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Odysseus: Regret it why?

Cassandra: You won’t believe me if I tell you. If I prophecy, nobody believes me. That is my curse.

Odysseus: … I’m Nobody. Fill me in. 

*A couple of months later* 

Odysseus: HELLO PENELOPE, I AM HERE PRECISELY ON TIME AND NOT YEARS LATE incidentally I rescued and adopted a Trojan seer while I was away, she’s great, got me home really fast, Cassandra this is your new mother who’s not going to treat you like shit. 

Penelope: … I’m going to need more details, but okay, sure. 

First, the yellow ring powered attacks, and now the fear gas! Jazz would have an aneurysm if she ever found out how high he's gotten in the past week alone.

Now, if only he could shake off these pesky green lanterns and the giant bat guy.

Haunting this dimension seems like promising bonding activity between him, Ember, Kitty, and Johnny!

Danny: I can feel the universe

Hal: wha?

Danny: it’s keeps getting bigger and bigger like someone’s stretching a giant piece of taffy, you know like in those old cartoons with the talking animals

Hal: okay Earth reference is helpful

Danny: is this what spaghettification feels like? Is the universe being sucked into a big black hole and getting spaghettified?

Hal: I’m not sure kid how about we go back to your home planet or something

Danny: I wish I died from spaghettification that would have been such a cool way to die. I just got a dimension open up on top of me. Being a piece of spaghetti would have been cooler

Hal: *into comms* hey guys I think I’m gonna need some backup here

Danny: now I really want some spaghetti, do you know where we can find some spaghetti? Some with those fist sized meat balls and garlic knots

Hal: wait guys just a second the kids talking to me- uh spaghetti I guess the closest place would be earth.

Danny: yeah that sounds like a good idea let’s go to Earth.

Danny,drifting backwards like a plastic bag: oooooh. That's sounds NICE. Let's do that! ........Anyone ever tell you your atoms feel funny?

Danny: dimension

Hal: what dimension, then?

Danny: not this one

Hal: so you’re from another dimension? What’s yours like?

Danny: it’s green, everything is green, except the doors, those are purple

“Jesus,” says the vigilante “Last time I was here, you were shorter than me.”

“Puberty hit me in the face like a armored car,” xe agrees “So! Weapons storage?”

Do The Thing.

………………………

What. Do you think. You are doing, oh my gooooosh.

Why. 

*breaths deeply*

But ohhhhhhhhhh nooooooooooooo don’t do this to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…………..

(It’s too late here have some headcanons for this verse)

@north-peach @akaluan @thefringeperson

-Ichigo isn’t quite sure how it happened, but look. Look okay. Time travel sucked. Time Travel back to the far distant past? Not cool. And to top all of that- he ended up in the past but AFTER the whole Aizen Hollowfied Everyone thing. So he couldn’t save them

-Ichigo ends up teaching the vizard. It’s just as strange as he never would have imagined but VENGEANCE. PETTY VENGEANCE.

-He ends up getting Younger Kisuke’s attention by fighting hollows in the town. This is ALSO how Ichigo figured out when he is- HatNClogs before HatNClogs is weird. 

-Kisuke came down to see what shinigami had gotten so close to his hide out. He did NOT expect the male to be able to TRACK HIM okay. And then he figures out that Ichigo is hollowfied as well and that- Well that’s INTERESTING. And useful. He DEFF didn’t expect Ichigo to GROW on him okay.

-Ichigo ends up traveling around Dealing With Things that Need To Be Dealt With. And who does he know that can usually ALSO deal with those things, or can Genius his way into creating a way to deal with things?? Kisuke. Things like diseses he’s got contained and needs to Disappear

-Things like strange hollow pieces, stray shinigami blades, old ancient kido scrolls that he Doesnt Know What To Do With, but Kisuke is LOSING HIS MIND ICHIGO DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS

-On that note THIS is how Ichigo figures out not only did he TIME HOP but he jumped like six universes over and there’s THINGS out there that he DID NOT want to deal with all kinds of things,  (Did you really think you were the only supernatural thing out there?) But it;s Ichigo PROTECTOR IS LITERALLY MY NAME Kurosaki so you bet your ass he’s right in the middle of it, protecting stray children and probably Espada that follow him home

You are both terrible enablers. 

-Kisuke isn’t the slightest surprised that whoever this random Shinigami currently unconcerned in the slightest with Seireitei and Central 46 is a Shiba. 

-He can absolutely see the resemblance and that eases his suspicions because Shiba. 

-On the other hand, Ichigo is just a bit too perfect and he’s lacking in common knowledge, not only from Soul Society but the World of the Living. Which is alarming.  Kisuke’s a fugitive here, along with a bunch of newly Hollofied former captains and vice-captains and Shihoin Yoruichi, the Clan Head, Tsukabishi Tessai, the Captain of the Kido Corps. Former, anyway.

-Ichigo is way too relaxed with them, isn’t surprised at Yoruichi’s cat form- Oh, Shinji dropped by while Ichigo was visiting and apparently this is their new instructor because, oya oya, he’s also a Hollowfied Shinigami?

-Kisuke doesn’t understand Ichigo’s quirks. His familiarity with several things most people have never heard of and his complete non-familiarity with several things everyone has heard of.

-Kisuke is at first confused by all the things Ichigo brings by.

-Some for him to get rid of, some for him to look at because, hey, Urahara-san, this look interesting, do you know what it is?

-Then Ichigo drops by one day with a striped hat that is in no way Japanese along with a set of very traditional very Japanese clothing. And geta. 

-Kisuke gets used to being called ‘Getaboushi’ like it’s an inside joke he isn’t aware of even though he’s the one being called this nickname? …the outfit is very comfortable though.

-Ichigo never mentions his age, and Kisuke doesn’t ask, but there are times when he struggles with the simplest things that leaves him with the impression that the orange haired man is older then Kisuke, and other times when he thinks the complete opposite.

-Kisuke has no idea why Ichigo brings home interesting Hollows like nothing is wrong with that. Kisuke also has no idea why he never refuses all the flat out weird and strange people Ichigo brings to his little shop.

-Last Kisuke heard, Quincies were extinct and a whole family from Germany just moved to Karakura. He suspects Ichigo had a hand in it.

 OKAY I AM GOING BACK TO WRITING FOR A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FANDOM, LIKE I WAS DUTIFULLY DOING BEFORE YOU GUYS HIJACKED MY LIFE.

-.- @wolfsrainrules 

Do you see what happens when you leave me alone with North????????

-Shiba protectiveness is a Thing Of Legends. Everyone knows about it. Everybody talks about it. Kisuke still did not EXPECT it.

-Ichigo is a Power House, capital letters required, holly shit, he basically took on an army of assassins for them???????? Second Sqaud did not see him coming.

-One day Ichigo shows up with a dirt on his face and clothes, a secretive little smirk on his face, and a fan in hand. It matches the clothes and hat.

-Kisuke did not expect to get along with Hollows. Or any of the other strange people that Ichigo brought over. What is his life.

