I was looking at the character poster for Spider (seen below), and I noticed something about it.
Not only was it clear from this photo that this was taken with an older Jack Champion (Spider's actor) than appeared in The Way of Water, but there are a range of other differences from the way that Spider looked in the film (seen below)
These are:
He has an extra strip on his forehead in the image on the left.
He has more beads in his hair in the image on the left
He has a blue body stripe across his cheek in the image on the right, and it is no longer there in the image on the left.
He is wearing either a bone
and finally, he is wearing the body garment in the image on the left that we see Metkayina males wear (as seen in the images below).
It is this, along with the tattoo seen on his arm in this photo (seen below) from an article in EMPIRE Magazine of a scene that did not appear in the second movie, that I realised something...
....I think that Spider either before the start of the movie or during the movie will go through the Metkayina version of Iknimaya.
Iknimaya for the Metkayina is described on the Avatar Wiki to be "...[several] coming-of-age rituals..." which include "...taming a Skimwing and various tests with the members' tulkun spirit brother/sister". It is then stated that after the individual completes the trials "...the member is considered an adult and receives a special article of clothing, their first tattoo, and three beads for their songcord (reference for the Wiki can be found at the bottom of the post).
Given that not only is Spider 16 and might be 17 by movie three, poses a tattoo, the body garment given to males that pass Iknimaya and a selection of beads through his hair, it is clear to see that, in some shape or form, Spider was able to complete the Metkayina version of Iknimaya to some capacity.
Though it would be important to mention that he wouldn't be able to complete trials a few of the trials like taming a Skimwing or gaining a Tulkun spirit brother, as he is human and thus lacks a queue to do so with.
My idea is this, either during the first act of the film or just be its event it is revealed that Spider has been trying to pass the trials of Iknimaya to not only be seen as not only one of the people but also a na'vi and possibly prove himself to others like Neytiri. Yet, due to him being human, he is unable to complete all the trials he is given and so fails in his goal, maybe this also causes further hurt to his relationship with Neytiri (idk). So, knowing that the RDA can give him an Avatar body that would allow him to not only complete the trials but also be seen as one of the family, he goes to them hoping that in exchange for information or something else, they will give him an Avatar body. Not only would this make sense for the next step in his character arc, but it also might have already been teased in the image seen below, which can be found in the same EMPIRE article as the image above. This would be his story for the third and possibly fourth movies.
But anyway, what do you think? Do you think this might be accurate or not?
References:
Avatar Wiki - Iknimaya, Link: https://james-camerons-avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Iknimaya
The adults are talking
Damian couldn't understand why Bruce and Dick were so obsessed all of a sudden.
They were obsessed.
with you.
If it wasn't for your little tantrum making you storm out of the house, no one would've noticed you leaving.
And he knew Jason and Tim thought the same.
The day you were forced here Dick had insisted that they'd talk to you.
The first day you came, Dick interrupted him taking care of Batcow to tell him to invite you to hang out.
During movie night, it was obvious your mind was somewhere else.
He just didn't understand why they had to interact with you, you were okay with just living with Miguel, why were you forced to be with them?
He decided to investigate further.
He made his way to the kitchen, passing by the hallway.
He noticed the newly placed pictures of you.
They were very clearly from your and your friend's social media, he recognized them from when he stalked stumbled upon you and your friend's socials.
In one photo in which Miguel was next to you, he was edited out, leaving an awkward space next to you.
As he got closer to the kitchen, he could hear you and Dick arguing.
He looked over the corner of the doorway in order to not get caught by either of you.
Your spidey senses went slightly off at that, but you ignored it, assuming it was coming from Dick.
Dick held the guitar, which was coated in stickers "Who's is this?"
You glared at him and put your hands on your hips "It's my friend's."
Dick raised an eyebrow at that "why did he even come here yesterday?"
"nunya." you tried reaching for the guitar, only for him to put it in the air, making it impossible for you to grab it
"c'mon birdie, I know you can do better than that!" Dick teased, swaying the guitar back and forth
"Don't call me that." you jumped to try and reach it and accidentally hit the counter, which made a stack of books hit the vase, domino-style.
Which in turn made a vase start to fall.
Stupid spidey-luck.
Before Damian could process it, the vase hit him on the head and shattered.
"watch it!" Damian exclaimed.
You and dick turned your heads to look at him.
You watched as Dick opened his mouth to speak, and quickly took your chance.
You kicked the back of his knees, which made him fall, and grabbed the guitar swiftly.
"bitch." you walked away, holding the guitar triumphantly
Dick sat down in shock for a moment before checking up on Damian.
"Are you alright?" Dick helped Damian up from the floor.
Damian dusted himself off "I'm fine."
Dick kept talking to him, but his voice faded out as Damian got an idea.
if he couldn't tell why Dick and Bruce were obsessed with you, he'll go straight to the source.
Damian burst into your room.
You were blasting music while journaling.
It was then he took a look at your clothes.
You were wearing an outfit he distinctly remembers you not owning.
You were wearing a red sweater, one that showed up in one of your friend's social media posts.
After a minute or two of awkward silence, you finally spoke up. "do you need anything?"
"you hurt me. Apologize." he crossed his arms in a sort of way that reminded you of Bruce
"alright. I'm sorry. Happy?" you stared at him blankly
"I'll forgive you if we socialize together." he had a poker face on, but you could tell he was slightly nervous.
You closed your journal "All alright, I'll hang out with you."
Damian looked confused like he didn't expect you to agree so fast
"I'm bored anyways, might as well. Where do you wanna go?" you got up from your bed and leaned against the wall, staring at Damian.
"Well, if you insist on this, we could go out to shop," Damian smirked
You stretched and started making your way towards your closet "All alright, just give me like 30 minutes to get ready.
"He made his way out your door.
You took a good 10 minutes choosing an outfit before deciding on one you wore once when you went to Peni's birthday, along with a friendship bracelet she made you.
You got started on your hair and makeup, not caring about the time you were taking.
