son” Talia and Bruce focus

#20 - 23 “The Murder Club” 4 Parts

Tiny Titans (2008) #33, #39, #45, #47

a few appearances but SO CUTE, LOOK AT HIM

*Batman and Robin (2011) reading guide

i'm mostly trying to avoid the "what did i just walk in on?" kinda feeling when i first started reading comics LOL i'll list the comics where events take place, but you don't necessarily have to read them to go through this book since things are usually explained as quickly as possible in the first page or so

#0 Someday Never Comes

Talia and baby Damian before he grows up to meet Bruce

#1-8 Born to Kill

just an incredibly solid arc for Bruce and Damian!

#9 Court of Owls Tie-In Issue

Damian VS a Court of Owls Talon. While Bruce is occupied with a home invasion of Talons, Alfred makes a call for allies to protect targeted Gotham public figures from Talons. During Batman (2011) #1-11

#10-12 Terminus

Damian challenges the previous Robins sans Steph

Batman Incorporated (2012) is occurring at this time where Talia has placed a bounty on Damian and there's small mentions of that

#13-14 Eclipsed/Devoured

mostly solitary arc! end of it leads into the Death of the Family event

#15-16 Death of the Family Tie-In Issues

Damian and Joker face-off... Alfred's been kidnapped by the Joker, and Damian goes looking for him. During Batman (2011) #13-17

#17 Life is but a Dream - Death of the Family Epilogue

a sort of subconscious check-in through the dreams of Damian, Alfred, and Bruce. Nightwing (2011) #17 features Damian encouraging Dick after Death of the Family events

#18 Undone "Requiem"

Bruce dealing with Damian's death from Batman Incorporated #8

other reactions to Damian's death: Dick in Nightwing (2011) #18, Tim in Teen Titans (2011) #18

#19-23 Denial, Rage, The Bargain, Despair, Acceptance

Bruce through the stages of grief with some batfam appearances in each. also introduces Carrie Kelley into continuity as Damian's acting tutor.

Batman (2011) #19-20 also addresses Bruce's loss

#23.1-23.4

these could be skipped - villain stories, also related to Forever Evil event.

#24-28 The Big Burn

optional Batman and Two-Face/Harvey Dent arc, #23.1 is part of this story!

Damian's resurrection and return

#29-32 The Hunt for Robin

Ras took Talia and Damian's bodies from their graves, and Bruce goes after him.

-> Robin Rises: Omega

continues events from #32. if you don't want to jump to this, basically, Glorious Godfrey and a bunch of parademons from Apokolips are here for a chaos shard which Ra's put in Damian's sarcophagus. at some point, Bruce gets a hold of the shard where he sees a vision that leads him to believe Damian can be resurrected. Godfrey ends up taking the shard, along with Damian's body since it was emitting the same energy.

#33-37 Robin Rises

Bruce hellbent on retrieving Damian from Apokolips and reviving him

-> Robin Rises: Alpha

necessary to read and continues events from #37! Damian's back with a bang lol

#38-40 Superpower

Damian adjusting to having superpowers and being alive again

Annual #1 2013 Batman Impossible

sweet (and funny) one-shot of Damian sending Bruce on a meaningful scavenger hunt around the world while Damian gets to be the cutest Batman for a bit

Annual #2 2014 Batman and Robin: Week One

one-shot takes place during Damian's absence. after Bruce and Alfred find a mystery gift left for Dick, Dick recounts a story he had told Damian from his Robin days.

Annual #3 2015 Moonshot

one-shot Batman and Robin adventure on the moon!

...and of course after Batman and Robin (2011), Damian's story continues in his first solo Robin: Son of Batman (2015)!

[ingravinoveritas]

So I just wanna ask u just does this look like a real happy healthy relationship and in love with each or just put on for show for the fans and why do I feel like she making it all about her again and reminded everyone who she with it feels micheal was forced in the pictures taking with her the red carpet photo she looked bored and annoyed cos michael not paying any attention he just look miserable but I bet if it was David standing there instead of anna his face would be beaming like the one Georgia posted of them 4 together micheal face is electric and see how he lean toward David that best friend goals and I just love seeing them together cos that when he at his most happiness place

Also I find it strange that Anna was left out in staged scene but David wife gerogia made appearance doesn't that strike u as odd and gerogia brought the plus one date a girl could have and it wasnt anna yet they call each other wife clearly not as close etc then David and Michael are it seems.

And did u notice in the scene with David and Tom hiddleson about the dog sitter initially could present as benign and then he and the dog get up to all kinds of hijinks and ultimately disrupt stuffy old Michael sheen boring life but for the better like why put that in the script maybe his life with anna is boring and only staying cos he feels he needs too for the young children what do u think of all this

From @amata-haan along with a screenshot of the group photo:

(Grouping all of these together since it seems we've got a bit to talk about here.)

So, the biggest point of discussion seems to be the group pic that Georgia posted, and I will put up a larger size of that for us to discuss:

When I saw that Georgia had posted this in an Insta story, of course my first thought was "Finally a picture of Michael and David together!" I think that was what we were all hoping for all night, to where it was almost glaring that we hadn't gotten one when the event ended (until Georgia's post, that is).

