FIC: How The Dark Knight Rises is Not Going to End

[tarradiddle12]

Title: How The Dark Knight Rises is Not Going to End
Continuity: Batman: Nolan movie-verse (ish)
Characters: Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle, John Blake, Bane, Ra's Al Ghul, Talia Al Ghul, Plus Special Guest Stars!
Pairings: Implied Bruce/Selina, Implied Bruce/Talia
Rating: PG (violence)
Genre: Angst, Humor
Word Count: 2,550

Summary: When Bane's assault on

Comments

[rileyc]

Try, try again...

First, hope you don't mind that I've rec'd this on my LJ. :)

Second: Wheee...! Something tells me a whole lot of us would be thrilled out out of socks if the movie ended that way. And I like the movies. It's just that the way they have Bruce so isolated, no other heroes even mentioned, let alone a hint of a Robin, sometimes I want to ask, "Why so serious?"

If Bruce just survives the movie, that will be a triumph, but it's hard to even get my hopes up about that. :/

Thus, this story is a delightful what-if treat, and my favorite part is when Bruce wakes up from the dream. Dick! J'onn! Other heroes! Bruce helping out Clark! Perfect!

Actually, though, I lie. My favorite part? This: “I don't know why,” he murmured into the empty room, “but I think that you might owe me something, Detective.” Poor Ra's...

Thank you for this.

[tarradiddle12]

Thanks! I'm glad folks other than me are a little tired of darkity-dark movie Bats. I've enjoyed the movies, but they take a far back seat to comics and animation as far as favorite versions of the characters go.

There are a few ways Nolan can go to "end the legend." Most obvious is to kill Bruce, which is part of why I don't actually think they'll do it. More likely he has to really retire from being Batman, due to, say, crippling injury and/or birth of a child (why hello, Catwoman and/or Talia) That's one of my actual hypotheses.

But yes, I'm quite flattered that you liked my little amusement enough to recommend it. Thank you!

[athena_phoenix]

I'm not going to comment on the movie. :) But I really enjoyed your story, and echo your wish for a less-lonely Bruce.

[tarradiddle12]

Yeah, I read your quick review and I think we're going to disagree about this movie. ;) But thanks for the comment, I'm glad you liked this!