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#I pray for the people who don't have context for the saga but I can't keep explaining every single post
onesidedradiostatic · 2 months
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I think there is technically some ‘monetary’ gain from Alastor’s “patronage” of the hotel:
- he’s a (has-been) celebrity and he is using that to promote the hotel in its marketing to his established audience. Allegedly for free
Financially, he also uses his “skills” to save Charlie unnecessary expenses:
- plumbing, repairs, staff, administrative duties (assumption), catering (?)
- getting things done for “free”, aka pulling strings and limbs to avoid paying for tv air time
If Charlie had to pay for all these herself, the cost would be astronomical. Especially since the hotel is rent-free and run like a charity.
Alastor may not be making Charlie profit, but he is saving her money, which keeps their accounting in the black instead of red.
And then Lucifer showed up and demonstrated he can conjure anything 😂 I’d be salty on Charlie’s behalf too tbh
(referenced ask)
okay but like... these are all stuff alastor can actually proudly flex so he wouldn't have a problem with it (since he is voluntarily helping), now when it comes to husk niffty and angel dust making money off of alastor's room's fucking vacuum dust, lucifer taking art commissions containing sexy alastor drawings, niffty taking writing commissions for alastor x readers, that is when he loses his mind, especially when he finds out it's being sold to VOX of all people
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arobinwithoutbatman · 2 months
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((Aaaaaaaallrightyyyyy comics time~ We're starting the Knightfall saga today and I'm doing the entire saga not just Tim's stuff so I have extra context.
Pray for me, y'all.
Prelude... oh okay Vengence of Bane
Okay, talking about a coup in the Carribean *and torture! Lovely!*
...so a literal newborn is to serve his father's sentence... *purely because he's a boy?! And his father was named in the coup?!* Given the torture, there's every chance that he wasn't involved the victim was just saying names!
Basically raised in prison and went lowkey mad in solitary confinement and after a coma. Almost like traumatic brain injuries have a chance of completely changing someone's personality -.-
...god damn, Bane sure improved! That's kinda terrifying
And now he has an obsession with Batman. This can only go badly
OH! Illegal human experimentation! Why the fuck not?!
Aaaaand he's now all set up in Gotham and wants to kill Batman and is impressed that he doesn't kill. Huh
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Huh... Bruce and Vicki broke up. Shame
Oh hey Sionis, nice to meet you. Can't wait for Jason to destroy your empire later down the line
Sionis backstory too... kinda sad really but also dude don't use your dead dad's face skin to make a new mask. That's gross
Oh shit! Lucius!
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Oh! Blonde dude is Bruce in disguise! Nice! Didn't even catch that until now!
Also, why is Circe dressed like that? I get the mask, she suffered from the whole facepaint thing, but basically naked? Why?
Also, waists don't work like that!!!! Has she been wearing waist training corsets? Obviously not recently, they picked her up off the street, pretty sure she's been homeless this entire time. Did they know what a woman looks like?
Oh wait! I just realised! Bruce proved himself with a gun! Great aim! *Bruce hates guns* God damn, he really sells it when he's undercover... is he okay?
Also... what is with this art style? Tim is thirteen, maybe 14 at most and he looks like he's Bruce's age
Oh damn, Bruce actually admitting he's not in his prime and starting to slow down. And Jim's potential marriage is in trouble...
Awwww Bruce calling it early for Tim cause he has school
...that wasn't Sionis? What the actual fuck is going on?
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Bruce Thomas Wayne you will speak to Alfred with a civil fucking tongue in your head
Also, for the love of God get a therapist! This counts as hurting yourself my guy!
Awwww Jack is doing better! And Tim is about to suggest acupuncture when Jack hates needles... welp
Who the fuck is walking around at night in a knock off pinhead cosplay? And killing people?
And this is still teh damn *prelude?!*
Yeah time to rest and recover, Bruce
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Bruce. For the love of God. Go to therapy. You are stressed and traumatised.
Oh shit Jim's got a hit out on him
And his wife is worried
Yeah Bruce is not doing well...
Lunch break!
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Okay... military school brat
Robbing the armory. Mkay
Okay so the point f the prelude is... massive city wide gang warfare... plus potentially Arkham related bullshit
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....Bruce... Bruce for the love of God... I'm begging you. I know Gotham is kinda falling to pieces for the millionth time but pls. Take a break
I'm sorry, this General is still a *child?!*
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...his name is Ulysses and even his family other than his mother want him gone. What the god damn
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First meeting of Azrael. Cool
Hawk of the Wilderness, Tim you goober
Hm, Tim training Jean-Paul as... a replacement Batman so Bruce can actually take a break?
...it's actually grapnel? I always thought it was grapple???
FINALLY The man tries therapy!!!!
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Whomst the fuck is hypnotherapying a dude into jumping off a ledge?!
Dealing with a break in at Wayne Tower while Bruce and Lucius try to figure out what secrecy is going on
Ope, Azreal losing control. Oh and hypnotherapy dude again! ...oh shit he's going after the people heading up the 3 sections of this secret project
Which means Lucius is next! Oh fuck!
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Aaaaaannnndddd Lucius is on teh bridge being encouraged to jump into the river believing it's from his dad....
Also Bruce Wayne, I will remind you again to *speak to Alfred with a civil tongue*
Okay cool they figured out it was hypnosis and Azreal caught Lucius
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...fuck me, how many more issues do I have of just the prelude? Cause this is the only thing I get to today at this rate cause I still wanna write things!
Oh hey Killer Croc
Oooohhhh no Bane's gonna show up while Jean-Paul is in the Batsuit trying to handle Killer Croc. His programming is gonna kick in. This isn't gonna end well for *anyone*
Oh okay Bane took out Killer Croc and immediately clocked that it wasn't Bruce under the cowl... welp
And Bruce is having god awful nightmares with the sedatives but he won't sleep any other way poor guy
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Aaaaaaand Riddler's back
I'm sorry, Riddler once tried to *sacrifice Batman?!* Jesus Christ!
Welp, Riddler was high af and apparently Bruce has been on venom before which sucks
Riddler got shot too and Bane is still testing Bruce
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Am I dont yet? [348/375] Uuuuugggggghhhhhhhh
DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE RELEASE THE CLOWN. DON'T DO IT, JACKASS
And Tim is cutting Jean-Paul's hair
And now everyone's loose and poor Jeremiah has had a total break from reality thanks to the trauma
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Good grief that was a lot! So uhhhhh guess it was kinda ambitious to try and do all of Knightfall in one day
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