SVSSS: [too busy for Child Abuse] [following in WWX's footsteps] [SY&WWX friends on the run] [snake-bro the figured me out!!] [god wanted me dead, you get to find out why] [heavenly emperor SY]
ATLA: [Dad Bato] [Toph's turtleduck] [Lieutenant dad of the teenage division] [Wani is home. Blue Spirit is hope] [DID au] [Stewing in treasonous thoughts] [common soldier finds out zuko pleaded for them] [Blue Spirit joins White Lotus] [Zuko adopted by Spirits]
I was in a long-term relationship that fell apart partially because I was ace and my partner was very much not, and every time we looked for relationship help we got told that I was the problem. Not just that a significant mismatch in sexual desire could be a problem in a relationship, but that it was My Fault, Specifically, for not being willing to suck it up and have a bunch of sex I didn't want. To my ex's credit, he cared about consent much more than any of the professionals we talked to and refused to pressure me even when my (lesbian, billed as progressive and pro-LGBT) therapist was actively telling him to.
But it meant that we had absolutely no help or support when we were trying to work on the relationship in ways that *did* value my autonomy. There's basically no advice for people who want to try to make a relationship where there's a big desire gap work that isn't "well you should just have sex anyway" or "just break up lol". And that sucks!
Sometimes breaking up is necessary, and that's what ended up happening with us because there were other reasons we worked better as friends, but there *should* be better frameworks for discussing what people want and need that don't automatically assume that one partner's feelings are automatically more important or valuable than the other's.
I was dating someone who wanted to be accommodating and work with me to figure things out but lacked the EQ to do so in any effective way. It was my first relationship and I was still figuring out what being ace meant for me. It’s been eight or nine years, but I still remember very clearly the moment I realized we’d been approaching the entire discussion as if my orientation was the problem to be solved, and that it would be equally as valid to say that hers was.
She was significantly less impressed with this revelation than I was, but I tried to hold on to it ever since (although obviously the real problem wasn’t either one of us, but the mismatch and the lack of tools to deal with it). I think it’s super important to remember that we aren’t the ones in the wrong while our theoretical partners are the ones in the right. I was surprised by how much I’d internalized the assumption and I don’t think I’m the only one.
The other frustrating aspect of this is allo relationships will often have periods of time where libido does not match (I'm not derailing and this will swing back to asexual people)
Just after giving birth, during a family crisis, during a mental health episode, during health problems, during stressful periods at work
There are a lot of times when one person is horned up and raring to go and the other has no interest
And the solution often presented is that the person who is going through something should just put out because they are the problem instead of like...finding ways to engage in non sexual intimacy to reaffirm closeness
An asexual person is going to get 10x the amount of pressure and blame put on them and no advice on how non-sexual intimacy can help their relationships and if they get that at all it will only be to sell it as a bridge to sex they don't want.
I really hate the selling of intimacy as only equaling or facilitating sex. Intimacy comes in many forms and should be explored more by every couple as a non sexual act. And it the given importance it deserves. In fact I would argue if we as a society put more value on non sexual intimacy more relationships would be happier and healthier
And asexual people would stop getting shit for being themselves.
Cultists want to summon the Ghost King, the League pull up to stop them, failed summoning successfully and got Ghost Prince Danny.
With a twist.
The head cultist tells Danny what they want, but it's so pitiful that Danny just sits them down, each and every one of the cultists and explains that maybe it isn't the best idea to give your soul to an otherworldly entity just for that.
Then it somehow turns into therapy because Jesus Christ these people have been living some pretty shit lives, then Danny decides to pull some favors with Frostbite and the Yetis to get some of the cultists family members medical treatment for their Mother/Father/Siblings that they're too poor to pay for.
Other times he just kinda tries to get a few others to get more confidence after being drawn in by a few bad people against their will and try and give them ways to get out of said situation.
The entire time the Justice League was just, there, watching all of this go down and questioning a lot of things. Simultaneously Batman is thinking of starting up a program to not make this a repeat, wherein people think they have no other options than to give up their literal soul to an otherworldly entity in hopes to turn their life around.
Half a year later the now reformed cultists meet up again. The circle is the same. But by now they rid themselves of their robes and are instead donning Phantom merchandise.
All hail the Great One.
Gothams Phandom summons their lord and savior to tell him of their accomplishments.
