#i guess there's a silver lining

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

Hey, who wants a really dark and morbid prompt filled with angst? Well buckle up or scroll away cause I'm about to hit yall with a hammer. You have been warned.

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Danny had slowly come to hate his human side. Well, humanity in general usually left a poor taste in his mouth, so as the weeks passed and the end of his sophomore year inched closer he made a decision. He was going to live his afterlife in the ghost zone. Probably go so far as to fake his death.

Things go south when his bio-dad showed up and he would have been stoked to learn his bio-dad was Batman if it wasn't for his insistence on "fixing" him. He wanted to be less human not more. Geez.

Turns out his bio-mom was that one lady with the long dark hair and green eyes that would smile at him from the shadows while he was patrolling as Phantom. He liked her. Sometimes she waved at him. He liked her a little less for siccing Batman on him. She had called him in out of worry for thier "son"

As it turns out, the reason she did that was because the source of his power (he pointed out it was called a core) was absorbing too much power too quickly and was at risk of overheating and having a meltdown, something akin to a nuclear reactor. He didn't like where this was going. Frostbite had said everything was fine at his last check-up, but no one was listening to him (another thing he hated about being human. As a ghost he was respected, or at least listened to) "So, what? I'm going on vacation?"

The "adults" looked at eachother. "Something like that." Nightwing gave a reassuring smile that only seemed to unnerve Danny more. They were hiding something and Danny had a bad feeling that it was going to end up making him miserable in some way.

He made sure that his friends and sister (meeting his bio parents changed nothing. She would always be the best big sister he would ever have. The only big sister!) knew where he was going and for how long and to raise holy hell if he wasn't back on time. After that we went willingly with Batman onto the batjet.

This turned out to be a mistake as he woke up nearly two months later completely human. Well, ok. Not quite. His eyes still glowed green whenever he was angry or distressed, like now. But his core and all his powers were gone.

Batman had stolen his powers from him. He had stolen Phantom from him. Everything he ever worked for. All the treaties he had made and signed in preparation for his coronation to the Ghost Zones throne, all the grueling training Pandora and the others gave him to controlling his powers, every flunked class and detention from having to run out and deal with a ghost, his shattered dreams of being an astronaut, everything he had done and sacrificed since the accident now meant nothing.

All because of some rich megalomaniac billionaire wanting to control him. Figures. He had the audacity to act suprised when he blew up at him. His powers where such a huge part of him. It was one of the few parts of himself that he actually liked. And Bruce had the nerve to give him the "superpowers aren't everything" speech. How condescending could someone be?!

The insinuation that he could be one of his flightless birds (oh God he would never fly through the nights sky again would he?!) and should be greatful about it was frankly insulting.

So he did what he did best. Escape. Except they caught him. Every. Single. Time. Was this a mansion or a prison? Honestly he wasn't sure anymore. Where was Jazz and his friends?

He cursed aloud when he realized they didn't have any way of tracking him without him being a ghost. He really was on his own with his kidnappers huh. And they were trying really hard to inflict some Stockholm syndrome, but didn't like it when he made the insinuation out loud.

They tried everything in thier power to keep him there "until you're better" and he couldn't tell you how many times they've busted down the door to reach him before it was "too late". Many locks throughout mansion were removed because of this. Too bad for them there was a lot of ways a normal human could "Go Ghost". It was a reoccurring joke that was slowly driving Bruce insane. Good. Suffer.

He really wished Nightwing would stop coming into his room at night to hug him though. The hugs were long and uncomfortable and he kept trying to talk to him. Weird. He acted like death was something to fear.

Too bad he wasn't going to make it easy for them. He had managed to slip away from the purple girl long enough to set two of the libraries on fire (a fact the estranged Wayne child was later furious about when he found out) and make a run for it. He actually managed to steal the batmobile and get a few miles out of the city before he was caught and recaptured. Danny never gave up though. He always found a new way to raise hell and escape.

He was going to become a ghost again.

One way or another.

#fanfiction prompts #prompts #dp x dc #danny fenton #danny phantom #batman #tw: depression #tw: suicide #tw: implied suicide attempts #dark #suicide #implied suicide attempts #he plans to raise from the grave #so silver lining i guess #angst #this is much darker than usual and i even cut out a lot of things so it wouldnt be nearly as dark as it started as #please dont @ me if you dont like it

[irafuwas]

saw ppl talking about this on twatter last night, but doesn't the fact that lilia said he just picked a random date for his birthday when he enrolled at NRC imply he... didn't really ever celebrate his birthday before he started going to school there? if he picked the date when he enrolled, that means there wasn't a date he'd already been celebrating his birthday on before then, right? so did silver and mal and bekky never celebrate his birthday before he started going to NRC?? and we know the queen took him in when he was an orphan, did she just not like give him a day he could celebrate for his birthday?? did mallenoa and levan and the queen never celebrate his birthday growing up?? if they had done so, then he would've already had a date he could've jotted down on his enrollment forms, but he apparently didn't so???

is that why he always plans a celebration for silver's bday and (*sometimes) puts a lot of consideration in what he gets for people, because he wants these children to be able to enjoy something he never got to growing up??

