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snowangeldotmp3 · 1 year

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hello, back again with more supergirl robin! this was also written a little while ago, but idk i might actually pick this au back up sometime, just for funsies. who knows.

Supergirl takes a deep breath.

“I spent so much of my life trying to fit in and be normal. Not to draw any attention to myself, to make myself smaller and fit into this box that everyone else seemed to fit in to. And I could never make it work. No matter what I did, or how hard I tried, it’s like everyone knew there was something… different about me. 'Course, they just thought I was a little weird, not that I was a literal space alien.”

Nancy smiles softly, something warm stirring in her when Supergirl grins back at her. She understands, kind of. Of expectations and following them and fitting into a box you’re not meant for. She gets it.

Supergirl continues. “And it’s hard, you know? All of that weight on your shoulders. Especially at fifteen years old. Like high school isn’t already hell on Earth.

“But then I think you get to this point where the dam just, breaks, you know? There’s a point where you have to realize that you will never fit in, you’ll never be what they want you to be. So you have to make that choice. Do I want to keep pretending to be what I’m not? Or do I live as myself, regardless of others think?”

Nancy nods, humming in agreement. She hadn’t expected Supergirl to be so profound. She’d fully prepared for this to be a ‘never meet your heroes’ moment. That it was all an act with Supergirl, that she put on this persona of hope, help, and compassion for all, that once the cameras stopped rolling, or nobody else was there to see it, she'd be a completely different person.

She's not.

Nancy wants to be surprised that Supergirl’s so genuine. She should be surprised, especially since she was so worried. But it just rolls off of her. Nancy doesn’t write this down, the whole interview is recorded anyway, but there’s just something so personal about this, that she knows it would take away from the moment. She can’t help but be drawn in by Supergirl’s words, either. It’s magnetic, hypnotizing, and weirdly inspiring.

Supergirl crosses her arms, leaning against the balcony facing Nancy. “It’s not easy to be yourself, but it lifts that weight off your shoulder,” she pauses, and a chuckle escapes her. “Sorry, it’s just… It’s funny, you see it everywhere, too. ‘Be yourself,’ she air quotes. “But they don’t mean it. It’s ‘be yourself’ until you’re too weird or too gay or, hell, not from here. It’s a marketed version of yourself. Which is worse, I think.

“But it’s hard sometimes to be honest with yourself. To figure out who you are and where you fit. Sometimes you don’t fit, sometimes you have to carve out a space for yourself and say, ‘No. I do belong here.’”

And it’s…wow. The emotion in Supergirl’s eyes, it’s raw. Nancy can tell this is not some hokey hope and acceptance speech. This is, was, Supergirl’s life.

Nancy does write that down.

She wants to say something. Something smart and intelligible and how Nancy agrees with everything and how she understands where she’s coming from.

Except…

The only thing Nancy’s mind seems to focus on is the fact that Supergirl is gay.

Nancy remains quiet, taking in and processing the information that’s just spilled in front of her, ignoring the way her face heats up the longer she thinks about it. About how Hawkins' one and only superhero, is gay. Supergirl must take this as a bad sign, because she’s quickly filling the silence again. “Sorry. For rambling like that. It’s like my brain just decided to word vomit.” She winces, arms crossing over her chest, caving into herself.

For a moment, Nancy is reminded of Robin, of rambling words and hands moving while she talks. She can see why they’d be good friends.

“No! No, don’t worry about it at all.” Nancy crosses her arms, forgetting the notebook. “I get it, actually. Trying to be something you aren’t.”

Supergirl quirks a brow. “Really?”

Nancy nods. “Like you said, High school’s hell on earth. I thought I could balance being the perfect daughter and the perfect student and the perfect girlfriend. And I couldn’t. I was living a lie.”

She doesn’t give her the full story. Supergirl might be open and genuine and able to talk about all these things, but Nancy is not. Some of these wounds are still fresh, Nancy’s walls are still up. Besides, this is supposed to be a professional interview, not a sleepover where they share their deepest, darkest secrets.

Supergirl must see through some of it, see some of Nancy’s pain. Or maybe she’s just an empath. Maybe that’s a secret power she has. She places a firm hand over Nancy’s, and whispers, “I’m sorry.”

