"Here's the deal," Paramedic Guy starts.
"Sorry," Jason says. "Who died and put you in charge?"
"You did," Paramedic Guy says blithely. Jason scoffs. "Listen, dude. I don't give a shit about who you are, or any—weird fucking abilities you may or may not have. This is Gotham. The only way you don't trip and eat shit is if you don't get involved."
"If this is your idea of uninvolved," Jason deadpans. "I suggest you crack open a dictionary."
***
Listen. Sometimes you resurrect yourself right into a bitchy paramedic's nose and then he refuses to leave you the fuck alone. It could happen to anyone.
OR
Three times Jason Todd gets a helping hand + one time he returns the favor.
Submitted by @kiragecko
Submitter's comment:
So this is based on the Penguin TV show, but all you need to know is that the Jason in that verse comes back to life after dying and has been working for a mob boss since his first resurrection. I don't read many shippy OC fics (not sure if I've read one in the last decade, actually) but this guy is fascinating, and his issues are as ridiculous as Jason's, and they get to be such good friends, and fall desperately in love, and then are INCREDIBLY STUPID ABOUT IT. Impressive levels of stupid. These authours created a character JUST to be a romantic interest, and then made him SO BAD at romance! You need to read the whole series to know just how dumb they are, but it's a very very good read!
I'm new to Codywan. Doyou have a list of Must Reads or Fandom Classics or anything like that? (Bonus points for longfic!)
Funnily enough, I'm not sure I'm an expert on Fandom Classics, but I do think that the long Clone Wars rewrites/fix-its are a perfect way to start! (And then you can move on to shorter fics and crazy AUs haha) So these are all longer, and can be fit into TCW continuity, even if they diverge at some point because the writers can't help themselves and will fix canon (as they should).
{recs under the cut, please mind the tags listed on ao3}
in our hearts some ancient song by whimsicalimages (@keensers)- Fives discovers the chips, he's on the run and gambles his life on the assumption that there's something going on between Cody and his general, so they would help him. Some amazing lore in this fic. 40k words
Golden Shield of Brightness by NerJetii (@nerjetii)- Soulmate AU, your soulmates' (romantic and platonic) names are written on your wrists. "Only" 15k, but I would recommend it even if you're not a fan of soulmate AUs (=they don't fall into each other's arms just because they're soulmates). Focuses on Obi-Wan, mostly, but we also learn a bit about how the Kaminoans treated the clones.
I am teaching myself how to be free by tattooedgreenhouse (@gershwyndl) - this might be THE Clone Wars rewrite for me because the author has taken upon themselves to literally retell the whole series from Cody's AND Obi-Wan's POV. It's ambitious, I'm pretty sure it's technically canon compliant, but we do get our happy ending. Appropriately, it's 113k long.
i'll orbit your flickering star by sunskippa (@sunskippa) - Also a Clone Wars rewrite (by this I mean that it goes through the events of the series from Cody's POV), also canon compliant, 78k words. Might be my favourite ending in the genre, beautiful. I don't even know how to sell this, but it's a must-read imo
|to failure sweet victor| by littlekaracan (@cillyscribbles)- 20k words. In case you've read all those rewrites and you just want to skip to the part where Cody leaves the Empire and they find each other again on Tatooine *with a twist*
you read my mind, I'll read yours series by sospes - This is very much canon divergent. Starts off as a mission fic, Cody and Obi-Wan discover an artefact that creates a Force-bond between them. Misunderstandings ensue. Look at the tags/ratings, some of the works later on are spicier/angstier. But you could also read the first one and call it a day if those aren't your jam. (The whole thing is 166k long at the moment.)
will you be an anarchist with me? by a_alene (@birdiedoessw) - an outsider POV (Rex's) on Cody's and Obi-Wan's relationship. With the extra twist that they can't stand each other at the beginning of the war. This is something I would've loved to read when I was getting into codywan, it's a great way to start. (25k words)
shoulder the sky series by Night Fury (@shootingstarpilot) - Last but not least, an ongoing series (all but two works are finished, more than 200k words atm). You'll have to "get through" the first work to read the more codywan-focused fics (and I don't mean this in a bad way because the story is a m a z i n g. Just so you know.) To be honest, I think it might be a bit confusing to read at the moment because as far as I can see a work was removed from the series, but it's still up? I'm not sure what happened there, but I suppose you could simply read all the author's works in chronological order :D This series is pretty much Obi-Wan AND clone troopers focused and relies a lot on the Jedi Apprentice series (which isn't canon anymore) but you're gonna be fine if you haven't read it.
(If anyone reads this, please feel free to add your own suggestions!)
Relationships: Gen (Anita Fite & Cassie Sandsmark & Cissie King-Jones & Greta Hayes, Minor/Background Ships)
Year: 2025
Rating: Gen
Warnings: None
Summary:
Make more friends, Anita. Talk with girls your own age, Anita. It'll be sooooo fun, Anita.
Admittedly, her dad probably had something very different in mind when he'd mentioned this to her. Probably he was envisioning something closer to Disney Channel sleepovers, painting each other's nails and doing each other's hair and coming closer together in female solidarity. Probably he was hoping that Anita would not immediately go out and get herself involved in Some Nonsense.
Probably he should have known better.
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Anita Fite has made Some Choices. Featuring pizza, period dramas and other milestones of teen girl relationships.
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What if the girls founded Young Justice?
Submitted by starshine
Submitter's comment:
THE TITLE IS SO TRUE!!!!!!! this is a “what if the girls founded young justice” au and it’s brilliantly chaotic and funny and so so sweet!! also the dialogue between the girls and also them and red tornado is hilarious. i love them. none of them know how to do a sleepover but by god they will manage
NOTE: does have an undescribed image (art relating to the fic) at the end, as this is a reverse minibang!!
Have you read i'm gonna kill you if you don't beat me to it?
Yes, previously
Yes, now that you've recced it to me
No
Voting ended onApr 7, 2025
Authour: @birdiedoesdc (a_alene)
Subfandom: Batman
Media: All Media Types
Relationships: Gen (Dick Grayson & Jason Todd)
Year: 2025
Summary:
“That’s what I get for not watching my six, huh?” Jason says. “Dumbass. Anyway.”
He moves one already bloodsoaked hand up to the handle and tugs, with an awful wet noise and a painful gasp.
“Stop, stop!” Dick shouts, grabbing at his hands. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
“What the hell does it look like I’m doing?” Jason says stupidly. “I’m making this quicker for the both of us.”
When Jason came back, he came back with a few—quirks, he’s called them. One is the murder. Another one is whatever he has going on with noted crime boss Sofia Gigante, which he defensively refuses to elaborate on whenever Dick asks. The last one is the ability to get shot in the head and sit up five minutes later to bitch about the weather. Which Dick has seen him do. Which Dick hasn’t stopped having fucking nightmares about.
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Jason Todd is immortal. Dick Grayson is in the middle of an ongoing crisis.
Submitted by anon
A fun take on immortal jason todd. It's very angsty and extremely good. dick and jason's relationship is written very complexly and i love it so much <3
“Jason,” Dick says, with extreme gentleness. “You do…know what a turn signal is, right?”
“Totally,” Jason lies.
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Jason Todd breaks some laws. No, not those ones. No, not those ones either.
Submitted by anon
oneshot where jason doesn't have his driver's liscense and everyone makes fun of him. this one is really funny, i highly recommend it!