-Ichigo is smart as hell. Kisuke is fascinated okay? Ichigo has to explain some of the terms he uses for things- he always looks surprised like everyone should know what the Thing he said is- he’s centuries ahead of Living World with the knowledge he has and if Kisuke didn’t know any better……

-There are Kami. Ichigo befriends them, because of COURSE he does. So now Kisuke some how finds himself with a little shrine near his home that always has offering on it.

-Can Kisuke just say, he almost CRIED when Ichigo got Inari-samma to bless the wards he had already put up??? ITS SO INTERESTING. DIVINE POWERED WARDS OF HIS OWN DESIGN.HE HAS SO MANY QUESTIONS.

-Kisuke gets used to white foxes darting in and out of his shop, and he keeps little bits of food around for them

-Ichigo got in a fight with a demon, because of COURSE he did, Kisuke almost had a heart attack when Ichigo crashed through the wards dripping blood everywhere, and swaying on his feet with a slurred “Hey Getaboushi, can you help?” on his lips, like Kisuke wasn’t already reaching for him with his heart in his mouth and hands glowing green with kido.

Hey, I just made one comment with a couple of GIFs!  Still, I suppose since I’m catching so much blame/credit, it’s my turn to really contribute, rather than just cheer from the sidelines?

- Ichigo can duck into and out of Seireitei the easiest, because no one knows him there but he is (as Kisuke observed) very obviously a Shiba, which all of the Shibas are happy to confirm any time.

- So anything they need from Soul Society, he’s the one who gets it.   Including all their own stuff that they didn’t have time to get before they had to escape to Living World.

- He might or might not also be leaving itching powder in Aizen’s bed every time he makes a trip.

*sobs as I futile try to stop*

( @wolfsrainrules or me, who can tell? )

-Kisuke doesn’t think Ichigo is joking when he casually mentions that time he broke into Hell and was crowned king.

-When Ichigo stops dead in the middle of fighting some vaguely skeleton demons and loudly shouts, “Hey! That’s my armor!” and the demons, to the last one all stop and kneel, Kisuke is done.

-It is apparently the physical manifestation of Hell’s Will and it dissipates when that Will is carried out and apparently the armor that vaguely skeleton demon was wearing glows gold when Ichigo approaches.

-Has Kisuke mentioned how fascinating Ichigo is?

-His manner is considered rude, he’s blunt and doesn’t hesitate to leap into a fight. Yet, he’s compassionate and kind. No matter how he scowls and how fear still pricks at his spine when he pulls more firmly on his Hollow side, that one thing that Kisuke can say that Ichigo is, is very kind.

-He brings home- and since when did Kisuke’s shop become home for the both of them???- demons and spirits and ghosts that don’t quite fit with Soul Society’s facts and this-is-how-it-is and he’s mentioned the Divine Blessing of the Fox God, yes?

-Ichigo builds so many shrines around Karakura and the people that live there end up accepting him as a minor deity of protection and remembrance.

-The spiritually aware all respectfully bow when they catch a glimpse of vivid orange hair, a fluttering black shihakusho and the two blades only he wields.

-Kisuke doesn’t know if Ichigo is aware of this, but he’s leaning toward no.

-The months turn into years, years into decades and a city rises from that once small village. Ichigo goes where he pleases, but he always returns and Kisuke- Kisuke-

-He never asks, but Kisuke finds him speaking anyway. Ichigo doesn’t run away. Doesn’t flinch back in fear and he doesn’t seem the mind the blood that clings to Kisuke’s hands.

-Ichigo is strong. Very much so, especially with all the blessing on his person and the belief of several tens of thousands of people who deeply believe that Ichigo is a minor kami that protects both the living and the dead and remembers both when they’re lost. Several generations have grown up with memories of an orange haired man who found them when they were lost and lead them home. Who came to reassure them that their loved one passed on. Some remember the warmth of his whispered words that spoke of the dead’s last wish.

-Kisuke knows that Ichigo can take care of himself, but sometimes there are moments when Kisuke takes up Benihime and she sings.

-In the future the fairy tales of Japan will include two men, one painted in the colors of a sunrise and stained with the darkness of a moonless night, a kami of protection and remembrance. The second is golden adorned in green and his presence of announced by the clack of geta and when he departs, there is death and blood in his wake. The story goes, these two are entwined. How? Nobody knows, but the stories continue.

-When Ichigo finds out, he scowls murderously as Kisuke laughs merrily as red creeps up into his cheeks.

-Kisuke doesn’t know what he would do without Ichigo.

i am a liar and i regret nothing.

-Ichigo is Oblivious (capital definitely needed) to his Godhood. He’s always watched over the town, it’s only luck that he just so happens to be there at the right time, ‘It’s Inari guiding his steps, it’s chance, someone called his name….

-Kisuke kind of wants to cry about it, but also it’s HILARIOUS???? To be a fly on the wall when Ichigo figures THAT one out.

-Ichigo has always been horrible with names, but it doesn’t really dawn on him that he’s starting to remember those who have no one else to remember them, those who wander on paths best left alone.  He doesn’t notice when he starts responding to calls  prayers   that no one else can hear, all he cares about is that someone called out to him for help and he heard them, so he’ll help

-Ichigo is beloved by his people, who he has never abandoned, not once, not over centuries of time, who the people honor and remember for his diligence and kindness He has his own shrines, built at the four corners of the town, meant to help Ichigo keep watch over the space. Ichigo doesn’t realize they’re his even though he passes them all the time

-Kisuke leaves offerings at them all the time, the people grow to know him through this, they see him at the edges, always watching over them all, one step behind or beside Ichigo, and he doesn’t realize it at first, but his status is upgraded to minor god as well

-Kisuke DOES pick up on it long before ichigo though. That the people call him a minor Kami of protection and war, of creativity and invention. He even knows when it happened- a century into Ichigo’s worship and his town had been invaded. Unlike every other Kami, Ichigo had interfered on his people’s behalf and Kisuke had been right beside him. And the people remember. They remember how the dual blades had danced, how the shop keeper who never aged but was always with their protector god had gone to war for them, how the green and gold one had danced to the beat of their protector and left blood in his wake. They remember how that same set of gods had walked among them after and helped them recover. How Kisuke had whispered of amazing things that could help them, showed them how to make those things.

-The town doesn’t question why the gods still walk among their town. They believe it is due to their still honoring them

- the visored, Yoroichi, and everybody at the Shoten watches worriedly when Ichigo just kind of keels over laughing.  This is Not normal behaviour.

- Ichigo manages to gasp out “God” and “Aizen” and “didn’t need a Hogyoku”

- a week later, Ichigo is coming back to the Shoten with a very carefully packed suitcase full of bioweapons for Kisuke to very carefully dispose of or find cures to.

- when Ichigo ‘meets’ Isshin, he calls him Goat Face, and then makes a quick trip to Seireitei with a pocket full of photos of the man to pass around to everybody who thinks he’s dead and is mourning him.

@akaluan @wolfsrainrules @thefringeperson

-So Karakura becomes a town that the kami still walk among them. It’s not a secret, everyone knows about it. Just not very many people who migrate to this town actually believe it.

-Until, you know, Ichigo barges into their lives in a very dramatic way, a golden haired man, dressed in green, wearing geta and hiding a smile behind a fan trailing his steps.

-Bullying? Nah, the yakuza help take care of the foxes, the elderly and the orphans.

