forum Avengers Second Gen REBOOT (Closed)

Started May 22, 2019 by Deleted user

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"Issues with one or more of your parents, traumatic backstory, issues with heroes, wanting attention, being an asshole for no reason." Kiania ticked off on her fingers, raising an eyebrow.

Artemis couldn’t help but to let out a weak chuckle. “You do seem to check all of the boxes, Miss Danvers. It’s a real shame that you turned your talents away from helping others. Truly, you could have saved many lives, if human lives were what you cared about.”

Nat breathed slowly. She watched Adrielle with a sharp glare.

Adrielle rolled her eyes. “Why would I care about human lives? They’re worthless.”

"Stereotypical villain line." Kiania said, shaking her head with something like disappointment.

“And I’m the stereotypical villain because that’s how most villains in comis books act? Have you ever actually met someone like that?”

"Yeah. Thanos," Nat replied sharply.

"Bingo. I think I've got a list, somewhere, too." Kiania said, tilting her head as she thought.

“Well, maybe Thanos was right about some things,” Adrielle said lazily. “For one thing, he wiped out half the planet. I only wish that he had wiped out the opposite half. That way, we wouldn’t be here to have this conversation.” She yawned.

"You say that like there weren't blatant flaws in that entire damn plan." Kiania made a face. "He wiped them out to keep from overpopulating and using up all our resources, but also wiped out half the damn resources."

“People are expendable. We can just make new ones, and boom, in a few decades there are as many as there were before. Simple.”

"But it's not the same," Nat explained, her face stoic. "People lost their families and friends."

“Some people didn’t return after the Second Snap. Not fully, anyways,” Artemis said, her eyes glassy with memories. “Nonetheless, Thanos doesn’t matter. He was a symptom of a problem much larger than any one being: the belief that any set of ideals are infallible, regardless of what ideals they are.”

“Who cares about family?” Adrielle asked with a snort. “They tell you that they love you, and they they’ll always be there for you, and then they leave you when you need it most.”

Nat clenched her fists, not knowing way to say. After Clint had come back without Natasha, Nat's own life had… Gone downhill for a bit.

“It’s almost as if you’re extrapolating your own issues to the rest of the world because you can’t bear to think that humanity could be anything better than animals,” Artemis commented thoughtfully. “Your whole worldview is really quite fascinating.”

Adrielle rolled your eyes. "And you talk like a psychologist who thinks that people can be fixed."

"Fascinating's one way to put it, for sure." Kiania said with a snort, shifting her arms to cross them over her chest.

“Oh, no, you misunderstand! ‘Fixing’ someone is impossible, you just have to help those who also help themselves,” Artemis replied, fiddling with her necklaces. “And you don’t seem very interested in that.”

Adrielle rolled her eyes.

Jett, who had been watching from a corner, spoke. "I think that you need friends."

“I think we all do!” Artemis replied cheerfully.

Nat's palms burned. Her nails stung as she pressed them in deeper.

“Well, while you’re all here, does anybody want a bite to eat?” Artemis asked, perfectly calm despite her earlier outburst. She walked toward the kitchen and opened up the fridge, humming softly to herself. “Ham and cheese sandwich, anyone?”

Kerenza was leaning in a corner, hidden in the shadows but noticing Nat.

"Not hungry," Nat muttered. She headed towards an unoccupied corner of the room and stood there.