#knowingtoomuch au

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MEANWHILE UPSTAIRS.....

From the Knowing Too Much AU.

Summary: Tim is working on a case when Cassandra unintentionally scares the shit outta him. His abrupt scream accidently summons an Eldritch being into the manor, much to Alfred's shock and dismay.

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Knowing Too Much AU

While Tim was the first of the Bat-family to learn of their eldritch fate, Cassandra was the unfortunate second.

Despite Tim's best efforts to keep his family in the dark, he was unaware that Cassandra had been secretly keeping a close eye on him. She knew something was bothering him, something so heavy that he was unwilling to let anyone ease his burden.

If she wanted to help him she would have to be sneaky about. Sneaking into his room and reading his research has been surprisingly easy, but what found was anything but.

In the beginning, she had zero inkling on what he was researching. The books and papers he collected were way too advanced for her, but she was stubborn. She wanted to prove to him that she could do this, so she studiously studied. While she didn't quite grasp the depth of what she learning, it still affected her, and she learned her purpose.

Tim has no idea that Cassandra is doing this, despite his Eldritch state of being as Cassandra's main power is that of Concealment. If she doesn't want to be found or suspected, she never will be seen or thought of again until she desires it.

So when she comes to him one day and shows him her Eldritch form, he both utterly horrified and confused. She admits to him that she is afraid, that she's not sure what to do, and Tim is devested. He failed her.

However it is not all doom and gloom. With Cassandra's help, Tim is able to hide crazy stuff from the rest of the family. The two also find solace with their current state of being, and Tim can't help but feel relieved that he is not the only one going through this nightmare.

In fact, Cassandra is handling the whole thing WAY better than him and is already way more proficient and skilled with her powers than he is.

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KnowingTooMuch AU

The less people know about a secret, the easier it is too keep, especially if you're trying to dupe the world's greatest detective. So Tim had no intention of telling Kon anything about what was going on.

However on a rather melancholy day, Tim finds his thoughts wondering as he lies wide awake in bed. It's almost impossible for him to sleep now, and for once he's starting to hate it. He aches for a moment of silence, for his thoughts to fade into as his subconscious plunges into the deep abyss of sleep. But alas, he can't.

So, he ends up thinking about Kon, because trying to figure out his crush on said hero seemed way easier than thinking eldritch nightmares for the rest of the night.

Problem is, Tim's main power is the ability to summon people or objects to wherever he wants them. It's really tricky, and Tim has to work on not accidently summoning every single person or item that just randomly crosses his mind. Tonight however he utterly fails.

Tim snaps his head up, feeling his body change as his powers activate. Before he can do anything Kon is standing right next to his bed, a towel around his bare hips and a toothbrush shoved in his mouth.

Kon slowly lowers the toothbrush and looks at him very suspiciously. "Should I be horny or scared right now?" He asks, standing stiff, but waggling his eyebrows when he see's Tim's tentacles splayed over the blanket.

A soft glow emanates from Tim as he lets out an embarrassed groan. "How have you survived this long?" Tim bemoans. While Kon had been acting casual, he was actually really tense, but as soon as he heard Tim's voice he relaxed. "Tim?"

Tim just sighs. "I'll get you some pants first. Then I'll explain."

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Some KnowingToomuch AU doodles!

Starting upper right: Tim somehow gets into a really nasty entanglement with another eldritch being, and the entity below Arkham forces Jason to change in order to save Tim. It works, but Jason doesn’t take the transformation well.

Tim’s purpose it to foster hope, to keep people resolute and loyal to Gotham, but Jason’s purpose is rebirth. He is the avatar of the endless cycle of death and rebirth that both heroes and villains go through. That means that even if Batman dies, Jason ensures he is brought back to life, but this also means he has to give the same treatment to villains and resurrect them as well.

The knowledge that he is the reason the Joker keeps coming back is enough for Jason to be pushed mentally to the brink and Tim panics. His whole mission was to keep his family from becoming monsters like him, and seeing Jason in agony is enough to spur Tim into a very erratic decision. 

He erases Jason’s memory of the experience. 

It is not easy, and Tim is stuck in bed for a week with a migraine that exists on multiple realities, but Jason is back to being human, completely unware once more. So Tim should be happy right? Well No, considering the fact he feels incredibly guilty for tampering with Jason’s memory and Jason? Well he’s not an idiot and knows Tim is hiding something from him.

The pic next to that is when Tim loses control of his form in front of the Batfamily for the first time.

It’s been 2 months since Tim changed and he’s been doing a great job at looking and acting completely normal, expect for one tinny, tiny, mistake he makes one night.

He is abruptly awoken from his nap and called down to the Batcave for an emergency. Still half asleep, he gets up and shuffles down there to see Bruce and Duck arguing by the computer. He yawns and stands next to Damian, only to have the younger give him a confused double take before asking. “Who the hell are you?!”

Tim rolls his eyes and goes to say something sarcastic but stops when he notices something, he is standing eye to eye with Damian. He takes a quick glance down at himself and realizes he is 13 years old again.

Dick and Bruce are now looking at him in alarm and Tim unconsciously shifts his form back into his current older self right in front of them. This of course causes things to get even worse and Tim just straight up loses control and shifts into his full eldritch form.

Knowing he can’t tell them the truth, Tim lies and says that his current state is because of a recent scuffle he had with a magic caster. The family buys it at first but as the months creep by and with no cure for Tim’s ‘condition’ in sight they start to get suspicious. 

