branchifer: (013)
Branch ([personal profile] branchifer) wrote in [community profile] longestnight2023-10-07 06:01 am

Fandom's Come Knocking

Okay, did you guys know people in this world make stuff of some of us? Apparently the yetis make toys of us on their own if none exist but also imitate ones that do exist if kids want them.

[Branch is hopping along a table of merch that is meant to mimic exactly the merch of him in stores. A lot of it is actually bigger than he is. He shows off the dolls with his tiny little wrist comm. They look even weirder at that perspective.]

Now that I know they're not ritual effigies, the toy thing is kind of funny. Weird, but funny.

Look at this. Look.

[He holds up his comm so the camera picks up some absolutely hideous toys.]

Like, who is this guy? I wouldn't even know who this was if it wasn't labeled with my name. Like, some random guy from the village maybe. I've never dressed like that in my life.

[He points the camera at another.]

This one is the closest to actually looking like me and it still has the random skull symbol hair thing. What's up with that? [A pause as his face comes back in view. It screws up in thought.] ...Okay, actually I don't hate it.

[Because even though he's a much happier person than he once was, he's still slightly an edgelord. Just slightly.]

[He looks upward and similar skull designs suddenly appear in his own hair, thanks to his ability to change its color. Maybe that explains why some of the dolls have black hair and some have blue (if manufacturing inconsistencies aren't to blame).]

[(It's actually not but he's not about to explain the subtleties of troll coloration when it comes to emotional state.)]

Seriously, you should check it out, and see if the yetis made stuff based on you. It's hilarious.

[ooc: If none exists IRL, people can make up imaginary merch, though all merch at the Pole would be for kids or teens. The stuff made purely by the yetis would largely be decent-looking and accurate, uglier stuff would be based on designs existing in the game world because well, that's what the kid pointed at in the store. Googling themselves would produce other merch for other demographics, as well as let people find out about any internet fandom. People can feel free to thread hop a lot because the point of this is probably going to be a lot of pointing and laughing.]
bestbrotherever: (reading)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2023-10-08 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
We could discuss it with Frost. Though he has that young man, Jamie, who he trusts to warn him of any true threats. I am certain that some would consider Jamie irresponsible for not telling Frost that I was not to be allowed into the base, but obviously I think he made the right call.
mostdangerousbird: (127)

[personal profile] mostdangerousbird 2023-10-08 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ Quietly. ]

There's more Joker merchandise than Robin. They have movies about him. Plural. Two actors have won Academy Awards for portraying him.
bestbrotherever: (facepalm)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2023-10-08 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose it is a good thing, then, that Jason is not here as well.

...do they believe him to be a hero? Or are they fascinated with his villainy?
mostdangerousbird: (027 sick of leaving things half done)

[personal profile] mostdangerousbird 2023-10-08 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't watched them. I don't think I will be, either.
bestbrotherever: (*sigh*)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2023-10-08 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Would you want someone else to watch them for you?
mostdangerousbird: (036 nah boy i ain’t even slept)

[personal profile] mostdangerousbird 2023-10-08 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
I don’t know. There’s a strong possibility they’re wildly inaccurate to my world, and there’s at least one that has a representation of me, or some version of me.

[ He shrugs indecisively. Letting someone view into his universe would be awkward to say the least. ]

What’s the net gain to knowing how the world views the Joker?
bestbrotherever: (facepalm)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2023-10-08 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
We would know if he is widely celebrated. If this world is that... deranged.
mostdangerousbird: (038 now it’s all all wrong)

[personal profile] mostdangerousbird 2023-10-08 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
If it’s accurate, I don’t want anyone else to see it.
bestbrotherever: (anguish)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2023-10-08 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
Someone may have to, if he appears.
mostdangerousbird: (130)

[personal profile] mostdangerousbird 2023-10-08 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
It’s my life, Loki. And not just mine. Everyone’s fine showing off dolls and beach towels and things like that, but you don’t see them sharing the entire work.

If he turns up, I can brief everyone. Or we start a list.
bestbrotherever: (frown)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2023-10-09 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
If he is the same one you know. He might not be. I am quite different from the Loki of legend, and even from the one with all the toys.
mostdangerousbird: (148)

[personal profile] mostdangerousbird 2023-10-22 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I think there's an inherent Loki-ness, though. Just like there's an inherent Tim-ness. It would still be applicable.