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Some fic where it is assumed someone is being hurt (by a relative or partner) but that's not what's really happening. There was a lot fitting the criteria from DC so these all feat. Jason Todd as a character.

love and bruises (AO3) - "Jason kind of hates the people who say they have a gaydar, but the thing is, he doesn’t need a gaydar to tell with Bruce. He can just tell. Anyone with eyes can tell. The suits, the shoes, that one time Bruce couldn’t stop staring at some random nerdy reporter’s ass, the list goes on. Also, Bruce’s frequent liaisons with Batman are kind of a dead give away."

War of Attrition (but only one side knows they are fighting) (AO3) - "Jason Todd knows Superman is abusing his new father. He might be small, barely over 100 lbs wet, but he’s not going to let this happen to his family."

is this a kidnapping? (AO3) - "Jason's got some new neighbors in Crime Alley. A teenage girl and a shady guy. The situation looks worse and worse the more he looks into it. Toga and Dabi end up in the bat verse through quirk shenanigans, they try to stay low-key and fail pretty miserably."

Under the Gray Hood (AO3) - "Watch out for Gray Hood, the monster from Crime Alley!"

Shake the Devil Out of Me (AO3) - "The first time Jason sees Phil Coulson, he sees him in the soft, flickering light of a warehouse fire. It’s romantic, he thinks, later. Like candlelight."

Continuing in the "not a saint" vein, have some fic where the main character used to be a villain/antagonist but got a second chance with time travel.

The Best Revenge Is Living Well (AO3) - "Maul dies on Tatooine and wakes up over 40 years in the past."

The Lesson (AO3) - "Jango hadn’t been sure what to expect from being dead. He’d grown up with stories of Manda, the warriors marching far away, looking over them as they plodded through their lives. But, frankly, he hadn’t expected that to be true."

Hold on to the Nightmare; it's all we have (AO3) - "or, Obito time travels and tries to fix things… his way."

Once More With Clarity (AO3) - "The Heroes have lost the war. A desperate last-ditch attempt – to go back in time and make sure none of this chaos ever happens. Endeavour wakes up on the night of Sekoto Peak, the night Touya burned and his family was lost to him forever, determined to set right what once went wrong by taking the slow path to redemption, to be the man his family deserved and the Hero that Japan needed."

180 degrees (AO3) - "When All For One brings an end to the world, Dabi is too numb to care. When he brings an end to Keigo, however… that's a different story."

You have come to accept that you are truly cursed somehow. Magic may not be real but every organization you have ever worked for has been destroyed somehow (embezzling owner, flooding from upstairs, held up too many times, copyright issues, etc).

Some fanfic where someone speaks down to the Jedi Council. I can enjoy both defending and/or bashing them but in the mood for a good dressing down rn.

Welcome to the Void (AO3) - "So now you believe them. What do you do next? Everyone wants to know how the Republic came falling down. Too bad Cara and Din never learned that in school."

sure, the force can do that, why not (AO3) - "Din whips out his blaster and shoots him. Point-blank, in the heart. Anakin Skywalker does not have time to react, and is dead before he hits the ground. Motherfucker."

To See You Again (AO3) - "Feemor is granted his greatest wish - to see his family once again, even if he is a bit too salty at first to enjoy it properly."

Shifting Sands (AO3) - "After stupidly listening to Luke, Leia wakes up on Tatooine. Her day only gets worse."

Under Different Stars (AO3) - "The stars, on the other hand…that's a first. Those don't just change. They shift, depending on which hemisphere you're in, but she's studied enough of space to know she isn't looking at the Milky Way."

Re-create the vibe that meme from Community (You know the one - Troy has returned with pizza and everything is on fire!).

To switch things up a bit, try out some contrast, have some fanfic where Alfred Pennyworth isn't the all-knowing, benevolent granddad seen so often in fic, but rather the opposite in fact. A man who makes mistakes, who hurts people, who enables a toxic environment.

trans, t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶i̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ (AO3) - "Jason isn't looking for forgiveness from Bruce Wayne."

No Saint Alfred (AO3) - "Robin should have died with Jason. Instead, there's another little boy running around in danger, and the affront pulled Jason from his grave. At least he knows exactly who is responsible… and the best way to upset a butler."

