#duke: She’s cool

[thisiswhereikeepdcthings]

Bruce thinking he finally has a child that won’t immediately desert him for a Super only to have Duke head straight for Lois Lane and there’s just no winning

#I just want to see Duke and Lois to interact and Bruce to be sitting there like what on earth just happened #duke: She’s cool #he gives no further information #very random au hcs #duke thomas #bruce wayne #lois lane #batkids

[presiding]

high chaos/low chaos/join the chaos in my dishonored 2 rewrite

#dishonored #dishonored 2 #emily kaldwin #billie lurk #dishonored 2 spoilers #dishonored spoilers #dishonored fanfic #the monster in the hull #yeah yeah yeah the duke was responsible for this but also like. why did emily let someone that incompetent run the show so long #re: the stunt double solution. when i frame it like this it makes emily seem careless #she was and that's the point! but also to me it's #exhibit A for: 'we had a cool game mechanic idea so we forced the story to fit around it' #it is extremely cool to have a body double involved in an assassination (bet they considered twins at some point) #but her solution defs doesnt make emily look good. which again. its a AAA game they dont expect ppl to think bout it #the pain of being a Narrative Enjoyer in a Videogames Need Gimmicks world #so i addressed this even if just a little in the fic. didn't want to derail majorly it's slowburn enough already. #stop! stop! it's already slow burn!! etc etc. haaaaa #yeah it's 100k at this point. added some scenes probably splitting final chapter into 2 #because like arkane i too cannot resist a gimmick *sighs and fist bumps a corporate entity* #pres writes essays in tags

[coconut530]

💍PUT A RING ON IT💍

#Nevermore #Nevermore Webtoon #Webtoon #Well well well what an ep #Annabel immediately becoming Ada’s beacon of power #Being a ✨lady✨ #Ada girl he’s not gonna be ur priority anymore m’kay m’kay #“Tea makes everything better!” Anna your British is showing 😂 #Yeah you totally betrayed her #YES LENORE ADOPT HERRRRR #FULL MISFIT SQUAD ASSEMBLEDDDDDDDDD #“…after everything?” MORELLA HONEY YOU NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG #That face when she says “How sweet” what emotion is that #“I don’t care what you think” oooh you got to herrrrrr #Real friends are cool Annabel seeeeeeeeeee #Wow watching Ada & Prospero sour is crazy now Prospero will get his wish #PREDENTOUS OMG #HOOKYYYYYYYYYYY oop Annabel what’s— PLUTO DUKE IN THE SAME ROOM LET’S GOOOOOOOO PLUKE CAN HAPPEN #AND NOW ALL THE MISFITS HAVE A ROOM TOGETHER #ALTHOUGH Prospero sorry 😬 you get Montyyyy hahahhhhhh… #THE PENDULUM AND THE RING? ANNA YOU’RE PROPOSING #ALSO WHAT WERE YOU FIGURING OUT WHATTTTTTT #HOPEFULLY 90 WILL EXPLAINNNNNNNNN AHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHHHHHHHH

[cloudydayjoy]

Duke Dominion here to make life worse for everyone and capture some sick footage for her metal music videos while she wrecks planets

Her helmet has a camera lens.

#wander over yonder #woy #woy oc #okay I say oc but it's probably obvious that she's a redesign #they limited Dom's design by making sure she's a green skinned alien babe #let's go back to what they did with syl with letting the girl be the least humanoid for once #anyways made her more thematically coherent while still having aspects of all the main 4 #lets focus on that cool candlewax like thing they did #btw renamed her so she's not apeing on Hater #(there were a LOT of theories about one of them copying the other- even her in the suit being his dad) #(which is also why hater-like aspects of her design are far more subtle with this) #bonus: she gets to flaunt her higher nobility rank #anyways let's lean into her dissonant silliness #just a silly little salamander guy :) #she calls hater and peepers tryhards because they're soooo serious about murdering people #Oh yeah she still has a huge power suit but idk what it looks like #duke Dominion

[breadandblankets]

While the Thomas's are still in their at home recovery phase, Elaine takes to keeping the news on so she can keep an eye on Duke while he is on Signal duty.

