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One-Shots

Rings (Batfamily, Cass-centric)

Cass starts wearing a new piece of jewelry; Bruce finds out the deeper meaning behind it. (Ace Cass!)

all the world’s a stage (Batfamily, Cass-centric)

Cass performs in a new production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The whole family turns out to watch.

guardian angel (Superman + Batman and Robin)

Clark Kent happens to be in Gotham on the night Robin is taken by the Joker.

cat’s cradle (Catwoman and Jason, Arkhamverse)

Selina Kyle finds a baby bird beneath Arkham Asylum.

Longer Stuff

A Shadow in Pointe Shoes (Batfamily, Cass-centric)

When Cassandra Cain escapes her father, she hides out in the Gotham Ballet and accidentally starts rumors that it’s haunted. (This has not been updated in forever but I am still working on it!)

all heaven in a rage (Batfamily/DC/Arkhamverse, Jason-centric)

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy rescue Jason Todd from beneath Arkham Asylum. (Warning, this is my darkest fic and deals with a lot of heavy stuff!)

G.M.L.I. (Batfamily/DC)

Bruce and his family are mers living at the Gotham Marine Life Institute, an aquarium run by various other DC characters.

Series

Vampire Bats (Batfamily)

2023 spooky fic! Vampire Bruce Wayne starts fighting crime as the Bat and manages to start his own vampire colony along the way.

The only ones who I think wouldn’t have had middle names are Damian and Cass, and in my head Bruce has fixed that by now.

Damian Thomas and Cassandra Martha.

I finally got around to checking my Tumblr and I am so pleased and baffled by this???😂 I don’t think I’m anywhere close to being a good enough writer that I can have people pay for it!

Jim Gordon switches the light on and the Batman slams into it facefirst and gets zapped

"If you'll excuse me," Selina purrs when the crowd gets too thick in one place at the back of the room. They're the most unsavory here, the ones she knows to be the ones with the least scruples. The ones she hates the most, because they cross the lines too often.

They stare at her, some of them, wondering what she's doing here. Most of them are too busy, cheering and laughing and making vicious jokes that Selina doesn't exactly get about whatever's going on in the center of the crowd. She sets her jaw and elbows them aside where she has to, forcing her way to the front where she can see.

If she had been holding a champagne glass, it would crash to her feet now. Not for dramatic effect, but with sheer horror.

And it would land at the edge of a puddle of blood, the shards scattering around a pair of shiny black wingtip shoes.

I've come to yell at you, as instructed on AO3! I’m absolutely in love with All heaven in a rage, especially how you write Jason – his POV chapter was amazing, and I cannot wait for the next one.

I’ve also torn through the vampire bats stories. Again, the Jason Todd one was my favourite (I’m predicable – sue me), but I really love the image of Dick being weirdly twisty. Also, I think it’s fun when you use it/its pronouns for the Bat – very fitting.

Anyway – I think you’re amazing, keep up the great work!

Hello!! 👋 (sorry for how delayed this answer is, I am not on Tumblr much right now thanks to homework)

AHIAR is by far my most popular fic, which I didn’t expect! The next chapter to be posted will actually be another one from his POV- I have it about half done, but such a trauma-centric story takes a lot of research so those are always a bit slower to write than the chapters from Harley/Ivy’s POV.

Vampire Bats is also slow to update- are you noticing a trend?- but I love it so much! I cannot believe the scale of it, I originally thought I could post it all in one October and it’s taken two years to write. I’m really enjoying doing a lot of different vampire types and mythologies, that was a very big goal of the fic, to make everyone a different kind of vampire in some way. I’m giving you a little bit of a sneak peek here!- next up for that series is Stephanie Brown! Her story is actually nearly finished, I just need to do some more editing and a bit of polish on my prose.

I love using it/its for the Bat especially in that fic! Bruce isn’t being a vigilante, he’s literally pretending to be this…dark creature, so it just felt right! And it lends itself very nicely to the horror aspect, which I do struggle to keep up with sometimes.

