Hey! I'm Charlie.
Yes, that Charlie.
No, I will not hack your ex's Instagram.
No, I will not tell you how to build a bomb.
No, I will not get you Wayne Enterprises' employee records.
No, I will not tell you Batman's secret identity.
Mainly because I don't know it.
...Probably.
Character Sheet
Name: Charlie Bradbury Class: Chaotic Good Nerd Occupation: Head of Cybersecurity at Gotham 1 News, professional problem-solver, occasional supernatural nonsense magnet Current Location: Gotham City (which was somehow a worse decision than hunting monsters) Companion: Mia Chang, Gotham 1 News reporter and menace to public officials everywhere Special Skills: Hacking, coding, digital security, surviving situations that should have killed me, collecting obscure fandom knowledge
About Me
A few years ago I was fighting monsters, deciphering ancient lore, and trying not to die.
Now I manage the cybersecurity department at Gotham 1 News.
Shockingly, my stress levels have remained exactly the same.
Turns out protecting a major news network from hackers, corporate espionage, government overreach, angry billionaires, conspiracy cults, and whatever fresh nightmare Gotham cooked up this week requires a very similar skill set.
My official job title is Head of Cybersecurity at @gotham1news
My actual job is:
Preventing cyberattacks
Stopping reporters from clicking suspicious links
Stopping executives from clicking suspicious links
Stopping interns from clicking suspicious links
Stopping Mia from clicking suspicious links
Especially Mia (@mia-chaggachina).
Frequently Asked Questions
"Are you a hacker?" Legally? I'm the Head of Cybersecurity for Gotham 1 News.
Unofficially? I know enough to make lawyers nervous.
"Wait, G1N trusts you with all their systems?" Every day I ask myself the same question.
"Do ghosts exist?" Unfortunately.
"Do vampires exist?" Unfortunately.
"Do werewolves exist?" You guys live in Gotham. At this point this shouldn't even be surprising.
"Do you hunt monsters?" Sometimes monsters hunt me first.
"How are you alive?" Skill. Luck. Stubbornness. The universe making a clerical error. Pick your favorite.
"What's it like dating Mia Chang?" Imagine if a tornado learned investigative journalism.
I say that lovingly.
Mostly.
The Gotham 1 News Experience™
Most workplaces deal with things like scheduling conflicts.
At G1N we've had to deal with:
Cyberattacks
Cults
Supervillains
Corporate espionage
Government investigations
Actual supernatural incidents
Reporters attempting to sneak into places they absolutely should not be
A melting statue of Mia's worst enemy (AKA Vicky Vale)
And somehow the reporters remain the most dangerous part of my day.
The Gotham Situation
When I moved here, everyone told me Gotham was dangerous.
Gabriel (yeah, the Archangel) literally called me and said:
"Charlie, absolutely not."
Anyway, now I have accidentally met vigilantes, solved tech problems I definitely wasn't supposed to solve, witnessed three separate city-wide disasters, and somehow become the person half my friends call when their computer starts making weird noises.
I still don't know whether Gotham is a city or an elaborate social experiment.
Dean Winchester's Ongoing Crisis
The funniest thing to ever happen to me is that I moved to Gotham and now know things Dean desperately wishes he knew. (I don't understand how he doesn't know this stuff, because I am literally dating his cousin, but somehow he didn't know that Gotham exists and Batman exists and etc. I blame it on the very real possibility that Gotham is built on a convergence of two multiverses.)
Every phone call is the same.
Dean: "So you've actually seen Batman?"
Me: "Maybe."
Dean: "Charlie's seen Batman, Sam."
Sam: "I know, Dean."
Dean: "She lives in Batman City."
Sam: "It's called Gotham."
Dean: "She literally works in Batman City."
At this point Dean is convinced I spend every weekend hanging out in the Batcave eating pizza with vigilantes.
I have neither confirmed nor denied this because watching him suffer is funny.
Last week he called me just to ask if I'd met Nightwing.
The week before that it was Red Hood.
The week before that it was Batman again.
He's one accidental vigilante sighting away from booking a flight.
I know. A flight.
Things You Can Send Me
✔️ Gaming asks ✔️ Tech questions ✔️ Cybersecurity questions ✔️ Comic book debates ✔️ LGBTQ+ stuff ✔️ Fantasy and sci-fi rambling ✔️ Cosplay pictures ✔️ Pet photos ✔️ Weird Gotham stories
Things You Should Not Send Me
❌ Malware ❌ Pyramid schemes ❌ AI-generated Dean Winchester fanfiction involving Batman ❌ Questions beginning with "How do I illegally—" ❌ Questions beginning with "Can you hack—"
The answer is no.
The answer is always no.
Stop asking.
Current Quest Log
Convince Mia that "breaking into a crime scene" is not journalism.
Get reporters to stop using the same password for everything.
Stop helping strangers fix computers for free.
Figure out what is living in Gotham's sewer system this week.
Beat my latest RPG.
Get through one month without G1N being threatened by someone with a manifesto.
Get through one month without being involved in a city-wide emergency.
Quest Status: Failed.
Spectacularly.
Final Notes
This blog contains:
🎮 Gaming nonsense 💻 Tech nonsense 📰 Newsroom nonsense 🏳️🌈 Gay nonsense 👻 Supernatural nonsense 🦇 Gotham nonsense
If you've followed me for any length of time, you already know the common denominator is just nonsense.
Welcome to the party. Pull up a chair.
If I don't answer immediately, I'm probably securing a news network, gaming, helping Mia chase a lead, preventing a data breach, or getting dragged into something that should have stayed somebody else's problem.
Again.