She doesn't like it of course, she winces at bad hits, remembering her own training as a young woman. But she fears not knowing what happens to her son more than she fears a little worry. He's strong, she knows that, and she trusts him.

She's glad for this one day.

For Duke it had been a long week, a long life if he was being honest. The "what ifs" had kept him up most nights and made whatever sleep he had gotten functionally useless. Not to mention how he helped out Tim with something around 11 and that nearly every fucking meta in Gotham had it out for him today.

A dozen fights in and someone finally knocks him in a way that Duke is wondering how he's going to get up from this one.

His powers are screaming, his body is screaming, hell, he might be screaming. Around the ringing in his ears it doesn't really make much of a difference.

Someone (or something) is coming at him and Fast, Izzy in his ear is telling him Hood's position, she already called for aid ten minutes ago (he loves her so much, has he mentioned that recently?).

A shadowy figure steps in front of him.

At first he thinks it might be Bruce, but then Izzy would have warned him, and Bruce had never looked so oily and smoky before. Duke concludes that maybe this is someone else coming to finish him off.

Great, wonderful, he thinks as his muscles tense to shadow step.

Duke is soon proven delightfully wrong.

The big guy who was, not a second ago, rushing him to squish his tender flesh, is struggling, making nearly animalistic sounds as the oil slick clouds from the shadow guy in front of him shoot out to grab the big guy.

There's a poof, not unlike his own shadow stepping, and then the big guy is fucking gone.

Shadow guy turns to look at him, big glowing purple eyes shine at him through the darkness. Duke is struck dumb for a moment.

"Mom?" he whispers.

The Red Hood steps onto the scene just in time. He wasn't far, less than half a mile away, putting the finishing touches on his taxes for the year. (He may be running a criminal enterprise but let it be know that he does pay his fucking taxes, Tim.)

He rushes over, training a .44 on the remaining non-bat on the field. The smog creature turns to look at him, and pointedly at the gun. Somehow he feels more chastised in a way that nothing B could do or say could ever achieve.

And then it's gone.

Jason jogs over, offering a hand to his (co-worker? co-sufferer of B's shit? 'lil bat bro' [Jason rolls his eyes at internal Dick]) Duke.

Duke grabs it, weakly (ohhhh someone's gonna get Bennchhedddd).

"What the fuck man," Jason can't help but say. "Does the hat-man owe you money?"

Duke laughs, and he looks more alive than he did a second before. (Jason is going to get a good grade in mentor, something both normal to want and possible to achieve.)

They both hear Izzy's audible relief on the line.

"Yeah he fucking does," Duke jokes back.

#duke thomas #jason todd #elaine thomas #someone caught the exchange on camera #'the hat man owes the signal money' becomes a meme in gotham #also the running meme of the hat man running from a floating signal are common #not pictured here: elaine thomas's full panic attack in her husbands arms #she knows that the immortal men may now be after her and ohhh boy is that something #anyway bamf elaine thomas or die by my sword #elaine thomas has umbrakinesis agenda #tim drake #bruce wayne #just cause they got a mention ig #izzy ortiz #this got messy as fuck but i need yall to know that i had the image of shadow wreathed elaine in the shower and rushed to write this #shes soooo cool 2 me #bread talk