Phil has now more time to spend with is kids.
Robert and Alexander are now dating.
Annabeth got rid of her maybe cursed puppets and is changing the room into a small temple dedicated to her lord and savior Phantom.
Small Lilly is here to meet her mommas hero.
Cassie, a old woman with a bakery, dragged her long time customer Dr Freeze with her so she can introduce him to the RELIGION Phandom. Some non criminal friends wouldn't hurt him.
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They didn't expect Phantom show up bleeding green blood all over the floor. (if they did they definitely wouldn't have tried the summoning in the living room. The poor carpet)
They also didn't expect him to pass out and turn into a Wayne bite...
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The cultists heal him. During his stay with them Danny finds out that he is in a different dimension. (Its a reveal gone wrong fic (no vivisection) and Danny was just running from the Giw and his parents when he felt the summoning. He used it as a escape.)
Now they plan a second summoning ritual for his sisters.
Danny Jazz and Dani (and maybe Dan) get adopted / take in by the cultists.
I don't have anything practical to add. I'm just envisioning a group of five to seven people who usually only ever see each other in cloaks all gathered in a public school principal office, trying to see how they can successfully enroll their lord god into his junior year of high school before term starts
I was thinking more that, considering they're a self-formed cult based around this one child god, there was literally no way any one of them would be willing to be left out of supporting their little savior in his time of need. So, yeah, they're all the parents! ...Yeah, all of them. They're, like...married? (Yeah, that's close enough right?) (This is Gotham, you can tell them we're a cult, they're not going to judge) (Yeah, maybe, but they still might call CPS?? Can a cult have custody here??) (...Maybe?)
And they someone manage to BS their way onto all the guardian forms and sign out lists just in case and register him under the address of their "cult compound" (slowly converted warehouse, now featuring One Pull Out Couch And A Fridge! 😄👍🏽), which is great! They're doing a great job group parenting and no one is suspicious. At all. Their lord god is going to have a great time in public school during his recovery. Now, how to split up their support effectively for his extracurriculars...
Oracle in the background silently beefing up the mediocre fake ID's that they managed to get...Tim pushing through one of Wayne Enterprise more discreet scholarships...new long term favourable lease because the warehouse owner sold it to a shell company of the kind the bats used for their own safehouses...
@desatu's tags. Yes. The warehouse is Key to the vision here. They constantly look like they're running a drug operation or some shady bs, but no. The only thing stashed there is their teenage god.
Cult1: ...Yeah! It's. It's like a hobby. It's enrichment! It's good for him!
Cult2: And you're not worried about, oh, I don't know, the electrical engineering at play here?? What if he hurts himself??
Cult1:
Cult1: I mean. He seems like he knows what he's doing?
Cult3: hey. Have we considered that our lord god is all powerful and probably can avoid hurting himself on this through application of his will and aptitude?
CultAll: *reassured muttering*
Danny: Hey, look at this! I made a ray gun! :)
CultAll: *Parental praise and support*
Cult2: let's sign him up for a shop class. I heard that at the public level it's basically supervillainy 102
Cult4: I mean. Does he even WANT to be a super villain?
Cult1: No, but he can do whatever he likes with an engineering background, right? Support his interests and all that
CultAll: *unison chanting* Support His Interests... Support His Interests... Support His Interests...
Stephanie, mic'd in for bimonthly cult-busting recon: ...the fuck?
The batfam watching them like it's their favourite show. And watching as Danny, Ellie and Jazz are helping to keep them on a legal path. Well, for Gotham anyway. Like, counter mugging and mugger isn't a crime. Surely? The fact that they have started to help the street kids by setting up a soup kitchen? They don't know where they are getting the money. (Jason, of course it's Jason) but they don't want to ruin a good thing.
Okay, so as a side interest, I study cults (like, actual cults) and small-scale religious groups (more like what we're characterizing here), and in order to make money, the majority of religious groups sell some sort of religious service or healing service to outsiders. This usually serves both as a recruitment method and something extremely coercive to suck money out of people who're desperate.
So, if Jason rolls up to the warehouse and slams the doors open like WHAT UP, NERDS, I'M GOING TO FUND YOUR WEIRD COMMUNITY THING, there's every reason for the cult to go ooookay...do you, um, would you like an audience with the lord god? About it?
