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Declensions by dustorange
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), DCU
29 Sep 2018
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“My father,” Dick says, “worked the rope. It cut him. His hands were never clean.”
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08 Oct 2025
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Tim Drake never actually wanted to become part of the Robin-Batman-vigilante outfit. No, really. But the last Robin up and died, and now Batman is going crazy, and no one else is doing anything about it, so...Tim decides to become Robin. He might as well, right? At the very least it'll give him something to do while his parents are gone.
Still, Tim's not taking up the mantle until he can put a couple of things in order. Step one? Making sure the Joker can't get it into his head to kill another Robin. Not ever again. (Good thing Tim's not the one with a 'no killing' rule.)
And then after that? Well, after that it's only just a matter of keeping Batman from learning Tim's identity and subsequently chasing him off. Not until Bruce can get back on his feet and pick a new Robin, a real one this time. Easy-peasy.
Sort of.
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- English
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- 45,010
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30 Sep 2025
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Something Telling (Between Then and Now) by dannyPURO
Fandoms: Les Misérables - All Media Types, Les Misérables - Victor Hugo
19 Oct 2020
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On a hot summer's day in 1832, Enjolras, alone on the barricades and staring down the barrel of far too many muskets, makes the coward's choice. He falls backwards through an open window, eyes clenched shut.
On a hot summer's day in 2019, Grantaire is walking home from work when he bumps into some guy in a fucking waistcoat, of all things.
AKA, the time travel AU, featuring cultural differences, Enjolras learning how to have friends, and Grantaire trying his fucking best.
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- Part 1 of Something Telling
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- English
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- 99,127
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- 9/9
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22 Sep 2025
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When an NHL team loses far more often than it wins, a smart general manager will trigger a rebuild, a complete overhaul of the team's roster, strategy, and personnel.
Generally speaking, there are five steps to any rebuild.
1. Identify the problems
2. Excise the rot
3. Acquire better assets
4. Set a new foundation
5. Start prayingA rebuild is a brutal, necessary business decision for the survival of the team.
Nobody knows more about surviving brutal, necessary decisions than Kent Parson.
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- Part 1 of Double Or Nothing
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22 Jul 2025
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And something exhausted and brittle in Tim just snaps. “Full disclosure: I don’t care what you think.” A thrill of fear shoots down his spine as he spits those words, but he pushes it down and steps forward, glaring. His heartbeat thunders in his ears. “Look, I’m here to make a deal and I am willing to pay. I want - ”
Between one blink and the next, a searingly hot palm presses against his chest. The demon is suddenly much, much closer. Her stare bores into him as she says, in perfect tandem with his own voice, “ - Jason Todd back from the dead."
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Or, alternatively: Tim makes a deal.
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- Part 1 of equivalent exchange
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04 Apr 2025
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Summary:And something exhausted and brittle in Tim just snaps. “Full disclosure: I don’t care what you think.” A thrill of fear shoots down his spine as he spits those words, but he pushes it down and steps forward, glaring. His heartbeat thunders in his ears. “Look, I’m here to make a deal and I am willing to pay. I want - ”
Between one blink and the next, a searingly hot palm presses against his chest. The demon is suddenly much, much closer. Her stare bores into him as she says, in perfect tandem with his own voice, “ - Jason Todd back from the dead."
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Or, alternatively: Tim makes a deal.
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Hospital Ball (Jamie Tartt's Adventures in Matchmaking) by dannyPURO
Fandoms: Ted Lasso (TV)
08 Jun 2023
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Jamie's the best matchmaker ever--Roy and Keeley are gonna be back together before they even realize what's hit them. He's also, maybe, possibly fucking Roy on the side, but that's just until Roy gets back with Keeley and everything goes back to normal. Yente shit, like. (Note: This is not what anybody else thinks is going on, like, at all.)
In which Roy tries to be a good boyfriend to someone who doesn't know he has a boyfriend, Keeley and Jamie can't figure out who's stealing Roy from whom, and Jamie ponders the ethics of plagiarizing a blowjob for the greater good and learns to cook in the meantime. A comedy of errors.
