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To Be Given A Second Chance (God, We Didn't Ask for This) by why_is_this_a_thing_now
Fandoms: Naruto
20 Aug 2024
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An existence of peace in the Pure Land does wonders to heal lifelong scars and reunite a once broken team, but Team Seven, no matter which iteration, has never had the best relationship with peace.
While Rin, Obito, and Kakashi might be responsible for their predicament, they certainly didn't mean for it to turn out like this. Now, thrown back to the last moment all three of them were alive, the once-again young members of Team Minato find themselves dealing with something far more consequential than deja vu.
They've already gone through this travesty of a script once before, however, and they're not eager for a repeat performance. The fabric of space-time can kindly set itself on fire, they're doing this their way.
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- Part 1 of let's do the time warp again
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Theater and Community by why_is_this_a_thing_now
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Welcome to Night Vale
24 Jul 2024
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It starts, as most things do, with a radio. Tamika Flynn, you know, from Gotham? Plays the same station whenever she's on the late shift in one of Red Hood's operations. The static that comes out confuses her co-workers, but they, as all people do, grow used to it in time. Tamika makes faces, sometimes, reacting to something they can't hear, but after three years of the same quirk, those that manage to stick around find themselves sometimes humming along with the weather.
Tamika from Gotham doesn't speak much about why she listens to static, or why she insists on being called "Tamika from Gotham", despite not actually being from Gotham, but she does say that the epithet reminds her of home.
This changes when the boss himself checks in on their operation one fateful night and asks in confusion after voices unheard from a known sources, transmitting the unknown.
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Jason starts his night with a hitlist, and ends it with a Radio that captures his attention immediately. Night Vale Community Radio is an interesting thing, after all. Listening at first with confusion, then fondness, he finds himself getting invested.
Everything changes after he hears Night Vale Community Theater's casting call.
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- Part 17 of A Basket Full of Red Hood
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A Zombie's Pride and Prejudice by why_is_this_a_thing_now
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
23 Jun 2024
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Tim points to the couch. “I got your book!”
Sure enough, there’s a well-loved copy of Pride and Prejudice, the most basic of all the Austen books, resting where bird-boy had flung it to escape her perfectly reasonable defensive maneuver.
Raising an eyebrow in disbelief, Steph frowns at him. “Where the hell did you get that? I know you hate reading just as much as I do.”
Tim flips her off. “Hey, I read!”
“Psychology papers and crime statistics don’t count, dumb-dumb. Now, who’d you steal this from?”
Rolling his eyes, he crosses his arms defensively. “They do count, you’re just picky.”
Steph gives him the silent treatment, and it only takes three seconds of prolonged eye-contact for Tim to break.
“I stole it from Jason.”
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Steph calls for help writing an essay for her class. Unluckily, Tim decides to take Jason's book to help her out, and they aren't too careful with what they replace it with while covering their tracks.
Jason's just surprised they had the balls to swap out his book for something so on-the-nose.
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- Part 16 of A Basket Full of Red Hood
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Oh How the Turns Have Tabled by why_is_this_a_thing_now
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), DCU, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Young Justice - All Media Types
07 Apr 2024
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“Hey, I need you to watch this for me.”
Not looking up from his computer, Tim hums absently in agreement with Jason’s sudden demand. Steph had challenged him to make something that could play Doom in Minecraft, and he knows that he’s almost got it, the answer’s right there, he just needs to do a little more tweaking on his latest attempt, and then he’ll take a break from the game. Steph’s going to owe him seven cups of coffee, and victory will be sweet.
In retrospect, it may have been a bad idea to agree to do anything for Jason without first checking what, exactly, the asshole is asking him for.
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In a startling turn of events, Jason leaves not one but TWO kids with the Titans for them to look after.
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- Part 15 of A Basket Full of Red Hood
- Part 12 of Red Hood's Babysitting Services
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Battle of Wits Take Two (This Time with 100% More Poison!) by why_is_this_a_thing_now
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Young Justice (Cartoon), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
17 Mar 2024
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Ignoring the tantrum the kid’s throwing, Tim stands and turns towards Jason, panicking. “Oh fuck, why would you do that?! I don’t know what he put in there, we may not have an antidote!”
