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Gotham Recap - Discussions on the legal implications of goons continue

Hello and welcome back to Gotham Reports; Gotham Recap (see related articles), where we’re dedicated to keeping you up to date on all the happenings of Gotham City (see related articles).

Our top stories tonight; discussions continue on the legality of goons, an official warning to the citizens of Gotham, and a potential new vigilante on the rise? Stay tuned to find out.

Our first story tonight centers around a resurging issue, and well worn discussion topic in our beloved city; the henchmen profession (see related articles). More specifically, the legal age at which one can become a goon or henchmen (see related articles) as stated by Gotham’s vigilante law (see related articles).

A warning (see related post) by well known Gotham force, Barbara Gordon ( @babsggordon ) (see related articles), has gone relatively viral with the youth of our beloved city and further, reaching as far away as Coast City (see related articles) itself. The post states clearly what is already written into Gotham Law; One cannot work as a goon, henchman, or otherwise while being below the age of 21.

This law, however, has been greatly contended; many arguing that it holds no weight given the lax enforcement of similar laws, such as that regarding child vigilantism (see related article), and the like.

Others simply state that with the rise of crime, both in and out of Gotham City (see related articles), it’s only natural that youth would be getting involved with it in some way; some going so far as to call goons ‘cultural icons’ and many similar terms.

We did reach out to Mayor Christopher Nakano ( @gotham-city-municipal-government ) (see related articles) for a statement, as well as Commissioner Jim Gordon (see related articles) of the GCPD (see related articles), but the resounding response from our beloved city’s officials was a resounding ‘no comment’, a truly concerning response given the recent criticisms (see related articles) against our governing body.

In other news, another vigilante has potentially entered the scene in Gotham City. We’ve received several reports of a masked figure clad in green being spotted at the scene of several attempted muggings in and around Old Gotham (see related articles). Many are theorizing this to be yet another variant vigilante, though this remains to be seen given the unpredictable nature shown of our cities protectors as of late.

Regardless, so far all we have heard from our sources has been good. Gothamites local to the area have even given name to the costumed creature; Spider-Moss ( @the-garden-spider ), as many assume the vigilante to be a variant of the plentiful Spider folk (see related articles) within our city though the true nature of this caped crusaders powers remain unknown.

This does, however, bring light to the ever-rising number of both variants and vigilantes within our beloved city, leading many to wonder where exactly they’re coming from and why they are landing in Gotham specifically. Few other cities, even those steeped in well-known hero culture (see related articles), don’t seem to be experiencing the same phenomena.

Theories on why this phenomenon is occurring range from Gotham being a multiversal waypoint to Gotham sweetheart, Bruce Wayne ( @officialbruciewayne ) (see related articles), bringing them to our universe via portal technology. Though there is no proof of any of these claims, this has, unfortunately, led to an increase of public disapproval and attacks occurring against variants (see related articles) and those perceived to be variants in the past few months.

We would like to restate that we at this journal do not and will never condone such actions, nor any discrimination based on universe-status (see related articles) or otherwise. That being said, we will continue to report any and all updates on these situations as they develop.

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Gotham Recap - Gotham vs Condor, The return of Falcone, and much more

Hello and Welcome to Gotham Reports newest column; Gotham Recap. In this series we are taking a look at the daily developments of Gotham City, that which aren’t enough to fill an article and that which have their own articles along the way.

Tonight we’ll be taking a look at our top stories as well as some hot up-and-comings to keep an eye on.

To start off with, let’s take a look at a major conflict between Golden Condor ( @the-goldencondor ) and Netizens across America.

Golden Condor (see related articles) is a C-tier vigilante in Gotham City known, prior to this incident, mostly for being incredibly rude and very mysterious, as well as having a rather murky past with our one and only Cowled Crusader; Batman (see related articles).

While troll pages (see related articles) aren’t uncommon and rude washed up celebrities (see related articles) are a dime-a-dozen nowadays, the thing that makes Golden Condor stand out is his willingness to threaten, intimidate, and maim anything that he does not consider to be worth his time.

