Damn I want a whole story on this now
If you had told Danny that joining the justice league would mean getting up at the ass crack of dawn to go to some stupid meeting, he never would have joined. Well that not fully true but he might have agreed to have a Zata tube installed in Amity. Even with how much he hates those things it still seems like a better idea now that he is flying through space trying to catch up with this stupid satellite. He was already late thanks to Skulker, which means he missed his perfectly times window to catch the watchtower in orbit so now he’s here playing catch up.
He didn’t even bother to slow down from his Mach 20 pace when he reached it. Just turned intangible and shot through the window into the meeting room. He was expecting to get scolded for being late. Or for his dramatic entrance but he was not expecting the other members to not notice him at all on account of them arguing.
Taking the golden opportunity to get out of a scolding, (he did not want to be the victim of another bat glare) he kept he’s mouth shut and floated down to Hal. Who seemed to be sulking off to the side of the fight. “Dude, what’s gonna on?”
“Batman,” the name was spat like a curse. “Had plans on how to take us all out.” Hal waved to the screen before him, inviting Danny to look.
“Really?” He floated to the screen, seeing files with each leaguer’s name. After a moment of hesitation, he clicked on his own.
“Yeah! Can you fucking believe this?” Hal growled out. “He planned on how to kill us all and is now acting like we’re the unreasonable ones.” Danny would normally be shaken by Hal’s anger. The guy so rarely got truly anger that it startled Danny every time. In that moment however he couldn’t bring his attention way from the screen. It was a decent plan. Risky, unlikely to work but decent. The fact Batman did this at all though. “You think you know a guy, right? Phantom?” Hal asked when he saw the ghost wasn’t responding to him.
Before he could continue his questioning Phantom shot off across the room. All leaguers that could keep up with the ghost speed braces from a fight when they saw him heading straight for Batman. They were anger with him yeah but they didn’t want him dead. They all knew Phantom was physically capable of doing that and had only seen him fly this fast in battle.
Their concern turned to confusion however when Danny stopped dead still just before the dark knight. Looking the man over before reaching to the side, Danny’s hand disappearing into a green vortex that appeared out of thin air. When he pulled back, a small metal box, no bigger than a watch box, laid in his hand as he presented it to Batman.
“This is a blood blossom.” The soft words cut through the tense silence. “It is one of, no it is the only thing that can kill me. For good.” Batman looked at the box, then at the boy. Determination sat on his brows despite the tired sadness that coloured his eyes. “If I…” His eyes broke away from the white lenses. “If I go bad. Please. I understand you don’t want to kill. So please, give this to someone who will kill me.”
No one moved for a moment as they processed the request. Emotions shifting wildly in them all. Superman’s landing on anger. “Why would you give him that?!” He stepped forward. “He already plans to kill us all why would you give him that?!”
“Because I’ve seen that future.” The conference was stated plainly. Melancholy waiting down on the boy as he turn to the others. “The realms are different than here.” His trembled. “Time works differently. You can walk into tomorrow and run into yesterday. Every possibly future exists within the realms.”
He scanned each heroes face as his voice harden. “I’ve seen what happens. I know what happens if I turn.” Danny took a deep breath as he met superman’s eyes. Gazing at him with eyes that saw more than what was in front of him. “I killed you first Clark.” It was stated as fact. Non of them could bring themselves to doubt him. “Then Diana. Then Hal. One by one each one of you were killed… by me.”
His breath came out frosted, his emotions making it hard to keep from freezing the watchtower as he turned back to Batman. “You survived the longest. Out of everyone here you got the closest to stopping me. In that reality however, you didn’t know about ghost. Didn’t know how to fight me.” He held out the box again. “Please, I can’t let that future happen.”
Everyone was stunned. Watching in silent shock as the horror of what Phantom said sunk in. Batman recovers quickest, slowly reaching out to grab that box which he now identified as being made of lead.
“Thank you Phantom.” There was more to those words than what it may appear. A silent reassess that the ghost picked up on.
Mary's boy:
Did Mary scream when she held the body of a boy; everyone's but hers? At the blood on his crown, did she lick her fingers and wipe it clean? Smooth back his hair like she did when he was just a babe? Wash the red from his feet, never drank wine again. Pulled at the nails in his tender hands until hers were raw. Maybe she spit and yelled and cried at anyone who came too close to her boy gone limp and blue. Even the believers turned away. They didn't love her boy. His messy hair and soft eyes, his gentle hands, whispered voice. The way he hid in the river and spoke to the fish like old friends. Came home with dirty feet and flushed cheeks. Her running, dancing, singing boy. They didn't love her boy. They loved God's son. Not Mary's boy.
