Yay! I’ve Got So Many Prompts! First Up, Have You Seen That TikTok Trend Where A Kid Gets In Trouble

love characters who are like "this is how the world works. this is how it has to be (because if i'm wrong i have to face what i've done // if i'm wrong i have to face whats been done to me) "

There's a place called Hessian Township

bonus alt. face - i don't intend on actually changing its canon design (the plain mask became too thematically important) but i like to mess around with it for fun sometimes. perhaps a fear gas induced hallucination? or something for later in the timeline?

Hey Omni! I was wondering what the Torettos crew reactions would be with working with Owen. How do you think they would feel about the scars they gave him? Do you think they would feel bad?

Oooo! I'm loving all the Owen love recently!

As for your question, the crew has a lot of mixed feelings when it comes to Owen

Letty

When she looks at Owen and sees his scares, she feels a crushing guilt. She wishes her friend hadn't been put through that much pain and grief

But she also knows that it isn't her fault

Owen chose his actions and those were the consequences of said actions. It was an accident, one that nobody saw coming, but it had been a risk that came with the life he lived

Letty keeps that guilt and sense of failure with her when she's his scars, but each time she hears his laughter and is wrapped in his arms, she knows he's alright. He's alive and back in her life, and that's more important than any scar

Dom

He has similar feelings as Letty. He feels a twisting feeling in his gut when he sees those scars on Owen's face, but it's not quite guilt

Regret, maybe. But Dom wouldn't have changed every action he took that faithful night

Owen had terrorized him and his family, even kidnapping his sister. He didn't have much remorse for Owen when it came to fighting him at that time

But Dom does have to wonder if he could have saved Owen

Could he have grabbed him in time? Could he have knocked Owen out and dragged him out of the plane and to safety? Could they have recruited Owen and have him join the crew, and then convince his siblings later on?

There's a lot of 'what ifs' that Dom could swell on, but chooses not to. That's in the past, and while he wishes that Owen and his family hadn't gone through that pain, he's not going to fret over it

Owen is on their side now, almost like a brother to Dom, and from now on, Dom's going to do all he could for him

Roman

He wasn't there when Owen fell and he didn't really think about it when he received the news of Owen being in the hospital

Owen had just been another evil villain in his eyes until he joined the crew

And once they got together, Roman feels extremely guilty

He wishes they hadn't fought Owen. He wishes Owen didn't bare the scars they gave him. He wishes Owen didn't have nightmares about dying in that coma

Instead of dwelling on it, Roman embraces it. He kisses Owen's scars whenever he can and tries to lift his spirits after those nightmares

Tej

He doesn't have many thoughts on the matter. Like Roman, he hadn't been there when Owen fell and he's best buddies with Owen

He feels bad when he hears about Owen struggling with the scars and aftermath of being in a coma, but he doesn't think about it as much as the others

Luke

While he didn't see Owen fall off the plane, he feels his heart break when he sees Owen struggling with the aftermaths

He doesn't like seeing his little brother hurting, but he also knows that Owen wouldn't have stopped. Owen would have kept going no matter what, short of being hurt that badly

Luke wishes, just like Letty, that they could have just locked Owen up and not seen him in a hospital bed and in a coma

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I hope you enjoyed friend!

hi!! do you have any ideas about Dazai’s need for control? could be answered possibly in a sexual type way too if you want. when I read stormbringer he phased me as the type to rarely allow things out of his own jurisdiction and chuuyas rivalry to that control, even though he usually falls under it, excites him.

Ahh I do have some thoughts sexual or otherwise.

I think that as a child Dazai always noticed more about the people and the world around him than anyone expected him too, and as a result he came to see people in general as predictable and boring. Add to that how unnerved the adults around him would be, that this child points out things a "normal" child would never be able to grasp (sort of like how Mori saw Dazai between him gaining power and Fifteen), and you have a kid who hasn't been shown much sympathy because he is too intelligent and doesn't know when or how to hide it well.

I think he relied on his intelligence and ability to manipulate people a lot when he was younger, mostly for survival. I think control gives him a source of confort as well as endless frustration cause nothing can scare him, but nothing can exceed his expectations, either.

