Comments | greywing: [fic] BoP: Attaccare, Ritirarsi, Arrendersi (Helena, Barbara)

greywing

[fic] BoP: Attaccare, Ritirarsi, Arrendersi (Helena, Barbara)

Oct 14, 2006 12:42

Fandom: Birds of Prey (comic)
Characters: Helena Bertinelli, Barbara Gordon, with a dash of Dinah Lance
Rating: R, NC-17 for gratuitous adult situations
Word Count: ~8600
Disclaimer: Birds of Prey belongs to DC and is currently in the creative hands of Gail Simone.
Notes/Spoilers: Helena Bertinelli doesn't like to back down from a challenge, ( Read more... )

fanfic, birds of prey

Comments 50

petronelle October 15 2006, 12:41:06 UTC

Welcome to the fandom. You've written a story I've wanted but couldn't quite believe before, and you made me buy it. Stay a while.

what was a little breaking and entering between friends?
Between teammates, or Bats, or Birds -- nothing at all. I'm glad Helena's on board with their status.

Hatesex usually doesn't work for me, but this isn't *quite.* It fits their struggle for power without getting overly nasty. Thank you for that.

The bullet scars that canon has forgotten made me beam. Thank you, thank you, thank you for remembering them.

the small dark mirror that never seemed to reflect Helena Bertinelli for Huntress or Huntress for Helena Bertinelli.
Mmm, identity porn.

The way Dinah and Helena work together here made me grin. They should always be so smooth.

Helena had her on the bed before she could reach for an escrima stick
I giggled at this because it made so much sense in my head. Disarm your sex partner, Helena; it's key to your survival.

Babs' inability to ask Helena to stop *got* me.

"...not that the Clocktower wasn ( ... )

greywing October 16 2006, 02:50:02 UTC

You've written a story I've wanted but couldn't quite believe before, and you made me buy it.

I was hoping to be convincing. =D

"Breaking and Entering" was the story's working title until it kind of spiraled out of control. I really loved the whole Sensei & Student arc and Helena breaking into the Clocktower and Babs' reaction to her being there just made me very happy.

As for the "hatesex," it never really felt like that was what it was. I saw it more a really big power struggle between the two of them, so I'm glad it didn't come off as "hatesex." Simone has managed to give the Birds really interesting dynamics between all the members, so of course I absolutely fell in love with the friendship between Helena and Dinah. I couldn't resist the temptation to throw in scenes highlighting it and Dinah is such a sweetheart anyway.

I think it was seeing Huntress finger her bullet scars in one of her minis that made me want to really put Babs and Helena together. They can be remarkably alike.

Oh, *goodness.* Helena, you know nobody gets ( ... )

brown_betty October 15 2006, 16:53:23 UTC

This is wonderful. Fandom is really short on this pairing, which I've always kind of wanted. I like the harshness of it.

greywing October 16 2006, 02:53:26 UTC

I noticed a lack of Helena/Babs, too, so maybe that's why I gravitated towards it--I wouldn't have to compete with the people writing good Babs/Dinah. =D Helena and Babs have a lot of edges, so it had to be harsh trying to push them together. Glad you liked it and thank you for reading. =D

daneorange October 16 2006, 13:19:10 UTC

i'm not even of this fandom, i just sort of got lost, but i ♥ this. seriously. those little snippets of conversation? killed me. saving to my del.icio.us. :)

greywing October 18 2006, 02:32:53 UTC

I'm glad you enjoyed your little detour. I was a little afraid that those snippets of conversations would be confusing, so it's good to hear it wasn't so horrible. =D And what is a del.icio.us?

daneorange October 18 2006, 04:17:15 UTC

i did :) maybe i'd detour some more :)

del.icio.us is a social bookmark collector of sorts. that's what i use to keep track of fics i like :) check it out -- http://del.icio.us :)

mesoterica October 16 2006, 22:01:56 UTC

Mmmmmmm, antagonism!sex :) I'm not even in this fandom, really, but I think you kind of just put me there.

greywing October 18 2006, 02:35:23 UTC

Mmmmmmm, antagonism!sex :)

Yes, exactly. =D

The fandom is actually kind of a small, which is sad, but the comics themselves have a ton of subtext if you're willing to read them through with goggles. jennyo has provided the proof of the subtext here (though not Helena/Babs--this pairing is kind... obscure).

minim_calibre October 17 2006, 02:00:59 UTC

Fabulous!

This is such a tricky pairing to get right--see also, piles of unfinished fic languishing in my notebooks--but you hit it out of the park.

greywing October 18 2006, 02:39:28 UTC

This is such a tricky pairing to get right--see also, piles of unfinished fic languishing in my notebooks

I completely understand the feeling; it took a lot of drafts before it stopped sounding so cheesy and lame (and the first draft was really cheesy and lame). Thanks for reading and I'm glad you liked it. =D