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01 Jan 2025
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Into the Brighter Night by shoalsea
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Young Justice (Comics)
25 Oct 2020
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When an unknown enemy threatens Robin, Gotham's vigilantes come together to keep him safe.
Unfortunately, they're protecting the wrong Robin.
Or: Tim Drake plans his own rescue. Things get complicated.
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12 Dec 2024
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Filial Pedantics by Briarwitched
Fandoms: Young Justice (Cartoon), Superman - All Media Types, Superman: The Animated Series
24 Aug 2020
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After failing to swallow kryptonite in an attempt to beat his terminal illness to the punchline, Conner is confronted by the least super of his two genetic donors as he wanders the desert states solo. Meanwhile, Lex is suffering from both a relapse of kryptonite cancer and the delusion that he's Conner's father-- a condition that leads him to insist that he take over Conner's end of life care while he attempts to cure him himself.
It's not exactly like Conner had better plans. Now they can both be dying assholes... together.
Yay.
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- Part 1 of Affiliative Vexations
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- English
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10 Dec 2024
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Don't You Forget About Me by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Grayson (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), DCU (Comics)
17 Jun 2022
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A mysterious stranger visits the Batfamily during the holidays. He remembers all of them, but they don't remember him.
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07 Dec 2024
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“Huh. Just when I thought this family couldn't get any weirder.” She shook her head. “I mean, good for you, but also I'm sorry? If I'd known I would've brought you a teething ring or something for a get-well present.”
“Steph…” Tim sounded pained.
“Yeah, Steph, be nice to Jason,” Dick said, most of his attention still on his phone. “Teething makes him grumpy. You know how it is.”
Or: After the Pit, Jason can re-grow teeth. Sometimes this comes in handy. Doesn't mean it's pleasant.
(Sequel to an earlier fic, but can be read independently.)
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- Part 2 of Teething Pains
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06 Dec 2024
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A Disclaimer From Your Friendly Neighborhood Oracle:
The following is a transcript of Patrol Communications Audio written by state of the art transcription technology, IRIS (Interpretation of Recorded Intelligence Software). IRIS was created to provide easily searchable records, automatically, and eliminate the need to transcribe each patrol audio log manually. That being said, IRIS is still experimental, and may not always be entirely accurate.
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(01:25) Red Hood: (Mild static) (Out of breath, slurred) You motherfuckers. Put some fuckin-Batman: (Shaking) Red Hood-
Red Hood: Shut up. Put some fucking respect. On my name. Start fucking copying me. I just got thrown fucking. Um. 40 feet. Into a fucking uh. What's it. Ditch. I'm still fucking conscious.
Batman: Red Hood, do not move, we're en route-
Red Hood: What'll I win if I stand up.
Batman: (Loud) Do not stand up.
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- Part 1 of IRIS Logs
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08 Aug 2024
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Considering the amount of bullshit Steph puts up with in her day-to-day, she deserves a night off from the emotional terrorism of being associated with the Waynes and their various love interests.
Unfortunately, Steph rarely gets what she deserves.
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05 Aug 2024
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Sometimes a man shouldn't get what he wants. Jim and Barbara Gordon, early on. Set in and around ROBIN: YEAR ONE; readers familiar with that work will recognize a couple of lines of Chuck Dixon's dialogue in one scene.
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15 Mar 2024
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In the weeks following the war, Zuko faces a gauntlet of Agni Kai challengers. Sokka worries.
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12 Oct 2023
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Strange Young World by CSHfic, VSfic
Summary:In the weeks following the war, Zuko faces a gauntlet of Agni Kai challengers. Sokka worries.
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It wasn’t his place -- far from it -- but Bruce had asked.
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04 Oct 2023
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when you need me by TheResurrectionist
It wasn’t his place -- far from it -- but Bruce had asked.
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Gotta Roll With The Curveballs by justapoorboy
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Young Justice (Comics), We Are Robin (Comics)
11 Aug 2022
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“How’d you cry so easily?” Duke asks, still entirely too awkward because no matter what Steph says, Duke still thinks Tim is kinda cool in a weird way. A really weird way.
