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Dorian Gray (doriangray) wrote in thedoorway,
@ 2013-09-07 17:48:00

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TEXT TO TONY STARK (616):

» Got your parcel, it's lovely - many thanks.
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» Hope you're enjoying yourself. I miss you.

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tonystark
2013-09-07 06:39 pm UTC (link)

» I'm glad you like it.
» I realize you don't do much traveling, but I assumed that was only because, up until now, you lacked the appropriate bag.
» I have been. It's nice. I mean, I've had to go to a lot of museums and express passive interest in paintings by people who died hundreds of years ago, but the city is beautiful.
» And I've gotten to see like three different places where Galileo used to live, so that's been awesome.
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» I miss you, too.

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doriangray
2013-09-07 07:00 pm UTC (link)

» I don't really like the idea of aeroplanes, to tell you the truth. But I would like to go to Paris, see Père Lachaise Cemetary. And London.
» Don't know that I'd bother much with museums. It really was all the same last time I was there. Honestly.
» I didn't really know much about Galileo until I started spending more time with Alan but his story is -- well. Familiar.

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tonystark
2013-09-07 07:15 pm UTC (link)

» Really? Have you ever flown? I guess I can't think of a time when you would have, unless you spent some time hanging out in the Wright brothers' bicycle shop. When was the last time you went to either place?
» Well, you know how it is. Steve has never been, and he really wanted to see them. And I don't mind, since I have three different versions of tetris on my phone, and he's like a kid on Christmas morning.
» Were you also chastised by the church for championing heliocentrism?
» I really thought that was mostly accepted by your day.

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doriangray
2013-09-07 09:40 pm UTC (link)

» I have never flown. World War 1 didn't really endear me to the idea. The dog fights... all of that brutal business.
» Art galleries. I have a strange relationship with portraits, I'm sure you understand -- but it's nice he's keen on all of it.
» I think I'd like the Morse Museum, in Orlando. I've seen the Tiffany at the Met.
» There's one in Chicago too, for stained glass.
» Have you ever seen Harry Clarke's windows?

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tonystark
2013-09-07 09:54 pm UTC (link)

» I can assure you that some advancements have been made since that time, but I suppose if I'd lived through that, I might not be so easily reassured.
» It's nice. It makes me miss all of the traveling I got to do when I was young and irresponsible, and didn't have to worry that my vacation would end in a bloodbath.
» That's the trouble with saving the world. You never get to enjoy what you're saving.
» You like stained glass?
» Speaking of Chicago-- there's a set of stained glass windows at the Art Institute of Chicago, the America Windows by Marc Chagall. Have you seen them?
» No, I don't think so. Not in person. They're all in Ireland, aren't they?
» I like this one

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doriangray
2013-09-07 10:30 pm UTC (link)

» This is my favourite. It was deemed to explicit to display for this panel among others. They were never installed. They're in Florida now.
» There are appeals, every so often, to bring them back to Ireland. But I would like to see it.
» Anyway of course I like them. He did a lot of macabre artwork too.
Quite a bit for Poe.
» I could look at his work for hours.
» I think if I went in that room, I'd never want to leave. I should go to Chicago.

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tonystark
2013-09-07 11:04 pm UTC (link)

» Miami would certainly be an easier trip.
» That's actually pretty awesome. It's like one part Klimt, one part Poe, one part trippy, art deco version of Waterhouse, one part Fleet Foxes album liner art.
» You should. You'd have to go soon, or wait until April. It gets colder there than almost anywhere I've been. Except like, parts of Russia. And space, obviously.
» But it's worth seeing. I could show you where you need to stay.

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	doriangray 2013-09-07 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	» We'll talk about it when you get back » But I don't think I ought to go anywhere until Basil shows up. » (Dead or alive) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-09-07 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	» Sounds good to me. » Still no word? No tesseract activity? Nothing? » Has he been hanging out with Door? Maybe he went out for tea in a pocket dimension and got distracted. Wound up in Narnia. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doriangray 2013-09-07 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	» God, Narnia would be a good place for him. All the whimsy and talking animals. » But no, no word. I'm very convinced he's just wandered off somewhere. » I could hire a Sherlock Holmes, but I don't want to give any of them the satisfaction. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tonystark
2013-09-08 01:20 pm UTC (link)

» Somehow, I can picture him getting along with the centaur who looks like James McAvoy. Mr Tumnus, I think?
» I can picture them getting tea together in his little... centaur hobbit hole thing.
» I'm sure he did. I imagine he would have turned up by now, otherwise.
» Unless the Gowanus Canal was involved. That place killed a dolphin that swam into it accidentally in like, hours. I'm pretty sure it could have dissolved the body, too.
» I imagine the Holmeses would be less interested in tracking down an alive person. At least, one who isn't guilty of anything.

