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Dick and Damian Week 2026: Day 1 - Adoption! my excuse to draw them domestic lol @dickanddamianweek
bottom left was inspired by this bit from Batman 80-Page Giant (2010)

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Superboy Prime: chilling in his newly acquired "Damian Wayne Fanclub Member" t-shirt.
Jon Kent: eye's flaring as he descends from the sky wearing a "Damian Wayne Fanclub President" t-shirt.
Dick Grayson: emerges from the shadows behind them and opens his hoodie to reveal a t-shirt that says "Damian Wayne Fanclub Founder".
Thought crimes of course aren’t real but uh. We know those aren’t just thoughts anymore once you’ve posted them publicly, yeah?
Then they’re just crimes.
sure, fictional crimes since nothing happened and no one was hurt. should we put the fictional handcuffs on? "sorry, you wrote about murder which is illegal, go spend 20 years in mind jail"
y'all make so much more fuss about shit in fanfiction than crimes in real life
@sylveriasarcana nailed it
Im beginning to wonder if it’s also art elitism on top of purity culture too. People hold books and movies and shows that depict crime separate from fanfic and art that depicts crime because fan authors and artists aren’t “approved” by anyone to write/create. But if you’re published or work for a studio, you must have been “approved” by the publisher or the studio. And that’s insidious. Those are corporations you’re making the definers of art. They don’t care about anything except what makes money. That’s how you suck all the human soul out of culture.
for the record im not technially 100% anti-AI, in the sense that its a broad category of tech being lumped under one umbrella term so it feels over-zealous to say i hate all of it all the time forever. but i also think trying to discuss what it actually IS good for is difficult right now when i cant take one step without something trying to convince me to use chatgpt to summarize my life and speed up my hobbies and turn my friends into chatbots and optimize my life into oblivion. i am certain there is nuance to the topic but can we stop cramming the square peg into the round hole before you start trying to sell me on the legitimate benefits of the square peg. please.
Neural Nets have existed for decades and are genuinely useful. It's a form of AI that recognizes patterns, and can do stuff like identify cancer cells, tell whether an egg is fertilized or not, detect fraud, and optimize routes.
Those are Expert Systems, tuned to do exactly one thing. If you (say) ask a medical expert system a question about financial law, it's useless. The autopilot that flies a 787 has no idea how to drive a truck on the freeway. A Coulter Counter is excellent at identifying lymphocytes in a blood sample but can't predict the next card in a blackjack game.
And so on.
The problem with so-called generalized AI (AGI) is that we don't have that yet. It doesn't exist. It MIGHT some day, but AGI has been "10 years away" since the 1980s. The goals keep moving as we learn more about how people and machines process data.
But the current crop of AI techbros have been selling generative Large Language Model AI (LLM) as AGI because generative systems do a good job of faking it. There's no actual thought going on, merely the illusion of thought via predicting the next word in a sentence accurately.
If you let a human toddler listen to 800 hours of YouTube car influencer videos, that toddler might end up sounding like a car influencer. They'd parrot horsepower numbers and 0 to 60 times, mention EV range and MSRP numbers.
But they wouldn't understand any of it.
That's ChatGPT.
And yeah, it's worse than useless because it doesn't even know when it's lying or hallucinating. It just babbles convincingly until you stop it.
But for techbros to make money selling that as "AI"? It's the perfect scam, especially if you don't understand how it works.
I fucking hate it.
I think part of the reason Damian initially reacted so badly to Jon coming back aged up is because at that point he basically had no other friends that were younger than him. Basically in every other group Damian's in, be it Batfamily or Teen Titans or just hanging out with Maya, he is the youngest, often by a lot, and he is always trying so hard to catch up to them, to prove himself better than his age would have them assume he is, to try and be as mature as they are (and, inevitably, fail).
Jon was the one person he didn't have to catch up to. If anything, Jon was the one trying to catch up to him, although Jon didn't see it that way. Jon just saw them as equals, as friends.
And then Jon comes back older than him. And he is just one more person Damian has to try and catch up to. They are still friends, of course, best friends as they keep insisting, but it will never be the same again and both of them know it.

