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stopscammingartists · 2 years

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hi guys im here, I don’t want to be, but I am

glitchedpuppet / glip / purplekecelon is back on tumblr

Here is why they are dangerous and why you should avoid them

cw zoophilia / pedophilia

1. Glip has a history of exposing minors to pornography / adult content and has stated at least once that they get off on it and the idea of minors x adult couples.

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(forbiddenflora is their porn comic)

On deviantart in like, 2011 to 2013 they ran a roleplay group based on the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series called “PMD-E”. It was an open group where anyone of any age was allowed to join.

On the side of the main story, Glip would write and illustrate porn of PMD-E that was canonical to the story. This nsfw content for a pokemon based all-ages roleplay group was very public.

By running a group so welcoming and appealing to children and having porn all throughout it, Glip effectively made a lot of kids “just on the cusp of sexual whatever” learn about nsfw stuff before we where supposed to. The entire group was effectively a fetish factory for Glip in that regard.

Examples:

One character, Shroomsworth, was only able to accomplish a mission he was given and continue the story by letting a gate keeper Lugia rape him. [NSFW LINK]

A character named PK (Glips self insert) had sexual relations with a sneasel named Rhodes who was a minor. Glip made porn of PK x Rhodes regularly. [NSFW LINK]

Accessories players could put on their pokemon team includes a Choker Chain and Ball Gag called a “complaint murer” During one of the stories called “Resignation” Glip abruptly said the rest of the story would be on tumblr without stating why.

The rest of Resignation was porn. [NSFW LINK] (I cannot find an archive to where the rest of it was posted, but as a kid I personally was really into the resignation story and found the rest of it.)

I wasn’t the only one

There was a story beat of Glips self insert being engaged to a character meant to represent Glips actual IRL pet cat named Twigs. Yes Glip made porn of their self insert and the character they made based on their pet cat. [NSFW LINK]

This one is unrelated to PMD-E but around the time Glip has also created porn of N, from pokemon, when he was a child, being raped by Ghetsis. [NSFW LINK]

2. Glips (now ex) husband Marl was a zoophile and a pedophile who used Glips then full of children community to find targets and has tried to get said targets to engage in zoophilic acts on film. When these kids spoke out Glip would engage in vicious attacks on them - insisting they where liars. Glip knew Marl was a zoophile the entire time because Marl also got Glip to engage in zoophilic acts.

The first child came forward in 2014, Glips call out response, Glip spread the story that this child was intentionally trying to get adults arrested for CP

note: glip never provided these logs. Because they don’t exist. Glip was completely lying.

During this time since Glip covered for Marl, Marl was able to continue to use glips audience and community which had a lot of children within to do whatever the hell he wanted with.

Then a second kid came forward in 2018. This one with logs from 2012.

Full archive of released chat logs from 2012

Now forced to acknowledge that Marl was a creep, Glip, Marl, and Glips other partner eevee sold their home and legally changed their names. For awhile they all stayed at Marls parents home, but then Glip and Eevee left marl and Glip / Marl got divorced.

You would think that now that Glip is forced to acknowledge that Marl was a freak that they would be nicer to his kid victims.

Wrong. (full thread archive)

Glip is specifically talking about the first victim that came forward. The first victim had the same exact claims that the second victim had and the second victim proved with chat logs. Despite the second victim having come forward at this time, Glip ignores them and their evidence and focuses on attacking the character of the first victim.

In 2020 Glip finally acknowledged what Marl did and admitted that they knew He was a zoophile the entire fucking time by admitting that Marl made Glip engage in zoophilic acts

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Glitchedpuppet knew that Marl was a zoophile, but lied and said the children he targeted where lying despite knowing the entire fucking time that the kids were telling the truth.

They blasted these kids which lead to their large fanbase attacking them. They lied, they gaslit, they shamed these kids for years.

They only did something about Marl when the public evidence of what Glip knew from the start became too overwhelming to be able to feasibly cover for. And EVEN then they STILL continued to attack Marls CHILD victims.

But now that they’re saying a very hollow sorry they expect people to just believe that they’re no longer dangerous. Fuck that.

#webcomics #glitchedpuppet #purplekecleon #lexyeevee #eevee

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glitchy-anime-fan · 2 years

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So I’m reading this Hobbit fanfic where, at the end of LOtR when Bilbo was sailing with the Elves, instead of passing Bilbo is essentially sent back to the day Gandalf asked him to join the quest for Erebor.

It’s pretty much a “Bilbo has all his memories from the past and is now determine to keep everyone alive while also keeping it a secret that he knows what’s going to happen” type fic. I’m 12-13 chapters in (its a 50 total chapter fic w/a prologue and epilogue so the count on AO3 is slightly off) and it’s pretty good so far!

I cannot express how much I am enjoying Bilbo just being sassy to the company every chance he gets, and some of the other funny one liners and descriptions. It’s so funny and adds a good amount of comic relief in an otherwise pretty heavy and slow burn story!

Some of my favourite quotes so far and In no particular order include:

"I have no training. My tactics are 'don't get stabbed,' and 'get them with the pointy end.' Does that count as training?" (Bilbo Baggins)

"I resent that. I don't steal things; I liberate valuable property from their unworthy owners." (Nori) followed by “Isn't that another word for a thief?" Bilbo wondered.”

"Why do you constantly talk back to me?" (Thorin Oakenshield) followed by "Because you're not my king?" (Bilbo Baggins)

“Kíli did not believe he was stupid. He just didn't like to think. Honestly, he believed that thinking was silly and a waste of his time.” (Not dialogue, but honestly same)

"Indeed. Almost as pathetic as an Orc torturing an unarmed child. Really, you couldn't find a full grown Dwarf to capture? At least they would put up a fight. But him? I'd be surprised if he even knew how to hold a sword.” (Bilbo roasting both Azog and Fíli in an attempt to save Fíli. I just love when Bilbo insults the company as a distraction)

I feel like I should also mention it’s a Bilbo x Thorin fix, but it’s not like the sole focus of the story. Because I am kind, I am also going to add the link to the prologue for anyone who wants to check it out!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/634290/chapters/1150509

#lord of the rings #the hobbit #bilbo baggins #thorin oakenshield #Thorin and company #the hobbit fan fiction #fan fiction #I love when bilbo is being sassy towards his friends #I also love when he tried to distract enemies by insulting said friends #because honestly same

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fox-guardian · 3 years

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[ID: A small digital comic of Oliver Banks from The Magnus Archives on a warm gray background. Oliver is a thin black man with dreadlocks that start black at the roots and fade to white further down, half pulled back into a bun with a few locs hanging by his face. He has dark brown eyes with white pupils, dimples, and he is wearing dark eyeshadow and has white eyelashes, and is wearing dark lipstick on his upper lip. He has a small stud earring, an eyebrow piercing, and a lip ring. He is wearing a thick black turtleneck and a thick, dark gray cardigan, silver rings on most of his fingers, and a necklace with a dark coffin-shaped glasses case on it.

The comic shows him opening his coffin glasses case to remove a pair of thin, oval-shaped glasses that have long silver chains with little skulls on the ends of them rather than legs. He puts them on, tucking the chains behind his ears, and looks up a bit, smiling softly. end ID]

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i think oliver should have glasses and i saw a tiktok where someone replaced the broken leg on their glasses with a funky chain and it worked just fine soooo yeah i think he deserves that too

#fg's art #the magnus archives #tma #oliver banks

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allyouneedisbuck · 3 years

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i don’t wanna do this (i don’t wanna lose this)

eighteen plus blog minors dni

summary -> it’s all fake, every piece of it scripted and perfected for the camera, even the upcoming break-up you pretend doesn’t break your heart.

words -> 2.5k

warnings -> fake relationship, use of name (bucky calls the reader by her character’s name, lucia, once) nickname uses (baby, sweetheart) co-workers/friends to lovers, no smut, not beta’d

notes -> this is for the lovely maera’s ( @ambrosiase ) hotel indigo writing challenge i absolutely love this idea mae and am so appreciative that you created this challenge, it really pushed me out of my comfort zone and i got to explore an entirely new au.

room & service -> business meets pleasure with celebrity bucky barnes -> bucky and reader are co-stars in a fake relationship in a hotel for their final comic-con together.

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Bucky has been doing interviews with Sam all day today.

You’ve been working together for six seasons and have both been to too many comic-cons to count. Every single one of them you and Bucky had been paired up to do interviews and photo-ops together.

A scripted piece of a scripted relationship. Agreed upon when your characters romance began to pick up popularity and designed to look perfect until the end.

Tomorrow an article with be released ‘leaking’ the details of your perfect break-up too. A source close to the both of you will comment that wrapping of the show and being forced to go long distance just wasn’t working for you two. The writer will supply photos of today, the two of you avoiding sitting near one another and not speaking. They’ll write that their source confirmed this convention is actually the first time you’ve seen each other in months.

Even more articles have already been planted periodically questioning whether the two of you were still together, generating buzz around the show and what happens between your characters. It’s a brilliant job, honestly.

Except, you and Bucky had been in a fake relationship for so long, it had begun to feel real. This distance between you two felt purposeful in a way that hurt you more than it ever should have.

Your assistant is supposed to go through your instagram soon and begin archiving posts and pieces of your fake life with Bucky. He’s been glaringly absent from your social media recently and it makes your heart ache at the idea of him being nonexistent.

