This was a really good read, and I'm glad you shared it with us considering how meaningful it seems to be for you. Your avatar's always been a character I've enjoyed here from the first appearance in CSI, and I've been hoping we'd get more of a glimpse at Agent Dantes' work.

Considering she's had plenty of opportunity to throw that punch, I wonder if Sara Sidle's holding it back because it's actually on her bucket list. Or her list of things to do when she has her villain phase, like all with superpowers inevitably do.

I think it’s along the lines of when she got frustrated she would tell him “I still owe you a punch in the mouth for you threatening me,” and now it’s a running joke between the two of them.

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

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"She's old, she's lame, she's barren too, // "She's not worth feed or hay, // "But I'll give her this," - he blew smoke at me - // "She was something in her day." -- Garnet Rogers, Small Victory

FiMFiction.net: we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have standards.

...yet.

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

The Spinny Dress is inevitable..

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

I wouldn't be surprised if she'll need one for an infiltration op sooner or later. But just getting one to get one doesn't seem like her.

Peter Eng
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Insert humorous comment here.

I'm Joy (finally decided on a name for myself at last), pleased to meet you!

Slider Da Feral (NYAR!)
Don't call it a... well, I guess you can call it a comeback...

Amen to that. If I could do so, I would without a second thought.

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Authors of our fates
Orchestrate our fall from grace
Poorest players on the stage
Our defiance drives us straight to the edge

I suspect Jen would have appreciated a bit more say in the matter, at opposed to getting a sucking chest wound and waking up with a different chest. But it turned out all right in the end.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

To quote Selena Kyle, "Yeah, eventually."

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

This has been percolating in one bit or another for the better part of a year. On the other hand, can I write a story exploiting myself?

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

probably, but it would be co-written with Traitor and published on AO3 with a number of content warnings.

Yeah, Jubilee's getting her medallion struck, but she refuses to backdate the certificate. It's the principle of the thing.

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Well, there's a lot of debate in situations like this. Do you use the date Logan became her mentor, the date of the gunshot, when she woke up, the date she just stopped and went 'oh. OH!', the list goes on...

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

--sofaspud
--does BJ offer a punch card? does Jen get frequent-flyer miles?

BJ did in this one! He doesn’t want to see her in for at least a year.

…well, for trauma. Checkups are different.

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady
of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your
Friend!!"

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

Yeah, that I get.

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

I told Jen when she was writing it that the first scene reminded me of something I remember a character saying to Batman once, although the details of who and in exactly what context have escaped me--something to the effect of, "For someone who thinks he stands alone, you have a huge family." :)

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You were saying...?

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

The Defense rests. ;D

I think that was Sarah-Jane to the Tenth Doctor, actually, but yeah, the same definitely applies to Bats.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

Oh, you're right! It totally was. Crossed memory wire.

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Probably because the weapons-grade BULLSHIT that happened next is truly a Batman Pain Experience.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

Her reconstructed hand could probably use it, if only to see how many bullets she could flatten against body armor in a period of time.

>I am of course joking(though, it would be hilarious to actually see
>that one at some point), and just wanted to say that the story was
>quite lovely, in all sorts of ways.

Thank you kindly.

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

This is like wandering up and announcing, "Hello, my name is No Survival Instincts, and I'll be your live fire target practice tonight." Judging from their usual quality of judgment, I'm guessing Galactor?

They do their research in the same journals as Dr. Dinosaur:

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Knowing Big Fire, there's a good chance they actually write those journals.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter