#What on earth is fucking happening right now

[beomiracles]

toxic kai would give you the slient treatment

toxic tae and yeonjun would be crazy possessive

toxic beomgyu and soobin would be fucking gaslighters

omg shut up rnnnn ksjkfsjfjojf, there will be fics, trust. for now I'll leave these thoughts :3

warnings - toxic!txt, mentions of self harm, dumbification, gaslighting, cheating, manipulation, guilt tripping gn!reader

toxic yeonjun who would make sure to turn your friends around on you, spreading rumours and making up lies to shine a bad light over you. comforting you when you turn to him because he's the only one yet on your side. soothing your tears with gentle kisses as he reassures you that he will always stay by your side. you sob in his arms as you wonder what you ever did to deserve someone as kind as him.

toxic soobin who acts clueless as you confront him about his behaviour. he tells you that it's "all in your head" and that you're probably "imagining things". who makes you think that you're creating problems where there aren't any to be found. you ask him about the pictures of the girls on his phone and he acts oblivious, showing you his now clear photo gallery and calling you a "crazy fucking bitch." he was probably right, you were probably just being dramatic.

toxic beomgyu who guilt trips you into staying with him. who always turns situations around to victimise himself, to appear weak in your eyes; when in reality he's been pulling the strings all along. toxic beomgyu will tell you that he has no one else, that you are his only hope and will to keep walking this earth. and as you find him on the bathroom floor with bloody wrists ─ you cannot will yourself to ever leave him.

toxic taehyun who belittles you, taking his time to explain even the simplest of things as if you were a child. toxic taehyun who makes you feel dumb, and without him you wouldn't last a day. you trusted him; you trusted him when he whispered something about one of your friends, pointing a finger in their direction. you trusted him when he told you that they were bad for you, you did as he told you to. soon all that was left was him, and he was all you needed.

toxic hueningkai who brushed past you without sparing you as much as a glance. who remained unblinking as you pleaded for him to even breathe in your direction. he was the one who had lied to you, yet you found yourself begging for him to speak to you once more. toxic kai who's silence makes you start doubting yourself. toxic kai who without as much as a word will disappear from your life before re entering it as if nothing happened, and you let him.

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[nuncscioquidsitamor-13]

not really an expert in love

⋆˙⟡♡ (summary): honestly don't remember what this was about

⋆˙⟡♡ (warnings): Uhh kissing i think

⋆˙⟡♡ (notes): a fic i wrote on my old acc @/amorvincitomnia-14. That account got deleted and i thought i lost these fics but yipeee i found them on google docs :D

You are an idiot. Completely and entirely so. It's been about two weeks since the kiss and you have been avoiding Leo since. For a child of Aphrodite, you really are dense. 

It's not like you can avoid him fully; being on Argo II means there's not many places to hide. And plus you're supposed to be best friends with Leo, nobody else knows why you are suddenly running away whenever he appears. It's a shitty thing to do, you know that. But what else can you do? Are you ready for love? Was that kiss a mistake? 

So of course Annabeth tells you Leo needs help in the engine room, in a sort of way you can't say no. So here you are, standing awkwardly while you hand Leo various tools. You feel sick to your stomach, absolutely filled with nerves. How can you possibly begin to explain why you ran out on Leo?

After moments of silence, Leo speaks, “I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable with the kiss. I must have misread some signals or something” 

And your heart practically shatters. Of course he blames himself. How can you be so stupid as to hurt him? But your mouth is dry and there are no words coming out. You weren't uncomfortable with the kiss, just say that! 

“No, it's fine.” You manage to say, internally slapping yourself. A child of Aphrodite and major flirt. Yet here you are, awkward as can be. Why can't you explain your feelings? Leo deserves better. 

“Seriously though, can we talk? I don't want you to be upset with me.” Leo said, leaning back to look at you. He was dirty with oil staining his clothes, his eyes void of his usual impish gleam. You wanted to throw up. 

“What's there to talk about?” You replied, far harsher than you meant to. Leo winces, and looks away. 

“You've been avoiding me. I figure it's because of the kiss. But I don't want to lose our friendship because I misread something.” Leo replied, the sincerity in his tone making you want to cry. Why are you such an idiot?

And then you had to keep going, talking straight out of your ass. “I mean it was a mistake anyway. We can just forget it ever happened.” 

Leo looked shocked and then hurt. Like a dog tucking their tail in with defeat. You wanted to apologize and say anything to make him feel better again. But words fail. 

“Oh, if that's what you want.” Leo replied, any excitement in his eyes dying right before you. You froze, half wanting to run away and half needing to apologize. You unfortunately do the former. 

A couple days later and the rest of Argo II has had enough. Piper had taken it into her own hands. 

“Hey, can you get something in the storage room please?” Piper asked you, prompting you to agree pretty quickly. You can be nice, especially when it comes to your sister. 

You quickly realize your mistake when two things happen:

Leo is also in the storage room looking as confused as you

The door is now locked

Piper locked the door. Of course she did. You tried your best to stay calm and not act a total fool. Maybe you'll finally have your chance to apologize to Leo. Even if he looks very uncomfortable to you.

You were trying to say “I'm fucking sorry” or “Are you okay?” But unfortunately it came out as, “Are you fucking sorry?” 

You winced the same time as Leo before you quickly attempt to remedy it, “Sorry, I mean to say I'm so fucking sorry. Gods, I am so sorry.” 

You groan loudly, covering your blushing face with your hands. You wish the Earth could open up and simply swallow you whole. It would be a hell of a lot easier than dealing with the aftermath of the walking disaster that is you. 

The weirdest part is the fact you normally are extremely flirtatious. But that's when it comes to Leo Valdez, you are a complete, flustering, bumbling fool. 

You need to say this. You need to get it out and explain the utter way he consumes your heart. But right you can barely stand to look him in the eye without exploding with embarrassment.

“Alright, don't interrupt me.” You begin to say, eyes squeezed shut and voice shaky with nerves, “or say a word until I'm done. Because otherwise I'll just die of embarrassment. And I need to tell you this.”

When you don't hear anything you start speaking, parting your lips as the words flow. You describe the way his smile makes your heart flutter,the way his stupid, stupid jokes that always leave you breathless and grinning, the way his eyes light up when he talks about his newest inventions. You explain it all, you tell him the way your heart aches so heavily when avoiding him. How you've been an utter fool for so long, how you thanked the gods when he kissed you. 

You apologize for running away, like a coward. You explain that you were scared and embarrassed and too much of a wimp to confront him. You feel ridiculous for rambling this long but you keep going; you can't stop. Not until-

He says your name, in a way you've never heard before. It was low and softened around the edges, intimate and solely for you.

You hesitantly look up at him, your heart stalling when you see the look in his eyes. He looked at you like you are his entire universe, his entire reason for existing. That was enough to make anyone swoon, especially a child of Aphrodite like yourself. You don't even realize you had been crying until Leo's hand brushes against your cheek to wipe them away. 

“Can I kiss you?” He asks softly, his face inches away from your own. You nod slightly, lips parted instinctively. Your hands find their way to clutching the front of his camp shirt, his hands locked into your hair.

Finally Leo leans in, his lips pressing against your own. It's like everything you've dreamed and not at the same time. His lips are chapped and rough, but they tasted sweet. Your heart flutters in your body, rising and rising like a butterfly ready to fly. Your mouth opens, his warm tongue slipping through as he explores your mouth. It was like your first kiss but so much better, it was so perfect.

Leo pulls away, cheeks flushed and breath heavy. But he has an idiotic grin on his lips that likely matches yours.

“Are you still mad at me for ignoring you like an idiot?” You ask, unable to fight the smile on your face and the affection in your eyes. 

Leo pretends to take a moment to consider, his hands slipping to your hips as he pulls you closer. He gives you a smug smirk and whispers in your ear, “I'm still mad but if you give me more of those kisses, I might change my mind.” 

He didn't have to say it twice.

#heroes of olympus #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #pjo fandom #pjo hoo toa #pjo series #leo valdez x y/n #leo valdez #leo valdez x you #leo valdez x reader #leo vladez #pjo hoo #riordanverse

[brucewaynehater101]

Inspired by the Secret Robin AU by dragonpyre on Tumblr and the genderqueerness Tim has going on with the Jane Doe AU, I've got a Mahou Shoujo Jihen AU for ye! (mangaka, Zero Akabane)

Snippets are occasionally non-chronological/flashback and unreliable narration ahoy lmao

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Okay so the Graysons', unbeknownst to them, have bloodline of ★magic★

A magic newly-orphaned Grayson has to learn all on his own, for the ward hardly entrusts his legal guardian so new to his life

And he wants something all to himself, something nobody can take away or order him about

Waltz's World he calls it, warping the lines between boy and girl, barriers receding

Aka Grayson can don a Magical Girl form that essentially trans his gender while she's formed, at least at the start

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Obligatory "Anon is cis and playing with gender through Batkids like dolls, her highest apologies for any fuck ups" Disclaimer

And also tw for small moments of misgendering by characters who have yet to be informed on batkids genders & pronouns

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When Robin hits the streets, all Batman knows is that she is a child, one he brings under his mentorship and despite all his efforts, is impossible to find the civilian identity of

When she confesses to how new her magic is to her, that she's self taught in it all, he and his colleague find dead end after dead end to see if anybody else knows about her type of magic

If there exists others like her they're niche and hidden

Thus trial and error and the scientific method is their only way to help Robin come into her own

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Robin is tactical; hammered in by Batman, by Bruce, his guardian and her mentor

If Zucco dies, and it's so obviously linked to her, it could implicate Robin or both of her identities

She has to be smart about this

Murder had no place in Batman's care for her. Dick has to be careful about his search history on computers and what people catch him reading

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Bruce Wayne worries endlessly over Robin, now a teenage girl

Others too; nobody knows her identity

Dick is a blend of interested and not in the vigilante, opinions ever shifting. They both chalk it up to not knowing the young girl at all

Still, he dreams of a time he does have Robin under his complete care, newly adopted like Grayson, safe from crime fighting

When the news comes out that the killer of Dick's parents are dead, a weight is off his boy's shoulders.

"I have to say thank you to whoever did it." "It looks like it might've been an accident more than anything according to the cops."

Robin has been tense for a time, and still is

"Something happened in my civilian life, nothing major but I'm just waiting for the effects to pass by."

