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Hello everyone and welcome to the top 25... wait, we mean 37 fanfics of the Batfam Fanfic Survey! Usually the survey published a most-voted 25 fanfic, but because of the way the number worked out, we're coming to you with the top 37!

These works were voted on by fans for fans in our survey and show an amazing range of variety. These aren’t the only fics out there, though, and a complete collection of all the nominated fics can be found here! So go give them some love and support the amazing authors behind the fanfics!

(nothing new) under the earth or sky by Kieron_ODuibhir

A Meditation on Railroading by @eggmacguffin

Ain't No Compass, Ain't No Map by @ebjameston

Alcatraz, But On Hardmode by SunnyBlue

Asimov's Integral by @selkienight60

Brother Wanted by @vamillepudding

Buy One Get One Free by Here_we_go

Can't Stay Down (A Documentary) by @sonosvegliato

Chatterbox by Ptelea

Clearly Calm and Keeping Terrorized by @batbirdies

Exit Strategy by @smilebackwards

Finding the Line by Miss_Lazy_Tuesday

Harvest by @coyote-nebula

In For a Penny by @cdelphiki

Instead of All the Colors that I Saw by @sunflowersandink

Into the Brighter Night by @shoalsea

It's Not That Funny by @ionalottabookmarks

Jason Todd: the Not-So Outlaw by @comebackolivia

Let All My Red Flags Fade To White by @give-me-a-minute-to-think

Life Happens by @cdelphiki

Loading and Aspect Ratio by @jube514

not for very much longer by CreamofTomatoSoup

Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines by @sunflowersandink

QUARANTINED: RED ROBIN’S TIK TOK ACCOUNT by @justthatonegirl1815

Reclaiming Innocence by MurtaghMoranson

robin's roast by @envysparkler

Robins and Other Flightless Birds @ionalottabookmarks

Runaway Robin by DangerBeckett

The 70 Days After Groundhog Day by Ptelea

The Dark of the Night by @salparadiselost

The Demon in the Details Series by @salparadiselost

The Startling Secret Identity of The Batman by @nokomiss

Time (to Protect You) by Blueseabird2

two against the world by @officialratprince

Wing Beats in Reverse by @firefrightfic

World's Saddest Breakfast Club by @motleyfam

You, Me, and the Humanity In Between by @jube514

I hope this gives everyone lots of reccs and some new fanfic to enjoy! If you want even more batfam, be sure to check out our full collection on ao3:

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/TheBatfamFanficSurvey

Did you like our list? Did you think that there’s a fic that deserves to be here? Let us know in the comments and be sure to vote next time we conduct the survey! 

some jasons and damians thats been piling up :]

"How to make your autistic child brush their teeth"

"Autistic Children and Sensory issues relating to tooth brushing"

"How to get your little shit to brush his fucking teeth"

If the bristles are a sensory nightmare, try a soft cloth instead. Cloth was one of the methods used before toothbrushes were invented, although they used shit like burlap. Don't do burlap. Cotton or linen should do fine.

You can also buy natural toothbrushes made with bamboo and boar hair. I've never tried them so I'm not sure how different they'd feel compared to synthetic bristles, but they're pretty cheap on Amazon if you want to give them a shot

If even the "extra soft" bristles are too stiff, you could try soaking them overnight in some mouthwash to soften them further. This is what we did when I was growing up, and it worked like a charm. Bonus points that the alcohol in the mouthwash kills any germs stuck on the brush

If the toothpaste flavor is horrendous, make a paste with baking soda and water, then flavor it however you want with a sugar-free extract. Heck, look for recipes to make your own toothpaste, and experiment until you get something you can stand to use.

If the texture of the toothpaste is bad, the baking soda method might work better for you, or you could try scrubbing salt or activated charcoal on your teeth instead—that's what they used before toothpaste was invented. Personally, I'd recommend the baking soda or making your own toothpaste.

Different brands often have different textures, and some even have different flavors (this is especially true of kids toothpastes, which work just as well for adults), so swapping brands might help, too. I can't stand Crest, it makes my mouth feel all filmy no matter how well I rinse, but Colgate doesn't leave a weird feeling in my mouth. Also Colgate is the only brand my grocery store carries that has cinnamon flavored toothpaste as an option, and I'm a whore for cinnamon

You're probably using too much toothpaste anyway. Most people do. You really only need a dollop about the size of a pea. I smush it out across the bristles so I don't have to deal with a glob of it in one spot.

Floss if you can. That's going to do more to stop your teeth from rotting than brushing will. Standard dental floss is obviously an option, but if you're like me and you can't stand putting your hands in your mouth, try disposable floss picks or investing in a water flosser. I still hate the feeling of the floss between my teeth, but it's manageable since I don't have my fingers in my mouth on top of it. Haven't tried the water flosser since the picks work well enough for me

Try chewing sugarless gum, especially right after you've eaten. It's not perfect, but it'll help. Also it comes in a billion flavors so hopefully there's something you like in there

If absolutely none of that is helpful, rinsing with water is still better than nothing. You can mix in salt to help kill bacteria if you can handle it, but bare minimum try to do a rinse and spit.

