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nevermore999

Crisis of Infinite Batgirls update

Sep 26, 2010 22:39

After making sure he was properly trussed and sedated, they set the Joker up in the barest room they could find, where he was away from any sharp objects . After some conferring, Babs left to contact the police and Arkham to sort things out with them, trusting Cass to be able to keep an eye on him. Cass might be all insecure about whether Babs ( Read more... )

barbara gordon, fanfic, cassandra cain, stephanie brown, fic: crisis of infinite batgirls, my writing

Comments 5

the_narration September 28 2010, 06:16:37 UTC

Well-written as always, Nev.

Joker getting into Steph's head was... disturbing. (But in a good way. Very effective writing.) He shouldn't know all those things that he uses to trigger her PTSD flashback, but somehow he does... not sure if Time Lapse gave him her complete biography or if his insanity somehow lets him absorb the information from the time shifts. And of course Steph responds to being hurt by going on the offensive, because that's who she is. The comics have dodged the issue of trauma from what Steph went through, so it's gratifying to see a story tackling it.

I also really wish that we could get to have these sorts of moments of friendship and affection between Cass and Steph in the comics. DC seems determined not to allow it these last few years.

Now I'm going to be thinking about how awesome it would be to see Cass fight dinosaurs. :-)

nevermore999 September 29 2010, 16:40:42 UTC

Thanks!

And yeah, it was a combination of information from Lapse and the time shifts- a couple times in DC it seems like the Joker's insanity allows him to remember crossovers that have been wiped from everyone's memory/Pre Crisis shit, so I just went with that- but he's not alone in remembering stuff, both Babs and Cass got flashes from their future.

Yeah, more Cass and Steph is needed stat. That's really why I started writing this, actually. Anyway, glad you enjoyed!

k9feline September 29 2010, 05:59:56 UTC

Great scene between Steph and the Joker. Inadvertantly has one of the best explanations for the Joker/Harley Quinn relationship I've seen. The Joker knows Harley is superb in the crime business, but deliberately puts her down, because he knows she has the potential to outclass him ( ... )

nevermore999 September 29 2010, 16:48:10 UTC

Glad you enjoyed ( ... )

bluejaybirdie September 30 2010, 01:51:24 UTC

I'm sorry I failed as a beta, but your writing rocks so you didn't really need me anyway :)

stupid life getting in the way of fandom

I love this story, and look forward to your next post!