hey so. i put SOOOOO much effort into this au and for what? at least it ended up looking cool? anyways Halloween is my favorite holiday and i just HAD to make something for them!
i had a LOT of ideas for what everyone would be, but i really wanted to stick to a certain theme cause it's based around Halloween. i knew i had to have a vampire, werewolf, and a witch. cause like... obviously. iconic Halloween stuff!! but i took some liberties with everyone else and i think they turned out pretty cool!!
Jason was originally a fox shifter (which i still love and might draw art for some day) but i went with a bear in the end. is that because i thought about tiny bear cub Jaybin and wanted to cry? yeah. yeah it is. i KNEW Steph was going to be my werewolf though i started doubting myself when i went to draw her. turned out to be my favorite drawing on here which makes sense cause she is my light my love my daughter my will to live and all that jazz
Tim was actually gonna be a harpy but thank god i didn't go for that in the end. Duke was the one that was a bitch and a half trying to figure out BUT!! comments on the post asking what y'all thought led me towards Psychic so THANK YOUUUU everybody that commented!! (specifically those who thought of ghost!! Duke and Tim ended up being a perfect duo in this au)
Babs was pretty easy to figure out what I wanted for her. I read somewhere that they are seen as protectors of forests/ are considered spiritual authority figures and also.... she looks cool as fuck. Did not expect how easy it was to find a ref for a deer in a wheelchair though? I can never find the right hand or face angle reference but that was super easy???
For Bruce there was literally no question he HAD to be human. it's literally so funny that everyone who knows Batman thinks he's a spooky vampire but he's human. his first son, however?????? THAT'S the vampire. I knew Dick had to be a vampire too. A little nod towards that one comic run but in my au nothing bad happens ever 🥰 Damian also being a bat shifter is very on purpose because how funny is it that he's a bat man. Literally not a single person in the League thinks that Bruce is telling the truth about being human. Bruce you are NOT beating the secretly a vampire allegations.
adding in Jay's hilarious joke it's so fucking funny:
Alfred is actually a demon. I CAN NOT remember who made this post so if someone can help me find it, it would be appreciated!! because this was inspired by them!!! but somewhere i saw someone talk about Alfred being a demon that Thomas and Martha made a deal with (i think it was for an au idea?) and I just HAD to put it here. Alfred looks so human and everyone expects it, but he's definitely not. I put the ??? because it's so fucking funny. see if you can spot the 1 hint i put on his drawing that something is amiss!!
Peter is from an alternate dimension still, but it is not a world of creatures like him, it's just the same as LoF canon except Peter grew some extra limbs and eyes. He finds that it's actually pretty easy to fit in with the Waynes. Hard to feel like a freak when a guy can turn into a fucking bear, or your dad is a vampire, and the teenagers in the family are trying to summon ghosts or make potions.
additional doodles for this au:
i am still debating whether i am going to draw something for this au or write a oneshot, but i DO want to do something with these for Halloween
Woke up thinking about watching the ROTTMNT movie again coz wow it was so cool and kinda wanna draw my turtles again, but then i remembered the tears, oh so many, so i decided to watch madoka magica, like that will hurt my feelings less????????
i've always loved the tone shift in The End of Time with regards to the Time Lords and how tragic their return is for the Doctor.
for the past four series we've listened to the Doctor talk fondly of Gallifrey and the Time Lords (in the rare occasions when he opens up about them) and how their loss has deeply affected him and how he's still grieving for his home and his people, but as soon as the Time Lords threat to return in The End of Time, all of that nostalgia goes out of the window and the Doctor shows no excitement for their return and no hesitation when it comes to stopping them.
here's where we learn that everything the Doctor has told about Gallifrey and the Time Lords are selective memories. he actually confesses this to Wilfred, saying that the reason he spoke highly of the Time Lords is because that's how he chooses to remember them, and it's here where we also learn how dangerous the Time Lords had become by the end of the Time War, and why the Doctor had no choice but to stop them.
and this is precisely the most tragic aspect about the return of the Time Lords in The End of Time for the Doctor: having to relive his trauma and being forced to make the same choice he made to stop the war.
in order to save the whole universe, the Doctor kills his people a second time by sending them back to the Time War.
and we know the Doctor has survivor's guilt from the first time he did this, and when Rassilon tells him he will die with him, he accepts it. he seems almost relieved before the Master saves him, and there's this dichotomy between the Doctor accepting his death and thinking he's going to die with his people this time, and his will to survive and continue on living (hence his relief at surviving just before the four knocks).
it's tragic and heartbreaking and such a perfect character moment and story arc.
Hi! I’m really sick of whitewashing and the various excuses that artists come up with, so I wrote a guide! How To Not Whitewash, at least with regards to skin tone.
Please make use of it, and encourage other artists to do so as well.
Here’s a link to this guide on a Google Doc - this document has image descriptions.
Feel free to contact me if the link stops working, or if you have questions (in good faith).
