Playtime(r)s: Temporar(il)y Lives
Fics containing Time &/or Dimension travel (or occasionally in-universe travel via (usually) unexpected &/or far-reaching means) & the variant versions of characters found there
(Mostly non-canon scenarios, occasionally canon, e.g. Steve Rogers & the 21st century)
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The One to Bet On by airas_story
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
21 Apr 2025
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“No.” Tony shook his head, heart beating wild and rapid, the monitors he was hooked up to a cacophony of sound. “You might have missed it, Strange, but last time I tried to prepare the world for what was coming, half the universe died. Why me?” Why not someone else, why not Steve fucking Rogers, the man with the plan, why not Rhodey, why not Pepper, why him?
“Because you’re a scientist. A futurist. We chose you, Stark. But you have to accept.”
Tony didn’t want to.
“You’re going to regret it,” Tony said quietly. The beeping of the monitors had slowed, the panic had faded away leaving only a quiet exhaustion.
“I don’t think so.” And Strange sounded so sure.
Tony closed his eyes. He wanted to say no, wanted to let go of the weight of the world that had already crushed him. But he couldn’t do that. Couldn’t do that when Strange had used his last chance to save the world, banking on him. “Alright.” He swallowed hard, forcing himself to nod. “Okay. Send me back.”
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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust (filling up my coffee cup) by LilaVaporizer9000
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
07 Apr 2024
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There is occasionally a certain point one reaches during the attempt to attain a goal where one decides that the goal is just not worth it.
Unfortunately, this also often coincides with being at a point in the attainment of that goal where it’s too damn late and you’re just gonna have to suck it up, buttercup, and get your shit together and do it anyway.
Tim is pretty sure this shit is absolutely not worth it, but it’s too late now and even if it wasn’t, Mama ain’t raise no fuckin’ quitter.
Or:
Tim’s quest to bring Bruce back from his Time-Travel-Super-Vacation goes horribly topsy-turvey when Ra's takes a more pro-active approach to keeping Tim prisoner, and he ends up in an alternate universe where he never existed, and everybody is disorientingly well-adjusted and weirdly obsessed with his “wellness”, whatever that means.
Tim hates mystical artifacts.
(Alternate universe Better Batfam trope)
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Bookmarked by Scribbled_Seconds
27 Apr 2024
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Two Nickels: 'Trafficking Victim' Dimension Travel AU
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On the Way Home(?) by orphan_account
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, DC Extended Universe, DCU (Comics), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
06 Jan 2025
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Peter Parker goes from swinging through the streets of Queens one day to falling face-first into Gotham's pavement the next. Desperate to find his way back to his universe, Peter books it out of Gotham at the first opportunity he gets.
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How to Scratch a Record by TimTheToaster (tabletoptime)
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
18 Feb 2025
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27 Nov 2024
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There was absolutely no way this sunshine was from Gotham in April.
Not possible.
Which meant, Tim was no longer in Gotham, in April.
(In which Tim finds himself in the past, and tries to do the right thing. It's more complicated than he'd like.)
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Two Nickels: Time Travel Tim Collects Kids (Alvdoption)Loading: part 2
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A collection of random short stories and drabbles focused on Tim Drake. Warnings and ratings are at the beginning of each chapter.
Ch 1. Your name is Tim Drake, and your parents are Jack and Janet.
Ch 2. Between dying again or traveling back in time to become a permanent resident, Jason chooses the time option.
Ch 3. When fate decrees that it is Tim’s turn to experience amnesia, it picks a time when absolutely no one realizes he’s missing until Lucius Fox rings the alarm a month later.
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Ch 10. It takes Tim an absurdly long time to realize he is in an alternate universe.
Ch 11. It doesn’t take very long for Tim to figure out he’s in a different universe.- Language:
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09 May 2024
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Ch.2, 15, 20, 21
Ch.14: Uncle Eddie
Ch: 22: Baby Tim
Ch.23, 24: lol