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satanfemme · 2 years
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what's the point in staying sober if my sober brain is just as fuzzy + also hurts so so bad <3
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jessilynallendilla · 3 years
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Bunch of Batman Fics
Let me know if links aren’t working an the organization is kinda a mess so if you think a story belongs in another category
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MISC/BATFAM/FAMILY
The Cape Void
In which Batman’s cape may or may not be bigger on the inside, contains many sandwiches, creates more problems than it solves, and is the constant delight of his children.
Slipping Through My Fingers
Bruce has missed so much of his children's lives—so many milestones that every parent wants to remember forever but that he’s not even had glimpses of. He wasn’t there for the first steps or the lost teeth or learning how to ride a bike. He missed all of his children learning to talk, missed watching Sesame Street with them in the morning and making soapy mohawks in the bathtub. Bruce missed everything. He missed moments that he can’t get back, no matter how hard he yearns for a rewind. Take him back. Return to him the moments he lost without even knowing it until they’d already slipped through his fingers.
hit 'em up style Steph, 3:29 PM: need super tampons. it’s an emergency. can u please run to store? would owe you FOREVER
It's Not Where You Come From, It's Where You Belong
The last thing anyone expected billionaire, playboy Brucie Wayne to do was get married. For anyone who asked, though, Bruce would gladly tell them that the day he married Selina Kyle was the best day of his life. The second to last thing anyone expected billionaire, playboy Brucie Wayne to do was willing have kids. And yet there they were, newly registered and freshly licensed foster parents Selina and Bruce Wayne-Kyle. And apparently they already have their first placements. Here's to hoping the classes and books are helpful.
In Gotham, Even The Birds Are Street Rats
Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake have chosen to be brothers. Growing up on the streets of Gotham isn't easy, but at least they have each other. When they get into a tight spot, Jason decides he'll risk anything for his brothers, even if it means stealing the tires right off the Batmobile.
Gotham Knights
Whereas instead of becoming a vigilante and dressing up as a giant bat to fight crime, Bruce chose a civilian life and becomes... A philanthropist. A universe where Batman doesn't exist. But Bruce still managed to father four boys. And Nightwing still exists. As well as Red Hood. And Red Robin. And Robin. Bruce Wayne is a clueless dad who fathers four Gotham Knights.
Time's Cost
Bruce is depressed on the anniversary of his parents' death. He finds a time machine during a mission. After a fight with Dick, Bruce uses the time machine to prevent his parents' deaths. But what happens to his adopted family in a world where Bruce never became Batman? Are they really better off without him?
Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep
Terry wants to say he's okay with cemeteries. But taking your kinda boss, kinda mentor, kinda surrogate father-figure to his creepy family cemetery does not make him feel good. He didn't realize just how much Bruce mourns.
The Best Things
Bruce was starting to understand the jokes about him and adopting strays. But it’s not like he ever went looking for kids to adopt. They just sort of… appeared. Besides, the neighbor boy clearly had no one, and Bruce could not in good conscience let that assassin girl go back to parents who had treated her so badly. If that meant Bruce adopted two more kids, so be it. It’s not like he didn’t have the room.
On Gaslit Nights
Surviving on the filthy and foggy streets of Gotham is a dangerous life. Growing up in Wayne Manor might make that seem easy.
Cock Robin's no more
“He won’t be chasing anyone for a long time.” That’s what the Batman had said as he broke Big Bill’s leg, after telling the three of them to go home. Turns out a long time was only three and a half months.
Gotham by Gaslight: Ghosts
Four months after the events of the movie, Bruce is getting use to life with the three orphan boys he took in. Yet, when the past comes back to haunt the boys Batman will do anything to keep them safe.
5 Times Bruce Dealt With His Kids’ Trauma...
And one time they deal with his.
Where Babies Come From
Bruce Wayne's plans: have one kid he fosters and try to get by with the whole superhero thing on top of the parenting thing Dick Grayson's plans: show his dad these kids he found laying around Or, how a perfectly content single father accidentally gets another whole new kid... and then another... and another... and, well, you get the idea.
Check-Ins
BRUCE Check in. Sent at 3:34 PM Bruce’s overprotectiveness begins a family tradition of frequent check-ins.
i'll give the world to you
"Dick came from the circus. His parents were dead – their wings clipped in the middle of a show. He had been thrown away by Gotham Social Service, and it had driven Bruce mad. Bruce was a foster parent, now. He was a foster parent, and he had no idea what he was going." OR: Bruce gain a family, and can't stop himself from adopting more and more children.
the view i love the most (is my front porch looking in)
bruce wayne is twenty-eight when he decides there's something more he can do for gotham’s fellow orphans and applies to become a foster parent. he couldn't have anticipated how full his home (and his heart) would someday become. Or, how each of bruce's kids came into his life.
Running Headlong into My Arms
Bruce doesn’t like to credit one thing for saving his life, but if he did, it would be Haly’s Circus that Friday night in September, just as summer was beginning to die. (He'll always be a sucker for kids with sad eyes, no parents, and more fight than the world knows what to do with.) Or: in a universe where superheroes don't exist, Bruce Wayne finds his family.
Monolith
Diana realised with a jolt that none of them had actually asked him how he knew Batman. And she was just as curious as the rest of them about the “we”. It implied Batman worked with more people. ‘How did you come to know Batman? Does he have any other friends?’ His mouth fell open, and he snorted, which evolved into full-on laughter. ‘I’m sorry. Oh my god - friends?’ Diana felt a little hurt on Batman’s behalf. ‘Are you not his friend?' He shook his head. ‘Did B really not say anything? I’m hurt. No, I’m not his friend. I’m his son.’ (An AU where the Justice League haven't met any of Bruce's kids.)
Correlation and Causation
based on this tumblr post "A Statistics teacher in Gotham makes a graph comparing times when Bruce Wayne goes on long vacations with times Batman gets beaten up really badly by villains to illustrate to his class how correlation does not equal causation."
one shot, two shots in the night
The New York Times ✓ @nytimes · 4h “A Shot in the Dark” remains on our bestseller list for the fourth week in a row! Read our review of @brucewayne’s tell-all memoir here: nyti.ms/3Fs9k2E
what a privilege to love you (to teach you all that i know)
fa·ther /ˈfäT͟Hər/ noun 1. a man who gives care and protection to someone or something. The batfamily and the word “Dad.”
In the Fold
Batman didn't know what to do. no. Bruce didnt know what to do. One minute he's knees deep in an investigation about a drug deal gone bad, the men involved having scattered from the crime scene as soon as they caught whiff of Batman being on their tails. The next? He's following the sounds of a crying child to an alley a few blocks over, said child missing a shoe and tucked so firmly against the side of a dumpster Bruce couldn't even tell where their body ended and the dumpster began.
a hat fashioned from tin foil
nightwang @karakurachou – 8 hours ago jason todd is alive and faked his death so he could become robin: a conspiracy theory thread Batfam conspiracy theories meet social media.
Bruce Wayne: Bleeding Heart
Thomas and Martha Wayne survive that night in the alley. Bruce Wayne never becomes Batman. He still manages to collect an assortment of traumatized children.
Alina Shelley-Wayne Meets the Batfamily
And in this fanfic, we follow Alina as she meets the entirety of the Batfam; from Jason Todd to Lance Bruner to Julia Pennyworth to Mar’i Grayson and to so many others! No siblings (or cousin, aunt, uncle, family friend) left behind! Each chapter follows Alina meeting a character as she bonds with them. Not only does it follow Alina and her relationship with the Batfamily, but it also explains the development of the world(s) of Earth Never.
Always in the Wayne: Web Trailer
The Wayne Family is going to be hosting a reality webshow (for the purpose of really selling the Brucie Wayne gimmick and further discrediting themselves in the public eye!) This is the trailer!
Yesterday's Voices
While trying to take down a drug cartel that deals with memory altering drugs, things go awry, and Batman wakes up with no recollection of the last five years. As a result, his family must now race against time to find the antidote, while also having to deal with a Bruce who still thinks Jason is Robin. A Bruce who doesn't recognise most of them. A Bruce far less jaded and cynical than the one they're used to. A Bruce who still cares.
The Big Boss
The story of Bruce Wayne and his family as told by his insane Wayne Enterprises calendar and the poor assistant that had to manage it all.
Four Names for Love
When Bruce parted ways with Gotham he was leaving behind more than he thought. Meanwhile Selina is trying to find a way to herself after being abandoned again and on top of that she finds out she was left with a lot more than a heartbreak.
The Picture in the Bedroom
Amanda Waller firmly believes that the world needs Batman. She also believes that the world needs to be prepared for the death of Bruce Wayne, so she creates a plan to ensure that the title of Batman lives on. Unfortunately for her, the plan fails. Fortunately for everyone else, the plan fails. (Or, the Batfam raises Terry from infancy au.)
I Don't Have The Answers You Need
It’s not rational. It’s not a logical thought. He’s not acting like someone in control of anything, especially not of himself. He knows from somewhere in the back of his mind, what he should be doing. Tell the people he’s working with he’s hearing his dead son in his comm. Have them check for drugs, telepathy, or magic. Tell them someone is raising the dead or trying to get something from him by pretending to be Jason. That someone is trying to lure him into a trap.He ditches them.
don't get caugth in my edges
Selina smiled. “Bruce is Bruce. And I love him—faults and flaws, mistakes are all part of that. None of us are perfect and I think we both are able to accept each other for who we are.” The reporter’s grin looked almost predatory, like she’d latched onto something juicy. “So, you don’t mind when he cheats on you?” or Bruce and Selina go to an interview at the Gotham Gazette and things get a little bit messy.
Glad That I Did
Gotham Billionaire Bruce Wayne has eight kids all under 17. His youngest is 3; his oldest is 16. He struggles to find a balance between home life and work life. Add to that a romantic relationship with local model Selina Kyle and you have a recipe for disaster. He's yet to tell his lady about his children but the kids, the older ones, know all about Selina. If it weren't for his faithful butler and friend, Alfred Pennyworth, he'd never get to see her. What happens when he finally tells her the truth? Will the kids like her? Will she like them? Only time will tell...
Family gives us two things; one is roots, the other is wings
“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘮 𝘐?” 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘱.𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘮- 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘮. “𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵,” 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰. “𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮… 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳….” 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘢. “𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶?” [or, where Thomas Wayne from the Flashpoint universe finds his way into the main DC timeline]
Finally Home
"In any other situation, Bruce wouldn’t have bothered to ask. He would have walked away, done his business with Ra’s, and then stolen away the child as he left. But he had seen the way Talia’s eyes had softened when she looked at the boy, the fond exasperation in her tone when she spoke to him. Talia clearly loved him, but as much as she wanted to, there was only so much she could protect him from in the Demon’s den." Bruce goes to give Ra's al-Ghul a piece of his mind... He comes back with so much more.
Single Dad Bruce Wayne
What if Bruce used his status as a tired single dad as an alibi for activities as Batman instead of the vapid image of Brucie Wayne?
Growing Pains
Alfred makes a mistake when Bruce adopts a two-year-old out of the blue. But it all turns alright in the end
Aere Perennius
There is two people in his living room that shouldn’t be there, with faces that were buried long, long ago after that horrible rainy night.
Nature/Nurture
In which all the Robins are Bruce Wayne clones and it takes Bruce a distressingly long time to notice.
A Poor Man's Hero
What if Batman became Batman without all the gobs of cash? What if he was a guy who started out impoverished, as a child, and saw his parents die due to violence, and vowed to protect other people from such things happening to them? This Bruce Wayne isn't a rich businessman or famous. He owns a martial arts dojo, and that barely keeps his nose above water. And then he takes in foster kids on top of that. But this Batman is just as relentless in his pursuit of justice as his rich counterpart. Will he be able to successfully pull it off as part of society and not above it? Will his lack of funds prove disastrous, or his obviously less sophisticated background make him more of a target for the GCPD? And what about the Robins, the Batgirls, and so on? These are drabbles about their lives, all interconnected, all with varying levels of humor and angst and fluff
A Kitten For Christmas
Selina Kyle breaks into the Drake penthouse on Christmas Eve to steal some priceless artifacts. Her life just sort of spirals out of control from there. Honestly, is this how Batman gets Robins?
Don't Mess With the Waynes
Gotham City is known for housing the lowest of the low, in multiple interpretations of the word. The Covid-19 pandemic has not changed this. When Cassandra Cain-Wayne is targeted, the city, and the country, learns there’s one family you just don’t mess with.
the waynes answer the web's most searched questions
The day has finally come! Gotham's finest and richest family come together in a series of YouTube videos to do the WIRED Autocomplete Interview!
The Once and Future Batman
Batman and Robin get de aged. Now, Alfred, the League and the Titans have to deal with surly seventeen year old Bruce Wayne who hates the world and everyone in it (except for Alfred and this random baby he found) and three year Dick Grayson who loves everything and everyone and just wants hugs (a grenade everyone is fighting to throw themselves on).
It Will Be Okay      /T/
Gotham City is a notoriously corrupt city. Billionaire Bruce Wayne attempts to remedy that by using his wealth and influence like his parents before him. Unbeknownst to him, three boys struggle in the overcrowded and underfunded foster system. They soon find themselves in deep trouble that may result in there being one less kid for social services to have to deal with. Will the boys be able to push through or will Gotham be the home for another tragedy?
Gothamite Spotlight      C/T/17095
An interview with Bruce Wayne's children, as printed in the Gotham Gazette's new column: Gothamite Spotlight. Topics include Bruce Wayne's parenting techniques and how they've changed from child to child; the names we choose, use, and live under; kidnappings; Wayne Enterprises; pets; Jason Todd-Wayne's 'death' and return to Gotham; Alfred Pennyworth, the unofficial grandfather; jobs; friendships and romances; living under public scrutiny; and the meaning of family. AKA: A look into what the Gotham public sees, hears, and believes about the Wayne family and how the Waynes help shape their public images.
Batnapping    C/T/31564
A collection of pieces from a world where Bruce's acquisition of his kids isn't as legal, but is just as well-meaning.
Batdad Begins    /G/
Bruce has been Batman for three years, has been a Dad for one, and managed to keep his night-job a secret from his kids for a grand total of approximately five minutes. But still, raising toddlers and being the Dark Knight? It's nothing he can't handle... right? Or; family fluff of the fluffiest kind. Starts when Dick is five and Jason is two and Bruce is only just figuring out what it is he's let himself in for.
Batman REALLY loves his kids (much to the annoyance of all)     C/G/1445
When a few henchmen (and a goon) capture Batman they plan on using a new toxin to get some information out of him. Unfortunately, all Batman wants to talk about is his kids. Aka the time all baristas in Gotham were in danger, Batman's love of his kids turned people away from crime, and Red Hood is outed at a dad-loving nerd (not necessarily in that order)
Make It Wayne - Season 1     /T/
The Waynes star in their very own reality TV show! Filled with drama and different challenges, they will have to juggle a camera crew that likes to stick their noses where they don't belong, the fickle public, and being superheroes!
Presque Vu     /T/
Bruce gets amnesia and the Batfamily conspires to keep their vigilante side secret from him. They were just trying to keep him home, safe until he recovered. They expected that Bruce would pick up on clues and put together The Batman secret on his own. They didn't expect him to form a different picture entirely. They didn't expect Bruce Wayne would come to hate the Batman.
The Once and Future Batman    /T/
Batman and Robin get de aged. Now, Alfred, the League and the Titans have to deal with surly seventeen year old Bruce Wayne who hates the world and everyone in it (except for Alfred and this random baby he found) and three year Dick Grayson who loves everything and everyone and just wants hugs (a grenade everyone is fighting to throw themselves on).
A Signal Of Hope     C/T/15926
None of the Robins had ever liked the galas held at the manor, but while their own experiences before during and after the event may have been as different the boys were from each other in general, one thing Bruce knew for sure: he would always, always be there to defend his sons from the vultures of this world.
All I Have    /G/
What if the reason that Batman was so prickly in the beginning of the Justice League was because he had six kids at home? Chaos and a bit of angst shall ensue
Colony    C/T/176126
The Bats are a family like any other--they argue, they laugh, they dress up in costumes and beat criminals to a pulp with their bare fists. You know, normal family things. A series of unconnected one-shots centered around Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damian. Other characters will appear periodically
Buckle Up (its gonna be a bumpy ride)     C/G/19700
Of all the blasted cars at the intersection, the hijacker had to choose theirs. Typical Gotham luck. Except that they are also Waynes (and vigilantes). This is not going to end well.
On Gaslit Nights     /G/
Surviving on the filthy and foggy streets of Gotham is a dangerous life. Growing up in Wayne Manor might make that seem easy.
@bruciewayne     /G/
Bruce Wayne is a recluse and a billionaire. That makes people curious and nosy. In order to protect his secret identity as Batman, Bruce Wayne will have to don a new mask - that of Brucie Wayne - as he trains to master the art of "having a social media presence." This may be his most daunting mission yet.
How to Train Your Mers     /M/
Clark is an aquatic mammals trainer at the Metropolis Aquarium and Bruce is their very unruly new resident. Clark doesn't realise that Bruce is only the first of many mers that are going to live in the Aquarium.
Gone    C/G/4938
Barbara Gordon was targeted. Richard Grayson disappeared. Jason Todd ran away. Tim Drake was kidnapped. Stephanie Brown crashed. Damian al Ghul was killed. Hawkfire rose from the ashes. Nightwing soared through the sky. Red Hood hunted the streets. Red X found the trail. Spoiler haunted her targets. Renegade vanquished his foes. Batman watched over them all from the shadows.
Alfred Pennyworth is Not to be Trifled With     C/T/5822
The Wayne Family is protected my many dangerous people. You may think the worst you can come across at Wayne Manor is a protective Batman. You are wrong. It is the highly competent Butler whose handy with a shotgun, you have to watch out for. Or: Bruce Wayne is 16 when he goes to Haley’s Circus and brings home a newly orphaned brother. He’s 18 when he becomes Batman, and as a result, Alfred is rather protective.
The Return     C/T/52589
What the comics neglected to cover after Bruce returns from being lost in time.
R/DontMessWithTheWaynes     C/T/5123
Dick, Jason, and Tim all love Reddit. And they have stories to share.
Mother Bruce and His Baby Birds     C/G/12287
Snapshots of Bruce asking different children if they would like to be adopted. I'll update the tags as the chapters come in, but it'll mainly just be adding characters as they appear.
Kitten     C/G/4260
Bruce opened his mouth, prepared to give the unemotional, no-nonsense explanation he had cobbled together between his walk to the car and now. Instead, his mouth went dry and nothing came out. “Bruce?” Bruce was saved from answering by the thin cry that cut through the silence. He winced, then reached back with one hand to shush the dimpled, kicking legs. “Bruce, tell me I did not just hear what I thought I heard.”
father tongue    C/G/3297
The Bats share a secret language of clicks, whistles, trills and chirps, which comes in very handy when out fighting crime on the streets of Gotham. Unfortunately, they can forget that not exactly everyone knows about it, and because it comes so naturally to them, it can confuse other people.
