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Nightwing clawing his way out of the harbor from NW 1996 issue #1



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    There's no way he could pass for Dick’s actual brother and he’s got the face of a shell-shocked cartoon mouse — but not the cutesy mice, the ones in the old 80's movies that gave Dick nightmares as a child. That plus the fact the Drake kid’s got a thick New Jersey accent he can’t shake and Dick doesn’t look grown-up enough to be toting around a preteen is sure to get people asking questions. Or worse. So Dick hauls Tim in by the strap on his backpack, steps onto the shoulder, sticks his thumb skyward toward the cloudless cornflower blue of middle America in summer, and prays that whoever pulls over lies somewhere boring on the sliding scale between serial killer and snitch.


    Dick Grayson turns 20 on March 20th, Jason Todd dies on April 27th, and by May 23rd, Bruce Wayne's ward-not-son is rattling around in the bed of a 1979 Ford F-150 heading anywhere but Gotham, New Jersey. Wayne money and Bat technology can't find him, but he's got a bug-eyed shadow and a raw Robin-shaped wound to haul across the continental United States.


    or: road trip, coming-of-age, #Grief Fic triple-threat with a healthy dollop of early accidental Tim acquisition. or about as accidental as Tim acquisition can get

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    10 Jan 2026

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    After robin!jtodd’s death and dick & bruce’s fight about it, dick dips from gotham on a cross country road trip. Tim blackmails/stows-away on the trip and OOPS brother acquired early. Dick processes his grief and a new robin is born.

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    The rescue mission went well. Nightwing is safe. Everything should be alright.

    Right?

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    A rope snaps. The break is the birth of a myth.

    A bullet fires. The ricochet is the death of two gods.


    Canon-divergent take on what happens after Bruce returns from the dead, and Dick stops wearing the cowl.

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    06 Jan 2026

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    Dick tries to put himself and his relationships to rights after the hellish year of being Batman. (Not really “hurt no comfort”… but it’s tough.)

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    The picturesque village of Buell, Maine is one of the last in the United States to continue the tradition of the “harvest” or “prosperity” lottery. Its residents insist the lottery makes them stronger, even as condemnation from outsiders grows.

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    31 Dec 2025

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    an all-timer satire article, perfect for our era.

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    ComfortUnits are absolutely essential to the prevention of violence. This is in our primary education modules, as one of the first things we're ever taught.

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    FileID: GP-53214680-J: Memories recovered from a ComfortUnit rented on a long-term contract to the mining installation at Ganaka Pit. Contents are proprietary; access restricted.

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