I can't believe it's over! It's so funny, I actually started reading this story YEARS and YEARS ago, probs around when it first came out, but I never got past the first few chapters. I ALWAYS remembered, though, the name, the profile pic, the plot, and the line about "Artemis! Tell Bruce - tell my father - 'Broken Wing'!" (I'm SUCH a damn sucker for Dick and Bruce father-son content, so I LIVE for any time Dick thinks of Bruce as his Dad! Hence why it stuck with me! Haha!)

Anyway, I've been getting back into reading a ton of Batman fic recently, and I remembered I never got too far into this fic and wondered how it turned out! After being bummed that it hadn't been uploaded on AO3 (reading there is nicer/easier for me, lol), I tracked it back down, and I binged the entire thing all last night until finally finishing it now!

And DAMNNN! That got a LOT more brutal than I remembered/was thinking it would! lol. And I LOVE it! POOR DICK, HOLY SHIT! ;A; Seeing him get that low, KNOWING no one was coming for him, WOW! POOR BABE! And Batman getting so angry at Superman, RIGHTFULLY SO, in my mind, that he PUNCHED HIM! WOW! (And in the alternate timeline where Dick dies, DAMNNNN, hunting down the other members of the League and charging them with MURDER for Dick and the others' deaths? WOWWW! Kinda feel like Flash didn't deserve to be lumped in with the others Batman considers traitors, though! He was worried about identities, too, but he tried his best! And he almost died saving Dick, wanted KF to save Dick even if it meant he'd die! Superman, I still get, but little harsh, Bruce! lol.)

That whole thing with Jason, too? DAMNNNN! Honestly, seeing Bruce fall so low as to go to Fries for help AND THEN KILL HIM and TAKE HIS HEART (DAMN!) with Alfred's help and then basically FORCE Jason to be the next Robin ONLY for this mission, BEATING and BERATING HIM and such for FIVE GD YEARS until he got everything right, WOWWW! Like, that is DARK AF, bro! (Feels like that one comic people were pissed about a while back, where Bruce BEAT THE SHIT out of Dick to FORCE him to take the Batman mantle. YEESH! Both are #NotMyBruce, am I right? X'D) Seeing the effects of it, like Jason flinching and (when he was visiting Dick in the hospital) not really relaxing even when Dick did in seeing Bruce walk into the room with them AND espec when Jason was so SURE that a verbal lashing was coming only to be FLOORED when Bad!Bruce told him it was GOOD to not come back, to NOT be with him and like him and to stay there to be treated WELL, etc. Like, WOWWWW! POOR JASON, HOLY SHIT! I was PRAYING that Bruce would adopt him, BUT I was even GLADDER at Dick's "I've always wanted a brother!" That was SO FREAKING CUUUTE! And FEELSY! And YAY FOR JASON! I PRAY he can see eventually that THIS Bruce isn't the AWFUL Bruce who trained and cornered him! I really hope he's happy and healthy with THIS version of Bruce and Dick and Alfred, AND I'm SURE Dick would be a WONDERFUL brother (even if he IS the younger one in this timeline, which is hilarious, lol)! SO COOL! ;A;

I really LOVE the Artemis and Roy stuff in this! All the others were interesting, too, but I found those two the most interesting! Their individual characters and arcs, but also their relationship development! Roy wanting SO BADLY to protect Robin, and then when he found out about Dick BEING Robin, it's SO interesting and feelsy and sweet! Talking about Robin just wanting to protect him and Artemis, everyone he loves, AHHH! MY FEELS! It's SO true! Dick really is SUCH a hero, and I love him so! ;A; Roy getting emotional about it a few times, but ESPEC when he finally saw Robin again in the hospital, AWWW! MY FEEELS! ;A; Artemis, too, slowly coming to realize that Dick is Robin and vice versa and dealing with what her father's done, then how HER MOM is in on it at least in part (SHEESH, I would NOT want to be Artemis - POOR THING! Hope Ollie adopts her after that!), and then her relationship with Dick and how she's so worried about him, AWWWW! The way she was so nervous and scared when they hadn't brought him to the hospital yet, and then when he was finally all right and CRYING, espec when she finally gets to visit! FEEEEELS! Her development was SO nice! :D Artemis and Roy's relationship is just *chef's kiss*!

Poor Dick! DAMN! After all he's been through, the BIGGEST THING To him is that they DO NOT expose BRuce's identity, EVEN IF that means that he doesn't get help nearly as soon! He LOVES HIS DAD so damn much, and I love it! ;A; MY FEELS! Jason being reluctant AF to leave him there, too, AWW! The CONDITION DIck is in, too, HOLY SHIT! MY HEART! And Doctor Thompkins making an appearance, OOH! FEELS! SO cool and great that young!Jason was able to help! Happy that he's getting help and getting a good aunt! Woo!

