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filmnoirsbian · 1 year

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Hi !! I was wondering if you had any book recs/favorite books? Things that you think of as inspiration or just plain like? Genuinely curious. <3 im in love with your work btw i spent the other day binging your patreon

Some favorites that deeply impacted me from a young age up into teenagedom: the Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate, Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein, Oddly Enough by Bruce Coville, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Little Sister by Kara Dalkey, The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede, The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage, Piratica by Tanith Lee, the Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke, His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, Holes by Louis Sachar, The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg, Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori, The Sea-Wolf by Jack London, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins, Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath, Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan, The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg, The Iliad and Odyssey (allegedly) by Homer, The Táin by many people, Harlem by Walter Dean Myers, Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, The Wall and the Wing by Laura Ruby, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein, The Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin, Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis, The Ethical Vampire series by Susan Hubbard, The Howl Series by Diana Wynne Jones, the Curseworkers series by Holly Black, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, Android Karenina by Ben H. Winters, An Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson, Beloved by Toni Morrison, A Stir of Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente, World War Z by Max Brooks, This is Not A Drill by K. A. Holt, Fade to Blue by Sean Beaudoin, Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, The Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, Crush by Richard Siken, Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo, Devotions by Mary Oliver, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Some favorites read more recently: The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey, Engine Summer by John Crowley, Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff, The Princess Bride by William Goldman, Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot, My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, Reprieve by James Han Mattson, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, Kindred by Octavia Butler, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, Station Eleven by Emily St. John-Mandel, The Crown Ain't Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib, The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente, Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica, The Girl with All the Gifts by Mike Carey, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, She had some horses by Joy Harjo, Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón, The King Must Die by Mary Renault, Books of Blood by Clive Barker, Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin, Cassandra by Christa Wolfe

Plays: The Oresteia by Aeschylus, Electra by Sophocles, Los Reyes by Julio Cortázar, Angels in America by Tony Kushner, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco, The Trojan Women by Euripides, Salome by Oscar Wilde, Girl on an Altar by Marina Carr, Fences by August Wilson, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang, Our Town by Thornton Wilder, Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond

Graphic novels: The Crow by James O'Barr, DMZ by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli, Eternals (2021) by Kieron Gillen and Esad Ribić, Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons and John Higgins, My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris, Maus by Art Spiegelman, Tank Girl by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Through the Woods by Emily Carroll, Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol

#watchmen is difficult to recommend on account of the misogyny but beyond that it really did change my life lol #asks #an open window #book recs #also i know technically eternals isn't a graphic novel it's a comic run directly related to the avengers and such at large BUT #it is sooo so good and u don't really have to know much abt what the avengers losers are up to in order to understand it #i didn't include any other favorite comic runs bc they require other things to be read for context. ur welcome.

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meat-wentz · 2 years

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Gerard Way x Cinema: Breaking Glass (1980) Dir. Brian Gibson// Fade to Black (1980) Dir. Vernon Zimmerman// Maîtresse (1975) Dir. Barbet Schroeder// Gypsy 83 (2001) Dir. Todd Stephens// Blood for Dracula (1974) Dir. Paul Morrissey// Salome’s Last Dance (1988) Dir. Ken Russell// Stage Fright (1987) Dir. Michele Soavi// Ghostbusters (1984) Dir. Ivan Reitman

#gerard way x cinema #gerard way #mcr #my chemical romance #breaking glass #fade to black #maitresse #maîtresse #gypsy 83 #blood for dracula #salome’s last dance #stage fright #ghostbusters

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thealmightyemprex · 2 years

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10 Favorite roles of Dame Angela Lansbury

Mrs Lovett from Sweeney Todd

Sibyl Vane from the Picture of Dorian Gray

Queen Anne of France from Three Musketeers

Miss Eglentine Price from Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Salome Otterbourne from Death on the Nile

Mommy Fortuna from The Last Unicorn

Ruth from Pirates of Penzance

Granny from Company of Wolves

Mrs Potts from Beauty and the Beast

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna from Anastasia

RIP

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hostess-of-horror · 2 years

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Inspired by @tiramegtoons

Note: This is not for the canon Snatcher! Also, these are only for fun and not meant to be taken seriously!

