#dc x reader

₊⁺🕯 EDWARD yaps SOOOOO fucking much. you can't tell him to shut up, he absolutely needs to talk about the camera angles, the tropes being used, if the scenes are actually scary (while he'll never admit if he's scared himself). you better be grateful you're getting the insight of a genius here. accidentally grabs your arm during a jumpscare and denies it fervently if you point it out. nevermind the fact that he is insanely tense or perspiring ever so slightly. may or may not have a letterboxd account that he'll log it into after with a detailed review.

₊⁺🕯 HARLEY knows when she's watching a cheap slop film. a good film will have her fully absorbed in it, but a bad one? she loves a bad one. a bad horror movie get her super chatty, specifically when tossing out predictions — and she's spot on most of the time. regardless of the movie's quality, expect her to snort with laughter at the worst times. you almost forget what type of movie you're watching when you hear the way she giggles, tears in her eyes like it's the funniest thing she's ever seen. she finds most horror movie tropes quite silly. also!! she will be eating half of her popcorn and candy before it even starts and no, you cannot stop her. will take some of your snacks too.

₊⁺🕯 JONATHAN is either critiquing the fuck outta the movie for not doing a good job OR going completely silent, engrossed in the movie while trying to pick apart the details to see what makes it work. i'd imagine that he's picky about what he likes, given that he's more used to a hands on approach with fear, so he ends up kind of pretentious about this sorta stuff. will end up bored out of his mind and straight up leave mid-movie if he thinks it's shit. will be taking notes for inspiration if it's good. also silently watching you watch the movie. your reactions might be useful to him later. heed him not...

₊⁺🕯 SELINA is the type to actively try to scare you while you're watching it. it's more entertaining to her than the movie, unfortunately. randomly grabbing at your arm or making a sudden noise during a tense scene to startle you — she laughs when you have to bury your face in her shoulder. really, she finds it adorable. will pout and call you no fun if you don't get scared very easily. shudders when she gets scared of the movie, bristles a little if you mention it — but insists you're just seeing things.

you glance at her, noting the way her quest to startle you has come to an abrupt end. "what? are you a scaredy cat?" "oh, very original," she huffs, leaning her head against yours, rested on her shoulder. being closer in proximity melts the tension in her body — makes the feeling easier to shake off. "...ugh. that part was creepy."

she will want to cling to you a little longer afterwards, so she'll suggest a non-horror as a palate cleanser when the movie's done. any excuse to cuddle!

₊⁺🕯 WAYLON doesn't really see the point in enjoying this type of stuff — isn't real life kind of a horror in gotham anyway? — but he'll oblige if you wanted to watch it with him. mutters to himself (and to you) when there's an unrealistic gore scene. something about how it'd actually work. don't ask him how he knows, he isn't called killer croc for nothing, okay? i feel like horror movies would make him more frustrated than scared. every time a character does something stupid, it's almost like it physically pains him.

you snort as he grumbles out something about the main character doing something stupid. again. "they don't know they're in a horror movie, waylon." "it ain't exactly rocket science. you see that sorta shit?" he says, nodding towards the screen, "you turn the other way an' run."

there aren't many movies that really appeal to him. it's a genre where the villains are consistently associated with disability or disfigurement,,, it can hit pretty close to home, which means there only a select few that he'd have vested interest in. but! he would get a little teary eyed watching eraserhead.

"ugly baby didn't do nothin' wrong..."