PHOENIX.

We come into this world alone and we leave the same way. The time we spent in between - time spent alive, sharing, learning together... is all that makes life worth living.

[olivia-baker]

[bookhabits]

arsenclharper.

“good luck with that as well, it’s quite hard to talk some sense in people who doesn’t want to change their mind. they’re quite… STUBBORN and they have too many judgement about all of us to actually think differently. some of us did a bad job at saving them and now we all have to pay for those mistakes.”

        ‘ there’s just ... there has GOT to be a way for us to get through to them without turning into them. ’

[bookhabits]

whiteboys-canjump.

“I’ll get over it. I always do. It’s just sometimes.. Why don’t people care about us? I mean christ, if people gave a tenth of a shit about us as they do about the Avengers or this Act… What’s wrong with people? What’s wrong with us? Just.. I don’t get it. ”

       ‘ --- people are always scared of what they don’t understand. weren’t YOU scared of your wings for a bit ? i was scared of my powers. there was so much going on at once. it doesn’t excuse their actions, but ... it does put it into perspective. there’s NOTHING wrong with us. it’s not fair, that their mindset is the prejudice one, and we’re who they’re against. i hate it too. ’

[bookhabits]

profxisms.

     “then help me jean –– people these days are a lot harder to get permission from and i wish to know about this city and all the threats it holds for our school and my students.”

      ‘ –– well, cut out the wiggly fingers first of all, that might do you some good. and maybe ... play it off as a joke ? you don’t have to let them know that you actually can, you know, read minds. ’

[bookhabits]

pyrcpsionic.

   “ because, jean, at the end of this they’re gonna hate us again, too.  the avengers, shield, the inhumans, all of them, when it was just us against the WORLD.  when it was the mutant registration act, when the government was building sentinels meant to hunt us down, when our kind was killed in droves, they didn’t do shit for us.  they never did shit for us.  and it’s not fair for them to expect us to ‘ be the bigger person ’ now, to help them NOW that it suddenly affects them.  so don’t act like we haven’t earned the right to be angry. ” 

     ‘ they’ve always been indifferent us, i’m just saying it might be best to team up for the time being. we can go back to hating each other AFTER we win, or at least, getting our rights back. not every war can be a revolutionary war, it’s better to have bigger numbers to get the point across. we can be angry -- just be angry while protesting against the united states government. ’

[bookhabits]

thescarlxtwitch.

       “You can’t compare horrors,” she said gently. “People were still harmed. That’s bad enough for me. Isn’t it for you?” No matter how you framed terror, it was still terror, it still haunted people, and that was enough. Being locked in a cage at HYDRA’s grasp wasn’t as bad as either camp, but it still tormented her. She could still feel them tearing her apart. “I think…” she paused, sighing. “I think I’d like to make a video for our generation. They know me. I have… status, whether I want it or not. What do you think?”

     ‘ no you can’t, ’ she agrees, nodding. ‘ the japanese-american was just as terrorized as the jewish, and the millions in war before that. ’ jean never felt such things ( a lie, she’s felt other people’s terror -- but as for first hand experiences, she’s never had that ) -- she’s been at xavier’s for more than half of her lifetime on earth. ‘ that could work, i think. what would you say ? they would listen, but you would have to be careful with what you say, and who you talk to about it afterwards, too. ’

[bookhabits]

whiteboys-canjump.

“It’s all about the money. The more drama and emotion they stir up, the more viewers they get, more dough for the company. At this point it’s people’s fault for eating it up.”

“- Oh right, I was being not bitter.”

       ‘ you know you can TALK to me, right ? i tease but ... if you need someone to listen to you, i’ll do it. ’

[bookhabits]

profxisms. 

    “i promise that it won’t hurt a bit.” charles said to the person in front of him. “do you mind?“

        ‘ you know, professor, you really ought to get some better convincing methods. wiggling your fingers and saying it won’t HURT doesn’t really make the average person letcha do your thing. ’

[bookhabits]

( whiteboys-canjump. )

Warren shrugs, snapping off a bite of toast. “Morning. I can’t help it! it’s all over the news. They’re even talking about rights. It’s unbelievable.”

       “ morning to you too, warren. that is what the media does, you know. take everything and spin the story to make it look more  black and white, when it’s very much not. ”

[bookhabits]

assassinnotforhire.

             “lots of people want to believe the world is black an’ white when it ain’t that easy. there’s a lot of grey that goes on, but no one really cares. people should be called out for doing this. it’s wrong. ah – yeah, people do that shit. i can say first hand that it happened. that war was…not pleasant.” 

        ‘ i think they just want things to be like it was way back when -- when people used to follow their church and government blindly, because that’s all they knew. wasn’t that when the idea of things being black and white formed, anyways ? --- first hand ? no, it was the worst war with the most human losses, wasn’t it ? ’

[maliatale]

[bookhabits]

pyrcpsionic.

     “ so – let me get this straight, i’m supposed to feel bad now that some superhumans are feeling discriminated against ??  like this hasn’t been happening for fuckin’ decades to mutants ??  where was the solidarity at genosha, huh? ” 

        ‘ no, but perhaps consider it’d be a good idea to stick together, instead of letting the past drive us apart. the act effects mutants too, you know. if it gives us a reason to work together for something we BOTH deserve, why be so angry at it ?? ”

[lavenderfables]

[bookhabits]

whiteboys-canjump. 

“A superpowered group being oppressed by the government?! What a novel fucking idea. Scuse me while I listen to the world’s smallest violin.“

        ‘ -- ALWAYS a pleasure to eat breakfast with you too, warren. because the first thing i want to hear every morning is your bitter tone. ’

[kumeko]

Warren, you’re so demanding sometimes.

[whiteboys-canjump-blog]

@grcyys

[bookhabits]

arsenclharper. 

“that’s the problem with us, HUMANS, we can’t really help it. sorry. even if some of us are really trying to be different… There is always a few that mess everything up.” roy sighed.

      “ understandable -- we all have our bad seeds, as mutants such as magneto has proved, it just seems we get rid of them faster than you do. i do wish you luck, i know i’ll be out there trying to talk some SENSE into them, if professor asks for me to be by his side. ”

[bookhabits]

prydcs.

kitty giggled. “definitely the cutest. i could probably look all over and not find anyone cuter.” she replied with a wink of her own. “more like an empathic one. we can tell what the other is feeling. its kind of cool. hey, he’s no sidekick, if anything i’m the sidekick. ‘heed is awesome. you wanna uh-join us for a movie?”

      a big smile is on her face, she blushing only slightly. “ not as cute as you, though. seriously, your bed head puts mine to shame -- in cuteness, of course, ” jean tells kitty teasingly, head tilting to the side. “ that is really cool !! to have someone understand your feelings through and through, it must be nice to have that. then how about a mini-team ?? because you’re no sidekick either. --- yeah !! only if you let me treat you to dinner afterwards, though. ”