-Crime? Yo, that’s waaay down and foreigners learn pretty quickly their kinda shit doesn’t fly in Karakura.

-Suicides? Nothing like literal kami who have been around for years telling you how to cope with trauma and life and emotions, who actually care about you and want you to live.

-Education? You have Kisuke who whispers things to peoples ears, who will sit and speak, if one but asks. The Karakura schools are somewhat strange, thanks to Ichigo’s very western learning style of the future and Kisuke’s experience of the Shin’ou Academy, but they cover a wide variety of topics and extra curriculum.

-There’s that one family that moved in some years ago whose kids always win the archery tournaments. It is suspected that some kind of divine being married in to their family and has bestowed their blessings on it. Some people claim they’ve seen everyone from this family manifest bows that  glowed blue and slay evil spirits. Actually, that family does tend to linger in dark places and unexpectedly stop in the middle of conversations and just run out the door.

-Sometimes, children will catch Ichigo in the park and demand stories. Ichigo, who raised his two baby sisters, will always make time to sit and speak. Orihime, a kami of healing, Sado, a kami of defense, Tatsuki, a kami of strength, and Uryuu, a kami of archery because very popular in Karakura. Ironically, that’s when people first hear the name of the golden man in green. (It’s Kisuke)

-All in all, Karakura is a pretty great place to live. You just have to put up with the strange people. Only, everyone always says, they’re not people, not really. The natives never really clarify to the outsiders, not unless there’s been an encounter. Then, then, they say, the kami still walk on Karakura’s streets.

Someone still needs to stop me please

@north-peach​ @akaluan​ @thefringeperson​ 

-The Masked Ones get there own little offering too, because they might be demons, but their gods of Protection accept them, and really they have a good of war walking among them. Just always remember to be respectful

-Karakura is strange in that the natives (and those who move in and stay long enough) are ALL spiritually aware. Nothing like having kami to jolt your body’s power awake yeah?

-Hollows like to try and invade a lot due to that, but there are MULTIPLE kido wards backed by MULTIPLE gods’ (including all the major gods Ichigo somehow befriended) blessings, backed by a collection of ‘people’ who WILL go out and fight anyone that tried to touch the town. All those shrines on the edges of the towns? Very handy ‘call boxes’ of a sort to grab their Kamis’ attentions where needed

-Everyone kind of thinks that one family from Germany who Ichigo brought in is like…his priests or something, It’s part of the reason ‘foreigners’ are so easily accepted aside from the fact that Ichigo likes to collect strays as they all know (there’s a REASON Ichigo is considered a god of lost souls okay)

-speaking of lost souls, sometimes Ichigo has to fight things that no one else can see (isnt THAT familiar) as a kami that protects these souls b.c there are things out there that want souls for power, for use, for all sorts of things really, and when they call for help, for guidance well….

-All of Karakura remembers the one time Ichigo was truly, honestly angry, A rival god- jealous of the power and belief in this collection of minor kami who would soon grow to Greater Kami with the belief and power behind them, while his own power base and belief waned- attacked the town If you want belief and worship than work for it! No one is going to trust a god that doesn’t have their best interests at hear and shows them that! A god is made by its people it isn’t a right! Do your duties if you want belief so much! The god threw a fit- as gods do- and went after those who called Karakura home. Ichigo Did Not take that well. At All. And well- there’s a reason Ichigo was the one everybody left the ‘gods’ defeats to, a reason that hell’s guardians themselves had seen fit to hand over their Will to him. He’s a one man army in and off himself, powered with protective rage, and an entire town that believes in him,” Not that he has to do anything alone- an entire band of demons stands at his sides, and a god of war and protection, invention and creativity at his back.

-Ichigo wins of course. And OOPS that’s actually how he ends up upgrading himself to Major Kami, a Greater Kami, the effects rippling outwards through the celestial realms,

-He spends the entire day with her, talking and simply enjoying her company, missing his own mother. Maybe it ends in tears, maybe it doesn’t, but he blesses her with protection when she leaves. As strong as he can manage.

-He goes to Kisuke and weeps, because it’s been a century. That’s his mom. But it’s not. He misses his people, he misses his family. 

-Kisuke still doesn’t know Ichigo’s origin, but he gets the grief, he understands he mourning something, but he doesn’t ask. He just lets Ichigo curl into him and cry. He cards his fingers through vivid orange hair and murmurs soothing words and contemplates the source of this emotion.

-The foxes linger around Ichigo for the next several weeks, as Ichigo tries to pull himself together. 

-When it rains, he wanders the streets, the edges of the river and remembers how this all began, so long along. 

-He’s there when his mother marries his father. (He can even see the Red String that binds them)

-He’s present when they have their first child. It’s a little girl. With orange hair. Named after him- Ichigo Kurosaki lives again

-this habit of wandering the river is how he witnesses Grand Fisher show up, and his tiny female namesake tries to ‘help’ the little girl she sees.

-FemIchi has seen spirits wandering the town for ages- their Gods walk among them after all- and she knows its not a human she goes to help. The thing is- a Hollow had never made it into the town before. LilIchi has no idea she needs to be wary of one, though all the kids have been made aware of them and to call out to their gods when they see them

-Masaki realizes what it is and rushes to save her kid. She cries out for the god that had blessed her, who has blessed her line, who had told her to call for him if she needed anything, and she throws herself onto her daughter anyway.

-The Call allows Ichigo to appear that much quicker, and the throws himself between the tiny female version of him and his mother and Grand Fisher.  He bleed for it, golden blood of the gods dripping down his chest where he took the hit and then his power surges. He eradicates the beast, his power rippling over the town and EVERYONE knows their God is furious.

-it does not end in tears- or it does, but that’s just Masaki happy crying into Ichigo’s chest and tiny child ichi crying into his stomach, pinned there by her mother- but Ichigo BURNS with the need to find out WHO opened that rip and planted Grand Fisher there.

@wolfsrainrules, @north-peach, @akaluan, @chaosgreymistchild

- Ichigo can’t, won’t, be in Karakura when his parents meet.  Because he has too many emotions attached to his mother and if he’s there, then he’ll save her before she meets his dad, and that means his little sisters won’t be born

- So he’s not there.  But Kisuke is.  Kisuke has very specific instructions on how to handle that particular situation.

- Everybody else has instructions too, because Ichigo isn’t in Karakura but it’s his town, so he’s not going to leave it unprotected just because he can’t be there while this is happening.

- When Baby Ichigo is born, Kami Ichigo watches from a distance.  Kisuke is allowed to hold the baby, and that is honest awe on his face.

and also because i saw your name in there, @aspynerd

-Ichigo is wreathed in the blazing fury only a god can manifest, as his wrath draws clouds over Karakura, not raining, but the promise of it in the air, and the blackened clouds and rumble ominously.

How dare Aizen sent his experiments into his town? HOW DARE HE?!

-Kisuke was cast out of Seireitei, out of Soul Society because of this man. Ichigo became this because of this man. It’s been 100 years, more for Ichigo since this all began. Since Masaki and Isshin met a completely different way, because Masaki isn’t infected with a Hollow, Isshin never sacrificed his powers to save her, he’s actually a father, so Ichigo thought Aizen got the hint.

-Aizen is very fascinated with Karakura, which is why he both stays away and monitors it so closely. Grand Fisher was mostly there by its own decisions. Mostly.

-Ichigo informs Kisuke that he will be heading to Soul Society. Immediately. There’s golden fire flickering around his form. Kisuke smiles and reaches for his Benihime.

-Above Seireitei, the sky bursts open in a blaze of fire. The flames are golden, are orange, are red, are black and they spread across the sky. It’s midday, the sight catches the attention of every single shinigami, and of everyone within a hundred miles.

-Yamamoto-soutaicho-dono opens his eyes and shunpos to his balcony, his reiatsu rising. The Shihoin Clan, as one people, stand to their feet and look to the sky. The Shiba, and the Kuchiki follow.

-From the flames emerge two beings, one, vaguely familiar, arrayed in green and crowned with gold, with flames of a deep crimson wrapped around him. His presence brings the rank and file shinigami to their knees, a feminine voice crooning whispers of blood, death and the darkness that will take them away.

-The other is auburn, orange, the colors of a sunrise, decked in black, yet behind him sway nine foxtails of a burnished gold, a shade or two lighter then his own startling vivid hair.

-Yamamoto hasn’t felt an actual honest Great Kami since long before he was a bandit king

-that doesn’t mean he doesn’t KNOW what he’s looking at. Doesn’t mean he KNOWS even as he rushes forward that there is nothing he can do to stop these kami from whatever they are doing

-as it turns out he doesn’t even need to catch up with the kami, as they both show back up, perched on the execution hill (the stand can’t hold up under the pressure, it  denigrates)

-Ichigo has never been one to show off, to mantle, or draw attention to himself. He was the god who laughed and played with kits, who changed to his fox form and was utterly pleased to give the kids brave enough to ask rides across the sky, who fell asleep in his temples and in the park, by the river and woke up with small children snuggled into his fur.

Ichigo feel his fury, his anger and oh. Gin reeks of joy and malicious glee.

He smiles.

Then he speaks.

“I am Ichigo, Kami of Protection, of Remembrance of Lost Souls.” 

His voice is Divine, it resonates deep in these mortal’s bones and conveys much of his emotion, of his being. Kisuke is only a minor kami, he doesn’t have as much power in his voice, and he is a know entity here. So Ichigo is the one who speaks. 

He doesn’t turn, when he continues with introductions, but he can feel the way his flames blend with Kisuke’s presence. gold, red, black, orange “

“He is mine,” Ichigo Declares, in ringing tones, “a Kami of Protection and War, of Creativity and Invention.”

He can’t quite make out Soi Fon’s expression, actually, he can’t quite make out any of their expressions, but he can’t help but wonder if they recognize Kisuke.  Benihime is partially manifested in Kisuke’s aura, singing hymns or blood, of death, of war and he knows they can all feel it.

Ichigo waits patiently, as Yamamoto-jiji gathers his composure and steps forward, his hands white around the disguised handle of his zanpakuto.

“Kami-sama, by what reason, what purpose have you come to Soul Society?”

Oh, points for politeness and an actual sign of respect from the old man! 

Ichigo’s smile widens into a grin. He can feel his elongated canines press lightly against his lips.

“There is one among you, who stands apart and plots your demise,” Ichigo states as fact, watching as his words unsettle them and as Aizen stills in his entirety. “There is one among you who follows him devotedly, in the name of justice, and they have trespassed against me and mine. Thus-” 

Ichigo pauses, allowing his words to settle in the air, watching carefully as the shinigami reacts to his words and allows a greater portion of his aura to press down heavily on both Aizen and Tosen. 

“-I have decided to either take those two and punish them as I please, or you can keep them and I will burn Seireitei to the ground. Or rather,” Ichigo continued, ignoring the reactions of the people in front of him to turn to Kisuke with a gentle smile. “I would let Kisuke decide, considering his origins as a mortal shinigami.”

Ichigo pulls in as much of his aura, still allowing the glow around him, but safe enough for the shinigami to move in his presence, although carefully.

He pulls Kisuke along with him, allowing them to manifest several feet in front of Yamamoto.

“And considering,” Ichigo says, entirely pleasant, with only a hint of teeth, “That Aizen and Tosen are responsible for the circumstance surrounding he and his people’s exile in the first place, along with your Central 46, I think I would be a nice gift to my partner. To give him some closure.”

Beside him, Kisuke raises his head, allowing the full features of his face to be clearly seen. A cheerful grin stretched his lips.

“It’s been a long time, everyone!”

 Blood red flames lick gently at his form and Aizen’s face contorts into a furious snarl.

…..oh dear. It turned into a ficlet.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

And oh, Ichigo knows it has to burn, for Aizen to see one he has pinned the fall on, standing here, alive and the god that Aizen fashioned himself to be. A god in truth. Ascended and earned.

Ichigo smiles, canines flashing, sharp so very inhuman. His aura ripples in warning, and he sees many flinch. But they are not his concern, no. Instead he watches this shinigami who wishes to pull apart The Balance.

Kisuke basks in the shock he feel ripple across the many souls in front of him. Benihime singing her songs of war and blood, of promise, of a predator waiting for the perfect moment.

“Come now, Aizen. You didn’t think you would get away with it did you? Framing myself and my own for your experiments?”

Aizen flinches, and many eyes are pinning him in place.

In a moment, the facade falls. He knows he cannot lie when a Great Kami lays his sins out for all to see. He straightens, pulls his glasses free, and sneers. 

“Why are you considered a kami, when you deserve so little, when I have worked so long for it?”

Kisuke laughs, and it ripples through the air, like the screams of battle, the moans of the dying, the sounds of war drums in the air.

“You have not earned your place. You who wish to rip The Balance apart, who wish to see this world end. We will not allow it.”

Aizen snarls, a hand snapping through the air “What has the Balance you speak of done for anyone?! What kind of world lives like this? It is wrong! And I will change it! I will be your god and make this a better place!”

……we should just edit this, add a bit and fic it.

Since he started having weekly planning (boozing and bitching) sessions with Shang Qinghua, he sometimes accidentally sleeps over. After he's finished his paperwork and started on some of Qinghua's, sometimes the wine gets to him and he's just so sleepy. Or, sometimes, Shang Qinghua will let the other read some of the short stories he had written early on in his transmigration when fighting to not lose his mind. Shen Yuan would critique them, before harassing him to publish them anonymously.

("Oh, so you are capable of writing more than papapa trash."

"Aw, you like it?" "...it's good." 🙄)

But by the time he finished them, it would be so late, and it didn't make much sense to leave when a bed was right there. And Shang Qinghua had custom ordered goose feather pillows and blankets, which was so unlike his porcelain pillows, and Shang Qinghua himself is right there. Therefore. The man himself becomes his new object of comfort when asleep.

At first, Shang Qinghua used to just wave it off. Then he started to playfully complain and tease about how clingy Shen Yuan was in his sleep, and Shen Yuan would grumble and turn bright red and turn his back on him... only for them to wake up with Shen Yuan basically curled around the other like an octopus in the morning. And then it just became normal because, of course, they really only had each other, so like why not? It brought them both comfort and two people could totally cuddle platonically.

