Ear(late)ly Birds: Midlife Crisis
Fics in which events divert/de-rail mid-canon, usually due to a combination of whump & parental instincts:
- OC children (mostly acquired by Hood or Buck)
- Robin being vulnerable (mostly Tim (& Hood)
- Adults being (better) adults
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AtLA/K / B(M)HA / DP / RR(PJ):
- Zuko gets (injured &) adopted/mentored (mid-quest)
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- Izuku is rescued/mentored by someone other than All Might
(- Himiko Toga gets adopted (by a non-villain)
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(- Danny runs away (to Gotham) post explosion)
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DC / Marvel:
- Jason never goes to Ethiopia
- Jason is found by someone other than the Al Ghuls
(- Hood never (fully debuts)/is more protective than vengeful)
- (Hood!)Jason adopts Tim (via Bruce)
- (Hood!) Jason adopts OCs
(- Bruce is (still) Lost in Time)
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- Peter needs adopting...
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NCIS/Criminal Minds/Numb3rs/H-50/911:
- Lawsuit(/Tsunami) baby (- Buck(/Eddie) has a(n unknown) child)
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(The) Sentinel / Stargate / TM7:
(- Blair gets a child/parent)
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Other:
- KARR returns
(Closed, Moderated)
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Red Robin
(time)dimension travels to a moment in the universe when Jason is resurrected by the Lazarus pit and being fed lies and slander by Talia Al Ghul. And then he decimates the League, rescues his brothers, and gets them home in time for a Sunday Birthday dinner.Series
- Part 26 of (un)Woven threads of Dimension and Time
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A one-night stand comes back to haunt Buck in the most life-changing way. Now he must decide if he will take a chance and embrace the change.
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Mid-Season-One Zuko is held for ransom by Chief Hakoda. Ozai's replies to the Water Tribe's demands are A+ Parenting. Hakoda is… deeply concerned, for this son that isn't his, and who might be safer among enemies than with his own father.
Podfic and translations in Dutch, German, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian now available! See chapter one author notes for links.
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31 May 2025
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Art (definitely missed some):
Mast Sitting: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26460220
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25428994?view_full_work=trueBonus:
The Talk(s): https://archiveofourown.org/works/28245516?view_full_work=true
Coronation Prunes: https://archiveofourown.org/works/31591856
Off-Duty: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21632206/chapters/59742133
Broken Salvage:
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Tim enlists Cass as the next Robin, two years later, she brings Jason home.
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It's been almost a year since Abby left — six months since Buck stopped waiting — and Buck is doing...fine. He has a new best friend, and his new best friend's adorable kid, and work, well, he's getting there on that one.
And then a tsunami hits on the same morning a baby with blue eyes and red hair arrives at the 118. Addressed to Buck. And really, who else is he going to learn to be a father from than one of the best parents he knows?
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22 Aug 2025
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S/E: second half ch.12 (see ch notes), end of epilogue