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Tim is absolutely letting his resentment cloud his judgement of Ellen as a person, and he’s not treating her with the empathy he should, but the thing is…he’s not entirely wrong.
Stephanie doesn’t know her all that well. Ellen does know more than she’s letting on, and she does have a vicious streak. And while Ellen’s feelings for Stephanie are genuine…if push comes to shove, she will do whatever she thinks she needs to do to protect her father.
No matter how much it might hurt Stephanie.
Here’s a dialogue scene I’m thinking about including in the next chapter if it doesn’t get too long. Or not, I might cut it.
“I know it must be really hard for you, having someone like Edward Nigma as a father.”
Tim watched as the girl’s eye twitched. That got under your skin, didn’t it you little brat? “What he did to you was horrible,” he continued. “I thought he was better than that, but I guess he’s still as selfish as he always was.” He watched her again, waiting for her to crack.
Ellen wasn’t about to crack. She was about to explode…and that was exactly what Drake wanted, wasn’t it? To get her to blow up at him, reveal what she knew, or make her out to be as ‘unstable’ as he and Wayne thought Dad was. Two can play that game, chucklefuck.
She shrugged. “It sucks sometimes, I’m not gonna lie. My Dad’s kind of a shithead.” Drake’s expression didn’t change, but Ellen noticed his eyebrows furrowing. “Still,” Ellen said, as casually as she could, “It could be a lot worse.” She looked Drake dead in the eyes, and smirked. “If my Dad was killed by a loser like Captain Boomerang, I don’t think I could ever show my face in public again.”
Drake’s jaw dropped, then tightened as his eyes flashed blue fire. “What did you just say to me?” He hissed.
“You heard me, rich boy,” Ellen sassed. She then lowered her voice. “You can think I’m some dumb kid from the Lower West Side, but don’t talk to me like I’m one.” The look of dawning comprehension on Drake’s face was priceless.
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Security Alert: Missing Patient
Title: Downfall
Chapter Title: Security Alert: Missing Patient
Fandom: Batman
Rating: M
Chapter Summary: Edward makes his escape, leaving Bruce to pick up the pieces behind him.
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An inconspicuous red van pulled into the Gotham-Prysberterian employee parking lot, which was located behind the main hospital. Two men were in the van, one in the driver's seat, the other in the back. Once the car was in park, the passenger, a younger man from the Bowery, opened the door. He was dressed as a hospital orderly. It paid to have a cousin who worked at the hospital and was willing to lend out clothes and ID badges for cash. The young man carried with him a duffel bag that contained a change of clothes, just as the Boss had requested. The young man turned his head in each direction. A few orderlies and nurses were walking in the parking lot on their way to and from their vehicles, but none were paying him any attention. They were too busy either leaving or arriving at their shifts.
The passenger tapped the driver's window with his knuckles. "Remember what the Boss said," he told the driver. "I'll text you when we're on our way down. Get the van as close to the door as possible. Once we're in the car, we'll need to haul ass."
"I got it," the driver said. "You'd better get going. Boss'll throw a fit if you're late."
"Yeah, yeah." The passenger walked away from the van and casually walked to the employee entrance. He used the ID badge to get through the door, and no one paid him any attention.
Next chapter of Downfall should be up tonight or tomorrow morning.
Bruce has fucked around, now he’s going to start finding out.
Whatever I Have to Do, pt. two
Title: Downfall
Chapter Title: Whatever I Have to Do, pt. two
Fandom: Batman
Rating: M
Chapter Summary: Edward and Bruce each make a decision.
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She sat silently, worrying her bottom lip, her brow furrowed. Edward had seen that expression before on another woman, a long time ago. He steeled himself. He hadn't wanted to tell Ellen like this. He'd wanted to tell her later, after Strange was dealt with, but there was no more time. She deserved to know what he now remembered.
She deserved to know exactly what kind of man he was.
"You look like your mother right now," Edward said, pointing at the bridge of Ellen's nose. "She had that same little furrowed brow when she was sketching."
Ellen's eyes widened in surprise, then a smile broke across her face. "You remember Mom?"
Writer Tag Game: Post the top five favourite fics that you have written and pass the tag to other writers.
tagged by @acapelladitty! Thank you, dear.
