Untitled

[charlataninred]

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

[meraarts]

Might I add:

The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

The woman who raised the changeling alongside her biological child

The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

[eater-of-hopes-and-dreams]

The adventures of a space roomba

Cinderella finding Araura (and falling in love)

I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head

[blitzlowin]

hilariously, these are almost all in my fic tag. so, a compiled list from the notes (and some extras):

The God of Arepo (graphic novel 1 / 2 / 3) (ebook)

The Monster of Sentan

The Witch’s Cat

Raise Both Children

Stabby the Roomba (honorable mention)

Cinderella Marries the Prince (comic)

My Arch Nemesis Cynthia

Pirates and Mermaid

Eindred and the Witch

The Demon King

The Cornerwitch

Grandmother Beetroot

Apocalypse Daycare Worker

Grandmother Accidentally Summons a Demon

New Year Saga

A Story About Changelings

Ranger in the King’s Forest

The Difference Between a Hare and a Rabbit

Goblin Men (Canines)

[charlataninred]

I am in love with you /p

[the-thread-of-the-infinite]

What about the one with the princess locked in a tower learning to become a wizard? That’s lived in my mind for years and I haven’t seen it in a long time

[death-of-the-endless]

Oh, love that story, adding it to the list: 20. Princess Talia and adding a few more contenders 21. Thyme 22. The Monster under the Bed 23. A Meaningful Death 24. Humans are unstoppable…until they aren’t 25. The Monster under the Fridge 26. Antler Guy 27. Cleric slamming healing spells

[death-of-the-endless]

Adding a few more I remembered:  28. The Frog and the Scorpion 29. HSTHETE 30. The First Witch in the World 31. Imagine that Oceans were replaced by Forests  32. A Faerie taking a Name  33. The Dragon on the Farm  34. Synovus & Menace  35. Raising the Anti-Christ  36. Aliens vs. Flora & Fauna of Earth (pretty sure there are even more additions to the original post but I had this one saved)  37. Doctors without Borders…in Space!  38. The Villain-Wrangler  39. The Last Contact  40. The 100 Parent-Point Children  41. And the Heavens Wept  42. The Night Gentleman  43. The Serpent God and their Priestess 

[knottahooker]

44. No One Showed Up for the Last Storytime

[adamskiiii]

Wow! @writing-prompt-s contributing to like half of these!

[writing-prompt-s]

I can hardly take any credit for these stories! But I love sharing them. Unfortunately I cannot read all the prompt responses so please tag me if you want me to reblog a story that resonated with you so I can give it a little boost :)

[brick3621]

45. Bob the Maintenance Robot

[localmacguffin]

Fae Demigod AU

So I was chatting with the folks on the discord and they came up with this silly little AU where all of CHB time travels to the past, have a nervous breakdown about it, then decide to live their best lives away from the gods by pretending to be nymphs. It may or may not be a BP AU. Regardless, here's my spin on it:

The demigods get kidnapped pre-Percy’s quest in TLT and put on a random island. They do not have a good time. 

Annabeth immediately starts bullying everyone into logistical planning. They don’t have cleaning harpies or a magical supply of food anymore, people! They’ve gotta live off the land!

In the meantime, they decide to send Percy (who is still unclaimed at this point, but is fantastic with canoes) and the Stolls to scout out a nearby island. When they return, it’s with bad news: it’s Ancient Greece. 

The kids panic, realize they may never go home, and decide to cope with that by building a huge city. 

The children of Demeter suddenly become really, really popular. Did you know Ancient Greece didn’t have potatoes, tomatoes, lemons, corn, or coffee? They need to solve that, stat. They get real into agriscience. 

The Wine Twins help by discovering they’re really good at cooking. Their grape juice is a massive hit. 

The Hephaestus kids work on building new housing. I think at this point, they decide to ditch the Cabins because they get suffocated with staying with the same people forever. They make apartments or something and share with people they like, which means the Hermes Cabin finally gets to breathe a little. 

When visitors come to CHB they think these are shrines and are very confused as to why they’re abandoned. Of course, the magic is still active, so if they try to come inside they get instantly vaporized if they’re not demigods. This does not help with the fae allegations.

The Athena Cabin starts getting real into textiles. They have no clothes, but luckily, they are the children of the Weaver. They get to go wild, experimenting with fabric and dye. Demigod fashion in vogue! 

Actually, I think all the kids should get to let loose with their demigod powers. They have no adult supervision except Luke (because Chiron and Mr. D got left behind), and quite frankly, I think he deserves to have a nervous breakdown. So they all discover new and exciting applications of their abilities now that they don’t have to look out for mortals. 

So while single mother Luke (who is now regretting his decision to steal the Bolt) frets over Camp, they decide to unleash themselves upon the continent. On the way, they run into a bunch of curious nereids. After some very good bs-ing, they decide to accept these weird children as fellow nymphs and agree to help them out. 

When questioned later: No, Lord Poseidon, I’m not sure what you mean, that was clearly a nereid! He’s not your son, he’s just exploring his gender presentation! Water can take any shape, my lord, and you know how it is with mortals nowadays. It’s simply fashionable!

Now armed with nereid knowledge, they descend upon the mainland for trade. People are weirded out by these strange children. You will rarely hear Hellenike from their lips [1]. They dress in strange clothes, and trade fantastical treasures like they are nothing [2]. And while they accept coin for their goods, you can bargain with them for anything they find amusing [3]. But be warned: should you try to slight them, the world itself will come alive and exact revenge [4]. They speak in strange tongues to the nymphs, to the dryads, to all the spirits in the night. 

[1] It turns out Chiron only taught them one dialect of Ancient Greek, so most of them are struggling to understand WTF is going on. The Hermes kids who have language as an ability are working over time. 

[2] Demigod fashion (pants and fancy dresses) is quite different from the chitons, himations, etc. of the mainland. Even those who are trying to mimic end up exposing themselves due to the rich dye/weave of the fabric.

[3] While of course they love currency, they are also plain fascinated by objects people in Ancient Greece consider ordinary. They are quite willing to trade what they see as everyday objects for these novelties. And if said objects are salt or sugar? Well it’s not their fault the Ancient Greeks are going crazy.

[4] As for that last part: it’s a combo of their demigod powers and their newly founded Great Nymph Alliance. They’re teaching them English as a secret language.

For added funsies I was thinking they should tell everyone they’re from Long Island. Google tells me this is “Makros Nesos” in Ancient Greek. Everyone from the mainland thinks this is a euphemism. The gods are sure that the island’s real name is Nunya because when asked, Percy answered “Nunya business” and promptly walked backwards into the sea.

Naturally, this attracts the attention of the gods. Who are these strange travellers? A wild Hermes comes to investigate and comes face to face with Travis and Connor Stoll. They lie very unconvincingly, and Hermes, charmed by these odd children who he is 99% sure are his, tries to follow them. Only to get hit with the Alaska Effect.

