Batman and Melodrama

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous, and tag as many people as you have WIPs. People send an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and you post a snippet or tell them something about it!

I got tagged by @rubydubydoo122 (thanks!) and I'm too shy to tag people lmao so if you see this and want to play considered yourself tagged by me.

I'll just include three of my completely unposted WIPs that are in various stages of "done." So in order from most likely to post soon to least likely:

Hope and Other Dangerous Ideas (Spider-Man) (5 chapters completed, good outline, solid direction)

Vienna Waits for You (Spider-Man) (One chapter completed, decent outline but not sure where it's going exactly)

While I would find it hard to pick a favourite, I think I can manage it if i cheat and pick two — Jason and the Three Terrors and Reclaiming Innocence. I'm rereading J&TT right now and I love how Jason and... well, the three terrors xD... are written! And RI just makes me SO emotional every time I read it 😭.

Thank you so much for writing all these wonderful stories and sharing them for people to enjoy! ❤️

P.S. it was cool to find out that you're a Christian too! Not that I wouldn't like you if you weren't, its just nice to find an awesome Christian writer online :D

Thank you so much!!!! That's major praise that someone not into fanfic liked it, too!!! Wow.

I love Jason and his little brood of brats a LOT too!

Thanks!!!! I’ve been really enjoying this era of writing. It’s been several years since I just followed my muse and I forgot how fast I could write when doing so. Honestly I think not all kidnappings are bad was the last time I really did this, and I still think wistfully about my time writing that 😂

I don’t have plans for a crossover, no. Can’t really say I’ve thought about it much either, however Dark Matter was the fic I read that pushed me back into the Spiderman fandom a couple months ago lmao so if you haven’t read that one you definitely should.

I’ve mostly been flitting between two long fics I’m working on:

one a time travel with the whole stark family +peter post endgame (Tony lives) where they meet Howard and Maria and burnout and giving up are the main themes Peter and Tony are dealing with,

and the other one alternate meeting Tony & Peter that’s got something similar to the vigilante registration act from Smallville (and superhero registration act from civil war the actual comics, and mutant registration from xmen… this is such a common trope lol) looming over Peter’s head to the point Peter’s pretty lackadaisical about his own life and it freaks Tony out enough to get his butt in gear to fix it.

I love your Reclaiming Innocence story(s) so much. I really appreciate how you’re able to cover such intense/dark topics without going into graphic detail (and the comfort as well!!). I’ve actually considered printing them out to put in a binder so that I know I’ll always have it; I think I’d be extremely distraught if you ever deleted it for some reason 😅.

Anyways sorry went on a mini ramble there, but I just wanted to say that I love the story. It’s been a big comfort to me (the comfort parts, at least).

Aww! I’m glad you like them so much, I love that story a lot and I look forward to when my muse gets back to it so I can finish it! (Which I WILL one day!!!)

Did Bruce/Batman see the images of Jason ‘working’ or was it the police who later found those images? I imagine Jason would be deeply upset if it was the former; would he be able to recover from knowing that at where he is in the story (Reclaiming Innocence) now?

ugh what a rough topic! Poor Jason!!! I actually cover that in chapter 2 that I just have not been able to figure out and get written. (its just so dark I always go uh no thanks im done now so it's just not been finished) but yeah Bruce saw a little bit. I think in the chapter I have him end up throwing up he gets so disturbed by literally a frame or two of video. He wrote a computer program to block out Jason entirely and anything bad so he could focus on just the faces of the men in the videos.

Excerpt:

“Tim,” Bruce sighed deeply, “At this point, I am afraid for your safety. You need to tell me what’s going on, so we can address it.” 

“My safety,” Tim asked incredulously. What on earth did that possibly mean?

Bruce nodded seriously and said, “Yes. You are scaring me, son. If it’s nothing to be worrying about, then please tell me what it is, so I can stop.” 

All Tim could do was blink at Bruce. 

“Okay,” Bruce sighed, as he looked away from Tim and at the fireplace, “Here’s the pieces I have: You said I was ruining your life. You said you can’t go to Gotham anymore, and that your life was over. Why is your life over?” He looked back at Tim. 

Tim averted his eyes and crossed his arms tighter. He shouldn’t have said any of that to Bruce. He should have kept his stupid mouth shut.