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ilyalljasonsandnon-jasonsthesame · 2 years

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Young Justice season 3

I'm back

Ep 1

Omg cool intro

Brb, crying

Ahhh shit, time skip again

OMFG WTF

WHAT IN HEAVENS NAME????

I'm scared

This already looks bad

STEPH??????

Is that Damian or Tim???

OMG BRUCE????? WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK????

OH MY GOD

Oof

Oh, it's Tim

Oooooooo GET HIS ASS Black Lightning (nothing against b, really, guy just looked real badass calling it Batman inc and I gotta stan)

Ofc Dick was right

Roy?

Oof

Oh god

OMGGGGG HE PROPOSED OMG

Omg the plushie 🥺🥺🥺

Ep 2

I LOVE YOU GARTH <3333

What a mess

Ughhh this fucking guy

Oh shit

What on earth??????

Ep 3

OMG GAR'S AN ACTOR????

AND HE'S DATING A QUEEN???????

Yes darling, kill indeed

Dear lord

Ep 4

Awwww i love lian <33333

Ok, now I'm a little worried about Dick

Brb, crying

"Can I shoot the guy?" "Yes, you can shoot the guy" 😭😭😭

He called him Wall :((((

I'll cry

Ep 5

This is all too sad

Ep 6

I've got the feeling these VR things are going to be a problem eventually

EXACTLY Dick, don't act like you didn't use to do this kinda thing all the time

HE KILLED HER?????

WHO'S THAT YOUNG BOY???????? TELL ME NOW

Thank god, she came back

I KNOW WHO HE IS I KNOW IT

LOOK THERE'S A REASON HE'S FIGHTING DICK SPECIFICALLY

AHHHHHH OMGGGGG TALIA AND DAMIAN <33333

BUT I KNOW THAT BOY IS JASON, IT JUST MAKES SENSE, THE ONLY SOLDIER LEFT, IT HAS TO BE HIM

YES

YES IT'S HIM

I KNEW IT

I FUCKING KNEW IT

YESSSSSSS OMG

I JUST SAW HIM ONE SECOND AND I KNEW IT WAS HIM

DICK JUST LEFT AND HIS TWO LITTLE BROTHERS ARE THERE AND HE DIDN'T NOTICE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

GO BACK GOD DAMN IT GO BACK!!!!!!

Ummmm isn't Dick giving Brion the same speech Bruce gave him back then???

Ep 7

"KALIBAK HAS DADDY ISSUES" HELP 😭😭😭

Well, don't we all?

Oh shit, Starro

Bansjajsbsh oh god, it's like your father letting you drive his car. Scary

Oh god

Ep 8

Shade is scary??? It's kinda turning me on????

Yes, you gotta stop saying that kinda things, it makes you hotter

It's just so funny, you literally can't scape Batman, like, you can get away from him but there's at least one (1) bat per superhero team. They're everywhere

://// Jade...

OMGGGGG SPOILER AND ORPHAN <333333

Also, why is Bruce being kind of an ass?????

I love Cass

I just love it when they come in through the ceiling

Omg he's even hotter in a suit

Sorry Di, but you should know already that Gatekeeping is the bats' favorite hobby

Ep 9

Jon!!!!! <33333

What the fuck is wrong with this guy??????? Ugh

GOOD

WELL FUCKING DONE SHIVA 👏👏👏

WTF

Oh good, he's alive

Klarion <3

Ep 10

Geo and Halo are so cute <333

He does that honey, get used to it

Jade :(((((

Ep 11

You're losing your son, man...

HARPER!! <333

Sorry man, you could've done better as a father

Ep 12

:(((

Told you those googles would be bad news

FUCKING GOD

OH MY FUCKING GOD

OH MY GOD

JASON!!!!!

JASON 😭😭😭😭

Screaming, crying, throwing up

Wait

Hold on

Wait a moment

Alright

Shit

Omg

Jason :((((

Jay...

DON'T LET THOSE THINGS TOUCH JASON

PLEASE

I KNOW IT'S NOT REAL BUT STILL

JUST SEEING HIM KIND OF ALIVE AS PART OF YOUR IMAGINATION IS ENOUGH

Oh shit, my feelings

This season is really fucking me up

OMG TTG STYLE!!!!

Dude... this is fucked up...

Oh god

Ok, I'm actually crying now

OMG THOSE TWO FINALLY GOT TOGETHER!!!!

Ep 13

Ok??? You didn't have to be so harsh, Dick????

I love icyboy

I think he has the potential to be good one day

Oh god, the twins look old and they did NOT age well

I really like this Jefferson guy

I knew she was still mind controlled

GOD JUST STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM THE KIDS YOU GROSS WEIRDO

Someone really needs to be castrated

Like, really, why is he always preying on the kids???? It's sickening

Ep 14

I love Guy

He's just neat

HE WHAT?????!!!!!

GO BB!!!

Guy's officially the best

So Halo's non binary? Good for them <3

YESSS BEST BOY'S BACK!!! <333

Why is his sister pretty? She adopted???

Desaad

Look, I don't find him hot. Just interesting

Hmmmm idk, scientist kinda sus

Ep 15

Ahhh shit suicide squad

This is all too calm, something terrible's gonna happen

OH MY GOD

GOD

Shit

Ep 16

I love Perdita

Ughhhh that idiot

I hate him sm

Omfg good hit Perdita

Oh shit

Oh god, those two dating?

Mood

Shit

I'M TELLING YOU, SHE'S SUS

Ep 17

Oh god

GO BEAST BOY <333

Idk, I still don't trust her

Girl get outta there you're gonna get hurt 😭😭😭

Why does she talk like that?

Shit

BAHAHAHAHAJABAJAH GET RECKT OLD MAN

I love Lian 🥺🥺🥺

Ep 18

WHAT?

Oh god

Funeral??????

Klarion <333333

He's such a brat <3

Everything I aspire to be

OH MY GOD

WHAT THE SHIT

She what???

:(((((

WHAT THE SHIT

This is only slightly traumatizing

I really love him sm

OH MY FUCKING GOD

WHAT IN THE NAME OF EVERYTHING THAT'S RIGHT AND HOLY????????

FORGIVE ME FATHER, THEY HAVE SINNED

Teenagers really scare the living shit out of me rn

I love Terra and Artemis bonding

On other news, Slade should really get castrated

Ep 19

Oh god

This shit only gets worse

LOL POOR BART 😭😭😭 used for cheap propaganda

GOD I HATE LUTHOR SO MF MUCH

Oh god, benching is not so good

:(((((

Oh shit

GOD i just can tell, this episode is gonna end BAD

BAHAHQHAHAHAJHAHA GET RECKT LUTHOR

Oh god Bruce

Rich people things ig

Ep 20

YOU TELL HIM VICTOR

Oh my god

OMG KALDUR HAS A BOYFRIEND???

NICE

A happy ending? In this economy???

Ep 21

Shit

KALDUR DON'T LET YOUR BF GO

KNOWING THE NATURE OF THIS SEASON, HE'LL DIE :((((((

How did she say it so calm? HER WATER JUST BROKE. PRE-PARENTAL PANIC!!!

KALDUR WTF

God no

Oh shit, BB and Cyborg left unsupervised

Oh god

SHE'S GONNA MAKE HER DAUGHTER A META???

GOD I HATE THAT OLD LADY

I KNEW IT

I FUCKING KNEW IT

I TOLD Y'ALL SHE WAS UP TO SMT

I. WAS. RIGHT.

Ep 22

GET AWAY FROM THE FUCKING KID NOW

God, he's sick

OMG ALFRED <3

I told you you couldn't scape Batman inc., they're everywhere

WHAT THE SHIT DUDE

WTF

I'M TELLING YOU SHE'S BAD

GOD SHE'S FUCKED UP

UGH GROSS GROSS GROSS

OH SHIT THAT FUCKING EQUATION

TELL HIM BARBARA, YOU FUCKING TELL HIM

SHE'S FUCKING CRAZY

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH HER??????

Ep 23

FUCKING SHIT

This is bad

This is so so bad

Dick :((

Shit

Brb, crying

Fucking shit man

Ep 24

Fucking shit

YOU GO VIC!!!

