This manages to avoid those pitfalls; it never really seems out-of-place even as its tone is, relatively speaking, much darker than the source. This is because it does not conjure darkness from out of nowhere, but rather expands on and explores the darker elements that were already canon, but which the movie did not dwell on at length.
The idea of a group therapy session for victims of the Nighthowler plot may not sound that interesting, but this manages to get a lot of mileage out of it. It explores the aftermath of the incident and its effects on both the most directly affected individuals, and the city as a whole, in a deep and thoughtful way.
FanficRecs What Happened At N.I.T.E.
Disclaimer: written as of Chapter 3. As the story continues this may become outdated, and I may or may not bother updating it.
Normally a Dark Fic is either explicitly set in an Alternate Continuity, or else ends up derailing characters or otherwise feeling inauthentic to the source work.
This manages to avoid those pitfalls; it never really seems out-of-place even as its tone is, relatively speaking, much darker than the source. This is because it does not conjure darkness from out of nowhere, but rather expands on and explores the darker elements that were already canon, but which the movie did not dwell on at length.
The idea of a group therapy session for victims of the Nighthowler plot may not sound that interesting, but this manages to get a lot of mileage out of it. It explores the aftermath of the incident and its effects on both the most directly affected individuals, and the city as a whole, in a deep and thoughtful way.