That bad timeline where Dick didn't make it? DAMNNNN! I mean, that was SUPER interesting, but WOW! The PAIN! DAMNNNN! Bruce goes after the Justice League, he and Alfred KILL FRIES, STEAL HIS HEART, and then FREEZE HIS DICK for FIVE YEARS! And having to essentially give up on his Dick for the time being, but DETERMINED to help the past/other timeline's Dick? DAMN! That's sad! That Bruce becomes such a TERRIBLE "father" and person after Dick dies, beating and abusing the shit out of Jason, DAMNNN! YIKES! Guess he really did save Bruce's humanity, and after he loses him...YIKES! X'P SO SAD! Geez!

My heart dropped when I saw the bad timeline! The ONLY good thing was seeing the italics 'cause I knew that HOPEFULLY meant it was an alternate reality/timeline of some sort, haha! And thankfully, I was RIGHT! PHEW! lol. SO glad it's not THIS version of events, espec with how things go down! lol.

NGL, I was REALLY hoping for more hurt/comfort stuff with Bruce and the team afterward, espec with that 'why didn't you come?' and I thought there'd be more aftermath and picking up the pieces and such after that till the fic's end (will have to check your profile to see if anything like this exists!), and I felt it ended rather abruptly overall, BUT still! I really enjoyed this ride nonetheless! SUPER feelsy and action-y and PROTECTIVE BABES EVERYWHERE! LOVE it! Seeing Batman lose his cool, seeing ROBIN lose his cool, AHHHH! Was SO DAMN COOL! LOVE IT!

I DO wonder if Dick's PTSD is so bad that he CAN'T come back as Robin, though! His panic attacks seem pretty awful! (It's a wonder he doesn't have PTSD after all the other crap he's been through, too! lol.) DOES he go back to being Robin after this or does Jason take over the job permanently? Would be interesting to see, espec if Jason would even be INTERESTED in the job after how bad!Batman treated him! Hell, maybe after this, BOTH of them, Dick AND Bruce, would hang up their capes after that, hand over the safety of Gotham to the other heroes. I kinda doubt Bruce would, maybe, BUT if Dick needed him, never mind his new son in Jason, etc, I'm sure he would!

Guardian still being at large with his Xenomorphs is...concerning, to say the least! I still want to know who ULTIMATELY was behind the plan AND if Guardian was being controlled at all! Hope Batman and the others can kick some ass sooner than later!

I'm so glad I came back to reread and finally finish this! I can finally tick that off my fanfic bucket list! Haha! It was ABSOLUTELY something I've been wanting to finish for years, so YAY! I FINALLY know how this ends! What a fun fic to binge! Thank you SO MUCH For writing it! I love it! Wonderful name, wonderful plot, really nice and interesting characterization, wonderful action! SO cool to know you actually finished this! SO many fics like this are dropped, so it's really nice to know it's done! Off to scope out hopefully more stuff for this fic now, so! *heart*

This is one of my all time favorite fics. It was one of the first fan fics I remember reading when this show first aired and I remember it blew me away. Going back to re-read it for the 5th? time all these years later and I still can’t believe how much I love it. I have to tell you how much I appreciate your writing that even now still holds sentimental value to me. Thank you so much

I've read this story 3 times now and every time it's still so so good. Love the characterizations, the plot, and the raw emotion. Chapter 21 never fails to bring tears to my eyes. I love how each character is given a moment to shine and a subplot to deal with in the overall arc. I also love how the tension is escalated throughout without the plot degrading. Love it love it! See y'all back here again for round 4!

This story is so fantastic. I just saw on your bio that you are back and working on a sequel! Congratulations on the muse returning and best of luck on your projects!

This story probably has the most complete plot of a fanfiction I've read yet. It's pretty incredible. The characters are all well used and the writing is amazing. If you wanted to though, you could go back and fix any little mistakes you made. There are a few instances where you used the wrong word. There was one time I think where Batman gave a fierce gown? You probably meant to write growl. Like I said before, this is a very well written and thought out story. I absolutely love it!

Me: *wants to be at that concert, I love My chemical romance ;-; and Red arrow too? I mean come on who wouldn’t want to be there*

Somebody has posted your fic on AO3.
Username is Urvibella (right now at least).
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This was a fantastic fanfic, definitely one of the best I've ever read. The pacing and believability were phenomenal. I absolutely loved the changes in format from straight narration to news clippings to frequent changes in points of view. The ending was so well done that I can't even good naturedly say I'm sad that it's over. Even with an early morning ahead of me, I'm still sitting here at almost 1 in the morning resonating with the aftershocks of a great story brought to completion. Bravo.

I happened upon this fanfic by accident, and it was so good I finished it in a day. This was such an incredible read—gAh! One of the best YJ fics I’ve ever read

I'm honestly surprised that Roy doesn't know Robin's Civilian identity as they been best friends in the comics etc.

I like the dynamic between Superman and Batman. Nicely done story but I think you can tell by the number of favs and follows.

Maybe it's just been awhile for me but how did they know who Robin was?

Im sorry but the nerf/angsting is terrible

omg this is amazing af
so much tension, so much plot, JASON!
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years later I came back to this story and re-read it. I cant say I've dont that to many stories. I dont usually re-read things because I feel like it's a waste of time when I could be reading something new, but I make exceptions for stuff that is THIS good.