this is incredibly self indulgent for me. You don’t need to ask to interact btw. Any rp is fine.
Character Details: character sheet here
Alias: Mockingbird
Real name: Ashlyn Magnolia (goes by Lyn)
Abilities: Is a regular human who’s very good with most weapons and has her own team
Personality: Very level-headed and logical. Wishing that her team would just follow orders for once.
Team Name: Volery
Team Members (more of my ocs):
Blackbird/Evelyn - A Batfam member. Psychic medium. Very pretty, but also kinda rude and short-tempered. You either love or hate her.
Starling/Veronica - A human injected with a few different DNA’s from different powered creatures. Pretty chill and basically a typical teenage girl. Big gossip with Evie.
Harrier/Gabriel - A regular human who’s the offspring of Joker. He’s silly and a bit naive, but extremely kind.
Mars - A sentient robot. Basically a living weapon. She’s extremely bubbly and sweet.
(I know they’re all cringe, but as I said, very self-indulgent. If it helps, none of them are overpowered or overly angsty.)
Thanks for interacting! Feel free to send me a message!
also the writing is bad because I genuinely did it in about an hour. I swear I’m usually better than this.
(The writing is under this)
Pilot plot:
Evelyn is walking home from her first day of school. As she walks, we see hints to her pretty privilege, such as people staring at her/doing double takes, or how they’re more polite to her as she gets on the subway. We also get small flickers of ghosts as she walks. We’ll later get dialogue hinting that she chooses to walk home.
She’s going to be thinking through her homework list in her head, making some complaint about being moved to a private school, before mentioning her move to Gotham two months prior.
She walks inside the manor to see nobody but Alfred home. Alfred asks about her walk, to which she gives some comment and this is where I’ll fit in the explanation about her wanting to walk home. While Alfred thinks she does it to exercise, she actually does it because she wants, more than anything, to feel normal for once, which is hard to do with your dads rich car picking you up from school.
Evelyn would have some thoughts which explain to the viewer that the family tried to hide their night lives from her, but she eventually figured it out when one of them caught her sneaking out one night, and they accidentally lectured her too hard to be a random vigilante (I’d say Dick would be the culprit most likely). We’d get a flashback, showing Bruce with the other family members explaining that they didn’t want to end up with another Robin, which is, in his mind, another death.
Cut back to current time, where she’s lazily laying on the couch, saying that she has no interest in crime fighting, even with her abilities (which she doesn’t say quite yet).
We cut to Bruce and Damian, currently having to deal with Killer Croc. There’s an alarm going off in the background, and Croc has a bag of cash in his hand. Damian seems like he’s about to get a hit on Croc when the creature suddenly passes out, showing a dart in his back. Mockingbird lands by him, holding a gun in her hand. Damian would get angry at her, to which she’d make a comment about them being too slow, not necessarily trying to be rude, but still making a jab. Bruce tells her good job, but clearly is a bit frustrated by her stealing this from him.
He’d have some thoughts, briefly explaining that she appeared a month ago after going missing in the 40’s. He remembered her briefly from when he was a kid, which is one of the reasons he’s been allowing her to mess around in his city, but also because Dr. Fate spoke well of her.
Skip to family dinner. Damian complains about the “new” vigilante. Evelyn looks interested, asking about her. A few will look surprised at her interest, hinting at her usual uninthusiasm.
In the middle of their conversation, Joker pulls that bs where he controls all the tvs in Gotham, showing three kids he’s kidnapped, gun in hand. There’s a boy, looking close to Evelyn’s age, standing in the background, who Bruce says is the Joker's “sidekick,” or new victim. The whole family, minus Evie and Alfred, leave the house.
The family arrives at the crime scene. It seems to be going alright, but then Joker’s goons start taking them out, one by one. It pans out to the television screen, Evelyn watching in her room. The Joker turns to the camera and says he wants a certain amount of money from the school by midnight, or he’s killing the hostages (plus the batfam).
Evelyn takes a second, before getting up and sneaking downstairs, grabbing one of Alfred’s spare guns from under the couch. She exits the house and runs down the street to where Joker said he was.
