Alternate Lifetime(r)s: Delayed Onset
Fics in which one or more events happens later (or in a different order) than in canon (or doesn’t happen, thus diverting the timeline).
Mostly joins the (bat)family late fics
Quite a few age-adjusted characters (usually just one)
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“I have time.”
Tim does not, in fact, have time.
But it’s Nightwing who is calling. What’s he going to do—say no? Preposterous. That's a crime in and of itself. Tim would rather swallow nails and kiss his mother goodnight than say no to Dick Grayson. “How can I help you, Nightwing?”
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or, when tim is three people at the same time, jebaits the bats into joining their family twice, and might be accidentally running the city as an emergency hotline operator. not necessarily in that order. -
Ace of Knaves by PhantomOfTheArchive (yoursleepdeprivedauthor), yoursleepdeprivedauthor
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Young Justice - All Media Types
01 Jun 2025
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When Bruce refuses to make Tim Robin after Jason's traumatic death Tim decides to fight crime in his own way.
Five years later he's acting in Gotham as a crime lord desperately trying to keep the bats safe whilst also doing his best to avoid the many other crime lords who want him dead, especially the Red Hood.
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- Part 1 of House of Cards
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Black Mask's Birds by WhumpKing223
Fandom: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
31 Mar 2025
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An AU where Dick and Jason are found by Roman Sionis, before they can be found by Bruce Wayne.
They find their way home eventually.
Part 6 is in progress!
In this AU:
Dick is 22
Jason is 17
Tim is 7- Words:
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AU: Buck is still drifting through different jobs, trying to find his place in the world. His unlucky habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and being prone to injury, makes him a regular acquaintance of the 118.
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Perpetually Cold Coffee and Literal Frosted Flakes by DecaffeinatedApollyon
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU
01 Oct 2025
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The cold has been one of the only constants in Tim’s life.
From the empty halls of Drake Manor to the long nights spent stalking the streets of Gotham - Tim had grown used to the cold.
So much so that he didn't even notice it anymore…Or:
Tim Drake is a meta - not that he knows it.
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