#hardlycats

[lazaruspiss]

sladedicktalia??????? i am LISTENING

there's like. 5 fics. im so starved. i think theyre so hot and funny together!! im obsessed. also this got long so im adding a readmore. whoops.

SlaDick: classic enemies to lovers. they may try to kill each other half the time but they respect each other more than anyone else. OBSESSED with each other, Slade knows he's weird about Dick and couldn't care less but Dick is so in denial about it. they could both give explicit consent but be so antagonistic about it that it becomes unclear if "yes i want to have sex with you" is actually code for "die right now" and i think that's beautiful.

SladeTalia: they fucked! in canon! there was some bullshit plotline where Talia tried to give Slade Damian and pretend he was his son instead! ex fuck buddies who show up just to make each other's lives harder bc they wanna fuck so bad it makes them have stupid brain. also they're both hot as hell. i'm weak for big strong milf/dilf idk idk.

DickTalia: LISTEN TO ME. TALIA WOULD TREAT HIM RIGHT. THEY BOTH KNOW HOW EMOTIONALLY DEVASTATING IT IS TO LOVE BRUCE. LISTEN TO M- ok aside from that. Talia is someone who tried so hard to be good, to choose to be kind. She loved Bruce because she saw how hard he tried to do good in the world. Her character has gotten considerably colder over time, in huge part due to a certain writer writing about her despite knowing nothing about her, but in universe i try and rationalize it as a growing cynicism stemming from both her father's gradually increasing cruelty and Bruce's failure to support her or commit to her or to even just respect her. She hasn't been shown to have very many people in her life who she can really trust and be close to. She used to have a good relationship with Ra's, she used to have Bruce, she's even lost Damian at this point. She feels like such a lonely character to me. And I think Dick would be able to see that, be able to understand it better than most. He's always had people who loved him, people he could turn to, but he's also ended up perpetually isolated for one reason or another. Dick and Talia both feel to me like characters who are so lonely the further they get in their lives. I could see a silent understanding there. The kind of people who would be able to find solace in simply sharing a space with each other. Neither of them like to talk about what they've been through, I think they'd like to have someone who just gets it. Trauma for trauma, you know?

SlaDickTalia: several angles available here.

1) Dick deserves some sexy older lovers who would wine and dine him and also rail him within an inch of his life and also kill for him. i am not immune to the aesthetics!! to the allure of a hot older duo double teaming their young spitfire partner!!!

2) corruption arc. u know u wanna.

3) Dick's fear of abandonment x the 2 most devoted people on the planet. if they were dating nothing bad would happen to Dick again, Slade and Talia just wouldn't allow that. smth smth, couldn't get rid of them if he tried <3

4) Bruce would hate it and that's always fun :3 not that that's hard tho, Babs is like the only one of Dick's partners that Bruce liked and that's bc he wants to keep it in the family.

5) healing.... sobs...... esp when it comes to feelings around parenthood. Those three have shit to work out and i think having some company would help.

6) They all need more people time but 2/3 of them don't get along with anybody so they're kinda stuck with Dick. that kid will forgive anybody if u bat ur eyelashes and behave well enough. He's also more likely to still see them as people despite everything they've been through, and when you're a military experiment and a semi immortal daughter of an immortal terrorist... It can be hard to find someone who looks at you like you still have a chance at humanity.

7) Slade and Talia playing a Cat Vs Dog type game with Dick in the middle. I think it's funny.

#sladicktalia #sladick #sladetalia #dicktalia #i have feelings about them. can u tell #asks #hardlycats

[ragnarokhound]

the what time stamp from sit, stay, speak 👀👀 i ate that fic up i need to know all extras about it

fjsldkajf Ok. When I wrote those tags this timestamp was PURELY HYPOTHETICAL. BUT WHELP.

Cross-posting it to AO3 too lmao

“Wait, wait, wait. I can’t be hearing this right. You were a dog? For a week?”

Tim sighs. He looks over at Dick before returning to the surveillance clips he’s sorting through.

“Yes.”

“And Jason didn’t know.”

“No.”

“Jason took care of you. For a whole week. Thinking you were just a normal dog. Jason.”