See, while having his nervous breakdown, Luke decided that the best thing to do would be to hide from the gods. Forever. In the midst of this mid-life (should be quarter-life, mutters Lee) crisis, he decides to go on a quest to make sure the gods can’t find their island. Inspired by the latest chapter of Misaligned Stars (go check it out) he ends up becoming best friends with a dragon who can create its own version of the Mist, and ends up creating a “land beyond the gods”. 

So now the entire world wants to know what’s up with this Long Island. The gods can’t get in, much to their displeasure, so they resort to sending in their servants. The nymphs and satyrs proceed to move in because the demigods respect them, so the gods have to go with Plan B: get humans over there. Said humans return with conflicting information and a vow of secrecy.

To make matters worse, due to the dragon, the demigods can dampen their scents when away from CHB. When found out in the wilds of Greece, they just pretend to be nymphs. And they generally have enough plausible deniability to get away with it, too, no matter how much Apollo loses his marbles. 

So now the gods are trying to lure their strange new children out, while said children are just trying to live their best lives.

[localmacguffin]

Fae Demigod AU

So I was chatting with the folks on the discord and they came up with this silly little AU where all of CHB time travels to the past, have a nervous breakdown about it, then decide to live their best lives away from the gods by pretending to be nymphs. It may or may not be a BP AU. Regardless, here's my spin on it:

The demigods get kidnapped pre-Percy’s quest in TLT and put on a random island. They do not have a good time. 

Annabeth immediately starts bullying everyone into logistical planning. They don’t have cleaning harpies or a magical supply of food anymore, people! They’ve gotta live off the land!

In the meantime, they decide to send Percy (who is still unclaimed at this point, but is fantastic with canoes) and the Stolls to scout out a nearby island. When they return, it’s with bad news: it’s Ancient Greece. 

The kids panic, realize they may never go home, and decide to cope with that by building a huge city. 

The children of Demeter suddenly become really, really popular. Did you know Ancient Greece didn’t have potatoes, tomatoes, lemons, corn, or coffee? They need to solve that, stat. They get real into agriscience. 

The Wine Twins help by discovering they’re really good at cooking. Their grape juice is a massive hit. 

The Hephaestus kids work on building new housing. I think at this point, they decide to ditch the Cabins because they get suffocated with staying with the same people forever. They make apartments or something and share with people they like, which means the Hermes Cabin finally gets to breathe a little. 

When visitors come to CHB they think these are shrines and are very confused as to why they’re abandoned. Of course, the magic is still active, so if they try to come inside they get instantly vaporized if they’re not demigods. This does not help with the fae allegations.

The Athena Cabin starts getting real into textiles. They have no clothes, but luckily, they are the children of the Weaver. They get to go wild, experimenting with fabric and dye. Demigod fashion in vogue! 

Actually, I think all the kids should get to let loose with their demigod powers. They have no adult supervision except Luke (because Chiron and Mr. D got left behind), and quite frankly, I think he deserves to have a nervous breakdown. So they all discover new and exciting applications of their abilities now that they don’t have to look out for mortals. 

So while single mother Luke (who is now regretting his decision to steal the Bolt) frets over Camp, they decide to unleash themselves upon the continent. On the way, they run into a bunch of curious nereids. After some very good bs-ing, they decide to accept these weird children as fellow nymphs and agree to help them out. 

When questioned later: No, Lord Poseidon, I’m not sure what you mean, that was clearly a nereid! He’s not your son, he’s just exploring his gender presentation! Water can take any shape, my lord, and you know how it is with mortals nowadays. It’s simply fashionable!

Now armed with nereid knowledge, they descend upon the mainland for trade. People are weirded out by these strange children. You will rarely hear Hellenike from their lips [1]. They dress in strange clothes, and trade fantastical treasures like they are nothing [2]. And while they accept coin for their goods, you can bargain with them for anything they find amusing [3]. But be warned: should you try to slight them, the world itself will come alive and exact revenge [4]. They speak in strange tongues to the nymphs, to the dryads, to all the spirits in the night. 

[1] It turns out Chiron only taught them one dialect of Ancient Greek, so most of them are struggling to understand WTF is going on. The Hermes kids who have language as an ability are working over time. 

[2] Demigod fashion (pants and fancy dresses) is quite different from the chitons, himations, etc. of the mainland. Even those who are trying to mimic end up exposing themselves due to the rich dye/weave of the fabric.

[3] While of course they love currency, they are also plain fascinated by objects people in Ancient Greece consider ordinary. They are quite willing to trade what they see as everyday objects for these novelties. And if said objects are salt or sugar? Well it’s not their fault the Ancient Greeks are going crazy.

[4] As for that last part: it’s a combo of their demigod powers and their newly founded Great Nymph Alliance. They’re teaching them English as a secret language.

For added funsies I was thinking they should tell everyone they’re from Long Island. Google tells me this is “Makros Nesos” in Ancient Greek. Everyone from the mainland thinks this is a euphemism. The gods are sure that the island’s real name is Nunya because when asked, Percy answered “Nunya business” and promptly walked backwards into the sea.

Naturally, this attracts the attention of the gods. Who are these strange travellers? A wild Hermes comes to investigate and comes face to face with Travis and Connor Stoll. They lie very unconvincingly, and Hermes, charmed by these odd children who he is 99% sure are his, tries to follow them. Only to get hit with the Alaska Effect.

See, while having his nervous breakdown, Luke decided that the best thing to do would be to hide from the gods. Forever. In the midst of this mid-life (should be quarter-life, mutters Lee) crisis, he decides to go on a quest to make sure the gods can’t find their island. Inspired by the latest chapter of Misaligned Stars (go check it out) he ends up becoming best friends with a dragon who can create its own version of the Mist, and ends up creating a “land beyond the gods”. 

So now the entire world wants to know what’s up with this Long Island. The gods can’t get in, much to their displeasure, so they resort to sending in their servants. The nymphs and satyrs proceed to move in because the demigods respect them, so the gods have to go with Plan B: get humans over there. Said humans return with conflicting information and a vow of secrecy.

To make matters worse, due to the dragon, the demigods can dampen their scents when away from CHB. When found out in the wilds of Greece, they just pretend to be nymphs. And they generally have enough plausible deniability to get away with it, too, no matter how much Apollo loses his marbles. 

So now the gods are trying to lure their strange new children out, while said children are just trying to live their best lives.

[localmacguffin]

Fae Demigod AU

So I was chatting with the folks on the discord and they came up with this silly little AU where all of CHB time travels to the past, have a nervous breakdown about it, then decide to live their best lives away from the gods by pretending to be nymphs. It may or may not be a BP AU. Regardless, here's my spin on it:

The demigods get kidnapped pre-Percy’s quest in TLT and put on a random island. They do not have a good time. 

