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` ＊ 𝙿𝙷𝙾𝚃𝙾𝙶𝚁𝙰𝙿𝙷𝙸𝙲 𝙴𝚅𝙸𝙳𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴 [ ; ] 𝙴𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚜 ↳ Right Shoulder — Healed Lichtenberg Scars

` 001. HISTORY / INFORMATION .

Feathering skin injuries are pathognomonic of lightning &&. are known as Lichtenberg's figures or flowers, filigree burns, keraunographic markings, arborescent burns &&. ferning.

The wound was received during a fight with an enemy where a bundle of exposed electrical cables were purposefully knocked where he stood. Bruce is lucky to escape alive after being so badly wounded — his suit absorbed the brunt of the damage, the burn is thankfully, purely superficial. Bruce was knocked unconscious &&. brought by an ally to safety where his wounds were quickly patched up. He regained consciousness a few hours later. Bruce was unmonitored for the first few days following the initial wounding , too busy to properly rest &&. care for them, possibly contributing to the resulting strength of scarring from lack of appropriate care. Despite this, he has thankfully, fully recovered with little to no long lasting effects.

The Lichtenberg figures on Bruce’s right arm are typical for those who have been “struck by lightning”, but the “lightning flowers” usually only persist for a few hours or a few days ; they don’t typically stay for long.

So far the only lingering effects after fully healing are random aches &&. the occasional pains, irritated &&. tender skin &&. of course — seemingly permanent pale figures.

BRUCE’S NOTES:

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Scattered headcanons I will attempt to explain more in future when I’m not eepy 🫡

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` Q: Did your muse sleep with a nightlight as a child?

He did,  yes.  As with all children,  there starts an ever present fear of the dark,  the mystery that lie within its inken abyss that seems to sprawl endlessly,  something only made more bearable,  less terrifying,  with the cutting presence of light to cleave it open.  It provided relief to him as a child   —   a memory started when his parents would linger in his room by his bedside,  keeping him company until he’d fall asleep.  With them there to keep the dark at bay,  the monsters,  the evil his young mind could conjure up   —   he felt safe.

But after the murder that had changed his life,  sending it spiralling   —   he’d grown more of a fear of it.  Seen the true darkness that lurked inside,  knew now what horrors,  what monsters took shelter within.  It only justified his fears of it that fateful night,  but not even the presence of his guardian,  nor his old beloved nightlight could chase it away now.

As he grew,  he spent more time within that very darkness,  learning the shadows glittering secrets,  how to become one with it,  to use it to move just as fluidly under its protective cover.  What once left him terrified as a child now gave him a goal to strive towards   — courage.  It had now become a source of power for him,  something he’d transformed with his very hands into a weapon to make himself strong.

Afraid no longer,  Bruce had vowed to become the very night itself,  a vengeance-led incarnation bearing the sole purpose of protecting those that had also come to fear the dark as he had.  He no longer needs his old one,  but it is still cherished for the memory remnants it cradled,  a physical memento of his parents' love   — of that lost safety offered from a past life.

` Q: Does your muse believe in good/bad luck? How about karma?

It’s not a thing he can outright prove,  not something he can find a solid answer to reason things away or justify them.  He can’t plan for it in advance by seeking past patterns or attempting his own predictions.  It frustrates him but also provides an odd sort of comfort when encountered   —   while good in some instances   &&.   heart breaking in others,  it’s become an unfortunate thing he’s come to expect in waves as they came.

It had the potential to come as a lazily lapping tide kissing the sandy shore of a beachfront   —   sometimes it’s the gentle caress of something good   &&.  aiding with luck,  not unlike a healing balm that soothed in  harsh times.  Others,  it’d come like a hurricane   — a ferocious force of nature,  unstoppable,  a hungering maw of raging waves that could sink anything in it’s path no matter how prepared or braced one was.  Hopes,  dreams,  all crushed   &&.  smothered out,  leaving in it’s wake a mess of ruined lives   &&.   broken realities.

