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Examples of Bruce’s “Dad Strength” as witnessed by various Robins throughout the years:

can and will bodily pick up any new Robin and bail as soon as gunfire starts on patrol

one time Bruce got out, physically ripped off a broken part of the Batmobile, and threw it in the backseat so he and Jason could keep chasing someone in the Narrows

ran home with Nightwing over his shoulder when he got shot

frequently lifts sewer grates/manhole covers like they weigh nothing

does push-ups with Robins on his back for a challenge

held onto the side of a building with just his fingers for ten minutes once when Steph’s grapple line broke and he had to help her back up

pulls hot dishes from the oven without mitts sometimes for Alfred (insists scar tissue on his hands means he can’t feel it, nobody fully believes him)

Damian swears he saw him kick a tree down once during training. A big tree.

Dick frequently catches him unscrewing screws in his prototypes with his bare fingers

Punches through walls????

can drink nothing but straight black coffee for several days before any signs of discomfort (this freaks out everyone but Tim)

Which one is your favourite? @thoughtstherapy

Waiting for spring 👀

May I request more Roach and Gaz?

They are besties on Snapchat

When the moon fell in love with the sun.

So Jason, still heavily affected by this bullshit that Bruce inflicted on him, not only forces himself through this borderline debilitating fear and into a plane to blow up a fucking meteor or w/e.

but then comforts the piece of shit that is putting him through hell!!

Gotham war made me so unwell.

Not only that but there not even an implication this was in any way dealt with. There is no conclusion to this story for Jason. We get a little "what you did was wrong" but

Bruce completely bulldozers over with more justifications, not even sorry about it, at all.

So as far as I can tell, Jason's still walking around getting spikes of fear with every burst of adrenaline.

Here, have some wonderful moon knight comics excerpts:

this is one of my favorite reddit posts of all time

Things I absolutely love about fainting whump:

Pre:

Holding onto a random surface to keep from swaying

Faltering steps (!!!)

Sweating

Ears ringing

Black spots in field of vision -> blinking rapidly to keep lucidity

Waves of nausea

Worried stares from their friends/caretaker/love interest

"I think I need to sit down" from Whumpee

"You should sit down" from Caretaker

"Are you okay? You look... pale"

"I... I don't feel so good"

During:

Slumping on someone/something

Knees buckling (!)

Eyes rolling back (!!!)

Hitting something on their way down

"Whumpee...? Are you- Whumpee!"

Post:

Caretaking!!!

Waking up in a different place, confused and aching

Taking care of whatever injury they got while falling

Lightheadedness

Headaches

Shaky hands

Waking up to Caretaker's hands stroking their hair

Whumpee trying (and failing) to stand up right away -> Caretaker forcing them back down

Caretaker checking for a fever or an hidden injury, knowing the whumpee would never ask for help until it's too late

"How long was I out?"

"Hey there... Took you long enough to wake up"

"shh, stop apologising. You just fainted, it's not your fault" (I swear I'm not obsessed with soft caretakers)

"When was the last time you ate a full meal?"

"Drink some water" "...I don't think I can hold the glass" "It's okay, I'll help you"

If you see any mistakes send me an ask so I can correct them. Thanks <3

👻Jay

50 fun things to do alone, to make yourself happy ✿⊹˙⋆༶⋆

Here are a few simple ideas for exploring your passions and finding joy in your downtime. I hope they can help you create a happier and more fulfilling life! ♡

