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[nerdpoe]

It started as a joke. Danny is starting to think it may no longer be a joke.

So.

Vlad dragged Danny along to a Wayne Gala, and Danny got bored.

Danny also noticed that the Wayne Manor had like, a lot of weird statues.

So he uh. He possessed one of them. Sort of? He really just hid in it intangibly.

Then he started whispering shit in ghost speak to some of the rich fancy guests. Guests that sort of understood the general gist of what he was saying, but appeared to have a bit of a gap.

They asked him weird shit about like, the meaning of time and how could they be sure they had enough in a city like Gotham.

So he tried to convey that he wasn't Clockwork, but he thought they were probably doing okay.

They started leaving really tasty food bits in front of his statue.

So he answered some more questions.

Four hours into the Gala and there's a few people actually praying to him.

Six hours in and half the guests are ready to riot if Bruce Wayne suggests they go home one more time.

Eight hours in and Danny is nervously sweating as he stares through the statues eyes and into the whiteouts of a very angry Batman's cowl, the party goers are being forcibly prevented from sacrificing the Joker to him courtesy of Nightwing, Red Hood, Red Robin, and Robin (he'd mentioned at the beginning of this whole thing that he hated clowns and apparently the people had taken that to heart).

So.

Danny started a cult.

Oops.

[evilminji]

I mean... it answered BACK.

Gothamites too, hate clowns. They can FEEL a presence of some sort. Good enough for them! Not like any OTHER God will touch this place. So sure, might as well sign on with this one.

[ailithnight]

Throw in a bit of "Danny helps the Pit Rage" and you can up the stakes by making Red Hood one of the most devout to The Statue.

Also, what if the statue is one of those fancy ice sculptures rich people like to put up for parties. And Danny, by possessing it, accidentally made the ice part of his ghost ice, so now it isn't melting.

The sculpture is probably in some shape relevant to some charity Bruce is hosting the gala for. Could be an animal charity? Make Danny an elegant ice swan. Or a huge fuck off ice deer or lion. Or if not an animal, maybe something mythical? An angel, dragon, griffin, phoenix? Hmm, many options.

[evilminji]

Even better? Highly stylized. Something with wings. Gotta be non-denominational and not attract any particular Supernatural elements, here in... you know, GOTHAM. No one wants an ACTUAL mythical beast showing up. And Go-... uuuuh, SOMEBODY, forbid, a biblical angel of any sort.

The whole city would probably burn.

No Thanks(tm)!

So since it's a faux pas to have anything be cute animals, objects, or "idea" pieces? Obviously Bruce looked up some up-n-comer, who's probably hyperventilating in the back over his work turned Possessed God Idol For A Cult IN GOTHAM, and had him make some piece representing "Hope".

Something both fitting for the charity AND appropriately "Brucie Mask: I am a very earnest himbo" -ish? Like "HOPE".

Which it definitely fits. Dude NAILED it. Absolutely hit it out of the park. Thing shone like diamonds and was made in such a way? That it would melt SUPER gracefully and shine beautifully the entire time. This was gonna be his ticket to the big leagues. Danny's gonna feel like shit.

(Bruce absolutely doesn't blame the sculpter. HE already passed his background check. Bruce is gonna hire him again AND recommend him to others. But Danny doesn't know that.)

So like? Imagine graceful swooping lines. "Wings". The COULD be swirls, COULD be tails or mane, it's up for interpretation. As intended. It arches up. Is it fighting to be free? Is it swirling freedom itself, about to take flight? Looking up to the heavens? Or peering, benevolently, down at you from the corner of its eye? Does it even HAVE eyes or is that just a trick of the light?

Yes.

And isn't it BEAUTIFUL. A+++ Job, ice sculpture dude!

But... uuuuuuh... it was? Less BLUE wasn't it? Or is that green? Some intangible blend of the two, instead of the softly frosted white he chose. It's also? NOT MELTED. It WAS. It's catching the light now, the way he designed. But it STOPPED. Everything ELSE melted?

And worse! It's... it's gotten COLDER? Without changing!!! Weird shit is BAD in Gotham! Colder without changing the temperature is BAD!

But now it's distinctly? "Purity of snow" somehow? Like childhoods and wonder and hope! What the actual FUCK!? It's RADIATING cold that seeps into... no, BYPASSES the skin. Feels like mint on your breath, the coming of winter against your face. The stillness and rest of SOMETHING they are all too familiar with, that the fight the hold off each and everyday.

They see angels in that statue.

Birds of legend and great beasts of lore.

Defiance and freedom, struggle. Compassion. And SOMETHING is speaking back. Answering prayers that other Gods ignored. No miracles, no shows of power. But in a world like theirs? A CITY like theirs? Should they be impressed by such things?

The Statue LISTENS. The Statue knows things beyond their mortal understanding, yet? Still cares to answer they worries and concerns. The Gods surely turned their back on Gotham. Everyone knows it. Yet? The Statue has come for them. Waded into the tar and muck, too try and pull them free.

The Statue despises (hates) The Clown (clowns). And? Of course! What more Wicked and Tainting force could you imagine, in Gotham, the The Joker? OBVIOUSLY The Statue wishes to set them free of Him. Too free EVERYONE of the fear and trauma he rains like poison.

But The Statue is weak! Oh no! We are THE FIRST! Chosen, probably! To witness their coming! Everyone knows that God's probably get stronger the more people worship them! They've seen movies! Read popular book series! The Statue can not Smite the Wicked, doesn't seem the type...

Luckily THEY can! Don't worry Statue! We'll protect Our New God!

LETS KILL THE JOKER FOR THEM!!!

And like... m-maaaaybe *sweats nervously under Direct Bat Glaring* if he just? Holds Very, VERY still? Batman won't notice him? Ha ha... W-We'll look back at this and laugh?

*softly and with panic* Vlad, Help!

Which like? You KNOW Vlad had found a comfortable lounging seat, from which to watch the little badger Dig Himself Deeper. Drink all of Brucie's good wine. Enjoy the show. God, he loves these parties. Always SOME sort of interesting shitshow.

But! That's his cue~

After all, as Danny's BELOVED and TRUSTED Father Figure(tm), he really can't just let the boy be capture by Bats. He did promise to return him too his mother.

So~ *silently and invisibly splits in two* *possesses a decorative suit of armor*

*Sets FIRE to the far side of the ballroom*

Oh nooooo. We're under attaaaack. Oh. His boy, his boy. Won't SOMEBODY help him find his godson? *smirks like an asshole*

The suit then becomes SUITS of armor, thanks to the Bats fighting back. Which? Gives Danny enough time and distraction to dip. Ha ha, YEP! Was in the crowd the WHOLE TIME!

