Comments | runespoor7: [DC] People in the city

runespoor7

[DC] People in the city

Mar 06, 2009 18:49

Title: People in the city
Fandom: DC
Rating: PG
Summary: Anyplace else, it'd be quirks.
Notes: I'm not entirely happy with this, but I don't know how to make it better.

( The sports fan supporting the Knights and wearing dark T-shirts. )

fandom: dc comics, gen, gotham, batman, fic

Comments 12

daggerpen March 6 2009, 19:59:11 UTC

I like it- really paints a very vivid picture.

"The girl who ran from the city when she was half-dead and who will only not return when she's dead-dead. The boy who returned anyway."

I love this line.

runespoor7 March 7 2009, 10:46:35 UTC

My love for the Even Robins, let me show you it.

Glad you liked! :D

22by7 March 6 2009, 20:31:32 UTC

it's a little like Gotham City if Neil Gaiman had been writing all about it. really makes me wish i lived there, more than usual, that is.

runespoor7 March 7 2009, 11:15:24 UTC

Thank you.

really makes me wish i lived there, more than usual, that is.
That -- still seems a little dangerous. (Gotham, the city with so many survival tricks and rituals it's evolved into a city-wide church to madness. This is Gotham, I know I know.)

But I'm certainly glad I can write Gotham's PR!

ivy_chan March 6 2009, 22:31:47 UTC

Very visual, very visceral, and your descriptions take my breath away. It says a lot without needing many words.

runespoor7 March 7 2009, 19:52:44 UTC

I really wanted to show the many little things that characterize Gotham, and Gotham is just so special that they don't need that much development. Thank you for letting me know it worked!

ava_jamison March 7 2009, 03:14:48 UTC

The clown who edits his act for every trip to that city.

Wow. Nice!

runespoor7 March 7 2009, 19:55:26 UTC

I've always wondered at the circuses that keep on visiting Gotham even after the thing with Dick's parents and when the premier crazy in the city is a clown. I know this clown edits his act mostly out of respect for the inhabitants of the city, however; there are so many jokes they'd find in bad taste.

mithen March 7 2009, 08:14:11 UTC

Love the details--both the mundane ones and the ones that could only happen in Gotham. Especially love the bookendings of the girl running to the city and the girl running away, and the clown who edits his act--wonderful. The last line is beautiful too.

runespoor7 March 7 2009, 20:03:33 UTC

Well, they all have a meaning specific to Gotham. The father listening to his daughter's laughter, for instance, was once taken as a hostage by the Joker. >_>

Especially love the bookendings of the girl running to the city and the girl running away, and the clown who edits his act--wonderful.
I wanted to show how Gotham is a mix of hope and despair, thus the girl and the mention of Steph. The clown edits his act out of respect for the Gothamites - there's a lot of jokes they wouldn't find funny at all.

The last line is because that's the strongest bond they can have to this city and the main reason why a lot of them haven't left yet. I'm glad you liked! :)