Thicker than Water

Summary:

When he had headed out for the day, he hadn't expected the day to turn out like it had. Jason had just wanted to find warm shelter that would get them through the harsh Gotham winter. Was that too much to ask?

How was he supposed to know that stealing Batman's tires would end with him being taken to the Batcave?

OR

Jason gets batnapped while looking for shelter for the winter.

~'o'~

Written for Haunting Heroes “Who Wrote That? Reverse Robins Edition” game

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types, DCU

Relationships: Danny Fenton & Jason Todd, Jazz Fenton & Jason Todd, Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne

Characters: Jason Todd, Jazz Fenton, Danny Fenton, Bruce Wayne

Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, Not Phantom Planet Compliant (Danny Phantom), Canon Divergent, Kidnapping, Past Character Death mentioned & canon, Misunderstandings, Discord: Haunting Heroes (Danny Phantom and DCU), Haunting Heroes Who Wrote That? (Danny Phantom and DCU), Jason Todd-centric, Jason Todd Needs A Hug, Found Family, it'll be okay, eventually, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Batkids Age Reversal, Fenton Kids Age Reversal, no beta we die like danny AND jason

Prompt 254

So. Danny might have accidentally become a bit of a cryptid. He didn’t mean to, but he’d become a bit nocturnal- like many an Amity Parker- and it wasn’t his fault that he couldn’t be bothered to make sound when he was tired. Or pretend to breathe or, okay, he could see why he kept freaking people out at the grocery store he kept going to. 

But it wasn’t his fault! He has to get food too! And really is it anyone else’s business? Seriously he thought that people wouldn’t be so surprised with how much magic is everywhere. Like you’d think they’d never seen someone who wasn’t fully human before or something. 

Oh great, there’s a journalist at the grocery store now- he’s going to ignore that and finish his shopping and then continue his online work. Ooh, and eat icecream. He deserves it for potentially putting up with this. 

Oh, it’s a little baby reporter, first couple of article thing. Adorable. 

1. for the choose violence ask game?

1. the character everyone gets wrong

ONE THOUSAND YEARS JAIL FOR TCW WRITERS for getting that absolutely GOLDEN layup in AotC and then NOT doing jack fuck with Dooku. They looked right at Christopher Lee's deliberately nuanced portrayal in that movie (within the script's and direction's limitations which were indeed very limiting. Have I ever mentioned that George wasn't too good at writing Dooku either?) and did NOTHING. They made him a Saturday evening cartoon guy in the Saturday evening cartoon and I am inconsolable

I cannot get over how they squandered his potential!! And Asajj's by extension, too. And why do I have to cling to CW 03 for any screentime of them both even just existing in the same room? Like genuinely do we ever see them physically next to each other? They're supposed to be master and apprentice bro something went terribly wrong here!!

Also to bend this back to the fandom and to beat a dead bloated decomposing horse: Obi-Wan. Novels have been written about his fanon alter-ego so I'll just say that most people actually write him just fine until any type of relationship emerges! Ppl want to swaddle this spiritual master and veteran shock formation leader in a blanket so bad they gotta nerf him to hell so someone can take loving care of the shadow of his former self lmao

i really can’t emphasise enough how wonderful it is to receive a comment on a fic

even if it’s a simple ‘wow this was great’ or ‘good job!’, i light up

it’s really encouraging to see that what came out of my brain translated well and was received by someone who also enjoys the thing i wrote something about

keep leaving comments on fics, you’ve no idea what kind of impact you could make on someone esp if they’re struggling with the motivation to keep writing

14!!

HI CY !!! <3 Thanks for sending! 💜💜

14. Favorite book you read this year?

I am going to be completely honest with you, 2023 was not a year for books for me I am afraid. I reread A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller for the nth time however! And a little bit of the Ascendancy books by Timothy Zahn!

As for fanfics however, there are few that stick out to me that I will link now. Fair warning, all but the first one are Sonic (because that Star War divorce is in full swing baby):

Luminara and Barriss by JediMasterBailey

absolutely stunning writing and grasp of characters! I am always in love with Bailey's writing and she never ceases to immerse a reader in deep. This one is incredible and I always find myself going back to it when I need a little cheering up! If you love the wonderful Luminous Lineage, this one is for you! the worldbuilding is insanely good and so is the dialogue (internal and external). Highly recc! (centred on Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee!!!)

What Was I Made For? by bitter_sweet_coffee

my most recent read and a wonderful one at that! they capture Wave and Espio down to a key and it's so heartfelt that you can really feel the love put into it! shorter than the last one but that doesn't take away from how much I love it. <3 (centred on Wave the Swallow and Espio the Chameleon!)