But also, like.... don't take your eyes off Cultists, man. Religious fervor is no joke.

People get hurt, trying to protect The Statue. But that's only AFTER? At least a handful of people fuckin full on stab the Joker. He survives PURELY because they have no idea how to properly stab someone. With serious medical complications, sure, but? Eh. "Fuck that guy." Is Gotham Party Line.

(So? What have we Learned, little Badger?) (That Gothamites have no sense of humor and Batman scares me.)

But! You think?? Silly child. That A CULT will just? Stop?? After they PERSONALLY WITNESSED: 1) the arrival of their God. 2) the rare BENEVOLENCE and concern for them of said God. 3) A CLEAR and MALEVOLENT force, bent on the DESTRUCTION of the NICE God. ?

Ha! No, no. Clearly The Statue was just AN AVATAR of The Winter God. And-! *sprawling, conspiracy board style mythos built up from "context clues"*

Worst of ALL~♡ :D WHO? Attends Brucie Wayne's parties? WHO are these new Cultists?? Did you say Business Leaders, Heirs/Heiress's, Socialites, trophy partners who also in this day and age happen to be HOT INFLUENCERS, and union service staff? Because you should have!

You think certain IRL Science named Cults have star power? THEIR God never showed up to personally answers your questions about your marital concerns. They gad to trick people! Most cults do! THIS one? Just has to say "no, I was totally there, here's the snap chat timeline of the dude before me in line. God is really nice and the group is super supportive. We have brunch."

Good luck keeping THAT from taking over Gotham! A place that DESPERATELY needs something to hopeful believe in!

Danny? Has made the ROOKIE mistake all Supernatural Creatures know to avoid!

DONT PRETEND TO BE A GOD.

YOU MIGHT JUST END UP ONE.

[mkarchin713]

The Wayne gala was going well, no rogues hand attacked, Dick was not swinging from the chandelier, and Alfred had prepared those little sandwiches she liked. She was actually enjoying said sandwiches when she felt it.

Kronos.

While she had never personally met her grandfather, every member of his bloodline could identify his presence, or in this case his blessing.

Finding a blessed mortal was rare enough, but one blessed by Kronos was unheard of.

When Zeus had cut his father into pieces he had inadvertently split the Titan into separate aspects as well. The Mad Titan aspect of Kronos was safely sealed away in Tartarus while the Time God aspect had fled to the Infinite Realms. Both places no mortal could survive. So how was it that a mortal blessed by Kronos was walking around?

Diana had to find the blessed mortal, if only to ensure they were not a servant of the Mad Titan.

…

Diana could not believe what she was seeing.

She had only stepped out of the ballroom for a few moments to inform Bruce of the blessed mortal and figure out how to locate them.

Upon her return … well, she didn’t have to look for them anymore.

Why was the blessed mortal in an ice sculpture.

Why where the Gothamites worshipping it

Why was Joker beaten to a pulp and ritualistically splayed out on what used to be the desert table like an offering.

She had only been gone five minutes.

[millie-with-a-y]

forget how fast this cult is going to take over gotham, it's 100% spreading to the rest of the world. amity park takes one look at the videos, recognizes their friendly neighborhood ghost, and declares the official town religion to be "Whatever That Is"

[bluebird8683]

I also feel like Sam/Tucker would come out of the woodwork as the “original” devotees and make up a munch of stuff that people can do to devote themselves to the winter God

[khivirsur]

And of course they're going to consult with Danny about the stuff that they can do to devote themselves to the winter god, because with it they can both tease him, have the devotional stuff be things that wouldn't make him feel bad or go against him protection Obsession, like actual sacrifices instead of just food, and they also get to spread his religion further so that he gets the recognition that he deserves.

Plus, what if they become his "priests"? I can see the cult going 'they were the first ones to worship him and have been doing so for longer than anyone else? Obviously they deserve to have a higher rank in this religion than us', and BAM! Priests

[otakureaderartist]

My thoughts about the Odyssey Movie

Some spoilers

My friend and I went to see the new Odyssey movie yesterday (Monday July 20 2026). Overall, it was pretty good. Though there were times when we were like: did this happen, and did they cut out that scene? But where are all the gods? The only god we saw was Athena, and my friend was pretty sure she was a hallucination and manifestation of Odysseus's guilt. 

Other thoughts and things we said to each other during the movie

My friend also said the cyclops looked like if Gollum was giant. They got rid of the nobody scene with Polyphemus. They didn't even know the cyclops could talk until after they stabbed him in the eye and he was muttering to himself.

Sees Circe, me: weren't you supposed to be pretty?  Where are the nymphs?  When Odysseus killed the animal, and it turned human, wouldn't that make the crew cannibals, or could only Circe kill and cook the animals so they stayed an animal, which makes them not cannibals? Circe turning the men into pigs: What in the X-Men is this? What happened to magicking them into pigs, not rearranging their skulls with your hands?

Eumaeus: loved this guy.

Antinous: hated this guy so much, which is good; you got me to hate a character every time I see him on screen.

Best scenes (for us)

When Telemachus realized the beggar was Odysseus. Me and my friend was awwwing, and I almost teared up.

When Odysseus strung his old bow

When Polybus realised the beggar was Odysseus and was immediately shot in the throat

[prlssprfctn]

Imagine in the beginning, before Red Hood's goons figure out that he is a baby, they think he is a single dad of a bunch of kids, instead. And it is not like they are wrong, since he does parent all kids of Crime Alley, but they mean not them. They mean Bats, instead.

No one is sure how old Red Hood is. But they saw a single white streak of the hair once, so he is... old, right? And these Batkids, they always hang around him, whining and asking for something - surely, it is his kids? Right? That gotta be it.

Red Hood: Now, back to- Sorry, I need to take a call. Goons: Sure, sir. Red Hood: What... Oh my god, Red. What do you mean, you don't know how to wash the carpet without- Spoiled brat. Okay, listen to me, you first need to get a really hot water... Goons: That's definitely his son being in troubles.

(It was Tim, who accidentally ruined Alfred's favourite carpet. He was in big troubles that day.)

Robin, appearing on the doorstep of Red Hood's den: Scram. I am here to see Hood. Goons, staring at little Damian: Hm-m. Red Hood, pushing them away: Bad day? (Damian wordlessly raising his arms to be picked up by Jason) Okay. It is fine. Goons: Hm-m-M.

Nightwing, whining: You are so boring. Why don't you want to play Twister with us this Sunday? Red Hood, rolling his eyes: Shut up. Goons, overhearing the conversation: Kids, am I right? Red Hood: Huh?