And, being nosy, I can't imagine Jason turning down the opportunity to see this kid in person and make sure he's not being pushed around or anything. So yeah, sure. The cult disappears to put on their robes or whatever and the kid pops into the kitchen (different corner of the warehouse with a fridge in it) with like his robe half put on and half flying in the wind.
"So, uh," Danny tries, looking upwards, because this guy is tall and Danny's fourteen, "Do you have, like...personal problems?"
"So many." Jason can't really emphasize just one. "Anger's usually the worst of it. Why, got a cure-all or something in this joint?"
"Er," says Danny. "...No. Actually, this seems more like my sister's deal. Hold on. One minute."
And the kid god darts out, only to return by pushing his older sister in, giving her a thumbs up and leaving. The girl rolls her eyes and straightens upright. She asks him what's up.
...Jason tells her a very abbreviated version of what's up. Kid censored. He leaves the dying in there though, because whatever, it's a cult! They'll believe that stuff.
The girl. Frowns. "That's...that's super weird. Actually. Hold on."
Jason then proceeds to watch her take an abundance of greens out of the fridge, pull the world's jankiest homemade blender off of the floor, and make two portions of the healthiest smoothie he's ever had the misfortune of seeing in his life.
She pours two glasses. Jason drinks one, and she drinks the other. It tastes indistinguishable from grass. "Try to meditate on things that brought you joy in life tonight. You'll feel better if you have good memories."
...okay.
Jason pays $3000 for bogus services rendered, goes home, and resolves himself to sleeping in his crappy safehouse bed for the night like any other.
He dreams about his mom when she was sober. They were reading doctor Seuss books together. It's a memory so old...Jason doesn't think he was even talking at that age. He wakes up in the morning totally, entirely cured.
What the fuck. Wait. Does that mean the cult is actually onto something?
Meanwhile, Jazz is glad to have gotten the most ecto-soaked veggies out of the fridge before they started manifesting consciousness again. She hopes that one dude was alright. He looked kind of hangry all the while they were talking.
Jason popping in to find out that they mostly focus on helping others. And it's because of the God child. Who refused to but their souls. But have good advice? Yeah they really are just that thankful to the kid. And really are just trying their best....
That smoothie was fuckin awful. Just the worst. But it worked? He's gotta teach them how to make em taste better though.
Joker has no idea what he'll awaits him. Jason of course is just like... If you don't kill him? He needs to be unable to move. Ellie just goes, bet! Joker will never be able to commit another crime again.
Meanwhile? Danny eventually notices that Jason is revived, and has something nasty in there... Hmm. Blob boba tea it is!
Danny: So! While that's happening! Anything else you wanna talk about? Like, we try to offer space for people who need rehab, or finding funds for medical care and shit? Got anyone who needs help?
Jason sipping on the weird, but very tasty boba tea.....
Jason: I run some of the charities in crime alley. Can I get you to add them to your list. Often safer that the government programs.
Danny: Oh for sure! If you ever need a place for people to crash in, we've turned the back into like, a barracks?
I realize you probably meant this in a "blobs as food" way, but the mention of Jason having something nasty in him got me in a "blobs as cleaner fish" mindset, and I had to share the resulting idea.
Blob boba tea has clean ectoplasm (because he needs some) and Blob ghosts (to filter the nasty stuff already in there).
The blobs will work their magic cleaning all the grossness out of his system and then phase out of him when they're done.
Later that night, Jason is lying in bed, feeling oddly peaceful and content, when a cloud of little glowing green blobs flows out of his stomach, making cute little comforting noises. The cloud disperses. Most of the blobs fly away through the walls (off to chow down on the buildup of icky energy in Gotham). A couple stay with Jason, purring gently as they snuggle up to him (hoping he will either aquire more contamination or lead them to the source).
Jason decides that dealing with this is a tomorrow problem and falls asleep. When he wakes up, the blobs that stayed are still there. Apparently, it wasn't a dream.
...guess he's going to have another talk with cult leader kid.
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Also, Ellie is having so much fun tormenting the Joker.
Jason running back to the warehouse cradling his baby.
Jason: Your tea made me pregnant!
*holds the blob up to show the proof*.
