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[wouldificould]

[ The audio function on this is remarkably similar to her show, with just a more limited audience. But this is Trish's element. This is where she shines. ]

Those of you who didn't have powers before coming here -- is it something that you dreamed of back home? Did... [ She pauses to find the right word. ] ..."gifted" people exist where you're from? I always tried to convince my best friend that she should put on a costume and save others. I guess I was trying to live vicariously through her that way.

There's something that happened. We call it "The Incident" because, well... "The Day Aliens Poured Out of the Sky" is a bit of a mouthful. A good portion of New York was destroyed and a lot of lives were lost, but it could have been worse. Unimaginably worse. But there were people who stepped in. Stepped up.

Do you think those who have the power should use it for the betterment of society? Share your thoughts.

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voice. (aka. lara pls cease the tldr)

[crofts]

It's a matter of some debate.

( She sounds a little wry. This is not an easy topic for her to discuss. Her father's humiliation, the undermining of the name Croft so that, in academic circles, some considered it a joke. A great mind that was perhaps pushed too far in a desperate search and love of history.

Being lost in thought won't answer the question. )

Magic, the supernatural, they aren't considered real in my world. There are, of course, myths and legends, and more often than I'd like, women holding a lot of power carried with them tales of abilities beyond what was normal. Himiko, the Sun Queen, for example, was rumoured to have shamanistic abilities, which enabled her to control a vast empire. For a long time, I... believed that simple sexism: men incredulous that a woman could be so capable without being something beyond human, as though that were some explanation for it.

( She pauses, for long moments. ) I have been led to reconsider what I define as "possible" and "impossible." And while I might believe those with power should act a certain way, power can corrupt quite thoroughly even without being supernatural.

voice.

[wouldificould]

It isn't an incorrect belief, necessarily. Women have been deified and vilified for merely defying men's control. For daring to wield any bit of power.

[ Off topic, Trish. Focus. ]

Power corrupting has almost become an absolute of the universe. Like death and taxes.

permavoice.

[crofts]

Mm. Although, admittedly, in this instance the woman in question may have had control of the weather.

( She's still a little uncertain, truthfully. Being here makes something that once seemed far fetched suddenly rather more easy to process - for a given value of "easy." )

But, of course, a woman found to be corrupt would become far more notorious than a man doing the same thing. I think... Amelia Earheart something similar about flying, once.