an ind. black canary, a.k.a. dinah drake. kinda selective & semi-private; limited activity. as portrayed by rhian & inspired by brenden fletcher's 2015 black canary with some personal canon.
Hand rested on chin, lips pressed into a thin line as Dick made sure to take in her EVERY WORD. In the era of instant messaging, face-to-face interactions might have seemed obsolete along with the art of LISTENING, yet, Grayson’s superb communicative skills appeared to be a product of a bygone era. A few hums laid interspersed between Dinah’s poignant CONFIDING, his warm response served as the ying to Dinah’s yang.
❝ We’ve been through more in five years than most people would a LIFETIME. And while I certainly have a soft spot for rescuing people while wearing tight clothing, there are more ways to HELP humanity than by using your canary cry. For example, making music that millions of people listen to every night, getting them THROUGH their stressful lives… ❞
Despite the CONFIDENCE emblazoned in every word, Dick did believe that Dinah’s gifts were meant to help humanity through FIGHTING injustice. But being a burned-out superheroine had to have been a truly torturous affair and to tug Dinah along would have been SELFISH. His right arm draped over her shoulder, this time, there was NO hesitation, since Dick viewed the human touch as THERAPEUTIC, he surmised it would soothe her WEARY mind.
❝ What you deserve is HAPPINESS… ❞
there are more ways to help humanity than by using your canary cry.
of all he’d said to here here and now? those were the words that not only stuck out to dinah, but the ones that oddly meant the most. and much as the guilt that she might let settle her mind and heart about thinking herself selfish might be screaming to her that what she did not didn’t count or wasn’t enough? she did feel relief. he was likely more right than she’d allow herself to believe just yet that she still helped people. she still touched peoples lives.
what you deserve is happiness…
those words on the other hand? both her heart and mind struggled to believe. she was never sure what she deserved, but she was usually on the solid belief that that was one thing she didn’t. perhaps that was the view of a martyr or a blind soul — but it still fought for dominance in her thoughts. without realizing her own actions, she leaned into the drapery of his arm, pushing the more negative thoughts from her mind and hoping they wouldn’t shine through in her voice or words to come. ❛ — it’s funny, you hear all kinds of stories about musicians helpin’ folks through their music and it doesn’t even register when it’s you singing… i can’t say i never thought of that, but i can say that at times like these? the thought doesn’t usually dominate…❜
name: dinah drake, sometimes d.d. [ rare cases: dinah lance ] ( alter ego = black canary ) age:verse dependent. hair: naturally brown, dyes it platinum / white blonde. eyes: blue. height: 5’7”.
g e n d e r & s e x u a l i t y
gender: female. pronouns: she / her. sexuality: demisexual. marital status: formerly married to kurt lance. —dependent on verse
s t a t u s
occupation: vocalist for the band, black canary, by day; superheroine / vigilante of same mantle by night. residence: gotham city. stability: generally stable, yeah.
P O R T R A Y E D B Y R H I A N TIMEZONE : eastern standard, us STATUS : selective / semi-exclusive, semi-private CHARACTER STATUS : please view dossier page for character bio & other info. SKYPE / CONTACT : please inquire in askbox
[ writer is OVER 18, sometimes content will be NSFW. ]
ON ACTIVITY: as i do have other blogs, all of which are in varying states of limited or minimal activity due to life and work? this blog shall follow that as well — not to mention it will begin as a voice test.
ON SHIPPING: i don’t have a lot of ships that i am bound by in my head for dinah, just know that i view her as bisexual with a heavy leaning being borderline demisexual. i also do not see her holding a preference on gender. i am open to mutually exclusive shipping, but please do not pursue it with me if you are not okay with multiship --- my blog is not singleship.
ON STATUS IN CANON: the biggest aspect i'd like for people to remember? i am writing dinah drake, not dinah laurel lance --- in that i am not including any canon from withing the arrow universe. my portrayal is mainly that of her prime earth (or 'new 52') universe with heavy influence and inspiration drawn from her current 2015 solo run from brenden fletcher.
ON GORE / SMUT: as with all of my blogs, i’m more willing to write the prior than the latter as long as it makes sense to the interaction of our muses and or character development. the latter is something i am only really comfortable writing as implied or fade-to-black.
ON PLOTTING: i am always down for this and love to plot out verses (especially au's or ship specific ones) and or new ideas! so, always feel free to hit me up by whatever means we have shared about ideas you might have!
questions about anything above? please feel free to poke at my ask about it!
drop me a line. »ALL HATE WILL BE IGNORED! so, please save yourself the time & don’t send it. » feel free to send any curiosities you have about my muse! » i always reply all my messages, be it publicly or privately. if i haven’t answered you in a reasonable amount of time, it probably means that i never got your message, so please send it again.
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