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Main Concept: Damian is Bruce's oldest son but Talia did not allow him to meet Bruce until his 10th birthday much like in canon. At his arrival, Bruce had already adopted Tim Drake and was fostering Duke. This situation has caused a challenge of authority, since Damian is still older than both of them but technically he isn't the first son.

Damian soon followed Bruce footsteps, becoming a vigilante of his own. I'm thinking, Nightwing or perhaps Black Bat. Something pre-existing in canon already but not Robin since the idea of Robin has always been Dick's.

Bruce's guardianship over Damian wasn't born out of Talia's sudden desire to play the good matriarch. This was a long con plan of sorts. I'm still honing the details about it.

Around Damian's 19th birthday, he suddenly left Gotham. Bruce thought he ran away but truth was, Ra's and Talia manipulated Damian to return home so he can don the name as Ra's al Ghul's heir.

Here's where the story starts:

Damian is 25 years old. And he was just named as the League's general, Al-Ammir. Damian had little care about the politics. But, he knew the importance of a good impression and visual authority. Thus, he agreed to join the celebration thrown in his honor.

Lady Shiva was amongst his decorated guests. And, she gave him a preposition. Shiva gifted Damian two children. Those children were Jason and Cassandra, her own kids. Damian owes Shiva some form of favor or debt, and Shiva wants Damian to train her children to be the best warriors they could be and have them defeat her in the future.

He accepted.

Jason and Cassandra are twins. I'm thinking, 8-9 years old. They're little odd balls of pure survival instinct. Lady Shiva had "rescued" them from their father's control and the man had not desired for his children to learn any form of distraction thus not teaching them words and ways of communication. Jason and Cassandra had learned to be dependent with each other, acting as if they're one and the same.

Damian grew to care for the kids. Of course, not immediately. Slow burn perhaps?

He taught them how to have a sense of self. He taught them how to read, speak, and not harm each other.

Inevitably, Ra's had observed Damian's growing attachment to the children. (I'm still ironing this part out) But, there was a threat to them and slowly Damian begins to understand that perhaps his mother's words shouldn't be trusted.

Damian started to realize the lies they've told him. Their manipulation and control over him. And how they caused Damian too distance himself from his father... his siblings.

Something pushed Damian to his limit. And he decided, this farce had come to far.

He took the twins, both whom he started to develop some form of bond and adoration over.

(i don't know where to go from there... but, this idea is heavily inspired by Across The Sands fic, iykyk. And I'm thinking having that same length of "escape" the basis however would have to differ, of course.)

Batkids Age:

Damian: 25

Duke: 23

Tim: 22

Stephanie: 21

Barbara Gordon: (same age as Dick, and I'm thinking Dick is the youngest here) 6

Dick: 5

I really like writing one shots with interesting premise and they sometimes end up really good.

"You can't travel where there are no roads."

A popular saying in Time Travel forums. It talks about the concept of traversing through time only when a time machine has already been invented. Meaning, if time was invented on Point D then you can only trave from D through forever, you can't travel back to A, B and C because you don't have a passage.

Another belief is folding of space in-between. The universe is expanding rapidly, so if time travels becomes a possibility it needs to be precise. You can travel back just a minute ago and end up in the void of space. That's how fast the universe is moving.

Tim was tinkering a time machine, not really planning on activating it but he'd always wanted to create one. Speed force was a thing, but what if there was a way to travel through time without needing to be a speedster. Hence, time machine.

But in between those days that he's creating the machine, something devastating happened. A world ending catastrophe that took everyone by surprise. The worst thing about it was, if only they knew what was coming they could've prepared for it.

Bruce was dead. Dick was dead. Damian was heavily injured. Cass was missing. And Jason's actively dying. The other's were physically okay but he knew they were moments away from the end.

Tim stares at the machine he's yet to test and remembers the research he spent hours pouring in to.

The completion of the machine was weeks ago.

The road was already finished but not opened yet. All he needed to do was open it and save everyone.

It was a risk. Sending someone back could mean sending them straight to their death.

When Jason died, Tim knew what he needed do. Damian was next, no one needed to say anything. They just received news that Cass was found.

He stopped listening by then.

He needed to save them.

The continuity of time was tricky. The reality wouldn't branch out since the roads were precisely placed at the end of each point. The problem was the exact measurements of the fold.

And if it worked, their future would seize to exist.

He couldn't travel by himself because he needed to monitor the machine. He didn't have the time to create some form of compact version of the machine to carry with him. He needed someone else.

Duke volunteered.

Tim sent Duke exactly two weeks before the catastrophe hits.

The fic would end ambiguously. I personally don't know if Duke made it there successfully. If so, did he save their family? Did he change the course of time?

I wouldn't know.

Yippeeee

(Anyone's free to use these ideas for future fics because I really want to read some of the ones I wrote in here. I want to write some too, but I got my hands full with two WIPs rn and I don't think I'm ready for that kind of commitment) (my words may not work as i intend them but I'm not editing this so bear with me)

DC × Call of Duty

Jason Todd did not grow up in Gotham, but instead was raised by Sheila Haywood in Europe (idk where specifically). (IMAGINE THIS, BRITISH ACCENT JASON). He still had a troubled childhood. To escape his home life, I'm thinking Sheila having a new husband (a step father) who would constantly beat Jason or something, Jason joined the military. Because he's Jason and he always had the potential, he was soon recruited into some higher idk, ranks? department?? But ultimately he ended up with SAS under the supervision of one Captain John Price. He's a Sergeant who specializes in explosives like Soap.

(insert plot, i guess)

The turning point would be, Jason getting injured from one of their missions. He was honorably discharged and because he handled some high ranking mission, he was sent out to America for protection and for the plot.

