And Now We Squee

[newjerseyhero]

Is, is it true, Mun? That I'm, I mean, am I really getting to join... them?!

Eeeeeeee. I just can't even! I mean, yeah I debated putting my hero OC in a team fic but I felt it might have been a bit too self-insert but this is real life! I'm actually being in a team and it's not self-insert and it's my actual life! I'm going to be in a team! I... I'm not just going to be a home town hero anymore, Mun. I'll be going everywhere, trying to help everyone! This is... this is so much bigger than I ever thought. Do... do you think I'm ready for it?

(Also, while I can't really yell at you about the shipping 'cause I do it too, can you please remember I might actually meet some of these people?! Though that one is across country... and that one is another company... Wait, not the point! Shipping. Stop. Around me. With me. Whatever way those words make sense!

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[britainshero]

We haven't met yet but I thought I give you my congratulations all the same, Ms Marvel. From what I hear you managing I think you'll be one of the brightest new Avengers. And you'll have a lot of good veterans to steer you right in any case.

[newjerseyhero]

Ohmygosh, you're Captain Britain!

Uh, oh, um... thank you sir. I don't even know if I'm a proper hero yet, but... I'll really try my hardest to live up to the name of the team, and all those great heroes who have been on it before me.

[britainshero]

Ah yes, that's me. I imagine the union jack gave it away. [The serious expression curls into a bemused grin.]

Nonsense, you're young but that's no weakness, you'll make a fine Avenger I'm certain. And there's a young lady very like you I know who started out much the same, and now I'd trust her with my life.

[newjerseyhero]

Really? [She beams] Thank you!

[kid_nova]

Looks like I'm getting off probationary status if I'm jumping to the big time too.

And my mun won't shut up about how he's one step closer to his ship happening, so he and yours have a lot in common there.

[newjerseyhero]

We're going to be in a team together! Isn't it great!

Yeah... my Mun keeps muttering that one of her ships might happen, but she seems keep going back to this guy that she knows Ammi and Abu would not approve of for me. Muns and shipping... Well, shipping is that bug that bites us all

[kid_nova]

Shipping is just crazy sometimes.

Who's your mun shipping you with?

[newjerseyhero]

Too many people. I think her 'top' ones are someone called Robbie Reyes, a ... Jaime Reyes, Loki, and she thinks either me and you or me and Miles might be cute too. If my Ammi found out about this, she would not be pleased.

[kid_nova]

[He grins sheepishly.]

Yeah, my mun ships the heck out of the two of us too, and so do some of his friends.

Robbie Reyes is, ah, I think he's the new Ghost Rider. The one with the car.

[newjerseyhero]

My mun just thinks we look cute together - she apologises, but she hasn't read much of your stuff; she only does trades 'cause single issues work out really expensive since there's no comic shop near her.

Ah yeah, I've... heard of him. And seen some pictures. It's... I didn't actually know people shipped the Ghost Riders with people, but apparently it's a happening thing. Go figure.

[kid_nova]

's okay. My mun just likes the fact that we're a couple of really selfless and heroic kids, doin' the right thing 'cause we can.

Beats the heck out of me. I'd think the flaming skull thing would be a major turn off.

[newjerseyhero]

My mun likes that too. She's waiting on us getting action figures, so she can create her own team. [beat, then grin] Oh gosh, I just said that. Me, getting an action figure. It'll never happen, but can you even imagine?

...Well, Goths would probably like it...

[kid_nova]

[he grins, then laughs.]

Hey, getting your own action figure proves you've made it big. And there's plenty of collector-oriented toylines these days...

[newjerseyhero]

Wouldn't our own figures be cool?

[kid_nova]

Seriously cool.

[newjerseyhero]

Think it's likely to happen? I mean, Mun said one of her favourite Marvel teen heroes only got her figure like... this year. And she was out years ago.

[kid_nova]

Definitely. Pretty sure I might have a toy already 'cause of the Spider-Man cartoon, only that's not really the same as comic me.

