My Nooovel

[Alli]

As you know, more than likely, the plot was actually based off of something that I wanted for as a novel. I'm still going to write it, just gonna wait until November and hopefully this place will have skyrocketed by then.

I don't plan to use any plots from here in the novel, because I have... my own... idea. xD That and it won't really by a novel, more like a collection of short stories that tie in together. =)

Just in case you're wondering what my Batman is like, I have this old intro for the posting. Seeing as I'm lazy and haven't put my Batman profile up yet.

There had never been a night that Gotham slept well; there were many reasons as to why, and the reasons seemed to multiply as the weeks and months passed. There was no arguing that the man that called himself “The Joker” was one of those reasons. He had taken seventeen people hostage earlier that day, the sun was setting now and he hadn’t even announced to the world that he had the hostages. His way of announcing it? He tied a note to one of the hostages, dead already from the happy gas, and threw the body out the window.

Three of the other hostages had also been “accidently” exposed to the happy gas and were now rolling around on the floor, with their mouths gagged and their hands tied behind their backs, laughing themselves to death. He had… thirteen not dying hostages left. One of them happened to be the Police Commissioner’s daughter, and she was the one that had given him the most trouble out of all of them. He was tempted to give her a dose of his happy gas, tempted but he hadn’t. Though when she had been taken hostage she had broken one of his men’s noses, and so far had proved to be more trouble than she was worth.

It was only a matter of time before Batsy came into the picture and cheat around his game. Though without Batsy he would be bored all the time, the cops couldn’t hold him, Arkham was dull, Bats was the only exciting thing in this city. “Boys! If you see a flying rat, shoot… eenie meenie miney…” Joker’s finger danced through the air as he thought about this, and pointed to a mid-twenties man, messy blonde hair and a terrified look in his eyes. “Him.” Joker let out a nerve wrecking laugh, and walked out of the room, giggling with a sick smile on his face.

Now, where was Batman you might ask? He wasn’t oblivious to the news that Joker had hostages in his hands; it had only been all over the news. Joker wasn’t exactly keeping it a secret, throwing a body of a building. There were cops surrounding him, but Joker had already announced that if a cop stepped into the building the hostages were going to die. It was common knowledge that the Commissioner’s daughter was in there with the rest of them, Jim hadn’t made any orders to raid the building.

The helicopters circling the building gave a good view of Joker’s men that were surrounding every entrance to the building. Snipers on the roof, and two guards on every balcony from the fourth story up, they weren’t fighting off the cops. Actually, from the way Joker seemed to be handling it, he didn’t seem to take the cops as any kind of threat at all. He was looking for him.

Of course, it wasn’t only him tonight. Since Dick had become Robin, he had to think about the two of them as a team rather than him by himself. Different risks for the two of them instead of just himself. Dick was thirteen, a kid. Joker was a mad man, he would kill without thinking. Bruce believed that Dick was ready for this, but he wasn’t going to let him follow him into this building without some sort of preparation.

“Robin, the Joker is a madman. He’s not like anyone else we’ve fought together. He will kill without any hesitation, any thought, listen to my orders and do not disobey me. Everything is a joke to him, a game. Keep your guard up at all times and follow me. Understand?”

[Alli]

Hush little baby don’t you cry.
Background

Hush tells the story of Thomas Elliot, a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne’s. He is controlled by revenge, to destroy Bruce Wayne, to hurt him by hurting the ones closest to him, manipulating villains to be a part of his scheme and frame the things of his doing to theirs.

However in Heart of Hush, Thomas Elliot seeks out Selina Kyle, the woman that the Dark Knight loves and takes her heart out. Why stop at Catwoman, or Batman’s sidekicks? Does Bruce Wayne not love others outside of the Bat family? His best friend is Clark Kent, he is a part of the Justice League, Bruce’s only other childhood friends is someone else that he loves. Why only those in the Bat family? Why not seek to bring everyone that Bruce Batman has known, has loved, has trusted, to make sure that Batman is truly alone?

Just like he was the night his parents were killed.

The Beginning

At the beginning, Thomas Elliot would just be watching Bruce, enough to realize that he was Batman and Dick Grayson was Robin. Following him ever-so often he would be able to notice the Justice League’s identities, by listening to their conversations among other things. As the years went by, he’d take notes of who everyone that Batman got close to or trusted, Zatanna, Jim Gordon, Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, Clark Kent, among others. With those that got close, there would be those that were close to his allies: the Justice League members, the Teen Titans, Lois Lane (and other members of Superman’s family), and the police force.