Goons, watching Batman and Red Hood shouting on each other on the rooftop: Hey, do we think Batman is also his kid?.. Goons: (thoughtful pause) Red Hood, completely pissed off by his dad in the meanwhile: I am TIRED of you. Go back to your stupid ass CAVE and think about your behaviour. I don't want to see you AGAIN. Batman: But- Red Hood: OUT OF MY TURF. NOW!!! Goons, staring at Batman, who walks away sulkily: ...HM-M.

Red Hood, staring at the "Best Dad" merch, given him by his goons on his birthday: I am confused. Do they mean kids from Alley, or they view themselves as my kids... What does it mean? Uh. Whatever. It is kinda sweet. Red Hood, on the next day: Thanks, guys. Very thoughtful of you! Goons, high-fiving each other: Sure, boss!

[otakureaderartist]

I need y'alls help again

So a while ago I read this Harry Potter fanfic that I forgot to save and could never find again (tale as old as fanfic). From what I remember, Harry touched a jewel/or gem and was turned into a dragon. He was sent to a dragon reserve and later gets together with another dragon. I dont think the fanfic was long. The fanfic is either on Fanfiction.net or Archive of Our Own (hopefully as I also read on Wattpad and Quotev).

Help would be great.

[lifetimeoftired]

How to adopt a dead kid in three weeks or less

It's midnight and I'm hopped up on that ADHD juice. Been thinking on and off about this prompt and how things play out. Might clean this up for ao3 posting later but whatever.

Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3

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Danny can feel the weight of their stares like it’s physical. A last mournful glance at his pancakes- Actually no, fuck it. He grabs the last one from his plate, flashes the whole Wayne family a peace sign, and turns invisible. The pancake is eaten as he dashes out the door and away from the shouting and chaos he leaves the family in.

 -

“Where the FUCK did he go!?” Jason’s shout somehow made it above the din of the others- and got Bruce and Dick yelling ‘language’ back at him. The pricks.

“I say! Watch your tone Master Jason! As for the rest of you-” The whole family shut the immediate fuck up when Alfred speaks. His displeased expression more than enough to cow them into submission. “I expect you to clean up after yourselves today and a quiet trip to the batcave to find our new ward. Master Jason, you will be taking care of Master Danny’s plates, and I will hear of an apology from you for scaring that poor boy.”

There’s a chorus of ‘yes Alfred’ from the chastised bats, but Bruce- carefully mind you- presses.

“Alfred, how long has he been here? Why didn’t you say anything?”

“The young master has been staying for the past three weeks sir. And despite my best attempts, I have not yet been able to convince him to sleep in his own room.”

Bruce groans and rubs at his face before turning back to his other children, “Nobody thought to tell me!?”

The kids all look at each other, and then back at him with the most judgmental ‘are you serious’ looks they can muster. Except Cassandra, who very excitedly signs; New brother! All Bruce can do is sigh into his hands.

“We’ll discuss this later-”

“Why didn’t you notice then old man?” Jason grins, a little feral at Bruce’s dirty look but sue him.

“Okay okay, let’s hurry up and get this place cleaned up. There’s no telling how far Danny got- and the sooner we go after him the sooner we figure out what’s going on.” Dick said, quickly gathering his own plate. 

“And the sooner I can get all of you presents.” The entire family stops. Staring at Jason in shock. “Only the finest ‘World’s best detective’ mugs for all of you!” 

The groan he gets from all of them is perfect.

-

“I cannot believe you didn’t think to tell me either!” Batman scolds Oracle later. 

Everyone is out in force. Even Batwoman, Batwing, and Bluebird (after having a good laugh at Batman’s expense) had joined. They had all been searching for Danny the better part of the day. Batman had even agreed to let Red Robin and Robin join the search and skip school. That’s how seriously the kids knew he was taking this. And how important it was for one of them to get to Danny before Batman scared him off for good with his infamous paranoia.

“If you didn’t notice, that one’s on you Batman.” God Jason really loved Barbara sometimes. 

“Oracle would not have allowed a dangerous individual into our midst. She is thorough when it comes to such things.” Robin is moving fast, probably swinging right behind Batman. No doubt headed east where the nicer areas were and any sane person was bound to head.

“I think that’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me, baby bat.”

“O, you wouldn’t happen to have a new update on Danny’s whereabouts would you? Or anything from his past?” Nightwing cuts in after Robin’s little ‘Tt’. He’s somewhere near the border to Bludhaven, in case Danny’s making it out that way.

“Nothing Nightwing.” They can hear her frustration, and concern, through the voice modulator. “The kid’s practically a ghost. All I can tell you is that he’s not from Gotham. What little I can find of his time here in Gotham is some security feeds of dumpster diving and sleeping on a bench.”

“He’s also definitely a meta.” Signal mutters, somewhere to the west and near the coast..

Jason remains quiet and lets them all talk. As funny as it is- and holy shit Jason will never let any of them live this down ever- it is a little strange this random kid would just... Show up out of nowhere. Meta or not. Alfred said he wouldn’t sleep in a bed of his own, but he also hadn’t left until after Jason questioned his existence. This ‘Danny’ had been around the manor, the bats coming and going, for weeks. He could’ve found out their secrets, and even if he hadn’t sold them out yet, there’s no telling who might pick him up and drag those secrets out of him. Or worse, if he was sent here by someone, then they needed to find out who. And fast…

….

Ugh. He sounded like Batman.

“Hey guys, how well do you even know Danny?” Jason pulls over near an abandoned apartment building. Cutting the engine to his bike to hear them all better. “He was there for a few weeks, pick up anything on him? Might help us figure out where he ran off to.” That last bit was added as an afterthought, not wanting to be too paranoid, but it was also true.

“I know how this is going to sound, but uh, well, he does seem really nice actually.” Signal helpfully offers. “Dick and I ran into Danny I think not long after he got there?”

“O’s camera feed tells us Danny arrived at the manor 28 days ago, Thursday night 11:38 PM. Looking at the records, he was picked up prior to that in front of Wayne Enterprises by one of our drivers- Archer Tenson. He’s reliable and honest, no record of any sort that would make him a suspect of subterfuge.” Nightwing rattles off the information pretty calmly, but they all know him well enough to hear the concern. “According to the records, he was going to pick up the caffeine addict after the cafe got an alert of his fourth Death Latte-” They all ignored Red Robin’s little ‘hey!’, “-and dropped him off safely at home.”

“Red Robin.” Batman’s parental disapproval was palpable through the comms. 

