Robin/Secret is so underappreciated

[gaisce]

This is something old that I found on a disc, probably two or more years old, back when the series was still running and there was *no* Secret fic. Technically there still isn't considering what's found is either the same as mine or...disturbing. So I figured I should clear up some space and wonder if I write better or worse from that time period

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[skyebanshee]

Oh wow.

K, I have no idea about this universe, and I'm a little confused about Robin not being completely human, but I really liked this piece...and that's not just me being biased :P.

Of all the emotions you wrote about, the loneliness is what really struck me, and I find myself feeling sad for Secret, especially when she spoke of forgetting what it was like to be her/human every day.

He pulled his cape around her and let her lie against him in the darkness.

Dunno why, but that parting image was just...it just really was a great way to end it. Wrapped around each other, trying to find what they both desperately need.

Oh my. You do realize I'm going to be bothering you now about this Secret person, aren't you?

[gaisce]

Thanks for reading. I'm glad my diverse fandoms don't drive everyone away from half-baked writing. ^_^;;;

Eh, the Robin thing about not being human is sort of a Batman theme. You stop being human when you commit to the ideal of being more than human. Mainly you have to be perfect to save people and Robin is trying to live up to that.

Oh please do bother me about Secret. She's my favorite character in all of the DC comics universe because she's just so painfully naive and underappreciated. I would ramble about her for ages, she just tugs at my heart strings. Mainly because she has the most angst since her backstory involved her brother murdering her as a sacrifice to the void (hell/gateway to death) and she is constantly afraid of becoming evil because her powers operate on that. Her relationship with Robin is all the aches of unrequited love and when he leaves the team later on she's devastated. The last panel has her crying "Please, please don't leave me. I promise I won't be evil if you just come back."