Woah, I resent that. I'm a normal guy. I'm of the people. I'm insulted you'd imply otherwise.
[ but gwen's right: it doesn't feel anything like home. peter had never been under any illusions about the idea of living away from new york — sure, there had been that period of time when ben had been around and they'd thought he was the clone where he'd moved to portland, but when peter thinks of that now, it seems like it was a lifetime ago. it feels, almost, like it happened to someone that wasn't him.
he thinks that he'd never be suited for living away from a city, because what would he do? beacon's been a stark awakening, a realisation (again) that spider-man makes up so much of his life and it's had to entirely reconcile not having it as a ready avenue of distraction.
they can patrol here, but there's only so much to patrol. it's not that nothing happens here, it's that it's so intermittent. there's no regularity, no expectedness to it.
and it's not the same as spending some time on a roof, waiting for a small-time crook to attempt to rob a jewellery store or jack a car or mug a little old lady.
they're thoughts and feelings that peter's not really sure he ought to share with gwen. ]
JJβs never okay. I donβt think heβs capable of recognizing or understanding the word as one that exists in the English language, let alone a state of being.
Trust me, no-one's more weirded out about it than I am. Every time he tries to say something nice about me, I see that one vein in his forehead throb like the thought doesn't entirely compute and he's not sure he can really comprehend the words about to come out of his mouth.
I'd find it hilarious if it didn't also make me feel slightly gross. Or like someone's walking over my grave.
...But that doesn't mean the two things are mutually exclusive. Your world is still weird.
[ so, turns out, it's still weird talking about and thinking about home. not awful, but weird. for sure. especially since she has a charm that can usually drop her into whatever world she wants to go to. it's surreal that all of it is cut off now, that one little slip-up shut her out. potentially for good. not that she's going around talking about her world with whoever will listen, but thinking about jameson trying to compliment peter eventually leads her to thinking about how long he's been here, away from- well, all of it. their cities are just left behind, without a spider-totem.
she knows there are more heroes in his world than hers, but still. thinking about a world without spider-man is almost as difficult as thinking about her world without a spider-woman. sorry, ghost-spider. same difference. ]
Hey, do you want to know how I came to the conclusion that I've been stuck here too long? Here's a hint, it wasn't when I started wondering whether or not I should really commit to the whole Castaway deal and ask Rastus for a ...netball? and grow out my beard.
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but it's true what DID you do to deserve it
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just bored.
i'd usually be eating a snack around now but i haven't gotten food yet.
not that i'm starving or anything.
i just have that awesome habit of eating when i'm bored.
maybe that's where the burrito thing came from.
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You know most people are normally asleep at this time of night, right?
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there's a chance i'd be crawling in from patrolling around now, if we were home.
not that this place feels anything like home.
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I'm a normal guy.
I'm of the people.
I'm insulted you'd imply otherwise.
[ but gwen's right: it doesn't feel anything like home. peter had never been under any illusions about the idea of living away from new york — sure, there had been that period of time when ben had been around and they'd thought he was the clone where he'd moved to portland, but when peter thinks of that now, it seems like it was a lifetime ago. it feels, almost, like it happened to someone that wasn't him.
he thinks that he'd never be suited for living away from a city, because what would he do? beacon's been a stark awakening, a realisation (again) that spider-man makes up so much of his life and it's had to entirely reconcile not having it as a ready avenue of distraction.
they can patrol here, but there's only so much to patrol. it's not that nothing happens here, it's that it's so intermittent. there's no regularity, no expectedness to it.
and it's not the same as spending some time on a roof, waiting for a small-time crook to attempt to rob a jewellery store or jack a car or mug a little old lady.
they're thoughts and feelings that peter's not really sure he ought to share with gwen. ]
Even Jonah likes me these days.
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or were you already awake
jj's come around? how is that even possible?
is that
i mean
is he okay??
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JJβs never okay. I donβt think heβs capable of recognizing or understanding the word as one that exists in the English language, let alone a state of being.
But there was a conversation.
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and people say my world is the weird one.
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I'd find it hilarious if it didn't also make me feel slightly gross. Or like someone's walking over my grave.
...But that doesn't mean the two things are mutually exclusive. Your world is still weird.
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she knows there are more heroes in his world than hers, but still. thinking about a world without spider-man is almost as difficult as thinking about her world without a spider-woman. sorry, ghost-spider. same difference. ]
that's true.
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well, one mouse.
i'm sure he's very cute but he's making these little tiny scratching noises that are driving me a little crazy.
[ good one. not a very obvious clear deflection of the topic at all. ]
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and maybe i can train him to be my sidekick
if the bodega bandit can train a guinea pig, i can train a ghost mouse
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he's not so bad.
i mean, he's an idiot, but he really cares about that guinea pig.
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2/3...
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Even Stilt Man.
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i seriously can't picture you with a beard.
can you even do that?
and second
stilt man!!
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i don't miss most of mine yet.
there's a couple that i think about, though.
i can't imagine the shit they get up to now that i'm gone.
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[ answer: no. he cannot grow a beard. ]
I'm just grateful that Otto's a good guy now.
Mostly.
[ and that there's the avengers, and miles, and the ff—. ]
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beardtegrity
that's another weird one
i mean mean my otto has a pet octopus instead of mechanical arms like
all the other universes so
i guess i win that one
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