Unfit for Society Recs

Batfamily

Bandaids for Bullet Wounds by voidapologist
Jason gets drunk to celebrate his birthday after his return to Gotham, and ends up killing the Joker — but not in costume. One little slip up, and suddenly Batman knows that Jason Todd is alive and in Gotham, and seeks to bring him home with the help of Crime Alley’s new vigilante, Red Hood. Oh heart.

the fawcett proposition by TheRoodHed
Batman assigns the Justice League to gather intelligence on Red Hood's expanding criminal empire. Clark can't see through the lead. Diana's operative gets made in seconds. Hal discovers movie night. Barry gets speed bumps.

Captain Marvel gets desk work.
Billy Batson buys a bus ticket.

(Or: a homeless twelve-year-old realizes that the crime lord of Gotham has built everything the system never gave either of them, and decides to ask for help. Jason Todd was not expecting to acquire a kid, and yet.) This series is SO GREAT! Billy asks the Red Hood for help with community building in Fawcett and both of them get a family (and a better life for themselves and their neighborhoods) out of it. Oh my heart!!!

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Crossover

Avengers/Batfamily

Blue Divergence by mysterycyclone
"Forgive me, Tony."

Tony can't move. He freezes in place, hand twitching above the changed arc reactor. Confusion, followed by shock, followed very quickly by fear driven anger as Tony snap his eyes back to Strange.

Strange meets his gaze and says, "When you find him, ask Tim for help." AU of Dark Matter (previously recced), where Tony is also sent to the DCU by Strange during the battle on Titan.

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Heated Rivalry

Bird Set Free by Hth
His heart. Ilya does have one of those – that’s not a crime, is it? He keeps it on its leash, never lets it run loose to bite and steal and cause chaos. You know it's high quality yearning when it's happening even while they're together having sex. <333

Building A Home by merakily
The ice is where Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov fall in love, but the (mostly Asian) grocery stores in Montreal are where they learn how to be in love with each other.

In which Ilya learns about mochi, Shane learns about Russian milk bags, and they both learn how to breathe. Together. Oh heart. Now I really want the story where Ilya makes mochi with Yuna.

Cliff's Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week (Is Probably Going Better Than Ilya's) by petroltogo
Ilya disappears in Sochi. Half-way across the world his team does its best to help. Their best is more than anyone could have foreseen. This is laugh out loud hilarious. Highly recommended.

the comments are a dumpster fire by trickysnail
Five times Shane and Ilya ran into each other's burner accounts online. This is so cute!

Is this thing on? by ARustySpork
after an injury on the ice forces Shane into an early retirement, he and Svetlana start a podcast. This is so fun!

Of all the florists in Boston by lilliesinwater
Shane gets hurt in the Boston vs. Montreal game. Ilya crashes out and buys all the lilies in Boston for him.

No one knows about them.

Except for Ilya's new florist, who never asked to get involved in dumb hockey boys and their messy drama. Also, Cliff is a good friend. Aw, this is super sweet.

Protected Person by chinesebakery
Shane finds out on Twitter.

Not from a lawyer or a teammate or even one of the journalists who've been calling nonstop since the FanMail video went viral. He finds out at 6:47 am, still in bed, that Russia is coming for Ilya. Propaganda charges. Passport revocation. Return to the Russian Federation required.

What follows is weeks of watching everything fall apart. Ilya's career. Their safety. The system that was supposed to protect them. Shane keeps playing while Ilya can't. The lawyers file paperwork and say to wait. Montreal demands silence.

Shane faces a choice: keep his head down and trust the process, or burn down his career and force the world to pay attention.

He chooses fire. Wistful and thoughtful - a good read.

the sum of its parts by FlameHazel18
this is a super cute social media series.

sure grandpa, let’s get you to bed by goldenraeofsun
Scott’s age is Rozanov’s favorite topic, but now that Scott has come out, he shudders to think about what Rozanov will throw at him this season.

Or, 5 times Rozanov makes fun of Scott for being old, and 1 time he makes fun of Scott for being gay. Aw this is so cute!

You, me, and Lily by Anonymous
Jackie Pike finds "Lily's" number and tries to reach out. <333 I am so invested in Jackie and Ilya's friendship!

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Batfamily

proper rites by hollowmen
Being a cat for three weeks has repercussions, it turns out.

