5 Works in The Best of DC
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from every height I’d fall I’d call by CassandrasDreamworld
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
18 Nov 2024
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Tim doesn't expect much after he's left for dead, bleeding out in the ruin that had once been Gotham. His family is dead, his friends as well, and there is nothing else to look forward to besides joining them in the beyond. Dying and delirious, he hangs on by a thread - Long enough for an offer to be made, a request for help and Tim has never been able to say no to that.
He doesn't expect much and he certainly doesn't expect a second chance but it seems like Gotham doesn't let go easily of what they considers to be theirs.
He dies and yet he doesn't. He dies but he lives.
He dies and he is taken back, time unwinding, the clock set back and he is born into a new life. A new him, and at a point where he can change things for the better, if he can survive.
Tahmid al Ghul (Wayne) is born in Spring 1997, as Heir of the Demon Head, as Ibn al Xu'ffasch - nearly twenty years before he died as Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne.
He just hopes he will be able to survive growing up in the League of Assassins, and that he will be able to go back to his family once more.
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- Part 1 of reach out for your hand
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Jack Drake used Drake Industries to hide his white-collar crimes. Janet Drake used her socialite status to hide her participation in a group of assassins.
Really, they should have expected Tim Drake to reject the idea of being a normal child.
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The Drakes, while criminals, do try really hard to be good parents and raise a normal child. Tim, who tries to be a normal kid, also really wants to be just like his parents.
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dead ringer by punkrockhades
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
11 Jul 2022
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“Oh, are you guys talking about Jason?” said a familiar mechanized voice from across the rooftop, and the Bats spun around to spot the Red Hood casually leaning against the rooftop access door. “I miss that kid, he was a riot. Hope he’s doing alright.”
There was a moment of silence as the entire group stared at Red Hood, processing his words, and then Red Robin blurted, “Wait, you know Jason?”
“Sure,” Red Hood responded breezily, amusement written in the lines of his posture. “We got pushed into the Pit at the same time. He went a little crazy and fell off a cliff, but shit could only go up from there, am I right?”
The Bats find out that Jason Todd is alive and apparently has questionable taste in friends, if the Red Hood is any indication.
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- Part 7 of batfam prompts
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Of webs, lightsabers and grappling hooks by WibWoby
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, DCU (Comics), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Batman - All Media Types
18 Apr 2022
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Nearly a year into his stay in Gotham and Peter has finally found a healthier coping mechanism: Star Wars references.
Bonus: no one gets his nerdy quotes because Star Wars doesn't exist in this universe for some ungodly reason, so his nerdy quotes became sagely worded advice and smart quips.
This, however, does not stop him from using puns. You have been warned.
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- Part 2 of Bitsy and the Bats
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Batgirl Fills Out the FAFSA by Spee (birbsandbats)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics)
11 Jan 2022
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Dick did a little forehead wrinkle that, in Stephanie’s professional opinion as a bat, looked too adorably clueless for him to pass as Batman at the moment, despite being in the suit. “Right. I know what the FAFSA is. But why are you filling it out?”
Could…Dick be secretly dumb? Like, she knew he wasn’t the World’s Greatest Detective, or even the World’s Second Greatest Detective (an honor belonging to her ex), but she had pretty much assumed he was the Third.
Or: Stephanie is applying to colleges. Who knew that Bruce's emotional incompetence could make the process more tricky even when he's not there. Dick attempts to help out.