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I love how the knots on my hoodie cords are the perfect size for my nostrils

could a he/him write this??

dustorange-deactivated20230813

Peak middle schooler during a boring class energy

bigskydreaming

If DC had just combined their Spyral and amnesia stories into one, instead of like the mess we got, we could’ve actually had a good story.

Like, literally all you gotta do is back during Forever Evil, find some way to separate Bruce and Selina from Dick’s body BEFORE Luthor revives him….so Bruce too is of the belief that Dick’s dead, and Luthor being heralded as the one who saved the day from the Crime Syndicate protects him from Bruce or the Batfam’s reprisals.

Then all you gotta do is…instead of Dick getting amnesia like a year later from being shot in the head by KGBeast….Dick gets amnesia from complications in how long it took Luthor to revive him. And of course Luthor capitalizes the HELL out of this.

And then, you can pretty much do everything the same….without it being ANYONE in the Batfamily’s fault, or anyone taking anyone for granted?

You can still have Dick go undercover in Spyral, be Agent 37….only now its on Luthor’s orders, because Dick woke up with no memories and all he knows about himself or like, anything, is whatever Luthor tells him.

And he knows SOMETHING’S not right about everything, like, something’s off about the person he feels like he is and the person Luthor claims that he is, but Luthor’s savvy enough that he’s not forcing Dick to do anything that might trigger some buried memories or built in moral resistance to an order, he’s invested in keeping Dick as fully cooperative for as long as possible, because he knows Dick will be way more effective if he’s on board with stuff than actively fighting things. So Luthor has Dick sold on the idea that he’s infiltrating Spyral on behalf of the good guys, like Dick thinks he’s fine with doing morally gray stuff but isn’t full on trigger happy so Luthor doesn’t force him to kill people on his behalf and thus Dick’s time in Spyral and his character conflicts with Helena, Tiger, etc, remain largely the same.

And meanwhile, Dick’s in the dark about his real identity and past because not having any clue he’s alive, the Batfamily reluctantly has been doing their best to bury details of the late Dick Grayson, no matter how much they hate it, because they have to worry about the living members of their family and try and distance themselves from Dick post being-unmasked, so nobody connects the dots to all of them.

And then of course, eventually one of them runs into someone who reminds them suspiciously of Dick on a case, like his face is still all swirly because of the Hypnos implants but he says or does something that’s so quintessentially Dick Grayson that they can’t NOT wonder. Because here, Dick doesn’t KNOW to tamp down on his natural quips and banter or mannerisms around the Batfamily, and so they give him away even as he remains faceless, and there’s not really any way Luthor could have seen that coming or prevented it, without like….scripting everything Dick says or does in every possible encounter he has, which of course is impossible.

And so THEN ultimately, you can have one or two Batfam members pursuing possibilities that Dick’s alive on their own, and then eventually comparing notes and realizing Dick really IS alive, what Luthor must have done, and that Dick didn’t come home because Dick literally doesn’t remember where or what home is…..

And then whammo ka-blammo, its Fully United Batfamily To The Rescue as they basically just invade Spyral and blow it to Kingdom Come whilst convincing Dick that he’s their brother/son/friend and belongs with them and Lex Luthor is a lying liar who lies, SEARCH YOUR HEART, FEEL YOUR FEELINGS, YOU KNOW WE SPEAK THE TRUTH and blah blah blah et cetera et cetera et yada yada.

And nobody ever has to read Tom King and Scott Lobdell’s like…..*gestures disgustedly in the general direction of their utter tripe*….That.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31824415/chapters/78787954

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

i got. a little too invested in this post

therealtsk

honey wake up dustorange fic dropped

bigskydreaming

So for those who remember this post, and @dustorange’s initial fic based on it, the fic has been reuploaded and finished!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40984482

#Ideas

kosmogrl

this is the question of all time

shower in the morning

shower at night

Voting ended onNov 17, 2025

choose wisely (yes there is a correct answer)

Shower in the morning in the summer (unless I'm dirty)

and at night in the winter so my hair doesn't freeze

segfaultfault

When your pants tear, where do they usually give?

at the butt seam

at the knees

at the fastener (zipper, button, the elastic, whatever keeps the pants up)

somewhere else, please elaborate in the tags

I don't wear pants until they tear

Voting ended onNov 18, 2025

#The thighs baby

apolladay

Is there a difference between mentally ill, mentally disabled, and mental disabilities?

if so explain in comments? Please?

