on self-consciousness about playing from such a popular canon ( voicetesting )

[bings]

Hey. Look. Look, I know you're worrying about this whole thing. And what I'm saying here is that you need to stop. Deep breaths, and uh. Go for a walk or something.

And stop analyzing me. Seriously? It's getting kinda creepy.

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[introuble]

It's getting kinda creepy, said the boy with my debate team photo on his desktop.

[ oh snap ]

[bings]

I'm not even gonna say anything about "touching up" because I know you're gonna twist that.

[introuble]

Mmhm.

[ amuuused. and feeling a little but evil. eeeevil. ]

You could always just admit it was there because you… wanted it to be?

[bings]

Well, yeah. Of course I wanted it to be -- it wouldn't be there if I didn't want it to be. But not for creepy reasons. I swear.

( and he laughs. kind of. because this is awkward. it wasn't like it was his desktop wallpaper or anything! what are you accusing him of, gwen. )

[introuble]

You swear.

[ THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS when you tease her via texts. it's called revenge, mr. parker. sweet sweet revenge. ]

[bings]

Cross my heart and uh. Hope to die. You know.

( OH LORD. he can never not tease her, though! it's a thing. an irresistible pull. )

[like_a_gerbil]

[His mundane knows that self-consciousness well...]

You get used to them analyzing you. It's kinda flattering, actually. Means that your mundane probably wants to keep you around.

[bings]

Flattering, yeah. I feel like a lab rat, but hey, I guess that's something.

[like_a_gerbil]

[Steve can't help grinning at the idea of being lab rat...or in his case, a lab gerbil.]

Nothin' wrong with being a lab rat. It's probably a good sign. Things seem to go better for us if our mundanes care about our stories and why we act the way we do.

[bings]

You're pretty optimistic about this.

[butwhytho]

What's there to worry about?

[Is it that you're now more popular than him? Is it that you're young, fresh, new blood for people to fawn over? Are you worried about being compared to him? Tell him your pretty boy issues, he really must know them.]

[bings]

Worrying about my "voice" not sounding right, whatever that means. Overthinking it.

( .....you sound like you have a lot of bitterness issues going on there, not-peter. share with the class. )

[butwhytho]

You mean your voice maybe sounding English?

[HE HAS NO ISSUES WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OTHER!PETER THERE IS NOTHING TO SAY AT ALL!]

[bings]

Yeah, I have no idea what you're talking about.

( it's okay. it's okay. just let it all out. shhhh. shhh. )

[butwhytho]

[SURE YOU DON'T BAMBI

Also no never he can't tell anyone his problems SPIDER-MAN WILL ALWAYS HAVE ENEMIES a bloo bloo]

Sure you don't.

[Okay, he's going to drop that because SCIENCE]

So, okay, I really need those shooter things explained, because I've never had that problem before. I don't understand them, but I'd really like to.

[bings]

( WOW HE CAN'T HELP IT THAT HE HAS HAIR LIKE KITTENS. peter's kind of looking at not!peter like -- what the hell is going on here why are you so crazy.

except wait -- science discussion. everything else goes on the backburner. )

It's based on pressurized capsules of synthetic webbing. It's how I can shoot them far enough to get the lift I need.

[butwhytho]

[Excuse you, sir, but youare the not!Peter here. TobEy!Peter was here first! Seniority! Pensions and leave time! Paid vacations! A 401k!]

So what happens without them? For me it's always been... [Look at that, not!Peter, his webbing goes straight out of his wrist and sticks to the floor without needing a shooter. His hand wraps around it and he tugs, showing that he can get all the lift he needs on his own.] so I'm just a little baffled is all.

[bings]

( exactly! with retirement and senior centers right around the corner. maybe it's time to hang up the tights.

he's watching, he's watching. and actually -- that's pretty impressive. his eyebrows raise slightly, because he's not going to say that it wouldn't be useful to have something like that. but alas. different radioactive spiders. )

That's...that's pretty cool. What is it, an unlimited supply?

[butwhytho]

[Will you come visit him in the retirement home, Bambi?]

It seems to be, heck if I know exactly how that works. As long as I stay focused, at least. It's only failed me once before and, uh... [Yeah, his back arches of its own. Bad times.] Fell about five or six stories through clotheslines and ended up on top of a car.

[Not a good time, other!Peter. Not a good time at all.]

[wealldosillythings]

My mun's an analyzer, too. Sympathies. [Because yes, older English woman and American teen have so much else in common...]

At least yours isn't making headcanon theories about your cat....

[bings]

Don't have a cat. Or she'd probably be theorizing about that, too. On top of everything else.