Autistics, Emos, and Bats, Oh My!

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Series Begun:
2020-02-09
Series Updated:
2025-11-27
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Bats are communal creatures, as are many bird species. Even if one finds itself alone, it will not remain so for long.

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Originally just a Cryptid!Batman fic, but I watched The Batman (2022) and my alt, traumatized, and auDHD self went feral for the representation.

For the record, a little context: Even with evidence, even with video and pictures, humans often will overlook or explicitly ignore the most probable answers, especially when stressed and/or traumatized. They will actively choose the most comforting possibility, even when it is the least likely.
It is my theory, at least for the purposes of this series, that the survivors of the flood see this man in full body armor, looking larger than life and not stopping for hours and seemingly not tiring, (all after fighting off an army of armed domestic terrorists most of the night and chasing a serial killer across the city for three days) and see an inhuman creature that has bent to their level to protect them; a creature of shadow and rage that has chosen to defend the "deserving," whatever that may be.
Sure, there are those who see him for what he is, (a deeply disturbed man who is breaking laws and enacting vigilante justice) but even they have to admit that he's doing his best. And, honestly, any hope is still hope, even if it might be false or flawed.

So, yeah. A fic about this sad, wet cat of a man finally getting some affection from someone other than Alfred and Dory. (Who both deserve raises)

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