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continuation of my batman mlb au
After the lovely Catwoman gave her bestie Harley the ladybug miraculous she quickly realised just how powerful this magic shit was and took up the mantle of The Harlequin (based on harlequin beetles!) and then, later lent her earrings to her beloved Puddin', who then used the power of Creation to terrorize Gotham for a bit, though eventually Joker grew bored of it and decided magic "Wasn't funny enough." and ditched the miraculous where it got picked up by a ...familiar face who had just returned to Gotham to settle an old score with the Clown... ;P
me stumbling out of the woodworks after 12 years: "batman but its miraculous ladybug au"
so basically the motivation for this au was a read a bunch of mlb crosovers and then thought but what if the batkids had miraculous lol?
marinette and adrien are both dead in this universe they died of old age like 10 years ago
Batman found the bat kwami shortly after his parents death and then spend most of his childhood training with Ekkho to become The Batman (also Ekkho may be the cause of Bruce's fear of bats in this au)
Dick got his kwami from his Mom, he knew kwami existed but didn't know they could be used to transform until after his parent's murder when he took up the role of Robin, he later passed it down to Jason hoping it would protect him and became Nightwing after getting the peacock from a mission (it was stolen to be used for its power and Dick found it in Bludhaven after a crime group used it to make senti-monsters to steal shit)
Selina stole the cat ring and the ladybug earrings from a traveling french exibit. Selina only wanted the ring because Cat theme and gave the earrings to her friend Harley Quinn, it wasn't till after Harley had left she realized they were both magic artifacts, but she decided that wasn't her problem anymore
Jason got the Robin kwami from Dick, he was Robin till the day he died and both him and the Miraculous exploded. The Robin miraculous was damaged and Peep was never the same.
I think that Jason could totally be a bearded vulture they look really cool and they stain their feathers red with clays and they eat bones I've added some pictures of them
Hi, Hello, Yes
If I were to hypothetically make the batfamily into harpies. Hypothetically what would you all think would fit each of them?
This does include Bruce. Because I just think it'd be hilarious if people mistook him for a bat and the kids are just wheezing on the floor while laughing.
Batfamily members I am talking about:
Bruce Wayne
Dick Grayson
Barbara Gordon
Jason Todd
Cassandra Cain
Stephanie Brown
Tim Drake
Duke Thomas
Damian Wayne
Alfred Pennyworth
Combining 2 random hyperfixations pt3
Close up under break
What if Batman in Hedgehog form is Shadow’s long-lost twin brother?
Thomas and Martha Wayne can’t have children cause whoever is infertile. They’re so heartbroken. They both had a dream to have a family but not anymore. The mentor went toward Wayne Manor’s garden. Their butler looked out a window and saw some weird light from the sky coming straight in front of the house, crashing into the garden. The two couples heard something from outside. They're going to check out and see there's Alfred was outside that he was standing there. They saw the mentor was cracked open, Thomas told Martha to stay, and he and Alfred could go to look at what was inside of it but Martha heard someone crying. She followed the sound, and now she found a young alien who hiding in rose bushes with thorns that were her favorite flowers. A young alien was stuck in. Martha was a bit scared but she couldn't leave "him". So she started to help him. A young alien was scared of her and tried to back away, but it didn't work. Martha told him that she was not going hurt to him. A young alien listening to her is really soft. Martha finally got him out of her rose bushes. She hugged a little one who was shaking and holding her tied. Martha had never seen a young alien before in person, she thought he was just a baby. Thomas and Alfred found her, and they were shocked to see a young alien. Martha tells Alfred to get a med kit and tells her husband to get something warm. They want to say something but they do as she says. Martha carried the young alien and took him inside their house. Thomas gave the med kit to her, and Martha started treating him as well. Alfred got a warm blanket, She grabbed it and put some blanket wrapping around him. A young alien was quieting. Martha tells Alfred to make hot cocoa with marshmallows. Thomas was amazed that he had never seen his wife as a good mother. He thinks about the young alien she found that he was worried about. Aflred got hot cocoa for her. Martha takes a hot drink out of his drink. She shows a young alien, teaches him how to brow and drink, and tells him it's safe. A young alien is copying her like she does. He enjoying it. Three people were surprised that he was acting like a child. Not ever an alien. A young alien fell asleep on the sofa. Martha carries a young alien to the guest room. She got him on a bed and left him be. Marthe asked Thomas and Alfred to want to talk. They both go to the living room. so here they are, Martha tells them they can't tell anybody about the child, her husband wants to say but she cuts him off, She wants to keep him and have a family they have a dream that it come true. She was worried that she seems some bad people would take a child away from them, so they experimented with a child-like rat lab from a movie. She pleased them for not telling them, Thomas and Alfred calmed her and told her they agreed with her. Martha was shocked as they were on her side. Thomas told her that he was so proud of her. Martha was so happy that her husband was the best man she ever met. Alfred asked them what their plan about a young alien and two couples would keep him safe in Wayne Manor. Teach him about things. Treat him as their child a family. Show him about beautiful earth. Thomas and Martha got a name for child is... Bruce Wayne the hedgehog.
