Ethics & Etiquette - 1st Period - 8/3

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Despite the... weekend of hell and bitey bitey, Deadpool and Steve were there for class and ready to shape young minds with their hard earned wisdom.

"Okay, so things happened, stuff and blah blah blah. Class time now. No vampires here, thanks."

"Unless you happen to already be a vampire," Steve added quickly. "In which case you are, of course, welcome as long as you do not bite anyone. So! In light of this past week's events, and some confusion that I understand occurred over in that other universe, we thought it would be helpful to discuss ways to determine that your friends are who they say they are without hurting their feelings."

"Or having to kill them in a tragic fashion," Deadpool added. Because he was helpful like that. "There are many reasons why your friend may not be your friend anymore. Shapeshifting aliens, alternate timelines, evil goatees, possession, crazy mind control devices, really weird coincidences with people looking like twins..."

"You forgot actual evil twins," Steve provided helpfully. "Additionally, there are clones and people surgically altered to look like your friends. And I'm sure I'm still forgetting something. But the important thing is, when these things inevitably happen to you, how do you deal with them?"

Twins were easy to forget, okay?

"Like, having a special code word to let you know they're the right person!" Not that it helped, really. "Or having a telepath nearby to help out."

"You can also quiz--subtly your friend on something only they would know. But sometimes even these methods will fail you. Like your friend might have been replaced by a Skrull. In that case, you'll need to consider technology."

"Which they won't have." Really, Steve. Really. "But exists! So, how about we come up with a list of questions to subtly question each other in case of being replaced, kaaaay?"

"That sounds reasonable," Steve agreed. "You never know when it'll come in handy."

"Weeeeell. Get on it, kiddos!"

Comments

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[trigons_child]

"It was happening as I crossed over into the other Fandom," Raven said. She shivered and wrapped her arms around herself. "I experienced it as well." And she'd come so very close to letting herself fall into the same trap.

"Perhaps you are correct," she went on after a moment's pause. "But...I am so ashamed of what I did...."

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Rachel, don't be ashamed," Joan said as gently but strongly as she could. "The other you made those choices. You did the best you could with the situation you found yourself in."

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[trigons_child]

"My best was not good enough," Raven said, dropping her gaze. "And that is what frightens me so very much."