my love/hate relationship with gravity

Stephanie Brown | 20 | Spoiler Robin Batgirl Spoiler | Waffle Connoisseur | Mother

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spiidcrsilk:

she never wanted to go back to the bunker. never. that was one thing she’d never regret: b r e a k i n g  f r e e. “soaring, flying-” now wasn’t the time to touch on classically cheesy disney channel musicals. she steadied herself, trying to regain her composure as she swung around the building, landing on her feet. and all of the sudden, there was a roaring sensation in the back of her skull, and cindy turned around, only to immediately web the floor behind her - and apparently somebody’s feet.

Steph’s eyebrows shot up and she froze as soon as she felt her feet getting glued to the floor. Taking a freezing batarang from her belt compartment, she threw it at the webbing that trapped her and froze it solid, then broke it with her baton. “Woah there, no need to freak out. I’m on your side. I think. I hope?”

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wandamximcff:

“You’d think they would realize that marching me back down here like a child isn’t going to make me stay in this glorified play pen. I’d go stir crazy if I did.” Being sidelined just wasn’t an option. She’d always been right in the middle of things before, and she refused to let this be any different. “I’m just biding my time. Anyone else wanting to make a break for it when I do? Strength in numbers and all.”

“That depends on if you’re looking to break out so you can run and hide, or if you’re looking to fight these assholes who destroyed our school. And my room,” she added with some spite. Steph was going to freak if her Spoiler costume was damaged. She was definitely not good at sewing, and she didn’t get the chance to update it with fancy tech yet since she went back from being Batgirl.

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profcastle:

“You’re not wrong, I did kinda rope myself into that one.” Frank paused when Steph asked where’s the line? because for him, there wasn’t really a line. If you were doing bad shit, you had to be put down or you would keep doing the bad shit and ruining lives. Villains just had to be put down. “There isn’t a line. World’s pretty black and white to me.” 

She wasn’t sure how she felt about that answer. Sure, there was a long list of people she’d like to see never take a breath again, but she didn’t believe all crimes were on the same level. “So, if someone is stealing for their family, or if someone is blackmailed into killing someone else, they deserve the same kind of punishment? I mean, I know most cops aren’t as trustworthy as a couple I know, but some of the laws make sense, don’t they? Even the ones who steal millions aren’t as bad as the one who kill dozens, right?”

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profcastle:

Frank half smile at Stephanie. He knew that this kid would be a pain in the ass, but the good kind. “My name’s Frank, or Professor Castle, if ya wanna be stingy about it. You can call me Frankie if I’m not in the mood to cut off someone’s head.” Frank followed her, easily giving up his control because he felt he could trust her. “The plan is to find whoever the fuck is doing this and end them quickly because I have no idea what I’m doing right now, and would love some instructions on how to be a teacher.” At least he was honest. 

“I like living on the edge, so Frankie it is. And you can’t get mad, I wouldn’t have thought of it without you,” she warned. Steph was getting pumped until he mentioned “ending” people. She hesitated and slowed her pace to walk beside him. “So where’s the line you draw? I’m always curious to find out, I mean Catwoman is pretty morally ambiguous and we get along pretty well, but I was trained not to kill my enemies. It’s been really hard, I won’t lie. Some people are just too horrible, but others you want to see suffer in jail for the rest of their lives, you know?” she smiled, her memories going to the great moment she got her father locked up. What kind of idiot villain leaves clues on purpose??

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hitgiirl:

– ❝ if you and everyone else wanna be sitting ducks then that’s FINE by me, go ahead and get yourselves killed. but i’ve never just stood by and let shit just happen, and i’m not about to start it now because some teachers  t h i n k  they can stop me.  ❞ 

“Woah there, take a breath. Trust me, no one else wants to get out of here as much as I do. What do you say we show them all what two young women in purple can really do?”

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profcastle:

“That’s just fine, kid, don’t mean much to me, anyway.” It did, and he was lying, but Frank appreciated the apology. There wasn’t much of that nowadays. “Okay, here’s the deal. If you’re going out there, I have to come with you. There’s no if ands or buts, seeing as there is clearly no way to stop you. You follow me and you do as I say, because if you die on my watch, I will kick your ass three ways from Sunday. Got it?” 

Stephanie smirked, she worked alone all the time, but a team always made things better in the end. She tilted her head, motioning for him to follow. “Sounds like a deal to me. But I have to warn you, I have the tendency to improvise. And I don’t die easy anyways. I’m Stephanie by the way, or Spoiler. I think you’re going to be one of my favourite teachers after all this is over.” Even though she agreed to follow him, she started walking before he did. “What’s the plan, prof?”

[wnq-anonymous]

Stop beating yourself up. You are a work in progress - which means you get there a little at a time, not all at once.

