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puppetmaster13u · 2 days
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For any of your cryptid batfam AUs. We know Batman thinks criminals are superstitious and cowardly. So how superstitious should most Gothamites be? What are some of the superstitions and things they do because of that? And what random BS do the Bat kids do to actively encourage the superstitions because they think it’s funny?
Vibrates in headcanons.
Okay, so, this is less just the criminals of Gotham- a lot of goons are just trying to put food on the table after all- and more of, Gothamites in general. Like they have good reason to be superstitious.
Like everyone already knows about the Court of Owls, if nothing else then from the Rhyme they use to get children to behave. But Gotham? Is Weird with a capital W even in canon. There are literal streets that disappear and only reappear on certain days, areas where on specific days gravity just doesn't work right, several portals to hell have been opened just in Arkham alone, and there's enough curses and cults to smother any other place.
Funnily enough I am actually currently working on a story that focuses a bit more on the superstitions of Gotham lol. Like a lot of this stuff? Not shit you're going to see in the more tourist-esque spots, but those are death traps already.
Now a lot of the habits and myths of Gotham start out as a thing about Survival. It started less with things about the Bats and more about the Rogues and how to survive.
Tiny plant boxes meticulously cared for, after one noticed how plants react when Ivy is around. They line the windows of almost every home despite the smog, and some even pray through them for their Mother to not attack today.
Small scarecrow dolls, made of grass balls and cloth hang from overhangs on roofs with rope like a hangman, a charm in hopes that the one walking the streets will leave them alone. It ends with some claiming that if you rip the head from the body of cloth, the Scarecrow will come for you.
Small candles and lanterns begin to appear on the windowsills of children, their own homemade batsignals. Some say if you're very good, gifts will appear beside it, while others claim that if you're very bad, the Signal will appear and take you away.
Tiny shrines appear on rooftops over the years, meticulously carved statuettes within. It started with one for the Second Robin, and some whisper about how the Red Hood emerged from it, was reborn through their prayers and gifts. Now there are more, offerings ranging from snacks to child's drawings to figures of clay. No one dares take things from it, the last time someone tried... well, let's just say it didn't end well.
The thing is? The Bats don't even have to do much to encourage this, and don't usually even do it on purpose.
Everyone knows what happened to the ones who tried to be a vigilante. They know of the first Batgirl, humanity slowly dripped away the longer she huddled in the Bat's shadow until she was twisting around just like it. Any child who had been making their own costumes, their parents burned it that night, terrified that the Bat would take their children to be its own next. The small child, everyone knew about him, a wee little thing with a camera clutched against his chest. They all saw him run after the Bats despite the protests, saw him run towards the Bat as bodies crumbled before it. They saw him grab its arm with such tiny hands, and the Bat, grieving, stopped. They all saw the Bat whisk him away, and once more whispered to their children to never follow the Bats into the shadows. They know of the girl cloaked in amethyst cloth, who chased after them despite the warnings and pleadings of others. She disappeared, and the faceless thing of chittering laughs that raced the Robin that appeared in her stead... Everyone knows what happens to those who offer themselves to the Bats, knowingly or not.
Robin can mimic voices, their own childish giggles and clicks echoing across the stone slipping into another's words. What is merely a game to them is horrific for anyone wandering the streets in the dark of the night. Some say that it can steal your voice permanently if it so wished.
Everyone in Gotham knows that the Bats aren't human. Oh they might mimic and pretend to be as such, or even had been at some point, but they're confident they aren't. Even if they put on an act outside of Gotham, corpse-like skin gaining hints of color like blood is actually rushing through veins, everyone knows that's what it is. An act.
The Bats themselves? Well, it keeps their civilian identity safe- and the shrines have helped them get children out of bad home lives and to safety, so they're not going to just... not encourage it.