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doriangray
2013-09-08 01:53 pm UTC (link)

» Yes! Yes, that's exactly what I thought. Or dancing around the lamp post like a it's a fucking May Pole.
» God, we shouldn't be talking about dissolving poor Basil. Accidentally or otherwise.
» I'll just wish him all the happiness with his forest creatures.
» Mink, or whatever, offering up their fur so he'll have the finest paintbrushes in all the land.
» I don't fucking know.

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tonystark
2013-09-08 02:39 pm UTC (link)

» It's a little cold for dancing around the (May) Lamp Post.
» But I guess you guys are British, which is like one step away from being Canadian.
» I was talking about the dolphin's, but I admit that's why it came to mind.
» Kind of depressing, really. That's the area where Steve grew up, and now it's some nightmarish superfund hellscape. Anyway.
» I could see it. Is that what they make paintbrushes out of? Mink? Is it mink or minks?
» Are minks and sables the same thing?

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	doriangray 2013-09-08 03:14 pm UTC (link)
	» Well it isn't Minx. » Sables and Minks are all from the same family, I don't know much else about that. They're all vermin dressed in pretty coats, if you ask me. » I have to talk to you about a silly little thing when you get back. Remind me, will you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-09-08 03:23 pm UTC (link)
	» No, I would not think so. Although I have no idea where that came from, either. » I'd google the etymology, but unfortunately I can't, because I don't want to. » They are very pretty coats, though. » I can do that. » Are you sure you don't want to talk about it now? Our day is mostly galleries and churches. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

doriangray
2013-09-08 03:38 pm UTC (link)

» mynx meant 'lapdog', and minikin meant 'young girl'. About 1600. That's about as much as I care to know.
» No, that's why I don't want to talk about it now. It's about libraries. But I simply must show you the email I got from the Morgan. I can't tell if they're being serious or making fun of me.
» I've been at the Tower quite a bit these past few days, spending time with Door mostly. She likes curry, bless her tiny ribcage, and I found a place close by that's decent.
» (You really can't trust her to choose 'decent' on her own).

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tonystark
2013-09-08 03:52 pm UTC (link)

» I'm going to go ahead and try not to connect the dots on that one. I just think I'll feel better if I don't.
» That's the library where they have all those books in cages and glass boxes, isn't it? I never understood the point of that. Why even have a library if you're not supposed to use the books? Seems kind of pointless.
» You'll have to show me when I get back on Monday.
» Have you? How have the repairs been coming along?
» (No, I would imagine not. Didn't she used to live in a sewer? I can't imagine that fosters good taste.)

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doriangray
2013-09-08 04:07 pm UTC (link)

» What time are you back? I'm probably staying at the Tower with her tonight so, write to me.
» She still visits the sewers here, and all the subway tunnels.
» Actually there are a few forgotten stations that she's almost convinced me to go see. Then, they're beautiful and useless - of course they'd appeal to me.
» The repairs are coming along, you know. I can appreciate their dedication to keeping all these things in working order.

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tonystark
2013-09-08 04:28 pm UTC (link)

» Afternoon. Flight gets in around 4, and we'll be back in the tower around 530.
» But I promised Pepper that I would watch Breaking Bad with her first thing when I got back, so I won't be free until around 630.
» Unless you also want to wait until Monday to watch Breaking Bad, too. BUT you can't sexually harass Pepper like I know you do with Rory.
» (He didn't say anything to me about it, but he always has this distraught, unplaceable look in his eyes after he gets off the phone with you. Like someone has confused him sexually.)
» Really? You should get her to take pictures. I'd like to see them.
» This is a very lucrative year to be a Manhattan-based contractor, isn't it? The city's in shambles about half the time.

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doriangray
2013-09-08 04:42 pm UTC (link)

» No, no I'm watching it tonight. Saul Goodman works for me now, it's important that I know if he dies or not.
» Oh, and don't you start about Rory. Maybe I've confused him sexually but I'm not the one who has him half-convinced he isn't human, my dear, that's all you.
» I'll get her a camera. You know, I'm positive she'd live down there somewhere if she was let. She's just so at home underground.
» I like that about her, but I really can't stand the dumpsters.

