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#and jon needs someone who can teach him as much as he can teach someone else and damian is a wonderful choice for that
rise-my-angel · 8 days
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I find it so funny when people call Jon Snow a bastard as an insult as if the show and book shows that you shouldn’t discriminate people based on their birth. I’m looking at you, targ stans. Like he might be a bastard, but he is a better man than most of the true born Targaryens.
That's the thing, Jon being a bastard isn't just about the secret of his birth. It's all about Jon starting the story as an outcast, and finally finding a place in the world amongst other outcasts and unique people. His early friendly kinship with Tyrion, finding a genuine brother in Sam, befriending people like Grenn, Pyp, Tormund. And how by not looking down on them the way the world does him, he grows into a leader. One of the only leaders who can handle the threat to come.
Jons story isn't about getting passed being a bastard or becoming trueborn named anything. Its about Jon realizing that he became the man he is, while being a bastard. That despite everyone trying to put him down for it, he still pushed passed and rose up. It's about Jon learning being a bastard isn't good or bad, it's simply about the man he strives to become.
Also Targ stans the way they talk about Jon Snow is..odd. They seem to only like him if he can be molded into a Targaryean and nothing else. But he is everything they aren't. They are obsessed with blood purity and blood superiority, ruling through cruelty and fear, obessed with prophecy and status. Jon doesn't care about any of those things.
Also, the Targaryeans are obsessed with their blood purity so much it's led to the rampant, destructive levels of incest which almost caused their house to go extinct. When Rhaenyra very obviously had bastards, instead of fighting for her bastard childrens rights, she got violent and cruel at the insinuation of the truth being told to the point she wanted to torture her young half brother for simply repeating something his mother told him.
Even her kids must know their own mother looks down on them for being bastards, because if she wasn't, she wouldn't be trying to pass them off as trueborn. Jon did not need to be a Stark for Ned to love him and include him as much as he could within the family home. Ned literally raised Jon to be the Kevan to Robbs Tywin. Ned wanted Jon to be Robbs right hand man, his closest advisor. And he never needed Jon to be a Stark to start teaching and preparing him for that.
The Targaryeans don't respect bastards so much it's literally what caused the Blackfyre rebellions. Their stans just don't seem to grasp that all of this shows it is bad to judge someone for being a bastard.
They only care about Jon if he will call himself a Targaryean and be just like Rhaegar. But they miss the point. He only has one name and it's Jon Snow.
Because that is what his father named him, and he never had to become a Stark to grow into the man he is and could become.
But Targ stans don't quite seem to care about the conversation of bastards outside of the very specific times said bastards are directly involved in house Targaryean like in the Dance or the Blackfyres. Otherwise, they flip flop on the matter with Jon because they don't really care about him unless he resigns himself to being a true Targaryean.
Which is SILLY.
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devine-fem · 11 days
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TWITTER LURKERS DNI!!
Whew, It’s late as fuck and I’m tired as hell but I’m still gonna write this Jon and Damian shipping post because I’m tired of people not getting it like at all.
Firstly, I’m mentioning all of this as in before the age up because before the age up is where they had a dynamic. Right now, they are just friends who know each other.
Before the age up - Jon was established as ten in Super Sons and Damian was thirteen.
Let’s talk about that first; Jon was just created - Jon did not exist for that long since he was conceived in Thomas Wayne’s Batcave. He has barely any writing under his belt.
Their dynamic is not “Oh, Damian is the mature one who knows everything and Jon is stupid and is to be taught everything-“ No. Damian is NOT as mature as everyone makes him out to be and people only take his maturity away to make him an “Uwu adorkable cat boy-“ which is frankly annoying.
Any of these fan depictions are fine in purely fanon contexts where for fan reasons they want to mold the characters in different ways because that’s the fun of it but I’m talking entirely in a canon sense.
Anyway, Damian is someone who’s established himself as a hero, he’s come into himself and he has associates and a path he’s paving for himself. He’s supposedly to be someone that teaches Jon how to do that, he’s supposed to be someone that grows alongside Damian and with Damian and in turn Jon is supposed to be someone who teaches Damian how to be a kid.
Damian teaches Jon to be a hero - Jon teaches Damian how to be a kid.
Jon is not an idiot, he has the obvious limitations due to his age but besides that, he’s not the immature one, he’s not the sunshine one, he’s not the devoted one, he’s none of these things.
I’m so tired of these characters being watered down like this.
Jon is emotional, he’s headstrong, he’s articulate and has a level head.
If Damian is as mature as people make him out to be THEY WOULDN’T HAVE BUMPED HEADS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Jon and Damian didn’t meet and were like oh, friends at first glance. NO, THEY HATED EACH OTHER.
More so because Jon wanted to be Damian’s friend and Damian didn’t understand how friends were supposed to work till Jon coupled with the fact that they are both kids and extremely immature.
Adventures of Super Sons
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I have never in any fandom seen people put so much emphasis on an age gap before this one. I’ve seen fandoms enjoy age gaps - if you read any sort of romantic material then you’d know that an age gap will supply a certain dynamic between two characters, it can be an extra set of maturity but that isn’t really the case here.
Their age gap is just barely big enough.
Their AGE GAP IS ENTIRELY NESSACERY to their relationship with each other. It doesn’t supply much besides an opening opportunity later in the comics to make Jon feel like he needs to chase after Damian when it comes to being a hero which we will never get to see.
Jon doesn’t have friends outside of Damian besides Kathy, no because he just was established as a character.
I would also like to add that Jon doesn’t have an established birthday, I still don’t recall that he does to this day. It could be a lot smaller than we think it is and it probably is. Although, I’ve seen people call two-year age gaps weird as well which I really don’t understand because I personally have never heard that in my entire life.
Rather or not an age gap is inappropriate really differs from person to person - if you ask one person what is wrong will differ entirely from what another person thinks. It will also span from culture to culture and region to region. It’s never really been a tangible thing - I mean, ask your parents it's likely they are much more than three or four years older than the other.
Anyway, whether or not someone is being taken advantage of in a romantic relationship doesn’t hinge entirely on the age gap between them anyway but that’s another conversation.
My next point is, that no one, I mean no one should critically consider these two characters engaging in a romantic relationship while they are young - with the way that they are I sincerely doubt that they would be able to hold a romantic relationship to the other.
They would have to find each other again when they are older, and that is what literally every shipper I’ve interacted with ever has told me.
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Jon and Damian may get drawn in shippy art while they are young now but it’s entirely innocent (depending on what you think is innocent again) I do indeed indulge in reblogging this art because I think it’s cute personally and harmless but it’s just art. It’s also where their relationship peaked and where Jon was actually interesting so obviously people would rather draw that instead.
Shipping these two does not inherently mean that you don’t read comics and aging up characters is not inherently problematic - which I’ve heard as well…
If I didn’t read comics then how would I know that these characters have always been aged up repeatedly through depictions?
Dceased - which they share no age gap. Here they are the same age.
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Wonder Woman - where they are in their 20s and up.
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And Super Sons in the first place where they are literally in their 80s.
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Or the movie where they’re the same age.
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Mind you, Jon is sometimes written to be eleven when Damian is either thirteen or fourteen but double mind you, Damian and Jon have not known each other for a full 365 days before the age up. They are best friends but by default because neither of them has a lot of other friends.