The Acquisition of Some Things Small and Unstable     /T/
Bruce is nineteen, depressed, and not in the least ready to be a parent. Good thing Alfred's there to take in all of the strays he leads home.
Batfam but on twitter     /G/
it’s literally just the Batfam and Co. on twitter  
Double Lives, Double men : The Story of Batman and his parts.    C/T/62827
Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent spend their nights traversing through the skylines of Gotham City, taking out crooks and ne'er-do-wells! With Bruce in the chair, and Harvey acting under his direction, they keep the streets clean. But, life and time do not stop for mere men. Not even righteous Batmen. Life continues on, leaving moments of fate to impact each mans lives. With one kid on the way, and many more to come, the prospect of Batman becomes a fantasy for Bruce, while Harvey holds onto the days he has left with his brother. --- Bruce and Harvey grow up with each other, as friends and basically brothers. Bruce starts taking in kids, and it messes with Harvey and his batman plans. This story is about the characters and how they change became of this dynamic, as well as the shenanigans that the kids drag Bruce and Harvey into.
Fears of a Father     C/G/1998
"A mixture of comedy/heartbreak as Bruce, having been hit with fear toxin, repeatedly cycles through panicking multiple times because as soon as he's been reassured that one kid is fine, he starts worrying about another because he has 5(+)"
Dick
look at my son
“I know that when I first took you in, you said that you had no desire to be adopted," Bruce pauses. He can face the Joker and Killer Croc and all of the Gotham Rogues without a hint of nerves, but in this single moment, his heart is pounding like crazy. “Your parents are irreplaceable,” Bruce continues, “and I don’t mean to take their place or for you to forget them, but I do see you as my son. I was hoping that I could… adopt you?”
My Family
Dick is 18, and hasn't been adopted by Bruce. Jason has. Tim has. Cass has. Damian didn't need to be. But not Dick. Was there something wrong with him? Something wrong about him being Bruce's son as well?
Watch This
Hal and Barry are worried about Batman's new partner. Being around the Batman all the time can't be good for a kid, right? Robin insists otherwise, and for $15.36 of betting money, is happy to demonstrate.
We'll fly with broken wings
John and Mary walk leisurely back to the circus. “That man really needs people in his corner.” John remarks. “And to realize there are already people in his corner.” Mary adds. He hums in agreement. “He has a lot of anger in him.” he observes. “The best ones often do. You did.” Mary nudges her husband. “You still do.” Dick pipes up, “Broose is a best one. He’s a superhero!” They laugh. “Yes, he is, Dickie.” (Or: Bruce Wayne, twenty years old, traveling around the world to train, meets circus acrobats John and Mary Grayson and their four-year-old son
Our roots will not whither away
The hallway lights silhouette a small shape in the doorway. “Dick?” Bruce asks. “I can’t sleep.” the boy whispers. “Okay. C’mere.” Bruce gestures. “It’s too big and empty.” Dick says as he climbs up. Bruce wraps his arm around Dick as he snuggles close. “I know.” (Or: Bruce and Dick return to Gotham. There are plenty of problems and plenty of good days.)
Always a Home
Home didn’t feel like home anymore. The house was still the same. The smell was the same. The same furniture, the same paintings, the same rooms. The same people. That was Jason’s now. All of it He was just a ward. Bruce was his guardian. It was just a question of time before he was kicked out for good. Bruce had already taken Robin from him. He’d take his home next. Or: Dick is sick and thinks he will be kicked out. Jason's a great little brother and Bruce is the best father he can be.
Light in the Darkest Place
Bruce Wayne doesn't know the first thing about raising kids, but that doesn't stop him from wanting to help Dick Grayson.
Old Chum
An 8 year old Dick Grayson, newly bereaved, finds himself in juvenile hall. Bruce Wayne takes in the traumatized and battered child. Can he help his new ward deal with the pain and help him learn to trust again?
Collective Judgments
Dick Grayson has never been ashamed of his heritage, despite the comments he's used to receiving. Luckily for him, the members of his family are disinclined to put up with racist bullshit.
Whispered Word
(Prequel to Broken Wings) "He must be new to Gotham." That was the easy explanation. It was tempting to believe. Gotham was Batman's city after all. He knew every alleyway and every criminal within its' borders. Nothing in this city escaped his sight. But as Bruce looked down at the golden owl crest so delicately pressed into the knife that had nearly killed him, something stirred within his core. An unease that crept throughout his chest. An assassin with skills that rivaled his own, and whose reflexes were identical to those of Nightwing. A contract put out on Bruce Wayne, not Batman. The Court of Owls... It was tempting to believe that this was something new, because that meant Gotham was still his city, and this was just another criminal. But something within Bruce's soul told him that this wasn't something new. It was something ancient. Something dark.
i'd give you my lungs (so you could breathe)
A brush with fear toxin on patrol leaves Dick seeking comfort and grounding in his first brother's presence.
he ain't heavy, he's my brother
Dick's been putting off meeting with Jason for a while now, but when a distress call comes through, he has no choice but to answer. Or the one where Dick and Jason talk, fight, get high and cuddle. In that order
Honeypot
‘If you keep getting older who’s gonna take your place?’ Jason tilted his head to look at Bruce. ‘Did ya hear me, B? I asked who you’ll use as a honeypot when Dickhead’s old and blind.’ The milkshake cup crinkled under Dick’s fingers. Or: Dick’s kept it together for years and it only takes a single comment for it all to come crashing down
Birds of a Feather Flock Together Richard Grayson is met with the face of death at the age of eight when his parents take “The Great Fall.” But he learns to soar again when he meets Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth two men who wish to take him under their wings. Basically me dumping Richard Grayson fluff, angst, and an emotionally constipated but loving Bruce in the mix.
No One Said Flying Was Easy Eight year old Richard Grayson has just watched his parents fall to their deaths. Hurting and alone, he struggles to adjust to the new life he's thrown into. Bruce Wayne takes him in, but seems to have no idea what he's doing. Can they help each other put the pieces of their broken lives back together?
To be a father
Bruce Wayne is many things. He's an orphan.A traumatised boy who since the murder of his parents has then grew up into an angry man with too many issues to count. To the public eye, Bruce Wayne is a brilliant buisness man, compassionate and hard-working but he is also a playboy, an airhead, just another rich boy lost in his own bubble. In private, Bruce Wayne is the caped crusader, the dark knight, the protector of the innocent. To the people closest to him, he's a hardass, stubbornly set in his ways and relentlessly hard working. Bruce Wayne is many things. A father is not one of them. Or at least that's what he tells himself. Everyone knows Bruce Wayne is a father. Except Bruce Wayne.
the hardest part
Dick is dreading his eighteenth birthday and everything that it means for him as a foster kid. His time with his family is running out, and he needs to be prepared for what comes next, to be on his own again.
Second Generation
Nine months after the 'Blockbuster Incident', a call from Lockhaven Penitentiary regarding Catalina Flores brings all Dick Grayson's plans for his future in Bludhaven crashing down. Thrust suddenly into parenthood and hiding what happened to make him a parent in the first place, Dick must decide, adjust, and accept - and no matter what, the family has to pull together to help him. Unfortunately, the Red Hood, a newcomer to the Gotham crime scene with a grudge, has his own ideas about Bat-family togetherness. Giving them time and space to work things out peacefully isn't one of them.
Taking Flight: A Tragicomedy in Four Acts
John and Mary Grayson die; Dick becomes Robin. This is everything that happens in between, a/k/a, how Gotham City ripped one family and identity from Dick and gave him another. An origin story in the Rebirth spirit, weaving together threads from Tec #40, Dark Victory, Robin: Year One, New 52, and more. Dick just wanted to go back to the circus, to go back to his normal life, waving to crowds and flying through the air. But instead he was in a giant cave under a giant mansion in (outside of?) Gotham, swiftly becoming part of a billionaire's cobbled-together family and trying to solve a murder. And the worst part? He sort of liked it.
Batman (Supposedly) Works Alone
Batman works alone - that is what the superhero community genuinely believes. In fact, he was so overprotective of Robin that only the thugs and Rogues of Gotham are even suspicious of his existence. When Dick Grayson sheds Robin and becomes Nightwing, Bruce has one last request for his old partner. One final protocol: Code Bat.
Roadtrip Vigilantes
Bruce Wayne gave up hope, stayed with the League of Shadows, and generally fucked up his entire life until a little kid called Dick Grayson came along and saved him anyway. Now on Ra’s al Ghul’s shit list, they travel the U.S. in whatever car they can get their hands on, trying to piece their hearts back together again. A slightly different start to Batman.
The Award for Worst Actor Goes To...
Permanent Guardianship of a Minor, somewhat unlike adoption, is a legal condition that usually only lasts so long as the person being guarded is, in fact, a minor. Dick turns eighteen with the Titans, so Bruce's legal guardianship expires while they're on bad terms and opposite sides of the continent. On a totally unrelated note, minimum drinking age in the U.S. is unreasonably high and four out of five Titans don't recommend father figures.
I Am My Mother's Son
The door to the shack opened and a tall thin man stepped into the room. His short brown hair was shaved down on the sides with only an inch or so growing on top. A dark brown t-shirt was tucked into a pair of Levi jeans and muddy work boots were laced up on his feet. He looked unassuming, and wouldn’t have seemed out of place on the Kent’s farm if it hadn’t been for the swastika pinned to his sleeve. Immediately Dick felt his stomach drop, not out of fear, but out of repulsion. “If you’re here to ask me to join your super secret fascist fanclub then I’m going to have to disrespectfully decline.” The man scoffed and kept himself standing at the door.  “As if we’d want to be associated with your kind.” “Pisces?” “Gypsies.”  The word was spat out in disgust and Dick feigned being offended, far to use to the slur to let the man get to him.
make it half the night
"I will not support this impulsive and ridiculous decision.  He is a child, not a shiny new car you purchase for show!" "Alfred - " "No.  I've supported you in every foolish decision unquestionably but this - " "My mind is made up." "Then you will bear the full responsibility with no help from me."
I’ll Be The Villain So They Can Be Heroes
The Bats were dead and Dick was the only one left alive. He had nothing left for him so why shouldn’t he join them? Waking up back in time was not the plan but Dick wasn’t complaining. He finally has his family back and he will not lose them again. Robin has always been able to do what Batman couldn’t. It was okay that Bruce won’t kill. Dick wouldn’t ask him to compromise his morals. But he had no such restrictions. He doesn’t mind killing, getting his hands dirty, and being a monster if it means his family is alive. Or a Dark Dick Grayson who is just a tad overprotective of his family. Just a tad.
Circus Boy
When a Robin flies into a Spider's web, it can go one of two ways: Either the Robin escapes, his red breast a warning, and seal's the Spider's doom; or it remains ensnared, forever waiting to be devoured. But when teenage heart-throb Dick Grayson, ward of Bruce Wayne and heir to the Wayne Fortune, meets high school hero Peter Parker out of pure happenstance, things don't quite go to plan. And as their awkward acquaintance begins to expand beyond that of chance meetings... well. Dick might just find out that his place in the food chain isn't quite as cemented as he'd once thought.
Pedi-cure my Blues
Bruce has had custody of Dick for two months and the boy hasn't smiled once yet, still lost in his grief; but when he sees a woman with painted toenails Dick lights up with excitement. “Can I have blue toes?” “You can have whatever colour toes you want,” Bruce promised.
Ranking Robins
Bruce sighed. "I wish you all were more competitive about being good sons instead of heroes. Maybe I'd have less gray hairs that way." As four sly looks were directed his way, Bruce sighed again. "Don't even think about it." "Bruce—" Dick started in an too-sweet voice. "No." "Come on—" "Absolutely not." "Just this once?" "I'm not ranking my sons. What father would agree to that?" ... Buzzfeed has been cranking out quiz after quiz about Gotham's Bat-themed superheroes. When Jason shows them to his family, him and his brothers decide that not only should their adoring fans get to rank the Robins: Bruce should too.
When it Rains
Jason's return to 'life' (and the Wayne family) is the hot topic of the minute in Gotham. Every reporter wants an interview. Jason's siblings decide to do an interview together with him, in which Dick gets asked a rather personal question: “What about yourself, Richard?” asks the reporter, widening her own insincere smile to match as she turns her torso half an inch towards him. “As the eldest I am sure you are simply overjoyed to have your brother back but, might I ask: why is it, do you think, that you are the only one of Mister Wayne's children that he hasn't formally adopted?”
things kept hidden
“Better hope the Batman doesn’t catch wind of you. Batman hates metas. He’ll make you disappear. That’s what he does.” “But I’d never hurt anyone,” Dick stammers. He doesn’t know very much about Batman, but he’s a hero, right? He fought crime, like Superman, and Superman was a hero. Right?
Dad...I’m Bilingual
Dick hums—a quiet, sleepy sound. He’s drifting, but only slightly. The painkillers are doing their job. “It’s dumb,” he says. “I can beat up bad guys an’ stop an apocalypse, but I can’t even tell my own dad I’m bilingual.” Bruce just stares at him. Realization kicks in a moment later. “Do you mean bisexual?” “Yeah, bionical.” He said that, didn’t he? Bruce must be getting slow in his old age.
and it comes back around
Bruce "I accidentally slipped and fell across the room, took out three tables and broke a desk with your body as I ACCIDENTALLY fell on you also you're going to jail” Wayne takes his young protégé down the rewarding path of revenge.
I Was Lost For You to Find
Bruce never planned on having kids. After watching his parents die, the idea of starting a family of his own was foolishness at best and an impending disaster at worst. Never in his wildest dreams did Bruce think he'd ever be up to the task of raising a child, and he was okay with that. But when an orphaned acrobat starts weighing on his mind, Bruce makes the (questionable) decision to become a foster father. Everything after that is just dumb luck.
smoother the fear
"Dick looked at his little brother as he played with his action figurines. They were alone in the living room, and Dick was supposed to be the responsible one - he would make sure that nothing was about to happen to Jason. He even stopped what he was doing - he had to be ready for anything, and he already knew that something was coming. For now, though, everything was alright - no problem in sight, and no adults claiming that they were trying to help. So, everything was good; but Dick knew it wouldn’t be for forever." OR: Dick gets scared when someone visit the Manor.
a haunted ballroom
The ghosts of Haly’s circus were bright, happy people, performers and acts whose adventuring spirits tethered them to the caravan. These spirits were benevolent, often blowing stray tickets back into the paths of their owners, or helping a ring land just right on a bottle for a child to win a prize. Sometimes, if they had the power, they’d protect the acts themselves, making sure the throwing knives stayed squarely away from the performer spinning on the wheel, or catching falls that might put a performer out of business for a couple stops otherwise. Dick Grayson could proudly say he was very good friends with the ghosts of Haly’s circus. When Dick stumbles across the ghosts of Wayne Manor dancing the night away in an abandoned wing of the house, he thinks that, finally, something might be normal again. But the ghosts are nervous, and he doesn't know why. Something is brewing underneath the surface of Wayne Manor, and it's up to Dick to find out what it is—and it's up to Bruce to make sure nothing happens to his charge in the meantime.
The Weight of Living
Dick Grayson has been through a lot in his 19 year old life and at this point he's more alone then he's ever been before. So when he finds himself bleeding out, alone, on a Bludhaven rooftop he can't help but think, 'At least it will stop hurting.' ...Until he wakes up, still alone but now in world that doesn't need him. At least that's what he thinks. That is until he stumbles upon a chance he never had in his first life. Now he's thrown back into a world of bats and birds and struggling to find his place in this world amongst the trauma of his past life and the major differences in this one. Maybe with the help of a few friends he can find his footing again.
My Little Robin
“I call you Robin because you came to us on the first day of spring. I didn’t know you wanted to be a little bird”. There had been four kids who donned the Flying Graysons colors and Dick’s name after him. He couldn’t be that kind of Robin again, but some days he still wished to hear his mother calling him her little Robin. Some days, all he wanted was to listen to his parents teasing him about him really turning into a little bird and soaring through the skies. “Being Robin means much more than being Batman’s partner. It means being family, lil’ D. And you are the one I chose to be my Robin. I’ll keep choosing you every single day. You are my baby, I’ll never turn you away, I’ll never give you up.”
The Bone Road
By night, Robin was his partner in crime, but once the sun rose, all Dick could be was a mirror of his tragedy, haunting his halls and asking for more than Bruce had in him to give. (The early days of Batman and Robin, and the many mistakes therein)
Oh, He's Not a Wayne?
Dick loves his son, Damian, even if he had been dumped on him unceremoniously.
A Robin's Flight
In one night six year old Dick Grayson loses everything. In the audience Bruce Wayne feels something he hasn't in a long time and he knows he just can't standby and watch. Bruce takes in Dick and soon the kid is an integral part of the Justice League's world and all of the heroes. Robin becomes a staple as the first kid sidekick but that doesn't mean Batman doesn't have more. This is a prequel to Young Justice in a universe where the Batfamily is already all together. Their family grows from Dick, Bruce and Alfred to add Barbara, a flying alien Uncle, a snarky former thief, a kid genius and a little ninja girl among others. Second in A Flying Robin series.
The Batman: Into the Light
A story in which I shamelessly jump the bandwagon to throw a young Robin/Dick Grayson at a very unprepared Battinson. This is an origin for Dick Grayson, where the hunt for his parent's murderer begins after Bruce Wayne takes him in. 
The Acquisition of Some Things Small and Unstable
Bruce is nineteen, depressed, and not in the least ready to be a parent. Good thing Alfred's there to take in all of the strays he leads home.
Improvement
It took time and many tries to find a rhythm, but Dick wouldn’t give up on that kid. He and Alfred – and later Steph – were all Damian had as family. Bruce was dead . Jason, Tim and Cass were away. Somewhere along the line, Dick realised he had been thinking about Damian as his kid for a while. And he thought that maybe Damian was starting to see him as someone he could trust not to harm him deliberately.
Time (to Protect You)
Losing Damian not only hurt beyond measure but also made Dick the last Bat standing. He had nothing keeping him in a broken world so goes back in time with only one ally (Damian begs to differ) and no plan except to protect everyone he can, at any cost. Dick starts with making sure Jason never dies at the hands of the Joker and proceeds to track down and love his siblings (while maybe also plotting the destruction of the League of Assassins). He just doesn't realize that a clan of highly trained vigilantes are more than capable of realizing that Dick is not okay, and of returning his devotion with their own.
Welcome the Dawn of Day
In the aftermath of the Riddler’s “cleansing” of Gotham city, the Batman works tirelessly to keep crime in check and assist the civilian population. An exhausted Bruce Wayne turns his efforts towards humanitarian relief for his city. Things can never be quiet, however – a series of bodies start showing up in various locations in the Narrows, Gotham’s bottom of the barrel district. The masked crusader and Lieutenant James Gordon unite their efforts to catch the killer while also struggling with a corrupt police force. The case reveals complex ties to Gotham’s sex trade and reinforces the unfortunate truth that in Gotham trust is inadvisable. A new tragedy strikes Gotham just as the situation is starting to look better – a terrible accident at the travelling Haly’s Circus leaves nine-year-old Richard Grayson orphaned. Suspecting sabotage, the boy goes looking for answers and runs into the mysterious Batman, also on the same track. Things get complicated when Bruce Wayne accepts Dick into his home, but there is a front of healing for all parties involved. Time runs on and heals all wounds. Despite everything that might happen, the sun always comes back up. Stay put and feel the sunrise on your skin.