And it’s so warm and gentle and heartfelt that Nancy… Nancy doesn’t know what to make of it, but she knows she’s got to change the subject. Fast. She cannot develop a crush on Supergirl.

#this is the interview robin gets for nancy btw!#ronance #nancy wheeler #robin buckley #my writing #i haven't looked at this since i wrote it in google docs i just had to get it out of there so maybe i could move on from this scene.#supergirl robin au #uhhhh anyway *superheroes ur non superhero character*#okie dokie i'm gonna go work on something else OR finish my book.

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shortprince-cos · 4 days

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TOH MAGICAL GIRL AU??

Episode One:

Luz and her mom move to Bonesborough to get a fresh start

Luz is upset because she didn’t want to leave Gravesfield or the memories of her father

First day at school, everything is going well until Boscha starts to pick on Willow and Gus

Luz goes into protection mode and defends them

She proceeds to get roasted but hey at least she made some friends

Luz finds a mysterious necklace in her school bag the next day

BOOM a Collector appears!

Luz is understandably freaked out but hey this is kinda sick too

Collector explains that he is Just a Little Guy and that he and Luz are friends now!

On her way to school, there’s a random supervillain attack? Turns out this has been happening for a while in Bonesborough

Collector informs Luz that they can let her use their magic if they team up, so Luz says the magic words “Collector, let’s play!”

BOOM superhero Luz

She freaks out again

But hey now she can fly and stuff!

Collector can talk to her in her mind now which is a lil scary but hes Just a Lil Guy

Warden Wrath is installing strange machinery around Bonesborough, but gets interrupted by super Luz

“Who are you?” “I’m the one who’s going to stop… whatever you’re doing!”

They fight very clumsily and Luz almost loses until another superhero shows up.

“They call me The Owl Lady” caw caw

Luz makes it her life mission to become the Owl Lady’s ward.

Owl Lady defeats Warden Wrath and tells Luz to get good

Luz investigates the machine after. “Belos Inc.”

End Episode

#luz's superhero name is Eclipse btw #anyway i have many plans for this au #stay tuned #the owl house #toh #toh luz #fanfiction #fanfic #au #magical girl au #toh au

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loving-jack-kelly · 1 year

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superhero au where Davey has been a hero his entire life, recruited as a child, is looked up to and honored and admired by so many people, a shining example of what it means to be a good metahuman, somebody who uses their powers to help and uphold the morals and standards that everyone knows are best. he's been doing this for so long, his whole life, and everyone expects him to be perfect. he's merciful when he needs to be but knows that justice comes with a price. he's well-spoken and respectful, he knows how to talk to a crowd, he's the kind of hero that kids have posters of and people swoon over. he sits up straight for interviews and talks about the moral obligation those with powers have to protect those without, how choosing to do anything else with those powers is a waste of positive potential and only contributes to the problems that he's working so diligently to face.

and maybe he believes it for a time. for a long time. he believes it because it's all he's ever known, all he's ever been allowed to know. he's a role model, a hero, somebody for people like his kid brother to look up to. all of those things are good, aren't they?

but he knows there's more out there. and maybe he wants to give that more a try. maybe, after a long month of neverending fights, when he's bruised and sore and still nothing is fixed, nothing is better, maybe he has a moment of rebellion that he never allowed himself to have as a kid. maybe he puts on a new disguise, one that nobody will recognize, and he slips away into the city to live his own life, just for a night, not the life that somebody else decided he should have when he was a kid.

and the thing is. there's a whole world out here that nobody has ever thought to tell him about. a world of people who are rich and colorful and bright and full, who have lives on the streets of the city so unlike the sanitary, solitary existence he's believed in for himself for so long. he slips into the city and before he knows it, somebody who melts into the shadows like he's one of them and leaves streaks of light across building faces as easily as spray paint is grabbing his hand and telling him to, run, goddamnit, you led them right to me!

and this boy, this shining boy who's barely older than davey but knows the ins and outs of this city better than anybody davey has ever met, is laughing. davey is learning that he knows nothing about being on his own, nothing about how to sneak away, nothing about any of this, even the things he's supposed to be good at. he was followed from home by people who want to make sure he's never anything less than perfect, but this boy pulls him by the hand into an alley and surrounds them in shadow so dense davey hears rather than sees their pursuers run past, and then he's laughing.

