#gotham reporters

[astorianyxkings]

There's always people theorizing how the Batfamily hides Jason disappearance and reappearance, but I literally haven't seen anyone use the best explanation: Witness Protection.

Like this literally answers every question. The Death Certificate? They had to fake his death. The empty grave? Obviously it had to be believable. The time when Wayne Heir "Richie Wayne" refused to step foot in Gotham and talk to his father? He was pissed about Jason's (non) death. Brucie Wayne's very real depression after his death? Well he lost contact with his son and he was under immense stress from the government.

Like this literally answers every question I can come up with. Why has no one said he was in witness protection? And if people have done it, send me fics and prompts because I'm obsessed.

And the best part is, the Waynes are so stupidly rich that they could pull it off. Lex Luther could try and conduct his own investigation but somehow he can never find anything concrete. And if he gets too close either Babs hacks them or Tim just calls up Conner for a distraction.

One time Jason gets cornered and asked how he felt about returning to his life after being in Witness Protection. Unfortunately, him and Bruce weren't on the best terms to explain the whole story but he comes in clutch. He spins the tale about how heartbroken he was to see his brother, father and grandfather grieving and how honored he was when he learnt his new little brother idolized him. Tim got ahold of a copy of the interview and will never let Jason live it down.

The media doesn't ask Bruce questions about Jason's death because last time they did he broke down and a suddenly furious reporter chastised them and reminded them that while Jason may be alive Bruce still mourned his death. The picture of Bruce in tears at the interview is currently one of Jason's favourite lockscreens.

Same goes for Dick. Any questions of his brother's death results in (1) Richie Wayne ready to throw hands at any and everybody, (2) his wife (well one of them) Barbara Gordon threatening the reporters or (3) That same Metropolis reporter chastising the whole community again.

#dc comics #batfam #bruce wayne #jason todd #yes the reporter is clark #hes ready to fight for b and dick #vicky vale wonders if jason todd wayne was in witness protection due to something involving the red hood #jason goes on twitter and bashes the red hood's whole persona #dick grayson retweets that red hood is trying and is just a little lost #the official batman twitter likes that tweet #it causes a huge mess for both barbara and jim gordon to clean up #they knew they shouldn't have gotten involved with gothams pet billionaire and his weird kids

[bluerosefox]

A Fair Warning

It was only a matter of time, and a long awaited and well deserved comeuppance, when Joker tried to hurt the wrong person or people.

Not everyone was going to play his games like 'Batsy' does. Not everyone will hesitate or let him live should he put his hands on someone to hurt them. Not everyone will believe Arkham could 'fix' him, he just needed more time and help.

No.

This time Joker bit off more than he could chew when he kidnapped the newly hired Arkham psychiatrist Jasmine Fenton (and he had plans, so many plans, for her. With her mixture of Harley's mind and her looks matching Gordon's daughter would sure to cause some chaos and pain in memories) and the girl's visiting sister Danielle 'Ellie' (and did he laugh when he noticed the 'Wayne' adoptive looks the girl had, on the fun he'll have, maybe he'll beat her the way he beat the second Robin just for funzie's, it'll no doubt upset Batman) from Jasmine's apartment.

He had plans to keep the Bats guessing where he was and by the time they reach him it'll be far to late for them to save either of the two girls, he had just sent the little video he taped to the Bats and the police to get the ball rolling...

So...

So why did a shiver run down his spine for the first time in years when they both looked unafraid (it was their eyes that made him shiver, a look of already dead yet somehow alive, something he never seen before. He's seen the light fade from people's eyes before yes, he's even laughed as he watch people desperately cling onto life only for it to fade into nothing as they took a final breath but never have he seen someone, something alive yet dead at the same time before. It, their eyes, held a natural yet unnatural sense as they stared at him, stared at everything that made him Joker and it unnerved him), honestly they looked very bored, and one of them (the youngest of the two, and the one with more of the look of death than life in their eyes) said with a chill tune in their tone.

"Last chance to back out of this Freakshows Reject. You wont like what'll be waiting for you."