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The bottom left pic, thelittle green monster, is Damian if he ever got an eldritch form. ((Damain is not old enough/entrenched enough to have a purpose bestowed upon him like the rest of the Batfam.))

And next to that is Dick still teasing Tim, even if they are eldritch horror monsters now. ((Dick purpose is to ignite joy and humanity for Gotham. His influence actually helps the rest of the Batfamily retain their human feelings and emotions. And just like Jason, this also benefits the villains too.)) 

And then next to that is Tim hanging out with Cass. Even with his new body, Cass can still easily read his body language and Tim finds comfort in that.

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Knowing Too Much AU

Here are the Eldritch forms for Cassandra and Barbra.

Cassandra's purpose is too conceal. She is responsible for enabling everyone's actions to be unseen or unnoticed.

Barbra's is Knowledge. If she doesn't know about something she will always find the answer when she seeks it.

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Knowing Too much AU - One upside to becoming a eldritch abomination is finally having enough limbs to hold all your crazy siblings - Tim Drake

Tim finds out that the eldritch deity that has connected itself to him and the rest of the Bat-family lives underneath Arkham. Like a weed, it grows unseen roots inside people, slowly twisting them into something inhuman as it feeds off their emotions.

Apparently insane, broken people tend to produce the most exquisite emotions, so the entity hosts people like the Joker, Mr.Freeze, and every other manic villian in Gotham with it’s gifts. The pure chaos and anarchy they produce is a delectable meal, however the main course was by far it’s favorite.

Just as much at the eldritch being loves chaos, it loves retribution, justice. Batman, along with the rest of the family, serve this purpose. They would be the ones to meet out that justice, Transforming those fevered, joyous emotions of those villains into absolute fear and desperation. 

Then when the meal is finished, the being will usher the insane back to it’s burrow at Arkham to rest until the next meal.

Finding out that your basically part of a eldritch god’s diet plan is bad enough, but realizing there is nothing you can do about it is even worse. Tim can see those roots in his family and they are deep, so deep that if you tried to rip them out they would immediately die. 

Tim fully lost his humanity when he found out what role he played in this mess. He gave the people hope, and while hope was a sweet emotion, despair to the entity was even sweeter.

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i love the big ol squid eyes that your eldritch tim has

AHHH this is amazing! I love this! (´∀｀)♡

Thank you so much!

I too adore Tim's big ol' eyes (◕ ꒳ ◕✿)

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Hey, I was thinking about you au where the batfamily become Unknowable Horrors Due To The Thing Under Arkham Asylum. Specifically about how Damian didn't have an aspect yet and is simply A Little Gremlin and thought of something that might fit him Redemption/Betrayal. The Rogues so often become Heroes and the Heroes so often become Rouges and some live their lives straddling that line, or run between the two like they are trapped in a revolving door. Plus it would work really well with how Damian was "redeemed" in a way when he got a new set of morals from his dad after coming to Gothem. Unless you already have an idea for what he could be then this can be given to someone else and I would genuinely love to hear what trait/role you give me beloved stabby gremlin.

THIS IS PEFRECT! 1000% canon now! AWESOME IDEA Anon!

Here's a little eldritch Damian celebrating his new role!

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Knowing too much AU

It starts out so innocent and simple. Tim is spending a relaxing day with his friends, when Kon starts complaining about Tim sneaking up on him again. “Not a meta my ass! I swear, you Bats have this super creepy ability to make NO SOUND. I have super-hearing. I can hear a damn pin drop a mile away. Yet once again, I nearly shit myself this morning when I saw you in the kitchen!”

Tim just rolls his eyes. “The reason you don’t hear me Kon is because you’re distracted. I just learned how to take advantage of that.”   

But Kon crosses his arms and vehemently shakes his head. “Tim, I hear a lot of shit. Stuff, I really, really don’t want to hear. You though? No footsteps, no breathing and your heartbeat? I gotta actually listen for that! I swear it’s like living with a ghost!”

The gang laugh it off after awhile but the conversation stays with Tim. While Kon tended to exaggerate, what he said was kinda true. Tim is 100% sure he’s not a meta and he doesn’t feel any different then usual, but he can keep an eye out on the rest of the bat-family, right?

What he sees changes everything. Dick is too fast, too flexible, his body twisting in ways no human should. Jason accuracy is beyond that of a machine, and his ability to recover from injuries is too fast. Cassandra’s eyesight is incredible, Barbra’s memory is vast, and Alfred isn’t aging. Damian and Stephanie seem to be the least affected but there are signs that is changing.

Whatever is changing them, it’s influencing Bruce the most, and Tim is determined to figure out what the hell is going. But some things shouldn’t be known, and Tim finds himself delving into the world of the Eldritch, and that has consequences.

IN short, Tim finds out the bat-family are becoming less human because an ancient eldritch being is obsessed with them, and Tim finding this out through his poking around accidently progresses the change happening to him even faster.

So now Tim’s a half eldritch being who has to make sure the world’s greatest detective doesn’t find this out, because the same thing that happened to Tim could happen to Bruce.

Small tiddbits =Fear gas reveals Tim’s true form. Tim’s form is the embodiment of hope for Gotham. Looks like a manta-ray cause, I guess, manta rays are pretty smart? Can eat magic and fear.

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