Whumptober 2026: Pumpkin Spice and Pain 🧡
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Who Do You Hate? by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman: Arkham Knight Genesis (Comics), Batman: Arkham - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
01 Oct 2026
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Jason sneers even though he’s trembling like a leaf. “What, Mister Jay couldn’t come down to torture me himself? He had to send a representative? Laaaame.”
The shadow takes a step closer, into the faint light of the overhead bulb.
The boy is shorter than Jason. He can’t be older than ten or eleven. It’s like looking at a mini Joker—green hair, white skin, and all. Like the creep and Harley fucking procreated, as if the world needed those two clowns multiplied.
“You’re just a kid,” Jason whispers. The boy grins like invisible fingers are pulling the corners of his mouth up for him. Jason’s stomach roils in response. “Are you…Are they keeping you here, too? How’d you get here?”
The kid doesn’t say a word. He just keeps smiling.
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That's Rough, Buddy by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics), Batman and the Signal (Comics)
02 Oct 2026
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Duke is already on the move, running towards the source of the howl. Like hell is he letting Damian brag about getting to fight a werewolf. He’s too distracted trying to duck under all the low branches in the darkness that he isn’t watching his step. His suit is armored, but every uniform has its weak points. Joints, for one.
Clang!
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They Say Love is the Best Medicine by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), DCU (Comics)
03 Oct 2026
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“Yes, it was a full dose,” Damian reports in the passenger seat beside him, one hand at his earpiece while he fills Damian in on the night’s events. His other hand, gloveless, rests open and upturned on the center console—an invitation for Bruce to grab if he needs it. He doesn’t. “I tried. Obviously, he’s too stubborn to listen to anyone with sense.”
“I c-can hear you,” Bruce manages past his chattering teeth, grimacing.
“Oh, hush, Father.” To Alfred, he says, “Yes, I offered to drive home, but he wouldn’t let me.”
“Y-You’re in m-middle school.”
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Trolley Problem by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Robin (Comics), DCU (Comics)
06 Oct 2026
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Tim can’t stop picturing that man’s eyes when the bullet struck between them. The way his body slumped in his chair, kept from falling to the floor only by the chains holding him captive. The way Bruce roared.
“Master Tim,” Alfred says. Tim forces his eyes back open, biting his cheek to maintain his composure. “Are you going to make me beg?”
“A civilian died. It was my fault.”
Alfred merely nods. He must have been expecting as much. “I’m sure you weren’t as responsible as you feel you are.”
If only he knew.
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Old Wounds by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
08 Oct 2026
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When you’ve replaced all of the old wood planks in the Ship of Theseus with fresh ones, can it still be called the Ship of Theseus?
When you’ve been dunked in a healing pit and lost all of the scars that made your body yours, is it still your body? Are you still you?
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If We Make It Through the Night by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, DC vs. Vampires (DC Comics), DCU (Comics)
10 Oct 2026
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A warm bag was shoved into his hand. Bruce could smell it from here, and before he'd made the conscious decision, he was already sinking his newly grown baby fangs into the plastic sack and gulping down the thick O-negative blood.
“Oh, my,” Alfred marveled, no longer fearful. More…fascinated. “I’m going to have to make another run to the blood bank. I was unsure how much you needed, so I only stole three bags. We may have to rely more on animal blood if your thirst stays so…fervent.” He handed over another bag as soon as Bruce finished off the first, and Bruce gulped that one down, too. He felt better after that.
“You should kill me,” Bruce said with a slight lisp as he adjusted to the fangs cramming up his mouth. Even his voice sounded different, like there was a growl hiding in his windpipe.
(An AU in which the Waynes are attacked by a vampire named Joe Chill. Thomas and Martha die. Bruce isn’t so lucky.)
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If I Cannot Inspire Love... by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), DCU (Comics), Detective Comics (Comics)
12 Oct 2026
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Jason forces his eyes open, squinting at the ghost before him. There is blood on Alfred’s warm, wrinkled hands. They’re both on the ground, Alfred kneeling in front of Jason where he’s sprawled on the cold cement floor.
Jason ripped out his stitches. Blood dribbles down over his neck, into his shirt collar. He’s—he was—
Bruce.
Jason sits up, scrambling away from Alfred’s touch. He clutches his bleeding throat. Alfred looks exactly how Jason remembered him. Kind. Patient. Still reaching for Jason’s neck with those healing hands, trying to help the boy who could never be helped. And then, over his head, past the small cell in the Batcave that Jason’s been thrown into like a rabid animal, Bruce stands outside the bulletproof glass, watching. Cowl-less. Heartless.
(An AU in which Jason didn’t wait to count to three before he pulled the trigger during the showdown with the Joker in Under the Red Hood. The Joker is dead. Batman slit Jason's throat. Now what?)
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Some Ghosts Are Never Gone by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Detective Comics (Comics), DCU (Comics), Robin (Comics)
12 Oct 2026
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“That’s ‘cause I’m the best. Right, Dad?”
Jason never called Bruce “Dad” when he was alive, but they’ve come a long way since then. They are much closer now. Bruce spends hours each day holed up in Jason’s bedroom working on cases or just sitting there thinking, listening to Jason talk his ear off about whatever pops into his head.
Jason would never complain, but Bruce knows he’s been lonely ever since Tim entered the picture. Neither Alfred nor Barbara even acknowledge Jason anymore, too preoccupied with training Tim to bother checking in with poor Jay. And Dick hasn’t said a word to or about Jason since—
Bruce ruffles Jason’s hair, picking out little bits of ash and debris. Boys will be boys. “That you are, Jay.”
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Aren't You Out Past Your Bedtime? by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Catwoman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
14 Oct 2026
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Selina sighs and tosses aside the knife. She brings the phone back to her ear. “Go back to your meeting, babe. I’ll call you later.”
“Did I hear Dam—”
She drops the phone onto the couch and hurries over to help the kid inside. She’s seen Damian in worse shape before, but the blood dripping down his temple and the way he’s clutching his left arm close to his chest suggests this isn’t a social visit. “I almost put a knife through your leg, kid. You could’ve called ahead.”
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