The tone alone was enough to send another bone deep chill down Joker's spine.

But instead of listening to his natural instincts, the deep inkling of run blaring at him, Joker merely placed a grin on his face, ignoring the strain he felt from doing so, and said as nastily as he could in order to scare the two girls (BOTH OF THEM STILL LOOKED BORED WITH HIM?!?! Not even a twitch of fear!)

"OH? And pray tell what is awaiting little ol' me hum?"

His mocking question got a wide feral grin from the smaller girl, a grin with sharp teeth and iris eyes beginning to bleed slowly from sky blue to neon green with each second he stared at her and he barely stopped himself from jumping in his spot when Jasmine answered his question.

"Your end."

-x-x-

By the time the Bats get to the warehouse Joker had taken Dr. Jasmine 'Jazz' Fenton and Danielle 'Ellie' Fenton they were prepared for anything and everything to go wrong. As much as they held the tiniest bit of hope that the two young women were still okay they knew better than to really do, this was the Joker that had them after all.

They had manged to narrow down his location much quicker than normal when they gotten Joker's first video and his little 'game' he was setting the Bats on, most locations he gave them were going to be red herrings or traps to keep them busy and it would had worked. Batman and the others would had been searching for hours for even a hint of the clue of where the Joker and his hostages were actually being kept.

It was nearly, not really, a shame all of Joker's plans went to waste when Red Hood had stumbled onto something when scooping out Jasmine's apartment with Red Robin.

You see, not only were they looking for clues at first but something about the apartment Jasmine rented seemed off, Red Robin noticed it first and called in back up encase there was more to oldest Fenton than what they could dig up (oldest daughter of Dr's. Jackson and Madeline Fenton, grew up in a small Illinois town, straight A student and a goal to become a psychologist, has two younger siblings, etc etc) and their suspension raised up more when the moment Red Hood entered the apartment and seemed to freeze for a moment.

Red Hood couldn't really explain it but he said it felt like something was... strange. Not evil bad danger strange but it felt familiar? Like he was a kid again on the streets and had walked into someone else's territory but knew the person wouldn't be too much of a hardass about it as long as he didn't stur up trouble or disrespect. A kind of... as long as you don't fuck around you won't find out feeling.

It was because of this feeling that Jason had manged to stumble across something in the room, his instincts telling him there was more to it, and they had discovered a clunky old custom PDA hidden away in a false floorboard in the office room. Thankfully Red Robin, was there in person because the old thing apparently had a rather ingenious firewall to keep others (aka Hackers) OUT but it did nothing against someone who held the main thing.

But still it took Red Robin almost frying the damn thing to get to open up, turns out the ghost and star stickers on the PDA was a rather large hint of the pass code. Once Red Robin was in the PDA he noticed some rather interesting files, one of them labeled "Gremlin Tracking" with a tiny green blob with red eyes and a green outlined star as the icons.

Curiosity taking a hold on the most curious of the Bats he opened it up, hoping it would need another password, and watched as the screen split into two maps, one was... strange, there was no land marks or anything but the star icon seemed to be right in the middle of wherever it was and the only hint of anything was the name "baby brother" and the map labeled as IR.

The other one showed an above map of Gotham, before zooming into the city, heading towards some abandoned warehouses Red Robin knew of and stopped right at one. This was the green blob icon, the short abbreviation for Gotham in the corner of the map, and the name for the icon was 'baby sister'

Red Robin immediately got onto coms to tell the others of what apparently was a tracker for Jasmine's younger siblings. Some questioned why the young woman had trackers on her siblings, though some of the others snarked back that "oh didn't know keeping trackers on each other wasn't normal. Mind if I loose the one you got on me than?"

After a quick sweep into the warehouses camera feeds, the very few up that could be accessed, done by Oracle they quickly discovered that yes the tracking on the younger girl of the two, Danielle Fenton, was correct and that was where they and Joker were at.

Despite this, Batman decided that in order to make sure Joker didn't have suspicion that they already know his actual location he made sure to send a few of the others to the fake locations.

