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[hospesi]

For the past couple of months, I've read so many Peter Parker in Gotham fics that I can't tell them apart anymore. Whenever I get an update notification, I sit there trying to figure out which one this was. Doesn't help that the subgenre has so many established common beats.

For my own sake and sanity, this is a list of some that do stand out, that either break the mould or use it well enough to be memorable anyway. These are the updates I crave.

And When You Fall by @blackbellabu Peter in Gotham, but arrives together with a strange little girl he's never seen before.

Die a Little Sweeter by @forestofbabel Throws the mould out the window entirely. Peter keeps visiting Gotham at different stages of his life.

Existential Crisis Mode by @luciaintheskyainthi Everyone knows this one, right? No transition via snap, or pit, or universal erasure spell, which stands out right from the start.

Home Sweet Home by @queenisdemilo This one hits a lot of the tropes, but it does it so well, and has me on the edge of my seat.

I Solemnly Believe in Newton's Laws of Motion by GreenPigeon Peter's in the DC universe, but avoids homelessness by joining a circus.

The Mime of Gotham City by @lemongrovesandcloves Peter lands in the hands of the Joker instead of the bats. Longing for the next chapter to this one!

Phantom Liberty by @kpeccati Skips the orientation, and is set when Batman is just starting his career.

Stuck in a Web by AislinnHeart The bats are hilariously incompetent when it comes to being reassuring and trustworthy.

The Unsteady Retirement of One Mr Peter Benjamin Parker by aestorian Peter has had it with hero work and just wants to be Peter Parker, but keeps being bugged by bats.

[hospesi]

For the past couple of months, I've read so many Peter Parker in Gotham fics that I can't tell them apart anymore. Whenever I get an update notification, I sit there trying to figure out which one this was. Doesn't help that the subgenre has so many established common beats.

For my own sake and sanity, this is a list of some that do stand out, that either break the mould or use it well enough to be memorable anyway. These are the updates I crave.

And When You Fall by @blackbellabu Peter in Gotham, but arrives together with a strange little girl he's never seen before.

Die a Little Sweeter by @forestofbabel Throws the mould out the window entirely. Peter keeps visiting Gotham at different stages of his life.

Existential Crisis Mode by @luciaintheskyainthi Everyone knows this one, right? No transition via snap, or pit, or universal erasure spell, which stands out right from the start.

Home Sweet Home by @queenisdemilo This one hits a lot of the tropes, but it does it so well, and has me on the edge of my seat.

I Solemnly Believe in Newton's Laws of Motion by GreenPigeon Peter's in the DC universe, but avoids homelessness by joining a circus.

The Mime of Gotham City by @lemongrovesandcloves Peter lands in the hands of the Joker instead of the bats. Longing for the next chapter to this one!

Phantom Liberty by @kpeccati Skips the orientation, and is set when Batman is just starting his career.

Stuck in a Web by AislinnHeart The bats are hilariously incompetent when it comes to being reassuring and trustworthy.

The Unsteady Retirement of One Mr Peter Benjamin Parker by aestorian Peter has had it with hero work and just wants to be Peter Parker, but keeps being bugged by bats.

[hospesi]

A new addition: I Solemnly Believe in Newton's Laws of Motion by GreenPigeon.

[anywhoozles]

[hospesi]

I'm going on a nine hour bus ride tomorrow, and I'm desperately searching for fics I can download to keep me from losing my mind on the way.

[insert-witty-user-name-here]

[determinedapathy]

@apocrypals

[failbettergames]

Forty years ago, London was stolen by bats.

Fallen London is an online text adventure; a Victorian gaslight fantasy with horror in its bones and romance laced throughout its meat. Also it's funny.

You might have seen our gender selection text doing the rounds on here:

It's more than 4.5 million words long, and as such defies summary. However, it's broken down into morsels small enough that you won't choke.

It's playable for free on anything that can open a web browser. There are no ads and no installs. It's not possible to infinitely scroll it; you get some actions, spend them, and then are released to go and think about what you've done.

It has been developed over 16 years without the use of AI. (Anything with incorrect fingers is like that on purpose.)

Welcome, delicious friend.

[forestofbabel]

Immediately decided to check this out. They ask to pick an image to represent you and I’m already torn between plague doctor, scuba suit, and whoever this Victorian twink is

[hospesi]

Haven't looked at this game in years. This is going to end with me reinstalling Sunless Sea by Tuesday, isn't it?

[hppjmxrgosg]

IM BACK BABY

dbi chapter 23 up now holla

and with it: my memes

[hospesi]

Every year, I am so impressed that the Pride parade goes off as well as it does, because there is zero organization in lining up for it to start.

[hospesi]

For the past couple of months, I've read so many Peter Parker in Gotham fics that I can't tell them apart anymore. Whenever I get an update notification, I sit there trying to figure out which one this was. Doesn't help that the subgenre has so many established common beats.

For my own sake and sanity, this is a list of some that do stand out, that either break the mould or use it well enough to be memorable anyway. These are the updates I crave.

And When You Fall by @blackbellabu Peter in Gotham, but arrives together with a strange little girl he's never seen before.

Die a Little Sweeter by @forestofbabel Throws the mould out the window entirely. Peter keeps visiting Gotham at different stages of his life.

Existential Crisis Mode by @luciaintheskyainthi Everyone knows this one, right? No transition via snap, or pit, or universal erasure spell, which stands out right from the start.

Home Sweet Home by @queenisdemilo This one hits a lot of the tropes, but it does it so well, and has me on the edge of my seat.

