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lady-dinah · 5 years

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Jason Todd’s Redemption Arc, cuz DC sucks shit and can’t write a proper Jason Todd story so I guess I’ll have to do it

So after watching John Wick again, binging Chicago Med, and ranting about the shit storm L*bdell has done to Jason Todd. I have decided that is time to give Jason to justice that he deserves, since fucking DC just wants to keep him as an angsty boy who just cries over being the black sheep of the family and then just shoots ppl (and not even really shooting, more like arguing with Bruce about it)

Anyways welcome to my version of Jason Todd’s “redemption arc”. Cuz if DC ain't gonna treat him right, then bitch i will (btw this will be like a mix of headcanon/rants so bare with me)

PART 1: FIGHT STYLE

First of all, lets clear some shit up. Jason Peter Todd is BAMF. Meaning he does not fight like some random ass gangster from crime alley, Where he just walks into a building, guns blazing and then that's that. Also most of Jason’s gun have silencers on them (like fite me on this).

Jason was raised by THE DETECTIVE and the LEAGUE OF ASSASSINS!!! MEANING HE’S STEALTHY AND TACTILE AFFFFF!! He’ll take out his enemies before they know what him ‘em. I like to imagine his fighting style is similar to that of John Wicks, in the sense that it’s more stealth and being strategic. Yeah Jason is more bulky, but that doesn’t stop batman, so why tf would it stop Jason?? Like Batman, Jason is someone who plans his attacks, and makes sure he gets who he wants when he wants. He’s not that impulsive freak where DC makes him to be, where he just shoots everyone, announces his presence and then gets his ass beat by batman after

No, Jason would get into the building, eliminate all the guards and the crime bosses or whatever. And Bruce would find out about this when he's sippin’ his coffee, reading the Sunday morning paper, while the front page is about some rival gang that have gone missing, and all human trafficked victims were found safe at the Gotham Hospital.

PART 2: REPUTATION

Second, Jason does a lot of undercover work. He runs and knowns the underground of Crime Alley. Everyone thinks he’s trying to monopolize all of the crime businesses, when in reality, he’s going to get rid of it. My boi Jason has an A LEVEL reputation okay. Again, frieken John Wick level reputation, like “I saw him kill a man with a pencil” kind of reputation. He also has his own contacts and networks. He’s knowns all the ins and outs of the black market, more so first hand than batman or the other batkids.

PART 3: CIVILIAN IDENTITY

Third, Jason deserves a civilian identity. Literally everyone has or had one, but Jason. Dick got to be an officer, Tim is literally a frieken CEO, even Damian at least got some school identity out here. (Cass is doing ballet, Steph also went to school, Barbara was a librarian and I don’t know wtf she’s going in rebirth but she still got a civilian identity, Duke even has friends outside his hero persona)

So in this redemption arc, Jason is going to be an ER doctor. My boi gonna be slayin bad guys at nights, and then saving lives in the morning. But think about it, Medic!Jason helping lower class Gotham patients even when there aren’t insured. He volunteers his time to go to crime alley and run free diagnosis's and provides free medication. Not to mention Jason having to attend charity functions for the hospital, seeing the batfam there, and pretending he’s not associated with them, even though Bruce Wayne keeps coming up to talk him, or fix his tie, or ruffle his hair (Batdad is just happy that one of kids followed in Thomas’s footsteps). And all of Jason’s co-workers are just weirded about by this.

OMG JASON HAVING CIVILIAN FRIENDS!! LIKE WOW!! Women and men having crushes on him. An online forum even said that Jason is known to be the 2nd best doctor (Leslie is #1 obvi) and the #1 hottest.

PART 4: RELATIONSHIPS

Now the final piece of my Jason redemption arc is his relationship with the batfam. So I hate how in the new52 DC tried to shove Jason down our throats as being the edgy cool older bro, and now in rebirth he's the typical black sheep and all he wants to do it be accepted by his family.

Yeah, well, fuck that.

In this, Jason relationship with his family is complicated as it should be. Does he actively go out and try to hurt them? No. Does he ask for their help? Maybe once in a while. Will he help them if they need it? Probably, they are family after all, but as soon as the job as done he’s out.

The thing with redemption arc’s is that its a two way relationship. Jason can’t just be hanging out with the family all the time while they treat him like trash or Bruce just constantly criticizes him. In this arc, it’s more about the family seeking out Jason. Since Jason is doing better for himself, i think his family would see that and begin the first steps to reach out to him. Then in return Jason begins his journey to join them again. Don’t get me wrong, no one is perfect in the batfam. Jason has literally attacked all the batkids so it would make sense for them to be wary of him. But at the same time the batfam have also betrayed Jason many times, so Jason would probably be fed up with how he’s been treated and would want to MOVE ON!!!

