Superbat Big Bang 2021 Masterlist

That’s a wrap!

Nineteen teams posted big bangs in this of the Superbat Big Bang. They wrote a total of 379,000 words, and made many, many pieces of beautiful art. Join us in giving everyone a hearty round of congratulations!

You can find art and fic created for this year’s bonus challenges (Hatober, and our weekly prompt challenges) at the end of this post. For a static version, click here or go to our sidebar.

See you next round!

Title: Those Secrets Author: AriesNoHope Artist: SDeeyS Word Count: 16k Rating: Explicit Pairings: Hernan Guerra/Kirk Langstrom Continuity: Justice League Gods and Monsters + Police and detectives AU

Summary: Hernan is a police officer who meets a resident named Kirk by chance, which makes him start a relationship that makes their days easier. However, Kirk keeps a secret that puts at risk this new relationship as his friends try to protect him and get blood for him.

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Title: The Great Boom of '98 Author: flirtygaybrit / @dragneto Artist: Cheese_kun / @gg-kinko Word Count: 32k Rating: Teen & Up Audiences Pairing: Bruce Wayne/Clark Kent Continuity: No Specific Continuity / DC Extended Universe Summary: During the height of the Klondike Gold Rush in Yukon, Canada, Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent attempt to unravel the mystery behind a string of disappearances, mine closures, and unfamiliar minerals being unearthed by hopeful prospectors; along the way, they gain a number of unlikely allies, and make a discovery or two that just may change the world. [ read the fic | see the art on AO3 or Tumblr ]

Title: yours & mine Author: susiecarter Artist(s): sdiosb (Tumblr | AO3) & Ms.3 (AO3) Word Count: 51k Rating: Explicit Pairing: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Continuity: DC Extended Universe Summary: Post-JL 2017, Bruce and Clark are starting to figure each other out. Clark's also starting to think he wants to get to know Bruce a lot better than either of them expected. And then, to help the dangerously depleted ranks of the Green Lanterns collect evidence against an intergalactic slave trader, they have to go undercover: Clark as the Kryptonian overlord who conquered Earth and has proven able to hold it against even the incursions of the New Gods of Apokolips ... and the pride of his personal collection, a human warrior he subdued and trained himself. Which means Clark has to pretend he really is the nightmare Bruce once believed he would be, and he also has to keep it together in the face of leading a collared, naked Bruce around on a chain—when all he's starting to realize he actually wants is to get on his knees for Bruce instead. read the fic | see sdiosb's art | see Ms.3's art

Title: Wishing on Stars Author: ComposerofDiscord Artists: SDeeys & Nowrunalong Word Count: 16k Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Pairings: Female Hernan Guerra/Female Kirk Langstrom Continuity: Justice League Gods and Monsters + Pre-Capes genderbend AU Summary: It's the summer of Keira's senior year when Keira meets Hermania for the first time. When Hermania can't afford the fixes Keira made to her car, she finds another way to make up for it and the two find themselves falling into an unlikely friendship and more.

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Title: I could love you Author: Mar_69 Artist: @magpiebee Word Count: 16k Rating: General Pairings: Bruce Wayne/Clark Kent, Minor Clark Kent/Lois Lane Continuity: No Capes AU Summary: Bruce and Clark had been friends since college, and during all these years they had been pining for the other, no one was bold enough to make a move, until one Dick Grayson arrived at their lives.

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Dropping the Facade

Title: Dropping the Facade Author: truc Artist: @ariesnohope Word Count: 16,000 Rating: Teen and Up Pairing: Bruce Wayne/Clark Kent Continuity: No specific continuity Summary: After Bruce's secret identity public reveal, Clark and Bruce must reevaluate their lives' direction and relationship status.

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Title: The Same Sky, Day and Night Author: Atanih88 Artists: mashimero & @with-your-poncho-on Word Count: 19,989 Rating: Explicit Pairings: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent/Lois Lane Continuity: DCEU Summary: Clark and Lois separate as the sun rises over Metropolis. Clark and Bruce find comfort in each other’s company as night settles over Gotham. A look at the quiet moments that sew together something deeper.

