#x reader concept

You know those games where it takes you from one event/place to the next either via bus, train, plane, or elevator (think normal elevator). What if that was crossed with forsaken and/or other games.

Basically reader is in the elevator (or whatever) and it stops in the forsaken realm. Reader wanders out, eventually finds the survivors cabin and meets everyone and they all think reader is a new survivor. Eventually, reader’s like

“Welp, nice meeting yall but I have to go ☺️ Byyyeee!”

And leaves. The survivors think that they didn’t fully understand that they are stuck here, but then a few weeks go by without seeing them again and everyone is pretty worried. Reader shows up again one day and everyone starts interrogating them about where they were and goes

“I had to catch the elevator”

A pause.

“The what”

“The elevator”

A longer pause.

“Pardon? Elevator?”

“Yeah, the elevator! It’s been stopping by here for a few months now, it just usually stops near the creepy manor with all the scary people so I don’t get out.”

“We weren’t aware that there was an elevator…”

“There’s a few of them. There is also, planes, trains, buses, and the occasional magic door. Sorry I didn’t tell you about it, I thought you guys knew.”

The survivors are collectively losing their minds because what do you mean that for MONTHS they had a way to leave that they didn’t know about and it’s some fuckass elevator in the middle of the woods.

Screw it, everyone else is tossing their hats in the ring, so why not me? Alright, so fair warning up front. I ain't much of a writer, more of an traditional style artist, pen and paper type of deal- so words arent really my forte. I am more of a lurker on this site and only really use it to reblog and read fics and art that I think are cool. But seeing all these wonderful authors stepping forward and doing amazing kinda makes me wanna give it a whirl and share my ideas in hopes someone might wanna use them. I doubt I'll do a real fic on it, but I'll give some of my takes on what I think might happen. I will make mistakes, please do not judge me too harshly, I ain't used to this type of thing. I ain't gonna specify gender or race or anything regarding the reader, that way everyone can feel included. I'm jus gonna use the core concepts of Blade's character; being a half-human half-vampire vampire hunter,'Daywalker', smartass, badass, lol. If anyone decides to use this idea, please feel free to tag me in it, I'd love to hear other people's thoughts on it!♡♡

So like Blade's lore, reader's mama was bit by a vamp and had to go into emergency labor, and died at birth.

She was one if Bruce's flings and he didn't know that she was pregnant with his kid until he gets a call from the hospital to come pick up his miracle baby that should be dead along with their mama.

Bruce, at the time however, was busy being the batman, trying to clean up the city after a breakout at arkham that resulted in many casualties (vampires involved but nobody knows that). So our beloved king alfred comes and procures the child from the hospital.

Alfred instantly adores the reader, but what with the needs of everyone else in the manor, they get overlooked, y'know, that whole trope.

Maybe reader is the eldest or is a middle child, I don't really see them being the youngest- maybe somewhere younger than Jason but older than Tim. Idk.

The thirst is reader's constant companion, making them want to avoid the family just as much as the family doesn't interact with them, resulting in them roaming Gotham.

This is how they meet Whistler, who initially assumes reader is a homeless kid who was turned into a vamp and tries to kill them (only to realize they are half human and don't want to hurt people). Which results in him making them a serum to help control reader's thirst for blood.

Reader begins following Whistler around like a duckling, learning about vampires and how to hunt them.

Eventually reader moves in with him full time but goes and visits Alfred every now and then, just because other than Whistler, he is the only other person they see as family.

Everyone at the manor doesn't really notice reader coming and going, too caught up in their own shenanigans until years down the road when reader kills one of the family's suspects in a case, walking in just as they stake the vamp.

Probably resulting in a mental breakdown of the manor. Bruce not knowing whether or not reader is breaking the no kill rule by slaying vampires, considering the vamps are technically already dead. The child he never bothered getting to know has been suffering this whole time trying to control their thirst. "God how many times must I fail my children!"

The only 'normal' member of the family is a half-vampire gung-ho on killing other vampires for the sake of humanity.

"The world you live in is just a sugar-coated topping. There is another world beneath it: the real world. And if you wanna survive it, you better learn to PULL THE TRIGGER!"

Initially, you try to let it slide cuz who wants to be "that neighbor" y'know, not to mention you feel like if this asshole has enough confidence to be doing DIY Time in their backyard at 2am then what's a noise complaint gonna do to stop them?

But then, you finally get a vacation from work, and you're spending it mostly low-key at home to rest up because you're exhausted. When all of a sudden you hear this motherfucker going off AGAIN and you just snap.

