Prompt Post - Part Ten
I am REALLY, REALLY SORRY about taking so long, guys, and about not being around much recently. I've been busier than I have in a while, and it just kept slipping my mind between uni applications and volunteering and all sorts- for some reason I thought we were much further off a new post.
If there is anything I haven't responded to, as of now, I'm ( Read more... )
Batman gives him one of those smirks, like he’d known all along Billy was going to accept, and nods. “A few have already joined - Kid Flash, Robin, Aqua-“
“And what’s the team going to be called?” Billy interrupts, eagerly. Oh man, he’s always dreamed of working with those guys! They were so cool on the news and, if the rumors were true, Robin isn’t much older than him to boot!
Batman gives him a strange, undecipherable look. “We’re thinking about calling it Young Justice.”
“Yes! This is going to be so cool!” Billy says, pumping his fist in the air and bouncing on his feet. “I can’t wait to get started!”
Batman watches, but doesn’t say anything, only the faintest edge of a smile on his lips.
For a moment, Billy thinks that maybe Batman understands just a little bit what it means to be a kid and have one of your greatest heroes give you this kind of awesome opportunity. And then his earpiece rings, whispering that it’s his Uncle Dudley on the line, and Billy forgets his train of thought in favor of the cell phone. He can’t wait to tell him about this though, because wow.
“I’ve gotta get home,” Billy says apologetically, ending the call. “It’s almost bedtime. I’ll see you later, okay?”
Batman has already vanished.
“I have got to learn how to do that,” Billy vows as he turns to leave.
Above, Batman gives the unwitting boy a sad smile, watching silently as he disappears back into the depths of Fawcett City, the city that forgets: a modern Neverland, long-ago magically locked away from age, death and despair, and complete with it's own Peter Pan.
All boys grow up, save one, and that one is Billy Batson.
Dick Grayson, age twenty-four, knows this better than anyone.
whoops, that was supposed to be anon.
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Loved it! They new team is like the gang of lost boys <3
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Thank you.
Haha, oh man, Young Justice v2 is probably founded on the unholy combination of Irey West, Damian Wayne, Arthur Curry Jr, and Lian Harper.
...in short, the Team From Hell.
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If Fawcett City is Neverland, then doesn't that mean nothing changes in the whole city and no one grows up? Otherwise, how does Billy not notice? Or will he simply not be able to see Uncle Dudley age, and then when he dies, will he just forget?
Dick smiles way too much for Batman!
I seeeeeeee you, Entire Meme!
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Well, change in Fawcett City is slow and seeps in, and of course everyone forgets that it was ever a change to begin with because the enchantment tells them that it's always been there. But yes, you are right, no one ages or dies or much seems to notice that the mailman and store clerks have been the same person since 1940.
Mercifully, this means the entire city also forgets ever sporting 80s mullets.
That was intentional, as the first hint it's Dick.
But did you see every me? ;)
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Your heart, I nom on it.
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