Supergiant's Odysseus has grown on me but there was a missed opportunity.
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poor Sevika's been embarrassed ever since, yet still stuck aroundđâ
Superman: whereâs Batman? The meeting was supposed to start 20 minutes ago.
Wonderwoman: could he be in danger?
Green Arrow: someone maybe should call him BEFORE we go into defcon 1
Superman: [calls the bat-line]
Oracle: [answers] this is O. How can I help?
Superman: Hi Oracle. Batman was supposed to be at the tower 20 minutes ago. Do you know where he is?
Oracle: let me check⌠yeah, heâs at the cave, I can connect you to the security cameras?
Superman: Please.
Oracle: ok.
-The batcave shows up on screen, Bruce and some of the kids present-
Batman: [Mid sentence] -OUTRAGEOUS STUNT!!
Damian: [scowling, arms crossed] -tt-
Batman: Do NOT scoff at me, young man!
Jason: [snorts]
Batman: Are you Laughing?! This is reckless even by YOUR standards Jason!
Jason: yeah⌠but you said-
Batman: [menacing] What?!
Jason: [looks at Dick and mimes âyoung manâ]
Batman: Donât look at-
Dick: [loudly and jovially] THEREâS NO NEED TO FEEL DOWN
Batman: Wh-
Steph: I said YOUNG MAN [spins to point at Tim]
Tim: [Fingerguns at Steph] Pick yourself off the ground!
Batman: [floundering] En-
Dick: I said YOUNG MAN
Jason: âCause youâre in a new town!
Duke: [from the locker rooms] Thereâs no need to be unhappy!
Batman: [to Duke] Youâre not even in trouble!
Steph and Tim: YOUNG MAN thereâs a place you can go!
Dick: [throws an arm around Jasonâs shoulders] I said YOUNG MAN! When youâre short on your dough!
Jason: You can STAY THERE!
Batman: Thatâs EN-
Dick and Jason: [turn to Damian, grinning expectantly] and Iâm sure you will find-!!
Damian: [glaring and without enthusiasm] âŚmany ways to have a good time.
Batman: Donât-
All the batkids: [chorusing] Itâs fun to stay at the B-A-T CAVE
Batman: [finally loses it] WHY???!!
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Superman: âŚ
Green Arrow: âŚwell someone has to say it.
The Flash: That he should get an award for parenting that lot?
Green Arrow: that clearly inherited behaviour has nothing to do with genetics. I grew up with Bruce Wayne; he deserves every second of this
thinking of other trauma related reasons, if you have anymore questions feel free to ask.
is there a lore reason that Octavian has white hair in ur survived AU or is it just cuz it looks cool?
stress after like, weeks being paralysed in the grass basically in excruciating pain. And then it didnât get better after he found out he had to take care of a child, and then realised said child was a Child of Kronos and his father wanted him for a sacrifice to get a physical body, and Octavian has to like, not let the child do that.
I just wanted to draw my favorite part of the Hermes interview, he is so real for that
Revenge Bruce au: part one.
Based on the 2017 movie called Revenge. It touched on less sensitive topics initially in this writing.
Bruce = 20 years.
âAlfred, its fine. Iâm just going to meet him, not like a mission or anything. And besides, you said I needed to take time away from Gotham. This is a good thing!â Bruce said, throwing his bag in the boot of the taxi, looking back at his concerned butler.
Recently, Bruce met someone online. A male who was a bit older and had been talking to him for a few weeks. The two hit it off, and Bruce had been invited to a desert vacation house while this guy and the two friends he was bringing would go hunting. Honestly? Bruce was lonely. You donât have much social life being the Batman. And the Bruce Wayne social life was painfully fake. So, he was glad he met someone who seemed to want to talk to him. Ergo naturally when he was invited, he accepted the other manâs invitation without question.
He didnât even run a background check on this guy. And that was a stupid error.
âMaster Bruce, you donât know this man. It could be--â
âAlfred, its ok. You and Gordon know where Iâm going, and heâs really nice. He listens to me. I need this, please. Ill be fine.â
ââŚ. I expect to be texted every three days.â
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It had been two days since Bruce got to the vacation home. It was somewhere in Morocco, hours away from anything else. That shouldâve rung alarm bells. Honestly? Bruce was just ignoring them on purpose.
The mans name turned out to be Luke, and he wasnât bad looking at himself. Tall, dirty blond with brown eyes, and a little gritty. His friends werenât Bruceâs favorite, but that was fine honestly. Itâs not like they spoke to him, and they listened to Luke and stayed out of the bedroom. That was ok.