You knew Damian was very punctual about time, but you didn't care.
As you were mid-way through, the door banged open and Damian barged in.
"hurry up." he glared at you
"hold on, I'm almost done." you lied
He grew impatient and started looking around your room. You couldn't fully blame him; it's a household full of detectives, obviously, they were all nosey.
He looked at one of your walls, which had a lot of pictures of you and your friends.
In one of them, you were carrying a sleeping girl. She looked around his age and was wearing a sweater of yours. Her black short hair was braided, like how yours was in the picture.
In another frame, you and all your friends were at a birthday party. He assumed it was yours, the way you had a party hat on and everyone was around you.
In some pictures you weren't even in them.
There was a couple where they were centered around a blonde-haired girl and a boy with the biggest doe eyes.
In one picture, you were all playing in a band someplace where Bruce would never let you step foot in.
"Those are my friends," you spoke, still doing your hair "I feel like you'd get along with them."
"TT as if." he scoffed, moving onto a jewelry box on the side of your vanity.
He opened it and saw a lot of themed jewelry, mostly based on spider people.
Some weren't themed, like a pair of earrings he was now holding in his hands.
You spoke up, still sitting at the vanity "Oh Can you pass me those? I feel like it's gonna complete my outfit."
He walked up to you and handed you the earrings and watched as you put them on.
Something in the corner of his eye caught his attention.
A bunch of crochet plushes on your bed.
They were themed, yet again.
You saw him staring at them"They were based on some people I know. If you want I can ask Gwen to make you one?"
Damian looked at you, slightly confused "Why would I need a plush? That is highly immature. especially since-"
You cut him off. "if this is about them being spider people I could ask her to make a robin plush."
Damian nodded at you, in a way that was so serious it made you chuckle.
Damian was growing impatient. You were taking a long time to get ready.
He walked up to you "Are you done?" he was cartoonishly thumping the floor with his foot like a certain cartoon rabbit.
"Almost, I swear!" you grabbed the perfume on your vanity and sprayed yourself.
Damian was standing next to where you were sitting, and you took that as a sign to put some of your perfume on him.
As soon as you did, he started having a coughing fit.
"what was that?!" he kept coughing and trying to wave the smell away.
You tilted your head in confusion "I thought you wanted some?"
"why would I want some of your perfume?!" his coughing fit slowed down, he was obviously dramatizing it
"oh c'mon, it wasn't that serious!" you got up and grabbed your keys.
You started making your way out your door before remembering you didn't have your purse, which had your phone and wallet.
"Dami," you said in a sing-songy voice "could you grab my purse? It's on my nightstand."
He made sure you didn't see his smile at the nickname as he made his way to your nightstand and took note of the picture frame next to your bed.
It was of all your friends + you huddled up together. You all had a birthday hat on and you had a sash that said "birthday girl".
He knew it was probably from the same birthday he saw in another picture frame earlier.
He grabbed your bag and handed it to you, relieved he was finally gonna make his way to the mall with you.
You guys made your way to the parking garage with all the cars anyone could ask for.
You picked a car, one of which you bought yourself and picked out with Miguel.
It was your favorite color.
"All alright Damian, I'll grab the car seat for you." you joked and tried to look as serious as possible
"wait what?" he watched as you went into the trunk and grabbed a princess car seat fit for a toddler.
You bought it a while ago for car rides with Mayday.
"Alright, get on." you pat the car seat, indicating for Damian to get on.
Damian pouted "I'm much too old for that"
"Are you sure? The car seat says it works until the kid is 8, you're 7 so it's fine." you tried to hide your smirk
Damian glared at you, obviously annoyed. "I am not 7! I'm 14!"
"right....." it was getting harder for you to not laugh
"I'm serious!" his voice cracked midway through the sentence, making you burst out laughing.
His face turned a little red "It's not funny!"
"You're right, I'm sorry." you were trying to calm yourself down, only to laugh out loud really loud again.
Damian tried to suppress his laughter as well, only to let out a chuckle.
"get in loser, we're going shopping." you sat down in the driver's seat and he sat down in the passenger seat.
It was silent for a moment...until you looked at Damian and started laughing for no reason.
Damian looked around confused "What's so funny?"
You tried to calm yourself down and failed "I don't know!"
You only stopped when Alfred heard what sounded to him like a hyena laughing, and went to check out the garage.
As soon as he heard the laughter coming from the car, he made his way to your windows.
As soon as you noticed him, you stopped laughing.
"master damian and mistress Y/N, where are you going?"
You glared at him, annoyed. "out to do errands."
"May I tag along? I too have errands to run. I have to-" You cut him off by pulling up the window and turning on your music.
You could see Alfred trying to talk to you, but you just put on your sunglasses and drove out.
Damian was shocked, he couldn't believe you would do that.
You blasted your music and sang and danced along, to him it felt like a scene straight out of a girly 2000s movie.
He noticed how your keys had an Araña-themed keychain.
The fuzzy dice on the driver's mirror.
The bedazzled steering wheel.
There was some trash on the floor of the passenger seat.
He could see that in the backseats there was a coloring book and random stray crayons.
The car door next to him had a bunch of stickers everywhere.
In the back seat, there was half a broken drumstick.
There was a broken guitar string somehow tied up in a bow and left on the other seat.
There were random traces of paint everywhere.
"why is it so dirty in here?" he looked at you, slightly concerned about how you were driving so well despite putting on lipgloss at the same time.
"I wouldn't call it dirty, it's just chaos. Controlled chaos." you put away your lipgloss and kept driving "Put in a new CD, I'm bored of this album."
He reached into the glove compartment and immediately noticed a ton of snacks falling out of the compartment.
"oh yeah, just ignore that. I keep those just in case," you said
"In case of what?" Damian asked, still somewhat shocked at the amount of snacks and drinks that somehow fit in there
"in case anyone wants some. If you want you can have some. There are some vegan options in there, I think." you pulled out a mascara tube and started doing your lashes.