I'm going to limit these to my published fics on AO3, as I haven't done a reread of my oneshots on my writing blog for a long time. Also, don't expect to see my scriddler fics here, as I don't really like them much anymore. I think the characterization of most of them is way too soft for how I see the characters now. Here They Are is an exception and, therefore, an honorable mention.
The New Order
I could cheat and put the entire PI Verse here, but I think The New Order has the best balance of plot progression and character development of the whole series so far.
Downfall
Maybe also a bit of a cheat, considering it isn't finished yet, but I think that some of my best writing is in this one. Sometimes I just feel like writing a tragedy. And also, I updated it today!
A Riddle for a Bat
I do think in hindsight I should have made Edward more morally ambigous than he wound up being, but I still really like this one. This was the fic I think was the easiest for me to write once I had the characterizations down.
Dude, Where's Our Boss?
When I'm not writing big, complex character-driven mysteries or goofy little romances, I'm writing farce about Gotham Rogue dynamics. I also really enjoyed fleshing out Query and Echo as characters, and where they fit in the Gotham ecosystem.
Riddler on the Rebound
I think this may be the funniest fic I've ever written. What's more chaotic than Gotham Rogue dynamics? Gotham Rogue AND Flash Rogue dynamics!
Tagging anyone who wants to do this!
Whatever I Have to Do, pt. one
Title: Downfall
Chapter Title: Whatever I Have to Do, pt. one
Fandom: Batman
Rating: M
Chapter Summary: Edward and Bruce each make a decision.
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"This isn't your fault," Bruce soothed. He came closer to take her in his arms. "Everything we did, we did it for Edward's own good."
As he stepped forward, Selina stepped back. Her eyes were hard. "Are you still telling yourself that? We didn't do it because it was better for Eddie. We did it because it was easier for us. I'm tired of lying to myself about that." She wrapped her arms around herself. "I'm tired of this. All of this."
"We just need more time," Bruce said. "We just need to keep talking to Edward-"
"'We'?" Selina repeated. "No. I've been doing things your way for the last three years, and almost all of my friends are gone. Harley's rotting in Arkham City, Pam's on her way there, and Eddie will never speak to me again. It's time for me to cut my losses. I'm leaving Gotham City."
So, good news and bad news. The bad news is that the next chapter of Downfall is getting so lengthy that I’m going to have to do a split. The good news is that there should be two chapters coming out in the next week. Yay?
Today is an important day, so I will be giving out spoilers for the endgame of PI Verse, since I have no intention of ever actually finishing it.
-Bruce stumbles upon the secret home of Hugo Strange and finds a collection of mannequins that Strange has dressed up to look like all of Bruce’s ex-girlfriends.
-The characters have been in a simulation run by Tim Drake the entire time.
-Maxie Zeus saves the day.
-Ellen becomes a temporary member of the Suicide Squad.
-Stephanie leaves Tim for Lonnie.
-Edward wakes up married to Harley Quinn.
-It’s April Fool’s Day.
-One of the above spoilers is real. Have fun figuring out which one.
Word of warning for my readers: the BIG scene in my next chapter concerns Edward and Ellen, and it’s possibly the most emotionally devastating scene I’ve written, SO FAR.
Also, you guys are probably going to hate Bruce in the next few chapters.
Penelope’s been somewhat neglected by me in the last few chapters, but she’s about to come back in a big way.
Cassandra's Truth
Title: Downfall
Chapter Title: Cassandra's Truth
Fandom: Batman
Rating: M
Chapter Summary: Cassandra sees two people on the verge of self-destruction, and she can't stay silent.
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"You have," Cassandra admitted. "You know what death means. Do you know what it means to kill someone?" Ellen took a step back towards the dumpster, but Cassandra followed her until her younger girl's back was against the dumpster. Cassandra was so close she could see the freckles that dotted her nose and cheeks. "Do you know what it means to watch them die?" It's just another game. Until it isn't. "To see their fear? To feel their pain?" It only takes a second to strike Faizul. A second that changes everything. "To watch the life leave their eyes until there's nothing left?" Terror...and then nothing. "To know that you did that to them?"
