indentcision: (circumstantial evidence)
harvey dent — TWO-FACE ([personal profile] indentcision) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2015-09-18 10:22 pm

◨ 3 | video ◧ (cw: references to self-harm)

[ While the video switches on, there's something of a hesitation before the man holding the communicator actually lifts it to show more than the chest of the pinstripe suit he's wearing.

Finally, Harvey raises it up to his face: the familiar (to some, not all) bisection of scarring is plain to see, the handsome right side with its one alert blue eye and thick coif of hair a stark contrast to the savage red burns that have razed the left side, and kept the hair there white and deadened. His expression is a neutral mask for a long, weighted span of moments, before his eyebrow lowers down over his good eye.
]


My name is Harvey Dent. Some of you may know me already -- I'm a Public Defender in Heropa, former District Attorney of Gotham City. While that may seem neither here nor there, it brings me to my next point. No... my entire point.

[ He falls briefly quiet again, then gestures to his face. The elephant in the room, as it were. ]

Masks off. Don't be alarmed; everything's fine... before anyone decides to jump to conclusions.

This is me -- a face of justice broken down and left for dead. Someone that once believed in cleaning his city of corruption, but now... no, since, I realized that had been my first mistake all along. What the world needs is balance, not saving -- if it can't be right it can still be fair.

That's still my priority. I'm not going to hide it any longer, regardless of who still wants to call me crazy for it; that's why I undid my facial reconstruction, to prove that I'm serious. To make it clear that as a lawyer, balance of consequence is as important as balance of representation.

So no, I'm not resigning. I'm not c-- [ He stops short and laughs briefly, seeming to change his mind about that sentence, and there's an off-screen metallic clinking sort of sound. ] Where justice is concerned, an impartial voice is more necessary than you'd think. Such a heated subject, as of late.

[ He smiles in a calm-but-uneven way, as much as his mangled lips will allow, and holds a business card up to the camera; it shows the business address for his practice, as well as his phone number. 'Walk-ins welcome!' it reads amiably. ]

Remember: That's Harvey.

Harvey Dent.
slightlyoffchilt: (Mendacity.)

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[personal profile] slightlyoffchilt 2015-09-19 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh my god.]
slightlyoffchilt: (Imperil.)

[personal profile] slightlyoffchilt 2015-09-19 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Why can't people refrain from so literally manifesting metaphors?

[His dinner, Harvey, you are inspiring it to rise.]
slightlyoffchilt: (Disciplinary.)

[personal profile] slightlyoffchilt 2015-09-19 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Then speaking beyond analogy, how do you propose to make this world more balanced? More -- "fair", as you said.
slightlyoffchilt: (Presage.)

[personal profile] slightlyoffchilt 2015-09-19 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
Agendas that you find corrosive? Agendas that you may want to combat, violently?

This isn't about balance, Harvey. You are the sword, and not the scales.
slightlyoffchilt: (Vituperate.)

[personal profile] slightlyoffchilt 2015-09-19 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
Harvey. Look what you have done to yourself, my god.
slightlyoffchilt: (Callow.)

[personal profile] slightlyoffchilt 2015-09-19 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, you know what kind of doctor I am!

[Double meaning. Harvey ought to appreciate that.]

Masks off, you said. You allowed your disorder to conquer.
brushoff: I'M GONNA DO IT. (do you know how terrible that is?)

video;

[personal profile] brushoff 2015-09-19 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ Dorian's obviously filming this from a hotel room. And...he can't help but wrinkle his nose a bit as he looks at Harvey. ]

Good Lord, you're hideous.
brushoff: (insert cigarettes lyric here)

video;

[personal profile] brushoff 2015-09-19 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
The sentiment of ugly people. [ And he can't help but match Harvey's grin with a small little smirk of his own. ]

Though, I've got to say? You've finally become interesting.
slightlyoffchilt: (Deride.)

[personal profile] slightlyoffchilt 2015-09-19 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Then whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Frankly, Harvey -- you look guilty as sin.
performance: (89)

voice; id reads robin

[personal profile] performance 2015-09-19 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ What's that expression? When it rains, it pours? Is fifteen too young to start going grey? He'd thought Dent was supposed to be one of the ones who was behaving himself here. ]

Interesting timing for that speech, Mr. Dent.
performance: (top 3 worst places to look for birds)

[personal profile] performance 2015-09-19 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ mildly: ]

In my experience, the things that look the most coincidental usually aren't. But then, overthinking is part of the job description.
performance: (164)

[personal profile] performance 2015-09-19 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ A little hum of acknowledgement. ]

Just a matter of finding the butterfly responsible for the hurricane?
mightthinkthat: Francis is smiling, but not the kind of smile one likes to see (smile)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-09-19 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He finds this unfairly funny. ]

I'm sure your clients will find this vision enormously comforting in their hour of need.
kingpawn: ([ 111 ])

video;

[personal profile] kingpawn 2015-09-19 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wait a second. Wait. Isn't this Hank's friend? Oh god. His face! Oh god. It makes him think of Gus. ]

I guess....it's good to see you're doing well.

[ Is he, though? Is he really? ]

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