Damian then pulled out a bag of veggie chips and started eating them.
"well? are you going to get the CD or not?" you questioned, nudging him playfully.
"I can't see them." he pointed out
You waved your hand at him "You have to dig in deep, you'll find it somewhere."
He hesitated before digging and trying to look for it.
Inside he found:
A portable DVD player, a bunch of DVDs, at least 16 business cards from random small businesses, 7 types of nail polish, 2 iPods, an iPad, 4 random band shirts, a deflated soccer ball, an empty wallet, 6 different chargers (4 of which were broken beyond repair), 5 lipglosses, 2 friendship bracelets, and finally some CDs.
"how does all of this fit in this tiny compartment?" he looked at you, concerned yet again.
"hammerspace." you said, casually
Damian looked at you blankly "What?"
"don't even worry about it." you went back to driving.
He pulled out a random one and handed it to you.
"oh, awesome! I love this album!" you placed it in the CD player.
"Why do you even use CDs? I'm sure Father could get you a new car with a working music player." Damian said, putting everything back in the glove compartment.
"I like it better like this. This car has memories and I've owned some of those cd's since I was in elementary. I just think they're neat!" you took a sip of a random drink you found in your car.
Damian raised an eyebrow at that. He didn't remember you bringing that into the car.
"I found this random water bottle here. It's either me or Margos, and it's probably 4 weeks old," you said, as if you read his mind.
you took another sip. "on second thought, this is probably Gwens."
Everything was a mess.
Yet he felt so at home.
When you guys finally got to the mall, you got to work on your errands.
You grabbed your crumpled-up paper shopping list "Alright, first we need to go to a craft store."
"Why do we need to go to a craft store?" he asked, still eating the veggie chips from earlier
"Because," you grabbed a shopping cart "I need to grab a couple of things."
As you guys made it to the crafts store, you got an idea.
"Damian," you pointed to the cart "get in the cart."
"What?" he raised an eyebrow
"get in." you smiled
"Are you serious? I can't do that!" he argued
You put your hands on your hips "I don't care. Get in the cart."
"I will not! This is foolish behavior!" he stomped
You ignored him and picked him up like a cat and placed him in the cart.
You ignored his protests and kept shopping.
After a minute or two he calmed down.
You went to the art aisle and didn't know what supplies to get Miles.
"it was a good thing I brought you, I know basically nothing about what types of markers there are." You handed Damian two options.
"well don't know, I don't use those types of materials." he handed them back
"shit. Well, I'll just get all of them." you put one of each type of marker and strolled away, cart in hand.
You made your way to the sticker aisle and immediately put a ton of stickers in the cart as well.
"Why do you need so many?" Damian asked, picking up one of the sticker packs which was Vocaloid-themed.
"Because you can never have too many stickers!" you put more in the cart and strolled away again.
By the time you got to the checkout aisle, all the things you bought made you look like one of the people from the math problems.
The cashier looked at you a bit crazy but stopped when he saw you pull out a black card.
As soon as you both made your way out the door, you dragged Damian towards a music store.
You picked out some more CDs for you and some albums for your friends.
a Babymetal album for Peni, a Frank Ocean one for Miles, the Ramones one for Hobie, Daisy and the Scouts for Gwen, and a Sza album for Margo.
You dragged Damian to other stores, most of which he hated.
To cheer him up, you decided to take him to a store you knew most 14-year-old boys liked.
A comic book store.
"Damian look at these!" you handed him an invincible comic
"TT. they're just books." he put it back in its place.
You scoffed and kept looking at the comics
"Oh my gosh! They have a limited edition Gwenpool comic! I've been looking for this everywhere!" you held it up in the air dramatically
You could tell he was pretending to be unamused. He kept looking around.You placed your Gwenpool comic in the cart
"Is this an X-Men comic? I've seen Miles read them, he says they're good."
You saw Damian perk up immediately and grab it out of your hands.
Usually, you'd be upset at his bad manners, but he looked at the comic with such childlike wonder he looked 7 years old again.
Sure, back when both of you were younger he'd threaten you and go out of his way to ignore you, but who didn't?You felt a weird sort of nostalgia.
You shook that thought away and kept looking at the comics.
By the time you guys left the bookstore, you guys had a lifetime supply of manga and comics.
"Okay, we should head back to the manor."
"it's still early? It's not even lunchtime?"
"you need your naptime, you keep yawning"
"I am not," he said, suppressing a yawn
You held his hand while making your way to the car, a force of habit from holding Peni's.
He stared at your hands" Why are you holding my hand?"
You chuckled, letting go "Sorry, force of habit."
He ignored how he missed that small sign of affection.
You both put your things in the trunk. You guys ran out of space and had to put some things in the backseat.
You guys sat down and you played your music.
After a couple of moments, Damian fell asleep.
When you guys finally got to the manor, Damian was half asleep, pretending to be fully asleep.
You smiled and started grabbing all the bags.
You picked him up and carried him out of the passenger seat princess-style and made your way to his room, ignoring Alfred trying to ask about your day.
You ran into Alfred the cat, remembering how you completely forgot he existed.
The last time you saw him, you were around 14 and Damian taught him to avoid you.
Despite how many times you'd try to pet the cat, it'd run away.
You continued to place Damian in his bed and tuck him in.
You kissed him on the forehead, accidentally leaving a lipgloss stain.
You started placing down the bags full of the things he bought, not realizing you accidentally left one of your bags in his room.
You walked out of his room, not noticing his small smile.
Now he understood why dick and Bruce liked you.
You were in your room putting your things away.
You were also putting the things you bought for your friends into gift bags.
It took a while for you to notice you were missing your Gwenpool comics and the manga you bought for Peni.
By the time you noticed, Damian barged into your room yet again.
"you forgot something." he handed you the bag, it had the things you were looking for.
"oh thank you!" you skimmed through the comic, taking in the new book smell.
He hopped onto your bed and looked at one of the plushes on your bed.
