#FOR ALL ( ooc. )

[ocearnawrites]

a king’s summons (draft)

part 1 | part 2

edited version now on ao3

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John is only five minutes late to the Watchtower and yet, somehow, he still walks into complete and utter chaos.

"You agreed to let him do what!?" Zatanna yells from where she is facing off against a blank-faced Batman and increasingly concerned-looking Superman and Wonder Woman. "What were you thinking!?"

"Why do I get the feeling you're talking about me?" John asks, stopping in the doorway to light up another cigarette - despite Supe's disappointed look.

"John!" Zatanna shouts, rounding on him instead. "What the hell—"

"Why's she here?" John interrupts, focusing his attention on Batman. "If I'd known you were calling Z too, I wouldn't have bothered."

"I wanted a second opinion," Batman replies, no inflection in his voice. "It seemed wise."

John scoffs. "Y'mean because of my stellar reputation? Yeah, I guess that's fair. Still," he mutters, turning to a fuming Zatanna, "why are you so mad at me this time?"

Zatanna huffs, one hand on her hip and the other reaching forward to poke John in the chest. "Your plan, for whatever the JLA showed you, is to summon the Ghost King?"

"Yeah. So?"

"'So'!?" Zatanna hisses. "What kind of problem, short of the apocalypse itself, could warrant summoning that bastard!?"

John pauses, and takes a drag of his cigarette. "Glowy pools of weird green sludge that can bring people back to life? Seemed ghostly to me."

"That's not—" Zatanna cuts herself off, resorting to just glaring for a moment. "Even if it is ghostly, you could summon any ghost. Why the King? Are you trying to get us all killed!?"

"Why are you so against this?" John asks, frowning. "Do you have something against the Ghost King?"

Zatanna's mouth drops open, stunned for a moment before she can respond. "Why am I against this? Why am I against this!? Because you're talking about summoning Pariah Dark!!"

"Oh," John breathes. Then snorts, then breaks out into full-blown laughter. 

"John..." Zatanna drawls, warningly, arms crossed over her chest. Unfortunately, it just makes John laugh harder.

The JLA has been watching the back and forth with reactions ranging from concern (mostly the founders) to amusement (mostly Flash and Green Lantern). Superman finally steps forward though when John's laughter is finally starting to peter out, looking all earnest and helpful.

"I get the feeling that, perhaps, there was a... misunderstanding happening?"

"A misunderstandin' is one way to put it," John replies gleefully.

Zatanna's glare doubles. "What is there to misunderstand?" she asks.

"Well, less a misunderstandin' and more your info is out of date, love," John drawls back, pulling a phone out of his pocket and fiddling with the buttons. "See, Pariah isn't the king anymore."

"What." Zatanna's arms drop along with her glare, surprise and something like fear taking over her face. "But that would mean..."

"Yeah," John replies with a possibly-inappropriate amount of glee. "Someone finally beat the bastard in combat."

"Who?" Zatanna breathes, incredulous.

"The new king," he answers cheekily.

Zatanna huffs at the non-answer. "When?" she tries next.

John shrugs. "A couple years ago? It was fairly recently. I only found out a few months back - stumbled on the info by accident, really."

"And you didn't think to tell anyone?" Zatanna hisses, apparently offended.

John fixes her with a look. "He asked me not to."

"He—" Zatanna pauses, taking a second to realise the implications of that. "You've met the new Ghost King?"

"Yep," John replies, back to messing with his phone after receiving some kind of notification.

"Zatanna," Batman interjects, apparently tired of their squabbling. "Explain why you are concerned about this."

Zatanna sighs, casting a look around at the rest of the JLA who seem just as curious. "The old Ghost King," she starts, "was called Pariah Dark. He was an ruthless, ancient, powerful ghost who ruled the Infinite Realms - the home of all ghosts - with the help of his ghost army. He was... imprisoned, at some point, when the other ghosts tired of his tyranny and warmongering. But..." She pauses, unsure how to continue.

"It took several ghosts to take him down," John explains. "The first time, that is. That's why he was still considered the king - because no one ghost had managed to beat him in combat."

"Until recently, apparently," Zatanna adds with a frown. "But, the fact that there is a ghost strong enough to defeat Pariah Dark..."

"A powerful unknown," Batman says. "You're worried because we don't know anything about the new king."

Zatanna nods. However, John - pocketing his phone, finally - frowns. "He's a good kid, if you'll take my word for it. A bit young, but he's got a better head on his shoulders than half the bloody idiots we deal with day to day."

It takes a second for that to sink it. Then:

"Kid!?" comes the question from several members of the Justice League.

"He goes by Phantom," John replies with a shrug and a wave at the big meeting room screen. "Look him up, if you're curious."

