Okay, but like hc that Luca and Skyler are Casey and Derek's twins? Why else would Casey's son be just like Derek and vise versa. This sounds very Parent Trap esc to me. I mean they did go to college together soođ
Whether itâs the mountains, or the sea, or a base for the Knightsâ CircleâŚ
I always write Raven as being a bit older than Damian, so I like imagining an interim where Damian is desperately trying to get Raven to see him as a man áŕźźâ á´Ľ âŕź˝á and Jon is there for moral support!
Here's the reference pic and a meme for you folks (・â˘Ěá´-)â§
I just recently finished reading a manga where I 100% thought the first male lead was going to end up with the main character. They were so cute together and it was looking good for them . It looked like they would be end game. BUT THEN boom.
It.didnât.happen.
I was aware that the second male lead had feelings for the main character but he hadnât told her anything. He was always there for her when she needed him, without him ever asking for anything in return. He even kept his distance and helped her out a little with the 1ml. (See where Iâm going?)
Then the 2ml and main character ended up together. (It was adorable, they were both so happy, even the 1ml was happy for them).
When I finished the manga I immediately thought of Obi and Shirayuki. I was like wait, SO THIS IS POSSIBLE. NOW I WILL NEVER BACK DOWN FROM OBIYUKI. RAHH đŚ đŚ
Look at them đĽšđŤśđ˝
** I didnât name the manga so I wouldnât spoil it for anyone**
Damian: Iâm not going to be liked by everyone. Iâm not you that people come easily too.
Raven: Donât say that, not everyone likes me.
Damian:...Thereâs people that dont like you?? Give me their names.
Can I ask for the batsiblings reaction to Damian pacing so much he wore a hole in the floor? Doesn't have to be a fics, maybe headcanons?
Sorry for the rather long wait. Kinda wanted to make this a fic
Here's the floor pacing fic
On Ao3 here
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Alfred hadnât outwardly reacted to Damianâs obvious lie as to why he had paced the floorboards uneven, but the butler absolutely took action for amending the tripping hazard in the boyâs room. With the floor repairman on the line and a measuring tape in hand nothing was amiss, of course.
Dick had already kept him up-to-date with the gossip about the two Titan birds, so Alfred hadnât been surprised whatsoever. His position in the family meant that heâd watched the awkward budding romances of most everyone whoâd called the Manor home. Damian being frustrated at his feelings for a teammate was nothing compared to a (very grown) Bruce being moody after Selina rebuffed his kiss while âon the clockâ or Dickâs increasingly creative attempts at sneaking around with Kori before the âno dating metahumans or aliensâ rule had been lifted. Honestly, watching the pun-laden flirting that Steph ladled out to both Tim and Cass on a near daily basis was more awkward than his youngest ward taking his repressed emotions out on the floors.
Unfortunately for Damian, the butler arranged for the floor repairman to show up during the day. Most notably, the repairman arrived at exactly the specified 1:35 p.m., not wanting to be late when called upon to fix anything belonging to Bruce Wayne.
Why Robin had believed that (like everyone else in Gotham) this worker would be fashionably late, he didnât know. What Damian did know was that he hadnât heard Grayson open the door. Nor had he heard his brother head up with Alfred and the repairman into his room. And he especially didnât hear as Alfred slyly mentioned that he believed Dickâs gossip was coming to a head, if the worn path in the floor meant anything.
No, Damian heard none of it. Not when he was busy brushing BatCow and making sure that every square inch of the barn was properly ventilated so she couldnât possibly overheat in the approaching summer weather. So when the youngest Bat stalked into the Manor, heâd been all but ambushed.
It didnât take a detective to realize why heâd been pacing so much. Even without Alfredâs confirmation, it was unlike Damian to avoid going back to the Titans early if he could help it. Batman hadnât looked up when Robin had elected to stay another week when they were in the BatCave, but his siblings sure had. And while Bruce didnât outwardly ponder about how intense things had to be for Damian to go out of his way to avoid a certain someone, this new information had Dick positively enchanted at the prospect of his baby brother being in love.