No Safe Place
Bruce looks at the chipped wall paint, at the guard who hasn’t looked away from Dick’s back since their conversation began, and at the bruise on Dick’s cheek that has to be at least a few weeks old, but is still fading. He opens his mouth to ask the first question, he says the first thing that pops into his head, “I’m going to get you out of here”
Declensions
“My father,” Dick says, “worked the rope. It cut him. His hands were never clean.”
Batman is Not Exempt From the Speed Limit
Dick Grayson is having an average night of patrol with a new man on the police force when the Batmobile speeds past, and Dick decides to mess with the new guy.
take these broken wings and learn to fly    /T/
or, How Dick Grayson Burrowed His Way Inextricably into the Heart of Bruce Wayne
Family You Made (Go Back, Do it Again)    C/T/50847
Dick gets sent back in time, but don't worry, he's got this. (Probably)
Welcome the Dawn of Day    /M/
In the aftermath of the Riddler’s “cleansing” of Gotham city, the Batman works tirelessly to keep crime in check and assist the civilian population. An exhausted Bruce Wayne turns his efforts towards humanitarian relief for his city. Things can never be quiet, however – a series of bodies start showing up in various locations in the Narrows, Gotham’s bottom of the barrel district. The masked crusader and Lieutenant James Gordon unite their efforts to catch the killer while also struggling with a corrupt police force. The case reveals complex ties to Gotham’s sex trade and reinforces the unfortunate truth that in Gotham trust is inadvisable. A new tragedy strikes Gotham just as the situation is starting to look better – a terrible accident at the travelling Haly’s Circus leaves nine-year-old Richard Grayson orphaned. Suspecting sabotage, the boy goes looking for answers and runs into the mysterious Batman, also on the same track. Things get complicated when Bruce Wayne accepts Dick into his home, but there is a front of healing for all parties involved. Time runs on and heals all wounds. Despite everything that might happen, the sun always comes back up. Stay put and feel the sunrise on your skin.
Orphaned Circus Freak    /T/
A trip to the circus endangers a family of acrobats when Jerome Valeska temporarily breaks out of Arkham. Good thing Bruce and Detective Gordon were in the audience when 1-year old Dick Grayson was reported missing,
Bird's Eye View    /M/
Nine year old Dick Grayson has his entire flipped upside down after a freak circus accident that leaves both his parents dead.
On Fridays, We Wear...     C/G/1947
Before Bruce even takes a look at the note, he says: “Come here,” and pulls Dick to sit on his knee, the way he does when Dick walks into his home office late at night after a nightmare or runs inside with a cut on his knee. Dick relaxes minutely but still bites his lip when Bruce turns his gaze to the note. -Inappropriate clothing. OR Bruce will not tolerate his child being punished for not breaking any rules.
Just Come Home      /T/
Bruce fires Dick from Robin the day before Dick's eighteenth birthday. Dick thinks that Bruce is preparing to kick him out for good and doesn't want to face Bruce when that happens. Instead, he takes matters into his own hands and leaves on his own early the next morning. It takes a certain street rat to get these two to actually talk to each other. Or: Bruce doesn't know how to communicate with his son and a massive misunderstanding ensues. On the plus side, he has two children now.
Someone Get This Child a Stuffed Animal, Not Pixie Boots    C//1192
Bruce is in therapy, adopts Dick Grayson, and realizes he has a chance to make the world a brighter place in the parenting of his son. He also sees the Dark Place ^TM that Dick is in, and knows he needs help. A chaotic conversation ensues.
find another dream      C//3748
Following one month since everything changed for him, Dick Grayson tries to grasp the feelings inside him regarding his new life in Gotham.
Pain? Feels a lot like love      C/G/1210
“It’s fair”, Dick said. He tried to adjust himself and lie down next to Bruce. Trying to find the edge of the blanket to steal it from him, tiny elbows dug into Bruce’s side and Bruce had to pretend it didn’t hurt. It didn’t. Really. He tried to blink away the vision of Alfred raising his eyebrow. Tiny limbs found their way to jab at his side and ribs for good measure again as the kid’s quest to pull the blanket away from Bruce, so he could also get in, continued. At this point, Bruce was now pretty sure this was actually why he had gotten the whole training for suppressing pain and signs of it, at least outwardly, in name of becoming Batman.
of winged birds     C//4680
Bruce Wayne embarks on an eye-opening journey of parenthood while receiving parenting advice of those more qualified than him.
To Build A Home     C/T/3024
Galas are an issue, because something always goes wrong, and no one knows this better than Dick Grayson. (It's a bit of a problem, actually, but he can always depend on Bruce to get him out of trouble.) In which Dick is eight, attending his first gala, still trying to get used to an awkward guardian who is still getting used to this whole parenting thing, and there are reporters. They figure things out, eventually.
Chum     C/G/5435
Dick trumped through the leaves, stopping his feet roughly. He relished the sound of the crunch beneath his shoes as he tread on the brown, dead leaves before him. He felt rather justified in his satisfaction. After all the world had taken so much from him, why wouldn’t he do his best to crush it in return. The woods were cool and as he went deeper into them they grew darker. The sun had long set, and the sky was quickly vanishing as the trees grew thicker. Wayne Manor was far behind him. He was never going back. He hated those pristine walls, those old floor boards. He hated the quiet. He hated the stuffy furniture and the rules and the vases and pictures. He hated his new guardian and that… that… Dick couldn’t remember what Alfred was called, but he hated it. The bag on his back felt heavy. It had everything Dick owned in it. Well and a toothbrush that Alfred had given him. But he didn’t think that was really stealing.
There's a new wave coming, I warn ya      /T/
(In which Dick goes to prep school, the Waynes go to therapy, and Harvey Dent runs for office)
To Foster a Bird     C/T/6061
In which Bruce Wayne decides that fostering is a good idea, and then a bad idea, and then a great idea
All For One     C/T/7960
Bruce Wayne's three oldest sons don't agree on much - in fact, they don't see eye to eye on almost anything. The one thing they agree on, however, is that no one - no one - hurts their youngest brother and gets away with it.
It's Too Late For Us       C/T/6572
Dick and Bruce have been estranged for a very long, very bitter year. When Dick finds out Bruce has taken on another Robin, he's infuriated and goes to confront him. The ensuing fight unearths a couple decades of trauma, dysfunction, and unspoken fears. Dick doubts that Bruce will ever own up to the harm he's caused, but one can never be too sure...maybe old dogs can learn new tricks.
Nothing New    C//3357
Dick brings a boy home. Given his history, Bruce thinks it's best the two of them have a long overdue conversation about this. For the two most emotionally repressed people in Gotham City, it goes better than Dick would have expected.
(T)his Child    C/G/2179
”I’m here for the elephant,” Bruce says bluntly. ”Elephant?” Haly says. ”We haven’t had elephants in over two decades, what...?” ”The toy. That Dick left on his bed.” OR What wouldn't Bruce do for... this child?
JASON
It doesn't matter which way the wind's blowing (unless you're flying a kite)
Just because Jason doesn't remember his early years, doesn't mean he has to believe these freaks when they say he's some dead kid, and no, he's not okay with them stalking him! Or the one where the pit restored Jason's mind but not his memories and the Batfamily wants him to come home whether he believes them or not.
Don't Let Me Go, Hold on Tight
Willis Todd is an asshole. He's currently an asshole on Bruce's property and he wants that man no where near his sons.
the boy in the red hoodie
One day after patrol Dick finds a certain little someone with a tire iron. He's thoroughly amused.
buying time
In which Bruce Wayne adopts a child (slowly).
Glass shard
“He had mouthed off to Batman. Oh god, that is Batman. He is fucking dead. No matter what he does he’s so fucked. Batman can’t be beat, he’s not some rich prick who thinks kicking tire robbing kids is fun. He is Batman, and Jason Todd just robbed him of three tires.”
Expeditions Into The Dark
Jason was a street rat, has been for years and he's learned the lessons of the street. Though when he goes to jack some tires off a John he makes a mistake. Now his life has changed forever, what comes next, he becomes Rob
price is right
“Hey, Mister, looking for a good time?” The car is fancier than any he’s seen in Crime Alley. And when he looks up at the cowled shadow, Jason realizes why.  
in the sidekick to batman?
Precedent
Bruce thought his family was complete. Sure, Dick might be mad at him and ignoring all his calls, and Damian mad about Dick not returning calls, but that didn't change anything. His family was complete, even if they weren't talking to each other. Then a scrawny little kid jacked his tires, and Bruce started to question what it takes to be family.
Jason Todd: The Not-So-Outlaw
Jason Todd isn't what Batman made him, he isn't what the Joker made him, he isn't what the League of Assassins made him, and he isn't what the Lazarus Pit made him. He's his own person and he's taking himself back, one home renovation at a time. Also he might just make friends with the people who are supposed to be his brothers while he's at it.
Frygt
When he gets caught stealing the Batmobile tires Jason assumes the worst. Bruce is trying but also a well-meaning idiot sometimes. The misunderstandings pile up and only get worse. They will get there at some point.
inhibition
Batman gets hit by a Poison Ivy special. Jason is unfortunately caught in the crossfire.
transaction
Jason’s heard some pretty out-there requests. But this is the first time he’s been approached by a child. And this is the first time he’s been approached for hugs.
fatigue
Jason is tired. Tired of scavenging on the streets. Tired of keeping up his guard. Tired of trying and trying and still shivering to sleep on an empty stomach. He’s just—tired.
Way Home
“Who are you?” The old man looks heartbroken, his face falling. Like he remembered something big. Jason kind of wants to hug him, and say it's ok, but really, he just wants his dad. Jason comes back from the dead years into the future. His family deals with it, like they always have.
Of Your Own Making
Jason died. Then he came back, forty years too late. It takes time to adjust.
returning is the hardest part of coming home
It really was Jason who came back. And now's the time for action and planning, and figuring out how to tell a kid he was missing decades. or The batfam deals with the stress of Jason coming back from the dead.
His Head is Bloody, but Unbowed
Jason was smart enough to walk away when he saw the Batmobile, all those years ago. He's smart enough to stay out of the hands of the gangs and the mobs. He's smart enough to have survived sixteen years in Crime Alley, and still be alive to smoke a celebratory cigarette. So why wasn't he smart enough to just keep walking when he sees a crumpled form in an alley?
It’s a Beautiful Life
The day the headlines read that Jason Todd was alive, Numbers went to Wayne Manor.
Hoods and Jesses Redux
The boy seemed startled that Dick had actually produced a blanket. He wrapped it around his shoulders like a cape or cloak. It enveloped his tiny form. God, he was so small. Who sent a kid after Batman? If Jason hadn’t gotten startled, he would have been crushed.
Reclaiming Innocence
Jason Todd was kidnapped at nine-years-old and given two options. Work for his keep, or be forced to to work for his keep. His life was not pleasant, but Jason was nothing if not a fighter, and dammit if was he going to let the hell around him kill who he was as a person. Or his dreams of growing up and going to college. Those dreams suddenly came a little more into focus, when his idiot of a pimp accidentally tried to rent him to Bruce Wayne. Poor bastard could have never guessed he was the Batman himself. Heck, not even Jason figured that out, at first. And Batman had practically adopted him.
Like a Thief in the Night
Jason Todd has been living with Bruce for two months. Jason was such a joy to have around, even if he rarely let people near him. Which was fine. Bruce was perfectly willing to let Jason adjust, and go at his speed. But when one day Jason suddenly starts acting clingy while in public...Bruce is more than a little worried. What had even triggered it, and would Jason even tell him?
Not All Kidnappings are Bad
While out on patrol one night, Bruce encounters a kidnapping attempt. A pretty routine night, unfortunately. When the victim in question happens to be a 9-year-old Jason Todd, however, Bruce finds himself getting a little too attached to a child he just met. Was it okay to kidnap a child right off the street and keep him?
The Beginning of Something That Wasn't Suppose To End
Batman is the one who provides the evidence that puts Jason's dad in jail but Jason doesn't know this. he just knows that his entire neighborhood saw his dad walked out on the lawn in cuffs and there is no one to protect him or his mom even if he was abusive. After that, Batman thinks that Jason and his mother are better off without his father but it's the opposite. He drops out of school to take care of his mother until he finds her sprawled out on the floor slowly overdosing. It takes an ambulance six hours to get to their apartment but by then it is too late. Jason is left to fend for himself and survive through any means necessary which is why he tries to steal the Batmobile's tires. While arguing and trying to fight Batman he lets it slip that a bunch of street kids from Gotham have gone missing. And then so it begins; dynamic duo 2.0.
Pictures on a Crooked Wall
Finally the Bat spoke in a low, deep voice: "Do you want to come with me?" Jason arched an eyebrow at the surprising question. Then he got that the vigilante was being deadly serious about this, so he let out an outraged: "Ya're a weirdo dressed up like a vampire! And you are an adult who drives in a car that looks straight outta a gothic cartoon! Hell no big guy, I ain't coming with ya."
Red Blood, Blue Blood
Jason Todd was living a very ordinary life in Crime Alley before his mother gets sick. Then, suddenly, Jason and Catherine have to grapple with the secret everyone has known since Jason was born with black hair and blue eyes—Willis Todd wasn't his biological father. Bruce Wayne is, and not only is he the richest man in Gotham, he has three other children who may not be glad to have an interloper in their midst.
children of dust and ashes
In front of him, this man stands, and he taunts him, and he laughs. He laughs and laughs and laughs – and it’s all Bruce can think: Did you laugh as you beat my son to a bloody pulp? Did you laugh as he died in that explosion? The Joker killed Bruce's son. // Jason's murderer is dead.
We Alley Kids
We all know Jason dug out of his grave. We all know he was found wandering the streets, looking as though he'd been blown halfway to hell. We know he was taken directly to a hospital, where we know he asked for "Bruce" before he was placed into a coma. We know the detectives called in to investigate don't make the connection to Bruce Wayne or to the son he lost. And we also know what happens next. But what if, by mere chance, someone did make the connection? What if someone did, in fact, recognize Jason Todd?
Sugar Baby
If he's going to be a hooker anyway, he may as well find himself a sugar daddy. This...does not go as he planned, but at least he got adopted?
Take Me If You Want, Save Me if You Don't
Jason has been giving Bruce a few snacks and pain medicines whenever Batman visits Crime Alley. He assumes it's innocent. Jason is hoping he can bag himself a home if he can seduce the Bat. Said Bat hates this plan.
Mutual Kidnappings Make a Family
Sometimes Jason catches feelings. Feelings of responsibility for dumb rich kids with fancy cameras running around the worst parts of Gotham. It's unfortunate, but at least he gets food and a new roof over his head out of it. And a new friend too, perhaps.
I found something (in the woods somewhere)
Jason pushed himself to his feet, closing the window silently, and flipped the light switch on before turning to look around. It was a room, probably a guest room. There was a desk, a closet, a bed, a boy, all neat and tidy and tucked away - Jason swiveled. That. That was. There was a boy on the bed. Laptop on his knees, camera on the bedspread beside him, staring as Jason curiously with wide blue eyes. “Hello,” The boy said politely, and blinked at him, looking disturbingly like an owl. The kid looked - he looked about ten, and that was his reaction to having a stranger break into his room in the middle of the night? “You - ah,” Jason stalled, staring at him, a bit stupefied. “What are you doing here?” The boy blinked at him again . “I - this is my house?” Jason runs, Timmy is just trying to help, bless his heart, and Dick is confused. It's a long night for everyone.
In the Alley
Jason begrudgingly gets saddled with protecting this weird little kid who runs around Gotham stalking Batman and trying to get himself killed, months before he meets the man himself and becomes Robin.
Homecoming
“Your son’s grave. It’s been disturbed.” In which people actually notice when Jason breaks out of his grave, and Bruce finds him before Talia does.
Icarus, Returning
“My name is Jason Todd and I think I used to live here.” A pause. The Manor gates groaned open. Heart thudding in his chest, Jason gripped Cass and Damian’s hands and took them home.
Come hell or high water
From what Jason knew, Bruce and Talia’s paths had diverged sometime before Jason had even stepped foot into the manor, but no one would bring their ex-husband’s adopted son back to life as a gift without feeling some semblance of love. And after hours of thinking and analyzing Bruce’s weird personality, Jason was sure Bruce felt something too. Unfortunately, when Bruce faced complex emotions he shut down and treated everything with a sort of clinical coldness. Jason knew that better than most, but that was exactly how he knew that Bruce still carried a torch.
Overwhelmed
At Jason's first Wayne gala, a series of events leads to reminders of past trauma, and, eventually, a solidification of Jason's place in the family.
To assume a robin’s feathers
What if Bruce never had the chance to take Jason home because the kid managed to steal the Batmobile's tyres without being caught? What if Dick Grayson had never left Gotham and joined the GCPD instead? That Jason still ends up being part of the Wayne family, just by the hand of Dick.
abandon
Robin answers Hood’s distress call to a building full of fear gas.
And the Scene Slips Away (To the Evenness I Fake)
One mistake is all it took to force Jason back into the wonderful world of the Wayne family. Now publicly and legally alive once more, he's forced to spend the next two weeks of his life stuck in the Manor with the whole family. This leads to several strengthened relationships and the realization that maybe he's missed a few things over the years. Things that he's now determined to get to the bottom of. Also known as the "Tim comes out to his family, the public finds out Jason Todd is actually alive, Jason finds out about Mirage and Tarantula, and they all are confronted with the fact that dealing with public relations as millionaire superheroes is actually The Worst (though not necessarily in that order)" Frankenstein of a fic that nobody asked for but I'm giving you anyways
The Sun Will Rise
Jason had dedicated his second life to helping people, carving out a territory for himself in the ever-unwanted East End and steering clear of the rest of Gotham. So he really, really didn’t appreciate being taken down by some two-bit wannabe gangbangers intent on flushing all his hard work hiding from the Wayne Family down the fucking drain.
A chain of stars down either side the street
The alley is dark and narrow, and somewhere inside a child is crying. It’s not his business. It’s not his business and he needs to get home before he falls asleep in the middle of Crime Alley. The tiniest sob comes from the darkness, and Jason sighs. “Hello-?" Out for dinner with their son, Jack and Janet Drake answer an important work call and rush home. About a day later, they realise they forgot their five years old son at the restaurant. Meanwhile, somewhere in Crime Alley, Jason Todd has just acquired a new little brother.
The Twirl of a Knife
Dick Grayson-Talon AU: Batman has torn the Court of Owls apart. While surviving on the streets of Gotham, Jason stumbles upon one of its last Talons. The pair strikes up an unlikely friendship. Years later, Jason decides to clean up Gotham as the crime boss Red Hood while Talon grapples with his past sins. It is only a question of time until they end up on Batman's radar.
