"A Knight Has Risen" entry: Passing the Baton

[quiet__tiger]

Title: Passing the Baton
Universe: Nolanverse
Genre: Drama, Action
Rating: PG-13 for language and violence
Characters/Pairings: John Blake, Lucius Fox
Word Count: ~10,000
Warnings: So many spoilers for The Dark Knight Rises
Summary: After the events of The Dark Knight Rises, John Blake goes hunting.

Comments

[quiet__tiger]

Glad you liked it!

I think for this guy whose world just got turned upside down, donning a costume and fighting crime would be far from his mind.

Although it's so weird reading 'John read...', John found...', 'John....'. Because it's weird having a Bat character named John, or because it needs to be written better? I admit this probably needs another careful edit.

For the weapons, I was trying to think of something close to escrima sticks, because why the heck would he just happen to know how to use those, but since he's a cop he would have some experience in using hand weapons for non-lethal purposes. It also works double-duty with the title, because he advances beyond simple batons to the blingy ones Lucius can give him. Lucius was so much fun to write here--he had such joy outfitting Bruce, and I can bet he'd have fun outfitting someone else with different tools/toys that Bruce didn't use for one reason or another. (I can't picture Batman really liking Taser batons, for example.)

I was trying to think of conceivable reasons for him to be similar to the Nightwing we all know and love, but still different. And yeah, I really believe he wouldn't wnat to be Batman.

Thank you do much for reading and commenting, I had fun with it and I'm glad you did too!

[lilyoftheval5]

Although it's so weird reading 'John read...', John found...', 'John....'.
No, no, I meant calling John someone I know as Robin, Nightwing, Dick, Richard, Grayson..... what's up with John? But this is a movie-gripe.

And, yeah, use of batons was ingenious.
Simply, a good good story. Can't believe it didn't won.... *pouts*

[quiet__tiger]

Don't forget Robbie Manlone and Freddy Llyod, his undercover names! And yeah, tough to get used to!

Eh, it's long, maybe people don't like John Blake, I'm not too let down. I'm just glad I can finally post it elsewhere!

Thanks again!!

:)