Obviously not all of that is from my pre-modern teeth cleaning research—some is from personal experience! But hopefully something in there is useful to you

there is a reoccuring theme in atla of how war forces children to grow up too early.   aang, who is THE symbol of hope for the world, takes katara and sokka penguin-sledding and mailcart riding and to an illicit fire nation dance party just for the fun of it.  aang is a harbringer of not just peace but also a symbol of the lost innocence of the protagonists, reminding the audience that even these powerful, world-saving children are still children who need to experience fun and play.

and iroh serves that same role for zuko in books one and two, consistantly offering zuko opportunities for fun and play that zuko typically rebuffs.  it’s clear that zuko doesn’t think of himself as a child (like when he says “you’re just a child!” upon meeting aang but is surprised that aang sees him as “just a teenager”) and doesn’t see a purpose to play.  

one of the most heart-breaking parts of this show, for me, was that zuko never plays during the course of the show.  there are no moments when he is engaged in an activity for no purpose other than simply bringing him enjoyment.  every action he takes is related to his survival.  the closest he comes to playing is showing off his dao swords to lee, juggling (badly) for jin on their date (though he’s simply trying to continue a ruse that his survival depends on), and maaaybe exploring the ruins of the sun warriors.  zuko is the only one who doesn’t participate in the beach activities with the gaang in the first part of sozin’s comet.

bonus painful headcanon: zuko once told iroh that his jokes were funny so for three years iroh was as goofy as possible in an attempt to make zuko laugh again.

STOP IT’S BEEN MONTHS. MONTHS!

i feel like i never draw tim smiling but bb robin tim smiles a lot! (in between angst and tragedy)

It's a program that helps disabled folks access education, training, and employment. For FREE.

You only have to be disabled to qualify (autism, ADHD, mental illness, physical illness, etc) and they cover very broad categories of disability. You do NOT have to be officially diagnosed yet when you walk in - they will even help pay for your diagnosis if you are struggling w disability.

I applied with my suspected autism and fibromyalgia, and they paid for 100% of my formal autism assessment.

Once your disability is established they will give you career counseling to learn about your interests and skills, and depending on the plan you create with your caseworker they will then help with school or finding employment. They paid for 100% of my college tuition and books, and even provided a laptop for me to use.

You do not have to pay anything for this program. If you make above a certain income, you will have to contribute to educational costs but will still receive assistance.

They will also help with the cost of things like mental health counseling while you work towards your goals, clothing for interviews, etc.

They cannot discriminate based on your race, gender, or sexual orientation.

They won't make you do excessive meetings.

They will allow you to do meetings with your caseworker remotely.

They will not drug test you.

They want you to succeed.

I'm sure that individual experiences vary but my caseworker was exceptionally easy to work with and very kind.

Vocational Rehab is a phenomenal resource every disabled person should be aware of. Here is the list of offices in every state:

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Jason:

Jason: Are you making Sims of the entire family?

Damian: Yes, I'm also going to recreate Wayne Manor to house them all. Do you want to join me?

Let’s say someone is looking for porn and they put “wife caught her husband cheating,” into Google. There are a lot of porn sites (and some news sites) with that title. So Google has to decide which order to show them in, because most of the time, people pick something off the first few pages of Google.

Google wants to have the very best “wife caught her husband cheating” (or whatever else you search for) sites on the first page of the search. Google has several ways to try and decide which site are the best, but one of them is that it looks at how popular it is by seeing how many other websites link to it. If a lot of other sites are linking to it, it was probably useful to them, so Google will put it on the front page.

So if I’m a sleazy pornsite owner, I could create like a thousand websites and make them all link to my “wife caught her husband cheating” site, and act like a whole bunch of different websites thought it was pretty great. They’d be like “xdfgt .com”, “xdfgy .com”, “xdfgh .com,” just nonsense addresses nobody else was using, or whatever. I’d try to make Google think my site was awesome, because all these other websites are linking to it.

But Google has already caught on to that. Google would know “xdfgt .com” was a crappy fake website, because nobody else is linking to “xdfgt .com”. Any website that is only linked to by crap websites is also crap, as far as Google is concerned. Google won’t put it on the first pages of search results.

So instead let’s imagine the sleazy pornsite owner creates a thousand fake tumblrs instead, like “xdfgt.tumblr .com” and “xdfgy.tumblr .com” and “xdfgh.tumblr .com” and just puts one or two posts on them to add links to the “wife caught her husband cheating” porn site. Google can still tell those tumblrs are crap websites, because nobody else is linking to them. But the difference is … on tumblr, the sleazy pornsite owner can make your website link to him.

Let’s say your tumblr is “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com”. If “xdfgt.tumblr .com” likes one of your posts, there’s link on your blog to “xdfgt.tumblr .com.” Somewhere on “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com” it will say “xdfgt liked this” with a link from your blog to “xdfgt.tumblr .com.”

Google’s bot looks at “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com” and it sees that your blog is a good website. People are linking to it (talking to you or reblogging from you), you write like an actual human being, you have nice pictures, you update sometimes, you aren’t a bot. So Google decides your blog isn’t a crappy scam website. Then it sees the link to “xdfgt.tumblr .com” and it thinks “oh hey, a nice website with good stuff written by a real human linked to this “xdfgt.tumblr .com” I guess maybe “xdfgt.tumblr .com” is a decent website too.”

Then it looks at “xdfgt.tumblr .com” and it sees the link to the porn site with “wife caught her husband cheating”, and it says, “well, I guess that “wife caught her husband cheating” site is a good site. I know that because there’s a good site linking to it here at “xdfgt.tumblr .com.” I know “xdfgt.tumblr .com” is a good site because “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com” linked to it, and I know “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com” is a good site because it is updated and writes like a real person and people talk to it and link to it.”

So basically the porn bots are using the fact that you have a good blog to make themselves look better and to try and trick Google’s bot into thinking they’re very popular and it should put them at the top of its list when people search Google for porn.

It’s really annoying! It would be really nice if the people running tumblr figured out a way to not be free advertising for every sleazy porn site on the internet

that’s chronic pain. that’s specifically the type of chronic pain I’m referring to.

and I’m absolutely not mad at those people, not in the slightest, but I’m furious at everyone and society as a whole that’s convinced them that they don’t count, that chronic migraines aren’t a genuinely debilitating form of chronic pain and disability.