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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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[He averts his eyes, out of respect. Of course that would make sense he would see things that way after such misfortune.]
There are times fate lends us a cruel gauntlet to grasp. But it means we can arm ourselves and our allies against the future battles that come along. And this time not pit us against a fate so lonely.
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[Blue Beetle here clearly isn't as gifted with his words, but hey, that doesn't matter so much, right? He can do his job well enough without having the witty banter and poetic turns of phrase that everyone else seems to have down pat.]
After going through a lot, it's easy to feel like it's easier going through things alone, but that's not really the case, huh? We all need help sometime.
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Not often. Thank you, Blue Beetle.
It's better knowing there's people with you. If it helps, you may even borrow my school's motto. "Plus Ultra", it means "further beyond". It may be useless or not.
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You're new here, right? Are you doing the hero thing here too, or are you waiting to get a little more used to this stuff?
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I feel I should learn more of what is happening with the general situation here before I blindly wander into the fight.
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[Which is a tad sad.]
At least you remember those you meet before the leave?
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[That, at least, makes him smile.]
I remember every single one. And they made me a better hero. A better person. Even if it's temporary, it's still worth getting to know these people, and to team up with them. I'd never argue that one.