#craydl

Craydl is long gone by the time of Thad's redemption starts but he leaves Thad with one message that sticks with him throughout it all that he has to decode himself, "Live" and that's what Thad tries to do to live but is always hindered in some way along with that due to his mental state he takes it the wrong way and thinks craydl means to live with the flash family

And while I joke about Wally bashing thad's against a table, I think realistically it wouldn't even be anything, he would just ignore him, he isn't his problem anymore he's Steph's, the hexagon corporations, Greta's and Bart's problem, he can raise wade and make sure his kids are growing up right but Thad keeps trying to join the family and while Wally looks at him with blank stares, no matter what Thad tries even if he's a saint he won't ever be allowed back because that option passed a long time ago

So Thad keeps going through his redemption and it only gets worse and worse through every Step no matter what he tries everything that follows him is Senseless violence and even bloodshed even if he tries to stop it it just has the same outcome but he doesn't stop trying to be redeemed to prove to people he can do some good even if he can't succeed because he wants to live, but that doesn't mean he's alone

He's still got people and while it's not the flash family it's still people who are there for him no matter what through all the craziness of his redemption and this is where craydl's message finally gets decoded, his message wasn't to live with the flash family it was for Thad to live with the family he's made

Throughout all the violence and bloodshed he will have to face at times he still has people who gave him a chance and that is his family, The flash family was the one he wanted but the one he gets is the one he needs and that's all craydl wanted for Thad when he shut down for Thad to live with the people who care about him and who he cares about him

Impulse #52

Craydl reminding Thad not to poke himself with the ring (which is used to infect Bart with nanobots, and in turn is what gets him sick in #58) will always be the funniest thing to me.

Semi-cursed Garth fic that is only redeemed by the fact that I'm writing Garth as trans in it

Roy adopts Bart AU

CRAYDL and Thad Wild Robot-esque fic

No capes AU fic where Conner is stalked by someone who kept his baby teeth

1960s era Catholic orphanage Jason fic

No capes AU where Roy and Jade meet on vacation

Code Lyoko-esque Bart and Thad brothers fic

Back to the Future Part II vibes with sixteen year old Dick Grayson and teenage Booster bc I owe y'all a fic where Dick is the great (jillion times) grandpa of Booster Gold

Clark babysitting a tiny Conner fic in a no capes AU (or capes idk yet)

Impulse (1995) #52

Like son...

Thad and Craydl listen'in to their favorite