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• As Good As He Meant To Be by Boogalee99

  Fandoms: Justice League - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Green Arrow (Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  21 Jan 2025

  Tags

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  • Oliver Queen & Bruce Wayne
  • Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne
  • Roy Harper & Oliver Queen
  • Oliver Queen
  • Bruce Wayne
  • Roy Harper
  • Jason Todd
  • mentioned Lian Harper - Character
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Bruce Wayne is Bad at Communicating
  • Bruce Wayne's A+ Parenting
  • Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent
  • As in he's aware that he was a terrible parent and is trying to figure out how to do better
  • Oliver Queen's A+ Parenting
  • Oliver Queen Tries to Be a Good Parent
  • see previous statement
  • POV Oliver Queen
  • Smart Oliver Queen
  • Good Parent Roy Harper
  • Good Friend Roy Harper
  • Good Friend Jason Todd
  • Batfamily Meets the Justice League (DCU)
  • or really
  • Oliver Queen Meets the Batfamily
  • identity reveal kind of
  • but not the big one
  • Possibly OOC
  • Implied/Referenced Abuse
  • Which is not surprising - it's the canon relationships here
  • And only very vaguely referenced

  Summary

  When given the chance to watch Red Hood and Batman interact up close and personal, Ollie realizes that he and Batman might have more in common than he initially thought. After all, it takes one to know one when it comes to recognizing the effects of a bad father.

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  "A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be."

  Series

  • Part 2 of Smart Enough, Crazy Enough

  Language:

  English

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