His poor girl . . . "I'm here for you Robin, no matter what happens."

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The air and earth makes way for Robin's acrobatics, lights turns to her direction, and she's too nimble to be human

Too high, too far, too quick, too lasting are her movements

A cameraboy will never confess that whereas Dick shined with his quadruple somersault, Robin revealed it childsplay

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Jason is adopted right after trying to rob Bruce Wayne's car

In time Dick and he get along like a house on fire—

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It's Jason who discovers Robin sneaking into the Manor, into his brother's room on the day he snuck into his closet for a prank of all things

It's Jason who sees Dick take Robin's place and screams

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—And then it's like they've reached an understanding friendships with nobody else will ever challenge

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Little Wing hits the streets, partner of Robin

And he's as human as Bruce

"Listen, listen, he's just like me! Powers or not he's going to fight for Gotham, best we can do is prepare the bird!"

So Batman trains the vigilante Jason's age just as he did for Robin. He doesn't try to find his identity

The young duo only trusts each other with the truth

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Robin set ship for that off-world mission on the promise that Batman would protect Little Wing with his life

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"I'm gonna be visiting some friends dad, and I'm gonna be off grid during our stay so . . ."

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there's A Death in the Family alright

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Bruce's eyes tore into Robin's, her face vomit and tear and snot stained

"Why did you never tell me who he was?"

Dick could only mouth "B— hiccup B—" He retched again

He looked away from the girl

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"I have a boy your exact age Robin, I think you could be twins, identical ones even, without sharing any blood."

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Grayson is the saving grace that keeps Batman from losing himself to grief

Bruce sits on his couch, looks down at the despondent boy's head in his lap. eyes hollowed out. hears neither of his boys laughter

He sees Robin's grief polluted face on his boy, and remembers not just what, but who he's fighting for

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"I never want to see you on the field again Robin. Not after how you've broken my trust"

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Batman does everything to find who Jason trusted more than his own father, who could have trusted his boy just as much, who was the Robin that dragged his youngest into the night

Not once does he think to ask his eldest what he knew

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Precious Robin photos are locked away where only he and Jason know

Because Robin is magic

Robin is useless

She has no place upon Little Jason's altars

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Cross-reference reliable articles and testimonies, and even a boy will learn that Batman is just barely putting in the work to not transform his justice into a suicide mission

Cross-references testimonies, and even a boy will learn that Nightwing puts nothing into holding back against Joker or Harley anymore. Dead or alive, she wants them gone

Even a boy will learn that Nightwing hardly patrols anymore

Everybody knows Batman and Nightwing ties back to Little Wing

Nobody knows where Batgirl went

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Not bullets nor fallen buildings, but grief losing three all in a fell swoop grounds Robin

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Distinguishing themselves from the rest of Gotham's upper class, the Drakes adorn their manor with artifacts of all over

Tim has too much time on his hands to not poke and prod at them all

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Once upon a time Timothy Drake threw away a wish to be treasured more than artifacts, to be loved and adored far beyond relics resilience, to last even longer than objects to get it all

Still he wishes for Little Wing and Robin back, for Bat Girl's return and the quartet of heroes he stalked night after night as they once were

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She It puts its hands off of the mirror and peeled off its mask

The Drake couple's son sat there again

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It's not a monkey's paw — it's close enough

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Tim's plan was to blackmail Batman, pick out its name, and leash the Dark Knight until he was mentally fit again

What it didn't plan for was for Nightwing to apparently know about its magic and track it down

It didn't think it would take this long to pick a name either. Heck it thought Nightwing and Batman cut contact

"Last time I trusted you with a child he died B!"

"I know better now, and unlike you I have the resources to train him to his fullest potential. Little Wing is proof!"

"How fucking dare you?!"

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Nightwing looks down at Timothy Drake, tears in her eyes

Dick Grayson-Wayne tastes salt on his tongue

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Between the fact Batkid would be forced to reveal his identity to Batman and statistics showing his increasing violence, how quick he was to put his hand on Robin's throat, versus to Nightwing, the first Robin, his answers is always the same

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Everybody agrees that the Second Robin looks delicate and precious. The birdie shouldn't be giving up their childhood for Gotham

That is all

Anybody can tell you what good the bird does, leashing the Bat, breaking Nightwing out of her grief, giving whatever the little child can for civilians in need, sinners or not

People can hardly agree on how Robin looks; she looks like my dead daughter, no he's a clone of my son! You idiots they look like those sweet kids I always babysit

All they agree on is that Robin looks as if they must be protected and treasured by their loved ones, not fighting crime

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Where Nightwing can hardly be touched, Robin recovers too quickly, even by its predecessor's standards

All but rarely, bullets, crushing weights, and strikes may all well be nonexistent the way Robin hardly scratches

Unless one has a meta's intense strength, they will find more progress attacking it's mind or delaying its goals

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Nightwing blows a fuse Robin hadn't even known existed when she catches wind of all the work its putting into bringing Batman back to the ideal hero he used to be

She doesn't let it overhear the fight this time

From then on she is always with Robin when it patrols

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Tim huffed as Dick clung to him and Bruce got to arranging himself as his guardian for whenever his parents were out Gotham

Apparently his magic was a filthy traitor! and made a link with Nightwing so that if he was ever in major danger, the heroine who pick up on it

Not only that, but it's been working as a tracker for Nightwing this entire time, the first time around wasn't just an ordinary magic thing like they thought

And they both found while Robin was calming down Batman

But why was Batman insisting on becoming his not-parent if he didn't have a link with him? Nor know about his double life?

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Batman and Nightwing are certain they know what Robin looks like. A perfect blend between Batgirl, the first Robin, and Little Wing, their greatest failures all in one

It's when they disagree on the more precise details of Robin's costume and it's features do they realize it wasn't civilians and rogues being tricked by the darkness 

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It looked into the mirror in its room in the Wayne Manor

Scrutinizing it's reflection, it looked the same as always, a perfect blend between Batgirl, the first Robin, Little Wing, and Nightwing

Androgynous if leaning on the feminine side 

That ideal the Batclan perfectly displayed at its brightest, a living, breathing altar of their glory

It's teammates agreed with it, until last night it seemed

It didn't understand

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Jason Robin comes back magic

Talia's son and daughter tells her otherwise

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"Great work Robin," Oracle praised, tucking in some of its loose locks as it turned from its computer to her

The younger hero beamed

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Well then, if neither of them can be Robin yet . . . 

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It's funny how Nightwing learns she isn't the only one with Waltz in her bloodline. At least, she thinks they both got it from genetics. It was alway an assumption on her part

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Spoiler becomes the reason criminals and rogues alike flail about uselessly, making long reaching swings whenever. Nobody spots him until it's too late, if at all

Invisibility his beloved 💜💟💜

Even better are the freebies that come before he fights anybody. Little spoilers that make taking his dad's and other villains men down less of a trial

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Red Hood's violence is distinctive even in Gotham

Yet blowing an entire warehouse to cripple the Joker for good seemed extreme

Then again, it was Joker, extreme measures called

When word spreads of a Little Robin Hood under her care? It explains enough for those without intention to stick their dick in crazy

And thank the Waltz, because the two will never confess it, but it was a trauma-triggered accident

All because the dollar store clown was pissy over names

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"Dad—!" Bruce's hand ruffled his hair again as the other arm wrapped itself around Tim

Yeah Tim wasn't ever coming out about being Robin if Batman fussed over the two identities this much already. It was a wonder Dick somehow outdid him. He giggled

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'Big W for Gotham queers' a merry goon tweets on duty, not that she'll confess it over her dead body

'What happened?' another twitter user comments

'Red Hood uses she/they, said so themself'

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Bruce couldn't have been faster in adopting Stephanie after Spoiler spilled Cluemaster's identity

"Holy, your dad is suffocating. I'm not complaining but how do you get anything done when he's bear hugging you?"

Tim sipped his coffee, "That's sort of our fault for dangling two too many kids he can't adopt and treasure in front of him for years on end. Follow me." She quirked an eyebrow

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Every blow Red Hood lays screams how that bomb did

Their strikes keep her targets down, and the impacts of her attacks have a larger area of effect than they should

There is no keeping them down

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"Our dad is Batman?" Stephanie ran around the room

"Not just that, you're brothers—" It watched its sister turn to it and she squinted.

"Are queers," it choked on its coffee with her comment

"Me too Robin!" Spoiler said, running up to it to bearhug it in his own way

"Let me go!"

"Nope! You look way too adorable like this!"

"You guys are the worst!"

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Little Robin Hood is the most elusive of them all, no doubt hiding herself from his mother when out at night

The greatest of Batman's heirs he strives to be; She doesn't rest until she is the pinnacle of Human, the pinnacle of a Waltz

he doesn't rest until he's picked up his predecessors own unique magics set as a prodigy would, even as the learning curve fights against her mastery of it

She won't rest even after becoming better than his siblings

He must surpass them so much they could never hope to outdo their superior sibling

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"Yo," Stephanie said, as if it wouldn't make Tim shriek and leap from his couch

"How did you get here?" He made sure this safehouse was the most secure and secretive of them all, how?

"Stalker tracker." She grinned

Her too?! Tim sat back on his couch and screamed into his pillows. His sister laughed

"Want a spoiler on my dad's next puzzle?"

"Give it," wait shit the magic word, "please Steph."

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Cassandra fisted and unfisted her(?) hand

It was more of a man's now. Except she didn't feel like a man, she felt like— scratch that, she didn't feel like a girl either in this form

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Robin gasped as its legs carried more broken bones and injuries than it ever had on its body all at once before

This time the wounds weren't sliding off like water but clinging onto it

"Hood—" a blow to its stomach

"Replacement," the woman hissed at it, then screamed

Robin shifted to its side, resisting the urge to cry out in pain, Nightwing now sat on Red Hood, laying blow after blow on the intruder

And she was yelling herself hoarse

Its sister unlatched and threw the helmet—okay bomb, wow its ears were ringing—off

And then Nightwing was on top of a man

"Little Wing!" its sister shrieks, arms wrapped around the stranger. "Why— why— how?"

"Baby on board! Baby on board! Ack!" Spoiler screamed holding up who might be Little Robin Hood trying and failing to escape his hold. both of them were covered in blood and blows

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Nightwing sat them all down, "Here's what's happening, we're going to keep this to ourselves. I've lost all trust in Bruce with any of your well beings."