(Pew, how it is, readers? I'm kind of no good writer.)
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This gave me ideas.
this is my new therapist. chat, am i fucking dead?
Alice obviously doesn't know what she's talking about. Jervis is clearly a well adjusted, rational, stable individual! Not on the verge of a breakdown or anything! Not upset that she doesn't share his love of escapism or anything! Not thinking about using his technology for selfish purposes or ANYTHING!!
i like to think that the Arkham rec room has little busy work activities for the patients. most of them you could find in an elementary school until Riddler was admitted, then they had to start providing calculus and trig worksheets lol
Don't you hate it when your childhood best friend who was arrested for larceny and murder, yet claims that he's "No longer mentally ill" despite his insatiable need to cosplay a minor character from a children's book written 160 years ago, kidnaps you for an elaborate larp experience, which may or may not include the violent execution of your city's vigilante?
...on that note, anyone wanna hear the Mad Hatter lore from my batman au??
Woe, Jervis be upon ye!
Gotham Skies glow Brave and Bold
When Thomas Wayne dies, everyone feels it.
It doesn’t matter that it’s late at night. It doesn’t matter that most people are asleep or that some are so hopped up on caffeine they can taste color or that some are so drunk they can barely remember if they’re wearing shoes or not.
None of it matters.
Because suddenly, without warning, every single person in Gotham, from the poorest urchin to the sleaziest mob boss to the richest philanthropist, hears a sound like a gun going off right before something snaps.
It’s like the world stops.
Suddenly, breathing is impossible, throats caught on nothing but the shocking feeling of loss. Suddenly, skin becomes freezing cold, like all the warmth has been sucked from the room. Suddenly, knees buckle and eyes shoot open and heads turn unerringly towards the same place, looking to where there is now a hollow space in countless chests.
And suddenly, everyone knows.
Thomas Wayne is dead.
Gotham’s Sky is dead.
Someone killed their Sky.
The world stands still, breaths caught and fingers freezing and Souls screaming.
And then the world burns.
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Because if DC and Katekyo Hitman Reborn! existed in the same universe, you know everyone in Gotham would have Flames and you know the Waynes would be their Skies.
The Nightingale sings
There is a time, when Bryce is young and grieving and furious, where she thinks of never Claiming anything.
She thinks of simply staying as she is, human-enough and powerless, because she has seen how her father struggled with hiding, with denying, for so many years and with so many people, and she doesn’t think she can do the same. Not when she has just watched her parents be lowered into the ground and buried.
She thinks of it. Consider it, even.
But then she thinks of the way her father’s face had lit up, that first time she asked why the stars were singing. Thinks of the first touch of moonlight against her cheek when she sat in her window late at night, soft and steady and comforting. Thinks of the weight of the shadows on her shoulders, a heavy blanket that covered her completely as she stared dully at blood soaked streets.
She thinks of all that and more, her father’s smile as he told her stories from days long past, her mother’s teasing at her husband’s delicate wings, Alfred dry sarcasm when once again faced with the glitter, and she knows that she will not be able to ignore the call of the Night when she is finally ready to lay her Claim.
She is a Fairy, after all. They can never resist that which Calls them for very long.
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I genuinely cannot remember how the hell I came up with this, but I found it in my docs folder a decided I might as well share it.
DP x DC prompt [3]
during one of the final psych evals at Arkham right before he gets to be released, the whole thing wrapped up so tidy, just a little relapse which involved a robbery. Getting sent back to Arkham, but he got to stay at the asylum so long that he no longer has to serve a prison sentence, score!
But during that eval his overseeing psychiatrist recommended him to have a change of scenery, some fresh non polluted air.
Riddler was rather convinced the guy was making this recommendation to everyone in Arkham in their own weird way to convince them to just leave Gotham and become someone else's problem. should he notify Batman about it somehow? nah, it’ll be more interesting to see how this is gonna turn out in the long run.
