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36 Views of Mt. Fuji: Winter (3/9)

Jan 27, 2007 13:06

Title: 36 Views of Mt. Fuji: Winter (3/9)
Pairing: Clark/Bruce
Disclaimer: The boys belong to DC and to each other, but not to me.
Series Notes: 36 Views of Mt. Fuji is a series set early in Batman and Superman's careers, shortly after the S/B annual #1. The full series can be found here.
Rating: PG
Summary: Clark and Bruce go to a temple for ( Read more... )

fic, 36 views

Comments 59

rival_kat January 27 2007, 04:43:15 UTC

*grins* I love this story. Clark's insecurities about not being liked is incredibly cute. He pratically radiats a teddy-bear like atmosphere about him, regardless of knowing it. XD

I can't wait for the next installment, and the fact that it just dawned on me that there was thirty-six stories based on the prompt... well it doesn't count XD;;; I just can't wait to see the next one.

-Kait

jij January 27 2007, 11:02:19 UTC

the fact that it just dawned on me that there was thirty-six stories based on the promp

*coughs* I wasn't planning on actually doing 36 stories, but then when I started thinking about what I wanted to get in there it became clear that I'd have at least 20 or so, and then for symmetry's sake it seemed silly not to just make it actually match the title!

Insecure Clark is definitely a kink of mine. It's just...the mix of all that power and all that uncertainty turns me into a mass of fangirly goo. Glad you liked it!

apuppydarkly January 27 2007, 05:06:48 UTC

Wow, that was great. Nice description of the tea ceremony. I've always felt more like Clark than Bruce - tea ceremony bores my pants off.

I love the interaction between the two of them. I thought Clark was almost obnoxious in the first chapter, especially at the McDonald's, but that's probably more because I feel Bruce's frustration with people who learn Japanese as if they were born to it (I'm a big green jealousy machine). The last two chapters have definitely erased that. Clark's insecurity - and yet hopeless charisma - more than endears him to me, and hopefully soon to Bruce.

Also, this is my absolute favorite kind of story! Nice and subtle, slow, and long (er...I think I just went to a bit of a dirty place). I can't wait for the next chapter!

jij January 27 2007, 23:13:03 UTC

I thought Clark was almost obnoxious in the first chapter, especially at the McDonald's, but that's probably more because I feel Bruce's frustration with people who learn Japanese as if they were born to it (I'm a big green jealousy machine). The last two chapters have definitely erased that.

Early in a long series, the two do seem to switch being annoying back and forth a lot, and I do enjoy making sympathies tilt a bit. :) I'm actually kind of happy Clark was something of a jerk in the first story, because it means I managed to rein in helpless fangirling...well, for one story!

Nice and subtle, slow, and long (er...I think I just went to a bit of a dirty place).

I don't know about the first two, but "slow and long" will definitely fit this series. *grin*

Thank you so much!

goldenrat84 January 27 2007, 05:24:47 UTC

In chapter one I was thinking Clark was doing pretty good holding his own against Batman, but in this chapter all I can think if poor Clark.

jij January 27 2007, 23:19:55 UTC

Yay! My evil plan is working...

I always like it when sympathy goes back and forth, so thank you!

bungee January 27 2007, 06:06:19 UTC

I LOVE the scene where Bruce confronts Clark about his "bumbling idiot act," and Clark is just ...bewildered, and angry, and hurt. Typical "Bruce knows best" behavior, and it's that exact inability to see things in any way other than how he perceives them that I think is Bruce's greatest flaw.

Can't wait for the next bit!

jij January 27 2007, 23:31:13 UTC

I LOVE the scene where Bruce confronts Clark about his "bumbling idiot act," and Clark is just ...bewildered, and angry, and hurt.

I really enjoyed that scene, in part because I actually could empathize with Bruce. I think it's quite reasonable to assume that most of that is an act (and of course, in older versions of Clark it truly is!), especially (as you note) because it's how Bruce approaches his persona. And honestly, I think once he makes that assumption, Bruce feels somewhat hurt that Clark won't trust him with his "real" self. So I ended up feeling sorry for Bruce, even though he isn't really aware of his own motivations either. :)

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jij January 27 2007, 23:51:22 UTC

Clark is a little naive in this series! He thought just learning the language would get him through, but memorizing all the nuances of the tea ceremony is harder than memorizing vocabulary!

Clark going through culture shock is not something I get to write often, given that usually I see Clark as very worldly. But he's fun this way as well!

Glad you liked!