Is there a difference between mentally ill, mentally disabled, and mental disabilities? if so explain in comments? Please?

yes

no

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

fiddlysticks-deactivated2024070

I figure it’s similar to the different between being blind and having chronic pain.

A mental disability isn’t hurting you but it does affect how you live in a system that isn’t built for you. A mental illness is harming you.

so much rage for anyone who tells the story of the radium girls like “ohoho weren’t people in the 20s fucking stupid” and not like “corporate greed has always cost people’s lives and health”

dr-falcon-fox-and-coyote

History Lesson:

The Radium Girls were factory workers who painted glowing markers on watches. They pointed their paint brushes with their lips after being told do so and that it was safe for them to do so by their managers. The paint had radium in it to promote the glow.

Dentists became the first people aware of the medical complications happening amongst all the women working in this factory. Complaints of loose bones, teeth, ulcers, etc. began to circulate amongst the staff.

Eventually, the girls started to die. The first one’s jaw literally came off her skull before her death as a result of radiation poisoning.

Perhaps all of that you could say was “stupidity” on behalf of the workers and corporation.

But what came next wasn’t. The corporation, the U.S. Radium Corporation, originally called the Radium Luminous Material Corporation, lied to the public and said that their workers were dying from alternate causes such as syphilis. They continued to instruct their staff to work business as usual, perpetuating more deaths and illness amongst their staff so their product could continue to be made.

The Radium Corp offered to change the method of painting dials, but the alternative brushes slowed down work and they were paid by the dial. To continue earning the wages they needed, the girls were forced to continue to use the brushes that they had to wet with their mouths.

The girls eventually took the matter to court. They took it to court eight times because Radium Corp continued to appeal until 1939.

As a result of their win, which provided a settlement to each girl a lump sum, a yearly stipend, and medical expensed paid by the company, LABOR LAW changed to ensure that companies could be held accountable for not properly protecting their employees from disease. New health regulations and standards were put in place to keep workers safe and they stopped using the brushes after that point.

(I don’t have the data to say if there was a corresponding wage increase to factor for lost wages due to a slowing down after new regulations were made).

The point, though, is that this company willfully knew that its staff was geting sick and dying from the procedures they put in place, and lied to their staff and started a public smear campaign saying these women had sexually transmitted diseases instead.

That’s not on the “stupid” women, that’s corporate greed.

sashaforthewin

I’d also like to add that they were intentionally delaying the court case so there would be less girls left alive to be there. Even after they’re caught, they are still heartless shits. Don’t ever forget these poor women and the company that thought cycling through workers and leaving a trail of bodies was worth making more money at the top.

nudityandnerdery

When they say regulations are written in blood, this is what they mean. Remember that when the government tries to cut back regulations, saying they cost companies too much money.

For more examples of this type of scenario look up the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Disaster.

three-semicolons

Dick was actually so patient with Tim at the beginning holy shit.

I don’t blame Tim at all because he’s literally like 13, but I also would not have been completely surprised if Dick clocked him or something. This poor boy does not understand etiquette.

Like we start out with Tim stalking Dick at Haly’s and telling him that he knows about his and Bruce’s secret identity, and that he owes Bruce even after being a child vigilante for a decade.

Like what???? Owe him shit????

(Not to mention how upset Tim was to hear that Dick might’ve found happiness at the circus instead of continuing his crime fighting career. Let a boy retire 😭)

But still, Dick’s immediate response is to turn on the parental instincts like “holy shit this is a child” and take him home.

Look at that smirk.

But then, as one does within hours of meeting a stranger, Tim spends multiple pages graphically describing the death of Dick’s parents and how badly he was affected by it. Which — fair — that would be traumatizing to literally everyone in the audience. But also you’re talking to the man himself about his parents’ death before you even know how he likes his steak done.

Like??? Now???? We’re just going right at it????

And the whole time Dick is just like “this is fine this is fine this is fine (:”. Which, for any of you that have ever had to take care of kids, is The Response™️ for when they’re delving into deep shit that personally affects you but are too young to realize what tf they’re doing. Poor Tim is belly flopping on every single social land mine. He’s discovering new ones actively.

