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lena-in-a-red-dress · 2 months

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Alt Assistant AU Pt 2

Kara takes Lena's confrontation as a challenge. She's faced icy walls before-- she'll melt them again. But just as in the previous reality, Lena doesn't make it easy.

The pastries Kara begins delivering with Lena's coffee every morning go straight to the trash, every time, with a sharp look and an even sharper, "Don't."

Don't.

The word becomes Kara's frequent companion, issued any time she steps outside the bare minimum of her role.

Meals Lena doesn't order, but that Kara knows she likes-- don't.

A post it smiley note pressed to the cup of her coffee-- don't.

The snort when Kara hears a particularly cutting remark in response to a particularly sexist board member-- don't.

Kara's used to the rebuffs, as she's already weathered them before. But these are different. Before, in the previous reality that got so twisted, Lena's refusals were to protect herself, audibly defensive. But "don't".... Lena says it with an obstinance she's never had before.

But Kara doesn't mind it.

In fact, she relishes the opportunity to lift an arch brow in response to each of those stubborn don'ts, a challenge in her own right.

Try and stop me, it says, smug and confident in a way Kara hasn't felt in years. She has the knowledge of a whole reality behind her, and Lena.... Lena has no idea what's coming to her.

The fact that Lex hadn't seen fit to give her Supergirl in this reality only helps.

She's a little surprised that she feels this way, but also a little not. She's been tired for a long time, and had never been able to find the voice to ask for rest. Now she has it in spades, and uses it to research everything she can about Lena in this reality.

Each tidbit Kara learns warms her insides, in a way that was only ever a tickle before. That Lena is an Olympic medalist, and prodigious TedTalker. That her cancer research has served as the foundation for the world's bleeding edge developments on the subject, and that her nanites are already used in crisis areas around the globe.

That Jack Spheer lives, spearheading it all on Lena's behalf when L-Corp pulls her elsewhere.

She thinks to send him an alert to an upcoming gap in Lena's schedule while he's in town, knowing that Lena would have already declined to leave her office, but her finger hesitates on the send button.

Kara remembers much about the previous reality, including the way her stomach had burned that night in that restaurant, watching Lena's gaze spark with interest when Jack spoke of their project.

This time, she can do something about her jealousy-- she doesn't send the message.

"Don't," Lena issues pre-emptively the next morning, when Kara returns to clear signs of an all-nighter. Lena accepts the coffee, but as always dumps the pastry.

"Don't what?"

It pulls Lena's gaze to her, sharp and direct as always. It doesn't daunt Kara anymore. She almost smirks.

Lena's lips purse ever so slightly.

"You know what."

That's all she says, and this time Kara does smirk. She saunters back to desk, and feels Lena's gaze on her all the way out.

#supercorp #alt assistant au #post crisis #more to come

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vertigoartgore · 28 days

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1987's Batman: Year One house ad art by David Mazzucchelli.

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thecruellestmonth · 3 months

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quick and dirty guide to Jason Todd in the masterpiece Batman: Battle for the Cowl—canon and fanon

CANON

Jason canonically is a cop-killing asshole garbage manbaby hypocrite who shoots a ten-year-old in the chest.

is a bad person explicitly because his dirty criminal childhood on the streets made him crazy and immoral. He canonically was ruined before Batman ever scraped him out of Crime Alley. (Canon—only a fake fan would argue against it!)

The Lazarus Pit also worsened his mind.

Described as "deranged" and "delusional" and "broken" and "rabid".

Crucifies Tim's Batsuit on a literal wooden cross, but Tim rises from the dead because he's Jesus.

Shoots ten-year-old Damian in the chest, then ridicules Dick for trying to save a "meaningless life".

After being shot, Damian lies on his sickbed just long enough for Dick to brood over his unconscious body.

As soon as Dick leaves, Damian jumps up, tries to swing a wrench at Alfred's head, makes a sexist comment to Squire, and then goes out running around as Robin like nothing happened.

Dick tries to use some unspecified shameful childhood trauma to trigger Jason into accepting Help, but for some mysterious reason Jason refuses—and obviously deranged, delusional, broken people Refuse Help because they're bad people who don't want to change.

-- (Somewhere, John Calvin is moaning in pleasure.) --

Uh thanks for the brief help in the B-plot, Cass—now go away, your thoughts and feelings about all this don't matter.

