I've been thinking about long haired Jason a lot lately. Maybe Jason with long hair and Tim with short, in a reversal of what we usually see?

Thanks for the request :) i made 2 versions of this cause I couldn't decide which version i liked better. I still might think of different hairstyles later, tho 🤔 anyway, i hope you like it!!

Inspiration Saturday

(Just a little late)

I was tagged by @generatorcat thank you!!

This is from a jaytim fic I’ve been working on for awhile where Tim becomes Red X but no one knows it’s him.

Before Jason could even say anything, Red X was soaring through the air. He landed in the alley where Robin was. More accurately, he landed on Robin in the alley, kicking him in the stomach before tumbling to the ground.

“What the fuck, X,” Jason muttered before shooting his grapple to follow his mysterious new ally.

When he landed, he found Red X holding Robin up by the collar of his uniform. He was holding him up against a wall and the latest Boy Wonder already had blood running down his face. Was that from earlier in patrol, or had Red X done that to him just now?

“It’s all your fault!” Red X hissed in his modulated voice.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Robin spat, stubborn as ever. “I don’t even know who you are.”

Red X slammed Robin into the brick wall, his head making a resounding thud upon impact. “I don’t care. You’re still a spoiled brat who needs to be taken down a peg,” he said, charging up the X on one of his palms.

“Hey man, take it easy,” Jason said carefully, approaching slowly.

Robin seemed to just notice that Jason was here. “Hood, is this psychopath with you? I know you do things differently than we do, but this seems a little too far--”

Red X cut Robin off with a swift fist to the face. “I’m not a psychopath!”

“X, come on, just let him go,” Jason pleaded.

“No,” Red X said vehemently, slamming Robin into the wall again. “He deserves this.”

“Listen, he’s not my favorite kid, but I don’t think he did anything to you,” Jason argued.

“Gee, thanks Hood,” Robin muttered. “Wait until Batman gets here, then you’ll be sorry,” Robin sneered, turning back to Red X.

That seemed to set him off. As soon as Robin mentioned Batman, Red X started slamming him into the wall repeatedly, his hits getting faster and more aggressive as he went.

Whoa, was Jason’s only thought as he surged forwards, prying Red X off of Robin.

When he finally pulled him away from the young sidekick, Jason pinned Red X against the wall on the other side of the alley, holding his forearm under the antihero’s chin. He stared at him for a minute, trying to understand the sudden change in temperament that Robin, or maybe Batman, had caused.

“I don’t usually associate with Batman,” Jason said calmly. He heard Robin snort, but he chose to ignore that. “But I’m not his enemy. We have a sort of understanding. I stay out of his way and he leaves me alone. I don’t work with him often, but I never work against him, not anymore.”

“That’s great for you,” Red X said, his voice sounding frantic, even with the distortion from his mask, “but I have my own agenda.”

“Well it seems like you have some shit to figure out then,” Jason said, digging his arm into Red X’s throat. “If you’re gunning after any of the Bats, we’re through. But I don’t want that, and I don’t think you do either.” Jason pulls away, watching as Red X drops slightly from where Jason had been holding him up. He keeps forgetting how much smaller than him this guy is. “Go think it over and get back to me when you make a decision.”

Red X stoods there, staring at Jason for a moment. Whatever he was thinking or feeling, it was a mystery because of his mask. Jason watched as he jumped and disappeared midair.

“Todd, what the hell was that about?”

Before Jason could answer, he heard a thud behind him. “What happened here?”

“Todd’s new sidekick just beat me half to death,” Robin said, brushing himself off.

“Names,” Jason said, not like it mattered.

Batman turned to Jason, his face a mystery behind the mask. “You have a sidekick now?”

“It’s more of a partnership,” Jason said.

“What was his name?” Robin asked. “I heard you call him X.”

Now Jason could tell that Batman was angry, even with the mask in the way. “As in Red X?”

“Who is Red X?” Robin asked.

“Ask your big brother, he’ll tell you,” Jason said to Robin, not looking away from Batman. “I’m trying to help him.”

“He kills people,” Batman said.