When he gets there, she easily sneaks around the police and breaks a window after trying the door. She gently goes up the stairs before being attacked by two goons. She tries to shoot one, but her aim sucks and she misses. She hits one with the gun (literally. She uses it like a bat). Before they can do any damage, Mockingbird crashes through a window, taking them both down.
She tells Evelyn to go home, not knowing the girl, to which she refuses. She doesn’t trust MB to actually take care of this if her family couldn’t.
They sneak to a door where they hear the Joker talking to the family, with the sounds of kids crying in the background. Evelyn hears a noise, followed by louder crying, which pisses her off. She kicks the door down, to which MB is absolutely shocked by. She then throws the door at the Joker, hinting at her extra strength. Joker yells for them to go after the two. MB tells her to untie the others while she takes down the goons. Evelyn first unties her dad, who tells her and Damian to lead the kids to the exit. They run off screen, while we see the other members get untied and some goons fight for a few seconds before cutting to them leading the kids out of the building. Evelyn looks over to see the boy, or Joker’s new sidekick. They make eye contact for a moment before the others come down the stairs, and when she looks back, he’s gone.
Everyone exits the building, the cops assuming Evelyn was a victim as well. They say they’re gonna call the Wayne manor. Before leaving, MB pulls Evelyn aside, having noticed she’s abnormal from other humans (and that she was too casual with the Batfam to be a normal citizen), and offers her training to be on her new team, Vollery.
Scene ends with Evelyn looking at the paper MB left in her hand, which has a bummer on it, and she smiles a bit for the first time in the episode.
okay so, I did NOT expect so many people to like this. the shitposts of shitposts. but yall did, and I had a whole bunch of people ask me about the other scales. I answered about all the scales in the comments, but not everyone is able to see those, so here yall go :]
I'm gonna copy and paste exactly what I said in the comments, so if it doesn't seem like the usual vibe of my posts, it's cause it's just the full-on comment.
the jacket scale is for jason. if you wake up and you have red hood's leather jacket over your shoulders or draped on top of you, you've absolutely been through some shit that you just don't remember at the moment. kidnapping, torture, etc. it basically means that jason was the one to find you and was so concerned he gave you the jacket, which is huge for him.
seeing duke's backpack by your bed means one of two things. one, duke has been doing his schoolwork inside the infirmary to watch over you as much as possible, or two, he keeps snacks in his backpack and he's supplying them to anyone who is sitting and waiting for you to wake up. so yeah, sorta like a mom friend. it's about a 5/10 on the 'how fucked am i' scale.
the bruce scale is just if you wake up with bruce next to you. because it's so rare, you probably nearly fucking died. if bruce himself wants to stay and check? yeah you're cooked.
the damian one is basically the same as bruce, accept that it's damian. if you see damian, even worse if he's leaning on the bed, that means he was nervous about you being in a vulnerable position and he is keeping watch. it's surprisingly common, it's his way of protecting them without being too obvious. (it's very obvious). it could also just be him waiting for you to wake up, though.
it's basic, but it's called the tim scale. it's pretty common to see tim sleeping near you when you wake up in the infirmary or in your bed, because he's just always kind of sleepy and can sleep wherever so he choses to sleep near you to watch over you or to just relax, but if you wake up and he's WIDE awake and youre in the infirmary??? yeah fuck that, you're screwed. not only does he look like he's been awake for a long time, a rare thing for him because I imagine him just constantly being a ready for a 4 hour nap, but he's literally watching your vitals and making sure your pulse is steady. best case scenario, you blacked out from blood loss. worst case is like. yk. being the newest member of the robin resurrection club. rare, but not impossible.
the alfred scale is called "the bedroom scale" and is not only the rarest, but it is also probably as scary, if not more scary, as the zitka scale. because you don't wake up on the infirmary or your bedroom, nope. you wake up in alfreds room.
waking up in alfreds room means that alfred knows that when you wake up, you're going to freak the fuck out. so he choses to handle the eventual fight or flight response you will have in his room, as it is the most unanimously agreed comforting place in the manor. every robin has slept in that room at some point, but never more than twice. besides maybe dick. jason slept in alfreds room the first night he was at the manor willingly after his death. tim got the alfred room after he passed out during the kon-cloning process. damian got the alfred room after heretic. dick got the alfred room on his third day at the manor.
to put it simply, if alfred knows you are going to crash out, sob, scream, or have the worst panic attack of your life upon waking up, he's sitting by your side while you rest in his bed.
