#batjokes fics

Batch Brew by stuckoncloud9

This hysterical coffee shop AU is also Bruce/Riddler, Bruce/Scarecrow, and Bruce/Two-Face in addition to Bruce/Joker, but no matter who you ship Bats with it’s astonishingly delightful. One of my favorite characterizations of Bruce in all of fanfic.

contact high by venetianAnarchist

This fic is much loved for a reason, as it’s more or less the perfect porn-with-just-enough-plot. Extremely funny and manages to up the ante every paragraph.

The Bitterest Joke by Dracze

If your heart is too intact, you can find no better way to rip it to shreds than with this fic set in the Mother Panic Gotham AD comics. A grieving Joker endlessly bargains with an absent Batman, and it’s unforgettable. Pairs well with This Knife, Like Silence

Exactly What It Seems by Dracze

Lex Luthor and Joker hook up and Lex reveals as much to a mortified Batman, and the results are filled with laugh-aloud lines and a very entertaining Luthor POV.

green, the color of greed by distortopia

If the tag “Clownfucking Syndrome by Proxy” doesn’t lure you in I don’t know what will. A wonderful look at Bruce’s repressed desire that manages to have so much batjokes flavor even while Joker is technically absent.

high caliber by mitzvahmelting

Established relationship between characters who are always at each other’s throats can be difficult to pull off, but this fic imagining Joker bringing a gun to their bedroom really manages it with aplomb.

how glad i am you could not resist by harlequintessential

Incredible unfinished fic set during Arkham Knight in which a greiving, angry Bruce Wayne is tormented by the Joker he hears in his head. The writing is fantastic and the sense of unravelling is compellingly vivid.

More Than Enough by Dracze

A very sweet Christmas fic that still feels completely in-character, featuring a wacky and wonderful Joker POV and all the warm fuzziness you could want on a winter night.

The Neighborhood on the Other Side by DesdemonaKaylose

When Bruce gets hit with fear toxin, he and Joker share an intimate moment out of time. Really gorgeous writing and fantastic characterization.

Primal Cut by Vampowerment

An eerie and unsettling Joker story taking place after the end of Batman Endgame in which Joker lives a normal life as a butcher but still finds himself preoccupied with Batman. Creepy and captivating.

The Proposal by stuckoncloud9

THE batjokes happy ending, read it and shriek in glee

That Which Is Not Dead Can Eternal Lie by messageredacted

The Batman/Cthulhu mythos crossover you didn’t know you needed. Somehow, it works spectacularly.

this knife, like silence by distortopia

A kind of flipside to The Bitterest Joke mentioned above, this fic follows a Bruce whose Joker has simply disappeared without a trace...it will eviscerate your emotions. Have a pack of tissues on hand.

Wayne, Bruce Wayne by Naphorism

A James Bond AU for the Telltale verse that’s ridiculously fun and campy and true to character

You’re My Excuse to Travel by synthwave

chapter 2 of take my hand (take the whole deck too) is up

Rating: E

“Good morning, master Bruce.” Alfred’s voice sounds frostier than anything Bruce has ever heard, Mr. Freeze inclusive. “Sir, far be it from me to pry into your personal spending habits, but before I contest a fraudulent charge, I thought I had better check that the pursuit of justice did not require you to purchase an entire floor’s worth of rooms at a hotel off the Las Vegas strip around 2:45 this morning?”