"We're going to make it look like Red Hood fought Robin and then fought me as I bought time for my mentee's escape. When Spoiler comes into the scene fighting Little Robin, Red Hood is going to retreat for his sake.

"Robin, you're going to scrub and altar the data in the towers to make this believable; Spoiler, you'll alter or remove any evidence showcasing otherwise; and you two."

Red Hood's grip tightened on her knees.

Nightwing passed a piece of paper, "You're staying in contact with us, I refuse to lose my family again."

A weary smile, "And we'd love to get to know our new sibling."

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A ballerina becomes Gotham's latest sensation

It's a wonder he— "Gender neutral, they/them" They didn't get hired to perform at Brucie's galas sooner

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Robin blocked Little Robin Hood's katana with its staff. the latter swung at its legs. it latched its hands onto her arm in retaliation and knocked his blade from his hands

Pinned to the ground, the boy could only try and reach for her fallen weapon as the staff was planted right next to her head—

"That's enough training for the day," Red Hood cut them off, "and your final scores are . . . "

⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅ ✩⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅

"Big bro, big bro, big bro!" Stephanie dragged a girl right to Dick

"Guess what," her grin couldn't get any wider

"You kidnapped a staff member?" her grin got wider

"I kidnapped a sibling" she pointed at the girl, or rather, the ballerina their father hired for the gala

⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅ ✩⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅

He took his face mask off at the worst time

"Jaylad," Bruce's grip all but clawed at Jason's arms

⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅ ✩⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅

When Jason declared they wouldn't reunite with his father, period, Damian was incensed

Now he may just give anything to go back before they did. But since he can't do that, the next best thing is uppercutting Todd for getting them adopted

⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅ ✩⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅

"No more heroism Jaylad—no more Robin—no Little Wing," Bruce said between sobs

Oh he's not a hero anymore alright

⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅ ✩⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅

When Batman found Robin sore all over, more wounded than he'd ever seen, his heart fell

Robin admitting it already healed from most of its injuries by the time he found it flew him into a rage

He threw himself into detaining Red Hood, trying to sieze Little Robin Hood from him, and upping security so his kids, civilian or vigilante, wouldn't suffer like this again 

⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅ ✩⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅

Assassin, Talia, the League had trained a boy, a child to be an assassin. They did the same with Jason

Bruce refuses to let his children—vigilante or civilian—suffer again

Thankfully, with how the chaos of legally reviving Jason, and adopting three children in one fell swoop has cooled down, it seems maintaining a healthy relationship with his civillian family is all it will take to keep them from the streets

⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅ ✩⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅

Duke stumbled to his feet, and rushed to a window

They blinked and rubbed her eyes several times over, but its reflection never agreed with what they looked like

Actually, looking down at her hands, it felt and looked more like she was constantly shapeshifting; even his clothes, or hero costume, as was the theme but it never felt uncomfortable keep changing form

This was their meta power? He almost wanted to call out how lame it was but she had to maintain a secret identity somehow

Hold on, she—?

⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅ ✩⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅

Don't get Duke wrong, he was endlessly grateful for Bruce

But if Bruce was as good and smothering of a parent like his siblings said, We Are Robin would be down a leader

Everybody had noticed just how much Batman was gunning for Red Hood. Nobody knew why; was it a consequence of her killing his nemesis Joker? Because they stole the name of Little Wing's killer?

Whatever it was, the streets felt less safe when people could gamble on the Bat's activity in accordance to Hood's and be less fearful of the hero, and somebody had to do something about it

Even if it was an army of powerless youth, led by a meta

Duke prayed to every confirmed deity that Bruce never caught him sneaking out

⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅ ✩⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅

Dick stood in front of Duke. Duke who was in their Robin costume, oh shit, this was the worst time to not have enough light to flashbang somebody, he noted down to always a source of light or some absorbed for now on

Her brother clasped his hands and smiled, "well then Robin"

Duke's breath hitched—this was the end of everything it worked for

Nightwing, the original Robin took Dick's place, "welcome to the family" 

WHAT THE FUCK?!

⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅ ✩⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅

We Are Robin's leader becomes Signal

⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅ ✩⏝̅⏝̅⏝̅

Damn did I run out of steam at the end

"But nonnie, why is Waltz's world accessible through so many different means?" Idk XDDDDD

Everything I touch becomes a fic I have an actual problem lmao

Extra Notes and Clarifications, apologies for the mess, I'm jumping from section to section as I write and copy and paste

Batman and Bruce have a clearer line dividing the two than canon since only Barbara and Alfred (and others I may not know/forgot from canon) are in his inner circle and aware of his double life—to his knowledge

Speaking of Barbara and Alfred, I haven't done them any justice, nor given them much attention

How the batkids having Waltz's World affects them by consequence alongside other AU elements, I did not account for, well I did so for Barbara but hardly at all

I just implied that Oracle and Waltz!Tim have a relationship, and it goes without saying Barbara and Alfred has different relationships with the Wayne kids than Oracle and Agent A do the Batkids

Back to Bruce---

Knowing multiple kids, most of them feminine in gender identity and/or appearance, fighting crime with only him as a well-off adult figure in their lives makes him concerned

Partly because he doesn't know how they are doing out of costume or what trauma they've covered up with the faster magical healing of their bodies

And also partly sexism since he'll have biases subconsciously at the very least

Honestly an entire fic made of this AU could have a focus/subplot tackling sexism, queerphobia, and other biases, how they intersect, + exploring internalized biases on the Batsiblings part

Bruce wants to have his mentees safe under his roof, siblings with his own kids, and full-time civilians for their own wellbeing

This pushed him to adopt Dick and everyone else unlike/quicker than canon from a subconscious want to make that dream a reality even back when it was just the first Robin around

Bruce abusing his vigilante kids as he does in canon, plus more if you want him to abuse them more than canon, is arguably even more fucked than in canon

Because I imagine compared to canon, here he would be investing even more into his relationships for his kids on the civilian and vigilante side due to guilt from hiding half himself

He expresses his love for them both even more, which will fuck with said kids coming to terms with their abuse. It's even more of an uphill battle

"Wow, look at that plothole-topia!" I say sipping my abuelita knowing damn well who architected it (me)

I never established how Dick learned Bruce = Batman or if he knew at all RIP

Hey maybe Dick and Jason never learns that Batman = Bruce until Tim comes and spills the tea. That could be fun

At first I was gonna have everyone's Waltz form be the "opposite" gender to theirs but then I got to Tim, thought about how I set him up to wanna be loved just like the Drake's did things over their son

I thought about how back when he was just taking photos, he had an idealized picture (pun intended) of the Bats, an idealized image. a concept; a thing

And how that could lead to his own Waltz form being one that used it/its like people do for things

So then I got experimental with it

Methinks Tim would be agender &/or gendervoid in Waltz

Dick eventually settles on the fact he's genderfluid, and later on occasionally using she/her as Grayson and he/him as Robin/Nightwing

Lets say it's cuz he always wanted to be like both is parents that his Waltz makes him so

He views the change in gender identity and pronouns as him tossing a coin; whenever he flips the coin to the Nightwing side, she sees herself female, when flipped to Dick's side, he's male

Rarely the coin tossing itself without his input and lands on the thin side; that's when Dick identifies as the gender she does in her other identity

Jason accepts that he falls under solidly cis since even they/them is dysphoric for him; he once experimented with they/she cuz he wanted to be like his older brother-sister

Then the lazarus pit happen, she winds up using they/she in Waltz form and he/him as Jason

Views himself as a cis as Jason; a demigirl as Red Hood. Maybe she's still figuring things out? idk

Since he had the Waltz World magic just like their sister who was Nightwing now, she could be Robin now!

Then she learned about Damian and Tim calling dibs before her and that made them and Dami fight

Damian and Jason call truce on the grounds of Tim being a common enemy and obstacle in being Robin, so Damian goes to Gotham with Jason

Damian was dunked in the same pit as Jason here, hence why he also got a Waltz form

for plot convenience, they are the exception and not the rule when it comes to lazarus waters and Waltz's World

He wanted to inherit the Robin or Little Wing mantle as Bruce's heir, and fantasized about donning both, thus his Waltz form is bigender, she/he, boy and girl; maybe Damian decides he's also she/he and boy and girl as a civilian as well

Damian's Waltz form is the perfect balance between first Robin's and Little Wing's fem and masc gender presentations, so when you know what to look for it's obvious she's bigender, boy and girl

I made Steph and Cass have Waltz in their bloodlines just as Richard does because I couldn't come up with creative ways for them to join Waltz's World like the boys, lo siento :(

But you can do fun stuff with three non-blood related people sharing the same magic in their genetic history

For Steph I decided to make her intergender, mostly female as Steph, mostly male as Spoiler, but uses he/him as Steph and She/her as spoiler more often than Dick

Steph views her gender as a seesaw; being Steph the saw in pointed towards she/her, and being Spoiler points it in he/him, but sometimes the saw does the exact opposite and sometimes the saw tips a bit less than his form's typical gender so she feels a bit more like a boy or a girl when in civillian or Waltz

She thinks she will reach a point where the saw begins to perfectly balance itself or get close enough that she feels more like using they/them instead but she doesn't know if her guess is accurate yet

Cassandra I think would flip flop trying to figure out if they're Gendernuetral or Genderless in Waltz form, maybe eventually deciding that using Orphan and other (nick)names is preferable to pronouns and discards pronouns

An idea I had for Damian, where he used the pronouns and gender identities of all the other batkids, got given to Duke instead

Since Duke is basically the motherfucking moon with how he absorbs light and We Are Robin is all about taking on Robin's name and duties, I tweaked his own Meta abilities to copy and paste their all the batkids Waltz schtick and genders since that's bascially his desire at the moment

Also his meta power converted itself into Waltz Magic 100%, no refunds, so that's gonna be a fun surprise when he claims to just be a Meta copying their magic and he's proven wrong, he's magic too

But an AU of this AU where his meta abilities truly are just duplicating the magic would be fun to check-out

Oh yeah, idk shit about the time periods the batkids grew up in or what it'd be like be growing up coming to terms with being queer even in modern day so I'm useless on that part

But let's just say that;

Dick grew up traveling plenty and was introduced to queer identity at a young age, so while awakening his power freak her out a bit, she takes it in stride

Jason has a more rigid understanding due to a lack of education on the streets, but after learning about Robin, Dick teaches him what he knows about queerness

Tim grew up as a rich kid taught cisnormativity by both his parents and others he grew up around

As a result he expects himself to be a man through and through. It's a bit of a learning curve on his part

+ in Waltz form it thinks its a she because it looks feminine, only to unconsciously correct itself while freaking out after transforming for the first time

For all Tim knows, his stalking did not lead him to learn about Robin's magic including ✨gender✨

So when the artifact grants his wishes, concious and subconcious?

