on his mun and her friends

[musagetes]

I am not a hipster! I have taste, and I can't stand that beer they drink. Just because I play music most people have never heard of doesn't make me a hipster. The people who have heard of it are dead.

I'm not pretentious, either.

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[sun_kissed]

Hipster.

[musagetes]

Hyacinthus, who's side are you on?

[sun_kissed]

...I love you.

[musagetes]

And sometimes, you're lucky I love you. I am not a hipster!

[sun_kissed]

If you keep denying it, it's just proving how much of hipster you are!

[musagetes]

How?!

[sun_kissed]

You just are!

[musagetes]

That's not an answer, Hyacinthus.

[sun_kissed]

It's totally an answer.

[musagetes]

It is not. You haven't given me a reason!

[sun_kissed]

You've listed the reasons, Apollo.

[musagetes]

I have not!

[sun_kissed]

Yes, you have. Anyway, you're throwing fuel in the, fire by denying the whole thing.

[musagetes]

I'd complain about that logic being a mortal thing, but my own family says the same thing.

That makes no sense, you realize.

[sun_kissed]

Sure it does. You're letting it get to you.

[musagetes]

Because I find it insulting. You'd do the same.

[sun_kissed]

I wouldn't be sulking about it.

[musagetes]

No, you'd be pouting.

[sun_kissed]

I would not!

[musagetes]

You are now.

[sun_kissed]

Am not!

[musagetes]

Yes, prince, you are.

[owleyed]

I never thought I would catch myself saying this, Apollo, but they're right. Why you care is another matter entirely.

[musagetes]

Oh, gods, not you too, Athena. I care because it's not true!

[owleyed]

Methinks the lady doth protest too much. It is some awfully suspiciously specific denial, brother dear. Are you sure this isn't more about something else? Wounded pride, perhaps?

[musagetes]

Dionysus is the lady, not me. And what makes you think my pride is wounded?

[...because it totally is???]

[owleyed]

That wasn't meant to be taken so literally, Apollo, that would be you missing the point, entirely. And your pride is obviously wounded because you're still arguing this inane point. You don't have to wear flannel, or wide-rimmed glasses, or drink awful beer, that's hardly point of the argument. This about you being part of an intellectual, artistic culture which, while admittedly pretentious and often mired more in a ridiculous fashion statement than anything else, is hitting a little close to home because all you can apparently see is the negative aspect.

[Take it from one pretentious intellectual to another, Apollo. And don't expect another compliment of that caliber again any time soon.]

You're lying to yourself by not owning up to it, you know.

[musagetes]

...Have I told you lately that I hate it when you make sense?

[He gives up]

Fine, yes. By that definition, I would be considered a hipster by some.

[owleyed]

You would hardly be the first. Wise council isn't always something you want to hear.

What is this really about, anyway?

[musagetes]

Eros called me a hipster and I took offense for obvious reasons.

[owleyed]

You know he only does this because you take what he says so earnestly.

[musagetes]

I can't help it. I don't take being insulted well.

[daughter_of_didymos]

And I suppose you're not arrogant or cruel either?

[musagetes]

Cruel? No. Arrogant...well, I'm a god. What do you expect?

[daughter_of_didymos]

[...pause, blink, glare at mundane]

...I apologize, she didn't tell me you weren't the version I was acquainted with.

[musagetes]

Does that happen often? Running into multiple versions of me, I mean.

[daughter_of_didymos]

...Not to me, although the fact you're not him is probably a point in your favor.

I was given to him as a peace offering.

[musagetes]

Oh, joy. A version of me who's an ass. I apologize.

[daughter_of_didymos]

...Definitely not like him.

He never apologized for anything. Sorry for the confusion.

[musagetes]

It happens. Usually not like this, but.