Annabeth immediately starts bullying everyone into logistical planning. They don’t have cleaning harpies or a magical supply of food anymore, people! They’ve gotta live off the land!

In the meantime, they decide to send Percy (who is still unclaimed at this point, but is fantastic with canoes) and the Stolls to scout out a nearby island. When they return, it’s with bad news: it’s Ancient Greece. 

The kids panic, realize they may never go home, and decide to cope with that by building a huge city. 

The children of Demeter suddenly become really, really popular. Did you know Ancient Greece didn’t have potatoes, tomatoes, lemons, corn, or coffee? They need to solve that, stat. They get real into agriscience. 

The Wine Twins help by discovering they’re really good at cooking. Their grape juice is a massive hit. 

The Hephaestus kids work on building new housing. I think at this point, they decide to ditch the Cabins because they get suffocated with staying with the same people forever. They make apartments or something and share with people they like, which means the Hermes Cabin finally gets to breathe a little. 

When visitors come to CHB they think these are shrines and are very confused as to why they’re abandoned. Of course, the magic is still active, so if they try to come inside they get instantly vaporized if they’re not demigods. This does not help with the fae allegations.

The Athena Cabin starts getting real into textiles. They have no clothes, but luckily, they are the children of the Weaver. They get to go wild, experimenting with fabric and dye. Demigod fashion in vogue! 

Actually, I think all the kids should get to let loose with their demigod powers. They have no adult supervision except Luke (because Chiron and Mr. D got left behind), and quite frankly, I think he deserves to have a nervous breakdown. So they all discover new and exciting applications of their abilities now that they don’t have to look out for mortals. 

So while single mother Luke (who is now regretting his decision to steal the Bolt) frets over Camp, they decide to unleash themselves upon the continent. On the way, they run into a bunch of curious nereids. After some very good bs-ing, they decide to accept these weird children as fellow nymphs and agree to help them out. 

When questioned later: No, Lord Poseidon, I’m not sure what you mean, that was clearly a nereid! He’s not your son, he’s just exploring his gender presentation! Water can take any shape, my lord, and you know how it is with mortals nowadays. It’s simply fashionable!

Now armed with nereid knowledge, they descend upon the mainland for trade. People are weirded out by these strange children. You will rarely hear Hellenike from their lips [1]. They dress in strange clothes, and trade fantastical treasures like they are nothing [2]. And while they accept coin for their goods, you can bargain with them for anything they find amusing [3]. But be warned: should you try to slight them, the world itself will come alive and exact revenge [4]. They speak in strange tongues to the nymphs, to the dryads, to all the spirits in the night. 

[1] It turns out Chiron only taught them one dialect of Ancient Greek, so most of them are struggling to understand WTF is going on. The Hermes kids who have language as an ability are working over time. 

[2] Demigod fashion (pants and fancy dresses) is quite different from the chitons, himations, etc. of the mainland. Even those who are trying to mimic end up exposing themselves due to the rich dye/weave of the fabric.

[3] While of course they love currency, they are also plain fascinated by objects people in Ancient Greece consider ordinary. They are quite willing to trade what they see as everyday objects for these novelties. And if said objects are salt or sugar? Well it’s not their fault the Ancient Greeks are going crazy.

[4] As for that last part: it’s a combo of their demigod powers and their newly founded Great Nymph Alliance. They’re teaching them English as a secret language.

For added funsies I was thinking they should tell everyone they’re from Long Island. Google tells me this is “Makros Nesos” in Ancient Greek. Everyone from the mainland thinks this is a euphemism. The gods are sure that the island’s real name is Nunya because when asked, Percy answered “Nunya business” and promptly walked backwards into the sea.

Naturally, this attracts the attention of the gods. Who are these strange travellers? A wild Hermes comes to investigate and comes face to face with Travis and Connor Stoll. They lie very unconvincingly, and Hermes, charmed by these odd children who he is 99% sure are his, tries to follow them. Only to get hit with the Alaska Effect.

See, while having his nervous breakdown, Luke decided that the best thing to do would be to hide from the gods. Forever. In the midst of this mid-life (should be quarter-life, mutters Lee) crisis, he decides to go on a quest to make sure the gods can’t find their island. Inspired by the latest chapter of Misaligned Stars (go check it out) he ends up becoming best friends with a dragon who can create its own version of the Mist, and ends up creating a “land beyond the gods”. 

So now the entire world wants to know what’s up with this Long Island. The gods can’t get in, much to their displeasure, so they resort to sending in their servants. The nymphs and satyrs proceed to move in because the demigods respect them, so the gods have to go with Plan B: get humans over there. Said humans return with conflicting information and a vow of secrecy.

To make matters worse, due to the dragon, the demigods can dampen their scents when away from CHB. When found out in the wilds of Greece, they just pretend to be nymphs. And they generally have enough plausible deniability to get away with it, too, no matter how much Apollo loses his marbles. 

So now the gods are trying to lure their strange new children out, while said children are just trying to live their best lives.

[cursedat3am]

Percy and the Olympian gods (along with Hades and Hestia) somehow end up back in the past to around the time Percy first arrives at camp.

Before they went back in time, Dionysus and Percy had become sort of drinking buddies (non-alcoholic though). Percy took up training and reaching the campers after the wars and yes, he did it voluntarily but wow it was still exhausting. And he had found that he suddenly related a lot more to Mr. D. So they often met up, had drinks and bitched about the campers together. Mr. D even started calling Percy by his name ocassionally. Either that or Percy went around calling him everything other than his name (honorable mention to the time he went around calling Mr. D, Delilah).

Percy, Apollo and Hermes had become a trio of troublemakers. They were basically the PowerPuff Girls. Manslaughter, Manwhore and Manipulate at their finest. Nobody is in a relationship with anybody but these bitches have never heard of personal space when it comes to each other. Them being in the same vicinity means they're either causing trouble, gossiping and judging people, bickering, or fused into a single cell organism.

Poseidon, after all the time of knowing his kid, existed on a scale of "My baby, my baby, my baby, my smol precious little baby" to "Child, I will sell your ass on Facebook Marketplace for a singular donut, do not fucking test me right now".

Percy had also somehow worn down Zeus until he was less paranoid bitch and more exasperated uncle who is just done with Percy's shit. Zeus is at the point where to him Percy is the stray cat that members of his family have for some reason adopted and he would kick the cat out but he can't do that so eventually he gets used to the damn thing.

And Hades had existed in a blissful state of "not my circus, not my monkey". Which usually didn't last considering Percy often barged into the Underworld like it was his personal holiday home. Hades always feels nothing but pure exasperation (and fondness, which he'll never admit). He's learned to just tolerate whatever antics Percy gets up to.