Playlist for (My) Snatcher

"Epiphany" from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

"A Little Piece of Heaven" and "Nightmare" from Avenged Sevenfold

Carach Angren (in general)

"Alive" and "A Dangerous Game" from Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical

Cradle of Filth (in general)

"Lovecraft's Death" and "Vampire from Nazareth" from Septicflesh

"Lilith" from Chelsea Grin

"The Hearse Song" from Rusty Cage

Rob Zombie (in general)

The albums "The Silver Scream" and "Welcome to Horrorwood" from Ice Nine Kills

"Bela Lugosi's Dead" from Bauhaus

Nox Arcana (in general)

Midnight Syndicate (in general)

"Your Best Nightmare" and "Sacrifice" from London After Midnight

"The World's Greatest Criminal Mind" from The Great Mouse Detective

"Where the Wild Roses Grow" from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ft. Kylie Minogue

"On The Coldest Winter Night" from Kamelot

Aurelio Voltaire (in general)

"Salome" from Richard Strauss

Marilyn Manson (in general)

"Join Me In Death" and "When Love and Death Embrace" from HIM

#music #character playlist #snatcher #the Snatcher #snatcher ahit #the snatcher ahit #ahit #a hat in time #snatcher x self ship #inspired by tiramegtoons

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muznew · 1 year

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Traxsource Best of Miami 2023 Chart

- DATA CREATED: 06/04/2023 - QUALITY: MP3/320 kbps - GENRE: House, Afro House, Deep House, Funky House, Jackin House, Nu Disco / Disco, Soulful House, Tech House, Indie Dance, Melodic House & Techno, Minimal / Deep Tech, UK Garage / Bassline, Progressive House Tracklist 1. Louie Vega, Anane – Cosmic Witch (feat. Anané) (Mochakk Remix) (6:39) 2. Sound Support – Bump Into You (5:53) 3. Jamie Jones – Lose My Mind (Extended Mix) (7:00) 4. Fiona Kraft – Deeper Feelings (Manoo The Remix / Piano Interpretation By Bacanito) (7:33) 5. Bob Sinclar, Salome De Bahia – Outro Lugar (Bob Sinclar Extended Mix) (6:53) 6. Robbie Doherty – It’s My Beat (Extended Mix) (6:33) 7. MANT, Todd Edwards – Provenance (6:41) 8. Luedji Luna – Banho de Folhas (Maz (BR) Remix) (6:22) 9. Men from the Nile, Peven Everett, Roy Davis Jr – Watch Them Come (Green Velvet Remix) (6:13) 10. Made By Pete, Zoe Kypri – Horizon Red (Extended) (7:07) 11. ANOTR, Abel Balder – Relax My Eyes (Original Mix) ( Read the full article

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djmusicbest · 1 year

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Traxsource Best of Miami 2023 Chart

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felicereviews · 2 years

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A Season of James Mason

The Seventh Veil (1945)

Is it saying anything that James Mason would have to wait 8 years to land the role that made him a bankable star? Oh he was in plenty of movies - even a couple that sounded worth watching i.e. I Met A Murderer or even A Place of One’s Own. I watched one of James’ early films, Fire Over England from 1937. James was only in the movie for a couple of scenes and he wasn’t very good in those. One of the scenes he yells the astoundingly original line, ‘You’ll never take me alive!’. Classic. I didn’t want to start the Season of James Mason with a bad review so I kept moving through his repertoire until I found a film that was available to watch and had the potential for a good performance.

The Seventh Veil brought James into the public consciousness as a handsome and wicked villain.

In the film, a doctor recommends narco hypnotherapy as a way to cure a mute mental patient. The doctor explains the seven veils - Veils of reserve, shyness, fear - the human mind is like Salome with the seven veils - you can drop 5 or 6 veils for a lover - but ONLY this treatment will permit someone to drop the seventh veil.

