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Tweak says, "I could've been a contender!"

teddy altman (supershifter) wrote in portland_net,
@ 2014-08-14 12:40:00

Entry tags:

billy kaplan, kira yukimura, nadia petrova, ruby lucas, teddy altman, thalia grace

So what's the deal here? Are there a lot of people here with powers, or who aren't human, or save the world on a regular basis, and everyone's just 100% open about it? Even Spider-Man is out.

As a superhero. Not as a gay man, but that wouldn't surprise me.

FILTERED TO BILLY KAPLAN:

I'm homesick. It'd be one thing if we could call home and talk to your family and Kate and everyone, but we can't even poke them on Facebook.

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	rubyrides 2014-08-14 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	Amongst our fellow refugees, for the most part. Not with the city of Portland as a whole. Although I'm not certain everyone knows what I am, even though I haven't intentionally kept it from them. We haven't talked, I don't think. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	supershifter 2014-08-14 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	So we all kind of have a refugee-solidarity thing going on? I won't tell your secrets if you won't tell mine? No, we haven't, but hi! I'm Teddy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rubyrides 2014-08-14 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	Something like that, I suppose! We're all keeping the secret of where we come from, aren't we? So this is just sort of added on. For me, it's just that I'm not used to keeping things a secret from my friends or my community, which is nearly the same thing. I'm Ruby. And I'm part wolf. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	supershifter 2014-08-14 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	Part wolf? That's so cool! Like, a werewolf, or a mutant lycanthrope, or you had your DNA spliced with a wolf and now you're literally part wolf? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	billy + teddy abracadabro 2014-08-14 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	Me too. This place loses more of its charm every time I realize I can't share any of it with them. When I was leaving work last night, I kept trying to port home and it wasn't working - until I remembered I was thinking of New York instead of Portland. Hey. Let's do something. Anything you want, just name it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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supershifter
2014-08-14 06:00 pm UTC (link)

I don't like that this portal can just mess with people's bodies the way it's doing now, and people just toss up their hands and go "must be Thursday" like it's no big deal. --Though I guess that's how people look at superheroes like us who go punching bad guys and dimension hop for months on end. (I bet America would know how to get us out of here.)

I'm craving diner food and... roller skating? Mini-golf?

NO NO NO We're going to the G6 Airpark.

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	billy + teddy abracadabro 2014-08-14 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	I was gonna say, sweetheart, you're an alien hybrid and I'm a mutant wizard. I'm surprised there aren't more people here freaked out by that. (Does it ever seem weird to you that our world has become what it is in basically one generation?) What in the world is the G6 Airpark? I'd google but Batman needs to poop. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	billy + teddy supershifter 2014-08-14 06:22 pm UTC (link)
	I haven't exactly told people what I am. Not really. But I doubt anyone will care. INDOOR TRAMPOLINES. EVERYWHERE. I know we fly, so whatever, but awesome, right?? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	billy + teddy abracadabro 2014-08-14 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	You should try, T. ... That is way awesome. (Also, holy crap, Batman! How does our teeny tiny dog poop so much?) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	billy + teddy supershifter 2014-08-14 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah? I'm pretty sure it won't be a big deal or anything, I just [...] I'm being lame for no reason, it'll be fine. Being a hybrid alien prince gives me street cred, right? RIGHT? YES. We're going and we're not stopping until we can't jump anymore. (I don't know and I don't want to know) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	waitedcenturies 2014-08-14 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	There's a man who calls himself Spider-Man here? Ridiculous. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	supershifter 2014-08-14 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	Well, he's a man, and he's got the proportional strength of a spider. And he can climb walls and shoot webbing. So it's not wrong. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	19_53_88 2014-08-14 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	I don't think everyone. But mostly. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	supershifter 2014-08-14 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	And we're just kind of blanket cool with everything, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	19_53_88 2014-08-14 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	I guess? I mean, like, as long as people aren't eating each other or anything. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	supershifter 2014-08-14 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, no, I don't eat anyone. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	wasatree 2014-08-14 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	I don't see any need to have a secret identity. It's not like I have anyone I need to protect from my enemies or whatever. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	supershifter 2014-08-14 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	In general, or just because you're here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wasatree 2014-08-14 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	In general. It wasn't until I got here that I've been around mortals in a while. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	supershifter 2014-08-14 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	Mortals as opposed to...? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wasatree 2014-08-14 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	Gods, demigods, nymphs and dryads? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	supershifter 2014-08-14 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, cool! I know a couple of those. (When I say "know" I mean "have met" in a couple circumstances and "have a scrapbook" for the rest) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wasatree 2014-08-14 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	I'm pretty sure most of then would be thrilled to know you're scrapbooking them. Who'd you meet? And how? (Reply to this) (Parent)