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motheatenscarf · 5 months

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Amidst all the James Somerton fallout, I think it's important to remember not to moralize whether or not you or others fell for his grift.

Obviously, if you were rallied into being one of his attack dogs on social media when he put some pretty heinous hits out on people, uh. You might have other problems and should probably evaluate how you spend your time online and how you treat other people before you start caring about the rest of the points I'm about to make. Priorities, etc.

But for the rest of us, it's surprisingly easy to miss just how awful a creator can be.

If you only watched his videos that caught your interest, if you don't really follow creators on social media, if you skip livestreams because watching Some Guy talk unfiltered into a bad camera angle with shitty lighting for hours on end sounds like a fucking nightmare to you, you're not really gonna catch most of this shit. At least, you're not gonna catch most of it from any perspective but the one he tries to spin.

This is a reminder to be skeptical and to trust your gut and check sources if something sounds wrong, but also. Uh. That's still the creator's responsibility not to plagiarize and to fact check their work. You're not morally obligated to be as thorough in curating your experience as someone who is making sure they take every ethical precaution before absolutely destroying a "creator's" credibility in a video like H-Bomb's or Todd in the Shadows'. You're literally just some guy. Most people, myself included, watch these videos as background noise while doing at minimum one other task, you're not gonna google every damn thing he says, especially not on media analysis, where the POINT is to have one's own opinion. THEY'RE the ones trying to be "influencers," or, laughably, "creators." The standards are on them.

And for the isms, phobias, and misogyny, well. Frankly, for my own perspective, I gaslight myself all the damn time when I see red flags. Good Allyship™ has been telling me for years to ignore my own discomfort when someone criticizes a privileged group, especially one I'm a part of. I'm a cis asexual white-passing and probably neuroatypical woman, I am constantly trying to be aware of my own relative privilege while simultaneously doubting my own reaction to things. Despite this, I'd still liked to think I'm a skeptical person, but nobody's immune to everything. Everybody has weak spots.

If you got duped or fell for James' scam, that sucks. I feel ya. I fell for it too, I've seen probably 40% of his catalog over the last couple years and really liked what I'd seen. I recommended his channel and videos to people even if I didn't always agree with every point he made, but it felt important to at least consider what to me seemed like a unique perspective that had value or added to a conversation. There are red flags within his content, his analysis, his rate of publishing, his weird diatribes, that in retrospect, really all added up into things I should have known better than to ignore. But, for reasons I'm interrogating and am adding to my list of things to be aware of about myself, I didn't ignore them, and got grifted. I donated to his patreon a few times, probably gave him like $20 grand total over the years, about as much as I've given H Bomb. The important take away here isn't to be ashamed of the fact that you were fooled, it's to remember that you're fallible.

And it's good to recognize that about yourself. Everyone is, and the ones who say they aren't are lying. They're either gonna be the next person to feel really stupid and foolish when they fall for a scam, or are themselves the grifter.

No one is immune.

#James Somerton

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nothorses · 1 year

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An actual conversation I had at my local lgbt center

Me: no one uses the correct pronouns for me anyway so just take your pick and I'll live with it

Staff: its really important to us that we use the correct pronouns for everyone

Me: I've been coming here for years, I know that the right pronouns will not be used and by not saying what pronouns I use incan at least pretend that I'm being misgendered because no one knows what pronouns to use rather than because no one sees me as my actual gender. Please just let me have that.

Staff: I know in the past it's been that way in the past, but I can assure you that we're improving, and everyone here will do the best we can to ensure we use the correct pronouns

Me: fine, I use he/him pronouns

Staff: thank you *proceeds to use they/them for me all day, not once was I actually gendered correctly*

It's like that everywhere. I went to pride with 4 separate pronoun pins on my chest and was she/her or they/them all day. Not one person used the correct pronouns. Including the person I was buying the fourth pin from.

Oh yeah, it's absolutely a common experience.

What frustrates me the most, I think, is when I initially pass, get he/him'd effortlessly and always, and later come out on my own- meaning they literally wouldn't have known if I hadn't told them- and suddenly I never hear he/him again.

And not just from conservatives; from people who actively and frequently talk about trans allyship of their own accord.

I got she/her'd all the time back when I was trying to get they/them'd; I could pass that off as like, "forgetting" and defaulting to appearance-based assumptions. Still shitty, probably more of a choice than I was assuming (for my own sake), but also like, it felt much more passive to me. I could kinda handwave it and go, "as long as you're trying, it's fine!"

