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?
asthehawkflies: (Easy Smile)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-15 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[He has the feeling that he's gonna want a lot of blackmail material on the Avengers. Y'know, not that SHIELD doesn't have every dirty secret already.

He looks over at the phone and laughs because yeah, that is pretty hilarious.]


I think it's worth the risk. Well worth it.
asthehawkflies: (Warlord Prince)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-16 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, at least it was rocks and not people.

Any skill worth learning takes time to master.
asthehawkflies: (Intense)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-17 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh, I bet. I don't even want to think of the side effects of that. [Didn't bear thinking about.]
asthehawkflies: (Appraising)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-18 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Does sound awfully helpful I have to say. Can think of a few times it would've saved me a few injuries.
asthehawkflies: (Smile)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-20 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Huh... I do remember getting back here more quickly and less painfully than I should've. I was not exactly with it then.

Thanks. You probably saved my life. [Because if they hadn't been able to heal his arms, he might as well have been dead.]
asthehawkflies: (Appraising)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-21 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe here but, I think we both know that isn't true all the time.
asthehawkflies: (I got him)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-23 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
That's a good point. Damn near tripping over them as soon as you step out the door.
asthehawkflies: (Off Duty)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-24 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, Luceti is what, three hundred people and ninety percent of them probably have powers. New York is what? Eight million?
asthehawkflies: (Smug Grin)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-25 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Just a bit.

...I'm not sure New York would survive eight million superheros. From what I gather from Stark and Cap, it barely survived six of us.
asthehawkflies: (Adorable)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-26 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm never sure why the villains don't test things out in like... Nebraska or something, instead of heading right to New York.

asthehawkflies: (Mission Dirt)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-02-28 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess. I mean, I'd generally go for efficiency over grandstanding though.

This is probably why it's a good thing I'm not turning to a life of villainy.
asthehawkflies: (Commando)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-03-03 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
So I've heard. Another thing I have in common with him.

I should probably have said 'not turning to a life of villainy again'.
asthehawkflies: (Amused Smirk)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-03-04 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
...that's pretty impressive. How did that work out?

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