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    A series of vaguely interconnected alternate universes centered around Batfam and other DC characters, set around similar themes, explored through different settings and continuities, and a common thread of inter-dimensional travel.

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    15 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Read some time later

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    “Bruce, you would report parents like those to the police. And by the time I was with the Titans, I would too. And still, Bruce, still, I took it when you hurt me because—because I don’t know. Because maybe, somewhere along the way, I started pretending you weren’t my father.”

    "Hurt you," Jason echoes, and now his voice isn't raspy because he's pretending to be Batman. Bruce hurt Dick. The first son, the favourite, the one most like him.

    Bruce hurt him?

    "Do you still not understand what you did? What you keep doing? ‘It is what it looks like.’ Funny how I only realised it after my death, after you beat me up and sent me away from my family.”

    Dick stands up, all stiff movements. The light from outside hits him directly, and Jason realises he’s in a nightmare.

    Jason was—he was dreaming. This—this man, hunched and shaking and bleeding—cannot be Dick. His brother’s face could never be dripping with blood from his father’s fists.

    “Look. You’ve made me a victim,” Dick tells him.

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    Dick finally realises Batman is an abusive piece of shit, and so do his brothers. What follows is never that simple.

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    10 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    I just love love love dialogue and themes. My babygirl with oldest daughter syndrome Nightwing

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    “If I tell you to drop it, will you?”

    Tim doesn't answer right away— but Dick already knew he wouldn't. He never did.

    “...No,” Tim says finally, meeting Dick’s gaze without flinching. “You don’t get to disappear on us for a year, come back, pretend everything is fine and then expect me to just let it go. That’s not how it works.”

    “He’s right you know,” the kid says unhelpfully. Why won’t he just shut up? Why is he always here?

    Dick’s lip twitch.

    “Tim…” Dick starts, but the warning in his voice doesn't carry much weight. He’s too tired. He’s been too tired for months. Maybe years. “Some things are better left alone.”

    “Not when they’re eating you alive.” Tim’s voice drops, softer now, no less firm. “We’re not blind, you know. Jason won’t admit it but he worries. Damian keeps asking why you don't come by anymore. Even Babs—”

    “Stop.” Dick’s voice comes out sharper than he means, and Tim flinches. Just barely, but enough for Dick to notice it and feel bad. He scrubs a hand over his face, exhaling hard. “The truth hurts worse than you think. And I’m not gonna put that on you.”

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    Dick's not doing good after Spyral.

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    10 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Love characterization

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    His brothers don’t want to see him. No one does. Not after Spyral. Not after the lies. And Dick wants to scream that it’s not his fault; it never was. But he can’t.

    So he doesn’t. He’ll be fine alone anyway.

    OR: Post-Spyral. Secrets are revealed. Traumas are addressed. No-one is happy.

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    09 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Really love characterization

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    The security camera hanging from the wall split down the middle, a rubber bullet embedded in the glass screen.

    Jason blinked. Every camera was shattered. One looked to have caved in with the rest of that portion of the ceiling, another studded with shuriken. He tightened his grip on his blades. There weren’t many good reasons why a mercenary would want to rid all sources of evidence in a closed environment.

    Deathstroke kept his right hand on the trigger as his left messed with his helmet’s straps. He unclicked something, and in one angry jerk, tugged off his mask.

    The most emo version of Dick Grayson post-teenage angst era glared at him, empty look in his eyes and empty eye.


    or, a universe where Dick Grayson is Deathstroke brushes against a universe where he is most definitely not. By accident, supposedly, but Jason knows better than to take that at face value.


    or, a sequel of sorts to withthekeyisking's "When Destiny Doesn't Care"

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    07 Jul 2026