Aphrodite actually likes Percy. Love and war. And Percy is both. He might not have a romantic love but there is no lack of familial and platonic love. Not to mention that he spent literal years fighting wars. And its not like he isn't pretty. So she doesn't mess with his romantic life much anymore. She just thinks that his relationships with his family and friends are cute. She'd low-key contemplate adopting him if Poseidon wasn't such a possessive bastard. But she does like giving him the occasional makeover or giving him things to glam up his looks.

Ares has become resigned to the fact that he can't lay a finger on the little cockroach that most of the Olympians have for some reason taken a liking to. Not to mention his girlfriend likes Percy too much for him to even think of it.

Percy and Hephaestus had ended up getting along surprisingly well. Percy had had a knack for working in the forges at camp from the beginning but he had never had time to actually explore it because of all the shit going on. So once the wars were over, he learned a lot from the cyclops forges in his dad's kingdom. Him and Hephaestus somehow ending up talking after Percy went on a quest for him as a favor. Percy started ocassionally visiting Hephaestus to learn more or just fuck around in the forges with him.

Artemis wasn't particularly close with him but there was a mutual respect between them. Athena and Hera are bitches as far as Percy is concerned and he wants nothing to do with them.

Now imagine this version of Percy coming to camp for the first time, back to being twelve again, and meeting Mr. D who also came back in time and definitely knows this little fucker. So its a surprise to Chiron, Grover and Annabeth (tiny stalker) when Mr. D doesn't fuck up the new kid's name and they actually seem to get along well enough even though they're mostly snarking at each other. The other campers are surprised when they notice it later too.

And while the gods don't tell anyone shit, they literally don't really bother to hide the fact that they like Percy. Apollo fucking shows up out of the blue at camp just to hang with his fellow PowerPuff Girl (even if said PowerPuff Girl currently looks like he's twelve). It's baffling for everyone at camp who have no idea what the fuck is going on.

Especially when they start seeing more gods around, and this twelve year old midget is fucking sassing them all the time. The campers are worried that the new kid is gonna cross a line soon and a god will eventually smite him. Percy knows that isn't gonna happen so he doesn't give a shit. You thought actual kid Percy had no filter. Now meet war veteran Percy in kid Percy's body. It's a whole new level of somebody tell this kid to shut him fucking mouth. And Percy never does shut his mouth.

And apparently Poseidon is clingy as fuck. The campers are learning new things everyday.

[seizingthoughts]

I really want a fanfic where Danny Fenton, Harry Potter, and Percy Jackson are pulled into Gotham universe near the docks, and they are freaked, but just mildly, because after all the shit that happened, why wouldn't this as well?

They find out that their powers have been upgraded and changed a bit except for Danny, because of multiverse theory. Harry can cast without a wand, but has the Elder wand holstered on his thigh. Percy needs to drink water so he can walk through Gotham in the beginning, and he starts cleaning out the bay. He hates Gotham already and supports Ivy very much.

They endure some days before they get noticed by Barbara, who reports to Dick, who is the temporary Batman for some reason(Bruce threw out his back wrestling with Killer Croc).

He meets these three metals who looked too much like each other all of them different ages, with Danny being the youngest, and Harry the oldest, and they all have abilities, but they are definitely gothamites, Dick doesn't doubt that. Dick is wrong. He wants to help them, so he takes them to the manor under false pretenses, but he is true in wanting to help, so no one detects the white lie.

It's for their own good, after all. From the moment they meet Bruce, all three boys who already did the trauma dump and have bonded with each other, they do not believe his smiles. Fake, fake, fake. Everything pings wrong. Cassandra tries helping but too silent and it looks like she is reading their minds, Alfred is too rigid, like a puppet, Damian is aggressive, and they see Tim, the silent one. He looks, smells, behaves like them, the three untethered boys, even if he is older than them.

They meet Dick out of costume and understand what this was, a trap, surveillance, house made of sweets to fatten them up.

That same night they sleep and they spend the next day readying for running. As the night falls again and they endure people, they decide to grab Tim with them. He'll be better with them. And then Jason barges in.

He makes some noise, sees the kids, and goes away uncomfortable, because he sees himself in them. But they see something else. A guide. A sentinel for them to grow under. Protection.

That night is silent and Tim doesn't feel when he is grabbed from his chair due to falling asleep and a handy sleeping charm. They follow Jason's trail. He has magic and death in him, and he is a commander, a protector. They appear before Red Hood, asking sanctuary, and Lady Gotham smiles.

[gahdamnpunk]

American Girl stories were the best tbh

[that-catholic-shinobi]

Dude, read the books, she and her mom freed themselves in Book 1. We don’t disrespect American Girl in this house

[allthefandomss]

Don’t you dare disrespect Addy, or any of my girls for that matter. American Girl used to be legit. Good stories, good dolls, good movies.

[smugkoalas]

Felicity’s story was set in the beginnings of the American Revolution, and addressed the conflict that she faced when her loved ones were split between patriots and loyalists. It also covered the effects of animal abuse, and forgiving those who are unforgivable.

Samantha’s stories centered around the growth of industrial America, women’s suffrage, child abuse, and corruption in places of power. Also, it emphasises how dramatically adoption into a caring family can turn a life around.

Kit’s story is one of my favorites. Her family is hit hard by the Great Depression, and they begin taking in boarders and raise chickens to help make ends meet. Her books include themes of poverty, police brutality, homelessness, prejudice, and the importance of unity in difficult times.

Molly’s father, a doctor, is drafted during the Second World War. Throughout her story, friends of hers suffer the loss of their husbands, sons, and brothers overseas. Her mother leaves the traditional housewife position and works full-time to help with the war effort. They also take in an English refugee child, who learns to open up after a life of traumatic experience.

American Girl stories have always featured the very harsh realities of America through the years. But they’re always presented honestly, yet in ways that kids can understand. They just go to show that you don’t have to live in a perfect time to be a real American girl.

[chaos-in-the-making]

Dont you fucking dare disrespect the American Girls in my house. ESPECIALLY Addy!! That was my first REAL contact with the horrors of slavery, as I read about her father being whipped and sold and her mother escaping with her to freedom, but also how freedom was still a struggle.

A slave doll. Please. Read the books.

[ironwoman359]

Don’t forget Kirsten, the Swedish immigrant who had to deal with balancing her own culture and learning the english language and customs of her classmates, or Kaya (full name Kaya'aton'my, or She Who Arranges Rocks) , the brave but careless girl from the Nez Perce tribe, or Josefina, the Mexican girl learning to be a healer.

And then there are the later dolls, that kids younger than me would have grown up with (I was just outgrowing American Girl as these came out), like Rebecca, the Jewish girl who dreams of becoming an actress in the budding film industry, or  Julie, who fights against her school’s gender policy surrounding sports in the 70s, or  Nanea, the Hawaiian girl whose father worked at Pearl Harbor.

