2023-24 dc hell party meme

[luckyzukky]

2024-02-29: AND WE'RE DONE! that was fun as fuck! i'd extend it but this got pretty dead towards the end BUT we got more fills than i expected! :D thank you to everyone for participating and i'll probably run something like this again in the next couple months because why not it's fun who cares about schedules i do what i want. see ya!

hello i don't know what i'm doing

rules

1. this is about dc comics, anything goes if it's related to dc and their characters and worlds
2. one prompt per comment
3. anon allowed, comment off anon if you want though idc
4. i reserve the right to delete prompts if it's weird, this is not a kink meme
5. that being said nsfw is allowed just don't be weird i guess
6. prompts can be filled multiple times
7. content warn as needed please; if your fic is explicit warn for that regardless of anything
8. no ao3 collection but crosspost anywhere
9. multimedia works are allowed make icons or edits or whatever ya want
10. self fills allowed
11. this runs until uhhh. let's do february 29th 2024, because 2024 is a leap year and i'm funny. if this actually gains traction i can make it go longer who cares

prompt examples

format is character/ship, prompt

stephcass, i got nothing to lose

rose wilson, got me looking for attention

any, i don't wanna fight your shadow

fills

1. kory/raven - "i searched for stars in the night sky that i couldn't see" - darklingsluck
2. any, "my favorite college experience is when i had a 7am class and the kid next to me literally poured a monster energy drink into his coffee said 'i'm going to die' and drank the whole thing" - sonofgodzilla (kara zor el, jason todd)
3. Jean-Paul Valley, Jason Todd, Stephanie Brown, or Helena Bertinelli (or any non-bat character who’s got the vibes if you want); “ May those who follow their fate be granted happiness; may those who defy it be granted glory” - teleportationmagic (jason todd)
4. any, "I get mean when I'm nervous like a bad dog" - anon (terra 2, grant emerson)
5. any, "even if my tears don't stop / scold me like you used to, mom" - anon (rose wilson)
6. any batfam member + "I will never end up like him / behind my back I already am" - clockwork_hart1 (batgirls)
7. Any combo of Barbara, Helena, Cass, and Steph; I feel like the batgirls are always vaguely in the background of reverse robins AUs. Give me a reverse Batgirl AU where they can be the focus! (Including Helena as a Batgirl because a) I love her and b) to make things a little more crunchy so that Cass just doesn't end up the same when you flip them) - theriveroflight (batgirls)

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Jean-Paul Valley, Jason Todd, Stephanie Brown, or Helena Bertinelli (or any non-bat character who’s got the vibes if you want); “ May those who follow their fate be granted happiness; may those who defy it be granted glory”

[teleportationmagic]

Talia’s always poised. There’s something about her – about the careful tilt of her jaw, and the slope of her shoulders. He’d say it’s like a peacock, but it isn’t, really. It’s too pretend for that.

“Do you have a next teacher planned for me?”

“This would be significantly easier if you stopped killing them, you understand.”

“Counterpoint: it’s even more instructive.” And she snorts on that syllable, despite herself. Maybe there should be something in his own chest that lightens at the noise, but there’s just quiet.

Stillness.

“There’s a woman out in the Sahara desert. We’ll go for survival training this time.” And he wonders for a moment if he did anything to piss her off. It’s not like she’d even tell.

It could be the teachers of course, but she’s not wasteful. If it actually mattered to her she’d just stop giving him teachers. Plus, she is like Bruce in that way. She admires justice, even if she can’t bring it herself.

Could be the killing itself, but he also doubted that. She was league. It wouldn’t be new to her.

Of course, it could also be the fact that it was him doing it. Jason Todd, fifteen and death, sixteen and angry, Robin ‘till his end and not a single second longer. He could guess that she’d had plans to give him back to Bruce, a son returned. He’d thoroughly screwed those plans – if he went back as he was, Bruce would want nothing to do with him.

He could still pretend, of course. She’d hide it if he asked her to. If he repented, and crawled back into Robin’s dead skin, went out as the ward of Bruce Wayne. It’d burn even single goddamn second, but he could do it. It might even be better, forgiveness and relief, if he could choke it all down. It’d be a good life, a good destiny, even.

Except look where destiny got him. Look where Bruce got him. Six feet below, in a box made of rotting hardwood, right next to the grave of his mother. Right next to the woman who’d murdered him.

So why choose closure, or comfort or sonhood, when he could have the Joker instead. Because: Jason had a question that demanded an answer, and either Bruce would break, or Jason would show him that there wasn’t a Robin left in him. Maybe he’d find something in there – closure or rage or certainty or something. But at the very least, he could pull that burning out of him, and shove it down his throat.

“I’ll get my things ready.” He says, aloud. She glances back at him, something hidden in her glance. Maybe she still thought he’d turn over a new leaf.

But there were no more leaves to turn. He knew the path he was on, certain as blood, or rage. Talia could look for the scraps of a dead kid in him for a while longer – he knew the path he was on. And no matter which was he turned out, at least he’d have the chance to shoot up flames.

“Alright.” He rolls up to his feet, and spins on his heels.

Maybe if he were more inclined to the supernatural, or the quiet, he’d hear it. Because: when the universe had shattered, it’d placed his feet back on the ground, gave him back his destiny. He’d defied it on accident, but there was a chance, if he wanted it. A chance, for what was supposed to be.

But what was supposed to be cannot help being ground under what is.

[teleportationmagic]

The quote is honestly raw as hell - might come back in a bit to do a steph one too.

[(Anonymous)]

The quote's from the anime Princess Tutu! I was rewatching it and struck over the head with blorbo feels at the quote (for my anime ballet blorbos of course, but also some comics ones too :))

[luckyzukky]

He could still pretend, of course. She’d hide it if he asked her to. If he repented, and crawled back into Robin’s dead skin, went out as the ward of Bruce Wayne. It’d burn even single goddamn second, but he could do it. It might even be better, forgiveness and relief, if he could choke it all down. It’d be a good life, a good destiny, even.

THIS PASSAGE!!!!! absolutely crazy. great fic.

[teleportationmagic]

Thank you!!!!!! and thanks so much for setting this up <3<3<3<3

[(Anonymous)]

Oooh! I love what you've done with the prompt! Thanks for the great fill!

So why choose closure, or comfort or sonhood, when he could have the Joker instead.
That's him, that's Jason!

But there were no more leaves to turn. He knew the path he was on, certain as blood, or rage. Talia could look for the scraps of a dead kid in him for a while longer – he knew the path he was on. And no matter which was he turned out, at least he’d have the chance to shoot up flames.
He's so self-destructive and I love it.

[clockwork_hart1]

Ough devastating! I love your descriptions of Talia, poised and beautiful but with a glimmering sense of honour to her that almost hides her darker parts. And poor wounded, wanting Jason.

Jason Todd, fifteen and death, sixteen and angry, Robin ‘till his end and not a single second longer.

Character thesis, maybe.