Birdwatchers
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Discord server | |
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Name | birdwatcherd |
Date(s) | April 2022[1] - present |
Fandom(s) | DC Comics & crossover fandoms |
Access | Public |
URL | Discord Invite link AO3 link (contains invite link) |
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Birdwatchers (also stylized birdwatchers) is a public server Discord server for fans of the Robins from Batman and other DC characters. It does challenges, prompts, and collaborations (including crossover events DC x other fandoms).
As of October 2024, it has over 2000 members.
Come Join Us over at Birdwatchers, a Batfam-oriented Discord Serverendnote on Replacement Robin by TheWitchBoy
(If you want to hang out in the meantime, come join us over at Birdwatchers, a Batfam-oriented Discord server with a dedicated DC/White Collar community)end notes on It's Not the Lasso of Fact by Ginevra_Benci
Activities
- White Collar x DC week
- Criminal Minds x DC week: https://www.tumblr.com/criminalmindsxdc/730759867310227456/the-faq-for-2024-check-the-dates-full-text-below?source=share
- One Word Prompt Challenge: Birdwatchers Server One Word Prompt Challenge (AO3 tag -- though most participants didn't use the tag)
- 2024 challenge has an AO3 collection -- collection maintained by Leymonaide
- Year of the OTP Event (2023, 2025)
- Wally Weekend (January 2023)
- Birdwatchers Valentine's Day Party (February 2023)
- Birdwatchers Exchange (2023-)
Impact
Example fanworks
- https://archiveofourown.org/works/49133995
- Birdwatchers Word Prompt Year Challenge 2023 collection for prompt fills written by Lilituism
- Plus C'est by Ginevra_Benci (also for the one-word prompt challenge, more here)
- https://www.tumblr.com/drawing-write/759738743238295552/birdwatcher-tim-drake
- https://www.tumblr.com/lilituism/738623171615490048/golden-lilituism-batman-all-media-types -- "Drawn for the 2023 Birdwatchers Discord Word challenge for the prompt 'ratio'"
- https://archiveofourown.org/works/44496142 -- example of a DP x DC prompt from the server; fic by LittleDoot
Fan Discussion
In a discussion of the AO3 Fandom Metatag Removal Controversy several fans realized they were on the same server and had similar concerns.
[queerblunosr]
(Do I see a birdwatchers friend??? Hello! I just posted in there about this lol)
[KezziWchronic]
(Haven't been active on there in a hot minute but yeah!)
[queerblunosr]
(Im not very active any more because life is sooooo busy lol but I pop in to certain channels or threads every so often haha)
- [Due-Swordfish-8833]
I'M ON BW FJRKFKFKFK I lurk a lot and I also haven't had much time these past 6 months because of work though I bet it's going to go wild. I'll go check T.T
References
- ^ Earliest mention I've found of the server is this 2020 fic but the invite link in the endnote was added after 2021. This endnote (WBM mirror) was definitely added by April 2022 -- posibly between April 25th (no endnote server link) and April 27th (has endnote server link) specifically.
- ^ reddit thread, Archived version posted 4 September 2024