Miss Cunningham (Ann Todd) is the mute mental patient. She looks lovely although she has recently attempted suicide and the film needs a restoration - there are vertical squiggly lines right through. The narrative takes us through a flashback to Miss Cunningham getting caned before she is to perform. The scene was so ridiculous it made me angry. She’s supposed to be getting caned - her hands are supposed to be being beaten with a cane - and her facial expression does not change. Still she misses her music scholarship and is sent to live with her non-uncle.

Non-uncle Nicholas (James Mason) is sitting there with his cat. He declares his bachelor pad and she promises to be quiet. ‘Would you like to stroke him?’ Mason asks Miss Cunningham (about the cat) ‘No’, she says - she hates cats.

He is not particularly wicked and doesn’t really do anything bad for a while. He makes sure Miss Cunningham gets famous. He keeps her from being with a man she thinks she loves. The movie continues to follow the wooden Ann Todd for a while. Until Miss Cunningham falls in love again and tells Nicholas (Mason).

Non-uncle Nicholas gets hysterical and beats the piano keys with his cane - that was real hitting - not the caning we saw earlier with no reaction. Ann Todd jumped. Piano keys banged. James Mason grimaced as he beat his cane near her hands on the piano. It was a shock especially since the film had heretofore been droll.

But that scene - that piano scene. That’s where we see some life in the old boy.

The rest of the movie continues in its ridiculousness - ending with the mental patient being cured and staying with her guardian, James Mason. Really dumb stuff.

Despite The Seventh Veil’s less-than-ordinary qualities this film set James on a path of playing villains. British movie-goers loved him in that role.

Some twerks to know about James Mason. First, he hated the British film industry and frequently published essays about their ineptness and substandard contribution to cinema. Second, he was a pacifist and refused to fight in WWII. His waiver was not granted, however, and he ended up having to serve in a clerical capacity after a hearing and what-not.

So he was available to work during WWII when there were not a lot of leading men available - but no one liked him or wanted to work with him. He had himself in a pickle.

I’ll be blogging about James all season. You’ll have to stay tuned to find out if he ever gets himself quite un-pickled.

#james mason #the seventh veil #ann todd #fire over england #i met a murderer #a place of ones own #a season of james mason

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playboicartisintern · 5 years

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A compilation of posters for Opera productions by the Teatro Communale Bologna

#art #illustration #digital #posters #opera #drama #music #salome #turandot #rigoletto #sweeney todd #la traviata #il travatore #the barber of seville #fidelio #cavalleria rusticana #l'italiana in algeria

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bluecoolr · 5 months

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POV You're in the Todd Home.

#and you feel like -- you know -- that ~something~ happened here #darrell todd #todd siblings #susannah todd #nathan todd #judah todd #salome todd #oc lore #aes #inspo #darrellcore #bluecoolr.jpg

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tavsianus · 2 years

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You know what we need? An actor/working at an old theatre AU.

-Sev secretly loves acting. But does'nt talk about it because he knows how it will end for him. Not even Lily knows it.

-Works as an actor at a unknown theater in shitty town. And just LOVES it. Most of the people there cares for acting like him and does'nt judge him for anything.

- He loves to act because he can be someone else who isn't him, even its for a little while. And earning money is just a perk.

-Sev would play any character given to him. Quasimodo, Javert, Sweeney Todd, Caligula, Salome, Elphaba... As long as he can act, he does'nt care who he has to be, men or women.

- (This is also why he does'nt say to anyone, if his father learnt about this he would be screwed. He isnt scared of his school finding out, because how could they? Hogwarts is far too away and kids there dont give a crap about him)

-Is actually good at it, he even has admirers. Sometimes they send him gifts and he feels weird about it but does'nt complain because uhh like free stuff?