So here they were now, staking out the warehouse where they could see a few of the Jokers goons walking around and looking for a way into the building without alerting any of them. As they talked low into coms, Robin mentioning a possible way in for Red Robin by how small it was, Red Robin hissing back a "just because you got a growth spurt doesn't mean you can poke fun at my height you little-"

"Wait!" Red Hood suddenly hissed shouted, his tone startling the rest of them and they all turned their heads to him. Batman made a quick and harsh grunt as a way to say "report."

Under his helmet Jason's eyes were wide and wild. He could feel something, something huge was on the rise, like something was out of sight but the energy of it was felt.

And if Jason could feel it from his spot, the Jokers goons all felt the same thing from the way they all dropped their weapons, turned toward the warehouse and looked ready to bolt like scared animals.

Jason opened his mouth to explain but fell silent when the feeling suddenly popped. Whatever was causing the feeling was here and like the calm before the storm he could only watch as the first drop of rain fall.

The next thing they know, was the noise and the screaming.

It was inhuman, a mixture of noise and sounds to hard to explain. The closest they could explain was a thousand voices coming in all at once mixing with radio static that kept changing volume so only few words could be even hinted at, and the angry cawing of crows along with the flapping of their wings as they took flight. The noise was so bad that many who heard it nearly ripped their coms out, or covered their ears. Thankfully it only lasted a few seconds.

Then, the air itself shifted. It felt like the coldest of winter nights and bone chilling shivers ran down their bodies for a moment. The air was suddenly that sharp cold that hurt to breathe sometimes.

The goons surrounding the warehouse fled in fear. Many scrambling to get far, far away from whatever was happening. If they felt even a fraction of what Jason could feel, he could understand. He honestly felt like a small animal cornered by a predator and there was no escape.

Then just as suddenly as it happened, everything shifted again. The noise of Gotham returned to normal, cars honking, a stray cat hissing or a dog barking, police sirens in the distance, hissing steam from a nearby factory. The air went from winter cold to a chill mid winter harbor feel now.

Once everyone registered what had just happened and not wanting to waste anymore time they bolted towards the warehouse, cautious and alert in case they needed to fight. Batman went in first, quickly making his way to the area he knew Joker would be with the Fenton sisters and wondered just what the fuck was that? Did Joker do something? Was he messing with things outside of his usual MO?!

He walked into the room and stopped.

There was nothing.

The room was in fact the room Joker had used to record his first message to them, the layout was correct and the evidence of two people who had been tied up were still there as well, ropes that weren't cut sitting on them, a lone lamp light above shining down from above no doubt to emphasize the two girls were meant to be the 'stars' of Jokers latest show. Thing was, the two weren't there despite the fact Oracle swore she could see them a few mins ago from a camera set up in the room, she would later explain that she heard the noise as well and that all her tech had glitched hard.

The only other thing in the room was, sitting innocently on one of the chairs was a green sticky note and on a tiny pillow was a tiny sickly green orb with hints of purple, white, and red swirling in it.

A note they would later read the following message written on it after carefully examining it over.

'Joker learned not to touch what is mine to protect. Sorry not sorry, but hey one less killer clown and he was warned not my fault he didn't take it seriously... The massive amount of souls wanting to rip apart the Joker's soul into nothing was quite a sight to be honest.

They were so ruthless. Best not mess with the vengeful dead am I right?

PS. I left a tiny gift for Jason Todd aka Robin Two. It's the tiniest piece of Joker's soul left over after everyone else got done. He can finish it off since he's a reverent and all, and well they need their revenge filled in order to peacefully move on later or else they'll be stuck forever in a loop of madness and revenge. So yeah. Hope he likes the gift.'

D.P.'

It took Jason less than a second after those words were spoken out to reach for the orb, ignoring the cautious and alarmed cries of the others, and could feel deep, deep, deep in his own soul the absolute pure weeping joy as he threw the orb onto the floor, the bottom shattering thus it didn't roll away and stomped hard with his reinforced boots. Crushing the broken orb into more pieces and if one listened closely they could hear the pure screaming terror that came from it.