This feels almost malicious. And I know it isn't, but I also know it's not just forgetting- in that moment that they think about what pronouns to use for me, there is hesitation. They ask themselves questions that they never asked when they thought I was cis. Ultimately, they decide they just can't bring themselves to use pronouns for me that they found effortless before they knew.

Because I'm trans, and that has fundamentally changed the way they see me, and these are people who will never even acknowledge that. They'll just go on thinking they're doing a great job as trans allies, likely even if I have the presence of mind to catch and correct it when it does happen around me.

#please please do not mistake this for like. saying This Is Worse #as far as my own feelings about it- this one feels worse to me.#but that's highly specific to my own experiences and relationship to this stuff.

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socialistexan · 2 months

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Gaga's telephone video has a very explicit parts in the beginning where she shows she doesn't have a penis. She presses herself against the bars to show her lack if penis. She was very very much against the rumors and made a big show of being a cis female the second these rumors began. Not saying she doesn't pay lip service now but it was very upsetting at the time to see how heavily she denied it and how the idea of her having a penis was laughable and Repulsed her so much. You could be a little monster as long as you know "mother" was cis

I don't know if you remember that time, judging by you're blog you've been on here since at least 2013, so I know you were around for this. I'm going to be very kind at the start here, because I remember being mad about it back then, too, but some of what you're saying isn't true.

Lady Gaga was harassed endlessly for months (years!) about her having a penis or being trans. It was inescapable, and not even in reactionary circles, but in like liberal progressive ones, too. For example:

Did Gaga make some mistakes when it came to trans representation and some really hard to ignore transphobia, especially a weird phase where she like pretended to be a trans man? Absolutely. And I think it was worth being critical over her when she was doing that OVER TEN YEARS AGO.

If you're constantly harassed about a thing from shitty people, what else are you going to do? And I remember interviews where she literally said "would it be so bad if I had a penis," like she didn't think it was some gross disgusting thing. I'm not sure where that is coming from aside from like old Tumblr call-out culture posts

Someone who has shown they've learned from their mistakes and have grown and changed their ways over the course of a decade isn't someone we need to be as focused on as, say, the people who have gotten more openly and violently transphobic in that same time.

I'll take an ally that has made some mistakes in the past and grew from them. I think the decade of time between then and now I'm addition to the advocacy and allyship she has shown to other people in her community (because she's bi and apart of the LGBTQIA community)

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collegetennisoriginstory · 5 months

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kind of cringe (and by cringe i mean transphobic and antisemitic) to be talking about harry potter when rowling is a well known transphobe and antisemite and trans and jewish people have been saying for a year+ now to stop talking about this series and this author, giving them a platform and keeping them relevant and in the public conscious. i really really like this game and enjoy your writing, but if you cant do the bare minimum of allyship for your trans and jewish readers then i wont be able to keep supporting this game. very disappointing, i hope you can grow and do better

First up, I think you make a very important point in needing to caveat that we disagree with an author's stances/views (I absolutely do not condone Rowling as a person nor her transphobic / antisemitic stances) especially because NOT doing so would, as you say, continue to keep their books in the public consciousness. I've added this caveat to the original post :)

My bottom line is still: I stand with trans people, and Jewish people, and I cannot abide by the things Rowling has said and done and I fully see those deeds and words as an attack on people I care about. I think, like you said, it's important in this climate to reiterate this strongly, and unequivocally. There's no nuance needed here.

However, I think discussion of the author's work ALONGSIDE discussion of the author's transphobic / antisemitic comments can sometimes be more fruitful than simply erasing all traces of this person's existence, because discussion is (to me) always more constructive than erasure.

In other words, I believe documenting / sharing reasons for one's censure is almost as important as the act of cancelling / not supporting the author (because ultimately, statements like "I do not support Rowling's stance on xxx because xxx" will spark important changes to societal attitudes far more than simple silence will—as the latter will simply be an absence rather than a presence of careful, measured discourse.

I have always engaged with both the asks/messages I agree with and disagree with, and I have always been honest and unflinching in my replies. I understand that you might have a different view ("all talk about a work is bad/too much talk", for instance), but I think there is room for us to respectfully disagree on that.

