6 Works in The Best of DC
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And hold to the low lintel up/The still-defended challenge-cup by SonoSvegliato
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Robin (Comics), Detective Comics (Comics)
14 Jun 2023
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Tim is almost-finally training to be Robin, kind of. (Emphasis on the “almost”). (Emphasis on the “kind of”).
He’s been sparring with the Hood, Gotham’s newest vigilante, but Hood doesn’t know Tim as Tim, he knows Tim as Jason, but Tim knows that Hood is actually Jason, and honestly, Tim’s just writing the rules up as he goes.
And the stakes are only getting higher. After tragedy strikes the Drakes, Tim ends up in Bruce’s care just as a new series of gruesome crimes plagues Gotham. More than ever, Bruce is determined to keep Tim out of it.
Tim does not keep out of it. (And there are consequences to starting fights you don’t know how to win).
Title taken from “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman.
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- Part 2 of To an Athlete Dying Young
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Jason died. But then he came back.
This keeps happening.
(Not a groundhog day loop, but something slightly worse.)
No. 8 EVERYTHING HURTS AND I’M DYING
Stomach Pain | Head Trauma| Back from the DeadNOW WITH ART in the endnotes!!!
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- Part 24 of outrunning karma (whumptober '22)
- Part 1 of dead men tell no tales 'verse
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Now you will not swell the rout/Of lads that wore their honours out by SonoSvegliato
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Robin (Comics)
10 Jan 2023
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It’s been three months since Bruce accepted Tim as Robin, and every night Bruce still patrols alone while Tim microwaves frozen lasagna and finishes his algebra II homework. But Tim is tired of waiting to be ready, and takes up the totally safe, totally sane hobby of midnight streetfighting.
The new vigilante in Gotham takes notice.
Title taken from “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman.
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- Part 1 of To an Athlete Dying Young
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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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Red Hood's been running Robin's Nest, a secret youth shelter in Gotham, since he came out of his murdery craze. He wants it to be a place to stay, no questions asked, with a hot meal provided if you stick around for breakfast. The kids of Gotham deserve that much.
Enter Stephanie, whose new name isn't the only secret she's keeping.
(or: how steph outsmarts her dad, makes gay friends, and gets the guy)
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- Part 2 of bat things happen bingo
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Meet Me Where You're Going by Hinn_Raven
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batgirl (Comics), DCU (Comics)
17 Dec 2018
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When things get complicated in Hong Kong, Cass requests help from Batman Inc. Unbeknownst to her, Bruce dispatches not one of her brothers, but Stephanie Brown, who Cass has not spoken to since she gave up the Batgirl mantle.
Steph is eager to reunite with her best friend, but things between them are complicated. Not the least of the problems is the fact that Steph might be falling in love… but of course, Cass is straight, so Steph really shouldn’t dwell on that.
Friendship and romance, conspiracy and adventure await the two of them as they try to unravel a complicated plot that seeks to stop Batman Incorporated before it can truly begin.
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- Part 6 of Stephanie Brown Works
- Part 5 of Cassandra Cain Works