[DC] Rewiring

[runespoor7]

Title: Rewiring
Characters: Cass, Barbara, Bruce, minor cameos of others (Babs/Dick, implied Bruce/Jason)
Rating: PG-13
Summary: David Cain decided raising a cyborg was a better idea than having a daughter. (The inevitable “Man vs Robot War” AU.)
Notes: For au_bingo, theme 'Future: Cyberpunk'. This is a Christmas tale. I started writing it after Christmas

Comments

[lucific]

This was a wonderful read! Loved, loved it. :DD

[runespoor7]

Thanks, I'm really glad you liked it! Your icon is beautiful.

[drelfina]

This was interesting!

Cass is awesome and so much like Cass, and Oracle's...

I dunno, I think Batman would have said yes. Because the mission was always first. you know? But then I don't know what happened to Oracle.

And Dick. Poor, human, real Dick - and it seems like he's dead. :(

And Jason...

No Cass, I doubt Jason'd turn you down. But I think Jason would never forgive Bruce for retiring him like that.

[runespoor7]

I'm unsure about what Bruce would've said. Because yes, the mission comes first. But his relationship to cyborgs here is somewhat similar to his relationship to magic in canon, and he firmly takes a stand against that sort of unnatural, difficult to control stuff. Plus there's the fact that as shown here, as a cyborg he can no longer trust himself: his thoughts, memories, even personality can be tampered with, even if, Bruce being Bruce and brain chemistry still being something of a mystery, the changes made to his self try to reverse themselves over time.

Well, one day Batman died and Oracle found herself terribly, horribly short on manpower. It was after Dick had died, and Gotham needed a Batman. She was desperate. Robin and the Birds were doing what they could, but it was not enough. Tim didn't have enough experience, Huntress was an emotional rollercoaster at the time, and Black Canary operated a lot out of Gotham. And no-one would love Gotham or be Batman the way Bruce was. So she brought him back.

But I think Jason would never

[drelfina]

I wonder what would happen if Jason and Bruce DID meet now.

Except. I don't know! Bruce's memories could have been tempred with, but i doubt it, really. I bet Bruce is more or less himself, except cyborged.

And Cass is. So herself yet not. She's a cyborg and honsetly cannot understand humans, at least not at first. but now she's starting to understand a bit more.

[runespoor7]

When I have the slightest idea, I assure you the OpenOffice document will open itself.

He is, but if he knew it was possible for his mind to be rewritten without his knowing, he'd react badly. Not necessarily because he'd think Babs would take advantage of it, but because WHAT IF SOMEONE HACKS HIM AND GETS BATMAN WORKING AGAINST THE GOOD GUYS.

Plus there would be major icyness. Bruce trust Babs, and he'd take her betraying his wishes very badly on an emotional level. He'd pretend it's not personal, but of course everything's personal, with him (to quote Rucka).