âIâm not in love with Raven,â Damian hissed out.
Jason snickered as he reclined in his seat, his face full of mirth at the flustered crack in Damianâs voice. Cass was sitting upside down with her legs resting on the couchâs back, her smile wide as she took in her youngest brotherâs irritated, embarrassed body language (nevermind the barest hint of an actual blush on his face when vehemently denying any feelings he had towards his fellow Titan).
Babsâ smile was wide and cheerful as she pointed out, âWho said anything about Raven?â Duke perked up from his spot next to Cass, immediately adding on, âYeah, Dami. We thought you were just falling for her?â
Steph snorted, âFalling over those footprints in the floor, more like it.â
Tim laughed behind his gulp of his coffee, sleepily (and loudly) drawling out to the blonde, âA Robin and his Raven. Guess you can say theyâre a real pair of lovebirds, huh?â
Damian glared at them all, fighting the urge to pinch between his eyes. Why were all the Bats at the Manor? Shouldnât they be on patrol instead of bothering him?
Jason clicked his tongue and rested his arms on the table. He met Dickâs gaze, saw the way his older brotherâs eyes brightened up with mischief and scratched at the streak of white in his hair. Deciding that messing with Damian was by far the most fun heâd have in the Manor that morning, Jason asked, âSo, Lilâ D⌠Whatâre you gonna get your girlfriend? Canât come back empty handed.â
âSheâs not my--â
Babs interrupted him, nudging Tim with her elbow, âDo not tell me he wasnât planning on getting her anything.â
Steph lazily rested on the chairâs edge. The blonde leaned over to rest against Jasonâs shoulder, her fist pressed to her face. She gnawed on the inside of her cheek; it wasnât likely sheâd be much use for knowing how Raven would want to be wooed. She had heard of her but she had yet to actually meet Damianâs mystery crush, after all. She let out a hum, âWhat does Raven like? Itâs gotta be something personal!â
Damian clicked his tongue as his siblings were suddenly oh so chatty at Spoilerâs suggestion, their unwanted ideas filling the room.
âWhat if he paints her something?â
âDoesnât she like old books? Maybe one of those first editions that Alfred was thinking about donating last year?â
âWait a sec-- Dick, isnât she goth? B did get that set of obsidian jewelry at the last gala.â
âHell, if weâre going that route Iâm sure Selina has some nice rings somewhere--â
âMaybe something that isnât stolen, Tim.â
âJust be honest with her.â
The room went quiet at Cassâ simple instruction. Still in her Orphan suit from her early morning patrols and reclining in her inverted spot on the couch, the brunette somehow kept a serious face as she stared at Damian upside down.
Seeing that no one was going to add-on to her suggestion, Cass blew some of her bangs out of her face and shrugged, âYou like her for a reason.â
Brown eyes slyly glanced around the room, gratefully falling on Babs as she piped up, âCass is right. I really donât think Damian of all people would fall for someone whoâs all about dating mind-games.â
Ignoring Damianâs exasperated lie of âI havenât fallen for her!â in the background, Steph slumped down on the couch next to Duke. Her face was contemplative, âThen maybe we should invite her here?â
Dick let out an excited laugh the same time Tim clapped his hands and grinned at their resident computer whiz, âBabs could absolutely get her up to speed on patrolling Gotham for a bit, right?â
The redhead looked excited at the idea. Pushing her glasses further up her nose before they fell, Babs teasingly asked, âWhat is it about Gotham and bird-based superheroes?â
Duke shrugged, a hand cradling his chin in thought. âNot sure, but Dami obviously wonât confess if weâre not around to kick him into doing it.â
Jason clicked his tongue at the possibility of the youngest Bat listening to them and raised a brow Dickâs way, âAny chance at all that sheâll make the first move?â
Irritated at the topic, Damian turned on his heel and retreated to the kitchen. Ignoring the chorus of âCâmon, Damiâ behind him (and planning on fighting Todd later for the childish boos that the antihero was aiming at his back), Robin set about grabbing some snacks for his pets when he heard two sets of footsteps approach.