and this boy, this shadowy, shining boy, pulls sparks from the air to leave his mark on every street corner they pass. he presses light into crevices in the sidewalk, gives warmth to the people they pass who have no home to return to, flashes a smile so bright that a shopkeeper doesn't notice when a little kid with holes in his shoes steals something to eat right in front of them. he's everything davey is supposed to warn against, somebody powerful, somebody strong, who doesn't use their powers for good the way davey has been taught is the only way to be good. but this boy, who names himself jack, is doing more good in one night than davey feels that he's done in the last year. these people recognize jack, they thank him for something he did yesterday and he laughs it off as nothing, nothing, just doing what needs to be done. he pulls a blanket made out of shadow from thin air and wraps it around the shoulders of a woman shivering in the night's breeze. from a block away, he throws up a wall of shadow that lets a woman disappear around a corner without the man following a few paces behind to see where she went.

and davey is in awe. and davey is realizing for the first time in his life that there is so much more to life and so much more to being a hero than he thought there was.

and jack, who's smarter than he tries to seem, has noticed right away how davey moves faster than he should and reacts before he should have noticed, has noticed the hidden strength that doesn't seem possible with the way his body is built, and he says, you don't have to hide it, you know, you should meet my friends.

and for the first time, davey meets people like him who are allowed to just be people. people with powers who use them for fun, a boy who can fly using it to steal his brother's hat and stick himself to the ceiling so he can't get it back, a boy who can read minds playing cards and pretending not to cheat, a boy who can see through walls teasing his friends by shouting out what embarrassing thing they have hidden under their pillow. not heroes, these kids, at least not according to what davey has been taught a hero should be. they're not neat and coiffed and carefully maintained, not scripted and stiff and poised. and he loves it. and he wishes that he'd been allowed to have this. and he wishes he could be a part of this.

and when jack starts talking and they start listening, davey hears a whole different kind of hero. the kind that jack is, the shining boy who doesn't care about the grand, posturing battles taking place miles above the city but cares so much about a kid going hungry that he can bring himself to tears. the kind of hero who isn't a role model because he never curses and is never anything but polite and never questions let alone breaks the rules, but is a role model because he isn't scared to get dirty, isn't scared to throw a punch against somebody dressed up and nice and neat and respectable and kind when he sees through that show, isn't scared to be seen as a bad guy by some people when he knows he's doing the right thing. and all of these kids are like that, davey notices.

when he leaves that night, with a shard of crystalized light he has to wrap in three pairs of socks to hide in his dresser drawer, he starts paying attention. starts noticing the way that the fights he gets thrown into don't change anything because that's the point, they're not supposed to. he's a hero because the status quo says the good guys are the ones who listen to the rules, even when the rules are hurting more people than they're helping. he's a hero because when he was little and not in control of his powers, promising to be good and sit still and not show off was the way to get people to leave him alone, he's a hero because somebody saw that he was so eager to please and so eager to be good that he could force himself to never think about anything as long as he was making people happy and keeping his family safe. and that tiny seed of rebellion that made him steal a night in the city grows bigger and bigger and bigger until it's driving him crazy, making him restless and reckless and stupid. until he's asking his sister, what if things were different and I didn't need to be this way? what if things were different and everyone understood that there's nothing special about me? and he's noticing the way she catches her breath and the way she's lying when she says, but this is the way it has to be, this is the way we need it to be, this is the way that it's safe. and it breaks his heart to realize that, however heroic everyone else seems to think he is, his family doesn't trust him, not really. because he never breaks the rules, and if he never breaks the rules, that means he won't tolerate them breaking the rules, either.

when he's on duty at night, he watches the streaks of light that appear from the shadows, burning messages that nobody but the person who created them can erase into the face of the city. he starts to notice how many people have gifts from shadowy, shining jack, and he starts to notice what the other kids he met are up to, too, the people they help and the difference they make. and that seed of rebellion grows and grows and grows until even the people who think he's a perfect, controlled, impenetrable example of their goodness start to notice. until sarah confesses to him, late at night and whispering so low he almost can't hear her, that she's been sneaking into the city at night, that les has been sneaking into the city at night, that they both thought davey would hate them for it. and when davey pulls that shining shard of light out of his sock drawer, sarah laughs just as quietly and says, it's like cinderella in reverse.

and on the day that perfect and poised, stiff and scripted, excellent example of heroism davey jacobs finally lets that seed of rebellion burst into something more, for the first time, he actually feels like a hero. not like an actor playing a part. and when shining jack kelly takes his hand this time and draws him into a shadow so deep he can almost taste it while letting dangerous pursuit run past, this time he doesn't say, run, you led them right to me. he says, I knew there was something weird about you. he says, do you want to help me change the world?

and for the first time since he was very young and very naive, davey actually believes it when he says, yes, I'm here to change the world.

