On fighting it out with the billion other versions of Dick Occupying My Headspace

[leiothrix_lutea]

Look, mun-dude, I get it.

You're gonna restart that game, you want to play some version of me in it. Who wouldn't? I'm awesome. But which one of us to pick, right? You only did this to yourself, y'know. It's your own fault you've got, like, a billion different versions of me to choose from.

Again, not blaming, they're all me (sort of), and therefore all awesome.

All I'm sayin'? I'm the one with an account and easy-to-find icons.

I trust you'll make the right choice.

P.S.
If therefore means something's this way 'cause of something that happened, does thereaft mean that something was this way 'cause of something that hasn't even happened yet?

Comments

[byebye_mistah_j]

My it has been a while since I saw you walking around in that costume.

[leiothrix_lutea]

Prrrrretty sure I've always walked around in this costume.

Sorry, lady, but all the Nightwings got left behind on LiveJournal and, fittingly enough, InsaneJournal. You're stuck with poor li'l ol' me who might not even know you exist yet.

[byebye_mistah_j]

You've met me before, just not this version of me or maybe not yet. I wasn't exactly sane a few years ago from my perspective

[leiothrix_lutea]

Yeah, well, from my perspective I only just started a few years ago. So.

[byebye_mistah_j]

Here this might help.

[Shifting her voice to to the familiar Harley Quinn voice she'd say.]

Ya really don't remember me bat-brain? I'm hurt!

[voted_dead]

So now you're wearing my Robin duds too? I admit that they are the coolest, if you had a choice between them and the hot pants.

[leiothrix_lutea]

Dude, no one wears the hotpants anymore. Also you totally started the stealing Robin suits thing.

[voted_dead]

Yeah, well, I jacked the wheels off the Batmobile, but I hadn't taken anything from Robin.

Fair's fair, and all that. At least I didn't take Tim's whole social circle.

[leiothrix_lutea]

KF and RA were totally mine first! [No, he sees nothing wrong with the way this statement is worded, why do you ask?] And I was the first one to work with an Aqualad.

Okay so he had a thing with Kon first, but y'know what, I didn't get to team up with Superman back in the '90s, so.

[voted_dead]

Can't just settle for being the first, being friends with basically every member of the Justice League, and having the Teen Titans, huh? Gotta have Young Justice too? At least you got super teams and super team ups.

I got a writer who hated Robin, so he wrote me as douchey as possible. Consider yourself lucky too; he'd gone on the record saying he would have done it if you were Robin, too.

[leiothrix_lutea]

Hey, not my fault the fans love me. Maybe they'd like you more too if you'd stop being a huge jerk.

And did you miss that part where they tried to kill me off after Final Crisis? Or did you just block it out like the rest of us?

[voted_dead]

Tried to kill you off. The key word there is tried. They did kill me off. And since some douchebag had a mad-on for Robins, and had his own idea of what Batman should be, I will forever be written as the complete asshole former Robin.

I feel gypped.

[leiothrix_lutea]

Dude. You came back. I think that means the "tried" part counts for you too.

And you're not always an asshole.

[voted_dead]

Not always, no. The phrase I've heard most often for this me (hereafter referred to as 'Movie Me') is 'Angry Woobie Desperately In Need Of Hug'.

That's not an invitation to hug me, by the way. If I see those arms move, you'll pull back stumps.

[leiothrix_lutea]

Anyone ever tell you you catch more flies with honey than bloody threats of bodily harm?

[voted_dead]

Once upon a time, I think. At least I gave you a warning.

[leiothrix_lutea]

[Pffft] Like you could even catch me to try.

[voted_dead]

Oh, don't make me kick your ass, Dick.

[leiothrix_lutea]

Please refer back to the previous comment.

[voted_dead]

Someone's feeling overconfident. You know, I am the oldest of the two of us; I might have a touch more experience than you.

[leiothrix_lutea]

Keyword: Might.

And even if you did, that doesn't mean you're better.

[voted_dead]

[This is so awkward for some reason. Probably because he's treating this Dick more like a brother than he treats the Dick he knows? Crap.]

I've always been better. You just can't seem to see that.

[leiothrix_lutea]

[Everybody loves Dick, man! Even the people who hate him! Just ask Slade.]

Thaaaaaaat might be 'cause I haven't seen you until now.

[voted_dead]

Exactly. I out-Batmanned the fourth wall.

[leiothrix_lutea]

Not one for a whole lotta humility, are ya?

[voted_dead]

...I was Robin. You don't get to be Robin without being totally awesome.

[leiothrix_lutea]

Well I guess I can't arg- ...

Oh you are good.

[voted_dead]

Told you.