Lots Of Jokes Get Made In Modern Comics And Fandom About The Pejorative Double Entendre Of Dick Grayson’s

Lots of jokes get made in modern comics and fandom about the pejorative double entendre of Dick Grayson’s given/chosen nickname for Richard, and it IS funny, but I want to give a moment of appreciation for the other, kind of brilliant, double meaning that’s unfortunately fallen out of common modern usage, but would have been way more common when he was first named in 1940.

Lots Of Jokes Get Made In Modern Comics And Fandom About The Pejorative Double Entendre Of Dick Grayson’s

He’s literally named “detective” you guys, there is no way the World’s Greatest Detective’s partner wasn’t named this way on purpose.

Add to this the way the fandom loves to explore the 21st century reveal/retcon of Dick Grayson’s Romani heritage, and the possible etymology of the word, and you have a goldmine of largely untapped, to my knowledge, discussion of thoughts from Dick Grayson and the people around him about the relationship between his identity, the life he chose, the things he chooses to honor/remember, and the persistence of a nickname that has fallen increasingly out of favor in most other modern contexts.

I love when it’s as simple as “it’s his name and there’s no reason to change it”, but I also think there’s just lots of room for him to also have Real Thoughts about it throughout his life.

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guys! secret ending when you beat the spire with Agent 4's palette 444 times! my uncle's cousin's cat works at Squid Research Lab and he told me!

Guys! Secret Ending When You Beat The Spire With Agent 4's Palette 444 Times! My Uncle's Cousin's Cat

I'm not coping with Agent 4's near absence in Side Order, you are

I've actually kinda shoehorned Four into my headcanon/oc version of Side Order lol

if you want to hear how I made them fit, I'd be glad to tell you :)

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AU where Tubbo is Dream’s brother. Dream has pretty much raised Tubbo, after they washed up alone on a beach shore, and the two are incredibly close. However, their desire to roam and explore is untamed, and once the two are both old enough, they part ways to adventure.

Dream goes onto his Manhunts and Duels, and eventually the SMP. 

Meanwhile, Tubbo becomes a seasoned adventurer, jumping through worlds and meeting many new friends. He goes through Mianite, Hermitcraft, ect. However, one of his best friends is Tommyinnit, a boy he meets on SMP Earth, and quickly becomes close to.

The two eventually go their separate ways, with Tubbo still wanting to explore more, and Tommy going with his brother to this ‘Dream SMP’ place. It’s a bit sad, but overall, good, and Tubbo hopes his friend will be happy there.

Four years later, he gets a desperate, tear-stained letter from the boy he would gladly call his best friend, telling of the horrors he’s faced, and pleading for him to just come, if only for an hour or so.

Tubbo goes, and finds more than just his traumatized friend waiting for him-cruel truths and unkind realizations lie just around the bend as he must confront who his brother has become, as well as all the people he has hurt.

6 months ago
I Hate How Jinx’s Eye Colour Includes ‘Violet’ Which Is Vi’s True Name, One Of The Only Times
I Hate How Jinx’s Eye Colour Includes ‘Violet’ Which Is Vi’s True Name, One Of The Only Times

I hate how Jinx’s eye colour includes ‘Violet’ which is Vi’s true name, one of the only times we hear Powder/ Jinx call Vi ‘Violet’ is after Vi punches her and she holds Powder’s face in her hand, this moment is one of Jinx’s most reoccurring memories.. 😭 I HATE how this her eye colour after the shimmer is Pink Violet, her shimmer injection which changes her eye colour symbolising her almost complete change into Jinx, the name coincidentally her sister calls her RIGHT BEFORE she says ‘Violet.. please..”

EDIT!!: I just noticed that Jinx’s eye colour before she gets the shimmer injection is literally called ‘Blue Violet’ 😭😭, this symbolises how she never gave up on her sister and was constantly searching for her, this is shown when she shoots the firelight who she thinks looks like Vi but gets angry when it isn’t, shooting the girl because she isn’t Vi not because she looked like Vi.. and how she sets off the blue flare in hope that somehow her sister will find her way back to her..

