#gotham New Orleans

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@riddlebirdweek day 2: Children

(Ignore that riddlebird week was months ago)

They’re watching a Christmas parade together

Reblogs appreciated!

Closeups under the cut

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Original Work, Batman - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Oswald Cobblepot/Edward Nygma Characters: Oswald Cobblepot, Edward Nygma Additional Tags: Gotham New Orleans, New Orleans au, Black Characters, Massage Summary:

It had been a while since Ed and Oswald had time to relax together and Edward's concerned Oswald hasn't been taking care of himself.

[rabbitmotifs]

4 people just got shot at bacchus

[zerogravityinq]

Gotham doesn't claim all of the Colony and Coven. She wants to and she should but she just cannot.

Tom, Harry, Neville and Conner are more tied to Hogwarts than Her.

Bludhaven has Dick.

Bruce, Jason, Babs, Duke, Tim, Harper, Cullen, Terry and Steph are Gotham's and she claims them most viciously.

Damian is a bit of a loose end since his connection was broken due to his time with the League and then he was off to Hogwarts. No place really has claim on Damian nor Abigail.

The twins and Jazz are claimed by the Infinite Realms.

Cass is also a non-claim. She goes to Hong Kong a lot but always returns to Gotham. Gotham wants her. She wants her so much.

[hopeworth]

batfam The Originals au,, omg

[erinwantstowrite]

like aesthetically (or by crime rates) which city irl do you think gotham would be in close comparison with (lets be honest no city could actually be as bad as gotham)? for me aesthetically maybe like san francisco? i think the fog and alcatraz is why. cos theres no way alcatraz isnt arkhams fraternal twin.

I think canonically it's inspired by San Fran and Chicago as well as New Jersey? tbh though I sometimes equate Gotham with New Orleans in my head. they're not the same aesthetically but I live in Louisiana and my brain just connects it without reason

[umbrellacam]

*steeples fingers and stares at my tablet with gimlet eyes*

so. Road to NML. You mean to tell me that the reason the rest of the country, Congress, and the President himself decided to write Gotham off, blow the bridges, and isolate everyone left - all criminals and asylum lunatics and 'undesirables', of course - was in large part due to *checks notes* a satanic rock star's unnatural, irresistible charisma and cult-like media manipulations aimed at dooming the city for his own benefit?

and that in order to find out what actually happens to this villain, who disappears from the Batman and 'Tec storylines...I'd have to *checks notes* read Azrael's event issues?

....yeah, PASS. I only included JPV's book on my reading list when I absolutely had to (*cough* whenever Cass pops up *cough*), so it's off to the wiki summaries for me!

...but okay, on the one hand I find it very funny how thoroughly fandom has excised this demonic media influencer aspect from the collective consciousness of NML - or at least it had never made its way to me via either fic or fandom posts. I know how few people read comics in general in this fandom, and even for those who do, NML is a Beast that only a percentage have tackled (see: me just starting to pick away at it!), so honestly it's not that surprising.

and like it can easily be left out of the story and still leave it coherent lmao!! One can certainly argue things are in fact neater that way; certainly it's not something that would ever be kept (or at least not in the same form) if NML were adapted to another medium, except as perhaps a normal media demagogue (or a montage of them).

but on the other hand...hmm. Thinking about Hurricane Katrina hitting all of six years after the NML storyline played out. And the debate over whether funds should be used for reconstructing New Orleans and other massively damaged areas. And people around the country wondering if New Orleans would or should be rebuilt at all. Or if a vibrant, historic city would just be basically wiped off the map.

I know this is a conversation that happens everywhere and every time a major disaster wrecks a city. There are always huge fights over disaster aid and funding allocations of any kind.

but man. It's something to see this fictionalized depiction in such close proximity to a real life disaster that paralleled it so strongly, and to know that - yes, there are always people who Do Not Abandon Their Homes and work to reclaim them. Yes, massive amounts of aid (federal and otherwise) and federal reconstruction funding did get dispensed. Yes, people cared, and yes, we rebuilt.

so...maybe we do actually need the demonic social media influencer's evil powers in order to comic book logic explain how everyone in the country turned their backs on Gotham and created No Man's Land.

like - no, it's not necessary. the narrative would work without it. and yet...

the premise imagines - requires? - a significantly more callous, selfish populace. Still plausible and compelling! Possibly even stronger as a story since the turnaround for No Man's Land still hinges on winning the country over to open Gotham back up, let aid in, and rebuild. But. You do have to start from - kind of a bleaker take on humanity?

it also kind of reminds me of what scintillyyy pointed out a few weeks ago about Dick killing the Joker, and how actually there's an important comic book superpower interaction going on there, too, with Rancor present massively amplifying Dick's hate and anger to push him over the edge.

but so few people ever notice or remember that and it certainly isn't one of those things that gets transmitted via fandom osmosis. (It was news to me!!) People focus on Dick breaking down and letting loose solely due to being pushed too far.

