video.

[goldtoxicity]

Sooooo...

Here's a question. What's the weirdest thing one of your fans has ever done? Or, like, the weirdest piece of content you've ever found?

Because I just found there are bwitter accounts dedicated to trying to prove I'm not actually dating my girlfriend? I thought it was a joke but they're in like, a flame war with someone whose really into it... Like, I know I shouldn't be reading it, but I just can't look away.

[ oh, right, wait, also need to be responsible. ]

Oh, right, almost forgot. Hi, I'm Josh Foley. I work at De Chima General. If you've got weird medical needs or something you need fixed, I'm your dude.

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[goldtoxicity]

If I listened to you every time you said 'Don't do that, Josh' we'd never have any fun. So, like, note noted but dually ignored!

[goldtoxicity]

Yeah...

[ he doesn't get it completely, but any time he hears the future lain out before him he's always hit with inadequacy. ]

I think, uh... I mean, I've dealt with some future stuff, sort've. If you spend all your time worrying about what you can't do - you'll just kinda, like... give yourself a complex.

[goldtoxicity]

[ that's - that's a lot, holy shit. that's like x-men levels of baggage. ]

I'm sorry. That's - that's really shitty of them to just assume that of you.

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[goldtoxicity]

De Chima General. Just ask for Dr Foley, they'll take you right to my office. My afternoon's clear.

[goldtoxicity]

True that.

[ hff, that second bit though. ]

I mean, yeah. But that's what makes content, I guess. I'm pretty sure the network encourages it so people will keep tuning in. It's... pretty weird, honestly.

[dragony]

It's alright. It comes and goes. I've been around for a lot longer than most people, even if I was gone a while, so they've had more time to talk. It doesn't really bother me, when it's just about me.

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[goldtoxicity]

Well, luckily the internet doesn't get final say. And I think we're doin' pretty good.

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[goldtoxicity]

No, no definitely not. Once something takes off a finger you shouldn't still be best buddies with it.

[ things to tease david about later. ]

Uh... A furry trout? Is that, like, a thing where you're from?

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[goldtoxicity]

Talk about star-crossed lovers. I'm glad that you guys got to be together finally.

[ a pause as he tips his head back, considering. and then it hits him like a bolt of lightning. he smacks a fist into an open palm. ]

Oh, wait, dude! Laurie wrote that book. And I'm in that book and do not come off looking good - and I mean, uh, it was the worst period of my life and I sucked, so not unwarranted but... No wonder they hate me.

[goldtoxicity]

Yeah. I dunno much about it, but it's a big thing. Guessing its in yours too?

[goldtoxicity]

It's still shitty.

[ ... ]

People making assumptions about you based on how "normal" you look and what your powers do. It sucks. I'm pretty sure junk like that is what makes supervillains in the first place.

[optikon]

No, not as such. Anything that resembles magic is due to other forces at work.

[goldtoxicity]

Oh.

[ honestly the line between science, magic, and just someone being stupidly powerfully psychic is pretty thin so... he Gets It. ]

What other forces, uh, if you don't mind me asking?

[optikon]

Fear-based eldritch entities from another dimension. There are fourteen that we know of, with a fifteenth possibly being born.

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[by_candlelight]

I'd say 'It's fine', but, well. I don't think anyone's going to believe even I'm that laid back about the things that happen to me. I've been thinking about whether or not I stand to lose my place as a trainee member of the Justice League if I just start punching people who touch me without my permission and crowd around me.

I've also been thinking about which I value more, the ability to jump to violence when my life isn't in danger but people are definitely overstepping serious lines, or my ability to have safe training locations and guidance on how to use my abilities to keep the general populace safe. Because on one hand, I not only value what I've been given and still have a lot to learn, but on the other hand I'm not sure what else I can do when people are willing to put me in danger just so they can get a selfie or accuse me of bullshit when all I want to do is get groceries.

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[redcosmedic]

[ Knock Out makes a disgruntled sound. ]

Yes, I'm getting that feeling.

[helpdesk_hero]

Oh, we’ll get you a button to go with the one with a recording of my voice. It will say ‘for the vine’

Re: Video

[t0uchy]

This is why the internet isn't trying to buy you a pet.

[Nashir would absolutely keep a pet that bit him. He's that kind of kid.]

Maybe! I've heard different things. But I want one even if it's not a thing in some worlds. Fur-bearing trouts sound like they'd be good pets.

[of_the_skies]

Weird is a charitable descriptor. Such public spectacle might lead to your girlfriend being in danger. There's a reason royals back home in Asia have guards - public adoration can lead to some less than stable people behaving badly. But I suppose that, if your lady is an imPort, she can fend for herself.

[Hopefully. This is already weird, it doesn't need to get creepy or tragic.]

Re: Voice

[walkontwolegs]

[ She's not! She's really not! She only just last month turned 13! ]

Why is that? Do they say a lot of mean things?

Re: Video

[goldtoxicity]

The internet isn't trying to buy me a pet because I'm not responsible enough for a pet.

[ which is probably a terrible thing coming from a doctor. ]

Really? They just sound like they'd, uh... smell.

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[goldtoxicity]

Yeah. It's sort of like - they say whatever they want, and sometimes its mean and sometimes its just really awful. You don't need to read that.

[goldtoxicity]

[ uh ]

Fear-based...?

[goldtoxicity]

[ eugh. he grimaces. ]

Probably, yeah, but that's nothing we're not used to I guess. Just, it's weird that they're like this because they like us... [ he gives his head a shake. ] If anybody came for Laurie they'd get more than they bargained for.

[goldtoxicity]

Sorry, dude.

[ why do people suck so much. ]

I get a lot of them wanting my 'healing touch' or, like, wanting to know if I'm actually gold everywhere.