Batman practically teleports to a keyboard, and within seconds photos and videos and news articles appear on the screen. 

Swearing comes from the direction of Flash and friends as they watch a video of Phantom get thrown into a tree, the trunk splintering and the tree falling a second later from the impact. 

Superman fixates on a video of Phantom shooting lasers of some kind at another ghost, both twisting and twining around each other in the air, hundreds of metres above solid ground.

Wonder Woman seems to be analysing the young ghost's fighting style, her eyes flitting between each new video that pops up of his battles.

And Batman simply appears to be trying to find as much information as quickly as possible.

Zatanna takes one look at the photos and rounds on Constantine with a hissed, "John, that is a child—"

Which is, of course, the exact moment John feels a chill at his back, right as a young, sarcastic voice replies, "A dead child, thank you very much."

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part 1 | part 2

#danny phantom #dcu #dp x dc #john constantine #zatanna #jla #I may continue this later Idk #been stuck in my head all week #I have never written Constantine or Zatanna before #and honestly barely know them #so hopefully its not too ooc #also yes john was texting danny to come visit #why risk crazy magic summoning rituals when you can just text #yay modern technology #reading that last line again I feel slightly bad for writing it #meant to go into danny being weird and all but its 2am #maybe I'll edit it later #words on pages

[seven-tastic]

lukerosa but they share one braincell

#i went throught 5 stages of grief making this #i thought itd look better if i ignored its existence and went to take a 4 hour nap #but i guess it didnt work #anyways im a failure as an artist and theres nothing i can do about it #anyways peak clownery from me im so sorry this is so ooc #luke pearce #lukerosa #tears of themis #i have made like 428942 lukerosa doodles and i keep jumping between all of them #my brain decided just to finish this one and pretend the others dont exist #i just want to throw the tablet across my room when i see my art #my anxiety went 📈 #when posting this on twitter #twitter terrifies me to the highest level i blame my experience on genshintwt

[faetui]

Ok sooo glasses harbinger dude's name is pantalone. Pls tell me im not the only one who thjnks that he gives me so much soft dom vibes smiling while he stuff u with his fingers and wipes ur tears away with the other hand. Ok bye. It's my period talking.

YES YES YES PANTALONE!!!!!!!! he gives me such soft yet simultaneously mean vibes :( his voice alone has that type of gentle condescension that makes me turn to putty :((( i just :( i think he would treat u a little mean, and then spoil u silly to make up for it :( like ! like !!!

cw implied dom/sub dynamics, master kink, dacryphilia

18+ only. contains nsfw content. 

"i was a little mean today, wasn't i?" he runs a gentle thumb over your tear-stained cheeks. "shh, shh, shh, it's okay, you're okay..."

you sniffle, looking up at him with pleading eyes. "master..."

his voice drips with cloying pity as he coos at you, pressing fluttering little kisses over your face. being fawned over is nice, sure, but it's not what you want— it's not what you need.

"master," you whine, and your lips wobble into a pout— the cute kind, the one that makes you look pathetic and pretty, just how he likes you. "please."

for all of his manipulations and machinations and cunning, he never fails to melt in the face of your most earnest pleas. this time is no exception, and something flutters in your heart as he visibly softens.

"oh, baby. you never have to beg with me. i'll take care of you, i promise."

#pantalone smut #arloves u! #I'M SO DOWN BAD FOR HIMMM SHDFAKJDSH #this may be horribly ooc when he comes out. but. #BUT FOR NOW WE CAN DREAMMM #I'M SO HFAKJSDFH I'M SO DOWN BAD #i'll make personalities for all of them i swear it #head in the clouds! #+pantalone

[justrandomstuf]

Andrew: If I killed someone would you call the cops on me?

Neil: No, but I’d use it against you all the time. I’d be like “are you gonna feed the cats or do I have to make a phone call?“

#andreil #andrew minyard #neil josten #slightly ooc #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #tfc

[redskiesandsailboats]

Daydreaming

#about what you ask? #genuinely who can know? #certainly not me #anyways I really just wanted an excuse to draw Neil with sleeve tattoos #bc I see it a lot for Andrew #but I never see it for Neil #and it might be ooc #but I simply #do not care #enjoy :) #aftg #the foxhole court #all for the game #art #aftg fanart #fanart #digital art #neil josten #doodles #post cannon Neil #tattoo artist au? #maybe #he’s just got a funky lil imagination thats all

[r0ttingrabbit]

Y/N: Who the fuck added me to a fucking group chat?

Jeff: >:0 language

Nina: Yeah watch your fucking language

Toby: OKAY WHO TAUGHT NINA THE FUCK WORD?

Tim: “The fuck word”.