Just Say No (AO3) - "Tim has been awake for nearly 48 hours while he struggles to solve Scarecrow's plot before he can unleash fear gas on an entire neighborhood. "Thank you, Alfred," he says when the butler brings him coffee in his favorite mug, and drinks it gratefully, positive that it will give him the last jolt he needs to stop Crane. He wakes up hours later in his bedroom at the Manor, feeling sluggish and disoriented with no idea how he got there."

Glass (AO3) - "Appearances mean a lot in the cape world, and even more outside of it. Dick's always been the pretty one, and when an injury to his face disrupts that, it leaves him with time— too much time— to think."

Journey to the Centre of the Multiverse (AO3) - "Or… Jason Todd discovers that he can travel through the multiverse (on top of his usual weirdness, ie, immortality) and chaos ensues."

Let's bring back whimsy. Insert some fairytale nonchalance into our stories. Have elements that are fantastical and simply don't bother to explain.

Some fics with de-ageing involving least one Danny Phantom character.

Nothing But The Dead And Dying (back in my little town) (AO3) - "Dan has just been rescued and is feeling a bit shorter than usual. Jason Todd has just been petitioned like he's a feudal warlord, which has never happened before but he could maybe get used to. They can probably make this work so long as Batman doesn't stick his nose in. Yeah, like that'll happen."

Dad Shaped (AO3) - "After accidentally getting de-aged by the GIW, Danny and Dani find themselves in Gotham and latch onto the nearest undead person they can find to avoid drawing attention to themselves. Jason, said nearest undead person, makes the mistake of feeding them and now they won't go away."

Raising Phantom AU (AO3) - "Jasmine started working at Gotham's Public Library, while having to take care of her baby brother and going to college. Danny is frustrated at having to be in hiding as well as everything else poor in his life. Also there is something off about the man that comes in to check books out. His family included. Batfamily playing a game to figure out these two's life only for things to get serious quickly."

The Son of the Red Hood (AO3) - "Clockwork intervenes in Danny's life so that he can learn all he needs to be king of the Infinite Realms, and hopefully this time he can actually be loved and cared for the way he deserves."

Imprint (AO3) - "He screwed his eyes shut, held his breath, desperately wished that he was back in his safehouse, alone and blissfully unaware. But the weight in his hands remained, and when he opened his eyes, it was to the bean-shaped 'fuck you' the Lazarus Pit had kindly bestowed upon him, arms and legs folded up against his front beneath off-white muslin while tiny lips smacked softly."

Brevity is the soul of wit so have some more oneshot recommendations. Remember, no being rude to writers and demanding more!

The Fox that Bites the Hand (AO3) - "Fox wakes up pissed off. Which (for a good chunk of his life) has been a normal thing that’s happened often enough it shouldn’t really be note worthy. Honestly, it should be more notable that he’s woken up at all considering he’s certain he just died."

Nonna and the Coruscant Guard (AO3) - "Commander Fox is unprepared for what life is really like on Coruscant. The old woman had led a hard life below, being the unofficial head of the night cleaning staff for the Senate has let her care for her extended family. But in the Coruscant Guard, she sees a new family that needs a nonna."

Oh, Mama, Mama (AO3) - "(Eloise Camden died angry, bitter, and disillusioned. Charlotte Linlin lived on, wild, free, and shining bright. The world was never quite the same after.)"

Baby Skitter in DC (AO3) - "A one shot about Batman's morality and the realities of living in a world with superpowers. Children just don't understand enough to grasp the full picture. When kids can have superpowers that can go very badly, very quickly."

Going Native (AO3) - "The New Guy(TM) at Salt Middle School just wants to survive the school year without having to interact with anyone. Really, he doesn't feel like that's too much to ask. Too bad the Quiet Guy(TM) in his class is ruining his life by showing up with actual choke marks on his neck that nobody else seems to notice for some reason."

Some more age regression/de-ageing fics in the Star Wars fandom.

The Past Does Not Define Us (but it would be nice to have more information from it) (AO3) - "Through a series of events not fully remembered, Din is transported to a completely different planet. With different clothes. And a different age."