Tim is confused about the Waltz stuff, hence why it defaults to its/it and doesn't try to force itself to use she/her pronouns, cuz its still figuring stuff out and more focussed on the Bats than gender identity

Then comes in Dick to teach Tim about queerness as he once did for Jason

I dunno jack shit about the cultures Damian grew up in under the league so I dunno how Damian would take the whole Waltz thing at first

I think Jason would fill in some gaps in the case Damian has more to learn about bening genderqueer; maybe the League and Dami even teach Jason their own understandings of gender

No clue how Steph or Cassandra or Duke would take the Waltz thing before joining the bat siblings

I should get into clarifying the magic

Dick's magic is all about acrobatics and enhancing her body in ways that ascends her ability to preform them

Tim's is all about being wanted; being the perfect image of what kind of person those seeing it want to protect and treasure above all else. It's outfit and features craft an illusion different to everybody else's eyes

Tim's Waltz form is to itself, an idealized all-in-one combo of the vigilantes it worshipped and followed on the streets

Continuing the "Treasure me" theme, Tim also makes Links with other Waltz's World people it trusts that alert them when it's in serious danger and allows them to track it down whenever

Plus it works when in its Waltz and civillian identities 24/7

and he can't control them, much to his annoyance, a wee bit of karma for his own stalking tendencies

Additionally Tim's wanted to last the elements and foes like ancient artifacts did, so it becomes a tank in the face of hurt

Stephanie can turn invisible whenever he wants alongside what he has in hand and whoever he touches; plus he get one trailormade spoiler per enemies to give him an advantage

Maybe in time the number of spoilers he can get per enemy increases, and

Jason is also a tank that can't be kept down and every assault they lay have way more power to them than other humans could hope to do

Damian has the power to copy the magic of other Waltz users, the problem lies in that it get exponentially harder the better he gets at their magic

Because again, she's trying to take in magic not not made for her, and as the family grows, he's run himself thin trying to master multiple magics fighting against it all at once

That could be an interesting conflict

Once he does master a copied magic, he's good to go, it comes to him as easily as if it were his own magic

On top of that is the much more natural body enchanting magic that make her a perfect assassin

Cassandra's magic lets them learn at a rapid pace. She had to as an assassin. Through it, they learn how to speak, cultural norms and other nessecery life skills

It also enhancing their ballerina skillset, launching their fame

Outside of Duke duplicating all his siblings gender identities, her magic is just like their canon meta abilities; it's just Waltz magic instead of meta abilities

Oh yeah, Duke also shapeshifts endlessly in Waltz form without pause, to look like one batsibling to the next, the most consistent part of her form is their Signal costume which still alters in appearance all the time

Other stuff I didn't adress oh frick

How does those a part of Waltz's World keeping it a secret too themselves affect the batkids relationship with everyody else?

How does the Waltz World stuff affect everybodies relationships period?

What affect does knowing Jason was an is formerly Little Wing have on Bruce, Alfred and Barbara throughout the storyline? On their relationship with eachother

Since Batman and Oracle are two of the few wholly human heroes in this AU unlike canon, Little Wing's death probably cause a huge reaction in the super community cuz one of the very rare human heroes fucking died

On top of that, back when it was only Robin and no one else, Batman and co. tried to find others with the same magic as the sidekick, only to come out emptyhanded; Is anything ever done with any knowledge acquired during the failed investigation?

Because Robin likely told Batman what little he knew about Waltz's World at the time, alongside other investigators when they tried to learn more or find other like Robin. That data is saved somewhere

After Jason's death, Nightwing distanced himself from Batman and went back to self-teaching, so Batman would no longer have Dick as a resource to learn about Waltz's World; he, Barbara and Alfred would have to piece together clues by themselves

And I think they'd have to learn all on their own Nightwing's inner circle so-to-speak are also part of Waltz's World

Batman is pulling his hair out because where are these Waltz users coming from all of the sudden? Where were they when he was looking for them?

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if that became the name of the squad since as far as they know, only they have this very magic; Waltz's World

How does Waltz magic interest with sciences or other magics or divinity, etc etc?

oh yeah another thing, Waltz's World in Mahou Shoujo Jihen canonically ceases the aging process, but let's tweak it and say that Waltz's World pauses a person's age at the moment their body reaches their physical peak, meaning the batkids will eventually discover themselves unaging, unlike their father and countless other people dear to them

Forgive me if I'm wrong I've got a poor memory

Also I dunno much about the actual Waltz dance, but a quick google search (ruh, roh, that cooked engine) says it used to have strict roles for men and woman

That's what Waltz's World is named after in the manga, it grants men a woman's body and vice versa, the two genders needed for the dance

But in modern day, where societal constructs of gender are being demolished and rebuilt in front of countless eyes (not to say that it never was before modern times, its just way more accessible to witness with the internet) the way people view and preform the Waltz would and has changed as well

This is all to say I thought I threw the Waltz symbolism from the manga into the bin when I decided "lets experiment with MORE genders!" only to realize it never went anywhere at all

By the Waltz, now my brain is cooked

My final idea unless I realize I wanna send another ask with ideas I only came up with after pressing [Ask] is that the Waltz dance itself could be used in a fic of this AU as a motif; so imagine a hypothetical fic with me---

Every batkid and batkid duo and three-or-more batkids all preform the Waltz multiple times throughout the fic

As their own understanding of their gender identities grow and change, the way they preform the Waltz drifts away more and more from how couples did the Waltz long ago, and they add their own personal flairs to the Waltz dances. the way they preform the Waltz becomes more and more their way instead of the tradtional way

It reaches a point where once they can confidentally answer "Who am I?" the can dance their Waltzes to the fullest of their ability and euphoria as a metaphor for the very gender euphoria they feel all together at the moment; maybe they even swap between civillian and magical forms during their dance

Hell maybe the non-existant fic ends with a scene of the batkids preforming that very Waltz preformance I described

I think I'm out of ideas at last

Go crazy, go stupid with this AU people, play with it however you wanna

I can't even begin to describe how ecstatic I was reading this. A gender queer batfam fic rules, but to add on it/its pronouns? Fuck. Gods, I'm so happy with that.

Alright! So, I have no idea about the Waltz World source material, but I'm chill with that. I like the concept as it's described.

Because gender is a social construct, it is completely okay to have different gender identities/pronouns depending on the social environment (or, like this AU, the vigilante and civilian personas having various gender preferences).

So, let's create a list to make the pronouns clear:

Dick: he/him (sometimes her), Nightwing: she/her (sometimes he)

Jason: he/him, Red Hood: she/they

Tim: he/him, Robin: it/its

Steph: she/her (sometimes he), Spoiler: he/him (sometimes her)

Damian: she/him, Robin Hood: he/her

Cass: no pronouns

Duke: all pronouns (does this include neopronouns?), Signal: all pronouns

Bruce: he/him, Batman: he/him

Barbara: she/they, Oracle: she/they

Alfred: he/him

I like the idea of no pronouns for Cass since Cass was taught language later in life and thus doesn't associate Cass or Orphan with pronouns. I also gave Barbara she/they pronouns because being gender queer is not exclusive to Waltz World. That magic affects one's gender expression (and also affects how the individual may perceive their gender identity in different forms).

Alfred is definitely in the background, ironing out a plethora of pride flags based on whatever he figures out about others' current thoughts on their LGBT labels (he's discrete to those who haven't come out or told others yet). He also makes rainbow cookies, multicolored drinks, and displays photos around the house with subtle pride flags incorpated in their colors (like those sunset LGBT photos). The pride flag photos are as many as Alfred can find, regardless if any of the flags relate to one of the family members. It's the dealer's choice on whether Bruce knows the specifics or if he knows, from Alfred's actions, that at least one of his kids is queer.

Might I add that I love that you addressed that Bruce probably has some subconscious sexism that affects him attitude.

As far as queerphobia and all the discussions they can have about that, there is so much to interact with there. For instance, their socioeconomic background would affect their queerness (as far as how they are treated within the community, by those outside it, by those within the various minority or majority group they belong to, what it's like for those with more or less money, etc). They could also discuss their specific issues regarding their particular gender identity (Tim with the it/its pronouns, Cass with none, Duke with all of them, Damian with using both she and he, Jason with considering himself cisgender outside of Waltz, etc).

Because I want to have more representation where queerness is normalized, imma hc that Gotham (besides Bristol) is accepting. There's various levels of understanding/knowledge into distinct labels, colors, history, etc., but it's normal to use whatever pronouns (or lackof) that people say to use. There's no reaction at all to people's various gender expressions, partners, etc. It's normal to just be chill with it in Gotham, but it's debatable whether the person quite knows all the details (like that interview: "How many genders are there?" "I don't know. I just got here").

Outside of Gotham and online, there's the horrid shit. There's also other pockets of full acceptance around the world like Gotham. Metropolis is one of them (which is another reason why Gotham and Metropolis have such a rivalry).

The JL typically doesn't care about gender standards. A lot of them are not from Earth, so those societies (or other ones they have been exposed to) might not follow a binary gender structure. Those from Atlantis are around sea creatures that can switch their gender. Wonder Woman and those of her similar background grew up around the same myths that talk about gods and people switching into all kinds of stuff (animals, different genders, trees, etc). There may be a few that aren't aware initially of the many possibilities, but they either become accepting or get kicked out (fuck queerphobia).

There may be some subconscious shit in these more safe spaces, but overall people don't give a fuck what you identify as or who you get with (or if you don't get with anyone).

At the same time, I'd love for Batman to have to give an HR-similar presentation on queerness to the entire JL. Maybe they have one every year (including ones for different minorities [which incorporates metas and various alien species]) to discuss how to help folks of different background and how to be respectful of their culture/identity/behaviors/etc.