I will continue to engage where I have the energy and time to do so, because I believe these conversations are the only way we can prevent society from becoming echo chambers / isolated, polarised camps. Censorship (including self-censorship with the intention to withdraw support from something) to me is far more nefarious than robust disagreement/dissent (in the vein of George Orwell's 1984 and Swyngedouw's argument that the absence of disagreement is the state of "post-democracy", where everything is always already decided.)

P.S. I think discussion of an author's shitty stances, and reiteration of allyship has to be done alongside cutting off all material / financial support for said author. I'm more than down with the latter. I am fully in the camp of not watching/reading/buying the books and movies, but I do believe continued discussion of the work and the author's stances go hand-in-hand with this.

Cheers!

#college tennis: origin story #ct:os #interactive fiction #if

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monsieuroverlord · 2 months

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Some of the Pride Allies Variants are up

General housekeeping before I proceed with the Roast Fest

I want to make this explicitly clear: it is not my intention to hate on the artists themselves nor their art skills or anything along those lines.

Betsy Cola and Davi Go are both extremely talented and skilled artists. Support their work. Art is fucking hard and its even harder to actually get paid for it.

Betsy Cola is a queer Filipina and has an Instagram Page (but no online shop for prints). Lots of fun retro style (think 50s-60s-70s Pop Art)

Davi Go does have an INPRNT with lots of Marvel and DC Characters. Like nine different Emma Frost prints alone. A couple of lovely Laura Kinney and much more. For fine Art Prints, artists earn like 50% of the sale, I'm pretty sure.

I personally have no idea what goes into getting contracted to do any cover by Marvel, but I'm sure it was absolutely thrilling to get to do ANY work by a big company such as Marvel, where so many would get to see something I had made. I also have no idea how much an artist is told when they are contracted to make something. (Do they get told what it's for, or are they just given a generalized prompt? I truly have no idea)

I do know, that personally for me, doing ANYTHING of that caliber would be a dream come true. I've been reading comic books since I was five/six years old. While I only make shitty little fans arts and the occasional fanfic, if by some astronomical chance, I was offered to write or do a cover, I would absolutely jump on the chance. Or at least strongly consider it.

I am specifically critiquing Marvel's decisions as corporation to even come up with and sign off on something as obnoxious (and frankly, insulting) as "Pride Allies" for a variant series. Especially considering the overarching fact that historically Marvel has had its fair share of issues regarding its treatment of its queer characters -- lack of consistent appearances/storytelling, questionable treatment/writing choices, and blatant rainbow washing during Pride month to give a few generalizations (pick your favorite example, there's a lot). Sometimes its enjoyable to poke fun at company's ridiculous marketing ideas.

Much like the fact last winter they did a "Ski Chalet" variant series with skiing and snow activities, yet somehow didn't find an artist to do a variant of their ONE CANON OLYMPIC SKIIER.

But I digress.

In Summary: the act of creation is beautiful, don't be a douche canoe. Being punk is anti-establishment, not anti-people.

Thank you.

Now, ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in-between and outside thereof, first up we have:

Amazing Spider-man #52 by Davi Go

Davi Go does a pretty Northstar, I'll give him that.

But why is Spider-man here? What are they even doing? I know JP has canonically crushed on chatty dumbasses *cough cough* Iceman *cough cough* but I don't see the point of this pairing.

What are they even doing? Did Parker get lost on his way to the Pride Parade? Lmao.

Daredevil #10 by Davi Go

Rachel is very pretty. Looks very powerful here.

They both wear red, I'll give them that.

(I don't have much more to say on this one. I think my brain broke a little)

I genuinely do NOT see the point in pairing up a queer character with a random more popular Marvel hero. I repeat my question, who the hell signed off on this?

In my personal opinion, its just new lows in performative allyship and rainbow washing and whatever kind of marketing you wanna call it.

Source here for first two (directly from Marvel site)

#i want a good clean roast #no attacking the artists themselves as people #only making fun of bad corporate decisions #also go check out the dc pride stuff btw it looks lovely #northstar #jean paul beaubier #rachel grey #daredevil #spider-man

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travlersjoy444 · 1 year

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On Befriending Spiders

2012 Leonardo x Spidey powered!reader

As per the request of @donatelloexceptimdumb, we have Leo x reader with Spiderman powers. I'll also have a Raph version eventually, but I finished this one first, so y'know.

Summary: You form an allyship- and possible friendship- with a fellow vigilante.

