First thought after reading this: break my heart, why don’t you.
I had hoped you would stop abusing it so. But I should really know better. So, that’s on me. Because I am one of your many fools supplicants that will gladly offer you encouragement and apparently my internal organs for your general abuse.
Already pulling himself together—already prepared to be generous beyond all reason.
Well, Clark is solar powered, so it makes sense that he is an eternal ray of sunshine. Bruce needs that. Too bad Bruce thinks he doesn’t deserve that. Because obviously that’s the only thing that matters in this thing called reality; Bruce clearly doesn’t live in this magical place. <.<
Clark has a lot of work ahead of him.
And oh, Bruce wants to tell Clark exactly how wrong he is…
It’s almost kind how Bruce wants to protect Clark from getting invested in trying to justify and excuse Batman. And then: But he can't. Because it’s a Batman plan designed to follow-through with the groundwork of lies he’s already laid and also to maximize Bruce’s suffering because that’s what he deserves.
Suffer, my pretty. Suffer.
Martha did want him to…
Is it Freudian if I read it as ‘Martha did want him?’ Because Bruce… Of course, you’re wanted.
"Martha," he says carefully…
I know Bruce has said her name in her panic-induced call, but this… It pulls at my battered heart strings because Bruce saying her name, since in the movie it was such a triggering and essential motif. Just…yeah…
Insert entire interaction between Bruce and Martha.
I just…can’t…I don’t even… Guh… So…yeah. Of course Martha’s forgiveness can’t factor into Bruce’s…Bruceness (aka wallowing in self-flagellation?). See 'suffering.' Synonymous with 'beautiful'? Wait, what?
(Which surely means that Bruce—as a friend—should make every effort to stop him.)
Does this count as personal growth? Sort of? I mean, it completely misses the mark, but still… Can Bruce get a gold star for effort?
Now, right up there with “oh, Bruce,” I have “oh, Clark.” My heart. I…can’t…gibberish and crying… I just…
Re: FILL: as to which may be the true; Bruce/Clark, identity porn (3/?)
I had hoped you would stop abusing it so. But I should really know better. So, that’s on me. Because I am one of your many
foolssupplicants that will gladly offer you encouragementand apparently my internal organs for your general abuse.Already pulling himself together—already prepared to be generous beyond all reason.
Well, Clark is solar powered, so it makes sense that he is an eternal ray of sunshine. Bruce needs that. Too bad Bruce thinks he doesn’t deserve that. Because obviously that’s the only thing that matters in this thing called reality; Bruce clearly doesn’t live in this magical place. <.<
Clark has a lot of work ahead of him.
And oh, Bruce wants to tell Clark exactly how wrong he is…
It’s almost kind how Bruce wants to protect Clark from getting invested in trying to justify and excuse Batman. And then: But he can't. Because it’s a Batman plan designed to follow-through with the groundwork of lies he’s already laid and also to maximize Bruce’s suffering because that’s what he deserves.
Suffer, my pretty. Suffer.
Martha did want him to…
Is it Freudian if I read it as ‘Martha did want him?’ Because Bruce… Of course, you’re wanted.
"Martha," he says carefully…
I know Bruce has said her name in her panic-induced call, but this… It pulls at my battered heart strings because Bruce saying her name, since in the movie it was such a triggering and essential motif. Just…yeah…
Insert entire interaction between Bruce and Martha.
I just…can’t…I don’t even… Guh… So…yeah. Of course Martha’s forgiveness can’t factor into Bruce’s…Bruceness (aka wallowing in self-flagellation?). See 'suffering.' Synonymous with 'beautiful'? Wait, what?
(Which surely means that Bruce—as a friend—should make every effort to stop him.)
Does this count as personal growth? Sort of? I mean, it completely misses the mark, but still… Can Bruce get a gold star for effort?
Now, right up there with “oh, Bruce,” I have “oh, Clark.” My heart. I…can’t…gibberish and crying… I just…
Oh, Clark.