"I am getting to that though. Over the 75 years stories about you have been published, you've picked up quite a few supporting characters". said CrystalQueen. "Alfred Pennyworth is one of those supporting characters, as is James Gordon. They're both good guys".
"Good guys?" asked Bruce.
"Well, there's the heroes, and then there's the villains" said CrystalQueen with a faint smirk appearing on her face for some reason.
"Oh," said Bruce simply.
"I'm sure you know of The Penguin and the Riddler, or Oswald Cobblepot and Ed Nygma. There's also Mr. Freeze, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy-"
"Who?" asked Bruce.
"Ivy Pepper" said the CrystalQueen. "Most comic characters have a nickname sorta. Ed Nygma's is the Riddler, Oswald Cobblepot's is the Penguin. Their real name is their civilian name, or human name. If the character keeps their true identity a secret, and most do, especially the heroes, we call their real name their secret identity" explained the CrystalQueen."You have a nickname too. Obviously, your secret identity is Bruce Wayne".
When I was a vigilante I kept the fact that I was doing it a secret from most people thought Bruce. So I guess Bruce Wayne was my secret identity, I never thought of a nickname to call myself though he thought.
"I'm not going to tell you your nickname or very many other people's right now, because that would ruin the surprise" said CrystalQueen.
Bruce considered asking her about the surprise but thought better of it.
"Now if I may turn your attention back to this whiteboard, I'll explain how you fit in with the rest of DC. I'll just use everyone's secret identities for the time being. You and all the supporting characters that play roles in your stories like Alfred Pennyworth, Selina Kyle, Dick Grayson, as well as locations and stuff like Gotham City, The League of Assassins, and Arkham Asylum make up the Bruce Wayne mythos". said CrystalQueen.
Bruce thought that sounded incredibly stupid, until he remembered she was using his real name in place of some nickname. He hoped that with his nickname it sounded much less ridiculous.
"Your mythos, is one part of the DC universe. You're constantly crossing over with other DC characters, or should I say, other superheroes" said CrystalQueen.
She wrote 3 names inside of the DC circle on the board. Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, and Diana Prince.
"These are your secret identities, not your nicknames, but these are the first 3 DC superheroes and actually I think the first 3 superheroes ever. They call you three the Trinity, and you team up very often" said CrystalQueen.
Bruce racked his brain for anywhere he could've heard those names before but came up with nothing. She drew a circle around his name. Inside the circle she wrote Robin, Joker, Alfred. Bruce did not bother to tell her he only recognized that last name.
"So you have your mythos that you bring to the universe, they have theirs". Under Clark Kent's name she wrote Lois Lane, Krypton, The Daily Planet and under Diana Prince she wrote Themyscira, The rope of Truth, the Amazon's. "The Trinity are the most important in DC, but there are other superheroes in your universe". She wrote names on the board like Barry Allen, Hal Jordan, Arthur Curry.
"Ok," said Bruce.
"Sometimes comic company's have huge superhero team ups. Each company has its main team. Marvel has the Avengers, you are a member of the Justice League".
"Cool" was all Bruce managed to say. Though really he was thinking, he was pretty sure he'd never been in any Justice League.
"Selina Kyle is actually one of the few neutral character's in comics. She's one of your many love interests" said CrystalQueen.
"One of my love interests?" asked Bruce.
"Since your such a popular character, you've been paired with just about every female character in your general age group and...even a few that aren't in that group" said CrystalQueen looking slightly disgusted. That made Bruce uncomfortable enough to drop the topic..
"I know that wasn't really relevant, but somebody left a review on the last asking me to bring her up so I kinda had to shoehorn it in.
"What?" asked Bruce.
"Oh I forgot to tell you. I'm the writer. Well, writers write for readers. As I write each chapter of this I post it on the internet, which is something that exists in the future, for others to read. People can leave comments or reviews about their thoughs on the story. I'm not writting this all in one sitting, even though it's just the two of us having a conversation, this is chapter 3 already" said CrystalQueen.
"Oh," said Bruce.
"Speaking of which I'm ready to take a break from writting this now. It'll probably be a couple days in real life, about a half a second within the story" said CrystalQueen.