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Xenoethnography by Therrae (Dasha_mte)
Fandom: The Transformers (Cartoon Generation One), Transformers (Bay Movies), Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers Animated (2007), Transformers Bumblebee, Transformers Generation One, Transformers: Prime, Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015)
- General Audiences, Not Rated, Teen And Up Audiences
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Other, Gen
- Complete Series
19 Jun 2022
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Optimus Prime
- Jazz (Transformers)
- Bumblebee (Transformers)
- Ironhide (Transformers)
- William Lennox
- Maggie Madsen
- Fixit (Transformers)
- Ratchet (Transformers)
- Rafael "Raf" Esquivel
- William Fowler
- Arcee (Transformers)
- Bulkhead (Transformers)
- Robert Epps
- June Darby
- Slipstream (Transformers)
- Cliffjumper (Transformers)
- Carly Spencer
- Charlotte Mearing
- Blurr (Transformers)
- Hound (Transformers)
- Springer (Transformers)
- Cosmos (Transformers)
- Chromia (Transformers)
- Windblade (Transformers)
- Bulkhead
- Slipstream
- Mirage
- Hound
- Blurr
- Wheeljack (Transformers)
- Charlie Watson
- Mirage (Transformers)
- Miko Nakadai
- Fixit - Character
- Jack Darby
- Steeljaw (Transformers)
- Blaster (Transformers)
- Chip Chase
- Hot Rod (Transformers)
- Sari Sumdac
- Unicron (Transformers)
- Anthropology
- multi-cannon-mashup
- Mecha
- Language Gap
- Ethnography
- Xeno
- Aliens
- Culture
- Multi-canon-mashup
- Xenolinguistics
- Cultural Differences
- Charlotte Mearing is Charlie Watson
- Canon Disabled Character
- multi-cannon mash-up
- Transformer Sparklings
- Additional canon disabled character
- Languages and Linguistics
- Kidfic
- Director Mearing is Charlie Watson
- multi-canon mashup
- Alien Culture
- Scraplets
- Cosmic Horror
- Interspecies Relationship(s)
- Dark Energon (Transformers)
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Cirque de Triomphe by Kieron_ODuibhir
Fandom: Aquaman (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman: The Animated Series, Batwoman (Comic), Birds of Prey (Comic), DCU, DCU (Comics), Deathstroke the Terminator (Comics), Firestorm (Comics), Justice League - All Media Types, Krypto the Superdog (Cartoon), Nightwing (Comics), Shazam! | Captain Marvel (Comics), Static Shock, Superman (Comics), Superman - All Media Types, Teen Titans (Comics), The Flash (Comics), Wonder Woman (Comics), Young Justice (Cartoon)
- Teen And Up Audiences, General Audiences
- Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Gen, F/M, F/F
- Series in Progress
21 Oct 2020
- Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Owlman vs. Jokester
- Slade Wilson vs. Dick Grayson
- Adeline Kane Wilson/Slade Wilson
- Joseph Wilson & Grant Wilson
- Jokester/Harleen Quinzel
- Jokester vs. Owlman (background)
- Gilda Dent/Harvey Dent
- Harvey Dent & Bruce Wayne
- Jokester & Harvey Dent
- Jason Todd & Jokester
- Alfred Pennyworth & Bruce Wayne
- Jokester & Jason Todd
- Jason Todd & Harleen Quinzel
- Owlman & Talon
- Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne
- Pamela Isley & Harleen Quinzel
- Harleen Quinzel & Talia al Ghul
- Pamela Eisley & Talia al Ghul
- Jokester/Harleen Quinzel (background)
- Talia al Ghul/Bruce Wayne (past)
- Pamela Eisley/Harlene Quinzel (one-sided)
- Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne
- Harleen Quinzel & Jason Todd
- Lex Luthor & Lois Lane
- Crystal Frost & Victor Fries
- Jason Todd & Catherine Todd