Your fans have noticed too. You read comment after comment all asking the same thing; What happened to you and Bucky?

“Oh, Lucia! My dear, Lucia.” You bite down a grin at the sound of Bucky’s voice through your door. His words were filtered by the wall between you and a little slurred from the drinks he had no doubt consumed at the hotel bar. “Open the door, please.”

You lock your phone and lay it on the bed beside you. “I’m busy, Bucky! Go bother Sam.” You call back despite already walking towards the door.

“Bother Sam? On our last night together?” You can see Bucky smile teasingly though the peephole. Despite his joking tone the words hurt. “Four years together and this is how things end? Through a hotel room door?”

His fist comes up to bang against the door and a hand comes up to his heart. He’s putting on a show for you, fully away of your eye watching carefully through the peephole. “How much have you had to drink, Bucky Barnes?” You ask as the door remains closed.

Bucky holds his fingers up in a pinch too small to be true. “Not much.” When his hand falls back to his side he smiles up at the peephole. “Let me in, sweetheart. I’ve missed you.”

You melt, becoming putty in his hand as you quickly move to unlatch the door. “I’ve missed you too.” You admit to him, face to face, as you lean against the door jam.

A smirk replaces Bucky’s sweet smile as his hands reach out to grip your hips. “This break-up is tough on me, baby.” He pushes you into the room, kicking the door shut behind him. “One more night. One last time. You and me.”

“Shut up!” You force his hands off of you and turn towards the mini bar in your room. “You’re such a dweeb. I’m glad we’re breaking up.” You pull out the miniature bottle of wine and twist the top off.

Bucky’s hand slams across his chest as he falls against the wall in dramatic fashion. “You’re… Glad? My frail heart can’t take it,” he falls to his knees, “Please. Tell my mother, I loved her.”

You watch, unamused, as Bucky falls to the floor in front of you. “You’re obnoxious.” A beaming smile breaks out onto Bucky’s face that makes you grin.

“I was serious, about missing you.” Bucky moves to sit up with his back against the edge of your bed. You move to sit beside him on the floor. “These junkets and photos just aren’t the same without you by my side, cracking jokes in my ear.”

You rest your head against his shoulder. “Me too. I love Wanda, but it’s just not the same.” You admit quietly.

There’s so much that you want to say to him. What if this wasn’t fake? What if we didn’t go through with the break-up plan? “Did they send you our social media plan?” Bucky asks quietly.

“Yeah,” You swallow thickly, “I have my assistant going through my account for me soon. We’re supposed to start untagging and deleting photos of each other this week.”

Bucky snorts. “How fucking sweet. Four years together and they have us untag each other to confirm a break up.” His fingers tap against his thigh as the two of you sit on the carpeted floor together.

“Has it really been four years?” You ask quietly. It’s more of a question to yourself, but Bucky answers it with a nod anyways.

“My longest relationship ever and it was fake.” Bucky’s awkward laugh makes the air tense as he stares down at his hands. “I’ve wasted so much of my life. So many chances gone.”

You know the words aren’t said with ill intent, but that doesn’t stop the crack from forming in your heart. You can’t fathom the idea of all your time together, fake or not, being a waste.

Your eyes cut away from him in embarrassment. “Was it really all a waste?” You ask quietly. The words are unintentional, but that doesn’t change the fact that they’re out in the air.

“What?” You can feel his eyes settle on you in an attempt to read your face or body language, but a career in acting comes in handy. Your back is ramrod straight and your face turned away perfectly to hide the emotions in your eyes. “It was fake when we could have had something real with people we actually cared about.”

It’s a knife to your broken heart. “People we actually care about?”

“You know, like, other girls and guys who we wanted to pursue but couldn’t because of the contract.” Bucky reaches out to wrap a hand around yours, but you pull away. “I don’t understand what’s wrong here.”

You shake your head, the regret of your words settling over you. “Nothing. I’m just… It’s been a long day.” You use the edge of the bed to help you stand while Bucky remains on the floor, watching you in confusion. “I’m tired, you should go.”

“Woah. What’s this one-eighty?” Bucky stands too and follows you as you move around to gather your toothbrush and skincare. “Two seconds ago we were joking about a fake break-up and now you’re all quiet and weird? You expect me to just leave?”

“Please.” You plead. The last thing you want to do is dump all your feelings out to Bucky, on the last day you two were officially contracted to each other, and make him feel guilty for feeling free. “I just need to be alone, Buck.”

You move to push past him towards your bathroom, but Bucky’s hand wraps around your wrist. “Come on, sweetheart. Don’t do this closing yourself off thing.”

“I’m not.” You say stubbornly. “I’m tired.” You try again to move past him, but his grip only tightens as he forces you to actually face him. “Buck-“

“You can tell me, you know?” He says quietly as his grip slackens. Your eyes meet his, pools of blue staring back at you with something akin to hurt. “You can trust me. We’re best friends, right? You’re my-“

“You don’t have to lie to me, Bucky. Pretend to care. You can go back to the bar and…” You pull your hand from him and cross your arms over your chest. “And tomorrow we can start being with people we actually care about.”

Bucky’s eyes squeeze shut as his own words are repeated back and left out in the open between you two. “That’s not what I…”

“What did you mean then?” You cut him off. You want to sound angry, but your tone is sad and tired. “Enlighten me, please.”

“I just meant… I meant we could date who we wanted to date, I didn’t mean for it to sound so awful.” He answers quietly. “I care about you a lot. We’ve been friends for over half a decade, of course I care about you.”

You swallow thickly. “What if I don’t want to date anyone else?” You force yourself to ask. If not now, then when? Ten years from now at a reunion of your show? You couldn’t live with this what if.

“What?” Bucky’s hand falls from your wrist as he takes a step back like your words have burned him.

You push through the thundering of your heart and ringing in your ears to ask, “haven’t you ever thought about it? I mean, four years of just us, all those dates and premieres, was it really all just work for you?”

“I don’t know… I mean…” Bucky rubs a hand over his jaw as you stare at him expectantly. “Have you?”

“I asked the question I think that would imply…” You trail off as his answer weighs down on your mind. It feels like a no. No. No. No. It’s on repeat in your mind as you move to sit down on your bed. “After a while the dates and photos and sappy posts didn’t feel all that forced anymore.” You admit quietly.

Bucky paces silently in front of you. You’re unsure of what’s going through his mind as he does it and it’s all you can do to not tap anxiously as you watch.

“Why didn’t you say anything?” He finally asks when he finally pauses in front of you. You look up at him unsure of what to say. “I mean… When did you start…” He trails off like he doesn’t want the answer.

You look down at your hands in your lap. Despite your worries in telling Bucky you guess you had never truly thought of this conversation ending up this way. All these questions felt like Bucky preparing for a gentle rejection.

“I don’t know. After our second anniversary?” You keep your answer to him vague despite you being fully aware of when you started seeing Bucky differently. “That post you wrote for me that day. All the ones after. All of those words were fake?”

Your mind drifts to his words that day. The sweet and short caption had made butterflies erupt as you scrolled through the photos he had posted with it. Despite you both being required to post something, the photos he had chosen had been entirely genuine.

Pictures the two of you had taken together on set, selfies during your fake dates, and even a sweet set of photo booth pictures from your first premiere together.

You had stared at the post far too long as emotions rushed through you. Your heart raced at the idea of Bucky taking his time to pick photos that meant something to the both of you.

“I think that..” You shake your head in an attempt to rid yourself of the painful reminders. “I think you should go.” You stand up suddenly, your hands pushing gently at his chest.

Bucky’s eyes widen as his hands come up grip your arms in an attempt to stop you. “Woah. Let’s talk about this. I’m just trying to figure everything out.”

“Figure it out? What is there to figure out, Bucky?” You cry out, shoving harder. “If you don’t know how you feel then you should figure it out on your own.” You move past him to open the door.

Bucky follows after you hastily. “Sweetheart, wait, please. I just need a moment.” You grip his forearms tightly using Bucky’s own momentum against him as you guide him to the hallway outside your room. “I wasn’t expecting this. We have articles and photos and interviews planned about a break-up tomorrow.”

“I shouldn’t have said anything, Bucky.” The two of you are back where your night began. Opposite sides of the door as you stare, unsure of what to say. “Let’s just pretend this never happened, okay? The article will be published and we’ll confirm it and life will move on.”

The door slams shut in his face without warning, not giving him a chance to say anything else. You stare blankly at the ugly, green shade its painted in silence as you remind yourself; It was all fake. A script you had been given and followed to a tee. One you had gotten too caught up in.

You’re feelings don’t change the ending.

There’s a slow knock on your door. You suck in a breath as you move to open it an apology on the tip of your tongue.

“Bucky.” You’re cut off as his hands come up to rest on your cheeks and he pulls you towards him. Anything you had to say dissipates as his lips meet yours in a bruising kiss.

Your hands come up to grip his t-shirt tightly as you kiss him back your tongue slipping into his mouth while he pulls you flush against his body.

An arm wraps around your waist and Bucky pushes you back into your room, his foot kicking your door closed harshly.

The back of your knees hit the edge of your bed and you finally pull away to look at Bucky, but he speaks before you can say anything.