Ugh this idiot

Ep 25

Dude :(((((

In actual tears now

I swear my head hurts from crying

IT'S NOT FAIR

IT'S NOT FUCKING FAIR

Ep 26

WHAT THE SHIT???

This is going horribly easy

It's gonna be super bad

GET RECKT DEATHSTROKE

OH MY GOD

That I was NOT expecting

WHAT THE SHIT, BRION??????

OMFG YOU GO CONNER!!!!!

UGH not this crazy woman again

WHAT THE SHIT WAS THAT AT THE END? THAT RING? THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS???

On other news, WHERE. IS. JASON??????????

#dc comics #young justice season 3 #young justice #yj season 3

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sanchoyo · 3 years

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danny phantom, season 3, episodes 7-13 thoughts! cannot believe im finishing this series so fast. ...cannot believe it ended like that...uh. one of the weirdest finales to a show I think I've seen, it really stood out against the rest of the series, and not in a good way, in my opinion. I paused to yell in caps lock...several times, I think, out of anger... BUT. ANYWAY, HERE WE GO.

see prev episode thoughts in this tag <3

-the fentons putting the kids to Work in the lab, with NO SAFETY GEAR. AT ALL. THEY JUST GOT BACK FROM SCHOOL AND ARE TIRED!!! and when jack asked how danny his day was and danny tried to say it was bad jack cut him off :( for the 400th time, i am stealing these kids.

-maddie and jack IMMEDIATELY SELLING THEIR LAB AND WORK FOR A LOT OF MONEY. and danny cant get into the portal anymore, oh no!!! he could always just steal vlads I Guess.

-THEY ARE VLADS NEW NEIGHBOR. OH MY GOD. this is a sitcom format. a butler came with the new mansion. i would absolutely try a kiwi fudge milkshake, why is the butler disgusted.

-the..guys in white bought the lab to shoot a missile. into the ghost zone thru the portal. bro i hate these guys

-jazz straight up setting her new bedroom up in the library. i am very very jealous

-"RATED E, FOR ENTRAILS"

-I like how the 14 year olds very quickly realize if the giw destroy the ghost zone itll destroy OUR ZONE because its just. like. the other side of the quarter so to speak. and the giw, a fully funded government agency, didnt consider that...(or worse, are willing to risk that anyway...)

-a...graphic novel version of the constitution? what in the world have you been READING SAM

-'cool, I always wanted to be called a meddling kid!' scooby doo reference...

-can they keep the butler. I love him.

-ecto latte....I also want to try that. is ectoplasm edible...

-YESS I KNEW DANNY WOULD USE VLAD'S PORTAL. vindicated.

-DANNY WHY DIDNT YOU JUST ASK JOHNNY NICELY. STEALING HIS BIKE IS SO SO RUDE.

-youngblood is also into astronaut stuff, thats really cute. and him being like 'phantom, dude!! :D' ALL EXCITED. THATS ADORABLE.

-the slapstick comedy of the giw slipping and falling and running into shit in the lab. is funny, but also, because this lab has NOOO safety codes in practice. god its a wonder dannys the only one to have died here...

-JOHNNY, SKULKER AND YOUNGBLOOD HELPING DANNY!!! I keep saying it but the other ghosts helping him. is my fav thing in the world. and, it's a really good thing the missile in the real world was harmless...otherwise the fentons wouldn't have had a home/lab to come back to...

-WULF WANTED POSTER!!! we havent seen wulfy in so long :( very funny the box ghost is offended by how much these ghosts are wanted for. first off, what do ghosts even DO WITH MONEY. does the ghost zone have its own currency??? what are ghosts BUYING

-the box ghost is So Funny, im so glad hes still got his bubble wrap. u are VERY wanted in THIS house box ghost. you are SO scary king. dont give up on ur dreams

-this needs to be a meme format. I made a transparent version, very very messily, for future use.

-this is a Fellow and a Friend

-box ghost accidentally bringing lunch for everyone, and giving people at the mall free shoes. SHOES ARE SO EXPENSIVE, ID BE SO GRATEFUL. helpful king. i feel SO bad for him lmao, he's putting in SO much effort. he wants the evil aesthetic So bad but hes Just Too Silly. I understand your plight, box ghost....

-oh my god. pandoras BOX. 'THOSE OF US IN THE BOX TRADE' HOW MANY ARE IN THIS BOX TRADE. I WANT IN. pandora is a multi-armed ghost goddess and i love her.

-SKULKER WHY ARE YOU RUNNING FROM THE EVIL UNICORN?? YOURE A HUNTER!! JUST SHOOT IT!!!!!!! JUST HUNT IT!!!

-box ghost...where did you get the cowboy hat. I respect it, i just want to know

-JAZZ COMING IN WITH THE BAZOOKA TO FIGHT THE 10 HEADED DRAGON!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! and the rest of the fentons I Guess

-ignoring the sam/danny moments. I simple do not see them.

-...why doesnt danny just fly over the maze. or do the whole 'real world people act as ghosts in the ghost zone' and turn back!!! I know its just to show off the ghost greek monster designs. but STILL.

-danny being like. um. hi pandora. i found your box. >< polite...PANDORA IS SO GIANT. GIANT GHOST WOMAN. SHES GOING TO BEAT BOX GHOSTS ASS. another ghost thats nice to danny to add to the list :) and HER FORCING BOX GHOST TO APOLOGIZE. and having sandwiches with danny after making box ghost clean up. I LOVE HER.

-DANNYS 'BEWARE' AT THE END JAKHDJFKN

-okay, when dash pulled out danny's seat and was calling him buddy, for half a second I was like 'this is a prank, hes gonna pull it back' BUT THEN FRIGHT KNIGHT MY BELOVED IS BACK. AND EVERYONE STARTS CHANTING FOR DANNY TO BEAT HIS ASS WITH GHOST POWERS AND DANNY DOES WAY TOO EASILY, and im like, yup, this is a dream LMAO

-danny is getting an A+ in science :) my smart son

-DANNY WAKING UP FROM THE DREAM RIGHT BEFORE KISSING SAM AND BEING LIKE 'that was a dream...no, a NIGHTMARE!' same. not to be a hater but, shouldve been val. maybe I am a hater

-...danny running and checking the 'tapes'...why is his whole house constantly being recorded. hes been in ghost form/fights plenty of times in his house. does he have to run and wipe the tapes after?? every single time?? god

-letting this image speak for itself

-this is SO cursed

-NOCTURN'S DESIGN FUCKS SO HARD. the Venice mask vibes. also his space pattern not moving while the rest of his animation does is big chowder vibes. but this guy is basically the sandman but Evil, huh. I love dream plots. also, nocturn's design feels very similar to clockwork, like, red eyes and a scar over the same eye, but also just the purple, and the Cosmic Vibes. I want to see them fight. anyway nocturn's va was also avatar roku AND alfred in several batman cartoons.

-the 'sleepwalkers' designs were super cute in shape (kinda remind me of oogie boogie! pillow-cased shaped, which is appropriate for the 'king of dreams's minions) until I looked closer at their eyes. why do they look sewn shut!! (they open their eyes a few times, so they aren't, but they look like it...)

-I like how this show has been pretty consistent (with a few exceptions) about a Ghost Being Huge (or getting larger) = Very Powerful

-2 months of summer camping??? wtf, do camping things usually take that long?? I've never been to a camping...thing like that. but isnt that basically their entire summer??

-'the entirety of nature is your bathroom!' and thats why I do no camping despite loving nature LMAO.

-sam, at least TRY TO BE NICE TO THE OTHER GIRLS YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHARING A CABIN WITH. also, the amount of times people in this show have their SHOES ON THE BED!!! IM DISGUSTED

-swamp creature Is A Ghost. Big Foot is a Ghost. starting to think in this universe, every single cryptid or legend is a Ghost Actually

-paulina crying not only because star is missing, but because SHE FORGOT HER SUNBLOCK AND SHE BURNS SO EASILY!!!! okay girlfriends

-ghost cops are the real monsters at the camp. i.......I mean. fair. no one missed you walker

-WULF!!!!!!!!!!! WULF IS BACK!!!!!!!! MY FRIEND WULF :D MI AMAS VIN!!!!! kaj danny lernis Esperanto :)

-'relax kid, we arent here to do any harm' *immediately shoots danny* yeah. ghost cops. and also danny bringing walker 'wulf' and walker IMMEDIATELY SUCKING DANNY IN A THERMOS. FUCK OFF

-haha walker Bald. and haha walker Frozen Now

-the fenton thermos can...reverse its polarity to close portals? okay

-LIBERA MIA AMIKO. :")

-ohhh they end the ep with them star gazing, thats pretty cute...

