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Adrian Tullberg @ Fanfiction.Net
I had to be browbeaten into reading An Unusual Mission, even bribed with choice examples of hysterical dialogue. I didn't watch or read Justice League, my ideas of Wonder Woman still mostly revolved around Lynda Carter, and Batman needs therapy in the worst way. So why would I want to read a story about Bruce and Diana on a date at a charity do? Why would I laugh myself silly doing so? Why would I chortle in glee upon discovering that Adrian continued the one-shot, and fall desperately in love with the 'ship? Well... because it's good!!!! I assume the rest of it (largely comic or cartoon fic) is equally good.
David Hines @ Fanfiction.net
David just kills me -- he can write romance, humor and angst, all of which will bring you to your knees. In Escape Artistry, he grabs a bit of old Wonder Woman continuity -- that she loses her powers when bound by a man -- and uses it to set up a great story, as Batman sets out to teach her how to overcome that weakness. Yes, bondage is involved, yes, the UST runs high. But so does the humor, the solid fight scenes, and the genuinely dead-on characterization, right through to the ending. Measured Out in Coffee Spoons is compelling and heartbreaking, simply written but with exquisite pain running through every word. An Arkham patient has finally found a cure -- now he has to live with it. Or not. I cannot express the excellence of David's writing; check out everything he's ever produced.
Diversions and Digressions
In The Secret Thoughts of a Man, Green Lantern takes advantage of a stake-out to have a talk with Batman, which turns into a short, very well-executed character study of both GL and Bats. One of the better takes on GL I've run into; he's not my favorite, but this made me respect and almost like him. Mara Greengrass also gets into Bats' head very well -- not the easiest of jobs.
Meljean Brook @ Fanfiction.net
Meljean has the ability to reference comics canon, and use the people and events as background, without ever losing the flow of her narration to the dreaded infodump. In In Darkest Light, her Bruce and Diana are three-dimensional human beings (loosely speaking), and the problems of their relationship -- from saving the dimensions from the Joker to dealing with a completely unexpected attraction to each other -- are handled with no punches pulled. Even her supporting characters are true to life and well-written (translation: Lois Lane isn't a complete bitch, just a functioning one), and the plot is truly epic. A satisfying, adult romance, well worth your time if you're familiar at all with the DC comics-verse.
Haunted by Ugly_Girl
Ugly_Girl also posts as Meljean Brooks, but writes quite good Bruce/Diana fic whatever name she's using. This one a doozy, chock full of angst, as Wonder Woman discovers her teammate Batman has been cursed. Breaking it will be the death of her, but she's got help from an unexpected source.... A few shortcuts here and there, but nothing egregious; give it a try if you like the ship at all.
Reichenbach @ Fanfiction.net
I loved the Birds of Prey pilot, but it presented a few questions that annoyed me -- mostly, how Bruce never knew he had a daughter whens he and Selena were living in New Gotham the whole time. Apparently Reichenbach wondered the same thing, and went ahead and offered an answer that's plausible enough to be canon with Someone Like You. Nicely done fic for a baby fandom (although she's been writing Batman for some time, so I'm not surprised.) Someone Else is a prequel of sorts, along the same vein and equally good.
The Stolen Child by Merlin Missy
[Batman/Justice League]
Missy grabs continuity from everywhere, and weaves it together into this painful, probable tale of three traumatized orphans, and their search for where and when they belong. The Batclan is beautifully and painfully portrayed, and both Green Lantern and Shayera are nicely drawn.
Heart, Humble by brown_betty
I don't read DC comics; all I get from Batman canon are the comments and the fic others write. (Those comments are one of the reasons I don't read DC!). Despite that, I loved this story to death -- Tim Drake through his father's eyes, post discovery of Robin's secret identity. Jack's character was evidently massacred in the comics -- brown_betty's version is not Mr. Perfect, but is human, and loves his son. If you know the Bat-verse at all, this one is worth your time.
Chapel of Love
Schmoopy, hilarious, often touching stories of a relationship between Wally West and Smallville's Chloe Sullivan, both as adults and as teenagers (in Sanctuary). These series' made me believe so strongly, my personal JLA:Animated canon includes this relationship.
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