But can he leave the state? Can he even leave the city? he never really bothered to look into it, at least not legally, up until now if he felt he needed to leave for one of his plans he just did it.
Turns out he can, it’s a whole hassle and a half though, first a judge and then a probation officer and he’s pretty sure both were like “what the hell is this psychiatrist guy thinking!?” but at the same time, shrink probably knows what he’s doing (WRONG) so he’s allowed to go visit out of state family or whatever.
he had to wear this nice ankle monitor though, Wayne Enterprises™ tech, not overly bulky but still very present. real fancy, and a fun extra challenge heh.
now as for a good reason to leave New Jersey he’s going to need distant relatives, and he finds some, great grandpa walker also has a son, who had a son who had a daughter Madeline, who married some guy Jack Fenton, and she lives somewhere out in the boonies Illinois. great he’ll visit her.
far enough away in all sense of the word that there is no way she knows anything about him. it would be best to call her first though, be polite about it.
“hello, you have reached Fenton works, this is Maddie speaking”
“Riddle me this-” ah whoops, habit, oh whatever, “we don’t share parents, but certainly a part of your life, from laughter to strife. Who am I?”
there is a pause … he’s going to be a bit disappointed if she hangs up if he’s honest.
“cousins~” comes the cheery reply.
“correct! the name is Edward Nygma, we are distantly related you and I and well-”
“oh you simply must come visit!”
well this was rather easy, perhaps a little too easy, but she lives in the midwest so maybe just going with whatever some guy says over the phone is normal there? stranger danger not really a thing in a small town where everyone knows everyone?
things start to make a little more sense once he gets there and he’s starting to think some things might run in the family. like a preference for the colour green and weird hyperfixations and genius bordering on insanity. Though that remains to be seen, Jack does not seem like a very bright light after his very enthusiastic welcome.
their kids however are observant and sharp. young Jasmine is wasting no time trying to psychoanalyze him. and the boy, Danny, he had not really meant to and he swears he’s sticking with calling the kid Danny so he wouldn’t seem overly familiar, but he might have called him little bird a couple times now.
but that’s all whatever, he’s playing nice here. and he doesn’t even have to worry about his eccentricities tripping him up because this place is insane.
There actually is a local teen vigilante active but he seems about as loved as he’s disliked. and the ghost boy’s enemies are basically all his own kind, which another crazy thing to now know about. ghost. they are real actually, how is Gotham not completely overrun? and how do they even work? and where do they keep coming from?
Edward might be getting a little sidetracked here. He had fully intended to sneakily get his next big game plan underway all the way out here, ankle monitor be damned. but he hasn’t made any progress at all.
Instead he’s been listening to Madeline and Jack to maybe figure out what the deal is with these ectoplasmic entities, he has to know, at this point he might go crazier if he doesn’t.
He’s making Jasmine promise him not to get her doctorate in Gotham, he’s going back and forth with space riddles with Danny.
so yeah the whole thing kinda just became a vacation, maybe the psychiatrist had the right idea after all? hmm nah, probably not. but this is fun. He’s thinking about recommending this place to some of the others.
It's different enough to get the vacation feel, but enough crazy shit happens to make it all feel like home.
it is not until Maddie wants to talk with him about potentially switching the position of godfather of Danny to him rather than some weird rich friend of theirs that Edward realizes he might have lost the plot somewhere
Apparently the little bird basically begged them with a powerpoint presentation on how he likes Edward so much more than that Vladimir guy.
And honestly, the fellow sounds like a Dracula Lutho so even if it’s kinda sad Edward can understand why he’d be considered a better option. Even if the guy has more money and a huge company that makes him said money. And it’s not like the Fentons know about his Riddler activities.
Thinking it over, Edward does think that Danny would like Gotham and Wayne has that space program thing right? The kid is definitely smart enough for that (Nygma certified), and yeah Edward does quite like their space themed back and forth. So, fuck it, why not, what is the worst that could happen?
He doubts Maddie and Jack are gonna kick it any time soon anyway out here in the boonies, it’s just a title thing, a stamp of approval or something.
he should have known he was going to eat those words later… he had this whole beautifully elaborate trap set up for the whole Batclan, and he was just getting to the good part when his phone went off.
Had to put the whole thing on pause cause that particular contact wasn’t gonna get ignored. He did promise to be available.
If the whole thing he had planned now went tits up he could at the very least laugh later at the reactions of the bats as he told them to “hold up one second, I have to take this.” while they were all in various perilous positions.
Sadly he did have to go, he had a very distressed godson to pick up.
