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“Why shouldn’t I kill him right now? Why shouldn’t I, when you’ll never be the one to do it?” The plan is off the rails, the plan is absolutely fucked, Jason feels hysteria crawling up his throat but this isn’t the way it was supposed to go, he doesn’t know where to go from here. Bruce’s voice is quiet. “I have.” Jason's great plan for revenge gets derailed but things work out for the better in the end.

Willis Todd doesn’t die in prison. That doesn’t change much, until it does. Incisive and heartbreaking.

AU where the boys Bruce takes in aren't quite human. He loves them anyway.

When Jason returns to Gotham, neither Batman nor the Joker have been seen in years. It's up to Jason to figure out what happened. I enjoyed this AU a lot.

Damian has never understood Drake. At least, not until he gets a confusing phone call on patrol. --- Tim gets a pet. He and Damian bond over it. It's wholesome. Oh my heart! #i'm not crying it's just raining on my face

I detested most stuff and I still do. This song is perfect for Roy and this vid is ADORABLE.

in which Remus Lupin has an unexpected reunion with a presumed-dead schoolfriend on the way to his new job, and Peter Pettigrew never gets the chance to escape. ((or: harry has a very eventful train ride to school, followed by the most normal year ever)) Remus gets to be a big damn hero!

Jason is injured when Tim is kidnapped, and he spends his time stress baking until they get Tim back.

Okay so, sometimes, Anakin would like to point out, you accidentally kidnap a Jedi Youngling and then have to make the walk of shame to the Creche four days later to give them back to their Crechemaster and kind of hope they casually overlook the fact that you, a newly promoted Jedi Knight, let a ten-year-old stow away on your ship for the duration of your mission. It just happens, alright? This is adorable!

Shifting patterns takes a little time and work and understanding. In which Tim considers some of the complications and rewards of brotherhood; Dick occasionally takes a stab at setting a boundary; and Jason is atypically talkative. Post-ep for Wayne Family Adventures, Big Brother 1 and 2 (Episodes 27 and 28). Siblings!

Tim's alone on Christmas Eve. Dick finds out, and fixes it. oh heart.

Jason and raccoons have a lot in common. (Additionally: his so-called family are much bigger pests than the stray animals hanging around his safehouse.) ADORABLE.

The worst thing about the Black Book job, in Alec's opinion, wasn't the fact that he'd had to lie to Parker and Eliot for most of a year about why they were really in Portland. It was that they had to leave the Bridgeport Brewpub behind. Parker and Hardison get their man.

Bucky and Sarah have busy holiday seasons ahead of them: Bucky's reconnecting with his family, and Sarah's former mother-in-law has come to stay for her annual holiday visit. As if that wasn't enough, Sarah and Bucky both have to deal with well-meaning relatives trying to set them up with other people when that's the last thing they want or need. There's a simple solution to that problem though, in the form of one little white lie to get them through the stressful holiday season. They can claim to be dating each other. Oh my gosh, this is so sweet and lovely and hopeful.

Sokka’s beautiful friendship with Zuko doesn’t start with breaking Dad out of jail. That’s just what he tells people. Sokka’s beautiful friendship with Zuko started the day he realizes that he knows how to cook. Feat. breakup cake, an attempted assassination, and eating out of the pan like dirty heathens. This is ADORABLE.

Obi-Wan set foot aboard the Death Star knowing he was about to die. No one was more surprised than he to find out he was wrong. Obi-Wan makes it back to Yavin and trains Luke and Leia. Leia's not too keen on this Jedi business, but she'll do whatever it takes to win. This worries both her and Obi-Wan.

Natasha had no intention of acknowledging her feelings for Steve -- much less acting on them -- until her sister showed up and forced her hand. Oh my gosh so many excellent tropes, and Yelena being an excellent little sister too.

Tim starts his night trying to calm down a graduate student with a ray gun. He has no idea that he is part of a time loop. Future Tim (which will be him in three minutes) won a second round of the Titans Tower fight and managed to put Jason on the path to coming home. Past Tim didn't do much other than think he was dreaming when he met a much calmer Jason. Future Tim decided that three minutes was plenty of time to figure out just get everything right and stabilize a time loop on the first try. No pressure. I enjoyed this!

In which there is a direct line from Jamie's new sunglasses to Roy discovering feminism. This is so very in character.

Post season 2, Jamie does a PSA for the National Council on Domestic Violence. He does not expect anyone to notice this. He is not aware that he's surrounded by people who notice everything.

Roy has not attended shul since his zayde died. When Keeley’s mum visits for Passover, Roy has to grapple with the fact that 1) he did not know his girlfriend was a member of the tribe, and 2) she knows way more about their culture than he does. This is lovely.

I so wanted this to happen so I'm glad there's fic where it does.

"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter." Yoda, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Some Jedi are more force sensitive than others. And then there's the Jedi who aren't so much force-sensitive as straight up force beings who have somehow acquired a physical body. The clone troops roll with it. Ahahahaha!

What a sumptuously joyful vid about food and sharing it with the people we love.

Jason goes to Gotham instead of staying with the League, and that changes everything. I enjoyed this a lot.

Unbeknownst to Alfred the Cat and Bat-Cow, there was a witness. Jason Todd investigates. Post-ep for Episode 19, Bat-Cow's Day Out, featuring family shenanigans, some puns, and Jason Todd's thoughts on the case, the past, and sibling code. Adorable!

Luke finds a cryo pod with a clone inside it shortly after Endor.

Map of Beleriand, First Age 1-475.

Dick and Damian get kidnapped in their civilian guises, and Dick will do anything to protect Damian. Damian is angry that Dick thinks he needs protecting. Oh my heart. (cw: there's a definite threat of sexual violence, and Dick has a brief flashback.)

Another dead Robin, another miraculous resurrection. This time, someone notices when the grave is disturbed.