- Jokester & Roman Sionis
- Jokester vs. Owlman
- Jonathan Crane & Harvey Dent
- Ra's al Ghul & Tim Drake
- Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne
- Slade Wilson & Dick Grayson
- Thomas Elliot & Bruce Wayne
- Harvey Dent & Jokester
- Jokester & Ella Quinzel | Duela Dent
- Jokester & Edward Nygma
- Ultraman vs. Luthor
- Alexander Luthor & Jokester
- Jason Todd & Harvey Dent
- Jason Todd & Talon
- Jokester/Harlene Quinzel (background)
- Jokester & Gotham
- Dick Grayson & Slade Wilson
- Dick Grayson & Joey Wilson
- Slade Wilson & Joey Wilson
- Mercy Graves & Lex Luthor
- Jason Todd & Ella Quinzel
- background Harley/Jokester
- Ella Quinzel & Gotham Circus
- Alexander Luthor & Mercy Graves
- Harleen Quinzel & Duela Dent
- Richard Grayson & Owlman
- Summer Day/Jivan Shi
- Alexander Luthor & Vril Dox
- Lex Luthor & Brainiac
- Leonard Snart & Lisa Snart
- Mick Rory & Leonard Snart
- Leonard Snart & James Jesse
- Hartley Rathaway & Leonard Snart
- Sam Scudder & Leonard Snart
- Selina Kyle & Jokester
- Francis "Hotstreak" Stone & Ivan "Ebon" Evans
- Francis "Hotstreak" Stone & Virgil Hawkins
- Kal-El/Lois Lane (one-sided)
- Kal-El & Cat
- Ra's al Ghul & Talia al Ghul
- Talia al Ghul & Dusan al Ghul
- Talia al Ghul & Damian Wayne
- Tim Drake & Ra's al Ghul
- Lex Luthor & Amanda Waller
- Lex Luthor & Orm Marius
- Earth-3 Alexander Luthor & Jokester
- Joker (DCU) & Lex Luthor
- Billy Batson & Captain Marvel
- Edward Nygma & Waylon Jones
- Lois Lane & G. Gordon Godfrey
- Diana (Wonder Woman) & Dick Grayson
- Dick Grayson & Donna Troy
- Superwoman & Owlman
- Jokester & Alonzo Serrano (OC)
- Jokester
- Owlman
- Talon (DCU)
- (Bruce Wayne)
- Dick Grayson
- Slade Wilson
- Joseph Wilson
- Adeline Wilson
- Grant Wilson
- Harleen Quinzel
- Harvey Dent
- Bruce Wayne
- Gilda Dent
- Jason Todd
- Gotham Circus
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Pamela Isley
- Jonathan Crane
- Edward Nygma
- Tim Drake
- Talia al Ghul
- Azrael (DCU)
- Barbara Gordon
- Jim Gordon
- Selina Kyle
- Leslie Thompkins
- Lois Lane
- Lex Luthor
- Clark Kent
- Waylon Jones
- Crystal Frost
- Victor Fries
- Barry Quinzel
- Basil Karlo
- Garfield Lynns
- Drury Walker
- Sandra Woosan
- Roman Sionis
- Garfield Lynns | Firefly
- Kate Kane
- Jacob Kane
- Talon
- cameo by Catwoman
- Jason Blood
- Red Hood
- Jonathan Crane's Grandmother
- Bruce Wayne (looming in the background)
- Jokester (in the background looming less)
- Ra's al Ghul
- Ubu (DCU)
- Thomas Elliot
- Thomas Wayne
- Marla Elliot
- Ella Quinzel (OC)
- Ultraman
- Richard Grayson (mentioned)
- King Faraday
- aka Janus the Bicameral Man
- Klarion (DCU)
- Doctor Fate
- Teekl
- Victor Zsasz
- Joey Wilson
- Mercy Graves
- Earth-3 Alexander Luthor
- Eobard Thawne
- Robern Thawne
- Barry Allen
- Ella Quinzel
- Gotham - Character
- Jervis Tetch
- Cissie King-Jones
- Ella Quinzel | Duela Dent
- Alexander Luthor (Earth-3)
- Ronald Reagan
- Ignatius Luthor
- Diana (Wonder Woman)
- Priscilla Rich
- Summer Day - Character
- Pamela Eisley
- Jivan Shi
- Vril Dox
- Leonard Snart
- Lisa Snart
- Wally West
- Gorilla Grodd
- Hartley Rathaway
- Evan McCullock
- James Jesse
- Rogues
- Francis "Hotstreak" Stone
- Ivan "Ebon" Evans
- Virgil "Static" Hawkins
- Shayera Hol
- Kal-El | Ultraman
- Matchbox the Cat
- Dusan al Ghul
- Damian Wayne
- Amanda Waller
- Jokester (DCU)
- Orm Marius
- Billy Batson
- Gordon Godfrey
- Granny Goodness
- Donna Troy
- Garth (DCU)
- Orin (Aquaman)
- Alonzo Serrano (OC)
- why did the Owl cross the road?