“Of course I’ve thought about it.” He breathes out. His eyes are wide with nerves and his cheeks flushed red. The sight of it mixed with his kiss makes your heart pound. “I’ve thought about kissing you for real, not in a room filled with crew and cameras. About what it would be like to be on a date where paparazzi hasn’t been tipped off. Baby,” his hands rest on your cheeks again as he forces your eyes to meet his, “I’ve thought about it all. What it would be like to be with you, to really be with you in every way. Sometimes it’s all I think about when we’re together.”

You take pause, your eyes widening and hands freezing in place as you listen to what he’s saying. “Why didn’t you say anything then? Why’d you just pace and ask me all those questions?”

“Because I’m an idiot.” He smiles brightly when you giggle. “Because I couldn’t believe you actually felt the same way. I was in shock.” He presses a gentle kiss to your lips.

You smile up at him softly. “What do we do about the article tomorrow?” You whisper your question.

You feel giddy with excitement as Bucky’s hands land on your hips to hold you in place, flush against him. “We deny it.”

“What about our managers?” Your smile doesn’t fade even as stress over the situation arises. “And…And our separate interviews tomorrow?”

“What are they gonna do? Fire us?” Bucky smiles. “We’ll tell them all about how in love we still are. That the source in the article was a dud and we’ve just been private recently as the show wraps.”

“We will?” You ask quietly. Your heart racing at his words. “You want to say all that?”

Bucky nods his head. “I do.”

You don’t say anything else he leans in for another kiss, you could worry tomorrow.

Bonus -> The Next Day

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yourinstagram the final season of our show premieres this weekend and we’re so excited for you all to see how it ends. the first photo is from tonight and the second from our first season! the past six years has brought me so much joy and i’m so grateful for everything this show has given me. most importantly though, i’m thankful for you, bucky barnes. my adrian to my lucia. my best friend. my lover. thanks for making this show so fun.

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samwilson we made a great show. love you guys.

buckyfan thought y’all were a pr stunt lmao

yourinstagram apparently you’re not supposed to really fall in love for those to work…

buckybarnes i am most grateful for you. you made work worth it every god damn day.

yourfan my favorite couple on and off the screen.

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notes -> this is my first ever time joining a writing challenge, it really pushed me to work through block and focus on this instead of letting is die out like i have with other projects despite liking them so much!

(hoping you guys don’t hate the extra instagram idea, i just felt it fit in!)

hopefully you enjoyed and if you did, reblogs are greatly appreciated!

#the hotel indigo writing challenge #bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes imagine #james bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes x you #bucky barnes x y/n #bucky barnes x f!reader

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luhasworks · 2 years

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i don't know how tumblr works, so here's the ao3 link for a better read

mc wants to give mephistopheles chocolates, but just buying them feels like there's less love put into it— not to mention the amount of... differences human world chocolate has than the devildom's.

"clone chocolates? so if you eat these then..?"

"you'll have a clone for a day, as the name suggests" barbatos finished the sentence and glanced beside him, watching mc look around for something a bit less magical to give.

"i do apologize for having you join me barbatos," mc starts, but barbatos grins and says it's the least he could do, saying that he's returning a favor.

"if you wish, we could go make some of our own. we could choose what to add based off of mephistopheles' preferences."

"you're right! as expected of you" turning their attention from a chocolate basket, and onto barbatos.

the human wishes that the brothers would be less attentive to what and where they were going today, but unfortunately one thing lead to another which lead total havoc amongst the residents of hol.

"the hell do you mean you're making chocolates for mephisto?? with barbatos??" mammon yells out, taking a step forward towards mc as the mortal was about to walk out of their home.

"you're lying, it's definitely for me, right mc?" asmo jumps, comically infront of mammon.

it was like watching a group of cats getting into a fight, getting louder and more violent as mc takes a few steps back.

"we should leave before they start to wonder if you're still here or not" barbatos suddenly appears and steadily grabs mc's arm, quickly dragging them away from the commotion.

"nothing new" mc laughs out, barbatos lets out a small smile of agreement and lets go of their arm so they can walk on their own.

"i suggest we make chocolates at the purgatory hall, i think luke and simeon would be of great help." the demon suggests.

nodding quickly, they make a turn to the agreed destination.

after a few rounds of trial and error, the chocolate was finally finished.

"that looks really good, but I'm a bit disappointed that i couldn't be of help with making it" solomon sighs out in disappointment, earning a small (but noticeable) flinch from simeon.

"but you gave lots of nice ideas, i'm really grateful, solomon." mc gives the sorcerer a line of assurance, and he smiles back.

"you should just leave it mephisto's batch here, mc! those demon brothers might eat it thinking it's for them" luke says, looking up at mc with full seriousness.

"that would help a lot, thank you, luke" mc pats the young angel's hat, which luke doesn't pay much mind to as he goes and puts the chocolates in the fridge.

"i actually made more, for everyone else" the human admits, everyone else in the room stops whatever they were doing to grin and give their thanks.

thinking back: the purgatory hall boys and barbatos enjoyed the chocolates, leaving a positive impact while mc sat down in a bench on rad grounds waiting for their lover.

slowly spacing out, mc takes a breather.

it was their first special day together, not dating too long ago. with everything that has happened, pre-romantic relationship and to where they've gotten now, it should be alright for something like this right? oh, but what if mephisto takes too long and the chocolates starts to melt— would he still take it?

plenty more thoughts came to mind, and mc physically shakes their head in a left or right manner, as if saying "no, i don't want to think to much about it"

"mmm" mc hears from beside them, hurriedly looking to see a very concerned mephistopheles.

"ah!—" mc lets an involuntary sound out, hoping that it didn't sound like they didn't want mephisto to see them right now.

"are you alright?" mephistopheles, quite out of character (though he promised to himself that he should learn to voice out his emotions once he started dating the exchange student), extends his arm to try and grab mc.

"it's nothing, it's nothing" mc repeats, but smiles at the demon's sign of affection.

mephistopheles retreats his arm and waits for mc to speak. the wind flows by, but despite at how it should've been really cold, both hearts present in that bench were warm and comfortable.

"i wanted to give you something.." mc's voice fades, and starts to open their bag.

presenting a neat box, mephistopheles glanced at it before looking at mc eye-to-eye again. his face showed that of question to fluster.

taking the box away from mc and holding it as if it were made of glass, he stares at the design for a bit. it was simple: light purple wrapping with white-markered drawn hearts on it, tied with a golden ribbon. attached to it was a note, as the demon tried to grab it, two hands stopped him.

"don't open that yet— read it when you're alone, I'm too embarrassed..!" avoiding his eyes, it was a cute sight to him.

he laughs over it for a while, wanting to tease, but he was quite curious as to what was inside both the box and letter.

he may have a couple of guesses, but one can never be too sure.

unwrapping the small box, he opens it to find chocolates. by the looks of it, it's most probably assorted.

"it's valentine's day, so i thought i'd get you something." mc moves closer, pointing some of them and telling him what's inside each one. the demon comes to realize that these were mostly his mentioned favorites.

he was truly grateful for the gift, but he turns his head and realizes how close the two of them are. he shouldn't be this nervous, but the couple have never been this close physically before. if mc were to look back at him then they would—

now it was his turn to shake those thoughts off his head.

"mind if i try one right now?" he asks, reaching over for one

"of course, but your gloves might get dirty if you use your fingers, here." mc quickly takes the chocolate and tries to feed it to him before realizing what they just did.

"I'm really sorry-! i got too excited, but don't worry my hands are clean" the human quickly speaks up, but mephisto grabs their wrist, and leans in to eat the chocolate.

"it's delicious" he compliments, blushing. but mc stays silent, wondering as to just what happened. were they dreaming? is this some sort of illusion?

now, they both were really close. one's leg leaned against the other's, his hand around their wrist— and them only being three inches apart from each other.

both don't want to let go, nor move away. but they were still in school, and there's a ninety-nine percent chance that someone's peering through the scene.

"i'll eat the rest later, i want to read the note right now.. but" he closes the box, standing up and offering his hand. the sitting mc looks at him, then at his outstretched hand.

"i wish to spend more time with you, so would you like to eat dinner with me?" despite it sounding like a question, mc knew that their boyfriend, of all beings, would never take no for an answer over something like this.

the human lets out a big smile and takes his hand, a physical indication of agreement.

"though, i am quite surprised that i haven't seen those brothers at all while we were here, not that i'm complaining" he mentions, looking around if one of his lover's roommates were glaring at him within the area. he squeezes mc's hand, and they squeeze back.

"the chocolates i gave them probably calmed them down a bit" mc guesses, but looks to see if mephisto's expression changed when they mentioned the other batches of chocolate.

he simply looks back at the human, knowing that his was made with a different kind of love. he was grateful for the chocolates, and for mc. the dinner is a small thank you, but he makes another promise to himself and starts to think of something else to return.

#fanfic #obey me #obey me x reader #omswd mephistopheles #obey me mephistopheles #mephistopheles x mc #obey me x reader fluff #luhasmephisto

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It’s That Time Again

More webcomic recs! (The first batch is here.)

Thank you for your submissions! I’d like to mention that all of these comics are queer and anybody who gives a shit about my opinion is probably also queer so like, all that shit goes without saying even if it’s not explicitly listed in the blurb from the authors. anyway let’s get right to it.