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tonystark
2013-09-08 04:52 pm UTC (link)

» Understandable. I'm pretty sure he's going to make it, since there was talk of a spinoff, though I guess that could have been to throw us off the trail.
» But I've got nothing after that. Except unpacking and recovering from jetlag. But I'll probably get Rory to do one and the RT node to do the other.
» Hey, I am just trying to get him to see himself for what he really is. You don't come back from the dead that many times without being at least part Time Lord.
» And honestly, I think the boy has a right to know. If I were a Time Lord, I'd certainly want to.
» Probably shouldn't let her, you know. Vitamin D deficiencies are no joke.
» Christ. I guess you could set up a nice dumpster for her -- cover it in tarp, only throw out Alexander McQueen dresses and Louboutin pumps. No old food.

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doriangray
2013-09-08 05:46 pm UTC (link)

» I don't know if I want Walt Jr. to die or not. I also do because I think I'd be more broken up how devastated he's going to be when he learns the truth than I would be if he was killed. But that's probably selfish of me.
» He's my favourite character on the show. Walt Jr.
» I'm only really teasing Rory anyway. He's just so delightful when he's slightly flustered.
» But I'll see you tomorrow night. Do you want me to just come by your room about seven?

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tonystark
2013-09-08 06:01 pm UTC (link)

» Well, you know. Wanting someone to avoid emotional hardship is... sort of noble. Although death is probably not the most desirable way to do that. Too bad Breaking Bad doesn't take place in a world with obliviators.
» I've always liked Walt Jr.
» Have you taken the, "which Breaking Bad character are you" quiz?
» I got Jesse. But for some reason, when I changed one of my answers to "eat breakfast," I got Walter White.
» It's crazy that you can make a man who's died several times and punched Hitler in the face look so wrong-footed.
» Sure, I would like that. We can order sushi.

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doriangray
2013-09-08 06:12 pm UTC (link)

» I got Skyler - but is this the Buzzfeed one? Because I don't think that one is very good.
» I just think Walt jr is such an interesting character who has overcome so much, who never talks about himself or what he has to deal with and who really loves and admires his father - who is a shit bag. It hurts me knowing what's coming, it really does.
» Darling, anyone who has been in love with one person since childhood -- and for 2,000 years -- is either afraid of something, or keeping something to himself. He's worried I'll figure out which it is.
» I'm good at that.
» Haven't had sushi in almost two weeks. That sounds perfect.

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tonystark
2013-09-08 07:07 pm UTC (link)

» Yeah, that's the one I took. It's probably not super accurate. I don't think Hector Salamanca is really a big fan of "Ring My Bell." Which one did you take?
» If we're on the subject of selfish things we're sort of hoping for, I think I'd almost feel better if I found out that Walt Jr was some sort of secret evil drug kingpin. It would just be... easier to watch his life get upended, I guess. No matter what happens, he's just going to lose so much. Everyone he knows is part of this. He could lose his whole family in one fell swoop.
» Really? Why do you say that?
» Yeah, yeah, you're very talented.
» Then you can tell me all about the library. Or all of the relevant bits, anyway. I'd probably not want to hear all about the library.

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	doriangray 2013-09-08 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	» I took that one and got Skylar, but the results explanation sentence was "Someone had to be" and I really didn't like that. I took a different one and got: Walt Jr. » Also, we're never really going to find out who Gustavo Fring really was. There was that bit about his past and just -- nothing since. » No one lives 2,000 years without regret, Tony. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tonystark
2013-09-08 08:09 pm UTC (link)

» I can see it. You know, I took that one, and I still got Jesse.
» Apparently, Word of God has confirmed that his partner, Max Arciniega, was also his partner, Max Arciniega. I do wish we'd seen more about him. I liked Fring. If they decided to bring him back from the dead, I'd let it pass.
» I guess not. I didn't even make it 36, so 2000 seems pretty out of reach.

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doriangray
2013-09-08 08:17 pm UTC (link)

» Science, Bitch.
» I think that makes a lot of sense, with Max and Fring. But I could watch a whole series about their adventures and lives together.
» I bought Door a bag of those little square caramels for Halloween and I swear I've eaten more than half of them.
» I didn't make it to my mid-twenties. Sometimes, I'm glad that I know it ends soon, for me. Not to sound terribly morbid - I certainly don't want to die. But I can't imagine having to keep going, keep spiralling. I guess there's always a chance I could have turned it around but what else might I have done first? Immortality is frightening.

