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?
halfnhalf: ([teddy] she does pilates)

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[personal profile] halfnhalf 2012-12-14 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Teddy's about on his second cup of coffee by the time Billy gets back. He's sitting on the couch, blearily looking at the fire as if lost in thought and slowly sipping at the drink, until he hears the door open.]

Mm? [He's about to ask where Billy went, but the look on his boyfriend's face makes him pause, switch gears, and instead frown with concern.] Billy? What's wrong?
cynicism: (16; whatever)

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[personal profile] cynicism 2012-12-14 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Your problem's in the way you're phrasing your question.

There's no such thing as "heroes" and "villains". There's just people. And some people are jerks to other people. It's in everyone.
Edited 2012-12-14 04:52 (UTC)
z_jay: (now a word from our listeners)

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[personal profile] z_jay 2012-12-14 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Only sometimes but Eugene is sort of an older-brother type, for a select few]

Well, don't stop thinking out loud. Sometimes you just gotta get it out. Any particular reason this is on your mind?
complicatedliar: (i belong to the hurricane)

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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2012-12-14 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
I know there's a great deal of conflict between mutants and the larger part of humans, who follow the age-old pattern of hating and abusing that which they do not understand.
Edited 2012-12-14 05:34 (UTC)
reminded: (That's right.)

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[personal profile] reminded 2012-12-14 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[He will never stop being totally oblivious about you two.]

It is my belief that the only true governance we have in life is over ourselves -- provided we have the will. Would you agree?
halfnhalf: ([teddy] it's okay you look fine)

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[personal profile] halfnhalf 2012-12-14 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[His brow raises, before he set the coffee against the table to get his hands free. One hand starts to sift through Billy's hair, and the other rests against his chest, thumb occasionally brushing against the fabric. Billy doesn't look too upset, just... as if he heard a lot of information that he didn't really want to hear.

Teddy gets that way with algebra lectures. But he knows it's worse than numbers, and now he wants to ask more than ever where he went. At the moment, though, talking with him about this is much more important.]


Care to share your existential crisis with me?
relictusdeus: (Snarling smile)

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[personal profile] relictusdeus 2012-12-14 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Bashing it... [He breaks off with a sudden, rasping laugh.] How funny it is you say that. I take it you are among them? One who seeks comfort through their faith?
Edited 2012-12-14 05:59 (UTC)
complicatedliar: (sideways glance)

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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2012-12-14 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
She may have had cause to mention such things. [He is really getting uncomfortable with admitting even this much to Billy. Probably it would have been better to just pretend ignorance and let Billy tell him all over again.]

All right.

[He rises to his feet, taking up his coffee cup.

That Billy seems to feel there's insufficient privacy in this area leaves him feeling rather nervous as well.]
complicatedliar: (head tilt)

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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2012-12-14 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Loki finds a chair to lounge in, coffee cup balanced on one knee.]

Ah, I see.

[He frowns slightly.]

Perhaps we ought to have moved into here sooner.
reminded: (There is a simple solution here.)

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[personal profile] reminded 2012-12-14 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Precisely. Which is why we must foster inner strength above all. It may take time, but from there we can try to serve as an example through our actions. We may not be able to change human nature, but perhaps we can change human beliefs.
halfnhalf: ([teddy] my hair is extra shaggy today)

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[personal profile] halfnhalf 2012-12-14 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
The day pretty much all mutants were depowered?

[And some were even killed thanks to that. It was all over the news for quite a while, sparking debates and rallies, both with concern towards the mutants and why it all happened and with relief. Teddy always changed the channel when the latter would show up.]

Was he there? ... Do you want to tell me what happened? [Truth be told, he really wants to know. But if this is something Billy's not comfortable with, then that's fine.]
imatreenow: (✘ sick sad little world)

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[personal profile] imatreenow 2012-12-14 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, he's pretty much full of brilliance and wisdom. Said no one ever.]

An uncanny valley?

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