It was different from the other ones, which were all different variations of spider people, this one was a red robot.
It sort of reminded him of the robots from Evangelion.
He rolled around in your bed for a bit before sitting up.
He was bored.
You spoke up, finishing up folding your laundry "We should do something."
"Like what?"
"I don't know. Oh my gosh! We should go picnicking!"
"what."
"we can cook and bake! I'm kinda hungry anyways."
"..fine."
You guys made your way to the kitchen, you grabbed your cookbook.
It was badly covered in glitter and decorated like a burn book.
As soon as you placed it down on the counter, Damian looked at you confused.
"what is it?" you asked, opening the book.
"why is it covered in glitter?"
"can a girl not be filled with joy and whimsy?"
"fair enough."
"I have an idea! We both make dishes and share them at the park."
"okay?"
Damian then started making his meal, and you made one of your own.
After an hour or two, you both had everything prepared.
You made a few drinks and meals for you and Damian. You also packed some chips just incase he didn't want the food you made.
You both got in your car and left for the park
You lay on the blanket, admiring the bright blue sky.
You pointed to a random cloud "that cloud kind of looks like a butt."
"You're childish." he laid down next to you.
"what do you think it looks like then?" you asked
"...I think it looks like a cat." he pointed out
You laughed "There's no way you see that."
A moment of silence passed through and Damian thought back to the moment with you and Alfred.
Lately, you have been acting strangely rude to him.
"Why don't you like Pennyworth?"
"what do you mean?" you asked, sitting up
"what has he done for you to treat him like that?" he sat up as well
You wanted to tell him.
You wanted to tell him about all those nights you spent sobbing to him asking why no one loved you.
You wanted to tell him about how he'd always defend the people that hurt you.
You wanted to tell him about how you could tell that he only pitied you, and didn't care.
You wanted to tell him about how you knew since the beginning he never cared about you.
You wanted to tell him about Julia, Alfred's daughter, and how he abandoned her.
You decided to stay quiet about those things.
You guys had just now started to get along, it'd be strange of you to randomly dump all your problems onto him.
"I just have a bad feeling about him," you replied
"That's all? No support to that claim or anything?"
"I mean, I am a spider-person, most of us have great intuition."
"you do?"
"yeah!"
It went silent and you decided to change the topic. You didn't wanna keep talking about Alfred
"Well, we should start eating now, right?" you asked, pulling out some Dal you had prepared earlier.
Damian pulled out some dolma he had also made.
You took a bite out of the food you prepared "This Dal is so bomb. Look, try it!"
"no. I have no idea what you could done to that food," he said, backing away from the food as if it was going to bite him
"oh, c'mon! its not that bad. look, I'll eat some so you know it's good." you took another bite of it, basically melting at the taste.
"here comes the choo choo train. Choo choo" You brought a piece to his mouth
"stop this madness at once!" he snatched the piece out of your hand and looked at it.
He hesitated before taking a bite.
"TT. This is acceptable, I suppose."
You smiled and picked him up, "he's alive! he's alive! The food didn't kill him!" Everyone around you started staring at you.
Damian tried to shut up your yelling by putting a hand over your mouth and failed.
You let him down and started laughing.
"You're embarrassing me!" he said, trying to cover up his reddened face.
After a moment of comfortable silence, he spoke up "I'm shocked you can cook."
You gasped dramatically and flopped onto the ground, holding your heart as if you were dying "You're so mean."
Damian took another bite of his dolma "Where did you learn to cook that?"
"Pav and his auntie showed me, it took a lot of trial and error but now I basically know it like the back of my hand." you sat up and took a bite of his food.
He glared at you, but you knew it had a playful undertone.
"I think I burned down his kitchen at least twice. I love his auntie." you took a sip of your drink, which was a horchata.
He looked at your drink "What's that?"
"This is horchata, I learned it from Miguel. He taught me, it's pretty good, have a sip." you handed him your drink
He hesitated a little less than last time
".. I suppose it's fine."
"Prince Damian liking my cooking? It's a miracle!" you clapped and he hit you on the shoulder, making you fall dramatically yet again.
While you both were talking, a brunette little boy came up to you both.
He looked no older than 5, and he had tears in his big black eyes.
He came up to you "Hi, I am Elijah, and I can't find my mommy. She said not to talk to strangers but I don't know what to do!"
He started bawling his eyes out, and in an attempt to calm him down, you handed him a juice box.
"Look, we'll help you find your mom, okay?" you stood up and picked up Ellijah on your hip.
Elijah was starting to calm down.
That was until Damian glared at Elijah, making him cry even harder.
You glared back at Damian, knowing that this was gonna make it harder to find his mom.
You had to make him stop crying, stat.
So, you did the only thing you knew worked for you. The things your friends did when you cried.
"..do you want a piggyback ride?"
That shut up Ellijah really quickly.
After the piggyback ride, you put him down and decided to keep chatting with Elijah.
Damian spaced out both of you talking in order to not get too mad that your time together was being interrupted.
That was until Elijah insulted Damian.
"he's a butthead!" he pointed at Damian
"if you don’t shut it, I’m going to give you a new set of holes to breathe out of." Damian said glaring at Elijah again.
"Damian," you said sternly, bringing Elijah closer to you just in case.
After half an hour his mom finally came."oh I'm so glad I found him!" his mom said, hugging Ellijah close
"Mommy!" Elijah hugged her back, making you smile.
"oh I have to pay you back!" the woman spoke, pulling out a wad of cash from her wallet
"no thank you, ma'am, I'm fine I swear," you said, refusing
"no, I insist!" she tried handing it to you, only for you to push it away.
You backed off a little "It's completely free! he's a sweet guy!"
The woman finally gave up "Do you babysit?"
"Sometimes, yeah! Do you need my business card?" you started pulling one out of your purse
You guys fell into conversation, and Damian was growing impatient.
After another 30 minutes, you both packed up everything and went home.