“So do I.”

“That’s my concern.”

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Tim Drake/Jason Todd Characters: Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Jason Todd Additional Tags: non-vigilante au, Fluff Summary:

“That guy? I’m getting punched,” he states matter-of-factly. The earth is round, The Flash is fast, and Tim will have a black eye in about ten minutes.

(Stephanie and Tim ride the subway and there is peer-pressure)

Banshee boy?

Both you and @franticvampirereads asked about this one 😅 I guess it's a very intriguing title?

This is a twist on an idea I had for a wingfic AU ages ago, where people's souls manifest as ghostly wings that only a handful of people can see (in this case, Tim). I never got very far when I toyed around with it before because I didn't have much beyond that, and then I struck on the idea of making it a familial trait. And that gee, if someone went through a big life change like becoming a vigilante, that would probably reflect in their soul somehow.

So far it's a weird team-up of Tim and Jack trying to figure out what to do with this kid that Tim found who has very unusual/kinda messed-up wings.

Whatever is going on with this kid, they're dangerous. Lethal in a way Tim hasn't seen since he parted ways with Lady Shiva. Logically, he should back away, head on home, hang up his cape for the night and forget all about this.

Except for how pure logic doesn't always always have a place in Robin's world. The kid sets off all of Tim's internal warning bells, but they aren't attacking. They're hiding, the boney wings curling around them to try and make a protective shell. To shield something broken from a cruel world.

Something aches in Tim's chest, and he moves closer before dropping down into a crouch, careful to telegraph each of his movements ahead of time. "Hi, I didn't mean to scare you. My name is Robin. What's yours?"

One wing flicks outwards, the bony tip spearing through his chest though he can't actually feel it. The move reveals a single pale eye, which blinks out at him from under the cave of the cardboard. It seems to wander aimlessly at first, then fixes on his center mass, piercing and focused.

The kid slowly unfolds, the arm under the outstretched wing reaching out to touch the R on Robin's chest.

Tim lets it, lets him. Doesn't even consider attempting to stop it from happening. He's too busy trying to remember how to breathe, how to think. Well, at least now he has some kind of explanation for the state of this kid's soul.

If anyone in this world is entitled to skeletal wings, it's Jason Todd.

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I'm doing a WIP ask game! Ask me about my WIPs :D

JAYCEST UNTITLED 👀👀👀👀

i started writing this one after talking to @this-was-a-terrible-idea <3 who also sent me a perfect prompt for it xD

fem!jason is stuck in canon!universe and spends like,,, a week with jason before she's like: is anyone going to fix this? no? okay

and by fix this she means fuck him <3 to teach him about self-care, obviously

i've shared some snippets of this before--it used to have a title but then certain plans changed and i've decided to keep that title in my back pocket

past snippets: the very beginning | random snippet 1 | random snippet 2

have a longer version of that first snippet!

“You know, I’m pretty sure I told you to rest,” Jacie says as she clambers out of the window. One day she’ll figure out how Richelle manages to look graceful doing it, because she sure as hell doesn’t. Jason spares her only a brief glance before he takes another drag from his cigarette. “I didn’t ask you to mother me,” he growls. He’s leaning against the railing of the fire escape, dressed in a sweatshirt that’s seen better days and sweatpants tucked into his Docs. Jay rolls her eyes. “Stop needing mothering, then,” she says, matching his rough drawl. She plucks the cigarette from between his fingers and raises it to her own lips, ignoring the way he splutters. Her male counterpart reminds her of Fitz, her pit bull rescue. Sweetest little lamb now, but when she first brought him home? All snarls, biting the hand that fed him before it could hit him first. Jason is the same way. Loud and brash, bristling at any perceived insult. His uniform design only makes the image stronger; a face mask like a muzzle over his mouth, the red lenses of his domino glinting in the dark like some feral creature’s eyes… It’s an angry kind of pain that makes her fingers itch with the desire to stroke his hair the way she’d stroked Fitz’s fur, and tell him everything would be alright. She’s here now. She’ll keep him safe. …fuck. She really is mothering him, isn’t she? Jay takes a drag off of her bummed cigarette, feeling the smoke fill her lungs before she exhales, letting the cloud join Gotham’s ever-present smog. “I don’t need mothering,” Jason grumbles, crossing his arms. “I’m fine.” He wasn’t. Jay’s been in his shoes before. She remembers what it was like, to be a revenant instead of a person. Fitz had been what changed that; the reason she started to carve herself a new life, one slow step at a time. Now she has a dog, and a window garden, and an almost-girlfriend. A place to come back to, when the violence was done. Jason doesn’t have that. He hasn’t found his reason yet. According to Constantine and his counterpart in her universe, it’ll be at least another two weeks before they have a workable way to send her home. Until then, Jason and she have to stay close. Constantine fixed it so that they would work as each other’s ‘anchor,’ keeping them—and their dimensions—stabilized. For now. That means she has plenty of time to, perhaps, nudge him in the right direction. She takes a second drag off of the cigarette, and then offers it back to him. He’s still scowling at her when he plucks it from her fingers, raising it to his mouth to take a drag of his own.