The Big Road Home
Jason is fourteen and a seasoned street-kid. Tim is brand new to the streets and somehow ends up in Jason’s care. Bruce doesn’t even know that they’re out there. (Yet.) In which Jason and Tim are homeless orphans, each making sure the other survives.
Jet Black Crow Jason never tried to lift the tires off the Batmobile. Instead, he ended up working on the streets of Gotham, struggling to stay alive. Somehow, Nightwing still crosses his path.
We're Not in Crime Alley Anymore
When Bruce returned to the car that night, it was a nine-year-old holding the tire iron, not a young teen. Somehow, Jason Todd at nine was even more precocious than Jason Todd at 12. Bruce has his work cut out for him.
this kind of weather
Jason’s at school when his mom dies, and that’s the only reason any of it happens. If he’d been home, if he’d been with her, he would’ve been in the wind before anyone else even knew. Even if they looked, no one ever would’ve found him. He’d have taken to the sewers if that’s what it took, man-eating crocodile guy and all.
Alley Cat
Batman and Catwoman are just finishing up patrol and heading back home when they realize that someone is stealing their tires. And, well, Selina always had a thing for strays.
un elefante se balanceaba
Jason gets a call from Bruce requesting that he and his team check out a CADMUS operation out in the middle-of-nowhere Illinois. They accept, thinking that it's going to be a monster to fight or one of those "heroes" with dubious ethics that CADMUS seems to love so much. Instead, they find a baby. (Or, how Jason, Kory and Roy found baby Terry and brought him home.)
Blood, Bonds, & Bats
Brutally murdered by the Joker when he was only 15, Jason’s family believes he’s gone forever. When he returns five years later with a young child in tow, the Bat Family struggles with their feelings around Jasons apparent resurrection and what to do with the child, who Jason claims is the son of Batman. All the while Jason struggles with being alive, once again.
they think they see you, through and through    C/G/1554
BREAKING NEWS: LOST WAYNE HEIR BACK FROM THE DEAD Jason takes Bruce up on his offer of legal resurrection. The media and the world reacts. It's worth it. Right?
come back home please    /T/
Over a year has passed since Jason Todd's death, and Tim, although he is part of the family and the new Robin, can feel the grief in the air. All he wants is for everyone to be okay, and for Jason to come back. He doesn't expect that to actually happen. Or: Tim Drake runs across a resurrected Jason Todd and is determined to bring him back home to the family.
Vermillion    /T/
Jason Todd returns to Gotham with a bang. In between setting up a criminal empire, dealing with international conspiracies, and the Joker, he re-learns how to be a person. When the Bats learn of a new face in Gotham's underground, they get interested. Some of them get friendly. His plan becomes... complicated.
THE BOY WHO DRANK STARS.    //
The Wayne's are, supposedly, the biggest gangsters in Gotham. So when Penguin tells Jason that either he kills Bruce Wayne or they throw Jason's body into the harbour — the boy realises he's dead either way. He just didn't account for the possibility that instead of murdering Bruce Wayne, he'd be adopted by the man instead. Because that makes so much more sense, obviously.
Nothing to Fear    C/T/4216
"Can't sleep?" Dick inquired once he was sufficiently uncomfortable, somehow using his weight to make the chair rock back and forth without even seeming to move himself. It was so weird Jason almost forgot to scowl. Almost. Then he had a better idea and switched to a smile, making sure to add in a bright, cheery voice for the reply. "No, I'm sleeping fine. But I keep having this dream some dumbass comes into my room and asks stupid questions." Dick just snorted. Then cooed. "Aww, glad to hear my little brother actually dreams about spending time with little old me." He finished by tacking on a razor-sharp grin.
No One's Son    C/T/22515
When it's revealed to Gotham's underworld that Red Hood is the second Robin and without the Bat Clan's protection, it's not long before every gang, cartel and rogue he's pissed off has him in their crosshairs. It's almost as bad as the "family"'s determination to find him first.
when you close your eyes    /T/
“I don’t believe my car was scheduled for maintenance.” The tire iron swings fast, and Jason can feel it all the way up to his shoulder when it connects. The sound of it hitting Batman’s skull ricochets through the alleyway. Ice douses Jason’s insides as a vice grips his heart. He just hit Batman. He hit the guy who shatters knee caps and dangles people from skyscrapers. He’s dead. He’s going to die. An alt take on Jason's origins wherein Bruce is An Actually Good Dad and Jason's allowed to be more emotionally complicated.
The mirror lies     C//32981
Bruce can’t believe his eyes. That is his son, Jason … and he lost his memory. Something that the league of assassins want to use against Batman. Or: Jason is sent by Ra's to gain Batmans trust as his resurrected son, but can't remeber, that he is indeed Jason Todd.
understanding must be part of the holding    /T/
Right now, it was more important to figure out where he was, and what had happened. He had to make sure he was somewhere safe. Before he fell back asleep. Jason wakes up not knowing where his is and no memories of how he got there, not yet realizing the long road to recovery he's about to begin and all the changes he will have to deal with.
The Ties That Bind Us    /M/
AU: in which Catherine Todd was Jason’s biological mother, but as he discovers, Willis wasn’t his father.
A MOMENT THAT'S HELD IN YOUR ARMS.     C/G/11986
Robin is used to Batman shouting at him. Mistakes happen, and he's not always the most careful, but it's expected. It's his job, even if it hurts Robin a little to look at Batman for the rest of the patrol — that's his boss. He gets over it. But this is the first time Bruce Wayne has raised his voice at Jason, and Jason's entire world is collapsing on top of him.
Time Fucking Travel     C/T/44307
(2027). Jason was expecting a quick in-out and then Thai, not god damn time travel. The sad thing is, the future apparently doesn't have Thai and Bruce fucking Wayne will not provide. And what's up with all these side-ward glances directed at him?
A Gift to Cherish     C//4327
The wonderful thing about being hurdled through time and space is that Jason doesn’t have to deal with the fallout of not listening to Bruce. The awful, terrible, no good very bad part of hurtling through time and space is that he has no idea where he is. It’s all up to wormhole he was thrown into to decide where he gets spit out to. In which Jason is thrown into a future he never came back to, and gets to heal, just a little bit.
Letting the sun in     C/T/4173
Au where Jason didn’t die and instead realizes that the neighbor kid goes to his school and has no friends. This comes in handy, despite Tim’s extreme reluctance, when Tim gets sick a few months after he and Jason become friends. He really doesn’t understand why Jason cares so much, and when Bruce gets involved, he really doesn’t understand why he cares.
Maybe, Just Maybe, I'll Come Home     /T/
Five years after Jason's death, Dick Grayson still blames himself. After failing as a brother and a son he's determined to set things right. Meanwhile in Gotham, there's a young man struggling with nightmares and memories of a life he can't remember.
Do You Remember What It Was Like Before the Green?     C/T/13334
When the first body dropped, the Red Hood was firmly on the list of Batman’s enemies. By the time the killer finally revealed themselves to Jason, he was firmly in the ranks of the Bat brothers again. This time with newly regained memories and a sense of protectiveness that he didn’t know he had.
The Night Is Coming To An End       C/M/8521
Jason gets dragged to another one of Bruce's galas where he meets someone from the past he's so far managed to ignore, but not forget
Vandalism and Corruption      /T/
He doesn’t want this tentative bond to break, the whole ‘let me provide food and shelter for you, and you serve as my Robin. Call me if you’re dying,’ vibe that shines out of Bruce’s ass and straight up into his terrifyingly plastic smile. But Bruce hardly smiles at Jason, anyway, so why does it really matter? -------- Or: Jason Todd hates galas, but attending a small gathering doesn't seem so bad, even if they are all rich assholes. Jason Todd also hates math. And he severely miscalculated.
Joke as much as you want, the main thing is that you stay    C/T/3326
Bludhaven has a new protector: Flamebird. While the news speculates like crazy about his relationship with Nightwing, Batman is on the verge of blowing up from sheer caring-father-energy. And the heroes? Dick will never let his little brother out of his sight again, but it would be nice if he stopped spurring the rumors about their love affair. Or: How Jason Todd rises from the dead to plague his brother with his humor.
Neverland    C/G/19652
One night, while on patrol, twelve year old Jason Todd falls through a portal... and lands in the future. If only people would actually tell him what's going on...
TIM
Simple Ideations And The Consequences That Come With
Tim padded down an empty, cold hallway of his family’s home. Thunder rolled across the sky, shaking the floor beneath him and sending a shiver down his spine. He hated nights like these. He had just gotten done with his near nightly bat-fan-cam patrol, and hadn't been able to fall asleep when he had finally drug himself home. His parents were off in Italy for some expensive art show, the idea being the more art they bought, the more tax breaks they'd receive. It was all hidden under the guise of charity of course, at the end of the three night art show a portion of the proceeds would be donated. A tiny portion.
Came In From the Outside
Tim's parents are...not around. It's a fact that is known and rarely questioned. But now they're back and all Bruce wants is for all his boys to be safe and together again.
Playing Catch
Another "Tim gets adopted earlier" story, because Tim deserves all the love, and because Tim and Jason deserve to be friends.
The Thing about Apples and Trees
When Jason agreed to let Bruce adopt him, he thought that meant Jason felt happy and safe in Bruce's home. But when Jason's nightmares only increased, and his panic attacks and meltdowns started happening more often, Bruce was at a complete loss for what to do. But then, Jason finally opened up to him, and he was able to quell some of Jason's worse fears. Perhaps a midnight chat and a few hugs wouldn't fix everything, but it was a step in the right direction.
concealer
Suspicious bruises on a child with recent upheavals in custody make people, well, suspicious. Tim knows it’s only a matter of time before he’s taken away from Bruce.
Full Potential
It was no secret that none of the Wayne kids liked charity benefits. That being said, Tim's struggles paled in comparison to his siblings’. The elite didn’t turn their noses up at him because of his ethnicity or socioeconomic status or something else he couldn’t control. He chose to become CEO.
The Ghosts That We Knew Flicker From View
He’s known since he woke up this morning, his chest tight with painful certainty. At first, he wasn’t sure what it meant—why he felt like he was already grieving despite all of his loved ones being alive and well, as far as he knew. Tim ignored it the best he could, amounting the sensation to general anxiety mixed with excessive caffeine consumption mixed with whatever other vices Tim has left.It was only when the feeling swelled tenfold the closer he got in proximity to Bruce that Tim understood what his curse was trying to tell him. Bruce is going to die today. The boy king and the dark knights
Just This Once
CPS gets involved in the Drakes' lack of parenting. Baby Tim's left with the Waynes next time they go out of town. The family starts realizing something's up.
The Photo
Being part of the most famous family in Gotham has its problems, namely when you’re trying to keep your relationship a secret.
let's get mischievous
“We welcome you,” the cultist is saying, breathlessly. “To the mortal realm, oh father of Chaos-” Bernard slowly raises his head, meets the cultist’s gaze, and he stutters to a stop. Tim’s breath catches, because Bernard smiles, manic and benevolent and totally devoid of humanity. The cultist, shaking with excitement or awe, bows his head. Bernard floats down, and reaches to delicately touch the side of the mask, cupping his face. “Stupid animal,” he says, kindly, “Why would I thank you for this?” The cultist starts to raise his head, confused. It’s not Bernard, says Tim’s brain, even though he already knew that, even though he was putting the pieces together the minute the knife flashed down, even though he shoved the knowledge away because it was unbearable to consider, it’s not Bernard, and it’s only that thought that keeps him from fumbling when vines explode from the cultist’s eyeball. At the ritual altar, Bernard gets possessed by Dionysus. Nobody liked that.
i don't need more reminders of all that's been broken, i don't need you to fix what i'd rather forget
“She’s our little sister, little D.” Dick told him, rubbing his face against the boy’s crown. Damian struggled for exactly five seconds, just to show that he would put up a fight before he leaned into Dick.
Fools, Ghouls, and Grave Mistakes
Not once, when Tim had been considering how Jason might react to the idea of a new Robin, had it crossed his mind that Jason would be so appalled by such an insult that he would actually come back to life to kill Tim for it. That, Tim realizes as a grasping hand pushes up through the grass in front of Jason’s headstone, may have been a grave error.
wrong number
There’s a few rings, then the phone picks up. “Wayne Residence.” That’s funny, Tim thinks, Mrs. Mac doesn’t sound like herself. On a hot July evening while home alone, eight-year-old Tim gets a fever. He means to ask Mrs. Mac for help — but ends up accidentally calling Alfred Pennyworth. Somehow, even in sickness, he wins all the hearts of the Wayne family in one fell swoop.
before the shadows absorb you
"Tim was bouncing with excitement. Internally only, of course, because children his age had to be the most agreeable possible and that meant being silent and cute. Tim could do that, so he only let his pretty, innocent smile on, keeping the happy energy close to his heart instead of on his face. It wasn’t easy, this time, but he could do it. Wayne Enterprises was huge. Not like it was a surprise; the building was well-known in Gotham, after all. But Tim had never been inside, and there were so many people. It nearly toned down his excitement, but then he spotted Bruce Wayne himself, making his way toward them, and everything came back in full force." OR: Tim is supposed to have some quality time with Bruce Wayne. It doesn't turn as expected (but Tim won't complain).
Twelve Magpies
Billions of dollars and silk suits and heavy rings dripping off fingers, but Bruce was never truly happy until he met Dick, then Jason, then the rest of them. So Gotham’s old fortune can kiss Tim’s ass. Bernard...doesn’t seem to think so. Not in the least, if the nervous bob of his Adam's apple is anything to go by. Tim creeps behind him, utterly silent until his nose almost tickles the back of Bernard’s neck, then whispers in his ear, “It’s haunted.” Bernard shrieks. Alfred opens the door. A solid ton of polished oak and brass and institution caresses the floor in a sweeping curve, giving way to Bernard, Batman t-shirt underneath a blazer, cherry red in the face. Tim snickers beside him. or, wins and losses in turns, and being twenty is epidemic, but tim manages to wrestle with life enough to tug bernard into place beside him
Baby Birds and Bat Caves
Gotham was built on a cave system. Batman has referenced a Bat Cave before. Tim is currently in the cave system. He is in the cave system that he entered from Drake Manor. Drake Manor is right next door to where Batman- The Bruce Wayne- lives. Holy Cavern, Batman! Tim had just accidentally wandered into the Bat Cave’s cave system. OR Tim, having found a weird hole after a storm, decides to go exploring ignoring the fact that This Is Gotham and They Probably Have Cursed Stuff Down There. Luckily, it was just a cave system that spans the entire Gotham underground. Unluckily, Tim is a very curious child.
Latchkey or, How Tim Drake Found A Family, Became A Photojournalist, Learned To Love Coffee, and Grew Up, not necessarily in that order. Tim Drake is thirteen, runs the famous BatWatch blog that has spiraled hilariously out of control, has absentee parents that suit his purposes just fine, is training himself to run the streets at night, and is doing absolutely peachy, thank you. Alfred and Jason disagree, and get Dick and Bruce involved in figuring out their weird nextdoor neighbor kid’s life. Everything goes uphill from there.
House Cat
Just over a year after finding and adopting the stray Jason she and Bruce found stealing the tires off the Batmobile, Selina breaks into the supposedly empty Drake residence, only to be found by their eight-year-old.
Thicker Than Water      /T/
When Jason Todd was five years old, his mother, Catherine Todd had a little baby boy. Unfortuntely, tragedy struck and Jason's baby brother was stolen from the hospital shortly after he was born. This is a story of everything that came after... How families were broken apart and eventually pieced back together to create something new. How long lost brothers find each other after so many trials and tribulations.
Under A Parent's Wing     /T/
When Tim found out that Dick Grayson was a gymnastics instructor in Bludhaven, he quickly signed up. After all, learning gymnastics from The Nightwing himself is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Dick Grayson is more concerned at the obvious signs of child abuse he sees in one of his students. AKA Dick Grayson, as a childcare worker, is a mandated reporter who knows how to recognize child abuse in his students. Tim Drake, after a lifetime of fear and confusion, learns to trust adults.
A Bird in the Hand    /E/
When Bernard is targeted by the League of Shadows, Tim rushes to save his boyfriend. But what if the reason Bernard was targeted was not what it seems? What if Bernard's planned assassination was hidden behind granite and lime?
In My Arms     C/G/2804
There was nothing he could do. Nothing he could change. Those were the rules of the past. Besides, babies cried all the time, even if this was less a cry and more of an angry wail from a little one pushed past its limits. But still. He should have been on his way. He likely would have been, had this been a different home.
The Gruesome Life and Death of Timothy Drake-Wayne     C/G/4356
Frowning, Bruce feels Tim’s forehead and cheek with the back of his hand. “You’re feverish.” “I think I’m allergic to Alfred’s new detergent,” Tim says, scratching, scratching, scratching. Unconvinced, Bruce takes Tim’s hand away from where he’s tearing at his neck and pushes up the sleeve. Tiny pink dots freckle across Tim’s skin. “You have chickenpox.” He might as well have just told Tim he had testicular cancer with the way his face blanches in horror. “You’re kidding me."
Liminal Space     C//77186
Bruce's habit of collecting strays is not limited by dimension. Or When Young Justice Batman comes across an angsty, seemingly abandoned by his Batman Tim Drake, he decides to step up to the plate and parent the crap out of him.
BatWatch™     /T/
Timmie Drake has been following the Bats and Birds at night for eight years. They're sixteen now and his hobby has grown into something a lot bigger than it started out as.
DAMIAN
Roots
Damian Wayne has changed. Drastically. He is a separate being from the boy he was at ten. Perhaps a better word would be weapon. He is a person now. And to get that far, he's had to change himself from the inside out in such a drastic way that he does not consider that ten year old him at all. (Damian is the Robin in the Young Justice team, and he's keeping his secrets for more than just Batman's sake.)
In For a Penny
25 is too young to be a Dad. That's what Bruce thought when Talia dropped off this baby she claimed was his. Add to that a jealous 11-year-old Dick, and Bruce has his hands full. What does one even do with a baby? Why does this baby scowl so much? And when on earth is Talia coming back?
It Could've Been Different
The Bludhaven newspaper reported that there was a strange kid running around helping out the homeless, so that must mean Nightwing has a new sidekick right? What they don't know is Nightwing's supposed sidekick was actually an Al Ghul traitor protecting a half-dead amnesiac Jason Todd.
baby wonder
(baby!damian AU) Bruce dies, Dick becomes Batman. But the Damian that Talia leaves in his care isn’t a ten-year-old warrior, he’s a ten-month-old baby.
Photos
There, on the first page there was a picture of a baby. “Why would Ra’s have a picture of a baby?” “This is Ra’s’?” “Hey, that looks like Damian!” Dick exclaimed. Tim looked at the picture again, and it did indeed look like Damian. Or Bruce goes to the league for a recon mission, and accidentally finds photos of a baby Damian.
An Ache In His Bones
"Damian heard his alarm go off, knowing it was time for him to get up. He struggled to blink his eyes open, as he felt like it required all his energy to just do that simple movement." Damian hasn't been feeling like himself lately. He not sure what wrong, but he concluded it's nothing to fussed about.