These books, these characters, are fantastic pictures into life for girls in America throughout the years, they pull no punches with the horrors that these girls had to face in their different time periods, and in many cases I learned more history from these series than social studies at school. And that’s without even mentioning the “girl of the year” series where characters are created in the modern world to help girls deal with issues like friend problems, moving, or bullying. We do NOT disrespect American Girl in this house.

[razzleberryjam]

American Girl is probably going to be the only exposure young girls are going to get to history from a female perspective. This is actually kind of important considering that in history classes we dont really get that exposure. We dont hear about what women felt and endured during these time periods cause schools are too busy teaching us about what happened from the male perspective, which is not unimportant, but we need both. Girls need both.

[star-linedsoul]

These books were such a crucial part of my childhood and shaped my love of history, which still ensures today. These books can be a young girl’s first lessons in diversity and cultural awareness (hopefully burying that insensitive “we’re all Americans” tripe) and looking at history from more perspectives than just that taught in school. They also are an example of how women have ALWAYS been part of history, which some people would rather us not believe.

I think Kit and Kaya were the newest American Girls when I started “aging out” of the books, but hearing about some of these kinda makes me want to revisit them!

[breezeinmonochromenight]

I wasn’t gonna say anything, but you know what?

Nah.

OP (of the tweet thread) was either a actively trying to start shit or is just a huge fucking moron. Probably both.

I’d like to point out that the company that makes American Girl dolls actually doesn’t skimp when doing their research and they don’t make the dolls with the intent to be offensive in any way:

[physicsandfandoms]

And they departed from the norm in Kaya’s doll to fit her culture! The other dolls all show their teeth, and Kaya does not because that is considered rude in the Nez Perce culture!

It is absolutely true that these books covered the stuff in history that was absent from our history books. I still distinctly remember reading about Addy being forced to eat bugs she missed on tobacco plants, and that started me out from a different perspective and made it easier for me to know to reject the sanitized version of the slave trade we’re taught in school. And these books are targeted at ages 8+, which is a pretty critical time for developing your own thinking and morals.

[lunacorva]

Reblogging for general awesome

[hey-marlie]

when i was in 3rd grade i was reading the Meet Addy book at school & a couple boys made fun of me for reading a “doll book” - my teacher overheard & started reading Meet Addy to the class after every recess. everyone became extremely invested & by the end of the year we had read the entire collection of Addy books & did a presentation on the civil war at the end of the year that we all presented to the class one by one.

i think back on this & realize that as third graders we were talking about how awful slavery was & because we were simply innocent kids without any societal or institutional influence yet, all of us could kept saying “why would you treat a HUMAN like that ?!” this one girl for her birthday invited all of us for her party & she got the Addy doll - every single one of us (boys included) held her & was in awe of this doll - it was such a touching experience.

i went back home about a year ago & ran into my third grade teacher in the grocery store. she said that year opened up a whole new teaching structure for her. she now reads american girl stories to her students starting day one of class every day to calm them down after recess & she’ll get through maybe four or five sets of books a year. she has the dolls in the room with packets on information from the doll’s time period that her students can “check out” to take home for weekends to care for them.

we oftentimes overlook how powerful toys can be in influencing young children & american girl honestly knew that kids could read intense moments in history & synthesize the issues to learn how to be a better person. my grandma bought me my first doll, molly, when i was only six & the dolls became a huge part of my childhood. when i turned 21 a couple years ago - we were living in minneapolis - she took me to have lunch for my birthday at the american doll place in the mall of america & bought me the Addy doll for my birthday. it was such a powerful moment i hasn’t expected.

i’ve since gotten rid of majority of my childhood toys, but i still have every single one of my dolls & all the books that i plan on gifting to my future children.

[iamthecutestofborg]

I’m white and my first real introduction to slavery and the underground railroad was Addy. She was a young girl like me I could connect to and care about her story. American Girl does a great job of making history relevant to kids.

[boldlygoing-nowhere]

Also American Girl sells all sorts of books unrelated to the dolls. The Care and Keeping of You books were super important as I started puberty and were the most comprehensive, non judgemental account of what was going to happen.

They also have “the smart girls guide” series which covers topics like crushes, worry, middle school, drama and gossip, sports, friendship, the digital world, communication, money, confidence, etc.

[iamthecutestofborg]

Oh I had those too and I loved them!

[fishfrommars]

I want to say I think there was an American Girl Doll magazine series that came out, but don’t quote me on that. there were lots of helpful girl guides that used the American girls as examples for doing good or learning lessons or trying to understand why girls did what they did

I learned a lot of my core beliefs from these girls.

I remember being very invested in Molly, Addy, and Kaya. Mostly cuz I look like Molly, and the other two had a lot of information on two of my favorite time periods. But I owe a lot of my personality to these lovvely girls

[dragonqueenzoyaa]

yo don’t forget my girl Caroline. Her father was captured by the British during the war of 1812 and she basically learned how to sail and rescued him herself.

[janeslandrys]

omg yeah i love caroline

[beggars-opera]

I can confirm that they really do their research - during the creation of Caroline the company called a museum I was associated with and quizzed them extensively about what sort of food kids would have eaten at the turn of the 19th century.

[kurganfilledwithbearbones]

When i was like ten I wrote a letter to the American Girl magazine saying that the girls in their magazine were all really skinny and it made me, a chonk, really sad because it was showing that I couldn’t wear any of the outfits they suggested, and I got a personal letter back from the editor apologizing for making me feel that way and saying they would work on that. Dunno if they actually did, i can’t remember, but they did promptly personally respond to a letter about something that was not exactly on the radar for girl’s media in fucking 2002. So there’s that.

[torchlake]

I’m happy to report that the messages from American Girl have only gotten better in recent years.

These are from one of their latest books, A Smart Girl’s Guide to Body Image:

They got a lot of flak from conservative parents for this and they did. not. back. down.

Their newest historical doll, Claudie, is a black girl growing up in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Her story is about Black artists thriving, and making a safe, beautiful place for themselves in a society that tries to reject them. It teaches about the NAACP’s protests against lynchings, in ways kids can understand, but there’s also so much Black joy and creativity showcased in her story.

Another historical doll, Melody, is growing up in the 1960s during the Civil Rights movement. She faces the struggles and triumphs of attending a newly integrated school, and learns about the bombing of a Black church in Alabama that killed four little girls her age. Her stories show how black people found support and community within the church, as well as music— she loves to sing! If you have a free hour, I highly recommend watching her special on Amazon (free with prime). It stars Caila Marsai Martin from Blackish and it will make you weep.

The girl of the year for 2022, Corinne, is Asian, and her story touches on the issues of anti-Asian hate in the wake of covid. When conservative parents threw a fit about this, American Girl went ahead and made the girl of the year for 2023 Asian, too.