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bestworstcase · 23 hours
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the perennial Tai Discourse is really interesting to track bc, speaking broadly, the two major camps are just:
those who focus primarily on ruby’s recollection of her childhood and relationship with her dad (and filter what yang says through that lens such that “i had to pick up the pieces and keep things together when i was five” gets diluted into “yang had responsibilities as a child”)
those who focus primarily on yang’s memories and her arc in v4 (and tend to just ignore or minimize the things ruby says that suggest a positive relationship with tai, in particular often just flat out disregarding how excited ruby is to spend time with or receive care packages from him)
when it’s like. yeah that’s. literally the point. that ruby and yang had profoundly different childhoods.
they’re half-sisters in a story about fairytales and only one of them had a decent dad. rwby is unsubtly interrogating the fairytale archetype of the Evil Stepmother/Dead Mother with raven (not dead, but absent) and summer (villain, presumed dead) and that archetype quite literally requires its counterpart archetype of the Neglectful Father who remarries and tacitly participates in the Evil Stepmother’s abuse of his child from his first wife
tai is as much an exploration of the fairytale Neglectful Father as raven is the Dead Mom and summer is the Evil Stepmother. that’s. a core aspect of the narrative surrounding the rose xiao long family.
the Dead Mom often reincarnates as a bird or tree or similar spirit to watch over her child; rwby turns this on its head by reimagining the Dead Mom as an absent one. raven watches over yang in her bird form because she is too afraid to be meaningfully present; she isn’t dead, but her absence in yang’s life is so complete that she might as well have been, and the fairytale tension between the Dead Mom’s death and her lingering presence is explored through these cramped and inadequate half-measures raven takes in trying to have it both ways.
the Evil Stepmother is a vehicle for making the fairytale heroine miserable; she has no identity nor any reason for her monstrous treatment of the child who is not her own. rwby, again, flips this over with the mystery of summer rose. who was she, really? did anyone know? she was a good stepmom—she loved yang like her own daughter—but now she’s gone. she left. she never came back. she lied. she joined salem. why? what expectations did she feel on her shoulders? what broke her? why did she do the things she did?
lastly, the Neglectful Father must either be a love-blind fool or a weak, contemptible man with no love or loyalty to his own blood; he forgets his motherless child at the behest of his new love. rwby turns this on its head too by rendering tai as a human being—messy, flawed, fully-realized. wicked stepsisters exist for the purpose of being spoiled by the Evil Stepmother in juxtaposition with her cruelty to the first child, who is kind and good because she remembers her mother’s lessons. the fairytale children of these archetypes function as repetitions of their mothers. rwby makes that the central conceit of its spin on the Neglectful Father: what if he loved both the Dead Mom and the Evil Stepmother so much and then both of them broke his heart in mirrored ways, leaving him a single father to both of their children? if he sees raven in yang and summer in ruby, how does that color his relationships with both girls? if you take away the Evil Stepmother but not her daughter, does the Neglectful Father remember his first child? or are people more complicated than that?
and with all three, the narrative engages with these one-dimensional archetypes by constructing complicated, multi-faceted characters on top of them; by tossing the simplistic moral didacticism of a fairytale and presuming, first, that everyone is trying their best, that bad choices can be made from good intentions, and that no one gets it right all the time, or even most of the time. love and profound dysfunction can coexist.
ruby and yang had very different childhoods. that’s the narrative foundation the whole rose xiao long family is built on, because they’re a deconstruction of the archetypal fairytale blended family.
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mebbrrr · 3 years
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that art tiktok post was about a specific situation that showed up on my fyp but honestly it stands on its own bc im fuckin right and taking inspiration from ppl isnt a crime LMAO
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warmpil · 2 years
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all of us are dead is making me really nostalgic........ i absolutely hated everything to do with studying back in school but i had also made so many great memories made with friends that it made all the suffering worth it. we were really just kids goofing around in class, having stupid little crushes and laughing while running through the courtyard to get in line before the bell rings. and those were the simplest, most unadulterated forms of joy that we only ever get to experience in our childhood and teenage years. because adulthood could do some really unrepairable damage to that innocent childlike psyche lmao
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distraughtlesbian · 3 years
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you’re taking her to a secondary location and forcing her to be your magic werewolf wife i’m telling her your misogynist dog cult will never accept her and she doesn’t belong there. we are not the same.