And then, to top it all off, when he finally gets to the point of how he knows that Dick was Robin, the way he tries to pitch Dick to return to the role is fucking BRUTAL.

Like: “yeah Bruce needs you, but not as an equal with the identity you forged for yourself. He needs you as a lackey and a sidekick!”

Like OW LITTLE HOMIE CHILL TF OUTTTTTTT.

Anyways little baby Tim is out of pocket and Dick needs to become a babysitter, because this is the type of restraint you typically only find in seasoned gremlin-herders, but his instinct is on point.

reasonsforhope

By the way, you can improve your executive function. You can literally build it like a muscle.

Yes, even if you're neurodivergent. I don't have ADHD, but it is allegedly a thing with ADHD as well. And I am autistic, and after a bunch of nerve damage (severe enough that I was basically housebound for 6 months), I had to completely rebuild my ability to get my brain to Do Things from what felt like nearly scratch.

This is specifically from ADDitude magazine, so written specifically for ADHD (and while focused in large part on kids, also definitely includes adults and adult activities):

Executive functioning skills range from working memory to cognitive flexibility to inhibitory control, and beyond. They power our daily func

Here's a link on this for autism (though as an editor wow did that title need an editor lol):

Practical Strategies for Enhancing Executive Functioning Difficulties in Adults With Autism - Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as

Resources on this aren't great because they're mainly aimed at neurotypical therapists or parents of neurdivergent children. There's worksheets you can do that help a lot too or thought work you can do to sort of build the neuro-infrastructure for tasks.

But a lot of the stuff is just like. fun. Pulling from both the first article and my own experience:

Play games or video games where you have to make a lot of decisions. Literally go make a ton of picrews or do online dress-up dolls if you like. It helped me.

Art, especially forms of art that require patience, planning ahead, or in contrast improvisation

Listening to longform storytelling without visuals, e.g. just listening regularly to audiobooks or narrative podcasts, etc.

Meditation

Martial arts

Sports in general

Board games like chess or Catan (I actually found a big list of what board games are good for building what executive functioning skills here)

Woodworking

Cooking

If you're bad at time management play games or video games with a bunch of timers

Things can be easier. You might always have a disability around this (I certainly always will), but it can be easier. You do not have to be this stuck forever.

apperishon

thank you very much

bludragongal

I had a nightmare last night.

I was a reporter.

bludragongal

Finally, here is Part 2 as an addition to the original post. Enjoy.

I spent a lot of time thinking about The Rules, and wondering how things worked. Thank you for reading.

Part 3 coming soon.

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#Interesting

apricops

just be yourself and don’t care about what other people think! Why would you care about what other people think about you?

(DISCLAIMER: what other people think about you will determine every aspect of your support network, your ability to get housing and employment, the quality of your medical care, how you are treated by the legal system, and how likely people will be to sic the police on you for violating social norms.)

apricops

hey, listen, I get where you’re coming from but I don’t think this one is capitalism’s fault. I really don’t think capitalism is responsible for the general concept of social ostracism. We can’t just use capitalism to mean “bad thing-ism” we gotta remember that some words mean things

Even animals will ostracize each other for being different. The best you can do is check yourself when you’re making judgments.

bugjolteon

i have a genuine quashtion dont make fun of me.

are sex talks real did your parents give you a sex talk?

yes they did give me a sex talk

no they did not give me a sex talk period

no but they gave me a book about it (and didnt talk about the book)

orphan button

nuance??????????????????//

Voting ended onOct 28, 2025

#Honestly digging this version of the riddler

I don’t remember if we had an actual “talk” but we did breed our dog and were present for the entire process.

farm-paws

HE’S GAY AND FRIENDLY!

From: ‘Home-made Toys’ The Australian Women’s Weekly, 1960s approx.

eldritchalpaca

he's gay and friendly!