This of course has Danny and Ellie crying from laughing. Like.... Ok. They kinda get how he came to that conclusion. But. just. No. That's not what happened here! We promise! They are filter cleaners! They are the bad Ecto and then phased out of you! More like a pet than a baby! We promise!
Danny: Oh my Ancients! I haven't laughed so hard in months!
Ellie: Don't worry! It would take a LOT more work to get you pregnant than just a cup of boba tea!
Jason:..... Wait! What!?!? You could anyway?!
Danny: You have a proto core. So like. If we got it turned into a full core? Yeah. But it would take time and energy. And you would have to be a willing participant. So you're safe!
Jason: I might need the ghostly birds and bees talk.
Is B can adopt an alien starfish he can have a blob baby!
He would like that liminal health class though. Now please. How does his core go from Proto to real? What else is this gonna do to him? Were they fucking with him when they said he could get ghost pregnant? There are a lot of answers he would like.
True to form Alfred accepts Blobert immediately. Barely even raised an eyebrow.
I enjoy the idea of Blobert becoming a full fledged ghost eventually. Because they stick around and absorb Gotham's curses. So, they eventually and slowly grow and change. Yup, that's a baby alright!
#dpxdc#blob ghosts#jason thinks he gave birth to the blobs#how is he going to explain this to alfred#Oc: Blobert the Blob Ghost#Blobert is now Jason’s fur baby? blob baby!#the rest of the Bats think Blobert is really Jason’s child#Blobert has they/them pronouns#right now Blobert has the intelligence of a cleaner fish but that will change#Blobert will absorb a lot of Gothams curses and be smarter than the average blob
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Did Blobert eat the curse that keeps turning people into mad scientists? Because I think it would be funny to have Blobert become super intelligent. With the right guidance, they could be a benevolent mad scientist, but there will be a plethora of inventions, discoveries, and zany hijinks.
Tim might just be Blobert's favorite uncle, but he's not allowed to watch Blobert without additional supervision. The last time they were left unsupervised together they tried to find a way to use ectoplasm's antimicrobial properties to fix Tim's immune system and this somehow spiraled into them either making Tim heavily liminal to the point where there's very little chance of him not becoming a ghost or straight up recreating Danny's accident and making him a full halfa. (Blobert was really shook after Tim got a bad infection. None of their family is allowed to end.)
The other Bats never learn that Blobert started out as a cleaner fish. They just think the lack of comprehension early on was due to them being a literal infant. Of course they became more knowledgeable and capable of more complex thought as they grew. That's how children work.
Blobert builds things for their family. Things that will keep them safe (like better armor) and things that make them happy (like cameras that work on ghosts).
Did Babs ask for a battle chair with mechanical spider legs, laser canons, and a force field generator? No. Did she have fun learning to pilot it? Yes.
Sometimes family is you, your siblings, and the people who worship you as their god.
I do enjoy the idea of Blobert becoming super intelligent by eating the local curses. Probably learns how to shape their body into something less blob over time as well. Still goes blob when tired. Or in search of cuddles. But otherwise has a form with hands.
Jason loves liminal health care class. He's learning so much? And these poor kids? Really are trying their best to help. They escaped a shitty situation. And yeah, the kid is a godling of sorts. He can see why these guys love him. And he can see the kids are trying to get them to tone down the worship aspect.
Jason low key is emotionally adopting all of these idiots. They all have kicked puppy auras ok! He can't help it!
I am so happy this continued. But I can just imagine Ellie casually asking the other kids what they would do to the Joker to get more ideas. Him suffering horribly as an occasional thing in the background. Now I want to know what some of the Rogues think of this Not-Quite-A-Cult they have going on.
I mean, half of them would see if their 'Lord God' can help them. The other half probably try to kidnap Danny of his sisters. Which uh, goes about as well as you can expect. Even after the siblings are done with them? Fucking, Red Hood? Shows up and makes their life worse. Dammit all.
Batman is just glad they aren't killing people. He's not entirely sure what they're doing isn't worse in many ways. But, their victims still have a chance to better themselves at least. Even if it is from a full body cast.
Eating the curses gave Blobert power to grow. But it was the Batfamily's belief that Blobert is Jason's baby that allows them to gain human intelligence and grow into a humanoid-ish form.
