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No Matter How Many Times I Say I Won't, I Defend You If I Can by Duckkey
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), DCU
20 Mar 2026
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Summary
When Scarecrow breaks out of Arkham, four children are kidnapped to serve as test subjects in fear toxin experiments. One of these children happens to be Lian Harper, the emerging young Gotham vigilante known as the Cheshire Cat, who has been training under Red Hood and Arsenal. Suddenly, Bruce's "take down" of Scarecrow, with Nightwing and Robin by his side, has turned more into a mission of monitoring Red Hood and Arsenal to ensure no one dies while the two of them attempt to rescue their... sidekick? Trainee? Prodigy? ...Daughter?
Bruce wrestles with what family means to him, with what family means to Jason, and what family used to mean (perhaps one day could mean again) between them both.
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Companion to Chapter 20 of "Family, Forged Through Reluctance and Spite"
The chapter retold through Bruce's perspective (Plus exploring a bonus memory or two of Bruce watching Jason develop his family dynamic with the Harpers)
Series
- Part 4 of Finding Family