welcome to basin city

This is a sideblog, and I follow back from my main @grimmusings. Please direct IMs there, since it's easier for me to keep all my messages on one blog. It's also easier to start interactions with me there, where I regularly post open starters and meme prompts. For a full list of rules, see my main. Honesty hour questions will largely be answered IC and treated as anonymous unless signed by a muse.

All details vary based on verse, but in general I write Nancy based on the Sin City (2005) film, with occasional elements or connections from the comics pulled in as needed. However, her primary verses and character arc will come from the first film, without influence from A Dame to Kill For (2014) unless specifically plotted. I’m happy to write her into AUs and fandom crossovers, but for ease, I typically write as though Basin City exists within the Marvel/DC universes as a lawless entity unto itself, much like Madripoor.

And now, some warnings! Sin City contains quite a lot of triggering material, specifically:

Nancy is a stripper at Kadie's nightclub and still is in some verses, so this may be written out occasionally and referenced often.

She's also canonically in love with a man old enough to be her father, so there will be legal age gap shipping here.

Finally, she's been the target of a rapist/pedophile (Roark Jr. / That Yellow Bastard) once or twice, verse depending. I will not be exploring that theme in depth in any threads, since I'm not comfortable writing underage/non-con, but it will be referenced from time to time as part of her history.

If you’re not comfortable with these concepts, that’s perfectly fine, but this isn’t the muse for you.

wanted connections:

This is by no means a comprehensive list, and I can roll with most muses as far as basic interactions. I’m happy to ship Nancy with other comics characters and OCs/fandom crossovers based on chemistry. There is never any pressure to ship with me, even if they're on my list.

OTPs: John Hartigan Possible Ships: Dwight, Johnny, Wade Wilson, Frank Castle, most antiheroes (she's soft for all the tough guys with good hearts) NOTPs: Roark family, Kevin Other: Marv (<3), Eric Draven, any Marvel/DC muses

default verses:

sin city: This verse takes place during the time Nancy is a law student and a dancer at Kadie's, after John Hartigan's release from prison and Roark's second attack. It may or may not acknowledge Hartigan's death.

a really good lawyer: After Hartigan and Roark's deaths, Nancy finishes law school and becomes a lawyer, fighting the corruption in Basin City much the way her hero did. It does not acknowledge the events of A Dame to Kill For.

multiverse!madness: Various comics universes collide, whether Marvel/DC/etc. have always existed on the same Earth, or other-dimension shenanigans are at work. Duplicate friendly!

verses by request only:

I'm happy to write these, but since they're more specific AUs, I don't default on them for asks/memes. Please feel free to request them.

a dame to kill for: Nancy goes down a darker path after Hartigan's death and seeks revenge on the Roark family.

gods & avengers: Comics characters are reincarnations of Greek gods. Nancy is vaguely aware of Persephone's power manifesting in her, but she has yet to realize her true identity.