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embraceyourdestiny · 2 years
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Adults who hate children are more annoying than the most annoying child ever and I want to shove them into a tiny box and throw them down a river so I can’t hear their stupid complaints anymore
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strohller27 · 2 years
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#you know I haven't felt like this since his cheeto-ness was president.#but it's the same ass feeling sitting here waiting for some news like 'what happened now' 'what did he do this time'#the same worry in the back of my mind about meeting a trump supporter who was going to 'explain me a thing' about why he was elected#the same nagging fear in the back of my head of what if he's dumb enough to really escalate things and start a nuclear war#except this time with guns and bombs and pictures of peaceful people in bomb shelters#children from childrens' hospitals and mothers with newborns being shielded from LITERAL BOMBS in the basements#pictures of burning tanks and people trying to stop convoys from passing through their towns and cities#this time I'm having flashbacks to when we studied the holocaust in high school. stories of how it all started#and this time I now have some guy texting me everygoddamn day saying 'you remember this is a civil war right?'#'these are ukrainians attacking themselves' 'we're protecting them' 'by the way this is all america's fault' 'I am very intelligent'#'I know you told me you went to a university panel and talked to actual historians andeconomists and political scientists BUT'#'they don't know what's actually going on here but I do because I have these pictures of biden talking in front of some guy'#'and that PROVES that something's going on here' 'there's an informational war going on be careful who you listen to'#BITCH YOU'RE BRINGING THAT INFORMATION WAR RIGHT INTO MY FUCKING LIVING ROOM#THE REST OF THE FUCKING WORLD THINKS YOU'RE ALL BLOODTHIRSTY CHILD KILLERS AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS??#I PLAYED HOCKEY WITH YOU GUYS. SAT AND HAD DRINKS WITH YOU AND TALKED ABOUT LITERATURE#I KNOW YOU GUYS AREN'T INHUMAN. I'VE WITNESSED YOUR HUMANITY СВОИМИ ЕБАННЫМИ ГЛАЗАМИ#I WANT TO BELIEVE YOU'LL BE RATIONAL ABOUT THIS BUT YOU'RE MORE INTERESTED IN BELIEVING THE ENTIRE WORLD IS OUT TO GET YOU#GO AHEAD AND BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT I CAN'T PLAY ANYMORE. MY HEART CAN'T TAKE THE DISCORD#нет войне
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mushymooshi · 3 years
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The fact that some of peoples reasoning for not liking female ccs is also stuff that their favourite white boy has also done? And they just don't care? It's so clear that it's about misogyny and not the bullshit of "I can dislike whoever I want" "I watch ccs for MY enjoyment" no, you watch white boys who play Minecraft cause you want them to fuck you.
There is no reason to go so hard in on female ccs for things that their male counterparts do
Dream has made racist jokes in the past but its always "He apologised its fine," "it was in the past he's grown," "He didn't know,"
But when you find out a girl creator has also made or laughed at racist jokes in the past it's always "we expected better," "that's disgusting how could you do that?" "youre a horrible person,"
Girls and women have always been held to a higher extent in every aspect of life and can't seem to make mistakes without being beaten down for it. It's so abundantly clear that you don't actually care about rep in the community when you say "more women in mcc" "more women in dsmp" when you hate every women added and constantly berate and harass creators' women friends. All your looking for is likes on your tweet and then turn around and show ur true colours by bullying women everyday, the same goes for poc and lgbt people.
