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Bailey, 20s, Central City | history, art, lots of complaining | I'm living in a soap opera, apparently

[sunshine-knight]

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Hey, my name's Bailey! I deleted all my prior social media in a depressed haze, but my life got so goddamn weird, I think Tumblr is the only place I can talk about it without being thrown in a mental hospital, so. I'm back.

Bailey

20s

She/Her

Central City, just moved in

Bi, if that matters

Probably gonna add to this as I go?

OOC:

Hey! Em here, the mod for this blog. You can find me over at @empressofthelibrary / @four-color-words! I felt like making an in-character blog for my DC comics ocs, since it seemed like people were having fun with those. We're starting with Bailey Adler, since she's the one with the most development so far. I'm pretty new to this kind of thing, so I apologize in advance if I step on any toes.

Some quick notes about me and this blog:

Mun is 28

Bailey is in her mid-twenties, and references to her backstory will imply she's not too much younger than the original five Titans

I'm down to (essentially) play dolls with just about anyone, but I can be selective about my RP partners and will bow out if I start to feel our takes are incompatible

I will be extra selective when it comes to canon-character RP blogs. Fair warning.

Novella RP threads are more than welcome

I'm down for shipping, either ocxcanon or ocxoc, but nothing NSFW

Bailey's backstory touches on some darker themes, including (but not limited to) grief, loss, emotional neglect and physical abuse. I guess consider this a general warning, and I'll get more specific if the need arises.

Bales is Thanagarian in part, but mostly-human and was raised on Earth. She didn't know about this part of her heritage until she was grown and living on her own, and she's kinda having an identity crisis over it. She's also got a separate blog for her alter-ego over at @golden-eagle-2-official -- she keeps her secret identity as close to her vest as she can, so she may be more receptive to some subjects on one blog vs the other.

This is meant to be a fun side-thing; Bailey's primary canon is in the fics I'm writing, over on my ao3. I'd be happy to share if you're curious! Posts are meant to be in-character unless otherwise stated.

Thank you!

(almost forgot! icon is from @blackbirdstar; meant to be temporary, but it does fit Bales pretty well, so I might keep it for a bit)

[sunshine-knight]

Who are you wanting to talk to? 👀

Nosy anons, obviously 🙄

These, I dunno, friends of mine. I keep getting caught up in my head and... I could use some advice. They've kind of taken over as surrogate grandparents, in a way. I was never close with my Gran prior to the disownment, and, like, I dunno. I just.

I wanna talk to my Nana

[sunshine-knight]

I wish it wasn't 9pm on a Sunday night

[sunshine-knight]

He's even surprising you with lunch on your bad days? Someone ought to warn Dick. Jonah's gonna steal his girl 👀

You people are getting annoying again.

I am nobody's girl. I am not being "stolen." Nobody needs to be "warned," and certainly not Dick.

Once again, if you're gonna be weird about my guy friends, the least you can do is be weird about my non-guy friends too. I'm bi, damnit.

[sunshine-knight]

Why's it been a bad day? 👀

Aw, nothing big. I've been trying to take on more of the workload at my job -- just, fielding some stuff Maebh doesn't need to be bothered about. Something's been up with her lately, but she doesn't wanna talk about it, so I'm trying to help.

I've been dealing with a couple of other problems lately, but it's nothing I can't handle, you know? Just my brain being dumb again. Everything was fine, but... Then somebody yoinked the little cooling fan I had pointed at the Inertia statue. I know we've been having problems with the AC (already called a work order in) but that's why the unit was there. It's not museum property, I bought it for him. You can move! He can't!

So anyways, I had to stop what I was doing at track that down, get it back for him, and may have snapped at a few people in the process. It's hot. I was mad. Sue me.

But then Jonah surprised me with lunch, so... I dunno, things got better. He's such a sweetheart. It's almost like he knew I wasn't having a good day.

[sunshine-knight]

It's funny how some people manage to just keep showing up when you're having a bad day

[sunshine-knight]

You're the one that said you're living in a soap opera. Can you blame us for getting some popcorn? 👀🍿🍿🍿

That is not what I meant by that. Go to the library. Read some YA if you want a terrible love triangle that bad.

[sunshine-knight]

He's giving you music lessons, he just wants the excuse to hang out with you... And you're calling him in the middle of the night when you have an anxiety attack?

Sounds like Dick has a rival... 👀

ತ⁠_⁠ʖ⁠ತ

Do you people think about anything else?

[sunshine-knight]

Hey, sorry, what was that about a band? 👀

Eh, "band" might be a generous term. Me and some friends have been screwing around with instruments in my basement, the half I haven't turned into an art space. We've figured out how to hammer out a few songs, but we're still like... Coming together and finding our sound.

I... Think I might be the weak link, actually, so I've been getting lessons on the side from Jonah. Was just gonna be guitar, but he threw in vocal tutoring too. I think I'm improving a bit. Maybe.

[moonlight-mage]

He's giving you music lessons now? I didn't know he knew how to play. You sound fine, but if you really felt like you needed lessons, you could have asked Hart for help

[sunshine-knight]

🙄 Forgive me for being a little intimidated by the idea of asking Hartley Rathaway for musical tutoring.