Apparently The riddler has crazy distant family. Batman did not know that yet.
It was during on of Riddler's infamous hide and seek with his all his ? Trophiess hiding in odd places in gotham, each having a piece of the code and the whereabouts of riddler and the hostages that will harm in 2 hours if batman and the batfam didn't find them all.
Only half way through the hunt, Riddler's announcement was interrupted.
"Oh second cousin twice removed Eddd!!! We respecting your privacy by delining to the family reunion letter we sented you but asserting my role as the older second cousin and bringing you to the reunion anyways!" Said a loud voice and the sound of some statics sounds and the multiples of female and males voices.
"-'m in the middle of something importan-."
"Nonsense, Dad made two containers Extra fudge swirl with almonds with the edible white chocolate ?s that you like, you're coming with us or not?" Said a bargaining male voice..
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"...Fine, Danny but I want 4 more containers. Batman, I'ma take a rain check, the hostages are in Gotham Cathedral, hanging about with a timer attached to to the top of them." Riddler's voice sighed as the video cut off.
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"Did you know he has a distant cousin, batman..?" Tim said a bit concerned by the lack of response, after they has check Riddler's hideout and there was no way of getting in without disactivating the traps set for them..
Blog masterlist
Multi-chapter fics:
(The obligations of a rogue versus those of a parent - Mentor!Scarecrow)
(Drowning in formaldehyde - Vengeful villain!Danny)
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One-shots:
(Gävle Goat v.s. two drunk half-ghosts - Dead on Main)
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Brainrot/drabbles:
(Ace the Bat-hound and Psychopomp)
(Vengeful villain Danny)
(Liminal Riddler)
(Liminal Scarecrow)
(Lazarus pits as a ghost whalefall)
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Art:
(Riddlefam Danny)
(More Riddlefam Danny)
(Nighttime in Gotham)
(Danny with glowing eyes)
(Mentor!Scarecrow Danny design)
Scrape Off My Skin
Cuddle pollen, but with Danny being affected in his ghost form, he wants to be under someone else's skin, AKA overshadow someone. Which. Of course, it has a lot of awful implications. But the pollen is getting so bad, he's beginning to wonder if overshadowing would be worth it.
His human form is getting hives while he's being afflicted by the pollen. So. He tries being creative. Overshadow a stray cat, a pidgeon, even a rat, but no dice. Animals don't seem to cut it.
Finally, he cannot take anymore of this, and he overshadows the first human being he sees. This is, of course, The Bat.
(Late additions:
Imagine if Bruce's will is enough to keep his wits about it. So now he's got a ghost kid inside his own body and he's clumsy because he's constantly fighting for control.
Danny does petty commentary at the most inopportune moments, like a little devil on the Bat's shoulder.
Bruce is completely livid at Constantine and Zatara's sudden unavailability, so he's stuck until the ghost goes away on his own.)
Prompt 289
While Bruce was lost in time, he made a Deal.
He doesn’t exactly mention it to his family when he comes back- he was more than a little busy trying to figure out what he missed, where his children were, what the fuck had even happened. Besides, he’d put it in the report that he’d encountered some sort of primordial time being- even if he was still investigating that on his down time.
So he thinks he can be forgiven for forgetting to mention anything until Clark drops a cup while staring at him with a pale expression and shakily asks why there’s a second, slower heartbeat in his chest. He just also wishes it wasn’t in the middle of a League meeting.
# Dcu x Dp 177
Danny is having mix feelings his parents believed that his powers were the cause of ecto contaminated and was making him sick and slow killing.
While the bat's and birds think that he is also sick they belived that the powers he has have made him think he is dead and have given him something called walking corpse syndrome
The batfam believes that Danny is a meta with Cotard's syndrome and are trying to convince him that he is not dead. While also making sure that he does not die for real because of starvation or injury/infection.
Cotard's syndrome ( aslo called walking corpse) a rare mental disorder in which the affected person holds the believe that parts of their body are missing, or that they are dying, dead, or don't exist
Well, Mermay is almost done buuut, Aquatic batfam is always lovely. So which would you be fine hearing me ramble about-slash-work on the Oneshots lol
Eel Mer- Eeels. Long wriggly friends. Now with apposable thumbs! And Bruce's growing adoption problem- and a slight family curse but shhh.
Merfolk- I mean, fish! A mixture of modern and fantasy with the merfolk of Gotham waters being cryptids compared to the rest of the seas. The bats think it's hilarious.