[unfriendlyamazon]

headcanons of things the yugiohs can't do

listen they're all perfect little angels but everybody's bad at something

yugi: can't school

anzu: can't sew

tristan: can't sing

joey: can't dance

seto: can't draw

duke: can't smoke

serenity: can't cook

mai: disaster lesbian who's only skill is conning people

#yugioh #tell me your headcanons about what characters are bad at #tristan actually i think struggles reading/writing not in like a dumb way but it takes extra focus #yugi can't think about anything that isn't his hyperfocus #not that smoking's much of a talent but i love writing duke trying one of joey's cigarettes to be cool and then hacking up a lung #also can sing but only like death metal #mai can't do a lot of things she's a disaster lesbian #mai bringing like microwave curry and soda to duelist kingdom is still the funniest thing in the world to me #like keeping an extra pair of underwear in your bag when you travel i feel like she always has some kind of snack on her #adopts four kids by accident and is like what do they like peanut butter???? #headcanons

[eschercaine]

SPOILER ALERT: Nevermore Academy students in their Spectre forms (2/?)

#nevermore #nevermore webtoon #pluto #morella #prospero #annabel lee #holy molly!!! 😮 #pluto is a cat #prospero may be a jerk but his spectre form looks cool and intimidating #who would've thought that annabel's spectre form is malevolent type? 👀 #lenore's spectre form when???? #where is duke?? #i hope he's okay #i find it ironic that berenice is malevolent yet she helps lenore #while morella is benevolent yet she's helping prospero kill people

[jasontoddssuper]

Jason Todd is the only Batkid Percy Jackson would ever hate not in spite of but BECAUSE of all they have in common and be instant besties with literally all the other ones and that is THE FUNNIEST FUCKING SHIT

#her and stephanie brown would ofc bond over growing up as 'troublemakers' and seen as never good enough and similar coping mechanisms #(and being pastel punk trans girls <3) #her and duke thomas exchange expulsion stories and just vibe at batburger together #cassandra cain reminds her of thalia grace so she automatically thought she was cool asf and cass holds a respect back for how she is #tim drake and her are skater4skater friendship excellence and she feeds him blue food #she takes one look at damian wayne and goes 'new baby brother aquired'(other one being nico di angelo)and he admires her tons and shows it #and dick grayson was always her favorite robin ever since she got to their dimension and learned about superheroes and he loves her spunk #jason todd though?it was hate at first talk on both sides and it takes a significant amount of time for their feelings to change #(dw though it was an epic enemies/reluctant allies to friends to best friends story) #sorry for infodumping the tags btw my interests in both of these are very special <3 #percy jackson #persephone jackson #jason todd #they're both black/latino + autistic/mdd + he's adhd like her and a trans man #pjo #hoo #batfam #the batkids #ditf #lost days #utrh #the anomalies #hydro #part kryptonian percy #robin #red hood #star sapphire jason #letters from summer

[dukethomas]

another day another sighting of renee only ever being mentioned in relation to kate as a love interest biting and killing . they're exes THEY'RE EXES. they're messy exes whose relationship was never healthy because during it they are both trying to repress things so hard and using that relationship as a coping mechanism. there was a real love and real attraction there and i find it very entertaining when they have mutual jealousy of each other's new gfs but y'all keep using renee as the kate ex gf's name you recognize & it's so transparent. most of batfandom doesn't even care about kate beyond knowing she's a lesbian and renee gets reduced further like i'm putting their past relationship on a shelf until ppl can be normal and recognize renee as her own independent character who doesn't need kate to exist. renee's arc INTRODUCED kate, not the other way around. renee's arc is abt identity not being static but instead ever-changing and directing your focus not on guilt and wallowing but accepting the things you've done as part of you and directing yourself towards the future. the real question behind it all being not "who am i" but "who am i going to be?" like katerenee doesn't work after they've both undergone character growth. before a few years ago (batwoman 2018 iirc) katerenee was never even a relationship that was ever currently happening, it was always a past relationship. they were always exes

#crys speaks #the thing abt checking the duke tag everyday is that i get peeks into what is happening in wider batfandom and it's always bad #like i said kate is also reduced to cool lesbian aunt bc batfandom is allergic to complex women but at least she has. something #when renee gets mentioned in batfandom she gets nothing. she's kate's arm candy

[starlooove]

Duke should have a chain with a lil bat on it and that’s all I can really say about fashion