- hero origins
- Red Hood - Freeform
- you pathetic little jokester
- Ace Chemicals
- Earth-3
- Dick Grayson is a Talon
- evil Batman is the scariest thing
- Gallows Humor
- those who laugh at the dark
- Good Joker
- minor Alice in Wonderland references
- aka Glasgow Grin
- (is still crazy)
- Hero Debut
- stetsons are cool
- Declarations of War
- Dramatic entrances
- puns
- objects in mirror are closer than they appear
- Mirror Universe
- Good!Slade
- good parenting?
- the Truman Balcony
- major injury to a minor
- minor damage to a national monument
- Mamma Bear
- papa wolf
- creepy nursery rhyme
- Slade's pajamas are blue and orange
- Political Assassination
- Masks
- Swords
- the #1 threat to America is supervillains
- mad love
- Pining
- On Earth-3 everything is backwards
- Literary References & Allusions
- Owlman is a fan of poetic justice
- Dramatic Irony
- and seeing his enemies broken at his feet
- Harlequin
- Humor
- Schmoop
- medical confidentiality is serious business
- Tom O'Bedlam
- Arkham Asylum
- Owlman is a monster
- minor appearance by Vicki Vale
- It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
- Angst
- Angst and Humor
- Friendship
- why murder is bad
- better bonding through scars
- Second Chances
- Mythology References
- Janus the Bicameral Man
- Jason Todd is a Talon
- Implied/Referenced Brainwashing
- Child Soldiers
- being the hero means saving everybody
- Freedom
- Forgiveness
- crazy things crazy people do
- this story contains an explosion
- a crowbar
- and two warehouses
- but not like that
- Families of Choice
- Power of Friendship
- broody Owlman
- Pie
- pie for everyone
- Christmas Fluff
- Class Issues
- Wayne Manor
- Alfred Pennyworth is Judging You
- Jokester is professionally annoying
- children are good for the soul
- Evil Bruce is a Scrooge
- tradition
- Jason Todd was a Talon
- Past Brainwashing
- Gotham Circus - Freeform
- Domestic Fluff
- Tim Drake is Inscrutable
- rescue plans
- (this story is about Tim but he doesn't actually appear)
- Hugs
- Light Angst
- (because Jason)
- at least the ducks are happy
- Fluff
- Vigilantism
- St. Patrick's Day
- Minor Swearing
- crazy people married to psychiatrists
- the power of FRIENDSHIP!
- broody teenagers in masks
- The more things change
- America
- (I cannot say that enough)
- abuse of healing factor
- Torture
- Kidnapping
- Dehydration
- smartass Jason
- send in the clowns
- Big Damn Heroes
- Mentions of Murder
- offscreen Jim Gordon
- Blood
- Family Feels
- Female Friendship
- Bechdel Test Pass
- Harlequin psychoanalysis powers go!