Apparently Jason can't transform into a man-eating tentacle monster anymore. :(

Overall, the art is pretty swanky.👌

AFTERMATH: Jason commits some dozens more murders.

Dick rightly finds him to be an insufferable asshole, and gains the ability to say so without resorting to ableism.

Damian doesn't care about being shot in the chest and suffers no lasting damage, he is too busy being in fun stories that actually further his character.

Going forward, none of the next writers really try to push long-term "Lazarus Pit madness" for Jason again--except Winick did try to slip it into the prequel, to salvage his baby.

Jason is never shown apologizing for his actions, yet less than a year later apparently decides he wants "redemption".

Bruce happily hands him a full position in Batman Incorporated, with seemingly no special supervision.

While Jason agrees to be subordinate to Batman, he still enjoys being a cocky bastard, and shows no remorse for his past crimes—which are only vaguely alluded to having happened.

CANON(?)

Battle for the Cowl was canon from 2009 to 2011.

It was wiped from existence when the universe reset in the 2011 Flashpoint reboot.

Presently as of the Infinite Frontier "timeline", BftC probably isn't canon until a writer actively writes it back into history, like No Man's Land fairly recently was.

AFTERMATH: It never happened.

FANON

Some scenario loosely inspired by Battle for the Cowl happens because Jason has glowy eyes Lazarus Pit Madness.

What is a female character...?

The conflict is wrapped up in like 200 words.

AFTERMATH: Dick gives Jason a big hug and apologizes for being the worstest brother ever back when Jason was a lonely little angel child.

Jason finds out that he is the most favoritest Robin for tiny 10-year-old Timmy, and he cries tears of remorse for his Lazarus Pit-induced violent frenzy against a nine eight seven-year-old little spleenless baby Tiny Timmy.

More hugging, cuddling, fingers affectionately carding through hair.

Damian doesn't exist for some reason.

If Damian does exist, he's treated like an unwanted booger instead of a human child. He talks like a robot and has no sense of humor.

Jason maybe scolds insensitive meanie Dick for picking evil Damian over Tiny Timmy. Timmy has been suffering fainting spells and consumption, all alone until Jason rescues him.

FANON

Massive overcompensation for other fanon.

CALLOUT post for Jason Todd!

Jason was a good kid. He isn't a bad person at all because of his childhood on the streets. (Fanon.)

The Lazarus Pit had no effect on his mind.

He is 100% sane and willing.

He is a bad person because he's sanely choosing to be an asshole garbage manbaby hypocrite who shoots a ten-year-old in the chest.

Damian isn't sexist to Squire, because she doesn't exist.

Dick destroys Jason with facts and logic and perfectly ethical therapy-speak, and never gets his hands dirty trying to trigger mental illness.

Jason destroys Damian's spine.

Tim and Damian suffer lasting physical and psychological trauma from Jason's torture—being a soldier is now harmful for a delicate developing child, but only on this singular occasion because Jason.

Alfred is the one who stole the Robin mantle from Tim to give it to Damian. 🥺 Dick was forced into a tough situation—he had no choice in how he handled things! It's Alfred, I tell you!

Dick suddenly has a close bond with Cass.

AFTERMATH: The loving idyllic Batfamily hard-blocks radicalized incel full-grown 18-year-old manbaby Jason.

They live happily ever after.

Paradise Lost Satan Jason must suffer his totally self-inflicted isolation, knowing he can never go back to the warm embrace of the very healthy and functional Batfamily, because of his petty, stubborn, definitely made-up unreasonable delusions of being a soldier in an endless warzone.

Hopefully some more cruelty and isolation can make Jason realize he's receiving karmic punishment for being a bad person—somehow this is clearly different from all the cruelty and isolation that happened to him for no reason at all.

--(John Calvin has recovered from his refractory period—he is now moaning more loudly and passionately.)--

"Yes, this is totally what happened! Read a comic, fake fans!" *makes up a fake version of BftC that never happened*

#Jason Todd #Batboys #post Crisis #canon vs fanon #fanon vs canon #Batfam #Batfamily #Battle for the Cowl #Batfam meta #Batman Battle for the Cowl #meta

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argoscity · 5 months

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SUPERGIRL (2005) #53 written by Sterling Gates art by Jamal Igle

#kara zor el #supergirl #linda lang #comic: supergirl (2005)#panels #post crisis

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wwprice1 · 5 months

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Classic Byrne Superman goodness.

