#except it isn't

[jonny-versace]

excited to see the results of the I love you poll because as much fun as I had seeing the jokey discourse/righteous fury about the best kiss poll, if my pick for favourite love you doesn't win I'll be genuinely outraged

[katrinafromschool]

Today in late night pretty exhausted Kat thoughts of fics she's liable never to write but will keep vibrating her brain forever:

Reverse Batgirls AU where all the boys are the same because who cares!

Stephanie Brown! Basic stuff is the same, dad is still Cluemaster and he still sucks, so she adopts the persona of Batgirl! To get everyone's attention on him, only to quite enjoy the attention on her. Of course she still butts heads with Batman as her own solo act, but generally friendly with Dick. Really friendly with Supergirl.

Whenever Dick is fired, she playfully dresses up as Robin to tease Batman, only to be seriously offered the job. And to even her own shock, she accepts! It lasts three months still, sucks shit. But she still has her connections made as Batgirl, so she elects to leave behind the trappings of Batman and become her own hero! THE SPOILER!!! Eventually becoming a Titans staple!

Batman gets a new Robin soon after, who lasts a little longer before exploding.

Probably still gets pregnant but has way more of a support system this time around (not to mention she wouldn't be the only Titan with a kid), so she semi-retires for a bit but not really. The call to adventure is constant and Steph is never going to fully abandon Gotham. Even after the United States doesn't! Which leads into....

Cassandra Cain! Pretty much the same, appears during NML, works as a messenger for Spoiler's makeshift information network, yadda yadda. Steph is partially fueled by petty revenge on Helena stealing her bit whenever she offers Cass her old costume. She's a sweet kid! She'll grow into it.

Steph definitely tries to give Cool Mom energy to Cass as she makes it her full-time job mentoring the kid as Spoiler while balancing her own actual daughter. She tries her best to help the girl develop something of a life, to little avail.

But Cass likes Steph! She's cool and helpful and sometimes makes her feel more comfortable than she should be allowed to feel. She often finds herself babysitting for Steph and slowly learning language and reading along with her kid. But sometimes she's way too much or way too slow, so she gravitates back and forth between Steph and Bruce, to both of their frustration.

Cass sticks close to Tim. Steph taught her to become more of a team player, so the two become thick as thieves, practically siblings and co-workers both in Gotham and in Young Justice. They're both adopted by Bruce like a package deal. With no other teenage vigilantes in Gotham, they grow a weird, not very helpful codependency. They'll both always have each other's backs whether the other likes it or not.

Well, okay, so there's at least one other teenage vigilantes in Gotham.

Enter Barbara Gordon! Daughter of the police commissioner and computer virtuoso. With a condition that's rendered her paraplegic most of her life, she found solice in Cyberspace. And the GCPD records. And everywhere she could hack into, which was practically everywhere. Once her dad got framed for a crime he didn't do, she managed to use her online avatar Oracle to recruit Black Canary and Huntress to prove his innocence. And then she just got into the habit~

She gives Bruce constant flashbacks to younger Stephanie, much to his headache. She's arrogant and thinks she has the entire world in her hands, and she unfortunately might be right. He's still constantly rejecting her help and tells her to keep out of their business, unless she wants to get hurt.

But Babs is gonna help no matter what. In fact, she signs up for an experimental surgery to let her finally use her legs, so much as she doesn't strain them too much. So, she starts reveling in this newfound freedom and gets to training.

Batman dies. In the following madness, Barbara puts on an Oracle mask to help, risks be damned. Cassandra watches her in the midst of her own identity crisis post-Bruce Skeleton. So, she makes a decision and an offer.

Cassandra will become Black Bat! Something new that's all hers. Barbara can be Batgirl, her protégé, at least until her legs give out. And they will. Barbara will not last long as Batgirl with the strain she's putting on herself. But Cassandra recognizes this strain. Babs will only quit once she reaches her limit. Cass will help her get there and be there to catch her whenever they get there.

What then? Oracle will be waiting with renewed purpose, more powerful than ever. And what will become of Batgirl then? Oh, who's to say....

I probably have more specific ideas for changes and dynamics, but it's really late and these thoughts needed releasing before they became more of a problem, lol.

[queermediaismypassion]

PISSING MYSELF

[dearakashi]

consuming akashi seijuro to the point where i literally become him. he's my biggest inspiration but also my highest kin and i mirror his every move into my daily life. i have his exact height, the same mbti, cut my hair to match his, have some of his talking mannerisms, share the same hobbies (basketball and horseriding) and now i'm considering dyeing my hair red. would it be too crazy if we just became selfcest, i think that would be funny.

obsession goes whoosh. but also i need to become him.

[thegamingcatmom]

Emmett: "I'm the strongest one around here!"

Kate @ MC: "Hold my blood bag."

MC: *holds blood bag*

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Also MC: "Wait-"

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And that, kids, is how MC finds out about vampires.

[tinytauris]

This is from the official FIA Monaco media kit and now I need to fight their marketing person out back

[in-restless-walks]