#blaise ashwin

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I still think about your Gotham Gooners.

Any more fun shenanigans for us?

Oh man I completely forgot about these guys.

For those who don't know, they are crack OCs that I created that sorta spiraled out of control for a little bit. But ngl, they were fun. Here is an overview of them and you can also check my tags and my Ao3.

Anyway, some more headcanons:

Milo came up with the name Gooners. Yes he is aware of the double meaning—he is a 15-year-old boy with unrestricted internet access. No he won't change it. He already made T-shirts

Gene makes poor personal financial decisions for someone who used to be an accountant. He once won $100 from a scratch ticket and immediately lost it by investing in a start-up that wanted to make iPhones for pets

Kellin inserted a small implant into their arm to purposely set off metal detectors. That way, after they explain their "medical condition," security guards will wave them in without checking for the multiple weapons on their person

Rob was parentified growing up and refused to make Milo do the same for the twins, especially since Milo isn't even his kid. Cue Rob zooming back and forth like a roadrunner between Jackie's dance recital and Gunner's Little League game

Mac's surveillance vehicle is an ice cream truck he bought for cheap after the owner died in it. He uses the freezers to store his midnight meals, consisting of Midwestern classics like cheese curds, tater tot hotdish, and Detroit pizza. Tangentially related, his full first name is Mackinac—as in Mackinac Island, Michigan

Booker's job as an intern is to schedule meetings, go on coffee runs, and calculate every possible Looney Toons physics scenario that the team might encounter on any given job

Otto doesn't have a yard, so instead, to fulfill his old man duties, he opens his apartment window and yells at people to get off the public sidewalk. Molly brings a blender and makes milkshakes to bring all the boys to the sidewalk

Before becoming a pyrotechnic or professional criminal, Blaise worked a new job every other month (in part because of his ADHD). One of them was a waiter at a furry restaurant and another was a lab rat at Wayne Enterprises

The Gooners take any job that promises them money—and they're not always illegal. One time, they got paid to set up the Tour de Gotham

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Bet Poison Ivy's plant tutorials don't work very well for people without plant powers. This is why Pamela Isley doesn't like being reminded of her OLD tutorials. She had issues.

Ivy, in a video: First, give it a gentle spritz of water.

Blaise: *sprays the plant*

Ivy: Then wave your hands and ask it to grow.

Blaise: Oh come on!

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The Gooners' reactions to Discowing, please?

Rob: I'm not getting paid enough for this.

Blaise: *throws his bong away*

Kellin: Hm, a useful distraction. Or perhaps a deterrent.

Molly: This is why you don't get high on your own supply.

Otto: Damnit, I went to the army to escape this!

Milo:

Gene: *takes a picture to make sure he's not hallucinating*

Mac: *runs to the eye wash station*

Booker: *checks to see if his glasses are broken*

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I am literally begging you to make a tag for the robbers. please

If you insist

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What company did Blaise work for that ignored safety? Because it would be hilarious if it was a hand railing manufacturer.

He worked for a company that did concert pyrotechnics. His boss was always cutting corners and ignored multiple warnings for safety, but Blaise put up with it because he liked pyrotechnics and enjoyed the people he worked with, including his childhood best friend Charlie Burns. It all changed at a concert when a faulty piece of fireworks equipment resulted in Charlie getting permanently injured. Blaise ghosted his job for a couple weeks as he grappled with self-blame as he felt he should've taken more of a stand against their boss, and after getting officially fired for abandonment, he turned his anger outward. What officially set him on his criminal course was a month of stalking his former boss, gathering incriminating evidence, leaking everything to the Gotham Gazette as an anonymous whistleblower, and burning the boss's office to the ground as a final act of revenge

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Wait Rob ACTIVELY wanted an intern? I thought Booker just showed up one day? Also why do they need an intern?

Actually it went a little something like this:

*phone rings*

Rob: Hello?

Booker: Hi, I'm calling to follow up on my application for the Gooners internship. I hope you received my resumé and cover letter just fine. If you have any other questions for me, please feel free to let me know.

Rob: Internship? What internship?

Booker: The one on Indeed from yesterday.

Rob: Please hold.

Rob, covering the phone: Anyone know anything about an internship?

Blaise, pointing at Molly: It was her idea!

Molly, pointing at Blaise: It was his idea!

Kellin: It was a stupid idea, that's what it is.

Rob: Why would you need an intern?

Blaise: We could all use a hand in our workshops—especially Otto with his bad knee.

Molly: The admin stuff is piling up too. Plus, I see it as a learning opportunity.

Rob: *sighs*

Rob, back on the phone: You're hired.

*knock at the door*

Rob: I got it.

Rob: *opens the door*

Booker: New intern, reporting for duty!

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Good on Blaise for whistleblowing. Instead of dressing as a firework and hanging out with kiteman.

Sometimes he wishes he went the classic Rogues route because at least that would garner notoriety and maybe Batman would've offered a hand. Instead, he got evicted since no job = no rent and splits his time between living out of Milo's car in Rob's parking lot or couch-surfing at the friends who are able to have him

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Gooner's plans for valentine's day?

Rob hates Valentine's Day to the point where he scratches it out on his calendar. Still, his kids will make cards at school and they'd watch his late wife's favorite movies together while he has a picture of her on the end table

Blaise and Molly have a will-they-won't-they kind of dynamic and they're not sure what to make of Valentine's—whether they should act like just friends or something else. They wind up hanging out with the singles in their separate friend groups but are constantly checking their phones and texting each other

Otto, being 70, is a little old-fashioned. He surprises his wife with flowers and breakfast in bed, then after work they dress up and go to the same restaurant they've been going to for years and have a nice dinner followed by a long drive

Milo has had his eye on an exchange student at school and right now he's just trying to get closer, which is a little challenging considering they're on different rungs of the social ladder. He plans on approaching her at school with a note he spent all night agonizing over

Mac and his long-term girlfriend are homebodies whose idea of a date night is ordering pizza and playing World of Warcraft in their pajamas

Gene still has lingering feelings for his ex-wife but he's been making an effort to move on, so this Valentine's Day he matched with someone online and is going on his first date in a long time at a local café

Kellin is familiar with the concept of Valentine's Day but it was never celebrated in his childhood and they don't see any reason to start now. So instead, they meet Booker at a favorite ramen place because Booker needed help with homework (which is odd, since he's normally the one helping others)

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Woah woah woah, Blaise is 26 and Kellin is 20? I always imagined that reversed?

Kellin: I am surprised too. His brain must have stopped aging in college.

Blaise: At least I can buy a drink.

Kellin: Such an accomplishment.

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Dumpster diving buddies!!! Woooooo!!!

Harper may or may not turn a blind eye when she sees Blaise rooting around the junkyard because on slower patrols, she can at least rely on his shenanigans to keep her occupied