Raising an unimpressed eyebrow at Tim, Jason puts the mug back on the table and crosses his arms. “What do you mean you don’t know what’s in the coffee, the little brat just said it was iocaine powder.”
Is it okay to feel the strong urge to smack your brother who just drank poison for you? “Iocaine powder isn’t real, Jason!”
“You two are overreacting,” Jason says, instead of coming with Tim to the medbay so he can hopefully save his damn life. “I’m fine.”
“You are an overconfident fool, Red Hood,” the brat bites out. “You are not fine, you will die in five seconds.”
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In order to contest Tim's right to claim the title of Robin, Damian challenges him to a battle of wits. Tim would find it a lot funnier if he wasn't absolutely certain that this little brat just dumped actual poison into his precious coffee. If Jason could stop messing around, that would be great, too.
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- Part 14 of A Basket Full of Red Hood
- Part 11 of Red Hood's Babysitting Services
Recent series
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A Basket Full of Red Hood by why_is_this_a_thing_now
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), DCU, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Welcome to Night Vale, Young Justice (Cartoon), Young Justice - All Media Types
24 Jul 2024
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Jason Todd snippits and stories, not necessarily connected by anything other than being Jason Todd-centric. May add more fics if the plot bunnies strike again.
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Red Hood's Babysitting Services by why_is_this_a_thing_now
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), DCU, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Young Justice (Cartoon), Young Justice - All Media Types
07 Apr 2024
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Jason, through a series of unlikely events, finds himself taking care of one Timothy Drake and the rest of the brat's team of teenaged heroes. They only know him as Red Hood, which... MAY cause some issues further down the road.
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After an unplanned use of Kamui while in the Pure Land, Team Minato (minus Minato) find themselves alive and in the past. This series follows the fallout of three morons and a bijuu who are up for anything as long as its not what they've done before.
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how murderbot met ART, adapted from the genius novels by Martha Wells
Bookmarked by why_is_this_a_thing_now
29 Mar 2026
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Six Degrees of Separation by OliOcelot
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, Criminal Minds (US TV), Red Hood: Lost Days
23 Feb 2026
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After hitting him with her car, Penelope Garcia accidentally adopts a catatonic Jason Todd as her little brother without having any idea who he is. This forces her to reevaluate her life and what she wants to do with it, leading her to the BAU. For both of their sakes.
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- 1,378
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BatFam works! (Mostly Jason-centric!)
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Bookmarked by why_is_this_a_thing_now
24 Dec 2025
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Bandaids for Bullet Wounds by voidapologist
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Red Hood: Lost Days, Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series
28 Nov 2025
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Jason gets drunk to celebrate his birthday after his return to Gotham, and ends up killing the Joker — but not in costume. One little slip up, and suddenly Batman knows that Jason Todd is alive and in Gotham, and seeks to bring him home with the help of Crime Alley’s new vigilante, Red Hood.
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Bookmarked by why_is_this_a_thing_now
08 Dec 2025
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Footsteps pass by his door, pausing to knock. Sometimes it’s Grayson. Sometimes it’s Father. He ignores them all, their queries about wanting signs of life and their pathetic attempts to try and coax him out to spend time with them, and shifts to lie on his side. Curled up on the floor, back pressed to the door, he feels a chill not even the heaviest of blankets can get rid of.
It is lonely in this manor.
When Damian came to live with his father, it's nothing like the life he expected it to be. As he struggles to find his place in the family and navigate life outside of the League, help comes in the form of his older brother who's goal is to ensure Damian settles into the life he was meant to live.
Because for all he was taught, Damian was never taught how to be a child.
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- Part 2 of slut4identityporn
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- English
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- 40,644
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- 10/?
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Bookmarked by why_is_this_a_thing_now
08 Dec 2025