Dark Times: Bad Substitute(s)
Fics featuring negative portrayals/interpretations of(the(one off)actions of)supporting(/subordinate) characters +/or substitute parent figures. Usually at least somewhat OoC; exaggerated for effect:
:AtLA/K /B(M)HA /DP /RR(PJ) /Other:
(Bad Mom)Ursa
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Badzawa
Bad Teacher(/Hero)All Might
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:DC /Marvel:
Catalina Flores / Unsympathetic Titans
(Bad Mentor/Brother)Dick Grayson
(Neglectful)Catherine Todd)
(Bad Cop)Joe West
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(Unheroic/YesMan)Clint / Sam / ExVengers
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:(the)Sentinel /Stargate /TM7 /Other:
(Corrupt Sentinel)Alex
(Bad Leader)Rodney)
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:NCIS /Criminal Minds /Numb3rs /H-50 /911:
(Insubordinate)Kate(/Ziva) / (Sheep)McGee
(Wilful)Abby / (Enabler)Ducky
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(Stalker/Spy)Lori Weston
Joe White('s Secrets)
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Maddie Buckley('s Control(led)Issues)
(Cheater/Unwelcoming)Hen
(Ableist)Ana Flores
(Bad Boyfriend/Co-Worker)Tommy Kinnard
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(Closed, Moderated)
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The last thing Tim expects when he crawls through the window is to have a gun pointed at his face. Maybe he should, considering he’s currently doing the entering part of B&E. But it’s Dick’s safehouse. The third one he’s checked tonight. Tim’s hand freezes around the birdarang when his eyes move to his assailant’s face.
Black hair with a white streak standing out in stark contrast. Blue eyes with hints of swirling green, dark circles underneath them.
It’s... impossible… it’s… Jason. -
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Buck agrees to sue the department as part of a sting operation involving Chase Mackey. Things go pear-shaped when Mackey figures it out, and Buck takes the brunt of it. The fallout changes his relationships with everyone.
Word Count: 58,690
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11 Apr 2025
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S/E: (scattered brief refs)
Mid ch.3 (briefly described)
End of ch.4 (long, detailed),
(scattered discussion mid ch.5; not very detailed, mixed with discussion of other topics) near end of ch.5 (short; aftermath sub-plot-critical),
end of ch.9 (long, detailed- 2 main sections, scattered bursts of convo & feels)----
"I think we all overlooked the impact of the bombing, and your injury came to represent the entirety of it."
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"Maybe we all focus on you, so we don’t have to deal with the fact that it happened to us, too.”
----"Bone deep personal relationships develop when you work together with the same people in the situations we find ourselves in, but keeping those relationships healthy can take work. It’s work we haven’t been doing.”
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"Everyone says that I’m Bobby’s favorite, but I have to think that’s actually Chim because he gets away with a lot on the job.”
“I always kind of thought that Chim’s Bobby’s lost cause,” Eddie admitted
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Evan’s trying to get his best friend moving to Texas off his mind. Lou is trying to distract himself from a case that he shouldn’t be working on, even as a case from his past haunts him. They run into each other and spend an evening in easy conversation. That should be the end of it, but talking for them is easy, and when life gets increasingly complex and sometimes disastrous, they turn to one another. In their own way, they each need to let go of the past in order to move forward, and sometimes that’s easier with someone who understands you.
Word Count: 98,000
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13 Jul 2025
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(M=ocasional violence, injury & attempted/discussion of murder)
S/M: mid ch.15 (long, mostly implied/discussed, feels-focused),
S/E: mid ch.16 (explicit refs, not plot-critical, followed by more; v.long, detailed - continues briefly after break) -
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This is a bit Alternate Universe – based on the idea that Michael suffered a lot of trauma over his time as Michael Knight, and Bonnie and Devon didn't always seem to acknowledge that. What if Kitt was the only one to notice his human needed more than a job and a new face, and stepped up to give it to him?
Wordcount: 61,408 - Ch: 3
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30 Sep 2025
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Ship: Unconventional life partners
Kitt <3
Money_money
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After the tsunami, Eddie has to deal with his parents, who for some reason think he and Buck are responsible for a natural disaster and Christopher being caught up in that. Buck, meanwhile, has to deal with Maddie's overbearing worry about him that has only been amplified by the tsunami. Along the way, Buck, Eddie, and Christopher start to become a family without even noticing.
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- English
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- 115,852
- Chapters:
- 28/28
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15 Apr 2025
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Two Nickels: A Tsunami Survivors group, Buddie, & an award
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"Most of the change in [Maddie's] life she didn’t choose for herself,” Buck said. “She ran to me with only a vague idea where I was, and then she acted as if there had never been a time when we didn’t speak, or when we didn’t see each other at least weekly. I think she may have held onto her picture of me as a way to keep sane. And now she can’t let it go.”