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Tbh if you are making some biblical joke at least read the part of the bible that you are gonna use in your sketch or like a lil summary on some site. Like its so much more funny if the joke used real facts
#personal#i know im like the only human who bothered by historical inaccuracy#but thats why I complain here#even if you think bible isnt real its still a book that has a lot of real life history in it#do you know that women was killed for cheating on their husbands?#like they literally were killed by the ppl in town bc it was like really huge sin for them#this is why the story of Jesus who said that you can throw a rock if u has no sins matters so much#he literally saved a woman from being killed#he just went and told a mob of ppl their secrets their sins and they was ashamed and flee#also do u know that it was really a noble thing to have children?#like the family would be judged by everyone if they have no children#Mary’s parents couldn’t have children for a long time so they literally was bullied by the entire town#bc for ppl no children meant that you are a great sinner and god hates you but it wasn’t the truth bc they were chosen to have a child#who would literally gonna talk to angels and gonne be a godmother in the future#btw Mary coul have told angel no when he told her she was chosen#like it was up to her#and she was literally in virgin marriage bc woman cannot live alone in that time#she was living in like all women school her whole life#all girls who was there would come to age and choose a husband#but Mary didn’t want to have a family and children etc she took a vow that she will stay virgin#they couldn’t let ler live there so they found a really old men who could be her guardian#all these men already had children and were old so they could be a husband who only will be guarding a young girl who decided to live for#god#and only one man from them was chosen by the god and he felt not so great about it#like he understood that he only will be guarding her but he said what if other ppl think we r in a real marriage??#he thought that everyone would make fun of an old man marrying a young girl#oh well Im just really emotional over the Mary story#she was like unique child since her birth#i saw posts where somebody was saying what if Jesus was a really creepy child#with like abnormal vibe about him
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blunderpuff · 3 years
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what if... lisa and ben braeden roadtrip and they stop for directions bc they got lost on detour with poor signage and need help getting back to the highway... and they don’t want to disturb what is CLEARLY a wedding happening, but it’s the only place they’ve seen that’s still open this time of night... and they just sort of get folded into the celebration and they have a great time and ben is like “do they play Zepp at ALL gay weddings or???” and lisa got the phone number from the sort of sleazy but still hot european guy with the really unlikely name of ‘Balthazar’ and they leave with a whole pie and the gas tank is miraculously full and they find their way back to the highway no problem and it’s a great night
#spn#valentine's day destiel wedding#i just sort of liked lisa and ben and i'm sorry that storyline was literally just a place to stash dean while sam was doing hot girl shit#it would have been interesting to have Dean being with Lisa and Ben who KNOW about monster stuff but are not living that anymore#to see the aftermath of 'a monster tried to kill/eat us and some dude rescued us because he KNOWS about monsters'#and like... how DO you live with that? a woman moved into your neighborhood and went to your garden party and was friendly...#but she was secretly a monster? and her children replaced YOUR child?? and one of that monster's children was sucking spinal fluid#out of your other friend? and everyone thought that friend was going insane but she was RIGHT? and that monster child#MURDERED that friend's ex husband so it wouldn't have to be away from its food source... which-- again-- was YOUR FRIEND?#and then 2 guys came in and killed that woman/monster and her monster children and rescued YOUR child... and said 'this is our JOB'#and now you have to live with the knowledge that there ARE monsters and that they are indistinguishable from other humans#and you have the knowledge that there are people out there who HUNT those monsters and like... train their entire lives for that?#and you can't TELL anyone??? because you'll sound super insane?? and you don't want to accidentally alert the FBI about those hunters#because WHAT IF the FBI catches up to those guys (they kind of do illegal shit tbh) and BECAUSE of YOU telling someone...#those hunters are in jail and then some NEW monster comes to town to eat children and there's no one who knows how to kill them?#long tags#i just think it would have been interesting if Dean stayed with Lisa and Ben bc 'Sam wanted him to have a normal life'#but Lisa and Ben don't have normal lives anymore so they're ALL living in a facsimile (they KIND OF went in this direction but not well)#like... how does Lisa make friends in a new place? does she surreptitiously test them with holy water/silver/salt/etc?#how does Ben deal with the aftermath of being kidnapped and caged for days for a literal monster? how does he deal with the knowledge#that a monster impersonated him and was feeding off of his mother... and his mother DIDN'T KNOW THAT WASN'T BEN?#is Lisa wracked with guilt that she was fooled by the changeling? is Ben angry that his mother couldn't tell him apart from the changeling?#the friend who buckled the changeling into the seatbelt and tried to fucking drown it... is she okay?? is her real daughter okay??#does Lisa talk to that woman anymore? does she talk to any of the women in that neighborhood whose kids were taken?#it just frustrates me that they introduced a concept... and completely failed to follow up on it#so anyway i hope Lisa and Ben are okay and i think Dean would get happyflustered overhearing Ben at the wedding saying#'they're playing Zepp at this wedding??? this wedding rules!!!'
