Can I have one?

I have a wide range of random interests and sometimes illogical thoughts which will without a doubt sneak their way in here left and right. Enjoy your crazy stay here in my meandering blog.

[mias-back-from-the-dead]

tbh i think the funniest phenomena that’s been happening in the last couple years is “youtuber, having gone too deep into the research hole, has been made an investigative journalist against their will”

[aces-and-anime]

Shout out to the guy who wanted to do some fun & silly little reviews but uncovered an illegal gambling operation

(Review 2)

[json-derulo]

this guy started out poking fun at australian politicians and ended up investigating the firebombing of his own home, during which he uncovered connections between the same politician he was making fun of + major organized crime

[nudityandnerdery]

“So I did what any normal person would do, okay? I bought a hat and some makeup and disguised myself so that I could go undercover and do some digging on what I thought could be an illegal gambling operation that was fronting as a kebab restaurant.”

Amazing.

[espanolbot2]

I for one, welcome this new niche genre of detective fiction.

[jackdaw-kraai]

I watched the second video and I feel it’s vitally important for people to know that the question “who firebombed my house?” isn’t a rhetorical one or a hyperbolic one, he genuinely doesn’t know because his list of proven enemies includes, in no particular order:

The cops

The terrorist surveillance branch of said cops

The government

No, seriously, multiple current and former government officials have openly stated beef with him

The most violent crime family in Australia

The gambling lobby

Money launderers

Other journalists

Drug dealers

The seventh richest man in Australia

Property Developers

And a partridge in a pear tree

He legitimately doesn’t know which one of his enemies might have done it (even though he has strong suspicions) because they’ve collectively already attempted to shut him up with legal attacks that could’ve resulted in actual jail time and many, many more shady tactics, including smear campaigns, outright lying to authorities (who also hate him) and lying under oath (the courts probably also hate him but are more quiet about it).

He legitimately went into hiding for a few months to assess the threat level after being firebombed and escaping with his life by sheer luck.

And you know what? He went right back to being an annoying little pissant to the most powerful people in his country and has become more prolific than ever after that video up there. I personally subscribed to his patreon because frankly? Anyone with that many enemies who legitimately want him silenced or dead deserves a few bucks a month.

[rainbowgod666]

And lets not talk about Hbomberguy, who wanted to know who made the original oof from roblox, and accidentally discovered that

Tommy Tallarico is a Fucking Liar lmao

[local-virgin-slut]

A new edition to this went in willingly and it became way bigger than ever expected!

[brotherhoodoftheslice]

I started watching the LEGO video by Reckless Ben because I have a few rooms to paint and “small town LEGO thief” sounded like the perfect low-stakes, long-form background noise to keep me going. 4 hours later and what the fuck what the FUCKKK

My spouse and I have been watching the updates that are actively being released and calling each other like

[hagihino]

[papayafromtv]

conversations overheard through the batkid com lines pt 55 (masterpost here)

Jason: -like seven minutes out, but it's really quiet so i don't think it would be worth teaming for.

Dick: copy, i'm almost done over here anyway, then me and Robin are going back to the cave.

Tim: so. did Hood tell you guys that he's at war with all the middle-aged moms in his neighbourhood?

Jason: -oh don't get me started.

Dick, snickering: the 'middle-aged moms'? are you fighting a bunch of Karens from the home owners association?

Jason: oh i got banned from the hoa like, a year ago. which is really ironic because they like Red Hood. they just don't like me.

Damian: are these the women who insulted your skincare that you told me about? said you needed to moisturize more?

Jason, intently: -Damian let me tell you i fucking hate these women. i hate them.

Tim: *evil cackling*

Dick: what's even happening? since when do you have bad neighbours?

Jason: oh my- i didn't even do anything, they just hate me for no reason.

Tim: dude, you dislocated a kid's shoulder.

Dick: wait, what?

Jason: NOW HOLD ON-

Damian: yeah be fair Red, that wasn't Hood's fault.

Tim, laughing: yeah but it's still funny.

Dick: wait wait wait- hold on now, hold on- somebody tell me the whole story, i need to hear this.

Damian: one of the spoilt brats in the building across from Hood's tried to break in to steal alcohol, and he dislocated his shoulder in one of the traps set up.

Jason: i fuckin- that kid was lucky. if he'd tried the other window he would have been shot with a dart to the face, so i don't wanna hear it. i came home from the library and the little twerp was sobbing on the floor of my bathroom as if he was the victim, and then i had to fix him up!

Dick: oof. ...to be fair you do have a lot of traps in your apartment Hood. like, more than i do.

Jason: -because the kid likes them! he likes trying to break through them when he comes round, it's our thing!

