Prompt Post - Part Six [CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS]
THIS PART IS NOW CLOSED. YOU CAN CONTINUE POSTING FILLS, BUT PLEASE PROMPT ALL NEW THINGS HERE.
I am so sorry for the delay, guys. Life has been hectic lately (exams, haha) and I lost track.
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Feel free to reprompt posts from parts one, two, three or four in part five once. If ( Read more... )
Robin sees this city spiraling downward...falling so fast , like it’s a puppet whose strings have been cut, and he knows what he has to do. He had been given the chance once to be happy and normal, but the city took it away. She called to him like she called to her native son, knight and prince, and then another soldier was drafted into the war.
A child is only a child when they have innocence and believe the world is balanced on the shoulders of fair and caring, if not flawed, gods. But Robin became Gotham's child and saw that Atlas wouldn't stop shrugging, shaking with the need to toss off his burden and leave the world behind. He learned that paranoia was justified when the world was actually out to get you. He learned that people were not naturally kind, and were more chaotic in nature than any child has a right to know.
Robin joined Batman, joined the mission he began a mere few years earlier, and the Dynamic Duo was born. Trust and respect are the glue that holds them together, and nothing such as it would be possible in a relationship where one is inferior and the other his superior.
There is Robin, not Batboy, after all.
Batman, with his earlier start serves as the representative of their partnership, the face of Gotham superheroism, and many look to him for guidance and assistance. He is Gotham's Dark Knight, its fierce protector (no one notices the little, bright shadow that follows and strikes a different, but no less effective, sort of chord in the hearts of villains).
And anyone Batman considers his equal…
Well, the Justice League is sure to snatch them right up.
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This is great! You started off the setting with lots of description of Gotham's darkness, which brings reason as to why Robin would be who he is, why he'd have an older mentally, and why he would be great. :)
I first got into this idea when I read Lily's "Linchpin" where Robin is important to both teams, YJ and JL. In that story, some of his background is that he created the computer's security system. He's the brains and hacker behind it. And JL members care for him, probably admire and respect him.
I love to see a wiser, more modern-like, Robin that's that's on top of the game. But unfortunately, that's just a tweaked version of him. A canon Robin can never be like that. In YJ, he really is just as he's portrayed. But it's always a pleasure to read him in a different light.
Please continue on. I'm enjoying and pleased and would definitely love to read more.
Not OP, but OTHER OP of prompt idea back in part five. OP here made the prompt more epic than I ever could've. :)
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Then I saw this, and decided I'd have to make it if it wasn't going to come to me.
There are more than 10 parts in the planning stage, if you wanted to know, and I've tried to keep to the characterization of the YJ!Robin (word puns and bantering and flippy-fun and all). I'm more of an animated universe person than a comics, so most of my inspiration comes from that.
Hope you like what's coming up. Next chapter has Bats and Rob duo-ing it up in the Batcave.
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Taking your reponse into accout makes me even more glad that you decided to fill this. I know what you mean when you read this prompt that you really like and no one's filling! There's a lot of prompts I'm interested in... that I think I can write... but would rather have someone else write it. That's awful, I know. But I take more pleasure from reading someone else's work than writing for other's entertainment. A friend of mine is my opposite who likes writing, but doesn't so much like reading a lot of fics cause it doesn't go 'his way.' Weird, us two, huh. So I have this big appreciation for writers due to the amount of time, effort, and creativity to make a story engaging. And I am going waaaaay off topic. Let me cut it short and say: can't wait for more! But I will, no choice. Great stuff. :)
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I love how you portray Gotham, how it really is and how this affects Robin's journey so far in the jerking business. The wordplay is beautiful and I'm looking forward to scenes from the Batcave (and do I sense some Leaguer!Robin?).
(At OtherOP) I read Linchpin! I loved that story :). I've always thought that with Robin having been there for several years he would have gained more respect and been recognized as something more than a measly sidekick, especially if he can hack into high security systems like the Batcave Computer and CADMUS.
Can't wait!
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I miss Linchpin. It's unfortunate that Lily has the biggest writer's block ever. She's tried though, from what's been said on her DA. I hope she gets the motivation to finish it. I would love to see it to the end.
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I've been wondering why Linchpin hasn't been updated. Sadness, but alas, I feel for her. I'm stuck on my writing of my own story. Good thing is ive been having inspiration for other stories and I think with my new story Imma have Robin at his full abilities. :)
And, Other OP, your prompt was amazing. I only reposted because I couldn't get your idea out of my head. Give yourself credit.
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UPDATE SOON PLS!
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