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    Daniel sees life like a river. Thinks he is caught up in a current that only goes one way, that will eventually sweep him out to sea. It’s easier for him to think so. It keeps him alive to think so.

    He doesn’t know that he could stand up and reach the bottom. He doesn’t know he has a choice.


    Drugs don’t work, sex doesn’t work, New York hasn’t worked. Somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains, an improbable number of suicides have taken place. Somewhere in a bar in New York, Daniel hears about them. He wants to fill a void. The difference between what is real and what isn’t matters as little to him as the things he’ll find to throw into the darkness. Which, as it turns out, is quite a lot.

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    08 Jul 2026

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    Jason Todd kills his father. He presses the detonator and the Batmobile is wrapped in flames and smoke as shrapnel and concrete flies through the air. Then for the next hour, Jason runs through the streets of Gotham carefully avoiding the sound of police sirens and any potential Bats before Talia finds him, shoves him in the passenger seat of a car, and tells him, "Your father is still alive."
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    or, jason decides to set off the bomb. here's what happens next.

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    03 Jul 2026

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    Here are the rules to survive as a civilian in Gotham City:

    The first rule is to keep your head down. Don't draw attention to yourself. Don't make eye contact. Walk briskly and with purpose. Don't wear anything flashy that can be stolen and most certainly do not walk down that dark alley.

    The second rule is don't be a hero. Avoid confrontations. Walk the other way when you see a standoff. Don't try to help that man getting beat up in the alley, because odds are you'll get killed right along with him. Gotham City has Batman for a reason.

    The third and most important rule is this: Don't get involved with superheroes.

    Or in your case, gun-toting vigilantes.

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    01 May 2026

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    After Batman’s death, Jason is left to pick up the pieces.

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    01 May 2026

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    People who lived outside of Gotham City would most often think of it in terms of its heroes and villains. About Batman and Robin, Joker and Harley Quinn.

    People who actually live in Gotham City would only think of one thing: surviving.

    Who cares about the people in costumes when your house has been bombed for the fifth time, or your wife has been taken hostage just because she worked in a bank?

    Or, in your case, when you have to make regular deliveries to places where even Batman feared to tread?

    Because let's face it. In a world full of superheroes and costumed villains, the real heroes are the ones who make sure that people get their pizzas in forty-five minutes or less.

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    01 May 2026