Blink: Part 3

[zombieboyband]

Title: Blink
Author: zombieboyband
Fandom: Batman, Earth 3
Summary: Bruce blurts out an incredulous laugh when he sees Owlman. Owlman really, really doesn't like people laughing at him; nor does he like someone else wearing his face. Owlman draws an owlarang and prepares to slice. "Who's laughing now?"
Pairing: Owlman/Batman. Um. Yes. endcredits made me do it encouraged

Comments

[endcredits]

"Owls eat bats,"

This is the first thing I thought of when I contemplated the pairing. Owls sound vaguely cuddly, but … they eat bats for breakfast!

At least batarang starts with a fucking B!

*chokes on tea* Ha! This was the line you were referring to earlier, right? I have one interweb acronym word for you, and that word is OMGLOLILU.

It infuriates him, seeing the weakness there, the softness where he is hard.

Augh. Of course! I didn't ponder the fact that Owlman would find it equally as sickening, seeing his face arranging itself around a different moral compass-in lines of nobility or mercy, god forbid. It's a wake-up call for both of them.

"(…) If you're me, we learned that early."

*flailflailflail* What makes a Bat a Bat or an Owl an Owl? The scatter-shot of pearls hitting the floor of a grimy alleyway, that's what.

(it's not a smile; it's not)

Lovely echo of J here, particularly in reference to a smile of all things.

And that's something that doing this with the-to the--clown can't give him.Yeah, yeah-with the/to the

[zombieboyband]

LAWL YES, batarangs. I want an icon with that text on it. With Batman making a D: face. ILUILUUOMG. Your dialog snippet has Owlman with weapons OUT, so I was primed for it the whole time. But BATARANGS. I want Bats to fucking scream it, too, all NOTHING MAKES SENSE WHAT IS THIS SHIT ARRGGHH AT LEAST I UNDERSTAND ALLITERATION.

Also, owls. There is something called an Owlbear in D&D which is a bear with an owl head, which I thought was the stupidest thing ever until I went to a hawk show that had owls and I realized those things are fucking HUGE and TERRIFYING. Whereas in real life, bats are adorable.

and yeah, fic focuses on how Bats feels about it, but I think Owlman would be way bothered. Seeing yourself on the other side of the morality compass sucks regardless of where you start from.

the scatter-shot of pearls hitting the floor of a grimy alleyway, that's what.ugh, so good. When you finally finish some fic I am going to be ALL OVER IT

[zombieboyband]

Also: MERCY. I have become newly convinced that this is a huge and under looked part of Bruce's everything. I am going to make the fandom think about it, okay. IT IS MY MISSION.

that or writing out ideas you give me. *g* Either way.

[endcredits]

I was sitting there trying to think of traits in Batman that would completely disgust Owlman, and mercy pretty much hit the top of the list.

I'm fascinated by that moment in BB where Bruce doesn't get to shoot Chill. It's like his whole life is hinged on this one moment of unfulfilled catharsis. I'm not sure how that translates into 'mercy', because it wasn't mercy that stopped him, just being pipped to the post by the fake!reporter, but it seems important and interlinked somehow.

[zombieboyband]

I like to think that maybe that moment is in fact a hinge, and while it isn't mercy that stops him...maybe later he feels it SHOULD have been? Because that's Batman all around, too, the guilt of not being good enough. That said, I must rewatch BB. Though I do like the idea of Bruce thinking of how yet someone else had to die before he realized that killing wasn't the way to go. The unfulfilled catharsis haunts him forever in more ways than one, yeah? I totally agree that it is important

[endcredits]

Oh, I love that bit in The Long Halloween! ♥ BATMAN ♥

And yeah, isn't it interesting imagining what J would think of Owlman? On the one hand, Owlman represents a Batman in a free-fall swan-dive from that shiny pedestal J's so keen to boot his own Bat from, but on the other - well, would he even be interested in an already-fallen Batman? Owlman is so monomaniacal; there's nothing for J to stick his dirty little fingers into and tear. ;)

I really like what messageredacted did in Why We Fall/To Get Back Up: Joker there is railing against the system whatever it is. He represents true chaos, and the Crime Society are just as antithetical to him as the old established order back in his own Gotham.

