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Daily Entertainment: Too Many Secrets Edition!
Good Morning, Milliways! Good thing that posting a DE doesn't require any voice, because mine is gone today! Stupid allergies!
Today's question: What is your character's deepest, darkest secret? Have they told anyone in -canon? Have they told anyone in-bar? Would there be anyone that they would tell?
Have at!
Today's question: What is your character's deepest, darkest secret? Have they told anyone in -canon? Have they told anyone in-bar? Would there be anyone that they would tell?
Have at!
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There's no question that John hurt a lot of people when he was with Dutch's gang, and Mako...well, you put two orphaned boys on the Republic City streets with nothing but the triads in the way of support, and you'll see what desperation looks like.
John opens up to Bonnie MacFarlane in-canon, and he's opened up more to Kate Barlow and Waco Jim in-bar. I can't imagine Abigail's in the dark about it, come to think of it.
I imagine Bolin has some idea of what Mako's done to keep him safe, but he probably doesn't know the specifics. Mako will likely open up some to Korra as time goes by.
ETA: Wow, I'm a dolt. If you want to know Voodoo's biggest secret, keep an eye out for posts of his on/near Father's Day. ~plothands~
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No, he has not told anyone in canon (but one or two have guessed, and Alex called him on it once). He has not told anyone in-bar. No, he will not be volunteering this information to anyone, if he can help it.
Bruce Wayne - Batman. He'll tell Rachel, in-canon. And eventually, Commissioner Gordon. The only person he's told in-bar is X, but I think Elle, and Meg, and Amy know, via X. He's OK with that, because X trusts Elle, and they both trust the other two. He won't be telling anyone else if he can help it, though there are a few people who know already due to alternate universes.
Bruce Banner - it was Hulk. But...yeah, not so much a secret any more. Other than that, his absolutely horrific childhood, but I'm steering clear of that in case the MCU ever addresses it, or changes it from comic canon.
Javert - does not keep many secrets about himself. He sees it as dishonesty, and will display his faults (or things he perceives as faults, which is not the same thing) if a conversation touches near the subject. It's a part of his bid to be irreproachable. Currently, he would rather not admit the more sordid parts of the trip to Dracula's castle, as, humiliating. And as he now knows he has utterly failed to be irreproachable, he might become more guarded about things. Or at least (I hope!) think about the consequences of things he says and does before acting and speaking.
Thinking further, he might be secretly of the opinion that he was overly harsh to Fantine, but he's probably not capable of being fully rational about the finer details at the moment. Everything's still a jumble.
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Gene: *horrified*
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It's not like that's news to anyone, really.
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I'm sure Helena has secrets she's not telling me. However, she's only mentioned the -reason- for her time warp to a very few people in-bar (possibly only Red? I'm blanking this morning for some reason.
Valentine's biggest secret is Demosthenes. I'm sure she'll tell people in-bar about it eventually, though.
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Gordon ... nah. Alyx knows everything.
Shephard ... Eh. Shephard tends to drag most of his secrets kicking and screaming into the light so they can't bite him in the ass, and also tends to mix metaphors like a mofo. I mean, he flat-out tells people who give him a hard time about his moral standing as a military man that he was part of a unit that committed war crimes against American citizens on American soil. He doesn't have a lot of personal shameful stuff. The closest he gets is the fact that he's afraid of clowns. People know he's scared of flying, and a handful of people know he has to leave the room if he's watching The Wizard Of Oz and the winged monkeys come on screen, but the clown thing isn't the kind of thing you mention.
Santo: His biggest secret is what he actually looks like. Canonically he doesn't take the mask off in front of anyone. Ever. And in real life the man behind the mask never ever ever left home without putting the mask on; the only time he ever took it off in front of anyone other than his family was in a farewell interview two weeks before he died. So his secret is his face.
Mordin worked for the salarian government's Special Tasks Group. I am sure he has secrets, I just don't know them.
Varric I don't know about. I'm going to wait until Dragon Age III comes out and see if they reveal anything about him there.
Medic's is his actual name. I am reasonably certain that the name he put down on his recruitment papers for BLU was an alias.
Stacker Pentecost's is going to be whitetexted to avoid spoilers.