- POV Female Character
- awkward ninja
- antisocial botanist
- Cotton Candy (Food)
- ecological conservation is serious business
- fun is serious business
- Life Choices
- Loyalty
- Roller Coasters
- Women Being Awesome
- it isn't a hero night out until the villain attack
- Dark Barbara
- illa rapit caelum
- Fear
- Villains
- power
- Self-Determination
- what you are in the dark
- Secret Identity
- Formal Attire
- cat similes
- business before pleasure
- Owlman thinks he's subtle
- Catwoman thinks she knows what she's dealing with
- they are both wrong
- Aftermath of Torture
- (but the victim has a healing factor)
- (so it's psychological aftermath)
- Identity Issues
- Trust Issues
- Thomas Wayne Memorial Clinic
- married people telepathy
- Constant Vigilance
- team mom
- Investigative Journalism
- the nature of evil
- Who Is Clark Kent?
- Lois Lane deals in absolutes
- Alex Luthor is trapped under a desk
- knowledge is power
- Male-Female Friendship
- Responsibility
- Orphans
- Poor Life Choices
- heroism for fun and profit
- Team as Family
- Team Mom is not perfect
- Birthday Cake
- boomph
- plotless interlude
- the Riddler in my head is five foot two
- Team Up
- Ice Powers
- For Science!
- Cryogenics
- Hypothermia
- that one lab accident
- Superpower Lottery
- (Freeze does not win it)
- Slice of Life
- Sibling Love
- Phone Calls & Telephones
- Abusive Parents
- good parents
- Extended Families
- Laundry
- Explosions
- Interlude
- radio chatter
- Codenames
- Hostage Situations
- not everyone tagged gets a speaking role
- post office
- Networking
- awesome but impractical
- Presents
- friendship is the best power
- multiracial Gotham btw
- Family Secrets
- Adoption
- legal documentation
- hero phone tree
- Mentions of kidnapping
- Jason is an endless fountain of angst
- A Death in the Family (arc)
- birth certificate
- Nicknames
- Tooth-Rotting Fluff
- Domesticity
- Tickling
- Black Mask has minor ninja skills
- new couples are the worst
- (yoko ono did not break up the band)
- Epistolary
- Night of the Owls
- Court of Owls
- chatspeak
- Drama
- Rated for Jason's mouth
- Gotham City Police Department
- attempted coup
- serious violence strongly implied
- spooky secret society
- Talons everywhere
- halloween fic
- Mind Control
- Teamwork
- Magic
- Silver Bullet
- Shapeshifting
- definitions of freedom
- Surgery
- Courage
- Parent-Child Relationship
- Guitars
- man without a number
- J is for Jack and also for other things
- In the Beginning
- Amnesia
- No Angst
- well maybe a little from Roman being all Byronic
- nobody pays in kittens
- History
- the populist movement
- social banditry theory
- gentrification
- First Meetings
- Books
- Growing Up
- Grandmothers
- ontology
- Religion
- biomedical ethics
- all the Scarecrow tropes basically
- discussion of josef mengele
- and related bits of the holocaust
- vis-a-vis the nature of evil
- The Hollow Men
- neuroscience
- jon crane is a massive dork and this is good
- AO3 didn't believe there was scarecrow and two-face friendship fic
- (just at the end though)
- (most of this is strawman's origin story)
- Alternate Universe - Heroes
- Arabian Nights Ninja Dracula
- seriously Ra's makes no sense guys
- Historical context
- Slavery
- mentioned human trafficking
- The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword
- spy vs spy - Freeform
- the founding of the Safavid Dynasty
- Really Five Hundred Years Old
- Good!Ra's
- Tim Drake is a Talon
- that was not a canonized tag when I started this series
- huh
- Unconventional Families
- Everyone Deserves to Be Saved
- Adam West Batman moment
- overanalysing jokes is always funny
- The power of friendship
- Jokester Is Annoying
- Ed Nigma argues for the use of common sense
- i fixed the title
- Mirrorverse
- Brainwashing
- what's in a name
- Self-Harm
- (effectively minor)
- the price of freedom
- bird metaphors
- Quetico Provincial Park
- Animal Death
- blackbird singing in the dead of night
- Dick has a moral compass but it's shaky and he's bad at reading it
- Revenge
- Childhood Friends
- Lullaby Lyrics
- Cool Hats
- grumpy clown day
- Abandoned Warehouses
- Alliances
- Origin Story
- creepy child
- Psychopathology & Sociopathy
- Creepy Fluff
- Grief/Mourning
- being Owlman's 'friend' is a bad idea
- Homework
- Lollipops
- squatters
- Lawyers
- Fear gas
- inappropriate use of grenades
- Circus
- Horror
- Spangles
- symbolism laid on with a trowel
- Nightmares
- doting parents
- brief appearance by imaginary ponies
- Punch & Judy - Freeform
- do you do the hanging?