Take a long, relaxing bath

Go for a solo hike or nature walk

Read a book in a cozy spot

Try out a new recipe and cook yourself a fancy meal

Create a vision board or plan out your goals

Watch a movie or binge-watch a TV show

Paint or draw something

Go for a bike ride

Write in a journal or start a blog

Take a yoga or exercise class online

Experiment with makeup or do a skincare routine

Listen to a new music album or podcast

Go to a museum or art gallery

Take a dance class online

Do a puzzle or play a board game

Try a new hobby, like knitting or embroidery

Go to a coffee shop or restaurant and treat yourself to something delicious

Take a long drive and explore new areas

Do a home workout or yoga session

Practice meditation or mindfulness

Go on a solo trip or staycation

Attend a virtual event or workshop

Visit a botanical garden or park

Write a letter or send a care package to a loved one

Do a DIY project, like painting a room or making a piece of furniture

Take a photography or art class

Go on a shopping spree or try on clothes in a dressing room

Visit a local farmer's market or flea market

Attend a theater show or concert

Have a self care day at home with face masks, bubble baths, and relaxation

Have a picnic in a park or your backyard

Take a virtual tour of a museum or city

Visit a library or bookstore and browse for new reads

Attend a virtual book club or writing workshop

Go for a solo kayaking or paddleboarding adventure

Take a photography walk and capture the beauty around you

Attend a virtual concert or music festival

Do a home spa day with a face mask, manicure, and pedicure

Try a new workout, like kickboxing or Pilates

Have a karaoke night and sing your heart out

Attend a virtual wine tasting or cooking class

Do a digital detox and spend time away from technology

Take a bubble bath with candles, relaxing music or a movie

Go stargazing in a remote location

Write a short story or poem

Take a pottery or ceramics class

Go on a solo camping trip and disconnect from the world

Try a new art medium, like watercolors or pastels

Go on a photography scavenger hunt and capture specific objects or colors

Have a movie marathon of your favorite films or a new genre you've been wanting to explore

Have a lovely day today! ❤︎

21.09.2023 // currently at a conference in Prague to present some of my research, but still need to do some studying while I'm here so that I don't fall too far behind.

Not many people talk about how deep emotional neglect hurts you.

I’m afraid to want things. I’m afraid to ask for help. I’m afraid to tell someone something if they seem in a bad mood. I can’t process when someone is nice to me. I can’t handle rejection, but my brain literally short circuits if someone gives me a compliment to the point where sometimes the rejection is better.

There are lots of overlap with emotional abuse, but emotional neglect hurts just as much. And it’s even worse that it usually goes undetected, so a lot of people can’t tell they’re being neglected until it’s too late.

tips on refrigerator ownership for the mentally ill

1.) letting food go bad does NOT make you a Bad Person.

2.) it is okay to throw out only one thing at a time. even especially if there are a lot of expired things in there.

3.) give yourself permission to throw out tupperware once in a while.

you get an invite to a gay wedding

you open the card

“WARNING: SHONEN-AI, YAOI, BOYXBOY, THAT MEANS BOY KISSES!!! LIME/LEMON LATER. DON’T LIKE DON’T ATTEND, RSVP PLZ”

Jason Todd and Bruce Wayne

Lyra Wren // Batman Annual #25 // Origin Story - Desiree Dallagiacomo // Batman Annual #25 // And My Father's Love was Nothing Next To God's Will - Amatullah Bourdon // Batman #424 // User: petrichara // Batman #683 // Family Line - Conan Gray // Batman: Under the Red Hood // The Pain Scale - Eula Biss // Batman: Under the Red Hood // Woodtangle - Mary Reufle // Red Hood and the Outlaws V2 #24 // Someday I'll Love Ocean Vuong - Ocean Vuong // Red Hood and the Outlaws V1 #19 // Georges Bataille // Red Hood and the Outlaws V2 #25 // The Sun Is Also A Star - Nicola Yoon // Task Force Z #6 // Episode 100 - Just Roll With It // Batman and Robin V2 #20

I think if i put into words how happy this type of image makes me I would get diagnosed with something

this is how you lose the time war quotes that make me go balls to the wall insane + stick meme gore

Writing Update

so, I never use Tumblr (well, I use it daily, but to look for journaling inspo and never post nor reblog) but I had an amazing discussion with @jasontoddisrightfuckyou and need to share, because yeah, it made me realize a few things about what happened to me during this past year.

(Also Perse, some of what I’m about to say literally are copy/paste of what I told you, because I’m shocked at how easily I can manage to put words on my feeling when I talk with you) So recently, I noticed how easy it was for me to write in other fandoms: I can write way more and longer fanfictions without even noticing it.

I tried to understand why this is happening, and I think I found out. 