The car ride was silent, unlike the other times when it was filled with laughter, chatting, and music.
Once you both got to the manor, you spoke up "What was that about?!"
Damian flinched at your sudden anger "What was what about?"
"Why did you threaten a 5-year-old?" you looked him in the eyes
He crossed his arms "he insulted me."
"he called you a buttface." You pointed out
"I stand by my point," Damian said
You put your hands on your hips "Why did you get so mad over a kid? he doesn't even know his numbers!"
"I don't see your point," Damian argued
"youre insuffuerable! I get why everyone calls you a demon." you grew angrier by the second.
"You an annoyance!" Damian stomped"why are you so stubborn, Peni?!" you yelled.
You both froze at the mention of her name.
You awkwardly made your way to your room, avoiding Damian's eyes.
You didn't notice how despite his angry face, there was a tint of sadness in his eyes.
you were in your room, processing what happened after a nice everything shower.
you were doing your skincare when you got a call from Noir.
"hey doll, do you mind taking care of peni for a bit?"
"of course! did anything happen?" you said, putting the call on speaker
"no, its just that peni's been asking to hang out with you for quite a while. plus, it'd be less worrying to go out on patrol and not be scared for her." in the backround, you could make out the sound of peni getting her things ready
"No problem, peni's an angel! what time will you be getting here?"
"is 15 minutes fine?"
"of course! is it a sleepover or just like a hangout?"
"sleepover."
"alright, ill see you both later."
you spent the next 15 minutes putting on your pjs and getting everything ready.
you prepared snacks and a movie night.
you were so ready for her to come over!
15 minutes had gone by when you heard the doorbell ring.
you ran through the dark, haunted looking walls.you pushed back Dick, who was also trying to get to the door.
"I'll get it!" you basically slammed yourself against the door.
you quickly recovered and opened the door.
"Noir!" you noticed how peni wasnt next to him like she usually was "wheres peni?"
"shes getting her stuff from the car."
"thats fine, come in!" you invited him in
"thanks."
alfred and noir made conversation, and you didnt notice damian basically stalking you all
you saw through the window that peni was on her way in. you jumped from your seat on the floor you will never be worthy enough for the family couch and opened the door for her.you spun peni into a hug
"Hi angel!"
Peni laughed, smiling at how tightly ypu were hugging her.
you didnt notice damian sneaking into your room.
As soon as he got there, he ran to your plushies.
Uour stupid plushies.
He pulled out his katana and started ripping them.
He had no idea why he'd done it, he just wanted to.
He made sure to focus on the Miguel plush, he was so mad that man took you away from them.
by the time you got back to your room with Peni not that far behind, you froze looking at the plusihies.
Damian didnt look guilty.
You dragged him away from the plushies, and dodging his kicks and punches as much as you could you scolded Damian "Why would you do that?"
he stayed silent, avoiding your eyes.
you slammed the door on his face and made your way to the plushies.
you held the now mangled miguel plush in your hands, and tried to not let out any tears.
Peni picked up your Miles plushie, which was now missing an eye and got an idea:
"I can probably fix this up, if youd like?"
"Actually?"
"Yeah! noir taught me how to sew a while ago."
She started fixing them and you finished setting up everything, still angry at Damian.
Why would he do this? He was the one who started all of this.everything started off great with him, what happened?
the more you thought of it, the more angry you got.
Meanwhile, Damian was in his room processing what he had done.
He didnt know why he did it exactly.
Could it be the jealousy?
Seeing you treat others that arent related to you like family?
Seeing you treat the little boy like the baby brother you never had?
Seeing you hold Peni and Peni not resisting?seeing how happy you were with her?
He's never felt so humiliated being kicked out of your room while companies over!
He had to apologize before peni could replace him before you hated him like you hated Alfred.
He made his way to your room and heard you and peni talking.
"She said i walk like a bitch, what does that even mean?!" a high pitched voice spoke, damian assumed came from the younger girl.
"Shes so annoying. i dont even know her and she sounds stupid." you said
"She is!" the high pitched voice spoke
Damian barged in.
He saw you painting peni's nails, and a movie playing in the background.
It was legally blonde, a movie he once caught Jason watching in his apartment.
an awkward silence passed by
You looked up at him "do you need something?"
"yes." he spoke up
"..well what is it?"
"i insist she leaves." Damian pointed to Peni
you quickly hid her behind you "She is not leaving."
"Y/n-" peni tried to interject, only to be cut off by you.
"Listen, damian, she isnt leaving. whatever you have to say, you can say it to my face."
"..Fine."he took a deep breath "i apologize." he muttered, ever so quietly.
"what was that?" you said, squatting down a bit to get to his level
"I apologize!" he put his head down in embarrassment
"Was that so hard?" You put you hands on your hipsyou took a deep breath "Okay, its whatever."
you continued "Im also sorry for getting so mad at you. and for calling you by Peni's name."
"You did what now?" Peni said, suprised.
"It's a long story." you started kicking damian out of your room.
The last thing he saw in your room was the now stitched up plushies.
As soon as he got out, you started talking to peni.
"Peni, please be careful around him."
Peni looked at you, confused "What do you mean?"
You opened a nail polish "He threatened a literal 5 year old."
Peni looked at you, bewildered "what?"
it was 3 in the morning when Peni got thirsty.
She knew that most likely, every one of your family members would be on patrol.
She started making her way out your room, making sure you didnt wake up.
Even though you were a heavy sleeper, she didnt wanna wake you up.
She knew her way around the manor, you've prevously hosted small get togethers with the spider-gang without anyone noticing.
As soon as she got to the kitchen, she noticed how damian was there.
She knew you had told her to be careful around him.
She tried sneaking around him, only for him to sneak up on her.
"Boo." Peni jumped at Damian scaring her.
"You scared me."
As she was about to yell at him, she felt something brush past her leg.
a little black and white cat.
"Awww, what a cutie!" She picked him up.
Damian was about to protest, knowing that alfred the cat usually would attack when picked up.
