If DC Comics had been British...
Oct. 15th, 2006 04:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
speaker_to_customersHere is a stupid little drabble in a non-Buffyverse fandom. Probably more for British and Australian readers than Americans. 100 words, of course.
Wayne Manor, Gotham, Nottinghamshire. Bruce Wayne had inherited the mansion after his parents’ murder by muggers. His first attempt to seek revenge as a vigilante had been a dismal failure. The muggers had kicked him savagely in the shins.
“Criminals are cowardly,” he mused. “I need a costume to strike fear into their hearts, symbolise fair play, and protect my legs.”
He was distracted by the television. A six had just been scored in the Test match at the Oval. ‘Cricket,’ Bruce thought. “Fair play, bar the occasional ball-tampering scandal, and they have shin-pads.’
And thus was born… The Batsman.
Batsman Begins
Wayne Manor, Gotham, Nottinghamshire. Bruce Wayne had inherited the mansion after his parents’ murder by muggers. His first attempt to seek revenge as a vigilante had been a dismal failure. The muggers had kicked him savagely in the shins.
“Criminals are cowardly,” he mused. “I need a costume to strike fear into their hearts, symbolise fair play, and protect my legs.”
He was distracted by the television. A six had just been scored in the Test match at the Oval. ‘Cricket,’ Bruce thought. “Fair play, bar the occasional ball-tampering scandal, and they have shin-pads.’
And thus was born… The Batsman.
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Date: 2006-10-15 03:30 pm (UTC)You should do more of these!!
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Date: 2006-10-15 03:49 pm (UTC)Robin, Swamp Thing - so many possibilities.
Camps out.
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Date: 2006-10-15 04:24 pm (UTC)Love it!
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Date: 2006-10-15 04:34 pm (UTC)Awesome. *hands you a nice, shiny internet*
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Date: 2006-10-19 08:25 pm (UTC)*snorts*
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Date: 2006-10-19 08:26 pm (UTC)I intended it totally as a one-shot but I do have a couple of ideas for this world's Robin and for The Joker...
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Date: 2006-10-15 06:01 pm (UTC)John Cleese wrote a story where Superman was British and not American. Never read it. Want to.
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Date: 2006-10-19 08:27 pm (UTC)A British Superman sounds interesting but I'll leave it to Cleese.
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Date: 2006-10-15 06:49 pm (UTC)Oh I so loved that! Thank you for making my morning! (er, afternoon)
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Date: 2006-10-15 07:14 pm (UTC)Very funny
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Date: 2006-10-16 02:08 am (UTC)Veddy amusing. ;)
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Date: 2006-10-21 08:49 pm (UTC)pgavigan