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Wemmbu lurched forwards as another blade swept towards Jaden’s exposed head. He ducked beneath it, one knee striking the ground before he forced himself upright and drove the shaft of his trident across the attacker’s chest. The man stumbled against the soldier beside him, opening enough space for Jaden to reach through. “Take this.”
Wemmbu caught the trident with his free hand, his fingers closing just above Jaden’s. For a moment they held it together while someone struck Wemmbu's sword, forcing him to turn his shoulder beneath the impact. “Jaden—”
Jaden held his gaze through the movement between them. His chest heaved beneath the damaged armour, and Wemmbu watched him swallow before he spoke again, raising his voice clearly enough to carry.
“I’ll catch up.”
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21 Sep 2026
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“S'not your fault that—”
“—I hurt you,” Susie finished. She chewed on the concept, the edges of her voice frantic, her throat thick. “Because you deserved it.”
“Yes.” Kris pressed her hands against their chest. They smiled in a way that failed to be reassuring. Each desperate breath shuddering through their lungs confirmed everything Susie didn't want to know. “S’fine. It’s okay.”
Kris burned like a charred pan straight out of the oven, or an oil fire stoked by liquor. Susie reeled away. “You—you were trying to set me up,” Susie accused, trying to edge words around the chasm opening in her gut. “You were trying to get me to hit you.”
Kris wants Susie to hurt them. They need her to hurt them. Susie isn't as on board with the idea as they are.
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20 Jul 2026
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All the Roofs of Uncertainty by Kieron_ODuibhir
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU
19 Dec 2015
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For all the blood on his hands, Red Hood was never just a villain. And Nightwing never gives up on family, not for good.
(Or: The one where Dick bleeds a lot and Jason argues with everybody.)
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13 Nov 2025
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Used As a Weapon Until I’ve Lost my Personhood by Anonymous
Fandoms: Unstable Universe (Web Series)
11 Apr 2026
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“Something has been feeling really…wrong. Recently. I dunno.” Wemmbu's not sure why he says it, what possesses him to say it. “You seem like the kinda guy to have answers to,” he pauses, searching for the word, before settling lamely on, “stuff.” He waves a hand dismissively.
“Wrong?” Minute echoes. “Wrong how? What do you mean?”
He tenses, shifting uncomfortably under the vulnerability of it all. “I dunno— Look, whatever, forget I said anything about that. I’m not tryin’ to talk about my feelings with you, man. I’m not getting into the— the Wemmbu lore. We aren’t doing a fucking minecraft therapy session right now,” he says defensively, voice rising just a tad too loud, a pitch too high.
Minute does his best to fight off a small smile. “Okay, bro. Whatever. You’re the one who brought it up, jeez.” He holds his hands up, palms facing outwards, in mock surrender. “I was just trying to be a good friend.”
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13 Apr 2026
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Flying back to Cherry Street, weaving reckless in the dark, it comes down to this: Dick is the only one of his siblings that Jason has any real claim on. Dick is the only one of that whole mess of victims to Batman's cult of self-immolation who belongs to Jason. Even more than that - Dick is the only person in the world who he shares a parent with, who knows what it meant to be the Robin to Batman of nearly ten years ago.
It's just not the same anymore.
So if Dick fucking kicks it, Jason's the only one left. Jason becomes an only child. Jason becomes the last of his kind. Jason becomes the sole keeper of that memory, of a brotherhood shared under a man who no longer exists. There is no way to replace Dick, because the world that they lived in together is gone, and can never give Jason a surrogate.
The Red Hood pulls the thread on a mystery big enough to bridge the distance between two cities, two brothers: The plot they unravel is far deeper and darker than a garden-variety drug trafficking scheme. A story about siblingship, hauntings, and rivers.
1. Ostium, osti(i): Latin noun, II Declension: Door, opening; (river) mouth; entrance (to the underworld).
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30 Dec 2025