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[heliophilic]

This is M. I'm most likely out punching someone. Don't worry, they deserve it.

Probably.

I'll call you back later.

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[heliophilic]

The short answer is that's the difference between a lifestyle choice and a slur.

[sidecars]

So it was an insult then!
That bastard!

Wait, what about bisexuals?
Can they make that lifestyle choice?
I mean if they still like guys

[heliophilic]

Look, Bucky, there's nothing wrong with being a twink.

So long as you're happy, that's what matters.

[He's going to ignore that last part for now.]

[sidecars]

Well I'm sure not happy being called a twink!
I'm not vapid!
I'm very smart
And I'm DEFINITELY not a "butt boy"

How would you feel if someone mislabeled you!!

[heliophilic]

Do I have to call someone's parents?

Also

Do I seem like the kind of person who cares what other people think of them?

[sidecars]

Please I fight my own battles thank you!

Well
No but
Why not correct them if you have the power?

[heliophilic]

You answered your own question

Because /I/ have the power
I own my own identity

Arguing just gives them the power to decide who you are. It proves to them that even if you think they're wrong, their opinion is worth something.

[sidecars]

OR you can just smash their faces in and they can't ever make fun of you again
I like that option better
It's more satisfying

[heliophilic]

As much as I'd like otherwise, you can't send everyone who disagrees with you to the hospital.

[Lord help him, he's being the voice of reason in a discussion about violence. How did this happen?!]

[sidecars]

I know that
But it's a lot easier

[heliophilic]

[There's a long pause before M finally replies.]

You want to know the real reason I show restraint, Bucky?

Because its too easy
Too easy to give into the anger
My implants, all I want to do is fight something
Kill something



but I'm better than that













I have to be

[sidecars]

Well I'm definitely not

[heliophilic]

[Damn it, first Dick now Bucky. How did it come to this?]

When you fight and kill someone that deserves it, that's different then picking a fight because you didn't like the way they looked at you.

[sidecars]

I got trained in Special Forces for that very reason!
It was either stay in jail or get paid to do the same damn thing that got me in there
I don't think it's different, it's just spun that way

[ TEENS AND THEIR EXISTENTIAL CRISES. ]

[heliophilic]

And I was literally created to be a killing machine
Doesn't mean we have to take the life given to us

[sidecars]

Whatever

[ IF HE WANTS TO BE A STUBBORN KILLING MACHINE WITH ANGST HE'S GONNA BE!! STOP TRYING TO CHANGE HIM, YOU'RE NOT HIS FATHER!! ]

[heliophilic]

[M doesn't reply.

Instead, he mutters:]

Door

[Banking on the fact Bucky won't notice the golden light (at least not before he gets in and out), he opens a Doorway into where he assumes he'll be. M leans over, not fully exiting the portal, and sharply smacks Bucky in the back of the head before returning back to his apartment.

Damn teenagers. At least this one can't destroy the universe if he's feeling shitty that day.]

[sidecars]

What in the holy hell?!

[ He just got hit. In the back of the head?! There's nothing even here! Bucky whips around to look, finds nothing in his room, but he sure sees his neighbor's house from the window. The pane isn't open, but would that really stop Kaneda? ]

Hang on, I got to yell at my piece of shit neighbor

Hey! Shit head! I know it was you, don't even try to deny it!

[ The window is open and the inevitable shouting match begins between his rival about absolutely nothing that will end in a fight on the lawn like always. ]

[heliophilic]

Why what happened?

[M never claimed to be a good person.]

[sidecars]

[ It'll be a couple of hours before Bucky responds. He doesn't bring an easily broken phone into a fight with Kaneda. ]

I don't know
Something hit me in the back of my head
So I blamed it on my neighbor
He probably couldn't have done it, but he's easy to stick this on

[heliophilic]

Well SOMETHING had to have hit you, didn't it?

[sidecars]

Yeah
YEAH
Something hit me!
The window was closed
And Kaneda isn't that innovative

[ SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? ]

[heliophilic]

One of your roommates maybe?

[sidecars]

No way!
My roommates love me

[heliophilic]

Hmm...

Then whoever could it be?

[He does it again, just for shits and giggles this time.]