ext_250630 ([identity profile] mouthy-merc.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2009-08-02 10:25 pm
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Ethics & Etiquette - 1st Period - 8/3

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 Like your friend might have been replaced by a Skrull.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!"
life_inshadow: (Default)

Re: Pair Up!

[personal profile] life_inshadow 2009-08-03 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Tara scrunched her nose. "But if somebody went to the trouble of building a robot that looked like you, or whatever, they might program in stuff like that," she suggested. "Maybe little weird things, like, what color is the rug in the common room?"

Re: Pair Up!

[identity profile] decoder-rings.livejournal.com 2009-08-03 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good call," he said again, nodding. "So, we've got personal questions and really detailed questions. Anything else could be discovered by a clone or a robot or anyone, really."
life_inshadow: ([neu] this is what i think)

Re: Pair Up!

[personal profile] life_inshadow 2009-08-03 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yep," Tara said. "Either little personal stuff or things no one who wasn't one of us would bother finding out." She made a little bit of a face. "I c-can't imagine having a clone. That's just bizarre."

Re: Pair Up!

[identity profile] decoder-rings.livejournal.com 2009-08-03 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"The guy who teaches this class looked like me once," he shared. "Kinda creepy."
life_inshadow: ([neu] what?)

Re: Pair Up!

[personal profile] life_inshadow 2009-08-03 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"... seriously?" Tara had to ask. "Then how come the mask?"

Re: Pair Up!

[identity profile] decoder-rings.livejournal.com 2009-08-03 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't really know the whole story," he admitted. "He showed me once and he's looked like me before because of the island but yeah, not quite a twin but close enough."
life_inshadow: ([pos] sneaky smile)

Re: Pair Up!

[personal profile] life_inshadow 2009-08-03 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Weird," Tara decided. "I hope going crazy like him doesn't go with the kinda-twin thing."

Re: Pair Up!

[identity profile] decoder-rings.livejournal.com 2009-08-03 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"...let's hope not," he said and winced since that hadn't occurred to him. "I like my sanity."