Danny bit back a sigh from his place on the throne as two young vigilantes fell from a portal in his throneroom. He peered at him through his long white veil as he straitened himself. He knew what to do. He had done this song and dance sixty-two times now and he was about to do it again.
He watched them bicker from the cold floor of his ice castle, something he made from his own ice so that the observants couldn't see or hear what was happening inside or pop in without his explicit permission. Something that angered the nosey creeps to no end. Ah, he's getting lost in his thoughts again. Its time to start the test.
"Why have you come to my Realms mortals?" He felt almost silly calling them that, but it worked in getting the two to stop arguing and pay attention to him. Ah, the younger one has a sword. Cool. Won't help him here, but he gets points for ascetic if nothing else.
"State your names."
"I am Robin!" The smaller one yelled, fierceness of his voice to match the fire in his soul.
The older seemed more hesitant, taking a moment to assess the situation before answering, "I'm Red Robin. Sorry for dropping in so suddenly-"
The younger cut in, needlessly destroying his partners attempt at deescalating the situation, "We were not at fault! A portal opened underneath us and we were transported here!"
Danny knows that. Thats why he was testing them, "Are you saying that fate brought you here?"
Robin looked pleased before confirming.
"Then you shall stay here, as those who enter the Lands of Lazarus are never allowed to leave."
They both bulked, one trying to argue and the other trying to reason with him. Danny tapped his fingers on the armrest of his throne, pretending to think. "I will be merciful and allow one of you to leave. I will allow you a moment to make your choice." Danny barely got his words out before the older one declared that he would stay behind, putting himself between the king and his companion. Good. He passed the test.
He turned his attention back to the younger, "And you are fine with this?" This is the part where the companion adamantly refuses and offers themselves as sacrifice and the two bicker about who will get to sacrifice themselves for the other. The king becomes "moved by thier bond" or whatever and sends them both back to the land of the living.
"Of course! He's useless anyway."
...wat.
The older one made a wounded sound that made his core ache with the need to care and protect. This was not how things were supposed to go. Were ten year olds supposed to be this cruel? At that moment he made an admittedly impulsive decision and sent the child back, keeping the older of the two in the spirit would with him.
Leaving the comfort of his throne he walked down the steps towards the young man, his snowy robes fanning out majestically as his crown of stars bobbed around at his movements, some even going so far as to float around him as if showing off.
"I've made a decision. For this day forth you are my royal advisor." He stated before grabbing the other guys hand and pulling him along down the hall, "You're going to help me rebuild my kingdom from the thousands of years of war and political neglect it has faced. You will aid me in political endeavors as well as help the people in any way you see fit." He paused long enough to open the kitchen door and sit him down at the counter,
"But first, what do you want for lunch?"
A friend sent me this tiktok the other day and my first thought was this is the video that Tim sends to all his possible love interests to try and convince them to date him
Wes caught it, because of course he did cautious bastard. And yes she realises this now that fighting on the street was not the smartest move but it was a long time since she saw her friends from Amity and they got along fairly well with Weston.
So they had a good time, she managed to nip him on the cheek with her knife (after taking it back) he left her with a new bruise (it will be gone by tomorrow noon) and then they were both taken in by the police...
And now she has to explain why she did what she did to the GCPD and Ancients help probably Batman as soon as she gets back to her apartment. Who could've guessed that having a friendly brawl would be so taboo in Gotham? (who is she kidding of course it's suspicious it looked like they were trying to kill each other to any normal person!)
and she's not sure how much she should say!
ok gamers im so sorry for making u do math but! i think it will be cool!!
look at the current votes! add the individual digits together, then add the individual digits together of that number until you get a single digit number
example -> 3689 votes ->
3 + 6 + 8 + 9 = 26 ->
2 + 6 = 8
idk what this will show but i think it will be neat
Hi! If you're still doing requests, can you do fierrochase? No pressure tho ofc!
These two were highly requested.
Okay I’m currently furious that migraines are often so blindly easy to treat and I had to find this out myself at the age of 26 when I’ve been to a neurologist since I was 11 lol so I’m about to teach you two neat and fast little tricks to deal with pain!