there was a line that got caught about how jay was positive that the two constantines were fucking & i still stand by that

also fun facts: fitz is named after fitzwilliam darcy bc i love the name darcy but also i thought jacie might want a slightly subtler reference... and then i was like: a pit bull mix named fitz? adorable

so. xD here we are

[ wip ask game ]

@generatorcat​ of COURSE!! your wish is my command 💕

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“We’re three minutes out,” Tim said over the comm, and the moment he finished talking, he burst out of the alley Jason had been eyeing, six feet in front of Jason’s bike. 

Damn Tim and that lean little figure. Jason would never have been able to maneuver his bike through that shortcut so fast, would've been too busy trying not to scrape his shoulders against the bricks or smack his knee into a dumpster.

But what he lacked in the lean-figure department, he made up for in sheer audacity. He sped up, maneuvering his bike just recklessly enough for Dick to scold him over the comm. 

Not that he could hear it over the sound of his own bike pulling back in front of Tim’s.

“Make it two minutes,” Jason smirked. 

“One if we grapple once we see the bridge,” Tim shot back.

“Could you two move the foreplay to a private line?” Steph snapped. 

“Everyone stays on the main line. Boys, cut it out.” Bruce said over the comm, just loud enough to be heard over the noise of him throwing down a smoke bomb.

“Sure thing,” Jason scoffed. 

“You got it, B,” Tim agreed easily.

Then Tim reached up to his comm and switched to a private line. By the time his hand was curling back around the handle of his bike, Jason was talking in his ear. 

“I’m serious, Red. Don’t get fucking hurt again,” Jason grimaced, thankful that the helmet hid the concerned look he was throwing Tim. 

“You worried about me?” Tim asked, smirking a little wider. 

“Worried about our contest,” Jason defended. “If you get hurt twice in a row, they’re gonna put an end to it.” 

“They couldn’t if they tried, but fine. The night is voided if either of us gets injured.” Tim pulled his bike back in line with Jason’s, but let him keep the lead, just for the moment. “Can’t have you getting shot either.” 

“Oh, so now you’re admitting you were shot?” 

“No, I’m admitting that you’re more likely to get shot than grazed.”

“Sorry, short stack," Jason teased, and Tim could picture the wide, smug grin his helmet was hiding. "It’s nice being tall and broad. Must be even more noticeable from all the way down there.” 

“I was calling you reckless, actually, not commenting on your figure,” Tim said, hoping Jason wouldn’t look over and notice the faint blush on his cheeks. “But if you want to bring that into it, my size has its advantages.”

Tagged by @devirnis :)

do this uquiz

do this picrew

tag people

not sure if the uquiz is accurate, but I'll take it.

if you feel like it - @thewolvesof1998 @wikiangela @monsterrae1 @watchyourbuck @malewifediaz @spagheddiediaz @eddiebabygirldiaz @generatorcat @rosieposiepuddingnpie @aka-bella @acountrygirlsfun @clotpolesonly @loserdiaz @underwater-ninja-13 @steadfastsaturnsrings @jeeyuns @callmenewbie @daffi-990

Tagged by @generatorcat for the wip title game

Rules: reveal the titles of the documents in your WIP folder and tag as many people as there are documents. Let others ask questions about the ones that interest them and post snippets or explain the contents as you see fit!

