mercy meme

[magnitudes]

forced truth meme

1. Post your character(s)
2. People respond to your character with a question

3. Your character must reply, and they must reply honestly
4. ????
5. Have fun. Fun is obligatory. Lack of fun will result in severe repercussions.

Comments

jessica jones | mcu

[hardedged]

[magnitudes]

Favourite thing about me.

And a follow up: best thing you've ever done?

[hardedged]

You won't leave, even when I push you away.

[ shit, she hates forced confessions. jess takes a deep, frustrated breath. ]

I saved my sister from the goddamn devil.

[magnitudes]

I wish I could say I was hoping you'd say something about my amazing biceps. ( But that would be a lie, so. ) I don't know if I was hoping for anything specific, though. So, how come you keep pushing? Just to know that someone pushes back?

( Huh. )

Not the literal devil, I assume.

[hardedged]

To keep them safe.

[ yeah, this girl's got issues. ]

No. Worse.

[magnitudes]

From you, I assume.

Would you prefer me to stop asking?

[hardedged]

Yep.

[ on both counts. ]

[magnitudes]

I can handle myself.

And okay. You can tell me when - if - you ever wanna tell me.

[hardedged]

You don't know the kind of shit I put people through.

[magnitudes]

Likewise.

Shit, maybe you're right. Maybe we'd be like trying to use kerosene to put out a housefire.

[hardedged]

[ a scoff. ]

If we're playing the Asshole Olympics, I still win.

[magnitudes]

You can be a dick and still be a good person. You can play at being nice and be the worst there is. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and acting like you're helping people by just giving up.

[hardedged]

Better than putting them at risk. And fuck off. You don't know anything about me.

[ #matureaf ]

[magnitudes]

You think you're the spark and the rest of the world is doused in fuel. Exposure to you is a risk for the rest of the world that you don't want to chance. You're compassionate enough to save the world but you aren't nice. You've beem hurt and screwed over over and over and that's all you think most people that get close to you will do.

[hardedged]

Talking about me there, or yourself?

[magnitudes]

Both. I know you, Jessica Jones.

[notsheepish]

Hypothetically, what would be the best strategy for someone who wanted to get you to stop pushing them away?

[hardedged]

You can't. I'm a piece of shit.

[ a long, begrudging pause. ]

Just stay. No matter what. And I'll come around.

[notsheepish]

So no magic shortcuts, huh?

Well, it was worth a shot. Guess I'll just have to do this the old-fashioned way.

[hardedged]

Don't bother. You're better off.

[notsheepish]

I disagree. Which you know is the truth now, so deal with it. I'm sticking around.

[aojona]

Why don't you want friends?

[hardedged]

They distract me. [ a beat. that's not the whole truth. ] And I don't want to hurt them.

[aojona]

Distract you from what?

[ The second part he can empathize with to an extent, though. ]

So you don't mind being alone?

[hardedged]

From doing what I have to.

[ ... ]

Better than the alternative.