The first is the sternocleidomastoid muscle, or the SCM muscle.
This big red section is responsible for pain around the eye, cheekbone, and jaw, as well as some temple pain. Literally all you have to do is angle your head down a little, angle it away from the side that hurts, and then you can gently pinch and rub that muscle. I find it best to start at the bottom and travel upwards. The relief is so immediate! You can increase pressure as you feel comfortable doing so.
Here is a short and easy video showing this in action
The second is a fast and easy stretch that soothes your vagus nerve, which is the nerve responsible for calming you down. The vagus nerve, for those unfamiliar, is stimulated by deep breathing such as yawning, sighing, singing, or taking a deep breath to calm your anger in a tense situation.
You can stretch this out by sitting up as straight as possible (this does not have to be perfect to work) and interlacing your fingers. Put your hands on the back of your head with your thumbs going down the sides of your neck and, while keeping your face forward, look all the way to one side with just your eyes. Hold that until you feel the urge to breathe deeply or yawn, or until you can tell there’s a change. Then do the same thing on the other side. When you put your arms down, you should clearly be able to turn your head farther in both directions. If the first session doesn’t get rid of your migraine, rest and repeat as many times as necessary. I even get a little fancy with it and roll my eyes up and down along the outer edge sometimes to stretch as much as I can.
If you need a visual here’s a good video on it. I know some of the language they use seems questionable but this is real and simple science and should not be discarded because it’s been adopted by the trendy wellness crowd!
I seriously cannot believe I didn’t hear a word of this from any doctor in my life. Additionally, if you get frequent recurring migraines, you may want to see a dietician. Migraines can be caused by foods containing histamines, lectin, etc. and can also be caused by high blood pressure in specific situations such as exercise, stress, and even sex.
If any of this information helps you I’d love to hear it btw! It’s so so fast and easy to do. Good luck!
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Finally posted Chapter 8 of AAIT, link below :)
Chapter Summary:
Bart confessed his love two weeks into their relationship. What about Ed?
David Castañeda in bts footage from S3 of TUA
my theory on why Bart's timeline was such a wasteland: in s1ep15, the OG team fight Red Volcano. RV's plan was to activate a semi-dormant super-volcano under Yellowstone that would "decimate the planet, kill millions, and trap the rest under an impenetrable cloud of ash" (last bit sound familiar?). Wally ALSO said they could "kiss the hemisphere goodbye" and the ash cloud would "bring on worldwide nuclear winter". i always figured that LATER in Bart's timeline, it got fully set off somehow?
I LOVE that theory - I totally forgot about all the Yellowstone stuff! It would make so much sense if that was the case and I like the idea of them setting up what could happen if the volcano erupts in s1, then indirectly showing what that destruction looks like with Bart’s future in S2, then further down the line Bart maybe makes a comment that would confirm that the Yellowstone eruption did in fact happen at some point in his timeline… I don’t know if that makes any sense, but basically - I like when we can connect things back through the seasons!
So, really cool theory Anon - thanks for sharing!!
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Currently the best way I can summarize my current chapter and drafts for the Shrike AU:
Chapter one: "Oh my god, I forgot how much I hate galas" says Danny
Chapter two: "I do not want to keep tabs on this kid, Bruce! He's probably just some tech weirdo like Tim," Steph complains as she puts on the last of her jewelry. Bruce sighs, "we only put on this event to keep an eye out for potential threats and new hires for WE. This kid is the only one who not only made a weapon this year, but the information we pulled on him has more holes than it should. You ARE going to keep tabs on the kid during the gala."
Chapter three: "Ancients, these galas suck, I'm going to bail" Danny tries his best to make his leave from the uneventful but was quickly trapped by social conventions. Oh no, is that Bruce Wayne coming towards him???
Chapter four: Free from the gala! Time to blow off some steam then as Ghoul aka Phantom in Gotham. Danny thinks no one notices him as he flies throughout the city but he's very much wrong.