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golgijev-aparat · 3 years
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Why tho
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ratcorvo · 3 years
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my favourite fan theory for tua is that one lady we always see as a background chara consistently throughout time is actually god or one of the archangels and yet despite their huge role in the universe they always choose to be a subtle but Iconic bg chara just for the Drama™️ of it all throughout the timeline changes the hargreeves puts the universe through and it will never not be funny to me
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depresseddepot · 3 years
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this. may be a hot take. but people who argue that problematic situations in fiction genuinely affect the real life of the person reading them have the EXACT same argument as straight people who act like showing gay couples on TV shows is going to turn their kid gay
#this is abt that person who posted 'not to me not if its you' and then told people not to rb bc it was abt incest#like#'if my kid watches this show about a gay couple he'll grow up to be gay!'#and#'if my kid watches this show critically analyzing how toxic abusive relationships are he'll grow up to be in a toxic relationship!'#are literally interchangeable#i understand that showing impressionable youth things meant to make them root for REALLY bad people is bad#and like you should monitor them and not let them watch shows like romanticizing serial killers until they're old enough to understand why*#*being a murderer or abusive is bad and they shouldn't do it#but like?? some of yall act like abusive parents#'bad shit happened to me when i was a kid so now all children must be confined to a bubble where we monitor their every move and action'#'they dont get to choose what they want to watch or read or enjoy or learn about'#'how DARE you say im abusive when im just keeping these children SAFE'#my argument is getting a little scrambled but this is all the exact same arguments straight people use to argue against gay rep u know#'i cant show a kid this bc then they'll believe it' is the argument against gay rep AND the argument for censorship#dont get me wrong u shouldnt let ur kid go ham on the internet or like read lolita or some shit#but stop acting like a 20 year old is going to join a cult because they read a cult au of their favorite otherwise wholesome ship#yall act like all humans dont have awful thoughts and feelings and use art as a medium to expel them#'oh no :( i enjoyed this quote without understanding any of the background info....now i know it and the quote itself is tainted'#'this quote cant be used anymore because its problematic despite being so removed from the original meaning*#*that literally ANYONE could have said it and it wouldn't have changed the impact the quote had on me or the world at all :('#fiction does affect reality yes#but not to the EXTENT that some of yall think it does#harry potter is a huge hit but it's effect on society was that we all just like fantasy now and not that we divide ourselves by fuckin like#blood purity and like no one started a fancy private school called hogwarts that also taught witchcraft#most people are pretty good at keeping fiction and reality separate#and if I CAN do it then so can more people than some of yall fuckin think#idk if you know this. but being unable to separate fiction and reality is a symptom of quite a few severe mental illnesses#there's nothing wrong w having them but those illnesses should be TREATED not indulged in#idk unfollow me if this pissed u off because im really not in the mood for anyone's bullshit
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decoy-octopus · 4 years
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If you don’t think that Willy Wonka is a faerie who is bound to the mortal realm by his chocolate factory then idk what to tell you. He obviously only gave it to Charlie to free himself from his cursed bonds to this world so he could go back to the land of fae.
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lazzledazzler · 4 years
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when are you guys going to get over amber and kiel being romanceable it’s been over 7 years get over it
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dani-luminae · 4 years
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Honestly I’m actually quite happy that Zevon and Dale seem to be on friendly terms, I just wish that wasn’t shown in the second movie by the demo crew bringing down the power plant and being willing to use a possibly-quite-deadly(?) substance on the Werewolves who came to stop them.
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