Bruce said on the edge of the bed, looking out at the desert. It was bare and yet caught his attention in a most primal way. He loved it. He lay back on the covers, looking up at the roof as he closed his eyes, just letting himself relax. This was nice. Away from Gotham, from responsibilities, from it all. He got to act his age; people didnât expect things from him. He was finally relaxed-
Ding.
Bruce sat up and looked at the bedside table. Luke had left his phone on it after sex, forgetting to take it before he went hunting that first day with his friends. Bruce knew he probably shouldnât snoop, but he was curious. He barely knew this amazing guy, after all.
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When Luke got back, he shouldâve known the gig was up. He headed to the room with his two friends trailing behind, expecting to find Bruce lying down, or reading or something. Instead, he saw the other standing at the door frame waiting for him, holding Lukesâs phone in his hand and glaring at the other with passion.
ââŚ. Your married?â Bruce asked, teeth gritted.
âOh,â Luke said, breezily with a grin. âItâs ok baby, its open. I know its hard to believe, but Iâm allowed to do this.â He tried to soothe, walking closer and attempting to take the phone out of Bruceâs hands.
Bruce jerked his hand away, keeping hold of the phone and taking a step back. âyeah, itâs hard to believe because itâs a lie. You lied to me!â
âI wouldnât lie,â Luke said, holding Bruceâs shoulder. âI could never lie to you.â
âSo, you wouldnât mind if I told your wife who I am?â
âŚâŚâŚ.
The room fell silent, Lukesâs expression hardening into something almost terrifying, his friends behind him had different expressions. Kyle looked resigned. He knew what happened when Lukeâs partners found out and threatened. He re-loaded his gun. The other, mike looked like he pitted Bruce. He was new to the group but knew all the same.
See, Bruce shouldâve run a background check on these. Because Luke was affiliated with the mafia on his wifeâs side, and if she found out he was cheating on her, it was his body in a bag. So, to stop his past partners from telling, he made them take his place. And by the way the gun clicked, he knew it was Bruces turn. What they didnât know is Bruce, refuses to die like that.
Kyle raised the gun and fired.
Bruce had seen him loading it and expected it.
He moved.
It grazed his shoulder.
He grabbed Lukesâs satchel off the bed, knowing keys were in it.
He shoved passed the stunned men.
And ran.
Bruce threw the satchel in the passenger seat of the car as he started it up. He didnât know how to drive this one, but heâd have to figure it out quickly.
As Bruce finally got the car to move the men had taken the other, with Luke driving, Kyle in the passenger seat and mike on a motorcycle next to the car.
The problem was Bruce didnât know where to drive. His mind raced a mile for a minute as he took off, unsure of where he was going. The car bumped along the dirt, before stalling and coming to a stop.
Bruceâs eyes widened as he cursed, hitting the wheel before catching a glimpse in the rear-view mirror and seeing them. Gaining. And fast.
Having no other choice, Bruce grabbed the satchel and ran, sprinting in the direction he was going. But he couldnât go faster than a car. And even if he could, a cliff marked the dead end. Bruceâs head whipped around, as he saw Luke get out of the car. He held a gun but tried to go for the easy path one last time.
âBruce, look.â He said, staring down the other trapped man, a small grin on his face. âyour cute. I donât want to kill you! So just come back, and leave. You donât tell my wife, and I will leave you alone. Deal?â the weasel was lying.
But Bruce needed information.Â
âHow many people have you killed before?â
âBruce- â
âHow many to keep this secret?â
âThat doesnât- â
âYouâre a liar and a coward.â
âOk thatâs enough you little bitch. I gave you a chance,â Luke said, stepping forward.
Bruce stepped back. Luke wouldâve continued his sentence, but he didnât have to. As it turns out Bruce lost his footing on that ledge, eyes widening as he fell back.
Bruce felt the air whipping past him as he fell. It was second but it felt like minutes. He didnât want to die, Alfred was right. This was a bad idea, and now he-
None of the men heard a scream, or a thump. But they heard a sickening sharp noise. It was wet, and like ripping fabric but skin. Mike walked over to the edge, curiosity getting the better of him as he looked over. He almost lost the lunch he had hunted just hours before.
Bruce was impaled on a tree, limbs hanging there as his head lolled back, blood dripping down his mouth. It was a gruesome sight to see another human being meet an end like that. But while Mike was about to be sick Luke looked over. He sighed, âthatâs taken care of.â He muttered as mikes eyes fell on him incredulously.
âI need a beer. Cmon, weâll collect the body in the morning. Leave the car he took. If anyone finds him before that, theyâll think a stupid tourist fell off. Not out problem.â
He said, before walking back to the car. Kyle nodded and got himself back into the passenger seat, marking a place on the map where theyâd come back to hide the body the next day. Mike reluctantly got on his bike, the sick feeling in his stomach still ever present as he followed the other two men.
