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maskormenace2016-10-06 02:54 pm
khajidont) wrote in maskormenace2016-10-06 02:54 pm
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VIDEO | ID says Blue Beetle
[Hello, everyone, and welcome to what may well be the Blue Beetle's first - and possibly last - ever video post! He's clearly in uniform, and frankly looks a little inhuman; his red-yellow lenses glow faintly, even though he's posting from a rooftop out in the sunshine, he's conspicuously noseless, and he's covered from head to toe in a blue and black carapace armour. When he speaks, his voice is calm and measured; he's clearly been thinking about this for a long time, and it's something he wants to get out right, even if his speech is a little marred by the fact that he's speaking through a faintly robotic filter.]
Hi, everyone. Um, some of you might know me, even if I don't talk here a whole lot, but just in case -- I'm the Blue Beetle. Not my real name, for the record, but plenty of us superheroes still do the codename thing, even here. But that's not what I'm here to talk about! I wanna talk about powers.
See, as far as I can tell, we all get powers when we get here, unless we already had some back home, and now? Even the people who were born here have them. It's especially hard for people who got dangerous powers. Some people try and use them for good, and other people just try to ignore them, and others try to master them by themselves, but this kind of thing isn't something you should have to tackle by yourself.
Where I'm from, there are a lot of people with powers. We call them metahumans. And sometimes when they try to tackle these things by themselves, it works out just fine! A lot of the time, though? It doesn't. Especially when they go out and use them to try and do a lot of good, and I know that's what people here are doing too. Maybe it seems like it's not a big deal from the outside, but it is. That's how a lot of people wind up dead. [He pauses, just for a moment, and inhales quickly before continuing.] It's how a lot of people I know wound up dead. It's not something to take lightly. I know I didn't have a lot of help - I didn't ask for a lot of help - when I started out, and if I did? Things would have gone a lot smoother.
But I'm not trying to lecture anyone! I know a lot of people here have been doing this for a lot longer than me, [he admits, flashing a quick smile at the screen, teeth white and human behind his mask.] This is just me making an offer. If you're trying to break into what people like me do, or if you're trying to figure out your powers, don't do it alone. If you're not worried about yourself, at least think of other people -- if you've got some strong powers going on, without training, it's really, really easy to hurt other people accidentally. If you guys want help, I'll do that, the best I can. And if I can't, I have a feeling there's a lot of others who'd be willing to help too.
So, um... yeah. I guess that's it! Didn't... really think about how I was going to end this.
[He blinks at the communicator, suddenly awkward before clearing his throat and saying:] Bye!
Hi, everyone. Um, some of you might know me, even if I don't talk here a whole lot, but just in case -- I'm the Blue Beetle. Not my real name, for the record, but plenty of us superheroes still do the codename thing, even here. But that's not what I'm here to talk about! I wanna talk about powers.
See, as far as I can tell, we all get powers when we get here, unless we already had some back home, and now? Even the people who were born here have them. It's especially hard for people who got dangerous powers. Some people try and use them for good, and other people just try to ignore them, and others try to master them by themselves, but this kind of thing isn't something you should have to tackle by yourself.
Where I'm from, there are a lot of people with powers. We call them metahumans. And sometimes when they try to tackle these things by themselves, it works out just fine! A lot of the time, though? It doesn't. Especially when they go out and use them to try and do a lot of good, and I know that's what people here are doing too. Maybe it seems like it's not a big deal from the outside, but it is. That's how a lot of people wind up dead. [He pauses, just for a moment, and inhales quickly before continuing.] It's how a lot of people I know wound up dead. It's not something to take lightly. I know I didn't have a lot of help - I didn't ask for a lot of help - when I started out, and if I did? Things would have gone a lot smoother.
But I'm not trying to lecture anyone! I know a lot of people here have been doing this for a lot longer than me, [he admits, flashing a quick smile at the screen, teeth white and human behind his mask.] This is just me making an offer. If you're trying to break into what people like me do, or if you're trying to figure out your powers, don't do it alone. If you're not worried about yourself, at least think of other people -- if you've got some strong powers going on, without training, it's really, really easy to hurt other people accidentally. If you guys want help, I'll do that, the best I can. And if I can't, I have a feeling there's a lot of others who'd be willing to help too.
So, um... yeah. I guess that's it! Didn't... really think about how I was going to end this.
[He blinks at the communicator, suddenly awkward before clearing his throat and saying:] Bye!
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[ your allegory has been defeated by thirteen year old confusion. ]
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[He stares blankly at the screen.]
You know what? Doesn't matter. The law itself is that people always bring up Hitler to win arguments over the internet. Not that we're arguing now -- I'm really curious! There's lots of different worlds out there, after all.
[Someone must have succeeded in killing Hitler out there.]
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[ sorry Jaime, hers is a reality where the time travelers didn't snuff out baby Hitler. ]
Also, how on Earth are there so many Hitler arguments that someone's made a law about it? It all seems rather silly, if you ask me.
[ Mint's from the early 2000s. Her internet exposure is PRETTY LIMITED. ]
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See? That's why it's used so often that it got a law named after it. When your argument's Hitler was bad, it's kind of hard to argue against it.
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[ Mint's sample size is four. ]
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...how many did you meet?
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...four.
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[ YOU SILLY CHILD ]
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[ SHE KNOWS THE PROBLEM ]
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I've got my reasons! I don't see why you need to know.
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Well, it's something not-good.
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[ said in a tone that implied "don't be racist, Jaime. >|" ]
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You say you're capable enough to help out but how can you prove that?
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[As long as it's equal!!!]
And, um, if you actually want, like, evidence, I can give that to you. It's kinda embarrassing googling myself, though.
[Well, there's a thought.]
Hey, why don't you google me? There's people out there who don't like me too, so you can get a good view on things.
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[ she's from the early 2000s Jaime, Mint's internet knowledge is...spotty at best. ]
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[He then looks for his phone. You know, the one that's in his hand? Come on, we've all been there!]
...oh, I'm holding it. Wait, wait, I can make my own computer, just lemme angle this a different way.
[He does, in fact, angle the camera so that Mint can see him projecting a screen from out of his fingertips, tinted blue, but recognizably Google's browser nonetheless.]
Here, see? Tell me what you wanna look up. Doesn't have to be me this time, it can be, like, cat pictures, or the news, or whatever it is you're into.
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Ah...birds? Can you look up birds?
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[It's a colourful sight.]
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