Author's Note:
This began as a dare.
After hearing about the Birds of Prey untimely television demise, I was once again commenting to a friend about the many mistakes I felt they made when adapting the story. Being a fan of the comic book, I'd been excited when I first read about it coming to television. I knew some changes had to be made in order to pull it smoothly into a different medium, but that was okay. What I didn't expect was for them to go and completely muck up the original concept. The writing was slowly getting better, but I felt there was only so much that could be done to improve something built on such a shaky foundation.
After listening to my whining for several minutes, Lee (that's my friend) turned to me and asked, "Do you think you could do any better?"
"Sure," I said.
"Prove it."
With the gauntlet thrown down, I stood, straightened my back, squared my shoulders and, with a voice demanding the respect I felt I deserved, said, "Huh?"
"Prove it," he repeated. "Write your version of the pilot. Now that's it has been canceled, just imagine that another network has come to you and asked you to revamp the show for them. They want to start back at the beginning. How would you do it?"
That was how it started. I imagined the parameters originally given were a) Huntress had to be the daughter of Batman and Catwoman and b) Batman and Catwoman couldn't be used except on the fringes of the story, if at all.
With that being said, I hope you enjoy it. It's a little closer in continuity with the comics (Earth-2 history as well as Earth-1) than the TV show, but it has elements of both. And neither. Comments are welcome, but remember, this is not your WB's Birds of Prey.
PS- This is a work in progress and a first draft work at that. I'll probably re-edit it when I'm done, so please bear with me until then.