Alex Vause (jailhouserocker) wrote in thedoorway, |
"I'm hardly what you'd call a hero, and where I'm from, it's sure as hell not heroic either. But this world's got heroes--real ones. Ones who are special in some way, like the Avengers, but some of the most heroic people I've ever met could didn't have super-powers, or unreasonable wealth, or anything going for them but their own intelligence and strength and dedication to do what's right."
"And people like that are some of the best Earth has. And they make you think that maybe you can be a hero too. That even if you've fucked up in the past, that you can believe in yourself and emulate their strength."
"A year and a half, I came here from prison, a selfish jackass and everyone knew it. But SHIELD gave me a chance and didn't throw my ass back in prison where it probably belonged, and Tony Stark gave me a chance, and Victoria Hand always believed in me in everything. I'm here today because of her, and them. Because having someone who believed in me and who would give me a second chance made me believe in myself and want to be better."
"And if a selfish fuckup like me can be given a second chance and I really think change her priorities Earth do the same when it has so many heroes to lead the way."
"I'm here today because Victoria and Tony can't be and because they made me, a normal person, maybe even a bad one, change and believe she could."
She got a little more emotional at that than Alex Vause likes to show, so she took a moment, trying to re-establish her walls and ended with a kind of lame deflection. "... I guess we throw ourselves on the mercy of the court."