We are not getting into how wonky ages are for Robins since Tim Drake and how writers sometimes refuse to allow characters to age…
Ugh, none of this even matters anyway because most people don’t and shouldn’t ship under the ideation that two characters should be canon anyway, I don’t personally because DC can’t even handle Damian and Jon being friends - their is no WAY they could handle a romantic relationship.
I get that we may have bad experiences with people who ship this ship like people who demonize Flatline and are idiots in general… like twitter damijon stans as well as antis are literally the most heinous people I’ve seen interact.
For example, RedeemedRobin is a psycho that doesn’t care about anyone or anything that isn’t Damijon…
But Damijon isn’t like comprised of adults who want to prey on young characters, no, I actually struggle to have a genuine conversation with someone who likes Damijon because they are mostly kids who don’t UNDERSTAND HOW THE SHIP WORKS and are super cringe which is literally the reason I’m making this post anyway. It’s so, so annoying not being able to have a genuine conversation about these characters with other shippers. I don’t know why people like to throw around ideas of how shipping spaces are WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN THOSE SPACES THEMSELVES?
Besides, comics are old and if you are an adult who enjoys damijon then it’s probably because you grew up with the characters if that’s not obvious enough I mean these comics are like almost seven years old?
Anyway, in conclusion, stop watering down these characters, stop demonizing the ship and shippers, and just stop being an idiot on the internet in general like it really shouldn’t be that hard to use your brain.
If you opened your brain half as much as you opened your mouth than we could both be much happier…
If you feel the same way as I do then please be mutuals with me, I need to free myself from this curse…
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i swear i remember seeing a post on your blog about tim & jon being friends, with dami & kon being jealous, but consider: the opposite.
damian canonically sews in at least one universe (DCeased) and kon strikes me as the type to sew as well (especially if you draw/HC him having patches on his leather jackets). they bond over how annoying it is to constantly be fixing everyone else's gear because "you know how to sew, right?" over sewing techniques and hand stitching vs machine. over their incredibly traumatizing childhoods in which they were regularly dehumanized and their esoteric pod-baby births. tim and jon are ASTOUNDED. like.
"oh, hey dami!! i didn't know you were coming by tonight! i can suit up and be ready to patrol in 10-" "no need, jon. i'm simply here to visit the clone. he and your grandmother are teaching me to quilt."
"hi kon! what's up? you don't usually come all the way to gotham just to visit-" "yeah but i loaned your brother my sunglasses that one time he came over with a concussion and i need them back before people figure out superboy and conner kent have the same face"
because!!! FUCK they're so happy they're socializing and connecting with someone who had similar experiences, and helping one another cope with the trauma. but if their best friend/totally not crush comes over to hang out with their BROTHER instead of them One More Time there is going to be Bloodshed.
aw that's so fuckin' sweet? And honestly, I love it. I'm here for it.
Kon comes to the manor to pick Tim up for just friend time and sees Damian in the parlor fixing Jon's sweatshirt. He goes over and watches for a second and is like 'have you tried 'xyz' stich on that hem?' And Damian's suspicious for a second but then tries it and Jon loves it and Kon mentions how he used to fix Tim's shit a lot when they stayed at Titans Tower etc. Damian's pretty surprised, kinda thought his father just had a Justice League budget for tailors or something.
Cut to: Damian, Kon, Martha and Alfred making a big quilt together, because Martha and Alfred recognized the peace creating/crafting brings for their poor boys and encourages it as much as possible.
Tim and Jon keep coming across crafting time, and Tim becomes suspicious and jealous, while Jon is the complete opposite on the spectrum and just falls in such ooey-gooey love watching Damian create and be relaxed and happy while doing so.
But ya - then craft time starts to creep into bestie/crush time and Tim and Jon are noooooooooot happy.
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I love your writing and I was wondering if you’d do a hc for Jon snow & Robb stark both being in love with the reader?
of course of course of course
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(god I miss the literal one episode where everyone was together and happy)
This would be tough because even though they have different roles in their family, they both respect and love each other
Especially for Robb, who has seen how Jon has been treated his whole life and doesn't want to take anything else away from him
But the problem is that they are both crazy about you
Their crush on you probably started when they were all back in Winterfell, so they were both young and a little inexperienced
And because they're so close and trusting of each other, one night they both are planning to ask for advice on what to do about their feelings for you - which is when they realize that they both like the same person
They agree that night to not pursue you any further, in order to save their friendship
But in the coming days Robb will spot you laughing with Jon as he helps you mount your horse
Or Jon will see Robb escorting you to the dinner table, your arm wrapped around his
And then jealousy starts to boil between the two of them
Still keeping things civil, they don't address the issue or start a fight, but they begin to do everything they can to make sure the other knows that you are meant to be with him
Robb will find you in the library and make sure that when Jon walks by, he is helping you reach a book on an upper shelf, his hand on your waist
Jon will teach you how to properly hold a sword, so that when Robb comes down to the training ring, Jon's arms are wrapped around you
Eventually, someone will sit them down, either Arya or Theon and tell them that this needs to stop
"You are brothers! Enough of this!"
So they decide to come together and figure this out - surrounded by large, large quantities of beer
Robb admits that he fell for you the first time you danced at a banquet
He thinks the two of you get along perfectly together, your families would allow it, you make him laugh, and he's never felt like this with anyone else
Jon admits that he fell for you when you challenged him to a race back to Winterfell - and you absolutely destroyed him
You make him feel like he is a part of something, which he never felt with the Starks, he can be himself with you
"So how do we decide who gets to date her?" Jon asks
"You are both the biggest idiots I have ever met"
They both look up expectantly, both incredibly drunk, and see you standing in the doorway
They both start stuttering an apology, but you roll your eyes and walk away from them
They follow and try to explain but you cut them off
"For the record, I like both of you, too, but this was pathetic. And besides, I would never choose between the two of you anyway - I couldn't tear the two of you apart like that"
For the next few days, none of you talk to each other
Robb and Jon are still required to spend time together, but after that night, it's quiet and awkward
Whenever you are near them, they completely freeze up and you don't do anything to make them feel at ease
But eventually the tension becomes too painful and you decide to let them off the hook
"Look, that was embarrassing the other day, but this awkwardness is so much worse. I want to spend time with you again, and maybe we'll figure out who is supposed to end up together"
At the next banquet, you make sure to sneak out of the hall to find Jon and have a private dance, giggling the entire time
Robb takes you riding through the woods, showing you his favorite spots that take you breath away
When the Baratheons and Lannisters come to visit they are both fuming when they see the way the king's knights look at you
At dinner, one of the knights makes a pass at you and they are both there to tell him to back off
You politely excuse the three of you from the hall and bring them outside
"You are both so embarrassing, I am going to put an end to this"
"Because clearly neither of you can make a decision - I've decided on neither of you"
They are both speechless and try to convince you that you're wrong, you clearly have feelings for them
But you tell them that until they both grow up, you're not going to be with either of them
In a few weeks, Jon and Robb will be going their separate ways and you will be going back home
Jon writes you letters telling you he is going to the wall - but promising you that if you ever changed your mind, he would run back to you
Robb writes you letters telling you that if you change your mind, you could come to Winterfell where you felt most at home, and he would make you his lady
After weeks of writing letters to the both of them, you realize that you are in love with both of them, but one more than the other
You draft a letter to each of them, telling them that you love them, but you have made your decision
"I choose . . ."
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redhead-batgal · 2 years
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Hi
Can I request a reader x Damien soulmate AU?
With these prompts please
“If anything happened to you, it would utterly ruin me.”     
“You have no idea who I am, do you?”
