13 Works in Duke Thomas Has Issues
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Diary of a Spider: A Place For No Man. by Kai_Benjamin_Grayson
Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
15 Sep 2025
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Something is coming.
The universe is meant to be reset.
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Hold your seatbelts tight...
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Readers.
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(Previous name: Diary of a Spider (Untold Story))Series
- Part 1 of Diary-verse (Stories to be told)
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catch light in summer by moonlure
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
13 Sep 2025
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Tim's shoulders sank a little. Duke could tell he really wasn't sure what to do at all. After a moment, Tim simply wraps an arm around Duke's shoulders, pulling him in for a hug. The fact that he was trying to soothe him at all only made Duke cry more. In response, Tim awkwardly patted Duke's back- making him laugh a little through the tears.
What a blessing to have a family such as this, even when his first family had fallen apart.
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Duke is so stressed, he forgets hay fever is an actual thing. Tim tries to help him out and accidentally makes him cry.
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- Part 9 of Moon's Batfamily
- Part 10 of Sicktember 2025
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Not My Dad (But A Good Stand In) by maplesnmulberries
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and the Signal (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
18 Aug 2025
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Duke Thomas had been with the family for six months. Officially, at least. Had known them for at least a year before that. Age sixteen, now, he had reluctantly allowed them to place him under their custody after being on his own for a while. It was comfortable enough. He'd been content to be fostered, even though the offer of adoption remained extended.
He was given independence. Independence that he craved. It had been his most important condition upon joining: that he be a Bat, but not a Robin. Gotham's solo daytime vigilante.
It was just...professional boundaries, Duke told himself. Bruce was Batman, and Batman was like, his mentor-supervisor-vigilante landlord. Or something. Not his dad. He had a dad. And not really a paternal figure, either, like how Steph and Babs viewed him.
He liked the guy. Just...didn't need a dad. He was fine. Chilling.
(Until he wasn't).
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- Part 5 of Bat Drabbles
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Flicker in and out (You're going to be alright) by Resident_Sunshine
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman and the Signal (Comics)
05 Jun 2025
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Duke just got picked up by the weirdest family around after two years in the system, all he has to do is fundamentally hide himself or risk being thrown in a cell next to his parents. How hard could it be?
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Or: A little character study into Duke Thomas where I play fast and loose with his lore and powers. For context, in this one he went into foster care at 14 and didn't join the batfamily until he was 16. I also made his powers more emotion based and slightly inspired by the thunderbolts after watching it. By this I mean his shadow powers just started to develope and are triggered by darker thoughts and depression. Otherwise he is still a glowstick and most other powers are more accurate.
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e·phem·er·al
/əˈfem(ə)rəl/
adjective
lasting for a very short time.Or,
The Batkids are having a fun & slow night. Guess how long that lasts?
6/7 of them end up getting locked in a safe room because Dick Grayson has to the only one who ends up injured. He is weird like that. His siblings might just start to beat him up themselves because of it. -
Half-Force Entity by darthishrevan
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Star Wars - All Media Types, Batman and the Signal (Comics), Batgirl (Comics)
18 Mar 2025
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He wanted to stand as a Mandalorian of House Wayne (clan undecided) and that’s all. He wanted, in a galaxy of the impossible, to be a baseline human.
--Duke's reaction to finding out he's half-Force something (like Anakin-ish), but Cass is there for him.
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To Laugh Is To Live by Ammon_writes
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman and the Signal (Comics)
16 Mar 2025
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after the joker's attack on Duke's parents left them in an enteral state of manic laughter Duke struggles to find joy in the sound when all he can think of are his parents.
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4 times duke had an aversion to the sound of laughter and the one time something is done about it.Series
- Part 2 of duke Thomas centric Fics
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Exorcise (the fears of the night) by insonniacaotica
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), Batman and the Signal (Comics)
15 Mar 2025
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"What do you want, Nightwing?"
Dick stood in the middle of the room. He took a step back at Duke's words and held his hands up, showing them. "I thought... I thought maybe you'd explain."
That was the point. Duke had never been a quiet guy. People thought so because his anger never showed. Duke, however, always felt angry. Because life was so fucking unfair.
"What if I didn't?"
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Also, Duke does something stupid. His siblings do something even stupider. Someone holds a sword to someone's throat (that's a metaphor but, also, not a metaphor). In the end, everyone cries.
Or: the fall of Duke Thomas, the rise of Signal, and, finally, the rise of Duke Wayne.
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- Part 13 of Creatures of the Other World - Batfamily AU
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A Long Night of Solace by TheEmpireAnt
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
13 Mar 2025
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With a plan in place, Dick and Duke move to distract Batman, Cassandra infiltrates the Batcave while Tim distracts Alfred, Jason and Steph investigate Black Mask's disappearance and Barabara coordinates their efforts.
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- Part 11 of #JasonToddIsOurRobin
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Tim can just barely make out what the voice is saying. “—Not a drill. Lockdown, code red. This is not a drill. Lockdown, code—“
Immediately, everyone panics. The voice over the intercom continues to repeat the same sentences. Tim and Stephanie share a look.
That look means nothing to the people around them, just two scared friends looking at each other. But to them? That look means everything. It’s like, suddenly, with one look at each other they’re no longer Stephanie Brown and Tim Drake but instead Spoiler and Red Robin.
The best duo there is, arguably.
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Gotham Academy gets put in a code red lockdown. Following the POV’s of students Tim Drake, Duke Thomas, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne
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The Robin Declaration by waterunderthebridge12
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), We Are Robin (Comics), Batman and the Signal (Comics)
17 May 2024
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"You must have a source," Duke said. "Tell us what it is."
"Okay, okay! I read about you guys. That's how I know that stuff."
"Read about us? Where?"
"Online," the goon stammered. "Have—have you ever heard of AO3?"
Investigating a mysterious uptick in criminal knowledge of the Bats, Duke discovers the source of their information: fanfiction from Gothamites on AO3. Recruiting seasoned fanfic author Tim Drake and world's best hate commenter Damian Wayne, the three youngest Bats set out to spread misinformation, cause chaos, and snag a high hits-to-kudos ratio along the way.
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- Part 2 of The Robin Machinations
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The Robin Generation by waterunderthebridge12
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
27 Apr 2024
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"It's the dodging emotional conversations for me," Duke said. "Take the L."
"Stop being such a cringefail edgelord," Tim said.
"It's giving emotionally stunted," said Damian. "It's giving big yikes delulu."In his ongoing search for better ways to fight crime, Tim comes up with a brand new method: bombarding bad guys with Gen Alpha slang. Recruiting Gen Alpha cusper Duke and full Gen Alpha Damian, shenanigans, chaos, and bonding ensue.
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- Part 1 of The Robin Machinations
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Nightmares/Hallucinations by FearfulKitten
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman and the Signal (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics)
04 Dec 2020
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Duke found himself staring at the ceiling again. His heart was no longer racing, but he wouldn’t exactly say that he was calm either. This is the moment after the end of a race you lost, when all of the adrenaline is starting to wear off and the hopelessness sets in. That’s it. You’re out of the competition, buddy.
Except that this isn’t a race, and Duke hasn’t just lost his spot for the finals. He had simply lost sleep.(requested a long time ago by an anon on tumblr)
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- Part 3 of 3ambird Batfam Bingo