Jason snacks his way through one of them. Damian reads books. Both of them drink a lot of tea. It's nice, mostly, which Jason finds highly suspicious. OH MY HEART!!!!

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Heated Rivalry

By Halves by tmp93
Yuna and David meet Ilya Rozanov at the hospital after Shane's injury. Lovely AU from Yuna's POV.

Closer to the heart by norgbelulah
She says, almost without thought, "He can stay with us, if he wants. While you're gone."

Yuna Hollander does want to open her heart to her son's boyfriend, even if he is Ilya Rozanov. The first step is opening her home. <333 #i'm not crying it's just raining on my face

far across the deep blue ocean by scarlettroses
4 times ilya rozanov found something like family in america + 1 time he built himself one in Canada. 😍😍😍😍😍

Geiger Counter by littlesystems
Kip Grady meets Ilya Rozanov at a gay bar while watching the Admirals game. Somehow, that's not even the strangest part of his evening. I enjoyed this!

Influential by 409_conflict
The problem is, no one knows how to market Ilya Rozanov's (in his own words) sexy Euro masculinity to an audience of white straight men.

He needs the best. And if it happens to be his secret lover's mother who despises his very existence, so be it. The Ilya-Yuna text-fic I never knew I needed! <333

the lies are all behind you now by throughadoor
In a hotel room their first year playing together for Ottawa, Shane and Ilya talk about gay rookies and bad threesomes and how to not sound like you're trying to hook up with Shane's mom. This is very sweet and also hilarious at points. <3

Lily and Jane's Reddit Adventures by SpoonDeficiency
Ilya and Shane get Reddit's advice under the aliases Lily and Jane. Things spiral from there... This series is so much fun!

Lovers, or, English is a damn funny language by Basingstoke
Ilya asked Shane's father while Shane and his mother were talking outside: "Is boyfriends correct? Lovers is incorrect, but I am not sure what is correct."

"Well," Mr. Hollander said. "'Lovers' is usually used for, hm, a mistress or an affair. Something kind of sordid. Though--you would say Romeo and Juliet is a play about two lovers," he said. He paused his knife on the chopping board. "Somehow that's right and using it for real people isn't right. English is a damn funny language, Ilya."

"Yes," Ilya said from the bottom of his heart. I'm sure everyone has already read this, but if you haven't you really should! It's long and lovely with a fantastic Ilya POV.

sunshine and shovel talk by femmenerd
A little "what if?" scenario for S01E05 "I'll Believe in Anything" in which Svetlana actually says something to Ilya about him being a lovesick weirdo, and he convinces her to go with him to All-Star weekend–against her better judgement–because he thinks Shane will bring Rose. *happy sigh* Svetlana is the best, no lie.

To only ever know the cold by IbecomewhatIbelieve
Svetlana knows about Jane. It's frankly insulting for Ilyusha to think otherwise.

She just never expected to have to call him for help. During the Olympics. In Russia. In the dead of night. This is a lovely AU where they get together a little earlier than in canon.

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Heated Rivalry

a breastplate made of silver linings by Anonymous
Yuna learns about Ilya's past bit by bit over the years. Lovely!

First, but not only by Legless_fish_on_rollerskates
Ilya Rozanov comes out to Scott Hunter at the MLH Awards. Lovely missing scene.

meet my friend by Anonymous
In the first story, Shane meets Svetlana and still isn't sure how it went; in the second, Ilya meets Rose Landry and makes things awkward. <333

saving myself for marriage by celli
Super cute woke up married fic!

Wrap It Up by alchemystique
The Olympic Village runs out of condoms on day three. Luckily for Olympians, Shane Hollander took note of exactly how often this has happened previously. Hilarious!

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Crossover

Heated Rivalry/Sesame Street

Perseverence by samalander
When his mother comes to him in the summer after he wins his second Cup with a new partnership proposal from the fucking Sesame Workshop, Shane can't say yes fast enough. ADORABLE

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The Good Place

Icarus by shrift
Attempt #479 aka Chidi and the series of escalating disappointments. <333

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Avatar: The Last Airbender

Vids

We Didn't Start the Fire by beccatoria
Excellent AtLA/LoK vid - perfect for this song!

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Dungeon Crawler Carl

13 Ways of Looking at a Lit Fuse by Cyphomandra
Carl, as others see him. Exactly what it says on the tin. Lovely. And Donut's voice is absolute perfection!

