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It started with a tweet. Actually it started with a Teen Titan case from back in the day that became a hobby and just a healthy outlit. It came back into their lives with a tweet.
CrimeAllieTrashPile @G0#hamMyH0m3
@D***Grayson , settle something for me and my friends. Dis you? (link)
The link jumped to a grainy video, the quality not aging well. It focused on a foggy stage, a man stood in front of the mic. “Ladies and Gentlemen,” he called, “I give you, The Titans!” The cheering clipped out the recording. It settled again when a boy - somewhere in his mid-teens stepped forward with a guitar strapped to his back.
The stage lit up, showing off the darker skinned male at the double electric piano, a lean red-head behind the drum set. Another red-head hair slightly darker with a bass guitar. A girl with wild and dark holding a guitar.
The teen at the mic smirked from under his ebony hair, sending a cheer through the crowd. The bass player nudged him with the end of his instrument, rolling his eyes. The first teen pulled away from the mic and laughed, swinging his guitar around, he strummed out the first chord.
Why do all the monsters come out at night?
Why do we sleep where we want to hide?
Why do I run back to you like I don’t mind if you fuck up my life?
Dick replied a few hours later...
Dick Grayson @D***Grayson
@G0#hmMyH0m3 Where? How? Why?
Roy Harper @Harper’sGotABow
@D***Grayson If memory serves, it was that one club in Gotham with the blue bathroom. Probably took it with a video camera.
Donna Troy @DonnaOfTroy
@D***Grayson , @Harper’sGotABow , Club was Kenny’s Post
Wally West @It’sTheWallyWallyWest
@D***Grayson , @Harper’sGotABow , @DonnaOfTroy , Why may you ask? Because we rocked.
Dick Grayson @D***Grayson
@Harper’sGotABow, @DonnaOfTroy, @WallyWallyWest , Fuck you
Roy Harper @Harper’sGotABow
@D***Grayson you offering?
Wally West @It’sTheWallyWallyWest
@D***Grayson , @Harper’sGotABow , @DonnaOfTroy, You could say we were real...
CrimeAllieTrashPile @G0#hamMyH0m3
@D***Grayson ... Is that a yes?
Garth @GarthOfTheSea
@G0#hamMyH0m3 Yes (link)
The link cuts to an old website for The Titan’s. It hadn’t changed much over the years, still rough around the edges. It had a brief biography and a group photo of the band. Their twitters flood with messages. Dick, who already had DM’s closed due to his family status, only laughed when his friends started getting messages filling their inboxes. But apparently people loved them. Or liked them enough to request they formally release their half pulled together album from like half a decade ago.
People liked their music, especially the originals. Born for this was apparently important to many teens and young adults of Gotham (not that anyone would specify why when asked). Dance with the Devil helped more than one person dealing with an addiction problem.
The next day Dick tweeted out two more links, one to Spotify and the other to a youtube channel.
Dick Grayson @D***Grayson
You were all asking for it, and the rest of the band (I can’t believe I just said that) said to go for it, so I present The Titans.
Dick Grayson @D***Grayson
@Harper’sGotABow Is on Bass Guitar
@DonnaOfTroy Is on Guitar and Vocals
@GarthOfTheSea is on Piano
@It’sTheWallyWallyWest is on Drums
Wally West @It’sTheWallyWallyWest
@D***Grayson , @Harper’sGotABow , @DonnaOfTroy, @GarthOfTheSea ... Real Rockin Robins ;)
Donna Troy @DonnaOfTroy
@It’sTheWallyWallyWest BBBBOOOOOOO
Roy Harper @Harper’sGotABow
FIXED IT
@D***Grayson (AKA Wonder Twin#1 AKA TightAssLeader) on Guitar and Vocals
@Harper’sGotABow (MyGloriousSelf) Is on Bass Guitar
@DonnaOfTroy (AKA Wonder Twin#2 AKA AGoddessWhoPut’sUpWithUs) on Guitar and Vocals
@GarthOfTheSea (CinnamonRoll) on Piano
@It’sTheWallyWallyWest (#RIPWWEST, position open) on Drums
Wally West @It’sTheWallyWallyWest
@Harper’sGotABow I’m not dead!
Dick Grayson @D***Grayson
@It’sTheWallyWallyWest... Sometimes I can still hear his voice... #RIPWWEST
Tim ‘No Sleep’ Drake-Wayne @TimDrake-Wayne
@It’sTheWallyWallyWest, @D***Grayson. I know gingers didn’t have souls but Wally was the exception #RIPWWEST
Barbara Gordon @AllSeeingBabs
@D***Grayson, @It’sTheWallyWallyWest, @TimDrake-Wayne, Can confirm we do not, there are no exceptions, But I’m sure he’s having fun in Hell. #RIPWWEST
Wally West @It’sTheWallyWallyWest
@DonnaOfTroy, @GarthOfTheSea... Help Me!
Donna Troy @DonnaOfTroy
@D***Grayson I can hear him too, begging for help. #RIPWWEST
Dick Grayson @D***Grayson
@DonnaOfTroy Why must we be haunted by the ones we love. Leave us @It’sTheWallyWallyWest it is time to pass to the otherside. #RIPWWEST
The Titans Official @TitansOfficial
In honor of the late @It’sTheWallyWallyWest please enjoy a video... https://youtu.be/NlnwXIigAAs #RIPWWEST
Garth @GarthOfTheSea
F in Chat for @It’sTheWallyWallyWest #RIPWWEST
Retweet: The Titans Official @TitansOfficial
In honor of the late @It’sTheWallyWallyWest please enjoy a video... https://youtu.be/NlnwXIigAAs #RIPWWEST
Roy Harper @Harper’sGotABow
@It’sTheWallyWallyWest... ff
Dick Grayson @D***Grayson
@It’sTheWallyWallyWest..,. F
Wally West @It’sTheWallyWallyWest
@GarthOfTheSea Et Tu Brute?!
CrimeAllieTrashPile @G0#hamMyH0m3
@It’sTheWallyWallyWest... F
Barbara Gordon @AllSeeingBabs
@It’sTheWallyWallyWest... F
Tim ‘No Sleep’ Drake-Wayne @TimDrake-Wayne
@It’sTheWallyWallyWest... f
Donna Troy @DonnaOfTroy
@It’sTheWallyWallyWest... F
Wally West @It’sTheWallyWallyWest
... I hate you all...
Two weeks later:
Tim ‘No Sleep’ Drake-Wayne @TimDrake-Wayne
@D***Grayson That really was you?!