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[odditycollector]

It has been posited that Neal Caffrey is an AU version of Dick Grayson.

This is foolish. If Neal Caffrey has an equivalent in the DCU, it is Selina Kyle. Proof is obvious.

And, hey, this way you get to imagine him in a Catwoman costume, which. Y'know. Rawr.

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[greenygal.livejournal.com]

...so wait, does this mean that Peter is Batman? Because that is a glorious image.

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

I'm hesitant to say yes, but mostly because I worry that makes El *Alfred*.

[greenygal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was the only analogue I could come up with either. Although to be fair there are worse things than being Alfred. But really I don't think there is any way around it--if Neal is Selina, there is really only one person Peter can be, and he had better resign himself to the pointy ears.

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

Oh well. El'd still be pretty hot in an old school butler suit. And she gets the kickass top secret backstory we like to believe of her.

[brownbetty]

“Let me guess,” says the escaped Cirque du Soleil performer, arms crossed in a fairly good imitation of Peter, disapproving pose no. 8., “Someone told you about Gotham but you decided it was an exaggeration.”

Neal slides his shim behind the painting, and holds the pressure switch depressed. “Who's your tailor? His grasp of colour-theory is far superior to whomever outfits the big guy in Metropolis.”

"I'll be sure to pass that along." Mr. Blue Pyjamas seems pretty laid back, but then, he is blocking the only exit. Neal wonders momentarily if he means he'll pass Neal's words along to his tailor, or to Superman, and briefly entertains a vision of the latter.

Neal slides the frame off the wall, reversed it so that it held his shim depressed for him, and pulled out his knife to start working it off its frame. Then he choked, because the acrobat was behind him, and had slipped something solid under his chin, and was pulling back.

“I like your focus,” said the guy, “but I am not, actually, going to let you take… whatever this is.”

"This isn't what it looks like," wheezed Neal.

“You're not going to take this piece and replace it with your fake?” said Pyjamas, and he really did sound like Peter, with slightly less 'I know you, buddy,' it was almost uncanny.

“The piece is a fake,” wheezed Neal some more, and added an artistic gurgle for the hell of it. “I'm replacing it with the original.”

"Novel," said Pyjamas. “But I'm a believer in the profit motive, and your business model lacks credibility.”

"Stop choking me and I'll give you the whole story," Neal promises, and even means it, except for the 'whole.'

Pyjamas loosens his stranglehold slightly. “Talk.”

[odditycollector]

On the other hand, I still love YOU!

[petra]

Really, *really* don't let Dick meet Peter. He doesn't need to crush on somebody else's daddy.

[katarik]

... That is kind of terrifyingly perfect, Betty.