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“I don’t like this song because I can’t relate to it” skill issue. I’m mad at my husband I love my girlfriend I’m a lone cowboy I’m growing old I’m growing up I’m depressed I love my friends I’m perpetually horny I’m drunk at the club I love my husband again
this is exactly what I’m talking about
Why are we forgetting the old texts
I think about this cake every day
sorry for exposing your tags but this is hilarious
OP, I hope you don’t mind me making an addition:
When I turned 17, we ordered a cake at the grocery store for my party, as we’d done many times before. If you wanted something written on the cake you’d write it into a section of the order form. We requested, very simply, “Happy Birthday Courtney”. When we went to pick it up the day of the party, this is what we got.
The bakery employees had absolutely no explanation for this. The order form, attached to the box, very clearly did not contain any of those extra names. Whomever had done the writing was no longer in, so there was no one to ask how this had happened. The fact that the name ‘Juan’ is misspelled bewilders me to this day. (I’ve never seen ‘Miley’ without the E, either, but it’s believable that someone might spell it that way.) Did this cake slip in from an alternate universe where I’m one quarter of a set of Hispanic quadruplets? Dyslexic Hispanic quadruplets, maybe?
This cake became the focal point of my party. At least two of my friends regularly called me ‘Courtney Mily Jaun Pablo’ for years to come. My siblings and I still reference it sometimes, eleven years later. It is probably the funniest thing ever to occur at any birthday celebration of my life, and may well remain so for the rest of my days.
I love a botched cake.
one time me and some pals spotted one of those big cookie cakes in a store. it was done up with red icing and little X's for kisses and in the middle it said
No One Like You
now, it took us a while to realise it meant "(there is) no one like you". at first, we all parsed it as a botched "no one like(s) you"
for ages after when we'd wind each other up we'd declare "NO ONE LIKE YOU ☹️👎"
I just feel like it's important to post the Sacred Texts
don’t know who needs to hear this but ao3 is not a social media. it’s an archive. a library. please stop treating it like twitter or tiktok
who is treating it like twitter or tiktok?
people need to include examples with posts that claim these sorts of things honestly because seventy five percent of the reblogged tags are people going 'glad I don't know anyone who does this' 'i hope I never see this' 'how are they using it like socmed?' or 'literally awful, I've never seen this but people need to stop doing it.' and the other twenty five percent are complaining about users posting legitimate fan works that they Just Don't Like being on the archive. Yes, you can include art; Yes, you can include headcanons; Yes, you can include drabbles. You can even (get this) include video if it's a fanwork. It is good etiquette to condense shorter works down into one fic, but that's a spam issue, not an inappropriate content issue. The only legitimate thing I saw was ONE user going 'people should stop creating fics just for a hiatus notice' and that took me a few minutes of scrolling to find. This doesn't exist!!! And if it does, not to a serious enough level where any of us know about it!!!! Include examples or die by my sword
Ok, here are some examples of people treating AO3 like social media or like it has an algorithm (violating the TOS in some cases, just being deeply annoying in others).
Continually updating the date on their work so it gets pushed to the top of the tag, without actually making updates. Not against the TOS, just HORRIBLE behaviour, absolutely rude as fuck, I will mute people who do this with zero hesitation. Everyone gets their turn at the top of the page, you aren't special. (Caveat: people whose work was in an unrevealed/anon collection, like for an exchange or event, get one free redate in my opinion, once their name is attached or the work is revealed. Otherwise stop redating your work to try and get more people to see it.)
Tagging "for reach" rather than based on the content of the work. Stop grabbing every single fandom that might be vaguely related (e.g. if you're writing Dracula fic, don't tag every single fandom with vampires in it). Don't tag your RPF as the FPF fandom too, "so more people will see it." (We will see it, and we'll mute you.) Stop tagging in the main character/relationship fields for characters who appear in one paragraph and never speak, or for relationships that are just implied in the background (use the Additional tags field for those if you want.) Tagging actively wrong fandoms is against the TOS and reportable, tagging inaccurate rels, characters, or additional tags is not against the TOS but just asshole behaviour.
Creating placeholder posts. "Story coming soon!" - go away, I'm muting you, I will never see your story. Against the TOS, reportable.
Treating the Archive like a personal journal, making updates just to complain about how mean people are being to you, or how you can't update this week because you're sick, or just repeating your fave ship name 1000 times or whatever. Put it on tiktok , tumblr, bluesky, whatever. Put a link to your social media in your profile or author's note. Non-fanworks are against the TOS.