It caught him off guard how calm the cat was.
She put her hand out to him "I'm Peni."
He shook her hand "I know. Im Damian."
"He usually doesnt tolerate newcomers." He spoke
"Well, he can probably sense how i have a cat." Peni pet Alfred.
Damian's eyes lit up at her words "You do?"
"Yep! noir has a cat named Ding Ding, she's so sweet." Peni's eyes also lit up at being able to talk about it.
They both started talking about little cat facts, sitting on the kitchen floor.
They only stopped when they heard a certan voice.
"Can you guys shut up? It's literally 3 am." you rubbed your eyes, half asleep.
"Y-yeah, we'll be quiet, sorry." Peni prayed youd forget the warning you gave her to be careful around Damian.
You turned around to go back to bed, only to walk back when you remembered.
You started lightly scolding Peni about not hearing your warning, with Damian trying not to laugh.
Peni glared at Damian and spoke up "listen, im fully unharmed, see?"
You realised you were overreacting and took a deep breath. "youre right, im sorry. i just got all worried."
you quickly bear hugged her "Im so sorry angel, I wont do this again!"
"Y/n!" Peni laughed as quietly as she could.
"C'mon guys, lets head to bed." You picked them both up by the scruff of the neck, suprising Damian
"Put me down at once! Stop this nonsense!" He tried thrashing around.
He looked at Peni to see if she was doing the same thing, only to see her acting like this was normal between them.
You dropped Damian off at his room and brought peni to yours.
Damian ended up sneaking into your room an hour later
oh my god this is ass lmfao
if it feels rushed thats cause it was i was loosing motavation to finish this
im sososo sorry for the mistakes its like 3 am rn
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Silly comic I made after having a heart attack when I woke up with my cat staring at my soul
A/N: What, I couldn't think of a new gif idea. Don't judge me. Anyway, my laptop has been acting weird so I might not be updating as frequently. I'll try to keep it consistent though. Also, confession time, I don't particularly like Damian but I hope I was at least faithful to his character.
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Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
Damian sat stiffly in the back seat, the city’s lights flickering across the window like a metronome. Alfred hummed quietly from the driver’s seat, an old jazz record playing low beneath the rumble of Gotham's streets. He wasn’t really listening. His eyes were fixed on the sidewalk they passed—the boarded-up storefronts, cracked concrete, and faint trails of ivy creeping where they didn’t belong.
Then something caught his eye.
Two figures, ducking through the narrow breach of a long-forgotten building. The glass dome above gave it away.
A conservatory.
His brows knit as he craned slightly, watching Melissa Wayne disappear through the broken wall. She was laughing—a soft, theatrical sound. And beside her—
There. That other one.
An unfamiliar student. Damian could only see their profile, but they were smiling too.
His frown deepened.
“—Are you listening, Master Damian?” Alfred asked gently.
“I saw something,” Damian muttered, still watching. “They shouldn’t be in there.”
Alfred didn’t respond. But Damian wasn’t looking for permission.
He didn’t trust Melissa. He never had.
But it wasn’t her that held his attention.
Melissa Wayne was far from exceptional. In his mind, at least.
She didn’t possess any athletic prowess, wit, or intelligence. The only thing distinct about her was her simpering visage—a perpetual mask of demureness, carefully arranged, right down to the slight tilt of her head and the way she blinked just a second too slow. She was practiced. Performed. Vaguely, she reminded him of the socialites who clung to his father during charity galas—smiles and silk gloves, hiding emptiness underneath.
She walked like someone who could only follow. Spoke like every word was a test.
She had a knack for drifting just close enough to be noticed, then fading into the periphery when it suited her. Never too loud. Never too quiet. Just... there. And hollow.
Damian had seen it before. In court. In League spies. In orphans trained to survive by becoming whatever someone else needed.
But Melissa?
She didn’t even do it well.
It was all mimicry. Secondhand charm and borrowed elegance. And yet, somehow, Father still looked at her with a kind of weary obligation, as if trying to fit her into a frame she didn’t belong in.
She bore the Wayne name, but not its weight. A bastard from a dalliance with some drug-addled harlot.
And Damian had never been more certain of that than now, watching her disappear into the ruins of the conservatory like a ghost playing house.
What interested him was the one who followed her.
The one beside her. The girl who walked into the darkened building with such a warm smile.
“Pennyworth, I’m leaving,” Damian announced, already opening the door. “Tell Father I’ll return.”
It was child’s play to slip into the shadows after them, though it would’ve drawn too much attention to follow them directly. Instead, he slunk into the green gloom surrounding a slumping side exit, swallowed by the ever-encroaching vegetation.
The conservatory loomed above him—rusted beams swallowed by ivy, glass warped and cracked like old bone. Damian narrowed his eyes at the structure. Sentiment. That’s what drew people to ruins—the desperate need to assign beauty to something that had long since rotted. He didn’t understand it.
He crouched low near a collapsed trellis, silent as mist, and tracked movement through the gaps in the stained glass. The figures inside cast shadows—one tall and poised, the other more inward. Melissa’s laugh chimed again, muffled by the thick, damp air. He could see the way she tilted her head, leaned in just so. He’d seen that posture before—a pathetic display of submissiveness from her bowed head to her large, watery eyes.
But the other girl didn’t mirror it, from what he could see. The dusk darkened his view, but still—she stood slightly apart, watching and listening. When she laughed, it was real. Not the kind you staged.
Damian studied her longer than he meant to.
She moved with ease. Not trained—nothing polished—but she wasn’t wary of the space. Or of Melissa. That was... rare.
He adjusted his footing on the soft soil, the hem of his uniform brushing against the weeds as he continued his quiet surveillance. Something about the scene gnawed at him. There was too much softness in it. Too much calm.
And calm, in Gotham, never lasted.
He tapped his comm and muted it. No reason to alert the Cave—yet. This was inconsequential. If it escalated, he’d act.
