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The Kid of Steel ([personal profile] cloned) wrote2011-03-27 09:07 pm

fourth flight--video;

[Okay. Kon takes a deep breath, then turns on his camera and smiles.]

Uh, hey everyone. It's me, Superboy. [Obviously.]

So, the thing with Rex. That was... that was pretty bad. And I helped with stopping him, cause I'm a superhero. And that's what I do back home. The bad guys do something evil, with mind control or a death ray or something else just as bad, and me and my friends save the day.

[His face gets a little more serious.]

Of course it doesn't go smoothly all the time. People die. Good people. Heck, I died. Luckily, the staying-dead rate isn't as high as it should be, but still. Not everyone comes back. And every time, it hurts.

It hurts even when it's not a friend or a loved one. Even when it's one of the villains. Even when they do come back. Even when you know they will. Losing people? Hurts. And no matter who it is, they've got someone who'll miss them.

[He stops for dramatic effect, then looks straight into the camera.]

That's why we don't kill. It's not our job. We save the world, we hand criminals to the cops, we've even been known to testify in court, but we don't kill. And we shouldn't here either. I'm talking to the Wardens and Inmates alike. Killing? Wrong. Always. Full stop.

And yeah, I get that there's not always a choice. I get that sometimes it's more complicated than that. Sometimes, good people have to do bad things.

But if there's any other way, even here, where death isn't permanent?

You take it.

That's all.

[Locked to Tim]

[Kon drops the happy look because hey, talking to friend, and agh, this is stressful.]

Oh my god, your dad is scary. Obviously. He asked me to do what Superman does. Me. You know, in the being an example or inspiration or whatever to everyone. I don't know if I can.

...Clark would have done the whole "Don't kill" speech better.

Leet's make this private;

[identity profile] ihavettk.livejournal.com 2011-03-28 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Well, no one told me. And he's my best friend. So, you know, just saying I know.

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[identity profile] gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com 2011-03-28 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I didn't know that either. [Or at least she didn't commit it to memory lolol] So I guess we're all learning things today.

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[identity profile] ihavettk.livejournal.com 2011-03-28 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, guess so.

So, uh, I'd do the don't hurt him or else thing, but I'm guessing his family already took care of that, and plus, I pretty much just said I wouldn't kill you.

Speaking of that... you okay?

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[identity profile] gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com 2011-03-28 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
As a matter of fact, no, nobody has had the necessary levels of dumb to threaten me over this.

And yeah, I'm fine. My head grew back in just great.

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[identity profile] ihavettk.livejournal.com 2011-03-28 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Seriously? I thought his dad was gonna kill me when I tried to date his... daughter.

[Note to self: Find out how much she knows.]

Good, that's good.

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[identity profile] gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com 2011-03-28 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[That Bruce is not exclusively a collector of preteen boys is actually new information buuuut there's no reason to mention that.]

Maybe he was worried about the interaction of teenage hormones and superpowers. But hey, she's still in one piece, right?

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[identity profile] ihavettk.livejournal.com 2011-03-28 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, last I checked. Didn't work out with us, anyway.

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[identity profile] gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com 2011-03-28 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Did she not like how you kept having to check your underwear for your name?