Batfamily rec: Scar Tissue by inlovewithnight
Title: Scar Tissue
Author:
inlovewithnight
Fandom: Batman Comics, Gotham Central Comics
Characters: Jason Todd, Renee Montoya
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 2203 words
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Set early in the Under the Red Hood arc.
Why this must be read:
Although Renee Montoya isn't strictly a member of the Batfamily, this story is one of the best examples of an outsider point of view on them that I've come across. The scenario is a witness interview conducted by Renee for the Red Hood's latest murder, but inlovewithnight uses that to explore Jason Todd's character and to look at his relationship with Batman and the other Robins. It is fascinating to watch Renee pick up on a few threads in the complicated tangle that is Jason Todd's head and then start to put things together and push his buttons. As a reader, familiar with his history, it's interesting to see how little she misses.
Extract
There's something funny about the kid.
Renee's a good detective, a good cop, and she's got a whole book in her head made up of better ways to describe the kid, more specific than "something funny." When she sits down to write her report, she'll pick one of them. But for now, her gut is just telling her that something's off here, not quite right, funny. And since trusting her gut is part of what makes her good at her job, she pays attention.
"So," she says, sitting down across from him, placing the heavy barrier of the table between them. This is a witness interview, not a suspect interrogation. She could pull her chair around to the side if she wanted, make open space between them. Hell, she could do the interview out at her desk; they don't need to be in the interrogation room at all. But there's something funny about this kid and she's been thinking it since before they got back to the station.
Scar Tissue
Author:
inlovewithnight
Fandom: Batman Comics, Gotham Central Comics
Characters: Jason Todd, Renee Montoya
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 2203 words
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Set early in the Under the Red Hood arc.
Why this must be read:
Although Renee Montoya isn't strictly a member of the Batfamily, this story is one of the best examples of an outsider point of view on them that I've come across. The scenario is a witness interview conducted by Renee for the Red Hood's latest murder, but inlovewithnight uses that to explore Jason Todd's character and to look at his relationship with Batman and the other Robins. It is fascinating to watch Renee pick up on a few threads in the complicated tangle that is Jason Todd's head and then start to put things together and push his buttons. As a reader, familiar with his history, it's interesting to see how little she misses.
Extract
There's something funny about the kid.
Renee's a good detective, a good cop, and she's got a whole book in her head made up of better ways to describe the kid, more specific than "something funny." When she sits down to write her report, she'll pick one of them. But for now, her gut is just telling her that something's off here, not quite right, funny. And since trusting her gut is part of what makes her good at her job, she pays attention.
"So," she says, sitting down across from him, placing the heavy barrier of the table between them. This is a witness interview, not a suspect interrogation. She could pull her chair around to the side if she wanted, make open space between them. Hell, she could do the interview out at her desk; they don't need to be in the interrogation room at all. But there's something funny about this kid and she's been thinking it since before they got back to the station.
Scar Tissue