It's like you're possessed - you march over there, not properly dressed (maybe wearing a bathrobe you were chilling in) and knock on their door so hard you might as well be trying to punch through it, because how else are they going to hear you over all that noise!?

You then hear a voice from a security cam they have installed at their door in the case of surprise attacks and whatnot, they're super suspicious of you and your intentions, and you tell them with pent-up rage pouring from your throat that, "I'm your neighbor, from next door, and I can hear EVERYTHING. Did it ever dawn on you that the ceaseless noise is fucking TORTUROUS?"

They're so taken off guard because they were thinking you were, like, an agent or something? Which is why the home defense system was warming up to kill you in the case you tried anything, but instead you're just a civilian who's pissed because of...something that, admittedly, is so comically mundane. Domestic, even.

Forgive them, they start laughing. The mic's still on, so you hear, and that is equivalent to adding gasoline to a fire.

After a really long spat out rant through the camera (completely one-sided), the villain is kinda charmed by you after the fact. Calls you "spitfire" to tease you, meanwhile the seething hatred you feel remains for a good few months. You essentially flip them off every time you see them, or flat out tell them to fuck off when they attempt to speak to you.

They think it's funny. Mostly. But with time, they have an interest in actually getting to know you and, well, you're making that extremely hard. None of the letters or gifts left by your door seem to have any effect.

One day, the other shoe finally drops. You're working, as you do, in the big city, and here we go again, the villain and hero(s) are duking it out, causing all kinds of damage (how much of your tax dollars go to fixing this bullshit, anyway?), which part of your job's building hasn't even finished fixing from last time.

Your floor finally gets the evacuation call (because if everyone flooded the exits, then more people would get hurt or die) and you're hurrying alongside everyone else to get out, and it's only when your feet hit the precious ground running you breathe anything close to a sigh of relief. It's not over, but, at least—!!

Mid-run, the villain's thrown down your direction - they stop just before hitting you, but you freeze, lock eyes, and you realize.

Holy shit. That is your dumbass neighbor.

This type of hanahaki can work with all types of love, platonic included. The factor that kicks off this disease isn't an unwillingness to confess, but the perceived feeling of rejection. So, if a child feels like they are unwanted by their parents, or a friend feels unimportant in their friend group, or a family member is being ostracized from the rest of their family, then that's grounds for hanahaki to develop. Again, it's about perceived rejection, so the patient can be loved, but miscommunication/other circumstances can make them feel like they're not, still making them vulnerable to the disease

Anyway sorry for the ramblings it just got me so interested. I adore their dynamic and potential! I hope you have a lovely day and every day forward! And thank you for reading this long tangent!

AWWWWW WHAT THE FLIP.......YOU ARE SO SWEET.....NEVER apologize for rambling to me of all people for I am a Certified Rambler, and no one should have to stifle their wonderful joy, including you. I'm glad my little blurb made you happy....

I can't swear I'll continue it, the way my motivation comes and goes is just A Thing I've had to painstakingly learn to not force since I can be a bit of a control freak over myself lolol

However: I shall offer some lil thoughts that this ask got going in my little mind, mayhaps I'll ramble along with you, dearheart.

In my mind's eye, I perceive this world as being a little more fleshed out. I especially like thinking about the more complex aspects of, like, how a city with superheros and super villains would function (again, how much of our tax dollars are paying for this....and how much of said dollars are potentially lining the pockets of The Elite?) (as you can see, I have a different idea of whom the Real Villains are)

I like to think about how, instead of the hero(s) being wholly arrogant or mean, they're just hard workers like most people tbh! Instead, maybe the villain thinks they're super arrogant because like, lol, they keep destroying their "toys"/"babies" (the robots and such), and maybe the hero(s) have to let off SOME steam from their regular lives by saying things that maybe aren't the most polite, but if you had to be on call 365 days a year no breaks, you probably would take it out on somebody too. Especially if there are multiple heroes, each one's bound to have their own personality and way of conducting themself on the battlefield. (I think of this funny ass post I laughed about with my mom recently)

The Villain is more of a title in this scenario, I think that should be clear enough, given said super villain lives with neighbor(s), in a house rather than a "top secret base" (maybe that's what they call it), though it is secluded enough because you can't let EVERYONE know you're building robots n such for general mayhem. Maybe they're a reject, maybe they have just a very Specific Interest, maybe they just like chaos, maybe that's just how they have fun!

I feel like if a romantic relationship were to start between these two, it'd be really slow-going and more of a "I woke up one day and realized I kinda really like you" - personally, I'm aromantic and see the line between platonic and romantic as really blurry, so if I breathed more life into this idea, that would likely play a part in how they "get together" (if it could be referred to as such).