Before long, more than half the week, Shen Yuan was spending the night over, and some rare times, Shang Qinghua goes to the bamboo house. Shang Qinghua learns when to give up his piles of paperwork when his friend starts getting tired and to get more fucking rest himself. Otherwise, Shen Yuan will just walk in, curl up on his lap with his head resting on Shang Qinghua's shoulder, and fall asleep there.

("Really? I ordered those extra stuffed pillows for you, you know. Go to bed, I'll be done in a minute."

"Ugh, shut up, sleeping isn't the same when you're out here ordering new fighting posts for Bai Zhan Peak for the 5th time this month. I'll just wait here for you to finish."

"In my lap...? That's kinda gay--" 😏

"Qinghua."

"Shutting up and finishing the work." )

Those of An Ding Peak, being the peak that was basically the backbone of the entire sect and kept it running through sweat, blood, and some other bodily fluids, knew how to keep secrets from other peaks. You don't become a disciple there without knowing how to keep your mouth shut when outsiders are around. But between each other, whispers abound.

"I don't think Shen-shibo has left in two days," one disciple murmurs to another when they see Shen Qingqiu flouncing around yet again, ordering one of the disciples to bring some two small meals to their Shifu's rooms for a late dinner.

"Do you think they're... you know?" Another asks quietly after delivering some new contracts to their Shifu. The door to his bedroom had been slightly ajar, and through the cracks, green leaf-pattern outer robes were on the ground.

("I'm not sleeping in these, okay! You should have written in pajamas while you were busy adding in chocolate, and whatever else doesn't exist in Ancient China, to PIDW!" 😒

"Oh my god, just sleep in your inner robes, then! Better yet, borrow some of my clothes. But you're sure as fuck not sleeping naked on my silk sheets, bro!")

The disciples on Qing Jing Peak certainly notice when the bamboo hut isn't occupied for the night. At first, they just thought that their Shizun was extra silent in his house now, but once, Ming Fan had to go to Shizun for a small issue late in the evening, and he wasn't there. Nor was he there the next night, or the next. They're not sure where he is, or what he's doing, but he's always there in the morning, so they don't worry too much.

On the fourth night, Shizun was home, but Shang-shishu was also there. And... stayed there. The lights went out, and the disciples who were sent out to spy came back and reported that Shang-shishu had never left.

("He... is Shang-shishu still in there?"

"I think so. M-maybe he stayed in the extra bedroom?"

"..." 👀

"..." 👀)

The disciples eye each other and simultaneously agree to never let those outside the peak know about this. When crossing paths with A Ding disciples, there are discreet looks and nods of understanding, and they pass each other by with not a word.

(Shen Qingqiu and Shang Qinghua?)

----

One bright and sunny morning, Liu Qingge slams his way into Shang Qinghua's office. He is followed by Mu Qingfang, and Yue Qingyuan, all needing to speak with Shang Qingqua to figure out Shen Qingqiu's whereabouts. He wasn't in his bamboo hut this morning, nor was he anywhere else that he typically frequented.

Mu Qingfang because it was time for his bimonthly check-up to ensure that his treatments with Liu Qingge were progressing as they should. Yue Qingyuan due to peak matters (though, technically, he could do it on his own, but if he got to see Xiao Jiu--). Liu Qingge because the beast that he had dropped on his doorstep yesterday afternoon had yet to be removed, which was odd. And also, he had ordered new fighting posts a week ago, and usually they would have been delivered by now, which was also odd.

Wei Qingwei and Qi Qingqi also follow along because they could smell drama. And also they were a tiny bit worried about their shixiong. Whenever he disappeared for too long, it was likely that he had gotten kidnapped or poisoned. Again.

Shang Qinghua scrambles out of his bed chambers with hastily thrown-on outer robes, blurry-eyed, screaming "Whoosit!?" He barely has time to open his mouth before he is instantly bombarded with several requests, most of them pertaining to the apparent missing peak lord. Liu Qingge also asks about his fighting posts, which Shang Qinghua pretends not to hear.

"We've not seen him in a few days," Mu Qingfang says to him over the noise, with an apologetic smile for waking up his overworked shixiong. "I know you two are somewhat friends, so if you see him soon, please tell him he really needs to come to Qian Cao for his next physical."

"Wait, who's missing? Ah, please don't touch that." The last part is directed at Qi Qingqi, who is combing through his shelves. "Shen Qingqiu is apparently missing, according to this bunch," Qi Qingqi says, smirking at him. She pokes the figurine he told her not to touch. Oh well, she'll realize why he told her not to touch it soon enough.

"Shen Qingqiu? What do you mean, he's--" Shang Qinghua instantly closes his mouth, hoping that no one heard that. "I-I mean, yeah, I'll let you guys know if he stops by! No problem, will absolutely send him your way--" "What was that?" Liu Qingge narrows his eyes at him. "You were about to say something. You know where he is. Tell me."

Shang Qinghua begins to sweat immediately. "Whaaat? No, you must have heard wrong. Seriously, I'll let you guys know if I catch him. Now, if you guys can be on your way--" He starts trying to herd people out.

Unbeknownst to him, his bedroom door cracks open and a figure, eyes barely open, shuffles out and heads towards him. Wei Qingwei, idling in the office, is the first to notice the person wearing another set of An Ding Blue outer robes over soft Qing Jing Green inner ones. His jaw drops.

"Qinghua?" A soft, sleepy voice murmurs in his ear, arms circling around his waist and a head laying on his shoulder from behind. "It's too early, come back to bed." A small yawn.

Shang Qinghua can feel himself freeze with a nervous smile on his face.

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

All the photos on this tumblr ad the animal photo reference site I run is another resource available for artists to use!

gandalf: no worries got you covered

elrond: hey you can’t say that here

Gandalf, outside the door: oh hang on, just a sec. for reasons I won’t explain; this is about to get super geopolitical. Try not to spill too many beans in front of Denethor.

Pippin: Do I have that many of them?

Denethor: right, you ignorant child! Under my skilled interrogation I shall force you to spill the beans.

Pippin: I know three things about beans and will share them (under skilled interrogation, discourses for a full hour on beans, the preparation thereof, the cultivation thereof, and the Shire’s various thoughts on beans in general)

Gandalf: (pretends to be annoyed) denethor if you wanted SENSIBLE discourse on geopolitical beans I am RIGHT HERE

Denethor, fascinated: no! I already know everything you’re about to say and I’m NOT accepting criticism at this time. And I genuinely have no idea what this guy’s going to say next - do you have ANY idea how fun that is for me

Pippin: now the classic market share of baked beans inna tin belongs to Heinz, but I myself am a Branston man, because - referencing my previous statements - if you want beans, you do NOT need to faff about with a tin opener. The decision to retain the pop-top -

Gandalf: this is unbelievable. denethor, can we -

Denethor: BZT! ✋ let him cook

(Later)

Pippin: are you mad at me for talking about beans for an hour

Gandalf: it was, in a weird way, the best move on the chessboard, and so politically savvy that it furthered three of my agendas, and was also really funny to listen to. Denethor has the long sight; he is accustomed to reading the minds and hearts of men at a long distance, these long years. Actually, maybe this has jaded him as much as anything else. To meet a mind whose umwelt, whose very nature, he has not already fully plumbed is not just an act of political obfuscation on our part; for Denethor himself, could such fresh provocation burst his stagnant social bubble, and save him from being so terminally fucking online? Might we have uncovered the potential of a Theoden thematic parallel? Much to ponder. The only unfortunate bit was that you kept freezing up and looking guilty when Denethor asked you about containers

Pippin: you said not to spill any beans and I was worried he’d trip me up

Cigarettes in this world were different. Odd, I guess. I had never really paid attention to the smell of cigarette smoke, before I ended up here, but I knew it hadn't been? Exactly... well, pleasant? I guess? Not to say that all the ones that existed here WERE, mind you. It was still smokey. The cheap ones an overwhelming incense. They called it "stepping out to pray" for a reason. You ended up smelling like you spent hours in a temple during prayer.