#severus snape #pro snape #harry potter #snape #au #fic idea #snape fic #for the story maybe the marauders learns this and goes there to see how stupid he looks but he is actually good and they are like 🤨😶🤐😳#Or the Slytherins could be the one to find him and they are also shook 😳🤐😶😩😯😳#And Lily is there too and loses her mind because Sev ?!??! 😳🤤😬

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writemarcus · 2 years

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BWW Interview: Heartbeat Opera's Ethan Heard Brings FIDELIO To Current Times

Heartbeat Opera’s tour of FIDELIO lands at The Broad Stage February 26th and 27th

by Gil Kaan

Feb. 22, 2022

Heartbeat Opera's tour of FIDELIO lands at The Broad Stage February 26th and 27th. Heartbeat's artistic director Ethan Heard directs Beethoven's 1814 masterpiece re-imagined and re-orchestrated for the era of Black Lives Matter. I had the chance to throw a few queries out to Ethan on his timely and unique project that he also adapted and co-wrote.

Thank you for taking the time for this interview, Ethan!

You created FIDELIO in 2018 with a nod to Black Lives Matter. What tweaks have you made to its current presentation?

Marcus Scott and I added new detail to the dialogue. We now mention over-crowding, loss of visitation rights, BLM organizers disappearing, and "fascists with tiki torches" to name a few examples. We wanted to make Marcy more politically aware and less naive. We added that Stan was pursuing his PhD before being arrested.

What initially inspired you to pick Beethoven's 1814 masterpiece as the foundation for Heartbeat's FIDELIO?

I was looking for a story that could speak directly to the here and now. FIDELIO was a perfect piece to transform into a contemporary American story.

What would your three-line pitch of FIDELIO be?

Stan, a Black Lives Matter activist is wrongfully incarcerated by a White Supremacist prison warden. Leah, Stan's wife, disguises herself as a correctional officer to infiltrate the facility where she believes her husband is being kept. It is a story of hope in the face of despair and love in the face of hate.

At what point of your intended 2020 tour (commemorating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth), did the pandemic interrupt?

We had secured funding to revisit our prison choir collaborators. In March 2020, we were about to fly to the Midwest to re-record and re-film, but we had to cancel the trip. Sadly, to this day, the prison choirs are still not meeting in person with outside conductors and volunteers.

FIDELIO will feature voices of over one hundred incarcerated singers and seventy volunteers from prison choirs. How did you originally connect with prison choirs?

Our Music Director Daniel Schlosberg knew a prison choir conductor in Minnesota, Amanda Weber. We skyped with her, and she connected us with three more conductors in Ohio, Iowa, and Kansas. Over the course of weeks and months, through many emails and phones calls, we built a network, got permission from the prison wardens, and scheduled a trip to visit the choirs.

So the various prison choirs you're incorporating into FIDELIO rehearse on their own before you go in and record them? What's the process?

Yes, the choirs rehearsed on their own. Dan created a new SATB arrangement that gave each choir a chunk of the song to learn. Then Dan and I were able to visit four of the choirs in person in March 2018. We filmed and recorded and then edited the audio together.

Besides Derrell Acon and Kelly Griffin reprising their FIDELIO roles, have any other of the FIDELIO cast performed on past Heartbeat productions?

Curtis Bannister performed in our visual album Breathing Free.

What motivated you to co-found Heartbeat Opera in 2014?

Louisa Proske and I wanted to create visceral, essentialized productions, for intimate spaces, and 21st century audiences.

In Heartbeat's first seven seasons, you've presented twelve fully realized productions, including adaptations of CARMEN and MADAMA BUTTERFLY. What operas top your future adaptation list?

SWEENEY TODD, SALOME, MAGIC FLUTE...

What's in the near future for Heartbeat after your FIDELIO tour completes?

Our next project is QUANDO, a short film and live performance debuting at The McKittrick Hotel in New York City April 7-9. Visit heartbeatopera.org for more info.

Thank you again, Ethan! I look forward to experiencing Heartbeat's FIDELIO.

