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hate an x reader fic do not put me in a situation

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Which path should he choose?

The path of the warrior, the path of the scholar, or the path of the artist?

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odysseus absolutely does present a threat to penelope if he perceives her as at all unfaithful, and i feel the unfairness of this, and i think people tend to undersell how much tension at least potentially exists between odysseus and penelope. but i'm also like. his reaction, all speculation aside, his actual reaction in the odyssey to her flirting with the suitors is delight, because he immediately ascertains that she is running a con. sorry that they're so in-sync in spite of the forces that try to drive a wedge between them, including their own misgiving hearts. sorry that they invented homophrosyne ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Now I kind of want an outsider pov fic with the gothamites looking at their vigilantes with fond exasperation and interacting with them in a "no, definitely don't know who you are, of course your mask covers all identifying features in your face" way while also being fiercely protective of them against any outsiders

Gotham citizens must be wildly protective of their cryptid vigilantes who are shit at hiding their identities. Like, you mean to tell me there's as many sidekicks Batman has as Brucie Wayne has children (acquired however way) with identical facial features and they don't realise it? You mean to tell me Red Robin and Spoiler didn't pay with their civilian cards at a batburger store? You really think noone remembers young Dick Grayson-Wayne's tales of acrobatics and then bam you have nightwing later and yeah no you think those things are disconnected?

Nah Gotham treats its own in the same way Tobey Maguire's Spidey got treated on the train. Adoration, concern, respect and love. Shit like not registering Red Robin's card and instead it's on the house. Like leaving cats and dogs in comfy but accessible places in the house so Robin can pet them on his way to patrol. Like making sure to childproof sharp arches so Nightwing doesn't get nicks. Like leaving homemade food and checking out library books for Red Hood.

Like pulling on Batman's helmet and calling his children and looking the other way when he's too injured even though that face has been plastered across every single billboard in the city one time or another.

Unless they perceive you as a journalist poking their nose in where it doesn't belong. Then you get conspiracy theories about Batman and Brucie Wayne's star crossed love stories and stuff like YouTube thirst videos of blurry Red Hood munching on a sandwich and memes.

And then there's one journalist who's so very confused why entirety of Gotham seems to lie when it comes to a particular group of very famous people he knows both ways.

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Tumblr is really interesting because you can say something like thursday is duck with a top hat day, and half the website will reblog it

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Little insignificant headcanon that when Dick first started living with Bruce and he was in his sassy unhinged third grader era, Bruce would always give him a lollipop when they went out as Bruce and Dick. At a gala? Dick has a lollipop. To the park? Dick has a lollipop. A Gotham Knights game? Dick has a lollipop. Interview with Vickie Vale? Dick has a lollipop.

Everyone is convinced Dick Grayson just has a lollipop addiction. In reality? Bruce has to give him one so he’s too preoccupied to run his mouth. The few times Dick isn’t given a lollipop or Bruce runs out while they’re still out and about, Dick acts like a feral little brat who makes an interviewer cry, all with a smile on his face as he squeezes Bruce’s hand, giggling. The first gala Bruce brought Dick to, they had to leave early because Dick was a little too sassy with a few Wayne Enterprises partners and a couple women who were trying to flirt with Bruce and shoo Dick away. It was shortly after that when Bruce came up with the lollipop solution.

So most paparazzi pictures of Dick show him with a lollipop of some sort, but it even carries over to when he’s an adult. Did Bruce get him addicted to them? Maybe. Not on purpose. But now, everyone think Dick just has always loved lollipops, and even though he’s currently got one in his mouth and he’s fiddling with the stick, he smirks and explains, “Actually no, Bruce first started giving them to me when I was little to get me to shut up. It’s so sad, really. Children should be seen and not heard, isn’t that what you said, B?”

Bruce is glaring at him. Shit like that is exactly why he needed to keep Dick’s mouth shut in the first place.

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I think as a culture we have all forgotten that fandom is supposed to be fun.

It’s not that serious.

It was never supposed to be that serious.

Especially since most of the drama and hurt revolves around shipping.

All of the ships are fictional. Being canon doesn’t actually negate the fact that the ship isn’t real. 

No ship, or any aspect of a fictional universe, is important enough to treat another real life human being badly. 

It’s not that serious.

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my humor might be broken cause I find this trend actually funny

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Brucie Wayne comes out with his own cosmetic line.

When asked about it during an interview he responds, “Why let the girls have all the fun?” before winking at the camera, kissing some reporter on the cheek, and disappearing while the camera pans to the bright red lipstick mark.

His kids do the bulk of the promoting, sending out packages to people on youtube and tiktok and instagram. Tim has them all try out a few looks on their social medias. There are a few “collabs” that Bruce is grateful he doesn’t have to appear in.