Damian: and that shit-stain of a preteen ruined the set up for me! i came by like an hour later and it hadn't been reset. waste of a B&E run.

Jason: yeah, because i was over the road getting yelled at by fucking Caroline, who apparently thinks her son has right of way in other people's private property.

Dick: *laugh* she got mad at you?

Jason: YEAH- she was like, 'i'll sue you for assaulting my son' and i'm fucking looking at her like, bring it the fuck on, bitch, i have access to Bruce Wayne's lawyers! lets see who wins! and then she- and then holy fuck D, you aren't gonna believe this but i swear to god she said this word for word,

Tim: *wheeze*

Jason: she fucking goes- 'that Red Hood man does not spend his every spare second protecting our streets and their people just for people like you to move in and provide danger for our children.'

Dick: WHAT.

Jason: YEAH- YEAH EXACTLY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS LIKE-! guys you have no idea the self control i had to have to not go back later with the helmet on like 'yo i hear you messing with my boy Jason, the fuck is wrong with you?'

Tim: *louder cackling* PLEASE- please, Hood please do that,

Dick: so what happened after?!

Jason: ugh, this bitch starts lying to all the other moms in the neighbourhood about how i attacked her kid in the street and how he did nothing wrong and i was just an egotistical prick who didn't like when children played outside- mind you i have fucking security footage of what actually happened,

Dick: oh so you're- you're literally in an all out war with them?

Jason: SOME of them; there are a couple moms whose kids i've actually babysat and who know me and that, those ones aren't taking Caroline and her posse's shit, so now me and my girls are in a turf war with these other bitches-

Tim: i've seen- *cackle* Wing, you gotta start going around Crime Alley during the day more. i went to a pottery class with Hood last week over there and afterwards we ran into one of the woman that has beef with him; they are feral.

Jason: WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PUBLIC GROCERY STORE. I WAS TRYING TO BUY ONIONS. PEACEFULLY. and this bitch comes up to me throwing shade like 'oh you should really move out because we don't take aggressiveness lightly' and i'm like ME?!?!? IN THIS SITUATION, ME AGRESSIVE??

Tim: *wheeze*

Dick, audibly amused: i mean you do carry guns around, that isn't exactly non-agressive,

Jason: BUT THAT'S WHAT DRIVES ME CRAZY, IS THAT THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE GUNS. THAT'S NOT WHAT BOTHERS THEM! fucking- half the women that want me gone are carrying, and they all love Red Hood, but this woman was talking to me like 'it's obvious from the build of your body that you want to be intimidating; nobody works out like that unless you want the power',

Dick: *blows raspberry, dissolving into a loud cackle*

Jason: and i'm fucking standing there; coupon book out, sunscreen across the bridge of my nose, Tim next to me in a Hawaiian shirt holding the bag of pottery mugs we just made and painted together, staring at these onion prices; and i'm just like 'ok well first of all me being this jacked was a non-consensual operation and i don't appreciate you bringing up past trauma, Cindy.',

Dick: HOLY FUCK- *louder cackling*

Jason: -and now Cindy's telling me that people as strong as me don't go through trauma like that and that i'm making fun of real victims by implying such a thing-

Damian: this is insane,

Jason: -AT WHICH POINT TIM DECIDES IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO WHIP OFF HIS GLASSES AND SAY 'you know you keep coming back to how built my brother is; if you want to suck his dick you can just say that',

Dick: *uncontrollable wheezes* T-HIM-,

Tim: I REGRET- *cackle* I REGRET NOTHING.

Jason: -and now this bitch is threatening to call the police for sexual harassment, to which some random other woman who wasn't even INVOLVED in the conversation butts in, and she goes 'you know i've been listening to this conversation for the past five minutes, and i gotta say lady, you don't seem like the kind of person anybody wants to sexually harass',

Dick: *in awe* OH-?!

Damian: HOLY FUCK.

Jason: YEAH- YEAH. AND SO NOW I'M FUCKING STANDING THERE AS CINDY STARTS GETTING INTO A FIGHT WITH THIS RANDOM STRANGER, AND I'M JUST HOLDING MY FUCKING ONIONS, SIDE-EYEING TIM JUST 'so do you think we can leave?' BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS NO LONGER INVOLVES ME-,

Tim: -can i just say by the way? hands down, best day of my week.

Jason: yeah also i think Cindy's started an anti-me Facebook group. so.

*a beat*

Dick: ok but on a scale of 1 to 10 how funny would it be if we joined the group with the old official public Batman account?

Jason: OH MY-

Damian: -GENIUS-

Tim: -HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO.

Jaosn: EVERYBODY TO THE CAVE NOW.

[ciricearts]

he found a kitten!!