and that's extremely compelling on its own! It is! Just like the no-satanic-Nick-Scratch NML.

just thinking about fandom's tendency to ellide the supernatural or powered influences that are canonically affecting a situation, in order to explore/focus on more purely humanistic explanations or motivations...that actually end up being darker than what we might reasonably expect from real life, or from a character's typical values.

like it's part wanting to brush off comic book nonsense, part wanting to dive into gritty realism (that's not always realistic), part not having all the information because of learning things secondhand so you construct the most reasonable explanation...idk it's just interesting.

anyway.

more importantly: Dick and Tim are adorable in 'Tec 727-729!! Especially love them trading off yelling each other's names in fear/alarm, and also trading off protecting each other - Dick's "You hurt that kid and you're gonna be eating through a tube!" and Tim's clever solo rescue of a thoroughly captive Dick via clever use of a voice modulator and a two-way radio. The Boys 😊

[burritowitch]

i feel like yj should do something like the titans and go find a city to make their own since theyre all kind of trapped at the moment. keeping them in gotham/metropolis/new york/san fransisco would be boring so heres a bunch of other cities in the U.S.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

Batman AU where literally everything is the same except Gotham City is New Orleans. what then.

[kimberly-spirits13]

okay I have a fic/ possible series idea where Jason starts dating reader who comes from the south and ends up in Gotham for work and is also hunting down Killer Croc due to him smuggling drugs in and out of New Orleans to Gotham. The thing would basically consist of lots of Southern humor and redneckin it through Gotham even if the reader takes on a somewhat neutral accent after traveling for so long

what do we think?

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The characters not trapped inside Gotham city are: everyone in Smallville and Metropolis of course.

Oswald (house outside of city limits) Dinah, Martín, Otis

Babydoll (house outside of city limits)

Escaped: Alfred, Damian, Jim Gordon, Hugo Strange, Victor Zsasz, King Shark

Arkham is located outside of city limits so the patients inside (Calendar Man, The Ventriloquist, Ten Eyed Man, Clock King, Music Meister, Bane) and Leslie Thompkins are not in the city.

Jon and Jervis are not in the city (house outside of city limits)

All other characters who live in Gotham and have not been included in this list are trapped inside the city.

This period of time will be tagged and referred to as the green years.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Original Work Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Edward Nygma, Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Gotham New Orleans, New Orleans au, Black Character(s), Riddlebird (background), Riddles, Grave Robbers Series: Part 4 of Nola Summary:

When Oswald needs some privacy for his discussions, Edward obliges by leading the city cops astray.

[rere-the-writer]

poly!mikaelsons x wayne!reader, that's the tea

Yes it is Headcanon time

Warnings: Fluff, Bruce being Bruce, some NSFW

You are a two years younger than Bruce and known as a ice Queen in Gotham

You took over being C.E.O of Wayne Enterprises since your big brother like dressing up as a bat at night

Being the favorite aunt of the Bat kids

You had met the Mikaelsons at a charity gala in New Orleans

Meeting Finn first and found him to be very charming

"You find me charming?" "Very, now buy me a drink big guy."

Of course the other Originals noticed how sweet Finn was being with you

It was Rebekah that confessed first

Press in Gotham haves a field day learning of your relationship

Bruce didn't like it at first but became supportive seeing how happy you are

The boys are supportive but gives the vampires the shovel talk

Hayley is a little jealous of how Hope always wanting to stay the weekend with you

"Mom look what mama bought me." Hope would say with every gift you get her and Hayley would hate you more

Damian bonding with Hope while his siblings get along with your lovers

Trust the Bat kids are following you to New Orleans when you are going to visit your lovers

You are never alone in bed at lest two of the Originals are in your bed

Soft moments with them never fails in making their hearts melt

Bruce always finding you tangled up in one of the Original's arms when he visits

Bruce and Elijah once had a three day long chess match

"You know what! Fuck you, Kol!" "I'm trying but you are mad at me."

You coming home to Rebekah dressing up Cassandra and Stephanie

Finn loves having you in his lap

Finn coming by Wayne Enterprises late at night if you are still working

"I swear to God Bruce if I find out Jason and Kol tried killing another board-member. They are staying with you." Cue Jason and Kol hiding the body of a misogynistic board member

Klaus and Elijah sleeping in your bed after having nightmares

"Aunty, I have decided to kill for Hope." "Dami, hon, please don't. Nik does that enough." "I could always use the help love."

Dominating Rebekah and Klaus only to be dominated by Elijah and Finn, Kol switches depending on his mood

Klaus is surprisingly needy in bed so your favorite thing to make him beg

Rebekah is quite loud so there are times where you have to gag her

Both Finn and Elijah love to tie you up

You and Kol wrestling to see who be the dominant one for the night

You waking up to many marks on your body from Elijah mostly

Buying new underwear because the boys tear it off your body

[serious-tabaxi]

some more lore on my funny superboys if you're interested:

-the city of Midnight Park, whilst being somewhere around Maryland, is something of a stand-in for New Orleans like how Gotham is a stand-in for Chicago.