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Type: Drabble
Pairing: Fem! Student! and Soulmate! Reader x Damian Wayne/Robin
AU: Soulmate! Reader
Prompts: ✢14: “You have no idea who I am, do you?” ☙21: “If anything happened to you, it would utterly ruin me.”
Content: Cursing, some technical angst because why not, aged up Damian 16/17 yrs old.
Word Count: 981
P.S: This was sooo much fun to write, sorry if you wanted something else. I just- I just really wanted to write it this way
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In this world there is love, and life and joy. Almost every person has a chance at these things through their soulmate. Someone chose by fate itself to help you have a good life. While not all soulmates are romantic some are, and that soulmate will be with you (hopefully) for the rest of your life.
There are of course cynics who believe soulmates are a myth, those people usually lose their chance. Chance at happiness because they turn away one of the people chosen to help them have it. And some... some choose to defy fate and choose to find others to love, others to create joy with.
And fate... fate does not like to be ignored, so it caused... some backlash in response. Which is unfortunately how you came to be.
You parents were soulmates, but they didn't want anything to do with each other. Of course, fate had its way, and you were born. Born in a home where love and hate ran so closely, they intermingled.
It was one of the reasons why when you realized who your soulmate was you didn't say a word. You in fact began avoiding them all together. But your heart- your soul longed for them. And so you were stuck in conflict. Conflict with your soul and reason.
Which was why you were sitting in the library, in the very back corner. Watching, despite the voice of reason screaming in your head, Damian fucking Wayne, talk with his friends.
Looking up from your book you sighed, he- he was annoying and rude and and and loved animals and was an accomplished artist. So much that he began teaching children with special needs how to draw.
While you may have heard it was a punishment from his father, your soul still ached for him. Letting out a groan you slammed your head against the table. Why was fate such a cruel bitch? Why could fate just once give you a fucking break?
Footsteps caused you to freeze and you looked up to see a red haired boy standing in front of your table. He smiled and waved and you gave him a weak smile.
"Hi, I'm Colin and me and my friends were wondering if you wanted to join us."
He pointed to a table- the table behind him and you winced. Looking up you saw the small smile on his face and your conscious screamed.
"Uh, are you sure? You guys don't even know me."
Colin raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Uh, you've been in our classes since we started school here. And- Dam-" Colin paused before shrugged, "we can get to know each other better. I mean we've been in the same grade for years."
Before you could reply, a dark-haired boy, who you recognized as Jon Kent, bounded over towards you and Colin. He threw an arm over Jon's shoulders and smiled.
"Hi, Y/N. Are you going to join us? You're going to join us, right?"
His glasses slipped to the edge of his nose, and you winced. You were? Oh no you were.
"Uh, Okay." You remarked, "I mean I guess."
"Awesome!" Jon said.
He then leaned down and scooped your things into his arms. Turning towards his table he bumped Colin.
"Get the rest of her stuff."
Colin looked to you and you quickly grabbed onto your bag and stood up. Before you could even blink, Colin leaned forwards and grabbed your book.
Then he turned and followed after Jon. Cursing internally you followed him. They both sank down onto their seats and left one for you directly across from Damian. You watched as he flipped the page and Colin and Jon set your stuff on the table.
Damn it.
Reluctantly you sat down and winced. Damian looked up and you noticed a cut on his face and his eyes looked strange. Was it a black eye?
Your heart stopped and the words slipped from you before you could stop yourself.
"What happened?"
"It's not important, why do you care?" Damian remarked looking back at his notebook.
Why do you care? why do you care
Because
Because you wanted to shout If anything happened to you, it would utterly ruin me.
Instead, you shrugged. "You just looked a little banged up. Sorry for being curious."
He paused for a moment before looking up at you eyes narrowed.
"Do you know who I am?" he asked.
You nodded and answered the right answer instead of the one your soul begged you to say, "You're Damian Wayne."
But, you thought, you have no idea who I am, do you?
Damian blinked a few times his body tensing. And he shook his head.
"That's not what I meant."
You froze, swallowing you forced a smile onto your face. Reaching out you grabbed your book and pulled it towards you. Don't think about it don't think about it don't think about it.
He tilted his head and watched as you brought your book closer. Smiling weakly, you pulled it towards your face.
"You- You have no idea do you. Who I am?" He muttered
Soul crying and reason cheering you blinked. You were always terrible at lying. Maybe- maybe he meant something else? No, no you couldn't even convince yourself.
Shrugging you pressed your face into your book. Why did you agree, why did you do this to yourself?
because now he's close and near and hearing his voice made your heartbeat faster and and-
no- no. No nonononononono. stop that right now. No. No. nuh-uh no way you weren't- you weren't going to let your soul and- that raging bitch or dick or whatever it was fate control you.
Taking in a breath you went to read you book when it was pulled away from you and you met Damian's eyes.
"I'm your soul mate."
"Fucking shit."
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rae-raewrites · 5 months
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Hi! How are you? Anyways, can you AK Scarecrow having a young millitia (13-14) in his army? Like he dosent even know how they got here but he knows that they had some traumatic past events and decides to keep a close eye on them so they dont get hurt? The kid is also very sweet, kind and quiet. Thank you and take all the time you need! Have a good day/night!
Been saving this one for Halloween because screw it I love this so much.
Also happy Halloween everyone! Hope we’re all safe and feeling spooky!
Arkham scarecrow with a militia kid
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Jonathan crane did not expect the Arkham knight to bust into his laboratory that faithful day a couple of months ago nor did he expect this
The knight coming into his laboratory with a much smaller figure in toe certainly catches his attention
Adrian has the look of someone who’s see so much despite being only 14. A by product of a man taking his child with him as a merc and not making it.
Jonathan isn’t usually the kind to be bothered by children,the years before the croc incident were rather neutral to them. Scareable but not the kind of fear he was looking for.
So when the knight informs him he’s apart of his security detail there’s a point of interest in his mind
A child watching over the master of fear?
There’s this part that wants to shake the kid off yet……
“A-are you sure you should be handling that without any gloves?” “With such a tiny dose? Child this is nothing.”
The boy genuinely cares about him,the subtle things are easy to pick up on for one so focused on reading people.
It’s something refreshing considering how stiff a lot of the others in the militia seem
Jon wasn’t expecting to teach him how to make his toxin, but this is certainly a more pleasant lab accident
If this kid is getting bullied on by any of the older militia boys then they can promptly say goodbye to everyone they love
Poor kid ends up dealing with rest of the rouges trying to figure out how scarecrow acquired a small child.
“Is Mr nigma normally this rude?” “My dear boy please, call him Edward. And yes he can be insufferable.”
Doesn’t mean it’s all sunshine and rainbows,he still has a plan to enact.
Adrian isn’t going to be treated like trash because they have work to do,boys still young enough to where an eye has to be kept on him.