I didn't know Jonah knew guitar or how to sing either, but he does, and he literally lives two houses down. He's not even making me pay him, either. Claims he just likes having the excuse to hang out, but that's just him being polite. Still... It's a sweet thing to say

[jla-star-reporter]

I’m sure Hartley would still be down to give you pointers. He’s really not that scary and he only hypnotizes rats with music now

[inertia-is-a-statue-of-a-man]

Roy also plays guitar! He could help too!

[jla-star-reporter]

As long as he’s not allowed to show you any Great Frog songs

[sunshine-knight]

For the record, I'm not afraid of Hart hypnotizing me. I don't... Wanna sound bad in front of him. That's all. And the same goes for Roy, honestly. He keeps telling me I just need more practice, but like... Practicing with the bad isn't doing enough to help me improve, so I gotta work on it on my own too. And Jonah's helping me do that.

Is getting help from Jonah really that bad of a thing? I didn't even ask him, he offered.

[jla-star-reporter]

No, but it never hurts to get more than one opinion and it’s more chances to practice. But only if you want

[sunshine-knight]

I... I'll think about it, I guess

[sunshine-knight]

Hey, sorry, what was that about a band? 👀

Eh, "band" might be a generous term. Me and some friends have been screwing around with instruments in my basement, the half I haven't turned into an art space. We've figured out how to hammer out a few songs, but we're still like... Coming together and finding our sound.

I... Think I might be the weak link, actually, so I've been getting lessons on the side from Jonah. Was just gonna be guitar, but he threw in vocal tutoring too. I think I'm improving a bit. Maybe.

[moonlight-mage]

He's giving you music lessons now? I didn't know he knew how to play. You sound fine, but if you really felt like you needed lessons, you could have asked Hart for help

[sunshine-knight]

🙄 Forgive me for being a little intimidated by the idea of asking Hartley Rathaway for musical tutoring.

I didn't know Jonah knew guitar or how to sing either, but he does, and he literally lives two houses down. He's not even making me pay him, either. Claims he just likes having the excuse to hang out, but that's just him being polite. Still... It's a sweet thing to say

[jla-star-reporter]

I’m sure Hartley would still be down to give you pointers. He’s really not that scary and he only hypnotizes rats with music now

[inertia-is-a-statue-of-a-man]

Roy also plays guitar! He could help too!

[jla-star-reporter]

As long as he’s not allowed to show you any Great Frog songs

[sunshine-knight]

For the record, I'm not afraid of Hart hypnotizing me. I don't... Wanna sound bad in front of him. That's all. And the same goes for Roy, honestly. He keeps telling me I just need more practice, but like... Practicing with the bad isn't doing enough to help me improve, so I gotta work on it on my own too. And Jonah's helping me do that.

Is getting help from Jonah really that bad of a thing? I didn't even ask him, he offered.

[sunshine-knight]

Hey, sorry, what was that about a band? 👀

Eh, "band" might be a generous term. Me and some friends have been screwing around with instruments in my basement, the half I haven't turned into an art space. We've figured out how to hammer out a few songs, but we're still like... Coming together and finding our sound.

I... Think I might be the weak link, actually, so I've been getting lessons on the side from Jonah. Was just gonna be guitar, but he threw in vocal tutoring too. I think I'm improving a bit. Maybe.

[moonlight-mage]

He's giving you music lessons now? I didn't know he knew how to play. You sound fine, but if you really felt like you needed lessons, you could have asked Hart for help

[sunshine-knight]

🙄 Forgive me for being a little intimidated by the idea of asking Hartley Rathaway for musical tutoring.

I didn't know Jonah knew guitar or how to sing either, but he does, and he literally lives two houses down. He's not even making me pay him, either. Claims he just likes having the excuse to hang out, but that's just him being polite. Still... It's a sweet thing to say

[sunshine-knight]

Hey, sorry, what was that about a band? 👀

Eh, "band" might be a generous term. Me and some friends have been screwing around with instruments in my basement, the half I haven't turned into an art space. We've figured out how to hammer out a few songs, but we're still like... Coming together and finding our sound.

I... Think I might be the weak link, actually, so I've been getting lessons on the side from Jonah. Was just gonna be guitar, but he threw in vocal tutoring too. I think I'm improving a bit. Maybe.

[sunshine-knight]

Man. I thought I was done with having sudden anxiety spikes in the middle of the night

[sunshine-knight]

It's been a while since we've heard from you. How's life been? Any updates you wanna share? 👀

Aw, jeez, it has been a bit, huh? Sorry, I've been so busy lately -- between Katie's end-of-year stuff, this project I'm working on with Dick, band practice, and guitar/singing lessons with Jonah... It's been a lot! But it's been good.

[sunshine-knight]

I wish I understood people better

[stupidrehab]

that’s just my nightstand knife don’t worry

[jla-star-reporter]

@inertia-is-a-statue-of-a-man

[sunshine-knight]

"It's kind of embarrassing how much you're into that guy," says the man currently making sappy heart eyes at his phone because he found out one of his boyfriends makes novelty food-shaped disco balls as a hobby.