dear_mun | In which the muse is not sold on this.

Mundane,

I don’t want to be combative or unappreciative of your picking me up but I am not convinced this is a good idea. You strike me as a nice lady and all but when you use terms like 'I ship Connor with whomever here like Fedex.' Well...I think you can understand my concerns, right? Surely a woman of your age can understand how offensive terms such as 'punching his v-card' might be, right? It's bad enough I have my family and friends prying into such intimate parts of my personal life, I do not need you to do so as well.

All I'm asking is that you remain true to my characterizations and not toss me up onto all of those relationship memes because as my canon has proven, I'm not overly driven by such things. Please control your--what is the term again? Oh, right. Your 'shippy' tendencies and just let me be myself.

If you can learn to respect those boundaries, I would be grateful. And from there, I'm sure we'll be able to make an effective team.

Thank you for your time and listening to my concerns.

Sincerely yours,

Connor Hawke.

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[Looks.]

[Looks Again.]

Well, this is...interesting.

[Please, he dealt with people returning from the grave and disappearing ghost cities. This was a Tuesday for Connor.]

If either of us were Roy they'd probably say some terrible pick up line about coming here often.

[Same here. Calling Blackest Night "bad" is a touch of understatement. But while he's seen duplicates of his old man, seeing himself is...different.]

Nice to know there are some universal constants. Though my version of Roy isn't doing much "picking up" these days, unless it's "picking up after" his kids.

And 'relationship memes?' Do I even want to ask? Things at

dc_nation are hectic enough.

'Kids'? As in multiples? [Wasn't that a terrifying thought? Sure, Connor enjoyed Lian well enough. She was a cute kid but the thought of more Roy Harper progeny roaming around was kind of terrifying.]

You probably don't want to ask. [He made a face.] I kind of wish I didn't know myself.

[Shrug] Yeah. Lian's starting to get old enough to want to go into heroing, and she's delighted to have a little brother. Aidan's not out of diapers yet. But, yeah. Donna's good for him, and he's good for her, and they've been through more than I want to think about.

I'm not sure what the heck everyone's obsession is with our love lives and the choice not to have one. There's more to the world than that, and...well, in theory, it looks like it would be fun with the right person. But it would have to be the right person, and the traps of desire and possession could be tough to avoid.

[That earned his double a surprised look.] He is allowing her to become a superhero? He was so angry at Ollie for getting Mia mixed up in the superhero business, that surprises me.

[Connor grimaced and rubbed the back of his neck uncomfortably.] I'm afraid I do not know. People act as though waiting for true love is a bad thing. Besides, I don't want to be my father, some man who uses women and discards them readily. It hasn't brought him or Roy much in the way of happiness as far as I can see.

I never said he was allowing it. Lian's got Roy's stubborn streak. She's interested, but definitely too young for it. When she hits her teens, that's when we need to panic. Either way, it's not like our enemies - or Cheshire - are going to be considerate, so we teach the kid to defend herself and try to steer her away from the life until she's old enough to make that call on her own.

And no kidding. [facepalm] It's not like Dad intends to screw up so badly, but wow...great example of what we don't want. Roy's cleaned up his act in my universe, but it certainly took enough time and enough false starts on everyone's part.

We also have the danger of our chosen life to consider. Nothing throws a wrench into relationships than having to drop everything when the "legion of doom" show up on your doorstep.

Ah, I see. Stubborn pigheadedness seems to be a trait in our family. Even I am not free of that particular character flaw, I fear. Still, feeding her ideas about being a superhero doesn't sit well with me. What if she were to get hurt?

[Connor smiled wryly at that.] It is good to hear he has found happiness. It's a little hard to reconcile that to the Roy Harper I know from my universe. He dragged me to a strip club once and couldn't even remember half of the women's names there.

[He'd been embarrassed on Roy's behalf.] Exactly! The last thing I want to do is get someone I care about hurt because of what I do. And if Drakon and everyone else we've faced as of late is anything to go by, those people won't stop at anything to hurt everyone in a superhero's life.

We're just as stubborn as Dad, we just have some training on how to channel it.

I'm afraid the only "feeding" Lian needed was watching her parents and her "aunts" and "uncles." No, going into the family business is not something I'd encourage. No arguing that what we do is dangerous. No arguing that our lives are probably going to be short as a result. In the end, it's a deliberate choice to suit up and go out there. I picked up the bow because I wanted to follow in Ollie's footsteps.

Roy and Donna have been on-again off-again since their teens over on my end. I don't pretend to understand the dynamic the Titans have, but that crew has been living out of each others' pockets for so long that they're fanatically loyal to each other and a bit insular. It's not a bad thing. They're not as powerful as the JLA, but they can make up for it in teamwork.

If the family can steer Lian into something safer, that would be great. If she's old enough to understand and still can't be dissuaded? Then the best we can do is make sure she isn't going out under-trained and on her own, feeling she has to go behind our backs. We had that issue with Mia. If she chooses something else, we all breathe a sigh of relief and are grateful she has tools to protect herself in case of the worst.

Over on Nation, we just had Blackest Night. The undead horde wasn't discriminating on who it attacked. Lian was able to fight one of the Black Lanterns long enough to get her and the baby brother to safety.

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