It kinda becomes his pet project to look after him when he’s not reworking his toxin
A return to his roots if you well
He may not seem like type for it but he extends a hand if the lad wishes to talk
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nagdabbit · 3 months
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This isn't a prompt or a request, but hear me out Dags. What if you remixed Lamp Bright Rind but made it wrestlefic? Who would you cast, what would you change, what would you keep? Consider it a thought experiment
don't do this to me, don't you dare do this to me. shit. fuck. balls
like. for those not coming from the st fandom, i once enjoyed the show and fandom and wrote a massive harringrove fic where billy was a disgraced chef trying to reinvent himself, and steve was a corporate lawyer trying to get out from under his family's shadow and do as much good as he could. they live across from each other, they can see into each others kitchen windows, steve cant cook and shows up unannounced to get cooking lessons, and it's cute as shit from there. there's misunderstandings, there's mistaken identities, there's healing from trauma and growing up and not realizing that their entire friend group is a circle. im proud of it
now like. fuck. shit. thought experiment my ass. this is gonna consume me.  fuck you man
my first instinct, bryan the chef. not disgraced, not exactly, but tired. thinks he has nothing left to make, but is determined to start a new restaurant and do something different. yuta as his neighbor, starving, stressed college student who would eat more vegetables if he knew how to cook them. renee is his restaurant partner, and her husband mox is his best friend who is there to give him shit and pep talks and shitty peptalks. bryan doesn't like jons friend eddie, who tags along when they go out, but eddie sometimes make him get out of his wallowing. and sometimes bryan has to get eddie out of his own wallowing about his on again-off again relationship with claudio, bryans foh manager. bryan already feels weird falling in love with the college student he's teaching how to cook, but then he finds out yuta is like renee and moxs adopted son he'd never met before, because he's always so busy with school
but i have an instinct i like more, actually. remix my remix.
renee the chef. shes always had a great gig on food shows and writing cookbooks, she's beloved. but she's never had her own restaurant before, and she's shit scared about how it's gonna go. her business partner, bryan, knows she's gonna kill it, but also he's an asshole, sometimes, and doesn't know how to give a proper inspirational talk. but he is good at interfacing with their investor while she goes crazy trying to finalize the menu. hell, she doesn't even know who their investor is. they hire yuta in the kitchen, and he's young and adorable and eager and even if he doesn't have the training that they do, she likes him more than anyone else who applied. his mortal enemy, daniel, got hired to the wait staff tho, and no one can tell if they're gonna fuck or fight at any given time. claudio just has good foh manager/host energy, he's personable, what else can i say. eddie is the bartender slash woodworker slash handyman who solves their problem of needing a bartender, needing someone to fix the place they chose, and needing a custom bar installed. also he's funny and he pisses bryan off and makes claudio blush. then there's mox, the burly, rough and tumble famous ufc fighter and window neighbor in the apartment building next to renees. he can't cook for shit, renee has a running tally of the number of times she's seen him throw the windows open to let out smoke. and one night, bored and tired of trying to work on the menu, she takes pity on him and carts a box of ingredients to the building next door, hunts down his apartment and offers to teach him how to cook. then there's the matter of who their investor is, and who the mysterious man all her friends are trying to set her up with is, and the inconvenient fact that she thinks mox is kinda cute and is starting to fall for him
i think that's the one i would write. less trauma this time around, more softness.
also, consider: gruff famous chef ruby, bumbling neighbor ang. up and coming chef hook, weird cabaret neighbor dan(housen). world renowned chef regal quietly trying to start a diner, boring vegan neighbor bryan who only makes salad and it makes regal sad. revolutionary vegan chef sami, and his overworked vet neighbor kevin. chef swerve and poofy haired cowboy hangman next door that he hates, he promises. actually i like that one a lot, too. chef orange, king of simple ingredients and big flavors, and his goofy streamer neighbor chuck. chef willow, trying to make a name for herself, and her weird neighbor kris who thinks she's an alien but we're not quite sure about that or not. 
so many combinations... shit. balls. fuck.
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I ran the moment I saw requests were open how ab the dork squad + two face w a ex robin (maybe they got the jason Todd treatment or not your choice ) y/n who they take care of as a like sidekick + kid
Happy to hear that!
Rogues with Ex Robin Reader
Riddler
Ok, so the kid annoyed the shit out of him
They would always fight, even more than with Batman but he saw kid potential
When Y/N turned his puzzle against him almost cutting his head off, he was only pissed for a moment before rolling his eyes at Barman for giving Robin a lecture
Kid actually showed some brain, what is his problem?
Would offer kid work and, after few beat upsby them, they accept it
It's at first secret but Bayman finds out and tries to talk to Y/N but they had enough of being holded back; the fight broke off and Batman lost Robin but Riddler got new sidekick
He teaches them everything he knows, makes them new costume
Still keep fighting but now it's verbal fight
He gets used to them being there and while he bitches about them from time to time he is only one allowed to do that
If anyone is saying bad stuff about his new sidekick he whips out full blown argument why they're wrong and how Y/N is brilliant while other person is stupid
Doesn't think of himself as father but it's clear to everyone else that he is
Scarecrow
This Robin was weird, they were scared of his toxin yet they always tried to work around it, examine it, once even purposely walked into it
It got his attention
When he kidnapped them once he started talking about fear, how it pushes people and Y/N was listening with interest
He just smirked and after getting arrested he told them he can't wait for their next meeting
Next time he hears about them they're dead
He isn't shoked but definitely didn't liked that
There was finally someone else who saw his vision and of course they had to die; he would remind Dark Knight about it next time
He honesty was suprised when he saw them again, they looked think and dirty but they were alive
Scoops them and starts asking questions, turns out there were ways to come back; kid says at least now they aren't afraid of death
Jon would be the judge of that
Since they basically started a new life he asks if they're interested in a new identity as his sidekick, they were already interested in his toxin, might as well use their death reason to pursue it
Robin becomes a Crow
Most people aren't even aware of it at first because of their costume but when Batman unmasks them it's clear
"I knew this kid was a freak." One of the police officers said and Jon got to him before Batman.
While Y/N tries to get ahold of being scary, Jon is standing behind them, making sure everyone is covering in fear
Seems cold but knows when to push and when to let go
The kid isn't getting killed for 2nd time
Mad Hatter
Robin was sweet kid, he honesty had nothing against them; sure they bear him up but so did every other Robin
One day there was an accident and Y/N got separated from Batman
Jervis found them in rumbles with henchmen
He came closer to inspect them, they started moving and jumped on him
He let out a yelp and told his henchmen to get them off but they hold strong to him and he realized they were crying
Said to let them go and Robin just kept holding him, he asked what's happened and Y/N said "Batman- left m-me" sobbing
His heart break for the poor kid so he tried to hug him, Y/N seemingly not having enough strength to protest
He took them with him and gave them clothes, tea anything they need
He didn't know what to do, he didn't want to hypnotize the kid and use it as bait, they said Batman abounded them, how can he just give them back?
Thinks it's over and after few nights of talking and playing he decides to let them stay if they now will be helping him
Is so excited about it, asks if they know about Wonderland and who they would like to be; it's ends up on the mouse
Is having so much fun with them, and is ready to teach them everything; when they hypnotize someone for the first time he realized he was proud
Then they met with Batman again and he recognized his sidekick trying to get them to home just for Y/N to have panic attack
Something in Jervis just wanted to make it go away so he straight up jumped on Batman saying to let them go
They managed to get away and he is immediately looking after Y/N, making sure they're alright
Kid just hugs him saying everything is good now and he hugs back
There's no paperwork or anything official, but from that point on, everyone knows it's his kid now
Two-Face
Ok, so this Robin was pretty nice to him honesty, always refers to him as Sir, asking if he's alright after beating
Harvey likes the kid while Harv just wants to murder them even more
He kinda gets his wish when Robin falls down and breaks his neck
Harvey is running to them while shouting for Batman but it's too late
Honesty feels bad for them, Y/N was one of the most innocent kids he has met
Even Harv admits after a while that it wasn't that bad to treated with respect
So when the kid just walks past him he almost has a heart attack
Harvey grabs their arm and takes a good look to make sure he sees it right
Asks how it is possible, who, when
Wonders if that means they're going back to being a Robin but they surprisingly refuse
They tried to be understanding to rogues and it got them killed, how they can do it again?
