Branches

Okay, so, I'm running out of fandoms. I really, really wanted to keep all of my fics of the light-hearted or uplifting kind...and then I picked Batman for this day's fic. So we all know how well that went.

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Today's fandom is Batman (Earth-3)! Okay, I cannot stress this enough. Read the warnings. Because while this ends well, it deals with seriously dark and potentially triggery issues.

Title: To Save a Stranger from Quiet Evils
Prompt: Asexuality Awareness Week.
Word Count: 1922
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Jokester, asexual!OC
Warnings: This is very dark. There is non-explicit but potentially triggery discussion concerning coersion.
Summary: In which the Jokester finds a girl crying in an empty schoolyard, and asks her what's wrong.
Notes: I'm not sure what to say about this one right now. The severity of the issue discussed really eclipses any possible worries I might have over the quality of writing here.

( To Save a Stranger from Quiet Evils )

Title: Is This Your Card?
Prompt: calling card(s)
Word Count: 3686
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Batman doesn’t know what the Joker is playing at this time, nor does he care. He isn’t interested in indulging the clown’s twisted mind games. He wants the Joker caught and back in the Asylum before he can destroy any more lives, preferably heavily sedated and with a few broken limbs.
Disclaimer: This work is based on characters and concepts created and owned by DC Comics, Warner Bros. and other entities and corporations. No money is being made and no copyright and/or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: Some disturbing imagery. Unbeta'd, mostly unedited, and unfinished.

Notes: This was written for the 18th round of knightvsanarchy . It...is not my best work by any stretch of the imagination. I started it two weeks ago. Then finals happened. Finals are now over, but the challenge ends tomorrow and I am too tired to write any more of this. Also, if I do write more tonight, it'll be even more crappy than what I have now. Eventually I will finish the last half of this and see if my wonderful beta has any interest in reading Batman fic.
ALSO: This fic is intended to provide an unofficial story to THIS BATMAN COMIC COVER. There is not currently any official story to go with this art. This is a CRIME. So I am fixing it. Unfortunately I haven't gotten to writing out this scene yet, but it's coming. I SWEAR. (Also, you will notice that the Joker is using the Ace of Spades here. This is beyond awesome. Some of you will know exactly where I plan to go with this.)
( Part One )

Title: The House that Smiled
Fandom: TDK Batman (Nolanverse)
Characters: Joker
Genre: Horror, one-shot
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's vivid mythos.
Summary: I got to thinking one day about where the name 'Arkham Asylum' had come from. It occurred to me that Arkham is one of the main cities in Lovecraft's mythos. And then I started to think that wouldn't it be neat if the world of Batman and the world of Lovecraft were one and the same? This would certainly explain the unusually vast number of dangerously insane people present in Gotham. This short story delves into the Joker's past and describes the incident responsible for his fall into insanity.

( The House That Smiled )