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17 days ago
Current I'm a pretty good writer and former site staff; I still deal with imposter syndrome every time I log on. You're definitely not alone. And t's worth trying anyway.
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17 days ago
Don't worry, D3AD ST4R, most of us feel like that. <33
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18 days ago
Pretty sure you just described a third of the world's population. Welcome!
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19 days ago
I just started watching it.
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25 days ago
I just finished The Secret History, a very Gen X book. Never Let Me Go before that, which I'd recommend to any writer outside the MFA atmosphere who wants to know emotonal restraint.
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Adding this to the original OOC post. Questions, comments, lemme have 'em.

State of the overall Verse:

Smooth on the surface, but dangers lurk underneath. Or, rather, far from Earth orbit. There is chatter among select circles of Green Lanterns going dark in certain far outposts. On Earth itself the Justice League and it's allies have managed to defend the citizens of the planet There is a growing sentiment of anti-metahumanism among the world populace, and has begun to be reflected in far right wing politics.

State of Gotham City:

Shock. The Joker is no more and Batman didn't kill him. A story some believe, and some don't. Regardless of version of the tale, they all agree that the Joker is gone. Harley Quinn disappeared, presumably in grief, leaving behind a large gang built up with care over time with a grand plan in mind--a plan that got the Joker dead. Then Jim Gordon retired, rumors are due to pressure from a rising political star Mayor. Aside from a small turf war (over a favorite handful of warehouses between Two-Face and Black Mask) the city is experiencing a rare calm.

Lifers aren't enjoying it, expecting the storm they're sure that will follow.

State of the streets:

The game keeps on keeping on; dealers deal, buyers buy, gangsters and thugs and even rogues dueling it out. The cops are more protective of certain (affluent) areas of the city, and there's been a noticeable uptick in citizen justice. The clowns calling themselves Jokerz are affecting the street gangs more than the organized crime henchmen and their bosses, but even they seem increasingly concerned. None of "the Watchers" have reported Batman sightings for five days. No one person or entity runs these streets, though the Mob seems to be making a come back.

State of GCPD:

Gordon's retirement came at the best moment it could have; during a relative lull in major crime and after the Joker's demise. It all might have seemed downright natural, had the Commissioner, his Deputy, and the Director of MCU not seemingly swept out together as a regime change dictated from above their heads. The department has become a hornet's nest of locker room politics and shifting alliances. The assassination of the sergeant over the Traffic division has an already tense situation to the point of boiling.
@RubyFixed.

@CatchphraseThanks for pointing it out.


Oh I didn't care. Your CS in the PM had an image with it, I'd assume you'd put it back when you posted it to the Characters tab.
And here's my lovely lady


Approved! Really cool concept. ^_^
@Blue Demon you forgot the appearance part


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*Shows up in Helena's mafia office, steps out of the shadows* "Hey Helena. So. You never called." ;D


That...wouldn't go well. lol
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It's doubtful and a longshot since Dick's jurisdiction was in Bludhaven and not Gotham, but he was a cop while there. Is there any chance that even a small scrap of that knowledge made it's way across cities?



He would've seen a proxy conflict between Mob factions with allegiances to the Falcone Crime Family (under Viti control now) and a yet unknown Crime Family. (The Mob can act more free and open in Bludhaven since it's not controlled by Rogues like Gotham is these days, as opposed to Batman's first few years.)

Might even have the name "Bertinelli" dropped a few times, and since he knows Helena...he might put two and two together, though I wouldn't say it would equal four.
PMs sent to the Neutrals/Cops regarding the Secret Mob War.
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Yup. Helena's kninda bitchy that way.


Especially considering my version of her is more violent and aggressive than her canon counterpart. ^_^
Given all these young people who don't want to play his games, Eddie will probably weep with relief when Bruce returns.


Be glad he doesn't have to encounter Huntress.

She'd just stab him, and ask questions later.
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That's actually exactly how I imagined things going with the game starting with a Nightwing/Talia encounter. Hahaha, great minds I guess.

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I really like that idea. Though if I get my way, Dick will be taking on the cowl again to maintain the presence of a Batman. That said, I imagine Eddie would be one of the first to realize that this Batman and his Batman aren't the same person.

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"How could they possibly pass up on my genius! Are these simpleton avian mockeries so daft as to completely miss the greatest intellectual threat to their entire operation?! Yes, why, that's the only explanation! This so called 'Court of Owls' simply lack the cognitive depth to recognize my brilliant mind and only focus on the brute, boorish strength of those insipid so-called heroes. They will rue the day they made the mistake of ignoring ME! THE RIDDLER!"


Dick will have his chance to take on the Bat-mantle in the game, oh yeah.
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