Brainchild By RelaxMammal

Brainchild is a story about paranormal phenomena, bad first impressions, wide-scale conspiracies, a whole bunch of mutants, and everything else your senior year of college can possibly throw at you. It is written and drawn by Suzanne Geary and updates on Sundays.

Brainchild’s equivalent rating is “TV-14” to “TV-MA” for profanity, drug and paraphernalia references, potentially violent/frightening imagery, and sexually suggestive scenarios. (Think “Adult Swim.”) Now imagine a scary voice telling you “VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED.”

Real nice dialogue, the art style and monster designs are super fun, and the plot is just starting to get rolling where the archive stops so now’s a great time to hop on I think!

https://brainchild.suzannegeary.com/

Into the Midnight City By cancan-jpg

Wyatt Finch has been a vampire for three months, and he’s just moved to The Midnight City - a town of ghosts and ghouls and magicians of all sorts! Together with Archibald Hawthorne (a soft-spoken gentleman detective) and Circe (an eccentric scientist witch), they solve magical misdeeds of all kinds, in a story about friendship, finding your destiny, and occasionally stopping for tea!

This one’s SO cute lmao. If you’re into Job Satisfaction you’ll probably like this one too, it’s more Pastel Victorian rather than Elegant Goth and significantly more saturday morning cartoon flavored.

https://intothemidnightcity.tumblr.com/

Ask the Ether By Mechandra

Ask the Ether is a slice-of-life comic primarily focused on three witches: Sable, Dax, and Meisha. Their stories center around their individual journeys to hone their magic, as well as balancing the struggles of being a young adult in a major metropolitan area. They all share common threads of having a difficult family background, being people of color deprived of their culture, and struggling to find an individual voice with their own witchcraft. All of the characters are LGBTQIA+.

This one’s a bit experimental compared to the others but honestly I loved it because I feel like it’s a good example of what a webcomic ought to be? One Weird Artist making things on their own terms, you can really feel the fingerprints on it. Starts out as more of a strip, keep reading for bigger stories! Stellar dialogue, really fun and dynamic art, also funny in a genuine sort of way that’s kind of rare in comics.

https://www.asktheether.com/

and now for a segment called Baby Comics With Archives Too Small To Make A Call About That I Think You Should Follow Anyway

Red Sky at Morning By Seaside-Cave

After a capture gone wrong leaves their fates quite literally entangled, a pirate captain and a mermaid must traverse a vibrant and diverse world to find answers – though the hardest challenge might be putting up with each other.

Red Sky at Morning is a queer story about fish puns, self-discovery, and proving your place in the world.

Can’t talk about the comic rn obviously BUT I will say I followed this artist instantly after I saw this unrelated short comic they made, for reasons that are probably obvious if you’ve been here for more than five minutes lmao. Really looking forward to getting my teeth in this one!

https://redskyatmorningcomic.tumblr.com/

There You Ain’t! By Garagoose

When a powerful relic goes missing in the wild west of Bouquet, bounty hunters Grey and Blajo, along with saloon owner Posie and wanted outlaw Eustace, find themselves swept into a struggle to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.

Using movie ratings as a reference, I’d rate this comic somewhere around the PG end of a PG-13 rating, for various events of gun and magic-related violence, a bit of foul language, and mild body horror later on.

listen, i’ve been following garagoose since the fuckin dacademy days and i gotta say i’m just psyched they’re finally making a comic hehe

https://thereyouaint.com/

Honorable Mention that doesn’t really need the advertisement is the comics on Skelehime because I read them and they kicked my ass.

also mine! read my goddamn comic

Kidd Commander

It’s a world at the mercy of uncaring gods, and Phineas Kidd is a heretic with a chip on her shoulder and enough fury to outshine a supernova. Armed only with aggressive enthusiasm (and an explosive left hook), Phineas sets out to gather up a merry crew and travel to Kairos Crossing to catch the sun, an urban legend that has tempted countless dreamers to a bloody end.

Kidd Commander is a romantic comic that’s mostly concerned with ambitious characters doing cool anime stuff while being subjected to trauma and dealing with said trauma! Rated T for lots of (cartoon) violence and swearing, and a good deal of irreverence for topics some folks might prefer to leave revered. If any of that sounds like it might make you uncomfortable this comic may not be suitable for you!

http://kiddcommander.com/

If you’d like a comic (yours or otherwise) to end up in one of these, send me an ask or whatever and I’ll add it to my list of stuff to check out! The only requirements I have are I’d prefer for it to be a bit lesser known and it needs to be accessible in places other than tapas or webtoon because I am physically and emotionally incapable of engaging with either of those sites lmao. Happy reading!

#recommend comics other than questionable content 2k21

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I hope this isn't as stupid of a question as I'm worried it is but hi. How do you make a website to host a webcomic? Do most people use wordpress, or something else? Should I learn how to code (well that's probably a relative question. I guess what I mean is, do most people who make webcomics know how to code a website?) Thank you for literally any information you give.

This is not a stupid question. It’s a great one, and one I’m thinking of myself because I’ve been procrastinating on rebuilding the Saffron site in forever, since mine is slightly cursed. The tl;dr answers to your questions are

1. Something like one in three websites are Wordpress, and it’s what I use. Hiveworks has their own just-for-webcomics platform that I have no been impressed with, and I’ve heard talk of Grawlix but I’m not familiar with it right now. Wordpress itself is free, and a site will need a domain name (Which costs ten bucks a year) and hosting (which is like 15 bucks a month).

2. With Wordpress, at least, you do not need to learn to code. Most webcomic creators know very little about coding, actually. You can simply install the Comic Easel plugin which automates everything for you.

3. You also don’t strictly need to learn CSS, but I’d strongly recommend bookmarking the W3Schools CSS Tutorial so that if you want to move something to the left you can figure out how and learn CSS piecemeal. This will help you make your site look nice.

4. My Wordpress site uses the ComicPress theme and the ComicEasel plugin. I do not recommend using the ComicPress theme (it’s outdated and looks shit on phones and I need to change it), but the ComicEasel plugin is free and automates the webcomic process. (Frumph, who made it, is the most important person in webcomics you’ve never heard of.)

Just to give you some context for how a Pro Like Me does it, right now, when I look into the site’s back-end, it looks like this

The comic easel plugin adds a “Comics” tab where I can add a comic.

Opening one up, I set the featured image to the actual comic page, then add the text beneath the comic and the hover text, and then tell Comic Easel what chapter this is and what characters are in it.

The plugin automagically puts everything in my archive, which I place on the comic-archive page with the shortcode [comic-archive thumbnail=1]

If I tag a character in a comic, they appear in this little cast page that used to be under each strip but I moved to the side literally just now. Hovering over the image gives a pop-up with the character’s name and a little bio, as well as links to their first and most recent appearance.

Clicking on the box will take you to a special archive that only shows you the pages with that character on them.

(And also, while there’s no link to such, I can type saffroncomic.com/character/crunch+liri/ into the address bar to see only pages with both Crunch and Liri).

Every single comic easel site has this character tagging functionality built-in and the only site I’ve ever seen that actually uses it is Dumbing Of Age, which is also a comic easel site (despite being a hiveworks comic) and which I stole some ideas from (though they use tags instead of the actual character section, and the specific way I do it was stolen from Grrl Power at Frumph’s suggestion). This is because I needed a little CSS to make it work as nicely as it does

Good lord what is that ad

The Saffron and Sage site has about 172 lines of artisanal hand-written CSS. Fortunately, CSS is not as scary as it looks. Fully half of it is some variant of

.character-liri { background: url('https://www.saffroncomic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/LiriIcon-smol.webp') top center no-repeat; }

Which is just “Here’s the image to use for Liri on the character sidebar” repeated for a bunch of characters. You can also edit the CSS here to see the changes in real time in the preview! And that’s how you make a site that looks kewl and nice on desktop

“But what about on phones?”