Any of their dolls can be customized with assistive devices like hearing aids, service dogs, and wheelchairs. They also have bald dolls, to include stories about girls battling cancer or alopecia. And it’s not just girl dolls— they have boy dolls now, too! And dolls with no gender assigned to them! People complained that they couldn’t find any dolls in the Just Like Me line that looked like them, so they now give people the ability to create their own custom doll, with tons of different options.

I’m not claiming American Girl as a company is perfect, but I am saying they’re important. Girl perspectives, girl stories, and girl communities are IMPORTANT. If there are kids in your life who would benefit from these stories, or if you’d like to read them yourself, you can find any American Girl book for pretty much dirt cheap on eBay, and libraries usually stock tons of them!

[lilybug-02]

Dewi's Adventures in Hollow Knight: 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝟐

Another Buggy Beggining ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 … 6 ... 7 ... 8 … 9 … 10 … 11 … 12 ... 13 ... 14 ... 15 ... 16 ... 17 … 18 ... 19 ... 20 … 21 ... 22 ... 23 ... 24

... 25 ... 26 ... 27 ... 28 ... 29 ... 30 ... 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... 34 … 35 ... 36 … 37 ... 38 ... 39 ... 40 ... 41 ... 42 ... 43 … 44 … 45 ... 46 ... 47 … 48 … 49 ... 50 ... 51 ... 52 … 53 ... 54 … 55 ... 56 ... 57 … 58 ... 59 ... 60 ... 61 ... 62 ... 63 ... 64 ... 65 ... 66 ... 67 ... 68 ... 69 ... 70 ... 71 … 72 ... 73 ... 74 ... 75 ... 76

... 77 ... 78 ... 79 ... 80 ... 81 ... to be continued! Usually updated weekly.

𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝟏

≿━━━━━༻✧༺━━━━༺❀༻━━━━༻✧༺━━━━━≾

Non-Cannon Adventures: What Dewi looks like in Game* // Fanart of Fanart! @worthytemplarnerd // Zote Time-out // Slug Catcher Champion* // Lanky // Meeting the White Lady // Pencil // Sam's Adventures(V2 Concept Art)* // Dewi's Snack Cravings // Bug!Dewi FanFic!!!

* multiple posts in one

All other tagged posts

≿━━━━━༻✧༺━━━━༺❀༻━━━━༻✧༺━━━━━≾

"Dewi is back at his dad's house for the summer and it seems unwanted company has arrived. Having to deal with a cousin who hates bugs is hard enough, but when the denizens of Hallownest need his help with a growing problem, it's not just up to him to find the solution."

This fancomic is based within the Hollow Knight Games. A 'what if' scenario where Humans and Bugs collide!

≿━━━━━༻✧༺━━━━༺❀༻━━━━༻✧༺━━━━━≾

▴♥︎▴ Support The Author ▴♥︎▴ Buy Me A Coffee ▴♥︎▴

[hypnocreatorlawyercolor-blog]

Why am I the tyrant's husband in a BL novel?!

Warning! I use a translator, English is not my native language.

Idea #9

I recently started watching the drama "What a Scandal!" (the title may be incorrect in English). I've also been really into manhwas with reincarnation or Self-Insert themes in the past, so I'm excited for this DP x DC crossover idea.

You'd think Danny would be the very person who ended up in the body of a character in the story. That's true, but he's in the body of the tyrant of this story, a story he hasn't even read! Literature still isn't his favorite subject; he'd rather read a physics book than a novel. And he's in a girl's body, too. It's not that his gender bothers him; he doesn't care about pronouns; he's just getting used to the body now.

And Danny definitely blames the Transparent Writer for this. He's definitely to blame. Danny also doesn't know that he's ended up in a Black Lives Matter novel, where at the end, his character is executed by the gay protagonists. And his powers are practically nonexistent, the only thing he retains are basic ghost abilities and a bit of cryokinesis.

And now about the tyrant's husband. Meet Jason Todd, and his not-sister Stephanie gave him a BL novel as a joke. But he read it, even though he sometimes wanted to scream from the horror and sheer drama of it. And he has no idea how he ended up in the book, especially as one of the lovers of the tyrant's Empress/Queen.

And now it's Jason's turn to enter the Queen's chambers. Everything was going smoothly until the tyrant Queen tried to kick him out, and he actually has a plan for his survival! He doesn't want to be burned alive!

She allowed him to stay, but acted extremely coldly and said sharply: "Howdy, what's up?"

Meanwhile, Danny is screaming inside himself because he so quickly embarrassed himself in front of such a handsome man, and also said some nonsense that people of this time will not understand.

Jason responded with the same slang. Danny was surprised, then sighed with relief, starting to cry, because he was so scared already. He really didn't like playing the role of a cruel woman, especially when everyone wanted to kill him, even this body's own mother. And he had an ally now, which was good.

And then they start developing a plan: "How do we get the two main characters to back off from the two villains?" Danny wants to keep his head on his shoulders, and Jay wants to stay out of the fire. They made this alliance in hell, promising those idiot main characters a meal of dirt.

And also find a way back. Maybe they'll even commit a few crimes along the way, and then, upon returning, bury the Clown.

I also found the perfect song for the criminal couple Danny and Jason.

https://youtu.be/GK-6Td9INxM?feature=shared

[saintpinky]

i think simon and grace find the mouthwashing crew on their travels (before the team dies) and they put jimmy down like a dog

[sockatoothewafflebird]

"rise of the brave tangled dragons style" hey yeah actually can we start making a vast universe of just space fiction like we did with animated movies

[ed00]

cosmic forces are not toys

the flash knows now not to mess with the the timeline(be more careful). He has fixed what he broke right? Maybe not exactly the same but close, almost the same (he tells himself).

Barry can’t shake the feeling something is wrong. He is having strange dreams of being chased by something he can’t escape. Something big and angry and trying to crush him. Also some blue guy in a purple robe, looking judgmental.

It turns out to not be his imagination, the reverse flash comes looking scared “Barry what have you done, you changed..missing..ahh..gnissim si eh..eeemmiiittt ahhhhh!” He then glitched out and ran away screaming in reverse like someone hit rewind. It was scary to be honest, he needs help.

the justice league has to deal with something that burst out of the league of assassin’s hideout destroying the place, for something over 10 feet it vanished quickly and remains hard to track. So Barry problem is sidelined for now. They identity it as most likely a grater spirit, the JLD cant agree on identifying it, marthin manhunter is out from trying to read its mind.

The flash erased Amaty Park but a place connected to a dimension with different time and space does not go quietly. Danny felt it, it was like the portal but everything ,everyone was flowing in to him. Amity park became one, with phantom as the center.

[ed00]

cosmic forces are not toys

the flash knows now not to mess with the the timeline(be more careful). He has fixed what he broke right? Maybe not exactly the same but close, almost the same (he tells himself).