Anyways! Love the AU

#dc comics #dc universe #bruce wayne #dick grayson #jason todd #tim drake #dc au #damian wayne #steph brown #duke thomas #cass wayne #barbara gordon #thank you for the ask!!!! #alfred pennyworth #don't like don't interact

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Sleep Token's "The 100 Songs That Changed Our World" Article.

(Source - photos courtesy the lovely jawsofeden)

Transcript:

100 - Sleep Token

The Summoning

(Take Me Back To Eden, 2023)

The meteoric rise of Sleep Token caught us all by surprise. At the start of 2023, the mysterious masked band were one of the metal underground's buzziest names. Led by enigmatic vocalist Vessel, they were a band to watch, for sure, but firmly attracted the niche passion of a cult following.

Then came the song that would change everything. On consecutive days in early January, the band released two singles from their third album, Take Me Back To Eden: the burning, crashing Chokehold, followed by The Summoning - and it was the latter track that would turn them into an Earth-conquering, expectation-shattering phenomenon.

Veering between depraved tech metal, soulful vocals and shimmering electronics, an enormous, hymnal chorus gave way to an Earth-shifting breakdown and screams. Intricate and groove heavy, The Surmoning was more like three songs seamlessly crafted into one genre-fluid modern masterpiece. And it still had its trump card to play: a bendy, thirst-trap, funk outro that went viral on TikTok, turning the internet intoalusty Take1 puddle. Suddenly, Sleep Token were the most talked-about band on the planet.

"THERE ARE HINTS OF EARLY SLIPKNOT THERE."

COREY TAYLOR

"It took me three listens of [The Sumroning] to realise that when they do that whole psychedelic section at the end, that it's actually the same chorus as it was before, only in a completely different way," Evanescence's Amy Lee told Revolver. "And I love it even more that. I thought they just went a whole new direction and wrote a new part, and then I was like, 'Wait, that's the same...but not at all'."

Sleep Token weren't the most obvious choice for a commercial breakthrough. The success of The Summoning, an unconventional, seven-minute, brutal shapeshifter, bucks just about every music industry trend there is.

"It's going to a lot of different places, and I think there isn't any other band out there right now that's able to do that," Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford said earlier this year.

The Summoning set a chain reaction in motion that was unprecedented in modern metal. In just a few weeks, the band saw their Spotify figures jump from the thousands into the millions. To date, the track has been streamed more than 123 million times on Spotify and 19 million on YouTube. On release, Take Me Back To Eden went straight in at No.3 in the UK and was the most streamed metal album of 2023. When the band announced a show at Wembley Arena, tickets sold out in 10 minutes.

Earlier this year, they left the metal-heavy roster of Spinefarm Records for RCA, the home of mainstream megastars Justin Timberlake and rapper Doja Cat.

"In heavy music, or even in just rock, even in the last decade or 15 years, there's so few stories of bands ever breaking through," says Health bassist and producer, John Famiglietti, who supported the band at Wembley and sees Sleep Token's success as proof metal still can resonate on a massive scale. "This is one of the few times I've seen a band go from a fucking club to an arena in six months. And I don't know the last time that happened."

It's worth pointing out that in the social media era where celebrities and artists are more accessible than ever, Sleep Token have achieved all of this on their own terms. To date, they've barely done any press, while their masked mystique is all part of the allure. Last year, fans reacted with outrage when bassist III's identity and birth certificate were allegedly leaked online, seemingly leading to a decision to wipe the band's Instagram.

"There are hints of early Slipknot there," Knot vocalist Corey Taylor told The Allison Hagendorf Show in 2023, thinking back to the early internet days before Slipknot removed their masks. "At first, we were like, 'Nope. You get nothing. This is what you get, you figure it out. We'll let the music speak for ourselves.

Today, Sleep Token are being mentioned in the same breath as potential future Download headliners Ghost, Gojira, and Architects. The only difference? Sleep Token have managed to ascend to the same level as those bands in a fraction of the time. Metal needs new superstars who will push things forward, innovate and keep the scene relevant - and with Sleep Token we have a band we can believe in. DL

#sleep token #sleep token article #metal hammer 388

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Perfect Princess

Getting kidnapped by a ghostly manbaby was not on Ace's agenda. And neither was getting claimed as someone's else's fiancée, but whatever saved her ass!

OR

A simple midnight walks lead to Ace getting kidnapped by a prince who wants his perfect princess and the rest of the group having to save her.

Note: This was a comission!

“Ughhh!” whined Grim as he cleaned the windows. “Ughhh!” he whined louder as he tried to rub at a stubborn spot. “Ughhh-!”

“Whine more time and I’ll have Sam remove tuna from the weekly shopping list.” threatened Yuu, as they continued swiping away, almost looking calm where it not for the vein throbbing on their forehead.

“What!” gasped Grim is betrayal! “You can’t do that!”

“Er, yes I can.” Replied Yuu,” sounding as done as they looked as they looked at their monster cat and glared at him. “Now hurry up and stop whining!”

“But cleaning is so boring! And it takes to long!” the cat stomped his foot on the ground like a child.

“And it’s going to take longer the more you whine.” Replied Yuu without missing a beat and turned their attention to the floor. “Now please, just hurry up!”

“Fine!” yelled Grim as he turned back to the windows. “All this yelling at Grim the Great! Why I ought- AHHHH!”

“Grim?!”

“NOW SEE HERE FILTHY VERMIN!” yelled out a random ghost as he and two other ghosts flanking him on both sides threateningly made their way to the duo. “What gives you any right to be where royalty lays! Our prince should not be condemned to have to reside where peasant folks such as yourself reside! Leave so he may fine love and happiness in peace without your disappointing aura looming over him!”

“Who the fuck are you!” snapped Yuu as they tried to make sense of the situation. No way in hell where they the usual ghosts. They were long past their first meeting and those three have been caring ever since Yuu and Grim.

No. These ghosts glared at Yuu and Grim as if they were truly nothing,

“Yeah! This is our dorm! What on earth are you talking about royalty for! Neither Malleus nor Leona even stays here! Bad enough with the way they act already, now they have their ghost servants kick us out of our own dorm!” snapped back Grim, his confidence back after the initial fright “You’re the ones who should be leaving!” he pointed at them with his little paws.

“IF BRUTE FORCE IS WHAT IS NECESSARY TO GET YOU REFFIAN FOOLS OUT OF HERE THEN SO IT SHALL BE!” Yelled out the ghost as it started firing spells  with the help of the two lackeys behind him.

“Ahh!” yelled out Yuu, ducking away from the spells. ‘No way in hell are we going to win.’ They thought despairingly as they witnessed one of the spells make a near by vase explode immediately. ‘I need to get Grim and I to a safer location and see if I can get Crowley up his ass to try and help me. Goodbye this week’s check.’ They thought despairingly as they made a quick grab for their fellow student and ran from the ghosts.

“MRAGH!” yelled out Grim as he was suddenly grabbed. “Wait why are you running away he squirmed, trying to escape. “They’re taking over our dorm!” he argued.

“And also have the ability to turn me into fleshy dust. Let’s not risk a fight we’re going to lose!” yelled out Yuu as they escaped from Ramshackle, the last spell missing them by a quarter of an inch as the doors to ramshackle slammed shut behind them.

“AND STAY OUT!” was the last thing that was heard.

Yuu panted as they tried to make sense of the situation. Prince? Love? Owned Ramshackle? Yuu had no idea what was going on, but they knew that only one person could actually know what happened within this school. “I think.” Began Yuu, as they looked at Grim, mutual understanding in his eyes. “That we should speak with the headmaster.”

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“So, ghosts in fancy hats stormed into your dorm, yelled at you about a prince finding his love, started shooting spells at you-almost killing you- and then kicked you out of your dorm?” summarised Crowley, as he stared at the beast tamer and the beast in front of him.

“Yup!” Grim popped out the P whilst Yuu nodded.

“Well, that does make sense considering what time of year it is.! Sighed Crowley as he leaned back on his chair.

“You knew this was going to happen?” asked Grim in shock, staring at the headmaster as if he had said tuna was the worst thing to exist.

“NO! Well- mean- look it’s complicated.” Crowley tried to explain, trying to justify his negligence to his student.

“Then explain. Because I didn’t almost die for nothing!” they snapped, somehow managing to glare down at the taller man.

“Essentially the ghost you saw were the retainers of the ghost groom.” Began Crowley. “He is a prince he lived years ago who dreamed off finding the perfect bride. He would search the lands far and wide trying to find the perfect princess so he can have his happily ever after. Unfortunately, he died horribly before he could finish his dreams. His ghost carried on as he tried to find the perfect woman and every year, he comes to our lands to find her.”

“Boo Hoo, man baby didn’t find perfect slave, what does this have to do with me?” asked Yuu irritably as Grim also looked at Crowley in annoyance.

“The prince and his retainers use Ramshackle as their base of operations.” Explained Crowley, slightly disturbed at the lack of empathy, but then again not completely shocking. 7 over-blots would change anyone. “Thankfully you don’t have to worry. He’ll give up after a few days!”

“And what makes you so sure? Normally you tend to be wrong about these things.” Said Griim bluntly, wide eyes staring at Crowley as if he hadn’t crushed his ego in one hit.

Moving on, the man explained. “That’s because the woman he’s describing doesn’t exist!” explained Crowley. “His specifications, and these are direct quoted mind you: 167cm with an air of mischief and kindness! Smooth, healthy skin! Big eyes! A cute pretty smile! Fun and pretty hair! Pink pouty lips that make you just wanna kiss them! Athletic yet curvaceous body!” explained Crowley to Yuu’s growing disgust. “Essentially, he will never find this woman in all of twisted wonderland. Or anywhere else.” He added, looking at his literally out of this world student.

“So what? We’re just meant to wait out his delusions?”

“Unfortunately. However, I am aware that you are close friends with the other dorms so I am sure they will welcome the two of you for a few nights as he gives up and leaves.” Just as Yuu was contemplating the consequences of socking Crowley in the face, the door burst open and there stood a haggard and messy Riddle, panting deeply, following him was an equally worried Ortho.

“HEADMAGE!” The housewarden cried as Crowley jumped in shock.

“Why, Heartslabul Riddle Rosehearts and Igyhide’s Ortho Shroud! What on earth happened?!”

“It’s Ace! She’s been kidnapped by ghost!” he yelled out desperately, eyes frantic.

