#ooc commentary

[gothamcity-official]

Tim Drake's 17th birthday

Today is Tim Drake's tenth 17th birthday. We wish him many good things as the years pass, hopefully including finally aging properly

[official-nrc-prophet]

Damn I really need more Ignihyde cards.

My first dorm uniform card was Ruggie, which is probably why I'm so attached to him, because he was also the first event and birthday card I got! He loves me <3

I also weirdly have a lot of Epel cards? Without trying? You can see which cards I've been hurriedly leveling up for book Six XD

Also stop giving me Azul event cards twisted!! I want Jade!!

I'm aiming for the new Malleus card too, sorry Vil, I do not care about your birthday.

[wellcome-to-chaos]

Listen and listen well:

Next person to send a non-cat related ask to my main( @fluffy-cats )

Is getting blocked, idc if it's asking for money or whatever, that shit doesn't go to my main blog 1st of all, 2nd it makes me extremely uncomfortable receiving such asks because it puts pressure on me about answering it because idk what would be genuine people trying not to die or a scam bot ok, so no more of that unless you want to be blocked

[braiththebosmer]

OOC musing, a decade later

Me reblogging the TES OC post out of nowhere has gotten a few DMs from you guys--which first, is delightful, hello, I am so glad we got to hang out via Braith. But it's also got me remembering what was going on behind the scenes at the time I was writing this. Under the cut, since this is a story blog, but worth a read, maybe, because I'll be saying a lot of good things about you. :)

When I started this blog, I was overworked and underpaid. I was going through a health crisis, and dealing with sexual harassment from several people in a 90% male tech department. I have been writing for my entire life. Not having the time to dedicate to it was depressing, but gaming was also an escape, which I badly needed. And I didn't have time to do both due to working 80+ hour weeks. So, one day I just combined the two. Short posts were doable, and gave me a sense that I had completed a writing project every single day. Then, over the time her story unfolded, I got to chat with a bunch of amazing people. I also met two of my closest friends via Braith, and I'll always be grateful for that. So, tl;dr, thank you for reading, commenting, and sharing her scary book around. I still fondly remember everyone who read along with Braith, and if you're reading this, I hope you're well. <3

[despairs-memorial]

My bestie has been feeding me Persona 5 lore... honestly, I would probably get into it, but I just don't have the time or money yet. It's like... 3 on my wishlist, rn.

[hells-morning-angel]

I'll get to answering RPS (Both DMS and Threads!) and Asks within the coming days! There's just a lot to get too, haha.

If i have a DM with you or a thread know that it will be responded too more frequently in these coming days! And if you have an ask, i will get to it eventually! Your free to ask more things and stuff!

[hriobzagelthewanderer]

[...I realize that I meant to write starters for the #MonsterHouseParty last week, but things exploded a bit with work which affected my overall energy and time to write. I realize that the event is effectively over, but I am still interested in writing for it- or barring that writing with everyone who wanted a starter- so for the following blogs who liked this post, I will reach out to you either over discord or Tumblr-IM to see if you want a 'Party' starter or a more generic one - assuming you do not reach out first and beat me to it:]

@demonicdiligence @queeniethevampire @kingdom-of-mxginica @the27percent @muppeteyes1001 @misfxts @doedsdans

[clock-corpse]

I swear most of you guys are either younger than I expect or older than I expect.

[adachiame]

@cryopathiic

La Creatura

[gothamcity-official]

FAQ

Q: How many mods run this account?

A: There are three of us, although we have been told by our supervisors that Oracle can and will send alerts through us. To talk to us, say one of our names, “Maxi”, “Samuel”, or “Rusty”, if you want to talk to one of us specifically, or “Mods” or “the Mods” if you don't care who answers.

Q: Do any of you have specialties?

A: Rusty knows the most about the vigilantes and their histories. Samuel supposedly knows the most about the rogues, although he's never had to prove this. Maxi proofreads most posts and knows the most about mundane aspects of living in this city.

FAQ continued under the cut (OOC information at the bottom)

Q: Mod pronouns?

A: Mod Maxi uses she/her, Mod Samuel uses he/him, and Mod Rusty is genderfluid and won't care.

Q: Do we report villain or vigilante sightings to you?

A: You can, but you should probably send them to BatWatch or a crisis line. Since there are only three of us, we aren't on 24/7 like the crisis lines.

Q: Do I report it if I saw Batman and Catwoman making out on the roof?

A: We've seen that, everyone has seen that, please stop sending us pictures.

Q: Do I report it if I see heroes or vigilantes that do not live in Gotham?

A: Like BatWatch but unlike the crisis lines, we have filters for out of towners.

Q: Red Hood is a crime lord, not a vigilante, stop reporting on him.

A: Die mad about it. (Edit: Maxi and our supervisors said we can't say that.)

Q: Why do you talk about Wayne Enterprises so much?

A: They have so many events that you should try doing things in this city without running into something done by them.

OOC Information

Mod Maxi, Mod Samuel, and Mod Rusty in respective order

This blog is run by one person! If you want to talk to me specifically, talk to me in an ask by calling me “Ali”, “Mod”, or “OP” (my pronouns are she/they)

If you want to get in touch about things not pertaining to this blog, my main is @nookisms

All links on posts will be relevant to the content that's in the posts.

If you send an ask, I will answer it. Eventually.

You may notice (in the future) that I have posted about the same events multiple times. Since I'm running this like an official city account, I would think they would have monthly or annual reminders for their citizens. I don’t know if they do this irl.

Most neighborhood names are taken off several maps I could find of Gotham, but sometimes you just gotta ignore if things are canon and go with what feels right.

Will there be canon events? Everything is canon somewhere.

This blog's intended ambiance was inspired by Welcome to Night Vale, which is a normal podcast to Gothamites.

[official-nrc-prophet]

I have finally achieved the perfect figure of masculinity: Matthew Gray Gubler.

[wellcome-to-chaos]

I was looking at some things because I'm getting around to making a lore post for Mystery and Aria, and I discovered that Mystery's pet cat/kitten was originally named Zack

Here is the "faceclaim" or whatever it's called for what he looks like^

[divinituscaptivus]

Salvē imperator,

Apparently the word larva means ghost or spirit in Latin. (pronounced Lar-wah)

Makes sense. They are ghastly pale, widely considered unsettling, and aren’t easily understood by the human mind.

They are all around us silent but always there operating outside of what man thinks how the world work; No ideals, no dreams, and no gods,

Thoughts on these creatures Imperator?

(Thanks for listening to my autistic rambling on grubs,)

"They are also surprisingly robust sources sources of protein. Many cultures have subsisted on the larvae of insects since time immemorial. I have done so myself. I have eaten many substances mortals would consider 'unsettling' in order to survive. Did you know, Stranger, that an ancient culture once created a form of cheese infamous for containing living fly larvae? The flies were allowed to lay eggs within the rind and their maggots made the cheese soft, sour, and creamy. One had to consume the larvae alive. as the cheese was said to have spoiled once the maggots died. "

[despairs-memorial]

I won't go down without a fight....

[hells-morning-angel]

I’ll answer some asks in the morning and reply to DM Rp’s too! If anyone ever wants to do a public thread on the blog, you can comment here or DM! This is an Ask Blog but it doubles as a standard roleplay blog too!

[hriobzagelthewanderer]

[...does anyone even use Tumbler's Instant-Messenger system anymore? I want to try and talk to some of my newer mutuals - even if only to try and see if connecting over Discord since that's my main activity location - but I'm not sure if I should just send asks instead at this point tbh.]