If you saw any of the drafts or research before they were hidden, no you didn't. My apologies to anyone who gets like a million notifications from me editing and making a million guides and templates, but you can't really link a draft to a post that I know of
I wanted words for the smells. And possibly other smells. If anyone knows the official words or has a better word for any of these can y'all let me know please? I didn't find anything on Google.
Other names/nicknames/aliases: General appearance(s):Special appearance(s):Ethnicity:Outfit(s): Family:Friends/allies:Rivals/enemies:Love interest(s): Occupation(s):Skills:Powers: Personality:History:
Man, I love conspiracy theories about media. My current favorite is that one about barbie being a clone hivemind. (Skip to 1:40:46 if you just want to hear the theory.) It was proven wrong but it's kinda fun to go down the rabbit hole like that.
( Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond from Steven Universe and that one turned out to be true.)
Thinking about sweet potatoes... Well, holiday foods in general, but yeah.
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Food rant incoming?
Full disclosure, I don't even like sweet potatoes. I tried it like twice as a kid; once as a batch of sweet potato fries and once as a pie. Both times, my tastebuds absolutely freaking rioted. It tasted like sadness, but maybe that's because I was trying not to throw up or cry. My father and aunt were the 'finish your plate' type of parents and I didn't think they'd appreciate it.
It really surprised me, because I didn't think I was capable of disliking sweet things. Which was definitely not true. I hated barbecue sauce too, but little me had a hard time connecting sauces with sweetness. (Something about them always being paired with savory foods? Idk. I was a dumb kid. And very unobservant.)
I've been thinking about trying them again sometime though? Just to see if the foods I ate them with were just badly made or I didn't like the way they were prepared/what they were paired with. Which has happened a few times.
I thought I hated broccoli, but I just hated when it was too soggy or as hard as a rock. I thought I hated carrots, but I just hate them when they're raw/crunchy. (I swear it tastes different and throws everything off.) I thought I hated caramel for like 4 years, until I realized that's the stuff in twix and snickers and realized that, actually, it doesn't taste like war crimes on my tongue. (My mom somehow found the saltiest caramel chocolate in the history of ever, like, twice, and little me was not having it.)
Was pondering on if Tucker was technically always liminal. Obviously not enough for the weapons to go off around him, so I figured the liminality was dormant until he recovered his memories/learned who he used to be. But I was wondering, does he have memories of his previous lives? Does he only have memories of the one where he was Duulaman? Are they full memories or are they just vague impressions?
Was gonna make this into a poll, but I think I know what I want to do with this. Might as well post since I haven't really done that in a while tho.
Thinking about sweet potatoes... Well, holiday foods in general, but yeah.
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Food rant incoming?
Full disclosure, I don't even like sweet potatoes. I tried it like twice as a kid; once as a batch of sweet potato fries and once as a pie. Both times, my tastebuds absolutely freaking rioted. It tasted like sadness, but maybe that's because I was trying not to throw up or cry. My father and aunt were the 'finish your plate' type of parents and I didn't think they'd appreciate it.
It really surprised me, because I didn't think I was capable of disliking sweet things. Which was definitely not true. I hated barbecue sauce too, but little me had a hard time connecting sauces with sweetness. (Something about them always being paired with savory foods? Idk. I was a dumb kid. And very unobservant.)
I've been thinking about trying them again sometime though? Just to see if the foods I ate them with were just badly made or I didn't like the way they were prepared/what they were paired with. Which has happened a few times.
I thought I hated broccoli, but I just hated when it was too soggy or as hard as a rock. I thought I hated carrots, but I just hate them when they're raw/crunchy. (I swear it tastes different and throws everything off.) I thought I hated caramel for like 4 years, until I realized that's the stuff in twix and snickers and realized that, actually, it doesn't taste like war crimes on my tongue. (My mom somehow found the saltiest caramel chocolate in the history of ever, like, twice, and little me was not having it.)
The only people that call me by that name are the hunters who came up with it and the news for whatever reason. I've said that my name is Phantom multiple times.
It's just a rather sill- simple name, Inviso-Bill is—
About 10 times worse. And I don't really care if it's simple, that just makes it easier for people to remember, right? Like Lance Thunder, or Tiffany Snow, or Amity Park News, Or Action News or whatever you're called.