[zombieboyband]

I definitely love that take on Joker and Owlman. Joker's there to oppose order, whatever the form, and not because he wants to be the one in control. And no, I don't think he would be NEARLY as invested in an already-fallen Batman. What's the fun there?

(Well, okay: really vicious knifesex. But BESIDES the sadism...)

Ugh, messageredacted is just my hero in this fandom. I also love how the Joker tells Batman, "I'm him, you know. Same book, different edition," or whatever the line is. I usually like a jealous Joker, but that he's so genre-savvy/mad/enlightened that he doesn't see Jokester as a rival that way is interesting. That, or, you know, he's beyond mere sexuality in a way the much nicer Jokester is not.

As interesting as that take is, it's not where I'm gonna go with it, oh snapOh man. HI, ILU, it's 4 AM. I need to go to bed... I love how you phrase things even in your comments! WOMAN! FINISH SOME FIC SO I CAN GO FANGIRL ALL OVER YOUR FACE

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Well, yes, there is the really vicious knifesex. I'm sure our J wouldn't be averse to using Owlman for practice trial runs before making an attempt at the real thing. ;)

YES! THAT PROMPT! The line about the Joker swinging right around to sane again at seeing both Batsy and Harley killed in front of him made me flail so hard my arms nearly fell off. DOOO EEET!

(Pst, sorry for being SO SLOW at replying to comments and then spamming you with billions. My interwebbery time is annoyingly erratic!)

[zombieboyband]

Ugh, I will ONLY do that prompt as a collab because it is so clearly meant to be an epic scale, like, 30 chapter thing. Also I know from experience that I fizzle out when describing tyrannous rule. "Big brother is watching! Bad things! Uh. Lack of freedom of the press? Torture? LOOK IDK IDK MY ANCESTORS WOULD HAVE REBELLED ALREADY."

But UGH. Such a good prompt.

Never apologize for your style, bb. I kind of love it--nothing for days; I entertain myself elsewhere and then BAAAM, endcredits fest. Adds excitement, okay.

[endcredits]

Oh, yes, it absolutely needs to be a totally epic, novel-length fic, doesn't it?

I feel bad for shoving all these prompts at you: write, zombie, write! I will shut up and let you finish the billion awesome things you have in progress. *unscrews grabby-hands*

[zombieboyband]

Imma make you do this with me somehow. I haven't figured out HOW, but I will.

And zombies are very encouraged by grabby hands! I hope to have one of those days where I post a bunch of stuff this week. On track so far!

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NOTHING MAKES SENSE WHAT IS THIS SHIT ARRGGHH AT LEAST I UNDERSTAND ALLITERATION

HEE! Oh, Bruce - if you have nothing else in this crazy, topsy-turvy Gotham, at least you have your alliteration skills!

It's funny, isn't it? Bats are just adorable little fuzzy flying mice, whereas yes, owls can be bloody terrifying; totally gorgeous, but fully capable of clawing your freakin' eyes out. A BIT LIKE OWLMAN, THEN.

This or secret santa, I can't wait for more fic from you! (And I am laughinglaughing at the thought of me ever finishing anything.)

[zombieboyband]

I am pretty sure the lack of proper literary devices in alternaworld would break *me* down, certainly.

QUITE A BIT LIKE OWLMAN.

Unnf, secret santa. I have been distracted by mermaid porn OC boy for the past few days, and I've debated the hell out of what might be the SURPRISE! in my ss fic, but I've fiddled around with the order of events and got a handle on the flavor and am generally feeling good about it. I hope you like the same wolf tropes I do. Hah.

[endcredits]

Secret Santa = I am excite!

Wait ... how many prompts are you doing?

[zombieboyband]

HAH, I promised myself I'd knock out a good portion of yours before I did anything else. So for the moment, one.

I may idly be dragging things into a fanmix folder, but I haven't done any claiming because I am the slowest at fanmixes forever.

[endcredits]

*snort* I've been making a Batman/Joker fanmix for, uh, about six months? I have about 90 songs on my 'You Complete Me' playlist. So, yes, I seriously, seriously fail at fanmixes. :D