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JL finding out bat secrets, but it's in the most simple ways.

Barry: how old do you think Robin is?

Oliver: you met him last week, he's like 12

Barry: yeah but like, he was 14-ish when we started the justice league

Hal: maybe he's an immortal vampire like batman

Nightwing: that's ridiculous

Hal: we have aliens and gods on this team. Why not vampires?!

Wally: can't be immortal if he was 14 then but 12 now

Barry: I've cracked it, there's more than one

Oliver: Your genius amazes and astounds

Barry: So the first Robin should be like 30 by now

Dick: WHAT

Dick: 30! IM 26

Dick now in crisis: I AM NOT THAT OLD YET

Barry: Hold on, wha-

*Wally silently laughing at Dick despite them being almost the same age*

Oliver: Were you Robin?!?!?!

Dick: I can't believe this betrayal! It's called mid 20's and you're no longer invited to Christmas Ollie!

Oliver: I was invited to your Christmas!?!

Wally: Well, not anymore you're not

Hal: Can I come?

Dick: that's up to Batman

Hal:...

Dick: Coward, this is why you aren't invited to family Christmas

Barry: YOURE RELATED TO BATMAN?!

Oliver: I WAS INVITED TO BATMANS FAMILY CHRISTMAS?!?!?!

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I know there isn't such thing as an ethical billionaire, but could you make an ethical billionaire in fiction? I'm not that great with economics or money in general. So, for simplicity in this scenario for my book, we're going to ignore inflation and every other inaccuracy.

For lore, this is a family that has existed since the 5th century, and since the 8th century has had a magical weapons business. Then there's this merchant of a god, like an immortal being that buys magical items with money and sells them for souls, memories, and all that fun stuff.

So, if we calculate how much money they would get in 700-2000. Of course, the prices and workers changes in the years multiple times, so let's go with the average or something close to it.

Making one sword at the start takes 150 hours, but when the industrial revolution starts the time is cut to 50 hours, so for this calculation let's say making a sword takes 125 hours.

At the start, there were only 2 workers, but in 800 there were 50, the workers stayed the same almost the whole time, so let's say there were 45 workers.

The whole time people work 6 hours a day

Cost of the materials was $50 but closer to the end it was $200 so let's say $100.

Hourly wage at the start was $50, but in 2000 it was $200, so let's say $125 per hour.

Weekends no one worked, so 260 days when at least one person worked (vacation is paid the same wage as you were working 6 hours a day).

Now the merchant buys these swords at the start for $8 000 but in 1400 the price went to $300 000 and in 2000 it was $750 000. The average of that is $300 000.

Humans the whole time paid $5 000

From yearly profit, 10% goes to the billionaire

Now, let's calculate.

They work 1040 hours a year, that makes 8 swords per worker, but let's make it 5 to include vacation and mistakes. Together, the workers make 225 swords, from those 30% are sold to humans and the rest to the merchant. 67 swords to humans ($335 000) and 158 to the merchant ($47 400 000). That is $47 735 000 a year. Now we pay our workers ($5 850 000) and the materials ($22 500), which leaves us with $41 862 500. Now, 10% from that goes to the billionaire, which makes $4 186 250. In 1300 years, that makes $5 442 125 000, but lets half it for better accuracy, $2 721 062 500.

And that's how they became a billionaire through a god-like merchant. So please, someone tell me how unethical this is, or if I fucked up the math.

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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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Eros and Psyche (happy Valentine's Day :D)

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The Odyssey but Penelope has been slowly killing off suitors one by one via poisoning and staged accidents >>>

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When Bruce gets injected with truth serum

"Who's your favorite"

Everyone looked at Jason.

"Out of the four of us," he clarified. "Who's your favorite?"

He, Dick, Tim, and Damian turned to Bruce curiously.

"Well..."

Bruce proceeded to go on and on for over 3 hours about how he didn't actually have a favorite and how proud he was of all of them, only interrupted when Alfred walked in and Bruce started about how he was the best butler-dad ever.

None of them could honestly say they weren't at least a little teary.

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The batkids but they take advantage of the fact that they all look pretty similar and fuck with people at parties and galas.

Some snobby rich person: So Tim, I hear that you've taken over a large portion of WE

Tim, grinning internally: Im not Tim, I'm Damian. Tim is the tall one over there *points at dick*

Rich snob: o-oh.. my mistake

Gossiping older woman: Dick, I heard that you're working in Bludhaven now. Do you have a special someone over there?

Dick: I'm not Dick I'm Tim. I'm working on overseeing WE at the moment.

Older woman: *squints suspiciously*

Some trophy wife: Aww, little Damian, how's your schooling going? Are you keeping your grades up?

Damian, with a shit eating grin: I'm not Damian. I'm the ghost of Jason todd.

Trophy wife: *looks somewhere between horrified and disbelieving*

Jason, who's been listening to this over comms that he'd hacked: lmao now tell her that she needs to wake up

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Bruce, visibly overwhelmed by Emotions as he watches a ten-year-old Dick goofing around in the batcave: Alfred. Alfred I think I'd die if something happened to him

Alfred: *carefully doesn't say that he thought the same thing when Martha and Thomas placed a newborn Bruce in his arms for the first time because he knows that'll completely destroy the little emotional bandwidth Bruce has*

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Listen, sometimes a ship is less about wanting them to kiss or have sex or whatever, and more about needing them to be so endlessly intertwined and connected to the point where they might as well be one creature.

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it's december so time to stare at my art output for the year!!!

picked out some stuff that i'm ok with. wish i had more art to show but im trying to let it go since i was gone for 4 months this year. here's hoping for more drawing time next year

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Reverse Age!Robins AU

Dick: *hanging from the chandelier using his legs, looking upside down at his brothers*

Dick: *waves*

Tim:

Jason:

Jason: *waves back*

Tim: My question is not why he is doing that. I think that's obvious.

Jason: Yeah, the real question is...

Damian, who just entered the mansion: RICHARD, HOW DID YOU GET UP THERE?!

Tim: Yes, that's the real question.

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Those who shine brightest, often burn fastest

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Jason, freshly adopted from the streets. Still freaked out, wondering downstairs for breakfast.

Kid!Tim, munching on cereal: hi!

Jason: who are you?

Tim, wiping his hands clumsily on his pants and sticking it out for Jason to shake: Timothy Jackson Drake. Pleased to meet you!

Jason, shakes nervously before looking around: ah. Yeah. Jason.

Tim, seriously, eyes wide and innocent: did he steal you too?

Jason: What?

Tim: Did Batman steal you too?

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Alfred: Master Bruce… what are you doing?

Bruce: *putting out extra cookies and milk* I think… if I’m extra good… maybe Santa will let me see my parents for Christmas?

Alfred: *stunned* I- Master Bruce-

Bruce: *interrupting him with a pleading look* It doesn’t hafta be for the whole day! I… I just want one last hug, that’s all. I made sure to be extra good this year.

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You wrote about murder?? Murder is illegal?? You wrote about this dude killing someone and you didn’t even say ‘murder is bad’ at the start of the book, wht wtf, wtf is wrong with you? I can’t believe you condone murder, I can’t believe you’re pro murber, oh my fucking God don'ttalk to me when ou literally kill people, freak. I’m calling the cops, what the fuck, I’m shaking and crying.

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me as a writer