Learning & Teaching by SAJ_Man07

oh my GOD okay I am not normal about this at all. I did read it completely sleep deprived and emotional but I love this so much. the writing and characterisation is remarkable and they have a good love for the Babylon Rogues!!! This fic is constantly on my mind and I love it sm. I think it's one of those fics that change the way you think fundamentally. absolutely incredible would read again for the nth time <3 (centred on the babylon rogues ((namely storm and wave))

and lastly, Swept Away in Gentle Waters by melting_shards

this is so cute!!! I love it sm and I keep thinking back to it! The way they word and describe things is AAAGH and I am in love! It's expertly written and very light to read, would 100% recommend this! (centred on Kitsunami the Fennec and Miles 'Tails' Prower <3)

thank you sm for the ask and I hope you don't mind my slight derailment from the OG question! I wish I had more to say on that. Maybe 2024 will be my year for books, who knows 🤷‍♂️

end of year ask game!!!

[rocking back and forth in a corner] it's alright that your writing isn't structured as well as you would've liked, it's alright that it feels shaky and unnatural, it's okay that there's plot holes, what matters is that you keep going, get that idea down on paper, and you can go back and expand on it later. yes even if it's bad yes even if it's messy. and even then if it doesn't feel quite right it's still worthy of respect and love and appreciation because you wrote that with your own two hands and the words came from your own mind. perfection is nothing, improvement is everything, there is no such thing as a perfect piece of writing.

...😵

tl;dr: I want to open fic requests for December but I'm scared 🤧

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ugh I always feel so self-conscious about talking about my fics because I feel like I'm always talking about (my) fics or (my) fic ideas, and the mean part of my brain is constantly trying to convince me that everyone is sick of that already and think I'm an attention seeker (which I swear I'm not 😭 having said that, I want to clarify that I'm not implying I think anyone who talks about their fics is an attention seeker! it's more about me expecting everyone to hate me specifically for constantly talking about mine 🤡)

in addition, I'm scared of everyone getting bored of all the Olli/Allu talk on my blog as well (apart from the lovely people who send me Olli/Allu related asks almost daily, I love you all so much 🥺💕) and that people think I'm incapable of talking about anything else (which is not the case, even if I do spend a worryingly lot of time thinking about these two nerds 😂)

oof, so now that I've gotten all that mandatory self-depracating talk out of the way: I really want to try and create an Olli/Allu prompt fic challenge for myself for December 😭

yes I knooooowwww there are already at least two fandom events for December and I could just participate in those and I'm sorry for being greedy and attention-seeky but...I kinda want to make my own 🥺 because I'd like to make it prompt-based, because I think that would be fun 🥺 a word-prompt maybe, or a situation-prompt, perhaps from a list of prompts I've compiled myself to make sure I can handle it, because I'm still traumatized by how horribly I failed with the super adorable Valentine's Day prompts last winter, because my brain just wasn't braining the way I needed it to brain 😭 for this reason I'm also considering just coming up with my own prompts, because I swear I could come up with 24 different fic ideas in one sitting with little to no problem, but on the other hand, getting requests is also super fun... 😩

also, if I was to open requests, I feel like I'd have to do more than Olli/Allu, because I understand it's not everyone's OTP (actually I don't but you do you lol (jk)), and I do want to write other pairings as well, but some pairings inspire me more than others, and recently I've felt like I've been inspired by Olli/Allu only, and maybe Joel/Joonas occasionally

another two-bladed issue is that while I feel like requests would perhaps make me more motivated to write, there's also a very likely chance they might start to feel like a chore, because when I'm not motivated, I simply can't force myself to write for the sake of fulfilling a request 🥲 that's just not how I work, no matter how much I wish I could. and I absolutely don't want to go through all the guilt and crying buckets for not fulfilling requests like I did earlier this year. I know I'm not quite as miserable now as I was then, so maybe I could bribe my brain to brain the way I need it to brain this time around, but the risk I'd be taking is just too terrifying 😭

so anyone who writes a ton of fics on request: you guys are my fucking heroes and I don't understand how you do it, can you spare a tip or two for a poor brainless fic-writer who's only able to write when the stars are in the exact right position? 🥺 and no, saying stuff like "you don't have to fulfil every request you get, that's completely alright and your readers will understand" will NOT do, because hellooooooooo of course I'll feel unnecessarily guilty about not fulfilling prompts even if there's no good reason for me to do so, don't you know me at all?! 😭😭😭😭😭 of course I know that my sweet, amazing, loving, world-deserving readers will be unreasonably understanding and not hold it against me if I did end up failing to fulfil their requests, but I'd still feel terrible about it, and there's nothing anyone could say or do about it I'm afraid 🤧