And Jason for the first time in years felt his rage finally leave him.

#danny phantom dc #danny phantom #danny fenton #dp x dc #crossover #blue rambles #writing ideas #random idea #dpxdc #Danny is like a cryptid in this one #is he the Ghost King? Or just a very very powerful ghost that can help stabilize other ghosts into a corporal form? idk you pick #The Bats return to base only to find all data on Jazz gone #even the report on her and Danielle being kidnapped are gone #even the Joker's recording is gone #like it never happened #if they try confronting her she only smiles and says she warned him or says 'Joker who?' #The only thing they have left that's proof is the sticky note and the PDA Tim still has #when he later looks at the history and data he noticed it move #for a few mins the tracker for 'baby brother' had moved from IR to Gotham right next to 'baby sister' before returning to IR with the other #this happened right on the dot of Jason warning them to wait #I love writing the 'Joker fucked around and found out' stories tbh #any mistakes I will fix later #I still need new glasses can barely see rn

[nelkcats]

Roomba

Honestly Danny would be the first to admit that trying to overshadow anything after the Technus incident was a bad idea. But he was also a very bored teenager, visiting a strange city at the request of his older sister so, can you blame him?

It had seemed like a fun idea to the halfa the moment he saw a small roomba in a store window in Gotham. It didn't look like many wanted to buy it but it was there anyway.

So yes, Danny could admit that it was all a strange combination of his boredom and lack of sleep because before he knew it he had overshadowed the damn roomba, causing the light above it to glow bright green.

It was just luck that some of his powers worked, because he made it through the store window with no problems, and had some fun chasing the denizens of Gotham all over the place.

It wasn't so much fun when he realized he was stuck inside the roomba; or when some people started to look at the machine curiously, trying to catch it.

He managed to escape with some luck and set about being a real nuisance to anyone he came across, including the clown laughing like a maniac and the live scarecrow, because well, what other option did he have besides waiting for it to sort itself out?

It wasn't long before the bats heard the report of "a roomba on the loose" in disbelief. Dick wondered if Alfred would appreciate them bringing the machine to the mansion to help him with cleaning.

#dpxdc #Roomba Danny #He's overshadowing it #and having some fun #scaring Gotham criminals #and normal citizens because why not #until he noticed he was a bit stuck #unlike other ghosts Danny doesn't have a lot of experience overshadowing things #much less machinery #and he was very tired that day #so he got stuck #dp x dc #dc x dp #Jazz sent Danny to investigate Gotham because she knew her little brother would be safe #And she's moving to Gotham for a while anyway #She's going to do an internship at Arkham and she's looking for a way to get Danny to move in with her #the bats doesn't know what to think about the roomba #They have heard reports of it chasing the Joker and Penguin #Jason thinks they should let it be #Tim is considering if it's some joke from someone #Dick wants to bring the roomba to the mansion

[introspectivememories]

street interviewer: what's your type?

tim who's just trying to get to work: i have a boyfriend

street interviewer: so what's your type then?

tim: my boyfriend

street interviewer: and what does he look like?

tim who will absolutely gatekeep bernard from the general public: he looks like my boyfriend

street interviewer: so what would you rate me out of 10?

tim: um i can't do that

street interviewer: can't rate me at all?

tim: i can't rate you at all

street interviewer finally realizing that this is going absolutely nowhere: what would you rate your boyfriend out of 10?

tim smiling stupidly: he broke my scale cause he's so beautiful

#this is 100% the way he comes out to gotham btw #also you cannot tell me that gotham doesn't have a bunch of annoying people doing street interviews #cant even walk down the beach without sm1 being like 'for $20 can you tell me your worst secret?' #also that video definitely makes it back to his siblings who mock him endlessly on twt #one of them ends up tagging bear and tim shows up to patrol the next day covered in hickies #this is also sooo jonjay coded btw #jon would 100% do this just in the middle of an interview #some reporter is asking questions and jon keeps going off on tangents about jay #bernard dowd #tim drake #timber #timbern #dc

