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To Drink Poison from the Vine by haleswallows

Fic rec! Dp x DC Demon Twins AU. 15.5K Chapters: 7/7 Summary: Ra's al Ghul hears whisperings of a powerful creature with powers related to the Lazarus Pits. The summoning and binding spell bring him a prize greater than his wildest dreams -- and returns his long-lost grandson to him.

Comments: I've been craving a fic where Phantom is under Ra's control and this did not disappoint. Ra's summons Ghost King Danny, not just forcing him to do his bidding but to also resume his old human shape, name, and role as his heir. Danny hates the binding, but can't quite break it until he realizes exactly what Ra's plan for Damian is.

This...isn't a happy fic. Danny struggles so much, never healing from the vivisection his parents conducted, chaffing under Ra's collar, and even when he's magically free he still can't escape the weight of family and the trauma/ties of the LoA.

[gilbirda]

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From this ask game

I have talked about this before, but I really like the scene in Clown around and find out where Danny introduces himself as ghost king.

In my head I had a very visual horror movie scene, visually something like Wanda coming out of the portal in multiverse of madness (i hate the movie, but photography and visual effects were good)

and the music was Kill God from Silent Hill soundtrack, this version:

In the Arkham Guard story, Danny is the stuff of nightmares. If it was a videogame, he'd be the final Boss, with many health bars and ridiculous attack patterns. There's an underling knowledge that he had to become something he is not in order to guarantee the peace they live, to allow himself the chance to follow Jazz to Arkham.

He's not scared, because he is the biggest threat.

I just like horror. I like the concept that Ghost King, for him, is a powerful curse he cannot get rid of. He has become the villain and doesn't like it, but someone had to.

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Little Tim being flown around Gotham by Fright Knight for some birdwatching in @haleswallows fic "Incident Report #1: Incision, Right Palm"

[lavenderek]

@haleswallows thats an unused sketch youre not haunting yourself

[dobranocka]

haleswallows replied to your post: Don’t you sometimes like… miss the times the...

HARD SAME. I really miss the distinction cannon space and fandom space.

Yes! Also the distinction between like “oh yeah, I enjoy this in fanworks and think it’s interesting” and “I want this to be canon and creators are stupid for not doing this”.

I mean, it makes me very uncomfortable to see creators talking about fandom, because I don’t think fannish expression is necessarily meant for them, I think it may make them uncomfortable or defensive, and I think it exposes the fandom to a wider public even when it’s not intended - so that’s one can of worms.

But I feel like it also changes the fandom culture, especially around the fanfiction, fanarts and other fanworks. I’m glad people are generally more accepting of slash and so on, and it’s honestly great! But like, maybe we should remember the transformative part of transformative fanworks - and sometimes I feel like people are so obsessed with fixing canon and convincing everyone that their ship is totally canon that they forget that, hey, no, it isn’t and that’s fine too.

[charmingpplincardigans]

KL Jawin’: oh god oh god Nano is tomorrow Edition

sullymygoodname replied to your photoset “What if instead of writing a novel about this road trip, I just go on...”

Swing by Detroit and pick me up on the way!

I will send an energy vampire in my stead. Don’t worry, she doesn’t bite and she’s made a killer playlist.

haleswallows replied to your photoset “What if instead of writing a novel about this road trip, I just go on...”

I lived in Nebraska for 22 years. Please feel free to hit me up if you need I-80/midwest help!

Will do! I am entirely unfamiliar with most of the trip I have coursed for them. The only areas I’m familiar with are a small part of Indiana and the Grand Canyon area itself, since the last time I road tripped there we were coming from Florida and took a completely different tack. Mostly though, if you know of any cool/cheesy tourist traps along that corridor let me know.

spikekat replied to your photoset “What if instead of writing a novel about this road trip, I just go on...”

holy shit am i excited for. you to write this. this looks so fucking cool?? youre a fantastic writer??? im jazzed out of my own mind???????

THANK YOU. I AM EXCITED YOU ARE HERE FOR IT. It’s different than anything I’ve tried to write before, but I’m hoping that will benefit it. Can I write a story that’s KL distraction proof??? ONLY TIME WILL TELL. 

omegalovaniac replied to your photoset “What if instead of writing a novel about this road trip, I just go on...”

You don't get to visit Vegas and AZ without me, I'm just going to say this now.

Unfortunately they’re only going as far as AZ, but I’ll have them give you a call. :p (I actually do badly want to visit the Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest again, and you better believe I will let you know when that happens.)

spinfrog replied to your photoset “What if instead of writing a novel about this road trip, I just go on...”

Yes! But make sure your car is in really good shape and mabe have a canister of gas... there are some looong ass stretches of empty road... plus all the usual crap like blankets water dry / canned food... *\o/*

Worry not! I am a veteran of long drives. Also I’m sadly not actually taking this one right now. BUT ONE DAY. 

[fahye]

haleswallows replied to your post “me, just as my GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP!! reminder alarm goes off last...”

I'm reading this, and my own "go the fuck to sleep" alarm just went off. Unrelated, I'm glad I'm not the only adult with a bedtime alarm.

granted, I ignore my bedtime alarm a good 50% of the time, but at least it is THERE so that part of my brain is yelling YOU SHOULD BE ASLEEP while the other half is merrily doing its own thing, and eventually the yelling half bands up with my fatigue and launches a stealth attack on my eyelids.

don’t be me. heed your alarm. your body will thank you for it.

[inryokuhime]

Omg Im dying. I FEEL SO ATTACKED BY THAT POST

my dear sister means this post. IM SO SORRY. mom thinks she fits youngest of many. she fought one of her brothers for a chicken leg once and won.