Birdwatchers

Discord server
Name	birdwatcherd
Date(s)	April 2022 - present
Fandom(s)	DC Comics & crossover fandoms
Access	Public
URL	Discord Invite link AO3 link (contains invite link)
Server invite and icon (2024) -->
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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 Server

endnote 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)
• Wally Weekend (January 2023)
• Birdwatchers Valentine's Day Party (February 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.

[KezziWchronic]
Oh fuckkk the folks on BW (including me) are gonna go ballistic 🫠 i was thinking the same thing (plus CM and DP crossovers) bc AMT is veryyyy necessary to navigate the WCDC subfandom

[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