If Somebody Hasn't Already Asked: May We Please Hear About Your Gotham Rogues Inferno Placements? (sincerely,

Words cannot describe how much I adore this drabble!

Mama Shaw comparing Lukard’s compatibility to Rattie and Rowen, Owen defending his boyfriend’s honor with “he’s funny”, Letty being the only one in the crew who’s acceptable, the crew being absolutely hopeless, Mama Shaw nagging about her kids needing more training, Deckard being the only one of his siblings who’s still sharp, Owen whining, Owen and Hattie protecting their lovable yet vulnerable partners, THE REALIZATION THAT THE SHAW SIBS HAVE GONE SOFT BECAUSE OF THE TORETTO CREW AND THEIR PARTNERS!!!

Asdfghjkl I love this so much! Thank you Omni! 💞💞💞

Hello again Omni! And happy Friday! I got an idea: what if Mama Shaw tagged along on a Nobody mission? Imagine: her critiquing everything her kids do, complaining about the team, and judging her children's partners.

Hello again friend! Sorry for the later response, I had to plan out some lesson plans with my teaching group

This is such a fun idea!! Mama Shaw would be her kids' ultimate critic!

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Narrowing her eyes, Queenie Shaw watched from above as Toretto's crew worked to take down the small army of goons that were trying to keep them from their chosen target

The man was an international hacker who had fled the country when he stole top secret information

Mixed in the crowd, she could see her three children all fighting

Owen looked far too gleeful as he kept goons away from his little boyfriend, Pearce. Owen fought off the men and women with abandon as Pearce tried to throw a punch or two at the people who rarely got through Owen's guard

Meanwhile, Hattie was off in the corner, protecting Ramsey as she had a hacking battle with their target. She seemed full immersed in her computer battle while Hattie never once left her side

But it was Deckard and Luke at the center of the fighting that caught Queenie's eye

The two men worked off each other spectacularly

Back to back, they protected each other and traded weapons when needed. It was almost as if they were reading each other's minds as they went through enemy after enemy

Queenie was immensely proud of her children, but they would need improvements. They had all seemed to become a bit sloppy when fighting

She would need to have have train properly with a master she chose

Viewing the crew they were fighting alongside of, Queenie could see why they were getting sloppy

None or Toretto's crew knew how to fight. Even though Ortiz had obvious training, it was a mix of different arts. Maybe she could convince the younger woman to join her children's training

But the rest of the crew was hopeless in Queenie's eyes

Why her children even stuck with the crew was beyond her comprehension

Shaking her head, Queenie left them to their fight. She needed a strong cuppa

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"Mum, we don't need more training!" Owen whined

They were back at Nowhere, sitting across their mother in a room she had commandeered. None of Nobody's agents had gone against the Shaw matriarch

"With what I saw today, you need it." She said firmly

Deckard sighed

He thought they were past their mother managing them

"We're fine mum." He tried to convince her

"You are still on top of your game, Dex, but your siblings need a refresher. And you know they won't learn if you're not there."

"Oi!" Hattie hissed. "My fighting skills are perfectly fine!"

"Trust me, you need more." Queenie sniffed and then pointed her cup at both Owen and Hattie. "And we need to discuss your partners."

"What?" Owen's voice dropped dangerously

"Don't you start." Queenie warned. "Hatts, your Ramsey is a smart tart, but she needs to learn how to protect herself while hacking. You can do it, so can she. And Oh. Why are you with that bloke? Hes more bark than bite!"

"He's funny." Owen mumbled, not wanting to admit anything about Roman's fighting style

"Jokes aren't going to save his hide in a fight. You should be with someone who can have you back, like Hobbs has Dex's."

