Vaudevillain Girls and Violin Strings

your childhood best friend who moved four states away in 2014 is playing Terraria

coworker from your high school job is playing My Sexy Anime Neighbor from Sin University

ex friend who blocked you on everything but steam for some reason is playing The Binding of Isaac

the guy you genuinely thought of as a brother at one point but havent seen in years is playing Elden Ring

rando who was kind of nice to you in tf2 a decade ago is playing Team Fortress 2

August 7th, 2026

Had a busy week last week, but back again this week!! I know Whumptober is right around the corner because my tastes are already skewing whumpy <333

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Fandom: DC

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Completed works:

🌻 sore must be the storm - merils ( @mamawasatesttube ) Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent  Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings  6,702 words, 1/1 chapters  Published: October 18th, 2024

Summary: 

Kon doesn't exactly handle the idea of being mind-controlled into hurting his loved ones well.

Rec: ousgdhfv this one is DELICIOUS. TASTY. the ANGST. the FEAR. Tim and Kon are both so wonderfully codependent and protective over each other. If you want to see Kon get emotionally shaken around like a ragdoll this is the fic for you 💛

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🌻 be ye angry (and be ye kind) - megSUPERFAN Jon Kent & Damian Wayne, Clark Kent & Jon Kent, Clark Kent & Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent/Lois Lane, Lois Lane & Jon Kent, Bruce Wayne & Jon Kent  No Archive Warnings Apply  8,022 words, 1/1 chapters  Published: July 25th, 2026

Summary: 

'Damian spoke first. “You shouldn’t have done it.” As if Bruce didn’t know, as if he hadn’t been horrified watching Clark’s son collapse like a sack of lead, the way Jon’s small chest had struggled to breathe beneath the symbol he wore—and all Bruce could feel when talking to Clark was inexcusable self-defense, repulsive stubbornness and. . . yes, and fear, of receiving from Superman the justice he deserved.'

A.k.a. Batman is responsible for Jon’s first encounter with kryptonite.

Rec: as someone who LOVES guilty!Bruce in situations where he tries to be a good parent and ends up doing more harm than good, this fic made me yearn for more fics about Bruce trying (and failing) to care for other people’s kids. especially Clark’s. I love the way Bruce isn’t made out to be a villain here, in spite of his very foolish choice (though I think it’s one that tracks with his — you know. Specific brand of general unwellness). And I really like Jon’s characterization — it strikes a good blend of sweet and youthful naivety with the kind of wisdom you can really picture him growing into, just like his father. 

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🌻 Secrets from Batman - nowtheilium Jason Todd/Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne Rape/Non-Con, Underage Sex 4,922 words, 1/1 chapters Published: August 3rd, 2026

Summary: 

Dick visits Wayne Manor for the weekend. Something is wrong with Jason.

“Oh, Bruce can be very oblivious when he wants to be.” Dick wants to say more but Jason is about to inhale again, so he crosses the roof and snatches the stick out of his fingers. “Seriously, though. I don’t want your secondhand smoke.”

Rec: Such a painful concept — a post-mutual noncon scenario in which Jason is the only one who fully remembers what happened, and Bruce is doing his best to suppress his knowledge that something terrible has happened. I can’t stop thinking about what happens next in this universe — what kind of healing is possible, and what that looks like for this broken little family. 

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🌻 safe harbor - lowing Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne  Rape/Non-Con 1,105 words, 1/1 chapters  Published: August 4th, 2026

Summary: 

Dick's parents had always warned him that bad people might try to take advantage of his omega status if he wasn't careful. But he didn't think they ever envisioned a world where he had nowhere to hide and nowhere to run to.

Whatever. None of that mattered. Dick wasn't just going to sit around and wait for the Gotham Youth Center guards to come for him.

Omega Dick Week Day 1: Male Omegas are Rare, Dick’s Virginity/First Heat is Auctioned

Rec: Very sweet, short little fic about omega!Dick finding his safe harbor in Bruce 💛 I had a genuine grin on my face reading the final lines.

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 Ongoing Works:

❀ - updated within the last 6 months

❀🌻 heavy is the head - Myrime ( @blancheludis ) Dick Grayson/Slade Wilson No Archive Warnings Apply 23,909 words, 2/3 chapters (part 2 of series)  Updated: August 7th, 2026

Summary: 

“The punishment for treason is death,” Slade says, glaring at the trembling form of Dick on his knees. “You will be tried once your bastard is born.”

Slade locks up his husband in a tower for endless months – right until his daughter is born and the real traitors reveal themselves. Dick returns to Slade’s side, saying all the right words and smiling at all the right times. When Slade finally realises he is fading, it might already be too late.

Rec: ohhh the arrival of Dick’s family in Gotham this chapter,, I love some good sladick but having him reunited with his family in all their protective, clever glory soothes my soul. (Edit: this fic has updated and is now complete since I added it to the google doc for this week!! BUT I haven’t read chapter 3 yet so I’m keeping it in the ongoing works section until next week <33) 

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❀🌻 Inverted Reflections - Ao3time ( @ao3time ) Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne  Graphic Depictions of Violence 28,178 words, 7/8 chapters  Updated: July 5th, 2026

Summary: 

“Are there other children?”

