But people still need us and we can¡t help them if we are a mess ourselves.
[There is that too.]
One of the quotes that stuck with me when The Professor was teaching us American story was 'A house divided amongst itself cannot stand'. rings any bell?
If you ask me if believe none of us really knows the full story. I know for sure I wouldn't hurt the Professor, I can't imagine what lead him to that if it wasn't just because of the Phoenix.
Jean, the older one, destroyed a planet while she was possessed by it, yet you all built a School in her honor. If you forgave her, why is different with him?
Hank dragged us to this time line because he said my older self me was about to cause a genocide but that wasn't even true. Most I don't know who I can trut.
I'm not really sure about that. Thinking you have things under control and then having them get out of hand is not the same as purposely murder the man who raised you. Do you honestly think he would have do it if he were in his right mind?
I suppose that the fact Tony Stark started this in the first place is also irrelevant now? I'm not saying he's innocent, I'm saying he's not the only one to blame and you all seems really eager to demonize him.
No, I do not but you all keep using that word as well as revolution. I don't think those mean what you think they mean, at least not when it comes to what he's doing. As far as I can tell, he's trying to actively protect mutants, not purposely harms humans.
You're missing the point here, Scotty. You don't knowingly take crazy pills and then get to claim innocence by insanity after you do something crazy.
[Just because Scott thought he could control it doesn't change the fact that he was also fully aware of what it was capable of beforehand.]
Well, last I knew he was the only one that killed Xavier.
[Really, Bobby didn't personally have a problem with Scott like Hank and Logan did until things came to a head with the Phoenix. He trusted Scott, even helped in the fight against the Avengers, because he never thought things would come to this.]
He's protecting mutants by trying to bully people into coexistence. But what's going to happen when they become tired of being pushed around?
You know, one day an impartial third party needs to explain me in full detail how things lead to that end. So far I only got biased half explanations about who did that and why.
[It's really frustrating and more than a bit scary. Scott's sure he doesn't want to end like his future self but he needs to understand the true motives to be able to change what might or might not happen.]
Can I ask you a question? When Scarlet Witch almost erased the mutant population, what did you do?
[He gave up on it and decided to be a space pirate with his dad. They are strangled on a random planet ala Gilligan island with bounty hunters after them but leaving was still the best option. Which is kinda ironic.]
Freeze things? [You are not telling him much, Bobby.] Because she's now with the Avengers instead of in prison and I still don't understand how that happened.
Suppose you're doing all right if you're here to make an even bigger fool of yourself.
[ ... which admittedly is the important thing here. Means Scott isn't going around just killing anyone at the drop of a hat. There may be hope for him after all. ]
[ Now, now. Letting her get away with stuff because she's Jean is why there's been an unhealthy amount of mind manipulation as of late. ]
Urgh. [ That's the noise a teenager girl makes when she has no idea what to say to something like that. ]
That doesn't mean you should try to encourage your teammate to blow your face off. We've all been through too much to turn against each other for the sake of a joke.
[ That's her not!future husband he's insulting right there. ]
Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone has the opportunity to set things right. Scott has been given that chance. Can't you show even a bit of support during this crucial time?
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[Or lose in this case.]
Though it's not all his fault. He was pretty much doomed from the start.
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I bet we could get enough signatures to sway him.
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... If she's still around. I keep losing track of whether or not she's dead today or not.
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[If the Jean he grew up with was around, things would never have gotten this bad with Scott.]
We could always give her a try.
You get the teen!Version, but still
That was uncalled for.
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I agree. Him blasting me was totally uncalled for. [That probably wasn't what he meant, Bobby.]
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True, that ruined a very good wall. A punch would have worked just fine.
[Scout sure doesn't agree with his adult self in many things, but even he could tell Bobby crossed a line.]
He doesn't need reminders of what happened, you know.
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Then I guess it's a good thing I stopped caring about what he does or doesn't need awhile ago.
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It looks to me like most of you had stopped caring about a lot of things. It kind of explains why things are so bad in the future.
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...yeah.
I never would have thought that things would end up like this.
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Me neither, honestly. But we can still fix it, we just need to work together.
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[At least until TPTB decide to end the "schism".]
