4 Bookmarked Items in Praised be the world in its never-ending creation.
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Bruce was starting to understand the jokes about him and adopting strays. But it’s not like he ever went looking for kids to adopt. They just sort of… appeared.
Besides, the neighbor boy clearly had no one, and Bruce could not in good conscience let that assassin girl go back to parents who had treated her so badly.
If that meant Bruce adopted two more kids, so be it. It’s not like he didn’t have the room.
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- Part 6 of In For a Pound
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Continuation of an absolutely marvelous series. I'll be doing a whole-series rec, too, but I'm bookmarking this specific fic for collection purposes currently.
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Reclaiming Innocence by MurtaghMorzanson
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
15 Nov 2022
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Jason Todd was kidnapped at nine-years-old and given two options. Work for his keep, or be forced to to work for his keep.
His life was not pleasant, but Jason was nothing if not a fighter, and dammit if was he going to let the hell around him kill who he was as a person. Or his dreams of growing up and going to college.
Those dreams suddenly came a little more into focus, when his idiot of a pimp accidentally tried to rent him to Bruce Wayne. Poor bastard could have never guessed he was the Batman himself. Heck, not even Jason figured that out, at first. And Batman had practically adopted him.
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- Part 1 of Reclaiming Innocence
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A gorgeous, harrowing, meticulously thoughtful and well-crafted all-time-favorite and one that holds a special place in the hearts of both myself and my closest friend.
We follow the journey of a twelve-year-old Jason Todd saved from the clutches of human trafficking and slowly, bit by agonizing bit, learning to trust again after he’s taken in by Bruce and Alfred. I love the pacing of this and how it doesn’t gloss over the sheer difficulty of what Jason and his new father, grandfather, and brother must grapple with.
It’s not as simple as “happily ever after” when you have massive trauma following you into your new life, and as a child who’s so continually been abused and lied to, Jason’s learned not to trust assurances like those Bruce gives him, even though we as the audience know that Bruce truly can be trusted.
And it makes my heart sing to know that a fic like this, which doesn’t sugarcoat the challenges despite the joy and beautiful moments also present, can inspire people to consider fostering or adoption.
It’s not that it’s a substitute for experience, but the fact that it doesn’t give a candy-floss sort of impression of things is really encouraging and makes me hope that folks will have more realistic expectations of the process.
And it’s such a thought-provoking thing to ponder how things might’ve realistically gone in this scenario, because it’s all too easy to think of going from homelessness (as portrayed in canon) to a loving, safe, and materially set home as being a complete fix for things, when really it would merely be the beginning of a lengthy journey of recovery.
And the title beautifully sums up this process: With the help of his family, our tenacious little guy gradually claws back bits and pieces of the childhood that was stolen from him.
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Strange Magic by justalongthemirroroferised
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski
26 Dec 2021
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[TEMPORARY HIATUS WHILE I WRITE THE ENDING] Life in Toussaint was perfect, idyllic even. Anyone would have been happy to spend the rest of their days basking in the sun and drinking excellent wine, but Geralt was bored. A nearly impossible contract suddenly manages to pique his interest, sending him back onto the Path. He should have heeded the warning signs; Toussaint was once again in danger. It started with missing knights, then led to ancient, forbidden magic, and a love that threatened to tear Toussaint apart. Sequel AU to Blood & Wine.
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Trixie gets kidnapped. Lucifer disapproves.
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- Part 1 of Lucifer works