Barry can’t shake the feeling something is wrong. He is having strange dreams of being chased by something he can’t escape. Something big and angry and trying to crush him. Also some blue guy in a purple robe, looking judgmental.

It turns out to not be his imagination, the reverse flash comes looking scared “Barry what have you done, you changed..missing..ahh..gnissim si eh..eeemmiiittt ahhhhh!” He then glitched out and ran away screaming in reverse like someone hit rewind. It was scary to be honest, he needs help.

the justice league has to deal with something that burst out of the league of assassin’s hideout destroying the place, for something over 10 feet it vanished quickly and remains hard to track. So Barry problem is sidelined for now. They identity it as most likely a grater spirit, the JLD cant agree on identifying it, marthin manhunter is out from trying to read its mind.

The flash erased Amaty Park but a place connected to a dimension with different time and space does not go quietly. Danny felt it, it was like the portal but everything ,everyone was flowing in to him. Amity park became one, with phantom as the center.

[bluegummieshark]

Cultural Differences

I had an idea, I just want the justice league or batman trying to come to terms with ghost culture. Heads up this has a some gore.

Phantom was a newer hero, brought in by the JLD. Given there focus on the supernatural side it made sense to add the younger ghost to the team, even if the debate of if ghost were even real took a good week to clear up. Still it was worth it for the results. The kid was good, often dealing with threats quickly and leaving little to no real damage after. He would smile, take the time to calm down civilians and even stay behind after to make sure the odd cult member understood there options and therapy if they were manipulated.

Compared to the rest of JLD phantom was practically a ball of sunshine with the heart of a puppy. Thats probably why it was such a shock when he walked in hugging a decapitated skull like it was a teddy bear. The flash wasn't even pretending when he ran to trash can to begin puking out his guts. The face was mostily burnt off while parts of its flesh and one eye clung to the bone looking like it was covered in worlds worst melted strawberry ice-cream. It was the kind of view that most hero's had nightmares about.

Yet here was danny showing it one of they larger bay windows in the watch tower pointing out constellation like this was just another Tuesday. Its actually Thursday but that isnt the point.

"Phantom" Batman called out. "Wha- Who is this?"

In Unison they tilted there heads at the man and for a moment the air in the tower froze. Two souls staring at the hero's without any real signs of life in either. Just a few seconds long enough to set off every instinct they had. And then a laugh. Awkward, short, and a bit pitchy in a way only a teen being caught doing somthing odd could have.

"O hi! Uhh sorry, I didnt see you all there, everyone meet James, James these are my hero friends." Danny practically cheered extending James out towards the heros. The one eye bounced against the socket but made no signs of life other wise.

"I see, and you and James are...?" Batman pushed.

"Huh, o James came by with some fresh bbq so I figured we hang out and do some sight seeing and maybe get some coffee while we wait for them to finish cooking."

Just then before anyone could continue questioning the skulls mouth open to releasing a unnatural gargle.

"O man, your so right i didnt even look at the time, we better get back. Bye bye everyone!" Danny singsonged as he and the skull flew directly out the ship and into space inches general direction of earth.

Anyways yall can take this and make it your own I just think its funny for ghost to be totally cool with sharing there physical body parts like bones and organs and mixing that with danny being from the Midwest so he treats it like a neighbor bringing a tray of cookies to your house where it's only poliet you invited them to hangout and share with you some. I imagine James body is back home cooking the BBQ while they hang.

[just-more-pr0mts]

We've all heard of the classic playboy/girl ×nerd where the playboy eventually falls in love with the nerd and they live happily ever after, the end.

But how about

The Nerd dates the playboy out of pity thinking "this poor boy! He is such a love sick fool. " and when playboy cheats and or breaks up with the nerd. Instead of the reaction the playboy was expecting... The nerd celebrates because hello? longer having to put up with him that freaking a reason to celebrate. The nerd throws a party and the playboy is dumbfounded .

[afanofmanyships]

Bruce (does any of the two) waits for Danny’s reaction, knowing how sensitive he will be.

So he waits for the inevitable reaction of tears, accusations, and screams. Only Danny didn’t do any of that because he was smiling and dancing.

Then excitedly ran out of the building shouting, “WWOOO HHHOOO!”

“BRUCIE WAYNE AND I ARE NO LONGER TOGETHER!!!”

“HELL YEAH!”

“I DON’T HAVE TO PRETEND TO LIKE HIM ANYMORE!!”

“FUCK THE RICH, EVEN THOUGH I AM A BILLIONAIRE!!”

“YES MY SON AND DAUGHTER THAT DOES MEAN YOU CAN START DATING YOUR CRUSHES BECAUSE I’M NOT WITH THEIR FATHER ANYMORE!!”

“To answer your question dear reporter, yes I am a billionaire. I didn’t know that me and Bruce were dating until he kissed me. I thought that it was a friendly hangout between billionaires. My wife and husband found it hilarious when I told them. I didn’t know how to clear it up with Bruce. So I’m glad Bruce ended it with me and my kids can finally ask out their crushes!”

“HUSBAND’O AND WIFEY I’M COMING HOME DARLINGS!!”

“KIDS, YOU’RE ALLOWED TO USE MY CREDIT CARDS! NO OCCULT STUFF!!”

[ed00]

you made it worse

Danny has to leave Amity park, fleeing from the government (can be g.i.w, d.e.o, even Amanda Waller). No one realizes that Danny is vital to the Ecto ecosystem, he keeps the ecto levels balance in both people and the place so to prevent the worst from happening (that being: Amaty park sinking in to the ether, the liminal citizenry gaining power but losing there sanity and humanity.)

the liminal populace without phantom start to show ghost like behavior, (Vlad like behavior really) obsessive behavior, extreme emotional responses, lower impulse control, impaired empathy.

to summarize: government chased phantom out, and now the most ecto infused are turned into supernatural supervillains. With a need for revenge in phantoms name.

[ed00]

my ideas:

the dr.Fentons have gone full supervillain, even more single minded and reckless they are closest to full ghost. They are in denial of thare lost humanity and ignore what doesn’t fit thare world view. They are nuts and will build a doomsday device.

Tucker now has the full memory of his past life to go with his tech skills. He is stealing both high tech data and mystic artifacts. Committing cyber attacks, hacking the government, trolling the justice league. Combing code and magic.

dash has super speed, and the ghost power to be intangible ,float and drain energy. being a competitive jock he is going to race the speedster. If they don’t play along he will make them. Dash can drain the speed force (it’s like he is a negative charged to other speedsters) and that scares the flash’s.

Pauline has an affinity to dragons after wearing the necklace, she has learned magic and even calls legendary dragons powers but to avenge phantom she needs more. If she can break in to the rock of eternity and find the materials she will not only become a dragon but the champion of dragons (dragon cap. Marvel)

sam is connected to the ghost green (or black?) has power and memory from the flora underworld. Ghost plants, prehistoric flora, kryptonan vegetation all in her sphere. She is full filling her wish in the worst way. She is a dark spot in the green.