- silk dancing
- Trapeze
- juggling fire
- and other circus acts
- worst case scenario: be the joker
- superspecial underground conspiracy meetings
- Referenced violence
- puerile humor
- no really this should be aimed at nine-year-olds I swear
- Background Het
- because Jokester is so married forever
- Heroism
- Dignity
- it's all about who you know
- Journalism
- (is a lifestyle)
- Owlman's Worst Day Ever
- Fluff and Humor
- clowns be clowning
- Corporate Espionage
- plot has basically nothing in common with Riddler's Revenge though
- Hacking
- Tech Industry
- Robots
- Nth Hammer
- completely inadequate number of riddles sorry
- historically inaccurate computers
- also i persist in spelling ed's name with an i
- Heroes
- Archnemesis
- force fields
- SCIENCE!
- Self-Esteem Issues
- Anger Management
- which Ultraman is bad at
- neutral versus chaotic good
- Cat Ownership
- Supervillain Gossip Chain
- Superhero Lex
- though he persistently identifies as just a scientist who fights aliens
- Rivalry
- Complaining About Rescues You Don't Like
- How Dare You Underestimate Me!
- Super Soldier Serum
- Parenthood
- Assassination
- and its aftermath
- Grant Wilson exists to get killed and make Slade sad
- Politics
- Bogeymen
- Secret Service - Freeform
- Candlejack is mentioned and nobody gets kidnapped
- Cold War
- War on Terror
- technically Jokester is classified as a domestic terrorist even though he doesn't kill people
- this impacts his credibility
- which is why Bruce had it done
- there is so much meta in my author's note good grief
- Some Humor
- Some Plot
- how it happened
- Harm to Children
- medicalized torture
- with a lot of minions
- healing factor
- Guilt
- preparing countermeasures against yourself
- (Harvey gets to be a sort of grouchy uncle)
- mention of Martian Invasion
- Fear of Mind Control
- Jason Todd is Red Hood
- Jason Todd may or may not suspect himself of being Jason Vorhees
- meta dramatic irony
- it isn't courage if you aren't afraid
- Trust
- gothic architecture
- Sequel
- Emotional Hurt/Comfort
- communication is key
- and by sequel I mean 'followup to 'Brought to You By The Letter S'
- cosmic villain attack
- incredibly dated slang
- British Slang
- Marmalade Cat
- Butterflies
- Klarion has been rebooted for basically his every appearance anywhere in anything
- Sandman references
- (i really love that Sandman is technically in the DCU okay)
- Museums
- Chaos versus Order
- Humor Hammer to the Rescue
- Owlman is not in this fic
- Save The City
- Chaotic Good
- Lawful Evil
- You Have Been Warned
- Bank Robbery
- Moral Bankruptcy
- treated by the asshole narrator as a good thing
- Zsasz and his dead rich parents
- Owlman and his dead rich parents
- Good!Zsasz is still a loony toon
- and fond of knives
- parenting is hard
- it takes a village
- or rather what to do when you haven't got one
- social banditry
- Awkwardness
- Hiding in Plain Sight
- i feel sorry for the word nefarious nobody uses it seriously anymore
- Music
- Public Relations
- Gotham City - Freeform
- Creating A Diversion
- Public Monuments
- Concerts
- Performance Art
- Jokester is a one-man cover band
- the day-glo pirate sings at last
- Honor
- Forests
- Swordfighting
- Sort Of
- Possession
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
- Father-Son Relationship
- Grayson's shaky moral compass that totally exists
- Identity
- Assassins & Hitmen
- Evil Genius Lex
- except not really
- why is that even a tag that is his default identity
- Good Genius Alex
- mercy is the worst best minion ever
- Coffee
- Sleep Deprivation
- Arc Welder
- which is absolutely nothing like an arc reactor
- although this fic does contain a billionaire genius working on power armor
- (between complete weirdos)
- Barry does not actually appear
- Eobard's obsession survived alignment shift intact
- save the day
- Thermonuclear War
- Time Travel
- Dysfunctional Family
- it is technically all one family
