I really liked the idea of half-ghost Jason, so I did my take on a design for him 😀

Unlike Danny, Jason's halfa mode is closer to Vlad since the death and rebirth didn't happen at the same time.

It looks more like what the person wants to project as vibe?

The spectral cloak was initially there look more ghostly, but then my brain cooked up the idea that it acted almost like a bunch of whiskers, sensing ectoplasm or potential threats around him (like an octopus, idk if it's funny or cursed 😅)

Jason would probably use (maybe abuse a bit) of his ghostly powers after Danny somehow purified the Lazarus waters in his system (Danny, head in his hands : I didn't mean to perform accidental halfa creation).

- - -

The Bats are not having a good time. There is someone killing off criminal left and right in Crime Alley and the culprit is extremely efficient and clearly trained.

No sign of entry at the crime scene. Not even a spec of dirt left behind.

Crime Alley has become suspiciously calm recently.

They whisper about a boogeyman, a red ghost.

(I honestly really want to continue this ❤)

good lord that picture is awesome

Today’s joy is brought by this random Redditor with the funniest take on the Flash I’ve seen in ages.

Jason Todd: How many kids do you have? Bruce Wayne: Biologically, emotionally, or legally?

Jason Todd: I am not out of control! I'm a law abiding citizen! Bruce Wayne: Really? Name one law Jason Todd: Don't kill people? Bruce Wayne: That's on me. I set the bar too low.

hey ao3 can you like give the extra $38k you made from this month’s funds drive to charity

You know it legally is a charity, right?

If x charity aims for £10, but gets £15, would you expect then to give back the extra five or give it then to another charity? No. Any extra costs go into the “rainy day” fund; sometimes servers crash or break, sometimes false reports are made that require the legal team, sometimes you need to hire coders or what not to implement new features or fix bugs or deal with broken code … 

The money they aimed for is the bare minimum, which goes towards things like basic server costs and domain names and legal advice and so forth, but they don’t just “pocket” the rest (as people claim). It’s not a business. It has no advertisements. It needs some “rainy day” cash to function. 

You can’t ask a charity to give money to another charity. 

It needs what it gets to function and improve. 

kiena-tesedale replied to this post

In my experience, people who don’t work in web design and hosting just have no concept of how heavy a load something like AO3 would have. Not only is the traffic absolutely buck wild, but the quantity of data that archive needs to store is fuckoff crazy. I’m talking “more than the library of congress” crazy. The only reason it doesn’t require Netflix levels of data serving is that it’s text based rather than video.

AO3 is in the top 300 websites in the world, and the top 100 in the US. It is the number 2 literature website.

Number 2 in the entire world. JSTOR is 20.

It sees about 6 million people a day. About 250k an hour. Each of those people is loading multiple pages, many are running searches that execute on literally hundreds of potential variables per search. The demands involved are astronomical.

JSTOR, btw, makes 85 million dollars a year.

It’s 18 ranks below AO3′s traffic, and takes in 650 times the amount of money.

But let’s say you think that’s an unfair comparison. Would you say that the Project Gutenberg Literature Archival Group- another text based archive that handles literature operating outside traditional copyright requirements- is more similar?

Because it sees all of 4% of the traffic that AO3 handles.

Care to guess its budget?

Double that of AO3.

AO3 is doing shit on the kind of shoestring budget that I fully, 100% cannot comprehend. And that’s just the archival service.

The 130k also pays for the OTW’s legal team, which they use to defend the right of fandom to fucking exist.

It’s absolutely batshit fucked up that people are fighting to have the OTW defunded and AO3 shut down. They are the only organized group that actually stands directly between fandom- all the art and the fics and the vids and the music and the chats and the memes and everything we love about interactive, transformative work- and an incalculable amount of lawsuits.

Can I also add that apart from running a legal team and the best online library around, they also run a free, peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to fan studies called Transformative Works and Cultures.. They incorporate studies of fandoms from all around the world, and are able to follow very closely with fandom trends. Studies found in TWC are leagues better than those cringey ‘I heard about this fan-dom thing from my teenage niece’ essays. 

Just reblogging this to remind everyone that AO3 is fucking incredible and it has singularly transformed fandom.

Short DPXDC Prompts #176

Jason Todd gets mistaken for Jack Fenton

imagine that he is confused by a frustrated teacher, who starts to complain to him for ignoring the calls from his children's school....and he does it in front of his brothers

Jason was going to kill his brothers. And he might actually succeed this time.

