i need to talk about something here because i've talked about it enough on my tumblr and i wanna give them a break.

to preface it, though, read this and this.

okay so!!

for one, bane never break into a woman's apartment and borderline sexually assault her. not in the comics and not in the nolan movie either. but that happens, as a plot device. and that's it. the rest of the time, he's written in character, and very well. and it doesn't romanticize him either, which is nice. the scenes between him and kim seems so out of place within the rest of the story. 

like, he says he wants to "own" her mind and body. he never gives a reason why. it's not like with batman, where he needed to make him disappear and never come back. we're given no reason as to why he insists on driving her crazy, instead of, you know, courting her? yes, i know, he's brutal, but it's out of character! there are other ways to go about it. and even worse, it's presented as something to be arousing. but i've already talked about this

now i'd except this if, a) it was au and b) if those scenes were meant to be true psychological torture, and not kink specific smut. but that's what it is.

it's interesting that the framing device ended up so much better than the sex scenes.

sorry about the rant but i needed to talk about that more.

you can find the story here: http://tomhardysswag.tumblr.com/tagged/the+chronicles

mood: hm

listening to: nostalgia chick- men in black