(yarn info, pattern thoughts, and extra pics under the cut)

eldritchalpaca

AS PROMISED!

here is my gay and friendly elephant pattern document! I've included a transcription of the original pattern, a translation of the pattern into modern knitting pattern verbiage, and notes on how I made my patchwork elephant because he's just so cute and I think everyone needs one.

if you find any problems with the pattern or have any questions, my ask box is open! and feel free to tag me in your elephantine creations! i want to see the world full of friendly gay elephants :)

(also, patches says hi)

#To make

creature-lala

I just love drawing him as the most obnoxious dandy manwhore

Also bring back query and echo into the mainstream and for the love of god make them muscle mommy goons

Danny, 15 and thoroughly done with everyone's crap, steals the Crown of Fire and the Skeleton Key and uses the later to find a suitable new High King for the Infinite Realms. The key (also known as Deaths kay) acted like a sort of Infi-map but lacked the limitations of needing a natural portal to spawn in that time/location and could get you past any wards/protections no mater how powerful.

The key spawns him just in front of the form of a sleeping Jason Todd, and Danny decided he wasn't going to question the magical keys judgment and just plops the crown on a bleary and startled Jasons head.

The crown burned for this guy, signaling that it found him worthy and that was more than enough for Danny.

With no context whatsoever, Danny looked Jason in the eye, burning neon green meeting with wide greenish blue, "You're our king now."

Then he vanished.

Jason later finds that the Lazarus entity left behind a handmade pamphlet. It was immensely unhelpful.

lirabuswavi

The pamphlet features sections such as:

Congrats! It's Royalty!

What to do if the Old King Gets Released (besides dieing)

How to King in Zero Steps (I don't know how it works, your problem now)

Avoid Billionaires

Asserting Dominance in the Ghost Zone (hope you don't mind throwing down at any times between 12 am and forever)

How to Not Get Vivi/Dissected by the Government or Other Authourity Figures (yes this includes your parent, no I will not elaborate on that)

Afterword (please please don't find me, I don't want it, I'm failing english already, I don't need the extra stress)

There are also hand drawn pictures scattered throughout, as well as what look like blood stains and dried Lazarus water.

Jason is concerned on multiple levels, both for himself and the bone tired kid he saw for all of five seconds.

manapeer

This keeps getting better <3

Jason starts trying to learn more about Danny between building a society from scratch in the Infinite Realms (they don't even have public libraries or social workers) and running his criminal empire.

What he learns is deeply concerning.

First things first, he makes sure the creepy old billionaire who's creepily obsessed with a teenage boy "disappears". Then he takes care of the anti-ecto laws. Whether he does this via the Out Laws, the Dayly Planet press release or by bullying the Justice League/Justice League Dark is the authors choice.

Then he gets the kids parents thrown into a looney bin where they can get the help they deserve before taking Danny under his wing. Danny cries and while he doesn't exactly like his parents being taken away from them he fully understands that his parents need help. It definitely helps that Hood respects Dannys boundaries and is nothing like Vlad.

Jazz is in college but that doesn't stop her from checking up on Danny and strongly enough, Hood too.

The Dani appeared out of no where with Cujo and began living with Hood and Danny.

Jason went from having 0 kids to 3 kids and a dog and no one except Jason is quite sure how it happened.

thevanillahorizon

this is funnier to think about knowing any minute Jason could end up summoned and have a whole lot of explaining to do.

Also his siblings are relentlessly teasing him about following in Bruce's footsteps even down to the dog (that they haven't met and don't know is green and glowing yet)

Oh! What if Jason is still building his crime thing and hasn't yet revealed himself to the bats? What if he becomes ghost king at that particular point in the timeline? How screwed would certain people be?

myhoardisinformation

If we're keeping the 'bruce sliced Jason's throat' thing that happened? Very

Imagine Danny or cujo having a sense for when Jason is in danger? (Danny arriving and doing the classic "dad!" (Without realizing of course) and then attacking Bruce (with non-lethal force bc Danny doesn't kill. But that doesn't stop him from attacking to make people *wish* they were dead by the time he's done) *OR!* working to stop the bleeding, keep jason (mostly) alive and looking at Bruce with glowing eyes and baring his teeth and threatening to make him sorry/pay once jason is healed.

