#facethepast

[lastzenwhoberian]

 People tell me I've redeemed myself. And some days... I think that's true. Other days... I don't. Helping people helps me. To feel worthwhile again. And maybe, hopefully... it'll help make those days where I really do feel like I've turned a corner not be so rare.

Merry Christmas Sarah! @facethepast

[imperfectsoldier]

@facethepast continued from x

"So, how are things with your new best friend Terry?”

[notwhateveryonesees]

@facethepast

‘At some point it’s no longer about who wins or loses.’ The words made sense to her, to some degree. If winning or losing were all that mattered, a lot more things would be resolved in life. It often seemed like some people just liked to be in conflict as much as they possibly could be and would always find new reasons for it. 

“Would you say we’re past that point now?” Wanda asked, resting her head in on of her hands. Everyone on the planet was under threat right now. You would hope that might help align them somehow, even if the nature of the invaders was prime for sowing distrust. Instead, it seemed like it just helped to further some grudges. It was easier to accuse some people of not being who they said they were than others. 

Herself included. There were many people in the world who already didn’t like her. Some seemed all too glad for a new reason to question her allegiances. 

Yet she still couldn’t say protecting them didn’t matter. 

“I would hope it’s still important that we win this fight, in particular.”

[hridhammar]

@facethepast — happy holidays from your secret santa!

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[starkprotocol]

[ ENCRYPTION PROTOCOL INTACT, CONNECTION SECURE, TRANSMISSION COMMENCING... ]

          A mild sense of concentration etches over the futurist’s visage in his moment of relative solitude, clustered neural pathways igniting as an encoded message is transmitted to a location far beyond the city limits of the Metropolitan Grid. A typewriter in a dingy room sparks to life, agitated type levers shunting into a sheet of paper.

[front-lines]

Eleanor; 60 -  Upper East Side, Manhattan

I’m pleased to see the government is finally stepping in to regulate these “mutants” and what have you. I don’t have anything against them, but it’s clear that they can’t be trusted to control themselves, so if they want to be part of society they’re going to have to learn to follow the law just like everybody else.

John; 33 - Tribeca, Manhattan

How can we as citizens even contemplate opposing the Accords when accountability is so low that we let an unknown individual masquerade about as ‘Captain America’ without so much as even pushing for a definitive answer beyond mere rumors and gossip speculation? It does not matter what good deeds have been done or how many; despite quantity and quality of public service, the very public they serve deserves to know who exactly it is that supposedly has their best interests at heart. As is only clear from recent events, we only suffer the consequences when we don’t demand the knowledge we deserve.

Noah; 22 - Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

I feel like we’ve all been way too harsh on all these superheroes lately. Did everyone just forget that they stopped an alien invasion? Twice? And that’s without mentioning that they saved the city from various domestic terrorist attacks a few years ago, on top of battling another cosmic threat. With all due respect to local law enforcement, fire department, and counter terrorism agencies, we are simply not equipped to deal with threats of that scale. I think we could afford to cut them a little bit of slack.

Jose; 41 - Greenwich Village, Manhattan

So did anyone ever find out what that creepy, flying, red man-alien thing is?

Madison; 37 - Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan

All the superhero-celebrity weddings are just stunts to draw attention away from the bad press they don’t want us to focus on. The Thor wedding coinciding with the alien invasion? Not a coincidence. Hawkguy and Hawkgirl getting hitched in the middle of this Accords stuff? Not a coincidence. Don’t think I haven’t noticed. It’s all just for show and I don’t buy into a second of it. For more details, check out my blog at www.superzeroes.com. 

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Tarek; 28 - Brownsville, Brooklyn

I’m a public performer and I’m just writing in to say that this Accords business has put a damper on my earnings; everyone’s willing to line Cookie Monster’s pockets with cash, but not Captain America or Thor.

Danna; 35 -  Nolita, Manhattan

There hasn’t been a world-threatening event in over a year, and I’m still afraid to step outside my apartment to go to work in the morning. I thought the Avengers were supposed to make us feel safe, and maybe they were at first, but all they’re doing now is making people scared. Iron Man blew up the harbor and left the people of Lower Manhattan and the Hudson Exchange without electricity, jeopardizing traffic control and hospital care. Captain America brought down that Helicarrier, leaving behind hundreds of innocent men and women as casualties. We can’t even pay proper respect to our dead without one of them inciting a public crisis. They claim to be protecting us from the bad guys, but who’s going to protect us from them? Who’s going to keep the world safe from the Avengers?

[codenamewiccan]

All the stuff at the end of Infinity War with Billy on Asgard was awesome. It felt very pivotal and character changing and I love reading that sort of thing and that you didn't let what happen sort of fade into the background, like it's very obvious it affected Billy.

// dRAGS HANDS DOWN FACE. That part of Billy’s timeline has shaped who he is immensely. It’s been over 1.5 years, but he still has nightmares from time to time where he’s watching Asgard break apart in front of him. While he was overzealous about helping Bucky out, he was incredibly Not Ready to take part 8′)

[agent-thirteen]

sharon > natasha

[messages sent from Sharon’s personal cell phone to Natasha’s private, secure line - early December, 2016]

(917): Strange, right, how America’s not doing a whole lot of talking, right? (917): Everything that’s happening, you’d expect to hear from the country.

(xxx): I’d disagree, but I guess it just depends on where you’re looking for news.

(917): That’s true.  That’s why I like to keep my interests diverse. (917): You know, stay educated.  Read a lot.  Travel.

(xxx): Now you’re speaking my language.  (xxx): I’ve found that sometimes the best places to find out what’s really happening in any country is just outside their biggest cities.

(917): Now this just sounds like how you talked me into going to Queens that one time.

(xxx): Say what you want, those pastries were delicious.

(917): Rub it in!

(xxx): All I’m saying is the outer boroughs have a lot of things you can’t get in the big city. (xxx): Pastries, cheap parking, real estate. (xxx): Did I tell you Isaiah was looking to buy in Brooklyn?

(917): Oh?  Good for him.  I hear the market out there is booming, right about now. (917): Can’t be too careful, better to lock down something early, before the prices go up.

(xxx): You know it. (xxx): I’ll send you a photo of the place he’s considering, very tasteful.  You’d approve. (xxx): Pre-war.  Very Old.  Practically belongs in the Smithsonian.

(917): Oh, well.  You know how I feel about Old Things.