But the smell that lingered here? Clung delicately to cloth and the walls? It was more of a... warm spice. I could never place which ones. There was, yes, a smokey undertone, but? It more or less added to the complex almost taste scent of spices and tea. Dark and rich. Lingering. The sort of thing that takes time to develop.

The entire house was like that. Well, compound really. Austere and ageless, time did not seem to touch the inside of these walls. Did not seem to dare try. It was a blessed relief. A place of respite. All soft, dream-like edges and beautiful gardens. Meandering halls and tasteful, understated art. Peaceful company. Good food and tea.

A lingering smell of smokey spices.

My sister was up to her Protagonist shit again. It was... exhausting. I knew, intellectually, I should be back home. Playing my part. The ever supportive Big Sister archetype. Endlessly kind. Endlessly patient. Supportive to a fault. Smiling and smiling no matter WHAT bullshit nonsense that child pulls. No matter HOW she shames our house or causes trouble I must undo.

But honestly? I can't. I just... can't.

The idiotic little shit SLAPPED A PRINCE. Thank the heavens it wasn't one of the Emperors favorite sons or we'd all be dead, but still! Who the fresh hell taught her that was acceptable?! No. Just.... No.

Let Father deal with this for once. If he insists on spoiling and infantilizing that child? HE can reap the rewards. Her MOTHER can parent for once, instead of sitting around being generically "perfect". I am not there. This is beyond my pay grade. Frankly? I don't even HAVE the power to smooth this over. I could, technically. But not at any cost I'm willing to PAY.

Not for my sister's "she not like other girls", "oh? How interesting", fucking MOMENT.

No WONDER the Elder Sister character disappears in the later half of the royal route, only to turn back up in the palace. She's a freaking Consort! To a letch! Powerful one, yes. But STILL! And all just to protect a sister who not only doesn't notice? But doesn't even attend her wedding?

No.

ABSOLUTELY Not.

Hello, my name is Nadin. I’m from Gaza. I’m a graphic design graduate, a wife—and now, a mother.

I finished my design studies just before the war began. I had dreams of starting a small studio, of creating art that told stories. I used to think about colors and fonts and the future.

Then, the war came. And the future became something we tried to hold onto, moment by moment.

On October 22, 2023, I learned I was pregnant when a missile destroyed my husband’s family home, killing 25 members—his mother, siblings, nieces and nephews—entire branches of our family in seconds.

We were displaced twice. Everything was gone—home, safety, routine, rest.

A few weeks later, I gave birth to our daughter. There was no crib, no celebration—not even stillness. But she arrived, quietly and beautifully. In her eyes I saw something I hadn’t felt in weeks: life that still wanted to grow.

Now, our days are shaped by decisions that could dismantle the future we are trying to build together.

Today, Israel’s government is discussing plans for a full military occupation of the Gaza Strip, including Gaza City and southern regions. The stated aim: to eliminate Hamas and later hand governing control to allied Arab forces—not Israel—but with no clear path to peace or normalcy.

The humanitarian fallout is devastating. More than 61,000 Palestinians have died in this war; hunger and malnutrition are rising sharply. Hospitals in north Gaza have shut down, and 193 people have now died of starvation, nearly half of them children.

Aid remains blocked, water is scarce, and many risk dying of hunger or disease long before future promises arrive.

We Don’t Know What Comes Next There’s no clear path forward—only uncertainty for our daughter’s life and our ability to survive another day.

How You Can Help I’m asking for support—not for comfort, but for survival:

Help us meet basic needs so we can breathe, heal, and preserve a world for our daughter.

Support us as I try to stand again on my own feet—even a glimmer of stability matters.

Oops, I never uploaded this one to Tumblr (which I only realized when someone else did, but then was kind enough to tag me, thank you)!

Danny has watched My Little Pony - loved the show, he still does. Jazz loves it too, even his parents. So, as Danny being the Ghost King, he was curious if he could shapeshift into an Alicorn.

And he did! It looked generic, so every tiem Danny had Free-Time, he would go and practice his shapeshifting. He was effectively making his own Ponysona in real time. And by then, he really looked like a King of the Dead in Alicorn Form.

And as he was busy admiring himself, he felt a pull of a summoning.

Well, shit.

^-^

When Danny finally gets summoned, he instantly recognized the usual Cultists asking for the end of the world, or something. Honestly, he's more surprised there was a Cult summoning. He got summoned every day, and he hasn't been summoned for like, 2 months.

Although, he recognized a few figures wearing costumes and he's been summoned in front of Batman and Robin.

... okay, he can work with this.

Danny deals with the Cultists with ease, before turning to Batman and Robin. Batman shifted, seemingly ready to fight. Danny was ready to pretty much flee and then disappear, only to be stopped by Robin.

"Father, I desire to bring the Alicorn home."

... okay, that was not what he was expecting. But, Danny "Little Shit" Fenton sees an opportunity to screw with the Batman. And well, he liked Robin. He may as well have fun with this!

This is a long one because it takes a WHOLE lot of explaining for how mine is different, and how the bats see them as the horses of the apocalypse through sheer coincidence at first, before the Pha/Fentons Commit to the Bit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Danny arrives first of course. He tried to be white with black mane and blue eyes, choosing not to have his Alicorn form mimic the colours of his Ghost form, but of his living form, but he is simply too powerful in his ghost form to have that kind of fine control yet. His eyes are green, his fur is a pale white-green and his hair is a dark grey-green, all his choices tainted with the excess power of his ectoplasm. He arrives through the summoning of the cult, Damian asks to Adopt the big Alicorn pony, and Danny rolls with it, deciding that since he hasn't talked yet, he won't talk at all.

When Dani hears of what's happening, of course she wants to join in and meet THE Bats. She transforms herself into an Alicorn, Much smaller than Danny with white fur on black mane with green eyes, as she see's herself as more Ghost than Human (having been made to BE the "half-Ghost" Vlad would raise) but still want's to be clearly recognized as related to Danny (to keep the Bats from trying to kick her out, not knowing they'd literally never do that).

She comes through a portal Danny makes for her straight into the Batcave. She Arrives right as the Bats convene for a debriefing after a patrol night. She's there all of ten seconds before Damian swoops in to introduce himself and acclimate the new Alicorn to him.