And I'm pretty sure that (if fright knight is a position) Jason's fright knight would be alerted. If jason doesn't stop them, they'll probably be going after batman (and joker i imagine. .... maybe joker gets arrested for crimes against the crown? XD)

elizabethemerald

Danny felt relaxed for probably the first time in years. The new High King had been doing a first job. One of the first things he had ordered was for the other ghosts not to harm humans. He had then explained to Danny's usual Rogues Gallery that Danny had only been a ghost for a year and that they had been attacking a literal baby. Danny didn't quite want to tell his rogues that, but it did end with his fights being much more reasonable.

His positive impact wasn't just limited to the ghosts. Jack and Maddie were in jail, the GIW were crumbling and two reporters in Metropolis were roasting the Anit-Ecto Acts over an open fire. Danny was enjoying an apartment down the hall from one of Jason's safe houses. They had both considered having Danny just moving in with the new king, but Jason respected Danny's paranoia and gave him his own space. Jason however refused to allow Danny to just eat Top Ramen, so they had nightly "Cooking Lessons" which were really just Jason cooking a healthy dinner for Danny for the first time in his life.

Danny had been grabbing his laundry out of the building's laundry room, all while whistling a jaunty tune, happy about his change of fate, when he suddenly felt a pull on his core. It felt like someone had grabbed his core and twisted, and considering what his parents had almost done to him, he knew that feeling all too well.

Okay but does Bruce go, "omg I almost orphaned a child" or does he go "omg Red Hood has a kid we gotta get the kid away from him" or both?

vanatheforest

Definitely the latter. He would probably think that Red Hood is a terrible father and try to get him in Arkham more. Maybe he'd think that Jason is trying to use the meta kid by pretending to be his father or something. Maybe he'd try to convince Danny to cut ties with Danny, causing Danny to yell at him about how wonderful Hood is and accidentally reveal that he's the king of an interdimensional death species.

elizabethemerald

Danny didn't know if he had ever been this angry. Even with his parents he was disappointed and terrified more than angry. Batman had cut Jason's throat, his own son! Danny's... he was thinking of Jason more and more as his dad and less and less as his king. He didn't... that wasn't... Jason wouldn't mind would he?

Jason was currently recovering in the Far Frozen. The healing of his cut throat was made much more complicated by the corrupted ectoplasm that had brought him back to life. Frostbite wanted the new king to go through a full detox before he returned to the mortal world.

While Jason recovered and practiced with his rapidly developing powers Danny did his part and kept an eye on Crime Alley. He couldn't protect Jason while he was kept safe in the Far Frozen and he didn't want all of Jason's hard work to go up in smoke.

So Danny patrolled Crime Alley nightly. Any thugs messing with the working ladies or threatening kids got iced. Jason was very pro breaking knees or legs if he didn't kill someone outright. Danny was a little too squeamish to break someone's legs and Jason didn't want him to have to kill anyone, but his ice did the trick perfectly. The ice wouldn't melt for at least a week no matter what they did, so they were in pain and couldn't work or commit any other crimes until Danny allowed it. Maybe not as effective as a broken leg or finger, but still good.

Jason hadn't wanted Danny involved in the "Business" side of his work, but he at least knew a few of Red Hood's lieutenants. He would check on them to make sure things were going smoothly but leave most of the actual crime lord work to them. They would tell him someone was roughing up one of the girls or interfering in the business. Danny took careful notes and left them next to Jason's bed so he could go over them when he was fully recovered.

Danny had just helped one of the local prostitutes when something bigger interrupted his night. Her John hadn't wanted to pay and left a bruise on her cheek. Danny had iced his hands together behind his back for it after emptying his wallet for her and allowed her to get a few kicks in before he sent him on his way. The woman had given Danny her scarf despite him being an ice Core and had sent him on his way.

He had just gotten back to the rooftops when he heard gravel under a boot. It wasn't Jason's heavy steel toed combat boots, and there was no one else who should have been able to get onto a roof in Crime Alley. He whirled, allowing his claws to lengthen into sharpened needle like points as he snarled. Batman had joined him on the rooftop.

"Metas don't belong in my city." Batman growled, only a little surprised that he wasn't able to sneak up on Danny.

"Fuck off bats." Danny snapped back exactly like Jason would have. "Crime Alley ain't your turf."

Batman grimaced and stepped closer. Danny hissed and let his ice loose, dropping the temperature around them several degrees and causing sharp spikes of ice to spring up around him.

