Unfit for Society Recs

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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Batfamily

Bury Me Face Down by historical_allusions
After his confrontation with Batman leaves Red Hood bleeding out on a warehouse floor, Jason Todd wakes up back in his teenage body and still trapped in his casket.

When every death leads back to the same starting point, Jason stumbles through attempt after attempt to get things right. But he's not giving up until he's fixed things. Interesting, slightly melancholy time loop AU where Jason keeps reviving in his grave until he gets things right. <3

door, opening by cowboysorceror
Long, compelling casefile focusing on Dick and Jason's contentious relationship. I really enjoyed it.

Forget me, Forget me not by Captain_Aurinko
Kon gets erased from reality, and Tim keeps trying to figure out why there are so many weird gaps in his life. Oh heart...

Head in the Clouds by lurkinglurkerwholurks
Jason takes a week off to heal from injuries and enjoys it more than he expected.

Independent Variable by potofsoup
Tim is doing great being an independent vigilante, he's fine! He doesn't need help, he's definitely not estranged from the family -- he's just being independent.

Good thing he's part of a family of detectives who have their own ways of reaching out.

Featuring two powerpoints, one casefile, half a contract, a roomba, and several hugs. Oh Tim... I enjoyed this! (Plus, there's art!)

Jason Todd: Regular College Student by AddictedApple
AU where, at the end of his League of Assassins training, Jason decides to go to Metropolis for college instead of going back to Gotham for revenge. Things spiral from there. The title is so sarcastic by the way. There's nothing regular about Jason Todd. This is a lot of fun!

Join the Club by Cephalogod
In which Jason Todd meets Tim Drake, who is inexplicably Dick Grayson's #1 Fan, and decides the only reasonable course of action is to plot to get the two of them to meet and see what happens. It definitely won't have a major impact on his life or anything. This is super cute!

Lois Lane's Number One Fan Tim Drake by Chiyana
Bruce is missing - as Bruce Wayne - and somewhere in Metropolis. Tim knows Bruce said to tell Clark Kent in case something like this happens, but why would you go to Clark Kent for help when Lois Lane is right there? I mean, he's not wrong...This is fun!

No Need To Fake It by LakeAwen
When Talia and Cheshire start a civil war against Ra's, they send Damian and Lian to safety with the one bodyguard they can trust: Jason Todd. Jason and his charges set up house in a small New Zealand town, and try to figure out civilian life together. They find more of a home -- and a family -- than they ever expected. Jason just can't let himself forget that this is temporary. This is really lovely. There's a sequel in progress, but I think this story can stand on its own.

Nobody by goldenraeofsun
One week of feverish research. Two days of furious tracking. Thirty minutes of hopeless fighting.

It is all coming to this, a deal Tim has no choice but to accept.

"I'll release your family in exchange for all their memories of you," Klarion the Witch Boy says.

"I'll do it," Tim says loudly before he can second-guess himself. His fingers tighten around his last birdarang, but he does not throw it. Instead, he stands stock still, forcing himself to keep breathing, keep standing, despite the bone-deep exhaustion weighing his body down.

After all, Gotham needs Batman much more than it needs Robin. Oh Tim...

Of A Genius' Legacy by sparkoflena
Tim takes a couple of months off in order to catch up on two and a half years of school all in one go - and graduates high school. He knows he deserves a celebration.

He just didn't expect his whole family to show. <333

you long for a feeling you'll never get back by puddingcatbeans
In a family made of up people unused to having such a big family, sometimes you get lost in the noise. And Tim has always been taught to be the child that was seen, not heard. Oh Tim...

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Leverage

Motion Parallax by Laughsalot3412
So, apparently Amy's boss was part of a criminal gang. Lovely outsider POV on Parker, Eliot, and Hardison. <3

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Batfamily

Vid

know that you're not alone by eruthros
Captures the sheer JOY and teaminess of Wayne Family Adventures. <333

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Stories

Detachment by smilebackwards
Bruce just wants all his sons home for the holidays. Tim thinks something more sinister may be at work. Oh Tim…

Displacement by Imbecamiel
I may have recommended parts of this series on their own, but really you should read the whole thing. It's about how Jason comes back to the family, and how Damian attempts to adjust to Gotham and it's a good read.

the life that is to be mine by WynterSky
Sequel to "Been a number and a name," i.e., more of the Tim/Kon 90s AU, this time with Kon going undercover in Gotham to see how the other half lives. Lots of identity shenanigans with Tim (and Steph!) ensue. <3

Make Me Your Future History (It's Time) by WinterSky101
Sequel to "How Sharp The Pieces Were (You Crumbled Into)" (previously recced, along with the first story in this series), where Deathstroke comes back to Gotham a year later to try to force Dick to become Renegade again. Oh Dick...

To Bury A Parent's Strife by cold_throw_called_shot
In which the Justice League aren't the only ones defending the earth during the Thanagarian invasion, Batman is an absolute dinglehopper, lectures abound, bets are made, and hugs are both given and received. <333

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Derry Girls

Vids

f a b u l o u s by thiswildernessismyhome
Sister Michael *is* fabulous! <3

You Told The Drunks I Knew Karate by evewithanapple
Captures the gleefully anarchic vibe of the show. <333

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Captain America

A Man Takes His Sadness Down to the River (The Consolation of Philosophy) by dorian_burberrycanary
Steve had meant to stay forever and didn't last a year. He meant to return right back to when he left, but that doesn't work out the way he planned either.

Turns out a lot can happen in nine months. Long, meditative series in which Steve decides to come back rather than staying in the past, and shows up after the events of TFATWS, needing to make amends to both Sam and Bucky.

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Star Wars

Reprise IV by Elfpen
As he comes into his power, Anakin Skywalker has never known a universe without both Ben and Obi-Wan Kenobi. However, as Palpatine’s schemes draw taut against a galaxy in crisis and Obi-Wan chases shadows, Ben must contend with his past colliding with his present while Anakin uncovers the truth of the dark and light within himself. Changing the fate of the universe is too lofty a task for a single person; all must work together in balance and harmony to ensure that Hope does not die to darkness. Part 4 of the Reprise AU. Well worth a read along with the rest of the series (previously recced).

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