° untitled dad Matt fic

° start of kitten fic

° punish the wicked

° if I were a monster

° get low

° disillusioned leading the blind

Tagging: @bellaxgiornata @skittidyne @loveroftoomanyfandoms @mattmurdocksscars @she-likesorchids

JayTim Week 2023

Into the Genreverse 

Thank you all so much for sharing your prompt ideas in order to create this year’s voting poll and a special thank you to @generatorcat for helping us come up with the theme: Genres! Do we like our boys in a romcom setting with silly meet-cutes and shenanigans galore? Or do we like sci-fi adventures with thrilling space ship races and new planets to explore?

Each day will focus on a different genre with some prompts to go along with it. But we still need help to pick the final prompts that will make it into the ship week so please take some time to vote for your favorite picks in the link below. 

This poll will run through March 16th

As the intructions say, please remember to pick your TEN favorite prompts from the first list and your SIX favorite AUs from the second list 

Like always, only vote ONCE.  We have ways of telling when someone cheats. As has happened in the past, if it appears that anyone has tried to unfairly manipulate the results, the prompt(s) in question will be taken out of the running entirely.

Once the prompt closes we’ll release the offical prompt list along with the dates for JayTim Week 2023!! 

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to one of the mods. We’re always happy to help! 

The voting poll is found here! Have fun :D

20 questions for fic writers

I was tagged by @ladytauria! Thank you, bb ❤️

How many works do you have on AO3?

46 total, with 1 of them being @generatorcat way more than mine!

What’s your total A03 word count?

276,196.

What fandoms do you write for?

DC only on this account! I keep my obsessions separate haha

What are your top five fics by kudos?

Pretty (3,335 kudos) -> My beloved first long child that I'm hoping to post the next chapter of some time in January! Aka dysmorphic JayTim mutual pining feat accidental bonding

Whiskers and Wonder Boys (2,993 kudos) -> Adorable baby boyfriends! Or the story of Robin Jason saving Selkie Tim from starvation

The Best Taste in Omegas (2,713 kudos) -> The one in which omega hormones are catnip for children, and Jason keeps finding stray kids in his nests.

The House Always Wins (2,622 kudos) -> Top Dom Tim Wrecks Jason's Ass After Winning a Bet: The Story.

Mother Knows Best  (2,107 kudos) -> The reason why I will never beat the mommy kink allegations, aka Jason overcoming his kink shame with Dom Tim's help.

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

As much as I'm able to! I love to receive comments so I try my best to answer, but sometimes time just runs from me and it's either answering comments or writing.

What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Little Do You Know! This is a dark gaslighting fic, feat Bruce bitching Robin Jason without his knowledge or consent.

What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Probably Thicker than Water? JayTim end up happily married with children, both of them immortal vampires.

Do you get hate on your fic?

Not really? I've gotten some "I wish you'd write this", or some misguided comments but not hate.

Do you write smut?

Yeah.

Do you write crossovers?

Nope. I am Not A Fan.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! Several times! Podfics too. It never stops blowing me away 💕💕

Have you ever co-written a fic?

Yep! Speaking of, I really need to get to editing Trust Fall again. Sorry @themandylion

What‘s your all-time favorite ship?

I have SO MANY ships across too many fandoms, but if I have to pick a ship in DC... It would actually be BruJay. Sorry JayTim nation, I'm a sham 😂

What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I genuinely want to finish Dead to Rights, but I paused it indefinitely when I got pregnant, and I won't pick it back up until the topic of difficult pregnancies/risk of miscarriage stops squicking me out. I love it a lot, and there's a lot I want to say there, but the Creature will need to grow a bit bigger before I'm comfy writing it again.

What’s your writing strengths?

Uh. No idea, actually. I feel like I struggle with everything haha. Possibly writing banter? Not sure...

What’s your writing weaknesses?