They both understand him so after a moment of thinking they toss a coin, he either leaves them to figure this stuff out or he's taking them under the wing
Guess which won?
Harv teaches them about guns and their safety, Harvey about loopholes in law if they got caught
He's honesty pretty understanding and nice
Looks after them while on robberies, if something can threaten their lives he gets them out of them
Starts treating them with time more like his own kid which Harv makes fun of just to be shut down when Harvey points out that he asked for Y/N birthday to give them a guns with their initials
He actually goes threw with adoptions papers; probably not legal since he is criminal but they exist
From now on it's Y/N Dent
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Another Tma Au, because I am bored, and I have a lot of thoughts. Lonely/Eye Jon, PeterJonElias. This isn't good characterization, this is blatant projection, and also really long.
Okay, so season 4 Jon right, he's sad, and he's being either called a monster by people, they are ignoring him, or they blatantly hate him.
Jon gets upset after something happens, and essentially locks himself in his office. No one was expecting him to react like this, so they just ignore it, and hope that he quits being dramatic. Meanwhile, Jon is having a mental breakdown and hiding under his desk because he wants to feel safe for the first time since his coma.
A few days pass, and they realize he isn't gonna leave his office, so they go to get the key. They unlock the door to find that Jon is nowhere to be found, and the room is covered in fog. They try yelling at Peter for this, but he has no clue what is going on. He's been staying away from the Archives, and so they also try asking Martin, but no dice.
Cut to Jonah freaking out because he can't see his Archivist anymore, and he doesn't quite know why because he had been keeping an eye on other things. However, he can still feel that Jon is alive somewhere, he just can't see him. So, he tries mentioning that Jon could be in the tunnels somewhere. They look, and he isn't there.
Finally we cut back to Jon, and he's just cleaning up the Archives once everyone has gone home without anyone realizing. He's quietly getting his work done, and he's leaving before anyone else can show up and get upset at him. The Archives are slowly getting organized, because Jon is a workaholic with nothing better to do, and he's just trying his best to avoid everyone.
Since no one knows where Jon went, things kind of just go on hold overall, because Jonah's plans need Jon. Peter still tries to get Martin to kill Jonah, but Martin just ends up completely fading into the Lonely instead.
Jon has realized by now that something is wrong, and that he's in the Lonely. He ends up accidentally teaching himself to leave it when leaving the Institute one day because he wanted to get a coffee, and the barista couldn't see him. So, now we've got a Jon who actually kind of understands what is going on, and he's starting to feel a bit better about life overall.
He still cleans up the Institute at night when no one else is around. However, one night, Peter is there. He is just sitting in the Archives because he has nothing better to do, and he gets bored with Martin not being around to bug anymore. Peter roughly sees someone in The Lonely and decides to yank them out just to find that its The Archivist. The same person that has been missing for weeks/months by now.
They talk a little bit, and Jon asks a question about Martin, just to realize he can still use compelling, and its gotten stronger, because Peter is just spilling his guts about accidentally killing Martin. Jon gets kinda pissed and tries to leave using The Lonely. He fails, and they just sit together for a bit, because Jon doesn't want to talk to Peter, but the man isn't letting him leave.
After half-an-hour or so, Jon's curiosity gets the better of him, and they start talking again. Peter brings up Jonah looking for Jon, and Jon just yells at him, because 'I swear if Elias is Jonah Magnus I am going to hurt somebody.' Peter kinda just hums along, because that was his reaction at first too.
Jon calms down a bit, and asks about the time, Peter just kinda shrugs because there isn't a clock in Jon's office, and suggests that he go check, as long as Jon stays put. He agrees, and Peter comes back with the time and Jonah.
Jon finally left The Lonely, so Jonah finally saw Jon in the Archives and got overjoyed, because his Archivist was right there where he belonged. Jonah finally gets to the institute around when Peter left the room, so they end up chatting about it for a minute.
They come back to find that Jon is passed out, because as much as he had been taking acre of the Archives, he hadn't been taking care of himself while he was in The Lonely. Jon is exhausted, and now that Peter left, didn't have a distraction.
Jonah and Peter just kinda look at eachother for a minute before Jonah just sighs, and tells Peter to grab Jon, and mutters something about having a spare room on his home. He forces Peter to come with, because serial divorcees, and he can't pick up Jon as easily as Peter can.
So yeah, they end up just putting Jon in the spare room and hanging around the house until he wakes up. Jon finally wakes up the next day, and he's actually doing kind of okay, because Jonah gave him a statement while he slept.
They(Jonah) end up forcing Jon to talk to them, and Jon ends up agreeing to stay for a bit, because he has nowhere else to go. So, a couple days pass by, and Jonah asks if he needs anything. Jon asks for more clothes, and finds them in his room the next day.
They fall into a light dynamic, and Jon ends up enjoying being around them, but its a bit much sometimes, so he wanders off from time to time into the Fog, usually coming back before dinner, sometimes not.
After a while Jon gets comfortable, and kisses Jonah on the cheek as a thanks for something, and Jonah just stops and goes red before walking away. Jon doesn't realize and thinks Jonah is just uncomfortable, so he doesn't do it again.
Something similar happens with Peter, so this causes Lonelyeyes to talk about it, and they are like 'why not, Jon seems interested in us, so we should return the favour' and they start lightly using their own love languages with Jon.
Jon is oblivious until he gets kissed on the mouth, and they end up all talking about it. Peter and Jonah thinking Jon started it, and Jon just not realizing until he lightbulbs. They all go out, and everything ends up being fine.
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Pls one where milagro meets the teams parents for the first time (and sees how much roy and lian are actually alike(I love lian and roy sorry not sorry)
Don't be sorry! We love to see it!
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After getting settled and a gruelling training session, the newly formed Omega squad wait for dinner. Jaime had to go handle something, so Milagro finds herself watching a movie with the others. Lian has her arrows spread across the coffee table, checking them with a pack of tools. Tim and Damian had picked up their earlier argument. Definitely brothers. They’re worse than her and Jaime. The team looks up as the door opens.
"Daddy!" Mar'i flies to a handsome man with dark hair. He catches her easy, spinning on his heels.
"Hiya, Starshine!" He kisses her cheek, "You have a good day?"
Mar'i nods, then points to Milagro, "This Milagro. She's friend."
"It's nice to meet you, Milagro," The older man offers her a warm smile. He looks so much like his daughter, "Jaime's told us all about you. He's really proud of you, y'know. I'm Dick, Mar'i's dad and Damian's oldest brother."
"Grayson!" Damian scowls at Tim, "Inform our brother that supervision is not required!"
"And tell Damian I'm following orders!"
“The orders are stupid! I don’t need supervision!”
“You’re 13!!”
Balancing Mar'i on his hip, the older man discusses the argument with his brothers. Milagro knows that they're a 'patchwork family', as Mami says, but it's weird to see the similarities. Dark hair, different textures. Light eyes. More people walk into the room. 
Jon smiles as his mother kisses his forehead, telling him his father will be there soon. Lois Lane is one of the most beutifully intelligent women Milagro’s ever seen. Her mother listens to her reports more than anyone else’s, though she never tells Milagro why. 