I Hate How Jinx’s Eye Colour Includes ‘Violet’ Which Is Vi’s True Name, One Of The Only Times
I Hate How Jinx’s Eye Colour Includes ‘Violet’ Which Is Vi’s True Name, One Of The Only Times

I despise how Vi’s eyes eye colour includes ‘Powder’ which, symbolises that Vi is so blinded by the love that she has for her younger sister that she cannot believe that she has changed (mainly because she blames herself for being the reason Powder changed into Jinx.)

hope you enjoyed this cutesy fact!! 😜😜

Dream SMP Descendants AU. I have like three different ideas for this, so…

Version one:

Isle kids consist of Wilbur, Techno, and Tommy.

Tommy is the son of the leader of a group known as The Organization, Clara, who rules with an iron fist.

However, the rest of the kids of the Organization and Tommy tend to run together, and they’re all a gang called Business Bay, that controls one of the dock areas. They’re also allies with Boffy, son of the Snow Queen.

Wilbur is the son of the Sky Gods, who were sealed for their malicious behavior, but used the last of their magic to create a heir.

Techno’s the son of the Blood God, who was sealed for causing war and bloodshed everywhere.

The two get along due to their ties to divinity. They’re both reluctantly fond of Tommy as well.

Anyway, Phil’s the king of the Antarctic Empire. When the three kids are taken from the Isle to be enrolled in Auradon, he offers to host them until school starts, since it’s summer. 

Tad bit awkward since the Organization was his antagonist to the throne, and the three are just wary in general, but he’s doing his best, trying to make them comfortable and ready for school.

Basically SBI based.

Version two:

Isle kids consist of Phil, Wilbur, Techno, Tommy, Bad, Dream, Ranboo, and Puffy.

Phil’s the son of Maleficent and Hades-the Angel of Death bit was too good to pass up, honestly, and now we can give him wings!

Dream and Ranboo are the sons of Dr.Facilier and the Queen of Hearts. Dream was born naturally, but Ranboo was created(blood from a man, tears the shadows weep, and the heart of a cardsmen) due to Facilier wanting a heir, and the Queen wasn’t willing to let him have Dream.

Tommy is either their half brother on the Queen’s side, the son of the Evil Queen, or the original queen that cursed the brothers in the tale of The Six Swans. Haven’t decided yet. 

Wilbur’s going to be his brother though, so he’ll also be the son of one of those. That, or the son of the Enchantress that cursed the Beast.

Puffy’s the daughter of Captain Hook, of course. 

Bad’s the son of the witch from Hansel and Gretel, as well as an unknown demon. 

Techno’s the son of Madam Mim and Hans.

The eight arrive to Auradon and discover that it’s not as free as it suggest, suppressing magic. Lucky for them, the students of Auradon have their ways around this problem, and are eager to welcome them all to the fold. 

Unique dynamics and everyone bonding and supporting each other while trying to figure out how to flip the entire system on it’s head.

Including George as the son of Sleeping Beauty, Quackity being part fae and forming a friendship with Philza, and Niki being a mermaid.

Version three:

Isle kids consist of Tommy, Tubbo, Purpled, and Ranboo. 

Purpled’s the son of Maleficent, Ranboo’s the son of Cruella and Dr. Facilier, Tubbo’s the son of the Evil Queen, and Tommy’s the son of Captain Hook.

They’re all very close to one another, even if they pretend otherwise. 

When they get sent to Auradon, everyone becomes attached soon after, and would probably die for these kids.

Purpled and Ranboo commonly run together, as do Tommy and Tubbo, Then Tubbo helps Ranboo, the two became friends, and the two groups join together, despite Purpled and Tommy being at odds.

They’d all literally kill for each other. 

Dream Smp Roleswap AU, but Dream Team swaps with Bench Trio, and nobody else. 

Ranboo swaps with Dream. Tubbo swaps with George. Tommy swaps with Sapnap.

Enderboo, called Enderwalker, swaps with XD, and XD is what Dream calls his version of Enderwalking, as he has access to his Admin powers in that form.

Tommy was the youngest prince of the Antarctic Empire, often feeling trapped in his royal life. Until the day infamous Pvper Ranboo snuck into a castle ball hoping to meet Techno. 

