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yourself or someone like you by suzukiblu
Fandoms: My Adventures with Superman (Cartoon), Superboy (Comics), Superman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
18 May 2024
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"Crap!" the food truck worker shrieks in alarm. "Don't hurt him, Superman, he's just a kid!"
Clark . . . pauses, then looks up from the kid that he is currently pinning into the street as said kid struggles underneath him.
"'Hurt him'?" he asks in reflexive confusion, and then realizes how batting a teenager around like a person-shaped cat toy and pinning him to the street hard enough to crack it probably actually looks to an outside observer.
. . . um.
Whoops.
"Um," he starts awkwardly, and then the kid slips his pin while he's distracted and throws his arms around his neck with a gleeful laugh and a bright grin.
"Dad!" he crows triumphantly, and hugs Clark harder than literally anyone has ever hugged him before.
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The moon is shining on the sea by Elegitre
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
21 May 2022
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Growing up, Tim had heard the tales before. Stories of humans stealing their pelts and forcing them to spend the rest of their life on land.
Never in a million years would he have thought an escapade to the mainland would end up becoming the cautionary tale his parents often warned him about.
Tim never thought he was going to be one of them.
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sons of sky by Kiwilart (Kiwili), ScarlettSwordMoon
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Teen Titans - All Media Types
18 Jan 2025
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Dick is thirteen, leader of the Teen Titans, and already starting to chaff under Bruce’s thumb. When Bruce gets de-aged to fourteen, Dick thinks this experience will finally bring their partnership back to working order. It doesn’t. And then it does.
Nightwing 60th Anniversary Bingo: Age Regression & Reversal
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Apparently, Mr. Oz decided psychologically torturing a 15 year-old for six months was no longer "cool." And now Tim's paying the price for that, because instead of killing him like any good, self-respecting villain would, he's dropped him back on Earth with an apology and a snack.
Or,
It's been six months for Tim. It's been 10 years for Tim's family.
I'm sure it will all be fine.
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Provenance by TheResurrectionist
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Green Arrow - All Media Types
14 Jul 2017
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"You lost all credibility when you laid hands on a teenager--not just any teenager, but your own ward," Bruce growled, "You threw him out when he needed you most. Unacceptable. Do you hear me? That is unforgivable."
Oliver pressed a hand to his gushing nose, staring at him in shock.
"If I ever," Bruce said, voice dropping an octave. "ever, see you near Roy again, I'll break every bone in your hands." He tilted his head, a dark smirk twisting his lips. "We'll see how well you shoot after that."
Oliver Queen drops the ball. Bruce Wayne takes in Roy Harper, and gives his colleague a little schooling on what it means to be a father.
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Despite Alfred's insistence, Bruce is very sure the things he feels are not normal for a boy his age
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Northern Attitude (I Was Raised on Little Light) by theskeptileptic
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
09 Jan 2025
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It's not *Tim's* fault Batman slept with his mom sixteen years ago, or Tim's fault that Bruce Wayne regrets signing away his parental rights fifteen years ago, but Jack Drake sure thinks it is. Now Damian is bugging him about cows and family and Jason and Dick won't stop kidnapping him and Bruce is acting like court orders don't matter, like he doesn't have a huge bat-shaped secret to protect from literally the whole freaking world.
Why is Tim the only functioning adult in this situation?
This was supposed to be coated in angst, but it fell in the fluff bucket instead. (So, update, some people are saying this may not be as fluffy as I am advertising it. I plead the 5th.)
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Then he took a deep breath and he changed. He ironed out every fold in his posture and his face until he looked like Superman again. His shoulders were broad, his gaze was confident, and his smile showed no sign of embarrassment or fear.
It’s genuinely uncomfortable to watch.
Especially since Bruce knows that change. He’s seen it in the mirror before entering parties or nightclubs. He’s always referred to it, internally, as 'putting on my better face.' The façade is his least favourite part of the day, ranking just below 'getting punched by supervillains.'
The idea that Superman is just Kal's better face, that would explain a lot.
It would also mean Bruce isn't alone.
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Loading and Aspect Ratio by JUBE514
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, DC Extended Universe, DCU
07 Nov 2021
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So, it didn’t start out like this.
Alfred would scoff at the statement, about how Bruce was trying to justify the whole situation to himself. It had started out as a simple design, black everything with black outlines and black hood. It got a little more intense as the world went on, got wind of his ghost on the streets, and became scared of The Bat . So Bruce got a little more creative with it, Alfred and him had a good laugh over the name, the scare, and Alfred had a vicious streak of humor that he had passed onto his ward-
So now the suit had a visible bat-theme, an insignia to drape in the shadows and to paint across the streets of Gotham.
It only took a year into the whole charade of heroism for Bruce to overhear a conversation between some goons- some low level thug hired by the Riddler this week- about nothing at all pertaining to what the hell the Riddler was doing in the sewers but instead:
“ The Batman can fly, you know, I’ve seen his wings.”
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A world where nobody has wings, but people think they do, and that changes everything.