“There wasn’t a fourth Death Latte!” Red Robin protested from his place in the batcave. Aiding in the digital search and combing over the camera feeds over the past few weeks for any information about Danny. “The third Death Latte was the last one. An Alert at W.E. was the plan the whole night. Nobody made it back to the manor until sunrise and the cafe kept saying there wasn’t any more coffee and-!” He gasped, horrified! Outraged! And the rest were left to hold their snickers as Red Robin said, “He stole my last coffee!”

“That’s right, Danny said he was a caffeine addict too.” Batwing mused. Probably flying somewhere over the more open suburbia in case Danny was trying to make a break out of the city that way.

“Wait when did you meet Danny?” Spoiler asked- Jason knew she was patrolling nearby with Bluebird. Those two, Orphan and Signal were the only ones who were allowed to come close to Crime Alley. Mainly because they annoyed Jason the least, but also because they understood how bad the streets could get and looked the other way better than the others. Signal surprised him about that one.

“Start from the beginning.” Batman orders. “Nightwing, Signal, you met Danny when?”

“Looking back, it was actually the day after he got there it sounds like.” Signal sighs. “I was headed downstairs for breakfast, and saw Dick in one of the sitting rooms. I thought I saw our caffeine addict passed out on the couch and thought dick was going to wake him, so I went in to help…”

[seronefada]

Danny moved in the Wayne Manor. It took them three weeks to notice.

Danny stranded in Gotham.

After a while he did something not really clever.

He was walking past the Wayne Enterprise building, a Taxi holds beside him. Told him Mr. Wayne sends them to drive him home. So he got in and they drove him to the Manor.

Tim was working that day, Alfred was driving Bruce around, so Bruce send someone to pick up Tim. But Tim didn't knew that and was working longer, he then just got back to the Manor with his bike.

Danny knew he should not be here but. Nobody is home, there are a lot of free rooms, so no harm in staying the night, right?

The next morning he wanders down already planning on what to say, but he just got some food.

When Mr. Wayne sees him he just asked how his Day was.

Danny realized after a few days that, people constantly coming in the Manor and going out to the point where no one knows who lives there at the moment.

People passing him often mistaken him for someone else.

Or thinking he was a new child of Bruce.

Danny wonders how long this will work, sometimes he even eats breakfast with them.

It took three weeks until Jason asked bruce:" where did you steal/adopt this one?"

Bruce:" I didn't adopt anyone recently, not since Duke." he is mildly confused and looks up from the paper, first time he really looks at the small teen at the table who just casually sits between the other who came to a Sunday brunch.

He then asks:"Who are you?"

Danny puts an whole pancake in his mouth before he says:"Il probably just leave."

[tales-of-the-ghost-zone]

DP X DC crossover prompt

Sam and Tucker, thanks to living in Amity Park and being overshadowed and controlled by ghosts so many time, had become very liminal. Until an accident while trying to stop the newest ghost enemy led to the two of them becoming halfa’s. Sam’s ghost form looks like what she looked like during the whole Undergrowth thing. And Tucker’s ghost form looks like his King Tuck design.

After a reveal gone wrong, Danny, Sam, and Tucker flee Amity Park. The trio run away to Gotham, and using money Sam managed to snag from her account before they left, they buy a nice sized building right in the middle of Crime Alley. They decide to turn it into a bookshop and cafe. There’s a garden/greenhouse attached to the back end of the building where Sam grows all her plants and herbs. Tucker has his own tech room in the basement alongside Danny’s tiny lab space. They live together in the apartment above the bookshop/cafe.

One day while out on a walk, Danny stumbles across two tiny twin half formed baby ghost cores. They’re nothing more than tiny little balls of glowing light at the moment. Baby ghosts that are just starting to form but are nothing more than cores at the moment. But they seem to be slowly fading. Danny refuses to let them fade away into nothing. He scoops them up, infuses them with some of his ectoplasm to get them going, and then shoved them into his chest for safe keeping and so that they can be close to his own core which starts slowly feeding them energy.

Danny rushes back to the shop and drags Sam and Tucker to the upstairs apartment and shows him the baby ghost cores he’s found. The three all agree that they’re going to help these cores develop into actual ghosts. They switch off on who carry’s the ghost cores around. Some days it’s Danny. Some days it’s Tucker. And some days it’s Sam. Each of them feeding the cores a little bit of their ectoplasm to help them grow.

One of the cores feels distinctly female and has a purplish blue glow to it. The three start jokingly calling her violet. The other core has a distinctly male feel to it. It’s an orangish red and has a small crack along one side of it. Danny jokingly said one time how he (the baby core) kind of looked like Nemo’s egg at the beginning of Finding Nemo and ever since they’ve been calling him Nemo.

The two cores have been developing very slowly, both seemingly unable to absorb the needed ectoplasm, to form into full ghosts, quickly. The trio is fine with this, they can be patient, and wait to meet their twins.

Then one day there’s some kind of massive ghost attack. Maybe a cult or something attempted to summon the ghost king but messed up the summoning and accidentally summoned something else. The Justice League try and fight the thing, but they’re no match for this ghost monstrosity. And the JLD aren’t available to help for whatever reason. The trio decides to step in and help. They kick the crap out of the ghost pretty easily and send it back to the ghost zone. Then Danny, in his King Phantom garb (crown of fire, whispy white fire like hair, a regal looking version of his hazmat suit, the ring of rage on one finger, and a cape around his shoulders, the outside being pure white but the inside looking like the vastness of space) approaches the cult and rebukes them, telling them how even if they had managed to summon him he never would have helped them take over the world.

After that the trio become members of the Justice League. Thanks to some of Danny’s previous time travel shenanigans, and Danny being the ghost king, and Sam and Tucker his consorts/mates(?) the Justice League all think that the trio are ancient eldritch ghost gods.

And then one day when the trio are in the Watch Tower with the rest of the League their twin baby ghost cores come up. Maybe it was time to switch out who was carrying them, and mid meeting or lunch or whatever, Danny just reaches into his chest, pulls out two small glowing orbs. He cradles them close to his chest for a moment, looking at them lovingly, and whispering something soft to them in ghost speak. Then hands them over to Sam, who does the whole cradle them close and whisper softly in ghost speak before shoving them right into her chest.

They look up from this to see the whole League staring at them wide eyed and confused. Danny just casually explains that those are their children but they’re still forming so the trio needs to keep them close to their cores to help them grow, but they like to switch up everyday who carry’s them. Every member of the Justice League becomes super protective of the trio after this. They see it as the three essentially being pregnant (sort of), and they don’t always know which one of them is carrying the baby ghost. So best to just be protective of all three. The trio finds this kind of amusing and a touch bit sweet.

