#kit asks

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Hi there anon!

Man, I really love de-aging scenarios so so much. Especially when they happen to Bruce and Clark, it's just so so juicy to explore. Personally I really like the idea of them protecting each other, Clark from the perceived threats to Bruce’s wellbeing and Bruce from Clark's moments of insecurity and anguish over his developing powers. They have such unique experiences as children, and omg it would be so fun to write something like this.

Like imagine, just imagine a moment where Bruce has a nightmare of his parent's death. He's 8, he's so so tiny, smaller than he should be, and shivering in the vast space of the Master bedroom (his parents' bedroom that doesn't smell like them anymore-), tossing and turning. Alfred (A different Alfred, older, kinder somehow, too different to trust) told him to come wake him up if he needed anything, but he loathes that thought. So he's just curled up against the headboard, rocking and self soothing and suddenly the door cracks open and Clark is there, dragging his pillow and blanket behind him. He's rubbing his eyes blearily and Bruce can spy the start of tears in his eyes. Clark tells him he couldn't sleep coz everything was so loud in Gotham, the way Smallville never managed to be, and it's overwhelming him and he can't sleep alone. So Bruce shifts a bit and lets Clark climb into bed with him and for a while they just lay there staring at each other, staring at the tear tracks but not saying a word.

Then Clark reaches a hand out and curls it around Bruce’s wrist, pulling it to hold against his ear so they can lay where they are but he can hear and focus on Bruce’s heartbeat. The sound soothes Clark and the contact soothes Bruce, and in the morning when Alfred comes to wake them up he finds them cuddled together and peaceful <3

Damn. My wip list is screaming at me rn.

(also no pressure to answer any/all of these questions haha)

- kit 💌🐝

Hi! I love this question. Van and Nat are so good together as a friend pairing that it’s hard to believe it’s not overtly canon.

I’ve always hc’ed that Van and Nat were friends as really young kids because they were moth likely “tomboys” as kids. Then whenever Van’s dad was out of the picture and Vicky’s parenting took a downside, that Nat was one of Van’s friends due to Vicky having a social stigma among other parents. (I see Laura Lee being friends with Van because her parents would probably be accepting of Van, albeit pushy about religion).

Their school friendship probably started to get more distant when Van became close to Taissa and Nat became close to Kevyn and that other guy. Van probably still cared immensely for Nat, but Taissa likely saw Nat as a bad influence (whose heart was in the right place).

Van, wanting to get the hell away from her mom, probably put the nose to the grindstone in soccer and in school to be able to get some sort of scholarship to get out of their hometown.

I could see Van being the one to really convince Nat to play. I think Van has a few trust and understanding of Nat and vice versa. There are commonalities with how they were brought up that they could lean on each other throughout.

I feel like Natalie likely isolated from Van/core YJ friend group after her dad died and joining the team likely happened after that.

Van and Nat were probably close as teammates but I could see Van feeling a little hurt by Natalie drifting away after dad’s death, and Nat feeling sad about Van drifting away to Taissa.

I am 100% in on Nat knowing Van’s sexuality.

Then the crash!!

Van and Nat probably regained lots of closeness as they both have similar past traumas that they would comfort each other through.

Natalie probably felt the same sadness watching Van buy into the Wilderness as she did watching Lottie fall into delusion. Does not agree, but will do everything in her power to keep her safe.

Taissa changed her tune on Nat because she admires Nat’s rationality and skepticism. Taissa welcomed Van and Nat being close when Nat would challenge Lottie’s delusions.

The amount of guilt Nat, Van, and even Lottie feel over Javi’s death is probably what brought Van and Nat. Lottie doubled down on Wilderness because of Misty’s pressure and needing to maintain consistency.

After the rescue is a whole other blurb.

I've been getting a few ideas but I will be finishing up the rest of the boys but please reply/repost/write in the notes of this one so I can figure out whom people wanna read

@egrets-not-regrets anyone else you wanna vote for while its up here

For example there’s some short stories or snippets of writing I’d never show anyone cause sometimes it’s a way for me to like journal and get out of my head. Like if I wanna say something to someone but I’m too much of a coward I’ll write a little piece about what would happen if I were to say that. It’s weird to describe but it’s like fiction of my real life (as in, fiction of myself and people that may be based loosely on my friends or family but with the names changed). For that reason I don’t think I’d ever show anyone.

Do you ever do anything like that?

Ahh man, thoughtful question and kinda brings up a deep cut for me. I have tons of fic I've sat on. Mainly for those original 2 purposes (I've got my childhood fanfics in a vault and I have unfinished work everywhere) but in terms of personal stories, I would say I've never been one to be autobiographical in a direct sense. I write to summon the impossible and exercise my emotions in ways I don't often experience, or at least in ways more extreme than I am used to. I try to explore personal struggles and themes in my narratives and I'm usually pretty open about it. Like my Kingdom Hearts fic was all just me processing moving out and finally joining this 'real world'. I've got this Trigun fic I'm dancing in my head right now that is a direct response to my feelings about the current world situation and my disappointment in society and search for hope. That's personal but I don't think it's the same kind of personal you've shared which is like direct inspiration. When I was younger I had some fantastical stories that I would make comics or imagine dramatic scenes for-- it was a cast of characters that were entirely directly based off of family and friends but they had super cool powers and were fighting world ending threats. It falls under the category of intensely self-indulgent and totally uninteresting and incoherent to anyone other than myself. That is the closest I would get to 'self' fanfiction.

I also wanted to make a slice-of-life comic about my days in marching band. I had character designs and everything. It was a way to like worship what I considered the most vibrant and impactful point of my life. Then I got older lol. I think that kind of framing did help me appreciate the moment even more. I felt like I was crafting some 4 part autobiography. I think it's a wonderful way to journal those feelings anon. I mean, it's certainly more creatively empowering. It doesn't even have to yield anything of substance or quality-- by just processing and using those emotions and conflicts, you assert appreciation and power over all kinds of situations, and get valuable creative exercise. I'm kinda jealous! I simply write about my emotions in journal posts or ranting tweets to a bunch of strangers in the void so I don't have to deal with the consequences of people I know impacting my daily life with misunderstanding or misplaced concern. (I'm learning I have an issue with that... I was very open about some of my struggles while recovering and I kinda hated all the attention.) It would have been nice to saw off the barcodes and translate it into a story. At least then the guilt of manipulation would be intentional ha!

🤣🤣🤣 I'm rolling!! He's there to intimate you into following me! Do it!!!!

Ahem! To adjust his quote in this panel of the manga, Sagisawa is now saying: "why won't wickedcitrus follow kitreadsbirdmen?"

Oh, that's a very difficult question