FIC: The Staccato Sound of Typing (MotS)

[jij]

Title:  The Staccato Sound of Typing
Pairing/Characters: Barbara Gordon, Jim Gordon, Superman, Batman
Disclaimer: The boys belong to DC and to each other, but not to me.
Notes: A stand-alone story in the series "Music of the Spheres." Other stories and notes on the series here.
Rating: G
Summary:  A night in the life of Barbara Gordon at eight years old

Comments

[starsandsea]

I just have to say that I loved this. Loved it, loved it, loved it. *squees* Babs is such a fangirl! :D I'll come back...sometime, lol, and comment better on it. *goes away, grinning very happily*

[jij]

This universe's Barbara holds a special place in my heart because it's really a huge AU--she's too young, there's no Dick, she'll never be Batgirl--and yet she manages to retain Barbara-ness to me (I hope!) I love her fangirl heart, though. :) (And I might empathize with her social life being on the Internet!)

[toketsupuurin]

She'll never be batgirl? aw... at the very least I can see her becoming Oracle. You've really got an adorable Babs here.

Not to mention she's obviously brilliant (might I suggest possibly more brilliant than most other incarnations of her are portrayed?) I could so completely see her figuring out a good part of what's really going on.

*begs for more.*

[jij]

She'll never be batgirl? aw... at the very least I can see her becoming Oracle. You've really got an adorable Babs here.

Yeah, this is a strange AU...only three costumed crimefighters in the whole arc. But I do think she'll be stepping up to the Oracle role later.

And also yes, I think she's going to figure out the situation and then give the boys a fairly serious runaround, lol. Though if she's this bright at eight, I doubt I'll be able to write her realistically at eighteen!

[marag]

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::is dead of squee::

[jij]

*smooshes Babs and Mara together*

Thank you!

[greeneyelove]

Wonderful. FanGirl!Babs is perfect. I like the look at the family life, too.

Great job!

[jij]

The tiny moment of Gordon's apartment we got to see in the movie piqued my curiosity. And I'm so glad you like fangirl!Babs! *snugs her* She was fun to write...

[dm_wyatt]

I loved this...

So cute that Barbara is such a fangirl, she's even got sock-puppets to stir things up.

*grins*

[jij]

Eeeeeeee at your icon! LOL!

Barbara got started with the online shenanigans early here--Glad you liked her! I'm very fond of the crazy redhead...

[dm_wyatt]

*grins*

Yeah, I'm a sock-puppet just not here...

My other alias doens't use LJ at all.

Well, maybe she's used LJ once or twice but she's a fairly BNF over in Smallville land and I wanted to keep that part of my online life seperate from the fanfic part... If that makes sense.

Anyway, I do like your Babs a lot. She's a very precocious 8 year old!

This was a fun little story...

[htbthomas]

Wow, I love little!Oracle. She rocks. I love how you show her amazing intellect and maturity at such an early age here, and combine it with her Batman love.

In your mind, does this Barbara go on to be Batgirl then Oracle? Or something else entirely?

[jij]

Wee!Oracle! :) I had a really hard time deciding how smart she might be at eight and finally decided what the heck, she could be blisteringly bright.

This Barbara skips Batgirl (and the shooting) and goes straight to being Oracle eventually, I believe. The details are still percolating a bit... :)

Thanks so much for reading and commenting!