[ read the fic | see mashimero’s art on AO3 or Tumblr | see with-your-poncho-on’s art: post 1 and post 2 ]

Title: This Is Not My Beautiful Wife Author: Meduseld Artists: Sazzysavvy and architeuthis Word Count: 16k Rating: Explicit Pairing: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Continuity: No Specific Continuity Summary: Bruce wakes up in a nice house in the suburbs next to the love of his life. Clearly, something nefarious is going on.

[ read the fic | see sazzysavvy’s art on Tumblr or AO3 | see architeuthis’ art ]

Title: Let Your Hopes Shape Your Future Author: OuiBeebles Artist: with-your-poncho-on Word Count: 13k Rating: T Pairing(s): (Eventual-Past) Clark Kent/Lois LaneClark Kent/Bruce Wayne Continuity: No Specific Continuity Summary: The funeral is a week later. The church is sterile and nearly empty. Bruce sits next to Alfred in the front row. His eyes are fixed on his shoes the whole time. His eyes are dull and unfocused. The speakers, for there are so many, talk and talk and talk until he thinks about screaming for them to shut up. He doesn’t care what they have to say! Alfred always squeezes his hand when he feels that very strong thought and he knows he can’t do that to Alfred because he loved his parents too. The last one to speak is an old priest, his dad's childhood one, he thinks. He wants to summon enough energy to look up and pay attention but the words about God’s love and kindness curdle the thoughts sour before he even manages it. God is cruel if one or more even exists. He thinks to himself that maybe if he were to meet one what he would do. Maybe he would shout at them until his voice was gone. Maybe he would fight them. He thinks he would make them weak though. That makes the most sense to him. If he were to make a god or more mortal then, they would be subject to the misery they created or, at the least, didn’t stop.

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Masterpost for Be My Mirror (My Sword, My Shield)

Title:  Be My Mirror (My Sword, My Shield) Author: BatsAreFluffy Artist: lovelastart Word Count: 36k Rating: Explicit Pairing: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Continuity: DC Extended Universe Summary:

   "Six days"

   Nightwing shrugged. "We don't know if each of them lasted the full 6 days, but on the seventh day after the abduction, the body is always found in Crime Alley."

   "And on the seventh day he rested," Alfred murmured, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "That does not leave us a great deal of time."

   Barry shifted a little, nervous. "So, um, have you guys ever - um, found one alive still?"

   Clark desperately wanted to hear a yes. Somewhere where his alter-ego had been stopped. He hoped that there had been places where murdering in cold blood, torture and desecration had been stopped.    ___    2021 Superbat Big Bang

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In for a Penny

Title: In for a Penny Author: orphean Artist: blinkingkills Word Count: 11482 Rating: Teen Pairing: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Continuity: No specific continuity Summary:

‘Bruce is doing something stupid, and we need you to save him.’

‘Me? Clark Kent?’ If Bruce needed to be saved, Superman was a more logical choice.

‘He’s auctioning off a date with him for charity and we need you to win.’

—

Or: Clark finally gets the full Bruce Wayne experience.

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Title: If Tomorrow Never Comes, Then What Are We? Author: Maderi / Mechformers Artist: Lord Chirayoju Word Count: 17168 Rating: Explicit Pairing: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Continuity: Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020 movie) Summary:

With Darkseid's third attempt at conquering Earth, Clark and Bruce must work together to save it and their loved ones. But when everything fails, when Bruce is imprisoned and Clark loses his powers, how far are they willing to go to save each other?

Or in other words; Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, but from a Superbat perspective.

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Title: Lux in Tenebris Author: Percilout / eLOCIn Artist: Bonanza_Nuts Word Count: 19k Rating: T Pairing(s): Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent/Lois Lane (Past) Continuity: DC Extended Universe Summary:

When he starts losing his powers half a year after his return to the world of the living, it is up to Clark to figure out how to live without them. Through Lois, he finds himself doing charity work. Through the charity work, he finds much more than he ever could have hoped for.

(Or, Clark Kent’s guide on how to beat depression.)

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Title: Lifeline Author: colonel_bastard Artist: nowrunalong Word Count: 13.7k Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Pairing: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Continuity: DC Extended Universe

Summary: It's not the first time Martha Kent has been woken up by a phone call from her son in the middle of the night. It is, however, the first time that Clark has asked her if she can talk to Bruce instead.

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