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

[Voice/Action]

[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?
revoltndevelopment: (Default)

[Private to Billy]

[personal profile] revoltndevelopment 2012-12-14 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Come on over whenever you need. I'm always around.
cynicism: (90; tired of this shit)

[Voice]

[personal profile] cynicism 2012-12-15 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
A meaningless title.

And no. I did not. Because it's stupid to rely on other people when you should be relying on yourself. [He's got one of those rough childhood backstories. It's kind of a thing.]
z_jay: (Default)

[Voice]

[personal profile] z_jay 2012-12-15 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Sounds a little sad but definitely understanding]

There's always going to be bad things that happen that you'll be left unsettled with. Best you can do is keep true to yourself.

[It's such a general catch-all response, though. He felt unsettled leaving it at that]

So if you don't mind, what'd you hear?
reminded: (Burning the midnight oil.)

[voice]

[personal profile] reminded 2012-12-15 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
Very tricky indeed. But the things other people believe aren't nearly as important as what you believe. Try your best not to fixate on the negativity of others.
relictusdeus: (Bound to Dracula)

filtered [and one last tw - religion again]

[personal profile] relictusdeus 2012-12-15 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
[The beginnings of a snarling smirk curls his lips at the reaction. He interprets the near-inaudible apology as nothing more than an automatic, unthinking response -- but if it were somehow meant to be something more, he muses, some clumsy apology for the cruelty of God-fearing men, it was much too little, too late. A stinging insult thrown into his face.

He closes the journal, leaving it be. There were more productive thoughts to entertain.
]
Edited (welp, word fail) 2012-12-15 06:30 (UTC)
complicatedliar: (Default)

[Action]

[personal profile] complicatedliar 2012-12-15 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Loki nods slowly.

Some of that, he can identify with, like the truth making certain things become clear. But it was never a source of delight for him.]


What happened, exactly?
thefinaljedi: (Brooding)

[Video]

[personal profile] thefinaljedi 2012-12-15 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that's certainly a short time in the grand scheme of things. Not really enough time for people to grow comfortable with the idea.

How does the government react?
wildbluevagner: (thoughtful)

[Action]

[personal profile] wildbluevagner 2012-12-15 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay, Billy. This just seems like the kind of think we should talk about in person. May I have a seat?
revoltndevelopment: (Default)

[action]

[personal profile] revoltndevelopment 2012-12-15 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
[True to his word he was home, Ben lumbers over to the door and holds it open for Billy, stepping aside to let him in.]

C'mon in Kiddo. What's on your mind?
wildkotetsu: (Seriously... don't even like DISH...)

[voice]

[personal profile] wildkotetsu 2012-12-15 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
Can be, yeah... It's not easy, that's for sure.

But the other option is letting both sides hurt each other 'til there's nothing left... And I dunno about you, but I have people on both sides I want to protect and be happy with.
heartisabattleground: (reach)

Re: [voice]

[personal profile] heartisabattleground 2012-12-15 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Even than if it doesn't change people you still gotta do what you feel is right. Some people won't appreciate it but I think in the end as long as the people who care about you and that you care about are happy with what you do it shouldn't really matter.

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