Captain Price is a good friend of Alfred in this fic. As like some sort of last help for Jason, Price called in a long withstanding favor to Alfred. Just a suggestion, you know. Nothing big.

Alfred met up with Jason and was just supposed to help him get acclimated to Gotham, settle in and know what he needed to know. But, he probably saw something in Jason that reminded him of his past.

(oh yeah, I'm using the "Alfred is a secret service agent" headcanon in this fic.)

In what seemed like impulsive decision, Alfred changed his mind and offered to train Jason as his replacement as the Wayne Butler instead. He's getting old you know and Bruce constantly adopting every dark haired orphans he comes across was not helping Alfred's knees. So, there ya go.

Because Jason is still Jason, he hesitates. Like, a butler? Hello? He's a well-trained soldier. Part of SAS and like really freaking good at shooting people. He can't just be some Butler Apprentice???? Ultimately, for the plot, he said yes. But, seriously. He doesn't have anywhere to go. Going back to Sheila is a no go so long as her deadbeat husband is still in the picture. He accepted captain Price's offer to stay in Gotham because he's bio-dad lived here but he's dead. So, what choice does he really have? There's this well-dresser gentleman whom Price sang praises about offering him a place to stay and some job. He's still not sure about the Butler thing though. He got a thing with rich people and their bullshit.

Fast forward... Jason's adjusting to his new life in Wayne Manor. Bruce is reluctant to accept Jason as Alfred's replacement because why is he talking like that??? Alfred's not old! He's Alfred. But, Alfred managed to guilt trip Bruce into agreeing and they hit a compromise. If Jason proved himself capable of the job, then he'll have it. Also, Alfred's not retiring. He'll oversee Jason's training himself .

Jason realizes a bunch of things real quick. First, Bruce Wayne is a fake ass mf. He acts very different in galas and inside the house. Second, he's a lazybones. Always asleep during the day and barely awake to see hus children off for school. Third, he f*cked a highly dangerous criminal— Talia al Ghul.

Jason had a fright one morning when he realized the small snotty brat ordering him around the manor was in fact Damian al Ghul, heir the secretive criminal organization in Nanda Parbat. They have a file on them.

Another realization: Bruce Wayne is clearly Batman. They're trying to hide it. They'll be successful at it too if it weren't for Jason's training.

(idk.what comes next)

But, the point is. Jason's adjusting to his new life. He's learning to accept this new ragtag of a family. He grows close with the Bat siblings. He doesn't have a fatherly relationship with Bruce but it's close.

(actually, in my notes, this is darker)

Relationship with the Batfam:

Alfred - mentor-mentee relationship. Jason respects Alfred. Alfred sees his youth in Jason. Troubled pass, PTSD and that fear of not discovering yourself outside of work. You can expand from here, i guess.

Bruce - Bruce commends Jason. Jason kinda wants to punt Bruce also wished the guy would just hug him already, the puppy eyes can just go far.

Dick - they're friends.... Imagine, Alfred and Thomas but Jason and Dick. The future Butler of Wayne house and the future Master of the House type shi. Also, the amount of Dick jokes i have about in my notes. If you're aware, in the military, Dick would be smoked with that kind of name. And, oh! Important for character development, he calls them all with their first names like: Master Richard, Master Bruce, Master Timothy.

Damian - my favorite in my head. Damian is having trouble compartmentalizing what he was taught from the League and what Bruce and his Siblings are teaching him. He logically knows killing is morally bad but, he was taught to not see the kill itself but the result of doing it. The strength, the reason. Jason has some regrets.

(this is where it gets dark)

Jason killed a lot as soldier. Of course, some of it he doesn't regret. But, there's a scene that's been burning in my head. Jason is part of the anti-terrorism group. You kinda get where I'm heading here.... so, Jason offed a paramilitary soldier which turned out to be a kid. This a drizzle of reality I don't want to take too lightly specially in this fic. This particular aspect of Jason's past is his darkest. He was only following orders as soldier. Their leaders would point their rifle to whoever they want and the soldiers would pull the trigger.

Damian asked him one day if he killed people and if he regretted it. Jason answered that he killed out of duty but it was still his hands that pulled the trigger. He would be a monster if those deaths did not haunt him. (I would love if Jason was also a Catholic, because the internal angst, augh). He told Damian, if he had known who it was he killed, he would've not killed them and he thinks that's important to keep in mind. Damian thanked him and left.

For the other Batsiblings, i guess it's up to anyone's imagination...

Then, the climax would be Jason rushing in to help the Bats in some case in a dire situation... he then explains that he knew all along and it was funny watching them lie about it. Dick was pissed but also happy. Bruce just gave up.

Important Characteristics:

Jason Todd is Jason Haywood in this, because duh.

Jason has a British Accent.

Jason uses a cane for support. (augh, i want this)

His personality's the same but without the added tool of being a vigilante.

Extra:

Jason's still friends with Soap and Gaz, they constantly call and Jason promised them a visit. With Alfred's permission, Soap and Gaz are allowed to stay in the manor. Bruce is concerned with the fact that Jason calls them his "Explosive Buddies."

Jason becomes the man in the chair alongside Barbara. He also comes out in emergency situation when the team needs an immediate medical attention because of his military training.

GOSH! THERE. IT'S OUT IN MY HEAD. THIS IDEA WAS STUCK INSIDE MY BRAIN FOR DAYS AND I CAN'T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE BESIDES THIS!

Jon and Damian parent trapping Bruce and Clark or it could be any other kids of the two... i don't know what the plot is about just parent trap them

Accountant:

Jason: Hmm

Accountant: If you have any questions regarding the statements, don't hesitate to ask me.