Dani quickly attaches herself to Damian as "her" Bat, because he's extremely attentive of her needs and she's realized that that's something she had never truly experienced before. (Can we blame the other Fe/Phantoms though? Danny was busy with protecting Amity and then being Ghost King, Jazz was busy being the attentive parental figure Danny never had as well as trying to study psychology, Dan/te was not around at all, and Vlad is Vlad, not a Pha/Fenton)

Jazz and Dan/te come to the Cave together, Jazz came because she wanted a first hand look at what Vigilante's psych's are like without the conflict of interest of being directly related to the vigilante, and Dan/te followed her because Jazz is his "parole officer" since he's still going through rehabilitation. Unlike in others interpretations of this setup, Jazz doesn't come through as the red horse of war. She comes through as Famine, Black furred and "Red" (Orange) maned. She wanted to keep her hair colour, and since she was the only reason Dan/te was coming, she let him pick the colour of her fur. Dante is the Red horse of war. after choosing Jazz's Fur colour, he decides to simply be an inverted colour scheme to her, thinking that Danny/Dani had also been inverted colours of each other. (he was wrong, woops.)

When Jazz and Dan/te arrive, Jason is the first one to make the connection that they might be the Four horses of the Apocalypse, and the reason they "arrived" out of order is because "Death" was summoned by the cult in place of the "king of the dead", instead of arriving on his own.

Most of the Batfam brush this off because the first one to arrive on their own, Dani, hasn't really portrayed any real "Conquest" or "Pestilence" like attributes since her arrival. Bruce still calls up John Constantine to come by to take a look/offer his expertise because he's the most versed direct contact he has in this realm of knowledge, and he wants to be sure. Bruce is still doubtful at this point, so he doesn't try and rush Constantine.

The day after Jazz and Dan/te arrive, the Batfam get a mild shock at the fact the hay they had first put out for Danny when he was brought home has actually been eaten. Danny and Dani hadn't touched any yet, because they're able to sustain themselves as half-ghosts with the ambient ectoplasm. Dan/te is also perfectly capable of this since he is full Ghost.

Jazz? Jazz is liminal, sure, but she's still fully alive and needs to eat, and being transformed by outside power has taken a bigger toll on her than she thought it would. She's started eating hay simply because she knows that Dan/te had watched MLP before going evil and is really good at using his Ectoplasm to shape things and goes all in on whatever he's doing, so she figures it won't hurt to try. She's right of course, and she does indeed eat things a proper pony would. Seeing the black horse (Famine) being the only one to eat, REALLY makes Jason smug about his idea that they are the Four Horses, and Bruce quickly calls John again to try and hurry him over.

Within a few days, before John can arrive, The Bats see Dani "sweating" Ectoplasm and Danny lending his own Ectoplasm to keep her stable. She's pretty stable these days, but she's still a clone that was (never)born unstable. Holding an Alicorn form is rather draining on her, so she needs some help keeping herself in the form. She's been doing this since before Jazz and Dan/te arrived, but this is the first time the Bats have seen her "sweating" (melting) and Danny helping her fuel back up her core. When Jason gets told this he becomes so extremely smug. Then Bruce realizes, Dani was both the first to come willingly, AND the first to choose a "rider" in Damian.

At first, The Bats can't figure out how Damian could possibly be the rider of "Pestilence" but Tim, in his studies, realizes that the commonly known "Pestilence" label for the first horse was a revision to the original Conquest. Dick points out that one of the first things Damian did when arriving in Gotham was try and kill Tim to "claim" his "rightful place" as Robin. Dani might be showing attributes of Pestilence, but she "chose" a "Rider" that has definitely shown the mind and willingness to attempt to conquer.

All of them hear these talks and ideas of course, but brush it off at this point. All of them except Dan/te however. Being the perfect mix of Danny "Stick to the Bit" Phantom and Vlad "I made my Ghost form look like a vampire for the show of it and stuck to the bit even before I knew I had to play it for another half-ghost" Plasmius, decides that, he is totally the Horse of War. Before the Bat's can even think about if they're simply looking too far into this, Dan/te Trots his big red "war" horse self over to Bruce, and plops his head down on him as a very clear "This is mine" gesture.

"War" choosing Bruce shocks the Bats in attendance at first, and they ponder over how that could possibly make sense. Dan/te made that choice because he has memories of Batman fighting so hard and long against him in his own timeline, and he sees no one else worthy of the title of "war" than the one human outside Amity that truly gave him a fight. It's Alfred that points out that Bruce is the one that "started" the "War for the soul of Gotham" when he made his debut as The Batman and that's what convinces the rest of the Bats that this is real, happening, and they're witnessing the omens of the apocalypse. Dan/te is thrilled at their worry and fear about this.

When John shows up, he doesn't even stay long enough to remember that the Bats are worried that the Apocalypse is on it's way. He simply steps into the cave, see's the Ghost King chilling, and gets the fuck out of dodge before he can be suckered into some shitty deal he isn't looking for right now. This, of course, sends the Bats into a panic. The "Occult Expert" who had tricked demons without so much as a single sweat drop was so frightened by the mere sight of the horses that he left before he could say anything past the initial greetings in the manor.

The Bats worry who Famine could possibly choose, and if it would even be any of them at all. a few weeks pass with no "Chosen" rider for "Famine" when Cass mentions that during her time in the cave, whether it be her returning to the cave after patrol before everyone else or simply a night off, she had seen Tim researching what he could for this issue (as well as working on the investigative work for cases) at the Batcomputer and that "Famine" (Jazz) had always been sitting nearby, seemingly just...watching.

Jazz was doing this because she was here to be with her siblings and to have first hand experience behind the mask and psych of vigilante's, and Tim just so happened to be the one in the Cave the most, which made him the most accessible due to his research into the issue. This "Choice" is a pure coincidence, but the Bats paranoia don't let them see it as a coincidence at all. They rationalize this choice of Rider because Tim has always been the worst outside Bruce at taking care of themselves, and are simply extrapolating that Tims refusal to sleep for weeks at a time is the "famine" Tim represents.

Jazz almost breaks character at this point, wanting to ease the minds of the people her families basically been bumming off of for what's been at least a couple months at this point. Danny, Dani, and Dan/te all stop her, and convince her not to though, as doing this would change the dynamics of what she's been watching and basically completely ruin her study into and any of the data she's gathered about the Psyche's of Vigilante's. None of them really care all that much about her data or study, but they've all decided to commit to the bit now, and are going to drag Jazz kicking and screaming into it.

After the revelation that "Famine" had chosen her "Rider" the Bats worry tremendously about how close the apocalypse is. Everyone in the family agrees that Jason needs to stay as far away from the cave as possible at this point. There's no other possible choice for "Death" than Jason. He's the "Robin that Died". He's the one that clawed his way out of the grasp of death, and the only Bat that will kill regularly and on purpose. Danny agrees with their reasoning, and decides to simply wait until the next time Jason shows up to "choose his rider".

A month passes with no sign of Jason at all, and it's getting really hard to continue convincing Jazz to stay committed to the bit, especially since it's clear that everyone that does frequent the Cave is rather unhappy with how Jason won't even show up for family dinners anymore. The Bats had been working on the families relationship with Jason and had made real progress, but the "Looming Apocalypse" had really stalled their healing journey.

