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When nine-year-old Tim Drake first discovered fanfiction on his search for more information on Robin, his world grew three sizes.
People were writing about Batman! Batman! In more than just the stuffy articles from the New Yorker and Gotham Gazette that his parents bought but never read and the puff pieces he'd stolen out of Mrs. Mac’s secret stash of gossip magazines (His mother said they wrote Mrs. Mac’s last brain cells right out of her head).
They were writing stories.
Tim's hands tremble with something, he wasn't sure it it could be called excitement, as he clicks through the results.
One, in particular, pops out at him.
Here comes a Hero > by xxxrobin321batmanfanxxx reviews
Self Insert!hero Saves Batman and Robin from Clayface
NO FLAMES. read/review, love you all!
Rated: T - English - Adventure/Friendship - Chapters: 8 - Words: 12,199 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: Aug 19, 2XXX - Published: Aug 4, 2XXX
He's clicking on it before he could even think to ask.
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Batman: Finish your homework! (-_-)
Author-chan: noooooooo XD
Robin:I’ll SAVE YOU :333333333
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It was life changing.