talonized and turned around
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Talon felt surprisingly alert as he watched the Owls file in. They were each escorted to their table by a sharp-eyed Talon, one hand resting on their knife and the other keeping a firm hold on their charge. It reminded Talon of how Grandfather used to walk with him, when he wasn’t sure if he’d need to cut out Talon’s heart in order to keep him in check.
He used to be so, so bad. He was very lucky that the Court taught him to be good. Talon tried to remember that, even as his head got fuzzier at the sight of his opponent.
It was an owlet.
He was small, almost as small as Talon. His clothes hung off of him like a scarecrow. Angry, narrowed eyes flitted across the room as he was dragged forward by a Talon on both sides. His mouth was pressed in a thin line, but still he tried to bite the hands hoisting him up. Talon nearly cooed. He had teeth!
or, The Talon that used to be Dick Grayson is tasked with killing a street rat when a deal for the Court goes south. It doesn't go smoothly, but Jason's pretty grateful for that.
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- Part 4 of Abomination Does Whumptober 2023
- Part 1 of talonized and turned around
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it's like i'm half alive (but it's not your fault) by stillateenageabomination
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
22 Jan 2024
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“They’re kids.”
“They’re dangerous. You saw, as I did.”
“I am dangerous too,” Dagger countered. He let his crossed arms fall to the side. Jason immediately studied the man’s palms for hidden weapons. “I was dangerous, but when I appeared on your front porch, you did not force me to sleep in the holding cells. You brought me to my room. You regarded me as a person, though it’d been much time since I’d last been treated as such.” Dagger’s eyes hardened. “Do the same with them.”
Jason remembered, clear as day, being held down by his wrists with an iron grip while he was told in no uncertain terms that he was nothing more than a cloth monkey dressed up to dote on Talon. In a heartbeat, he could be replaced with a doll, so he’d better perform better than the straw-stuffed stacks they had lined up elsewhere.
Or,
Escaping the Court doesn't undo the years of conditioning in a single day. Things are hard, and Jason just can't figure out how he's supposed to act without fumbling the chance he's been given. For his sake and Talon's, he'll need to figure it out.
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- Part 6 of Abomination Does Whumptober 2023
- Part 2 of talonized and turned around
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all of my roots help me choose who to be by stillateenageabomination
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
01 Jun 2024
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“We will be discussing your codependent tendacies at a later date,” Damian said, “but I’d like to reiterate my previous point; we are not solely products of our situations. What happens to me will not lead to the same reaction if it happens to you.”
“Why?”
Damian shut his eyes, if only for a heartbeat. He forgot, sometimes, how purely childlike Richard’s voice was capable of sounding. Because he was a child. And while other children expressed curiosities on how the sky was blue or where babies came from, Richard questioned why he wasn’t doomed to repeat the same mistakes of his elders.
“Because we are complicated,” he said, “and we are illogical. There is no set ending determined by our actions.” He took a breath and risked it. “What happened to Harvey Dent will not happen to you.”
or, there are parallels between what happened to Harvey Dent and what happened to Dick Grayson. There are parallels everywhere, really. Damian notices them for the first time.
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- Part 3 of talonized and turned around
- Part 18 of Abomination Does Whumptober 2023