Internalized Coping
Damian keeps his distance from his family members with one purpose; to get kicked out. They'll have to do it sooner or later. He just wonders why they won't.
oh brother, i will hear you call
Damian can't sleep. All his life, he's been taught that asking for help was weak and foolish, but Grayson's door is just down the hallway.....
to be human
None of his Gotham acquaintances look upon his old life favorably — this, Damian knows. Was his life not noble before? Damian feels like a waterboarded gnat, swirling towards a drain. Gently, as though he has not ripped out Damian’s stomach with his teeth, Alfred says, “Attempting to take his father’s place won’t work, Master Richard…” Their voices peter out, and the last thing Damian can hear is Richard huff and say something that sounds like, “No shit,” and he is alone. Somewhere, a clock ticks. Damian pictures it melting. (Dick and Damian over the years.)
Unconditional
In a fit of anger, Damian makes a mistake in the field that injures Nightwing. Which means the only one that might have defended his actions against the others was unconscious. (Based on Dick’s accidental death by Damian in Injustice, but this is not in that world and Dick definitely does not die)
Together
Damian witnesses the meaning of watching each other's back, and how far a father's love can go.
Crawl Spaces
Damian is alone and afraid in his father's house. He's become a hidden person within the manor. But he's able to find some small relief in hidden places.
A character study on Damian Wayne. How he sees the world and his tenuous connection to a family he can't understand. Set very early into Damian's stay with the bat family. This one's painful.
"Assistance Needed At The Cash Registers"
"Damian has been abandoned in Gotham. He’s been left behind by the one he trusted most, with nothing more than the clothes on his back. Damian hasn’t been trained for this, he doesn’t know what these people expect of him, how to give them what they want. The man in front of him is merciless, asking him for things he cannot give, for answers he doesn’t have. Damian’s mind whirs, but for once, there is nothing he can say to get himself out of this. “Cash or card, kid? You’re holding up the line.” " OR Damian and grocery stores do not get along well.
the city without stars in its skies
“Gotham is filthy,” Damian says flatly, honestly. “I understand now why Mother sent me here instead of coming herself.” Nightwing’s face is turned to the left, but the smile on his lips is audible. “It’s not all bad,” he says. Damian thinks of Grayson, and the too-sweet donut he had given him, and the Chinese restaurant with the nice Asian lady and the park and the stray cat that had crossed through the grass in the darkness. “No,” he admits grudgingly, “I suppose not.” (Or, in a world where he was never sent to live with his father, Damian al Ghul is contracted to assassinate one Dick Grayson.)
Even in the Midst of Grief
Richard Grayson has never hurt Damian. It’s unforgivable that anyone should believe otherwise.
in for repairs
Damian snoops on Netflix and watches something he really shouldn't have, and has a meltdown. When Bruce has averted the crisis, it's Tim who steps in to have a talk, and to both Tim and Damian's surprise, it goes better--and more honestly--than they could expect. Gratuitous dog cuddles sure help, too.
Hoodie On
Anon on tumblr asked for a fic where Damian tries to smuggle a puppy into the house in his hoodie pocket. Here it is.
Their Words Against Mine    C/G/2422
Damian Wayne respects Richard Grayson, and refuses to allow any idiot reporters to slander his name, on paper or in person. Or the story of Damian both causing a scene and making Dick see sense afterwords.
Carry Me Home   C/T/3556
The first time the paparazzi found out about Damian was right after Bruce's funeral, but they are all too quick to judge him, and Dick defends him. Day 2 of the Dick and Dami week 2019; paparazzi.
Son of Batman    C/G/1078
Damian was a planned and wanted child, right?
Anything Like Me    C//1556
Damian was barely taller than Wayne’s hip, hair obscuring his eyes. His skin was far darker than Wayne’s--a dusky brown that spoke of years in the sun. His face, however, could have been a perfect replica of the billionaire’s. “Oh,” Anne said, frowning at the father-son pair, “Bruce, honey, you didn’t say he’d be so--” “--handsome,” Lois supplied quickly. Bruce Wayne introduces his son to reporters.
With You      /G/
Talia left Damian with Bruce when the kid was five instead of ten
Son of darkness      /T/
Damian had been locked in his room for about three days after he messed up a mission. He knew that this was only the start of his punishment, after all it was clear he purposely messed up a good chuck of h is last few missions. He no longer could hold the same views of those around him, his heart shattered as those views were pushed on him. Damian took a shaky breath before picking the water bottle he was given when he was first throw into his room. It wasn't much but, it was enough to keep him from dying of dehydration. If he tried to listen to what was going on outside of his room, he could hear faint yelling. That was something he was used to. There was almost always some one yelling at someone. However, what surprised him was a man dressed in black and orange that opened his door.
Two Peas In a Pod     C/G/8514
Dick has lived with Bruce for two years, when Talia drops the news about Damian, also 10 years old. Slowly, but surely, the two boys learn that as different as they are, they are also in many ways quite alike - and so the Wayne family reforms itself again.
Guilt isn't an Apology     C/T/3576
Dick is learning to love Damian, and Talia loves Damian dearly, but not unconditionally.
Clutter     //
Damian doesn't remember when his mother lost her way. He thinks she's been this way all his life. It wasn't until he started school that he had realized something was wrong. OR Damian is the son of a hoarder. He spends ten years of his life with his mother, before being removed and placed in the custody of his father. The adjustment takes time, but he's lucky enough to have support. He's lucky enough to be loved by this strange hodge-podge family of his.
The Heir    C//743
Damian Wayne is a prince, the heir to Batman and the League. Why can't he gain their approval?
Rules 1, 2, & 3    C/T/1119
Damian gets accused of assault by a strange woman at an art gallery.
Important Details (And Why Talia Needs to Leave the Parenting to Jason)         C//5522
In which Damian is a little bit slower to realize that, apparently, nobody else knows Jason is alive. But he gets it eventually. (Tim Drake's blood pressure may never recover.)
CASS
infans
Black boots. Black clothes. Shadow too? Shrink back. Smaller. Smaller. (Batman finds an eight-year-old shadow on the streets of Gotham. The shadow comes home.)
TERRY
Batman Beyond: Days of Future Past    /T/ 
Terry McGinnis has dealt with the consequences of the Joker's Madness on the Old Man's (his) Family. Now, stuck a good 15 years before he was even born, he's dealing with them firsthand, and learning just how much they turned Old Man Wayne into who he was. (In which Terry puts his Joker beating up skills to good use, even though he really isn't supposed to mess with the timeline.) 
Fathers and Sons    C/T/44647
Gotham is not a stranger to tragedy, but the newest murder seems to be a haunting echo of its most notorious crime. The GCPD struggles to get ahead while experiencing interference from on high, and is forced to turn to Batman and his extended family to see justice served for a little boy and his murdered parents. At the same time, the vigilante family's new order is tested by their patriarch yet again. Will this highly personal case be the original Batman's last?
the rest is confetti     /G/
Dick's on his way back to Bludhaven when he gets the call. He leaves the station hours later with a traumatized eight year old and an infant, wondering what decisions in his life led to this moment. Or: In which Mary and Warren die, and Dick refuses to let Terry and Matt McGinnis fall through the system. Not if he can help it.
Meet the Wayne's     C/T/45314
Terry McGinnis somehow gets transported to the regular DC universe and is surprised by the colony of Bat family members that he finds around Bruce.
Godfather      C//8255
Years ago, before Matt McGinnis was born, before Mary and Warren McGinnis got a divorce, Terry McGinnis had a godfather. He was the coolest person ever in Terry's eyes. He could sing, cook, fight crime. Then, one day, he vanished. Now, years later, his godfather has turned up on his doorstep. Terry just...never made the connection that his godfather; Uncle Jay, was the same person as Bruce Wayne's lost son; Jason Todd.
"They got their weapon. I got cheated out of my childhood."     C/T/4859
In some dimensions, Andrea Beaumont walks away from Neo Gotham without pulling the trigger on a couple leaving the movie theater with their son.  In this dimension, she does not. Eight years later, Bruce Wayne discovers exactly what that meant for that boy- who now wants him dead by any means necessary.
SELINA
Exposed: The Truth About Bruce Wayne's Secret Woman    C//3397
Everyone knows about Bruce Wayne's mysterious shadow, but no one knows just who she is. Until now, when the Gotham Gazette reveals all! By Vicki Vale. Bruce Wayne's oldest friend is none other than Selina Kyle, a street rat tuned criminal mastermind. But how does the rest of the world find out about that?
Penelophon    C/M/20475
Catwoman is a creature of the night, teasing and taunting Batman until he gives in. Selina Kyle is an ex-con trying to go straight, sticking with Bruce Wayne until her meal ticket becomes her boyfriend. Then she finds out that Batman and Bruce Wayne are one in the same. Then he proposes.
Unlocked Doors and Opened Windows     C/G/1938
Now that Selina is staying on the manor's grounds, she just doesn't understand why her fiancé won't close or shut the window and door. She's already told him why she hates it so much- the street smart mentality to bar your windows and triple lock the doors from any unwanted visitors. But the emotionally constipated jerk just won't tell her. While the cat house is being remodeled and she sleeps in the room, she soon figures out why.
BILLY BATSON
Of Gods and Bats
After Billy Batson gets attacked by something he doesn't understand, he decides to call Batman to help him find the source of the attacks. Little does he know, this sets up a series of events that will change his life forever. Billy has always been an orphan and has learned to take care of himself – but can he learn to accept help from others and really let someone know him?
The Time Lost In Between
Everyone knows Batman knows everything about everyone, no matter how secretive they might be. What everyone doesn't know is that the Dark Knight knows nothing about Captain Marvel, no matter what he does to try to. And now, he thinks he might just have a lead, a lead that would finally let him tear apart the puzzle that's troubled him for so long. The only complication? Captain Marvel is wearing a dead man's face.
The Marvelous Adventures of the SuperBat Family
Batman's suspicions that Captain Marvel is autistic snowball out of control and before he knows it he's playing father figure to an impressionable homeless kid along with Superman. There's nothing wrong with panicking and accidentally taking care of another kid, right? Now if they could just figure out why everyone seems to think that they're dating then they should have everything figured out. Right?
From the Shadows
All Billy Batson wanted was to survive a particularly rough week living on the streets of Fawcett City. The last thing he was looking for was a new family. All Bruce Wayne wanted was to learn a bit more about his upbeat teammate under the guise of official Wayne Enterprises business. But he could never turn his back on a child in need. Especially one as surrounded by mystery as Billy. OR Billy gets adopted by the Batfamily while trying to deal with a strong magical enemy.
Captain Marvel's Adopted?
When Captain Marvel sends out a distress call, the only League member available is Batman. Bruce comes to his aid, but he finds out that Billy is a 10-year-old homeless orphan with black hair and blue eyes. Obviously, he makes the only logical decision and adopts Billy. Because it's Bruce—who's allergic to revealing life-changing information—the League is left in the dark.
Billy Batson and the Troubles of Work-Life Balance
No one in the League could rightly say they knew exactly who, or what, Captain Marvel was. Billy Batson did not have any plans on changing that status. Maybe he should stop feeding into the rumor mill, then.
A Natural Progression
Billy's in a bad place. Consistently on the run from bullies and the like, unable to eat or find a stable place to sleep for more than a week-- Sure, he's Captain Marvel, but he'd never use his powers for his own gain. Thankfully, Alfred Pennyworth comes to the rescue.
The Gala
It's the biggest event of the season. Bruce Wayne has not only decided to foster another child, but apparently had a biological child show up out of the woodwork. Anyone who's anyone will be in attendance.
Billy Accidentally gets Kidnapped
Bruce needs some sleep, all the black haired blue eyed kids are starting to look the same to him. Billy just wants to do his job. In other words, I love the idea of Bruce accidentally kidnapping Billy, it happens in my other story too
The Time Lost In Between
Everyone knows Batman knows everything about everyone, no matter how secretive they might be. What everyone doesn't know is that the Dark Knight knows nothing about Captain Marvel, no matter what he does to try to. And now, he thinks he might just have a lead, a lead that would finally let him tear apart the puzzle that's troubled him for so long. The only complication? Captain Marvel is wearing a dead man's face.
MISC
Operation: Bat
Everyone knows that the vigilantes of Gotham likes to keep to themselves, not mingling with the other heroes of the world despite the best efforts of both Superman and Wonder Woman. And so the Justice League has kept a healthy amount of respect and fear to the Bats of Gotham, never knowing what they truly are nor having an inkling at their potential. And now after multiple alien invasions, world-ending scenarios and so on, the Justice League may have found their most challenging mission yet. Taking down the Bat and all of his associates. (On hiatus atm)
You've Done Fucked Up Stark
While following a lead in New York Duke's Vigilantism draws Tony's attention, and being the dumbass that didn't do his Homework in Cryptid Vigilanties with Protective families he and the Avengers capture Gotham's Signal. Let's just say Duke's having way to much fun messing with the Newbie Heroes.
Multilingual
“How many languages do you speak?” Zatanna asked him curiously. “A lot,” he replied vaguely. The magician was not deterred by his laconic answer. “What was your first language?” “Not English.”... The team (especially Artemis) tries to figure out how many languages Robin can speak.
Introducing Us
The Justice League doesn’t know how many bats there are, or where Batman is keeping them all.
Family is what you make of it
When Bruce is approached by a woman to help find her son who's been missing for more than two years, he's expecting the worst. What he finds is something else entirely.
A Few Brave Drops
They're a team of misfits, put together by chance but somehow more like family. When military intelligence have a top secret undercover mission to perform requiring the very best the army has to offer, who better to send than the boys who faced the Somme and came out the other side with barely a scratch, the boys with such a weird and wonderful collection of skills that they can face anything the world has to throw at them if only they're together?
Bludhaven Police Department
Sgt. Amy Rohrbach learns that her partner, rookie cop Dick Grayson, is not what he seems. Or how Amy finds out that Dick Grayson is the heir to the entire Wayne fortune and meets some of the Batfam and the Titans.
The Numbers Keep Increasing
In a world where Batman actually kept that whole,'I'm just a myth, I'm not real, or am I' facade he's faced with an invitation to join a group of other heroes. A bit reluctant at first he eventually joins and his kids are happy he's finally socialising. There's one thing, being an urban legend within the hero world, no one knows about his kids, including the League. Let's say, the League are surprised to see a 'solo hero' have so many friends.
The Day It All Went Down
It is every Robin's dream to meet the Justice League. Question is, if the League is ready for them. Well, that is something every single one of them has to find out for themselves.
Let Your Hopes Shape Your Future
The funeral is a week later. The church is sterile and nearly empty. Bruce sits next to Alfred in the front row. His eyes are fixed on his shoes the whole time. His eyes are dull and unfocused. The speakers, for there are so many, talk and talk and talk until he thinks about screaming for them to shut up. He doesn’t care what they have to say! Alfred always squeezes his hand when he feels that very strong thought and he knows he can’t do that to Alfred because he loved his parents too. The last one to speak is an old priest, his dad's childhood one, he thinks. He wants to summon enough energy to look up and pay attention but the words about God’s love and kindness curdle the thoughts sour before he even manages it. God is cruel if one or more even exists. He thinks to himself that maybe if he were to meet one what he would do. Maybe he would shout at them until his voice was gone. Maybe he would fight them. He thinks he would make them weak though. That makes the most sense to him. If he were to make a god or more mortal then, they would be subject to the misery they created or, at the least, didn’t stop.
the bat's nest
The Justice League knew that Batman didn't trust anyone; they also knew that they were probably the closest he got. Aside from them, Batman worked alone. At least... they thought they knew that. Then they met his kids.
Not everything is black and white, especially in Gotham
It starts with a picture of a boy in Gotham, apparently called Robin and a vigilante/hero. Followed by an uproar, both in the news and within the League. But the information on Batman, and Gotham in general, that the League had was sparse at best. And not everything is black and white, especially in Gotham So they might just end up with more questions than answers and Gotham doesn't take kindly on being intruded upon.
Everything I Do, I Do It Big
"So he's your dad, too?" "He literally kidnapped me off the streets."
our time now if you want it to be
The rumor of Robin is distressing, to say the least. He isn’t mentioned often, and there are many people who say he doesn’t exist, even while they think Batman does. Clark isn’t sure how old the child is—over the years, the few accounts put him between ten and sixteen, one even positing that he had started as young as six. Most believe that he’s a teenager, most likely a relative to Batman, a son. Clark looks at how Ollie, Barry, and Arthur treat Roy, Wally, and Garth and thinks that if Robin is real, and if Robin is in fact Batman’s son, then Batman must be the worst father in the world.
the kids are all wrong, the story's aloof
"He named his kid after an insect, Barry!" "Actually, the kid named himself. I think. He seemed to be mad at the Bat, for some reason." "That's even worse! Why would you name yourself after the things your dad snacks on?!" "He's not really a bat, Hal." "Not the point, Barry!" - Batman never joined the Justice League, everything's a little different, but somehow it's all still the same.
A Day in the Life: Gotham's King
Lois is assigned to follow Bruce Wayne around for a day in the life piece and ends up learning something about her husband's best friend she never would have believed.
Gotham's Favorite Son
Thanks, Gotham side of Tumblr.
Bring Your Kid to Work Day
The Justice League is hosting a "Bring your kid to work" day, but no one told Batman. Fortunately (but not for Batman) his kids have him covered.
The Illusion of Knowing Someone
After a Justice League battle, Diana notices Batman acting strange and is in need of a ride. She let's him borrow her invisible jet, but then decides to follow him back to Gotham in case there's trouble. Little does she know how wrong she is.AKA Diana meets the Batfamily when she follows Batman leaving for a family emergency.
The Same Sky, Day and Night
Clark and Lois separate as the sun rises over Metropolis. Clark and Bruce find comfort in each other’s company as night settles over Gotham. A look at the quiet moments that sew together something deeper.
I Know What You Are, Or The Day Tim Questioned His Taste In Men
Bernard had been having a good day, a great day even, until he had been kidnapped. Or, that time Bernard thought he'd uncovered his boyfriend's secret identity but couldn't have been further off the mark.
Friends That Say (You're Not Alone)
“We are just finishing up in the kitchen.” “Oh. I can wait here?” We. Did that mean Alfred and someone else or Alfred and Bruce? Did Bruce even spend time in the kitchen? Alfred waved a dismissive hand. “Not at all. Master Richard has been very excited to meet you.” Richard. The kid. Richard Grayson. Clark didn’t feel ready to meet the child that Bruce took in. What if he was a mini-Bruce? What in the world would Clark do then?
Let Your Heart be Light
Clark was babysitting and he had babysat before but… his apartment, while nice, was nowhere near as nice as Wayne Manor. And his tree was nowhere near as big and he didn’t have a fireplace but he did have a fireplace app on the television if Dick really missed it that much. It was only for a day, Bruce had said tonelessly, and Clark had been ordered not to go too crazy with sweets, presents, or anything that would make the boy more spoiled than he already was.
