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rossi: family dinner at my mansion tonight, attendance is mandatory

derek: is this really just therapy where we sit and eat pasta whilst talking about the shared trauma of that case?

emily: or as i like to call it, penne for your thoughts

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Jason Todd as Blue Jay + wings

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The pearl clutching about supposed incest is ridiculous… so many pieces of media employ the high school sweethearts/grew up together trope for straight couples and you never see people up in arms about it, why such vitriol when a gay ship has a similar story?

People who use the word incest as a spectrum drive me insane.

Like yall, incest means sexual intercourse with a relative within the prohibited degree of consanguinity. Consanguinity means BLOOD RELATIONSHIP. You can't toss around the word incest to vaguely mean that these two guys were not raised under the same roof, did not grow up together, didn't even MEET up to when one was 17 and the other 20, and the only tie they have is that as young vigilantes, they were mentored by the same guy.

I don't give a shit about your feelings on how "it looks like incest" because it's not. You can't assign random words to things and demand they're true. Jason and Tim have less personal ties than Dick and Wally for fucks sake - at least Dick and Wally lived under the same roof for a time and have been close since they were 12ish. So I'm sorry but idgaf about people whining that we need to tag "batcest" and such because they get triggered by idk what the fuck, because that is not incest, it can never be incest in any planet or any galaxy regardless of how you spin it, so go clutch your pearls somewhere else and fuck off. I'll tag things when the tag APPLIES.

Also, how come it's "batcest" when it's Tim and Jason, but it's totally fine when it's Tim and Stephanie? How come it's "batcest" when it's Jason and Dick, and all good when it's Dick and Barbara? Or when it's Barbara and Tim, or Dick and Helena Bertinelli?

When you only give a pass to the het couples it really starts sounding like the umpteenth fucking excuse for homophobia.

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It's 2020 can people please stop pitting transformative fandom and curatorial fandom against each other and recognize that both have their strengths and weaknesses and are important in different ways to different people

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I think that more fanfiction should be written with the aim to tackle the original meaning of hanahaki. Because when the concept of hanahaki disease was originally created, it was intended to be a metaphor for suppressing one’s feelings.

Your feelings are this beautiful garden of flora inside of your chest. When you express how you feel honestly, you allow for it to grow freely. But when you hide how you feel out of fear of rejection, and try to make it smaller and smaller, the flowers become cramped inside of you, until you choke on your own feelings. Every flower you cough up is something you’ve felt, but refused to say.

The whole “dying” thing is intended to be more symbolic especially. You’re killing off bits and pieces of yourself and how you feel, because you’re afraid to express yourself.

It’s not really supposed to be, “The one I love doesn’t love me back, and I’m dying from it.” Rather, it’s more along the lines of, “Repressing your emotions is bad for you, and it’s better and healthier to express them freely, even when it’s scary.”

Which is to say that, one, the cure for the disease should be telling the person that you are in love with how you feel. How the other person feels about the person afflicted should have nothing to do with it, as the trope is meant to be about feeling your emotions unapologetically.

And that, two, it’s not an inherently romantic trope. Obviously, it has romantic applications, but it can be written for any situation where a character is hiding how they truly feel. This can include a refusal to address a specific trauma, a desire to indulge in something that they’re ashamed of, and even really practical things, like wanting to ask one’s boss for a higher position.

Although (as an aromantic person myself) I don’t agree with this conclusion about the trope, this application would also avoid people calling it arophobic. When the thing killing the character is a refusal to be honest with themselves, rather than an unrequited love, it’s on nobody’s hands but their own to save their life.

There are a ton of ways that this interpretation of the hanahaki disease could be applied in new and interesting ways in fanfiction, and I’d love to read what things people could come up with!

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Ooooh. Holy shit, Slade just signed his misery warrant with the threat to his brother. He legit just went: what’s the worst possible way guaranteed to get Dick to cooperate.

Curious whether he means Damian because he’s Dick’s weakest spot, or Jason because Jason is easier access - especially if he’s having a thing with Rose here. Dick calculating which is more likely and going along with it while maybe Slade didn’t have any solid plans for either but just said the first thing to come to mind?

I’m always up for more tbh. And this sounds hilarious. 🤣 Super curious whether Dick gets back at Slade over it, or he ends up falling for him, or maybe both?

Okay, I’m always desperate for more Adeline. Is the 5+1 Sladick with Adeline or Dick/Adeline or all three of them? Actually I don’t think I’ve ever seen just Dick/Adeline and holy shit I think I need to see Slade dying inside watching them and realizing he’s doomed.

