fanfic friday post for 9/20/19

[shy_magpie]

That time of the week has come again: come around and share your recs for the week.

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3 days late and several dollars short

[shy_magpie]

the delay means I can start by seconding the rec for Flightless Birds, a smarter person would be able to make a pun about our brooding hero collecting all the Batkids. He is picking the ones who needed him the most, and social workers need to be dealt with so possible warnings re: child abuse (not sexual that I picked up on) but its in the past and discussed rather than on screen or graphic. Also some of the kids have medical issues so IVs and injections, liquid diets, and past medical abuse. If you have any other concerns let me know and I can at least try to scan for it.
Robins and Other Flightless Birds (84919 words) by Ionaperidot
Chapters: 59/59
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent
Characters: Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Cassandra Cain, Damian Wayne, Kate Kane, Talia al Ghul, Athanasia al Ghul
Additional Tags: Dad Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson is a Talon, catatonic jason, tim drake was joker junior, bruce wayne's messiah complex, in which bruce runs around the multiverse collecting orphans, Kon and Selina and Oliver Queen are around, and various assorted Justice League members
Series: Part 1 of Flightless Birds
Summary:

It begins with another Bruce, looking around his cave and asking, “So where are the kids?”

Bruce has never thought about having a family before. But once the idea occurs to him, it's hard to think about anything else.

While we're on the subject here is another in the Sorrowful and Immaculate hearts series, which like the rest of the series can be read on its own if you are familiar with DC comics verse at all, so don't let the part 7 scare you
Third Wheel (24305 words) by Unpretty
Chapters: 11/11
Fandom: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clark Kent/Lois Lane, Bruce Wayne/Lois Lane, Clark Kent & Bruce Wayne, Bruce Wayne & Lois Lane
Characters: Lois Lane, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne
Additional Tags: World's Finest, I mean basically
Series: Part 7 of Sorrowful and Immaculate Hearts
Summary:

It isn't quite a love triangle. For one thing, Clark's the only one romantic enough to even think the word 'love'. For another, Clark and Bruce would be beating the holy hell out of each other even without Lois' involvement. And if Lois was aware of the secrets they were keeping, she'd be beating the holy hell out of the both of them. Overall, Bruce's visit to Metropolis has been a mixed bag for everyone involved.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Doesn't solve for the hypotenuse but unlike several forms of canon it doesn't make me want to punch Superman in his perfect teeth, treat Lois like an idiot, or make me worry about how Superman treats Lois. Set around a team up that sends me back to watching the superman batman adventures after school. Keeps even side characters like Mercy and Jimmy in character.

Sorry about if the notes are a little unfriendly to Superman but some interpretations really turned me against the character for awhile (that and some remaining resentment from the "Batman, Superman Adventures" cartoon when it sure felt to tween!Me like Superman got more than his fair half of the episodes)

the only thing that's going to stop me from Recing Rusty Quill Gaming fics is running out of spoiler free stuff to read. We might not have the numbers of some fandoms but it sure feels like we have the best avg fic quality around, not that I'm hopelessly biased ;)
This first one touches on events from at least Dover to Cairo so spoilers abound but if that doesn't bother you it gives you a nice taste of the personalities involved (except for the gods who we see a lot more of in this fic than in the series)
Dibs (1749 words) by roswyrm
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rusty Quill Gaming (Podcast)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sasha Rackett/Azu (Rusty Quill Gaming), (IMPLIED)
Characters: Artemis, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Sasha Rackett, Hermes
Additional Tags: Prayer, in which the gods are children arguing over who was their friend first, Near Death Experiences, bc of the 'nearly drowning in the channel' thing
Summary:

“Poseidon favours me!” cries the little girl balanced on top of a mast, and Poseidon laughs. Her boldness amuses him.

“Look out for her, if you can. She’s part of my pack,” prays Grizzop, and Artemis takes a look at her. The woman would do well in a Hunt.

“You can’t keep getting hurt like this,” berates Azu gently, Laying On Hands, and Aphrodite feels a smile curl across her lips. She’s always been a sucker for a good friends-to-lovers.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Sasha deserves to be loved by all!

This is one of the other few Sasha centric fics I've read and might show you better why she is worthy of having the gods fight over her in the last fic.
ouroboros (3763 words) by earnshaws
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rusty Quill Gaming (Podcast)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sasha Rackett
Additional Tags: Character Study
Summary:

“Do you see?” Barrett had asked her, his eyes so deep and dark they looked liquid, even now never giving her the easy answer. Sasha had seen, and nodded, and then he’d sat with her for an hour while she disassembled and reassembled the toy, over and over, fascinated by the tiny complexities of its innards. That was the first time she’d ever done something like that; even now, she thinks of it every time she defuses a bomb, or picks a lock, or lifts something from a pocket with her quick deft hands. This, as so much else, belongs to Barrett.

and why don't we finish with a nice Good Omens fic that can lead you down a rabbit (or rather snake) hole of Crowley and Aziraphale raising snake kids together
Getting a Wiggle On (7293 words) by Kedreeva
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Good Omens (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Fluff, Humor, Snakes, Kid Fic, Sort Of, does it count as kid fic if the kids are snakes but so is one of the parents?, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Asexual Character, Asexual Relationship, Love Confessions
Summary:

Crowley's prank to leave Aziraphale with fake eggs to babysit does not go remotely as planned.