Info: Reader is gender neutral as always, and so I gave them the superhero name of '(F/C)-Spider' for 'favorite color'. IDK, something like Scarlet-Spider or Violet-Spider? Also this is intended to take place in the Spiderverse Spiderman iteration, as that one is my favorite, but eh, you can probably picture any version pretty easily.

(I guess you also don't need to know much about Spiderman: Point is you're a superhero with spider-themed powers. You'll figure it out)

***

“Hey, Blue!” You grinned, sliding your mask on. “Just the guy I was lookin’ for!”

“Oh sewer apples, it’s you again.” Leo groaned, glaring up at you from the alleyway.

“What, sad you can’t have a peaceful patrol? You wound me, Blue. I know I beat you up and called you The Lizard, but that was a simple case of mistaken identity- we can move past that, no?” You said, leaning over the edge of the roof precariously.

“Careful,” Leo caught himself saying, despite his determination to dislike you.

“Aw, I knew you cared. Luckily, I-” You leaned forwards further, but then you were hurtling off the edge and freefalling towards the ground-

“(Y/N)!” Leo shrieked, diving forwards to catch you-

“Hm?” You said calmly, hanging off the fire escape by your web.

Your nose bumped into his snout as you swung gently back and forth, and he facepalmed.

Right, you were a spider-themed vigilante with high-tech resources and possibly superpowers. In his momentary panic, he’d forgotten.

He rolled his eyes and walked away, crossing his arms in irritation. He heard the silent thud of you hopping off the fire escape and following him down the alleyway.

“I can hear you following me,” He said, not turning around.

“I know.” You hummed. “You’d be a pretty shitty ninja if ya didn’t.”

“Language.” He replied automatically, used to correcting Raph and Casey.

“Hm. A crummy ninja then, Mom.” You said, and Leo scowled.

“Why exactly are you following me?” Leo said, turning to glare at you. “What do you want?”

You staggered back dramatically, and while Leo couldn’t see your expression through your mask, he guessed it was wide eyed and offended. “Gasp. Do I have to want something? Can’t I just enjoy a gander through this lovely series of alleyways with my favorite ex-rival- uh- I mean my favorite ninja?”

Leo gave you a bored stare.

You sighed. “Okay, okay, you got me. I wanted to warn you and your bros about some rogue robots I spotted on 23rd- There’s this asshole- uh I mean jerk, language, sorry- there’s this jerk named Kendra from my fourth period who’s trying to use them for robberies.” You shrugged, tossing a spider-shaped ninja star reminiscent of Wingnut’s batarangs up and down as you spoke. Leo wondered if you’d taken inspiration from the bat themed comic book hero.

“That’s not a big deal on its own, obviously,” You continued, “...but I tried to stop one and lemme say! These guys are strong! Like the droid in that one Space Heroes episode, but times three. So…I just figured I should let ya know.” (You liked Space Heroes? …Cool!)

Leo raised a non-existent eyebrow, and you immediately dropped the casual demeanor.

“Leo, look, I’m serious.” You said, your voice suddenly urgent as you misread his gesture of intrigue as dismissal. “I know I’m not as uptight as you or whatever, but I wouldn’t joke about this.”

“No, no- I know, I believe you!” Leo said, raising his hands as if trying to soothe you, but he thought better of it and lowered them again a little awkwardly.

“You do?” you said, dropping your spider-ninja-star in surprise.

“Yeah, I do. I’ll keep an eye out, thanks for the tip.” He said with a slight smile.

“Oh thank goodness. I’ll handle them once I get some backup, but I didn’t want you guys to get hurt in the meantime.” You paused, and your mask’s white eyes narrowed playfully, giving Leo the impression of a smirk. “You know, since hurting you is my job, apparently, ‘Lizard’.”

Leo smiled. “Obviously. And watch it ‘Webhead’, I’m a turtle.”

You nodded, playing with your web-shooters. “Sorry, Was that okay for me to joke about? Maybe I shouldn’t-”

“No you’re good!” Leo backpedalled, slightly taken aback by your nervous tone. “I usually get worse.”

“Oh. That’s…really lame.” You said weakly.

“Yeah, it really is. But uhm that’s not what I took it as- you were just referencing how you mistook me for The Lizard, not calling me a lizard, so it’s different, right?”

You shrugged sheepishly. “I still should stop. I mean jokes aside, there’s some…some seriously fucked up stuff goin’ on nowadays what with…mutants, and I don’t wanna even mildly be part of it…” You trailed off and swallowed.