#dc comics #dc heroes #superman #clark kent #Kal-El #man of steel #man of tomorrow #smallville #john byrne #dick giordano #tom ziuko #john costanza #post crisis

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heroesriseandfall · 3 months

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I’ve realized Helena and Tim could have the same age gap as Tim and Damian. Something about that is very funny to me.

[That’s according to Tim & Damian being 17 and 10 during Red Robin (~7 years apart) and Helena being ~23 in Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood while Tim is definitely 15, e.g. Batgirl v1 #24 and more (so ~7.5 years apart if I use Helena’s Batman and the Bold Feb 14th birthday).]

#adding this one to the pile for ‘annoying little brother gets his own annoying little brother’#I’ve been really enjoying Helena’s age being on my post crisis timeline spreadsheet since I reread cry for blood. thank you cry for blood <#helena bertinelli #tim drake #damian wayne #dc continuity #heroesriseandfall #batfam #post crisis

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wolfie-bee · 6 months

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here's my one and only (late 😅) contribution to supercorptober 2023 for day 23: morning.

the crisis of dreaming this morn

#supercorp #supergirl #lena luthor #kara danvers #supercorptober 2023 #supercorptober day 23: morning #i tried a thing #post crisis #my fics #my writing

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sassylittlecanary · 1 year

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DC in 2023: We refuse to confirm Booster Gold as an LGBT+ character. Sorry fandom, but he’s straight.

DC in 1987:

#technically he was fighting a rainbow themed villain #but like. you have something you want to tell us?#booster gold #michael carter #michael jon carter #dc #dcu #dc comics #post crisis #1980s comics #canary reads vintage comics

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redbread-design · 10 days

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I can just tell their groupchat would be just ruthless..... The Secret Society of Super-Villains! I had such a fun time with shading, adding little details and that

Commissions open

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goodcopbatcop · 15 days

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There is an answer given in canon. Guess, then see below.

Near the height of the GCPD's corruption, when Jim Gordon first became police commissioner, two out of every five GCPD officers (about 40% of the police force) were corrupt.

By the time of Damian Wayne's time as Robin, after some ~15-20 years of Jim Gordon working as police commissioner and collaborating with Batman, one out of twelve GCPD officers (about 8% of the police force) is corrupt.

Source: Bruce Wayne: The Road Home - "Commissioner Gordon", story by Adam Beechen and Szymon Kudranski (2010)

The Gotham City Police Department employs over 35 thousand officers, with several thousands more retained in support roles. Source: Gotham Central #38 (2005)

#gotham city #gcpd #detective comics #batman comics #batman fandom #post crisis #batfamily #batfam #comic books #dc batman #new earth #trivia poll #goodcopbatcop #2008 #2005

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out-of-context-flash · 1 year

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Batman Confidential (2007) #50

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primeofprimes115 · 19 days

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So.... Been a while...

So... Where've I been? Well, on Wattpad and stuff, been cooking over there with my Y/N-Verse project and vice versa but... There's been at least a controversial thing going on with the new guidelines releasing April 15th.

And it could, and I mean, could delete my stories because some of it has sexual content between the MC and the LI, despite them being 18 and above, the new guidelines have stated that the characters that are in smut scenes cannot be under the age of 18 anymore, but there is a majority that have panicked and spreaded word it can also happen to stories, imagines, etc to characters who have sex and shit, are the age of 18 and above.

So... In response? I've safely placed my stories, chapter by chapter, into a Word Doc, to keep them safe and to put out on other websites.

Which means... I might add stories here on Tumblr, for y'all who aren't fans of Wattpad, to see!

Starting with...

This is a story that I'm sure y'all might like, whether you're fans of Destiny or not, it don't matter, it's a story! They're meant to be enjoying to read!

I've at least released 23 chapters as of this moment and still releasing more, it's gonna be the longest story I've ever written and it's all apart of my Y/N-Verse, which the verse ends with my own version of Crisis on Infinite Earths, involving the biggest crossover...

Crisis on Infinite Earths will cover; Lightfall, the events that transpire in the Tomorrowverse Crisis on Infinite Earths, before concluding with The Final Shape!

See y'all soon!!

#supergirl #supergirl x male reader #destiny fanfiction #dc comics #talk #been a while #i'm back #good to be back #linda lang #post crisis #new earth #hunter #guardian

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vertigoartgore · 17 days

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