PART 5: MORALITY

I guess one last thing to note is his moral code. I mean it’s no surprise that Jason is basically in the grey zone when it comes to that. The thing is, although I understand why Jason would slowly ease of killing (cuz he still wants to respect his families wishes, even though he doesn’t agree with them), I think he wouldn’t have that ‘martyr’ mentality like the rest of the bat family has. For instance, if there was a building on fire and they were civilians and criminals inside. The batfamily would most likely save as many lives as possible, no matter who it is, while Jason would just save the civilians. Even though he could potentially save the criminals, he wouldn't want too. Similarly he’s not gonna shoot every thug or gang member he sees, most likely knock em out, hurt them enough that they wouldn’t be in his way. But with the crime bosses, Jason may not kill, but he could paralyze, could disable them, send them into a coma. Making it seem that maybe the ‘no killing rule’, isn't so merciful, which is all the more scary.

END: OR IS IT?

In the end I’m probably gonna write more stories or headcanons with this AU, cuz Jason Todd deserves to be written well. Like at this point I take fanfiction into headcanon, cuz fanfic writers actually understand Jason more than DC does. Let me know what you all think.

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ao3feed-castiel · 5 years

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I'm The Strongest Devil You've Ever Met, Love

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by kcvintrcn

Alyssandra is a demon, but does everything in her power to be be anything other than them, especially since the King of Hell, Crowley, does nothing but criticize her actions and continuously threatens her if she doesn't accept his offer. The offer that is? Is to become his second in command, to be the women that everyone fears and listens to, something no one would pass up, right? Wrong. Alyssandra would never say yes to that position. She doesn't want people looking up to her, or watching her every move. She wants a normal life, not one you can have with the King of Hell breathing down your neck and causing you problem after problem, that is until she starts to grow feelings for him. Even though she knows its wrong and she shouldn't, she cant stop herself from finding him attractive. Maybe he feels the same?

Words: , Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Supernatural

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Categories: F/M

Characters: Crowley (Supernatural), Original Supernatural (TV) Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, Castiel (Supernatural), Lucifer (Supernatural), Meg Masters, Kevin Tran, Charlie Bradbury, Rowena MacLeod, Fergus MacLeod, Chuck Shurley

Relationships: Crowley (Supernatural)/Original Female Character(s), Crowley (Supernatural)/You, Castiel/Meg Masters

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Supernatural Hunters, Angel Castiel (Supernatural), Original Character(s), Protective Crowley, Possessive Crowley, Hurt Crowley, Original Female Character(s) - Freeform, Angst, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Enemies to Lovers, Power Dynamics, Women In Power, Snark, POV Sam Winchester, POV Dean Winchester, POV Meg Masters, Kevin Tran Lives, Sassy Rowena MacLeod, Eventual Romance, Eventual Relationships, Dom Crowley (Supernatural), Awesome Charlie Bradbury, Dom/sub Undertones, POV Original Character, Eventual Fluff, BAMF Castiel (Supernatural), BAMF Crowley (Supernatural), Lucifer (Supernatural) Being an Asshole, Sassy, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping

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#IFTTT #castiel #cas #spn #supernatural #ao3feed

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ao3feed-crowley · 5 years

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I'm The Strongest Devil You've Ever Met, Love

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2JJ04V0

by kcvintrcn

Words: , Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Supernatural

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Categories: F/M

Relationships: Crowley (Supernatural)/Original Female Character(s), Crowley (Supernatural)/You, Castiel/Meg Masters

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2JJ04V0

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #Crowley

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ao3feed-charliebradbury · 5 years

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I'm The Strongest Devil You've Ever Met, Love

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2JJ04V0

by kcvintrcn

Words: , Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Supernatural

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Categories: F/M

Relationships: Crowley (Supernatural)/Original Female Character(s), Crowley (Supernatural)/You, Castiel/Meg Masters

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2JJ04V0

#ao3feed #fanfic #fic #spn #charlie bradbury #cqc

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mandaleigh92 · 7 years

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Why You Should Feel No Shame in Buying Girl Scout Cookies, Now or Ever

Girl Scout cookie season is my absolute favorite time of year. So as someone who has been affiliated with both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts over the course of my life, when I saw this image circulating on various social media sites, I felt the need to respond:

I was a proud Girl Scout from 1st-12th grade, and I worked was a camp counselor for an aquatics-focused Boy Scout Camp for one summer. To say that Scouting is a big part of my life is an understatement. So when I say that being a Girl Scout was one of the most amazing and formative experiences of my life, I couldn’t be more serious.

I loved my job with Boy Scouts, and overall, my experience was extremely positive. But there were major things that I didn’t agree with about the organization; primarily the way Boy Scouts handles religion and gender identity/sexuality. While the organization as a whole has made leaps and bounds since my time working for them, the information and attitudes simply have not filtered down to the grassroots levels. There were times where I felt uncomfortable about my very personal beliefs. But that’s a subject for a completely different post.