“WHAT!!?!??” The other three in the room yelled out in shock.

“Kidnapped?” double checked Yuu. “By ghosts?”

“Yes! Look at this security footage!” instructed Ortho as he showed the people in the room what happened to Ace.

“How on earth did you obtain this-?”

“Not know headmaster.” Snapped everyone as they turned their attention to the hologram that Orth was showing them.

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“Ugh those lot better be grateful that I’m covering for their asses!” Ace huffed as she quietly made her way over to Sam’s “If the housewarden discovered I was sneaking out for something as lame as extra pens and notebooks I would be so screwed.”

However, before she could continue her walk over to Sam’s shop, she suddenly heard a sound.

“…lly…”

“Huh? Who’s there?” she called out, searching for the source of the noise, hand going over to her magic pen.

“…Finally…I found you…” the voice seemed to be growing more louder and more clearly.

“Who’s there.!” Ace called out again, taking her magic pen and brandishing it. However before she could do much, a ghost popped out.

“I finally found you my princess!” Yelled a handsome ghost in a groom’s outfit.

Everything went black.

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“And we haven’t seen her at all today!” Riddle managed to finally coherently say after he had finally gotten past the panic not onto rage that somebody had kidnapped one of his students.

Meanwhile, Grim, Yuu and the headmaster were sharing a few concerned looks.

“Was that?”

“It would seem so. It seems that the ghost groom has finally found his match. Oh, dear oh dear oh dear.”

“But Ace? She’s the last thing I could ever see be described as the ‘perfect princess? What kind of idiot would look at her and…wait a minute.”

“Technically, Ace is within that height range. She is known to cause trouble however she has been seen helping those around her, like the kid whom she gave that card to. Her skin has no blemishes to it and despite how much trouble she gets on with there doesn’t seem to be a single scar anywhere. Her eyes are a …unique enough colour that it truly does make them stand out. She is in a sports club as well so that’s where the athletic body comes in. And she tends to pout a lot which is what she was doing in that video so technically…she does fit the man’s description. As odd as it is.”

“Of course, only a freak would have been able to view Ace’s wonderfulness and think that he had any right to seal her. We must get her back!” demanded Riddle, fists banging on Crowley’s desk.

“I’m more worried for the guy. I don’t see Ace taking this very lightly and there’s a high chance he’ll return her to use, with him sobbing about how mean she is.” Pointed out Grim, arms folded.

“Either way, if he doesn’t then this can cause a huge problem.” However, suddenly there was a huge yell and a crash. “What on earth?” stood up Crowley, the rest of the students following him also confused by the noise only to be met with absolute pandemonium.

“Headmage!”  voice called out and out popped Deuce looking worse for wear! “Thank god you came! We have a serious problem.!” However, before he could explain, a spell came whizzing by, thanks to the problem he was talking about.

“Getting so bent out of shape over a little joke? How sad.” Cooed Lilia mockingly as the ghosts fired more spells at him.

“Why are you agitating them?” cried Out Deuce as he tried to fire another spell at the fancy ghosts.

“How dare you yell at Lilia. Prepare to perish!” yelled out Sebek as he started dishing out more spells.

Unfortunately, it was becoming clear that the mages were struggling. “Retreat!” called out Crowley.

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“We’ll be fine here.” Gasped out the Headmage, finally free from the ghosts.

“Oh hello everyone.!” Welcomes Azul.

“Oh.” Yuu pointed out, Hey!” they said as they stared at everyone else gathering consisting of Pomefiore, Cater, Kalim, Azul and Leona. “Guessing the ghosts chased you out to?”

“You have no idea.” Sighed Vil, shaking his head.

As the students started to share stories about how they ended up down here, all ranging from studying and getting chased out, teaching fashion and getting chased to, trying to grab lab equipment and getting chased out and finally just walking and getting chased away, there were definitely some annoyed faces. When they were finished, Riddle explained the situation to them.

“Soo…you’re saying that Ace fits the description of  a perfect princess’?” asked Cater, slight disbelief colouring his words.

When Crowley nodded, silence descended on the students, before a snigger broke out and the boys burst out into laughter.

“Ha-ha, Ace? The perfect princess? Asked Vil mockingly, almost bent over from laughing so much.

“That has to be the most amusing- I mean horrible thing I’ve heard my entire life.” Snickered Azul, fixing his glasses.

“This is no laughing matter!” snapped the headmaster. “If dear Ace marries the ghost groom, her soul will be tied to him, and she will die.” He informed them sombrely.

“WHAT?” yelled out the first years, scared by this new piece of information.

“Ace will turn into a ghost?” repeated Riddle scared. He couldn’t help but feel at fault for the situation, especially since Ace had only decided to leave the dorms because she felt like he would only yell at her. “We have to go and save her!”

“Of course!” reassured Crowley, gesturing to the other students. “I’m sure her fellow peers would love to help-“

“Nah.” They all replied in perfect harmony.

“It was her fault for sneaking out in the middle of the night.” Replied Vil, looking at his nails completely disinterested.

“I gain no benefit from helping her. She has no particular qualities I’m aiming to ste-use.” Replied Azul, shrugging his shoulders.

“Wayyy to much effort.” Replied Leona, yawning loudly.

“What disgusting attitudes.” Mumbled Yuu, holding Grim tighter in their grip.

“Well, I guess I’ll do it myself.” Ortho glared at them. Just as Kalim was about to ask how, the other boy called out. “Running system for shortest time to retrieve Alice Trappola. Method achieved. Blow up the school. This will commence when talk is at 100%. Power currently at 60%. 80%-“

“STOP! DO NOT BLOW UP THE SCHOOL!” Yelled Crowley, waving his arms hysterically.

“Well, if you have any better suggestions to getting Ace out I would love to hear it!” replied Ortho, still pointing the beam at the school.

“The rest of you! Have you no shame!? You’re certain you want to stick with your answers?” asked Crowley, glaring at his students with nothing but pure disgust. “Because I know for a fact that when dear Ace-chan finds out that you all deserted her, hell will reign over this school.”

“What on earth are you talking about, Headmage?” asked Sebek confused, crossing his arms.

Crowley turned to Azul. “She will tear your business to shreds. She will have ghost armies constantly vandalising your restraint. Any business deal she’ll snuff out like  a flame and constantly bring up how you let a teenage girl die.”

“Hrk.”

“You think playing villains is bad?” asked Crowley, turning to Vil. “I’m sure everyone who thought you were shady, and evil will be kicking their feet up in joy knowing that they were right that you let a girl die in front of you.”

Now looking at Leona. “Forget any peaceful naps or days for the rest of your miserable life. She WILL haunt you and make It worse even after you break.”

“Okay, okay!” Lilia put his hand up. “We get it. Ace-chan isn’t going to let this slight towards her remain unpunished. Now, how do we do this?” asked Lilia.

“How kind you all are!” Crowley yelled out, the fakest smile in the history of the world on his face. “Now, since we’re dealing with supernatural beings who far outnumber us, let us go and see the one-man who has everything for any situation.

“Sam.” They all chorused out, heading onto his store.

“I’m guessing this is about the ghosts?” asked Sam, the moment they stepped into the store.

“How did you know?” asked Riddle, shocked at how quick the man received information.

“2 things. One, my friends in the shadows. And two, Ace’s brother called me and said that he had a bad feeling, so I checked some of the store cameras outside and it shows little Ace being taken away by the ghost.” Explained Sam, pointing at one of the cameras in the shop.

“So, do you have something that can help?” asked Riddle, fidgeting a little. I mean, It’s not like you have an anti-ghost groom-.”

“IN STOCK!”

“Seriously?” asked Leona, eyes wide.

“Ha nope!”

“WHAT?” The end of the world might actually be coming.

“Well, I mean I do? But Ace’s brother said that you guys can come up with something or he’ll you kill himself.”

“How useful. Once again, thank you Sam!” thanked Crowley as he and the rest of the students exited the store.

“So now what do we do?” asked Crowley.

“Well, the only way that we can success is is…. we fight for Ace!” announced Riddle.

“What?” the rest deadpanned

“Not a bad idea.” Agreed Crowley thoughtfully. I mean none of you would ever match he prince’s description and maybe if he saw that Ace was already in the hands of another how will give up!”

“And how do we do that? It’s not like he’ll be dying to let anyone near spiky.” Leona yawned.

“By challenging his masculinity.” Yuu suggested, stroking Grim’s fur as they thought of ways to blackmail the Headmage into giving them more money.

“Perfect! Let’s gather as many students as possible for this!” declared Riddle.

“We meet at the little cottage near the mines.”

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“This is all you have?” demanded Riddle as he stared at the students assembled. The only one’s not out of the main group where Ruggie, Scarabia and Malleus and Silver.

“Ruggie said not on his life, Jamil needs to keep Kalim out of trouble and Silver needs to protect Malleus.” Explained the headmaster.

“God enough.” Riddle huffed as he stared back at the Headmage. “So how do we do this? We can’t just storm in.”

“Can’t we?” asked Vil. “I mean, we can always just say that we found out about the beautiful princess that lived here and wanted to be given the chance.”

“HEHE, can’t wait to see crabby.” Giggled Floyd.

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“How dare you insult our prince!” yelled out a ghost indignantly. Stood before him was anyone who was over 180cm who could make the prince feel small.

“I mean are we wrong?” asked Vil, flipping his fair. “If a man simply can’t allow others to gaze upon beauty, then that man is simply a coward who doesn’t deserve the fair lady’s hand in marriage.”

“What on earth has gotten into you?” asked Leona, disturbed at the new chivalrous version of Vil.

“Fine! We’ll show you that only our prince is worthy of anyone!” declared the ghost as he let everyone.

‘This is going to go terribly” thought Jack as he and the rest were escorted into the school.

When they made it to the great hall, there floated the prince in all his glory. “So, I hear you are the ones who are trying to fight for my fiancées hand in marriage?” he asked, sneering at the lot.

“Why yes, we are the only ones truly worthy of her!” declared Vil, much to everyone else’s shock. Where had his previous attitude gone?

“SHUT UP!” Shrieked the prince loudly, fire dancing around him, “I’m the only one worthy of her and I will prove it!”

“Ughhh, whatever, just give us back spiky no-“Suddenly Leona felt a burning sensation on his cheek. It took a couple of seconds for him to realise he had been slapped. “Why you-!”

