Original poster: overlithe
Title: The Brimstone Wedding (Chapter 2a)
Author: overlithe
Fandoms: Nolanverse x DCU’s Earth-3 crossover
Summary: Crossover between the Nolanverse and a Nolanised version of DCU’s Earth-3 AU. After Jokester and Owlman find themselves in the Nolanverse Gotham, the Joker teams up with Batman’s evil counterpart and the duo ponder life, death, sex, violence, their nemeses, each other, and their alter egos. Written for Team Anarchy for Round 4 (Role reversal) the batmanjoker Knight vs Anarchy Team Challenge and for prompt #052 (Fire) of the fanfic100 challenge.
Charaters/Pairings: the Joker, Owlman/Bruce Wayne (=Earth-3!Batman); Joker/Owlman, references to Batman/Joker, Jokester/Owlman and Jokester/Riddler/Three Face
Prompt: batmanjoker Team Challenge Prompt 4: Role reversal; fanfic100 prompt 052. Fire
Word count: 1,062
Rating: NC-17
Warnings (for this and subsequent chapters): My goodness, it’s a fic about two sociopaths jockeying for dominance; explicit sex, violence, explicit sex and violence, dub-con, sadism, masochism, bondage, D/s without safewords, boundaries or sanity, blood, darkness and pretty much everything but the kitchen sink and bodily waste. Nothing that’s truly non-con, though. Also, in this chapter, Owlman describes a Nolanised version of this scene from the comics (second panel from the bottom), so there’s extensive references to characters’ deaths. Sorry, folks.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and concepts created and owned by DC Comics, Warner Bros. and a zillion other companies and people. Believe me, if I were one of those people, there would be tons of comics and movie canon set on Earth-3 (not to mention Batman meeting the Jokester so the latter could break the former’s brain). I'm not making any money and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The title comes from the Ruth Rendell novel of the same name, but as far as I know there are no similarities between the two works. I just thought the title was very appropriate.
Author’s Notes: This follows right on the heels of chapter 1, so you may want to re-read that to refresh your memory. For those not familiar with Earth-3 canon, at some point in the comics, Jokester meets the Riddler Family, comprised of his long-lost ex, Evelyn Dent, now known as Three Face, his and Eve’s teenaged daughter, Duela Dent, and Eve’s squeeze/partner, Edward, aka the Riddler. He then promptly becomes the newest addition to the Riddler Family and they all have many happy crime-fighting hours together. Then, this being Earth-3, it all goes tits-up thanks to Owlman and his friends (see the scanned page linked in the Warnings section above). The idea of Jokester, Riddler and Three Face as a poly triad (pentagon?) is neither confirmed nor denied by the canon; I just like the concept.
This is the first half of chapter 2. I just wanted to get it in before the challenge’s deadline. The second half of the chapter should be up by noon (GMT) tomorrow and yes, it will more than merit its NC-17 rating. :) Speaking of which, you are all invited to contribute prompts to my little Riddler Family kink meme if you’d like!
Again, this is unbeta-ed due to time constraints, but I’ve edited it to the best of my ability. I hope you all like it!
( ii. Through a Glass Darkly - Part I )