4 Works by forestofbabel
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Like Looking in a (Broken) Mirror by forestofbabel, ifdragonscouldtalk
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
16 Jul 2026
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“Nothing is mine,” he managed to force out, voice coming out broken, like a fragile mirror just shattered. He knew that didn't make sense, could read the confusion in the pursing of B's lips. “I'm not even me. I never got to be me.”
B took a breath, something crossing over his face that Richard couldn't read. “I... don't understand. What do you mean?”
“It's all Dick Grayson's,” he whispered, and tears pooled back up on his eyelashes.
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Richard has been coming to grips with the idea that he might be complicit in hurting the Waynes. At the same time, he's realizing he doesn't know who he is anymore. He's tired of keeping up the charade. He just wants his dad. Unfortunately, his dad isn't always available.(Part of a series. Will not make sense without reading the previous works.)
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- Part 8 of The Waynes and the Bats
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Room for Growth by forestofbabel for ifdragonscouldtalk
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
16 Apr 2026
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Clark got the news because Justice League benefactor Bruce Wayne called his emergency line that he never touched before and asked for help. Crying. Distraught. Clark had never seen Batman lose his composure like that.
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A series of interviews and interactions between Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne.
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- Part 6 of The Waynes and the Bats
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All Seeing, All Seeming by forestofbabel for ifdragonscouldtalk
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
02 Apr 2026
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As Oracle, stationary and behind the scenes, she was less likely to be unmasked. And, perhaps selfishly, she wanted to feel useful again. Without the use of her legs, she’d lost half her identity. So Barbara became determined to forge a new one.
It did, however, come with the same downside as before: lying to the Waynes.OR
Barbara deals with the guilt of keeping the Bats' secret and how it's affected the Wayne family.
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- Part 5 of The Waynes and the Bats
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A Tale of Two Tims by forestofbabel for ifdragonscouldtalk
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
25 Mar 2026
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“Robin fucking tweeted at me. The fucking— AUGH! ‘Drake calls himself boy genius but he still gets kidnapped on the regular? Couldn’t be me.’ The fucker. He knows exactly what he’s doing. At least everyone is going to make fun of him for getting kidnapped as a civilian.” Drake hung his head and pressed it against his phone with a deep sigh and reached into the bag of Sour Patch Kids between them. “Although I’m going to get the same stupid flack.” He looked up with a weak smile. “I cannot begin to thank you for being one of the only people in my life to believe me when I say I’m not Robin."
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Where Tim Drake is dealing with A Lot™, but the thing that always comes back to haunt him is the fact that everyone thinks he's Robin.
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- Part 2 of The Waynes and the Bats