(*e.g. for cater's bday he somehow acquired a phone case from a super popular brand that'd been selling out everywhere, silver said in the bunny event his father always keeps him, mal, and sebek in mind when choosing souvenirs for them, etc.)

#lilia vanrouge #twst #twisted wonderland #twst theory #i guess #oh and also #twst spoilers #aAAAAAAH #silver says in a login bonus for one of his bdays “im sure my father will be planning a celebration for me this year too" or something alon #those lines which is why i got the feeling peepaw probably throws a party for him every year with mal and bekbek #i also still can't over the baton lilia gave him in one of silvers bday groovies. with the little bat charm on the end....

[psychictimestone]

'This is the Knave said to ravage thy kingdom? surely you jest, Sire!?'

#silver the hedgehog #Satbk Galahad #sonic the hedghog #sonic fanart #psychictimestone's art #I'll give brownie points if anyone can guess what Silver line that is but made more old timely #forgive me if he isnt the best i'm not the best when it comes to armour. #i'll brute force my way through it if i have to. I like him too much lol

[kremechihihi]

FUTURISMO ⚡️⚡️⚡️

buwan ng wika already passd but i still wanted 2 draw sum futurism in modernized filipiñana garb 4 funs

#detail dump time uhm #member 3’s alampay is meant to represent those boost pack belts they have on their chest #…or maybe boost pack binder??? #whatever #two wrapped tapis on their waist in place of those lime green hostler thingies #wooden bakya with that #3 connected dots thing on their sneakers #cyber’s got a sharp silver laced salakot meant to be in place of both his headphones and his vinyl discs #bakunawa mask since felix’s mask is tied with some sort of in game mythos? #barong embroidery is made to look like those ink blot test thingies in psychology or something #idk i made it squiggly on purpose to also look like brain lines also #diskarte #just gave him sum white platform boots 4 the sake of contemporary aesthetics #also psychedelic designs on his barong and member 3’s puffy see thru pants 4 da matchyyy #ok thats all if u read all this …well congratulations i guess ty for putting up with my rambles #chi tingz #brc #bomb rush cyberfunk #filipino au #pinoy au #dj cyber #futurism #brc dj cyber #brc futurism

[best-enemies]

I've reached season 5 on my CSI rewatch and I'm a few episodes past "Swap Meet", where a woman is murdered after attending a swing party with other couples from the neighbourhood. Near the end of the episode there's a moment that made me jump from my seat:

(Grissom walks up to Sara and takes the seat next to her. He's holding two cups. He hands her a cup of tea.)

[INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - BRASS' OFFICE]

Erin Brady: Everybody fantasizes about other people. (She glances at Grissom.)

Even you, Mr. Grissom. A neighbor, a friend ... girl at the office.

[INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - HALLWAY]

(The door opens. Paul Brady walks out of the hallway. Erin Brady walks out into the hallway. Sara is sitting in the hallway chair watching them. She watches as they meet and kiss.)

(Grissom walks up to Sara and takes the seat next to her. He's holding two culps. He hands her a cup of tea.)

LIKE!!!!!!!

Right after Erin ends her sentence with 'girl at the office', the first time Sara and Grissom meet again, he brings her tea. This might be an innocent interaction but to me it seemed like a nod to this relationship they have where both are into each other, know about the other's feelings, but can't/won't do anything about it (although Sara has kind of given Grissom an ultimatum). I don't know if it was intentional - I'm guessing it is, because I picked it up immediately. I might or might not have squealed in delight.

#csi #gsr #i'm very Normal about them btw i don't think about them 50 times per day or anything #need to talk more about these two here #because im obsessed about them in a Normal way #sara is like. my dream wife. i totally get grissom being in love with her for years and barely holding it together #i would not though #i'm 1000% sure she's bi. but the writers have been cowards so far #also she and i dress THE SAME. yes i love 2000s clothes so what #i could talk about her forever she's everything to me #and grissom. oh grissom. i also get why she's been in love with him forever #i mean what the FUCK went down in san francisco did they hook up and sex was so good it scared them #and now they have to live with that tension and they're scared of crossing that line #nah i'm guessing with these two they just REALLY clicked. like. they were an instant match and they knew it #but grissom didnt want to lose focus on work or whatever and they lived in separate states you know #but oh my god i totally get sara. grissom is such a silver fox. he's like one of the hottest old men i've ever seen in my life #you know what i 100% get tumblr sexualizing old men it's completely valid i'm in this now too #he has this LOOK. whenever he's angry at a suspect. and he looks angrily at them. i'm chewing on my keyboard just remembering it #and his smirks #AND THE WAY HE LOOKS AT SARA #im losing my mind #i love all of gil grissom but seasons 4-5 jesus fucking christ #ok enough with the sexualizing i love him as a character SO MUCH. he's absolutely fantastic #one of the things i love the most about him is that he doesn't judge people. whenever the team is confused about someone #or this persons' lifestyle #he's always trying to understand them and not judge them #like a true scientist he wants to understand the nature of things and people #and he's such a sweetheart i love him so much #like there are so many things i love about him i can't fit them all in the tags. same for sara #they're a perfect match for me

