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    Jonathan Crane gets bored and, as one does in Gotham, becomes a psych professor. Somehow, no one stops him. The students love him. The staff avoid him. And no one quite remembers rehiring him in the first place.

    Tim Drake is stationed at Gotham University under the guise of “monitoring” him. He’s expecting horror. He finds… a surprisingly good syllabus, a strange sense of calm, and a friend group that doesn’t know what a vigilante is.

    Crane, for his part, knows exactly who Tim is. He doesn’t care, he just wants to teach. And maybe terrify a few freshmen along the way.

    Or:

    No one knows who hired Professor Crane, but panic attacks come with bonus points and Tim's never been happier.

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    12 Jan 2026

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    Talia's first child is nameless. Is faceless. Is dead. She only has Damian now, but the thought of that first baby, of that first child she shared with Bruce, is a gaping wound.

    Or, Talia al Ghul unravels a mystery that has been haunting her for over a decade.

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    12 Jan 2026

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    I think the title really explains it all? But anyway:

    Jason knew that attending a rich ass school was going to be the toughest and most mind-grating thing ever. His beliefs were confirmed when he got cornered by bullies on his first day. The only thing he was surprised about was that it took them so long to find the school's new street rat. Just as he's about to be punched, a fucking 10 year old (he's actually 12) steps in and... starts threatening the bullies? And they actually listen?? What the fuck???

    And that isn't the only surprise that's waiting for him.

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    10 Jan 2026

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    The wind whips around, rapid, and sharp with sand and grit.
    Tim can’t see—there’s so much dust trapped between his eyelids that he can hardly tell if they’re even closed or not. It burns and stings, it fills his lungs, and all he can think about is his body, buried under a new dune of sand, and his family, so many miles away, not even thinking to look for him there.

    And just as suddenly, the sun and sand and howling winds are gone.

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    In which the universe takes pity on Tim, just once, if it even was the universe at all.
    (My take on the surprisingly common “Tim Drake finds himself in a different universe” trope.)

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    10 Jan 2026

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    Tim Drake has had his share of mind-shattering adventures.

    It’s a perk of the job, he’d say, and his siblings would laugh along. Dangerous situations and crazy interactions were a daily occurrence. Dimension travel? Always a bit of fun. Magic demons from literal hell? A typical Tuesday. Alien invasion? Sure. Time travel? On the table.

    So, explain to him, why he was still surprised when he woke up with a killer headache in a body that felt so familiar yet so… not.

    His last clear memory was a panicked voice in his ear, crackling over the comm.

    Red Robin, it’d said, do you read me?

    He remembered nodding, despite the voice, Dick, his mind supplied, not being anywhere near him. He’d wanted to reply; yes, I read you. What’s the issue?

    Clearly, the issue had been him, considering whatever he was hit with ended up with him knocked out. Which was never good in this particular line of work. Or any line of work, really. But especially not theirs.

    Or: Tim finds himself eight years in the past, coincidentally on Jason's death day. Honestly, can time travel just leave him alone?

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    09 Jan 2026