I guess I shouldn’t care that my brother forgot my birthday (it was April 21st) because I only realized today that he didn’t even text me. But I guess it does hurt because on his birthday in February I got him a gift for his birthday (special circumstance but last year when he was away at college I still Venmo him some money and at least texted him happy birthday.) and like I don’t expect a gift because he’s a college student with no job, and I know finals are around right now but I don’t know I just feel like a text isn’t that crazy. Especially after all the stuff I help him with (getting Christmas gifts for the parents and fathers and Mother’s Day gifts that I don’t expect to be paid back and reminding him when that day even is or our parents birthday gifts etc.) and how everyone always asks me how he is but no one ever tells me and then people are like “aww (irl name) you don’t know stuff about your brother? That’s not nice.” Never mind that he wouldn’t know anything about me either and it’s literally because no one tells me anything even if I ask. I’m tired of being the bad sister when I’m not and honestly most of this doesn’t bother me, I just wish he texted me happy birthday.
Thinking a lot about how Batman is a symbol of hope for Gothamites. Thinking about how Gothamites are so used to having any shred of hope that gets tossed their way eventually ripped away from them. People like Harvey Dent, that they all quietly hope will be able to make a change, only to be forced to watch as he gets targeted by Gotham's corrupt system, eventually succumbing to the corruption himself.
Thinking about how Gothamites don't dare to get their hopes up again when reports of a vigilante start showing up in the news. They all try not to pay attention, try not to care about whether this vigilante might actually be trying to help because they know that even if he is, he'll just end up like everyone else that's ever tried to help Gotham. Maybe dead, maybe imprisoned, maybe broken beyond repair. No matter what the method is, the outcome will be the same- The Batman will disappear eventually.
But he doesn't. The news headlines keep coming, and the crime rates actually start dropping. Some of Gotham's most corrupt politicians and judges start mysteriously resigning one after another, and the GCPD even seems to be getting a bit more wary about harassing the people they're supposed to be protecting. Local gangs get dismantled, arms dealers that supplied them thrown in jail, and then thrown back in jail once again when they inevitably get out.
People in Gotham start to think that maybe, just maybe, this time is different. None of them ever admit it out loud, but there's a quiet undercurrent of something like hope in the city. As the crime rates keep dropping, some people get a little braver and start going outside more. Short walks around their neighborhood, maybe a brief visit to a park that hasn't been upkept in years. But it's noticeable. Gotham is safer. Batman keeps showing up in news headlines, and the city seems a bit brighter, metaphorically speaking. People are still afraid that this will end eventually, that Batman will disappear, but a lot more people are starting to think this might be permanent.
It's been many years since Batman's first appearance, and Gotham is brighter. Not just metaphorically, but literally- a lot of the factories that were causing the thick layer of smog in Gotham got shut down when the people in charge of them got thrown in jail for things like illegal waste dumping or various safety violations. At some point people started doing watch parties for the real-time counter of violent crimes reported each night, and the number is getting lower week after week.
On one particular night, the counter for violent crimes reported is still at zero, and it's nearly 11 pm. A lot of people are still awake, watching the counter, some of them alone, some of them with family, friends, or loved ones. It keeps getting later and it feels like the entire city is holding its breath. It hits midnight, a new day, and the counter is still at zero, but some people keep watching it anyway. It gets later and later, and the city starts to wake up, or at least the people that actually went to sleep that night do.
The news reports start rolling in- Gotham has zero reported violent crimes in one night for the first time in decades. News outlets from both inside and outside of Gotham relay the information, but it still doesn't really feel real to anyone. It's been so long since Gotham has been anything other than the city with the highest crime rate in the world- the idea of having zero violent crimes reported in one night is something most people didn't think was possible.
It isn't until some of the main news channels in Gotham like the Gotham Gazette and the GCN start posting their morning news reports that it starts to feel real to people. The GCN's news anchor gets a bit choked up as they relay the news on live TV, having to pause mid-sentence as they announce the news that most people have already heard- Gotham has had zero reported violent crimes in one night for the first time in decades.
The city seems the same as it always does for the most part, if not for the fact that there are hundreds of people that watch the sunrise that day. People sitting on balconies or fire escapes, people looking out their windows, even some people sitting on their front steps or just standing on the sidewalk, watching the sun get higher and higher in the sky.
Everyone knows that Batman only comes out at night, but a few people saw him that morning. Perched on a rooftop just a few stories above the fire escape they were sitting on, watching the sunrise, same as they were. And if they saw him shed a few tears that morning, they figure that's really no one's business but his.
Not how that works. Don't repost misinformation. The stores doesn't even get the tax break from your donation, you do if the charity is eligible for such.
Finally! It’s time for my girls! Dazzlestar for the win!!!!
Like please tell me someone else sees my vision! Girl next door meets disco pop star! They’ve both been done dirty by writing and men! They both don’t currently have any partners!
If they win I promise to write numerous fanfics of them for the populous and finally finish this fanart based on ABBA!
Saw someone on TikTok call Laura “Lady Wolverine” don’t step to my bitch that’s Wolverine if you want to refer to the other one you can call him Deadbeat Wolverine or Whore Wolverine or Wolverine For Men
my favorite part of wake up dead man was when benoit blanc looked up at that pulpit near the end and you can SEE the theater kid emerging in his brain as the idea popped into his head to go up there and start shouting at everyone to get them to stop talking. he always has to find the most DRAMATIC ways to interrupt people
I think he as a church going kid who likes architecture also knows that the pulpit is the loudest place in the church. Pulpits are typically (especially in a Catholic Church) built with the idea that you can hear the person at it from any point in the room without a microphone or any other assistance.
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