Prompt Post - Part Nine [CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS]

[yj_anon]

THIS PART IS NOW CLOSED. YOU CAN CONTINUE POSTING FILLS, BUT PLEASE PROMPT ALL NEW THINGS HERE.

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Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[katty008]

True to what his word indicated, Wally didn't give Barry any choice in the matter. He drove back to his house and started heating up three mugs of milk for hot chocolate. He was just setting the mugs on the coffee table in front of Barry and Iris when the doorbell rang.

The redheaded man barged in, not bothering to wait for Wally to answer it. “Wally, I need a babysitter and I need to talk to Artemis, Ollie's not answering my calls and Cheshire's... oh. You have company.” That last bit was said with a deadpan look at Barry and Iris.

Wally folded his arms and rolled his eyes. “Roy, this is my niece Iris and her boyfriend Barry. Iris and Barry, this is Roy, a friend of mine. Play nice Roy. Yes, I can watch Lian, no, Artemis is not here right now, and you and I are going to have a talk about how to limit the amount of drama in your life. I am seriously contemplating tying the four of you up and giving it to all of you at the same time.”

Roy didn't even flinch. “There is not a lot of drama in my life,” he answered completely seriously.

Wally waved his arms wide. “You could write a soap opera about Ar-you guys!”

Roy opened his mouth to argue, but then a small black-haired girl poked her head out from behind him. She was dressed in some sort of red Robin Hood costume with a cute yellow hat on her head. She looked up at Roy. “Daddy, stop arguing with Uncle Wally. You argue with Mommy and Auntie Artemis and Ollie too much to argue with Uncle Wally too.”

Iris jumped up from the couch. “Your costume's so cute! Who are you supposed to be?”

The little girl, who Barry guessed was Lian, puffed out her chest. “I'm gonna be Red Arrow's sidekick someday!”

Roy knocked Lian's hat off her head and ruffled her hair. “Of course you are sweetie.”

Lian leapt for the hat and shoved it back on her head. “Daddy! Stop it!”

Iris cooed over Lian some more, Wally berated Roy but agreed to watch Lian, Roy left, and Lian asked for some hot chocolate as well.

Meanwhile, Barry came to the remarkable conclusion that Roy was Red Arrow, that Wally had been about to say Arrows instead of you guys, and that Wally himself was the Flash. The rest, as they say, is history.

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[13luckywishes]

I love you. This fill alternately made my heart bleed and melt into a big puddle of happy goo. The urge to hug all of the kid!mentors is mandatory. Now that I think about it, the switch up of dynamic could some really cool situations. Does that mean the villains' ages are switched around too? I guess there really aren't enough teenaged baddies for that... But then if you kept running with this new version of YJ... Oh, who am I kidding? I just want to see more teenaged Barry and Iris. The two are unreasonably cute for reasons I can't quite articulate.

Uh, anyway, fantastic job on this whole fill. I have to go do actually useful things now, but... did I properly convey how much I want to audibly go "d'aaaaaaaw!" ?

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[katty008]

Awww, thanks! I adore Barry's backstory, crime and time travel are pretty much two of my favorite things ever. I'm glad you liked Barry and Iris and the rest of it!

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[violenttomboy]

THIS WAS THE MOST AWESOMEST THING EVA. I LOVED THIS.

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[katty008]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME FEEL AWESOME.

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[katty008]

...

Give me a moment...

Ok... I'm still a bit incoherent with this awesome fill so I'll just write the most prevalent thoughts in my head right now:

1. D'aaaaaaaaw!!!!! TwT

2. I think I love you.

3. The Martian pair dynamics are great! I love your M'gann and J'onn is so adorable. I want to hug them both.

4. The Flashes... teenage Barry and Iris... Barry's background... a hint about the Arrow Family... Spitfire... Flash!Wally... You're killing me with all these adorableness, sweetness, angstiness, whumpiness, awesomeness, heartwarminess, and all the rest of -nesses that exists. TTwTT

5. Your writing and characterization are so poignant and lovely and....

6. It's official. I love you. Hugs!!!!

7. I can't wait for more.

- "still incoherent but crazily happy" OP TTwTT

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[katty008]

The Martians were fun to write. As I was writing it I was wondering what to call it, and then I was all "Oh, I know, let's put in a reference to the Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, and then call it that so it can be a crazy double-meaning name!" I probably should have made it more specific, because unless someone's read the book they probably won't get it. (Which is only an excuse in theory, because Ray Bradbury is the best.)