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Liminal Spaces by Calamityjim
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Teen Titans - All Media Types, Young Justice (Cartoon), Young Justice - All Media Types
18 Jul 2022
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Young Justice Batman decides that he is the Superior Parent and Tim Drake ends up along for the ride.
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howl into the wind by Ferox for sirensquid
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Hellblazer & Related Fandoms, Superman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), DCU, The Batman (Movie 2022)
31 May 2025
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Bruce Wayne has another failed communication ritual crossed off the list, two exes in town, an intrepid reporter from Metropolis he can't shake, and three people missing down by Pier 19. It's going to be a rough few weeks.
For Bruce Wayne Week 2023; Magic User Bruce.
Bruce started with the Gazette, scanning quickly through the headlines and flipping through the pages. Buried below the fold on the fourth page was a crime report of a possible haunting or kelpie incursion down near the docks. The Arts & Society section was advertising the debut of what sounded like a cursed opal making its way to the Gem Collection Hall at the Gotham Museum of Natural History. He would need to take care of those both soon.
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Tim's parents faked their deaths and fled the country years ago, but neglected to take him with them. He spent some time on the streets, and now at 16, he makes a living as a fortune teller, stalking and hustling the shit out of Gotham's elite by telling them eerily accurate fortunes based on the information he gathers about them.
His life is peculiar but he wouldn't change a thing. When he gets booked for the big Wayne Halloween party, however, he finds himself getting all tangled up with the Waynes, and the more fortunes he tells, the tighter the snare becomes.or: Tim just wanted to scam Gotham's elite, not end up on the Batfamily's watchlist. But it seems they just won't leave him alone..
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Batman, go grab your Robin... Wait, wrong Robin! by IzzyMRDB
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
11 Aug 2022
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Tim just wanted to go trick-or-treating as Robin this year. He had been working so hard on his costume and it looked so authentic, he really just wanted it to be appreciated.
How did he end up being kidnapped by Batman?
AKA
A sleep-deprived and lightly concussed Bruce grabs the wrong Robin when heading home from Halloween Patrol.
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- Part 27 of My slowly growing collection of One-shots
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As Gotham struggles to heal, one man looks to a troubled past while another faces an uncertain future. - OR, I have emotions about Clark Kent and also Bruce Wayne being an ND icon, so here you go.
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5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home by motleyfam for batmoniker
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics)
29 Jan 2022
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Tim is good at galas.
No, scratch that—Tim is great at galas. He’s been attending them ever since the age of three, when his parents first stuffed him into his little Gymboree tuxedo and gave him a stern lecture about ‘sitting quietly’ and ‘speaking when spoken to.’ He knows all the rules: what to wear, how to stand, when to smile, what to say, what not to say. He knows how to come across as polite and intelligent and charming, and on absolutely any other day, he would be rocking this.
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Or, my take on a ‘Tim Joins the Family Early’ AU, told through a series of sleepovers, most of which are unplanned.
Featuring pre-teen Tim, Alive!Jason, and a whole lot of hurt/comfort.
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- Part 1 of Settle Our Bones
- Part 1 of 5+1 (expansion pack)
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What makes you Other by QueNouilleCroustillante
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Faerie Folklore
24 Dec 2021
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There are stories about spirits enamoured with children, who know only want and take, whose idea of equivalent exchange is very different from a human’s.
These stories have nothing to do with the Fire Lord’s firstborn, is said as lightly as one can under the threat of burning on a pyre.
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Zuko is a Spirit Child.
[ON HIATUS]
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Aang knew those swords. He’d seen them every day, felt the warm, if rough, presence of their owner in all his hardest moments and coldest flights. He was a strong figure, gentle in his own way. A Firebender who still used swords.
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There needs to be more platonic soulmate AUs, you guys. Come on. Who wants to see Zuko get dragged into his redemption arc by his soulmates?
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Zuko was supposed to die that night, at his father's hands and at the behest of his grandfather.
Ursa was supposed to vanish that night, and take nothing with her but her name.
Things didn't exactly go to plan.
OR: spirited away from the fire nation by their mother and abandoned to a life of poverty and running, zuko and azula learn to manage. right until the avatar and his friends drop way too cheerfully into their life, and the war returns to them in earnest. a story of hope, hardship and learning to believe in humanity again. zuko wants absolutely nothing to do with it, thank you.
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Hakoda kills a Southern Raider. This backfires spectacularly. Zuko is just trying to keep four kids from dying while not being a traitor to his nation. Toph is concerned. Sokka finds himself rethinking everything he had previously considered the norm.
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Kuei orders all of the Fire Nation out of Ba Sing Se after Azula fails her coup. This has wider ramifications than he thought.
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The opportunity to begin again by Justaperson018 for MuffinLance
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
30 Jul 2025
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Zuko, Prince of the Fire Nation, is thirteen when he dies on the stage of the Agni Kai by his father’s own hand.
Spirit, herbalist apprentice of Taku, is thirteen when they appear in the herbalist’s ward, a charred burn on their face.
Somehow, no one quite makes the connection.
A retelling of Muffinlance’s Herbalist!Zuko ficlet.