I think at some level, Batman is trying to protect Gotham City in the same way a parent protects their child, and Robin is the physical embodiment of that. Batman is the kind of parent that says I will defend you, I will save you from danger, I will hurt whatever hurts you. Batman isn’t about a fear of bats. Batman is about the loss of parents. Bruce lost his parents to a violent criminal, so he will protect his city from criminals of the same nature, and when he sees a little boy with no one, he will step into the gap because he can’t bear not to. He knows that pain, and he will be damned if he lets this child feel it too.

Batman is a guardian and a father and a scared little boy all wrapped up in a black cape and a growl, and by his side there is another scared little boy who isn’t so scared with the Bat next to him, and together they’re going to make all of Gotham a little less scared too. That’s the core of Batman- he was an orphan once, and he will not let his city be left alone in the dark. And sometimes that’s planting a fist in the face of a mugger, and sometimes it’s holding the hand of a little boy in traffic light colors, but either way it’s Batman saying don’t be scared, I will protect you, I’m here.

Clark leaves Gotham City proper, flying high above the road that leads inland away from the city. He doesn’t even know what he’s looking for. There’s nothing out here. Just snow and a couple of old buildings and-

I’m a medieval hobbyist with a special passion for the Arthurian cycles, so when I saw that post about magic Bruce, and Bruce potentially being descended from Gawain- which, hey, maybe Wayne could be a corruption of that name- and also Arthur’s coat of arms, my eyes kinda turned into hearts. And then I worked up the nerve to send asks about it to one of my favorite blogs- hi frownyalfred- and the response was awesome, and now I basically have no choice, I have to write it.

And the Justice League being the Knights of the Round. Arthur’s strongest supporters (mostly.) I can’t WAIT to dive into that. I haven’t figured out all the myth connections yet, but I keep coming back to the idea of Ollie as a counterpart to Sir Kay- raised alongside Arthur/Bruce, maybe a bit of an ass but still plenty worthy of being Arthur’s seneschal, a bit less overtly chivalric but still has a good heart underneath the sharp tongue. And of course I need a Lancelot, and a Bedevere, and Alfred is so obviously Merlin…

Yes, all of them. Every last one is now ace-spec in some way. They even named their dog Ace.

Bruce is sex-neutral biromantic demisexual, and came out by accident at age 24 to a random reporter who was not expecting it. This sparked a social media storm that was only halted by the much bigger social media storm of Bruce adopting Dick.

The Batman has been asked his sexuality before. Bruce replied- perfectly straight faced- that the Batman is an asexually reproductive entity and creates its Robins via mitosis. A third of Gotham, most of Metropolis, and several members of the Justice League still believe this.

Dick is sex-repulsed biromantic asexual, and is of the type to make the dirtiest jokes you’ve ever heard because sex is a joke to him. Came out in the form of an acrobatics performance he did at a pride parade, wearing a terrible Batman costume with a bi heart as the Batsymbol, an ace flag cape, and no pants. The audience was ecstatic. Bruce was mortified.

Nightwing has never said his sexuality, but anyone who claims he’s straight is quickly met with pictures of the Discowing suit and up to a dozen laughing emojis.

Jason is sex-repulsed aromantic asexual. He’s not as vocal about it as Dick is, but he does like it to be known. He’s the type to make garlic bread/cake/world domination jokes. And ESPECIALLY dragon jokes. He kinda tends to just insert it casually into conversation, he didn’t do anything crazy to come out. It’s just a fact about him.

Red Hood claims to be sexually attracted exclusively to guns. Bruce hates this joke.

Tim is the opposite of Bruce- he’s sex-positive bisexual demiromantic. One of the few Batkids to come out while in costume- he got a concussion on a case and blearily mumbled into Bruce’s hair that he’s “you but backwards” and completely confused Bruce. Tim is a little shy about his identity, but since dating Bernard he’s been more open about it.

Red Robin is out as bisexual, but hasn’t added demiromantic to that. Tim is worried people will piece his secret identity together, since Tim doesn’t realize that most normal people are not highly skilled detectives who can tell a person’s identity from a single acrobatics move.