EVERYTHING, if you ask me. Though the thing I struggle with the most is endings. It is SO HARD to find a good stopping point that doesn't ring hollow.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Not a full dialogue. A couple of sentences at most. I mean, I'm a native French speaker, so I could do a full conversation, but honestly I find it so unpleasant to read I wouldn't put it in my works.

First fandom you wrote for?

The Untamed 😊

Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

Oh God, that's such a hard question. I love all of my babies for different reasons. But I guess it's a toss up between Pretty and... Well. The unposted steampunk t4t JayTim WIP.

I am tagging anyone who wants to do this, as well as (no pressure) @bi-bats, @skalidra, @thenaphorism, and @beemotionpicture

Get to know you better game! Answer the questions and tag 9 people you want to know better.

Tagged by: @baratrongirl

last song I listened to: Raphael's Final Act - BG3 OST

I found it pretty distracting when it played in-game but now I can listen to it at leisure, and it's very good. Brilliantly written villain.

currently reading: The Stress of her Regard by Tim Powers. It's a reread, but it's been so long I don't remember much. It's about Lord Byron and Percy Shelley (and an OC) trying to shake inhuman vampiric attentions. I really like Tim Powers' historical fantasy novels.

currently watching: Nothing really. I don't watch much actual fictional tv or movies. Mostly video game and DnD videos on youtube.

currently obsessed with: Baldur's Gate 3. I've nearly finished my first playthrough. Also an incoherent idea I'm hoping will turn into an actual writing project at some point.

Tagging, if you so feel inclined: @thana-topsy, @monswoon, @nerdberd @nevermindirah @sindirimba @perksofbeingawaifu @lady-bertrams-pug @generatorcat @synstruck @amazinmango

Second one for @generatorcat! Send me a ship and an au and I'll write a 3 sentence fic ❤️

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"Please tell us what you've created for the judges tonight, Chef Todd."

Tim doesn't need an explanation; he doesn't need to be told what flavours to expect or how Jason used a ripping hot pan to sear the vegetables or any of that because Tim knows this is a painfully faithful recreation of the last meal he and Jason ate together once upon a time.

And when he looks up from his artfully created plate of fuck you, he knows from the slight twitch of Jason's eyebrows that Jason knows Tim got the message loud and clear.

JayTim, #8?

I just came back to tumblr after not being on it consistently for a literal handful of years and I wish I knew what this was in reference to still because you're like actually my favorite person I've followed here for ages.

Also I suck at checking my damn inbox. But I was so happy when I saw this!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tim Drake/Jason Todd Characters: Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain Additional Tags: much talking about sex and what they're comfortable with, tim loses that v-card yo, First Time, Oral Sex, Intercrural Sex, continues the running theme of many of my fics--, i.e. jason learning to accept love and getting a good fuck Series: Part 3 of author's favorites Summary:

It’s so surreal, Jason thinks, to be sitting here talking to Tim about his sex life over coffee and cookies. “There’s nothing going on now, right? I mean, you’d be open to it.”

“Yeah.” Tim’s gaze trails from Jason’s hands to his chest. He swallows. “Yeah, I’d be open to it.”

Hoping desperately he’s not reading the room wrong, Jason offers, “I can do it.”

“What?” Tim asks wryly. “Me?”

“You can say no, obviously. I’m not trying to pressure you or anything. But.”

“But you want to fuck me,” he supplies with a slight twist to his mouth.

“But you deserve to feel good,” Jason corrects.

20, 25, and 27?

thank you <3

20. What’s a favorite title for a fic you’ve written?

titling is not a particular skill of mine xD these days i’ve been using mostly song lyrics, especially if the lyric/song inspired the fic in the first place! i do have a couple of wips with titles i like, but for posted stuff… “a vision in black lace” is one i’m still pretty proud of. (i also really like “i will bring you ruin (in everything i do)” even if it is a song lyric title lol)

25. Have you ever upset yourself with your own writing?

hm 🤔

i’m pretty sure i have but i can’t think of any specific scenes/moments right now.