The two didn’t get off to a great start, but soon found themselves sympathizing with each other, and became friends. Ranboo offered to help Tommy escape his royal life, and Tommy was quick to accept it.

While on the run, the two ended up meeting weapons smith Tubbo, who’s talent meant he had endless amounts of work to do. They decided to steal him away as well, and so the Bench Trio came to be.

They created the Bench Smp, which came to be filled with others soon enough-among them a creeper hybrid named Sam, who’d become like a father to Tubbo, and a demon hybrid named Bad, who took them all under his wing, and treated them as family.

The server was an amazing place, and everyone there was close. Then, came Dream, along with his best friend George. The two quickly befriended Bad’s son Sapnap, and the newly dubbed Dream Team became a force to be reckoned with.

But they weren’t the true tipping point.

No, the true tipping point was when Wilbur came along searching for his missing brother. Everything spiraled from there, following L’manberg, Pogtopia, the discs. Eventually, Ranboo was locked away, Tommy was trying to move on, and Tubbo was trapped in his dreams in a misguided attempt as kindness by Enderwalker.

No romantic relations for the minors, just platonic and familial. Ranboo and Tubbo still decided to get married for tax evasion, it was just in a different server. They also still have Michael. Tommy regards both Quackity and Karl as older brother figures to him, but is more focused on Karl recently, with his depleting memory, unintentionally leaving Quackity to feel left behind by his fiance and sibling-figure. 

I saw a Fairy Tail AU, and thought “Wow, I can make that hurt a lot,” so here’s my own version.

Celestial Mage Tubbo has been pretty much raised by Celestial Spirit Wilbur and is best friends with Celestial Spirit Tommy. The two are the closest thing to a family he has.

(The Zodiac Spirits are replaced by the Chinese Zodiac, for reasons. Wilbur is the rabbit, Tommy is the dragon, Techno the pig, Schlatt the goat, ect)

At some point, he finds himself invited to the widely known Esempi Guild, run by Guild master Dream, which has a bit of a disaster-prone reputation, but eh. He’s always been the type to give out chances. So he goes.

Anyway, what this basically amounts to is the scene where Lucy has to break Aquarius’ key to summon the Spirit King, but it’s Tubbo with Wilbur’s key, forced to sacrifice the only parental figure he’s ever known to summon Philza, the equivalent of the Spirit King, knowing he’ll never get to see him again.

Extra angst in the option of him later trying to make Tommy made enough to leave him, because he knows that the other Spirit is torn between going back and finding his brother, and staying with his best friend, and decides it’ll be an easy decision to make if Tommy hates him-it’s not like it’d be undeserved, since he just destroyed Wilbur’s key.

9 months ago
IM SCREAMKNG
IM SCREAMKNG

IM SCREAMKNG

5 months ago

so fucked up that alliums exist in Minecraft but not onions or garlic or anything. STEVE YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON A CULINARY BREAKTHROUGH JUST DIG DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER

So Fucked Up That Alliums Exist In Minecraft But Not Onions Or Garlic Or Anything. STEVE YOU'RE MISSING
9 months ago

to give you guys some hope here are things i liked about s4 umbrella academy:

diego and luther having a silly little adventure and just being brothers

viktor finally getting closure with reggie

allison getting claire back!!

gene and jean being the coolest fucking characters of s4, truly they reminded me of s1 tua with their quirkiness

the light shed on viktor and ben's relationship - and how viktor was so adamant in helping ben

like... ben is literally in the same position viktor was in s1. feeling misunderstood by his family, alone, confused, not accepted, being feared of. and viktor understands this completely because he's been in this exact situation before. (they could have emphasized this better but-)

LILA GETTING HER FAMILY BACK!!!!

diego knowing punjabi because that's the native tongue of lila's family

luther being his usually, silly, himbo self ("i'm a professional dancer!!!!")

diego doing That Thing with the bullets

lila's laser eyes??? badass af

the weird subway thing and five's deli with all the different fives (council of wells much?)

klaus getting kidnapped in true klaus fashion... AGAIN 😌

and some other things i cant remember

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