[chapter56]

graveyard shift

[chapter56]

tradition pt. 1

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Not a prompt, I wanted to ask you and your followers how tf to write romance without making it really sappy

Hi :)

Here is a link for showing love without telling.

How to write romance

Love at first sight: this rarely ever really happens. Think of it more like interested in or attracted to each other at first sight. You can let your characters fall in love easily, but real love between them would still take some time and a lot of good writing.

Connection: it’s all about the connection between your characters. The bond between them is what makes the romance realistic and keeps the reader interested and invested. For this connection to develop you need to know your characters very well. You need to know their flaws and their strengths and what they admire in another person and maybe what they don’t like about themselves. And then you can start their connection. They can feel attraction for each other for different reasons in the beginning.

A few things they can be attracted to:

looks

humor

wit

intelligence

charm

kindness

independence

strength

This depends on your characters and what they would admire in a partner. But as we established, a connection needs to be deeper than a spark of attraction. The characters need to bond with each other and build trust and sometimes grow into the person they need to be for this relationship.

You can show this by writing scenes in which they:

learn more about each other

have to do or face something together

see each other’s flaws and come to accept them

show each other what they really enjoy

see the other person with the person’s friends or family and how they act with them

help and support each other

be vulnerable together

see the other person let loose

Drama: Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen* (love, peace, and harmony) – it’s neither realistic nor interesting. Every couple fights about something or has their ups and downs. There is also the matter of outside influences that can create conflict. Don’t shy away from drama, but also be careful how you do it. In romance it’s important to not cross the line, where it’s just not realistic or healthy anymore for the characters to get romantically involved. You need to find the right balance. That being said...

Stay away from negative behavior: to be realistic, a character needs to have flaws and it’s important to show them. But if you want your readers to fall in love with the romance in your story, you should stay away from tropes that make for an unhealthy relationship. Writing abuse as romantic can be very dangerous for your readers.

Examples of an unhealthy relationship:

unwanted advances/harassment (physical or other)

emotional manipulation

extreme possessiveness or jealousy

extreme dependence on partner (emotional or other)

verbal or physical abuse

Partnership: people do not all come from the same background and in a lot of places and situations people will be put into hierarchies. But even if they are not equal in some aspects of their lives, they should always be equal partners in their relationship with mutual respect, trust and understanding.

Sharing commonalities: while a romance needs some conflict and the characters need to see their differences and accept, love or overcome them, it wouldn’t be a lasting relationship if they don’t have a few things in common. Make sure that before they commit to each other that they are on the same page with the most important things, like opinions, habits or ideologies that the other person couldn’t accept or live with.

Happily ever after: like I said, it’s not realistic to always be happy. But when you finally write about your characters coming together and bringing well-deserved closure to their romance, leave the reader with the feeling that it will last. They witnessed how your characters got to know each other, their flaws and strengths, they overcame conflict together, they grew and learned from each other. After all this they want to leave the beautiful romance with a good feeling.

Good luck with your writing!

- Jana

(*actual translation: peace, joy, pancake)

[fallen-jpg]

it's december so time to stare at my art output for the year!!!

picked out some stuff that i'm ok with. wish i had more art to show but im trying to let it go since i was gone for 4 months this year. here's hoping for more drawing time next year

[hagihino]

[inenaby]

old trend but here you go anyways

[pinkiemachine]

Don’t ask for a lore dump here, because I haven’t started writing yet, but it’s coming…

[va-nnahs]

Part 2 of this comic

[va-nnahs]

In another universe, slight things change and Dick finds himself in the cementery one fateful night

[zan-miya]

the crime alley kids love their protector :) I headcanon that the kids are somewhat wary of the other bats and are only truly comfortable with jason. they ask to try on his helmet while jason tries to calm the little ones and distribute snacks and supplies to them. All the kids in Red Hood's area wears a red bat symbol in the form of keychains, painted on their items, etc as a sign that they are under jason's protection. Whoever messes with them will have to face the wrath of Red Hood 🙏

[oifaaa]

I've kinda mentioned this before but my first pitch for a DC Bats cartoon would be a series set during Jasons robins years when Bruce and Dick weren't on speaking terms but Dick would show up in every episode anyway because he just so happened to get a job at a place vital for that weeks investigation

he'd also always get fired by the end of the episode and blame Bruce for it

[decamarks]

AFTER NEARLY 19 YEARS OF THIS STUPID WEBSITE

[blowery]

also, on web, we just launched an advanced search dialog that should help folks use all the new operators we added.

[arsonsketch]

What would happen if all the Robins met as Robins though time travel shenanigans or something? Idk lol

Here's my most recent tiktok, idk if people on Tumblr like full vids or not but here ya go!