Cryptids In The Belfry
A collection of my favorite stories containing the Batfamily as cryptids of some description, be that as actual inhuman creatures or just playing up the reputation. The more uncanny and weird they are the better, honestly, but don't be surprised if sprinkled in here are less terrifying versions with powers of some description.
(Open, Moderated)
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Clark Kent and his Robins (and his favorite Bat) by Zell_Hatoule
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), DC Extended Universe
12 Apr 2023
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Due to shenanigans that Clark cannot possibly comprehend, let alone understand, Bruce has somehow talked him into being Batman for a week.
And then it keeps happening.
Or.
How Clark Kent and Batman choose to protect what they love.
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Eternity by Speechless_since_1998
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
17 Oct 2022
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"What do you want from us, Batman?” a woman asked coldly, her eyes still.
Batman stared at her.
Janet Drake had always been a beautiful woman, cold in her ways and with more ice than blood in her veins.
The transformation hadn't changed her much, but it had taken away the little color she had.
“ Tim asked me for help. He was worried about you.”
He saw her pursing her lips. She said, "Timothy is a smart boy, but foolish."
"He worried about nothing," Jack added impassively.
“As you can see, we are fine."
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Gotham was built on a cave system. Batman has referenced a Bat Cave before. Tim is currently in the cave system. He is in the cave system that he entered from Drake Manor. Drake Manor is right next door to where Batman- The Bruce Wayne- lives. Holy Cavern, Batman! Tim had just accidentally wandered into the Bat Cave’s cave system.
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Tim, having found a weird hole after a storm, decides to go exploring ignoring the fact that This Is Gotham and They Probably Have Cursed Stuff Down There.
Luckily, it was just a cave system that spans the entire Gotham underground. Unluckily, Tim is a very curious child.
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- Part 1 of Gotham Caves and Reality Aberrations
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Out of the Grave by BeansInTheToaster
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types
08 May 2022
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The twisted embodiments that protect Gotham, and all that we know about them.
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- Part 2 of The Dead Bat Dichotomy
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You, Me, and the Humanity in Between by JUBE514
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
16 Mar 2022
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Bruce doesn’t know what’s wrong with his child, but he’s pretty sure kids aren’t meant to work like this.
From the day he had looked up into the tops of the circus tent and saw a frightened mirror image of a boy who had just experienced the worst day of his life, Bruce had instantly gone into emergency mode.
The Gotham PD had wanted to pass the boy off into the care of the circus. The circus had mumbled underneath their breaths about superstitions, about not having a boy like that with them, about not being able to handle something like Dick. So GCPD, not knowing what to do, had started talking about one of the handful of overburdened boy homes that handles a majority of Gotham’s unlucky orphans.
All the while, the camera lights flash bright and loud, wanting to know everything.
Bruce couldn’t let that happen.
Not then, not ever again.
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Bruce is trying his best to protect the city that he loves. He doesn't know how exactly his Robins came to be- they're not fully human, not even at all. All he knows is that he wants to keep them safe.
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One shot inspired by this Tumblr post:
https://www.tumblr.com/shortbcofkoffee/783630613818261504/interviewer-catching-damian-in-costume-robin?source=share
Also known as, Batman eats failed robins?
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Five times Tim didn't show up in a photo (and one time he did. Kinda.) by KathyKomments (Tht0neGal666)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Robin (Comics), Batgirl (Comics), Addams Family - All Media Types
25 Feb 2021
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"You do not like pictures." Cass says suddenly, appearing out of no where with what must be the explicit intent to give Tim a heart attack. Or at least scare him off the ledge he was sitting on.
Jokes on her. He stopped falling for that trick years ago, thanks to Pugsley. The little shit.
"What do you mean? I love pictures." He countered, raising his camera pointedly, brows drawn in confusion.
Cass shook her head, squinting at him. "You like taking pictures. But you don't like being in them."
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or: Tim has a secret, one he's actually managed to keep from his family in gotham; his blood is older then most history, and he can be whoever he wants. He is an Addams, after all.Series
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No one knows. She said it was his secret to keep or give. He died and came back with something- someone else.
He once compared himself to Selina, when he learned what happened to her, She only laughed.
(Or, I’ve seen a few fics where Bruce gains the ability to talk to Gotham and I found it interesting, so I tried it with one of the Robins.)
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- Part 1 of Of Robins, Bats, and Sentient Cities
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Code Cryptid by SummerKnight717
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
16 May 2024
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In which Dick Grayson and Tim Drake tag team to make both Bruce and some very unfortunate kidnappers regret all their life decisions. Jason Todd is definitely not the only theatre kid in the family...
Dick really doesn't like putting on the Batsuit, thank you very much. So when he has to, he is at least owed some fun in it...