When the twin baby cores finally develop into actual baby ghosts, the two kind of look like a mixture between Danny, Sam, and Tucker’s ghost forms. Though Violet has dark purple hair and eyes and Nemo has bright orangish red hair and eyes.

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

Tim Drake gets thrown forward in time and quickly gets adopted by his evil alternate future self Pheonix and his husband Phantom. The three of them live on a space station orbiting the Earth.

The real issue is that they think he's a clone and they are babying him. He doesn't know what they will do when they find out he isn't actually a clone.

They have been more than accommodating and have let him snoop around to his hearts content, even going so far and to come up behind him while he's trying to hack into thier computer and just casually putting in the passwords for him.

That was embarrassing. How is Phantom so stealthy??? He loves his future evil self as wierd as that sounds. He showed him how to use thier wierd coffee machine and made both of them ten shot espressos.

The entire time there was spent in domestic bliss. How are either of these people villains? The room went silent when asked.

Appearently older Tim's story began when he accidentally killed a pit raged Jason in self defense. The batfam took it way worse than anyone would have thought, especially when the Lazarus Pits failed to revive him again. He was treated coldly as they grieved and tried to find comfort in his friends at the time, but not many people were available.

He stayed in different places, not wanting to head back to the manor and face his family, eventually he caught a signal from a space station that supposedly didn't exist and went to investigate.

Inside he found numerous crumpled bodies, all in white suits. All dead. The station itself looked oddly in tact despite obvious signs of a struggle. Eventually he found Phantom bleeding out on the floor, the destroyed remains of a metal muzzle were still on the ghosts face and Tim made quick work of removing it so he could speak easier.

Tim nursed Phantom back to health in the station and the ghost made the bodies disappear. Tim never learned what he did with all of them.

Over time Danny revealed what he was and who the GIW were and began answering all his questions. They chose to stay in the station and Phantom began renovating it to be more of a home than a workplace.

The real problems arose when people discovered the station and by extention, Phantom. He defended himself using his powers which caught the attention of both the Justice League and many villains.

The Justice League offered him protection and wanted him to join them, the villains wanted his power and made no effort to hide that fact. Phantom saw them as one in the same. All Danny wanted was to stay in the space station with Tim, who he already had a massive crush on. He didn't mind the swirling darkness he sensed inside of Red Robin, he had it in himself too after all.

At some point the station was under attack and Phantom killed a whole bunch of people to defend himself and his home, something the JL didn't particularly like and Batman himself offered to take him under his wing and train him to fight without killing.

That's when Tim revealed himself and stood next to Phantom, "He already has a teacher"

Things only went downhill from there.

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

This is beautiful. I need a fic of this. Please.

Tim is just a bundle of stress and Phantom is trying to comfort him when he can but hes rarely awake cause his body is focusing on healing and Tim is nursing him back to health.

Luckily Tim only had to explain "time travel" and Danny was like "I gotcha" and rolled with it. Tim still explained the rest and Danny has been cuddly and purring for him whenever he gets the chance.

Its great for reducing Tim's stress levels.

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

The good news is that each time Danny wakes up his awake longer and asleep less, this combined with him being really sweet on Tim has calmed Tim a bit. Danny is now a bit overprotective of Tim and slightly hero worships him and has a crush on the guy who saved him.

The GIW are gone. Danny had completely wiped them out in his rampage, determined to make sure they could never hurt any other ghosts ever again. This has the unintended side effect of making it difficult to prove the GIW ever actually existed to the Justice League.

[alien-slushie]

Bruce: Tim, why did I just get a an email from Gotham Funeral Sevices, giving me condolences and thanking me for purchasing a black, green, and silver coffin?!

Tim, who has been hiding a sleeping 'vampire' in his room for two weeks: Wow! Why do you think it was me?

Bruce: Jason won't take my money, Dick avoids anything funeral related, Damian told me Talia already has his funeral arrangements planned and "none of the ilk he kills deserves coffins"-

Tim: Yikes.

Bruce: I know. Steph is convinced shes either never going to die or shes going to die fighting God, not sure what that means but she scares me, and Barbra and Duke are my good children who I pretend I never have to worry about in regards to things like these.

Tim: What about Cass?

Bruce: If Cass needed a coffin, she'd either come out and ask me, or I would never know about it. Meaning, it has to be you.

Tim: Touche.

Bruce: Timothy what is the coffin for?!

Tim: Okay jeez. If you must know, I thought sleeping in a small enclosed space would help with my sleep schedule.

Bruce: Why not just ask for a bunk bed, or use the closet or wardrobe?

Tim: Its was 3 am! Give me a break!

Bruce, sighs: ..........So, does it actually help with sleep?

[vodkassassin]

Fast forward to Bruce unironically purchasing his own coffin for naps and finding them actually very comfortable, in fact.

It then becomes a Thing, because of course all the other bats simply must try it (for science, obviously, and also because they wanted it to suck so that they could make fun of Bruce for it with receipts. but they were disappointed when it was, in fact, extremely comfortable [the outlier here is Jason, who has coffin trauma and will not be counted]).

So begins the trend of bats napping in coffins like vampires. If it ever gets out to the public — which of course it eventually will — the entire superhero community is going to lose their minds.

So yeah, thanks Tim. Why is it always you

[depravedmicrowave]

They need a family den of napcoffins, they get to sleep by each other knowing their family are close by and monitor-able but contained enough that any nightmare lashing out is contained and the hug like quality of their preferred coffin is soothing.

Their sleep coffins of course are in their rooms/homes and significantly more personalized but the napcoffins are all up for grabs for anyone (with the exception of Jason who didn't want to be left out and so got a wicker casket that everyone calls the napbasket) and you only know if their occupied if it's closed

The only ones allowed in the napbasket are Jason and Alfred the Cat who does not care what coffin or casket he sleeps in.

[sideblog-for-fic-reblogs]

Some casket maker is raising an eyebrow but asking no questions as he modifies several coffins to allow for air circulation.

[bet-on-me-13]

One day a JLA Hero is in the Batcave for whatever reason and wanders off to explore, cause when are they ever going to get a chance like This again!?

And then eventually find a small dark room in the darkest and most secluded part of the Cave, turning on a Flashlight only to see a room full of Coffins, each with the Emblem of one of the Bats.

At first they feel very guilty, because this is obviously Coffins that Batman prepared for the day when one of them dies, and its in the most hidden part of the cave because he hopes it will never be needed. This feels like a violation of privacy. They really should leave before somebody finds them-

One of the Coffin Lids begins to creak open.

They freeze in Terror, and point their Flashlight to the Coffin in the Center, which is slowly opening.

Out of it, rises Batman. In Full Costume. Yawning.

They run.