Deckard glanced over at Owen and could visibly see his little brother's anger boiling over

Sighing once again, Deckard stood to make more tea

They would need it

~~~

I hope you enjoyed friend!

For brownie points: add why in the tags

(For context, Vivzipop did say in one of her lives that one of the main six would die)

Deckard: Has anyone seen my top?

Owen: Yeah, Hobbs is in the kitchen.

Fast and Furious Memes (1/x): Hobbs & Shaw edition

Bonus:

Hey Omni!! Happy Friday! This is kind of going off that F9 mini fic you posted 🤗 But what if that's how Dom found out about his family coming out! Either walking in on them or having a Shaw bring it up! Rowen, Rattie, Shobbs. Can you imagine! Practically no one in his family is straight 😂🥰🥰😘💕💕

Happy Friday friend! I love this! It's just too funny to think that Dom just doesn't know everyone around him isn't straight 🤣

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Placing the plate of burgers done on the table, Dom glanced over at Ramsey. She had her hair in two puffballs and a giant smile on her face. She had sat down a while ago, texting up a storm and laughing whenever she got a response

Dom hadn't seen her smile that much before, maybe only when she succeeded in hacking into someone with ease

"Whoever you're texting must be great." Dom smirked at Ramsey, who snapped her head up and gave him a shy smile

"Yeah, she is."

Dom raised an eyebrow

"We've been talking for a few weeks now, and um..." Ramsey looked away, suddenly embarrassed

"What?"

"I'm thinking about asking her out." Ramsey mumbled

Dom blinked. He hadn't known Ramsey even liked women. Maybe that explained why she hadn't shown any interest in Roman or Tej

"Go for it." Dom told her

"Really?" Ramsey looked up at him with hopeful eyes. "Do you think she'll say yes?"

"She'd be stupid not to." Dom smiled at her and was glad to see Ramsey's large smile in return as her thumbs flew over her phone

He wasn't expecting Ramsey's new girlfriend to be Hattie Shaw when they showed up a month later

---

When Deckard had started bringing his little brother and sister around to the family bbqs, Dom hadn't been the happiest to see Owen

Luckily, the middle Shaw was great with the kids and apologized profusely to Mia. It had been hilarious to see her slap him and demand he do the dishes by himself

What Dom hadn't expected was Roman to start acting strange whenever Owen got close to him

There wasn't much bad blood between them. Roman had barely interacted with Owen since their crew had tried to take him down. So, why was Roman nervous around him?

After several cookouts, Dom noticed that both Owen and Roman had disappeared. Suspicious, Dom had gone in search of the two just in case Owen did something to Roman

What be wasn't expecting was Owent to be sitting on Roman's lap, kissing him with intense passion

"Ahem." Dom cleared his throat and smirked when he saw Roman jerk so badly, he smashed his and Owen's noses together

"Ro!" Owen hissed

"Sorry!" Roman said quietly but sent a sheepish look towards Dom

Shaking his head, Dom looked at them pointedly

"If any of the kids ask, you two get to give the birds and the bees talk."

With that, Dom turned on his heel and left the two men

He never would have guessed Roman was interested in guys

---

Looking around Luke's backyard, Dom was a bit surprised by all the food that was already set up on the large picnic table. Everything looked amazing

There was no way Luke had done this himself

"Looks great, Hobbs." Dom nodded in appreciation

"Thanks. But I have to say, it's mostly all because of Deckard."

"Deckard?" Dom frowned and looked at the other man. Everyone else was milling around and taking their seats at the table. He could see out of the corner of his eye Baby Brian trying to sit on two at once, mostly likely trying to save him a seat

"Yeah. Ever since he moved in, he's really been sprucing up the place. And cooking everything. The man could have been a professional chef."

"Really." Dom said and saw Deckard step out of the back door, holding yet another plate of food

Deckard was smiling widely as he greeted everyone. And if Dom looked closely enough, he could see a small gold ring on his finger

Glancing to Luke, Dom saw an identical ring

Was nobody in his family straight?

~~~

I hope you enjoyed friend!

The Post Plus Protest is coming! Updated Edition

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

Fill out the survey on the original Post Plus post (be polite, don’t spam, but GET YOUR POINT ACROSS that we don’t want this). Since we mean business, it’s time to hit them where it hurts; Ad Revenue.

We’re proposing a 24 hour log off as the main event of phase one.

WHEN IS THE PROTEST?

