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Plot Bunny Adoption Corner #9 - Batfam Fusion with Angelic Layer

Imagine if the DCU was merged with the CLAMP manga/anime world of Angelic Layer, and the vigilante/rogue alter egos were "angels" used by the civilian versions of everyone to complete in competitions.

[primeemeraldheiress]

I wish you would write a fic where...

...Instead of Jason Todd becoming the Red Hood and returning to Gotham, he instead joins the Assassin Trio and runs with them for Ra's al Ghul for several years. No one knows Jason is alive. Then, during the Red Robin series, while Tim Drake is searching for Bruce he collides with Jason along with Z, Owens, and Pru.

njw wrote something kinda like that! Except it's Lost Days Jason.

It’s called Filling Lost Days.

So, I’ve never actually looked into Tim’s time looking for Bruce so I didn’t know Z, Owen, and Pru were real and not original characters. I, in fact, know nothing about this time period other than what I’ve read in this fic here. ☝ I’m sorry I don’t have the knowledge for this. 😥 But please enjoy the rec! I hope it helps the craving.

[afni-fics]

Elder Scrolls DC brainstorming:

Idea 1: Akatosh is the God of Time. Dragons and Dragonborn are "children of Akatosh" due to having Dragon Souls. This was how Tim "knew" Bruce was lost in time and not dead in the original Red Robin series run. Even inactive/latent, Tim's Dragon Soul makes him instinctively sensitive to time shenanigans.

Idea 2: Assassination Games run in Red Robin ends in an ancient, but advanced deathtrap run by someone immortal with a lot of knowledge. The entrance used a similar blood seal lock as the one used to lock The Blades' Skyhaven Temple in Skyrim. Perhaps these assassination games were set up to hunt/test potential Dragonborn descendents living on Earth in the event of Alduin's return on Nirn as a way to both track the Dragonborn bloodlines and cull the weak branches from the strong over the ages?

Idea 3: Daedric Prince Hermaeus Mora is the being who set this up. He's got invested interest in Dragonborn individuals and unlimited knowledge. He's got a back door between Earth and Nirn through his realm of Oblivion.

[afewnovelideas]

Just finished the first dungeon crawl in Skyrim with Tim and Lucien. They just finished exploring Bleak Falls Barrow. I've got a bunch of notes and screenshots and videos to parse through to write my next entries, but I wanted to jot down a few notes here:

Tim thought Lucien was kidding about being an amateur musician when they first met... He wasn't.

Lucien's sarcastic peanut gallery commentary was more entertaining in Tim's honest opinion. Luci was quite amused to hear Tim eventually add in his own sarcastic banter to the mix.

Tim's dumb luck either swings horrifically awful or ludicrously blessed. I swear there's no shade of grey with this boy.

Tim is reminded of his father Jack a lot...

[windona]

Prompting Night: (DC/ML crossover?) Selena Kyle is vacationing in Paris, and she learns about Ladybug and Chat Noir. Selena suddenly realizes why Bruce can't resist collecting kids when she sees/meets Chat. Such an adorable kitten, but so lonely...

Really, it had just been a little light thieving. She was being paid to liberate a few artifacts from a private collector and bring them home to Algeria, so it was a just heist. But while scoping out her target, she noticed Paris’ heroes.

Of course she had known about Ladybug and Chat Noir. She did her research, and made a note to time her heist with an akuma attack. But knowing about something cannot provoke the same feeling as seeing something.

It was an akuma attack, but Selina knew enough to stay out of the way unless she was really needed. She kept her eyes on the heroes, and watched as Chat Noir made a joke that had Ladybug’s eyes roll even as a small grin graced the girl’s lips.

The boy’s ears swiveled and his tail twitched, even though they seemed to be costume pieces. He then went to do as his lady requested.

The thoughts came unbidden. Fur in good health, being fed a nutritious diet but not enough for energetic lifestyle. Perhaps incorporate some salmon as a treat?

She shook her head as she avoided a random blast from the akuma, and kept her eyes on the battle. What was she thinking, Chat Noir wasn’t a stray kitty.

He leaned over to Ladybug and made some cheeky comment before following the plan. Kitty seemed attention starved, needed more enrichment, perhaps wasn’t played with enough...

