Such a lovely, lovely image. It just speaks to the familiarity of this couple, that they retreat to this comfort level when they aren't even fully awake.
*nodnod* Yes. It does. They know each other very, very well after all.
*g* I love that Tim let Robin go long enough to allow someone besides Bruce or Dick make a decision. . .the boy can be very bossy at times (not as badly as others in his family, but he's had some excellent role models in how to alienate friends and piss off people.)
*GRIN* Yes, that was fun. I was glad he did, too. And yes, he's both bossy and has those great examples of what NOT to do.
I also love the plural of brothers. *happy squee.*
It was simpler than brother and brother-in-law...
Also, I might entirely making this up, but the way Tim is described as looking at the pair, along with his verbal slip later in the fic? Had me convinced that, not only was he trying to judge the atmosphere of the room, but he was also totally reminiscing about the great love of his life that is gone. Also. . . possibly that which was with Dick, but mostly that which might have been with Kon. It was very subtle, but the interpretation I got from that paragraph, anyway.
You are making nothing up. You have an excellent grasp of things-not-said. *nod* This surprises me not-in-the-slightest, however. He was thinking about Dick, a little... but this is me, the Tim/Kon fangirl. Of course he was thinking about Kon.
The image of Alfred and Lian makes me dead from the. There should be more Al and Lian fics. Alfred is a great example of a - I hesitate to use the word responsible, because the others are too, in their own way - but more mature? adult male, of the type that Lian doesn't have with anyone else.
"From the."? I grin about the fact that you like the Lian and Alfred interaction, however. Alfred is an excellent grandfather, is how I would put the phrasing you're looking for, and no, she doesn't have any other grandpas.
I understand the squick factor for him, but Tim is a stronger person than I am. Because I woulda listened. *g*
Oh, I would've, too. So very much.
I love Feisty!Mia. This is a perfect evolution of that girl who, instead of becoming a groupie of her savior like every other damn woman in the dcu who gets rescued, chose to want to pick up the bow and *fight* like him. It's why Mia is awesome, and it's shown fabulously here.
Filly's Fiesty!Mia is an utter delight, and yes, Mia's determined streak is a wonderful, wonderful thing.
Again? This is shades of that Lonely Place of Dying Tim. . .the one that wanted to be a hero so desperately bad - before he'd gotten smacked down and around the universe by all the bad facets of being one.
That's the Tim I fell for, so I'm not surprised that that's the Tim that's here. He is what he is, after all, and despite how bad he's been hurt, he's still a hero, damn it. And an honestly supportive 'dad' and big brother have helped a lot with the fallout from a few months back.
And by showing peeks of their origins still coming through, it shows that, regardless of the fact that DC doesn't give us a LOT to go on with them, there is so much rich potential in their friendship that could give way to some truly fantastic stories.
*beams* Thank you! It... annoys me that we haven't seen hardly anything of the two of them together, given the power of their joined legacies (yet another reason DC sucks), so I was delighted to get to play with them. And yes, they have serious potential.
It was again, very subtle, in a way that made you go, "Well, of course." They're both part of a heady lineage. . .both sought out and wanted the roles they chose. . .and both are stubborn/feisty. . .and in the beginning, before the crap began to fly, both loved being a superhero.
*looks up slightly, and beams* Some days, you read my mind. And I'm glad it made you go "Well, of course", not "what the fuck?" And Tim... still loves being a hero. Still thinks it's worth it. And I'm pretty sure Mia does too.
Re: Part A, p. 1
Aww. The HappyVerse. Such a wonderful title.
Thanks. It suits.
Such a lovely, lovely image. It just speaks to the familiarity of this couple, that they retreat to this comfort level when they aren't even fully awake.
*nodnod* Yes. It does. They know each other very, very well after all.
*g* I love that Tim let Robin go long enough to allow someone besides Bruce or Dick make a decision. . .the boy can be very bossy at times (not as badly as others in his family, but he's had some excellent role models in how to alienate friends and piss off people.)
*GRIN* Yes, that was fun. I was glad he did, too. And yes, he's both bossy and has those great examples of what NOT to do.
I also love the plural of brothers. *happy squee.*
It was simpler than brother and brother-in-law...
Also, I might entirely making this up, but the way Tim is described as looking at the pair, along with his verbal slip later in the fic? Had me convinced that, not only was he trying to judge the atmosphere of the room, but he was also totally reminiscing about the great love of his life that is gone. Also. . . possibly that which was with Dick, but mostly that which might have been with Kon. It was very subtle, but the interpretation I got from that paragraph, anyway.
You are making nothing up. You have an excellent grasp of things-not-said. *nod* This surprises me not-in-the-slightest, however. He was thinking about Dick, a little... but this is me, the Tim/Kon fangirl. Of course he was thinking about Kon.
The image of Alfred and Lian makes me dead from the. There should be more Al and Lian fics. Alfred is a great example of a - I hesitate to use the word responsible, because the others are too, in their own way - but more mature? adult male, of the type that Lian doesn't have with anyone else.
"From the."? I grin about the fact that you like the Lian and Alfred interaction, however. Alfred is an excellent grandfather, is how I would put the phrasing you're looking for, and no, she doesn't have any other grandpas.
I understand the squick factor for him, but Tim is a stronger person than I am. Because I woulda listened. *g*
Oh, I would've, too. So very much.
I love Feisty!Mia. This is a perfect evolution of that girl who, instead of becoming a groupie of her savior
like every other damn woman in the dcu who gets rescued, chose to want to pick up the bow and *fight* like him. It's why Mia is awesome, and it's shown fabulously here.Filly's Fiesty!Mia is an utter delight, and yes, Mia's determined streak is a wonderful, wonderful thing.
Again? This is shades of that Lonely Place of Dying Tim. . .the one that wanted to be a hero so desperately bad - before he'd gotten smacked down and around the universe by all the bad facets of being one.
That's the Tim I fell for, so I'm not surprised that that's the Tim that's here. He is what he is, after all, and despite how bad he's been hurt, he's still a hero, damn it. And an honestly supportive 'dad' and big brother have helped a lot with the fallout from a few months back.
And by showing peeks of their origins still coming through, it shows that, regardless of the fact that DC doesn't give us a LOT to go on with them, there is so much rich potential in their friendship that could give way to some truly fantastic stories.
*beams* Thank you! It... annoys me that we haven't seen hardly anything of the two of them together, given the power of their joined legacies (yet another reason DC sucks), so I was delighted to get to play with them. And yes, they have serious potential.
It was again, very subtle, in a way that made you go, "Well, of course." They're both part of a heady lineage. . .both sought out and wanted the roles they chose. . .and both are stubborn/feisty. . .and in the beginning, before the crap began to fly, both loved being a superhero.
*looks up slightly, and beams* Some days, you read my mind. And I'm glad it made you go "Well, of course", not "what the fuck?" And Tim... still loves being a hero. Still thinks it's worth it. And I'm pretty sure Mia does too.