Heroes of the Squared Circle 40: Running the Gauntlet

[mithen]

Title: Running the Gauntlet
Relationship: Clark/Bruce
Characters: Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Bane, Dick Grayson, Brainiac
Continuity: Heroes of the Squared Circle, a DC/pro wrestling fusion ( click for notes and all chapters).
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: PG-13
Word Count 3500
Summary: Bruce prepares for the first of his two big matches against

Comments

[rdfox]

And cue Mxyzptlk of Botchamania suddenly having a huge dilemma as to whether or not to use the footage in five, four, three...

[mithen]

Oh man, yessss. Does Maffew have a frenemy that can be Bat-Mite? :)

[rdfox]

...Spoony, perhaps? Though if you've ever seen any of Wrestle! Wrestle!, you'll know he's not as easily satisfied as Bat-Mite...

One thing I've noted with the IWC; with the exception of a few really determined trolls, it seems that life-threatening or potentially career-ending injuries *do* see the snark turned off immediately and people genuinely expressing sympathy. Heck, people even expressed sympathy for *Sid* for a couple of weeks after he broke his leg on WCW PPV...

[mithen]

One thing I've noted with the IWC; with the exception of a few really determined trolls, it seems that life-threatening or potentially career-ending injuries *do* see the snark turned off immediately and people genuinely expressing sympathy.

That's a really good point--unlike, well, non-pre-determined sports, where an injury might actually help your team, I think everyone knows at a certain level that your least favorite wrestler getting hurt isn't going to help anyone at all, so it strips the rivalry away pretty fast...

[rdfox]

There's a bit more to it than that, though, I think. I mean, in non-predetermined sports, you might hear people cheering for a minor injury (and you wouldn't believe the number of times I've seen fans at a NASCAR race cheer when someone they despise crashes!), but a major injury, the sort that can end a career or worse, that usually gets sympathy from the audience