“Yes, Dick,” Tim says, long-suffering. 

And how long he has suffered.

Ever since Babs let it slip to Dick that Tim had been AWOL for a week and could use some help getting his cases in order, he’s been subjected to grilling from everyone. Even Cass texted him, demanding he spill it all. (She sent a single dog emoji, followed by an eyes emoji. Her methods of interrogation are as effective as they are inscrutable.) He’s had to explain the entire thing at least four times now, and it always comes back to the same ribbing questions.

“Wait. So does that mean— you actually ate dog food?” He stares at Tim with wide eyes, equal parts aghast and intrigued.

Tim wishes he were surprised.

“What— yes, Dick, I was a dog. Jason bought dog food and wouldn’t really feed me other stuff. So I ate dog food.”

“What did it taste like?”

“I don’t— like it smells? I don’t know, Dick, dogs have less oral sensory receptors than humans do. It was food. I was hungry. I ate it. It didn’t smell as good as the eggs or bacon did, but—”

“Todd fed you bacon,” Damian interrupts, eyes narrowing. 

Tim glances at him, not sure what to do about the weird note in his voice. 

It’s the first thing Damian’s said about the whole affair other than to roll his eyes and mutter a scathing ‘typical’ under his breath. He couldn’t have projected ‘I don’t care about your incompetencies’  any harder; but he also didn’t leave the room when Dick finally cornered Tim into explaining it all in detail.

And he’s here in the first place, in Tim’s Nest, helping with the mess. So.

“...Yes? A few times.”

Damian’s face twists into a dark scowl. “Tch. Idiot. There’s far too much salt in bacon, was he trying to kill you?”

Tim stares.

“Humans can eat a much wider range of foods than many animals,” Damian sniffs. “Most of what we eat should either be considered a treat or not eaten at all. This is basic. A child would know this.”

Tim doesn’t say anything about getting this unprompted lecture from a teenager.

“If Todd couldn’t be bothered to do even a basic internet search, I loathe to think of that man ever owning a real dog.”

“Who’s getting a real dog?”

Jason comes clomping down the stairs from the apartment with a grocery bag in hand. Tim’s heart does something he didn’t tell it to when he comes into view, holding a pack of Tim’s favorite energy drinks tucked under his arm. Jason doesn’t even drink those. He says they taste like death and chemicals, and he should know. Tim might swoon.

“No one,” Tim says at the same time as Damian says, “Not you.”

Jason frowns. “I could get a real dog, why can’t I get a real dog?”

Damian immediately rounds on Jason. “Please. You’re lucky it was Drake you were caring for and not an actual animal. You would have killed it!”

Jason scoffs as he crosses the walkway to lean casually against Tim’s computer desk. “Oh, come on. No way I would have killed it. Dogs are bouncier than that.”

Damian sputters, before launching into a tirade about proper animal care. Jason smiles serenely, always ready to wind up Damian as Dick looks on, partly amused and partly concerned, and Tim tries to bite down on his snickering. 

Jason sets down the six pack and pulls one off, handing it to Tim. Their fingers brush over the cool, wet metal, and Jason winks at him. Tim nearly fumbles the can.

“Maybe I should get a dog,” Jason muses, interrupting Damian’s rant before he can get started on the importance of socializing. He slants a grin at Tim. “What do you think, Timmy? How would you rate the Jason Todd experience?”

Tim’s thoughts go briefly X-rated before he gets ahold of himself. 

“Zero out of ten,” he says flatly, cracking the tab on his drink. “Would not recommend.”

Jason’s grin turns sharp. It's an expression that clearly says 'that's not what you were saying last night'.

“Oh?”

Tim makes a face at him around the can as he takes a swig. He hopes Jason reads it as ‘shut the fuck up, Dick and Damian are right here’ and not a challenge to see how far he can push it.

Thankfully he’s saved by Dick. First Robin, best Robin.

“You here to help out too?” Dick asks, clearly excited at the idea and trying not to show it, in fear of scaring Jason off.

“Nah,” Jason says, not unkindly. “Just swingin’ by. I had a suspicion that Timbit’s fridge would be about as empty as the last time I saw it.”