“Oh, I classically conditioned myself over winter break when I was eleven. All I have to do to tear up is pinch a certain point on my arm. See?” Tim viciously pinches a spot on his inner forearm. Immediately tears start to well in his eyes.
Or: Duke Thomas dealing with Tim Pod-Baby Drake and what exactly that entails.
EDITS MADE: 09/16/2024
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- Part 2 of Achilles Tendons and Their Extensions
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03 Oct 2023
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Gotta Roll With The Curveballs by justapoorboy
“How’d you cry so easily?” Duke asks, still entirely too awkward because no matter what Steph says, Duke still thinks Tim is kinda cool in a weird way. A really weird way.
“Oh, I classically conditioned myself over winter break when I was eleven. All I have to do to tear up is pinch a certain point on my arm. See?” Tim viciously pinches a spot on his inner forearm. Immediately tears start to well in his eyes.
Or: Duke Thomas dealing with Tim Pod-Baby Drake and what exactly that entails.
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when doves cry by Scarlet_Ribbons for SilverSkiesAtMidnight
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
04 Jan 2023
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Tim is grateful Hood leaves promptly, in any case, because that means he doesn’t see Tim crawl the last few feet into his house.
[Jack and Janet die uneventfully— at the hands of a home intruder, at 3:41 in the morning on a Thursday. Two gunshots. Tim’s entire world comes to a screeching halt at 3:44, when he finds their bodies.]
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01 Oct 2023
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when doves cry by Scarlet_Ribbons
Tim is grateful Hood leaves promptly, in any case, because that means he doesn’t see Tim crawl the last few feet into his house.
[Jack and Janet die uneventfully— at the hands of a home intruder, at 3:41 in the morning on a Thursday. Two gunshots. Tim’s entire world comes to a screeching halt at 3:44, when he finds their bodies.]
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A Blur of Spinning Wheels by chinuplargepup (chinuplilpup)
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types
21 Dec 2020
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Dick is on the chandelier.
An eight year old. A genius gymnast, to be sure, but a child, small for his age and under Bruce’s legal care. On the chandelier. Twenty five feet above the ground, surrounded by glass and kept up by a single fifty-year-old chain bolted to the ceiling.
Bruce is going to have to check his blood pressure after Dick is safe on the ground.
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30 Sep 2023
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“So,” Jim said, “are you one of Wayne’s new kids?” Because only siblings acted that way toward each other, and it seemed like every time Gotham turned around, Bruce Wayne was adopting more kids. It was a reasonable question.
“What?” Jay asked. “No, I’m—” He paused. Very slowly, his head tilted as he looked over Jim’s shoulder in the most obvious way he possibly could.
Jim Gordon accidentally meets the "newest" member of the Wayne family.
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30 Sep 2023
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I Always End Up Where I Need to Be by Lavellington
Fandom: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
19 May 2018
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20 Sep 2023
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I Always End Up Where I Need to Be - Series
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Electric Ghost Rhino
Dirk and Todd are not co-dependent, exactly. They've just had a rough couple of weeks.
Words: 8,363
I Will Roam if You Say Roam
My old landlord wrote to me yesterday, and apparently I need to go and pick up my things or he'll throw them in a skip."
"A what?" Todd asks, sitting down heavily on the sofa.
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Dirk and Todd go to London
Words: 72,810
Never Played It Cool
"Dude," Amanda says, squeezing her tight while her hair tickles Farah's face. "It's so good to see you."
"You too," Farah says, meaning it, and when they break apart Amanda's hands linger on her shoulders for a second longer than they have to, and that's nice. That's enough to feed her borderline pathetic crush for a week, at least.
Words: 1,858
I Can't Tell One From the Other (Did I Find You Or You Find Me)
"I can't possibly meet your parents on Sunday, Todd! It's too soon! I haven't done any preparatory research!"
"Yeah," Todd says, "we all know you're Mister Preparatory Research."
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Todd's still trying to Fix Things with his family, and he's not sure if introducing them to Dirk Gently counts as progress in that department.
Words: 7,590