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o superman, o judge by slipstream
Fandoms: Robin (Comics), DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
24 Mar 2026
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“Has Robin always been this, uh…” There’s a pause that grows heavier the longer it lingers. “Stoic?”
Superboy sighs. “I dunno. Maybe? I only ever teamed up with him like, twice before the whole ‘Kidworld’ thing, but that was before Superman came back, so there’s a pretty big gap in between.”
“I could be wrong, but…” Bart sounds uncharacteristically hesitant, like each word is being slowly pulled out of him. “I think something might have happened to him. Something bad.”
(Five rooftop encounters between the third Robin and a Kryptonian, and one that happens deep underground.)
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- Part 1 of so hold me, mom, in your long arms
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lucky are you who finds me in the wilderness by slipstream
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
21 Sep 2025
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"Hurry," says Impa, ancient and anxious.
"Hurry," says the ghost of a woman you've mostly forgotten.
The Master Sword burns in your hands as you pull, knees trembling and sweat slick between your shoulder blades.
(People keep telling you who you are, the hero you're destined to be. Eventually, you're going to prove them wrong.)
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The bond company sees the SecUnit’s sentience as a selling point, not an ethical quandary. Dr. Mensah believes that it is a person before she ever lays eyes on it. Meeting that person and folding them into their lives requires a lot of hard discussions and complicated preparations. Only some of this was covered in the rental documents.
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the body holds two souls (the before and the after) by slipstream
Fandoms: Murderbot (TV), The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
17 Aug 2025
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Episode 224 of The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon features a controversial B-plot and a metaphorically complicated group sex scene, so SecUnit is a little less distracted while Dr. Arada and Prof. Bharadwaj conduct their crater survey.
Later, Dr. Rhatti will call some of this planet’s fauna monsters, noting how one specimen quote “chewed SecUnit completely in half.”
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the way things are (the way things could be) by slipstream
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
05 Jun 2020
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Crowley drifts through the cottage, idly gathering stray cups and wine glasses with the intent to wash them only to abandon the task halfway through. Two months ago, the sight of their kitchen in such a state would make him want to scream. It makes him want to scream now, of course, but that’s hardly the kitchen’s fault, is it? Not when literally everything makes him want to bury his claws deep into his own face and scream until he can’t scream anymore.
(It's some number of days after they quit counting the days in quarantine. There's a flaming sword of thorns where Crowley's spine should be.)
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so hold me, mom, in your long arms by slipstream
Fandom Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Robin (Comics)
24 Mar 2026
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Tim Drake growing up trans and queer in the 90s. Heavily rooted in the 90s/early 00s canon, and featuring Tim's complicated relationship with his biological parents, queer families of choice, and the impact of the Joker Junior aftermath on his identity, mental health issues, and burgeoning friendships in the hero community. Also, the importance of drag, battle jackets, and the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Birds Don’t Break Alone by Sparkle_everywhere
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics)
20 Dec 2025
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Tim puzzles away at the mystery when his fragmented mind can do anything at all, but he never expects to actually solve it before he’s killed or rescued. It’s just something to pass the time and calm his mind, something that makes him feel like he’s still himself, Tim Drake, Robin, not just a punching bag made of torn flesh and burning nerve endings.
When the mystery is suddenly solved — when he hears that familiar modulated voice above him and sees a flash of gleaming red before the light blinds him and forces him to squeeze his stinging eyes shut — he almost can’t believe how simple the solution is. Who wants Tim to suffer, just for the sake of Tim’s suffering? After Titans Tower, there’s only one likely answer. The only reason he hadn’t thought of it before is that the Red Hood is also Jason Todd and Tim is still a moron when it comes to Jason Todd.
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30 Jun 2026
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Driven Into The Ground by sleepingcreep (JaySgrech) for canonicallyshort
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
29 Jun 2026
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"He’s done this before and was fine, riding out bronchitis most of last winter in the back of this car. It was many long, tortuously boring hours curled up in the cramped space, living off of hot cocoa he heated over his little camp stove."
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Tim gets sick while living out of his car
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White noise (You can hear the ocean if you hold it up to your ear, here) by Love_me_normally24
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Young Justice - All Media Types, Teen Titans - All Media Types, DCU
03 Jul 2024
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“But how is this any different from Bruce’s paranoia? My performance in my work as CEO of Wayne Enterprises and as Red Robin have never wavered, I know that I haven’t been sleeping, but I drink coffee and that works just fine. My thoughts, they’re...not good, but I wouldn’t call them ‘debilitating’”
“Tim, please don’t compare your mental health to that of Batman’s - I’ve been trying to get him in this office for years” Dinah laughed and smiled kindly: “I don’t doubt your work ethic but you’re burning yourself out to the point where you are running so fast you feel like you can’t stop. If you continue the way you’re doing, it’s very possible you could endanger yourself or one of you teammates. Something has to change, Tim, “and I think you came to me today because you understand that now too”
Or, Tim Drake goes to therapy and maybe drags some other bats with him