I Should Have Let Him In by Puns4Funs
Bea's POV leading up to and during the confrontation on Odette's show. Fascinating look at what Bea might have been thinking.

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Star Wars

Twilight on Owl Creek Bridge by yellow_caballero
SUBJECT: Regarding Senate Guard Objectives For Today

This is a polite reminder to all guardsmen that patrol schedules for the Senate vote ratifying dictatorships are posted in the breakroom. I am also issuing a warning to linear time that days should follow sequentially and are not intended to repeat. Please cease repeating. I am getting a headache.

Additionally, I'd like to remind all guardsmen that it is illegal to harbor invisible women in the Senate. If you see a ghost claiming to be Leia Organa, please remove her from the premises. She will be making a scene.

Thank you for your cooperation in preserving the peace of the Republic, and all hail the Empire.
FOX

Fox and Leia get caught up in some timey-wimey Force shenanigans. Oh my heart...

and the AU where it's a more traditional time travel type story: Fox & Leia's Star Wars Holiday Special

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Batfamily

Breathing Space by Imbecamiel
Batman had saved Joker's life before. More than once. He'd probably help, even if he knew. Even if he arrested Jason afterward. Even if it was the last straw.

He dug in his pocket for the signal-blocking case with his free hand. They could track the comm when it was on, if they wanted to. He didn't like to take any chances when he wasn't fine with being found.

Funny, when now he was just hoping they'd care enough to try. Oh Jason...

Do Your Research by james
2 adorable and hilarious Batfamily stories!

Gaggle of Bastards by Nation_Ustria
Thanks to a magician landing a lucky shot, all memory of the Batkids gets erased from the world.

They decide to make it absolutely everyone's problem. This is super fun!

ICARIAN CARRION. by orpheusaki
Bruce teaches Robin how to use a grapple, and Dick teaches Batman how to fly. <333 🥹🥹🥹

Mercy Kill by galaxysoup
Oh Tim...*sobs*

Punk Like Punky Brewster by lurkinglurkerwholurks
"I was gone for one week." Batman had swallowed the mouthful of sandwich and now articulated the words like fine silverware precisely placed on a tabletop. "One week. Not even one week. Five and a half days, with drive time."

"Was that all it was?" His ma would have said butter wouldn't melt in Clark's mouth with the expression he kept, all wide blue eyes and raised eyebrows. He took another bite of his sandwich and muttered around the mouthful, "Felt longer." Batman and Superman catch up after the events of Superman (2025). <3

Turkey with a Side of Stressin' by motleyfam
What should be a wholesome family vacation turns into Tim's personal hellscape when the Waynes decide to spend Thanksgiving at the Kent Farm.

Featuring an impromptu road trip, a packed-out farmhouse, an overeager grade-schooler, and a festive sprinkling of unresolved trauma.

(And pie, of course. There's also pie.) Aw, Tim...

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Crossover

Batfamily/Criminal Minds

false criminal suspect by Dunkle_Nymphen
The BAU arrested Jason after he put Tim in the trunk of a car. But it really wasn't Jason's fault! He had made it clear to Tim that he didn't want him involved in the case. How could he have known the BAU would mistake him for a human trafficker immediately? This is a lot of fun!

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Batfamily

Free Child (Adoption Not Included) by raven_of_hydecastle
Bruce and Dick find a lost child and decide to take care of him while they look for his parents.

Stop looking at them like that, Alfred. It’s not kidnapping. Really. This is ridiculous and hilarious.

Home Is Where the Heart Is by LittleLadybugs
the one where Slade steals Dick after his parents die and raises him as Renegade, but he escapes as an adult and is in Bludhaven when the family finds him. Highly enjoyable!

a hundred different ways to say the same thing by a_alene
Dick and Jason are very normal people with a very normal sibling-ish relationship. A brief glimpse at how Dick and Jason communicate (or don't). <3

living ghost, forgotten memory (you are worth remembering) by silver__butterflies
Tim Drake is cursed to be forgotten by everyone he meets, over and over again. Somehow, Jason Todd is the only one who can remember him. A little overwrought in spots but overall I enjoyed this, especially the Dick-and-Jason-ness of it all.

the witching hour by merils
Kon, Tim, Cassie, and Bart end up in a house that's haunted, alright. And it's not inclined to let them go. A good Core Four adventure for Halloween.

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Crossovers

The Pitt/ER

Like Brothers We Meet by Siria
After a chance encounter, Robby finds out that he's got a half-brother he never knew about—an emergency physician from Chicago called John Carter. This is fun!

