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I Don't Think They Get Me, Dear by havenshereagain
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Danny Phantom
15 Mar 2026
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Sequel to I'm Only Worth Losing Now detailing how Tim decides whether to stay with Team Phantom, or return to his home dimension.
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- Part 2 of Let Me Let You Go
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Tim Wayne is Robin Week 2025 by Anonymous
Fandom Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
21 Dec 2025
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My entries for the "Tim Drake is Robin Week 2025" Event. The link is here if you want to participate! Late entries are encouraged. [https://www.tumblr.com/timdrakeisrobinweek?source=share]
Dec 1: Destiny -> Batman Needs Robin |
Symbols|Gotham
Dec 2:"[Blank] and Robin"|friends| teamwork
Dec 3: "The hell I can't!" | defiance |perseverance
Dec 4: "I hate lying to him" | keeping secrets | truth reveal
Dec 5: "Made me feel wanted" |family|little brother
Dec 6: "I couldn't save them" | fear | grief
Dec 7: "Someone has to shine a light on all of these shadows" | hope | purpose- Words:
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I Don't Forgive You by rocketman6602
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Robin (Comics)
15 Dec 2025
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“Right. I… I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. About everything. And…” Jason breathes out, like the words are physically painful for him to say, “I feel really guilty about, um, how I’ve treated you–”
“You mean about how you slit my throat? Or the way you act towards me in general?” Tim clarifies, tilting his head a little.
“All of it. I, I wanted to ask if you could maybe forgive me for it. I feel really bad about it, Tim.”
Tim can’t help it. He laughs, loud and cruel. “You feel bad about it, huh?”
Jason looks at him warily and nods, slow and careful.
“You feel bad. Wow. How the fuck do you think I feel about it, Jason?”
Or: basically Tim crashing out at the batfam, with varying results.
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Damian, Cass, ch 3
“It was something he said to Richard. Drake said that when he was injured, he did not call for help because he did not think anyone would come. And when Richard brought up the time he caught him falling from that window, Drake said he never expected Richard would catch him.”
Damian takes a breath and continues, “When I came here, and when I tried to kill Drake,” he suppresses a wince, “I thought he was the favourite. I thought he was my competition, that I would have to be better than him to be accepted. That I would have to kill him to show my value as an asset and because he was in the way of me being Robin. But when he said he thought nobody would help him, that made me realise I was wrong. Even in the League, we could trust that if we were injured, someone would come for us, because we were all assets. It would be a waste of our skill to let one of our own die when they could be saved. To hear Drake say that he did not think anyone would save him was a shock. He did not even trust that a family member would save him because of the value of his expertise, let alone save him because of his value as a person.”
He finally drags his eyes back to Cassandra, “At first I was simply confused about how he could think that. Then I considered the way I have acted towards him. The murder attempts, the insults… I think I was too harsh on him. And I think the others should have corrected me and made sure Drake felt wanted. I think he has gotten too used to working alone over the time he spent searching for Father, and I want to change that. I would like to work with him more often. He has beaten Grandfather in wits and combat, and I think there is a lot I could learn from him.”
Cassandra breaks into a grin and surges forward to hug him. “Good little brother,” she murmurs, ruffling his hair.
Damian yells in outrage and attempts to bat her hand away, but it is more for his pride than anything else. He refuses to admit that he melts a little into her touch and the corners of his lips twitch upwards.
Once Cassandra’s attack is over and she has returned to her own chair, the conversation turns serious again. “But how do I fix it? I tried to kill him more than once and I have only insulted him since our first meeting. How do I make it better?”
“Apologise. He may not forgive you, but he may be able to move forward.”Damian’s brow furrows, “But if Drake does not forgive me, then what is the point? How could he still move past it all?”
“Forgiveness is not necessary. He can remember how you hurt him, and still leave you room to grow and learn from your mistakes. Growth is the point, not forgiveness.”
Damian’s mind clears. The snake in his stomach stills. “Thank you, Cassandra. This has been very helpful.”
She smiles at him, and leaves the room.
Something about what Cassandra said clicks in his brain, like it was the missing piece he needed. Damian cannot make Drake—no, Timothy—forgive him, but he can be better. He cannot control anything outside of his own growth.
So he will grow.
