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Summary:

In the early days of Batman and Robin's guardianship over Gotham City, a young Tim Drake posts his photos to an internet forum page he calls BatWatch.

Also features: Gotham civilians, lowkey hero worship, and Tim arguing with strangers online.

Notes:

heyo this is just a fun little social media fic I wanted to be able to write in my free time/between WIPs/when I need to get over writers block. thank you to Krow for vibe checking this for me. this is the workskin I'm using. also inspo cred to User Since by rageprufrock and Surveillance by smilebackwards . all of the pics are just ones I found online

this is set in 2004 when Dick is Robin. he's about 16 and Tim is about 8/9. timelines are a curse upon this earth

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Chapter 1: 03-26-2004

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Gotham City Hub > Batman > BatWatch

BatWatch

AvidBat91

hello

theres no place online to track batman so i made this. at least i dont think there is and i looked for 45 minutes. im calling it BatWatch since its sort of like a neighborhood watch but for the city

last night (3/26/04) some maroni guys were moving some kind of shipment to the docks near cameron street. batman and robin showed up and fought them, then called in gcpd. the bad guys got arrested. batman and robin left after making sure the shipments were taken care of correctly.

i took some pictures of them. i put them below. sorry they arent that good im still learning. will post more soon

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yearling25

Interesting composition! You're going to be posting more of these? I can't wait :D

AvidBat91

whenever i can manage to get out there yeah. ive been going for a few months already

tricorner-brat

The reason there's no boards following Batman around like this is because Batman's not real. He's a myth, like Santa Clause. Parents use him to scare their kids and criminals, the police department included, use him to explain away their incompetency. The GCPD even made a statement a few years ago confirming he's made up and they've never had any contact with him. Are you dumb?

The pics you attached are so shoddy, so dark and so obviously fake, calling them a hoax is a kindness. Try harder next time.

bloomin_rivers

The pictures sure are dark but what else could we expect from Gotham, I guess. The silhouette in the third pic has the iconic ears people say they've seen Batman as having, and is that yellow bit in the far corner Robin? I suppose it could be some light from a streetlight. Hard to see but I know Cameron Street has okay lights.

I've always been curious about keeping up with the Batman but I have to ask — is this going to be about trying to find out who he is under the mask? There are some boards about that topic but they all seem so tinhat-like that I avoid them. Hoping that's not the case here.

AvidBat91

The GCPD even made a statement a few years ago confirming he's made up and they've never had any contact with him. Are you dumb?

are YOU dumb? that statement was from before robin joined batman which was years ago now. if you bothered to keep up with the news, you'd know that commissioner Gordon has told the media as recently as three months ago that batman is real and that he works with him on differnt cases. why would the gcpd have a light on their roof with the signal on it and everything? gcpd is corrupt but they wouldnt waste money on that if he wasnt real.

im just reporting what i saw. i saw batman and robin fighting bad guys and i took pictures of them. these are the best ones i had. im so sorry gotham is dark and his suit is black and its hard to see. (huh, its almost like thats the point.)

I've always been curious about keeping up with the Batman but I have to ask — is this going to be about trying to find out who he is under the mask?

yeah that was robin. he kicked one of maronis men in the chest but i was too slow and didnt get a good picture of it. theyre all blurry so i didnt post them here. thats his cape.

and no im not trying to figure out who batman is, i just wanna keep track of where he goes around the city and post pictures of it on here

user787634509

i just wanna keep track of where he goes around the city

dude, stalker much?

also where the hell were you standing when you took those photos?

AvidBat91

i was across the street. theres lots of abandoned buildings over there

but youre wrong im NOT a stalker! its important to know where crime is happening in the city so people can know to stay safe in those places. and it helps to know that batman is around and will protect you. obviously. now you know the maronis are acting in the upper west side. youre WELCOME.

user787634509

so you, what, stood in one of the empty office buildings and waited for god knows how long for Batman and Robin to show up? did you even know they were going to be there before you went?? and you stayed there until they left, took photos of them that are extremely dark and blurry, and neither of them noticed you at any point? am I supposed to believe this?

tricorner-brat

It's obviously bullshit. Just another crazy clogging up the listings with their ramblings.

AvidBat91

im not crazy and im not following them!!!!! i have a camera and i like going out and taking pics of the skyline at night. sometimes i notice them flying around. i didnt follow them or anything for a while even though i saw them all the time. but theres lots of sirens and emergecy vehicles running around the city and i cant help it if i end up in the right place at the right time to see them in person. and yeah i took pictures because its BATMAN and no one has any good pictures of him. then i realized it could save peoples lives to know where batman and robin are and which places to really really avoid instead of just the normal places to avoid. i was already near cameron street when i saw them flying over to the building so i hurried and hid across the street so i could take pictures. then i shared them on here. to save people.

tricorner-brat

Yeah fucking right. I would say you don't have to concoct a whole story but this barely even is one. "Right place at the right time"? Seriously? We all know that the guy in those pictures is probably just one of your friends in a shitty costume.

user787634509

can't tell if you're 12, stupid, or both.

prosperinginblud

idc who you are, this is probably one of the clearest photos of Batman out there. yeah the shadows cling to him, really cling to him, but whatever. in the fifth photo, you can see his profile !!! holy shit!!

moneyrider

shit, I'll make sure to avoid Cameron street for the next few days... I was going to meet a friend near there for lunch but I think we'll have to reschedule

prosperinginblud

shit, I'll make sure to avoid Cameron street for the next few days...

oh damn yeah me too, I'm not trying to get involved with the goddamn Maroni family. no thank you. definitely steering clear :/ thanks for the heads up OP