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Bruce rescues Tim from the League but it brings up some of his own issues and he's not sure how to deal with them. Oh Bruce.

citeJust because Tim became a bat, doesn’t mean he stopped taking photos of bats. Several times Tim took photos of the batfamily, and one time they took photos of him./cite Oh my heart.

emIt's a routine post-mission beer alone in a bar in Kamchatka, until it turns into a rescue mission./em Oh Jason. I enjoyed this.

Tim has a couple of hard conversations with Dick and Jason in the two stories in this series. Oh boys.

This is a really lovely coda to the Obi-Wan show, following Reva as she finds her way.

when I recommended the first story in this series, there was no series! but now there are seven more stories and they do a great job of dealing with Jason's relationships within the family and made me all achy in the chestal area.

Crowley is in a spot of trouble with the law, and asks Aziraphale for some advice. This is so much fun!

citeShe was where she needed to be. She was going to pull her necro out of this godforsaken tomb, end the game of musical bodies they were playing, and then everything would be all right. Harrow would be alive. And Gideon was going to give her shit for approximately the next myriad for not just taking what she’d offered and saving them a whole lot of trouble./cite 333

citeBruce convinces Thomas to come with him during the Button storyline. Jason meets his grandfather./cite Oh Jason.

Gideon doesn't die at the end of GtN. This changes things. This is a good read. (I'd like to know what happens next!)

citeNames are important. The Bats tend to bypass their real names, however, in favour of increasingly dumb nicknames. The older sibling trio of Dick, Jason, and Cass are the primary instigators of this. After all, it is their duty./cite #siblings! oh heart

Jason gets hit with fear toxin and comes home to the manor for the first time since his revival. Oh my heart.

After the defeat of Sauron in the War of the Ring, and before leaving Middle-earth for the final time, Galadriel remembers a long-ago day on Númenor. Lovely!

citeDick is thrilled that Jason has been spending more time at the manor lately. Things with the family seem to have reached a steady equilibrium. But then he notices a pattern that sets his big brother senses tingling. Jason is spending plenty of time at the manor, but he never spends the night. And Dick has no idea why. The only solution is to go straight to the source./cite Oh heart.

Damian and Tim swap bodies and learn how the other half lives. Oh boys.

Dick and Tim are caught in a time loop and have to figure out how to save Jason from the Joker. 333

Jason's first meeting with Tim derails all his plans (for the better). Oh boys.

Commander Fox is being followed by a documentary droid when things go wrong, or maybe they go very, very right. This is a sweetly deadpan fix-it that epitomizes "crack taken seriously."

Damian sneaks out to stop a cult (well, a group of LARPers, but whatever, he knows it's a cult). This is adorable.

citeSix months ago, Nightwing died. They never found the body. Last week, Deathstroke arrived in Gotham. He brought a partner with him./cite Oh, emDick/em... I enjoy this.

citeMost sensible people avoid the Barrel during major celebrations, out of a healthy sense of self-preservation and fondness for their limbs and wallets. Kaz, on the other hand, does not have the luxury of avoiding everyone else's good cheer. What he does have is a useless gang full of teenage idiots, an irritatingly persistent three-legged dog, a few memories he'd rather forget, and a time limit./cite Oh Kaz. This is a lot of fun.

Kaz and Inej break into a bathhouse, and thoroughly abuse the amenities therein. I enjoyed this a lot!

Peter investigates a theft from the Goblin Market. Enjoyable casefile.

Dick Grayson (DCU) accidentally lands himself in Battinson’s Gotham. 💙💙💙💙💙

I enjoyed this pair of stories where Robin gets captured and the Batfam mobilizes to get him back.

Din finds himself in the Republic Senate just before the first battle of Geonosis. This is hilariously great.

Really excellent Pacific Rim AU because of course Harrow and Gideon would be drift compatible.

Having undone the Lyctoral process, Gideon and Harrow find they have some things to work out. This is sweet and hot and funny. 3

Really lovely AU of how Cass (and Tim!) joins the family early. 333

This is an AMAZING story that starts when Wenwu haunts Wong and generally makes life more interesting. 333