#nat vs. the dcu

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

spider vs bat vs bird

by ilike_color

natasha romanov is sent by shield to see if she can determine if bruce wayne is batman (or at the very least, a threat). natasha doesn't exactly find out anything for bruce wayne but makes a friend with pre-joker jason todd

(or: jason todd tries to drink alcohol, natasha stops him, so jason tries to get his father figures drunk instead)

(day 67: feminist)

Words: 1821, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 4 of huh. didn't know he could do that

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Marvel, Black Widow (Comics)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Nick Fury, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Clark Kent, various party goers idk

Relationships: Natasha Romanov (Marvel) & Jason Todd, Natasha Romanov (Marvel) & Bruce Wayne

Additional Tags: Not Canon Compliant, for any fandom idk, Bruce Wayne is a Little Shit, Bruce Wayne is Brucie Wayne, Natasha Romanov Is Not A Robot, Jason Todd is Robin, Jason Todd is a Menace, Clark Kent & Bruce Wayne Friendship, or they're dating u decide, Wayne Gala (DCU), guys pls this is not shipping nat and jason there's a ten year age gap that's weird, dick is only there in the background sorry, Alcohol, jason tries to drink under age but nat stops him

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/45601153

[axonsandsynapses]

ok, I’m 5 years late on this, but…

I recently saw someone posting about how it was weird that the YJ animated universe put Gotham in Connecticut.

And well, given what most people know about CT is “rich people who don’t want to live in NYC go there” and “idk, Yale’s there somewhere, right?” that reaction makes sense. 

However, as someone who grew up there, I want you to know that Gotham city is 100% ABSOLUTELY in Connecticut. (Though I do want to note that @unpretty​ makes a very compelling argument for Michigan, and I will still respect you if you decide to go with that interpretation. Even if it’s wrong.)

More under the cut, because -cracks knuckles- I am a fucking nerd and am going to explain the shit out of this. 

This is going by the assumption that Gotham isn’t a replacement for NYC itself. (Since NYC has been turning up in DC comics for literal decades now, I figure that’s a pretty safe conclusion.) 

When they bother to offer a geographic location, the comics have generally placed Gotham in New Jersey. Writers often seem to treat it as in as in the greater tri-state metro area around NYC. (Though if you go with the occasional interpretation of Metropolis as being across the river from Gotham, you could make a decent argument that Gotham is the Camden, NJ to Metropolis’s Philadelphia). In modern comics, DC also tends to treat Gotham as more of a mid-sized city rather than a gigantic population center like NYC, Chicago, or LA. 

Now, if you’re placing Gotham in the greater tri-state area, New Jersey is a perfectly reasonable conclusion. There are a bunch of cities in the area you could argue for (Newark is a decent contender).

However. Here is a list of things we know about Gotham:

It’s a port city and something of a shipping hub (illicit shipments at the docks are a Batfamily speciality)

It boomed as an industrial center, but entered a steep economic decline in the mid-20th century as the economy started shifting (see: all the abandoned warehouses, and the fact that “Crime Alley” was an affluent district until around the time the Waynes were murdered)

While there are some incredibly poor neighborhoods, there is also an extremely wealthy population

Has a long history of Old, Rich Families (See: the Waynes, the Cobblepots, the Kanes…)

Has a history of incredibly corrupt politicians and city offices

Has both historical mob activity and current gang violence

You know which city fits all those criteria? Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Bridgeport is in Fairfield county, where, yes, there’s a bunch of rich people who don’t want to live in New York City. It has most of the richest towns in the state, as well as some of the richest communities in the entire country.

Bridgeport itself, however, is one of the poorest cities in Connecticut. It’s a historic city that used to thrive on shipping and manufacturing, but has never quite recovered from their decline. Housing prices are high, incomes are low, and the city has huge issues with poverty and violence. Its mayor famously went to jail on felony corruption charges, and then later managed to get himself reelected.

As of the 2010 census, the Bridgeport metro area had the greatest income inequality in the entire United States.

I would probably place Wayne Manor in Easton (in the top 10 CT towns for median household income), which is adjacent to Bridgeport and would allow decent batmobile access. 

But really, the #1 reason why Gotham is Bridgeport?

P.T. Barnum was its mayor. Yes, that P.T. Barnum. He based his circus there in the winters. There are streets named after him. 

The Joker wouldn’t be able to fucking resist.

[devilstree]

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

spider vs bat vs bird

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/76mSxJr

by ilike_color

natasha romanov is sent by shield to see if she can determine if bruce wayne is batman (or at the very least, a threat). natasha doesn't exactly find out anything for bruce wayne but makes a friend with pre-joker jason todd

(or: jason todd tries to drink alcohol, natasha stops him, so jason tries to get his father figures drunk instead)

(day 67: feminist)

Words: 1821, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 4 of huh. didn't know he could do that

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Marvel, Black Widow (Comics)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Nick Fury, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Clark Kent, various party goers idk

Relationships: Natasha Romanov (Marvel) & Jason Todd, Natasha Romanov (Marvel) & Bruce Wayne

Additional Tags: Not Canon Compliant, for any fandom idk, Bruce Wayne is a Little Shit, Bruce Wayne is Brucie Wayne, Natasha Romanov Is Not A Robot, Jason Todd is Robin, Jason Todd is a Menace, Clark Kent & Bruce Wayne Friendship, or they're dating u decide, Wayne Gala (DCU), guys pls this is not shipping nat and jason there's a ten year age gap that's weird, dick is only there in the background sorry, Alcohol, jason tries to drink under age but nat stops him

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/76mSxJr