#sprite's plan

Ok so best laid plans of mice and men yadda yadda I did not in fact complete whumptober in time, but fear not, I'm still filling all the requests, I've got a lot written, just be patient and it'll all come hopefully by the end of November.

Related to that, I promised that since whumptober was to be all batman related, I'd run something with similar rules for all the non-batman fandoms I'm in when I had time to refamiliarize with those source materials. Originally I said December, with Winter Whumpterland in mind, but as much as I love everyone's ideas, I need to return to my own creative roots for a while after this batch, so instead I'm looking at taking those requests for either Januwhump or Trop-A-Thon (run by amonthofwhump), based on my school schedule. Januwhump would have 15 days of prompts + Alt, Trop-A-Thon is one week with 4 optional prompts per day. If y'all want something more like whumptober, 30 days with a theme and 3 options per day, you'll have to wait for June of Doom. Please drop me a line here or on AYW 31 to say which option you'd like best

Between now and whenever that is however comes my favorite holiday (like literally 10% of my fics are christmas themed... oops) along with HOLIDAY BREAK FROM SCHOOL WHICH MEANS WRITING TIME! Now I usually dabble in some amount of Winter Whumpterland bc I can't help myself when it comes to hurting the batboys it seems, BUT.

Last year (and the year before, only I chickened out lol) I sort of tried to make my own start up event for Christmas called Christmas Countdown Playlist, because music is my favorite thing about my favorite holiday. This time I wanted to reach out (since I... know people? Am tumblring?) And ask whether anyone would be interested in me making an annual Thing of this event. The gist would be

12 days of prompts all based on christmas songs or lyrics

Still open to any faith or nonfaith, just that xmas songs are what inspire my generalized prompts

Fluff whump angst anything goes

Any type of created content

Open from Thanksgiving to new years to participate as much or as little as desired

..... aaaaaaaand wowwwwwwww 😅

1/7 fics are done. 1 more is almost done. Its midterm season. I have 17 credit hours. This is just this weeks list of assigmnets and due dates

I have 75% clue what im doing. Theatre club? Is starting? Idk i kickstarted the thing sorta and got closed out of the loop but its fine. Im also gonna be helping to edit my uni's lit review. So like.

AHHHHH

But dw everything is fine and under control. Not my control nope i lost control about .... start of the semester, but God's got it.

Assuming i haven't committed sacrilege by invoking Him in my fanfic writer woes but. Id like to think He's mostly just... fondly shaking His head maybe.

ANYWAY

I AM gonna finish the 7 fics for whumptober (ifitfuckingkillsme) but i have no idea when they will be posted or what to put in the blurbs so let's just all be surprised together ok?

I will however extend this offer, here's an emoji clue for each and you can send asks if ya like and we'll see if i get to answering them before the fics are posted lmao

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I got a lot of things done last month so here's what you have to look forward to!

August 2: "Have you met Batman and Robin?": Kids Ask Bruce Wayne & Jason Todd Difficult Questions

“Bruce. B. B-man. You took six only children and made four of them middles, but only after three of the four had a taste of being the family baby. There is no universe in which we take that lying down, believe me.”

August 9: The Batchelor

“Our latest Bachelor is the rather famous Bruce Wayne of Gotham, CEO of Wayne Enterprises and father to six children whose main hobbies seem to be breaking the internet and publicly roasting each other. “At long last, however, despite previous failed romances, Bruce is ready to add a wife and stepmother to his family, and is doing it in traditional, dramatic Gotham fashion. He’s going to be arriving here soon to greet his guests, so while we wait, let’s get to know some of the gorgeous hopefuls coming for the chance to be Mrs. Bruce Wayne.”

August 16: As You Wish - Safe and Sound

“I guess you do have good reason to be scared.” The switch from maniacal cackles to deadly whispers sent a chill down Jason’s spine. He didn’t stop shivering. “Because killing you was such a good joke, even the cosmos wants me to tell it again.”

August 23: As You Wish - in memoriam

Tim sighed. Violence it was. Bruce leapt up with a shout as the glass shattered, already running towards Tim. Tim struck again, and again, enjoying the satisfying sound of the shards clattering against each other. He kicked the dummy over and began slamming the tire iron into the plaque to deface it, but then Bruce arrived, ripping the demolition tool from Tim’s hand with a cry of, “What the hell are you doing?”

August 30: repletion - ultimatum

But Bruce let his heart run in front of his head. He'd given Drake a frightening amount of power in no uncertain terms when he claimed Tim as his own.

And Drake knew it. Bruce could tell he knew it just by the man's soft, smug tone.

Here we goooooo

9 fics, 30 prompts, currently about 50 pages and 18k words, and 6 NDEs... 5 of which are Jason. Oops. Anyway, here is the schedule, as well as titles, prompts, and a preview paragraph

June 3 - Help (Just A Kid Ch2)

Prompts: Day 3 - "I can handle it" | Day 12 - Fainting | Day 28 - Knife

Jason didn’t know how he stayed on his feet as long as he did. How he held the knife still when the hilt and his hand kept growing slicker with his blood. How he crawled up the two stairs to slump against the rail, or how he raised one fist to thump it weakly against the door. How he’d even made a loud enough sound to be heard. But he had.