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A Ghost of Yourself by HollowW00ds
Fandoms: Red Robin (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Young Justice (Comics)
16 Feb 2026
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Tim Drake died when Robin cut his line. There was no flag pole or ledge to catch himself on. No backup grapple at the ready. Lucky for him, Gotham has never been one to give up her soldiers. Now an undead that is permanently bound to Gotham as her protector, Tim learns the importance of self-worth. And that maybe his "family" isn't what's best for him.
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Tim heard Jason joking about being a zombie and said, "hold my beer." Featuring semi-sentient Gotham.
*rating changed to mature due to gore and swearing TWs are in the chapter notes*
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- Part 1 of Memento Mori
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Tim, ch 6
Someone has made multiple attempts on his life and continues to verbally berate him?
Well, he's Bruce's real kid and Tim needs to be the more mature one since he's older. After all, Damian is just a traumatized kid and was taught to act like this, so it isn't his fault.
Even though Tim is still a kid too.
A kid whose entire life got uprooted in just the last couple of months.
And despite the fact that Damian is just a poor traumatized kid and can't take responsibility for his actions, he can apparently become Robin and fight criminals.
Because that makes sense.
Because all of this makes total sense.
At least, it does when you recognize it as an abuse pattern.
Tim, ch 15
Although, try as he might to ignore it, there's still a part of him that feels guilty over hurting the person he had viewed as an older brother, even if it was deserved. Even if all he was doing was telling the truth, albeit in a emotionally charged way.
But how could he not get emotional about the way he was treated?
About everything that happened to him during the worst time of his life?
Despite what everyone seemed to think, he wasn't a machine. Rather he was a person with thoughts, and feelings, and emotions that matter.
That should matter.
In a way, the guilt served as proof of that. That Tim and Dick used to be brothers, or at least that he viewed them as brothers. Proof that he cared for the older man, for all of the bats. Proof that he considered them to be his family. So much so that a part of him can't help but rebel at the apparent pain his actions are bringing them. Even when they've dealt out worse blows to him with little to no remorse.
Cass, ch 16
"I joined Batman because I believe in his code. I believe that people can change if they want to and that no one should take the lives of others and rob them of that opportunity. Instead of pushing Damian to change they chose to go against the mission by feeding into his violence."
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The universe Bruce wakes up in has superheroes, aliens and, somewhat more strangely, it also has four children living in Wayne Manor.
Bruce Wayne is almost forty. He's been an innovator, a philanthropist and GQ's Most Wanted twelve years counting. He doesn't remember being a dad. But now that he is, he's going to be the best dad one could possibly be.
Or: Batman is a dick. AU-Bruce saves the day.
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- Part 1 of The French Mistake(s)
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Tim, Bruce, ch 1
“I’m sorry,” Tim says. The words sound practiced. “I know he’s younger, I know he was raised by assassins and doesn’t know any better, and I didn’t mean to cause a scene.”
Bruce mentally notes raised by assassins as things to look into more closely in the future, and puts an arm around them both. Dick melts into the touch immediately, but Tim tenses, like he’s unsure what is happening.
“The reason I sent you out of that house,” he says, “is because some things need to be said without witnesses. What I talked about with Damian is between me and him, just like this conversation is between me and you two. But I am going to tell you the same thing I told him: You are siblings, not enemies. I expect you to act as such.”
Dick winces, and Tim extricates himself from Bruce’s grip, just slipping out under it and putting some space between them. “I know,” Tim says. “I’ll do better.”
“Damian will do better,” Bruce gently corrects. “He is going to improve his behaviour, and when he does, I would like you to encourage him. In the meantime, I need you to know that neither did you cause a scene, nor would I be upset with you if you did. You can cause as many scenes as you like. It’s what your teenage years are for.”
Tim opens his mouth and closes it, lost for words, but that’s okay. Rome wasn’t built in a day.
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So the thing is, Tim survived months with Ra’s and the League of Assassins. He’s fine with poison. It's the whole sibling thing that's going to kill him.
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Jason, Tim, Dick, Alfred, ch 9
“Because Damian has been trying to kill you. A lot, apparently,” Jason added in a frustrated voice. “You know, when I tried to kill you, everyone got pissed, but no, apparently if you’re a toddler, homicide is cute.”
“I know why I’m annoyed, but why are you pissed?”
“It’s blatant favoritism, isn’t it? God, little siblings get away with everything.” Jason scowled at Tim.
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“Master Tim, I can assure you that having you here is no trouble, nor would it matter even if it were. It would still be your home.”
Maybe. Tim was too tired to second guess things. But if Alfred said he could stay then Dick wouldn’t make him try to leave. “Then I want to stay.”
