gotham's empath.

[gothempatha]

#GOTHEMPATH   /   INDEPENDENT   ,   SELECTIVE   ,   PRIMARILY   FRIENDS   ONLY   STUDY OF   DETECTIVE   ALEKSANDR   NOVAK   CONDUCTED   BY   MOOMIN   /   CAREBEAR   (   HE   +   THEY   ).  

REGARDING   :   pushing yourself to your limits   ,   homesickness   ,   a strange feeling of being watched   ,   being underestimated   ,   and learning how to love and care for yourself.

RULES   +   ABOUT   UNDER   THE   CUT .

NAME   :   aleksandr serafin novak AGE   :   early 20s. OCCUPATION   :   college student   ,   honorary detective with the gotham city police department. VIRTUE   :   selfless   ,   determined   ,   will throw himself into danger to save others   ,   intelligent   ,   empathetic   ,   understanding   ,   adaptable VICE   :   impulsive   ,   self - sacrificial   ,   stupid   ,   paranoid   ,   volatile   ,   emotionally repressed   ,   easily stressed out   ,   talks way more than he should   ,   physically weak TRIVIA   : tba. SKILLSET   :    bolded = trained and often used   ,   italics = under certain circumstances   ,   plain = average control of the ability

eidetic memory

empathy

psychometry 

retrocognition

precognition 

levitation   

astral projection

remote viewing

mediumship

telepathy  

mild telekinesis

CONNECTIONS   : tba.

you can find a more detailed thing of my rules on my rules page for my main blog   ,   massoccurs   (   note   :   asks and such will come from there   )   but here are my basics   :

just be cool. no godmodding   ,   no metagaming. literally just don’t be shitty.

i don’t write romanticized infidelity plots. i am highly selective with ana de armas as an fc for strictly personal reasons.

multiverse   ,   multiship. multi everything. i’m generally very go with the flow. aleksandr is a gay transman and will not be shipped with women romantically   ,   but he does love and admire them so please throw all lovely ladies his way for appreciation!

yes   ,   aleks is a dc oc. no   ,   i’m not totally caught up with comics. be patient with me   ,   please and thank you/

my name is moomin / carebear   ,   im 20   ,   im pagan and bad at describing myself but hi <3 psds in use on this blog are by yellowhelper and kurocommision.

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mini PSA! this blog is defunct and aleks is on his own blog @.gothempath

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moving aleks to his own blog. same url, threads will continue. ill be following everyone who follows me here

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aleks has decided he's questioning his sexuality so ill update my rules later

[gothempatha]

aleks sends ur muse this captioned "i lived bitch" after almost being murdered by a gotham villain what's their response

[nightprompts]

&. 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

❛ i didn’t know where else to go. ❜

❛ i’ll never be that me again. ❜

❛ you can still be good. ❜

❛ i thought you’d be here. ❜

❛ don’t act like you know me. ❜

❛ because i care about you, okay? ❜

❛ it wasn’t supposed to end like this. ❜

❛ i was scared. i thought you had lost your way. ❜

❛ am i supposed to just let you go? ❜

❛ you deserve better than me. ❜

❛ don’t make me do this. ❜

❛ i’m not who you think i am. ❜

❛ you don’t mean that. ❜

❛ please just hold me. ❜

❛ i don’t want to understand, i want you to stay. ❜

❛ and why should i care? ❜

❛ you look awful. ❜

❛ i can’t do this without you. ❜

❛ don’t let me lose you too. ❜

❛ for what it’s worth, i really am sorry. ❜

❛ it’s not your fault. ❜

❛ i don’t know who i am anymore. ❜

❛ is this the part where you kick me out? ❜

❛ don’t we deserve to be happy? ❜

❛ promise me you’ll still be here when i wake up. ❜

❛ you can’t save everyone. ❜

❛ it was a nightmare, that’s all. ❜

❛ it’s just a scratch, don’t worry. ❜

❛ you know me better than i know myself. ❜

❛ don’t go where i can’t follow. ❜

❛ you’re better off without me. ❜

❛ we all die alone. ❜

❛ people get hurt if they get too close to me. ❜

❛ i hate what i’ve become. ❜

❛ i’m not going anywhere. ❜

❛ is there anything i can do to help? ❜

❛ i don’t even recognize you anymore. ❜

❛ who did this to you? ❜

❛ please don’t leave me. ❜

❛ oh, now you care? ❜

❛ don’t come any closer! ❜

❛ i missed you so much. ❜

❛ you don’t have to say anything. ❜

❛ do you want me to leave? ❜

❛ why are you avoiding me? ❜

❛ you could have died, you know. ❜

❛ i wish you were here. ❜

❛ you’re not alone. i’m staying right here. ❜

❛ i can be your family. ❜

❛ of course i’m here. where else would i be? ❜

❛ we just can’t seem to get it right, huh? ❜

❛ don’t look at me like that. ❜

❛ don’t push me away again. ❜

❛ this wasn’t how it was supposed to go. ❜

❛ you’re leaving already? ❜

❛ this was a mistake. ❜

❛ can’t sleep? ❜

[nightprompts]

