selfhelp: ([billy] seriously? you're calling a cab?)
William "Billy" Kaplan (Wiccan) ([personal profile] selfhelp) wrote2012-12-13 09:38 am

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[Today is a good day for serious business, apparently. There's a certain something he's been putting off for a while, and after one-too-many dreams interrupting his sleep, he's had enough: this morning when Billy wakes up, the first thing he does is jot out a note in the journal-]

[Private to Ben Grimm]

Hey, would it be okay if I swung by to ask you a few things?

[He'll work through his morning routine until he gets a response, after which he'll go for a visit and get a hell of a lot more than he bargained for.

After that, his mood for the day is drastically altered; he'll skip out on school, trying to sort out his feelings on the matter. Tommy's still AWOL, and he's trying not to worry Teddy, but what he's just been told has really got him thinking- about people, and heroes, and the unfairness of mankind in general. And eventually he'll just go ahead and return to his journal for it. He's kind of in over his head here.]


[Open to All]

I know Luceti's full of heroes- seems kind of a standard trait for most of us, for whatever reason. Back on my world, super-humans aren't that uncommon, and in general they're revered for everything they do for the world. Some of them were born that way, and some of them are from other planets, and some were altered to get their powers, and some have a lot of talent or skill instead of powers. But they're all considered to be super heroes. There's bad guys, too- just as diverse and unique as the heroes they fight. People fear them and celebrate their defeat.

There's another group, though... humans who got their powers because of evolution. It's much more natural, in a lot of ways. Some are heroes, some are villains. Some are just trying to get by without becoming one or the other. But regular humans fear them, and hate them for it, even if they save the world just as much as the heroes they love. They're called criminals or monsters, no matter how innocent they might be.

[He hesitates- it's probably obvious to some, what he's talking about, and he's not sure if he should lock it from the mutant population, or apologize, or something, but it relates to them even if it's not by name. Hiding it wouldn't be right.

In the end he just leaves it be.]


...Sorry for the ramble. But it's not fair, and... I just can't understand why. Why hate one and love the other, when they're basically the same?
touchofrogue: (Almost Flirty | Dance | Self-Assured)

[personal profile] touchofrogue 2013-01-14 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Sure. One day. [She gives him a grin and then takes a deep breath. Rogue runs both hands through her hair and stares straight ahead, not looking at him.]

Billy?
knightofratatosk: (Smile)

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[personal profile] knightofratatosk 2013-01-14 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
Right, Pokeballs. I don't think they'd be happy staying in those things at all.

... is Teddy a Pokemon trainer?
touchofrogue: (Listening)

[personal profile] touchofrogue 2013-01-14 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunately, Rogue's about to bring it all back again.]

I don't wanna hear about what happened to the mutants in your world. I've put enough together to know it pretty much sucks. An' there's nothing I can do about it from here.

[But then she tilted her head and glanced over at him.]

But any time you wanna tell me what happened to you - if you need to talk, I'll listen.
rocketpunch: (Ooh man. That hurt.)

Aha, so it is! Wow, thanks for threading with me for a month. X3

[personal profile] rocketpunch 2013-01-14 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
Well...what if you watch me look at it? I can't really learn about technology from other worlds if I can't even look at the stuff, right?
asthehawkflies: (Amused Smirk)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-01-14 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll do that. Before Coulson takes it on himself to do the designs like he did with Cap.

[He's carefully not thinking about the fact that Coulson is... well.]
complicatedliar: (the meaning of the word)

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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2013-01-14 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
More... building the universe, atom by atom. [Loki's smile is a surprisingly kind one, for him.] I understand the feeling you have about such things. I was young once. It's all right.

[But he also knows what works.]
imatreenow: (✘ sick sad little world)

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[personal profile] imatreenow 2013-01-15 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
I don't believe that. There are choices that will never be available to some, and it is society that dictates this.

But if everyone is the same, none of that matters. Everyone would be free from judgment, and free to live the life they please. [As long as all their hopes and dreams include, you know, not having a soul. Whatever.]
Edited (because redundancy ) 2013-01-15 01:04 (UTC)
touchofrogue: (Mmm? | What's Over There?)

[personal profile] touchofrogue 2013-01-15 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[She sighed.]

You didn't start askin' questions about the different perceptions of heroes 'cause of Luceti, Billy.
z_jay: (sunlight oh my gosh)

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[personal profile] z_jay 2013-01-15 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Details aside, the answer was satisfying enough and surprisingly unsurprising. For once, that is.]

Most of the time, at least here, I'd expect the unexpected. Just on account of this place being full of people and things I've never expected to encounter.

[But now he's rambling and well-- in the end he realizes he's trying to make friends with a kid likely to be 11 years his junior. But a very mature 17 year old, at least. After a point it all became relative anyhow.]

That is a relief no one gives any trouble. Me and Jack are the same-- Well, I mean, we're a couple, not that we're related. We were asked that once, though. Spock-- do you have Star Trek in your world or is it just... mine?
rashness: (Free and Dream)

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[personal profile] rashness 2013-01-15 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
I guess, but now I feel kinda bad. Sorry man.
asthehawkflies: (You should totally believe me)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-01-15 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, he had significant input when they were redesigning it after SHIELD pulled him from the ice.

...well, assuming he hadn't started before then. He's kind of a fan.
handing: (but you said don't push it)

[personal profile] handing 2013-01-15 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)

It doesn’t make any sense, does it? Except that to people without those abilities, seeing what others can do is probably very frightening. It doesn’t matter that they’re heroes or that they’re saving people. People just think about what could happen, and then they start being afraid.
complicatedliar: (little smirk)

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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2013-01-16 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Loki snorts.] If you're concerned with being high and mighty for a mortal, you ought to stop doing magics then.

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