Octopus Mer- Octopi are fun. And you ever see the videos of octopus continuously escaping their tanks? Imagine if the octopi were vigilantes with weapons. Yeaah...
Crabtaur- Lazarus crabs? Lazarus crabs! And a curse to them all that they have to work around in their day to day lives.
Nudibranch- Sea Slugs? Indeed. And a lot of them poisonous and using the poisons in their work- along with messing with each other.
Mershark- Sharks! Includes Flashpoint-esque Thomas being a murder grandpa and past AlfredxMarthaxThomas, along with Bruce being less murderous
Kraken- Squids. Think giant merfolk but well, giant squids. Fantasy-esque AU with Gotham being the largest population of pirates & crime on the seas.
Sea Dragon- Sea serpents mixed with seahorses and a bit more. Includes the kids being bio-kids via blood ritual and a couple galas. Also some shapeshifting.
Master Posts Links
All the dabbles I have posted on my DC x DP account. Under a read more due to how long it is. Broken into three categories:
Multi-parts - Dabbles that have more than one part written.
One-shots- Dabbles with only one part written.
Requests- Dabbles written for the requests of readers. (Note: If a request is for a continuation of the other two categories, they will be filed in Milti-parts)
Master Post 1 Link
Master Post 2 Link
Please read the indexes to determine which master post each au is filed in.
As of 02/10/2024: The newest stuff is inside of Master Post 2. If there are many parts from Master Post 1, they will remain on that one.
MASTER POST 1 INDEX:
Multi-parts:
The Royal Consort,
The Bakery is a Front!...right?,
Child Support
Alfred's Boy
The Adoptive Son
Phantom's Number 1 fan
Passion for Fashion
Danny and The Fan Blog
Congratulations! It's Triplets!:
Ghost King Summon dare
The Dauntless Matchmaker
Demon and Angel Brat
One-shots:
The Assistant
The Ghost Trio's Food Trip
Legal Compensation
Love Among Fans
Lex Luther's Youngest
Misplace Baby:
The Infinite Realms Hobby Store:
Obsession Runs in the Family
Farm Hand
Vague Threats
Game of Deadly Love
Retired-Rouge
The Real Blood Son
The Kid of Candles
Magic Older Brother
Keep The God Kid Busy!
Dog walker
Clockwork's Cookbook
Respawn and Relive
The Summoning Conditions of the Ghost King
Finders Keeper
What's the rule again?
The Contact, the Butler and the Sly Time Lord
Big Fish in Gotham Pond:
Immunity system:
Wrong Number:
Timeline Prevention Squad
Requests
The Masters are Aliens
Ghost Zone Read
Red Hood's Snow
Jason Sees Dead People
Ghost Dad
Wayne Manor Ghost
The Siren of Iceberg Lounge
Single Dad
The Orginal
The Ghost King's Fibs
Red ParentHood
Woo thy Butler, My Lord
Jason's Doll
Cass the Halfa
Double Vision
Dealeyed Soulmates
Rescue Mission
Danny's Online Persona
Practice makes perfect
Alley Boyfriends:
MASTER POST 2 INDEX:
Multi-Parts
Cave Boy
Cass the Halfa
Danny's Grill
Freelance Inventor
The Audit
Why Ten?
One-Shots
Red Yummy
It's all Fun and Games Kids!
Professional Protector of Love
The Backroads
In 30 Minutes or less
One hell of a good bellhop
Mr. Flavor
Danny Fenton's Ex
Corporate Rivals
Rude Kryptonian
The Summoned Demon
Requests
Batman with a gun's lover
IRS's boogie man
Super Robin
Dear Elder Brother's mistakes
The Undead Florist
Pit's Merman
Dullahan is my roomate
Cluster of Cores
Nightowl Appartement
Demon Head slightly to the left
Just a little idea
What if when Tim went off to look for Batman when he was lost in time he bumped into Phantom.
They made a Deal
Phantom knowing CW helped him find Bruce and how to get him back safely, Phantom in return for reasons (hurt badly & recovering, or evolving in power) needed someone very ecto-contaminated (Ra's fault) like Tim, to be contained in.
From a magic user point of view, knowing very little of the GZ and how they work, Tim made a very powerful Deal with a powerful death being (High Ghost King Phantom: Hello!) and is now somehow pregnant (not really but they don't know that)
Danny while inside Tim inside his core can still hear the world outside normally and can share his emotions with Tim to communicate. Which looks a lot like Tim is speaking to his belly just like expecting parents do.
