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January was a good start for 2013 with a decent word count and a nice variety of stories. :)

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Title: “Ringin’ In The New Year…!!!” ;) (1/1)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Pairings/Characters: Clark/Bruce, Dick
Genres: Challenge, Fluff, Holiday, Romance
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: The World’s Finest ring in the New Year.
Date Of Completion: December 1, 2012
Date Of Posting: December 27, 2012
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC does, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 804
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Notes: Written for the World’s Finest Gift Exchange. Prompt F34: Superman spots Batman doing a stake-out on New Year’s Eve. He decides to check in and see if he can help out and for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Silver Bells Winter Holidays Challenge. Prompt: Church Bells, New Year’s Eve. Also written for saavikam77’s 2012 DCU_Freeforall Winter Holidays Challenge. Prompts: No. 3: Twinkling lights/Star/Sparkle, No. 5: New Year’s Eve/Resolutions and No. 20: Crystals/Glitter.
This story takes place early in Clark and Bruce’s relationship.

( Snow fell softly, the stars glittering in between for that brief moment high up in the stratosphere. Superman was pleased that he could see such a beautiful contrast. His cape fluttered upward as he gazed down at Earth. )

Title: Blood On The Snow (1/1)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Pairings/Characters: Bruce/Dick
Genres: Angst, Challenge, Drama, Holiday, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: When Robin is wounded while on patrol, he seeks refuge.
Date Of Completion: November 25, 2012
Date Of Posting: December 15, 2012
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC does, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 1017
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Notes: Written for my LJ Sixth Anniversary Fic Request Meme for silvertales. Pairing: Bruce/Dick. Prompt: Refuge. Also written for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Silver Bells Winter Holidays Challenge. Prompts: Church Bells, Yule. Also written for saavikam77’s 2012 DCU_Freeforall Winter Holidays Challenge. Prompt: No. 8: Family/Home/Shelter/Hearth, No. 14: Snow/Ice/Frost, and No. 24: Winter Solstice.

( Robin staggered in the snow, the flakes coming down thick and fast. The great buildings towered high over his head as he stumbled to his knees, shivering at the cold that seeped through his flesh-colored tights. )

Hi, all! I just posted my Bruce/Dick fairytalefor the 2012 Bruce/Dick Fest. Due to a quirk of technology, I can’t update the entry’s date to bump it up to the front of the queue, so you’re getting this special announcement. ;)

2012 DcU Fic Art Silver Bells Winter Holidays Challenge

2012 DCU Fic/Art Silver Bells Winter Holidays Challenge Master List

2012 DCU Fic/Art Angels Challenge

2012 DCU Fic/Art Angels Challenge Master List

These Challenges' A03 Collection

Subcollection (2012)


Title: The Bat And The Angel (1/1)
Rating: G
Author: bradygirl_12
Pairings/Characters: Bruce/Dick
Genres: Angst, AU, Challenge, Drama, Fairytale, Holiday, Romance
Summary: The Dark Bat is visited one snowy night by the Angel Of Sunshine.
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC does, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 1513
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Notes: Written for the 2012 Bruce/Dick Fest. Prompt: Wings. Also written for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Angels Challenge. Prompt: Classic Angel. Prompt: Traditional Angels and "Whenever a bell rings, an Angel gets his wings". Also written for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Silver Bells Winter Holidays Challenge. Prompt: Church Bells. Lastly, written for saavikam77's 2012 DCU Free_For_All Winter Holidays Challenge. Prompt No. 14: Snow/Ice/Frost. Prompt No. 24: Winter Solstice and Prompt No. 25: Wings.


You can also find this story on A03.

I recommend checking out the Fest. Lots of high-quality stuff over there! A prompt I submitted, Sunshine, was claimed for both art and fic.

The art fill, Sunshine, is gorgeous. The first page is rather dark (at least on my computer) but keep clicking on the links for the subsequent pages. In fact, Page 2 has a panel of Dick that is the most beautiful I’ve ever seen of him. It’s breathtaking! The expressions on both him and Bruce show us just what they’re feeling. Stoopz is an incredible artist.

The fic fill, He’s Gold-Tipped And Tinted by uses words to paint a picture of our beautiful bird in all his sunshine glory. This is an exquisite little piece by thesunkid that I think you’ll agree is just as breathtaking as the art fill.

Enjoy! :)

Time for Challenges for the holidays! :) Cross-Challenging most welcome. These two would mix 'n' match quite nicely. ;)

And don't forget saavikam77's 2012 DCU Free_For_All Winter Holidays Challenge and the Gift Exchanges out there. Let's wrap up 2012 with a pretty holiday bow! ;)

New Challenges

2012 DCU Fic/Art Silver Bells Winter Holidays Challenge

Posting Dates: November 14, 2012-January 1, 2013

Current Challenges

2012 DCU Fic/Art Angels Challenge

Posting Dates: March 1, 2012-December 31, 2012

CROSS-CHALLENGE AND GET MORE THAN ONE BEAUTIFUL BANNER by ctbn60!!! ;)

Oh, and DCU covers all 'verses: comics, movies, 'toons, and TV (Smallville especially!). So if you have SV or Nolanverse fic or art or anything under those categories, please enter! :)

Happy Halloween, everybody! I hope you're well and happy and that you survived Hurricane Sandy. Today's weather is cloudy with some rays of sunshine. The kiddies should be able to trick-or-treat. The neighborhood is decorated with some cool stuff. Anyway, enjoy my Halloween Clex story, or head over to clexmas and read it. Today is Halloween posting over there! :)