I wrote about everything I wanted to write about on Batman fandom. Don't get me wrong, I love batman and I love reading fanfic, but I don't have anything else to write about since all my favorite tropes have been covered already. I should maybe rewrite my old fics and make them better since I guess I did improve during the past years, but writing about batman makes me feel like I’m doing the same thing over and over again. I have the feeling that I really want to write batfam again, but like when I’m in front of a new document, nothing is coming and I’m just struggling and being like "do I even want to tell a story?"

I don’t know about English, but in French, we say that things are being “reheated” when the same concept is used over and over again, and I feel like this is how I see my writing in the Batman fandom now. 

I started to write batman because of the server I used to be in and because I knew it was a popular fandom. I had never written in English at that time and had very low self-esteem which made me crave validation that I knew I could have in the DC fandom. Maybe also because I was in a server with what as used to see as “big names” of the fandom that made me feel like I should own my place with them and I was like "look I can write too, even if I’m younger and if English isn’t my native language” etc.

Somehow, I ended up wanting to write about other fandoms but I was like "no, I can only write about dc because I need to “make a name” in the DC fandom, and so it kind of stopped my creativity.

Now I’m not writing to please anyone anymore. I write because I like to, and I like knowing that I can write and because I might have a terrible brainrot. 

I do enjoy Batman a lot, and I love reading all the Jason whump fanfictions I can find and seeing all the comments on my old fanfictions. I love talking about DC and I love discussing Jason whump, but I think it will take time for me to write again in this fandom. I can’t find any more stories I want to share with you, and I don’t want to write because I feel the pressure to do it.

I’m now in an amazing server with amazing people that makes me want to write for myself and makes me want to be the best version of myself (as a person, but also as a writer) and I am so grateful for them all.

(Small NB since I noticed I might have not been clear enough: I’m not blaming my old server, but mostly my old state of mind of me being a people pleaser and feeling like I needed validation because I was really insecure)

You can join the server here (it’s a DC server, btw) as long as you’re respecting everyone and the rules :D

Also, you can still find me on ao3 

I have no idea how I’m supposed to end a Tumblr post, so bye everyone, and take care <3,

✧₊˚ Harmonique ˚₊✧

Most importantly, write about what you want to write about, and don’t get yourself trapped in the boundaries you created. 

Find Your Next Plot Idea: 12 Tricks to Try

Waiting for inspiration to strike can take too long. It's also not the best way to improve your writing, since you may not write very often in-between ideas.

I've been there before. When you're getting impatient, find your next idea for a short story or potential novel by trying these simple tricks.

1. Try a Plot Generator

Generators will throw ideas at you that you might not think about otherwise. They don't always make sense, but it's fun sifting through their options!

Check out more than one to find a site you like. You could try:

Plot-Generator

Reedsy's Plot Generator

Big Huge Thesaurus' Story Generator

Cool Generator's Random Plot Points

ServiceScape's Plot Generator

2. Find Random Facts

There are other sites that pull up random facts that could inspire a creative streak. They may also help you with singular plot points your story might be missing or more details while fleshing out characters.

See if you prefer:

Mental Floss' Fact Generator

Fact Republic's Generator

This Random Fact Generator

This Other Random Fact Generator

This Other Fact Generator

3. Check the Current News Headlines

Look up the current news in another city, state, or country. Without reading the stories, see if you can imagine a plot for each headline. It can be a fun creative exercise if you stay away from heavy topics.

You could find the latest news at places like:

NPR (I like their Strange News section too!)

The New York Times

The BBC

Reuters

Global Issues

4. Think About Your Recent Dreams

Dreams don't always make sense, but they can make you think outside of the box. Maybe you recently dreamed about escaping a haunted house or running into your old crush while on a vacation across the world. It could inspire your next story or even just a small part of one.

5. Try Free Writing

Your writing may have come to a halt because you get too caught up in the process. Free writing is an excellent exercise to break out of routines and old habits.

It first started in 1973 and hasn't changed much since. All you need to do is set a timer and open a new Google doc or grab a piece of paper. When the timer begins, start writing your stream of consciousness down and don't stop writing until the timer ends.

