fourth flight--video;

[cloned]

[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.

Comments

[Locked]

[peektuttut]

[Oh dear God. It's a while before he answers because lol his morals have gone gray and he doesn't want to tell Conner about it yet. :c]

I don't know, I think you pulled it off pretty well. Be prepared for the typical people trying to mock you for it, but that's par for the course, here.

You can do whatever you want, you know. [As in, he can be an inspiration, and/or he doesn't have to listen to Bruce on this.]

[feverprophecy.livejournal.com]

What poise. What authority.

How old are you again? Three? Not, of course, that that has any bearing on the matter. I'm just impressed you scraped it together!

It takes balls, you know. To have less life experience than a toddler, yet still lecture a community of thinking individuals about what's right and wrong, according to your moral system. I'm so glad you shared, Superboy.

It was a good laugh.

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[batmanschmatman]

Well said. There some kind of inspirational speech bug going around or something?

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

[complete non-sequitur time!]

Do you have an S on your shirt in case you forget what your name is?

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

Amazing. Truly, without your miraculous advice I never could have possibly come to any conclusions of my own.

[darknessb4me]

[HA HA you're cute.

This one's going to get devoured.]

[timesbureaucrat]

I'm quite sure I already had this debate with Mr. Wayne.

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

I can't agree more.

Can I ask what inspired you to make that statement?

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[fivestepsahead.livejournal.com]

[ LOLOLOL KON YOU'RE SO CUTE. ]

[82prctmoremanly.livejournal.com]

[This... strikes a bit of a chord in Andrew. Well, one bit in there particularly. There really is always someone who misses the slain villain. Sometimes that someone isn't much of a someone, but... they still hurt.

And then there's the whole having-been-a-murderer thing Andrew has going for him. And having helped cover up a murder before that. Wow, he's kind of got a sketch record there... Well, they were accidents were beyond his control in the past ...okay, so that crap still haunts him, but this really is about different things. Not to mention he doesn't want to be judged by Super-freaking-boy.]

Uh, well said, dude... I guess especially in the light of all that stuff that happened. You sorta reminded me of a friend of mine. I mean, the whole rousing speech thing and all.

But, yeah, uh, killing stuff sucks... I mean, I kill demons and stuff sometimes, and even that sucks. 'Cause... well, it just does. Sometimes you gotta remind yourself that you're saving people and--and stuff. I mean... right? [Way to turn into a mess once you open your mouth, Andrew.]