This could be angst or crack
or
my personal favourite, different genres for different pov's
Tim's would be happy, just regular getting his life back together being a total BAMF, coming of age type of vibe
The rest of the Batfam and other heroes pov would be angst, paranormal, psychological horror.
Misunderstandings galore
Dick regretting heavily his decisions which caused Tim to run away because he did not believe him and he has many Regrets.
Bruce feeling guilty that Tim felt the need to make such a decision as to make a Deal and end up pregnant just to bring him back.
Meanwhile the magic users have told the other heroes about Tim's situation and now think that he's going to give birth to the child of a very powerful death being and if something happens to Tim to risk the baby it would cause all of their worlds destruction.
so pretty much-
Tim-Girl Boss, Gatekeep, Gaslight
Batfam- Much Angst
Others- *panicked chicken noises*
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Just an Idea
I have a really upsetting fic idea. ALSO TW for Suicide Attempt (but it's not actually a suicide but the Young Just Us and Batfam don't know that) sooooo, if you uhm don't feel up to checking on this, you can just ignore it!!!!!!!! Please!
After saving Bruce from the timestream, Tim is slowly becoming distant from the Batfamily. They notice, but no one had the courage (except Alfred because he's just awesome like that) to reach out, using having to deal with other things first as an excuse. Besides, Tim looked fine. He even said that he was hanging out with someone in his civilian life, and he looked hapoy about it.
Kon tries to reach out, even Bart tries to have a conversation with Tim. Cassie invites Tim on outings. Tim was... not behaving weirdly, but he was making death jokes more often. They thought it was Jason's influence. But the death jokes also become a bit more worrying, a bit more gorey. They tell him so, asking if he's doing okay, if he needs to talk to someone. Tim smiles at them and hugs them, telling them hoe thankful he was to have them and that he's never been happier. Of course, that causes alarm bells to ring in their minds.
Kon tries to tell Dick about this. He was brushed off. He tried to tell Steph. She said she'll check up on him regularly but also says that Tim was fine. Kon even tries to reach out to Jason. JASON! And HE seems to be the only one concerned! Jason says he'll talk to Tim, and talk to Alfred because Jason isn't as emotionally equipped for all this but he does want the Little Bird to be okay.
And then, one day, Kon hears Tim's heartbeat stop. He flies out of the Kents' house while sobbing, a small resignation in his chest but also denial because he knew, HE KNEW, that with how Tim was behaving, there was a chance that Tim might... Might...
He goes to Tim's Nest near Crime Alley, but he couldn't find him there. He goes to Tim's other safehouses, goes to high places, explores alleys, but he couldn't find Tim anywhere.
As long as there wasn't a body, Kon wasn't going to lose hope that Tim might be alive.
So, finally, he gives up, calls for Bart and Cassie for help, and then goes to the Wayne Manor to talk to Alfred. The old butler invited Kon in, and Kon began telling him everything thatvwas going on, his fears of Tim being dead, and his hope that Tim might still be alive. That maybe he was in some place where his super hearing couldn't hear through, or his supervision couldn't see.
Batman and Robin (Kon was a bit bitter for Tim), enters the kitchen, and Alfred relays everything Kon has told him.
No expression was on Damian's face, but Bruce absolutely crumples.
"He's not dead," said Bruce, clenching his fists and stomping away, probably to the batcave. "He couldn't be!"
But the Batcomputer couldn't track Tim's vitals.
But it did track where he had last been. Tim was at the top of Wayne Tower, standing at the very ledge. Bruce tried to look for video feeds. And when he found some, he began raging and cursing the security guards most likely sleeping on the job. Tim would never drug someone to his benefit. Lies and deception? Yes. And, he had always been sneaky.
Bruce played the video, and he could see and watch Tim... Talking? He was talking to himself, but the video feed was too grainy. Bruce knows that the security cameras were state of the art, always constantly upgraded to make sure he would get quality videos to look through. Did Tim know this? Why didn't the security guards report this?
But Bruce didn't have time to think of other things anymore, because Tim was falling.
"No..."
Tim didn't look scared, he looked excited for some reason, even through the grainy quality. He was laughing, he didn't have any gear on him, he was nearing the ground.
And the video feed cuts there, turning black. Alfred was in the background, walking up to Bruce's chair with a hand on his chest, having just finished a call with various batfamily members to check on the scene while he and Bruce and the young Kon watched Tim dive off the roof.
Bruce was searching for more feeds, but it was just the same. Oracle says that everything in WE during that time of Tim's fall turned off. But that's not what Bruce wanted to know. He couldn't bring his hands to see the next part after the blackout. He couldn't move his shaking hands to press play after the blackout.