Selina cursed. That was it. She was adopting him.

[heleizition]

I love your art so much! I especially love your design and style with the Core Four. I'm have to admit your images have inspired some ideas for ways I'm going to integrate them into my Batfam fanfiction. Thank you for creating them!

!!!! tysm !!!!!!!!!!!

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Plot Bunny Adoption Corner #7 - Klarion-instigated Enemies to Family

Klarion has been wanting to payback Tim for helping him save Teekl or something recently, but Tim's so hard to "pay back". But then he learns that Tim wishes the Waynes had always been his family while he was growing up... Or that he and Jason could've grown up together and been an actual family instead of Jason hating him...

So Klarion manipulates Jason into crossing paths with Tim. Things are tense between the boys but then Klarion then casts a de-aging spell on Tim turning him into an infant.

Jason is flabbergasted! Why did Klarion do this?!

"Timothy wanted to be closer to you. He wanted you two to be family. So I decided to make his wish come true. You can be his father now! Isn't that great?!"

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Plot Bunny Adoption Corner #5

Bruce "dies" during the Final Crisis, and everything is the same as canon up until the moments after Tim discovers Dick has given the Robin mantle to Damian behind his back.

Just as before, Tim is devastated and angry at the betrayal. However, instead of lashing out and destroying the room that would eventually inspire him that Bruce is alive and sends him on BruceQuest, Tim leaves the manor and seeks out Selina Kyle.

When he gets to Selina's place, though, he discovers she's dealing with her own spiral of grief and anxiety. Earlier that same day, Selina discovered that she's pregnant with Bruce's child. Because it's Bruce's, Selina wants to keep the baby, but the idea of raising their baby alone is devastating to her.

In this moment, Tim offers to stay with Selina and help her with the baby. At first Selina is resistant because she doesn't want to take Tim from his family and responsibilities as Robin. But then he reveals to her that he's no longer Robin. That Dick chose Damian over him and he doesn't have a place among the Waynes anymore.

Selina can see how much Tim is hurting from this too. They're both loved ones of Bruce's who appear to have no place within the new Wayne family status quo. So she agrees to let him stay with her and they'll take care of each other.

They end up leaving Gotham City together. Selina doesn't want to risk having a baby in that god-forsaken city, and Tim wants to put as much distance as he can between himself and the Waynes. They end up moving to either London or Paris.

Dick is devastated at Tim running away, but he's spread so thin being Batman and keeping Damian in check that he can't spare any time to look for his wayward brother. It falls on Barbara to locate Tim.

It takes several months, but eventually she does... and she's shocked to discover that (1) he's with Selina and (2) Selina's pregnant with Bruce's new daughter. Tim reveals his side of how he lost Robin (Dick was a little light on important details of why Damian was Robin now). He also stresses to Babs that he wants to stay with Selina. He's got a responsibility to protect his new baby sister when she's finally born. Babs understands and agrees to help shield him and Selina from the prying eyes of the Waynes back in Gotham. She also promises to get a hold of Cass for him. Tim misses his big sister, but isn't sure how to find her on his own.

(Babs may also be feeling salty towards Dick and Damian on how Tim really lost the Robin mantle.)

What Babs doesn't know, though, is that even during her pregnancy, Selina's been teaching Tim all she knows about being a stealthy cat-burgler. Part of it is because it helps her pass the time as the baby grows inside her. Her pregnancy is taking a lot out of her. The other part is because Tim wants to learn so he can help Selina too. He won't just steal from anyone, but he finds himself ok with stealing from confirmed corrupt rich assholes and then sharing the ill-gotten wealth with those less fortunate in need.

In this AU, instead of becoming Red Robin, Tim becomes Stray. Instead of being a vigilante, he's more like a Robin Hood figure where he steals from the wealthy corrupt and gives back to the poor and less fortunate.

As Stray, Tim begins to shake off some of the grief and weight-of-the-world burden from his shoulders. Free of Gotham and the Waynes, and supported by Selina, Tim begins a journey of self-discovery to learn who he really is/who he wants to be/what his priorities in life are.

One of his biggest priorities: protecting his baby sister Helena once she's born as well as his new mom Selena.