Someone is cranky at being picked up.

[thedemonshead]

Madame,

Far be it from me to attempt to talk you out of this fallacy. I am merely attempting to lodge my misgivings about this endeavor and if you had even a whit of sense you'd realize just how useless this whole enterprise of yours is. You are a child in comparison to my many years on this earth. How can you even begin to understand the complexities required to write me effectively?

I shall not stand idly by as you run my characterization and carefully wrought reputation into the ground with your tawdry attempts at escapism.

Madame, I sincerely entreat you, stop this madness now before things get ugly between us. Do not think that just because you are female that I will stay my hand in this manner.

....no, your gender has nothing to do with this and I do not appreciate your accusations of sexism on my part. Nor do I think the details of my relationship between me and my children are any of your concern. You modern people have no true grasp of propriety or polite conversation it is extremely wearisome.

For your own sake, I would suggest you stop on this tangent immediately.

But, seeing as how I cannot seem to dissuade you from this matter, I fear we shall have to be enemies from here on out, Madame.

Comments

[wholenewstory]

Think you're...pretty childish.

[thedemonshead]

From your limited perceptions perhaps I am. But you too are naught but a child as well and I would not expect you to understand such intricate matters.

[wholenewstory]

Not really. Never - got to be.

Your...League. Saw to that. For me. For - your grandson.

[thedemonshead]

If you are seeking forgiveness from me thenI fear shall be waiting a long time.

Your so-called 'childhood' might have been taken away but you were given invaluable skills that will insure your safety and that you will never be a victim ever again. It is an equitable trade in my eyes, even if you do chose to fritter away your abilities these days.

[robinred]

[Right, so you know what they say about curiosity and killing and cats-- not that Tim's comparing his life's value to a cat's, no, but.]

Do you ever surround yourself with someone other than a slave or an enemy, Ra's? [As in, ha, what a surprise he's conjured up another one.]

[thedemonshead]

You will find as you grow older, Timothy, that the line between enemy and ally fades until there is no distance between them. Do you think I have lived this long by foolishly bestowing my trust in those around me?

[Even his own family--especially his own family--was not to be trusted.]

[robinred]

[And what a pain (what a fucking pain) that he realizes: he gets it. Frown firmly in place.]

That's a "no".

[demon_brat]

... denying being called sexist? Really, Grandfather? It makes your overall credibility lower significantly.

[thedemonshead]

In regards to your mother? I am no. Her sex is just a small factor in why she will never be a suitable heir. Not that I can expect you or my feeble minded typist to understand this.

[demon_brat]

>Tt.< You actually believe yourself.

Pathetic.

[pretty_bird]

[Sigh..just...sigh]

I really hate it when she's right.

[thedemonshead]

I am sure I will regret asking this but just who are you referring to and in which matter is she correct?

[pretty_bird]

A good friend, back when we had a thing she warned me you were this way.

I always gotta fall for the charming, egotistical bastards.

[plains_hunter]

Today is just full of old faces. Still doing terrorist stuff, Ra's?

[thedemonshead]

I find your clever byplay decidedly lacking, Blake. You should leave the clever quips to those better suited to such things. [Ra's said with stiff formality.] And the 'terrorist stuff' as you so crudely put it is none of your concern.

[plains_hunter]

Your parenting skills certainly are. Try teaching your daughter better ways to greet someone, than by threatening their lives with an ultimatum. They tend not to react well to that sort of thing.

While you're at it, stop trying to put ideas into the heads of those kids. They can decide for themselves who they want to be. If they want to become people on the bad side of things, that's their business. They don't need to be led into it by a maniac who thinks he can run the world better than other people.

[precocialghul]

Making an enemy of your mundane is not a recommended tactic, Grandfather. Though you are powerful, the mundanes control which world they send you. Keep that in mind when negotiating with them.

[thedemonshead]

Why do you think I do not approach her as a callous idiot? I am well aware that you must convince you mundane to go in the direction you desire. Throwing tantrums and demanding your way are counterproductive, a lesson I truly wish you had taken to heart, Grandson.

[precocialghul]

I do not need to throw any such tantrums or demand anything. He knows what I want and is more than willing to give it to me. I have won his affections thus I get what I want.

Perhaps you should try a similar tactic, Grandfather.

From a DC/Marvel crossover-game where he's friends with Nightwing

[arach_nerd]

Y'know, I feel it only polite to inform you that while I can hear what you're saying, I'm choosing to interpret it all as the "Wah-wah" sound the adults make in the Charlie Brown specials. I'll probably get more sense out of that than what you actually say in the long run

Fun times!

[thedemonshead]

[Ra's had never seen Charlie Brown anything and thus had no idea what Peter was talking about. Go figure, ageless warlords and despots bent on world domination and eco-terrorism had little time for such childish things. Or childish people if the dismissive look of distaste on the man's face was anything to go by.]

Yet another child playing at being a man? Do you people not grow tired of such foolishness?

Re: Fun times!

[arach_nerd]

More like the other way around nowadays, really. Whatever keeps me sane, y'know. God forbid I turn out like Batman.

[a_cruel_chill]

While I agree with the sentiment of our muns inability to understand what it is that drives us, it doesn't change the fact that your coldness to your own daughters, your own flesh and blood, rivals the blood that runs through my veins

[There is a glare being sent your way.]

You at least had the chance to have children in your long life.

[thedemonshead]

Do you think your censure to truly matter one whit to me, Fries? By your own words, you've no idea what it is like to be in a father's position or to be faced with the hardships of being a parent. You think me cold for how I handle my children yet, it is an easy moral high ground to take when you've no idea how hard it is to nurture a child's gifts and guide it towards a just and capable life.

[Few things irritated Ra's more than people calling his relationship with his children into question. He would rather they expound upon his failures in battle before they pried into his familial privacy.] Think me cold if you will but know you judging me in your ignorant arrogance matters not to me.

[a_cruel_chill]

Call it arrogance if you wish, Ra's, but I doubt anyone who had even the smallest bit of caring would have allowed a daughter to play with something like the Lazarus Pit. Especially on someone elses' loved ones. Something I do so very have to thank you for.

[Bitterness, from Fries? Noooooo.]