The second thing that came to mind is what you alluded to @moriarty-sisters, about this being a near repeat of what we've seen a few times before (first at the NTAs in 2021, and then the group photo Georgia posted on Michael's birthday, that appears to have been taken after Michael went to see Macbeth):

Every time, Georgia is on the right. Every time, she and Anna have the same tight smiles while Michael and David have huge grins on their faces. At this point, it feels intentional, because twice might be a coincidence, but three times is a plan. There are slight differences to the vibes in each picture--although Georgia looks like she knows a secret and Michael and David look like a very happy couple in every one of them--but last night's group pic was...something.

Which takes me to your comment @phantomstars24 about how Michael is holding AL. I was under the impression that he had his hand on her waist, but if he is touching her breast, I'm perplexed at that being her reaction. She looks stiff and like a deer caught in the headlights, and regardless of where Michael's hand is, it doesn't seem like that's a great way to look when your own boyfriend is touching you. Adding to the strange optics is the fact that Michael is actually leaning toward David in the picture and away from her. It looks like his arm/shoulder is pressing into David and there isn't a millimeter of space between them, yet he seems to be a mile away from Anna despite having an arm around her.

(And none of this is even touching on Georgia using the theme song from Friends in the Insta story for the group pic, which she had to know we would all notice...)

So yes, a lot of thoughts on the group pic, but overall delighted to see Michael and David looking so happy next to each other. Especially Michael, in stark contrast to how he looked in some of the other pictures.

Speaking of which...I briefly talked about Michael and AL at the BAFTAs yesterday here and here, so I will try not to repeat myself too much in this part of my answer. But what I think we are seeing is two things: Anna's fantasy of what she thinks her and Michael's relationship is, and the reality of what we saw at the BAFTAs.

I think in AL's mind, she and Michael were like Georgia and David. But if we are going to say that Georgia and David were very loving and sweet together on the red carpet yesterday--which they absolutely were, with the kiss they shared and David comforting Georgia when she was experiencing anxiety--then there is no way you can look at the pictures of Michael and Anna and see the same thing. Even without bringing GT/DT into it, there is a massive, marked difference between pictures of Michael with AL vs. pictures of him with literally anyone else (such as this pic with Hannah Waddingham).

Looking at Anna's pictures that she posted, every one of them seems to be about ownership, right down to the Insta story with the #mine hashtag (which again seems to be her copying Georgia, also on the night of an award ceremony). The vibe that I got was of a teenager who'd won a date with her favorite celebrity and took him to the prom. Ultimately, though, she looked out of place, and he looked uncomfortable with her, both of which are a remarkable feat after five years of a relationship.

The pictures also repeated themes we've seen before (AL has previously posted a picture of her kissing Michael's cheek where he looks equally withdrawn; the photo in the car on the way to the event is a copy of pictures Georgia has posted of her and David in the car on the way to events) and speak to that idea of pushing a certain narrative, despite neither one of them appearing to sell it very well.

To that end, and to your comments @lepqueen and @turquoisedata, I would agree with you that it looks like AL is trying to mark her territory. The problem is that Michael had more chemistry just talking with David in that opening BAFTAs sketch than he did with Anna the entire night, and she was frequently left looking like she had no idea what she was doing or why she was there. Another example of this is an Insta story she posted earlier today that again demonstrated her main interest in the relationship:

What's particularly noteworthy is the follow up Insta story on the right, which I couldn't believe she actually posted. I think that if you are fine and happy with the narrative you've put out, you are not going to be bothered by or salty about a comment like that, and AL clearly was. And all of this then casts at least some doubt that the pictures she posted are really telling the whole story. Just a recap of what we do know about last night (and if I am forgetting anything, someone please let me know):

- Anna was the only principal member of the cast who was not in the Staged-themed opening sketch, despite being in all three seasons of the show. - Anna was not seated next to Michael during the in person part of the opening sketch, despite there being no reason the producers couldn't have put her next to him even as a seat filler. - Georgia brought her friend Daisy Aitkens as a +1 and sat with her instead of Anna, leaving us with the above picture of AL sitting alone and staring straight ahead while in the background of a Michael J. Fox picture (that she is acting like is a picture of her with him, instead of her photobombing a picture of MJF with his wife). - During the show, the camera repeatedly cut to Michael in the audience when there was no reason to do so, but did not show Anna on camera once.

So yes, I think that if last night at the BAFTAs was somehow AL's attempt to mark her territory/assert her place in the UK acting industry, it did not seem to go over well. I think David and Georgia's relationship and Michael and David's relationship emerged even stronger than before, and unfortunately AL and Michael's relationship did not and does not compare.

My apologies for rambling on, as I never intended for this to get so long. As I've said before, this is all just my opinion, and I know I could be completely wrong, so I'm glad as always to hear from my followers with your thoughts. Thanks for writing in! x