-dani is back! ...with a new voice actress? wiki says AnnaSophia was in 3 diff movies in 2007 when this aired, so she was probably too busy... (including, bridge to terabithia aka the movie that ripped my heart out that I mentioned in the first ep Dani was in...kinda wanna rewatch it now)

-shes still scared of vlad, who's still being creepy and spying on her. 'shes hardly going to come home to daddy!' I WONDER WHY. also does vlad's cat look more evil than last time? love the concept of him going shopping for cats and being like 'give me your most EVILEST looking cat, please, so I can pet it in my spinny chair dramatically!' ...oh god white cat hair on his black suit. I have a black cat and her hair is still way too noticeable..

-vlad has a big 'valerie' button in his office. can he be pressing that button every episode, thanks

-'theres a GIRL called dani phantom?' yeah valerie. no relation, obviously, even with her looking EXACTLY like danny. so sad valerie just wants to help her dad and her get out of the place theyre in now and vlad using her. ill MAUL HIM

-dani having to STEAL FOOD. :( and valerie immediately being like oh poor kid :(( and trying to help her!!! and then dani immediately helping valerie!! this episode is starting SO well

-...and then valerie catching her. DAMN IT. and being surprised dani knew danny?? HELLO VALERIE I KNOW YOURE SMARTER THAN THIS. I AM SO SORRY THEY WROTE YOU THIS WAY. I STILL LOVE AND BELIEVE IN U !!!

-valerie lying her ASS off for a chance at gettin danny. ok <3 also 'they couldnt catch a ghost if it was living under their own roof' JSDHKJHNK

-danny. why dont you just tell valerie!! this would be so much easier if he was direct. there is NO way valerie would hurt danny (fenton) she'd be HORRIFIED. esp since she got on board helping dani!!

*is held* :)

-look at valerie and danny. flying together. about to go beat vlads ass together <333

-DANI SCREAMING AS VLAD IS MELTING HER. WHAT THE FUCCCK

-...fucking vlad convincing valerie hes a good dude with his stupid duplication. FUCK. DANNY JUST TELL H E R

-jesus christ how many times has danny had to watch loved ones die. even if she didnt stay perma-dead. glad they fixed her...

-valerie and dani pranking danny when he came out, oh :( cute...them havin fun and laughing together...babies

-BUT THEYRE JUST LETTING DANI LEAVE, AGAIN??? SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY STEALING FOOD. CHRIST GIVE HER A PLACE TO LIVE. OR A FAMILY. actually, I think it'd be really cute if, since danny isnt ready to out himself, dani went and lived with valerie?? dunno if her dad would have the money but,, it'd be a cute concept. big sis valerie...

-'tomorrow, it's game on!' 'and ill be ready to play!' THE FLIRTING....DANNY/VALERIE REAL

-oh my god,, valerie found out about vlad in the end. But he doesn’t know she knows!!! the DRAMA!!! HOLY SHIT THAT ENDING.

-this episode was. SO Much and probably one of my favorites out of s3. (I mean, there has been a gross lack of valerie this whole season, so thats not a hard choice to make...)

-FINALE EPISODE TIME.

-the title screen looks different! so no title card...

-vlad has his own fucked up satellite that looks like him?? okay. why does the animation look so different?? are they mixing cg in?? for what. anyway, vlad and the gang in SPACE. danny is 100% living his astronaut dreams rn

-'defeating frostbite' YOU BETTER NOT HAVE. YOU STOLE HIS COOL MAP. FUCK YOU VLAD

-wait oh my god. vlad is the final series boss, isn't he. I half expected a fake out, for another boss to show up midway, and for him to finally have to have a real truce with danny for this ep. ITS THE FINALE. VLAD FEELS SO UNDERWHELMING.

-And it's like-- his character isn't bad, i just feel like..he has more potential! they WANT him to seem like some smart super evil genius, but the way he's written makes that SO hard to believe...but the solid backstory and design is THERE and its FRUSTRATING.

-...DANNY CALLING VLAD OUT SAYING HE NEEDS THERAPY LMAOO THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING.

-my grandpa technus is in the finale too :) 'well look on the bright side, at least im not downloading them illegally!' he says while stealing dvds. feels like hes calling me out. im watching this series on a bootleg website lmao. anyway, him turning the tech into a transformer. love that

-mASters BLASters sTOp diSAsterS shut the fuck up. you will never be valerie or danny. bite chomp kill. violence

-like this if u crie everytiem

-my god the 3d/cgi mixed in looks SO BAD IT DIDNT AGE WELL AT ALL

-the white stripe in dannys hair kinda rules tho. did he just KILL HIS GHOST HALF??? 'revert his human half back to normal' UM. you ever unkill yourself. why are his friends/jazz so mad about it, he'll be in a lot less danger!! christ. they can still hunt ghosts!! as humans!! if they want to!! hes 14 if he wanted to be normal. let him. vlads stupid little team has things COVERED apparently. why are they acting like this. jazz would never act like this. is this fake whats going ON

-oh my god jack was in a college band. vlad was also in the band. what did instruments they play. i didnt need that headline to tell me they sucked, but i want to KNOW MORE REGARDLESS

-valerie was here for 0.3 seconds.

-sam calling danny selfish. the audacity. no one is stopping YOU from hunting ghosts, girl. valerie does it!!

-I'm halfway through the episode and incredibly underwhelmed so far.

-why would they send jack and 3 teens to space to destroy the asteroid. why not professional astronauts. not even the 3 teens that have already been to space this episode...

-jack getting beat up by teenagers. ON TV. IN SPACE. I GUESS. I GUESS EVERYONE AGREED TO SEND JACK BECAUSE..VLAD SAID SO? we know it was to embarrass jack, but why would everyone agree. why didnt any other space program Do More or whatever, they sent like, 3 rockets/missiles tops?? no way

-danny attempting to punch vlad in the face. i WISH HE WOULDVE LANDED THAT HIT.

-vlad outed himself on live tv, on purpose? and BLASTED AT THE TEENAGERS HE HIRED. LMAO. HES HOLDING THE WORLD HOSTAGE, MAKING THEM PAY HIM BILLIONS TO STOP THE STUPID ASTROID. THATS YOUR GRAND PLAN??? REALLY. REALLY. im like. lmfao

-jack just now, on the last episode GETTING TOLD HE MADE VLAD A GHOST. THIS SHOULDVE HAPPENED WAY SOONER. jack's reaction was one of the only times in this entire show hes seemed human. 'an old friend? no. you? yes.' GET HIS ASSSS ACTUALLY. HE STRAIGHT UP LEFT VLAD IN SPACE. GOD DAMN. that is a Murder! I mean, I guess vlad could fly back to earth, but...I mean, he'll have to, right? no food in space. (that we KNOW of...)

-'thE WHolE EArtH, INTangiBLe?!' oh my god.

-...the white strand of hair somehow still had ghost dna, I guess, and getting blasted turned him back into phantom. I GUESS. I GUESS.

-the fentons being the first to clap for danny despite not knowing hes phantom...that was sweet. and very sudden character development, not at all gradual over the course of time or episodes like it probably should have been...

-sam and danny kissing. IT SHOULDVE BEEN VALERIE, BUT OKAY, I GUESS. also, its a little underwhelming, considering theyve kissed already...

-ALL of the ghosts being ready to beat danny's ass? really. no they wouldn't, they've worked together before, and some of those ghosts are friendly!! cringe. why is the last ep written like this. I mean they came thru at the last minute but. was really cringing for a minute there, why did they write it like that

-valerie is there for another 0.3 seconds! ....she should've been more involved. dani is also there! for also like 0.3 seconds. almost fast enough to miss. (btw, I think shes still homeless at this point, are, we going to...do ANYTHING ABOUT THAT IN THE LAST 5 MINS OF THE SHOW)

-the cgi smoke or whatever it is. this whole post is me saying the cgi is bad, but IT IS.