Acting like it's weird to comment on older works. It's an archive. It's there to preserve fanworks for as long as possible. Those works are there for you to read. You can comment on them even if they're 10, 15, 50 years old. It's fine. If the author didn't want comments, they can disable comments. If they have comments turned on, assume they want you to comment.
Complaining that they want AO3 to recommend similar works to them based on their reading habits/preferences. No, you don't want this. You do not want AO3 to track your reading and push works it thinks might be similar to you, not least because good lord what a terrible idea. AO3 also doesn't want this, because it doesn't want to collect that information about you, because information it doesn't collect is information that can never be leaked or stolen. Learn how to search or perish.
Asking for a downvote button. Again, it's not social media, this isn't reddit, you don't need to downvote a fic you don't like, you can just backbutton away. There's no algorithm so you would just be using it to be a dick to the person who posted that work.
Also, don't combine your shorter works into one big work, this is also deeply annoying. It prevents people from finding works accurately, because if they're searching for a work over 5k and instead they find your collection of 50 drabbles posted as chapters of one big work, that's worse than useless to them. If your hugeass one drabble-per-chapter work has one chapter with the tag I want, I'm not going to sift through to find which chapter it is. Just post your works as individual works if they're actually individual works, no matter how short.
i hate living in a world where the only reason sexuality is allowed to exist in public life is for advertising
“there’s an ai tool for that” okay ?? there’s probably an ed sheeran song for it too who gives a fuck

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Not OTP nor NOTP but a magical third thing: I’m indifferent to your ship but your fanart fucking slaps
"You can't ship that!"
lol what are you gonna do, climb inside my mind and shut off the imagination switch?
This kind of response always fascinates me, so while I've got you here, can I just ask: legal by what standards? Do you mean real world standards, where laws vary from country to country, and in the case of the US, state to state? Or do you mean the fictitious laws set in place in the fictional setting of the ship? What standard exactly should we use to tell people "you're not allowed to enjoy this fictional thing?"
I know you didn't mean any harm by your response, but I feel it's important to reiterate that nothing gives anyone the right to police what people do in a fictional setting, full stop. Because at the end of the day, it's fiction, it's a fantasy, none of it is real, and so real world rules and standards do not apply. So, as long as you are not actively causing harm in a real world setting (i.e. harassing real people over fictional ships) then you do you.
a very important addition
Something that also drives me NUTS with this "uwu if it's legal" shit is like...
Y'all only EVER. Say it about sexual stuff. "Oh wow well if it's LEGAL-!" bitch my ass is out here playing DnD. I roleplay a devil-them who KILLS PEOPLE FOR A LIVING and yet I don't see y'all rushing to tell me that those thoughts are illegal and bad and noooo you can't do THAT, murder is ILLEGAL.
It's because y'all are a bunch of puritan weirdos about sex and I reblogged a post that hits why right on the nose but dear FUCK y'all need to really unpack all of your weirdness about sex. Like. Right now. Because it's all conservative bullshit.
According to the CDC, in 10 percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch the child do it, having no idea it is happening. Drowning does not look like drowning—Dr. Pia, in an article in the Coast Guard’s On Scene magazine, described the Instinctive Drowning Response like this:
“Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled before speech occurs.
Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.
Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.
Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.
From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs.”
This doesn’t mean that a person that is yelling for help and thrashing isn’t in real trouble—they are experiencing aquatic distress. Not always present before the Instinctive Drowning Response, aquatic distress doesn’t last long—but unlike true drowning, these victims can still assist in their own rescue. They can grab lifelines, throw rings, etc.
Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:
Head low in the water, mouth at water level
Head tilted back with mouth open
Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus
Eyes closed
Hair over forehead or eyes
Not using legs—vertical
Hyperventilating or gasping
Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway
Trying to roll over on the back
Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder
So if a crew member falls overboard and everything looks OK—don’t be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them, “Are you all right?” If they can answer at all—they probably are. If they return a blank stare, you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents—children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.
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Can I just say thank you to OP for putting such a detailed description on this?