Let Your Hopes Shape Your Future
The funeral is a week later. The church is sterile and nearly empty. Bruce sits next to Alfred in the front row. His eyes are fixed on his shoes the whole time. His eyes are dull and unfocused. The speakers, for there are so many, talk and talk and talk until he thinks about screaming for them to shut up. He doesn’t care what they have to say! Alfred always squeezes his hand when he feels that very strong thought and he knows he can’t do that to Alfred because he loved his parents too. The last one to speak is an old priest, his dad's childhood one, he thinks. He wants to summon enough energy to look up and pay attention but the words about God’s love and kindness curdle the thoughts sour before he even manages it. God is cruel if one or more even exists. He thinks to himself that maybe if he were to meet one what he would do. Maybe he would shout at them until his voice was gone. Maybe he would fight them. He thinks he would make them weak though. That makes the most sense to him. If he were to make a god or more mortal then, they would be subject to the misery they created or, at the least, didn’t stop.
Heroes of the Squared Circle
They've gone by many names: Billionaire Brucie, Country Clark, the Kryptonian, the Dark Knight. But no matter what their stage names are, one thing has always been true: Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne are the world's finest wrestlers.
Prologue
Recovery is neither simple nor linear. Being in the public eye makes it all the more complicated.
Ain't No Compass, Ain't No Map
CPS Agent, pointing at Tim Drake: We need to take him with us Red Hood: He's fine where he is CPS: He's a minor Hood: Timbo, you a minor? Tim: Can't prove it CPS: I mean, I can. There are records – Tim, who has just finishing hacking CPS to remove his own file: Oh really, tell me more about these records A CPS agent gets sent to investigate a tip that Tim Drake has been abandoned by his parents and is living with the Red Hood. The CPS agent leaves with no Tim Drake, a date with Red Hood's lieutenant, and an intern who's promising to fix the IT systems at his office. It's a weird day for Theo.
The One With The Bat's Son
“Batman has seven kids.” Wally blinked. “You’re shitting me.” “Not even a little, I just overheard him and Supes talking.” “Oh my god,” he breathed, staring at Hal incredulously. “You don’t think -?” Hal nodded, slowly and seriously. “Batman could be Captain Marvel’s dad.”
This Isn't An Interview
Clark wants to know all about the new addition to the Wayne household. Bruce is not interested in being interviewed or in interrupting bedtime.
Stringer
Bruce Wayne is always in tabloids and newspapers headlines for all the wrong reasons. However, once in a while, an article ignored by the masses is posted painting him in a favored light by freelance reporter Clark Kent. Bruce is intrigued.
in virtue than in vengeance
Five days after the flood caused by the Riddler, the Bat notices an anomaly.
Kryptonian with the Bats (Maybe Life isn't so bad)
The Superboy was ripped from his pod and "rescued" from CADMUS by heroes. Heroes who abandoned him the moment they set foot in the mountain, heroes who a majority of them wanted to kill him, and the rest not even certain he was an actual being capable of emotions. The clone was abandoned at Mount Justice by the heroes, let floundering at the seems as he acclimated into new a world, his supposed 'father' unable to look at him before disgust overtook his features. Now he was alone. Until he wasn't?
Friends That Say (You're Not Alone)
“We are just finishing up in the kitchen.” “Oh. I can wait here?” We. Did that mean Alfred and someone else or Alfred and Bruce? Did Bruce even spend time in the kitchen? Alfred waved a dismissive hand. “Not at all. Master Richard has been very excited to meet you.” Richard. The kid. Richard Grayson. Clark didn’t feel ready to meet the child that Bruce took in. What if he was a mini-Bruce? What in the world would Clark do then?
Our Resident Himbo Billionaire
Bruce Wayne belonged to Gotham like Gotham belonged to Bruce Wayne. Or: Someone attempts to assassinate Bruce Wayne. Gothamites aren't happy.
In the name of the father, the billionaire, and honorary bat-uncle
It becomes a bit of a tradition, after this; when Wally gets mad, he announces with a (obnoxiously loud) screech he'll be living with Uncle Bats until Barry gets his act together, except the smaller redhead doesn't use the word 'act' and Batman, with a reputation to uphold, has to resist the urge to cover Robin's ears. Or; everyone fears Batman. the younger heroes tend to forget it. Bruce is thrusted into the hesitant uncle role.
fluorescence
Seeing him up close – out of the shadows – Robin’s younger than he’d realised by a good couple of years. He’s Barbara’s age. The thought of it, of a kid his daughter’s age out walking the streets every night, getting smacked around by grown men, makes his guts churn. He trusts Batman. It’s a strange thing, to know so little about someone – to not even be trusted with a person’s real name and face – and still trust them. When Batman is shot in the line of duty, Jim Gordon finds himself responsible for Robin.
All the Cups Got Broke     C/T/3340
The police officers of metro Detroit had seen a lot of weird over the years, between the violence of the day-to-day, the year with all the freaky clown sightings, and that time with the tiger at the auto plant. Their newest transfer - pretty-faced, former circus kid, son of a billionaire - might have been the weirdest, though.
The Gotham's Wayne    /T/
Dukeofthomas [We all know who the real QUEEN of the Manor is] The Gothamites are very invested in the Waynes. Very very interested. A journey through the Gotham's favorite family: the Waynes through Social Media.
That time Bruce Punched Lex Luthor at a Gala   C/G/391
After Luthor insults/threatens one of Bruce's children, Bruce leaps over the table and punches chromedome in the face. This is a series of headlines and tweets about the incident.
The King of Gotham: An Evening With Bruce Wayne    C/G/4429
The evening of the benefit in support of the new Thomas and Martha Wayne Rehabilitation House, Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent spoke with billionaire Bruce Wayne about love, family, and his parents' legacy. Log in to dailyplanet.com to read the full profile.
A Game of Misunderstandings     C/T/36586
Things were going well for Bruce until some hot-shot reporter learns his identity. Now, he'll have to do what he can to keep his secret quiet. Even if that means joining the game of blackmail that Clark Kent started.
Code of Silence     CT//9376
Willis Todd doesn’t die in prison. That doesn’t change much, until it does.
Quarterback     C/T/4123
Willis had been a handsome man once. Tall and broad, with a strong jaw and dark brown eyes. He had a hell of an arm on him, could have been star quarterback if he’d tried. A shoe in for Prom King too. Then life had happened and Gotham on top. He never meant to be a bad father. But at least he didn't let his son die. On what would have been Jason's 23rd birthday, he decides to pay Bruce Wayne a visit.
Origins     C/T/11170
The founding of the Justice League and the subsequent meeting about budget and funding. So what if Batman is funded by Bruce Wayne?
The five times Flash came to Gotham for help and the one time he didn't need to (5+1)     C//5420
Barry needs help solving a murder, he goes to Gotham for help. Though he's looking for Batman he seems to constantly run into new heroes.Why do they all seem connected to Batman? --- “You know where he lives?” “I practically live there myself, why is this so surprising to you? You’ve worked with him for- Oh… oh my God, you guys don’t know!"
The Justice League recruit Nightwing     C/G/4198
Nightwing is recruited by the Justice League. Chaos ensues.
Superman and the Monstrous Bat-Man of Gotham City     C/M/7115
A first time fic set in the Golden Age! Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter for the Daily Planet, is sent on assignment to Gotham City. He is less than impressed with the fluff pieces he has been given to cover: investigate the alleged sightings of the mysterious Bat-Man, and interview Gotham billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne.
From ‘The Daily Planet’ Archives     C/T/1389
Clark Kent, Staff Reporter at The Daily Planet is tasked with writing a Feature article on Bruce Wayne.
Aspects Unknown - or are they?     C/G/6647
The first time anyone outside of the Gotham area had even heard of the Bat was when the Joker released a video calling for his nemesis to find him. A popular TV show that was describing the worst places to live decided to cover Gotham, much to the amusement of the Gothamites within, when their stream caught the Joker’s video playing. Everyone was extremely panicked and confused, the production freaking out while people at home began questioning what the fuck was wrong with Gotham that they had legitimate killer clowns. Meanwhile, the Gothamites merely sighed and put on gas masks that they had in their pockets, some even calling out that they had Joker Gas antidotes on hand. Within the next hour, several out-of-city superheroes had shown up to assist, only for them to be turned away. Not even by any official capacity, but by the citizens themselves, as evidenced by the throwing of vegetables and fruit towards various supers. The Green Arrow tried to go in, only to have an entire watermelon tossed at him as soon as he entered Crime Alley. Needless to say, foreign superheroes did not seem appreciated.
Gotham’s Demon    C/G/3735
Clark is warned there might be a mole in the League. Suspicions point to Batman, so the Leaguers do some reconnaissances. They find more than they bargained for. Or: The Batfamily being perfect and beautiful and adorable.
VAMPIRE
The Invitation
The citizens of Gotham refuse to face what Edward Nygma sees as an obvious truth: they have a vampire problem. But Nygma has every confidence that he can convince them he's right. Especially now that the wealthy, charming Bruce Wayne is offering to help him.
“Fighting Back” (or: Batman is a Vampire… as well as the Justice League’s Designated Dad™)
Batman is no God. He’s vulnerable, mortal. He eats, he sleeps, he bleeds, just as humans do. But he is not human, and he is not alone. After all, Bats—and Vampires—live in Colonies.
Bedbugs
“He’s not going to eat you, you know.” Batman and Nightwing are vampires. Jason has some concerns. Dick does his best.
The Bats In Wayne Manor
Wayne Manor is one of the few sites protected by Gotham's Historical Society and actually left alone by the growing rogue's gallery out of Arkham. It's probably because there's nothing there worth stealing, and the cave system under the house is full of bats. At least, until an earthquake opens up the grounds of the manor, and something other than just the bats comes out.
Batman: Eternal Night
Batman is a true creature of the night. A vampire. For now, he's a legend and a horror story to the criminal underworld at large. To those that have seen him though, he is a horrifying monster. The corrupt police are growing warry of this dark protector, and they've called in a special new recruit that's a supposed expert on the subject. Batman zeroes in on a handoff of an especially youthful package. The time for hiding is over. The psychopaths and madmen will have nowhere to make their deals, nowhere to hide, nowhere he cannot find them.
Count Bat-cula
Batman is totally not a vampire. No really, he's not. It's not his fault rumors spread.
Colony of Gotham
The Colony of Gotham is an urban legend that is whispered about in the dangerous city. It's said the Colony is a family of demons and spirits that stalk the night, hunting for the souls of the guilty. When Bruce became Batman, he'd never intended to be mistaken for a demon. He was happy to lean into it, though, and as he gained his partners -- as his family grew -- they all followed suit.
Kidnapped by Vampires    C/T/4001
Tim Drake knows that the Wayne family are vampires. He also knows that they are superheroes. What he doesn't know is that Dick Grayson claimed him as his all those years ago at Haley's circus, and that vampires don't have the greatest sense of human morality around issues like kidnapping minors.
What to do if my Kids are Vampphobic? - Bruce Wayne on Google at 3 am     C/G/3703
Bruce Wayne is Batman. Bruce Wayne is also a vampire. Bruce is so lucky that his kids are understanding of his nature ... Right? AKA Bruce assumes his detective children know basic facts about him and some misunderstandings ensue
ELDRITCH/CREEPY/CRYPTID
Bats, deaths and urban myths (and what everyone else thinks about them)
No one believed that Batman was real until he showed up in one of the League meetings. Justice League meetings, not Assassins' League. Well... Maybe, he was there too and ninjas were too unaware to notice him. With the Bat, no one could really know. He wasn't human after all, was he?
A Little Birdie Told Me
It’s been 5 months since Batman resigned from the league yet there were still so many unanswered questions left on Clark’s mind: Why didn’t you trust us? Did we really mean that little to you? Did all those times we spent together not prove to you that we were genuine? ...... Do you hate us? But this was not the time to think about what ifs and broken friendships, he should really focus on the question standing right in front of him. Why is there a child on the watchtower?!
Shadows on the Rooftops
Clark Kent had never once heard of the Bat, and he was beginning to think he didn’t want to. Diana on the other hand seemed to be having the time of her life leading the League on a wild goose chase through the streets of Gotham in search of one shadow that seemed to multiply every time they turned a corner.
it's where my demons hide
another cryptid batfam AU!
The Cryptid Knight
What if instead of Batman making criminals fear him through brute force, he instead freaks them out by being as inhuman seeming as possible (while still beating them with brute force). In short: Batman is out here to scare the living daylights out of bad guys and he's having such a good time right now.
Warning
Pt. 1: Gotham has its share of cryptids. Pt. 2: The cryptids have a different story...
Monere- To Warn
The Batfamily is more than a little unsettling and each one of them has their own special brand of uncanniness. They seem inhuman and eldritch even though the people of Gotham know that they couldn’t be anything other than human, right?
They Say
Maryland has the Goatman. West Virginia has Mothman. And Gotham City has the Batman, a terrifying, possibly inhuman cryptid who patrols the city's streets after dark, hunting criminals and frightening children. Or, there are ways to scare criminals that have nothing to do with brute strength.
what are robins? man or monster? fey or human? where do they come from?
what are the batfamily? what is the batman? what are the robine? the batgirls? the rest? who are the waynes? who is bruce wayne? who are his kids? questions asked by the gotham residents and other heroes, and never answered (or are they?)
Things that Lurk in the Shadows
Clark Kent may be Superman, one of Earth's Greatest Heroes, but even he has fears. And one of those fears just walked into the Watchtower: the Batfamily. A group of dark, murderous vigilantes, those looking too deeply into their business tend to disappear. Fortunately, Batman didn't want to join the Justice League. Just imagining it gives Clark nightmares.
Are You Sure About That?
The seedy streets of Gotham were filled with whispers about the demons and monsters that roamed the city, and outsiders and Gotham’s lawful scoffed at how superstitious the criminals could be.
Non-Standard Recruitment Practices
There is a fair share of urban legends, myths and bedtime stories about ghosts, ghouls, demons and cryptids. Gotham just seems to be way too serious about theirs. The Justice League is curious about The Batman, but Gotham is protective of what's hers. It doesn't hurt that pups and birds who protect her don't like anybody messing with their Bat.
at the cost of my soul
“I want to. Desperately, I want to. I want to believe that when this is over, I will still be human enough to love.” There are beings that exist outside of this world, that prey on the fear of those within it. There are three types of people in this world: bystanders, who will go their whole lives without ever knowing the truth; victims, who will be fed upon by the Dread Powers; and Avatars, those who the Powers choose to infect and corrupt and turn monstrous and do their bidding. Bruce turns into a monster, adopts a pack of monster children, and maybe finds salvation somewhere along the way. A Magnus Archives AU.
The Kid
Almost all of the kids from crime alley have a story about him. The kid. The Kid with the camera and the wicked smile. The kid that seems to appear and disappear at will and leaves no footsteps. Buzzfeed Unsolved make a video about it and Tim just can't help but laugh.
Bat Out Of Hell
Five times the Bats are weird, and one time that weirdness saves the world Or, the Bats are weird, everyone that’s even remotely aware of the superhero game knows this. But, odd as they are, they’re still humans. Which is why it should probably be impossible that they’re such forces of chaos. And when they’re all together? Well, most people are just glad they’re on the good side. And they are. Mostly.
Silence in Battle
Unknown. Unheard. Unable to speak. The Bat Clan might as well not exist beyond Batman, if you were to ask the Justice League. But they do. Silent. Soundless. Secret. They do not speak. But they are heard. Come with me. And I will tell you the secrets within these walls. Do not? And they will fade away, like a mirage. They were there... or were they? Demons of Gotham
“Joker claims They understand his jokes. All of them.” The rumors began in the shadows of Gotham, whispered between thugs and criminals who masquerade as fearless before trembling as they’re forced to step foot into the dark: where the Bats hunts. “…Demonic bats who fight crime? You’re shitting me,” With only a solemn shake of the head in turn, Green Lantern couldn’t help but look scandalized, “Jesus Christ, this is why I try to stay out of Gotham.”
Buzzfeed Unsolved: The Disappearance and Reappearance of Bruce Wayne
Today on Buzzfeed Unsolved, we look into the early life of Bruce Wayne, what little is known about him, and the odd disappearance and reappearance that surprised Gotham.
The Startling Secret Identity of The Batman
Good evening, super-sleuths! Boy, do we have a treat for you today. We’re delving into one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of the modern era. The million-dollar question. The billion-dollar question, if one of these theories holds water. That’s right. We’re gonna risk life, limb and sanity by asking the question… who is The Batman? [In-universe Buzzfeed Unsolved accidentally stumbles on Batman’s secret identity. The Batfam reacts.]
(UNAIRED) Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime — The Disbelieving Case of the Oracle.
“This week on Buzzfeed Unsolved, we’re going to be looking at the odd and downright disbelieving case of the Oracle, a supposed infamous hacker known to associate with not only the ‘BatFamily’ but also with the Justice League and Birds of Prey. Many theories have taken in depth looks into who this Oracle could be. Are the a real-life hacker? An A.I.? Do they even exist? What or who is this mysterious Oracle figure?”
BUZZFEED UNSOLVED: THE MYSTERY OF THE INFAMOUS GOTHAM BATMAN
What is the mysterious Batman that stalks the streets of Gotham City? Will Shane and Ryan uncover the dark truth behind this notorious urban legend, or will the mystery of the Batman remain unsolved?
(K)night Creatures
There are dark things in Gotham. Inhuman beings with strange powers that terrorize the criminals of the city, all under the guidance of the Batman, the city's first protector. Bruce Wayne has a veritable legion of children, a family which seems to grow larger and more diverse every year. Most assume that these things aren't related.
things that go bump in the night
Here's the thing about stories: they have to come from somewhere. Stories had to be built from reality, and as such, all of them on some level, had a grain of truth to them. Even tall tales of a Boogeyman- a Batman. It just so happened that, however, the 'myth of Batman' had a substantial bit more truth to it than the child populace of Gotham would like to believe. It just wasn't them he was out to get. (Well. Unless they needed a home.)
Family Ties     C//1471
Jason didn’t know what to expect when he came back to Gotham, but he knew that it wasn’t this. OR Jason's back and ready to cause chao- what do you mean his family are cryptids now
Wings Soar In Spirit    C//2729
Gotham was a broken city. OR Gotham has protectors. Do worry, they do bite.
in the shadows    C/G/12290
“You’ve visited that kid every day for weeks,” Clark said. “Why?” Batman stared at him. “How long have you known?” “Batman…” “You’re confronting me now because you’re worried about my intentions toward Dick. He changed your mind about something. Ergo, you’ve been sitting on this for a while. How long have you known I wasn’t real?”
The Manor on Gotham's Edge     C/T/2694
There is a manor on the edge of Gotham, and the people whisper to their children about the thing that lives there, who will take them if they’re bad.
A Circus in Town     C/T/1452
Circuses are bad luck. Everyone knows they’re full of people who flirt with the law more than they follow it, the kinds of freaks that aren’t fit for polite society. Still, they’re good entertainment, and so people go. This particular circus just happens to have a form of entertainment no one was expecting.
DARK BATFAM
Little Soldier
It was the Batmobile. The gorgeous car, with tires that could keep Jason well fed for at least two weeks, and was just begging to be stolen because it was parked in Crime Alley of all places. Was the fucking Batmobile.