-'danny or should we say. DAAANNNNY.' this is like the 3rd or 4th time hes been outed damn, but to the whole world, again. and valerie saw, and is just. an extra in the bg clapping. bro im so mad.

-TUCKER IS THE NEW MAYOR? WHAT THE FUCK?? HES 14.

-i think. this is still linked to the dream ep a few times ago. hes still dreaming. this is a plot a 14 year old would write. this feels like a bad fanfic. so much got rushed, and not tied up. vlad wasnt really even the villain this episode, a fucking. non-being asteroid was.

-they kiss again. ok. sure. whatever at this point.

-VLAD IS NOW A FREE-ROAMING SPACE NOMAD. I GUESS. THATS. SURE. WHATEVER. THE END, I GUESS. cannot believe I'm saying this, but: they did vlad dirty.

-IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE HIM A VILLAIN, MAKE HIM A VILLAIN!!! DON'T MAKE IT A METEOR!!! STOP BEING WISHY WASHY WHO WANTS TO SEE DANNY VS ASTEROID!!! I didnt even WANT vlad to be the final villain because his character is SO back and forth (esp this season.) but he has done some FUCKED UP SHIT AND I WANTED THE WRITERS TO DOUBLE DOWN, PERSONALLY, IF THEY HAD TO MAKE HIM THE FINAL BOSS. the cabin ep where he basically held danny and maddie hostage? FUCKED. THE DANI THING? FUCKED. FUCKING COMMIT AND MAKE HIM ACTUALLY SCARY OR HAVE HIM FUCK OFF AND AGREE TO A TRUCE!! WHAT IS THIS DYING IN SPACE NONSENSE. (and, he will (fully) die out there, right? still half human, still needs food and water. I imagine he'll like, slowly half-die but this time his human side is dying. will he come back 100% ghost? we dONT KNOW. WE DONT GET TO SEE, ITS PLAYED LIKE SOME FUNNY THING AT THE END, THEN THATS IT!!! WHAT!!!)

-I don't know how to articulate how FRUSTRATING THAT IS. having him basically out himself and ''hold the world hostage'' does not track at all in my brain. like. he's always been scary because he is HUMAN, TOO. like, if he was 100% ghost, he'd be LESS scary, but vlad MASTERS has more power and influence than vlad PLASMIUS because of his position as mayor, his money, too, and his (supposed, s3 made me doubt it) intelligence/manipulation skills, and his being in good graces with jack made it HARD FOR DANNY. him outing himself for,, money and to 'control the world' i guess?? MONEY WAS NEVER HIS LIKE, MAIN GOAL. yeah obv he likes money and is materialistic and values his Rich Life, but hes got billions, the end goal? 1. getting maddie (and or danny as his son, but to me he always treated that as secondary) 2. ruining jack. this feels like they wanted to say 'oh he just wants POWER' which is. HMM?? OKAY?? obv he /does/ want power (usually over certain ppl, tho), but seeing him try to get it like this FELT WEIRD SOMEHOW. weird like the ep where he tried and failed to take over various historical civilizations, because like,, how is that realistically going to do anything for him?? just, being in that time forever and never seeing maddie aka Goal #1 again?? HELLO??? this was like that, but worse

-this was such a weird ending to an entire show. why did season 3 only have 13 episodes?? why did it feel so weirdly paced?? WHY WAS THE ENDING LIKE THAT. I think. I am going to pretend I did not see that. fucked up, dudes. I'm like...hm. I shouldn't have watched that because now I'm mad. valerie sweetie im SO sorry you shouldve been more present. it felt like..if they knew this season was going to be short, and the last season, they should've spent more time wrapping up EVERYONE'S plot lines for the entire season. imagine how cool it wouldve been if every single ep of season 3 was working towards something, a big, nice wrap up at the end, with nothing feeling TOO rushed because they'd been heading towards the End for the whole season....

I will probably end up writing a follow up full series thoughts post. In a couple of days so I can sit with my thoughts. BUT. overall, I really liked the show! (ignoring the finale and some of the moments that aged pretty poorly...) it was charming and a fun concept and very fun to watch in general :) and I am pretending the finale didnt happen <3 and I’m gonna dive RIGHT into the dp tags and mix fanart and posts in my queue, very excited to run and look at that 🏃🏻 (and, of course, make more fanart myself hehe >:3)

#dp thoughts #danny phantom #sanchoyorambles

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dottie-wan-kenobi · 4 years

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song lyrics I use to characterize Dick Grayson

This is definitely not everything (& I would love to do more) but it’s also Extremely Freaking Long so. Many thanks to @zitkaplushie for chatting w me abt this! I would love to hear your thoughts/additions/etc. If u disagree w any of these, feel free to debate w me but please be civil!!

— OVERALL:

Drag Me Down by One Direction: okay there are tons of parts that fit but this line is the best: “I've got fire for a heart / I'm not scared of the dark / You've never seen it look so easy”

I think this one is kind of straightforward lol but. The first line kind of tells me that Dick is passionate, and feels more with his heart than his head. The second line is just kind of a tongue in cheek thing like obviously he’s not. And the third one is both Dick’s confidence and also that it’s just TRUE. He makes things look easy, all kinds of things. It’s just a fact.

High Hopes by Panic! at The Disco: ugh this has such good lines but this one: “Mama said / Burn your biographies / Rewrite your history / Light up your wildest dreams / Museum victories, every day / We wanted everything, wanted everything”

So I think “Mama” thru to “dreams” ties back to him becoming Nightwing, or going through different identities and kind of letting himself go with it to an extent. Like he doesn’t let it hold him back. The rest of it, like...that’s just Dick’s superheroing career. “We” in this case could be him and Bruce, him and the Titans, him and Damian, etc etc

Catch My Breath by Kelly Clarkson: um. the whole song. the whole thing. buuuut one line I’ll analyze will be: “I don't wanna be left behind / Distance was a friend of mine / Catching breath in a web of lies / I've spent most of my life / Riding waves, playing acrobat / Shadowboxing the other half / Learning how to react”

“I don't wanna be left behind” - he knows this feeling well already and doesn’t want to relive it

“Distance was a friend of mine / Catching breath in a web of lies” - he has like no civilian friends in canon, and even then he’s always lying to somebody about something. There aren’t many people he can be truly close to and open with, other than like Donna and Roy and Kory

“I've spent most of my life / Riding waves, playing acrobat / Shadowboxing the other half / Learning how to react” - idk, when I see this it makes me think that he’s just lived this life that isn’t exactly normal and he recognizes that

Birds by Imagine Dragons: this one makes me so sad but: “I know that / Ooh, birds fly in different directions / Ooh, I hope to see you again / Ooh, birds fly in different directions / Ooh, so fly high, so fly high”

So obviously Dick has lost a lot of people important to him over the years, either because they died or DC said XYZ and Dick’s relationship no longer has any rights, but. This is how he would feel about that. Grudging acceptance, hope to see them again, wishing them well.

Dance Monkey by Tones And I: I had to. “I said, oh my god, I see you walking by / Take my hands, my dear, and look me in my eyes / Just like a monkey I've been dancing my whole life / But you just beg to see me dance just one more time”

I’ll mention this later on, but I think that Dick projects an image a lot of the time that isn’t what he’s really feeling. This ties into that - I think at certain points in his life, he just gets exhausted and wants to take a break, but he can’t. He feels like everyone is counting on him, either to do this or that, or keep up this appearance. Sometimes they really are, and sometimes it’s pressure he’s putting onto himself!

Icarus by Bastille: tbh this is a song that I think applies to most if not all of the batfam, but for Dick, this is part of it that I like: “You put up your defenses when you leave / You leave because you're certain / Of who you want to be”

I prefer the version of canon where Dick willingly decides to stop being Robin, but even in the way that he gets kicked out, this tells me that he’s steeling himself for whatever may come, and that he’s sure of his actions.

Stars by Grace Potter: now THIS one is freaking sad. “All those times we looked up at the sky / Looking out so far, it felt like we could fly / And now I'm all alone in the dark of night / And the moon is shining, but I can't see the light.”

Again, he’s lost a lot of ppl!! I usually think of this song as him referring to his parents or Bruce after he “dies”, but it could apply to anyone really. And these lines in specific just make me think that he feels lonely without whoever it is, that he’s not in a good place.

Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd: "Boy, don't you worry, you'll find yourself / Follow your heart and nothing else / And you can do this, oh baby, if you try / All that I want for you, my son, is to be satisfied"

Okay so maybe I hc that the Graysons were very much so free spirits who rubbed off a lot on Dick. But with that aside, to me this is Dick being determined to live a happy life, and knowing it’s going to be a struggle at times. “You’ll find yourself” and “if you try” are things that I think Dick keeps close to mind. Like, maybe he doesn’t know everything right now, but he will. He’ll figure it out. And he can get through anything if he just pushes through it.

Weight In Gold by Gallant: “I’m pulling my weight in gold / Call me anxious, call me broke / But I can’t lift this on my own”

I’ve already mentioned this but Dick has a lot of pressure on his shoulders, like all the time. And he’s also someone who reaches out to others, which is what these lyrics are saying. He’s aware when he can’t handle the pressure anymore and can admit it to himself. (I don’t think this fits him ALL the time, I mean it just doesn’t, but. Sometimes.)

Tears Of A Clown by Smokey Robinson: I really fuck with the idea that Dick is, still, an entertainer. that + the pressure he’s under = “Now if I appear to be carefree / It's only to camouflage my sadness / In order to shield my pride I've tried / To cover this hurt with a show of gladness”

The word “camouflage” stands out to me because I think sometimes the way he hides parts of who he is is to protect himself??? Dick can also be a prideful person, who might not want others to know that he’s been hurt by something they’ve done.

The Show Must Go On by Queen: relatedly,,, this whole song fits him perfectly. but to do something not related to smiling: “Show must go on. / I'll face it with a grin. / I'm never giving in— / Oh—with the show. / I'll top the bill, / I'll overkill. / I have to find the will to carry on with the show.”

This ties back to him hiding his real feelings, of course, but also it speaks to how he doesn’t do things by half. This makes me think about being Batman, about how he won’t give in to the pressure, will push through and keep going and uphold his dad’s legacy as best as he can

Pumpin Blood by NONONO: “It's so magical feeling, that no one's got a hold / You're a catalyst to your own happiness you know”

This goes back to my thoughts that Dick has this mindset that if he keeps going, keeps putting in as much effort as he needs to, then he can get what he needs. It’s also kind of those moments where Dick realizes that where he is is good, like being Robin, but it’s not great, and it could be great. When he decides to stop being Robin, it’s like he’s thinking, “I could be happier, and if I want that, I need to do it myself.”

Rocketeer by Far East Movement: this song fits in a lot of spots but. “Here we go, come with me / There's a world out there that we should see / Take my hand, close your eyes / With you right here, I'm a rocketeer”

Overall imo this is a shippy song but this lyric specifically could be Dick and anyone at all -- he’s the kind of guy who reaches out to others, who would enjoy showing people new things. I also think the last bit kind of speaks to how he can feel better and more empowered when he’s not going through things alone

I Want To Break Free by Queen: “But life still goes on / I can't get used to, living without, living without / Living without you by my side / I don't want to live alone, hey / God knows, got to make it on my own / So baby can't you see / I've got to break free”

This goes back to a few things. For one, I feel that when he feels held back or held down, he’s VERY aware of it and doesn’t like it, and wants to have his freedom back. Another one is, considering all the people he’s lost, it’s like...he doesn’t want to live without them but there’s no choice, he has to. And finally, I also think this is to Bruce, like he’s feeling like he could do and be more if he weren’t being restricted by Bruce

Teams & Friends, Ships, Family, & Bruce under the cut!

— TEAMS & FRIENDS:

Young Volcanoes by Fall Out Boy: there’s a reason why I named my fic after this lol. “When Rome's in ruins / We are the lions / Free of the coliseums / In poisoned places / We are anti-venom / We're the beginning of the end”

I think that Dick really does enjoy superheroing, and that he’s proud of himself and those he works with for being courageous, kind, and helpful to the world. In his more positive moments, this is what I feel like he’d think of his teams and their impacts.

Home by Daughtry: I’ve always thought of this one as a batfam song but tbh I think it works better as a Titans one. “Well I'm going home, / Back to the place where I belong, / And where your love has always been enough for me. / I'm not running from. / No, I think you got me all wrong. / I don't regret this life I chose for me. / But these places and these faces are getting old, / So I'm going home.”

The way I interpret this is like...he DOES love Bruce, he does love the batfam, but ultimately when he thinks about home he thinks of his friends. This is kind of him talking to Bruce, at least in the second half. Another reason why I put it here is that there’s another lyric in the song that says, “I'm going to the place where love / And feeling good don't ever cost a thing.” In the batfam, as zitkaplushie said, love isn’t conditional or anything but it IS exhausting. It takes a toll on them. Love with the titans is just easier.

— SHIPS:

Make Me Feel by Janelle Monae: Dick is bi like this song and this line describes his at-times tumultuous relationships: “It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender / An emotional, sexual bender / Mess me up, yeah, but no one does it better / There's nothing better”

He takes comfort and strength from his relationships and sometimes that’s good, hence the powerful/tender part! But in all his relationships, not just his romantic ones, it’s (sometimes) easy for people to affect him

I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by Celtic Thunder: this fits all of his ships imo: “When I'm lonely, well I know I'm gonna be / I'm gonna be the man who's lonely without you / And when I'm dreaming, well I know I'm gonna dream / I'm gonna dream about the time when I'm with you”

He’s just a sappy boy who is in love. That said, I don’t think these feelings would overtake him!

— FAMILY:

Losing My Religion by R.E.M.: I read this heartbreaking fic recently that dealt with how Dick hid his feelings from EVERYONE and no one noticed anything was wrong, really, except Cass. so. “Every whisper / Of every waking hour / I'm choosing my confessions / Trying to keep an eye on you / Like a hurt, lost and blinded fool, fool / Oh no, I've said too much / I set it up”

Dick is more open than his siblings, but he does still hide things, especially from them. The line “I'm choosing my confessions / Trying to keep an eye on you” makes me think of Dick trying to take care of his siblings, whichever way he can

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) by Kishi Bashi: “Home is where I want to be / Pick me up and turn me round / I feel numb - born with a weak heart / I guess I must be having fun / The less we say about it the better / Make it up as we go along / Feet on the ground / Head in the sky / It's OK, I know nothing's wrong... nothing”

“Make it up as we go along / Feet on the ground / Head in the sky / It's OK, I know nothing's wrong... nothing” - this reads happier than it’s sang but I do think it describes the more positive side of the family dynamics!

You’re Not There by Lukas Graham: this one is abt (all of) his parents :( “I only got you in my stories / And you know I tell them right / I remember you and I, when I'm awake at night / So give it up for fallen glory / I never got to say goodbye / I wish I could ask for just a bit more time”

There are times where the deaths of his parents & Bruce (and Alfred) weigh heavily on him, and that everything he does is kind of continuing on where they left off, or doing something they didn’t have time to do. I think he would tell his kids stories about them and that he would try to be as true to them as he can be. And then of course, “So give it up for fallen glory / I never got to say goodbye / I wish I could ask for just a bit more time” is kind of his relationship with his parents after they die

— BRUCE:

(I gave him a separate section bc I have a lot of feels abt them okay??)

The Ballad of Dick Grayson by Crafty McVillain: there are actually a lot of songs abt Dick Grayson, but I picked this one bc of this: “Broken hearts improve, but my mind's broken too / Show me how to hurt and I'll hurt them with you / I'll take on the world, I will fight for you / But tell me how to stop, cause now I'm fighting you”

This is abt when Jason takes on Robin but I like to look at this like:

“Broken hearts improve, but my mind's broken too / Show me how to hurt and I'll hurt them with you” - this is when Dick first comes to the Manor, and when he’s first becoming Robin. He’s struggling and Bruce shows him a way to cope. (is it healthy? lmao)

“I'll take on the world, I will fight for you” - this is just...any time really lol. Dick is loyal to Bruce (to an extent) and will fight alongside him, will do almost anything for him

“But tell me how to stop, cause now I'm fighting you” - then this is how it feels when they’re broken apart for the first time, when they aren’t getting along and it’s just a change from the past few years, and Dick doesn’t know what to do about it

Let You Down by NF: “Feels like we're on the edge right now / I wish that I could say I'm proud / I'm sorry that I let you down / Let you down”

“I'm sorry that I let you down / Let you down” - this could be pre-emptive, Dick kind of thinking that no matter what he does, he’s most likely going to let Bruce down

Like how Bruce is always that 8 year old who lost his parents, Dick is always who he was the first night he went out as Robin, desperately wanting Bruce’s approval

He wants the approval and hates that he does, it feels like it holds him down

The Chain by Fleetwood Mac: “Listen to the wind blow / Watch the sun rise / Run in the shadows / Damn your love / Damn your lies”

When I read these lyrics, I think about Bruce and Dick when they’ve been arguing, having a quiet moment (the peace after the storm, zitkaplushie said), kind of reflecting, and Dick just thinks, “I want you to love me but I want you to stop lying to me.” Or like, “your love comes with your lies and I don’t know if I can handle that [right now].”

Numb by Linkin Park: “I've become so numb, I can't feel you there / Become so tired, so much more aware / I'm becoming this, all I want to do / Is be more like me and be less like you”

There’s this moment in canon, before he even gives up being Robin, where he’s acting just like Batman, hunting down criminals with a single-minded ferocity that has his friends legit concerned for him. I can’t remember exactly what he felt about it when he kind of snapped out it but these lyrics remind me of that. He doesn’t want to be like Bruce, he doesn’t want to be Batman, and especially as a teenager, that last line is big. Overall it also fits when Dick IS Batman, and he feels like he’s kind of being swallowed by everything that it is

The Archer by Taylor Swift: okay I’m sorry I can’t pick between these two: “I've got a hundred thrown out speeches / I almost said to you” and “And all of my heroes / Die all alone / Help me hold on to you”

There are a lot of things Dick doesn’t say to Bruce over the years, or things that he wants to say but doesn’t for however long until he can’t hold it in anymore or it’s the right time or whatever. Ultimately that line just tells me that their relationship isn’t one with great communicating

“And all of my heroes / Die all alone” - Bruce ‘dying’. “Help me hold on to you” - Batman when Dick is him. Or it could be about Dick’s parents, and then Dick trying to keep Bruce alive as Robin/Nightwing

#dick grayson #dick grayson meta #meta #dc #batfam #robin i #nightwing #my meta #sorry for all the OC tm today #im feeling manic lmao gotta do something #got sooooooo long #I FORGOT THE TITLE FUCK DKHFJKSH

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nancywheelxr · 6 years

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long nights, daydreams, sugar and smoke rings

"The hours spent between coming back and chasing down his alternate self, it’s a blur. He’s tired and angry and hurt and worried.

Everything blurs together in one nightmarish night Tim wishes he could wipe out of his memory.

He can’t think too much on it, not without falling in a rabbit hole of paranoia and distrust and despair and-

It feels too much like looking in his eyes.

But after everything, after he repressed it all to a locked chest in the back of his mind, one thing lingers to the forefront of his thoughts.

Conner."

or, the one where instead of obsessing over the Knights Project, Tim focus on finding Conner, and maybe learns how to live one day at a time.

alternatively, Tim isn't Macbeth, Bruce needs a book on parenting, Jason is trusted with the custody of a teenager, and Kon finally sees the stars.

It’s like chasing a ghost.

But then again, in this family, this wouldn’t be the first time.

The hours spent between coming back and chasing down his alternate self, it’s a blur. He’s tired and angry and hurt and worried.

Everything blurs together in one nightmarish night Tim wishes he could wipe out of his memory.

He can’t think too much on it, not without falling in a rabbit hole of paranoia and distrust and despair and-

It feels too much like looking in his eyes.

But after everything, after he repressed it all to a locked chest in the back of his mind, one thing lingers to the forefront of his thoughts.

Conner.

He doesn’t know who Conner is or why he’s so important to that version of him.

Tim tries not to think about it, it can’t be good if it’s linked to that . And besides he has bigger things to worry about. Batwoman. The Knights. All the future he needs to avoid.

But still, in the silence when he lays down to sleep, it echoes.

Then, it all goes to hell.

That’s the thing about knowing too much. It comes with a price. It always comes with a price.

And this time all of Gotham is paying the fare.

He’s Macbeth, crumbling under a prophecy he fulfilled on his own.

His leg is broken, and he’s confined to his bed. No training, no unnecessary stress.

Bruce is worried, Tim knows. And so are Alfred and Dick and even Jason, in a way.

They all dance around him, waiting for him to snap.

Tim isn’t going to snap.

For something to snap, to break, there needs to be pressure. A balloon bursts when it’s full.

But he’s not filled with anything. Tim is hollowed out. Empty.

There’s not enough of him to snap.

Still, he waits, and when Dick asks him if he wants more pillows, Tim gives him the tantrum they’re all expecting.

That’s only fair, he supposes.

With nothing to do, Tim thinks of the name rattling around his ribcage, woven in between his bones.

Conner.

This future- no . This version of him from an alternate universe, had said tell him you’re sorry and you know how important he is to us.

Except, no, he doesn’t.

There’s only a handful of people Tim cares about on that level, even less that aren’t somehow connected to Batman or Gotham. None of them go by any version of that name.

So, with nothing else to do and everything else turning to dust and ashes, Tim decides he wants to.

Tomorrow , he’s starting tomorrow.

There’s not much information to work with, all Tim knows is a name.

Even if it makes his chest ache and long and burn for no reason at all, it’s no help. There’s thousands of guys named Conner in the world.

How is Tim supposed to find his?

He unlocks the chest at the back of his mind, and tries to remember all that the other Tim Drake told him about this.

His hands shake and cold sweat drips from his forehead, but Tim closes his eyes and clenches his fists and thinks.

“How are you doing, Tim?” Dick asks.

“I’m fine.” Tim says, and it’s only mostly a lie.

Things Tim knows:

Conner

Probably around his age

Becomes Superman in that universe

Possibly related to Superman

Things Tim doesn’t know:

His full name

Good or evil?

Where he is

Does he exist in this universe?

Why haven’t they met yet?

Is he Superman’s son?

Where is he?

Why no one knows about him?

How can he find him?

Does he want to be found?

Does it matter?

Stephanie texts him once, u ok?

yeah, don’t worry, he text backs.

His phone doesn’t chime again.

The problem is that the list of things Tim knows is way too short compared with all the things he should but doesn’t.

Without at least a last name, he’s stuck.

Where does he even begin?

He gives up on looking up Conner. Instead, he downloads all files on Superman from the batcave after Bruce leaves for patrol.

Cassandra shows up one night, and Tim isn’t sure why he’s so surprised. She comes through the window, in the hours between night and not quite morning, and she gives him a sad, tired smile before joining him on the bed.

“Does it stop?” She asks quietly, “how you make it better?”

Tim has his computer on his lap, too many tabs open, and the screen hurts his eyes and it’s hard to make out anything more than her silhouette in the dark. He’s been reading files after files after files since five days ago, and he thinks he might be making some progress. The name Cadmus is highlighted in yellow ink.

He wonders why she’s asking him, of all people, this. Tim isn’t good at coping with shit. None of this is healthy, he knows.

But maybe, she doesn’t want healthy. Maybe she wants honest.

So Tim swallows around all the words choking on his throat, and says “it doesn’t.”

He lets her curl up and cry under the artificial light. When he wakes up later, she’s gone.

Cadmus.

It all comes back to Cadmus.

Tim hobbles down to the cave again, downloads more files. This time, the name Lex Luthor flashes on the screen.

Jason comes next.

He leans against the doorway, says, “you look like shit.”

“That’s rich, coming from you.” Tim keeps typing, he’s so close to hacking on LexCorps.

“And he speaks!” Jason smirks, but there’s not enough bite in his voice, and it leaves him on edge. Jason is chaos and fire and sharp edges, if he’s walking on eggshells, then- “listen, Replacement, Dick’s worrying.”

There it is.

His blood boils.

“Then tell him I’m fine,” he says, focusing on the screen and the code he needs to write, “you can go now, you already checked to see if I’m alive.”

Jason looks conflicted. Tim guesses he’s as uncomfortable in this situation as Tim. But he doesn’t leave, instead he digs around his pocket and throws him a key.

“165, Belmont Street.” Jason sighs, rubs his face tiredly, “if it gets too much. Tell anyone and you’re a dead bird.”