[megasweetbones]

Pair this with Bruce has small fangs and it would be hilarious. Also, I think you guys meant caskets?

On another note, imagine a Vampire King Dick getting into this world, but is captured? And when they ask what made him go evil, he says it's because he's a vampire.

And the superheroes are giving him the eyebrow because, "That's a harmful stereotype. Our Bats and Birds are all Vampires, except Red Hood who died before he could be turned and came back a Revenant and the youngest Robin who is half Demon Dhampir. And Cardinal's boyfriend, the Banshee Ghost by the name of Phantom. But he's still on the fence about joining the Gotham Vigilantes, so he probably doesn't count?"

And Vampire Dick is actually so fucking confused. Cause he knows that technically all possibilities are possible in the mulitverse. He also knows about the old rumors of them being Vampires, especially Bruce. But his Bruce didn't have fangs or sleep in a coffins. Though, they can all walk in sunlight? But they are covered, head to toe, in a way none of his family ever did. Even Spoiler is wearing a helmet that lets her hair out the back! Only one not covered is Damian. WTF is this world?

(They still aren't vampires. But Danny being revealed to the family and getting accepted, plus him making a portal in their Cave system so he, Jason, and Damian have access to ectoplasm, has lead to most of the family members being Liminal. So they get some durability, quick healings, speed, and faster reflexes.)

[depravedmicrowave]

Napcoffins, portals to hell, and liminal side effects. Yeah, the misunderatanding of what the batfam are is going to be so messed up.

Now the coffin vs casket thing is a good point. I think that when they started ordering their coffins they experimented a lot with shape, material, and whether they wanted a full lid or hinges. I think they fight over which is comfier, casket or coffin.

The napcoffin part of the cave is called the Bat Mausoleum and the caskets there are formed to their suits so they can have comfy power naps without needing to put away their gear. Caskets are used there because of the hinges make exit quicker and theres greater space for customized padding for when suits change. The half lids are useful if they need to monitor alerts to results of tests but are usually closed.

Upstairs theres more coffins in the family napping den, unpersonalized bc again its a everyone's space kind of thing. The loose lid is nice if you wanna peak out one way or another and a lid slightly crooked lets others know you're okay with being woken up. Whether they have a coffin or casket in their bedroom is up to them, that's their personal preferences and specs so it doesn't matter to anyone else.

Damian is upset that he outgrew his favorite coffin and had to use a family casket for a bit but thems the cons of growth spurts.

[midwinterhunt]

Hot Writers Don't Gatekeep

the writers REALLY liked my artist resource post, so I thought i'd give y'all my dragon hoard of things i use for writing

Reverse Dictionary, you type in the meaning of a word, and it gives you a bunch of words that mean that. (MY MOST IMPORTANT OFFERING IN THIS LIST)

Slang Dictionary, what it says on the tin.

Anglish Translator, Anglish is if English evolved without borrowing from other languages and it really itches my brain (Anglish is if english grown without borrowing from other languages and it truly itches my brain)

Incorrect Quotes Generator, Put character names in, and incorrect quotes come out. Really fun way to goof around with your characters' dynamics.

Handspeak, an ASL dictionary

Library of Babel, Odds are, the finished version of your wip is in here somewhere

The best fantasy map maker i have ever used

Glitch Text Generator is one I use A Lot, does ť̷̨̢͓̤͔̤̤̝̺̯̄̔̄̌̄͗͒͋͂͋͝ḩ̵̼̜͍͚͕̏̓͊̈̉̆̄͐́͗͒̈̃̊̚͜i̵̻̐̇̎̏̀̋̌̃̇̿͘̚s̴̮̔̂̇͒͑͝͝ͅ to your text

Totally not bootleg microsoft office

Emotions Thesaurus a guide for writing emotions and their associated body language

Mythcreants, has a whole bunch of stuff you can read to learn more about the technical aspects of writing

A decent article talking about what to think about when creating a language

Trope Talks, particularly good for beginner and younger writers or people who have a hard time reading. Honestly this whole channel is a fantastic format to get information into my adhd rattled brain.

FOR MY AO3 BESTIES! Postimages will host your image forever so you can embed it into your work

Ambient Chaos, sometimes the only thing in the world that can kick your brain into writing mode is nuclear sirens and lofi beats

Radioooooo, play a station from any place and year. Particularly helpful for period pieces.

[midwinterhunt]

Food timeline, when foods were invented

[mangoindigo]

In addition to when foods were invented, check for the timeline of food rationing or scarcity, especially during WW1 and WW2. Unless they are trading on the black market, your WW2 time travel AU should not include a big stack of pancakes for breakfast, because wheat, butter, and sugar were all being rationed. Fruit was also scarce.

Rationing in the UK. (Link for the US below.)

Rationing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

Rationing in the US:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationing_in_the_United_States

[mangoindigo]

What foods people eat for breakfast also changes across class, over time, and by culture.

An Edwardian Breakfast

More than one’s residence, food and fashion greatly demarcates the wealth–or poverty–of the individual or family. During the Edwardian era,

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[midwinterhunt]

Oh geez you crazy people really did it. You've made my notes unusable for a full year and made it so i have a widely circulated post. I will be turning off notes for this, but before then, have some seconds!

DesignDoll, I can't believe I forgot to put this in the original post. This is how i make 3d bases. Has both free and paid versions.

Bodies In Motion, great resource for animating and seeing how bodies look throughout different parts of movement

Pixabay: Free stock images + sounds and videos and such

Museum websites with CC0 (public domain) images, big list of places to get copyright free works

MapCrunch, kinda like google roads, great for background references

ANY BOOK BY CHRIS HART

And for the writers who loved this, I made a post specifically for y'all

[shiropoint]

This is mesmerizing to watch.

[fuu-dog-treats]

actually physically painful to watch because you know months were spent masking all those frames for each of the kajillions of transitions in this

[ask-ickle-mod]

[thatsthat24]

Holy………..shmokes…….

[mozzarella-shenanigans]

Oh?? My god??

[pomrania]

I’ll try my best to describe this. It’s a video with a mash-up of a bunch of different Disney movies, set to a song that’s a mash-up of a bunch of other songs. That in and of itself wouldn’t make it praiseworthy, but this is DONE SO WELL that just, holy cow.

[drawnsnake]

HOLY SHIT

[cell113]

Every time I see this, I HAVE to watch.

It is Law.

[guessinggames-deactivated-2026-0]

Mood

[papayafromtv]

i have this headcanon that Jason's alley subordinates get their first real impression of the latest Robin when during an important strategy meeting to deal with whatever bullshit Black Mask is pumping out onto Hood's territory, one of them notices him sneaking in through the ceiling and watching from the rafters.

there's an instant uproar based on the assumption that Batman is with him and this is a recon/attack mission. those assumptions are frozen in their tracks when Hood demands they drop their weapons.