For now, he stayed in the green-dark, watching the two girls in the crumbling greenhouse. One, hollow and scheming. The other... confusing.
He didn’t know her name.
But she didn’t belong with Melissa Wayne.
She belonged somewhere better.
And Damian intended to find out where.
When the setting sun was finally extinguished, he watched as the two of you exited, trailing shadows nipping at your heels. He followed—certain he had not been detected. How could he be? He was the heir of the Demon’s Head, and you were civilians.
That’s what he thought—until you turned and looked over your shoulder. It could’ve been mistaken for you calling back to Melissa, if you hadn’t caught his eye.
An accident, he assured himself.
But you smiled. A cheeky, knowing smile.
Had you known he was there the entire time?
He froze beneath the greenery as Melissa remained clueless to his presence. As the two of you mounted the bike, he heard you laugh.
“What’s so funny?” Melissa asked, smiling but clearly confused.
“Thought I saw a rat.”
A rat? he thought, and Melissa echoed it.
“Yeah, small one. Ugly, though.” You chuckled, pushing off and pedaling away.
It was embarrassing how long it took to process your words. But when they registered, he flushed an indignant red.
That insolent little—
@gothamu_streets just saw a girl on a beat-up bike pedaling through Midtown with Melissa Wayne riding shotgun??? is this performance art or did I hallucinate that 📍Midtown, Gotham | 🕒 6:42 PM
@g0thamg1rl whoever that was biking Melissa Wayne down Crime Alley is braver than any marine. literally thought that was a jumpscare. 📍Lower Park Row (edge of Crime Alley) | 🕒 7:06 PM
@nvmfrankie wait—isn’t that the same girl she was with at that thrift shop on Canal St? she had the cutest cat socks @watchdogtruths yup. same height, same backpack. girl’s got rizz, tbh @bratbutgoth the thrift store girl??? oh, she’s deep in the Wayne drama now lmaoo
@vigilantytea mel wayne riding on the back of someone’s bike?? no bodyguards? no limo?? did she get disowned or is this the start of her villain arc 💀 📍Gotham U District | 🕒 6:57 PM
@waynewatchdog 🚨SPOTTED: Melissa Wayne seen cozy with a mystery student—caught riding two-up on a rusty bicycle in the East End. Is Gotham’s quietest Wayne heir finally rebelling? Or is this her way of going “normal girl”? Developing story. 👀 📍East End, Gotham | 🕒 7:12 PM
@sunlesssundays she’s not a mystery, I literally saw them together in Old Gotham like weeks ago @bootlegoracle same girl from that viral pic outside ThriftHaus on 9th. band sweatshirt, cat socks, huge bi energy. I remember things @bluelightgotham maybe she’s just a friend??? maybe mel wayne has friends like the rest of us and they thrift together. calm down, internet @n0tjackryder nahhhh no one thrifts in tandem unless it’s serious
@notbatmanirl bike kid got mel wayne smiling? either this girl’s a genius or Gotham’s about to burn down again. 📍St. Aubyn’s Overpass | 🕒 6:55 PM
@stainedglassx not her being the same girl from the thrift store pics 😭😭 i knew she was gonna be important @voidcandy this girl better get hazard pay. I’d evaporate under that much Wayne-family attention @gotham4thegirls melissa wayne and her thrift-core goth gf giving romcom energy while unknowingly walking into danger?? sign me UP
@gothamtabloid Melissa Wayne ditches her driver for a late-night bike ride with a mystery companion. Young love… or something darker? 👀🖤🚲 📍Broadcasted from Gotham Heights Newsroom | 🕒 7:40 PM
@cheesyfriesonmain someone tell me why mel wayne looked like she was clinging to that girl on the bike like her life depended on it. was that a date or a hostage situation? 📍Corner of 5th and Monroe | 🕒 6:51 PM
@roguechronicles Y’all really sleeping on the fact that the girl biking Melissa Wayne through Gotham was smiling. Like ma’am, do you know what city you’re in?? 🧍♀️ 📍Old Gotham Strip (near the border of Crime Alley) | 🕒 7:01 PM
@whoisontheguestlist Okay but… who is the girl with Melissa Wayne? New intern at Wayne Enterprises? Daughter of a rival family? Or just a cute nobody doomed to get caught in a mess? 📍Posted from Gotham City Center | 🕒 7:35 PM
A/N: This kinda felt like a nothing burger. I didn't really continue the story. anyway, hope you liked Damian's pov.
In this AU Penelope wasn't as close to the Bridgerton as she is in the original. Because they're not neightborgs, El and Pen never got really close. I still think that she fell for Colin because both in the TV series and in the show they met by accident while they were children, the only difference is that since she didn't get to know him they didn't became friend until way later.
So back to the Marina situation, I think that since they weren't as close she wouldn't have reveal Marina's secret on Lady Whistledown BUT she would have tried to convince her not to do it because it wasn't right and she still liked Colin and he didn't deserve to be deceived like that. So we still had the speach were Marina told Penelope to give up because Colin didn't see her like a woman.
I like to think that by then Cressida and Penelope had grown closer so this time she went to Cressida and told her what happen. Cressida started the rumor of Marina being pregnant. Penelope didn't tell her anything but Cressida wasn't stupid she noticed more things especialy now that she spend more time at the Featherington's house. Then Penelope had to report it in the whistledown afterward.
Cressida never liked Marina. She saw her friendship with Penelope as tresspassing on her relationship with Penelope. She wouldn't admit it at this point but she vallued Pen as a friend, since she struggle to make friend and since she had a bad attitude she was scarred Pen might prefer Marina. So it was some kind of revenge against her.
The kind of relationship Aonung and Spider will have. Are they just going to ignore each other or have some kind of beef with each other because Spider is human and Aonung almost killer Lo'ak.
Ronal and Tonowari's new child.
More of Kiri's abilities
Wanna see more good human. I'm not talking about the scientists.
Aonung acting like a big brother.