Ellen swallowed, then her eyes darted down. Cassandra slammed her palms flat against the dumpster. "Look at me!" she hissed. Ellen's face paled, her eyes went wide. She was afraid. Cassandra almost pulled back, almost apologized, but she needed to stay firm. She needed to make her understand. "Are you willing to do that to someone? Can you live with yourself, knowing you've done that to someone?" Ellen might have opened her mouth, but for a moment, she disappeared. For a brief flash, Cassandra saw another girl standing before her. A little girl in a pink dress. A little girl in pigtails. A little girl with blood on her hands, blood that could never be washed away-
"What happened to you?"
Bear with me on the next chapter, folks, as it’s going to be Cass-centric, and she may be the toughest character to write for.
Chapter should be coming in the next few days, but here's a preview
"Did you mean you'd die for your father?" Ellen didn't answer, but her shoulders shook. She bit her lower lip, trying to keep her composure. She was getting closer to the truth, but there was one more question she had to ask, no matter how afraid she was to hear the answer. "Did you mean you would kill for your father?"
Ellen's head shot up. Cassandra had desperately hoped she would deny it, that she'd be mad, that she'd yell...but all she could see in the younger girl's expression was the look of a girl who'd been caught doing something terrible.
It was exactly what Cassandra had feared. "You did, didn't you?" she asked. "You meant that you'd kill for him."
Ellen bit her bottom lip. "I meant both," she admitted in a small voice. That look in her eyes, that fear, that guilt...it was a look Cassandra knew all too well. She saw it in her own reflection, day in, day out.
No. Not again. It was too late for her, for Stephanie, for Tim, for Damian. It wasn't too late for Ellen. "You don't mean that," she said, shaking her head. "You can't mean that. You don't understand what that means."
"Don't tell me what I do or don't understand!" Ellen said. "I've watched people die!"
"You have," Cassandra admitted. "You know what death means. Do you know what it means to kill someone?" Ellen took a step back towards the dumpster, but Cassandra followed her until her younger girl's back was against the dumpster. Cassandra was so close she could see the freckles that dotted her nose and cheeks. "Do you know what it means to watch them die?" It's just another game. Until it isn't. "To see their fear? To feel their pain?" It only takes a second to strike Faizul. A second that changes everything. "To watch the life leave their eyes until there's nothing left?" Terror...and then nothing. "To know that you did that to them?"
Ellen swallowed, then her eyes darted down. Cassandra slammed her palms flat against the dumpster. "Look at me!" she hissed. Ellen's face paled, her eyes went wide. She was afraid. Cassandra almost pulled back, almost apologized, but she needed to stay firm. She needed to make her understand. "Are you willing to do that to someone? Can you live with yourself, knowing you've done that to someone?" Ellen might have opened her mouth, but for a moment, she disappeared. For a brief flash, Cassandra saw another girl standing before her. A little girl in a pink dress. A little girl in pigtails. A little girl with blood on her hands, blood that could never be washed away-
"What happened to you?"
Cassandra blinked. "What?" The little pig-tailed girl in a pink dress was gone. Ellen stood before her, her eyebrows knit. She was no longer afraid. She looked like she was trying to read Cassandra. "What did you say?" Cassandra asked.
Ellen said nothing at first, then her eyes widened. Realization. "You've killed someone, haven't you?" she asked.
Bear with me on the next chapter, folks, as it’s going to be Cass-centric, and she may be the toughest character to write for.
Chain Reaction
Title: Downfall
Chapter Title: Chain Reaction
Fandom: Batman
Rating: M
Chapter Summary: A series of events is launched into motion, with no hope of stopping.
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"Wayne's identity wasn't the only thing I remembered," Eddie continued in a dark voice. "I'm only going to ask you this once: do you know how I cured my cancer?"
The threat in his voice didn't match the beseeching look in his eyes. Selina knew him well. He wanted her to deny it; he wanted her to tell him that she didn't know what he was talking about, that Bruce had kept her in the dark, that she never would have kept a secret like this from him. A part of her wanted to grant him that mercy, but a greater part of her was ready for the lies to finally stop. "Yes."
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Coming up next chapter in Downfall:
Ellen vs. Jason
Edward vs. Selina
An overly aggressive, overly armed group of thugs terrorizing the locals under the guise of 'security' gets exactly what's coming to them courtesy of one Lonnie Machin.