His page regularly consists of responses to asks, these responses consisting of him insulting, belittling, and generally aggravating the person who asked. When not sticking his nose up at his supporters, his activities involve threatening and maiming reporters (see related posts), and thirst posting about the Big Bat himself (see related posts).

This is where the drama comes in, as approximately seven hours ago he responded to an ask on Batman, where the anonymous requester asked what his thoughts on the Dark Knight were. To this he responded as follows -

“..He’s fine. I wish he shared my views on things, and stop hanging out with that damn “Man of Steel”.

A good fuck, though.”

This, while not being the most child-friendly response, does not warrant a negative response. It was only when a young girl, Lian Todd-Harper ( @lian-todd-harper ), replied with asking what Mr. Condor meant by the post that this story started developing. Mr. Condor responded first with saying

“It means I want to—“

Cutting himself off before he could finish. Ms. Todd-Harper prompted him to follow his thought, to which he responded by asking if the girls parents had spoken to her yet about ‘the birds and the bees’, a famous euphemism for intercourse and sex-ed.

Before continuing, we would like to point out Ms. Todd-Harpers age; she is six. Not even in 2nd grade, this is not a question or a topic we deem appropriate for someone so young, especially if it is being brought up by masked strangers.

It was only then that the post began to be noticed, with well known hero-variant of Spider-Man ( @totally-not-peter-parker ) (see related articles), responding by counselling Mr. Condor to speak no more on the subject, advice that was promptly ignored as the reject Vigilante proceeded to begin his explanation of the ‘birds and the bees’ and he calls it to the child.

The post went viral, causing uproar among the family and friends of Lian but also the general populace of Gotham City, with Mr. Condor coming under fire for what we are dubbing ‘misconduct and harassment’. This had led to a torrent of criticism, accusations, and death threats against Mr. Condor (see related posts).

He has responded to each in his regular fashion, brazenly and unapologetic, rude if we may be so bold, though this reporter finds it hard ti muster any sympathy for the man as he was warned multiple times of the consequences for such an action.

As far as we are aware, the criticism has not let up and there appears to be many campaigns and bounties for his head.

In other News, resident mob boss Carmine ‘The Roman’ Falcone (see related articles) has been spotted frequenting a deli on the outskirts of crime alley.

This comes after Mr. Falcones 3-year radio silence both in the criminal world and the world of politics (see related articles), but with new blood overtaking him in both settings he may have returned to attempt to resolidify his standing in the underworld as his career in politics, though not uneventful, is lacklustre at best.

Nevertheless this journalist recommends investing in face shields and covering any accessible skin while in his part of the city.

Finally, a new cryptid (see related articles) has popped up in Gotham City. The journal has received multiple reports of citizens seeing a large, translucent, silver figure hovering around construction sites and murder scenes.

Those who have spoken to it claim it is searching for a child, feasts only on iron and salt (a concerning pairing given the recent outbreak of Vampirism within Gotham), and speaks of a host of mysterious characters. It has also been heard speaking of ‘sparing’ some citizens from the ‘wrath of the child’.

Though we do not know the origin of this cryptid or what it could mean by its ominous warnings, we advise all civilians to avoid provoking it and to refrain from carrying any metal or salt on their person.

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Gotham Recap - The Church of Dionysus

Hello and welcome back to Gotham Recap, keeping you up to date on all the happenings of Gotham City (see related articles). Our top story tonight; Dionysian cultists, Mind Controlled murderers, and the dangers of Gotham.

Our latest story is a twist on an old staple of Gotham City, our perpetual battle against cultist groups affecting the citizens of our beloved city. This time an unnamed group of Dionysian worshippers (see related articles) thought to be a radicalized group of a notorious religious sect; The Children of Dionysus (see related articles).

The extremist group, which we will be referring to as the Church of Dionysus (see related articles), has been contacting and indoctrinating many gothamites, even managing to get to a Green Lantern (see related articles) ( @oceanicflyboy ) situated out in Coast City (see related articles). Other known figures associated with the group being Bernard Dowd (see related articles) ( @officialbernarddowd ), Ossy Haywood-Dent ( @officiallyossy-haywooddent ), and someone known only as Andreas ( @andreas-imsorry ).

