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crack_van2005-12-14 05:49 am
apathocles.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2005-12-14 05:49 am
Heart, Humble by Brown Betty (PG)
Fandom: DC COMICS
Pairing: N/A
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brown_betty
Author Website: Author's page at The Archive at the End of the Universe
Why this must be read:
I must admit, I'm surprised that I'm even getting to rec this story – I fully expected someone else to snap it up before I got the chance.
Top-quality genfic can be difficult to find in this fandom, but when it's good, it's damned good. This is one of my favourites, and it's about a character I don't usually have an enormous amount of interest in: Jack Drake, father of Tim, the third Robin. Jack is generally fairly hard-done-by in canon; the people making the books seem to have trouble just getting his appearance consistent, let alone his characterisation.
When Jack discovered that his son was moonlighting as Robin, and subsequently banned him from further crime-fighting, we got to see precious little of how Jack and Tim dealt with the aftermath. This story deals with these issues in a way that is emotionally satisfying, but not overly sentimental; there are no quick fixes or easy answers. The interactions here are far more real than any of the grim-and-gritty so-called 'realism' we've been getting from DC of late, and Jack gets more depth in this one story than he probably ever did in canon.
This story about fathers and sons fills in the Identity Crisis gaps beautifully. I recommend it to anyone – even if you're not overly familiar with the characters, the themes are universal.
Heart, Humble
Pairing: N/A
Author on LJ:
brown_bettyAuthor Website: Author's page at The Archive at the End of the Universe
Why this must be read:
I must admit, I'm surprised that I'm even getting to rec this story – I fully expected someone else to snap it up before I got the chance.
Top-quality genfic can be difficult to find in this fandom, but when it's good, it's damned good. This is one of my favourites, and it's about a character I don't usually have an enormous amount of interest in: Jack Drake, father of Tim, the third Robin. Jack is generally fairly hard-done-by in canon; the people making the books seem to have trouble just getting his appearance consistent, let alone his characterisation.
When Jack discovered that his son was moonlighting as Robin, and subsequently banned him from further crime-fighting, we got to see precious little of how Jack and Tim dealt with the aftermath. This story deals with these issues in a way that is emotionally satisfying, but not overly sentimental; there are no quick fixes or easy answers. The interactions here are far more real than any of the grim-and-gritty so-called 'realism' we've been getting from DC of late, and Jack gets more depth in this one story than he probably ever did in canon.
This story about fathers and sons fills in the Identity Crisis gaps beautifully. I recommend it to anyone – even if you're not overly familiar with the characters, the themes are universal.
Heart, Humble
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