(I'd also be more than happy to collaborate with other content-creators for this but 1) there are already two fandom events for December, 2) I'm sort of only interested in writing Olli/Allu myself and making the whole challenge just about them would seem a tad circle-jerky and I'd hate to exclude anyone, and 3) not enough braincells to carry out a whole entire fandom event by myself)

so if anyone has any suggestions or ideas or tips regarding what kind of (perhaps) prompt-based fic challenge I could do without scaring myself shitless, I'd like to hear from you, totally alright if not though < feel free to ignore I promise I understand 🥺

Shout out to my fellow rtc and npmd fans, because I'm about to fuel the fire that I created (and you guys encouraged) with this crossover fic that I just started. If I don't have the first chapter posted by tomorrow, someone needs to hit me (because it's almost already written).

Beginning to think I should talk more about the fanfictions I want to write, bc the notes give me way more motivation than just my own abilities.

I’m not going to reblog the post itself because I don’t want that behavior on my blog, but oh my god I just saw a post about “looking for fics about your favorite character on ao3” and good lord the amount of bad takes both in that post and in the notes?? I have to just ramble about this for a moment because oh my god. it was ludicrous.

people were complaining that, and get this, unfinished fics exist. and that if you read an unfinished fic you’ll have to, get this, wait to read more until it’s published next. they were allll up in arms that there’s fics for a character that don’t cater to their specific interests. that they involve other characters and either do/don’t put them in a romantic relationship when they want the opposite for the character.

like at this point, most of you people in the notes on that post are 1) just being mean and condescending about FREE WORKS you can, may I remind you, READ FOR FREE and EXIT at ANY time! if you don’t like it!, don’t read it!, it’s so simple!, and 2) straight up do not know how ao3 works lmao

like I saw soooo many people in the notes complaining about a certain ship, dynamic, tag, etc, and like… y’all know you can filter by romantic vs platonic pairings, by ratings, by excluding certain tags or other qualifiers, etc etc etc… you know about ao3’s actually incredibly usable filtering and searching system… right… right??

at this point I’m just convinced a lot of these people are spoiled by large fandoms with 100k+ works for their characters and have decided to just be mean and condescending for no reason on main, about literally free fan works you can read for free any time that people spend hours and hours pouring their free time into out of sheer love for their craft. cuckoo bananas behavior if you ask me 🫠

I was legit so close to commenting that maybe they should try shipping two characters with <10 fics, with 0 fics, try liking a rare pair, try hyperfocusing on a character or niche type of fandom with a tiny but lovely circle of fans, and stop treating fan works and fic as Content TM that they deserve to have handed to them that caters to exactly what they want for free and maybe they’ll calm down lmao

like y’all aren’t cool you’re just being mean. we fundamentally approach fic in wildly different ways and honestly the way you do sounds exhausting. literally could not be me, I’m to busy finding joy in shared love for characters and not flipping the table in a rage because there’s one (1) element of the fic that isn’t specifically catered to me, maybe try that and you’ll feel better, hmm?

and yeah I’m aware that last sentence is me being condescending towards them, but frankly it’s warranted when so many people are being that mean and haughty for no reason lmao but truly those takes were horrific. fellow fic writers and even fellow fic readers I interact with, am mutuals with, authors whose works I read, readers who comment and interact with my works, fans of niche fandom subsets that run in the same circles as me— I hope you know this is so wildly not how I approach fics, I love just finding fics for my characters and forming these lil communities where we share our interests and love for them and hype each other up. I love what we have in these fandom niches and I hope you know I would never dream of being so mean and condescending towards y’all. fic writers and readers and fan communities are so special and I cherish it even if clearly there’s people in the notes on that other post who don’t know how to do that lmao. I love your unfinished WIPs, I love your fics that may only partially be what I’m looking for, I love when you write characters in a way I wouldn’t expect but shows your love for your particular headcanon, I love the variety and diversity and variance in fic. I love us. genuinely. fic writer moots I am hugging all of you and I frequently reread your works, even the unfinished ones. ♡

Gosh I just love rereading fics

💌 Send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome 💌

THANK YOU??? SO MUCH???? 🥹💖 This is so sweet, I really appreciate it!!! I don't have the spoons to wander into 12 inboxes, but let it be known that there are SO MANY wonderful people out there that I am proud to call friends!! <3

Oh speaking of drawing and me going down memory lane did I ever mention how when I was like fifteen or sixteen, a supposed "children's writer" had wanted me to draw the pictures for her book she'd called The Lonely Elf or something like that (I'd forgotten the title it's been years).