The twins run to their parents--a tall, redheaded man and beautiful Korean woman-- already talking at a million miles an hour. Definitely Bart's family. Irey pulls her mother over to the two new heroes, "Mom, this is Milagro Reyes and Colin Wilkes."
Jai might have his mother's coloring, but Irey has her smile. Linda offers both children her hand, "It's nice to meet you all. I'm Linda. My husband, Wally, is currently reminding our son that popcorn is not a full meal."
"Fucking shit!" Lian huffs, reaching for another tool. A second redheaded man snorts as he kisses her head.
"Remind me who taught you those words, Squeaker?"
"You and Mom. Uncle Jay helped." She hands him the arrow head, "Can you do this wire for me, Dad?"
"No, but I'll teach you." Plopping down, Roy takes a look at the arrow. Lian might take after her mother, but her movements? All her father. They both lean close to the arrow head, heads tilted just so. Botj bite their tongue as they concentrate. After a minute, Roy huffs and reaches for a tool, “Fucking shit.”
“And you wonder why she swears?” Dick calls. 
“I’m well aware. As long as it’s not at someone, I don’t care.”
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re: fic romances between hot people and a woman in a wheelchair...
okay, but which tom hardy character would make for the best pairing and which jon bernthal character would make for the best pairing?
ALL OF THEM
I really do mean pretty much all of them.
Oof, okay, I'm showing my bias here when it comes to actors that I like because my physical inabilities and the...foreign-ness? of really vital physicality is a huge attracting factor. And Bernthal and Hardy both are very physical actors. Their bodies aren't just carrying around their faces and voices, they are fucking present. Like, what do you MEAN you can take a hit and not break?? THAT'S SO HOT. If I bump my toe into the wall while driving my wheelchair around, that fucker's RUINED. Now, I'm lowkey indestructible. More than one doctor on more than one occasion has arrived in my recovery room and given me the "you should be dead, good job not dying, that shit's crazy" speech. But make no mistake, I'm held together by popsicle sticks and chewing gum. My brain cannot conceive of what it's like to be physically hale and hardy. It's absolutely "other" to me, and therefore erotic on the deepest level.
But if you made me choose and I really thought about character traits and narrative potential...
Of Hardy's characters, I think Bane would be most interesting. The whole physically imposing but also particularly vulnerable thing is already a goldmine. Put him opposite of someone with a severe physical disability...I MEAN. And from her perspective, his special mask and his indestructability is like wish fulfillment, but so obviously has its drawbacks. So much potential for recognition of the self through the other.
Of Bernthal's characters, Sam Rossi. With his lowkey shame over his own disability? For a potential lover who's in a wheelchair to see him be ashamed of his weakness? And feel her heart break, like "if that's shameful, what must you think of me??" ANGST. Then him working through his shit because she deserves better...which teaches him that he also deserves better than what he gives himself. GROWTH. And him being the sweetest bastard imaginable, can you stand it?? Her going through life, exhausted by always having to ask for help. Him giving help freely, before she even knows what she needs.
OKAY NOW YOUR TURN.
Any other opinions on the matter? From anon or anyone else?
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fic rec fun
So wanted to get some hiatus rec lists going and encourage some self promo in my friends so how about sharing your top fics no matter how big or small - give us the links to your wonderful words with the Most hits/Most kudos/Most comments/Most bookmarks /Most words/Least words
Thanks @freneticfloetry for the tag! I’m sure OP intended Lone Star creators but now we’ve broken containment, so let’s see what I’ve got...
Most Hits: permission to touch - Heartstopper (Nick/Charlie, 3k, Explicit) "Do you know what you want to do for your birthday?" Nick asks suddenly. / "You," Charlie blurts out. So this fic actually qualifies for the first four categories. It’s a first time fic written for Yuletide in 2020 based on the webcomic, and when the TV series premiered on Netflix, everyone and their beta found it. I am proud of this one, definitely happy in retrospect that I re-read the entire series so far before I wrote it.
Most Kudos: written in the scars on our hearts - Teen Wolf (Derek/Stiles, 21k, Explicit) When Stiles needs a roommate as he starts college, he decides Derek is the perfect candidate. He knows college is supposed to change your life, but this is ridiculous. Domestic future fic. My ‘and they were roommates!’ fic that I wrote in the hiatus after season 2. I had so much fun putting this one together, and I even had quite a lot written for a companion Scott/Isaac fic, but I think S3 derailed me from ever finishing that one.
Most Comments: shout whenever (I’ll be there) - Ted Lasso (Roy/Keeley/Jamie, 26k, Explicit) "I was wonderin' if you might… teach me? / "Roy can only stare back at him. Teach him… what, how to pull? How to fuck? Roy must be dreaming, because there's no way in hell the Jamie Tartt he knows has the bollocks or the self-awareness to ask him for such a thing. Jamie's eyes only seem to get rounder the longer Roy looks at him, as if he's growing more hopeful of a positive answer. That particular delusion snaps Roy out of it. "No. Fuck no. Why the fuck would I wanna do that?" MY BABES! 🙌🏻 HUGE thanks to @rubickk7 for prompting me for this in an exchange when I was newly done watching the (then) two seasons and needed to get my feelings out via fic.
Most Bookmarks: marked restraint - Harry Potter (Harry/Draco, 12.5k, Explicit) In the early hours of July 31, 1996, Draco shoots awake and soon discovers his soulmark. The trouble only continues from there. I love writing soulmarks so much! Had a lot of fun playing off the ‘destiny’ aspect with these two especially.
Most Words: every turn a surprise - Bandom (Ryan/Brendon/Spencer/Jon, 56k, Explicit) When Brendon is 10 years old, weird things start happening. He quickly discovers his ability to read minds, and then he spends several years at the Academy, learning how to control it. After he is forced to run away to avoid being drafted for his ability, he gets hired onto a spaceship, where he meets Spencer, Ryan, and Jon. Things just get crazier from there, especially when he starts to fall in love with more than one of his coworkers. Oh man. This fic was a work in progress for so long that I was on my way out of bandom by the time I posted it. But it’s got so much worldbuilding and fun stuff in it. I feel like one day I’m likely to pull it and convert it into an Original Work.
Least Words: fun - Boy Meets World (Jack/Eric, 100 words, Explicit) Jack had never been with someone who made him laugh as much as Eric. I’ve written quite a lot of drabbles, actually, but this is one of my favs.
Tagging @valonia47, @goldiegaytime, @footnotesandendings, @richmondtillidie!
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Epilogue: Come Home for Christmas
2015
The screen faded to black as the video came to an end.
Dwindling light from the fireplace danced over five awe-struck faces, four of whom had seen the movie many times before.
It was Maya's first time watching the film she'd heard so much about. Deep compassion and empathy for her future father overwhelmed her. The Christmas he always wanted, the one he got when he was fifteen, was the same one she always wanted, the one she got at fifteen this year with him.
She wished she had filmed the whole experience like he did, but she was too caught up as it was happening to think about something like that.
Crawling over to Shawn with a look of wonder on her face she said in a hushed voice, "That was incredible, Shawn. You put that whole thing together?"
Shawn smiled through the tears that had accumulated but not fallen as his childhood played for them. He sat up slowly, reluctant to leave his mother's lap. Maya put her hands on his knees as she awaited his response.
"Uncle Cory and Uncle Eli helped, but for the most part it was all me."
"Shawn!" Grayson shuffled over the carpet on his knees looking at him excitedly. "Can you teach me how to do that? Can you teach me how to film and edit that tape thing like you did?"
