Grumpy Beastie's Other Lair

Part 1 can be found here.

Once again, this is more accurately, Batman adjacent things. Most of this might actually be Jason Todd. These are all little things that were originally going to be there own posts, but I have collected them together into one big post, which turned into two posts, so, that they would actually get posted. Enjoy!

~ I am not entirely sure why, but I've been wanting more Stephanie & Jason content (not Stephanie/Jason), fan or canon. It just seems like they should hang out more? I think it's because we got that little tease of them being friends in canon last year maybe. I don't know. It's just hard to find.

~ It's not happen so much right now, but earlier in the year, Batman/Pokemon Fusions were everywhere all of a sudden. It's not like Pokemon fusion works are unusual in any fandom, but there were so many and it brought up so many questions for me. Most of it was fan art featuring the Robins as Pokemon trainers with their Pokemon. There was a memorable piece that had Batman as the Pokemon trainer and the Robins as his Pokemon; little Pokemon hybrids, wearing versions of their costumes, which is kind of interesting to think about how that would work in a fusion universe. Which brought to mind a Supernatural Pokemon fusion, that included were-pokemon; wild Pokemon by day, people by night. I wonder what kind of Pokemon the Batman characters would be, if they were were-pokemon? And back to if they were Pokemon trainers, would Damian be liberating them or hoarding them? Would there be an intervention? There was more to this train of thought, but it has flown out of my brain.

~ It's kind of old news now, but Lego came out with a set that is the Gotham City skyline from Batman: The Animated Series to celebrate Batman's 85th anniversary. Is it cool? Yes. Do I want one? Of course. Am I getting one? No. It's $300 and absolutely enormous once assembled. There is also a Lego Batman Mech suit coming out this summer. That is at least in my price range ($15, I think) and I might have a place to put it, maybe.

~ I have been poking at my Batman/Avatar Urban Fantasy crossover series. I have two rough drafts I like and want to work on, but I keep talking myself out of posting them (I have no idea why). One is kind of a Girl with Dogs parody. (Girl with the Dogs is a delightful pet grooming YouTube channel.) Basically, Jason is spending more time in his transformed form (he is a werewolf in this, among other issues), and he ended up going to the groomers to deal with his shedding problem. It's meant to be light-hearted and funny. The other is more of a day in the life thing. It's established in canon of my fic's universe that Damian has started spending more time with Jason, slightly pre-series, but Jason is unclear if Damian sees him as a sibling or one of his many pets. This fic plays off of that. Also, mostly humor.

While we are on the topic of this series, there were some unposted parts of it I had additional backups of and I cannot find them, which is frustrating me. They're the one where Bruce and Clark stop Damian and Jon from playing alien autopsy in Bruce's lab, the one where Dick narrowly stops Damian and Jason from sacrificing Tim to a demon, and the scene where Zuko goes to dig up Jason for his necromancy assignment to find that Jason isn't dead anymore already.

~ While we are speaking of fics, I thought I had narrowed down the content for the main characters, Bruce, Clark, and Diana, for my YouTuber AU, but now I am not so sure. Clark will do "wholesome" reaction content. Diana's is the hardest for me to explain, but clearest in my head. She's been on YouTube for a long time and like a lot of older channels that are still active, its a mixture of older style content and newer trends, but the main focus is travel vlogs, museum vlogs, and random video essays. Bruce is that content creator that has far too many channels that make you wonder if they ever sleep. The difference being that his channels are not known to be by the same creator. His main ones are a "Brucie Wayne" charity livestreaming channel and under a different persona he has a ASMR & horror stories channel (is there a furry vtuber or sprite attached to it, I dunno). He also has a collaboration channel with Clark, that often features Diana. He doesn't have a true crime podcast because I think he would struggle with the ethics of a true crime podcast, he is obsessed with them though. The real question is does he also have an everyday carry channel? Like, are we going that far down the rabbit hole? Anyway, all this could change. That's just where I'm at now.

~ My brain cannot let this question go: If faced with needing to wear booty shorts for a mission, would Jason totally lean into it, complain loudly and relentlessly about having to wear Dick's "green scaly panties" the whole time he was Robin so why are you making him relive that, or both?

~ The Niblet and I were discussing this: If Batman were some sort of creature with animal ears (think a cat boy or a my little pony or something), but also still Batman with the cowl, would the cowl have both the bat ears and space for his animal ears poking up, smoosh down his animal ears so it looks like they are not there and have the bat ears, or incorporate space for his animal ears into the cowl's bat ears? While there is a ton of cat boy (and similar) Batman fan art out there, some of which include the batsuit, I have yet to see one with the cowl on. Red Hood fan art of that nature tends to include ears in the helmet, but most versions of Jason's helmet do not canonically already have little ears so, it's not a great comparison. What brought this on was some Two Face My Little Pony art. Another fun observation though, there is a ton of Neko/cat boy Batman fan art out there (and yes, they are almost always big, burly Batman), but I have never seen any where he is also paired with Catwoman. This just feels like a missed opportunity.

That's all the silly Batman things for now. Thank you for indulging me.

Challenge #15

Fandom Snowflake Challenge's 2023 Fandom Wrapped!