Dick’s voice sounded troubled. “No one wants you to leave, Tim, we just want you to feel safe.”
Tim snorted. “Damian wants me to leave. It would probably make everyone a lot more comfortable if I wasn’t here.”
“It would not,” Alfred said.
Tim sighed. “It’s all right, Alfred. I know things can’t go on like this forever. Something’s going to have to change, and it’d be easiest if I wasn’t provoking him.”
“Your existence isn’t a reasonable provocation,” Dick said. His nails scraped gently against Tim’s scalp before stopping, his hand pressed to the side of Tim’s head and encouraging Tim to look at him. “You leaving isn’t going to make anything better.”
“Isn’t it?” Tim asked. “Don’t pretend you aren’t already sick of us fighting.”
“Well I don’t love it,” Dick said.
Tim nodded, because of course he didn’t. “I want to talk to Damian.”
Dick made a face that did nothing to ease the tension in the room. “I don’t know if that’s a great idea.”
“Who are you worried about?” Tim asked. “Afraid I’m going to be mean to your real brother? Or are you just trying to avoid having to deal with us?”
“Stop it,” Dick said, and there was steel in his voice that time. “I’ve never once said anything about Damian being my real brother and you know it.”
“Haven’t you?” Tim said. “Your silence on the matter speaks pretty loudly. I want to talk to Damian,” he said, letting some of his own steel slide into his voice. Dick wasn’t the only stubborn one. Tim had been out-stubborning Batman since he was thirteen years old. “I’m not doing this until I talk to Damian and get his side.”
“Am I hallucinating?” Dick asked Alfred who only gave him one vaguely disapproving raised eyebrow in return. “What possible side could there be for poisoning you?”
“You seemed to think he had a side when he pushed me off the dinosaur and sent me a live grenade, I don’t know why you’re all worked up now.”
“I didn’t know about that.” Dick actually looked a little sick about it, which made Tim feel a pang of remorse. “Tim. You have to know I didn’t know about him cutting your line, or the grenade, or any of that. You have to know I would have done something.”
“But you didn’t know,” Tim said. “Because you didn’t want to know-“
“Because you didn’t tell me!”
“Maybe I didn’t think you’d do anything.” Tim felt bile crawl up the back of his throat as soon as he said it, as soon as he saw the absolute horror that crawled across Dick’s face. “Maybe I thought you’d think it a fair trade to keep the blood son happy and under control.” He forced himself to look away before he could apologize and turned to Alfred, who was also looking vaguely horrified. “I want to talk to Damian. This is about him and me, and I’m not going to condemn his actions until I hear his motivation from him directly.”
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Damian Doesn't Live With The Waynes by Anonymous
Fandom Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCeased (DC Comics), DCU (Comics)
24 Nov 2025
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A series of unconnected stories where Damian doesn't live with Bruce & the other kids. The main character varies as does the tone (critical, angst etc.) but all stories will have the element of Damian living or growing up outside of the Wayne Manor.
If you're unsure about reading the fic due to the summary/tags, feel free to ask clarifying questions in the comments.
Precipice - Crit. of Damian, Dick and Alfred. Bruce POV.
Second Chance - Crit of Talia. Damian POV.
Destiny - Hurt/Comfort. No crit, but Damian isn't present. Tim POV.- Words:
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The Batfamily in the aftermath of the revelation of Danny's fate and Damian's hand in it.
A series of shorts taking place before and after The Winning Son, done in no particular order, that bridge to the next main story. The Winning Son should be read first.Series
- Part 2 of Sibling Rival
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Tim, Jason, ch 1
When Timothy spoke again it was subdued, “He hasn’t tried anything in literal years. And there’s nothing for him to gain from it now.” an awkward pause and then, even quieter, “Not that it isn’t appreciated, but . . . You – don’t need to hover. . . ”
“He’s going to be twice your size when he’s done growing. He’s almost there now.” Todd’s voice, gruff, unsettled.
“We’ve all done things in the past– “ Timothy started dully as though reciting something he’d told himself (or that had been told to him) many times before, but Todd cut him off.
“It’s not the same! You know it’s not the same.”
Timothy didn’t answer.
Dick, Damian, ch 4
Dick felt like his head was spinning.
His thoughts were a cacophony of self-doubt, self-recrimination and desperate denial that circled around and around and kept getting louder and louder.
He’d been lying to himself.
