We take gifts, next thing you know we're taking bribes, giving preferential treatment, extortion -- least that's how the media puts it. And super-heroes have to be above all that.
Namine gets things though. I mean other people are nice, sure, but she just kinda takes it all in and doesn't rush to say the right thing or the polite thing. You know she really thinks about it.
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.
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.
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?
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Date: 2006-12-19 09:16 am (UTC)You?
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Date: 2006-12-19 09:39 am (UTC)Nice to meet you too.
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Date: 2006-12-19 10:02 am (UTC)What should I call you?
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Date: 2006-12-19 02:46 pm (UTC)I don't have a name. And I'm not picking one yet. So... whatever.
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Date: 2006-12-19 07:53 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2006-12-20 04:07 am (UTC)They sort of gave me one. I'll answer to it, I guess. It -- doesn't matter yet. Why do you answer to yours?
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Date: 2006-12-20 04:26 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2006-12-20 05:54 am (UTC)Like I said, he's a busy guy. Fate of the world on his shoulders, all of that.
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