[samgirl98]

DC x DP Prompt #7

Danny is the clone of Ra's Al Ghul.

One day, Maddie and Jack found a black and white hair as it floated out of their still-off proto-portal. They found the hair and found some anomalies to it. They decided to keep it to study it some more.

A few years later, they either want another child but can't have one naturally, so they try to mix their DNA to make a clone, but they accidentally use Ra's' hair instead. (Or they accidentally create a clone using the hair)

Skip to 14 years later, and the accident happens. When that happens, Ra's is also taking a dip in the Pits. While in the Pits, it whispers to him about his mirror born. Soon, he is looking for his perfect heir, as Damian has left.

Danny just wants to be left alone by this crazed fruitloop.

[thatweirdocryptid]

DpxDc: multidimensional party (inspired by a Tom Cardy song)

Tim wasn't the type of person to party. Like ever.

So when one night in the manor's garden a Lazarus green doorway opened up with a voice coming from inside, before he was just forced into the "interplanetary ballroom" with a bunch of weird, sometimes comprehensible or incomprehensible beings.

And what the hell was the "Transcendental Cha Cha Cha?"

[----]

Or instead of Danny becoming the ghost king after he turned 18 or whatever age or when his dimension died. He became the ghost zone's and beyond DJ, and his new name was DJ Phenomena. And the zone or infinite realms itself REALLY like it and decided to just give him full control and take a nap however long.

And it was GREAT being the DJ

His once human form as a ghost was replaced with a green space-lile entitiy with multiple floating hands, stars making rings around his waist like a belt. Wearing a black and white suit with a beyond neon green bowtie

So when the first human(there were quite a few of 3d perceiving entities) came through! He had to make it the best time this human ever had!

Awee... He looked a bit scared! But everyone is scared at first!

[----]

[after the manor]

"hit the Dancefloor, chachacha" Tim sung softly as he made some tea.

"What's got you in this mood replacement?" Jason asked, leaning on the counter, noticing how he wore more brigher clothes, even for a born gothamite.

"Ah, just a song stuck in my head." he waved off...

Jason shrugged it off while everyone else(or idk this is a prompt) had suspicions...

Whoever you choose witness Tim getting ready for what it looked like a rave for what he was wearing, sneaking out of the window and going through a Lazarus green doorway, very giddy aswell..

[khivirsur]

Dick drags him, Jason, and Damian to a disco, because apparently they "need to lighten up!".

Dick and Jason have some drinks and up on the dance floor.

Dick tried to drag him into a dance, but gave up after Tim kept yawning as Dick tried to spin him around.

He is extremely bored. Sure, there's music, and dancing, and strobe lights, and an actual disco ball- but there's no Transcendal Cha Cha Cha, no trakulabs- nothing interesting.

It's a completely mortal affair, and he's bored out of his mind.

"DJ Phenomena would never let this stand," he grumbles, and gets a glance from Damian, but he waves it off.

After he almost nods off, he goes to the bar and asks if they have any coffee.

They don't. It's a tragedy.

Tim sulks back to the corner of the room where they'd settled down and brings out his phone.

At first he tries to get some work done, but can't focus. He just keeps re-reading the first paragraph of the email over and over and never absorbing the words.

Tim abandons work and switches to his casual email. He mindlessly deletes spam emails, only to stop as he finds a curious one.

{DJ Phenomena ˇ ✓[email protected]

Multi-Dimensional Party

To: [email protected]

Hey there! This is DJ Phenomena reminding you that the gateway to get to the next party will open at 3:27 A.M. and last until 3:33 A.M., on Monday night / early Tuesday morning!

The portal has, due to your request, been moved to the cave beneath Drake Manor.

Hope to see you there, friend / ally/ acquaintance / enemy!

May all your parties by rockin!}

On a whim, he drafts an email.

{Tim the Hobbyist ˇ

✓[email protected]

Rockin' Parties

To: [email protected]

Thank you for the reminder of the Party. I can't wait; my brother dragged me to a normal disco and it just doesn't measure up.

He said he was trying to get me to lighten up, but this "disco" is just so dull compared to the Parties you throw. I've almost fallen asleep!

Bored (almost) to death (though that would be more lively than this!),

Tim the Hobbyist}

He sends it, thinking nothing of it. He hadn't thought that the famous DJ would actually respond- he had thought that he was on a mailing list!- and finds himself gobsmacked at the reply.

{DJ Phenomena ˇ ✓[email protected]

Parties

To: [email protected]

Oof! Sorry about that man, some of my human friends took me to a bar to try to find me a date but all I could focus on was how terrible it all was.

Well, except for the drinks, but I might feel like that about the drinks if I ever decide to take up mixology! But picking up hobbies is your thing, not mine!

Care for me to come in and shake up the place? ;3

Ready and willing,

Dj Phenomena}

He stares, at first.

The DJ Phenomena- the famed, always in high demand, DJ Phenomena- was offering to come to this podunk, mortal, Gotham nightclub and be DJ?

Just because he'd complained?

It took a few seconds to compute, but when it did he shot back an email saying maybe and to hold up.

He jogged around the dance floor and over to the DJ.

"Hey, man, do you mind if I have someone I know DJ? I'd pay you double what you'd make while he's acting as DJ if you let me."

The man made talking motions with his mouth, but no sound came out.

"Uh- yeah, no, I don't mind, man, it's cool. I normally make 42 dollars an hour."

"Great! Just give me a second…" He takes out his wallet and hands the guy a hundred dollar bill.

"Keep the change- I've got to go call him and tell my brothers not to freak out. You've probably got one last song before he gets here."

He hardly registers that the man nods as he walks away, already texting DJ Phenomena the all-clear and the address as he heads towards his brothers.

"Hey- Dick? Jason? I've called in another, superior DJ. Just don't freak out when he shows up, he doesn't exactly look human."

Isn't human, in fact, but there's no reason to tell them that.

He walks away, back towards Damian in the corner, ignoring the questions lobbed at his retreating back.

He sits down beside Damian, informs him, checks his phone and sees DJ Phenomena's return email. It's just six thumbs-up emojis.

He smiles, and it only grows bigger as a portal rips on stage and DJ Phenomena comes out, holding his ghostly DJ set-up, and hears the pandemonium.

"Helloooooooo there, Gothamites! It's me, DJ Phenomena, and I've got some real hits for you tonight, including the Transcendal Cha Cha Cha!"

The pandemonium dies down as he takes a minute to set up.

As he stretches, preparing, Tim gets up and heads to the dance floor.

Once the music starts, he gets moving, and people flood to the dance floor to join.

It's not every day you get to do the Transcendal Cha Cha Cha, after all!

"-hit the Dancefloor, chachacha!"