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maskormenace2015-05-26 04:17 pm
selfequipped) wrote in maskormenace2015-05-26 04:17 pm
Entry tags:
- conner kent | superboy,
- † athos | n/a,
- † billy kaplan | wiccan,
- † death the kid | n/a,
- † dorian gray | n/a,
- † glitch | n/a,
- † grey | n/a,
- † hank schrader | n/a,
- † jesse pinkman | diesel,
- † kate bishop | hawkeye,
- † loki laufeyson | n/a,
- † marian hawke | andraste's mabari,
- † matt murdock | daredevil,
- † peter petrelli | n/a,
- † robbie baldwin | speedball,
- † rose lalonde | seer of light,
- † roxy lalonde | rogue of void,
- † sabriel | abhorsen,
- † sai | n/a,
- † teddy altman | hulkling,
- † wally west | kid flash
video.
[Kate actually knows she shouldn't do this. She knows she shouldn't, but she goes ahead and does it anyway.]
A year ago, I made a post on here. I talked about a different world, and I talked about a different registration act. In my world, good people who refused to register were assaulted, brought down, and meant to be delivered to a dangerous and terrible prison until they submitted. My friends and I were among the first to refuse to register, and we were lucky enough to be rescued. I never registered, and it turned out that everything associated with the act was ... bad.
For that reason, among others, I've refused to register here. We don't belong in this world, and our hands are being forced on the matter. The government has used us without divulging information openly, and they've even put us into psychological games. Just last April, everyone was asked to play a game. Did you feel like a rat in a cage? And last June, people were asked to play a war game without being told of the very real consequences: that with every shot, we'd feel what it was like to have a real bullet tearing into us. And at the end of the game, you either won or you experienced true death before you woke up.
[Her voice here intensifies in its anger.]
And now ... now, a year later, we're in another game. We're in the reality of that paintball game. See, it was imPort versus imPort, and here we are again. We're having our hands forced because even if we've been helping one another, and helping the citizens of the world, we should be brought in. None of the vigilantes I know kill. We all help, doing what we can, and it's the government who defines our behavior, and who decides that we should adhere to their laws. And why? Is there any reason that we should? We didn't consent to these tattoos. We've been going along with what they've wanted for ages.
So, this is what I'm asking the government to do. You have the list of vigilantes. Why don't you bring us in yourself? Why use other imPorts? You can capture us, right?
Because honestly, that's what I'd like to know. Obviously, you want something for this, so everyone, let's guess! Because it looks like they want a Civil War among us. I guess they really didn't think it through, even with cautionary tales already ready in their midst.
[When she cuts the feed, it switches to text, providing a link to her previous words on the matter. Cautionary tales are even sourced!]
A year ago, I made a post on here. I talked about a different world, and I talked about a different registration act. In my world, good people who refused to register were assaulted, brought down, and meant to be delivered to a dangerous and terrible prison until they submitted. My friends and I were among the first to refuse to register, and we were lucky enough to be rescued. I never registered, and it turned out that everything associated with the act was ... bad.
For that reason, among others, I've refused to register here. We don't belong in this world, and our hands are being forced on the matter. The government has used us without divulging information openly, and they've even put us into psychological games. Just last April, everyone was asked to play a game. Did you feel like a rat in a cage? And last June, people were asked to play a war game without being told of the very real consequences: that with every shot, we'd feel what it was like to have a real bullet tearing into us. And at the end of the game, you either won or you experienced true death before you woke up.
[Her voice here intensifies in its anger.]
And now ... now, a year later, we're in another game. We're in the reality of that paintball game. See, it was imPort versus imPort, and here we are again. We're having our hands forced because even if we've been helping one another, and helping the citizens of the world, we should be brought in. None of the vigilantes I know kill. We all help, doing what we can, and it's the government who defines our behavior, and who decides that we should adhere to their laws. And why? Is there any reason that we should? We didn't consent to these tattoos. We've been going along with what they've wanted for ages.
So, this is what I'm asking the government to do. You have the list of vigilantes. Why don't you bring us in yourself? Why use other imPorts? You can capture us, right?
Because honestly, that's what I'd like to know. Obviously, you want something for this, so everyone, let's guess! Because it looks like they want a Civil War among us. I guess they really didn't think it through, even with cautionary tales already ready in their midst.
[When she cuts the feed, it switches to text, providing a link to her previous words on the matter. Cautionary tales are even sourced!]
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Well, I respect that. If you're going in aware of the risks. Honesty tends to be overrated, a lot of the time - I like diplomacy, and survival, and results, a lot better, but...If it came to it, your principles wouldn't prevent you going into hiding, right? If their campaign against vigilantism turns into something a bit more...Well, a bit more aggressive.
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Thankfully, I can teleport. [So if she has to keep Billy out of things (which she knows she won't be able to do, but she would like to try given ... how much has changed since then), she can.]
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Better to rely on your smarts before your powers, though. If they're going to go to war against us properly, the first thing they'll do is weaponize their power-nullification technology.
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And if not, then there might be technological wraparounds.
Either way, I'm not too worried.
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