He laughed and ruffled his little brother's hair. "There are way easier ways to do that now, G. But if you really wanna know, sure."
All the children were crowded around Shawn shooting questions at him as fast as they could think of them. Bella climbed into his lap and attempted to hijack his attention from the rest of them.
Through the hubbub of their voices, a cry was heard through the baby monitor.
Automatically, Audrey stood to go to her sobbing child.
As she walked down the hall to the nursey, she hummed a little holiday tune as she smiled to herself.
Her heart was full.
All her children were home for Christmas. The memories they made together this year would be added to the ones gone by- to the albums that were so full they would need several new ones to store this year's treasures.
In the nursery, her youngest and last child looked up at her with large mournful eyes that had yet to decide what color they would be. Like the other members of the family this one did not like to be alone. She cooed softly to the little one as she lifted the child up.
While she rocked the infant, she heard someone walk into the room.
"Everything okay, babe?" a voice asked softly in her ear.
Audrey turned around to face her husband.
"Everything's better than okay," she sighed contentedly.
He leaned into her, pressing a kiss into her hair. Then his gaze drifted down to the little one wrapped in reindeer pajamas that she was holding.
"How are you?" she asked.
Jon shrugged and lovingly ran finger over the nose of the child in her arms.
"Shawn's first Christmas since he came home all I get is a shrug," she gently teased him.
His smile broadened and he took the baby from her. It was hard to imagine there was a time he didn't want this one as now he couldn't imagine life without child number six.
"I was just thinkin' about everyone who's here tonight," he said in a voice thick with emotion. "You do realize that our granddaughter is sittin' in the room at the end of the hall."
Audrey smiled and nodded as she thought of Maya Hart.
He looked up at her with an arched brow and a smirk. "You ready to be a grandma?"
"I'll be a Gigi," she informed him saucily leaning into his shoulder. "Are you ready to be a granddad?"
Jon laughed abruptly startling the baby who stared at him with wide eyes. The little face slowly crumpled into a silent sob before the scream. Quickly, he kissed his child's face several times over, rocking back and forth to soothe the fear he'd inadvertently caused.
"I'm in my fifties, babe," he said as he settled the little one against his chest. "I'm in the right age group to be a grandparent."
"I'm not," she laughed quietly. "That's why I'll be Gigi."
"When Shawn proposes, the weddin' will happen right away. He said he wants to be like us and not wait."
"He will not be like us," she said firmly wagging a finger at him. "He will have a wedding, even if it's just in Cory and Topanga's living room. My son will not get married at City Hall like we did."
Jon shook his head. "You know, we'll probably end up with a grandkid just a few years younger than this one."
Audrey smiled dreamily and kissed her baby's cheek. "That'll be fun."
Jon wasn't so sure about that, but he didn't say anything.
"Jonny, how are you really?"
"Happy," he said after a moment. Dragging his gaze away from their child, he turned to put an arm around her. " It's the first Christmas I haven't been worried sick about Shawn and where he is. It's the first Christmas I've haven't been hopin' for him just to call. I am really happy."
Audrey understood his feelings well. She had been waiting for just as long as he had been. Standing on her toes she gave him a lingering kiss. "I know Shawn being home is all you've wanted for a long time. Merry Christmas, baby."
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My dad’s been watching this podcast called Second in Command in which Tim Simons and Matt Walsh from Veep re-watch the show and discuss each episode with a guest. I’ve watched a few episodes with my dad and they’re quite good.
I have so far resisted getting fully sucked into it the way I do with most things and just watching every episode of the podcast and re-watching Veep alongside it, but it is a lot of fun to sit with my dad and watch these podcast episodes and then watch the Veep episode that they’d discussed. Especially because Veep is one of those shows of which I’ve seen every single episode so many times across so many years, and even though that show is so dense and there’s so much going on in every moment, I have a lot of it memorized by now. So it’s interesting to hear these people talk about it and say things I hadn’t thought about before, and then I get to watch the episode through new-ish eyes for the first time in so long and look for the things they talked about.
I’m staying with my dad for a few days, and last night, we watched this episode of the podcast. It’s different from the other ones because it doesn’t cover a specific episode of Veep, it just discusses the show generally with Stephen Colbert. Because I guess if you get Stephen Fucking Colbert on your show, you don’t want to tie him down by telling him he can only discuss one thing. You tell him “Thank you Stephen Fucking Colbert for being here, now please discuss whatever the hell you would like.” Which is basically what they did and it was amazing.
I’ve written a bunch of stuff on this blog lately about my teenage and early adult years of watching The Daily Show every day, and I’ve mostly written those things to talk about when I first saw a lot of John Oliver, so in that context, it isn’t relevant to mention that I was also watching The Colbert Report. But for the record, I was very much also watching The Colbert Report. Whatever was going on in my life, even when I was training in my sport five nights a week and cutting weight and exhausted, I would get home and watch last night’s Daily Show and Colbert Report before doing things like homework. If my life got really busy and I had to miss a few, that was even better because I could sit down for several hours of this. I didn’t follow Colbert when he started his new show, so I haven’t seen much of him in recent years. But he was there alongside Jon Stewart to teach me how American politics worked from about 2006 to 2014, and now that I write that, I realize I probably do not take into account enough how much that has shaped my worldview now. Like things that I assume are just obvious to everyone may in fact seem that way to me because I grew up on these shows, and someone who didn’t will have a whole different set of heuristics that also seem like just part of the natural way to see the world. Maybe I should examine that someday and maybe doing so would even make me feel slightly less bitterly toward the world that I see as mostly consisting of unmitigated assholes. Maybe. I don’t know. No need for that right now. What was I talking about again?
Right, I was talking about Stephen Colbert talking to some actors from Veep for an absolutely fascinating 70 minutes. I expected this to be interesting because all the episodes of this podcast have been interesting and I like Colbert, but I was not expecting it to be nearly as engaging as it actually was. Stephen Colbert has a fascinating perspective on Veep as someone who’s actually seen those spin rooms it’s satirizing, knows those people and that world, but also knows comedy. It’s always interesting when people from the world of politics talk about The Thick of It and Veep, because they often say “Yeah they pretty much got it right” but I like to hear details of what bits were accurate. Colbert can not only talk about that (obviously he wasn’t a politician, but throughout his career he’s seen the politicians up close and behind closed doors), but as a comedian he can also talk about Veep’s merits as a very funny comedy show. My dad put this on after the Taskmaster finale yesterday and honestly I was a bit tired and thought I don’t feel like staying through something this long and I’ll probably go to bed partway through, but by the end of it, I was saying, “Shit, that’s it? I could have listened to him talk about this for so many hours.”
Colbert talked about the connections to real behind-the-scenes politics and that was cool, he talked as a comedian about what makes Veep such a strong show and that was cool, he got into analysis of the characters and I enjoyed that, and he appealed to the massively nerdy part of my brain that loves other nerds. Because Stephen Colbert ran circles around the actors with his knowledge of the content in Veep, at times he threw out facts that even I didn’t remember, and like I said, I know this show very fucking well. The YouTube video has that all-caps title about him being the #1 FAN and that immediately put me off because YouTube video titles being formatted that way do not usually indicate that they are good videos. But by the end, I was saying, “Well shit, I’m sorry I doubted you, person who wrote that clickbait style title, it turns out you actually were right about the number 1 fan thing. That was just accurate labeling. He knew everything.”