So when that control is taken away from him, it both excites him and frightens him. Which is part of why he hates Chuuya so much!

The first time Dazai met Chuuya, he had a specific impression he stuck to that we the audience know is false, but Dazai had been confident in up until Chuuya said "I am Arahabaki."

This is one of the few times we see Dazai genuinely caught off guard. It's a shock reflected both in his words on the page and in the illustration. Because Dazai was so sure he got the gist of what Chuuya was about.

What was the gist, you ask? Well.

The first time Dazai meets Chuuya, he calls him an "arrogant brat". He claims that Chuuya relies on his power so much that he fails to be good at anything without it. He sees the way Chuuya interacts with the Sheep, how this powerful, arrogant person acts subservient to them, how much he hates his own position as "King of the Sheep". There's also this bit:

Then, during his talk with Randou, Dazai reveals Mori's theory of "undercooked meat":

And I thought huh, that's weird, if I'd put Chuuya anywhere, it would be the meat everyone's trying to haggle over, not one of the people who steals the meat from others. Cause I, the audience, knew who Chuuya was already. But Dazai didn't. In Dazai's eyes, Chuuya's goals are inherently set apart from the Sheep's. Which isn't true, on a basic level. Chuuya looking jnto the rumors inherently benefits the group, because it affects Chuuya. If someone is looking into Arahabaki, it threatens Chuuya and as a result, threatens the safety of the rest of the Sheep. His goal also isn't a goal which warrants this comment:

What I think Dazai assumed: Chuuya is a powerful ability user that has to put up with the Sheep and their demands despite having goals of his own. He's arrogant, to the point where he keeps his hands in his pockets in the hopes of meeting a true challenge, despite the disadvantage. This is why he wants to find Arahabaki: a powerful destructive diety that is capable of leveling an island, so he can find a true challenge and conquer it.

This is why he thought of Chuuya as one of the people stealing the meat. Because the goal above is arrogant and selfish. But, that's not at all what Chuuya wanted. And when Dazai learned he underestimated not only Chuuya's strength, but his character?

Chuuya going against Dazai's predictions both frightened him, angered him, and excited him, to the point where Dazai found that willingness to live again. I think a lot of his facination with Chuuya stems from that. We see Chuuya getting underestimated twice again by Dazai in Stormbringer. First time when Dazai thinks Verlaine can convince Chuuya to kill N, and the second time, when Dazai assumes Chuuya is dead, but he survives anyway, and doesn't even need Dazai's help lmao (which, y'know, we have Adam to thank for, but still).

Corruption facinates Dazai the same way. It's a force of nature and destruction, unable to be controlled, except Dazai can still nullify it. But what's weird is that every time he does, Dazai is strangely humbled by it? He doesn't really think of it as him "controlling" Chuuya's ability as much as "wow I can't believe I can touch this god-like creature and be able to do this wow".

Insteresting to note how Dazai can't control is own ability. At all. It just happens.

So yeah, I think contolling the situation is a comfort to Dazai, it's a constant in his life. Chuuya both unnerves him and intrigues him cause he keeps pushing against Dazai's control and his expectations.

Idk what you want me to say on the sexy aspect of it I think Dazai wouldn't give up being a dom unless you dragged him away kicking and screaming

Tony: Why do I have this feeling you’re about to mess up my entire life?

Bucky: A littlke mess never hurt anybody, Doll.

Hello again Omni! What if Deckard gets pregnant by Hobbs in a one night stand, and now Hobbs decides to stay with Deck and try to make it work. (Bonus if F6 Owen comes to visit, making things a lot more complicated)

Yesss!! I've always wanted to write something like this! I love the idea of them having a one night stand and having to face the consequences afterwards

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Luke had been sent to London to collect information on his newest mission: Owen Shaw

The man was a genius and Luke wanted to be prepared for when he would face the criminal and take him down. But, what Luke wasn't expecting was to meet a charming man while in London

Deckard was everything Luke had ever wanted in a partner: charming, beautiful, caring, but willing to throw a punch if he needed to. He could easily stand up against Luke, never letting anyone step all over

