this is the first of her incarnations that shows any sign of recognising other people are real. usually the Master tends to think of everyone not him as cardboard backdrop.
proud and brittle and angry isn't exactly new, but there's never been anything underneath it but a black hole of ego.
she got quite pissy when i invoked Bechdel's law, but i think I had to.
to be honest, it was a purely panic reaction at first. it was an instinctive guarding of my vulnerable places.
he really isn't that, not any more, but old habits die hard. and besides, he is that for her. so i'll chalk that one up to me having good instincts because you're dead right. we'll never be friends if he's the axis we revolve around.
and I am damn well being her friend whether she likes it or not.
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bodilesswarrior) wrote2023-08-15 05:50 am
[crossdimensional IM]
[Yes, Barbara types in perfect grammar even doing a one-handed IM while she repairs Jason's cowl.]
My horrible moggy is a queen and she clearly knows it.
[crossdimensional IM]
she's so proud and so brittle and so angry and I just want to scoop her up and cuddle her till she stops biting.
i'd always felt this was one of those people not capable of graduating, but i think i was wrong.
[crossdimensional IM]
[Yeah, Iris is definitely doomed.]
I've been proven wrong myself enough times.
[crossdimensional IM]
this is the first of her incarnations that shows any sign of recognising other people are real. usually the Master tends to think of everyone not him as cardboard backdrop.
proud and brittle and angry isn't exactly new, but there's never been anything underneath it but a black hole of ego.
she got quite pissy when i invoked Bechdel's law, but i think I had to.
[crossdimensional IM]
But no, I know what you mean. It can't be about him. Maybe later, once you've spent more time together.
[crossdimensional IM]
he really isn't that, not any more, but old habits die hard. and besides, he is that for her. so i'll chalk that one up to me having good instincts because you're dead right. we'll never be friends if he's the axis we revolve around.
and I am damn well being her friend whether she likes it or not.
[crossdimensional IM]
And I'm pretty sure she will, even despite herself. You're you.
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and you're damn right she will. and then I'll bring her to visit. you'll like her.
oh hey did I tell you Dillon's back? And Obi-Wan Kenobi just signed up too. Except a young version.
[I wish you were here is a thing Iris has arranged with herself not to say to Barbara, and she holds firm.]
[crossdimensional IM]
[No she doesn't.]
Oh, good, the Barge can always use someone like Dillon. ...He's from the prequels?