[newjerseyhero]

But it's still a figure of a sort of you, right?

[kid_nova]

Yeah, I guess it is.

Oooh, maybe you could get one of those build-a-figures, of you all "embiggened!"

[newjerseyhero]

Oh, that would be cool... But then there's the problem of the one character that's always shortpacked, but has the most important part of the figure with it.

[kid_nova]

Aw, geeze. You're right. That would suck.

[newjerseyhero]

And then there'd be those people on ebay who'd sell it, but only for over the top prices...

[kid_nova]

Aaaw, man. I hate that!

[horribledoctor]

Heroes? Please, heroes are overrated. You should think of a different career path.

[newjerseyhero]

Captain Marvel is so not over-rated! [Ooh, that is angry fan-girl rant mode...]

[horribledoctor]

Anyone who calls themselves Captain Marvel, is overrated.

[Facts, fan girl, facts!]

[newjerseyhero]

The 'Captain' comes from their position in the Air Force! The Marvel is due to what people called her because of her powers. The name isn't over-rated. She's earnt it [And any and all praise she gets]

[horribledoctor]

Makes her sound like a corporate tool, if anything!

[To him all heroes sound like corporate tools.]

[newjerseyhero]

Now you're just saying words!

[horribledoctor]

No I'm not, this is a legitimate insult.

[newjerseyhero]

If Captain Marvel were a corporate tool, that would suggest she was being sponsored or paid to do hero work. She's not. She does it because she's a good person. With great power, comes great responsibility. [Yes, she knows that's Spider-Man's thing, but she doesn't think he'll mind her borrowing it too much here]

[science_is_fun]

...I'm glad that you're excited, but sometimes, being part of the Avengers isn't all that it's cracked up to be. [Then again, between the other Avengers not agreeing with his attempts at solving conflicts non-violently and his robotic assistant turning genocidal, Hank's become rather pessimistic towards the idea of superheroics lately.] Hopefully this will work out for you, though.

[newjerseyhero]

Wolverine said being a hero isn't all it's cracked up to be either. Sometimes you just have to make choices you don't like. Maybe I'll experience that on the Avengers, I don't know.

But I'm excited, and my mun is too, because it means people like me, doesn't it? If they're putting me on a team book?

[science_is_fun]

Sounds about right. ...Can't believe we actually agree on something. [That last part was mostly muttered to himself, though still loud enough to hear; he hasn't had much of a chance to meet the X-Men, but from what he's heard about Wolverine, they don't have a lot in common.] At least you'll be working with some people with experience, and hopefully they can help with any problems that come up. I haven't met the Falcon or the Vision, but I've heard great things about them.

It certainly seems that way.

[newjerseyhero]

I'm learning all the time; and I'm sure in a team ... well, we'll all still be sort of learning right? My Sheikh says we all continue learning throughout life..


[[ooc: I think I have incorrectly spelt that title, but for the life of me, I genuinely cannot remember how it is spelt]]

[colloquially]

I believe this means congratulations are in order.

[newjerseyhero]

I hope so. Unless, maybe, people think I'm taking someone else's more deserved spot on the team...

[trickonometry]

Hey, welcome to the club! It's been a long time comin', says this side o' the board. Ring? Popcorn stand? Eh, wev.

Just, uh . . . maybe careful what alf-hassed plans cooked up by impressive super-dudes ya go along with, ya dig?

[newjerseyhero]

I'm pretty sure you can trust Captain America [It is the Captain, even if he was Falcon originally. If he's Cap now, he must have proved worthy]

[trickonometry]

If not, it'd be a totes lame twist. 'Cause we all know, whosoever picks up this biznasty shield of Cap, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of morality and junk. [when you're Cho? any moment is a perfect moment to make fun of Thor]

[newjerseyhero]

... I am so checking to see if something like that is inscribed on the shield.

wow i'm sorry this is so late ahhh

[trickonometry]

Do it and get back to me. I suddenly have a . . . mighty need to know, too. Being the info wiz and all.