[Western Crossover] Where Did Gotham’s Musical Angel Come From?!

New Western Crossover romance, Don't Hit Your Date, is complete! Come enjoy this sweet little treat 🤲

Musicals meet DC in this wildly imaginative story.

Blurb:

Welcome to Musical Gotham! (Megaphone 📢) (Spotlight ⚡) (Music 🎶) (Drums 🥁)

Viola snagged a ticket to the legendary one-night-only all-star revival of The Phantom of the Opera.

But perhaps using up all her luck on the ticket meant she had none left. As soon as she stepped out of the theater after the show, her head spun, and she ascended straight to heaven.

A being that looked suspiciously like a musical angel floated in front of her and announced, "Excellent. You've been chosen."

Viola: ?

A musical angel isn't an angel... right?

With a grand sweep of its hand, the musical angel brought her back to life.

In Gotham.

The musical version.

Welcome to Musical Gotham!

Every villain has their own background music and spotlight. Before doing anything evil, they sing a song and lay out their entire criminal plan in a three-minute monologue!

Vigilantes enter to their own theme songs and trade lyrics with their opponents during fights, taking turns like it's a musical battle!

Gotham's citizens, AKA the ultimate stage crew, break into heartfelt song and dance anytime, anywhere!

That's right, we even have an encore at the curtain call! Everyone who died comes back to life!

Including Viola, the poor soul who's accidentally died countless times in Gotham.

Viola is astonished. Viola stops thinking. Viola wants to call the police right away.

Then the GCPD gets her call and arrives singing and dancing.

Viola: "... ?"

But!

All music comes to an abrupt halt at midnight.

The musical angel shrugs regretfully. "Can't be helped. The world's a little unstable, so Musical Gotham and the real world alternate every day."

So Viola is forced to witness the following bizarre scenes.

One second, an Arkham patient is rapping passionately under dazzling purple lights. The next, they're expressionlessly setting off a bomb.

One second, a mysterious vigilante is twirling his cape and belting, "I am the darkness, I am vengeance." The next, he's coldly swinging away on a grappling hook.

One second, the people of Gotham are holding hands and singing, "Gotham loves you." The next: "Who are you?"

Viola: Huh???

The musical angel drops another bombshell. "Oh, and to help you get by in Gotham, we've given you the identity of a distant relative of a rich family."

Viola asks, "Oh? Who is that?"

The musical angel (with a burst of electric guitar 🎸🤘🏻): "The most famous man in Gotham is your great-great-great-grandfather! ⚡⚡⚡"

Viola: ?

Viola swears she'll write a post about it titled My Young, Rich Grandfather and Me.

The musical angel keeps up the good work, continuously bringing new people to Gotham.

Angels and demons? Just former coworkers!

Monster-hunting brothers? Just former partners!

Doctor, oh, he wandered in by accident.

All in all, the musical angel has exceeded its KPI (thumbs up).

Viola, watching it all unfold: eyes_shaking.jpg

The musical world really is this incredible...?

At the start of the story, the musical angel tells Viola, "You only have one task. It'll be easy."

Viola: "What is it?"

The musical angel smiles. "Sing."

Viola: "... ?"

Wait, she has to sing too?

No, thank you! She's tone-deaf and can't carry a tune... (despair)

Reader's Guide:

1. Told on two tracks, between the musical world and the real world.

2. A Western Crossover with SPN, Marvel, Doctor Who, and more. There'll be a few musical theater jokes, but they won't get in the way. You can enjoy it even if you haven't watched the shows or seen the musicals.

3. The musical world will be very theatrical, and the plot will probably be pretty silly. I mean, what serious plot could there be when I'm watching a musical? (Just kidding.)

4. Original musical lyrics ahead. I'll write anything to make a rhyme (shrugs).

5. Around 400,000 words.

Coming soon!

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Theme: May heaven bless our dream-filled lives.