“Such brutish and uncouth behaviour! My princess deserves to be spoiled by all and treated as if she is the most beautiful person ever!” huffed the prince, almost throwing a temper tantrum.

Vil smirked as Leona glared at the other prince. “I do agree with you. Someone as beautiful as Ace deserves to feel celebrated and loved all the-“

“Do you have a pet? A cat, dog, bird?” the prince shot out in rapid fire.

“What? No, I don’t have ti-!” SLAP!

“My princess deserves to always have something or someone looking after her! NEXT!”

“My name’s Jack.” Introduced the wolf beast man.

“And Jack. Do you have a sword?” asked the prince expectantly?”

“No, why would I? I can always just pun-.” SLAP.

“A princess deserves a prince with a dashing sword to come save her! NEXT!”

On and on it went, everyone getting slapped for one reason or another. Floyd for getting violent, Jade for trying to give a poisonous mushroom, Trey for not being able to give  a single compliment and so on.

“Well, then. Let’s send the next group.” Muttered Crowley in disappointment.

SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!

“Too shady! Too talkative! Too cute! Too dumb!” yelled the prince.

“Well, this is just pathetic.” Muttered Leona. Before anyone else can agree with him, the doors opened up once again and there was Ace.

Her hair was styled into perfect little ringlets that framed her face and cascaded down her back. Her hair was also adorned by the most beautiful of jewels as were her hands and neck. Her dress captured her figure whilst also trailing down teasingly. Her veil was intricate and beautiful, flipped onto her hair to show her face. Everyone in the room almost forgot how to think with such beauty gracing their eyes.

This inability to think is what would lead to one of the worst (debatable in the eyes of some. However, in the eyes of this person, it was the best) moment ever.

Azul, in full confidence stood up and said, “I object as her true fiancé!” yelled the teen with more passion than when he had used to scam Crowley.

“What?” turned around everyone, looking at him in parts murder and parts confusion. However, Ace caught on quickly, eyes flooding up with fake tears as she ran to the frozen man,

“BABY!” She yelled; her voice shocked up with tears as she attempted to comfortably wrap her arms around the other. Seeing her beauty up close made Azul truly appreciate that he had talent to at least compensate for something. “I was so scared when this strange, creepy man abducted me!” her voice was alarmingly high pitched, sounding like a scared lost child and not at all like someone who kicked Azul in the balls when he once insinuated she and Riddle had been a thing.

“My princess!” gasped the prince affronted at such accusations. “I did not kidnap you! You should be honoured that I chose you as my bride!”

“Suck a titty!” she replied, turning around to glare at him. The other boys had to hold in their laughter but let a few snorts escape. “Why the hell should I be honoured that you chose me? What? Because I fit some creepy physical requirement list? There is more to choosing a partner than just merely how they look!”

“Oh, yes? Like what?”

“How about someone you can laugh and cry with? Someone who’ll stick with you through all the hard times? Someone who you can share withing with? Someone who wants to be with you just as much as you want to be with them!” That’s who would be the perfect PARTNER!”

Throughout all of this Azul couldn’t help but stare entranced by the girl and what she was saying.

The prince said nothing. Merely staring at her and her Azul before sighing and signalling for the rest of the ghosts to back off. “Let us leave. The girl has given me much to think about. And you, shady!” called out the prince, pointing at Azul. “Never lose this wonderful woman. OR I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN,” and with those lovely words the prince and his entourage left.

“Well, that was something.” Azul finally broke the silence, however he was immediately slapped by an angry bride.

“OWCH” winced the other boys.

“Next time you claim to be someone’s fiancée don’t be more romantic, CREEP!” And with that she marched on her heel and stormed out, just as the rest of the group walked in. Riddle, smiled smugly at Azul as he gently guided Ace back to the dorms with him.

“Soooo, exactly how well do you think it’ll go over with Riddle if I asked her out?” asked Azul as he stared at the disappearing red head duo.

“Oh, you would die.” Answered Deuce plainly, not even looking a little sorry for Azul, however that might have to do with the fact that he’s still a little shell-shocked from Ace.

#twisted wonderland #ace trappola #dire crowley #grimm #riddle rosehearts #ortho shroud #deuce spade #lilia vanrouge #sebek zigvolt #leona kingscholar #vil schoenheit #azul ashengrotto #floyd leech #ghost marriage

[teasholdingmetogether]

ITS TIME TO RISE UP AGAINST THE CHOICE OF FUCKING MICHAEL WALDRON FOR SECRET WARS. KEVIN WOT ARE U THINKING. ERIC MARTIN JUST DELIVERED ONE OF THE BEST THINGS TO HAPPEN TO MARVEL RN AND U CHOOSE FREAKING WALDRON

#What on earth is fucking happening right now #lets break the internet everyone #Cos he’s gonna destroy lokius #And the thor/loki reunion #NO #HELL NO #IM NOT ACCEPTING THIS #PUT ERIC MARTIN ON FFS #WOT IS THIS DECISION #lokius #loki #mobius #tom hiddleston #lokius 💚🩵

[gossip-girl-of-middleearth]

Oh my GODS it’s starting guys, Amazon and Warner Bros are beginning to get petty and fight each other over who’s better at LOTR 😂

#I can’t believe this is happening #we got the dumpster fire that was rings of power #like Sauron taking over Middle-earth #then Warner Bros and Peter Jackson step up and say fuck you we’re doing this shit and we’re doing it right #for context Warner bros are the guys doing the highly anticipated war of the rohirrim anime which is said to be amazing coming out next year #the fact that the rivalry has already begun between the two companies #and the fact that rings of power literally ghosted Peter Jackson when they started filming #and now Peter Jackson is working with the rival company #absolute poetic cinema #truly beautiful #I don’t care what happens #this is hilarious and the drama my little bored brain needs #lord of the rings #lotrdaily #lotr movies #the hobbit #elves #hobbit #legolas #lotr shitpost #silmarillion #mirkwood #the silmarillion #lotr #mairon #sauron #tolkien #rings of power #rop #Amazon lotr

[locrianking]

am yisrael fucking chai.

#at this point im just gonna be real: if you see what happened yesterday as anything but a tragedy #you are fucking larping as a ‘freedom fighter’ from the safety of your home without using the brain god gave you #hamas took control of palestine via COUP they have not had a democratic election since then. #hamas is liberating jack shit. they are ALSO OPPRESSING PALESTINIANS. palastinian civillians are fucking meat shields to them use your head #the bodies of israeli women are being paraded around naked with their goddamn heads blown off right now #israeli and palestinian civilians are being killed by hamas right now. if you see this as liberation and not a tragedy or injustice #i do not know what to tell you other than to stop using civillian deaths to justify your political beliefs #and i say this as an anarchist #it’s easy to call this liberation on tumblr.com when your home isnt being used to store weapons or as a launching pad for rockets #or when your neighbors arent currently hostages or your daughters dead naked body isnt being paraded in the streets #i will not apologize for being more concerned about palestine’s civilians than the safety of the hamas. #i will not apologize for being worried when there is a grand total of ONE jewish state on earth and people are chanting to kill all israelis #i care about jews. i care about palestinians. i care about the civilians who are living in fear. #if you think that is controversial feel free to block me ✌️ #rosie speaks

[beingatoaster]

Felicity at the start of this session: I have to keep taking care of all these small people while we fix things at this lake

Felicity at the end of this session: I. for my mental health and also because I'm extremely pissed at some of them. may have to tell all these small people to fuck off and leave me alone once we're done with this lake

#two earths #felicity #is having a fucking TIME #i knew she was fucked up by what happened today #(we revived a sahuagin killed in an explosion we caused #and talking to him without admitting we caused it #was giving her severe emotional damage) #but it wasn't until i went 'she is going to walk away and have a joint' #and started thinking through how she's feeling right now #counting in certain party members making light of us having (it turns out) also killed their sea serpent guardian #and went. fuck. i don't actually want to stop playing felicity #but i am not sure she wants to keep going with the party right now

[running-in-the-dark]

sooooo

I'm 32 now

when can I expect to finally grow out of getting obsessed with men people stuff? I'm waiting....

#I doooo not want it #it's embarrassing #can it stop please #BUT also can I not feel depressed and like an empty shell when it's not happening #I mean I can handle it when it's things. hobbies. shows. whatever #sure it usually ends up being expensive as fuck but #at least I don't go around humiliating myself by talking about nothing but a random guy for months on end #how embarrassing! I think a man is hot! I must jump off a cliff immediately #but whyyyy can't I be normal about it at least #other people get obsessed with normal things! like. idk. anything else #soo anyway the opening narration for the texas chainsaw massacre is great isn't it? he did such a good job :) what a nice voice :) I am not #going to be weird about this man any longer :) no I won't! I'm normal about him! I don't want to bite him or chew on his face or anything #like that. just normal things. uh. sex? that's what people usually want. yeah fine that. I mean I do. want. oh I think I'm doing it again #haha no it's fine I just think he's neat (he's the only person on earth no one else exists anymore he's so beautiful oh my god have you seen #his little face he looks like a cute little potato I've never seen anything prettier in my life haha I need to run my hands through his hair #and have you seen how tall he is and he's so cute and I need to. be taken outside and shot. god. #I keep. shrieking. every time I see him. at such a high frequency that it hurts my own fucking ears. because. I can't believe that he exists #I'm. so. stupid!!!! #annnd repeat this every time this happens blah blah blah i should jsut delete this blog right now oh my GOD.

