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bats bugs & ballet by lux_et_astra
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, DCU
10 Jun 2025
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Black Bat doesn’t make mistakes. And so when she slips through the window of the safehouse and comes face to face with someone who is decidedly not her brother –
That’s when she realises that something is very, very wrong.
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nothing's as dark as it seems by lux_et_astra for one_of_batmans_orphans
Fandoms: Dimension 20 (Web Series)
20 May 2025
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Everything's going to change. There's no fighting that, it's just a fact of life, as much as he hates it. Despite that, Riz can't help clinging to his friends, and desperately wishing that time could slow down for just a moment. The future is a massive question mark - and he really doesn't want to have to go to Lord Salazar Edge's College for Lone Adventurers!
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Winter, 1982. In a twist of fate, Stanley Pines' car gets a flat tire on his way racing up to Oregon. The delay has far-reaching consequences - consequences he begins to feel when he arrives in Gravity Falls, and instead of being met with his brother, finds a house that feels more like a mausoleum.
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- Part 1 of helping hand
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It's entirely possible that the summer he's just had has been the best summer of Stan's life, and sue him, he's not quite ready to give it all up yet. He just can't bear the thought of sending the kids off on a bus and watching them drive away from Gravity Falls - and luckily, he has just the solution.
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- Part 19 of gravity floods
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A great many things are unclear to Stan, including - or maybe especially - how looking at a scrapbook full of photos is supposed to help him remember a whole life he's lost. He's clinging to the scraps of memory that return to him, desperate to have something of his mind return, and for the people around him to smile again.
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- Part 18 of gravity floods
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As he's staring into the barrel of a gun, Stan can't help but remember all the times he's been in situations just like this. It's not Ford's fault that there's something hauntingly familiar about being on his knees while his life hangs in the balance, but this time it's not just Stan's life in Ford's hands, but his whole identity.
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- Part 17 of gravity floods
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It's just another day for the Pines family: on the run from a monster threatening the inhabitants of Gravity Falls. This time, though, they've got Ford to rely on - hopefully. As it turns out, Ford's presence could be more of a problem than a solution.
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- Part 16 of gravity floods
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Stan's completed his life's work. His brother is home and safe - but wants nothing to do with him. Now, all Stan wants to do is sit and feel sorry for himself. But when he goes upstairs to check on the twins, he can tell that Mabel's upset, and he'd never be able to leave her like that.
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- Part 15 of gravity floods
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Stan will take as many evenings in with his family as he can get. Watching a stupid movie with Mabel, Dipper, Soos, and Wendy - he might pretend that he has better things to do, but in reality, nothing could matter more to him. When the power goes out, he still wants to preserve that sense of contentment, but he never wanted that to mean breaking one of his biggest secrets to the kids.
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- Part 14 of gravity floods
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The kids' antics have had their impact on Stan: they've worried him near out of his mind, they've nearly given him a heart attack, they've made his usual daily life brighter in a thousand ways. But for once, Stan's afraid that the twins have done some damage that he can't fix - and that he's lost his hope.
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- Part 13 of gravity floods
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Stan lives in fear of his past coming back to find him. Men who'd known him as Steve Pinington, as Hal Forrester, worst of all - men who'd known him as Stanley Pines. And when one of those men walks through the door of the Mystery Shack, Stan can only hope that he's done enough to protect his business, his family, and his brother's name.
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- Part 12 of gravity floods
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Stan runs out of batteries for his hearing aids, and it's a reminder of a past he usually keeps hidden. The kids, though, seem determined to see the best in him, and to help him even when he doesn't feel that he deserves it.
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- Part 11 of gravity floods
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Stan always knows when the kids are up to something. That doesn't make him any less worried when they suddenly disappear. On the bright side, him and Wendy make a formidable team - when they're working together, the twins don't stand a chance.
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- Part 10 of gravity floods
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So sue him, Stan's not the best at understanding Dipper. That doesn't mean he's completely useless. When the kid goes haring off in pursuit of one of his mysteries, leaving his sister behind, Stan steps in.
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- Part 9 of gravity floods
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Wendy might not be family in the official sense, but she's definitely still Stan's responsibility. When one of her ex-boyfriends turns up at the Shack, Wendy doesn't need Stan's help to deal with him - but that doesn't mean it isn't nice to have.
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- Part 8 of gravity floods
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Stan doesn't know who'd be crazy enough to make a deal with Bill, but he's more focused on the fact that it means that Bill's in his mind, and all his worst memories and nightmares are on show. There's something else in his mind, doing its part to get Bill out, but all Stan can do is focus on trying not to give any memories away - and trying to make it through reliving all his greatest shames.
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- Part 7 of gravity floods
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The kids are having a party, and Stan's not trying to eavesdrop, really. He's trying to get to sleep. But when he hears something he can't help but react to, he starts to wonder if everything is really as it seems.
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- Part 6 of gravity floods
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It's June 15th, and Stan misses his brother. The wrong Pines twin is dead - the wrong Pines twin is living in the Mystery Shack - and more than anything, Stan wishes they could change places.
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- Part 5 of gravity floods
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Stan's minding his own business, having a perfectly normal day. There should be no reason for Old Man McGucket to come up to him like he knows him, like he's seeing something else when he looks at Stan. There should be no reason for Stan to feel this sense of unease, like the past is creeping up on him.
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- Part 4 of gravity floods
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Of course it would be because of Mabel that Stan ended up reaching out to his someone for the first time in decades. He'd do anything for Mabel, he's swiftly discovering - even, as it turns out, calling his mother.
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- Part 3 of gravity floods