[emo-batboy]

A Wild Battinson (Social Media AU)

Part 16 (Masterlist)

(Part 17)

@bruciemilf <3

#battinson #bruce wayne #batman #the batman 2022 #the batman #batman 2022 #battinson needs a hug #dc universe #gotham #soft bruce wayne #gotham city #only in gotham #gothamite #social media au #social media #babygirl bruce wayne #give him a break #he’s trying his best #heckling reporters square up

[cubbiekins]

I want more Brucie Wayne Content. I can’t get enough of the man embarrassing the shit out of himself. It’s addicting.

But I also want to see Brucie breaking character when he’s in a room with a reporter.

I want to see Bruce literally dumping himself on a love seat and Jason just passes him an unlit cigarette (ehem), which Tim (yes, Tim) lights up with his random ass lighter. Then I want to read the reporter slowly losing their goddamn minds. Because,

“This can’t be Brucie Wayne! He’s the Prince of Gotham!”

“Aren’t they suppose to be the happy, pleasant family that donates money that seems to never end?”

To which I want Bruce to respond with,

“I am the Prince of Gotham. But remember, Joker is the Clown Prince of crime in Gotham. If he’s Crime, then I have to be the Prince of something too, don’t I?”

Then his kids all surrounding him are just snickering to each other.

#batbros #tim drake #dick grayson #jason todd #damian wayne #bruce wayne #batfam shenanigans #duke thomas #cassandra cain #brucie wayne #gala #met gala #reporters being nosy #Prince of Gotham #civvie batfam shenanigans #someone do this please #i’m literally begging #I think I just like the idea of Bruce smoking #short prompt #make a fanfic about it pls

[confused-wanderer]

Clark Kent is fucking terrifying as a reporter.

All he does is take an interview with the suspects, before throwing down some of the hardest questions that leaves them squirming in their seats.

They see this shy man who always hunches, wears dorky glasses and assume they’re the ones in charge. But the moment he timidly asks if they can record the session, lulled by their false sense of security they end up agreeing and the tables turn so fast none of them are left standing.

Question after question, of events that could not have possibly been made public, of deals and skeletons in the closet no one has dared open.

And the man is a bloodhound.

Clark uses his superhearing to help gather information. He knows drop locations, families, the plotting betrayals and plans. So all it takes is a little investigation, connecting the dots before blowing apart the criminals’ plans.

The villains, aware of his reputation, tell everyone to lie their ass off.

Most even pass the lie detector. But Clark never uses it.

He asks them questions that don’t seem related to the case, throwing them off their game asking about their health, the weather and so forth.

And there’s just something about him that makes them drop their guards without realising it. Something that even Batman has admitted to. The fact that despite his appearance, there’s an almost non existent aura, and you don’t even realise you’re saying something confidential or sliping up.

The villains lie about everything there is, avoiding every trap yet somehow from an interview about rabbits Clark Kent now publishes a plot of robbing Metropolis’ banks along with the details all laid out.

If Clark Kent comes for you, everyone knows it’s a death sentence.

This post can be summed up in this quote

Villain *to hunched back, averting gaze Clark Kent* : Do you know how to walk on your knees?

Clark *suddenly standing straight, looking them in the eyes while towering over them* : Do you?

#villain: .. I fucked up didn’t I? #Clark: *holding up the recorder* yeah.. #Bruce Wayne #batman #superman #Clark kent #Gotham #Clark kent reporter #reporter Clark kent #tell me this doesn’t happen #my guy is useful in interrogation #villain: Yeah and Boss is just so fucking horrible! #Clark: .. ah he hasn’t changed a bit huh? #villain: yeah no shit #clark: so you have met them #villain: #clark: because records show he “died three years ago #villain #clark *evil glint in his eyes* : you weren’t supposed to tell me that were you?

