Barbara Gordon (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bodilesswarrior) wrote2013-01-31 04:59 pm
bodilesswarrior) wrote2013-01-31 04:59 pm
TLV 5 - Video
[Barbara is twirling a pen round her fingers with careless dexterity as she leans back in her wheelchair, gaze distant.]
I was going to talk about being a Warden and the responsibilities it entails and the sort of things we need to commit to when we agree to come on board this ship.
[She shakes her head, as the pen spins faster.]
But the truth is I'm not sure if I even have a right to be here. I barely address my own issues, half the time. I know they're there, of course, but there's always something more important.
And when it comes to other people... [A low, bitter laugh.] I ended my engagement over the phone. Didn't even tell him why.
I've used the people I love most. I've manipulated them. I've made them face near certain death, horrific trauma, brutal violence. All because of the mission. The greater good.
[The pen snaps, and she lets the pieces fall.]
Sometimes I think I'm a better vigilante than I am a person, and that's not what the Barge needs.
I was going to talk about being a Warden and the responsibilities it entails and the sort of things we need to commit to when we agree to come on board this ship.
[She shakes her head, as the pen spins faster.]
But the truth is I'm not sure if I even have a right to be here. I barely address my own issues, half the time. I know they're there, of course, but there's always something more important.
And when it comes to other people... [A low, bitter laugh.] I ended my engagement over the phone. Didn't even tell him why.
I've used the people I love most. I've manipulated them. I've made them face near certain death, horrific trauma, brutal violence. All because of the mission. The greater good.
[The pen snaps, and she lets the pieces fall.]
Sometimes I think I'm a better vigilante than I am a person, and that's not what the Barge needs.
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What? That was one of my secrets. Apparently I'm just spilling them all over the place.
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Seriously. I'll fucking do it. You don't think I can take you but I've got the element of fucking surprise on my hands. You'll just be fucking sitting there and ten seconds later I kick in from the ceiling.
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Besides, I'm in my control room. The ceiling's reinforced.
I figured I should do that after Huntress came in that way.
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....Hah, shit. Yeah, that. I guess that must happen a lot where you work.