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Oct 30, 2006 13:31

Title: But he is mastered now
Summary: Batman is the good cop. It’s Robin you should be scared of.
Author’s Notes: Marcelo wrote this, and then he wrote me this in the comments. I. Really, I was totally helpless not to write a snippet of these Robins ( Read more... )

bruce, au, marcelo, jason, steph, tim, my fic, robins, dick

Comments 19

razorsmile October 29 2006, 21:08:12 UTC

Looks like he finally gave up right around Jason. Let them have their head, and such.

*brrrr*

katarik October 30 2006, 02:09:55 UTC

This world? No Red Hood. One day Jason just... started using guns. Not long after Steph came in. And it worked, and Jason never harmed anyone innocent, and it isn't as though Jason killing with a gun is any different than Tim killing with his hands or Steph killing with a knife. Or Dexter, or Dick.

This is, after all, a war, and you kill in war. Batman has only killed once, the Joker after Ethiopia, but Robin... the mobs and the gangs tell stories of what happens if you attack Robin. Batman's soldiers are *very* well-trained.

__marcelo October 29 2006, 21:14:17 UTC

*undying love*

I've come to think that Robin might be a bigger concept that Batman. Reading this, I can *feel* that; that world gives me goosebumps.

katarik October 30 2006, 02:10:43 UTC

The Scary Robin God approves.

And the Robins get deadlier. Things just *shift* in a Gotham whose heroes will kill.

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katarik October 30 2006, 02:14:34 UTC

:D :D :D and also ♥

... This is me hiding under the bed.

This is *also* me not contemplating at ALL Slade/Dick in this world, nope! And also not being obsessive.

After Jason recovered, Tim offered Robin back, and Jason just laughed. The next day, there were *two* Robins out on Gotham's rooftops, and Batman smiled.

rubynye October 29 2006, 23:26:12 UTC

Am I a horrible person, that all I can see are the ways this is better than canon? I can't even disapprove.

Oh, Robins.

katarik October 30 2006, 02:15:36 UTC

None of *these* Robins ever died. Joker did. Black Mask did. Blockbuster did.

I can't help but ponder a Cass coming to this Gotham, though...

razorsmile October 30 2006, 02:24:13 UTC

She'd end up having to kill them all -- but they'd know that so Jason'd have to put a PSG round through her head from a mile away.

katarik October 30 2006, 02:35:03 UTC

fkskjsdskdsfds

I am *totally* making Marcelo write that.

Thread 8

brown_betty October 31 2006, 01:12:32 UTC

I'm trying to figure out the underpinnings of this world. Is it that Batman doesn't allow himself to kill, but he allows it in Robin? Are there specific rules for when and how? The thing is, Batman loves his Robins, and he has looked the other way for Jason and Dick, and even Tim, or at least, put a lot of work into interpreting marginal cases in their favour, and it's a bit scary how close this is to canon.

katarik October 31 2006, 01:16:54 UTC

Batman has allowed himself to kill only once; he killed the Joker after Jason almost died.

Marcelo's premise, Dexter as the first Robin, altered Batman's perceptions of the following Robins. If you start with a sociopath, you're more accepting of future Robins wanting to kill. IMO, at any rate. They're *supposed* to only kill for the Mission -- the Code of Batman, if you will -- but that line gets blurrier and blurrier as time goes on.

W00t! I'm glad the extrapolation didn't seem too out there.

Batman near-worships his Robins. Bruce is a little leerier, but also more in love.