Oh my God this is probably the best thing I've seen in a while! Thank you for sharing your amazing Creation with the world
oh man im so sleepy i cant see straight, but im done!! Shindeku animation set to the tune of Welcome to My Parents House by NSP (with some emic on the side) i started yesterday and finished right before midnight! go me <3
@Bambi: decorum? in this economy? went bankrupt. it's all about debauchery now
OMG I love this so much!
Please don't give up, things are dark and bleak right now but please don't give up. Everything me seem and feel impossible but there's so much left to fight for. So many to fight for.
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*America, Now*
America, land of fractured dreams,
Where hope is dimmer than it seems.
Once bright with promise, strong and sure,
Now shadows linger, hard to cure.
The streets are loud, with voices raw,
Divided hearts, divided law.
Truth is scattered, torn in two,
While justice falters, lost from view.
The cost of care is measured cold,
A weight too heavy to uphold.
And children, eyes too young for grief,
See futures robbed by silent thieves.
Guns in hands, fear in eyes,
Unseen wounds and whispered lies.
A country built on strength and pride,
Feels splintered now, cracked open wide.
Yet still beneath the hardened soil,
There’s grit, there’s fight, a pulsing coil.
A spark of what it once could be—
A dream that strains to be set free.
America, bruised but holding on,
In every heart, a quiet dawn.
For even through the darkest night,
There’s still a chance to heal, to fight.
One of my favorite insults:
As useful as a soup Sandwich
The American dream... is literally a dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.
*The Wreckage He Left*
He came with swagger, full of might,
A showman draped in blinding light.
Promises spun like a carnival wheel,
But behind the glow was cold, hard steel.
He whispered rage to hollow souls,
Poured gasoline in hidden bowls,
Igniting fears, fanning hate—
Turning hearts to a darker state.
He crushed the weak with careless words,
Let greed take flight like hungry birds.
Ignored the pleas of those in pain,
Left them stranded in the rain.
Children torn from open arms,
Families shattered, dreams uncharmed,
He built his walls and watched them cry—
A border crossed by silent sighs.
He mocked the earth, dismissed its plea,
Laughed off its fires, its rising seas.
Turned away from our dying lands,
While forests burned beneath his hands.
And justice, too, he pulled apart,
Broke its spine, unbound its heart.
Bent laws to suit his shifting game,
And turned our values into shame.
Now left behind, a fractured place,
With wounds that time must now erase.
A nation scarred, but still we stand,
To rebuild, renew, with steadier hands.
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Things will get better, they have to. They can't stay bad forever, right?
**Beneath the Flag**
O land of promise, bold and bright,
Your stars once blazed a hopeful light,
But shadows fall where dreams decay,
As gilded hopes drift far away.
Skies of blue and fields of green,
Hide truths beneath a painted scene,
Where wealth divides, and justice sways,
And voices fade in endless haze.
Cities hum and highways roar,
Yet many struggle, wanting more;
The streets are paved with stories lost,
And freedom bears a quiet cost.
A land of plenty, yet denied,
Where broken dreams and secrets hide.
...Where hope and hardship still collide.
......Where shadows linger, hope entwined.
Where hands reach out but come back bare,
And promises hang in the air,
A country torn, a dream betrayed,
As weary hearts still hope for aid.
A spark ignites, a quiet flame,
It whispers first, then calls a name.
Through shadows deep, through silence thick,
It stirs the soul, it makes hearts quick.
The winds of change begin to blow,
A truth once buried starts to grow.
The old ways crack, the walls decay,
As voices rise and feet give way.
The roar of hope, the cry of pain,
A thunderclap, a driving rain.
Revolution calls with steady hand,
To tear apart, to take a stand.
The ground will tremble, hearts will race,
As power shifts, as hearts embrace.
The chains once held will break and fall,
And freedom’s light will pierce it all.
But revolution, fierce and wild,
Is never tame, nor always mild.
It burns the past, but leaves behind,
A future shaped by all mankind.
So when the drums of change are heard,
Let courage rise, let voices stir.
For revolution, bold and true,
Is born from hope and what we choose.