Static Shock / Batman:TAS story: "The Year of Living"

[mtgat]

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The Year of Living
a Static Shock / Batman:TAS story
by Merlin Missy
copyright 2005
PG-13
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Comments

[thete1]

Oh, this was just heartbreaking and perfect for a post-RotJ story. I can see it going this way, and it makes me want to punch things.

And redouble my efforts to decide that no, actually, RotJ *isn't* canon. Heh.

And yay! Static boys!

[mtgat]

Thanks! :) Half of me hopes they decide to retcon RotJ out of canon, and half thinks "But, it was so *good*!" *is torn in two, falls apart at keyboard, makes resultant mess on carpet*

The mainstream DCAU needs their own Titans or YJ, just so Virgil and Richie can be auxiliary members or something.

[thete1]

*hee heee*

I UNDERSTAND THIS MESS. I... well, I've spoken at length in my own lj about my ambivalence over RotJ.

I'm with them *right* up until the aftermath of Timmy's Jokerization.

Yes, there has to be consequences. *Yes*, Bruce would bench him -- probably. (I have a LOT of questions about that, frankly, but I can go with the idea.) Where they lose me is with the idea that Tim lets himself *be* benched -- which is another reason why this story absolutely worked for me -- because Robins die, and Robins quit, and Robins change, and Robins even get fired.

But it never actually sticks. In any universe. Even Dick still thinks of himself as Robin pretty often.

Even *Jason* does, and he's *dead*, you know?

[mtgat]

Even *Jason* does, and he's *dead*, you know?

LOL! Um, yes.

I can go with Bruce benching him, because they were trying to tie up the loose ends of the series. (And ignored Dick and Selina completely in the process, but what can you do.) But when you're Batfamily, that's damage that lingers, and it's actually healthier to be getting it out via the whole vigilante thing. For certain careful definitions of "healthier."

[impactbomb]

Dude.

This is so totally canon for me like "Beyond the Veil" was.

Because it's just too damn perfect that I can't *see* it any other way.

[mtgat]

Cool. *creates fanon* ;) I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[impactbomb]

And your icon is hilarious. Where's it from?

[mtgat]

Here. It's a little story dotsomething and I wrote a few months back.

[djonn]

Whoof.

It's work like this -- meaning work this d*mned good -- that drives a lot of my personal theories about the nature of collective-universe storytelling, "fanfic" being a label of increasingly less use in defining all of what's out there. In qualitative terms (and in terms of quality, which is not exactly the same thing), there's no practical distinction between this piece and the stories that have made it to screen, save the minor matter of prose-form vs. script.

Well done.

[djonn]

Aside: When did it get to be February (per datestamp on the last couple of posts)?

Of course, having perfected time travel, you're expected to look up appropriate winning lotto numbers for the last part of January and send them to all of us on your friendslist. [This will require a number of different number-sets from different drawing dates in different states, so that we don't all have to split the same jackpot....]

[mtgat]

You I'm gonna respond to when I have more time, but I just checked. I think the computer's calendar got reset somehow. Should be fixed now.

[djonn]

Darn, and here I was so hoping that you really had perfected time travel....

(Yup, January again now.)

[grey_bard]

Damn. Now *that's* how it's done. The finest bit of Static future fic I've ever seen, and riiiiight up there for B:ATS - BB gap filler fic. Really, really nice.

[mtgat]

Thank you! *is still almost hoping it gets tossed into an AU but we'll see*

[marag]

Timmmmay!!! ::cries::

Okay, I'm better now.

Seriously, this was great. I love the guys from Static Shock and I loved seeing how you mixed them in with poor little post-RotJ Tim. Good stuff.

[mtgat]

*comfort*

You understand, I blame you and Te equally for my weird Tim fixation, right?

[marag]

Ha! And I blame Te, so it looks like it all comes down to being Te's fault, doesn't it? ::snerk::

[mtgat]

Apparently many things are. ;)