lightning_child
Fandoms
- DCU (80)
- The Flash (Comics) (36)
- The Flash - All Media Types (21)
- Young Justice (Cartoon) (12)
- Batman - All Media Types (12)
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Cold Blood by lightning_child
Fandoms: DCU, Young Justice (Cartoon), The Flash - All Media Types
10 Jul 2026
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Wally and Artemis decided to take a nice vacation in an isolated resort in the Yukon.
This is totally not a setup for a horror movie, and Wally's family is absolutely not hiding anything important from him.
(If you read the tags, you know that's a complete and utter lie. And really, speedsters make perfect horror movie villains.) -
When The Waves Drag You Down Below by lightning_child
Fandoms: DCU, The Flash (Comics), Green Lantern (Comics), Beast: The Primordial
30 Jun 2026
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Barry didn’t want to be a monster, and they’d really rather just have a normal life with their family never knowing about the hunger lurking under their skin and the storm that’s replaced their soul.
Hal’s mission, like every other member of the Green Lantern Corps, is to ensure that humanity is protected from the things that lurk in the dark, waiting to prey on those who stray from the light. Their wife and son don’t need to know- they’d only be a target for the monsters.
Of course, secrets don’t last forever.
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This Is The End by lightning_child
Fandoms: DCU, Green Lantern (Comics), Superman - All Media Types
19 Jun 2026
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Hal has a plan. That plan is definitely suicidal- confronting a Kryptonian generally is, and doing it effectively unarmed on their home turf is even more of a bad idea.
But it's the only plan he has, and Superman's done enough damage to the people of Earth already.
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- Part 1 of When The Sky Falls Down
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Barry is waiting in the entryway of their house when Hal gets home, still dressed in the same pajamas he’d been wearing this morning.
“The aliens are hiring tomorrow.” he informs Hal. “Be there. You’ll look better in green than brown.”
“The aliens are hiring, got it.” Hal placates, used to his husband’s oddness. “Anything else?”
“We’re out of spicy ramen.” Without another word, Barry turns and walks back up the stairs.
Barry had been perfectly normal up until his lab accident four years ago, but the accident changed that. Despite being largely unharmed physically, mentally he lives in his own dream world that is only somewhat grounded in the real world.
There’s no medical grounds to institutionalize him- he’s 28, he can take care of himself, he has no other chronic health conditions and he’s not a risk to himself or others, just…weird.
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Barry hates the Justice League interrogation rooms. They’re always so chilly, and the seats are cheap plastic seemingly manufactured from backaches.
It’s even worse when they’re on the prisoner’s side, in the prisoner’s cuffs, and the most anyone has done to tell them why they’re here is hand them a blood-covered knife, tell them to examine their guilt, then leave them there for three hours(as far as they can tell).
“So, let’s go over the facts. Batman is dead, because someone was able to identify a seam in his neck armor, and stabbed a seven-inch knife into his throat, all before he could throw the batarang in his hand.” Superman lists off. “The knife in question is identical to one which I have seen you, Flash, holding several times. It has your fingerprints on it. You do realize which way the evidence is pointing, right?”
Barry remains impassive. “Diana showed me the knife. It’s a Cold Steel Recon Scout, not a custom one-of-a-kind knife. They make them in factory quantities, and sell them to the general public- literally anyone could have bought one if they have five hundred dollars spare. I hardly see how that’s hard evidence.”
Recent series
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When The Sky Falls Down by lightning_child
Fandom DCU, Green Lantern (Comics), Superman - All Media Types
19 Jun 2026
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The Emerald Empire by Ikibli (lightning_child)
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Green Lantern (Comics), Green Lantern - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types, The Flash (Comics), The Flash - All Media Types
01 Sep 2024
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It has been thirty-four centuries since the High Emperor and High Empress(may they reign forevermore) ascended their thrones, destroying Terra’s old and backwards nations with a single pronouncement and raising them into a glorious interstellar empire under the wise and venerable guidance of the Imperial Council and its associated Ministries. In that time, the Emerald Empire has prospered, with its citizens, culture and holdings flourishing and-
Okay, let’s cut the propaganda. The Ministers spend more time messing around, arguing with each other and pursuing pet projects than actually running their Ministries, the High Empress spends more time vetoing the Council’s stupider ideas and reigning in the High Emperor than actually ruling the Empire, the Subministries are full of nepotism and cutthroat politics, the common citizen is fully aware that they’re either constantly being spied upon or completely forgotten about by the Empire as a whole and the Empire is constantly at war.