"Red Hood is dangerous. He doesn't care about you. He's only using you for your powers." Batman growled again.

"Yeah like you're one to talk! You do the same exact thing with your little birds. I know my dad cares for me!" Danny said, furious at Batman trying to turn him away from Jason.

"He's not really your father!"

Danny actually smirked.

"Of course he is. Haven't you ever heard of adoption?" Danny wasn't actually adopted, but maybe he would talk to Jason about it once he was feeling better. "Or does the name Dick Grayson mean nothing to you?"

Batman only barely reacted. Which in another man would have been collapsing in shock.

"How about Jason Todd? Or Tim Drake?" Danny relaxed now that he had the bat on his back leg. "But then again you don't really care about your kids so I can't-"

The Bat pulled something out of his cape and aimed it at Danny. His eyes widened in fear as he recognized the white detailing of an ecto ray. It was one of the weapons that the GIW used. He floated back a pace, how did one of those even end up in the hands of Batman?

"My research tells me that this will neutralize your abilities. It is high time we have a conversation about how you and Red Hood know so much about my operations."

Neutralize. What a polite way of phrasing that. No doubt written by the same people who thought that ghosts couldn't feel pain and weren't sentient. It would neutralize him alright. If Batman held the ectoray on him for too long it would neutralize him right into his core.

The weapon primed and Danny took a deep breath.

"Dad!! - Aaarrrruuugghhh"

He screamed as electricity again pulsed through him. It was tearing him apart, just like his parents always threatened, he was screaming and scmreaing andscreamingandscreamingand...

A brilliant flash of green cut through the air and the pain stopped.

Danny felt himself fall backward, no longer capable of flight, but he was caught by a pair of familiar arms. Jason had arrived. His dad. His King. in all his ghostly kingly glory. His red helmet looked like it was soaked in blood, and his eyes glowed like the fires of hell. He had a pair of flaming wings over his shoulders, the wing bones made of twisted rebar, from the explosion that had killed him. The Crown of Fire raging and burning over his head.

A single flaming ecto blast is enough to destroy the weapon in Batman's hands and another sends him careening through the sky towards the harbor. Batman would probably survive, but he would know not to mess with Crime Alley, Red Hood or Danny any time soon.

"Hey Dad." Danny said weekly, his voice hoarse from screaming. "You came."

"You called for me. Of course I came, kiddo." Jason said. "Now lets get home so you can rest."

If I was wealthy?? Oh man. My trick or treat game would be like, wow

Calico critter for you, calico critter for you what a scary ghost oh you’re larvae sorry calico critter for you

If you’re not allergic we have a hay ride pulled by some really cool dogs dressed as different dogs

the bathrooms are just past the Bone Zone no no the other way that’s the Gazebone

Consider: a whole haunted library for people to explore…

kaityeliza

why do we never really see demigods having consequences? like...nico is the only one we see with physical effects from his powers everyone else just gets kinda tired? i dont know about yall but godly powers in a human body probably does more than just make you more than just sleepy we never see any real permeant effects from them using there powers to much when there probably should be

jamieontheroof

i have these headcanons that;

Percy: gets really dehydrated and thirsty real quick. He drinks more water than the average person and when he over exerts himself he gets pretty bad headaches

Jason: gets shortness of breath if he uses too much of his abilities. Also, not that it effects him too much, but he accidently shocks his friends when he's on edge and they touch him

Leo; runs warm all the time. This means he's typically far more susceptible to the cold. Also, sometimes when he sneezes, flames come out of his ears.

Piper: when she gets mad or tired, she sometimes uses charm speak without meaning too. On the other hand, when she uses too much charm speak it can be mentally exhausting.

Will: sometimes when he heals people too much or too often, his own healing starts to take longer. This typically doesn't affect him too much, though, as he isn't the one fighting most of the time. Also, not related to powers, but the mental toll of having to care of everyone's health is very big.

Annabeth: If she doesn't do any type of intellectual activity (planning, puzzles, reading, info dumping etc.) she gets restless. However if she gets really stuck on an intellectual challenge, she gets a headache because her brain is working so hard to figure it out.

Hazel: when she uses her illusion powers too much, sometimes she struggles to know what's real and what's not.

Theres probably more but I can't think of them right now