Hey @lerone, all good, no need to be apologetic, it’s a good discussion! 
Glad that part one became clear about list of references for Whiteboards too. No harm in a second thread.
And yes, I like your term of Complex Fields that allow us to weave together rich text with schematised Relations.
Thanks for eliciting that! Now I just have to hope that @mdubakov, @Chr1sG and team see the value in that too! 
It would definitely be another significant leg up compared to the competition, even if there may be some complexity in the implementation. I do think, however, that the whole Highlights work may actually be quite in line with this. 