Top 8 Long BatCat Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length BatCat fics — 50,000–100,000 words.
Robins and Other Flightless Birds
by Ionaperidot
It begins with another Bruce, looking around his cave and asking, “So where are the kids?”Bruce has never thought about having a family before. But once the idea occurs to him, it's hard to think about anything else.
Green, through and through
by another_fucking_robin
A spell goes wrong on Titan and Peter Parker ends up in a lazarus machine in Gotham. Every bat is chomping at the bit to adopt the tiny zombie boy, but they're just a tad bit distracted with a new spider-themed vigilante running around. inspired by dark matter by mysterycyclone, peter the pizza guy
In For a Penny
by Cdelphiki
25 is too young to be a Dad. That's what Bruce thought when Talia dropped off this baby she claimed was his. Add to that a jealous 11-year-old Dick, and Bruce has his hands full. What does one even do with a baby? Why does this baby scowl so much? And when on earth is Talia coming back?
Precedent
by Cdelphiki
Bruce thought his family was complete. Sure, Dick might be mad at him and ignoring all his calls, and Damian mad about Dick not returning calls, but that didn't change anything. His family was complete, even if they weren't talking to each other.Then a scrawny little kid jacked his tires, and Bruce
Running Headlong into My Arms
by gleesquid
Bruce doesn’t like to credit one thing for saving his life, but if he did, it would be Haly’s Circus that Friday night in September, just as summer was beginning to die.(He'll always be a sucker for kids with sad eyes, no parents, and more fight than the world knows what to do with.) Or: in a univer
Look What You Made Me Do
by Kiatana6
Lila made good on her promise. Marinette has lost all her friends. Though she has found friendship with Chloe. But you know the good thing about having nothing? You get to stop caring. So if Lila wants a little monster to cry about....well she's going to get one. But closing yourself off is a slippe
The Longer You Stay
by emiv
Bruce Wayne was never meant to be part of Selina’s clean slate. Then again, neither were a circus boy, a street rat or a rich kid. For a girl who didn’t like strings, Selina found herself getting attached.
Batman's Not So Little Family
by Raven_WitchTales
For a man that says he "works alone," he sure has a lot of partners. Doesn't mean most people know that though. And he'd prefer it stay that way.It all starts with a minor mission in Bludhaven with Green Arrow and the Flash, where they get some help from Nightwing, a local vigilante they've grown to
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50k–100k word BatCat fics hit a sweet spot: meaty enough for full character arcs and proper plot, short enough to finish over a long weekend or a few commutes. Most one-volume novels sit in this range, and BatCat fanfic at this length plays like one.
If epic fics feel like a commitment but one-shots leave you wanting more, this is the bucket to live in.
About This List
This list of 8long BatCat fanfics spans 608,175 total words. Kudos range from 6,742 on the newest entries to 15,420 on the most established. 75% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (3 of 8 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Adoption · Parenthood · Family.
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