Even learning Blobert was actually a cleaner fish, Jason never lost that first emotional surge of attachment to them as his baby. And as Blobert grows in intelligence and gains a more humanoid form, Jason fully commits. This is his child, Blobert.
The Bats are all a bit liminal and connected to the city spirit, Lady Gotham. Batman was even claimed as her Brother.
Their belief, that Blobert is a baby growing up, formed the blob ghost into a more humanoid shape. The power of their belief that Blobert is their baby nephew-niece/grandchild/great-grandchild influenced them into growing into human intelligence. Their support and encouragement allowed Blobert to grow into a person of their own. Their love and attachment steadily feed Blobert to keep growing as their family member.
Blob form is good for cuddles and total relaxation. But Blobert wants to be like their family, so grows and shapes themself to eventually look more like a Wayne. Even if they're a semi-translucent, squishy noodle-physics, green-glowy Wayne-ish kid. Details and color is hard ok. They're also limited by ectoplasm-mass so they're still little kid-sized.
Meanwhile, the cult opens a healing Cafe and bakery in the more well-to-do parts of Gotham, alongside their outreach programs in less affluent areas of Gotham. Maybe the cafe is near the college campus. Because there's a lot of ecto-contaminated and cursed people in Gotham.
Danny cooing over Blobert when Jason comes to meet them.
Danny: Ohh gosh!! You're feeding him so much love! He's gonna manage to grow and become a person!!!! That's amazing! Do you know how RARE that is!!!
Jason: Really? The fuck?
Danny: Not gotten to, emotions and you; Ecto-entity needs? Fair.
Jazz: Emotions and belief can change ghosts. Since Blobert is 100% ghost? He's more susceptible to change and growth due to belief and emotions. Claiming him as your son? Means he's gonna grow up to BE your son.
Jason: Shit. I better start setting up an education fund huh. And get Dr Frostbite's summons. In case he needs medical.
Jazz: Well. Blobert loves you. Which is a great sign. I'll grab you the summons for Frostbite. And put together a packet on baby ghosts growth and needs.
Danny: Me and Ellie are always down to babysit! Since ya know, we can also fly.
I think Jason would be a good dad for Blobert. I can easily imagine him using the rule my parents followed "If your child brings you a book, you read to them." He seems like he would be really on the ball about keeping them safe and healthy, too.
I bet Bruce begins to slip them funds as well. Once he's sure they are genuinely trying their best to be good and helpful. Is it weird to have a baby death God and his siblings, their cult and his first grandchild (magically conceived. Is his grandchild a demiGod!?) in his city? Yes. But they are helping. In ways he can't. Helping those the city government won't. So he's going to help them as much as he can.
Also highly likely that he will ask if they can/will help protect Earth in dire situations. Please take the com from the JL. Please? Earth gets attacked so often. He is tired. A baby God can only be a useful ally. Making JLD collectively choke on their drinks when he introduced the kids? Was priceless. Ah, he does so enjoy fucking with his more annoying co-workers.
Now Danny wasnt a God before. He was a powerful ghost sure. Was able to fight ancients and win with enough effort. But he wasn't a God. But people believed he was a God and like the little Blob Ghost peoples beliefs can change ghosts.
I mean. He was kind of already on that path given the whole. You know. Shrine in the Far Frozen thing. Frostbite's first real introduction to Danny had the yeti calling him "Great One," and all that.
And, sure, it might work a bit differently for a ghost to call another ghost that, and it might have been more along the lines of an enthusiastic fan club...
But as soon as Frostbite met the other cultists? And they heard him call Danny "Great One" and talk about all the artwork they made of him and how he defeated tyrants like Pariah Dark?
That's just going to fuel their belief in his "godhood" even more. And make it even more true.
So, for whatever reason, the Justice League are fighting Phantom, thinking he's evil or suspicious and trying to bring him to the watchtower or whatever, but of course Phantom isn't cooperating, either not trusting the JL/being bitter they didnt show up to help Amity Park/whatever
UNTIL... One of Clockworks' notes show up, and Phantom pauses to read it, before surrendering to the JL, saying he'll follow them.
Now obviously, the JL are confused and suspicious, but eventually come to the (wrong) conclusion that Phantom is just a lackey or something, and that the person who wrote the note is the real mastermind manipulating this poor innocent super-powered teenager.
Danny finds this all either hilarious, or stupid. Probably both.