Tim squints at his screen, thinking back to lunch and trying to remember if he can defend himself honestly, but he’s pretty sure he just ate a snack bar from the pantry. He doesn’t think he’s so much as looked in the fridge since the morning he turned back into a human. He’d watched Jason make them breakfast from his place seated on the counter; Jason nearly burned the bacon, then blamed Tim for being…distracting.

(He maintains that the spell simply wore off after seven days. Significant numbers are also a thing in magic. Or was it nine days? It doesn’t matter. It was not true love’s kiss. Jason kissed him on the head the night before he changed back, but that doesn’t mean anything. It doesn’t.)

Anyway.

Dick and Jason are chatting idly while Damian sulks in his corner. They seem to be comparing notes on Tim— and Damian’s— bad habits, but at least they’ve stopped asking him about the dog thing. Jason’s timing couldn’t have been better.

Gratitude for Jason swells in his chest. Tim watches him with a growing flutter in his stomach, and when Jason glances his way, caught, he smiles at Tim. It’s soft, conspiring. It rivals the moon.

“Alright,” Jason announces. “It’s about time I headed off.” From his corner, Damian grumbles something that sounds like ‘finally’.

“Thanks for coming by, Jay,” Dick says, clasping his arm. “Always good to see you.”

Jason ducks his head. “Yeah, yeah.”

He turns to Tim. “Try not to die of starvation while I’m gone, princess,” Jason says, ruffling Tim’s hair with a heavy hand.

Tim’s cheeks pink up. Princess? He’s about to— protest, surely, but Jason leans down over his chair, leaning in close.

“I’ll see you later?” He asks quietly, looking hopeful, his hand still warm on Tim’s neck. Tim can’t help how shy his answering smile is. In his periphery, Dick’s eyebrows shoot way up, and the tips of Tim’s ears go red-hot.

“Y-Yeah,” he says, super smoothly. “I’ll be here.”

“Good.”

All hope of playing it off to Dick and Damian goes right out the window when Jason leans in and pecks his mouth with a short kiss. And then a not so short kiss. 

Tim untangles his fingers from the lapels of Jason’s jacket reluctantly, opening his eyes in time to see Jason’s pink face and self-satisfied smirk before he’s turning around and hustling back up the stairs to the apartment. Presumably he’s putting the groceries away before going on his own patrol. Dick and Damian stare after him.

Tim can’t even be mad at Jason for dropping that little bomb and then escaping. He’d have done the same if their positions were reversed.

Of course, the second Jason disappears, Dick and Damian whip their heads around to look at Tim with big-eyed stares, one maliciously gleeful, one truly disgusted. Then they start talking over each other. Loudly.

“Timothy Drake-Wayne, explain yourself immediately—”

“I need bleach for my eyes, Drake—” 

Okay. He can be a little mad.

#asjlkdfasj #this is your fault cordelia #i wasn't going to write it but it's too funny not to #jason is mean for doing that to tim fufufu #hardlycats #jaytim #my writing

[ladytauria]

BITTYBIRD!!! that’s so fucking cute i desperately need dick to call damian that immediately

i feel like damian’s face the first time he says it would be hilarious. THE most disgruntled cat expression.

“no. absolutely not.”

“what? what’s wrong with it?”

“everything. i demand you cease.”

“bittybird? are you serious, dickwing?”

“well, everyone else has a bird name! dami deserves one too.”

“i— and you cannot come up with anything else, richard?”

“nope! besides, it’s cute, like you~”

#dick; steph; and cass are the only ones who could get away with it i feel #anyone else is immediately targeted for some form of revenge #possibly involving knives but not always #steph & dick may receive light revenge / huffing / threats but they’ve worn him down the most i think #tim is not included in the dialogue bc he’s too busy trying not to lose it #also i’m glad u like the nickname for him xD i was fondest of bittybird & babywing #babywing only bc it kind of combines the first two but also sounds like baby nightwing #and then bittybird is just cute~ #asks and answers #hardlycats #dcu #batfam

[bulletsxlattes]

the tim art of yours that you touched up (with the cat) is the prettiest version of tim i’ve seen so far. absolutely in awe of your art. i don’t really understand the terminology, so sorry if i use it wrong, but you have a huge strength in coloring and facial expressions. your tim in that specific piece feels very light and warm. like yknow when you go to a café and everything smells good and feels nice??? that’s the best way i can describe my reaction to seeing that post, lol. thanks for sharing! you have a gift xD

AWW thank you I really don't know what to say besides thank you. It means a lot to me. Some of my favorite parts of drawing/rendering a piece is working on the face and expression. Even as a kiddo I remember really zeroing in on that part more than anything. Thank you again, and I completely understand what you mean with the soft vibes you get from Tim in that piece. It was exactly what I was going for!