For tickets to the live performances of FIDELIO February 26th and 27th, log onto www.thebroadstage.org

#Fidelio #Derrell Acon #Kelly Griffin #Louisa Proske #Heartbeat Opera #HeartbeatOpera #black history month #black opera singers #ludwig van beethoven #Beethoven #The Broad Stage #Broad Stage #blm movement #Black Lives Matter

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kwebtv · 3 years

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Generation Kill - HBO - July 13, 2008 - August 24, 2008

War Drama (7 episodes)

Running Time: appx 60 minutes

Stars:

Lee Tergesen as reporter Evan Wright

Alexander Skarsgård as Staff Sergeant Brad "Iceman" Colbert

James Ransone as Corporal Josh Ray Person

Billy Lush as Lance Corporal Harold James Trombley

Stark Sands as First Lieutenant Nathaniel Fick

Marc Menchaca as Gunnery Sergeant Mike "Gunny" Wynn

Jon Huertas as Sergeant Antonio "Poke" Espera

Mike Figueroa as Sergeant Leandro "Shady B" Baptista

Josh Barrett as Sergeant Larry Shawn "Pappy" Patrick

Sergeant Rodolfo "Rudy" Reyes portrays himself

Jonah Lotan as Hospital Corpsman Second Class Robert Timothy "Doc" Bryan

Wilson Bethel as Corporal Evan "Q-Tip" Stafford

Pawel Szajda as Corporal Walt Hasser

Rey Valentin as Corporal Gabriel "Gabe" Garza

Sean Brosnan as Corporal Daniel Redman

Kellan Lutz as Corporal Jason Lilley

Rich McDonald as Corporal Anthony "Manimal" Jacks

Eric Ladin as Corporal James Chaffin

Daniel Fox as Private First Class John Christeson

Additional characters;

Robert John Burke as Major General James "Chaos" Mattis

Chance Kelly as Lieutenant Colonel Stephen "Godfather" Ferrando

Benjamin Busch as Major Todd Eckloff

Michael Kelly as Captain Bryan Patterson

Brian Patrick Wade as Captain Craig Schwetje

Eric Nenninger as Captain Dave "Captain America" McGraw

Neal Jones as Sergeant Major John Sixta,

David Barrera as Gunnery Sergeant Ray Griego

Owain Yeoman as Sergeant Eric Kocher

Eric Kocher as Gunnery Sergeant Rich Barrott

J. Salome Martinez Jr. as Corporal Jeffrey "Dirty Earl" Carazales

Nabil Elouahab as “Meesh”

#Generation Kill #TV #HBO #War Drama #2000's #Lee Teergesen #Alexander Skarsgard

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dumbkiri · 4 years

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My Universe

Part Two

Why do we fall?

Parts: [ 1, 2 ]

Summary: Jason returns home after two years and suddenly wants [Name] out of Wayne Manor for reasons he only knows. He finds out that [Name] is the key to a destructive future and needs to find out more about the legend he heard from Inklopiat, Aurora’s home world. If he fails to do so, [Name] may have to cease to exist.

Pairing: Damian Wayne x HoH!Female!Reader

Word Count: 2.8k sorry not that long

Genre: Slight Angst? Fluff?

WARNINGS: None...I think? I’m not sure

Again, Damian’s heart had skipped a beat. He felt it stop for a second then start up again. Why did his chest hurt when he saw the fresh tears fall down her rosy cheeks? Was it because he knew that the fighting had upset her and he still continued to banter with her father? He shouldn’t make her feel like this. He never wanted to be the reason she was crying.

“Please, tell me that you guys also witnessed what I witnessed,” Dick pleaded looking at [Name] with wide eyes. His expression made it seem like he saw something phenomenal. And if he was being completely honest, it was extraordinary.

On the other hand, Damian never removed his green eyes from bright [e.color] ones. She was only staring at him and he was only staring at her. He knew she wanted to speak to him, he felt it inside. Her lips parted then closed shortly after. Her tears had dried up and there was a slim red ring around the outside of her irises.

Her [h.color] hair was long, really long and rested above her waist. Her skin glowed a radiant [s.color] making her eyes pop out even more. She looked at him with pleading eyes. Her lips no longer quivering because she knew he got the message she was trying to convey. “I’ll stop,” Damian said softly. He gave one last look at Jason and lowered his fist.