Phantom swiftly avoids yet another attempt from Wonder Woman to get him in her lasso. He doesn't think it would work on ghosts, but he's not willing to try his luck here. He low-key would like to send all of them flying. They hadn't been around for any of the crazy shit that has gone down in the last year, and now that they finally show up they want to take him in?
He knew he should have let Technus destroy all the digital news declaring him a public enemy. It must be why the absent heroes decided to come and take him down. If only the ghost wasn’t also trying to take over the school news site just when Sam was publishing her own article on plant-based meal alternatives, he would have.
“Son, I suggest you surrender yourself before we are obligated to escalate things,” Superman says.
“You're not obligated to do anything, you asshole!" Phantom screeches, sending a wall of ectoplasm their way to force them to take a step back.
A batarang makes its way around the wall, damn its boomerang properties, but Phantom simply turns intangible and glares at Batman, who only narrows his eyes in return. The dull object eventually passes through Phantom and back into its owner's hand. This is ridiculous.
Phantom was halfway to opening his mouth to tell the heroes to leave him alone again when the note appeared. It somehow managed to stop the heroes in their tracks as well. Everyone looked confused at the floating Post-it note. Phantom grabbed the Post-it, mostly annoyed.
“They'll take you to space. Also, destroy this note. :)” Phantom stared for a minute at what was probably the most direct instruction he had ever received from the Ancient.
He groaned. “Whatever.” He crumpled the paper into a ball and tossed it into his mouth. The piece of paper quickly dissolved into tasteless ectoplasm. He placed his hands over his head and then said, “All right, I'm all yours.” Clocky better be right about the space thing, or he's mauling him.
The heroes looked to one another, unsure. Then Martian Manhunter flew closer to him, taking cuffs from a compartment in his suit that shouldn't have been able to hold them. A bit over a year ago Danny would have been delighted to meet the man, and a part of him was still amazed by the alien, but he felt mostly annoyed right now.
“Please bring your hands to the front, young one,” the Martian said, softer than Phantom thought he would be for someone they perceived as a villain.
He raised an eyebrow. “Shouldn't it be behind my back?” he asked, slowly bringing his hands to the front anyway.
“If you're coming willingly, I see no reason not to offer you the most comfortable option,” Martian Manhunter stated simply as the cuffs clicked shut.
“I believe the most comfortable option would be without cuffs,” Phantom scoffed in return. He probably shouldn't be poking at the leniency he was being shown for some reason, but he still hated the whole situation.
“We can discuss options depending on your behavior,” Batman said before Martian Manhunter could say anything else.
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Martian Manhunter glanced at the teen who was glaring daggers at the Javelin's window. They had tried to ask about the note that had appeared out of nowhere, but the teen had simply looked away with pursed lips, refusing to speak a word from the moment they boarded the aircraft.
More often than not, young villains tended to be misdirected or acting out from pain. Powers rarely came without grievances, and even less so those that were visually notable. It didn't justify their actions, but it did mean that a push in the right direction and some support were often enough to help them leave villainy behind. And Martian Manhunter, despite being unable to read Phantom's mind, could feel a great deal of anger and sadness coming from him.
But what had once seemed to be a normal intervention became far more worrying once the note appeared. A teen lashing out on his own is one thing. A teen receiving directions from someone is something entirely different. Powered minors are especially vulnerable to being groomed into a life of villainy.
What's even more worrying is how readily this person not only asked Phantom to give himself up, but how easily the teen agreed. They'll have to consider whether this person holds blackmail over the kid's head, or if the kid is mentally that deep under their control.
It also raises the question of why this person would want Phantom to surrender himself. Are they hiding something bigger and using Phantom as a distraction? Or are they hoping to use Phantom to acquire information about them?
The mode of communication is also deeply troubling. None of them had been able to detect where the note had come from, or that it would appear at all. Even if none of them practiced magic, they had been around it often enough to usually be able to pinpoint it, but there had been nothing there.
Martian Manhunter sighed mentally. He's sure Batman would remain paranoid about this person spying on them, or gaining information through Phantom, until they proved that wasn't the case. He can't even blame him for this one.
”Who wrote the note?” Wonder Woman’s lasso was around the teens wrist and the teen just looked up and tilted his head.
“Noneya.”
“…noneya?”