#hardlycats #answered ask #ask

[gerryrigged]

the dc timeline is so confusing thankfully i am just here for the vibes and young justice

that was a great explanation btw (your response to anon) i was nodding along while i read; most of that went over my head when i was reading the comics.

vibes and Young Justice 😌👌 what more do you need, tbh? A coherent chronology? psssht. (I say as I ward off DC's mess of a timeline with a crucifix and holy water)

awesome, glad it read well! it confused the crap out of me when I first started looking into what Tim had been up to in recent years, especially seeing Tynion's 'Red Robin' Robin costume without context initially, so actually this was useful to me as well to go back and make sure I had it all straight. It's definitely a tall order to keep track of - what a pain!

#hardlycats #asks #gerryrigged

[deepwithintheabyss]

woooh one month late but whatever tagged by @hardlycats

name: currently just going by Abyss, but taking suggestions

pronouns: Fine with whatever they/them my go to for it to be easier but i don't really care

where do you call home: hmm 🤔 place I grew up with/my family, I don't really have a hard time getting comfortable in a new place but I guess my childhood home will always carry pieces of my heart 😭

favorite animal: I have to choose one? :( hmm today feels like a fox day I guess

cereal of choice: cornflakes, I know very basic

visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learner: ooh I think kinesthetic fits best, definitely not auditory xD, and just because I know how something works because I watched and understood it doesn't mean I can copy it (< cries over so many art things I know how to do but never do myself because it doesn't click)

first pet: first pet for myself was a cat, first pet in general was the cats my mom had before I was born (look I always had cats all my life up until I think 2 years ago? and I am suffering)

favorite scent: hmm I like the scent of wood? freshly fallen rain and cut grass idk these are hard questions I never think about this stuff

do you believe in astrology: hmm no, sometimes it's fun to hear what people think about it but it isn't something for me

sharpies or highlighters: sharpies, I only started using highlighters like 3 years ago or something

songs that make you cry: uuuuhhh it really depends on my moods?

songs that make you happy: oh fuck okay so this is old but back when the song happy was new that gave me instant happy thoughts and feelings, otherwise currently idk

do you write/draw/create: yess or well at least I try too, but I write and draw and sometimes wonder if I should animate and then I cry (just kidding I don't) because ugh idk how, also I wanna pick up knitting again and learn to crochet and-

tagging with no pressure uhm hmm @timmyjaybird @disniq @mintacle (just tell me if you don't wanna get tagged for stuff like this and I pull you off the list)

#tag game #the abyss speaks #hardlycats #about me

[darkjasontodd]

some of the bots have killer urls ngl

Yeah, they do. Shame it had to be bots with cool usernames.

I had a bot name uneducatedpogram follow me.

#mercuryask #hardlycats

[bi-bats]

"'n this is gonna have to go into my jaytimroy fic" LISTEN. listen, okay. jaytimroy is one of my fav poly relationships to read. i will eat this fic uppppp whenever you post it [zero pressure just to be clear!!! write at your own pace babes i'm rooting for it in the meantime]. with that said though, anything you're willing to share abt the wip?

also if you've written anything for that pairing, or just a fic including roy in general in the past??? shamelessly asking you to share a link.

AKLSJFLKSD thank you!!! Writing is definitely not happening the way it usually does for me (and this weekend has been Very Stressful, my cat is really sick and things aren't looking so good, he's not keeping food down at all and hasn't been for about three days and also it's my one year anniversary with my gf today and this has put a bit of a damper on it)

Anyways!! I really just have the plot for it 😂 basic rundown is Bruce finds out about the league bases and gets into a huge argument with Tim which results in the outlaws taking him in during the fallout. JayRoy have been hooking up but they don't know how to address the whole having feelings for each other thing because they both think it's one-sided. Then, of course, Tim comes in and throws a wrench into everything because he starts hooking up with Roy, and then if I say anything else we're wandering into spoilery territory!

