History Fanfic / SorrowfulAndImmaculateHearts

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Bruce Wayne is not averse to throwing his weight around to help his friends out.

* {{Transsexual}}: WordOfGod is that several characters in this version of the DCU are trans, in a proportion appropriate to reality. Two that have appeared in person are Tim Drake (explicitly stated in "Anti-Social", which contrasts how the subject is handled by Bruce and by Tim's father) and Jonathan Kent (hinted at in "Empty Graves" and heavily implicit in various details of "Christmas in Kansas").

* AscendedFanboy: Kyle Raynor. Notably, the fact that he was a fanboy at all is [[OldShame something he is loath to admit]], largely because it involved a DeviantArt account and lots of embarrassing fanart of Superman.

* CleavageWindow: Discussed. During a conversation about costume design in "Christmas in Kansas", Diana jokingly suggests that what Batman's suit is lacking is a bat-shaped cleavage window.

* BiTheWay: So Bruce claims in "Third Wheel", though he still claims to be only a 1 or 1.4 on the Kinsey scale

* BiTheWay: So Bruce claims in "Third Wheel", though he still claims to be only a 1 or 1.4 on the KinseyScale

* GadgeteerGenius: Tim has his moments, such as turning an ordinary lawnmower into a remote controlled, ''flying'' lawnmower drone (though the "remote controlled" part still needs work), and in "Anti-Social" it's hinted that he stumbled onto the Bat-Cave's signal with just a smart phone in the course of trying to find "the Good Wifi".

** Tim Drake speaks like this, for reasons nobody else understands. He also tends to mix "swear levels", which bothers Bruce more than the actual swearing.

** Except when she's deliberately teasing him.

** Though in a curious twist, whenever Bruce Wayne pulls off some vaguely Batman-ish feat, such as catching a basketball without looking or [[ItMakesSenseInContext lassoing and subduing a flying lawnmower drone that has gone rogue]], he seems to think that a suitable explanation for how he can do this is "I ''did'' go to college".

** Tim Drake speaks like this, for reasons nobody else understands.

* HippieParents: Jonathan and Martha Kent are a downplayed example.
* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: In "Christmas in Kansas", Martha Kent gives everyone tacky Christmas-themed sweaters she found on sale. Diana loves hers; Bruce hates his, but grudgingly accepts it when she cheerfully guilt-trips him about how difficult it is to find a sweater that will fit a man his size.

* {{Transsexual}}: WordOfGod is that several characters in this version of the DCU are trans, in a proportion appropriate to reality. Two that have appeared in person are Tim Drake (explicitly stated in "Anti-Social", which contrasts how the subject is handled by Bruce and by Tim's father) and Jonathan Kent (heavily implicit in various details of "Christmas in Kansas").

* RippleEffectProofMemory: "Empty Graves" has a downplayed example where, once Martha has taken steps to prevent a BadFuture coming about, she no longer consciously remembers the old timeline (so that, for instance, she remembers having decided that Clark needs to learn to take acting lessons even though she no longer recalls that she decided this after catching a glimpse of a future in which he never had a secret identity). However, some subconscious traces of memory linger, such that when something seems off she goes for the shotgun without really knowing ''why''.

* CrazyPrepared: It's not that Bruce Wayne carries a small camera with a powerful zoom lens around with him, or even that he has a story about birdwatching ready in case he's asked what he needs it for. It's that the camera is loaded with genuine birdwatching photos in case someone calls his bluff. He also wrapped Clark's christmas presents in lead foil (see PresentPeeking below).

* GoshDangItToHeck: Tim Drake speaks like this, for reasons nobody else understands. [[SirSwearsALot Martha Kent]] apparently developed this habit around Clark to avoid the wrath of TheSwearJar.

* NoodleIncident: In "Let's Dance", Batman saves the day with his knowledge of ballet, and cuts his Justice League colleagues off when they start to make fun of him by listing the embarrassing things he knows about ''them'': "Volleyball in Cabo, the library at Gotham Academy, the Eggplant Debacle, Joe's missing sweater, the Iguana Talk." Some of these are explained in other stories (the Iguana Talk is a callback to one of Martha Kent's embarrassing stories about Clark's childhood in "Christmas in Kansas", the Gotham Academy library incident occurs in "Gotham High"), while others remain noodly.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: "Empty Graves" has a downplayed example where, once Martha has taken steps to prevent a BadFuture coming about, she no longer consciously remembers the old timeline(so that, for instance, she remembers having decided that Clark needs to learn to take acting lessons even though she no longer recalls that she decided this after catching a glimpse of a future in which he never had a secret identity). However, some subconscious traces of memory linger, such that when something seems off she goes for the shotgun without really knowing ''why''.

* RefugeInAudacity: In "Hostile Work Environment" Clark and Lois get caught snooping around in {=LexCorp=}'s offices. Clark very subtly goads Lois into insinuating that they were sneaking into that office for "[[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces other reasons]]", much to Lois's chagrin. And the more she insists it's NotWhatItLooksLike, [[DiggingYourselfDeeper the more that's exactly what it looks like]]. The guard buys it and lets them off with little more than a warning.

* CoolOldLady: Martha Kent.

* CrazyPrepared: It's not that Bruce Wayne carries a small camera with a powerful zoom lens around with him, or even that he has a story about birdwatching ready in case he's asked what he needs it for. It's that the camera is loaded with genuine birdwatching photos in case someone calls his bluff.

* GoshDangItToHeck: Tim Drake speaks like this, for reasons nobody else understands.

* OneSteveLimit: In "Christmas in Kansas", everyone is careful to address Clark's mother as "Mrs. Kent" instead of "Martha"; the in-story reason is that nobody wants to ruin Bruce's holiday by repeatedly reminding him of his mother, but it also helps avoid confusion for the reader.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: "Empty Graves" has a downplayed example where, once Martha has taken steps to prevent a BadFuture coming about, she no longer consciously remembers the old timeline but it still leaves unconscious traces (so that, for instance, she remembers having decided that Clark needs to learn to dissemble even though she no longer recalls that she decided this after catching a glimpse of a future in which he never had a secret identity).

* TheUnsmile: Bruce Wayne, funnily enough, has ''two''; a [[StepfordSmiler generically pleasant, toothy grin that doesn't quite reach his eyes]] which he trots out for photographers and [[UncannyVelley thoroughly unnerves everyone else]], and a crooked half-smirk that looks like his mouth curling at the edges [[BeneathTheMask which is his real smile]].

The initial stories are "Wayne Manor", in which Alfred Pennyworth becomes butler to the Wayne family and learns that there's much more to Martha Wayne than meets the eye, and "Empty Graves", in which time-traveling assassins who aim to kill Clark Kent when he's little and defenseless discover that he is in fact ''very'' well defended. Other stories include "Gotham High", in which teenaged Bruce Wayne finds himself accidentally acquiring friends and a social life, "Third Wheel", in which Bruce Wayne visits Metropolis for the first time and makes the acquaintance of its two finest newshounds, "Christmas in Kansas", in which Clark Kent invites his friends Bruce and Diana home for Christmas, and "Arm Candy", an exploration of Bruce Wayne and the woman who surround him at parties, along with numerous shorter works.

** In contrast to her partial inspiration Sadie Doyle, Martha Wayne can't hold her liquor and prefers not to drink alcohol if she can avoid it.

Rather than being set in any particular version of the DC Universe, the stories are set in a continuity of their own, which draws elements from the comics as well as adaptations such as the Franchise/{{DCAU}}, Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy, ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', ''Film/SuicideSquad'', and the Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}.