[pussymasterdooku]

another day another medical malpractice…the allie experience!

#this is overdramatic but miss no hands me is having a rough time #and so i was brave and called my doctor to be like Hey It’s Getting Worse…Should Something Be Done Sooner Than Next Week’s MRI? #and she was like. huh. it shouldn’t hurt. maybe you have some kind of disorder. definitely inflammation is your issue #(inflammation is not my issue. reinjury seems to be my issue but i don’t think she is hearing me when i say that) #anyway bloodwork all normal but they BLEW OUT MY FUCKING VEINNNNNN #it feels better today but eva (doesn’t drive) had to drive me home from the lab lol #anyway i also finally got and read my mri analysis from last spring and got a MUCH better idea of my initial injury. doc was SO vague #she’s a reassurer not a problem solver ig. i’ve liked her except uhhhh the part where Things Keep Getting Worse so maybe she is. #not a good doctor lol #at least i’ve been able to work through all sorts of lingering uterus trauma or whatever i guess. silver linings etc #so we deal we deal #wrist saga tag

[parab0mb]

Just found out that EA rejected the proposed 3rd Mcgee's Alice game, which at this point isn't surprising but still disappointing since I really liked the franchise (call it a comfort series/guilty pleasure/nostalgic, etc.), not to mention the creator seemed genuinely passionate about telling this story about a character that was near and dear to him despite the franchise never being a money-printing powerhouse.

Like, I know I'm not saying anything profound here, but it just reminds how wretched it is that it's still considered the norm for artist/writers/etc. to have to literally sell away the rights to their own stories, a part of them that they've poured their soul and experiences into, to a publisher (that has no passion for the project beyond the monetary returns) just for the POSSIBILITY that the story will maaaaybe reach it's intended audience and have the original vision/message be left intact.

As if it isn't bad enough that an IP that does end up succeeding will most likely be bastardized and milked to creative bankruptcy even after the creator dies, the alternative is that if the IP isn't "marketable" enough the publisher just holds the IP hostage from it's own creator (usually having no intent of doing anything with it).

Like, especially as of late it seems like publishers/studios are all too eager to do the latter, and it deserves to be straight-up illegal.

#rant #artists and creators deserve better man #I guess the silver lining is that going indie is sorta feasible nowadays (at least for video games) #but the people with ideas being at the mercy of the people with the money is still commonplace #and it sucks how legally one-sided creator/publisher relationships are #again I know i'm preaching to the choir and not proposing any actual solutions here #im just upset and wanna rant >:C #american mcgee's alice #alice madness returns #alice asylum

[amazingferret]

Hey kids, you wanna learn a fun fun thing about uploading your shit somewhere on this fine Sunday?

So here I was, wanting to check a funny sketch I did in 2023. I plugged in my external disk, and went into my drawing archive folder.

Ah it should all be here, right?

RIGHT?

NO.

IT'S EMPTY.

Let's go back a bit.

At the turn of the year I cleaned my desktop

I made a neat little bundle called "Art 2023" with all the files and folders I had accrued over the year.

I plugged in my SSD.

Dragged in my zines files into the zines folders just fine, I always double check that - and in any case I always upload on-going zine files to Gdrive out of paranoia.

Then I dragged the Art 2023 into the designated 2023 folder.

Or did I?

OR DID I???

NO I GUESS I JUST DELETED IT.

I GUESS I THOUGHT I HAD DONE THAT ALREADY AND JUST DELETED IT.

ALL OF IT.

ALL THE ORIGINAL FILES OF THE STUFF I MADE IN 2023.

IF IT'S NOT ON TUMBLR, OR TWITTER, OR GDRIVE, OR SENT TO SOMEONE OVER DISCORD, THEN IT CEASED TO EXIST.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

#the silver lining is that i hardly ever have wips #but man some of my drawing poops actually contain lore #nngggg sigh guess i'll spend the day combing over several websites to save what i can...

[redwinterroses]

i keep booping random blogs for the fun of it and accidentally following ones that don't have the boops turned on because crow brain doesn't always differentiate between "boop" links and "follow" links.