He’d been willfully blind.
No. No. Surely, he just didn’t understand. . .
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Tim was nearer Damian’s age then Dick. It may have even been Damian’s own fumbling way of reaching out.
Damian had been ten. He was just a child.
How would he possibly be expected to know what ‘death’ and ‘killing’ really were and what they meant?
Except—
Except Dick had been making excuses, hadn’t he?
Damian had been a cold-blood killer since he was eight years old. And not just a killer, one that would turn on his own family, and on those who were younger, weaker and smaller than him.
Dick had been making excuses and Damian had gone after Tim.
Dick had been lying to himself. He’d turned a blind eye to attempted murder to ‘keep the peace’, to ‘keep the family together’.
It had been too hard to hear and so Dick had silenced a victim.
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“Tim.” Dick rasped finally, “When you — You weren’t just testing him, were you? You really actually meant to kill him. You would have killed him.”
“. . . Yes.” Damian whispered.
It was like something precious and vital drained from Dick’s very soul. His shoulders slumped and the world around him became gray and cold. He felt like a husk. A shell of himself.
Like something inside was broken and would never be the same.
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Tim Drake had always been haunted—by Gotham’s endless cries, by the ghosts of his past, by his hunger from a love that he could not find anywhere. He was a ghost in his own family. A hungry spirit, yearning for something he couldn’t have.
Until he couldn’t deal with it anymore.
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Tim Drake's journey to find a home and his accidental K-Pop CareerSeries
- Part 1 of Hungry Ghost
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Damian, Bruce, ch 3
“I didn’t think you would care, father. You didn’t seem to care for him for a long time now.” For someone who used to say that he didn’t like his brother, Damian looked upset. “If you did care, you would have noticed that he hasn't even lived here since last year.”
Bruce looked stunned as Damian got up from the table. Before leaving, he had one last thing to say.
“Would you even notice if I was gone too?”
Dick, Tim, ch 12
“I—” Dick hesitated, rubbing a hand over his face. “I don’t know when this rift started. But I know I was the one who let it happen.” He swallowed hard. “At first, I didn’t even realize. I was too caught up in the mess after B—yeah.” His voice faltered, but he pushed through. “You’re always so good at making people believe you’re okay that I relied on it. Lied to myself that I didn’t need to worry, because you always seemed like you could handle anything.”
Tae-min didn’t respond. He couldn’t.
“But you weren’t okay,” Dick continued, his voice raw. “You were never okay. You didn’t have a choice.” He sighed, raking a hand through his hair. “You were just a kid—still are. And we put so much on you. We saw you as the one who could do no wrong, the one who helped everyone. And when you did something we didn’t expect… we punished you for it, like your parents did.” His voice cracked, but he kept going. “As if it wasn’t our fault. As if we hadn’t set you up to fail.”
Tae-min clenched his fists.
“We let you fend for yourself because it was easier to believe your lies than face the truth,” Dick whispered. “Easier to tell ourselves you just needed space, that you were fine. But you were right. We didn’t see you.”
“I—” Tae-min’s voice wavered.
“I left you first.” Dick’s voice was barely audible now. “You’re right. I left you. And I—” His breath hitched. “I don’t know how to fix that.”
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“I was so angry,” Tae-min finally said, voice quiet but unwavering. “At you. At them. At myself. I felt like I didn’t matter anymore, if I ever did. Like I could disappear, and no one would care.”
Dick flinched but didn’t look away. “That’s not true.”
“But that’s how it felt,” Tae-min said simply. “And then Ra’s happened. And I waited for anyone to help, but– no one came.”
Dick swallowed thickly. “I—I don’t know how to make up for that.”
Tae-min let out a slow, tired sigh. “I don’t know if I can forgive you. But I’m tired of being angry.”
Dick nodded slowly, his expression raw. “Maybe we can just… be here. For each other. I will prove to you that I can earn your love back.”
Tae-min studied him for a long moment. Then, he remembered something Mrs. Lee had once told him.
“That’s not how love works, Dick,” he said softly. “Love is given freely.”
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Slow down by RoosjeM
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), DC Extended Universe, DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
05 Jan 2024
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After getting hit by Scarecrow's latest toxin Tim realises that Gotham was slowly draining all his sanity. Knowing that if he stays longer he would truly lose his mind, Tim wonders if he should leave Gotham.
In true Two Face fashion, Tim flipped a coin.
