[IC, wandering from cabin to cabin in the void AS HE MAY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR A WHILE]

[cardoperatedboy]

Where is everything?!

Sora?!

Namine?!



((Back in a few, showering! Back!))

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

It's important.

Yeah? I can understand that. Just be careful -- you wait to long, you'll end up with them just giving you a name. I didn't want to be Superboy, you see.

[cardoperatedboy]

Something like that.

They sort of gave me one. I'll answer to it, I guess. It -- doesn't matter yet. Why do you answer to yours?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

It's kinda complicated. Basically I was created to be the next Superman, you know? 'Boy' just seemed so insulting. I was young, yes, inexperienced, sure, but I had the skills. Then in your sudden unexpected plot twist, the guy's not actually dead and ends up saving the day per usual. Way to make a clone redundant.

But ... I dunno. I was expecting him to cut me down, you know? He was so ... no one could ever replace him. Not me, that's for sure. Forget being Superman, I figured he was gonna be furious enough over the Superboy thing. But ... he said I'd earned it. The title. And if I wanted to use it, I could. Not saying his seal of approval made all the difference ... but it was something that was mine.

[cardoperatedboy]

What, he actually wanted you?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

Hell, no. He's dead against cloning. Me -- he doesn't mind me so much. He even adopted me as a cousin and gave me a real name. But -- he's a busy guy, you know?

[cardoperatedboy]

I don't really know. So, what, he doesn't give you the attention you crave or something?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

...

Like I said, he's a busy guy. Fate of the world on his shoulders, all of that.

[cardoperatedboy]

Who're you trying to convince of that? Me? Or you?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

Hey, you're the one who asked.

[cardoperatedboy]

Pardon me if I can't imagine a world where someone might actually want their fake. Guess 'coexist with' is good enough.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

It's complicated. I got no idea why he'd even care.

[cardoperatedboy]

That's what true heroes do. It's all about a strength of heart. Even I know that one.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

I guess so. You don't get more heroic than him, that's for sure.

[cardoperatedboy]

Bet Hercules could take him.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

The Greek dude? No way. I'm pretty certain the big guy's taken a down a god or two in his time.

[cardoperatedboy]

So's Hercules, from what I've heard. He's the hero everyone gets compared to, anyway.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

He's old news in our world. We got Wonder Woman -- and dude. Let's just say that if they pulled that golden apple stunt today, there would be no contest. Talk about your Elysian fields.

[cardoperatedboy]

So in other words she's hot.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

Hot and powerful. Also an Amazonian princess.

[cardoperatedboy]

Aren't you married?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

Doesn't mean I'm blind. But Wonderwoman's like Supes -- A list for a reason.

[cardoperatedboy]

...You check him out too?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

God, no. Wash your mind out dude, augh.

They're -- man, it's hard to explain. Living legends. Somehow larger than life. You'll mock, sure, but when you actually meet them -- it's something else.

[cardoperatedboy]

[shrugs] They're just people in the end.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

That ... might make things easier, in a way. But they're not, and never have been 'just people.'