The CATverse

""All things considered, it was still not the worst Christmas ever.""

- "The Unkindness of Ravens" description

The CA Tverse is a very long, ongoing Batman Fanfic series. It focuses on several Batman villains, mostly Scarecrow and Riddler, and the three henchwomen that make life a bit more dificult for them.

[http://www.freewebs.com/catverse/ This is their website. Nifty!]

The One That Started It All, aka The Unkindness of Ravens.

It's also being archived on livejournal.

The CA Tverse contains examples of

 * Abduction Is Love - The point of "The Unkindness of Ravens." Without the "falling in love as the outcome" bit.
 * Asexuality - While it's never explicitly stated (in-series), this version of Scarecrow is not interested in anyone at all. The same cannot be said for the girls' affections for him.
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension - Techie and Nightwing
 * Berserk Button - plants for Ivy, cats for Selina. Jonathan has made the mistake of harming both.
 * Blind Without'Em - both Jonathan and the Captain. Averted with Al and Techie, who wear glasses but can get by without them.
 * Bodyguard Crush - entirely one way
 * Can't Hold His Liquor - "Five! Five drinks! Ah-ah-ah!"
 * Cuddle Bug - the girls, but at least they learn to avoid The Glomp.
 * Donut Mess with a Cop - Bullock. Montoya doesn't mind them, either.
 * Embarrassing Nickname - Squishy, Squishykins, Squishface.
 * For Science!!
 * Forgets to Eat - the girls are more than just bodyguards
 * The Fundamentalist - Great-Granny
 * Genki Girl - the girls, especially Captain. Also Harley.
 * Good Is Not Nice - not from Jonathan's point of view, anyway
 * Harmless Freezing - averted; when Mr. Freeze goes on a spree, his victims end up hospitalized or dead.
 * Hates Being Touched - poor Jonathan
 * Lennon Specs - Captain's new pair
 * Love Redeems - played with
 * Mama Bear - don't mess with plants in front of Ivy.
 * Meganekko - the girls
 * Nice Hat - part of what makes the Riddler and the Scarecrow so attractive to the girls
 * Not Me This Time - comes up a few times
 * - "Headstones of Henchgirls."
 * Overprotective Dad - Batman nearly drives off the road on learning Robin has a girlfriend.
 * Precocious Crush - Al has a certain appeal to prepubescent boys, much to her dismay.
 * Quirky Curls - Techie's hairstyle
 * Red String of Fate - Arguably how the girls and Scarecrow came to be stuck together...although the girls probably would have stuck to him anyway.
 * Used literally in "Season of the Witch"- Madam Lavoux uses it to "tie" the girls and Scarecrow together from that point on.
 * Risky Business Dance - Eddie's rendition of "Santa Baby."
 * Scar Survey - Happens in "Aquatic Nocturne" and, under somewhat different circumstances, in "Nine Lives."
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid - Young Jonathan Crane wanted to be just like Alan Scott when he grew up.
 * Villain Protagonist
 * Villain Protagonist