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Line 2: [[Batman]] is very happy with the way that Robin has picked up his training, his methods, and his habits. Generally. But his protege showing up at the Batcave with two small children, Tim and Jason, clinging to him proves that he's adopted one trait Batman would rather have he hadn't. It seems the Batfamily has an incurable penchant for picking up strays, and Tim and Jason are only the beginning. A fill on the [[Young Justice (~~Animation~~animation)\|Young Justice]]<nowiki>:</nowiki> Animated Anonymous Fic Meme written by blackash26, ''[http://yj-anon-meme.livejournal.com/5333.html?thread=14693589#t14693589 Strays]'' is a heartwarming, [[Alternate Universe]] story that shows what would it have been like for the Batfamily to grow early on and together, eliminating the angst that naturally accumulated from everyone trying to replace someone else. Can also be read [http://blackash26.livejournal.com/1825.html here]. Has its own livejournal comm [http://strays-verse.livejournal.com/ here]. Line 10: * [[Abusive Parents]]: {{spoiler\|Mr. and Mrs. Drake, of the emotional kind. [[Parental Neglect\|They've never been around for a majority of Tim's life]] and fire the hired help at regular intervals so none could get too attached to him. As a result, Tim can't imagine others actually wanting to be around him.}} ** {{spoiler\|Jason's mom is pretty bad too, with her telling him he's a deadweight whenever she's on drugs.}} * [[Adorably Precocious Child]]: Tim is so adorable you'll either die of [[Cuteness Proximity\|his sheer superpowered cuteness]] or [[The Woobie\|the tragedy of his existence.]] Jason is [[Jerk ~~With~~with a Heart of Gold\|a cruder version]] but he also counts. * [[All There in the Manual]]: A lot of tidbits on the characters are posted on the author's [http://storiesintheashes.tumblr.com/tagged/Headcanon tumblr account]. * [[Animal Theme Naming]]/[[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]: To go with Dick's Robin, each of the other Batkids' new hero identities will be named after a different bird. So far the author has decided on two; Jason will be known as Bluejay and Stephanie as Sunbird. [[Fan Nickname\|Fans are fond of referring to the collective group as the Flock.]] [[Sure Why Not\|The author approves.]] Line 21: * [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: Played with. While a heaping amount of the original canon angst is cut off as the Robin-succession issue is...well...no longer an issue, it's clear that there are still plenty of ''other'' issues everyone still has. That said, everyone ''is'' trying to work through them and everyone being together early on is going to help enormously. * [[Bonus Material]]: The author has written two canon side-stories: ''[http://blackash26.livejournal.com/3519.html Tradition]'' and ''[http://storiesintheashes.tumblr.com/post/21136628897/down-for-the-count Down for the Count]''. * [[Children Raise You]]: Bruce is still [[Parents Asas People\|struggling with single-parenthood]] but he really does need Dick for the metaphorical light he provides. Having Alfred around however does help tremendously. * [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Jason tends to curse a lot. * [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Jason is quick to jealousy whenever Tim pays more attention to Dick. Line 27: * [[Innocent Prodigy]]: Tim is stated to have a genius IQ but it's made clear that due to his naiveté, he wouldn't have lasted a minute on Gotham's streets had Jason not found him. * [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: {{spoiler\|Catherine Todd wants Jason to be happy, even if it means [[Parental Abandonment\|she will never see him again and he will think she is dead.]]}} * [[Jerk ~~With~~with a Heart of Gold]]: Jason has a foul mouth, is quick to anger, and tries to steal whenever he can but Tim's well-being is always the first thing on his mind and he risked his life to save Dick's the first time they met. {{quote\| '''Jason''': (On taking in Tim) “It was stupid but it was still ''right''.”}} * [[Legacy Character]]: Averted. Each of the kids will have his/her own unique superhero identity as a result of being adopted into the family all at once. * [[Little Miss Snarker\|Little Mister Snarker]]: Jason. Line 40: * [[Recursive Fanfiction]]: There are several of these attached to the thread, some being future fics while the others crossing over into the comic continuities. There is also fanart of the Batkids in their new superhero costumes. * [[Selective Obliviousness]]: Bruce keeps telling himself that he'll eventually send Jason and Tim away and that he's in no way attached to them even when he starts forming training exercises in his head while watching Jason and wondering how he can get Tim away from his {{spoiler\|[[Jerkass]] parents}}. * [[Shout -Out]]: Dick has Jason and Tim watch ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'' with him. * [[Shown Their Work]]: The author knows a ''lot'' about psychology and it shows in the comments. Discussions between the fans and the author have speculated on the effects of Tim's {{spoiler\|emotional negligence}} on his development, the sibling dynamic between kids, and Cass's upcoming speech-therapy. * [[Spared Byby the Adaptation]]: Or at least spared in the sense that Jason will never have a horrible and untimely death to resurrect from in the first place. The author made it adamantly clear in her comments that Jason is going to be happy and alive in her story and that the Joker will in no way ever have a chance to kill him. A fan expanded on this with a future-fic in which Jason gets saved before the deed is done. * [[Title Drop]]: Bruce (in his mind) often refers to Jason and Tim as Dick's "strays". * [[The Woobie]]: Anybody would want to hug Tim as soon as his backstory comes into the light.