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1. You Wouldn't Even Recognize Me Anymore by misplaced_space_ace

   Fandoms: DC Extended Universe, Justice League (2017), Batman - All Media Types, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), DCU  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   31 Oct 2021

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne
   • Bruce Wayne & Slade Wilson
   • Bruce Wayne & Mera (DCU)
   • Barry Allen & Bruce Wayne
   • Barry Allen & Victor Stone
   • Roy Harper & Jason Todd
   • Ducra & Jason Todd
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Jason Todd
   • Slade Wilson
   • Roy Harper
   • Mera (DCU)
   • Joker (DCU)
   • Barry Allen
   • Victor Stone
   • Ducra (DCU)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Alternate Universe - Apocalypse
   • Movie: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
   • the Knightmare scene
   • but the snyderverse isn't canon and nothing matters so I made my own shit up
   • it's not really MAJOR character death I'm just tagging to be safe
   • Bruce Wayne Kills Joker (DCU)
   • and then he goes looking for Jason kind of like Finding Nemo but with more violence
   • Decent Slade Wilson
   • he is a bit of a bastard too
   • Dark Clark Kent
   • Barry Allen Needs a Hug
   • Barry Allen Has Anxiety
   • Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent
   • (or at least he's trying really hard)
   • Bruce Wayne-centric
   • Jason Todd Needs A Hug
   • Hurt Jason Todd
   • Lazarus Pit Mad Jason Todd
   • All-Caste Jason Todd
   • Jason Todd Can't Thermoregulate
   • that isn't a tag yet but by god I will make it one
   • Latino Jason Todd
   • Jason Todd-centric
   • Protective Roy Harper
   • Good Friend Roy Harper
   • Hurt Roy Harper
   • Enemies to Friends
   • with a saucy half-side of friends to lovers
   • bc we're talking starting-a-fire-with-wet-wood slow burn
   • endgame jayroy seven fics from now slow burn
   • they're probably in love but it's not a major plot point here
   • Found Family
   • Batfamily (DCU) Feels
   • Fix-It
   • for Batfleck having No Feelings and Jason getting No Respect in the Snyderverse
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Heavy Angst
   • Angst and Feels
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Whump
   • Ghosts (Kind Of)
   • Past Drug Addiction
   • Past Torture
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Panic Attacks
   • Flashbacks
   • Nightmares
   • But also
   • Cuddling & Snuggling
   • no beta we rise like Robins

   Summary

   He knows exactly what it’s like to lose someone he loves.

   Like a father. Like a mother.

   Like an adopted son.

   It was always like this. Any time Bruce saw Jason, he always looked the same way he had when Bruce found him in that abandoned wing of Arkham. Broken, scared, and in pain. Bruce must’ve seen the vision at least a hundred times, and it never got any easier. This wasn’t how Jason deserved to be remembered. He was so much more than what Joker had done to him.

   Bruce had let go of his hopes for a happy ending a long time ago. Even if the Insurgency managed to kill Superman, it wouldn't bring his son back. But when new information suggests Jason could be alive again, it's so hard not to hope.

   OR

   What Jason Todd’s resurrection might’ve looked like in the Snyderverse if Bruce was a Good Dad, Slade was good but not good good, and Roy Harper was involved like he deserved to be. (No Snyderverse knowledge needed to enjoy!!)

   Series

   • Part 1 of Local Man Stans Bloodsoaked Stranger

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