Ah, you see, the thing is, *runs away*

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bruce wayne week day 2: gala rated T, no archive warnings apply, tagged: past bruce wayne/harvey dent, implied/referenced violence, brief suicide mention

how was it, bruce thought to himself, that he could withstand torture both physcial and mental without any lasting damage, but the one thing that had him trembling and ready to crawl out of his own skin was an itchy suit?

he’d grown out of them, was the thing. when he was young, alfred had ensured that he’d always dressed properly for any occasion, be that a wedding or charity event or board meeting. before that, his parents—well. they had made sure bruce was presentable enough for their friends to pinch bruce's cheeks instead of awkwardly patting his shoulder.

but now, newly returned to gotham with a thousand new scars and a hardened grip, bruce realized he had lost his tolerance for finely pressed and ironed fabric. none of his old suits had come remotely close to fitting him, and alfred had manhandled him in front of a mirror to take measurements, sending them off to his favourite tailor. bruce thought he'd cried out all the tears his body had left to give the day he came home, hugging alfred's frail body far too tight, but his eyes still managed to get all hot and uncomfortable when alfred's fingers hesitantly mapped the broad expanse of his shoulders, trying so hard to ignore the slashes, the stabs, the burn marks, the brands.

his shoes were too loose, the pointed style apparently a new trend in the gotham elite. bruce and alfred had worked on a pair of dress shoes together, ones that wouldn't fall off the minute bruce moved at anything more intense than a brisk walk, but bruce still longed for the comfort of his thick-soled boots.

those same shoes were tapping on the ground, making far too much noise, but bruce forced himself to take a breath and let the flower-scented artificial spray calm him down. logically, it made no sense at all, but bruce had always placed gotham on pause in his mind. he'd expected to come back older and harder and fiercer to find gotham exactly the same, waiting patiently just for him.

instead, bella revero had cut her hair and dyed it blonde, and was wearing a long, flowing, glittering pantsuit instead of a long, flowing, glittering gown. tom thompson's hair was a healthy salt and pepper when bruce left, but now the man was two tufts away from being completely bald. thicky-applied makeup somehow accentuated wrinkles instead of hiding them, no manner of well-cut suits could hide a growing potbelly, none of the waiters that had given bruce snacks and orange juice were working anymore, and most everyone bruce remembered being roughly his age had moved far, far away from this wretched hole of a city.

there were times when bruce slapped himself upside the head for the absolutely moronic decision to come back to gotham and announce ta-daaa! not dead! he should have just been batman and let bruce wayne's useless name and dishonored legacy be swallowed up by gotham.

footsteps behind him. bruce had tuned out most of his training, knowing that it would only hinder him as brucie wayne, only make him look suspicious. but he'd kept a basic background awareness, unable to turn that off, and these thuds were heading right for him. bruce tensed, his false smile probably turning brittle, two seconds away from whirling around and grabbing his attacker's arm so hard, the bone would shatter.

a heavy hand slammed down onto his shoulder, but right before bruce made a move, a voice spoke right next to his ear, smooth and low and capable of making his entire body relax without any input from him whatsoever.

"what the actual hell are you doing here, you motherfucker?"

"harvey," bruce sighed, turning around to give the man a relieved smile. "thank god. i thought i'd have to go through this all by myself. you didn't tell me you were coming?"

harvey's mouth pulled into a painful grin, one that didn't look the least bit friendly, and there was a bulging vein on his temple, a nervous tick that bruce knew he didn't have before.

"you alright there, harv? you're looking a little—," bruce gestured vaguely to harvey's face, "—red."

harvey's grip on bruce's shoulder tightened, fingers digging into muscle and sending painful twinges up bruce's shoulder, and bruce tried not to show his surprise. he was two seconds from shoving off harvey's hand himself, but just decided to grit and bear it. harvey wouldn't ever hurt him.

"you have been gone," harvey said, enunciating every word, "for years. i didn't know where you were. i didn't know if you were ever coming back. then i hear that you're home from a goddamn newspaper, and you just showed up to this party without telling anyone."

"i was on the guest list," bruce pointed out, automatically putting up a simplified version of his brucie wayne facade. he widened his eyes, putting a little cluelessness into the fluttering of his eyelashes, just enough to keep his cover in case anyone was recording him, just enough so harvey believes him.

"what the fuck are you doing with your eyes," harvey said flatly.

so apparently harvey knew him better than he thought.

"look, harv, i was gonna call you, i really was—"

"i thought you were dead," harvey hissed, and his best friends eyes have more lines on them than bruce remembered and he doesn't have to tip his head up just to see harvey laugh anymore and there's too much broken love in harvey's voice for them to be standing in between a gilded trash can and a spiked bowl of punch.

"harvey,,," bruce started, not knowing exactly where to go from there. he'd taught himself to prepare for any possible attack, any possible conspiracy or unmasking or targeted hit, but he'd completely forgot about his own friend. he'd forgotten he had a friend.

luckily or unluckily, harvey interrupted him before he had the chance to fumble his words. "i thought you were dead, i thought my best friend had finally fucking followed through with what i tried so hard for years to stop."

it hit bruce like a punch to the gut. he wasn't aware harvey had ever been trying.

"and now,,, what? you're just fine? you're dressed like a poser and your hair's all neat and trimmed and you're smiling at people like the only thing you care about is getting into their pants. plus, that's the fourth glass you've had tonight."

"we're already an hour in," bruce replied automatically.

"we're only an hour in," harvey said.

there was a pause. not an uncomfortable one, because it had been years since him and harvey were ever uncomfortable with each other. it was like harvey couldn't decide whether or not to reach out and strangle bruce for worrying him or break down for hurting him or hug him for coming back home.

bruce couldn't tell him. harvey worked too closely with commissioner gordon; daring bruce to steal mary jane from the principal's stash and shotgunning it out of his mouth was leagues away from keeping the secret that bruce was a dangerous, trained vigilante from everyone he knew.

"it's okay, harvey," bruce said, his voice completely sincere for the first time this night. "i found other ways to cope."

"i don't like those other ways," harvey sneered, eyes the glass in bruce's hand.

"other ways," bruce said. "you don't have to worry. i'm fine."

the photographer for the gotham gazette had snapped a picture of him entering, and no one would notice if he left now. bruce wayne couldn't be beating up pedophiles in the narrows if bruce wayne was getting drunk at a high-class gala. he'd planned to leave three hours in, a respectable amount of time, but meeting harvey had thrown him off balance.

he brushed past harvey, heading towards the butler's exit in the back of the ballroom. "enjoy the party!" he called behind him as he left, eyes wide again, clueless and fluttering and oh-so blind to the devastated way harvey watched him leave.

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heather-ouo · 2 years

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Experiment accidental and tug war

Theresa Apocalypse x HoC! scientist! Gender neutral! Reader

Warning!: no proofread, grammar problem, near threatening situation,

Stuff to remind in case you dont know

HoC ( Herrscher of Creation), c/n ( code name ),

Part 2, part 3, part 4 | coming up |

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“ Overseer im pretty sure is not “ bring your granddaughter to work day despite you are here with her in a lab coat.”

You gave him a smirk as the overseer asked his “granddaughter” to wait for them in another room.

“ Joke aside (c/n) you think i didn’t notice? Theresa has been coming to this lab more than usual, aside her weapon or her injuries and you who happens to be the first person i show her to.”

The overseer give you the serious look while summoned out Judgment of Shamash which is shifted by Void archives

“ Cool down Otto think the other way, that midget is been bothering me for the past months! Her Judah, the manga, Battlesuits, the problem with her height, and clinging on me whenever she gets the chance!”

You put your hands up try to calm the Overseer as he pointed the gun against your head.

That remind the Overseer the day he show Theresa to you and it only take few mins until the clone was clinging on you not wanted to go back and the comics or what you called the manga, Theresa’s bookcase is full of them Otto winced at the thought of manga letting the gun shift back and disappear in the air.

Needless to say he make you Theresa personal technician and healer maybe he should find a maid, already have one in mind.

“ Calm down? Great, what’s the problem this time?”

The scientist pray in their mind anything, but letting the midget stay? This is a disaster to your work.

“ I need you to babysit Theresa again, l have negotiation with the president to build The Babylon labs.”

The Theresa part cause you to fall off your chair.

“ AGAIN?! OTTO SHE’S A WALKING DISASTER IN THIS LAB! A FREAKING DISASTER!”

You waved your hands out then pointed at one of your creations which is broken due to a somebody messed it up.

“ Grandpa? Y/n?.. i heard some yelling is everything okay?”

A white haired girl poke her head in.

“ Ah.. my dear Theresa you come in the right timing”

Otto turned around to look at the girl.

“ l will be away for somewhere a month while im away don’t cause a disaster in the lab alright? ”

Otto tell the white haired girl while walking away.

“ OTTO YOU ARE PAIN IN THE NECK! I SWEAR TO HONKAI WILL! ”

You rapidly followed Otto as Theresa followed you out, Otto who is almost near the gate y/n summoned out a portal and throw balls of papers into in causing the Overseer buried in balls of papers.

The scientist pick up Theresa like a bag of potatoes running away while the Overseer tried to get out in balls of papers.

“ Ha ha! That was fun isn’t Teri?

You run while Theresa is in your arm running in direction of you resting room where you put all the comics and mangas just in case they wont caught up in fire.

“ Buried Grandpa with paper? Sure is but i wanna see you creation!”

“ Teri you’re banned from my creation lab no matter what you say.” You quickly argued back before anymore disaster or explosion to your beloved creation.

“ Please? (Y/n) just one last time! I wanna see the that battlesuit with bunny ears!”

“ just this once and don’t enter my lab without my permission unless is an emergency.”

You pull out your lab card to the scanner with a bleep sound then the iron door open.

* * Swish * *

The scientist and the clone walked into the lab battlesuits in the transparent containers, blue prints on the desk, some weird looking liquid in the tube, weird pink purple-ish liquid in some Beakers.

Theresa were staring at the breaker which is secure contain in the transparent box with a sign ‘HANDS OFF! ESPECIALLY OTTO AND TERI’

“ I know that look Teri come on that battlesuit is almost done ”

You guided Theresa away from that container.

. .

. . .

After you finished showed Theresa the battlesuit which in the future called ‘ magic girl Teri Teri’ you let the clone go back to the resting room trusted her wont do anything, you went back where you left out on the broken creation.

Soft click sound and rusty eee sound behind you until….

