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Zuko is dropped on the edge of the Earth Kingdom, burned, shorn, and banished. He's found again and again, and built up from ashes.
or, the earth kingdom takes a look at Zuko, asks “is anyone gonna raise that?” and doesn’t wait for an answer
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- Part 1 of It Takes a Village verse
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- 4/4
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05 Nov 2025
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Across the room, Jet's gathering up empty bowls — ahem, hiding the evidence. He grins over his shoulder at Zuko.
"We didn't make a bad team, did we?" he says, sitting down crosslegged across from him. His dark eyes glitter in the light coming from the lanterns.
"No," Zuko says, looking down at his bowl. "We didn't."
(the fic where Zuko uses his big brain cells to prevent his uncle outing them as firebenders in an Earth Kingdom city; this has unforseen consequences. Not all of them are bad.)
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- Part 1 of burning me up (but still i held on)
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Iroh turned away.
When the little boy knelt before his father and begged for mercy, for forgiveness, for understanding, Iroh turned away.
He would not turn away again.
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- Part 1 of Witness
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- English
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- 1,056
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- 1/1
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28 Oct 2025
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this is a gift (it comes with a price) by WitchofEndor
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
21 Jan 2021
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There is a ghost on the Wani. But the crew have grown used to - even fond of - Prince Zuko. And no matter how many times General Iroh tries to gently explain the boy’s predicament, tries to suggest that he might attempt to move on, Prince Zuko can always be found watching the sea.
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There is a prisoner in the palace.
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- English
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- Chapters:
- 7/7
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- 30
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06 Oct 2025
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Choosing your own destiny is hard business.
AU series from "Zuko Alone" on, exploring what could happen if Jet and Zuko had met sooner.
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05 Oct 2025
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Only a moment, Iroh consoles himself, only a single pearl on a string, ephemera. It will pass. He tries to focus on what Zuko needs, how to make Zuko comfortable, to distract himself from the engulfing chasm of fear that seizes him whenever he considers the possibility of losing Zuko the way he’d lost his wife and Lu Ten.
But then Iroh’s eye catches on the sprays of pale pink cherry blossoms that drift across Zuko’s hospital gown, the fabric faded and worn from use.
And he drifts.
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30 Sep 2025
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Li's scar is suddenly all Jet can think about. The scar, the scar, the old man’s hot hands warming his tea like he thought he could get away with firebending in the middle of a crowd.
or: After getting to know Li on the ferry, Jet sees Mushi heat his tea. Instead of assuming Li is also a firebender, Jet assess the situation and comes to a rather different conclusion.
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- English
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- 4/4
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27 Sep 2025
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Orphans by riversiders
Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Superman (Movie 2025), The Batman (Movie 2022)
05 Sep 2025
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Bruce Wayne is being threatened by a violent stalker. Clark Kent is incapable of letting it go.
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- Part 1 of Orphansverse
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Moments before the monthly family brunch, Bruce Wayne gets taken down and out by some fear toxin baked into bread. Alfred and all four prodigal sons work to pull him out of his hallucination, even as they heavily feature in Bruce's worst nightmare.
It comes down to a choice, and the realisation that brunch might actually be cursed.
Bookmarked by Sedentary_Wordsmith
12 Sep 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Absolutely hilarious low-key angst. Author has a gift for vibrant similes and punchy run-ons.
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April 27th isn't anyone's favourite date, but it's somehow worse than usual today when Bruce gets his car stolen.
It's nice of Red Hood to come to his rescue.
Even nicer that Jason keeps him company afterwards.
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- 1/1
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11 Sep 2025
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The first time it happens, Bruce doesn’t do a great job at hiding his surprise. It was only a couple weeks after Tim’s adoption was officially finalized - hyphenated name and all. Bruce still smiles to himself at the memory of reading ‘Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne’ on those papers, trying not to choke up at his third son being the first to take the Wayne name. Of course that was never an expectation, but still, it meant something that Tim chose to take it.
With that considered, perhaps Bruce shouldn’t have been quite so shocked by the teen calling him ‘Dad’, but he is. And he’s even more startled to hear it declared loudly as Tim abruptly sprints towards him down the hall at full speed.
“Dad Test!”
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Tim starts a trend in the family of jumping at Bruce at random, increasingly difficult times shouting: 'Dad Test!' to see if he'll catch them. This leads to many shenanigans & then crash lands into angst because of course it does.
Inspired by a tumblr post by user incogneat-oh
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doom protocol (redux) by foreverstudent
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types
04 Apr 2022
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“With all that talk about unchecked power, you’re still so arrogant that you didn’t come up with a plan to stop yourself.”
“I do have a plan. It’s called the Justice League.”
(Superman & Batman, Justice League: Doom)
But when Batman is compromised, it’s not the Justice League that takes Batman out of commission—it’s Bruce’s sons.