-it's set sometime around the early 2000's. Technopath is the only member of the Luminary Society who has used the internet to any great extent and actually knows what a furry kinda.

-Coldheart tried to enter the winter Olympics anyway but was rejected due to her condition being considered both an unfair advantage and a severe disability.

i feel sorry for technopath then

[ataviisms]

i should do more threads set in louisiana for those sweet southern gothic vibes. au where waylon decides he's had enough of gotham and the cold and decides to go back home. maybe he'll live a peaceful life in the bayou. maybe he'll try to establish himself as the criminal king of new orleans. the possibilities are endless.

[chronicangel]

I actually think it would be really funny if Gotham had a reputation for being like, a really cool and fun place that you want to go.

Like I know the running gag in fandom (and a little bit in comics, too) is that Gotham is a cesspit, famed for its insane vigilantes and impossibly high rates of violent crime, but when I think about real-life cities with very high crime rates and sort of a smoggy aesthetic, they are often places that people want to go.

Like, New Orleans is in the top ten cities in the world for homicide rates according to the data from 2022 (all the other 10 are in Mexico, and I can't speak as much to them because I've never been, but I at least recognize Tijuana, which is #5, as a place other people seem to refer to as a tourist destination for Americans), and yet there is a very real and very large crowd of people fully devoted to going there every year for Mardi Gras. I know multiple people who fantasize about living in the French Quarter, and when my grandparents took me there once as a teenager, I remember driving around with my grandmother to look at all the old, pretty buildings.

People famously think of New York City as a dangerous city with high crime rates (although the last few years have really reflected those crime rates going down), and yet it is also one top 10 of the most popular cities in not only the US but the world for tourism. My Dad lived in upstate New York from 2021 until this year, and just moved to North Jersey (significantly closer to the city), and for a while, he would rent a hotel in Times Square for a weekend every time I visited. If a band or artist is touring the US, it would practically be a crime to skip NYC, and there are the huge drawing forces of tourist destinations like the Statue of Liberty and Broadway. In fact, I lived halfway across the country from NYC and I still knew people who went on high school field trips there with their theatre programs.

I grew up in a college town in Southwest Missouri, and for most of my young adult life, I must have gone to St. Louis at least a half-dozen times a year. We went on a field trip to Six Flags when I was in 8th grade. I took a mini-vacation there in July 2023 where I paid for an Airbnb for a week and went to the zoo three or four days in a row so I could really take my time with it. I went on a day-trip in May of this year with a friend from work where we walked around the city to the tune of 19,000 steps. And all of that despite the fact that I spent my entire life hearing about the gang violence permeating the city, and the fact that St. Louis was ranked as the most dangerous city in the United States for several years in my lifetime.

I just moved to Philadelphia, which is in the top 50 cities in the world for homicide rates (see the link on New Orleans), because I've been coming here since I was a teenager and it's always been a home away from home to me. And when I went on my first walk around the neighborhood after moving here, I proudly bragged to my friends about how I had only been catcalled five times, two of which were by the same dude (some guy on my block who yelled at me at the beginning and the end of my walk) and one of which was by a child, so statistically that was a pretty good walk.

My point with all of this is that there are lots of very dangerous places in the world that people still idolize and want to go to. Within the lore of DC Comics, Gotham is a city that was first established in the early 17th century, with beautiful Gothic architecture and the Delaware Bay framing its edges. It would also be the largest city in New Jersey by a long shot, and I can imagine that with the real-world affectionate rivalry between New York and Jersey, citizens of the state would loudly defend Gotham as the superior city to NYC, cesspit or no (the same way that Missourians will hold Kansas City over Kansas' head until the end of time, or until they give back what's rightfully ours).

I imagine people from all sorts of places and all walks of life would go on two-week trips to Gotham during summer vacation to see whatever iconic landmarks stuck out to them, or maybe even to try to catch a glimpse of Batman and the other famous vigilantes-- I think if I heard that there was a vigilante in one of the big cities only a few hours away from my hometown, I probably would have been drawn to it like a magnet the second I was old enough to decide where to spend my breaks.

Also, just looking at it realistically, most of Gotham's crime happens at night and in very specific parts of the city-- which is also true of big cities in the real world. So it's extremely likely that a tourist could spend weeks or even months in Gotham and still never be directly subject to the sort of crime that Batman and Robin and whoever else might be there at the time are dealing with. I can easily imagine plenty of folks from Metropolis deciding to take a day trip to Gotham, which is just across the bay and would logically only take a couple hours tops to get to (assuming there's an operational ferry, and why wouldn't there be?), walking around the city looking at gargoyles and trying famous restaurants, and then packing on up and going back to Metropolis to say, "Yeah, people talk a big talk, but I've been to Gotham and it really isn't that scary."

You know, the way we all do with real cities.