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So Joseph Quinn improvised Eddie’s last words “I love you, man” AND the golden line “Don’t ya, big boy?”

Her physical condition didn’t allow her to age

No one took her seriously as an actress

And even when she was trying to get into a happy romantic relationship (albeit with another villain) he still couldn’t take her seriously as a consenting, sexually active and romantically interested adult

That’s a lot of blows to someone’s psyche 

When Harley was re-institutionalized, he got her that dress she wanted.

In the comics based on B:tAS, there was a time during Christmas that there was snow and it was Mr. Freeze’s fault, and he was making it snow because Christmas was his anniversary with Nora and she LOVED it when it snowed on Christmas, so Batman let him finish mourning before calmly taking him back to Arkham.

He never, ever gives up on Harvey possibly recovering.

But instead, Batman sat with her on a swing and kept her company as the girl’s psychic powers slowly killed her.

No?

And what makes Noir a good style, is that the protagonist never gives up and allows themself to wallow in the darkness around them. The world is dark, and bleak, and cold hearted, yes. 

But the protagonist fights against that. 

Fights for their humanity. 

Claws their way out of that muck, and even if the ending is as dour and bleak as the world around them, the Noir Hero shoulders that burden and carries on. 

A battered lantern with a flickering light inside them. Refusing to let it burn out. 

I wanted to drop a recommendation for How You Leave by Dreadnought (the author of “Baghdad Waltz”). It’s a Bucky-centric canon divergence fic with Bucky escaping Hydra and joining SHEILD before Steve gets defrosted and being present for Steve’s integration into the modern world. Warning, it is tagged for Major Character Death. There is plenty of lead-up, so you’re prepared, but it’s still very emotional. I cried through the last 4 chapters.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers Characters: Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Pepper Potts, Thor (Marvel), Sarah Rogers (Marvel), Bruce Banner, Tony Stark Additional Tags: outsider pov, just living life in NYC, pandemic what pandemic, was supposed to be a Valentine’s Day fic but oops?, also thank you to all the doctors nurses medical workers essential workers, also the irony of this fic being called 9 Lives hasnt escaped me Series: Part 17 of 4 Minute Window Summary: