on picking up first comic book muse ever

[iloveihop]

Getting all worked up over it again, aren't you?

Relax. Focus. Go over the material again if you're not sure you've got this down. You've got all the time in the world to figure this out. It's not like I'm going anywhere. You picked me for a reason. Time to remember what it is.

A little weird, isn't it? Yeah. I bet. I can tell you from experience, it's never quite the same as the movies make it out to be. Steve'd tell you the same, ask him sometime.

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[eldsins]

If only I could be so reassuring to my mun. I'm quite sure yours will succeed at any creative endeavor with a supportive fellow as yourself.

[iloveihop]

The other option is going back into storage.

I've kind of had my fill of that.

[eldsins]

Oh yes, much more preferable to all the horrid little places a mun can shove a muse. My own kept me locked away for months while he went off gallivanting with acrobats.

Make good use of the time you have while you have it.

[iloveihop]

Acrobats, huh? Better excuse than most.

Well, that's the one good thing about being dead. I'm not really obligated to be anywhere. Just taking it a step at a time.

[eldsins]

All of the running about and leaping through the air gives me headaches.

I wouldn't be so quick to assume, Mr. Winter Soldier. The dead can be just as bound by obligations as the living.

[iloveihop]

Personal obligation, maybe. But no one tries calling you up anymore.

[eldsins]

You don't know much of the magic running through a mun's mind, I see.

[iloveihop]

Oh, I'm aware. I wasn't talking physical death.

Everyone thinks I'm dead, with the exception of a few. It kind of freed up my schedule.

[eldsins]

Oh, how scandalous. 'Twould be a shame if the word got out that you walked among the living, wouldn't it? Nothing is ever really safe in an age of information.

[ Don't mind him innocently checking his fingernails, Bucky. ]

[iloveihop]

Exactly. And with the advent of Photoshop, any news could appear genuine at a first glance. Of course, supposed 'evidence' like that gets debunked every day.

[ Don't think this is his first time at this rodeo, Loki. ]

[eldsins]

Hm, true. [ He offered a small smile. ]

Thankfully I know of no one interested in causing such... trouble for you.

[iloveihop]

That's good news, for everyone involved.

[eldsins]

Yes, well, it was nice crossing paths with you, Mr. Soldier. Hopefully your mun will do right by you.

[sideshows]

Solid advice. Could just as well say, 'I'm J. Buchanan Barnes. Do as I say, not as I do,' and that'll drive your point on home. [ Teasing! Teasing. ]

/screaming internally

[iloveihop]

You're a riot. I don't recall you having a whole lot of room to talk.

[ You got into just as much trouble, mister. Don't even pretend. ]

oh my god screams internally back

[sideshows]

'Cause I gallivanted round the Old World with a real bad influence. Now he's back and laying nuggets of wisdom like nothing. [ Good thing their boyish charm won the hearts and minds over... 3.5% of the time. ]

torooooo

[iloveihop]

Age brings wisdom, killjoy. [ He's still charming. When he wants to be. Also shut up. ]

You got something better? Let's hear it.

YOUR BUCKY IS ACE.

[sideshows]

You're gonna have a hard time convincing 'em you're not green as a pickle, looking like you do, Buck. [ (Bucky's still (sometimes) charming, and Toro still has no filter.) ]

Huh! Well... How's about, it's never gonna be like the movies, but that suits you and me just fine. After all, it's taken us much longer than 120 minutes to pull ourselves... up from -- aw, hell. Too grim.

/cry thank you so much! i'm so happy to see a toro, you have no idea

[iloveihop]

What's wrong with the way I look?

[ Huff. ]

Yeah, well good news on that front. From what I hear, you, Jim, and Namor didn't even make the cut. We ended up with Fury's Commandos instead. Sort of.

oh god likewise, 616 Bucky's always a treasure. a stressed-out treasure.

[sideshows]

Not a thing! Save, you still look like you belong on the posters -- when you bother to take care of that stubble, I mean.

You and that old geezer'll make a regular double act. I can't say I don't miss the way things used to be, but 'least I've got you.

[flyingg]

Acrobats, huh.

A you was my mun's first comics muse, too. Actually.

[iloveihop]

Always nice to know you're wanted.

[ Unless it's for crimes against the state. Then, not so much. ]

[flyingg]

I've heard that's not a problem for you. I mean, from what I've gleaned around this headspace, even that guy called Namor wants you around, and that's not exactly a thing many can brag with.

[ Unless that, obviously, but one lives through such times, or tries to. ]

Anyway. You all right, there?

[iloveihop]

Don't say that too loud, he'll get defensive. And the last thing you want is to set him off on a tangent.

[ Theirs is a very strange relationship. He's long ago accepted this. ]

Me? I've been through worse. Just don't want my mundane getting discouraged right off the bat. I don't exactly come with a simple backstory.

[flyingg]

Oh, he's very welcome to. I'm good with tangents. Master of them!

[ It's the truth, but Dick can be a tease and ohgods never let him meet Namor really, because it'll be a disaster - either general, or for the bad guys. ]

Hey, it's simpler than that guy from your world who's his own grandfather. Yours is at least... linear.

[iloveihop]

[ Both. Bucky's going to go ahead and say both. ]

Yeah. Thank God for small miracles.

[flyingg]

[ That works. ]

Hey. Having a brother who was gone and is back...

I wouldn't call it a small miracle.

[iloveihop]

Yeah. You got a point there.

[ Gotta keep your priorities straight, Buck. ]

sorry for this asshole

[fronttowardenemy]

Over eager.

[ FNG syndrome tbh ]

you should be

[iloveihop]

There are worse things.

i am ashamed

[fronttowardenemy]

Always are.

Just depends if you're prepared for it or not.

[iloveihop]

Funny thing about that is you always figure you are. Right before it hits.

[fronttowardenemy]

Then you need to know how to react.

You're capable; adapt.

[asongwithin]

Mine says good luck.

...And something about you catching up with me. [seriously y'all stop dying]

[iloveihop]

No thanks. That's one competition I ended to stay out of. No need to see if third time's the charm.

[asongwithin]

[Wryly.] It's not.

[iloveihop]

Just as well. I tend to overplay my odds.

[asongwithin]

I think most of us do, a bit.

[2r]

I heard that if you're not careful, your face can get stuck that way.

[iloveihop]

Good thing I'm this good looking, then.