[ he considers that one, goes a little uncharacteristically quiet. he hates focusing on how abnormal his own upbringing was but-- the only person who gets it is the other jason, and it's annoying. ]
Mom and dad shouldn'tve had a kid. Spent most of their time tricked out on drugs and dumped me on my uncle. Who was a raging alcoholic and thought a bar was the perfect place for a 5 year old.
[ and then there's a half bitter laugh, half sigh. ]
Then he died and I basically ended up on the streets. Y'know, that kinda different.
Obviously. I'm just saying-- I don't know. Everybody here loves to give me shit for defending the Horde, but nothing like that ever happened to me. Maybe you would've been better off with them, too.
Maybe. But if they're anything like the people in charge of Gotham, they're just a bunch of people that decided to take what power they could get and punch down at everyone they could.
[ he stares into the distance, his jaw tightening in anger. ]
Fuck that. I'd rather join up with something that's at least honest about what it is.
[ She wants to say the Horde is honest, but... no. She only thinks of them that way because she sees through their bullshit. But most don't. Catra thinks about all those lessons about how the Horde is good and the princesses are evil. All the people who'd have left the Horde long ago if they hadn't been brainwashed or had somewhere else to go-- Adora, Scorpia, Kyle... hah. ]
Yeah, well. Sometimes you don't get the luxury of that choice.
Then it sounds like my life story ain't that bad, all things considered.
[ with a point of finality. he doesn't want to talk about this-- he hates talking about where he grew up. always causes people to pity him, and fuck that.
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Date: 2020-05-02 03:24 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2020-05-02 04:11 am (UTC)I'll give you that, you actually practiced. I wasn't expecting that-- even if it did make you fight slower.
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Date: 2020-05-02 04:13 am (UTC)[ Well, Jason and about five others, but still. The point stands. ]
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Date: 2020-05-02 04:20 am (UTC)Especially after the Horde. Guessing the standards for entertainment are low,
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Date: 2020-05-02 04:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-05-02 04:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-05-02 04:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-05-02 02:51 pm (UTC)[ not in a good way, but he doesn't need to say that right now. ]
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Date: 2020-05-02 02:57 pm (UTC)... Oh yeah? What was yours like?
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Date: 2020-05-02 03:01 pm (UTC)Mom and dad shouldn'tve had a kid. Spent most of their time tricked out on drugs and dumped me on my uncle. Who was a raging alcoholic and thought a bar was the perfect place for a 5 year old.
[ and then there's a half bitter laugh, half sigh. ]
Then he died and I basically ended up on the streets. Y'know, that kinda different.
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Date: 2020-05-02 03:25 pm (UTC)... Are you kidding me? That sounds way worse than the Horde.
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Date: 2020-05-02 03:27 pm (UTC)[ famous last words ]
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Date: 2020-05-02 03:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-05-02 03:54 pm (UTC)[ he stares into the distance, his jaw tightening in anger. ]
Fuck that. I'd rather join up with something that's at least honest about what it is.
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Date: 2020-05-03 02:06 am (UTC)Yeah, well. Sometimes you don't get the luxury of that choice.
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Date: 2020-05-03 02:47 am (UTC)[ with a point of finality. he doesn't want to talk about this-- he hates talking about where he grew up. always causes people to pity him, and fuck that.
he doesn't want it. ]
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Date: 2020-05-03 03:06 am (UTC)Yeah, yeah. Congrats, you win the "not totally the shittiest childhood" award! First prize: still treating me to lunch!