&. 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

(  a  mix  of  horror,  humor,  and  happy  hauntings!  )

❛ you say beetlejuice three times. and i’ll say candyman five times. then we get them to fight. ❜

❛ that’s your face? oh, i thought it was a mask. ❜

❛ if you ever get scared, you can hold my hand. ❜

❛ how late do you think the blood bank stays open? ❜

❛ what slasher do you think you could take? in a fight, i mean. ❜

❛ and the walls will ooze green slime?! wait, they always do that. ❜

❛ holy shit, you should have seen the look on your face! ❜

❛ these pumpkins may be tiny, but they give so much serotonin. ❜

❛ on halloween we dress as skeletons. but in reality, skeletons dress as us. ❜

❛ do you believe in ghosts? ❜

❛ i think we’re being followed. ❜

❛ well, one of us is going to have to change. ❜

❛ don’t tell me you’re afraid of the dark. ❜

❛ we’re not alone. ❜

❛ i see dead people. ❜

❛ scream for me, my little banshee. ❜

❛ i said, look behind you. ❜

❛ do you think ghosts ask if they believe in humans? ❜

❛ i heard the houses here give out huge candy bars. ❜

❛ it’s like we’re too old to trick or treat and too young to die. ❜

❛ hey you need a… hand? ❜

❛ halloween is the perfect day to hide a body in plain sight. ❜

❛ it’s just a mask, don’t worry! ❜

❛ have you picked out a costume yet? ❜

❛ i can read your fortune. it says you’re a nerd. ❜

❛ get in loser, we’re going to spirit halloween. ❜

❛ did that ghost just spell ‘get out’ wrong? ❜

❛ if you can’t summon the flames directly from hell, store bought is fine. ❜

❛ if a zombie apocalypse started on halloween, it would take a while to realize. ❜

❛ you frightened me. do it again. ❜

❛ wanna see something scary? ❜

❛ i came here expecting a trick, but you’re a real treat. ❜

❛ i don’t think we should be here. ❜

❛ maybe i’ll summon a demon so i can hang out with someone. ❜

❛ what i want to be for halloween is loved. ❜

❛ what’s your favorite scary movie? ❜

❛ i’ve seen enough horror movies to know where this is going. ❜

❛ some people have swimming pools, other people have private cemeteries. ❜

❛ they really need to add bloopers at the end of horror movies. ❜

❛ you alright? you look like you’ve seen a ghost. ❜

❛ that’s fake blood, right? ❜

❛ i could have sworn we were just here. ❜

❛ do not say we should split up. ❜

❛ did the eyes in that painting just move? ❜

❛ i think it’s found us. ❜

❛ scared? i’m not scared. ❜

❛ you can’t help the dead. they’re beyond help. ❜

❛ whatever you do, don’t look behind you. ❜

❛ i think i’m getting pretty good at this pumpkin carving business. ❜

❛ the scariest thing about halloween is that rent is due the next day. ❜

❛ …and they were never heard from again. ❜

❛ i know this isn’t your area of expertise, but is this guy dead? ❜

❛ why does that grave have your name on it? ❜

❛ i could really go for a hot chocolate right now. ❜

[gothempatha]

aleksandr is literally 5'4 and he is Not a big dude in the slightest. he's a little guy, actually. he's just a little guy and it's his birthday.

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sonburied.

the detective — Aleks — was fidgety. nervous. thermals pick up on a heightened flush, and Jason’s face scrunches up under the helmet in amusement. newbie.

“close enough.” fuzzy logic. by the same flip of a coin, Jason could say he was a Bat. he wasn’t, but the association was still there. still hanging over everyone’s head. waiting for someone to say it.

once again he’s out of his depth. cases like this were more than well-suited for B and his pack of junior detectives ( not that Jason lacked in that department so much as he usually has other fish to fry ). but instead of betraying any of that, Jason just crosses his arms, head cocking to the side just a few degrees, “other than the mask deaths, what gives that away? fancy piece of Kord tech, maybe?”

holographic scene-reconstruction was still a tricky beast, and Jason figured it was way out of the GCPD budget, but that didn’t mean they didn’t have access to something like that. B definitely did. but B wasn’t here.

         THIS   IS   ALREADY   NOT   GOING   WELL   ---   he wishes the ground itself would split open and swallow him whole. he only grows more nervous at red hood asking questions   ,   feeling a growing sense of embarrassment. aleks usually just comes in   ,   does what he does   ,   then gives a report. there’s not often someone asking him questions   ---   especially not someone with the most unforgivingly ripped arms he’s ever seen. he swallows hard before continuing on.

       ❝   it really isn’t like that.  ❞   half - mumbled   ,   gaze trailing off to the ground. there’s no polite or appropriate way to explain that he just ended his relationship with his goddamn benefactor in a fiery wreck and now had few choices if he wanted to continue having a roof over his head.