I'm not saying that Girl Scouts as an organization is perfect. But overall, I feel that Girl Scouts as a whole is a more welcoming organization to people of different beliefs, backgrounds, and creeds (again, there are variations from troop to troop and area to area, but I'm talking about Girl Scouts as a national and global organization).

If you look back to the founding of the organization, Girl Scouts were BAMFs. Lord Baden Powell, founder of the worldwide Scouting movement, initially intended the Boy Scouts to essentially be an early military training program. Boy Scouts were meant to learn basic skills that would help them later be better soldiers—how to start a fire, how to build a shelter, how to find water and food, how to shoot a rifle. However, when he held the first rally for scouts in 1909, girls showed up, having formed troops of their own. Baden-Powell couldn't have girls mixing with boys in a scouting organization, so he then enlisted the help of sister, Lady Agnes Baden-Powell, and their mutual American friend, Juliette Gordon Low (better known as Daisy) in forming the Girl Guides in 1910.

In 1912, with the blessing of Lord Baden Powell, Daisy brought scouting to girls stateside, starting the first troop in her hometown of Savannah, Georgia. These original Girl Scouts aimed to help girls become well-rounded young women by pursuing four goals: developing their full potential; relating to others with increasing understanding, skill, and respect; developing a meaningful set of values to guide their actions and to provide for sound decision-making; and contributing to the improvement of society. They did this by doing same things their male counterparts did: wilderness survival, community service, fundraising, cooking, career studies, and sports (there's some awesome early photos of girls playing basketball with sheets hanging on the fence around them because they tied up their skirts to make it easier to play, thus showing their knees. Very scandalous.).

Since then, Girl Scouts of America (GSUSA) has created opportunities for young women to match their male counterparts. For example, in 1941, there was a special branch of the Girl Scouts founded called the Wing Scouts, for older girls who wanted to serve their country as pilots. The program continued to exist through the 1970s, and through a partnership with United Airlines many young women were able to make their first flights as passengers and later learn to fly themselves.

Girl Scouts is founded on the principle that all girls should have the same opportunities, and has led the way in equality for all children. Starting in the 1920s and 30s by actively forming troops for WoC, GSUSA was mostly desegregated by the mid-1950s. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an avid supporter of the Girl Scouts, and commended the organization as "a force for desegregation." In more recent years, GSUSA has allowed transgender children to join, much to the backlash of some more conservative critics, some from within the organization itself. I feel that if you are offended by any child being a member of an organization that accepts them for who they are and empowers them to become more resilient adults, you shouldn’t have any say in the lives of the children who are a part of that organization.

GSUSA recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, and has continued a tradition of excellence ever since. Globally, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) has raised countless dollars that troops have either donated directly or have assisted in service efforts to support to cancer research, endangered species research, Habitat for Humanity, the Make A Wish Foundation, the Ronald McDonald House, and countless other worthy causes. And that money comes from cookie sales.

For each box sold, individual troops get about $0.35 per box that they sell and local area councils receive about $2.50 per box. That money that goes to creating programming, maintaining camping and training facilities, and paying registration fees and providing “camperships” to girls in financial need through a program called Opportunity Fund. So for every $4 you spend on a box of cookies, about $2.85 is spent in your area, and allows not only individual troops, but regional councils, to think on a more global scale.

One example of such a project started eleven years ago in the San Diego Imperial Council (my home council). Called Operation Thin Mint, the project has the mission statement "A taste of home and a note to show we care." For the normal cost of a box of cookies, any buyer, in both individual orders and at booth sales, can send a box of cookies to troops overseas. Many troops collect donations of spare change or single dollars during booth sales, and these small donations quickly add up: in the first year of Operation Thin Mint, over 104,000 boxes of cookies were donated to service men and women stationed overseas, and the program has only expanded since.

The Girl Scout Cookie program is specifically designed to give girls leadership experience and business and communication. Since my time as a scout, the Cookie sale has expanded to include digital ordering and online/social media marketing. These skills give girls and young women an invaluable foundation for future careers.

Two things have remained constant in the history of Girl Scouts of America: criticism, and cookies. Ever since the days of Juliette Gordon Low, people have criticized the Girls Scouts for being too radical and poisoning the minds of young girls. And the very first Girl Scouts in Savannah raised money for their service projects and trips by selling shortbread cookies that they baked themselves.

So I'm proud to call myself a Girl Scout. If it weren’t for my scouting experience, I wouldn’t be the woman I am today. I likely wouldn’t have done as well in school without the support structure that came from weekly troop meetings. I doubt I would have ever gained the confidence and work ethic that helped me get in to Northwestern. And I am proud to spend a portion of my limited budget cookies every year. Every Thin Mint you bite in to during cookie season is part of a rich tradition of helping girls develop into strong, civic- -minded young women.

#girl scouts #girl scout cookies #history

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