"Little shit clearly snuck away- the big bat doesn't even know he's here." Hood declares, as, eyeing them all warily, Robin slinks down from the rafters to stand at his side, borderline hiding behind him. "Right brat?"

Robin nods. "He kept blabbering on about things that weren't interesting. I got bored and wanted to see you."

Hood ruffles his hair and continues the meeting, uncaring of the enemy listening to every word. The goons are baffled.

it keeps happening, too. on patrol, Hood doesn't blink an eye at Robin's existence, acting as if they've never spoken before, and the kid vice versa does the same. and yet it's a weekly occurrence that while dealing with confidential Red Hood-business, the goons will spot the little fucker seeping into their bases to act like he lives amongst them-and suddenly Hood's all soft words and hair ruffles and jokes that make it seem like the two have known each other their whole lives.

"I want a new katana." The kid stormed in at one point, interrupting the interrogation of the leader of a neighbouring cartel. He didn't blink at the multiple men holding down limbs, or the rag of water that Hood himself was holding, about to continue the waterboarding. Hood's shoulders slumped inwards out of exasperation.

"I'm sure you do," He chuckled, turning to give the kid a fond (they could tell, even through the helmet) glare. "But I'm kinda busy right now, so lets talk later?"

"With obsidian and emerald in the hilt, like my old one." Robin continues. "Batman confiscated it."

"Ask your mother and see what she says," Hood calls out casually, drenching the rag in a bucket of water and preparing to continue. "I'm not shelling out on a new one if it's just gonna get taken back by that asshole."

Robin groans, throwing his head back. "Fine. By the way, I stole a copy of all of Batman's information on that man's gang for you." He points casually at the half-conscious man being borderline tortured.

"God, I taught you well." Hood laughs. The goons exchanged knowing looks.

the thing was, it all added up--the familiarity, the fondness, the whining banter exchanged between the two and begrudging way that Robin listened to every order Hood gave him, the incredible loyalty that the kid showed one of Batman's current most influential enemies, and the protective nature Hood showed the kid in turn.

it all made sense

"So we're all in agreement, right?" Goon 1 turned to the others after they'd both left. "The Bossman is Robin's dad, and he's sent his son undercover to work for the Bat to gain information?"

the rest of the goons nodded instantly.

it was obvious.

(meanwhile, Hood has no idea this is what his subordinates think, he's just trying to be a supportive big brother, helping provide a safe space for Damian while he deals with the ridiculous culture shock of moving from the league's compound to going it alone at Wayne manor. Damian knows this is what everybody at Hood's work thinks. he doesn't think it's worth correcting--Hood raised him more than anybody else did, so it's not entirely inaccurate, right? Plus the scary dog privilege he gets in the alley for being Red Hood's son is funnier than any kind of perk he's ever gotten for being Bruce's kid.)

[lady-of-threads]

AU Vlad Plazmius is a huge red flag that everyone sees except Danny

From time to time, the members of the Justice League discuss their opponents. When Danny Phantom reveals that his worst enemy wants to adopt him, Robin laughs (Danny, we can start a club for villains' sons!). When Danny talks about his new clone sister, Superman wrinkles his nose and frowns, but doesn't say anything, seeing that the young man is more accepting of the clone than he is

When Danny mumbles thoughtfully that Vlad often kidnaps him and hasn't been seen for a week (a whole week, guys!), Diana anxiously asks if Danny is okay, and Green Lantern looks at the others, silently asking if this is normal

When Danny doesn't show up for a week, and then shows up at a meeting and awkwardly explains that Vlad kidnapped him for a week and forced him to play family. Batman makes an incomprehensible grunt (each of his children hears concern in the sound), and Danny dismisses it with a laugh. "I'm fine, Vlad can't seriously hurt me anyway! He's always like this!"

When Danny talks about the constant bugs in his house, the League gets worried. When Danny grumbles about Vlad kidnapping him again and acting strangely, Diana asks him what he means. When Danny nonchalantly mentions that Vlad likes to grab him by the shoulders, arms, or waist, the female members of the League become concerned and ask additional questions. However, Danny doesn't understand. Vlad is just Vlad. He wants Danny's mother, and he constantly harasses and mocks Danny

When the Justice League begins a personal investigation, Danny swears, but his face shows confusion. When Diana tries to talk to him about it gently, Danny gets hysterical (which he is incredibly ashamed of) and runs away

When the Phantom arrives at the base, too quiet, too dim, Red Robin awkwardly asks what happened. When Danny says that Vlad sent his parents on vacation and promised to look after Danny, RR frowns in outrage

"But it's okay!" Danny hastens to assure him, feigning to be his usual, cheerful self. "They don't know he's evil! They'd never leave me with Vlad if they knew he was a Plasmius!"

When a week later, the Phantom winced at a touch on his shoulder, the Martian hunter retreated, sensing the fear that usually comes from victims of ordinary, human violence

When Danny arrives, exhausted and looking like he's been starving, the team is worried. Danny waves it off, laughing, explaining that Vlad has been harassing him, exhausting him, and/or dousing him with ice-cold water, keeping him awake for days. When Superman listens to the Wisconsin and hears the shivering of a child drenched in water but not trying to clench any clothes in his hands, when he doesn't hear any rustling of fabric at all, Clark curses that it's dangerous for him to venture into the Phantom territory with his immense power

When the Phantom arrives at the League station trembling, scared to panic, to death (ha!) and crying when approached, the League knows what happened. When Nightwing manages to take Phantom to the recreation area and take care of him, the League finally gets down to business. Because there's a kid on their team, a kid who couldn't handle it, and they couldn't help him, even though they saw what was going on. A child whose condition was ignored by everyone: parents, teachers, and them, superheroes. They shouldn't have let the situation get this far, but now they're here, and Vlad Masters won't get away with it

[iategrass]

dpxdc 3

dick and his family were all playing cards when the doorbell rang. Sitting up he walked over to the door and opened it to see a young boy who was prime adoption bait with black hair, blue eyes.

"Hi there! I'm danny."

"hey Danny, what'cha doing here? I'm Dick."

"I'm here to visit my dad!" Danny said happily, "papa said he was here"

Dick froze. Dad? Did Bruce adopt another one without telling anyone? Or did one of his brothers have a kid without telling anyone?

Leaning back into the living room with the rest of his family he yelled "who had a kid without telling anyone?" Bruce dropped his cup and you could here a pin drop.