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But people still need us and we can¡t help them if we are a mess ourselves.
[There is that too.]
One of the quotes that stuck with me when The Professor was teaching us American story was 'A house divided amongst itself cannot stand'. rings any bell?
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Don't you think this is a talk you should be having with your older self? I mean, he's the one that divided the house.
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Yes, probably.]You don't think I tried?
If you ask me if believe none of us really knows the full story. I know for sure I wouldn't hurt the Professor, I can't imagine what lead him to that if it wasn't just because of the Phoenix.
Jean, the older one, destroyed a planet while she was possessed by it, yet you all built a School in her honor. If you forgave her, why is different with him?
Hank dragged us to this time line because he said my older self me was about to cause a genocide but that wasn't even true. Most I don't know who I can trut.
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[Of course Scott felt Tony Stark and company forced his hand, but that doesn't from him being responsibility for his own actions.]
And I'm not so sure Hank wasn't right about the genocide. I mean, do you really think coexistence can be built through fear?
[Because that's basically what Scott's trying to do.]
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I suppose that the fact Tony Stark started this in the first place is also irrelevant now? I'm not saying he's innocent, I'm saying he's not the only one to blame and you all seems really eager to demonize him.
No, I do not but you all keep using that word as well as revolution. I don't think those mean what you think they mean, at least not when it comes to what he's doing. As far as I can tell, he's trying to actively protect mutants, not purposely harms humans.
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[Just because Scott thought he could control it doesn't change the fact that he was also fully aware of what it was capable of beforehand.]
Well, last I knew he was the only one that killed Xavier.
[Really, Bobby didn't personally have a problem with Scott like Hank and Logan did until things came to a head with the Phoenix. He trusted Scott, even helped in the fight against the Avengers, because he never thought things would come to this.]
He's protecting mutants by trying to bully people into coexistence. But what's going to happen when they become tired of being pushed around?
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[It's really frustrating and more than a bit scary. Scott's sure he doesn't want to end like his future self but he needs to understand the true motives to be able to change what might or might not happen.]
Can I ask you a question? When Scarlet Witch almost erased the mutant population, what did you do?
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I did what I usually have done. [Which was follow Scott's lead once he realized he hadn't really lost his powers.] Why?
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Freeze things? [You are not telling him much, Bobby.] Because she's now with the Avengers instead of in prison and I still don't understand how that happened.
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That makes two of us.
[He gets the point that the other mutant is trying to make, but doesn't think it really helps things.]
Do you really think I like any of this? Because I don't.
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No,no, I now you don't. None of us does. It's just really hard to see you hating each other.
We used to be good friends. We still are.
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But I actually think he got the meaning of this one.
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Suppose you're doing all right if you're here to make an even bigger fool of yourself.
[ ... which admittedly is the important thing here. Means Scott isn't going around just killing anyone at the drop of a hat. There may be hope for him after all. ]
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Don't worry, I'll be making a fool of myself for years to come. I'm nearly indestructible these days.
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Urgh. [ That's the noise a teenager girl makes when she has no idea what to say to something like that. ]
That doesn't mean you should try to encourage your teammate to blow your face off. We've all been through too much to turn against each other for the sake of a joke.
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I think the joke is the least of our problems.
[That would be Scott and his killing of Xavier.]
We haven't been teammates for a while now, Jeannie. [At least that's what it feels like.]
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for once. ]And that's a problem we need to focus on. If we can't rely on each other, who can we trust? Ourselves?
That's not working out for any of us. You can see that, can't you?
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Mostly because they're right.]And look where trusting Scott got us.
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Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone has the opportunity to set things right. Scott has been given that chance. Can't you show even a bit of support during this crucial time?
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Support him? [He lets out a humorless laugh.] Yeah, that's not goin' to happen.
Besides, it's not like he listens to me anyway. [He tried talking to Scott, before things got way out of hand, but Scott rebuffed him like usual.]
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That was a bad joke, Bobby.
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Who even really knows anymore.]Well, I've been told those are the only ones I can make.
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Not only. [She's smiling a little, now.] But you should think a little more, before some of them.
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I should probably think before I do a lot of things. [Like sleeping with Mystique for example.] Maybe one of these days I'll learn.