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[harborshore]

I'm stealing a meme from colouredmango (who is borrowing my brain for the evening, btw, and has promised to feed and care for it properly--no, don't ask) and liketheroad.

Ask me about a pairing I have written (or haven't and you think I should write) and I will give you five facts about them or a ficlet or a song that is CLEARLY THEIR SONG or their wedding china pattern, etc etc! Let's say this one is any fandom/band/etc that you can reasonably assume that I'm familiar with, yeah? Familiar meaning, you know, having heard of them.

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[harborshore.livejournal.com]

FAVORITE. So this is set in that Bob-meets-Batman verse, in which they later find out Lyn-Z has some weird meta abilities. (She can generate enough heat to melt her way through walls, among other things.) I don't know whether you wanted younger Babs, in which case I will gladly write you another version later?


Barbara pinches the bridge of her nose. Really now, she dealt with one angry and violent former vigilante on a regular basis, did the universe really have to dump an angry teenager who is a lot like Helena AND has a very odd meta ability on her? Jesus. So far, this week has so far brought three really violent bank robberies, two escapes from Arkham, and a really unnecessary scolding from Batman--Lindsey Ballato is really not what Barbara needs right now.

"Let's try that again," she says. "You melted through the wheel of Robin's motorcycle because--"

Lindsey's mouth tightens. "If he hadn't told me to go home and leave the crime fighting to the real heroes, I wouldn't have touched his stupid bike."

"Strictly speaking you didn't. Touch it, I mean." Ha, that was definitely a grin, there. So this girl is proud of her meta abilities then.

"I suppose not."

Barbara sighs. "Look, I can't let you do this--it's too dangerous."

That earns her a very skeptical look. "You're not saying that because I'm a girl, right? It's not like you're not fighting crime, or that woman who picked me up--it's Huntress, right?"

The latter is addressed at Helena, who utterly fails not to look delighted that Lindsey's proving to be a bit difficult. Helena must have noticed the resemblance too, then.

Lindsey turns back to Barbara, suddenly looking very serious. "I'm not saying this is easy or cool or anything," she says. "I get that it's probably the dumbest thing I could be doing if I want to live until I'm 25."

Oh god, she's even younger than Barbara thought, and it hurts.

"But look, I have these abilities, and I can't not use them. I was on my own and a lot of shit almost happened to me, and I saw a lot of crap happen to friends of mine who were also on their own, and I can't not, okay? I can't not."

And Barbara meant to say no when they started this discussion, she meant to send Lindsey home to the relative safety of her apartment in a really shitty neighborhood, but somehow, somehow she decides Lindsey Ballato just might be the real thing. She's trying not to see the ghost of her insignia on Lindsey's jacket, but she calls Cass in, because if she's letting Lindsey do this, she's going to get her the best.

Lindsey's bright-eyed, standing so tall, and the ache in Barbara might just be turning cleaner, clearer. This might just work.

"You need a name," she says, and she still can't believe what she's saying. But she can't help it; Lindsey Ballato is so clearly born to fly, and more importantly, she can see her getting back up. Again and again and again.

[blindmouse.livejournal.com]

Lindsey Ballato is so clearly born to fly, and more importantly, she can see her getting back up. Again and again and again.

♥ ♥

I know so little about the DC verse, but this is perfect.

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

The two of them, oh man, they are so great. It's--I don't read a lot of comics, but Birds of Prey, the issues Gail Simone wrote, my god, they're so full of strong women and revisiting of old and stupid storylines and making them better, and thinking about Lyn-Z in that world, ah, too perfect. And ♥, you.

[nokomis305.livejournal.com]

Oh this is PERFECT! Babs dealing with Lyn-Z in all her glory, and Lyn-Z being so determined and fierce. The thing that got me was She's trying not to see the ghost of her insignia on Lindsey's jacket, because yes, yes, exactly that dynamic. ♥__♥

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

I think I wrote that prompt in that way just so I could write that line, because couldn't you just see it? The way they, if they could meet in the right way, oh man, they'd be so glorious. And ♥, you, I love writing you DCU fusion stories.

[crowgirl13.livejournal.com]

All I have for this is: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! \o/
Oh yeah, it's so easy to see this...

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Isn't it? THEM, seriously.