Underbelly

[thete1]

Underbelly

Recipient: bozaloshtsh
Fandom/Request: DCU, Tim/Jason
Spoilers/Timeline: Meant to take place during the "Under the Hood" storyline.
Acknowledgments: brown_betty made it much, much better.

Happy Spring!

Comments

[glossing]

I know I should feel guilty for causing you to write both short and low-rated [and to a certain extent, I *do*], but when what results is just this intricately sticky and yearning and *wonderful*, the guilt just doesn't come like it should.

GOD, WOMAN. This feels like pure distilled essence of Tim, ancient old wise man in tiny little young body, bitchy and needy and sly all at once. And your Jason is, as usual, a grunting, *broad*, amazing creature.

I'm pretty much enthralled by what you've done here with the start-stop stutter of analytical thought in all its dashed incompletion. Like so: He suspects Jason of needing -- something. and Jason -- doesn't kill him. The painful vagueness of "something" in the first and the aporia between subject and verb in the second make me *moan*.

I'm known for my politesse, in some circles.
And Tim, tiny little bitchqueen, makes me squeal and tremble, here and also here: "Because stalking was my hobby before it was my job, Jason." Because he *is* the message, in a way. "Because I used to dream of

[thete1]

I know I should feel guilty for causing you to write both short and low-rated [and to a certain extent, I *do*], but when what results is just this intricately sticky and yearning and *wonderful*, the guilt just doesn't come like it should.

*laughs* *shakes tiny fist*!

GOD, WOMAN. This feels like pure distilled essence of Tim, ancient old wise man in tiny little young body, bitchy and needy and sly all at once. And your Jason is, as usual, a grunting, *broad*, amazing creature.

Jason... I always just figure he must *seem* larger than life to all of the Gothamites, if only because he's so human. From their perspective, he must be *amazing*.

The painful vagueness of "something" in the first and the aporia between subject and verb in the second make me *moan*.

*wriggle*

(Plus, strategic deployment of emotional honesty gets me *every* time.)

I maaaaay have a little kink.

I'm not having much luck conveying why "to get Jason...where Tim needs him" works so well for me on a deep, *deep* level. Just know that it does.Tim is just

[bozaloshtsh]

the *only* reason, really, that I'm not seriously dancing in my chair right now is that I'm at work and I don't have my own office.

Holy crap. Apparently Karma's decided not to pee on my head this month, because lord knows I did absolutely nothing to deserve getting you to get Jason to come out and play.

I will write something long and eloquent is because I have coverage to write in the next hour and a half, but-

Every *day*, and -- he's getting better at contempt, really. "Because I'm not -- already dead."

Jason -- doesn't kill him.

EEEEEEE. and also,

It's just that it's the first time it's been done by someone who knows precisely *where* he might cut to actually cause damage.

More scars. Permanence. Something to --

/dances

Coherancy to come.

I can remember who I'm replying to! Really!

[thete1]

Holy crap. Apparently Karma's decided not to pee on my head this month, because lord knows I did absolutely nothing to deserve getting you to get Jason to come out and play.

*laughs* We all have bad months and badly *timed* bad months. I'm glad this worked!

[oneangrykate]

This was like a kick in the gut, which is exactly what anything with these two should read like. Is it bad that I kinda cheered at "Let 'Stephanie Brown,' be one of the first things you study in -- Daddy's -- files.? It's not surprising that Jason doesn't seem to know/care about Steph in canon, but I wish it would happen.

[thete1]

This was like a kick in the gut, which is exactly what anything with these two should read like.

*hee* This is probably why I usually prefer playing with non-RH varieties of Jason. MY GUT IS VERY TENDER.

Is it bad that I kinda cheered at "Let 'Stephanie Brown,' be one of the first things you study in -- Daddy's -- files.? It's not surprising that Jason doesn't seem to know/care about Steph in canon, but I wish it would happen.

I'm *so* with you.

[__marcelo]

Alright. Tim using honesty and truth as a weapon? Always scary. This is... he's the message. Yes. Despite and because he has his own agenda. *hearts the very idea, not to mention the execution*

[thete1]

This is... he's the message. Yes. Despite and because he has his own agenda.

The medium is the message, and if it breaks your head... that just means it's *working*. God, I love them ALL.

[dorrie6]

I am absolutely clueless when it comes to DCU, but I just wanted to come over and personally thank you for taking on this pinch-hitting assignment. I can tell certainly from the feedback here that this is a story anyone in this fandom would be thrilled to receive as a gift, and it means a lot to me that you would offer up something like this when you're not even getting your own fic in return. So thank you. I can't possibly say that enough.

[thete1]

Aww, you're welcome! I've been on the wrong end of dropouts a few times in my challenge-past, and, well, that's no fun for *anyone*.