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Now before we be close accounts on this story, let me respond to the pre-submitted questions we didn't get to during the chat.
>> I want to challenge you to write…
You're confusing me with some OMG-SQUEE fangirl in a DrabblesAreTheCrack Live Journal community. Real writers are not waiters, you don't get to order what you want or how you'd like it prepared. If you want to see a Russ Meyer film, rent Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, not Jaws, E.T. or Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Now then, that unpleasantness dispensed with, let's get back to appropriate Riddle Me-Tropolis questions.
>> I wondered whether Selina was reacting to Superman's "come-on" because she assumed Bruce would be watching, and this was payback for the event planning. (Actually, it's not unreasonable for her to assume that Eddie is watching as well, and Clark pointed out that she could have blamed him equally.)
There's an episode of friends where Ross is trying to flirt with the girl delivering pizza, just to get under Rachel's skin. This consists of telling her natural gas is really odorless and they put the smell in chemically so people would know if there's a gas leak. This goes over about as well as you'd expect. Rachel herself goes running after the delivery girl and makes some kind of apology on Ross's behalf, says he's a nice guy etc. just not so good at the flirting. Pizza Girl says "Oh my god, that was flirting???"
Same situation here. Once Clark mastered the Super-Flirting to the point where Selina could figure out what the hell he was doing, she was happy to play along. She doesn't need a special occasion to have a little fun teasing Bruce, it's her favorite rainy day fun. If he wasn't watching, kitty would still be happy to paw the supertoy a few times. It's so rarely one of the hero types is ready to play along. Meow.
>>Will there be any future repercussions from either Bruce or Selina for Clark in the future?
Probably not. Nobody takes it serious enough to warrant "repercussions." If you have a brother, and one year at Thanksgiving dinner he slaps a Post-It on your back that says "Kick Me" you're probably not going to carry it around to avenge yourself next year.
>>The whole "burning down the Iceberg" thing was basically Tim and Cass' fault, him for starting the fire and her for unintentionally thwarting putting the fire out. They certainly didn't plan for it to happen, and Tim had good reason to think something nefarious was happening. Still, they caused a lot of collateral damage, and I would wonder if any injured parties - I'm especially thinking Bart, Raven, and Sly, who suffered burns and smoke inhalation - will receive any kind of restitution from a mystery benefactor.
If it reached Bruce's ears that someone was injured who a) didn't have insurance and b) wasn't a Ghost Dragon, sure, he'd pick up the tab. But since both Arkham and the Iceberg supply very good insurance (for obvious reasons) payments to individuals probably won't be necessary.
However, there was that little epilogue in the emergency room with Batgirl defending Robin's mask. The Wayne Foundation will be buying St. Stephens a nice MRI machine.
That's all I've got. Until next time everyone.
Now before we be close accounts on this story, let me respond to the pre-submitted questions we didn't get to during the chat.
>> I want to challenge you to write…
You're confusing me with some OMG-SQUEE fangirl in a DrabblesAreTheCrack Live Journal community. Real writers are not waiters, you don't get to order what you want or how you'd like it prepared. If you want to see a Russ Meyer film, rent Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, not Jaws, E.T. or Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Now then, that unpleasantness dispensed with, let's get back to appropriate Riddle Me-Tropolis questions.
>> I wondered whether Selina was reacting to Superman's "come-on" because she assumed Bruce would be watching, and this was payback for the event planning. (Actually, it's not unreasonable for her to assume that Eddie is watching as well, and Clark pointed out that she could have blamed him equally.)
There's an episode of friends where Ross is trying to flirt with the girl delivering pizza, just to get under Rachel's skin. This consists of telling her natural gas is really odorless and they put the smell in chemically so people would know if there's a gas leak. This goes over about as well as you'd expect. Rachel herself goes running after the delivery girl and makes some kind of apology on Ross's behalf, says he's a nice guy etc. just not so good at the flirting. Pizza Girl says "Oh my god, that was flirting???"
Same situation here. Once Clark mastered the Super-Flirting to the point where Selina could figure out what the hell he was doing, she was happy to play along. She doesn't need a special occasion to have a little fun teasing Bruce, it's her favorite rainy day fun. If he wasn't watching, kitty would still be happy to paw the supertoy a few times. It's so rarely one of the hero types is ready to play along. Meow.
>>Will there be any future repercussions from either Bruce or Selina for Clark in the future?
Probably not. Nobody takes it serious enough to warrant "repercussions." If you have a brother, and one year at Thanksgiving dinner he slaps a Post-It on your back that says "Kick Me" you're probably not going to carry it around to avenge yourself next year.
>>The whole "burning down the Iceberg" thing was basically Tim and Cass' fault, him for starting the fire and her for unintentionally thwarting putting the fire out. They certainly didn't plan for it to happen, and Tim had good reason to think something nefarious was happening. Still, they caused a lot of collateral damage, and I would wonder if any injured parties - I'm especially thinking Bart, Raven, and Sly, who suffered burns and smoke inhalation - will receive any kind of restitution from a mystery benefactor.
If it reached Bruce's ears that someone was injured who a) didn't have insurance and b) wasn't a Ghost Dragon, sure, he'd pick up the tab. But since both Arkham and the Iceberg supply very good insurance (for obvious reasons) payments to individuals probably won't be necessary.
However, there was that little epilogue in the emergency room with Batgirl defending Robin's mask. The Wayne Foundation will be buying St. Stephens a nice MRI machine.
That's all I've got. Until next time everyone.