When Red Hood is the voice of reason, you know it’s bad.- Words:
- 3,545
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- 2
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Shifting Shadows(Old) by Appleeatinggoat, Ikibli (lightning_child)
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Green Lantern (Comics), Green Lantern - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types, Parahumans Series - Wildbow, Rain World (Video Game), The Flash (Comics), The Flash - All Media Types, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
16 Dec 2024
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Each fic can be read as a standalone, though the reference guide may be required for some to make sense. Fics are listed in chronological order.
- Words:
- 62,283
- Works:
- 11
- Bookmarks:
- 12
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RWVAU by Appleeatinggoat, Ikibli (lightning_child), lightning_child
Fandom DCU, Green Lantern - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types, Rain World (Video Game), The Flash - All Media Types
27 Jul 2025
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This series is written by Appleeatinggoat- Shifting Rains is the only fic that Ikibli had real any influence on.
Inspired by the Shifting Shadows series, by Ikibli.
Fics between the two info-only fics are either non-canon or could be at any point in the timeline. After, fics are sorted by chronological order.- Words:
- 26,561
- Works:
- 13
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Homicide Is Fun(Dark/Crack Todoroki Fam) by Ikibli (lightning_child)
Fandom 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
30 Sep 2023
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The Todoroki family has never been the most...sane, even in canon. What if you took that a little further?
That's Homicide is Fun, where the Todorokis are assassins, murderers and serial killers with a completely genial demeanor.- Words:
- 1,668
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- 2
- Bookmarks:
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Radio Waves (Or, Phil Coulson Doesn't Like His Life Narrated) by pathera
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Welcome to Night Vale
20 Apr 2014
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“I hate Night Vale,” Phil says with a sigh, in the kind of voice that verbally suggests the frustrated pinching of the bridge of one’s nose. Or, at least, that’s how the voice on the radio describes it just a second later.
In which Phil and Clint are on assignment in Night Vale, the local radio station has taken to narrating their every movement, Phil hates Night Vale as much as Clint loves it, and they manage to have a moment in spite of that.
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Bookmarked by lightning_child
07 Jul 2026
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Live Through The Rain by Dont_call_me_Carrie
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), Captain America (Movies), Welcome to Night Vale
06 May 2018
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Maria Carbonell was born and raised in a friendly desert community where the sun was hot, the moon was beautiful, and mysterious lights passed overhead on a regular basis.
This...changes things.
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- Part 1 of Hold Onto What We've Got, Ready Or Not
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Phil Coulson grew up in Night Vale. Somehow SHIELD is both more terrifying and easier to survive than his childhood home.
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I Had No Time! And I Panicked, Ok?! by Crayon_Boxes
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
30 Mar 2026
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He knew he should’ve gone with his ‘I’m actually from a clan of assassins that kidnapped me when I was nothing but a mere baby’ plan instead of his ‘I’m from another planet, and crash landed on this planet when my own got destroyed’ plan.
“Peter, you explained your ‘I’m from another planet’ lore to me for five hours straight.” Peter ignored Karen. Karen didn’t know what she was talking about. Karen had just been fixed and is a bit faulty. Yeah, Karen just needs some improvements. “Peter, you’re talking to yourself again. And I am not malfunctioning, I am working at 100%.” Peter groaned, running his hands down his face. Karen needs to shut up. Aside from that, he needs to learn some self-awareness, especially in this new universe. Also, what’s with this Bat Cult’s grudge against Tony? Peter hasn’t done or said anything that would paint Tony in a bad light, especially since the man is…dead.
“Peter, you have been unintentionally giving misunderstandings of Tony being a negligent and abusive father.” Karen really needs to shut up.
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Peter Parker's Field Trip (Of course it's to Stark Industries) by ILikeTropes
Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
30 Mar 2020
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Dear Parent and/or Guardian, your child is going on a field trip to Stark Industries.
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Peter Parker has never even met Lady Luck, but somehow all he's ever done is piss her off. How else would you explain something like this?
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Bookmarked by lightning_child
06 Jul 2026