FORCED HONESTY MEME

[devoutish]

1) Post your characters, one per comment
2) Go around with your characters and have them ask other characters questions - anything goes!
3) Forced honesty time! Lying is impossible because of reasons
4) IC DISCUSSION AND CONFRONTATION, GO

Comments

[mrcreamsicles]

[Maybe he shouldn't have asked after all. Of course he has shit self-esteem, of course he's not in the best place. But it's the same shit self-esteem that makes him feel like he doesn't deserve better, and that people don't deserve to deal with him. He just doesn't like himself.]

[A good part of him wants to do the whole shove-people-away thing right now, just because it's uncomfortable. But he said he was going to try not to, and he holds back.]

... Maybe. [It's a concession.] But why don't you take better care of your own self, then? You can't say you don't have your own problems. What makes a superhero feel he's not doing good enough even with stuff he couldn't have stopped?

[awwnoun]

Aww, DS, don't ask me bull like that! [ Ughhh, groan. He doesn't want to talk about his own issues, but he does, because forced honesty. ]

I'm the normal one in the bunch. We're a team full of people with crazy superpowers or tech that makes them superhuman. You've got Iron Man and Captain America, and Scarlet Witch, Thor, Wasp - you know, all these big names. And then you've got me, and I'm just some guy from the circus who can shoot good.

And I make a lot of stupid decisions about things. Things I wish I could take back, a lot. You look at people like Natasha and she very rarely regrets any choice she makes 'cause she knows what she is and what she should do.

[mrcreamsicles]

[You see why he's so cagey about his own, Clint? But it makes a nice diversion from his own problems, and the answer is full and informative.]

Dude, so what? You're still helping people, aren't you? You're on the team with them, saving lives, trying to do good. If you're still calling yourself a hero—if you actually want to be one—that says something.

[devoutish]

Ah - John told me a bit about that one.

[awwnoun]

Yeah, I know. Rationally I know I'm still helping people and that's why this isn't usually an issue.

I'm doing my best to be better, but I can't help it. And I know you know how that feels.

[dravanicide]

I did not imply for you to headlong charge into a useless and fatal endeavor. Well do I know you are one to jump to conclusions, before processing aught. You should not waste time and precious energy hating what is easiest. You lose focus on your goal, suckered in by the sweet instant gratification of such. Keep your mind on your goal, do not distract yourself with such pettiness. 'Twill only serve you ill.

If exacting revenge is truly so difficult a task, one which will take decades in the making, then you can ill afford such baseless distractions.

[dravanicide]

I know not what Maybelline is.

[mrcreamsicles]

[Huff.]

Yeah, pretty much. Is that part of it? You see yourself in me, something like that, so you want to help?

[realhunger]

Well, no one said anythin' about that. I'm jus' the one that lasts longer.

[realhunger]

'Cause it pisses you off. An' I think she's all right. I wanna give her some experience.

[spoileralert]

You should be honored, I actually tone it down for you.

[spoileralert]

You're no fun.

So why don't you just cut your hair?

[spoileralert]

It's what I started with, and it would be too much effort to pick new words every time. I don't want to give the impression that I care, or am bothered.

[dravanicide]

That would require me to care that it has grown.

[mrcreamsicles]

[Siiiigh.]

You disappoint me, princess hair. But hey, there's one. What's your haircare routine? Those luscious locks can't come from nowhere.

[spoileralert]

Not that I can think of.

[devoutish]

What do you hope for from me?

[nursetemple]

Honestly? (duh, Claire) I'm not sure, because you give me very little to go on from. But I'd say...a little fun.

[dravanicide]

I have none, I merely allow my hair to grow as it sees fit, and I wash when necesary.

[Staring in2 ur soul Davesprite. He does not care about this shit.]

Any "care" beyond that merely comes from Aymeric and his insistence of making me presentable.

[spoileralert]

[ It is. But she can force honesty, so it's a good opportunity to needle him with no consequences! ]

You look good for your age.

[spoileralert]

Other people are commenting on it, and it must be getting greasy and itchy after all this time. Isn't that reason enough?

[absentconstellation]

It does not. I have always been a constellation, and I have always been a cat.

[devoutish]

Haven't I given you quite a bit to go from?

[nursetemple]

Enough that I think you reciprocate my liking you - in more than a friendly way. Which is why I'm hoping for some fun.

[dravanicide]

Mayhap if I were sensitive to the words of others, but I am not.

Nor am I unfamiliar with such sensations.

[Hygiene isn't... one of his top priorities...]