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Batfamily

Alvin Draper of Crime Alley by potofsoup
Jason is having a hard time finding Tim Drake, but he's been running into a kid by the name of Alvin Draper in the Alley.

In the meantime, Tim Drake totally has 5-step plan to bring get Jason and Bruce to reconcile! Nothing will go wrong. This is hilarious and amazing!

dolly-verse fics by a_alene
gotham city senior dolores patton and the teenaged crime lord she hangs out with sometimes Jason is befriended by a little old lady in Gotham. She teaches him to crochet. <333

Hard Cash, Hard Liquor, and Hard Candies: The Crime Alley Grannies by cookie_rock
They know everything that happens in Crime Alley.

EVERYTHING. <333

Killing the Past (And Coming Back to Life) by RaaorQtpbpdy & TaraLaurel
Tim is visiting Robin's grave when Jason Todd crawls out of it. Oh boys...

Magnets by gender_bender08
On a Tuesday night, Bruce Wayne attends a circus. Halfway through, the trapeze artists are killed, leaving their eight year old son behind, hands wrapped in dancer’s tape and knees bloody with how he falls on them in his anguish. Bruce Wayne watches him for a moment, two, then turns around and leaves.

Sixteen years later, the thing who was once a man named Dick Grayson nurses a bottle of scotch as he stitches the gaping wound in his side from where Batman got him with a batarang. AU where Bruce doesn't take in any of his kids, but they all come together somehow anyway.

Penelope by NerdyGay
Tim finds that there are more ways to protect the Bats than just Robin. A little magic never hurt anyone, after all. I enjoyed this!

The Pieces of What's Left by mynameisjessejk
When Blockbuster burns down his whole life and Tarantula takes what isn't hers to claim, Dick ditches his life, his name, and his city for an anonymous, quiet life in the Bowery. Just till he can put himself back together.

Jason is doing his best to fix his corner of the city, keep Black Mask out of his business, and arrange a confrontation with Batman, the Joker, and all the water under the bridge. He has no idea what to do with a Dick Grayson who's apparently in hiding and joined his gang by accident.

But it turns out they need each other far more than they could have imagined, and if either of them are going to fix their broken pieces, it's going to have to be together. I enjoyed this! #hoods and birds

r/MaleLivingSpace by Jackedrabbit
Stephanie Brown is many things: a vigilante, a gossip, an ally, a ragebaiter, and a friend. But when a blizzard knocks out her apartment's WiFi, she tacks on another label to that list - an uninvited houseguest. And uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave. Hilarious!

Red Hood's Shelter for Feral Kids by dandelionlily
Jason has a plan for his return to Gotham. Steal the clown's old Red Hood identity? Check. Make sure meddling birds know to keep out of his territory? Check. Recruit some homeless youth to keep an ear to the street in exchange for shelter? Check. Take over the Crime Alley drug trade, convince Black Mask to break the clown out of Arkham, murder his Replacement and force Batman to finally avenge him? ...he's still working on it.

His plans are delayed when the homeless kids he's sheltering are joined by a fearful boy with hand-shaped bruises around his neck. Alvin Draper may not want to say who did it, but Red Hood isn't about to let anyone who beats up children go unpunished. This is fun!

3 Times Timmy Drake Meets Santa + 1 Time He Meets Bruce by Writer_loves_tropes
Exactly what it says on the tin, though it's an AU where Tim is 6 while everyone else is their normal canon ages. It's adorable!

Whose Vault Unlocked by myvividreams
Jason's war against emotional competency, ft. a concussion, nosy neighbors, superhero RPF, and the local library's writing circle.

...Not that he's winning or anything. Fuck. Oh Jason...this is a lovely look at how Jason begins reconciling with the family.

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Crossover

Spiderman/Batman

Fries With That Secret Identity? by N0t_Sketchy
This is a fun crossover where Peter goes to Gotham on a photography assignment and runs into Robin. Banter and hijinks ensue.

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Crossovers

Percy Jackson/Batfamily

Lost in Gotham by N0t_Sketchy
Percy Jackson survives Mount St. Helens—only to wake up in Gotham. Injured, exhausted, and completely out of his element, he has one goal: get home. Between criminal empires, lurking monsters, and one very persistent Bat, that's easier said than done.