What We Do After Dark
Dick Grayson never got adopted. He never met Batman, never became Robin. Instead life dealt him a much harsher hand. Now, years later, he lives on the streets, when he doesn't have the money for one of those shitty weekly apartments. He earns his money through sex work. But that is not the only thing he does: No, he enacts his own kind of Justice on all of those who don't respect him and his friends. If only Batman would leave him alone.
Jason Todd and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Decision
There's a food chain in Crime Alley. At the bottom there’s the working girls and boys, the runners, and the scavengers. Jason's one of them. At the top, there's the Waynes. Jason has spent his entire life avoiding them, boosting cars and sleeping in the darkest corners of Crime Alley in an effort to stay away from any and all gangs. He never thought he'd end up trying to steal the tires off of Bruce Wayne's car.
Adjusting the Lense
Bruce has a complicated relationship with the Press.
Godfather Family is everything.
The Dark Family of Gotham
Everyone knows that Gotham is a criminal underworld disguised as a city. Crime Families rise and fall in Gotham as often as the seasons change. However, one particular family managed to succeed in not only preventing their own fall, but only seemed to thrive in Gotham. Fortunately, Clark Kent is on the case to find out more.
Father Son Outings
Bruce Wayne knows what it takes to bond with his son.
before I die again     /T/
The clues had been there all along. Jason pushed a shaky hand through his hair as all the puzzle pieces came together at once. The black-suited underbosses who showed up like clockwork. The fancy cars, the omnipresent bodyguards. The manor built like a fortress. The clandestine surgeries in the conservatory. The guns and knives squirrelled away in every room. The shooting range in the basement. Bruce wasn’t just a wealthy scion and society fixture, he was also a fucking mob boss. ~~ OR: the Mafia AU where Bruce has Gotham under his iron fist and Jason just wants to be a priest.
Not Like Other Families     /T/
Tales of the Wayne Crime Family. How Bruce adopted his many unusual children, their time growing up, and their equally unusual friends.
The Waynes (Exposé by Lois Lane-Kent)    C/T/2216
"The Wayne family was one of Gotham's most notorious crime families. Hidden carefully under a veneer of polite society and old money, the Waynes' activities were a widely known secret throughout the city, and everyone knew that if you wanted to live, you didn't ask questions. " OR An overview of Gotham's most notorious crime family.
it's a long climb up the dusty mountain   //
"The mission went," Dick echoes, a faint smile on his face. He's still in Bruce's arms, though he could easily escape if he wanted to. Something warm kindles deep, deep in Bruce's chest. Then he thinks of the other Dick, tense as a wire in his arms, shuddering at his touch. "He had children." He says it without thinking. Dick's expression darkens. He knows where Bruce went tonight, and Bruce watches him piece together the implications of alternate dimension and evil Batman and children. Or: When you've hit rock bottom, the only place left to go is up.
DC X DP
Red
"Red is a human color, but I don't think it's a humane color." "Then what is?" "Blue."
Recognized
When they heard the fateful words "Recognized: Robin - B01," nothing could have prepared them for the web of secrets which would unravel as Daniel Fenton and Richard Grayson search for answers.
Phantom meets the team
It's been a year since he died...Or alternatively: The one in which Danny and Dick are brothers, Danny is the ghost king and he kinda meets the team.
Actively Recruiting Teen Supers
(Whether they want to be or not) Batman has always kept an eye on the smaller known villains just in case they got the idea to take after the more public faces like Luthor or Joker. Mostly, they keep to themselves and their small town, but when one Vlad Masters (otherwise known as Vlad Plasmius) starts talking of an 'apprentice', the Dark Knight decides to get to the bottom of things. Robin decides to make friends.
The Theorists
Marvin White is at his wit's end. Nobody believes what he saw happen to Connor on Halloween night; nobody, that is, until a mysterious stranger shows up to join forces.
When Heroes Fail
When Heroes fail, they try again... OR The Justice League doesn't believe Amity Park. A year later, after getting a worrying message, Batman sends Robin to check it out.
Two of a Kind
Danny Phantom saves Bruce Wayne from a ghost, this prompts Bruce Wayne to investigate Amity Park. Shenanigans ensue. Dick and Danny learn they're long lost twins.
Young Justice: Deathly Weapons
A business agreement seems like such a small thing. In the eyes of the world, Phantom and the Fentons are long gone. But accidents aren’t always accidents and, when an unexpected face intervenes on a mission gone wrong, the Boy Wonder begins to realise that there’s more to the story. The stubborn fugitive they find isn’t the easiest lead to work with. But those powers have potential, and partnership could be an asset - so long as Robin can play his cards right. And, while he may not want to admit it, their offer might be exactly what a struggling half-ghost needs. Which turns out to be a lot less one-sided than any of them knew. As the paranormal starts coming out of the woodwork and clues begin piling up, a new recruit might just be what the Team needs too.\
Surprise Halloween Haunting
Halloween month was always chaotic for Gotham, especially for the vigilantes guarding her. This Halloween, the Batboys found themselves captured by some cult as sacrifices. Stripped off their gears and chained to a chair, Jason found himself calling for help to get out of the situation.
A half-zombie and a half-ghost
Jason hated cultists. He hated them so damn much. Or: The Batboys get caught by cultists. Jason is not happy.
Resurrected?
The team is on a routine mission when Phantom gets blasted by one of the goons wielding experimental tech. Unable to keep his ghost form intact he transforms back into his human form. Causing the rest of his teammates to think the beam had somehow brought him back to life! The team starts to try to protect Danny and make sure he doesn't die again, always checking around every corner for a possible threat. How long will he last?
Operation I’m Totally 300
“You want me to babysit the protégés for the entirety of August? Why me exactly?” Danny squinted at the superheroes before him. They had to be joking right? “Well you’re the only adult available and you can mentor the kids. You have hundreds of years of experience and the League thinks it would be great for you to train the kids,” Superman explained. Danny groaned internally. Or when Danny accidentally finds himself pretending to be a 300 year old mentor, shenanigans ensue.
Dressed for Death
The list of people John Constantine feels bad for is relatively small. The amount of people who feel bad for Phantom is probably smaller.
When The Clown No Longer Laughed
Things have been going well for Arkham Asylum. There haven't been any breakouts in a while, a new team of Psychologists are starting to make a breakthrough with the residents, and Gotham is starting to heal. But with the recent suicide of one Mr. Freeze, Batman decides to look into what is happening in Arkham Asylum. Dr. Penelope Spectra talks about the good she is doing for the inmates, and how they are finally being rehabilitated. But Batman knew something was deeply wrong. When the Clown no longer laughed.
The Phantom and the Knight
After two years Danny Fenton finally felt like he was getting this whole superhero thing under control. So of course something had to come along and ruin everything.
Ghost Kings and Gotham Bats
Danny Fenton has been a half-ghost superhero for two years, and is used to fighting everyday being his normal. So, that do a few bats and assassins have to do with anything?
Blue-Eyed Orphan
First Maddie Fenton is diagnosed with cancer, then Jack Fenton dies in a car crash, that ironically enough, he wasn't driving in. Danny does his best to hold on, but eventually he just can't. And then he falls into another universe, oops? He doesn't know if he'll ever make it back to his sister, to Dani, too Sam and Tucker and Val, he hopes so. But hope isn't exactly getting him anywhere yet. Also this world has superheroes other than him! And he may be, uh, sort of getting attached? Whats a blue eyed orphan to do in Gotham?
Confirmation Bias
Ghosts don't exist. Barry Allen knew that for a fact and most of the sane world agreed with him. Amity Park, however, didn't seem to get that memo.
Rifts
As a general rule, just when you thought it couldn't get worse it suddenly did. This is something the Fenton siblings knew from experience. The thing is, normally her brother is the one who puts them on the spot. This isn’t one of those times, and Jazz just knows that she will never get Danny to shut up about it. ...If they ever get to see each other again, of course.
Only Human
The many times the Justice League was terrified of Danny Phantom. And the one time they see that he was just a kid.
Wait A Second, You're Dead?
Danny gets recruited to be a part of the Young Justice team and joins them on missions. Danny hides his identity from the team, and Wally has trouble believing this whole ghost thing. What is Batman planning? And what will the team think about working with a dead teammate? Read and find out.
The Boy King and the Dark Knights
Daniel Fenton may be dead, but he wasn’t suicidal. Unfortunately, avoiding Batman and his vigilantes get a lot harder when he’s stuck in a seven year olds body in Gotham. Clockwork so owes him for this. In which Danny Fenton fixes a broken family, grows a bit as a person, and makes another technically-dead friend. Not exactly in that order.
Vertical Limit
Danny Fenton is not okay. TM. Honestly? Just overall bad vibes. But he's doing his best. Making it work. And trying not to become fully dead in the process.The Justice League is very concerned. But it's actually their fault they got involved so take that one, Batman. John Constantine told them not to do the thing. They did it anyway. Or, Danny gets summoned by the League, and he actually kind of adopts them in the process. Because these big city heroes don't know anything about ghosts and who is he if he doesn't help them out? Besides, the Watchtower is in space. Danny's always wanted to go to space...
Half a Kingdom (A Whole Child)
Everyone had told him that, if the keystone falls, so will the arch, and Danny was King, Throne, and Country. He was the guardian of doorways, the path between spaces—he was supposed to protect the integrity of the realms! Unfortunately, more than anything else, he was just a kid. The world has learned a handful of facts over the past month: 1. Ghosts are very real. 2. A child has been taken. 3. They want him back.
Mentory Stable
Constantine thinks that Danny Phantom should stay in Amity Park. The Justice League thinks that they should be allowed to help. One person gets the last word.
Vacation Crashers
Batman crashes in the wilderness following up a lead in a recent case. Meanwhile the Fenton family was having a camping trip to celebrate Jazz's last year as a "kid", but considering who suggested the location, it spelt disaster. Now Danny and Jazz have to survive an onslaught of ghosts, take care of an injured Batman, and while worrying about their parents.
Never judge a book by its cover
They had a problem. A big problem. A madman had bonded with an eldritch god from space, it went wrong, and now there was a possessed human rampaging, eating everything it crosses. Constantine and Zatanna had an idea - they found a book about a Ghost King, a being from another dimension so powerful and so dangerous that they only suggested this summoning as a last resort.mWhat they got was a underfed and sleep deprived kid that knows about: - possession - eldritch gods - space
To Curate A Ghost
When Phantom escapes the GIW, he doesn’t quite know where to go or what he’s supposed to do. He barely knows who he is. So he pranks, protects and then consequently joins a young superhero team. As is the natural progression of things. Obviously. And if he starts to figure out who he is-was- along the way? Then this was probably just meant to be.
And So It Ghost
When Danny Fenton is invited to a Technology Fair in Gotham he hopes it will help open doors to a good college. What he doesn't expect is an attack by a technology obsessed ghost, or a visit from the Batman himself. Can Danny keep his identity a secret while also scoring a spot at Gotham University? Or will everything come crashing down around his ears like usual?
Only Human
The many times the Justice League was terrified of Danny Phantom. And the one time they see that he was just a kid.
To Join the Whispers
A contact for the Batfamily passed along a rumor that the League of Assassins were investigating a small city called Amity Park. The old man and Tim managed to find evidence of unusual paranormal activity in the town. While they weren’t entirely certain it wasn’t just infested with metas, the locals believed the entities that haunted, for lack of a better word, the town were actual ghosts. If there was one thing Ra’s al Ghul didn’t need to get his grubby hands on, it was ghosts. That’s probably why Jason was doing this. He had the unfortunate luck to experience both death and resurrection in a way he’d never recommend to anyone else.
A Phantom's Way
Danny Fenton has been doing the Hero gig for a little over two years now and things have been getting both better and worse. He is friends and partners with Valerie/Red Huntress, he is no longer friends with Sam and Tucker. Many of his Ghost enemies are now his friends and now there only few trouble makers that he and Red Huntress have to take care of, the GIW and his parents are more determined than ever to catch Danny's alter-ego, Phantom, and make him their lab rats. And now the whole world is being invaded by aliens. Well, he got to meet more famous superheroes and helped formed the Justice league. Wait, what?
Clone Buddies
Superman is having some problems accepting the fact that he has a clone. Danny decides to introduce them to Dani. His Clone.
Spooks
"The day they realized that Danny Phantom was a force to be reckoned with was terrifying. And honestly, they were a little bit more upset that their youngest member never told them that he had that type of power or authority." OR Danny has a lot more power than they originally thought.
The Haunting of the League
A ghost is haunting the watchtower and the League doesn't know what to make of it
Mondays, am I right?
There was a long silence. He heard his sister breathe in, breathe out, like she was mentally preparing herself to say something. “I… I heard, from other interns I talked to, that guard positions are always open. And that it’s super easy to get in.”
How to confuse a Bat
The bat-clan finally has a talk with the Fentons, but they may not get the answers they expected. Also they consider talking about their feelings with Jasmine Fenton, if she's not secretly a crazy supervillain, that is.
Tape 01
Daniel "Danny" James Fenton wasn't just a normal young adult and while everyone seemed to accept this fact, nobody was able to understand it. That's the point, where all his problems started to evolve into something much bigger. So nobody noticed when he disappeared...
Trial and Error
Talia tried to have a singular child to be her father's heir. She ended up with two. Damian tried to protect his brother as he was born to do. He failed. Danial tried to be the assassin he was trained to be. He couldn't. Danny tried to be an ordinary child with an ordinary life. Instead he died.
Ouroboros
In the end, it was Jack and Maddie that caused Phantom. It was Phantom that caused the downfall of Jack and Maddie. It was Jack and Maddie that destroyed Danny Fenton. It was Danny Fenton who accepted Phantom. And so Ouroboros swallowed himself.
Crying Is Okay
I will change the summary when I get a better idea I am winging this, but so far it's about what happens if Danny goes to University in Gotham and gets a job at Arkham.
Arkham Phantom: The Cryptic Security Guard
Inspired by this post. Danny becomes a security guard at Arkham
Employee of the month
Determined to make Arkham a better place, the Fenton siblings unleash their full potential into the inmates of the Asylum. After four months and no major incidents, relative peace, and Batman's rogues gallery behaving; the Chief of Security is convinced that Danny is key to the peace, considering giving him the employee of the month award. And then Joker is admitted into Arkham.
The Ghostly Bat
The Bat Family were looking for Damain's hidden twin when an explosion at the local burger joint caused them to find him earlier than expected. Danny is confused and angry. As soon as he lost everything, this random man says he's his biological father and is now living with him and his family. Now, nothing makes sense and something deep inside of his is brewing.
Hey Brother    C/ G /3371
Danny was fourteen and Damian was now seven. And every day he wondered how his little brother went from a cute, giggling baby to a brat out of hell. or: 5 Times Damian Refuses to Call Danny by his Name and 1 Time He Does. or: We're bringing back the classing fanfic trope! Danny dies and gets reincarnated as Damian Wayne's older brother.
Red Hood meets Eldritch Group Chat     /T/
So these are little things I wrote as drabbles for a group roleplay I am in where the multiverse got consolidated into one big baclava of layers which means there is a fun mix of characters that can all meet each other. These bits of writing I centered around Jason when I picked him up as a character. This is set after some of the the worst of the shit he has had to deal with canon now twisted up in the fun fact he is in a Multiverse that also includes Moon Knight and Danny Phantom.
At The Core    /G/
Danny finds a guy with a rather sickly core. Thankfully Frostbite can probably help with that. Meanwhile the Bat family is worried that Jason has been missing for so long.
Voices That They Left     /T/
When a new ghostly enemy cost Danny Fenton the lives of his friends and family, he wasn't expecting to get adopted by billionaire Bruce Wayne and move to Gotham. All he needs to do is survive two years until he can go back to live in Amity Park. Something dark is growing in him though, and it's stoking the bitterness and anger that burns inside.
Raising Phantom    /T/
Jasmine started work at Gotham's Public Library, while having to take care of her baby brother and going to college. Danny is frustrated having to be in hiding as well as everything else poor in his life. Also there is something off about the man that comes in to check books out. His family included.
Shrodinger’s Bat     //
The dirt wasn’t packed in as it should be. These graves looked fresh. Danny counted five graves like this in total. One was an outlier. Two were suspicious. But five? Someone was digging up graves in Gotham. … Nearly one year after the death of Jason Todd, Danny Fenton arrives in Gotham City. Why is he there? And what does it have to do with Jason?
Friendly neighborhood vigilante    /T/
Meet Jasmine Fenton: Smart, resourceful, kind and the very proud sister of Amity Park's own undead superhero Danny Phantom. Therapist at your service. Intern at Arkham Asylum. Can kick your ass. Likes tea and long walks at the beach. Meet Jason Todd: Smart, resourceful, not-that-kind (if you say he's soft you may get knifed) and the very proud vigilante and protector of Crime Alley. Died for a while but got better. Holds grudges. Likes reading a nice book and the sound of the rain against the window. They are neighbors now.
close enough to be whole again    //
“If you ever find yourself in danger, go to Bruce Wayne. He will help you.” His mother had loved him, in her own way. If she hadn’t, she wouldn’t have helped him escape. If she hadn’t, she would have dragged him back to the League of Assassins, to Grandfather. If she hadn’t, he’d be dead. She loved him, but she loved the League more. Jack and Maddie Fenton loved him too, they did, but they loved their work more. They loved their work more. -- After his parents react poorly to his reveal, Danny escapes to the only person he thinks can help him - Bruce Wayne. He doesn't know what to expect when he gets there, but it has to be better than where he is, surely? He certainly doesn't expect to be reunited with his long lost twin brother Damian. It's funny how things work out that way.
The Aftermath     /M/
After gaining ghost powers Danny Fenton is facing completely new challenges in life, as if freshman year wasn’t hard enough Or Season One with more world building and more creepy disgusting imagery (but not that much)
Concession to Realism    /G/
Clockwork was not usually the type to meddle. He preferred to watch from afar, monitoring and observing. Unless, of course, something forced his hand. The new Ghost King was a child, one in a very precarious position. It would be far to easy for him to be pushed too far and end up as a danger to the universe. The ghost of time had no choice but to step in. aka Clockwork sends Danny to a universe where he'll be safe until he can take up the mantle of Ghost King, a dimension far away from the Fentons and other ghost hunters. Danny is less than thrilled, especially when he starts developing a soft spot for some local bats.
Unnerving    /T/
There's a new doctor at Arkham Asylum, and with the new doctor came a new security guard. Or, Jazz decided to work in Arkham and now it's everyone's problem.
A Little Overshadowing Never Hurt Anyone     /T/
This day was just getting worse and worse for Danny. First, he gets dragged to Gotham City with his parents for some 'ghost hunting' convention, and then on his first flight out, he gets captured! Now he's stuck in a Fenton Tech Containment device in some strange cave filled with cars and computers, and he has no idea what to do or how he will escape... Jazz is gonna kill him. The Bats have been having a hard time recently. For the last few weeks, glowing green creatures from all over had been flocking towards Gotham City. They don't know what they are or why they are coming. They started getting their hands on 'ghost tech' from hunters across America, and now Bruce is holding a ghost hunters convention to see if he could get some more info. But now Tim was looking at the first ghost they have been able to capture. He had glowing green eyes and glowing white hair. And he… He just possessed Tim, didn't he?