Stacker was removed from Jaeger piloting after Tokyo not just because the neural strain of controlling Coyote Tango solo nearly burned out his nervous system, but because Coyote Tango's nuclear reactor was insufficiently shielded. He has chronic radiation poisoning. It's medically managed, but it's terminal. He does not allow anyone to know about this because the PPDC needs him alive.
Ellen's.... oh gosh. There may be something, I don't know, but right now the biggest thing that she doesn't tell people about is that she remembers the first time she woke up on the alien ship- the time she got the scars that only the doctors at the Citadel have ever seen. It's the kind of thing she wishes she could write off as a nightmare or a hallucination but she knows all too well that it's real, so her only real defense against those particular memories is not to think about them and not to talk about them and not to even let on that they exist.
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Fairy Fixit seems to be good with secrets, but I don't think she has any save for her involvement/support of the Royalists in the Zanaris coup. She will likely be open about that since her since the Royalists won. She may be secretly supporting the Godless faction now (or at least thinking about it), which she won't be forthcoming about.
Evil Chicken has too many backstories. There are secrets involved in that, I am sure. What Chicken would reveal could be completely random and a lie.
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So, Tommy's darkest secret is that he blames himself for his cousin Jimmy's death on 9/11, not because he just wasn't able to help him, but that he was too scared to go up the first Tower after him. He's never told anyone either in canon or in bar all the details of that day and never mentions the part where he was supposed to have gone with Jimmy and three other firefighters on his crew who died. He believes he should've died, too. Later in canon, his ghosts confront him about it once and for all.
Michael Westen knows some of this story. Kate Barlow knows that he blames himself. And now Voodoo brought it up in the worst way possible (WTG, VOODOO).
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And through a swamp. And a really shady-looking forest.
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No, that's not 100% true, but it's enough to go on. Probably the fact that after this whole thing with Loki, he kind of doubts his father's judgment more than he thinks he should as a loyal son and subject. He attempts to ignore these doubts out of existence. There are a few people he might possibly talk about it with, though, if it came up in conversation -- probably mostly at Milliways or on Earth, because then they're not also subjects of Odin's.
Trowa: That time when he was 12ish when he killed a lot of the soldiers of his own squad in defense of their captain. It may or may not have been warranted; to this day, he has no way to be sure. At the time, he thought it was, and the captain vehemently disagreed. (ETA: Also how he was used by someone he thought was a friend to lead enemies to others of his squad. Basically there's a lot of extremely tangled emotional stuff in this entire era of his childhood.)
He'd tell Quatre if there was reason to. Heero and the other Gundam pilots, also ditto, though it would take rather more to give him sufficient reason (less for Heero than for Duo and Wufei). X, probably.
To date, however, he hasn't told any of them. He's not particularly eager to talk about any of it.
Enjolras has no deep secrets in the sense of private shames. He's a reserved guy, but also very open with close friends.
However, he is unlikely to tell anyone in-bar the names of his friends who aren't there, or other identifying information, and he will absolutely not tell them the names of other allies. (Not all of whom are dead, although many are.) It doesn't really matter, because he's dead and there's no one in a position to tell the police of his time about them, but that doesn't mean he has the right to be cavalier with their lives and livelihoods, or those of their loved ones. This is an underground anti-government movement in an authoritarian state, and you don't earn or deserve trust if you don't take that very, very seriously.
Clare has her feelings. FEELINGS ARE HARD OKAY. Most notably, her emotions about Teresa, and her childhood, and how she was a yoma's pet traumatized human for a while -- none of this is secret, and Teresa knows the facts although she's even worse with emotions than Clare is, but Clare's not going to talk about it much.
She talked about some of this with Grantaire, of all people, a little bit, and she's talked about it a little with Ambriel. I'm not sure if there's anyone she'd really go into detail with more than she has, but who knows. In canon, no, not really; a little bit with Ilena, but Ilena brings it up first.
River doesn't tell people about the Academy's implanted triggers unless she absolutely has to. Some people do know.
Serenity took care of the deep dark government secret. All of River's other closely guarded secrets are guarded because they belong to other people.
Regan does not want to talk about most of what went down with her family falling apart for several years after River went to the Academy. Most notably, that time she turned Gabriel in to the feds, thinking that she was doing the best thing for the scraps of family and status they had left (but also just plain acting in fear and anger and frustration and self-preservation).