I’ve been a lifeguard for 6 years now and of all the saves I’ve done, maybe two or three had people drowning in the stereotypical thrashing style. And even those, like the save I made last weekend, it was exactly like OP describes where the person’s head is going in and out of the water but it isn’t long enough to get any air. Mostly you recognize drowning by the look on someone’s face. If someone looks wide eyed and terrified or confused, chances are they’re drowning. That look of “oh shit” is pretty easily recognizable. And even if you can’t tell for sure: GO AFTER THEM ANYWAY. I’ve done “saves” where a kid was pretending to drown and I mistook it for real drowning, but that’s preferable to a kid ACTUALLY drowning.
Also please remember that even strong swimmers can drown if they have a medical emergency, get cramps, or get too tired. If your friend knows how to swim but they’re acting funny get them to land. And even if someone can respond when you ask them if they need help, if they say they do need help? GO HELP THEM.
However . If the victim is a stranger, I can’t recommend trying to get them. Lifeguards literally train to escape “attacks,” because people who are drowning can freak the fuck out and grab you and make YOU drown as well. If you do go in after someone, take hold of them from the back and talk to them the whole time. IF YOU ARE GRABBED: duck down into the water as low as you can get. The person is panicking and won’t want to go under water and should release you. Shove up at their hands and push them away from you as you duck under. Don’t die trying to save someone else.
Please guys, read and memorize this post. Not all places have lifeguards. Being able to recognize drowning is such an important skill to have and you can save someone’s life.
Just incase!
In a water park once, I was suddenly grabbed by a child and he dragged me under the water without warning. I was going to get angry with him when I resurfaced because I thought he was being an ass, until I looked at him go back in and out hyperventilating the entire time. I grabbed him under his arms and began trying to drag him out while screaming for the lifeguard.
When the lifeguard got us both out, a woman came running down and accused me of harming him and said he had been completely fine in the water. That there was no reason to drag him out of there. The lifeguard had to explain to her that her son had been drowning, to which her response was to say that she didn’t hear him call for help.
People seriously need to learn the signs.
http://spotthedrowningchild.com/ really demonstrates how easy it is to miss drowning
Wow. That video is… uh terrifying. But important.
close your eyes and imagine freshly roasted root vegetables perfectly seasoned and crispy as far as the eye can see
Sam trying to get Frodo to take one more step
Sam psychologically tormenting Gollum

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you're allowed to draw. draw badly even. draw and then delete it. draw and rework it and then delete it anyway. draw only half of it and the other half three years later. in one style or another. in different styles in the same week. traditional or digital. you're literally allowed to draw however you want
"We're gonna achieve immortality by turning ourselves into machines" buddy I want you to find yourself a 15 year old laptop and try to run a 10 year old piece of software on it please. Connect to the internet, if you can, and attempt to log into any of your online accounts
Good luck cyborg buddy, I wish you the best.
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fun fact this is a big issue that museums/archives/preservation professionals run into
This is something I bring up a lot. Digital preservation is not a thing to rely on. Anything digital is inherently ephemeral, fleeting.
All current and former digital storage will eventually fail. Paper tapes and punch cards cards wear and rot. Magnetic tape and disks grow mold and shed their magnetic coating. Hard drives seize and crash, their controllers fail. Optical media scratches, rots, or simply fades. Solid state media loses its charge over time. Cloud services shut down with no warning.
Long-term digital storage is a never-ending process of copying to new media.
And then there's the problem of format.
It took less than 30 years for digital works by Andy Worhol — one of the most popular artists of the 20th century — to be lost to obsolete technology.
A dozen previously unknown works created by Andy Warhol have been recovered from 30-year-old Amiga disks.
We had the disks, we had the computers, we had modern emulators for the computers. But reading the images (PDF Archive) required very specific combinations of operating system and software versions, and in some cases required reverse-engineering image formats for which the correct combination of software could not be found.
This wasn't some obscure machine. Millions of Amiga computers were sold, and Amiga users are among the most dedicated to keeping the platform going long after its discontinuation.
And still the image format had to be reverse-engineered to recover Worhol's images.
How much of our culture from the past 30 years has been entirely digital?
To be fair, this isn't exactly a new problem, or even one unique to the digital era. But I do wonder what will remain for future generations looking back. How much of human history has been pieced together from shards of pottery and clay tablets? With our communications, our documents, our art all moving to digital media, what will be left of us to dig up? What will it tell of our story, of who we are, what we believed, what challenges we overcame?