The Reveal
Apr. 17th, 2026 08:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crantz(Dear Ashenmote: Remember when I said I was working on a secret project and when I revealed it would have been one of my usual secrets? This is it!)
The reason I was watching all those westerns was to write a Western AU of Harley Quinn! So the thing I could not talk about was that it was a secret assignment for a fic exchange, which is the usual secret I am keeping to a certain deadline.
Well it's done and revealed now. I watched movies, read books, listened to radio shows, and read academic sources. Also watched a documentary. I had a great time! Shout out to Vali and Ann, who were my movie buddies and to all the people who recommended me Western movies to watch that fit the parameters of influential and not subversions.
And The Harlequin Came Riding (6979 words) by Rosencrantz
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DCU (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Pamela Isley & Harleen Quinzel, Dick Grayson & Harleen Quinzel
Characters: Pamela Isley, Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle, Harleen Quinzel, Vandal Savage, Oswald Cobblepot
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Western, Western, Pastiche, Action/Adventure, Adventure, Alternate Universe
Summary:
The reason I was watching all those westerns was to write a Western AU of Harley Quinn! So the thing I could not talk about was that it was a secret assignment for a fic exchange, which is the usual secret I am keeping to a certain deadline.
Well it's done and revealed now. I watched movies, read books, listened to radio shows, and read academic sources. Also watched a documentary. I had a great time! Shout out to Vali and Ann, who were my movie buddies and to all the people who recommended me Western movies to watch that fit the parameters of influential and not subversions.
And The Harlequin Came Riding (6979 words) by Rosencrantz
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DCU (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Pamela Isley & Harleen Quinzel, Dick Grayson & Harleen Quinzel
Characters: Pamela Isley, Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle, Harleen Quinzel, Vandal Savage, Oswald Cobblepot
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Western, Western, Pastiche, Action/Adventure, Adventure, Alternate Universe
Summary:
The Harlequin raced across the plains. The dust kicked up by her horse curled into the air as though meeting the clouds in the blue sky, choking her pursuers. It wasn't long until their dusty throats and empty bags were the only souvenirs of their encounter with the Harlequin.
Some said the Harlequin came from back East. They even said she came from the circuses of Europe. They said that the Harlequin was a monster of the West, like the Poison Ivy and Solomon Grundy and other tall tales to tell in the dark. Something that happened to you, rather than something you understood.