I'm So Glad I Live In A World Where There's Archive Of Our Own

au where Billy Doesn't Lie but he makes freddy do it for him

what caine sees when he looks at gangle

Cass would be the absolute worst person to swap scar stories with like imagine the batkids hanging out and comparing old bullet wounds. A few jokes about dying, a few brags about situations that were terrifying at the time but they survived so they get to turn it into a cool story now. And just when Damian is finishing up dragging Jason for shooting him that one time Cass finally chimes in, pointing to a scar on her shoulder.

"This one's from my dad when I was around 5. I was fighting twenty mercinaries but it was getting too easy so he shot me to teach me to always be on guard."

One long awkward silence commences. The mood of the room is officially lowered right down from light to somber. No one knows how to fix this until Cass speaks up again, this time pointing to a scar on her chest.

"This one's from when Tim and I faked my death."

And now everyone is both sad and extremely confused. Except for Tim who will thankfully take over and steer the conversation onto a lighter topic: Faking each other's murder, his and Cass's favourite sibling bonding activity

I like to think that regardless of whether Batman knows Cap is a kid or not, he notices he has a really hard time sitting still during meetings and is fully prepared to deal with that

I just came up with a really good idea for an angst filled Cassandra Cain fic but with how complicated it is it might be like 50k words or more and I’ve never even finished a fic let alone posted a fic before so it’s probably never going to happen.

Oh well, time to write a fic that will never see the light of day because of my perfectionism lol.

With the ides of march fast approaching we must be prepared

Please reblog to make sure everyone is equipped!

reblog if you're gay, not gay, slightly gay, or if you just want to launch donald trump into a dying star

Gaze upon your Superman and weep

Sins of the Father

Arcane is a story about the horrors of war

How no one is safe, no one is free from it, even after it ends

How war can destroy everything if it’s not quelled

There were so many names in that bowl

Arcane is a story of caution

It’s also a story of devotion

Singed is so devoted to his daughter he destroys countless families and nearly brings his people to ruin

His devotion is rewarded

Ekko is so devoted to his people and his land that he takes on more and more and more until he breaks down

Ekko is so devoted to Powder and to Jinx that he leaves a perfect life to save her

That he tortures himself, watching her die over and over until he can find the right words to save her from herself

He is punished for his devotion

Caitlyn is so devoted to the memory of her mother that she is willing to tarnish it to try to prove her love for someone no longer there to receive it

She is so devoted to the past that she is willing to let go of her future with Vi for it

She is both rewarded and punished for it in the end

Violet’s devotion to her family, bled into her devotion to Powder - Powder’s devotion to Violet bled into Jinx’s devotion to Vi

Vi’s devotion to Jinx is found in Jinx’s devotion to Isha and is reciprocated in kind

Vi’s generational devotion can’t save them but it does save her

She would trade places with Jinx in a heartbeat, just as Jinx would have for Isha

Vander is so devoted he places his family above his principles- working with those who oppress his people to keep his family safe

It’s not enough

Silco is devoted to his cause to the point that he is willing to go to the same depths as his adversaries

He’s even willing to kill his own people in the name of saving them

Sevika is also devoted to the same cause, enough so that she was willing to go on the frontlines, willing to throw the first punch against a much larger opponent

In the end her devotion leads her to working with the same people she’d once planned on attacking, for the benefit of her people, in honor of those she lost

Ambessa has a twisted understanding of devotion, so devoted to her daughter’s legacy that she kills in Mel’s name, a child just like her, breaking their connection in that very moment in the name of devotion that she was afraid of

Mel is devoted to her own principles, come by naturally and inherited from her brother, even after she is punished, banished for it, she remains ever devoted - not even Kino’s death or Ambessa’s makes her falter in her conviction- but it does change her

Viktor is so devoted to being good, over being great, over being remembered, he is so devoted to being good that he tells Jayce to destroy the one thing that can save him no matter he fears the ticking clock and Jayce, so devoted to Viktor, can’t

And when Viktor’s devotion is corrupted, Jayce takes it on

In their final moments Viktor, the truest version of him, tries to push through his fears and do one final act of good - save Jayce, he’s on the brink of death and he tells the most important person in his life to leave him

Jayce who had so much to live for, who could have done so much good still, so devoted to Viktor refused to leave him, no matter the consequences

Ximena is so devoted to her son she will do anything to save him, even stand up to the most powerful people in her city for him

It gives him time

It does not save him

She is still left alone in the end

Several background characters weave in and out of the main character’s stories, and time and time again we see them do everything for the people they love

Some are rewarded

Most are not

Arcane is a story of how war shows us the depths of our devotion, the lengths we are willing to go for it

Arcane is a story of caution