After all, the pair of them were currently too busy laughing at him to be able to have any real defense.

"-and I mean really, Mr. Fenton, is it SO HARD to come to a PTA meeting JUST ONCE?!"

Ah. Right; he had to deal with the instigator/witness first.

"Dude, I have no clue who the fuck you think I am-"

"No-now Jason," Dick spluttered, barely holding himself together in order to speak. "You should re-heh-really watch your language!"

"Yeah- be a better example to your k-kids!" Tim jumped in, making Dick break down wheezing again.

"There are So Many places to hide your bodies!" he growled at them, forgetting about the man in front of them until he feels something all but shoved into his hands.

"Here is the information for the next conference. You had better be there; we really need to talk about Danny. Between the skipping class, the missed assignments, and all of the injuries I have half a mind to contact-"

"Whoa whoa whoa- back up!" Jason snapped, peeling his eyes off of the flyer for the high school his 'kids' apparently went to, "What injuries?!"

"Oh come now, Mr. Fenton," the man rolled his eyes, "Surely you've noticed all the bruises and scratches Danny's had lately? I swear that boy was straight up limping yesterday."

That got his useless brothers to finally shut up, their minds undoubtedly running through the same train of thought he was.

Teenage boy. Absences. Injuries. Hard to reach parents.

2 + 2 = Jay is about to hit someone.

"When did you say this conference was again?"

Jason thinks they're really making some headway.

He's been in the Principal's office for about half an hour (having been dragged out of the PTA conference for a 'private chat' and gee, wasn't that concerning?) and not only is he managing to piece together quite a bit about the Fenton’s home life, but he thinks he's beginning to understand some of what his 'son' is going through.

(via)

It was at that moment Skulker decided to show up. Of course there’s the whole “Ghost child! I will have your pelt! Look at my cool new weapon!” spiel. Jason is immediately like “Must protect child.” Where as Danny is far too tired and just instantly soups him.

Everyone is freaking the fuck out. Like:

“What the hell was that?!”

“How am I supposed to know????”

“Because you’re a fucking know-it-all!”

“It’s a ghost.”

Stops and stares at Danny. He shrugs and stuffs the thermos back into his bag. Then he just leaves cause fuck this, he’s going home to take a nap and maybe even get just one of his assignments finished. Does Jason follow him home? Possibly. Idk. -w-

Danny would be preparing to leave and Jason would be like - where do you think you're going?

Danny: home? Where else am I supposed to hopefully sleep for 3 consecutive hours in a day?

And Jason would probably follow while asking sleep-deprived danny (which equals no filter) questions and Danny would rant and Jason would slowly redirect a stumbling Danny toward the hotel he and his brothers were staying at and Danny wouldn't notice bc by the time they got there he's asleep on his feet and muttering how he wishes his parents would stop trying to kill him when he's trying to keep people from dying, before collapsing face first onto the bed that Jason's brothers had cleared and being dead to the world.

Jason: you got that right?

Tim, on his computer: and cataloging it as evidence for emergency fostercare

Dick, practicing Bruce's signature on a napkin: as soon as I can figure out how he does his fancy ass 'W' I'll have the official papers ready to go

Jason, having already bugged Danny's phone and thermos before putting them back (just in case): great. I'll pack the car. Be ready to go in an hour. I dont think he's waking up anytime soon, but keep an eye on him anyways

Jazz finds them just before they take off with Danny and she’s like, “No you don’t! I’ve been working on a case to get custody of him! And I will not allow another rich guy to swoop in and snatch him away from me again!!!”

So now instead of taking only Danny they steal Jazz too. They also help her finalize her case and get the paperwork officially signed and pushed through. They set the two siblings up with an apartment on the nicer side of town. Jazz gets a part time job and full ride scholarships for the entirety of her college career. Danny is transferred to Gotham Academy. Jazz and the batfam are in the middle of assembling the brand new furniture for Danny and Jazz’s new apartment when Danny finally wakes up.

He’s bleary eyed and looking for coffee. He definitely doesn’t notice the sudden change in environment or the added extra company. He goes into the kitchen for coffee. Once acquired he notices all the extra people as well as the new apartment.

“How long was I out?” Danny is very concerned that he had been in a coma for several days or weeks for this big of a change to happen without his notice.

“Six hours. A new record for you actually.” Jazz explains as she helps put their new coffee table together.

“I think I’m going to need more coffee to deal with this.”

The waynes are surprisingly efficient when they want to be (as expected of the batfam but they don't know that). Especially with their reputation

=====

I was gonna ask if Red Hood was a neighbor and then saw "nicer part of town" which means no 'XD

They really are. X3

How long do you think they keep this from Bruce? Like no one tells him or they forget to tell him. He just assumes that these Jazz and Danny are new friends that he doesn’t have to worry about. They’re just civilians after all.

And its good for his kids to have civilian friends. Its important to learn to have fun away from missions, some nice safe hobbies. Like video games, swimming, going to the mall

Meanwhile his kids and jazz and Danny are comparing weapons, tactics, enemies and various strategies. Sparring, training, showing off, fighting together, etc..... yes Bruce... such good civilian friends they have....

=====

I feel like it would be one of those things they forgot to tell him....

It would come out over dinner. Mostly bc they'd be talking missions and comparing etc. At first Bruce thinks he missed some of the conversation. He must have! Obviously they're talking about a new game.

But then they invite them to see the batcave

And he flips bc they're civilians!! You don't tell civilians! And they're not even training to be vigilantes or part of the family and-

All the batkids just look at each other and whisper: we forgot to tell Bruce

Tim: [head crashes into the table and gestures vaguely to Dick] this is your fault

Dick: [nervous laughter] soooo...Bruce! Meet the kids you almost adopted!

Tim: you mean *Jason* almost adopted

Bruce [blue screens]

Jason: You helped!!

And it all descends from there into the usual bickering and chaos

Danny and Jazz dont know what happened but Alfred brings desert so they figure they can ignore it for now

i made a uquiz to find out what kind of gf you are

The boss

The batfam: yeah Dick is our most stable and emotionally mature family member

The og titans who have seen his many many breakdowns:

batfam: and he’s so emotionally open and expressive compared to the rest of us too <3

the og titans, who regularly mock dick for being a repressed, secretive, mission-focused, cold bastard:

Red Hood and The Outlaws (2016) #17

Assuming that little time has passed between the appearance of Batman and Robin, and Superman is slightly younger than Bruce, then it is possible that Dick has been a hero longer than Superman

Can you imagine how stressful this is for Clarke? You are talking to a child who is up to your waist, and this turns into:

Jason Todd is my favorite blorbo so far, he's so fun to mess around and stuff with headcanons.

can his eyes glow? that's possible. is his skin cold like a dead person? you can do that. do cats hiss at his presence? it's possible. does he have super strength? kinda canon in fact. can he sneak up on people and despite being 6ft5 and 200 pounds of muscle he still manages to scare them out of their skin? wonderful. does the lamp flicker when he enters a room? yeah. is there a translucent little boy in a yellow cape always following him around? yep. does the room temperature drop by a significant amount when he's ticked off but is hiding it? highly possible.

All of this is canon now, everybody go home to write fics.

I need to write the first time Bruce glimpse Ghost!Robin and freaks the hell out.

I dream of Ghost!Robin mouthing to Bruce “He is me, you asshole” when he is being even a little mean to Jason.

Oh, oh!! 

When Jason is ticked but hidding it and the room temperature go down Ghost!Robin is way more nitid and when he is really pissed and barely controlling his rage Ghost!Robin is almost tangible. 

If Ghost!Robin try to hit anyone they`ll not feel it, but the next time they go to sleep they will get the bruises overnight.

Jason hates to be seen on Apr 27 `cause for that whole day Ghost!Robin looks like he`s being beat up little by little until he resets and it starts all over again.

Jason Todd, by way of being A Nice Young Man, gets suckered into escorting his elderly neighbour to her bi-weekly bingo game. 

After a few months attending bingo (during which time he accidentally charms and befriends every single old person within a 30-block radius of his apartment), he becomes enough of a fixture there that he somehow ends up calling the numbers on Wednesdays.