The fan favorite of the promos is a youtube video called My Siblings Do My Makeup, which is just Tim subjecting himself to the chaos. Steph and Dick’s looks are as always, unfairly good. Jason goes for a drag look and Tim is happy to complete the makeover when Steph lends him an appropriate dress. Cass and Duke do well but they go for straightforward and not overly complicated. The video ends with Damian’s look, everyone sitting stunned. He hadn’t gone for the obvious troll they’d been expecting. In fact, Tim thought it might be his favorite look of the video. When pressed, all Damian would say on the subject is, “I have seen my Mother prepare for far more dignified outings than the galas you subject me to.”

It’s an absolute hit. Especially in Gotham, where people have frequent encounters with rogues that love leaving their victims with “reminders” that aren’t easy concealed. There are reddit pages dedicated to people suggesting the brand for covering up scars and other noticeable markings.

There is even a video, shaky and badly lit, of Nightwing shouting at Two Face during a rooftop pursuit asking if he’s tried out the sample he sent him. The video ends abruptly with some shouted curses punctuated with gunfire. The following morning, from a burner twitter account, was a single image of someone in a red helmet holding Harvey Dent for the camera, both sides of his face looking like he did just before the accident, although far angrier.

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kill the imposter syndrome in your head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they’re also using chat gpt to do it

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having anti punitive justice morals sucks because you want to say "man that guy sucks he should get hit with hammers until he dies" but you also want to make it clear you don't think anyone should be put in charge of the 'hit people with hammers until they die" machine.

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people who don't wear glasses don't get the added benefit of taking off your HD eyesight for a while. just. fuck it! i'm done. 240p vision time

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Damian defends the Red Hood. the family doesn’t know why, but it’s concerning. what reason would their youngest have to defend a crime lord? there must have been something more to it.

even after the identity reveal, Damian refuses to step down. the moment he perceives the family as being unfair to Jason, the moment they seem to overlook him or brush him off, Damian will be there to tell them off and remind them that, actually, Jason was talking first.

what’s probably even more dumbfounding to them by that point is that Jason lets it happen. it forces them to realize that Jason hardly fights for himself, to be heard or acknowledged. and for those of them that had been there when Jason first joined the family? it’s a painful reminder of the skittish boy they had first got to know

Damian takes his duties of brother very seriously. when Jason first joined their family back in Nanda Parbat, his mother had been very clear when explaining to him that his brother was in no state to speak or stand up for himself due to his catatonic state. Damian had made it his mission then to not only defend but also promote his brother’s interest. it would be unbecoming of him to let anyone diminish or take advantage of the more vulnerable member of their family until he could do it for himself

except that time never did happen. Damian still jumps to Jason’s defence at a moment’s notice and Jason still gets a little choked up when he gets to witness how how protective his little brother still is of him

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My latest cartoon for New Scientist

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Ao3 does not need an algorithm, you're just lazy

Ao3 does not need a 1-5 star rating system, you just want to bring down authors writing for FREE

Ao3 does not need automatic censorship, it is an archive, therefore anything can be posted

Writing or reading about something illegal does not mean the author nor the reader condones it, if that were true, you could never read a story involving anything negative

Purity culture is ruining fan culture and you all are fucking annoying

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Dick always leaves the redeemed coupons hidden somewhere in the house. He won't give them back directly, because emotionally constipated family, but he will leave them somewhere he knows they will eventually be found. The other siblings have a somewhat established system where they either redeem coupons whenever they see one of the others needs it (like a hug or wtv) or straight up leave it for the other to pick (like snuck in clothes or just in sight) so that the other person can go redeem it with whoever they deem appropriate. They never acknowledge it.

Small Head cannon:

You know how sometimes little kids will make those little coupon books for their parents/ loved ones?

Well, when Dick was little, maybe 10 or 11, he made on of these coupon books for Bruce (bc he’s emotionally constipated) and one for Alfred as well. Those little slips of paper end up getting circulated through the family as it grows. They never expire, and can be used an unlimited number of times. Years and years later, Damian ends up approaching Dick with a slip of paper.

“1 free hug”

written in Dicks terrible child handwriting. Damian doesn’t tear up as his older brothers warmth surrounds him in an embrace, he doesn’t feel relieve at the feeling of being protected, at feeling truly safe. Dick is happy to give his family hugs, whether they have the coupon or not.

The coupons also work for anyone who has them, not just on Dick btw. More coupons have been made over the years, ie: “1x free BatBurger Lunch” (aka, get lunch and hang out with me), “One Free 30 minutes training session”, “1x help me with homework pass” (was originally Do my homework, but Alfred put a stop to that one). “1x Take my patrol tonight”, “Watch one movie with me”. etc etc. They have done wonders in helping them all communicate.

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Just made myself so so sad thinking about Aang's marble trick because from a physics perspective, keeping dense spherical objects afloat on an airstream is not trivial, and he's doing it in a tiny little space without moving his hands. Bending is usually very gestural. So. Everyone in the era of the show is, at best, impressed THAT it is airbending. But Aang's an incredibly young master airbender. He wouldn't be acting like this was the bestest trick ever if it didn't take at least some skill; he's a goofy kid but he's also a prodigy. I bet other airbenders were absolutely blown away (pun fully intended) at the level of precision and force and minimalism of movement on display and now there's no one who understands at all why he expects accolades.