27. Is there a fic you were nervous to post/share? Why?

i mean all of them to a degree, because anxiety is Like That. but, i wouldn’t say i was particularly nervous about any of them.

maybe a vision in black lace? simply because it was the first time i’d ever posted an explicit fic.

i do have a wip i’m very nervous to post <3 which is probably why my brain is refusing to cooperate with the ending, lol

[ fic writer questions ]

5, 6, 10, and 18 <3

Hiya bestie!! Thank you for the ask 💖

5. What’s a fic idea you’ve had that you will never write?

Probably The Birth of a God, which is a very complicated greek mythology au where Jason is Icarus and he falls in love with Apollo (Tim) and builds the wax wings because he's trying to reach him. After his death he gets revived as Ares (I've assigned out greek gods to over half of the characters in this fic including Dick as Aphrodite, Bruce as Hades, Damian as Thanatos, Barbara as Hephaestus, Cass as Athena, Alfred as Hestia, Duke as Helios) and doesn't tell anyone, but Tim goes to Bruce to get Jason back, which Bruce refuses because he can't. He doesn't tell Tim that he can't because Jason isn't actually there, so of course Tim wages war on him, which drags Jason into it because he's the god of war even though Tim doesn't know that and adkljfdlkfjdlkfdlfjlkdj

Look I love this idea and I'd love to read it but. I'd have to WRITE it and the amount of research I would have to do to twist the plot around the way I want would be insane so it's probably going to die in my brain 😭😭😭

6. Are there any fics from others you reread all the time?

Oh yeah absolutely. Lemme link a few (that aren't just smut lol):

sweet dreams (are made of thee) by @yasmindifference (jaytim dreamsharing 😭😭😭)

and a hand to bite by Sister (the jaytim exes to lovers of all time and also the fic that inspired Rooftops and Bookshops)

chaos is a color I wear well (and it looks mighty good on you) by @glaciya (jaytim angsty feels fic I love this one so much)

Like a Bat out of Hell by @allacesandeights (this fic. This fucking FIC. It's literally one of my go-to recs for when I'm trying to get people into JayTim and it deserves so so so much more recognition than it has holy shit this fic is so fucking good like. I very rarely read fics where I think the plot is perfect but this one is just so well done all around and akjdfajdfsdf read it)

I Didn't Say I Liked You by Generatorcat (I reread this one a LOT it's just delightful I love when they play chicken and you do it SO well, thank you for this one 💖)

Show Me the Meaning (Of Being Lonely) by @timmyjaybird (like. holy shit this whole series. I owe my life as an author to this series. This is the series that got me to consider shipping jaytim and also the first damitim fic that ever made my brain go brrrrrrr I've literally read this series like. 20 times at least and I never would have fallen deep enough into this fandom to start writing without it so thank you thank you thank you and everyone go read it)

10. Is there a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

Definitely, and it's Now Kiss. I did not expect the response on that and if you know me, you've heard me talk about that. It just felt so rushed when I was writing it and I didn't get a chance to really edit it the way I wanted to and I've worked way harder on fics before and even if it was one of the ones that I was the most excited to share for JTW, there's just a part of me that's like: that's the one everyone loves so much?

That said, one thing about the response that has been lovely is that I've taken it as permission to trust myself a little more. There were a lot of things with that fic that I was uncertain about, but I liked them and decided to leave them alone even if I wasn't 100% sure because I was on a deadline and wanted it posted. They were probably the kinds of things that I would've fretted about incessantly and edited to death if I'd had more time, but people liked them, so it's been really nice to be able to let go of some of my self-doubt!

18. What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?

Damian has always hated that Tim can carve the meat from an action, pull the bone of it out clean.

grughauhgaruharhgau just. I love this line so much. It says so much about both of them. It was also a tight race between that and this:

Everyone believes Goldie, all of the time. He just flashes that gorgeous smile like a fucking master key, and Jason’s always been a tiny bit jealous that everyone else turned out so goddamn endearing. 

also this one 😭😭😭 I really like the way that it reads like Jason's voice and also this is one of those things that he would never ever say because he can barely admit that it's true, even though it is