The Flashes, on the other hand, gave me the worst trouble. I had this crazy idea where Eobard Thawne would show up and Wally would figure out what was going on but wouldn't tell Barry because of timey-wimey reasons, and it dragged me in the worst circles. I finally threw that out, but I'm thinking Wally has his suspicions, if he doesn't outright know already. After that it was just a matter of getting Barry to figure out Wally was Flash and how to repeat the experiment, which as you may be able to tell by the ending I didn't really follow through on anyway.

I really have to thank you for prompting this. It's given me a chance to explore their characters, keeping things as similar as possible while still reversing their dynamic. J'onn pretending to be a White Martian instead of M'gann being green, Dick as the very first Batman, instead of Roy and Artemis fighting over being the best sidekick they're fighting over being the best mentor (and I will get to that, never fear). It's just so much fun, writing this.

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[katty008]

I do love this. Thank you for sharing.

I hope you write more of the sorts soon. (And I certainly hope the rest might not be 'history' just yet, as I'd love to read more of Wally!Flash and Barry!KF should the storybug ever bite again.)

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[hinn_raven]

Okay, I love you for this. How did I not get to read this sooner?

These fills filled me with sorrow, joy, and laughter. Poor Bruce... Poor Conner... Poor Barry... But then there's Lian and Spitfire and Iris/Bary, so I'm happy. I really hope you continue with this.

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[katty008]

I am! It's sort of eating me. I've started referring to it as Re'verse in my head, which is bad news for pretty much everything else I'm writing. I've actually got the next little vignette finished, but I probably won't get around to posting it until after I catch up on the meme (yay travel!)

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[truth_of_ideals]

Are...are you going to do more? Because you should. You really, really should. I love how everyone's so perfectly in character but in such different situations. I mean, it's like looking into the past while looking into the future. It's so ajfaldajfdals words fail me.

Bruce is being surprisingly understanding about the whole thing, actually. I'm imagining him as some weird mix between Damian and Kid!Batman from the Justice League episode Kid Stuff. I can picture in my head so clearly Robin just sitting sulking in a corner at any given time, and him constantly getting in fights with Ollie where Ollie's always all redfaced and screaming and Bruce just has that smug, holier-then-thou grin on his face. And Barry's trying to break them up. Fact: Barry breaks up all fights. All of them. He's like the Miss Martian. Oh, and J'onn (Mr. Martian?) kind of acts like Kaldur but not really, and Orin's always acting all kingly and holier-then-thou, only in a more blatant way then Bruce. Like, I'm a King and I don't know why I'm wasting my time with you people. Barry and Ollie are constantly trying to get him to smile. Or just annoying him. And Clark acts like he does in that old Legion of Superheroes cartoon and tries really hard to be leaderey but fails miserably and loses his temper, sometimes, but is usually pretty nice. He's by far the most normal member of the team and and

LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO ME. SERIOUSLY.

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[katty008]

More will come. I just don't want to post any more fic until I catch up from a week of travel (and it's really slow going, SLOW DOWN PEOPLE XD). I couldn't have put it better myself, really. Looking into the past while looking into the future is perfect.

Damian is all my inspiration for Bruce. All of it. One of the major reasons they're having such problems in the comics is because they're so alike, and this is like getting to say "BRUCE LOOK AT YOUR LIFE YOU HYPOCRITE" in fic form.

Gaah, J'onn's name is giving me the worst problems. I have no idea what to call him. Mr. Martian just sounds too old to me, but my only other actual idea is Mini Martian, which is just stupid. Mars Bars? Milky Way? Ice Warrior? Aries? Ares?

Honestly I see Orin as a rebellious young king. Like, "Hey, I'm the king but I'm way too young for all this responsibility, LET'S PLAY HEROES!" and he and Ollie get along really well. Although upon research it turns out Orin's history with his people is, put simply, not good, so I might tie into that. (Fun fact: Blond hair is considered a sign of evil in Atlantis. Kaldur is not blond in comics canon. My plotty senses are tingling.)

AND YOU MADE ME THINK ABOUT THEIR CHARACTERIZATIONS AND WANT TO HURRY UP AND GET TO WRITING THE ACTUAL TEAM. Because Clark is totally at that awkward high school age where he's got to be all serious and grown up, BUT DAMMIT BRUCE AT LEAST I CRACK A SMILE SOMETIMES, and Ollie and Orin start a prank war and Bruce somehow gets into it and takes it way too seriously, and once he learns what's going on J'onn turns out to be the king of pranking. GAH.