“Seriously, it’s fine.” Leo said, hesitantly patting your shoulder. “I appreciate the concern though.”

You stiffened under his touch, and he promptly snatched his hand back with an involuntary blush.

“Sorry-” He squeaked.

“Nah, you’re good, I’m just not super used to the whole….y’know, sense of touch thing. It’s fine, really! It’s just…new is all.” You said, quickly. “I mean- it’s not bad, seriously, like- you can do that! I was just surprised, you know? I don’t mind that, is what I’m trying to say, and- crud I’m rambling.” You groaned, facepalming.

There was a slightly awkward silence, and he tried to think of something to say.

“...Well, arrivederci, my good sir. Stay safe.” You said finally, hopping onto a fire escape ladder and effectively ending the awkward pause.

“...Yeah, you too. Good luck with the robots!” Leo waved.

“Thanks Blue! Good luck on patrol!” You waved, before vanishing onto the roof and out of sight.

…Maybe you weren’t too bad after all.

***

The next time he saw you, he had a funny feeling he wasn’t supposed to.

Possibly because your suit was all black instead of the usual black and (F/C) combo. Also possibly because the instant you noticed him, you slammed your finger to your lips and frantically gave him a thumbs down.

He stared at you blankly, tilting his head in confusion.

You rolled your head as though imitating an eye-roll, waving towards yourself.

He stifled a groan. Patrols were never normal nowadays, huh? But despite his reluctance, he hopped off the building and landed next to you in the shadows of the building- as much as he mentally complained, he was admittedly intrigued. (And it was nice to know that you’d stayed safe- he’d been a little worried, since he hadn’t seen you for like two weeks.) (Wait since when did he care if you were safe?!)

“What is it?” He whispered, and you beckoned him closer, looking around nervously.

“Shh. If we’re seen, we’re done for.” You muttered. “God I’m so glad you’re here, it makes my life a bit easier…”

“What the he- (Y/N)?! What’s going on?!” He whisper-shouted. You facepalmed.

“Shut up. You’re getting louder.” You growled, somehow managing to keep your voice low.

“Sorry.” He mumbled.

“Lookit this.” You said, shooting a web at his chest to force him to follow you as you knelt over something.

It was a laptop. He frowned, trying to make sense of it.

“...What? You…got a new computer?”

You snorted. “I wish, this thing is a piece of garbage- my funding ain’t great, I’m thinking of getting a patreon, y’know? ‘Support your friendly neighborhood (F/C)-Spider, get a safer New York City, baby!’ -But no, I actually want you to see this.”

You pointed at the screen, and Leo took in the image. It was a video…no, a livestream- of a courtroom. The people were talking back and forth, and the judge sat at the podium looking irate.

“Look, it’s almost over, but you can still see some of it.”

“What is it?” Leo asked.

“A trial. For a certain mutant-killing rich guy who just paid the government enough money to get outta jail.” You growled.

Leo’s eyes widened as he read the caption on the livestream. “Don Vivioso.” He said, mouth going dry.

You nodded grimly. “We’re not supposed to see this, hence the laptop and the stealth. Man, I wish my cameras worked long-range.” You added under your breath.

“So he’s just…free then.” Leo said, horror rising in his throat.

“Yep!” You whispered, voice cracking. “And y’know what else?”

Leo wasn’t sure he wanted to.

“His goons have been purchasing warehouses and factories…ten bucks if ya can guess why.” You said, resting your head in your hands dejectedly.

“No.” Leo swallowed, taking in your body language. It couldn’t- not that- Another wave of dread washed over him as he finally found the words. “It’s…it can’t be- (Y/N) is it anti-mutant weapons?!”

You nodded, tugging on the fabric of your gloves in frustration. “Yeah. Yeah. It is, Leo. …C’mon, let’s take this somewhere where we’re not in danger.”

“Okay.” Leo said numbly, but he shook off the shock to refocus. “I know a place.”

“Cool cool.” You murmured, and followed him out of the alleyway.

***

“Pizza gyoza? Well there’s a fusion food worthy of Portland.” You said lightly as Leo led you to a restaurant that he’d described as ‘low profile and fairly private’.

