lightning_child
Fandoms
- DCU (80)
- The Flash (Comics) (36)
- The Flash - All Media Types (21)
- Young Justice (Cartoon) (12)
- Batman - All Media Types (12)
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When The Waves Drag You Down Below by lightning_child
Fandoms: DCU, The Flash (Comics), Green Lantern (Comics), Beast: The Primordial
30 Jun 2026
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Barry didn’t want to be a monster, and they’d really rather just have a normal life with their family never knowing about the hunger lurking under their skin and the storm that’s replaced their soul.
Hal’s mission, like every other member of the Green Lantern Corps, is to ensure that humanity is protected from the things that lurk in the dark, waiting to prey on those who stray from the light. Their wife and son don’t need to know- they’d only be a target for the monsters.
Of course, secrets don’t last forever.
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This Is The End by lightning_child
Fandoms: DCU, Green Lantern (Comics), Superman - All Media Types
19 Jun 2026
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Hal has a plan. That plan is definitely suicidal- confronting a Kryptonian generally is, and doing it effectively unarmed on their home turf is even more of a bad idea.
But it's the only plan he has, and Superman's done enough damage to the people of Earth already.
Series
- Part 1 of When The Sky Falls Down
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Barry is waiting in the entryway of their house when Hal gets home, still dressed in the same pajamas he’d been wearing this morning.
“The aliens are hiring tomorrow.” he informs Hal. “Be there. You’ll look better in green than brown.”
“The aliens are hiring, got it.” Hal placates, used to his husband’s oddness. “Anything else?”
“We’re out of spicy ramen.” Without another word, Barry turns and walks back up the stairs.
Barry had been perfectly normal up until his lab accident four years ago, but the accident changed that. Despite being largely unharmed physically, mentally he lives in his own dream world that is only somewhat grounded in the real world.
There’s no medical grounds to institutionalize him- he’s 28, he can take care of himself, he has no other chronic health conditions and he’s not a risk to himself or others, just…weird.
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Barry hates the Justice League interrogation rooms. They’re always so chilly, and the seats are cheap plastic seemingly manufactured from backaches.
It’s even worse when they’re on the prisoner’s side, in the prisoner’s cuffs, and the most anyone has done to tell them why they’re here is hand them a blood-covered knife, tell them to examine their guilt, then leave them there for three hours(as far as they can tell).
“So, let’s go over the facts. Batman is dead, because someone was able to identify a seam in his neck armor, and stabbed a seven-inch knife into his throat, all before he could throw the batarang in his hand.” Superman lists off. “The knife in question is identical to one which I have seen you, Flash, holding several times. It has your fingerprints on it. You do realize which way the evidence is pointing, right?”
Barry remains impassive. “Diana showed me the knife. It’s a Cold Steel Recon Scout, not a custom one-of-a-kind knife. They make them in factory quantities, and sell them to the general public- literally anyone could have bought one if they have five hundred dollars spare. I hardly see how that’s hard evidence.”
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Hal comes back from space, Barry makes hot chocolate for him like he always does, and absolutely nothing goes wrong. In fact, everything goes to plan.
(That's it. There is absolutely nothing else going on. Totally.)
(In other news, the Speed Force of Earth-16 is asleep.)
Recent series
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When The Sky Falls Down by lightning_child
Fandom DCU, Green Lantern (Comics), Superman - All Media Types
19 Jun 2026
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- 1,675
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The Emerald Empire by Ikibli (lightning_child)
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Green Lantern (Comics), Green Lantern - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types, The Flash (Comics), The Flash - All Media Types
01 Sep 2024
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It has been thirty-four centuries since the High Emperor and High Empress(may they reign forevermore) ascended their thrones, destroying Terra’s old and backwards nations with a single pronouncement and raising them into a glorious interstellar empire under the wise and venerable guidance of the Imperial Council and its associated Ministries. In that time, the Emerald Empire has prospered, with its citizens, culture and holdings flourishing and-
Okay, let’s cut the propaganda. The Ministers spend more time messing around, arguing with each other and pursuing pet projects than actually running their Ministries, the High Empress spends more time vetoing the Council’s stupider ideas and reigning in the High Emperor than actually ruling the Empire, the Subministries are full of nepotism and cutthroat politics, the common citizen is fully aware that they’re either constantly being spied upon or completely forgotten about by the Empire as a whole and the Empire is constantly at war.