#now if i could get the inspiration flowing for my thesis the way I just wrote this in forty minutes. that would rule #lol #newsies #jack kelly #davey jacobs #sarah jacobs #i really love superhero aus where the heroes have a system and the system is flawed. btw.#if you couldn't tell <3 #also i love giving jack light-based powers bc I love light based powers and I love jack <3 #javid #javey #anyway. if i am online again tonight and cannot truthfully say #i have written at least three more pages of my thesis #shoot me. cut me off. kill the internet

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katiekatdragon27 · 6 months

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I love doing super mundane stuff in my day to day and all of a sudden I have the most heartwrenching, painful, angsty, traumatic, yet amazing and powerful idea to put my silly little characters in.

Then I sit down to do something with it and it vanishes💀

#koy chats #im refering to my popcorn lore btw #and my bfdi fantasy au #and my eee superhero au #and pretty much all of my ideas #osc

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herotome · 1 year

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DART THIRST TRAP DART THIRST TRAP DART THIRST TRAP 😫

here you go 👀

#RO: dart #oelvn #otome game #interactive fiction #amare game #indie game #never thought Id answer this ask but eyyy its his birthday #this is a civilian au btw bc famous superhero dart has too many Problems to ever post a thirst trap #civilian mechanic au dart has the privilege of moonlighting as a tiktokker #herotome highlights

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electronicfurbymusic · 4 months

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What about an EDM AU where they all have superpowers (can´t promise I´ll make anything out of it but I got the idea in a dream about it last night and I think it would be cool)

#I would love to write a fanfic about that if I get enough ideas + motivation. I´ve ALWAYS loved superpower AUs I need to make those again #in like 2019 me and Kamila made a With or Without Fur AU in which she was a superhero that fought evil robot toys and it was so fun #Broken Pieces wouldn´t exist without that btw. one of the most important elements of that story is pretty much directly taken from SuperWoW

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vroomian · 1 year

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five years of one night stands and yrz doesn’t suspect a thing—yep that’s overconfidence lmaoo did bruce know he knows his batman identity? when did bruce get kids during their one night stand relationship?

I’d say it’s more like Yrz expected a one night stand but actually kinda enjoyed Bruce’s company enough that they started hanging out together during parties, then outside of parties, then oops they’re genuinely friends (with benefits). Sometimes Yrz just needs to bitch about how his managers riding his ass about “bad publicity” to someone who gets it! It’s not like Bruce is gonna do something stupid like fall in love with him! Bruce still has all those supermodel dates to parties and shit! It’s! Fine!!!!

Dick was acquired sometime around year four, and Yrz was too far in to escape now. Tiny baby acrobat following Yrz around calling him ‘uncle Yrz’, and Yrz doesn’t like kids but he’s good with them in a way Bruce desperately needs in the beginning.

I don’t think Bruce knew that Yrz knew until like year five of their relationship. Yrz probably does something competent and covers for Bruce without blinking and Bruce is just standing there going “oh no I really like him” kind of helplessly.

#you've got questions we've got answers #batdad au #Yrz is still demiromanitc so friendship has gotta come first #dick probably calls them dad and other dad tbh #which one is which depends on ducks mood #*dicks #still the Worst Named Superhero Ever btw #at least use rich as a nickname 😭

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kponyz · 11 months

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Absolutely adored @prettyswellaus 's design for their Superhero AU Tom so I said fuck it why not? *makes fanart*

#eddsworld #ew tom #my art #superhero au #< not my au btw

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horatiomontague · 1 year

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What if I said I made an au called in the dark where Streber, Ethan, Kevin, Radford and two of my ocs (Vee and Mabel) are like a superhero team,, would I get made fun of

