Code of Conduct

[Jonathan Crane - Scarecrow]

So I thought that I would create an unspoken code of conduct for the professionals throughout Gotham. Now I’m first going to start with what I believe to be a serious list and I thought I could add a bit more fun to it as Dr. Crane does often produce games on this site. I thought it would be fun if every alignment could post their own codes of conduct. People can also post their reactions and feelings to other peoples codes. So post your codes! And Have fun!

1. Every man for themselves.

No matter whether you are partners, acquaintances, or “friends” as professionals, when it comes to the GCPD or any of the vigilantes it’s every man for themselves. We don’t have to outrun them, just the slowest one of us.

2. I will hurt you to get my way.

Every Professional will always look out for their own interests first, if you are getting in the way of those interests, it doesn’t matter who you are.

3. We can remain civil at social events.

Can, is the key word here. It doesn’t mean it will always happen, but as most social events it is generally understood that none of us want to disrupt it without good reason. If things go down, rules 1 and 2 suddenly apply once more.

4. Friendships are fleeting and fragile.

Don’t ever expect anything in this world to last very long, especially among professionals. Friendships are usually made under terms and conditions and stay that way. Some of us have turned to not bothering at all.

5. What and who I say is mine, is mine

Don't try to take my nemesis from me and not expect retribution. The general understanding is to each their own and don't interfere.

6. Avoid getting everyone together.

Some will notice some of the smarter ones in the group leave early if a lot of us gather together. It will usually end in a fight.

[More coming soon! Feel free to make your own reactions, your own lists for your alignment or IC responses with your characters.]

[Pamela Isley - Poison Ivy]

While I wouldn't say that Poison Ivy disagrees with the above code of conduct, she operates under her own ruleset. Specifically, she does whatever she wants, and if it happens to violate all sorts of written or unwritten rules, then that's just too bad. Mother Nature doesn't follow your rules, you follow hers! And here's the rules:

Rules for Men:
1. You can't resist her.

When Poison Ivy is actually trying, she has her ways of being quite irresistible. Yes, her attempts don't always work on the first try, but if one way doesn't work, she'll find another. And since she gets more annoyed when you're difficult, you're better off just falling for her the first time.

2. She wants to kill you.

It is nearly impossible for any man to convince her that he's anything less than exactly the sort of loathsome and disgusting person who would stab her in the back the moment that she least suspects it, so she always suspects it and intends to kill you before you get the chance.

3. You are not an exception to Rule #2.

It's a common tactic of hers, especially when dealing with people who know of her reputation, to convince someone that they're a special exception to Rule #2, but this is always a lie meant to make killing you easier. No man is a special exception to Rule #2.

4. If she's keeping you alive, you're useful.

She doesn't kill everyone she wants to kill - she won't shoot herself in the foot by killing anyone who is useful to her, or at least not if they aren't so upsetting that she can't help herself. Pray that you never stop being useful.

5. Anyone who isn't useful is completely fair game.

As far as she's concerned, if you're not useful then you're a waste of space. And if you're a waste of space then there's nothing wrong with killing you for any or no reason - let alone if you somehow manage to get slightly in her way.

6. You can't control her.

While you can certainly try to find some way to get her to do as you wish, she will find a way out of it, she will be furious with you, and you will pay dearly for it.

7. Anything you can do, she can do better.

She can do anything better than you. Well, with the exception of unimportant things that don't really matter, but since they don't matter that's a technicality. Do not attempt to imply that you can do anything for her that she can't do for herself, or she will be offended by the very idea that you could even think such a ridiculous thing.

Rules for Women:
1. She doesn't like all women.

While women enjoy the advantage of not being immediately assumed to be the scum of the earth, that doesn't mean that she feels the opposite. It merely means that they actually have a chance of getting on her good side, and she's certainly not opposed to killing a woman she doesn't know that becomes a bother. A woman who ends up on her bad side gets treated exactly like she would treat a man.

2. Your boyfriend is horrible and you don't need him.

Given how she feels about men, naturally she doesn't like the thought of anyone she cares the least bit about being with one. And the more of a friend she considers you to be, the more insistent she'll be that the man in your life has got to go.

3. Prepare to be the victim of her nurturing instinct.

The more she likes someone and the more helpless she believes them to be, the more likely they are to find Poison Ivy doing everything in her power to take care of them. Of course... what care she provides is heavily biased towards the things that she personally believes that a person needs rather than their own.

4. The plants come first.

No matter how closely bonded you think you are with Poison Ivy, you'll quickly find that you'll always be in second place - nothing in the world is more important to her than her precious babies.

5. While shopping, she has first dibs on anything green.

Because, let's face it, it looks so much better on her than it does on you.