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Flying back to Cherry Street, weaving reckless in the dark, it comes down to this: Dick is the only one of his siblings that Jason has any real claim on. Dick is the only one of that whole mess of victims to Batman's cult of self-immolation who belongs to Jason. Even more than that - Dick is the only person in the world who he shares a parent with, who knows what it meant to be the Robin to Batman of nearly ten years ago.
It's just not the same anymore.
So if Dick fucking kicks it, Jason's the only one left. Jason becomes an only child. Jason becomes the last of his kind. Jason becomes the sole keeper of that memory, of a brotherhood shared under a man who no longer exists. There is no way to replace Dick, because the world that they lived in together is gone, and can never give Jason a surrogate.
The Red Hood pulls the thread on a mystery big enough to bridge the distance between two cities, two brothers: The plot they unravel is far deeper and darker than a garden-variety drug trafficking scheme. A story about siblingship, hauntings, and rivers.
1. Ostium, osti(i): Latin noun, II Declension: Door, opening; (river) mouth; entrance (to the underworld).
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- Part 1 of these and other tragedies
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Bookmarked by microbrewLu
08 May 2025
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10000/10 🍺 Easily the best thing I’ve read all year.
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Meet me at the intersection by lildraws (azra899), tucuxi
Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)
01 Dec 2024
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Umino Iruka regarded the man standing before his shop counter with what was probably poorly-veiled irritation.
"Yes, thank you," he said. "I know how a triple-layered chakra lock works."
Long years of experience kept Iruka's tone even: losing his temper meant losing customers, even if there weren't very many people in Konoha who did what he did.
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The canon-divergent au in which Iruka graduates the academy, does 3 D-rank missions, and then retires, because his leg was badly crushed in the kyuubi attack—so he re-trains as a locksmith and makes chakra-manipulated locks.
A story about systemic structural power imbalances between shinobi and civilians and the various ways in which expectations of physical strength and implicit ableism are detrimental to community trust. In which Iruka finds himself stuck between worlds, all because Sharingan Kakashi demanded the impossible, and Iruka made him a quadruple-layered chakra lock.
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"Matt, this is Peter Parker, our promising —"
Matt stands as soon as Peter's in the doorway. His whole body looks stiff.
If Peter didn't know better, he'd say Matt recognized him.Series
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Bookmarked by microbrewLu
13 Apr 2025
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I didn’t need to feel this way about Matt Murdock, but now I do.
10/10 🍺
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Set Naked On Your Kingdom by sassydandelion
Fandoms: Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Batman - All Media Types
11 Apr 2023
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At the end of No Way Home, Peter chooses to sacrifice his life in New York to save the multi-verse...by letting Dr. Strange send him to a world where no one has ever heard of Spider-Man. What kind of crazy place is this Gotham City, anyway?
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Bookmarked by microbrewLu
13 Apr 2025
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Fan-flipping-tastic. All the hallmarks of a mystery story wrapped around a gooey “adopt the spider” center.
10/10 🍺
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"Sometimes you don’t have the luxury of decades." He eyed G’raha. "Or the burden."
[contains 6.0 Endwalker spoilers (level 90)]
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savior(s) of the broken by Aelig for epistemology
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days
28 Aug 2021
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“I could have taken care of them alone,” says the guy he just saved, finally coming out in the light to watch the last of the gang scramble away as fast as he could. “But thanks.”
Jason turns, a quip ready on his lips, but his breath gets taken away by the unexpected sigh.
Because, right here in front of him and none the wiser, is Dick Grayson himself — Nightwing, leader of the Titans, former Robin, favored son of Batman.
His big brother.
OR: Red Hood saves Dick Grayson from a mugging. Everything spirals out of his control, then.- Language:
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Bookmarked by microbrewLu
09 Aug 2024
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The Nightwing and Red Hood fic that I’ve always wanted. 🍺❤️
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a brand new day by ShowMeAHero
Fandoms: DCU, Justice League - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
01 Mar 2021
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“Traffic jam outside Haly’s,” Clark tells him. “I tell you, this circus has turned downtown Gotham into a— Well, a circus.”
“And you’ve won awards for journalism?”
“Hush,” Clark replies. “Want me to check on things?”
“Please,” Bruce says.
or: the one where bruce and clark are already together when dick's parents are killed, and so they end up adopting him together.Series
- Part 1 of somewhere to begin
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Anastasia AU. Joshua Margrace grew up an orphan in Sanbreque with no memory of his early life. His one keepsake is an intricately crafted armband of Rosarian make. Unfortunately, a longstanding war between Rosaria and Sanbreque makes it impossible for him to learn more about the armband’s provenance.
Joshua finds his chance, however, when Oriflamme issues a summons for a fire-aspected Bearer that matches Joshua’s exact physical description—a man the Imperial Palace, bizarrely enough, wants to send as companion to the Crown Prince Dion Lesage as he goes on a mission to finally negotiate peace with the Rosarian ducal family.
Written for the PhoenixFlare Weekly prompt "heirloom."
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Time (to Protect You) by Blueseabird2
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
06 Aug 2022
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Losing Damian not only hurt beyond measure but also made Dick the last Bat standing. He had nothing keeping him in a broken world so goes back in time with only one ally (Damian begs to differ) and no plan except to protect everyone he can, at any cost.