Brian: Are you stupid? You guys use the f word all the time

Nina: Oh my god he censored it

Tim: Say fuck, Brian.

Nina: Do it, Brian. Say fuck.

#im gonna do a couple slenderverse/creepypasta ones! srry to anyone who followed for dc content #this quote is for an “au” where they’re all proxies #and i may or may not have tweaked personalities and backstories #so this might feel ooc lollll #creepypasta x reader #creepypasta #jeffrey woods #jeff the killer #jeffrey woods x reader #jeff the killer x reader #nina the killer x reader #nina hopkins x reader #nina hopkins #nina the killer #tim wright x reader #creepypasta masky #creepypasta hoodie #brian thomas x reader #ticci toby #toby rogers #creepypasta incorrect quotes #creepypasta y/n incorrect quotes

[bluesylveon2]

Lilia dropping a trail of whatever MC likes on the ground

Lilia: Oh no. I hope a human with no magic and lives with a cat monster does not follow me to the dorms…

Sebek, in the back, picking everything up

Lilia: Sebek, I am trying to find Malleus a wife here!

#twisted wonderland #twst #twst lilia #twst sebek #twst malleus #twst mc #lilia vanrouge #sebek zigvolt #malleus draconia #lilia is probably ooc #all I know is that he was malleus’ caretaker #I can see him doing this tho #the man wants a grandchild lol #disney twisted wonderland #twst incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #malleus x mc #malleus x y/n #malleus x yuu #malleus x reader

[s2pdoktopus]

In a world where they are slightly better at emotions and talking.

And the entire plot never happened.

#jiang cheng #mo dao zu shi #wei wuxian #I'm too lazy to check what they really said. #ooc? probably. i don't care though. #for all that I worked hard to get away from MDZS. here I am again...

[marilxrants]

gotta love how lawlight fics vary from Light and L being the most abhorrent people on the planet indulging in the filthiest, most toxic and angsty dynamics to them just baking brownies and cakes on christmas. It's absolutely hilarious.

#not that im complaining #but I'm all for the former bcs i usually cant stand ooc fluff #dont get me wrong i do love fluff with them but its sorta like... angsty fluff? #lawlight #death note #light yagami #l lawliet #lightxl #lxlight #lawlight fics #dn #text post

[greenapplebling]

Steph: Seriously though, who's the Bat's favorite?

Tim: Dick

Jason: Timmy, I literally heard him cry when he heard your voice for the first time after you were away for one week

Damian: Like you're one to talk! Father is always whining about you not contacting him regularly

Dick: B wanting to know if Jason is alive isn't new

Cass: Damian is spoiled rot

Duke: Well, at least I'm not traumatized by him

Everyone:

Jason: Bro, that was cold. Even for me

#is he though? #sorry if i don't have all the facts #idk much about duke :c #might be ooc #batfam incorrect quotes #source: my family :) #more incorrect quotes #dc #batman #bruce wayne #stephanie brown #spoiler #batgirl #tim drake #robin #red robin #jason todd #red hood #dick grayson #nightwing #cassandra cain #orphan #duke thomas #signal #batfam #batfamily #batdad

[jensen57]

daily aftg hc: andrew genuinely enjoys mapping neils muscles and scars out, no matter that he's had them memorized since the first time he saw them. neil isnt able to do the same for andrew so easily though. he can't keep the image of his back, shoulders, and wherever else andrew allows so readily in his mind. so, he starts counting. he knows there are 52 freckles and moles along andrews back, 20 on his left arm, 24 on his right. there's 2 on his left hand and one on his wrist. he remembers the numbers, and even though it may not be as clear as andrew's memory, he still finds his own way around it

#i got sucked into a fucking assignment #like woo murder but still #also i started it an hour later than i intended to cause i have no self control #so really things are going great #also id like to think years later neil gets bored so he starts giving them sound effects #thats more ooc but its fun goddammit #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #andrew minyard #neil josten #andreil #tfc hc #aftg hc #daily aftg hc

[sensitivehandsomeactionman]

Jensen Ackles | Good Morning America

#jensen ackles #jensenedit #The Boys #the boysedit #Good Morning America #nyc 2022 #that tongue thing #beautiful blueberry #how he looks right at the camera ☺ #i'm going thru all these interviews and he'd just so lovely and radiant #i might have oversharpened a bit tho - made his hair look less soft #danistuff #ooc

[andrewminyardd]

Love how that post about TFC being badly written has gone around with little additions of ‘yeah buuuut there is this’ so many times that people have cancelled out that it’s badly written….bc it ISN’T badly written. Y’all get on my damn nerves. I have READ badly written. Things with a billion badly covered plot holes and things with 3 page run on sentences and authors who care less about their characters than they do pushing an agenda.

