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x_projectYes, it's the love meme! Isa and I have been talking about posting it and finally talk has become action! Here's the drill: every player has a comment below for folks to leave love. It doesn't have to be words, gifs are also good. We're going backwards to distribute the love evenly (people get worn out by the end of the alphabet, so lets start with them this time!).
We've also included links to the player's wiki page and their character's logs, so you can take a refresh peek at what they've been doing. We'll also link to the individual threads from the player pages, so you can go back later and bask when you need it.
No negativity - if you can't say something positive, don't say anything at all, as the saying goes. ;)
If for any reason you'd rather not be included ping Isa or I and we'll quietly remove your thread. Or, if giving feedback publicly is a bit much, you can email the person directly (email addies are available on the player pages).
No time limits - do your best and no love is too small!
(Thanks Walks for these!)
Five words or a gif you think of when you think of this player.
Five words or a gif you think of when you think of this player's character.
Five words or a gif your characters think of when you think of this player's character.
Three random things you'd love to see this person's characters do.
You and this player can travel anywhere in the world. Where would you take them?
What's the first log or character moment that pops into your mind when you think about this player?
We've also included links to the player's wiki page and their character's logs, so you can take a refresh peek at what they've been doing. We'll also link to the individual threads from the player pages, so you can go back later and bask when you need it.
No negativity - if you can't say something positive, don't say anything at all, as the saying goes. ;)
If for any reason you'd rather not be included ping Isa or I and we'll quietly remove your thread. Or, if giving feedback publicly is a bit much, you can email the person directly (email addies are available on the player pages).
No time limits - do your best and no love is too small!
(Thanks Walks for these!)
Five words or a gif you think of when you think of this player.
Five words or a gif you think of when you think of this player's character.
Five words or a gif your characters think of when you think of this player's character.
Three random things you'd love to see this person's characters do.
You and this player can travel anywhere in the world. Where would you take them?
What's the first log or character moment that pops into your mind when you think about this player?
Re: Mack
Date: 2022-07-30 03:21 am (UTC)"We can make that happen but..." Kevin paused, looking at her. "Is there a limit? A line? Is he going to make you into someone else, because I won't be part of that."
His words hung in the air like smoke, and Jean glanced away, her eyes haunted.
"He murdered Garrison. His weapons are being used to murder countless more in horrifying ways. And he...raped me, along with others on the team," she said, clenching her jaw as she finally said the word aloud.
"So why..." her voice cracked. "Why can he make me feel helpless, and cause so much pain, and deserve to exist?"
"Because you're better than him. Because the universe isn't just." Kevin said slowly, absorbing what she said. "Because we create the lines which separate what is right and what isn't, and if we abandon it, they win."
"Who wins? Why is it right for you? Why is it right for X-Force and not for me?" Jean whispered through tears.
"I devoted my life to helping people, saving lives, and...people like that can just..."
"Because it takes a hell of a lot more strength to draw that line and accept that is what's right." Kevin said, He dry washed his hands for a moment.
"In that other world, you know how we could be together? Because all the pain and torture convinced you to abandon that line. You could be like me and be willing to hurt and kill for a higher purpose."
He took a deep breath. "Because you're a good person and I'm not. You won't do this to him because of that. And I don't want you to change. I want you to have the line that it was too damn hard for me to stick to. You're a hero Jean, and I need you to be a hero."
Jean fell silent again, letting the words sink in. "I've never felt that helpless before," she finally said softly. "I just...I don't want to feel it again."
Molly - so different to Jean in so many ways, but kind of awesome in her own way. We need to do more with her and Nica. But I loved Molly-as-Slayer:
Their run resulted, ultimately in the safety provided by the school itself. The two women soon found themselves through a backstage door to the gymnasium — a room not only protected on each side by heavy fire doors, but also a simple lack of any other living or nonliving bodies interested in old props, chairs, and dust. Their relief, however, was temporary. A pounding soon began to echo on the exterior door. It seems the horde was finished with Coach A.
But a slayer made an excellent doorstop.
Meggan squeezed her eyes closed, as she sank down the wall, to finally sit down sprawled upon the floor shivering. She should mourn Coach’s sacrifice, but she couldn’t when she felt like this. The gnawing, aching void was rapidly growing within her. With each awful second that ticked by, she was starting to mind it less and less. She was hungry...no, scratch that. She was ravenous. She knew what would make her feel better, if only she gave in.
She turned her eyes upon Molly, the only one still in the room. She could have warned her; instead, one word hissed out of her mouth. “Brains?” It was less of a question, and more of a plea for the flesh of the only person in close proximity. She just needed to get up and latch on, didn’t she?
Molly tried to ignore Coach A's dying screams but failed miserably as she stood over Meggan. Molly's slayer strength was the only thing keeping the door closed, and even then it wouldn't hold with the number of zombies pressing against it, the door rattling with each slam of their fists. The smell of rotting flesh was enough to make one gag. Glancing down at Meggan, Molly made a face.
"I know what I gotta do but I don't want to. Why do I have to do it?" she muttered. She sighed. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry I wasn't fast enough."
Then everything — the horde, Molly's poised strike, the very contagion itself — all stopped.