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Gotham is Burning
"Were you aware that LuthorCorp was using Wayne technology in their illegal weapons programs?"
For the first time, Bruce looked genuinely surprised. "Those contracts were terminated."
"When? Before or after Luthor's crimes became public?"
Bruce was quiet for a long moment, his fingers drumming against the arm of his chair. "I'd have to check with our legal department about the specific timeline."
"So you don't know?"
Bruce was silent.
Gotham's drowning, Batman's bleeding, and a nosy reporter won't stop asking why.
Three years after the flood, a rot festers, born from the stragglers of Riddler's movement.
The Sons of Gotham, neo-Nazis with mysteriously deep pockets, rise from the grime. Bruce bleeds for a city that keeps sinking.
Enter Clark Kent: infuriatingly earnest, maddeningly handsome, and asking questions Bruce can't answer.
When threats grow too big for one city, Batman reluctantly teams up with Superman. Saving Gotham wasn't hard.
Letting someone help? Letting someone in? Easier said than done.
For the first time, Bruce looked genuinely surprised. "Those contracts were terminated."
"When? Before or after Luthor's crimes became public?"
Bruce was quiet for a long moment, his fingers drumming against the arm of his chair. "I'd have to check with our legal department about the specific timeline."
"So you don't know?"
Bruce was silent.
Gotham's drowning, Batman's bleeding, and a nosy reporter won't stop asking why.
Three years after the flood, a rot festers, born from the stragglers of Riddler's movement.
The Sons of Gotham, neo-Nazis with mysteriously deep pockets, rise from the grime. Bruce bleeds for a city that keeps sinking.
Enter Clark Kent: infuriatingly earnest, maddeningly handsome, and asking questions Bruce can't answer.
When threats grow too big for one city, Batman reluctantly teams up with Superman. Saving Gotham wasn't hard.
Letting someone help? Letting someone in? Easier said than done.
349 pages, AO3 story
Published August 20, 2025
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April 25, 2026
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Where do I even begin with this?
For starters, I found this on AO3 based on its pairing (Superbat; and Pattinson Corenswet, at that), and noted the sheer amount of popularity the fic had gained in under a year—about 11,000 kudos as I’m writing this. A good amount for a word count, and a good amount of chapters. So, I dove in.
Gotham Is Burning is not something I can just call a “fanfic,” because addressing it as such feels like a drastic understatement compared to most fanfictions on the internet.
I would genuinely call this a love letter to literature, wholly structured and built by fandom culture.
GIB (as I choose to abbreviate for the sake of this review) takes fanfiction to an entirely differently level. Most fanfiction consist of one-shots (one chapter-long story), alternate universes with colleges and wolves and modernity, but this story has something a lot of fanfics lack: depth.
What do I mean by depth? I mean storylines upon storylines, each depending on each other rather than existing apart, parallel in their unraveling. Blue (again, shortened for the sake of this review) takes these storylines and weaves them together to create something that may genuinely stand strong if it were to be published into a physical novel.
The writing—oh, please do not get me started. I can’t describe it as other than absolutely exquisite. I mean, we’re talking about an author who takes the time to write a full newspaper article about Wayne Enterprises, all while maintaining the written perspective of a character they’re taking the time to write about. Like… holy shit. That’s incredible.
Blue ensured each character had their space, had their time to speak, even when the stories didn’t necessarily require their presence. It felt like the author truly cared about these characters being seen, mostly because the main characters themselves cannot have a complete story without them being somewhere in-between the lines.
Other than the obviously well-executed (and well-loved) plots, the chemistry between Clark and Bruce were written extraordinarily well. From start to finish, GIB keeps you hooked between the gradual switch from public moral rivalry and romance. Blue ensures that nothing leaves you questioning anything. Each chapter is intricately structured and written to answer all your questions; each perspective, from protagonist to antagonist, takes the time to dive into each character’s minds and trains of thought in a way that a lot of published novels fail to accomplish.
I loved this with my whole heart, and it may be the best work of fan fiction I’ve ever read to date. Utterly beautiful.
5/5 ⭐️
Where do I even begin with this?
For starters, I found this on AO3 based on its pairing (Superbat; and Pattinson Corenswet, at that), and noted the sheer amount of popularity the fic had gained in under a year—about 11,000 kudos as I’m writing this. A good amount for a word count, and a good amount of chapters. So, I dove in.
Gotham Is Burning is not something I can just call a “fanfic,” because addressing it as such feels like a drastic understatement compared to most fanfictions on the internet.
I would genuinely call this a love letter to literature, wholly structured and built by fandom culture.
GIB (as I choose to abbreviate for the sake of this review) takes fanfiction to an entirely differently level. Most fanfiction consist of one-shots (one chapter-long story), alternate universes with colleges and wolves and modernity, but this story has something a lot of fanfics lack: depth.
What do I mean by depth? I mean storylines upon storylines, each depending on each other rather than existing apart, parallel in their unraveling. Blue (again, shortened for the sake of this review) takes these storylines and weaves them together to create something that may genuinely stand strong if it were to be published into a physical novel.
The writing—oh, please do not get me started. I can’t describe it as other than absolutely exquisite. I mean, we’re talking about an author who takes the time to write a full newspaper article about Wayne Enterprises, all while maintaining the written perspective of a character they’re taking the time to write about. Like… holy shit. That’s incredible.
Blue ensured each character had their space, had their time to speak, even when the stories didn’t necessarily require their presence. It felt like the author truly cared about these characters being seen, mostly because the main characters themselves cannot have a complete story without them being somewhere in-between the lines.
Other than the obviously well-executed (and well-loved) plots, the chemistry between Clark and Bruce were written extraordinarily well. From start to finish, GIB keeps you hooked between the gradual switch from public moral rivalry and romance. Blue ensures that nothing leaves you questioning anything. Each chapter is intricately structured and written to answer all your questions; each perspective, from protagonist to antagonist, takes the time to dive into each character’s minds and trains of thought in a way that a lot of published novels fail to accomplish.
I loved this with my whole heart, and it may be the best work of fan fiction I’ve ever read to date. Utterly beautiful.
5/5 ⭐️
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