Title: exactly how this grace thing works
Fandom: Batman
Pairing: Gen
Categories/Genres: Bodyswap, Kid-fic; Family; Domestic
Length: Long(23k)
Warnings: De-aging; Body-Modification; Past Character Death

Author/Artist on LJ: irnan
Author/Artist Website: irnan's Ao3

Summary: Dick gets de-aged. You'd think this would be a routine thing.

Review: This is an interesting take on the de-aged character genre. Dick is de-aged to before he met anybody in the bat-family and has to deal with the fall-out of all the decisions the bat-family has made through the years. This allows him to be more honest about the different ways that Bruce let him down, without getting into the nitty-gritty of why Dick wouldn't have said anything in the first place.

The fact that older!Dick had a life and a family that includes many different people isn't glossed over, but by making so that baby!Dick doesn't have the memories that go along with the family ties, it allows both Dick's to find a place for themselves that isn't controlled by other people's expectations of them, or even their own feelings of 'having' to take Bruce's place. This is basically a story about getting a second chance to find your true path.

exactly how this grace thing works