OR: Olympus meets Gotham. Percy just wants to leave, but the city—and its vigilantes—aren't so keen on letting him go. I enjoyed this a lot!

the ship of theseus by zipadeea
Poseidon once told Percy he was his favorite son.

But he's not the only one. Really interesting AU where it turns out that Jason (Todd) and Percy are twins separated at birth.

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Batfamily

Blood of the Covenant by Chemical_Processes
Working as a street fighter in the Iceberg lounge, Jason manages to attract all the wrong sort of attention. Tense, believable AU where Jason never becomes Robin but eventually gets tangled up in Bat business anyway.

Can't Raise Hell as a Saint by historical_allusions
When an adult Jason Todd is thrown into the past, he must balance raising his childhood self with reinventing his vigilante personae, all without revealing his knowledge of the future...

A task made infinitely more difficult when he starts changing things in the past and attracts the attention of a young Batman and Robin. Compelling time travel adventure for Jason.

Damian's Secret Friend by LakeAwen
5 times Damian's family panicked over him sneaking out, and 1 time they found out who he was meeting. Oh heart.

the picture frames have changed and so has your name by Zahri
There's something wrong with Dick.

Tim thought everything was getting back to normal. Bruce was alive and back in their timeline, the Birds of Prey were once again operating out of Gotham, Dick had the city well under control as Batman and even Damian had been less obnoxious than usual.

And then during a firefight at a warehouse by the docks, Tim was almost hit by a flying boomerang. And Dick never noticed.

When something is wrong with your big brother, who else do you turn to but your big sisters? Interesting casefic with real emotional stakes, plus the Birds of Prey!

Purr-ple Power by Cephalogod
In which Batman thoroughly rejects young Stephanie Brown's attempts to join the vigilante lifestyle, but Catwoman is much more willing to take on a protege.

Especially a protege with a demonstrated talent for getting under Batman's skin.

The Bats aren't going to know what hit them. This series is super cute!

The Right Substitution is Key by AddictedApple
When Batman and Nightwing disappear, Tim recruits up and coming crime lord Red Hood to fill in as Batman. Hijinks ensue. This is a lot of fun.

The Road to Recovery. by orpheusaki
I enjoyed these two (unconnected?) stories of Bruce and Jason reconciling and getting to know each other again.

Rotten Work by ManURonaldo
Dick is supposed to be on a boring stakeout assignment. Jason complicates that. <333

Shortcut to Maturity by Isonian
Jason is just trying to survive on the streets of Gotham--made slightly more difficult by the fact that some gang has apparently decided to make him their most wanted person. Until he befriends a kid-who-definitely-isn't-Robin, who promises to help him reunite with his dad. And, well, Jason's not in the habit of accepting favors. But maybe it would be worth it, just this once.

Featuring ghosts or zombies or hallucinations, misunderstandings (both unintentional and entirely intentional), lots of identity shenanigans, and some discussion of dads. I really enjoyed this team-up between feral street kid Jason and hiding-he's-Robin Tim!

A Tale of Two Memoirs by goldenraeofsun
Batman's tell-all memoir is about to publish. Normally, Bruce wouldn't care about the 100th Batman parody to hit the shelves. But when he gets his hands on an early sample, he finds this memoir contains a troubling amount of truth about him and his family.

Bruce can't let this stand. As he knows better than most, the only way to squash a scandal is to create an even bigger scandal. Dominate the news circuit. Take up all the publisher's publicity resources. Sure, he has never written a book before, but how hard can it really be?

Well, as Clark tells him, those are some famous last words, Bruce. Oh my heart...

Third Robin Tales by weekend_conspiracy_theorist
Currently a series of semi-connected scenes within a world where Bruce encountered Stephanie as Spoiler before Tim decided that if no one else was going to be Robin, then he had to. Tim and Steph found each other anyway. This AU is a lot of fun, with excellent Steph & Tim interaction.

told the world i had a plan by a_alene
Three glimpses into an AU where Jason survives Ethiopia and comes home. I enjoyed them!

two can keep a secret by carolinaa
Steph doesn't tell anybody that her mom died. Everyone's always bitching and moaning about cleaning up her messes, so Steph handles this one all on her own.

No problem. Ouch. Oh Steph...

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Vids

Avengers

My Metrocard by seekingferret
Fun Avengers + NYC vid!

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Star Wars

What Was I Thinkin'? by Tafadhali
Fun, fantastic Han/Leia vid!

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