...I've found some great new blogs this way. XD

#silver linings i guess #crow brain go brrrrrrrr #the boopening

[castawavy]

tumblr just congratulated me for making 3000 posts 🧍

#silver linings I guess... #anyways yeah im on a posting hiatus now until I fix my PC which might take awhile honestly #im hooooping I can recover November save but if not... yeah its gonna take me a long time to rebuild what I had #if the SSD is truly fucked ill have lost all my saves including ones from waaaay back in it as well and all my gallery builds etc #anyways goodnight SOB #creztalks

[bugeyedfreaks]

Tbf, if it wasn’t for the reboot I would’ve never found your blog, so it’s done 1 good thing at least!

I'm glad you found my blog too, and thanks for stickin' around!

#i mean yeah my blog's goal has always been to just talk puff and was made way before the reboot even was a thing #and it was unfortunate that said reboot... was what it was #but it brought many of us powerpuff girls fans together so we could all cope with the horrors we were witnessing #every cloud has a silver lining i guess

[thomas-mvller]

Alexis Mac Allister (44') Mohamed Salah (45'+2') Harvey Elliott (105') Manchester United vs Liverpool FC 2023/24 English FA Cup - Quarterfinals

#one thing less to worry. silver linings i guess! #liverpool fc #lfc #football #yep: I made this #alexis mac allister #mohamed salah #harvey elliott

[marley-manson]

I don’t think Hawkeye got more pessimistic or cynical wrt the war ending as the show/war went on.

Hawkeye says he’d make the same bet that the war was over in Ceasefire every time, and I think that holds true.

He tries to stop the war again in Peace on Us, he still goes on idealistic campaigns in the late seasons in episodes like Back Pay and Guerilla My Dreams and Blood and Guts etc, he tells his dad he’ll see him as soon as he can and he reassures BJ that they’ll all go home eventually in Period of Adjustmnt. And in GFA Hawkeye was eager for the war to end, not disbelieving. He leapt up upon hearing the announcement that both sides were preparing to sign an armistice agreement and demanded to go home since the war was virtually over. He also expected Sidney to send him home directly from the hospital and was surprised and betrayed when he didn’t.

I never get the sense that Hawkeye believes on any level including metaphorical that the war will never end or that he’ll be stuck there forever. He occasionally makes joking references to it lasting forever because the show pokes fun at itself for lasting longer than the Korean war, plus time flies when you’re having fun and when you’re stuck in a war zone time crawls so it’s an exaggeration of that, but he never loses that idealism, that knowledge that eventually this war will end and he’ll go home.

That said, I do think he got more cynical wrt losing his belief that he can do any good while he’s there. Like, that’s his thin ray of hope as depicted in Letters, and that’s what’s finally completely lost in GFA, imo. And alongside that I think you can see hints of it in the way his campaigns get less focused on achieving something after being burned so many times and more focused on just stating his mind, and even that falls by the wayside by the point of Say No More where it finally seems truly futile and he just silently walks away from the evil general du jour.

He never believes that he’s stuck in the war, and I don’t think that’s a relevant element to his story at all, but he stops believing there’s any silver lining to his time there.

#mash #marley on mash #hawkeye mash #i also think he just gets more exhausted and stops resisting the military as much but that's not really relevant to this character #trajectory #also i think this shift in hawkeye is correct and real - they don't do any good there and there are no real silver linings #it's an accurate realization for hawkeye #as far as i'm concerned #at least they don't do enough good to even come close to balancing out the bad yk i'm not saying saving children's lives is bad #i'm saying it doesn't stack up #(i found this in my drafts and ihni why i didn't post it? i can guess it's bc i saw a post about hawkeye believing he'll never leave and #didn't want to come across as argumentative #but i like this it deserves to see the light of day) #(hopefully i didn't refrain from posting it because i wrote an equivalent post and forgot lol)

[wejustvibing]

back to the trenches

#with a double header 🤩 #but there's always a silver lining— the LHFW #i guess ✌🏾🥲 #mandatory post #f1 #dutch gp 2023 #zandvoort gp 2023

[mooifyourecows]

yesterday i got a new haircut and new shoes 🙂 i'm unstoppable basically

#i forgot how fun it is shoe shopping #i've been buying bullshit cheap garbage online for so long now #i forgot the joy of shoving my feet in strange and unusual vessels #and then running up and down the aisles and doing high knees #to test them out #i got sketchers #extra wide arch fit #if you even care #i didn't realize my feet were EXTRA wide #until i was trying on the wide options #and felt suffocated #like wtf #whose feet are narrow? #am i some kind of boat footed freak? #gottem from my daddy #my mom has tiny little dainty feet #disgusting #but hey aint nobody got as good of balance as me #so silver lining i guess

[goaliekisses]

jordan staal and the hurricanes vs the sidstache

#i guess that’s one silver lining #pittsburgh penguins #pens lb