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Part 1 of Wings in the Night (Gotham poetry collection)
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2019-10-24
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Family of Night

Summary:

A Gothamite poem about the family that haunts the streets at night, solving crimes.

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This poem shows how the people of Gotham might view the Batfamily, in meyari's universe where Tim is Bruce's biological son. You should absolutely read Daddy first, because otherwise this poem will make no sense.

(I decided that, since Tim is watching over the whole family when they go on missions without him, he saves Jaybird from the Joker, and keeps Barbara from being injured (and hence becoming Oracle). In keeping with Robin staying Robin, in this 'verse titles are not passed on, with each new member coming up with their own call sign.)

Identities:
Batman = Bruce Wayne
Robin = Dick Grayson
Jaybird = Jason Todd
Batgirl = Barbara Gordon
Fruitbat = Stephanie Brown
Black Bat = Cassandra Cain
Redbird = Damian Wayne
Owl/Tyto = Tim Wayne

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

The bats and birds are out tonight
The air is lying still
And Batman’s shadow sends a fright
To any who wish ill

The Robin catches criminals
With spin and twist and fling
The Jaybird metes out justice
With a silent, steady wing

The shadows on the rooftops
Guard the Batgirl as she files
And swiftly in her wake awaits
The Fruitbat’s stony eyes

Malingering in darkness draws
Black Bat’s attention near
And Redbird’s pointy smile
Makes all evildoers fear

And orchestrating every dance
With eyes that seem to glow
The one they say controls them all
The vicious Owl, Tyto

The bats and birds are out tonight
The air is lying still
A family, as one in flight
Dispells the Gotham chill

Notes:

(Tyto means Owl in greek. When Tim picked up the Owl costume to start patrolling, he didn't want to entirely give up being "T" in the cave. Tim mostly uses Owl when patrolling, and Tyto when orchestrating everything from the cave, to prevent villains from connecting the two identities and targeting Owl as the "one-in-charge" ...It only mostly works)

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