Lazarus Pit - Blog Posts

Do you think if someone stayed submerged in the Lazarus pit long enough they could turn into a baby?

Jason emerging from the pit! I like to think it literally had to stitch him back together, cause you know, my guy got blown to bits in a warehouse. Also if you notice that the scar on his face doesn’t match my other drawings of him it’s because this is before he cuts the J off. I always imagined Jason wanting to get rid of any reminders of his death, even if that included cutting part of his face off.

Another Jason Todd headshot cause I love him. Yes smoking is bad for your lungs, but you know what’s worse? Dying.

My best work yet I fear

A list of things that are in fact cannon in my own little batfam world

- “Are we getting Jason’ed???” Something you say when you think you’re about to die by the hands of the joker.- Coined by Steph, when she thought she was gonna die at the hands of the joker with Tim. Is now used by everyone.

- WWRHD = What Would Red Hood Do?- was coined by Steph, is now used in every situation possible by every bat kid.

- Evil Baha Blast = The Lazarus Pit- was coined by Duke, when he thought that saying the actual name might trigger Jason. Jason laughed his ass off for about 10 minutes and has not called it by its actual name since.

Will continue this when I come up with more.

The Blob

Dpxdc Prompt #20

Danny is a blob ghost now and he's fine with that.

Turns out all blob ghosts are just regular ghosts who have expended to much energy and turn into balls of pure ectoplasm and emotion to recharge.

It's honestly a much needed and much appreciated vacation from all of his responsibilities.

He doesn't understand why he's getting so many worship-fear-cowed emotions from these people, but he's a blob right now, he doesn't have to care.

There's one boy that constantly projects awed-love-infatuated towards him. Danny likes him a lot more than all of the other guys.

In the mean time, Ra's Al Ghul has just found what he believes to be the conscious personification of the Lazarus Pits and there is no way he is going to let any of his assassins offend it. If only he didn't have to worry about his grandson being so enamored with the being as well.

Grandfather never let Damian have any pets.

"Distractions," he would say, "Unnecessary attachments."

Damian disagreed, but he was smart enough not to voice his belief. The Demon Head's word is law and he bows to nobody.

Or at least... nobody until the little blob of sentient Lazarus Water.

Grandfather says that it must be the pits personified and therefore needed to be treated with respect so there would be no chance of them being taken away.

Damian has no problem following this rule, he finds the little blob cute, like the pet Damian would never get to have. When nobody's watching he pets the blob, tells it stories about his day, and stays silent as it does happy little purrs.

In the hell that is Nanba Parbat, the blob is a bright spot in Damian's days.

So obviously when he leaves to meet his Father and claim his right as heir to the Cowl he slips the blob into his go-bag. No one will notice, the blob normally floats around as it wishes, sometimes going missing for hours.

By the time Grandfather realizes the blob has been away too long for it to have been without intervention it will have been too late. No one will suspect that Damian took the blob with him.

At least, that's what Damian tells himself to justify taking the little guy with him. He is comforted by the low hum in his bag, the blob is happy, if no one else.

Okay so you know have it's common for the like edible blob ghosts and the Lazarus is ghost sewage, so hear me out. Lazarus water is basically ghost zone garbage disposal, all of the "gone bad" blob ghosts get thrown in- causing the rancid ecto smell- and the LOA constantly throwing in bodies just adds to the gross because of the great pain involved often enough. Now I also like to think that blob goo absorbs emotions, so giant pit of rotten, moldy ecto, and this weird old guy who just bathes in liquid suffering. I demand he gets ghost arthritis

Me rn:

Lazarus and Ecto

What's your take on the Lazarus Pits = Ectoplasm headcanon?

I mostly see people write about how the pits are highly concentrated ecto that has been contaminated from chemicals. But I've seen stuff about how ecto is volatile for people and the Lazarus pits used to be pure ecto until people took a dip into it and made it dirty.

But if we use the hc of Ecto being really bad for the living, how did Lazarus waters revive or rejuvenate people?

Give me headcanons people!

How about this Version.

The Ring of Rage was never part of the King's Regalia. it apppeared one day and offered power, power perfectly suited to the King. he was losing the battle and there is nothing he can do about it.

how can he be king when he can't protect his people?