It was like a switch in him flipped. He was no longer angry. He wasn’t upset at Jason for suddenly barging in without notice. All he felt was a sense of calmness and it was because of [Name]. “I’ll stop fighting, for you,” He whispered the last part and gently placed his hand on top of her head. Damian knew she couldn’t her the sincerity in his voice or his genuine words, but he still spoke. He felt that she understood him.

“What is going on here?” Alfred walked into the kitchen with haste and his feet came to a complete stop. His worn out blue eyes widening for a fraction. “Master Todd, you’re finally back,” Alfred said it with a tone of surprise.

Jason nodded his head, “Hey, Alfred.”

“Is that all you have to say?” Alfred said with quickness and an offended look on his face. He hasn’t seen this rogue boy in two years and he greets as if two years haven’t passed. “You left your daughter here at Wayne Manor for two years and you greet me like I haven’t done you a favor. As if your family hasn’t done a favor for you.”

Damian and Dick stayed silent. Alfred has never been so forward and harsh before. Forward and sarcastic, yes. But this was a different phase. A mood that didn’t show often during this time. It was probably because Alfred was so caught up with taking care of [Name] that most of the time this old man was filled with joy.

It dawned on Jason on how much pressure he put on his family. He left for two years without a word to any of them. Then his eyes loomed over to Dick. He did keep in touch with Dick and he wondered why it was only him. "I'm sorry that I left her behind. With Aurora gone, I felt lost. How could I, me," Jason pointed at himself with disgust, "raise a baby all on my own?"

"You are never alone, Master Todd," Alfred's glare turned into a caring look. Then he brought his gaze to Damian and- "Oh my, don't tell me that this young girl is [Name]." Alfred gestured to the ‘young girl’ hiding behind Damian’s back.

Stepping up, Dick nervously chuckled and walked over to the little girl. He placed his hands on her shoulders startling her. He gave her a warm smile and then looked up from her [e.color] eyes. “This is definitely the [Name] that was two years old five minutes ago,” Dick confirmed Alfred’s suspicions.

“I swear, there is always something that happens with you boys together,” Alfred shook his head with a deflated sigh.

……

“Her vitals are normal for a five year old kid,” Tim concluded pouring more coffee into his red mug. Then his fingers skimmed the keyboard typing along it. His eyes focused on the screen and analyzing the readings presented to him. “But her blood is quite special. From what Bruce has in his database, her blood is much like Superman’s.”

“So she’s an alien?” Dick asked.

Jason scoffed and placed his rough hands on his hips, “Half alien, Dick.” He pressed his lips in a thin line. His eyes scanned the room and he decided to come clean. “Aurora is from a planet called Inklopiat. It’s not too far from Earth, but it takes about six months to travel there. Any questions so far?”

The room was silent before Dick broke the ice. “You left telling me that you were visiting Aurora’s parents. Not to a different planet.”

“Wait,” Tim cut in, “he told you where he was going and you didn’t bother to tell us?”

“Hey, it was a tough time for him and if I knew he was traveling to outer space, I would have totally informed you guys,” Dick defended himself. “Kory knows more about space than I do, I could have at least let her travel with you.” Dick looked over at Jason.

“I asked her earlier, but Inklopiatians and Tamaraneans aren’t friendlies. I learned that the hard way, you were there Dick. When Aurora and Kory first met.” Jason’s words jogged Dick’s memory.

Dick chuckled, “Oh, I forgot about that incident.”

Damian stepped in, “Back to the priorities, we need to find out why [Name] aged three years within seconds.” His green eyes stayed on Jason. He had to learn from the Inklopiatians for a year. Which means Jason got some information. “Did the Inklopiatians tell you anything about what could happen to [Name]?”

Jason nodded his head, “They strongly believe in soulmates. There’s a legend about a man named Asht’n who was a fierce warrior. He only knew how to kill, it made everyone across the galaxy fear him. He went on rampages and murdered anyone who got in his way. The story is so old no one knew why he killed. Then one day it all stopped because he met a fair maiden. Her name was unknown and so were her orgins. All they know is that Asht’n fell in love with her and finally put his sword down just for her. Asht’n tried to make contact with the fair maiden, but she always ignored him. Little did he know was that she was deaf.”

