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[bothfoulandfair]

[This is the first time Elsa - the real Elsa, not someone from a flood - has thought to post publicly to the network in a long time. She's out and about more often now rather than hiding in her room almost exclusively, but it's still... hard. Everything about this has been hard, and she just wants it to stop.]

I've been doing a lot of thinking- [About a lot of things, but really one thing in particular.] About people with powers. People like me.

What's it like for them, in your world? If they exist.

[She's tempted to leave it at that, but.]

Most of the stories I've heard haven't been very reassuring.

[So the idea of life after the Barge is not really an exciting thing to consider.]

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[patheticvillain]

It's not that great where I'm from. But it's getting better.

[Sort of. He thinks. Probably.]

[bothfoulandfair]

How?

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[ichoosefight]

Where I'm from, people with powers are either the greatest heroes or the greatest villains. I know a few of them, and it can be hard, but it can also be really great.

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[bothfoulandfair]

And people aren't afraid of them? The heroes?

[semifreakingnormal]

I don't know hoe similar our, uh, powers are. But it's a secret, where I'm from. Mostly, I mean.

[bothfoulandfair]

Well, I'm not a werewolf, but I did have to keep them a secret.

[bodilesswarrior]

It really depends on the person. How they got their powers, how they use them. In general - some people are scared, some people are fascinated, some people don't care much either way.

One of my best friends, back home - she was born with her powers, and it hasn't given her much trouble. If anything, it was a big help.

[bothfoulandfair]

What does she use them for?

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[lydiascreams]

I'm from the same place Scott is. Like he said, we keep it a secret. It's safer for us for a few different reasons.

What's going on?

[Private]

[bothfoulandfair]

Nothing. I've just been thinking a lot about it.

[hearrrtofgold]

It's not easy. There are only a few people who understand what they're working with, where I'm from, and I don't think I'm one of them.

[bothfoulandfair]

What do you mean?

[fireincarnate]

[Her smile is wry.] You already know.

...It's not all bad, not all the time. When I finally told my parents - it was after I died, so they were pretty shocked, a little horrified. But they didn't - I was still their daughter.

And Wanda and Pietro - they're Avengers. [There's an odd blend of pride and aggravation in her voice.] Sometimes it's all about branding, I guess.

[bothfoulandfair]

I don't exactly have someone who can do that for me.

[this_corrosion]

We don't have any. Sounds fun, though.

[bothfoulandfair]

You'd be surprised.

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[voluntaryapnea]

[He's talked to Elsa at least once before, but it was brief. He doesn't know much about her, really. And if Scott wasn't out of the canine closet with his werewolf-ness, Stiles wouldn't even answer, honestly.]

It's...rough. Sometimes they get hunted. [His jaw tightens a little.]

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[bothfoulandfair]

By who?

[anewlanguage]

Depends on the person, like with anything. I mean you give a person without--let's say, natural gifts? Give them the power of an office, or a few guns, and they get greedy.

Well, some of 'em, anyway. I've seen lots of people on here with all kinds of powers, and they were the salt of the earth. Saints, some of 'em.

Why?

[bothfoulandfair]

It's important to me.

[punched_hitler]

I only know of one or two, [he doesn't consider what he has powers, at any rate] but they're considered people. Good people or bad people, it depends on their actions.

[Mostly.]

[bothfoulandfair]

And people aren't afraid? Of the ones that don't hurt people?

[videocamera]

In my world, there was only me and a couple of-- ["My friends?" Nope, that so doesn't fit right in his head.] These two other guys I knew. As far as we knew we were the only ones with real powers.

[bothfoulandfair]

What did you do with them?

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[walkingmeltdown]

I'm from the same world as Miss Brown and Ms Gordon. Or a close enough variant thereof, anyway.

For the most part, I'd agree with their estimations. Particularly the part about the heroes. Use your abilities in the service of others and public works, and you're hailed as something of a paragon, worshiped like a god for a new era.

But not everyone is born with what they end up with. And there are a lot of ways hanging around to wind up catching...oddities.

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[bothfoulandfair]

And?