Fic: Time And Place (2/4)

[bradygirl_12]

Title:  Time And Place (2/4)
Author: BradyGirl
Pairings/Characters: Clark/Bruce, Steve/Diana, Jack Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Dick Grayson, Linda Danvers, Ollie Queen
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: Down through the years, across time and space, Clark and Bruce’s love endures.
All chapters can be found here.

Date Of Completion: January 2

Comments

[jij]

Eek, woman, you slay me! These stories are so different from anything out there, I love all the little references and in-jokes and Silver-Age feeling so much. Diana and Steve (I still can't get used to the modern convention that Diana has no secret identity--I always think of her as Diana Prince), Clark and Linda showing up, the easy cameraderie between JFK and the heroes (I would think Kennedy would have mingled with complete unselfconsciousness with capes, just like you have him here. Nixon would be a very different story, wouldn't he?) And it's full of wonderful little touches that aren't laugh-out-loud funny but are sweetly wry.

Eartha Kitt appeared in a spotlight, garbed in a slinky
dark-blue gown and moving with cat-like grace as she sang a moving ballad. A sapphire set in a gold choker
sparkled at her throat.

*snickers with glee*

The reporter moved with enthusiasm and an
acute awareness of his body.

Bruce shared that acute awareness, just not thinking in terms of the Twist.

Awww. Setting it at a time when gays would have to stay closeted was wonderfully frustrating and poignant. I always like to set my stories in a sort of hypothetical dreamworld where it's an entirely moot issue, but I love stories where people treat it realistically, too. And Bruce is wonderful here, seething with desire and yearning and frustration.

Open homosexuality was about as likely as a Negro becoming head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or the Berlin Wall coming down.

Another wonderful wry-smile line.

It was still early in the new decade and maybe, just maybe, all things were possible after all.

Wonderfuly hopeful and terribly bittersweet. Fantastic evocation of an age...I really can't compliment it as much as it deserves! People talk about trying new things and exploring different writing styles, and I think this one of the most intriguing series of stories I've seen in a long time.

[bradygirl_12]

Thank you, dear. I do like the slip in the in-jokes and minutiae. :)

Very good insight on JFK. From what I've read, he would have been extremely comfortable with the capes. He was when interacting with astronauts, the 'superheroes' of the time, and other powerful people. He was not only well-read and intelligent but understood how to motivate people. It must have been a rush for him for all the capes to defer to him with respect. :) Oh, and you're right, Nixon wouldn't have pulled it off as well. :)

Had to get Eartha in there. ;)

I love the dreamworld scenario, too. I also love the homophobia themes, all in the spirit of trying new things!

Thanks ever so much for the feedback! I'm busy working on the next installment, the Bronze Age. Watch out for platform shoes! ;)