Prompt #76: Who?
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word count is as follows, 100, 400, 200, 300.
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Interviews about Bruce Wayne that never quite made the cut.
Tony Stark
What do you mean people say Bruce Wayne is like me? Oh, no no no. That is not true. You see, I'm not an idiot. Sure his company earns a bit more money than mine, but his family has been around for ages. Ours has been here for less than a hundred years.
Oh, we get along just fine. I mean he can be downright petty sometimes though. About what? Oh. You know, the usual. He hates it when my company does better and he's still annoyed at me for banging his girlfriend back in college…. You know the usual.
Selina Kyle
He was a sweet boy. Not much going up on top, though. I'm sure if he applied himself he could have managed a decent conversation now and again about something other than himself and polo.
He is handsome though isn't he? He looks like he was carved back in ancient Greece or by Michelangelo. Have you seen that man with his shirt off? He is a little scarred up from all those stupid extreme sports he plays, but it only adds to it. It reminds you he is still real underneath it all…
He is still human….
We were together for a while, and sometimes our conversations would... change somehow and all of a sudden he had strong opinions and brilliant responses- especially about the future of the city.
Bruce… Bruce loves Gotham. He still has hope for it. It's…. admirable. I know that... if a city took that much from me I would have given up.
After those conversations though he would, and he never failed to do this, say something that was just so ridiculous and airheaded you wondered how he managed to get into Princeton.
It wasn't just his money; did you know he had a scholarship when he went? Turned it down because he could pay for it, but an academic scholarship because of the nearly four point oh he had at that stuffy prep academy. And he scored something like a fifteen-eighty on his SATs when he was still out of sixteen-hundred.
He cares about Gotham. That is for damn sure, even if he doesn't show it all that much, what with his recklessness. I mean, I guess when you get down to it he is just like every other citizen of Gotham, even though no one realizes it.
The citizens of Gotham think he's so different because of his fortune but.. but deep down he's just a scared alcoholic dealing with the loss of a loved one like some many other people in Gotham.
He's a poor little rich boy who watched his parents get killed in front of him when he was eight. I don't know why people think he should be anything close to normal. I don't care how much money you have, without years of therapy there is no way to just get over that…
You… you won't be printing any of this. Unless you want to talk to my lawyers.
Lex Luthor
Bruce Wayne and I have considered some joint business ventures before, but that is really the extent I know the man. We have been at functions together, and when we speak we usual have polite inane discussion about the local sports teams. He is a big fan of the Gotham Knights.
Why have we not gone into business together? Oh… Nothing really, usually just small legal problems we accidently overlooked on both our parts. Neither of our people seem to be all that good at reading the fine print of contracts.
No… It had nothing to do with me being charged with anything. Those charges were dropped, might I remind you? I would prefer you kept libel and wild accusation out of whatever article you are writing.
Now, what I was saying that Bruce Wayne and I are friendly acquaintances who have, so far, unfortunately been unable to work together.
Really? The whole Russian ballet, you say? Sure, he is a bit reckless, but that is what the young, beautiful, and rich are supposed to do. I am not too worried about it myself. When we do finally work with Wayne Enterprises it won't be like he is directly involved.
Clark Kent
He… is
a nicer guy than everyone gives him credit for. Sure, he can be a bit
of a.. um.. well he wastes a lot with cars and booze and clothing….
And maybe he goes to too many parties, but he isn't mean. He
donates money to charities and does what he can to do what he thinks
his parents would want, doesn't he? He seems like he does. I think
he cares a lot about what his parents would think.
I know he's invested a lot into the city of Gotham. I was doing some research on this anonymous multi-million dollar donation to the Gotham school program, and I traced it back to Wayne. So, it seems like he does stuff even when he thinks other people won't notice, so he isn't just doing it for the press.
It must be tough for him, don't you think? Losing his parents so young and watching it happen? That would have to be hard on lots of people. His family butler seemed nice. Seemed to be a father figure for him. I don't know what he did for a mother figure, though. Probably didn't have one.
It's hard though… I know that. My parents died. Well, my birth parents died. I'm adopted; I know what it feels like. It's like... some part of you is missing and lots of people try to fill that missing part with stuff like sex, drugs, and alcohol.
It's weird though… at parties he seems to get drunker, but I've never seen him finish a glass.. or start one for that matter.
Oh me? Gee, I'm Clark Kent. I'm a reporter for the Dailey Planet… I thought you knew that, see here? This is my press pass... Hey… Where are you going? I thought we were-