Your top 5 fandoms for 2023 were:
1. Batman
2. Stargate Atlantis/Stargate SG-1
3. TTRPGs/D&D
4. Our Flag Means Death
5. Avatar the Last Airbender
HM: Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)

Because this varied wildly depending on platform, I have included those too:

Your Instagram top 5 fandoms for 2023 were:
1. Batman
2. Our Flag Means Death
3. Good Omens
4. Supernatural
5. Avatar the Last Airbender

Your YouTube top 5 fandoms for 2023 were:
1. ASMR
2. Knitting
3. TTRPGs/D&D
4. Batman
5. Cult of the Lamb

Your AO3 top 5 fandoms for 2023 were:
1. Batman
2. Stargate Atlantis
3. Stargate SG-1
4. Merlin (BBC)/Violet Evergarden (anime)/Sherlock Holmes
5. Good Omens/Supernatural/The Witcher/Interview with the Vampire (TV)

Your top 5 fandom spaces (Discord, Twitter, etc.) in 2023 were:
1. AO3
2. Instagram
3. YouTube
4. Dreamwidth
5. Spotify

The top 5 things you did to contribute to fandom in 2023 were:
1. Reading fic
2. Reacting to fic
3. Watching fan vids
4. Watching gaming playthroughs
5. Creating fandom playlists/writing fanworks (even if only 3 got posted)

Your top 5 most appreciated fandom contributions were:
(I really wasn’t sure how to answer this one)
1. Comments & kudos I received despite a definite lack of posting on my part
2. Having access to appreciate the works of others
3. The bounty of well written kinktober works on AO3 that kept me alive during October
4. Anytime anyone posted fan art that wasn’t AI generated
5. Finding thriving community for older fandoms on Instagram/all the Our Flag Means Death memes

Bonus questions:

Your fandom personality in 2023 was:
Panicked Gremlin

In 2023, you discovered:
Whole new genres of ASMR to explore, new genres of Batboys fanfic to explore, Jason Todd Hockey AUs, & the InuYasha side of Instagram

Your fandom home in 2023 was:
Snuggled in a pillow fort w/ my other phone & a pair of headphones

Challenge #5

Search in your current space, whether brick-and-mortar or digital. Post a picture (a link to a picture will be fine!) or description of something that is or represents:

1. Something your favorite character would like
One of the problems with being so multifandom is that, I am not sure who my favorite character is, like, no one particular character comes to mind. According to vexed_wench, my favorite character is Alfred Pennyworth. I think he would appreciate my very clearly labeled storage system and that I have sewing kits hidden throughout the house. My mother heard what I was doing and started shouting out Dean Winchester related things, so I will add the assorted bottles of whiskey in the laundry room. (We keep all the alcohol in a cabinet in the laundry room. Also, Bobby is actually my favorite Supernatural character, but I think this works for both.) And just because I feel like Iroh needs a shout out, I think he would appreciate my very assorted collection of teas.

2. Something that makes you laugh
The gifs from Vexed that regularly grace my phone.

3. A fandom place you would like to visit
Okay, technically, there are a few things I could use for this, but every time I found one, my brain went, "No, not there, you'll die." So, I'm skipping this one. (Though my mother has decided to help me with this scavenger hunt and brought me my Stargate SG-1 DVDs when she heard what question I was on.)

4. A fandom creator (pro or not) you'd like to meet
My brain interpreted this in too many ways. If we are talking a creator that created a fandom, I am going with my Emotional Support Demon plushie. I was so happy to get one of The Click’s plushies after missing out on Cliccy Kitties 1 and 2, and both runs of Mango. (I also got the keychain sized versions of the Emotional Support Demon and Mango last year.) If we are talking a creator in a fandom that creates fandom things, I have the print out of an email, for collage purposes, of confirmation of tickets I bought for a virtual burlesque show I went to a few years ago. One of the show’s featured performers was a writer/cosplayer/performer/make-up artist/trans & chronic illness advocate/comic enthusiast/goblin rogue I really appreciate. But honestly the idea of meeting anyone is terrifying.

5. Something you find comforting
Oden the Peccary Pig of the Squishmallow Desert Squad. According to his bio, he loves building intricate sandcastles. All I know is petting the fluff on top of his head helps me sleep.

6. Something from a favorite TV series or movie from your childhood
When I was a baby, my sister made me a Popple blanket from a kit as part of her sewing class.

7. A piece of clothing you love
My red "DAMNIT BRUCE, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF ROOMS" T-shirt. It was an early bit of Panda Redd merch that, sadly, most of the lettering has come off of. I went to buy a sticker with the saying, but when he switched shops recently, it was not part of the old designs he brought over.

8. A book or song with a color in the title
There are literally thousands of books in my house and I frustratingly could not find one with a color in the title. So, I turned to my music collection and found "Inked in Red" by Vision video and "Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance at pretty much the same time.

9. Something only someone in your fandom would understand
I guess my letterman's jacket. It’s maroon with grey sleeves and a grey hood. The emblem on the left side of the chest is a “15” in the center of the “flame” design that surrounds an anti-possession tattoo and the back has a W with a black Chevy impala threaded through it with, “There’ll be peace when you are done” around it. I’ve worn this thing almost every day for almost (?) 4 years now. The most common comment I get is people shouting “cool jacket” at me. I also get a lot of knowing nods from people I assume are Supernatural fans and it’s started a lot of unexpected conversations about Supernatural. However, it has just as often gotten people coming up to me asking what sport I played, wanting to try to start conversations about cars, asking what religious organization I belong to, or just “what does 15 mean?”

This is my general wishlist of things that I am generally afraid to ask for. It will be updated regularly.

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last edited Dec 21, 2023