Spider acting like a big brother with the sullys
How Spider handle saving Quarich. Does he feel guilty? Is he conflicted?
More reef na'vi clans. Even if it's just a glance I wanna see more of them. Like what happened with the Taunui clan?
I had this idea of a Aonung x human oc in the back of my headfor a while but I didn’t have a clue how to begin writing it. I made some montage with pinterest picture and then I made something with those two images.
And something just clicked so here is how my oc met Aonung.
Aonung needed to clear his head. The villagewas celebrationg the new young warriors. He would lie if he said he didn’t feel jealous of them. He had failed once again. He didn’t understand why his father found him unworthy of becoming a warrior. Right now his parents were tending to his little sibbling. The boy was only a few months old and he was receiving more praise from his parents that Aonung ever heard of. His little brother had fetch them a piece of food and presented it to them. His eyes shine, eagerly waiting for their praise and approval and he got it immediatly.
His parents looked proud of him, his father pat his hair affectionnely and his mother took him in her embrac3. Did they ever treated Aonung like that? Were they ever proud of him for simply existing or was it that their first child would forever be a disapointment in their eyes?
He shook his head and dived under the water, away from the crownd and toward a place he liked to go to when he needed to be alone. A cave, not too far from the village but hidden enough so that he was the only one aware of it’s existence. It was a peacefull place. There was a small waterfall in it that made a sweet sound that helped him relax.
He made his way through out of the water and followed his usual path. He was reaching the netry of the cave when he heard a voice humming. It was soft and playful... and sad strangely.
He entered the cave. A girl was bathing under the swall waterfall. The glowing algea in the cave lake aloud him to see her clearly. He knew what a human was, he had heard stories about them, he met some of them and onewas even living among them. But this one was different. It was a female human, he had never saw a female human before. She was as small as a child but she obviously was not. She might have been about his age even a bit older but he wasn’t sure.
By default he was warry of human, they were demons in his eyes, even the one he knew. Maybe some of them had good intention but he was sure they would eventually succumb to their nature. They were evil.
That’s why a vrrtep, as innocent as she looked had nothing to do so close to his village.
"Hey!"
He screamed. When he’ll tell this memory, he’ll say he doesn’t remember what he said afterward. Just that he approached, splashing the water around and startling the girl. He reached her and she looked up at him. Her eyes were dark, it was like staring at the night sky without the stars. He remember stoping himself. Her hair lifted up from her soulder. They were like anemone, moving like waves around her face.
The both of them were froze in place. He wanted to chase her away or make her a prisonner but it was like his brain stoped working. He was hypnotised by the way her hair moved. Subconsciously he run his hand in the strand of her hair. Was tawtute’s hair suppose to move like that? Spider’s hair didn’t... why wasn’t she running away?
They snap ed out of their trance when an explosion was heard. It came from his village but... their were attacked. It was the human, those vrrtep found them.
The girl an away before he could stop her, and he ran back to the village to help them...
Bartender: thanks for stopping that bar fight, spiderman. Can I get you a drink? It’s on the house
Peter: thank you, but I can’t
Bartender: why not
Peter:
Bartender:
Peter, trying not to give his age away: I’m pregnant
scenario based on my atla/Avatar Spider au:
The first time Spider enters the Avatar state is when the humans return to Pandora, their flaming ships bringing inferno like wildfires to Eywa's forests act like a comet, and the boy loses control, and the only way to protect him from himself was for Eywa to induce the Avatar state so his body could withstand the way his own flames reacted. He ends up in the center of some of the worst of the flames, engulfed, but shielded by a sphere of his own flames, stone, and air, as he draws water up from the soil to soften the wildfire's rage.
When the infernos die down days later, he rises from the ashes barely scathed, ready to make himself known as the Avatar, despite his fear and the hostility he knows he'll face as an "abomination to Eywa's blessings". But he doesn't care. He's too angry, his eyes and stripes still glowing, the rage of thousands of centuries of warriors and healers and mothers and fathers and devotees coursing through him.
But he is young. He has had no teachers. So his anger only takes him so far, and very few trust him enough to allow him to truly partake in the battles and planning, not within the Omatikaya anyway, seeing him as some cruel hoax formulated by the humans.
The second time he enters the Avatar state is the night the recoms lay their filthy hands on his baby siblings. He rages. Beyond rages. His power comes in the form of animalistic rage. His eyes and stripes white out. One second his siblings are held in bounds, the next they're free and he's yelling at them in a voice they don't quite recognize to run. Then he is gone, his anger quickly spent, leading to his capture, but not without fight. The recoms never expected to deal with a fire bender like themselves, let alone the Avatar.
The casualties left behind that night were his doing.
The third time he reaches the Avatar state is the night Neteyam dies. The boy was a healer, but not with water. He had no teachers to show him the way of using it to heal. He had no herbs or plants at his side that he recognized as Neteyam bled out before him. He screamed to Eywa for help, for the strength and skill to heal his brother. He pleaded for her to force him into the Avatar state so he could keep his brother from slipping away. But she couldn't save him, not this time. She wanted to, but she could not allow him to upset the balance.
Neteyam dies as Spider weakly, despite all of his might, holds an orb of faintly glowing water over the hole in his chest, as his eyes track over the burns left by over eager fire benders with no true skill. He dies as Spider screams and begs. The one time he needed his blessing, his curse, his punishment, his reward- Whatever anyone wished to call it -to do Hun why good, it could not save his problem.
Instead it comes the moment it is too late to do anything, enough rage and grief and hurt pooling in his chest as Neteyam's eyes glaze over and Neytiri begins to scream and his Father's voice begins to mock. That is when he rises to the ground in a cast of white light. He ravages the ship. He isn't alone, but he claims his casualties.
It takes a very long time before he ever allows himself to enter the Avatar state again, and he learns to never depend on it. For anything. And while his faith in Eywa is not lost, it is jaded, because she blessed him with a curse, whether she meant to or not, and couldn't even answer his one prayer.