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the_rckTitle: Absolute Destiny Apokolips
Fandom: Various DC comics series, various DC animated shows, Smallville, whatever other DC adjacent things fit.
Rating: T
Length: 14687
Characters/Pairings: background Clark Kent/Lex Luthor, background Karen Beecher/Lilith Clay, Billy Batson, Karen Beecher, Lilith Clay, Jor-El, Clark Kent, Garfield Logan, Lex Luthor, Cameron Mahkent, assorted references and uncredited appearances
Tags: Major Character Death, Self-Sacrifice, References to Torture, Implied Past Child Harm, PTSD, Depression, Physical Disability, Time Loop, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Apocalypse, Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Alternate Universe - Dark, Alternate Universe - Alien Invasion, Metaphysics, Comic Book Science, Time Travel, Hopeful Ending
Notes: This is part three of If You Don't Look Back, the Future Never Happens. This might be the end of the series, but it also might not be. As usual for my series.
I couldn't resist the pun/allusion in the title. Also, the weight of the connotations from Utena seemed appropriate here. The ending has the same sort of open ended hopefulness/opportunity that the anime series does (and nobody turns into a car. I promise).
Written for the DCU Mini Bang 2018.
Summary: The Viewpoint at the Cliff Edge:
When he opened the door, Lex half expected the polar bear to rush in, but the green lump of fur barely stirred. Lex stepped out and pulled the door closed behind him. He cleared his throat. “So what do you want, kid?”
The polar bear lifted his head. “I’m the first.”
Lex was only a little startled to hear the animal speak. “The first of what?”
The polar bear shrugged.
Lex wondered if he didn’t like talking or if it was hard to do in animal forms. Hell, maybe the human form wasn’t the creature’s natural form. Lex sighed. “Can you at least tell me how many?”
The polar bear shrugged again. “Not enough, or we’d have come sooner.”
Absolute Destiny Apokolips on AO3.
Fandom: Various DC comics series, various DC animated shows, Smallville, whatever other DC adjacent things fit.
Rating: T
Length: 14687
Characters/Pairings: background Clark Kent/Lex Luthor, background Karen Beecher/Lilith Clay, Billy Batson, Karen Beecher, Lilith Clay, Jor-El, Clark Kent, Garfield Logan, Lex Luthor, Cameron Mahkent, assorted references and uncredited appearances
Tags: Major Character Death, Self-Sacrifice, References to Torture, Implied Past Child Harm, PTSD, Depression, Physical Disability, Time Loop, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Apocalypse, Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Alternate Universe - Dark, Alternate Universe - Alien Invasion, Metaphysics, Comic Book Science, Time Travel, Hopeful Ending
Notes: This is part three of If You Don't Look Back, the Future Never Happens. This might be the end of the series, but it also might not be. As usual for my series.
I couldn't resist the pun/allusion in the title. Also, the weight of the connotations from Utena seemed appropriate here. The ending has the same sort of open ended hopefulness/opportunity that the anime series does (and nobody turns into a car. I promise).
Written for the DCU Mini Bang 2018.
Summary: The Viewpoint at the Cliff Edge:
When he opened the door, Lex half expected the polar bear to rush in, but the green lump of fur barely stirred. Lex stepped out and pulled the door closed behind him. He cleared his throat. “So what do you want, kid?”
The polar bear lifted his head. “I’m the first.”
Lex was only a little startled to hear the animal speak. “The first of what?”
The polar bear shrugged.
Lex wondered if he didn’t like talking or if it was hard to do in animal forms. Hell, maybe the human form wasn’t the creature’s natural form. Lex sighed. “Can you at least tell me how many?”
The polar bear shrugged again. “Not enough, or we’d have come sooner.”
Absolute Destiny Apokolips on AO3.
