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icon_uk (icon_uk) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-10 22:03:00

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char: batman/dick grayson, char: robin/damian wayne, creator: dustin nguyen, title: streets of gotham

"To see a robin in a cage, puts all heaven in a rage"
Though Ogden Nash had never met Damian Wayne so I don't know if that was a FIRM belief.

Found this over on Dustin Nguyen's DeviantArt page

Wow! What a cover.... it tells a story without saying a word... and look who the villain is...

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	thanekos 2009-10-10 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	one of these days, Zsasz is gonna run out of room. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	seriousfic 2009-10-10 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	One of these days, Zsasz is going to have to start using his scrotum. Crime doesn't pay. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sistermagpie 2009-10-10 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe he started there! >:-0 (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-10-10 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	I recall one story were the black gate guards kept counting the marks,when he was suspected of a killing. Later they found out he was putting the hatch marks on the sole of his left foot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	geoffsebesta 2009-10-10 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I remember that brilliant plot twist. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-10-10 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Man, if Zsasz actually kills Damian, that would be surprise. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	midnightvoyager 2009-10-10 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	He can finally finish out that 4 on his forehead that way! GO, ZSASZ! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	midnightvoyager 2009-10-10 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	(PS: No, I have no idea if this exists in his continuity, I haven't read a Zsasz story in -forever- and the last thing I saw was Arkham Asylum, so...) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	afewboltsloose 2009-10-10 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	Pretty sure that last mark on his head is for the Bat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	midnightvoyager 2009-10-11 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, but the Bat's "dead." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	darkknightjrk 2009-10-11 02:43 am UTC (link)
	Doubt it. If anyone writer's going to be able to kill him off, it's going to be Morrison. Plus while I can see Zsasz giving Damian a hard time, he shouldn't be able to kill him--it's about as likely as Zsasz being able to kill Bruce. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	stig 2009-10-11 08:40 am UTC (link)
	Less likely, even. Bruce doesn't aim to kill. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	scottyquick 2009-10-10 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	Man, I love Dustin Nguyen. (Reply to this)

	perletwo 2009-10-11 01:09 am UTC (link)
	...It's gonna be a whole year of Damian In Peril tales, isn't it? gaaaaahhhh (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-10-11 01:36 am UTC (link)
	Man, that's satisfying for nobody. Anyone who likes him will get sick of the abuse, and anyone who hates him will be continually frustrated that the peril never actually follows through. It would be pretty classic, though, Robin-in-peril was once a bastion of the mythos. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	perletwo 2009-10-11 01:41 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, but when it was Dick, it was cute. Back then it was like, Robin tied up as the one-pin with a giant bowling ball en route. Now it's like, Robin tied up with Killer Croc or Zsasz en route for some torture pr0n. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darkknightjrk 2009-10-11 02:45 am UTC (link)
	I wouldn't call this trend of Damian torture pr0n. His tenure with Pyg was a lot like Silence of the Lambs, though. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	shadowvalkyrie 2009-10-11 08:14 am UTC (link)
	Agreed on the first count. On the other hand, everyone has been clued in on Morrison's favouritism by now, so that no one will actually expect him to die. As to the second, Robin-in-peril is only fun if you like the Robin and are rooting for him/her. If you actually hope he dies, the author's doing something wrong. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shadowvalkyrie 2009-10-11 08:19 am UTC (link)
	Also, after Dick, Robin in bondage is waaaay to sexually charged to do this to a ten-or-however-many-years-Damian-is-old boy. Not to mention that, again, it defies the point if he's unsympathetic. Anyway, not reading this. I don't need another helping of look-how-tough-Damian-is. I'm thoroughly fed up with that. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	midnightvoyager 2009-10-11 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	I can still HOPE! sob (Reply to this) (Parent)

	freddylloyd 2009-10-11 01:34 am UTC (link)
	Ah, but who’s inside the bars, and who’s outside? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-10-11 09:35 am UTC (link)
	I'm guessing the one clutching the bars with the bleeding nose is the one stuck inside the cage. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

janegray
2009-10-11 06:50 pm UTC (link)

But Dick wouldn't look that calm if Damian were in serious immediate danger.

I'm guessing Dick is in the cage, and he is calm because he is Batman, whereas Damian is outside but he is distressed because he has finally grown to respect Dick and is clutching the bars in a fit of desperation when he sees Dick in serious immediate danger.

...On the other hand, if Dick is inside the cage with Zsasz, he shouldn't be in serious immediate danger. Or any danger at all, really. The drama only works if the one stuck with Zsasz is someone who can't wipe the floor with Zsasz's face.

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	icon_uk 2009-10-11 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	Dick would look calm as a rock if he was putting on his game face. He's not going to show Zsasz that he's worried about Damian. Damian's pose is that of a captive, Dick's is that of a guy who is about to kick ass. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mcity 2009-10-13 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	I got Dick sitting calmly in cage, Damien also in cage, raeging[sic] against the bars, and Zsasz approaching from outside. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jelly_ace 2009-10-11 03:38 am UTC (link)
	To see a robin in a cage, puts all heaven in a rage. To see a robin in a cage...is just another day at S_D? Or should that be bondage? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	superfan1 2009-10-11 10:15 am UTC (link)
	Can it be both lol. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	stig 2009-10-11 08:33 am UTC (link)
	Christopher Bird might have seen this coming. I certainly hope not. (Reply to this)

	runespoor7 2009-10-11 08:52 am UTC (link)
	Dear Damian: Meet Mr I Got Beaten By The Last Robin And Am Looking To Erase That Failure From My Resume Guy. It'd be awesome if that little confrontation could have an effect on Damian's respect toward Steph, but I'm guessing probably not. (Reply to this)

	mysteryfan 2009-10-11 02:53 pm UTC (link)
	Though Ogden Nash had never met Damian Wayne so I don't know if that was a FIRM belief. Heh. Don't know about Ogden but Dick certainly is not pleased. (Reply to this)

	lieut_kettch 2009-10-11 03:35 pm UTC (link)
	Didn't Steph almost kill this guy? Should be no problem for Damian then. (Reply to this)

	jedd_the_jedi 2009-10-12 06:23 am UTC (link)
	I'd almost forgotten how much I love Nguyen's covers. (Reply to this)

	artnouveauho.livejournal.com 2009-10-12 11:38 am UTC (link)
	Not Ogden Nash, but William Blake Did this lovely poem make. (http://www.online-literature.com/blake/612/) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-10-12 02:32 pm UTC (link)
	How right you are, I feel so dense I've not read "Auguries of Innocence". The rhyming couplet sounds like Nash So I thought it him, which was quite rash. (Reply to this) (Parent)