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   paint the town by defectivevillain (defectivehero)

   Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   19 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Bruce Wayne & Reader
   • Bruce Wayne/Reader
   • Reader
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Mentioned Jim Gordon (DCU)
   • POV Alternating
   • POV Second Person
   • POV Bruce Wayne
   • Reader-Insert
   • Reader-Interactive
   • Gender-Neutral Pronouns
   • Gender-Neutral Reader-Insert
   • Male Reader-Insert
   • Trans Male Reader-Insert
   • No pronouns used for Reader
   • Graffiti Artist Reader
   • Criminal Reader
   • barely
   • Crimes & Criminals
   • what is crime
   • let's discuss
   • Enemies to Begrudging Allies
   • Moral Ambiguity
   • Moral Dilemmas
   • Social Commentary
   • Hypocrisy
   • batman is a hypocrite
   • lol
   • Bruce Wayne is Bad at Communicating
   • so instead he just doesn't
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Ambiguous Relationships
   • Unresolved Tension
   • Life in Gotham City (DCU)
   • Gotham City-Typical Violence (DCU)
   • Graffiti
   • Near Death Experiences
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

   Summary

   “This is illegal,” Batman maintains. And wow, he really sounds like a broken record.

   “So is jaywalking,” you reason, “vigilantism, physical assault and battery, trespassing, destruction of property, and leaping off buildings… probably. But, hey, who’s keeping track?”

   Silence. A pervasive, intense, and utterly uncomfortable silence.

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   English

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