My Best Work Yet I Fear

My best work yet I fear

Going insane thinking about some kind of warped trinity re Batman Bruce and robin. You just keep churning out more messiahs help meeeee

If DC didn't want my catholic education to analyse it through that lense it shouldn't have made a big deal about trinities or invented "The Lazarus Pits". One thing I find interesting about Batman/Batfam is when you look at symbolism in the batfam to analyse through that lense so far I've thought of (clearly this is my lense and you're not obligated to adhere to that vision):

-Jason as Jesus, Talia as Mary, Batman as God, Joker as Lucifer

-Robin as the Son, Batman as God (the Father), the Mission as the Holy Spirit

-Batman as God, Jason as Adam (Paradise Lost)

-Batman as God, Batkids as christians (Quo Vadis)

-Batman as Jesus, Two-Face as Judas

So I think it's very interesting that considering his place in the Batfam, Batman always has easy parallels with God The Father, but with Two Face he's a friend before he's a father so he's Jesus to his Judas -which makes me very curious if there was an intended parallel with Superman and Wonderwoman, since I don't really see it but they called them The Trinity, so maybe I am missing something?

When it comes to the batfam on the other hand, it's no surprise to see how fucked up their relationships are if Bruce is hailed as the metaphorical God Father. Maybe I'm missing some batfam interactions with the batkids in which he's compared to another figure in which case that interpretation is wrong, but so far I think these parallels combined with the themes of emancipation tying with identity loss, hero worship, and the general power dynamics of the batfam make a lot of sense.

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Saturday Family Dinner by GlitterStained on ao3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58634296

When his terrifying crime family tracks him down, runaway Jason Todd knows his days are numbered. Meanwhile, Bruce is struggling to give his son space, the kids are too curious for their own good, and none of them can fait for family dinner.

The public has requested fic recs for the hyper specific "dark mafia no kill rule reversal Jason comes back to the family angst but still there's love" trope, aka Jason Todd's platonic found family version of a dark romance, and so they shall receive: the five fics I've found on the matter, which I recommend especially if you enjoy protective batfam, angst and misunderstandings.

We happy few by sunsational96, it's really good writing if you're not afraid of stuff getting dark, unfortunately it has only two chapters yet but I hope it gets updated because it's so promising (only point I dislike is Jason being a cop but also given his family, I get it.) Tim is unhinged in it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42523731/chapters/106806804

The Safe Inside series by Dalee, the first work of which is "The Sun will Rise", which is complete and a satisfying conclusion to the story in itself.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25397782

Unrefusable Offer by Envisparkler, it's finished! Honestly I could have done with a third chapter because it's kinda angsty but it's really fun too, somebody give poor Jay a hug he's traumatized.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/52124098/chapters/131834677

Choke by Chemically_Imbalanced, VERY similar to Unrefusable Offer (though idk which came first) so if you love reading different takes on the same idea and enjoyed one, I definitely recommend the other- also a real fun read, and it has the advantage of not being finished yet, so we might get more than just the two chapters, even if they're already fun on their own!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56516731/chapters/143631982

You liked Unrefusable Offer's take on dark!Dick and wish there was a short fic with his POV? Don't worry, here's sElkieNight60's extra add-on for that fic: Damned to Perdition. It's tasty, y'all.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53521066

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