“none ya buisness. “
Danny watch her eyebrow twitch. The lasso as it turned out, only mildly stung him for not telling the truth and honestly? His parent’s guns hurt more. “Hey can you tell your friend to stop trying to get into my mind? It’s kinda annoying.”
Wonder Woman left the interrogation room leaving Danny to his own devices. There were cameras in every corner each pointed at him with a red dot on.
if Clockwork sent another note, Danny doubted he’d be able to read it and then eat it again.
They’d pounce.
Danny hummed the cuff s clearly weren’t designed for a ghost, his obligations for staying here no longer existed, he had seen space, Batman had actually allowed him to stand and stare out one of the large windows for hours, and now he had no reason to stay here.
his eyes glowed green as he went intangible, the cuffs hit the the table with a soft clink. The lights on the camera turn green, and the door slid open as Danny floated up and lazily drifted around in the room. Batman and Superman stood, Martian Manhunter beside them both staring up. Danny smiled flipped them off, and then vanished, fazing through the floor and shooting through space back to earth.
he reached amity in about a minute flat, and went invisible by Nasty Burger, none of the cameras in town were thermal, so Danny should’ve been fine. He went intangible and entered his room, turning human before turning the invisibility off.
Danny grumbled as he stretched and tromped downstairs. Amateurs he smirked as he opened the fridge to find…nothing. Great, ordering out it was. He called Sam up.
“hey, yeah, I’m fine, no, I’m not going to talk about it, whatever I’m ordering out you want anything?”
a heavy pounding came from the door. Danny thought maybe it was police, ever since the JLA had taken down the Anti-Ecto acts, and is mantled the GiW and put his parents behind bars, Danny had been checked on seven ways to Sunday every day.
“Sorry Sam, police are here, gotta go. “ he hung up after another moment and with a sigh went to the door. “ Honestly officers you were….here yesterday.” Danny swallowed. “You’re not the cops.”
Batman stood at the door with Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman beside him.
“no we aren’t “
ok but legitimately i think the reason why kids aren’t taking internet safety seriously is because the people who are telling us not to put our personal information out seem so out of touch. no one acknowledges the possibility of meeting very real teenaged friends online, they always say that everyone you meet is a 40 year old white man in disguise. because they aren’t acknowledging things we know are true, it becomes a lot easier to dismiss the rest of what they’re saying as well. internet safety lessons absolutely must keep up with the times and acknowledge the internet’s capacity for good if you want kids to take to heart warnings about its capacity for bad.
1. Have proof they're a teenager first. More than just a picture, have a video call with them.
2. If you want to meet up with them, have your parents or a trusted adult come with you. Even if they are a proven teenager, its still good to have supervision in case any issues happen.
3. If you are talking to an adult, and they start being sexual in any way, you run the fuck away. It doesn't matter if they're 40 or 20. An adult inherently has a power dynamic that teenagers do not. And its up to the adult to act responsible about it. There's exceptions of course, if you're 16 and dating an 18 year old, that's not a problem, we're not talking about that.
4. Being in a server with adults or ran by adults is not inherently bad. Talking to adults is not inherently a problem, and will likely happen in any number of Discord servers. It is only an issue when they are acting sexual and show predatory behavior.
5. Look out for grooming behavior. It can be difficult, because at first it seems like innocuous behavior, like complimenting or giving gifts. Especially if you feel lonely and have low self esteem. And groomers actively target people like that.
If they start trying to isolate you, talk sexual with you, state they depend on you for emotional needs, blame you for their own actions, try to be secretive about the relationship- Then you need to talk to people you trust, block the perpetrator, and call the police on them.
6. If this does happen to you, remember this: It is not your fault. Even if you didn't listen to a single thing listed here, it is not your fault. It is the fault of the adults who knew better, and didn't care. It's not your fault.
So i'm a fandom tourist in MHA fandom i don't know much canon but i got some spoilers and i got some ideas because me no likey hurt-no-comfort
the idea is, an au where: 1- Oboro Shirakumo is not dead(it was a near thing but he survived and thrived) 2- Tenko Shimura did not get quirk swapped and kidnapped and instead went to follow in grandma's footsteps as a hero!