Ohhh that would be so good! Unfortunately it's just sladick because the ‘infro’ in "5+1 fake dating infro Adeline” is short for ‘in front of’ and it’s a crack idea that came up to me some time ago lmao

It’s a story where Adeline’s greatest joy in life is making fun of Slade and pointing out all his mistakes and what a loser he is. She’s just being the worst ex possible 😂 And at some point Slade just gets so done that when the next time Adeline tracks him down to make fun of how sad his life is now, Slade lies to her about being in a relationship. Naturally, Addie demands to know more and that’s when they see Dick. So of course Slade tells her he’s dating Dick and then proceeds to threaten/blackmail Dick into fake dating. He’s a loser in this fic and I love him lmao

It’s a little something rn and I’m not sure if I will continue writing it tbh. You can let me know what you think!

A snippet;

“I’m your boyfriend now.” He announced, putting his hand on the kid’s nape. “Play along.” Dick bristled, argument ready on his tongue as he tried to take a step back but before he managed even a word out, Slade leaned down to crash their lips together. He could feel Adeline’s gaze on his back like a physical weight and didn’t hesitate for a second before slipping his tongue between Dick’s lips. The kid grunted, hands twitching against the material of Slade’s shirt but didn’t try to push him off. Instead, he pressed himself closer and kissed back as if they were really together and haven’t seen each other for a long time. Well, Grayson always was a great actor. “What the fuck” Dick demanded breathlessly, wiping Slade’s saliva from his mouth when they finally pulled away from each other. His lips was curled into a fond smile, as if he was looking at someone he loved. “was that.” “The woman behind my back is my ex-wife.” He murmured against Dick’s jaw. Dick’s fake laughter brushed against his ear as the boy tangled his fingers into the hair at the back of Slade’s head. “You’re going to play my boyfriend whenever you see her.” Dick looked him in the eye. They were standing so close that Slade could feel his breath on his cheek. “Why would I?” He whispered, still smiling. Clearly meant as a threat. Slade cupped his jaw to place another kiss on his lips better. “So I don’t shoot your brother the next time I see him. Come on.”

Ask me about my wips!

#anawrites #DCU #Dick Grayson #Slade Wilson #Adeline Kane #Sladick?

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Justice League identity reveal where they don’t know who Batman is and one day a bunch of them walk in on him just casually eating yogurt in the cafeteria with his cowl off. A bunch of them recognize him, a couple don’t, and they’re all shocked.

Turns out Batman didn’t realize none of them knew who he was, since it had taken him all of ten minutes and three google searches to put everyone’s secret identities together and he just assumed they had all figured it out by this point. Or maybe he had meant to tell them and then just forgotten. Either way, he regularly interacts with half of them outside of hero stuff and hasn’t bothered with the whole separate persona thing with them in years. Shouldn’t they really have figured this out by now? So what if he forgot? This is clearly on them.

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Several Sentence Sunday ⭐️

Tagged by the lovely @theotherbuckley & @devirnis (who dropped a wonderful new FIC)

I know this isn't for everyone, but I personally am loving writing Buck/Eddie/Tommy and exploring them as a throuple, so I'm going to keep at it. Which is why I have a new instalment of Buck's Boyfriends to offer y'all. And there is another one already ready to post ;)

If this is your thing: Enjoy! If it isn't your thing: Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

The New Normal (1.7K)

While he had had a few drinks at the bar, Eddie hadn’t even been tipsy when Buck had blurted out those words: I think I’ve been dating both of you. That statement had settled in the middle of Eddie’s chest and burrowed into its new home, feeling so incredibly right in a way he’d never experienced before.

The morning after Threes Not A Crowd, Eddie thinks things over.

READ ON A03

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Urahara from “Bleach” manga & anime

Finally finished something *heavy breathing*

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Talk Shop Tuesday

Talk Shop Tuesday: the day of the week where you send fan creators (fic writers, fan artists, anyone that creates things for your fandom) questions about what they do! It can be fic-specific or general but either way: send them a question talking "shop" about the things they create! You never know what you might learn!

Rules:

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Bruce: *sees Gotham in chaos on his day off*

Bruce: Not my circus, not my monkeys. Not my circus, not my monkeys. Not my—

Bruce: *realizes it's his kids causing chaos*

Bruce: My circus my monkeys! My circus my monkeys!

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Did you know they used to get jesters to give bad news to kings maybe idk they said it in horrible histories and I thought it'd be fun to draw Tim in a jester outfit

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petrichor

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Sally Jackson Mamma Mia summer she hooks up with three seemingly normal guys and gets pregnant and has a baby and then smashcut 12 years later, there’s a world-ending prophecy and all three guys show up at her doorstep arguing over what do you mean you both broke the agreement too? Are you serious?

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Psst! Maybe doodle a Bruce and young Dick spotted by paparazzi!

Heartwarming! Bruce Wayne spotted walking with young ward Dick Grayson!