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[truth_of_ideals]

I can totally dig your interpretation of Orin, actually. (Did I just say that?) Having problems with taking on responsibility and ducking that responsibility is so...Young Justice. Yay for theme consistency?

Bruce isn't exactly like Damian though. I mean, Bruce has Dick as a parent now. Dick. Dick is totally going to hug him and love him and tell him he's special and Bruce is going to love every minute of it. But the way I saw it, at least, was that they don't exactly have a Father-Son relationship here like they do in Young Justice-actually, I got more the vibes that Bruce was employing poor Dick. And we know how Bruce is about substitute Father figures, so maybe Bruce isn't going to consciously let Dick in until one day he sits back and realizes how much he really cares about him, and how much Dick's affected his life. Like, they aren't exactly huggy, I love you forever types, but Bruce still turns out a happier, more well adjusted person because of Dick. Or, alternately, Bruce clamped onto Dick as a rock in his sea of despair and they totally have a father-son relationship. The first one fits in with comics Bruce a bit more, but the second one aligns more with how he was protrayed in your fic. I just love making rampart character relationship assumptions with only a couple pages of canon, don't you?

I can see J'onn going with a really hokey Sci-Fi name. Like, how Miss Martian made her name sugary sweet and unthreatening, J'onn goes for something straight out of a pulp novel, but still cool sounding. Like, Martian Gunsword. Oh, oh, and his alias is John Bradbury. Yes.

Clark is going to be interesting. On one hand, we're all used to Superman being...well, Superman. But a Kon-El Superman is going to be a gruff and unsmiley. Still 100% a good guy, but still has Conner's reservation. Or maybe he doesn't? So Clark tries to get away from the strong, cool Superman stereotype by trying to be uber-approachable and friendly and nothing like anyone would expect Superman to be. Or exactly what we expect Superman to be. Uh. This is confusing. BUT TOTALLY WORTH IT.

Dude, J'onn is the KING of pranking. The absolute master. And I can so imagine Bruce taking everything so seriously. And Barry wants 'to be the better man' but always ends up caught in the crossfire.

And did you realize the entirety of Young Justice is going to be guys? They're all going to be total bros. Like, they won't always get along and they fight way too much, but they work together like nothing the Justice League has ever seen before. Because they were destined to work together.

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[katty008]

At the point that Little Rich Robin happens, Bruce is in complete denial about his relationship with Dick. He's out for vengeance and Dick is the means to an end, he hasn't gotten attached to him and it most certainly isn't a means to ensure Dick stays around. He's closed himself off but Dick objects and tries to get him to live again, but neither realize how important the other has really become to them until a little thing with Two-Face happens. Once they have that realization, Bruce finally lets Dick in, and he becomes better adjusted for it, but he's still the brooding grump we all love.

YES. J'onn will have the greatest alias. As soon as I get home I'm going to start flipping through books looking for a good line to adapt. OR MARTIAN SKYWALKER? IDK I KIND OF LOVE IT. And Isaac Bradbury. Or Ray Asimov. Ooh, that one sounds cool. MARTIAN SKYRAY? Marvin Martian?

I haven't seen a lot of Smallville, but I'm probably going to end up pulling from what I have seen for Clark. Sort of smiley, awkward, trying to fit in, but at the same time he's sort of co-leader with Bruce so he tries really hard to be adult and mature the way high schoolers do, but whenever Conner shows up he puts his angry grumpyface on.

I actually realized the guy thing as I was typing my last reply. I think I'm going to have to have Wonder Woman as a sort of Red Arrow character, slightly older teen hero who isn't on the team, but still hangs out with them sometimes Bruce likes older women.

THE INVASION DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE.

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[athallie]

Oh, so that's why it's not been updated for so long. But it's ok. Just take your time.

I'm really really excited! Yay you're continuing this! I can't wait to see how the Arrows and Aquas will turn out! Will you continue this until/past the sidekicks making the YJ team?

Side note: I second for J'onn's name to be Martian Skywalker (it sound so cool) and in my head, I will now call this the Re!verse. XD

Re: Here Today, Flash Tomorrow 6/6

[katty008]

*blinks* Oh, it's been a month, hasn't it? Time flies. (I was totally unaware it had been that long /sheepish). Not only have I been traveling, I just got a new job too, and suddenly I'm really busy. I may just post the next part when I get home tonight because I honestly hadn't realized it had been that long.