[gibbearish]

am finally back home and can say without a doubt that i am just fundamentally not built for long distance travel however the train was much nicer than planes

#that being said. pressurized cabins drive me insane a little bit #and also it gives you pretty intense sea legs for a While #like. the ones from the first trip hadnt gone away by the return one. so. might be stuck with that for a few days #we shall see #also ajr live fucks severely #the albums were already incredible but that was a goddamn religious experience #like. idk the way i think abt it is theyre more djs than a regular band esp w their performance showing the making of way less sad #like their music is very electronic‚ theyre making mixes of their own sound effects more than singing in one go #so like. the vocals were a teeensy bit rough at times #notably times it has taken me Literally Hundreds Of Hours Practice to be able to consistently sing along with #and times ive found its literally physically impossible to like. no matter what #idc how big your lungs are‚ there is no human on earth who can do that final run of karma in one breath #much less to An Entire Stadium After An Hour Of Jumping And Dancing And Singing Loud As Fuck #so like i dont blame them for that‚ you dont go to live shows expecting it to be 100% perfect anyways jwbdjsbfksb #the trumpet however. well she was certainly playing sometimes. and was very enthusiastic about her flares. #however. in most of their songs they use midi trumpets to my ear at least #meaning she was likely an addition specifically for live performances and in my personal band kid opinion #prooobably was not in any of the like. higher tier bands? idk just. a lot of the mistakes she was making were hitting as stuff that got #taught out of us the instant we joined any band beyond regular concert #so i would guess she was probably just like. a friend who happened to play trumpet in high school or maybe even just middle school #and they knew that the trumpet parts in their pieces were big and distinct enough that like they /had/ to get a live player #and just kinda. didnt anticipate the audition -> performance gap #like. her tone was really fried the whole time like she was playing as hard as possible #which. she was mic'd. have the sound guy turn her up. #the way they did it made it sound like she was using a mute but not. like she only got the bad parts of a mute from it yknow #her tempo and timing were. bad. theres no nice way to put that one it just Was Bad‚ like the trumpet runs in ajr songs arent. complicated #like. quite literally if you handed me the sheet music right now i would have it down perfect in a week at absolute most #and better than that player on sightread. like. we did so many sightreading drills. #like ill share my band kid creds if anyone cares but i need to emphasize this isnt me being braggy like. they genuinely just arent hard #fuck im out of tags. w/e i think only like one of yall also listens to them anyways so i can leave it there

[andromeda3116]

ugh i have a friend who is super into astrology and it's like "mercury is in retrograde this is so terrible!!!" like bro even if planets could affect your life on earth mercury isn't doing shit it's just how it looks in the sky is going backwards because of orbital dynamics it is literally not doing anything different at all it's just vibing

#i mean i have Many problems with astrology including of course the basic core of the idea is nonsense #but like #it's not fucking doing anything #it's just because of how the earth is passing around it #we're passing by mercury in a certain way hey by the way can you look at the sky and point out mercury to me right now? #like do you actually even know where it is in the sky? #ugh i bite my tongue and scroll past while repeating to myself that as long as they aren't hurting anyone #- and they are not hurting anyone - #it's none of my goddamned business what they believe #and so i keep scrolling but i always want to be just like #HOW DO YOU THINK ORBITAL MECHANICS OF PLANETS MILLIONS OF MILES AWAY FROM US #HAVE ANY FUCKING THING TO DO WITH YOUR MOOD AND THE RANDOM INTERPERSONAL SHIT IN YOUR LIFE #WHY DO YOU THINK THE OTHER SEVEN PLANETS GIVES A SHIT ABOUT YOU #WHY DO YOU THINK THE CONSTELLATIONS CARE #THEY FUCKING CHANGE OVER TIME JFC THE TILT OF THE EARTH CHANGES MEANING THAT FUCKING POLARIS #HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE NORTH STAR AND WILL NOT BE AGAIN LIKE. ??????? #how arrogant? #to believe that the random alignment of the stars in the vast cosmos has anything to do with you #and how helpless? #to believe that the random alignment of the stars in the vast cosmos dictates what happens to you? #the planets orbit the sun babe and so do we #they're not here for us and they don't have jack shit to do with us #it's all chaos babe #embrace it and accept it because it means that the only thing that matters in your life is what you do with it #the distant planets and stars don't have control over you #you do #it's all chaos and that's very freeing #let go of the need to be influenced #let go of the need to find order #and make it yourself instead

[strwbrymlkshake]

Why can't I be satisfied with everything? It needs to be perfect to me and I can't accept anything otherwise :(

#mine #oh boy here we go. guy last post was about has been pretty cool and i got flustered around him a few times #but i feel bad bc. i need m o r e he isnt insane enough he isnt making me go absolutely crazy i want to be satisfied but im NOT im sorry #like its quite honestly the most attention acceptance etc ive gotten but its not ENOUGH he doesnt die whenever i send a selfie #im never satisfied WHY i have unrealistic expectations !!!! i hate my brain killing and violence and death etc #i get crushes on guys who want nothing to do with me but then when one actually wants me its not enough? what is wrong with me #thrill of the chase? i cant accept being loved? what is it brain. christ almighty. im not doing anything like deliberately yandere related #anymore im just being generally incomprehensibly mentally ill 🙄 still trying to find a therapist but idk how on earth ill explain that #ill update this post tomorrow with more insanity but for now i am the sleepy tired #// ok its now 3 days later i dont feel like making another post. i think i was just having a mental illness moment as always #because he does make me insane. hashtag girl. im trying to be the smartest and calculated i have ever been with a relationship in my life #like im thinkin about it so hard bro. the future n shit. how would this relationship go. im so scared ill do something wrong its preventing #me from doing things RIGHT. im sad becaude i flipped out today over even imagining him being upset with me a little #so i was really embarrassed and it put me in a weird mood for the rest of the night but he reassured me he doesnt hate me or want me to die #every one aaalways says theyre different. i can only hope this one is telling the truth. i dont know what ill do if he isnt. #well i need to stop whining about fictional scenarios and focus on the good stuff in reality. i get along with him very well and he #is very niceys to me :3 he doesnt think im fucking insane or stupid for overreacting. i feel very comfortable gossiping and talking w him #every long time blog viewer of mine reading this like ah shit here we go again #but thats what im here for. i guess. just have to keep doing this shit until something good finally happens to me romantically hngh #i feel so strange because i have wanted and yearned for a relationship but now that i actually could have one im like WAIT #I DIDNT THINK ID GET THIS FAR 💀💀💀 bruh. and he doesnt even think im stupid hes respectful to me he checks in on me all the time #like perhaps the only person to ever actually almost match my energy in a romantic sense. there was [redacted] i guess but he didnt love me #he listens to me talk about my problems he doesnt think i complain or overreact too much. all the ridiculous cringe shit i do #he doesnt mind it. its nice to be able to be myself. and im really proud of myself for not rushing into a relationship right away

[genderfluid-druid]

Hmm.

#hmm #hmmmm #just had a conversation that i have not fully processed yet #which i am currently not feeling any emotions about which canNOT be right #there have gotta be emotions there but i WOULD believe that they are very very very very firmly suppressed #i do think my brain is kind of doing a meta world tilt shift thing right now that may not be perceptible to the mind's eye #kind of like how if the earth itself started slowing down in its rotation it might be hard to tell what the fuck was happening #you see. in the year of our lord 2016 i went through the worst shittiest most devastating breakup of my life #which left me in what we'll just call a Poor Mental State through much of 2017 #and which i only finally clawed out of when i realized i had to stop exposing myself to contact with the ex by unfriending/blocking #which. very healthy choice. should've done that much sooner and i recommend it to anyone in a similar situation #anyway #the crisis dragged on for longer than it should have because ex and i were still trying to be friends when we really really should've. not #we kept driving each other crazy and i was still in love with the guy even though. HAHAHAHAHAHA SHITTY BREAKUP. #so basically my brain was in a constant state of 'i need him to care about me' butting up against 'i am terrified that he doesn't' and #of course that second one became self-fulfilling because i was annoying the shit out of him #crisis finally hit an inflection point when i got it through my head that i just had to accept that i might never be friends with him #that i was gonna have to stop talking to him and let it go #and for the rest of my life assume friendship was not a viable option #and that is how i lived for six years #and he moved to Colorado and got married #and i tried to date some people and hooked up with some others #and that brings us to today #when someone walked up to me at a wedding and said 'oh are you drake? i'm M's friend! didn't you two like date or something?' #🙃 #okay TO BE CONTINUED bc apparently there's a tag limit did you know that? I've never hit 30 tags before. ok one sec

[wren-kitchens]

hey does anyone have good news about the world cause i’m not convinced i’ll live past 23

#not even from mh issues either #just #the physical earth is dying and it’s our fault and no one gives a shit yk #no that’s wrong #*no one who can make a considerable difference gives a shit #sorry all my posts are so pessimistic right now lmao I don’t have enough brain energy to suppress thoughts anymore apparently #but it’s a little bit scary yk #like idk what’s gonna happen #we said that if nothing happens before 2030 then we’re screwed #well times tickin #there’s fuck all I can do about it #I can recycle a bottle and turn of my lights but apart from that the fuck am I supposed to do #I can’t implement laws that prohibit harmful gasses being emitted into the atmosphere #I can’t fix the economy #I can’t fix poverty and make sure everyone has enough to eat and drink #I can’t make everything run on solar power to reduce carbon emissions #dude I couldn’t get anyone to take me seriously when I was so terrified of climate change in y7 that i’d be crying about it near constantly #now ppl just think i’m vegan #which i’m not because guess what I fucking can’t because I won’t get enough vitamins or iron because I have bullshit sensory issues #i’m either dying from myself or the world whichever comes first #and they’re both approaching pretty fucking fast i’ll tell you that #anyway #hope elongated muskrat has fun with his fucking bird app #hoax rambles #vent #tw vent #vent tw #climate change #global warming #the terrifying thing is the fact we can literally see it happening

[thethingything]

guess who called 111 and explained the situation and immediately got told to go to the hospital as soon as possible. it's a 13+ hour wait for treatment when all they're likely to do is prescribe antibiotics, which they could have done over the phone.

on the one hand at least we're being taken seriously now but on the other hand I really don't want to expend loads of energy sitting in a chair that's going to fuck up our spine in a room that's going to give us sensory overload, when this could all have just been sorted by now if the first doctor actually listened to us.

this is a medical issue we've had before and we know how our body reacts to it and what the treatment for it is, but apparently everyone else is determined to make it as difficult as possible to get that treatment

#personal #thoughts #🍬 post #I also can't get to the hospital right now but it seems like it's the only way we'll get treatment #except there's absolutely no way on earth we'll be able to stay there for the entire wait time anyway so it feels pointless #like when they thought we'd fractured our tailbone and told us to go urgently and then we had to leave after 4 hours #so yeah I guess we're probably going to the hospital but I doubt we'll get treatment even if we go #I also don't even know when we could get there because our mum is currently taking her boyfriend to his own medical appointment #but yeah what the fuck do we do if we can't wait the entire time to get treatment at the hospital? what happens then? #do we just not get treatment at all? because that's what it seems like #vent post