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[ Who's that on the screen? Why, it's Reggie "New and Improved" Mantle! Looking awfully... well, a whole lot surlier than he ever tends to look on the network. He's wearing a loose jersey tee and has a backpack slung over his shoulder, evidently in a school hallway. ]

Hey, so! You wanna know what's bullshit? [ He slams his locker door shut for emphasis, hitting his fist against it to make sure it closes. ] And I mean complete and total BS-- you ready? Okay, listen to this.

[ He raises his eyebrows at the screen in an almost matter-of-factly, mocking way, but it's clearly angry, not meant in good humor whatsoever; judging by his tone of voice, which is almost uneasily calm, he's only barely managing to keep his temper in check.

Or not even barely-- the locker is definitely dented where he hit it, and noticeably (perhaps he's a bit strong, who knew!). Reggie narrows his eyes slightly, jaw clenching, but then he continues animatedly: ]

Guess what we just found out in practice today? Well, apparently football season's ending a little early this year, cuz both Archie and me? Were just fucking suspended from the team, pending-- [ Cue the one-handed air-quotes: ] an "investigation of our powers." Which is obviously a load of crap, because by the time it takes to do all that the season will have actually ended-- and also because Archie and me having powers doesn't make us fucking cheaters!

[ That's about when he loses it, kicking something off-screen. Maybe a trashcan? Damn, he is so mad. ]

So don't bother trying to go see us in any games! [ There's another off-screen crash as something else gets kicked, or maybe punched. ] God! Son of a--

[ Aaaand feed cut, since he's mostly just yelling in frustration now. ]

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What you're describing is the difference between like, wrestling in the school gym and ultimate fighting. People can learn the rules of football, but how often can you play football with crazy powers?

It's an imPort only gym. The people there are into fitness, sports, training, and probably wouldn't be allowed on regulation football teams, either. All the equipment is crazy so it can handle super-training.

Edited 2017-10-29 18:28 (UTC)

How often-- I dunno, does it matter? It's practically an entirely different sport if you start letting people use their powers to play.

[ Rubbing at his eyes, exasperated. ]

Ohhhh my God I hate this. I mean, it really shouldn't be so much to ask that I can just play on a normal team and not some kind of misfits league... though I bet Archie loved that idea.

[there's a long pause, and then Magnus says]

Your life isn't normal anymore. You can whine about it and do nothing, or you can adapt and do something cool, with the thing you love.

It's up to you to decide which.

[ Ohhhhhhhh. Wow... w o w... what a reasonable thing to say. So reasonable that naturally, it pisses Reggie off. And confuses him?? ]

Who the fuck said that-- Yoda? My mom, maybe? I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt that nagging doesn't come to you that naturally. [ Catch him avoiding actually acknowledging said advice. Except for: ] I'm not doing nothing, asshole.

Complaining about how you don't want to figure a challenge out and blaming everyone else for it is something, I guess, you're right.

[ THIS FACE. ]

Wh-- no!

What I'm doing is figuring out solutions, not just crappy alternatives. Everyone acts like this just has to be about discrimination and maybe I don't fucking want it to have to be-- I mean, there can be other goddamn reasons besides us being too weird to play regular sports anymore, but no, it just has to be one we won't be able to do shit about?!

You're the only one saying the alternatives have to be crappy. That'd be on you.

And not to point out the obvious but powerful systems screwing individual groups of people over for stuff about them they can't control is. Like. Discrimination, dude. You could look up another word in a thesaurus, I guess.

I'm not saying they have to be, just that they are. I do what I want and how I want it, and that doesn't include just taking whatever I can get.

Thanks for the English lesson, Magnolia, but I do actually know what discrimination is. I mean, obviously-- I'm not an idiot.

Nobody's saying to take whatever you can get, either.

It's Magnus.

Sure sounds like it. But what would I know, right? I'm probably just blaming everyone else again when it should really be me taking responsibility for other people's crappy advice.

[ But since he'd rather be mean than continue even humoring vulnerability: ]

I know that. What did I say, Magnets?

Dude, stop losing your shit at me 'cuz you're upset about something else. That's what kids do.

I am not losing my shit, I'm just--

[ Reggie's jaw clenches, because he has to very deliberately restrain himself from flinging his communicator at a wall just now, which maybe goes to exactly prove Magnus's point. Naturally, that only frustrates Reggie more; his nose wrinkles and his teeth grind as he makes his Best Effort not to just lose his shit even further over being accused of losing his shit.

He throws his hand up in a very transparent How the fuck do I finish this sentence? sort of helpless, flailing motion, then kicks something off-screen in one last abrupt flare of rage. ]

God-- I'm venting, so what?!

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