At the moment, Damian just thinks he’s feeling the normal “ew cooties” that most children do. In the future he’ll realize that he’s sex-repulsed ace/aro, although he’ll refuse to use those terms in favor of broodily muttering “this bloodline dies with me.” Ra’s has an actual heart attack the first time Damian says this to his face and has to go into the Lazarus Pit to recover. Talia has never been more proud.

Barbara is sex-neutral, demiromantic and asexual. She’s more outspoken about it than most of the family, and runs social media pages about disability and the asexuality spectrum alike. Aphobes and ableists that make the mistake of leaving comments often mysteriously find that their most embarrassing search histories have been sent to their grandmother.

Cass is sex-repulsed ace/aro. Steph was the one to explain sexuality to her, and also made her an ace ring. Cass told Bruce first, then the rest of the family. She’s never come out publicly- Cass doesn’t like media attention being on her- but some sharp-eyed Gothamites who are looking can spot the black ring on Cassandra Cain-Wayne’s middle finger in a few paparazzi shots the papers got their hands on. (I have a fic about this!)

Black Bat has never been asked her sexuality, mainly because she’s absolutely terrifying and nobody can stammer out the words when faced with her.

Stephanie is sex-positive graysexual grayromantic, and absolutely not shy about it. She’s almost as good as Dick at making horrible, filthy jokes. Has punched a guy in the face for aphobia, does not regret it. Stephanie is out and proud and loud about it.

Spoiler/Batgirl III have both been seen wearing a rainbow flag as a cape too many times for anyone to assume they’re straight.

Duke is sex-neutral demisexual/demiromantic, and is probably the most open about it of the whole Batfamily. He’s fully out and so is Signal, and will inevitably show up at any daytime Pride event just to say hi. Gotham adores him, and he’s practically the ace-spec community’s mascot. Can and will use the entire rainbow spectrum of light to create various pride flags over Gotham whenever he feels like it, and has started taking flag/location requests. Once turned the Batsignal gay.

Harper is sex-positive bisexual aromantic, and where Stephanie is loud about it, Harper gets violent. She carries a souped-up taser and doesn’t hesitate to use it. Has knocked at least four homophobes/aphobes out cold not counting the ones she beat up in the Narrows. Bluebird is not only publicly out as bisexual but wears two out of three bisexual colors, and while it’s not come up publicly yet, she won’t hide that she’s aromantic either. Along with Signal and Spoiler, Bluebird is one of the vigilantes that’s known for being specifically good at handling LGBTQ+ issues. She wouldn’t have it any other way.

After being forcibly outed as gay and then bullied for it, Cullen is still in the closet about the fact that he’s asexual and sex-repulsed, too. The first person he told after Harper was Alfred. By now the whole family knows, but they’ve been careful to keep it away from the media until Cullen’s ready to come out himself.

Alfred is sex-neutral, aromantic, and pansexual, though he’s older than some of those terms and doesn’t often use them to describe himself. Bruce didn’t know Alfred was anything but straight until he was almost seventeen, to which Alfred replied- signature eyebrow raise at full height capacity- that he had a career in the theater, Master Bruce, and no one who does that can possibly be typical in matters of orientation or any other aspect of life.

The outfit might seem antithetical to this, but Selina is ace too! Specifically, she’s sex-positive, heteroromantic and demisexual. The leather outfit is primarily for distraction purposes rather than true sex appeal. When it comes to Bruce, however, Selina’s more than once described herself as “morosexual.” Bruce, bless him, still has no idea what that means.

“Hey, baby bird,” Harley says firmly, and holds out the cup. Jason’s gaze snaps to hers, still keeping his eyes down, but focused on her nonetheless. Harley keeps going. If he’s afraid of her, then she can use that to their advantage until they manage to fix it. “This is water, and it’s got medicine in it to help you sleep. If you let Ivy get you onto the couch, you can have it, okay?”

She’s careful. She’s so careful not to phrase it as an order while still phrasing it as a deal, a game. Because that’s what Jason knows now. That’s familiar.

“Harley-“ Ivy says, sounding worried.

Harley shakes her head. “Trust me.”