He bit back a groan as Dick practically skipped into the room, Cass on his heels. âWhat now?â
Nightwing let out a laugh at his brotherâs sneer, âYou do know that weâre only trying to help, right?â He took a few pears from the fridge and handed them to Damian, knowing that they were BatCowâs favorite. Hearing as Cass opened the cabinet doors to find where the rawhide bones and cat treats were stored, Dick pressed on, âI know she already knows me but it might be easier introducing everyone as a segue into talking to her about other thingsâŚâ
Cass let out a quiet snort at his suggestion. She shook her head and offered a better idea, âAlfred first.â
Dick tilted his head, nodding in agreement a moment later. He ignored the violent way Damian was cutting up the pears and said, âThatâll probably be for the best. Living with the Titans is one thing; we gotta ease her into our particular brand of madness.â
Tossing aside the stems and peeled off stickers, Damian sulked, âNone of this is necessary.â
Cass hid her smile with her hand. Dick hummed out, âYou donât want your girlfriend to meet your family?â
âShe wonât be my--â Damian couldnât say the potential title just yet. He clicked his tongue, âJust because you all think I have feelings for her doesnât mean sheâll reciprocate.â
The older two visibly paused at his words.
Her head tilting in concern, brown eyes studied Robin for a moment. Damian glared at Cass but she ignored him. Dick leaned against the wall, the worried furrow in his brow betraying his nonchalant stance. He spoke out the obvious, âDo you really think sheâs not interested?â
âShe thinks Iâve been avoiding her--â
Cass shrugged, âYou have.â
Damian continued as if he hadnât heard her, â--so I doubt any feelings she may have towards me are positive right now.â
Dick let out a hum, âYou didnât answer the question.â
Ophanâs suit somehow didnât shine in the kitchenâs fluorescent light as she crossed her arms, âYes or no?â
Damian bit the inside of his cheek. It was quiet in the kitchen for a moment as he thought over all the moments he and Raven had shared, the comfortable quiet pauses between crimefighting, training, and avoiding their teammatesâ noise. She never seemed to dislike his company, but she was stoic enough that he could never tell if her heart leaped into her throat whenever she noticed that they were alone.
He suppressed a jump as Cass entered his personal space.
Olive eyes were reluctant as she poked his cheek. âYouâre not stupid,â She figured it was progress when he didnât try to swat her hand away, but she couldnât keep the beam off her face at the boyâs blush. A hint of smugness crept into her voice, âSo she is?â
âI donât know.â
Cass looked to the Manorâs main entrance, knowing that in half a weekâs time the entire structure would be full of lights, flowers and who knew what else Bâs planners would bring. A spring gala with flowers and enough hidden corners for a pair to get lost in the crowd.
In other terms: the perfect setting for a first date.
She met Dickâs gaze and grinned at the knowing look on his face. His hair nearly fell out of its bun as he let out a whoop, wrapping an arm around Damian. Thoughts of finding Raven a gala-ready dress (and maybe a matching suit) in mind, Dick couldnât keep the excitement out of his movements.
Ignoring the aggravated yet cautiously hopeful way Damian shrugged off his brotherâs arm, Cass clasped her hands in front of her chest. âOnly one way to find out.â
Anyone: [flirts with Raven]
Damian: [staring at them silently]
Dick: Youâre really quiet today, Damian
Damian: [still staring] Nobody plans a murder out loud.
obiyuki !!
