Batman & Huntress
Story Introduction
This story was inspired the events in Batman 609 and involves a romance between Batman and Huntress. I was always struck by their stormy interactions and the strong element of sexual tension between them. I wanted to see what would happen if they broke out of their love/hate relationship, and what it would be like if they were to put aside the antipathy they had towards each other and gave into the not-so-subtle attraction they display in the books.
I define this story as being "The Batverse on steroids" or the Batverse meets verity. Meaning I have added a bit more real life element that is often lacking in the DCU. I also wanted the characters to be more three dimensional….and behaving in a real world way.
I dedicate this story to everyone in the comics industry who have inspired me, But I primarily like to thank Chuck Dixon and Greg Rucka who made Huntress into one of the finest women in comic books today. They actually imbued her with intelligence, character, integrity and class. As opposed to a one-dimensional hot head. Their interpretation of the character has always been the definitive version of the character for me. I also dedicate this to Marvel scribes Fabian Nicienza and Brian Michael Bendis whose works showed and inspired me how to write comic book characters as real people.
Physical influences:
There are many men who have influenced me for Bruce "Batman" Wayne. But for the purposes of this story I am using former male model Scott King, and Pierce Brosnan's as Thomas Crowne as templates for Bruce "Batman" Wayne. For Helena "Huntress" Bertinelli I am using former Alias actress Mia Maestro.
For Offir Berger I am using former Manchester United football player David Beckham and MI-5 star Rupert Penry-Jones. Batman, Huntress, Nightwing ect.….Are all properties of DC comics.
Reviews are welcome…I would love to hear any critique on comments on how this story could be improved (ie. Made juicer). But just to let you know, before I get a ton of e-mails…yes I know that the current Huntress is a tribute to the pre-crisis Helena Wayne, Batman's daughter. But as the current one isn't his daughter, and I never saw any sort of father daughter relationship between them. I decided to treat the characters as two different entities. I took my cue from what I saw on the page, and from scribes who have written them as a man and woman who hide an all too obvious attraction behind hostilities. Though this story is inspired by the events in Batman 609 it in no way ties into any of the subsequent events in the books.
Update….
To answer some questions.
When the story began I planned on using Catwoman in the dream sequence (just as it was portrayed in Batman 608). However as time went on I decided that I wanted to use Selina/Catwoman and I wanted to have her know that Batman is Bruce Wayne, so I changed that adversary to Poison Ivy..
This story started out as an experiment and homage. Homage to the characters I have ever admired. And I wanted to see if I could produce the type of fan fiction story I would like to read. With rich characters and complex plots.
Sorry...yes it's been more than a year. Life and laziness has taken over, but I have not forgotten this story. And I promise you that it won't take another year to hear from me again. Thank you for your patience!