"Bruce," Kon spoke softly. "I didn't see any blood around WE. This was minutes after I couldn't hear his heartbeat."
"B," Dick's voice echoed throughout the cave. "There's nothing here. I can't find Tim anywhere."
Where could Tim have gone?
a few months ago, days after returning from the time stream...
There was this interesting guy, you see. He was looking around with a Camera in his hand, taking pictures of Gotham's buildings/architecture.
Except, he was taking the pictures... Wrong. "How can you expect to take good pictures like that?" asked Tim, because he's an asshole like that.
The guy turns to him, raising a brow. Then, he chuckled holding the camera out. "How do you take them, then?"
Tim took the camera, made a grand show of how to position himself, how to adjust the lenses, and then took a picture of the man who might be a bit younger than him from how youthful he looked, which was accentuated from the orange sunset behind him shining like a halo behind his head, the gotham architectures looking like arches welcoming the man into the city, gargoyle statues paused in their roars, cars lined up in a solemn procession, and people faced towards Danny almost in an excited bow. Tim didn't know how he managed to capture such good timing for all this, but this has to be one of his best captures yet.
He hands the camera back proudly, and the man whistles appreciatively. "You're right, you do have the right to insult me, oh great photographer."
Tim blushes. "Can you send me a copy of that picture?" he asks instead of retorting. Then, he opens his wallet to bring out his business card, writing at the back with the pen he brought out to write one of his active emails (and phone number).
"I'm Tim, by the way," he said.
The man took the card, chuckling when he found Tim's initials for his last name. "Timothy Jackson D.W.?"
Tim shrugged. This man doesn't seem to know him, and he's not gonna change that.
"Well, D.W.," said the man, holding a hand out, "I'm Daniel William F."
Tim raised a brow. "Shall I call you First D.W.?"
"Please, call me Danny."
Tim smirked. "Only if you call me, Tim."
Danny smirked back. "Nah. Last D.W. kinda fits you."
"It's a mouthful, moreso than Timothy."
"It drives you crazy, I think it's worth it."
It all felt surreal. He was bantering easily with a... Well, he wasn't a stranger anymore. But, it felt nice.
More banters and conversations ended up with Tim inviting him for coffee, and then the two of them having a caffeine drinking contest (much to the horror of many staff and patrons), and then to Tim asking when Danny was free, landing another outing together, and they meet, and then there's another outing, and another, and another, and...
Tim had never felt so happy. So calm. So peaceful. Danny felt the same.
And then, Danny said, "I have a secret I want to share... I mean, since we're far away from what makes this dangerous, I just thought that I should come clean with you before I ask if we could... Y'know... Take this relationship to the next level?"
Tim trusts Danny. So, he readies himself to listen. And he listens to Danny's story.
He lives in a whole other dimension, where he fights ghosts on a daily basis as a ghost himself. That he came visiting other dimensions as a way to cope and escape his life in the other world sometimes. He has a family and friends, he's scared of his parents but he loves them, he went through various heartbreaks, but still managed to push through.
"If you want to run away, you can," he said.
But Tim hugs him, hugs him and kisses him. Danny kisses back.
"I love you," he said.
They kiss some more.
But you see...
When Danny said that he wanted to go bring Tim to meet his sister, Tim, in his sleep-deprived mind that makes the most horrible and dumbest choices known to man, blurted out that he wanted to sky dive from the roof of WE, and then fall into the portal and into Danny's bed. It sounded great, it sounded fun. Danny was all for it, as long as Danny is holding on to Tim while they fell. But keeping up invisibilIty while also trying to keep a portal open sucks so much power, so, Tim tells him not to bother with Tim. This was such a horrible idea, Danny made sure to keep up the ghostly interference with the cameras. He'll make sure to return Tim by morning, and he really cannot have people noticing Tim about to fall to his death.
Danny's aura lulls some people still within WE to sleep. And then, they jump.
The portal shuts all electricity off in WE, which awakens a whole bunch of people, but not fast enough to see a portal momentarily open and close.
Danny and Tim were laughing as they land on Danny's bed. It was still day time in Danny's world, so he and Tim naps for a little while.
Then, when Tim is more rested and more rational, they meet Jazz.
But it's when he's drinking coffee does Tim's eyes snap open.
"KON HAS SUPERHEARING!"
"Who?"
And that's how Danny found out Tim's secret identity.