Heads, Tim would stick around Gotham and nothing would change. Tails, Tim would leave Gotham and start over.
Meanwhile the Bats are trying to figure out a way to make up to Tim after all that had happened.
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“Are you sure about this?”
“I can’t do this anymore, Tam.” Tim admitted.
“Can you at least tell me where you’re going?”
“No.”
“Damn Tim.” Tam cursed, “I mean, good for you, get some well deserved rest. When are you coming back?”
Tim avoided Tam’s gaze.
“You are coming back, right?”
“There is no plan for that for now.” Tim admitted.
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- Part 1 of Mar writes Batman
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Damian, Dick, ch 2
“I don’t understand.” Damian admitted.
“What don’t you understand, baby bird?” Dick asked as he continued to look through footage of potential routes Drake took when he went dark.
[...]
Damian got a little more quiet, “Why is there so much effort being put in finding Drake when no one cared about his well being before?”
Dick froze, his hands stopped moving across the keyboard as Damian’s words sunk in. “What do you mean?”
Aware of the other ears listening in on the conversation, Damian cleared his throat, “I was under the impression that Drake was the weak link of this mission. Evidence shows that no one cared about his well being enough to reply to Emergency calls nor pay him attention when he was obviously injured. I do not understand why there is such a drastic shift now that he left.”
Covering his mouth to keep back a sound of shock, Dick closed his eyes for a moment. Was that what Damian had thought? Was that why they never got along and why Tim always avoided Damian? Had their behaviour towards Tim influenced Damian to think that way?
From the tense silence in the cave, everyone seemed to come to the same conclusion.
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Is it true? What they say about meeting your heroes by unlikecharlie
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
29 Sep 2025
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They're all settling into being a family once more, figuring out how to fit together in a formula they've never been in, when Bruce brings Duke Thomas home.
Tim has reservations. Not because there's anything wrong with Duke or Duke's integration into the family as a concept. But because Tim and new additions to the family have a tendency to go badly for him at first.
Is he going to be hated on sight by yet another brother?
Aka: Tim's experience with being an older brother 2: Electric Boogaloo, Duke fitting perfectly into the chaos of the Batfam, and Alfred has given up on having any semblance of order in this household a long time ago, he doesn't even know why he even tries anymore.
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- Part 6 of Family is a six-letter word
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It's been a year since Tim came back to Gotham after his trip around the world to save Bruce. When he goes missing, Dick takes a look into his laptop looking for clues, and instead finds something that will shatter everything he knew about himself and his relationship to his estranged brother. Carefully constructed lies to protect himself are brutally smashed to pieces by the video he finds and he wonders if he can ever make up for all the ways in which he hurt Tim.
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the whole thing, no notes
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Contrary to Popular Belief, The Changes in Vigilante Mantles Actually Affect Civilians by NMDG
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
16 May 2025
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Tim Drake leaves Gotham. Damian Wayne becomes Robin.
Gotham city... reacts.
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Death Wish Coffee House @deathwishWe were sorting through our security camera footage and came upon some disturbing videos of Robin 5:
[Video: Robin 3 and Robin 5 swinging through the buildings. Robin 5 stops mid-swing and diverts to another rooftop, watching Robin 3's line snap and making no move to help. Robin 5 grabs onto a ledge. Barely.
Robin 5 yells something unintelligible, and Robin 3 responds, horrified: You cut my line?
The date and time flash onscreen and the video ends.]
>tinkerbell @fallwendybirdfall
so not only is Robin 5 classist and on some weird blood superiority bullshit, he actively tried to murder the savior robin>average day in crime alley @goofysillyshenaniganery
what the fuck. this is the dude PROTECTING us? savior robin is a literal hero and he tried to murder him. how are we safe???Bookmarked by NMDG
17 May 2025
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civilians are the entire point of heroes existing at all. what the actual mcFuck happened that people forgot this core part of the genre.
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A League Definition of Family. by NikkoriNeko
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), DCU
08 Mar 2026
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Tim Drake is not part of the family, nor is he part of the Family. Damian knows this, viscerally. He's made sure Drake knows it, too.
Tim Drake is, however, the CEO of Wayne Enterprises.
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all of it hurts immensely
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“I never made a tape for Tim,” Bruce admits, his words laced with hesitance. He can sense the collective gaze of his children fixed upon him, their curiosity palpable.
"And what else could this be if not your recording?" Dick waves the small device in his hand.
"There's only one way to figure it out," Jason hints.