Those affected being separately monitored and contacted by an unnamed member of the cult, though the member that contacted Green Lantern has been named Uva and refers to herself and the others around her as ‘maenads’ (see related articles). Green Lantern was convinced by a group of these Maenids, thought to be lead by Uva, into joining them with the promise of being ‘fixed’.

Though we do not know the extent of what is happening to him while in their care, we have heard reports of wild feasts, substance abuse (see related articles), and back-alley surgeries (see related articles) as well as ritual sacrifices (see related articles) of live animals and potential preparations of war on the part of the Church of Dionysus, against what remains to be seen.

Mr. Dowd, formerly a unwilling member of the Children of Dionysus, was coerced into taking the mantle of a priest within the Church of Dionysus, as threats of mental and physical harm were made towards his partners Timothy Drake-Wayne (see related articles) ( @timblrdrake ) and Astra Hal-El (see related articles) ( @totally-not-soupernova ). He has since escaped the cult after being recruited by the Court of Owls (see related articles) ( @court--of--owls ) to become a Talon (see related articles).

He has since fled the CoO and Talonism (see related articles) for unknown reasons. None were seriously injured by Mr. Dowd aside from potentially himself, though the same cannot be said for Ossy Haywood-Dent.

Mx. Haywood-Dent, ward of former celebrity lawyer Harvey Dent (see related articles) ( @two-sided-stories ), was contacted by an anonymous figure, now known to be Andreas, several days ago regarding Mx. Haywood-Dents alleged fate. Andreas claiming the teen was destined for bloodshed, leadership, and the like.

The original goal of Andreas’s contacting of Mx. Haywood-Dent remains unknown, but escalated quickly to Andreas convincing the teen to pursue a path of chaos and bloodshed, purging the weak to make way for the strong. This was only aided along by their clearly unstable mental state (see related articles), though some theorists believe it to be possession (see related articles) rather than a mental collapse.

Regardless, Mx. Haywood-Dent, despite the best efforts of many around them, has commenced what they call ‘the slaughter’, killing all those who they believe to not contribute to the world. Their end goal is unclear, though they frequently mention the creation of a new ‘kingdom of dawn’ in which their alleged father, Dionysus (see related articles), is worshipped and his children, the Church of Dionysus, will be free to continue their activities.

There is no known count of those they have killed, unsurprising given the amount of bodies found in Gotham City on a daily basis well exceeds the national average (see related articles), but it is estimated to be at least in the dozens. However, the killings have slowed with Mx. Haywood-Dent showing periods of lucidity in which they have stated on multiple occasions -

“ I’m only murderous on weekends. ”

Which, while not exactly comforting, does provide a potential sign of this ordeal coming to an end in the future as well as making multiple comments that theorists believe supports the theory they are being possessed, as they have even directly stated that it is their alleged father who is committing these acts of terror, though this journal has yet to find a way to validate any of these claims.

Though it has been made clear by Mx. Haywood-Dent that they are directly linked with the Church of Dionysus, the same cannot be said for Andreas. The sole information on her that we have found is that she was a mother before her young daughter was taken from this world, allegedly by her own hand.

She seems fully in support of Mx. Haywood-Dent, though has not directly interacted with the cult. She also displays a seeming need to ‘mother’ any child she finds, as well as attempting to convince these children to join her cause, though it is unclear what exactly this cause is. Andreas is also known to have a seemingly doomist (see related articles) mindset and follows the philosophy that the weak should be removed to make way for the strong, though she does appear to have a strong sense of family as well.

Though the true nature of the cult and Andreas are unknown, the GCMG (see related articles) ( @gotham-city-municipal-government ) is recommending all citizens stick to a strict curfew and travel in groups as well as brush up on self-defence techniques (see related articles).

This journalist simply hopes the situation is resolved without further damage to the lives of Gothamites.

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