Nora created a story that genuinely resonated with thousands of people, as evidenced by how quickly it blew up. I was here when there were just 6 fans and a dog, okay? And we GUSHED and we LOVED and we BEGGED people to read these books and love the characters we did. And then people did. And there were a LOT of good ones, of course. But just enough bad ones; people incapable of critical thinking. People who exist in some insane world where everything is black and white. And those people ruined everything.

Started shitting all over the books and the characters and then Nora. Until she left tumblr and the series behind her entirely. Until many of the OG fans, myself included, just got sick of the negativity and abandoned the fandom.

TFC is and likely always will be my favorite series of all time. It speaks to me on such a personal level that I can’t help but see the good in it. It doesn’t mean that I am blind to the bad. I AM capable of critical thinking and fair criticism of all the media I consume. What I don’t understand is the people who claim to be ‘fans’ but decide that the author is shit and the writing is shit and half the characters are shit, etc etc.

That is not fan behavior. That is insanity. If you don’t like that many aspects of something then just say you don’t like it and go find something that you DO like and stop trying to tear to shreds something that is genuinely meaningful to a lot of people.

#long fucking rant but ive been holding this in for years #im so tired #i miss nora #i used to have lovely chats with her about kevin and andrew #and now she doesnt even want to talk about tfc #i miss when the ppl who ACTUALLY loved the flawed characters wanted to talk about them just as they are #not in some ooc way that made them feel better about ‘liking’ a ‘problematic’ character #i am very tempted to get rid of all traces of tfc on my dash tbh #imso tired #the foxhole court #all for the game #tfc #aftg

[the-dangerous-mute-lunatic]

14 Years of Portal

#portal #portal 2 #chell #pineflowerart #my art #cant believe #it's been 14 whole years since portal came out #means so much tol me #still one of my all time favorite games #also used this as a warmup cause GUESS WHO'S FINALLYGETTING THROUGH THEIR COMMISSIONS #IT'SME #ooc

[bulkhummus]

whats better than one perfect scientist?

two perfect scientists!

#this is my favorite cecil outfit ive ever drawn #and hes having the time of his life #believe me #IM having the time of my life #this is incredibly ooc for carlos i think but fuck if its fun #ill make a serious comic abt carlos dealing with his double eventually but for now im just gonna have fun lol #hope u all enjoy #wtnv #welcome to night vale #cecilos #cecil palmer #carlos the scientist #squared lol #art tag

[poikas]

something catches andrews eye during a road trip

#maybe this is ooc but at least hes happy #aftg #the foxhole court #andreil #andrew minyard #neil josten #tfc #all for the game #art

[buggachat]

Hi! So in connection to your last ask, the would emily’s ring be felix’s amok?

It's not totally clear, but here's my personal theory for all the details:

• Emilie's ring was Adrien's amok, and Gabriel's ring was Felix's amok. AKA, Adrien throughout season 1, season 2, and most of season 3 was not actually being "controlled" by his father, at least not in a magical way. His obedience was purely a result of his upbringing/abuse at that point (This explains why Adrien was able to disobey Gabriel in origins by sneaking off to public school... and also, perhaps, why Adrien seemingly had a big rebellious streak so soon after his mother's passing.)

•Then season 3 episode Felix happened. Felix came, knowing he was a sentimonster (I assume his late father told him on his death bed, but I really have no idea), and snatched the ring off of Gabriel's finger. (This explains why Gabriel didn't simply command Felix to give the ring back in Gabriel Agreste. Gabriel was not in possession of Felix's amok at that point, meaning the one Felix took was his own.)

•Because his ring was stolen, Gabriel then put on Emilie's ring. Thus, after Felix, Gabriel was wearing Adrien's ring.

•Then Megaleech happened, where Adrien publicly protested a Gabriel product. After that, Gabriel realizes that Adrien was growing too disobedient, and decided to start utilizing his amok against him. (queue ephemeral and risk scenes where gabriel almost begins to rely on using his amok against him)

#ml spoilers #risk spoilers #though it's just a small mention but still #sentimonster adrien theory #the only thing this doesn't explain is that honestly the episode Felix seems to foreshadow that the ring he stole was Adrien's #but I think a few foreboding shots in Felix aren't as strong evidence as all the Facts and Things That Happened showing the contrary #I mean felix asking adrien ''do you always do everything your father tells you to?'' and adrien dodging the question #like felix was trying to scope out whose ring gabriel was wearing #and then the ending shot where the MOMENT felix takes the ring off gabriel's finger adrien then immediately disobeys gabriel #by running after felix #and this shocks gabriel #but again none of that is ooc or impossible to happen it all just seemed weirdly foreboding but now it seems confirmed it was felix's ring #so whatever