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tonystark
2013-09-08 08:49 pm UTC (link)

» Yo.
» Doesn't it? I always sort of thought there was something with Gus and Gale. So would I. And you know, you could do that without retconning anything. You could just make it a sort of... prequel series.
» Fortunately, Halloween's a while off. You have plenty of time to get more.
» No, I get that. Immortality seems so exhausting. I mean, life is exhausting. Doesn't mean I'm keen on dying any time soon, but if you gave me the chance to live forever, I certainly wouldn't take it. Seems like hell.

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	doriangray 2013-09-08 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	» I ship it. » Except I think if there was something with Gale, Walt would have been killed no matter what. Jesse too. » Fucking box cutter. » I wonder if I'm going to be stuck here for a long time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-09-08 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	» That... is a fair point. Maybe he was playing the long game. Going to kill Walt and his whole family years later at some sort of hugely depressing pool party. » (Presumably minus Walt Jr, whose fondness for breakfast made him too adorable to poison.) » Somewhere else you'd rather be? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doriangray 2013-09-08 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	» Walt jr. had a big breakfast so he skipped the poison pool bbq. » If we go back home when we leave here. I die. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tonystark
2013-09-08 10:16 pm UTC (link)

» Sounds legit.
» I mean, I also don't want Skylar to die. Or Holly. Or Marie. Or Hank. Or Gomez. Or Jesse. And I didn't want Mike to die. Or Gale. Or Gus. And I really didn't want Max to die, even though his death was... really all we saw of him.
» Basically, I really didn't want anyone to die except the Salamancas. Even then it was more like, no opinion.
» In that respect, this has not been my show.

» Maybe. If we go back home to exactly the same point we left, and don't remember anything that took place, then yes. But... I don't know that we do.
» Do you want to go back?

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doriangray
2013-09-08 10:29 pm UTC (link)

» I don't think Breaking Bad is anyone's show. It's painful to watch.
» But basically we all want Walter to die. But all the flash-forwards are.... ageing me. I think they actually are. Not even soul-purchased portrait magic can protect against Breaking Bad's stress.

» No, no I don't think I do. It was a very unhappy time in my life. It was also the end of it.
» I think I'd like a few more years.

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tonystark
2013-09-08 10:56 pm UTC (link)

» It really is.
» Walter and Tuco are/were pretty much the only two I have actively wanted to die.
» Don't spoil me. Unless Jesse says, "bitch." He hasn't done it yet, and I'm really not doing well on "Betting Bad."

» You never know. Maybe you came from some sort of Dorian Gray AU fanfic universe where you get your soul back and everything turns out okay?
» I'd like you to have a few more years, too.

» Is it horrible that I don't really want to go home, either?
» There's already another Tony Stark at home who has to deal with the constant apocalypses. It's not like they need me.
» This place isn't home, and it isn't ideal
» But if a few more of my friends showed up, I don't know what the point of going back would be.
» The sense of purpose is nice, I admit. But it feels like all we're ever doing is running around looking for shoestrings and bubblegum to hold a broken universe together.
» Anyway.

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doriangray
2013-09-08 11:16 pm UTC (link)

» I found -
» Actually this is sort of strange.
» I found a podcast like that, where Dorian Gray is a person who knew Oscar Wilde and who inspired his book.
» Maybe I'm the character from the book, but maybe there is another me out there with a better chance.
» Who doesn't have to teach his readership a lesson.

» But then the podcast goes off the rails and apparently I'm nearly Sherlock Holmes' assassin.
» Well, I think this place has been good for you. You have the chance to live at a different pace. Who would you like to see?

» There aren't many people from my life I'd want. But then, I burn bridges.

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tonystark
2013-09-08 11:34 pm UTC (link)

» Really.
» That's pretty weird.
» I'm sure there is, you know. I mean, having some personal experience with meeting other versions of myself, I can only assume that there are also an infinite number of Dorian Grays in this infinite number of universes. Some of whom are not fictional, and some of whom... maybe didn't have to teach their readership a lesson.
» Maybe some of whom even got to live the life they set out to live.
» I'm not sure if it helps or hurts, knowing that other versions of you don't have the problems you have. In my experience, the answer is "both."

» ... sure, of course. Killing Sherlock Holmes. Why not?

» It's been tough to get used to, but I think I've gotten into the swing.
» I'd like for Rhodey to show up. He's taking his time. A few other old friends, maybe.
» And sometimes, I think I would like to see Happy again. But I don't know if I could... do it.

» Yeah, little bit. Of course, some of your bridges showed up anyway.
» Is there anyone? Someone you'd like to see, or meet?

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