Massive “I love all my writing partners” post incoming so I’m putting it under the cut so it’s not too long!
Hi everyone! I just wanna say! I love my writing partners! So much!
@dementedspeedster you’ve been there since the beginning! Coolest Thad I know, your writing is so impressive and I’m honored to be able to write with you! The amount of effort you put into your writing is insane and I can only dream of being that talented! So lucky to be able to write with you!
@of-pistols-and-prejudice Duck. My beloved. I can’t believe we became friends because our mutual friend got sick of both of us talking about Danny Phantom and gave us each others info. You drive me absolutely insane every week in dnd and I’m proud to have someone as creative and kind as you as one of my players. You’re genuinely one of my besties and I’m so lucky that we get to know each other!! Very lucky to have you!!
@glitchexmachina holy shit dude same thread for like 4 years? Insane. Love you and Tyson dearly. You’re always so kind and it’s a blast writing and plotting with you! Your knowledge of your character is insane and the love you pour into him is impressive! Every thread we have makes me so happy to work on!
@thwipd my cherished new friend! The way our characters clicked and immediately started a pun war will never not be funny. I’m so excited to write more with you and see where our dorks take us!
@starsmuserainbow star! My mvp! You’re so cool I want to be like you when I grow up. You’ve been incredibly kind to me and I adore the friendship we have outside of writing! You’re always a joy to talk to and seeing a message from you never fails to make me smile! I love all your muses, and I love the dedication you have for them. I’m enchanted by your writing and so pumped to write more with you and play some dnd!!
@fuckinredhood new friend but cherished nonetheless! Your Jay is incredible! I amazing writing and an awesome person too!!
@not-batgirl another OG whom I adore! Fantastic babs, I love how cool you are and so down for random things. Writing with you is always a pleasure
@s-isfor-superboy Liz! My partner in crime! My Ego to my Bite! You’re so cool and can adapt so quick to any situation our blorbs get into! You’re kind and funny and writing with you is sometimes the highlight of my day!
@not-the-restaurant Moth! The way you weave backstories is incredible to me, and the art you do blows me away. You’re so talented and funny and weird /pos and I’m so so glad I get to write with you!! Giving you a gold star and putting you on my coolest people ever list
@arobinwithoutbatman hi!! We’ve only ever had like, 3 interactions but I still think you’re so so cool and your writing style is freakin awesome and I’m so excited to see where this thread goes!!!!
@babybatssassin fantastic dami. No notes. You’re so cool and like tbh I was a little intimidated when I followed you cause you’re so cool and ajsjdksjd though we haven’t done much what we have done has been so much fun!
@blackwingsbluedings hello! I think you’re so cool and I love your cats! The Dick Grayson of all time ok? Absolutely amazing character portrayal and fantastic writing. Writing with you feels comfortable and also your cats are super cute. 100000/10 person
@mockingbird-dc hello! Okay first off, I love your OCs, you write them so naturally and it feels like they’ve always just been a character in the comics. You are an inspiration to anyone and everyone creating original characters, and I’m always so thankful when you send fun little asks when I’m busy and don’t have the mental energy for long replies, it makes me feel valued as a writer and a part of this community
@flaminghothero De, my beloved, my audiodrama buddy, the Hera to my Eiffel. You are SO cool. I’m so happy that we’ve become friends outside of writing and talking to you feels as easy as picking up a conversation with an old friend. Every single character you write is top notch, I have no notes. You’re such an awesome person! I look forward to writing with you and getting to know you outside of writing more!
@blizzardmuses nobody has made me feel emotions like you do with your writing. Literally tearing up reading our thread? That kind of writing is pure magic. Writing with you is such a joy!!
@lostinyourfacade you are SO impressive okay? All of your blogs are amazing and so well put together, you’re kind and funny and I love the perspectives we share on our muses. You’re just impressive in any way and I’m so happy to be able to write with you. I’m really looking forward to what’s to come!
@starboipersona we have interacted once but holy guacamole you’re just???? So???? Cool????? Fantastic Kon. Aesthetic? Top notch. Writing? Out of this world. Literally giggling and kicking my feet reading our thread
@arkhambird the amount of muses you have is insane!!!! And you keep track of them so well and write with so much love! Glad to have you as a writing partner!