Whatever comes to mind should end up on your paper. Don't worry about sentence structure, grammar, or spelling. The exercise will loosen your creative flow and help you think through the writer's block keeping you from your next story.

6. Do Some Digital Eavesdropping

You can always sit yourself down in a public area (like a coffee shop) and eavesdrop on other people's conversations to hear about experiences you've never thought about before. But something about that always creeped me out, so sometimes I go digital.

Scroll through social media sites like Instagram or Twitter. Look for posts with pictures or a quick caption that doesn't explain the full picture. See what's trending, what the latest celebrity gossip is. Make up stories behind it, like with the newspaper headline trick. You'll get much different ideas than you'd find on news sites without carving time into your schedule for stopping by a place in town.

7. Map Your Mind

If you've never tried mind mapping, it could be a great place to start your next brainstorming session. All you need is a central idea or theme.

Imagine picking a theme like self-love. You'd traditionally write it in the middle of a piece of paper and draw a circle or box around it. Arrows then branch off of that theme to whatever idea pops into your head when you think about it.

There's no order to the branching thought bubbles and you can branch off of those as long as you want. Eventually your words could add up into a story idea, scene, or character.

The University of Adelaide has a great example diagram if you're having a hard time picturing your mind map.

8. Write a Re-Telling

There are re-tellings of classic stories all the time. Think of Hamlet turning into The Lion King. Or the folklore that morphed into Disney princesses, who morphed into the gripping series The Lunar Chronicles.

When re-tellings are done well, they give a new perspective on a well-known theme, legend, superstition, or moral.

Many writers feel like they have to avoid re-tellings in their short stories or as future novels, but they can be powerful ways to convey meaningful storylines and themes if done well. They're also a great way to jumpstart your writing after a dry period.

9. Listen to Music

Trying to write something in a quiet room might not help your creative flow. The silence can make your critical thoughts louder than anything else or make it more tempting to set your writing aside.

It's always a good idea to try listening to music while you write. Specifically, you should select a few songs or a playlist that makes you happy. Research shows that creativity greatly improves when people listen to music that generates happiness.

There's also evidence that it's easier to focus while listening to lyric-less music.

Not sure where to start? I've got some recommended background noise apps, websites, and free playlists over on my resource list. It's got everything from rain sounds to my favorite lyric-less low-fi YouTube playlist.

10. Write Fan Fiction

The blank page is even more intimidating when you're not very familiar with your characters or setting. Fan fiction can be a balm for that. Try writing a short story about people in your latest favorite TV show, movie, or book series. You're already very familiar with those worlds, so practicing your writing skills by freestyling new arcs or scenes can be a lot of fun.

11. Analyze a Book's Plot

We all have a favorite book. Think of the one that last dazzled you or made you fall in love with reading. How did it do that?

Sometimes it helps to study an existing book you've already read. You can map it out on paper by writing down character names, inciting events, the plot points that built to the story's finale, and everything in between. Note how each point made you feel and why it mattered. You can reflect those strategies in your own work, which may solve your writer's block.

12. Watch a Documentary

There are some wild documentaries out there that will blow your mind. Pick one and enjoy it, then ask yourself what if things had gone differently? Tweaking part of an event could make it branch off into an entirely new story. It's basically writing fan fiction, but it may interest people who are more into instructional media.

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When you find something that works, enjoy it! Then try something else the next time you want to create a plot. Writing is a craft that changes with time. It's better to have a well-tried bag of inspirational tricks than sit around and wait for a story to pop up in your mind.

Out of curiousity, are you planning on adding to your Jason Todd Whump series, and if you are, do you take idea suggestions?

to be very honest, I am struggling to write a lot these days/months. I do have a few ideas and I wish I could publish them soon. However, you can give me suggestions. I cannot guarantee you that I will write them, since I am still struggling to write but any ideas are welcome :)

how to trick writers into giving you more fanfic to read

*thinks about favourite character* *clutches chest* oh my god…. *lies down on the floor* o hmy go d…………. *doesn’t get up*