- i can complain about Flash continuity for hours just watch me
- evil speedsters coming soon to a fic near you
- Protective younger brother
- i just reread this and legit can't believe the line 'heyo eo' exists even tho i wrote it
- IT RHYMES
- what cutesy nonsense is this
- Past Child Abuse
- other Owlman-adjacent ugh
- French Toast
- Breakfast
- Touch-Starved
- Healing
- and ex-Talons not knowing how to handle that
- bossy six-year-old
- Good Parenting
- Paranoia
- jokester is basically a cotton candy machine in disguise
- harlequin is slightly more realistic
- but does the right thing anyway
- yet more origin story
- Scars
- Hurt/Comfort
- You are filled with DETERMINATION
- gratuitous Hemingway
- Minor Body Horror
- aka the Joker's origin
- no one ever said being good was easy
- Doctors & Physicians
- the process of becoming a heroic clown
- Bandage Mummy
- Purple
- How Bruce Took Over The Court Of Owls
- Fire
- Water
- How J Came To Gotham
- Secret Society Politics
- the kindness of strangers
- Alice in Wonderland References
- Alice Through the Looking Glass References also
- Undercover
- Case Fic
- or as close as these clowns get
- Tea
- to raise a child
- Baking
- Hopscotch
- Children
- can be cruel
- secret identities are hard when you're seven
- what did you say about my mother
- Summer Vacation
- POV Second Person
- i keep tagging alex as also being lex
- because i feel lex fans may enjoy him
- for science is always a good reason
- reptile care
- Knitting
- luthorcorp headquarters are low-key a fortress
- dumb stuff that's canon
- ninja clown
- warning bad pun
- deranged vigilante good manners
- alex just wants to live in his lab and do Science
- where did all these Responsibilities come from
- it's 1988 and the world's still turning
- superhero parenting: the saga
- amazon attack
- this doesn't actually happen every time Harley goes out
- just often enough to be annoying
- hero-villain banter
- Poison Ivy's Ridiculous Superpowers
- fusion cheetah btw
- this is the best worst superhero team
- ultimate frisbee
- superwoman is the worst
- except not anymore
- that is kind of the point
- Prison
- Escape
- some gloating
- pranking as psychological warfare
- Darkwing Duck - Freeform
- Confrontations
- cliffs
- Colorado
- Things Not Going According To Plan
- Hyenas
- Cops
- Actual Superheroing
- Harvey is only mostly okay
- Gun Safety
- that's my secret cap
- one day i will use mothman as something other than a background character
- POV Multiple
- Police Misconduct
- POV Outsider
- just a bit
- Were-Creatures
- a flagrant disrespect for the law
- mental health
- Harley Is Team Mom
- the plot structure of this fic is so whack
- all the action is at the front
- fair warning
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Freeform
- Car Accidents
- a brief appearance by elephants
- space
- luthor is an engineer at heart
- Science Bros
- Alien Cultural Differences
- bizarrely small because dc
- Ethics
- the Cold War will not butt out of Alex's life
- Team Dynamics
- the mortality rate of Flash villains is frankly alarming tbh
- Luthor gets a little high-handed
- Sibling Relationship
- Hypnosis
- Zamboni
- slightly mad science
- Legacy Character
- leading a superhero team is always like herding cats len
- and being a lightning rod is stressful work
- Selina likes monsters
- but she underestimated this one
- Breakup
- Controlling Behavior
- Abusive tendencies
- Theft
- Jokester is a troll
- but a helpful troll
- Nursery Rhyme References
- treasure
- Parley
- commitment issues and entitlement issues are a really bad match
- king and court
- teen heroes
- mention of human trafficking
- (selling people to aliens)
- some discussion of race
- not severe though
- kiddie torture
- title is cheesy and I feel no shame
- Dakota - Freeform
- Villain Virgil
- Family
- Family Drama
- working outside the system
- in which the pov character is evil but nothing horrible actually happens
- lonely people
- Stray Cat
- The Fortress of Solitude