[anormalkidingotham]

the school trip to wayne manor today went great and was actually really interesting even if three different kids nearly got either lost or adopted by bruce wayne. gotham actually has a pretty interesting history once you look into it a bit more and the wayne butler makes amazing snacks and is really funny

#the only problem is that we all have to write reports on everything we saw now #and we have to turn them in tomorrow #i haven't started working on it yet #i probably should #it's going to be a long night... #bruce wayne #wayne manor #only in gotham #just gotham city things #unreality

[avatarvyakara]

Look, I hate to say this, but…

Episode 8 of My Adventures with Superman? The whole interview between Alex (Luthor?) and Vicki Vale?

I have no idea how Vale got that piece to work. Or why that made her a “strong reporter”.

Because you remember who made the report in the first place, on what happened at Ivo Tower? That’s right. Lois. A report involving the use of the Parasite 1.0, Ivo luring Superman to the tower, the destruction Ivo caused to his property, his person, and (nearly) his guests, and the subsequent fall of Ivo and (presumably) an investigation into his company’s misdeeds. That was Lois’ story.

So not only did Vale come to Metropolis on Lois’ story, she also interviewed Ivo’s accomplice in trying to kill everyone with no context, used that to create a libel piece, and then…scarpered.

Forget that “going for blood” nonsense. This woman practically plagiarized the work of a lady half her age, used the most unreliable witness in IvoTech as her baseline (I’m surprised he wasn’t criminally charged with aiding and abetting attempted mass murder!), and created a scandal article in a city where nobody could immediately disprove her statements.

If that’s the way the Gotham Gazette works, I’d be surprised if her taking down the Falcones wasn’t just the theft of someone else’s work too.

Seriously, Lois. You can do better. You are better. By default.

#my adventures with superman #maws #lois lane #vicki vale #plagiarism #libel #look i’m just saying #she is a *terrible* reporter #that she gets away with it says a lot about the media in Gotham #avie’s ramblings

[gotham-response]

#only in gotham #gotham city #just gotham things #in universe memes #happy to report that other than getting socked in the face by a tiny girl with steel for fists #it was a pretty uneventful Halloween #I mean the scarecrow went off but that was pretty much expected

[frownyalfred]

Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent, AKA two men with infinite accents, dialects and code shifts between their secret identities who cannot consistently use the same accent for more than 2 hours at one time

#it’s them what can I say #bruce wayne #batman #dc #superbat #clark kent #superman #you’ve heard of Bruce switching accents but I present #Clark the Midwestern reporter in a big city #who has to sound like npr neutral on the record #can bust out an atrocious Kansas accent on demand #and is dating a man with more accents than sense #Bruce who was raised by a British butler #rubbed elbows in the posh Gotham upper class #traveled the world for ten years #speaks several languages #and goes undercover all the time to practice his atrocious New Jersey matches malone accent

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

#tumblr polls #batman #ace attorney #minority report #judge dredd #robocop #demolition man #detroit become human #game of thrones #avatar the last airbender #bad boys ii #equilibrium movie #v for vendetta #gotham city #atla #phoenix wright #alex murphy #dredd #christian bale #asoiaf #michael bay #tom cruise #sylvester stallone #dbh #alan moore #legal system #justice system

[gothamdorkthoughts]

God bless anyone who ever dates our dear Brucie Wayne.

I’m 90% sure most of the city already on some level has either mentally adopted or dated that man at some point.

#only in gotham #gothamite #sort of directed #feeling a solid ‘bless your soul’ to that new out of state/city reporter that seems to be clinging to Bruce at recent events #gotham rp #Gotham roleplay #unreality

[jasontoddsgaythoughts]

Now that I have somewhat seen the light about Jason not being creative (because of that one post and I’m still in denial), therefore he’s not that creative of a writer, I now need an au where Jason doesn’t die but takes up journalism (still writing and not required to be too creative) because of a brief Lois Lane idolization period, where Tim gets adopted early and becomes Jason’s Jimmy Olsen.

#just imagine how tiny they are #running around Gotham and being aggressive reporters #Jason with a giant notepad and many recorders #and Tim following along with his camera #jason todd #tim drake #red hood #Red Robin #batfam #dc #batman #batbros #robins