In college, I took two amazing coursesâscratch that I took one amazing course and one semi-disappointing sub-par courseâFairytales and Graphic Narratives, respectively. And until right this very minute, I believed them to be an utterly, though fascinating, waste of my time and tuition though they made me smile. Okay, it was college so they didnât always make me smile because finals are the worst but I digress the point I am trying to make is this:Â
I HAVE AN EPIPHANY CONCERNING MY BELOVED SHIP OBIYUKI DUE TO MY TEACHINGS!!  Â
So, first and foremost the birth of my epiphany came from thinking back to my class on Fairytales when we studied Snow White! (Graphic Narratives didnât really teach me much other than how to think more critically aboutâŚGraphic Narratives, so I guess it really doesnât deserve any cred for this post TBH, lol.)
But like I said we studied Snow White.Â
Not this one:
Or whatever this one was supposed to be (sorry not sorry):
But, the original one. There are two versions (maybe there are more but I forgot them if there are) of the Grimmâs version of Snow White. In the very most original version, everything pretty much happens as we all remember it minus the singing: Snow White makes Queen step-trash jealous by her beauty, Queen step-trash tries to have her killed, due to her amazing beauty Hunstman is a wuss and lets her live because heâs weak to a beautiful damsel, Snow White plays Goldilocks and breaks into a dwarven settlement, the dwarves also wuss out and take pity on her because she is pretty and can cook/clean for them, then step-trash gets angry realizing she is, in fact, alive and goes out to kill her herself. Now, this is where everything diverges from what we know. In the original version step-trash has to try several times to kill her. Once with a bodice/corset torture device that basically suffocates her until the dwarves get home and cut her out of it, twice with an evil hair comb that kills her until the dwarves pull it out of her hair, and then thrice with the age-old apple trick. The poisoned magic apple gets lodged in her throat and she becomes a stone statue for all intents and purposes, so what do the dwarves do? What any logical group of men would do with a beautiful woman who isnât decaying but still dead in their eyes, lock her in a gorgeous crystal casket so that they can still gaze upon her beauty on the daily! From here on there are two different endings to the Snow White saga. The very, very, first one published states that the Prince comes along says, âooooooooh pretty, let me take her home with me and put her on displayâ and sits around gazing at her all the time until someone in the castle gets pissed off and hits Snow Whiteâs corpse which dislodges the apple finally and wakes her up. What an awkward way to wake up yeah? And then the poor girl gets married to the Princeâta-da! The second version makes it a lot better ending for poor Snow White. Someone trips while hauling the casket to the palace and dislodges the apple and then the Prince sweeps Snow White off her feet and yay happy ending they get married and now the Prince doesnât seem as creepy just staring at a dead person all day long pissing off his staff.Â
(Whooo that was a lot of background info, sorry, and also I know that I could also do a huge comparison post on the tales of Snow White versus our Shirayuki tale, but that is for another day!!!)
Depending on what you want to go with there are so many ways you can analyze the story of Snow Whiteâall of them, old, less old, new, even our beloved Shirayukiâs storyâbut one of the things that stick out in my mind is how in every single version of Snow White she is always a trophy of some sort. The Prince is always going to get his trophy wife in the end. Even in Shirayukiâs case, if she does end up with Zen (which Iâll die if she does) she will be nothing but a trophy wife. Even though Zen is precious and certainly not a bad guy by any means, he is a Prince, therefore their relationship will not be the same as normal couples have. She wonât be allowed to be an Herbalist and tend to the sick who may infect her and kill her before she can provide an heir. And poor Zen will still be stuck behind a pile of paperwork and responsibility to his Kingdom that he dearly loves. Â
But, hey who knows, maybe Sorata will go against the entire universe she has built in her storytelling and let Shirayuki be wild and free and a Princeâs wifeâŚ
I think this is where âA Romance that Cuts through Fateâ comes in to play. Hopefully, if youâve made it this far in my post (bless you if you have) youâre thinking what Iâm thinking. Or maybe youâre thinking Iâm a lunatic.
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After one year I could finish it TvT yay (?
It's not much but is honest work XD
Sorry for the little mistakes!! đ
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