@build-a-birb hello! We only write on my Alfred blog but I’m loving every second of our interactions. Your Timmy is so cool and I love the concept of your AU. I’m actually digging into the lore of DBH because of you! I’m not a gamer but I love the stories of games nonetheless! So excited to see what we write!
@aculeonervus we haven’t written anything yet but plotting is so fun and you’re generally just a lovely person!! Im so excited to see what we do with our muses!!!!
Anyway I love you all! Mwah! Have a great day/night!
so I found an app called “oc social network.” It’s strictly not AI, if anyone’s worried, and it’s basically a cool site for rp of cannon characters and ocs!
I made Evelyn on there, but I’ll probably make Lyn soon and one other member (idk who yet)
Here she is! It’s a much more casual site for if you just wanna post a photo or smth. Please follow me on there!
Lyn went on to start boiling water, pulling out a kettle and filling it.
“I must thank you for stopping by. I’m sure you’re very busy.” She commented as she turned the stove on.
After placing the kettle down on the hot surface, she turned back to Stephanie. “How is everything going with you? You’re growing in popularity these days.”
She was pretty sure Steph was, at least. She doesn’t use much social media, and really only talks to other heroes, but they all held her in high regard.
“You know, kicking butts and taking names as usual. Nothing crazy. It’s weird that I’m getting so popular because the Bats are not supposed to be seen in the daytime, I mean, except Signal, but he doesn't count, but fighting one too many goop monsters in Metropolis while hanging out with Supergirl will get you on the news, I guess.”
She pulled her hair out of the tight ponytail it had been in. “What about you?”
“Ah, good. Recently, the Justice League has started officially recognizing my team.” Lyn puts two mugs on the counter with a tea bag in each. One is the mug she uses every night for tea, the other is a purple one, presumably for Stephanie.
“I’m glad. My teammates really do work hard. I’m hoping this will start opening up more opportunities.” She picks up the now heated kettle and pours the hot water into both mugs.
so I found an app called “oc social network.” It’s strictly not AI, if anyone’s worried, and it’s basically a cool site for rp of cannon characters and ocs!
I made Evelyn on there, but I’ll probably make Lyn soon and one other member (idk who yet)
Here she is! It’s a much more casual site for if you just wanna post a photo or smth. Please follow me on there!
Gunshots hit the ground around your feet as you were chased by some new, vigilante-wannabe. You seemed like you were about to escape her grasp when, out of nowhere, she jumped on your back, knocking you on the rooftop floor, and put a pair of handcuffs on your wrists.
She used her foot to weakly turn you on your back, standing above you. Her face wasn’t visible, but it was easy to tell by her stature that she was probably a teen, rather than an adult.
Her foot rested itself on your sternum, a frown on the lower-half of her face.
“May I ask what you were doing at the crime scene?”
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(you can be a hero/vigilante in the wrong place at the wrong time, or you could be a villain/anti-hero. Ocs AND cannon characters (or anyone else) are all welcomed. Have fun!)
While he couldn’t see her eyes, he could tell she was looking at him like he’s a fool.
“The one with the crowd of police cars and like three vigilantes, not counting myself. I’m lucky I was able to even see you with all those distractions.” Her voice was cold. She pressed her foot down harder.
"Ow. Nothing. Just passing through. Wrong place, wrong time."
No, he had absolutely nothing to do with the alarms going off at the bank or the video footage of a drone or the bank worker who would be wondering where the new pen they had found went. [Liar]
She places her foot on the ground. “Get up. I’m taking you in.”
She pulls a gun out of her belt and points it at him. “Slowly. I’m not afraid to fire like that… whatever his name was. Bat- Bat somethin’..” she muttered under her breath.
He wasn't sure how much energy he had left to keep transforming. It had been a long night. But he could hear her gaining on him, and he didn't think he could outrun her.
He turns into a small drone, like one of those little remote control ones that can land in your hand.
”Damnit!” She cursed as she ran out of bullets, watching the small drone fly off.
“I’ll get you!” She yelled, stubbornly trying to get the last word in.
He flew until he thought he was a safe distance away before turning back, exhausted. He'd have to be more careful in the future. That was too close of a call.
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