Tim hides the key in his sneaker under the bed. When he looks up, Jason nods, hands stuffed in his pocket. Tim doesn’t say thank you but he knows his brother gets it, and he’s surprised by the fierceness of gratitude and fondness that washes over him.

“Take care of yourself, Timbo,” Jason leaves.

Tim lets him, wordlessly.

Bruce is standing in the doorway. Tim knows, he had heard the stairs creaking under his weight and had just enough time to close his laptop and dive under the covers.

Neither says anything, and Tim isn’t naive enough to think he’s fooling him. Bruce knows he isn’t asleep.

But he says nothing, and doesn’t come in either. It’s late, he probably just came home from patrol. Tim can imagine the wariness cloaking him better than the cowl.

A sigh. Something that might have been his name.

Tim keeps his eyes closed, keeps on pretending.

The door closes with a soft click. The stairs creak.

His leg is healed and Tim is so close to cracking his mystery, but the world around him is spinning again.

The Trial of Batwoman.

A charade. An excuse. A lie.

But then again, he’s not sure what is or isn’t true anymore. Batgirl-

No. He should trust Bruce. Batman . He wouldn’t-

Tim wants to scream and tear this room apart. Instead he clenches his hands into fists until his nails dig into his skin and blood dots the sheets.

For the first time since Clayface, Tim feels so stretched out thin he fears he might snap.

He’s so tired of having the ground shifting under his foot.

After he escaped, Tim thought things could go back to normal, pick it up where he left off. But this world he came back to, it’s so different from before, he’s not sure where is his place in all this.

He feels misplaced.

So it’s easy, so easy , to focus on his search rather than map out a way back in this reality.

Tim searches for Conner and hopes to find himself.

“You were supposed to be resting.” Bruce. Batman says. “Not on a wild goose chase.”

“I need to know-”

“When is the last time you slept?”

“That’s not important,” Tim grits his teeth, tries a different approach, “imagine what it would mean for the Knights Project-”

“ Tim.”

Batman is trying, Tim can recognize that. But it’s too little, too late.

Especially when his blood is boiling and his foundations are crumbling again because it was all built on smoke and mirrors and how could he-

Tim thinks of the key hidden in a secret pocket on his utility belt and it feels like lead and burning iron on his hip, and he wants to punch Jason and he wants to hug him thank you.

He hops on his bike and speeds away.

Jason’s safehouse turns out to be an old warehouse near the docks, but to be fair, it’s furnished and well stocked enough to last for a good few months.

Thank god for Jason’s paranoia.

Tim drops down on the beat up couch, feeling the free fall from everything he knew. It makes his skin crawl and itch and buzz.

He knows Jason is bound to show up at some point, knows this place is probably bugged and tripwired, but he can’t begin to deal with this.

For now, Tim cries.

When he wakes up later, the sky is dark and there’s a warm pizza on the coffee table and ice cream on the back of the small refrigerator. A quick search around the warehouse and Tim finds some clothes that might fit him for the most part.

It’s easy to forget, but Jason is his older brother too. Dick’s not the only one that worries, he’s just the loudest about it.

Tim gets in the shower and lets the hot water wash over him, scrubs at his skin until it’s red and raw and hurting. The mirror slowly fogs over and the water runs hot, then lukewarm, then cold before he reaches for the towel.

He’s feeling a little more human by the time he sits back in the couch, hair dripping a puddle on the floor. The pizza has gone cold, but he doesn’t bother microwaving it, eats half of it without even realizing while some mindless talk show plays on the old TV.

There’s no clock anywhere Tim can see, so he has no idea how long has passed since he first got there when Jason comes through the door in full Red Hood gear, but the ice cream is already almost gone and the talk show has been replaced by an action movie with a too low budget for the kind of stunts they’re trying to pull.

Jason nods at him before climbing the stairs, two steps at a time, and disappearing inside one of the bedrooms. When he comes back down again, the helmet and armor has been replaced by sweatpants and a Wonder Woman T-shirt, and a blanket is bundled under his arm. Jason waits for Tim to make space for him on the couch before sitting down beside him. Tim hesitates for only a second, but stretches his legs over his brother’s lap as he lays the blanket over them both.

The credits are rolling in the screen and Tim is completely wrapped up in the soft fabric of the comforter when he finally speaks up, “Bruce is an asshole.”

Silence. Then, a snort, “tell me about it, kiddo.”

Tim snickers. And surprisingly, he tells him.

After the first night, Jason comes and goes randomly. Sometimes he shows up in the middle of the afternoon, arms full of groceries, and sometimes he comes in during the night and the only sign he was ever there at all are the blood stains in the couch and the bullets in the bathroom floor. Sometimes he stays for dinner and then breakfast, and sometimes he insists on cooking lunch. But his visits are scattered over the course of weeks, and Tim is grateful for the solitude.

It gives him time to pull himself together.

And pick up his research where he left off. In the five weeks he stays holed up in the warehouse, he finally narrows it down to an address.

Maybe Bruce has a point, he’s obsessing and refusing to face reality. But things have changed since he first started. This isn’t just about finding Conner anymore. It’s about Cadmus and Lex Luthor trying to clone Superman and getting it right. It’s about a version of Bizarro that doesn’t degenerates out of confinement. It’s about LexCorp creating and manipulating a weapon in masse.

It’s about a boy grown in a lab that might never have any choice at all.

After the utter failure with the Knights, Tim has a purpose again. Something to focus on and fight for. He’s helping people and feeling more like Red Robin than in all the time he spent scrambling to avoid all those what ifs.

He buys a ticket to Metropolis.

What Tim knows:

His name is Experiment 13, and he’s the most successful attempt to clone Superman Cadmus has managed so far. His DNA is half kryptonian and half human, although the human donor has not been listed in the files and Tim can’t find a trace anywhere.

He’s 19 weeks old and is being given implanted memories while undergoing an artificial maturation process. A few more weeks and he’ll match Superman’s age.

Cadmus’s plan is to build and manipulate him into carrying on their plans and defeating any threat Superman might pose.

Tonight Tim is setting him free.

“And where exactly do you think you’re going, Babybird?” Jason’s voice comes from the kitchen, “you seriously thought you could sneak out? Really?”

Of all the days Jason might want to check up on him. It’s just Tim’s luck, really.

“Don’t call me that,” Tim frowns, “and I’m going home. Not that I’m not grateful, but I figured I couldn’t hide here forever.”

Jason comes from the kitchen, dish towel hanging on his shoulder. “Man, that’s funny, you think you can lie to me.” He shakes his head, stuffing his hands in the pocket of his hoodie, “you don’t have to tell me where you’re going, but you gotta tell somebody.”

“Since when you’re the responsible one here?” Tim glares.

“Since everyone else is busy being idiots,” Jason raises his an eyebrow, “is this about your sudden interest on Cadmus?”

“How the hell you know that?”

“Language,” he smirks, “please, this is my safehouse.”

That’s fair, Tim shrugs. This is a waste of time.

“I’m storming Cadmus in Metropolis,” Tim says, “do you want to help me blow shit up?”

In the end, Jason follows him to Metropolis with only mild complaining, but in Tim’s opinion that’s already more complaining than he’s entitled to, since he’s the one who inserted himself into this operation.

“Don’t you have teammates to bother?” Tim sighs, as he turns the security system offline, “I don’t know, really tall amazon? Looks perpetually grumpy? Or giant Superman clone? Ringing any bell? Really, they’re impossible to miss.”

“Nah,” Jason shrugs, working on disabling the cameras, “Artemis and Bizarro are having some good ol’ bonding time. She needs to chill.”

“To be fair,” Tim overrides the door locks; they’re good to go, “all of you need to chill. Come on, we’re clear.”

“Honestly, one month and you’re a little shit again,” he shakes his head, and Tim has the annoying sensation Jason is grinning under the helmet, “lead the way, Replacement.”

When they reach the actual labs, underneath all the facade Cadmus puts on for the world, Tim is horrified.

Experiment 13, and Tim forces himself not to think of him as Conner, because this is a real human being and not a ghost for him to chase, is submerged in a tank, hooked to a multitude of machines.

Jason fires another round outside. The sounds of the fight are getting louder, he doesn’t have much time, Jason can delay them for only so long.