I actually haven't written anything for that pairing yet/at all BUT my girlfriend has been begging for it (literally even was like 'you can give it to me as a birthday or a hannukah gift!! 😂) BUT I have written fics with Roy in them! I'm starting to get more comfortable writing him now.

Here's what he's in!

Roy is in Rooftops & Bookshops, but not very much. He's pretty much only in a short scene in chapters 9 and 12 each, other than a few background mentions along the way.

He's also in Pieces of Me (Pieces of You), and he's in two of the three chapters and plays a significant role in the plot

He's in Non-Refundable Plans, but he really only has a few lines (it's a one shot anyways), this is the one he's in the least by far

BUT he is in Know Yourself a significant amount! Every chapter, plenty of lines, scenes alone with Jason, scenes alone with Tim! This fic is ongoing but is NOT abandoned!! I'm struggling with it a bit right now but I am actively working on it. If you want to see how I write Roy or want to read something I wrote that has Roy in it, this is definitely my top recommendation for that!

And thank you for being clear that you aren't applying pressure!! I really appreciate how kind and patient and understanding everyone always is with me here!!! this fandom is the absolute best fr 💚💖💚

#batsasks #🤏🐈 hardlycats #fr I'm thinking of posting a new chapter of something just because at this point I could use the endorphins from comments #please send me and Zeus and Brosia (batsgf) your love 💖 #JFAKSDJFLK I'M MAKING MYSELF LAUGH SO HARD ABOUT BATSGF #I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH AND RETAG ALL HER STUFF AS BATSGF #THANK YOU THIS PROVIDED ME BOTH BRIEF JOY AND BRIEF DISTRACTION

[littlemourningstarr]

Rules: Reveal the titles of the documents in your wip folder and tag as many people as there are documents. Let others ask questions about the ones that interest them and post snippets or explain the contents as you see fit!

Tagged by @ghostly-pup-pro-at-shipping and thought it'd be fun! No pressure to actually ask anything y'all, it's just nice sometimes to air out the ole WIPs.

Tagging (no pressure tho, you don't have to do this if you don't wanna!) @deepwithintheabyss @disniq @hardlycats @mintacle @cadkitten @wellthatjusthappend @kiseiakhun

WIPs (which almost never have titles and are usually just the ship or the vaguest of ideas):

Sunsetter (TimDami, DamiColi, JayTim, BruDick- just notes that I've had for like 5 years that I refuse to let go of. Somehow the only one with a title.)

Jon/Colin Grindr (JonColi, as you'd expect lol)

Fluffy Robin Pile (surprise... it's Robin pile)

DICK'S DATING PROFILE (Brudick... yes it's all caps in my docs)

Type Jason Positive (JayTim)

Robin Pile (oh wow, wonder what ship this is)

The LMC TimKon Wedding (Part of the Wish I Had an Angel series)

#timmy talks

[ragnarokhound]

"i'm a fucking wolf girl" you don't say xD

fucking awoo lmao

“Catch me if you can,” Tim dares, and the wolf howls.

His breath stammers in his chest. It is a baying song, haunting, beckoning. His heart quickens, stuttering against his ribcage, and he aches. For a moment, he aches.

Then Tim laughs, knocking the visor on his helmet down before revving the engine. The song cuts off with an answering growl, and he kicks away from the sidewalk.

Jason chases him.

#OTL #i can't find a gif of it but insert a gif of the wolf from puss in boots 2 saying PREDICTABLE #jaytim #my writing #hardlycats #YOU'VE GOT MY NUMBER #asked and answered

[felinemotif]

I can't believe my dear friend "hardlycats" last name "deactivated20230907" would ever be this clumsy

one of my dearest friends after i messaged them whining about what i did

i just wanted to delete my old blogs— mobile should have a better setup than a purge all approach

#deepwithintheabyss #replies

[ladytauria]

the jason & tim horror fic… i need it please if you still have the link

here you go!

calling it horror may be a bit of a misnomer on my part—but they are definitely being psychologically tortured~

i had a really good time with it xD & i hope you enjoy too!