"I'm not sure, Jason. This might be something personal," Dick looks worried but also intrigued.
"Maybe it's a recording the kids' parents made," Jason shrugs.
"Could be," Dick concedes as he plugs the small device into the screens and settles back to watch.
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The bats find something that might just give them the perspective they need on Tim.
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Damian, Dick, ch 18
“Richard, you are a very good brother, but you don't know how to deal with silence. You are too attracted to things that make noise.”
Dick's eyebrows scrunch in confusion. “Dami, I don’t understand—”
“You are used to screaming and fighting,” Damian continues. “Everyone knows when you have a problem with anything because you usually scream at Father loud enough for all of us to hear. When we have a problem, we scream as well. I have done my fair share of screaming and fighting, so has Todd, and Brown too.”
Damian pauses, his eyes locking with Dick's, intensity radiating from his gaze. “But Drake... he’s never been one to scream or fight in front of anyone. I’ve watched you flounder in the face of his silence. You don’t know how to handle it, so you do what you think is right. Because you never had to ask when one of us had a problem—we’d scream it at you—you forgot how to ask. You never asked Tim what was wrong; you just took.”
A sigh escaped Damian, tinged with regret. “It’s why I felt justified in my behavior. My mother taught me to take, so I took. I took everything from Drake, and I felt vindicated because you let me.”
Dick, ch 29
“I’m sorry, Tim. I’m so sorry. It was me. I was the one who was crazy,” he chokes out, voice raw and broken. “I think—I think I genuinely lost my mind. I’m so sorry. Please believe me.”
deadass the only possible explanation for the shit he did. he could not be functioning in reality and still make the choices he did.Tim, ch 29
“You didn’t just dismiss me,” he seethes. “You made sure no one would listen to me. You told the whole damn Justice League. You turned my friends against me. You made sure I was isolated —so fucking alone that no one was willing to help me.”
Dick is gasping for breath now, shaking his head as if trying to deny it, as if trying to take it back, but Tim doesn’t stop.
“I went through hell because you didn’t believe me.” His voice cracks, and it’s like something inside him is fracturing, shattering beyond repair. “Because you couldn’t have hope. Because you wouldn’t. ”
The room is deathly silent, the weight of his words suffocating.
“And for what? ” Tim laughs bitterly, the sound jagged and broken. “Because bringing back the dead is such an anomaly, right? Like it doesn’t happen every goddamn day in this family?”
His chest rises and falls in harsh, uneven breaths. His hands curl into fists at his sides.
“I was right,” he whispers, his voice hollow now. “Bruce was alive. And you—” He swallows, his throat tight. “You nearly killed me for being right.”
Dick goes quiet. They all do.
What can you say to something like that?
Tim’s voice is like ice now, detached and hollow. “You made sure to remind me of my place,” he says. “Why are you upset now that I finally learned it?”
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After returning from the time stream and recovering enough to return to being Batman, instead of continuing to accept the situation as he's given it, Bruce decides it's unacceptable. Of course he explains it in the harshest way possible.
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this entire fic is the note
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Two Robins Are Better Than One by swordPrincet
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Robin (Comics)
26 Aug 2024
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"If I address Robin, I would obviously mean you, and if you do, you'd obviously mean me. I don't really want to be anything else if I don't have to."
Damian studied him thoughtfully for a moment and then said, "You are exceptionally stubborn."
This prompted a laugh out of Tim. "Pot kettle, little brother."
Damian crossed his arms and quirked an eyebrow. "According to the parameters you just now set, your statement should have been addressed to Robin just now." After just a moment Damian amended on the olive branch that was addressing his own statement as well, "...Robin."
Tim's grin got exponentially wider. "Pot kettle, Robin."
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Tim (Robin) invites Damian (Robin) on a case with him. They actually talk about Robin. That's it, that's the fic.
Title inspired by Tim's line while working with Damian in Batman #148
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Tim, Damian
"You are an adult."
Tim paused for a moment, both his eyebrows steadily rising into his hairline. "...So? I doubt you of all people are suggesting to me that being Robin is childish."
"Of course not." Damian bristled a bit before calming himself and continued, "I mean, previously. I had assumed...I had assumed that if one persisted in the role into adulthood, that the only reason would be to eventually assume the role of Batman, but you..."
"I do not want to be Batman," Tim insisted with perhaps more vehemence than was strictly necessary.
"Then why?"