This. Was. Not. Over.
Not by a longshot.
i wrote this half asleep, sorry if its not coherent.
Yâall are sleeping on the true antagonists of EPIC: The musical. The Winions! These lil gremlins prompted two of the major losses of Odysseus and his crew (or pretty much all of them if you look at it a certain way.
1. They prompted Polities and Ody to the cave of Polyphemus
2. Prompted the opening of the bag of winds which brought the crew straight to Poseidon
True they didnât DIRECTLY do anything but if it werenât for them then it be very likely that at least 558 of Odys crew would survive
Time to cart these dudes off to lil monster (rawr rawr rawr) jail. Shoo Shoo
White fluffy hair around going to his waist, put up in a high ponytail.
A white button up shirt under a black vest with a flowy pattern on it.
Due to the cannon, the left half of his face was horrifically scared, in the same way two face has two faces, half of his face is normal and the other is covers by a metal half mask, with a glowing place where the eye would be.
He wears hearing aids due to going partially deaf due to the loudness of the cannon.
His whole left side is pretty fucked, he lost his left arm fully during cannon, thatâs the only thing they found of him. Henry had a metal prosthetic made with the same pattern thatâs on the vest carved into it.
His leg wasnât as bad as his arm but he still lost chunks, he got it metal plated but it still causes him regular pain.
He has to spend over half an hour ruccibg ointment over his whole left half, as itâs fully scared.
The only scars on his right side is his top surgery scars and a few he got from fighting.
Goes by Vi to people who donât know him so he isnât found by people in his past.
Was awful with a sword, but found he adopted a bow after the whole cannon incident.
Wears heeled boots because on his left half his hell was fully replaced by metal, and itâs less painful if his mussels are tensed like that.
Got proficient in sign language but signs with a slur due to the fact he has one metal hand and only half his sight.
Got less racist, and now without Gaea in his ear 24/7 telling him to exterminate the Greeks he has some sort of small music playing in his hearing aids because he canât stand the silence.
Trans (FTM) and had a gay awakening when he was fighting with Jason, and denied it very hard.Â
Wears an old braclet of the last things he could snatch from camp before he ran away.
No one thought he was alive, and basically didnât remember to check for him for weeks after, when they found his arm. He was paralysed for a week lying down in the grass awake but unable to move and in pain, he cried all his tears from them, developing a despising of all demigods in general after he was made to suffer for a week straight basically undead.
Was saved by a small Greek boy who was about 5. He basically adopted him after that, begrudgingly. Finding out he was a son of Kronos, about three years after, and still taking care of him. Basically hiding him from his dad and trying to survive away from society.
part one: Jon the weed dealer.
part two: misunderstandings.
Part three: stinging Jason todd.
Part four: poker night.
Part five: Bruce likes being single.
Part six: mission and Kris.
Mer au JL:
(Btw they havenât met Bruce yet, Superbat centric.)
Open to any suggestions about others but have only planned Bruce and Clarkâs species.
Bruce: Flashlight fish mer. Google those fish, their cuties.
Clark: Humphead Maori Wrasse Mer. Ok. I know the fish is ugly, but itâs large, a reef fish, its colours are beautiful, and the tail type is what Iâm looking for. If you goggle it, I pray for your very soul. Donât focus on its head to hard.
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âClark, youâre going to miss the meeting.â Arthur said, sighing in exasperation and looking to the other Mer, who didnât seem to care at the moment.
Clark sighed, looking over his shoulder as he kept his body facing the reef.
âOk, I get it. But Iâll be there! I just need to check this out first, weâve had no idea what this is, but someoneâs spotted the black thing, can I At least scout it out? Kay, thanks, bye Arthur!â
Clark finished, not letting Arthur start and darted down into the brush anyway.
âClark! Come back- Jesus.â Arthur mutters, going on about something like âarrogant prickâ before going off to Atlantis to take care of himself before the meeting.
Clark swam through the reef, looking to the pad on which the location of the last sighting of the entity was found.Â
A few weeks ago, they had started getting reports of a big entity swimming around the reef, long, but people have only reported glimpses of black scales with an iridescent purple and blue sheen.
But every time they came to check it out the thing had just disappeared. But Clark got this notification less than an hour ago, he had time to explore.
And heâd been looking for this for a very long time.
He got to the sight of the reef and begin to scout out the area. It was in the darker parts of the reef, close to where the trenches were. Arthur had said that going down there was basically suicide, and thatâs why most merâs steered away from it.
 He smelt the faint scent of blood in the water and followed it, till he saw that flash of black with the small purple shimmer the water reflected around it. Clark stiffens and takes a breath, before slowly and silently inching out from behind the coral to see what it was. He didnât expect it to be another Mer.