Treasured Tribute (AO3) - "Instead of calling for a teacher at the Seeing Stone of Tython, Grogu Sees a chance to change everything. He’s thrown back in time, but his buir Din Djarin is now a teen with dim memories of their shared past, so that’s an unexpected complication."

Mando Back to the Clone Wars (AO3) - "In which Din and Boba are time travelers--and also tiny. Din has no idea what's going on, but focuses on one goal: reuniting with Grogu. Boba's along for the ride. Unfortunately for them, the misunderstandings are only beginning… (Comic/Visual Novel)"

Under Different Stars (AO3) - "The stars, on the other hand…that's a first. Those don't just change. They shift, depending on which hemisphere you're in, but she's studied enough of space to know she isn't looking at the Milky Way."

call me haunting (AO3) - "A six-year-old breaks Granta out of prison on the condition that he help her. Granta maybe should have asked quite a few more questions before he agreed."

Some fics with age regression/de-aging.

If Everyone Cared (AO3) - "Shanks gets turned into a child and runs into Ace, who takes him back to the Moby Dick. Shanks doesn't remember anything past the age of four. As revelations start coming to light, a betrayal rocks the Whitebeard Pirates. The Red-Hair Pirates desperately search for their Captain."

Catching feathers (AO3) - "If there was one thing Ace knew for sure in life, it was that Marco would not and could not die. Still, what happens when he gets really close to death? All Ace knows is that it's somehow his responsibility and absolutely no one wants to answer his questions."

bittersweet between my teeth (AO3) - "Feemor swallows a little, trying not to let his fear show as Dooku goes down on one knee in front of him, gripping his shoulders. There's concern in his face, and he looks the same, but it’s like there's a thin sheen of oil over what should be familiar. The grip of his hands makes Feemor's heart pound, and it shouldn’t, but it does, and Feemor might be barely thirteen, not even a padawan yet, but he knows about trusting the Force, and the Force is saying something is wrong."

what is dead is restless (AO3) - "Really, Granta should know by now not to do favors for Sith. However, the fact that this one landed him with a de-aged Jedi Shadow in his care and Mandalorian Crusaders out for his head seems like something even he couldn't have predicted."

Raising Hell (AO3) - "Jasmine Fenton is a PhD candidate at Gotham University doing her thesis research project at Arkham. She is the daughter of two mad scientists, and has chosen to study confirmation bias among mad scientists. She is on multiple Bat watchlists, and when she has a breakdown at work one day after Thanksgiving break, that sets off one too many red flags. Red Hood goes undercover as her research assistant to investigate her."

Some time travel fics where a minor/supporting character is the one in the past.

dream the crow-black dream (AO3) - "When a dying Hound passes Bana a powerful Jedi relic, desperate to keep it from falling into Palpatine's hands, the very last thing Bana expects is for the Orb of Passage to be a potential fix for the Republic's descent into the Empire. It's only a fix if she can use it, though, and stopping a Sith Lord is going to take all of Bana's wits and skills, as well as a touch of the sorcery that's been forbidden on Humbarine for millennia."

Marching Backwards (AO3) - "Clone 99 was leading five cadets to safety when something happened and they end up in an unfamiliar place and time."

Fox's Great, Very Cool, Totally Fun Dead Adventure (AO3) - "Fox is dead. He is alone here. He probably deserves it. None of this is true."

Footnotes in History (AO3) - "Or: Viserra did not die that night, and instead, the Fourteen Flames showed her the horrors of the future. Forewarned, she will stop at nothing to protect those she loves."

a free bird leaps on the back of the wind (AO3) - "Hyuuga Hinata dies four years after the Fourth Shinobi War, to protect her Hokage. She wakes up ten years in the past, the day before Graduation, the day before the spar that would seal her fate as the family disappointment and Hanabi's as the next Clan Head."

Bonus: When The Small Hand Turns (AO3) - "Shiranui Genma is a shinobi of no major consequence – by which he meant that despite having been the bodyguard of three Hokages (well, five, technically) he is hardly important enough to be the one sent back in time to stop the clusterfuck that is the Fourth Shinobi War from happening…