When Red Hood is the voice of reason, you know it’s bad.- Words:
- 3,545
- Works:
- 2
- Bookmarks:
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Shifting Shadows(Old) by Appleeatinggoat, Ikibli (lightning_child)
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Green Lantern (Comics), Green Lantern - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types, Parahumans Series - Wildbow, Rain World (Video Game), The Flash (Comics), The Flash - All Media Types, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
16 Dec 2024
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Each fic can be read as a standalone, though the reference guide may be required for some to make sense. Fics are listed in chronological order.
- Words:
- 62,283
- Works:
- 11
- Bookmarks:
- 12
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RWVAU by Appleeatinggoat, Ikibli (lightning_child), lightning_child
Fandom DCU, Green Lantern - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types, Rain World (Video Game), The Flash - All Media Types
27 Jul 2025
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This series is written by Appleeatinggoat- Shifting Rains is the only fic that Ikibli had real any influence on.
Inspired by the Shifting Shadows series, by Ikibli.
Fics between the two info-only fics are either non-canon or could be at any point in the timeline. After, fics are sorted by chronological order.- Words:
- 26,561
- Works:
- 13
- Bookmarks:
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Homicide Is Fun(Dark/Crack Todoroki Fam) by Ikibli (lightning_child)
Fandom 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
30 Sep 2023
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The Todoroki family has never been the most...sane, even in canon. What if you took that a little further?
That's Homicide is Fun, where the Todorokis are assassins, murderers and serial killers with a completely genial demeanor.- Words:
- 1,668
- Works:
- 2
- Bookmarks:
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For Your Soul, I Shall Come by SkyeIra
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Super Sons (Comics)
24 Jan 2025
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Jonathan Kent woke up one morning with a grim, horrifying mark etched on his shoulder: his soulmate had passed away. The experience left him shattered and broken. And then the unexpected happened. The mark on his shoulder shifted from ‘death’ to ‘rebirth’, convincing Jonathan that by miracle, his soulmate had come back to life.
When he finally met Damian Wayne for the first time, Jonathan swore in his heart to protect him, both as Superboy and himself, so the world could never again take Damian away from him.
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Or, a Soulmate AU where the young hero Superboy swore to protect the civilian Damian Wayne, both not knowing about each other’s secret identity.
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Summoning Soulmates by Animefangirl1221
Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types
27 Feb 2024
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On the 18th birthday of the younger soulmate, you switch bodies. Normally it’s nothing too special. Usually something mundane, like grocery shopping or working a part time job. But with Jason and Danny, it’s anything but. Now Danny is scrambling to get his very human soulmate out of harms way in the Infinite Realms. All the while Jason is slightly freaking out about an entire dimension that looks like one huge Lazarus Pit. Oh and the two Pit Demons that have been arguing since he got there finally noticed that Jason isn’t who he’s supposed to be.
Series
- Part 7 of First Impressions
- Part 1 of Dead on Main
- Part 13 of DPxDC Fics :3
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Luka Couffaine made for a perfect snake holder, wise and never tempted to use the snake miraculous for his own personal gain. Being as reliable as he was, it was only natural for Ladybug to call upon him whenever applicable, making battles all the less stressful with someone there to have her back in a way that no one else could manage.
However, as he wears it more and more, Luka starts to realize that there's more to the snake - to the universe itself - than he could've imagined, and he has to fight with both his beliefs and a red string in order to protect an unknowing Marinette from destiny's cruel designs.
Because fate, as he learns, can be suffocating.
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- English
- Words:
- 24,114
- Chapters:
- 8/8
- Comments:
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Bookmarked by lightning_child
01 Jul 2026
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When Taylor Hebert ends up with the power of extreme luck, things are going to get bizarre in Brockton Bay ...
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- English
- Words:
- 151,707
- Chapters:
- 20/20
- Comments:
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Bookmarked by lightning_child
01 Jul 2026
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Brainstorm has never understood the big deal other mechs make about their frames and alt-modes.
Bookmarked by lightning_child
30 Jun 2026