The Mime of Gotham City by @lemongrovesandcloves Peter lands in the hands of the Joker instead of the bats. Longing for the next chapter to this one!

Phantom Liberty by @kpeccati Skips the orientation, and is set when Batman is just starting his career.

Stuck in a Web by AislinnHeart The bats are hilariously incompetent when it comes to being reassuring and trustworthy.

The Unsteady Retirement of One Mr Peter Benjamin Parker by aestorian Peter has had it with hero work and just wants to be Peter Parker, but keeps being bugged by bats.

[hospesi]

It's nearing a year since I made this list, which means it's been more than a year since I first fell down this rabbit hole. While I'm not looking for new ones quite as often, I'm still down here.

Some of the entries on the list seem to have gone dormant, but I still hold out hope for updates in the future. There's probably a couple of new ones I should add to the list, though I'd need to hunt through the ao3 bookmarks to find them again.

Here's to year two of this!

[stitchthisfiona]

Today in niche genres of joke that I can never get enough of and will probably still be secretly thinking about four years later

[cleolinda]

[cleolinda]

[lotus0kid]

[lotus0kid]

[pomme-poire-peche]

[lotus0kid]

[sashaforthewin]

[thememedaddy]

[forestofbabel]

File under: spam I’m attempted to reply to, just to see

[hospesi]

I once got a spam e-mail with the subject line "Greetings from the great Illuminati" and that one hurt to delete.

[hospesi]

So, I have read very few superhero comics – I just find the convoluted continuities and resets and such to be overwhelming and off-putting. I am one of Those People, who mostly know the characters from movies, and from fanworks.

I did recently read the Isn't it Bromantic collection of Spider-Man/Deadpool. Found it quite fun. Led me to look up a bit more about Deadpool. And …

How are the things he's done not crossing the moral event horizon? The guy who, apparently, tortured an innocent bystander and his dogs to death is now just hanging out with Spider-Man? Was there a retcon or massive turnaround that these articles just skipped? What am I missing here?

[hospesi]

Well, I've gone and read a bunch of Deadpool comics now, and I'm still …

Like, is this retconned at some point? This is a comic with a lot of violence played for laughs, but even for its standards this seems a step beyond.

(From Deadpool #12 and #14)

[awhoreintheory]

This is my reenactment of all the peter parker in gotham stereotypes I've read in first person bc its fucking hilarious

I wake up still an orphan and homeless. This place fucking sucks, I think, as I continue to not take the obvious help of the rich people around me. Rich people eat babies or something, even though my spidey sense says they're ok.

Ugh I like these people, I think, as I continue to actively run away and avoid the people.

They mustn't know im without a guardian. Or food. Or running water. Or a home.

I am at the public library. The red head librarian is the one who sicced her weird rich friends on me. And also the vigilantes that stalk me at night for some reason thst couldn't possibly be because im a unaccompanied, starved, bruised and homeless looking (and smelling) minor wondering around at night

She gives me free food and tells me where homeless shelters are, which, rude

I wiggle my eyebrows convincingly, explaing that my totally alive foster dad is waiting for me

No one believes me

Her rich friends congregate here. That guy looks like my dad. Omg that guy looks like my uncle. This is crazy.

I run away dramatically.

They corner me.

"Peter!" They cry, all 10 of them in unison. My dad-not-dad sobs into a photoshopped picture of me as a baby tim made. Except he just put my portait picture over a baby's body.

"No! You dont understand! Im— im unlovable and have severe trust issues because everyone i love literally dies. Like, we're going four for four (or five for five depending on if im MCU) dude."

"Its ok everyone has already died and come back to life before"

"Fire."

"So we can adopt you now?"

I point behind him. "No there's a fire, its a mandatory Halloween chapter and firefly just broke out. Also, im totally gonna go taunt the joker and give you guys a heart attack"

The look at me heartbroken, knowing of my flighty nature. I expertly evade these highly trained and much more experience vigilantes in my pursuit of justice.

"JUSTICE" I yell. "JUSTICE FOR GATHAM" a building falls on me, heroically.

"JUSTICEEEEEE"

I am also beat by the joker with a crowbar for no particular reason

no justice.

My dad-not-dad swoops in the nick of time with the rest of my could-be family. I am saved but also my legs are like. Sangwoo'ed so now I cant run away

They nurse me back to health (because I cant run away) I begrudgingly begin to get attached but also im still a flight risk lowkey. They put trackers in my shoes or some shit

My metabolism also fucks me over on wet concrete and they all sadly awww at my ribs jutting out and also im either de aged or really really small for my age

My OP as fuck spidey sense tells me where the trackers are so I can eat them and run away again

Either through magic, the speed force, or science they find out im from another dimension

"Omg hes not a clone!"

Or he is. Who knows

"Omg hes from another universe!"

Or hes not. Who knows

"Omg he IS your son dick you slut"

Yeah

I also avoid my dad-not-dad like the plague and now have had very little interaction with him so its awkward lowkey

But I also have deadass amazing chemistry with my not-uncle-ben jason (bc we're part of the dead kid club)

I live happily ever after (or I dont)

Thank you for reading my condensed stereotypes of peter parker in gotham + dick is Richard Parker tag

[hospesi]

Well, there go my plans for the evening.

[hospesi]

It's fun when you can tell a fic was written by someone raised on Chromebooks. Sure, the vigilantes who are super defensive of their secret identities definitely keep their case notes in a Google doc! What else is there?

[hospesi]

I love it when Tumblr decides that there are only seven or so posts on the entire website worth reading, and shows me those seven over and over again every time I load my feed.