⋆ Elle ⋆

baking for: bruce wayne (+ clark kent, neil (tenet))

favorite dishes: romance, smut, angst, fluff

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been dealing with a lot of surprise family health issues the past six months with my dad. my dad was suddenly having really bad issues with his heart and they discovered a super aggressive tumor pressing on it. this whole process since December has been a whirlwind, hearing constant bad news and tons of scary shit pretty much every week. he had surgery back in April after it was pushed back for survival concerns, and after some very scary complications, the surgery was successful in removing the tumor!!! but they suspected he still had cancer somewhere else and his recovery has been really fragile. was gearing myself up to hear some very bad news when he met with an oncologist today, but every scan came back CLEAR !! they said he has no cancer anymore!!!!!!! anywhere !!!!! YAYYYY!!!! 🎉

additionally, i started my big career job this week!! the licensure process post-grad school can take so long omfg… in the downtime the past few weeks between waiting on scan results and hearing different health updates, my partner and I have set up my home office and it’s coming together sooo beautifully <3 it’s so funny that i officially graduated with my Master’s degree last June on the same day Matt Reeves posted that the Part 2 script was done, and then I started my job a year later the day that Part 2 starts filming. and the day i interviewed for the grad program in 2022 was literally the day The Batman premiered in theaters ?! and i went to see it to celebrate ?! a little scared/excited for what milestone will come with my therapy career on October 1st, 2027… so aligned… anyway, it is so wild to finally be getting PAID for the work i do. what !! no more unpaid internships and constant full-time schooling. i’m on the other side now ! officially !! wahoooooo!!!

thanksss @theres-a-bea for tagging me <3 love these questions!!

RULES: if tagged, copy the questions into a new post and let us know your answers!

WHEN DID YOU START WRITING?

i started writing in fourth grade with a school assignment to write a short story! i really wanna go back and find it, i think i'd cryyy reading it! it was called 'claire realizes', very cute lil thing about appreciating your loved ones while they're still here. very existential and fascinating when i consider my development at that age!

then i literally filled up a purple Hannah Montana composition notebook with a longgg story about a dog being sick and needing emergency surgery (i remember distinctly using the word 'prognosis' and feeling like Shakespeare himself was jealous). it's so sweet to look back because it proves that writing has always been such a beautiful coping mechanism for me, my aunt's dog whom i loved sooo so much had to get euthanized, and writing that must have been very cathartic for me!

WHAT FIC DO YOU WISH COULD GET A LITTLE MORE LOVE?

oh goodness... fateful is my baby and my absolute faveee, but i think brighter days deserves love! which is so funny because it has been months since i posted the last chapter. i gotta get on it! i have the whole third chapter drafted! it feels like a betrayal to name just one of them though, oh my god!

FIRST FAMOUS OR FICTIONAL CRUSH?

been wracking my brain to see if there's anyone before this, but nothing is coming to mind sooooo: Troy Bolton. literally loved Troy Bolton BAAAD. point guard?? singer?? dancer? pining so badly for Gabriella? cheesing every time he even looks at her? the YEARNING?? obsessed. set my standards high.

HOW OPEN ARE YOU TO PEOPLE IRL ABOUT WRITING FICS?

open! i'm naturally more introverted so i don't necessarily go around advertising them to people in-person, but i'll have little to no shame talking about it when we get into a conversation. basically anyone who is slightly above 'acquaintance' status in my life (and some of them, too lmao) knows that i write batman fics, including my family members! though family members won't get the link.

WHAT IS A MUNDANE FACT ABOUT YOU?

i'm obsessed with personal care products. haircare products, skincare products, perfumes, makeup. since i'm too poor to keep buying things, i'll spend my free time doing what i call 'window shopping' online by filling my cart at Ulta, Sephora, etc. and obsessively smelling and ranking my perfumes, swatching products, all the things. as someone who is AuDHD, i'm so particular about sensory issues and i have such a fun time curating things that feel fulfilling sensory-wise. if anyone wants recs in any of those categories PLEASE send an ask or something skjflaksjdfsd. desperate to talk about it!

so so sooo fun. probably gonna go search for more question games like this!!

no-pressure tags to keep the good vibes going: @noisylime, @lucblue, @brucewayneisavirgin, @sarcasticwalrus0, @smellingbats, @batmanlovesnirvana, @fanfictionwarrior-chills, @antiswagc0rp, @batlovr, @yohanseyebrowmole, @standwithcap, @killerplink, @browniesforsale, @flawssy-227, @sadesluvr

I love being bisexual and I love trans people and I love lesbians and I love asexuals and I love gay people and I love people who are questioning and I love people who are intersex and I love people who fall outside of the gender binary and I love people who are Two-Spirit and I love people who are pansexual and I love people who are out and I love people who are not out and I love people who are queer. Protect queer people. Protect queer art. Protect queer happiness. Protect queerness. I love you!

I've been waiting for you to come back!!!!!

Sorry, your name just popped on my screen and I faint for a moment until I tapped on it and it was a pole.

I hope you're doing good.

Love ya💋

HIIIIIII omg don’t worry, not rude at all!! HONESTLYYYY THAT’S A QUESTION TOO!!! it’s such whiplash to go from such fluff and to finally be back in Gotham just for it to go like this. oh my god. LIKE ! ARE WE ALL GOOD?? it was so difficult to keep to myself. headed toward a cliff and everyone is blissfully unaware… all of my own doing…

I’m literally tweaking after that last chapter u need to put me out of my misery. This is one of my top ten fics tho!! Like for my sanity u need to never stop writing.

but also how can you do this to me but also thank you like you did it in the perfect way like ur writing 10/10 pacing 10/10 characters 10/10 like I’m too attached.

I better see some heavy grovelling from bruce like once he realises but ugh like I just knew there was some mind meddling from crane (I didn’t)

Also I just love ur take on the court of owls like I love I just love it

apologies for taking agesss to respond, life has been a whirlwind!! been rereading this though in the meantime sksksksk. it’s such sunshine to receive!

THAT LAST CHAPTER WAS SOOOOOOOO HARD TO KEEP TO MYSELFFFF. it really shifts the tone of the whole relationship. like oh my godddd. i was breadcrumbing it throughout and i wanted someone to put it together so baaaaad i was so antsy for that one to come out!!!!! it’s so funny being the author bc i’m like. i want to read more. but. i have to write it. i can’t just keep daydreaming the scenes in my head lmfaoooo.

one of your top ten fics is an uttttmost compliment! i think for both of our sanities i have to keep writing, if i didn’t have characters to put into situations i don’t know what i’d do! you really don’t know how meaningful it is to hear such praise about the pacing, characters, and writing, it’s so easy to get in your head with such a longgg fic. i fear i’m too attached too 😭❤️ which is so funny to say as i put them in angst on angst on angst. RIP characters i write as love interests, i love angst with my romance!