FIC: Gotham Nocturne (9/10)

[jij]

Title:  Gotham Nocturne:  Chapter Nine
Pairing/Characters:  Clark/Bruce
Disclaimer: The boys belong to DC and to each other, but not to me.
Series Notes:  Gotham Nocturne is part of The Music of the Spheres, a combined Superman Returns/Batman Begins series. The whole series can be found here. 
Rating: PG-13
Summary:  Superman, Batman, Crane and

Comments

[stinglikeabee]

YES! Gotham learns to share XD

Only a tiny bit disappointed there wasn't a full-on crazy Scarecrow, but the ending more than made up for it. Hope to see more of Waller, her threat was both frightening and funny!

[jij]

I share your disappointment at the lack of a full-on Scarecrow freakout, I'm afraid. There just got to be too much crammed into the chapter and his climax got shorted. :( Glad you liked it anyway though! :)

Yay, new chapter

[anonymous]

I know I haven't commented before so I thought I'd better fix that. I don't want to lurk forever.

Here's hoping this doesn't sound creepy.

I LOVE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES (and all of your other fanfiction as well). Every time I get on the computer I have to double check to see if maybe you've updated this time. Because you know who knows what could happen in the ten minutes since I last looked.

This chapter was awesome. I love your personification of Gotham, when it drowned out the music of the spheres, I practically bounced in my seat.

So it almost doesn't need to be said that I eagerly await your next chapter and I hope you have a wonderful time writing it.
TaTa
Gussiegal5

Re: Yay, new chapter

[jij]

Awwww. *blushes a lot* Thank you!

My Gotham owes huge amounts to starsandsea's take on her...I've had a lot of fun with her here and I'm glad she's been convincing! When it comes down to it, Bruce matters to her more than messing around with Kal. :) Thanks so much for the comment!

[arch_schatten]

Mroooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!

*rolls around* <3!

Bweeeeeee!!! Lol, I can't voice my joy at Gotham right now! what an awesome turn, to pair fear with fear, and let mortality win as the gift it *is*. Maaaaaan! there's a reason I usually wait to comment, because I make no sense when I finish reading, but I've been such a bad ferret, not coming back to comment, that no more! no moreee!

I love this so much, yay!

Oh, you take that, Waller. She's such a royal bitch, I can't help but like her and yet... yet dislike her so very much. GO LOIS!! that bluff was kickass, too, and I'm sure Lois isn't even scared of Waller. That stuff just doesn't run in the Planet. No siree. They are hardcore.

He saw the reflected Kal-Els drop to their knees, shuddering, and wondered dimly if they dropped in response to him or if he was kneeling because they were. Cause and effect were shattered like a mirror and nothing proceeded from anything, it was all now, unchanging, perpetual, static.I want to quote that whole fear section

[jij]

what an awesome turn, to pair fear with fear, and let mortality win as the gift it *is*

*dances* Dan totally gave me all of that--I was floundering at the beginning because I couldn't figure out what the point of the arc was, and he was like, "Shouldn't Gotham have a song of its own, that's different from the music of the spheres and that Kal can hear?" And...that was that. :)

And I kind of like to think that both fears, of mortality and of infinity, kind of balance each other in the end, not only Gotham turning a little less threatening, but maybe also the space?

There's definitely a feeling of balance, isn't there? At least I hope so. Maybe it will help with the space problems! It's a very good moment for Kal, although Superman still won't be mucking about in Gotham. :)

I love the theme of mortality not being a curse. It's one my favorite themes, and Gotham, oh Gotham. Gotham as entropy, you have my heart, kitten! <3! It will destroy itself, just like everyone there, and it's okay. To be terrible and beautiful.Heh, you

[aiyokusama]

You know, I've always foudn it darkly amusing that the most powerful man on the planet is so endlessly vulnerable. Where as the all too human Batman is a pillar of strength on so many (often unlikely) levels.

I'm glad Kal handled his fears, the method having some interesting psychological implications.

Sorry, I'm rambling. Thanks so much for writing this and looking forward to the next instalment.

So what IS Weller up to?

[jij]

You know, I've always foudn it darkly amusing that the most powerful man on the planet is so endlessly vulnerable. Where as the all too human Batman is a pillar of strength on so many (often unlikely) levels.

This series is really the place I've had the most fun playing that out to the extreme,　I think--but I agree that it's fascinating to find the ways in which Clark is far from perfect and the ways that Bruce is full of strength and passion and certainty. I...think I could do it better, but I'm having fun with the themes!

I think Weller's pretty much thwarted here for now, though I wouldn't be surprised if she eventually broke Scarecrow out of Arkham to enlist him. Talk about fighting fire with fire in the "war on terror"...

[vespa331]

Awww, Gotham saved Kal! &hearts See honey, she loves you too. She was just a little possessive for awhile.

[jij]

Gotham's not good at the "sharing thing." :) But...I think she knows Bruce would suffer if Kal were lost, so she's worked a compromise. :)

(I really never intended Gotham to become such a character in her own right in this series, but it works so well with this version of them...)