So, it wasn't surprising when they had fallen into bed together. And spent the remainder of Luke's time in London together as well

What Luke wasn't expecting was to get a call from Deckard three months later saying he was pregnant

Luke of course had been shocked and worried about the future. He had already raised Sam with one parent and he didn't want any of his other children to have to go through that

Eventually, he had invited Deckard to live with him and Sam, just to see if they could make their relationship work

Deckard fit into their small family perfectly

He loved Sam, and she loved him but just as fiercely. She couldn't stop thanking Deckard for giving her a little sibling and pestering him to make her something to eat

By the time Deckard was seven months along, Luke had to leave to keep working on his mission with catching Owen Shaw. But, the man had seemed to go underground and making his trail shrivel up

Luke had ended up coming home and spending more time with his family

As Deckard got closer and closer to his due date, he came to Luke

"Is it all right if my little brother stays with us until the delivery?"

Luke had immediately agreed. He didn't see any harm in letting Deckard's family come over and comforting the man

What Luke hadn't been expecting was the person who walked through his door

"Luke! We're back!" Deckard shouted from the front door. Luke didn't hesitate to leave his office and greet his future brother in law

But, when he turned to corner and laid his eyes on Deckard's brother, he stopped short

"Nice to meet you, mate." Owen Shaw smiled at him, arm wrapped around Deckard. Who seemed over the moon for his partner and brother to be meeting for the first time

Luke could only stare, his mind trying to figure out how this ruthless criminal was relate to the sweet man who was carrying his second child

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I hope you enjoyed friend!

Luke and Owen swordfiighting:

Owen: Ha! You fight like my sister!

Luke: I've fought your sister, that's a compliment!

Pennyworth R.I.P. REVIEW!

The biggest flaw of Pennyworth R.I.P. is that it’s trying to be a character study without understanding the characters.

Character studies that suck at being character studies massively annoy me, because they can ruin the perception of the characters for lots of people that don’t know better, and that’s pretty much what this is.

Tim wouldn’t be happy to get a call to a funeral.

They ignore the disconnect between Jason and the Bat-Family when he still uses guns.

Alfred didn’t baby Damian.

And they might as well not have included Ric if he wasn’t gonna be Dick.

But I’d expect no less from James Tynion and Peter Tomasi. It went pretty much how I figured, because they always ignore Jason’s actual relationship with the Bat-Family, Tynion never understood Tim, and loves melodrama to seem like his work has substance, while Tomasi just babies Damian to pander to people, and forcing sympathy, just to force some likability out of cheap places for him.

This is shown best in this moment:

I just don’t feel like Jason Todd would do this. He’s not a jerk like this. He murders, he’d probably torture, he wanted revenge, but inside his heart is still that of a heroes (ignoring those ooc comics where Jason’s just a generic villain anyway), he cares about people as people, he should understand rushing in of all people. He isn’t a petty pisspants. Jason’s actually quite calm most of the time. He’s angry in very specific situations. Yelling at people like this, doesn’t feel like Jason’s style.

This reeks of Tomasi’s typical style of “Aww feel bad for Damian” in general as well as just making character’s be jerk to Damian randomly to make them look bad for Damian’s sake, and Tynion’s useless melodrama to at least seem like he can write drama, when it’s just cheap and over the top instead.

Damian being the only one there when Alfred died is already a traumatic experience. They didn’t have to make Jason out to be this unrepentant ass to show that. It reminds me all to well when Tomasi did the same thing to Tim to make Damian seem more in the right to beat him up. Except this just makes Jason all the more crueler given the context.

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For some reason as well, Tim’s Red Robin when he should be Robin in a flashback.

So did they retcon that away AGAIN?

This is like– the, hmm, 1, 2, 3, 4,– 5th time they took Robin away from Tim in some manner.

This is ridiculous at this point.

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It’s trying so desperately to be deep, but since no one really acts like themselves, it’s just forced. It can’t be actually deep in regards to the characters when the characters don’t act like the characters.

This comic follows the trope of remembering the best memory of the one that passed, and it just feels like a parody at some points, because of how ridiculous or forced it gets. That trope is a trope because it’s a natural thing people do, but they just tell these mostly random stories that don’t feel right because half of them are out of character anyways.

