Ear(late)ly Birds: Delayed Advancement
Fics in which one or more events happens later (or in a different order) than in canon (or doesn’t happen, thus diverting the timeline).
(Sometimes characters with more maturity &/or life experience than at the same point in canon - Occasionally [Character] Lives)(Mostly different first meeting &/or joins the bat/fire family late)
Often start with/involve early Canon changes
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AtLA/K / B(M)HA / DP / RR(PJ):
- Zuko meets the GAang late
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DC / Marvel:
- Tim(/Jason/Cass) Joins the Batfam late
- (Red) Robin finds Jason &/or Damian (still) with the league
(- Batman doesn't join(/tell) the Justice League)
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NCIS/Criminal Minds/Numb3rs/H-50/911:
- Buck/Eddie is not a firefighter (yet)
(- Eddie is Buck’s post-truck replacement)
(- Buck/Eddie joined a different station)
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(The) Sentinel / Stargate / TM7:
- Jim & Blair meet late
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(- The Seven form slower/late)
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Other:
(Closed, Moderated)
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AU: Jim and Blair didn't meet in the "Switchman". Instead, Jim blames himself for the death of those killed on the bus and leaves Cascade, yet Fate still finds a way to bring a certain long-haired graduate student into his life.
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The Road Not Travelled (T) -
While working on his doctorate on a small fishing island, Blair Sandburg discovers something he'd lost hope of ever finding.Wordcount: c.28k
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Paved With Good Intentions (T) -
Jim and Blair go back to Cascade to pursue both the Switchman and their destiny as Sentinel and Guide.Wordcount: c.51k
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Blind Intersection (M) -
The newly formed detective agency's first case affects both Jim and Blair on a personal level - their client is a young boy whose mother is missing.Wordcount: c.42k
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04 Oct 2025
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M=(mentions of) rape, kidnapping, abuse, & murder
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Even When the Dark Comes Crashing Through by DancingInTheStorm
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
28 Apr 2020
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There is a League spy somewhere in Ryloth High School. Four UA students are selected to find the traitor.
And so Midoriya Izuku goes undercover as an ordinary, Quirkless high schooler.
Series
- Part 7 of DancingInTheStorm’s BNHA fics
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Midoriya, Plus Three-Sixty-Five by Skeleton_of_society
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
28 Oct 2022
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"First in the ring is a fan-favorite, who you all know and love! The youngest student in UA's history to get a provisional license, with over twenty villain captures to his name! The only one in class 2-A, UA's Golden Boy, Midoriya Izuku!"
Or: Izuku is born a year early, and nothing (read: everything) changes.
Starts pre-canon, gets there eventually. Contains manga spoilers.
Series
- Part 1 of The One Year Older Midoriya Series
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 476,346
- Chapters:
- 84/?
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- 82
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14 May 2026
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(T: ch.1-31)
M: violence & injury, (refs to) various crimes, threat to children, human experimentation
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Jason, street rat extraordinaire and self-claimed broke bitch, saw a prime opportunity to make some easy money when he stumbled across the Batmobile.
He didn't account for the Talon that crashed landed on its roof and into his life.
Talon!Dick. Batfamily.
Now includes an epilogue featuring Tim Drake.
Series
- Part 1 of Colour me Black, Blue and Yellow.
- Part 6 of The many AU's of Jason Todd ◥▅◤ ҉ ★
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This work isn't hosted on the Archive so this blurb might not be complete or accurate.
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Tony falls through a rip in space; two years later, he runs into someone both familiar and strange. Together, they might just find their way home—and save the universe in the process.
Word Count: 83,104
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25 Jul 2025
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S/M=frequent refs to sex, drugs, death, & violence - near-end final section (convo/feels-focused), brief burst