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- Part 4 of only human
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When Batman tells Clark that he’s considering sharing his secret identity with him, the Kryptonian couldn’t be more pleased.
That, of course, has nothing to do with Clark being invited to Wayne Manor to interview Bruce Wayne and his family...right?
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- Part 12 of Q Event Fics 2019-20
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- English
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- 1/1
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- 1
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- 108
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- 28,960
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12 Aug 2025
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When Jason Todd died, Bruce Wayne had a hard time letting go or dealing with any reminders of his son.
When Jason Todd came back, what he needed to know was how much he had mattered. Fortunately, these things overlapped.
Or, the story in which Jason listens to some voicemails for a dead boy— the boy who was him.
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- Part 3 of Batfam Week 2017
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- English
- Words:
- 9,048
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 1
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- 299
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- 1,807
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Bookmarked by Sedentary_Wordsmith
09 Aug 2025
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In This or Any Other Universe by wildsofmarch for blueyeti
Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022), DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
11 Mar 2023
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There was a new vigilante in his city: a man who smiled too much and talked too loud and knew his way around a fight a little too well. Bruce wasn't bothered by his antics. Except the man also seemed to know a little too much about him.
Who was this Nightwing, anyway?
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OR: Dick Grayson (DCU) accidentally lands himself in Battinson’s Gotham.- Language:
- English
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- 5/5
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30 Jul 2025
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ship-to-ship combat by pomeloquat
Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
03 Jan 2024
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"Clark. What the hell is this," Lois asks, staring at Clark's Bruceman WIP folder. Clark's first instinct is to fly away, but that would still leave his fic on display for her to see. His second instinct is to blast a hole straight through his laptop screen with his heat vision, which isn't much better.
Clark, in an attempt to make some spare cash, unintentionally stumbles into the world of superhero fanfiction, becomes a prolific writer for Gotham's OTP, and tries his best to fend off rival fans who want him to convert to superbat instead.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 76,785
- Chapters:
- 13/13
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- 6
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- 3,600
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21 Jul 2025
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a stolen moment by Excalis
Fandoms: DCU, Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
26 Jun 2024
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Then, Clark’s eyes met his, and he pulled away so quickly that the sound of his retreat whipped through the air. His face, for a moment, was startlingly open, and naked grief cracked harshly through his expression like a fist shattering the surface of a frozen lake. Then, it was gone, and the slate was wiped clean as though there had been nothing but a mild smile there since the very beginning.
But Bruce knew what he’d seen.
“How long?” he asked.
Clark’s mouth twisted. “I don’t know why I thought I’d be able to keep it from you,” he said softly. “You know me too well. Was that even five minutes?”
“Clark.”
Clark’s lips turned up into a smile, fracturing his face, his eyes glittering shards of lapis lazuli. “How long for what?” he asked. “For how long we were married? Or for how long it’s been since you died?”
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- Part 3 of Hurt and Comfort Bingo
- Part 2 of Kryptonite Week 2024
- Part 2 of the flower, never watered, turns to the sun
- Language:
- English
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- 4,576
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- 1/1
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- 2
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- 138
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Bookmarked by Sedentary_Wordsmith
15 Jul 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Hurt so good and then hurt so bad ughhh
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let’s give ‘em something to talk about by butchyaoi for ZeroMonster
Fandoms: Justice League - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
15 Feb 2025
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Everyone in the Justice League knows Superman and Batman are married, but then Superman is seen kissing Bruce Wayne. Bruce thinks he's funny. He's not.
(Okay, he kind of is.)
- Language:
- English
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- 1/1
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- 1
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- 175
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12 Jul 2025
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i'd tell them put me back in it by cherryfeather
Fandoms: DCU, Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types
16 Sep 2024
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Bruce has been gone for nineteen days, seven hours, and twenty-six minutes when Clark feels the first sign of it.
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When Bruce dies, Clark learns something about Kryptonians he didn't know before. The League and the boys try to get him through it, but he's not sure he wants them to.For Superbat Week 2024: day 3, xenobiology, day 5, we are family, and day 7.
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- Part 2 of Superbat Week 2024
- Language:
- English
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- 16,135
- Chapters:
- 3/3
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- 193
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Bookmarked by Sedentary_Wordsmith
04 Jul 2025
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“If this is about your armor, Barry’s gear is doing the same thing,” Clark says, frowning, “It doesn’t seem like he’s trying to move it. It just…wants to move toward him, I guess.”
Fascinating. Bruce takes a deep breath so he doesn’t scream. He can feel every single piece of shrapnel, bullet fragment, and medical implant in his body trying to move toward the man, inching one millimeter at a time through his flesh.
Bookmarked by Sedentary_Wordsmith
26 Jun 2025