Anyway, if anyone has interest in the TV show Veep and/or Stephen Colbert’s take on things and/or the relationship between political satire and real-world politics, I recommend this video. It’s a delight to watch.
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Hello, I realized I haven't asked about SW, so could I have a male SW ship (Prequel, Original Trilogy, and/or The Mandalorian) please? I have been called very kind and sweet. I tend to be quiet, but can be goofy once I am comfortable. I am very disciplined and hard-working and have constant goals I work on, I am definitely a workaholic. I also love music and acting, theatre and opera, I have been told I have a pretty voice. I want to be a successful performer. I get timid around guys I am attracted to. I have a practical mind but also am a helpless romantic. I love cute animals and tend to be pretty girly. I am often compassionate for people who are pushed to the side. I am terrified of being cheated on by someone I love or of failure.
As for you, I would ship you with Jon Snow from GOT since he has a similar vibe and would support your writing. I think he would be kind enough to give you a kitchen of your own and talk to you about history-you teach him some about it and he teaches some about the history of the Seven Kingdoms!
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I ship you with…Luke Skywalker
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It’s about the softness, okay?! Luke is, at the end of the day, a sweet puppy who loves his friends just so damn much and he’s being that same love to you. I will say it might take him some time to realize you like him. He’d see you as a friend first, encouraging you at every opportunity before realizing that the reason why you’re so shy around him and not Han or Lando. Once he understands what’s going on he’s lost though. He does need your practical mind and determination to keep him grounded at times, but he’s also encourage your more romantic tendencies. He’d also make sure to let you know he’s not going anywhere, for anything.
A/N: Oh Jon. You got done so dirty by Dumb and Dumber. Thank you for this man.
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5 Year Anniversary Celebration 🍾 (Ships Still Open)
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Liveblogging TMA - Season 2 - MAG 54-57
 "The same eyes that gazed at me from a hundred sawdust filled sockets around the room."
STILL LIFE :
God fucking damn it Jon.
Anyway, Anglerfish come back ! And with one of his victims other than Sarah Baldwin.
Of course, "Sasha" got on the case and everything was (supposedly) totally normal. At this point, considering how paranoid Jonathan is getting though, I am surprised he let anyone do the research for him. Shows that he's not all gone yet, though it is unfortunate in the sense that it give the stranger more freedom than she should be getting away with.
Of course, the delivery men were Breekon and Hope and I am still confused on what side they're on. Are they just ... Everywhere ? Doesn't matter of the moment they got a delivery ?
God, what a mess.
Supplemental, Jon has actually gone and broke into Gertrude's house, prooooobably got caught despite his assurances that he didn't, Gertrude was minimalist and also as suspicious of the eys as I am, to the point that she would keep any eyes outside of her flat.
This is ... Worrying. I am guessing that she too had a paranoid arc, same as Jon. Is he walking in her footsteps ? What did Gertrude find ? She probably got killed by Elias, so was he actually possessed by some spirit and she discovered that ?
And why are the eyes everywhere ?
Is it an oddity that look at the world ? "Beholding" it ? If it is like other oddities we've met, and considering that it is obsessed with the Archivist, does it mean that the Archivist is "Marked" by it, like some of the victims we heard of ? Does it hurt them ? Does it "love" them, the same way the Hive loved Jane Prentiss ?
I NEED TO KNOW MORE DAMN IT !
PEST CONTROL :
Yeesh.
Talk about a job.
Can you imagine being so used to people burning to death that you can differenciate the smells ?
Anyway, the Hive and the Nest. Probably not the same thing then ? Is it like a Michael situation, where he is himself and empty corridors are something else, but they are both a part of the same thing ?
But the Hive was pretty mad at the landlord, wasn't it ? Because it wasn't "a real parasite" ? Something about showing him what a "real parasite can do". Can two entities of the same oddity (Asag ?) be mad at each other ? Jealous of each other ?
Obviously Jane didn't know though. Seems like she was unaware of a lot of things, which makes sense.
The too big brown suit made me think of Grifter though.
Still, I am glad that it really was her ashes that Martin gave Jon. How disturbingly sweet, seems like a thing with him.
John Amherst from "Taken Ill" is back, and just as disusting as ever. Asag, or whatever the name is, the thing of diseases probably marked him ? I think he sounds like someone who would be marked. And there's Trevor and a young woman with him chasing him down ?
Supplemental, Jonathan actually got an entire night of sleep and my heart is breaking for him. Someone please let this fool rest. Season 1 was just an all around better time for him, really.
At least then, he felt like he had friends.
Onto next episode, probably about vampires again !
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT :
... Holy shit, I am stupid. Trevor was the name of the Vampire Hunter, how the fuck did I forget that ?
To think I confused him and Simon together, how absolutely embarassing. Urgh, I wanna crawl into a hole and never come back.
I am so stupid, uuuurgh.
... Didn't he die before finishing his statement though ?
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"As for the spider person, the only proof of its existence seems to be that I am far too unlucky for it to simply be an old tramp hallucination."
Welp. That explains SO much. Oh my God.
Trevor is alive and, well, probably not well, but he probably found himself a way to keep alive and is apparently on the hunt of more oddities with a young woman ? His apprentice ? Or is she teaching him ?
All I know is that they set stuff on fire. I'm sure the guy from last episode would get along great with them.
Good on them.
And so, we have met the equivalent of Jane Prentiss but with spiders ? I just. Damn it. I really wanted the spiders to be somewhat good guys, but nooooo, they just got rid of their competition, probably to do all the work themselves. Are they and the Hive a part of the same whole too ?
Supplemental, Jonathan FINALLY confronted Martin, and I don't know who's more relieved between him and me. Of course, I still think Martin is hiding stuff, but like. Jonathan finally can trust someone. Jon finally has someone he doesn't need to be on guard for, Martin was just there for him and trying to look out for him.
Yeah, I just know the fandom is probably crazy about them. I still think Martin got a crush on Jonathan, ngl.
Hearing Jon scream at him broke my heart though, my man is just ready to snap at a moment's notice, Martin can you please help him ?
Anyway, we discovered what Martin was hiding (or ... one of the things) and it is kind of heartbreaking. A highschool dropout hiding his real identity and history to keep having his job. Did his mother die in the end, as I assumed ? Man, what a mess.
The guy must've been so lonely for so long.
I have no idea what the next episode will be, but I'm hoping it is about Martin getting all in Jon's personal space and giving him a hug. He needs some.
PERSONAL SPACE :
... And shit, it's a space episode. Fuck.
This season is fucking coming for me.
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"“No one is coming”"
... Yay, another Lukas. Fucking creeps.
And more isolation. God, can these stop, didn't we get enough of those already, the liminal spaces always get me the worse. Just. Brrr.
God, whatever oddity is behind those, I think it's the one I hate the most.
And of course, Fairchild and Lukas. They just can't stop being suspiciously creepy, can they ?
A call back to "Ny Alesund", from "Growing Dark". So I have to assume that all three are connected to the cult with the closed eye. The Darkness is what they worship, right ? The "Lightless Flame" ? Or am I confusing it with someone else ?
The thing that is opposite to the open eye that represents the "beholding" and so maybe the Archivist ?
... My head hurt.
Supplemental, Jon is actually showing wariness to Not-Sasha and I am SO fucking glad about it. Even though she is onto him, he is also kind of onto her and it's. It's good. Yes, please Jon, don't trust her, I know your instincts are kind of going out of whack with the whole paranoia thing, but you gotta listen to them here.
The quote of the post will be :
"We're all alone out there."
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