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Charles tries to be as honest as he can be and in Milliways, he's more open than in his world. In his world, only a few people know he's a mutant and a telepath. The fact that he's bisexual is known to even fewer people as its more dangerous for him than being a mutant. He is careful about how much people know about his capabilities as a telepath, this is complicated. Part of it is he doesn't want people scared of him due to what he can do but he also is used to being the only telepath he knows and keeps things inside where they're safer. In Bar, Jean probably knows best his capabilities or has a better idea due to timelines and all. In the movies, he's rather circumspect about what he can do even in the later ones, but he is one of the most powerful telepaths and mutants in that universe.
William has shared with few people the actual details of what happened in Contention as the train pulled away. Since he mentions his father during the intro to Milliways for new people and dead parents get asked about, he has a toned down version which isn't too far from what he told his mother and brother. The only one that knows just how close he came to shooting and killing Ben Wade is Wade himself. He's expanded more on the story to others like Thalia but he doesn't like thinking about that moment so doesn't talk about it. He also hides away the fact that he wishes things truly were different, that the money for transporting Wade would have made more of a change. This is why he gets jealous of other teens going to school but then hates himself for it. So again, not a secret just something he doesn't like talking about.
Moist is full of secrets, his real name, his history, some things have slipped out but not very many.
Jane doesn't have many secrets, details of her time with Tom she's told her sister but she's keeping them more for herself.
Demeter has few secrets, the big one she keeps from her daughter is that she was raped by Poseidon while mourning her.
Sameth is quiet and there's a lot he hasn't shared with his family that he has with people in Milliways. He's still ashamed of how scared he is and was of Death, its a little better now that he doesn't have to be Abhorsen but his family isn't good with talking.
Tumnus doesn't speak a lot about how he lost time when he was a statue because it still chills him when he thinks about it.
The Pirate King doesn't talk about his history before being a pirate. Its not a secret since Ruth does know it, but he doesn't focus on it.
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Andrea's big secret is that she is infected with Lyc-V, i.e. she is a shape shifter; granted she was born with it so I don't know if infected is really the correct term. Someday I'll get a better word than shape shifter when I mean something like a were-wolf but she has hyena DNA rather than wolf. The secret gets even better as she's beastkin which means her father was a hyena that got human DNA via the virus. Most shape shifters in her canon see her as an abomination and the organization she works with looks down on those not "pure" human so she keeps it to herself. She has told her BFF and the local Were-Hyena Clan knows, as does the leader of the confederacy of shape shifter clans know as the Pack. Have I mentioned how much world building I have to deal with to play her?
Oh, and she told Ellen in bar in a handwavy fashion before a mission. She's also gone furry one full moon and bumped into Katya and felt it was wholly unfair that Katay was able to transform and have clothes.
Hank is a mutant in a time when know one really knows about them. He told his divisional director after Charles Xavier outed him but aside from him, Charles, Erik, and Raven. Then he went and hung from the rafters by his feet when he thought he was drunk in Bar.
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They don't really talk about their childhood either, because it's difficult to do so without indicating what gender they were raised as and also they find their parents quite embarrassing.
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Erik doesn't have one yet. Once he's through Avengers, then yeah, I'm still waiting to see what the fallout from that may or may not be...
Max's darkest secrets concern the fact that the world's end might well be imminent... And no, he hasn't told anybody either in canon or out. Other people know, but they weren't told by Max.
Bean consistently conceals just how intelligent he really is. That's it at the moment. There will be more in the future, I have no doubt. And, no, there isn't any one he'd tell. He'll show a few people a glimpse into his mind, but it's not really something one can 'tell'.
Jack, no, not really. He had a crush on Zoe Kissane when he was at University, but, everyone who was there knew that. Some of the things in Iraq come closer. Particularly some of the more brutal situations the squad found themselves in. Fortunately for them Bravo Two Zero took all the headlines at the time and in the future, and no one really knows that they were there at all. Jack's fine with this.
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Only Mary's mother, Lady Grantham, and her maid, Anna, know the truth about Mr. Pamuk's death. If it were Mary's choice, only Anna would know, but they needed a third set of hands to carry his body back to his room.