Tenko here still has blue hair but for a different reason: cloud dad. he's imitating Shirakumo who's his hero mentor and very much (un?)official dad
he still has a nervous scratching habit, for a different reason but isn't as crusty and he doesn't have a scar on his lip either
now the ouchie-fun part is when Tenko gets temporarily yeeted into either the og universe or just one where these two sad factors did in fact happen.
...
my brain just called him Tenko Shirakumo and yk? why not?
now imagine him tumbling out of some kind of portal seeing Aizawa go protecc mode like he just saw a villain and being like: "uh, hello? Tenko Shirakumo, your best friend's adopted fucking son? wtf is going on here?"
Tenko is trying to catch up to the situation and understand why he just got grounded
Shoto Todoroki (from the shirakumo world) theorises that Shinsou is actually Aizawa and Shirakumo's secret love child.
Tenko is conflicted whether to hate it or find it hilarious but eventually settled on teasing Hitoshi mercilessly about it making the secret younger brother assumption worse
they won't tell you this in therapy but sometimes the best way to stop catastrophizing/anxiety is to interrupt your spiraling with "girl what the hell are you talking about"
like, 90% of the time when i see Tim Drake as Joker Junior stuff it includes Jason being like, either traumatised or really uncomfortable with the whole thing because of the Ethiopia incident, but i gotta say i think the opposite would be wayyyyy more entertaining.
Jason finds out Tim was turned into Joker Junior and was, in essence, Joker's adopted son for a while, and his first instinctual thought is 'alright well that kid has to be mine now.'
like, i don't think a lot of us take into account regarding the Joker that Jason isn't always just... terrified of everything Joker-centric. he straight up stole the Red Hood mantle from the guy. he loves jokerized seasoning on his fries. when he first came back to Gotham to kill the Joker he just kinda nabbed him and threw him in a closet all tied up for a while so he could go antagonise Bruce. like, Jason doesn't give a fuck. it's not always fear that fuels his rage against the Joker, it's fuckin' spite.
with that in mind, i think it would be funnier if Jason found out that Joker tried to make Tim into his son and instantly responded with 'ok well fuck the Joker, Tim is now MY son.' and Bruce just has to watch forlorn from the batcomputer as his kid is stolen by his other kid like. at least they aren't fighting this time?
i think Tim was supremely worried about Jason's reaction to Joker Junior stuff, too. like. he fully thought he'd spark a panic attack or get himself killed once Jason found out. instead he accidentally lets out a Joker-laugh one time and Jason's just like fuck yeah kid let it out.
Tim: ...does it not freak you out, or like, remind you of him?
Jason: buddy are you joking? i'm wearing one of his old costumes. i have stolen his child. that man is a narcissist who loves attention, the worst revenge we can do to him is to just take all his gimmicks and leave him a nobody. steal his fucking laugh, Timmers, we gotta take that asshole for all he's worth.
Tim: ...huh. you know i never thought of it that way.
Jason: yeah. me and Harley are thinking of starting up a FWB situation just to really ruin his day.
Bruce, yelling from three rooms away: *completely resigned* please do not do that,
Jason, ignoring him: -it will also piss off Bruce, which is two birds one stone.
Bruce: Jason please i went to school with her.
Jason: if we start a family group chat i'll add you, don't worry.
Tim:
Tim: your way of dealing with trauma is weird.
So i'm a fandom tourist in MHA fandom i don't know much canon but i got some spoilers and i got some ideas because me no likey hurt-no-comfort
the idea is, an au where: 1- Oboro Shirakumo is not dead(it was a near thing but he survived and thrived) 2- Tenko Shimura did not get quirk swapped and kidnapped and instead went to follow in grandma's footsteps as a hero!
Tenko here still has blue hair but for a different reason: cloud dad. he's imitating Shirakumo who's his hero mentor and very much (un?)official dad
he still has a nervous scratching habit, for a different reason but isn't as crusty and he doesn't have a scar on his lip either
now the ouchie-fun part is when Tenko gets temporarily yeeted into either the og universe or just one where these two sad factors did in fact happen.
...
my brain just called him Tenko Shirakumo and yk? why not?
now imagine him tumbling out of some kind of portal seeing Aizawa go protecc mode like he just saw a villain and being like: "uh, hello? Tenko Shirakumo, your best friend's adopted fucking son? wtf is going on here?"
Tenko is trying to catch up to the situation and understand why he just got grounded