June 4 - Yea, Though I Walk

Prompts: Day 4 - Delirium | Day 16 - Stairs | Day 18 - Blankets | Day 24 - Illness

Tim only hummed, unsure, but Father slipped behind him and carefully lifted him up, bracing him against his chest. He was warm, and Tim pressed closer, and it chased away a tiny bit of the chill. A cup pressed against Tim’s lips. He opened his mouth and sweet, cool water flowed in, taking away the awful taste and calming the raging fire in his throat.

June 7 - priceless

Prompts: Day 6 - Duct Tape | Day 7 - Disoriented | Day 13 - Rescue | Day 21 - Choke

But Jason wasn't arrogant enough to think he could rip free from the mummifying layers of tape and take down Allen before the man could suffocate him again. He needed someone to tell Allen he'd get his money so that he'd leave Jason alone until rescue came or he devised a way to escape on his own.

Jason mentally groaned. So fucking much for keeping this a secret.

June 10 - bane

Prompts: Day 2 - Sobbing | Day 10 - Shackle | Day 23 - Poison

This was a risk any time any one of them went out, and Bruce knew that, and he struggled with it every day. This was a relatively common occurrence, a drugged out, chained up bird or bat, and Bruce might’ve thought he’d be over the rush of pure terror by now, but no. Every damn time someone hurt his kids, or even got close, he completely froze, for a split second, stomach twisting and mouth going dry, remembering rattling breaths, cold skin, still chests, whispered pleas, spreading bloodstains.

June 11 - hey, brother

Prompts: Day 5 - Handcuffs | Day 11 - Firearm | Day 14 - Slurred Speech | Day 30 - Failed Escape

“Goddamnit, brat, I’m not leaving both of you behind,” Tim snapped, finding his pace and striding down the hall. The main entrance was out. He’d have to find a back door. “I came with one brother, and I’m not leaving with any less.”

June 15 - phantasm

Prompts: Day 1 - Fear | Day 8 - "Breathe, damn you!" | Day 15 - Scream

It was too far to make out the words, but Jason knew Damian’s voice when he heard it. That kid could scream, but he wasn't supposed to, not in pain, not for any reason other than attracting Bruce and getting the rest of them into trouble.

But Jason could hear laughter, too.

June 22 - big brother

Prompts: Day 19 - Guilt | Day 22 - Rage | Day 27 - "I'm so sorry"

He shouldn’t be doing this. Aiding and abetting another little boy taking up a flag that always seemed to be cut to bloody ribbons. But it was too late to stop it now. All he could do was pour everything he had – every skill, every trick, every tactic and stratagem and all of his will – into catching Tim, and forcing him into more months of training. Stalling him.

Playing for time. Like there was a bomb about to go off that he couldn’t defuse.

June 25 - underneath the undertow

Prompts: Day 9 - Defiance | Day 25 - Drowning | Day 26 - Numb

Dick remained still and silent, knowing that to play dead was the best way to let Slade's passion fits ebb. Sure enough, in another minute the pressure on his arms let up and he was allowed to stand. He returned his hands to his sides, refusing to rub his throbbing wrists. He kept his gaze on the floor as Slade fisted a hand in his hair.

June 29 - no good deed

Prompts: Day 17 - "Don't lie to me." | Day 20 - Cage | Day 29: Secret

Antonin Laur rolled up the newspaper once more, using it to tilt Jason's face up. He jerked back, glaring, as much as the men holding his arms would let him.

Me, also sobbing, hands trembling on the keyboard as I realize that I'm torturing him in 6/9 June of Doom fics: I DO LOVE YOU IM SORRY I DONT KNOW!

*gasps for breath*

I have 3 (soon 4) fics all lined up to serve y'all, including Mother's Day (in progress), Wayne4Ham ch 3, One Diamond ch 4, and a new lil smt that one of your comments inspired, so when it hurts, remember that you did this to all of us (/aff)

Looking forward to June, we'll see what I actually write given how many things are on my list, but I will start by polling for the next Celeb Batwaynes fic, which you can also vote for by leaving a comment on chapter one of Celeb Batwaynes Misc.

Sooo hopefully y'all have seen ch 3 of 20th Annual yada yada Egg Hunt, which begged people to come stop by here to see what is up. Basically, i just decided im gonna try something new, which I think some other writer pals do? Anyway, my plan is to basically write a month in advance. This would mean that whatever I write in April gets saved and posted gradually throughout May, May writing gets spread through June, etc. Im thinking this will help not make you guys wait as long for new content, not make me wait as long for the sweet, sweet dopamine boosts of comments and kudos, and also let me feel freer to bounce between many ideas over the course of the month as my inspiration/attention waxes and wanes.

That being said, it means essentially no new stuff posted during April so I can stock up for May. The one exception for this is naturally my easter fic bc TIMING.

Anyhow, that brings me to tumblrs favorite craze, POLL. Since I've made it a THING to do holidays, please inform me which Mother's Day concept you'd most like to see: