Proudly Polluting Gotham’s Harbour Since 1921

Title is only mostly a joke unfortunately. If you know who I am, no you don’t. If you’re my boss the “no you don’t” goes doubly for you.

[gothamfactoryworker]

Bulletin board/ introduction of sorts

(Hi! It’s me! The person behind this rp blog! I thought I’d tell you a few things about myself. Aaaand about the character I’m playing, cause why not.)

1. (My pronouns are They/Them)

2. (I still use the name my parents gave me irl and I’m pretty sure my first name is so uncommon you could find me based off of it. If you want to refer to me you can call me either Goose or Robyn though.)

3. (Robyn with a y cause my best friend is a standup comedian and I’ve met a stand-up comedian named Robin before and my friend always talks about him and even though I kinda like Robin more than my birth name, it feels like I’m copying his name otherwise and that feels weird.)

4. (Originally born in South Africa but I live somewhere else now. Might eventually tell some true crazy stories from when I was living in SA but pretend that I’m roleplaying. Have fun guessing which those are. Hehehehe. I think im good enough at making crazy stories that you’ll never know. That said I gave the first one to you as a freebie basically.)

5. (I do not fuck with bigots or bullies. I will block you on sight. If you are curious about something I will gladly have a civil conversation about it, but I will not talk to someone trying to “debate” me out of bad faith who has no interest in seeing a different viewpoint. I want this blog to be an inclusive, judgement free space where people can just have fun roleplaying and I will not tolerate anything that undermines that.)

6. (I’m in college so I might post kinda sporadically, I do have a few ideas for how where I’m going to take this and what I’d like to do but I am largely just riding the metaphorical waves.)

7. (This is my first time role playing on tumblr and the last time I role played was when I was 14 or something [currently 20], but I’m obsessed with the only in Gotham tag. I love it so much. The citizens of the DC universe get put through so much and it’s so much fun to explore that perspective.)

8. (Since someone asked, basically feel free to reblog anything I post, I honestly really do not mind. If I accidentally reblog something you don’t want reblogged just DM me and I’ll take it down.)

9. (I curse. A LOT. That’s mostly just a warning tbh.)

(Since I’ve never rp’d on tumblr before PLEASE tell me if there’s ever any sort of RP ettiquette I mess up/might not be aware of. Feedback is appreciated.)

That said, here’s some facts about the character I’m rp-ing, I will add more as time goes on.

Name: (Coming soon! Or eventually. Haven’t had a reason to reveal that info yet and this is a character who doesn’t really want their boss to know who they are [Not that they’re the best at not revealing identifying info but I digress], so like, eh, they wouldn’t want that to be known at this point I’d think.)

Age: Somewhere between 18 and dead (Jokinggg, they’re 21)

Gender: Fuck if I know, he’s got he/they pronouns though. He looks like a cis man most of the time and his coworkers think he’s 100% a cis guy, but who you are at work does not necessarily reflect who you are when you are not at work.

Appearance: I’ll draw something for them when I’ve got some time. Which might be a few months… (My appologies, I’m in college and am in the middle of getting my driver’s license and am trying to see my friends at least once every two months and I volunteer every month and have a TON of assignments and group projects. Safe to say I’m SWAMPED and am just very happy when I get time for tumblr rp in the first place.)

P.S. May or may not have a few ideas about some of their coworkers. Let’s just say you’ve mostly got to be some kind of crazy or desperate to work in a factory in Gotham.

[gothamfactoryworker]

(Not rp but I am currently so autistically obsessed with Project Hail Mary it’s insane, also if you haven’t watched that movie and you get the chance to watch it, take it. I’ve never wanted to rewatch a movie in theatres before but by god do I want to rewatch Project Hail Mary. I’m reading the book but I also want to listen to the audiobook????? Nonsensical.

Autism is fun, went from not really caring about Ryan Gosling to watching like dozens of clips of interviews about Project Hail Mary.

I’m also so fucking obsessed with James Ortiz that I want to draw fanart of him. I’m not THAT good at drawing but, sure???? I guess??? I’m worried he’ll think that’s weird since he makes puppets and was Rocky’s voice and you don’t usually see ppl make fanart of voice actors but I genuinely just think that he is SO COOL-)

[gothamfactoryworker]

The “fun” thing about being on the Riddler’s ragebait list or whatever is that he sends me stupid little Barney the dinosaur coloured post cards with riddles on them in the mail.

I’m not surprised he knows my adress but sometimes he just writes some stuff he really shouldn’t know about my life and that is, really fucking annoying.

It’s always either “Something something some bullshit, what am I?” or “I know about some random, sometimes traumatic, event in your life.”

God the Riddler has to be one of the pettiest of the Gotham Rogues I’ve encountered-

[gothamfactoryworker]

One sided pen pal of hatered and despair.

[gothamfactoryworker]

The “fun” thing about being on the Riddler’s ragebait list or whatever is that he sends me stupid little Barney the dinosaur coloured post cards with riddles on them in the mail.

I’m not surprised he knows my adress but sometimes he just writes some stuff he really shouldn’t know about my life and that is, really fucking annoying.

It’s always either “Something something some bullshit, what am I?” or “I know about some random, sometimes traumatic, event in your life.”

God the Riddler has to be one of the pettiest of the Gotham Rogues I’ve encountered-

[gotham-cat-sanctuary]

Cat of the Day

Spike

If you wish to request a cat please reach out!

[gothamfactoryworker]

Did you make them look as eldrich as possible on purpose or is that just what they look like all the time?

[chaser]

Boss is asleep, cannot stop me from frogposting

[chaser]

First like and this has already found its intended audience

[chaser]

uh oh

[itsmyturnonthegender]

[gothamfactoryworker]

I think its honestly really insane how the craziest stuff just gets normalised and life just keeps going on regardless.

I met someone at a comic con in metropolis once and they were horrified by like stories straight up from my childhood, like-

“Oh yeah a bunch of guys tried to carjack my uncle’s car while he was still in it while he was in my grandpa’s driveway so my grandpa shot at them and nearly shot my uncle.”

“In the house I grew up in my neighbour had a pool and in the middle of the night another house down, some guy tried to break in but that neighbour shot him and he ended up falling in the other neighbour’s pool. The neighbour left to call the police but by the time he was back the guy who broke in had fled. I slept through all of this btw. I only know cause my parents were talking about it the next morning.”

“Every six months or so I’d have class outside because there was a break-in at the school overnight and we weren’t allowed into the classroom after it got robbed because it was an active crime scene.”

Like, no I’m not trauma dumping, I just grew up in Gotham-

[gothamroofdweller]

A goon just told me tonight that he truly believes the earth is flat and has been teaching his 4 year old that. I knew some goons were idiots but that's a new low.

Hey Riddler you might want to have a talk with this henchmen of yours.

[gothamfactoryworker]

I swear to god. I left my house keys at work today right? I had to go aaaaall the way back to work from home. One of the night guards found it and offered to have me pick it up at the entrance.

Maybe my first mistake was going to the warehouse district in Gotham by myself at night, but yeah, I kind of had no choice. It was go back to work or be locked out of my appartment and sleeping outside. In short, I needed those keys.

Now, important thing to know. There’s a front entrance and a back entrance, the night guard didn’t specify which so I ended up at the back entrance since that’s where I usually enter the factory to go to work.

When I tell you, that the back entrance was PACKED.

It looked like a fucking frat party- I had no clue what the hell I was looking at.

That’s not even the craziest part though.

There’s like more than fifty men standing in a circle, I cannot contain my curiosity so of course I pushed through the crowd.

I fucking swear. I’m not making this up. I see my coworker on top of a fucking overturned, empty crate of beer, he’s got one of our megaphones and he’s fucking commentating like they’re watching a sport.

In the centre of the circle? Two gerbils. Fighting.

MY COWORKER OPERATES AN ILLEGAL GERBIL FIGHTING RING. AT OUR PLACE OF WORK ON THE OFF HOURS. WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO IN THIS SITUATION-

At least the rogues are an evil I am familiar with but like dude WHAT SORT OF GUY MAKES GERBILS FIGHT EACH OTHER- WHY ARE THERE FIFTY OR SO MEN WATCHING GERBIL FIGHTING

Does this even count as an “only in Gotham” thing or is my coworker just insane???

[gothamfactoryworker]

Me: Maybe I should quit my job

The jobs in my area:

[0racle404]

Hope this helps.

[gothamfactoryworker]

As much as I appreciate that (and am honestly surprised mimes make that much-), we both know I’d have to move out of Gotham first because I’d be shot at for being confused for a rogue in Gotham within like a few hours, let’s be real here.

There’s a reason we don’t have street performers-

[gothamfactoryworker]

I’m honestly genuinely impressed right now, someone managed to have an illegal rave in the factory after hours without it being attacked.

Disclaimer: Do not do this in Gotham. Do not copy these people. These people were very lucky.

[gothamfactoryworker]

I should feel thankful that the past few days has been uneventful and I am yet to see a rogue but honestly it’s got me kinda on edge.

You know when toddlers are suddenly quiet and you realise you haven’t seen them in a little bit too long and then when you find them you realize that they got into a tub of body lotion and are just absolutely CAKED in body lotion?

It feels like that.

[gothamfactoryworker]

Dude I had a full, normal day of work yesterday. It felt surreal- I definitely thought I jinxed it cause I said the q-word (rhymes with riot and ends in uiet) yesterday, but it’s like halfway through my shift and, nothing-

It’s everything I’ve ever wanted and more than I could ever ask for from Gotham but it’s also just, very unusual.

[gothamfactoryworker]

Today’s been a quiet day? No one broke in overnight? No arkham breakout, no random gangs shooting at each other around the factory, no rogues?

Am I hallucinating?

[gothamfactoryworker]

If I made a petition stating that Condiment Man should pay for the cleaning of every person whose clothes he ruins, would you sign it

Yes

YES BUT IN UPPERCASE

He should wash my clothes himself too

I wouldn’t sign it

He couldn’t afford that, tax the rich, make THEM do it

See answers

Voting ended onMar 24

[gothamfactoryworker]

Batman and Robin might as well just move into the factory with how often they have chased the Rogues through or around it this month.

Also, Robin, if you just so happen to see this, one of my coworkers left an animal sticker sheet on the roof somewhere for you cause you prevented his daughter from getting hurt in a rogue attack near her gymnastics class a while ago.

[gothamfactoryworker]

Hey, I live in Gotham and work in a factory. My life advice is to not live in Gotham and work in a factory.