Zulie's Best of DC
Some of my personal favorite fics from the DC universe.
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Batting in the Wings by PlotsOfCoffee
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types
07 Jun 2023
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Love is an amazing thing, so when the Justice League believes that their resident paranoid isolationist has found it, they’re happy for him, even if Wally was hardcore crushing on the lover boy.
Or another Justice League thinks Batman and Nightwing are dating.
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- Part 2 of DC Fics
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take it easy on my heart by fiveandnocents
Fandoms: Young Justice (Cartoon), Batman - All Media Types, The Flash - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
21 May 2017
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Tim just has to make sure they’re okay because if they’re not okay, the people who he knows love each other more than anyone else in the world, how are Conner and him supposed to make it and - oh.
So maybe he does know why he’s so invested.
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- Part 2 of nervous breakthrough
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“Gotham! I am here tonight to show you the hideous face of 'truth' and its destructive power to tear apart even the closest of bonds! We’re all held together only by illusions and lies, and the ‘truth’ dissolves them all." The new villain Veritas turned towards Bruce, syringe out and pointed towards the arm chained to his podium.“NOW! Under the compulsion of the serum, expose your true feelings: Tell the world what you hate the most about: Nightwing.”
Dick froze—every argument, every accusation thrown between the two running through his mind. He wasn’t sure if he could take it—to hear it spoken truthfully and directly. Hearing all of Bruce’s hatred, contempt, and disappointment in him poured out not just in a heated yelling match in the cave but in front of Damian, in front of the whole world.
Bruce coughed, blood flicking from his lips from a failed attempt to bite his tongue, and Dick hung his head in resignation. It was at least nice to know Bruce wasn’t eager to dump out his true feelings.
“His suit.” Bruce choked, and the room went silent.
AKA: This is just a fun little thing. Bruce loves his kids so much
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Damian scowled. “Why are you laughing?” he demanded. “It’s a reasonable conclusion!”
This just made Dick double over in laughter again. He managed to get a hold of himself enough to place a hand on Damian’s shoulder. “You’re not homophobic.”
Damian’s scowl deepened. “Yes I am!”(Inspired by "Straight guy worries he's being homophobic to gay roommate, realizes he's fallen in love with him")
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softer landings by vlrnlr
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Outsiders (Comics), Teen Titans (Comics), Titans (Comics)
24 Oct 2023
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It’s been a love hard-won, and now they get to savour the victory. Mostly. / The one in which a baby makes three.
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- Part 6 of home sweet something
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softer landings by vlrnlr
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Outsiders (Comics), Teen Titans (Comics), Titans (Comics)
24 Oct 2023
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It’s been a love hard-won, and now they get to savour the victory. Mostly. / The one in which a baby makes three.
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- Part 6 of home sweet something
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 67,800
- Chapters:
- 17/17
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 163
- Kudos:
- 464
- Bookmarks:
- 64
- Hits:
- 11,467
Bookmarked by ZulieTheProgrammer
19 Jul 2025
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softer landings by vlrnlr
The one where Dickie learns he's pregnant so he and Roy raise Lian and the baby together
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Tim's parents faked their deaths and fled the country years ago, but neglected to take him with them. He spent some time on the streets, and now at 16, he makes a living as a fortune teller, stalking and hustling the shit out of Gotham's elite by telling them eerily accurate fortunes based on the information he gathers about them.
His life is peculiar but he wouldn't change a thing. When he gets booked for the big Wayne Halloween party, however, he finds himself getting all tangled up with the Waynes, and the more fortunes he tells, the tighter the snare becomes.or: Tim just wanted to scam Gotham's elite, not end up on the Batfamily's watchlist. But it seems they just won't leave him alone..
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 69,788
- Chapters:
- 30/30
- Collections:
- 107
- Comments:
- 6,432
- Kudos:
- 29,443
- Bookmarks:
- 9,389
- Hits:
- 452,141
Bookmarked by ZulieTheProgrammer
02 Feb 2025
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cards on the table by wesslan
The one were Tim uses his stalking skills for fortune telling
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When Will Enough Be Enough? by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Nightwing (Comics), DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Teen Titans (Comics)
28 Jul 2023
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Dick Grayson, first and foremost is, and has always been, a performer. The first sunlight to touch his young cherubic face was a spotlight. His first love was the trapeze from which he swung. He was a star. He was perfect.
That was his birthright: talent, strength, beauty. Beauty. All throughout his formative years under the circus tent, it was always Dick’s cheeks that were pinched by fawning old ladies. He was the Flying Grayson whom everyone wanted to get their picture taken with.
Such a looker! The girls are going to be all over you one day, honey, just you wait. It was usually followed by a wink and a laugh, and Dick would laugh right along with them. The attention wasn’t any more of a hardship than the adoring crowds’ cheers were when the dazzling Dick Grayson landed a quadruple flip fifty feet above the ground. Everyone loved him, and he loved being loved.
(A character study about Dick Grayson's relationship with his sexuality, and how his perception of his worth becomes warped by the way others treat him.)
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28 Jul 2023
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When will enough be enough by sohotthateveryonedied
An amazing fic covering Dick and his relationship to his sexuality amidst his horrific sexual trauma (and good relationships)
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Dick Grayson comes to live with Bruce Wayne on a Tuesday afternoon when he’s nine years old.
It’s a Tuesday like any other, so Bruce settles the boy in and leaves him in Alfred’s capable hands after dinner and heads out for patrol. Gotham’s underworld does not take a day off, and therefore Batman cannot either.
Dick awakes in the middle of the night and Bruce isn’t there. Alfred calms Dick down and sits with him and assures him that Bruce would have been there if he could and Dick believes him. Alfred's words can only maintain that belief for so long.Or, the one where Bruce doesn't tell Dick that he's Batman at first and things spiral out of control until people start communicating like adults.
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- Part 1 of Time and Again Universe
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 28,303
- Chapters:
- 12/12
- Collections:
- 3
- Comments:
- 249
- Kudos:
- 1,650
- Bookmarks:
- 364
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- 23,939
Bookmarked by ZulieTheProgrammer
02 Apr 2023
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Time And Again by navpike
The one where Bruce doesn't tell Dick that he's Batman and things spiral out of control
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Tim is prepared to take the steps necessary to ensure that Bruce will not feel obligated to adopt Tim when a comatose Jack Drake inevitably dies. But what could be better than preventing Bruce from ending up with a son he doesn't want? Bringing back the one he does.
Jason agrees to the Replacement's stupid, stupid plan to invite some strange adult man he's never met to come live with him, if only to keep the idiot alive long enough for him to serve his purpose in the Great Red Hood Revenge Scheme.
Might this new roommate situation have an impact on either of their worldviews? Surely not...
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- Part 1 of Say The Word, We’ll Go Home
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 46,480
- Chapters:
- 9/9
- Comments:
- 1,754
- Kudos:
- 14,932
- Bookmarks:
- 4,217
- Hits:
- 183,273
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22 Jul 2025
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Say Uncle by Megaerakles
The one where Tim knowingly hires Jason to be his fake Uncle Eddie