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buggery ([personal profile] buggery) wrote2005-02-04 09:09 am
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another drabble

Yesterday, leavening a post of LOVE with a bit of peeve, Te complained about stories in which Robin-bashing words are put into the mouths or minds of other characters as a way of (allegedly more so than in practice, I think) making another Robin look better by comparison.

After reading her post, I decided to express my agreement in the form of a satirical drabble. For your reading and my archiving convenience, I'm re-posting the little slip of a story here, with a shiny new title appended.


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He should be relieved to have Tim back. Appreciative of the hard work the boy has put into re-establishing his abilities, the hard work he'd done in years previous to hone those abilities in the first place.

It's not that he still resents Tim for quitting (though there's a small, petty voice in his mind urging him to, to feel betrayed and abandoned) -- he understood the necessity.

Yet he can't help, looking at Tim now, back in the suit (*his* first, after all), but view his hips as too slim, his chest oddly and disappointingly flat, his hair stiff and dark.


I almost feel like a disclaimer is called for, but... well. I did say it was satire. q:


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[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/__marcelo/ 2005-02-04 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
*SNORT* I truly, truly didn't see that coming.

If Bruce asks, Tim would probably pad and wear Steph's suit, wouldn't he?

*head explodes at image of WRONG*
ext_6171: Nightwing pressing the back of a hand melodramatically to his brow (actually unconscious; cropped comic panel) (pointy evil grin)

[identity profile] buggery.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
That is very wrong, and you have my permission to write a sequel.

[identity profile] jamjar.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
This is *Tim*. Bruce probably wouldn't have to ask, Tim would just pick it up. Start showing up with subtle highlights, growing his hair a bit, until one day--

[identity profile] ex-siviusx805.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
I had about three concurrent responses to this, once it finally clicked in my head:

a. Oh noes! This Bruce is into *girls*?
b. Hey! There is nothing wrong with Tim's hips.
c. I wonder how long it'll take for Bill Willingham to write this.

And then my brain broke.
ext_6171: Nightwing pressing the back of a hand melodramatically to his brow (actually unconscious; cropped comic panel) (Ass Sexy Dick)

[identity profile] buggery.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
Well, whether Bruce was actually attracted to any Robin(s) is left ambiguous. He could just be speaking, you know, aesthetically.

I'm picturing little springs bursting out of your head like a Swiss-movement watch.

*laughing...crying...whatever...*

[identity profile] reilael.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 10:53 am (UTC)(link)
*remains quite dead*
ext_6171: Nightwing pressing the back of a hand melodramatically to his brow (actually unconscious; cropped comic panel) (Default)

Re: *laughing...crying...whatever...*

[identity profile] buggery.livejournal.com 2005-03-17 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
::revives you so that your emotional reactions may continue::
ext_2822: (So.  Wrong.)

[identity profile] metron-ariston.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
*hee hee hee*

That manippy thingie Livia posted somewhere (somewhere I can't /find/, argh) in the last week with Tim-as-Steph-as-Robin makes for an interesting sort of sequel.

ext_6171: Nightwing pressing the back of a hand melodramatically to his brow (actually unconscious; cropped comic panel) (fanartists love Dick)

[identity profile] buggery.livejournal.com 2005-03-17 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
::snickering:: Yes, it does. Disturbing, but interesting.
ext_1630: Didn't make this. (Default)

[identity profile] nuptse.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Honestly, when I first read this, I thought 'Jason' for some odd reason.
Then, my brain kicked in and I did a self-thwap.

[identity profile] cyanei.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, I thought the same thing. : P
ext_6171: Nightwing pressing the back of a hand melodramatically to his brow (actually unconscious; cropped comic panel) (his alien thing's so big...)

[identity profile] buggery.livejournal.com 2005-03-17 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
...Was it maybe something I said in the notes setting up that expectation?
ext_6171: Nightwing pressing the back of a hand melodramatically to his brow (actually unconscious; cropped comic panel) (BOOBIES! (Dick/Jason) man-cleavage)

[identity profile] buggery.livejournal.com 2005-03-17 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I...

::flails::

Jason *did* have firm pecs and a nice curvy arse, and fair hair before Crisis, but...

[identity profile] badficwriter.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't. Stop. Laughing.

It...does seem wrong that Bruce likes *boobies*...::snort::
ext_6171: Nightwing pressing the back of a hand melodramatically to his brow (actually unconscious; cropped comic panel) (Cass/Steph [blank by Te])

[identity profile] buggery.livejournal.com 2005-03-17 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I never said he likes tham like THAT...