The best thing one could do was always remain flexible,  ready to adapt,  to weave oneself alongside the chaos to make the most of it.  While a difficult feat,  it’s gradually becoming something he’s taken into account moving forwards with his life,  his missions.  When you could rely on little else,  it was a smart idea to place it all in what you could.  In what you knew best to proceed.

For Karma,  while in a similar enough vein to Luck where it’s just not something he can prove in full   —   however…  he does believe it finds away to return what’s earned,  be it good or bad.  Something inescapable.  For both Luck   &&.   Karma   —   He believes in one more than the other,  chalking up luck as a series of unpredictable coincidences aligning at a perfect,  rare moment.

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` Q: Does your muse squish bugs or put them outside?

Bruce puts them outside.  It does depend on the kind of bug,  how he finds them    &&.  the timing.  As silly as it sounds,  he isn’t a particular fan of killing something as small   &&.  harmless as an insect.  He knows they almost always have a useful,  necessary part to play in the environment,  can also be great indicators of the space they’re inhabiting or caught in.  A great potential lead,  an important factor to keep in mind regardless of how insignificant they can appear on the surface.

` “They’re harmless — just doing what’s in their nature.”

But if it is something that can get aggressive easily like a wasp or a species that is known to be more  invasive   —   he may swat at it to kill it quickly.  Spiders,  beetles,  ironically,  he doesn’t mind,  will more often than not pick them up   &&.   place them outside or move them somewhere safe   —   same with any other small bug if he has the time to spare or spots them well before they end up crawling on him.

` Q: Does your muse ever feel that they’re not living up to their own potential?

Always.  Though he has trained for over a decade,  had garnered the necessary,  cruel experience needed to sharpen those carefully honed skills to properly take on this crusade how he desires   — he has potential to be better still.  He will always be able to do better,   &&.   feels that it’s never a bad idea to remember that,  to try to be better each day even if it is in small ways.

But his work is hard,  it’s difficult,  finicky,  demands perfection to successfully execute or he risks losing a hell of a lot more than just hurt feelings if he falters.  Failure isn’t an option for him.  It can never be one when he’s involving himself in other people's lives,  in taking such brutal action to counter the crime that populates Gotham’s streets.  But Violence is the only language he’s grown up knowing,  knows her inhabitant’s speak &&. understand all too well.  He wants to help,  to heal the city back to something golden once more, something far kinder,  to make sure that no other incident occurs like the one that left him orphaned again.

Until that day comes,  he will always need to be better,  to try changing its fate. He will never accept he has reached the peak of his potential.  With bloodied fists,  a too tender heart laid low beneath a faux veneer of cold calculation — all kept whole by a single man’s stubborn force of will   —   Bruce will always keep fighting to be better.

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I don’t have my coffee yet ( shush it’s brewing ahaha ) but— sumn sumn the hopeful stable grounding thing with Clark contrasting with whatever the fuck he had going on with Minhkhoa. Anywho; continuing off this post—-

Then—

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Mcfucking dropping things from game and ramble night with partner and RUNNING cause I keep getting stupid giddy at the stuff cooked up— it’s unhinged and yes ALL OVER THE PLACE but holy hells, yeah I don’t regret replaying telltales Batman game and digging back into some of the comics again to cherry pick stuff for portrayal. I have a very strong idea of the things I want to integrate into his character. I am slowly slowlyyyy working on a general timeline for my Bruce but it’s not finished yet. 😔

BUT YEAH THEY FUCK ME UP—

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More lore dump bs and rambles cause I am slowwwwwly putting together his backstory and main timeline.

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Another study ramble dump but I’m continuing on my read for Batman: The Knight and I’m feral.

And that spiralled into this ramble about food and acts of service being a love language of Bruce’s, possibly influenced by Alfred and I am here for it.

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