Jazz decides that it's been long enough and that she was going to reveal that this has all been a prank that the other three had decided to play and had coerced her to go along with when the Bats get back from patrol that night, screw her study and data, she was helping cause harm to this family. Danny, Dani, and Dan/te all convince Jazz to give Danny until the bats came down to the cave the next night before patrol to go out and find Jason, so he can drag Jason to the cave and they could all give the Bats one last spook before revealing the prank. Jazz reluctantly agrees and Danny wastes no time simply flying straight up through the ceiling of the cave to get out into Gotham.

Danny passes straight through the manor, right past where Alfred is. This is another coincidence, but Alfred fully believes that Danny is Death, and he just saw "Death" leave in a hurry. Alfred immediately lets everyone on patrol know that "Death" has rushed his way out of the cave and manor. All of them realize this can only mean one thing, Death is choosing it's rider, and the Apocalypse will soon come. This causes Bruce, Damian, and Tim to start rushing back to the cave, hoping to be able to use the Zeta-tube to simply go to the Watchtower and avoid the start of the apocalypse until they can gather everyone in the JL and JLD to figure out how to put a stop to the Apocalypse.

Jason isn't on Comms tonight, and he doesn't even know what's coming until Danny simply flies onto the roof he's using as a vantage point on a stake-out, and slips under him to pick him up and fly them both back to the cave. Danny can tell where Jason is due to the corrupt ectoplasm in him that is "Lazarus water". This is just another coincidence, Danny's ghost sense leading him to Jason, but Jason is sure that it's because Danny is Death, and he is destined to take the roll of the Horseman of Death. This even "helps" Jason understand why he still has the All-Blades, even if he never uses them anymore. He has them so he can kill all the things that he normally wouldn't be able to.

Jason and Danny are back at the cave before the rest of the Bats are. Jason is visibly panicked, even through his helmet, and Jazz simply can't handle being part of this anymore. She spills the beans to Jason before the rest of the bats arrive, hoping to calm him down. Jason does calm down, and after the shock of it wears of, and hearing from Dan/te how Jason's insistence that the four of them were The four is what convinced Dan/te to "choose a Rider" and keep the bit going, causes Jason to plow straight through the dying panic and building rage, straight into a laughing fit. Jazz is worried at first, thinking this might be Jason having a bit of a mental break at the stress of it all, but Jason puts her fear to rest quickly when he mentions just how hilarious it all is in hindsight.

By the time the Justice League, and the Bats all realize this is a prank - as in, they're all in the meeting room with the Phantoms, still in Pony-Alicorn Form.

With Jazz frantically apologizing to them for the prank, with Batman managing to hide but still looking like he just aged 100+ years from the revelation of the prank - all while she is magically holding all 3 of her younger siblings hostage.

As in, yanking their ears and forcing them to apologize.

All the D's just wanted to have an amazing laugh and give everyone a heart attack, but Jazz being the only responsible one, finally reveals the prank.

Everyone just sags in relief, whilst Constantine just stares on in shock. As he just witnesses who is apparently the older sibling of the Ghost King reprimanding him like a small child.

This is the master list of the Phancomics I’m making based on @nerdpoe and @spidori prompt ideas that Danny’s master plan to hide his ghost identity is to pretend to be a meta. But not just any meta. He somehow makes 10 different Hero Identities based on his various ghost powers and named dp for/inspired by his various ghost friends/mentors.

Original Inspiration Post

Photo OP

The Ticket Part 1

The Ticket Part 2

Danny has the Vote

Stage Names

Seeing Things In a New Light

Chibi Herosonas

Family Meeting

Demands for Enlistment

Perception of Time

When Trouble Comes… part 1

When Trouble Comes…part 2

When Trouble Comes…part 3

When Trouble Comes…part 4

Holidays

TikTok

Sunday Morning Conversations

I’m also adding the questions/messages I’ve gotten about this AU to this masterpost. I love to get these questions because it gives me new brain ideas to expand on these guys. So please if you have a question/headcanon/idea, please please please tell/ask me! I love to hear it!

ASK AND ANSWER ‘CANON BITS’

How would the league react? ByTrinoxtrinox

How does Dark Prince Fit? By Charlietheepic7

Sudden influx of white haired boys? By Plague-daisy

Leagues Favorites? By Freshmiraclecheesecake

Leagues Favorites? Pt 2 by Freshmiraclecheesecake

Banshee/Siren singing for Canary? By Freshmiraclecheesecake

Flash and StopWatch? By Freshmiraclecheesecake

Flash’s Invite? By Freshmiraclecheesecake

Valerie’s Reaction? By Freelancerofthetriforcekeyblade

Where is Danny? by Anonymous

Is Danny a Separate Person? By bet-on-me-13

Superhearing? By Frayazicat

Where is Danny? By Regonold

Elpis and Wonder Woman? By Freshmiraclecheesecake

Jazz Bonding Time? By Freshmiraclecheesecake

Danny and the Personas coming Together? By itsthing2

Herosonas independence? By Distractedducky

Due to Ao3 being down, I’m posting my DP x DC fic here!

Chapter 1

Tim wasn’t sure what about the new kid caught his attention. Maybe it was the black hair and blue eyes, or the fact that he seemed to be as sleep-deprived as Tim considering the deep eyebags. Tim figured it could also be the numerous red flags that somehow keep appearing the more he gets to know Danny. The unnaturally cold hands, slower than usual heartbeat (discovered by Connor), or the fact that Danny used the lunch period as more of a nap time instead of actually eating. To put it lightly, Tim was concerned. So was Connor, but less in a way of ‘hey this kid probably needs help’ like Tim was and more ‘hey this kid might be dangerous’.

But the kid was nice. Tim could see that Danny was a good person. Every morning at school since Danny started showing up- halfway through the school year, which was another red flag- he’d talk to Tim before their class started about everything and anything. Tim learned that Danny liked astronomy, wanted to meet Martian Manhunter someday to ask about space, he had an older sister Jazz and a younger sister Ellie, both of whom he hadn’t seen in a while. Tim didn’t press, but he was pretty sure Danny was living on his own. He just wasn’t sure why. 

basically Lester would post a pics of his before looksgoing "thanks to my girlfriend who started dating my "blueprint" (aka ugly) version and it's still here now that the construction ended" and then post pics of his post glow up looks, now his natural blond and post acne glory

I'm love to see the comments on a post like that lol skwjwkwowk

"Ho, did you steal that boys' life?" - Comment #1

"Does your girlfriend do lottery predictions?" - Comment #2

"This gave me hope for my glowup" - Comment #3

"Drop the skincare routine...or the satanic ritual you did, whatever comes first" - Comment #4

"Hey bestie, next time put a trigger warning ❤️" - comment #5

"I'll show this video to everyone who says girls only date hot guys" - Comment #6

"Witch! 🫵" - Comment #7

"God, I've seen what you've done for other people" - Comment #8

"Ok, now I have no excuse for being single" - Comment #9

“Princess stories are real. The princess kissed the frog and now the frog turned into a prince 😂” - Commenter #12

“Girl, drop the boyfriend transformation routine.” - Commenter #13