Jason paused and watched [Name] play with her stuffed lion with Alfred.

“When he found that out, Asht’n used his actions to show her how much he loved her. Of course, the fair maiden was also infatuated with the mysterious man. She accepted his gifts of love and when he confessed to her, the fair maiden cried. She cried because she could finally hear his voice for the first time. They lived happily together and raised a family. Some hundred years passed and Inklopiat was born. Keep in mind, all the children are born deaf until their soulmate realizes their love for them.”

“I was waiting for some other guy to pop in and take the maiden away from Asht’n. So the question is, their story ends happily?” Tim questioned as he was quite taken by the legend of Inklopiat.

“Yes, their story ends happily, Timbo. Fun fact, for you, Inklopiatians also enhance their age to match their soulmates. [Name] obviously knows who her soulmate is and is trying her best to catch up with them.” Jason carefully glanced over at Damian.

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‘My granddaughter is very special, Jason,” Queen Nadia’n smiled as she placed green flowers on the kitchen table. She sprayed them with water and placed the sprayer on the table. A maid came by and picked it up then scurried away. “Aurora’n and I always knew that [Name] would be special.”

Jason shook his head and took a sip of the drink that a maid offered him, “Why do you say that?” He set down on a ledge looking out to the stars Inklopiat had to offer. The twinkling reminding him of his girlfriend. His heart still ached for her touch and her voice.

Queen Nadia’n walked out to the porch and stood next to her daughter’s soulmate, “Because the Elders said so. They told us that when you and Jayd’n were out catching the Saloms out by the river.”

Jason chuckled, “I hated those Saloms, they were sneaky bastards.”

“Language, Jays’n,” Queen Nadia’n gently scolded then she took the cup from his hand. Her eyes changed colors repeating a pattern from brown to blue to green to hazel. “The Elders blessed you and Aurora’n with a special child. A child that could end wars and stop the biggest foes even the Justice League has faced.” She put the cup down on the ledge.

“You’re telling me that [Name] has the power to take down anyone she wants? Even Superman?” Jason wasn’t believing a word she said. “I don’t get it, [Name] is only half Inklopiatian and the other half is human. I have no power to my name.”

Queen Nadia’n shook her head, “Jays’n, let me show you something the Elders want you to see. A vision that shows [Name]’s true powers.”

……

Jason never felt so scared in his life before. Laying at his feet was Batman covered in wounds and blood. Next to him was Barbara and Timothy all in the same disturbing fashion Batman was in. Their costumes had various holes in them and Batman’s mask was torn off. He knelt down and took Bruce’s face into his hands. “Bruce, wake up,’ Jason pleaded and looked around his surroundings. Everything was destroyed. Gotham was no longer standing.

“Father, is that you?” Jason heard a trembling voice coming from behind him. Slowly, Jason placed Bruce’s head down and he stood up. He turned his body to the voice and saw [Name] all grown up. Her hair was down and blowing along with the wind. Her face covered in dirt, but her eyes remained unchanged. They had not stopped sparkling.

“[Name], what happened here?” Jason asked cautiously stepping over the bodies that littered at his feet. He noticed Wonder Woman with her lasso held weakly with bloody and broken fingers. He saw Superman groaning with rubble above his chest, his breathing shallow. Aquaman was surrounded by a ring of fire and he was also passed out. “Please, tell me you didn’t do this.” Jason whispered.

[Name] took a shaky breath in, “I had no choice, they were going to kill me.” She clenched her fists tightly and a tear streamed down her face. She was holding back. “Father, they thought I killed him.” She pointed down the hill and Jason stopped walking. Surrounded by a multitude of flowers was the one and only, Damian Wayne.

The young Wayne had blood leaking from his mouth and a lone stream went down his chin. His back resting against the mountain of rubble. His eyes closed shut with dark bags underneath. His hands clutching onto a dagger and the other held a rose. “They thought I killed my soulmate, but I was only trying to protect him.”