Tim raised his eyes to look at the starless night sky as if it could give him guidance. "I... When I first started, I didn't think I'd stay Robin, but any time I imagined not being Robin, I thought I'd just be a civilian again. And then, like, three years later, I realized I couldn't be. Under disapproval and demands and threat of our identities being leaked by-" he struggled for a moment to continue, "...by my own father - he retracted it later - but- but even before that, I couldn't stay out of it." He took a deep breath and lowered his gaze to Damian once more. "But I never really aspired to anything else. Saw no greater goal than the role I'd already attained. The goal was always just to be worthy of it. And I never saw that as a lower bar. Robin is just as important as Batman."
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You and I are Not the Same ( OUTTAKES) by MistingDreams_ThunderingSeams
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
23 Feb 2025
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Outtakes from my fic "You and I are Not the Same"
attempts at family bonding
keyword: a t t e m p tSeries
- Part 4 of NaNaNa BATFAM!
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Tim, Jason, Bruce, Dick, ch 7
“I knew exactly what I was getting into,” Tim snaps, his calm façade cracking. “I knew it wasn’t going to be easy. I knew I wasn’t going to be treated the way you or Dick were. And I didn’t care.”
Jason stares at him, taken aback by the intensity in Tim’s voice. “Why?”
Tim looks down, his hands gripping the edge of the workbench. “Because I didn’t do it for me.”
Jason’s eyes narrow. “Then who the hell did you do it for?”
Tim hesitates, his jaw tightening. Then, he looks up, his eyes meeting Jason’s. “For them. For Gotham. For the mission. I didn’t become Robin because I wanted to be their partner or their equal or their kid. I became Robin because someone had to, and no one else was stepping up.”
Jason scoffs, crossing his arms. “That’s messed up, Tim. You don’t think you deserve more than that? A little appreciation? Some actual guidance?”
Tim shakes his head, a small, bitter smile on his lips. “I’m not like you, Jason. Or Dick. I wasn’t trying to prove anything, and I wasn’t looking for someone to take care of me. I just wanted to help. To fix what I could and make sure I could stay.”
“Stay?” Jason echoes, frowning.
Tim nods, his voice quieter now. “Yeah. Stay. With them. With all of this.” He gestures vaguely at the Batcave, his expression softening. “It’s not perfect, but it’s better than being on the outside, watching everything fall apart and not being able to do anything about it.”
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“You deserved better.”
Tim shakes his head, a faint, wry smile tugging at his lips. “Maybe I did. But I didn’t get into this because I wanted something better. I got into this because I needed you. Gotham needed you.”
Bruce looks at him, his gaze searching. “That doesn’t excuse—”
“It’s not about excuses,” Tim cuts him off, his voice sharper than usual. “I didn’t force my way into Robin so you could sit here beating yourself up about it years later. I did it so you’d still be here. So you’d still be Batman.”
Bruce flinches slightly at the word “force,” but Tim barrels on, his tone unwavering.
“I didn’t need a perfect mentor or some fairy-tale father figure. I just needed you, as broken and stubborn and impossible as you were, because you were still the best chance Gotham had. You were still the best chance I had.”
Bruce stares at him, his jaw tightening. “And you don’t think you deserved more than that?”
Tim shrugs, glancing away. “Maybe. But that’s not what matters. What matters is that I could do something to help, and I did. That’s it.”
The silence between them stretches, heavy and charged. Bruce takes a slow step closer.
“It’s not all you deserve,” he says, his voice softer now. “You’ve given so much, Tim. Too much. And I haven’t given enough back.”
Tim lets out a short laugh, dry and sharp. “You gave me more than you think. More than I ever expected. You gave me a place. A mission. A way to make things better. That’s all I ever wanted.”
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“I didn’t become Robin because I wanted you or Bruce to hold my hand or tell me I was doing a good job. I became Robin because I didn’t have a choice.”
Dick frowns, turning to face him. “You always had a choice.”
Tim shakes his head, a bitter smile tugging at his lips. “No, I didn’t. Not when I saw what was happening to Bruce. Not when I realized you were gone, and he was spiraling, and Gotham was paying the price.”
Dick’s face twists with guilt, but Tim waves him off before he can speak.
“You don’t get it,” Tim says, his voice quieter now but still steady. “I didn’t step in because I wanted to. I stepped in because no one else could. I was the failsafe, Dick. The backup plan that no one wanted to use, but I was the only one left.”