#girl help I’m hyperfixating on dc superhero girls #spooky month #kevin spooky month #spooky month kevin #spooky month streber #streber spooky month #spooky month ethan #ethan spooky month #spooky month radford #radford spooky month #Spooky month vee #vee spooky month #Spooky month Mabel #mabel spooky month #spooky month oc #In the dark au #Their superhero team name is Soul Savers btw :3

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lunarifie · 9 months

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The Hollow Super-Hero School AU

Background:

Taking place in a world where 40% of the population has super-powers, super-hero schools have been established. Made to help students with controlling their powers, while at the same time, educating them in a high school curriculum.

(Old post explaining the main 6s last names)

How The Hollow kids got their powers

— student info data —

Vanessa Kaarina

Age: 15

Power discovery age: 9

Power(s): Flight

Power(s) source: Genetics

Parental status - divorced

Parental Power(s): Mild Floatation - Normie

Parental Occupation(s): Fashion Designer/Tailor - Accountant

Introduction: Vanessa was the first to volunteer for the Power Assessment in the training facility (a side building specifically crafted for all types of powers. It is where the SuperHero Course takes place). She presents her flight, proudly demonstrating stunts the instructor provides.

Reeve Barima

Age: 17

Power discovery age: 6

Power(s): Levitation

Power(s) source: Genetics

Legal Guardian - Grandmother

Guardian Power(s): Normie

Guardian Occupation(s): Kindergarten Teacher

Parental status - Deceased

Parental Power(s): Levitation - Light manipulation/illumination

Parental Occupation(s): Super-Heroes

Introduction: Reeve was the second out of the main 6 to participate in the Power Assessment. He completed the tasks effectively if not disinterestedly, rolling his eyes at Vanessa for her obvious showman-ship.

Mira Lou Jones

Age: 16

Power discovery age: 4-5

Power(s): Commune with animals and water abilities

Power(s) source: Unknown (possibly genetics)

Parental status - Adopted

Parental Power(s): plant manipulation - calming energy

Parental Occupation(s): Gardener - Therapist

Introduction: Mira was the third out of the main 6 to do the Power Assessment. She is taken to the aquatics area as well as asked to converse with a student that could shapeshift into any animal as confirmation on her ability.

Bernard “Skeet” Moss

Age: 16

Power discovery age: 7

Power(s): Speed

Power(s) source: Chemical substance

Parental status - Single Father

Parental Power(s): Minimal Healing

Parental Occupation(s): Nurse

Introduction:

Skeet participates right after Mira, fist bumping her as she rejoins her classmates. Skeets assessment is quick, only checking to see what his limit is in speed and his coordination with difficult terrain.

Kai Parnall

Age: 15

Power discovery age: 15

Power(s): ??? Fire Manipulation

Power(s) source: Unknown

Legal Guardian - Caretaker

Guardian Power(s): Normie

Guardian Occupation(s): Butler

Parental status - Mother and Father

Parental Power(s): Heavy Persuasion and Enhanced Memory - Night Vision and Durability

Parental Occupation(s): Estate agent - CEO

Introduction: Kai is reluctantly picked and forced to explain how he isn’t quite sure what his power is. The instructor, unconvinced, has him go through the tests with little to no success. He is embarrassed, especially when a student with super strength and agility goes right after him, burning with jealousy.

Adam Gomez

Age: 16

Power discovery age: 10

Power(s): Strength and Agility

Power(s) source: Bestowed

Parental status - Mother and Father

Power(s): Normie - Normie

Occupation(s): Diner owner - Middle school teacher

Introduction: Adam winces at the students display of no powers, confused as to why he was enrolled in the SuperPower Course. He’s called up right after, given a thumbs up from Mira before completing the Assessment successfully.

#the hollow #the hollow superhero school au #took inspo from a tiktok clip #didnt realize this was basically MHA #honestly theres sm superhero school shows that you cant blame me #btw my asks r wide open and id love some questions #also spoiler alert: miras powers arent from genetics #the hollow netflix #the hollow cartoon #this au consumed my brain out of no where and now I have two posts with backstories in my drafts #the hollow reeve #the hollow kai #the hollow adam #the hollow mira #the hollow vanessa #the hollow skeet

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