The king was fine but his people are dying. he can take it but he doesnt have the ability to deal with so many... and his people was dying.

How dare they kill my people! How dare they treat us power sources! as Slaves! as if their people had not worshipped us as gods

He needed more power, so he told the council of his plan. of this damnable Cursed ring that surely preyed on him for a purpose. a contigency was placed.

Ghost are powered by emotion,they are only as strong as their emotions. the lengthy war has taken a toll on them all. Tired is never a good emotion, especially for them. Tired meant fading. the King doesnt have much of a choice.

So What if the source of that emotion is from somewhere else, would it fuel to do what he must. if he gets Raw unfiltered emotion as powersource so he can destroy the bastards and their iterations in the multiverse. if they chain us once they chain us all in every iteration. I cannot let this happen no matter what.

King of the Outcasts, a Pariah, and thus himself shall cast himself to a fate worse than death to protect what he loved.

if this is what it takes, so be it.

The Red Lantern ring replaces the heart of its bearer, rendering it useless. The blood spoils, and the ring expels it from the bearer's mouth in a vomit of violent rage. A Red Lantern's veins stretch as they fill with the liquid fire of the red light, making them give into the rage and hatred in their hearts until it is all that they know, an all-consuming need for revenge and destruction, in turn taking over their minds.

Destroy this Dimension that chose to Subjugate us and eveything that can threaten our people.

Pity, the poor King. Lost to the Dark. Lost himself. forgot what what he strove to protect once vengeance was given.

I had hoped being Dead and made of ectoplasm it cant affect us. Forgive me, do what you must. Traitors!! How dare you!! all of you, I'D KILL ALL OF YOU

We'll meet again,My king. just not for a very, very long time.

So the contingency was used, they lay the poor king to an eternal slumber. no one has the heart to end the tragic king, not when the ring is at fault poisoning.

May he one day feel a great enough hope to overcome their rage, to unbind the cursed ring. for now, Sleep eternally.

periodically, they had to weaken the king by purging his ectoplasm, forcing to his weakest form. the Ectoplasm, true to the curse of the ring, is spoiled. it will corrupt everything around it just like the damned ring.

Best banish to the material plane rather keep it here where emotions takes tangible forms. at least it would stay in one place not spontanously grow legs to roam around or worse, sentience and attack. at least it will stay in a pit and people can avoid it.

a Pathway opened from our realm to the material plane. a new world. with it like a little Baby Ghost, a small spark of Hope and wonder.

Why not go out a play with the kid? see what he's made off.

The child never knowing the truth held firm. he start to believe in himself. a little bit surer. still a mess but hopeful that things will get better

Show him the worst outcome that thing DON'T get better but worse. see if he breaks.

the child Hopes to change the future, believes in a better future. despite everything he still believes. he befriends even those who harmed him the most. a little StarChild shinning even in the darkest of night.

it seems it's time to give the guards of the king's casket a vacation

In front of the once great king is a Baby Ghost, a Child full of HOPE. a natural enemy of that damnable Ring. HOPE to save his town, his people, a HOPE far stronger than anything he had seen. a child of Starlight, of Wishes, of Hope and protection.

One day, that effect of that damnable will wear off. for now, my once and future king, you should sleep it off.

the Damnable cursed ring shattered, but the effects of it still lingers. it seems i'd have to expel the built up corrupted ectoplasm, still until the only generate the healthy kind.

One day, you and the Baby ghost will end that Damnable Red Lantern corp and it's creator. for now, He will live, grow and become truly a being of hope. we have all the time in the world, after all.

It seems fragments of the cursed ring have bonded themselves to a mortal. the StarChild just happened to run into them. the only way to destroy a Red Lantern Ring is through hope or love. the problem is that the mortal itself have been burned too much and never dares to hope. the StarChild is far too emotionally hurt to fully use Hope energy for now.

It's just fragments of the ring. try True Love's Kiss. if the person it's bonded with Truly Fall in Love than it shall break the curse of the ring fragments.

it seem i forgot to mention, that Blue lantern ring of hope or star Sapphire lantern ring could work too. it seems things will be a little interesting, for a while.