I see. Well, is it okay if I still call you Inviso-Bill? For posterity's sake. We've always referred to you as that and our viewers might get confused.
No, you may not. Even if you had assumed it to be in the past, that is not my name. In fact, I'd say that's even more reason to start using my actual name going forward. Your audience expects the truth, do they not? Shouldn't you be working to correct simple misinformation like this? Unless that's how you'll be treating the rest of the interview? Asking me questions and then inserting your own conclusions for posterity's sake.
Don't you think you're being a bit harsh? I know that you ghosts may see things differently from us humans, but-
So you just regularly call all your interviewees by the wrong name and play it off as dramatics when they correct you? Is that the human way? Because we ghosts have a certain amount of tolerance for disrespect and most don't roll over and take it if they feel slighted.
Is that a threat?
It's me saying that if you can't even get something as simple as my silly name right after I've been correcting you guys for years now, then I don't think this interview is worth my time nor attention.
One or more of the batkids overhear some gala attendees reflect on how Tim takes after all three of his parents.
According to them, he has Bruce's heart. He's a major philanthropist and since taking over WE he's majorly refined the various projects that help improve the city and created a few of his own. (If only they realized just how much he actually resembles Bruce, from his high intellect and strategic mind, to his emotional withdrawal and self-sacrificing tendencies.)
He has Jack's charisma. He effortlessly charms the upper echelon, he has the board of WE wrapped around his finger, and while some of it can be attributed to his PR team, he's one of the most well-liked celebrities out there. There's a reason he's in the Top 10 most eligible bachelors. Even if you know what he's capable of, you can't help but tell him gossip and secrets. (They wrongly assume that's the main way he gets all the information he shouldn't know. Not that it isn't a large part of it.)
And above all else, he's Janet's son. From his efficiency in business, to his ability to orchestrate a room exactly as he wishes, to his quiet, but potent, venomous anger that weaponizes the information he's able to tease out with charm, to his looks. He's almost a carbon copy of her. Sure, he got his hair color from his father, but even the way he grew it out resembles her. (Depending on which batkid is hearing this, they might agree with a shiver or ponder on what exactly Janet was like that that's what they equate her to.)
The batkid(s) is content to ruminate on that, but then someone brings up something that has them whipping their head back to the conversation.
"Didn't Brucie used to hold a candle for the two of them?"
Bruce used to go to school with Jack and Janet, they were good friends before he left on that trip. Dick and Jason used to play with him at the various galas before the latter's assumed death. (He was a cute, shy, not too snobby kid, and Tim idolized them in and outside the suits.) And now that that's been cleared up, it's clear that he's still close with them both. (Tim and Jason made up for the whole attempted murder stuff and Tim and Dick reconciled from when B was 'lost'.) Plus, while Bruce had a history of adopting, black-haired, blue-eyed orphans, it didn't make much sense that he'd be the one to adopt the boy when his uncle was perfectly eligible. (This was never cleared up, for obvious reasons, just swept under the rug.) Dick was quick to start doting on him after the adoption was official and Cass seemed to be very close with him, despite them not meeting often in public. (Couldn't really explain how exactly they knew each other so well.) Damian used to insist that he was the blood son and seemed to have an animosity for Tim in particular. (Damian did feel inferior towards Tim and he did question his place in the family, but not for the reason they're implying. The two made up eventually.)
There are whispers that Bruce could've had an affair with the two while they were alive, though they can't quite agree on if Tim is actually Bruce's or if it was a lucky draw of genetics. That's why he was taken in, that's why he was close with the older kids, that's why Bruce handed over his company to the freshly seventeen year old, that's why Tim was always able to wrangle the older man so easily when he got too tipsy and and actually gets him to drop by WE, that's why Damian used to be so hostile to him.
And obviously the batkid(s) knows that they came to the wrong conclusion, but there's a kernel of truth in there. They bring up the rumor at the next family meeting, not speaking their feelings on it other than the hilarity of it all. Bruce quietly (reluctantly) admits that he really did have a thing for the Drakes, causing much chaos.
Tim and Bruce (because the rumor concerns them the most and because they're the main strategists) decide they won't officially confirm the rumor, but the family will subtly lean into it whenever they're in public. It's a perfect excuse on a silver platter for most of their complicated bs.