Dick shakes his head, his voice tinged with frustration. “That’s not fair. You were a kid, Tim. You shouldn’t have felt like it was your responsibility.”
Tim shrugs, his gaze drifting back to the city. “Fair doesn’t matter. Responsibility doesn’t wait for someone else to pick it up.”
“That doesn’t mean you should’ve had to do it alone,” Dick says softly.
“I wasn’t alone,” Tim says, his voice softer now. “I had Batman. Not Bruce—Batman. That was enough. It had to be.”
Dick studies him, his heart aching at the casual acceptance in Tim’s tone. “But it shouldn’t have been. You deserved more than that. You deserved—”
“Stop,” Tim interrupts again, his voice sharper now. He turns to look at Dick, his expression unreadable. “I didn’t do this for what I deserved. I didn’t do it to get something out of it. I did it because if I didn’t, things would’ve gotten worse. And you weren’t there, and Bruce wasn’t okay, and someone had to do it. So I did.”
ROBIN FOR GOTHAM!!!
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I Don’t Belong Here (I Wish I Was Special) by BootyCrusade
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), DCU (Comics), DCU, Justice League - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics)
15 Apr 2024
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After a run-in with some hi-tech goons, Tim wakes up in a universe where Bruce enjoys his company. Where Jason never died, where Dick never gave Robin to a murderous Demon Brat who, it seemed, wasn’t even around.
He goes to sleep, happy.
And wakes up back in his original world, where he feels like a ghost among the living, forgotten and cold and alone.
The one where Tim switches between worlds whenever he falls asleep.
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Damian, Dick, ch 37
“I would like to… offer my apologies for my earlier indiscretions.” Damian finally said reluctantly. “I… have been made aware now that my… behavior and actions towards Dr— Timothy ,” Damian spat, “Have been… incorrect. I would like to explain my thought process to you.” Damian said, looking up at Dick. His brow was furrowed and his cheeks pinker than usual, and Dick resisted the urge to coo at Damian.
“All right.” Dick said, crouching down so he was closer to Damian’s eye level. He noticed the boy liked that pretty early on, if Damian standing on chairs and tables to look down at people wasn’t a big hint.
“I… I took my cues in behavior towards Dr- Timothy from how the family treated him. I read about Red Hood being let back into the family despite having repeatedly attempted to kill Timothy, without so much as a minor punishment.”
Dick felt his heart stutter for a moment. Had they done that? Fuck, they had.
Damian, unaware of Dick’s sudden shock, continued on.
“I read back through training logs and the third Robin’s training was much more… violent than his predecessors’. I wished to show Father that he need not use such barbaric methods on me, so I had to prove my superiority.”“Barbaric methods…?” Dick asked weakly.
Damian nodded, rolling his eyes a little. “Yes, yes, extended hours, bruising, broken bones and such.” the boy said dismissively.
Dick’s mind flashed back to when Tim had just started his Robin training and he almost immediately had needed a special boot due to a fractured shin. Tim had cheerfully told him he took a nasty dive off of his skateboard… but Tim always had been a talented liar. He remembered seeing the boy heading out after training with growing bruises on his face, arms and legs, and he even vaguely recalled a time when Tim had been breathing oddly as he walked past Dick to go home.
Dick hadn’t paid attention at the time, having felt Bruce had snubbed him in some way or another, and had come to yell at him over it. How different would his relationship to Tim have been if Dick hadn’t ignored the signs?Dick felt his shoulders tighten. Perhaps it was time to yell at Bruce again. Had he really hurt Tim like that? He remembered his own training with Bruce. The man had been strict, yes, but not harsh. He pushed the kids to their limits but not past it. He recalled walking into the Cave one morning to find Tim passed out on the mats. He had claimed he’d just fallen asleep, but his eyes had drifted strangely.
Fuck.
Of course, Damian bouldered on.
“When nobody corrected my behavior towards Timothy and reiterated that him responding to my aggressions was wrong… I must admit I still do not understand that. I interpreted you giving me Robin as your way of telling Timothy he was no longer wanted or necessary. Everyone else seemed to take it as such. He was here to take the brunt of Father’s aggression. With Father gone, he was unnecessary.”
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in which I scream about the real Dick Grayson vs the weird cardboard cutout that took his place in 2009…in which I scream about Tim and Damian being autistic freaks that could have been So Much…in which I scream about Tim’s fucked up little “Batman Needs A Robin” thing…
…in which I scream about all the things Damian Needed More…Than Robin.
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