The whole thing was incredibly traumatic for Mary, who felt for quite awhile that his death was her punishment for being unvirtuous, and that had she sent him away that night, he would have lived. Her mother barely talked to her for months afterward, and she still lives in fear of anyone else finding out and ruining her in society.
She hasn't told anyone in Milliways because, hello, homegirl is repressed, but has alluded to the incident in conversations with Thayet and Kate Barlow. Of her current in-bar acquaintances, those two are probably also the likeliest to hear the story someday.
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Lois: Deep, dark secrets are not so much her thing. Generally, in any given canon, she'll eventually have have a major secret--a Super Secret (TM), even--to keep, but it's not dark and... er... frankly a lot of people know it. Smallville flavor--and comics to some degree, especially pre-boot after a certain set of events--she tends to feel she failed Lucy, and Clark tends to know that one, but she doesn't talk about it much.
Tavi: That sound you're hearing is my hysterical laughter. Well. At this point, his deepest secret which currently only Kitai knows is that his crafting has started emerging (Araris learns quickly. Not counting the way he's helping people keep a secret from himself about his father's identity (simply by not asking, and it's an at least semi-conscious thing). In general, someone in canon knows most secrets Tavi has, because his plots tend to involve others--e.g., everyone who knows who his father is--or at least he can't keep it from Kitai.
Arguably the deepest secrets he'll ever have are that he is still afraid, he is still uncertain, he is often bone-weary and he is frequently horrified by the solutions his mind presents to him, many of which are ethically dubious enough he rejects them. However, he can't reject them all, and that he is capable of thinking of them sickens him.
So sometimes when no one will see--not even his mother or Kitai, who's bonded to his soul--and he's in a bad bind, Tavi cries. That's probably his deepest secret.
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The most obvious one is Caius, whose secret is that he is a spy. The only people who know that are in the Imperial Spy Service (or are sufficiently high-ranking Imperial officials). Eventually that will be Garyn's secret too. Nobody in Bar will ever know except Charles Xavier, who kinda can't help not knowing these things.
Kane keeps the full extent of his activities secret from the Bar (even the ones he tells he is at war he does not tell everything), along with his longevity. In canon, these things obviously aren't a secret to anybody. His origins and longevity, however, remain a mystery. I've heard rumors of a fourth game which gives a vague handwavy answer to these questions along the lines of "...Um, he's probably from space, I guess?" But that's ridiculous. No one would be stupid enough to end a beloved, long-running franchise in such a disappointing manner. Thank heavens such a game doesn't exist. Next you'll be telling me that they're releasing a free-to-play sequel to Generals.
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Elle used to be actively secretive about her childhood, but at this point it's just not something she readily talks about. If she withholds information, it will be because the topic is either emotionally difficult for her to discuss, or she sees some situation-specific advantage to keeping it to herself. Or she may not trust the particular person to not use whatever it is to screw with her. But she doesn't think of it as a "secret," unlike those she may keep for others. Though I think 50% of those are like, Ava and Elle Not Getting Why She Makes Such A Big Deal Out Of Not Wanting Other People To Know About Her Demon-Calling Tendencies But Fine, Whatever.
Asami's major traumatic life event is publicly known. There are details about it and teh aftermath she doesn't openly discuss, but she wouldn't consider them secrets. She's also privy to some trade secrets, but those aren't really "deep" or "dark." She's fairly good at being deceptive, but this is born out of strategy and the kind of interaction she's used to, and not having any secrets in particular.
Katara will openly discuss pretty much every aspect of her life once she's comfortable enough. She sometimes has to keep certain things secret, such as Aang being the Avatar, but I don't think it's really in her nature to be secretive, even about things that might be difficult or uncomfortable for her.
Leslie is also very open, to the point that she'll blurt out things she's supposed to be keeping a secret. As Ben accurately points out, she's not that good at being sneaky.
Marceline used to keep her history with the Ice King to herself, but did end up telling Jake and Finn. I think she's also kind of private about whatever went down with her and PB. Basically anything that shows she actually Cares About Other Things, she'll usually keep to herself. Unless you're Finn and Jake. And sometimes Ice King.
Manny is a deceptive, sneaky person, but I believe him when he says he doesn't know he's stuck with his job, so he has no particular secrets about himself. Eventually he'll hide that he's sort of on the run and... sort of a member of an underground armed resistance movement, but.
Hiccup will have a dragon! Er.