* * Smash! * *

* * thud! * *

The scientist rapidly turned found the clone passed out on the cold ground, you looked up and found the container with sign are opened. “ THERESA! ”

* * TANK! TANK! * *

Sound of footsteps rushing against the small holes in the floor, you carried fainted out Theresa in bride style hurried to the infirmary letting nurse taking care of her.

(y/n) went back to the lab picking up the remaining of the breaker cutting your hand in the process but you dont give a damn. Looking at the label of the breaker something clicked in your mind, the liquid inside with temporary growth is specifically made for Theresa.

. .

. . .

Wait growth?

Oh no

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Gonna get back to TikTok eheh

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Part 2, part 3, part 4 | coming up |

#Honkai impact #Theresa x reader #Honkai fanfic #Honkai x reader #Honkai impact x reader

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I’m not going to reply to the original ask, it was a little too long (look, sometimes I am watching out for your guys’ dashes! 😂) and the quotes selected aren’t really relevant to the answer, because there are two things at play here: 1. The big, thorny discussion of Star Wars “lore”. Like, I cannot even begin to describe what a pain in the ass it is to try to set up the structure of a discussion--are we taking books written in 2010, before TCW was even finished, on the same level as GL’s commentary? That’s not a snide question, it’s a genuine query about the structure of the discussion. (And it’s setting aside the question of whether or not to include word of god commentary at all, because it’s perfectly valid not to! But this is a discussion about GL’s word of god commentary, so it’s going to include it.) 2. Attachment is not the same thing as love or connection with others. Attachment is the specific clinging, grasping inability to live without the other person for your sake, rather than for theirs. It’s about your happiness at having them in your life, rather than them being happy. It’s about how you would rather burn down the galaxy to keep them than you would rather live without them. Attachment absolutely is a path to the dark side, that’s explicitly stated by word of god commentary. That’s just how it works in Star Wars. A quote from Star Wars Archives: “[Jedi Knights] do not grow attachments, because attachment is a path to the dark side. You can love people, but you can’t want to possess them. They’re not yours. Accept that they have a fate. Even those you love most are going to die. You can’t do anything about that. Protect them with your lightsaber, but if they die they were going to die, there’s nothing you can do. All you can do is accept that fact. “In mythology, if you go to Hades to get them back you’re not doing it for them, you’re doing it for yourself. You’re doing it because you don’t want to give them up. You’re afraid to be without them. The key to the dark side is fear. You must be clean of fear, and fear of loss is the greatest fear. If you’re set up for fear of loss, you will do anything to keep that loss from happening, and you’re going to end up in the dark side. That’s the basic premise of Star Wars and the Jedi, and how it works. “That’s why they’re taken at a young age to be trained. They cannot get themselves killed trying to save their best buddy when it’s a hopeless exercise.” –George Lucas Attachment, when Star Wars uses it, is not a good or healthy thing, so this whole conversation about how “the Jedi should allow attachments!” is disagreeing with how the world of SW functions, it’s saying that the Jedi should be on a path to the dark side then, that they should be willing to kill anyone in their path just to find a way to stop death from happening because they don’t want to live without the person. That’s why the Jedi forbid attachment, because it’s unhealthy and dangerous for them as space psychics and can hurt a whole lot of people. What they don’t forbid is caring about people, loving people, even specific people. I mean, nobody looks at Obi-Wan and Anakin in the movies or TCW, sees how they genuinely care about and love each other very specifically, and says that that’s bad or that they’re too close, their teaching system includes a specific Master and Apprentice combination that naturally lends itself to caring about that specific person and nobody ever says they’re not allowed or that it’s bad. Even in ROTS, when Obi-Wan says he can’t kill Anakin specifically, Yoda doesn’t say that Obi-Wan shouldn’t care, but instead recognizes that care and says that Anakin’s gone. He even tries to keep Obi-Wan from the pain of seeing the security footage because he knows Obi-Wan cares very much about Anakin specifically and never indicates that that’s an inherently bad thing. What they do say is that being a Jedi is a commitment on par with a marriage to this life and you can’t have two marriages, because you can’t be wholly committed to two things. And you should be committed to your spouse, if you’re going to marry them! You should be able to prioritize your life around them! You should be able to make decisions based on your relationship with them! But Jedi are put in situations where they have to be completely neutral and, if they fall prey to being willing to do anything to prioritize someone, then that can really hurt people. And this isn’t just romantic relationships, either! For example: In Master and Apprentice, Rael Averross has become attached to Princess Fanry, to the point that he doesn’t see her for who she really is, he’s willing to nearly fuck over literal millions of people, to disenfranchise them out of their ability to vote, because he wants Fanry to be happy, because his feelings about her (and his unresolved issues with the death of his Padawan) led him to prioritize her feelings over his duty. And those people were counting on him to be responsible to them. The bio-families thing is separate from this discussion--for one, it’s putting biological relationships as the most important solely for being biological, like it doesn’t matter that the Jedi raised them as their family, it’s more important who their blood relatives are? And, second, they do know that information, there’s a Jedi Knight who is perfectly well aware of their family in Heir to the Jedi. Or things like--where was it said in TCW or the movies that Anakin wasn’t allowed to talk to Shmi because the Jedi said no? Yes, I’m aware that some Legends books say that, but that circles us back to, “Do you put a 2003 novel on the same level as George Lucas’ canon and commentary? Are we discussing the relationship between GL’s commentary and the source material he created OR are we talking about how consistent other authors’ supplementary material is to GL’s commentary?” Ultimately, within the content that GL produced (the six movies + TCW), the Jedi are consistent with GL’s commentary about what attachment is and what it isn’t and how they act. And sometimes supplementary material are not always going to be consistent with what GL put out, especially because GL himself was extremely clear that he wasn’t really super involved with the books and comics.

#jedi order #attachment #george lucas #meta #long post

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ending-the-cycle-ask · 3 years

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Did we forget about the Red String password or was it solved? It could give us good info about the Pocket Watches.

It has been solved. But I’ve been very adamant about wanting anyone who wishes to participate to figure out the password on their own. The password will never be put up in a post, reply, reblog, anything, and anyone who tries to spoil the mystery will have their comments deleted. The archive is extra content, a reward for those who would really like to engage with the story and willing to solve the puzzle to get more out of it, not something given to the general public of the blog after one person figures it out, like we’ve done in the past. Reading the archive is not required to understand or enjoy the rest of the story, but if you really want to get in, I recommend going through @alterrune’s posts on the subject. They managed to figure out the puzzle, and put together a few little hints to help other followers figure it out as well :) I wish you luck on figuring out the puzzle, should you choose to continue searching for the solution, I’m of the opinion that the reward at the end is thoroughly worth it, if you are a big fan of the story telling in this comic ^^

-Mod Mello 🗝

#askmodmello

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makeste · 3 years

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an index of Horikoshi Kouhei interviews

these are organized by date, oldest to newest, and I’m including a brief bullet-point summary of each to make it easier to look up specific interviews by content.

also, please note that although I haven’t spoiler tagged this post, the interviews from roughly 2019 onwards include some spoilers, so please watch out for those if you’re anime-only or otherwise not caught up with the manga. that said, the other interviews I think are all good.

putting this below a cut to keep things tidy.

interview with Horikoshi Kouhei and Kishimoto Masashi, May 2015

(note: this is not the actual interview word-for-word, but includes the highlights)

Horikoshi talks about being a fan of Naruto when he was growing up

Horikoshi says he was inspired by the way Kishimoto shows emotion through drawing hands, and that he loves drawing hands thanks to Naruto

Horikoshi mentions that Gaara is his favorite character and that he really liked the Chuunin Exam arc

Kishimoto praises BnHA and says he knew it would be a hit when he read the second chapter

they talk a bit about the worldbuilding and the process of creating a story where 80% of the population has superpowers

they discuss Naruto and Sasuke’s rivalry and Horikoshi mentions that he found it “frustrating” and that he really liked the Valley of the End and thought it would be the end of the series. he says it was very emotional

they talk a little about the stress of writing manga and about the toll it takes on mental health

pre-anime interview, April 2016

talks about his reaction when he found out BnHA was getting an anime

talks about how the series originally came about

says that BnHA is the story of Izuku and All Might and that their story is the “vertical axis” which runs through the main story

says there is also a “horizontal axis”, which is the side characters and quirks and all of the other elements that he considers to be the “fun part” of the story which mellows out the darker aspects of the vertical axis

mentions that he really likes drawing and writing Bakugou

mentions Deku vs Kacchan 1 as one of the early highlights in the series for him

talks about Ochako being someone who has a more cheerful relationship with Deku, which balances out some of the heavier aspects of Deku and Katsuki’s relationship (again, horizontal vs vertical axis)

mentions that if he could pick any quirk he’d pick a “no need for sleep” quirk

talks about reading Dragon Ball as a child

mentions that he really likes American comic book heroes, especially Spider-Man

mentions Goku and Spider-Man as the two that come to mind when he thinks about heroes and what it means to be a hero (specifically, that Goku is the “win” aspect and that he brings reassurance to everyone, while Spider-Man is the “save” aspect who helps other people)

talks about hearing Deku and Bakugou’s voices in the anime for the first time, as well as Ochako, Iida, and All Might’s voices

another pre-anime interview with konomanga.jp, April 2016

(note: this interview is in Japanese, but Google translate does a servicable job with it)

talks more about Spider-Man, including his favorite costumes and comic artists

gives some American comic book recs

mentions that he likes Godzilla and Gamera and always goes to see those movies

talks about his Star Wars influences

talks about his favorite manga as a child -- Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto

talks about becoming a manga artist, and about some of his influences

says that he likes drawing monsters, creatures, and villains, and says that he really liked drawing the panel where Tomura made his first appearance at USJ

talks a little about composition and frame movement in his work, and about the challenges of drawing a weekly manga

mentions that he knows what the story ending will be, but hasn’t yet figured out how to connect the dots to that point

interview with Horikoshi Kouhei and Umakoshi Yoshihiko in BnHA: Ultra Archive, May 2016