Suddenly Danny the yelled "Dad!" And rushed past him. Looking to see he almost passed out when he saw Alfred hugging the young boy. Bruce actually did.

__________

Aka, clockwork adopts Danny and after a bad reveal he sends him off to go stay with his husband(alfred) in another universe.

Now everyone has to get used to this 14 year old who is younger than Damian and yet their uncle because he's their psuedo-grandpas kid.

[hdgnj]

Dick: Alfie? When.. What.. How? Who!?! Papa? Dad? You're married and adopted and we didn't know!?!!?!

Alfred: My husband is a very busy being. As he cannot often leave his haunt he has never been able to visit for more than stolen moments.

Danny: Papa adopted me via the laws of our dimension. He should have set something up so Dad has an easier time legally adopting me here?

Alfred: Quite so my boy! Clockwork is always thorough in these situations.

Tim and Cass are sitting with a woozy Bruce. Keeping him stable and from falling again, while listening intently. This is Hidden Lore(TM) and they will note everything for further questionings.

Damian: What sort of Being is this Clockwork? What sort of being are you?

Alfred sighs and looks at the crowding Wayne's (legally or emotionally adopted). He knows they will note down every word to interrogate him later. Knows there is no way out of answering many, many questions. No distraction will work for long.

Alfred: Clockwork, my husband, is the Ancient of Time. An Ecto-Entity of standing. Both within and outside the Infinite Realms.

Danny: I am half Ecto and half living human. So I have to have access to a living Realm, like this one, and the Infinite. Otherwise, I will weaken and eventually lose my human half. Given I'm 14? Papa doesn't want that for me.

Jason: How long have you been married to what sounds like a God?!?!?!

Alfred: A God? I assure you my husband is no such being! The answer is lifetimes, Master Jason, lifetimes.

Danny: Dad is a reincarnation. He could have stayed in the Realms after his first Death. But he likes being alive. Likes looking after people. So Papa helped him come back every time. They met when Dad was sacrificed to be his. Papa didn't take the deal, and then stuck around to court Dad!

Jason: I need to know everything. This sounds like some Epic Romance from Ancient Rome, and I need to know.

Alfred: *sigh*

"Very well. The first life I recall, I was the youngest son of a Roman General. His name has been lost to time. I grew up raised to follow as my older brothers' aide.

Alfred rolled his eyes as the children all looked offended on his behalf. This happened lifetimes ago.

"When my brother lost a battle, I was captured by the Gaul's. They offered me to Clockwork for future victories. As Danny mentioned Clockwork refused. Such a victory would have damaged the timeline. But apparently my calm in the face of such an outcome was intriguing."

Danny grins and then pokes him in the side.

"Well yeah Dad, most mortals freak out when offered to the primordial manifestation of time itself. Papa was smitten by how bright your soul is as well. Papa wasn't giving up a chance to at least try and woo him!!"

[livinghalfway]

Do I look like your Father?

Danny was walking down the street late at night, suit jacket draped over one of his arms, feeling down. The blind date that he had been set up on had been a bust. The only thing he wants to do now is to go back to his apartment and spend the entire weekend relaxing.

When passing by a quiet alley something very suddenly slams into his leg. It causes Danny to momentarily stumble in his steps. It isn't until he regains his footing does he finally look to see what is clinging to his leg.

It's- it's a baby or more like a toddler really. If Danny had to guess he'd say the little boy was 2 or 3 at most. That thought is quickly thrown to the back of his mind when he notices that the kid is wrapped up in what is obviously a large, black cape. How on earth did he get that?

"Daddy!" Two tiny, watery blue eyes shine as they stare up at him, "You found me! I don't know how I got here, but you found me so we can go home now, right? Is mommy waiting for us there?"

What in the world is he supposed to do in this situation? "Ah, yeah buddy we can do that. Just as a fun game real quick though what's mine and mommy's name?"

"You're silly daddy! It's Thomas and Martha Wayne!"

"…Bruce?" He can't help but say the name. Is this really THE Bruce Wayne? It can't be, something else has to be going on right now.

"That's my name, great job daddy!" Bruce raises his arms for Danny to pick him up. "We go home now?"

"Sure uh let's go…home." Danny, not knowing what else to do, picks up the kid and starts making his way towards Wayne Manor.

He’s also going to continue to ignore the fact that it’s probably Batman’s cape wrapped around Bruce, and what that probably means.

[megasweetbones]

(I'm going to add a few tropes in a bit, so give me a bit of grace.)

When the knock first came, Alfred tried to use the cameras. He was immediately on guard when he realized that all the cameras on the property were filled with static and distorted images.

Alfred opens the door to see a toddler Bruce and a 20-ish Thomas Wayne. Which doesn't make sense, half because Thomas was dead. Another reason is because Thomas's first child was Junior, at about this age. Not Bruce.

For both these reasons, Alfred reflexively grabbed baby Bruce when Thomas handed him over.

"Sorry, I know this is confusing. But I needed to make sure he got home."

"Daddy? I want you to hold me!"

"Sorry, Chum. I need to leave. I'm not meant to be here. You'll find me again, when you need me."

Alfred barely stops Bruce from leaping out his arms, only to turn around to Thomas having disappeared.

[celestialgalaxyglow]

In the Batcave during training hours.

Tim: Hey Danny what's one of your scarier powers?

Danny: Well, I have this power which I call ghostly night.

He moved towards Bruce, who was working on the batcomputer.

Danny: You see if I reach into a person and grab their spirit and shake it ever so slightly like this.

Bruce faceplanted onto the batcomputer.

Danny: They fall into a deep sleep and will only wake up when they no longer feel tired.

Tim: ...

Damian: Cool!

Danny: I've been part of this family for a short time, but I have noticed certain family members do not get a proper 8 hours of sleep per night; and at times go 24 hours or more without proper sleep, so if I am made aware that one of you is not sleeping willingly for a prolonged period of time I will have to "intervene."

Jason (who's been awake for 36 hours): ....

Danny: For example given that Bruce has been awake for the last 72 hours will be out for about 24 hours.

Jason: You know what, I feel a bit tired. I'm going upstairs to my room and get some sleep.

Tim (who's been awake for 30 hours): Me too.

Damian (who's been awake for 20): I'm not tired.

Danny: I'll tell Alfred to make you chocolate chip pancakes in the morning.

Damian: You make a good bargain.

Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |

[solconbur]

I just reblogged this, but then I realized this would be an actually great power to use on ghosts, who never feel a need for actual sleep. Knock them out for ages before he soups them.

[vinestonegolem]

If they don’t need sleep they won’t tire and the power will be useless.

[solconbur]

Ehh... Metaphysical something something, makes it happen.