“I know, it sounds weird, but trust me, you’ll love it. Uh…Hopefully.” He shrugged, and swung the door open. He made the order while you picked a seat. You pulled your mask off and threw on a t-shirt from your backpack in hopes of looking like a normal civilian- not that it really mattered, come to think of it, considering you were with a human/turtle mutant with katanas strapped onto his shell. The mutant part was becoming more normal slowly, but the katanas? …Still not quite socially acceptable.

Oh yeah, and the shop owner was supposedly blind. Still, it was a good precaution….okay maybe it was just a habit.

“Wow…” Leo mumbled, coming up to the table.

“Hm?” You said, looking up from your laptop to see a wide eyed Leo with two plates of ‘pizza gyoza’ and a blush dusting his face.

“Uh- nothing! Nothing. Just- wow, your face! Um- you’re- (H/C) haired, I ah…w-was- wasn’t expecting that! Ahem. Here’s your food.” He squeaked, sliding into the booth and looking anywhere but your eyes.

“Oh, were you not expecting a secret identity reveal? Uh…surprise, I have a face.” You smiled a bit awkwardly, pointing at your face. “And it’s…normal human looking. I know, I know, kinda boring- you’d think I’d get like rad spider-features or an extra set of eyes from that radioactive spider, but uh…nope, just sticky skin and spider-sense. …And I realize now that you probably aren’t aware of that last one. It’s just what I call this weird sixth sense I have in my mental narrations….uhhh I’mma stop talking now.” You said, practically hiding behind your laptop.

Leo nodded and took a bite of his food, eyes wide and curious. “You narrate things in your head?”

You opened your mouth and closed it again. “Uh…no comment.”

He grinned. “Raph makes fun of me for doing that. I think I just built the habit from reading too many comics.”

You snorted. “...This is such a dumb thing to bond over, huh?”

He grinned back. “Who knows, maybe it’s normal for vigilantes. Our friend Casey does it too.”

You leaned back, taking a bite of your gyoza. “Maybe we all just have main character syndrome.”

Leo nodded. “Oh, definitely. I blame Captain Ryan.”

You grinned and pointed at the ‘Space Heroes’ t-shirt you’d thrown on over your super-suit. “Ayyy, same!”

Leo gaped, and you smiled proudly. “I need that shirt.” He said, eyes wide.

“I’ll buy you one!” You exclaimed. “It’ll be like…a sign of the new allyship between the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The (F/C)-Spider- the fans’ll love it.”

Leo grinned. “Well, if it’s for the fans then I guess we have no choice.”

“Lovely, you see the vision.” You said, taking another bite of pizza gyoza, before staring at it for a second. “...This tastes good but I feel like it shouldn’t. It’s…it’s like blursed. Blessed but cursed.” You added, staring at the dumpling with a mix of fondness and confusion in your face. “But um…back to business. So as we just saw in real time, Vivioso is getting out of jail free, and has some pretty horrible plans for mutants…and naturally, the police aren’t gonna stop them, as per usual. Neither is the city. So I say…”

“We take it into our hands.” Leo said grimly, with the dorky awkwardness usually in his face practically gone.

“Yup.” You nodded. “I’ve fought this guy before, and I know you probably have too, so I’m proposing….we team up. You’ve got the strategies and brains and I’ve got the brawn and charisma, you know?” You said, flexing your arms dramatically with a smirk.

Leo hummed, taking another bite of food hesitantly. “Don Vivioso tried to dissect my brother once.”

You froze.

Shit.

“Damn. That’s…heavy.”

Leo nodded, his eyes narrowed intensely. “Yeah. …So my brothers? They’re staying out of this.”

You nodded back, feeling a weird throb of nervousness at the look on his face. You swallowed. “Okay. I can work with that.” It was arguably better this way- you were convinced that the red brother hated you, and you knew the orange one was easily distracted, and the purple…okay you really didn’t know much about the purple one, but it didn’t matter. It was only Leo who was joining you, who was all you really wanted, anyways.

“So that means the team-up would be you, me, and whoever your ‘backup’ is.” Leo continued.

“Backup is Miles…er, you’d know him as that new Spider-man. He’s got the same powers as me.” You said, tapping your fingers on the table contemplatively. “Is that enough people for…um, you know, taking down an evil asshole for good?”

Leo shrugged. “I think it’s as good as we’re gonna get.”

“Okay. …So are you in?” You said, holding your hand out across the table.

He swallowed and shook it. “Yeah. I’m in.”

“Great, let’s talk strategy.” You grinned, letting go of his hand.

***

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