[Video] An accidental, personal rant

[mysterioisthetruth]

[warning: threads could potentially contain manipulation, emotional abuse, violence]

[In complete rejection of the vulnerability within himself - the sadness and weakness that he felt his unwanted shadow version had projected - Beck has become more unstable, spurred on by the feeling of lacking control. He's been working with his tech and while frantically pushing buttons, he's accidentally switched on to broadcast.]

Okay, let's do this one more time...

[He's speaking to the side, at something not seen by the camera. His voice is tense.]

It isn't enough that you made me feel like I was this small.

[His fingers close down to nothingness.]

No, not even that small. That I didn't exist.

Or that it felt like I was dead and gone and still should only be spoken about as a waste of space.

No. No, no no...

[He shakes his head, grimacing and the tension is starting to boil up and over.]

No, now you have to bring that into it--

[He points at something again out of camera range.]

Something that really, really shouldn't exist. I'm past that. I'm better than that. Despite your best efforts to keep me invisible, I'm not. People see me. People know who I am, for better or... for worse.

[He clenches his jaw at those words, fists forming at his sides.]

I'm noticed. That's what's important here.

Right? Right?

[His voice is rising, passionately angry.]

I am a known entity. I am Mysterio!

[He makes a grand sweeping gesture and his formerly regular clothing instantly transforms and reveals he's actually wearing his flashy hero suit.]

This is who I am now. It's who I'm meant to be - and you are not going to stop me. Not by your words. Not by your memory. Nothing you can do can stop me.

[He's glaring angrily past the camera then he raises his hands, green energy forming around them. His voice is quieter but now deadly.]

I should have killed you in more than just a story.

[And he lets the energy flash across the room in a bright, destructive blast. The shock of it is enough to jar the device and cut off the feed.]

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[mysterioisthetruth]

Who doesn't like you?

[made_up_names]

Plenty of people! I only had, like, one friend back home. For the longest time.

[mysterioisthetruth]

Back home, sure. Things are very different for both of us back home.

[made_up_names]

It's -

[ He was going to protest that, but. Well. Beck has a point. ]

Okay things are definitely different here.

[mysterioisthetruth]

Regardless, Loki's been nothing but trouble for me. I thought he might appreciate my work but... no, he's far too arrogant for that. He can create illusions with some sort of god magic so he thinks he's so superior...

[He sounds halfway between disappointed and bitter.]

[made_up_names]

[ Well, that's good to know. Peter might be a bit nervous, given how many Spider-Man villains keep showing up. ]

Can't you make them with magic too now?

[mysterioisthetruth]

What makes you think that?

[made_up_names]

I just meant your new superpowers. Which I guess isn't magic, just. Y'know, sufficiently advanced tech.

[mysterioisthetruth]

The tech is still all my own. My 'superpowers', as you put them, are unrelated.

My work stands on its own.

Even the powers I'd say had some scientific basis. Propulsion for flight. Concentrated energy. No magic here.

[made_up_names]

Okay, okay, I just couldn't remember, that's all. And I think it's dumb for someone to get all huffy about having superpowers when we've all got 'em now.

[mysterioisthetruth]

I just don't want my own work to be undervalued.

[made_up_names]

Dude. I hate what you've done with your tech, but I respect it. It's still really amazing.

[mysterioisthetruth]

What do you hate about it?

[made_up_names]

Really?

[mysterioisthetruth]

You think it's dangerous.

[made_up_names]

I think you almost straight up murdered me with it. Twice.

[mysterioisthetruth]

How well it worked is a testament to its power and how I should be respected for it.

[Sorry, Peter, no sympathy here today, not even false sympathy.]

[made_up_names]

[ Holy shit. That's honestly kind of startling? Not that he expects much by way of genuine empathy, but usually at least Beck has an excuse.

He kind of stops for a moment, having to regather himself. ]

That's what you want it to be known for? Hurting people?

[mysterioisthetruth]

[He sighs loudly.]

No, no, of course not. It has many applications...

But you can't deny that it's very effective in that capacity as much as for therapy.

[As if there's not a line being crossed there.]

[made_up_names]

I -

[ He's just flabbergasted for a moment. The audacity, man. After a moment, he throws up his hands, unable to do anything else, really. ]

Yeah. Okay. It was very effective at nearly murdering me. The most effective murder attempt I've ever had.

[mysterioisthetruth]

And it would have succeeded except for your own special powers.

[His gaze is direct. The tone almost coldly clinical, as if he has to justify why it was only an attempt - and not his tech's fault that Peter can survive being hit by speeding train and all the other things he later threw at Spider-Man. There's not even a trace of the easygoing warmth he often projects toward Peter. Something has clearly snapped.]

[made_up_names]

[ Yeah. Yeah, he's seeing that very clearly now. He's not sure what that means - if this is just Beck in some fugue, or if it's going to precipitate something worse - but something isn't right. He shivers a little, unnerved. ]

Well I'm glad it didn't succeed. All things considered.

[mysterioisthetruth]

[There's an oddly calculated look, Beck's mind obviously thinking about something - Peter's resilience; those Spidey-Senses... That's what made it fail and he's thinking about how to counteract that. Not that he now wants Peter dead in this world but to be able to successfully win over him? That's become important to Beck. He says none of that aloud, but finally slowly nods. His voice is not as cold but it's also not as friendly as it has been.]

Yes... It's ultimately a good thing. We have discovered the true multiverse here and neither of us should have missed that opportunity.

[made_up_names]

[ He doesn't know what Beck's thinking, but he doesn't like that pause. It looks a lot like you're carefully putting your mask back on, Beck. ]

Speaking of which. Did you see Sandman or Rhino pop up?

[mysterioisthetruth]

You know them?

[That's a yes.]