#it’s a mixed blessing when he’s scuffed up from patrol#because he gets a lot more baked goods#but also a lot more cheek kisses and hair musses and lectures#he also gets a LOT of blind-date offers. ‘you know i have this darling granddaughter-’#‘aww that’s real sweet of you gloria. but-’#‘I ALSO have a darling grandson if that’s more to your taste…’#‘TH-THANK YOU ANYWAY MA'AM’#save jason from the elderly 2016#bruce notices jay is never around mondays and wednesdays#but assumes it’s for something DUBIOUSLY LEGAL#never dreaming that jason is eating snickerdoodles and getting dinner invites and having his biceps admired by lil old ladies

damian is def the one that finds him and ends up getting roped into joining

“oh jason you didnt tell us you have such a cute little brother!!!” “im not his br–” “i have several cats i need help taking care of. would you be a kind young man and help” “……………….yes of course ma'am i would love to”

Soo... Remember those dark times in DC Comics history called 'Battle for the Cowl'? Where a pit-mad-crazy Bat!Jay 'asked' Tim nicely to be 'his' Robin?

Well... headcanon: What if timbers actually said 'YES'??

Jason: *brandishes a gun at a criminal*

Tim: NO! *nonchalantly swipes it away out of his hand*

Jason: What the fuck do you think you're doing?

Tim: What the fuck do you think a Robin does?

Jason: ... This is not going the way I thought it would...

I know this is going to make me sound pretensions but I have to get it off my chest. I feel an unimaginable rage when someone posts a photo and is like "this picture looks like a renaissance painting lol" when the photo clearly has the lighting, colors and composition of a baroque or romantic painting. There are differences in these styles and those differences are important and labeling every "classical" looking painting as renaissance is annoying and upsetting to me. And anytime I come across one of those posts I have to put down my phone and go take a walk because they make me so mad

In case you're curious here's what I mean.

Renaissance(distinct lines, stability and the individual man):

Baroque (bold, chaotic, dramatic):

Romantic(romanticize the simple hard working life):

Do you see the difference?

I recognize the angst and drama of “What if Tim Drake’s biological father is actually Bruce Wayne?” and I raise you the drama and comedy of “What if Tim’s bio dad is actually Ra’s al Ghul?”

I’M LISTENING

The Drake’s amateur archeology dig is messing up the local ecology somehow and Ra’s shows up plotting murder but Janet, annoyed with Jack for various reasons, leans into “Well hello handsome fellow businessman, you say you have a proposal for how our dig can be more environmentally friendly? Perhaps we can discuss this over an extremely expensive dinner?”

Would Ra’s keep half an eye on his hook-ups in case it results in a potential body donor? Does Talia keep an eye out for potential rivals? Do neither of them bother? Have they known the whole time or do they figure it out after Tim becomes Robin?

I’m honestly not sure how much of the “Talia set Jason up to go after Tim” is fan speculation versus canon, but since she didn’t seem to know about the consciousness transfer plans until the last minute, I could see her wanting Tim dead at first, and then wanting him alive to redirect Ra’s away from Damian.

Tim refuses to let Bruce or Jason give him any crap about his dating life, and will remind them that they both slept with his sister if they try. Steph finds this hysterical.

If Tim can get over the repeated murder attempts to work with Jason & Damian and have a brotherly relationship with them, then he can definitely have the same dynamic with Talia, if she’s interested. Talia & Tim teaming up to take down Ra’s or just going on jetsetter sibling bonding trips in their down time both have fun potential. The two of them striding through some sunny local with matching designer shades is Very Good.

Potential plot: Ra’s sues Bruce for custody. Or sues Jack, depending on the timing. I doubt you can get custody of a kid who’s already emancipated so it probably wouldn’t be after the whole “Ra’s kicks Tim out a skyscraper window” incident.

All of Tim’s friends debate whether Bruce, Jack, or Ra’s should be gifted the “World’s Worst Father” mug.

The fact that the Drakes didnt always live next door to Bruce, but they bought the mansion because Alfred suggested it, is not nearly used enough in fandom.

Like pls can you imagine 13yo recently appointed Robin Tim moving into this big house and just start exploring it because hey what else is he supposed to do?

Someone had to have lived there before, someone had it build, and this is Gotham we are talking about, you know there is 75% probability it was some villain/rich bastard guy.

What I am saying is Tim definitely finds like some hidden room, maybe a hidden entry to Gotham’s underground system or old caves. (Maybe some hidden room of a secret society? One never knows).

Tim a baby genius but also dumb as a rock “Oh B might want me to build my own Batcave! Makes total sense yeah!”

And he never mentions it because come on is so obvious.

Years later the cave gets compromised and everyone is panicking about where will they set HQ for now and Tim just “Oh! We can use my cave”

…

“YOUR WHAT?!”