Unknown (via wnq-anonymous)

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profcastle:

“Six years can do a lot to a person.” Frank thought back on all the stupid bullshit that had happened to him in the past few years, how morose his life had become. If two years were bad, six years was such a difference. Her ‘man’ comment sent him spiraling back to a frown. “I’m not a man, but I don’t much enjoy sitting on my ass. But you have to stay here. I don’t make the rules.” 

Steph’s air of confidence wavered as she cursed herself. “Sorry, I shouldn’t have assumed.” She knew exactly what six years could do to someone, the past six years of her life had completely changed her. “You’re right though, I got into this business six years ago and I’m definitely not the same. I’m more trained, I know the reasons why I’m doing this now. But what’s never going to change is that I need to help, I can’t sit in the hall and do nothing.” She stared at him with defiance and started to walk past him.

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profcastle:

“Listen, kid, it’s not like I wanna be here, but it’d be in your best interest to head back inside. Don’t make me make you.” Frank didn’t understand why he was here, to be quite honest, but he had a job to do and he couldn’t let this kid be as stupid as he was. She was trying to be imposing, and Frank noticed. He liked her more than he did before.

“All right, watch it with the ‘kid’ stuff. You’re what, a handful of years older than me?” Judge me by my size, do you? No Steph, this isn’t the time. She took out her baton and pulled it out to its full size, a metal stick roughly as tall as she was. “You could try to make me, but I don’t do well with being forced to sit on my ass and wait. Or, you could let me slip by and then come join me in the fight, tell everyone you didn’t find me until it was too late, and by then you had to help me out. You don’t seem like the kind of man who wants to sit around, either.”

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Stephanie Brown Moodboard

“Why open yourself up to all the bad you've tried to leave behind? "The only variable you can control is yourself." You can forget who you are, or you can be who you want to be. That's why you stay. You stay for a second chance.”

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profcastle:

Frank could not believe his luck. He had gotten a letter to teach at this dumb school (God only knows why, he was dangerous enough on his own not teaching children) and had finally arrived after being forced underground for a couple of days and now he was involved in whatever the fuck this Code Red was. And then he saw the kid. “You, what are you doing out here? Get back in the god damn hall.” 

Steph had been watching the chaos from the outlines, it all brought back memories of a certain gang war in Gotham she’d rather not think about. She didn’t like people telling her she couldn’t go out and help, after all she’d been through, she wasn’t going to sit around. She didn’t have her suit, but she had her extendable baton and some batarangs handy, so she set out to leave the hall, until she heard the teacher’s voice. At least she assumed he was a teacher, maybe a new one, but he looked pretty terrifying for someone not wearing a mask. “You don’t look like the babysitting type, you sure you’re in the right career field? Either way, you can’t stop me,” she realized those were big words for someone not as physically imposing as her, but she held her ground.

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@gossipking: @spoileralert there's some similarities

@gossipking: @spoileralert and yes, you're the cutest, be proud

@spoileralert: i'm going to try REALLY hard not to be offended by that cause you're entertaining

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spoileralert: why am i referred to as hera? from what i hear, that greek goddess was kind of the worst

spoileralert: but hey apparently i'm a cutie, 50 points to steph

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longshotquccn:

“He’s an ass anyway. But it’s… life, I guess. Or at least life in Star City. Everybody’s either dead, an asshole, or suffering. I vote we kick ass until there aren’t many left standing. Then we go for information. Interrogating first just sounds like it’ll get us killed.” 

“Sounds like Gotham. I can relate, but my dad was literally the worst criminal ever, yours sounds like he’s good at it. If you think that’s best, I’ll go for it, but I might hang back to do a little investigating with the beaten up baddies. It might help us to know what they want or who they are.”

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longshotquccn:

“Technically two of them are synonymous because my dad is now Ra’s, but… that’s a whole other story. I don’t have the right to tell you can’t, and, yeah, I’m mildly impressed by the slapping Batman thing so, you’re in.” 

“Holy crap, your dad’s the new Ra’s? I’m so sorry, that sounds like a shitty deal. I appreciate that though, nothing I hate more than people telling me I can’t go out and fight crime. Thanks! Yeah, I’m pretty impressed by myself on that one too. So any idea on who’s doing this or should we try and catch one of the people out there alone and get information out of them?”

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longshotquccn:

“This is bullshit. I wasn’t taught to fight so just so I could sit back and play boardgames when the real shit starts to happen. I’ve gone up against my father, against Ra’s Al Ghul, against my super-juiced ex-boyfriend. I can’t just stand on the sidelines doing nothing.”

“That’s an impressive list, I mean I only know one name on it but Ra’s Al Ghul is a pretty big contender. I slapped Batman and lived to tell the tale, does that mean I can come with you? Sitting around and waiting for death doesn’t sound like much fun.”

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“All I want is a nap and I can’t even get into my own room? Of course my room got destroyed and not one of the other students’ who could easily afford to replace everything.”