(note: Umakoshi is the anime character designer for BnHA. also, this interview was part of the Ultra Archive character book, so you’ll have to scroll a bit through its other contents in order to get to the interview.)

they talk about the process of creating the BnHA anime and sketching out all of the character designs. Horikoshi says the anime character model sheets look just like how he draws them

they talk about Horikoshi’s obsession with drawing hands lol. Horikoshi mentions that the way Mike Mignola (the creator of Hellboy) draws hands was a big influence

they talk a lot about art and drawing in general

Horikoshi talks about Ochako’s character design a bit

they talk about the differences between drawing manga and doing animation

Umakoshi talks about his first impressions of BnHA

Horikoshi mentions that he still has a lot of ideas for characters and quirks that he hasn’t been able to implement yet

they talk about the different character designs and which ones they find easy, difficult, and fun to draw

they talk for a fair amount of time about Iida’s character design

Umakoshi talks a bit about other anime he’s worked on

they talk about the character of All Might, and Horikoshi ominously says that All Might’s future will be “a fairly sad affair”

interview with Natalie Comics, June 2018

talks about the 4th anniversary of BnHA, and the release of BnHA: Two Heroes

talks about the Basement internship arc and mentions that it was challenging for him to write

talks about the question “what is a hero?” and how he defines heroes

mentions Mina, Sero, and Shouji as characters he would like to/plans to feature in the future, and mentions that he already has a story planned featuring Shouji

talks about the popularity of the series

talks a little about Koike-san, his first editor

talks about Two Heroes and its development and story

talks about club activities at U.A., and which clubs Deku and Katsuki would be in

talks about his mom and about some of his childhood experiences which inspired scenes in the manga

talks about why he became a mangaka

talks about what percentage of the series is completed, mentions the original planned length was about 30 volumes but that it has obviously surpassed that

mentions that he has an idea of how the last arc will be planned out

interview with Horikoshi and Eiichiro Oda, August 2018

Horikoshi talks about being a fan of One Piece and mentions he even sent artwork to Oda which was included in one of Oda’s galleries

they talk more about OP and about favorite arcs and how it’s influenced Horikoshi’s work

Oda compliments Horikoshi’s art and they talk about cover artwork and coloring (Horikoshi mentions he uses Photoshop)

Horikoshi talks a bit about BnHA Two Heroes

Horikoshi again mentions that he originally thought BnHA would be about 30 volumes (Oda says he should shoot for 50 but Horikoshi laughs and says he’s not sure he can do ten years)

they talk about how fucking long OP is and how manga stories tend to expand once the story starts taking off

Interview with Anime News Network at SDCC, August 2018

talks about his love of American comics, especially Spider-Man, and says that American comics are a lot more mainstream in Japan nowadays thanks to all the superhero movies

talks about how he got started as a manga creator

talks about being inspired by Dragon Ball, and that All Might in particular was inspired by Goku

talks a bit about the process of creating characters

talks about Bakugou’s popularity and that it took him by surprise at first

mentions that he doesn’t have the stamina for BnHA to be a long series like One Piece

interview with Cinema Today Japan, December 2019

(update: here is the link to @hanashimas‘ translation which is more accurate)

talks about Deku and Bakugou’s characters and their attributes

mentions that at the start of the story Bakugou thinks Deku is above him, so he tries to act intimidating and superior to overtake him

(ETA: apparently this is a mistranslation; he actually says that he intended for Bakugou to be a character who was “above” Deku so to speak, who Deku would eventually surpass. he then goes on to talk about his realization that Bakugou could actually have a much more interesting character arc, which of course we have since seen play out.)

mentions that he planned to have Bakugou and Deku improve on two separate vectors as they entered U.A.

mentions Deku vs Kacchan 1 as a turning point where he had some realizations about Bakugou’s character that humanized him for him

mentions that he always knew Bakugou wouldn’t turn evil and “would never lose to the darkness”

says the scene where Katsuki takes Kirishima’s hand at Kamino was bittersweet because it showed Bakugou’s growth, but also showed the ongoing gulf between him and Deku because Deku knew that Katsuki wouldn’t take his hand

mentions that Bakugou still needs to apologize to Deku

says that Kirishima, Kaminari, and Mina are among the easiest characters for him to draw because they take the initiative and get the other characters excited and help pull the story forward

mentions that he always hears Nobu’s voice in his head now when writing Bakugou

talks about the characters being high school kids still, and that when he expanded on their families he was conscious of that -- “I wanted to show that these protagonists are still children after all”

interview in Volume R (booklet that was released along with Heroes Rising), December 2019

talks again about his manga influences and what inspired him to become a mangaka

talks about the experience of getting his first manga published

talks about what inspired him to write BnHA

has an interesting quote where he talks about the vaguely desperate feeling of “trying one last time”, which was weighing on his mind when he created BnHA, and which also played into Deku’s motivations in the first chapter

mentions All Might as being a character that he’s attached to

talks about his reactions to the anime, the overseas popularity, and the first movie

talks about his heavy involvement in the production of Heroes Rising

talks about designing and creating the bad guys for Heroes Rising

talks about the creation and character design of Hawks and mentions that the original character design was going to have a bird head lol

mentions that Hawks will have a relatively big influence on the story in the future

talks about how the ending of Heroes Rising was his original planned ending for the series

talks about Bakugou’s character development which leads up to that moment

talks about the conclusion of the series, and that all of the characters will come together in the end

interview with all of the past editors of the BnHA manga, March 2021

(note: this is another interview that’s not translated word for word, but summarized. also this interview was with just the editors, not Horikoshi himself.)

they talk about the early reception to the manga, and Horikoshi’s reactions

they talk about the individual moments early on when they realized that the series would be “amazing”

Yoritomi mentions that Horikoshi came up with the designs for most of the Billboard Top 10 pro heroes at the last minute lol

including Hawks (all Horikoshi had decided on prior was that he was going to be “cool” and would be a spy)

everyone praises Horikoshi’s character designs in general

they talk about the start of the anime and that whole process

they mention that Horikoshi cried watching both of the movies

they talk about the overseas popularity of the series

each editor lists their favorite episode of the anime

they talk about Horikoshi sacrificing his original manga ending to be used in Heroes Rising

they talk about that one ending theme song in season 4 that showed the pro heroes’ childhoods, and that Horikoshi had the anime team change Hawks’s to match the backstory he had planned

they talk about the upcoming season 5 and send final messages to the fans

interview in the MHA Drawing Smash Exhibition Pamphlet, April 2021

Horikoshi talks about the art in the exhibition and about the process of creating the artwork

he mentions that the piece with Deku rescuing a falling Ochako took the longest to draw

he says the drawing of All Might was the most fun to draw for him

that’s pretty much it, this one is very short lol

interview in Jump GIGA Spring 2021, April 2021

talks about which characters will play an important role in the final act. specifically mentions Hawks, Ochako, Shouji, Shinsou, Monoma, and Sero

“many characters’ actions will converge into a single one, so maybe the best way to say it would be ‘keep an eye on all of them!’“

says that for Hawks’s flashbacks and the Todoroki family’s past, he was influenced by Sion Sono’s works

mentions that the drawing of Deku and Ochako from the MHA Drawing Smash exhibit isn’t directly related to the main story, but that while drawing it he kept in mind how their relationship would develop if he explored it deeper

says he had the final act (or at least the chapter 306 reveal part of it) vaguely planned for a long time, but started to think about the specifics in volume 21 during the Endeavor vs High-End fight

says he’s already decided on the ending, and that “the path to it has been longer than I initially expected, but the main elements that I’ve decided before starting the series are still the same”

Q&A trivia from Vol. W World Heroes’ Mission, August 2021

(and alternate translation by aitaikimochi)

talks about All Might not having many friends among the pro heroes (but says he’s become “slightly attached” to Aizawa since he started teaching at U.A.)

describes what Bakugou, Tsuyu, and Mineta’s rooms look like

talks about Jirou and Momo’s relationship and the kind of things they like to talk about when they hang out together

says that Shouji’s face will eventually be revealed, and that he is “not sure” about Hagakure’s :’)

talks about the types of YouTube videos Shouto watches (pretty insightful answer which is equal parts sweet and sad)

says that Midnight’s classes were the most popular among the students

says U.A.’s robots once rebelled against their creators (lol wtf)

says his three favorite movies are Akira, The Ring, and Spider-Man: Far From Home. he says Akira in particular is his bible

and that’s it for now, but I will update this post with future interviews as they are posted, and if anyone has links to an interview I’ve missed please let me know.