Another God of Calamity        //
Danny Fenton had lost his friends and family in a tragic explosion in Amity Park, in an attempt to leave his old life behind and start new, Danny moves to Gotham. But things aren't quite what they seem as he tries to hid his past in Gotham while the prying eyes of the local vigilantes and the Waynes themselves take interest in the young teen who's struck out alone.
Ghosts of Gotham     /T/
Gotham has a ghost problem. And it's not the Amity Park kind of ghost problem. While Danny tries his hardest to stay out of the spotlight, his attempts to help the unseen population of Gotham lands him in a world of trouble. Now Bruce Wayne is offering him protection and he could be the only one with the ability to stop a new crime organisation from taking over his new home. OR People are going missing in Gotham and this new kid is keeping secrets. Bruce doesn't like this at all.
Clown around and find out    C/T/5328
Danny is set on storming Joker's base, and despite hating that the Bats insist on tagging along, he plans to make a party out of it. It doesn't matter if they try to stop him, though - Joker has to be stopped and he has the power to do it. Jason may or may not think this is equal parts scaring him to his second death or the funniest thing he had ever seen.
What Makes a Home (and Other Thoughts From Fever Dreams)     /T/
Dick finds a strange scene on patrol one night; the small form of dying girl huddled in a corner and covered in Lazuras Pit green. He and his family work together to try and save her, but her consciousness dwindles to less and less each day and the time spent awake only provides more questions. Will they work out the mystery surrounding their new guest or will she be forced to say goodbye forever in a unfamiliar bed, surrounded by strangers?
Bat Ghost      /T/
Bruce is attacked by the ghost of Batman from the future. To get to the bottom of it, he pays a visit to some prominent ghost hunters, and happens to encounter a teenaged half-ghost vigilante (?), who just *happens* to resemble Damian. A lot. On an unrelated note, Tim Drake has done nothing wrong.
Death Is Not The Enemy     /T/
Was there really a need to go back?, Danny asked himself, staring at this new, foreign universe. Here, with no Guys In White or crazed parents chasing him with ecto-guns, and no rampaging ghosts to interrupt his every day or night, maybe he could finally follow the dream he'd given up on when he died, when the stars he'd always loved were once and for all labelled unreachable. Maybe, finally, he could be himself, without all the expectations and fears that came with the name. Also, the fact that superheroes were a thing on this earth surely did not discourage his decision. Or: Danny gets summoned into a new universe, makes some friends, becomes part of the most powerful vigilante clan ever, punches a bunch of satanists, finds the meaning of family and gets a chance at dreaming big. Definitely not in that order
Myosotis     /T/
Phantom knows three things: 1. He’s in a city called Blüdhaven. 2. He definitely isn’t a normal human. 3. He doesn’t remember anything about his life. But Phantom has a plan. Well, less of a plan and more of a goal. Phantom is going to help people, get himself money, and hopefully figure out just who -and what- he is along the way. Now if only the annoyingly competent police officer hell-bent on putting him in the system and making sure he was safe at home would leave him alone, Phantom would be golden. Or In which the one-and-only Danny Phantom gets amnesia, a new city to protect, some other vigilante friends, and a slightly-overprotective father figure. Nightwing gets premature gray hairs.
How to Adopt, The Bruce Wayne Way by Alfred Pennyworth      /G/
Step One, Find a child.
Phantom’s Hope       C/M/9649
Danny is tired. The Justice League give him hope, though they wish they had given it to him sooner. Certainly before they crushed it.  
creation both haunted and holy      C/G/11440
After looking into a new tourist family in Gotham, Tim finds himself in unexpected situation Or, the Fenton's visit Gotham and try to build a ghost portal. It goes as well as you think it would.
Stand By You     C/T/11867
Dick tumbles through his bedroom window and stumbles to the kitchen. His black and blue suit is stained with blood but the pain from the cut in his side is nothing next to the mental anguish he’s feeling at the moment. All he wants is to get himself patched up and in bed. He had been optimistic this morning that today might turn out okay. Now he doesn’t remember why he’d ever thought that. Upon reaching the kitchen, finds the lights already on and a person dozing at the kitchen bar. His next step ought to have been equally soft as the ones before, barely audible, perfect for stealth. But between the pain and his surprise it came out as more of a thump than a soft pad like cat’s feet. She perks up and turns to face him. He freezes. t’s Jazz. It’s date night.
Zeus' Dice     /T/
Two years, almost to the day, after the Great Amity Park Tragedy finds Danny Fenton, orphaned and alone, being handed over to his newest foster parent. But, unlike the others, this foster has a secret that could bring Danny back into the hero business. Because, unlike the others, this foster is a hero himself: He is Batman.
Ghosts Don't go to High School      /T/ 
There is a new kid asleep at Tim's desk. There is a new Meta running around Gotham. Tim wants answers. Danny just wants to sleep.
Taking Flight     /T/
Danny decides to tell his parents the truth. It doesn't go so hot. Fleeing Amity Park for his life he decides Gotham is the best place to fall through the cracks. Sadly as a black-haired blue-eyed teen with a strong sense of morality the adoption papers were half filled out. Unfortunately for Bruce, Danny has a thing about rich guys with secret identities who want to adopt him.
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harfblarf · 7 years
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more rick and morty nonsense-- this time, rest and ricklaxation
i havent seen any posts outright pointing this out so: we know that toxic morty contains a lot of morty’s insecurity-- “I don’t want to be on camera I’m ugly”, “my voice is annoying”, so on-- and that he’s scared he’s gonna be in hell, but he also outright states that he "just want[s] to die”. Also that he’s in pain. 
Other things Toxic Morty says:
“I believe you” to Rick, with no hesitation-- Morty’s occasional blind faith in his grandpa is viewed as toxic? Healthy Morty certainly doesn’t just play along with Rick’s ideas
“*screams*”-- panic
“yes rick, i-i agree rick”-- stutter, capitulation, submission, avoiding confrontation
“i think my voice is annoying” in response to rick asking what morty thinks of him discovering electricity-- vaguely self-centered in a depressive way?
“i dont like confrontation”-- yeah no kidding
“i-i dont like this, this is scary” fear, aversion to violence
“i’m a piece of shit but I got the tank” obedient, self-hating
leans on dash much like healthy morty did, looking resigned
“jesus christ it hurts”-- unlike healthy morty makes no effort to reassure others
Toxic Rick :
“you can die when I say so”-- controlling
“why am I bragging about that, I have nothing to prove”-- insecurity
“I’m surrounded by inferior pieces of shit and--” *looks at morty* LOOK IM NOT SAYING HE DOESNT VIEW MORTY AS AN INFERIOR PIECE OF SHIT I’M JUST SAYING THERES AN IMPLICATION THAT IM CHOOSING TO READ INTO. YES HE FINISHED WITH ‘TOXINS’ BUT COME ON that pause tho
hey where did toxic rick get fucking glass test tubes
*destructive tendencies*
“I’m gonna rip your throat--”-- violent boi
“you little sociopath/okay shut up morty”-- considers healthy morty a sociopath, doesn’t want to listen to morty talking about people hating him (did not shut him up previously, only now)
“don’t negotiate with that little turd, you’re the rick, you need to show dominance!” insecurity, desire for control at any cost
angry when his plan goes downhill, angry about remerging
“I got a lot more use out of that thing than he ever did” considers his sexuality a toxic thing, bound to his anger and irrational attachments?
“fuck you summer” no respect, no apology
“alright fuck this time for plan b”, but leaves beth alone
fucking throws healthy morty out of the ship. not his morty, not his problem, i guess?
brags at a very uncomfortable toxic morty
“trapped in your brain... with delusions”
“relax, quit your bitching, you’re gonna be fine... grandpa’s here”-- that same arrogance that makes him call himself a god, is what assures him that he can help toxic morty
“just do it you piece of shit!” angry but resigned to the only solution he can see (small picture)
Healthy Morty:
“mind if i put on some music?”-- considerate, nonpresumptive
the whole “one song a day” thing-- optimistic, planning, looking to the future
“if anyone could [calculate happiness], Rick”-- deep respect for Rick, respect for intelligence, flattery
“thanks rick. I love you”-- affection for his grandpa, appreciation
“if we’re all bored, wouldn’t the common denominator be you?” this is a clever joke, but it’s mean. cleverness/humor is prized above consideration and kindness
“I knew you could” and the rest of this montage-- uh so Healthy Morty provides the confidence Normal Morty is missing to a bunch of people. if that’s not symbolism idk what is; plainly Morty considers supporting and helping people Healthy
“*doesnt react to being called a loser, not even to deny it*” I wonder if this is like, self-acceptance
suave but still in an awkward way? like he drops a pickup line on jessica with an awkward forced laugh
“happy to help rick”-- but no surprise, no real emotion. like it’s forced
“bad phone, chuck it”-- acceptance of simple answers
“if something’s worth saying, it’s worth eye contact”-- considers reliance on technology unhealthy? interesting especially considering his interactions with Rick and all his tech
“you shouldn’t have to deal with that, man”-- curiously, despite making it his job to stop other people from being in pain (helping all his schoolmates), he advises against helping the Toxins
“I think i know what to do. *snaps phone in half*” destruction of property, choosing simple solutions
“things are good... taking that away from me? that wouldn’t be healthy.” manipulation, selfishness, self-preservation
“world’s greatest grandpa, for reals” more manipulation
awkward chattering, spouting shallow wisdom
“pronounce it however you want, words are just things” lack of judgement
“please, thank you, we’re having a conversation”-- shoos away the waiter to make jessica less awkward, being rude to the waiter in the process. singleminded, simplistic solutions
extended metaphor of jessica to a planet, including some like very specific shit, “what’s the equator, what are the holidays”
“talk to me.” demanding, assertive
really... loud? and aggressive, and awkward and emotive; very little self-control
lacking attachments, passions, “life is a highway”, “no sparks no damage”
...really long metaphors with stacey too. u ok morty?
“bad parts of us, which includes our dishonesty” (emphasis mine); morty has no question that deceit is bad. of course, that’s what a manipulative little shit who believes in lying “for good reason” would say, too, so.
stacey will “do anything for you morty”? weird, probably more evidence of his manipulation. quickly earned her devotion
“kill him rick!” morty considers his violence and willingness to retaliate “healthy”
bites toxic morty-- willing to use unfair/dirty fighting techniques just like toxic rick did
also grinning while he attacks him
casually stops and leans on the dash, blank-faced, when beth appears. again, no passion, no emotion at all
also healthy morty was in the driver’s seat and only settled once he was in control
“we gotta stop him”
the one to explain why Healthy Rick shot Toxic Morty again
“you’re a better man than me Rick, I’m healthy enough to admit that”-- healthy morty to regular rick. what does it say that both toxic and healthy morty view rick as superior? man, that’s kinda fucked, even if healthy morty’s actions here are totes dickish
“have I ever lied to you? that’s right, and ask around, I never do” manipulaaaaaation
uses jessica as yet another extended metaphor
draws attention, revels in it, offers falsely specialized attention to people to earn and keep their affection (the wink, the friendliness with “dwayne”)
“red pill or blue pill”
“totally understand dwayne, you’re the boss”, then cuts to... jargon that makes his coworkers happy. i strongly suspect at least part of a lie here, or an omission of truth
the boy is really obsessed with organic carrots, who knows why
“is that how long it takes for rick to trace my location” but he’s smiling, not scowling, he’s... at best amused, at worst unbothered, i guess?
“you miss someone that loved you so much you never had to love ‘em back” holy shit morty
“you didn’t hang up”--”huh. how ‘bout that.” then to surprise into mild consternation when the fucking voltron drones show up
“do what you gotta do”-- despite not wanting it, recognizes the inevitability of rick getting him to remerge
apparently healthy morty told his girlfriend that he was “capitalizing on his lack of conscience by becoming a stockbroker”. interesting
Healthy Rick:
“heheh, this universe”-- considers the universe impressive/beautiful/awe-inspiring (compare to ‘the universe is a crazy chaotic place’)
“that is an interesting concept... listen to me, trying to calculate happiness over here”-- respectful of others’ ideas, still brilliant and trying to improve on them, recognizing that math/science isn’t the solution to everything
“here’s something no science could measure: i’m real proud to be your grandpa, morty”-- pride in his grandson, acknowledging the limits of science
“morty, a moment of your time?”-- so polite hot damn
“what if the toxic parts of us have their own identities-- their own will to live?”-- inherent respect for the value of life
“i’m accountable to my toxins”-- considers responsibility and facing it healthy
“locked ‘em in a cage *hits it while smiling as toxic rick swears*” my guy what the fuck; theoretical emotion, no actual immediate empathy
upset, sad about toxic rick’s deception
“sorry summer” considerate, apologetic
“summer get out of here, go”
“we can resolve our issues, we don’t need to resort to over-the-top--”
“just leave her out of this”
“it’s okay girls, i’m so sorry” takes the time to be reassuring and apologetic when danger is still afoot for the world, offers to cook??
“not our right to stop them”
“your morty”/”i know you give a shit dummy, because I know I don’t”-- i think this is again about “not my morty not my problem”, and that Healthy Rick doesn’t care about Toxic Morty
“merge with me and you’ll know how to save him”... except once they merge there is no saving him, is there? just preservation to merge him with Healthy Morty
“I had all my problems removed-- my entitlement, my narcissism, my crippling loneliness, my irrational attachments” -- things healthy rick considers unhealthy are identified, but he’s still doing this in part because healthy morty insisted it was the right choice, and he’s still proud to be morty’s grandpa
“you’re literally incapable of seeing the bigger picture” so large-scale thinking is considered healthy?
“if i ever gave you the wheel, we’d be dead in five minutes” and isn’t that true, because toxic rick is willing to sacrifice himself for morty, and is too arrogant to think anyone is a threat to him? he would get morty AND himself killed if toxic rick was always in charge. no, letting toxic rick guide him is inevitable, but being controlled by him is unacceptable
Regular Rick: 
“man i really overthink shit when I’m angry”
“now it’s time we re-merge your little ass” interestingly his priorities were a) fix planet (what morty asked him to do), b) remerge morty (save toxic morty)
“that kid is a real piece of shit” (about healthy morty only)
“part of me really wanted to [save you], toxic morty. part of me really wanted to.” 
“tiny american psycho”
“kept asking ‘did you get a new morty yet?’“/”because you kept drunk-dialing me and crying about it!”/”I WASN’T CRYING” /in the background “I didn’t care” (what a liar)
Conclusion: as funny as most of this episode is, it strikes me that what Rick considers unhealthy, Morty considers healthy. Healthy Morty is violent, lacking a conscience, manipulative, domineering, sexual, and lacking in passion and attachments (he does, after all, abandon his family, not just Rick, for three weeks). Yes, he’s also less of a coward, not suicidal, and helpful, but compare to Healthy Rick. Healthy Rick is similarly lacking in passion and attachments, but he’s nonviolent, honest, less arrogant and less willing to impose his will on the world, nonsexual, and calm. Everything Healthy Rick isn’t, Healthy Morty is. It’s a fascinating insight into how Rick’s lies and denial are fucking up Morty’s perception of what is “healthy” and what isn’t. He has come to view violence, foul play, manipulation, lack of emotion/conscience, and dominance as valuable skills, even necessities, instead of the shameful attributes Rick views them as.
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ecotone99 · 5 years
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[MF][OT] A Vacant Existentialist
I’d always wanted for my life to be like a film
For someone, anyone, to pick up on it. Or at least for a few, big, eventful things to happen to me so I could try and write my own story. I‘ve never asked for much my whole life. Just a little bit of excitement. Like maybe to have been a witness in a violent crime, or perhaps even to have stumbled upon a brown envelope containing a wad of cash. To have been kidnapped, or even find myself in the middle of a Stephen King-like novel situation. Stalked by a killer clown, or concerned to what it is ’The Mist’ contains. Anything that could have had a credible basis for a film, TV mini-series or even a fucking play for Christ’ sake.
It’s never been fame, or to be a household name, I wanted. Not even to be recognizable to the general public. Just something, anything, people would know my name for so that I could’ve said “I’ve contributed to this wasteful, ego-drenched spunk-bubble we live in.”
Alas, nothing. No dark and mysterious, 0r light and comedic, moments in my life that could’ve been brought to life with any fancy misé en scene. No situations that could’ve been enhanced through fancy camera work. Not even any experiences that could’ve displayed sharp wit through clever editing. The nearest to the Hollywood life I ever got was important costume changes for family functions or engagements where I may have been required to wear a shirt and tie.
Life has just always been mundane, boring and, for lack of a better word, flaccid.
An impotent life.
I refuse to believe that life passed me by in such a short instance. Whoever you are, whatever you do you must remember that you will always die. Nothing is final but the everlasting consistency of death. Death is the one constant we have in life, the one thing we know to be true and the only thing that we know to be our saviour and salvation. Saviour: noun: a person who saves someone from difficulty or danger.
This is the part where you realise that people want to live forever. The selfishness of immortality is not for a race such as homo sapiens. We take advantage of most terrible things that plague us as a society; be it religion, war and even riots. And for what? Controlling the population through fear? Political gain? 3 kilos of rice and a new TV? Imagine the utter carnage we could do with immortality.
A reason I think most religions’ has the numbers they do. By offering the slightest sniff of immortality, and living forever in paradise, they surpassed truth and logic and boosted their numbers tenfold. Muslims’ were by far the most innovative: 72 virgins and eternal life. Fuck if I could surpass the whole religion thing and living by their rules I’d be signed up by now. I’d always wondered why a Muslim wife never got offended if her husband was devoutly religious. It’s more than likely not about Allah. It ties with the whole bullshit predicament about wanting to see unwanted children, or even people you’ve wronged in the past, on your deathbed. Regret is what keeps the human race living, running, breathing. No-one wants to leave behind hate in their name. People want kind words said about them in a eulogy, about how much they’ll be missed and how ‘Heaven has another angel’. Just as long as he said sorry just before that sweet cyanide relief Hitler could be one of ‘em.
When did everyone accept to enrol in this kindergarten planet of ours? I found my voice at a young age but soon after I was told I could only say and do certain things. And I did. I played every game I was supposed to play, behaved when I was told to & even got dressed according to such event. And even playing by every rule, I still did atrociously. Listening to every piece of advice I’d ever received and living by it: always family first, work for appreciation & “Watch the ‘Indiana Jones-The Crystal Skull’”.
Subterfuge.
So for all that, I’m left with this. And it’s not even an account of my own life, but merely an upsetting technique. A technique for deciding something that’s pretty irrelevant. Something that wouldn’t change your life directly. Plainly a technique for deciding how to perform such a depressing and formidable task.
My own little “Ip-dip-do”.
Why was it never fade to black, fade to white?
Scene 1, Take 1.
Fade to black.
Fade to white.
Lights.
Camera.
Action.
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