FLAMEBIRD

a little rough around the edges, but....i'll still fly. bette kane / 25

[flcmebird]

lcwstature:

“probably,” cassie shrugs. “or it’ll be something we haven’t seen yet.”

   “ i hope not. i’m getting tired of remembering all my different passwords. ”

[flcmebird]

qvickersilvcr:

   tommy’s already gearing up to defend a guy who just stuck an o on the end of the word magnet, but she redirects quick enough.  clearly she gets what magneto’s all about.  “ oh, super neat-o indeed. ”  grandpa is, at the very least, dedicated to his very dramatic aesthetic.  “ he’s very committed to the magenta color scheme. ”

   “ no kidding. ” she’s only seen maybe two pieces, but she can put the pieces together quick enough. “ i respect a guy that knows exactly what his closet is gonna look like. ” plus you don’t have to spend hours figuring out what matches what and that alone would save bette a load of time when it comes to her parent’s galas. “ guess it wasn’t something that stuck with your generation, huh ? ”

[flcmebird]

soulshiines:

“ stick it to the asshole, ” dick deadpans back, hopes he conveys just how ridiculous it sounds.  he reaches over and steals a fry, and now he’s staring at the poor couple, too.  “ he looks like a douche, to be fair, and terrible hair. ”  bold words from a man who used to rock a ponytail.

   she knows how it sounds, but it’s already been laid bare and she can’t take it back now or she’d be a total coward. instead, she meets his stare with one of her own, a look that mostly definitely conveys i know exactly what i said. “ oh no, no, no. you don’t get to police hair. i have to draw the line somewhere. ” granted, he’s not wrong. “ poor girl. i bet his tinder looked so much more promising. ”

[chelseaperetti]

[flcmebird]

qvickersilvcr:

 with an exaggerated roll of his eyes, tommy pulls his attention away from the trunk of things he’s going through.  he doesn’t know how it ended up in his possession, family stuff, but whoever sent it his way is a dumbass and a half.  tommy shouldn’t be trusted with anything holding sentimental value whatsoever.  whatever, everyone’s going to be back for it in no time.  “ all this crap, and no one sent me magneto’s backup helmets.  you know he has reject designs somewhere; we deserve them. ” 

   “ with a name like magneto? ” she scoffs, offering up her two cents despite being the least qualified to have an opinion here. “ all his designs are probably epic. super neat-o. rejects aren’t even a blip on that fashion radar. ”

[flcmebird]

unstpbl:

‘         should –    ‘    nadia pauses    //   bright eyes blinking back and forth from the couple to the blonde.    ‘ should we help her ? like – oh,         that must be terrible.      i mean ugh who’d want to deal with guys am i right ?? i wouldn’t be surprised if she used his fork to puncture his jugular … or maybe her own … ‘

   “ i’ve literally never heard anything more right in my whole life. ” never count on bette to reign in her dramatics, that’s for sure. she leans forward, resting her chin in her hands and a smirk lifts the corner of her lips, “ i know attempted murder is frowned on, but i’d be a bomb character witness for her. that said - we probably should try to help. it’s civic duty. ”

[flcmebird]

lcwstature:

cassie collects herself. “because the internet sucks and you can’t convey tone in 288 characters?”

  “ ugh, don’t remind me. ” twitter rants just lose all their heat when she has to cut them off in the most awkward of spots, after all. “ too bad facebook got lame. maybe instagram really will be the future of social media. ”

[flcmebird]

daughtercfkrypton:

Kara was distracted by the dog with the people on the table next to theirs when Bette’s voice snapped her back to the present, green eyes inspecting the restaurant across the street to find the couple the younger girl was referring to, the Kryptonian wrinkling her nose when she focused her senses on them. “I don’t think she wants to touch him at all–he reeks of onions and cheap cologne.” She paused, turning to Bette. “Should we help her?”

   “ YUCK central. ” she pulls a face. there’s zero way she can smell any bit of that the way kara can, but it doesn’t stop her from thinking she can. nonetheless, a grin lights up her face at the other blonde’s question and bette nods immediately, “ without a doubt. it’s an absolute 911. what’s the game plan? ”

[flcmebird]

lcwstature:

cassie’s stomach twists even as the giggles continue. “no - no i’d never - i’m not mean, i promise. i’m just, like, a child. basically - oh, god. i’m just gonna shut up.”

   “ okay, okay. i believe you. just this once though. i’m feeling generous. ” she’s teasing, a friendly grin tugging at her lips as the younger girl continues to laugh. “ why can’t i be this funny when i’m tweeting? that’s the kind of reaction i want then. ”

[flcmebird]

soulshiines:

   no, dick hadn’t really noticed it beyond a cursory glance.  he’s busy minding his business, bette.  “ yeah, okay – doesn’t that seem a little dramatic ?? ”  technically dick has jumped out a window to escape a bad date, but that’s unrelated.  “ she’ll just fake a pet-emergency. ”

  “ that’s so boring. like, who actually uses the pet emergency thing anymore? i think you’re just showing your age here. ” she pops a fry into her mouth and returns to very blatantly watching the disaster across the way. “ if you don’t go big then what’s the point? stick it to the asshole, dick. that’s how it goes. ”

