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Robin is a hero. Tim becomes Robin. The hardest part, he thinks, is that he barely feels like a hero at all, and he’s not sure what he’s doing wrong. Day after day something in his chest will crack and itch, but he will not scratch it. He’ll be afraid of what’ll come spilling out if he does. He’ll wonder if it’s a speck of rot. One day they’ll be going over the rooftops, he and Dick, and Dick will crack a joke Tim doesn’t understand, and it’ll hit him that it’s likely something Jason would have understood immediately. Tim will glance over his shoulder and say, half-jokingly, It sort of feels like I’m chasing a ghost, and Dick will look at him like he’s already dead, like he has just realized Jason is dead all over again, and Tim won’t speak again for the rest of the night.
He wonders what it would be like to be missed like Jason is. He doesn’t think he’s ever been missed before.
In which Tim Drake ponders on what a hero isn't, and what a brother can be.
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“I can’t stand it sometimes,” Katara says, shoulders tense, and the words begin flowing out of her like they’d been stuck in her throat this whole time. “How he thinks violence is unreasonable. How he says it makes us no better than them. Violence is the only language they speak. They won’t look at me being good or kind or peaceful and think to themselves, hey, maybe we should be better people. Violence is what got them here and is what keeps them where they are. They don’t understand anything but violence, they won’t respond to anything else. We won’t win this war with a friendly talk or compromise.” She all but spits out the word. “If they wanted a different world, they should’ve created a better one.”
Zuko and Katara search for a murderer. Violence is a starting point and a destination.
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- Part 3 of dancing in odessa
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“Yes,” Glinda calls out to the crowd, and her voice feels like it belongs to someone else, her entire body feels like it belongs to someone else. “The Wicked Witch of the West is dead.”
My friend, Elphaba, is dead. I loved her more than — I loved her like my head, like myself. She was killed and I did nothing to stop it. She was killed and I stood offstage, in the dark of the wings, and how much I loved her matters little now. My friend, Elphaba. My Elphaba.
Galinda Upland and the three rules of tragedy.
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Zuko says there are pockets of rebellion in the Fire Nation, that not everyone agrees with what the Fire Lord is doing. Standing there, Sokka doesn’t believe him. Maybe people protest Ozai, but not enough, and maybe they oppose him, but not enough. This is the street of money in the city of money in this great country of money, and the people are going out to grab a bite with their non-dead children in tow.
La. How many times can you lick a wound before the taste of blood loses its novelty.
A haunted house by the shoreline.
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- Part 2 of dancing in odessa
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the god and the devil in the land of the sun by jublis
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
26 Jun 2025
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“You’re not your family, Zuko,” Sokka says immediately, like it’s a reflex, like he genuinely believes it.
“Does it matter?” Zuko says. “In the grand scheme of things, does it really fucking matter? Does it matter to the waterbenders who were kidnapped and killed under my grandfather’s command? Does it matter to the war orphans, the war children, who have lost their families and houses and limbs to the fire of my nation’s soldiers? Does it matter to the fifteen-year-olds getting drafted for the war effort, the ones the generals of my father’s council call kindling? Does it matter to the—” Zuko cuts himself off, chest heaving, eyes burning. “Does it matter to the Air Nomads?”
The hottest day of the year comes just before the end of the world.
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- Part 1 of dancing in odessa
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ursa minor by jublis
Fandom 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
22 Sep 2024
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The weight of the world rests on the shoulders of children. In spite of it all, they still find enough place to grow.
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a collection of character studies, not necessarily in any reading order—but everyone is a part of someone else's stories, in a way.
(loosely inspired by the song “blackbox,” by nana grizol)
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first full moon (of a new and final decade) by jublis
Fandom 東京卍リベンジャーズ | Tokyo Revengers (Anime), 東京卍リベンジャーズ | Tokyo Revengers (Manga)
12 Nov 2021
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“first full moon of a new and final decade / and another one of us shows up / talks about much maybe / it’s love much / maybe / it’s not exactly love but / anyhow / the pasta’s hot / the wine / goes down—”
(first full moon of a new and final decade, june jordan.)
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Good Fellows by thatcuriouscat
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), Red Robin (Comics)
23 Nov 2024
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Tim has rescued Bruce from floating around the past, but lost everything else that matters to him.
Now that he’s alone, teamless, no longer a Wayne, or Robin… what’s left for Tim?Jason looks murderous. “God DAMN it, Tim, this was not the situation I had in mind when I generously taught you how to be a younger brother out of the kindness of my heart!”
Even more shocked by this, Dick asks incredulously, “You, Jason Todd-Wayne, tried to give younger brother lessons? Where did you even get the audacity?”
Jason rounds on him hotly. “Bitch, you wish you knew how to be a younger brother!”
“FOCUS,” Tim demands. “We’ve got like, an hour to pull this off.”
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- Part 1 of Good Fellows
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25 Feb 2026
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Merlin can't always use magic to protect Arthur and Camelot, so throughout Merlin's decade spent by Arthur's side, the knights of Camelot teach Merlin a thing or two about holding his own.
Or, 5 times a background knight teaches Merlin a different fighting skill, and the 1 time Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table find out (in the coolest way possible, of course).
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- Part 11 of Living's Standalone Merthur Fics
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24 Feb 2026
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“Fortunately,” Jack snapped, “he's not your child or your problem.”
“Unfortunately,” Bruce countered, “I intend to make this my problem.”
(Bruce has known for a while that something should be done about The Situation with Jack and Janet Drake. Things reach a breaking point.)
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- Part 10 of Displacement
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22 Feb 2026
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One night Tim saves Nightwing from bleeding out and accidentally puts himself on Batman and Nightwing radar.
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Tim is a neglected child and runs around Gotham at night and eventually finds himself in the Wayne family.
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20 Feb 2026
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When I say jump, you say 'How high?' by aimlesscalamity
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics)
11 Jan 2026
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Jason Todd returns from the dead, expecting revenge and discovers a system built from trauma: a Batman who needs control, and a Robin trained to jump without asking anything but 'how high'. When fear toxin reveals that Tim Drake’s greatest terror is Bruce’s disappointment, Jason takes Tim and runs. Consequences be damned.
Jason didn't anticipate just how deep the rot went.
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16 Feb 2026