Tim begins unplugging what he can, hoping he’s not doing more damage than good. The machines beep urgently, and the water level start to slowly come down. Tim watches as the boy in the tank takes his first breath.

It feels like he’s witnessing a miracle, something holy.

But there’s no time, as soon as he opens his eyes, Experiment 13 panics and Tim is fumbling to open the tank and outside Jason fires something that sounds suspiciously like a rocket launcher but Tim can’t deal with Jason’s bullshit right now.

The tank slides open, and the boy falls to the ground, tangled in wires and IV lines and coughing up water. He tries to tear it all out, and blood begins to stain his white suit, and Tim figures he needs to do something, but to be honest, when he had started looking for Conner, he hadn’t expected to get this far.

“Who are you?” Experiment 13 asks, voice hoarse and broken and stilted, “what- where-”

And he looks up with blue eyes confused and open and scared, and Tim aches , “I’m Red Robin, I’m here to rescue you. You-” He hesitates, unsure if that’s a promise he can keep, but decides to make anyway, “you’re going to be fine.”

Experiment 13 doesn’t look very convinced, and Tim braces himself for him to lash out, but the boy stumbles, tripping on the wires, and Jason is bursting through the doors, helmet a little cracked. “Yo, Red, we gotta go. Like, now. ”

Tim nods, rushing to help the boy stand up, feels his legs faltering, hesitant knees wobbling, and ends up throwing one arm over his shoulders and supporting most of his weight. “Hang on, we’re getting you out of here.”

“That,” Jason points to Experiment 13, as if he’s not using most of his strength to hold the door closed, “why you wanted to bust this place? Nice. ”

“Can we focus on how to get the hell out of here?”

Something pushes against the door from the outside and Jason grunts, throwing his weight to keep it closed. They need to find a way out, they should’ve known better than to let themselves be cornered like this, but Tim had been distracted by the excitement of finally, finally , getting to the end of this. And what’s the use? If they all die here because he couldn’t figure out an exit- oh man , Bruce is going to kill him if Jason dies again. Jason will probably hunt him in the afterlife and kill him again, too.

“Time’s running out, Red,” Jason grits his teeth. “Tick tock, use that big brain of yours-”

Before Tim can tell him to shut up , Experiment 13 whimpers, hands flying to his eyes, but it’s too late, he’s not fast enough, a beam of red laser shoots off, almost catches Jason’s helmet and burns a hole in the ceiling, causing half of it to collapse.

“That works too,” Jason doesn’t waste time gaping like Tim, instead he shoves both boys away, yells for them to just hurry the fuck up , and waits until they’re halfway up the next floor to fire his own grappling gun.

Dick would probably be so very proud.

As the three of them come to a stop in a rooftop in the other side of town, Tim sits down and breathes.

Tim isn’t stupid, he knows Superman and probably Batman will be here as soon as the situation in the Cadmus lab is dealt with, he’s actually surprised it’s taking them this long.

But he’s glad they have this moment to gather themselves, and when Jason says something about buying cigarettes and jumps down into the night, Tim lets him.

“I,” Experiment 13 starts, hesitating, “I don’t understand-”

He clutches his head, eyes squeezing closed as he begins to hyperventilate, so Tim rests a hand on his back, rubs circles soothingly, “it’s okay,” he repeats over and over, until the boy is breathing evenly again; then he asks, because he has to, “do you know who I am?”

“I’m,” his eyes glaze over, but he shakes his head to try and clear them, “Superman?”

Tim swallows. “Not exactly-”

“They- a clone?” He runs a hand over his hair, the tanks thick liquid sticking to his fingers along with the dust from the debris, “I heard- bits and pieces- they didn’t know I could- but I, I remember. ”

“I’m sorry,” Tim says, and he means it, “they are bad people, and they wanted to use you.”

“A weapon,” he nods, looking a little better, if still overwhelmed, “they called me their secret weapon.”

He spits the words out like poison, and Tim can understand. “You’re free now, you can choose for yourself.”

The boy looks up, and it’s almost a smile.

“What is the meaning of this?” Batman asks, “that building exploded , people could’ve been hurt, what were the two of you thinking?”

“We just want to understand,” Superman amends, but there’s a frown on his brow.

Jason shrugs, and Tim will give him this, he didn’t expected him to come back at all. “I think it’s pretty clear, old man.”

Batman twitches. Superman fights down a snicker. Tim facepalms. 13 looks confused.

“Cadmus was trying to find a way to clone Superman,” Tim steps in, “Bizarro wasn’t the last one like we thought back then. But after tonight, there’s no way they can pick up again. Not in the next decade.”

“What?” Superman starts, gaze landing on the boy standing behind Tim, “does that mean- did they succeed?”

Tim looks behind him, Experiment 13 nods. “Yes, mostly.” He steps back, nudging the boy forward gently, “this is him.”

Superman lands in front of him, eyes softening, “do you know who I am?”

“Of course I do.” Experiment 13 crosses his arms, glaring, “I’m not stupid.”

There’s a tense moment of silence, where even Jason seems uncomfortable, but then Superman laughs, rests a hand on the boy’s shoulders, “that’s fair. Sorry, do you have a name?”

The boy falters, and Tim feels his heart beating wildly on his chest, tries not to wonder , tells him instead, “it’s your choice, if you want. Whatever you decide, whoever you want to be.”

“Conner,” the boy says quietly, after a pause. Then stronger, certain, “ call me Conner .”

It’s no surprise that Conner leaves with Superman, Tim had expected, hoped , for that. But after they leave, the boy awkwardly holding on for the flight, it’s only Batman, him, and Jason standing on a rooftop, and that’s probably the most volatile combination.

“Red Robin,” Batman starts, stops himself. Starts again, “you look better.”

I was right , Tim wants to scream, you should’ve believed in me . Instead, he says, “I am better.”

“Nightwing is worried,” he continues, taking his answer as a white flag, “and so are the others.”

“You can tell them I’m fine.” Tim closes off. He wants this conversation to end, he wants Jason to shoot him now if only that would make it stop.

“What happened today,” and now Batman sounds wary, “you could’ve called, we would’ve helped.”

No, you wouldn’t. They would have dismissed him. Would tell him he needs rest in that voice that drips pity like acid on his skin.

“Yeah, well,” Jason is suddenly a part of the conversation again, resting his elbow in Tim’s head in the way he always does just to show he’s the tallest, “he did call the cavalry.”

Batman purses his lips. “Red Hood, while I appreciate you- helping your brothers, you should’ve called back up. The two of you- people could’ve been hurt.”

“Bats, and I say this with only mild intention to offend,” Jason continues, even after Tim shakes him off, “but you seriously need to chill.”

A pause, then Batman sighs, looking too tired to pick fights. “Make sure he sleeps, at least.”

And with that the Dark Knight is gone.

“Why do I feel like I just accepted to babysit his cat?” Jason frowns, “this is a trap, but I don’t know how yet.”

“Can we go home now?” Tim yawns, “and ‘sides I’m hungry.”

“Did he just trick me into getting custody of you?” Jaso stops, “wait, goddamnit, I want a lawyer!”

Later, after they ate a whole pizza and Jason stumbled upstairs to pass out on his bed, Tim lays on the beat up couch, wrapped in the softest blanket he could find. On the TV another action movie drawls on, and Tim finds himself lost again.

He spent all this time trying to find Conner, and now that he has, he doesn’t know what to do with himself.

From what his alternate self had said, they would grow to be important to each other. But when? How? Would this even happen here, in this reality?

There’s a whole new future waiting for him, all these days laid down in front of him, and Tim is excited and exhilarated and scared.

While he doesn’t want to live out what the other Tim Drake told, running away, fighting against it, has only made it true.

Alternate Tim Drake had said after Batwoman, it was all downhill. And while he was right, the Knights Project is over, he was wrong, too. Because upstairs Jason is snoring lightly, even though he’ll deny it if Tim brings it up in the morning, and Batman is an asshole and it will still take some time, but all bridges can be rebuilt.

And somewhere in Kansas, there’s a boy named Conner learning how to live.

In the morning, Tim might call Dick. Check in with Cass. And maybe even with the Demon Brat.

This is not downhill, it’s not easy, but Tim never expected it to be; this is him, taking a day at a time and embracing whatever his future might hold.

It's like chasing a ghost, but Tim finds he can live with the unknown this time.

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