Most merâs didnât have dark scales. Well, reef merâs. It normally went darker scales the deeper they went. But Clark had never seen black scales before. A soft breath left his mouth in the sound of a âhah.â
The other Mer clearly heard him and whipped around, blue eyes focusing on blue. The other had short black hair and pale skin, blood on his chin from his meal. A whole ass shark lay behind him, Clark chuckled nervously.
âUh- youâve got a little, something, on your chin right there?â
The other instantly spooked and took off, fleeing at speeds Clark hadnât seen in a long time, with deliberation that was a little startling. Clark gave chase, weaving through the colourful coral blurring as the two passed.
âStop running!â Clark shouted, trying to reach him.Â
The other Mer dipped under a pice of coral and speeding to the other side of it. It was a small opening Clark definitely couldnât for through, he swam above it and looked from above, trying to find the exit to the crevice in which the other went through.
 He saw the other start to emerge and waited till he was put to swim down and pin him to the reef bed.Â
The other was very startled when he felt the grab, and threw his body weight back against Clark, turning and managing to throw him half off. Clark grabbed him in a sort of headlock and the other wrapped his tail around Clark, the appendage trapping Clark as the other Mer threw him, then grabbing his neck with a gasp.
Clark rolled over and back to his bearings, looking at the Mer in front of him. He tried to put his hand up in a sort of placation, attempting to calm the other.
âHey, hey. Iâm not going to hurt you; Iâm just here to- â
What was he here to do really. It was mostly his job to now take this one somewhere and find out his agenda. If he had one. It really didnât matter what he said, actually. It was quite clear the other had no idea what he was saying.
âWait- whatâs your name?â Clark asked the other, swimming closer. The other met tried to back up, but his back hit the coral, and he just stared fowrd at Clark. The other mer attempted to scare Clark off him by flashing his scales, in a sort of warning. Clark was entranced on the other hand. He had never seen a Mer do anything like that before, and it fascinated him.
âWoah, how did you do that?â He asked, swimming closer and reaching for the others fin mindlessly. In which he then got slapped across the face by his tail fin. Clark paused, then looked at him sheepishly.
âProbably deserved that, huh?â
Clark hummed, then gently grabbed a lionfish out of the reef. He had interrupted the others meal, and they were an invasive species here anyways. He wasnât sure if the other would go for it, but when he stretched his hand out in offering it was very hesitantly grabbed the fish as teeth sharper then Clark had seen in a long time tore through the fishesâ scales.
And he couldnât help but be morbidly fascinated.
âYou have no clue what Iâm saying, huh?â he mumbled, going to sit next to the eating Mer but got a glare. He inched away till the glares topped. He ended up sitting a good three feet away.
âIâm going to call you Bruce. You canât understand me either way, Iâm Clark.â
Bruce looked up at him, black hair floating slightly around his head like a dark ink crown, contrasting so very much with his pale skin. Eyes bluer than the water itself met Clarks as he tilted his head, pearly black scales glinting as he flicked his tail in mild intrigue.
Clark seemed quite pleased when Bruceâs gaze fell on him in the least hostile way it had in a while. He nodded, pointing to himself.
âMhm. Iâm Clark.â He said, grinning, he pointed to Bruce, who twitched as his face scrunched up slightly. âand Iâm calling you Bruce till you figure out how to communicate your real name to me.â
Bruce decided to ignore him for the moment, teeth ripping back into the fishâs flesh as he ate, ever really keeping one eye off Clark. When the meat had been stripped off its bones he paused, then looked to Clark as if offended. He stared at the other, as if expecting something.
Clark, upon realising he was probably still hungry, smiled and went to grab another fish, seemingly unbothered by the nonverbal order he was given. He yanked it out of a hole in the coral and swam up to Bruce, offering out his hand for him to grab it again. Bruce snatched it without hesitation this time, teeth sinking back into the food. After a while of snacking, he looked at Clark, and when Bruce saw it was getting dark, he slinked away before Clark could catch him, into the darkness. The only thing he saw was the outline of the body that belonged to Bruce stop, and flash. As if a belligerent thanks. And Clark didnât give chase. He had a feeling heâd be seeing the strange Mer again very soon.
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Holy fucking shit he missed the meeting-
thanks for the read! next part is out, heres the link:
Chapter Two: Clark almost gets caught. Bruce tries to communicate with him.
Part three linked: Bruce shows off his pup and Clark learns to communicate.
chapter four: Clark finds the family. Bruce needs a nap.
Thank youuuuuu
can I steal Zeusâs liver? Pretty please?
If you must :3