me? insane? oh, totally.

[holli]

Petra brings you the slightly-more-coherent version here. But now you can also witness the creative process that brought forth pre-Crisis Jason Todd as Nighthawk's sidekick.



[7:14pm] holli: you have to write a story about Jason, though.
[7:15pm] holli: preferably pre-Crisis.
[7:15pm] Petra: I -- have.
[7:15pm] Petra: Not pre-crisis.
[7:15pm] holli: ...with Nighthawk. but that's my issue.
[7:15pm] Petra: Although, amusingly, iTunes just gave me a cover of "wishin' and hopin'," which I have in my plotbunny file as a Pre-Crisis Jason songfic waiting to happen. So go you.
[7:15pm] holli: hee. it IS.
[7:15pm] holli: he would DANCE to it.
[7:16pm] Petra: He would sing along to it.
[7:16pm] Petra: "Wear your hair just for him..."
[7:16pm] Petra: Jason: *twinkles at Bruce*
[7:16pm] holli: eee. oh, jay.
[7:16pm] Petra: I think I should finish this story first.
[7:16pm] holli: true.
[7:16pm] holli: but then? Crackerhawk!
[7:17pm] Petra: crackerhawk.
[7:17pm] Petra: That would be Such. A. Farce.
[7:17pm] Petra: "I like your hair!"
[7:17pm] holli: well, *exactly.*
[7:17pm] Petra: "I don't have any hair, cracker boy."
[7:17pm] Petra: "It looks great on you!"
[7:17pm] holli: laaaaaaughs
[7:17pm] Petra: "I am going to give you back to the SPCA."
[7:17pm] Petra: "You'd miss me."
[7:17pm] Petra: "I would /not/."
[7:18pm] holli: ahahaha HEE.
[7:18pm] holli: he WOULD SO.
[7:18pm] Petra: "You would! The newspapers are all, 'Nighthawk has a new sidekick!' And they like you."
[7:18pm] Petra: "I don't want them to *like* me, boy."
[7:18pm] holli: "But *I* like you!"
[7:18pm] holli: And Stan would be all, "aw, c'mon. He *tries*."
[7:18pm] Petra: "Well, but it makes your job easier if people like you. My parents -- they were -- *sniff* Really good at publicity. I could pose for some shots if you wanted..."
[7:19pm] holli: AHAHAHA
[7:19pm] Petra: *eyebrow* "You scare me, Chickenhawk."
[7:19pm] holli: god. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
[7:19pm] Petra: Stan would ruffle his hair at Mach .9.
[7:19pm] holli: yes.
[7:19pm] holli: And Mark would just be CONFUSED.
[7:19pm] Petra: -- I think it just did. See, if I tried anything like context, it wouldn't work. But as a brief snip it would be painful and cute.
[7:21pm] holli: I want to write, like, Jason's First Patrol. "Half an hour into the night, he stopped a Japanese woman from being raped. After that, he broke up a robbery at a bodega. On his way home, he helped a black family change the flat tire on their car. Kyle knew that someone, somewhere, had missed the point in a fundamental way, but he couldn't be sure that it wasn't *him*."
[7:21pm] Petra: *beams!*
[7:21pm] holli: yes. Beaming as he went.
[7:22pm] Petra: yes.
[7:22pm] holli: Mark's like, "Is he on *drugs*? Kyle, did you *give* him drugs?"
[7:22pm] Petra: "I would not give the Hitler Youth drugs."
[7:22pm] holli: hee!
[7:23pm] holli: And Jay's all "Take me flying, Mark? *biiiiig sad eyes*"
[7:23pm] Petra: "He acts like he's on drugs." Mark squints at him.
[7:23pm] Petra: "You just need a *hug,*" Jay says.
[7:23pm] holli: DIES
[7:23pm] Petra: ... and hugs him hugely.
[7:23pm] Petra: And then he begs to go flying.
[7:23pm] holli: YES. And mark's just like *awkard back-patting*
[7:23pm] Petra: Kyle: Please. Take him off my hands for a minute, or I will strangle him.
[7:24pm] Petra: Jay: *BOUNCES*
[7:24pm] Petra: Mark: I -- all right. I suppose.
[7:24pm] holli: Then he takes Aquagirl shopping, and they split a strawberry milkshake.
[7:24pm] Petra: heee.
[7:25pm] Petra: Joe would probably stay far away.
[7:25pm] holli: and she's like, *beams her weirded-out-ness at Joe, telepathically*, and Joe's like "yeah, he has that effect on everyone."
[7:25pm] Petra: heh.
[7:26pm] holli: Jay: "Whee!"
[7:26pm] Petra: I think we should edit this into a "story."
[7:26pm] holli: yes. yes we should.
[7:26pm] Petra: *edits*
[7:26pm] holli: Half the story is just Jay going "I *told* you, it's *Sparrowhawk*! Silly."
[7:26pm] Petra: I think Jay's First Patrol should be, perhaps, the lead-in?
[7:27pm] Petra: *giggles!*
[7:27pm] holli: good plan.
[7:27pm] holli: God. Never before has there been a character who comes with his own soundtrack of '60s bubble-gum pop.
[7:27pm] Petra: hee!
[7:27pm] holli: Like, I think of Jay, and "Sugar, Sugar" just starts playing in my head.
[7:29pm] Petra: absolutely.
[7:29pm] holli: Jay: "oh, this one's my favorite!" *turns up the volume*
[7:30pm] holli: Kyle: "This is not good for my image."
[7:30pm] holli: "...snowflake."
[7:30pm] Petra: *giggles!*
[7:30pm] holli: And Jay just thinks that's, like, Kyle's nickname for him.
[7:30pm] Petra: uh-huh.
[7:30pm] holli: Like, a term of endearment.
[7:30pm] Petra: "It's /Sparrowhawk/, silly!"

Comments

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

I came by here to thank you for your part in this tale. I'm giggling a bit too hard to be coherent, though.

I mean, Crackerhawk. *bee hee*

[holli.livejournal.com]

It's *Sparrowhawk*, silly.