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thete1 (thete1) wrote,
@ 2008-08-04 12:40:00

Current mood:	amused
Current music:	Velvet Underground: "Pale Blue Eyes"
Entry tags:	fan-fiction: all, fan-fiction: dc comicsverse, genre: yes, series: the young and the battish

The old earth spins
The old earth spins
by Te
August 1, 2008

Disclaimers: No one and nothing here is mine.

Spoilers/Timeline: AU-ized references to older storylines. Meant to take place not long before Tim's fifteenth birthday.

Summary: Tim pwns, Jason copes, and Bruce has a very good day.

Ratings Note/Warnings: Sexual content which does and does not dovetail neatly with the content some readers may find to be disturbing.

Author's Note: Third in The Young and the Battish series, starting a few weeks after the end of "A wondrous mirror." Will *not* make sense without the others.

Acknowledgments: To Pixie, Mildred, and Jack for audiencing, encouragement, hand-holding, and tireless efforts to make me keep writing in a language comprehensible to more than just the voices in my head.

Story goes *here*.

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	teaotter 2008-08-05 12:25 pm UTC (link)
	I've only just started -- I'll leave something more coherent later, when I've actually had a chance to read the whole thing, but -- squee! This Tim and Jason are so cute together, I am so glad you wrote more of them! (Reply to this) (Thread)

teaotter
2008-08-19 09:41 pm UTC (link)

Now that I've had a chance to read this all through, I wanted to come back and tell you -- it's wonderful!

If this isn't the least fucked-up version of the Batfamily I've read, it's definitely in the top three. They manage to handle a lot of potentially dangerous emotional space without shutting each other down or out very much at all -- certainly a new high score on that level. They're *open* with each other in a way I'm not used to seeing, and it worked very well for me.

I am intensely fond of Tim here, and her issues, which manage to be both classically Tim *and* classically trans at the same time. And I love her relationship with Barbara.

I was surprised that the resolution of Jason's issues about intergenerational sex were so... hmm, I'm failing to find a decent word. Something like 'non-profound'? Despite the fact that "I'll just refuse to let my issues drive me off until hopefully I figure out a way around them" is the only solution I've seen in real life, I was somehow expecting something much more... dramatic? I'm not sure that I would have actually *preferred* anything different, mind you. Or even what it would have been. This story flows together well enough that I have a hard time seeing it having gone any other way.

And I must add that I am *glad* that they all ended up in bed (and elsewhere) together, because OMG those three were melting my screen. Bruce's first kiss with Jason, followed by the one with Tim -- so much *heat* and *flailing* in the very best ways. Um. The pommel horse. Yes.

So. You make me UTTERLY INCOHERENT with GLEE. I wanted you to know.

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thete1
2008-11-06 12:51 am UTC (link)

Now that I've had a chance to read this all through, I wanted to come back and tell you -- it's wonderful!

\o/

If this isn't the least fucked-up version of the Batfamily I've read, it's definitely in the top three. They manage to handle a lot of potentially dangerous emotional space without shutting each other down or out very much at all -- certainly a new high score on that level. They're *open* with each other in a way I'm not used to seeing, and it worked very well for me.

Batgirl makes things *better*. *laughs* Okay, so I'm simplifying *and* making shit up, but what else is fanfic *for*? Seriously, the Batverse was an infinitely happier place before Babs got shot, and that's a thought I find just a little too compelling -- even though I love Oracle more than I loved Babs' Batgirl. Good thing there's a Tim around! *laughs*

I am intensely fond of Tim here, and her issues, which manage to be both classically Tim *and* classically trans at the same time. And I love her relationship with Barbara.

*purrrr* I'm so glad that *worked*. It was deeply *weird* to write Tim that way -- not least because it *did* work in my head.

I was surprised that the resolution of Jason's issues about intergenerational sex were so... hmm, I'm failing to find a decent word. Something like 'non-profound'? Despite the fact that "I'll just refuse to let my issues drive me off until hopefully I figure out a way around them" is the only solution I've seen in real life, I was somehow expecting something much more... dramatic?

Heh. You're not the only one who was surprised -- trust me. I really don't know *why* it worked that way. I mean, as soon as I finished the previous story, I knew how they'd manage to talk themselves into the threesome, but I still didn't expect it to *go* that way. *flails around* Everything's better with Batgirl? Maybe? *laughs*

And I must add that I am *glad* that they all ended up in bed (and elsewhere) together, because OMG those three were melting my screen. Bruce's first kiss with Jason, followed by the one with Tim -- so much *heat* and *flailing* in the very best ways. Um. The pommel horse. Yes.

So. You make me UTTERLY INCOHERENT with GLEE. I wanted you to know.

Yayy! *ahahaha* I must admit, those two first kisses made my eyes cross a bit while I was writing them, because... buh. Bruce. Guh. Yes, well.

Bruce should always have a pile of people on top of him. They don't *have* to be his children, too, but... it seems to help!

Thanks for the great feedback! *snugs*

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