#horikoshi kouhei #horikoshi kouhei interview #bnha #boku no hero academia #bnha reference #makeste reads bnha

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Your Words Aren’t Real (So Why Do They Hurt So Much?) by SuperSilverSpy

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Dick Grayson & Batfamily members, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson & Stephanie Brown, Dick Grayson & Tim Drake, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne, Stephanie Brown, Tim Drake, Hurt Dick Grayson, Dick Grayson-centric, Dick Grayson Whump, Whump, Dick Grayson Needs a Hug, Hurt, Hurt No Comfort, I seem to be doing a lot of that these days…, Whumptober 2021, Mind Control, fear toxin, Hallucinations, anyway, Angst, SuperSilverSpy, SilverGrayson, SilverWhump, Taunting, Insults, ”who did this to you?”

Summary:

“Sometimes I wish you were my father, but I know you could never be. Bruce will always be my real father. You were just an inadequate stand-in.”

Dick choked, barely noticing the swift kick to his ribs before he was already stumbling back, ducking around Steph’s fist as he fought to regain his balance.

“You were a terrible brother,” said the voices of Jason and Tim. “All you ever did with me was make mistakes.”

OR Mind Control with a heaping of Angst

No. 3 - STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES BUT… taunting | insults | “Who did this to you?”

Series:

Part 3 of 2021 Most Whumperful Time of the Year - Dick Grayson-centric

Language: English Words: 1,645 Chapters: 1/1

Nightwing awoke in a warehouse, surrounded by Batman, Red Hood, Robin, Spoiler, and Red Robin. They were all passed out on the ground, strange devices wrapped around their heads. They seemed relatively unharmed, not a bruise or laceration or twisted limb in sight. He sighed in relief.

Looking around, Dick noted the absence of visible hostiles. He turned to Robin, who was closest to him and inspected the device around boy’s head; whatever it was, it couldn’t be good. He felt along the smooth metal, searching (or feeling) for a way to remove it.

A moment later, several ding! sounds echoed in the warehouse, emitting from the head devices. Damian’s eyes opened, glowing a vibrant yellow. Dick backed up as the rest of his family began to rise around him. He knew mind control when he saw it, though that didn’t stop him from asking, “Uh…guys? You still in there?”

Their faces remained expressionless as they turned threateningly towards him.

“Guess not,” he answered himself. “Looks like it’s just another exciting day in the life of the great and eternally stressed out Nightwing.”

He’d probably have to come up with yet another insightful and compelling speech to snap them out of it, par for the course for him at this point. Oh but how he wished it wasn’t. Every single time somebody in his family got brainwashed, or mind-controlled, or possessed (all of which happened way more often than it should), he was pretty much always the one to talk them down, or get beaten up and nearly killed for his efforts. It had reached a point where he wondered if Bruce was actively trying to get one of Dick’s siblings to accidentally kill him.

Well, at least one thing was different this time—he was facing off against five family members at once, instead of one, or two, or his entire f***ing team. But that was a story for another day.

Maybe, he could actually fight close to his full capability against them, without too much fear of hurting them. He didn’t have to knock them out or sedate them after all, he just needed to damage those device things around their heads.

Hood lunged at him first, guns drawn. Dick dodged, wrenching one of the man’s guns away with a grunt. He threw it across the room, knowing it did nothing for him in close quarters combat wherein he was attempting not to hurt, kill, or maim any of his would-be killers. There was no time for him to contemplate Jason’s likely reaction to the discovery of his ruined gun that would surely come later. Batman was already springing into action, fists swinging through the air in an unnaturally aimed-to-kill way.

Dick flipped around, dodging attacks from the two. He needed to bide his time, wait for the right opportunity to strike. He tried to electrocute them to short-circuit their metal head-band device things, but it didn’t really seem to do anything. He did, however, manage to get in a good hit to Jason’s head, which disoriented the man—and likely the person in control of him. Bruce went down next, Dick slipping the man’s belt out from around his waist in a move no one else in the world knew, and throwing a flash bomb in his face.

Pocketting what he could from the belt before tossing that too away (the emergency beacon didn’t work), he turned to face his new opponents. Spoiler and Robin, the short little duo wreaking havoc to his right, with Bruce and Jason getting back up on his left.

Whoever was controlling his family wasn’t the best at it, though forcing them to attempt murder against their own instincts was a feat in itself.

“You failed me,” said two very familiar voices in unison. It was Bruce and Damian.

Dick was so startled he almost didn’t manage to dodge the sneak attack Red Robin was attempting from behind.

“You failed the mission, our mission, you’ve failed the family I’ve given you, and the city I put in your responsibility.” It was just Bruce now, speaking blankly, words flowing out with no restraint.

Dick swallowed, but forced himself to ignore the man, ignore the words. It was probably just a program to detect negative emotion associated with thoughts of Nightwing and force the mind-controlled victim to...to say the thoughts out loud. Logically, he knew this.

Logic couldn’t prepare him for what came next.

“Sometimes I wish you were my father, but I know you could never be. Bruce will always be my real father. You were just an inadequate stand-in.”

Dick choked, barely noticing the swift kick to his ribs before he was already stumbling back, ducking around Steph’s fist as he fought to regain his balance.

“You were a terrible brother,” said the voices of Jason and Tim. “All you ever did with me was make mistakes.”

His vision had blurred at some point in time, he wasn’t sure when. A fist slammed into his jaw, a bow staff swiped at his feet. Purple flashed in the corner of his vision as his wrist was brutally snapped. Dick opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

“They say never meet your heroes. I guess they were right then, hmmm? Except you were never my hero, and yet you still managed to disappoint me anyway.” Steph’s tone was sharp and biting as she jammed a shuriken into his shoulder.

Dick pushed her away, doing a messy backflip to land on Bruce, using what little momentum he had to push off towards Jason, tackling him for the umpteenth time.

“You were unfit to be a mentor, just look at you now. And the students become the masters…” said the scathing voices of Dami, Steph, and Tim. Laughter echoed in his ears, sounding cruelly amused. No, this wasn’t them, they would never say such things…

“Oh it’s all true,” said a voice from behind him, Jay’s voice. “What is it, Goldie, can’t handle the pressure?”

Dick tried in vain to block the voices out, focusing just long enough to knock the device around Tim’s head askew.

The boy fell to the ground, reality mixing with fantasy as Tim’s eyes looked up at him, cold and lifeless, as blood pooled around Tim’s twisted body, as if he’d fallen… Corpse-pale lips parted, harsh words spilling out onto unforgiving ground, “You think I’m just like you, but you’re wrong. I’m better. You couldn’t beat me if you tried. I’m too pure, somehow untainted by your doomed soul, even after all this time.”

Crazed laughter echoed in Dick’s ears, even as he blinked and saw Tim as he actually was, lying unconscious—and alive, on the ground.

“Look at that, failing to protect those you love most? You’re worthless to them, and to me. I should never have taken you in.” The words were growled in a familiar deep register, and yet...the tone was unusually cruel—

Dick found himself sprawled on the ground, back still smarting from where he’d been kicked. He struggled to his good hand and knees, only to hear the sound of a gun cocking. He looked up. Jason stood above him, Steph and Damian on either side.

“Tt, Grayson, always so pathetic.” For a moment, Dami seemed to be wearing an older version of his uniform, from when he was still Dick’s Robin…

Steph tossed her hair back, giggling, and Dick saw her in a different costume, that of Robin, and then it changed to Batgirl. Gah, he was so confused.

She wasn’t. “You’re not going to make it this time around. How does it feel knowing we’d all be glad? You’ve hurt us more than helped us, Dick. It’s time you’ve faced that fact.”

Jason smirked down at him. “Any last words? We all know you don’t deserve them, but, well,” he smirked, “I’m feeling charitable today.”

Dick lunged upward, body tensed as if to tackle, arms outstretched as if to hug. Dick himself wasn’t quite sure what it was meant to be, what he wanted anymore…

Bang!

The gun went off, bullet burying itself in Dick’s side.

Three pairs of feet began to kick at his prone body from all sides. He curled in on himself, clutching desperately at the bullet wound, mind hazy with blood loss and something...else… A scraping noise, close to his ear. Dick barely registered it through the pain of the systematic blows raining down. Another pair of feet entered his vision, Bruce’s Batman boots. Dick panicked, using one hand to staunch the blood flow while the other went to his neck, to where he instinctively knew the real problem was. There was a device, attached to his neck, like a mini version of what the others had, but missing a few parts. He yanked it off, and immediately, he heard the thumps of his hopefully just unconscious family members falling to the ground.

Dick squinted at the device, as he felt himself joining them in the land of darkness. A familiar scarecrow label stared back at him, Jervis Tetch craftsmanship was practically written all over the thing as well…

—

Jason woke, groggy and disoriented. He found himself amongst other bats, all lying on the floor in a circle like some kind of crazy sorcerer spell gone wrong. The others were slowly waking, blinking and shaking their heads as if to clear the fog away. And in the middle of it all, at the center of their little coming-back-to-the-land-of-the-living circle, lay Dick Grayson, covered in blood, close to passing out.

The guy was nearly unrecognizable, but Jason would recognize that ridiculous hairstyle anywhere. Scrambling over to his brother’s side, Jason ignored the way the room spun, placing a hand on Dick’s shoulder and looking down at the man, brow pinched in concern.

“Dickie?” he asked, “Who did this to you?”

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