#he got it from luke who made it for Jace #to me luke is like a handy sim #there’s no specific thing he’s centered on he can tinker with anything tbh #he does NOT thing jason should wear a red durag instead of that nasty ass hood so Duke can never give him a 10 #tiff demanded her own with her own customized r for Robin #she could’ve got one at those lil mall kiosks however she can use her custom made one as a birdarang. yes she needs new ones every night #it’s just too cool #if ur black u already know she’s got her own initial necklace in civilian life #uhm anyways #Duke is mad bc he got to Jace too light 💔 #a few years ago Jace as Batman would’ve been extremely irresponsible and let Duke do whatever the hell he wanted #however after the accident he’s super strict now sad #Duke can’t even cuss around him before he’s yapping about proper communication in uniform #Duke asks tiff how she deals with it and tiff says it’s either this or working with those yt ppl again in Gotham and she’s good 👍🏾 #if the batgirls are there she’ll pull up but she’s NAWT dealing with Bruce and em #the relationship between tiff and Damian I made up in my head 💔 #‘I hate that bitch’ 5 min later ‘me and the bestieeee’ #unrelated well slightly but thinking about luke lately and gritting my teeth at the tim parallels #maybe I’ll talk about it next month but I’ve been too nice to tim this year im sick

[i-currently-have-purple-have-sir]

I stand by the fact that Jason Todd is incredibly with small children, but can’t stand teenagers. He understands that they are kids and it’s not their fault they are awful, but he just can’t stand them. Dick Grayson, on the other hand, is amazing with older kids and teens but if u hand him a toddler he’ll have a small breakdown. He doesn’t get them, and he does things like allow them to watch horror movies at the age of 2 cus he forgets how little they are.

#batman #dick grayson #jason todd #Tim drake is a teenager who hates teenagers #and is far too awkward to interact which children #Steph is a cool aunt figure to everyone #kids love Babs even tho she’s very strict with them #people who know her threaten their kids with ‘calling aunt Babs’ #younger kids love Damian #he hates it #he’s very good at looking after them #he hates that too #dukes also very good with younger kids #when he’s older he’ll be good with teenagers too #dad waiting to happen really

[littleraeofsunshineda]

I know it's seriously old and if made now would take its gender queer energy so much higher but

She's the Man was a fucking great film

#I want an entire fic dedicated to duke's bi crisis #and the subsequent games they play with viola in drag #brought to you by the foundation for seeing channing tatum get pegged #she's the man #the only fandom I've ever found where it's exclusively femslash #which is cool but I have a different itch rn #duke x m!viola #fic request #She's the Man fic

[presiding]

you'll never guess which level we're up to in this dishonored 2 rewrite

#if i haven't stuffed up my timezones this post should land on thanksgiving so here's somethin' to read to go with your food coma #dishonored #dishonored shitposting #emily kaldwin #billie lurk #dishonored fic #interesting the way the resurrection was handled - rock up to aramis stilton's powerpoint presentation basically #does anyone else think it would have been cool if you had to do the duke's palace first. #grab delilah's mortality and give it back in the past. like while she's vulnerable #kind of makes sense too from an emily character perspective #because she shows SO much character growth in stilton's manor #and then goes to the duke's palace next and IMMEDIATELY says the dumbest shit she says all game re: her entitlement and obliviousness #stilton's manor: wow ive learned so much i finally get it now! #nek minnet. emily misunderstands class warfare so bad she thinks she needs to sharpen her dads folding blade. emily. no #and if you think about it the duke's palace would have made a lot of sense for an earlier level just from emily's perspective. #hes very clearly her enemy compared to meagan's vague idea of where sokolov might be. a darker timeline perhaps #lovely Off_Topic mentioned hating time travel as a plot device and i have to agree. here's my take on that level anyway #also big thank you to RoseEll (<3) for saying it parallels the limitations of the game's mechanics interestingly ♥ #using this meme template was like. 'oh hey lingering hatred for jeremy clarkson i forgot i had you' #making the badly photoshopped heads too big. my beloved. #ah crap rambling again