#batfam fic recs #hardlycats #asks and answers

[chejuu]

wip game!!

Rules: reveal the titles of the documents in your wip folder and tag as many people as there are documents. Let others ask questions about the ones that interest them and post snippets or explain the contents as you see fit!

tagged by @roipecheur

i only started writing again a few months ago so for now i am a man of few wips:

as-of-yet untitled fic where dick goes undercover as a mafia boss's new boy toy & slade shows up. supposed to be a one shot but now i’m a few chapters deep and want to finish completely before i start posting 😩

heat lightning

backdoor

tagging @thotsyndrome @pelopides @hardlycats :~)

#wip game #sladick #my writing

[deepwithintheabyss]

@hardlycats ghost jay answered here

DickTim mating hunt + forced bonding Dick abusing a fact about Omega biology

This idea is pretty fresh actually so

This plays shortly after Tim returned from his Red Robin quest, Bruce hasn't been pulled out of the timestream yet but it won't be long

Dick is... very frustrated and concerned for Tim's safety. Not only had the Omega just ran off and cut all his ties with the family when they had disagreed and were reasonably! concerned for his sanity, he also had shown a clear lack of care for his own well being when he did return (Dick knew very fucking well that Tim had not actually expected someone to catch him) and when it was all said and done, they apologized and tried to make up Tim didn't seem keen on settling right back into Gotham

so he may have hatched a plan (one that had been way longer in the works than he would like to admit to himself) about how to keep Tim tied to Gotham and get him to stay.

It's just his luck that when Tim Drake-Wayne officially returns back (and the whole debacle of the fake engagement is cleared up) that there was a mating hunt that Tim was invited (ordered) to go too. (Having missed his first one with his running around the world, that had been a big scandal, people assuming he was trying to run from his responsibilities)

If Tim was bonded to an alpha in Gotham he wouldn't be tempted to leave, if Tim was bonded to an alpha he would stay. And because this is about Tim it of course can't be just any random alpha that gets the better over him because Tim had been running himself ragged or something. No it had to be someone they would approve of, that wouldn't interfere with their lives or try and keep Tim from him and it wasn't like there were many alphas around that fit that requirement.

Besides Jason Dick was the only alpha in the entire Wayne pack and he sure as hell wouldn't let Tim be bonded to his lunatic of a little brother who probably would delight a little too much in claiming him. (Tim had told him high on painkillers about how Jason had offered Tim to be his Robin while stabbing him) Dick would not let anymore of his family get harmed and if he used some underhand tactics and manipulation? Well he had learned from Bruce.

So, the mating hunt is coming up, and he knows that Tim is good enough to easily avoid anyone, good enough to easily slip the set perimeter as to not even risk it and just return home the moment he's out of people's eyes. He knows that Tim knows this, and because Tim knows it and will only expect this to be a harmless civilian thing that he'll let his arrogance get to him, at least in a small way. And that will be when Dick is able to strike.

This break in trust will rock their relationship Dick is sure off that but at least it will be able heal and they will preserve like they always have (as long as Tim just doesn't leave them he won't have a choice).

It will be easy to excuse his actions to hide his own more selfish reasons behind his concern. Easy for him to exploit the little tidbit of information that he knows Tim is unaware of, that he learned because he is an alpha and Bruce thought it was important for him to know how his claim would affect Omegas

It wasn't hard to do research on his own about how an unfinished bond would affect an Omega (how it made them more malleable as long as the alpha could hold off on giving into the sweet temptation and fucked them. Dick had been trained by Bruce, he would be able to hold out longer, long enough to make sure Tim would want to stay from what he thought was his own desire before finally giving in and allowing himself what he had wanted to do for years)

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it's 4am so I'm going to stop here and answer the other asks tomorrow/later today I'd say, hope you'll have fun with this and yeah uh there is still some stuff I could talk about (like go into more detail about what exactly Dick is talking about)

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#the abyss speaks #my asks #dicktim #ish but whatever #ask game