Jason ran over to Damian, not believing what he saw. Damian was strong, stronger than anyone. Jason put two fingers against Damian’s neck and found no pulse. Damian was indeed dead. He looked behind him and at the fallen Justice League. They were all either dead or on the verge of dying. “[Name],” Jason called out to his daughter from below the hill, “who were you protecting him from?”

[Name] sniffled and wiped her eyes with the sleeve of her shirt. Her entire body was trembling and Jason didn’t know if it was from fear or...the adrenaline pumping throughout her body. Her clothes, the only damage done to it was that there was blood and dirt on it. She seemed to be unharmed, but he knew that her heart was breaking inside. It was like he was watching himself when he saw Aurora flatline.

“Hey, Princess,” Jason called out to her gently. He carefully climbed up the mountain of rubble being wary not to disturb Damian’s resting place. His hands gripped the top of the hill and he pushed himself upward. Jason would have lost his footing if [Name] didn’t grip his forearm to keep his balance. She looked at him with red eyes due to her crying. “I know you meant no harm to them. Although I need you to tell me who killed Damian, it’s important.” Jason clarified with importance.

At the mention of his name, [Name] cried more. “We were investigating the League. Damian believed that his grandfather came back to life and I told him that it wasn’t wise to go without Bruce. He didn’t listen to me.”

“The League? You mean to say Ra’s al Ghul is alive?” Jason asked dumbstruck by her words.

“They sent us a calling card,” [Name] pointed down the hill where Damian rested. She didn’t dare lay her eyes upon him though. She was ashamed that with her limitless power, she couldn’t save her soulmate. “The dagger that he holds, it’s from Talia. Damian said so because of the carving.”

Jason’s vision was starting to get blurry. [Name] noticed this and she brought her father in for a tight hug. “You have to promise me something, Father.”

Jason wrapped his arms around his daughter, “What is it, Princess?”

She pulled away just enough to look into his gunmetal eyes. He wiped her tears away and held her chin up high. She smiled at him, “Promise me that whatever happens, you keep Damian away from me. This is what the future holds if we are together, Father.”

“But you two are meant for each other. Soulmates are-”

“There’s more to the legend of Asht’n and the Maiden. In that story lies the truth. Father, if you don’t find the truth before Damian confesses to me on my 17th birthday then you have to keep him away from me. If not, the Justice League will come after me and so will Ra’s al Ghul.” [Name] explained more to him. She would have told him more, but her grandmother was pulling him out of the vision. “Promise me?”

“H-how do I keep you two apart? You guys are practically inseparable, Damian won’t let go of you.” Jason gripped her shoulders. He felt like vomiting right now. Something was pulling at his chest.

[Name] outstretched her hand and the dagger from Damian’s hand levitated to her empty one. Her fingers wrapped around the hilt of the dagger and her eyes glared at the weapon. “I’m not sure,” She brought her bright [e.color] eyes to him, “but when the time comes I’m sure you’ll know what to do. You’re a smart guy.” Adult [Name] finished with a smile.

……

Finally, Jason woke up from his episode and took a deep breath as he was trying to make sense of his surroundings. Apparently, he was on the floor of the bat cave because standing above him was his brothers. Damian had his arms crossed over his chest and most likely said something along a smart remark prior to him waking up. Meanwhile Tim and Dick were genuinely confused as to why Jason had suddenly passed out.

Before he could tell them what happened, [Name] had came into his view with her beautiful eyes. He sat up and blinked once at her appearance. Promise me. Future [Name]’s voice echoed in his head and Jason subconsciously nodded his head which in turn made little [Name] smile. She jumped into his lap and wrapped her tiny arms around his neck. Jason was astounded that she hugged him first. Did she know who he was?

That doesn’t matter right now, Jason mentally scolded himself. He had to make a promise to her and he was going to find out the truth about the legend in Inklopiat or else he would have to deal with [Name] himself. Jason hugged his little girl back with the same amount of love she gave him and pressed a kiss at the top of her head, “I promise, Princess. I’ll find out the truth.”

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