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Seriously, it’s bad enough Loki can teleport. You doing it too would just make me nuts.But it would be so much fun! And then, maybe one of us could actually keep track of the flighty bastard.
Suspicious.
Not suspicious. Fun.
Anything that enables you to move around even faster than you already do would drive me up the wall. You can fly, be happy with that.
iamthefirechild replied to your post “.”
Seriously, it’s bad enough Loki can teleport. You doing it too would just make me nuts.But it would be so much fun! And then, maybe one of us could actually keep track of the flighty bastard.
Suspicious.
“Somehow I’m not sure the people who worked for him would agree with you,” she mused. “There’s a difference between small, whiney, everyday evil and the sort of huge overarching thing that,” she swallowed hard, “Thanos is.” She contemplated the floor for a moment. “And it sounds really simple to say that he’s worse, I guess on a direct one-to-one comparison, he is.“But he’s really obvious, you know? It’s easy to point to that, to what he did, and say ‘that’s evil’ and get everyone to fight it. It’s so much harder to get people to even see the kind of evil that simply … doesn’t care, and grinds people down every day, day by day. The little sort of evil that … well, that Stane was. He was only interested in the money, and didn’t care who got hurt in the process.”
“United Way. The Task Force for Global Health. Nature Conservancy. Direct Relief. People notice the ‘small’ things all the time. And I’m not even sure Hammer and Stane qualify as little evil. Stane sold me to terrorists, and engaged in armed combat in a suit of armor in the street, and it took blowing up a building to stop him. Hammer broke Vanko out of prison to prove a point, and gave him all the resources he needed for his romp around the expo.” He glanced around, as if only just noticing that they were still sitting on the floor, but shrugged it off. “I mean, I’m assuming you were there for at least part of that, since you usually handle crowd control and things like that.”
“I remember,” Summer said softly. “Well, the expo, anyway. I wasn’t involved at all before that. Not with you.” She paused, mouth working. “I’m not explaining myself clearly. I don’t know how to say this better. Different. Argh.”
She wasn’t going to let him off the hook that easily. “What about Justin Hammer?”
“I said the ones I affiliate with more often,” Tony pointed out. “I haven’t even seen Hammer since he got dragged away by the cops like four years ago, and even before that I only contemplated being in his presence on pain of death. Besides, Hammer kinda pales in comparison to the alien death king that reduced Lokes to a screaming puddle and kidnapped you.”
“Somehow I’m not sure the people who worked for him would agree with you,” she mused. “There’s a difference between small, whiney, everyday evil and the sort of huge overarching thing that,” she swallowed hard, “Thanos is.” She contemplated the floor for a moment. “And it sounds really simple to say that he’s worse, I guess on a direct one-to-one comparison, he is.
“But he’s really obvious, you know? It’s easy to point to that, to what he did, and say ‘that’s evil’ and get everyone to fight it. It’s so much harder to get people to even see the kind of evil that simply … doesn’t care, and grinds people down every day, day by day. The little sort of evil that … well, that Stane was. He was only interested in the money, and didn’t care who got hurt in the process.”
“I wish I believed you.” Summer flopped back down on the floor. “Some of them mean well, and don’t make any effort to make that translate into the real world, or even to find out how it might translate into the real world. And a lot of them just don’t give a damn, Tony, and that’s worse than the shit our actual enemies try to pull.”
Tony arched one eyebrow. “You’ve gone and made play time all serious.” He gave a lock of her hair a tug. “While I get where you’re coming from, I’m not sure that the psycho with the electric whips takes a backseat to a boardroom of guys who don’t give a damn. Or the death fetishist that, you know…kidnapped you.” He waved it off. “But most of the ones I affiliate with more often aren’t so bad. Green energy. Giving at least a small damn is sort of a prerequisite. I just like to whine about them. It’s a business thing; we like each other because we hate each other.”
She wasn’t going to let him off the hook that easily. “What about Justin Hammer?”
She snapped her teeth at the retreating finger. “You are really mean, Tony.” She made an even more exaggerated pout, then sighed. “I just wish there was something I could actually do about that kind of thing, you know?”
“Says the crazy lady who just tried to bite me,” he sulked in return, folding his arms over his chest. “Anyway, I’m not sure there’s really that much to do. Boring and pretentious aside, a lot of them do mean well enough.”
“I wish I believed you.” Summer flopped back down on the floor. “Some of them mean well, and don’t make any effort to make that translate into the real world, or even to find out how it might translate into the real world. And a lot of them just don’t give a damn, Tony, and that’s worse than the shit our actual enemies try to pull.”
“You never let me have any fun.” Summer pouted. “What’s the point of being a superhero if I can’t rid the world of stupid power-hungry assholes?” She crossed her eyes at his finger and attempted to lick it.
“You can rid the world of plenty of power-hungry assholes,” he assured her, “just as soon as they do something more destructive than be boring and pretentious.” He flicked her nose and drew his hand away.
She snapped her teeth at the retreating finger. “You are really mean, Tony.” She made an even more exaggerated pout, then sighed. “I just wish there was something I could actually do about that kind of thing, you know?”
“Pffft, no I wouldn’t. The whole world is that. Boring people convinced that if they toot their own horn loud enough and long enough everyone else will acknowledge their supremacy. Ugh. Maybe I better not be in there, I might just set them all on fire.”
He tapped her nose with one finger. “Bad Sunshine. ‘He was boring and pretentious’ isn’t really an accepted excuse for flambeing someone, tempting as it might be.”
“You never let me have any fun.” Summer pouted. “What’s the point of being a superhero if I can’t rid the world of stupid power-hungry assholes?” She crossed her eyes at his finger and attempted to lick it.
“What, the time I’m out seeing the sights? So big business is resolved by boring white guys showing off their cities?” Summer stuck out her tongue. “Maybe I should be in the boardroom with you. Let you know when you’re getting cheated.”“You’d definitely make it more entertaining,” he mused. “You’d be amazed how much of business is just boring guys showing off. Or maybe the opposite of amazed, considering I’ve never found boring people all that amazing.”
“Pffft, no I wouldn’t. The whole world is that. Boring people convinced that if they toot their own horn loud enough and long enough everyone else will acknowledge their supremacy. Ugh. Maybe I better not be in there, I might just set them all on fire.”