At the same time he’d keep a note of the rogues, not just Batman’s but everyone’s. He would analysis who pushed Batman over the edge, who would be easy to manipulate, and who were closer to the Dark Knight then they’d like to admit.

He’d do nothing but watch, listen and wait. His appearances would be few and far between and he’d never be named (in the novel). I think these would be short stories, a large collection of them nonetheless, but short stories of bits of pieces of Batman’s career, not only with Robin, but with the Justice League, Trinity and etc.

The Middle

By the middle, I think this is where Jason would be introduced, and killed. Dick would have left Gotham temporarily to be with the Titans and even then he would have become Nightwing. He’d still be with Kory at this point, and would be out of the story for the time being, it’d focus on Jason and Barbara as Bruce’s sidekicks, with brief flashes of Titans business.

Not long into the job, a year or two (it’s skip around, important stalking events (analyzing Jason’s temper mainly from Hush) Jason would be killed by the Joker. It would be Batman angst, he’d push Barbara away (though she would not have been shot yet that comes later) and his violent tendencies would worry Barbara so much she’d contact Dick and ask him to come back.

Around this same time Tim Drake (amazing age of 9, he’s a baby, I know XD) would have been trying to become Robin, or stalking him and telling Bruce that he NEEDS a Robin. With Dick and Barbara’s help, Tim convinces Bruce. I think that either within the first night, week, or month the first kidnapping with have taken place. Leslie Thompkins will have been kidnapped. CLIFFHANGER.

The End

This is when things really get serious. It’s several months after the end of the second part and several kidnapping have taken place since then (I dunno who, I don’t have a order besides that Leslie would go first) where the kidnappers were last there is a riddle. Bruce thinks it’s the Riddler, but upon knocking on his door and finding no answer (and maybe a girlfriend… in the original writing of this with the psycho girl she wanted Selina and Eddie to be together, and Bruce be with Zatanna. I don’t know. I’ll decide when I get there) he figures out that the Riddler himself has been kidnapped. Blahblahblah kidnappings, ranging from members of the JLA, to lovers of the heroes, to Titans, to Barbara(who at some point had been shot by the Joker because he wanted the attention back on him and not on Hush), Harley, etc. etc. Jason comes back, a bunch of important crap happens that I’m too tired to add in.

Pretty much a shitload bunch of villains are involved (and not happy about Hush being a complete badass and getting, and basically breaking Batman). Bruce figures out where the hostages are kept, and they’re frozen by Mr. Freeze.

At this point there are two ways I can end it:
A. Batman beats the hell out of Hush, but does NOT kill him and gets the hostages unfrozen. Happy ending YAY.
B. Hush shatters/kills many if not all of the hostages (if not all then those close to Bruce: Dick, Barbara, Tim, Jason, Clark, Selina and/or Zatanna) and Bruce loses it and beats him to a LIVING PULP, near death like REALLY REALLY close, and then he's alone with the few remaining villains.



-Done-


I want critique, pretty... pretty please.

[Yvette]

I say neither of the above.
:3
I mean... Tommy and Bruce go way back. As friends through childhood. A struggle between them needs to be something big, something meaningful. I always thought Hush was the best villain, because he knows Bruce. Even if the others figure out the Batman/Bruce relationship, Tommy grew up with him. He has more knowledge, more power over some of those feelings.
So something bigger.

[Alli]

What kind of somethinggg?

I still like depressing crap though. xD
It's fun.
But depressing, and keeps me from writing a sequel... xDDD

[Pippin]

Why does Mr. Freeze freeze everyone? Like I get why Hush would want them perhaps frozen as hostages, particularly if he was going to break/destroy them to hurt Batman, but I guess it's just not clear to me.

Other than that, I kind of agree with Yvette. Whatever their final confrontation is should be big...not necessarily on an epic fight scale (though that would be cool too), but it should be very personal between the two, and a very hard test for Batman.

I like that Bruce could end up with the villains at the end, but I feel as though he shouldn't be left totally without anyone, because then Hush ultimately wins. Maybe some of the hostages get broken, but he can't be entirely sure which ones. Maybe some are villains, and in NOT actually killing Hush at the end, and perhaps realizing that the villains he has been fighting have been victims here too, one or more of his Bat family can survive. Maybe Dick? (Just because I love him so much, lol). Up to you, just throwing some variations out there.

Overall I like the ideas you're working with .