canon reviewing has been a little painful.

[peaceinchaos]

It's amazing how so many things can go wrong in an instant.  My powers have always had to do with probability....  Perhaps much of this was the consequence of it.  Of tampering with reality, challenging probability.

There's a lot I have to atone for, more than I ever did when I was with the Brotherhood.  Even if I can't fix things, I still have to try.  And I have to do it alone.  I was never an X-man and I no longer have the right to call myself an Avenger.  This battle isn't something I can run from, we both know that.  If the Avengers and the X-men don't destroy each other, the Phoenix will destroy us all.  I can't allow either.

If anything, I'll stand with Hope.

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*has a Magneto muse, but haven't imported from LJ yet.* >.>

[wing_of_night]

Noble sentiment. You sound a lot like my adopted father.

[And have an awkward neck scratch.]

And your dad wants me to say he's proud of you.

[trickshot]

I think I'm supposed to say something about "once and always," here.

[peaceinchaos]

No.

Not after what I've done.

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[peaceinchaos]

I'm not sure if it's noble, it's just something I have to do.

[ Oh god, all of the daddy issues. ]

I... Thank you. We haven't always had the best relationship, but... thank you.

[trickshot]

Well, you're entitled to your opinion.

And I'm entitled to tell you it's wrong.

[messiahed]

...

Thank you.

[peaceinchaos]

Clint, I almost destroyed an entire race of people. I killed you and so many of our friends.

It's not... I can't simply apologize and go back to being an Avenger.

[peaceinchaos]

There's no need to thank me, Hope. Part of the blame for your current predicament rests with me.

And I know what it feels like when it seems that events are spiraling out of your control. You should have the right to make your own decisions, not the ones Cyclops or Captain America want you to make.

[trickshot]

Hey, I got better.

But, c'mon. You fix things, you fight on. It's what we always do.

[messiahed]

... I don't blame you. I'm tired of everyone blaming each other. The Avengers blaming you. Scott blaming them. [ Everyone blaming her for bringing it here. ]

I want to make the right decision. I don't care who's it is just as long as it's right and all this stops.

:D

[wing_of_night]

It takes a lot of strength to stand up for what you believe in, especially when it's an unpopular stance.

[Dick sighs, remembering his own issues with Bruce, and then a sudden pang of longing for his own father.]

So I heard... but, take it from me... don't let things get in between you two. Regardless of what he's done, or what he believes, he's still your dad and he won't be around forever.

Not a day goes by that I don't miss my dad.

[knowsbetter]

An interesting development. My mundane is still confused as to what point in time this is supposed to be happening in regards to my tenure with the Future Foundation.

[peaceinchaos]

What about the ones who didn't? There isn't any fixing this, I can try to make things right, but that doesn't make up for what's happened.

My god, Clint, I resurrected Jack of Hearts just to send him to the Avengers as a living bomb. When I saw him again... He begged me to stop him.

I did that.

[peaceinchaos]

We've fought so much. And perhaps we'll fight again in the upcoming battles... I don't know if blood is strong enough to overcome that..

I'm sorry.

[fathers_hair]

You'd do well to stay away from the whole insane affair, sister.

[peaceinchaos]

I know you will, Hope. And I'll do what I can to help you. This will end soon, one way or another.

[peaceinchaos]

[In no way will this be awkward. She is going to will this conversation to not be awkward.]

I'm sure we'll find out soon enough. Our... Incident did drag out quite a while.

[peaceinchaos]

You know I can't do that, Pietro.

[fathers_hair]

You should. I do not see this going well for you. Especially since my damned writer keeps insisting that you are likely to end up the host of the Phoenix.

[knowsbetter]

And when this is all settled, for better or worse, what then? Have you any thoughts on the future?

[peaceinchaos]

That would be quite the twist..

But even so, brother, this is something I must do.

[peaceinchaos]

None, at the moment. Not beyond the Phoenix Force.

But... I admit, I haven't been thinking too far ahead recently.

[wing_of_night]

Blood isn't what makes you family. You may not see eye-to-eye, but you love each other. That's all that counts.

[fathers_hair]

I suppose I have never been very good at stopping you, when you have made up your mind.

[peaceinchaos]

I'll try to remember that. Thank you, really.