The protest starts by logging off on August 6th, 2021 at 12am Eastern Time (US). Here’s a quick chart to help figure out when you log out. AUGUST 6th, 2021  12 am Eastern Time (US)    4 am UTC    5 am BST/London    6 am Central Europe Time    7 am Moscow Standard Time    9:30 am Indian Standard Time    12 Noon Hong Kong Time/Australian Western Time    1 pm Japan Standard Time    1:30 pm Australian Central Time    2 pm Australian Eastern Time

AUGUST 5th, 2021

  11 pm Central Time (US)   10 pm Mountain Time (US)     9 pm Pacific Time (US)

THE END TIME IS 24 HOURS FROM THE START TIME!

So that means if you log off at say, 6 am Central Europe Time you’ll log back in at 6 am Central Europe Time on August 7th. We’d prefer if if there is no posting, no queues, no likes, and no reblogs during this period.

WHAT IF I CAN’T/WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?

Like this post, share it, and use the hashtags #tumblrlogoff2021 and/or #postplusprotest on ANY and ALL social media. If you’re using the mobile version, you can always leave an honest review on the app center of your choice (once again: be polite, don’t spam, but GET YOUR POINT ACROSS!).

WHY IS POST PLUS/POST+ SO BAD?

Tumblr’s primary focus is on FAN content (whether any of us want to admit it or not). Putting these kinds of contents behind patreon like paywalls is a terrible idea and the legality is NOT in the user or their subscribers favor. You can absolutely get in legal trouble for what tumblr is proposing with this new feature. There’s also the worry about the site’s (poor) security and access to Post Plus users bank information. Do you really want a site that lacks a functioning search function and whose userbase routinely get hacked to have your credit card information? No, you really don’t.

WILL THIS WORK?

Maybe, maybe not. It’s an attempt at doing something to combat tumblr’s impending self-inflicted demise.

ANYTHING ELSE?

There’s a time zone checker linked in a previous post if you need it and I’ll try to fix any mistakes to times as I find them. Keep an eye out for future posts closer to the protest date and the eventual phase two! Thank you ALL for your support so far.

“Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye - it is very beautiful.” –Kailash Satyarthi

Imagine wee little Owen ultimately being raised by big brother, who provides for him because their abusive parents won't. It's Deck who makes sure he never goes to sleep hungry; patches him up after their father's tirades. It's Deck who teaches him how to fight back so that he'll never be hurt again; instills in him the code he still lives by. And it's in Deck's footsteps that Owen follows, all the way to the gates of hell...

Toddler Owen whose first words are “Deck.”  Young Deckard who had previously been so disinterested in this new addition to the family suddenly finally something in this world- which had only taught him how cruel it was- to give a shit about.

Deckard, the cool teenager who still gives his brother piggy-back rides and lets him crawl into his bed when he’s had a nightmare or their dad is especially volatile.  Pre-teen Owen who worships the ground his brother walks upon.  Who shadows his older brother in a friend’s garage and watches as he works on cars, Deckard indulging him as he starts to teach him about an engine.

Teenage Owen coming home from school with some minor scrapes and a cut lip, grinning at his brother.  Deckard whose first reaction is to grab Owen’s chin and look him over for anything worse as Owen chuckles and says, “Chill Deck.  You should see the other guy.”  And Deckard who just smiles and presses their heads together, saying how proud he is.

The boys as young adults, Owen pulling his first job with much more experienced Deckard.  No one being surprised when eventually the team gets caught and Deckard takes the SAS as a way to get out of jail time.  Owen, who hadn’t been captured because his brother protected him, following after Deckard as always.  Only this time the boys are separated by distance and time, Deckard becoming a highly classified agent, trained as an assassin, while Owen pulled spec ops missions around the world.  It was the first time Owen remembers feeling alone.

After Owen’s discharge and failed solo op in London, Deckard finding his brother broken in the hospital.  Owen looks up at him, the brother he’s been separated from for too long, and tears sting his eyes.  “Where have you been?”  Deckard chokes on a rush of emotion, something he’d locked away to do his job, and carefully wrapped his little brother in his arms.  “I’m not going anywhere again O.  I promise.”

Luke: say those three words

Deckard: I love you

Luke: I love you, too. But try again

Deckard:

Luke:

Deckard: I will behave

Luke: there we go

Batkids 2.0

Had the urge to remaster the batkid portraits I did forever ago

Old versions here