[coconut530]

TURNING TIDES

#Nevermore #Nevermore Webtoon #Webtoon #Goodness I loved Duke's like retorts against Ada #So suave and epic #And then Ada screaming at him all the time #Are you really in love Ada it's been like a day I mean I get love can happen fast but likeeeeeee #Duke looking out for her thoooooo #It is true she seeks power that's crazy #Ada you chose very wrong girl #HYPNOSISSSSSSSSSSSS #I LOVE THE CIRCLES THEY LOOK SO VERY COOL #Yes he'll fall to pieces he's dumb #Then prove it *snap* BRUH #I THOUGHT LIKE THIS WOULD BE ADA FEARSCAPING DUKE PLUTO LENORE BUT NOT MONTY #WHAT IS THIS PLACE #IS HE BEING EXORCISED #THE FRICKIN CIRCLE ON THE FLOOR WITH 'BELIAL' WRITTEN AROUND IT LIKE WHAT THE FUUUU #WHAT DOES IT MEAN #THE SYMBOLS FROM HIS SPECTRE ON THE CIRCLE TOO LIKE WHAT #RELIGIOUS TRAUMA MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM cool #dang what's it gonna be buddy

[breadandblankets]

I love love love when people draw/write duke as having gold eyes and I would like to say: Elaine's eyes are black, like the reaches of space they seem to pull light into their orbit

when she uses her powers a lot her irises will start to eat into her sclara, like not even the whites of her eyes are safe from her gravitational pull

#batfam #bread talk #elaine thomas #duke thomas #duke i may be in love with ur mom sorry #shes so cool and dc is giving me nothing!!! #tell me her powers at Least #elaine has umbrakinesis agenda

[starsandthorn]

okay penacony has been very fun so far but the only thing to actually make me say Oh Shit out loud was acheron saying yae sakura's line. anyway

#personal stuff #seraph plays star rail #watching firefly straight up die in front of me and going haha but this is just a dream. right. right. #they wouldn't kill off a character with a playable design before making money off of them. right. Right. #anyway acheron. my wife. she stabbed me and then cried blood about it i trust her with my life. #she saved me from an ominous twink by forgetting where her room was. i love her #but yea ''no compassion for the enemy for that is cruelty upon yourself. but you must see clearly who the enemy truly is'' #is the same as yae sakura's ''whoever shows mercy to an enemy denies it to themselves. but you must know who your true enemy is'' #like HMMM. #so interested to find out more about her i LOVE how ominous she is about possibly knowing us before #SHE'S AN EMANATOR??? wait her being a finality emanator would be so fucking cool. explains her having ''met us'' before #since finality goes backwards through time. #ROBIN????????? #FUCK. #SHAKING HYV STOP KILLING OFF THE ONLY CHARACTERS I WAS INTERESTED IN. #man. #penacony is NOT shaping up to be what i expected #in a good way mostly but also like............... #so many deaths in the first act????????? #two of the characters i really was interested in. and then duke ifrit just. off screen??? #i find it hard to believe that the trailer they dropped with the everflame mansion character designs was just like. a red herring #AND SPEAKING OF IFRIT. still don't know what's going on w him and ratio tbh. but him just Leaving at the beginning was so fucking funny #anyway. i'm not opposed to penacony being a more serious turn but like. it feels so weird like okay we are jumping RIGHT into it #it's hard to really wrap my head around some of it because like. they specifically said you don't die in real life if you die in the dream? #like you just wake up. #and we still don't know who or what supposedly killed robin #so. hmmm #idk. i am looking forward to future installments but i'm wary on principle of me not always liking star rail's story #but so far they have been treating the tragedy with appropriate weight. which was a gripe i had before #and i like that we've mostly been on our own on this one and experiencing things ourselves