some Bart randomness...

[crashingthemode]

Okay, mun-man. It's totally crash that you put me on the back burner because of that hiatus thing. I knew you'd come back to me eventually, and I'm just as excited as you are to see what happens the rest of the season. We're so going to crash the mode.

Also, I agree with you that Blue Beetle is awesome! I'm sure he and I are going to become the best of friends. I mean, he's already sharing his food with me.

Finally, do you really think it's a good idea for me to be taking girl advice from... Kid Flash in that meme? He's definitely my go-to guy when it comes to food, but I think it should end there.

Comments

[totallyhisniece]

Wally does alright, when he's being serious. Which isn't often, sure, but hey, he get it right more often than you'd think.

[crashingthemode]

[Wow, Artemis. You look younger than Bart remembers.]

I suppose if anyone would know the truth, it'd be you.

[totallyhisniece]

[And a lot less dead!]

What's he been telling you?

[crashingthemode]

[That too. Though what Bart may or may not know about it is anyone's guess at the moment.]

Shouldn't you know? It's probably the same stuff that he uses to make you swoon.

[totallyhisniece]

[You'd think someone would like, you know. Ask him.]

I do not swoon.

[crashingthemode]

[You really would.]

Hey, those were his words, not mine.

And you can see why I'm doubtful of his advice if he can't even make his own girl swoon.

[totallyhisniece]

First of all, I'm not anyone's girl. You might want to remember that girls don't become your property when they start dating you.

[There's a certain speedster out there that's gonna get his butt kicked for that.]

Second, what'd he even say? He probably gave you okay advice in the worst possible way.

[crashingthemode]

Oh, right. I probably should have phrased that better.

[He didn't mean to imply it that way and he didn't mean to get a certain speedster in trouble, either. But are you sure you don't swoon, Artemis?]

Uh, sorry, Artemis, but I think that should stay between us speedsters. And I'm sure that his advice is okay. I mean, he got together with someone as crash as you, didn't he?

[totallyhisniece]

[Sigh. Stupid little ginger speeders, they always get to her soft spot.]

Don't worry about it, I don't think you meant it that way.

Crash is the good one, right?

[crashingthemode]

[He enthusiastically nods his head.]

Yeah. It's much better to be crash than feel the mode. Trust me. You don't want to be feeling the mode.

nope you are wonderful

[totallyhisniece]

I'll remember that.

So who is it you're wanting to impress anyway?

[crashingthemode]

Uh... who said I was trying to impress anyone?

We could have just been two guys that were talking about guy stuff because we're guys.

[stfuscarab]

As long as you stay out of my locker, we're cool.

[He'll forgive you for the Chicken Whizzies this time, Bart.]

[crashingthemode]

Sure thing. No reason for me to be in your locker since you'll share your delicious goodies with your best pal, right?

[Now Bart thinks chicken cheese whizzies should be a thing.]

[stfuscarab]

Sure. Only if you ask.

[It would be pretty great if they were a thing.]

[crashingthemode]

That was me asking, Blue. [You don't mean he has to ask every time, do you? He thinks once was enough and that you just gave him free rein forever in regards to your food.]

And then the recent episode made me love them more. Sob.

[stfuscarab]

Alright. [Yeah, every time. Okay, maybe not every time.] As long as we hang more and you show me more of those cool drawings.

[staystraught]

I'd be lying if I said I've never taken Wally's girl advice.

[crashingthemode]

And how'd that work out for you?

[staystraught]

[You're the future boy, you tell him.]

Uhh, once you readjust for the fact that Wally is-- well, Wally, surprisingly well.

[crashingthemode]

[Your exploits with the ladies is legendary, Grayson. It's the fact that Wally "helped" is what's hard to believe.]

And I bet there's no one else that can readjust his Wally-ness like you, huh?

[staystraught]

It's an acquired skill. Just dial back the cheese, don't overuse the word 'babe' -- a little bit is okay -- and if your slip's a little too Freudian, apologize.

And blame him.

But apologize first.

[crashingthemode]

Maybe I'd be better off getting girl advice from you. That way I can just get the dialed down version instead of trying to figure it out on my own.

[staystraught]

I'm barely fourteen. If your reputation can handle it.

[blundergirl]

We are all totally going to kick major butt on Saturday! Those clowns won't know what hit 'em!

[Focus on one thing at a time, good tactic, right? But man is she curious just what this advice was.]

[crashingthemode]

That's what I'm talking about! Those meats don't stand a chance.

[She will find out soon. Would have been sooner if gmail wasn't being rude.]

[blundergirl]

You've got that right! I don't know what the mundane is so worried about.

[Alas, Gmail can be pretty rude, it is a hoarder. ;A;]

[crashingthemode]

I know, right? There's nothing to be worried about. [Except everything.]

[blundergirl]

Exactly. We've all got each others backs. We can handle whatever they throw at us. [She hopes... But, well, after Artemis...]

[peckish4action]

Granted, you could do better for advice... but you could do worse, too.

[crashingthemode]

That's not exactly a ringing endorsement there, Nightwing.

[peckish4action]

Hey, if facts don't speak for him *and they do, since Wally and Artemis have been... had been going pretty solid for a while* - there's nothing I can say to change things, is there?

[crashingthemode]

What's the saying about a squirrel and a nut? [There's a moment pause as he tries to recall the saying.] Whatever. I wasn't really paying too much attention to Jay when he said it. But I think it explains how Wally got together with Artemis.

... Though Artemis doesn't particularly strike me as being nuts.

[peckish4action]

Not really nuts, no.

[crashingthemode]

... Does that mean she was the squirrel? [Bart, what are you even...]

[peckish4action]

*BART, WHAT ARE YOU EVEN.*

Maybe you should just. Ask the ladies for girl advice, actually. Unless whoever you ask has a crush on you and so misleads you out of spite, you'll get better information. And. Try to avoid the squirrels as a metaphor.

*what. Dick can be practical, when the conversation gets away from him.*

[arbadacarba]

Honestly? You could do worse.

[crashingthemode]

How much worse? [Help him out, Zee. There's no time for girls in an apocalyptic future.]

[arbadacarba]

...you could be getting relationship advice from Batman?

[Because, let's face it...yeah...]

[crashingthemode]

At least Batman's crash. Er, well, the history books that I've read make it seem that way. Never met the guy personally.

[arbadacarba]

Oh, he's crash, alright. Crash and burn. When it comes to relationships.

[Which she can say aloud because (a) he used to be a good friend of her dad's, and (b) she once dated his "son". So she knows.]

[bluer]

[this face.]

Do you even know the half of it?

[arbadacarba]

Probably not.

But I know enough to say it might be a smarter choice to ask the guy who actually has a steady girlfriend.

[bluer]

Think they passed "steady" about three years ago.

[arbadacarba]

...do you know something I don't?

[Wouldn't be the first time]

[bluer]

I doubt it.

Maybe I'm just a chronic serial monogamist, but five years... I don't think "steady" covers it.

[arbadacarba]

"Maybe", he says.

I'm pretty sure five years together is the very definition of Steady, Nightwing. They were practically married!

[bluer]

You aren't supposed to confirm things like that, Zee.

That's what I'm getting at. "Steady" seems lacking. I think they're an order of magnitude beyond that.

...come to say, how is Raquel getting married and not them?

[arbadacarba]

Oh? And why not?

Personally, I just figured they were in some sort of competition. Waiting to see who broke down and asked who first. Also, it's sort of different for Raquel. She has Amistad to think of