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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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Date: 2005-02-04 07:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/__marcelo/
*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*

Date: 2005-02-04 07:19 am (UTC)
ext_6171: Nightwing pressing the back of a hand melodramatically to his brow (actually unconscious; cropped comic panel) (pointy evil grin)
From: [identity profile] buggery.livejournal.com
That is very wrong, and you have my permission to write a sequel.

Date: 2005-02-04 03:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jamjar.livejournal.com
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--

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