The Reason for Corruption

Dpxdc prompt #5

It is a widely used headcanon in the dpxdc fandom that the lazarus pits are corrupted ectoplasm. However I have never seen anyone give an explanation for why they are corrupted past "they're runoff of the Infinite Realms." What possibly in the dpxdc fandom could be powerful and corrupt enough to taint that much ectoplasm?

The Ring of Rage

When Pariah Dark was put in the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep he was sealed with the Crown of Fire, but not the Ring of Rage.

In the time between when Pariah was sealed and Vlad found the Ring of Rage in his keep there probably could have been a couple hundred years where the ring was lost in some ectoplasm.

This gives a reason for why Jason has pit rage. There's nothing more corrupting than the Ring of Rage. Rage is (quite literally) in its job description.

It also explains why the pit healed his injuries and made him physically stronger. With the Crown of Fire, the Ring of Rage gives infinite power, so on its own it should still be pretty powerful. If mixed with ectoplasm (something known to bring things back to life) it could probably do more than just bring the person to the state they were in before they died.

And with power comes corruption, which can explain why Ra's al Ghul is so enamored with the pits. While keeping him alive for hundreds of years past when he should have reasonably expired is good on its own, the power of the pits corrupting him does make sense when you think about it.

I'd also find it really funny if Danny saw Jason and is just like, "excuse me when did you get your hands on the Ring of Rage."

Like he thought that thing was sealed with Pariah and then later sealed in his own haunt. Why does this random twenty something crime lord have the Ring of Rage's power intertwined with his (not even fully formed) core.

Danny: see's residue of the ring of rage's power on jason

Danny: now correct me if i'm wrong

Danny: but that is Not Right

A list of things that are in fact cannon in my own little batfam world

- “Are we getting Jason’ed???” Something you say when you think you’re about to die by the hands of the joker.- Coined by Steph, when she thought she was gonna die at the hands of the joker with Tim. Is now used by everyone.

- WWRHD = What Would Red Hood Do?- was coined by Steph, is now used in every situation possible by every bat kid.

- Evil Baha Blast = The Lazarus Pit- was coined by Duke, when he thought that saying the actual name might trigger Jason. Jason laughed his ass off for about 10 minutes and has not called it by its actual name since.

Will continue this when I come up with more.

saving this for later, and also sharing this with others. An absolutely amazing concept!

The Blob

Dpxdc Prompt #20

Danny is a blob ghost now and he's fine with that.

Turns out all blob ghosts are just regular ghosts who have expended to much energy and turn into balls of pure ectoplasm and emotion to recharge.

It's honestly a much needed and much appreciated vacation from all of his responsibilities.

He doesn't understand why he's getting so many worship-fear-cowed emotions from these people, but he's a blob right now, he doesn't have to care.

There's one boy that constantly projects awed-love-infatuated towards him. Danny likes him a lot more than all of the other guys.

In the mean time, Ra's Al Ghul has just found what he believes to be the conscious personification of the Lazarus Pits and there is no way he is going to let any of his assassins offend it. If only he didn't have to worry about his grandson being so enamored with the being as well.

Grandfather never let Damian have any pets.

"Distractions," he would say, "Unnecessary attachments."

Damian disagreed, but he was smart enough not to voice his belief. The Demon Head's word is law and he bows to nobody.

Or at least... nobody until the little blob of sentient Lazarus Water.

Grandfather says that it must be the pits personified and therefore needed to be treated with respect so there would be no chance of them being taken away.

Damian has no problem following this rule, he finds the little blob cute, like the pet Damian would never get to have. When nobody's watching he pets the blob, tells it stories about his day, and stays silent as it does happy little purrs.

In the hell that is Nanba Parbat, the blob is a bright spot in Damian's days.

So obviously when he leaves to meet his Father and claim his right as heir to the Cowl he slips the blob into his go-bag. No one will notice, the blob normally floats around as it wishes, sometimes going missing for hours.

By the time Grandfather realizes the blob has been away too long for it to have been without intervention it will have been too late. No one will suspect that Damian took the blob with him.

At least, that's what Damian tells himself to justify taking the little guy with him. He is comforted by the low hum in his bag, the blob is happy, if no one else.