       ❝   well   ,   uh   ---   ❞   he’s dying for a cigarette.   ❝   not quite. it’s   ,   uh   ,   psychometry   ,   actually. in tandem with a couple other things   ,   but   ---   y’know. mainly that. people sort of   ,   um   ,   have an energy signature that they leave behind   ,   if you know how to look for it   ---   anything they touched sorta just    ---   just holds onto it   ,   i-if that make sense.   ❞

[gothempatha]

aleks, after jason blatantly bullied him for working with the gcpd: i do sort of like it when he's rude to me. hopefully that's more a psychological defect and not a weird sexual thing.

[gothempatha]

aleks is not a cop. he's not even officially employed by the gcpd. he's literally the psychic empath they're currently renting out because they need his help. he didn't go to academy, he isn't sanctioned, he's barely on their payroll.

the truth is with some money, anyone can buy aleks' time to do detective work for them. he's barely even a detective. they gave him the title because that was what was most accurate.

aleksandr novak is a college student with no fucking idea what he's doing other than whatever it takes to keep him housed after stephen cheated on him and stopped paying his rent.

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aleks isn't like, expressly a toxic person. he does his best to be a good person, but he has a very bad habit of like ... taking his bad days out on others. he actively tries not to, but it's very much second nature. his grandmother did it to his mother ( and himself , as well ) and his mother did it to him.

he's not , like , violent or anything but he does get a bad attitude. he's easily overwhelmed and stressed and he does , absolutely , have anger issues he doesn't talk about or deal with. if he's having a shitty day , everyone around him is gonna know. it's entirely possible this is a subconscious way of seeking help / comfort because he doesn't have the emotional vulnerability to just ask when he needs it. that 100% doesn't make his attitude problem okay though , of course.

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i lied i hate my old tags

☉   ⋮　❛   if i gave up on being pretty ˒ i wouldn’t know how to be alive.  ⋮   ☛ 　mannerisms.   

☉   ⋮　❛   i think my brain is rotting in places ˒ i think my heart is ready to die.  ⋮   ☛ 　reverie.

☉   ⋮　❛   like any unloved thing ˒ i don’t know i’m real if i’m not being touched.  ⋮   ☛ 　attraction.

☉   ⋮　❛   i have a deepl hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond daily life.  ⋮   ☛ 　visual.   

☉   ⋮　❛   does the sun ask itself : am i good? am i worthwhile? no ˒ it merely is.  ⋮   ☛ 　visage.

☉   ⋮　❛   i am not my body ˒ i am so much more ˒ i am the universe personified.  ⋮   ☛ 　anatomy.   

☉   ⋮　❛   let august be august and let yourself just be ˒ even in uncertainty.  ⋮   ☛ 　study. 

☉   ⋮　❛   all my style ˒ all my grace ˒ all i’ve tried to save my face.  ⋮   ☛ 　in character.

☉   ⋮　❛   did you check the evidence locker?  ⋮   ☛ 　answer.  

☉   ⋮　❛   you’ve reached the gotham city police department ˒ aleks speaking.  ⋮   ☛ 　inbox.

☉   ⋮　❛   i want a life without fangs or claws. if this is love ˒ make it song - sweet.  ⋮   ☛ 　jason todd. 

☉   ⋮　❛   i’d rather be the one that got away than be under your thumb.  ⋮   ☛ 　stephen almeck. 

☉   ⋮　❛   what must it be like to grow up that beautiful ˒ with your hair falling into place?  ⋮   ☛ 　leon andrada.   

☉   ⋮　❛   you glance over at me ˒ you can see right through me cuz we’re ghosts.  ⋮   ☛ 　juno perez.  

☉   ⋮　❛   she asked me : son ˒ when i grow old will you build me a house of gold?  ⋮   ☛ 　olesia novak.  

☉   ⋮　❛   if you love me ˒ you don’t love me in a way i can understand.  ⋮   ☛ 　ksenia czerniak.   

☉   ⋮　❛   my darling ˒ sweetheart ˒ baby : i know the past haunts us.  ⋮   ☛ 　piotr czerniak.

☉   ⋮　❛   you’ve actually been here before ˒ we just made sure you forgot.  ⋮   ☛ 　gotham.

[gothempatha]

continuing with the mall au i was rambling on about on main yesterday , mall au aleks works at spencer's

[gothempatha]

i can and will be redesigning gotham state university bc literally why does it look like that

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i acknowledge it isn't sunday. i also acknowledge that i don't care.

aleks is into , like kind dumbification. he wants to be degraded in a soft tone of voice. told not to worry about anything , he's too stupid anyway , to just let his partner worry about everything while they touch on him until he's just a sighing , dopey eyed puddle under their touch.

[zackmartin]

DYLAN SPROUSE as TREVOR MATTHEWS in AFTER WE COLLIDED (2020)