Title: Golden Fried Dough In All Its Glory (1/1)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Pairings/Characters: Clark/Lex, Jonathan/Martha, Sandra Swenson, Alma Rossetti, Joan Randall, Lem Vandervoort, Axel Maycomb
Continuity: Smallville
Genres: Challenge, Holiday, Humor, Romance, Slice-Of-Life
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: Martha is in charge of the Halloween Festival and dragoons Lex into helping this year.
Date Of Completion: October 15, 2011
Date Of Posting: October 31, 2012
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC and Warner Brothers do, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 5560
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author's Notes: Written for the clexmas 2012 Super Sexy Scary Challenge. Also written for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge. Prompts: Smallville, Apples, Pumpkin Lights, Black, Witch, Jack O’Lanterns, Black Cat, Pumpkin Muffins, Leaves, Bats, Pumpkin Bread, Candy, Apple Pie, Trick-Or-Treat, Black-And_Orange, Ghost, Moon/Moonlight, Candy Apples. Also written for saavikam77’s 2012 DCU Free_For_All Autumn Challenge. Prompts: Special Prompt No. 3: Pumpkins/Jack O’Lanterns; Special Prompt No. 4: Trick-Or-Treating; and Special Prompt No. 9: Apples.

( He drove his silver Porsche up the gravel driveway, amused at the decorations already adorning the farmhouse. Tiny pumpkin lights framed the door and were twined around the porch pillars. A black cut-out of a Witch was taped to the door, and giant Jack O’Lanterns were placed around the porch and smaller ones in the windows. )

Cross-posted to clexmas

Title: Mists Of Gotham (2/3)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Characters/Pairings (this chapter): Bruce/Jim, John Blake, Joe O’Hara, Brett Dover, Bane, Jonathan Crane
Genres: Angst, Challenge, Drama, Holiday, Mystery
Continuity: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Rating: (this chapter): G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: For The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
General Summary: Gotham defiantly celebrates Halloween during the Occupation. Will the Bat come back to help them?
Chapter Summary: Jim learns about the Batman sightings.
Date Of Completion: August 24, 2011
Date Of Posting: October 14, 2012
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC and Warner Brothers do, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 1230
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Note: Written for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge. Prompts: Gotham City, Houses Decorated For Halloween, Black, Ghosts/Spirits/Apparitions, Astral Projection, Bats, Orange-and-Black, Black Cat, Mists/Fog, Gloves/Gauntlets, Capes/Cloaks/Robes, Candy Corn, Masks, Costumes, Jack O’Lanterns, Skeleton, Witch, Masquerade Ball/Halloween Party, Apples, Pumpkin Muffins, Moon/Moonlight, Vampires and also for saavikam77’s 2012 DCU Free_For_All Autumn Challenge. Prompts: T12; P14: Haunted, T10; P23: Spectre, Special Prompt 6: Costumes/Masks.
All chapters can be found here.

( Jim tossed and turned restlessly as he tried to sleep. The bed was comfortable enough. He’d regret leaving it when they had to move again, but he just couldn’t get to sleep. He sat up with a sigh. Where was the Bat? After years of not showing his face, or cowl, he had vanished again after reappearing for a brief time. Gotham needed him more than ever now. )

Title: Mists Of Gotham (1/3)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Characters/Pairings (this chapter): Bruce/Jim, John Blake, Joe O’Hara, Brett Dover, Jack Kelly, Max Tolliver
Genres: Angst, Challenge, Drama, Holiday, Mystery
Continuity: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Rating: (this chapter): G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: For The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
General Summary: Gotham defiantly celebrates Halloween during the Occupation. Will the Bat come back to help them?
Chapter Summary: A strange apparition appears in town.
Date Of Completion: August 20, 2011
Date Of Posting: October 11, 2012
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC and Warner Brothers do, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 1311
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Notes: Written for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge. Prompts: Gotham City, Houses Decorated For Halloween, Black, Ghosts/Spirits/Apparitions, Astral Projection, Orange-and-Black, Black Cat, Mists/Fog, Gloves/Gauntlets, Capes/Cloaks/Robes, Candy Corn, Masks, Costumes, Jack O’Lanterns, Skeleton, Witch, Masquerade Ball/Halloween Party, Pumpkin Muffins, Moon/Moonlight and also for saavikam77’s 2012 DCU Free_For_All Autumn Challenge. Prompts: T12; P14: Haunted, T10; P23: Spectre, Special Prompt 6: Costumes/Masks.
All chapters can be found here.

( Clouds scudded across the face of the moon as the wind howled around the corners of the house, rattling the windowpanes. Leaves skittered down the street, whirling in wild arcs as the footsteps of a nervous Gothamite hurried down the cracked pavement. )

Title: The Princess And The Pilot VII: From The Sky (1/8)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Pairings/Characters (this chapter): Steve/Diana, Queen Hippolyta, Hestia, Mala
Series Notes: I’ve collected all my Steve/Diana stories that take place early in their relationship under the title The Princess And The Pilot. The entire series can be found here.
Genres: Challenge, Drama, First Time, Romance
Rating (this chapter): PG-13
Claim: For the dcu_freeforall Challenge (Diana/Steve)
Prompt: T 14; P 6: Love At First Sight
Prompt Count: (15/15)
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
General Summary: Destiny is met as it is love at first sight for Steve and Diana.
Chapter Summary: Diana is feeling restless lately.
Date Of Completion: January 20, 2012
Date Of Posting: March 26, 2012
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC does, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 1540
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Note: Written for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Angels Challenge. Prompts: Angel (Term Of Endearment), Fallen Angel.

( It was a glorious morning in Paradise. )