Damian bites his cheek until he feels it swell between his teeth. Of course no version of the Batman would be content without returning back to wherever he came from with a trophy of his victory.

Ordinarily, Damian wouldn’t lie. It’s too high risk.

Today is different from any other day though

“No, sir.” Damian allows the lie to roll off his tongue with just the slightest sprinkling of regret. "Not Anymore"

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A remix of Byrambles' amazing fic Another Mirror

Rec: Sweet and gently whumpy, hurt/comforty Another Mirror fic. I love the Damian POV, especially as he starts to accept the differences between this world and his own 💛

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❀🌻 North Star - below21 ( @creamshiba ) Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne, Tim Drake & Damian Wayne, Jason Todd & Damian Wayne, Tim Drake & Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings 4,140 words, 2/3 chapters  Updated: July 16th, 2026

Summary: 

"You are not allowed to hurt any of them, under any circumstance."

Damian knows a test when he hears one. If he wants to stay out of the basement cell, he has to prove that the boys no longer require physical discipline to behave.

So when Jason wakes up screaming in the middle of the night, Damian does everything he can to silence him before Father hears.

This is unsuccessful.

Rec: ohoho what a DELICIOUS whumpy concept for an Another Mirror verse — Bruce’s entirely misdirected but completely understandable fury when he misreads the situation?? mwah. 

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❀🌻 Elsewhere, Everywhere - MoonBoo Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake & Jason Todd, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson, Tim Drake & Alfred Pennyworth, Tim Drake & Everyone  Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings 56,238 words, 17/? chapters Updated: July 31st, 2026

Summary: 

Tim, stuck on comms due to a broken leg, is attacked by a familiar cowled figure in the Batcave.

The problem? Bruce is still out on patrol.

An alternate Batman stranded far from home should be nothing more than a temporary complication. Instead, Tim finds himself growing close to a Bruce Wayne who has a Dick, a Jason, but no Tim.

And some doors, once opened, are hard to close.

Rec: once again I am baffled. BAFFLED. that this fic doesn’t have a million kudos yet. It’ll get there I’m sure <33 LOVING the big brother!Dick in the latest chapter — it’s so much fun seeing the dynamic between him and his little brother who’s not his little brother (yet), but who already has become so critical to his family 💛waiting for the next chapter like a starving dog 

A Greek Epinetron, a ceramic cover for the knees used by women so that their clothing would not be spoiled while weaving. Typically offered as a wedding gift, it was often taken to a woman's grave. 425-420 BC. National Museum, Athens.

The epinetron (Greek: ἐπίνητρον, pl.: epinetra, ἐπίνητρα; "distaff"); Beazley also called them onoi, sg.: onos) was a shape of Attic pottery worn on the thighs of women during the preparation of wool, not unlike a thimble for the thigh.[1] Decorated epinetra were placed on the graves of unmarried girls, or dedicated at temples of female deities.[citation needed]

Because of the strong association between wool-working and the Ancient Greek ideal of women and wives—as in the case of Penelope weaving in the Odyssey—it is a shape associated with the wedding.[2]

The theme of its decoration tended to be related to its use. The top surface was often incised to make it rough in order to rub the wool fibers. There was often a female head placed at the closed end, where the knee was covered. Epinetra were often decorated, sometimes depicting black figure Amazon women, as in the case of an epinetron painted by the Sappho painter between 500 and 490 BCE.[3]

Tiger found caged in abandoned home gets second chance at wildlife sanctuary: ‘He seems to be so happy’

The estimated 350-pound tiger was transported to the facility, an affiliate of the Humane Society of the United States, on Wednesday afternoon, and is settling in well, Almrud said. There, he will have the chance to roam in enclosures of up to three acres.

Almrud, who estimates him to be about 2 years old, described the moment he first walked onto the grass at the sanctuary as remarkable.

“It was just amazing to see him walk out on grass and to see him explore and have that freedom of movement,” she said. “It was just such a reward and fulfilling to us.”

Now, he spends his days rolling around the grass in glee, Almrud said.

“He comes right up to the fence every time a staff member is present,” she said. “He seems very amenable to our presence.”

The tiger is eating well – a combination of chicken, humanely raised non-processed beef and whole prey complete with organs and bones. It appears that he was being fed chicken, which is what owners of exotic cats often feed them, but chicken alone does not provide the complete nutrition they need to thrive, Almrud said.

In addition, caregivers are tasked with keeping the tiger mentally stimulated by creating “pretend hunting” games and rotating him through different areas so he has access to new smells and environments to explore.

“He seems to happy and content,” Almrud said. “Our staff is just falling in love with him.”

His name is Loki now! In June he celebrated his 7th birthday at the sanctuary where he lives and thrives. Here’s a few pics of the boy:

He escaped his cage

Yes

YES

The tiger is out

when ur girlfriend tells u to come over so she can "rearrange ur guts" but ur a manananggal and she's a med student 💀✂️

no actually i'm losing it as well bc after like hundreds of people tagged this as "guro" i finally googled what it actually meant and found out that it isn't just......gore but spelled differently oh my goddd