- Chips - Freeform
- veterinarians do not give a crap who you are
- spree shopping
- Violent Thoughts
- cats available free
- owning cats expensive
- but story overall weirdly wholesome
- al ghul family values
- Past Talia al Ghul/Bruce Wayne
- discussion of tim drake
- mention of nyssa raatko
- (aka the jason todd of the al ghul family)
- Immortality
- younger sibling problems
- Saving the World
- ecology human rights and fighting supervillains
- what is free time
- Good Parent Talia al Ghul
- Well - Freeform
- she's genuinely trying
- as is ra's
- parenting is hard though
- so flaws persist
- damian currently known as damianos al ghul
- discussion of Owlman
- cloning
- Clone Rights
- scientific ethics
- Project Cadmus
- called to carpet
- the tyranny of desks
- President Luthor
- Government Agencies
- Government Experimentation
- Government
- a thankless task for the virtuous
- and a dangerous opportunity for the wicked
- Ultraboy - Freeform
- discussion of slavery
- in the context of bioengineering
- Political Expediency
- Project Jigsaw
- i love waller she's awful
- series of vignettes on a theme
- bundled together
- because it made more sense than trying to get any of them to stand alone
- rogues that play together stay together
- Food
- Cooking
- Team Bonding
- oh look waylon pov
- why is that so hard
- a distinct preponderance of grain-based foods
- a ridiculous lack of concern for people trying to shoot you
- teen angst a la ex-assassin
- Pancakes
- eating on the cheap
- i'm not sure about the name Marius for Orm
- but i can't find any other surname to go with his post-Crisis Inupiat background
- so i assume dc didn't bother with one
- post Injustice War
- Paperwork
- So much paperwork
- discussion of bizarro
- this does not stand on its own in any way at all
- but it contributes to the series and that's sometimes all you can ask
- George Washington - Freeform
- genius billionaires and their power armor
- meddling clown
- the power-freedom-responsibility triangle
- post-Injustice War
- billy's life is suffering
- bodysnatching
- Human Trafficking
- Attempted Sexual Assault
- Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
- no graphic violence
- no graphic anything
- But everything is terrible
- Trauma
- Disturbing Themes
- suicide-adjacent thoughts
- Isolation
- Geographical Isolation
- Hermit
- captain marvel is evil but billy batson isn't
- Discuss
- competent billy batson
- Arson
- Detective Work
- Jumping to Conclusions
- just plain jumping
- Aftermath of fire
- Ed is a dork
- waylon is not his sidekick
- this relationship tag apparently unprecedented
- Professional Collaboration
- the non-murder kind this time
- Atheism
- and the New Gods
- Writing
- interdimensional politics
- Aliens
- ultraman is an entitled man-child
- Storm drains
- public library
- tbh this is barely even about religion
- mostly it's about aliens
- and Lois Lane
- in this case that means
- Alternate Universe - Villains
- superwoman is just as bad
- Injustice Syndicate
- evil lair of evil
- knights and squires
- dominance posturing
- disregard for bodily autonomy
- The Iliad References
- minion drama at the kiddie table
- teen for brainwashing and superwoman's persistent creepiness
- supervillains are so image-conscious lmao
- Police Brutality
- Gunshot Wounds
- Healthy Boundaries
- the risks of being a deranged vigilante
- youth gangs
- literally an entire fic about relationship issues between
- alternate universe good joker and his OC civilian friend
- Loss
- Nobody Dies
- the violence isn't even much by this series' standards
- but Alonzo isn't chill about it so it's a bigger deal
- Mexican-American character
Summary
A cruel Owl sharpens his Talons, and holds Gotham by the throat, but the rule of fear can never be complete, so long as there are still those who laugh at the dark.
And this, o my best-beloved, is why we have clowns.
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22 May 2023