>> Yeah, given those parameters, all Bruce probably remembers is a vague sense of pause in the shock, and likely blended the features of the foster-mother with his own mother's. <<
Likely so -- if Bruce remembers any of it at all. I suspect Hulk may have been the one dealing with the mess. He's usually a crisis-response headmate, but he's the one who gets stuck holding the bag whenever Bruce rabbits.
It makes me wonder if the resonance from the emergency foster care might be part of what lets Hulk leave game night for Bruce -- that it would be just familiar enough for Hulk to feel secure in hanging back, that the space was safe for Bruce.
>> There may be less of a surviving impression of the foster father, especially if he had to be careful when approaching Bruce at all. <<
Also possibly true.
>> I'd love to know what Hulk remembers, and how he stores it. (Sounds, smells, emotions? How sequenced?) <<
Memory is a problem for both of them. Historically they have tended to lose pieces in transit between forms, but also, they have the typical abuse pattern in that things often just don't get stored, or don't get stored where anyone can find them. Factual data, yes; personal events, frequently no.
Hulk experiences the world more through feelings than through thoughts. He relates strongly to the senses of smell/taste and touch, both of which Bruce has articulated in canon. So when I write Hulk, I tend to focus on that. He tends to live in the 'now' for the most part, sometimes recalling the past, rarely considering the future. That's why his stories tend to be written in present tense.
Therefore, Hulk has only a vague sense of sequence, and tends to lump things into past/present/future. Past has very broad markers like "when Mommy was alive" and "before/after lab accident" and "before/after team." So Hulk could take a given memory and categorize it based on those, but would have a really hard time taking even three or four memories and putting them in correct chronological order unless they were very widely separated or deeply important.
>> Huh, certain markers, trying to offset a word for emphasis, actually make it disappear. It's in the text when I edit, though. <<
Go figure. Asterisks usually work. You can also use angle bracket, i, angle bracket and then after the phrase put angle bracket, slash, i, angle bracket.
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Likely so -- if Bruce remembers any of it at all. I suspect Hulk may have been the one dealing with the mess. He's usually a crisis-response headmate, but he's the one who gets stuck holding the bag whenever Bruce rabbits.
It makes me wonder if the resonance from the emergency foster care might be part of what lets Hulk leave game night for Bruce -- that it would be just familiar enough for Hulk to feel secure in hanging back, that the space was safe for Bruce.
>> There may be less of a surviving impression of the foster father, especially if he had to be careful when approaching Bruce at all. <<
Also possibly true.
>> I'd love to know what Hulk remembers, and how he stores it. (Sounds, smells, emotions? How sequenced?) <<
Memory is a problem for both of them. Historically they have tended to lose pieces in transit between forms, but also, they have the typical abuse pattern in that things often just don't get stored, or don't get stored where anyone can find them. Factual data, yes; personal events, frequently no.
Hulk experiences the world more through feelings than through thoughts. He relates strongly to the senses of smell/taste and touch, both of which Bruce has articulated in canon. So when I write Hulk, I tend to focus on that. He tends to live in the 'now' for the most part, sometimes recalling the past, rarely considering the future. That's why his stories tend to be written in present tense.
Therefore, Hulk has only a vague sense of sequence, and tends to lump things into past/present/future. Past has very broad markers like "when Mommy was alive" and "before/after lab accident" and "before/after team." So Hulk could take a given memory and categorize it based on those, but would have a really hard time taking even three or four memories and putting them in correct chronological order unless they were very widely separated or deeply important.
>> Huh, certain markers, trying to offset a word for emphasis, actually make it disappear. It's in the text when I edit, though. <<
Go figure. Asterisks usually work. You can also use angle bracket, i, angle bracket and then after the phrase put angle bracket, slash, i, angle bracket.