[flcmebird]

vvitchhuntings:

    ☆.  ❝ Listen, if this guy ends up getting decked, I will actually fucking laugh. ❞ The witch is nosy ; but hey, he’s not being nosy on his own, so who’s to judge ?? He narrows his eyes as he tries to get a better look, not so obviously of course. ❝ How much you want to bet he’s talking about himself to try and make himself look good ?? Always what jerks do on first dates. Key to getting decked. ❞

   “ oh, without a doubt. he’s the most accomplished, most intelligent man to ever exist on the planet and, frankly, she’s lucky he chose to go out on a date with her. ” is it possible he’s NOTHING like that? sure. bette would bet good money they’ve hit the nail on the head though. those types are too easy to spot. “ if she doesn’t, i might. just for the principle of it all, you know? ”

[flcmebird]

   “ are you seeing that train wreck of a date across the street? the guy hasn’t shut up long enough to BREATHE. ten bucks says she’ll deck him and hop that fence to leave. ” she’s seen weirder. hell, she’s done weirder. nothing like a little dramatics to get out of a date gone wrong, right? 

[flcmebird]

cfdemiurge:

Floating off the ground while surrounded by a bright blue glow, Billy reaches for a book on the top shelf. He pulls it out of the slot only to realize it wasn’t what he thought it was. He looks disappointed for a moment, but out of the corner of his eye he spots it across the room. He doesn’t know how he made that mistake, but he just uses a wave of his finger to float it over to him. “Gotcha!” Billy says proudly, floating down onto the ground again. When he turns around though he nearly bumps into someone. “Oh! Where you looking for me?”

  “ no, no, sorry. it’s the other floating, spell casting glowstick i had my eye on. think he’s a couple houses down. ” look, all sarcasm aside, she’s pretty impressed. bette’s not really used to mystics or whatever it is they call them in the hero scene nowadays. working with the bats means a lot of using your fists and whatever the latest bat tech on the market. “ that’s pretty rad. you seemed really in your element there. ”

[flcmebird]

lcwstature:

“no, no - please,” cassie manages between bursts of laughter, “i swear i’m listening - and i swear i’m taking you seriously, i just-” she breaks off into giggles yet again, face scrunching up with her amusement. “i can’t control my laughter sometimes. i know it’s not that funny.” but it only makes her laugh harder.

   “ to spare my already bruised ego, i’m going to pretend you’re laughing with me and not at me and we can keep this going all easy peasy like. ” it’s not that funny, but bette’s never been able to resist a good giggle fit. 

[flcmebird]

     ( DC, HALSTON SAGE ) ; supposedly BETTE KANE made it through the convergence. SHE is TWENTY-FIVE and i hear they sometimes go by FLAMEBIRD. it seems they tend to be ENTHUSIASTIC, but FLIGHTY. rumor has it they used to run with BATMAN INC., but do they have what it takes to keep up? mr. oz better keep an eye on this one going forward.

okay ! so bette kane: kate kane’s niece, bruce wayne’s cousin, champion tennis player, olympic gymnast and swimmer, and a certified adrenaline junkie. she loves a thrill like no other and she’d be lying if she didn’t say she likes the adoration that comes with her titles, just a bit. 

she gets bored very easily, which makes bette a bit unique of a crimefighter. she’s a good person and wants to help people, but a large part of becoming a vigilante was in part due to the fact that she was bored of her old conquests and wanted something new and exciting. unfortunately, it means she’s not super consistent - it’s gotten better in age, but when she was younger, bette would be in and out of her costume every couple of months. 

she’s been in the business a good while. technically, she was the first batgirl and had a big ol’ crush on robin until she learned his secret identity. for most of her vigilante life, she’s trained under batwoman, but bette has worked with the teen titans and titans a couple of times and even had a go at forming her own west coast titans. 

eventually, she ended up as flamebird, borne of the same tale that superman told dick about nightwing. they never got to work together very often, but dick is one of her biggest inspirations and favorite partners. 

she’s not really leader material though. the west coast titans failed miserably and she went back to focusing on her schoolwork. eventually, she ended up at UCLA and majoring in sports medicine.

after a while of focusing just on her schoolwork, bette donned the costume again and pushed kate to keep training her. kate refused due to the dangers at hand ( and since batwoman had just been totally defeated at that point ) so bette wanted to prove a point and tried to go up against the hook - an infamous assassin with the league.

the hook nearly killed bette. she was in a coma for a few months and needed physical therapy for about a year after just to get back on her feet. mentally and emotionally, she was traumatized and hung up her suit. since she ended up so far behind at school, she put all her energy into that and graduated a year later than she’d anticipated. 

then she ended up visiting her aunt in gotham. she saw how much better kate was doing with the rest of the family and wanted to take up the suit again, but kate wasn’t really convinced. 

determined to prove her otherwise, bette decided to stay in gotham for awhile and relearn the ropes of the city in secret. then her aunt and every other big name hero disappeared and now bette figures she owes it to her aunt and the rest of her bat family to stay around and help out.