It is also completely ridiculous how it follows the trope of everyone acting out, because they get so pissed so fast it’s just idiotic. It’s so rushed, like the writers felt they had to get to these moments and raced to it.

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I think Damian’s flashback is the worst when it comes to really forcing sentimentality, almost purely because it’s set in the beginning of Damian’s time as Robin with Bruce, and they just have Damian and Alfred act out of character to give them these cutesy moments that would be out of character no matter where in Damian’s character history.

But especially back when Damian was still barely not murdering people all the time.

Like can Tomasi stop ruining Damian’s character? He’s the most overrated writer Damian ever had, because he’s constantly just using pandering to hide that he isn’t that great. Damian is still learning to not be crazy here given the time in the flashback. Why is Tomasi acting otherwise?

Damian isn’t a normal kid and that’s the point.

What’s the point of his character growth when they act more and more like he didn’t need it? They always do that or have everyone ignore Damian’s actions half the time which makes him avoid proper growth. It’s tiring.

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Tim’s is idiotic because it focuses on something so random when Tim and Alfred actually had sweet moments quite often. They played video games together, 

Alfred helped convince Bruce to buy (Tim’s then girlfriend) Ariana’s Family business so she could stay in town,

he even looked after Tim when Tim was forced to go to a boarding school by his dad Jack Drake,

Alfred freaking drove Tim around in a van to fight crime when Bruce was away even.

They had lots of sweet moments already seen, but they focus on something so less personal, and more just random.

Continuing some idea Tim isn’t that involved with the Bat-Family that much ever, an outcast he was even called once. When he used to be the Bat-Family’s heart.

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Jason’s is the same way with it’s choice of story sort-of. His story is so random, short, and unemotional that I feel like it was just an excuse to have Alfred crash into a building with the Batmobile rather than tell a story with a lot of meaning besides a quick “aw” and “ha”.

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Barbara’s is the best. It doesn’t feel too forced, mostly just figuring out where Alfred got the time is the only reason id feel that way, but it actually focuses on a sentiment that feel legitimate, like these characters would actually do this.

It actually feels like a story that she would bring up. Something the previous stories were lacking. This feels like a natural story to tell, and it makes it the best part of the whole comic. It’s emotional, sweet, and sentimental, in all the right ways.

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Dick’s doesn’t really have a lot to do with Dick, but it’s nice. Not too much to say about it unless I missed something.

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Most importantly of all Alfred’s death feels meaningless because DC’s habit of shock value takes away any emotion, and it shouldn’t have ever happened.

Alfred been a character that everyone recognizes as part of Batman for decades and decades. So loyal and iconic. A character everyone can write, and killed for a story that no one likes, and all he gets is a crappy one-shot that seems like it didn’t have the right thoughts put into it.

I would’ve rather have read an extended version of Barbara’s flashback, because it had class.

This is contrived mediocrity that tries so hard to convince you it understands the characters and that it’s deep, emotional, with all this substance, but without the tools it needed to make it work.

With such an unneeded death, this was never going to feel emotional or deep, but a lack of understanding of the characters only makes it worse.

Closest they get is Tim trying to step up and help Bruce, but it’s done in that typical Tynion style of “Look at how great Tim is”, and it just gets soiled cuz it feels pretentious. Tim’s a boy doing his best, but he doesn’t come off that way the way he gets written here. It’s a veil of past Tim, but it doesn’t have the right heart.

Alfred deserved better.

I literally cannot stop thinking of this scene in Hobbs and Shaw because this shows that Luke has obviously studied the Shaws a lot!! 

He uses the exact same way he tracked Owen down in FF6 to track Hattie down! 

He’s literally comparing her intelligence up against Owen’s and is complimenting her!

And when Deckard comes barreling in later saying “That’s my sister!” that’s when all the pieces fall into place and Luke finally understands why Hattie used the same tactics as Owen. They’re brother and sister!

you saw canon and said “it’s good…could be gayer” and ran with it. (i mean this in a nice way obviously)

Fast and Furious is about cars, booties, and hot people with booties driving cars

There is NO reason they can't all be gay