Anyways this lady worked at my old hometown's local pizza shop and she'd heard about how much I enjoyed drawing so she'd asked me if I could draw for her children's book. At the time I was thrilled to say the least, especially when she had promised to pay me for my artwork after she'd gotten the book published. So I had spent a good six months of my sophomore or junior year, drawing like fourteen pages of this supposed children's book about a little elf meeting a little boy when he'd ran away from home and befriending him before returning home to his mother at the end, showing this lady the product only for her to want me to redo it because it wasn't exactly what she'd wanted. (Either the colors were wrong or not dark enough or the body proportions needed fixing) so I'd spent so much time on this little project until I'd finally gotten it done right. She'd taken the envelope of my drawings thrilled that I did it and she'd said she'd pay me my money with the next few days.

I remember waiting for weeks afterwards, visiting the pizza shop and asking her when I'd get my money and she'd shut me down with it's on it's way. Until finally one day I'd come in with my ex step dad who at this point was pissed that I hadn't gotten my well earned money only to find out that she'd quit her job at the pizza shop and had left town. Taking my art that at the time didn't have my signature on it and leaving me high and dry. I remember being so upset with this turn of events, being hurt that I was essentially used and then ditched.

Thinking about it now I can see that she was a shady woman and there were several red flags that warned me ahead of time that I should have gotten my payment first and should have looked into her supposed "writing" career more. But back then I was embarrassingly enough very trusting and somewhat naive when it came to this kind of thing and I had ended up dealing with the consequences. After that incident I'd started signing my artwork and wouldn't do commissions for anyone.

Luckily it seemed like her publishing of said book wasn't accepted so she got her just desserts in the end.

i’ll get to asks later but god damn some of you don’t realize the weight of your words. everyone on tumblr is, shocker, a real person and we all have our breaking points. there’s no reason to be shady and a bully with your words.

you don’t have to be besties for life with or even like everyone, but you should at least show some basic human fucking decency. how would you feel if people were coming to you every day telling you to deactivate, calling you gross or disgusting, or wishing you would kys? in YOUR safe space.

its 2022. fanfiction grows bigger and bigger by the second. there are going to be many people who write things you personally don’t enjoy, and there will be many people who don’t enjoy what you write. that’s perfectly fine. it doesn’t mean you have to boo anyone off the stage or use harsh words…. that’s how it’s always been with writing, especially fanfiction which is not canon and is open for different genres, aus, and interpretations to be added.

this is why that glorious block and filter feature exists. so you don’t have to see these people that you don’t like. if someone posts something you don’t like or agree with, block them and move on. you don’t continuously bash them, go to their ask boxes sending them hate mail, and tell your friends to do the same. have you no shame?

y’all need a fucking reality check. you have no idea what someone is going through and yet you’re still going out of your way to be a fucking bully. sick individuals, really.

grow up and be the mature adults you claim to be.

I had some more thoughts on feedback and what not and just wanted to write them out :)

This post is specifically for the fellow writers who are going through the same things I go through on this site. By that I mean anything not just the feedback drought or the blank blog plague. I wanted to say that to me anyway, I wanna say thank you to all the lovely writers here that I’ve made friends with. If I didn’t have you guys, I may have grown tired of posting. Seeing that I’m not the only one who goes through certain issues with this site or with anything in terms of posting, sharing, etc. makes it feel less idk lonely(?) I guess? The support I get from you guys when I share my writing with you, or even the comments or reblogs on certain posts telling me you get or understand certain problems or have had it happen to you. It’s nice. (Although ofc I wish you or any of us didn’t have these problems but you get what I mean) Tumblr for me has become less about posting and worrying about the drought of feedback and more as just a public platform I’m on that my friends also have and we share stuff and scream about it to each other haha. Like I’m so happy when I see my friends and mutuals reblog my fics and tell me what they think. Could I literally just send the fic to them in a doc? Yeah but it’s just fun putting it here in a place where we all are. In the end I really do hope that silent readers and blank blogs will get better, but in the meantime I just wanna say thank you to the ones who’ve decided to stick it out here with me, and also to the ones who still scream about their fics and plots and ideas, and the ones who post anyway even with all of this going on. It’s brave of you to post at all, so know that I’m here for you just like you’ve been for me.

I love you guys. :) (feel free to rb)

on my autism arc rn (nearly broke down writing a singular email) (IT WAS A REPLY)

fanfiction question: what would a fanfic about two people playing themselves in a comedy sketch count as? would it be rpf even though they're technically playing themselves as characters? inquiring minds want to know how to tag something they've got on ao3