Dick starts with making sure Jason never dies at the hands of the Joker and proceeds to track down and love his siblings (while maybe also plotting the destruction of the League of Assassins). He just doesn't realize that a clan of highly trained vigilantes are more than capable of realizing that Dick is not okay, and of returning his devotion with their own.
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- Part 1 of We Have Time
- Part 2 of Batfamily Feels
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“You said you were on a case?” Jason shouts, partially drowned out when the beast opens its fierce jaws and roars.
“Case, monster hunt, same thing,” Tim replies.
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Tim isn’t very good at icing people out, even when they really, really deserve it.
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Bookmarked by microbrewLu
03 Dec 2023
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*Slaps roof of fic* This bad boy can fit so much lowkey romance in it.
10/10 🍺 Phenomenal delivery.
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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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Shake the Devil Out of Me by thepartyresponsible
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Batman - All Media Types, DCU
22 Jan 2018
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The first time Jason sees Phil Coulson, he sees him in the soft, flickering light of a warehouse fire. It’s romantic, he thinks, later. Like candlelight.
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Bookmarked by microbrewLu
18 Nov 2023
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That rare pair that put me in rare pair hell. 10/10 🍺
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Cid is in the bad business of collecting broken things.
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Bookmarked by microbrewLu
26 Oct 2023
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I hear the whole thing in Cid’s voice, and that’s what makes it perfect.
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Make This Easy by thepartyresponsible
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel, Batman - All Media Types, DCU
12 Feb 2019
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Frank had subconsciously filtered him out as the newest highlight in the endless parade of walking muscle caught in the orbit of the Stark business, but, now that he’s looking, he can see that this kid’s out of his territory.
That’s a Gotham Knights shirt under his beat-up leather jacket. And the outline of a bat, sleek and stylized, is branching across his shoulders.
Well, Frank thinks, raising his eyebrows. Alright, then.
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- Part 2 of Give Me Mercy
Bookmarked by microbrewLu
04 Oct 2023
Bookmarker's Notes
10/10 beers 🍺 with a whiskey shot on the side.
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Thanks for Saving Me by Esselle
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
27 Apr 2019
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"You saved my life," Todoroki says.
Izuku freezes. Then he looks up. Todoroki Shouto is staring at him, his eyes calm but wide, dust and soot all over his face. His perfect, handsome face. He's more beautiful in person than Izuku could have imagined.
"You just saved all of us," Todoroki says again. "What's your name?"
"M-Midoriya," Izuku chokes out. "Midoriya Izuku."
Todoroki nods. "Midoriya. Thank you."
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Midoriya Izuku is a university sophomore, a fanboy, quirkless. On the list of things he is not: a hero.
That's why he's more surprised than anyone when he rescues Todoroki Shouto, his favorite pro hero, from a deadly villain attack. His actions fling him into the media spotlight, grabbing the attention of the entire country, including Todoroki himself. But Todoroki actually wants to get to know him past the headlines.
Izuku finds himself living a story straight out of a fairy tale, one where the mysterious, handsome prince is played by the real-life superhero he has always admired. But Izuku is convinced he's the ugly duckling, not the swan; could he ever be remarkable enough to get his happily ever after?
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- Part 1 of Thanks for Saving Me
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“Shit. Kai said you were a kid, but you really are fuckin’ young.”
“Where’s Kai?”
“Workin’, if he knows what’s good for him.” The stranger sat in an easy sprawl at the bench, at arm’s reach, his elbows pressed over his knees. “All right, kid. Where the hell did you steal those gems from?”
“You’re Kai’s boss?” Akira hazarded a guess.
“Answer the question.”
“Why should I? I don’t know who you are. You could be an undercover cop.”
“Heh. Kai was right about that too. You’ve got some fuckin’ balls.” The stranger held out a hand. “Iwai. Kai’s boss.”
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“None of us were prepared for the spectacle that awaited us when we first stepped into the tower [...] and there, at its center, we found him.”
G’raha Tia wakes to a world devastated by the Eighth Umbral Calamity. The engineers of the Ironworks have a plan to right the wrongs committed centuries earlier - but can G’raha work past his own fear, doubt, and sorrow? Can he claim what is his by bloodright and see this plan through to completion?
Can he save his Warrior of Light?
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Sakura is a rōnin, but she's good enough with a blade to find work. She's trusted at Fukiage because she's a nameless woman who can't afford to bite any hand that feeds her.
Shikamaru's awful attitude makes him a favorite in the teahouse. He makes his money on his back but his real trade is information. There is rot in Fire Country. Shikamaru sees it, and he is going to burn it at the roots.
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Bookmarked by microbrewLu
10 Oct 2022
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I like buff women, especially buff women who can bite as hard as they bark.
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Jack's always been a cautious man, preferring to part with information only when absolutely necessary. Telling unfamiliar people that he can't remember anything beyond a battlefield in France doesn't strike him as necessary, not when he's already begun to piece together the situation for himself. The war is over, and he's returned to his life as a police officer. Apparently whatever case he's working is not going particularly well.
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The war ends. Iruka gets promoted. Things go differently for Kakashi.