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Tweak says, "I'mma build a harem"

maya lopez is more than an echo (ashtawawidiwin) wrote in somerealityweb,
@ 2019-07-31 00:09:00

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active: five hargreeves, active: freddy freeman, active: tandy bowen, active: tony stark, inactive: cisco ramon

Maria's karaoke suggestion reminded me I was thinking we should do something social again. We've had more than thirty new people since the July 4th thing. Anyone else up for a rooftop BBQ on Friday afternoon?

It's a pity there aren't tv rooms or something for each floor. There's something to be said for random social encounters in shared spaces.

And just for fun... if you had to give a 20 minute speech or presentation with no time to prepare, what topic would you choose?

(Yes, I am bored, is it obvious?)

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	ashtawawidiwin 2019-07-30 12:37 pm UTC (link)
	Overachiever. They normally make people wait until at least fourteen or fifteen before they let them join the Avengers. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quattuor 2019-07-30 12:38 pm UTC (link)
	I'm from the Umbrella Academy? Not the Avengers? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtawawidiwin 2019-07-30 12:42 pm UTC (link)
	I'm a lot more familiar with the Avengers' age requirements though. And the X-Men, for that matter. Half of them look about twelve too, and the rest have been around forever. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quattuor 2019-07-30 12:45 pm UTC (link)
	Never heard of them, sorry. We started training when we were [...] four? That sounds about right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtawawidiwin 2019-07-30 12:47 pm UTC (link)
	They don't seem to have them in the other Avengers world. Some of my gymnastics teammates started about then, but most of the injury there is self-inflicted. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quattuor 2019-07-30 12:49 pm UTC (link)
	I still don't know what that means. But I can tell you there's no Avengers. No other heroes. Just us. Sounds about as thrilling as watching a fire die. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtawawidiwin 2019-07-30 12:58 pm UTC (link)
	What, Avengers? Tony, Steve, Thor, etc. It's a ridiculously stupid sport. There was an old study back in the 90s showing that female gymnasts are training while injured about 70% of the time, which sounds about right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quattuor 2019-07-30 01:01 pm UTC (link)
	Huh. That makes Tony so much more handsome. ~~You know we~~ That's terrible. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtawawidiwin 2019-07-30 01:05 pm UTC (link)
	I think almost everyone from their timeline might be from the team, actually, at least their equivalents from mine. Absolutely. It's completely insane. But very, very fun. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quattuor 2019-07-30 01:09 pm UTC (link)
	The inaugural class of the Umbrella Academy is just us Hargreeveses. Very exclusive. Must have been born on October 1st, 1989. Eh. I'll stick with my junkie frame. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtawawidiwin 2019-07-30 01:14 pm UTC (link)
	I feel like it should be a lot easier to imagine living in a world where so few people have super powers. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quattuor 2019-07-30 01:16 pm UTC (link)
	What do you mean? Your world's the one that sounds like a headache. People are always going to admire a gaggle of kids with powers. You know how much free shit I got? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ashtawawidiwin
2019-07-30 01:29 pm UTC (link)

It's like imagining a world where literally everyone except maybe a dozen people can only draw at the same level as, say, a six year old. At first it's fine, but then you start thinking about how many things actually rely on the ability to accurately represent how something appears - without being able to photograph or film it. How many things simply wouldn't be possible to accomplish, so they either wouldn't exist at all or they'd be the responsibility of people who just happened to have a talent that they might not even actually enjoy or would rather only do as a hobby, not as a life path that demands total commitment.

While in my world it's just like "I see, so during a full lunar eclipse you gain the ability to transform into a goat. Okay, but what breed? because we've already got a guy who does a chamois."

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	quattuor 2019-07-30 01:40 pm UTC (link)
	Keeping in mind that I haven't slept in like three days, I didn't understand a thing of what you said there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtawawidiwin 2019-07-30 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	I get that sometimes. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	notyourplayboy 2019-07-30 01:12 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks, but it was a long time ago. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quattuor 2019-07-30 01:14 pm UTC (link)
	I retired when I was like [...] sixteen or something. I get it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	notmaidmarian 2019-07-30 12:56 pm UTC (link)
	You know about the x-men? But you're right, they pull em in early. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtawawidiwin 2019-07-30 01:00 pm UTC (link)
	I can't even remember whether the Avengers or X-Men started first. Mutants probably skew younger than anyone else with powers, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2019-07-30 01:06 pm UTC (link)
	I think you're right about that. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jumps 2019-07-30 12:42 pm UTC (link)
	~~That’s a ride or die club.~~ We’re quite exclusive. And once you’re in, you’re in for life. We may be a cult, Klaus. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quattuor 2019-07-30 12:43 pm UTC (link)
	Nah, I've been in a cult, and it wasn't nearly as abusive. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jumps 2019-07-30 01:07 pm UTC (link)
	I want to say the one I was in was on par. Different but on par. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quattuor 2019-07-30 01:10 pm UTC (link)
	How long were you even there? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jumps 2019-07-30 01:34 pm UTC (link)
	F Far too long. At some point time stopped passing in the conventional manner most are accustomed to. I want to say at least double digits. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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