[The portal caused WE to lose electricity because Danny was using a whole bunch of energy trying to keep Tim alive, trying to protect Tim from turning liminal, half-ghost, and whatever else could happen from being even slightly affected by the ghost zone]
Danny didn't have enough energy to return Tim, so now Tim was inwardly panicking what will happen once he returns.
But then, Dani suggests to just let Tim be liminal, that way Tim doesn't need to explain. He can just say that he couldn't remember, and his heartbeat won't even be telling them anything because it'll be slowed.
Tim could see the logic-not-logic of it. Except, he feels bad--nope, no he doesn't. The less people knows about other worlds, the better. Bruce just got back, Tim has added some stress towards him for being an idiot and doing that stunt, and he might as well just...
"Will it hurt?"
"Well, since you're being infected, it's like catching a stomach bug. So, you'll probably be miserably out of it for a week or two."
A day before Danny and Tim heads back, Tim gets the authentic experience of eating the Fenton's infected by ectoplasm food. Usually, you'd avoid it. But, well, Tim needed to do this no matter hoe much Danny says that he literally didn't need to do that, oh ancients, babe.
But, Danny's friends are liminal, Jazz is liminal, the Fenton parents are liminal eithout even knowing it.
Tim wants this.
And Tim eats.
It's only when Danny has laid Tim in his bed does Tim finally starts feeling the effects. His body starts sweating, and his head starts feeling foggy. His stomach wasn't aching, but it felt really numb.
Danny, invisible, shushes quietly into Tim's ear. And then disappears when Tim's door opens.
"TIM! Oh god, ALFRED! TIM'S HERE!"
Bruce? Why does Bruce sound like that?
They bring Tim into the medbay, taking blood samples to check if he's really Tim.
And he is.
But then they see something in his blood.
"It's... similar to the Lazarus..."
Tim will take the knowledge about this to his grave... Afterlife... When he fades...
Because Jason will definitely kill him for being stupid. Tim was feeling stupid.
And he was crying.
"It's okay, Tim..."
He doesn't deserve that kind voice. Tim feels like a fake. He shouldn't have done that. He shouldn't have.
Because he's only going to get worse from here. Jason and Damian would be able to tell how Tim's body was dying, or better yet, getting closer with death.
But Tim won't be dying once the transition is done.
He'll be liminal. He'll be in the middle.
And he was so stupid about it, and none of his family members will know about it and--
"You don't have to tell them about my world, Tim," said Danny. "I'll tell them that I had you swallow some of this... Lazarus water or whatever."
"I did it willingly," whispered Tim, knowing that Damian could hear him either way, evem if he couldn't hear Danny. "I willingly ate it. It's not your fault. Let me own up to it..."
Damian thinks Tim was talking to him.
He relays the message to the others.
Aaaaaaand I'm now out of ideas of what else could happen. I just wanted some Tim Drake whump-not-whump. What Tim did was not cool, not his best ideas, and was probably out of character, and if someone could do this better (more heartwrenching and angsty), PLEASE. DO IT. I just want the Batfam and Tim to suffer.
I-
Anon this is a masterpiece holy shit. Like truly and genuinely this is incredible.
I can’t add anything onto this cause I know if I start writing I simply won’t stop and my carpal tunnel will not vibe with that.
If anyone else wants to add onto this I beg of you to do so because the angst potential is just so positively delicious.
I feel like those aren’t the only reasons why Tim is believed to be a vampire, but honestly it would be funnier if those were the reasons!
You know what I need more of? The Batkids completely fucking with the Justice League and their rogues and coming up with stories for their existence.
Like I am talking about the creation of demigods sort of stories, like Loki sort of stories.
Duke has convinced all of Gotham that he's the Bat Signal brought to life and that's why he's never seen at night and why the signal literally doesn't work during the day. He's waiting giddily for the story to spread outside of the city.
The batkids have convinced half the League that Nightwing is quite literally Batman's lovechild with Justice. Hey, Constantine had a one night stand with the manifestation of a city and they've dealt with gods before, so surely it's not that surprising? Right???
I need more of the Batkids being little shits, of Alfred the-greatest-enabler Pennyworth backing them up and Bat(the-biggest-troll)man to never confirm the stories, but he doesn't deny them either.
Spooktober Day 23
Batman Costumes
Mine:
I'm too mentally tired to put effort into this one. So here's a simple one featuring my redesigns of Batman and Joker
Jared's:
Joker as Art the Clown
Batman Reboot Au: Joker
Going through Batman and his rouges and redesigning them
Here's Harley Quinn and the Joker